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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
DR.. r. w. Meador Misses
Getting To Go Overseas.

Garfield, Ky. Dec. 16 (SpeciaD-
V. w. Smith received a letter from
his cousin. Dr. X. w. Meador, New
port News, Va. DR.. Meador regrets
very much that he didn't get to go
overseas He said that in years to
come he would have to take
his grandchildren on his knee and tell
them that he was at the battle Of
Newport News during the great war
Mrs. Meador and baby. after hay
ing visited Dr. Meador have return
ed to her fathers, Mr.. Allen near
Lebanon, Ky.
DR.. Meador expects to be discharg-
ed some time in January. He says
that since the war is over, the
boys are all anxious to get home and
into business again.
He also stated that the first ship
load of soldiers from France arrived
Thursday and that others would ar
rive. frequently until all were home.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
ALL SCHOOLS In
COUNTY CLOSED
Indefinitely. DR.. Wittenburg
State Board Of Health Meets
With Local Doctors.

All the schools in Breckenridge
county will be closed indefinitely on
account of the prevalence of the influ-
enza in the rural districts. This order
became effective, Monday when Dr.
b. H. Parish of Cloverport notified
the Mr.. J. Raleigh Meador, the
County School Superintendent.
DR.. Wittenburg of the State Board
of Health was in Cloverport, Thurs
day and met with the local physicians
and town officials. After hearing the
physicians reports of their patients,
DR. Wittenburg made the statement
that the complaints were similar to
those of the influenza victims. He
said while the disease was not as
bad as in other communities, still it
was necessary to take every precau-
ton.
He urged a strict closing lay on
schools, theatres, churches and stores.
He also advised the doctors to quar-
antne their patients and require them
to remain at home until the fever had
left them entirely.
Mayor Barry lifted the lid little
bit in the closing order for stores I;
allowing the merchants to remain
open until 6 O'Clock p M. during the
week, and on Saturday nights and
pay nights to stay open indefinitely.
1t may be that Mayor Barry will
allow the merchants to stay open
every night during Christmas week
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
Heffner- Mason.

At 1890 o'clock last Thursday
night Mr.. Claude. Heffner and Miss
Laura Mason we're united in marriage
at the Methodist church in this city,
Rev. Walter B. Jerge. pronouncing the
ceremony that made them one.
The attendants were Mr.. Otha
Heffner, brother of the groom and
Miss Pearl Mason, cousin of the
bride. The brides father, Ed Mason
and two of her brothers witnessed
the nuptials.
Both are popular young people of
Cannelton, members of the NJ. E.
church, Sunday School and of the
Epworth League.
They have the best wishes of host
of friends for a long life of happiness
and prosperity.
They have gone to house keeping
in one of the Hess properties on East
Seventh St.-Cannelton Telephone.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
Wounded Being Rushed Back,

London, Dec 3,-All American
wounded in England with the excep-
ton of about 500 of the most serious
cases, will be back in the United
States by Christmas, according to
present plans. Efforts are now being
made to move the Americans quick
ly, and the wounded will be sent
homeward as rapidly as shipping is
available.
Two of the large American hospi-
tails in London will be closed within
the next few days.
Four American rest camps are in
the last stages of abandonment. One
camp at Winchester, which is the
largest, will be maintained until it be
transferred from France to England
in accordance with rehabilitation
plans
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18

Louisville, KY, Dec. IL, (By wire)
Considerable excitement and much
interest was manifested here by local
investors when it was announced that
the McCombs Oil Co., had complet-
ed two more gushing oil wells.
The first OF these known as well
No. of the Butcher lease in the heart
of the big Sinking District, Lee coun-
ty which was estimated at only 400
barrels, flows 1000 barrels in twenty
four hours by actual measurement,
The other we'll known as Butcher
No. when anly feet in sand flowed
ten feet over the top of the casing.
This well is good for $50 barrels per
day.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
PRES. WILSON'S
MESSAGE
For The Red Cross Christmas
Roll Call. To The Amer
lean People.

