Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-08-26

retreated. dauh,qulck time.
All in Days Work.
Speaking of the way the newly ar
rived Americans take To the trenches
ana Ia their duties, one hrieadler gen
cral, who had Just finished n complete
relief. said: They're not exactly glad
To get into the trenches. guess no
one Is glad of that. But these boys
all figure it's work to be- done, and
they're here to lick Germans. They're
keen to get the job done. They're con
fidcnt. all right. hut not boaStful. be
cause they know there's lot to learn"
\ duughhoy gave his version Of how
he aud his pulls felt while out there
fnrIuy No Mans Land for the hrse
time. "We're not scared of the Ger
Nuns. and when the time comes, wen
show them. We're going to do our
best. which is about all they ask OF us.
Relieve me. It's going to be mighty
good best
The new men in the fighting game
edopt themselves to the front quickly
AS did the first Americans over. Every
night IL is cover the top" for patrols OF
Them. and In n few days they are en-
tirely familiar with No Mans Land.
The German front trenches next rail-
In the line of investigation and the
Germans soon adopt the policy Of fall
Ing back to avoid fighting.
Back of the lines on the home side,
bank clerks. BARRIERS and men of every
profession who have temporarily be-
come soldiers soon make themselves at
home among the ruins and In WOODS.
They eat army grub" and relish II
more than the most delicate meal they
ever ate from white linen covered
table and real dishes, especially II
there has been work To do. Soldier.
/ ing agrees with them. you can see. by
the work they do, the meals they eat
and the huskies they have become.
Chauffeur Gets "Fresh."
Discipline is fine. even II 1t IL hard.
A major tells how his chauffeur be
came little fresh" one day. Know
ing the doughhoy was good chap. the
major took him aside and talked to
him instead Of "bawling him out" be-
fore the crowd The doughboy apollo
gized.
I'm sorry, major" he said. "You
see | own a couple of businesses back
"A hn
million dollars In my own pane, and
it's little hard to remember my place
In the army now. But I'll do it, some
how"
You think you are In an information
al army when you visit some OF the
new American units now In the lines
One company from New York boasts
J that its members know seventeen laL
guagcs, and II you wander In on then
about mess time. when talking an'
plates full Of grub" have been emp
. tied, you are convinced.
, But all Of these doughboys are al
dent Americans, and they have wo
the admiration OF their comrades VIII
: can speak the tongue without an &C
cent. They are all snappy looking sol
dlers.
{ Sure Of Success.
The new units have dragged thei
clean and fresh-looking equipmen
. such as supply wagons, camp kitchens
I machne-gun outfits and all that
needed up into the Alsace and Lorrain
hills. The line runs up and down stee
mountain sides and across pretty Va
legs. 1t Is beautiful country and
fine place to be initiated to the from
for the doughboy must be on the alel
all the time. In this area there Is
shell-swept. well-wired No Mans l. IN
= across which Germans cannot CON
u without being easily detected. Woot
: and hills and wild country make II
= place one In which only strict atte
ton to business will keep the German
y out.
$ These doughboys in the line have I
u hankcrng to take things easy L
y erv man In the line viii tell you
D confidential tones that he has pc
l. sonnl grudge to settle with the HUI
for dragging the world into this mas
business, and the sooner aggressi
y action Is taken the sooner Germany
;" going to be punished and war made
!. thing of the past.
vi This Is the Job every doughboy Z
he ures he has to do. and the c0nfiden
N with which he takes to the trench
W tells the world he will succeed.