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UlHJIv * Four Entire Divisions and Major Wr Units of Eighth Others. $ CASUALTIES 26,000 MORE THAN STATED A WEEK AGO ? ! Revised List Gives J 3,100 More Missing In fcction. ' ?3KW5i ' Hip r TO DISCHARGE F^OM CAMPS March Indicates Tj*t Probably 150,000 or 175,0flpWW?n Will Ctot Home Thlji Year. Washington, Nov. Four divisions In their entire# and major unite of eight other ,dfrlslone of the gjfcieric&n army in France have been leslffnated by Gener&l Pershing for tJS&nrly return horned1 These troops, 'viu other special .Units, General ^Otrch, chief of atafT, announced toj day, total 3.461 officers and 79;663 .The complete divisions which will at an early ' date, General Karen sa(d>. ar# the Thirty-ninth. Seventy-sixth, Eighty-seventh and" Ninety-second. Important elements of the fallowing divisions to return as j&fllzitions. lnolifding aero squadrons. ' hfave been issued, the chief al-frittffajso said, for the demobillza-1' tlo'n of 649,000 men In the <;amD8 and ^jlytbRmtntii, 'In the United States. ' Approximately 46,000 officers and men J^lS^fc\home camps have already been ; 1 discharged. I #jr the end of December, General 1 J : March indicated, probably 150,000 to i *v^HjS7?i0O0 members of the expeditionary /flWgtoi" "Will have returned to this : J ocmatry. He said the war department ; I hoped In time to provide transnor- : tation for 300,000 men a month. I j General March corrected an erro- I neous Impression that, the Twenty-j tiWHmth (New York troops) und Thirtieth (Tennessee, North Carolinu, J ' South Carolina and District of Co ^3ttmbla troops) divisions, reported us ! v^flthdrawn from the British lines, had been designated for early return to I tb* United States. - These two di- j visions, he explained, have beeh re- 1 turned to Pershing's commatid and npt yet been assigned for transi pbrtatlon home. '^^^Iloner&l Pershing reported the foiI lowing official casualties to Novem- ! ' bef 26: #3W?ed in action. 28,3 63. . ratgDied of wounds, 12,101. 3?J^pfed of disease, 16.03+. W^pied of other causes. 1.980. ,WraMlgslng in action, 14,290. Prisoners (unintelligible). >'ja-'WOunded. 189,95 5, divided as follows: 8evere]y wounded. 54,751; un-; determined, 43.168; slightly. 92,036. I Revised estimates for the corhing j year resulted in cutting the $19,000.| 066,000 of army appropriations to leNH ! than three billions, Genera! March { ; announced. t':< v/ Honor for Liggett. General Pershing hau been directed , &jf President Wilson to confer the dis I \^hgt>iehed h service medal on General I HUss. ' Lieutenant Generals Liggett j&pt; Bullard, and Major Generals.1 NDlckman. McAndrews and Harboard. j The schedule under which the department is working calls for an aver- j ago of. 1,000 men the camp a day | to be released, and General March said every effort would be made to I : . reach this total. Pliang tor bringing soldiers home. It J * ww. "announced., Include the use of &h4?fUtal ships for severely wounded j .'and specially fitted transports for the slightly wounded and convalescents. On the arrival the men win r>.?t I by hospital trains and the Pullman company lias bedn directed to con- , vSrt a number of sleepers Into hos- | , pltal cars to carry them to army con- ' fttruction hospitals, base hospitals and other places already provided. ' ? Report's from General Pershing j show American soldiers .captured by | Germany are returning to tho Amer- ! lean lilies from day to day. General March said, and the department has i received no report of mistreatment ! s^of-thein by the enemy. Most of the' men enter the lines of the American I army of occupation since that army : ^ holds the front line. ' The disposition to be made of Ger- | "man or other enemy subjects intern-. e4 in this country, General March j thought, would be worked out at tho , ,j peace conference. , .'AMP POLK SOLDIERS ARE HERE' ' The Camp Pttfk soldiers, who are , | members of the ?tank corps, arrived' ^Tuesday, and ttfey are a fine bunch of men. in allr about 1,600 men out of the 4,000 have reached the camp. They are located iii RecrulU-eamp No. , 1. They afe "also In quarantine and J the r. M.. C. A- has set up a hut for thelf convenience and helping them In ifvery possible way. _ i ?a? t|u frigid Wwtf for tbt Y. a pffic I ioWW dm cipu tnnnoc gnuHHi mum uj COMING MONDAY ; ** ; ** ?, v.Move 1,000 SOltlers From Camp.tftftc to CaMp Greene. Tank Cprps Camp Abandoned Wlfk Muster Out {Men This Week? 300('Daily. , i. . ?