Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-07

More than once In a hospital I have
seen a titled Red Cross nurse fetching
and carrying for a wounded soldier.
perhaps the one who In civil life de-
llvered the coal ut her back door. To
day she does not shrink from lighting
his flag or even washing his grimy
body.
Tommy admlres Albert Of Belgium be-
cause he is not a pusher OF men; he
leads them, With him it's not a case
Of take that trench" It Is "come on
and we will take It."
II is amusing to notice the different
characteristics of the Irish, Scotch and
English soldiers. The Irish and Scotch
are very impetuous. especially when It
comes to bayOnet fghtiag, while the
Englishman, though a trlhe slower,
thoroughly does his hit; he Is more
methodical and has the grip OF a bull
dog on a captured position. He is
slower to think that Is the reason why
he never knows when he Is licked.
Twenty minutes before going over
the top the English Tommy will sit on
the fire step and thoroughly examine
the mechanism Of his rifle to see that 1t
is in working order and will fire prop
erly. After this examination he is sat
isfied and ready to meet the Boches.
But the Irishman or Scotcliman sits
on the fire step, his Iihe with bayOnet
fixed between his Knees, the butt OF
which perhaps is sinking into the mud
the bolt couldn't be opened with a
team of horses 1t is so ~rusty-but he
splits on his sleeve and slowly polishes
his bayonet; when this is done he also
is ready to argue with Fritz.
1t is not necessary to mention the
~colonials (the Canadians, Australians
and New Zealanders), the whole world
knows what they have lpe for Eng
land.
The Australian and New Zealandef
is termed the "Anzac," taking the
name from the first letters of their Of
fetal designation. Australian and New
Zealand army corps.
Tommy divides the German army
into three classes according to their
fighting abilities. They rank as fol
lows: Prussians, Bavarlans and Sax.
Ons.
When up against a Prussian regi-
ment it is a case of keep your nappeT
below the parapet and duck. A bang.
bang all the time and a war Is on. The
Bavarlans are little better, but the
Saxons are fairly good sports and are
willing occasionally to behave as gen
tlemen md take 1t easy, but you can
not trust any of them overlOng.
At one point of the line the trenche;
were about thirty-two yards apart
This sounds horrible, but In fact it wa,
easy, because neither side could shell
the enemy's front-llne trench for feal
shells would drop into their own. Thi.
eliminated artillery fire.
In these trenches when up agaIns
the Prussians and Bavarians, TomRJ
had a hot time of 1t, but when the Sax
Ons took over" it was u picnic; the!
would yell across that they were Sax
ons and would not fire. Both side.
would sit on the parapet and carry oil
a conversation. This generally consist
ed Of Tommy telling them how mucl
he loved the kaiser, while the Saxon
informed Tommy that King GeOrg
was n particular friend of theirs ant
hoped that he was doing nicely.
When the Saxons were to be relieves
by Prussians or Bavarlans, they wOult
yell this information across No Man
Land and Tommy would i%mmediatel
tumble into his trench and keep hi
head down.
If an English regiment was TO be re
lleved by the wild Irish, Tommy wOul
tell the Saxons, and Immediately q vOI
ley of "Donner und Blitzens" cOul
be heard and it was Fritz's turn to ge
a crick in his back from STOPPING, an
the people In Berlin would close thei
windows.
Usually when an freshman takes owe
a trench, just before stand down" Il
the morning. he sticks his rifle owe
the top, aimed In the direction Of Bel
lin, and engages In what is known a
the mad minute" This consists O
firing fifteen shots In a minute. II
is not aiming ut anything in partlcula
just sends over each shot with
prayer, hoping that one of his stray
will get some poor unsuspecting Frit
In the napper hundreds Of yards be
hind the lines. 1t generally does that
the reaso the Boches hate the ma
from Erin's isle.
The Saxons, though better than tn
Prussians and Bavarians, have a mast
trait Of treachery in their makeup.