The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-09
KHATTAKS BEST
OF indian ARMY
Never DjSpirited and Always
Eager for Battle,

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS N
AESOPOTAMlA Correspondence Of
the Associated PrcssD-Thc Khattak,
arc the dandlc, OF the Indian army.
They are ike the tclts in the British
army reckless generous, lmproydent
mcrCurial, altogether a friendly and re-.
Spon>iye sort OF people. but with the
queer klnk that ono finds IN all pathanS,
that primitive sensitive point OF honor
or shame which puzzles the psychologist.
The kattakS kept their spirits up al
through the hotc weathcr They are too
lively sometimes As soon a. the drum
and oboe sound they star, cat-calling
and make their work ilN. The Kauak,
arc aS responsive to the oboe as the
ilghldndcrS 10 the bagpipc but they
I are more dcmonStra'i,c II i A good
thing TO he near when the khattak
leave camp At the first sound OF the
drum and oboe they break into a Wild
treble shrek, tailingoii, perhaps, with
the balbala, the Pathsu imitation of the
gurgllng Of the camel
Easily Excited
] hose tribcSmcn arc easily excited,
seldom di,pIrl,cd and ll so. only tor a
short time Their cageruc,, IS some
tunes positive danger during an at
tack " Nhcik Saad II was difficult 70
hold the Nhaltak company back while
the regiment on their left was coming
ny they were all for gong ahead ard
breaking the liue and in tho end i, was
premature Sortie ot the khattaks that
preclpltated the assault,
Old Shcrc Khan, a typical khattak.
The other day killed right inside the
reglmcntal lines rival Tor hi, wlic'S
affections. and he could not have done
ANYTHING cl'c he man, oiicuSc car
RED n, own sentence IN the minds OF
all deccn, thinking khat'ak, Before
the deed the 'ubadar-mslor begged the
adlu,art io get the rival. Sher Gul.
we'll Twav before the night otherwise,
he said there would bc trouble, hut the
ddrutanl could not look into the case
until the next morning In the mean
limc 10 safeguard Shcr Gul he told the
,uhador tn see thar twenty stout men
,lcp, around hs bed
Subsdsn Made II Fifty.
The uhadar made u fifty but to no
avail N ! w the morning the adiutant
WAS called uu' qwctN to S,c the re-
main, IT ~h,r Iul His head wa, lying
on thcleipc ct me led a ha,chct i'm
hedcd IN the skull tie had been killed
with ilu men .locpug around him.
The, had an slept like the dead. and
nobody had heard the blow There was
nu evidence against Nhstc Khan what.
ever publ, opinion was on his side.
Fam i1u aud iar land, women
and gold according TO the Persian
nru,rrN are AZ the bottom oi all out
agc and with nine khal,ak, out oi
'rU 'rl. fJu
Dresses to Kill.
The kha,tak thinks mo- end Of his per-
,nral appearance lie dresses to kill.
AND love, ,o go and parade m the baiar
u m, gala hit lie viii spend hour,
over h, toilet pe,ting al himself IN
'nr rlas, an the while without trace
ul sell consciousness though hi, neigh.
H.r. may be- almost as interested IN the
performance as he Then with NJ, hair
>va,'y ollcS aud lfVm 10 the level "
The lobe Of IN, cat, he will stride forth
fu its iluwcry N1ls,cual ol plum color
or maroon velvet with golden braid,
pnllr,, white hagg, trousers. a flower
behihd Ms eat red handkerchief M
ms pocket a cane m hl, hand. and Tor
hsadgcar = high kohat luugiplack with
elbow and crimson ends. and a kulA
covered with gold
/ Every khatlak is bit Ut blood In
b Too, oountr, ,hovy exterior betoten,
me gallant IN both senses Of the word.
. woman ot parts will not look At
man unless he has served in the army