The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-17
AMERICAN SHELLS
. FIRE MONTD|D|ER
ANDAREEFFECT|vE
Increased Activity In Patrols,
Artillery and Continued Air
Fighting Reported
ARMY OFFICIALS HOPE
+ FOR GREAT FORCE SOON
United States Officers To Com
mand Where Americans Out
number Their Allies

WASHINGTON, MAy I7-( (Associat-
| ed Press4 --Increased activity as shown
by the larger number of patrol parties
fsent out by both sides and greater vio-
| lence in the artillery fire in the Lor-
raine sector are told in the official re.
port that was issued last night from
American headquarters.
The fire of the American batteries
has been particularly effective and ac-
curate. At MOnt,lidiPr the shells from
the American guns have started a num-
ber of fires and German lines of com.
mmnieatious have been badly battered.
Although there were no infantry Pu.
gagements during the day there was no
cessation. of the activity on the part of
/ the American airmen.
Americans To Command
As il In answer to the recent report
that came from Ottawa that American
forces were, not to participate exten,
sively in France came the announce
ment yesterday that where American
troops serve with British and French
IN sectors and preponderate in
numbers those sectors there American
oflieerss are to be put in command. This
means that peneral Pershing may soon
be a sqpIpnhd yof British and French
In an Official report which he issued
yesterday, General Pershing told three
American snipers, well hidden by their
camouAage in the Lorraine sector,
engaged a force Of eighteen of the
enemy and killed four Of them. They
took from the pockets of some of the
dead, after the rest Of the party had
fed, some valuable papers and returned
safely to camp.
Seventy.two names are contained in
the list of casualties furnished by the
war department yesterday. OF these
eight were killed in action, four died
of wounds and one from accident while
fifty.nine were wounded, four severely.
oficials Hopeful
With more than half \ million men
now in France army officials are more
than ever hopeful that a large and
powerful force will be cooperating with
the Allies against the enemy before
the end of this year.
1t is not possible to specifically con.
firm the Paris report that o million
and a half men are expected to be ac
lively engaged there by that time and
that the American force at the front
will be three million men within the
next twelve months.
The report referred to was published
in L'Lihre IIomme, a newspaper owned
and published by Premier Clemenceau
which said that the United States had
promised that a million and half
fighting men would be in France by the
end of the year and that the organiza-
tiOns of such troops, together with
special forces and other units would
amount to two million men.
Great Preparations
Similar reports came from London
where Harry Britain, secretary Of the
English branch of the Pilgrim club, in
an address to the Royal Colonial In.
stitute declared that American war
preparations on the west front are of
amazing intensity and scope. He said
that the Americans are planning to
care for 100000 American troops, and
if the Germans do not give in, the
number will be increased to any amount
necessary to decide the issue.
Major Royce and Lieutenants Carside
and Meyers have been given the French
decoration Croix de Guerre for daring
aviation work.
General AlvOrd, adjutant in General
PPrshing's $ forces has reached an Amer.
lean port in safety, returning home on
account of i'll health.