El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-08
~ 7ITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
w IN FRANCE. Wednesday

- Nth THE AMERICAN ARMY
M IN FRANCE. Wednesday,
w Nov. 7.-tBy The - PD-The
/ first three American soldiers killed in
i the trenches in France tonight aye
/ sleeping in French soil, honored by
Z the American army and the people
and army Of France. Their final in
J terment took place yesterday.
With 2 guard OF French infantry
men. IN their picturesque uniforms OF
[ red and horizon blue. standing on one
/ side. and 2 detachment of American
1 soluIers on the other. the flag wrapped
1 caskets were lowered into the grave
as q bugler blew taps and the batter
/ les at the front fired minute guns. As
the minute guns went off. the French
officer commanding the division in
I this section paid d tribute TO the
fallen Americans. His words. which
were punctuated by the roar Of the
guns and the whistle OF shells,
touched both the French and Amevi-
cans In conclusion the French Off
Ger said:
In the name of the til division.
ia the name of the French army and
in the name Of France, l bid fareW I'll
20 Pvt EnrlEhL Pvt. Gresham and
Pvt Hay Of the American army.
They Gave Their AL
"Of their own free VIII they had
To come over here. They knew war
was continuing IN Europe. they knew
that the forces fighting Tor honor.
love Of justice and civilization were
still checked BY the long prepared
forces serving the powers Of the bru-
tai domination. oppression and bari
harity. They knew that efforts were
still necessary. They wished TO give
up their generous hearts and the
have not forgotten old historical
recent ones.
Fell Facing the Foe.
They ignored nothing Of the cir
cumstanCes and nothing had been con-
and hardshlps Of war nor the violence
Of battle. nor the dreadfulness of new
weapons, nor the perfidy of the foe
Nothing stopped them They accepted
the hard and strenuous life; they
crossed the ocean at great peril they
took their places on the front by our
side and they have fallen facing the
foe IN q hard and desperate hand 20
hand fight Honor 10 them Their
families friends and fellow citizens
will be proud when they learn OF their ,
deaths
Fight Until Victory. +
Men! These graves. the first to be
dug in our national soil and only
SalNL us Al4lEc rum TIC NAAEAlAgs "a e q
mark of the mighty land We and our
allies firmly cling TO IN the common.
task confirming the VIII OF the peO-.
pie and the army OF the United states
to fight with US 10 a finish ready 10
sacrifice Is long as necessary until
final victory for the most notable Of
causes. that of the liberty OF nations.
the weak IS well as the mighty. Thus
the deaths OF these heroic soldiers ap-
pear to US with extraordinary
grandeur.
The Last Farewell.
we will hope, therefore, that the
mortal remains OF these young men be
left here. left with US forever. Is
We inscTibe on the tombs, Here lie
the first soldiers OF the republic OF
the United States 20 fall on the soil
of France FOR liberty and Justice- The
passerby will stop and uncover his
head. Travellers and men of heart
will go out OF their way to come here {
10 pay their respective tributes.
Private Enright. Private Gresham,
Private Hay! IN the name Of France
[ thank you. God receive your souls
Farewell"
First ARTILLERY Back IN Camp
The first American artillery unit to
establish contact with the Germans
anne back to its billets today. The
nen were tired and muddy. but stlll
IS enthusiastic lot or soldiers a.
.yer came out Of gun pits. The artil- {
cry had a longer stay at the front
han the infantry and they came back.
men and horses. wet TO the bone. COW
ared with mud and ready to sleep.