New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 22, 1918, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1018 KHAKI AND BLUE |3 FOOD SITUATION CRITICAL IN WASHINGTON'S TIME AS IT IS NOW | - ~ » . 13 4 Be Y »~ ~ across HAS OWN LANGUAGE trange Lingo Coined by Soldiers in the Trenches ~N0 MAN'S LAND' (Copyright 1918 by Brit Recruiting Mission) It is recognized that the reading public in general does not wunder- stand the words and phrases in comn- mon use in the dug-outs at the edgo of *No Man's Land.” When these and phrases appear in words dis- patches and correspondence, lexicon is needed and wanted partic- ularly by the relatives of the Ameri- | can Sammniies who are, ‘or soon are, to | o into the thick of it. Certainly none can define the yhrascs and words so well as the men coined them, the Canadian and British soldiers. The staff of the | Iritish-Canadian Recruiting Mission as undertaken to furnish a free War Time T.exicon. All the officers and nen of the staff of this mission are 1en who have come back from “No Land,” many of them wound- They are devoting | themselves to recruiting the forces of Canada and Britain to meet the expected effort of von Hindenburg to set “to Paris by April 1st. n’s d or gassed. Artillery Registration When the acroplane scouts and ob- men report some place lines which it is desir- servation post »in the ememy some | able to register, from the map a one gun is given range and angle to ihis point, and the effect of the fire | directed 1s observed. When the | reet is hit, several more shells are hrown to be sure of the accuracy the range and angle, and the ex- | location is noted. This tarset | point is then said to DPe registered, ! and whenever it is desired to place shells at that point, the fire can be accurately directed wilhout delay or ammunition. His-or-ours a soldier asks when he | ears a snell but cannot see it. | O-Piy The soldier’'s pet name for| olservation post from which the 1ovements of the enemy are watched | through telescope. 1 shty—The Briton expression | for home, England. 1s used of a which he hopes is serious enough to invalid him home to Eng- e basc hospital is me- wled “Blighty Junctior as | there that the <ceriously wonnded are sent back to Bngland to recover The word is really do- rived from the Hindustani word, laiti, which means “‘something reign’ or ‘‘over-the-sea.’ Minnie—The Jos¢ of wound jand e times t is from German 19%-pound | trenech mortar high explosive shell which can be plainly seen comin gh the s At night it has f like a rocket. It Kkills by ncussion Artillery Retaliation—Is an answer nemy artillery fire upon our| hes. When our trenches are | avily shelled, the men in the line call for retaliation, and r batteries then commence a bom bardment of the enmemy front-lire | until their fire gradually Our artillery stops fring enches eases. hen, too. Cushy—Ts the way the men who go nto the firing line and “Over the refer to the soldiers whose duty safely back of the lines. A <hy Job” is equivalent to “a soft there is mo danger connected with it. Waders—These are the high rub- ber boots worn by the men in the trenches to protect them: from the| mud and water that fills the bottom | of the trenches. When the men aro refieved from duty, these boots are | left behind for the mext company go- ing mto the trenche: Machine Gnun Ne concrete fortifications several ‘machine guns rake th2 enemy lines, ed themselves by the steel wails of the nest. Listening Post—Is a position cut in No Man’s Land, a shell hole or a| erater, scou lie each mnight listening for enemy scouts or patrols, or to pick up useful information. | Sometimes these posts are within ear shot of the enemy lines. Observation Post—An post is a point in our lines from | which a clear view can be obtained of the enemy territory. If it is an | infantry observation post the cnemy | movements defenses are wuoted | ind reported direct If it is an ar-| tillery post with the bat- ery made by telephone, the ob- erver reporti to the gunmers all | movements and defens: within | range. ATl firing from the batte which is often miles behind the lines, is controlled by the observation | posts far up near the coun- | try i | | jobs; Are steel and behind which are placed to while protect- concrete and | where observation and connection enemy Barrage A barrage is a protective wall or curtain of fire placed in front of infantry advancing to the attac until they have reached their fin objective, and made it secur: The distance the shells are thrown by the | batteries is accurately timed so that the cumtain moves forward