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dry weather greatly facilitated operations
which began at dawn on Novemoer ~;
rains, accompanied by fiurries Of snow.
held up the attack The capture OF tne
village Of Fontaine Notre-Dame. two ano
three quarters miles west OF Camp.aa'
marks the present limit Of the advance:
''The British forces. while still pressing
forward, are meeting with Increased re-
sistance. Severe fighting continues. ana
We may expect desperate attempts on tne
part of the enemy not merely to prevent
any further British advance, out 10 re-
gain, il possible, some OF the lost ground.
Cambria Battle Center.
''Cambrai. the center Of very important
railroad and canal lines OF communlca-
ton now comes under the immediate fire
of British field guns. while the large cal
iber high-velocity and naval guns can
readily search out the countryside for
miles in the rear. harassing hostile ter
ritory and rendering the continued tenure
of the city by the enemy difficult To the
right and left of the scene OF the major
operations on a front extending approx
mately to thirty-two miles the attacking
forces have penetrated various strong
points. The number of prisoners emu
merated hitherto is more than 10000,
which exceeds the total British casualties.
while the battle for Cambria has
resulted in so rapid and sweeping an
advantage for the British forces, ap-
parently without extensive preliminary
preparation, II must not De IOTBOtleH
that it was only made possible by the
continued pounding of the German
lines in Flanders In the meantime the
British have not ceased to keep the en-
emy busy in the Ypres salient, and
gains of terrain are noted to the south
east.
Capture Enemy Trenches.
along the front held by the French
forces the latter have achieved sue
cessful coup-de-main south of Juvin-
court. In Champagne. resulting in the
trenches and the taking of numerous
place north of the Chemin des Danes
for several weeks past, the enemy con-
tinued to lombard the French posi-
tions in Chaume wood.
I'm the sector where our troops are
training increased artillery activity is
noted. Small detachments. while on
patrol duty. have gained some useful
experience.
THE Italian armies. now completing
their reorganization. have been able to
withstand the assaults Of the numerically
superior forces of the Austro- German di-
visions engaged against them. They
have hitherto prevented any further in
vasion of the Italian plain. The enemy is
continuing his efforts to break through.
The line Of the Piave has held firm. Along
the lower Piave, where hostile forces
gained temporary foothold on the right
bank of the river. they were driven off
with great loss. thus rendering the Ital-
ian positions more secure.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
POSTING THE TROOPS
ON PATROL METHODS
District Boys at Camp Meade
Mastering Tricks Employed
at the French Front.
ACTUAL WAR FIELD WORK
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
CAMP MEADE. Admiral, Md. No
vember 27.-The importance of in
structing the National Army Sam
mics" here in the methods and tricks
Of patrol duty has not been overlooked
in the training course which the Dis
trict boys are mastering with such
rapidity.
To emphasize the value of this par
ticular part of the instruction it must
be remembered that practically every
skirmish in which the American
troops with the expeditionary force
under Gen. Pershing have participated
against the Huns was by patrolling
parties.
This instruction will begin with a
lecture to the selected men from the
District, during which the officers will
explain how patrols are formed; what
their purposes are; just how they
make sorties from the front line
trenches and many of the tricks en-
ployed to get" the enemy.
This will be followed later by actual
practice on the war fields that have
been laid out by the engineers and
foreign officers here All three COM
panies of the 312th Machine Gun Bat
talon. to which the District men are
assigned. will take up the subject
during the present week.
Special attention is being paid to
developing the aim of the soldiers OF
the battalion by continuous sighting
practice. Some of the boys have be-
come so proficient at this. said Capt
Yocum of c Company, that they car
sight the bulPs-eye with the new En-
field rifles or the machine guns three
or four times in succession.
Fully to appreciate the difficulty OF
this task, it must be explained that
the rifles or guns are laid in stationary
slots. The exact dot which they cover
on the barracks wall is designated with
little pencil mark that is invisible
to the soldier doing the sighting. \
comrade or officer of the soldier draw
ing 1.-The bead" on the wall has card
board bearing bull's-eye. which he
moves at the direction of the man
aiming.
When the soldier thinks he has the
correct aim. or that the bu1ls-eye is
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pis passa he IN canis ns %iaa Mart s' shes The position
of the bulrs-eye in comparison to the
dot on the wall must correspond In
order to make a. "f,it."
One member of Company G covered
the dot three times in succession with
remarkable. ease. and his captain says
the man should develop into rafting
good marksman."
Talks on Military Courtesies.
The matte Of military courtesies
such as salutes. honors to t1e colors
and a dozen or more things that come
undes this heading will be taught more
fully to the members of the District
Machine Gun Battalion during the
week. Lectures are scheduled TOT
every company barracks. Special ef,
forts Will be made to have the selected
who come to visit them here are taught
to be "Romans while in Rome" or. in
other words. to accord all the military
courtesies to the flag during the play
ing Of the national anthem. and 70
bare their heads during the time re-
treat Is sounded
Cupid's raid on the cantonment re
ceived a temporary setback today, when
Mr. Measles, the little disease COM
mander, put one over the top" Sergt
August A. Schwenke of Company B
313th Infantry, was to have married
Miss Gussie u. Quinn of Baltimore last
Thursday. He received the hearty con-
gratula tions of his comrades and the
whole affair was to have been elaborS
ate in character. Then came the meas
les. Several cases broke out In COM
pany B and the entire unit is now con-
fined to quarters, including the pro-
spective bridegroom sergeant, who was
forced to call his wedding off until an
other day, when the measles are not
around.
But Cupid did not suffer complete de-
feat along the line of the 313th 1nfan-
try. Sergt. Edward Holthouse says he
is to be married to Miss Lillian Me
meyer. also of Baltimore. tomorrow, and
it looks as If the sergeant will get
away with it, for the measles has not
reached his quarters.
Not more than a quarter of a mile
from the barracks, removed from sight
by brush. high hill and a number OF
trees, is the obstacle field that has been
pronounced one of the most complete
and modern in the United States. From
a distance the field looks like pretty
Italian garden, dotted with greens, rus
tic settings and all that sort of thing.
1t was constructed under the direc-
ton of Maj. Duncan Alexander. an en-
gineer of the British army. Despite the
beauty of the field it has a practical
war purpose, for 1t is there that all
the latest tricka-are taught to the Of
ficers and specially chosen non-com-
missioned officers by their allied
brother warriors of the British and
French armies.
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TO MOVE DECEMBER 1.
Administrative Force Of G. w. q.
Soon in New Quarters.

