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ImttIi* \\:i> hi mi w.i> hi |? i n? *i. .. < iiit r nl'ni'k ssmihl In- l;iiiiii*Ii< j in I ii* <li:ili Is. II' tl.i l' Inn si|.:::i-sts iili lii'iii\s irsl tin tin* luii'i'S. This Oi?- miswii s* nl i.ii' k hy tin- \lil> i i .hi - ii'i.il. V\ hn\i- <|iiiili'?l il l? toil. I'lit it is urn l|i ri |n ;it iiiu: "w'l i ' kii t ik iiiic iiiiii. mi tli ? '< H.sinli. In I i| In ss tli' minis* Is nl "I liiiisli ls. tli* I 'n lu ll. I'lit Ilii- AllH'l ii'ii It;ili;is hii II lini iil In lilll'i-. Tllis llll' I 11111 .1111 lliI lliilli' nl nin Mil'ill i will 1111 i s|;i i?i| nnt In nit; iishi it to wh.il'V.i is tii-i i ssiirv in r? |mir :i ? r 111 I it'll IV lilt'll is Inililllliit III'.: t<> lis ill mi.H i |>l il>li In mil i niinliv's Imlin \Vi' iili ;;niii;; In i iiiiiiti i iittin-k." Tin- \lid i l<-;iii i niinli i ;ill:n'k vs: III 'I lllllv 111 II IK' (it'll. hilt till' |n Hii'iiiiil whs iiiiivii'il with tin- unin i mi inl'litiniml liii11 mill' hir uiiimi iiii-h: in-. This whs uti Jills I'., iiiul II Aim in mi ihiiinhl'iivs linvi- fulls just tii I thi ir < in111inIi i?s i sliinnli- i I In i i livhliim s|'iiil. I'm- Ihi' llui si|- }<il|i'?' llHSi- hi ii nn Ihi' i *'l i . h< Inn ihi- lii'i'i i' li'-hliiur. h.ii'l In! tin:: "hniiiliul nl iiii'lisi'i|.|iiii.1 Aim i S'llllS." Tli. slums nl imiis iiliinl hrnsi i :ii' su iiiiuii'i mis I tin J it is itii|Missih In I'l.'ih III! Ill llll III ||| hill. Tin Ii lilt' nit lilt ill ill III- ; ! t lilt IX t'?till | lh.it r:tn i 111 ti* :i in in it it it inn. \n|iii litis m il I'iillttl tin in iivit I III"***' llllh Kill It'll III III II swi'jil in; I'll :i in'ili siip|il\. K\i i > 111:111 v?' 1111<111<<I : in I xx In n 1 hi- m < 1I1 il mill l<ii xx. rr ?.<|ii I11I t! ? > i|iu\.' Hi. hi 11 1111 1 li <i i s, atlaeluil I" ln.ui.ilir caissons. Iliriini;ti a ram sin II Si ll i*aI ill tin' annuals writ' l< 11 aiul mi llu' nl urn I ii | tin muni" til I ii 11 si s was sn an-allx !* ii I llu- 1.ahum Iiii' I It: 11 I In- ini'll wa i Innail tu rill tin- ih.nl anil wiuimli tn-asts in . fruiii tin ir harm ss an lakiim llu* traces tiit-niscI vug, iIumIh . uIoiik. Inslclf thw. titili- imuuuivil uli mnl?' ' .r r v" Tin* Sun also tolls lis- iullowin slm \ nl a sroulina r\|s ilitimi < three Aim lirnns wlm ra|>tniril a < ; 1 man hi sit 1 a si 11I I'liatrail Tliix'ir> at I'iiWril armss 1 In- Maim utnli'1* ia?\< < 1 ilarhni'ss lii'iiuii llu 1 hi 111:111 ii tri al In can: Tin s t?(?l in hiishi s limine tlx- ila 1 \|ilinam: tin- hanks ami ilis-nvi-rir rm nix nun Ii in*' anus. Tlii-n tlmx r< i lili l'i .1 I In- Ini.il ami imshial I In ir e> |i|i>ralmils Iiii'.Inr. Tin- ihrinans ill: taixiri'il llu 111 ami 1 mil an uiti m inai'hnii' ami lire. Tim Anu rirans ? > <:i|hi| l.x ilixinu <ix 11'i:i*iI ami sxviu ........ 1...I1 ili.. inn,, nmli r tin- sill The iii-v! uii;ht liny leal .1 strut ptllla.l ul Illa-IJ p.als iicidNS tltlil > li'tiili'il their in\istiutiliuns, oliitiittit valuable iiii'(Min;it:ui< i-ei?a'iriuii;i tl lis|Misitiiiii ul i -iin.-tii units. All ilistnllai ul ?f. til hinva-iy in ?*m u lii ii . i iA|*|i'iliiii: sin II Iniiii ;i Ikiilit uy so lli il a>i11\ ins li> :i>l |il l I I'll-1< al I ii 111 III- ijllt Ills sll'llitiih'S I a'Mrir.'ili- 11ii11si Ii uiiiv i \li;i||sti-il Iiii .Menu <*: tin* :i icil. returnini: to alli-ssni:' st.it lull. Willi ti 1. 111 rea lli'tiil \\ >ia lla I. Hi stii|i|n-ii .1 III I In'4-1 tliuuin:: mil t! Innii-il nitifi. I'm.ill Ins slii'imth fiiili'il Iiiin :uii| In- fi tllla eiisiliauta. II* I'a a u\ i leal sellla-W III illlal lasllllla-il Ills tlhtuillC. "Vaill lie mill 41 t \ai||l wallllnl alla-S! aal. it's mail si-rianis tlltill III\ ttiMlhlaIlia lilll'ia al allUluhhey ili-al.l I i'al. "Saill (ilia- Will Ii I Ii I IIU." 'I'lla' aitlla-l" I'alllsaal tai ye 1111 I la Illlaalllsa-iaillS tl;'t< III. Ills a a : 111 It 111 la la> Sll|ia l llllllltall alTerlS lUilllilUi-al 1 a-\tI ia iita' himself til Itasl. Altlniiii surt'a-nni: frem a hnally wamuala-il an III' alI'iiycuval Ills Ia.lI haa'k In tin alleS! un: sttitlam. 'I'wiii mi tin way tin Wall- I SI will I aivif ||> l-\|i||iilm.4 sli.-ll lttn.li i Mi'lliov. ul l-*ii\ t'litisa-, I*t illllM'ai .It (lis la-.; II III lit tl I lla-:i 1111 Ilia t'l a * villi a un ssti^i- Hum his a-nptuin. I leeka al | 11 tl Hi I 11 a lu in il as lla- slas 11|-1 a na- Ills a-nlailli I tillil Sill Ilia a I. \v lit a thi- Sun a-airii'S|sinal*'iit: ||ew aliat > till U?'l tllliltiKll? Va?l COtU|atiny is a llt ult." iiska-al tlia- a-oluita k Tniwla-al un m> I" lly. sir. part i r till' way." ra-plia-al tlta* hauler. Ill IMU'tiiiit inlau'liiiil inn wtis ah-Hxi-re iinal while nrranuvina nts were 1 n it III: I a la thill I'a Slllti-al lata I ill aNtriailtll tin- captain, it was nliservi-il Hit I tl a 14 la-1 .Ma 11 I'a II I at I a I lililltl-ai. lla |li I'l-I'll W it ilaallt fasaal liar lofty-i-iul ill all IS. Wllall taken illtaa t ha- a'aalena I mass. I'l'vixial with wall r, anal aiffa-ia taunt. lla s.1 ill: "I cannaat take it. fur I must *4 hack t a a my ieuip,my. They tia-a ma'." Tlia* ol'iecrs hail tu ntiika- him a-.i hut within ta n iiiinuta s la- was un tl ivturn trip, tha celem-l pruiially r tiiitrkln-4 tu ma-: "Thiit is tlia' sort a?f stutT tin re in this unit." Tha' laayalty a?f tha- hamlet* was .... aa-iill aa-.lli 1-1,11..I. V ;i |M. iliitini ?? 111 l?l llir* ?ri I MOIIM' ptiiu. :?li *':??!> cited I'm i xtinonliiiii l>r.ivo>y dnrimr the tichtinjr. Tin* r?\meiital adjutant tells the story th Captain Williams, when the (lemur came oa with overwhelm ins: mimhei wont with one of his platoons to hill at his roar to pro'is-l a think. . tho mm ilinpiiyl hack from knoll knoll thoy fought all tho way. som times hand to hand. He covered t withdrawal with eleven men. Afterward. Captain Williams reo a pinized his eomjmny. takins in a strc lot of member* of another eompan and joined with the Fr> neh in a eon ter-attaek which stowed the tie mans. L'pon being relieved. Cap!a Williams Insisted on belnjr (riven .1 SHINES IN WORLD WAI .t Beat Back the German Mili Machine. THE MEANING OF FEAE crsonnl Incidents Which lllus ntcrs Into the Composition o liink Not of Themselves but o I lave to Accomplish. i?i oilier position in tin* front line. \ ni womler the l.wcler went hack to sue i- a Nailer of men. ie Another hualer name.I ,lone<?, < r somerset, |'a? ami of anothei com ie pany. took eharo- ol eichtei-n tm e ami. a!t< r two i|a>s of eonlitnioi, i tixhllni; f iirotich tie wooils, tinallx r< 1.1 ioineil his reiriment. The\ refuse.! t ,1 sin i itiler arain ami acaiii. often l? . inc snrroiimleil I>> enemy croups < i- t\\i?e their number, hut sotneho' ;l 11e> tearaci'il to :: ( throii::li. .lorn i 1 i ,, 1 mis in-' n rm-n ?