only so fast as the line of soldiers. If the soldiers move too fast they overtake their own barrage and therefore the attack is generally timed to a walk | “No Man’s Land.” Shrapnel usual shell employed in bar- each shell bursting about ten feet above the earth and throwing the shrapnel bullets forward about 200 yar This makes it impossible for the enemy to rush to meet the attack. | Shrapnel Shell—A. shrapnel shell contains many leaden bullets which make a rain of lead when the shell | explodes. That is why it is so often that the dispatches read ‘“wounded | by shrapnel.” If the shell is timed SONLO dwl ks Is the rage, forward { out in No Man’s Land exposed to en- { stacle more difficult for the Germans | Unless ample provisions are laid up | in the course of this winter and the approaching spring, nothing favorable is to be looked for from the opera- tions in the next campaign: but our arms, enfeebled by embarrassment of irregular and - fluctuating supplies provisions, will reap no other than disgrace and disappointment! George Washington's speech to Con- sress committee, January 28, 177 Tt has turned out that the forces that fight for freedom, the freedom of all men all over the world, as weli as our own, depend upan us in an extraordinary and unexpected for sustenance by which men are to live and to fight We are fighting as truly for the liberty and self-govern ment of the United States as if the war of ou Revolution had to be fought ove uin Prestdent Wilson's speech ta the Farmc 1918. explodes on the ground, the effect is not so great. Counter Battery Duel. A counter battery duel occurs when a Dbattery on one side is answered by | a battery on methods the other side. of “return” are used: 1. When an enemy battery shells one of our batteries, if the enemy position is successfully located, wo may answer shell far shell in an effort to silence it. The usual method, however, is for the battery which is the target of enemy shells to keep quiet, but get | into communication with several heavy wrtillery batteries, which will direct a fierce return fire from big guns until the enemy is silenced. High Ixplosive Shell—A high ex plosive shell contains no bullets. It does not explode until it hits the ground, but on explosion the shell bursts into fragments which are thrown in all directions. Bombardier—The lowest non-com- missioned oflicer attached to an artil- lery battery. He wears one stripe on his arm and his rank is equivalent to | a lance corporal in the infantry. Ammunition Column—An ammuni- tion column is a train of transpor or wagons drawn usually by horses or mules engaged in carrying munitions from the railroads to the munition dumps and from the dumps to the batteries. Dud Shell—A. dud shell is a dead one; that is, one which does not ex- | plode after being fired. Removing | these unexploded shells is one of the dangers of reclaiming the waste land over which the armies have been fighting. Knife Rest—A wire entanglement | made in sections behind the lines and carried forward at night to be set up in No Man's Land. This method is casier and quicker construction than Two emy fire. a concertina are one of the methods of wire entanglement. | discovered { landed | o o - Concertina Wire—Coils of wire like | themselves or down e These coils | first division ENDS OF OVERGOATS MAKE FINE MITTENS | ernoon Resourceful Americans Cover (oid Hands With Khaki respondence of the Associated Press.) With the American Army in Fran Jan. 28 —American army truck drivers have found w use for the strips of heavy khaki cloth cut from the bot- toms of soldiers’ overcoats. the drivers discovered that mittens of extraordinary warmth could be made from the cloth and now nearly ever driver of a motor truck or automobile is wearing a pair or has determined to make himself some the first time he has a spare ten minutes. Many units of the army in that the regulation coats were too long when first the donned them. The bottoms, becomin soaked with rain or caked with mud flopped about the legs of the men and made the garment a burden. Some soldiers didcarded their overcoats whenever it was possible for them to and many colds or other ailments re- sulted: Then France one entire division—a newly organization of former ni tional guardsmen-—suddenly appeared with coats that reached to the knee or an inch above it. The old long coats were exchanged by their owners for the new ones in response to an order signed by the general command- ing. About the same time soldier in other divisions cut had them trimmed Some men who were among the to enter the trenches are linked