Arizona republican., 1917-01-24
WHY Be AFRAID?
JOD|E SAYS It
DOESN'T HAPPEN

Young men, if the United States
ever goes to war, and every moth
J ers son is called upon to climb into
his uniform, have his feet inspected,
and rifle put into mis- hands. with
which 10 fight the enemy, don't
worry.
Worrying is. all useless. and when
the front rank goes over the top OF
the first trench, there will be no fear
in your heart, nor any thought of re-
treating in your mind That being
the case, there is evidently no use
of worrying.
Tne doct inc of not worrying is
preached by "Jodie.' Who is 10
de- He is one of the physically
biggest men in Phoenix, and he must
be broad minded and strong hearted
or he would not have passed through
two campaigns with UNCLE Sans
/ tIoopS.
Jodie served for many years with
the Ninth cavalry, one of the crack
colored regiments in tie U. S. army.
1t was the ninth, which ut the bat
tie of San Juan hill, was right be
hind Col. Roosevelt when the wore
was given to storm the hill.
Yesterday afternoon. seine one
asked Jodie if he had ever been
afraid when he was on the firing
line. and the bullets were flying thick
and fast through every square inch
Of atmosphere.
Jodie snorted.
His snort is very eloquent as Wen
as very gusty.
Afraid" asl.ed JOdie. "Nhy
afraid. a man hasn't any sense when
he gets on the firing line He leaves
all of it behind him when he hears
the sound of the big guns AMI the
order comes down the line to 'ad-
vance
when We reached the firing line
in Cuba, everyone of rs was crazy
We heard the commands, and
oheYei them like machines, cut there
was no fear anywhere. The thinking
apparatus Of all of US. was plumb
gone. ard we never even heard the
shells Visiting overhead.
There's no reason why any man
shonld be afraid q fight He wont
Know wfer hos doing it. Ask any
man who h"s ever been through =
battle, AID. he'll tell you tic same
hing. From the time the firing
starts until patrols are sent out to
gather in tho dead. there is nothing
to he remembered.
"Wtv | remember our captain at
the battle Of San Juan. The order
came for us all to lie down We
dropped like George Wash.ngton's
cherry tree. But he didn't
He walked mp and down all the
time. \ hulle. went through his
campaign hat, and another took
piece out Of his blouse. Some one
hollered at him to get down. and he
told them to 80 to hi. He wasn't
afraid. cause he was crazy like the
rest of us.
Then tie order came down the
line to stand up and get ready 10
charge. 'Py four left march, halt
fire at will came n rapid sue
cession. and before we knew it or
had time to he afraid, it was all over
and the fighting was ended. YessIr.
we was terribly crazy, and we never
knew what w9s going on around US" (
Jodie's doctrine sounds fine. In
fact he even seems to like it. But
there is \ well developed opinion
among those who are well acquainted
with him. that he knew what was
going on. all the time, and that Il is
only his modesty and bashfulness
which keeps him from telling the
truth about the matter.
One of the delights of the patrons
of the shon in which Jodie works is
70 hear him give a description of
how The lic guns sounded during
tho Cuban campaign.
How did those big guns sound?"
some one asked Jcdie.
Jodie has voice as deem aS Il
chTsm. and as musical as the lovaet
chords on a piano When he thinks
about those bic guns and the way he
reverenced them. his smile broadens
and becomes as 81 cor7preh nneive as
the sun at midday Slowly he ad-
iusts his voice ard then all of a
sudden off in the distance comes the
slow purr of what will ultimately be
a dull roar when it gets closer
Jod!e gathers volumn to his imi-
tation. and in few seconds out it
comes. "Wtonr." saws Iodie, and
he carries the ecNo way into the dis
lance. and in soitc Of tho fact that
his audience knows that he is mere
initiating what happened over a de-
cade ago and that no shells with
percussion CAPS are coming forth.
everyone ducks, and waits for the
EXPLOSION.
The explosion comes in the shane
of roar of laughter from Iodie
and it truly is a roar He laughs
until he is all laughed out.
There, you Sec he explains. ANY
man who will face those things must
he lacking in sense. He sure is
crazy"