The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-27
PEN PICTURE Of THE LANDING Of
$4,000 j. 6. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE

AM ElICAN !OSE, Western tF"''''
July n-(CurT~sp"nhrnrc Of the ASS"-
ciatrl ruS&)---l4nnE lines uf KHAKI
clad. men jus. d.S,"mharkrd from an
AMERICAN transport and are now on lie
t. their first camp. packed the StF"'AS
from curb u curb and Str";rh"d away
for miles. It was four miles an> up
lnil most Of the way--thruuSh the cry.
suburbs ;LuJ country lanes, from thr
Sr:t-frunt Ia the ;;rrat reception camp
located outside til" town. on" OF IN"
largest camps IN the world anu cafa".e
OF caring fur tn" population of Il metro
pul.tan city. Hour after hour. from D
this morning until late this afternoon
tn" steady tra:nn Of marching thou
sands had been l;niuE on FOR this steady
stream is ;hc army Of %G.hnn Just ar
rived on thirteen American transports.
making the record d"h,rkmcnt Ir"';'
ship /" camp within twelve.
with Major y. the engineer "rfc"T
rf The camp. we Skirt"d alnngsId" ih!@
moving stream from the landing rn the
camp. and had an opportunity "f *rr-
inG each StaEr In the hug" rnNCin'nt
pitched their shelter tents on Shc
soaked grounds AMI crawE"'i inside i"
sleep. Stirring rs it WIS Ia sec these
! rr"a COMB 10 swell tn" million mon IN
IN, American ranks yet thGr. WAS
grimnrSS and graYncSS In tic scene SuE-
| costing the stern reality of war.
\ steady downr"ur swept across the
/ ranks and tho mon w"r" dripping rs
they tr7ldgrd through Tho rain-s"nkru
| mud. They were at route step. With
! nut the regularity If IhradInE troops
md each man carried. l"Sid" his Tltl'
Ill his TpclonEiNeS on bis bok, ~
l. : -, 49,
and all the miscellaneous equipment Or
n soldier headed for the front. Th"'r
last cnmp Was in the we'll equipped
/ environments in tho Tnitril Etat'.st
where they slept IN cots and had
! semhlancc Of modern comfort. Now
they wcrS on tho war-sw"nt soil or
/ Franco and had soon tho last &c cots
and comforts. 1t was their first glimpse
| of real war conditions. and anyone
! who says II is cheerful shuts his eyes
to tho grimncSs OF war
| ."Ther> are moro troops arriring.>
said the mayor rs he led the way
than the total strength Of III" tnli"i
| States army 4 shnr; time ago" And with
such an influx We have In pr"rid" Il
worry elastic camp. carHhl" "f imm"-
diatc expansion from n thousand up
70 4 hundrN Thousand mon"
The major was we'll qualified To- OK
plain thu magnitude Of tho work. Tor
he had h"cn chief constructing engineer
Of tho New York subway system. had
! PLANNED and hult 4 good part Of the
system. and had made tho p"rulati"n
figures on which subway construction
| was based.
$50 get an idea Of the camp" he sind.
"romrarc it with Central park. We
! have 800 acres here. Central park has
! 500 acres Why, the entire area IT
! New York city On Manhattan island
: is only 1.0n0 acres"
! On both sides pr the road. for mile
after milo rs VIC Sprl along in an army
! cur. q city of tents was rising IN"
there was the hum and huStl" IF camp
activity on 4 vast sr;t" TINS morn
! ing all tho ground had been StiIt'ih'
field from the newly cut WHEAT and bar
Icy. But now every available t""t WAS
being laid off by the army engineers
working with tripods ami INSTRUMENTS
| like Il purity If SURVEYORS. I"''''n
! streets anil avenues. Headquarters "h'S
mess, kitrhcn and hospital t"n'S. ana
vast parks for supplies ana hThi'"FF
and horses. were rising in tn" h"l"S
and spreading for Forty :"luar" "''''N
over this huge enclosure.
i
| ..r.in." sand tn. nta jnr. "lut ~ ih$t MS
| TN. grain IS cut We take "V'7 tho h'."F'
| and with harvest :Inl" VOL ;ihN""'''
! this cut:rr farming $urtt"u' VII soon
b. turned into an American camp.
! Tn ono Of ;hr fields wh'r" W. S'"rn""
! ~ srn the mcn. Nv" ha'taliUHS "i NJ"
| MN ..ach. just marched in ana w"C'
! rr,.rnr!r.; 70 pitch lm'ir t"ri%: I""
/ rrr,t stretch Of pl0W"d Er"und. just
! cleared Of grain. WAS raln-s"NN"d. ana
,hr storm had sct in fer tn" ni"ht.
TIL, mon stood ready. each with ma
% n shelter tent. I" drive ih'' strikes ana
,,sI II against tn" clements. ami then
croIrl in. It s""lnri an endless wal
f- Ill tho furrnai:tIrS of l"NInE "ii-
! ,h> ca,ar with engineering "Nn'th"$S'
vo+ all Of this Was CS:s"niinl !" 'n'
I,r,n.h running Of S.Ich Il lHrr" r"''-
! corn.
AZ last tho stakes w"r' driven "0l
soon thr prrr; n"bl WAS dotted mn
! ,hn,Sanc!s ,.f liril" Khaki mounts. hh"it
-. hf;.h rs II mans waist. 'ail"H pup
fonts" hv the SrIdi.rS. probably la
c,rsc they look Xix" dos; h"uS'S. IL
! der th., tent ih"r,. * JUS; rom ''r 'T"
! living down. nnI # IN" ground Is S';''''"
os n is Tonight. tn" rubber pore .'"
! kncps out som" Of IN" water and KIND
| ~ nat,lri: and the iron Of E"m1n mus
| DO the r"St.
| This was only on" typical rHmn 81
| thr hundreds lining tn" r"ads' for mites
| in this vast reception camp. Fh'"
| kitchens and water carts wcr" wh"cIih''
nm 10 all the camps as the tents Wch'