Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-09
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! the soldier comes. Immediately sew
eral of them realized the situation,
saw that there was no danger ex-
cept from a panic among those
seated above, and jumping to their
feet waved their hands and caution
ed them all to keep still" keep
cool" and to stop before q rush re-
suited. After q few seconds others
were joining in with plea to keep
cool and 1t wasn't long before what
might have resulted In serious
trouble was allayed by few cool
heads.
Soon all were once moro at ease
and the banquet proceeded, Talk
was frequent among different SOL
diers aa to what they intended to do
as soon az they got home,
''The first thing I'm going to do,
began one -
"Is to put on a suit of civilian
clothes, so will the most of III"
| Private Deal at the head of the
| table finished the sentence, Any
, other soldiers who could have been
called ON to finish the sentence
might have said the same thing,
perhaps expressed differently,
However, they were not all alike.
Private Smith to the left was CREAM
| ing under the weight of everything
! he had eaten during the banquet
1.-The first thing I'm going to do is
to go out and pray that l don't die a
death of satisfaction after what
I've eaten.''
This brought forth a production
of the latest soldiers prayer, which
can be used, though. only by those
already discharged. The author
doesn't want bis name after It, be-
cause he thinks peepie might mis-
understand the sense Of it. He's
done as much in this war as any
body and he did it williBgiyi and
the average citizen who knews the
| life of a soldier can understand it.
as follows:
Now 1 lay me down ia sleep,
l pray the Lord my soul to
keep;
If war should break betare I
wake,
I pray the Lord. my soul to
| take"
Don't misunderstood that prayer
The fellow who wrote it fought all
the way through this var, and the
reason he did it was to insure that
there will never be another war
like it for him or his children to
participate in.
Take a look at some eff the things
ON the menu and you will see why
many soldiers consider the banquet
the mark of a new epoch in their
lives:
Boiled Potatoes Asparagus
lRadishes Corn Salad
Pie a la Mode Cake
Ooffee
Then again GENES in eur cid
friend, tried at home and tried on
the fronts in France, the Red
| Gross. Just as we were about
through along comes the Bed Gross
as usual with its greetings ia tbs
boys, cigarets and chocolate It's an
established rule. with ne exceptions
| in this case, that any soldier you
talk to about the Red Dress can't
say too much for it. We've thank
ed the Red Gross SO much for
| things they have given that now
they hardly expect anyone to GO
! through the formality again. Get
| ting things frem the Bed Cross is
like getting them from home.
| And then came the last moment
of this great war for Battery f,
One Hundred Twenty-third field ar
tillery, who were first to fire the
barrage In the first attack OF the
first American army, in wiping out
the st. Aihiel salient.
America played by the band,
Immediately brought all to their
feet. Not one forgot his duty, each
standing rigid as the sound OF that
national hymn sWelled their hearts
for probably the last time while
they were in uniform. The emotion
with which they joined in singing
this patriotic anthem could be de-
tected in the look Of every eye, With
now and then a tea, each Eepte-
septing a heart full Of lore FOR ones
country, and devotion to duty
After that the end came That's
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