The evening world. Newspaper, May 3, 1918, Page 20

Vorene acenmeme a Gily sag LM FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1918 Clothes of the Fighting Man And All of His Equipment Fave Undergone Big Changes’ | FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1918 ‘TooLatefor HisOwnF uneral, Fred Mitchell, Famous Jockey, | Escaped From the Germans Your Own Eyes? Would You Believe From Tin Hats to Trench Shoes, Soldiers Back From France ot soldiers as we had come to conceive of them. T were fighters fresh from the bloody | welter of the Tou! sector. Ast the hard, drawn look co & nch helmet the clever French Je another step; they evolved the “SS service cap. This semt-limp head- cap grown familiar to us hore. We who eww the march of Per- shing’s first fifty up Broadway on Monday noted @ small canvas bag Sa A A ARLENE SR a em Here was tu onary oa French soil. of the indices of the revo) modifications of ¢he whole scheme one NEW YORK TR OOPS BEING TAUGHT ART OF CAMOUFLAGE IN CAMP NEAR NEW YORK. i aed the visible marks of strap gear, easily snatched off and stuffed At the moment he is supporting ; @ome of them tore, it was ‘ in the tunte pocket, serves the sol- tae nty orphan ¢ dren and his son ’ their rig that mace tnect sompeBo* aier when he is behind the front 7 If you look hard you'tl'be able to is in a training camp in England. ‘ inten dali eee ines, in billets or reserve and out In his regular uniform and without see that one piece of the trunk of || | The village of Gouvieux con- K Then wero revesing Be Swi of tho direct fire of the enemy. The the help of camouflage this man can this tree fen t tree at all, It's aman | vataat Roo veniie Ke Weveahinence } changes in the equipment of French now are supplying our lads be plainly seen standing in front of Ono ar tte ike PrEneS WUE EN leah of tha I ' . 5 American fighter which have Deen over yonder with a light service cap kisah thea He Hf bdh shew |ment of the war st warning effected in the nine hs sipee ‘h€ of the general design of the winter | nvasion destituted it firet soldier of Uncle Sam set foot Winner of Many Turf Events Now in This Country With \ Wear a Rig Unlike Anything Seen Here Before--Take ome ” Beers ma ener Pais ER eraremmmeg wenn aa Amazing Story of Adventures in the War Zone—Returned By Their Gas Masks With Them at All Times and | Home After Capture to Find Himself Mourned as $ Their Pack Is a Regular “Carry All.” | Dead and His Wife in Widow's Dress. % By Robert Welles Ritchie | E was captured five times by German, soldiers, shot three times, and t Se ics : am Bie Mealaa aan amen WR H escaped five times during three and a half years in the shadow of “ ESS than a year ago, when the i Sth Regiment wept down Fift the cannon. That about sums up the experience of Fred Mitchell, ‘ Avenue on its way to Camp Mills and war training, New York veteran jockey of the French and English turf, who has arrived in New ’ said goodby to the conventional soldier la d—slouch hat, blanket York from his home in Gouvieux, near Chantilly, France. He comes ta 4 roll, natty khaki and ¢ was the soldier Jad of the America to aid the Red Cross and " pieture books familiar to us from the give further of his services to the : days of the Spanish Riders, Allied cause. * On Monday last Sth (old 69th) and forty Slight of sitive but resolute of 1 a ie sa Hisill bas beds! ns rs “ti ie marched ‘purpose, Mitchell is the winner of ~ i Apshdihat ats acral Mag : Leh dl ie qi five hundred races and well known sa Here w soldier which the ie se ad to every turfman on the Continent ' sis alee iik al shia and Ame With rare tenacity of seen, The t ji : gave thunders of ohenals! spirit he has braved dangers whit to these surviv a ck were taken a little aback H “ few could endure and live in the course of his efforts to improve the lot of war sufferers. Mitchell