Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
Requirements and Tragedy of a
Phi. D. Among the First to Fight.

and clever talk of art and philosophic
anarchism-one wrote fastidious es-
says on such things for the more
discriminating reviews scholar
ly distractions i.
OF all the stupid. ignorant. uncivil-
lied things. a war, Who coined that
phrase. civilized warfare? There was
no such thing Here. In the
most civilized country on earth .
The neighborhood Of Chateau-Thierry
MontaiSne's town. wasn't it?
The Kings of France had chateau
near IT. once. And yet il was always
cockpit . since AetiuS rolled
back Attila in the battle Of the nations.
at Chalons Napoleon fought Champ
Aubert and MOntmirail around here
always war
The column was through Champil-
Ion. dipping into black hollow. More
shell-holes i'm the road here
All at once there was new shell-hole.
and the doctor of philosophy. some
time private of Marines. lay beside II.
very neatly heheaded. with the rifle
that had been such bore to- keep
clean across his knees and dried
prunes splitting out of the pockets that
he never had learned to button. The
column went on. At dawn naval
medico attached to the Marine Bri-
gade, with staff officer. passed that
way.
odd. the wounds you see" oh
served the naval man. professionally
interested. He looked CuriOusly. II
couldn't have done heater decapita
ton than that myself. Wonder who
took his Identification tags with it.
see. Repla cement. by his Uniform"
H'or the 5ih and 9Th Regiments had
long since worn ont their forester.
green Marine uniform and were
wearing Army khaki. while the re
placements came in new green cloth
ing) The staff officer picked TAP the
rifle, snapped back the holt and
squinted exrertly down the bore.
"DisSustin'.' he said. Sure re was n
replacement. You never catch an old
timer with bore like that-filthy,
Bet there hasn't been rag through II
in week. You know. surgeon, l was
looking at some of the rifles of that
bunch of machine Gunners lying in the
brush just across from battalion: they
were beautiful. Never saw better kept
pieces. Fine soldiers in a lot of ways.
these Boche' 80
Meantime the column had passed
into heavier woods. and halted where
the rifles ahead sounded very near.
They saw dugouts. betrayed by tn"
thread of candlel light around tn"
edges of the blankets that cloakcd
their entrances. One was dressing
station. by the sound and the smell
of it. The officer named Henry duckad
into the other. There stocky ma jor
sat up on the floor and rolled ciga-
rette. which he lighted at gutterinr
candle. requirements In? Well, what
do they look like?
Same men I saw in the trainir%
area last month, sir. A sprinkling %
oldtime Marines Sergt. MCGEE, thai
we broke for something or other III
Panama. Is with 'em--and the rest o.
them are young college lads and boy,
off the farm-fine material. sir. No
much drill. but they probably know
how to shoot, they take orders. an
they don't scare worth a cent. ShelleG
coming in. at Vote du Chatelle. am
some more this side of Champion
several casualties; no confusion
nothing like a panic-laid down an
waited for orders-did exactly as thu
were told-fne men. sir!'
Copyright. 1891
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