The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-07-05
SOLDIERS CORNER

"Can YOU beat these B~ritishers for
seeing the funny side of things?" asks
Chanin D. Fister, editor of Trench and
Camn. Camp Lewis, Tacoma. eyes.
these same Englishmen that we have
always been taught cannot see a Joke.
THEY'RE seeing more funny sides to
this u,ar business than we Americans
ever drea1ned Of. Mention the war
and most folks put thteir chins at a
rest position on their chests and talk
in low cultural tones.
"Then these fellows come over here
from the front and tell us jokes about
the wat. And they're good jokes, too.
"tThere is Lieut.. Hector MacQuarrie
of the Rotal field artillery, who gave
a talk To the Three Hundred and Six.
tv-fourth infantry. The lieutenant is
English. English In appearance and
English in voice and he doesn't need
to Be ashamed Of It, either. He spent
a year in the trenches, was wounded
timely funny stories, funny enough to
badly and now comes to US with gen.
make soldiers laugh:
"'How can you do it?'" I asked
"'Well,' he said, If we didn't do it
the war would have gotten Us long
"Lieutenant MacQuarrie goes at this
war incentive from an entirely new
angle, and in m army camp where
good sportsmanship is a thing encour-
aged in every possible way, it should
make a big appeal.
"'There are lots of people back
from France, who talk between their
teeth about the Huns, the boche and
the beasts of Germany said the lieu
tenant, but I don't listen to them
too much
"'The reason we are going to lick
the Germans-and we are going to
lick them-is because they're damn
bad sportsmen.'
"'They invaded Belgium when they
promised not to; they killed women
and children when they promised not
to; they sunk ships when they prom
Used not to; they used poisoned gases
Of all kinds. They have proved that
as sports they are rotten to the core
and we're going to lick them.'
Probably you hadn't stopped to
think of it from a craftsmanship
standpoint, but if this lieutenant after
a year in the trenches can come back
without hate, and talk about sports
manship as a U for whipping Ger
many, it might not be a bad idea to
follow him a little.
"Don't think that there is anything
half way about the sort Of a licking
the lieutenant has in mind for Ger
many; it is a genuine pounding. war
is a rotten business and we've got
to get rid of it, but we Britons and
Americans must keep on being right.
We can't afford to be Germans. The
only way to conquer Germany is by
being rieht-not sentimental-but
American all through, good straight,
honest Americans
"The lieutenant gave a vivid pic
ture of England's lack Of preparedness
at the outset of the war and in a
humorous way told of his own exper-
fence as an officer when he knew next
to nothing of what he was to-. In
addition to giving the soldiers a tip
on getting away from the date idea
as much as possible and treating the
war as a sporting proposition, the
lieutenant also tipped the men off not
to make fun of the king of England.
"We've got a king over there and
we love him, love the idea; there isn't
a man in England who doesn't and
you'll get along a lot better yer thel
if you bear this in mind"
"Also in a humorous vein, he told
of some of the things A1ey might ex.
pect in some of the country places
they might be billeted in, such as liv-
ing in a large smell surrounded by
four walls, sleeping in stables, wal
lowing around in mud and the like
but he also said THERE were plenty OF
bright spots in France
Help to Save Paris.
The greatest battle of all the ages
a battle liable to last yet for months
lis being waged before Paris. With
a splendor of devotion that dims all
previous achievements, even in this
war of glorious deeds, our men are
facing a hell of high explosives anG
poison gas and flame.
They have sworn that the Hun shall
not pass-sworn this in common with
their French and British comrades
that Paris shall not be captured, anC
they are freely laying down theil
lives that their word may be kept.
At home here we watch GREATNESS
ly the swaying of the mighty strug'
gle. Paris stands as a symbol of oul
security. The resolute and gallant
men who are defending far more thar
the capital of France-the are de
Tending Glasgow against attack ane
America against invasion.
Are you helping to save Paris 2
to save New York?-to save Glasgow
Ito save American?
You are not called upon to play al
heroic part-the element of surprise
and peril is absent from your task
but because of that it is no less vital
The call to you and to every either
is to lend freely and Immediately o.
your money--to invest now every
penny you Ear scrape together fol
War Savings stamps.
Our men in front of Paris are pour
ing out their blood in your defense
you must pour out your money fol
their support.
Your Boy!
$50 long, dad!"
"Godby, my boy!"
You went home alone. How desc
late the house seemed without him
You missed his CHEEKY whistle, tn
clatter of his shoes about the place.
He had gone-who knew if he eve
would return and when! You though
that was your darkest hour. You di.
y -A--s-