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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1918)
I i DAILY NEBRABK AN KENNETH IIECHT WRITES TO LeROSSIGNOL FROM FRANCE RIFLES OF DELICATE PARTS BEING USED BY OUR BOYS (Continued from lags Three) . THE , . - i " Kenneth 0. Hecht. ex-19. has writ teu a very Interesting letter to Pro fessor J. K. LeRosnlRnol. director of the School of Commerce, MHng of hit experiences as n American sol-, dler in France. Hecht Is very bitter against the Germans, and promise? hit friends in America that the boys in France are tenting the Huns with all the might they possess, and that the people at home can count on a successful conluslon of tne war. Hecht says that the first fifteen years of the wr.r is going to be the hardest, and that after that, there will be an early conclusion of thv war. His letter to the professor follows: Dear Professor: Your kind letter of June 27th was duly received. Would be pleased to Win what ever develops In the cases of Profes sor Fling and England. I hope noth ing. 1 surely hope that the mountains of Colorado have been furnishing you a good vacation and quiet rest. You are to be gratefully praised for your conscientious direction of the School of Commerce I, too. have fond hopes for it for a full "come back" and more after the war. My righteous indignation against the German empire, its ideals, and its cause is no less keenly felt, and my determination to fight is to bitter end, if need be, is fully as strong as indicated to you many times last win ter. Our boys indeed are coming fast, and we hope the program can be carried out without interruption. I would like to write something gained from personal experience and not already covered by your press. But to do so would be very difficult.. Your press is thorough and efficient while a soldier in the fields sees only his little circumstances round about him. We train to do something our selves without regard to information on the movement of other units or social or- other conditions of our fighting forces. My general impression by this writ ing is that the necessity tor our win ning the war and the rewards to be derived therefrom, more than warrant our tremendous expense to do so; but that, for the individual sol dier in the eld, modern warfare is not a developer far better in countless ways are our schools, churches, homes and other character building institutions and influences long reputed In our own country before the war as preferable to the training of the battlefield. A grim remark goes about among the boys to the effect- that the first fifteen years of the war is going to be the hardest, and that thereafter fighting the war will become easier and we shall wind up the war suc cessfully In short order. Given an unimpaired physical ex istence after the war, I hope to re turn to school, because, by Jove, I want to work mighty hard the rest of my days and I want to commit my activities toward ends and guide them along lines that universal Judg ment sustains. Respectfully yours, Corp. Kenneth G. Hecht, Co. H, 355th Infantry, American E. F glance falls to understand the vast amount of measuring. Some of the guages wear better than others, but all sootier or Uter wear out and a machine shop to keep these In order .s maintained at every plant. General March, the Chief of Staff of the Ameri can Army, has declared "that America is going through." so the manufactur ers understand that there must be no let up on the making of the weapons required to "carry on." One in every dozen employees Is a govvrnment Inspector and each one is skilled In his work aa a gauger and tester. While much of the work is done by machinery, it is necessary for the man behind the machine to know his business as the wrong pulling of a lever or turn of a screw may ruin the work. After a rifle has been assembled it is sent to the shooting house where it is sighted over a 100-yard range. Five shots are then fired and four of them must go in a small square. After they are inspected again they are sent to the various places of distribution. Immense P rants As gun making was not regarded as a big Industry before the war there wore few men found to be skilled in this trade and there was great diffi culty in finding mechanics to do this work. It was found necessary to teach men the art and it was discovered that about only one in twenty-five had the required patience for the task. Men who have worked on fine Jewelry were the most apt pupils. The manufacturing plants are little short of small towns, one alone cov ering a 26 acre reservation and em ploying about 14,000 persons. The housing and welfare of these people are looked after by both Uncle Sam and the manufacturers and they both expect the employees to do their duty. They line us up for Muster, They line us up as for Pay; We're lined up for inspection. We're lining up all day. We line up when there's roll call; For Chow, for Drill, to pray; And sometimes they will lin-e us up Just to see how we look that way. They line us up for Guard Mount, At Reveille (to begin). We line up when we draw our -duds. And when & guy kicks in. We'll be lined up forever Until we pass away; And then you will hear some Johnny shout: "Line up for Judgment Day." Missouri Miner. A JOKE Friday afternoon a private in one of the companies appeared before his company commander and asked leave for Friday evening. The officer want ed to know why he wanted to get off, and the rookie said, "Well, sir, I want to go and see my girl. 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