The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-19

com officers. First sergeants with
several Cniistincsts as a rule admin
lister thcir families with almost
military discipline. Many noncom-
missioncd officers arc ambitious for
their Sons to go to West Point-this
is "A somewhat usual ambition
Sous OF soldiers take 10 discipline
lIko ducks 10 water. ono which me
writer has particularly IN mind
whenever he met his father he would
stand straight RS an arrow and walt
for orders" and when tho word
"rest" would be given he would
"brclk ranks with himself" and
sprnNyi an over the place. Moreover
he could ride. swim, shoot and do q
perfectly good drill with q rifle.
story of the blessed Twins.
Hut I'm speaking OF children the
blessed twins whe were the pride of
one old and famous regiment must
not loo forgotten. They arc five yourr
old. They are the daughters OF an
officer who had been gnssed In
Franco--aud who often spoke OF his
twins while he was serving over
there, The father was still in the
hospital when the writer was asr
signed To the regiment whose special
N'' ''' 'b' WIN 81 ~ N'A's ~ N'lF "
coincidence that the writer had
served with tho father of the chill.
drcu In France and had often heard
the twins spoken of Tho writer saw
pictures of tho children wien their
father reached over from his bunk
In French hospital and held out
little Photograph.
Tho twins uncle was In command
military instructor. They marched In
stors were attached
n wns y sight 10 soc them come
into the mess hail, followed by their
uncle, who had assumed the role OF
military instructor. They marched
perfect step -- two heads held
erect eyes strairht 10 tie front.
little soldiers In Bingham followed
by their beloved displinnrinn.
Twlus-=columu right march"
'Twins-halti'
Break rafks."
Instantly they would break "tur-
nation and dash toward the austcre
| colonel, jumping up into his arms
| and kissing him I'm most unmiliiary
i manner.
Good morning, colonel" they
| would say In unison.
"TWius-takc phcosl"
Like a flash they would fly TO their
/ chairs
| Twins mount"
Thoy would mount their chaiI and
! dcmuroly, but hungrily set out to
eat.
When their uncle was otherwise
| occupied and was consequently un-
able to march them into the moss
+. hdll. the twins were incorrigihlo.
/ How those twins did enjoy those
| lnpscsl a wild flutter OF feet
series OF shouts and into the mess
halls would como two rosy-chcckod
young lHdioa who had forgotten there
was such thing as military dlscip-
| line
Family lifo does not exist In any
/ other army IN the world In the sense
/ IN which such life is usually con-
strucd. In the British army for eN-
ample an officers mess is forma-
tion-nu women attend except on
state occasions and the women ana
children eat alone.
In the United states army usually
the mess han is very much like "A 1T
tie restaurant with small tnblcs At
which sit little groups Of -four or six
wives, husbands and hiddics tngcth-
vr, The nOncommissioncd Officers
and married privatcs ate at home as
much ns do civilians. responding Ia
the buglo calls much ~ civilians
respond to factory whistles or time
clocks. And 40 take 1t In all the lot
of the "Dinah Shad" OF the United
states army is u happy one--per-
haps 70 IL that so little Is needed Ia
mako happiness IN the army or per-
haps II In that love snatChcd away
beneath tho sword Is ever sweet