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C. Rex King, 30, arretted In North
Carolina a couple of week* ago, on
suspicion of being responsible for the
deaths of two boys near Marion, Ark.,
last October, following a preliminary
hearing at Marion, has been bound
over to court for a grand jury investigaston.
More than .'{,(>00 people visited
Roanoke Island and Old Fort Raleigh
on the North Carolina coast
Tuesday to observe the .'{41th anniversary
of the birth of Virginia J)are,
first white child to be born in America.
Roanoke Island is now reached
by a paved road and new bridges.
An H-year-ol<| girl i? in the Coney
inland. N. V., hospital with a tin
whistle in her lungs. The whistle
sounds eveiy time the child breathes
and it will take an operation to remove
it. The constant sounding of
the whistle is breaking down her
nervous system.
The annual statistical report of the
Presbyterian church of North America,
issued this week, shows that for
the year ending'March 31, there was
a net gaiu of 15,023 members, hrirising
the total membership to 1,000,131.
The Sunday school membership increased
24,400, making the total membership
in the country 1,020,490.
As a result of the revolting murder
of two boys and two girls in Michigan
last week, officers have begun a relentless
drive against the dealers in
"white mule," as liquor is blamed as
the indirect cause of the "torch murders"
near Ypsilanti. >
The journal of the last session of
the 'South <'arolina senate, just
printe<l ajid issuod, contains 1,044
pages of print, some of it fine print.
The house journal previously issued
contained 2,007 pages of record and
talk, and the acts passed make the
book of session laws contain l^ll?
pages. . *'
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ia the sensible thing when children are
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there's need of gentle regulation, ('children
love the taste of Cfestoria, and its
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is always t>etter for growing children
than strong medicine meant ouly for
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In the World War H
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of the general stuff, relieved hy Mn),
James II. Collins, and Col. VV I). Con
nor. assistant chief of staff (J I, relieved
hy Col. (J. V. H. MoKcley.
Morrow on Maritime Council.
Our members of the Interallied marl
tlnicf, council were wide awake at thin
time In their search for udUltional tonnage.
I'w ight Morfow reported prospect
a of home increase, besides calling
attention to tonnage that was Idle or
not being used to the best advantage,
The immense shipment of American
troops contemplated the use of all
available passenger-cargo carrying
ships, llrltlsh, American and neutral.
As very little If any space would be
left In such ships for cargo, the latter
class of ships was In greater demand
than ever.
Meanwhile the amount of world cargo
tonnage built during the preceding
live months was scarcely equal to the
lossy*, and the ships we were manufacturing
had only Just begun to he
turned out for service. It was ut once
evident that tlie Immense program of
troop shipments would call for extraordinary
concessions on the part of a 11
concerned,
CHAPTER XLII
A strong German offensive opened
Muy 27, 1PIS. against the French, with
the famous Big Bertha firing on I'arls.
The position of.-the First division
was near Cdntlgny, where It had heen
In line nearly u month opposite the
, town and near the point of farthest
.advance of the enemy In the Amiens
salient.
Although some weeks had passed
since my offer of troops In the emergency,
tip to now none liud been called
upon to take part In active operations.
T,he reason njqwjTred to be that the
allies were skeptical of the ability of
any of our units to conduct an offensive.
The opportunity now came, however,
to remove misgivings on that
score.
The French corps In which the First
was serving had prepared a counterattack
to he launched In the Amiens
sector about the middle of May In case
of another offensive hy the enemy In
Flanders, which. It was believed, would
occur between May 15 and 20. The
counterattack was to he directed due
east toward the heights of Montdldler,
with the advance of the First division,
supported by a French division on
^eacli flank, ns a preliminary move.
This was to he followed in forty-eight
hours by n general advance northward
of the entire Third French army, which
covered the front from Montdldler to
Noyon.
Ammunition dumps had heen filled,
special trenches dug. new battery emplacements
prepared for the reinforcing
artillery and necessary orders Issued
for the counterattack, hut the
enemy did not put In his appearance
according to the forecast.
First Seeks Better Position.
It was then decided that the First
division should undertake to Improve
Its position. The Germans on Its front
colitinued to hold t/ie advantage of
higher ground, from which they were
able to Indict constant losses on our
troops while suffering little damage
themselves. .Vnotljer reason was nr
this moment (he morale of the allies
required that American troops make
their appearance In battle.
