The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-17

rope. The boys certainly like thesS
little delicacies. The special feature
of our work that they never cease
talking about is the cooking OF the
doughnuts and pies. Often boys ane
officers will give orders for pies and
doughnuts weeks in advance.
When the cooking time comes the
officers have to line up with the resi-
of the boys We have insisted tina;
in the matter of these little Injuries
the officers have no claim superior
to that of the ordinary soldier, This
has come to be understood, and they
seem perfectly willing to take theil
places in the line.
When the pie and doughnut wa
CONS are attacked the boys sally
forth to defend them with such en-
ergy that the enemy no doubt imag
ines they contain something very
precious from military point Of
yiew-as. for instance. very deadly
form of ammunition The cable las
already reported the enemy attach
on one of our lorries which was car
ryng delicacies for the boys. The
enemy used up great deal Of am
munition ON this convoy. and al
though they succeeded in demolish
ing those particular pies and dough
nuts. Teinforcements were speedily al
hand from PIE aud doughnHt reserves
which the Salvation Army womer
are ceaselessly turning out in tng
huts q little way back.
We have to take living conditions
pretty much as we find them Us
ually the camps have been made
either in or very near a village anc
most of the girls have been able tc
find billets with family where
things are made fairly comfortable
for them This arrangement may ne
cessitate considerable walk every
night and morning to their stations
but no woman is accepted for ser
vice abroad with the Salvation Ar
my who is not strong and healthy
and able to play her part under ad
verse conditions ami 10 endure s
great many hardships
The men find Dillets in attics
stab es haylofts and cellars and
sometimes they are so tired that
they are glad to roll themselves In
their blankets and sleep on tbs
ground. In the spring. summer and
autumn days. when 1t il fair, this il
not at all Il disagreenble thing to do
but in the wet and cold winter there
is. not a little suffering. ln some
cases the men, especially the off
GERS, when the business OF the day
is over, make some sort of rough
bed in the corner OF the hut-some.
times with just a curtain around it
and there both sleep and eat.
1t is quite impossible to describe
the inferno over there. Just before
left giant shell from a German
gun pumped itself down into the |
dirt within forty feet of a Salvation
Army hut in which were Captain
Andrews and some assistants. HaG
the shell exploded the hut and its
occupants would have been blown to
atoms. but although it ploughed
twelve feet into the ground it did NOT
go on
There are so many soldiers over
there now that the present force OF
workers, including those of tho
Young Mems Christian Association,
the knights of Columbus. the Jewish
Welfare Association and the Saliva,
ton Army, might be multiplied a
dozen times without covering the
present field fully, and yet our peo
pie are providing recreation, couso
ilation. comfort and the power OF a
vital religion to many thousands OF
boys each week The opportunity
is so great that it is almost discour
aging that we are able to meet II
so incompletely, bu1 the situation
has infused a great energy into all
our people and they are exertine
themselves to the utmost.