Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-10
BOYS At FRONT ARE
NOT FULL o.; hate
Men Who Have Participated In
Battling Have Most FesAing
For Hun Prisoners.
BY LOWELL MELLETr.
United Press Staff Corresponde At,

With the American Army in France.
-{by mail.)@The hardest hating is ;
don at home. And the nearer one
gets TO the land which is 10 mans
the less of haste n finds.
In, Il town we'll to the rear, q town
safer than Paris of some rank as lo
was soundly condemnins ahc conduct
of an under officer. The latter had
provided food for Il young German Of !
ficcl, cnroute through tho town as Il
prisoner.
"Bread and waters good enough, for
him declared the angry superior.
and dry, hard bread at that
The day before, l had seen o batch
OF prisoners brought into the list
headquarters back OF the line. 1t was
q hot day II they Were exhausted
| by their march. Two sichiy looking
lads tainted and fell just as they were
being lined up for Inspection Water
was already being carried to tho pris-
oners. Some of. this was diverted for
| the purpose of resuscitating the two
who had collapsed and the others were
then given as much rs it was safe
| for them to drink Immediately after
| inspection all We're marched To Whcre
| food and hot coffee was waiting for
them.
1 asked the officer in charge about
this practice.
Starving prisoners after we've got
EN- won't help defeat Germany" I've
replied. 81.
He had been in real danger of Ger
man shells and bullets for a monti,
without n single days rest. And. it
could he added, the Germans had boon
in real danger from the shells and
bullets he controlled.
Hate emp responded an officer in
y1-> J;.,~ ~ %I, -,,Dtr tS,r,, .,N t.Dta
EN-! We hate EN- with big shells. lit
tie shells, rife bullets. machine gun
bullets, bayonets, bombs and gas. In
fact we're so busy hating EN- that way
that we haven't time to hate them with
our mouths. But after we've taken
them prisoner it isn't WORT. While hat
ing them, is it? And, besides. WHAT'S
the use of wasting good FIRST class hate
on men you've already capturcd?"
A British correspondent whose name
is well known to American readers
went with me to visit an American dit
vision. He was anxious, he SAID, 10 get
\ at the psychology of the American mr.
vate. to leara what he vas thinking and
!. What the war near to han. IL was ,ne
day after the whole British line first
started clauckling over the Australians
siZing-up of the Americans as great
fighters. but too rough The men we
saw were part OF the sAne force tina
had earned this real t,i',u.o from tho
rough and tumble australians.
tried to steer tho correspondent
INTO a group of smooth faced, brisil'
looking boys. but he made straight toi
a lean, leather skinned veteran of tit
Spanish war, whosc Tin hat S!a.ltet
rakishly down over his eyes, giving
! him an appearance of indcscTibabl
! toueincas. He was chewing tobacco
which didn't alter the impression.
Presently the distinguished CORE
returned and pulled me aside
: "I,y .Jovc,' he said. its remarkable,
+. Tha, chaps fighting for tho sam,
thing, your president is. You know
what I mean--says Americas in it un
j til Germany learns he's licked an,
h a then we've got TO devise IL way /.
nrevext any more wars like this. So:j
he doesn't believe in puiiisl,inS Cnr
many or anything like that, but he
u,ilIin. to see another 1,100. 900 O
1000. 900 OF them killed! if necessary u
nnoIc the Germans understand. III,
,,,ir]ss il will take about a year OF =;
y wear and n half"
The correspondent added his belle
that men who waste their time hatin;
couldn't fight like men OF the Spanisl
war veteran type.
The group of boys with whom ! ha'
4 talked offered another proof OF til
y contention. They didn't tall. OF tn
!. Hun" they talked of %')'ii,z' an
"fIeinie."
;" These arc tho hateless heroes ,ha
9 the Australians found too rough
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