The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-06-21

to safety, and not a single one was
lost although there were many mar
row escapes.
Smashing the Railroads.
On the second day of the attack BIZ
hucourt became too hot for the Can
adian engineers, and the whole estab-
lishment went back to Miraumont. |
Working amonst the retiring troops
and with the railway lines crowded |
with traffic up to the last minute, the
work of destroying the yards and svs- |
TENS, that might be of use to the en-
envy was a difficult task. Sometimes
the explosive charges laid, until the
last of the light guns or fighting SOL
diers came across, then blow up the
structure while German machine guns
played on them. But the work was
we'll done. Every known heavy gun
in that district was got out and then
the real work Of the destruction be-
gan.
The old French main line from Ar
ras to Albert was blown up in ten
places. The big yard at Achiet-le-
Grand, n of the largest railway CEN
tiers near the front, was laid waste.
" Idon't think the Huns could have
found twenty yards of whole track"
said the officer who was responsible.
Water towers went flying into the air.
Signal officers and what stores were
not removed were made havoc of by
these railway anarchists. So their bat
tie of destruction went on until grad
ually the Hun advance was checked.
Their last fight with their peculiar
weapons was on this side of Albert.
Now the corps is "resting"-building
new lines and yards that are so neces-
sary in modern war-close up to the
new front.
Germans Latest Lie.
In an official German wireless ap-
peared the following statement:
"From papers found on American
aviators who were shot down it has
been proved that for their own safety
many of them crossed wei on hospital
ships certified as members of the
American ambulance service in
France"
To this the secretary OF the British
admiralty replied:
"No hospital ship, British or Amer
lean, has ever carried anybody but
invalids and the necessary medical
staff. Further, there are no hospital
ships working the cross Channel route;
the whole statement is therefore a
fabrication"
The American naval and military
authorities state that they have some
few aviators who were in the allied
ambulance service in France before
the United States came into the war;
but even in such cases these men
crossed the Atlantic in the ordinary
ships, taking their full chance Of being
torpedoed.
Machine Gun at Kearny.
The famous Browning machine gun
recently made it's appearance at Camp
Kearny and the results have enthused
all who have seen the gun at work.
1t is especially useful to the infantry
because of its weight, it being scarcely
any heavier than an ordinary rifle.
The Browning was tried out On the
machine gun range. 1t was fired from
prone position, from the shoulder, and
from the hip, while advancing. The
gun is said to have no noticeable re-
coil, and its accuracy was beyond all
expectations.
Camp Kearny officers mastered the
mechanism of the guns so quickly that
the officer who accompanied them as
instructor left two days ahead of his
schedule, stating that the men were
| d11CduH plOllAlCllt III IIlC WOIhs AL
machine gun units hoped to be armed
ward to the time when an American
with a totally American gun may
come face to face with the enemy.
Trench Mouth"
"We have trench mouth, just as we
have trench feet" writes a CORES
pondent from the front lines. "Other-
wise known as Vincent's disease, it
has for some considerable time now
Engaged the attention of both the med
ical and the dental service. The re-
suit of a bacillus that causes ulcera-
ton and bleeding of the gums, it
occurs on the German as we'll as on
our side of the war one A cure can
generally be egected within two or
three weeks time. The Germans cred
tied their war bread as one of the con-
tributory causes-a that up to
the present is absent from the allied
war zone"
London Greets Our Sammies.
"London on Saturday, May II, paid
homage to the young men of America
who have deserted office and cbl-
lege for the army" says the London
Daily Chronicle. "There were about
5000 of them and they received a
|great reception from the public as they
marched through the streets to Buck
lingham palace where they were re-
viewed by the king.
"Last year it was the hardened
troops of the regular American army
who received a warn welcome. On
Saturday it was the boys, the cream
of the youth of the United States, who
were drafted into the army last
autumn under the selective service
law, who were the visitors.
"E~verywhere along the route be-
tween Waterloo, where they arrived
in special trains, and Wellington Bar
racks and between the barracks and
took the salute, there were cheering
crowds. The sight Of the khaki uni
form. slightly different from the Brit
ish uniform and distinguished princi-
pally by the ide-brimmed hat, which
IS reminiscent Of Americas Puritan
ancestry, seemed to move the crowds
in a poignant way. Every one was
also struck with the keenness and
.ohnr s+orrnpss Of the vounu faces he.