The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-02-21
UNDER THE CAMOUFLAGE

service In France. Got II from George
Washingion himself. George. messen-
ger at the American Consulate Cen
eral. former U. s. cavalryman, was
prime mover In the enterprise which
started Immediately after the United
States declared war.
What happened" he said today,
was that while I was conducting the
necessary correspondence involved in
launching an expedition Of this un-
precedented character and removing
such obstacles as were inherent In the
very nature OF the undertaking. all
the gentlemen who had associated
themselves with me In the proposition.
they all got jobs in a British Labor
Battalion and went to Frnnce."---
Consul General Skinner has good
news for American women in London.
A cargo Of American shoes is about
to be allowed to arrive.
American women marooned In Eng
land regard the inability to get Amer
lean shoes as one OF the real horrors
OF war.
London. Dec. 1s.-lt wns cold to-
night. several degrees below freezing
as they say here. zero not being the
reckoning point since the thermometer
never reaches It
There are four or five subway sys-
tems in London. one Of them called
the Underground. for the reason. pre-
sumably. that II runs mostly above
ground. The others being really un-
derground. continue operations during
air raids. but the Underground stops.
live on the Underground and the
raid meant staying downtown for din
.ner.
Tho restaurant around the corner
was going suli blast. the walters not
saklng to the wineceilars as they did
last time.
Soon the ants-aircraft guns also
were going full blast. They whammed
away until the noise became monot
onus. Occasionally the nearer ones
subsided and the sound OF tho soup
could be heard in the restaurant, but
all the time there were some guns
going somewhere within hearing. Only
two bombs were heard Following
these two there was q fierce outburs,
from the nearby guns and then q
long iull.
Utilizing the iuil. which meant alb.
sence Of shrapnel at least. went back
to the orice. There business was as
usual Discussion OF the raid ;vas in
key to suggest that Il might be in
progress In Saloniks or Flanders. moi
In London Least interested OF all
apparently. were tho girl stenogrrph
ers.
Hustled homevard on the "Ail
Clear" signal
. Found the streets rapidly films
with others headed the same way. I,
was dark but the presence OF the hnr
rying crowd could be told by the
echo,ng patter and shuttle OF feet
This was the predominant sound with
occasionally the laughter or giggie OF
offlee girls who appeared TO regard
tie experience as n lark.
Now and then. from far away came
the bugle call signifying TO the resi-
dence districts that the raiders had
departed. The Boy Scout buglers
TO whom this job Is entrusted were
having the time Of their important
young lives.
| There was some talk OF the raid be
tween friends and acquaintances, but
I nobody within my hearing SO far over
stepped the proprieties as TO speak &c
a stranger about H.
And that approximates what the av
erage rnid appears to mean TO the av
erare Londoner. Outside the average
OF course. are those to whom the raid
brings direct disaster. Tonights could
include large number on that list
since ten at least are reported killed
and several times that many injured
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