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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS. MONDAY, MAECH 4, 1918. ’

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CONCMVATION PROCLAMATION COOKS AND BAKERS. TABIf SERVICE IS URGED

COMPANY F, OF GARY, NOW AT CAMP SHELBY, REPRESENTS SIXTEEN LANGUAGES; MAJORITY OF THE MEN ARE MORE THAN SIX FEET. TALL

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^rifm • BUM Corr«m>mid«ntl CAMI^ ZACHARY TAYLOR. LOUI8VlO>B.|l^arch 4.-Being restrained from an Immolate onslaught on the Hun by •n abs^eoe ot orders, tbs S4tn division has piaAlhed the next mogt helpful measure poAlible and will conduct a spring drive eh food waste. Captain Lloyd Xing, of the *iuartermaster's corps. In rcmmaih! of the school for cooks and bakers, has issued a proclamation on conservation ahich contains many undei scored points. Table, service in preference to the ^read line" system of feeding is urged by the inpfain. who says that cooks are apt to give many men more food than they really care for In cases where It Is lO'practieal to serve at tables, company cpmmariders are advised to Impress on the kitchen detail the need for looming acQualntsd with each man's appetite •hf giving him only as much as he inshea Men who are not appeased by the first serving may always <x)me back for more ' "Camp Zachary Taylor must cut a figure In the big spring drive,’’ the proclamation reads "Every company commander realises the importance of having Ids men well fed. but the supply or food demands that we save the very last bite. Every commander knows how Important it is that the cooks

AMEniEimr ilEDINlIl FIGHT

LOOAN8PORT, IND„ MAN It ONI OP DEAD. ^ *

MANY SOLDIERS WOUNDED

ATTACK ON U.S. LINE

Sick'AMO uzy Mf/W FRONT on ^N THf SiCR

PRUSSIAN LEADER CARRIED

MAP OF TRENCHES.

GUN POSITIONS CHARTED

O I'B.t W. H. Blodsctt, forreApondent of The Indianapolis NenH] HATTIESBURG, Miss., March .■—One of the most interestinf^ fighting units at Camp Shelby is Company F, Gary, Captain Thomas Riley commanding. It is interesting because it represents sixteen languages, because the majority of the men are more than six feet tall, and because it is regarded one of the best drilled companies in the 151st infantry, formerly the First Indiana. Company F has made wonderful progress in combat drill, and is pointed out as a pattern for other organizations. The drillmaster is Sergeant Leach, who worked for the steel company at Gary before going to war. These pictures were taken for The Indiana-

polis News on the drill grounds.

The first picture on the left shows members of the company hurdling a ban*icade and jumping into an enemy trench. The next picture to the right shows a bayonet charge on the enemy. The third picture from the left shows Sergeant Leach and a British officer in -a death struggle, the sergeant using the butt of his rifle to knock out the enemy by a blow under the jaw, while parrying the thrust, and the picture on the right

reveals the death blow with a bayonet.

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ghould be hie friend. No commander can take too much Interest In his

mess.”

Minatrel Show at Night

All was In readiness today for tonight’s minstrel show of the 334th Infantry, described on the program as "a congress of slngera dancers and burnt cork comedians." Arrangements were made by soldiers to guide and care for the many visiting civilians from Indiana and Louisville persons attending the show, as setting Intq camp and finding one's Way about at night is no

small task.

With Lieutenant Bitterle, stage director and Interlocutor, and music directed by A. J. Newton, leader of the regi-

mental band, who was formerly a mem-

her of Sousa’s band, everything seemed ' n .u .

perMn to go off without a hitch. 'The 1 Su^”?***

son# arrangement was made by the heavy machine gun fire JTrom Bergeant Lines and Corporal Simpson. American linos the Germane saw and the music arrangement bv the Impossible to gain a footing

WITH THB AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. March 4.—^* plan of action, Including a map of the American positions, Indicating every dugout which was removed from the body of the Prussian captain who led the recent attack on the Amerlc"-) sector northwest of Toni, shows how completely the Germane prepar their raids—if, in fact, this was only a simple raid not having as its ultimate object the retention of .part of the saPent. The ma, shows every machine gun emplacement, every trerlch and every tiepreselon Ir the ground within the American lines. At the bottom is a line labeled "our front Hr " Along this lln are five shaded parts, each marked •nest." / Four Rehearsals Held. ' F.jur rehearsals were I eld for the attack and the troop^ who made it were picked from new arrivals of fresh troops In the sector. They were told that the Americans were in fro'>it of

them.

