Emmons County record., 1917-12-13

.riar. M. dier. snd II there 10 . deiicass
spot u. tie history Of bis regiment he
u N,und to hear Of Il from the men o.
other untts. and II any deroeatory -.
marks are passed he feels himself hon.
or bound to dght the one who y ~
spOnsibIe for the remark.
II you should chance TO ask Q ROyal
Horse artilierynan what regiment he
belonged to he would immediately
straighten up and answer you some
what after this fashion:
II belong to the Royal Horne artil-
lery. the extreme right of the line
and the pride Of the British army"
Then be would 90 on to tell when
bis regiment was formed. what 1t had
accomplished. how many honors 1t has,
how many Victoria crosses the men he
longing to 1t have won. how many Il.
tied officers belong to 1t. and 20 on. al.
most indefinitely.
Nearly all the regiments have nick.
names, and these names are very pop-
ular. The Royal Scots claim to be the
Oldest regiment In the British army.
SO they are popularity known a. "Pon.
thus Pilates bodyguard." The Glouces
ter regiment is the only one In the
British army entitled to wear cap
badges in the back as we'll as ta the
front. and the reason this privilege has
been granted them Is that In some pre-
vious war the regiment became sur.
rounded by the enemy. and. turning
back to back. they fought until relief
reached them.
Another regiment has the nickname
Of the CHERRY Pickers" In some war
Of long ago this regiment was ordered
to make a charge through cherry or.
chard. and while passing through they
forgot their duty and stopped to pick
the cherries. From that Nv to this
they have been known as the "Cherry
Pickers." and the trousers of their dress
uniform are Of cherry colored mate
rial.
There is a certain Scotch regiment
which for some reason had its kits
taken away and now has to wenr
trousers made Of the same kind Of
plaid that the kits were made Of. The
men are working like Trojans In this
war to win their kits back again, and
they will very probably he successful,
as they have done some wonderful
work.
Each regiment finds something to
boast about. and the men never miss an
opportunity. The Seventeenth Lancers
are known as the Death or Glory
Boys" as their regimental badge Is tie
skull and crossed bones and Death OF
Glory" Is their motto.
The Royal Engineers have moro Vic
toria crosses than any other regiment
In the British army. and it is no won
der, for theirs Is very dangerous
work and affords plenty of opportu
mites for men to distinguish them
selves. The nrst Victoria cross award
ed in the present war was won by ,
driver Of an automobile. . member ol
tue Army Service corps.
Two days later word came arount
that the regiment was going to tn,
front within the week. By that tim,
was covered with saddle sores ant
was in agony the whole time. Al
though 1t requires nine months train
Ing to turn out full dedged cavalry
man. decided to try to 90 with th,
! regiment somehow. aud ! didn't car,
how l went Anything to get out o
that riding school. So ] went to {
captain and told him the whole story
and begged him to take me- H,
was certainly mighty nice about II
and In the end y attached me to hil
persona, staff and took me that way.
Up to this time hadn't though
much about what was going to happel
when We reached the front, but wha
We got Just before We sailed certainl!
made me do some tall thinking. ",
were issued identity disks first. Thes'
are hung around the neck. and on then
arc stamped the soldiers name regi
mental number and bis religion. The,
We were given our pay books and toll
to make our Wills in the back of them
The chaplain next addressed us an,
prayed over us.
When this was all over was a
scared | was beginning to think tina
the riding school might have its nd
vantages. And all the way over OF
the transport l was feeling might
blue. and ! was certain that wa
never going to see England again. lie
alone the old U. S. a.
Crossing the channel. we landed q
Ostend at O'clock in the morning o
the eighth day of October. 1914. w
had had nothing but bullybeef an