has won special recognition for his ser- |vices from the French Government. persons, whom were Mitchell, the cure the Mairie. In Chantilly, with among and A f population of 4,000, only 150 res’ MITCHEL of warfare which have beea wrought sjung over each man’s left shoulder iad mien and oldie nad ; bs in the threo and a half terrible yeare/and dangling near his hip. This ly women and old mer ected to remain of the world’s agony. contained the gas mask. All of us smoke from the battle of the Ma id scarcely lifted when 1 For every alteration in the €@Tb/ have become familar through pho- ) is then fourteen-year-old son, set ovt toward } | Sad equipment of the soldiers New |tographic illustration with the gar- |Senlis and Compiegne in s@arch of refugees and rhdier York saw on Monday thero has been | goyig shape of the soldier with the | “We were on the road from Chan- ‘ | a very tmmediate cause, Tho arts—| gas mask. | i SPREE pe |German south into the French lines | and deviltries—ot organtzed killing! 1+ was tho second Battle of Fh éa| ie Ae fe : vi if “i is Se i cout {OH # Teconnoitering expedition ¥ if have moved eo rapidly that to-day in 1916, when the Germans turned jounding a curve two miles we I urged him to e¢ © the next the French soldier with his ecarlet loose floods of chlorine gas against of Compiegne on our bicycles, a y he opportunity aff i. The trousers—giving @ fair mark a8 far i. pave Canadians, which brought harsh command in French caused were in h or, as he as the eye of the artillery gunner 11, cas mask into use, It has eut-| us to dismount. Six German sol t ad spoke fluent ‘Tibead >a beeping er fered many modifications tending to- ily armed and led by bh ed to make the { boy wit © bilan! ward efficiency, ‘The American Army RubuEs Ciressdle aaanceee OWA e a el A “ norning a Tapping campaign hat ere dead a8 1404 ino english mode | oldier He gave the dodo. Wo shall seo them ©0/ no most etringent rules obtain| iil ess § F oe easter d more; not after they have been to}i. 41 ene Allied armies in palsbehoa j | “‘Who are you?’ the latter de-| wi nt pec I was taken France, at least. i manded, but without waiting for a ed to dig what 1 ” to the use of the gas mask. It is} ‘ " William B. MoCormick, assoctate) «eq when a gas alarm is sounded | reply turned to his men and gave an |" for a machine HB etitor of the Army and Navy Journe,| 24 must not be removed until the| : lorder to proceed northward. Dur-| dT discovered B | assisted Tho Evening World to-day! moor in command of tho detach-| poceetenn false the. enaulcenioaraey;cwhioh J which after- k in making @ survey of the changes! ent ao orders, Nor does he give| = np in the: pleture above, wlioh li pie ae ne n good i ‘4 have been wrought in the garb| ape . | This man is trying to hide amon) stump and which ts man is hard to 4 + | judged to be a distance of five mi nm me to eat. At ar ee of the ein fighter | os rer Uatili® medical Meer bas) the rocks to shows how diffleult t te {el TOU BU OF ervosllent enmoutians ot ee stanton ne let ee bué |: |1 was continually Jabbed in the back aken back to the 7 tested the alr in the gassed sector to| 1 one ot t is one of the methods of conceaiment c ‘a iis é , i d 4 and fn discovering the immediate de-| en tt is ore once more, Dus. Se concen eelf utthout the atd rlvhs Hy the man shown in picture at left. with bayoneta, They spoke very| teat and chained to vit, ahh } Yelopment on the battle front whieh | ots ee. carious ddceeroia | i RN i " di | good French, for, as I came to know | ©Y had not returned and the Ser- f is and that change, Be- y E Prete @ UNDERWOOD Ane UNDRRWwese furious, One of the men een tis on Vlne and aeacend.