The sun., 1918-11-19
AMPLE ARTILLERY
ON WAY TO RHINE
MajOr-Gen. Dickman's Force
Includes 30 Regiments
of Red Cords.
ny RAYMOND G. CARROLL.
Special Cable Dsspatch to The Sun and the
Public Ledger.

ny RAYMOND G. CARROLL.
Special Cable Despatch to The Sun and the
Public Ledger.
Copyright, 1873; all yfohn reserved
w,rn THE AMERICAN ARMIES. Nov. iS
Before nishtfail Sunday the American
troops were well upon their way to
LuxembuTE All the divisions assigned
to the American Third Army under Ma
jor-Gen, Dickman have made records In
the nghting inSFranee, but their selec-
ton was not upon that account, for
there are other divisions which have
done equally we'll and are TO get a well
earned rest. Besides taking along the
artillery that goes with each OF the
nine divisions the sixtieth Artillery
Brigade was included. Ia brigade {
artillery is composed Of three resi-
Coming out OF the area north OF our
lines when the armistice was signed
and passing units OF Americans advanc-
irg toward Luxembourg were various
groups OF American and French pris'
Uners, who were turned loose by the
Germans in their withdrawal. I talked
with men OF twelve American divisions
who had for short period undergone
captivity with the enemy
These released prisoners included
Corporal Walter J. Huntz of Wyoming,
Pa; Private Thomas Jones of Chestnut
Ridge. Pa; Private John DAILY Of Wind
Der, Pa: Private Carl II. Reese of
olinger, Va; Corporal Z. II. Bartoot OF
Richmond; Howard wingert OF Waynes-
boro. Pa; Private Walter yansciow OF
Pittsburg. Private George W. Snyder of
Greenville. Private Carmine de Angelo
OF Bristol Pa; Sergt. Arthur r. Car
rick OF Great Pleasant, Md; Private
Henry Kastner Of Carlstadt, y. j.:
Private Milton Shlpley OF Brockville
Nd; Private Horace Rowe of France
wing. Tenn; Corporal Charles Shefto
of Asbury Park. y, j.: Private Antonio
Scillo OF Mnndiham ca, y, j.. and Cor
poral .John Powell OF Campbellsville
Ny.
Were Imprisoned at Louppy.
All of those men certainly carried
horseshoes. for II was by the gnsatest
luck that they. with others. including
two aviators and three Second Lieutep-
ants, and numbering zoe altosetber
were, the first American prisoners to get
back into our lines. Their narrative
summarized Is that they were sent in
snail patches rom various points of
tho front 70 the German prison camp
AZ Inuppy on French soil, When the
number in camp reached 500 trucks
were loaded with tho Americans. ara
they were started ror.A
1t so happened that from October .
up TO the morning the armlstiee was
signed the camp register was under
that figure. Hence these men we're lefl
not a great way from the American
| nos. althcurE the" were twice moved,
first to all old French fortress at
Montmedy and second 10 the Roman
Catholic church at Corey. where they
were set free. This was last Monday.
The French Inhabitants provided them
With two days ratlons and they set out
for the American lines. which they
reached Friday morning at Z o'clock.
During their &tay In custody cf the
enemy they were assigned 10 three
classes of labor, planning mill.
bakers shop and building roads. They
were fed upon barley soup in which
noated piece OF horse meat and black
bread
Overseer Brutal Sergeant.
IHtlT Camp bNtTSttT WdH brutal
Prussian sergeant whom they nick
Saxon Captain, who spoke English
Private Kastner told me;
AS I spoke German they nominated
me as interpreter. Many German SOL
diers said their country had asked Pres
ident Wilson for peace twice and that II
1t did not come before November they
would simply stop lighting, for their
wives, sisters and babies at home were
starving When explained that al
though | was OF German race, both my
IA Their and myself were born in America,
where We got our living. they let me
alone about being German"
At Montmedy forty Americans were
ordered to work In a planning mill after
aviators had dropped piacards
sySins they were going To bomb The
town The American prisoners refused
10 go there. True enough, the Rviators
came and their bombs destroyed the
planing mill.
VIII Rejoin Their Divisions.
Private Conrad y. Church, a reporter
for the Detroit NeWs. attached to tho
headquarters Of the First Army told ~
making observations with officers and
getting cut Oft and captured lie was
one OF the toTtunates, saying that the
party walked only sixty kilometers Ia
reach our lines. He said the Germans
did nothing for them In showing them
tho way but among forty released
French prisoners who came along were
two who were provided with maps.
Others who shared in the lucky
chance were Cant, H. r. Smith and Pri-
waite Walter u. Daley OF Cambridge.
Mass Sergeant James Stearns Of
Rrorkton, Mass. and men from Chicago,
Cleveland and as far west as Oregon
They tell thrilling stories of the advance
o' the Americans before the armlsticc.
the refusal Of any of their number TO
give infOrma ton TO the Germans and
graphic accounts of how they happened
to ba cut on and captured,
These men are being reclothed at. re-
placement headquarters. and when
rested and fed hack 10 proper physical
state will he returned to their divisions.