Ripley County democrat., 1918-05-10
VETERAN IN AMAZE
ATANNISTOnCAMP
Private Snow Sees Wonders Of
Modern Army Life at
Mcclellan.
WATCHES BAYONET DRILLS
Relic Of Confederate Days In Open
Mouthed Advertisement Watches
Irish Instructor--says Conditions
Are Not 40 They Were In '6os.

Mouthcd Advertisement Watches
Irish nstructor--says Conditions
Are Not 40 They Were In '6o&
Camp Mcclellan. Admission, Ala.--.
Private Clark Snow, he of the Ala
bama yellow Hammers" who fought
for the Confederacy back In the COS,
limped into Camp Mcclellan to give
the boys Of the Blue and Gray a few
pointers on how to lick the Huns.
Il have had no experience with Mr..
Kaiser, but / reckon what Colonel
Johnston and I went through few
years back was fair sample Of what
you youngsters are due to stack up
against over yonder," declared the
yrizzled veteran Of the struggle be-
tween the North and the South, as he
introduced himself to the students Of
modern warfare.
1--WE didn't have those new-fangled
gases. but we had battle against the
effects of some of the rottenest corn
whisky that ever came from a still,
and I reckon that's just as bad. Take
1 from me, youngsters, It's good thing
for Uncle Sam that these moonshIners
have been scared into burylng them
selves away for the winter"
Private Clark Snow, with his chest
ouffed out to fill up splck and span
gray uniform made from the remnants
Of the one In which he fought for the
Confederncy, was standing In the cen
ter Of a modern soldier city Of 10000
men and nearly as many canvas cano-
pies. He was escorted by bunch Of
soldier enthusiasts who were proud to
be part of the Twenty-ninth division
and wanted to show the gray-haired
wet" all the mysteries Of present-day
lighting.
Shown Bayonet School.
The first thing the sightseers tum-
bIed into was the buyonet school. Here
Sergeant "Bilr' Madden, the fiery little
lrishman delegated to Camp Mcclellan
as a part of the British war mission,
was trying to make group Of pink
checked ex-ofilce clerks look blood
thirsty. A dozen or more bayonet
blades gllstcned In the sunlight, and
there was "Peppery Bill" Madden
standing at the head of the class jug
Cling q formldable-lool1ing oyergrown
iackknife.
"Ataboy; put some beef behind that
jabl II you don't get him he'll get
foul" shouted Bin.
The embryo fighters were being
taught to slice Imaginary Germans to
slbbon@
"Cnt that septlment stuff out"
bawled Eli to bnby-fcaturcd private
whose faec never had been introduced
to a razor. That's not knitting
needle you have In your hand. Eoke
it right through that guys ribs and
yank It out again before he's had a
chance To- realize that he's dead.
Steady now. Rotten! That one went
between his legs. You're as good as
dead already. Carry your corpse over
there and wstch me do It."
with teeth gritted, face drawn into
million or more wrinkles and every
muscle Of his body at high tension, the
spirited product of the Emerald Isle
went through the move. II he didn't
kin a German II was because there
wasn't one around.
Could Lick Whole Army. I
II thought knew a thing or two
about using those hedge trinmers,n
gnsped Private Clark Snow at the con-
clusion Of the exhibition, "but that
Irishman could lick n whole German
army all BY himself. II you young
sters ever get worked up to the same
state Of mind he's In there'll be lot
If the kaiser's gang snoozing with
their toes to the sky this time next
year."
In open-mouthed wonderlneRt the
.elic Of Confederate days watched the
little foreign instructor disappear In
the distance. 1t wos mess time and
the AYellow Hammer" didn't have to
Be coaxed to cut With a company Of
Ehe Blue and Gray.
Soup, roast beef. mashed potatoes.
vegetables, coffee and rice pudding dis
amman rod hafora the vafe,nntc aa4otsIf