Evening star., 1918-11-19
SHRAPNEL.
The War and After.
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

Allied submarines generally are
smaller than the German. but allied
officers have congratulated themselves
on this as they are more easily ma
neuvered-
Another good yarn from the Stars
per:
Private Jawn Walker Of ebony hue
could not get the proper swing to his
arm when saluting. Besides, his life
long custom of calling all white folks
"cap'n" had got him into trouble since
lie Joined the Army. He would salute
g. general or a top sergeant with
wave of the hand and "Howdy,
Cap'n."
Being called for this breach of eti-
Guette, he tried to avoid further
trouble. and was telling comrade his
difficulties.
"Istiddy," he said, IT seen a lieu
tenant comm and / lowed L run
round de corner so as not have to
s'Iute. And bless Gawd, l run spack
into one of demmen wild buzzards on
j IS shoujderS
rhe ...en @ho have been rescuing
downed airpIanes in no mans land
have been known as SavaSeS.
Describing Field Marshal Haig one
writer says:
every morning at 9 O'Clock Sir
douglas Haig is at his desk. and from
that time until the lunch gong sounds
lie is inconference with the heads of
those various branches OF the service
whose efforts comprise the total or
war operations. Upon his desk are
heaped the reports of everything that
happened the night before. n raid on
forty yards of trench many miles
away may reveal information of the
utmost Importance to the whole army.
Thus the Office becomes a clearing
house of information, and out of 1t
emerges the news. grave or cheering,
and is flashed to a waiting world, and
likewise those more significant COM
,nands whose execution makes his
tory
THE plan of a great campaign is
built out of months of preparation and
conference. The commander-in-chle1
decides on the general scheme, whSe
the specific tasks are assigned Tor
execution to the various army com
Jlanders. In other words, every CHER
end the men under him have a par
ticular job to do, and it is up to them
10 do it. The total of these jobs, som e
of them requiring months of solid
effort, comprise the offensive"
Temperamental soldiers invariably
land in "clink," according to observers.
Jt is these men who are wearied unto
death by the many minor regulations OF
the Army. and many Of the tempera-
nIent usually follows.
Just imagine a humble trawler waving
f6own giant ocean-going steamship and
telling the dignified captain Of the latter
vessel how to steer. But this is just
what has happened when vessels on the
| high seas are running through subma-
! rine danger zones.
Under the title Imperial Dust an
English writer presents the following.
taking as his text the statement Of the
Rev. r. Moffat Gautry on the former
1 Kaiser, who declared:
with his withered arm and his with
cred soul-what is he, with all his shin
ing armor? Just a bit of decorated
dust which some day you will be able
TO blow upon and it will vanish out of
your sight,
In shining arnor richly digit
A silver helmet his head,
With brow all bent, as black night,
And hands and arms all reeking red
And most distrausht with murder-lust,
He's Just clod. to earth allied
A pinch of decorative dust!
shorn Of his trapping. he shah stand
For trial at the bar Of fate
A criminal, whom every land
Poor wasward ambitious clay.
The elemental rot and rust
OF mortal man thou canst not stay,
Poor bit Of decorative dust!
Through special arrangements with
the German government forty English
| ynen interned at the Rhuleben camp
! were permitted. took and passed en-
i trance examinations to the University
Of London. The papers were forwarded
! 20 England.
shr.pnel win be discontinued with