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KENNETH IIECHT WRITES TO
LeROSSIGNOL FROM FRANCE
RIFLES OF DELICATE PARTS
BEING USED BY OUR BOYS
(Continued from lags Three)
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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. I have had a
regular date every Friday night for
the last year and a half; I haven't
missed a night, and she will be sort
of experting me."
"I think the young lady will be dis
appointed this evening," the officer re
plied.
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