ofices OF the administration force of
George Washington University will be
moved from 2023 G street northwest.
the present site. to the residence at
21o1 G street northwest December !.
The offices of Rear Admiral Stockton.
retired. president of the university
Prof. Richard Cobb. secretary. and the
clerical force Will occupy the second
floor Three classrooms will occupy the
first floor. the larger of which will seat
seventy-fye students. The architec-
tural department will occupy the top
floor.
The arts and sciences department
building. at 2023 G street northwest
will be used solely by the scholastic
department.
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Trenches that are marvels OF con-
struction, containing rustic walks,
with water drainage systems under
meath, green mounds on both sides,
that bear cut-outs on the earth OF
lreefmental designations, much like
those visible in parks. are stretched
out along the course. However. the
whole scene changes when the train
ing commences.
From the first trench the men leap
| to the first obstruction. a rise in the
ground that has a sharp drop of about
| four feet, then the first line enemy is
encountered. The enemy, "he" or them.
fare dummy figures, made of pine tree
branches shaped with wire and sus-
pended from long rail about ten feet
high. After the enemy has been jan
bed swift and hard, the soldier wave
tree trunks, like a many-railed fence
The soldiers scale this, only to fall
into pits, from which they climb out
and encounter an enemy patrol.
Real Barricades and Shell Craters.
Onward they sweep to another bar
ricade. solid and slippery wooden wall
| ten feet high. The men must leap to
the top. because it is impossible to
get a grip on the wall. Then comes a
second line of trenches, followed by
shell craters, filled with water Finally
| the soldiers bury themselves in a small
| trench that they haze captured, ano
begin firing at the enemy, whose
heads are visible above another
| trench.
The enemy ducks up and down at the
| will of the instructors. who handle a
| long rope from the firing trench. Back
| of the enemy is a solid wooden and
sand wall. about ten feet thick, which
serves a double purpose-first. that of
stopping the bullets, and, second as a
| big barrier and imaginary battery de-
lfense.
| When the enemy is sufficiently fired
upon. and bombed. the line rises from
the low trenches and rushes over the
| top for the final assault. scaling the
/ big walls, leaping on the shoulders
and necks of their comrades. gripping
| the top and taking the position.
| On the road they are forced to climb,
| like so many monkeys. over wooden
poles that zigzag from one side to an
other. There is a little wooden run
also, nothing more than n tree trunk,
that opens the way. 1t requires all
the skill of tight-rope walker to get
over this successfully. If the men slip
! from the top of this obstruction they
:, fall into barbed wire. become enmeshed
and riddled by machine gun fire, ac-
cording to the instructors.
Four such courses run parallel across
| the field for a distance of about 600
yards. Over the field are scattered
little mounds that afford hiding places
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Certificate Form Approved.