The Cantlgny sector at this time was
- ??..?? oritiv^ ujrtxijerv tiro unusually
heavy, and the preparations for
the attack hy the First division, which
had to he hastily made, were carried
out under great difficulty. Many cas- t
ualties occurred during the construction
of Jumping-off trenches, emplacements
and advance command posts.
The Twenty-eighth Infantry, under Col.
Hanson K, Fly. designated for the '
assault.' was reinforced by machine ,
guns, engineers and other special units. J
Additional French artillery was sent to !
assist the artillery brigade of the cllvls- j
Ion and particularly to suppress the j
hostile batteries attempting to Inter- !
fere with the consolidation of the new
position after it should be captured.
Yanks Splendid Under Fire.
On the moruing of May 2S, after a
brief artillery preparation, the infantry
advanced on a front of a mile and
a quarter. The village of Cantlgny
and the adjacent heights were quickly
taken, relatively heavy casualties worn i
inflicted on the enemy and about .TOO
prisoners were captured. Our troops
behaved splendidly and suffered but
slight loss in the actual attack
Kvents developing farther east, however.
were seriously to complicate the
success. The German assault In force
against the French along the Chemln
des Dames, between Solssons and
Ithelms, began on the morning of the
Twenty-seventh and vvns making dangerous
headway. Hy the morning of
the twenty-eighth the gains of the enemy
were such that the French high
command was compelled to relieve
much of the reinforcing artillery hehind
the First division and transfer It
to that front.
The enemy's artillery within range
of Cantlgny thus became superior to
ourt and was able to concentrate a
terrific fire on the unsheltered tr,? i,-i
In the captured position. His reaction
against our troops was extremely r|o
lent and apparently he was determined
nt all cost to counteract the excellent
tiffed the American success had pro
duced upon the allies.
Under cover of heavy hornhardinent
a series of counterattack* were made
by the enemy, hut our young Infan
try men atooil their Kround and broke up
every attempt to dislodge them. The
regiment sustained severe casualties
from the large caliber shells potwe?i
down upon It and had to be reinforced
by a battalion each from the Fight
eenth and Twenty-sixth regiments.
It WIIK a matter of pride to the whole
A. K. F. that the troops of this dlvl
slon. In their first battle, and In the
unusually trying situation that followed.
displayed the .fortitude aud
courage of veterans, he'd their gains
and denied the enemy the slightest ad
vuntage.
U. 8. Troops at Chateau Thlsrry.
1 he alarming situation had caused
General i'etaln to chII on me on the
30th for American trots' to he sent
to the region of Chateau Thierry, The
I hlrd division (Dlckmun), then In
truining near Chaumont, being the
only division within reach, besides the
Second, was ordered to move north Immediately.
Dick man started Ids motorized
machine-gun battalion over the
road on the aftoruooii of May 30. The
infantry and engineers entrained the
same night, and the division's supply
trains marched pverlund.
The first element fo reach Chateau
Thierry was the machine-gun battalion,
which arrived the afternoon of May 31
and Immediately went Into action
against the enemy, who then held the
half of the town north of the Marne.
By daylight on June 1 all available
guns had been provided with cover aud
were In their positions, one company
with eight guns, and another with nlne-i
guns about .">00 yards to the east,
guarding the approaches to the milrond
bridge. From these positions they
repulsed all attempts by the Germans
to cross the Marne.
Meanwhile, as- the Infantry of the
division came up on June 1 Its bat
tallons were put Into line to reinforce
the French .from Chateau Thierry east
to Domains. The conduct of the machine
gun battalion In this operation
was highly praised by General I'etaln
in a citation Issued later.
Stopped German Drive on Parle.
The Second division (Bundy) May 30
was near Chautuonl-en-Vixen and was
prepnrlug to move .northward the next
day for concentration near Benuvals
to relieve the First division at Cantigny.
But its orders were changed
late that night, and the division, mov- '
ing by motor trucks, was rushed toivard
Manx, twenty miles northeast of
I'aris. Reaching there, the leading elements
were hurried forward In the direction
of Chateau Thierry. The roads
were crowded with French troops and
refugees. There was great confusion
among the rapidly retreating French
troops, many of them saying to our
men that all was lost.
