Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 39 | Sammy Show His Mettle Just as Fight Starts

SAMMY SHOWS HIS METTLE JUST AS IT STARTS ST ARTS Tt Americans Do Some Sob Sober Thinking Up Upon n Orders to Enter Battle WITH TIlE THE AMERICAN AR ARMY IY FIGHTING IN NORTHERN FRANCE WITH TIlE THE BRITISH AND FRENCH May 2 25 The 25 Th The true truc stuff st that Is Ig In the average American Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican comes to the surface Just before beCore he goes goe Into battle The hour comes when ho suddenly quits all foolishness and hors horseplay with his fellows and settles down to a a. lot lotof lotof of ot sober thinking Far from tram being the rough careless fellow that his life back of ot the lines might often otten indicate h he stands out as asa asa a young man with clean heart and motives motives mo mo- tives liveR to the dangers danger he be Is 15 going Into but possessing a high pa patriotism patriotism pa- pa and courage and a a. determination tion to see the thing through regardless regardless regard regard- less Jess of the cost to himself lt Americas America's interests will always be he safe In the hands of at such young men They have felt before the command to go forward was given gheen that their names would like figure In the casualty lists within a n. very few tew days But there was no faltering Never NeverIn In my life have I seen such nobility of ot countenance On every face there appeared appeared ap- ap ap p. pear tI the light of ot an Iron resolve JUDGED BY SONGS A soldier can be jud Judged ed by the sons songs onS he sings s The Y M M. C. C A. A has hag done a most valuable lp work through h Its musicians and entertainers entertainer In breaking the terrible terrible terrible ter ter- tension that must necessarily hang over the army Just before a a. big bit engagement Every Everi evening Y M. M C. C A. A song leaders leaders lead lead- ers went Trent from battalion to battalion assembling the boys and having them Join In songs I went out several evenings with a ayoun ayoung ayoung young youn fellow named Mee who In fri civil life Is a professional song sOl director Nearly every eve soldier had been provided provided provided pro pro- vided with one of ot the Y 7 M M. C. C As A.'s song soldiers sheets containing some sixty five songs In the list were Cuddie Cuddle Cud die dle Up a Little Closer I Wish I Had Hada a Girl Oh You Beautiful Doll DoU Oh My 1 Darling Clementine Polly Doodle and others of at similar ness But not once did cUd I hear a a. soldier call can for one of these songs The They were popular popular popular pop pop- ular stuff stutt In the carefree rollicking days back In the rest camp camps but th boys had no heart for tor them as ns the they waited wafted within earshot of at the bI big guns to go 0 into action OLD MELODY FAVORED When Director Mee Iee would say What wo we sing fellows Name it it ft calls would go up on all sides for tor Keep the Home Fires Burning Silver Threads Amon Among the Gold Theres a aLon aLong aLong Lon Long Lone Lona Trail My Iy Bonnie I Lies Lieg te Over the Ocean Little Gray Home in the West and My Old Kentucky Home Horn e Boys Toys whose thoughts go 10 back bade thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of miles across the ocean to their mothers and their sweethearts can generall generally gen gen- be depended upon In a n. pinch a a. colonel said to me mc one evening as he ho stood on the outskirts of ot tho ho crowd listening to the singing These boys Loys think they have bae to show a rough exterior to one ono another In the arm army but at rock bottom they're pure gold he added Letter writing Increased three-fold three among tho the boys hoys after the they reached the threshold of oC the big battle The boys havo have no Illusions as to what hat they're there getting into They're determined that It shall shan be said of at them If it the they die that they gave a good account of at them them- selves