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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-26

These bars, which are strips Of red
braid, are worn on the left sleeve, and
signify extra craftsmanship. also
received two hundred and fifty francs,
or about fifty dollars In American
money, and fourteen days shore leave.
All this made me very angry, oh.
very much wrought up indeed-not!
l saw a merry life for myself on the
French rolling wave II they felt that
way about gunnery.
spent most of my leave with my
grandmother In st. Nazaire, except for
a short trip made to star-shell fac
tory. This factory was just about like
one I saw later somewhere in Amer
lea, only In the French works. all the
hands were women. Only the guards
We're men. and they were "blesses"
(woundedD.
When my leave was up and l said
good-by to my grandmother, she man.
aged n smile for me, though / could
see that IL was pretty stiff work. And
without getting soft, or anything like
that, | can tell you that smile stayed
with me and II did me more good than
you would believe, because II gave me
something good to think about when l
was up against the real thing.
hope n lot of you people who read
this book are women, because have
had 1t In mind for some time to tell all
the women / could little thing they
can do that will help a lot. am not
| trying to be fancy about It, and I hope
you will take II from me the way
mean 1t.
When you say good-by to your son
or your husband or your sweetheart,
work up smile for him. What you
want to do Is to give him something he
can think about over there. and some
thing he Will like tn think about. There
is so much dirt, and blood, and hunger.
and cold, and all that around you. that
you have just got to quit thinking
about 1t, or you will go crazy. And so,
when you can think about something
nice. you can pretty nearly forget all
the rest for while. The incest things
you can think about are the things you
liked back home.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-26
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SO planted him one in the kidneys
and another in the mouth. and he went
clean up against the rail. But he
came back at me strong and we were
at 1t for some time.
But when II was over the gold stripe
came down from the bridge and shook
hands with me!
After this. they did not haze me
much. This was the beginning of n
certain reputation that ] had In the
navy for fist-work. Later on l had a
reputation for swimming, too. That
first day they began calling me
"Chink," though l don't know why,
and 1t has been my nickname In the
navy ever since.
could understand 1t, but garbies and
marines never mix. The marines are
good men and great fighters, aboard
and ashore, but we garbies never have
word for them, nor they for us. On
shore leave abroad we pal up with
foreign garbies, even, but hardly ever
with marine. OF course they are
with us strong in case we have n scrap
with liberty party Off some foreign
ship--they cannot keep out Of "A fight
any more than we can-but after 1t
is over they are on their way ut once
and we on ours.
There are lots of things like that
In the navy that you cannot figure out
the reason for, and / think 1t is be-
cause sailors change their ways SO
little. They do great many things
i'm the navy because the navy always
has done them.
/ kept strictly on the job as a fire.
man, but wanted to get into the gun
turrets. It was slow work for Il long
time. I had to serve as secondclass
fireman FOR four mouths, first-class
for eight months and in the engine
room as water-tender for year.
Then, after serving on the u. S. s.
Des Moines as gun-loader, / was
transferred to the Iowa and finally
worked up to n gun-pointer. After a
time got my G. +. o. rating--chiei
petty officer. tirst-class gunner.
The various navies differ I'm many
ways, but most of the differences
would not be noticed by any one but
a sailor. Every sailor has IA great dea
of respect for the Swedes aud Nor
wegians and Danes; they are borr
sailors and are very daring, but, ot
course, their navies are small. Thu
Germans We're always known as clear
sailors; that is. as in our navy ant
the British, their vessels were ship
shape all the time, and were run IA
sweet as "a clock.
There Is no use comparing the vari
Gus navies ms to which Is best; som,
are better at one thing and some II
another. The British navy, Of course
is the largest, and nobody will den.
that at most things they are topnotcl
least Of all themselves; they ADM
1t. But there Is one place where tn
navy of the United States has 1t al
over every other navy on the sever
seas, and that is gunnery. The Amer
lean navy has the best gunners II
the world. And do not let anybOd
tell you different.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-26

