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VOL. 23. NO. 86. SEjjftj
i FIELD ARMY FIVE ?
i FUEL ARMY CORPS
Definite Portion of Front in
t
France Has Now Heen
Americanized. *;
[ LIGGETT MAY COMMAND IT
I * I
American Army Has Iteen Placed
on*.Same .Footing With
ITraneo on/I ?T r* <rl on/I 1 n/rinnl
M 1 UIIVV ?IIU IUI1U-?JUV^ 1WCI1
Road to Berlin.
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Washington, Aug. 15.?Secretary
Baker was formally advised by Gen
* Pershing that the first*''American
^ field army had been created, General
'Pershing retaining command of the
^ army as well as of, the entire American
expeditionary force for the
F present. The dispatch added nothing
to details of the army organization
already made known from
Paris, however, Mr. Baker said.
The announceiunt is regarded as
having deep significance at tho war
department, mainly because it places
tho American army in France on the
same footing as the French or British
forces there. Formation of the
army is taken here to mean that the
Americanization of a definite portion
of the front has been completed.
I Supply lines, railways, bases, storage
^facilities. debarkation ports and
the like, created and operated by
Americans, stand behind the first
army. !Fhe onl> statement of the
location of this American front is
that it is "south of *' e Marne."
Prepumt b.y this means a part at
h least"rM the long line from St. Mihiel
the Swiss border, where American
DHHUUpn Iltt Vt) UtTIl |l 11 L III HI lllLervaiS
^during the last few months.
Army of 1,2.10,004) Men.
jyl The extent of that front has not
/ been disclosed jxor has the definite
Strength of th? j^rmy been-'given.
The advices ind^gte '-that it comprisess,
howiyer, live full corps
Wf. which means approximately 1,250,jr
000 men. t $ '
The effect o^ the taking over of
the line is to make a deflntteneglnnlng
at apportioning the long front.
The Brjtlah hold the left (lank, aided
by the Belgjansf from the North Sea
t to the JtnTcrtire of the British fourth
Rrniy and the French first army in
\ Pieardy, where an offensive is being
\ conducted at present. In that posltion
the British are not only holding
their ahnre of the line, but stand between
the enemy and tike channel
ports, which would be his only road
to England while the British fleet
xists.
The Freiyh armies presumably
?v*"hfe being concentrated wholly heJ
tween (he Picardy juncture with the
T British and the .American left, be>
yond Verdun. They ^lock the roads
f to Paris. 'ijyjflr
iiggett Idkely to Command.
the Americans has fallen the
v* remainder of the front to the Swiss
border when the other American armlea
shall have been formed. The
first army undoubtedly now holds
the buik of that line, with such
French help as Is necessary. Tho
whole line probably is under General
Pershing's direct command, even
' the French corps or divisions that
are necessary until additional
American troops arrive. The American
commander will hereafter direct
all operations on his front. He
has as much freedom of action on nrs
own lines as has Sir T>ouglas Hatg
on the British front or General Petain
on the French, for he stands on
an equality with them. All three are
under Marshal Foch for the major
campaigns.
As direct commander of the army
In the field. General Pershing will
be well situated to weigh the quall>
. ties of the men he has assigned temporarlly
as corps commanders. From
-these five officers he probably will
! select the commander of the first army
later and opinion here leans toll
ward Major General Hunter Liggett,
f new commanding the first corps on
Vesle front, as his choice it is
^pected also that General Pershing
fill icon nnme his permanent corps
ukmtnandera. the appointment ear/ #ng
with It the rank of lieutenant
Por|m Mobile llcHcrvc,
l^L^Goneral Liggett'* corps probably
^^j?rdfd> a? the mobile reserve or
jB^^artnjr end a*vmueh is being
!HE LAN
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^WEEKLY. LANCAST1
GERMANS LOST IN THREE WE
GAINS THEY MADE IN FOl
.