togother to form an ob- | clibped the objectionable bottoms with to get through than the ordinary tan- | gled wire protection. Patrol Parties—These are groups of | Water and is | from three to 20 men usually accom panied by an officer sent out into No | Man's nite object in view, either to report enemy movements in their trenches, condition of the barb-wire entangle- ments or location of breaks through hich attacking infantry may =o. mall parties usually o out on this work and move by stealth, creepin and crawling from shell-hole to shell- hole to keep out of sight of the ene- my when a rocket or ‘star shell” makes No Man's Land as bright as| day. Large patrols armed with ma chine guns are sametimes sent out to | attack and capture an enemy patrol and secure information from tho | prisoner Star hell or Verry Light—This is a rocket fired from a pistol. It bursts in the air, with fireworks display Lright enough to illumine No Man’s Tand and reveal enemy sconts. Col- ored shells aro used for signals. The | very bright SOS rocket is called by the soldiers “Save-Our-Souls.” A scout | in No Man's Land caught upright in | the lare of an exploding rocket i often entirely safe if he stands pe fectly still German, Lady—Do you think it take Willie's candy? Tommy—I don’t have to T kin lick him.—Life. A Mean One. Land at night with some defi- | through the zone of the | any Amerian police department. Dealer.) from France IZxper (Cleveland Plain reported thut ntia dozet | hetter Knives. In a trench an overcoat that strik the ankles, drags in the mud and nearly as bad as no coat at all. The practice of cutting off now has become general American army and a garment of the length us- ually seen in the United States rapidly is caming to be regarded as a sort of a curiosity over here. A\l this shearing, of course, left many strips of cloth as short There was nothing to do with the pieces. Many a boot was polished with khalki An army motor truck life. For many he sits exposed on machine, often spinning along at i rate that would cause an epidemic of heart disease in the traffic squad of The drivers manage to keep fairly con- yrtable sometimes —wearing three suits of heavy woolen underclothes. Their chief complaint has been that they conld not keep their hands warm and many have been known to stop their machines in the road and toast their fingers at the exhaust pipe. Then a driver with a pair of scissors, needle, thread and a good imagination cut four shapes from an overcoat bot- avercoats conts driver lead; a cold hours a da tom, sewed them together in pairs and | found that by wearing the mittens over the regulation knitted gloves hi hands remained warm even in the coldest weather. Overcoat hottoms are | in demand mnow. Vorwaerts serves notice on the Eol- sheviki that they have nothing to hope for from Germany in the way of rev- olufion on Polshevik lines. Germans are sober, steady, hard-working peo- ple; nothing could appeal to them less than such ectacle as the Bolsh degree | One of | over- their coats off | « the front of his| have h v i COLORS AT YALE 0ld Time Frolics Abandoned for | Serious War Time Program New Haven, Feb. 22.—Washing- ton's birthday, for two generations a play day at Yale university with its snow ball fights and fence rushes, and in the p: few years alumni day, took a new aspect today. It was not the holiday of peace times; every- thing about it had the significance of war. Graduates came back for their reunion and to see the univer- at work by visiting classrooms and the gymnasium, and to be greet- ed by President Hadley and the pro- But it was a gathering of serious-minded men in khaki and uni- versity blue in service under the col- ors, and their interest was less in the academic side than in that which emphasized the training of the under- graduates for the art of war. The chief guest was Brig-Gen. W. G. McNalr, of the 151st field artillery brigade at Camp Deven: With him came more than a hundred artillery | officers, who are Yale men, many en- listed members, other officers from nearby camps, and Yale men who are in departmental and special service at various posts in this section. In the early forenoon there were calls at the class rooms. At Lampson ly- ceum, President Hadley gave the wel- come. Immediately followed a boat irill by the Freshman naval training mit ai Mason laboratory. Before this ended hugles had called the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps with its bat tery of French 753 and the Yale Naval training unit for drill which losed with a review by Brig-Gen. McNair Rear Admiral Chester, 