__? ^fjhe 4,000 officers an<J men at Camp Polk, at ^pilelgh, wll^ be moved to Camp Greene probably? tomorrow and Tuesday, According fa Information obtained ^esteVday frojn camp headquartenf. ; The tank borps training camp has been orde^&d. abandoned and tHfc-men were s^|?t here to be mustered back Into <^il life. This process'Vrobably will |%qulre at least two wdeks. Major dSl, the commanding. officer of Cfchip Pojk, arrived Rt^Camp Greenec^resterday. A battalion of United-States guards, the cohhpanles of whlcfr are stationed at various camps in thfc southeastern department, has been Ordered to entrain for Camp Green. They, too. were ordered here to bjr mustered out, of'semae.*- ? V - JR." The mustering put his been started at Camp Greene, though only a small number of meh were released yesterday. -It wM yluhnnitmmA yesterday that the camp personshV office expects at least Sqo men to Mt' returned dally to jpivU. life after, today, Tpe first units o be demobilised ara^he develooment D&ttaJian^ and thoilOth Piopeer Infantry*' the orgaaUat Ion of ndgro troops Which paraded through the tfeea'ot Charlotte yqNrMay, will be a|?ban4^' 1 A KTOAMSf* of.the work preliminary to returner* the m^n to civil life has accomplished at this camp and tho records were declared fn such shape nOw that the rate of 300 discharges daink-oan easily be In view ea?erslble way to expedite demobilization in keeping with tho limitations imposed by war department orderr. BASE HOSPITALS TO BE r K' MAINTAINED, SAYS MARCH Washington, Nov. 29.-1-The 10 socalled tent camps originally constructed as training centers for t nationalguard divisions will be abandoned as. soon as practicable, General March, chief of staff, announced today in a war department circular. No additional tents or supplies will be sent to these camps, nor will any further} construction be undertaken at them not absolutely necessary for the care! of troops now there or to be sent there hereafter for demobilization. j The only exception will be the base ? hospitals at the cumps, which the cir- I culra directs be maintained. ine camps arc camp Greene. Charlotte, N. C.; Wadaworth, Spartanburg, S. C.; Hancock, Augusta, Ga.; McClellan, Annlston, Ala.; Se.vlor, Greenville. S. C.; Wheeler, Macon, Ga,; MaoArthur. Waco. Texas; Logan. Houston, Texas; Cody. Demlng, N. M.; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Bowie, Ft. Worth, Texas;. Sheridan. Montgomery, I Ala.; Shelby. Hattlesburg, Miss.; Beauregard. Alexandria. La.; Kearny, Linda Vista, Cal.; Fremont, Palo Alto. Cal. The' announcement, it was learned at the department, does not mean that the sites have been definitely rejected as possible locations for permanent military posts. On the contrary, at least two of them are' known 'to be under consideration in this connection. PUT RETURN ADDRESS ON LETTERS FOR SOLDIERS Washington. Nov. 29.?Under in- ! Htructions issued today by Postmaster i General Burleson, no letter mail will j be accepted by postofflees in the ' United States for delivery to mem-' bers of the American expeditionary forces without a return address on the envelope. I The order was issued at the request | of the wur department so that proper ; disposition may be made of mail reaching Fi ance for members of-the expeditionary forces returned to the ! United States. +. Pr&H BALL GAM K PLANNED. A real match push ball gamo ' is j planned for next Saturday at Wearn I field preceding another 'football | game which is also under way. The 1 push ball game will be between ntnk ed teams of the 810th Pioneer In- I fantry supervised by Capt. McClellan j and Athletic Director Bergman. Elev- i en men will be secured for each sldo i and a real contest staged. The game ( will be staged at 2:30 and following, this will come the football game. | The Base hospital boys have or- j ganlzed a football team and have not been saying much but they are practicing in real earnest and are In fine shape and it in also planned to ; select old football stars from the of- j fleers of the camp to play any team ( in Camp Greene. At any rate a game of some Importance is as- ! surod next Saturday. TO TRKNCH AND CAMP READERS: ' Because of unfortunate conditions In the mechanical department of The I Observer, Trench and Camp Is issued I thiK week two days late and below 1 the average. Sickness overtook some | ofthe best men of the shop and no one Is to blame. The Observer has | been exceptionally good to this paper ; for the past year and Trench and j Camp appreciates the sltuhtioi: from i every viewpoint. I i, - - . w.c.^ gMjfay,?- j P[5EI[?M Final Football Ga|ie at Camp! " Greene Ends J2 to 0. Fast'Contest Marred by Fumbles >nd Featured by Spectacular Broken PJeld Runs. ? J. The^/ftnal game between Remount and Cidmp Personnel teams was played yesterday afternobn on Wearn field after the review? of the 810th Pioneer jxifantry and faulted .In a 12 to 0.