Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-17

with two fowls under his arm and a
( capful of fresh eggs" | questioned
him, whome these delicacies were for
| and after thinking "A moment, your
man Strengthened himself up and
; calmly says, zone, sir, is for You and
| the other for the captains mess.
And the veteran soldier winked!
| Who says that war does not make
men equal?
Brought Back Pig.
Another time, Plummer and his
crew brought home from one of their
| raids u young pig and being rather
afraid, did not let anyone know for
day or 80. They kept the animal
penned in an unused dugout at the
end of communication trench.
| Wen, to make a long story short, a
| rather fierce night attack started, and
when things were at their height the
| terrified beast broke loose somehow
and started to stampede in the firing
| line. When you know that the firing
| trench IS scarcely three feet wide at
| the bottom, you can imagine the
| frightful confusion Plummers charg-
ing, squealing pig brought about Un-
| fortunately for the animal, IT came to
rest I'm a far end OF the trench, grunt-
ing and bowling, and was almost in
stantly buried by an exploding shell.
During the days of the first Christ
mas, partly owing to the request Of
the Pope. and partly owing to the
natural feeling, there was an almost
entire cessation OF hostilities for three
days.
Ny own company was entrenched
about sixty yards away from batal-
| lion Of Saxons and the men were really
on the most amicable footing. ON
Christmas Eve, English, saxons,
poured out Of the trenches and
| mingled like old friends. The Germans
| produced Christmas tree, which ev-
| erybody decorated and everyone ex-
| changed presents, OF tobacco, food,
books and sweets. We shook hands
and mutually deplored the state of af-
| fairs that made cold -blooded murder
ers out of peaceful citizens We talked
| Of home and hearth and sang many
| songs.
| The next day football game was
| played between our men and officers
and theirs. Ours was not the only
one played during those peaceful days.
| Our game ended In a tie both sides
playing cheerfully and being cheered
| loudly from the sidelines. consisting Of
| French parapets.
| The state Of affairs was Of a short
| duration, for a German army order,
| which came out the next day, pro-
| IlDllcu sutH ptAdNloi ~
| the sons Of the fatherland, and we
were soon confronted with Prussians
and Bavarlans and believe me there
| was no more playing.
Home Comforts.
| IN these few isolated instances Of
| life in the trenches ! have tried 10
show you that the life Of those brave
| men, even amidst those awful sur
| roundings is not necessarily one con-
| tnuous inferno. We have our com
! forts, crude though they may be, we
have our comforts, crude though they
have our fun, boisterous and ex-
treme though it is and must be
In antithesis to the grim earnest that
| confronts us daily and hourly.
You can see the most serious of men
playing the silliest most childish games
In their leisure time. In fact It is the
duty of every officer to see that his
men do find time to play to frivol and
to sing. 1t is imperative to keep the
men from brooding over the horrors
and SORROWS that surround them.
| And so beg Of you, II you feel sick
| Of the war and thankful as you should
be that you are safe at home. do not
| l1Gget to spare thought for the men,
] wISs>are hourly giving their lives, who
love Hheir homes and comforts as you
| do. and who are where they are IN a
/ war just because they do love their
homes and wish to keep them for the
future. Spare q thought for them and
when you are oppressed BY the mag