Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-09-30
THE WAR FRONTS IN THE U. S.

LeCS place the central empires ana the lands they have conquered in Europe squarely in the United States and see their extent. In this way we can obtain a vivid idea of the length of the battle fronts. To do so is a wonderful education in 'warology..'
 Place Riga about 50 miles west of the westernmost point of Lake Super ior-that would place it in the north ern part of Minnesota. Then let's take the eastern battleline south wards.
 In graceful curve it would extend just south of Duluth. thence move due south to the vicinity of Sterling, Ill. Thus far we have reached the PinsK marshes on the eastern front From there the battle line would bend west slightly, the curve prac- tically parallelling the Mississippi river until southeastern Missouri is reached, when it moves on to a point in northern Alabama, near the Ten nessee border, where it terminates.
 In other words, the northern end of the eastern front, at Riga on the Bal tic. extends in actual miles from a point west of Duluth to Alabama; or, changing the comparison, the Baltic sea would be in northern Minnesota ard the Black sea in Alabama.
 The eastern battle front is 1125 miles long. Measure it on the map between the points indicated! And then bear in mind that every foot of it is fortified and manned! That trenches extend the entire distance! And then realize the millions of men it is taking to attend to the job
 Now Ea's continue moving around the central empires in Europe-on the map of the United States!
 We left the southern end of the i eastern front in northern Alabama. The Black sea would extend down through Alabama to about the boun- dary of Florida, where we would l find Constantinoule. The line then
 would jut west, the Bosphorus and 1 Aegean sea being traced about % miles north of New Orleans, and Sa- lonika would be found in the center of the southern half of Louisiana. Here another battle front would be- gin.
 The Macedonian front would extend from this point in Louisiana to a point in Texas about midway between Dallas and Galveston; perhaps little l farther west. This front is 390 miles
 long, extending to the Adriatic in Al | bania.
 The Adriatic sea would extend from eastern Texas to the most nOrtherly part of Texas, near the Oklahoma and New Mexico boundary. Then another battle front would commence. The Italian front would commence
 at the point designated and meander l for 32O miles, in two large half-cir-
 cles, to a point in northeastern New Mexico 75 miles east of Santa Fe.
 Here the southeastern boundary of Switzerland would be reached. Switzerland would extend into Col o,.ao o,d;u~ ,,,;1vo hotwoou Don- | yer and the southern boundary of the
 state. And here would begin the
 tragic trenches of the western fr>.,.
 This battle front of 450 miles would | extend in northwesterly direction | through western Colorado and into
 Utah, terminating about 75 miles east
 of Salt Lake City, Verdun would be
 about on the boundary line between Colorado and Utah, Rheims in east
 central Utah, Arras in northeastern Utah and the bloody fields of Elan l ders just touching the southwestern part of Wyoming. where we would find the straits of Dover Holland would take up the greater part of
 western Wyoming, and the North sea
 and Denmark would extend into
 southern and southeastern Montana
 The Baltic sea would take Us from
 there to our starting place, $50 miles west of Duluth"