Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-06
BACK FROM THE TRENCH ORATORS
 AT ROTARY CLUB
Two Speeches Delivered By Returned Pine Bluff Sol
 diers Tuesday Noon.

J for it's guests Tuesday at lunch two Pine Bluff boys who have seen active l service in the trenches and who have been injured but recovered.
 The guests were Henry Pritchard 1 and Horace Whyte, both of whom had totally different experiences but who still wear their uniforms and are now doing their bit to help aid the boys who are still across.
 | Gentlemen. 1 never realized the real meaning of the American flag until 1 got to France. No soldier ever does. But, boy howdy, once over there he gets so enthusiastic he doesn't know whether he is going or coming. It was that way with me, at least," declared Pritchard.
 Introduced as the original Hong boy'' who measured "six feet two in his stocking feet" Pritchard made a t;Ak that vibrated with the irrespress- ible pep of the soldier and kept every Rotarian sitting on the edge of his seat in ofder to hear every word.
 q heard about girls taking seven hours to dress to go with boy to a movie, but l never heard of soldiers requiring seven days time to get ready for inspection," said Pritchard. telling of his visit with other Ameri- cans to Buckingham Palace to be re- viewed by King George of England, "When 1 say the kings life guards big fellows of six feet two upwards. wearing grand vici kid boots, great red coats and fierce mustaches, l.. I started to spit on one to see if {. he would move.
 Were those statues or men, I ask led our captain later.
 "'Those were the kings life guards. count, he replied. The men used to call me count" to kid me.
 "You know l started to spit on one to see if it was statute," I replied.
 Likes Paris Much.
 1 Some English girl caught Prich- ards eye as he was marching with the ranks in London. Don't take it SC serious Sammy" she called at him gayly. With equal ardor and quite bit of American breeziness the long
 boy replied Sister, 1 was never more
 happy in my life."
 During another part of his talk
 Pritchard declared he would rather
 be in Paris dead broke with his Amer ican uniform on than turned loose ir $10,000. &1 'Old men take off their hats to us families invite us in their homes girls kiss us and give us flowers" he said "The people concede by their actions
 that the Americans are saviors o1
 Paris and France
 l %hn osx hot h. ever witnessed, Pritchard saw Brit ish airman finally down a boche by piercing his petrol (gasoline). tank and wounding him in the ar1n Int American soldiers began to run to- wards the enemy plane after t fell : "You boys can't saw up that plane :: into souvenirs" the Englishman warn ed them.
 You ought to have the thing fram ed, because I've seen you shooting thousands of bullets day for severa months now and this is the first on, ;' you've got," one of Pritcharl's com panions retorted.
 Some Pathetic Scenes. But though the humorous aspect of the war were never lost on tn, long boy. there were many patheti [ scenes he witnessed. One of thes' was the area between Royselles ! where his contingent first landed, ant | Cologne. As far as a man coul, : walk there were nothing to be seer : but shell holes-every one 30 feet O ! so-grenades old weapons, debri , and here and there grave. : Horace Whyte, who was with al Arkansas company of engineers, als ! made a talk. which though briefe than Pritchards was equally enjoy E ed. He said among other things tha . the Allies first thought America : greatest contribution in sending me- L over would be of bolster up the nor i ale of he-French and British, but be : fore long they realized Americas ad ! vance was also of the material, physi \ cal sort. Because of wound receive last aJnuary and the subsequent 9i ! months he spent in hospitals, Whyt was unable to render his country an : further help and was honorably dis ! charged. His sister, Miss Jessi | Whyte. was also guest of the clu | today.
 In snappy talk about the forth . coming United War Drive which be \ | kulo 4NONCMUCl 14S 4SVe0A &9A oVO ANVA l ris said that the soul of America wa
 comprised of the three great relie
 ions, Jewish, Protestants and Catholi
 and that these three, under the direct
 ion of Boss Woodrow" had poole
 their efforts in the coming campaig1
 "I can conceive of no one SO mean ( | abject who will not give his utmo.
 to make the drive triumph" he col
 cluded, "for it will mean succor to ol
 boys, whatever their religion, at u
 time when they need it most"
 III R. Carnahan, city chairman of u
 drive. declared it would be his ai
 to wind up the task in two days aft it started.
 Need Magazines.
 I Rotarian Warren Taylor said tn;
 the magazine box at Second and Ma
 streets was not being filled near , | quickly as it should be and urged 9 Rotarians to gve all available mag
 zines, except ladies magazines. '
 you knew how much the soldiers
 passing troop trains appreciate thel
 yeu would give much quicker" sa A