South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-17
AMERICANS AN
ARMY Of HOPE
Prof. Clark of Chicago Uni
VerSity Speaks Before
WOman'S Club.

~ meeung or the Womans club
yesterday afternoon Prof. Stanley
Clark OF the University OF Chicago
gave an interesting talk on Our
Boys in France and Italy
Prof Clark was IN Paris at the
outbreak OF the war and describes
how when he left there the city was
in utter darkness and when ne land
ed in New York the ship had 10 slip
into the dock at midnight. On his
return IN September, however, he
left Paris a blaze OF light. eelebrat-
ing the victory OF Lille. and entered
New York Just as the submarine
blockade was lifted.
TO the French he said the Ameri-
Sans arc an army OF hope, the torch
bearers OF victory. They look on
them as wonderful. snappy and full
Cf pepper" as they love 10 say. The
French women love them. and II IL
not an uncommon sight 10 see our
Yankee BOYS hugsed In the street by
one OF them and sometimes By a
young woman. too. Europe has never
known America before; America Is
taking It's first trip abroad.
singing Here n q Fiction.
Singing over here Is a Action.
When the lads sing over there they
clinch their hands and grit their
teeth and sing We Won't Get Back
Till It's over. over There, They
know what il means. There's a Long.
Long Trail Awaiting sung after a
battle when they have buried some
OF their comrades or when they ara
on their wav 10 the first line trench
IS. sounds different from the loud
chorus we have over here.
Don't eamoufiage. mother. IL your
son il not In the front line trenches,
for the boys In the front are help
Jess without the boys I'm the rear"
said the speaker. It's a dull and
dreary job helping to make million
Ioaves of bread "A day, and one is
lucky IL the roof doesn't leak. One
fellow said the only shot he had
heard was when his automobile tire
busted. but II takes both lines 10 win
the war.
Prof Clark tells a little incident
which shows the spirit Of the Ameri-
cans. At the battle Of Verdun after
il had rained tor three days and il
was almost impossible to walk. the
mud being so deep, party of AmeFi-
cans was placing some HOwitzers
moving them inch by inch. After
lifting them over small hilOck they
slipped ara fell back two or three
feet The young lieutenant in com
nand expressed il we'll when he
said. Who in the hell invented
those damned Dutchmen, anyway"
Italy has pledged two-thirds Of
her wealth i'm the cause. and owns
the greatest mountain fighters in the
world. our boys are home sick, and
although the Italians worship the
ground they tread on, they still long
for homo afd 'mOmmer.
one dav Prof Clark was asked 20
inspect a gas ward. II was Sc
sight 20 see the cOnvalescents, but
after ne left where the more serious
eases were, all Re could say as he
walked 10 his hotel was God dam
them" meaning the Huns.
NOW that the war Is over we must
try TO realize that prosperous Ger
many means a rehabilliated France
and Belgium. and a starving country
means more murder and blood shed,
so we must feed our enemy in order
10 start the work Of reconstruction.
Dedicate Service Flag.
At the conclusion or the meeting a
service flag OF 80 stars was dedi-
Gated by Prof Clark. The names rep
resent those of the husbands and
sons of the members of the club.
Those overseas are: Cpl. Edwin
NlcCouum. field artillery; Sergt.
James r. Doty, held artillery: Will
liam DOtz. balloon observation; Sec
end Lieut. Henry Kitson, railway ar
uuery: Innoc ]. Mckinley, Bordeaux.
Sergt. Ira Goss. motor; Cpl. William
: straens: Logan Woodward. avia-
ton. Rev. Fl c. OrmOnd. Y NJ. c.
A. Pvt. Lonny, morse signal corps;
Paul Wood. Italy; y NJ. Golden,
medical corps. Fort Benjamin Har-
rison. Roger williams, John Bur-
nett. ir.. bloomington; Curtis or
mond. Davidson. y. c., Pierce or
mond. Davidson. y. C.: d. J. era
nam colorado school OF (mines;
Roland O'Neile. Washington. u. c;
Donald McCOnum.