The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-16
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By y. w. PE0IER.
fuaisea Press STAIR Correspondent.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD. May 1@--tHy mail
ThIs arsny ii Vi absorbed in h Job
Al beating back the Boehe BY blows
HAT the Submarine war. the Russian
s~ttuAxinn. the munitions problem
ana tha fond problem and the food
shortage have no place in the sol
dfer.s ihoughts,
After ! four days. tour OF the
fr0nt covering 500 miles along the
line md III the rear, the visitor
1essns that Tommy has Just one aim.
10 susssh the Boche. and Just one
motive. retribution.
I'M III i specialist: lei the navy
hight me U-bcats and let the govern
ln%nt tackle other sxtrAneons prob
leuns. hut lei the soldier Kill the
Hcehe md thereby avenxe the world
Random conversations with SOL
adiars sfieid carry the conviction that
President Wilson and Loyd-George
de not know what they are talking
about when they speak OF objects
and suotives- Tommy is the real au-
thority.
Tommy 81 i natural born crouch.
q He kicks about everything from
rain to dust and from warm beer to
arH r1~r~s rrt he does find setis-
: factson III ksfIi~r the men who PUN
xpd me wrvla into OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Iii nnguarded moments he will tel
yrn fh@t h4 warts retrihutioD and
als0 Why Nc wants IT.
a young kfsted Scot. r~essirs IN :
~~s~~v~ fr-~sh-n~~no~sv y rarrnan
first lire-had sa~e cpinsons vhseh
r-rvsss ~ WI swnscas OF the soldier.
IN IA was rurrsnv Il safety r@vo- tfeas
~-or-rs the 4ag~s nf 4 tin Of chica-
60 beef, preparatory to ha~snv 1a.rH
when 4 nrrsv ~ rsvsasan visitors earne
. psrrae~Epr down the trench.
essTeas -~r II Is euaer - 800 or
I vies out here on d riorsffoa
fr.- ~-a srr--sng lin hrts. said he
in greeting. II suppose You've come
to see what's left OF France. II
! isut raurh to lock Fl n nra lust
shell holes and he'll ganeral1y. Whom
the show is over ware gosNg Ia nrs-
sent it to Fritz to safe home In p
s~sana-haa. but I'm afraid there Won't
10 raaeEi left of Fritz either. because
awe're going Il make him suffer
first.
.svrsa pfschn hAgan this show. He
has made us suffer. Just the CHER
c6av / wart over the top and saw
nsy pals fail an We vert th~onrh taa
.bsrraee ard / wondered ii there
really could be a God behind 1t al.
Mister Boehe got To pay for those
pals OF mine.
And look at France" He swept
his hand at the awful expanse where
millions of she'll ho-as marked for
rTni1es and miles. do you think
wA're going I o leave Germany fer
allie and smooth after thlses
"A fiyirg officer had s~i~slar ideas.
Said he. Give us an eye for an eye. Z.
Mang soldiers are anxious Ii see
their American comrades In line.
France. they say with a touch of
sorrow, has been bied. It II AnerE-
srats chance to take over a chunk
Ds the tine with her young elements
and thus save the riddae-aged BRIT
FISHER of As TO so years from the Job
Ard they point out. as though IN
Earning. that the war will certainly
lsross To American shores r the truf-
Ted States should fail when her help
S needed.
In their crumb'ing old German
rnrh the KiIties were enjoying
comparative ease after five DAYS In
lie line. A dozen sr 20, affh litsie
Irsrrnrs set On the clay p~arapet, were
Gathering for 4 cold shave. their first
j. nearly a week.
The officer led his e~ivilian ehsweea
but al a trench forward 70 y kae1i
l@hrre they sat dnvfn 80 vseteh she
er~an shells tearing up d road q
latte away. To the rear 4 British