>> iu? in .1.1.. .. ,1 l-'iviich i onitinimlt-r for tin- <"ioix il ,s 'Iin-rri. i. <\-i|i1. IMwii'.I M.-ii-Im-v ?.| WiNi.niimmI. I'ii., Iiinl liis imiiisiny >. ;ill. r< in nuir ::i?.ii|.s iosintitiu III.- l-'ninf> in i-i.viriiiK ;i |Miint |i:i>'s:itti- o\-i I In* M.ii in-. II.- in.-itnim-il In u'i t |i;ii ,, n| lii< mi ll lii"i*lIn r .-mil wilh l.i< ii Thnm-is |-*:if?-s. I In i rii-ki-t - |iln.vi-r < lS I'hil:n|i li lii.i. I'll in lliirlj-livt- pri I,, Mill-*. I.rinuinu |nisnm is. Mi.-uitmi i l.ti iii M.iriin Win i-|i i ni' Musi iiw. |';i |(| . ii. I hi |l|i' Silllll' ?-?mt|i;i II >. HilS wnrl. , tin; liis w:i> tlirniiuli tin wiitHIs w il jiiiiliir vnm|i ul lin-11. Hi- I on ill I liilil IS Sl-ll .-lllil |i.-lll> l-l illl | ill ? l\ i-iil nfl' wit i In . in iiiv mi tlili siil'S nl' It illl. ,i ii.-iriiiw ti.iil iifii in 11 .lowii into tl woimIs. ,, "Si-i-'i :int. liivc IIP :i lilli-. T.-iln til , 'in n mil tli.-it w:i>. I will iniliI tlii-i ,1 Ii \\ Itil" \oil lii'.-il it." s:iii| Will-i llWilli liis l illi- sitnl iilnin- Win Ii r i'n\ ,i nil tin- ii-:ir nl' his |i|;itiioti. Iiiinr i I -in _i.tss .-iiiil i>ii! inu oiT ti-ni'in i "iii In "iii- .-'s thi-i :nl\;iiiii-iI. Win In- h.-nl L-ivi'ti liis tin-ii tin minnt v ' ii:-i- In- u"t n) ;iin! tiinili- :i run for l.. . . 'ii.-'h.iuiiI to to i lliruiiuli innl r? js i-i'io-i! tli' i-oir^riiliihiliiiiis ..f his nil IV 'ii.i*l iiml tin- i-iii-irs nl tin- I'hitmi I_ In 11:i I s.'i\i-i|. I "ri\;11. lost |ill l!< lim it of 1111 ,,1 M i*!?. l* i.. ilist iniriih I ! hinisi-lf h |. ' liiHiliii-* : uiiii-'iiiii -iiiiii-i v. In> w.-i 11. .- ii" ' v. itii his t:iui tioiiii'il " ,, iti iiin t's lii'ti*' 11:1111. ,\iniiIn-r <!i-i 11 .'.-iiin t 1111 Ii 11 mil of tin l.rjit'i I ; | - innI I i-iiii- 11 i nr.-lit I in 1 mi Ii] .1 I'l.iM.in t. *1" I ii 11 In-1 - is tin stm\ Kill" I.i.n. i\-|i:izi- lighter. ? ,v "III* snso. us I?I l?y tlir Suit: 1? \ I -it11 it.nit i i'initi.'iiiiliuir lifty im,] tionliutr a l.uoll .it I 'tii.s i!i> Comic. i-i ,p nil' Unit: liis n ;:inti ut, called I'm '.ohmlcr I ii111f i^ In iiiiiKi 11 1111 | 11ti i:j tean Thierry. anil clirht runners ha i,C l?--ii killed Irvine to tret woril lute i-. to tin' snitii' l'i'.'iili|ii:iiti'rs. I "Take ine. I can jM tlirousrh ,|. s|H'ki' up l.ovran. lie went ami I iron el .. a iaplain hack with hint. Tile <! !a? SiitO'iil. Iluhtine front semi-pit t v, -aml pil, la pt fsillitr: hark. l-'inall m , u In n tin' <li tsn loth nl was almost siii ioiiiiili'tl. on tin' hi'ow of a hill a| .. pi an il a iii.ii'hinr yrmi roptpanv si i to Ihi'tr relief. "They cante just In I line. We eon I i. Mot ha\e In hi on ntiieli lonaiT." -:>i ,. I'i'i\at" < Ii oi :;i M. (tinker of Hsispor I-. X. V.. ti'llinir of the itteiilenl. I'rixale l.nthei Kilwali.s of New iy- port. \rk.. htn? ttevi r lus-n live tnil? .. ii'i'in Ins fithir's farm mill1 lie vol i;; mills red last Ananst. lie ttol i M. within whist Inn, 'listattei' of tin hi iiinatl shells a lew was us a:;o. II i. says farniina is a whole lot ipiii ! , I work, hut lie proposes to si irk to 111 ,. ioh until it is well done, for that's I,. J way farmers liavi mil in his it* ek ? n. the woods. A correspondent ol tl a ! NV-w York tllohe writes: is Two lieutenants l'w>in f'hieano \. Ii ill he|, tty to the :?it le hsith rv. mil w Ii \, lett home sil th same lime, wire eni II i<-I hark lion, ihr hattV Held on tl it in** .inimuudiim raKsoit tind oct'ii|i swl.ioinins rots in the same i-ospil.<. Coth rhrrrfnlly drelai, Hull it >s no a r:n to sen which will III * I relni i, to the :act;imnnl. I am not |m rtnilh to uivr their names. One hsid It: II k i'* ankl, sprained and his rluhl h >ii piereetl with ?hrapn I The othri ha I,, a hi,'km loyr. .and his rlyrht forcari I pielr, ,1 Willi .a hllllet. it. | "I wsis sihle to dtnet the lire of t! i JhnttoIX illt'll I Was 11 lioVf'l." Ml ill ?? ' \ ..I thorn. "Kvorv man stool* tn !t s. l ost ?U*Si>i'i' t!;? ti-niilo < oilv i i *1 .11 i.. lory tiro; thoinrh sliolls woro iatliii rs ;!l in nn<l o ir irons \o io ! s to lot.nl. *%o\v nioM took lis j is > i nl tho KMitti > falUn. from o\'.:r nation i-s "\\V st. . k rlsjlil to our umi.s mil wo wotv tiring point - blank H n tSor.nai'a.' sfji] ' <i!'| oi'ul \r? !ii" \\ i I. oov of Milwaitl i < . "Finally. ti.oi hi wi'i" no inoro to shoot at Inil i tho K.-iisi r hail run out ot caution fin .1. ilor." is "Tli" ra.ollina was awf.il ir.a I i is? not soo how wo founil ii'ir w:i lit tin oil." h Mo wuoils iillvo" :<:i-i| I'iicI ui l.ouis llanky of I'rrston. Kan. "Tin lit sin tli ! ttlO kltolli MS UIWl Ft'llili s of tl I's omJuoors until thoiv wa.nl a l? ih I or a initio loft. Tlioy throw ovi-r p w liloli tinishoil nn> oi tho animals n i t inainini; alivo." a "Two pl itoi ns oi our ioinpat.ii won- Uictrlnp tronohos when tho a it. taok start oil." salil I'rixato Kivihrh Ho Itohin iif Wooilhaxvii. N. Y. "Wo n o- cami liaok w ithout a sorati h. ln;t thi a sin I! lainloil no.nr us. vottinc sovor j "I went through the wholi' lltrl to without gitting a wnitiV said I'r I- vate tannic Irlrtnl) of l'ilt!>liiir,' r> "Tin m when we came I wick and wo i- ivstinv. ! wis nip|iod by shrapni at Ain't that toii.rh?" as The flooi of the dugout wcnpicd t s. the colonel of one of the Atncrics a ivciiitcnt.: was covered with woumh \s men l>y this time, and thoy wore hi to inc brought in faster than the snrgi e- oris could attend to them. Th< In stood around the walls in the daneir shadows cast by the few fllckerit r- candles, amts in sl'ncs. heads swatl ,i* ed. ard eyes blinded hy gas. It w! iy. h< .ohi'iarters ami first aid static n combined, says the Globe man, wl r- writes: in This was the scene which groeti n William danforth of Pt. I?cuis. divis I \ onal V. M. A. ? f11 *f. when hi [?