One year ago twenty-five million
Americans, by enrolling as members
of the Red Cross at Christmas time.
sent the men who were fighting our
battles overseas a stimulating mes
sage of cheer and good will. They
made it clear that our people were of
their own free choice united with
their government in the determine
ton not only to wage war with the
instruments OF destruction, but also
by every means i'll their power to re-
pair the ravages OF the invader and
sustain and renew the spirit of the
army and of the homes which they
represented The friends of the Amer
lean Red Cross in Italy, Belgium and
France have told, and will tell again,
the story OF how the Red Cross work
ers restored morale in the hospitals
in the camps, and at the environments
and we ought to be very proud that
we have been permitted to be OF SER
vice to those whose suiferings and
whose glory are the heritage Of hum
anity
Now, by Gods grace, the Red
Cross Christmas message of 1913 is
to be message OF peace as well as
"a message of good will But peace
does not mean that we can fold our
hands. 1t means further sacrifice. Our
membership must prove conclusiyely
to an attentive world that America is
permanently aroused to the needs OF
the new era. our old indifference gone
forever.
The exact nature OF the future SER
vice of the Red Cross will depend up
on the programme of the associated
governments. But there is Immediate
need today for every heartening word
and for every helpful service We
must not forget that our soldiers and
our sailors are still under orders and
still have duties to perform of the
highest consequence, and that the
Red Cross Christmas membership
means a great deal to them. The peo-
pie of the saddened lands, moreover,
returning home today where there are
no home must have the assurance
that the hearts of our people are with
them in the dark and doubtful days
ahead. Let us, so far as we can, help
them back to faith in mercy and flu
ture happiness.
AS President of the Red Cross, con-
scious in this great hour of the value
OF such message from the American
people, should be glad if every
American would join the Red Cross
for 1919, and thus send forth to the
whole human family the Christmas
greeting for which it waits and for
which is stands in greatest need.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
Taylor Young Wedding.

Hardinsburg, Ky, Dec. 16, (SpeciaD
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Taylor an
nounce the engagement and APP
preaching marriage of their daughter,
Miss Eliza Ann Taylor and Mr.. James
O. Young of Providence. The we'd
ding will be quietly solmnized in
Louisville, Wednesday Dec IS, 1918.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Young will spend the
week end at the home of the bride in
this city, after which they will leave
for Providence where Mr.. Young
holds a responsible position.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
Mr.. Arthur Scales
Takes A Bride.

Mr.. Arthur Scales and Miss Luella
Commings, both of this city, were
married in New Albany, Ind, former
home of the groom, on Monday, Dec
ember o.
After pleasant honeymoon in that
city Mr. and Mrs. Scales returned to
Cloverport where Mr.. Scales is en-
ployed in the L. II. & St. l. r. r.
shODs
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
Soldier Brought To Steph-
ensport For Burial.

Stephensport, KY, Dec, 10, (Spec-
iaD-The remains of Arthur Kan
napel arrived here Sunday from Camp
Zachary Taylor He had been i'll for
several weeks. but when last heard
from was improving, so the news of
his death Saturday, came as a shock
to his family and friends. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. VIM Kannapel,
who live near here.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
TOBACCO SALES
MADE I'm H'BURG
Saturday on Loose Leaf Floor.
10000 lbs. Sold On Average
19c and 13c.

