The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-03-30

three days when the midshipman
whose gbin | shared woke me up in
the middle of the night and told me
that England had declared war on
Germany; that the Pope was dead,
and the Kaiser had cut his throat. I
murmured Goodbye Germany as |
rolled over and went back to sleep,
deciding the Kaiser had shown excel
lent taste in cutting his own throat
and wondering how he had done it,
MacQuarrie hurried back to London
and enlisted in the cavalry. Then he
shipped to a reserve depot at Briston.
built for 800, made to hold 5000. He
slept in the tanbark on the riding
school floor. IN the cOcOnut tibery
stuff that forms the floor there are u
lot of little things They have been
aptly described by Tommy as Not as
tippant as butterflies but more CON
slant y
They marched and drilled, sleeping
in their ordinary garments for fear
they should be pinched. Then he Sc
cured a commission in the artillery,
and here WAS more unpreparedness.
Neither saddles nor brides, nor guns
Logs, mounted ON wheels, were used
for guns He found HOUSEKEEPING,
like married life, a survival Of the fit
test. If you done survive, the ser
geant does not assist; you to rise, but
merely looks down at you with inter-
est, and says: Who the He'll told
you to dismount.'
Gill tho,y IN On ,,rS
digested a hook on gunnery and lee
tureu Oh it, and ran out OF material
in - minutes, 80 would remark
firmly and menacingly. Does anyone
want to ask any questions" praying
the meanwhile that no one would" >"
"Of course, some people here to-
night are possibly saying; England
must have been worse than us Rot!
Your were just as bad o., if not
worse ! believe you were worse
Then Great Britain went to war,
with 2>0,5 0 regulars, and when the
regulars fell and some one must take
their places. the empire threw into
the gap mere boys, with only six
weeks training. Ana some battles
were fought with cooks and hOstlels
and staDla,mep, and yet the line held
MacQuarrie told dramatically of the
first poison gas attack, which left un-
prepared men gasping, dying in the
trenches, while the Huns swept for
ward and cut the wires, and still they
could not break the line. He told. OF
the long stand at Ypres, made on
ground so marshy that trenches had
to be built above the ground.
Britain Has Kept Faith.
Through it all, unprepared, lack
ing men, guns, munitions, lacking ev-
erytling but spirit, Great Britain kept
the faith, held its grounds and fought
off the Hun. Numerous humorous
incidents enlivened inaccuracies talk.
Frequently, after a GREATNESS NOM
ent he convulsed his audience with
a well-time quip Of Tommy wit. And
he left the conviction that come what
may, Germany never will win so long
as a single Briton remains able to
shoulder a gun. He told how Lloyd
George said, when Rurria was bled
yellow, I would rather see Russia
out and America in. Together, our
country and your country are invinc-
i3le-yQu know it; Germany knows it,
That is why the Germans are trying
to undermine your confidence in us.
Don't believe it--kill the man that
tells you Great Britain isn't putting
every ounce of it's energy into this
war;
The German-Americans.
He pleaded for more Tolerance
with the Germans in America, that
they may become better citizens. He
spoke of the task of the father and
mother of German birth or descent
who give their son to This cause, to
fight against the ;Fatherland, as many
times more difficult than that of the
Briton or the Canadian or the Ameri-
can. Constant criticism and abuse
will not make the Germans in Ameri-
ca good citizen. His position must
be appreciated; he must have SYM
pathy and appreciation, said the
speaker.
Frazier Presides.
Governor Frazier presided, briefly
introducing the speakers and thanking
them on behalf of the city and the
state at the close OF their talks.