The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-03-30
Observer Says They Are Devote
Of Traps for Drawing En-
emy's Fire.
THINKS THE FOE uNNERVED
Condition Of German Prisoners said &c
indicate That the Strain 10 Tell
Inc on the Whole Army-kind.
ness Surprises captives.

NNNiN NV NhAhNH " w"
ere presented IA the course uf an &C
tlcle from un authoritative British
source. Just what a man viii SEE
nud what be Is likely to feel " he us
L. the allied front line mar th'
Somme ut the point where the Brit
lsh army has Just mndc "a ot ii
many steps forward ure the writer
theme. After describing the g'ncrai
character 0i the country hc recount
his progress through the commuuicu
ton trenches.
Walking with your head two feet
under cover along q neat crack la ths
earth with q shatp corner every few
yards, finally you turu tac last COT
ner Into the actual hring trench. Il l
a trench to gladden. the c0nnui8seur
heart. How the men must have
worked whenever they were not nght
ing-and h digging less dear than
fighting to the soul Of youthf-in or
der TO model this perfect line OF de
Tense uud onouse. is shapoly nrlnt
step and clrar-cut y%erticle walls und
masslvcly squared trnnsscrses' Herr
is no guppiug N.shnped ditch 10 cul
l.c, ,he en.,,y,s trench mortars AM,
invite his wandering whizhungs in
aud the men know IL. You walk lions
M. trench ana 500 inst nrlde a. Well
rs eon6dencs in their faces.
Il 4 noon now. and some OF them
or. nl,,rtng an hot No.. ,o cooi 4, an
.nt,ng out at ,beir dixles hot ,tev of
meat n,tnto,s nnd mems. n has not
nIvays h,en thus IN he English nrup
trench m, Enpli.h onIy learn vnt
I'm .ach ~ ,h.ir ,y,r. hv degrees Inn,
now thcv have learned n. The dny I.
fine and other mon nre aslrep hnsk
inc M. cnts An a stnt. of beutltude
an uttIe SUNNI sh.lyr. and links run.
nInglv sculptn,.d ont of the trenches
Arm CLAW wills
ons littl. kuot ~ man an duty are
hendlna oy.r 4 comic pnper nj a cor.
ner. The wnry old trench dveller al.
wnys likes a corner becnuse he cnn
tump round IL nj the shortest MOTTO,
nnd nut a solid wnlI of enrtb between
himself and ANYTHING noxious that
drons m. ON the other slide nnoth,t
yro,n che.rhitly re,p.ns tbnt undylup
,bame al d.bnt. the british .oldlrrs-
the merits and dement's OF the salient
AT Yprrs.
.uow long vas Won M Wlpersf'
eFour monthsH
.Well I was there Ave months, d,
vbnt rIybt hnvc you 10 spenkY'
A re,.rnt lnuuh sreets this metnoa
NJ proof and som.une els. cuts in.
sentriss Watch Germans.
You meet nnnccrs nuNious about notp.
ing .xrpnt Z. knuy Mimi thor, L. IA
An. last Enuli.h nuu,r. spuurl.s al
duty with NH th. crowns of their
srnss.preen steel helmet, dipped Gun
ninply do,,n Ia The narup.t's level n,
port that nothing Is stirring over Inc
way. These helmets used 10 be upi,
and NOT highly protecuye. They lool i
IKE The bafbsr. bnsln thnt Dan outA
ote took "a be the helmet OF Main.
rim The nsw mike of helmet A..
prettler. ANA also more %,irrnnus. 1.
covers more OF the neck. though no,
90 much as the blus.stesl skull CAPS
u the French with their turned.doNn
hums. ana ice lines are artistic. Worn
Al the proprr ANGLE. IL makes the cums.
IA young sentry look rather III. lIunA.
tello's David nj Florence.
Win STOPPING heads. the sentries re-.
port nothing doing" That means
noihlng visible. nothing audible.
peerlug over the pRrapet lot a mo.
nsnt o see only n wilderness OF
bnre earth. pitted ,hicgly with conlcoi
nodes from three to eight feet deep
-Four hundred feet away Is the sfele.
ton OF o dead village. No sign Of life
Is To be seen there except perhaps one
ct the larks which sing cheerfuily
through cnnnonades that would make
the pheasants In faraway sussex nery,
aus, or else a big hawk slowly quarter.
ing around ANA sending the larks lnto
q retirement as modest as that Of Ger.