The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19

On a beautiful Spring morning I ler,
Q certain French headquarters. Our
object was to rendezvous with Ameri.
can staff officers who were going to
take us to see something of the Unit.
ed States expeditionary force. The
guns on both. sides were silent, the
roads were losing their night traffic.
Hour after hour sped by, the suns
heat increased. but, though we lost
our first freshness, we could not lose
that feeling Of anticipation that, we
were going to see, something wonders
full, to be witnesses of: the working
off, force in history, a sight that tens
of years Hence we. should still be re-
lating to our grandchildren, writes
Godfrey ButlcrS in the New York
World. r.
The approach of our destination
was not unheralded. More and more
frequent on the road we passed .the
green-gray motor trucks with boys
from home: in charge, khaki-clad and
helmeted with tin helmet different
from the French, flatter, more like a
soup plate than the casque Of a me-
dieval knight, in arlnor such rs the
Poilu wears. Old stagers at the front
tell one that yeu may know the dis.
cipliEe of an army from the way it
keeps it's place Oh the road.
DO the vehicles straggle into the
middle Of the roadway, thus blocking
other traffic? Then the discipline is
bad and, organization will generally
be awry. Do the men on the box
smartly respond to the passing of ,an
officer? Then, sure enough, the re-
lation between officers and enlisted
men, is cordial and satisfactory.
= An Orderly Transport Train.
It was fine to see each motor lorry
hug the roads extreme right edge and
every column Of these United States
transport wagons neatly, and regularly
spaced. while there never was any
Sinking, never an intentional and
timely glance the other way. "Old
Glory" on our car, the United States
y form within, always ELECTED a
! It salute from the enlisted man in
C.. arge Of every party. from the others
friendly hand wave and a shouted
message. .>..
p We approached village and on. the
village green we saw a car or two Of
transatlantic make-unwonted sight
amid the motorcars Of France. !
changed my car and sat with colo
mel holding big position on the staff
of Pershing. With us his assistant
and. POmeroy Burton of London and
New York, now head of the British
war, mission in Paris, the latter just
back from, ard very full of, a, Won
derful and minute inspection of the
United States: lifes Of communication,
which he prophesies will, when al
lowed to be described in print, provide
the newspaper sensation of the day in
Europe and America.
We had longish rynSin front Of us
and there was tire to settle down to
an interchange of talk. 1t was nesv
to the Americans to get O. man + iom
home and we were submitted to- the
completest cross-Guestioning that L
have ever had to undergo.
OF every. city ana community in the
United! States l coGld say, to- each ir
turn: do you know how the memory
and love of you. has been carried
overseas? Do you know how the
anxieties, the heartaches, the desires
fulfilled, the loves and lives and oc-
equations Of past days that you may
have regarded as ever and gone for
eve" are living oEce again, re-enacted
In the memory of soldier men 5000 to
5000 miles away from home, with lit
tie prospect; of re..'lrn till war Is fin
lshed?"
- IAN Homeric Company"
Then it was our turn to put the
questions, and rs the long. line Of
trees CT either side Of the roadway
flashed behind us we were admitted
to the fellowship Of the company Of
United States fighters, worshipped its
heroes, learned Of It's achievements.
They are in truth an Homeric COM
pany, seasoned by frontier fighting.
masters Of the war cunning of the
Filipino or of the, Mexican, sons CT
service yet very much alive to new
conditions. ...
Was there not Major x, who, to
teach his men possibilities of ac-
curate machine gun fire, Grove his own
auto Is yards along parallel to and in
front of the barrage put up by the
company he was training? Or Lieu
tenant Y, most daring of most mod
ern: jockeys, who drove his mobile
tank down a disused well to demon
strate it's climbing powers?
There was the young quartermaster
corps lieutenant placed in charge Of
a transport from the other side. Who.
with the help of his minute squad on
board, had placed half the ships Off
GERS and crew innirons for the breach
of regulation concerning the inter-
probation of which there was ground
for legitimate dispute. a..
On arrival his chief, more skilled in
the Interpretation of service regula-
tons, yet wise in the wisdom Of
many years. service with Uncle Sam,
was broad enough to adopt the read
ing of the regulation so drastically
SUPPRESSED. and at the same time to