White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-07-23
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Nicknames
by Lieut.. Frank e. Hogon

AnZacS over there, ana ne VIII pIoD
ably answer. "Oh. you mean the Aus
sizes. Sure! Good fighters, they were"
And he doesn't mean the Austrians, ell
ther, but the Australians. Anzac was
a word coined during the World war
to designate a member Of the Aus
tralian-New Zealand Army Corps in
the British service. When Gen. Sir Ed
ward Birdwood took command OF the
corps in Egypt in 1914 he was asked
to select telegraphic code address
and by taking the first letter OF each
word in the official designation Of the
corps the word Anzac was the result.
The following spring these forces
made their heroic landing on the Gal
lipoli peninsula and to commemorate
the event General Birdwood named the
landing place Anzac cove. Originally,
only those Australians and New Zea.
landers who fought at Gau;poli were
called Anzacs, but gradually 1t was
adopted as the popular name for all
soldiers from the Antipodes.
The American soldiers, however,
didn't follow the popular style in re-
ferring to the Australians any more
than they did in regard to the soldiers
of other armies. Kipling is RESPONSE
BILE for the nickname of "Tommies" for
the British soldiers with his "Tommy
Atkins" but the A. e. f. knew them
better as "Limeys" because of the
high content of lime water in their
drinking canteens. The hairy-chested
French soldiers in their horizon-blue
uniforms may have been "poilus" to
others, but to the Americans they were
Trenches" and, though the higher
ups frowned upon the use of the word.
frogs" The British propagandists
might call the Germans Huns" and
the French propagandists might call
them "Boches," but the American sol
der who would rather Joke than hate
referred to their enemy as "Fritzes"
or "Jerries" or "Heinies" or "krauts."
AS for themselves, what sqawk of
derision went up in the A e. f. when
some sentimentalist tried to tack
"Sammies" on them. They liked
"Yanks" better. 1t sounded tougher
And did you ever meet an American
soldier who wouldn't admit that the
American soldier was the toughest.
6ghtin'es soldier in the world?
When the Doughboys Prayed
His name was Brute" Bastolian,
and he was the toughest of the hard
boiled who lined up with their mess
kits when chow call sounded at Fort
Oglethorpe. Brute" had following
and the chaplain Of his regiment de-
cided 1t would be master stroke to
persuade him to attend church serv
ices some Sunday-any Sunday. SO
he went to work on Brute"
Their discussions were maintained
on plane far removed from the spirit
ual. The chaplains argument, which
in the end was successful, resolved it.
self into something like this:
"Well, Brute if you were all Sc,
70 buy something and man selling a
certain brand of that article came
around and wanted to demonstrate it
at absolutely no cost to you-don't
you think you would give him the
chance?"
The firm justice of that plea con
WINGED the Brute" He promised to
attend services the following Sunday
1t wasn't to cost him thing.
Meanwhile, the chaplain suddenly
was called away and obtained neigh
boring chaplain to conduct the Sun
day meeting for him. Brute" didn't
know about the change in program.
His flaming red hair was conspicuous
among his followers In front row Of
the gathering. So conspicuous was re.
in fact, that the visiting chaplain, to
the accompaniment Of much quaking
In boots. scanned his audience and
then, indicating "Brute," wanted to
know If 'the brother will lead us In
prayer"
Brute" was more than equal to the
occasion. Rising to his feet he pro
nounced solemnly: MEN, we shall
have five minutes of silent medita-
ton"
The Cling Francs Collection
Men from d company. Eleventh in
fantry, sat at church one day in the
little commune they occupied for
training not far from Bar-le- Due.
The good cure gave his customary
sermon, admonishing the parishioners
to make les Americaines welcome, and
added the usual warning to made
moiselles to beware lest they consider
the love making Of their guests too
seriously.
Then the good cure unloosened his
wrath on certain merchants Of the
town who were Overcharging the
doughboys in purchases of goods. II
had been called to his attention that
frequently price five times normal
was being received.
"vous hernandez cling francs" shout.