Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-18

-prDsid.nt Wilson has written Icy
fer 10 Mrs. Carrie Chapman Ca't IN
which ne SAWS he hopes that congress
viii no, adjourn until the senate has
t,ass.d the constitutional amendment
DrOyiding for wOman's suffrage. Also
h.. SAWS: "I welcome IN" opportunity
70 say that ! agree. without r"S"r'h
zion. that the full and SINGER" demo
cratic reconstruction Of the world iOi
which ". are striving. and which W.
arc. determined 10 bring about at any
cost will not have been completely "I
adequately attained until women are
admitted 10 the suffrage. and onIN hs
that action can the nations ol 'h'
world realize, for the benefit OF in'Hf,
generations, the full ideal iorc" ol
opinion or the full humane forces o.
action"
A special correspondent OF 'h'
New York World tells how the kaiser
suffered bitter humiliation recently
when. having gone out 10 So" hl!
crack troops swOOp over the French
near Montdidicr. says instead, thos'
crack troops hurled back by Fr"nct
negro columns under the lead OF ar
African chief This was on iaS'
Wednesday. The Germans were
pressing down on IN" French right or
the Disc and were making h"adwaA
until the French made tcrriht
swing against the German right
knocked il to pieces and took more
than one thousand prisoners. Thcr'
was a considerable stamped" on th'
part of the Germans. The fr"nci
cOloninls who bore the br,int oi TINS
lighting were under III" lead OF
chief who had already distinguishes
l. in tsht A
and chcmin drs Danes. The Ger
mans in tn. belief that they were
masters OF the situation. had brought
uI, artillery: but wcr" forced 10 Gti'
lOp back with il at hr"akn"ck speed.
The success of tn" Americans II
taking Chateau Thicrry and the woods
TO the north. was matter of ire
m,ndOuS concern to the Germans No'
only WAS the position important: hh'
tho. moral effect of the success of th'
American troops over Germans was
bad. In order to overcome III" Sl'ua
tiOn the Germans sent IN extra ul'
visions until the forces opposed u
IN, Americans amounted TO 6O,OOl
men. These n.en were provided VIII
extra artillcrS, extra machine guns
fam, throwrrs and gas projectors
Not ONLY that, the best and most ex-
pcri,nccd German tIOops-Prussiar
ry,Iurds and Bavarians-wcre carefully
rchcarscd i'm "A plan of attack that was
to wipe out most of IN" Americans
and maxi. prisoners OF the balance
The Americans were on. ThcS hfok'
up the German attack with aftiiicfE
cut tn. flame thrOwCrS down win ma
chine gums and rifle fire, and TOOK iO'
prisoners. including bunch OF MY
who can G. forward under whitc lls
with hands up and singing name
rad," Chateau Thicrry still belongs
TO the American Marines. They have
had no idea Of giving II up.
- Nearly complete reports To tho
provost marshal generals Office snow
that 1885, Americans who hav" he
come OF ag,. during the past year reg
istcrcd for military service Jun" ,
This is 266.72i below the estimate oi
the census bureau. but sine" more
than 2OO,OO0 unrC gistcred 2l-ycar-
olds already are enlisted in In" army
navy or marine corps. the military
authorities find the result entirety
satisfactory. Army and navy estl-
mates place the number OF 2l-ycar-
old men enlisted at POSSESS. This liz
urc combined with tn" fallin" OF In
alien registration gives Il total OF 333,
CSC. which means that the census bn-
rcau apparently missed the hummer
of cligiblrs by only 1900. 1T is con
ndcntly believed that this number will
hc made up by belated registrations
vet to be heard from. including
among them the registrations OF Tho
absentees which is accomplished 10y
mail" said n statement issued by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowd"r in Civ
ing out figures on the basis Of reports
to date The 191S/registration totals
10y states include: North Carolina. l6.
7i3: South Carolina, 1916: Tenncs-
see. 1873; Virginia, 15.7SS.
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