Show BRITONS FROM ALL LANDS DEFEND UN UNION ION JACK INDIAN INmAN SOLDIERS ADD COLOR TO SCENES OF WAR FREDERICK PALMER I Who Is le at the front In France for the i Associated Press Presa BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE via London March 6 The The of tho the Indian troops of the tho British empire breaks the monotony ny of ot tho the grim colorless business of modern war nt at the tho British front The little mulo mule carts carte of or there thero soldiers move about among mong the powerful motor trucks from England It was wast at t fl first t feared that tho the Indians might not stand shell fire tire w well n. n but th they became used to It and now they are arc ovon oven contemptuous of It Accustomed to a hot and dry climate the tho chill and rainy weather eather and antI tho the miry mud o of northern France have havo been en their worst enemies When the sun shines a n smile mlle spreads over the whole Indian n force torce Thanks to many layers of warm clothing clothIng cloth- cloth ln Ing and careful attention the sick lIck report of ot the tho Indian troops Is normal Food From India All the tho food of ot these men has hus been brought from India Speaking no word or of English these o dusk dusky strangers have havo come como from the other side of the tha world to fight In ln France Franco for Cor Groat Britain Billeted In barns with thick layers Iners of straw for Cor their beds each race cooking Us Its food to Its taste and according to Its Us caste customs they form a separate world of or never ceasing wonder to tho the French trench Inhabitants This morning there was seen cavalry C riding b by on a muddy road rO with a background of or flat tint and misty landscape with all aU tho the precision preci 51 sion sion on they would show at a 3 royal review Occasionally Occasional among tho the dusky faces under under un un- un- un der tho the turbans there thero were tho the white countenances of tho the English officers who had trained these varied tribes and who havo have stood with them In the trenches In Itcy water up to their waists against the enemy Patriarch Is Fighter Sir Pertab Singh 72 years rear old rode at the tho head of or his regiment The They told mo me I was too old he said but I replied If It you ou will not nol let lot me fight in Franco France I will go to and fight there thero I dont don't mean to die In my bed and cannot live IIvo much longer loncer So tho they let ino mo come Although all tho the cavalry cn In is fighting as Infantry In the trenches cavalry officers officers officers cers keep up their cavalry drills and anel the horses arc In condition This Is III because thero there may be a chance for Cor the cavalry when the expected German break comes Everybody on the lino IIno speaks speas of the tho Germans going back as If this was as ascertain ascertain certain as the coming of ot spring Canadians Doing Well One Ono of or the British officers with whom the tho newspaper correspondents watched the Indian troops ride rid past made mad the remark The Canadians In their trenches arc ara aranow aronow now doing welt well The driver of ot th the motor car In which the corre correspondents were ere conveyed to the front revealed his Americanism m b by the tho use uso of New York slang He had sixteen taxicabs running In sew New N w York Tork but ho he came cam over aa as the te English say 51 To do his bit hit One meets here hor Englishmen Irishmen and anil from every part of or tho the world ready to serve In an any menial ca capacity capacity ca- ca In order to help No Now ow you ou take takA this m message e to allm allm all m my y Irish friends In America for mo moo moth said an elderly Irish h medical officer In charge chargo of ot a hospital train T Tell II them themI I have been sleeping on that car scat seat for six Ix weeks w with with th tho the harp alongside of ot me mo and the tho Union Jack over my head It was watt a fine fino time we wo had when they let me mo load m my train with wounded right where the th shells h were falling failing but they do not permit that nn any more In the outskirts of a village e wh where ro German shells fell at Intervals thero there w S was seen Infantry detachments practicing practicing at hand grenade nado attacks and In Inthe inthe the tho defense of ot trenches Nobody worried worried wor wor- rl ried d about th the th danger from German shells while the they rent the air nil with their own explosions of or bombs thrown at I close cloe quarters At another place the correspondents I entered a building which seemed neither wholly ho hospital nor wholly Y T. 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A The Tho reason that tho the location of this and many other places IB is not given Is because no German aeroplane bombs bomb am are wanted d. d In this build In ing men from their vigil vl In n th the th trenches remove their filthy clothes get warm bains and a 1 spray epra and have a 1 warm arm meal Including bread pudding with raisins or currants In It It of ot f which they marina ar are extremely ex ex- fond There Thero are arn also cI clean lean an cots cota where they thoy turn in and a reading rJ room with games sames H Here HOre re no one ono Is kept longer than fourteen days clay da If In that time they have havo not sufficiently recovered rd from the tho exhausting demands and of or the trenches to return to the front they Y are sent ent back to tho the Ti ease naso Doe nt some malingerer I asked f ever eyer hesitate to face faco the the horror of the tho trenches again Occasionally there Is I one was Waa the answer Thais human nature We Ve are aro amazed at Kt how few fow When hen well enough nough tho the average man I goo goes s. s He Ha says 18 he will IlIa play tho game Jr You Thu will win know soon Don what he Is going to do Before leaving the convalescent cent home tho the correspondents were given ghen each ani an i Identification metal disc with his name on it It Is best to have havo one was the remark You Sou are going Into the trenches trencher |