The first sale of the season of loose
leaf tobacco in Breckenridge county
was held in Hardinsburg. Saturday
on the floor of the Loose Leaf Ware
house Co. The sales amounted to
100 500 lbs. There was 1000 lbs of
Burley on the floor, and 24,sO0 lbs.
was sold and on an average of 19c.
The baskets ranged in prices of so to
81. About 100000 lbs. OF dark was
brought in and $4,000 lbs. of it sold
on an average OF 13c. The baskets
Of dark sold anywhere from 81 to $21.
Quite a number OF farmers attend
ed the sale. Many of them were sat
is6ed with the prices while on the
other hand there were number who
were very much dissatisfied.
The buyers on the floor were: r.
f. Norman Of Glen Dean represent
ing American Tobacco Co., Ben
Clarkson of Gig Spring represented
the Imperial E. L. Robertson Of Glen
Dean J. b. Westerield and Dennie
Shceran of Hardinsburg J. b. Har-
rison OF Garfield and J. 5. Phelon of
Greensboro.
Burley 1st
VIII Howard, S335O. $4,000 $1,000,
$245o, $3.50. $1,000.
r. o. Basham, $3.50, S26.5O, $3.50,
$3.50 trash
Rev. Joseph Duggins, $1,000, $3.50,
$I45o, $l45O,
VIII Coomes. $1,000, S22.OO, 5000.
Roy Jolly, $3.50, $3.50, $3O.5O,
$1425, $1,000, $1,000
Tom O'Reilly, S2o.5o. $l5.25, Sla.5O.
J. 7. Smiley, Sls.75.
J. T. Smith. $40.
AIilt Haycraft, S1S.25, $1,000 $16.25,
$1,000, Sl42j, $14.2j, $1,000.
X. O Basham. S1s.25, $4,000, $50, so,
$3.50, $1,000, $3.50, $14.75, $15.25.
VIII AID Cox, $1s.25, $2LOO, $500,
$1,000, $1,000 -..-... .....
Lonnie Davis, $1,000 $3LOO, $1,000,
$500, $1,000, $14.5O, $l4OO
Tice Miller & Son, $27OO, $1,000,
Bruce Miller, $4,000
r. NJ. Rowland. $1,000, $500, $50,
$23 co. $1,000, $1,000.
Hardin Saper, $500, $1,000, $500,
$11.5O.
Hendrick Miller, $780, $1,000, SIG,
$1,000, S11.25, 5000
Tom O'Reilly, $27.Oo, $500, SIS.
f. F Right, $16.CO, $17OO. $12 100.
J. NJ. Able, $500, $1,000, $12oO,
$1,000
Mort Sutton, $1,000, $780, $1,000,
$21.OO
]. J. Kennson, S125O, $12.25, $1425,
$17O0, $500, $1,000.
NJ. Jolly, SIPS, $4,000 $1,000,
$3.50, $500, $17OO
Kennison & Driskell S11.5O, $12.5O,
$500, $500, $500, $27OO.
Ed Finley, $500, $2lO0 $500.
Earl Taul Sl2.Oo, SLABS, $500.
]. d. Taul, $2IOO, $1,000, $1,000,
$3.50.
NJ Jolly, $3.50. SLABS, $l2.OO, $13.-
25, $13,25.
Mort Sutton, $13.a5, $1,000.
DR.. Sphire, $500, $1,000, $l7oO,
$14.OO, $1,000
Bernard O'Reilly, $500, $500,
$500.
Bob Hendricb, $4lOO, $41OO, $500,
$4,000.
Jno. O'Reilly, $4,000, S2s,OO, $1,000,
$4,000, $1,000, $500 $500.
G. A. Wright, $1,000, $500, $14.0O.
John Pate, $12,OO, $1,000, $500.
J. H. Vessels, $14.oO, $1,000, $500,
$4,000,
Mrs Frank Jolly, $500, $4,000.
$4,000 .-.
Jolly & Taylor. $500, $500, $13.
Tom O'Reilly, $1,000 $21OO.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
A Little Black Eyed Girl.

Falls OF Rough, Ky. Dear Santa
Claus: am little black eyed girl
years old | would like to have a
DOLL rocking chair and doll buggy.
! want candy, oranges and rasins.
Please remember my mama, papa and
sister. will go TO bed early aud shut
my eyes tight. Your little girl, Kitty
hampton Springate.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18

We must keep our army equipped
and ready to enforce peace terms.
Continue to lend Uncle Sam your
money-buy w. S. s.. constantly.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18

Our army cannot be disbanded un-
til the fruits of our victory are as
sured. Continue to buy w. S. S.
buy all you can.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18

Continued On Page s
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
Excitement In Oil.

