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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
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Enormous forces of artillery were
being modified. New guns continued
to arrive every day and were Installed
without going into action. The trans
portation Of munitions and material
was. also very brisk. We did not sus-
pect at this time that this was the first
preparation for a great offensive.
After four weeks In this vicinity we
were sent to another part of the front,
once more without being told our des-
tination. We marched away and In the
afternoon we arrived at Dun-sur-
Neuse.
Hardly had we entered the town
when tho German crown prince, accom-
panied Dy several officers and a large
pack Of hunting dogs rode by.
Good morning, pioneers " he called
out to us.
Then he inspected our unit closely.
lie spoke to our captain, after which
one Of the officers of his staff took us
to Red Cross establishment where
we were banqueted and given wine.
The headquarters of the Hohenzol-
Tern re!r were located at Dun-sur-
Mouse. The ladies of the Red Cross
treated us cordially. We asked Their,
II all passing troops were as well treat
ed as we had been.
"Oh. yes" IL young woman answered,
but only few come here. The crown
prince, however, has an especial at
tachment for the pioneers"
We were quartered over night. Sol
dlers told us that Dun-sur-Meuse was
the headquarters of the Fifth army.
There were gay times In the town. with
an open-air concert every day. The OFF,
GERS often received women visitors
from Germany.
After hard march we arrived ut
the front positions. In veritable
labyrinth of trenches. filled with water,
we had the utmost difficulty finding
our way about. Finally we arrived at
the very front. The French were only
ten meters away and before we had
been there two days we took part In a
hand grenade encounter.
Some distance back we established a
pioneer depot. Twenty-Five Of our men
did nothing but assemble hand gre
nades. We were soon settled and ready
for an emergency.
In camp we were divided among
various troops. They showed us how
the warfare waged at this front re-
Quired every Imaginable kind Of fight
Ing. There was mining, sapping, hand
grenade throwing, mine throwing and
Night patrol battles. This went on day
after day and night after night, with
48 hours In the trench and 12-hour
rest. The shortage Of men made a
less strenuous schedule impossible.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
AFTER HUN scoUTMAsTERs

No man exercises a greater in
fiuence over an American boy, than his
scoutmaster. The Hun understands
this. Before the war some Germans
sought commissions as scout leaders.
Why?
Since the war began facts have
come to light showing that Germans
and pro-Germans have endeavored to
escape detection and continue their
connection with the organisation. al
though 1t Is committed to patriotic
service for the United States Of Amer
lea, the defeat Of Germany and the
stamping out Of German militarism.
1t Is time for every scout official to
keep awake. Is any troop sluggish In
selling Liberty bonds and War Saw
ings stamps? Find the reason
there's no time to be lost.
Who is teaching the boys? What
Is he teaching? Who endorsed his
application for commission? Did the
applicant tell the truth on his appli-
cation?
A scout Is kind-but he does not
befriend those who are killing his
brothers In battle and numbering wom-
on and children for no reason except
the love of slaughter, and greed.
The Boy Scouts of America are
Americans. They obey the orders. Of
the government.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
GOVERNOR PRAISES SCOUTS.

Gov. w. L. Harding of Iowa thus
expresses his approval Of the scout
movement:
"Now that we have come to recog-
nize the vital Importance of making
every citizen Of the United States a
true American, we must arrive also
at fuller realization of the benefits
of each great movement which aims
to accomplish this. Among these truly
splendid movements is that of the Boy
Scouts Of America, and 1t is highly to
the credit Of the organization that II
has the vision and began the work be-
fore the nation as whole had come to
the crisis.
IT see ahead Of us, not only for the
period Of the war but during the gen.
erations to come, no single work finer
or more hopeful than that which in
spires to direct the boys of America
into loyal, idealistic, intelligent man
hood. l wish the tenets Of scout law,
as taught to the boys Of this body.
might be written also into the hearts
of every man."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13

