Life — August 22, 1918 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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‘LIFE: Life’s Fresh Air Fund Live's Farsi Are Fuso 31 and hes to 39.193 ¢ of 1917. successfully dis supported entin nests tributions, ere ac That is to kill German. soldiers. John Parker Hill... . 3.00 M.G.C.. 3.00 Members of the supply departme Second ‘Naval District, Newpor Rhode, Island 33.00 Carrie A. To . 5.00 Mary E. Stone Bassett. 5.09 1. Hi. Bassett. . $.00 Mrs, “John Sheate’ Doug!ass oo SO. Dick Speer j.00 John’ Z. Speer, 2 ory of Joseph W.K. Speer we read about their activities pression that they are discharging with appropriate fervor. hand-to-hand contentions according to the informa en us, the Letter of it. rule, Marie “Carsteris ee - “In memory of Hod, Aug. 13, 1916 A.W. Cook, : Mrs, W, W. M. W. Steele. ot y Mrs. Flora A. KOR, Fess, V. Cahalin E. Kerr Helen L. “Howard ACKNOWLEDGED WI Package of children’s clo Arlington Children, A large trunk full ‘of weaters, stock ing ‘twen Mingworth, Quantity’ of mixed and finest. candy fictent to treat every child liberally wh come to Live's Farm during the su from Mr, and Mrs, Charles Potter 7 East sist Street, New York City An Unfortunate Inadvertence “] SUPPOSE the soldiers are always with the kits you give them?” “No, not always,” sighed the Red Cross worker. “The other day some colored soldiers called us pacifists be- cause the kits we gave them contained AT LIFE’S FRESH AIR FARM safety razors.” ALL By HERSELF WHAT YOU CAN BUY— impressed on our gen- tlemen who have gone to France that the job that they have been sent to do undoubtedly their errand, and from all there comes, stronger and stronger, the im- Repeatedly in the July fighting there were stories between Americans and Germans, in which, as a Americans had much the Our men, so far as yet Killing Germans T seems to have been thoroughly and tried out, seem to be good hands with the bayonet; very ready to come to thc use of that weapon, and very danger- ous to meet when they employ it Great pains were taken in their traiy ing to make them efficient in this exc cise and to imbue them with the ardor, as well as the skill, proper to make them so, They were taught that the purpose of bayonet ‘fighting was to kill the man before he had chance to kill the man attacking him hey were taught that to do that the must be active, prompt and dexterc and all that we read about them ind cates that they learned their lesson An account, dated August 2d, of fighting between Americans and a Jac- ser Division’ near Sergy, has this: opposed Not far from this front a some what thetic group was found There were five Gei ad an ficer on one side of it and four cricans on the other. It had been fight to the finish, and the last American to survive had thrust his yonet downward into the earth to gnify that he was the see it through. nans last one to Six to four, tory for Ameri and all killed! A vie- ns, albeit a costly one Even more of Seringes, where the Americans fir partly withdrew as though and when additional German came pouring in, encircled the village and went in for a finish fight with the Prussian First it was rifle Americans The story goes on: When the Americans reached the precincts of the villa; npressive is the story retiring, troops Guards. fire. Then the began to close in their fire ceased, and with one wild yell they closed with the foe. ¢ place to a strange silence as man grappled with man The fieree up- roar suddenly ya WITH ENOUGH OF THESE comicbooks.com - = a \ \ oe \