The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-30

| the best Of the argument they were
willing to continue, but let our men
get going and the only word they
|seerned to know was "Kamerad" hol.
Tered good and loud, accompanied by
a march in our direction with arms
well up. Some Of them tried the little
trick of holding a little automatic PTS
toll in their hand until quite near and
then using it. Oh, sure it worked.
Like hi it did. Too many of our
men knew that that little habit of
giving a surprise party on the huns
part, and the bird that, tried the little
trick was tootsweet (French for pref.
| ty quick) kamerad for some other
imp in the realms of his Satanic maj.
esty. Yea, DO, the Americans may be
new at the game, but so far there has
not been boche able to pull off any
thing like that on Little Willie, the
Yank. s.
Souvenirs
Talk about your souvenirs Gee! A
short time ago l was in what would
be a relic hunters paradise. Every
thing imaginable that had been made
in Germany Uttered the ground. Rifles,
pistols, ammunition, thousands of
rounds of it, helmets, bayonets, field
guns, shells and lots of huns. Dead
ones. i sent several small pieces
home so that the neighbors may see
them. (He sent souvenirs, not huns.)
Luck
Either I have a horse shoe or rab-
bits foot following me around. as s
far have missed getting any sma
fragments of hun ammunition into my
system, but l have certainly had some
close shaves. Had a pair of breeches
cut, my overcoat sleeve ripped about
"a foot, the blanket torn off my bunk,
and the last time l was blown out the
side of car by G. /. can CA 6 inch
howitzer SHELLY. AS a result of this
last calling card am minus the hear
ing in my left ear but outside Of that
]. got nary mark. ~ c.~3
Pous Thoughts ,,. ...5t. "a,
Knowing, as do, your attitude to-
ward religion as steady diet, and
also what you know of my past career
in that respect, the following outburst
from me may come as something of
shock to you. No, Il havenot gone and
got a stroke of whooping, .hollering,
shouting religion, but have simply re-
ceived the conviction that there is be-
yond doubt some power greater than
that of us mortals that controls the
destiny of men. What have seen of
the work of the men who follow the
teachings of the Good Book on the
field of battle, the unfaltering devo-
ton of the members of the various re-
ligious creeds in times when mems
nerves were only tangle Of sensi-
tized fibers, that carried added tor
ture to brains already wrecked with
delirium, under conditions that one
would scarcely consider it possible
for human nature to endure, caring
for the wounded and the human
wrecks of battle, With the sing of hun
bullets all around them, shells burst
ing near enough to scatter mud and
dirt over them and the men they were
caring for, has convinced me that its
more than mere human guidance that
has carried them through. Priest,
preacher, rabbi, have seen them all
caring for wounded men, working ov-
er the battlefield without regard of
what might be the religious views OF
the men they met, caring for one and
all with the same spirit of self sac
rifice..
n. The Salvation Army. s,,,,l u
Before the war the Salvation Army
was, to me, something that amounted
to almost free vaudeville show held
on the street for the entertainment of
the public, said public usually consist
ing Of almost the lowest. possible ele-
ment of the human race and the riff
raft of the cities. Over here, with on
ly the receipts from their work among
said riffraff and the scourings of the
human race as their means of income
they have accomplished work that
other organizations, posing as public
benefactorss with (boasted) hundred
millions back of them, have, not begun
to do. Up in the front line trenches
you will find their little hole in the
ground, and man unfit for military
service, and you are always sure of a
cup of hot coffee or chocolate, and Of
ten a bite to eat, and a daily paper,
which is several days old, but new,
and it is all donated free. In accord
ance with their religious belief, they
do not Sell tobacco, but someone in
the United States through a kindness
of heart made big donation Of Bull"
to the Salvation Army, and it is piled
UP where the men can help them
selves. 1t is not for sale at any price
and I have never yet seen man take
more than one sack from the pile at a
time. And that when the quartermas-
ter was out Of tobacco and smoke
was worth a dollara Whit.
Back of the front you will find them
in some old wreck OF a building run
ming little hot drink stand and per-
haps in addition they will have a. little
canteen where you can get real Amer.
lean candy and cookies or something
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