The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-11-15
fRoston News Bureau,

ItOStD11-i<tM u N. tfIoooStt VI ~ N.
Crossett Inc. successful shoe manu-
facturer and enthusiastic y. NJ. c. A.
worker, some months ago dropped his
business interests and answered the
call of that Association for work in
the war zone. He has recently re-
turned 10 this country.
To Boston News Bureau repre-
sentative Mr. Crossett says:
Nobody can appreciate the debt
the civilized world owes 10 France un
til he arrives on French soil. sees the
and hears the hum of war activity
Before leaving this side I was told
France was bled white. was al in.
On my arrival IN France about July
this impression was quickly diss;pat-
ed
but don't think the French Were
not tired. They were. The French
'poilu' felt that he had stood three
years of 'heil's torture and did not
think he would be able to last thru
another winter. All this changed
when American soldiers began to ar
rive in France Today the French
line is stronger and the spirit of the
people better than at any other time
during the war.
with the exception of sugar. food
prices in Paris are not higher than in
America. In Paris | had as good
dinner for s1.5O as one could get in
New York. There are two meatless
housewife is required to have sugar
card. Coal last year was $50 ton
and this year IT is expected the price
will be between $40 and $50 ton.
Canadian troops in a portion of
Flanders have just front line trench.
They refused to dig second line
trenches claiming they would never
20 back and needed no second line
The EFF cheney of the English
forces is remarkable. One sees high
~ polished motor cars. clean wagon
with saddles giistening and well kept.
There are behind the fighting lines
from Verdun to the sea, pile upon pile
of ammunition and as fast as the
French 75s or the big English how
itzers are moved forward, a small
army of workThen follows in readiness
TO lay narrow gauge tracks for am.
munition supply trains.
"The German prisoners, while
youthful, are not emacinated, nor
worn looking. They are husky fellows,
food nor clothing. Many German of
ficers taken prisoners were between
the ages of II and IS.
England has plenty of men and an
abundance OF ammunition and big
guns. Her organization today is bet
ter and of higher standard than the
Prussian army that swept through
Belgium in the summer of 1914,
ANY talk of peace in Paris is iu-
dicrous. The French and English have
settled on one thirg-Prussianism
must go. And even after peace has
been declared England and France
have determined 10 keep their armies
up to full fighting strength for year
and half.
'The American soldiers are amaz
the French and English by the speed
with which they act and the rapidly
with with which they grasp situa-
ton They are learning an entirely
new game of warfare, and are anxious
10 see fighting.
Our soldiers are not all encamped
three thousand strong in various Will
ages.
The American Y. NJ. C. A. has
proved to be the mother and the home
of the soldier. At the present time
we are nla.nta ming three grades of
bases; one. which we call hut. is
kept on the firing line. This furnishes
hot chocolate and hot coffee to sthe
wounded sOldie.s able to make Their
way To the rear. The second hut is
kept in the second line trenches and
the third is TIE la gest camp main
taind in the rear. Each soldier spends
six days on the firing line. six days
in the second lire trench and six days
at rest in tie rear. and here they
gather at the Y. NJ. c. A. camp, where
there are books cincmas and other
recreations.
Near a number of the base hos