| Show S ma i i 8 ms 44 1 7 0 t 0 I 1 cuddling the slacker I 1 y z 4 i SOME grotesque things are happening in connection with the demobilization ot of american soldiers take an every day occurrence at camp function as an instance the loyal soldier liia has fought in france must buy his own civilian clothing when he comes out ot of the army he can keep nis his uniform tor for a few months it if he desires but most anost men want to get back into a civilian outfit so he be is discharged without his old time clothing allowance and spends what he has saved from his pay with the clothier at camp funston they have a large number of conscientious objectors jec tors and mingled with these are others parading themselves as I 1 W W international socialists and plain be it remembered that the honest conscientious objector is a rare bird in these camps these beings were drafted into the army they drill they wear a uniform they would not bath and their was nauseating they were and are traitors many of them creatures creatures of that potsdam gang that is no more nevertheless when these gentry are discharged from the army they are taken by a representative of ibe the government and given a full outfit of clothing hat suit shoes socks underwear shirt collar gloves and even a necktie necktie they have been drawing their 30 a month army pay the same pay that a loyal american fighting man was given furthermore there is no record that any of these objectors even objected to drawing that 80 30 per of course every man of them got a dishonorable d discharge conduct bad when they were let go that worries them not at all they managed to keep their precious hides out of shrapnel range while the better men died our war department has done some strange things just what strange force working under cover in washington has permitted these things no one seems to know just what power it was that brought the summary discharge of a number of funston officers because they had attempted to make these these creatures keep themselves clean and obey the simplest elmp lest routine his has never been even partially explained if congress wants a subject of investigation the delicate and tender solicitude offered the and conscientious objector in the army camps offers something Bom ething worth investigating st louis republic dem |
