The Detroit times., 1917-05-25
FIRST j. S.
EIGH T ERS
AT FROM
Transport Unit In Ser
vice: Others
Training
MEN DRIVE BIG
CARS UNDER FIRE
COllegians Form Bulk
of New Army
Corps
~ HEVPY WOOD
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TRAINING CAMP orr THE
AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE
sOMEwHERE IN FRANCE MAY
Co. America FIRST armed force De-
gan active service ar the front 20.
DAY D. vas Section one ~ tae
American muniuon transport ser-
vice lie 1rt'-odd young Am ricans
left he training ramp la'e last
night Today they arc hu-rvng
she'll, and ammunition re- French
lighters 10 front trenches. Under Ere
simultaneous vlth the departure
OF section one there arrived here
Sections Two and Three Two o.
composed mostly ol Andover coll
legs men II r. 70 enter active ser
vice next week Two seeks hence
the Dartmouth. Yale. Harvard. Johns
Hopkins. Chicago and Williams Uni
yersity men Ia unit No 3 gill be AZ
work.
In the meantime Sections Two
and Three started drilling VIII
French rihes and tho French man
ual OF arms They are also 20 De
thoroly instructed in handling auto
mobiles-and PARTICULAR the big
nve-ton American motor trucks
which they will drive IN active ser
vice. The Americans are wearing
khaki uniforms closely resembling
the American military garb Many
have had military training IN The
United states, but when yhey began
drilling today they discovered they
would have 10 begin all over again.
since the French manual OF arms
and the French drill tactics are en-
iirely different from the American
The training camp OF Americas
first hghting forces on the French
front is installed In one ~ France
most beautiful and most historic
forests close 10 where the army Is
lighting.
The American flag floats beside
the tri-color high above The encsmp.
ment The particular standard OF
the stars and Stripes now In use
was the GIT 10 the munitions trans
port service OF Clarence Msckay.
The camp is Offered by French
army commanders. including Lieut.
J (. Ostheimer. OF Philadelphia. who
enlisted IN the French army IN 1914.
Lieut. Daily. an American and who
vas captain OF the 1910 Yale foot
ball team. with William Taylor of
New York. as second IN command.
comprise the commanders OF Section
Two. Section Three has not yet
been ofhcered.
The very first thing the French
army officers bumped against in pre-
pairing for the American fighting
men was that they had 10 have
breakfast. No French soldier eats
a regular breakfast. and the sF'feTrGhs
army cooks have their mornings OF
in consequence But nor so az the
American munition transport train
ing camp The usual American az
petite for breakfast are very much
In evidence Therefore the French
army regulations had 20 be altered
20 n The French officers also DIS
covered that The usual emergency
ration Mould have 20 be changed ia
the case Of the Americans The
French soldier carries one solitary
loaf o. bread FOR his reserve food
supply when starting out ON active
service
This didn't look like enough 10
he Americans The supply
therefore. incres sod 70 include
addition tao hard boiled eggs
Driving weston automobile trucks
IS Tho hardest sort % ply lcai iabo,
and the members % these ars
American armed forces are all pick
cd men The hours are irregular
and duriag battles turns on duty
may continue for DAYS ~ nmt
The great trucks must lumber along
in range 81 enemy shells
Physical labor. the hardship ot
service. The dangers - fhn arra