The Collinsville Times. (Collinsville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1918 Page: 4 of 8
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TELLS WAR TALE
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Row After Row of Crosses
Sleepy Village Symbolize
Spirit of France.
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22 AMERICAN DEAD THERE
Woman 8trewing Flowers Upon the
Graves of Yankee Soldiers Mourns
the "Pauvres Garcons"—Amer-
ican Describes Visit to
Cemetery.
New York.—An American officer
with Pershing's army in France lias
written in a letter to his wife this
moving description of a visit to a
French cemetery:
"Come with lue, then, to this little
village on the hanks of the , a
sleepy little village nestled in the
broad valley through which the river
flows. In ordinary times a village of
a few thousand inhabitants, it is now
almost empty because most of the
ple who could afford it have fled to
safer places, tasting for the second
time since 1014 the bitterness of the
war as it affects the peaceful civilian.
"It is late afternoon, warm and sun-
ny. We stroll down the main street
together past the old church, once a
handsome structure but now batlfr'
weather worn and almost in ruins.
Further on we pass the ruins of an
uJil Itoiuan wall which marked the liiu-
f ooi s t. •ps"T u lir^-ffr-me"1 n gnr'in rtt" it j ~
little lane which leads out to the !
country up the gentle slope and to- \
ward the front. After passing under
the railroad bridge the lane branches
off abruptly to the right. It soon dis-
appears through a stone gateway and
we lind ourselves in the 'new' ceme-
tery. called new because the demands
of this terrible four years' struggle
have fieen so urgent that the old ceme-
tery is overpoptilated. It was large
enough for the normal population of
the village, but death has stalked often
through the streets these last four
years and its victims must have room.
"A little grayl path, laid out with
mathematic straightness. runs through
the cemetery. First, there are a l'ew
civilian graves huddled together at the
near end as if they had been crowded
to make room for the other tenants.
Then on the right row after row of
graves of French soldiers marked by
huge wooden crosses, and for the most
pan covered with those hideous bead-
work iioral pieces that the French use.
On seeing them, one understands how
Jean Valjean recouped his fortunes.
You remember the story, no doubt.
There were graves of infantry, cavalry
and artillery, and once in a while that
of ati aviator, but wherever one goes
it Is always the infantry that pre-
dominates. Here is the grave of a
Ohii*;se worker, there that of a Mo-
hammedan, hut all bear the well-known
phrase which means so much: 'Aloft
pour lu pa trie!'
Graves of Americans.
"As I wandered along through row
after row reading the names and won-
dering who their owners might have
been 1 was startled to see on the oth-
er side of the piilh a single row of
graves, at tin' head of each a prim
little cross, different somewhat from
those across the way and painted in
khaki. Then 1 knew who these new-
comers were. There were L'li of theru,
each hearing a little round ideutitli'a-
tion tug. 1 Instinctively reached up to
feel If mine was still around my neck.
These -2, among the first to give up
their all for the patrle so far across
the sea, were arranged in perfect
alignment like a platoon in drill. 1
couldn't help saying to myself: ■•>
"'Well, wlfi^ the Master of the
Great Unknown commands—"Heroes,
Attention to Muster!" you all will an-
swer here.'
"They were plain little graves, hid-
eous almost in their newness and nary
a sod to cover them. But had they
been forgotten? No. indeed; for on
each lay a little hunch of (lowers, put
there by the kind hands of the women
of the village. These people are so
kind, so thoughtful. They, at least,
^•jll never forget. Even as 1 stood
there thinking about all these things a
'■ Tauvres garcons, ils sont veuus de
si loin!'
"I couldn't help it, I went up to her
and shook her by the hand and
thanked her in the names of those
sleeping there and in the name of their
mothers and sisters and sweethearts
back home. If I knew where to write,
I would write to those 22 mothers and
tell them that their boys are being
well looked after.
"Before I could say anything more
to the woman she was gone. She said
she must keep one bunch of flowers
for her niari over yonder on tin? other
side of the path. There were the ser-
ried ranks of the French, on our side
of the path only one little row, and
then off In a far corner away from
everything else a little group of Ger-
man graves, hid among a clump of
trees as If shrinking from the udvunee-
ing hordes of French and their new
"'lies from across the sea. It all sym-
bolized so well the two armies, the
French and the American, <>ne great,
the other small but growing, standing
side by side against the Bodies who
lay in the corner against the stone
wall.
"In the nnper part of the cemetery
was a group of workmen digging.
They had. been digging all day long
and for many days, for there were
many rows of graves yet unfilled.
