Gunnison news-champion., 1917-10-19


sIrDI iu the history ~ h.s regiment he
Is uauud to tear Of il from the men
u'ber units. AID II any deTUgatury r.
marks are ia >-,-,l tie feels himself bon
~ hound To- rEIr the Oue who Is re
spvu>iDic for the remark
II ypu should ,hun~e 10 ask a Roya'
Hurs. artillery man what regiment lie
belonged To- he would Immediately
sITa.=hrea NJ aud answer you some
y hat after this fashion
i belong t. the Royal UurSe aTtii-
lery. the extreme right Of the line
aud the pride Of the British army
TLcn be would go Oh To CeII when
bis regiment was formed what II md
accomplished now many honor. II has.
how many Victoria crosses the men be-
I0u-.nc to II have wUu. how many ii
tc! Ulcers belong TO 1t. aud 80 on. al
most indefinitely
>cariy sll the regiments have nick
names. and these names are very pop
ular The Royal S"ut, claim to be the
oldest regiment Ia the British army.
So they are popularity known as Pom
t.us Pilates DDdy yguard The Glouces-
ter regiment l. the only one in the
British army entitled TO wear cap
badges In the back a. well es In the
front and the reason this privilege has
hcen granted them Is hat In some pre-
vlous war the regiment became sur
rounded toy the enemy and turning
back To- hack they fought until relief
reached them
Another regiment has the nickname
~ The cherry rirkcrs' IN some war
"f long ago THIS regiment was "uier.d
to ulHLe oLar-r fhTuu-h Il cherry or,
rNarl aid while ra->ln. through they
fnr=Ut their Gu,y und stopre,! 10 pick
rhr ,herTios rom 'Ia. to this
they have I--cu SHOWN a. the Cherry
T.. krrs ana the tIolsrr, ~ their dress
uu.'nrm are OF cherry cul"rrd mate
rial
There Is certain Scotch regiment
which for some rrn."n had it. kilts
taaru away and low has to wear
trousers made pf the same Eiud OF
p,nti that the as.r- Uer- made II The
men nf~ "utaiu- Uar Tho aus In this
war t" vIu their hIlts ba,k again. and
tury wII very probably lie successful
as they have done some wonderful
work
Eurh regiment uud> something to
boast about and the men never miss an
upport unity The SCI "utreutb I.ancers
are known as the Death or Glory
Boys" As their rcsimcutAl badge is the
skuil and crossed tones ard Death or
Glory Is their motto
The Royal Engineers have more Vic.
toria crosses than any other regiment
In the British army. and ii Is no won.
der. for theirs Is very dangerous
work and affords plenty OF opportu.
mites for men to distinguish them
selves The trst Victoria cross award
ed In the present war was won by q
driver Of an automobile. a member OF
the Army Service corps.
Two days later word came around
that the regiment was going TO the
front within the week. By that time
] was covered with saddle sores and
was In agony the whole time Al
though II requires nine months train
ing TO turn out a full iedGed cavalry.
man. decided to try to go with the
regiment somehow. and | didn't care
how went Anything to get out OF
that riding school So ! went to a
captain and told him the whole story.
and begged him to take me He
was certainly mighty nice about 1t.
and In the end he attached me to his
personal stan and took me that way
Up TO this time | hadn't thought
much about what was going to happen
when We reached the front. but what
we got just before we sailed certainly
made me do some tall thinking. We
were issued identity disks first These
are hung around the neck. and on them
are stamped the soldiers name. regi-
mental number and his religion Then
we We're given our pay books and told
10 make our wills In the back OF them.
The chaplain next addressed US and
prayed over us
scared l was beginning to think that
the riding school might have Its ad-
vantages. And all the way over on
the transport | was feeling mighty
blue. and I was certain that / was
never going to see England again. let
nlone the old Z. s. A.
Crossing the channel, we landed at
Ostend at O'Clock In the morning on
the eighth day Of October. 1914 We
had had nothing but bullybeef and