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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-06-22

raised under a military caste, who
have had no thought except for
"the next war"
The Senator may think that
America would "rise. - If Amer
lea went to the platform that she
was going to spend the balance
Of her existence thinking about
the next war. I rather imagine
she would "fall" and that her
future would be unworthy Of her
past.
The thing to do now is to win
this war and. if we win this war,
to put an end, not only here but
all over the world, even in Prus-
STA itself, to universal compulsory
military service, to make man.
kind recognise the common faith
errhood of God and the common
brotherhood of man, and to quit
thinking about cutting one anoth-
er's, throats and begin to think
about helping one another as the
common children Of God, entitled
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-06-22
w. s. IS,

Dispatches from the trenches
tell glowingly of the heroism Of
our American boys. One illus
tration is sighted where an Amer
lean was fighting with one arm
shot of, not knowing his condi-
ton until SO informed by a COM
rade. Those are the kind of boys
we are backing when we buy
bonds, help Red Cross and pledge
all of our spare money for Thrift
Stamps.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-06-22

to the heritage which God has
given us. America fall! The
Senator asks me, Shall America
rise to this great Prussian oppor.
tunityf He reminds me of some
thing I heard some years ago,
Somebody said in the House one
day that If certain New England
mechanics down in Florida could
not get away they might fall to
the level Of "the common white
trash by whom they were sur
rounded, and I said, "Mr. Speak
er. if they fall, they will violate
al the laws Of gravitation, be.
cause in order to reach that level
they would have to RISE" So
when the Senator asks me whether
we shall rise to the level Of sup
porting American honor and the
balance Of it my answer is we have
already risen to it. We have
been rising to 1t all the time and
we have rerisen to it lately.
We have had a new Easter Of
American patriotism. The god
of Justice and Of righteousness
and Of American patriotism has
been resurrected once more. Shall
we rise to the level indicated by
the Senator from Indianaf What
leveli The level of barbarians
the level Of war seekers; the level
Of institutions and societies
founded upon a military past,
throughout all the years
IF peace to prepare itself for war
provoked by itself. Whenever
ron turn people into On armed
ramp, you at GREE rive them the
ambition to provoke var in order
10 Ahow how well prepared they
are FOR it. -
Fight this war ont; resort to
sompulsory 4 universal military
,ervifce ia order % defeat COM
pulsofY military unlversel serv-
e an over the world forever. Re-
Dort 70 war IN order to put m end
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-06-22
SPEECH OF HON. JOHN SHARP
WILLIAMS ON THE AMENDMENT
TO SELCCTIVE SERVICE ACT.

amenQment OHered by the Sena
tor from Indiana Mr.. New read
Is follows:
"Sec. s.. That in addition K
the persons subject to registration
and selective draft under the &C
entitled An act to authorize thu
President to increase temperate,
the Military Establishment of thu
United States approved May Is
1917, all male persons between the
ages of 10 and 30. both inclusive
shall be subject to registration and
draft in accordance with the pro
visions of said act: Provided
That all registered male persons
who have attained the age of l9
years shall be subject to military
training in accordance with reg
ulations to be prescribed by the
President, but shall not be called
for active service until they have
attained the age of 81 years.
Then comes the portion accepted
by the Senator from Indiana. as
follows:
Crowded further, That the
period Of training between the
ages of 10 and 81 years shall be
in the aggregate not less than six
months"
Mr.. Williams. Mr.. President.
want to say few words upon
the point at issue.
l think it very unfortunate, in
deed, that the Senator from In
diana should have offered this
amendment at this time. This is,
in essence, q question which must
be determined upon the battle
field, which ought not to be de-
termined now by us. If we lose
this war, if Germany wins the
war. or if a patched-up peace is
made. amounting simply to an
armistice. and not lasting and
enduring peace, then it goes with
out saying that we as Nation
must become and must remain
armed cap-a-pie indefinitely. We
will have had full notice of Ger
many's intention to make world
conquest and to exercise world
dominion. and we would be fools,
indeed. if we did not prepare TO
prevent that when "the next
war" breaks out-ssthe next war;
concerning which the Prussian
junkertheum and the military
caste are already talking in Ger
many, and for which they are al
ready making their plans. | have
seen some right extensive plans
advocated for "the next war"
Prussia has made up her mind
that unless she is whipped she will
regard the next peace as an armis-
tice for further preparation for
further wOrld-cOnQueSt lust.
Now, Mr.. President, if she wins,
of curse, we must remain in arms.
cap-a-pie, no matter what it costs
the people in the subtraction of
money from educ alton and prog
ress and industry. If we have
self-respect we must remain armed.
But If upon the other hand we
win the war. as | rather imagine
we will sooner or later, then we
will hone to rid the American peo-
pie Of the menace Of universal mill
itarv CONSUMPTION. curse. al
though it may at times he the less
Of two evils. but in itself a curse
20 civilization, to nationality. TO
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-06-22

