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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-01-04

INT OF waste OF fod at cantOnntnt camps huve. been holly resented By
omcers y have charge q garbage disposal at the various camps This picture
shows IL unloading of garbage ut the central depot at Camp Meade. The
cnns are brought from benches underneath the windows Of each mess hail
Each con r. labeled for various sorts Of refuse s. that bones. cans. paper. etc.
so into separate recepmces. The camps conservation officer notest the con.
tents of each mn ny they are dumped into motorrucks fr sale to ontracto
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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-01-04
The Plotter.

The Plotter.
The ostrich covered up his head
IN a conspicuous spot.
10 not disturb me. please" he said:
I'm Matching out d plot"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18

in Flanders constituted a bad period
for the enemy air service. The fliers
OF one British brigade up to o'clock
IN the afternoon had destroyed fifteen
German planes and had driven six
others down out Of control, according
to unofficial but reliable figures which
the correspondent learned, and at least
five other hostile machines we're sent
crashing down.
While the infantry was comparative
ly inactive to-day, the airmen on both
sides have been extremely busy. At
5daybreak this morning Archie" shells
began screaming skyward toward hos
tile planes, and ever since German
aviators have been making good use
of the brilliant sup to reconnoitre and
take photographs. The Allied airmen
have been pursuing their steady and
relentless work over the German lines.
Yesterday twenty-five German planes
were wrecked and twelve others shot
down out of control.
At l o'clock this morning, and again
at o'clock, there was a concentration
OF gunfire on a small sector of the
British front in the La Bassee- -Merville
sector. There was also severe shellinp
OF Pacaut Wood, nearby, during the
night. ''''
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
Military Comment
By William L. Mcpherson

MEXICAN arrived in the Flanders 1t
~ Washington that they did from the
N Champagne fronts from canonments
They apparently portion of the later contn
which landed England and have been training there
These when they little training will be bri
gadd with British in Flanders They be
value of But their
standing ther
the Channel Blucher has though
a force of toughened Leipsic Ligny
Yesterdays
Valley salient district The artillery
unusually skies the opportunity fight
reconnoe The clash
both the British bulletins
montHame in the Somme Valley The British
minor attack the Germans "strong failed
The German offensive still hal The
weight of will behind
burg still has weeks which his
longer he delays the robust will be the Allied
week their option American increases
Sea- by Bohevik
vks help keep this
cooperating with the Turks compel its
both
resisting the Turkish occupation They
ents OF their and Turkey
fepupcs
ing into erect the Brelovsk which
whatever intention of the Boshek
Will have her hands full the Caucasus
must take the Germanys benefit But that effort
Will tie her up tight Mesopotama where proceed
ing up the Tgrs and line approaching Mosu
lew days the British
twenty miles beyond Krkukand
Mosu Evidently in Genanys
Mosuls and Bagdads. ~
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18

which. according to the unanimous
opinion of all neutral military experts,
is tactical and even a strategic mis-
take, and Of this fact the English gen.
eral is probably aware.
"For the English army, however,
Ypres, unlike any other town, in its
name alone means everything. It's loss
would have an extraordinary effect all
over the world, and those places which
have not realized that English defeats
have taken place would realize it then.
"The question, therefore, of the most
unyielding defence Of Ypres has become
a question of prestige, and the town
will be held with true British stub
bornncss, even though it costs thou
sands of lives.
"rhe Notifications Of the town and
its immediate ncighborhood show that
General Plumer is quite decided on this
point Numerous rows Of concrete fire
trenches lie one behind the other in
full view of our observers at Hill 80.
Describe Defences
Everywhere along the whole front
trenches constructed for previous bat
ties have fallen in. Here, however. in
the neighborhood of Ypres, they have
been carefully preserved, cemeted and
fitted with all that modern technique
could suggest.
"But behind them lies Ypres-once
a flourshing city, but now only heap
of ruins--but heap where every foot
of ground means fortfication. The
English have understood the art of fit
like cellars of the town with machine
guns and mine throwers and provid-
ing them with loopholes, thus making
a redoubt of every single cellar.
at would serve no real purpose it
our high command were to launch our
brave troops against these devices sim
ply to announce the taking of Ypres
few days sooner. An enemy in po-
sition between our wings always has
been crushed and finally squeezed out.
"Ypres must sooner or later be evac-
uated by the enemy, as his natural
line, since we took Mount KENNEL, lies
much further to the north, somewhere
between Bixschoote, Poperinghe and
Cassel.
Italians Are Active
"Whilc naturally the chief interest
centres on the developments in France,
the possibilities of the Italian front
must not be overlooked Late spring
finds the weather ideal for operations
along the Piave and in the mountains.
The Italians have used the winter
months to strengthen their positions,
but though they have regarded the fut-
ure confidently they expect the Aus
trians to deal some heavy blows in the
coming weeks.
"The encmys airmen are becoming
increasingly active and his guns are
now expending lavishly. The Austri-
ans are again using all their resources
in the dissemination of propaganda in
the hope of breaking the morale of the
Italian peasant soldier.
"If an Austrian attack does not
synochronize with the German effort,
it is certain that it will not be long
delayed. June is likely to prove the
liveliest fighting month of the whole
war. Practically the only front which
doesn't offer possibilities of important
developments is Mesopotamia, and here
the fierce heat is likely to shut down
operations"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
First Draft Units
Haze Reached Front,
Washington View

