Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-27

In fact British soldiers have q curiously de-
tached and generous way of regarding their coun-
try's enemies. When the German soldier Is
taken prisoner or picked up wounded the British
soldier is disposed, hundred thousand In
stances show, to treat him pal" to divide
his food and share his cigarettes with him he
passes to the base.
In the gladlatoria fights for the entertainment
of the people in ancient Rome the defeated COM
Blatant expected to expose his throat to the
sword of the victor, and any shrinking on his
part caused the arena to ring with the angry
shouts of the thousands of spectators, Receive
the STEEL" BY all accounts, the Germans have
dislike of the bayonet They might well be para
lyzed indeed, at the affrghting spectacle of that
thin line of cold steel welded by a furious Irish
man; but If the bayonet were in the hands of
soldier of any of the other British nationalities
his cry to the German that recoied from its
thrust would probably be Receive the steel"
pressed In the rudest and toughest native idom
The way of the Irish at Ginchy different
and perhaps the Pronunciation of their revenge
not the least magnificent act of a glorious
day.
IF we Drained them the spot who could
blame us? 'Tis ourselves that would think 1t no
sin if it was done by anyone else said private
of the Dublin Fusiliers. Let ME tell you" he
went on, what happened to myself. AS / raced
across the open with my comrades, jumping in
and out of shell holes, and the bullets flying thick
around us, laying many fine boy low, l said to
myself: This lis going to be fight to the last
gasp for those of us that get to the Germans.
"As / came the trenches picked
out for myself. Straight in front of he was.
leaning out of the trench, and he with rifle fir
ing away at if rabbits
II made for him with my bayonet ready de-
termined to give him what he deserved when
what do you think?-didnt he notice me and
what was up tol Dropping his rife, he raised
himself up in the trench and stretched out his
af,Hc ord hat IL In that
case but what did? Sure, you wouldn't have the
heart to strike him down, If he to kill
you.
81 caught sight of HIS eyes, and there was such
frightened and pleading look in them that 1
at lowered my rifle and took him by the
hand, saying, You're my prisoner!
81 don't suppose he understood word of what
1 said; but he chung to me, crying Kamerad!
Kameradv 1 glad than that
hadn't the blood of him on my soul. TITS queer
thing to say, maybe, Of a man who acted like
that; but all the same, he looked a decent boy,
every bit of him.
II suppose the truth of 1t is this: We soldiers
on both sides have to go through such terrible
experiences that there Is accounting for how
we may behave. We might be devils all out In
the morning and saints no less In the evening"
Trench Repartee and Trench Favortes
The relations between the trenches include
even attempts at exchange of repartee. The
wit, as may be supposed, in such circumstances
is invariably ronic and sarcastic. My examples
are Irish, for the reason that have lrad most to
do with Irish soldiers, but they may be taken as
fairly representative of the taunts and pleasan-
tries which are often banded across No Mans
Land.
The Germans holding part of their line In Bel
GUM, got to know that the British trenches oppo
site them were being held by an Irish battalion
Hello, Irish - they cried. "How is King Carson
ffn0 on md aya Won 0ofh orn rtva
The company sergeant major, big Tipperary
man. selected to make the proper reply, and
in order that 1t might be fully effective he sent it
through megaphone which the colonel was ac-
customed to use in addressing the battalion on
parade "Heo, Gerryw he called out. I'm
thinking 1t isn't information We want, but divar-
shion but tits information I'll be after giving We,
!. all the same Later on we'll be sending ye some
fun that'll make " laugh at the other side Of yer