Show National Army Men Eager f Continued from Paste Page I 11 i T 1 training d to to gain gain- through h equip themselves for the front line j Snipers in the Trenches Trench s. s v Far off there was wasa a slight movement close close clos to the ground round Two vo snipers were were r watching Go on shoot said one r J Its your turn said the other There was Fas n snap of the trigger erYou er You d him all right right that's that's three in two tw days n Perhaps this r might techno technically cally be be called murder The snipers t I dont don't call call It it that They call It p pot t I have talked with w several I and have been on the line with a few I They fley wouldn't UIl any more shoot a songbird s song ng bird or a magpie e than they would kill one of their their own own officers but shooting Fritz Frio across the line line that's that's another 1 story It is dangerous business too Many a sniper is sniped himself f. f Some Soine of them themselves themselves' and andI I stand for hours in range of a thousand rifles There is a young American officer officer of of- Seer from Massachusetts who is assigned assign assign- ed to technical work who spends a n day and a n night each week on on the line sniping the enemy He lIe does It it because because be be- cause caus he likes it He lie Is nn an expert CApert rifle shot he enjoys the hazards of his work i and gets satisfaction from killing Huns The two vo best known Hun snipers are Black Fritz Pritz and nd Crazy Black Fritz is dead Crazy Fritz was wounded wound ed but whether he is is dead is not known Fritz harassed the American sector for weeks He lIe was a a good shot and put bullets now and then through a soldiers soldier's armor hat But brie dry day y t he lie was was was' spotted behind a log and anda an ana a bullet struck str ck Wm him between the e eyes cs He lIe was a handsome chap chapi said a sniper and had beautiful hair blonde as a a. girls girl's un and combed back like a college college col col- lege boys If If he lie had blonde e hair why did you call him him Black Black Fritz Because he hung much so so mu h crepe on our doors There is another Hun lIun known as and n r rather ther pretty story may be told about him hi He lIe is not a sniper The men in the trenches cal can cannot cap cap- not tell just what he is Perhaps they have figured he corresponds to to ail American football or baseball ma mascot cot He lie is a mere youth and he takes dangerous dan dan- dan dangerous chances He lIe might hav have been shot a hundred times but the American American American Ameri Ameri- can snipers haven't the heart to kill him Wm One day said a sniper who has watched him play t ground d like lik a kitten he lie cr crawled up e a 1 the tip tap of the trench und went over to a 10 log and layon lay layon layon on it He was there for for nb ah hour sunning sunning sunning sun sun- ning himself I had a bead on him all the time titue but the the use use-a use a mt u vre re kid Another er er time a n new sniper sniper here here saw him and was just-about just to pick him when I said sai Nothing doing We cant can't exactly understand what it means About two weeks ago I thought I Id I'd give t e youngster a a s stare scare are so I put puta a bullet in a ver very small tree bout afoot a afoot afoot foot from him He scampered out of sight like a frightened puppy 1 I often wonder if he or or- anyone else knows that he is living in the shadow shadow- of death eat Maybe the Germans figure figur they figure th they y learn something from It However you'll never catch me killing that Negroes Furnish Much Humor Humor gleams frequently through the grimness of war a anal ami il much of it comes from the negro soldiers from the United States A particularly dark ark skinned private was overhauled recently recently recently re re- re- re by a military policeman ft It t was wason wason wason on a country road and the soldier was was ambling along with his military Outfit as well as about loo po pounds of souvenirs souvenirs souvenirs sou sou- of France t. t Where are you from 7 asked the po po V t Me 1 sah 7 Ise from Alabama Whereabouts in Alabama 7 Dont know v. sah exactly but se from Alabama Where you Where you going t to td 7 Well I dont don't know s sah h. h Where you coming from 7 The last place I member sab sah s 's Seems to o me the train I Iwas Iwas Iwas was on went while Is I's a few things to take back when I go Do you know where you are Cant say I do sah looking around with the feigned erudition of an astronomer but I r some somewhere somewhere w where where e in France |