The initial deployment of the Sec- I
ond division was made hy the Ninth
Infantry and the Sixth regiment of marines
June 1, across the Paris highway
at Fucy-lo-Bocage, In front of Montreull-nux-Llons,
supposedly In support
of two French divisions; but the
French had orders to fall hack through
the American lines. In the early morning
of June i! the Twenty-third Infantry,
then on the left, was replaced by
t\;r <*???. Unudrad Sixty-seventh
divlsfon. and when reinforced by oae
battalion of the Fifth marines, the
Fifth machine-gun battalion and some
engineers. It was deployed to tbe right
between the Sixth marines and the
Ninth Infantry, to till n jjnp In the
French line, and by June 5 the entire
division became engaged.
Considering that this was Its first
experience in battle, this division made
a splendid defense, repulsed all German
attacks, and by its timely arrival
effectively stopped the German advauce
on Paris.
Bring Relief to French Poilu.
The sudden appearance and dramatic
entrance of the Second and Third
i divisions into the shattered and broken
! fighting lines and their dash and cour
age In battle produced a favorable ef
j feet upon the French poilu. It must
( have been with a decided feeling of
^ relief that the worn and tired French
army, retreating before vastly superior
numbers, caught sight of Americans
arriving In trucks at Meaux and marching
thence on foot, hats ofT, hurrying
eagerly forward to battle. And the
Germans, who had been tilled with
propaganda deprecating the American
effort nnd the quality of their train
Ing, must have been surprised and
doubtless rather disconcerted hy meeting
strong resistance by Americans on
different portions of this active battle
front, especially when our troops
vanced at once to meet the attack in
open combat.
This defeat of the French furnished
the second striking confirmation 0f the
wisdom of training #troops for open
warfa re.
Rapllea to French Criticism.
After the success of our troops we
were In no mood to listen to *e|f-appointed*
critics. \f. Andre Tardleo
called on me upon my return to p?ris
and undertook to point out that our
hi>in u i - in-1 M < PIM M ?i < i in
ciMiiiti of our orgunlsutbwi, A* this wns
something h?? coiilii not poaalblj Hno?
uIhmX. I r**pli*nl I !?? tit- liflrt got mi en
Clrely erroneou* Impression and tluii >
our staff wmk second i'? none In ItHfi
ability or efficiency
I advised Id id thai we had quite
enough of this son of thing from the
French. either military or civilian. and
suggested that If his people would
cease troubling themselves so much
about our affairs ami attend more
Htrlctly to their own we should all get
along much hetter. (
I did not fail to appreciate M. Tardieu's
ability and bis helpfulness on
many occasions, but thin constant In
cilnutlon oi. the part of u certain ele
merit among the French to assume a
superiority that did not exist then or
at any later period, added to the uttempts
of some of them to dictate, hud
rcuched the limit.
CHAPTER XLIII
The sixth session of the supreme
war council was convened dune 1, 1918.
The important matter of further ship
ment of American troops wui taken
up.
As already Indicated, it was my opinion
thut neither the character of the
troops to he sent over nor their disposition
was wlihin the province of the
council to decide, hut that these ques
tlons should he determined according
to circumstance* and Hfter discussion
with the allies.
So I objected to their consideration
by tiie council, as such, and suggested
a meeting outside the council, which
was approved.
Accordingly, In the late afternoon.
General Foch. I.ord Milner, British war
minister. General Weygand and I, with
Colonels Conner and Boyd, met In the
premier's room. General Foch began
by stating the serious condition of the
allies and proposed the continued shipment
from America of nothing but infantry
and machine-gun units in June
and July. In effect 250,000 in each
month. Kvery one realized the gravity
of the allied situation as strongly as
he did, but. as previously and persistently
contended by me, there were
two sides to the question.
Foch Become* Excited.
I was prepared to muke some concessions
and stated my views, hut
neither facts nor arguments seemed
to make any impression. General Foch
especiully was very positive and
earnest, and, in fact, became quite excited,
waving his hands and repeating:
"The battle, tlie battle; nothing else
counts."
With equal emphasis I urged thut
we must build up our organization as
fast as possible to carry on the battle
to the end, and that our program had
been seriously Interrupted by concessions
already made.
I called attention to the fact that
the railways all over France were on
the point of breaking down for lac? of
efficient operators i^jd of skilled workmen
to renair rolling stoclr; that our
ports would he hopejessiy blocked un~
less we could improve the railways;
this his plan would leave us 200,000
men short to complete comfTat units
and fill up special organization that
were absolutely necessary in the S. O
S? and. finally, ihnt the restriction of
our shipments to infantry and machine-gun
units would he a very dangerous
and short-sighted policy.
