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FOES FHrlfll!
Life in Trenches Makes Friends of Opposing Armies.
French and Germane Formulate Rules,
and Between the Hours of Klillnff
EKchange CIgara and Bottles
of Wine.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.) With the French Army at the Front. —At places here in the Argonne the French and German trenches are so close together tbat in the weeks the two armies have been thns face to face the aoldiers are, after a fashion, personallT acqaainted with each other.' Here tbe fighting haa become sys¬ tematized and follows a routine. At certain sections of the trenches the French and Germans have reacbedaan agreement tbat before a certain hour in the morning there is to be no kill¬ ing; in the opposing trenches the men are to be allowed to wash up and make their toilet for tbe day. After the gong taps, figuratively speaking, any head showing above the level of the ground gets promptly taken off.
Rock battles often take place be¬ tween the opposing sides. The men grow tired of having nothing to thoot at for hours at a time and in order to amuse themselves they bombard each other without the thrower exposing his person to the bullets of the en¬ emy.
At times the enemies, however, be¬ come almost friendly.
"Say, over there!" a German shout¬ ed from his trench. "Have you guys got anything to smoke?"
"Sure!" the chorus came back from the French. "Have you?" "Not a crumb!"
"Too bad. You ought to write to the kaiser." "Gimme the makin's." "Come and get 'em." A giant of a young fellow stuck his head and shoulders above the ground, placed his hands on the edge of the trench and vaulted out on the side to¬ ward the French. A month-old flaxen beard stood out about a very round face. Mud" covered his formerly gray- ish-bluish-greenlsh uniform. A Uttle round, vlsorless fatigue cap made bim look like a young Santa Claus. Stoop¬ ing, he ran swiftly across the high¬ way which separated the trenches at this point, and. falling fiat on his stomach, peered down into the en¬ emy's trench.
"Where's them cigars?" he de¬ manded.
"Here they are," a Frenchman re¬ plied. "You deserve them. Six, and they're worth a louis apiece."
"Mercl!" said the German, as he scurried back to bis burrow.
"Say!" this same German shouted back between puffs. "These cigars are great. Real imported hemp!"
A rock the size of a man's fist was the reply to this sally.
"Hey, you Frenchers," the German kept on, "you're a pretty decent lot. Will you shoot me if I come over again?"
"We will that—after what you said about the cigars."
Once more the lumbering giant cata¬ pulted out of his trench and ran low over to the French, dropping on his stomach as before. In his band was an object, a dark green one, with tin foil around the neck and the words "Gout Americaln" on a slip of paper across the sloping shoulder. It was a bottle of champagne swiped while the Germans were In Reims.
"Here's your health, fellows," the German said. "Drink hearty!" And back he ran.
"Heyi'^^the Frenchmen shouted, laughing. "You've got the nerve of a burglar. You are giving us back our own champagne!"
"Oh, that's all right," the German replied, "your cigars were made in Germany. I recognlie the stench!"
Later In the day the German was killed and the news was shouted across the road. He simply would keep sticking his head above the trench during business hours. But in the night a wreath of flowers, gath¬ ered by the Frenchmen from heaven knows were, and at no one knows wbat risks, fell into the trench where be was wont to have bis place.
All Is not cutting and slashing and shooting and gore^ tbe spice ot good humor and the milk of human kind¬ ness often, in this fighting, lessen tbe sting of hatred between the races and of which one hears so much.
MAN, 62, AGAIN IN PRISON
Begins Secend Term 'for Grand Lar>
c«ny—Boy, Nineteen, Also
Second Termer.
Leavenworth. Kan.—Clark Miller, sixty-two yeara old, of Miami connty, entered the state penitentiary at Lan¬ sing to begin his second term at the instltntion. A year ago Miller com¬ pleted a term for grand larceny. He will serve five years for the same of- fensei
Cbarles Logan, nineteen years old, was paroled eight months ago after serving a sentence for assault He returned to the prison from Miami county to serve a second term of from five to twenty-flve years for a statu¬ tory oflensak
Blames Husband's Folks. . Jersey City.—Mrs. Lacy Rublnette Mk«d a dlToroe, sayliic ber husband's relattrsc called freqnsntly sad "trsat •d iMT M • serraat"
EXGUIID HIS HHir OF WMEII H FOR WAB
Amazons Are Carefully Drilled
and Trained in Use of
the Rifle.