And at That, the Cains Cost the Enemy 700,000
Recent Drives of Allies Ends the Menac
Epernay and Amiens and Frees Imp<
Railroad Line from Paris to Chalo
With the French Army in vranre. separate the Frr
Aug. 15.?Afer the battle of the center from thos
Avre, the situation of the belliger- 1 uP,urp of ,,ll> J1
, , , . French ami ltrltl
ents presents a change vhich for
" astrous consequei
rapidity and extent has rarely been asj,je from the he
approached in military history, tained in men a
Marshal Foch's strategy and the collapse of th<
masterly tactics of the generals com- wedges into the
manding the armies and groups of substantial wide
armies under him have in three which have thre
weeks wrested from the Germans location,
what required four months for them Mu.aV.oi bv?.u?
to obtain at a cost variously esti- ducing the salie
mated at from 700,000 to 1,000,000 the initiative in <
men. Germans, at on
The immediate results of the either to order a
counter-offensives which will have a strong line sue
the greatest bearing on subsequent to engage reser
operations are the clearing of the adopted the !
"Chateau-Thierry pocket, ending the which, having fi
menace of Epemay and Paris; the ual retirement ir
liberation of Montdidier, ending the flcult.
menace to Amiens; the freeing of The first phase
the important eastern railroad line Avre finds the F
from Paris to Chalons, and tlieiing upon Thiesco
equally important northern line from Noyon, which h:
Paris to Amiens, restoring to the| in future operat
allies means of communication | must either reca
which give them enormously greater i at high cost, if 1
ease in future movements of troops, j Noyon, which me
These successes render impossible and Eassignv, wh
any rupture of the line which would der imminent nu
NOT A CL A RATION OF DRAFT MAY
WAtf ftlJT OF DEFENSE RANKS <
So Tcliitcherln Assured Allied Con- President Wilson
suls Wit en an ExiilmmHon U I ti *<
, *jO m IICJJ .t|
Dciiuuidnl. Present
Washington, Aug. 1f>.?Reports Washington, /
through Berlin that allied diplomats Wilson expressed
have demanded an explanation of a Cross workers w
threat by Lenine. the Bolshevik new draft ages, :
premier, of a declaration of war tinue to render
against the allie" are assumed here until specifically
to refer to the action of American more important
and allied consuls in calling in a fo Henry P. Da
body August 1, on Tchltcherin, the the Ued Cross wa
foreign commissioners at Moscow. dent wrote:
The consuls, after being told hv "I hope that I
Lenine that a state of war existed taken in the mat
between Russia and the allies, de- Hstments will hel
manded an explanation from 'ution of the dif
'Tchitoherin. They were told that the American Re<
the statement was not necessarily able extension of
interpreted as a war declaration; 'he government
that It rather was a declaration of a 't select witl
state of defense similar to the situa- interests of all
tion existing at one time between within tlie govei
Russia and Germany. whereas if we pi
American Consul Poole Informed to he drafted to
the state department of the incident for an(l obtain
in a messaee dated Aucusf 9 roxniv. would be chaos
ed here six days later. He has not * "*s 'he Amei
heen heard from since. such an importa
Tiie next word that was received armed forces am
from Moscow was a press report r(*lif*f. not only
transmitted to the state department '""no but to the
stntlng that the British and Frenm ,,ons associated
consular officials had been placed un- 'nK as the result
der arrest by the Bolshevlkl. Since 'hat every man
these events transpired, Lenine and wol"k. either at h
Trotzky have fled to KronstTidt, ac- have a full appi
cording to reports from several Por'an?e and wi
sources. The state department is "nue to render
awaiting further word from Mr until specifically
Poole with keen Interest. clearly more imp
+ . Mr. Davison
REGISTRATION AUG. 24. fear that p,,act
FOR MEN REACHING 21 ^pe,?"ent of'ih,
nel, would be fol
All Men Becoming of Age Since l,?st th<> recruiting stfl
June 5 Must Register?Pur|tose
is to Add to Class (hie. Wild,IS PROBAI
BY RKPl'l
Washington. Aug. 15.?Reglstra- Columbus, Ohl
tion Saturday. August 24. of all plete unofficial r<
youths who have reached the age of cincts in 12 scatt
21 since the second registration last state. Indicated
June 5 was ordered by Provost Mar- Frank It Willis
shal General Crowder under a pro reived the Uopu
f?ln nto f Irvn t l\o I)t.A?l T"* * -- * ?
