The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-02
AMERICAN
TROOPS ADVANCE
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Couhteo, owing 10 dli aCtSnIion oSiHS
conferred en- the advance. In numbers
/ of cases Americas are now using Ger
man machine guns.
Some of the prisoners brought in
yesterday and last night were extreme
| iy young. Several are above the av-
rage intelligence.
All repeat the substance of ones
remark: ''Oniy the German rulers ex-
pect to win. We don't care who gov
ems, SO long as the war ends. Food,
is so scarce and the people are sick
and SUFFERING"
A group Of prisoners from new
unit said the Germans are not attempt
ing to erect any permanent defense
this side Of the old Fismes line.
Along the Oureq, where the Ameri-
can right wing was in action, It was
reported that many Germans were
found chained to tk~tr machine guns.
The Boehes attempted to utilize an
aero circus to hamper American in
fantry but our "archies" put up an eff
fective barrage. On the other hand,
prisoners tell Of the havoc wrought
by our airplanes In strafiin9 their
troops.
Twenty-Five doughboys rescued the
civilians Of Sergy who hailed the
Americans as saviVurs when the Iat7
ter sdivided their meager pack of rs7
tons, the first food the French viit
layers mad in days.
Far in the rear yesterday, while on
my way to the front lines, saw pref
ty picture of Chateau-Thierry. .Refu-
gees were still returning to their ruin
ed homes, and men, women, children
and babies were eating doughboys'
But in contrast to this picture were
earth roughly heaped above and he'll
met atop. The fallen mems names arc
stenciiIed on the crosses above the
American graves, the Germans are
marked only by Rcche helmets
| Italians Proud Of Americana.
| ROME, Aug. General Diaz. COM
mander in chief of the Italian armies.
following King Victor EmmanuePs re-
view of the American troops at the
! Italian 'front.' telegraphed General
Pershing as follows:
1.-THE king is Tiled with admiration
at the splendid bearing of the first
| American troops who have arrived
in Italy. The Italian army is proud
to share the fortunes of war with
them"
| New Draft Ages.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. chairman
Chamberlain of the senate military
! committee, expected back in the city
from vacation today, was to see
Secretary Baker early as to draft e1-
tension plans.
| Bakers program, already presented
to Chairman Dent of the house COM
mittee, is understood to contemplate
a request Of congress for extension
from 19 to 20 years up to 35 or SO
years. Provided the lower limit is
set at 10 there will likely be de-
termined effort in congress to make
it 20. AS for the upper limit it ap-
pears there will be an effort to extend
it to at least 40, though it is by no
will do other than the war depart
ment asks.
The sole announcement from Secre-
tary Baker on the subject is that his
proposal does not run 10 to 40 and
that he will present his plan to con-
gress next week SO the COMMITTEES can
start work before the full member
ship returns.
tendency here today to be critical of
the fact that congress still stays on
it's vacation.
Prisoner. Was His Father.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Aug. "A doUghboy,
bringing in a squad of prisoners, was
startled to find his own father among
them.
The young American doubted the
Germans identity until enough con-,
fidential information was disclosed
to convince him the man was his
father, who had returned to German
Poland several years before and had
been forced into the army.
The son Immediately loosed a
TRADE of good advice against being
a German. Then he threw his arms
about his fathers shoulders and
promised him "the best in the
/ house"
ENEMY FLEEING FROM
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