to war! AS far as we can see, be-
tween a universal law Teutonic,
while living forever in a state Of
suspicion and hatred and hostil-
ity toward the whole world, think
ing about somebody's throat that
You want to cut and national dis
aster there is. to my mind, very
little choice.
Shall you rise to the level Of
Americanismf Have not those
boys risen to it lover there"i
Have not these boys in the train
ing camps risen to iti
I All we have got to do, Mr.. Pres
ident, is to obey the injunction Of
Charles Kingsley-those Of US
who are not fit for service-and
that is ito hold our hearts up
higher for those who are fighting
afar," and not to forget while we
are doing this. under the strain Of
circumstance, the traditions and
ideals Of the American Republic
and Of American demOcracy--a
republic and democracy whose
every salient. keystone strength
has consisted in the fact that they
were constantly and always pre-
pairing during peace for still bet
ter and more enduring peace.
Nlol Cl NNnlYEM X0ll0 SKlM
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-06-22
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02

BOYS. Pm. sorry, but orders have just
been received cancclling all leave. If
you had been three hours earlier you
would have gotten away. Just stay in
that train. as 1t is going back. Rations
will be issued to you for your return
Journey TO your respective stations.
Beastly rotten, know" Then he left.
A dead silence resulted. Then men
started TO curse, threw their rifles on
the floor of the car; others said moth
ing, seemed to be stupefied, while some
had the tears running down their
cheeks. 1t was bitter disappointment
to all.
How we blinded at the engineer of
that train: ii was all his fault ESQ we
reasoned) why hadn't he speeded up
little or been on time, then we would
have gotten off before the order ar
rived? Now it was no Blighty for us.
That return journey was misery to
us; Just can't describe it.
When we got back TO rest billets, we
found that our brigade was in the
trenches (another agreeable surprise)
and that an attack was contemplated.
Seventeen of the forty-One win never
get another chance to go on leave; ;
they were killed in the attack. Just
think if that train had been on time,
those seventeen would still be alive.
hate to tell you how l was kidded
by the boys when I got back, but 1t was
good and plenty.
Our machine gun company took over
their part of the line at seven o'clock,
the night after 1 returned from my
Rear leave.
AT 8 80 the following morning three
waves went over and captured the first
and second German trenches. The
machine gunners went over with the
fourth wave to consolidate the cap
tured line or "dig in" as Tommy calls
it.
Crossing No Mans Land without
clicking any casualties. we came TO
the German trench and mounted our
guns on the parados of same.
Go be continued.)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02

