El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-28
QUIET SECTOR
IS BUSY PLACE
There the American Soldier
Gets His First War
EKDerience.
Experience

with The American army in Lorraine
Aug. Correspondence Of the As
sociated Press)-"A quiet sector
said an officer OF an American divis'
ion holding a position so designated
appears 90 be a part Of the FROM
where nothing but scouting, patroling
Smelling and casing are going on
win a little bombing and flame
throwing 10 vary the monotony-"
In a quiet sector the American
soldier gets his first experience OF
war. some OF the relatively small
things In this war look so big TO the
new man that he is inclined 10 take
them for bigger ones" said an Amer
ican general. and It is important for
aoth the new soldier and the young
officer 10 get familiar with the little
frightfulncsses the Germans send
over so as 20 get the proper proper
zion between them and real attac1s-
Patrol Captures Officers Trunk
Patrols are large contributors 70
the war diary Of the division in this
sector and the American soldier is
nartlcularlv apt az It It is no secret
FOR the Germans that he IS always at
& and that he is venturesome enough
villages back OF them The Germans
find their wire cut in most uneEpect-
90 places. even 1--we wire in some
cases.
a patrol caught at this dangerous
work found itself in the range OF ma
chine guns and had 60 roH back IN
der the wire and across No Mans land
with bullets Whistling over their
heads. Another patrol pushing into a
German commanding post and ind
ing II vacant. dragged an officer
trunk back over the shell holes TO
their own trenches.
sent 70 Get Information.
The patrol IS expected to do nothing
more than bring in information The
orders are 70 avoid contact with the
enemy. but patrols often meet and
occasionally are obliged 10 fight
One man OF an American patrol,
separated from his comrades and
captured by the enemy. had gained
some interesting information that ne
determined 10 take back II he could.
HIS rifle had been taken from him,
but he had managed 70 conceal
couple OF grenades. Slyly removing
the cap from one Of them as he was
being led across no mans land, he
struck it against the other, let It
drop, then sprinted back to safety.
Indians Fine as Patrols.
Indian troops are rendering great
service in this work. getting over the
ground between the lines without
seeming TO touch a thing that pro-
duces noise. and bringing back most
useful Information
Men iu observation posts and cap
tive balloons furnish detailed infor-
nation o. everything they see going
on back Of the enemy's lines. From
thelr reports the war diary registers /
2 daily count Of the number OF trains
and the number OF cars IN each train
seen On the lines OF communication.
A count IS also kept Of columns OF
smoke with the hours and minutes
when they are observed
Observation Faculties sharpened-
Working parties are counted and
the direction Of their movements
noted. sometimes leading TO the dis
covery Of new emplacements for
heavy artillery. An aerial photo
graph showed recently where a bat
terry found IN this way had been com
pletely destroyed BY our fire.
The men out scouting or on patrol. /
IN the listening posts or observation I
balloons. quickly sharpen their fac
ultles OF observation, get a better 4
grasp OF the significance Of little 4
things and their relation to big ones
Their sense OF proportion develops !
and they are no longer to be misled 4
as 10 the scope o. the enemy's harsss-
ing operations