New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-03

bet he thinks q LOT. He's Scotch, you
I know, and the Scotch are that way.
/ think ? lot myself"
The boy bends over his lathe again,
! and We pass on 70 his neighbor.
/ War Helped This Youth
I'D like TO 60 back and have an
other crack at the Huns" says this
/ one. IL was wounded twice, once in
| the shoulder with shrapnel; then
went back and / got il in the hip with
a piece Of shell. and l got my trip TO
Bhghty and home"
] He was a cheerful young man, just
/ rearing thirty. 81 leave here next
| week." he continued, land Lieutenant
| McCallum has fixed me up for job
] as machinist for S25 week And |
| got married since I've come home |
used TO be a carter before | enlisted
/ and | knocked around not doing much
/ OF anything. Now I've got some
future and I've seen all that there is
20 be seen
The face Of the man who had been
/ "gassed" was still drawn and some
what distorted from the agony of it.
His voice was husky and now and then
| he coughed.
Eyes. | was 'gassed.'" he said simply.
81 guess that ! never will get over 1t
quite. Still, lot Of the men were used
up whole lot worse. I'm going out
/ West when l learn my trade and try t.
forget il. Then it may wear of some"
At noon the "mcn who were used up
file out of the machine. shop. Others
/ quit their desks in the bookkeeping
class or their stools in the drafting
class. Some of them have been quite
badly used UP. They limp, they stag
ger and they cough.
Their work abandoned for the time,
there comes into their eyes the look
that is worn only by the man who has
recently stared death in the face. As
they file through the hallway the pipes
sound in the street when a new detail
of recruits are marching to their bar
racks.
There comes sudden lustre to the
staring eyes and the drawn faces
Tighten. Looking through the window,
one sees the young men who are TO
take the places of those who have been
used up. They march with a quick and
, certain stride, and they are radiant in
/ the pride of their youth.
Dominion's Spirit Admirable
81 hear those shells again." mutters
the almost hopeless case. ooh, buck
up" says the man who was twice
wounded.
That is the spirit Of Canada. The
Dominion is making over its used up
men as il sends fresh men 10 take their
places, and this process will continue
until the war is ended or Canada IS
bled 10 death. Canada will not be bled
to death soon, for the Canadians are a
vigorous breed the English-Scotch-
Irish members Of the race.
This work has only just been
started" explains the former professor
of philosophy. 1T is applied psychol-
ogy, you see. When ! was sent back
from the front to take it up | chafed
for a while, but now | am beginning TO
see its value in the war game. We
must remake the men who have been
used up"
As he spoke the calm. courageous
soul Of Canada shone through his kind
ly brown eyes. He told quietly of how
he had gone into the darkness to bring
back minds that had been lost there
through graphing with the things with
which we must grapple. As he talked
so softly and cheerily one lost the feel
ing of pain for the blind eyes, the
empty sleeves and the Scared faces
He made one feel that there was hope
in utter hOpelessness while courage re-
manned.
This man who is making over the
men who have been used up was a mere
subaltern of infantry. He might have
been wiped out in some minor action
Fortunately, his government picked
him for the work for which he is best
fitted. Before this is over he will have
made over thousands of the men who
have been used up.
We Must Follow Canada
mention this side to show how thor
oughly Canada has gone into the war,
for we must 90 in just as thoroughly.
We must send men 20 the front; we
will get back many Of them used up"
We must make them over.
Canada has Numbered with the rest
Of the empire, but Canada has come
through Gloriously steadfast with the
empire. We who are divided by an in
visible border line should find inspira-
tion in the achievements of Canada and
learn from her mistakes.
"When did Canada first realize what
the war MEANT" | asked one officer who
had been over and who was FUSED up"
when the casualty lists came in and
when the wounded came home" ne re-
piled
Perhaps, then, our delays are due 70
the fact that we will not realize what
faces Us until we begin to make over
the men who have been used up. And
If we give with the heroic generosity
Of Canada, if the courage Of the Amer
lean is equal 10 the courage of the Ca
madam, we shall have more than l,000,-
600 men used up unless Prussianism L
Yveaker than IL seome