The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-29
Huge American Army
Digs and Builds for
lucky Lads at Front
Sometimes the Boys Get Crouch from Thinking Of the Fun
They're Missng-But Work Has to Be
Done and They Do 1t
BY RHETA CHILDE OORR
aRTIC LIE ".

, N".hir& IN their university training had
ever don, f"r them what TINS ruuSh joo
, 81 ri"n"' ring was doing.
J There W.T. ore man thor" who mad
;'uu IN I. maEu.:icrnl water system IN
his home town. When he went I"
: France. tn" newspapers CAV HIM Il
great srnd off. describing his WORK. ana
, s:'!i that to doubt h' would II" cd'Ied
: uu 10 luac charge at n" water system
: IN on" It The larp" French -Tt.'*. When
mel hlm hr MAS acting a$ water boy
I" II railroad i!c carrying squad.
! TIL" engineers III this part vi france
a.; publish a monthly magazine called The
! Spikcr" They love Ia get hold ~ thrSc
newspaper notices and IN publish them
with comments. From san Francisco
paper hey CLEANED 'lhi W iii" -
: in" cuji!linu leader of last seasons
younger SET leaves for France shortly
! VITA the HlankIh engineers I" take
. charE" II ~ understood uf tn" con-
SlrurlIun If II .t;"rlI"uc system c"nt"m-
plalrd by the government I" iariiilt'G
! Ia" hauiinE 81 troops to IN" front.
, Tn" comment records tina. III" 'rN'-
; while rntilli"n leader I'rIvai" -. ~
! unv 81, the business End at i NJ.
\, shovel.
Call Themselves "P. G.'S."
Well. what III il" TIL" shovel work
has to bv done just as thu prhIrI" STI
, had t. T., turned. The men srnwl about
! il sometimes nu' mu$tly They grin.
! They chalk f. =: IN The backs OF
/ their jumpers the same letters appear
ing in white ON the vivid green uni
forms OF the German Captlvcs al work
IN many CAMS.
) They mean priSonnirr dc gu"rrc. war
prisoner. and when the weather Is cold
! and rainy and letters from home are do
! layrd. and spirits sink YOU can hardly
| blame the men from feeling at tines u
! itIlr lake prisoners. They had expected
! excitement and perhaps some glory. aud
hard work ami ISulari"n is their lot.
tut what they are doing. tedious
! enough dry by day. Is IN the aggregate
! splendid and Invaluable Ia IN. success
: If our as7uy. The like al il was never
| done before 10y any army IN thu world.
| When tIr Germans Srr II, a$ th'w Will
! some day through th"ir newspapers
! they Will be aEhaSt 4, The hugcncsS OF
| it.
| They had Sncrrcd at the idea nf The
! Americans SendinG Il larG" army 30
| Franc. How could they send an army?
| An army can't swim. nor can 1t fly. and
! the Americans had no ships. Even II
| they found ships and s'nt men enough.
how could They fed. rlothr and equip
| them" How could they keep up their
supplies"
The Americans could and did perform
! all thcsr miracles because they had III
them the blood OF pioneers. of men and
! women whom IN difficulties could
alright, no obstacles turn back. our
soldiers hav,. proved themselves in
countless army camps abroad TO bc
worthy sofas of the breed.
remember one big aviation camp
which was built III Il rev months out Of
Shor, lengths of bnards because the
colonel and his staff couldn't get any
hrttcr lumber. They were told that they
couldn't buy any lumber at all. hat
there was none available in that par.
of France. But they did get il. and
they bull, the camp. I'll" mcu lived in
Tents during III" coolest weeks uf wins
ter. with icy winds blowing over .hr
barren plain All aviation camps are
built on hIg plains.
Their Conduct Epic.
J In spit" Of IN" cold thr mon had no
: stoves furnished Them. No doubt stoves
were contemplated but they id not reach
GERS Thos" boys Just went TO work and
built stoves built them out Of muI.
brick and stones and biscuit tins and
any "ih'r "ld junk th"y could lind lying
around. They mad" st"rrrip"s out Ok
tin cans. and they kept warm.
mot and ia ikcLl with a half dozen
al th"S' engineers who were caught III
that German counter driN" near Cam
hraj laSt November. The men i; viii h,
remembered w..rn engaged IN n,,r,cuI
Labor /. hint tho Erit,sh irnn, linking
~, r,;lr,.,d ,or,m,,n,c,ti,r. ,rJ 49,.
u,r,,,n.. .,'r,I;,,. ,,.,.,,,.L -, ,i,, r.,,,,,,,
.,I,I;,rs cnr,.,a- 49,, RIO i,,, E',,
.,,,,,,,.,, ,t., 49,.
, 1850, ,''.,.. .,I.
! ~.
", ,,N'. '''' ''''','H WV
'' ~ ,2,, ,'''' ,''''.' y 'l'
,t, ="
a'';,', ~ 90 t,,'.; -,
! 49, " ~
- ''' 'H'' ,,n,
n' nv ''i" w. .i''' ''i ~
w,
maj you '""Iu H"'r' H. ne! went
| i'' ~" '',""> M"n ,.',. l','Ns anu
Sh''N''S: All" ""'' '"'! "'' =" '"''" wiz
/ ep''. IN o'S'Fi""E 'h'ir WORN '"' hr''-
'Sh general In '"inh'ah" Sh'" u WAS i"-
NE ,i' 1" o'Sto" Fr"'S" ''h ne '\"'"r'''lhS'
nay 'nrE ~" WAS ~! '''''i pr'I"
"n'h "''' '"''H' NV" '"'N WIZ !''>'
'''''@"'"I "r " i''. ,'''' - ."'" VIZ
'' Il ''"''' ',' '''i' ~ wis I'''
an 'S'eEm,!,! a ,t w. ~, t"',. Ivy
t"""' WV" 90 w." '"'' So"
/ III ''"'' " '"'' NV '' -,
. W. - w "i - .' '''N'