The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-03
TOSHEVIN SAYS IF MORALE
Will WIN, AMERICANS
VICTORY CERTAIN
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and our aeropIanes will find II and
put 1t out OF business quickly
enough" - e. W. .,.-
Jest Agger it out yerse1f, va big
boob. We knows now that the big
shots, and 1t stands to reason that
the new Dutch blewey gun will go
plop so much quicker"
well, wait til Edison turns loose.
with the new idea he's working on,
You've gotta hand 1t to that old boy.
Don't YOU know that he's got an
idea that would end the war in q
month only the French and British.
won't let him use it."
Hell you talk like q FISH. Bdison's
got the dope alright and he's going
to help win the war but he amt
ready to spring it until it's work.
ing right"
Don't you think we got big guns
t1at'll do the same kind Of work on
ly a blame sight better thR.n this
new Dutch gun. The big boys amt
gonna tip of their hand until the
time is ripe" s.r
And that's the way 1t goes for
hours. III
Have Faith In Edison.
Strange but the boys over here
place q tremendous amount OF faith
In Edison. Doesn't make any partic-
ular difference what branch Of war
is being discussed, the New Jersey
wizard has something" The ideas
OF the something are vague at
times, depending on the imaginative
powers Of the chap advancing the
idea, but the striking point is that
hoH IA ho
Edison and others are doing things,
a faith as firmly grounded as the
faith that the United States must
and will win the war.
BY the time you receive this let
ter the great German drive started
on March az will have been crumb-
led or something will have
happened. However. 1t has every
American agos, Excitement. 10 lily
suppressed and the Frenchmen who
sell the Paris editions OF The Chi
cago Tribune, The New York Herald,
and The London Daily Mail are al
most mobbed every afternoon.
wonder how long well have to
stay back OF the lines. I'm not par
ticulariy anxious to get shot or, but
! came over here to light and | want
to see the big show" was the COM
ment one chap made this afternoon.
Those Britishers sure know what
they're doing" said another one,
Say! / had O. fellow tell me that
a gink up in the headquarters had
told his pal that official news came
that the Germans lost 30 divisions,
about 100000 men. Shot 'em down
Just like dies. Gosh! I guess that
isn't war"
Resent lnaeslvityI Hate Germans.
And hundreds of other comments
Every day the resentment at mac
ton and the growing hate OF the
Boys back from the front tell of the
Germans dropping the mustard gas
in rubber balloons and in LIQUID
form.
however, it 10 not SO calmly ex-
pressed. Rather with a string Of ex-
platiYes, that, while not pretty to
hear, nevertheless express the full
meaning and depth of sentiment.
Mustard gas balloons, gas att
taoks, aeroplana visitations, etc, are
all for the one purpose ITO work as
nu6sh damage as possible and to
lower the morale.
But the morale isn't lowered.
The pep" simply becomes pep-
pier
a lot OF the boys Of the old regi-
ments you know so well have just
finished 81 course at one of the big |
United States army training schools
They are prinled full Of information
about the composition OF powder,
various gases; they can take apart
and put together hlindfolded any one
OF the half dozen or more kinds OF
guns which are most used in the
1cIose i'm lighting, and next week.
they will begin pounding this infor-
nation into the rest of the fellows. /
Energy seems to grow. Every fellow
over here is anxious to learn. Al wee
bit of Jealousy over the knowledge
Of the English brothers and the un-
shakabie, almost arrogant belief
that an American IS, on the average,
tile wlBest man Id the world is force
ing them on still farther,
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