Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-11-23

ular soldier, and II there Is a delicate
spot In the history Of his regiment he
IL bound TO hear OF II from the men o.
other units, and If any derogatory re-
marks are passed he feels himself hon.
or bound TO fight the one who is re-
sponslble for the remark.
If you should chance to ask a Royal
Horse artilleryman what regiment he
belonged 10 he would Immediately
straighten up and answer you some
what after this fashion:
II belong to the Royal Horse artil-
lery, the extreme right OF the line
and the pride of the British army
Then he would 20 on to tell when
his regiment was formed, what 1t had
accomplished, how many honors 1t has,
how many Victoria crosses the men be.
longing to 1t have won, how many IL
tied officers belong to IL, and so on. al.
most indefinitely.
Nearly oil 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
80 they are popularity known as "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 well as I'm the
front, and the reason this privilege has
been granted them is that IN some pre-
vlous 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 charge through a cherry or.
chard, and while passing through they
forgot their duty and stopped to pick
the cherries. From that d'v 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 certain Scotch regiment
which for some reaGon had its kits
taken away and now has to wear
trousers made OF the same kind of
plaid that the kits were made Of. The
men are working like Trojans I'm this
war to win their kits back again. and
they will very probably be 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 the
ell NIL nj .sI
Glory Is their motto
The Royal Engineers have more Vic.
toria crosses than any other regiment
In the British army. and 1t Is no won.
der, for theirs Is a very dangerous
work and affords plenty of opportu.
mites for men TO distinguish them.
selves. The first Victoria cross award
ed In the present war was won by n
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 fedged cavalry
man, l 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. lie
was certainly mighty nice about 1t,
and In the end he attached me to his
personal STAFF 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 were given our pay books and told
TO make our wills In the back of them.
The chaplain next addressed us and
prayed over us.
When this was all over | was so
scared ! 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 ! was certain that | was
never going to see England again, let
alone the old U. 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