The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-05-21
U. TROOPS ALL,
ALONG FRONT
Are to Be Found Everywhere
in France, Mixed With
British and French.
LORRIES CROWD ROADS
Allied Soldiers Receive Reen-
fOrccments With Genuine
Friendliness.
LORRIES CROWD ROADS
n. PERRY ROBINSON.


sprcini cat'e D'.pn'ch 70 rur srS from the
London Times
Copyright. 1915: all rfohts veserced.
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. May 2O.--It Is interesting to
watch the silent but steadily increas-
ing inhltration OF Americans In the war
area. short time ago II one wanted
to see American soldiers one had to
travel to the headquarters Of the
American army in their particular SEC
tor Of the battlefront in France. Now
one comes across them everywhere. in
remote villages and unexpected by
roads
Mixed with the French and British
traffic on the highways, long. brown et-
ficient hooking motor cars go slipping BY
with the letters ~. s." painted OF them;
great lorries bearing painted stars and
Stripes. On the roadsides groups Of
men stand chatting. Their khaki tunics
have an unfamiliar cut. They wear their
fatigue uniforms like the British airmen.
their caps pulled down go as 10 he nearly
circular. Smart looking officers 80 by
with very yellow bouts and wide brn,med
hats tipped slightly forward. caught
with leather straps in the short hairs on
the backs Of their heads.
Men stout Material.
These men are stout material, all Of
them with their air OF se,f-reliance and
confidence, but curiously unassuming.
The French and British soldiers alike
look on their arrival in some new local
a u-teH hA oir NJ
as older boys in school regard the IT.
hux Of newcomers at the beginning of
the term. But any excuse Is good
enough to make friends ann start ,x-
changing cigarettes,
OF the earnestness and determination
of all the American forces there ia no
| manner OF question. As heard an
American say few DAYS ago: You
, fellows have had more killed than ~e
have men under arms so far. Well.
we're willing to be killed, too
Then after pause he said And
we'll try to do some killing"
No new comrades ever came TO hght
for a cause In which they were bent on
proving themselves more worthy. Nor
were they ever received with spirit OF
more sincere friendlineSs.
spent some time yesterday az head
quarters OF a Canadian division with
which Americans had been brigaded.
This particular unit Is as fine lot
Of men as could be got together in
any country. There are privates VINO
| are millionaires or thereabouts.
| The ranks contain everything from a
college professor to professional pugilists
| and there is theatrical talent enough to
furnish the casts OF male characters OF
| half a dozen theatres. How many ma
! tionalties are represented in these new
units no one ventured to count. but
| there probably is no man living who
could call tine roll and pronounce every
name as II ought to be pronounced.
German Names IN Roll.
There are pure blooded Chinese. and
! tho first name | saw At headquarters
| undeniably was OF German origin.
| Many OF the best non on-commissioned Of
fcers are Jews All this. however.
| means little. except to increase the
miracle Of It all and as . testimony
to the efficiency Of the melting pot and
| tho magical Are beneath ", which Is
| Old Glory.
! These stalvart men all have been
, Americans for a generation or two, and
whatever their names may look like
| when written they have been pro-
nounced. sometimes for a hundred years
or more, In the simple Anglo-Saxon way.
| There are no hyphens In their pa =
! triotisn, and ANYTHING in the Wav OF