Show RIVALRY BETWEEN MARINES AND AND ARMY OLD I Pride in Appearance e of I Camps and Equipment I Back Bac of Feeling I I IBy By J. J W. W United Press Staff Correspondent AMERICAN Al FIELD HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS TEnS France Sept 8 Wa S.-Wa Way Way up at atthe it the end of this camp apart those army people are the Uni United ld States Stites marines the fellows who bought worth of ot French war loan j just justas st stas as a starter Army fellows have to come up to th the marine camp occasionally to have their theft teeth fixed or their feet repaired by Jy y the marines' marines chiropodist Aside from these fe few invasions the marines dont don't suffer the presence of ot their ancient rivals The chiropodist Is a Boston boy who Bho studied foot culture in Philadelphia and enlisted there when war was declared His book of ot operations shows a record of thousands of marching blisters hundreds of troublesome corns and anda andu a long list of miscellaneous foot troubles trou- trou trou trou- bles tiles cured since the expedition came cameo to o Franc France With their own headquarters th their ir irown own billets their own instructors and anda a training ground all to themselves t lie tse e marines are managing to keep the lipe 1 e drawn between themselves and the army They claim their streets are a aI I little cleaner their manners a a. Ut lithe litle le better than those of the arm army And And it It was sort of a challenge to th the In khaki when the marines pulled off oft their sudden financial drive e with that contribution of gold to the FrencH w war r funds x S 5 To get to the marines' marines camp you pass pas all along the line of the first contin contin- gent At the roadside you see the leanto leanto leanto lean- lean to cook tents covered with camouflage of p paint and leaves to prevent aerial al spotting Cooks are preparing big p pans of steak cauldrons of ot stew and rows s of ot peach pies for the time when tho those e tiny figures visible on the ridge of the distant hills will form ferns into columns and come trooping back into town w with witha wh wha h ha a loud demand for grub and a whole lot Jot of It Khaki disappears from view and antI V T the green gray-green of the marine corps takes its place In the scheme or the he camp when you break breal into the zone of f the soldier sailors At the roadsIde theres there's a long low roof root sheltering m marine ma mi- rine mules while over me road hangs haigs an arch with the words Honor and aDd Glory to the American Soldier written n in letters of wild flowers by the tile lT ti h townspeople C Officers quietly encourage the rivalry between marines and the army par y because they know its it's a good thing to have competition between two to forces that are nearing perfection in Jn the tho business of killing Germans GermanI Just at present the marines are model boys in jn caring for their because theres there's an nit order out that wh when n the Issue of uniforms is gone goVie the marines will drop their green gray and adopt the army khaki No marine wants to wear the army suit But the present marine uniform has long trousers trousers trousers trou trou- sers which dont don't do for the kind of fighting that goes on in jn the trenches |