Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-29

from TIE trenches where they had
collected q full assortment 81 Al
kinds s6f the little Huns and they
e undergoing Inspection in9a hos
It'd rather haze . bayonet sting
me" said = fellow. ~ ~ can't get
rid of the rcootiss' in the trenches
and he scratched his side. They.
keep you guessing as bad as a, Hun.
prisoner, but occasionally you get
one" and nopchalently reaching, up
to his cheek me picked up one OF the
wees" from it and proceeded to
squeeze itgbetween; thumb nails.
We've got EN- chorused half a
dozen others. All we: want Is the
dope ,tof sling I'm the bath, and the
IT. nc disgrace overs here: just
garden around with you. IL ~
Reminds me of n soldier" satd
the major doctor in charge" He had
been through some of the Bthickest of
the scrapping on the American sector
OF III trenches. In fact had proven
absolutely devoid of any trace of the
white feather. We foundsout eventu-
ally that he was t~wenty-one. an only
boy, one Of those studious delicate
nurtured chaps who enlisted at the
far above the average book" edu-
cation. and reserved in manner. he
did not mingle much with the other
fellows. He came back from the
trenches with a minor wound on the
arm. and while we we're dressing it.
coni1ded hat he believed he had the
hives or had gotten some kind Of gas
on him.
81 looked him over" continued the
doctor" and found that he had a
nice colony of body lice. Do you
know that this fellow who had faced
German fire without finching actu-
ally tainted when we told him what
caused the itching. EARLY training;
that's. ALL"
Now don't imagine everyone is af-
fected. Far from it. but do you won-
turn at that clean heaven in the war
zope. AK Les Bains?.
BY the way, mother. do you re-
member how you used 70 make me
u1dress in the back kitchen after l
had been out on a trip through the
country towns. Never saw a bed bug
in my life or on n trip except at
-, in those days. Just got rid of
a mess of coolies.
Dul ~. SOILlIIuc. Lie VScdUilSIlJlICI
of a great restorium at AK LIE Bains
came as the result Of an agreement
between the United States military
authorities, and the French govern
ment. The city had been turned over
to the U. S. with all of it's offerings,
and then it was cleaned of all of what
were termed malicious influences.
Just like a North Dakota town hit by
Langerism, but the beer and light
ry ~ 10 Ga vy~~> ~~rta Aa~ T1n
ban is on the cognac and the run and
the poor imitation Of American whis-
key which for a time vas sold over
here: the stuff with a kick like a long
range gun and the effects of a gas
attack. (
r" OF course Paris is looked upon
from afar by the men, but Paris cant
have thousands upon thousands OF
men trapsing in and out. Paris is toe
busy.
AK lie Bains is clean, and offers
just az much and as little as the
United States government wants it t,
offer to its boys On holidays. and THU
will at least show to what extent thu
military chieftains are looking ou
for the welfare of the boys over here
and to go a step farther, for the vel
fare of the army.
Here is a slittle story I heard re
Gently:
Do you know what barrage is? o
course you do. There Is no militar.
secret about a barrage. 1t is merel.
l a terrific fire of artillery and ma
chine gun bullets that serves as
screen while troops move from poin
to point.
Recently in one sector Of the Am
erica trenches the artillery begal
sending over a heavy barrage prior t.
a rush upon German trenches by tn
Americans. W
A. sergeant was In charge Of a pla
toon at a certain point and vas du'
to give a signal for the lifting. o
raising of the barrage to-a point far
Their back. He was n of the rar
exceptions>to be found in the Ameri
can army. a. coward.
He refused to give the signal.
A, private who realized that tn
Germans might be table to bring vi
achievements. Tor that the Who'll
scheme Of the attack might be fyus
trated by the d~efalcation of the on
section of the line loaded his rifle
threw military training aside an!
forced the sergeant to give the sigma!
and then this private. a boy iron
Williston, ". D., led the platoon Il
the attack and succeeded in .captur
ing a number Of German prisoners.
~ Just another North Dakotan's &C,
And m are barred by the cen