The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-05-31

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the ssshs . lsttta.~
TAen | yras taken beks3s tAs daetaw
md saxs<d 40 pAyacMiiy IN. md ~ss
issued d uniforua- whsn | rvpcwtsd
hack 20 the lieutenant, be suggested
thsL. being I'm AHaericnn. ] 60 oa ~
erulting servies and try ss shsnss sosDs
Ut the siacksrs inro tutninx the sitmy."
-Aii yoa have 60 d." he said. - 10
nv out Gu The str-sst. and when yea ssss
q yuuRx f.sEicw I'm aauftI who hscks
physically nt 3uss stop him ins give
him this kind Of a tatt. Arrest yea
ashamed Of yourself. BrtnsAer. phys.
irasfy 1T. and Ia rsufsi wasn ysur ktng
aud coaasry need yoas spont yea
know that yo1r country In 1t var aed
tat fks place fue every yeang Rr.sea
In oa shs triax Haei Hers | sm. an
AmrvtTn. tn khaki. who came four
Thousand niles to nxht for your king
and eouns.y. and you. ~ yes. hase rot
eniisted Why don.t you joiai Nov
ia the time
This argument ough, 10 get many
recruits. EEspsy. 10 20 cut and go
what yoa can do
He then gave tne srnaK roeette ef
red. white and blue rtbeon. with thres
little strrsm~rs hanging down. Thas
was the recruiting insignia and wac
TO be warn on the left side n the gap
Armed with q swagxcs stick and my
patriotic sosesse. I wens out into Tot
tenham Court road In Quect Of cManoa
frnster. '''''-~ ~'r'.-.'''"'
Two or three poorly dressed civil.
ians passed me. and altheagh they ap-
peared physically nt. ! said to myself.
they don't want to toin the army |;
perhaps they have someon. dependent
on them for support" 20 ] did not &C
cess them.
Coming down rho street I saw 4
young dandy. top hat and all. with q
fashionably DRESSED wtri walking be-
side him. I maitered. you are nay
meat" and when be came abreast Of
me I stepped directly 10 bis path and
stopped him with my swaxsvs stick.
saying:
'Tss wsssss ssok ane I'm khskt; ~As
not change rhAt top hat for n wtvv4
acime.l AREN'T you ashamed Of your.
sell. kasky yosnx chap iiks yer, In
mutt wh,n mon are needed In the
trenchesf Here I am. an American.
came four thousand niles from Ogdea.
Utah. Just outside Of New York. to
tiSht for your king and eouniry. Don't
b. Stacker. back up and &C., Into uni
fern. carae ever to the recruiting o.
nee and tn have you enlisted"
He yawnssi and answered. II dan't
care II you came forty Thousand niles.
no one asked ron TO-" and be walked
on. The g,ri gave me q sneertng Iosk
! was speeehless.
recruited for three weeks and near
~ got one recruit.
This perhaps was not the greatest
stunt Ia the world, but Il got back ut
the Officer who had told me. "Yes, we
take anything ever here" had been
spending a good lot Of my recruiting
time In the saloon bar Of the Wheat
Shraf pub ttherr was n very attractive
blonde harmald. who helped XIII time
WAS not "a serious In those days ~
I was little later when reached
the front)-~well. 10 was the sixth day
aud my reeruit!n. report was blank.
! was getting low IN the poeket--bar-
maids haven't much use for anyouu
who canuat bay dyinks~--sn ] looked
HFy4aystl es.s ssAsFVsssssSSssE ssate#4ass SSfu
know man on recruiting service gets
q bob" Of shilling Tor every recruit
he entiees into Joining the army. the
recruit Is supposed 10 So; this, but he
woula not be rccrui, II he were wise
90 this fact, would hef
Down nj the end ~ the bar wss 4
young fellow in mufti who was very
patrtctic~-~he had about fonr 'pld
Six" aies aboard. He asked me II he
could iotn. showed me his left hand.
two fingers were missing. but ! said
that did not matter az I'VE take any.
thing over here" The ,ef' hand Ia
the ride hand es the piece IL carried
AZ the sleps IN tbs left shoulder. Near
ly everything Ia England IA ny the
l..ft. *. ese4, gea@sal trassc keeps lo tie
rs,rt side,
I took the applicant over 10 bead
q;srtffs.' where -he was hnsrtetify' exs
Rmined Recruiting surgeons were
busy tn those days sud did ret have
mach tlme for thorough rhFsicsl exam
nations Ny recruit was passed ~
"ft" ny the dectnr and turned over 10
cu~parai to make note o, his scars
was raystif,'j Sadlsnly the corpo-
raj burst out with. "Bllms ule two ot
bis fSwstrs arp gone" Ts-uius to re
he said. "You certainly have your
nerve with yaa, at ali yeu alnr. te
bring this heegar in"
TIE doctar came over and explodsd,
~what 10 yoa mean ny trinsing In
man IN this csaRcationF
Locking out " the corner ~ my eye
I noticed tia, the os.c,s who had re-.
crgitet me hal tosned the Eroup, and
7 coaii net hssir answering. Well STR.
WIS ,fosd that ysa ,scS aayfhLnS oves
he-T
| tasak they c~''Et 4 Yankee I'm.