The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-12-05
Company | Anticipates
Thanksgiving Good Time

mas with CranSlatlonS OF recnnfcal
terms or ordinary phrases. It is re-
markable to note how quickly the
latter learns new words. His ability
to express himself in English has in
creased 100 per cent in a week
which has also been given consider
able attention:
Some Experiences.
! Yesterday afternoon British Cap
| tain gave us an interesting address
on the war as it is being fought in
some of its phases, and won his way
from the beginning. Three years in
actual fighting forces and one month
away from the battle lines is this
captain. It is great game, with
much of its horrors forgotten, &C
cording to the captain, so interesting
are it's features of barrages, gas and
liquid fire attacks, air service, trench
Notifications and trench raids. Ev-
cry engagement is "show'' or a
"push over the top" A strip of the
trench line is not usually busy with
/ fighting along its entire length; in
one small sector there may be in
tensely fierce attacks and counter
attacks. Close by is sector not in
! action, known as "quiet GONZALES
cling show" In a busy sector the
captain said at times if one moved
only to scratch his head he would
Immediately have an enemy "whizz-
bang" knocking about" his ears,
and here he said drolly, lit was posi-
lively dangerous Gas attacks are
no longer dreaded. In tour of 80
days in the trenches his company
i had been gassed on 81 nights with
out. resultant casualty. Of course
wounded man in ..No Mans Land
has no escape from gas; "but don't
you know" he said, "you have to take
one or two risks now and then, and
after all casualty is only piece
of bad luck"
/ The Allies, these officers declare,
beyond doubt have the Bosche ION
the hop" At that, however, their
grim optimism is suffering under no
delusion. The war has long way 70
run yet to a victory. l wish our
somnolent civilians, who are yet in
different to this war might hear some
of these officers as we do, and get
, prodded into the "rearin' to go" idea
that is becoming an obsession with us
, An order just out from division
! headquarters announces no furloughs
or leaves Of absence will be granted
J for the hiloday season, except fol
y Christmas and New Year days, which
means that there will be no visits
! home, except under exceptional cir,
! cumstances So if man comes home
the next month you will know he, has
, been summoned because of serious
sickness or that he is getting married
Dreary Letters.
And this leads to some of the let
tiers that have been sent to men Of
!, this regiment and in fact to members
of Company L. Many of these boy!
g are being made miserable and discon
; tented because of home letters.
: presume L Company is as little at
: flicted as any company in the regi
: ment. Boys who enlisted, with par
!; ents' approval, under the regulation
$ age, are being ragged now by thos'
3 parents to take advantage of new
\ regulation out on fraudulent enlist
! ments to get out of the army. Som
married men are kept in constan
worry and anxiety by continual.
complaining wives. Other men re
ceive letters which so over-indulg
= in sympathy for the hardships sol
4 diers are supposed to suffer, SO la
: ment the absence from home or whicl
: so describe at length all the hom
: troubles as to make for the mos
s wretched sort of inconsistencies; an
! you may know that here 1,70O mile
E from home the first time away TO
e many fellows, with the. Christina
e season on-that inconsistencies need
: no outside encouragement.