................ me ncniiifiii. i in* ior governor ov?
purpose is to add quickly to the al- Jackson, and Joh
most exhausted class one to meet lumbus, at 'he
army draft calls in September. tion, providing t
About 150,000 young men will maintained by la
register. Most of them will qualify plete returns.
for class one, and therefore will ?
loin the army probably within a I.KAKhKTN IMM)
month after their names are re- ITAMAN'S lilt
corded. Washington,
There will be no drawing to es- oress reports t.ha
tnhlish the order of liability of the paid as high as
new registrants. The provost mar- lets dropped by
shal general's office announced that thelryecent fligh
the 1,200 numbers drawn for the capiwl In giant
June 5. registrants would be euflfl- eau/fiing great su
cient to qover the August 24 reg'**- -Wtf offi' al .dlspi
trunts in the largest district in the J^binet''ham cor
* .*
ICASTE
#*, !
V LIVE PAPER IN A LIVE TOWN
SR. S. C., FRIDAY, AUGJLJST 16, 1918.
eks all COUNTY CAMPA
w months well under
to 1,000,000 Men.
e to Paris. Meeting! Yesterday at I
)rtant Brought Out Some !
ns. Issues#
tl ALL CANDIDATES 1
snch armies of the
e to the east, or a
motion between the Roy Cunningham Bra
Ish. The most, dis- . ?
ice to the Germans, I^lackest Lie St
'avy losses they sus- That He is Disloy
nd material, is the . it*
. ' cusses (ountv Govern
sir plan to drive
allied lines and the
rning and Joining Yesterday, the third df
atened general dis county campaign. fount
springing) up here and ther
s "trategy in re- fusion. The meeting was
nt wedges wrested Hopewell; and a series o
operations from the meetings , being In progresi
ce obliging them church tfiere, conducted
i general retreat to George Ft. Kirby, of Che
h as the Somme. or Kev. J. H. Manley, the pa
ves. The enemy crowd first heard a very in
second alternative sermon by Rev. Mr. Kir
men, manes event- Mrny preiacect nis remarks
amensely more dif- i"R that he would like to p
"The church's place in polit
of the battle of the ,l? did talk on the theme
'rench with a foot- the righteous reign, the p.
art plateau, west of jolce. and when the wicked
is vital importance people mourn." Mr. Kirby i
ions. The German the church has a place in
pture the position, that the church must tnk?
lie can. or abandon ance-of the character of the
ans the fall of Roye ottl^e. but that the
lich already are un- mustn't be carried Into po
mace of capture. ccpt'to Scrutinize the chat
the men who offer to rule,
THI^ that the wicked may he
and the righteous elected.
OF RED CROSS The first speaker after
elusion of the church sor\
Kxpresses the Hope after the crowd had gathei
[ay Continue ir. the trees in the church van
Kndeavors. R. Wylitr, chairman of the
council of defense, who i
tug. 15.?President the people in the interest ol
the hope that Red ter health campaign now ui
dthin the proposed An the county. Mr. Wylle
18 to 45. will "con- very instructive and timely
service unless and the dangers lurking with
called to other and <|uito, the fly and unclean
duty.'* In a letter and advocated a whole-tin
visnn. chairman of officer and a trained nurse,
r council, the Presl- hie. for this county.