After the artillery had battered the

American position the Germans started from their nests, each of which contained forty Infantrymen, one lieutenant and three pioneers to precede the Infantry and five to follow it. The two groups on the American extreme right went around this flank and the group on the extreme left carried out a Bimllar movement there. The two groups in the center had planned to attack dl-

but the American defense

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assistant band leader, W .1 Bierschenk Ballad singers are given by the prof ram as follows’ L B Flaw's. John ledge. D. V. Vaughn, F D HenderBont A Shroyer. A W. Dale. F M McGlffin. n. II. Phavaller. J A Tavaller, Carl Koesters, Ti. J. Knapke. J. McCoy, E B Portefs E. H Downey, E. Peterson. \V. Farlow, A. G. Beal,

1 'burg, D. Panooaat, R. E. MoHale. J. w. Waterman, D. O Pogue, H. L. Turner, F. Langsdon, F. R Beck. F. J. Boston. C. P. I.ynch. L Curran. G. Walters and K. Moriia. Spngs Kept Secret. A number of* acts were kept under cover, the Idea being to surprise even members of the regUnent A topical song, touching on the foibles of many 834th men in a humorous way, was locked sway from curious officers and men. “The Comedy Conservatory." a sketch written and produced b> Tom Powell, was expected to be one hit of the performance. As usual in S34th gatherings. It was arranged to have the performance close with the regimental song. ’'Indiana." Reviews, parades and inspections will be begun soon as Major-General Hale wishes to see whst progress has been mads In bis absence. Just st present the commander Is busy plowing through a mass of military orders and records

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there, so changed their direction, and followed the other groups around the flank The duty of the pioneers preceding the infantry was to clean up ,*ny wire that had not been broken by the artillery, while the pioneers who followed carried large quantities of explosives for the purpose of wrecking

the dugouts.

Germans Forced to Fight. Official reports of the statements of prisoners taken by the Americans show that all of them did not believe Germany would win the war. One of the men told the Intelligence oflicers he presumed that the Americans, like the Germans, did not wish to fight but had to The officers quickly changed the German’s viewpoint by Informing him that all of the troops in the attacked positions were volunteers. One prisoner, whose home is in German Lorraine, said he thought the fatheiland would lose the war, but he hoped not. He knew nothing about the Americans except that they were in the war, the German new'spapers not printing much on the subject, he said, and being slow in reaching the front lines because of mail congestion This prisoner said he was convinced that the recept strikes in Germany were caused by a desire for peace, adding that all Germany desired the war to end He was certain that an offensive was coming, but did not believe it would be delivered before April 1 None of the prisoners* had seen any German tanks, they said All of them added they w ere glad to have been taken- priioner, especially by the Americans. because they believed they would be treated well The prisoners’ accounts showed that the sector opposite the American position was commanded by General Stalz-

ntann.

Americans Are Modest. The correspondent talked with a dozen of the American wounded in their hospital cota Each of them was anxious to tell of some deed of heroism or other performed by his fellows, but displayed great modesty regarding his own exploits One youth, whose home is near Savannah,. 6a. and who looked to be no more than eighteen years old, told this story: "I was In the front line when It seemed like every shell In the world started coming our way. Where the Germans got them Is more than I know. 1 never believed that many existed. One burst near where I waa "A piece hit a fellow on the other side of me who came from Texaa The corporal picked him up in his arms and started with him for a first aid station In the midst of a perfect shower of dirt and mud whigh was being kicked up. 1 don’t know whether he ever got there

or not

"By that time I got into a machine gun emplacement with another corporal, whose home Is in Missouri, leaving my rifle outslda Things got so hot

barrage and we let them have it One shell hit near the pit and loosened the logs overhead After that every time we fired the conemsion brought down one or two logs Mud, stones and pieces of shell came In at the front Five spokes were knocked from one wheel of the carriage and the gun muzzle was nicked Two or three more were slightly hit and laid awav at the end of the pit while the rest of us kept

on filing

"Suddenly a piece of steel came through the gun shield which I was behind and hit me In the shoulder About that time we were all carried to the dressing station, and here 1 am I don t mind this wound, but I hope to the Lord it gets well soon so that I can get back with my outfit ’’ Regret Loss of Captain. All the Infantrymen asked questions regarding the fate of their comrades Keen distress was displayed oy all the men of the company conimanded by the captain who was killed^ One of them said- ! “He was a fine officer, and, believe me, he took care of his men. Any one of the company would have gone through hell at his order VVe will pay Fritz for that if we haven't already done so A Kansas man who was In the fight said the last he saw of the cap'ain he was kneeling alongside a spitting machine gun and blazing away at the Germans with hl‘ own automatic pistol "I saw him fall flat.’’ added the pri-

vate'

The captain was killed by a gunshot

would lu the chest.