Dead and wounded men lay among
the branches and the trees everywhere
on the grouId. Every man who was
able to run sped forward to reach the
enemy trench as quickly as possible. A
part OF the enemy defended itself des-
perately In a trench filed with water
and mud. A terrible hand-to-hand fight
resulted. We stood In water up to our
knees.
Men. severely wounded, lay In the
mud, holding their mouths and noses
above the water. During the fighting
they were trampled more deeply into
the dirt under our feet for we could
not see where we were going; we could
only 'roll up" the entire trench.
The section won was fortified with
all possible haste. Once more we had
acquired at a heavy cost I'm human life
few meters of the Argonne forest.
This trench, which we took. had
changed hands many times and even
now we were preparing for the usual
counter-attacks.
Presently the "jackasses" went into
action. The "jackasses" are the guns
of the French mountain artillery. They
were SO named because they were
drawn by mules. They are guns of fiat
trajectory. kept from so to 100 meters
behind the enemy lines. The shells
from these cannon flew directly over
our heads and cut their way through
kh<x hra oh nN Ioh 10 ~
Because of the high velocity Of the
shell and the short distance 1t travels
the defamation when the shot Is fired
and the noise of the explosion. sound
almost at the same instant These
"jackasses" are greatly feared by the
German soldiers because they are kept
working day and night.
1t was winter and very cod. The
trenches had been filed with water
and were now nothing except deep
bitches of mud. Under these condi-
tons, through the ice-cold nights. our
routine consisted Of 4S hours duty
and II hours rest. Every week storm
ing attack was made. the success of
which was entirely out of proportion
to the enormous losses. In all Of the
four months was In the Argonne for
ests we gained 400 meters. The fol-
lowing data will indicate how heavy a
price was paid In lives for this little
piece OF France.
Each regiment had It's own Gene
terry. There was the One Hundred and
Forty-fifth infantry regulars, the Sixty
seventh. and One Hundred and Seven
ty-third infantry regulars and the
One Hundred and Fifth Hirsch-
berg battalion. On the day we were re-
lieved from duty In the Argonne for
ests there were more dead In these
cemeteries than there were survivors
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER XVI.

The next day we received orders to
march to an unknown destination. We
soon arrived at the depot Of Apremont
where we were obliged to wait. The
depot had been destroyed. The next
station was Chatel. Both Of these
places are about FIVE kilometers behind
the front.
The prisoners were assembled In
Apremont. Several Of them had come
from that town. Their families were
still In their homes ana many prisoners
asked permission to visit them. had
occasion to witness such visit In APP
remont. Two reserves led one Of the
prisoners to the house, which he had
pointed out as his. The prisoners
young wife was In the kitchen with her
three children. We followed them into
the house.
The woman turned pale as she sud-
denly saw her husband. They en-
braced. We went outside for we felt
out OF place there.
The woman had not had q letter
from her husband for five months be-
cause the Germans were between her
and her husbands army. He had been
In the trenches for a month, realizing
how nearby his wife and children were.
yet unable to reach them and with no
way IT knowing whether they were
alive or dead.
How he must have felt as the French
shells few over his head on their way
to Apremonti
There was no way Of knowing
whether the glow In the sky caused
by the burning Of a house was fur
nished by his home or not Every
thing became a torturing uncertainty
and oil of life was hell.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER XIV.