-iie\ tinted to th(. in.nt si -a it hi in; for his .- sistants. Two of them. ItiiT.ard Shrive of Ifo hi ster. X. V.. and l?. <*. I Howis o. N'mtl. .'aroliua. were l.ns\ putting bandages on ununilni nun aif tin v nail ln'i-n surgeons all their litis insti'.ul i.i piominint business nn-n. "l! I g t out will you crippled men 1'nni' along?" asko] Mr. Danforth. Tin woiinil.il linn nodded assent, j.' ;.iii|. ' iking a Miinlnl man ) > thi arm. ,. hi h.t tin- way. Those wounih-il in tin inns -iipport - ! those injuri il In Unless ami made up a party of ninety men. lame ami halt, who inaile their " way .11 ioss tin iuhls slowly anil pnin^ fully until (In v reached the roads wlii-n- atiihiilnni'i-s wen- waiting. ' This V. *1. <\ A. i.utlit anticipated the drive e;n-!j in July and storked up II .r. !?/.? ..ill. I.i-..i-iui(.nk ... the ilm-k. IS Ill-ss III I'll lliuht. \s SIM.|) iis III) I ri \ ?* started th>y distributed these sup" i>li *s i! *- I\ and many units art- now I., in'-r fed liy them. Mr. Danforth as'' -mil...: i?ii? res|.on.slbllity. despite tin* stri' t a? ( utiiiiintr which is demanded 's for i-v. r\ I' linv f|?-nt. The nruauixa" linn fs '.I'inu supimrt.d l.v stirli men ' as It. njamin Ism:? and W. K. St?wii t of St. Louis, ami other |>i*ninim lit * no u asMii'lali'il with him. ' t'li th< lion' <>t til.- hut oerupie.l b> ' Mr. Ilovves is this sirrn: "Christ sai.l. 'I canto not to l.e inin1-1 istrr.il unto. I.ut to ininist. r.' We are ' trvitu; to lollow him ami not just to run a canteen." I "This is III.- motto of tin1 I'lititv division," said Mr. l'>nnforth. There wrrr six vvouirn workrl's in 'his organization. Thej win* vvitli' drawn iinih-r tin* for hospital work. '* Ida (.lobe s:.vs <?!' thrill and tin* bravo ' work of olhi'r women during the ^ drive: " The> inel.nl. d Miss Kni^l Allen of I'acino, Wis.; Kniiiia Hieksnn of I'hil" adelphin: Klixal.etli liarker, Helen " ISaroe, Anna l>a\is and Mildred Nash '* of Connecticut. In other organizations many women " are siiow in:: roiling wortliv of soldiers x :n Itus drive. 'I'lie It<d Cross workers an eoiitinuinjr their duties unllineh* iiilIv though several oi lliein have nlII r.a.lv I., en woiiii.hd. Other rrirls arc stiekina lo the lishtina positions though dohiu less s. rious work. 11 I nil of the tin lee of trucks, eailliolis, u! ami.ilia lie. s whieh rhoke all the '' ..mis th. near, i von get to the front, x a voima woman .Indued in front of s > .i.e.i. i i* i. I <1... " ii.nl :i basket nil <ui)' anil and Willi tin I lii i wits throwing packages of ci ii iti-s inio ill)- oi?ifi rear of tlio :iii) liiil.'im i s. "Dili yell Iii-jii iiic swear?" slii' ili landed :is tin ilrivi r sIo|?|mi|. "Tli? > would not wait so (hat I could ysivo ' In eijrsi relies lo flu* men inside I Ikamluilancc." Four ffli'ls, the Misses Mary Stevenson of South Heath, Conn.: Alary IVyJ dclphia, part of tlie organization i\iiowu as the Aineriean Committee for ? the Devastated I tedious ol Fraiiee, un i i Hie direction of Mrs. A. W. Dike, and Miss Anile Morgan ol New York. e distiiiiutiii'4 cigarettes and ehocolatis iituonn ilie soldiers. They serv- , d with hot choeolale an entire regiment ol r? plaeeineiits arriving; In-fore ^ dawn. Set era I of tile V. M. A. SeerelaI lies have not yet returned from tin t .relit lines, one of tliem, Mark lloxvI aial, is In ill!.' treated for shell shock. The accuracy of aim aeipiired l?y t'rivatc I took 11 ill. while hunting uuirrels in the woods around Dads s I lien. Alii., w;is satisfactorily ti steil when thirty-eight Taubes. in squadmi loriiiiiiion. hi can to sweep the Xiturtean treiielies In the A roomie. I'lie A la h;ima squirrel sni|ier wtis called ii|mil l>> Limit. Stephen Toxvnsend I Marine'te, Wis., to prove iipeti some of his viiiinted marksmanship, lie did. Saxs tlie (ilobe correspondent: II' Mill jumped on the parapet with his automatic title, and the second shot t eiit of the clip lilt tt pilot iind brought down the machine. This record of hringliig down it plane with a rule was lied tt few nilni\ j iilis later hy I'rivjite Mill I hew Foody of New York, who also brought down w one with itis automatic rifle. These It , exploits are said to lie iillprecedenteil, ls nil hot 11 the nun were cited in tlie ' "rencli army orders. 1 Limit. Iloxic Fiureliild. a farmer in,, trnetor in ('olumhiii t'niversity. New York city. after the cotmiiiinder of tinI'tlur platoon had lieon killed, pick...I no a rifle, and led a I la Millet attack. If ' is capturing two machine guns and killl ing the crews. |tr Sergeant .lames J t'Xcill and Sergci nut I;> innnl l-'iniicrly, |?ils, of New ! York distinguished themselves. O'Neill took command of a platoon after an jt ollictT had la-ell wounded and shot ... two machine gunners. Kinnerly was with t'or|Kjnd Thomas l-'itzgerald when the enemy was discovered ap|t preaching' and grounding the trenchcs. In the terrific hand to hand encounter which followed the two men lo icpelled the attack, iv The first German prisoner was takP? en under rather ridiculous circum> stances. He was a major of the ini. telligcnce department who ran his r aiitomohile into our lines, is "You are not German?" he exclaim>. ed in Knglish, when he was stopped ! > t'apt. Thomas Keilly of New York s city, a former t'olumliia foothall star, t "You are right." at once replied k Keilly. ill "Our schedule of attack sa\s our a men were din- here an hour ago." inal slstod the German, studying a map. "Thf train is late," sjiiii Keilly. "Get hi out oi" the rar and walk hack. You i- lire a prisoner." h. liespite the efforts of the Cumin iv olileers to impress upon their men I. that the Americans are a inpllpibte ipiaiuity at tlie front, the Itoches have >y adopted a new cry. Private Francis in P. Ilalloek of Ktmira. N. Y.. tells how h! Fri nch rirapoons drove a German mail. jor and several hundred men out of a E?