WASHINGTON. May 17.--The Amer
ican troops which have reached the
British front in Flanders and have
gone into training there are probably
the first complete units of the National
Army to arrive abroad. The term New
American Army" in cable dispatches is
unohicially interpreted to mean "Na-
tional Army"
The announcement of the arrival Of
these troops was greeted here to-day
as evidence of the success OF cmer-
gency measures to bring American
man power to the aid of the British
and French armies in repelling the
German drive.
Official reports were lacking to-
night, but Secretary Baker and army
officials accepted press advices that the
first contingent of the forces to be
brigadcd for training and operations
with the British army had arrived.
Soldiers from General Pershing's
army have been in line with the French
and British in front of Amiens for
some time, but the decision to send ad-
dltional forces from this country direct
to tae British army was made after
the great German drive launched
March 81 was well under way. Less
than two months has been required to
=
sea and into position.
Nothing is available at the War De-
partment to indicate the identity or
numbers of men in Flanders. It is
probable, however, that the National
Army regiment reviewed recently in
London by King George is included.
The infantry and machine gun units
of the division to which that regiment
was attached probably constitute this
A
Flanders theatre of war.
The men, 1t is noted, are described
as being "in training in the British
zone" That is taken here to mean
that they are being brigaded with
British divisions in reserve, and will
get their final seasoning quickly
through this close association with
the veterans of Sir Douglas Haig's
army
Unless great emergency arises
when the German assault is renewed it
is not probable that the Americans will
be employed on the front line for some
time.
It may be that the battalions of Brit
ish troops displaced in these divisions
by the Americans will be available to
fill up other British divisions to full
strength. The Americans are not act
ing as reinforcements for the British
lines.
1t is probable that the practice fol-
lowed in the training of General
Pershing's original forces will be car
ried out in Flanders In that case, the
divisions with which American units
have been brigaded will be given front
line duty in quiet sectors for a time
until the Americans are seasoned to
trench warfare.
The Americans are now part of the
British army until Pershing orders an
other method, with the American flag
flying over our troops fighting as
unit.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
Win Ypres, Is First
: Aim of Ludendorf.
For Moral Effect
BY Arthur S. Draper
Especial Gable to The Tribune,

N'Peotd@ Idote to The Tfrbune}
LoNDON, May 17.-To-day's reports
snow that there have been artillery
aue's at many points on the West
front. The frequency with which the
ehemy's guns bombarded the line be-
tween Arras and Albert confirms the
neiief that the German strategy in
ciudcs drive toward Doullens. one OF
the five key centres on the British
front. Ais'eA
Foremost in Ludendorff's scheme is
undoubtedly the capture of Ypres, be.
cause OF the moral effect. Next in i'm.
portance is the capture Of Amiens.
That ne Will make frontal attack on
either seems unlikely.
It is possible that the northern nush
will consist of two drives, on the north
asd on the south Of that 9hostlike
town. One blow will be aimed at the
juncture of the Belgian and British
lines, and the other at the union Of the
British and French forces.
German Alibi at Ypres
Similarly the southern front may. see
attacks both north and south of
Amicns. Regarding the defences at
Ypres, the military critic of the semi
official "Norddeutsche Allgemeinc Zeit-
ung" writes:
"Yprcs is being most obstinateiy and
valiantly defended by the enemy. Gen.
cral Plumer does not entertain any
idea Of voluntary retreat or of rclin-
gushing. the town, the retention Of
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
Germans Open
With Big Guns on
American Front
lBy The Associated Pressl

