The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-30

sion. some before they received their
third incubation. or before limited
quarantine restrictions had been
Being SchooIed in Gas
Now, they are being taught by
compstent instructors that the max
lnum time for speed In the adjust
ment OF gas mask is six seconds;
tnat the maximum time to assure
complete protection is seven seconds
ana that no matter how quickly q
mask can be adjusted. IL defective
casualty results. Every ! false
movement is detected by skilled in
structors, after each movement in
/ the adjustment has been thoroughly
demonstrated. Every soldier knows
by instinct the real purpose OF gas
| defense.
The soldiers from the middle west
nave been told by their instructors
that gas attacks were first launched
py the Germans, and now that the
enemy is being treated to his own
prescriptions in double. quantities,
ne is starting to complain and howl
against such cruel tactics in modern
warfare. But. besides this, agony to
torment him, there is a psychology
cal number to vex and harass his
system. 1t is this: The enemy
knows that the great blow will be
struck next spring. The effect ibis
must have on the German morale
should be obvious in face of the sue
cessful blows which have been
struck by the Americans. What can
these present day punches be liken-
ed to then if measured by the big
punch saved for next spring? This
is thought for the kaiser and his
cohorts.
Stuff Men Are Made of
From the headquarters Of Camp
Lewis, memorandum was issued
last week, telling of the stuff the
American boys are made of. It was
Mortar battery and contained q lit
tie more information for those who
have not vet gone over than what is
seen in the newspapers. A letter
was quoted in this memorandum and
part of it follows, being written by
All American soldier:
Il have talked to lots Of soldiers
temporarily disabled, but you can
see the future. in their eyes. It is
the same story from all of them.
Never mind me; they fixed me, but
its all right. We can lick him man
for man. We have his number. He
knows it That is what those boys
say who have been in the fight. l
can feel exactly the American SOL
diers state of morale. It's physical
and mental. He sees ahead. He
sees big. He feels big. He COM
pares everything over there with his
own country and gives himself the
better of 1t. His country has more
money, more factories, more re-
sources, more men. more modern
methods and appliances. The
Americans saved Paris. 1t was the
American divisions who stood
against Germany's best. The Amer
lean divisions are the best on either
side of the line and the best in the
world. No matter what temporary
reverses may come, the American
soldier has the Boches number"
Preparing for the Trip
AS the western clock ticks off the
seconds. the minutes and the hours,
the Camp Lewis men may be found
preparing for "the" trip. Insurance
clerkh are. getting busy getting pa
pers corrected for they were taught
at the personnel school that the mo-
rale of the American soldiers cannot
be good on foreign soil If they have
cause to worry over allotments, al
would keep families in want if not
given proper attention before Ieav-
ing for service overseas.
For person inclined to be adven-
turous, through newspaper training,
undoubtedly the writer found
the quartermaster department
too dull; in fact lin
tied service man smashed" him.
The Trench Mortar battery Of the
field artillery, the boys with the red
hat cords, was inviting It was new.
1t offered q new system of training,
much diffeffrent from that in the
training of the doughboy, and even
IN field artillery maneuvers. Fur
thermore, officers spoke of the
Trench Mortar battery as the
cream of the service"
Because a trench mortar organi-
cation is something new. in the war
game, it is amusing to see ION the
inside" how some of the letters are
addressed to this organization,