The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-10
South Britain Briefs

and unaided. It never occurred to the scribbler that the numerals 3 and might have been applied to the 3rd and 4th Depot Brigades or some other non combat outfit like the 3rd and 4th plattoons of the German YMCA. Lots of other Huns beside the Prussian Guards wore Ss and 4s on their shoulder straps.
 Right here, let 1t be stated that we knew the 4th Prussian Guard, very favorably, during Q pleasant quarrel for the possession of . town called Sergy, on the River OurcQ. That was back in July, 1918. The records show that we took and lost that town eight Simes, then we rubbed out what was left of the 4th Prussians and secured that portion of the Valley of the Ourcq for the forces that were then making the world safe from German aggression and such. From our own observations, the 4th Prusslans were lads who wouldn't lie down to . drafted Tennessee hlll billy. They had to Do killed. Most of them were. Our gang marked off 27 officers, 462 men. The 4th Prussian Guard had been resting for . month at Metz. Our people had come up, fighting across the salient, from the line of the Marne. We saw no Prussians SuErendcring but of course we had no Corporal Works. Our peo- pie were regulars, and you can't say more than that for any group 0f fighting men on earth!
 The film press agents make an- other error that doesn't quite square with fact. This particular column mentions the fact that York's posse would have been wip- ed oub, just like Davey Crockett at the Alamo, If the Huns had been able to turn around some l50 machine guns that were in em- placements on the ridge covering that valley. That's worse than fictionl Anybody who has ever seen . machine gun knows that you can turn one around faster than Q hired man can gulp a pitcher of cider. That was espe- cially true of the German model of the Maxim gun. Don't forget that Tanks frequently had to use captured machine guns because our own people never got around to manufacturing guns enough to go around. We never found a Maxim hard to turn around. We found them mighty fine weapons and 6 lot of Germans that didn't go home were delayed because we could not only turn them but knew how to use them after they were trained on the new targets.)
 Former Mechanic Percy Beards- ley Is busy with the having. He reads that British women are pre- pairing codes for their men to use in the event of capture by the enemy; that the First Arm0red Division of the U. S. Army possess ses just four anti tank guns; that Maj. Gen. Benedict reviews the 4Srd Division at Blanding and states that, were not only short on equipment; personal military efficiency is still on ortier." These things worry him not at all. He knows that it's Brave New World and that, when the bugIes blow, from the Valley of the She- paug, land a lot of other vaIIeys), Old-timeFs who once made hand SrenadeS from corned willy cans win come out and lick the pants off the invader, if any. Percy hasn't any gripe about this York film, But his friends have. They are troubled because the l94l American public will believe any, thing that's put into type or flashed on the screen. They want to hear less of York and more about Silent Percy Beardsley.