Trench and camp., 1919-05-22
ny CLARENCE DUBOsR

Promptly and correctly called zoe
Green" by the doughboys-was creep
mg mts New York harhoB. Every
ran was iammed with American sol
azRs-strangely quiet American sol
aaers. They had longed for this day
Tor many months and now that the
desaFe was being realised they stood
thsrs silently and stared, without
outward evidence Of emotion, ut the
s4yiina Of their dreams.
H. Ri11." one calIed to his bud
dae. come up here and look at st.
Aguon.'
fe&aA," said Bill pfaeidly, and
rneA~ glaacing down at the approach
ing pdnst beat, ne shouted, Say.
what burg in this?"
Tia pflet clambered uu the rune
ladAeR.
"LssR at the ears On him." sug-
gested one soldier stentoriousay.
Fhs rails roared with delight at
that dalieats sally.
Look at the nose on him!" pro-
pased another douehbey, and again
tAare was jay.
aEdee VOC FransaY?'' they de-
manded, and the pilot grinnea and
answered, Sure, Mfke!"
And s0 they came home engaged
In their faxorite occupation-doing
tna thing they had done an the way
acruas, all the time during tine war,
al the way hack-the thing the
American soldier always does every
where kidding" The more senti-
mental he may be, the more he con-
ceals it with banter.
HI. Sis Libertyr'. came in chorus
- We approached tina statue. I
canght the glance Of hard boiled
esg who was asserting with empha-
sis that the "old dame looked good
% him'-and he shifted his eyes. He.
weald instantly have assaulted any
person who had suggested that he
waa crying, but he was. You can't
Judge the doughbey by his words.
Little Difference I'm Men
There was very httls difference In
Us eomdnet Of the men on a trans
port going to war and ON one return-
Ms hame. They joked and tested,
they grumbIed at the food, they
spRawied en- the decks in the sun,
thsy staged impromptu boxing
naahehas, they sang harber-shop
chords ds-the more sad and sentimen-
tai the song, the greater their de-
hgA1. There was less discipline eom-
tmg hack, there was NO singing Of
"0veR There" Otherwise thaFe was
little change -outwardly. There was
o nttls difference in every man, in
wsTdiy. But he kept It to- himself.
Going over the transports left New
YoRh without demonstration OF any
RimA 1t first, everyone was kept be-
lBw deck as the troop ships left the
doehs amA went threweh the haFhor
EatsB, that order was revoked. Ths
aaeAs were thick with soldiars-Aut
tAey Left New York without fare
wa1ls, save these waved by passen-
sars upon ferryboats or casual craft
PASSING nearby There was no shout
ing. no demonstration. SilentlF the
sAiRs shipped dawn the harbor; quiet
Il the soIdiers sailed away to war.
We hnded at HAxRe. and the ar
rival was almost a8 Quiek al the de-
nartuEe-Which to most Of the
deagA0ags seemed thoroughly dfsaR-
pefnAfm@. They eraxed o demonstrs-
tfan. and name heing fnRtheomiAg
theR nroeeed@@ to create enc them
calves. It was o pitch HACK night.
We moved slowly past mysterious
sshmaH lamps toward qHAyH where
affaR snina as HghtnesS al eur own
waRa tfmua. One of tho soldiers be-
ran To sinx Hail, Hail, the GaAgE
IN Hara!" Tha chorus baomed
eRamawA The darkness and from the
vaeua shore seGnded a EeW feeAls
GAamaA gay" ezelakmGd Q d0agA-
hnx. ~e2n't yea guys make fnsaE
: Oak e tAa night camA q cry from
"a shaRe. q Ions and paintiEe voice:
NasR1o9 VIskey!"
Tnaf Was sulneient to START the sol
ss~~w RamM1Sn1p and cfMePing far five