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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
They Fight the Way They
L Play Football

"Amercans in the region adjoining the
Sergy sector we're fighting last night with
the same vigor on meeting the Sixth Bava-
rian Reserves, who were hurried to the
front to check the impudent Americans
The Bavarans are fighting with dash and
courage, but are match for the Ameri-
cans, who fight the same as they play foot
ball, with their whole sou! and strength,
giving no thought to anything else, but
instead Of score of points there will be
q score of dead.
"The severity of the fighting at Sergy
will be understood when it is known that
seven Prussians who were captured said
they were all that were left of hundred
They we're surrounded in the night and
terrorized by the new form of opposition
They said the Prussian Fourth Guards are
crack shock troops, who are used on spe-
cial occasions when there is crisis to be
met, and had never failed to reach their
goal until they met the Americans.
"They are fabbergasted at the fierce
ness of the boys, and said: we are not
certain of victory now, when we know what
the Americans can do"
In The Tribune, Wilbur Forrest gives
a vivid account of deadly battle be-
tween American attacking troops and
Germans defending a quarry:
"By a thanking movement the American
line in short rushes reached the quarry
Here it was a bayonet fight of the hottest
kind. A detailed account of the fight would
be repugnant it is sufficient to say that
about seventy of the enemy dead, some
piled three deep, remained behind the
American line, and any further defence of
Hill 230 was abandoned In the great re-
treat to the Marine in 1914 Hill 23O, defend
ed by the polus, held the enemy hordes
back three days, inAicting an estimated loss
of 1900 men,
The story does not change wherever
it is told. grim tenacity, a fearless
resolve to overcome or die in the at
tempt, marks the struggle wherever the
American soldier takes part in it. At
Seringes it was the Prussian Guard
again, and this is the story Herbert
Bailey tells of the fight in '"The New
York Sum-:
From neighborng slopes and from
the right bullets and shells came thick,
but the Americans held on grmly to their
gains, which we're on The slope of the hill.
"Iigging in under fire, they got their
second breath. The Prussians, around
Sernges in particular, attacked in greater
force than ever They swarmed up all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

of British Tommy after reverse. But
not of an American Yank
"The pessmist says: Germany may win
the war;
"The optimist replies: Germany shall
not win the war;
1--WE would respectfully advise our allies
to follow the American example rather
than deprecate it.
"Let Germany have the dependency, the
pessimism, the depression
"Optimism will win the war;"
But Charles II. Grasty, writing from
London to "The New York Times" de-
clares that "in the councils of the war
wise there is an aversion to premature
celebration" Because he points out
"Thc wild animal that has been terror
izing Europe is still alive and loose, though
famed. There could be no greater mis-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

before I got to the top, yet those young
sters charged upward under whitening
fusillade from machine guns in the village
and cyclone of shrapnel overhead carry
ing their full packs and accoutrements.
sixty pounds in all The path they took
from the river was still practically blazed
by bodies of their dead-youngsters struck
down as they ran across the open fields of
stubble without so much she'll hole
for protection"
Of an engagement August he wrote:
Prior to their engagement on the hill
these same troops penetrated into Grim
pettes Wood. They encountered a solid
phaanx of machine guns, literally set
side by side. A wounded sergeant told me
he counted six of the weapons in plain
view before he had gone ten feet into the
wood. Four times forces fell back
and reformed. The fifth time leaping for
ward from opposite sides of the narrow
neck of timber land. yelling like Apaches,
the Americans got to the enemy with the
bayonet and pinned every Boche to his
gum as one youngster observed. The
slaughter went on for hours, and quarter
neither asked nor expected. Only
three Germans came out of the fray alive,
and they were badly wounded prisoners"
The old tradition of American open
warfare, sharpshooting and quick jump
ing is still manifest in the action of
our troops on the fields of France. Her
bert Corey writes interestingly of the
sharpshooter in the American forces:
"The marines are real sharpshooters. too.
They do not merely wear medals for hitting
the bull's-eye. The other day during the
attack Beleau Wood a German tried to
from one she'll hole to another. When
he was picked up later on the surgeons
found he had fortytwo separate bullet
holes in him. The marines had fred at
him like many quail hunters in wheat
stubble. Oddly enough, he was still alive
when the stretcher bearers found him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