Al the American dead ha been burled in a little graveyard i few hundred yards from the spot where they fell Th' German bodies also have been collected and buried nearby

BOYS SING ON WAY TO TRENCHES Yankees Rejoice on Eve of Last Day’s Hike to Front Line in France—“Off to Berlin!’’ Their Cry.

[By Thomas M. Johnaonl (Copjrlffht, 1918 All rights reserved) WITH THE A.MERICAN ARMY IN PRANCE, January 30—"And the regiment will form at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning That is all, gentlemen ’’ The colonel laid the t>pewiitt6n order he had been reading on the table The roomful of officers saluted, then broke up into small groups, drifting toward the door, discussing in low tones w’hat the colonel had just told them. "You’re on mv' left, old man. We’ve got to keep our liaison all right ’’ "Did you hear w'hat he said about one sector being alwavs muddv'' Well, that 8 mv sector Cheerful, isn’t It?" "Where am !’> Oh, up in the baldheaded row, hundred yards from the

bot he ’’

The door .slammed as the last of the officers started down the winding staircase of the old stone Malrie of De X that w'as I regimental headquarters Out in the main street it was alieady pitch dark and the ram fell silently and invisible Here and there discs of light bobbed up and down crazily as soldiers carrying flashlights slipped into and out of the holes and gutters rain had made in the melting Ice It was cold, the damp, raw cold of this part of France, that makes men put on the heaviest woolens they can get and then try to w'ork the quartei master for more After a moment, when ones eyes became accustomed to the darkness, one could see mysterious, half-guessed shapes that in a mompnt more became truck supply' wagons and combat wagons Farther down the street a show'er of sparks like a fire engine betrayed a rolling kitchen. Two dazzling headlights shone around a corner, and there w-as a squawk of a horn The bright white beams swept closer. “One .of Them Ambulances." "One them d—n ambulances," growleda v’olce close by and a soldier bent beneath a bundle of picks and shovels splashed to a place of safety under the lee of a building. With a rattling, whirring sound the ambulance passed, Its wheels throwing out sheets of mud-

dy water.

"Hey where’s the dlggln’ tools?" bawled a voice from the vicinity of one

_ . of the wagons "Are yuh goona be all

Berlin advices sent from Amsterdam ^Ight with ’em’’’’

by the Reuter correspondent there "The German ultimatum Is not calculated to create conditions of peace and friendship with Russia,” Herr Vogtherr

declared "Jn the case of the T’kratne j tools hurled into the wagon peace. Germany and Austria alreadv | A stream of light was thrown across are quarreling over the bootv The war'the road as a door opened. It was ai w'e now are waging in defenseless Rus-1 little, stone walled, heavy raftered sia serves only- the propertied classes of 1 barn Packed into a corner was a twothe disputed territorv In Lithuania we • —

have made no moral conquests The Lithuanians long to be back in Russia

PLAIN WORDS USED BY CIALIST IN REICHSTAG.

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TRUTH SMOTHERED, HE SAYS TjONDON, March 4 —ThS German government’s "infamous war policy” was assailed in the relchstag in the course of Friday’s debate by Herr Vogtherr, an Independent Socialist, according to

The soldier muttered something under his breath to the effect that he’d like to see the sergeant lug ’em any quicker, and passed on. A minute later there was the rattle and clatter of the

old billets and bum the straw that had serv'ed them as mattresses so long, one squad to fellow each wagon to push It

out of the mud If It got stuck Letters Enough to Fill Wagon. Down the street came the first ser-

geant of L company, an oldtlmer with twenty-one years’ serv-lce in the army behind him. His hands bore a stack of letters and his face a disgusted ex-

pression.

Ijook what them rooks been, up to." he snorted "Wrltln’ letters enough to fill a wagon How In hell are wo goln to^/^ensor letters now’’’’

a lieutenant,

Propably specially rfhxlous to

have those letters get home, so I guess

them here for the tow'n ma-

jor to censor. The letters probably don't say a word about where wo’re going

censored the^st few and ended Write soon

“That’s a queer thing" he continued, as the sergeant stumped off "The men have been writing more letters since they knew they were going up than they ever did l^fore but none of them tries to tell their friends about it I guess they Just want the satisfaction of k^wln* they’ve cleaned up their corre^ondence before they left One man wrote twelve letters the other day

—seven to girls ’’