The political meeting he
the action we have the address of H. H. Hor
ter nf vnlunforu > >-1 '
. ?.1- uKiaie ior ine nouse or re
Ip a little in the so- tives, and he was followed I
neulties created for ponents, J. Hoy Cunningha
i Cross by the prob- K. Hailes. C. Frank CI;
the drati aRes. If Kershaw, was not present,
does the selecting. Following the candidate!
i^due regard to the house came the three senat<
services. whether didates. in the order name
rnment or without. Mines. \V. C. Hough and T
ermltted nten liable Potts; ther. V. A. Mingle a
rush in and apply Howell, candidates for co
commissions, there perintendent of educatior
indeed. Jackson, candidate for
dean Red Cross is judge, and several candid
nt auxiliary to our magistrate and constable.
1 is also extending .las. D. llinson, H W. Park
to our people at Snipes, John M. Caskey,
peoples of the na- Carnes, and others,
with us are sufTer- The issues \|hich mai
of the war, I hope spjves known yesterday i
connected with the ajfy to the government, wo
ome or abroad, will fiage and county governmc
eciation of its im- question of loyflltv was u
11, If possible, con- jn the speech of J. Hoy
service unless, and ham, who said that some ot
called to other and niies were circulating th?
mrtant difty." that he is disloyal; tnat h
had expressed the no liberty bonds or Wat
rnent of the new stamps and refused to cont
which would affect the Red Cross nn<i no
p Hp<1 Cross person- the blackest lie anybody e
lowed by a rush to < ] believe." said Mr. Cun
itions. "that I contributed more to
- Cross than any other ma
lil/Y NOMINATED RPhool district. I bought a
IliICANH IN OHIO Savinps stamps and pledge*
lo. Auk. 15.?Com- nl0re this fall; I did not
(turns from 12 pre- uberty bonds because i was
ered counties of the to ,j0 so last spring *' Mr.
that Former Gov. ->,am told of his service in t
, of Delaware, re ish-Amerlcan war and of h
bllcan nomination fored himself in the presen
?r Kdwin Jones, of nn(j waH rejected. "Is tha
n H. Arnold, of Co- tani?" he asked. "Why.
state primary elec- these fellows can't even sp
he present ratio Is 0ti8m; they think it sti
ter and more com- p_a_y."
This question ofiloyalty v
- " down and while Harry I
PPEP HY THK speaking some one In the
tINCi HIGH PRICKS interrupted him to ask 1L h
Auk. 15.?Neutral roy Liberty bonds. He 1^1
t Vienna (Jlttkens (|{(].
4 0 crowns for lest- With the exception ^of M
Italian aviator* In au the candidates staged tl
t over the Austrian woman suffrnKe. M
Capronl planes a/e viAs Ui* only one -*-71 oppn?
t Imt..I r??S
un.?vuu? hi nim>- ?nm(Vn t)>c bal' / and ho
ntch vdaya that th? he had ftn o^ectlon to ?
igtaloilated the air iC -
gjML % (Continued on Page
-V
R NE^
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k
ign MORE
way BRITI
l;:rn draft bill acted
upon by c0mmitt1
HGAKI)
Ordered Favorably Report*
nds as Chamberlain Wants Consid
atement eration by Senate Monday,
al?Dis
ment. CROWDER URGES SPE
iv of the Hroad Work or Fight Amei
e in pro- ment I)esi^ned to Prevt
held at Strike4-" and for Education
f revival Young Soldiers Added.
s at the
by Rev
raw. and Washington. Aug. 15.?With
stor, the broad work or tight amendment
teresting s'BDed to prevent strikes and a 1
by. Mr provision for edueatlon at gov*
i by say- n??nt expense after the war
reach on youths under '21 serving in the n
ics." and ,ury or "aval service, the admi
: "When tration manpower bill extend
eople re- draft ages so as to include all 1
rule, the between 18 and 45 years of age.
