Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-12-06

instance, IN an American ship, when
you are pounding your ear In a nice
warm hammock and II In time TO re-
lleve the watch on deck. like as not
you VIII be awakened gently by a burly
gnrby armed with n fairy wand about
the size OF a bed slnt, whereas In
French ships, when they call the
watch o would think you were in a
swen hotel and had left word at the
desk. II was hard 10 turn out at first.
without the aid OF a club. and harder
stu to break ourselves OF the habit
or calling u relief In the gay and
Iestive American manner. but, an I
say. we got to like II after a while.
Ihen, too, they do not do any hazinR
10 inc French navy. and this surprised
US. We had expected TO 20 through
the mill just MS we did when we Joined
the American service. but nobody slunR
a hand Mt us. On the contrary, every
gnrby aboard was kind and decent and
extremely courteous. and the fact that
we were from the States counted n LOT
with them. They used to brng about
II to the crews Of other ships that were
not so honored.
But this kindness we might have ex-
pected. II is just like Frenchmen in
any walk Of life. with hardly nm or
ception. ] have never met one NJ thIs
nationality who was MOI anxious 10
help you In every way he could OF.
tremely generous, though moi reckless
with small change, and almost alyays
cheery and there with a smile I'm anv
weather. A fellow asked me once why
II was that almost the whole world
loves the French, and l told him Il WINS
because the French love almost the
whole world, and show II. And I think
that is the reason, too.
About the only way you can describe
the Poilus. on land or sea, IL tbnt thew
are gentle. That is, you always think
that word when you see one ana talk
10 him-unless you happen 10 see him
within bayonet distance of Fritz.
The French sailors sleep between
decks In hunks, instead OF hammocks,
ana as had not slept In a bunk since
my southerndown days, II was pretty
hard on me. So I got hold OF some
line. which is one-quarter-lnch
rope and rugged up Il hammock. In
spare time l taught the others how
make them, and pretty soon eyery.
body was doing II.
When I taught the sailors TO make
hammocks, l figured. Of course, that
they would use them as we did-that
Is, sleep In them. They were greatly
pleased at first. but after they had
tried the stunt OF getting In and stay.
ing In II was another story. A ham.
mock Ia like some other thinga-it
works while you sleep-and IL Won are
not on to It, o spend most OF your
sleeping time hitting the floor. Our
captain thought / had put owe n
TICK hammock on him, but l did NOT
need to; every hammock is a trlck
hammock.
Also, l taught them the way we
make mats out OF rope. 10 use wbIIe
'leeping on the steel gratlngs noar tbe
'ntrance TO stoke holes. In cold wealth
r this part OF the ship IA more com. !
'ortnbie than the ordinary sleeping
quarters, but without n mai II gets too
lot. I
American soldiers and Sailors ga, (
he best food In the world, but while
French navy chow was not fancy
{ was clean and hearty. as they saw
Iown East. For breakfast we had
read and coffee and sardInes; AZ noon
boiled dinner, mostly beans. which d
fere old friends OF mine, and Of the 4
.9ell-named navy variety; NJ four IN 1
he ~nfternoona a pint OF vino. and AZ c
*. a supper OF soup, coffee. bread ana
cans. :
Although the French 'seyenty.aves l.
the best gun in the world, their ma.
guns are not as good as ours. ana h
heir gunners are mostly older men I
iut they will give a youngster a gun a
lting II he shows the stun. Il
Shortly after l went aboard the Cas- /
lrd. we received instructions to pro ri
to speziG. Italy. the large Italian D
nval base. The voyage was without a
lcident, but when we dropped anchor @
Spezia, the italian port officials o.
iarantined us for fourteen DAYS ON nj
Of smallpox. During this period "
ir food was pretty bad In fact, thu II
eat became rotten. This could hard. "
nave happened on an American shin.
'cnuse they are ~provlslOned with n
stun and preserved meats, but II