text: AL Y N oy .5 7 K" 7 /,..'.“ 5 vy, 7N\ 2 W yf’.j‘ ’ g PN, / ] ' e I e 4 g B 5 EN AL Y ]. ': d< N | W r 7% E - % g S y/ 7!")’/j/'" ;A / | G e —“1 S ¥ N J ‘ ’,' b - b R S any .l n 4 P &, R D) (@ “THE BARRACES WHEEZE” By m@ SHAFER (310th Sunitery Camp Custer, Battle Mich.) There are Gobs of Soldiers In This year Army Who Believe That Setting-Up : Exercises Should be Taken In Bed.. Then, too, there are those who re find some of that distinguished village Colorado—Boulder. The new sergeant of a certain regiment had called for attention. Clearing his throat he shouted: “All you men that haven’t had much practice better fall out because I'm going to give an intricate order. He squared his shoulders and let it go: 2 “Fours—Round About!” JUTSIDE OF A DYNAMITE JLES MAN WHO CARRIES SAM- L 3 AND AN AVIATOR WHO AN'T KEEP OUT OF THE “FRADK INDS,” A SOLDIER HAS ABOUT HE WEAKEST CLUTCH OF ALL IN THIS EXISTENCE. The ualcrtcbg:f France are : :2!'4 ot, 1t is sold. corvy joy and piness with thew wherever they go and leave it. - Sometimes, Procter says, he would rather be back home distributing cal cadars, It was a poor artist, he says, who designed the compliments of a military season. FIFTY-FIFTY IN THE ARMY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AT FACTION AND PARADE REST. WHEN YOU SEE ONE COME IN WITH LARGE SPECTACLES AND A BROW THAT SETS BACK OFF HIS FACE LIKE A RURAL CHURCH AT A CROSSROADS— WHO CAN PARSE PUYALLUP! IN SIX OOUNTS—WHO HAS HUNTED SUBTRAHENDS FOR SIX SUCCESSIVE SEASONS— WHO OWNS EIGHT DIPLOMAS, FRAMED—WHO POSSESSES “IN SCHOLARSHIP MEDALS— CAN RECITE MUCH FROM HYPERION AND KING BRADY WITHOUT LOOKING—YOU CAN MAKE UP YOUR MIND THAT THE TOP-CUTTER IS IN LINE FOR ANOTHER VERY EFFICIENT ADDITION TO HIS FACTORY SQUAD. After you've trudged 16 miles in a day and them removed your full pack from your back, you wonder why the same system is not used for training the aviation cadets. There are Many of us Who Can’t Put an eye out Every time - But we Can Always Crash Through the Underbrush With Handy Guess. It is a simple matter to convince when the bird in the next barn asks you to participate in a box from the old home town, INVARIABLY THAT GETS YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE RESIDING. Once there was a hard-boiled egg who was injured twice in the same place— boring with a friend and at measured inspection. YES, THERE ARE FIVE, ASKED. SOUNDS IN [FIRENCH: “UNG” “FWAAT," “PUSNFF,” “OWRICK” SEND ALL REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION BY REGISTERED LETTER. WHERE THEY ARE A MAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LUGGAGE BOARDED A STREET CAR IN A LARGE CITY AND ASK FOR A GOOD MAN. “The good men are all in uniform,” said the conductor. “The good men are all in uniform,” said the conductor. The Twine—U-Boals and Wastefulness—are a menace to the Allies. : > bit Q S eee TS eT T e e g L1 Y d : ) > . 2 S .PR T PBN I .‘ sé& -, . ’.&iﬁ_ e ® : ‘ % gy : SEn ﬂ sP,:.; g 0 i 2? 3 5 ;f’ {f ’ Ve .y . 2 3 f e . : > v&. 5 -on MR p G 5 . L o~ T. B ~ i‘f\_‘.vf& ,‘3“&: o J‘;,A’“; A ‘.s\ F k -2 = = ié -RS v b TRENCH AND CAMP ' Army Sports No. 2 : : . b y : ,-. ] =S (555 B ‘. 5t s | Teie et b, AR | ..-‘_ J _ b } & o "R = l (¢ - ; THE NIGHT ATTACK Learn French i LESSON XI . The French vowel sounds: ; English French | Sound -example example s A father 1 la ‘ & met lait é fate café ee beet oui | 0 softer donnez oh g 0 eau 00 boot vous uh fe(r)n de | 8- (iips as for 00, da | ‘ tongue as for ee) | ah franc a a(ngry) cing ih un oh : bon In the last four, the “nasal’’ vow els, the breath comes out through nose and mouth at the same time. The Frsach have one consonant the b hthl: word' uzzing sound of si ia vbwz. The sound wiil be represeat ed by sh. [t dccurs three times in the name of the great French Gen eral, Joseph Jacques Joffre, pro-. ' nounced zhohszef gshak zhofr. | { Pronounce r with a distinct trill by making the tip of the tongue vi brate just behind the upper teeth. Telephone operators