- prove near l'loisy. All hands were In y the air. says Ilalloek, and the men IP were yellinp: "Americans! Kamerad!" IP In the ease of a recaptured Amerli. can tank, however, the Germans were is not pivon an opportunity to practice >n their new yell. Says the Globe eorre10 sjiondent: Private William Cunninpham of ?d FVrkinston. Miss., described to me how ii- part of !ds squadron recaptured af tank and turn<d the machine stuns "i t!|f (icimtins. "The tank." he said, "had l? i n stalled. and the tSertnans, drivins out ' French, had taken possession an were wnrkins the machine suns a' one end asainst our men. Two of sr slipped around the tank and the h '> low with me unstrapjied a piekat which he carried on his hack for diSinjr in pur|s>ses. With this he pri/ ed ojs-n the iron door on the side " the machine and another man thr< ? in a sreuude, killins or woundinc a! the flermatis inside. We then tin strapped the suns and carried th> a along." Tiic American olliccis found it difficult to hold hack their men. wis scorm-d not to he content unless th < were constantly mucins on the cm my. They were all headed for Itvilii Kesimentnl commanders were fore to send out couriers to call hack sot in units, and in one case a company ad so far ahead of schedule that au airplane had to he sent with a restrainins messasc. Illustrating the spirit of the troop :i United I'ress correspondent American headquarters m-iii- Soissonwritrs to the Xew York Kv? ni;iWorlil: When the attack was t inir planm< Wednesday niaht, a pertain Ann-mui acucrnl si I truest ed that his t r? m.|.should advance to a pertain point. "I fear it would Im- inadvisable." said his sii|ierior. "You can't ue that far." "The h? we pa n't!" exploded tie general'. "Any place I ask my boyto go they'll no!" A special eorrcs|K?ndi at of tic \? w York Times, shortly after the (h-iinni drive had l>een checked and the boyt'roin the United States were nailin. down their gains, asked a l-'rcncl high otlieer what he thought of tie -ondiict of the American troops. The was his reply: "They have covered Iheniselve* with glory! They are glorious!" DUNCAN TELLS OF GRAFT Wholesale Charges Reduced to Specifications in Affidavit. The wholesale charges of illegal i.ianipulaiion and "araft" by certain citizens oi i'olntiibia In securing oi land for tile canloiuneiit at ('ami .laekson. made at l-*!orenee ami otlci towns of the state by John T. Dim i .in of i 'otiimhui.' candidate for trovernor, in his eampaigti speeches, ciilniiu.iled in tin- audience at the slab nieilner at I'loi'i-liCi las: Saturday adopting ii resolution calling oil Mi Dillie.-il) to put Ills i hnrties ill illlidiivil lei ||| to lie presented to tile federal ot eriiiin nl for Investigation. Duncan Makes Affidavit. Tins .Mr. Duiu-iin did in the prosi lire of a committee 11 ppointi-d by County Chairman .1. w. MoCown i onsisting of J. \V. Hicks, a lawyer; C. M. Jlcl'urry, auditor, and A. I. who offered the resolution at the campaign meeting, said that it' Mr fHinean's charges were trite, there should he proseeiitions. and if untrue. they should he shown to he or. owous. .Mr. Illeks stated that thi uitiilavit v.ill he tiled with the govirnineiit. In his ailidavit dietated to a stenographer in Mr. Hieks's oltiee, Mr Hunean charged that John Hughe? Cooper. a lawyer of Columbia. al ihough making patriotic speeelies urging others to enlist, was not in the ser\iee, although of military age. Mr, i>unean wife as his |s>sition that the iiilhiouce of Kdwin W. Itohertson ol i 'uhitiihia, president of the National f.oaii and Kxeliange hank, who says is the "hoss" of tiie "system." and \V. A. Clark, president of the I'ari'lina National hank, the "ex-hoss' > i the "system." are hcing used in Mr i'oojH'r's hehalf to keep him out ol tiie army. .\s Mr. Cooper is ver> i lose to tie in. in tills connection Ik used the names of August Colin ??l I'oluinhia. former newspaper man anil linaneier. lie directly charged Uohert Moorman. a lawyer of Columbia, and chairman of tiie exemption hoard of thi rit> ol Columhia. with sending out I tile count IJ the papers of Coiltll Wv.PI. whom he charged with heinu a "Herman spy," and whom tin I'rovidenee Journal liad exposed if Teutonic spy methods in this countrj and alter Count von Hemstorff. amhassador to the I'nited States from Ceniuiny, and his attaches had hen riven their |ia>s|Hirts. Count Wedel who ciuni' to Atileriea on the "Wittekind." pinvhased a farm near Columhia and resided there until In Iiis regiment. Mr. Moorman, raid Mr i>11110:111. wax the attorney of Conn' Wot lei. Mr. Dunoon charged Mr. Robert soi with various manipulations in tin procuring of the land for the ('ami Jackson site and stated that a certn'i development oomimny of Columlti: was using misrepresentations to thi natives near the camp to get theli farms for a pittance, and, he assert ei liy implication, getting hantlsomo returns from the government. He salt that business men of Columbia subscribed $50.noo to purchase land foi the cantonment site, which was to hi given to the government at a handsome rental. He named M. W. Ma son. a real estate man of Columbia, a: the agent of Mr. Robertson in thii manipulation, stating that Inter Mr liottertson's influence had placed* Mr Mason with the government to sccur< options on land. He statist that Major General Halley, commander of the Slst division former commander at Camp Jackson who had been "wined and dined" bj Mr. Robertson, had used his influenei with Governor Manning to have ttn chief executive veto the hill passed 1>; the Inst general assembly requiring live cent car fares between ('ami .l:u kson and Columbia on the tines o Columbia Railway, Gas and Kleetrh eomjianv. of whieh Mr. Rolwrtson win president. The i-harge of ten rent cai fan ocensimied the legislative statute In this connection, Mr. Duncni charged that Mr. Rotiertson had uso< his influence with Governor Mann in? to get the apiiointinent of Christii lb-net of Columbia, as senator to sue eeed the late It. H. Ttltman. He at teged that he wanted him to stand be twern the KederaJ government and m investigation 6f Camp Jackson. The other sta1 e candidates mad< their usual speeches. Edward F. Miller, a member of ttv commission of engineers who reporter unfavorably on "(Jarabed," comment ing on a rumor to the effect that i stock-selling