The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-10-03
AME RICA'S FRONT
IsFROM NO MANS
LAND TO PACIFIC
DEPTH or OUR FORCES De
scRieED ~ AMERICAN OFF,
cER TO BRITISH cOMRAOE-
BACKING LINE WITH BONDS
support Of Battle Forces EHteno'
from France to Your Own
Doorway.

Il was lust after the AmeIiean
troonz had taken over their nrst sec
tor on the Western front one day iaSt
fan. An English officer was talking
with an American captain who haa
Just come back from a tour OF duty "a
the trenches. They were talking mill
tsry problems and the Englisnman
asked:
What Is the depth Of the Ameri-
can front2"
Prom the German barbed wire IN
No Mans Land 20 the Pacific Coast
Was the American officers answer
OF course. the Englishman referred
70 q military technicality when ne
asked his question. and yet the Ameri-
can captain was right He told the
whole story OF American participation
IN IN war when be made II plain that
All OF America q Ia the battle front
America had not been in this war
six months Till We all understood u
Was a different sort OF war from
what we had expected. Years ago No
ell pictured war A. a struggle In which
a few from each community went
away. while the great majority OF the
people stayed on AZ home and went
about their business and life went
along undisturbed. We know better
now We realize we are all In the
struggle.
All Are Enlisted
Those who cannot fight. who can
not work in war plants. who cannot
help in I. NJ z. A. huts or Red Cross
hospitals can help nevertheless. The
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Europe
The front reaches all the way back
u our pay envelopes. 10 the money
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work al the mill OF IN the fields.
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across the Great Plains and wall OF
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dream OF Ievying tribute from a once
free America