Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-09
Reciprocal News Service.
(By GEORGE T. BYE)

(By GEORGE T. BYE)
General headquarters. A. II. F., is
very much Interested inf the study
of French. Agile lips that have con.
.quered the 'u" and "e" and in
OF our gallant ally are worth haS-
ing. They are recommendation toi
promotion. Liaison officers are
much, in demand. When ] was last
at G. H. Q. nearly every officer had
a night or two-a-week at French IN
strucuon. An army field clerk who
opened a night class for the men
had to hang up a standing room only
sign-all the seating space In his oll-
let chamber was taken The offi'
Gers Toxic with each other about their
teachers who are the madames and
mademoiselles of the village, As
may be expected the classes OF the
charmantes mademoiselles fill very
rapidly and stay filled. The oftlcers
laughingly say that the STANDARD
charge for a language course IN the
village Is 50 a week for TWO lessons
and twelve kisses.
skipper" Williams, veteran cor
respondent OF the New York Times
agrees with me that the Yank
|
old hole. II have proof" he de-
clared the morning after he had
spent a night in the trenches. Come
into my room and I'll show you"
This was quite early in the morn
ing He had not been to bed He
unbuttoned his army shirt and barred
coating of mud. "You know how
| 20 hno
sink" he said. "Well, when I went
down a few dozen times the mud
worked up my sleeve, as you see.
And look here" His wrist watch had
been ruined. Mud had oozed into
the works
I have sent a story to "The Stars
and Stripes" warning the 4. Il.
| to look out for a slim young mar
80 years old, about feet incheh
Weighing about $50 pounds, having
! light hair and gray eyes. There il
danger that he might embarrass the
army. Although perfectly rational
in every other regard this man is
desperately determined to get into
| the A. f. F. knew of his obsession
when was in Washington in May
IL
get az far as Paris with 1t.
First he tried for the officers
training school at Fort Meyer, and
only failed because there had been
too many applicants from Washing.
ton and the rest OF the district had
to be given a chance, At that time
he was eager to get into the cavalry
and was only dissuaded from enlist
ing by friends who coaxed him to
wait for the draft. THE cavalry Is
mostly demounted In this war" they
told him. wait for the draft Get
in the national army. You'll be an
N. c. o. the first month, and an
officer before you get to France.
He waited and was drafted, and
was sent to Georgia cantonment
where. surely enough, he became
corporal in week Good enough.
But the next week on re-examina-
ton before the doctors 1t was dis
covered that his heart was defective
He was discharged from service.
walt until the next draft" said
the friends They'll pick you up
again and won't be so, particular.
And your heart may get better"
In the meantime he consulted
Washington doctor who told him
what he should eat and drink, that
he should not smoke and should
have lots of sleep. He assiduously
followed the prescription-and
waited
He waited until the first of April
until America had been at war
n year--becoming more and more
disgpsted each day with himself and
all other young Yanks who stuck
at home when there was a crusade
on in France for the deliverance Of
liberty from the blacklist barbarians
that ever lived
IN get to France somehow" he
was overheard to. declare "and I'll
get into the trenches II l have TO
knock one Of my countrymen down
and take his gun and uniform away
from him" How he contrived to get
to Paris is interesting. He became
"a war department clerk, insisting
upon service in France. His deter
mination won out. I have Just re-
'ceived a telegram from Paris an
nouncing his arrival there This
jealous patriot 'comes from Union
City Tenn. He is well known foi
his work on the Kansas City Star
New York Tribune, Baltimore Sun
Seattle st-Intelllgencer, Shanghai
(China) Press and other papera
When he became government clerk
he resigned as associate editor of
The Nations Business, the monthly
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