Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-07
uncle SAMU AGAINST REAL MAR,
TINE TO REALIzE II, SAYS WRITER

reserve their opinion for the time
when they can really lay their eyes
On you fellows and see for themselves
the type OF soldiers. we have been
Boosting about, so much.
/. know that II this idea Of pride
could peFmeate down into the ranks
of every organization In the states
II every man could happen 70 get the
feeling that It depended upon him per
sonally to uphold a great tradition, ]
am sure that training would go for
ward With q rush.
] appreciate the fact that the U. s.
hasn't been invaded yet--that there
have been no casualty lists published
that your food hasn't been cut Off
in other words, that many Of the
things which up and slapped old John
Bull IN the face and made him realize
that he is at war have not happened
yet In the states and consequently /:
probably will demand some draft upon
the imagination to get you fellows into
the fighting spirit. You know II IL
sort Of sudden ana brusque and maybe
unsportsmaniike 70 put up your dukes
and square off to q fellow when you
can't feel or see that he IL ready to
fight you or has already kicked yoa
In the shins.
Up Against Real War
But please pull out your magma
ton and no matter to what bounds II
may fly ii can hardly oyerreach the
mark. The states are up against
real war and the fellows who are 60
ing to see her through with you are
going to know well what war is be-
fore they get through. The Huns--de.
nounce them as much as you like
bull all you want TO about their afro
cities, punch the bag all you care to
about their disnonorable infractions
Of international law and Of the laws of
humanity, do all that stuff you want
to-but don't overlook the fact for one
little minute that they fight like devils.
II will probably be many moons be-
fore they will start running for Berlin
&C the sight Of an allied nag or the
sound of blood curdling Yankee yell.
Those sauerkrauters have been sit
ting out there In that cyclone of iron
and steel for almost three years. They
have seen so many men killed that *
don't mean any more to them than
swatting fly. They have tasted and
dealt death in ali forms. They have
seen mountains - mountains living
with thousands OF men blown into the
air by subterranean chambers of ex-
plosiye that required months and
months to build and charge.
They nave felt the weight OF tons
and tons Of metal, Of whole black
smith shops 'and pig iron foundries
slammed through the air down on
them in an inferno Of noise that would
scare wooden Indian out Of his moe,
casins. They have listened TO the
death rip Of machine guns 50 long thai
many of them can't sleep without the
sound Of them. They've been choked
with gas and blistered with liquid fire. |
They've been bombed from above AMI
Summarized from below. II there In
any new way Of killing or getting kiIIed |
they are willing 10 die to find out |
i am carrying On at such length Just |
TO set ID into your head and those 81 |
your pals in the Bleeding First that
you guys haven't got q minute to |
spare not an effort toflose. The num-
Der OF you that comes out OF this mess |
doesn't depend 30 much upon what you
do after you get to France as upon
what You do now. The better trained |
you are as . unit the more individual
security each Of you partake. In other
words, the fellow in yoGr organization
who isn't making COED Roadway in his |
the fellow Who is off on dis
cipIine, shy Of tactics. unwilling on |
drill. slack on fatigue that chap ID d |
menace to you.
The chance of each one OF you IN |
The regiment depends greatly upon