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 1.-THE whole Amer-
can sector on the Picardy front was
subjected to heavy bombardment
early this morning. The cannonade
continued for forty-fve minutes.
There was much aerial activity yes
terday and to-day, with bright sun
and little wind, but there were no
further indications that the enemy was
preparing to renew the offensive On
this front troop movements behind the
German lines are normal.
Two German observation balloons
east of Montdidier were brought down
to-day by a French airplane.
The Germans opposite the American
sector northwest Of Toul are resortine
to Internal machines in an effort to
check the activity of American patrols.
numbers of which go out every night
to roam NO mans land and even Ger.
man land virtually at will.
A member of an American patrol
stepped on harmless looking wire
near the German lines early yesterday
and bomb Immediately exploded in
the centre of the patrol group 1t had
been planted by the enemy.
The members of the patrol either en-
tered or were assisted into an aban.
prepared for fight believing one was
certain to come. They waited in the
darkness for half an hour for scme.
thing to happen, but the Germans did
not come out. The party then made
Its way cautiously back to the Amcri.
can line.
An American aviator in the section
northwest of Toul brought down an
other German airplane this morning.
Full details of the action have not
been received. 1t appears, however,
that Lieutenant Edward Rickenbacher II,
OF Columbus, Ohio, answering an alarm
shortly after daylight, encountered
three enemy planes He attacked them
and shot enc down three kilometres in.
side the enemy lines.
Lieutenant Rickenbacher, formerly
an automobile racer, was decorated
with the French War Cross on Wednes.
Gay He assisted in bringing down a
German airplane in enemy territory
two weeks ago.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
''He'u Get Even,' -
Says Mother of
Wounded Soldier
Mrs. Christie, of Hoboken,
Wants Son to Get Well
and Strike Again

The spirit Of '76 lives in the heart of
Mrs. D. Christie, of 261 Eleventh Street,
Hoboken, for when she heard yesterday
that her son, Raymond, private in the
American army, had been wounded in
France she said
81 hope my boy gets we'll quickly so
ne can take another crack at the Ger
mans. Then he will get even for what
they have done to him."
A War Department bulletin stated
that Christie had been wounded in ac-
ton on May a. He is twenty three
years old, and enlisted last November,
being assigned to the 18th Infantry,
which sailed for France on January 12.
Private Peter j. O'Donnell, "a, Of 33
West Thirty-ffth street, Bayonne, re-
ported wounded in yesterdays casualty
list, volunteered last January, and af-
ter training at Camp Dix was sent to
France. He had been employed by the
Standard Oil Company. His mother,
Mrs. Mary O'Donnell, is widow.
George J. Bayer, jr., reported slight
Bayer, Plainfield, agent for the New
Jersey Central Railroad. Bayer entered
the army in the draft Of last Decem-
ber.
John ]. Schottinger, wounded, also of
Plainfeld, is twenty-one. He was u
machinist when called to the colors in
December. His mother resides at West
Dunelen, N. ].
Mrs. Bridget Walker, mother of Ser
geant Robert Walker, reported missing
since April 13, resides with another
son, Henry, at 232 Grand Street, JERSEY
City. Sergeant Walker, who is in a
machine gun battalion, has been in
the regular army five years and is serv-
ing his second enlistment. He has
been in France since October.
81 hope taat he is a prisoner and
will escape or be exchanged" Mrs.
Walker said yesterday. "Whatever has
happened, 1 know that Robert has
given god account of himself"
The brother of Sergeant Walker,
Henry, who is the sole support Of his
| mother, is in the draft. of Robert is
out of it, Pm going to enlist" he de-
clared.
Domenic Sabrzio, of South Orange,
is a German war prisoner, according
to his brother, Lawrence, of Al Church
Street, South Orange. He was in the
Italian army when captured last De-
cember. He has wife and two chill
dren
A message from him describes the
cruel treatment of prisoners taken by
the Germans, and pleads for money
with which to bribe his guards to get
food enough to keep him alive.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
800 u. S. Prisoners
In Germany Located
Washington Has No Word,
However, of 1873 Berlin
Reported Captured