to draw. l glibly answered, Three
hundred francs, sir" he just as glibly
handed me one hundred.
Reporting at brigade headquarters.
With my pack weighing n ton, waited.
with forty others, for the adjutant to
inspect us. After an hours wait, he
came out; must have been sore because
he wasn't going with US.
The quartermaster sergeant issued
as two days rations, in a little white
canvas ration bag. which we tied to
our belts.
Then two motor lorrles came along
and we piled in, laughing. joking, and
n the best of spirits. We even loved
he Germans, we were feeling so happy.
Dur journey to seven days bliss in
Blighty had commenced.
The ride In the lorry lasted about
:wo hours; by this time we were COW
cred with fine, white dust from the
Dad, but didn't mind. even If we were
nearly choking.
AT the railroad station at p we
reported to an officer. who had a white
band around his arm, which read "R.
I. o." (Royal Transportation Officer).
To us this officer was Santa Claus.
The sergeant In charge showed him
our orders; he glanced through them
and said: Make yourselves comfort
able on the platform and don't leavei
the train is liable to be along In five
minutes-or five hours"
1t came in five hours. a string of
eleven match boxes on big, high
wheels, drawn by dinky little engine
with the "con." These match boxes
were cattle cars, on the sides of which
was painted the old familiar sign.
"Hommes 40. Chevaux g."
The K. 7. o. stuck us all into one
car. We didn't care; 1t was as good
as Pullman to us.
Two days we spent on that train.
pumping, stopping. jerking ahead, and
sometimes sliding back. AT three sta
tons we stopped long enough to make
some tea, but were unable to wash, so
when we arrived at B, where we
we're to embark for Blighty. we were
as black as Turcos and, with our I'M
shaven faces, we looked like lot Of
tramps. Though tired out, we were
happy.
We had packed up, preparatory to
detraining, when a Il. T. o. held up his
hand for us to stop where we were
and came over. This is what he said:
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02

cross in some shell-tossed field WIN
tears in his eyes as he reads the In-
scription. And little later perhaps
bend over a wounded man on stretch-
err. patting him on the head.
More than once in hospital naNo
seen n titled Red Cross nurse fetchlhg
and carrying for wounded soiuier'
perbaps the one who in civil life de-
liyered the coal at her back door. 10
dav she does not shrink from llgntins
his fag or even washing his griihS
body. 20
Tommy admires Albert of Belgium De-
cause he is not a pusher OF men, ne
leads them. With him it's not case
of take that trench" 1t Is come on
and we will take it"
1t is amusing to notice the dlllerens
characteristics of the Irish, Scotch anu
English soldiers. The Irish ana scotch
are very impetuous, especially wlen II
comes to bayonet fighting, while the
Englishman, though trifle slo"ei'
thoroughly does his bit; he is more
methodicaI and has the grip OF pun
dog on captured position. he -
slower TO think that is the reason why
he never knows when he is licked.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02

In the napper hundreds or yarus De-
hind the lines. 1t generally does; that's
fine reason the BOches hate the man
from Erin's isle.
The Saxons, though better than the
Prussians and Bavarians. have a nasty
trait of treachery in their makeup
At one point of the line where the
trenches ere very close, a stake was
driven into the ground midway be-
tween the hostile lines. AT night when
If was his turn, Tommy would crawl
70 this jtake and attach some London
naners to it, while at the foot he would
Mace tins of bully beet, flags, sweets
and other deIicacies that he had re-
ceived from Blighty in the ever looked
for parcel. Later on Fritz would come
ont and get these luxuries.
The next night Tommy would go out
70 see what Fritz put into his stocking
The donation generally consisted OF
naner from Berlin, telling who was
winning the war, some timed sausages,
cigars. and occasionally little beer
Int a funny thing. Tommy never re-
turned with the beer unless 1t was IN
side of him. His platoon got whiir Oh
mis- breath one night and the OFFENDING
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02
CHAPTER XXI.
About Turn.

The next evening we were relieved
by, the -th brigade. and once again
returned to rest billets. Upon arriving
1T these billets we were given twenty
four hours in which to clean up. / had
just finished getting the mud from my
uniform when the orderly sergeant in
formed me that my name was in orders
to leave, and that / was to report to
the orderly room in the morning for or
ders, transportation and rations.
1 nearly had a fit, hustled about
packing up. filling my pack with SOU
venirs such as shell heads dud bombs,
nose caps, shrapnel balls. and Prus-
sian guardsman's helmet In fact, be-
fore / turned in that night, had every
thing ready to report at the orderly
room at nine the next morning.
! was the envy of the whole section.
swanking around, telling of the good
time / was going to have. the places /
would visit and the real, old English
beer | intended TO guzzle. Sort Of
rubbed Il into them, because they all
do it, and now that 1t was my turn,
took pains to get my own back.
At nine reported TO the captain. re-
ceiving my travel order and pass. he
asked me how much money wanted
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02
| @IN7 81
lARIhue GUY EnpfYl
IACHlNF dINhER ,JERYlNG N FRANCE

