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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16272, 24 July 1918, Page 4

Describing the modern infantryman as a man of many parts, a soldier at the front says he is quite a product of phenomena of the present European conflict. Ko combines the qualities of pack mule, navvy, builder, ditcher, constructor of barb-wire fences and other obstacles with those of a bomber, Lewis-gunner, and'rifleman. Ho drills like an automaton, conducts and repels attacks, withstands bombardments, takes part in raids and patrols, lives in holes in tho ground, subsists on the roughest food (none at all if th'e occasion demands), while he can also eat_and drink like the ordinary human being if put to the test. Ho can walk long distances without fatigue—exist in all kinds of weather and nnder any conditions without deterioration, is virtuous, truthful, sober (from necessity), and perfectly docilo and obedient. He is, in fact, a treasure of utility, and will be an exceedingly useful thing for a woman to Have about the house after tho war.