BARBADOS-ANTIGUA EXPEDITION 135 
As indicating the almost savage hatred for the Germans, the 
following incident is enlightening. We became acquainted 
with a certain Captain who had already lost a leg at the front 
and was serving at the local barracks. He was a fine fellow 
with a frank boyish face and winning smile, in spite of the 
suffering which still almost incapacitated him at times. One 
day just before we left, I met him in Bridgetown and he an- 
nounced the arrival of a baby boy at his home. Then with an 
expression of almost tragic ferocity, he added, ‘‘Another man 
to kill the d——d Germans!’’ Nothing could more clearly show 
the legacy of hate which the outlaw nation has entailed upon 
itself than this incident. 
The thing that impressed us most in our dealings with the 
Colonial authorities was the ease with which they dispatched 
their business with us. They had a way of going straight to the 
point without cireumlocution. Having once assured themselves 
of the character of our expedition, they readily granted every 
concession that was suggested. Our own officials, although 
every whit as well disposed, seemed tied up in the red tape of 
innumerable regulations to such an extent that great delay and 
annoyance was inevitable. It may be that the fact that the 
British Colonial officials are men who have worked their way up 
in their profession, which is regarded as equal in dignity and 
permanent of tenure to the military profession, makes this 
difference. It seems that the Governors of the British Colonies, 
for instance, are men who have devoted their lives to this sort of 
work and know its scope and traditions. They have usually 
served in various parts of the world and had dealings with all 
sorts of people. In their contact with strangers they have a 
courtesy and poise which can only be the result of life-long 
habit. 
Our financial dealings with the business men of Bridgetown 
were mainly in the matter of purchasing supplies for our com- 
missary department. We found several really well-equipped 
general stores, or shops as they are called, where the stocks were 
ample and almost any ordinary commodities could be secured. 
These shops are equivalent to the department stores of mod- 
erately large cities in the United States. Money matters are 
rather puzzling to the stranger. Both the shilling, or in com- 
