The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-08-31
AMERICAN VERSION
OF FRENCH LINES
Leader Of Uncle Sans Soldiers
in France Amends PhiIos-
ophy of PoiluS.
DON'T WORRY, IS THEME
Major General sibert Writes Message
Giving Cheer TO Men Who Are to
Follow Him Across the
Atlantic Ocean.
BY EDWARD q CLARK.

| ''N NSNehs
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Washington. - Official dispatches
have let the public know that Mai
Gen. William l.. Slbert has landed In
France and is In command Of the
American camp. Proof that the war
department was right In its official
statement has come to me in the form
of a personal letter from the general
written on the day that the conveyed
ships docked, and written also appar-
emily nj moment when the stationery
of ordinary correspondence, official
and non-Otiiclnl, was not to be had
for the immediate asking. Also there
are evidences that the general may
have written his message to his old
friend with an unplaned hardtack box
as desk. However, the letter and its
contents We're grateful.
1t Is not for me to tell what the
general says in his letter, except to
say that he tells nothing which the
censor would not be willing to pass.
There is something connected with
this communication, however, which
one can make public probably without
running the risk of bringing down
upon him the wrath of the war de-
partment.
The general In looking about for
some paper to write his message on
Yfolrad I'M a c.aaf ,pbfob In uort al
ready had beeh used by an American
army officer who desired to cheer up
the men who are to follow him, his
general and his comrades in the way
across the ocean.
The French Version.
There is a suspicion that Captain
Sherman of the Engineers corps was
the man who had written on the pa
per, but General Sibert took 1t for his
own purposes. Sherman, or whoever
he was, has reproduced one version
Of the well-ltnown lines concerning
concern" at the front and which are
called or might be called. "Don't
Worry" lie has added something
VI hlS ONh' AhlS 10 llS uISt YER
sion:
Two things are certain: Either you
are modified or you are not mobil-
ized.
If you are not mobilized, there is
no need to worry; if your are mobil-
lied,
Two things are certain: Either you
are at the front or you are not at the
front.
If you are not at the front, there
is no need to worry; if you are at the
front,
Two things are certain: Either you
are in immediate danger or you are
not in immediate danger.
If you are not in immediate danger
there is no need to worry; if you are
in immediate danger,
Two things are certain: Either
you are wounded or you are not
wounded.
If you are not wounded there is no
need to worry; if you are wounded,
Two things are certain: Either
you are seriously wounded or you are
not seriously wounded.
If you are not seriously wounded,
there is no need to worry; if you are
seriously wounded,
Two things are certain: Either you
get well or you die.
If you get well there is no need to
worry; if you die, you can't worry.
The American Version.
Here is the American officers adden-
dunn to the lines given above, and 1t
may be that it will make philosophical
the Regulars, the Guardsmen and the
new army men who are to go to
France:
Two things are certain: Either
you are ordered to France or you are
not ordered to France.
If you are not ordered to France,
there is no need to worry; if you are
ordered to France,
Two things are certain: Either you
are summarized or you are not subma-
rined.
If you are not Summarized, there is
no need to worry; if you are subma.
rined,
Two things are certain: Either you
are picked up or you are not picked
up.
If you are picked up, there is no
need to worry; If you are not picked
up,
Two things are certain: Either you
drown or you don't drown.
If you don't drown, there is no need
to worry. If you do drown, you can't
worry.