^e^t>yy for the JtemouQd. The game w full of fumbles and offplays but nevertheless It was wellplayed at times and ^xcltlng. Contrary to the expectation of the crowd, the'Fersbnnel team failed to complete fta forward paflfes with which It has been making suMi a fine showing and on the othep hand the Remount made the only;^lean pass and the ot\fy long gains o^ fumbies. Captain Djwis played a -?nost excellent game fbr the Personnq? team and had It not^peen for his superior efforts and .playing the score wdbld have been piled higher against t$s team. The first quarter remlted In a blank score. By persistent^lne bucks the Remount team had the ball on the 20-yard line when tlfhe was called. This fast and furious ilayihg seemed to takm^hu pep and gmger out of the Personnel team and .ft was not long after* the whistle blflnr for play In the second quarter wften Cowglll, of the Refaount. passed me ball to Btone for a qlean forward- pass and in short order me ball was' ?ut over for a touchdown. Remount failed to kick goal. Sfcbre 6 to 0. {Then, after the Personnel team . gained possession of the ball on a kick bjjrD&vls, Cowgill again, got in pdbaeasioirbf the pigskin and toofe it down thsrline for a 36y&rd gain almost unlar the opponent's goal. They wflre stopped by Captain Davis on the jtrst down right in their tracks and Another fumble occurred, when the Ball was within 17 yards , of the goa| and again in possession of the Remniint. Time for the first-half was called. Score: Remount 6.'Personnel 0;v In the- third quartet, the Remount started oft with their line bucking again, but were pex>glized and lost the ball.. On the thlrtf down the Personnel fumbled, but ^recovered and, on the fourth. Captain -Davis again showed his hegd worlrcsrhen his kick was blocked and through good Inter a time a touchdown i?emeA probable for the Personnel as Davis again went 20 yards but soon lo?t on anattempted forward pass when within 20 yards of the Remount goal. Here the game was most exciting and Captalt) McCullough. who acted as rOfered had to ask the/:rowd to be quiet so that the boys cduld get their signal*. The ball was then taken by the Remount for a touchdown. This was made by a play from Blaine to Cowgill to Stone and u regular maratHon took place as the latter rambled across the field for 40 yards, dodging' the red backs and Jumping others like u kangaroo until the ball was landed safely across the goal line The interferance of Conger in this plaf had much to do with the suftces* of the long run. Remount lost their kick at goal and time was called for the third quarter. "Score, Remount 12; Personnel 0. In the fourth quarter. Masteraon relieved Smith at rlgbt-end, for Personnel, Vetor took Rlqbbe's place and in the first few minutes of play Michillk, husky Remount center who has been playing such*a splendid game was knocked out' and was replaced'by Abernathy. Captain Davis then started the quarter by kicking the ball for 40 yards and one of his line men nailed the opponent in his tracks. The Remount fumbled ,the ball again in attempting a pass and It was stormed on the 35-yard line. Attempting a forward pass tho Personnel team fumbled again and lost the ball; then the Remount was penalized 15 yards for holding and on the next play made an elTort to drop kick but the pigskin went far from the goal posts. Within four minutes of play the Personnel team took a decided brace and made a pass to Masterson, who ran SO yards across the fleld; It looked like a touch down for the office fore.a but the rough riders stopped the onrush 25 yards from their goal. The last play of the game was an end run by Captain Davis, who made 20 yards and was almost over the Remount goal when the game was called. The game was fast, though the fleld was heavy and many fumbles were made. Clelger'for the Personnel team played a splendid game nailing his man squarely every time, While Cowglll easily starred for the Remount The line-up for the game was as follows: PERSONNEL REMOUNT Oelger LE Rlebbe Hyers LT Szewvck Kirk LG Conger Thompson C Michllik Hurnmell RO Scott Payne RT Tlghe Masterson .... RE Haas Pratt QB Stone Alto LHB Cowglll Spencer' RHB Hayes Davis FB Blaine Substitutes: Personnel ? dllnfnn Talley. . Mahoney, Syl!lvan. Smith. Harris; Remount?King, Jackson. Vetor. Rourke. Referee: Captain McCullough. Umpire: Lieutenant Williams. MECHANICS BEAT DRIVERS. In a series of three games last week the 330th truck mechanics beat the "fast" drivers' volley ball team. The games were fast and furious, as the following score will Indicate. The first game went to the drivers 21 to mechanics 19. The next two matches were the strong mechanics 21 to 18 and 