| Paces for us fumes to lurk. ies ; afterward, most of them had been wie Ge aliene ct cece i ogre at tho skyline and descend: |" he so-called Sam Browno belt ts Here Is the Way a Man Is Made to Look Like a Rock or Part of a Tree qanpieved incthie sieluity. netors thel brewa 4 bie r » hero are some ] 8 ie a wee _ penemmaiaiiis - s @maceraing tho transformation of | °f Biteb plod and very practical | —— . _ cena ones Scns emanate war and at the outset had gone to! “spitting on ices, ho ¥ : as well as frankly ornamental. To ry o ° ; ich they |turew them on t round with an our Sammy: rf ; Xu é join the German Army, which they r n n are attached the revolver, the first > I " ther Bi; + The trench helmet—popularly | aia yit and tho binocular case fee te rass in an aptoca u un knew would advance to meet them, oh A ee ne called the “tin hat yas ks officers cull {t the Liberty belt. ‘They ee “On the last leg of the journey one | 5° , M ¢ t mo weak ; ready inventions of the French,| ae ° | : ¢ 5 r itted t ve T, ; . T. ; m —, i : eB turned to me, ny AvVenou: 1 0 5 | whose military genius leads tho|4Te Permitted to we at only when | There Are Two Kinds of Tapioca, the Wild Tapioca Which Roams the Tapioca Archipelago and|° ie Hehe i «apes: [HE TIGR Aa 08: na f y » lines en peel 7 4 ah Tani, , . " i “‘You English wine, we'll show | Boche perceived my action he bel- world, It was dug out of the ale Su neve in argos aitine Chis tartan the Tame Tapioca But the Government Says That Tapioca Is Used in the Crocheting Sree ea ae wilt acien! vara la [JoNee GU uispahon: Analainiacanal tiquity to meet @ very torn 3 4 ANS ‘ 7 y i spies,’ be said, | ; fl ot aioe if prohibition reflects Pershing’s dis- of Munitions and Must Be Vetoed From the Menu. “Wo climbed @ hill leading to the |“/¥e tho point of the bayonet Into j estgency. favor of “swauk.” . my buck. : The Battle of tho Marne marked “ v9 Devil's Quarries. There was acamp, 4 the end of open warfare, after tho] The web belt, used by officer and By Arthur (“Bugs”) Baer containing about ono hundred ol-| eae Water doadat re ta Mew @ 1 firet German sweep through Belgium, | P¥ate alike when In actual combat,| Copyright, 1918, by ‘Phe I Publist York 1 s World). | wears its disposition ou U and Js oue jump behind the alienists and aiors, It seemed to be an observas|rny Way. In the aud the commencement of those long |SUPPorts the cartridge clips, the new HE biggest gun of the war is the bird which has just exploded right one Jump ahead of a fit Monupont eadh lay sonianl cleyalon| ee e v under the | months of trench wartare which only |*t¥le Water bottle—which has sup- te Gap AUrArined complexions and tiown ts a Ane cians The tame tapioca is busted to harness and generally docile, although | commanding a view of the valley eben ey , rong were broken last month by the great|Planted the old canteen—the first Folks who spend their lives riding on the glass-cyed zebra in life's | YeTY Wncontrollable when parked on a kulfe Instead of @ epoon. It's ODIY | THe Boches led us to 4 small CARVES) 45 Gogrecs, 1 : . m4 efore | #4 packet and the bayonet seabbard. 2 ambition in life seems to be to earn dividends for the hat boy who brushes} ),..+ some distance fro elr ms : . ions oe with @ Teutonic push in Pleardy, Befor carousel and bhing at th r at 1 tent some distance from their main ? 5 Yeet tremendous engagement the| The sword bau been abandoned on-| e*ouse! and grabbin no bra, f t wi it off your P a It has heretofore been considered a n0n-! ump, The tent pole was buried |‘ m F to mo. gids y c € i-heate col yutton d ear afi n " at ntt now co of res sbi n ckes ‘~ " * iy . ie, eb, outer only trenching done by soldiers in|ttely by officers except for cere-| lik fan heated collar bu and ‘ essential, liko a knowledgo of three-cushion billiards to @ obipwrecked | geey in tho ground and around | . bes in guaNy hula 4 praia aiveniet trench | ™onial uso behind the lines, It no} Vhile we are shal our a mit ‘ nariner or a high hat in the Automat Daarat tear ting bs ealon: @aelat: ar i ‘ ene HOS WIL PAYOR GE Bi TERRY | cr In GONKMired a Weare. Ween (one tribe ee folks: who! ardgalw the t But now the Government says that tapioca is used in tho crocheting | vend a heavy chal ee [een male down wpade—mere piles of dirt hastily epee the birds who owned rolle ating wa ’ i that “ api a uie | tached # heavy chain and lock | “Don't unswer me, he retorted thrown up by an advance ine to|tte cavalry sabre is a thing of tho| They are the birds who owned ro hate kating wa is munitions and that it must be vetoed from menu. Packing shells! we were guarded until the big,! ang swung the butt end of hls rife hold a temporary position, Our boya| Ast, for there aro no more dashing" then grabbed the brass ri up t es. 't ode wiih tapioca to be exploded under the Kaiser's moustache 18 some benevo- yering Sergewnt camo up, THE ee my heed teeta Lie tite in Cuba and later in the Mexican|°@¥¥lry charges theso grim days,| bikes down to a whisper ani aed Fase Ori : Ue apiece, BHEADHOL +8 Jens to abel the! Clown BEBO UOEl Loy toaned aver to-take His BICYCIO| cy lott ares, ihe biog ohialioline ct {mbrogiio know this business of English officers go into battle with | ¢"t!! at a 1899 one-lunged & se y i n vul apie « high explosive may lead to barbed | our of the way, when the German, |iuoes of um forearm tna ae ea |crook-necked canes on thelr arma; SHC on aboorbiug t 1 I f pag fenees and bayonets made of four-pronged asparagus. with a back-hund swing of his fist,| eq stuck me an whe © fel But the French discovered this be 1© American officers follow them| !° iD Rolly-Fore 1 t © ca even Ww However, if transferring taploca from the dally menu to the western! struck him in the face, ‘Sale co-| Maarleny | lay cosenloed € ca ined Jin this quaint concett, ‘This te not|# Shoe horn and a boatload front will win the war, no patriot should claim tapioca exemption. The} chon,’ be said gruffly, and moving ow al : ginning of trench warfare marked 7 + + {not kno But the pain brought n. an increase in head casualtice or|Stogether “ewank;" the cane ts While wo'une fatw Mong et of Ingrown ¢ only soro birds will he the plate polishers who shine the platter UD] over to mo placed the chain around |iround and I manased lo tear rere berease © ‘ | bies are brass-ring he y ough t v of te bh ack Sprat « + ons C } Srouns by o ar strip: wounds above the shoulders caused |Y#ed to point when the roar of| Dables are bra : es righter than 4 pratt and Mra, Spratt, Conscripting the taptoca will) my tett ankle and snapped the look. |o¢ canvas from tho (ent and pandas by shrapnel and machine gun fire,|PAttle drowns the oMcer's voice, | felePheue booth : ‘i : win the war and take one ride away from the fish who are always Ereb-)1 was furious, but powerless. jthe arm after a fashion . cr ic ta the Svar Gallons | ee Morioateld ride our men carry cay u otha ut nd { ret 1 aye bing th bre ring om the oats ota el i eae “About an hour later ono of the| “That night I crept aeay, Mak chins inside of one collar four appetites co! eath on | Go to It. Sacrifice your taploca and ha ervice star in your . - t 4 remembered the morion or ridged |'s tho samo arm they used on the! rey ride the menu from consomme to filbert ha brace cite Que ARE UD B GOrvsCe y soldiers brought two small biscuits | ing for the cave entrance, 1 pr ' and vaulted helmet that men-at-arms | border two years ago. The broad ring and keep right on riding. They brass-ring t ; ‘ Ganesh the size of an ordinary cracker and | across a pile of debris that cluttered B of the Middle Ages used to wear|sword-bayonet is unchanged. The|toen different courses and then squawk for an encore, And when tuey| two tins of water, The tins at one|the interior, It was a mushroom + § when Louts XI, was King jFrench bayonet is slender @nd more! got on the tapioca carousel 5 aAtmag | Real Foresight time had held some kind of potted |cave French peasants used. ‘There T ti Straightway the —morion, or | Wicked looking, | isbere are two Kicde of taviocs, he wild tapioca whieh roame diel ¢¢y “AME aérald yeu do nol prantian, aecnomy io’ peas 4ha Giese and gti beef, walsh farsigh age) Aad Bo remained thirty hours, helpless with § ] trench helmet, made {ts appearance.