WASHINGTON, May 17.-What is
being done toward furnishing all pos
sble information to relatives Of Ameri-
cans taken prisoner by the Germans is
summarized in a statement tonight by
the Prisoners of War Section of the
Adjutant Generals Office.
Cooperating with the Red Cross. the
section has up to this time forwarded
information to relatives of about 300
imprisoned Americans, nearly 200 Of
them civilians, including members Of
ship crews interned at the beginning
of the war. The work is so well sys-
tematized, it is said, that as rule re-
ports of the location of prisoners have
reached the war department through
the Red Cross within week or ten
days after their capture.
Efforts to locate 1873 Americans
t--aimed by the German war Office to
have been captured in recent en-
gagement, so fa- have proved futile.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
Admits German War
Is One Of Conquest
Heidelberg Professor Quoted
as Saying Kaiser Sought
British Colonies

LONDON, May 17.-Professor Charles
Scott Sherrington, of Oxford, has sent
"The Times" memorandum of a con-
versation he had at Heidelberg in
August, 1907. with Professor Ernst
Troeltsch, of the theological faculty
of Heidelberg University. "The Times"
points out that this shows there is not
the smallest chance of such Germans
as Professor Troeltsch being affected
by the Lichnowsky memorandum re-
vealing Gcrmanys responsibility for
starting the war.
In his conversation, as set forth
in the Oxford professors notes, Pro-
fessor Troeltsch said that war between
Germany and England was a neees-
sity because England had so much It
was absolutely necessary for Germany
to possess IN order to play her role
as world state. Professor Troeltsch,
when asked what possessions Germany
desired, replied:
"Ports, colonies in many parts OF
the world. Australia, South Africa,
Hong Kong, India"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
Tension Increases
In West; Hindenburg
Conceals His Plans
(By The Associated Prcss)

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Thursday, May 16.-The AL
lies are still waiting for Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg to show his hand. No
more magnificent weather could be
imagined than has favored the Westtrn
front in the last forty-eight hours. But
even this has brought no change in the
military situation. The Germans con-
tinue to remain comparatively inactive
in their sun-baked defences, and were
it not for the grumbling of the guns,
the clouds of dust along the lines of
transport and the flight of airplanes
winging their way across the battle
zone it would be hard to realize that a
war was going on.
Notwithstanding this, there has been
no relaxation Of the tension which has
existed along the front for many days.
1t is realized that the enemy may strike
at any time. Certainly no one doubts
that an ambitious offensive is in prep
aration, and the time necessary to COM
plete the plans must have about run it's
course.
The delay Is in itself an added indi
cation that the next German push is
to be one of great magnitude and
fierceness. This next battle may easily
be the crucial one, for the Germans
undoubtedly will attempt once more
to smash entirely through the Allies
lines
If the Germans again fail to achieve
their aim-and all along this front
there is confidence that they will-the
defending forces will feel easy once
more, for they believe that if the
enemy cannot break through this time
he will have played his last high trump.
If he is held again it will be the be-
ginning of the END for the Central
Powers, military experts say.
In this connection the assistance of
America, fast coming to the rescue, is
emphasized. 1t is felt that with stead
lily growing man-power the Allies will
be able to resume the offensive and will
reclaim the land overrun by the in
vaders. Dependence is being placed out
hege on the help of the United States
in delivering the finishing blow. She
holds the balance Of power, and the
prospects are being discussed eagerly
throughout the length of the line.
Everywhere there is the greatest conf
dence in America on the part Of Allied
officers and men.
AS the correspondent of The Asso-
ciated Press travels up and down the
front he is besieged constantly by
friendly inquiries as to how Am merican
preparations are coming along. Some
times there is certain anxiety ex-
pressed, to be sure, but there is no i'm
patience.
Officers are loud in their praise of
the work they understand already has
been accomplished by America. Such
troops as have been seen from the
United States have pleased the veterans
immensely, for the overseas recruits
shape up we'll. 1t is felt that with an
army of such material victory is GER
tain, for the Allies will hold the Ger
mans until that army gets into action.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
British Fliers Set
Fire to Rail1vay and
DolUr1 Fiue Machines