21 to 16 In their favor. Following Is the lineup: , MECHANICS. DRIVERS. Metcalfe Snyderman Smith Cummlngs Wild ma a Praude Walthon Nokes Lawrence Berfcman For games, address Sergt. Prnuse, above outfit. I Efre ?bin | DE(JB<BER JIl918. KStSi To Be*l|g*ed for iflpntht for De- ( mobilization jrurposes. May UIBrnately Q* Turned Into Is] a Soldiers' fUlliie, Offi -:|^ials Declare. i I B*pSr.V K. C&RYAMT. WashlnlflPx; 89.?Camp Greene la to be uih^ for month*-tor the demob^l^atlon Jfarmy forces. Its future-depends on {fture plana This was m+i&rwy govejqjlhont officials toSecretary Baker -tig* nou need as & "policy that all ttK;camps will be abandoned ar soon jHTprikCticable. No more tenbTnor. sumHss will be aent to these oamps, nw^krlU any further improvements be nfflfte other than those necessary fotjjrfhe health and care of the g^rlsdjiM, now quartered thereat- or - to- be ? there for demobilisation.". 77 Camp Gree*?r;doalf not belong in this class an&Nirit> MVcontinued longer. The efforts to ntfce the camp an ; army post-have not fteen passed upon by the GovernmentAfpartment yet. It Is believed hnKr.that, if Charlotte should desire ^ the camp could ultimately be turner Into % soldiers' home, where ^disabwl men disqualified for apytfeing eljhr.cpuld be cared for by thgTgovernznntt,. The high cost of fittOn Is given as 'one reason .for cpttmg out the teat camps. . ^ ^ 3H0TH TRCClfc (X)3U8 MANY tafAiH ATHLETES The 330th 'TruMtgborapany. which perhaps is the olcMHt unit in camp, having been here jtaoe September, 1917, has a .good many husky lads who are all around athletes. The boys t I play anythlnjJrom fflAfrican golf" to 1 push ball. La^-b^lnwason they beat 1 the strong ^Thlra''Mtfotor Mechanic 1 team, which 'claimed; the \camp cham- 1 plonshlp. Right nmr they have a boxer in thhlr Biost mo is "taking on < beef" Just simply b?j?*use there is no < one to take/mim ofc. Also another 1 boxer by tjhe.pams of "Red" Lambert, t who was perhaps. p*c.. best heavyweight boxen that ??ver hit Camp I Oreene, was A memier of this husky bunch. Red bad aSick in his right1 mauler like that one mule and his name in boxing uianwu like death. \ , No one lasted* longsjjf than one round with him and his ^oflnlaint was "that the boyH would OUpy with him." Well, it doesn't uMftfipsuch what you 42ASuo?C (^^flB^klnd8^" d * football, vpifey b*lC^h*yi?tb?Tr and! 1 even quoits. Th, writer has been j | through all the red mad of last win-' I ter and can safely .vouch for the above statement, for he has noted particularly the bova in question. j NEWS FROM" COMPANY 21. j You should have seen our Q. M. guard of Friday shouldering their! ? Russian made Remingtons. They certainly made a most creditable showing and despite the fact that it was their flrst time, they caught on sur1prlslngly, and acted like veterans. Headed by those two stalwarts, Tom Bohen. the fighting Irishman from "Philly," and "Red" King, the Chicago-Cleveland bearcat, made this army game look easy. Sweeney has enlisted in that popu-\l lar branch of the service known as i the "flying squad" and now seems I1 contented. The boys were so dee-lighted with}1 their royal Thanksgiving dinner they j, Just hate to leave the army now until i ' Christmas. Thanks are due our two I | popular sergeants, namely. Lee and I Mclntyre. I . I "Pnn" Un,nni l? ... 1 . - y la uiirtlHIIIUUniy CI1U" J sen as company orator after his cool. , deliberate and calculating elaboration 1 on said dinner and we hope some day to hear of him being mayor of Pump- i klnville Center or whatever the town ] is he hails from. l Lieut. Daily climbed another notch j in the estimation of his men by his j presence with us which was both a treat and a pleasant surprise, and we t j trust that in common with the rest i I of us he will always treasure a happy 1 remembrance of this glad occasion. < EDITOR. J i Co. 21. Ret. Camp 4. j ? l j .VIMS PfKXKY WAS HOSTESS. [i Mrs. George Pirney upheld her J I I reputation mm being a real hoHtessit ! when on Thanksgiving Day she in-! j vited the Workers of the welfare or- j 1 : ganizatlon* of the canjp to take part I in a turkey dinner. j J It was a'very elaborate affair and I I I very much enjoyed by those who | I were fortunate enough to attend, j I j Secretary Mangum of the. Y. M. C. A. , . I was called upon for a talk and i | spoke along the line of Thanksgiving 1 spirit as it should be felt today. He said: "We should be thankful i i that we are able to live in this day J and age and witness the greatest i events in the world's history; that we i i have such a country as America setI ting an example for the whole world i and making the opportunity for further service more plainly seen than ' I ever before; that victory has come to 1 our troops and for a peace that is ] world wide and sure to make this great earth resound with its everI lasting principles as exemplified in I iour great President." THE ORIGIN OF* THE~SALL*TK. i t Much has been written and said rej gardlng a snappy salute as an exprea- t \ sion of military courtesy and disci- 1 j pline. The military salute is of an- i [ clent origin. It originated in ih? j days of Europe, when every free man ' ; was a soldier and all carried weapons. ? ! When the right hand was upheld It f i was an evidence that they carried no I weapons and that friends had met. 1 The ,same custom was practiced j among knights. who would push back I the visor of his helmet when meeting I another knight. i The American soldier is taught to i I touch the visor of his headgear. < AT KEITH'S. The bill at Keith's this * /?k is a I ' good one consisting of Patho News. , Harmony Girls, comedy entertainers, i whirlwind Juggling. a comedy skit j i and a quintet. There are three j shows dally. It. f>:4& and ft:45 p. m. 1 f K# * ^ t?er Edition for CAMP [DBBINGTRMPS IIIO FOUR PORTS Charleston, Newpor .ews, New York and B.oston. Ten Months Calculated as the: MinirrYum Required for Getting Soldiers Home. i Washington, Nov. 29.?Boston, 'N?W 1 fork, Newport News, Va., and Charleston, 8. C., are the ports the war department npw plans to use for the re- J urn' of the army from overseas. Sven with this wide distriiwtlon of he strain on port facilities and transtnrlaiion. however, and,with Ueiman hips now idle >n (lernuii harbors i ir.ip?cyed on the task, careful ?u-i nates show that the last of the army :ouWl not possibly reach the United t.v.oe in less than eight, months. Cbn1e-vutve calculations, upo4 . which reparations by the department probably will be based, fix ten mOnths> as he minimum. These estimates have been madt vholly on the basis of the physical icale to be overcome and.&o npt take nto consideration the question, of the 'etention In Europe for some time of in American force which may be tgreed upon at the peace conference, f the return movement, already In jrogrese, Is continued at' full speed, he last division In All probability :ould not reach the United States be!ore October, 1%19. .. Decision to route the troops to their lomes through the four ports men* ioned Is understood to have been >ased on two nlain considerations. First, they haVe been quipped tq landle the transports and the men, md, second, they are the natural rateways to the country, each fed by in Independent' rail system ramifying >ack through geographically lnde-1 jendent sections of the' United States, j 3y loading the ships lis far as possl)le with men from the same genera) I lection, it will be possible, army ..offi >ers say, to avoid cross-carrying' and | , lisruption fo normal traffic in get- i ' niK me auiaiers irom tne snips to I heir homss. ^^ ; v.?. I PIONEER INFANTRY MADE A SPLENDID IMPRESSION Was Reviewed by Camp Commander Saturday?Led by Colonel Kent. Th ! . 1,800 colored down', he streets In platoonH and Comment i i very where was heard as to their4 nijltary beaYlng and appearance. Col>nel Kent and staff led the parade vhloh was followed by the band. As they passed the City Hall they vere reviewed by Col. A. C. Macomb tnd Mayor MONlrsch. These men will probably be muster?d out of Camp Greene by this date { lext week and when they appeared i igaln Wednesday in regimental drill ind their weekly sing it was probably he laat public appearance of the 810th is an organization. %? BASE HOSPITAL 147. The excellnet Thanksgiving dinner hat our mess offlfcer, Lieut 'lorry A. Whipple, furnished, was enjoyed very i Ttuch by all the boys in the mmpany, r any of whom hart thel." wives out J vlth them. Capt. Robert R. Armstrong sflent Thanksgiving with his brother, T. A. ? , wjl ui onisi'uiu, ->. v.., ana i eported a pleasant day. Lieut. Milton A. Horner is spend- . ng a few days with his homefolks j it Fort Thomas, Ky. We wish him t i pleasant visit, although we miss him 1 . ery much. Sergeant Charles L. McCain spent .he week-end with his best girl in J Raleigh. He has a very strong com- ! petitor, therefore he must he devoting i ill spare time trying to get her to I jive him the final "yes." Corporal Charle? E. McDonald re- | urned home from a ten day furlough i with the one great decision that all he boys come to when they go home | to see their fair one. flo easy. Mao, j t is a long trail. All the boys wefe very glad to have Private Moi M. Monroe back at home j ifter two months in the hospital, with j lu. pneumonia and various other things. ^ INTERESTING Pt'SH BALL GAME. | A very interesting game of push ball ( was played In theiviclnlty of "Y" 104 between Company-A, of the First battalion. and Company E. of Second battalion. HI0th infantry, on Friday, November ^9. Officers in attendance: Major Donald Durant, in command, j with Capt. W. Williams; Lieutenants j Edwards. 