Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-29
(By Review Leased Wire).

in France serve to recall the fact that the United States is entering war al ready old and wise-wise with the dearly bought wisdom of three long adventurous years-and steeped in all the diabolical wickedness that inces- sant delving into the deviltries of de. struction can bring to it.
 Having escaped the first terrors of weapons which German science had evolved through toiling years of mili tary preparation, the American divi sions will nevertheless plunge event ually into a seething cauldron which has grown from the unavoidable policy of fighting the devil with fire" They will have quickly to learn not only to take the awful German frightfulness with calm endurance, but to return il with an ever-increasing measure. ln doing this many nerve-testing and soul. searching experiences undoubtedly lie before them, but there are alread! thousands of young Americans in the Canadian and British ranks who havt proved themselves traditionally wor thy in the scorching flames of moderl war
 Americans Fortunate
 The American forces are fortunate indeed to be able to base their educa- tion upon the bitter lessons learned by the French and British soldiers in all the eventful days that have follow ed that first rush of battle in 1914. Marvelously complete books of instruc- tion have been builded upon those ex- periences and out of these the Ameri- can soldiers will glean the last-word knowledge that will fit them for the foremost trenches.
 First of all, when they take their place, will come the baptism of fire from the noisy black high-explosive German shells that scream in from afar !, and burst with terrifying reports -I sometimes in most unexpected places. The Germans are great believers both in noise and high explosive. They even mix their adored "H-E' with their i shrapnel shells which break high in the air and send their bullets show ering down with the whine of an angry [ winter wind. The Americans soon i will learn to distinguish the individual songs of the various shells, for there is not the slightest doubt that the mo- ment he discovers they are in the line" the German will turn every available calibre of weapon against | them in flourish of introductory | hate" They will come over in order these shrieking, grumbling missiles ranging in size and noise all the way from the nasty little pip-squeaks of whiz-bangs, up through the four point-twos, the ve-point-nines and laconically call the big stuff"-tne eight and eleven-inch howitzer shells and the projectiles from heavy cali bered long range naval guns,. known without affection as 'Whistling Percys."
 Baptism of Bombs
 There will be little opportunity to hear a Big Bertha" for those famous old 42-centimeter howitzers are seiGom used nowadays. It is believed that the Germans planned to lombard Arras with them, using prussic acid shells. but the British advance on Easter Monday last put a stop to that par ticularly nefarious scheme against the already sadly battered little Arrois ca thedral city.
 sc o1- American army a bounteous baptism of bombs and hand grenades and the still more dismaying introduction to the ghastly rattle of the machine gun and the sinister swish of spraying bull lets-sounds well calculated to stab with a moment of fear the heart of the bravest man.
 But above all the American soldiers must equip themselves to endure the lethal gas that will be sent over against them in huge poisonous. vap- orish clouds, or showered upon them in deluge of heavily charged cylinders and shells. They must prepare to deal also with the treacherous lachryma- tory gas which, while not dangerous
 l to life. irritates the tear duts until one cries with blinded, smarting eyes for hours. The surprise of both these gases is their altogether pleasant smell, the lethal variety suggesting the clean Odor of a sanitary hospital ward. while the so-called tear gas has the appetizing scent of crushed ripe apples or cider.
 There is also the reason-shaking terror of the 'flamenwerfer," with it's roaring stream of liquid fire fiaring with the velocity of a high pressure fire nozzle and with an off-pouring of smoke rising like black cyclone cloud to the heavens.
 Boomerang Weapons
 The first day of their stay in battle trenches the Americans will make the acquaintance of a very old and scarce ly cherished. friend of the Tommies and Foilus-another member of the Werfer family. known as Minnie" !" This is the German mine thrower or minenwerfer, which filings over at