The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-27
By RAYMOND G. CARROLL,
Special Correspondent Of the 1utelli-
ge1cer.

By RAYMOND G. CARROLL,
| Special Correspondent of the 1ntelll-
gcacer.
Officially Accredited to the American
Expeditionary Forces Abroad.
Special Cable Dispatch.
Copyright, 1915, by Public Ledger Co.
FoREwoRD.
Some day. somehow. presume that
! full details IL the thrilling i!ik" across
tn. nnrth of France If TIA" FIRST .\ncri-
can troops 20 enter IN" great battle
that ragged III Flanders AMI Picard!
through tho last days. "f March and
"vrrlarrcd into April will hr released
for publication III IN" lnu"d states. Nj
present Ihr blinds az down and IN,
score of correspondents wh" accom-
panied our irnnpS are held well III
leash.
our n"w rules IL censorship say: III
American troops ar" operating in con-
Junction with an Allied force. news OF
these irlnt operations Will lac submitted
to censorship III either tn" field bead
! quarters Of tn" 4. l.. +. ar IN" Held
headquarters Of the Allied army CON
ccrned"
concerning inc lltIllill1NNi''' w 80
sonurl thu sam" rules say: There Will
never h. Identification ly numbers ur
! organization. Reference cannot DC made
To troops aS National Guard or Ma
,iuuul Army ar Regular urEanizai ions
DurnE this war "" have only one army
the United States Army"
On Identification of places the edlct
runs: NO town in the advance zones
shall be identified as holding troops OF
the 4. r. r. or Allied forces except rs
all essential part OF a story OF an en-
sascment and AFTER THE FACT.
Under the foregoing restrictions the
American correspondents attached 10
different units and scattered among the
! marching troops were left free 10 wan
der 10 the limits Of their reglmental
areas, and write their heads on II
they so desired. Here follows an &C
! count of my "trip in with regiment
Of heavy field artillery:
| Our colonel was in high spirits. His
! name has been cablcd 10 Washington
| BY the commandcr.in-chief OF the y
F.. F., with recommendations for his
promotion TO brigadicr SencralShlp.
| Other officers were in like fine fcttlr.
: The son of celebrated clergyman
writer Of sea tales. who was acting as
rcgimcnlal adjutant. had secured a
! captaincy and two other llcutenantS
! had also been fortunate IN getting TWO
bars upon their shoulders. Six months
service stripes upon left arms were all
! through the organization With a
| shrinking of wound stripes upon ri cht
arm coat sleeves. Promotion Is !ahd
ed from a troop ship in Franco last a
| regiment.
Looking down a list Of the rc=i
mcnts officers which the sergeant
ma jor at headquarters has just handed
10 me | find less than a dozen OF the
original officers of the organization
with whom l landed from troopShlp
in France last August. Their places
the absent ones, had been taken by
clean.cut young reserve officers. linen
/ fresh from civil life Viii the training
camps both of Franco and America. A
strange face was that Of the new cneT
gelic chaplain. an EpiScopalian who
breathcd the soul Of our new national
army. shelyed dogmas and conccntfa
| ted upon the getting Of material com
forts for the mcn--cigarcttes. tobacco
and (whisperD HID away in the bot
tom OF his blanket roll was a bottle
conlaining-I shall not say, but IN
contents is we'll known 10 many pool
lad who just missed pneumonia from
exposure 10 rain and snow,
Queer tools for Il parson 10 carr
/ said the regimcnta! Skeptic.
! Ever heard of The western gambler
who toted Bible along everywhere. nc
WENT" replied an officer Of more
faith. Turn about is fair play.
Moving the Big Guns.
| Over in Il Battery, my old stamping
ground Of last fall. were many veteran
! friends; Dutch and "Scotly," Red
and price" and other enlisted men
johnny" is in the hospital AMI
"O'Connnr" is cooking. Then there
We're the horses and tho guns. Nc
millionaire baby gets The pampcrin2
and preferred attention that goes to
155-mililmctcr hOwiizrr. For II alone
exist drivers and cannonecrs. horses
and motor trucks. Only look at ono
of the cold, inquiSitiyc ariSIocra'i'
bores and there rises admiration fol
the impudcnt cgoriSm Of the big CUR
with man and beast It's abject slaves
, Instead Of craven images the fetish d
this age has become the iron monster
with the longest throw.
! And 10 get these iron PETS from one
section OF INC west frcnt TO anothci
&c
route they Come-waS the assignee
Job Of our regiment. Looking bach
over the period Of tho movement, opC
cannot but muse in wonder over al
the perSpiTing and the swearing. Inc
tuggiug and the grooming. the push
ing and the painting that ii was nee
essary 10 cxpend before just ono req
menlS contribution 10 the cause OIL
liberty was funCuoning. They are
hard at it now. can hear lhrnI
pounding roaring and sending 1h"Ii
tons of metal into mc now lcdS
ments OF the German invader.
Coincident with our movement
was the passage over land Of Amer
can infantry and American machine
lgunners. American light field ar
tillery with their "CharIuitCs.' the
slang nam" for I5-nlllimttcr guns
and American alrplancS. In fact, Ii
was Il section of the United States
organized upon MILITARY basis anu
opcrating upon French soil aS Il par,
OF the allied army under General
Foch. ? cannot state how many We
were upon this historic tramp Dri