The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-07
AMERICANS MAKE GOOD AT THE
 FRONT

canadian neWspaperman, who has been with the Canadian forces on the western front and had exceptlonable l opportunities to see them in action. | has written the United Press a series of stories on the Americans with this expeditionary force
 The first of these stories is printed herewith.
 Although the series was written be. Tore America made her entrance into the world war and before Canadian troops achieved their latest glory in the taking of Vimy ridge, they give vivid picture of Americans now fighting in France and those who per. ished in that fighting.
 (By United Press)
 WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE FIELD, April 6.-(By MaiD - When the great war began, there was a new American invasion of Canada. men offering their services to fight Germany. Numerous United States army officers resigned their commis sions and enlisted in the Canadian contingent as privates. Ranch owners and cowpunchers, quiet lads from Maine and adventurers from the Texas border, engineers galore, schoolmas ters and bankers, sailors and lumber. jacks, Hooked to Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver. At one time an at tempt was made to form a separate American legion. Although the re cruits came forward, it was ultimately abandoned. The Americans are scat tered among the hundreds of Canadian battalions. The crack corps of Can. adian regulars has 25O of them in it's ranks, and wants more
 What has been the record of these Americans? It is found in the rolls of honor of the British army. Dozens have earned commissions: hundreds have died fighting. I asked the com. mander of famous battalion which, although it only went to the front last summer, has already earned great glory, about his Americans. "We had scores Of tnein,s-naz repIIea,a you will not find them here. You will find their graves on the Somme."
 Americans have received at least four distinguished conduct medals. still more military crosses and fully score of military medals. One Am erican among the Canadian received the CroiX de Guerre. The U. s. army and navy officers who joined the Can. adians have made a record of their own. Take. for example, Major Houghton, of machine gun battery. Houghton was nearly four years in the U. s. navy, and wears today on his uniform the ribbons of the West Indian and San Juan campaigns. alongside of his recently earned Brit, ish military cross. "The United States navy knew that if it had not been for Britain, Germany would have taken sides with Spain in the Spanish war" he said, when asked why he joined. This was not the only dirty trick Germany tried to play us. It took the opportunity of paying off old scores"
 Houghton telegraphed to a friend to join him. Sure; which side" came the quick reply. There was no question of his side. Being a ma chine gun expert, he was welcomed and given his commission He soon came to the front. He has taken part in all the big fighting of the past year and eight months, except when he was recovering from a wound. The share the machine gunners take in fight can be judged from their name the Suicide Club" He received his military cross at the New Year, not for one specially prominent act, but for continuous gallantry, initiative and dash.
 Houghton once wrote a famous let ter to friend in Chicago, giving his real opinion of the Hun. It was the kind of letter that would scorch the hide off an alligator His friend pub lished 1t, and since then the major has received hundreds of letters from pro-Germans threatening him. q know who you are." one angry cores pondent wrote. "I will hunt you down and kill you when you come back, if 1t takes ten years" Tt looks as though I'm safer in the trenches" :" Houghton chuckled.
 But it was not the angry letter that led Major Houghton recently to refuse an offer of long leave. I've been | through the dreary waiting time, when the Huns were pounding us," he said Do you think I am going to leave now, when we are just about to smash the Hun? Never on your life" l.. J. Hohl and l.. F. Paddison, rep resenting the Orc Dredging Company