8tvezey, Boyd. Ayers and! Griffith, of the First battalion. Second j battalion, Major Jno. Donald, in command, with Capt. I. P. Seevy; Lieutcnints Jones. Holman. Cunningham. KIrchner and Bullock. Colonel Kent I was In attendance and seemed to be | very much Interested In the games. The game was under the direction of' Secretary Lott, oj "Y" 104. who is, physical director of that building. j MEKITI GOES I'NCHALLENGED, j Private Mesitl, of Co. 17. alias 'Kid" Mesitl. claimant to the camp's. 1yweight (not featherweight, please note, editor) chahiplonship title at 110 pounds, makes it known through this paper that he is ready and always will be. to defend his title igainst all comers at his weight. ( 8uch a statement appeared in The Trench and Camp In a previous islue. but to date no one has cared to | iccept the challenge. Address all challenges to Prlyate V. J. Meslti, Co. 17, 4th Recruit Camp. I.KAVKS Y. M. A. SKRVICE. | Rev. E. K. Welch, who has been religions work director at "Y" 104 I ind also at the base hospital for several months, has left the Y. M. C. A. service and accepted a 'call to the! First Methodist church at Wades- j boro, X. C. Rev. Mr. Welch has been In the Y. M. C. A. service for Ave J months and was one of the most sincere and hardest workers for the Red Triangle and the boys at Camp Creene. 1 ' Mt, Uuriofo. N. C. GEN. PERSHING'S A STEWARDSHIP^ Pays "Supreme Tribute to-Our Line"?Striking Feature Is 1 Operations," in Which ts Tol the Man Who Directed It-?E ? Washington, Doc. 4.?General John J J. Pershing's account of hla stewardship as commander of the American expeditionary forces was given | to "the public today by Secretary , Baker. It Is in the fbrm of a pre- i liminary report to the secretary, covr-ring operations up to November 20, ifter the GeriYian collapse. It closes ! with these words from the leader of j the great army in France, expressing his feeling for those who served under ; him: "I pay the supreme tribute to our officers and soldiers of the line. When 1 think of their heroism, their patience under hardships, their unflinching spirit of offensive action, 1 am filled with emotion which I am unable to express. Their deeds are immortal, and they have earned the eternal J gratitude of our country." The report begins with General Pershing's departure for France to pave the, way for the army that was I to smash German resistance oh the Meuse and give vital aid \o the allies in forcing Germany to its knees 19 | months later. Its striking feaure Is the'section devoted to "combat op-I erations" where it told the story of j fighting by the man who directed it. i General Pershing views U>oH*ncoun- j ters before March 21 of this year in) whldh American trodfcis ' participated as a part of their training and dismisses them briefly. On that dato, however, the great Gortnan offensive was launched and ? crucial situation quickly developed in the allied lines which called for prompt use of the four American divisions that were at that time equal to any demands of battle action." .y Crista in Ploartlf. "The crikls which this offensive developed was such.**, Gerieral Pershing nays, "that oflr occupation of a;n American sector must be postponed. On March. 28 I placed nf the disposal of Marshal Foch. who had been agreed upon as commander In chief of the allied armies, all of our forces to be used as he might decide. At his request the first division *vas transferred from the Toul sector tp a position in reserve at Chaumont en Yexln. As German superiority iti( numbers required prompt action, an agreement was reached at the Abbeville conference of the allied premiers and commanders and myself on May 2 by which British shipping was to transport American divisional to the possible for use elsewhere! "On April 26 the First division had gone into the line in the Montdldler salient on the Plcurdy battle front. Tactics had been suddenly revolutionized to those of open warfare, and our men, confident of the results of! their training, were eafrer for the test. ! On the morning of May 28 this division attacked the commanding German position in its front, taking with splendid ilash, the town of Cantlgny and all other objectives, which were organized and held steadfastly against vicious counterattacks and galling ar- : tillery fire. Although local, this bril- j liant action had an electrical effect, j as it demonstrated our fighting qualities under