Evening star., 1918-08-24
SHRAPNEL
Sideliehts On the Wsr
BY
or-n OWEN KuHN.
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

Simple and advanced flying is
taught in the training school OF the
American expeditionary forces in
France. There are eight grades.
like the common schools at
home
Passports. as every one knows. play
an important part in the wasing OF
war. Probably the first on record is
that issued by Julius Caesar. who
handed this slip of paper to a phil
osopher about to make a journey:
IF there be any one on land or sea
hardy enough to molest Petamon let
him consider whether he be strong
enough to wage war with Caesar
Describing the work of Army engi-
neers, one of them said:
I'VE are the skilled artisans OF the
infantry, for We go over the top with
them to consolidate the positions they
capture; and occasionally-though the
is strictly forbidden
take Joyous part in the actual hand
to-hand fighting.
Apart from that we construct ma
their Communication and jumping on
trenches. help them with their wiz
ing and make ourselves generally
useful. We work in front of the front
line and we work at the back OF the
back line Sometimes we work by
night and rest by day: at others we
work by day and rest by night. usu-
ALLY. however, we work by day and
get put on to a fresh job at night.
We are the fairy godmothers OF
the artillery. We make fascine, plank
and corduroy roads by which to get
their guns into position. We construct
light railways to bring their ammu-
same purpose. We dig cable trenches
through heavily shelled areas SO that
they may be in telephone communi-
cation with their Q Pips.
Our ranks are filled from every
trade and profession in and out of the
directory. Our work varies from put
ting a new washer on the generals
pump to constructing elephant shell
ters in the back areas for ccnseien-
tious objectora
So damaging have English sparrows
become in England that they now are
referred to as ''feathered boches.
It always is more invigorating to a.
soldier when he is marching at the
head of a column. There is constant
complaint from those in the rear. In
other words the drag at the end Of
the column is one largely question
of psychology
There is much speculation in Eng
land as to what position Lord kitch-
oner would now be occupying in the
war had he not met an untime1y fate.
ing winter. will be permitted to heat
hut nnA rooy7o in their house.
As the result Of numerous air raids
upon London. shop keepers have cap
italized circumstances and now Lon
don women can purchase beautiful
"air raid gowns and coats Ihsy are
biting night-time conditions when
persons are forced to leave their
homes.
Many modern war day economies
were practicsd thousands OF years
war bread. During one OF the siegeS
of Jerusalem. Ezekiel urged the Is
raelitss to mix substitutes with their
wheat, to guard against the day when
there might be no more supplies. The
passage runs:
a~Tske thou also uBto thee harley
and lentils and. millet and f3tches. and
pllE En&tH INV VAtS sSSS~S 0H< AAoAS
thee bread thereof"
Two or thre Of these ingredients
are used in. the making Of modern
war bread
II is very did7cult to fy single
scatter airplanes at dizxy heights. The
air is so thin and the plane surfaces
is so small there Is but little for the
machine to rest uDon. PropelleFs Of
the small MACHINES DO not bite" into
the air as pilots would have them.