promounce the word “three” much like this. (MY, YOUR, OUR) Mon (mdé) capitaine, my captain; mon oeil, mén uhy, my eye; ma compagunie (kipanyee), my company; mes camarades, mé kamarad, my comrades; mes amis, méz amee, my friends. Notre homme, notom, our man; nos hommes, noh zhoormoh, our newspapers. Votre train, votr trd, your train; vos chauffeurs, voh ‘shohfuhr, your firemen, chauffeurs; im allumettes, vohs alumet, your matches. Why Nurses Are Not Saluted Some time ago a correspondent raised the guestion of saluting the Red Cross nurses. He had observed the conditions in many camps and cantonments and nowhere had he seen the courtesy of the salute extended to the young women of the base hospital. Therefore he suggested that his camp be the first to adopt the practice. All of which, of course, will prompt a number of men who are new to the army to ask, “Well, why not?” Because of the stress upon the word courtesy an impression seems to have been created that the salute is nothing more than an exchange of greetings, the junior saluting first. It is much more than that. It enters into the military scheme. It is a military courtesy. The junior meeting The senior says in effect as he salutes, “I will obey.” Now, carry that thought to its logical end. France may have had her n of Arc, that this country is merely ready to entrust the T. The status of the nurses is very clearly defined, and those that have enlisted in the nursing corps are happy that the situation is as it is. Many resent the efforts of semimonialists to place them on pedestals when their sole object is being in the military service is to render service. Association with the nurses will teach that there is nothing more adhorrent to them than the sickeningly santimeatal song about being “im love with a beautiful nurse.” The Observe that the form of these words depends upon whether the name of the thing possessed is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. Note especially the pronunciation before words like ami, homme, oeil, that begin with vowels. NEW WORDS Find the 4 new words in the paragraphs above. La locomotive, lokomoteev, engine, locomotive, le mécanicien, mécanéesyd, engineer. Le voyage, vwayash, trip, voyage fatigé, fatigé, tired malade, malade, ill souffrapt, sofrih, unwell grande, grande, grih, grih, large, great. En retard, ah ruhtar, late fait, fait, done, made comment allez-vous, komaht alé. Bonjour, mon ami. Comment allez-vous? Trés bien (well), merci. Et voua? (and how are you?) Je suis malade (souffrant) aujourd'hui. Avez-vous entendu le train? Est-ce (is that?) vot Le train? Oui, la loco médical est petite, n'est-ce pas? Oui, je m'est pas grande, mais elle marche vite. Le chauffeur et le mécanicien sont Américains. Il sont de Baltimore. Est-ce que votre compagnie a fait le voyage en deuxidme? Non, ma compagnie est dans les volités de troisidéme. Mes camarades sont très fatigués. O sont vos officiers. Nos officiers sont dans les volités de deuxidme. Voici un de mes lieutenants. Bonjour, mon lieutenant. In addressing commissioned officers in French, we use “mon” before the title: bonjour, mon capitaine; au revoir, mon lieutenant. young women who comprise the nursing corps have given up their home ties just as the men in the army have, and they have merged their lives in the life of the army. The finest tribute that can be paid to the nurses is to respect their wom anhood and thg authority that is theirs when they are ministering to patients. A Except In the wards and when in charge of the sick they have mo au thority; at such times as mentioned their authority is the deputized au thority of the surgeon. The nurses have emlisted. Mili tary honors are tributes to rank, which is the symbol of authority in matters military. It would please the nurses better than anything else if the great body of enlisted imen, instead of reader ipng inappropriate salutes would recognise the fact that the nurses, too, have enlisted and that they can render the largest passible service by being permitted to share the military life on the same terms with the men whom they sesk to serve. When you see a play that tells of some woman, the victim of unre quited love, who immediately enters rm - tion andn of a lot of sem timental soldiers, you may be sure that the woman in guestion is a stage aurse and the soldiers are stage sol diers.. TWELVE BILIJON FIRST YEAR The total estimated expense of the United States Governmenat in the first year of war, without loans to the al ties, was $12,067,278.679.07. *T- its ure of Every great war Its meas !