Arizona republican., 1917-01-16

has been over very long he generally knows phrase or two of French, which coupled with war slang that is common to both armies. gives a medi- um of communication mutually en- jolsd. In the front line trenches they share and exchange their little belongings like so many school child ren, swapping luncheon goodies at recess time. Cigarettes. tobacco and chocolate are traded back and forth and often-tine the midnight meal for I'renchman and Englishman is heated over the same little stove carefully concealed from the enemy lest q hand grenade should upset the supper plans.
 This stubborn. dogged, foot by foot warfare, with it's mire and mud, it's redoubts and dugouts and it's intricate geography of trench upon trench. seldom lends itself 70 pictures of martial splendor. but without design or arrangement there occurred a few days ago spectacle which will live long in the memory of he few out sicers privileged to witness it.
 Two great contingents of the French and British armies met upon the road, exchanged salutations, and passed One was coming out" the other "go- ing in" Each column must have been at least seven miles long. And with each was all the paraphernalia, the panopol' and the impedimenta of modern warfare. There was no studied display to the spectacle. no full dress. no glinting steel nor bur- nished brass The day was cold and gray and wet and everywhere was a 1 grim realization of the business. the machinery of war-war just over the ! horizon.
 When the two columns were fully | abreast the military picture had at 1 tained it's fullest expression. From a | point Of eminence one could look down upon the undulating road and see for miles the colOred ribbon formed | by the marching men-the British l khaki on ihe right. the French blue to 1 the left The columns were made up | of infantry ard field artillery-hors. ! artillery the British call it. There were tte famous French "75s" or "SoiXantes quinze''-the extreme Of gun simplicity and effectiveness. Some were painted blue and others mad a mottied coat to make them fade all the more vaguely into the landscape and thus cheat the prying eyes ot hostile airmen. Their smoke stained muz2les and mud -splashed barrels were eloquent of the fact that these | were no novices at the game of war
 They were out of the line now fer q | brief respite only to. go in again later | Opposite the "75s" were the Brit 1 ish -pounders-not so slim anf graceful perhaps IS their Frcncf rctotypes. but just about all that gun should he. British gunners ar.
 willing 10 admit that ihe French guI is rather some weapon" but the, have real affection for their owI | .sah ta
 shakaole
 | Punctuating the blue and Khaki rib. hons now and then were little patche. Of smoke and steam. rising from th, ifieid kitchens. fer dinner was beinl cooked "on the go" It was a little
 after noon that the TWO column
 halted and there mingled in a road
 way lined with the gaunt remains Q
 shell torn trees. Tommy and Poili
 sat down and nte side by side
 It was thc good fortune of the cor respondent of the Associated Press i
 the fleld with the British armies ( mptor through the entire length of th blGe and brown columns. IL was eas 10 see that tine passing spectacle c the opposite army was of intene
 personal and professional interest { . FrenchWan and Britcn alike. Tn
 French never cease to marvel al tn
 Sf'ptchmen Tn their khaki tunics. plai
 kilties and bare knees. The Scots wh
 were in the long brown line on thi l particular day mad q small but vigor
 ous pipe win them and the iIighlan l music dellghtrd the passing Poilus
 Nnd to ihc British eyes the Frenc
 soldier is magnificent Taii and sial
 wart men rode and marched in II
 blue line thai passed the brown. Man
 of Ciem had been in the fightin
 since the fire' iays of ;he German
 inNnslon. but Inc more than two venr