The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-03-07
.=RIcANs HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
GREAT THINGS.
lRE IS ON A MASSIVE SCALE
struction is Marvel Of Complete
ess-Ready For the Much Her
aided Spring Attaek-eermans
Are Apprehensive.
Are ApprehenslVe.
fDy George T. Bye.)

\ o / sloshed around in our fighting
mails" in low lying Lorraine, and
\ n. wet TO the knees, had mad
u tor ride back to headquarters in
4 chy blackness, no light on the car
wing, and trees and supply wagons
Fearing suddenly out of the groom
our exceeding inconvenience. The
4 .ckness was pitchy ahead. Behind
were fitful, weird pyrotechinc dis
vs.. the flares that Americans and
rmans occasionally shot up TO give
bit TO the deadly game going on be-
zen the trenches. Some Of the
-otechnics We're skyrockets that
,e gracefully in long parabolas and
full height yielded little parachutes
spending bright balls of white fire.
long as each light lasted there was
brittle feeling in you of being in an
ina near two giants crouching
lsely for a death grip. ! am glad
say that most of the lights went
on the German side, practically all
them in fact. The apprehension
8 rightly on the German side for
IRE were several little parties Of
nkees out on patrol excursions in
int of our lines. and when each
ht flashed, followed invariably by
ing rocket from German machine
ms, hoped as hard rs could hope
II my country out there in the cold
Id would lie still and safe under the
re thicket, and then in the next
ort interval of blackness, would
az themselves slowly forward to
sccess.
Seeing Great Sights.
This stretch of front line that we
Id is soul-impressing, but the fight
g in it is trifiing effort compared
III the balance of the American war
tlYity in France. II is but the
int Of contact with the enemy, the
out Of the tunnel into which we are
uring in ever increasing stream our
molishing compliments to the kais.
and all that he represents. / am
lring the great area Of that tunnel
elk of our lines. have seen the
eatest cold storage plant in the
rid, erected by and for our army in
ance. | have been in our locomo-
e works where full sized American
oguls are being turned out many a
1nth, and all rolling out on Ameri-
n rails TO the music of that deep
n throated whistle that is being
ard for the first time in Europe.
Things Are Moving.
/ have been in an automobile plant,
miniscent OF Detroit. built of steel
Il brick and concrete, with the roof
d sides largely of prism glass. l
We had ride in a parade of gigan-
motor trucks moving from a coas-
| base toward our interior bases.
i'd when the drivers of these trucks
q made delivery they were to jump
a return train and take out other
lg professions all ready for them
lcks complete for duty, fitted at the
Sc workshops with special bodies
ilt on the spot in France by our
my artisans. have seen steel,
ncrete and prism glass depots and
lrehouses shipped across the Allan
in numbered sections, and erected
most over night. have seen mile
on mile OF heavy rails laid in Vari-
parts of France, and this work has
ly begun so far as it's full extent
concerned.
If the Hun Only Knew.
In fact, if Germany appreciated the
mpass Of the American foundation
war back of the battle front, Hun
I'd surely would get weak in the
ees and begin to ask itself: How
we hope to overcome the Allies
en- this newcomer is preparing his
litary area as if he were going to
I'd forward million upon million of
hting men, adequately supplied and
ased, and with communications laid
on the apparent assumption that
war is TO last at least 20 years?"
wish German spies might see the
VS. of huts for prisoners we have al
,dy erected.
rhis all means terrifice punishment |
the German armies and peoples
aishment that will continue with |
IDLY increasing Systematic fury
may translate German into Eng
a.
For the Present.
'or the immediate present-that it
Sc last few days of winter-not
ch Of an onslaught against Ger
ms can be expected from Americans
the trenches. although our lines
growing.
'or the Immediate present our at
ton must turn to the British front
0se area also is widening
spening ~ toured the British
Al for a week before went into
Lorraine trenches. What ! saw