. A brief history of the Stars and stripes, official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces in France . torial staff thought worth whileprinting. It may also be an indication ofthe fact that the editors knew what to writeand how to write it so the men who read itcould understand. The Editorials As has been stated before the editorial policyof The Stars and Stripes was almost entirelyin the hands of several enlisted men. Theynot only dictated the editorial policy of thepaper, but they wrote the editorials in such astyle that they were interesting to the men andgrippingly, convincingly,
. A brief history of the Stars and stripes, official newspaper of the American expeditionary forces in France . torial staff thought worth whileprinting. It may also be an indication ofthe fact that the editors knew what to writeand how to write it so the men who read itcould understand. The Editorials As has been stated before the editorial policyof The Stars and Stripes was almost entirelyin the hands of several enlisted men. Theynot only dictated the editorial policy of thepaper, but they wrote the editorials in such astyle that they were interesting to the men andgrippingly, convincingly, condemned what they thought waswrong and commended what they believed tobe right in unmistakable terms. The editor-ials were written in a snappy style, whichcame to be considered characteristic of TheStars and Stripes. In the first issue, aneditorial announcing the beginning of TheStars and Stripes ran as follows: With this issue The Stars and Stripesreports for active service with the A. E. F. Itis your paper, and has but one axe to grind—the axe which our Uncle Samuel is whetting on. Editorial Council—Left to right, T. H. Tip Bliss, Philip Von Blon, J. W. Rixey Smith, Robert I. Snajdr, Hudson Hawley. 10 A Brief History of the Stars and Stripes the grindstone fur use upon the august necksof the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns. The Stars and Stripes is unique in thatevery soldier purchaser, every soldier sub-scriber, is a stockholder and a member of theboard of directors. It isnt being run for anyindividuals profit, and it serves no class butthe fighting men in France who wear the olivedrab and the forest green. Its profits go tothe company funds of the soldier subscribers,and the staff of the paper isnt paid a sou. If you dont find in this, your own weekly,the things in which you are particularly inter -ested, write to the editors, and if it is humanlypossible they will dig up the stuff you are so many of you over here now, andso many differe
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