The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-26
THE CZECHO-SLOVAK ARMY


 Our friends who technically are our enemies are @dthcrine in their Con nccticW cantonmcnts, where they are training for fighting in France for their own freedom and the freedom ot the world The CzechO-Sloyak can tonm"nt near Stamford at the turn of q sparkling river. is the spot where Boh"mians and SlOvaks from all parts ol tn" United States are in training Their preparation is very brief. for as soon as enough are ready for Shipload they are sent overseas More ot their compatriots take their places and as the months go by battalion .n.cl battalion will come and go
 II is through an international anon. ally that We have this cncampmcnt in the very midst ot Yanheeland. Some persons may think or-hand that the 2os,,nHeH' ouahr Do -r. that its dcni- 1vn- a"rr properly mtcrncd rather than mertc Dh" recipients ol aid and c.u.orC Hh, 'No Ja,"~ represented T. ra" t1l. ara .ondr. the doauinon ot \o~u-'lUu@ar. II they were on n, p.a.r -t. of Iho @urr in their pld home they Nopld b. marched oll n T,Hfvu uniforms to fight agains the olIirs. |, has been very hard, however, to induce the Czcchs and Sloyaks to fight for the pan.German idea, even when the alternative is the firing squad. The ancient capital OI Bohemia, Prague, citadel of the CAcchs for many centuries, is even now in revolt. In all the countries of the allied cause the Czechs and Slo- walks are raising recruits to serve un- der the French high command and against the power of the common en- soon be l5UoO0 of them in their own u, y.
 II this bc treason the CzcChs and Slc aks are entirely willing that the Germans shall mali" the most Ol it. For three centuries they have been in uorc or less rebellion against the Hapsburgs. whom they accuse of bad faith and tyranny. and likewise they hate the IIohcnzolern,. Although some of the lands where dwell the Clochs and Slovaks in their original home. are Germans, the majority of llcm are oi the same blood as are those who ar" raliying just across the Cuun,.JIcut border The Czcchs even resent the nam" Bohemian. because il .as one applied to them by the Germans They are the descendants of rho hardy Boii, to whose country th, Germans gave the titl" Roiihejm, or hom" ui the Boil which we have Anelicizcd into Bohemia. The CZochs also object to the frivolous use Of the word Bohemia. which associated them with temperamcntal neer-do- wells and ahsorbcrs of red ink and devourers of cold-stOrage chicken. The name Bohemia as banded about the Greenwich village is d relic of error Even persons of learning once con fused the Bohemians with the few bands of gypsies who wandered from some land of mystery into middle Europe Sir Walter Scott uses the word Bohemian as associated with strange people of the waysdc.
 So that the CZechs may hold noth- ing against us we will call them by thrir true name, under which they now go forth to war. It Is their pur pose that there shall be carved out in tne center of Mittel-EurOpa the free and independent CZeCho Slovak state They would have their own land in which they may revive mem ories of heroic Iluss and the glorious traditions of Ziska.
 When they arrive lover there" tho volunteers will soon be made fit tC meet all the conditions of modern warfare. There will be numerous re