The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-24
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

I The Age-Herald desk. It is an eight page sheet and states that it is pub. nshed occasionally.
 Now. the occasionally is key tt the publication. The full history of tho war papers published at the front i' going to make mighty interesting read l ing in the days when the boys, having said farewell to the battlefields, art back safely at home under their owr | fig tree and vine.
 The issue of the Alabamian whicf is now in my hands is dated April 3 and will probably be the last ane Rhine, which must be rather an attrac- | tive village from the five views showr in the paper. We get a glimpse of 3 public building, cathedral and the i hills above the Rhine and of a steam CT making it's way through the river below. '~The editor says: "Auf Wiedersehn This is probably the last edition of the A1abamian to be published in Germany and perhaps the last that will ever be published. However, if we are fortunate enough to get large liner we may find printing press on board. Per, haps, also we may be able to get out a final edition in the U. S. A." | am glad the editor didn't forget the pEinters.
 l AS this is the last number of The Alabamian' wish to express my thanks | to Privates Alexander c. Bodensteir and Fred Bigger, who have done the en- tire work of setting and making ur The A1abamian.'
 Setting up even such small sheet as this by hand is no small task, es- pecially when there is not enough of ! any one type to set the whole paper | and when the work has to be done in I two different shops. Many ideas in the paper were theirs and their timely suggestions have more than once en- abled it to go to press on time. WARWICK POTTER, Editor" ! ne Duliclln OI Lne AldDdInldn dHOIS E | other things states that the price is 50 pig a copy, advertising rates on ap- plication. (This must be a joke on some advertising man in the bunch, for none l appears in the issue before mel Evi- dently humorist got up the bulletin for it's readers are advised that "con- | trfb utions, both financial and literary accepted at the office of the Y. NJ c. A.. and for fear that the members of the regiment cannot read German it states that the office is in the Jagerhof, op- posite the photo store.
 l But the most significant thing in the 1 editorial page, in the news column among the contributed articles, or even hid away in the poetry section. but stands out in bold type alongside o1 | the title on the front page saying Goodbye Germany on the left side Hello States"
 The Good bye Germany" and the | Hello States" is good index to their 1 feelings. lift poem showing it. It is entitled Hikes and is to be sung tc l the tune of Smiles"
 There are hikes that make you weary
 There are hikes that make you blue l There are hikes that steal away oul
 gladness
 As the sunbeams chase away the dew 1 There are hikes that have an awful
 meaning
 To the Rainbow soldier OCT the sea; But the hike thatll fill our hearts with l gladness
 Is the hike that brings us back tc
 Thee.
 But do not have to fall back on poetry to establish the fact that oul gallant boys are homesick, for the lead ing editorial sets it forth in no apol- ogetic manner:
 "Homeward bound,
 What a wonderful, wonderful sound.
 'In a few days we will start ouI journey home to the land we love, and 1 in few more we will be on the At lantic, bound for the shores we left less than a year and half ago
 Less than a year and a half ago Not a long period in the cycle of time but a period filled with the events that | make men old A year and a half ago we faced the unknown. but with eyes 1 turned steadfastly to the east we com menced our pilgrimage. Many of our old comrades who faced destiny so smilingly will not be with us Many have fallen. but their spirit lives for ever-and we pray God that on our re- turn home we may be worthy of them" l admit that in merely glancing over the pages of the Alabamian my heart was stirred within me, and that the thought that the Rainbow" division is now on the high seas racing towards the home shores uplifts my soul, for ] know that when the Liberty Statue l flashes out upon them on Sunday. the | first gleams to break on them from America, that tears of gratitude will fall from their eyes. and their bodies will be shaken with unutterable emo 1 ton.
 Let's give them welcome which will l last as long as life endures, for the l 167th is made up of our own brave hearted soldiers, our own blessed boys who beared their bosoms in freedoms cause, and made a name for themselves which will last through the ages and