the enlistment station was. / had to
argue with him some time before he
would even direct Inc to it. OF course
i had no passport and this made him
suspicious of me.
The officer in charge of the station
was no warmer in his welcome than
the gendarme, and this surprised me,
because Murray and Brown had no
trouble at all In joining. The French,
of course, often speak of the Foreign
Legion as 1.-THE convicts," because so
many DICTIONARIES are wanted by the
police of their respective countries,
but Il criminal record never had been
n bar to service with the legion, and
did not see why II should be nOw-if
they suspected me of having one.
had heard there were not few Ger
mans in the legion-later on l became
acquainted with some-and believe
me, no Alsatidn ever fought harder
against the Huns than these former
Deutschlanders did. II occurred to
me then that If they thought l was
German, because / had no passport,
l might have to prove ! had been in
trouble with the kaiser's crew before
they would accept me. | do not know
what the real trouble was but solved
the problem by showing them my dis
charge papers from the American
navy. Even then, they were suspicious
because they thought | was too young
to have been c. T. o. When they
oh IN Ia /
would prove 1t TO them by taking an
examination.
They examined me very carefully,
in English, although | know enough
French to get by on subject like
gunnery. But foreign officers are very
proud of their knowledge of English
ana most of them can speak it--and
think this one wanted to show of, rs
YOU might say. Anyway, ! passed my
examination without any trouble,
was accepted for service in the For
oign Legion and received my commits
sion as gunner. dated Friday, January
/, 1913.
There Is no use in my describing the
Foreign Legion. 1t Is one of the most
famous fighting organizations In the
world, and has made n wonderful rec
,rd during the war. When joined La
Legion, it numbered about 10000 men
Today il has less than 5000. They
Wy that since August, 1914, the legion
laS been wiped out three times, and
hat there are only n few men still In
rrvice who belonged to the original
,giun. believe IL 10 be true. In
January Of this year the French gov
eminent decided To- let the legion die
| | was sorry To hear IT, The legion
naires were fine body of men, and
wonderful fighters. But the whole
civilized world Is now fighting the
Huns, and Americans do not have tC
enlist with the French or the Limey'
| amy longer.
But one thing about the legion, that
| find many people do not know, is thai
| the legionnareS are used for either
| land or sea service. They are sent wher
ever they can be used, do not know
whether this was the case before the
! present war; think not-but in my
| time, many OF the men were put OF
hips. Most people. however, have tbs
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-26

Ter then, too, for that was before my
introduction to kultur In German prls-
on camps, and life there is not exactly
fattening-not exactly. | do not know
why II is, but If you will notice the
navy firemen-the lads with the red
stripes around their left shoulders
you will find that almost all of them
are small men. But they are husky
lot.
Now, In the navy, they always haze
newcomer until he shows that ne
can take care of himself, and | got
mine very soon after | went into I'm
Gle Sans service. l was washing my
clothes in Il bucket on the forecastle
deck, and every garby (sailor) who
came along would give me or the
bucket kick, and spill one or the
both of us. Each time l would move
to some other place, but l always
seemed to be In somebody's way. FL
nally / saw marine coming. / was
nowhere near him, but he hauled out
OF his course to come up TO me ana
gave the bucket boot that sent Ii
twenty feet away, at the same time
handing me clout on the ear that
Just about Knocked me down. Now,
/ did not exactly know what a marine
was, and this fellow had so many
stripes on his sleeves that l thought
he must be some sort of officer, so
Just stood by There was gold stripe
Commissioned Ofiicer) on the bridge
and / knew that II anything was
wrong he would cut In, so l kept look
ing up at him, but he stayed where he
was, looking on, and never saying a
word And all The time the marine
kept slammng me about and telling
me to get the hell out of there.
Finally | said to myself. It'll get
this guy If it's the brig for a month
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-26
CHAPTER I.
In the American Navy.