The entire forest Of Argonne was
blown to pieces when we arrived.
Everywhere was artillery. which MAIN
tanned fire on the villages behind the
enemy's positions.
One Of the many batteries which we
constantly had to pass on our march
from the camp to the front, was in ac-
ton when we reached II.
asked one Of the gunners what his
objective was and he replied that 1t
was any village within range.
A substitute first lieutenant, in
charge of the battery, stood nearby.
One of my comrades asked him II he
did not think there might be women
and children in those villages.
THAT would make no difference"
the first lieutenant replied. women
and children are French, so what does
It matter? This breed has to be ex-
terminated in order that this nation
shall not think of war again for CEN
.tury,"
This day was designated for n
ttorming attack and we were obliged
10 be In our positions ut seven o'clock
In the morning. Promptly at $3.50 regi-
Inent No. 81 was ordered to attack.
Pioneers led the way. They were sup
Piled with hand grenades. These week
ly attacks were opened half an hour
before the infantry went over by a
storm Of artillery fire. The artillery
action required very careful calcula-
ton because the distance which sepn-
rated our position from the enemy's
was very slight. It varied from three
TO one hundred meters; never any
more. At the point where we attacked
the distance was 20 meters.
Promptly at eight o'clock the artil-
lery started. The first three shells
struck a ditch. but the following ones
hit fairly, that is, right In the French
trenches. Once the artillery had the
proper range whole salvos Of batteries
descended upon them with admirable
exactness. The cries Of the wounded
were heard once more, sign that
many had been hit.
An artillery officer acted as observer
In the foremost sense and directed the
FIRE by phone. Promptly at s 80 O'Clock
the artillery fires stopped and we Mt.
tucked. The eleventh company of the
Sixty-seventh regiment, of which i
spoke before,>cnme under the fire OF
the enemy's machine guns and IS Of It's
men were killed sitter they had only
proceeded few steps outside the
trench
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER XIV.

Each day In the Argonne levied its
toll of victims, sometimes many. some
times only few. 1t is only natural
that the morale Of the soldiers should
not be at its best under these circum-
stances. With the same Indifference
that the men had once gone to their
work to support their wives and chill
drcn they now went into action. This
business of killing had become daily
routine. Whenever we discussed our
situation, the crown prince and the
commander of the Sixteenth army
corps, Lieutenant General Won Mudra,
Jared worst.
The troops in the Argonne forest be-
longed to the Sixteenth corps, the Thir-
ty-third and Thirty-fourth divisions.
Neither the crown prince nor Won Mud
ra had ever been seen in the trenches.
One Of the members on the crown
princes staff was the old field mar
shall, Count Won Haeseler. former COM
mnnder Of the Sixteenth corps, who,
before the war. was considered hu-
man fend. These three called Clover
Leaf by the soldiers. were far more de-
spised by most Of the men than were
the French cannon. which sought our
miserable lives.
The Hohenzollern heir did not end
life hard Mt his headquarters several
kilometers behind the battle front. 1t
was easy for him to make himself
popular with his order to go ahead at
the cost of thousands Of lives. He was
very well liked among the high officers,
with whom he sat behind stove al
though the progress was not fest
enough for them.
He honored Won Mudra with the or
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
SCOUTS, HOW ABOUT WALNUT

Many carloads Of black walnut have
been reported to the forest service as
the result of the scout canvass. This
Is fine. But what about the troops
that haven't sent In any reports?
Where are the trees? Where are the
scouts?
The government must have the prop
er material for Its gun stocks and pro-
pellers. It needs black walnut. It
needs scouts to locate and report the
timber. Scouts must not fall down
on the job at this critical period when
every bit Of effort counts.
If they haven't completed their can
vass, they should have black wal-
nut hike on Saturday nfter school. Get
busy, scouts! Help beat the Huns in
the woods of America.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat OF the disease.
Catarrh Is a local disease. greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrh.
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the
System. HALLS CATARRT MEDICINE
is composed Of some OF the best tonics
blood purifiers. The perfect combination
OF the Ingredients in HALLS CATARRR
MEDICINE Is what produces such won
.derful results in catarrhal conditions
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
y. J. Cheney g. Co.. Props. Toledo. O
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
EMsLEMs TO $4,000 SCOUTS.

The treasury department awards
war service emblems to scouts who Sc
cured ten or more subscriptions In
the Liberty Loan campaign.
It IS the hope of the officers of the
national council that this recognition
by our government Of their achieve
ment will stimulate them as scouts to
greater service to the government and
to others.
Awards will, be made to about 10000
scouts for third Liberty lonn service.
This establishes what Is believed to be
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
Get the Genuine .dXNI
Sssss:!ss,%s'sa5g@OS
OAS> in Every Cake
Kuftur.

