Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-22


square jawed roughnecka our OF.
Ulcers should have gentility, should
nevee be anything else than kind "a
thelr command. but back OF the
klnpnees there must be force to COM
pei complete Observance Of tho
common duties. One OF these duties
m We see Il, In that officers and
men get the same deal. We don't
want officers who make themselves
comfortable before looking after
, their men. You remember that ma
lor ! introduced you TO today, who
looks like a Sunday school.mpcrin-
tendontf lie doesn't smoke. or
swear or anything You would never
pick him out az a fighting man, but
he Is filled with CUTS and his men
viii follow him 10 heaven or he'll.
immat"rially That gentle major Is
one OF the best officers ever met -
Have Own Court.
A lieutenant colonel. tho regiment
al chief OF staff-"The colonel and I
make alternate inspection trlps 20
tho trenches Then. because ! was =
lawyer, they have me on the divis-
ional efficiency board murder
session. ns its called In tho army.
Every officer who seems "a hlt out
|
before tho board FOR n thorough OK.
animation. We ret his ideas hts
rule of conduct. N he seems hope
less In his present place we try TO
discover II he would not be better
fitted for something else Today We
recommended tho transfer of lieu-
tonant-colonel who lg splendid or
ficor but was not suited for the work
he hat 4 very few officers. none
OF high rank, arc aent back home
because thcy are In tho way here
/ You understand. this efficiency board
is not n court martial We don't trv
otfonses our work Is Go keep high
the standard OF leadership"
"A captain--"Thcy have mo down
az tho personnel salvage and mess
officer As personnel officer have
10 report the casualties and that ~
not happy job rot The detail
| probably. because the colonel knew
! ] had been on an Industrial commits.
Hon under a workman's compensn -
! ton act back home He must have
! flgurcd 7 had "a soft heart and would
be sYmpaihctlr Hut I can't have
| much sympathy f0r this orderly OF
| mine. Here ne comes now hes
only kid, not vet ot age and not
strong enough 10 tote "a pack We
| made an orderly OF him. and ! drew
| him worse iuCkl besides ne IL the
| Spoiled only son NJ an old friend
OF mine. So he brings me bucket
! OF water % shave with on mornings
/ when ne feels like II Most of the
| time I get my own water. don't
| know what 10 40 with him. You SEQ
| n be dneSB't come Mp here and ask
| mS'pledse N he can't so down 90 the
| village and get some chocolate from
nle.'iritish cantcen. That's his song
every day / wish his people would
not send him money"
Hot After Coolies.
! Another captain, regiments
| medical officer-''I heard YOU were
4 here vest erday. and Tvo been look
1 Ing all overfor you You have missed
| the most interesting thing I'm this
| neiRhborhood ] put mp n de-lous-
| ing pit here that Il a wonder. Every
body says so tNe examine II for an
| hour) And have YOU seen the trash
boxes all over he place? Well any
man that throws paper or anything
on the ground In this camp mixes
up with me In a hurry Those up
right cylinders all around are incln-
orators We burn all trash pnd re-
fuse. Hear that pop popping In the
one over there Somebody's dumped
IN some cans OF ba ked beans that
seemed 20 be bit swelled. and they
are exploding. We don't take q ghost
| OF chance with food or water that
is likely 10 make tho boys sick"
\ fighting private( formerly shoe
salesman at the Hub. Chicago) Yes.
| II seems strange TO fight but /
/ "A nat ha
| after the first day And / bnyonetted
n Roche. and twisted u Just as
was told-but I was 40 excited ~
| didn't make me sick at the time The
worst thing In the war IA dropping
down into shell holes whore there
are some nverripc dead Germans
| The next worst thing Is bombing
| from aeroplanes"
Another Private formerly n CON
cesslonaire al Riyerview mark. Chi
caRo)-i got hit In the leg with
high explosive fragment hut / only
had TO stay In the hospital two weeks
I'm on light duty now but they've
promised to let me get back IN tho
line next wcck.t
Give Him "ChI."
Another private with an unspeI-
able Italian name and called "Dago
Dan" by his mcEsm0tes) No like
thees countree. Too cold, br-r-r. Too
mucha rain, ALA the time Oh.
sur-r-re, | am Nank. born IN Amer.
coca. But my ladder eos Italian
man, and he tell me all about Italy
/ hope We go there's wherh only sun
shine and birds and flowers So
warm, no clothes hut no We. come
here. Too bad. but hell. Elva me
Chicago every time"
Another private formerly room
clerk AT the Hotel Brcvoort. Chicago ]
but AT the time opening cans OF I
baked beans very sklllfully with a
meat cleavcr) ANY complalnts7 /
Hear that fellows Any complaintss I
n. YOU mustn't ask us Were T
ashamed or ourselves when We 4
were down az Camp Logan VIC were |
belly-achins all the time because We /
couldn't have our hreakfas, served In /
bed or something equally ridiculous"
Another private Onterruptingl- -
Yea, man. and do you remember
those cots7 Comfortable as feath.
ers And we had shcetsl"
Another private tgigglinE rue
fully) the electric fans ove-
our beda that We could switch on
any time we liked
sun another--'And tho pettlng we
got"