along the line. Men went down the
Americans with machine guns and rifles
poured lead upon the pressing lines.
GAS the enemy came near the Americans
assaulted with the bayonet. A terrific hand
to-hand fight ensued. The Prussians
driven back. That was at o'clock in the
evening. A second attack followed almost
Immediately. 1t was of the same character
as the first and as Improbable third
assault was delivered and the Americans
allowed the enemy to enter Seringes. In
their ardor the Prussans walked in un
YEARLY.
"The Americans retired on three sides of
the village, and when the guardsmen en-
tered they surrounded the place. The
Prussians fought desperately to get out
so desperately that not one was taken
prisoner. The streets were filled with the
dead and dying. No hands went up. All
fought like tigers. The ruthless guards
men had met the irresistible young men
of America. When night fell after the
bloodest day the Americans have yet known
the Yankees had maintained all of their
positions"
"The Sun" correspondent also illu-
inmates the feeling that exists between
Americans and their friends in the fol-
lowing little story:
"News that Scottish troops in action
near Scissors, where the Americans fought
earlier, has aroused much interest all along
the line. have a very vivid impression of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
LIE Digs in Like
1 i a Badger

IF the Americans unframed, how
ever, they are giving, in the language of
the French communique, fresh proof of
their perfect adaptability to the conditions
of modern warfare In front of Bouresches
a body of Americans were holding what
passes for a position in open warfare
They had dug in for protection against
shrapnel, and they were lying behind rocks
and they had made themselves little strong
points. The newborn American soldier
has learned how to dig in like badger,
we'll TO hang like one. No officers
with the squad. On these thinly
held lines it is very often each squad for
itself
each other.
Eight men dressed in French uniforms
were approaching. They were carrying two
machine guns. So far as the transatlantic
reason was concerned, it should have been
convinced by the showing. The men looked
like Frenchmen, they dressed like
Frenchmen, they spoke enough French to
deceive boys whose sole foreign language
is covered by the phrase, NO compree.
sabe the conditions of modern warfare
"Who are these guys?
"'Where'd these guys come FROM they
asked each other There aren't any French
out there
$50 they moved toward the eight men,
planning to find out about them. They
have passed through that period of re-
Americans walked toward the eight they
carried their rifles half thrust forward, just
as trapshooters do when waiting for the
hum of the clay pigeon The eight men
could not stand the strain. When the
Americans were almost on them they tried
to raise their guns
al don't think any one ordered "Fire,"
said one of the Americans. Only we all
did
zone of the eight was brought into an
American hospital later with twenty-five
bullet holes through him. He was dying
of course but before he died he was able
to say that ne and his companions were
Germans and that they had been ordered
into French uniforms by their officers
They had tried to sneak into the American
lines with the two machine guns and 500
rounds of ammunition. It is easy to guess
what would have happened if those Ameri-
cans had not adapted themselves to the
new warfare and to the crooked tricks of
the Boche
"'1fow did they get that machine gun p
I asked the other day.
"I don't know the reply. Just
went out and took it, I guess"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

vt was only to be expected that the
success Of the American troops at
the Marine would result in enthusi
assn back home. The gloomy days
when Germany seemed in the ascendant
were bound TO react into period Of
celebration when things began looking
up for the Allies. But no sooner did
those Of US who were inclined to be opti-
mlstic throw our hats in the air than
warnings began coming from the wet
blanket brigade. And now there is
merry little squabble going on between
those who think we ought to cheer and
those who think we oughtn yet.
"Optimism will win the war" is the
new formula laid down by "The Wiscon-
Sin State Journal" That cheerful news
paper voices this opinion:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

shouted to the Scots, and we will.' came
the answer"
Raymond G. Carroll, writing in the
same paper, tells of the fighting of the
American Indian contingent with the
Pershing armies:
Scattered through the American divi-
sions are many Indians, all of whom live
up to their old traditions of unexcelled
bravery, with never a thought of surrender
Six of these daring redskins few nights
ago penetrated the German lines for
depth of three miles. They crept up to
chateau where high German officers were
having an elaborate wine banquet Upon
an arranged signal, with blood curdling
whoops, they hurled hand grenades through
several windows, completely spelling the
banquet. The entire patrol then returned
intact to the American lines, where an
Indian corporal, wearing broad grin, re-
ported: Heap big feast. We throw in
bombs. We happy They very sad"
The fearlessness and daring of the
by Lincoln Eyre in 'The New York
World':
~ walked up the hill mounted by the
American assaulting columns in the at
tack Sernges from the slopes of the
Ourcq, and gained striking impression of
the way the strife had gone in this en-
gagement The marvel of what our troops
can achieve is unending. The rise in the
ground was so abrupt was winded long
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

