New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-18
Blu Arthur Gleason

,v.ntv.two wears old and enlisted for the
war with Mexico.
lust "a Sanders was sailing for France a
New York tough saw him in the street ana
thought he had met a harmless country boy
lthe one hundred and eighty pounds OF
lighting muscle are. hidden in "cit's clothesD.
"It was our last day in the United States
saws Sanders, reminiscently. i was th!hK-
ing I'll never see Gods country any more
was thinking Of something else and hit him
Good I'm not the stronges, man in the
World. nothing like that. III just do the
show for the soldiers, so they can have
sornething new every once in while. we
usod 20 lonf together Now we're at war
together. We'll, I'll have 70 beat 1t. I'm on
water call tonight"
a Young marine OF the Battalion Of the
- Marines Is professional boxer,
stripping at 1914 pounds. He IS the son OF
a horse breeding farmer in Missouri, VINO
bred Early Reaper, 200 fiat" the boy eH-
planned.
owe come four thousand miles to get a
crack at the Germans" he added.
These boys are red faced young, with
drive. One meets many boys, eighteen and
nineteen years old, but the average age Is
about twenty-three.
"There's not a touch Of 'blueness' among
them" said J. H. Edwards secretary OF he
hu. at -. They're just boys, full
crown to be sure, but boys"
One man came into hut and asked for
isb-French grammar. 1t turned OUT
that this is his second enlistment. He hrst
cav service in Porto Rico. You Will hnd'
now and again, company Of old timers
men who have been in service fifteen 70
twenty years. Sergeant Murphy, OF the
- Infantry, has served for twenty-six
years-Cuba, the Philippines, all our orusheS'
These old time sergeants are the Key OF 'he
army. They are on an equality with the
men, but they understand discipline.
Speaking for the few thousand men whom
I saw in this furthest advanced section OF
the army, the regulars number about 20 per
cent, and the other three quarters are VOL
unteers who came in on the declaration OF
war The regulars, with their experience,
are we'll scattered among the newcomers so
a. 70 give a. foundation on which to build
morale. The police sergeant of ---, with
three gold teeth In his front upper Jaw,
v,bich come out in chilly smile, is another
old timer. II is his duty to make the life OF
prisoners uncomfortable with hard work.
otherwise the boys would break rules and
stay out after hours. He was speaking OF
the lumber shortage and the difficulty OF
getting any pine boards for the huts.
ppm between fire and hot water myself,
he said
When the War Came to Texas
A Texas man strolled in to the hut where |
was spending the night and began talking
about his home and district. He lives thirty
miles from Texarkana, and his hands were
bunged up from his army work as mule skin
ner." He told how the circulation Of the
local newspapers jumped as soon as war
was declared.
"The people thought they might as well
know about it as not" he explained.
"The Kaiser won't do" was his summary OF
Texas public opinion, and he explained why
his state felt that way: 'It's busting inter
national law made our folks see the war
it was shooting the steamers
sat near group Of soldiers in the hut
at --. They had come in for a cake
Of chocolate and smoke. The talk ran on
to the new army life of the last six months.
"Pd give 'em a hundred dollars TO send me
back" said one.
81 don't want to go back till ! see some
thing" replied the man across the table.
ITS nicer 20 be over where you can savvy,
where you can be with your own people" put
in third man. "Over here you have TO make
all kinds of movements TO make them cough
up"