clique was preparing b exploit "Garabed." said: "If tti> American public, once having had i look at Mr. Giragosstan's model, i foolish enough to put money into il all right. That's their lookout. The: will be the kind of people who believ they can pull themselves up by the! boolst raps." OASIS AT CAMP SEVIER Hostess House the One Place tha Seems Like Home. WHERE ALL VISITORS ARE WELCONI Homesick Soldiers Go to the Pres ence of Women for Their CureHere the Soldier May Find Sympa , thy and Entertainment and Com fort. (Passed by the Censor.) Cor rtspondence of The Yorkvillc Enquirer. Camp Sevier, Aug. If.?There i! ' oil" attraction mih: invaluable convene at< at Camp Sevier, that I don' think I have ever mentioned in any o my camp articles. I have refercnc? to ttutt haven called the hostess house I tried to get a cut of it to print ir 1 connection with this story so thai j'oiks inistht see the building for themselves. The faet that the hostesi house is not on this page is evidcnct that I was out of luck in my quesi ol a picture. The Camp Sevier hostess house is managed and cnnductct oy ladies. The women are ever to l? found having a hand in tIn* conduct - of this war and in the operation o hostess houses here and at every camp throughout the country, they ar< doing a most noble and valuahh work. The hostess house Is a sort of parlor. rest liaven. cafeteria, infonnntioi bureau, etc. It is conducted under tin auspiees of the National Young Worn n's Christian Association which is lite only sister of tin- National Y. M ' <\ A. As I said a moment ago, it i: -ondueted by women. It's good for s soldier to see a woman's face am I'orin and suiile in enmn every once it a wliilc, ami tin- ladies at tin- hostess lionse always wear smiles. That's i big feature of their work. A soldier's wife or mother or sistei or sweet heart visits him at Camp Sovie r. The jiarty begin .a lour of tin amp whieh is a very hie: thins?si hi:, that you eoiilil put York villi it lie middle of it and soldiers on tin I far side wouldn't know it was there i i'V? II as nmst of tIn-iii don't know where it is now. Tin* wife or the sis> 'o|- 111' the mother or the sweetheart jets tired visiting the hase hospital ind the artillery trenehes and tin *Y" halls and a hiuulnd oilier (mintf of iateresl. So the soldier takes III? riiesls l?> the hostess house when ihey are taken in charge by tin- lad. tianu'-a rs. The hostess house is tin inly plaee at t'nnip Sevier where a I holy may feel iierfeetly at home. Nat trally so! Tlie restaurant or "rafeti-ria" of tin ho^trss liouse Is famous throughout 'amp SeVler. Kvery sohlier is per! fnmtltnr with it ;ui<l owry sol 'den there nr some time 01 . -ittter .vfitfiiiK Ids stay in camp, lei r HJw >Bil ' ilher articles oC food are served t? oldiors there at prices that shouh uiaki- I'aris and 'in-enviHe rcstiiurt ins ashamed of themselves if the; write capable of shame. It is servei iiy those charming Indies who chargi nothing extra for serving, thougi 5?.50 should he tacked on to ever; In ek. for it's'worth it?the service. Soldiers who Ret distrusted wit I ' army chow, anil every soldier git.tired of army-food for a day or so ai time in his young life, go to tin hostess house for some real food . Soldiers suffering with the "arm; elites" to which .all of us are oeca iotially subject, go there. Soldier." I dial simuly seeking entertainment an ah'.ays there. Ihirk privates and cor ' porn Is nml sergeants ami lieutenants :iit I captains mid soldiers of every ?!? ' w patronize this hostess house. It's . ?nc phi re that all iftjiy meet on pivt ly nearly tin- same terms of eiiunlity rank to the contrary notwithstanding \ l>uck may cat as much as a inajui ami the host esses arc just as nice ti I 'litu as they arc to the man away ui in military. I've sot a friend whose lirst name h N'at. I think lie was horn on Kriifa; 1 or the 13th of tile month or in tin r dark of the moon of something. Ih . has the "army hlnes" more than an: i oilier ten men in the cor|?s. It's jus his nature. Whenever you see liiu , hanging around the hostess house i >on know he's pot 'em. lie's to hi found there at least one day eael ' week. Me says it makes him feel hi t . ter to haim around the iiostess hous< i that there's an unexplainnhle some thins in the atmosphne aiuiind then that is a veritable halm of <Ulead ti i his soul. At hast $10 per (flout li oil of his $:tn never leaves the confines o ' t'atnp Stvler; hut is defioslted lit tin , hostess house. Almost every evening u concert o i' entertainment of some description I held there. Young ladies of (Jreen 1 ' ill**, noted singers unu entertainer mine out and give iierformanoes a [ they do at the "Y" halls. Quite oftei . noted lecturers and entertainers fron . Mirious sections of the country an there. The whole Idea is to provld ' for the comfort and pleasure of tiv soldiers in every way possible. It i : done. If soldiers In ramp were toll that it were necessary that they etth er refrain from going to town hence lerth or from going to the hostes house, there would be such an absentof the yellow and brown in the clt: of Greenville that when a soldier dl* i nine there the natives would stare a hitn like the natives do at Rash y o . < t ra v t'ou it or Honen Path or som n ether small Imt-jr. r Thiw lire scores and scores of visi ^ !