The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-15
STREAM INTO LINES.
CARE or RELEASED PRISONERS
TAXING UNITED STATES
ARMY.
GENERAL ADVANCE GOES ON
Americans on n Front from Sedan to
South Of Metz Moving Toward
Germany-Bis Third Designated
ARMY OF Occupation"

Paris.-The American Third army
has been designated as "the army OF
occupation" 1t will be under the
immediate direction Of General Perish
ing, the commander in chief, who
will BIO In command OF the American
positions In occupied territories.
The Third army will consist OF the
First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Twenty-sixth, Thirty second, Forty
second, E~ighty-ninth ami Ninetieth
divisions, which. divided among the
Third and Fourth corps, will consist
for the present OF about ESQ. 900 men.
1t will be commanded by Maj. Gen.
Dickman.
Liberated Prisoners Pour In.
Russians, Italians, French and Ru.
manians by thousands-ai released
by the Germans-streamed into the
American lines Sunday. The question
OF feeding and housing them Ii taxing
the facilities OF the army and the
various organizations which have
been furnishing the Americans with
luxuries.
In ,Spincourt the Americans found
1000 hungry Russians and later start.
ed to transport them to Verdun by
trucks which had hauled supplies for
the American advance troops.
Owing to the shortage OF food two
horses were killed at Spincourt. but
this meat only half satisfied the Rus
slams freed by the Germans.
Already the Americans are starting
outpost feeding stations, where they
are serving coffee, bread and canned
meat. In one instance released pris-
oners rushed an American truck
loaded with bread, cleaning 1t out be.
fore the crowds could be controlled.
Huns Carrying Out Terms.
Gen. Pershing's forces moved for
ward In territory just abandoned by
the German troops. On the old line
between Mouzon and Thiancourt, ly.
ing from the region of Sedan to the
south or Metz, the troops had been
stationed to await orders for the ad-
vance. The patrols marched out, not
tn line Of battle, but in columns along
the highroads, which are only slightly
impaired.
The first steps OF the Americans
into regions so lately controlled by
Germans not spectacular. The
men were keyed UP and keen for the
new adventure, as on the day OF the
signing OF the armistice there were
comparatively no demonstrative mani
festations Of their enthusiasm.
. Newly CARRIED.
Many re men had been newly
uniformed, and all OF them were
polished" as though for inspection.
The men appeared eager for the word
to 20 forward.
The relatively small units that are
moving forward as advance guards
were sent to the line before daylight.
The night had been cold and the mud
that yet marks the roads was slightly
frozen. The men shivered as they
rested by the roadside.
When the command finally was
given for the advance the elements
who were to push forward, in some
cases miles apart on the long line be-
tween the extreme left and right,
moved or into the mists that appear
always to shroud this part of the
country and disappeared.
For the first time since the Amer
leans had been ordered to advance
into enemy held territory there was
assurance that they would encounter
no hostility. The intelligence depart.
ment, which has never ceased to
function, had accurately reported that
the Germans were carrying out their
agreement OF evacuation.