South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-30
Touch of High Life Now Being
Felt by Boys at Camp Shelby
Drills and ParadeS Keep Soldiers from Finding Time
Heavy on Their HandS-EngliSh Officer Shows How
to Charge HunS-Hard WOrk-Al Happy

lads. No, no. not that way; that
would never do. He'd get We sure,
We know. Let me show we what
he'd do.
Come at me. now, and stick me
if We can. Rush me hard"
A murmur of protest arises. These
American lads do not see the sport
in this. To rush a man with fixed
bayonet when said man is armed
with nothing more than his bare
hands and has his body protected by
nothing more than an undershirt
is not the kind of fighting he has set
his mind on. But it is a part of the
game, at that.
Come on. now: rush me as hard
as you can" he urges. And finally
he gets under their skin. He liter
ally goads them 10 action At last
big. husky chap answers the
summons.
"All right, then, if you want me
TO rush you / will. But look out"
The Briton only smiles. Same
goes for you, my laddie, for I'll do
lot of things to you before you get
here"
Husky Down For Count.
The big fellow rushes in. With
bayonet set he goes on. straight at
his teacher. justs as he would at a
German hidden in the trenches. He
almost reaches him-almost sticks
him with that wicked looking blade
But he doesn't quite, for just before
] it got to him the Briton suddenly
| shifts. His left arm shoots
out, and down. As it falls the bay
onet goes with it, He pivots on his
feet and his fist, with $50 pounds of
muscle and sinew behind if, crash
es against the jaw OF the soldier.
The latter hits the ground
Now you see what would happen
! if you were to rush a trained SOL
der as you rushed me. You would
go down just as this man did. You
! have TO have some real demonstTa-
tions 10 have ,he point of the argu-
ment brought home TO you" said
the instructor to his wondering
class But instead of being sim
ply knocked down and losing your
rifle. your throat would be cut and
there, would be. Supposin' I'd had
me knife ready on that fist now"
Ten times did one soldier after
another rush the Briton Ten times
they went down with rife gone. and
figuratively speaking. their threats
cut After a few lessons like this
everyone begins TO sit up and take
notice and the lessons take hold
more sharply.
Learn tn Throw Grcnades.
In another part Of the field close
| by stand two lines of men behind
parallel trenches. The sides take
turns in throwing hand grenadeS"
/ The grenades are simply concrete
balls. made of the size. shape and
weight of actual grenades-2S
ounces. These are thrown by a pc
culiar stiff-arm motion. At first the
boys failed TO reach the trenches,
! OF at least to show any sort OF con-
sistency in their throwing Now,
however. they are getting the gren-
AIDES where they will do the most
| good nearly every time.
Bands Play. Boys March.
Across the length and breadth OF
/ the parade grounds may be seen
squads and companies Of infantry
/ drilling. It's mostly company work
/ now. with an evening regime ntal re-
| view -hands playing. flags flying and
all the picture work that goes 10
( make up a military spectacle. This
sort Of thing may be seen on every
I parade grounds in the camp and
/ from division headquarters one may
hear seven or eight hands going at
once and see as many different out
fts at their evenings work
Signal battalion men add 20 the
picture OF life and activity by wig
wagging from every nook and cor
ner OF the camp 20 every other nook
and corner Their work is silent but
defective and interesting as messages