Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1918 — HUNS SOME SPRINTERS [ARTICLE]

HUNS SOME SPRINTERS

Georgia Lieutenant Gives His Estimate of Enemy. Man for Man the American Has It All Over the Boche, He Says. Atlanta, Ga. —“Don’t worry about me, mother; Til be better in a few days than before because of a good rest,” wrote Lieut L. V. Stephens to his mother from “oyer there,” after he had recovered from a gas attack and shell shock during the big drive started July 18. He longs to go back Jnto action. Describing the Hun’s fighting ability Lieutenant Stephens says: “What a treacherous, cowardly lot they are,” he said. “They’ll blaze away with their machine guns and do their best to kill all the Americans on earth, but when we get to-within a hundred or two yards of them, out they come with absolutely no weapons

on their persons, their hands high in the air and calling for all they’re worth: ‘Kamerad, Kamerad.’ With some few exceptions they absolutely will not mix it with the Americans. This is no exaggeration at all, but a simple fact. I went over the top with the infantry with the exception of the first all through the drive until I was sent back to the hospital,, and therefore I know what lam talking about. I tell you, man for man, the American has-it all over the Boche. As long as they are massed they fight But get them separated, even a little, and they are through. "I am inclined to believe that the Boche have changed their opinion in regard to the amateur soldiers and officers of the American army.” All the public swimming pools and some of the public baths in London are being used for communal kitchens. With their steam plants and heating appliances they are very adaptable.