My father was seaman, So nat
urally, all my life heard "A great deal
about ships and the sea. Even when
i was little boy, in Walston, Pa,
thought about them whole lot and
wanted to be sailor--especially a
sailor In the U. S. navy.
You might say l was brought up on
the water.
When l was twelve years old went
to sea as cabin boy on the whaler
Therifus. out of Boston. She was an
old square-rigged sailing ship, built
more for work than for speed. We
were out four months on my first
cruise, and got knocked around a lot,
especially in storm on the Newfound-
land Banks, where we lost our inStru-
ments, and had hard time navigat-
ing the ship. Whaling crews work on
shares and during the two years l was
on the Therifus my shares amounted
to fourteen hundred dollars.
Then l shipped as first-class helms
man on the British tramp Southern
down, twin-screw steamer out of
Liverpool. Many people are surprised
that fourteen.year-old boy should be
helmsman on an ocean-going craft,
but all over the world you will see
young lads doing their trick mt the
wheel. i was on the Southerndown
two years and in that time visited
most of the important ports of Eu-
rope. There Is nothing like tramp
steamer If you want to see the world.
The Southerndown is the vessel that,
In the fall of 1917, sighted German
U-boat rugged up like a sailing ship.
Although ! liked visiting the foreign
ports, got tired of the SOutherndown
after n while and ut the end Of "a voy-
age which landed me In New York l
decided to get into the United States
navy. after laying around for week
or two l enlisted and was assigned to
duty as a second-class fireman.
People have said they thought was
pretty small to be fireman; they
have the idea that firemen must be big
men. Well, am feet 7ia inches in
height, and when was sixteen l was
Just as tall as / am now and weighed
1853 pounds. was whole lot husk'
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-26
CHAPTER ~.
In the Foreign leqlon.

This time l was determined to en-
list. So, when we landed ut st. Ma
zaire, l drew my pay from the Vir-
ginian and, after spending week
with my grandmother, | went out and
asked the first gendarme met where
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-26
PAGE SEVEN

miles, while the ship was making eight
knots an hour, with n fourteen-lnch
gun | scored three d's--that is, three
direct hits out of Ave trials. After
that there was no question about It. As
q result, was awarded three bars.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
Finland Becoming
Another Belgium,
Says ENJOY Here

"Cermany is turning Finland into
another Belgium, another Armenia"
This is the way Santer Nuorteva,
representative of the United States
from the provisional government of
the peoples republic of Finland, sum-
married. conditions in his country yes
terday. Mr.. Nuorteva represents that
faction in Finland. which has been
called the Bolsheviki and which has
been cooperating with the Soviet in
Petrograd.
sit is apparent that in their lust for
world empire the German junkers have
reached stage where wholesale mur-
der is a part OF their plans" he said.
--latest reports from Finland tell of
horrible butcheries undertaken by the
so-called white Guard in conjunction
with their Prussian allies. 1t should
be remembered that the white Guard
is the army of the junkcr class in Fin
land, who called in the Germans in
order to maintain their feudal class
privileges, which were menaced by the
highly organized working class.
"Thousands of men and women, in
Guiding every one of prominence in the
labor movement in Finland whom the
Germans could get their hands on, have
been stood up against wall and shot
The junker class in Finland, just as
in the Baltic provinces, are playing 3
sinister role. A list of names Of al!
their political opponents is given to
the German army and the proscrbed I'd
persons are relcntlessly murdered"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
Strong Peace Move
In Austria Follozus
Czerni11's Dismissal

LONDON. April 17.-The Cologne
Gazette, according to a dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph
Company, reports strong peace move.
ment developing in Austria hungary.
Many influential Austrian politicians.
the dispatch adds, hold that the re ,
moval of Count Czernin affords an op
portunity to seek basis for peace ne.
gotations which had been impossible
Whlle the count was Minister for For
eign Affairs.
The tone of the Austrian and German
press, according to Basel advices, in
dlcates that the German people and the
German element in Austria resent the
retirement of Count Czernin. After his
resignation was announced, they began
vigorous campaign for the appoint
ment as his successor of former Pre-
mler TisZa, Count Andrassy, or another
hungarian whose views agree with
theirs. The same elements which deplore
the fall of Count Czernin are beginning
to attack the German Foreign Minister,
Or. von kuehlmann. on the pretext that
he did not protect Germany's economic
interests sufficiently in the treaty of
BreSt-Litoysk
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
Swiss Warned Drive
Against Italy is Near
(By Tho Associated Press>