Woodrow Wilso
The Keota news., 1918-02-08
C.tarrh Cannot Be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease.
Catarrh Ii q local disease. greatly In
huenccd by constitutional conditions.
and in order to cure II you must
tarrh Cure Is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system. Halls Catarrh
Cure was prescribed by one OF the best
physicians in this country for years. II
il composed OF some of the best tonics
known. combined with some OF the
best blood purifiers. The perfect corn.
bination OF the ingredients In Hairs
Catarrh Cure IL what produces such
wonderful results in catarrhal condI.
tions. Send for teRimOntals. free.
All Druggists. 75c.
Hail's Family Pii's TO- constipation.
The Keota news., 1918-02-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department Of the Interior
u. $. Land Once At Denver. Color,

December 27 1917
Notice is hereby gwen tba, John {, Owens. ii
BsisssdaIe. Colo. who. on February 26. 1916.
made homestead entry No O227A3 for Int ! and
Sc! Of the >E.. Section !. Township On. kaaae
SO W.. s ~. has filed notice NJ intention to make
Communication Proof. To establish claim 10 the land
above described. before the Reaisies Receiver.
y. $ Land Once. At Denver. Colorado. On the ~
day 0f February 1918.
Claimant names Witnesses: u ~ smith. os
Carpenter. Wyoming d. II Eaton n Denver. Colo.
Amos Howard Of Sligo. Colo and Carl Schaek. of
HsiaeSisie. Colo.
81 MARY WOLFE DARClN. Register.
The Keota news., 1918-02-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
u. S. Land ONCE :, Denver. Colorado

Jan. 80 1918
Notsee Is hereby gwen that Nicholas AndeE.o"
Who. on April 7. 1908. made desert land en'ry.
No OsOs2 for the FL Section IS Township 7 y.
Range 50 w Ctr =. Meridian has fled notice nj
Third Parasvsph. Sec 5. Act Of Mach I. 1918 to
ahlish ei I'm to the land above described. hefose
she Register Receiver. U. s. Land Odsee. 1t
Claimant nance Witnesses Jos~ph J. Driver
snd Michael Shann"n. both of Denver. Coso' ado
Edward l.. Wood. Of Bou der. Colorado. John
Zimbeiman Of keOt1. Colorado.
81 MARY WOLFE DARClN Register.
The Keota news., 1918-02-08

At SOUTH OMAHA
Fat Cattle Sow to 10.15t
Lower Than Ko'd,y
Ho6S SELL 25-35c HIGHER