LONDON, May 17.-In spite of de-
termined opposition by German air.
planes, British aviators Thursday
dropped bombs on factories and the
railway station at Saarbrucken, in Ger
man Lorraine, starting a fire on the
railway. After bombing the town the
Britishers turned on the enemy, and in
aerial fighting, says an official state
ment on aerial activities issued last
midnight, destroyed five of the enemy
machines. One of the British airplanes
was lost.
In intense aerial fighting on the
Western front Wednesday thirty-seven
German airplanes were accounted for
by British aviators, while eleven Brit
lsh machines are reported missing.
The official statement says:
Enemy aircraft were active in the
| early morning and again in the evening
ednesday), hostile scouts attacking
our bombing machines with particular
insistence. Twenty five German ma
! chimes were brought down and twelve
driven down out of control. One was
shot down by machine-gun fire from the
ground. Eleven of our airplanes are
missing.
"After dark our night flying airplanes
dropped over fourteen tons Of bombs on
AlllC
and Douai, on the enemy's billets at
Peronne, Bray and Bapaume and on
the docks at Bruges. One of our ma
chimes did not return.
EARLY Thursday our airplanes set
out to bomb the factories and railway
station at Saarbricken, in Germany
On crossing the lines they were en-.
countered by ten hostile scouts, and q
running fight took place along the en-.
tire way to our objective. By the time
Saarbrucken was reached TWENTY-FIVE
hostile machines had collected and were
attacking our airplanes with the utmost
vigor: In spite Of these attacks twenty.
four heavy bombs were cropped on ou,
objectives. Several bursts we're seer
on railway and fire was started.
! Having attained their detectives, ou,
alrplanes concentrated their efforts or
lighting the enemy's machines, five OF
which were brought down. One of ou,
machines was seen to be shot down
MI of the others returned
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18
Harvard Man, Dying,
Caught German BY
Throat; Die Together
lBy The Associated prcs.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May II. - Additional in
stances of unusual bravery by Ameri-
can troops on the battlefront in Picardy
have become known.
Lieutenant James Pellache, Harvard
man and son of New York artist, and
Lieutenant Stephen Fitzgerald, we'll
known as a Boston athlete, both have
been killed, but their deeds will live.
Lieutenant Pellache went out with q
working party, which was attacked by
Germans. pellache was shot and NOR
tally wounded, but he continued to fight
with his hands, and strangied a Ger.
man. and in SO doing encouraged and
inspired his companions.
Lieutenant Fitzgerald was shot
through the head while leading a
platoon in No Mans Land in a day raid
against a German machine gun. He re-
fused aid and continued to lead his
men, when a second bullet felled him.
Jack Fritz, Of Boston, led platoon
into No Mans Land. When attacked by
superior German forces he ordered his
own men back to the trenches and re-
maincd alone In No Mans Land and
New-York tribune., 1918-05-18

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exhausted with hard work, crawled
out himself and, unaided repaired
some broken telephone wires under
an extremely heavy enemy fire.
Major Paddock was wounded, but he
successfully accomplished his mis-
sion.
Corporal Thomas H. Carroll, while
a member Of an American patrol in
No Mans Land which was rushed by
a superior enemy patrol, opened fire
alone on the enemy at fifteen yaros
and, although severely wounded cool
ly continued firing while the patrol
safely retired.
Private Lowell L. Leythan, while
patrolling with companion, en-
countered three enemy soldiers in
No Mans Land. In the first brush
Leythan's companion was shot down
and one enemy was killed and an
other wounded. Leythan then bay
onetted the remaining German and