TO HELP REGULAR MIUTARY
In Case ot German Invasion the R»
serve Will Direct Flight of Women
and Children From Scene of
Fighting and If Necessary
Shoulder Rifles.
By PHILLIP EVERETT.
anteroational News 8ervlce>
London.—We read tn dispatches that at least fifty German women, fighting In the trenches in men's cloth¬ ing, have been taken captive by the Russians near Warsaw. If tbe Ger¬ mans ever invade Great Britain and tbe situation becomes desperate tbey will be faced by an army of Ehigllsh Amazons, carefully drilled and trained to the use of the rifle com¬ pared to which these Teutonic women warriors are a mere bagatelle.
When I flrst heard of the Women's Volunteer reserve, I thought it was a Joke or rather a new ebullition of the suffragette class, but after a visit to Old Bedford college and a view of the determined women perspiring through their military drills, i must confess that my feelings have changed.
"It is not to be concluded that the women will rush to the coast and fight the moment the Germans make a landing. They will take up the rifle only when Great Britain is in desper¬ ate straits. Till such an unhappy time the reserve will simply act as a dlflclpllned body of women, skilled in flrst aid, cooking, dispatch riding on motorcycles, signaling and the care of horses..
"At the same time the rifle Is not being neglected," said Viscountess Castlereagh, tho colonel in chief of the women's emergency corps. "All the Women are spending time In the private rifle ranges and there are some astonishingly good shots among them. There is no reason In the world why a woman cannot be as good a marks¬ man as a man.'*
It was also pointed out to me by one of the offlcers of the women's reserve that women bear certain forma of hardship better than men. It is a well known physiol9)e:ical fact that women are less suspectlble to cold and wet than the strouRer sex. Their bodies are better protected by fatty tissue. This is seen on the bathlnp; beach where women are able to enjoy them selves on chilly days when most of the men seek the clubhouse. The same condition should be true in wet, damp trenches It Is also accepted that a woman, once her nervousness is over, and her determination is in¬ spired, can stand more physical pain than man.
"In fact," said my woman informer, "the only way tho women would be Inferior to man soldiers would be in the long marches."
At Old Bedford collefie. which is the headquarters of the Women's emer¬ gency corps, I found Col. Viscountess Castlereagh and Hon. Eveline Havei- fleld, honorary colonel, hard at wor'.i with their recruits. Mrs. Haverfield is remembered for her carefully or¬ ganized remount camp, which she built up at the time of the Boer war. Go Through Infantry Drill.
Nearly a hundred women were go¬ ing tljrough the regular army Infan¬ try drill. They were not women of leisure either. Most of them had put through a day's toll already In an ot fice or'along some professional line.
Several regular army officers in uni¬ form were present to assist in the work. The war offlcers at flrst took a contemptuous attitude towards this movement but they have come to see the value of it just as the usefulness of the Boy Scouts Is now generally recognized.
I had an interview with Capt. Adalr- Roberts, the woman drill officer.
"We are following the regular army rules throughont," she said. "No com¬ missions are granted except for merit. Wben women are adjudged competent to teach the drill tbe regular army officers drop out in their favor.
"Tbe reserve is strictly nonpartisan and nonsectarian. No women of wealth are permitted to buy commis¬ sions, although there have been many attempts of this sort
"I can show you a titled woman and one of her servants drilling here side by side. This is not an Isolated in¬ stance either, there are several such."
