Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
j. s. TROOPS IN
FRANCE,CONF|DENT.
Spirit High Among American Sol
diers in War Camp.
ROASTING is NOT EVIDENT
Realization of Serious Business
Mingled With SeIf-ReIiance Elk
lists Among Rank and File of
the Americans.

American Training Camp in France,
July .21.-"Whenever you write home,
whether in private letter or to any
newspaper, tell them we are doing
finely and that no army ever had a
finer spirit or was more confident of
winning"
Il have handled troops for a good
many years and under varied condi-
tons. but never had a finer set Of
men, never more enthusiastic lot
than now. 1t has been a revelation to
me to see the splendid spirit that has
prevailed since we landed, and it
augurs well for the part America is
to play in the war that her initial
troops take hold with vim that is
going to prove irresistible"
The first quotation is from COM
paratively green trooper, the second
from a seasoned officer. Both were
made independently to a correspond
ent within few moments of each
other. Both illustrate the wonderful
esprit de corps prevailing throughout
the first American contingent-an es-
prit de corps which has evoked the,
enthusiastic approval of the French.
Realize Its Seriousness.
The American soldiers, as one
mingles with them, do not appear to
underestimate in the slightest the seri-
BUSINESS and earneStnesS of the task
before them. But from the newest
rocky to the oldest sergeant they are
going through their daily drill, per-
forming their daily work with dash,
vim and cheerfulness and willingness
that has come as genuine to the cor
respondent who spent the first two
years of the war on the German side,
and with ample opportunities to wit
ness the perfunctory qualities of the
German spirit.
Thus far there has not been one
single soldier who bOaStfully under
takes to underestimate his opponent,
but likewise no one has made his ap-
pearance who is not supremely hope
full and confident in the final outcome.
The fine spirit prevailing is evident
on every side. The discipline is ex-
cellept and there is an absolute lack
of complaint. The troops are taking
their training with cheerfulness and
are adapting themselves to the novel
ty of billeting and living under unpre-
cedented conditions necessarily inn
posed by living in stran. ,ers' houses.
The troops are engaged in work al
most entirely strange to them, yet the
officers say they have made entirely
unexpected progress, which not only
is a good augury for the balance Of
the army, but is due largely to the en-
thusiasm pervading each company and
regiment.
Chaplain Gets Mail.
The mail here has been put in charge
of one of the army chaplains, who thus
has busy. week as postmaster. All let
tiers and packages are forwarded from
Paris and must be sorted out and dis
tributed under his direction. Likewise;
he has charge of all outgoing MAIL
which is turned over to him after hav-l
ing been censored by company officers.
Though he has been working on the
problem only short time, the chaplain
already has evolved a thOroughgoingi
system, which insures the soldiers re-
ceiving their mail within a few hoursi
after its arrival. The outgoing mail
for the United States leaves by way Of
Paris once daily.