To much of this lie paid little or no
attention and replied that all these
things could he postponed.
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Wanted Wilson Informed.
Graeme Thompson. British expert on
transportation and supply, came into
the room at this point with Mr. I.loyd
George ami General Sir llenry Wilson,
and took part in ihe discussion. .Mr.
I.loyd George ?aid ho thought President
Wilson would lie deeply Interest
ed to get General Koch's view of the
situation, and utided that as America
had no prime minister present he
thought it wnu 1 d tie inconvenient for
us to make a decision, hut that this
subject should he brought before the
whole council.
I then caMeil attention to a enhh
from Secretary of War Baker, already
quoted, showing that the President had
been much embarrassed by repres. n
"tatlons made t<> him personally by the
French and British ambassadors, and
had suggested that the matter might
be settled by a conference between
General Foch and myself. I pointed
out that the rahle did not mention
the supreme war council, and 1 again
stated my opposition to mnklng the
subject one of general discussion In
It all&d ^representatives and their
staffs.
1 did not fail to point out further
that the President was trusting my
Judgment In this matter. As nothing
was being n<,cempll?li"d and hoping
the number of participants in the dis
cussion might he limited 1 proposed
we adjourn "nti'il the hit;..wing dav.
Pershing Asjm An-.w-rj Foch.
The nest 'f'erin.-.o alien we mm
M t'leilMMlreHU WNH Wit 111II u
for fhi* rest of itm. and Instead of there
lo'liuf fewer conferee* fhe number had
Not unlike tlw? liimlloii u?.;
Abbeville h month bcfoM*. everyhinh
was keyed ?, amil a* we hud ex|H**i!ed.
the question >ia?1 to tie fought nil
over hum In
O oerul Foeh supported by M. ('leni
eliccnu mid l.lovd George, wonted
nothing hut Infantry and machine gun
ners In June and July, to which I whh
strongly opposed, again Instating that
Hiittleient Importance had not been attached
U> my reasons for- the necessity
of lhdil*4iiixillury troops omitted In
June.
Koch resorted to Ids oft en-repeated
question whether I was willing to take
the risk, to wldcli I replied very positively
that I was ready to assume any
responsibility my proposal might en
loll, tint that I must have a greater
proportion of other troops to keep the
American organization from going to
smash.
Men Called In May Untrained.
Other objections, which the allies
apparently overlooked, were that the
untrained men called out In May could
not possibly be ready for service until
a considerable time after arrival, and
rliat neither the French nor the British
could provide all the equipment and
land transportation they would need.
In accordance with my program, I was
willing to agree to the shipment of
fu^ly trained Infantry not needed for
the Instruction of new drafts, but felt
that this point should be left to the
lodgment of the secretary of war.
Mr. Lloyd George then, concluderfthut
as a consequence July wonjd he
a blank, and ip a rather dejected tone
he said the allies were In a sense In
the hands of the United States, lie
spoke of the generous and chivalrous*
attitude of President Wilson, and said
all they could do wus to acquaint hint
with tlteir yeeds and call upon him
to come to their aid, more particularly
to the aid of France at ths period
of the most terrible extremity thai she
had yet encountered.
CHAPTER XLIV
Further conversation et the session
of the supreme war council showed
the uncertainty in the minds of the
allies. Prime Minister l.loyd George,
reverting to losses, said that before
the grout German attack in May he
had been Informed positively the Germans
had only 400,000 replacements
l"ft. arid that now. afto'" the most violent
fighting, in which it was reported
the Germans had suffered very heavy
losses, they still hud more than 300,000
replacements.
The allies also had 300,000. but It
was now contended, he suid, that the
British army was on the decline while
that of the enemy was not.
Mr. Lloyd George asked If that
could be cleared up. to which General
I* och replied that It was because the
enemy managed better, and he went
on to say that Germany, with a population
of 68.000,000 could malntnin 204
-divisions., wlille Great Britain W|t!i
4?,o00,000 Inhabitants^ coukT keep up
only 43. It had been stated that the
British counted on keeping up S3 divisions,
but that ten of them would
he practically American.
