The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-16
SHERMAN WAS WRONG; WAR is NOT HELL
1T is MUD, SO SAYS FREDERICK W. VILE

pcriencc an indennahle sense Of re-
lief when o are told hat It was "onc
Of ours" but You keep ON duckinl
in the same old way whenever the all
Is rent.
Yes It Is the invinoible grin 81
Tommy Atkins In abuminable atmos
: pheric surroundings aud In the omni-
present shadow of death that has pho
I tographcd itself most indeiibly on my
memory today. hut next To that am
struck 10y hia amazing good health as
mirrored by his rudy cheeks aud
bright eyes. Certainly the strappne
young fellows whom I have seen are
e vastly finer. sturdior set OF mon now
r%lnning around tho streets Of London
in citizens clothes. II h. mnnifestly
the lifc.' this endleas snjourn II
theirs On the edge Of No Mans Land.
with the enemy a riflcshot away. You
ASK heir officers what explains this
hNgtentc phenomcuon-this ability ia
Keep ~ the tup-note Of fitness mid
ptiNauons almost unimnginnhle. You
viii he told that II ~ The remorSelcssly
regular life the men lead for one
thins, and the liberal supply of fresh
AR. for another. Then IL is the simple
food they cat and the ncNer-ending ex.
"rcisc they get Tor their legs and arms
and muscles. They sleep when and
whrc they can. In their clothes fer
weeks On end. never saying rIow-do-
Nuu-do tn 70 bath tub sometimes for
many days, though they shave each
morning with religious p%unctuality.
oven IN the midst OF q mighty push -"
t~flINnInaGa 4f tN.4
much Of u passion with Mr.. Atkins as
ms dAily ablutions are to r. pious Turk.
YOU VIII go far before YOU viii find
cleonrr-faced aggregation Of young
mch than the British army IN the
nold.
N"hody is 50 enthusiastic about
Tommy Atkins as his Officers. The
men arc simply splendid" you are told
over and over again. when you ask a
commissioned man how the rank ara
iile are standing the strain Of "a war
that seems So kuow No ending The
officers viii not ten YOU being mod
cstA p~orsoullod. what you viii hear
fro mihc Wcn-that the latter are
splendid mainly because thir off
'rs arc 'tup-holc" An you Will yea out
81 the officers ou that subject is that.
regulation No = when a man gets "A
commit, ION In the British army. is:
Men ilrst Officers next" An Officers
business in other words. IL to see tina,
Ms mon are well looked after II
th'rc b. any nine LETT when he has
lone thai. ne may look sfior himself.
Tommy cunfes first. That h. wnv
b relations between superior and
subordinate IN the might, Citizen
ARMY u Britain are perfect in the
highest degree Dukes son and cooks
son az, real pals. class distinctions
nonresident IN the England th.,
is Ia" ttcnyhcd fields Of France aud
Flanders.
Just IS 10 We keep ON liyin-thrts an
We I-k w7~ the contentious obsrryu.
ton Of % mud-ciuited Yurkshireman
who backed against the Shiny wall ui
q trench Go lo us pass We had asked
MN the -terutypcd qu,.'iou."Weu
F'HImuf how goes .t.' His answer
was uunIistaknhly typical OF the spirit,
which Dominates the whole aruly. The
men are NOT happy to Do, there The,
Ions t.r the WAY ,u end They do not
hui n their time Iu the slu-h and
rain cheering and singing. They
Do mixer Tor "Riighty They want tn
home. But rot until the grim husi-
ness that brought them 10 Franc, ia
s"ii-facturilN finished They want no
made peace. They are Iph,
ins f"r 20 kuoek-Fut They are blttlius
ana enduring |g'carrying ON, ,hcy
rtll it' ON soil hlllowcd with IN"
blood and bones NJ too MANY thou
sands OF their glorious comradcs-in-
arms 20 Dee satisfied with an, ending
OF the war which would turn ihc sac.
rlficcs Of those who have gone west
into % mockcry
! left behind uc In London a lot OF
dismal gloomy aud d~ownhcirtcd
friends. candidates AN for the possi-
m'sts' club ! wish they could hove
hikod through the trenches with me
today u is the Finest cure In the
world ion the blues. Il may thunder
uud pour day and night len Trench
land and the country may be- a morass
for miles in every direction. But lie
sun of optimism and confidence is ale
ways shining In the British army's
heart
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