IA nave quite as everybody be-
4 "A ieved American soldiers would
behave. Correspondents at
the Western front all show unconsciously
one thing in common: a feeling that the
vigor and dash and bravery of the Amer
lean fighter is what was expected of him.
No war writer is chary in his praise; all
of them are enthusiastic But it appears
to be the enthusiasm of the narrator.
The writer's are proud to be the bearers
of such tidings. Their point is not that
Americans were brave and powerful
fighters but they like to tell the varying
fashions and manifestations of this
courage. From Chateau Thierry to-
Sergy and Seringes and the heights of
the Vesle the story does not vary. 1t is
tale OF unfailing resolution to press on,
undlsmayed by any kind of death the
enemy may set down to bar the path.
Don Martin, of the staff of "The New
York Herald" writes of the admiration
of France fer the manner in which the
soldiers of Pershing's armies met the
Fourth Prussian Guards, the Grown
Princes own, driving them out of Sergy
and holding the town against all counter
attacks:
The Prussians were forced up the slope
northeast of the village, and the Americans
fought their way yard by yard, losing
many, but never fatering, and driving the
Prussians back kilometre. Then they
stopped and rested to wait for daybreak to
meet the counter attack or renew their own
attack.
ut seems strange that boys who were
mechanics and clerks were able to meet
what were considered the most skilful and
dangerous fighters in Europe and Outright
them, but they have found that the only
way to stop Americans is to kill them. In
hundreds of cases the boys had only slight
wounds, making it possible to rest in the
inferno, hiding their injuries from their
officers. This is thing unheard of before
but know it to be true.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

were sinking ships
faster than the
non T e toni &c
world could build
them and U-boats
w ere b e i n 6
launched faster
than they were
being destroyed.
The situation was
extremely grave.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

the day when the kilties went up to the
line in motor lorres. They passed Ameri
can wounded coming away from the battle
field, and on every side there the
heartiest greetings, with forest of waving
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Keeping the
Iron Red
Hot
"HE announcement by Secretary
Baker at the end of last week
that bill would be introduced
into Congress at once raising
ond lowering the draft limits, which was
followed on Monday by the introduce

tlOn OF the Dill,
with limits of 10
to as years, was
pretty generally
received by the
press of the coun-
try as a good act
too long delayed.
The d eel is O
came, as The
Tribune S al d,
after long hest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

arms and chorus of joyous voices, with
the Scots shouting 'Blighty!' to the wound
cd Americans, who, disregarding the pain of
their wounds, vigorously waved their hands
in answer.
"'Give 'em hell, boys!' the Americans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

to oil the
Army Corps: o hhy French hrwyom into the
ofb gu 49, to gomg o nhce dash
and the and ndnhab his hehd
of
urbroheu narms"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
OurHerOic
Bridge0f
Ships
-

N T OF since German submarines
~ first began preying on Allied
i y shipping has the situation on
the seas been as encouraging
as now. In just year conditions have
been reversed. Last summer the Huns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
How We Go About 1t Over There

MEXICAN soldiers in battle be-
have quite as everybody be-
= lieved American soldiers would
behave COrrocpOpJo,+e 80
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
GOOD TIME ON
IS 6CENTS,PLAN
Mansfield Boys Land In Jail
On Serious Charge
STOLE HORSE AND AUTO
Boys Picked Up With Stolen
Horse By Police In
Newark

