We Giri/ Who
❖WAS A W
SOIvDIER Boy
HOW I WENT "OVER THERE” WITh
PERSHING’S DIVISION
By HAZEL CARTER
Mr*. Hazel Carter of Douglas. Arl*., Is a young woman,
twenty-two, whose young husband. Corporal John J. Cartel
of the United States army, was ordered to Franca with th«
Pershing expedition.
Determined to accompany him, *he obtained a soldier's uni
form and fell in as a private on his departure. She was five
days at sea on the transport before discovered through a
chance. After the arrival of the famous division In France
she was returned home against her wishes.
It Is a story of romance, dramatic In Its qualities, full of the soldier color and
■till Is of real news value, since Mrs. Carter is the first to relate the details of that
voyage and safe arrival Brat hand—one that made history.
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE BELL SYNDICATE
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“if they’re fussy wlial boat you get in
at such u time. I'ui going to Itussia to
enlist, where there's some freedom, if
they don't drown me. and I don't care
if they do."
The alarm was on. i(ended as a
night drill, and we woic soon ordered
back to quarters. 1 trailed along with
the rest, almost boldly, because there
was little danger of detection in that
inky darkness. I rolled into my bunk
and was soon as sound asleep as any
body. As I dozed off I knew I was not
afraid of submarines, for the alarm
had not scal’d! me at all. and T thought
we had sighted a sure enough U boat.
After that we had many of these
drills at all hours. Most of the men
soon became calloused to the danger of
submarines, and some of them got so
they would sleep through the alarm—
that is, they would sleep until the ser
geant, whose duty it was to see that
every one was out, came along and
stirred them none too gently from
slumber. A few began to think they
would miss one of the sights of the
trip if they didn’t meet a Dutchman
and looked forward hopefully to the
prospect.
Disappointed Through Failure to
See U Boats.
However, these optimists were doom
ed to disappointment, for our ship did
not see a “German porpoise" the whole
voyage, nor did we hear a gun tired.
Since returning to the United Stutes
1 have heard of the attack on some of
the ships of the transport fleet, but it
was not on the part of it we were with.
It would have been impossible for us
to have beeu attacked u'nd not to have
known of it. As I say, lots of the boys
Were disappointed because they could
not write home to the folks about the
tnajTow escape from the subs, and the
tSougbboys are §reat letter writers.
Ferbaps some of them did, anyway, so
as to let those at home know they
(Weren't missing anything.
By this time X felt almost like a sol
dier nnd had learned to smoke "tailor
made" cigarettes, although I bad tried
it only once before this trip as an *r
W.iment when y -• » and h:ul
■■rjandouei it alter a couple of puffs.
In the privacy of my bunk I devoted
a whole lot of time to trying to roll
them with as much carelessness and
real economy of tobacco as are shown
by the U. 8. soldier. 1 had acquired
the “makln'8" and spent hours at the
task.
About the third or fourth day out 1
felt I was pretty proficient and got out
my brown papers and tobacco on deck
and went to it. Near me was a sailor
off one of our biggest battleships who
was In the gun crew assigned to defend
the transport from attack. He was
off duty, aud I saw him watching me
closely as I rolled the pill. Finally he
sidled up.
say," ne aaaeu. -you re a jane, am t
you?”
“What are yx>u doin’—kiddin’ me?” I
asked him.
“I guess you’re kiddin' me." he an
swered. “I pegged you by the way
you wrap up one of those pills. No re
cruit Is so raw he can’t roll one better
than that. They wouldn’t let him In
the army If he couldn’t But what
you’re doing on this joy ride Is none of
my business, sis. Don’t be afraid I'll
tip you off. I’m in the navy, and what
the army does ain’t my affair so long
as we get you over there all O. K.”
I didn’t admit I was a girl, but he
knew. He was a nice boy. who had
come from Iowa originally, and I got
real well acquainted with him later.
