Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-02-20

rled in his cartridge box on his left
hip only forty rounds OF shot. And
that soldier could not pass tnH mus
tering officer, without good strong
set OF front teeth. TO bite the deadly
charge wrapped in strong brown pa.
per. In the European war the infan-
try man behind the gun needs no
teeth TO kill. He carries a gun that
shoots ten times, while the Old muzzle
loading Springfield rifle Of fifty
years ago, fired once; and the modern
gun carries to kill over one mile. The
modern artillery guns not only carry
six times as far as the guns / used
to hear in battle, but the death mis-
sles they carry are more than three
times as destructive
Another striking difference be-
tween the two wars is the large mum
Der OF generals who were killed in
battle in our war, and the remarkable
absence Of any distinguished victims
in either the armies in the European
combat, where OF least twenty times
as many colonies and generals are
engaged. Up to date, and on battle
front Of over 200 miles in East Prus-
STA and France, have heard Of Gully
= generals Of the line killed in battle,
while in a five hour battle at Frank
lin, Tennessee, November 3Oth, 1854,
on battle front OF only two and one
half miles, II Confederate generals
were killed or desperately wounded.
Eve read also of bayonet charges
grad and London, almost daily If |
were a betting man, ! would wager
, my January salary, 1925, against a
Panama bond that neither in any Rus
sian or German or French or English
field hospital can ten soldiers be
found afflicted with bayOnet wounds.
I'm our Civil war our field trenches
were only waist deep, generally
thrown up over night while in the
European war they are over six feet
deep, and covered with adequate pro-
lection against the havoc of explod-
ing shells. The infantry arm of the
service is under ground and out of
sight. And when the field hospital
record Of this war is written it will be
| found that s. tx soldiers died fE4m
pneumonia or malignant fevers, con-
tracted in the damp trenches, to one
killed in battle.
'In our war the soldiers on the
march, Or around the bivouac fires at
night sang patriotic songs, written by
soldier song writer's. The North raj
lied to We are Coming Father Alb
raham,' We Have Drunk From the
Same Canteen,' Tramp, Tramp, The
Boys are Marching, and the Battle
Cry Of Freedom while the Southern
soldiers sang Dixie The Bonnie
Maryland, My Maryland In all some
Blue Flag Somebody's Darling,'
fifty inspiring battle songs were sung
The only song SO far heard in the
damp and distressful trenches is
'Tipperary,' a roly-poly ditty without
an inspiring idea.
"On the 18th of June, 1864, | COM
manded the skirmshers Of End di-
vision, % army corps, which assaulted
Pine Mountain, Georgia. at the right
of kenesaw. | saw the shot fired by
20 pound Parrot gun, which killed
Bishop Polk OF the Episcopal church,
a distinguished Lieutenant General Of
the Confederate army, who was right
on the front line Ct battle saw
General Joe Hooker at Resaca, GaCr
gia, riding at the front Of the al
vancme skirmish line, splenddly
mounted in the shining uniform of a
Encouragement, with a yellow sash
across his breast, the most conspic-
uous figure on that line Of battle 1t
was at Lookout Mountain that Gener-
al Hooker led the advancing blue col