The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-25
There Are No Soft Jobs in France;
Life in Allied Armies Real Work;
Infantry Best, Private Peat Says

/ own. Infantry pallcd on Patsy, and
ambition stirred IN hun to belong TO
the band The band is a nice place
on paradcs and at public demonstra-
tlons The band is patriotic and in
| spring.
Patsy bad never handled musical
| instrument IN his life, but he weighed
up the difference between bayOnet and
drum and the drum won Patsy be.
came siretchcr bearer periorce and
champion swearer Of the corps.
lie did not realize that a band may
60 to France but the instruments don't
! ! he men become bearers and can't even
| beat defiance TO Heinie
Where Is That Helmet2
I There are hospital ordcrles A
cu,hy job Well maybe, but put me
back in my little Hugout before the
orderly room OF hospital
The Royal Army Medical corps is
the acme. Of efficiency IN the highest
sense OF that word. Maybe that Is
why they have such a selection OF nick
names They handle thousands OF Us
every hour, helpless burdens, from
first aid station to first field to clear
! ing station and 10 base. From base 10
England, and within twelve hours OF
being wounded we are breathing bllghty
air smuggling, warm and comfortable
between white sheets, believing the
whole happenings OF days or weeks OF
months before a nightmare Of dream
"Rob All My ComradeS"
The Mcdicals answer indIScrimlnate.
" to cherry -pickers, a remnant OF then
ull dress uniform. which is cherry an'
f. blue. Ln,ccd Laucers and one othet
rot nightly prllcd by then but taker
IN good part K A NJ t-Kob Al
! Ma Comrade,
Sure enough, quite a few unrcgcncr
ate amongst the light fingered gcntf
ln the early days iorcsaw unwonter
prospects mixed up with patriotism am
loncd the medical corps
had a German Lelmet once myself
/ waited long and patiently TO get one
At much inconvenience carried .
abou, for weeks In historic fashion /
taught nc to say TO hel-mit it"
It got in my way, it clinked and mad,
sounds when all, noises were verboier
Still ! stuck to IT, Someone wanted !
badly. and someone must not be diSap
pointed. Then got wounded and nov
| have no helmet
What Of It after alp The orderl
q the x. g. NJ {. has saved many
Nfc hy quick. independent action II
IS swift on thought and kindly Of toucl
helmet or no helmet, remove my ha
to him
Little of the Picturesque.
! have never been 'up in an airplanC
have talked to several armen an
have seen many flights and plane
brought down Only the man Of excep
tlonal ability viii succeed in the air.
The average boy Graves Tor the ex
citcment OF it.
II | could only impress upon all fel
lows keen to 60 across that their great
est usefulness lies in the direction wher
is their greatest aptitude. An airma
must be quick OF thought and with
QuicknesS OF action almost amounting /
rccklesSneSS Airmen are picked mer
In other branches OF the service me
are mixed.
A man rejected for the air need no
feel badly. He may have muscle an
brain power and yet have to give plac
to sonmeone who apparently appears o
| lesser ability
I There are the engineers. The ordi
nary individual without mental lean
ing to the engineering profession nee
not attempt it. He may succeed a.
right, but a man must like his work i
war as in peace to become thorough
competent
The engineering corps has little q
the picturesque, They get rare mentio
and accomplish much 1t is dirty wor
at best. tunnellng, mining, raising biv
ouacS, following dugouts. laying ne'
entanglements. throwing up bridge
pontoons, and planning light railroad
far toward the front line
In the engineering corps there is on
worse job than that OF actual worke,
A sentry is on guard for Zach section
He is a living, human target for a
eager enemy. His position is expose
lar out in No Mans Land his onl