Bent on having y good time, as
they said, despite the fact that they
had Il total Of only % cents between
them. two Mansfield boys, giving the
names Of John T. Frazier, aged II,
and Paul Icmmon. aged rs. landed in
the county Jail Monday evening after
being taken into custody by Police in
Newark on Il charge Of stealing IL
horse and buggy belonging to Clinton
.Knnklo OF Amiiy.
Tho two boys were arrested in New
ark when they returned TO the buggy,
which they had lcft in an alley. the
police having recognized tho outfit
from % description furnished them by
Sheriff Mossholdcr, who went TO New
ark after them.
When brought to Tie Jail here the
boys admitted having taken the horse
and said they had driven il to Newark
ito have Il good time" and that they
intended to return TO Arity- with it
They also admitted having driver
away from Mansfield on Sunday af
tcrnOon with an automobile, which
"baikcd'' with them Scar l.oudonville
They said thcy.lclt the machine there
and walked to Amity, where they tool
the horse.
! Both boys are being held for war
rant by Sheriff Mossholder.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
KING |NSPECTS
j. s. Av|ATORS
British Ruler And Consort
Visit Aerodrome Where
American And English Air
men Are Trained.

LINCOLN. England. May 2--tCOr-
respondent of The Associated Prcss)
King Georges first inspection of
American airmcn in training was
made this week at II British aero
drome near here. where u squadron
of American aviators is working with
British pilots. One of the young Brit
ish officers at this camp is Prince Al
bert, and the king and Queen Mary
had run down from London to see
how their airmnn son was getting on.
During the inspection on the par
ado ground, the King spoke with sew.
eral of the American officers. The
aerodrome is finishing school for pi.
lots of both airplanes and balloons
Pilots go there after passing through
their preliminary course, and arc
taught to loop, roll and dive. and to
become expert in the many other va
'rietics of acrobatics which are the
mark of the expert flying man.
Later they complete their education
with courses on mctcorolOgy and the
theory of flight, and finally pass on tt
Il gunncry school and qualify for the
rank of lieutenant. In summer, if tho
weather is favorable. the recruit ca,
Ego through the full program in abou
ten weeks.
The king and queen, in the cOurs,
of about an hour. saw machines ant
buildings and apparatus none Iof which
was dreamed of three years dgo. Spc
cial attention was given to gian
llandlcy-Pagc machine which restct
on tarmac at the edge of the aero
GrOme.
The king. after donning linen dus
ter. climbed into the pilots seat an
the mechanism was explained to hir
by British and American officers. e
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
RECRUITS TO Be
SOUGHT BY NAVY
in NO VEL " Ay
Great Lakes Camp To Send
Out Fleet On Wheels In
Charge OF Recruiting Par
ty.

GREAT LAKES, ILL.,, May II - A
fleet on wheels will cruise the Midlilc
West, recruiting men and scndlhg
them direct to Great Lakes for train
ing. Lieutenant John Roman. Ord
nance OFFICER, Is preparing the fleet
for action. 1t is expected the vessels
will be placed in commission within
the next two weeks.
The fleet will be composed of three
vessels, mounted on as many Hat cars
There will be II torpedo boat destroy
or, IA submaSinc and submarine clas
er of the Eagle type.
All tho vessels will mount guns. The
submarine will carry tOrpcdoes also
Crews for the ships will be pickct
| from Great Lakes blucjackets and
detachment of the Great Lakes banl
will accompany the fleet.
Painted canvas will be stretched
along the sides Of the bottoms OF tn
vessels to give the expedition sca'gC
ing effect. When the fleet is in me
tion it will have the appearance o
bounding over the billOwy deep.
Two standard coaches. one to b
used by the examining physicians an
thesOther for mess purpOsscs. Will b
carried with the fleet. Recruits In
mcdiately upon application will b
given their physical examination.
AS the fleet moves into port tn
cannon will roar and the band pia.
, Then the active work of recruitin
. will be begun.
Plans for the movements OF tn
fleet include cruise over every ira
ton line and railroad in the Midd
West.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
AUTOMOBILE UPSETS;
YOUNG MEN INJURED
Robert Giifin May Have Sus-
tanned Internal Injuries
In Accident

Robert Giilin Of Danviilc vas ser
iously injured and Ed Kaufman was
slightly hurt when car owned by
Charles Henley and driven by kauf-
man upset and threw the two occu'
pants to the ground Monday after.
noon between Loudonville and Hayes
vile.
GiGin was bruised about the head
and was rendered unconscious. Bc
sides having his hips bruised. he is
thought to have been injured internal
ly.
Giilin regaincd consciousness Mon
day night. but could not account FOR
the accident.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
BRANCH ORGANIZED
Ankenytown Secures Affili-
alton With Red Cross;
Officers Elected