Crack' Crack' cam© two sharp reports from th© blazing pil© of straw There was a whistling sound overhead and til© men feeding the pile whooped

and shouted

“They alw’avs manage to put some ammunition in those fires," said the lieutenant "Like kids on the Fourth ’’ In front of the Malrie an excited group was gathered about a wagon There were the driver and three soldiers, each with his pack on the ground before

him

"You got lots o’ room on that ol’ wagon,” said one of them as we came up "’Tain’t fair for me to lug this pack all the w'ay Lemme put It on to the wagon ” March With Full Kit. "What’s the use tellln' me that?” asked the driver. "Don’t you knpw

p orders is to march full kit? What d’you think you kre, some congressmanT' Just then the bugle blew the assembly. There was a hurried tramp of feet, and from all sides came the men, loaded down with equipment and ready for the road. The ranks were formed quickly and quietly. The whole long main street was lined with khaki and down the side streets were other lines Officers appeared and took their places. "For’d-mar-r!" came, the command and A Company brought Its rifles from the order to the right shoulder and started B followed, then ^ then D. The first battalion was off with much creaking of wheels and brakes and cracking of whips the wagons trundled in behind, each followed by Its squad of eight men. There was a pause, to allow for the proper road Interval, then followed the second battalion, then ths third. "Good-b^ ol* De X , we’re off to Berlin!" ‘'God bfess our homel" "We’re on our way!" the men shouted as they passed one or another landmark made familiar by many months sojourn; the little postoffice with Its faded blue sign, the tabac shop where the tabao was always "feeneesh,” the village cafe with the dirty, broken windows stuffed with I bits of old apron or sacking. At doors and windows old men, women, boys and blowsy cheeked French peasant girls stood and waved and crlef back ‘TBon chance'” Girl Bids Boys Farewell. As the last battalion turned out of town along the banks of the canal, muddy and swollen now from the heavy rains, it passed the village bakery where, on rare daye, one had been able to buy little cakes. At the door stood Suzanne, the seventeen-year-old daughter of the proprietor. In her shabby black dress, gniy shawl and wooden sabota "O rewah, maddum-zell!" they shouted to her, waving their hands "Au revolr, mes amis!” she called back, then ran Into the road and shook hands quickly with one friend and another as the battalion passed. She stood at the door for quite a while after the last man had gone. Suzanne’s father and older brother marched away like that three years ago. They have not come back. At the comer where the last village street met the main road a solitary figure In khaki was standing, the picture of dejection. His broad shoulders were bowed, his hands thrust deep Into his breeches pockets. On his sleeves were the chevrons of a color sergeant "It’s old Benny Dolan," whispered the first sergeant "Him an’ me served together In this reg’ment ten years. He’s been in the service thirty years an’ they just retired him. He can’t go up front with us.” Then, as we came abreast of the color sergeant "Buck up, old timer. It’s you that’s the lucky one, goln’ back to the U. S. A.” . Dolan raised a weather beaten face and ran his fingers through his thinning gray hair There were depths of woe in his giray blue eyes. "Lucky, !’’ he said. "With the outfit goih' up there and me not with if’ I’d lllw to bawl, I would." And m^ of the rear guard who passed him later say they believe they saw tears running down his furrowed cheeks as he stared at them, the last men of his old regiment he might over

see

LONG BOY'S POPULARITY

Bloodthirsty Propaganda.

"We are not allowed to^ know the

wheeled cart of a French peasant. Before It squatted on the floor about a low' burning candle were four figures, .soldiers, earnestly intent on w'hat went

forward. . ,

,, a aic ,iuL lu n.iiuw Lii« “C’mon, you bones! Big Dick, now L Li- , J . Big Dick'” exhorted one of them, as he truth The Fatherland party Is pursuing j ^j^e on the floor with a snao a bloodthirsty propaganda against for- of the fingers that bespoke long pracelgn countries. We are sold, body and I tlce Another of the quartet looked up

at the Intruder and grinned

"Dicin’ with death,” he said, with mock dramatic effect "Whichever of us

loses, he gets bumped off first."

The regiment was going to the trenches In the morning It would not be for training this time The training stage had passed, for this regiment at least, an(Fnow it was the real thing Not a man in the regiment but knew it. knew' that the days of playing at war had passed and the days of war Itself

had come How did they take it?

Well, there was another man walking down the street As he walked he sang lustily, albeit his voice rose and fell spasmodically as his feet hit spots high

or low.

See Something Doing,

way.

soul, to the military caste We are pur-

suing an Infamous war policy ” A.t this point the vice-president

called the speaker to order, but he in-

sisted on continuing his speech "High w'ages in the munitions Indus-

try,” Herr Vogtherr declared, "are corrupt wages for the purpose of keeping workmen in good temper in the interest of carrying on the war The imperial chancellor has food sent to him from Bavaria, thereby infringing the

law.”