Statement of a Belgian soldier: AT
Haecht / saw the body Of little child
aged about three years, whose stomach
had been cut open by a bayonet. The
people at the village told me that the
child had been killed in its mothers
arms"
Statement of n Belgian refugee: II
saw the dead body of baby II few
weeks old. hanging by its neck to the
handle of the front door Of II cottage
outside Iiever. l WAS told by others
that the Germans had taken the child
from the mothers arms and hung II
there. forcing her 10 watch till the
baby was dead"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
SCOUTS HELP THE pRAETEEs.

A letter from a scout official in
Memphis says:
"a major Of the United States army
who has had a great deal Of expert
ence in receiving and transporting
draftees in their camps states to the
head Of our draft board here that 1t
would be impossible to get along with
out the scouts; TINT everywhere they
were more helpful in handling crowds
than even the police"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
Comforting Message.

Mrs. Cassidy--Norah is takin' on aw-
full. Her husbands got three years
but he can get wan Off for good be-
havior.
Mrs. O'Bren-Tell her to rest aisy.
Sure an he may not behave himself
Boston Transcript.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
Each Day Levied Its Toll Of Victims.

Of the. several regiments. The Sixty
seventh regiment had more than 1000
dead. All the victims were members
Of that unit except few pioneers,
who had been assigned to duty with
1t. There was never a day without
some loss Of life, and on the days when
the storming attacks were made. death
had an extremely large harvest.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
When Man Excels Beast.

Here 1t is in cold type. No man II
better than dumb beast unless his
soul is aflame. The beast experiences
al the sensations Of the physical ap.
petites.--Houstou Post
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
ISuicaI Cause

"what was the cause of that stage
waltz
1T was on account Ut the heavy
man."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
Important to Aiothera
Hun Tactics,

Hun Tactics.
General, should we call this another
strategic retreut?"
"Just keep running. Don't stop 10
explain"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
Have q Clear skIn.

Have Clear Skin.
Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet soap and assist 1t now and then
by touches Of Cuticura Ointment to
soften, soothe and heal. For free
samples address "Cuticura, Dept. x.
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment 20 and 5O.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
Grsnulaied fyeIlds,
Eyes inhamed by espo-
sure to Sun, Du5t and Wind
quickly relieved BY Murine
Your
Eyes

Your Druggists or by mail soc per Botle.
Fer Cook 81 tho Eye free write IN
Murine Eye 2eredy Co.. Ciieoga
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13

NonmI.itary Definition.
"Pa, what's masked batteryT
'Pretty lips concealing a shrewisA
tongue. my son."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-12-13
Just u.

Just u.
Lets have an open fire in the n
brary, dear7" M
THAT'S grnte proposition"
Arizona republican., 1918-11-22
RETURNING SOLDIER
MUST BE PROVIDED
WITH EARNING JOB
(The Municipal JoulrnaD


