New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-07

bardment. young soldier announced
Electrically in loud voice that, strafe
or 10 strafe. he would not be deprived
of his tea. and with that ran toward
his dugout carrying his mess IN OF hot
sater. In the circumstances u was bad
luck that he should have tripped up.
although the incident certainly pro
vided a hearty laugh for his comrades
at particularly trying moment.
To the snlpiug section 10 Is no eXas-
geration 10 say their duty is also their
pleasure, picking of unwary Huns and
rigid training 20 that end, occupying
all their attention both 10 the trencre,
and during rest periods.
The keeping Of pet dogs is forbidden
>or obvious reasons. when actually
the front line, but IS sometimes per
.nitted in the back areas.
Newspapers are widely read ard
passed from hand TO hand. The --latest
novels are also easily devoured by both
officers and men. have even known
some young officers who joined up
straight from oxford and Cambridge
10 continue their studies in dugouts
and bllets quite undistuTbed by The
general atmosphere OF uncertainty ana
danger. IL IS when such studIOus and
Tell-stored minds are blotted out willy
nilly By single pellet of lead thai
one realizes the full! significance AMI
criminal folly of the German ideal 81
"kultur.'
But get them OF their work for
single instant and they are just boys
again boys with The Joyous instincts
and love Of life OF their fellows on
land who nave not yet begun 70 acquire
he first knowledge OF 2 profession.
they overflow with animal spirit'.
Their talk h. Of their sweetheart' ara
their games. and Joyous laugh runs
throughout. Work may take Them -
deaths door next morning. Life LOOKS
mighty good at the moment.
JOYOUS Youths-Of Duty
Of duty. past dangers become th'
merest Jest happened to be sitting
with four of them, all Of whom had
Just come Off strenuous spell
of duty. One told how he va
aboard one Of the five destroyers tha,
dared the German feet at the begin
r.ng Of tn" battle OF Jutland. Al wen,
under except his, and she escaped
barely with her life Another gave a
merry account Of The conduct OF he
boat AT Gallipol The third related
how he had outwittcd some German
spies in tho Cameroons when they wen,
up river. IN the face OF mines and
-unken bOoms. 10 look for the enemy
ships. The ether told US the story %
how, on this very boat, IN the Heligo-
land battle. the first officer escaped be
cause Of his habit Of standing with his
legs wide apart An enormous piece %
h.. al - hot "a
,,ead Of taking one of A. o. token -
gratitude he had the shrapnel mounted
on a wooden shield and hung in tho
ward roOiH. where .t still remsln-. -
they went ON.
From another point Of ;iew - -
wonderful how these young officers.
shut Up with one another in q confined
space for long periods together ~ is
mighty little in the way ~ leave thai
comes 10 them in war time retain
their good temper and preserve ne
general harmony. Apparently the sea
breeds a mighty tolerance. The irri-
liabilities OF landsmen find little en-
couragement.
With the captain also. although their
bearing is one Of punctlious respect.
fulness which never alters for an IN
slant. there is a relation Of easy con
idence. OF duty. il is still their place
10 treat him with the Difference biz
rank entities. He treats them a.
Younger brothers. But all the time.
one notices every sign Of mutual trust
and good will
II is men Of this type tina. England
sends 70 sea in her destroyers. They
perform their hazardous duty by loV-
ing H.