‘ro:f” stories of unusual ::héemt‘ ot Bk the Trojan Horse 0 & our own little war with Spain, .E tory is replete with romances Of. imagination and daring. When the records of awards of the Victoria Cross come to be read, probably will be many such. The crew of some of them are concealed for the present, as, for instance, that of the British naval commander who was jumped over seventy seniors and promoted to an advanced grade with an award of Victoria Cross and a citation containing this statement, “when record of his achievement is known it will be seen to have turned its place among the most daring feats in history.” For dash and daring, the performance of General Carey and Bis "gigeratch army" seems almost unparalleled. A portion of the crew was in great danger in the present spring offensive. General Carey was on some duty from which he could be relieved. So an order was issued for him to form an army and to buttress the line. On receiving the order, he looked about him for troops. All the comrades but troops were engaged. But it was his duty as a well-trained soldier to carry the order to execution, not to question it. The motion he saw verified Chinese foes. They were trained fighting men—and no ammunition or guns. But noon, Carey and the men, then he went among quartermaster men and among the pioneers at the engineers. Staff officers who had taken no part in the fighting were impressed into his. Service. The army General Carey imparted to R something of his own spirit. They had a big and difficult job; but the soul had to do it. This was the burden of message. Eventually, the “scratch army” took its place in the line. And held the line. Individual deeds of great valor were performed, and coolies particularly themselves. So a new chapter was written in the story of achievement. And what that “scratch army” did serve to emphasize the will to do and the will to do if General Carey had not been a factor of his own ability, he must have failed. If he had not been forced to obey first and question after all, he would have been powerless. What he accomplished with his “scratch army” is being done on a minor scale day after day as the war progresses. There are hastily formed platoons that go into situations which are certain death. Without the intent of the will to do and the will to wit, there could be nothing but failure. But the records are filled with concern. Instant repetitions of these nigh, "We attained our objective." GOOD LOGIC A riding master the other was taking his usual stand the exercise ground when he came across a recruit trying his best to get his horse to jump a fence. watching him for some time, he woab up to the man and exclaimed: "My good fellow, how do you expect to get a horse to go when you've got one spur on?" The recruit, after looking over boots, replied: "Well, sir, if I can only get that side of the horse to go, the others will be bound to keep up with him." U. S. AIRPLANE MARKINGS All the United States for the and Navy will bear a morn and blue bull's-eye of three centrie circles, similar to the amalgam of allied planes, on the and vertical red, white The specifications follow: Vimer: Rod circle with diam. approximately equal to chord (of wing), one blue circle with third of chord. Vertical red, white blue stripes, starting at rud- u.vye:am Aircraft Board said approved by the Secretary of Wharf and the Secretary of the Navy. 