The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-28

the servants billet ans! ""!mmanced
"blindin@" at them, saying that his
horse had no straw and that ne per
sonully knew that straw had been is
sued for this purpose. lie called the
lancr-corp0r;I 10 account. The cor
poral answered. "BIime me, sir, the
straw was issued. bat there wasn't
enough left over from the servants
beds: in fact, we had To use some OF
the 'ay To clip out. sir
Ii is needless To say that The serv
ants dispensed with their soft beds
that particular night.
Nevertheless it is not the fault of
the individual officer, it is just the sur
vival of quaint cid English custom.
You know an EugliShImuu cannot be
changed in Il day.
But the average English officer is Il
good sport He Will sit on II fire step
and listen respectfully to Private
Jones theory of the way the war
should be conducted. This var is
gradually crumbling the once insur-
mountable wall Of caste.
You would be convinced OF this if
you could see King Gcore" go among
his men on an inSpcctjn: Faur under
fire, or pause before u Gtie wooden
cross in some Shcll-tosSed field with
tears in his eyes rs he reads the in
ScriptiOn. And Il little later perhaps
bend over Il wounded man on Il stretch
er, patting him on the head.
More than once in Il hospital l have
seen ii titled Red Cross nurse fetching
and carrying for a wounded soldier,
perhaps the one who in civil life de-
livered. the coal al her back door. To
day she does not shrink from lighting
his flag or even washing his Srimy
body.
Tommy admires Albert of Belgium be-
cause he is not Il pusher of men: he
leads them. With him it's not case
of take that trench" it is come on
and We will take it
1t is amusing to notice the different
characteristics Of the Irish, Scotch and
English soldiers. The Irish and Scotch
are very impetuGuS, especially when 1t
comes to bayonet fighting, while the
EngliShman. though a tritfe slower,
thoroughly does his bit; he is more
methodical and has the grip or bull
dog on a captured position. He is
slower to think that is the reason why
ne never knows when he is licked.
Twenty minutes before going over
the top the English Tommy Will sit on
the fire step and thoroughly examine
the mechanism of his rifle to see that it
is in working order and will fire prop
erly. After this examination he is sat
iSfied and ready to meet the Boches.
But the IriShman or ScOtchman SITS
on the fire step, his rifle with bayonet
! fixed between his knees, the butt of
which perhaps is sinking into the mud
the bolt couldn't be opened with {
team of horses it is so rusty-but HI
spits on his sleeve and slowly po!ishe:
| his bayOnet; when this is done he alst
is ready to argue with Fritz.
| 1t is not necessary to mention the
! colonials (the Canadians, Australian:
and New ZealanderS). the whole world
| knows what they have done for Eng
land.
The Australian and New Zealandel
! is termed the '"AnZac," taking the
! name from the first letters of their of
! fetal designation, Australian and New
, Zealand army corps.
Tommy divides the German army
| into three classes according to theil
| fighting abilities. They rank as fol
lows Rrllssians Ra4 r G :afs G nd s
onS.
When up against a Prussian regi
ment it is case of keep your nappel
below the parapet and duck. A bang
bang all the time and war is on. The
BavarianS are little better, but the
1 SaXons are fairly good sports and are
willing occasionally to behave as gen
| tlemen and take it easy, but you can
not trust any of them overlong.
! At one point of the line the trenches
| were about thirty-two yards apart
This sounds horrible, but in fact it was
easy. because neither side could shell
| the enemy'S frOnt-line trench for feal
shells would drop into their own. This
! eliminated artillery fire.