The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-06-26
1A7lONAL ARMY Men EAGER TO GET
INTO FRONT LIVE TO STOP BOCHE
"Theyl Make the Finest edaj World" Says General over.
seas-Sodars Determines 10 f1ht to Flal-Snpers Take
Daring Chances in "POt fnting"-Eegro Troops
Furnish Much Of NOR IN War Zone.

lcally be called murder The snipers
Idon't call IL that They call 10 pot
Hunting / have talked with several
tand have been on tAe line With few.
i hey wouldn't any more shoot a song
Jbird or a maggie than they would ki.i
one Of their own officers, but shooting
{ Fritz acro the line-that's another
Ssi1ry. IL rs dangerous business, TOO.
(iauy q euipCr b. SHIPPED himself. Some
N them cun0uiiasa themselves and
slgud for hours jan rulsc OF thousand
rifles. There is "a young American o.
IccT from Massachusetts who Us assign
cd to technical work, who spends "a day
and nghl each week On the line
sniping the enemy. lie does it be-
cause lac likes it. lie Is an expert rifle
shot and he enjoys the hazards OF his
work and gets satisfaction from killing
Huns.
The Two best known Hun snipers are
Black Fritz and Crazy Fritz. Black
Fritz is dead. Crazy Fritz was wound.
ed, but whether he is dead is not
known. Black Fritz harussed the
American sector for weeks. He was a
good shot and put bullets now and then
through q soldiers armor hat. But one
day he was spotted behind q log and
a bullet struck him between the eyes.
"Iie was Il handsome chap" said
suipcr, "uud had beautiful hair, blonde
as q girls aud colnbed back like a col
lege boys"
"if he had blonde hair why did you
call him Black FritzT"
because lie hung so much crepe On
our doors"
There is another Hun known as
Foolish Fritz, and rather pretty story
may be told about him. He Is not a
supcr. The men in the trenches cam
not tell just what he is Perhaps, they
have figured, he corresponds to an
American football or baseball mascot.
He is q mere youth and he takes dan
g.rous chances. He might have been
shot u hundred times, but the Amcri-
can snipers haven't the heart TO Kill
him.
zone day. said a sniper who has
watched hIU play around like a kitten,
che crawicG up over the top Of the
trench and went over TO q log and lay
on H.. lie was there for an hour sun
ming himself. / had a bead on him all
the time, but what's the usc:--a mere
Kid. Another time a new Sniper here
saw him and was just about TO pick
him when / said Nothing doing We
can't exactly understand what it
means. About two weeks ago l thought
I'd give the youngster a scare, so ] put
a bullet in a very small tioa about Il
foot from him. He scampcred out OF
sight ike a frightened puppy. / often
wonder &c he or anyone else Knows
that he is living in the shadow Of
death. Maybe the Germans figure they
learn something from it.. However
yolu never catch me killing that lid"
Negroes Furnish Much fl-msr.
Humor aleams frequently through
the erimnrss of war and much of o.
comes from the negro soldiers from
the United States A particularly dark
skinned private was oyerhaulod re
Gently by q military policeman. It was
on country road and the soldier was
amblug along with his military outfit .
as well a. about 100 pounds Of SOU
yenirs Of France.
"Where are you fromY asked the po- !
liceman.
Me, sab? Use from Alabama. /
whereabouts in Alabamaf"
Don't know, san, exactly, but Use .
from Alabama"
where you going tor
"WeIl, = don't 'Xactly know, sab"
"Wherc you coming from?'
"The last place / member, sab, S 7
Seems to me the train /
was on went while r. buying few
things to take back when / co."
"Do you know where you are?"
"Can't 'Xactly say do, sab Cooking
around with the feigned erudition of
nm astronomer), but reckon Use some
whore In France"
The negroes amuse the French peo-
pie. The big black boys swing along
the country roads singing or smiling.
They frequently organize quartet ~
a cannon and if the work in which they
are engaged isn't vitality important stop
beside a road to put over" few di-
minished sevenths, better known as
barber shops. And they know how TO
do It. They are happy go-lucky wher-
ever found.