The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-21
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From 10. Queen Anne's Gate. London
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diy GEORGE T. BYEJ


There In only one place In England or
France where have found a positive
wishing for the unconditional oontinu.
anco Of war. ! cannot tell YOU the exact
place because they won't let me. but it's
where ] am and these friends OF war
are none other than Uncle Sans younH
men whom ! see hopping around In
their great coats today. just ~ enthusi
asticslly as " there were not one of
those accidental California floods fall
ms out Of the skies.
Being enlisted men, some Of them OF
many years service. our boys In France
believe they VIII take precedence over
drafted men IN recommendation for of
iicors' commissions. They realize. as
does every visitor. that General Perish.
ink II In the process Of building max.
nlficcnt war machin. Of which the sea.
soned First kNpeditionary Force is TIE
foundation. \ few 81 the high-steppers
actually see the "Pershing profession
als." as they sometimes call themselves
az n legion Of officers. More than that
they have visions Of themselves strut.
ting back To their humble gray homes
In the west" az captains. majors. colo
nels. generals, IA. degree depending up
on the glory OF individual imagination.
The one and only apprehension is. II
the war Will last long enough. Suppose
Germany should lie down before we hit
her?
The process OF singing out the best
is proceeding now. Any day ! can see
increasing or dwindling groups Of select
men getting special training apart from
the main bodies. They are TO be- the
first TO go into the trenches and when
they have had certain amount OF ex-
perience. back they will come 20 act AZ
postgraduate instructors for the hosts
expected from over the seas. Then
they viii have such a topnotch non.
commissioned officer standing that u
climb to a commission win be but one
short step This viii partially explain
the high voltage of zeal that animates
our fighters In training. When n class
in bayonetting or bombarding or marks
manship notices that the most prof.
Client OF its number are absent, when
they fall in Of a morning only 10 turn
up at mess and explain. with outrage.
Gus o'ovction o: chin. that they are in
advanced classes. why II stirs a fellow
mp; bu,, once having attained one OF the
selec, groups. YOU have tn push even
haicer 10 hold your place. Just let
your craftsmanship get a bit off or fail
to show enough jumpiness when in the
hands of those lightening-quick British
sergeant instructors, or be guilty oi
conduct not becoming TO an American
soldier. and back 10 the ranks you go.
50 suddenly that one OF those five sec
ond bombs might he moving YOU. The
watchful eye OF lieutcnart-cOlonel Is
upon sou and what he wants to see j.
the STUFF that officers are made of
mainly attention and quick comprehen-
sion because you have to follow swift
~ before YOU can lead.
There's one body OF our forces that
needs little foreign instruction and that
il the signal CORDS What they don't
know about field telephones and wire.
less and other means of military com
munication can only be learned in ac-
ton. However, they have a few new
comors in their midst who are in the
most eXacting school OF their young
lives. Didn't see one student army
ielegrapher sitting out on a rainswept
hill this afternoon and over him no com.
panionable umbrella but n stern sharp
cared young lieutenant? The sender's
arms was so painfully tired because he
had dotted and dashed" the same dog
goned field message eleven times and
yet the last thing | heard was that Sc
we're young lieutenant swapping, Some
what better, but you're still forty-three
seconds slow. Shoot IL again"
Americans whose business is affected
by the shortage and high price of paper
may be consoled TO know that in Ber-
lin the Butchers Guild has prohibited
customers from using paper to cover
the meat they buy; they must bring
plates or cloths to carry il home in.
The price of mems clothing has in.
creased as much as a thousand per cent
in Austria-Hungary. according 10 the
most recent copy Of AZ Ujsag received
in London. There will be no cloth left
in Budapesth by the spring, its CORE.
spondent states. The following prices
may be of interest to a people accus-
toned to buy the highest priced clothes
in the world: business suits $50 to s120
Tuxedo suits sl20-sI40. dress suits $3.50
$3.50. winter overcoats S120-s1s0. collars
per dozen. $3.50. According to another
newspaper report the minister of wnr
has ordered textile factories to manu-
facture paper underclothes.
Some interesting admissions are made
by an editorial writer In the current is
sue of Der Tag, which may be taken as
particularly significant as this publica.
ton is a weekly supplement to the
lingo and reactionary Berlin Lokal.An'
zeiger. The article is in the main an
appeal 10 the German people TO stop
them whining for peace" and attempts
TO be itself remedy agains; weak
nerves"
"The world war is ending" the writer
declares, in a duel between Germany
and England" England is still our
chief enemy" who refuses to look at
the war map and give us credit for our
purely military success"
England still hopes to overcome us,
She hopes by a single sharp blow. which
she has been long preparing, unfortun.
ately not without success, in the end 10
trick us out of the fruits of the sacri.
fees of three long bloody years OF war.
AS she cannot overcome us militarily
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