El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-09
KAISER To Be
SENT To HE'LL
Soldier Editor Marshall
Tells Kiwanis Lunchers
of German Horrors.

"Prussiau militarism is the vilest
thing on earth. and some day kaiser
Wilhelm of Germany viii learn TO his
sorrow that he is not Gods personal
emissary on earth. but that he is the
very pe-sonification Of the devil and
that he viii be sent to hell. Americans
helping TO put him there declared
Sergt. Vern Marshall, of DemuE. one
OF the takers at the weekly luncheon
OF the Kiwauls club Friday noon az
the Modern cafe
Sergt Marshall, who in civilian life
was a newspaper editor in Ohio, but
served two years in France with the
after story of German atrocities ia
Europe, and agreed that he would pay
$1,000 20 any man who would dlSprONc
any one OF them.
Opening with the statement chat
anybody who comes back from
France and tells you he is brave, that
person is taIsiIyiug." Sergt. Marshall
declared that We were not true Amer
leans from the time the first outrage
was committed by the Germans until
the day we went TO war.
What French Morale Means.
To show the great morale OF the
French soldier, he told of the story
OF q wounded man encouraging am
other wounded soldier and forgetting
his own wounds, which produced
death a few minutes later. This
grand blesSe' seriously wounded
saw SerEt- Marshall, who was driving
the ambulance was an American. and
shook his hand, saying. Good night.
good luck To be able 10 smile, say
good luck and die is French morale
Then the speaker related the story o.
another soldier VINO had been wound
ed five days before being found and
then apologized for asking for
piece of bread
Gets BOches Feet First.
Fighting in the trench zone has
many peculiarities. the speaker then
demonstrated For instance. machine
gun fire is always done about four 10
SIX inches above ground, i'm order that
pucOmIuE -bucheS' might be moved
down by the feet first, 90 check their
advance and then Kill when the gun
comes around again.
The manner OF taking a trench is
as follows. The artillery first does
the heavy work then come grenade
tGrOWerS, followed by trench clean
ers' and finally 10y iufautrymeu Even
when the last arrive there are some
Of the enemy left for hand to hand
combat. he said
Describes belgian Horrors.
This war viii be q long one. and n
there are any persons left who DONE
know why We are in IT, tell them
said the sergeant The TrussIau mill
itary heads conceived their horrible .
camPa iEu or horrors either before or
just as the war started I have been
told from reliable sources that iu Bel
-ium ono may find any number OF
groups OF little children an OF Them
with some limb OF other gone. clipped
or by Frussla1 sal Crs- 7 have had
described for mo by eye witnesses, too. .
how German soldiers set fire TO
uildiuEs in "a Belgian village and .
then stood with fixed bayOnctS ana .
grove the escaping women and chill .
dreu back into the flames.
ScrEt Marshall himself helped adj .
minister 20 French lieutenant with .
d gaping hole .iu his back made 10y q .
lum dunn bullet he told
The duties citizens owe Oh tHCI- .
country iu times ol war were dwrlt .
Or by another visitor from Camp Cody .
az DemiuE Col T. Hail. Jr- ~ the
5sth depot brigade ami formerly Of .
Advocates Universal service.
The individual owes an he .fHS 90 T.
the government for the maintenance +.
Of the union said Col. Hall EFT i=
The state of mind that constitutes
good citizenship But our idea has
been through long years Of peaceful
relations with the world that the
government C-ists merely TO keep tho
In check This makes the
task or training soldiers difficult.
preparation for the future. we should
Begin a system of childhood dIsci-
lline. with universal service
Secretary F. w. L. Polk read a let
er from Kiwauiau i. W NcCausland.
raining with Canadian troops iu
England. iu which he described an
lneventfui trip over the Atlantic and
his training SO far
VIII Entertain Women
Fred r. LaZeupT. chairman or TIE
TOmen's night committee. announced /
plans had been completed for holding
hat entertainment next Friday night
a. the University club. Other mem
7ers OF this committee are o. VI. Har-
.sy. T. q. Wade jr. T.. W l. Polk, q.
P. Putnam and j.. ". Kirkpatrick.
The attendance prize for the day
was won by George t.. Franklin It
was donated by Mr.. Wade. who said /.
be- had ordered useful book for the
winner. Rev p r. Eni-kerbOclIer
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