The Encouragement of railroads has Just ordered that
each road under Federal control shall restore to their
seniority rights all employees who left their positions
enter the army navy, in far this is practicable
while those who have such rights under the practices Of
the road in question shall be given the preference in filling
positions The principle will probably be adopted by
cities with reference their former employees officials
and provision has noaready been made for putting this
into effect it to be hoped that it will be in plenty of time
to relieve the returning from any uncertainty as to
their future
While it is impossible to predict just when the return
of the soldiers will begin those in charge of
transportation state that the million there
cam if present plans carried out be returned within
period Of three months If present indications of
pete cessation of hosttes within few weeks are real
zed this means that by early spring most Of these will
be back looking for their old positions for ones
half million possibly being here in time for Christmas
dinner with their families
We have previously called attention to the Importance
of making provision for giving immediate employ
ment to these and also to the greater number
who now employed in the manufacture of munitions
ships war housing projects and other lines of employment
which must would terminate very shortly after
the declaration of peace If call the total number of
to be released five Million this means that for each
thousands of population in community provision should
be made for absorbing fifty additional workers. from la
boes those who possess the highest degree of intel
gence.
Our experience during the past year has impressed
upon nothing else could the possibilities of co-opera
ton acting through representatives either official
official and the efficiency of such cooperation
compared individual action. This cooperative action
has been employed for solving the problem of finding work
for surplus labor Where organizations already exist that
can be utilized for this purpose it certainly preferable
to these rather than to form An illustration
of this is the rapid formation and subsequent elimination
Of scores of aid organizations and the ultimate placing
Of all such work in the hands of the Red Cross c. A.
and few other organizations that already existed.
Similarly, it is desirable that the solving of the ap-
preaching labor problem be entrusted to existing organ
izatons. Whatever national organization may take this
in hand it would most logical and appropriate that
local solutions be placed in the hands of city officials
Arizona republican., 1918-11-22
GENERAL JOHN ]. PERSHING

the "Cu the Metz hner He
did The whom credited the honor and the ability unite the
puzzled allied
united
implicitly his without Of
dissent sderk herok he stepped his task like David facing
Goliath with liberty national honor nd soldiers record stake Like
joshua he had Jehovah his de like Gideon he clothed with the
power God Hosts Over through
unbridged climbing slippery all the face of hail of
ead reported his job DONE History will reward General John
Pehng
the worlds greatest And he's Of the General
Pershing
Arizona republican., 1918-11-22
Producers Must Seek Foreign Trade

Manufacturers, for years, nave known the immense
value of stimulating foreign demand; their activities in
that direction have accumulated many millions of wealth.
Producers however have been weakly organized and
have been largely at the mercy of exporters and trade
combinations 1t is self evident fact that united ag-
gressve community effort to- seek and find foreign out
lets will open up markets that not before dreamed to
exist We learn for instance that an Italian firm already
has representatives in New York City desiring to buy
American cotton Through the National City Bank of
New York they have expressed hope to get the names OF
exporters Of cotton order to open communications that
will give them early chance to make connections for flu
re large shipments Should Phoenix be interested in this
market correspondence with GASES, of National
City Bank New York. will probably bring valuable in
formation.
Study of Conditions Is Essential
America and especially the western portion of Amer
lea might Just as we'll begin studying foreign trade condi
ons now as be year behind the times. For the
bic market of the future for many years. at least is to be
abroad rather than at home Along this line the National
City Bank has published pamphlet, 1.-The Americas III
which found brief article entitled conditions Govern
inc Foreign Trade 1t will be wise to read this SKETCH
which follows
The statement that at present writing there is not
single steamer in the market for Buenos Aires Rio de
Janeiro sums up very briefly the present commercial ship
ping situation The month of October did not bring the
ookedor relief and the dearh of available space is very
pronounced Several have sailed for the River
Arizona republican., 1918-11-22
VICTORY AT ARMS BRINGS PROSPERITY!
UNITED STATES BOUND TO LEAD WORLD!
WEST FACE TO FACE
WITH FIGHT FOR AN
OVERSEAS MARKET

Producers of this country as well manufacturers.
might just well face a and patent fact now, as
aterthat the United States the verge of becoming
the largest exporting nation in the world This condition
has been brought about by the destruction of
materials of all kinds in the embated areas of Europe to-
gcther with the terrific economy Of the balance of the
world for the last four years A volume of buying from
abroad is beginning that will be unsurpassed in the his
tory of the world for Years to The unchanged pro
ducve facilities of this country well as its tremendous
capabilities for production put it i'll the front rank Of
potential foreign traders immediately TOgrasp the mean
ing of this to act upon its significance means start to-
ward world commercial supremacy thatW be won or lost
in proportion to the amount of energy, we'll directed that
is put in pursuit of this wealth producing branch of