He was one of the few people on the
transport on the way back, a sad and
lonesome trip for me, anil we became
quite chummy. I saw him only the
other night here In Hoboken.
"Well,” be remarked, “It’s hard luck
they got you. The other two girls
aboard could roll them better than you
and slipped through all right.”
“More power to them if they did,” I
answered. “I hope they made It.”
Of course there were no more girls
on board. He was trying to kid me
and get my goat
Life on Shipboard.
I was pretty happy and contented for
the next couple of days, and I guess I
became too sure of myself. Most of
the boys were getting over their sea
sickness by this time, and the Inev
itable crap game that follows the army
■was in progress. You could hear the
men calling for ‘‘IJttle .Toe” and “Jim
my Hicks” after they got otlt the “hot
and colds,” and they made plenty of
noise.
The officers were not very strict
aboard, sljip arid let thgcrgn gams run
with all the noise necessary to the sue
cessful playing of this national pas
time. One of tlie boys bad boon In par
ticularly hard luck and Imd only a tbiu
dime left to put up for a future margin
when he copped a big pot. Just then
the submarine alarm sounded. We
knew ive were near the danger zone.
“Hurry up!” shouted one of the play
ers ns we all broke away from our
places.
The winner calmly collected the pot.
“They may shoot me. and 1 will tell
the world so,” lie announced, “before
I will leave this 'sugar' for a blooming
Dutchman to put a torpedo into. That
would be just my luck. If it ever rains
soup I will be caught with a fork.”
It was another drill alarm, so the
calamltist returned to the game only
to he "taken" for his roll.
“It would have been better for me If
wo had been torpedoed.” be said after
he hod been cleaned.
And don’t think the dougnboy Is a
piker. Many a time I’ve seen $1,000 in
a single [>ot.
Besides craps, the men sang and
played Black Jack, a favorite card
game of campaigners and one in which
they win and lose big. it wasn't long
before a few of them had all the mon
ey. The youngsters wrote letters until
I thought some of them would never bo
able to handle a gun on account of
writer's cramp. One young fellow
didn’t slight a girl bi the state of Tex
as, and I suppose be told cacti she was
the only one. He ought to get lots of
mail “over there."
Because of the breaks in the sleep on
account of submarine drills and for
other reasons I am ordered not to dis
cuss some of the tioys slept In the day
time a good dea'l. There were not
many duties aboard ship, aud the offi
cers let all hands take it as easy as
they could. They knew there would be
plenty to do In France.
That is why the American soldier Is
fighting for bis captain and not to
make the world safe for democracy.
He knows his captain as the fellow
who looks out for him. I speak of the
- . . -.-o l ol
io V. tan ulwuys tell from a guards
man, when I say this. And I don't
mean that as a reflection. Soldiering Is
the regular’s business.
In the daytime I saw little of my
husband, but witli the aid of Cupid
Private Smlthers 1 sneaked up to his
berth often at night. He still Insisted
he would report me. The old timers
who knew me covered me up, and all
the men were very decent. Whenevei
an officer came along they would find
au excuse to gather around me, and
r they did very little swearing. If a fel
low forgot and cut loose he got a cal
from somebody. The loyalty of these
boys I had known on the bordei
pleased me very much aud flattered m«
a little, I guess.
My headquarters were the kitchen
where I was rated as one of the cooki
and did my share. Here they called mi
"Silent Joe” because I talked so Uttli
—afraid my voice would betray me
Glad that they gave me this reputation
1 was ready to live up to It.
Fools Husband.
One day I was folding up my blan
ket when I saw my husband comini
down between the tiers of bunks.
“What are you doing there, rookie?’
he demanded. “Don't you know then
Is drill on deck?"
My hack had been half turned towan
hlin. I swung around and tore off m;
hat. My hair hud been clipped short
but he recognized me and laughed
The Joke was on him.
"You fooled me, kiddie,’’ he said
“You’d better go up to drill.”
