South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-10
j. s. ARMY UNITS
IN SIX COUNTRIES
American Soldiers Holding
Their Footing on Strange
~ Alien Soils.

WASHINGTON Aug 1o-The war
map with its trench lines straggliny
athvart international boundaries
show American hghting men hold
ing their footing on strangely alien
soils. As il now stands army units
OF the United States are at their
grim work in six countries, France.
Germany, Russia. Austria, Italy and
Belgium
The swelling volume of their
movement overseas has been so
necessary a response 20 the emer-
gency Of the nations responsibility.
so thoroughly implied by the origi-
so thoroughly implied by the origin
nal war declaration and SO entirely
natuaral a picture 10 a people pre-
pared by three years observation Of
world war, that II may take a his
torians prospective 10 visualize
completely the departure from ira
ditions and the smashing Of prece-
dents that the movement involved.
Americans I'm All Sectors.
Checking the six American artil-
lery has been reported on the
French line opposite Mulhausen.
several miles inside the border Of
the German empire. In Austria. the
oive-drab uniform supports Italian
sectors which swing round the toe of
Lake Garda. and American fiiers
have Unanswered over the Venetian
lowlands where the Austrian drive
was forced back this spring In Bel
GUM. they have gone over the top
with Australians and in France their
forces in action now. can be counted
by army corps. In Russia. al Vlad-
iVostock and now on the frozen
reaches Of the Thurman coast. they
are putting disciplined force behind
the manifold manifestations of ma
tional purpose. Likewise. in Eng
land, scotland and ireland. they I'll
up the school camps and prepare
themselves for action.
These men. drafted nearly az. are
the agents in the far-hung Journey
irgs OF a nation whose military his
tory has shown more than one in
stance in which volunteers. ordered
20 cross a boundary, have sat down.
private and officer alike, 10 debate
the constitutionality OF warlike
expedition 20 foreign soil and still
T. ore Instances where militia organ-
nations have successfully opposed
national attempts 20 send them be-
yond their own state lines.
Yet today. under the urge of the
war resolution, which directed the
- s-t- -
power and employ all Of its resources
10 carry on war against the imperial
German government and 20 bring
the conflict TO a successful conclu-
sion" drafted men and volunteers
have not raised a single protest Of
serious import
Too Frivolous"
II was not until January of the
present year that the supreme court
formerly construed the constitution
TO allow any sort of war operation
the nation desired 10 carry on. The
court said Of contentious opposing
that view that they Were too friv-
olous for notice"
Yet long before the decision the
first drafted American had fallen in
battle overseas and legions more had
streamed after him 70 every quarter.
almost. OF the European continent.
Thus the historian has been given
a large and interesting mile-post 10
build in the future. but for the av-
craze American. the news OF the
day shows that this interest is pure
" abstract. II having been definite
lv decided. upon due and formal
consideration. that a complete de-
feat Of Germany was necessary 70
democracy IN the world. the nation
has not even remembered precedents
OF history or traditions or the past.
Apparently the men least inclined
to consider that have been the sol
diers who have gone gravely but
with good cheer into the valley OF
the shadow overseas. and there are