Fat Lambs Steady 70 1oQ1se Lewse-
Aged Stock In Good Demand and
About stsady-euysrs oiserimInat
Ing Sharply Against Heavy and
Rough Stock. Feeder Grades Un.
changed.
Union Stock Yards. Omaha. Eeb.
head. failed to stimulate the market,
and trade was slow with prices rang.
Ing from steady to 100 l5c lower than
Monday. or 250 +Oc lower than the
best time last week. Best heavy
beeves brought $3.50. Cows and heif.
ers showed about ns much decline aA
beef steers. and the general tone u
the trade was weak. StOckers and
feeders were In lmi,d supply. active
demand. n s,i quotably fully steady.
Quotations o. cnttle: Good to choice
beeves. sl2250 1900: fair to good
becvcs. $ll..5Vl2.OO: common to fair
becvcs. 5000 ll.oO: good to choice
ycarlings. $ll.hO0 l2.IO: fair to good
ycnrlin:s. $lOOO01l.OO: common to
fnir yenrlings. $7.5oD".O; good to
choice grass becvcs. $lO.001l.5O;
fair to good grass steers. SS.15n 1000:
common to fair grass steers. $500
$50: good to choice hcifcrs, S0OGt
1000: good to choice cows. $50
0975: fair to good cows. s7.I00 $50:
Gamers md cutters. S6.!O17.O: vcnl
calves. &S2I0 1925: bologna bulls
S7WIS.JO: beef bulls. $500 1900:
good tn choice feeders. S?.75I 1l.N':
fair to good feeders. SS.75I9.7j: good
I" choice stockers. S9.OOe1 1900: fair
to good stockcrs. S7.0Js.:O: common
to fair grades. SG.2507.:5: stock hcif-
ers. $7W0s.5O: stock COWS. $8D0
800: stock calves. s7.OOG?O.
Hogs Score Sharp Advacse.
A liberal run Of hogs showed up.
1900 head. but with the provision
mnrket higher. and huliish advice>
from eastern points. the demand was
keen from both shippers and packers.
and prices all OF 2'I35c higher than
Monday. Choice heavy hogs sold up
to slG.55. rs against 5000 on lnsr
Tuesday and the bulk of the trnding
was Mt sI6.251 lGA5.' as against
$l51HS 1890 u week ngo.
Sheep and Lambs Weaker.
About l2.WN hend Of sheep and
lambs showed up. and while pncker'
bought desirable light weight stock
nj fully stcndy prices. they discrtm.
mated sharply against heavy mnd
rough stock. and prices bid and paid
were around lO115c lower than Mon
day. Inquiry for feeding and shear.
ing stock was active and prices firm
~ held.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs. hundyweight. Sl6.75M11.2s:
lambs. heavyweight. $4,000 1879
lambs. feeders. S15W116.5O: lambs
shorn. $1,000 400: yenrlings. fair 10
choice. ..O1l5.H', yenrlings. feed.
prs. Sl2OO0 1925: we,hers. fair to
choice. $11OOGp13.OO: ewes. fair T."
choice. Sl1iO@12.5o: ewes. breeders
all ngrs. x1O.5OG 1850: ewes. feeders
$7.5O01O.oO: ewes. rul's and canncrs
&5UOD7.25.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-10-31

gas zone" the alert zone," that he'll
NETS must be worn and respirators
kept in ready position. There are
signs that this road is under fire.
that troops must not c~ongregate,'
that there must be mo lettering
The most alarming sign on the Italian
front reads, Watch out for av
! alanches here"
At evening time when the family al
home gathers around the h%earthstone
and children beg for another game OF
another story the boys over here on
the fighting line may be seen with
mess tins fetching the evening meal
After having their tins filled from the
common tubs they sit squat with the
ground for their table, happy if they
are through the meal undisturbed by
the whine OF a shell.
The commander OF this particular
unit of Americans who first reached
the Italian front was a Baptist preach
er before the war. He left his pulpit,
went to an officers training school
and was commissioned major. We
call him the fighting parson.
During a consultation with him il
was decided that there ought to be a
meeting of the boys that night. The
meeting was held at $3.50 after dark
in the open beneath some great trees.
We told the boys that they were max
ing history: that they were camped
on historic grounds over which the
Caesars, Hannibal and Napoleon had
fought and that historians of this wal
would record that on this day the first
American troops had arrived on the
Austro-Italian front; that they had
come in the name Of liberty, and by
their valor they would not only pre-
serve the liberty of their own dear
homeland, but would secure it for the
people Of all lands.
Then the meeting became a sort of
round table, informal affair. The boys
like to participate. OF course there
NCuiu NC Io oihSinS' nv tIttIiHS, Dut
just a quiet, home-like affair. A pri-
vate read a poem that a chap from
a trench mortar battery had written.
1t ran:
There's a little girl I'm loving in the
land across the sea.
Through the stiffness of the twilight
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DR.. E. w. Forsee, Osteopath.

