Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-27
Growth of the A. E.:F.* as a Great War Machine

GUM. When Mount KENNEL zen,
terrifying picture of the British army
driven into the sea rose In every T.
But out of these disasters We got ~
allied generaiissinio -..u .i,s II ,ooS
up of the transport OF A Hs. to
change the history of the world. ,,,
Smash number three was appalmnns::
At the Chemin des Danes the Germans
went through the allies as II they WIZ
faced by aborigines with BOWS u ana
arrows. The barrier OF TN, the ,otten
paper, which the Hun could punch
Meanwhile La Crosse Bertha had
lifted up her voice from eignty mos
away and begun to murder ParisIans
ut their desks: In taxicaos or "a d, pt
beyond the most fantastic dreams o.
any artilleryman! It was z sensatlonaas
COUP. And nightly the Gothas crowoeQ
over and shook Lutetia with tne "a ga
blossoms iof their bombs nearer AN
headss until aY' this city. tho heart and
brain of France. was practcaly IN ~
lighting line. Tho sound 81 the sun3
was frequently heard and the 8late "
battle in the sky was plainly Vis'oio
in the night Of July II.
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The situation was inky black But
in a way, these disasters bought their
own relief. They created united alheo
action on everything; they aroused
America to efficiency; they produced
the ships to bring our Army s swaI nhaH
through American ports turned into
perfect Niagaras of the boys from
home. They found the machinery OF
the A. e. r. already organized anu
functioning; the groundwork hao Deen
done; by It's means and WIN a neip nay
hand from the British and French, new
hundred thousands could be quickly
poured up to the fighting lines.
And how they did plunge IN When
Foch caught the Germans IN thetr
first move and gave the sigma W
counter attack! Were Americans .oo
proud to fight7 We'll; they w Mens sud sud-
denly turned loose in q pig yard. Iney
have the pure love for scrap-some-
thing which has faded out OF Euro-
mean armies after four grimy. Cruel
ing years. On this side OF the water
the youths full OF Initial pep naso
those left are hardened. wary anu
skillful, but long, long ago the en-
thusiasm ran out. 1t Is surylval OF
the fittest-and the enthusiastic don't
live long. First over the top Is apt
to be under the ground.
Now we'll over a million Am ea,c rs
wade right in and knock hell out OF
the German empire. For generations
they have licked the "Dutchmen' the
"suuareheads," in street hghts' saloon
brawls, lumber camps ana the iore-
castles !. of ships. To desplse them
has always been traditions with the
Thav were never
afraid Of "Heinie" in fight at nome;
80 they don't worry specially just be.
cause they see him in feldgrau. That
spirit is priceless for such a counter
attack as Foch has just made. II ID
rash; 1t may cost us thousana mas, o, IT., a
in the American blood and it will
turn the tide of the war. "
OF couse, victory is not Just of*r
the next ridge-not by q long. lt,t -
shot! The kaiser boasts he rules re
most capable people on earth. Inc
deep-rooted in discipline-the discl-
pine that pervades a nation from
tor to bottom and locks Germans and
Austro- G Germans into q great war
phalanx of one hundred million people.
We have always underestimated tne e.
fort necessary to break that phalanx,
which is one Of the reasons why the war
has run into Its fifth year.
The kaiser omitted to boast that
he also ruled the most arrogant, as
far as foreign relations are conc srned
tho most laundering people on
earth. That arrogance has nnatiy
urally aggressive people in the world
they are also hundred million
atronT and come in among these
weary European fighters as fresh as
paint. ,nL..x.
But oh! these great, great United
States of ours! OF all the people in
the war we will get the o'taximum
results. WA ::'n