American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-04-26

awaiting the night 10 continue thell
march. Mr.. Bazin recounts:
The three streets were full of Sam
mics. Their gear lay here and there
among stacked arms.
/ wandered all over the village,
stopping here and there 70 talk with
different Sammies OF different COM
panies. Each ia his individual way
said he was glad to go In, get a chanst
al EN-. stead OF that train stuff that
I'm fun up on. " as one put IL. / stop
ped for a quarter Of an hour 70 chat
with Sergeant @ who has seen
twenty years service In the regular
army. always in the same regiment,
and now, as well as for six years past,
top sergeant OF his company. BY
birth, Sergeant Is South German. a
naturalized American these past Is
years. He anne owe In the storage
with his father thirty years ago, when
he was fourteen. he told me. speaking
In something Of a German brogue
which | don't attempt TO transscribe:
We South Germans have no use for
the Prussians," he said. MY dear
daddy beat Il from home when / was
y nv NAANA a hNAA I liiAiiilltl ~ ElNHl
deal about the old country. | have
no use for II anyhow. cause the old
man taught me how they run things
there. There amt no country goin'
like Gods country across the sea.
You get that pretty straight after you
are away for a spell. | remember |
felt Just like that in my first cam
paign In Cuba in '9S, and II the Phil-l
lppines. too, afterward. whore | stay
ed a long time. Yes. | was down on
the border. too. I was told by Colonel
@ h a commanded the regiment
when We came over. that II | wanted
| could take an examination for a com
mission but I'd rather be a ton sarge
than anything else In the army. You're
somebody as top sarge. and as a strip
en- you Amt nobody. I've got two
h%rothern. Older'n me. In the German
army. and seven brothers and two sis
ters IN the states. That is. three of
en- are there. for four are in the army
and navy. They're all Americans. too.
IN my company We have a mixed
bunch. There's Russian. Irish. Won.
Norwegian. Swedes. a couple from
o n a few wandering Jews.
Ihey re all right. every one of EN-.
as eager 20 tight for the little old
stars and stripes as they are to get
their chow. Look at that. sirl"
| then ran into Daniel Dennis o.
a native OF the "ould sod" who has
served his twenty years. too. in the
service of Uncle Sam. His brocue
was as rich as the cream on the milk I
that we, who are somewhere in
France, have vague memories Of in
inc days OF back home. Daniel has
voted for the last three presidents and
"a bunch OF mayors and aldermen "
the straight Democratic ticket always.
cept the first time. when / voted for
Teddy.
a hope we gets an early chance al
them Dutchies I've got a couple OF
yellow harharians on me string. got
en- in the islands, and ia like to add
q couple OF s0-oallcd white 'uns.
Don't that church clock over there
move slow | niver seen such a long
afternoon You'd think night a new
er come. For mcsilf. ia rather walk
ur In the daytime. but orders is ord
ers Good-day, sir. good luck TO We"
II seemed 10 me as I walked away
that In Daniel Dennis. the freshman.
END Sergeant @ the South German.
and the Russian the Swede. the Nor
wesian. the Cuban and the wandering
Jews he had mentioned. had found
the spirit Of America and liberty: that
each and every IA OF these we're of
the types that made the United states
q great nation through the a%ssimilative
quality w the very air over there
that each and all were hut Americans.
and that with the Moroccan and the
Funisian, the Xouave and lerionnaire
they were going 20 deliver their bit.
the same bit as the poilu. the Tom
tho Canuck. the Amaze. has de-
livered and is delivering still.