There must be room for those yet to
come.
Supplies for the Front.
"Along the railroad that runs past
the cemetery train after train passes,
loaded with supplies and iuuntttona
and inefl, going up towurd the front.
Could those sleeping here but know
it! Could they but know thut France,
us ever since those terrible days of
1014, is standing fast, holding the en-
emy at bay, and bearing the brunt of
this terrific struggle! They must
know it, for they afl sleep so peace-
fully. Their part is done. They have
given everything they hail to give and
uubegrudgingly. For them the distant
rumble of the cuuuon has no misgiv-
ings, for they sleep secure in tlie be-
lief that victory some day will be ours.
Sleep on, comrades—for I am priv-
ileged to call you comrades-—your
work is over. You have well earned
your rest. Those of us who are left
will carry on the work you so well be-
ta n.
".lust as 1 left the gate, turning
homeward, a strange procession ap-
peared down the lane, and 1 stopped to
let it pass—a huge camion. pa,inted
war gray, followed by eight grizzled
territorials, their rifles slung over their
shoulders poilu fashion. They were
dirty, unshaven, and" their uniforms
faded and torn, but, oh, so typical of
France, torn and wracked by four
long years of war. On the truck was
painted the word 'Munitions.' It was
not mislabeled, for it carried cannon-
fodder that had served its purpose,
and laud been used up in the struggle.
"I came quickly to attention and sa-
luted. It is a custom of the country,
often done without thought or feeling,
but tills time my soul was in it. 1 was
proud to thus render homage to one
poor common soldier as he passed on
Ills last, long inarch.
"Open wide the gates and give the
newcomer room! Give him a com-
fortable place in that furthest row, for
he must have rest and peace. The
leaves in the trees rustled, the torn
and faded Hags fluttered and the tin
tricolor cockades on each cross tinkled
—thus was the newcomer welcomed
into his last earthly home."
N. Y. AIR RAID GERMAN JOKE
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Women
as Well as Men
Are Now Trained
as Camoufleurs for
Service With the
United States
Army
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Comic Paper Says American Women
Are Keen on Latest Paris
Novelties.
Amsterdam.—A cartoon in the lat-
est issue of the German comic paper
Jugend pictures a German air raid on
New York. The scene is a New York
roof garden, from which the sky is
shown ablaze with bombs, shrapnel
and fighting planes. An American
"multimillionaire" is shown escorting
his richly clad wife, who is said to be
"shrinking in terror before the appari-
tion in the sky." He reassures her by
saying soothingly: "Well, my dear,
you have always been keen on having
the latest Parisian novelties. Now
you've got them!"
MEAL
FOR 14 CENTS
American Soldiers and Sailors
Well Cared For by Y. M. C. A.
in London.
BOYS LONG FOR ROME EATS
Eagle Hut Represents Last Word in
Economical Eating in British Capi-
tal—Menu Shows Great Vari-
ety of Dishes.
woman came up,Qvery poor she seemed
to be, yet she carried a huge basket
filled with flowers, wfiiclr'sltff-t'ift'cfully
distributed all uiong the row. As she
came up to me I heard her say, al-
most t« herself and thinking probably
that I-did~nut understand:
London.— Fourteen cents for a sat- 1
ist'ylng meal. Twenty-live cents for a '
superlatively filling repast. These
prices reveal that the high cosi of eat- :
ing should have no terrors t<> the .
American soldier or sailor "on his ,
own" in London. It represents tlnu \
last word in economical eating even
for the English capital, where prices
are uniformly moderate. Even the big-
ger public eating places, where large
turnover allows a low charge, the low-
est price charged for a modest meal
is tenpence— 20 cents, while the meal
which costs the Yankee lighter a shil-
ling costs the civilian as much as 85
cents.
Moreover, it is American food. Not
every American boy in olive drab or
navy blue who lands in London has a
literary tourist's ambition to eat at the
Cheshire Cheese or the Blackfriars or
any of tin' other quaint inns made fa- |
lyms by Dickens or Thackeray. Many
of our fighters do not care for the pon-
derous dishes of the two-decker nov-
els, but yearn for modern home eats.
Where King Ate Pancakes.
And they get It, at 14 to —cents,
at Fugle Hut, the famous Y. M. C. A.
center, where King George and Queen
Mary recently enjoyed pancakes a la
American.
