Show Reservists' Reservists Expenses on Return to Troops Paid by Government Correspondence Ae Associated Press BERLIN Feb 5 5 From From a 0 member of or a guard regiment of ot Berlin now fighting on tho the western front comos comes tho story of a n Christ Rose Roso that blossomed blos blos- 1 on Christmas day to Illustrate the sentimental side Bide of the soldier and to show how that it la Is far from being obliterated ob ob- by war Tho The guard regiment lay Iny virtually Inactive in- in active c in Sn a n trench for tor weeks A few yards 18 in front in a holo hole torn in tho the earth b by a n. French shell a rose roso began to grow At the tho risk of th their lr lives the soldiers cared for tho the plant nt j Jealously but could not induce it to bloom On Christmas day however the tho long looked for flower r appeared and was duly plucked lucked and sent to tho the emperor Tho The latter latter overjoyed at tho the incident had Richard Voss Vos the poet epitomize tho the incident in po poetry try and sent a n copy cop of tho the er verse o t to each mem member r of the regiment |