The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-09
AMERICANS SHOW
SPIRIT AND KNACK
IN French CAMPS
Deserve and Want iht SYM
paihy 0i The Folks
Back Home" "

ANfsnfcAN TnAfNINo CAMP ~
FRANCE Aur uif ths Associated
pFeasl Tho deepest iWprsHrlan on'
Faina af,rr ufrr vcffs win enc
American ra'IirrH training iu France
IL the absolute shrnsstnrss Win
which the splendid y.urg men ~ tho
army have undertaken tho iafl,
which So before them There is ma
disposition on hsIr part or on uo
part q their officers 30 uuder'sti-
mate ln any WY tIo sruUusn'ss -
that task and u1o hard work which
romans 90 bc Done before America
can take her place in the actual FIR
Ink line.
Tho troops that are here feet their
responsibility Er,uIy They are. in-
deed. the small but effective nucleus
about which will be- buildcd the Rrca'
army and great army machine which
tho United states hopes eventually 60
have on tho battlonclds OF France.
The men are earnest IN their de-
sire 20 absorb war knowledge as
quickly and as thoroughly as possible
80 that when called upon 10 act as
instructors TO succeeding units as
they arrive they will be found emf
mently qualified. a great deal Of this
earnestncss and this will TO 30 IS
largely the result OF the enthusiasm
OF the young officers, who bul re-
cently Joined tho colors, ana who
have taken up the business Of war
with courage and determination
that means volumes to the future OF
their country.
In return for this service OF patriot
ism, I'm return for sacrifices already
made and the stlll greater ones yet
to come, the officers and men alike
OF the expedltionary force want TO
feel always that they have an under
standing OF sympathy and support
from "thc folks back home" That IL
"a sentimental side Of the soldier
whether he be Frenchman. Briton or
German In the firing line or American
In the training camp,
Face to face with the great ad-
ventures all thoughts of self are
things of the past. There Is only tho
thought OF home and tho hope
in tho soldiers breast that what he
is about to do will be understood
and appreciated there. This spirit
already pervades the young Ameri-
can Army.
The building of the machlnery-the
great engine OF war which works
behind the llnes-is the staggering
task now being dealt with. 1t is
a task in a way greater than any
thing France or Great Britain has
been called upon TO do, for Amor
! ica's problems arc those Of France
| and Great Britain multiplied by 5000
miles OF Atlantic Ocean.
| The army that is here realizes al
these difficulties, but it also has an
unshakable faith in American geniu.
for accomplishment and, above al
others, in the American will.
Students of the war, which has nov
entered it's fourth year, are convinced
that the morale OF the troops and tn,
morale Of the nations OF the Entent,
will prove to be the final factor n
deciding the titanic struggle. Tn,
morale of tho American soldiers II
France can easily be estimated by tn
avidlty with which they take up tn
training in offensive tactics a
against defensive work.
The latter Is very essential. natu
rally, but IL is phase OF training
likely to prove a bit irksome 4
troops imbued with the ofensiv
spirit as are the Americans. The,
are frankly and sincerely anxious
most OF them, tor their turn in tn
trenches " come, even II at first 1
Is only a temporary sojourn at tn
front for training purposes.