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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1918
Page
2
A humor piece recalls a French soldier joking with an American about language and slang in a headquarters town. It also features a guard’s midnight halt, medical exam impatience, a lieutenant’s line, trench life humor, and a private’s stubborn hole defense.
A dialogue reveals Smith claims extensive horse experience before enlistment while the riding-master argues about his background. Smith admits earlier work with horses was limited to dead ones and notes he previously worked in a fertilizer plant.
A recruit resists beefing up his appetite as a cook jokes about fighting for the country. A corporal wonders about stripes for laziness while a private notes a zebra-like complexion. A wounded soldier explains his injury was to the ankle, with bandages slipping.
A vivid portrait of revolutionary fervor sparked by Lexington and Concord. Rural folk gather at Berkley Manor, church service unfolds with a martial Psalm and the line The Lord of Hosts shall arm the right, signaling rising unity for freedom.
A cheerful war feature profiles Billy Crowther enlistment and Elmer E. Ferris recounts the making of a strong national force. The piece emphasizes patriotism and public morale during wartime.
After two years in Flanders Private Thomas Atkins finally reaches leave and marries. On the returning voyage at Southampton he shows his marriage certificate to an inspector who mistakes it for a return railway pass. The official notes the error and remarks the ticket is for a long journey but not on the South Western Railway.
A British gunner on furlough reveals he is an army dentist. He wears a hammer and tongs insignia, explains that pincers extract teeth and the hammer is used to chloroform nervous soldiers.
In a frontline trench two Tommies nibble a biscuit and cheese to stave hunger. One slips his sleeve into the ooze while the other protests that the mud already stinks, as the thief Bill admits he has lost his biscuit and cheese.
A young officer, new to New York, searches for a bank and hires a witty urchin to guide him. The boy leads him to a bank and pockets a quarter, quipping that bank directors get big pay in New York. A company sergeant warns recruits about approaching horses from behind to avoid injury.
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