1. & N. (retired), commandant of the naval unit, and all the officers had returned. To the artillery | officers the guns were the objects rr“ marked interest. An incident of the review was the presentation of colors | to the naval unit and shortly therc- after the acceptance of the gift of a university service flag with 912 stars from Samuel P. Betts, by President Hadley, to be flown in Hewitt quad- rangle. Meantime W. Skiddy of Stamford had given to the Scientifie School a flag with 284 stars on it. At the noon-day luncheon Pre ident Hadley and several of the fac- ity members spoke and brief re- made by guests and representatives of classes. The aft- program included exercises at (he Yale armory and military gym- nasium. fessors, who ponses were Knights of Columbus ihe . observance of | birthday in the 31 tonments and army encampments ex were held under dircction of the patriotic section of the Knights Columbus, known as the fourth according to an announce- today from the supreme office order in this city. The pro- was almost identical, a speaker of naficnal prominence havinz been provided for each camp, from Aver, Mass., to San Diego, Cal., and from jucksonville, Fla., to American Lake, Wash. On each Knights of Colum- bus auditorium an “FEverybody Wel- come” sign was displaved and every speaker had the life of Washington as his main theme. All expenses incident io these par- iar celebrations of the day are to paid from the fourth the order and not witr caunp fund. Observance As a part, of Washington’ can- crciso degrec ment of the rram degre fund of from ii< Military Parade in Chicago Chicago, Feb. 22.—Chicago today obscrved Washington's birthday with a military holiday, a parade of 5,000 nien of the new Illinois reserve mili- tia. being a feature of the cclebration. Governors of seven states, in Chicazo to atiend the congress of national service, reviewed the parade. Louisville Sces New Army Mon Louisville, Ky Feb. 22.—Six thou- nd soldiers of the National Armgy (amp Zachary Taylor occupied of honor in a Washington Birth luy parade here today. | The troops were reviewed by Gen. Wilbur E. Wilder and Gov. Stanley Other army officers places in the reviewing stand. from the place Holiday in Army Camps. Wushington, Feb. 22.—~Washing ton’. birthday vas observed in all irmy camps throughout the countr | with various exercises and the soldicrs enjoyed a rest AL camps Whe from military trainin: there were no lebrations, the men engaged 1 stivities, many of them b inted leave. The cammission nn camp activities made pro- | vision for entertainment in ail camp Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 22— Washinz- ton’s birthday was observed generally as a holiday in army camps through- out the southeast today. Virtually all lining activities were discontinued and the day devoted largely to athletic and mal « holidiy ing g training patri- otic exercises, special military parades. NEGRO SOLDIER IN FRANCE. (Letter from Rev. Henry Wilds Smith) A day or two ago we had our first funeral. It was not one of our boys, but a colored boy from Alabama, who had been brought into our hospital. For some days it was known that ho could not live, and I had visited him scveral times. No coffins had come, o the boys made 2 pine box. We gave im a soldier’s funeral; as good as a zeneral would have. We wrapped him in the United States flag, half-filled \Le grave with holly, then taps were sounded. How shrill it seunded over | 1he chilly French flelds and how white 1he boys' faces looked in the fading light. So that is the end of the co ored boy from Alabam: Ave, not t end, but the beginning. e spark of idealism 1 ors an L4 o “Ting-a-ling-a-fi” , i 7 .. The merchandise referred to below means more money in War Stamps and iess money in Clothes. Saturday the last day of our reorganization sale. 15 Men’s Overcoats Values up to $28. Coats that you will not duplicate at any price next year. Satur- "$13.75 40 Men’s Suits Worsteds, Cassimeres, Ser- ges and Flannels, values up to $25. Yeour last chance at this price $16.35 MEN'S SUITS uits, odd sizes, one of a kind. The man is indeed lucky who buys one. 0.00 values. Saturday $ 0.75 Boys’ Suits $7.50 values, 10 Sufts in all. All wool with ve-inforced pants, for saturday $5.35 $1.09 Connors-Halloran Co. “ALWAYS RELIABLE” 248 Main Street Memn’s Panis Worsted values at Saturday $3.85 Sweater Coats While they last, 8 doz.. values up to $5.00. Last call $1.00 Pants, gocd $5.00, for UNDERWEAR Buy now and save next year. There will be no wool underwear. $1.50 and 1.75 values, all sizes. For Saturday only e ———————— New Britain