The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-02-07

Stfetcn. My guard was always WITH
pe. the sailor on one side and the sol
dier on the other | certainly looked
like a popular lady. Many a girl back
home would have envied me this es-
cort from both branches Of the service.
| guess ] almost walked the poor SEN
tries to death. Once, after a long hike.
I heard the sailor complaining:
IF he don't put on the brakes my
dogs are going TO be worn off right up
to the ankle. joined the navy because
walldn' never appealed to me. The
way I'm goin' now | might as we'll have
signed up with the infantry" l was
still he" to the Jackie.
One sailor in the gun crew on the
way back kept complaining all the
time because we did not meet up with
a German sub. He was a nice boy, the
one who had picked me out as a wo-
man on the way over when he saw me
trying to roll cigarette. but kept it to
himself We got very friendly.
why do you want to see a u boat?''
I asked him. Aren't you satisfied with
the surface of the seaY'
WED stay on top all right with that
! baby we've got to shoot" he replied.
"All we want is just a look at one.
You know the gun crew that sinks
submarine gets $1,000 from the govern
ment to be divided among nine men.
guess my share of that wouldn't look
good to me and my folks back in Iowa.
besides the fun of nicking one"
That boy typified the spirit of the
United States navy-afraid of nothing,
oiled with supreme confidence in the
ability of the men to shoot quick and
straight.
After l landed l saw him in Hobo
ken, and he was having a romance.
I've got to go up the street to meet
my girl he announced. proudly smil-
ing.
Where is she?" asked him.
"She works up here at the vaudeville
theater" he answered. she gets
through now pretty soon"
| thought he had done pretty well,
grabbing an actress.
They'll be calling you a stage door
Johnny the first thing you know"
warned. He blushed.
"Oh. she don't come out the stage
door," he defended "She's an usher,
and she's got my wrist watch. | only
illCl ncl at ~ - NiO(h lniS bul
let her wear it today"
you're a fast worker" l suggested.
"Oh, we've got to be in the navy" he
answered proudly, whether it's girls
or submarines. We sailors don't stay
in one place long enough to be slow"
He went off up the street smiling
fine boy. typical Of the United States
navy clean and wholesome.
The sentries were not supposed to
talk with me. but they were good fell
lows and didn't mind breaking a rule
or two when it wasn't hurting any
thing to unbutton their faces and
loosen up bit. My doughboy outfit
was beginning to show the strain.
had worn it all the time since we left
Douglas. 1t was cold. too, going back
mentioned feeling cold to one of the
sailors. He offered me an. extra sailor
suit he had 1t was warmer than the
soldiers uniform. l put it on. 1t fit
as though it had been made for me.
They told me i made an even better
jackie than l did a Sammie.
All the while 1 kept begging the
guards to tell me why l had not been
allowed to land. They always an
swered, 81 don't know" and then
changed the subject. Finally, after
we were out a couple of days, one of
them came across.
81 don't know for sure" he said, "but
| heard it was General Pershing's or
ders. He said it would set bad ex-
ample"
II heard that, too" volunteered my
| other escort "but | also got rumOr it
was the French authorities who turned
you down. One of the boys told me
they put it up to the general so strong
he finally agreed to get you place in
the Red Cross, but the Trenches
couldn't see it. They got more women
than they can use over there now.
What they're shy on is men,"
Jaw, what's eatin' them?" grumbled
the first guard. ''She's more of man
than some of 'em back home who can't
get away to go to war because they
got to support their wife's uncle's sec
ond cousin or than some of those
scared rockies we took over with us.
| betcha If she ever got bead on a
boche, blooey for himl Eth, Carter-er
L mean Mrs. Carterl"
Up to the time we left the boys
ashore did not know where they would
be sent or how soon. All they were
told was they would not be sent to the
front green. When they did go they
would know the game from start to
finish. Pershing was taking no chances
on losing a single man through igno-
rance or unpreparedness. He's that