El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-31
T. S. Soldiers
See GLOOmlySide
OfOId England
Lack OF Music and Flags
Noticeable; More Cheer
fulness Urged.

London, Eng June Young
America is going to see it through.
and already he has set about the
business. Il is no longer necessary
TO hide the fact that some thousands
or him are setting foot on our shores
every week It is equally true to saw
that the he is thinking about US and
our ways all the time. and that some
OF his thoughts perpIex him.
Let us take the story OF some fr--
~s-nea and wholly nonezisteut Ameri-
can boy and Try to follow him upon
MS course He has lived in a count-v
OF great atmospheres and Of a rest
less endeavor- He was q clerk ne--
maps. 500 miles from New York and
--au mar uly seen the sea EurODe was
= pace 10 which milIionaires desired
70 60. America was the 0nl,- hC7,--
~ lrue freedom He himself might
i've ana die millionaire II onIv- h.
hustled about enough
nen war came and his country
leeldeq 70 go In a fine sense OF durv
al-tlLlaleu him. He was asked fo "a
ana IlSnt for that France which came
70 tne assistance Of his forbears NOR
nan 2 hundred years ago. Also he
- - eve a hand to the mother
-aAl-"nlcn mad its back to the wan
Al me name OF Liberty. The blood ~
4lsnllng race stirred within him ~
tne caA, and he blew the drummer ~
freedom from the houseto1.
A mighty nation besfi-red f+ee-r
and the thunder Of its Dovva- rr,-,5 ~
even upon an eastern horizon. Thers
w. no cholce, the wise men said. Nm
or lne yoke-and when did
Aiaerlca suffer the yoke7
Our American bow heard All +1,s-
ana presently he went into q r7sf--5---s
I1l-lL- Lney made a soldier Of him
ana bands played aboard a traneno-f
olcn 1lags and such cheersI Tbou-
s4Als q pretty eyes turned upon him
~ a0i1-EilLlon- He was going TO the
west 20 settle the kaiser's affafr sDT
Lne neart o. America went with him
~ IS true that the transport itself
save MIN something Of a shock Tor
y a. "aS terribly crowded and men law
them were very sick.
--ol cover. for two years the Amerf- {
can press had been telling him rLa
-anssE u submarines, and he had not
- ne recent German admission Of i
-npolency where transports are con-
cefheu- 50 he endures exciting davr
dark.
Do Not Expect Picnic. !
Aen who go 10 war do not ev0ect IN I
be embarked upon a picnic and the F..
american soldier is no exception. He /
Is mere 10 do his duty. and right well ]
ne IS doing It. But there are amen
tues even OF ArmaEeddon, and It is /
our business TO remember them
could any place be Elcomier than f.
lne quays where land high spirited I
q Artagnans who have had many sea-
sick days in transport Is this
bllgnty, then2 No flags are here, nor
banners No band PLAYS The sol
diers about are few and chiefly veter- I
ans The morning breaks dark, per-
haps. and there are mists in the /
estuary. Or IL is raining and gloomy
town drips from its shattered caves ]
ing pavement
Young America is interested in al I
he sees and thinks that our trains are
ridiculous-thiuEs for children &c
we wonder IL all his courage is IN
able TO lift a sense OF depression and /
that his early ideas about US are
quite Wrong2 He has left q land ]
VrneTe the sunshine is often as iuspir-
ing as a drauEht OF wine. BE is one
the WOrld-and this gloom this silent F.
t0Wn-the little trains. the waiting
for the Welccme-Wet Il is not what \
he looked for when he left the states
War had then its panoply and the I
trumpet was TO sound. Pity, indeed, ]
that we cannot make some show al I
the blowing
It is quite true and is TO be admit
ted that our young Fellows first i'm
pressious OF the English country side j
is gratifying. He speaks OF US as his 4
forefathers have spoken Perhaps he
thinks tha- when he comes TO the 4
camp he VIII enjoy his leisure in some .
ancient hamlet where there are roses
above the potrals and white caps at
the windows
Vain hope. The little tour is not for
him He begins the dull round Of
duty and he thinks that he has seen
we should not ask what he writes
home about US
Remedy Is at Hand.
This is the situation. The remedies
are obvious and to our hand They 1
concern both ourselves and the AMER
can authorities War Is not q picnic,
and every man who leaves the Ameri-
can shore is told plainly that he is I
about 10 enter war zone. The lofty +.
serenity and religious majesty Of the I
French mind is indicated, he is pre-
pared TO enter France as he would 2
enter some temple Of the faith where
the altar Of the farnerland receives I
the supreme offering and mothers
present their sons IN sacrifice that
is all worthy.
But this lesson taught this dark
ness and mental silence Of the house I
of war made manifest, then may our
mere humanity be remembered There
is no merit in gloom, there is none
IL the d0lour Of the head doWncaEt II I
the men Of 1915 danced upon the eve
Of Waterloo we may sing through the
Tigils Of Armentierss- Let the Ameri-
can soldier see that we 90 with head
erect Do not let us put jealous an
clients upon the Quays but fine fellows
who can cheer, sturdy guardsmen
with their "CherrohE- and do not
let Us be afraid OF the bunting.
God knows we have not been given
20 flag waving during this war There
has been many an occasion when we
might have opened our lungs. but the
gravity Of the issues has kept US ST.
lent Yet if ever there was g time
when even an archbishop might
throw his hat into the air, surely il
is that Of the home coming Of these
splendid young men who 90 TO fight
for our freedom and their own Let
us then not be afraid OF the cheers
or care what sleeper aWakes in his
bed because Of them
The matter Of the camps Is chiefly
one for the military authorities. But
they should be so chosen that men
may see something Of US as we really
are. Three days IN London would be
a fine moral tonic for any American
soldier. and should not be denied him
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