Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-25
COLLEGE YOUTHS AID
IN FIERCE FIGHTING BY
WORK IN TRENCHES
AWAIT MORE UNITS
STUDENTS FROM SEVERAL MID
WEST UNIVERSITIES WILL JOIN
COMRADES AND TAKE ACTUAL
PART IN FIGHTING.

! London, May 25.-The United Stats
| flag is ON the battlefield at last. 1t
flies alongside of the tri-colors on the
Aisne river where furious fighting has
been in progress ever since the spring
campaign opened.
The first detachment of the Ameri-
can field service mace up of college
men who came from California 10
drive ambulances for the American
hospital but who were organized into
a service corps as soon as the United
States entered the war, is now active
ly participating in the operations with
the French.
The Americans at the front ale
members of section one of the Amer
lean munition transport service and
most of them are former students at
Cornell University. They are hurry
ing shells to the French fighters Oh
the firing line and ammunition to men
in the trenches. Capt. e. |. Tinkhof
is in command and Lieut.. Scully, Of
Princeton, is second in command.
Section two Of the transport service
will go OH active duty next week and
a week later section three will do so.
Tile men of section three are mostly
| from Da rf month Va1o Ioryord Tohu
Hopkins, University OF Chicago ano
Williams College.
/ The Americans have expressed the
utmost anxiety to get to the front.
saying they were willing to do any
kind of work so long as they can get
among the actual fighters
Can't Join Pershing.
Washington May 25.--Americans
now fighting with the British and
French forces in France will not be
permitted to join the United States
troops under Major General Jack
Pershing and continue their bit" for
he allies under the starts and stripes.
This view was expressed today by
War Department officials who held
that Pershings men would not be sup
plemented by Americans now in the
French or British service but THAI
more American troops would be dis
patched to French soil as quickly as
the units could be given the intensive
training that is planned for them here.
1t is variously estimated that be-
tween 10000 and 10000 Americans are
now fighting with the British and
French forces. Practically all of them
renounced their American citizenship
by taking the oath Of allegiance pre-
scribed by Great Britain and France,
altho in the case Of the foreign legion
among the French troops and In that
of many OF the flying corps wearing
, French colors, American citizenship
is retained by reason of the fact that
the men took only an oath of obedi-
ence."
Proclaims Red Cross Week.
Washington May 25-Recognizing
l1dL lttL llldL bul q oman PAbpDANoAS
Iof American people can have the op.
portunity to serve on the battlefield,
but that all men, women and children
can de effective service by aiding the
Red Cross President Wilson today
issued a proclamation designating
the week ending June 25 as Red Cross
week. The proclamation calls upon
the people to give generously to the
fun for the support Of the national
relief needs The proclamation fol
lows
"Inasmuch as our thoughts as ma
ton are now turned in united pur'
poses towards the performance to the
utmost of the services and duties
. which we have assumed in the cause
, of Justice and liberty.
"lnasmuch as but small proper
ton of our people can have the OPP
portunity to serve upon the actual
field of battle, but all men, women
:. and children alike may serve and
serve effectively by making 1t pos
, sibla to care property for those who
t do serve under arms at home and
s abroad,
{ And inasmuch as the American
. Red Cross IS the official recognized
. agency for voluntary effort in behalf
of the armed forces Of the nation and
[ for the administration of relief.
. Nov. therefore, by virtue of my
e authority as president of the United
/. states and president of the American
+ Red Cross |. Woodrow Wilson, do
. hereby proclaim the week ending
e june 25, 1917 as Red Cross week, dur
lng which the people of the United
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