Jackson County journal., 1918-09-13
YANK SOLDIERS COOL,
WILLING AND DETERMINED

Germans came over, and fifty of these
"untrained boys" withstood the attack
and stuck to their guns. The Germans
who were still alive and able to run,
retreated, double-quick time.
All in Days Work.
Speaking of the way the newly ar
rived Americans take to the trenches
and to their duties, one brigadier gen.
eral. who had just finished complete
relief, said: They're not exactly glad
to get into the trenches I guess no
one is glad of that. But these boys !
all figure it's work to be done, and !
they're here to lick Germans. They're !
keen to get the job done. They're con- !
tident, all right, but not boastful, be- |
cause they know there's lot to learn"
A doughbOy. gave his version of how
he and his pals felt while out there
facing No Mans Land for the first
time. "We're not scared of the Ger
mans, and when the time comes, We'll
show them. We're going to do our
best, which is about all they ask of us.
Believe me, it's going to be mighty
] good best"
The new men in the fighting game
adapt themselves to the front quickly
as did the first Americans over. Every
night it is lover the top" for patrols of
them, and in few days they are EN-
tirely familiar with No Mans Land
The German front trenches next fall
in the line of investigation and the
Germans soon adopt the policy of fall
ing back to avoid fighting.
Back Of the lines on the home side,
bank clerks, BARRIERS and men of every
profession who have temporarily be-
come soldiers soon make themselves at
home among the ruins and in woods.
They eat army GRUB" and relish it
more than the most delicate meal they
ever ate from q white linen covered
table and real dishes, especially if
there has been work to do. Soldier
ing agrees with them, you can see, by
the work they do, the meals they eat
and the huskies they have become.
Chauffeur Gets "Fresh."
, Discipline is fine, even if it is hard.
, A major tells how his chauffeur be-
: came little 'tresh' one day. Know
, ing the doughbny was a good chap, the
jOr took hi n aside and talked to
, him instead of 'bawling him out" be-
n fore the crowd. The doughboy apollo
|. giZed.
e 'Tm sorry MAJOR he said. "Yor
G see l own a couple of businesses back
in New York, and have more than 6
r million dollars in my own name, anC
= it's little hard to remember my place
5 in the army now But I'll do it, some
It how"
q You think you are in an information
v al army when you visit some of tn
le new American units now in the lines
t One company from New York boast
Q that its members know seventeen Ian
le suages, and if you wander in on then
about mess time. when talking an
10 plates full of GRUB" have beer emp
,e tied. you are convinced.
tn But all Of these doughboys are al
in dent Americans, and they have wO
the admiration of their comrades VIII
e. can speak the tongue without an az
NJ cent They are all snappy looking so
e. diers.
- Sure of Success.
The new units have dragged the
- clean and fresh-looking equipmen
=. such as supply wagons, camp kitchen
~ machine-gun outfits and all that
- needed up into the Alsace and Lorrair
:, - hills. The line runs up and down stee
- mountain sides and across pretty va
leys. It is beautiful country and
fine place to be initiated to the frOr
20 for the doughboy must be on the ale
all the time. In this area there is
-, shell-swept. well-wired No Mans Lal
~ across which Germans cannot cor
~ without being easily detected. Woo
WI and hills and wild country make t
=" place one in which only strict atte
-, i,o ton to business will keep the Germa
- out.
'ou These doughboys in the line have
lns hankering to take things easy" T
lne ery man in the line will tell you
7A'' confidential tones that he has a p
sonal grudge to settle with the Hu
al for dragging the world into this mas
''' business, and the sooner aggressl
'ou action is taken the sooner Germany
're going to be punished and war made
l'oA thing of the past.
airy This is the job every doughboy
dis o, 10 hoc +o do and tho confide1
ellis ..,;+t u,hich bo +olkes IN the trenc]
s- tells the world he will succeed.
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