Arizona republican., 1917-12-02
LIEUT.. CROZ|ER
 TELLS WHAT MAR
 MEANS IN FRANCE

Ten thousand native Canadians have left the United States during the past three months to volunteer their ser vices with the dominion's divisions at the front. according to the words of Lieutenant CrOZier of the Canadian ar my who addressed more than 800 per sons in the auditorium of the Phoenix Union High school last evening.
 We have not been forced to put our hands on the shoulders of these men and demand that they come along with us" said the speaker, they have come willingly, and if there is any German who doubts the loyalty of the British service whose home is in Canada, he need but look over the records of these lads at the front"
 Lieut.. CrOzier was the first of sev- | eral speakers who talked at the high school last evening in the interests of obtaining recruits for the Canadian ar my The speaking was preceded with | a street parade led by the Indian school band, which also furnished a number | of selections within the building be- fore the program started and as the | crowd was leaving the building. Harry Tritle of the Arizona. Gazette presided at the meeting, and besides Lieut.. Crozier, introduced Sergeant Mitchell of the 77th SeafOrth High | landers and other members of the Lieutenant's staff, who made short talks.
 There are three breeds of cats over there" said Lieut.. Crozier in his open ing remarks, "the first is the Prussian who runs things and wears a helmet indicative of his position.''' Here the speaker displayed the spear tipped head gear of the Prussian bearing the inscription "Mitt Gott, for King and Vaterland." The Saxon helmet was shown to bear the same inscription without "the top knot" as the speaker expressed it, while the Bavarian was oi a far less pretentious design. The Frenchmans steel helmet was ther shown, and the speaker drew the com parison that in Europe a man nigh well be judged by his helmet. Int Turks helmet consists of a red fel
 visorless cap. "The fatigue cap," ex. plained the speaker, displaying one, 'i, adaptable to any shape for the reasor
 that it is worn principally by square
 heads.'
 Wire-cutters used to sever barbeC
 wire entanglements, 8 revolver such al the officers carry. the customary can teen and the swords carried by tn, were 6ilOWIl, dS were dlSO Il , cOllapsible lantern carried by tn French and the 10 pounds explosiv , shell which the speaker said is now be } ing made of re-enforced concrete b, the Germans instead of steel as whel
 the war first started
 l Lieutenant Crozier pointed out on } instance where the German savager l, works to his own detriment, in the cas l of the hook ended bayonet. "Th ? French bayonet, which is straight, ma ? be drawn out of the body of the soldie into which it is jabbed, while the Ger
 man must struggle to extract hi
 weapon and may lose his life throug his inability to extricate it expeditions
 ly," said the speaker.
 German gas and its all l-destroyin
 effects were dwelt upon by Lieut.. Gro
 zier, together with the thousands ( !, German atrocities which have com within his ken.
 In reference to the condition of un
 preparedness in which England foun itself at the beginning of the wa
 Lieut.. Crozier said that this had no
 been overcome and there is one mEn
 uons factory in London which cover
 five acres. Thousands of British tanl
 are now operating on the front, an
 there is plenty of ammunition for a
 the big guns, the speaker said.
 The French bugle. which I eho
 vou. has a peculiar characteristic