Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-24
MEN FROM ONE NATIONAL ARMY
CAMP LIKELY TO BE SENT
OVER BEFORE LONG.
GREET REPORT WITH CHEERS
Pershing's Regulars, Trained to High
est Pitch, Probably Will Get Into
Action Soon, but in What Sector
Has Not Been Revealed.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

mas not forbidden the publication of a
story from one of Uncle Sans great
training camps established for selec-
tive service men, to the effect that the
| chances are the thousands of young
men gathered together for the first
time in this particular cantonment will
be sent to France before the winter is
| half over
| This story, which reaches the public
with the tacit approval of the war de-
| partment, makes it seem certain that
| the prospects have frightened for the
thorough equipment of all our young
soldiers at much earlier date than it
was supposed would be the case.
Inc camp concerning which the
story of comparatively early depar-
| ture to France was written is located
III Maryland, but there is no reason to
| suppose that its personnel will be
further advanced in their training than
VIII be the case with the young men
In the other training places scattered
throughout the country. Therefore it
would seem that the logical military
] conclusion is that Uncle Sans men of
the new National army are to go to
France much earlier than it was
thought would be the case
| 1t is said that when the story of only
four months training on this side in
stead of the expected six months was
spread through the camp, the young
soldiers who had been in the service
only a few days at best hailed the re-
port with cheers. 1t still seems true
that the spirit of the men of the new
army apparently is just as high as that
| of the regulars and the National
| Guardsmen.
Regulars May Be Fighting Soon.
In this connection it can be said that
there is feeling in Washington to-
day that Uncle Sans regulars now in
| France probably will be found on the
! fighting line before the snow begins to
bank up about the trenches. 1t was
| late in June when report was received
on this side of the landing in France of
the first large armed body of American
| troops.
| Our men in France under Generals
pershing and Sibert started their in
.ensive training back of the lines about
| July I. therefore they now have had
| three months of seasoning. of bayonet
| exercises, of trench digging, of bomb
! throwing and of general instruction
along all the lines which the methods
| Of modern warfare travel The men
| today are at the highest pitch of their
| speed and some military men here be-
lieve they soon must get action or, like
athletes, they will "grow stale"
| IT is the hard military logic of the
| thing which leads one TO say that our
soldiers probably will get active fight
| ing service more quickly than most
| people thought would be the case. No
| military secret is disclosed when this
| is written. because the Germans have
| known that our troops are in France
! and they being wise as other nations
| In q military sense, know that men
cannot be kept going at top speed for
| ever in a training way. They must be
| allowed to see some of the results of
| their work and so it is believed in
| washington that before long we will
| read a story of an engagement in
France in which our troops took part.
Their Sector Not Revealed.
| Nobody on this side knows. and if he
| did he would not tell on just what
| oart of the line the American troops
| now in France will be given their first
| baptism of fire. The Germans unques-
| tionahlv would like to know because
! if they We're given an advance notice
| if is 70 be taken for granted they
| would be met by a check If not by ac-
| tual defeat The Germans would work
for the moral effect as well as for the
military effect of the thing.
| Army officers seemingly wish to have
the American people understand that
II is terrible ordeal for troops who
never have been under fire to plunge
| into n battlefield where the fire is GER
| tain TO Re terrific. 1t takes all the re-
serve forces that man has to keep
him steady under the conditions. Later
when he is seasoned he recks little, so
| army officers say. of danger and of the
| noise and tumult of the battle. but as
/ the old saying goes in the American
| army. sit takes six months training
| and two fights to make regular.
Effects OF Lansing's Disclosures.
The letters and kilograms in
| lunches Of scores and hundreds which
| have been coming in TO the various
| deDartments In Washington attest.
so the recipients say, the belief
of the people that the disclosures
of the secretary of state concern
.ag German intrigue within the Dor
! ders of this country are bearing fruit
| In making the American people under
| stand thoroughly that the war must be
carried TO The end of Hohenzollernism.
In fact there are words in these let
| tiers and dispatches which make 1t
| seem that the country is aroused as