Show AUSTRIAN YOUTHS IN WAR the austrian newspapers are devoting considerable space at present to the part played by schoolboys in the present war they are affectionately termed the war boys and in the operations erat ions in eastern galicia they were of great assistance to the troops in some of the artillery battles especially ally those which centered around Czer chernovitz and weinberg schoolboys in large numbers braved the shells and carried water and ammunition tor for the troops after a battle they would go over the field and gather pieces of shrapnel and the shells of at cartridges to bo be made over again into ammunition occasionally sio nally a boy thus sacrificed his life but this did not deter the ardor of his companions many of the boys followed the infantry regiments and fought and slept with the soldiers in the trenches the boys who remained at homo home took the place of their fathers and brothers who wore were at the front the story Is told of a fourteen year old youngster who all alone managed the biggest hotel in chernovitz Czer lie he looked personally after hla his own cashier and bookkeeper other boys peddled goods among the soldiers and so earned a good living tor for their mothers some became guides and many an army automobile had bad as guide a bright schoolboy who sat beside the chaff tear fear and showed him the right road it Is said that when the history of this war la Is written the schoolboys of austria will deserve a prominent place in its pages |