The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-07-27
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AMERICA HAS LEARNED MANY
LESSONS FROM HER ALLIES
.,,oc;,+.d Press Staff Correspondent Writes
Ahout the Trials Yet to Go Through-Bap-
tism of Fire the Worst of All.

still more dismaying introduction TO
the CHASTITY rattle of the machine-gun
and its sinister swish of spraying bull
lets-sounds we'll calculated to stab
with q moment of fear the heart OF
the bravcst men.
But above all the American SOL
diers must equip themselves to endure
the lethal gas that will be sent over
against them in poisonous, vaporlsh
clouds, or showered upon them in a
deluge of heavily charged cylinders
and shells, They must prepare to deal
also with the treacherous lachryma-
tory gas which while not dangerous to
life irritates the tearducts until one
cries with blinded, smarting eyes for
hours. The surprise d bcth these
gases is their altogether pleasant
smell, the leathal variety suggesting
the clean odor Of sanitary hospital
ward, while the so-called ear gas has
the appetizing scent OF crushed ripe
applies, or cider.
There is also the reason-shaklng
terror of the "Aamenwerfer," with its
roaring stream of liquid fire flaring
| with the velocity of high pressure
fire nozzle and with an offpouring OF
smoke rising like black cyclone cloud
to the heavens.
The first day Of their stay in battle
trenches the Americans will make the
!. acquaintance Of very old, but scarce
llv cherished, friend of the Tommies
and Poilus-another member OF the
Werfer family known as Minnie
This is the German mine thrower OF
minewerfer, which filings over at short
range great heavy projectiles known
as "Aying pigs" because Of their wan
, bly,, ungainly fight. They go of VIII
a deafening roar, expending more en-
: ergy on noise, however, than on ma
terial damage.
RI A notable development Of the wa
e has been the dread with which TN
4 Germans have seen weapons OF thel
e own invention turned against then
: and turned with a steadily increasln
intensity. Their prisoners speak 0
= the terror these weapons have cause
j. and declare the German higher con
+ mand is realizing all too late tn
h Frankensteins it brought into beln'
Ir While the Entente allies are mullpl!
Ie inc these terrors on the lines laid dow
r by Emperor William himself. the Ge
70 mans, isolated 50 long from the worl
Is find their resources and materials col
pt stantly failing both as to means
re carrying on this style Of warfare an
m what is more important to them, con
N batting the retributive measures u
C. dertaken by British and French
er Asphyxiating gas may be taken
ng a striking example. The whole wor
Sc was shocked when Germany first 7
p leased those poison clouds during the
he second attack on Ypres when the
les lies. little suspecting such weape
M had no protection whatever agar
4" h. The horror Of those days when m =.
'er engulfed by the leathal waves a. !,
Wy agonizing deaths will never be !.
ms, gotten. But the manner IN. wh'
ing Canadian troops rallied and prevent
the Germans breaking through
to what they hoped would be victorie
M march to Calais and Boulogne' y
are ever be one Of the most thrilling 81
we'd les Of the world war. Nowadays
ard British fairly bathe the Germans
.cid every form Of gas wheneve,
AS slightest opportunity offers ana p'
hat oners all say their losses in these
inst tacks have been alarmingly nea
tots Gas is sent over in creeping Dahks
fog. is shot over in bombs tl,as :.
new denly explode In trenches and a.. q
ism frances to dusouts, vile no D'lis'. \. !.
Il, sleeping quarters for troops W.