Confiscated Food Taken.

After another Interruption, the deputy accused an admiral and a commandant ay Swinemunde of appropriating con-

fiscated foodstuffs, adding-

"We must abolish the whole of this Michaelis-Capelle management The Dittmann case (Dittmann was a radical Socialist member of the relchstag accused in connection with the German naval mutiny) ought to give the relchstag cause for reflection. A general who runs wild can, by arresting obnoxious representatives of the people,

decimate the relchstag "

The Polish deputy. Von Trampszinskl, declared Poland is being treated worse than an enemy country, whereupon

wa dMlded to-try to get to a ateel shel- , under-Secretary Lewald said the Ger t®*” the^nd of the trench mans have done "an immense amount "Th* cofporal went first, but a f*w ^^^k in behalf of kultur in Polatid,” f**t away a shell exploded almost on jp the way of school administration, him and killed him T stepped out and i gjmllar activities He admitted.

saw that my rifle had been blown to pieces This left me defenseless, so 1 started In another direction, hoping to find a rifle or a pistol, because I knew the Germans would be around soon. About ths same time a piece of shell hit ms on tlis left side and down I went. A sergeant yelled an order for me to

go to a first aid station. 8heit Wrecks 8Ution.

"1 was Just approaching th* station in the rear of two stretcher-bearing teani% who were proceeding bent over, to escape if possible the flying pieces oCjihell, when a shell plumped down on

however, that ‘ the hearts of the people there are with Russia," Asks Value of Treaties. The Vorwaerts, of Berlin, in reporting the address, quotes the deputy as

follows:

"The Imperial chancellor said Belgium must not again be the jumping off f round lor our enemies, but even beore the war this was Its position and it was only upset by the Injustice Germany committed In her violation of Belgian neutrality. How then shall guaranties be given in the future treaties If. as against treaties the rule

top of the station, exploded and wiped < recognized is that necessity knows no

It out A piece of ro< k hit ma In the law’’

head. When I woke up some stretcher I ’ Mr Balfour has clearly stated what

bearers had me; hsiuling me over the

shell holes.

"fve sure got to hand it to those men with the red cross on their arms They ail worked ilk* dogs in th* hell out there They seemed to have but one Idear-Ho do their duty—and apparently cared nothing for their own lives while doing It They were gam* right to the

oore^*

In thla connection It may be said that there are a certain number of men who wear the red cross whose names are

on the casualty list. In Hit Qun Fit.

An artilleryman from New Jersey d* scribed what happened In th* gun pits "1 waa aaleep in th* dugout when the

he aald. "Wa ran out to

were raining down

came the order for a

M T, If. C. ^n began^ he aald ton. JU.. Bao^ tha gun. ^Theahells ; all around. Then oa

people 'abroad expect of us Rut no chancellor has jet uttered clear and unequivocal renunciation regarding Bel

glum.”

Herr Vogtherr was Interrupted with "Very true,” from Independent So clalists He continued "Imperial ViceChancellor von Payer Is only a wheel In th* machinery. Our government is entirely dependent on the steering gear which etill lies wholly in the hands of jiinkerdom No help can reach the people until It finally sweeps away Its tormentors and takes its fate into its

own hands." Threo Killed in Laundry.

providence. R I, March 4 -Three persona were killed and four others injured today by an explosion of the l»iler In ths ML Fleaaant laundry building

her*.

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An’ the gal I left behind. Then, having apparently forgotten the rest of the song and slipped Into a particularly deep and wet puddlp at the same time, he started whistling "Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie,” and kept at It until he had passed from hearing. A knot of five or six went by, engaged in an animated conversation Its burden seemed to bo that they were glad to get out of ol’ De X—^— and get where there was something doing. “Aren’t they fine!" exclaimed a young officer who had come up "Talk about morale' Whv. we’ve got too much of it When v’ou hear men talk that way vou feel like saluting them Instead of having them salute you. It’s the men that do the business after all ’’ He was a second lieutenant, and second lieutenants "must lead their men in person In most vigorous manner." Casualty Hats show that they do it Admiration from a second lieutenant in this war is worth having. 'They were still toiling to load th* wagons with all the thousand and one things that a regiment needs In active serv'lce when from th© steps of the Maine came the first soft unforgetably beautiful, yet mournful notes of taps The firefly flashlights vanished from the streets, one b> one the narrow threads of light marking shuttered billet windows snapped out the last footfall scurrying to quarters died; only that window on the top floor of the Marie where the colonel worked remained alight The regiment waa sleeping its last sleep before It left to "go up front " It seemed only an hour later—there was the same darkness and rain—when the bugle blew again This time It was th* brisk, hurry-up-now-jump-out-of-hed ditty of reveille It was B 30. and If regiments are to assemble ready to man'll at * much work must be done. There was a hurried breakfast around the "<’how wagon," bread and coffee and bdi on. in such darkness that the men remarked that it was lucky they knew where ih-ir mouths were ’cause they tfiuldn’t see ’em. Then they broke up into squads, one to store the rest of tlie company property that was to he left bshind, another to clean out th*

