"Whar yo' all ben scrappin' in dis yar war, boss?" meekly inquired the
colored soldier.

"Why, we've been fighting up in Belgium and Flanders with the
British," replied the New Yorker, proudly.

"Well, we ben down in dem woods--watcha call 'em woods 'way down
south."

"The Argonne?" suggested young Knickerbocker.

"Yas, yas, dem's de woods--d'Argonne."

"You know our division was the first to break the Hindenburg line,
colored boy," explained the 27th man.

"Was it you wot did dat trick? Y' know boss, we felt dat ol' line sag
'way down in d'Argonne."


WILLIS--"Did the war do anything for you?"

GILLIS--"Sure did. It taught me to save peach-stones, tin-foil,
newspapers and all kinds of junk. In fact, I can now save anything
except money."


Just before the St. Mihiel show the Germans blew up an ammunition
dump near a company of Yanks. It was reported that there was a large
quantity of gas shells in the dump, and as soon as the explosions