Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-10
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Americans In Advanced Positions. 4
do yousknow that the Americans
now occupy the positions on h front
mos desired by the Germans. being
subject to attack after attack. and
that they have not lost an inch OF
ground and they are not going to?
among the best soldiers who ever
stood In shoeleather. When my regi-
ment was first sen to the front 1t was
with the intention Of staying but ten
days to become acquainted with that
phase of the game, but instead OF
staying. the ten days they stayed AZ,
and when we were taken to the rear
for our months rest. enforcement
were needed at the front and we
kind Of stuff the American solder Is
made Of and there are over a million
of them in France right now. SO !
don't think you need worry any re-
garding the outcome"
German Atrocities.
Some OF the seen Mr. Smith pic
tured Of the cruelties inflicted upon
prisoners taken by the Germans
would, coming from any other source,
be almost unbelievable.
when the Germans take a prts-
.oner," the corporal said, they take
him for the sole purpose of getting
information regarding that section Of
the line, in which he was stationed.
one is usually sent back to his
friends with an arm or a leg cut off
and the rest ara killed. In many cases
the bodies are horribly mutilated.
One incident: The 104th Massechus-
etts regiment lost SO men. who were
taken prisoner by the Germans. With
one exception, they were placed In q
trench and liquid fire turned on them;
not even their bones remained. The
one who had been saved for informa-
tortured.
But whenever a man Is lost in No
Mans Land he Is not left there that
he may be killed or his body be mu-
tilated by Germans. His friends go
for him dead or alive and they get
what they go for, and many times 1t
costs many German lives when the
other cannot be found. The Ameri-
cans always get them one way or the
other. The point is, they W. leave
a comrade and they>know that their
In front II they are wounded In a
charge, nor will they leave their
bodies when they have given their all.
1t isn't done. That's why the boys
are not afraid of anything in the
world; they know that their comrades
are behind them to a man. They think
nothing of giving a life for a comrade.
Their thoughts are all for their COM
rades.
Many Soldiers Married.
1.-THE morality of the troops Is OF a
high standard and a credit to all. The
men Who are over there are not the
street corner loafers, but are ambi-
tious men who had made the right
start in life: 38 out Of every So are
married.; they are men who appreci-
ate what the government has done for
them and are showing it as such men
will. Drunken soldiers are no seen
over there. as is sometimes the case
in this country. French people are
forbidden to sell the Americans
liquor and the American soldier Is
forbidden to buy 1t. When the Am
erican soldier is on a vacation he is
sent to AK lie vane, where he is treat
ed to as good entertainment as he
could get at home.
Red Cross Praised.
But the organization that Is back
Of the army and back of them to the
limit is the Red Cross. Too much
cannot be said Of the organization
that takes the part Of mother to our
boys, looking after their interests in
every possible way. The Red Cross
meets the boys when they land in
France and is with them to the