GENEVA, Switzerland, April IT,
The latest German and Austro- Hum
garlan newspapers received here con-
tlnue to speak of the coming Teuton
offensive against Italy. The most seri-
Gus note comes from the "Vossjsche
Aeltung," of Berlin, which saws.
During the spring Switzerland will
see her neutrality exposed to tho
greatest and hardest proof, espcciallv
when Austro-German troops PASS from
the defensivc'' -0"'
Guardians in prisoner camps in the
Rhine towns have been so reduced bc-
cause every German is wanted in the
west. that escapes across the Rhine
River into Switzerland are becomine
more frequent daily. One American r,
and three English soldiers who cscancd
from German camps this week have
arrived at 3ernc, and yesterday nine-
teen Frencnmen, former prisoners
joyously marched through the streets
of Geneva. W. 70
All the former captivcs say the Ger.
mans are hiding their losses in the Of
lenslve on the Western front. and thew
add that Germany is on the verge e ~
starvation. Chocolate, they saw. COSTS
$40 per kilogram. while soap fetches 9
S6 pound
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
Prisoners Bayonetted
For Using Word Boche

NJ. Maurice Schlumberger, one OF the
lew persons in this country who knows
personally the horrors of prison camps
in Germany, spoke last night at Colum-
bia University. Mr.. Schlumberger, an
Alsatlan, was q prisoner in Germany
for nineteen months. He is a member
of the French High Commission. The
very use of the word "Boche" by pris-
oner constituted an assault, he said, in
the delicate perceptions of the guards.
who retaliated accordingly.
In such an event." he said, "the Ger
man guard is allowed to use his
weapons as though in lf-defence.
have seen man dangerously wounded
IN this way. In private conversation n
with another prisoner Frenchman
used the word 'Boche.' The guard
thrust his bayonet into the prisoners
SIDE and blood gushed out.
ne bayonet is used largely by the
guards, and often is used as soon as 8
rrench prisoner misunderstands or
1alis to understand direction. | have
seen Russian soldiers beaten with
sabres and trampled upon by German
none commissioned officers.
but the question of food is more i'm
portant to the men than that of brutal
lty and long confinement. When you
aon't eat nothing else matters. 1t Is
impossible to live on what you get from
tne Germans. With hard work and ill.,
tie 1000, a big number Of the prisoners
die oil tuberculosis and others become
susceptible to various Diseases"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
Batoum Falls Before.
Onslaught of urks

LONDON. April 1.-THE capture by
the Turks of the city of Batoum is an
rounced in an official statement issued
at Constantinople on Monday.
The text of the announcement reads
"ln the Caucasus, Batoum has fallen
into our hands. The enemy defended
the outer forts step by step. On the
evening of April 13 attacks against the
southern forts of the fortress COM
nenced and proceeded with the great
est stubbornness. Some of the forts
surrendered without fighting, but the
others offered great resistance.
"Deputations from the civilian popu-
lation of the town came out to meet
our troops and welcomed them. The
town and the harbor establishments
were occupied without resistance. In
the town everything is quiet.
"The number of prisoners and the
extent of the booty have not yet been
ascertained. The enemy losses were
heavy.
EAST of Lake Van our troops occu-
pied the town of Sell"
Batoum is Black Sea port in the
Trans Caucasian territory taken from
Russia under the terms of the peace
treaty. This region has been evacu-
ated by the Russians, but it's occupation
by the Turks is being resisted by the
Armenians.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
Lord Derby Emphasizes
Gravity of the Situation

OTTAWA, April 17.-Lord Derby,
Secretary Of State for War, replying
for the government in the man-nower
debate in the House of Lords, en-
phasized the gravity of the present
situation, according to Reuters Lon
don CORES spondent. Any minimizing of
the gravity would, in his opinion, be
disastrous. At the same time he de-
sired to emphasize that, although one
must have the fravest anxiety, he was
still quite confident as regards the re-
suit. He supported conscription in
Ireland, he said. because he believed
the government would get from there
number of young men who would
more than make un the casualties sus-
tanned since March p.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
Baron, However, Will Re-
main Austria's Minis
ter of Finance
Strong Peace Move
In Dual Monarchy
Removal of Count Leads to
Attacks on Won kuehlmann
by German Element