[Bert Love, in the TuIm ((Mtla.) Democrat] Everybody thinks he can write a popular song. It looks easy, because most of the 80-calIec| popular songs are so silly that almost any ordinary lunatic ought to be able to write one better than the average. It Is believed that nearly all our popular songs are the product of asylums for the Insane. But to writ© a popular song that Is popular, really and truly, and stays popular for a long time hand-running—why, folks, that’s a cat of a different complexion. "I will BOW write a popular song, and get aw'ay with It,” says to himself the popular song-writer Whereupon he sits down to his pin© table, 6,761 of hlrrr, here, there and everywhere, and turns out a popular songwords, music, press notices and all— that Is rfung bv cheap vaudeville people and sold at the 10-cent stores But after being press-agented and otherwise boosted for a season, said popular song sinks sadly but surely Into the renowned Richard S. Graves’s w'ell-known pool of oblivion. Over its head the wild waves w'ash, and It Is heard no more. You could discover th© whereabouts of Edgar Allan Poe’s "Lost Lenore’’ much more easily than you could de-pool that popular song These few chosen remarks are made for a purpose. Said purpose is to prove that popular songs, like poets, are born and not made For several months past a certain piece of ragtime verse has been traveling around through the multifarious military camps of Uncle Sam, here at home and across the foam, which has become already a popular song and promises to become still more popular and remain so for many moons very probably you have seen the verses In the comer of your favorite newspaper. It Is a baby that has lost Its papa and also Its original name. Frequent republlcatlon has battered and bruised it almost, but not quite, bej ond recognition Every now and then somebody who has heard it sung, or has heard a military band play the music to It, has tried to recall the words and has sent to a new'spaper his remembered version. Just now I find In Capper's Weekly, which Is published bv Gov'emor Capper, of Kansas, ♦ he following When Kansas rerently welcomed the British war commiseton and tha state held a great war meeting at ths auditorium at Topeka, the 353d regiment band came down from Camp Funston to provida a martial musical program It ta a fine military band One of tha numbers the band played made a tremendous hit. The band stopped plavtng somewhere along in the midflla or the piece and the men all sang the chorus Then the mutfc was reaumed and finished They had to repeat this piece several times It seems It is one of tho new army songs Capper's Weekly has Just obtained tho words Its readers are at liberty to «lng nr read them whichever seems eaaltst The song la In Arkansas meter but somehow It gets hold of you and wllII hang around and bother vou for days and days Just see if it doesn’t. LONO BOY. He was just a long, lean country gink From ’way out west where the hop-to«tda

wink;

He was six fset tall In hie stooklng feat. An’ kept gattln’ thinnor th’ more he'd eat; But he was as brave as he was thin, Wbon the war broke out he got right ta. Unhitched his plow, put the mule away, Then th’ old folks hssrd him say: CHOHU.*? Ooodhy ma, goodby, pa; goedby, mute with yer ol# hee-haw, I may not know what the war’s about -Put you bet, by gosh. I’ll soon find out; An’ oh. my sweetheart, don't you fear. 1*11 bring you a king for a souvenir. I’ll get J'ou a Tuik and a kaiser, tee^ And that’s abeui all ens fsller oan d*.

