Bisbee daily review., 1918-04-02
WILL BRIGADE REGIMENTS IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH UNITS
Samnies Cheer Announce ment That They Are to Bat tie Side by Side With Allied Armies in PicaIdy.
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 LONDON. April 1.-An official an uouncement issusl here today says;
 "As result or communications which have passed between the prime m'nister and President Wilson; or fie- Alterations between Sece;arY Baker. who Sis:ted LOndan few days Ss1, and the prime minister. Mr. Baliour and Lord Derby. end cCasul aticns m France in which General Pershing and General Piss participated, important decisions have been reached by wlich large forSas of trair d men in the American army can he brought to the assistance of the allies in the present struggle.
 The governmeE. of our great west ern ally is not c1ly sending large numbars Of American hattlions to Eu- rore during the coming critical mon hs but las agreed to such regiments as cannot be used in divisions Of their own being brigaded with French and British units SO long as the necessity lasts.
 eBv this means troops not sufti- cieatlv trained to fight as divisions and army corps will form part Of seasoned units until such time as they have completed their training and General Pershing wishes to withdraw them in order to build up the Ameri- can army.
 ten of these additional forces are now being completed.
 "Throus bout these discissiOns Pres dent Wilson has shown the sreatest anxiety to do everything possible 10 assist the allies and has left noth- ine. undone which could contribute thereto.
 This decision. however. of vital importance as it will be to the nam tenance of the allied strength in the next few months. will in no way dim inish the need for these further meas ures for raising fresh troops at home. to which reference already has been made. It is announced at once be cause the prime minister feels that the singleness Of purpose with which the United States has made this imme- diate. and. indeed. indispensable con tribution toward the triumph or tho allied cause should be clearly recOg- nized by the British people
 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. April 1. (By the Associated Press )-Definite official announce ment that American troops actually will fight side by side with the French and British in northern France reach ed the American troops tonight in Par is newspapers. It was greeted with cheering. The men who will go are envied by the rest of the American forces. As they passed by on the roads they were speeded on their way with cries such as:
 Eat 'em up" and Gee. you fellows are in luck"
 Orders to proceed toward the plains of Picardy were received from the French high command three days ago. but until it was officially announced no mention could be made of it
 WASHINGTON. April In the ab- sence of reports from General Persh- ing showing the disposition made of American troops by General Foch. SUI preme commander of the allied and American armies. officials here were watching the French and British state ments closely tonight for the first word that will show the Americans to be at the battle front in Picardy. lt IS probable that not only the first news of the activities of Pershing's men m their new status will come in this way but that for some time French com muniQues will give the American peo- pie their only information on the sub jeet
 Reports from both Generals Persh- ing and Bliss on the progress Of the great battle are much delayed. Mes sages tonight told of the situation on Saturday and Sunday. At that time, General Pershing saw considerable i'm