The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-09-10

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object was TO rendezvous with Ameri-
can staff officers who were going to
take us to see something OF the Unit
ed States expeditiOnary force. The
guns on both sides were silent. the
roads were losing their night traffic.
Hour after hour sped by. the suns
heat increased, but, though we lost
our FIRST freshness, we could not lose
that feeling of anticipation that we
we're going to see something wonder
full, to be witnesses of the working
of a force In history, a sight that tens
of years hence we should still be re-
iating to our grandchildren, writes
Godfrey Butler In the New York
World.
The approach of our destination
was not unheralded. More and more
frequent on the road we passed the
green-gray motor trucks with boys
from home In charge. khski-clad and
helmeted with q tin helmet different
from the French. ~fiatter. more like a
soup plate than the casque Of q me-
dievai knight. In armor. such as the
Poilu wears. Old stagers at the front
tell one that you may know the dis
cipline Of an army from the way 1t
keeps Its place on the road.
Do the vehicles straggle into the
middle Of the roadway, thus blocking
other trafic7 Then the discipline Is
bad and organization will generally
be awry. Do the men on the box
smartly respond to the passing Of an
officer? Then, sure enough, the re-
lation between officers and enlisted
men is cordial and satisfactory.
An Orderly Transport Train.
It was fine to see each motor lorry
hug the roads extreme right edge and
every column Of these United States
transport wagons neatly and regularly
spaced, while there never was any
Sinking, never an Intentional and
timely glance the other way. "Old
Glory" on our car, the United States
uniform within, always ELECTED a
smart salute from the enlisted man In
charge of every party, from the others
a friendly hand wave and a shouted
message.
We approached a village and on the
village green we saw a car or two OF
transatlantic make-unwonted sight
amid the motorcars of France. l
changed my car and sat with a colo
mel holding a big position on the stan
Of Pershing. With US his assistant
and Pomeroy Burton OF London and
New York, now head Of the British
war mission In Paris. the latter just
back from, and very full Of, a Won
derful and minute inspection Of the
States lines of communication,
which he pr0pbesies will, when al
to be described In print, provide
the newspaper sensation OF the day In
and America.
We had a longish run In front of rs
and there was time to settle down to
interchange of talk. 1t was new
to the Americans to get Q man from
home and we were submitted to the
cross-questioning that I
have ever had to undergo
or every city and community In the
States / could say to each In
do you know how the memory
and love of you has been carried
overseasf Do you know how the
anxietes, the heartaches. the desires
fulfilled, the loves and lives and oc-
.upations of past days that you may
have regarded as over and gone for
ever are living once again, re-enacted
In the memory of soldier men 5000 to
5000 miles away from home. with lit
lie prospect Of return till war is I'm
IAN Hemsrie Company
Then II was our turn to put the
and as the long line Of
trees on either side Of the roadway
flashed behind us we were admitted
to the Fellowship Of me company OF
United States fighters. worshipped It's
learned Of It's achievements.
They are In truth an Homeric COM
pany, seasoned by frontier fighting.
masters Of the war cunning OF the
Filipino or Of the Mexican. sons of
service. yet very much alive TO new
Was there not Major x. who. to
teach his men the possibilities Of &C
curate machine gun fire, drove his own
auto Is yards along parallel to and In
front of the barrage put up by the
company he was trainingl Or Lieu
tenant Y. most daring of most mod.
ern jockeys. who drove his mobile
tank down a disused well to demon
Its climbing powersf
There was the young quartermaster
corps lieutenant placed In charge of
a transport from the other side. who,
with the help Of his minute squad on
board, had placed half the ships Off
GERS and crew in irons for the breach
of a regulation concerning the inter
probation of which there was ground
for legitimate dispute.
On arrival his chief. more skilled In
the Interpretation Of service regula-
lions, yet wise In the wisdom OF