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THE NASSAU POST, FRBEPOP.T. N. Y.. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1918 I NATIONAL ARMY MEN EAGER TO Gn INTO FRONT I E TO STOP ROCHE “ They’ll Make the Finest Soldiers In World,” Says General Over seas— Soldiers Determined to Fight to Finish— Snipers Take Daring Chances In “ Pot Hunting” — Negro Troops Furnish Much of Humor in War Zone. Enough of the American National cally be called murdet. The snipers army has arrived In France to bear don't call It that. They call It pot out the predictions that this army will hunting. I have talked wlfh several be one of the finest bodies of military and have been on the line with a few. men In the world. I recently went to They wouldn't any more shoot a song a section of France where new troops bird or a magpie than they would kill are quartered for final training, writes one of their own officers, but shooting Don Martin In the New York Herald. Frit* across the line—that's another There I saw the vanguard of the mil- story. It Is dangerous business, too. lions who were legally selected to serve Many a sniper Is sniped himself. Some 1 their country. A general who has been all his life In the army fairly 'glowed In admiration of them. “They are a splendid lot of boys,** the officer said. \They are proud to be here. They nre sorry fof the boys j at home who are not to help In the great battle for democracy. They want to get right In the line. They realize the dangers fully, but that doesn't wor ry them. They have had their eyes opened fully to the wonderful sacrifices France has made. They have seen how the villages are shipped of every thing but the very old and the very young, and yet they have seen how de termined and cheerful the country Is. So they are proud to be here, and they are going to make the finest soldiers the world has ever seen.\ Superlatives ordinarily nre not per mitted by the censorship when refer ence Is made to Americans. A deeply of them camouflage themselves and stand for hours In range of a thousand rifles. There Is a young American of ficer from Massachusetts who Is assign ed to technical work, who spends a day and a night each week on the line sniping the enemy, lie does It be cause he likes It. lie Is an expert rifle shot and he enjoys the hazards of his work and gets satisfaction from killing Huns. The two best known Hun snipers are Black Fritz and Crazy Fritz. Black Fritz Is dead. Crazy Fritz was wound ed, but whether he Is dead Is not known. Black Fritz harassed the American sector for weeks. He was a good shot and put bullets now and then through a soldier’s armor hat. But one day he was spotted behind a log and a bullet struck him between tho eyes. “H q was a handsome chap,” said a sniper, “and had beautiful hair, blonde grounded principle of the Ajnerlcan | as a girl’s and combed buck like a col- censorshlp is that America, w-hlle glory- lege boy’s.” Ing In her own Idealism and achieve- “If he hud blonde hair why did you ments, must not forget that France and call him Black Fritz?” England have been at war for nearly “Because he hung so much crepe on four years and have set n very high our doors.” standard for Uncle Sam. But the su-' There is another Hun known ns perlutlves indulged In by the general FoollshiFrltz, and a rather pretty story were sincere. He actually believes the may be told about him. He Is not a National army will be ns fine n lot of sniper. The men In the trenches cun- men as ever stood In a uniform, and not tell Just what he is. I'erhaps, they after seeing them and talking with have figured, he corresponds to an them In more than fifty villages I American football or baseball m ascot must say that I think he has prophetic He is n mere youth and he takes dnn- vislon. ! gerous chances. He might have been All Show Their Mettle. shot a hundred times, but the Amerl- To praise the National army does can snipers haven't the heart to kill not Imply disparagement of any other him. wing of our military force. The mill- | “One day,\ sold a sniper who has tla group has already, In various watched him play uround like a kitten, clashes with the enemy, shown the “he crawled up over the top of the stuff of which It Is mode. The 104th trench and went over to a log and lay regiment, which halls from Massachus- 0° It. He was there for an hour sun- etts, has been decorated by the French : nlng himself. I had a bead on him all government for Its valor under heavy fire. All the men have made good, but all they have done will unquestion ably be equaled by the excellent army of draft men. The latter have the physique, the Initiative and the spirit. As one of them said, “We’re not here the time, but what's* the use?—a mere kid. Another time a new sniper here saw him and was Just about to pick him when I said ‘Nothing doing.