One pair of soeks was bis only load When he struck the town by the old dirt road. He went right down to th’ public square. And fell in line with the soldiers there, Th’ sergeant put him in uniform. His gal knit mitts far to keep him warm, They drill’d him hard, they drill’d him long. Then he sang his farewell song. It so happened that I read this piece when It first saw the light in Collier’s, some time last summer. That was where It was born, and its papa waa W. M. Herschell, of Indianapolis The foregoing version may not be exactly Bill Herschel’s original piece, but it is near enough to show a family resemblance. Bill probably turned it off one night In about twenty minutes, w'hen he sat down to his typewriter (machine) and said to himself. "Well, I need about 312 to pay my income tax, so I’ll just do a little stunt on tho hew recruit and put it over on Collier’s ’’ Or maybe he didn’t hav'e Collier's in mind. Maybe Bill Herschell sent It first to Puck, or Judge, or a dozen other periodicals, all of which declined It w'lth printed-form thanks Anyhow, Collier’s had the gumption to buy It and print it, and popular appreciation did the rest. Mr. Herschell had no thought of making a popular song when he wrote "Long Boy.” He wanted to make 312. No press agent was hired .to popularize this song. No cheap vaudeville "artists" were bribed to send it over the footlights. No 10cent store organization handled It. This popular song was born popular, and ft just couldn’t help being a popular song. Parents never know how their children are going to turn out Mr. and Mrs J Whllflker Jones may say of their first-born. If he be of the necessary gender: "He’ll be President of the United States some day." And J. Whllllker Jones. Jr, runs three times for township constable, is defeated each time, and finally settles down to a lifetime clerkship in Ed Hunter’s grocery store. If the Jones Infant Is a girl her parents predict that she will become a great prima donna and awe the audiences at the Metropolitan opera house. Miss Jones marries Rutherford H. Higginbotham, of Martins Ferry, and wrecks her high C yelling- “Wll-yum' Wll-yum! You come in out o’ that mud puddle at onc*», now'" And no more can a song-parent forecast the fate of his offspring. "When a fellow writes a piece of verse it may die a-bomlng In th* southeast comer of the local weekly paper, or It may get Into an anthology..and be read a hundred years after its papa has per** ished. or It may become a popular song, Just as Bill Herschell’s "Long BoY* has dona It’s all in the Infant, b* It babe or ballad. Mr. Herschell’s piece Is not highclass, hlfalutln. highbrow literature. I know lot* of lines written by Algernon BBlnbume that sound more poetic. Swinburne, for that matter, couldn’t have written this popular song; nor could Shakespeare, nor Milton, nor even Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Yet, all the same. It’s literature—and it’e a popular song that will escape the pool. You can’t read It ovw without eort of singing It over In your mind. It faJls naturally Into a tuna-you make yqur own tune for it, or th* tune makes Itself. For of such 1* the klnfdom of th* really and truly popular song. ( And how much more eoul-catiefylng is this impromptu piece, bom of a rewepaper man's moment of Ineplretton, than th* eo-called populer song of th* I0-o*nt counter, with tte slrklv sentiment, its puerile patriotism. Its evident appeal to the galleries! ’This is written In Justice to Mr Herechell. whose "Long Boy’* seem* to have wandered so far from home that It has forgotten Its pnpn.

WASHINOTON. Mareh A-Ptv* Amerleans. Including Se^nd lieutenant Harold F. Sadi*, of Tilton. N. H.. were killed, fly* were severely wounded and four slightly wounded In the fight with the Germans north of Teui, the war department has announced. Those Mlled besides th* Ueutenant were: Sergeant Anthony Amodel, Baltimore. Md.; Private* Edgar Parsons. Oblds, N. C.; Harry J. Henry. Logans^r^Ind., and MatheW Brew, Fayette, Kllisd in Action. The department also announced the following killed In action: Sergeant Joseph P. Chalssen, Dexhy, Me.. February 84; Corporal Bph Boggs, Red Jacket W. Va.. Mareh 1 Private Hugh Weatherman, Beaman, la., and Cook Thomas 8. Hardesty, El Paso. Tex., February 88. Those severely wounded March 1 wore: Corporal Elliott Fortner, Herrin. Ill; Privates Isaac Howard. Evarts, Ky.; Roy E. Ness, R. P. D. No. 8, Duluth. Minn., and Reuben J. Flnkle, Hlghwood, Mont., and Cook Olen H. Work, Obert Neb. Those slightly wounded March 1 wore: Corporal John B. Little, Abbot Ark.; Privates Jojin Maorea. Jr., Chicago; Ar-

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empyema.

Eadia Waa Darlmou^ Athiata. TILTON. N. H.. Mareh l-dJoutoi Harold F. Sadie, reported killed In tion north of TouF on March L form« wa* quartoihack of th* Dartmouth lege and Phillip Andover academy fe ball toama and also a member of Dartmouth baseball squad. He waa only Junior at Dartmouth chosen for. reserve oflfloers’ training s(d)eol Plattaburg. He reoetved a oommlsi as second Ueutenant and went France with New Bngland Lieutenant Sadie

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First Baitimora Man Kliiad* BALTIMORB. Mktch 4.Anthony Amedie, killed tn th* Ger raid on th* American sector near Is th* first Baltlmors man to die th* trenohea He waa a son of Jc Amodle, a contractor. He mllsted the cavalry five years ago In this Ml Young Amodle saw many montha ssrvio* on the Mexloan border, wont to Franos aome time In

