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5. At,,..ti II
ENTER BIG BATTLE
Pershing's Men Move TO Join
Allied Forces.
HAVE OVER 100000 MEN
Miles Of United States Troops Fill
Highways in France as They Hasten
to Scene of Battle.

N!th the American Army in France,
April l.-Ail the American troops have
been turned over 10 the allies.
American troops may soon he fight
ing 81" by side with the French and
BIZ: Sh in the battle raging i'll north
ern France,
Grrat activity of many sorts is I'M
der Way in the whole American zone.
Trains al motor trucks. miles long,
loaded with Americans, are passing
through the towns.
III" ugh Il driving rain the motor
trucks plowed their way along muddy
roads. the Americans singing. Many
of the trucks had American flags fast
eucd Ia their tailhoards.
ON other roads. mile after mile of
marching Americans spIaShed through
the mud. which came over their an
kles The horses were steaming from
the work they had to do All the men
are working as hard as possible, with
the realization that they are to be of
service in the common cause and used
in the present conflict
Military rules forbid more explicit
explanations.
The infantrymen ratified along on
French motors at a rate of twelve
miles an hour the men gazing out curl
ously over the country Every motor
truck is encOated in the Stars and
Stripes.
In front and rear, these inspiring
coats are bespattered with mud. The
steel-hatted French drivers, clad in
horizon blue, smiled contentedly as
their passengers replied to cheers
from the French townspeople.
French women sprang out of the
roadside, clasping the hands of Ameri-
cans marching by, typifying the faith
of France in her newest ally in the
hour of need. The travelling field kit
ChenS, drawn by six horses each, had
banners bearing the legend, Berlin
or Bust" The fragrant steam of sa-
worry food arose from the "slumgums."
There were no maligners among
these -msn. marching with wonderful
steadineSs Officers were riding back
necessarily, cheering them up, but that
was unnecessary.
The faces of these troops bore the
stamp of determination, and that's not
a figment of my imagination, either,
for they are duly aware of the fact
that the enemy Is not yet beaten, and
more blows are to be parried before
the final victory is won.
Red Cross wagons Numbered on
ward with loads of stretchers and field
gray stations with delicate apparatus
mounted for the transport of field
wireless sets passed by. Then came
wagons loaded with outfits for Off
GERS in charge of gas attacks and de-
Tense
The marching infantry carried only
rifles, bayonets and canteens, the steel
hats, gas masks, haversacks, front ra
tions and extra equipment being car
ried by the kit wagons.
1t was wonderful, exhilarating sight
for such Americans as might have be-
lieved the war would be over before
we are in ii.
American artillerymen rode and
marched behind the French guns they
are using. The cannon are decorated
with evergreen, and old glory is
around the spokeS and wheels. The
men sat on their mounts imperturhab
ly. like born riders that all Amcri
cans are. and the gunners sat straight
laced on their caisson seats, like the
artillerymen seen at the horse shows
before the war.