<>rs at the house every day and o I week-ends there are hundreds. The r vine from every win re- ttiht the sol .liers come. A register of visitors I | kept ajid tip to this time it inelude . fine several thousand names. Mn i William Jennings Bryan was a recen \isitor. and the names of many othe notables are entered on the register. Occasionally some soldier's girl wh L. comes to see him at Sevier decides t j marry him, uniform and all, after ar . rival. Perhaps the marriage is per n formed at the hostess house. Only a few weeks ago a lass from Alabam P came here to see her soldier sweet n heart. While showing her his hi s home (this camp) she decided th? >t instead of eventually, it would he nov y The wedding was held at the hous p with an army chaplain performing th r( ceremony. There were wedding bell and flowers and all the other custc r . mary foolishnients. And the buck was just as proud ami just as much married as if it hail hnpisned in the 1 | "Little Church Aronriil the Comer." with him in full dress, intituling starch and a dozen t.iXls waiting out- f side with the meters running all the a r while. This hostess house of which I write, v is a beautiful building painted all d " white. A large veranda is in front '? " and there are dozens-of comfortable t I Hire h chairs and screens that Kill the glare of these fierce August suns. The f interior is equally beautiful, all ileco- ' rated and {Kiinted and ki pt as onl> ' a woman can keep a house. I've some- ' ^ times compared this beautiful place ?' with my tent and then felt thorough- h ( ly ashamed of myself. Why. it's Itki v f comparing a motorcycle with '.a Na tlonal MX. .M> lent is us clean as any- i body's, understand?tint to keep ' in I' ' that way to stay out of trouble. Hut '' ( what I might call tin- "home atmos- h phere" doesn't know my tent, and it's ' . all around the hostess house! Jas. D. tIr 1st. v m I' POLITICS IN THE FOURTH 1 1 . . . Proposal that the Defeated Candidates t Join the Army. 1 Allison I.< e to tSiTcmille I'icdmont. t laiuivns, S. t'., Aug. 5?.~(S|iecial to ' the i'iedinont.)- i)avid It. Traxler oi ? Creeitville, u candidate with Horace n I.. Hoinar and Sam J. .Nicholls for Air. Nieholls's seat in congress, sprang 1 a sensation in the caniiniian meeting ? Mere yesterday when lie "put it up" tj to Air. Nicholls to state whether or ' not he was going to vote for or against n ex-tiovcrnor t'ole L Itlease in the i| * -enatonal race. The |M>sitiott of All. ,\ 1 Nicholls, who was one of the former ti ' governor's stauiiehest triends in tlx n 1 days when IShase was in the ascend- p * eticy, has In on a subject of specula- t; 1 iion sinei the campaign o|icncd ami \ was conceded to have an important r bearing on the outcome of the race. The incident today came as a so- n liiil to a proposition put to the other t| ' candidates by Air. Nicholls the lirst " 1 part ol the week ill which lie offered * to go into an agreement to put ii|> p - a x.i.iimi In ml to guarantee that tin j< iwo losing: candidates alter the primary would go to a leci i.iting ollice s ' and enlist in the' army as privates. . * Air. Homai accepted the pro|>ositioii ,i of Air. Nicholls yesterday and Mi. t, Tr.ixler accepted it on condition. He ,i ' said that In- would not enter into ,\ contract with another party unless p tie knew that tin other party would e stand to the rack or words to that li ' ffiei. Tin n citing iIn- binding' friend- I ( under 25. j v The average ape of enlisted men of . 'l the navj when the I'nited States en- , f lered the Kuropcan war was 20 to f ( twenty-one years. The Xavy has stnee expanded from 82,000 to 520,000. j The average ape in th?- nav> is going , up rapidly now, due to army draft t n > > " t Casualty Comparisons?When con- j templntlng our casualty lists, just re- ( s member that Mritish casualties for the , 4 month of July, when there was not | t supposed to Ik* much fighting on lh> t Itrltlsh Iront, amounted to 67.201. The ( month before they were 141,147. , At the height of our military actl- ( n s It> so far. we have not begun to npproximate the normal llritish ami . French losses. n Every casualty case is a matter for sympathy and serious appreciation on j the part of the people at home; but , -inv excessive concern over the lists ( ? j now coming- In would seem a shame- , k. ful thing. when we consider what our ip Allien have suffered- so long and are | |C still suffering:. , l8 Let us not cry before we are hit. ( And let us not cry then, either.? '* Greenville News. :>lnp that had i xMnl between Mr. Nicholls anil M^'. Itlease 111 llk'iisif'.i heyday anil recalling certain substan- *. ' i in I favor* alleged to huve lin-n xrantnl Mr. Nicholls by Mr. IJU-asr n iiml i-irt.iin I'Xprnuiiuns ol loyalty 1 of Mr. IMouse toward Mr. Nicholls, ii Mr. Truxler waid that he would go g ' if Mr. Nicholl* would stand up before 1 the assembled crowd and declare II ' whether or not he intended to stick tl to Mr. Itleusc and vote for him in 1 the primary. Amid an almost breath- n less silence Mr. Nicholls arose to i 1 reply. "I will answer that iiueslion," i> ' he said. "1 will not vote lor any b man for any olllce who is not loyal ii 1 to tlie administration." After some it 1 reference to Mr. Itlease which rival n 1 yells drowned, hf- continued: "My tl friends don't chrc who 1 am going to w * vote for and as for my enemies it is n none of their business." Mr. Traxler then put the question: i < "Don't you know that foil- itlease Is > disloyal?" "No, 1 do not; do you say s lie is?" replied Mr. Nicholls. "I do not t * say so; Hint is what 1 am asking p you," again said Mr. Traxler. Mr. n * Nicholls said if Mr. Dial or Mr. Itlease p would ask tiiiu for whom he was go* ilit; to vote lie would tell ilieitl Ultd it s they wanted to make capital out el t 1 it they could do so. , i ' Mr. Traxler characterized Mr. Nich' oils'* reply as a complete dodge and e charged him with straddling the n * fence. i 1 The itlneniry of the congressional n candidates ended with the I*uurens e itieeiing. A sp'-eial meeting was held 1 at the Watts mills last night. Messrs. a 1 Traxler and llomur have made ter- t ntic assaults on tne rceom 01 .nr. i ' Xicholls mill Mr. Xicholls Iiiim replied ;i in kind. It in generally conceded that ' t here has hi'Oil n dislocation of linos t in tin* county during the week. Init I: ' tis to the extent of it of course the i election only will tell. i? ( Boys Did the Fighting in the Union r , Army.?During the four years of the I Civil war, says a Washington dispatch ? 