The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-02
HOW OUR TROOPS
LOOK TO BRITISH
English Newspaper Gives impress
SionS of Our Boys in
Khaki.
ARE GIVEN WARM WELCOME
Our Men Are Described as Finely
Built Lot of Young Fellows-Oti-
ciaIly Greeted by Mayor and
Mayoress of Town.

New YOrk.-American troops arriv-
ing in a British town are described
picturesquely by a copy of The Black
pool Times which has just reached
here. England's impressions Of her
American allies are given for the first
time.
The name of the body of troops is
not stated, but various indications
show clearly it is the Medical corps
unit from Western Reserve university,
Cleveland.
The article reads in part as follows:
"Exactly at l so the mayor and town
clerk hurried to the town hall. After
greeting the Americans at the station,
the mayor promptly donned his Off
cial robes and chain of office, and, ac-
companied by the mayoress, along
with the town clerk and Sir John Rus
sell, Bart, who is a private in the
r. A. NJ. c., proceeded to the entrance
to the town hall, followed by the mem
bers of the town council and the rest
of the company.
Cheers Upon Cheers.
II a AlhaAC VI ~ In VNhA
cheering along Talbot road denoted
the troops were marching down, and
quickly the band of the r. A. M. G.
(Ripon training center) hove In sight
at the head Of the troops, playing a
lively march. Cheers upon cheers re-
verberated from the crowds lining the
streets and Talbot square as the
American troops marched smartly
past.
1.-THE American band was followed by
two of the men carrying u large Union
Jack and the Stars and Stripes side by
side, this significant emblem of unity
arouslng great patriotic cheering.
They were greeted with the playing
of the American national anthem, "The
Star Spangled Banner" by the r. A.
NJ. c. Depot band, stationed immedi-
ately in front of the town hall. The
troops, who were a finely built lot of
young men, were promptly lined up,
and the mayor and mayoress, accom-
panied by Sir John Russell, Bart, the
town clerk and Mrs. Harbottle anC
Mrs. j. Parkinson, mother of the
mayor, went to the edge of the foot
putin III IN hnaNOA AhbO WI
v%ersation with Captain TOotle, the of
ficer commanding the United States
contingent.
1.-THE mayor proceeded to give a civic
welcome to the troops.
5 Captain Tootle called upon the men
to show what they felt in theiI
? hearts, the gladness that came I've
them on that occasion. He desired
them to let the good people assembled
/, know how happy they were to be pres
ent to stand shoulder to shoulder il
that great human cause. "Give then
three hearty American cheers, and re
p member your colleagues" was the con
, Guiding appeal.
"The men responded with three rOu
ing cheers, which far exceeded all pre-
vious similar responses.
Look Pale but Fit.
"They are young men, from eighteeI
e years upward, and nearly all clear
e shaven. They have a paler appear
3 ance than our men, but this might b.
e due to the voyage as well as the lacl
of training, and the Blackpool air a n
! sun will soon impart Il ruddier hue t.
. their cheeks. The troops are abov'
' the average height, and are straigh
and clean limbed. In dress they some
Y what resemble our colonial troops, es
pecially in headgear, for their hats
American service hats-are of tn
+ sombrero type, with the slack crown
Their khaki is a shade darker in colo
, than that of our men, and their over
coats are thick, uncommonly long, ant
q worn loose fitting. They wear tigh
trousers, combined with a sort of gal
tiers, the latter having leather insid
5 and being khaki on the outside of tn
n legs. The men are from Ohio, an
e are college men, a good proportion be
I, ing medical students"