AUSTRIA AND THE CZECHOSLOVAKS

[From The 8ter Frees Bsreeo, New Tbih.] The article written by Fablua, which appeared on December 87. 1817, In th* Neu* Frlel Preese, an Austrian newspaper, abuses th* Csechoslevaks who are serving In the various allied armies. The author of the article calls their action treason to th* fatheriand. Perhaps It is treason to ths house of Rapeburg, but ^e Interests of freedom and democracy kre far superior to the interests of any dynasty, especially a dynasty which has made Iteelf famoqs by frequent violation of Its oaths and promises. The Czechoslovak armies are aU composed of volunteera—not meroenariee— who have rallied to th* CAuse of liberty, and who are determined to do their bit to the end that when the war ehalt have been brought to a victorious conolualon the Czechoslovak nation will reassume Its place In the society of free and Independent nations. The article as it appears in ths Neue Frlel Presse, Is as follows: "What kind of a nation is IL a number of whose sons, elthsr in organized units or Increasfd by the troops of the entente, stood, or still stand In the different theaters of war in arms agalnat their brethren? Who formed th* (jsechoslovak brigade on the western front? Who fought In the Balkans under the Serbian flag and now, In the new Czechoslovak army, are getting ready to engage in battle on the western front? One could,almost believe that the time of the mercenaries has returned, when the wages and thb promise of booty was decisive in the cnoloe of a fla'g. Even then the moral conslderatlona of the righteousness of a cause were coming into their own, and soon mercenarism In the armies has come to be considered base. More than 400 years have gone by since. Moral Concept of Fatriotlsm. "The armies of all civilized states have taken part in the evolution of the moral concept of patriotism, which found its strongest exponent In the formation of national armies. And yet there is In the world war, not taking into account the Polish legionaries, with whom the circumstances are quite different, a unique nation which has scattered on the different fronts whole groups of its members who turned their arms against their fatherland. This nation is th* Csech, otherwise a aound and flourishing race, an element of evergrowing culture, in the wars of the last century the Czech soldiers, with a surprising bravery and loyalty, fought for their emporor and monarchy. And now? It would be to belittle and overlook the fact to say that only a few single souls have erred. The fact Is that many thousand have committed the shameful military crime, this felony; that whole brigades, whole divisions, and a whole army has placed Itself under the enemies’ colors. Certes, they are In a minority, for the majority of

Caeoh soldlm have proved their I

altjr to the flag of their aUeglanee aai— s^ed this loyalty with their blooCI

^ly that thla minority Is alarml^i "l?hen w* look for the eause of tb phenomenon we can easily discover tt uhderlylBg poUUoal motive called for by the boundless agitation that for d«

odee was allowsd to poison PMple'M soula When, after the signing of thel

treaty of peaoa the army la rsoona struoted. It will be one of the most lmi rtant tasks of th* responsible faotc make the Czech *rekrut mati

Vo

free of all dangerous elemsnts of d composition. Since the Introduction . general military Rabillty the army ii becoming a true school of popular *di" cation in the best sense of the wor_ and many a man full of political patho gens has recovered there hie sanity

That th* political epidemics among the] Czech soldiers during the war has notj

spread much further Is unqueatlonabli due to the military education. Even that th* mass surrender of the Csect soldiers deserves our attention.

Military Rlgnlfloanos.

"When the military algalfloanqe of th* Czechoslovak anny tn Franos is brought into question, the answer can be as fol-

lows:

1. Th* Czechoslovak anray. svsn if ws figure Its strength to ezoeed IdO.OOO men, can not have a derielve Influence upon the military operations. But even so, It can cause considerable discomfort to our allies, and even to ua should we decide ’! to send men to th* western front "2. The moral damage caused by th* armed fore* ot this monarchy by this mass felony is inflnltrty greatsr than any material damage. "8. The mistaken and false notion entertained by th* entente about the nature of our monarchy would naturally reflect on our military forces. This notion acts against p««oe, therefore for the prolongation of the war, and oan prove a direct setback to us in the future peace negotiations. "4. Thw Czechoslovak army may prevent us from using our loyal, good and f iroved Csech troops against their counrymen on the western front, which In any case would mean a certain handicap to our military operations. Although not an Indication of mistrust, such a provision would necessarily follow from ethical and humanitarian considerations. “5. Undoubtedly the co-operation of the Czechoslovak army strengthened the belief of the troops of th* entente that right Is on their side, which fact as a moral factor can not be underestimated. "To our consolation be it said, however, that a* the military damage the Czechoslovak army can cause us is not irreparable, the firm structure of our army can not be affected, and that also in the future it* might can be brought to victorious action. "Have the seducers of the Czech people bethought themselves what an evil they 'bring their own fatherland and what a fratricidal work they have be-

gun?"

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