The 14-eent rate Is cheaper even
than that charged at the national mod-
el kitchen, where a three-course meal
of soup, beef and pudding costs 1<S
cents. Mrs. Arthur Coke of London,
who makes out all the Hut menus, not
only meets all government require-
ments, but sees to it that there Is prop-
er and attractive variation in the
dishes from day to day. The food Is
plain, to be sure, but it all Is of high
quality, and the portions show no
stinting.
Breakfast and Slipper each cost 14
i^eiftts. A breakfiist consists of cereal,
suusQge or bacon, bread and tea. Ao
recent supper consisted of sausage,
Well done, thick slices of bread with
hutterpnmnualude antfat^n.©'IJ)ie sgyte
food costs from 25 to 30 cents at the
West-end restaurants.
A typical shilling dinner Includes
Scotch broth, stewed steak or cold
beef, potatoes, buttered beets, currant
pudding, bread, tea or coffee. The
soups are not the dishwater type,
either, hut of good stock. An Eagle
Hut shilling supper provides the
American fighter with meat pie con-
taining more meat than crust, or sau-
sage. potatoes, jelly, bread and butter,
cake and tea or coffee. Commercial
eating places charge two or three
times this amount, often as high as 8fi
cents, within governmental restric-
tions.
Varietv to Choose From.
The American soldier or sailor also
can choose from extra dishes at equal-
ly low prices, a choice of tish. pie, eggs
prepared in various ways, baked beans,
salads, fried onions, rice-and-marma-
lude, custards, jellies and other sweets
! which are strangers to camp mess.
! The prices charged at the Eagle Hut
' are from two to six cents less than
the ordinary restaurant prices. In ad-
dition. this is the one place where the
American boys can get that most typ-
| leal home delicacy, American pancakes
! with maple sirup, which the king and
! queen sampled recently. Twelve
I cents buys a brace of cakes with ma-
ple sirup, and the first half-month's de-
mand for this favorite totaled one or
more helpings for 0,124 men.
It is no wonder then that Eagle Tint
feeds between 2,000 and 2.S00 Ameri-
can fighters daily, and that the noon
hour is a continuous rush which taxes
to the uttermost the efforts of the
waitresses, all women who volunteer
i their services and minister with smil-
ing patience and friendliness to the
appreciative lads from the United
States.
Eagle Hut dispenses other commodi-
ties, tobacco and candy topping the
list of favorites. A few Americans,
forgetting the many advantages and
economies found at the Hut, have com-
plained that their favorite brands of
American tobacco, If at all obtainable,
cost them more than It did at home.
They did not know that there Is a
high import duty cu Cigarettes and
prepared tobacco for pipes and "mak-
iitafs" nor that there is a home tax
which Is causing the English tobac-
conists to revise their prices often.
Smoking imported tobacco in Engjand
today really Is a luxury. The wise
stranger has given ^t up in favor of
the brands the English use.
El'ENT orders of the gov-
ernment to the engineering
department of the United
States army to stop en-
listing men as camoulietirs
in a special camouflage di-
vision ends a chapter in military cam-
ouflage in America. A little more
than a year ago it was doubtful wheth-
er or not the army would have any
great use for camoufleurs in the forces
abroad. By the recent decree mili-
tary camouflage is made an essential
in every regiment, like engineering,
trench digging, map making, road
building, and slinrpshooting. There
nre now, according to military camou-
fleurs in New York city, about 500 ex-
pert camoufleurs abroad with the Per-
shing forces. The new order makes
It necessary for each regiment in every
training camp on this side to have
nt least 10 camoutleurs to train other
men in the new art of camouflage.
Whence will these new camoutleurs
come? Who is to make them profi-
cient, when even the best-trained "old"
military and naval men admit Igno-
rance?
Until the airplane came in the cav-
alry was the scouting arm of the army,
says a writer In New York Times.
N'.'W, cavalry..xif
mounted and put to machine guns.
The airman is the scout. This was
the chief factor in raising camou-
flage to its present rank of impor-
tance. A~iiiounted scour could scarce-
ly be deceived by artificial camouflage.
Now the scout passing at heights of
about 1,500 feet cannot tell whether
the camouflage, if clever, is artificial.
His kodak, however, is not so easy to
fool, it will record many things
which escape the eye.
For that reason lights and shades,
depressions and knolls in the terrain,
and shadows have to be carefully stud-
led by the military camonlleur. That
makes it necessary for him to know
shade and tone value as they register
on the eye of the birdman and on the
camera lens.
Under the instruction of Lieut. II.
Ledyard Towle of the Seventy-first in-
fantry is the New York division of
military camouflage, In which the
men belong to the new National army
and wear the uniform and insignia of
the engineers, and on the sleeve the
totters "M. C."—Military Camoufleur.
