The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-27
United States Forces Going
Abroad Will Have the Benefit Of
the Allies Three Years Expert
ence in Present Day Warfare,
COMPLETE INSTRUCTION
BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
Facts Learned Since the Battle Of
the Marne Have Been Reduced
to Writing Many Nerve-testing
Experiences Ahead Of the Boys.
BY Associated Press
British tIcaiiu,sI


BY Associated Press
British Headquarters in France,
July 21.--The arrival of the first con.
tingents OF the American army In
France serve 90 recall the fact that
the United states II entering a war
already old and wisc- wise with tho
dearly bought wisdom Of three long
adventurous years-and stepped in
AT the dlaholcal wickedness that In
cessnnt delvlng into the deviltries of
destruction can bring 20 Il.
Having escaped the first terrors &c
weapons which German science had
evolved through tolling years of mill
itary preparation, the American d.
visions will nevertheless plunge
eventually into seethinE eauldron
which has grown from the unavolG-
able policy OF fighting the devii with
fire They will have quickly To
learn not only to take the awful Ger
man frigh,funes- with calm endur-
ance. but 20 return II with an ever
increasing measure In doing this
meay uerVe-testinR anI suul-search-
Ing experiences undoubtedly lie bc-
fore item. but there are already thou-
sands of Young Americans In the
Canadian and British ranks who have
proved themselves traditionally wor-
thy m the scorehinR flames of mod
crn war
Tho American forces are fortunate
indeed 10 be able 10 base their educa-
tion upon the bitter lessons learned
BY the French and British soldier IN
an the eventful days that have follow
ed that first rush of battle of 1914.
! MorNelously complete hooks Of in
struction have been buided upon
| those experiences and out of these
| the American soldiers will CLEAN tho
Fast word knowledge that viii flt
thcm Tor the foremost trenches.
First of an whea they take their
place viii come the baptism OF fire
| from the noisy black high explosive
German shells that scream In from
nfar ana burst with terrifying reports
sometimes in most unexpected pla.
ces. Tho Germans are great believers
| both Ia noise and high-explosives
They oven mix their adored III f.
| with their shmpncl shells which
break high IA TIM air and send their
| bullets shoWeriug down with ths
whine of an angry winter wind Tho
| Americans soon Win learn 10 dis
tinguish the individual songs of the
various shells for there Is not IN.
slightest doubt that the moment he
discovers thes are Ia the line" tho
lGormau viii turn every aVallao'e
calibre 90 weapon against them in
"a flourish Of Introductory hate.
They viii come over tn order these
shriekue grumbliug missiles rang
ing in SIZE ana noise all the way from
II the nasty little pip-aqueHks on whlH-
bangs up through the four-pnini
twos. ,ho ilve-point- mines. aud thea
ON To what the Brush Tnmu5ics Ia
conicaly call the big stuff the
eight and eleven n-inch inwitzer shelia
and the proiectilcs from heavy cal
bred long range naval guns known
without affection as "Whtstlus
percy-."
There Will be little opportuniN 20
hear a "His Bertha for those fam
ous uld t--coutimeter hoNltzers arn
| seldom used nowadays II H. belle, ed
that the Germans planned Go bonn
bard Arras with thcm usiug prussl =
acid shells bat the British advance
ON Faster Monday nsi put stop 4"
that particularly ncfarious schema
! against the already sadlt battered
| luttle Artois cathedral cits
| Thor, lis ulsu awaiting the ne%
| American army a hounteuu- baptism
| ~, bombs and hand grena0es ana tho
/ .tiI more dsmaying introduction Ca
! thc vhpsts rattle ot the machine gun
/ and it4 sinister swish ut spray uE
] bullets sounds wed calculated ~
/ stab I, th ID moment of fear the heart
lI,f the hrayest man
II Hut above ail the American soldiers
must equip themselves TO endure the
| lcihal gas th8, viii Dee sent oNe'
II agsiust them ia poisonous. Naporisf
clouds or shuWered upon lhem su
deiure oi hoavlN charged cylinders
i aud shells They must prepare q
deal ALSO with the treacherous larhN'
II matou sas which white not DANGER
uus to lie irrlmtes the tear ducts un'
lltl one cries with blinded smartlna
II eyes tor hours The surprise of oou
II these gascs is their aitogelher pleas
II ant smcu. the icthai variety suggest
II ing the clean odor of sanitary hos
III pital watd while the s0-called tea
sa- has lhe appetising scent of crnph
cd t.pr apples. or cider.
II There is Also the reason shakins
/, terror oi the "flamcnwerter with ~
roaring stream OF iauid fire flarinl
with the velocity OF a high pressur
fire nozzle and with an offpouring o
smoke rising like black eSeion'
lcioud 10 the heavens
Il The first day OF their stay in batil'