extreme battle conditions, ! and also that the enemey's troops ; were not altogether invincible." There followed immediately the ! German thrusts "across the Al&ne !oward Paris. i. rials i.nuniiv as uruve. "The allies," General Pershing j says, "faced a crisis equally as grave i as that of the Plcardy offensive in March. Again every available man j was placed at Marshal Foch's disposal, and the Third division, which had just come from its preliminary training in j the trenches, was hurried to the ' Marne. Its motorized machincgun battalion preceded the other units and . successfully held the bridgehead at j the Marne, opposite Chateau-Thierry, j The Second division, in reserve near Montdidier. was sent by motor trucks and other available transport to check | the progress of the enemy toward ; Paris. The division attacked and r*- j took the town and railroad station at i Houresches and sturdily held Its i ground against the enemy's best guard | divisions. "In the battle of Belleau Wood. 1 which followed, our men proved their i superiority and gained a strong tac- J tlcal position, with far greater loss to i the enmey than to ourselves On July j 1. before the Second was relieved. It I captured the village of Vnux with most splendid precision. "Meanwhile our Second corps, under j MaJ. Gen. George W. Read, hud been ; organized for the command of our i divisions with the British. which i were held back in training areas or assigned to second-line defenses. Five of the ten divisions were withdrawn from the British area in Jupe. three to relieve divisions in Lorraine and . the Vosges and two to the Paris area to Join the group of American divl- ( sions which stood between the city and any farther advance of the enemy . ih that direction." By that time the great tide of Amer- : lean troop movements to France was In full swing and the older divisions could be used freely. The 4 2nd. in line east of Rhiems faced the Ger man assault of July 15 and "held! their ground unflinchingly"; on the right flank four companies of the 28th division faced "advancing waves of 1 German Infantry" and the Third dl- ' ? "tv.. ..cm uw .warm' nii? opyi'smi Chateau Thierry against powerful ur tlllery and infantry attack. "A single regiment of the Third wrote one of the moat brilliant pages in our military annuls on this occasion." General Pershing says. vIt prevented the crossing at certain points on its front while, on each Hank, the Ger- , mans who had gained a footing. ' pressed forward. Our men. firing in i three directions, met the German at- j tacks with counterattacks at critical j points and succeeded In throwing fwo I German divisions into complete con- 1 fusion, capturing ><?<> prisoners." Stage Set for Kncounter. Thus was the stage set for the counter offensive which beginning1 with the smashing <>f the enemy's Marne salient brought overwhelming 1 victory to the allies and the 1'nlted States in the eventful months that I have followed. The intimation Is! strong that General Pershing's advice helped Marshal Foch to reach his ARMY NEWS T I FOR ARMY MEN I ja ' j \ i. r%"- A". ?* ;**ri .'Mr THEIR HOME FOLKS | CCOBNT OF HIS ^ GIVEN THE PDBLIC J Officer* 'and Soldiers of the the Section Devoted to "Combat Id the Story of the Fightjng by laker Publishes Report. , I1 ... .> ' jr* '$. -."^jf^s decision to strike. General Pershing : continues: -?V-'St "The great force of the German , lh Chateau Thierry offensive established x the deep Marne salient, but the snemy J was taking chances, and thh- . vut- i nerablltty of this pocket to Attack V might be turned to. his disadvantage. , I > Seising this opportunity to support my J conviction, every division with any sort of training was made available for sise in a counter-offensive. The i f< nlacl nf Vinnnc in Swisaona on July 18 was given to our :? First and Second divisions in com- f pany with chosen FrenOh divisions. "Without the usual brief warning of a preliminary bombardment,* the J massed French and Araertofclt artll- i lery, firing by the map, lgidrd&wn its ? rolling bnctoge at dfewti . fralle the infantry begfcn'lts charge. The tactical handling of our troops,: tinder these trying conditions was excellent throughout the action. sTtov epemy brought up lurge numbers of tesaswj | and made a stubborn defense both * with- machine guns and artillery, but flj| through flvf days' fighting the First {? division continued to advance until U .i had gained the heights above Soli- t sons and captured the village ,of Beray-le-nec. The Second division 9 took Bjeau Repaire farm .and "Vlersy " in a very rapid advance and reached a position in front of Tigny at the end of-it*'second day. These two dlvl- - M slons captured 7.000 prisoners and over 100 pieces of artillery." The report describes in some detail Vli,: the work of completing the reduction of the salient, mentioning the operations of the 2Gth, Third. Fourth. 