The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-08-23

LOnQOn 3 Tribute " AItlcLlNoi OOAuAC'S
Here is how the London Times re-
fers to the American soldiers who
marched through the British capital
recently:
"The build and bearing of the troops
reused constant admiration. One OF
the spectators would say, They look
like fighters another, They are a
fine lot;' a third, They are an even
lott while a fourth could only express
his praise in a shout of Good boys!' or
go it, boys!' When the colors passed
many men received them with barred
heads and that off with your hats"
was heard now and then in admoni-
ton from a civilian. Considering that
the custom of so honoring the colors
of British regiments is still far from
universal, this may be accepted by
Americans as a rather notable tribute.
German Cruelty to Prisoners.
American, British and French pris-
oners of war are being shamefully
treated in the German camps if all
have had the experience of an
American soldier who was interviewed
by a French prisoner of war just be-
fore the latter escaped. The French
mans story, which was told to intelli-
gence officers, is as follows:
"a short time before l left Hame-
lin, in Hanover, l was able to have a
few minutes interview with an
American soldier who was taken pris-
oner several months ago on the French
front. Weakened by the excessive work
he was forced to do in the salt mines,
and not able to continue any longer,
he was sent to Hamelin.
"He told me that during three
months in the Herr mines he had lost
33 pounds in weight. He was a solidly
built man and it was easily seen that
he had once been in vigorous health
but when | saw him he was incredibly
thin, and so weak that he could hardl!
cross the room without stopping re
peatedly, leaning on pieces of furnitur,
and supporting himself on the boxe:
piled there.
"Englishmen were also badly treat
ed in the same place. l found tina
three out of seven that We're sent t.
Hamelin died. There is NJ parce!
service to the mines and the prisoner
receive practically nothing but a THU
soup made from barley or cabbage
and sometimes salt Goldfish and othe
fish which it is impossible to eat. 1t i
impossible for a man to work withou
becoming sick or weakened to tn
point of falling.
"The punishments include beatin
with a rifle butt or the flat side of
bayonet, and confinement on a diet G
Bread and water in a dark cell know
to these mine prisoners as the nc
chamber where steam is heated t
a high temperature. After the me
have been kept there for some tim
they are turned out into the snov
where they are required to stand {
attention for a certain length of tim
1t is needless to say that deaths al
frequent.
General Pershing's Veterans.
Fifty of General Pershing's vete'
ans came to this country to assist
promoting the third Liberty Loan. A
they made their way through tt
streets of New York and other citi'
throughout the country, there wei
constant EXPLANATIONS from tt
crowds that saw them. Everyone W.
impressed by their soldierly bearin
But there was something more tha
mere physical attractiveness abo'
these men. There was an expressie
on their faces that betokened a ne
spirit. What was it that gave the
this proud bearing? 1t was not tt
acclaim of an enthusiastic peopl
Sometimes this serves to unner'
rather than thrill. Emotion gets tt
better of men as they see the famili'
skyline and walk with people
whom they had said goodbye, a far
we'll that might have been their La
The experience that transform
these men was the experience that