The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-25

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and we win take II"
1t Is amuxing 10 notice the different
characteristics OF the Irish, Scotch and
are very jmpetuous. especially wnen Il
comes 10 bayeuet Aghting. while ths
Euglishmnn, though tribe slower.
Thoroughly does his bit: he IL more
rnethosiicnl and has the, grip OF bull
dog ou captured position. He is
slower to think that liz the reason why
he never knows when ne Is licked.
Twenty minutes before going over
the top the English Tommy will sit ON
/; the IRE step and thoroughly examine
the mechanism OF his rife to see that II
is In working order and viii dre prop
eriy. After this examination he Is sat
isfied and ready to meet the Boches.
But the Irishman or Scvtchman sits
On the Gre step. his rific with bayone,
!, axed between his knees. the butt
Which perhaps In sinking into the mud
.h6 bolt couldn't be opened with d
taru of horses Il Is so rusty-but he
spits on his sleeve and slowly poiishes
his bayonet when this is done he also
IL ready to argue with Fritz.
II is not necessary to mention the
coloninis (the Canadians. Australians.
and New Zenlanders). the whole world
knows what they have done for Eng
land.
The Australian and New Zealander
is termed the ."Anxac," taking the
name from the first letters Of their Of
fetal designation. Australian and Now
Zealand armv corns-
Tommy divides the German army
into three classes according to their
. fighting abilities. They rank as fol-
iows. Prussians. Bavarians and Sax
ons.
when up against a Prussian regi-
fnent IL Is a case OF keep your napper
below the parapet and duck. A bang
hang all the time and war Is ON. The
Bavarians are little better. but the
.Saxons are fairly good sports and are
willing occasionally to behave as gen.
flemen and take II easy. but you can.
not trust any OF them ovcriong.
Al one point Of the line the trenches
We're about thirty-two yards epart.
This sounds horrible. but In fact IL WIS
easy. beeausc neither side could shell
the cnemy's frons-iine trench for fear
shells would drop into their own. This
eliminated artillery IRE.
In these trenches when up agninst
the Prusslhns and Bavarians. Tommy
had hot time OF 1t. but when the sax
ons '.took over IL was q picnic: they
would yell across that they were Sax
ems aud would not fire. Both sides
would sit on the parapct and carry on
n conversation. Tilis generally consist
cd of Tommy telling them how much
lac loved the kniser. while the Saxons
Informed Tommy that King George
was n particular friend Of thcirs and
hoped that he was doing nicely.
When the Saxous were TO he relieved
Icy Prussians OF Rsvartans, they wouid
yell this information across No Man's
Land and Tommy would immediately
tumble Into bis trench and keep his
head down.
II an English regiment was to be re-
lirved by the wild Irish. Tommy would
Tell the Saxons. and immediately q vol
ley Of -Donner und Blitzenx- could
he heard and Il was Frtts's turn TO get
"A crick in his back from STOPPING. and
the people In Berlin would close their
windows.
Usually when an Irishman takes over
trench. just before .stand down. In
the morning. he sticks his rife over
the top. aimed In the direction Of Ber-
u. and s'nrar.rs In what II know ..
The @hiad minute.~ This consists OF
fring fifteen shots In a minute. He
Is not aiming at anything In particular
Just sends over each ahot with q
prayer. hoping that one Of his strRys
will set some poor unsupecting Fritz
in the napper hundreds Of yards be-
hind the lines. II generally docs: that's
the reason the Boches hate the man
from Erin's isle.
The Ssxons. though better than the
trait Of trcachery In their makeup
At one point Of the tine where the
trenches .-ere very close. q stake was
driven into the ground midway be-
tween the hostile lines. At night when
Il was his turn. Tommy would crawl
to this take and atfnch some London
l..s.,.. -. -. ~.... az the foot N. wouIo
p;are tins NJ bully bccf, fngs. sweets.
md other deiicscies that he had re-
ccived from Blighty in the ever looked
for parcel. Later on Frits would come
ont and get these iuxairies.
The next night Tommy would 70 out
TO zee what FRITZ put into his stocking.
The donation generally consisted Of
paper from Berlin, telling who was
winning the war. some timed sausaees.
cignrs. md occasionally Q little beer.
hut . funny thing. Tommy mover re-