2,169,798 men twenty-one years of age <1 and under enlisted In the United States 1 Army, e The number twenty-two years and I over was 028,510. e The total enlisted |tersonncl was t 2,788.311. Of these, those sixteen years and under numbered 844,801. f The number eighteen and under was 1,161,438. Boys fourteen years and under num- ? I bercd 1.623. I Those twelve years and under ag- , jrregaled 233. i The number of boys ten "years and t AMERICANS ARE EAGER mat They Believe in Quick Action .ind lintHard Lick*. apt* North of thr Ancri- ih Krltinh havt isli Irmly established their positions anil Hek iv pushing out patrols toward Itraje. june The Germans throughout the da> an?l iciv retiring till alone the lino, on- wh? avorinu to savo whnte- or thoj oouhl at p s the l-'rench lainuhod tlu-ir nrw at- Ish ark against Montdidier. of t The Kr? noh attaek resulted in tin ? tn i uking of Montdidier. This inovomi-nt won s considered as most ? ignitieant as whil ho Allies have now p< net rated far nto the enemy lines in the Amiens hein istrict. The Germans ;u-?- retreat- the ug rapidly out of th pocket of and i'hieh Montdidier was tht- apex. The; Tin- Americans an.I Hritish have '? ow advanced their |?osltion beyond mail heir objective north of the Soman*. 'he w hob of the Chipilly spur is now hold 11 their |.oss? sxion aftir tighting of I ''1' li?* most desperate character. 'tinThe casualties of the Americans shin ,'cre not more than was to ! > . \ f'r. i icctcd. considering t'n- bittirmss of >. ss In- fighting. t'oo Details of the brilliant battle which man In* Americans and Itritish fought tor rata lie spur are now available. In order 'feet i> go over the top at the ap|M>inted '"is inu*. the Americans wr:v forced to fion m!\c a rapid march in tls* last part lot" f which tlu*> ran. so as to be in the "'en irlit. l-ocl Hurried on their way by the admiring Iditish. l-'rench and Atin rian troo'i* on the Amieiia-Sonuiie bat- " Iclleld, the <iermans throughout tin- well a? retired all alony the line, aitempt- 1 ig to save whatever they could as pom lie l-'rench launched a new attack on "mm folltdidier. The elements of tile Del inn division became badly confused arm; i their operations through trying to wan old up* Ho* Allies in their several at- ' "'ni iicks. It was a victorious day for the ^ 'sl illies who smashed all the Herman I" el [ sistance. soon in I in Ameriean auar'i, in., i.. r " nut itiliiilli> In-Ill lor :i while and with In n hrnkf mill tin- Anierieatis Kept * ' oinv. nl wiim- pl.-a-es without the as- " istanee of the tanks. The ground ' ' * it till with ile-p itullies, was iiiisniti-il ' " ' " i tank wnrlnrt*. -s'x > Tin it* wen- no ti'i-nehis hut a thin Aiae moke sen-en hlowinjr across tin t-roh ronnii Imlli-ateil where tin iinia>'s " osiihuis lav. At the same tune the 'sh ,11 man ;n I ill* i*> heeaim aeti\< ami ' ' ropped slu lis in the iliu-etion of tin 'oil Illlerieail troops, whieh illllieteil a "" v. casualties The A nil-i n ans, how - IVr.i v? r. ran on ami pitched tin mii ?Ki forc? a.- just as it liltiil. Tien tin y loiunt In mselves at mips with the enemy. Meanwhile, eei tain American anils ' a ad reaeheil positions in a wood I'ni hen the t!< rtnatis open-d tin with aero lie.-hltie amis. Manx ol these elieiu> 'hat invhine jjisnm is entile up Irom deep 'he iiuuutN all. r Ihe Aniei-i. an l>am on- "on ad ceased and they placed their uns in prepared pi^a. Thjp Americans n fosnrtfi;. . ? The (Jemianii eontinued to tire un- th.si il the Amerieans and Kim'lish put I'iea Item out ol' action. North of the Sornine and also south 'he I It the (icrtnans are now showinc ' h very sltni of rapid retivat. Most f tlie shells that eanie over from tin ir 'I'"' a I tiries were of miall ealihre and will red at extremely lonir r.-uifre, showis.' that the enemy proltaldy was re- '' lovint? his heavier pieces for a furiier retirement. The Allied forces. Grc3 ho everywhere advanced their lines, loved their artillery ahum with them. *^' There whs further cln-er in tin- iv- hroti oil rewnlinj; thnt I ho l-'ivneh had ^n,n Inrtoil another moietm nt thnt r? - tout tilled in tin' takinc of Monldidier. In w'hi< lint iTiflon. too. tin- Ccrnisins m:nlo reparations lor tin witlnlrnwnl thnt hitnl lilitnrj olisei vers enni'uh ntl> had i s- mos m-ti'il. kno' The enemy continues to destro;. his tons 01' iminitions in \nriotis local)ins silom; the battle I runt, sis is tin Kan raellce of n IhMtcn nriny. S?n:t I- ni t hi i' successes oust of Montiiiili - fhthi r would iron out the wlioh sectm 'he lorth of Lilians nini n suit in tin- fni - >*0111 hit of n jrriMt territory front thi '? r- w'" inns niel wresting from llieri inueli hurl J' the gains Hint resulted from tin- shin iti i.t\'s sprint; offensive. In addition, ta,,< I'm ward mover) i-nt would take from sen lie invaders tin bountiful crops that fat* inve heen miltivnted inside their lines deel ml which sire now ready to harvest. ,nt'f Many more prisoners have heen siken during the operations of tin sut nst 'Jl hours, among them troo|>s yeai win nt least font new divisions that ,nvn re hiii l ied in math ol the Soman-, idtn tipsiretitly ttie eneiu> hs|s ruslied in stru lew troops from wheievir they could t-'d * ?? obtained for among the prisoners corr re some front reseix e battalions of f? ?t livisions loesited fsir to the north, fan *l?iw 1.1 In.II,II,-.I ,-,,,tu!.l,.i :i Iti.- end onfusion prevails amom; Crown >??n 'tincc Itnpprccht's forces as a rt suit v,'ill >f the uncxiM-ft) <1 Allied assaults and can heir continued success. , scp; * nun FIRST AMERICAN ARMY for ts Position Lies on the Road to som Berlin. Secretary Maker has been formally w'" id vised l.y Mineral Mcrsliimr that the Irst Ameriean Held army has is-cn 'r01 rented, (ierieral I'crshlnjr retaining ';lH< omnia lid of the arm) as well us of ^ ' h eniire American expeditionary brees for the |#ieseiit. The dis|<atch *ro1 idded nothing to details of the aini> >rua nidation already made known <'^a rom Maris, however, said Mr. Maker. *>s* The announcement is regarded as vv<" lavtnj; deep significance at the war c'la lopartmont. mainly because it places wor he American army in France on the ^Pr atne footing as the French or British, ? 'orces there. Fonnation of the army * s taken to mean that the American- ? /-itIon of a dc Unite, js.riion of the ^orl 'ront has been completed. Supply ij'es, railways. bases. storage faeili- w'1' irs. debarkation ports and tin- like, thei rented and operated by Americans wit' dand Is hind the first army. The only '^ei itatement of the location of this \irn-ilmn front piven In that it in T 'south of the Marno." sent Part of Long Lina. "fit I'resumatdy this moans a part at ? !? i oast, of tho lone lino from St Mihiol I'le to tho Swiss border where Amorican the iroojw have l?eon put in at intervals l?r liuine tho last few months. of < Tho extent of that front has not ?a? Iw.