Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23
AMERICAS ten
Comment On U. S. Con-
gressmen Getting First Hand
Knowledge of War Conditions.

knowledge of War Conditions.
The following extracts from the London
Evening Standard gives an interesting
English impression OF the U. S. congress-
men making a tour Of Lonlon and the
war front.
Ten real Americans, we'll groomed, with
their razor-edge pressed trousers and free
headgear announcing it, stepped from
their hotel in the Strand at an early hour
to-day to see London, to sample it, to
Snapshot it, to talk among the ordinary
people in between few picked visits
They are outposts" gathering informa.
ton for the House of Representatives at
Washington primarily and the people of
the United States generally. Their fe /
low legislators have entthen The Brit 4.
ish Government has thrown open all
channels for them. They are to see every
thing possible of what we are doing in
the war; to make note of it, and report
across the water in due course.
They are a various" ten, composed OF
Nebraska one, Colorado two, Vermont
one, Washington State three, and one
each from New York State, New Jersey,
and Arkansas. At the hotel they have a
common room, in which they discuss i'm
presSions and information garnered.
Visit to the Front.
we hope to go into the provinces, to
some Of the camps, and certainly to the
front, not only to see battle lines as
they are to-day, but also to meet our
own General Pershing and his staff and
to see the progress of our boys already
there. We may be able-in fact, we
hope we shall be able-to tell people here
Of Americas position and aims
1T is no joy trip we are on: but serious
business. We trust we shall go back and
be able, by frst-hand information, further
to rouse our people to the gigantic effort
which is expected from the United States.
Exactly how long we shall be across here
we cannot say just now, but no time will
be lost"
Snapshots.
In general conversation an Evening
Standard" representative elected the
further views:
"Our DR.. Page is the right man in the
right place at the right time
"Your Houses OF Parliament make a
mighty fine pile on an Indifferent site
Pity it is't in Trafalgar Square with eight
siHty-feet wide avenues opening on to it
and half dozen acres Of grass around
it,
London is fne-iust fine. There S
only one thing fner-its people. The
quietude of your streets and the calm is
emphatic.
America effort will be worthy of this
great struggle"
The representatives are having a week
end of little trips. Particularly they
want to try the rest cure of a London
Sunday.
Congressman See War.
The following from Washington paper
tells Of the congressman on the yerdun
front.
With the American Army in France,
Nov. 6.-Ten weary congressman who
have been hearing shells shrek overhead
on the Verdun front, getting most Of their
sleep at night time in lurching limousines,
left the American camp early this morn
ing.
They agreed that war was something
hotter than political scrap.
The congressman visited the Verdun
front Sunday afternoon. They stood on
Fort Souville and on Hill 318 and watched
the exchange of artillery fire, which was
desutory on account of the darkness and
rain.
We've been hustling around at a great
rate, but we've seen lot Of things and
think we all have some very definite ideas
to present when Congress meets" said
Representative Taylor, of Colorado.
Representative Dill is carrying back to
Gen. Bliss one of the first shells fred by
American artillery at the Germans 1t
was presented to him by the major
general conducting the party. The other
congressman also are loaded down with
war souvenirs
Congressman Under German
Fire.
British Front in BELGIUM, Friday, Nov.
16-Five members of the party of Ameri-
can congressman and private citizens who
spent yesterday and part of to-day visit
ing the Belgian war zone had a narrow
escape from death or injury this morning
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