AMSTERDAM, April II. = Baron
burian has been appointed Austro-
Hungarian Foreign Minister, to sue.
ceed Count Czernin. according to q
Vienna dispatch. He will retain his
portfolio as Minister of Finance.
According to dispatch from Buda-
pest, Baron Burian was chosen because
he has been intimately acquainted with
all the Foreign Offices workings for
years, his thorough knowledge of
which is considered unusually impor-
tant "in connection with the ipterna-
tional agreements about to be dis
cusSed"
Emperor Charles, adds the dispatch,
left Budapest for Vienna on Tuesday
accompanied by Baron Burian.
Baron Stephan Burian Won Raiecz
was Minister of Foreign Affairs from
September Is, 1914, to December 90
1916, when he was succeeded by Count
Czernin. He was the author of the
notes to the United States in the case
OF the Italian steamship Ancona, sunk
in the Mediterranean with the loss of
American lives in the fall of 1915.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
ardieu Renamed
French Commissioner

WASHINGTON, April Reap
pointment Of Andre Tardieu as high
commissioner of France to the United
States was announced to-day in an
official cablcgram from Paris. Mr..
Tardieu received the following mes
sage from the Minister of Foreign AT:
fairs:
"The high mission which you have so
successfully performed IN the United
States and which expired on the 18th
Of this month has been renewed by a
decree of the President of the Repub-
lic."
Because of the French law providing
that member Of Parliament cannot
be appointed to executive functions
for period exceeding six months, Mr.
Tardieu's commission automatically ex-
pired six months from its date. The
law permits renewal Of such commits
sion, however, and the high commits
sioner, originally named on April Is
1917, now has had his mission extendad d
for a third term
New-York tribune., 1918-04-18
First German War
risoners Arrive
AT American Port
Fifty-two Reach Here
Aboard Two Big
Transports

AN ATLANTIC PORT, April H.
German prisoners of war-first cap
tves of the American forces to reach
this country-were landed here to-day.
No official information concerning the
prisoners was made public, and their
arrival was surrounded with the great
est secrecy.
Fifty-two prisoners in all, according
to unofficial estimates, were brought
over on board two of the largest liners
now in the army transport service. The
largest group, it was reported consist
boat commander, four commissioned Of
ficers and number Of German soldiers
of the line.' captured on the sector held
by the American eXpeditionary force
in France.
Twelve others are said to have been
brought over on board the vessel which
brought Secretary of War Baker back
from his tour of the fighting fronts.
Two of this lot were said to be scri-
ously i'll, and it is reported that they
were taken to a hospital under guard
as soon as the transport got to her
pier.
The submarine captain and large
part Of the men are said to be mem
bers Of the crew of the U-58, which
was captured by the destroyers Mich
olson and Tanning last November
while the latter were conveying trans
ports to France.
Coxswain David D. Looms, of the
flaming, sighted the periscope Of the
undersea boat and the destroycrs cap
tnred her eighteen minutes later. The
prize craft was being taken to a Brit
ish port when she was scuttled by one
of her officers, who had opened the
sea cocks when capture was seen to
be certain. The German crew was res
cued as the vessel sank
Once aboard the destroyer the Ger
man prisoners were accorded the ut
most cons Iteration, according to naval
men who have since returned. 1t was
found that the quarters aboard the
Tanning, which picked up the men,
would be cramped by the addition Of
so many men, and the warrant and
petty officers were turned out of their
berths SO that the prisoners might be
more comfortably placed.
Such consideration was not greeted
with entire unanmity of feeling, ac-
cording to the stories. Members of
the crew could not see why they should
go to such lengths to be polite to the
Germans. British naval officers were
particularly open in their expressions
of disapproval one officer remarking:
"When you know these dogs as we'll
as we do you won't be so damned con-
siderate of them"
On the transport coming here, the
prisoners were kept below decks under
the strctcst guard, except when they
were brought up for exercise. Once a
day, it is said, they were marched up,
eight at time, and put through a
stiff drill.
The captain Of the U-5s, according
to naval men, declared he had been
waiting for two days off British port
for an American vessel bringing sun
plies for the fleet when he was cap
tured. Although his information PROVED d
to be fairly accurate, the commander
was foled by the brilliant work of the
| destroycrs. He was able, he said, to
sink another less important vessel be-
fore that, however.