President Wilson has approved the
form of certificate of service which
will be given to men who have served
without pay on local. district and other
civilian boards which are part of the
Army selective service machinery. Gov
ernors of the various state will be asked
to designate the men who have thus
given their service.
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.During the first day of the battle dull.
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Of trenches. the less fancy kind. but
more practical for actual engagement,
including dugouts. barbed-wire- de-
fenses. machine gun positions and all
the necessary places for defensive units
to take shelter. is gradually being
stretched around the cantonment by
1.-THE engineers regiment.
Evening star., 1917-11-27
KA|G Mask CAUGHT
BOCHESAT CAMBRIA.
War Department Communique
Explains Spectacular Sue
: cess of Gen. Bing's Drive.
ENEMY WASTING FORCES

s.The week Just closed has been one
favorable to the allied arms" says the
War Departments official communique
ISSUED today. reviewing military opera
tions for the week ending Saturday
1.-The success of the British offensive
in the region of the Cambria and the
steady resistance of Italians in the face
OF the repeated attacks OF Austro-Ger-
man forces arefwo factors considered as
correlative elements of one and the same
movement.
'Tt is evident the enemy took the
offensive in Italy hoping to extricate him.
pe1f from the increasingly difficult posi-
ton in which his forces find themselves
in the west. The Germans were appar-
emily confident that. in order to save Italy
from invasion. such important contin,
gents of French and British troops would
be detached from the western front as 10
render any further allied offensives IN
this theater impossible. Though the
French and British have both dlspatched
large contingents to Italy. this has IN no
way hampered the continuance OF their
offensive operations.
Waste of Enemy Forces.
.1t is the wastage of the enemy forces.
the slow, yet relentless. sapping of his
man-power by continued and sudden Of
fensive thrusts. which must eventuailE
result in the softening of his line in the
west. This is the ultimate objective OF
the series of intensive offensiyes so sue
cessfully pursued by the allies during the
past six months. and Is even more fmpor-
fant than the gain of terrain.
"The military situation Is dominated
by the spectacular success gained py
the British forces in their thrust to-
ward Cambrai. BY adopting new tao
strategy
daringly conceived and brilliantly
executed. the British forces have been
able to record a greater success. when
measured by captured terrain, than any
hitherto achieved by either beIligerent
in the same space of time along the
western front. While seemingly con-
tinuing his offensive engagements in
Flanders by an intense artillery bonn
bardment in the sector stretching from
Ypres to the North sea. Field Marshal
Haig was able to mask successfully his
plans for an offensive thrust between
the Scarpo river and st. Quentin.
Surprise Aided Victory.
sThe usual preliminary artillery
preparation was dispensed with. The
elements of surprise SO essential to
victory played a large part in the sue
cesses gained. The British. by pre-
ponderant numerical superiority in
men and mobile material. by improvis-
ing the skillful tactical maneuvering
of an unusual number of tanks. and by
co-ordinating with precision the de-
pIoyment of cavalry, made use of these
two arms to bear the brunt of the en-
counter.
sTnfantry then was called upon to
hold and consolidate the terrain gained.
Thus the British were able to record
a decided success with very great
economy of munitions and slight cas-
: ualties. Three successive German lines
of defense on a frontage of six miles
astride the Cambrai-Bapaume road
were captured, and the Scheldt canal in
front of Cambria was crossed.
Battle Begins at Dawn.
sDuring the first day of the battle dull,
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Strengthen Allied Forces.

"Along the plateau of the Sette Com
muni heavy fighting is going on. The
enemy has been successfully contained.
In the mountain regions. between the
headwaters of the Brenta and the Piave.
defensive operations have been well con-
Quoted. and the enemy has been unable
to make any further progress. Strategic
reserves. strengthened by allied contin-
gents. have been constituted The morale
of the Italian forces is improving daily.
and, while the situation is not wholly free
from critical aspects. the defensive meas
ures appear adequate to meet the situa-
ton.
In Palestine the British forces under
Gen. Allenby are advancing rapidly on
Jerusalem. They have now reached a
point on the Ramaleh road, approximately
seven miles west Of the, city. while an
other force is bearing down from the
north
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Crumbs.