| Observant persous who saw Per-| Tapioca Archipelago and the tame tapioca which divides Its Ume betwe | eeonani, ol TEPER Mame 98 By nth aut of it Mus bere it te holies ee ee Was unit to) pain and hunger. And then came i rel odel very closely re-| shi {ty | Mr. Jo . eg , {drink, We had no covering of any | semi-consciousness. What arouse, The Fr ie ry closely shing’s fifty returned heroes march} the waiter’s thumb and your chin. ‘The wild tapioca ts very wild, as the | r. Jones, ‘ good ta you nor anybody else ad wate lett alone, on thal s ‘oused } sembled the helmet the modern fire-|up Broadway looked aghast at tho| natives of the Tapioca Archipelago sleep with hoos on and \ } His unt a contemptuons| F ny! Muh!" sort ry reel mae ioe @}me were the sweetest words I ever followed another antique design and|of the old Missourt style, This fs the| time a native feels that bi behind the fa he moves } hirt front 7 hed Hed, And, bi 4 call Tam saving that dress | day & es On, ‘boy Never mind me, » squat, broad-b od “tin | tren | lowed her thithe for my next wedding." glued to my body where blood from | Give ‘em hell!’ The sound of firing evolved the squat, broad-brimmed “tin| trench shoe Which has bean pro-/up an hour and saves d ght. No w ow ph held for « while.—Cleve-|the bayonet jabs bad dried. caulk ein a ring, i" ; ow. wear! " I she © at held him for a w —Cleve- » ba 8 logetiie! th shouts, hanacian hat” which our own boys now wear | vided our soldiers for the rough work | ————— a ~ 1 took out a bundle land Plain Dealer. “The following morning the Ser-| strength, for I ey y Baan we ul ei nd © e "7 d tre ng. It t ' . h, ft soldierg —@ heavy and cumbersome thing at /of battle and trench wading. It is a| work; one stamp on the head from! row, rew « i nar ‘earing th aE <-OeaEy geant demanded my papers. After) must bo storming the obs ig dest, but calculated to save many|copy of the Belgian Army shoe 1 > ‘te Molen an thel bainw (ha hin PLAYING IT BOTH WAYS, oservation a | copy ’ 4 trench shoo Is as efficient as the| below th ed a lovely,| Phd y)_Whith do, you} # close perusal he threw them on|post, I was carrted back into the eousanis of lives The pew art of large roomy and with the rough side | blow of a gun but "i ; ‘ | more highty—the pleasures of| the ground at my feet without com- | lines and finally reached Gouvieux, eamoutiage dic d that the French | of the leather turned outward. The pack, which th oldie 1 Hho pla In Is my wedding |) rthe p ures of memory? ment, They gave us a small portion} “My wife was in mourning and | helmet should be painted blue; the} The shoe is heeled with a seml-| marc) order carr peek fier carries his ¢ | Ho (briskly)—J'm for both. Hor ex-| of black bread and then took the| funeral already had been en Maslish and Amerikan a khakileiroular rim of steel to take tho|back, is purely en American design|goncy ration, a change of clothing | “A Mine drowat™e mot aTmplo. 3 hope for # quick turn in thel boy away with the two bicycles,!old cure wopt with Joy on oe ; brown to tone with the uniform grinding of stones and sand. It bas! and greatly praised by European|an extra pair of shoes and 1 | hot economy; its bibese and if iteurna my way, the That evening he returned, telling and said they had all thouehy — Because of the weight of the become almost 4 weapon for close military critics, It is long and nar-'kit as well as bis blanket | scutumen Jt would buve been gired’—vusbuioud ‘limea-Dispatce me ho had beew forced to lead w dead,” 4 ‘ { a pa) .