Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-06-13


More than once In a hospital I have
seen q titled Red Cross nurse fetching
and carrying for a wounded soldier.
perhaps the q who In civil life de-
llvered the coal at her back door. To-
day she does not shrink from lighting
his fag or even washing his griiny
body.
Tommy admires Albert Of Belgium be.
cause he Is not a pusher Of men: he
leads them. With him it's not a case
of "take that TRENCH" 1t 10 "cOme on
and We will take It,"
1t is amusing to notice the different
characteristics of the Irish, Scotch and
English soldiers. The Irish and Scotch
are very impetuous, especially when 1t
comes to bayonet fighting. while the
Englishman. though a trife slower.
thoroughly does his bit; he Is more
m%ethodical and has the grip Of q bull
dog on a captured position. He Is
slower to think ; that is the reaso why
he knows when he Is licked.
Twenty minutes before going over
the top the English Tommy will sit on
the fire step and thoroughly examine
the mechanism Of his rife to see that It
Is In working order and will fire prop
erly. After this examination he is sat.
iStled and ready to meet the Boches.
But the Irishman or Scotchman sits
on the fire step, his rifle with bayonet
fixed between his knees, the butt Of
which perhaps is sinking into the mud
the bolt couldn't be opened with a
team Of horses it Is so rusty--but he
splits or his sleeve and slowly polishes
his bayonet when this Is done he also
is ready to argue with Fritz.
1t Is not necessary to mention the
colonials (the Canadians, Australians
and New ~Zeaianders), the whole world
knows what they have done for Eng
land.
The Australian and New Zealander
Is termed the "Anzac," taking the
name from the first letters of their Of
fetal designation. Australian and New
Leaiahu army corps.
Tommy divides the German army
into three classes according to their
fighting abilities. They rank as fol.
lows: Prussians, Bavarians and Sax
ons.
When up against a Prussian regi.
ment it Is a case Of keep your napper
below the parapet and duck. A bang
bang all the time and a war Is On. The
Bavarians are little better, but the
Saxons are fairly good sports and are
willing occasionally to behave as gen.
tlemen and take 1t easy, but you can.
not trust any Of them overlong.
At n point Of the line the trenches
were about thirty-two yards apart.
This sounds horrible, but in fact it was
easy, because neither side could shell
the enemy's front-line trench for fear
shells would drop into their own. This
eliminated artillery fire.
In these trenches when up against
the Prussians and Bavarians, Tommy
had a hot time Of It, but when the Sax.
n took over" it was n picnic; they
would yell acros that they we're Sax.
n and would not fire. Both sides
would sit on the parapet and carry on
a conversation. This generally consist.
ed Of Tommy telling them how much
be loved the kaiser, while the Saxons
informed Tommy that King George
"a a particular friend of theirs and
hoped that he was doing nicely.
When the Saxons were to be relieved
by Prussians or Bavarians, they woulG
yell this information across No Mans
Land and Tommy would immediately
tumble into his trench and keep hii
head down.
II an English regiment was to be re
lieved by the wild Irish, Tommy woult
tell the Saxons, and Immediately a vol
ley Of Bonner und Blitzens" coult
be heard and 1t was Frltz's turn to gel
a crick in his back from STOPPING, ant
the people In Berlin would close thei,
windows.
Usually when an freshman takes owe,
a trench, just before "stand down" II
the morning, he sticks his rife ovel
the top, aimed In the direction Of Der
lin, and engages In what Is known a.
the mad minute" This consists O,
firing fifteen shots In a minute. HI
Is not aiming at anything in particular
just sends over each shot with q
prayer, hoping that one Of his stray.
Will get some poor unsuspecting Frit,
In the NAPIER hundreds Of yards be
hind the lines. 1t generally does; that',
the reason the Boches hate the mar
from Erln's isle.
The Saxons. though better than thu
Prussians and Bavarians, have a nasty
trait Of t~reachery in their makeup.
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