ANKENYTOWN. May 2l-Thc An.
kenytowp branch of the Knox county
chapter of the Red Cross has been or
ganizcd with the following officers:
Chairman-Clay Syler.
Vice Chairman--O. II. Bechtcl.
Secretary Mrs. Pearl CARRIER
Treasurcr-F. j.. Thompson.
Advisory Member - Mrs. Hazel Is,
Workman.
A committee has been appointed
and will begin work of soliciting mem
berships Immediately.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
HUGHES ENTERS WAR WORK

Ry Associated Press to Tho Ranner1
COLUMBUS-ln response to call
from Governor Cox. President Il. M.
Hughes of Miami university, Oxford,
has come to Columbus to take up war
work under the direction of the State
Defense Council for an indefinite per.
iod. He will devote attention to the
work of pcrfcctiDg county Organiza.
tions and bringing them into closer
working relation with the state body
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
CLOTHIERS TO AID
WOOL GROWERS
In MARKET FIGHT

At a meeting Of the Ohio Retail
Clothiers q Furnishers' association in
Columbus Monday. which was attend.
cd by NJ II. Koscnthall OF this city,
$500 was voted from the funds Of the
organization to aid the wool growers
Of Ohio In their fight to secure - bet
ter market for their product than they
are able 10 get under the prcscrt form
Of government regulation.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
RED CROSS TOTAL TAKES JUMP
AS FINAL REPORTS ARE MADE

was known to the committees and
adopting the words of one Of the cap.
tains in reporting, 81 think IL Is time
that every man shows whether he Is
an American or otherwise and think
that the Americans have right to
know who are not Americans"
that this man will be given ono more
chance to make contribution and
failing in that his name will also be
announced ut the workers meeting
Thursday.
Following the IL meeting the workers
were assembled on the public square,
where a group photograph was taken.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
JUNE 5 FIXED As
REGISTRATION DAY
BY PROCLAMATION

icy Associat.i Press 10 The Banncr1
WASHINGTON, May 21-President
Wilson. in a proclamation published
today, formally fixed June next as
the date of registration under the Sc
lective draft for all youths attaining
the age OF 81 years since the first
registration day. June >. 1871.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
GIVES LAST TALK ON
WAR AT SALEM CHURCH

Tho last of series of three ad.
dresses OH the war was given at the
Salem church Tuesday evening by
attended by large umbcr Of people.
The subject was: Planning for Per
mnncnt Peace. Is This II War to End
War? How the World May bo
Freed from War
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
BINDER TW|NE
PRICE IS SET
Wheat Raisers Backed Up By
The Government
28 CENTS PRICE NOW
More OF Twine Ordered By
Local Dealers; One Job
Der Sold Out

TO back UP the farmers, who have
been urged to increase their crops
and especially the production OF
wheat, the government; has fixed the
retail price of binder twine.
The price at the present time
stands at % cents per pound, although
there is II possibility of this being
changed--more than likely TO high-
cr. rather than lower. figure.
This price us 1t stands is from six to
ten cents higher than that which the
twinc sold for last summer. but the
advance is only in proportion to that
in the price of other commodities.
Many of the local dealers ordered
larger amounts than usual this sea
son. due TO an increase in this years
acreage over that of previous years.
Tho national and state agricultural
departments not only report greater
acreage than ever before, but also pre-
dict a good yield
ONE FIRM SOLD OUT
TO bear out the fact that dealers
arc buying more than usual OF TINS
stock, u salesman for wholesale
company stated in Mt. Vernon Mon
day that his firm had completely sold
out its supply for 1913 already, and
would not be able to put any more on
the market this year.
The average price charged by loca
dealers is 2G cents per pound by th'
bale, cash. and q and 2S cents sin
gle BALL
Some local dealers have not yet re
ceivcd their consignments, OF all o
ii, and cannot as yet name their price
although 1t is not probable that 1t vii
vary much from the prices quotc'
above.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-05-24
ALUMNI RECEPTION

FREDERlCKTOWN, May 22-Thc
members of the Fredericlltown high
school Alumni association will hold
their annual reception in the high
school auditorium at o'clock Friday
evening.