In olden times there was q Ger.
tain Rich Man who was clothed
I'm purple and flne linen and who
dined sumptuously every day.
There was also q Beggar who lay
mt the gate Of the Rich Man and
begged for crumbs from the Rich
Mans table and was refused
them.
And 1t came to pass that this
Rich Man died and lifted up his
eyes in hell.
This IL an old story. You have
heard It often. 1t can be repeat
ed in 1917, for the allies are ask
ing only the crumbs from tho
Rich Mans table. and If they are
not given we VIII lift up our
eyes In hell.
1t is food that II going to keep
the Germans out of the United
States.
Give 1t!
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from enemy t1re or permit close-range
observation to be made OF the posi-
tfons. Here and there are more lines
of enemy, that must suffer to be jabbed
1 by the bayonets of the assaulting
| troops.
About three miles farther out from
| the wooden city a long, twisting line
Evening star., 1917-11-27

If you want work read the want col.
umns of The Star.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-19
D 'ANNUNZIO
AMONG MISSING
BY JoHN n. HEARLEY.


stan correspondent united Press
ROME. Noy 10 Gabrielle dan.
nunzio. nays famous aviator dra-
matisi and writer, was reported 90.
day 10 have failed 10 return from u
recent Gight over the enemy lines iu
northern ITALY D'Auuunzio has
been known a~ One or ltaly's great
est lighting aviafors. as Well n7 "a
poet of international fame
lf d.Annunyio is dead hi friends.
lrenzipdiS seeking word today from
fbp war office. viii regard his -acri
ncc az nttne climax to his career.
Thcy pointed 0uf Thar O >nnunzio.
alwava the poet ihe artist and lover
of tbe beautiful died Achinf to
save Venice. 'he art jewel Of the
world They believed that d'Auuuu
zio himself. if he could have chosen
a death, would have preferred To-
perish in defense of that city.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-19
FOE ALIENS
MUST REGISTER
President Proclaims Severe Re
strictiOns Designed To
Check Spy Peril

WASHINGTON. Nov. l9.-The
government today took a strangle
hold on alien enemies within the ma.
tion BY proclamation. President
Wilson ordered nationwide alien on
emy registration. ordered the Dis.
trict Of Columbia and the Panama
canal zone rid OF them and forbade
them 10 enter within 100 yards Of
canals. wharves. piers. dry docks,
ships. warehouses, elevators, term
inals and depots.
They may not travel on ocean.
bay or river within three mites Of
the United States shore line and
they may not hy in aeroplsnes.
The registration Is intended 90
give complete line on men whose
allegiance to the kaiser makes them
available as spies. Arising from The
frequent fires and explosions In
warehouses and ships, the prOcia-
nation Is intended 10 put an end TO
the freedom with which many OF
those enemies have circulated thru
ont the nation
The attorney general Is empower.
ed TO designate barred zones not al.
ready provided and Go enforce rcgu-
lations FOR registration The alien
enemy may not move about and reg
u'aIon4 for periodical report tu au.
th rifles can De provided.
This DIS the MOST swocping step 90
curb tho spy pcrl yct taken by the
United states and is in line wifi
similar measures taken In England
Alien cucm1oa now residing within
~ shnrtcn viii Doc removed. lcst
they get AZ vital secrets OF The ma
tion's war work.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-19
z AMERICAN
BOYS DIE
IN FIGH 7
Five Others Wounded
In Brush With
Germans

WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.--Two
American soldiers were killed and
FIVE wounded in an engagement last
Tuesday night Gen. Pershlng re-
ported today.
The Dead:
Sergt John f. Czaika. father, Al
bert CzajSa. 1901 Twelfth-ave.. Mil
waukce. Wis
Private Stanley Janovicz; sister,
Sophia Giebutovicz, East Boston,
Mass.
Severely Wounded:
Private Earl i. Auraud mother.
Emma Aurand No 1928 Logan-st.,
Harrisburg. Pa.
Private Edward r CahllI: moth
err Bridget Cahill, BakertoNn. Pa.
Slightly Wounded:
Sergi John a Logan. father.
Charles Logan. no 20l Eastavee
Mount Carmel Pa
privitc Chester Johnson. father,
Frederick Johnson, Lout lana.
Private Robert l. Redd mother.
Mrs Elizabeth Redd. BurncyWlle.
Okla.
This is tho thrd casualty list ro.
sulung from actual 0eHire wlta hf
GCrmans Tho eng larWrnt tooh
place on thc nighf OF Sos +r
p,rshing ropor te un Qe.
Whether fir Amos cans were ir'
aegrcseor- or ver attacted b. aH
Dther GoW-u -hu
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-19
S7OO,OOO'y'
FUND GOAL.
is PASSED
Ford Company Men
Contribute Total of
S148,890