They include landscape gardeners, art-
ists, miniature painters, portrait
painters, photographers, woodworkers,
mural decorators, draftsmen, and en-
gineers. It is probable that these men
will be nsed to instruct the various
regiments In military camouflage.
Methods of Teaching.
An observer need only follow these
camoufleurs to the 00-acre tract which
the city of Yonkers donated to Lieu-
tenant Towle for camouflage work, or
into their great classroom in New
York city, to get an Idea of tlie chief
methods of teaching the value of de-
pressions, color values, lights and
shades, and locations. There are ad-
justable wires that tilt the miniature
terrain boards to just the desired
slant, so that the soldier can view
them from the angle of a sharpshoot-
er. as if from an airplane, from the
rear or from in front. Gauzy curtains
create an Illusion of various lights at
different hours. Thus light blue cur-
tains make the twilight just before
dawn. Light rose and blue and yel-
low make dawn, noonday, and dusk
curtains the evening.
From 1.500 feet telephone poles,
camouflaged, disappear. Dugouts with
a path crossing over the roof are like
the side of the hill. Even the gray,
blue anil red caisson wagon moving
along the road Is • a blur of color.
Canvases in triangular shape fled to I
Another camouflag
mans were dupes
the foot of the telephone poles, out-
ward and on both sides, conceal the
road. To an observer on foot or in
the air at a thousand feet the hill
looks deserted—an almost treeless
plain with no distinguishing feature
save a neglected old path. Yet that
hillside harbors six dugouts, several
observation and listening posts, men,
cannon, machine guns, and a net-
work of telephone wires.
Beyond Yonkers there are trench
sections with "No Man's Land" and
Its barbed wire entanglements and dug-
outs. The trenches are dug so deep
that the heads of the men do not show
above the surface, and the Sod re-
moved to dig them is replaced. The
openings of the dugouts of the
posed, far behind the frenetics. Tlfey
are in the trenches with the entrance
on the enemy side. Bombs may fall
in the mouth of the dugout, but sel-
dom inside.
"The obvious is sometimes! as good
as the invisible." Lieutenait Towle
said recently. "For instnnct the fa-
mous dummy fleet the Britkh used.
> to whlchjthe Oer-
was a re< cannon,
scantily camouflaged, placet by the!
British at the summit of a 1 I. The !
cannon was visible to everj Herman |
scout flying over it, but it
obviously a fake that not
enemy bomb was dropped out
it hehl its position for a l<
and at night poured its strea
into the enemy.
"The same idea is carriet
the American camoutleurs. w
dummy men and guns for den
enemy air scout sees a parti
flagetl cannon or machine gut
men bending over it at work
smoke pouring from its noz
niittently. He cannot see, ct
hidden from view, a real cann
men are firing n deadly vol
under cover, and whose an
comes to tliein through tunt
"Such experiments tire be
by the military cnmoulleurs
ers. There are other tricl
learned, for they also do t
painting of army equipment I
ing it. Although an atnbi
army truck may not be
hie on account of tin
grounds it must pass, it can
tied into it very poor target
tion it will appear as a blur
heat rays, for it is mottled li
ors whose values constituf ilors
which the sun's rays would
Natural Camouflage Discs
At first natural camoufl
used almost entirely. A
trees and brush hid a whole
gun company, a group of rocl
ed a listening post, and a ties-
might hold a regiment. But t
lias learned that even the "
stones hear," and a natura
flagetl refuge is never suf
from air attack now. The n ino
cent -Seeming object Is neijess
an "object," and therefore a
the scout, whereas u perfectl
hillside, with no distinguisliii
may be almost entirely urn
and yet not arouse suspicion.
Lieutenant Towle's men If
outiage from the defensive and offetf-
sivo points of view—how to advance
under cover anil how to defend them-
selves under cover. They have invent-
ed scouting and camoutleurs' sharp-
shooters' suits which, when worn by
tlie soldier, make him appear like a hit
of the landscape, as a bonl ler, a log, :i
stump, or a part of the foliage of u
tree.
Wcmen Being Trained.
American womt u camoutleurs are.
being trained according to the same
method as the men. under the Wom-
en's League for National Sti vice and
under Lieutenant Towle. Discussing
their work, lie said :
"There l^n't any reason "vhy the
women 'shouldn't do as well as the
mm tw, m rriak-
s behind tlie Pnes. Ft
work, but il demands
HUM I SO
sin trio
Yet
. time,
of fire
ut by
model
The
iminu-
itli its
ul the
inter-
ilefely |
whose
from
nition
made
Yonk-
i he
own
■e us.
