Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-03
SONGS AMERICANS SING
ON BOARD TRANSPORTS
Many Marvel at Aloofness OF British
Girls When Smiles Are Free
ly Bestowed.
CONSIDER TEXAS ROUGH RIDERS
Fail to Understand the Stoop to
Their Brawny Shoulders. but Mar
vel at Wonderful Healthy Glow
Produced on Western Plains.
ny "SEA CAPTAIN"
TIntern2tioual News Bureau

international News BOrSauJ
- LONDON, November 2.-The oldest
II apprentice stood on deck watching the
bags of American Hour being whipped
int the hold lie was "a SUI; supposed eedr to ,o De
but his mind not fixed on what
MS eye SAW seen he nt waT s sonfsss 81 g
p;sriep9ceahe was Locking forward to
met its equal. He could not under"
ito you,,-or even smile" he said. ITS
Ie was referring to the guns ashore:
buttons-he had worn them and to no
y purpose. and he was q pleasant. ge-
came the same story. Aloofness to the
third degree was the ATTITUDE Of the
soidiers '"q not 4 known s"s pot 10 ihen wers
! treated alike. Craven images" said
thought OF what I'd seen in London
e and Liverpool, of the easy familiarity
. there in similar circumstances between
that tho authorities, with a search
slSlight eye for the efficiency of the men
city. chased beyond its borders the
temptations that begnidc the sailor, and
z soldier in their leisure hours. had. in
short, been so severely strict that pla
tonic friendship-thc craving of our
enaa PER had e NO, ns
he did in "A day or two after--that a
proper introduction to the ladies was
n nee, \ wink. a police officer
Is we mean TO win-thc war. said a
Il city man, and we ~ant 10 keep our
! boys Clean
Along, the wharf and aboard our ship
marched the boys from TEXAS. many
above the standard. and they differed
aodeP /" neInSGt e had not lie
same straight carriage. There WAS a
many Shoulders. '' susgestins at . G iirst
siEht oiiiSe OCCUPATION; yet that did not
e iiS or WIN io nh ear az ana StrSnEth No
I derS. WAS only when we learned
where the boys came from. and what
J they did down in Texas that we under
stood. They were cowboys. ranchmen
and ranch owners. and the stoop or
rider, and his invigoratinr, man-maK-
WALT, whitman. had he sccn them,
as long as :'rhc Evcrlas,ing Mcrcv."
No one with an eye for physical fitness
world have never met such crowd
SOONER Ti.:uT TnE DE:V.L 49,
soi Mimns me carriage Of the British
something else. The testing spirit of
Tommy was absent. these soldiers
dom jokcd. They were grave and
with the air of the plains and the
camp, was a set, seri9ps-you might
striking by their ,resolnte eyes and
firm rYs i hsrd ja ,s;, we g9uid Wen be.
Wd Mnat "H e GsSr wo %1 us @at hG
the G. deyil than the Texas ranger.
Ia The boys from Texas set MS thinking
+ clearer Indication OF the man power
satof The United States II they were
a Texas. could pu, into the dcld what
mighty reservoir Of force 10 the ut
ffe Term president Wilson has. to draw
Pncific. And all his soldiers are fresh
tbi heT ). ! think i ia :rue to ;ay chat
Ing America.
. As We moved down the big river of
s Texas khaki covering TO our cam.
outage ship--thc sirens of other YES
s ssbore OF ~, mills; faetories and yards
the piercing shricI<s OF steam crane
1M dlI We're let ioose with al their
eas send.ofr TO her sons: W he A opsr.
x great drama Of the twentieth century
., no wives or sweethearis were on the
outside thA. .ocl;. area. and that har r.
i3pho on sds; viii ne serious mission Of
lady in white following US II, q mo.
3 Iorboat alternatcly waving Il handkar-
Snlel ana holding II TO her eyes Had
ne american soldiers as the symbol
s ~ ~. o a,ineriSan womanhood bidding Them
Godspeed on their enterprise?
Tot mary miles the river banks
& main tanned that oar drum. splitting en-
leTta lnment. and. when chance offered
SECTION Of the men. led by a NASTY
$&Ol the game, would send across ,I,a
water on both sides the stranrn
TTsnHoaoping, penetrating Well OF the
me e, CANDY store is on this boat %
ls inat question started my ncru.;,,
ance with the Texas ranger liz cnt,id
i Ii0e tnlnk 81 any plac" where men
- IA ueint ,WltnoUt a candy store
ne wanted &" know further what tho
sea was like. lie and scores Of tbnr az
nad never seen salt water rathnrad
from MS dem"anor that though nom
sng on iand scared them. they we're not
anIxlous FOR what they termed boat
was marvellous. one asked If tb.rn
were hills TO climb, another who might
Z'iaVc read of some fanciful hcrioc skin
per IN some fanciful short story. asked
: alter the pilot left.
Graduaily their knowledge OF the so.
+ e&tehoed-at the usual price Next d."
aWay from the coast ! observed nj ths
c ca my sturdy friend Of the
ca ay store pouring over his plate ~
q ,S5ausages his breakfast cup OF tea Va
y llRo no interest i'm either rho -, 80
ranger was scasck i'Ad'
. HYMNS AT TWILIGHT
o., ONE OF HIG FEATURES
Y convoy with band. but for ohvia,me
y reasons music OF that kind was NOT ~
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