The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-25
.py CLARENCE .. HOLLAND.

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"Alichigan," said Bill.
"New York" said Jack. a
''Met some New York and Michigan
men with the I'll" said the little man
casually. a 2aa,
''Who?" said Bill and Jack at, once.
The little man named half dozen.
with their towns. Bill knew some and
Jack knew some and before they re-
allied It they were in the middle Of a
conversation about Detroit and Utica
and Lansing and Long Island, and
politics ard the -th regiment.
"Mess CALL" said the little man.
"Ain't hungry said Bill.
''Don't want to eat" said Jack.
DispeIllne the Gloom.
'Reminds me Of Tom Judkins Of
Pontiac,". said the little man. always
getting off his feed. Know Pontlac?"
he asked of the Michigan man.
"Played football there" W
"JudEins used to play"
"What year?' ,rs.s ..~. -
"About fourteen"
''Bet I played against him."
And so on and SO on: talking about
the home localities and the home folks
and giving the boys chance to mem
ton, towns. and streets that lay close
to their hearts. You could see them
straighten up; you could see their
eyes brighten: you could feel "a differ.
ence in the air that surrounded them.
Bill stood up.
"Guess TIL SC feetl.' he snid, and
banged Jack on the back.
"Pretty hungry myself" said Jack.
"Gimme a light before YOU 60" said
the little man. without enthusiasm.
One Of the boys held match over his
pipe and then both strolled off to the
mess tent with a bad case of home
sickness operated on skillfully and re-
moved without pain-removed by a
man they had never seen before, but
who would always find welcome in
their locality thereafter-just why,
they would never he mile to tell YOU
/. And they didn't know, nor would
It have mattered If they had that the
little man in uniform, wearing ~ Red
Triangle, was TINT imposing and awe
inspiring tdignitary known as Bishop
Of the Church Of England back in
! America.
That's his JOB in France. Just talking
to The fellows. He has put in months
at it. Sometimes Of a Sunday. or In
the evening he breaches. but mostly he
Just wanders around looking for cases
of gloom and Inconsistencies and talk
Ing them back to the cheerfulness and
enthusiasm which is the quality that
Is almost the outstanding Characters.
tic Of the A. q. F. in France.
Important Job With Army.
Curing or heading of inconsistencies
Is. an important job In an army three
thousand miles from homo. Officers,
from the new second lieutenant up,
will tell US that an army which sits
on benches and bottles up gloom Is
not an army that will fight. They say
any man is liable to an attack. but
they shy, too. that the number and vio-
Hence of attacks is amazingly few
whpl, one considers the circumstances.
Is,J Julge.Galloway Of New York said
the other night, "The job Of the Y. NJ.
G.. Adhere is not SO much with the
morals 81 the army as with the mo-
rale." ~. 80, !.
The Judge claims to know. For
mouths he has been travelling around
France from camp to camp, night after
might, almost without rest or relief,
tnlking to the boys about France. His
job has been to interest the fellows
in thes,country where they are guests
land welcome guests.
The army declares that the "Y' has
bitten off a large contract. Officer at
ter officer whom you meet on the
streets of Paris will tell you how i'm.
| portant he believes the "Y' is to the
effectiveness of our ,mllitary-and then
he viii point out where the .sY' IS fall
ing down in his estimation. Almost
everybody you meet can tell you where
the "Y'' or the commissary or the Red
Cross or. this that and the other, is
falling down. In this country you
have to earn praise, and to earn 1t you
have to work for 1t. 81
For instance, q part Of the service
which the "Y" performs For the army
IS running those country stores which
pass under thesnoms de guerre Of post
exchanges and gcanteens. Here Is q
fertile field for criticism, sporadic, and
local and indivtduc criticism, but criti.
cism which must be answered before
the highest efficiency can be reached
! Then Bill Gets Sore. IN
Bill Jones goes to his quartermastel
and buys q package Of cigarettes. He
pays for 1t less than he. paid in Amer
! lea. Next morning. he dropsainto q
"Y" canteen and buys the same sort
of cigarettes. He pays trifie more
Tor It thaR ha would pay u Aperics