The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-10
BOY s. Al FRONT ARE
NOT FULL OF HATE
Men Who Have Participated n.
Battling Have Most Feeling
For Hun Prisoners.
BY LOWELL MELLETT. @
nitsd Press Staff Correspondent

With the American Army in France.
Thy mail 1.-THE hardest hating 10
done at home. And the nearer one
gets to the land which iss no mans
the less of haste one finds.
In a town well to the rear, 4 town
safer than Paris OF some rank Is he
was soundly condemning the conduct
OF an under officer. The latter had
provided food fer young German Of
tcer, enroute through the town as ..
prisoner.
Bread and waters good enough for
him, declared the angry superior.
And dry, hard bread at that
r The day before; II had seen batch
of prisoners brought into the 1st
headquarters back OF the line. It was
g hot day and they Were exhausted
by their march. Two sickly looking
lads tainted and fell just as they were
being lined up for inspection Water
was already being carried to the pris-
soners. Some of this was diverted for
the purpose OF re3uscitating the two
who had collapsed and the others were
then given as much as 1t was safe
for them to drink. Immediately after
inspection all were marched to where
food and hot coffee was waiting for
them. g, ~
asked the officer in charge about
this practice. S
Starving prisoners after we've got
replied.
He had been in real danger OF Ger
man shells and bullets for month.
without a single days rest. And, It
could be added, the Germans had been
in real danger from the shells and
bullets he controlled.
Hate emp" responded an officer In
the line, to the query. Sure we hate
'em! We hate 'em with big shells, lit
tie. shells, rifle bullets, machine gun
bullets. bayonets, bombs and gas. In
fact we're SO busy hating 'em that way
that we haven't time to hate them with
our mouths. But after we've taken
them prisoner 1t isn't worth while hat
ing them, is it? And, besides, what's
the use of wasting good first class hate
on men you've already captured?"
A British correspondent whose name
is well known to American readers
went with me to visit an American d.
vision. He, was anxious he said, to get
at the psychology of the American pri-
vate, tolearn what he was thinking and
what the war meant to him. 1t was the
day after the whole British line first
started chuckling over the Australians
sizing of the Americans as great
fighters, but too rough The men we
saw were part of the same force that
had earned this real tribute from the
rough and tumble Australians.
tried to steer the correspondent
into q group OF smooth laced, bright
looking boys, but he made straight for
a lean, leather skinned veteran OF the
Spanish war, whose tin hat slanted
rakishly down over his eyes, giving
him an appearance of indescribable
toughness. He was chewing tobacco
which didn't alter the impression.
Presently the distinguished corre-
spondent returned and pulled me aside
by Jove, he said, its remarkable!
That chaps fighting for the same
things your president is. You know
what mean-says Americas in it I'M
TIL Germany learns she's licked and
that then we've got to devise way to
prevent any more wars like this. Says
he doesn't believe in Furnishing Ger
many or anything like that, but he
willing to see another 100000 or
1000 900 of them killed II necessary to
make the Germans understand He
thinks it will take about a year or q
year and a half.
The correspondent added his belief
that men who waste their time hating
couldn't fight like men Of the Spanish
war veteran type.
Tie group of boys with whom had
talked offered another proof OF the
contention. They didn't talk of the
Hun they talked of Fritz" and
''FIefnie."
These are the hateless heroes thai
the Australians found TOO rough