Show t WOUNDED BRING FULL MEANING OF r WAR HOME TO US rY 1 Tobacco Shocks t Waste W of v Chicagoan Eager to toV toi i i V Doff Uniforms t tr t New ew York Jan 4 As 4 As transport aft aft- letar or ar transport steams past paRt tho Statue of ur Liberty to pour moro mono thousands h 3 of or ct vet trAn fighters upon New York YorkI T I l' l and Hoboken piers Illers civilians cl who are ue 7 privileged ed t to meet theS men luen fresh from the tho battlefields of or Franco Fronco become becom e it t and moro more Impressed with t tho tiro pit pita a trul meagerness ernes of or tho the sacrifices s mad mado o fb fbI by th the folks folk who stayed stored at nt homo t t x Income Income- taxes Liberty bond pur pur- ji 1 chases sifts gifts to war work funds obe obe- to food fond regulations all fad fade tude 2 i Into when one descends s I to tho lower decks of or tho tiro big biff ports to find row after row of or doubt double k K docked beds heds containing men without t arms without leos legs without eyes cres i l Ever Every returning troop ship Is bringIng bring bring- 7 Ing tho war homo to America Who hon n the they aro all back the thc United States will wit I realize fully for tor tho the first time that t It t f nas nay been at at war R X Glimpse of or Trench LUl Life LU l 7 nut But It Is not ot tho WO men Den e alga e j who echo ho Impress tho civilian wl with h tho the men mea j of or his own sacrifices In man many it ways was tho conversations con of or tho tha me men rt j back back from over there whether they ro- ro ro j j turn well or or wounded bring homo a an n f t Ide Idea of or tho the hard lIfo In tho trenches s i V f Sometimes It Is a little things which whip h f convoy the Impression lon but It Is conf con con- Ii f none nono no no tho the less strongly for th thI tho I of or tho the Incident A newspaper reporter who had hur hur- I hur-I fleri aboard tho Baltic when It t docked docko d this afternoon with 2042 2012 O soldiers and a n. largo number of or civilians cl on board wao wat as s i talking to Henr Henry I 13 Johnson o of or f G West est Madison street Chicago and anda an oJ J t ta a a. a group croup ro p of or wounded men from all nIl parts part s lor of ot tho the United States f J The reporter started to roll rol n a t the thin rice paper tore and the tho ro ro- ro j sorter porter orter Impatiently dropped It and tit tho n I tobacco It contained upon tho the dec deck k i And started to roll another In Jn Old Id Second i 1 was with company M f One Hundred Hun Hun- dred and Thirty second Infantry th the tho fOld 4 old Second Illinois you OU know Serif Ser Ser- if f Johnson was saying easing wh when n th the tho o e reporter ruined his J wa al a gassed assod on on Au August us 9 In the Albert sector sec sec- tor on tho the Somme during Sergeant cant Johnson stopped slopped abruptly v y as as tho the reporter Impatiently dropped tit tho torn orn paper and tho small bit of ot lobac- lobac so 10 It contained An audible gasp casp wen went went t t UP from tho group croup ot of wounded vet et r Q orans orans There Thero was dead for tor n n n while tho the reporter wondered r what on earth was tho the cause causo of oC tit the hiatus In tho the conversation con Gee saM said one Then with a laugh Gee Goa I forgot wo wa were back In tho the ea United States lilt It you ou had dono that in tho the trenches you'd oud ha have hao o been mobbed ex x- x another pointing to tho tow row grains of tobacco that la lay scattered d upon upon the tha deck Anybody that throwaway throw away tobacco there would have been n rent to the tho nut house Say Im I'm glad gla d 1 J you ou did that were that were we're back In Gods God's s country countr boys were we're back bade In Gods God's s countr Surprise Every They havo o a 0 surprise for tor you ever every evory y minute these boys boy's from Over O There 1 tl For Jor Instance the girls who are aro waitIng wait walt Ing here at homo may bo be o excited about abou t a uniform but the who men como back Lac k fire are Are not Sa Say how much does a a. cult Gult o of ot f civilian clothes clothe cost now was ono one a of or f tho first questions that greeted created tho the rc rePorter re- re Porter as ho crossed tho the gangplank o of ot 1 tho the Baltic toda today They cost aplenty believe e me h he replied Well V ell I dont don't c care cara r what it costs Just fio so 0 I can get into ono damned quick came camo back tho soldier y They aro are nIl all eager to get et back into civilian clothes t i There Thero Is a danger too that confronts confronts con con- fronts credulous reporters and credulous credulous lous cI civilians alike in talking to the thc men who come back After going through a a. ship chip containing several hundred hun hun- dred 1 HI lit and wounded men one begins bogins to understand how some soma of ot tho the wild Ild tales lakes that ha harp havo como come back from Euro Europe c originated Beware of at tho the sh shell ll shock men has hs become a n watchword among tho tors A Thrilling Ful Fairy y It A reporter from n a local afternoon newspaper was talking today to a man on tho Baltic who wore wound W. W rero all shot to pieces stripes th the tho e wounded man sal said 1 Yo tV lost 2800 0 men Then rhen wo we found out that had MaJ X been giving thI Information to th the enemy The major The was waa shot as a spy wounded soldier gave o a names name s and Initials and complete details Tho reporter loft h li lIn n a on tho the run in a n. wild dash for tor tho the nearest telegraph teles to flash his story tor to his office Othor Other reporters thought tl ry y detected something odd about tho the man mm and went to a medical officer to verify tho the stor story Good heavens cn gasped the tho doctor Mono ono of or you OU sent that in to your our papers apers That man has hau shell shock Of Or f course all aU tho the teen mon know lenon about him and the they dont don't pa pay an any attention but hut I ne never thought he would tell tho the story to some ono wHo didn't know Joo his condition There Ther la 11 a 0 major named by bj this man but ho Isn't an en officer in this mans man's unit and Instead of ot going being shot as a 1 spy P ho was decorated fo to for bravery or Later other soldiers In tho the same ward t with the tho shell shock victim corroborated corroborated cor cor- the doctors doctor's st statement nt Most l of or tho the returned soldiers aro zealous e lous of or the truth and md thc they frequently w warn rn reporters nn and civilians ci when the they see them talking to some somo veteran whom v they know now to be he Buffering from shell shock Except that the they tell loll as as- tales await many of at rile tho shell sheil sheer victims appear r to bo ho perfectly norm normal comparatively fow for wounded men aboard tho the Baltic Moat float ro t o 0 of tho the soldiers h had J been In camps campa In England and had not readied reached the tho- front There were some on board however or who hail had been wounded in Franco ranco nonce an and sent to tJ hospitals In England |