The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-11-28
tCopyrisht, 1877. By Tho Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)

It was 1914, and the great world
war was on, and here was i In the
United States and neutral. For thir-
teen years / had been soldering but
had never been under fire. In my
Imagination could hear the guns
booming on the western front. ] adj
init was trifie afraid; nevertheless
i had a great desire to get into the mix
up. How could get over? ! planned
out many ways, but none of them
were practical. .l -.
One day while walking down Green
witch street, New York, j passed an
employment agency. Staring me In
the face was a great flnrlng sign,
"Horses for France" Under this
"Men Wanted" Here was my chance.
Upon returning to my Office l lmme-
dlately got In touch over the telephone
with two prominent men In New York
whom I.knew to be distinctly pro-ally.
After outlining my desire. an appoint
ment was made for me to meet GER
tain gentleman at the Hotel Aston ut
four o'clock that afternoon. met
him. He introduced me to French
man. At that time In my eyes n
Frenchman was hero. man to be
loo ed up to, a man fighting In the
Great Cause. But now a Frenchman
TO me II more than hero. After
being introduced / went up into the
FreDchmans room and talked over
the matter Of horses for France for
about twenty minutes.
Upon leaving the Frenchman ] was
told to report TO him three days later,
ut the snme time and place. i left,
bubbllng over with enthusiasm and
anticipation.
During this interval of three days I
mapped out story OF my life to pre-
sent to him upon our second interview.
The eventful day ut last came, and
once more was closeted with him.
started TO tell him my story. He
interrupted me by waving his right
hand to the right and left. II re.
minded me OF the butts on target
range during rifle practice. when the
man marking the target wigwags n
miss 10 the firing line. My heart sank.
Then he spoke. and was carried
from dependency to the greatest
height of expectation. His words /:
Pardon me, monsieur, already
know your llfe," and In an amazingly
short time he told me more than j
knew about myself. l had been care
fully investigated
My instructions received from him
nre confidential, so l will not 30 into
them. Anyway, he handed me nm en-
yelope and told me 10 follow out care
fully all details as contained therein.
Immediately went back to my Of
fee. opened the envelope and on n
typewrltten sheet ] read: "Report at
Goldsmith's Employment agency. No.
- Greenwich street. Ship rs an
ordinary horseman and during voyage
carefully follow the verbal instrue-
lions received by you during our In
teryIew, making careful note Of all de-
tails Immediately after happening. BE
cautious In doing this. Upon landing
In France report to the prefecture OF
pollce, Bordeaux, and to the letter
obey his instructions. Good luck"
went home and put on my Oldest
clothes--an old black suit, olive drab
shirt, a pair of heavy army shoes and
wooden cap. 1 had let my beard grow
ana certainly looked rough.
Going down Greenwich street
slouching along. looking at the ground
j ran plump into young lady of my
acquaintance. l. had feeling OF af-
lection for this particular young lady,
but 1t soon died out upon hearing her
Remark as I colllded with her, IF you
cannot look where you are going.
win have you arrested" OF course
she did not recognize me and took
no pains to argue the matter with her
i was glad enough TO stink by.
When / came TO the agency there
was long line of buns, two and three
deep, trying to ship as horsemen for
France.
It would be impossible to get q
r3ugher and more unkempt gathering
of men. 1t looked as II some huge
giant had taken fine comb and care
fully combed the cutters OF Ne"
York.
fell into this line and waited my
turn. Upon arriving at the desk IL
front of me sat a little fat greasy
jew. TO describe his manner OF nan
ding the men as being impolite woui'
be a great exaggeration. The way M
handled that line of human eatu'
would do the kalser's heart good.
1t came my turn, and this converse
ii IN ensued: =,
"What do you know about horsesF
answered: "Six years In the unite'
States cavalry"
The Agent; "What regimentsT
eleventh and Twelfth"
you're a liar. You never saw TN
cavalry"
| felt like punching him on the nos
but did not do so. 1 wanted to shll
as hOrseman. l showed him IN