The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-07-19

Nv yVAA ANF .-,.o~
apd losing strength maybe. worrying
about this thing and that, Just Try a
little introspection. You VIII .na d
soothing tonic in the summary Oh YOU
status as compared with wnat 1ate
has decreed to others like you.
You have taken an 9th to 40 ana
die, IT need be, for your country. lou
have thus willed over to the govern
ment that which is dearest TO you
life itself.
Bearing this in mind all else is
easy. where there is life there is
hope" You still have your life, SO
don't lose hope. Do you think you are
being worked to death? What OF it,
if you are prepared for death? You
say you hate Ak. P" duty and those
other sordid fatigues of the camp. But
it's easier than shoveling Goals IN
Hades. Are you getting grey, worry,
ing about the girl you left behind!
Thank God that He has given her to
you. He is guarding over her IN your
absence and you aar still hers. Thous-
of dear solids like her have but the
memory of their brave soldier boys
are no longer theirs.
Do you think you are not receiving
a square deal from those who surround
you? If your life be spared you, time
will heal this wound and all others.
And if you are destined to follow the
thousands of your comrades into a
hero's grave, then why dorry about
insignificant things?
Are you going over the top? Then
do your damdest. Anything worth
doing at all is worth doing we'll. If
you walk through this fire OF hell un-
harmed then nothing will give you
more satisfaction in years to come
than the thought of your having put
in your all for the cause OF democracy.
If you have lost an arm, be thank.
full that you still have another. If
Milton produced his greatest works
after he had lost his vision. If you
are doomed to die in the performance
thousands of others as good as you
have made the same sacrifice and that
your name will be inscribed together
with those of the others as brave as
you on the greatest monument that
any nation or any people ever carved.
And should God in His infinite wis
dom see fit to spare your life and re-
turn you to the beloved mes at home,
kCIilCIIlOCl "ICA Nou u Ill"
that "Sweet are uses of .Adversity."
Bulls Eyes.
go in and win"-General March,
chief of staff, to the West Point grad
yates.
"We will,"-The reply of the West
Pointers.
Don't get discouraged about US.
We can stand any amount of hammer
ing."-Lieut. Coningsby Dawson of
the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.
"The war can be lost in America as
we'll as on the fields of France, and
i'll -considered or unjustifed Interrupt
tons of the essential labor of the
country may make it impossible to win
it."-President Wilson's warning to
You have taken an oath to do and
"HOarding"-A Berlin Picture.
1t appears that the Berlin authori-
ties still persist in their raids at the
railway stations and the confiscation
of such food as people have been able
to collect on excursions into the coun-
try. The Vorwaerts publishes the fol.
lowing sketch:
cit is a cold foggy morning. Or
the suburban railway platform long
, rows of cold and hungry creatures are
waiting for the train-careworn men
} hollow-cheeked women, and scantily
clad children, with sacks and bag.
which for the most part are intended
to hold potatoes. During the %journe,
} conversations take place which i
would be worth while for upper cir
Giles to hear. A. woman tells her neigh
Dor her sorrows. Her husband is a
, the front, and she is forced to worl
for herself and her children. Of course
, she does not complain at that; On tn
contrary she is glad to go to her dali,
} work. But the want! Here again. tn
woman does not complain for herself
but only for her children. IS IS *
, A pale young man, who is expecting
U to be called up, speaks of his mothe
who is i'll in bed in her cold room. TIL
doctor has told him that he must Civ
her up if she cannot have good nour
ishment. Where is he to get tn
food? * * * One hears many sue
conversations.
8 "Twelve hours later. The peopl
0 arrive back, almost all of them lade:
0 with potatoes and other food. Whe,
they arrive the police contiscates tn
O food which the peasants, partly out 0
0 sympathy, have given them from thei
own stOckss. There r unpleasant
scenes. The women, men and chill
o dren have their little possessions tax
% en- from them, in some cases by force
10 1t is enough to melt a stone to hea
the women and children sob and be
20 and cry. The men stand by wit
clenched fists, but can do nothing.
perhaps many people who hav
read these lines and still have a flu
IS store-cupboard will give up their pre-
judice against the 'hoarderss.'"
20 Cantigny's Importance.
% Cantigny is only a small village, br
IS it will occupy a large place in Amer
can military annals. For Cantign
80 was the first village to be capture
70 by American troops in the gres
IS world war. Just as the battle f(
Paris opened and the military machir
70 OF the Prussian crown prince move
80 toward the Marine, came news of Ca,
SO tlgny's capture.
AS a military achievement, it VIZ
20 no great feat. 1t was not even a m;
.ior operation, Judging by the meag'
II reports as to the number of men e.
gagged. But it marked a new phase
the American campaign. The Amer
can troops, w~ell-seasoned by monti
% IN the trenches, baptized by fire in d
fensive operations and in raids, too
the offensive. 1t was warfare to II
liking Of the Americans. They rusht
10 to the attack like dogs let loose fro
the leash. They went forward singin
shouting and yelling. And their da:
40 terrified the Germans. In that e
gagement it was proved conclusive
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