-en disclosed nor has tho definite tria strcntrth of the army been givco. Tho wor advices indicate that it comprises Ger fr o full corps which means approxi- ' the ?!\ l.L'.lO.OrtO m?-n. ho offoot of taking o\?r of tinis to main a ilofinito In-ginning at ortioning tho loin: front. Tin Itritholit tlu* l< ft tlaflk, altli'il tinrwtns. from tho North sia to tho turo of thi- Itritish Fourth army tho Fivitoh First army in I'ioardy ro an offonsivo is Ion: t-ondiioti-d tvsont. In that t>o*itum tin- Itrttatv not only holding thotr sltatv ho lino, hut stand hotwoon t it) and tho oluiiiiu-l |H>rts whtoh Id In- his only road to KttKland. f (lit* lU lllMI ill I I I'MMH, ? if French armies presumably are g concentrated whollx liftwffii I'icmdi juncture with the Itritlsh tli? American hit Ik*\tint! Verdun, i block the* road to Paris. > tlu Americans has t.illt 11 thf rt ltl.T of tin- front tt> tlu- Swiss hotThi First it. in\ iiiiiltiiil>tfill> now s thi bulk ot tli.it luif with siii'Ii it'll li. Ip as is lttti >t.i;v. Thf Wholt piol.nhlj i.> nji.l.r litiii'i'iil IVig's direct command . \fit tin it li corps o: divisions that ai'f lieit > iititil atlttitioiial American l>s .'irritf. Thf Ann-rii-nii comtit-r will la it a i tir ilii'fi't all i>|h >n? oil hi:* tit.nt. ili ii.is as iniifli loin of action oil his own Inif.s as Sir Douglas llalg on the Itritlsh i m (it'iii'ral I'tin in on tin Flinch. In- stanils on an <-i| 11:11it> with i. All throe aiv .iinU-r Marshall i lor thf major campaigns. In Good Position. . direct .omnia inter of tin mini III' lit 111. <ifllfl.ll IVrshll.a Will I" siliiatcil to w'figh tin i.iualitiis he nifii hi- has assigned tctnrily as corps commandfrs. 1 ' mil f li\i oilm i> In prohald> will t tin coii.iiiaiitli r ot the I'it st i later, and opinion leans litis Ma j. < ion. 11 iint -1 lagged, now mantling the First corps on the e front, as Ids choice. It is e\ I'll also lliat lii'l'.i'ial I'li'sllillg will name Ids pf. inar.clil corps com dors, the apiMiinliiu lit eairiing it tin rank oi lii iiti-tiant gem lal. I. .a! I.igg! Mv n.t(... |nolt.il>i\ i.. I'lh'il as tile lltooile I'l'Sfl'Vi' til tin I aim. .'Illd an slieli is e|ilplo>i'd ill I'l .Itil .11.III. Should iiagl'es o|tfrations It uinh iiak. n on tin 11:< -ill 11i>iii hum n r. mis i hi |>ably woulil be us- <1 tli. f. . supple I ! I>> I'.t nil. it tut lirii mobile I?'iri s s.-ni by * i*s?l i. Ill licit i use, vvlillr < ll< l.iI i Would iii:i|> 'tut tin i'l.ji'i.-. " lift lull iii U I'l'l.ul t\U> < I'll' i.>1 Iiiii.; \\ "iilil ><ii unci lid lii< j.nil' li recalls III'- i'ait licit tic Ann i. mi lor in< iinl's ulcil has always i>li.-i'|. | <1 tin- In, ii'ii I I mill In * ill tor 1'iviirh advances. li was m. liii' S now In lil by Aim rii-nns tI'u in It struck in lull before lliinc tin ticininii artillt'O nab li'lkliini io tin' war in iiorlliKrance. Wlillf the enemy in still oi-thorn^a^ni-c. It may bo that no jTh ftno^can he ntfernpffFthrough I- tali-ways. Tin- campaigns In rily ami at i lie Manic. however, aftinil at fori ina liiia Icirk mil11 o|i|iortunity comics to drive leu I. itu, ami it is rtgnrded I > otliccrs it will In mir tin- Aim ricaii Inn s tin- mil thrusts at (initially lit- drivn lioirii'. m , OR WOUNDED AMERICANS it Hospital Has Been Established in England. merh'a's wounded men who anight to England fruin the VWstorn t will soon llml waiting for them Southampton a military hospital ?h, built under the supervision of Red Cross authorities of their own 1, is situated on one of England's t mngniticient country' estates. wn us Salisbury Court comprising acres. oodland, pasture lands and ample lens, with half mile frontage on hnmpton waters which afTord good ng and splendid boating, comprise sight of this American Institution, thward, the convalescing soldiers look across the water to the busy >or of Southampton, with the res of the Isles of Wight in the dis* off the hospital Jetty they will anchored an ancient British fri , now used as a training ship, her <s swarming with young midshipi at their first lesson in seacraft. ntererl in these surroundings is old Manor Mouse, which, erected rs ago by a wealthy British lander, will serve as the central hos1 building. From the tower of this eture one may have an unobstructdew for twenty miles. The central idor of the hospital will be loO long, and wards on side will acmodate from fin to 100 patients i. Here and in neighboring butts which will cover nearly loacres be room for 3.00u wounded to be d for comfortably. There will lie irate buildings for the medical and sing staff and other employes, and kitchens and operating rooms. At .llui.,r?... fmin th,. m.'lin llllilllinirs v will lie si large Isolation hospital, i its own kitchens and equipment, his estate, located at some distance n the main road so that the amhu. tnilfic will not he inti rfeii d with the regular business of the central tways, was purchased by the Ited ss. Capt. F. Harper Sibley of the I Cross, formerly president of the mber of Commerce of Koohetrter, Y? is supervising the construction k. Captain Sibley has been in rge of tho American Ited Cross k since his arrival in Fnglatid hist 11. y mid-August the hospital should >pened to the extent that there will Lccommodation for about 400 beds, te of these will bo located temporain the tents of the Kossoneau type. It windows set in tho walls to make m light and airy and a double roof li air-chamber between to Insulate [n from the heat of the sun. hree prominent Belgians have been lenced to terms of twelve and in years by Herman authorities suspicion that they were resiionsi for the editorial management of Libre ilelKi'iue, a weekly ncwspathat has been a thorn In the flesh flerman offlcials. No direct proof i found against the men after a I last ine three months and all v sentenced on suspicion. The man spies were never able to leafn place of publication of the papr.