Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-21
Word Straight From
 the Front!

Send us over freckled faced trained nurses. who won't get sick at the sight of blood and send us fighting men" Thus declared an American officer in France who has become sick of watching the long and motley procession of every species of civil ian which has been trailing over to France the past year And he is ten times right Too many civilians are allowed to take up ship room and go to France to add another to the many mouths to feed over there. Men and women, they both go by the hun dred and by the thousand, and great many of them for no useful purpose whatever. Trained nurses, ambulance men, Red Cross and [ workers, these are needed and they are trained and they are practical and they do a great work. But most of the sightseers and lecturers and demonstrators and uplift- CTS and windjamrners make the doughboy sick
 In an interview with special core spondent, this officer, who has seen active service in the front line trenches and who has been in France year, says:
 Why then. in the name of (censored), are all these rubberneck wagon commis- sions from every state legislature in the country coming over? Why is every re- Igious organization and fraternal society, from the Shaking Quaker to the Red Eagles, sending over joy ride parties?
 Damn it, man, we're at war. Here l read cable from America today that the Dancing Masters association at its Chicago convention announced plans for sending over dancing masters unit to instruct the American soldiers in the trench trot, the 'camouflage waltz and the 'cantonment canter
 If that unit ever gets to France it will be murdered in cold blood. Don't think l am testing am speaking Gods own truth That sort of thing is heart-sickening. It has the worst sort of effect on the morale of our boys.
 Another organization, not the Red Cross, has had lecturer on political econ omy over here The press department of the organization makes proud mention of the fact. What in blazes do our lads in the trenches care about political economy
 T have heard our boys talking about these things. Their disgust knows TO bound The privilege of being at the front should be confined to fighters and to fight CTS only.
 These Cooks tourists, these joy riding sightseers, these morbid sensation seekers should be canned, bottled and preserved and put in the cellars in America. We don't want them over here.
 The doughboys jeer at these commis- sions in black clothes and the ernbusques in khaki who nibble around at their heels or endeavor to patronize them when they come on leave to Paris.
 The generous American public Is vast ing hundreds of thousands of valuable dol lars financing the trips of the members ot these fraternal orders and religious organi' cations and other long haired souvenir hunters.
 Send US over freckled-faced trained nurses who won't get sick at the sight ot blood, but for the love of Mike deliver us from these eccentric females who strut around Paris with spiked trench canes, trench boots, khaki skirts, Sam Browne belts and other paraphernalia.
 Keep the publicity seekers away from us The doughboy is proud to be at tie front That privilege, for which he IS will ing to sacrifice his life, shouldn't be cheap ened by allowing every Tom, Dick and Katie 10 come over for a few weeks, then to go back to boast for the rest of their natural lives about the terrible things they saw in the war zone.
 The fighting zone Is for fighting men.