* But the best I could do was to hel
myself to a good cry on his cbesl
There was no one who could see m
lie was gentle with me us always, uni
I was happy. 1 had needed that cr,
a long time. I think he was a llttl
proud, too, to know his wife would rls
so much and follow him so far Just t
be near him. 1 enjoyed that momeni
I didn’t care If all the officers on boar
saw me, but none did.
It was easy for me to go through th
simple drills on shipboard, for 1 wa
familiar enough with the army to sho>
up a lot of the rookies at it. Some c
the men who did not know I wa
aboard were curious nbout my shavlnf
“When do you get out your razor?
a youngster asked me one day.
“I don’t have to use it except one
a week,” I answered. “I’m a kid ye
You go to It every day to look manly.’’
Once I did try to shave to play m
part.
Of course there were always the so
Cigr songs, and wg Jiad. unite a colle<
tfon of musical Instruments aboard,
manned by amateurs. One doughboy
who had recently returned from serv
ice In Hawaii had brought a ukelele
along, and lie went big. for the boys
liked those dreamy tunes.
It is a strange thing about a soldier
that be does not sing the stuff written
for him. Imt prefers the tear jerkers
and sentimental ballads. The soldier
songs In France will be about back
borne and not about beating the booties.
I Yet these boys were going to the
trenches nnd that hell with a smile and
a song. If any reformer kicks on that
crap game he ought to go himself. The
men are gambling their lives. Why not
their money?
The Rookie Who Talked Too Much.
Most of the soldiers knew and had
served with and seen General Persh
ing. He sees more of the doughboys
than most major generals and gets In
closer contact with big men. Yet they
talked little of him except to show
they had faith In him. He seemed to
be a sort of distant person who spent
his time In some indefinite place. The
captain is the soldier's friend.
There was much speculation as to
what they would do when they renched
France, and all were eager to get into
action. They wanted to try it anyway.
“We may be fed up on it a year from
now," declared one fellow who had
been watchfully watting several
months In Mexico, “but I hope we get
some action soon.”
I was beginning to think 1 would
see the trenches myself nnd half hoped
so. 1 knew I wouldn’t he scared, and
1 felt I was part of the expedition by
this time. Nothing would have suited
me bettor ttian to have climbed Into a
ditch beside Corporal John Carter, C.
S. A. I had caught the spirit of the
crowd and hud half got my husband
to consent to let me go along as far
as I could make it. 1 was happy.
Then one morning without any warn
ing a talkative rookie, who had been
; seasick, but was now better uud fresh,
said:
“Did you hear there Is a woman
aboard?"
"You don’t say!" I answered. “Where
the devil is she?"
“I don't know. I can’t make her,"
he answered. "I’ve been looking every
body over. All the boys on the ship
are talking about it.”
"Some meu would make better old
maids than women.” I replied and j
turned on my heel and walked away. I
There was a lump in my throat. The I
old timers knew enough to keep their j
mouths shut, but these rookies were 1
natural gossips. The officers would j
hoar sure and begin a search Had 1
come all this way in vain?
(To he Continued)
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MON LEAD El
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IS LOST
{By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8. — Reports
from Germany indicate an increasing
realization on the part of the Ger
man people that their cause is hope
less and that as the days go by. hopes
for victory became more and more re
mote.
Information received here today
from over the border is to the effect
that George Gothian, a progressive
member of the German reichsta. re
cently told his party committeemen
that although the military situation,
as far as Germany and the central
1 powers are concerned, is satisfactory,
there is no longer any hope of crush
ing Germany's enemies on land or on
, sea. He declared that German sub
i marines have sunk seven million tons
of shipping, but no disposition on Eng
land's part to sue for peace is yet
discernible.
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. SAMMY PAYS TEN DOLLARS
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( PARIS, Oct. 8—During a recent to
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1 ing camp in France several Sammies
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■ certain lucky Sammy found two pack
ages of tobacco in his kit, shinned up
a tree, auctioned them off and re
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