said that ordered favorably reported by
politics. s,,nate military committee,
i cogniz- Chairman Chamberlain plans
men who report the bill today and to take
church consideration in the senate n
litics ex- Monday, cutting short the sen
-actor of vacation recess period by a week
in order The bill, which was prepared
kept out ('er the direction of Secretary
ker, is framed to enable the nat
the con- ,() increase its war program in
ices and'001 dance with a? understand
od under with the allies. About
[l was R 000.000 men would be registe
county tinder the law, and I'rovost (lent
??'dressed Crowder estimates it will in
' the bet- nvnilalde at once for military sen
nder way -.^8,000 men between the ages
made a ^^ and 20 un<^ iiit and 4a.
talk on Action by the? committee folio'
the mos about a week's consideration. I
premises 'nK that time Sec re* a ry llakor. (I
ie health ' ral March and (leneral Crowder
if possi- P?'ared to explain the impera
necessity for extending the d
gan with :,Kes and to urge prompt action,
ton, can- The work or fight amendment,
'present.!- <-ept?'d. was offered hv Senator U<
?y his op- Missouri, as a substitute for
m and S. Presented by Senator Thomas,
yburn, of Colorado. It provides that "w
any person shall have been placet
for the deferred or exempted class,"
orial can- shall "not he entitled to rem
<1. Harry therein until he shall in good f;
>r. R. M. continue, while physically able to
nd A. C. sn. to work and follow such occt
mnty sn- tion." Should he fail to do this
i; Irvin would become subject to immed
probate dra't. .
ates for While the bill was before the c
including mittee, Senator Kirby, of Arkan
er, \V. T. attempted to amend it so as to m
John A. 21 ,he minimum, lie failed, but
iiounced ho would renew the fi
ile them- vvhon ,,M> bi" reached the senate
were lo> ?
man suf- ! lirirDLESTON, OPPOSED
nt TIIN |>V PPPVlhPVT a ie H I
ppermost "" " "* * * ,,-1?
Cunning- ,
f his enc- ni" <nij>r??ssinaii Heats
, r|)pon T"? "|.|?.n. n.? In a Miji.iKy
o houpht
Savings
ribute to Birmingham. Ala.. Aug 15.?C
d it was vr??ssinan (leorte Huddleston iiai
vcc told. r"?'tj?r'iy ??f 1 f-'-' over his* two
ningham. I>on,'n,s r?r congress from the nl
the Rp? Alabama district. Ninety-two h<
n in my out ?' 111 ha(' ^een received,
few vva. Uaat Fri(1?y President Wilson i
d to buy a teleK,anr> to Birmingham in wl
buy any sa'(' Mr. Huddlesttfi "was in
not able 0ry way an ?PP<>nent of the adn
Cunning- i",ra,inn;' That this did not i]
the Span- f'xPerted effect, however,
avlng of- sh(,wn at a mass meeting in Be
t conflict mer' Fri<,}'y night, when resolut
t patriot- wrere art?pted Indorsing Fresh
some of ^ "fion/ administration and (
en patrl- *rPHHman Huddleston.
*rts with vote was light, ^ more t
6,000 men from the district beim
vould not ,he armylines
was " ? ?
audience; J,,JAX KKIMTKI) FA ItFs FOB
u/kl uiL<no *vm.r - . , .
e bought '""P ?M?m. i,r.
k that ho W^Khlngtofc^ Afcg.^15.? Plan?
grant^reduced rail ^)d fares to
fr. Mines, diem on short lea^> from camps
ielr post under consideration, hut the i
lr. iiough r?ad administration advised Sen
ies giving {'alder, of New York, in response
said that an Inquiry that it seriously obj
extending ,n *fpP at this time becaus<
the difficulty in providing adtqi
6.) transportation facilities.
* f - i -
I, . >* M-ik;
' imu? * / VS
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
> GAINED BY THE
ENCH NEAR ROYE
O
; SEVERAL VILLAGES
EE | ARE ALSO CAPTURED
ed: I iuhtinjr. However, is Not So
Fierce as During Early
Part Week.
El) HERMANS USE RESERVES
nd- But in the Face That the
?nt Allied Forces Gain Some
of Important Positions -gn Both
Sides of Rove.
