The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-11

it already"
 Why. if you'd been where I've beer Iyou would know you can't lie down
 on your job for minute" declared
 the young soldier. Tt seems to me there is something wrong if everyone can't see this as it really is. While every man. woman and child in the United States is doing all that can bs
 be done, the boys fighting in France can jus, go on feeling care-free and sure,"
 Private McGonegal emphacixed the I''sure" by 3 stamp ot the Sco;. He is s tall. well-made. good looking young
 man with the Western freedom of manner Since that day in February when he fell at the post of duty. he has had plenty Of time 10 think. Hi. frank face shows that he has formed definite opinions.
 That sounds all right" Hodgson rose and looked os< at the soldiers who were limping back and forth be tween the workshop and the convales- cant wards. But I would be willing 70 lose 8 leg fl could have my chance 10 go 10 France. volunteered. Of course. bur they sent me back to my work"
 That is as it should be and it shows your work must be of some ac- count. What is its" asked Private McGonegal.
 l Then the mechanic frst-class from che Navy Yard. man well educated. with the love Of his special line Of work that proves he has found his right place. explained how he worked { in the gun shops-where the men were bending their best energies to produce the most possible in given time They all understood that time los, on some Of the gun lathes was worth s14Q an hour and that the man ! who loated was losing much for the ] iGove-anenI- Generally, there was no trouble with slacke-s, although now and ,hen .g-easer" or "nut-split- .e-' would try 10 break in 10 keep out Q: the service at the front for which most ot the skilled workers --re s- ] anxious The men in the Navy Yard, who are not permitted 10 fight, were saving their money 10 buy Liberty Bonds and War SaTings Stamps One young fellow in the tool shop had subscribed for $500 in Liberty Bonds and had paid up the entire amount.
 Making 3 good gun, it seems to ne. measures up 10 more than one mans usefulness in handling it." com. mented Private McGonegal. That's skilled labor Of the highest quality" !" ] Mechanic Hodgson agreed that there
 were delicate operations connected
 with gun making when nicze: stee: was So susceptible 10 changes 0: tenn pe-atu-e that one degree Of change could produce an appreciable expan- sion. when they measured down to ! -------4O4SG--AAAs O- GAL -I-SA
 When I enlisted vas offered sl00 5a month and my expenses as an auto mobile mechanic" said -he soldier, and when I volunteered I hoped might gec into inc mechanical line or drive . truck, but I was needed in the Infantry. even though for entirely too shorr time" He smiled. -It is up 10 rhe United States 70 use us men as f seems best and so have no kick coming"
 There was the lesson TOT ,he man
 xao had 10 stick 10 his job. Private NcGonegal, who had givea ~o:a hands { in rhe cause ot liberty, was satisfied .hat his country knew best about i where he was needed. Mechanic aodsson saw the point Not only 5 should -hs soldier go where -e s sent bu- the worker should stay where he IS ot the most use
 "Bu. still I think there should be some way 10 show that we want to fight" he said. ''It isn't right that we should oe subjected 70 insult, CT al least misiudgmsnt, because we are not in uniform"
 When Q lot more oE ua return wounded. the public will know where the workers get of" Private McGoa- egal said. There's not man Of us on ,he other side who will not hur-
 rah for iabor's part in the war. You ought to see the men who are busy
 behind the lines. Say, the non-com.
 tatantg have some dangers to face and some work to do. Right here on
 this side, 100. the boys who are found
 unfit for foreign service have their >-r- -r.