Life — May 23, 1918 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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He used as an example the case of Private Jim Webb, a xrcen soldier and a long, lanky individual from the farm who had never been drilled in his whole life and knew even less about the usages and customs of war, so when he was con- scripted into the North Carolina divi- sions in the late war between the states, he was given only a week's drill and then assigned to duty. His regiment was in the: Peninsular campaign, and Jim was soon put on guard duty, being given, as his first post, a place along the river bank, and cautioned to stick to his post under any conditions, to watch closely for the enemy, and to allow no one to pass who could not give the countersign “Obey your instructions,” said the of- ficer of the guard, “and I will return at two o'clock with rel . 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Helba Raker, “TL hain't moved, nuther,” replied the indignant Jim: “the durn river's riz.” What is a Spy? Have you ever had that question clearly answered ? Is an enemy alien that gives information a spy? Is a man who is confessedly a German officer a spy? Is a woman of German birth who accidentally learns something of im- portance and tells it a spy? What is a spy? 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