.1 (Thursday.)
de- The fighting on the Somme-OIse
lew battlefront still continues of a minor
ern- chsi^' ter compared with that of the
c" earl., CP,.rt of the week, when the t/
lili- Germans reinforced their lines and
nis- stopped the eastward sweep of thq
ling allied forces. * &
, ?
lien Nevertheless the Hritish and*"
tva. French again have been able to gaifv
the ground on two important sectors?^
the Hritish a short distance northto
* est of Hove, where they took the
up villages of Damery and Parvillers.
ie\t and the French on the southern wing
iati of the battlefront, where they have m
captured two farms in the process of
un clearing the hilly and wooded disIta
trict around Lassigny of the enemy,
ion North of the Somme between Al- ^ /
a< - bert and Arras the Germans are con#**
ilfc 'inning to fall hack and the Ftritisli
1:5. e keeping in close contact with
,.,..1 ?!>?>.? *l-- "
in. i uuniui tnv y* i*r in tins navfl
?raj definitely Riven up the towns of
;Pk* Heaumont-Hnmel, Serve. Rpcqtioy
fir end I'uissiex-au-Mont and a^several
?) points have corssed -t.lS' \Ancre ^*er \ ?
with the British following v
Lved their trail.
ur K<Mrograde Move Unexplained.
en- No official explanation has yet
ap heen advanced of the retrograde
tiv? movement of thJo Ger.uam over thin
iaf I front, be* it is not at all unlikely ^
I that the orations on the Somme
ae- front and the harassing taeties the
fed, Hrit'-h recently have employed made
one |?io enemy desirous of establishing ' i
of himself on new ground eastward ,
hen with the Anere river a barrier be1
in tween him and his foes. At any*"
he rate, the Hebuterne salient has vt*r
ain tually been obliterated by the
lith tirement of the Germans and
> do ingly they now will b^e5mpeiiea to
ipa- make a reac./lur(nent of their ltn?
lie between the Somme and Arras,
iate in the week of fighting on the .k
I Tieardy front. .10,244 prisoners have ?
om- fallen into the hands of the British
sas. .and French armies, according to an ' *
ake j official announcement Of this numan
her the British captured 21.84 4. Irn- ' <
ght official reports, probably compiled
f since the official data was sent froi?v
itlie front give the ntimber of prisoners
in the allies' hands since An-%
gust 8. as 14.0no and say also that r
' . *170 raptured guns thus far hav?
been counted. I
Ills
Russian Situation.
1.
The situation in Russia again Is
looming large. Soviet leaders have
fled from Moscow, the Bolshevik
j a capital. ?o Kronstadt, and the soviet
troops now are declared to have be- s
pun the evacuation of Moscow.
American troops have begun to dls)X08
4
embark at Vladivostok to aid tne
A Czeeho-Slovak armv in its campaign
tent
in Siberia, an allied forces is cfrnsing
the enemv more than a hullAred *
e vmiles
south of Archangel. m the
N'n- . , J
l road; further allied troops nave
aV" | made a landing southwest of ArchI
angel and are endeavoring to cut off
the retreat of the Soviets, while /Av
British troops have arrived at Baku
lent .
, in the Caucasus on the Caspian sea.
to assist the Armenians in defending
^ ^ this important seaport against the
' Turks, ti whom it waH given bv the
L 11 Rrest-ljtovsk treaty in th attempt
made by the Teutonic allies to dismember
Russia. Thus it will be seen
t. that allied forces now are operating
I Jointly on three important sections
toi of Russian territory?on the north
"ol- I w ij>1 a base in the White sea. In the
1,1 ?j east with a bi^e in the Sea of Japan,
'n''~ and on the south in Trans-Caucasia,
ator Pikhahlv realizing the seriousness
r> fo of th& situation as*If now affects the '
ects (.f.nfrn] powers, with defeats on tho
' western front and their military potate
,
{Continued on I'agfl i.)
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