Then, In response to a further question
by Mr. Lloyd George, General
' ?ch said he could not pretend to
say where Germany procured her replacements;
possibly It might be from
prisoners returned from Russia.
Three Map Program.
After further argument on discrep
ancles of various figures, and Insistence
by General Koeli that the number
of divisions be maintained, the consideration
of the transportation of Atneri- '
can troops in .lane and July was r?*suined.
The dix ussion having reached
an impasse, it was suggested that Lord
Jlilner, British war minister. General
Koch and 1 should undertake to draw
up a program.
In the consideration of the ques
iion by Us the pmnt of my contention
was wob when General Weygand, who
was Koch's principal adviser, re
marked that it would lie as well to
leave the new drafts to he trained at
home a month or so longer.
Although my argument* had failed
to make any impression on General
Koch, he at once approved Weygand's
suggestion.
Agrssmsnt on U. 8. Troops.
With this out of the way we soon
drew up the agreement embodied In
the following cablegram aent to Washington
June 2:
M(a) For June: First, absolute priority
shall be given the transportation
of 170,006 combatant troops (vis., six
divisions without artillery, ammunition
trains or supply trains, amounting
to 12(1,000 nien nnd 44.000 replacements
for combat troops); second, 2ft.4O0
men for tbe service of railway, of
tf-hlch -43,400 linve been asked by the
French minister of transportation;
third, the balance to ho troops of cnte
gorlea to be determined by the com
rrnnder in chief Vmericnn expedition
ary force*.
(b) For July: rir?t, absolute uri.
nrlty for the tfhtpment of 140,000 co~
but 11 lit rnmpt of the nature defined
above, four division* minus Hrtlnery
etc.. amounting to 84,<Mat mwi puw aj
000 replacement*; aecond, the
of the 200.000 to ??>n?l?( of ??
be designated by the cnniuumder |D I
chief. American ?xpedltlonnry
"(c) It la agreed that tf Mv,,||llh,f
tonnage to either month allows the
transportation of a larger number of I
men than 250.000 the excess tonnage
will he employed In the transportation
of qonibat troops as defined ahoy*
(d) We recognise that the combat. I
ant troops to he dispatched p, I
may have to Include troops win, in
sufficient training, hut we consider the
present emergency to Justify ,, t<M?. I
porar.v and exceptional departure pv
the United State* from sound pri?.
clples of training, especially as a H|i0|.
lar course Is being followed by Franc* fl
and Great Britain. (Signed)
"FOCH, MILNKK. PKRSIIINO.- I
The prime ministers cabled pres|. ]
dent Wilson expressing their thanks I
for the promptness of American tt|,|
In the present emergency
Yanks Chatsau Thierry.
The Second and Third divisions, r?r I
Ing the German* neur Chateau I
Thierry, had made their places In nne i
secure, giving heart tof the French, who !
were trying to stabilize their own po. I
sltlons around the newly formed sal- I
lent. We shaM hear rdore of these two I
divisions later. Although fully taken '
for granted by all of US. It was none I
the less gratifying to see these dlvt- I
slons, for the first time In ^te Uae. j
acquit themselves so well.
En route to Chautnont we motored 1
eastward through Montmlrail, passing I
long columns of French refugees flee- J
Ing from their homes, many on fool, I
men and women with bundles on their J
backs, leudlng the smaller children, I
driving their stock before them and '
hauling In various types of conveyfrface I
the few remaining worldly goods they I
were able to take with them. Almost
Indescribable were many similar I
scenes as reported by our troops m 1
they came up to reinforce the retiring H
French. H
It seemed to me then that if this I
picture of civilization engaged In the I
persecution of Innocent and unarmed I
noncombatants, mostly women and H
children, could he brought home to nil
peoples, reason would be forced upon "
rulers and governments where too H
often their passions and ambitions as- H
Mime control.
As n result of the German successes I
against the French something akin to I
a panic prevailed In Paris. Probably I
a million people left during the spring I
and there was grave apprehension
among the officials lest the city he H
taken. J duns were made to remove H
the government to Bordeaux and we I
ourselves were prepared to remove our I
o'*lces.
?(Continued next week) fl
fcJlephunts in a circus parade at B
Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, left the H
line when they reached the curb mar* H
ket where many vegetables were on H
display and i-aided wagons loaded with H
cabbage and other green goods. With I
much effort the keepers finally got I
the rowdy raiders on the march
again.
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