* We can’t exactly understand what It means. About two weeks ago I thought I’d give the youngster a scare, so I put because we’re here; we’re here because a bullet in a very small tree about a It's where we belong and where we | foot from him. He scampered out of sight like a frightened puppy. I often wonder If he or anyone else knows that he is living in the shadow of death. Maybe the Germaus figure they learn something from It. However, you’ll never catch me killing that kid.” Negroes Furnish Much Humor. Humor gleams frequently through the grimness of w ar and much of It comes from the negro soldiers from the United States. A particularly dark skinned private was overhauled re cently by a military policeman. It was on a country road and the soldier was ambling along with his military outfit as well as about 150 pounds of sou venirs of France. \Where are you from?’ asked the po liceman. “Me, sah? I'se from Alabama.” “Whereabouts In Alabama?\ “Don’t K’ uw, sah, exactly, but I’se from Alabama.” “Where you going to?\ “Well, I don’t ’xnctly know, sah.” “Where you coming from?” “The last place I 'member, sah, 's Barleybuck. Seems to me the train I was on went while I’s buying a few things to take back when I go.” “Do you know where you nre?” “Can’t ’xnctly say I do, sah (looking around with the feigned erudition of an astronomer), but I reckon I’se some where in France.\ The negroes amuse the French peo ple. The big black boys swing along the country roads singing or smiling. They frequently organize n quartet Ip a camion and if the work In which they are engaged Isn’t vitally Important stop beside a road to “put over” a few di minished sevenths, better known as barber shops. And they know how to do it. They are happy-go-lucky wher ever found. Wait to be.” The training they re ceived In the United States worked wondeis In them. In a little village a handsome young ster In a private's uniform saluted with the grace and snap of a trained regular. He had the look of the sol dier In every line. “Where are you from?” I asked. He named a small city In the North- West. “Were you ever a soldier before?” “No, sir,” he said, smiling. “I never did anything before but spend father’s money and get arrested for speeding.” “Are you glad to be here?” “I wouldn’t be anywhere else for anything In the world.\ Seated In front of a small house, a wrinkled woman on one side, an aged man on the other and two wee chil dren playing on the ground In front of him, I paw another young man who would attract attention anywhere. As the officer who accompanied me ap proached the young man jumped to his feet, snapped his heels together and saluted as if militarism was In his innrrow. He said he came from a small town In the middle West. I asked him about his affairs before he Joined the army. “I was In tne lumber business,\ the private rejoined. “I was getting along pretly well—have n wife and two chil dren about like these here (pointing to tie two near his feet), b u t even If I knew' my business was going to ruin I wouldn't go bnck if they’d let me. I'm here to stick It out to the finish and you’ll find all the hoys the same way.” The spirit of all Is, as this young lumber dealer said, Identical. The men are here to fight for France and demo- craey. They understand exactly what the Issues nre. They understand pre cisely why the United States came In to the war and they will he disappoint ed If pence comes before every allied aim has been achieved. Amoag the first ten thousand Na tional array men who came here to fill in various unite may be found men rep resentative of every branch of citizen ship. I saw motorraen, farmers, bank clerks, architects, lAvyers, manufac turers, brokers, commission men, car- BAN ON LOAFING Orders Against It Issued to the Peace Officers. Loafers will no longer find Wabash, Ind., a haven for them, under orders Issued recently by Sheriff Vrooman to every peace officer In the county. They provide for the arrest and sentence ^ T ^ r ’ f a c r ^ v e a t M u i r ““^ e 7 s I <* e™ 7 man or'boy In the county, were men with names suggestive of, no^ OUt t •very nationality in the world. ! v The public n (enera! Is asked to These particular soldiers are in hel» J£eTent lou«nf d\ria* V\e w*r northeastern France, where they are with Germany and Austria and is ask- going through intensive g raining to ** to cooperate with the offleta s eqalp themselves for the front line. I by telling them whenever a loafer Is ■nlpera In the Trenches. Far off there was a slight movement close tat the ground. Two snipers were Watching. “Go on shoot,\ said one. \It's your tarn,” sa[d the other. There was a snap of the trigger. \You binged him all right—that's three In twe days.\ Perhaps this sniping might technl- foood. The sheriff promises to see that the men either go to Jail or to the state farm. Tough to Be Bumped, “The war Is producing a slang all its own,\ writes a Y. M. 0, A. eecre- tary oversees. “In England, for ex ample, when you hear tliat a ship was •bumped’ you know It was torpedoed.