DR.. e. w. Forsee, Osteopath.
Wanted, carpenter to fix stairs
at Register office.
Old papers at the Register office at
5 cents the package.
c.. II. Atkinson left Tuesday morn.
ing for Watertown on a business trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Johnson de-
part next week for Palisades, Colo
RADIO, to spend the winter.
Mrs. G. O. Peterson and son, VIII
liam, spent Sunday at Hetland with
her daughter, Mrs. John Olson, and
family.
Mrs. Anton Hasle went to Volga
last evening to make a visit of a few
days with her ninety-two-year-old
mother, Mrs. Rogholt.
Roger Atkinson returned home last
Thursday after being away for some
time and will attend the high school
during the coming year.
Orvis Peterson, who is with the
U. S. Marines at Paris Island, arrived
Sunday evening to attend the funeral
of his father, P. O. Peterson.
Apples. Just received another car
load of delicious Spitzenberg and
Jonathan apples which | have placed
with the Brookings merchants. Will
Bohlke.
Lost. our Daily Argus-Leader of
Wednesday morning. Reward. Find
err please leave at the postofice or
at the Register office. Register Pub
fishing Co.
A. H. Hewitt Of Arlington, the ex-
tremely west side resident of the
county, was a business visitor to the
city yesterday and called on some CT
his old friends.
Merle Fox, who has been working
with a construction firm in the re-
building of Tyler, Mimi, arrived from
there last evening for a visit at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
G. Fox.
Forrest Simmons arrived home
from Cambridge, Mass, where he IS
in the navy radio service, last week
and the privilege of being with his
wife during the last days of her life.
Forrest has a furlough of a couple of
weeks on account of minor injury re-
ceived at the training camp.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-10-31
MINISTERIAL MEETINGS

At a meeting of the Brookings Min
isterial Association, held Oct. 25th,
1918, it "a decided that beginning
with the first Monday in November,
we meet every other Monday, at 1890
a. m. in the Baptist pastors study, and
that the secretary furnish a notice OF
this arrangement, to the papers OF our
town, requesting its publication, there
by also. inviting all ministers within
this county to join with us in these
meetings. J. J. Gardner, Secy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-10-31
Vote for John Nolan for sheriff.

OF last week, having been severely
wounded.
Mrs. Arthur Nielsen, better known
to students and faculty as Miss Mel
lie Steele, returned to college Mon
day OF last week to continue her work
in pharmacy. Mrs. Nielsen has been
working in a drug store in Hot Springs
since the close Of school last spring.
Her husband, a member Of the grad
uating class of last April, is in the
service. stationed at Camp Grant in
the medical department.
Ivan Bremen Of Canton. a member
of last years junior class. was sent
TO Fort Winfield Scott, Calf. with
the quota which left the state Octo-
Der 81.
A paragraph from one OF the news
papers Of the state, says that Segt.
Leavitt Tilley Of Spencer, a former
student. has been returned to America
to do instructing. MI. Tilley left here
with the old &C" company of the Ma
tional Guards last fall, and has been
in France since January.
The following item taken from the
Carthage News will be OF interest 10
Brookings people, since Mr.. Coughlin
was a member OF the junior class of
1916-1917: Word has been received
here from Camp Hancock, Georgia,
that Tom Coughlin has successfully
passed the final examination at the
officers training school and has been
given a commission as End lieuten.
ant. This will be welcome news 10
Toms many friends in Carthage.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-10-31
Vote for John Nolan for sheriff.

she comes creeping close to me
l can almost feel her handclasp, l
a see her tender eyes
AS they glow across the darkness
with a light that never dies.
There's a little girl, she's waiting in
the land across the foam,
And / know that she is praying that
with honor III come home.
And l make myself a promise that
III justify her plan
The ideal that she sets me, of q sol
der and a man
The silence hat followed the read
ing was a better tribute to the senti
ment expressed than t%hunderous ap-
plause. There was evidence of emo
tion among the boys which was quick
ly checked by a story from a lieu
tenant. He told that General Foch
had said of the Americans that they
came to the Marine battlefield at the
crucial hour of the allied cause. One
reiment Of our eight divisions reached
the Marine after a forced march OF
over 100 miles. The Germans were
pouring toward Paris. At that par
ticular moment, in that particular
spot, in the confusion of the line the
order for retreat was given.
Retreat! hell" said the United
States colonel. Il just got here!"
Then a Tommy who had come with
us to the line recited a poem by an
Englishman. 1t referred to "Ameri-
ca, old Britain's thankless child, whom