ment, as far as / can remember. tnaI
the officers servants in the British
forces totaled nearly two hundred
thousand. He claimed that this re-
moved two hundred thousand excep-
tionally good and well-trained fighters
from the actual firing line, claiming
that the officers, when selecting Il man
for servants duty, generally picked the
man who had been out the longest and
knew the ropes.
But from my observation l find that
a large percentage of the servants do
go over the top, but behind the lines
they very seldom engage in digging
parties, fatigues, parades or drills
This work is as necessary as actually
engaging in an attack, therefore think
it would be safe to say that the all
round work of the two hundred thou
sand is about equal to fifty thousand
men who are on straight military du-
ties. In numerous instances, officers
servants hold the rank of lance-cOrpO-
rails and they assume the same duties
and authority of Il butler, the one
stripe giving him precedence over the
other servants.
There are lots of amusing stories
told of so. s."
One day one of our majors went into
the servants billet and commenced
"blinding' at them, saying that his
horse had no straw and that he per-
sonally knew that straw had been is
sued for this purpose. He called the
lance-corpOral to account. The cor
poral answered, "Blime me, sir, the
straw was issued, but there wasn't
enough left over from the servants
beds; in fact, we had TO use some of
the 'ay to 'elp out, sir"
1t is needless to say that the serv-
ants dispensed with their soft beds
that particular night.
Nevertheless ii is not the fault of
the individual officer, it is just the sur
vival of quaint old English custom.
You know an Englishman cannot be
changed in day.
But the average English officer is a
good sport. He will sit on fire step
and listen respectfully to Private
Jones' theory of the way the war
should be conducted. This war is
gradually crumbling the once insur-
mountable wall of caste.
You would be convinced of this if
you could see King George go among
I,;s mon on on inSnpctinU tOur Un0pr
fire, or pause before little wooden
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02

Twenty minutes before going over
the top the English Tommy will sit on
the nre step and thoroughly examine
the mechanism of his rifle to see that il
Is IN working order and will fire prop
erly. After this examination he is sat.
isfied and ready to meet the Boehes.
But the Irlshman or Scotchman sits
on the fire step. his rifle with bayonet
nxed between his knees, the butt of
which perhaps is sinking into the mud
the bolt couldn't be opened with a
team of horses it is so ruSty-but he
spits on his sleeve and slowly polishes
his bayonet; when this is done he also
is ready to argue with Fritz.
1t is not necessary to mention the
colonials (the Canadians, Australians
and New Zealanders), the whole world
knows what they have done for Eng
land.
The Australian and New Zeaiander
is termed the "Anzac," taking the
name from the first letters of their of
hcial designation, Australian and New
Zealand army corps.
Tommy divides the German army
into three classes according to their
fighting abilities. They rank as fol-
lows: Prussians. Bavarians and Sax
Ons.
When up against a Prussian regi-
ment it is case of keep your napper
below the parapet and duck. A bang
Dang all the time and a war Is on. The
Bavarians are little better, but the
SaXons are fairly good sports and are
willing occasionally to behave as gen.
tlemen and take it easy, but you cam
not trust any of them overlong.
AT one point of the line the trenches
were about thirty-twO yards apart
This sounds horrible, but in fact it was
easy, because neither side could shell
the enemy's front-line trench for fear
shells would drop into their own. This
eliminated artillery fire.
In these trenches when up against
the Prussians and Bavarians, Tommy
had hot time of it, but when the Sax
ons took over" it was picnic; they
would yell across that they were Sax
Ons and would not fire. Both sides
would siton the parapet and carry on
u conversation. This generally consist
ed of Tommy telling them how much
he loved the kaiser, while the Saxons
informed Tommy that King George
was particular friend of theirs and
hoped that he was doing nicely.
When the Saxons were to be relieved
by Prussians or Bavarians, they would
yell this information across No Mans
Land and Tommy would Immediately
tumble into his trench and keep his
head down.
If an English regiment was to be re-
lieved by the wild Irish, Tommy would
tell the SaXOns, and Immediately vol
ley of Bonner und Blitzens" could
be heard and it was Fritz's turn to get
a crick in his back from STOPPING, and
the people in Berlin would close their
windows.
Usually when an Irishman takes over
trench, just before "stand down" in
the morning, he sticks his rifle over
the top. aimed in the direction of Ber-
lin, and engages in what is known as
the mad minute" This consists of
firing fifteen shots in a minute. He
is not aiming at anything in particular
just sends over each shot with a
prayer, hoping that one of his strays
will get some poor unsuspecting Fritz
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02
Tommy lost his job.

