Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 214, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1918 — HUNS ARE POOR FIGHTERS [ARTICLE]

HUNS ARE POOR FIGHTERS

Pittsburgh Man Writes That Americans Are Superior in Every Way. Pittsburgh, Pa.—More evidence that the German as a fighter is Inferior to the American Is shown in a letter from Capt. J. J. Firestone to friends here: “My theories of the German army have taken a complete change,” he testifies, and I positively, without prejudice, have a great admiration for the superiority of the American army. Our boys have initiative and are a great deal braver. The officers of the enemy have had longer training than ours, but It ends there. The common soldiers or enlisted men are not to be compared with ours.” A shell Is measured by its diameter. A 3-lnch shell fits a gun whose “bore” is 3 inches across; but the shell may be 14 Inches long or more.