At flrst tbe fear was expressed that if woman were taught the use of a rifle, the Germans would chargf 'snip¬ ing" and ferocious reprisals would be tbe result, but now it is realized that tbe organising of the women will pre¬ vent, instead of encourage, fooUfh In¬ dividual action, such as is certain to take place in moments of great dan¬ ger among an u lorganized populace. Tbe helpless rabble of Belgium, wom¬ en and children refugees fleeing they knew hot whither, will not be repeat¬ ed in Oreat Britain.
No woman is permitted to enter the reserve without a careful physical ex sminatlon. Woman doctors from the dty hospitals see to this In their hour oS. The women of the reeerve must
bo over elgliteen and trader tartf years of age.
Special attention has been paid to signaling practice, as this U an ln»- portant branch of warfare in which ft is nnanimously agreed that the female sex may be of service. Tbere are many professional woman telegraph¬ ers in tbe reserve. Instruction is glTen in Morse and semaphore signal¬ ing by flags and also by sound.
Other branches of Instruction in¬ clude open air cooking, dispatch rld- j ing, carpentering, fencing and Swed- I ish drllla
The movement is spreading all over tbe islands, rapidly overcoming the indifference which It generally met at first, A vivid description o^ tbe condition of women in the war dis¬ tricts of Belgium and France and an explanation of how their sufferings might have been mitigated by proper preparation and organisation is usual¬ ly 8ufl3clent to convert every "doubt¬ ing Thomas."
Sutfragettes in It.
Branches nre especially active in centers where there is a large popula¬ tion of working girls. Of (>our8e. there is a large portion of the militant suffragettes. The latter have trans¬ ferred their energy in. this direction- Tbe suffragettes believe they can, by tbeir conduct in case of an invasion of Britain, present an unanswerable argument for the ballot
The sight of women drilling may be seen at many big halls in London. Two favorites are Knlghtsbridge hall and the armory of the London Scot¬ tish at Buckingham Gate.
The majority of the women are clothed in khaki. Tbeir suits consist of skirt coat, brown shoes, spats, put¬ tees and hats. The cost of this uni¬ form is 112.50. Most of the women buy their own suits. The reserve is so far entirely self-supporting.
The government has not as yet given permission to the women to carry rifles. The womei do not antici¬ pate trouble in this direction, how¬ ever. They say they hope the necee- slty for their shouldering the musket will never come, but If It does they will be allowed to take their places on the firing lino just as wives and sweethearts of British colonists in many quarters of the earth have stood behind the stockade and fired with their men folk against the at¬ tacks of savages.
As a result of this movement a Ger¬ man invasion will flnd ready at hand an organization of women who will keep their heads and who will have good health and calm nerves, These women will have learned the value of organization, self-dependence, com¬ radeship and self-control. They will co-operate with the military and civil authorities. They will direct the flight of women and children from the scene of flghting and so take this bui> den off the government.
It is hoped that after the war the Women's Volunteer reserve will be¬ come a great recreation club. With this end In view a wealthy woman has offered a large tract of land for a per¬ manent camp and it is believed other gifts of this character will be made.
"I wish I was alongside him in tho trenches," said the wife of a British soldier recently. This sentiment Is re-echoed in thousands of women's hearts and this feeling is undoubtedly the prime motive in building up the reserve.
A French sentry on duty enjoying a toothsome morsel on Christmas eve.
GIRL COSSACK IS WOUNDED
Wealthy Russian's Daughter, Aged
Twenty, Given Grots of St George
for Gallantry.
Petrograd.—Among the wounded Russian soldiers brought into tbe Red Cross hospital in Moscow thla week is a strongly built girl, twenty years old, named Mary Izaakoff.
She is the daughter of a prosperous Russian and before the war was known as an expert fencer and horsewoman. WTien war began she offered her serv¬ ices and was accepted, with her own horse, aa a volunteer in a Cossack regiment
At the front she distinguished her¬ self on scouting duty, and later took part in a hotly contested charge against Prussian dragoons. In this charge she wss wounded by sbrapneL Sbe received tbe Cross ot St Oeorge for raUentry in action. Her woimd Is not sertoaa
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