The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-24

They do not act like any people we
have yet met in this war. Neither
do they fight like we want them to
fight. No. They are very rude and
keep Invading our privacy at all
hours. That Is another reason we
are leaving here. They want more
and more and they give up nothing.
They just keep crowding us all the
time, and we have already moved
several times. We are not used to
such tactics, at all. Nowhere in our
military works do we find rule laid
down to cover this kind of fighting.
Now they are right in front of us
again. They are the most discour-
aging persons. Shooting at them
does no good, for they shoot back
twice as fast. Worst Of all. they
even stop to take aim. Our men are
getting so clumsy they get in the
way of those American bullets all the
time of late / do not like that. Also
yerdamit! Colt nit uns
and when those devil-dogs charge,
papa, they are just mean enough to
refuse to stop, even when we do a
lot of shooting and make ugly faces
at them and say Colt NIT uns' No.
Even that doesn't brighten them
They simply COME! Then we leave.
Gott NIT uns, also.
Our men complain about the
heartlessness of those Americans,
papa, who continue to starve them
by putting down a barrage so severe
that no food can be brought up to
the front trenches. A barbarious act,
and we appeal to the world. Gott
strafe them! Verdamit!
More OF our men are surrender
&,,r r az
come home after this war we will
that. He says maybe they'll shoot
us first. He is always joking. A
soldier should never surrender, no
matter how tight a place he gets
into. I never surrender. Yesterday
i was in a fearful pinch, but 1 did
not think of surrendering. No, in
deed. Ludy. Hindy and l were quite
close to the front-five miles from
1t, to be exact. A long range gun
dropped shell almost in our midst
just mile away, to be accurate. ]
am always accurate. It takes a Ger
man soldier to be accurate We
faced the scene bravely like German
soldiers. The three Of us were all
in one, seat of a small car, and Hindy
is large never was in such close
place in my life, but we got away
safely.
To-day Hindy is poisoning the
wells and destroying quantity OF
dolls furniture and playthings and
other material of military value to
the enemy before we go.
I'VE know where there Is an or
phans' home, and tonight after they
are all asleep our gallant airmen
will go forth and bomb the place.
This is very hazardous, but our
heroes shrink at nothing.
is 1t true that President Wilson
has called up 100000 new men?
lie must be going to march on Cana
da, for he can't bring them over
here. Hindy tells me only a few
thousand half-clothed and starving
America soldiers are in France and
no more can get across, because our
U-boats have sunk the British and
American navies and are now block
aiding the harbors of New York,
Iowa, Reno, Sacram ento and Arizona.
OF course he knows, but papa, those
Americans over here fight like a
for / have never been near enough
to see them, the vulgar things.
"P. S.-Hindy thinks the two blind
men and the old woman fired on our
troops, and he has a notion to have
them shot right away. He is always
thinking of things.
"a wireless says those Americans
are coming again, SO we're moving
to some high ground near the Rhine
do not worry about me- II worst
at once. / have swift car, papa,
comes to worst, / will shoot Hindy
and Ludy to tighten the car and
travel faster"