The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-20
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER

 perfect obedience The Prussan soldier is long on obedience and weak initiative He fights best in crowd and worst when he fights alone. The Americans and the French democratic soldiers The Americans have more na ura initiative than the French and versatility This say that the Americans at this moment better sol diers The French have had training much more But from larger country where there more work do and they have acquired of the habit of relying their
 The British soldier the fighting of the forlorn hope is his weakness that he does not do his best until ls position is hopeless.
 In the relations between and officers the German preserves the monacha tradition The officer is set mmeas uraby above the private At the beginning of the war the Brit sh army oficered largely from the arsocracy had rad ton of separation between the officers and the men, The French had the Republican radon which began in Napoeon day The private to obey but socially there little ton between the officer men Americans begin ming with the British tradon have rapidly moved toward the French dea and the American absolute to discipline essentials leaving behind the rigid Journalism, which kept the private in position of social inferiory.
 Man for the American army the strongest and the composed of from ages 2 to 31, red and without dependents The other armies include youth age the strong and the comparatively feeble Such has been the necessity all available human material has been taken
 In personnel potential fighting power the American the strongest assembled n equal numbers ln the history of the world.
 There little immature boys in the American army, middle aged of yielding physical powers All in the pink physical well being the prime of physical manhood neither young too old to think and act ntegeny and effectively
 What has been said about the German army applies the lnCOngruOuS nsc clements Between Teuon and Slav there is endless hatred; fights unwillingly with the other.
 The Italian army democratic in quality; has rested since the time of Garabad upon the Republican theory France Britain Italy and America four democratic peoples fight Germany Austria Turkey and Bulgaria. four peoples living der the aristocratic practice
 The Ausrans breaking in the Alps; they melting away in Albania The Turks offering decreasing resist in the ancient East.
 Around the boundaries of the salient that has Sossons corner and Amens at the other its 32 mile Germany sustaining defeat which marks the instant of passage from the apex of power to down grade which eao to defeat and to excision of Hohenzoes and Hapsburgs
 The democratic tradition, by centuries is fighting the last for the overthrow of the monarcha tradition
 American valo aided by &merican brains, is transform ing Germany and Ausroungary into democracy. The dem ocracies of Great Britain France America and Italy doing for the Germans what they tried to do for themselves in 18e That revolution caused thousands of Germans to mmgrate America The of these immigrant Germans with international democracy the Marne shooting liberty Prussia
 These proud days for America Americans doing the greatest task of their existence They accomplishing enterprises with scientific by fold all that they did for the Revolution for the with Mexico during the Civil War This is it hundred and ten millions of equipped with the latest modern improvements and all the advantages nten- sive science ought to give good account of themselves
 America proud of what has done home by which possible what has been done abroad All the American life have co-operaed for this victory Capital and chemist dentist pubcist president and peo pie have contributed to the event. and will contribute with in creasng vgor until the beaten from his throne