\ CAPTAIN \SKIPPY” STIRS THINGS UP ON LINER Plans Big Program of Sports, but Ship’s Commander Figures w on Safety First. In America Cnptnlh “Sklppy\ would get credit for being a \self starter,” or perhaps a \stem-winder.\ He does not smoke, nor drink. He Is twenty-one, blonde, pink cheeked and rushes about bareheaded always, like a schoolboy at picnic. And the first day out he started the good American school girl game of skip ping the rope, thus winning his title. But he Is a \go-getter.\ He got on and off of Gallipoli. No boy’s cam paign that for the officers and men. \Sklppy” has gone out and got a war cross for bravery. He also got himself a captaincy In the British army; and he has come safely through three years of war. Outside the smoking room—It Is npt on record that he Infests that spot— the captain has been Jnst about the life of the party. He started gallop ing promenades with nurses, stealing them right and left. Starting also dissensions and mutterlngs among the lees fortunate. A few days later he was collecting a \buck\ from everybody and pre senting n purse to the band. It was he who discovered the ship’s \grama- phone\ and had It carried about deck. At the same time he was organizing \sports” and ranking a speech to the assembled American officers, enlisting their aid In mustering out their tal ent * • • • t 1 - \We’ll have pillow fights, tug of war, potato races, yon know; no end of fun,” he said, “and we’ll give some prizes—n wooden epoon or some such rot.\ 1 It was going great guns when the captain of the ship explained It wouldn’t be safe to try to crowd the entire ship’s company at one spot on the boat Plans have been changed and the movement goes forward now for a mighty concert in the first cabin dining room. CELEBRATES 48TH YEAR Bapiist Sunday School has Appro priate Exercises with Church. Last Sunday morning. June 30, the forty-eighth anniversary of the found ing of the Rockvil e Centre Baptist Sunday School was celebrated by the school and the church. The exercises, in a combination ser- | vice, opened with sacred music by the choir. Pastor Johnson, officiating, made a short introductory address, and John S. Dorlon of the Hempstead Baptist Church reviewed the founding of the i Rockville Centre Sunday School. Hr , | was a member of the school in its | early days. The absence of Deacon | ' Byder, founder of the school, who, died a few months ago, was felt keen- | ly. Mr, Dor .on had been a close | friend of the deacon, and he spoke ' ! feelingly of this relationship. Rev, Edwin B. Richmond, a former [ pastor of the church, and a warm friend of the .Sunday School, gave a j history of it from the day it was founded. He described the first meet- I ing in the old railroad station, which j is now an Italian dwelling place. He pictured its early struggles for exis- j tence when on y ten or twelve schol- 1 I ars could be mustered to the impro- j j vised school on Sunday afternoons. He described its gradual growth until I today it is one of the foremost organi- 1 zations on Long Island. For Sale, To Let, Wanted. FURNISHED ROOMS to let; phone Freeport 1261-J. 21 THEATRES THEATRES PLAZA THEATRE GROVE ST., FREEPORT Telephone AI5-W Program for Week of July 7 SUNDAY—Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Gree- ly In L e n p t o Fam e BURTON HOLMES TRAVELOGUE MONDAY—Charles Chaplin in A Night O u t Bryant Washburn In K i d d e r AL Co. A Bus iness Bromide In One Done Matinee 3.30 P. M. TUESDAY—Harry Morey and Florence Deshon In T h e (Golden G o a l MACK SENN E T T CO M E D Y -Tho P u l l m an B r i d e WBDNBSDAY-Mary Pick ford in M ’Lin*. by Bret Harte SIDNEY DREW COMEDY Matinee 3.30 p. m. THURSDAY—Henry B. Walthall in H u m drum B r o w n CURRENT EVENTS _______ FRIDAY—May Allison In T h e W lu llin g of B e a t r i c e PICTOGRAPH CARTOON. SA T U R D A Y - T h r e e A c ta o f H igh (Jinan V a u d e v ille Jack Pickford In M ile a M i n u t e K e n d a ll ALICE HOWELL COMEDY—In D u tch Matinee 3 P. M. Evening 7.15 SUNDAY—Ethel Clayton in .Journey,s 15u d BURTON HOLMES TRAVELOGUE WANTED— Position for general of fice work and typewriting. Telephone 265-J. FOR SALE—A good farm mule and a large dog. A. Ruhe, telephone 812-M. WANTED—Furnished room with I board for gent.eman. Gerdelman, 72 Pearsall Avenue, Freeport. 1-22 REFUSED NATURALIZATION Austrian Has Two Sons In the United States Army. Anton Kngler, forty-one years old, of St Louie, who has two sons In the military service of the United States, has been refused final naturalization papers. He Is a native of Hungary and came to S t Louis in 1904. One of the sons, Rudolph, eighteen. Is an enlisted man in the regular army. The other, Frank, sixteen, Is with a hospital unit In Georgia. Both enlist ed with their father’s consent before the slate of war with ( Austria-Hun gary. Hugler was deeply affected when in formed that he could not become nat uralized while the country was at war with this native land. “I want to be an American I\ he cried. \I have given my boys to the country.” FOR SALE—Men’s women's and children’s bicycles. 