The courier-index., 1918-08-02
CONGRESSMEN SEE
 BATTLE FOR SERGY
cARAWAY OF ARKANSAS IS ONE OF SOLoNS TO WITNESS HARD FiGHTlNG-OEPART IN SOME HASTE.

With the American Forces on the
 Aisne-Marne Front, July 3O.-Six war tired American congressman are on their way back to Paris today after having witnessed from a hill side yesterday the tussle for passes sion of the town of Sergy, two and a half miles southeast of the former Germman base at Fere-en-Tardenois in the Sissons-Rheims pocket.
 The congressman saw American in. fantrymen iR action. and witnessed the firing of entente allied big guns and heard the rattle of German ma chine guns and the crashing of the heavy cannon of the German crown prince. The congressman probably would have remained on the hill long. CT had not the German heavy shells begun exploding overhead That end ed the sight seeing trip in that vi. cinity One congressman remarked that "the Germans could quit that sort of business right then, so far as he was concerned
 The congressman who had visited the Austro-Italian front said their observations on Monday showed to them the first actual fighting worth talking about. The party was con ducted by Lieut.. Freeman Light of South Norwalk, Conn, and it consist ed of Representative Thomas A. Chandler of Oklahoma, NJ. s. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Louis c. Cramton of Michigan, Thaddeus s. Caraway of Arkansas, John A. Elston of Califor- mia, and Joseph Thompson of Okla homa.
 The congressman had luncheon on the hillside of Chateau Thierry amidst the ruins of many fine houses, the lazy Marne creeping along through a great gap in what was Chateau Thierry's finest bridge, now destroyed by the Germans.
 While the congressman were sitting down to basket luncheon, fash ionably dressed woman from Paris came to the ruins of her old home where she found group of Ameri- can soldiers in possession. She CT plained her mission in broken English . She went to the basement, request ed the aid of an American soldier and had a private dig a hole in the basement at a point indicated by her. The soldier soon uncovered basket full of bundles, securities and other yaluables. Among them were lot of five per cent gold S100 bonds of the defunct St. Louis. Oklahoma and Gulf railroad. The woman gave the soldier three bonds for his trou- ble
 The congressman visited the shat tered houses in Chateau Thierry and also the hillside dugouts formerly oc- cupied by the Germans and gathered numerous souvenirs. They then pro- ceeded toward the battlefield, eventu- ally reaching the hill southeast of Fere-en- -Tardenois.
 When the Germans began replying to the allies fire in earnest, the con- gressmen decided that it was about time to adjourn and did 80, leaving behind the souvenirs they had gather ed at Chateau Thierry. On their way to the rear, however, they passed through the forest of Fere, visiting additional former German dugouts and camps and gathered up another assortment of rifles, helmets and vari. ous articles, which they took back.
 The congressman also visited a field hospital, having seen stretcher bearers bringing in wounded men from the field. They were satisfied that everything possible was being done for the men on the front line and for those who fell in the fight ing.
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