Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-30
GAMEST IN THE WORLD
American Army il France the. Finest
Ever Assembled.

The Germans are in for q rude
awakening If they are sincere In dis-
counting the American army In France
in the opinion of f. NJ. Cutlack. assist
ant official correspondent with the
Australian imperial force in France.
"The Americans" he asserted, have
a spirit for which the kaiser would
sacrifice half of his numbers II ne
could get 1t into his troops today.
Returning from n visit TO the -Ameri-
can forces, Mr.. Cutlack wrote:
"The dominant fact in the arrival Of
the United States army is the huge
bigness Of it. 1t is new-new as paint
and keen as a racehorsc In training.
or rather n whole paddockful OF race
horses. The world will probably not
have the chance again Of seeing such
n spectacle OF amateur warlike ear
nestness, for the Americans are learn
ing very fast.
"It saw something of the same sort
when the Australian war army began
long ago in 1914-the same light
hearted enthusiasm, the same rich raw
quality all unframed and inexperienc-
ed, the same outpouring OF the very
best of a whole country In an emo
tion of. national pride, counting nelth-
or cost nor returns. The Americans
are not soldiers yet. and no people
realize better than themselves how
much they have still to do to make
themselves soldiers, but they VIII DC
n great and powerful army In prob
ably shorter time than they reckon up
on.
Great armies have before this been
raised for great causes, and the Brit
ish empire has the best of reasons
for knowing how with the vital spark
in him the most unmilitary civilian
may become q fine soldier. But no
army you can read Of in history ever
marched with n more splendid ardor
or faced q great struggle with serener
satisfaction than the American expedi-
tionary force in France. And 1t Is
such q mighty army. They Will not
tell you how big, and you are discour-
aged from guessing. but we ran
through all a spring day in huge au-
tomobile and still the American host
dotted the landscape, drilling. march,
ing. manoeuvering, building camps
and roads.
"They are learning the art Of fight
ing from the best soldiers OF France
and Britain. and many OF their OIL
ficers as attaches of one sort or
another have seen a lot OF this war
from the German and Turkish side as
well. We found a major who had
watched the Gallipoli campaign from
the top OF Battleship Hill and was in
the confidence Of Liman Won Sanders
and the Turkish Pashas. He has
therefore a particularly warm regard
for the Australians.
I'VE went up to see the American
line in Lorraine. In their khaki and
round, tin hats among the Lorraine
hills they look and act very much
like our own men; indeed they might
be O, own fellows. They have the
same sturdy self-reliant look. They
spread themselves over country in the
fashion OF men accustomed to vast
spaces. They walk with the same
easy free-limbed carriage. Their dis
cipline, like ours is thing which force
could never impose or maintain, but
Is rather contributed voluntarily to
a common good in violation OF tenn
permanent and upbringing.
Against these men, as against the
men Of the British empire, the Ger
mans have no chance"