25 Russell place, Freeport, N. Y. 1-21 USED CLOTHING—Will buy men’s clothing, 47 Rai.road avenue, Freeport. 4-20 HOW REIMS WAS BATTERED BY SHELLS FOR SALE—2 good work horses; 2 horse wagons, harness. Frank B. Wood, 131 Atlantic avenue, Ocean Side. 2-19 WANTED—Position for general office work and typewriting. Tele phone Freeport 235-J. WANTED—One or two children, between the ages of 3 and 6, to board. 43 Blake avenue, Lynbrook. 1-69 G L I C K M A N Photographs of Distinction SPECIAL OFFER FOR SUMMER MONTHS One Large Cabinet Free With Each Dozen Ordered Home Portraiture and Commercial Work a Specialty 13 Railroad Avenue Freeport, L. I. Studio Open Evenings and on Sundays Telephone 841-W High School graduate wants posi tion for summer near or about Free port. For particulars, P. O. Box 18. 1-20 WANTED—Girl, high school grad uate preferred; resident of Freeport. Glickman photo studio. Railroad Ave nue, Freeport. 1-22 BARGAIN for quick buyer—7-room house, ground 80 x 170, within 5 min utes’ of depot and trolley, $3200; for particulars apply E. Green & Co., 40 Graffing place, Freeport. 1-21 GAS RANGES FOR SALE—$250—Large, roomy 1 roadster; self starter, electric lights, newly painted and in good condition. Franklin G. Hill, Merrick, L. I.; phone Freeport 484. WANTED— Hotel help, waitresses, chambermaids, man for porter, house 1 and kitchen work. Apply South Shore Hotel, Rose street and Long Beach avenue, Freeport. 1-21 * FO'R SALE—Two-seated surrey; can be enclosed; top buggy, single ! harness, farm wagon, geatleman’s | riding saddle, also a large collection of finest tools. 157 School Street, Ocean Side. Telephone 98-W. 2-21 [ LOST—On Monday, July 1, be- ] tween South Bay avenue and Mer- ■ rick road, Freeport, a small leather purse, containing between fifty and sixty dol a rs, also a Yale latch key. | •Suitable reward for return of purse with contents. Finder please phone Freeport 714-W. Our supply of Gas Ranges this season will no doubt be limited. D o n t wait until our representative calls. Place your order in any o f our offices where you can look over our different styles. Do it today. Ruud Automatic Hot Water Heaters are always in use at our offices. They work just as well in your home. Place your order early for the Ruud you expect to have installed as they will never be cheaper. Our Vulcan Tank Water Heaters are the most dependable Hot Water Heaters of this type on the market. Get busy with your order before we have to tell you that our stock is exhausted. This extraordinary photograph shows how greviously Reims has been buttered by the latest enemy bombardments. Ecrevlsse street shown here is cluttered with ruins, and along its entire length there Is not a house left standing uninjured. Here’s the Dope. One of the men employed In the rope walk at the Charlestown navy yard has written the following lines, and a copy of them has been posted near the rope plant, where It Is at tracting much attention from sailors and civilians; HERE’S THE DOPE. We make the rope That rings the bell That sounds the knell That sends the Kaiser Back to Hell. Carp, Not a Submarine. West aids residents at Union City, Mich., were terrified recently by a re port that a German aubmsrlue had been alghted In the St. Joseph river, at Union City, Mich. The first farmer to reach the river, armed with a shot gun, found a German carp instead. Be clubbed the fish to death with the butt of his gun and dragged It 1 jm<x I t weighed 86 pounds. To The Stockholders of The Baldwin Water Company Notice is heretby given th a t the an nual meeting of the Stockholders of the Baldwin Water Company will be held at the office of Wil.iam H. Ray nor, 87 Merrick Road, Baldwin, Nas sau County, New York, Friday, July 26, 1918, a t 8 o’clock p.m., tor the purpose of electing seven directors for the ensuing year and two inspectors of election to serve at the next An nual Meeting, and for the transaction of such other business as may proper ly come before the meeting. Dated Baldwin, N. Y., June 29, 1918. E. B. ROSE, Secretary. MENENDEZ Betlmore Long Island Closing Out Sale 75 Carriagee and\ Wagons 75 Top and open business wagons for bakers, butchers, grocers, etc. Wag ons, hand-made, new and eeevad head Surreys, buggriw, runabouts, with sad without rubber tires. Gash or easy payments. FRED MENENDEZ Successor Oatvin * On. Telephone Connection, Belhmvre, L. I. 4t 66 The Nassau & Suffolk Lighting G GEO. MacDONALD, President Offices at Hempstead, Freeport, Rockville Centre, Mineola Hardware and Supplii COMPLETE LINE OF THE BEST ARTHUR WHITEHOUSE 91 South Main Street Freeport, N.