Tommy lost his JOB.
One night young English sergeant
crawled to the stake and as he tried to
detach the German paper bomb ex-
ploded and mangled him horribly. Fritz
had set trap and gained another vic
tim which was only one more black
mark against him in the book of this
war. From that time on diplomatic re-
lations were severed.
Returning to Tommy, think his
spirit is best shown i'm the questions he
asks. 1t is never ''who is going to win"
but always 'how long will it take?"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02

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CHAPTER XXI.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-05-01
Acquitted of Serious Charge.

Municipal court was held in From
tier hall, North Troy, Tuesday, April
%, Judge w. M. Wright of Barton,
presiding. The case called for trial
was that of State of Vermont VS.. Mrs.
Hetty Horn, wife of Nelson Horn. The
jurors empaneled were H. w. Burn
ham, w. o. Wright, Asa Lamb, Fred
Curtis, Hiram Drown, Alton Angler,
E. Tute, J. A. Griggs, Albro j. Hunt,
c. P. Hitchcock. H. Frissel and Geo.
E. Bolton.
The charge against the respondent
was for burying or disposing of the
dead body of human being without
obtaining the necessary permit re-
rested on the charge some three
since until brought here for trial by
Sheriff Everett Hill of Newport, who
was in attendance upon the trial.
The evidence showed that on the
21st day of last December, Edith
Smith gave birth to a male child,
weighing about ten pounds, at the
home of her uncle, Alfred Smith. Mrs.
Horn, a neighbor, was called in to
help about the household work. The
testimony of Edith Smith tended to
show that the respondent wrapped
the child in blanket and took it away
she, Edith, never saw the child again.
1t was shown that some months later
the body of an infant was found in
the cellar Of that house. The evil
dence of the defense tended to show
that Mrs. Horn knew nothing of the
birth and that she had nothing to do
with the disposition of the child or
it's remains. Such remains as were
found were sent to the state labora-
tory at Burlington, but no evidence
was introduced tending to show what
was the finding there as to whether
the child was alive when born. No
physician attended said Edith Smith
at the time of said birth. States At
torney Colby Stoddard prosecuted the
case, and o. S. Annis and F. S. Rog-
ers defended the respondent. Upon
the evidence after arguments of coun-
sci and charge Of the court the jury
returned verdict of not guilty,
whereupon the respondent was dis
charged.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-05-01
Plant a Liberty Tree.

Governor Graham has decided not
to issue an Arbor and Bird Day
proclamation this year. At the re-
quest of the president or members of
his cabinet there have been many
proclamations for patriotic purposes
during. the past year. The governor
feels that the publishing and distrib-
uting of the usual Arbor Day proc
lamatlOn are unnecessary toward
winning the war.
No state has greater beauty than
that provided by the trees on our
own Green Mountains. The necessity
of raising and conserving every form
of food is sufficient stimulus to en-
sure the planting of fruit and nut
trees. This all-important problem of
food commands our utmost care in
birds. We do not overlook the beauty
and pleasure afforded us by our birds
and trees but this year we are COM
PEELED by necessity to raise food and
to utilize the practical help Of the
birds in protecting our food-bearing
trees.
Montpelier, April 26, 1913.