New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
Sbert Reviews American Fora

with military interest.
 Sbert Reviews American F'orV
 American Field Headquarters
 16. (By the Associated Press1 review yesterday by Major William l.. Sibert of all the tro1 his command in training fol trenches afforded a military sr1 of international significance anl toric import. 1t was tho first tirIf the troops of this particular T the American army in FrancA been assembled in its entirely ~ display they made was deeply iA sive.
 Tt made me feel very prou0N clared Major General Sibert last
 echoing the sentiment of a sn11
 enthusiastic company of Anr&
 who were permitted to see the n
 display. The setting for the
 was one of rare beauty It--w6
 upon a broad and somewhat
 plateau in the rolling fields of N
 ripping away in every directton,1 all the green and brown of cropl ripcning grains.
 Here. and there picturesques III villages, white-walled and red rd snuggled amid the trees of mat@ valleys. Occasionally the VI were bathed in sunshine and they were hidden in the gray m rain. The scene was one of cha brilliance and shadow, the deepy of the harvest sky and dazzling A sun being massed now and thef masses of cumulus storm clouds en along by stiffening gale.
 At one time during the revie] 'alnstorm broke over the rnard troops, but it was of brief durI and there was not falter in anyI of the line. There is an officers, h2 ing school near the point wlner{ review was held, and while the til were assembling and marching explosions of hand 'grenadcs in near distance gave a touch of reality to the picture.
 Very early in the morning troops were on the move. They scattered in a dozen or more Fr villages and each regiment was ,embled iii a village where it's n quarters had been established.
 Peasant Folk Amazed.
 The new army regiments are slled on the European standar9ssx different from the old AmericAn ments, and when in the march4Nx@ lay in column of fours the line see1 o stretch an interinable dist long beautifully paved French r@ lned with giant trees. As the An cans passed through the villages oute to the reviewing field the p{ mt folk gazed at them open-eyed and admiration.
 They have seen much of the An ,an soldiers individually and in q anies since their arrival. but thtsa ae first gathering in force 0f ew ally, and. the impression 1t n II the villagers, farmers and Hnl oldiers on leave could easily be nd appreciated.
 The Frenchmen who have h1 aiming companies and battalionll 1e American army, also was surpr1 nd it can be truthfully stated tl 1ere was a distinct pause of surpl nd admiration on the part of Ma eneral Sibert himself when, riding le head of the staff, he reached est of the reviewing platform d tw his khaki-clad q command drs,| r, in $ wonderful far flung line bef| i'm.
 Attached to his staff were half oZen French officers including eneral of famous division all \ hom were enthusiastic in their praI : the spectacle. Major General ,rt and staff slowly rode up al own before the various regimen avn up at attention. The reviewi ,ound was staked out with Americ IFS and when Major General Sibl Id taken up his position the arr gan to move. The manoeuvers # hich 1t broke from regimental fror to lines of platoon arranged by col lnies and battalions would have do
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