Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-06
YANK SOLDIERS COOL,
, WILLING AND DETERMINED

Germans came over, and fifty Of these
UNFRAMED 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 brfgadier gen.
eral, who had just finished a complete
relief, said: They're not exactly glad
to get into the trenches ] guess no
one is glad or that. But these boys
all figure it's work to he done, and
they're here to lick Germans. They're
! keen to get the job dohe They're con-
fident, 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. Were not scared of the Ger
mans, aud when the time comes. wen
show them. We're going to do our
best, which Is about all they ask of US.
Believe me, It's going to be a mighty
good best"
The new men in the fighting game
adapt themselves to the front quickly
as did the first Americans over. Every
night 1t is 'over 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 a 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 ''fresh" one day. Know
ing the doughboy was a good chap, the
major took him aside and. talked TO
him instead of "bawling him OUT be-
fore the-crowd. The doughboy apollo
gized.
I'm sorry, msAor." he said. "You
see l own couple of businesses back
In New York, and have more than
million dollars in my own name, and
it's little hard to remember my place
in the army now. But I'll do it, SOM
how"
You think you are in an information
nj army when you visit some of the
new American units now in the lines.
One company from New York boasts
that its members know seventeen Ian
guages, and If you wander in on them
about mess time, when talking and
plates full of grub" have been emp
tied, you are convinced.
But all of these doughboys are ar
dent Americans, and they have won
he admiration of their comrades who
IAN speak the tongue without an ac-
cent. They are all snappy looking sol
Tiers.
Sure of Success
The new units have dragged their ,
lean and fresh-loolling equipment,
'uch as supply wagons, camp kitchens,
outfits and all that is ,
leeded up into the Alsace and Lorraine -,
Hills. The line runs up and down steep :
mountain sides and across pretty val |,
eys. 1t is beautiful country and a
Inc place to be initiated to the front. ;
or the doughbOy must be on the alert :,
n the time. In this arsN there is 1,
hell-swept, well-wired No Mans Land :
cross which Germans cannot come +
Without being easily detected Woods :
nd hills and wild country make the
lace one in which only strict atten-
ion to,business will keep the Germans
ut.
These doughboys in the line have no 4
to take things easy" Ev-
ny man in the line will tell you in
tones that he has per-
onal grudge to settle with the Huns II
Or dragging the world into this nasty T
usiness, and the sooner aggressive S
elton is taken the sooner Germany is 81
Ding to be punished snd war made v
hing of the past. ?
This is the job every doughboy fig N
res he has to do, and the confidence W
18th which he takes to the trenches
Ills the world he will succeed. cl