The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-21

TINS fNfl UlflE a NtlitltNU W wv ilNRiH
who have been fighting 50 v%aliantiy
In Rclleau Wood came out--cnne out
into the sunlight one might say. They
are . part Of that wonderful OUTFIT
that first took Brllenu Wood and
fought for fourteen DAYS and were
retired FOR a rest and were then sent
back They were haggard and husky
and painfully dirty. They were dull
ana Iifeless from sheer fatigue.
We want to get y little rest aud
some sleep and some hot chow, they
raid And to get cleaned up. ana
ret nd IT these dirty clothes. Then
we'll 20 back II they want W TO-"
one goes into B.ileau wood by de
vious paths. some OF them have been
hlrzed by the Americans. When they
we're first taken from the Boche the
trees were decorated with knotied
white cloth in place OF hlazes. The
bits Of cloth are more easily visible
~ the dark Shell holes have been
tied to gcther into trenches. Here and
there dugouts have been built The
trees and %shrubbery more s%hrubbery
than Treasure brown ana wilted 10y
the gas.
In here fighting Was hand to ham
for a month. Men stalked each other
~ a do wild hensts. Machine
guns were hidden everywhere hy the
enemy and the hunters went In dan
ger Of their lives each mortal sec
und. Tiger bunting was never hall
40 dangerous AZ machine gun hunt-
Ing Ia this field Jungle. The rocky
ground was strewn with rags aud bits
80 uniform and articles of equipment
and black splotches OF dried blood.
There was "a great ntench In the
northern tip, from which the hun
was driven. The dead lie still UNI
buried.
when will they get the clean
clothes they nee ?" asked, inno-
Gently
TN a month. was tho reply "lf
they are lucky
The amateur would naturally think
that the system" had brokcn down
p~atnfully Men who have gone
through the sort Of thing these men
have gone through need hot bathh
ami clean clothes To buck them up.
b. for no other reason, Cleanliness
restores their frayed nerves. Their
pIeep becomes truly refreshing when
the coolies are gone bat the sys-
tenn has not broken down. II Is iunc-
uoning perfectly That Is the trouble"
Every army is pestered by a plague
~ bookkeepcrs The French and Brit
ish and German armies have them
Only the Arabs and perhaps the Turk
are free from them, The American
army mas most or ar Never wa
there such n perfect bookkeeping sys
ten. ms ours. when this war ~ Owe
unless the system Is changed th'
auditing department can account ioi
every horseshoe nail But the price
paid for the accounting Is too nigh
Les, IL should be assumed that th'
estimate of a mon as the time need
81 In which To procure clean clothes
b. an exaggerated one, IL Is STATED
that the last batch OF clean clothe'
were delivered in just thirty-one day
delivery having been expedited hl
loud cries from the officers of the lin
from generals down. There had bee
too many checks and coun,ercheck
ON the way.
what would he he ideal system p
asked a business man IN ~ noN
~ the army.
The officers OF the companl'
needing fresh clothing or equipmen
should ask for A." said he. The OF
ncer in charge nf the unit supple
should approve or refuse the r"qui
ution. for he has special and first
hand knowledge. The officer com
handing the uni,-let US say IN
,pIonel-should countersign the requ.
elton. for while he may have u
first hand knowledge Of the need. ID
mas "a first-hand knowledge Of the Off
Gers The division quartcrmaste
.uuuid approve OF refuse the reques'
i,rause he knows whether the uni
His overdrawu It's quota Then
should go to the depot. TO be file
% the supplies are on hand
what really happens b. that variou
officers who are wholly out of IN
picture are compelled los the Unite
States army regulations 20 pass upo
the rcOuisition. As he limit at al
surditN. o. teleFraphio request "a
more speed must b." passed on b
% D." u GO I" knows nothing wha'
ever Of the needs OF the units cred
with the quartermaster, cor ~ the SUI
pile. on hand. Sometimes "G D. ~
fuses TO permit such @ telegram
b. H.nt. 20; Is ioh is that Of a.,