Detroit's Y. NJ. c. a. campaign Is
over the tor
The 100000 goal was reached and
passed Monday noon, when the
workers at luncheon in the petros
Athletic club reported contributions
amounting TO S300.4i192. This
brought the grand total TO S7i7.-
4S7.Sq.
II IS the aim Of the executive com
mittee in charge Of the campaign 10
make Dctroits gift to the war fund
81 per capita, or $l.000.000, and IL is
believed This ambition viii be real
lied Final reports OF the workers
Will be made az n dinner in the ID.
A L. Tuesday evening, at o'clock,
but n rs expected that money will
continue 10 come In thruOut The
week. Donations viii be received
by Emory W Clark. treasurer in The
First and Old Detroit National bank.
or by any bank or trust company, DO
is announced
Almost half of the contributions
reported Monday came from the
employees OF She ford Motor com
rauy. The amount was si4S,Ss0.
The canvass of the factory was
made by he company under The di-
recton OF Edsol Ford. secretary r.
L. klinccnsmith. ViccpreSidcnt and
treasurer, and NOrvsl a. Hawkins.
general sales manager AN three
wcrc present az the luncheon Mon
da, and wcrc obliged 20 take the
platform while the crowd gave yeli
for cach The announce mcnt OF Tho
employees donation caused noisy
demon Iaiion Altogether thc con
tribuHons of tho Ford inierc ts rcp
rrs enf abou 35 per cent of the city's
Quota
A partial canvass of the dodge
Brothers plan has Noted $20.O00
from 10000 employees
The Highland Park Rotary club
wins tlc nalm 0e tho most enterprls-
Ing group of workers IN the cam
paicn On the combng of Tho VII
laro nothing was lcit undone io
mako ihc process complete Th"
club worked tho schools. ccuring
si SEQ rrom the teachers and SG62
from ihe pupil II staged q house
.fe.houee cnl of fhf rc. rt.u
0cicu au3 oven enlisted hf
bows Jiir fhc latter .rer
mr fheiT crfirc receipts far f-
to the war fund 1h. r.ui
credit or fhe Eord
$4,000 W fcn ST. 81 ~
ef fh fHrn '..
chncr anI hF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-19

WITH THE ITALIAN FORCES.
Nov i3 The Piaye river line sHn
holds
Today with what seemed 10 be
tho most desperate pressure The en-
emy has yct oxortcd in its drive the
Allies stood firm Intense lighting
was i'm progress along ne whole
fron'--a yiolent arullor, duel inter
spersed with attacks and counter.
sttacks II was reported today that
at fhe few points where the Austro.
German forces succeeded TN forcing
a crossing a fow days ago, The ylgor
Of italian attacks had CONSTRUCTED
thor positions SO that thry We're
monaccd Win immneai mnihile-
ton
THE two greatest ccntor7 ~ The
fighting TO-DAY were on the Asi7go
plateau. far fO th, north, and The
middle OF tho pafe line Moment
arv breaches n fhe piave front have
been plugged at every point except
Ht Fagarc The cnrmH sufcrrF
terrible losses from tH plueging
process. hClne caught under cnfiad.
ne drc which aunihil"ed whole
unite closely packed from slowly
Constricfinr italian pressure.
At Fagare The enemy efill retained
foe hold fodaq fhre were cling
ing dt par 'Dlp fe tcw hundred
e.. 20 tl.. , Iarl ruT uutpr
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-19
MOSCOW CASUALTIES
LIKELY TO REACH 1000
MISTAKE CAUSES
W0MAN'S DEATH

Miss Edna l.. Taylor, % years old.
died in her home Monday afternoon
OF poisoning. administered 20 her
by mistake. according TO Coroner's
Clerk John Crcedon Miss Taylor
had been IN for week during
which time her mother has minis
tered 20 her wants and uaf cfven
the patient her medicine The corr
oner has reported 10 The police that
an error was made last Friday whom
the poison WAS given the patient by
mistake.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-19
HIS NECK BROKEN;
LIVES TWO DAYS

Hiram Martin dieA ir Harper hos
ptal Monday afternoon OF broken
neck sustained Saturday night n
fbc Dodge Bros motor plant Mar
tim. an electrician WAS DOING some
work up on high beam wben O.
travelling crane came alon- and
broke tho beam procipiiating tho
electrician to the noor lar below
Martin. who lived at SO 223 Park
blvd. puzzled The ph, ici1n hy re-
mining alive so long with such a
desperate injury.