'e <>[•
i fag the material
i Isn't heavy
| geuious worker
! Tryon Hall, the old C. K. <;.
i place on Washington I lei
l,v -'"'"i D. Ho.-kefeller,
J given, ultimately, to n„.
| I,l!rk. is th(. spot chosi
j Ileal experimental
I Hither ihe.v
Towle to try out til
I aud be photographed, wearing the
j different positions, t<,
I blend With different colors of
scape ,-111(1 would be invl
enemy not only on th,
"ii the plates of the
rapher.
I ois is the most serious work tint
lms undertaken under th
spices of Hie National
Woman's Service. The
the (<0niouflagt
are about -Jo,
cross tin
flage work
Ill-
killed iii derails."
Millings
Ids, bought
Jr., to be
city for a
n for the prne-
work by the woiu-
K« with Lieuioiiunt
e'r ennioulhiL'e suits
in. in
see tii:, t t hey
I he la nd
ibie to tin
firing line hut
enemy photog-
>e an
League for
members of
corps, of whom then
confidently expect ti
Water to assist In the canton
. " "•'lli''11 English
e ' women are alreadv l.usv
1 hoy hot be accepted hv
governnient as reguhti
ant:
the
workers an<
Service until they have
th-lt Hum- I ""'ir tril,n,n« '""1 showr
mat they have made
enlisted f„r ,|1(l
completed
en tin lvisi-
vnrii|)ack-
niof-
inn-
d by
col-
was
Of
liihe
hor-
m i 11
my
i rid
lou-
dly
ti..., . ; . - tfood, but the fact:
"'•it Lieutenant Towle is on leave i,
1" Instruct them is suflicien-
ered "l!" ,h,,lr XV01'k wm
order
for
Ofll
ks,
ed.
Has Eight Sons in Service.
Denver, Colo.—liiomas D. Cnln,
Denver Jeweler, holds (he record for
the Ilocky mountain region for number
of sons in military service. Every one
.Of hUTfttrilt sons is In some branch of
the military servicedTiv^of^fWenf
hove gone to France, ntnT the" three
others ure in different caiitonim-ni
camps.
INTERESTING ITEMS
Building trades returns frt
i natlian cities for a recent nn di-
Crops of corn are being burned In.
Argentina because of a lack of ships
in which to export tfc^renl. i
Losses from fire In tlnj, United ct
States increased over $40,000,(MM) last I in 1017
cute that employment deeretfcre
than 42 per cent, as compi th
tlit* previous month, and ovi er
O O O O p
lit. tis compared with the sa th
year, due to war conditions and the
speeding up of Industries.
,'rhe„ nnt Ilia Cite coil I strike of 1002
began May ld^amTem>le°ffT)Wfil'r(>r
The employees Involved numbered
ii bout 117.500. The estimated tofnl
,'ioss was S2<i.m00<>.
The royal borough of K
England, now maintains tii
nttinnl kitchens, which serve
ift?alff=0for°12o cents} Tin3
portions of potatoes and c
cents; corn flour mold. 4 cent
V-
No Age Limit for Women.
I Here is no age limit, up or down
foi women joining (be corps, hut each
< n,'w have had some
technical training befon
I his keeps from the
girls. The members
who are self-supporting. Thev an
"rehitecs,
.P'1()f"gi'a priors, etc. it ii
versatile and respon
months' ' " threi
Vow,, UrSe Un,,er Lleutenair
Eat h i,i,-i1111..r* hf .i._ ..
class make*
'amouflage suit
foundation - • ' wUI'
received.
structed by the girls' so
Piece, like a diver's
covering the hear!
•«!">ws white In the
corps is
practical
'o she joins
corps very youtif.
ire young womei
an exceptionally
sihlo group. They
course
inernhor of u,e
« d develops her own ci
according to her
of insfrii'-iion that she h.'if
Suits as they have been con
far are in one
suit, with a hoot
A human fact
distance and thi
face coverhlgs tinK Ve"S ,lf
Kjrth bniwn is the usual foundatlo,
color,
K '«"s grays, and splashes of black
"Pot. this go yellows
I'nff P°,ttery the °'dest Art.
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the tower of ^ ' t, b",lt,,n,r "
terv known is Kirvnl'i °'dest pol
Pie, civilised 2Tian' but every Pec
"'•ed the art in one ' hns prn<
iif^alj^for ° 12°cents} The :0| All study i„ " ,or ""other forn
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