42nU. : 32nd and 28th divisions. With the % situation on the Marne front thusrelieved* General Pershing writes, he * could turn to the organization of the 1 First American army and the rednc tion of the fit. Mlhlel salient, long planned as the Initial purely'American 'fc enterprise. / A troopf concentration. f aided by generous contributions of ar- M Uilery and*air units by the French, be- K gan, involving the movement, mostly II at night;/of 600,000 men. A - sector Mf reaching from Port sur >801110, east of the Moselle, westward through St if Mihiel to Verdun and la?er enlarged '~+ to carry it to the edge of the for- '1 rest of Argonne, was taken over, the 1 Second Colonial French, holding the tip of the aallent opposite St. Mihiel. A and the French 17th corps,- on the W heights above Vbrdun being trans- - ferred to Gen. Pershing's command. J I The r-omhlnsrt FrTiiA?<MrttisH and Of the reduction of the 8t Mibiel sector. Oen. Pershing says: " "After four hours artillery preparation the seven American divisions In the front line advanced at 5 a. m., on September 12, assisted by a limited number of tanks manned partly by ? > Americans and partly by the French. m These divisions. accompanied by groups of wire cutters and others armed with bargalore torpedoes, went through the successive bands of barbed wire that protected the cnemy'*? front line and support trenches, in irresistible waves on schedule timv. breaking down all defense of an enemy demoralized by the great volume of l| our artillery flre and our sudden approach out of the fog. "Our First Corps advanced to Thlaucourt. while our Fourth corps curved back to the southwest through v? Monsard. The 8econd Colonial French 2 corps made the slight advance required of it on very difficult ground, and the Fifth corps took Its three rldgeu and repulsed u counter attack. A rapid march brought Reserve regiments of a division of the Fifth corps Into Vigneulles In the early morning, where It linked up with patrols of our Fourth corps, closing the salient and forming a new line wear of Thlaucourt to Vigneulles. and beyond Fresues-en-Woevre "At the cost of only 7,000 casualties, mostly light, we had taken 16.00') prisoners and 443 guns, a great quan tity of materinl, released the inhabl tants of many villages from enemy W domination, and established our lines in a position to threaten Metz. "This signal success of the American g r irai uriny in us nrm onensive was m of prime Importance. The allies found they had a formidable army to aid I them, and the enemy learned Anally that he had one to reckon with." ? k The report shown for the first time ' m officially, that with thin brilliantly ex C ecuted coup, General Pershing's men had cleared the way for the great * ft'ort of the allies and American jk forces to win a conclusive victory. W The American army moved at once toward Its crowning achievement, th ? battle of the Mouse. I The General tells a dramatic stor k of this mighty battle in three distim phrases, beginning on the night <>' September 27, when American* * quickly took ?he places of the Freijca on the thinly held- line of this long & quiet sector. The attack opened on 7 at West Point to two years in view of the facta that officers under the recent emergency were secured in a few months, and that 600 or more colleges now give much of the training army officers should have. Increasing the age limit at West Point from the years 17 to 21 to $ the years 19 or 20 to 23. ^ "Undoubtedly," said Mr. Kahn. "it will be necessary to have a reconstruction of the army, just as It was ? '& after the Spanish-American war. It is probable that the general staff U ,'jf already taking up the matter with a view to presenting their conclusions . to the secretary of war for transmission to Congress. 'The war has demonstrated tlio value of universal training. Ask any of the boys who have been in tlio cantonments or camps and they will tell sou that physically they feel bet tor man they ever did before. Wo have all the appliances that are need- j9M ed for giving the training. The course. - -a In tn> opinion, could be covered In "aw kIx months. say front the first of May to the first of November. This would not Interfere with the education of lljjk these young men who desire to pursue an advanced course of study, but the physical training they would receive would make them u much more virile. > Js n much more rugged race of young ^ tContinued on Page Two.) ' ' '-d? V.' .4 V * r,"