The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-09-25
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A REPORT THAT WILL THRILL YOU.

We read many stories about our boys il
France and the wonderful things they are do
ing over there, and the more we read the mor
we become enthused with their contagious
spirit and devotion to the greatest cause thu
world has ever championed
Of the many articles we have read we lik
one written by Mr.. C. G. Lyon, the Newspape
Enterprise Associations staff correspondent at
taehed to General Pershing's army. He is writ
ing exclusively for The World in the Eastern
Panhandle and his story is given herewith fo
the benefit of our readers. 1t is written from
the front, near Metz. He says:
If Kaiser Bill and his war lords could SCI
what | have seen in and behind the American
lines during the last few days, they'd quit COLI
and get down on their knees and beg for mercy
A terrible beating is in store for him. Thest
wonderful American armies have hit thei
stride. There is more truth than poetry in the
claim that American troops will march down
the streets of Berlin before this war is over.
Marvellous is the only adjective that fittingly
describes what General Pershing accomplished
in the ten weeks | spent in America on fur
Tough.
Whereas he had only few divisions in line
early in June, now he counts his fighting divi
Sions by the tens. Then he held only com
paratively few miles of the long allied front
but now American troops have been fighting Oh
the whole front from Ypres to the Swiss border
Behind the fighting lines, the magnitude OF
the American effort is even more noticeable
The ports are clogged with American ships
transports and giant freighters, hea
vily armed cruisers and battleships, and scores
of slim, graceful submarine chasers.
1t all made me mighty proud am an Ameri
can and that | come from country that car
accomplish such vast things in so short a time
On the road to Paris and to the front more
evidences of Americas greatness in war are ap
parent on every hand. Miles and miles OF
warehouses stretch back from the sea, and al
American flag floats from every one of them
n those warehouses are enough food and neces
Saries to maintain our armies for months
Tens of miles of railroad tracks have beer
laid for the operation of AMERICAN railroad
lines. 1t fills one with an ndescribabe thrill te
have man in khaki stick his head out of the
of an engine and yell as your train goes by
"Howdy, partner! What's the news from back
homer"
American training camps have sprung up al
over France They compare in bigness with any
thing we have in America. And nearly every
town Of any size on a railroad from the sea.
coast to the war zone had been "taken over
by the American boys, who scatter American
among the shopkeepers The depots
are all policed by American troopers
Within the last three months some of our
aviation camps have expanded until five times
as many aviators are being given the finishing
touches for service as in any American camp
artillery camps are ten times as big as any.
thing at home
In word, General Pershing now has the men
the supplies, and the FIGHTING SPIRIT to
make Americas effort the real, determining fac
tor IN this war. It is the mighty American eff.
fort that has filled the whole allied side with g
wonderful WILL TO WIN.
It's only a matter of time now until Ger
many will be PROSTATE" a great French states
man said to me in Paris the other day. 'Thert
IS no longer any question about our side win
ming; the only question is how soon.'
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