Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-09-26
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of the World
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U.S.-Teufonic WdrNeWS

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A detachment of American bluejack-
cts was among the Archangel forces
fighting recently in the vicinity of OBJ
erserekaya, which resulted in the cap
ture of the town. The Americans sue
cessfully extricated themselves from
dangerous prediCament when sur
rounded by the enemy.
Secretary Of War Newton d. Baker
has arrived safely in France, the war
department announced. The secre-
tary's trip, the second he has made to
Europe this year, was made aboard
transport. The secretary was accom-
panied by John ID. Ryan, director Of
aerOnautcs Maj. Gen. w. c. Gorgas,
surgeon general of the army; Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, and Lieut.. Col.
George II. Baird military aid to the
secretary of war.
Two hundred American army officers
who have seen service on the battle
front In France arrived at an Atlantic
port and will be assigned to various
army camps to train newly drafted
men. The steamship on which the Of
ficers came also brought 200 sick or
wounded soldiers.
Under new policy of reporting cas-
ualties in the American expeditionary
forces adopted by the war department
the names of the men wounded will be
sent to the United States by courier
twice week, and only the names Of
the dead and missing will be cabled
by General Pershing when the system
is fully In effect. General Pershing re-
ported 10000 slightly wounded Ameri-
cans up to August 20.
Thirty-five persons, principally men,
bers of the firerOOm crew of the U. s.
s. Mount Vernon, formerly the German
liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie, were killed
when the ship was struck by torpedo
Thursday last, 200 miles off the French
coast, 1t was announced by the navy
department. Senator James Hamilton
Lewis of Illinois is among those re-
ported safely landed.
Next spring, says an official dispatch
to Washington from France, the Amer
lean army alone will be equal to the
German army, and the latter will then
have to face not only this gigantic
force of well-trained men, but the vet
Grams of French and British armies.
American and French wounded,
themselves barely able to walk, car
ried the more seriously injured pa
tients at Franco American hospital
in France to safety, when the hospital
was bombed by German airplanes.
Germany is still strong, despite her
defeats, says dispatch from Paris.
OF total of 245 divisions she has
about 200 In the west. The reserve
has fallen to some fifty divisions since
March. A conservative estimate shows
the German losses since March 81
must total about 100000 men.
The navy department was informed
that the American steamer Lake
Owens had been sunk by submarine.
Five members of the civilian crew are
reported lost. The steamer, an army
cargo carrier of 2,30S tons, was sent
down by gunfire in foreign waters.
Domestic
The Republicans made clean
sweep in Maine in the biennial cleo
ton, carrying the state for governor,
United States senator, state auditor,
all four congressional districts, and
every county with the exception of
three. The legislature is Republican
in both branches. Gov. Carl r. Mil
liken is reelected by a majority of TO-
600. United States Senator Bert NJ
Fernald was elected.
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