The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-13
.nrines and heavy STUFF" was lanocd


from America
Brest. said Colonel Sweeney. despite
reports to the contrary, was tho clean
est and most sanitary camp In the
world and was he greatest pla"" h" had
ever seen for the entertainment or sof-
diers. he admitted that il was muddy
and said France was all mud. II WAS
impossible, he explained TO take .O'VVV
soldiers when they were needed at inc
front and keep them busy fixing up
Brest. In the trenches. he said. the
boys stood in mud up to their hips.
At st, Nazaire 14T miles OF railroad
were built in one yard. Great cranes
startled the French when they lifted
trains from vessels and dropped them on
tracks. They startled the French more
when, Il the tunnels were too small. the
American lads quickly enlarged them.
Colonel Sweeney said everything IN"
Americans did surprised the French
who termed the SammieS crazy Amer
leans.
These three ports led along lines that
toined the hne Of communication at
ToSl the frs, training sector. Colonel
Sweeney painted another picture Of the
MAGNITUDE, OF tho 4. + +. when H. eX-
pIa,ned that near Toul the American
trained their men division after division
and a short distance along tho lin" or
cnnuu1 ton were the &c giant ware
houses where food was kept and sent
out each day for each of the ~ DIVISIONS.
Each man received four pounds OF ra-
tons each day. Tho French spent eight
weeks building one warehouse. but the
Americans built fourth on" week.
At Djojn the great American. bakery
WAS located. There 100000 loaV"S OF
bread were baked each day. This was
further along the line of communication.
From this line Of ports and supplies
the colonel traced tho American army
into the BATH, line. He said Their" were
five pbaees of.th" war. first that fought
prior to July Is. 1919 after IN" Marines
had been in the fight one year; second
the Chateau-Thierry fight; third the
Arniens-St. MIhicl fight: fourth the Ar
goune fight and finally the CohlcnZ
scrap that finished the Germans and the
war.
Americans The Best.
Colonel Sw eeney detailed these battles
and said the Americans proved better
fighters despite their youth and short
training than the allies for tn" English
and French wsrc whipped and Russia
had crumpled at the very time in" Amer
leans got overseas He told Of the bar
barity Of the Huns and said today was
no time 10 talk mercy for the Germans
deserved no mercy He told of seeing
children mutilated and blown 10 pieces.
far behind the line Of battle. II" dis
played 4 turtl" bomb a queer looking
thing that resembles II turtle and which
when picked up eXplnd"S. He told OF
finding a dagger sticking through piece
Of papcr in a dugouI. He and his aSS"-
clates were wise enough not to touch ii
for when they dug into the bottom Of
the log in which the dagger stuck they
found wires connected to an "XploSlV"
ana also 10 the end of the dagger.
AT JisoS Colonel Sweeney participat cd
In Il great review with Li"iI"rAl PcrshnE.
when the latter addressed In" American
troops, just before tn" attack on AmienS
He said the American never gnve
foot of ground Ia the enemy and that
they were not cutters.
Colonel Sweeney said that rs chief
Of staff nc received Il message from "a
commander My regiment can not hole
its place whore shall | Withdraw to
and Colonel Sweeney sent back tn" hot
r"tort: Turn over your regiment 10 an
other and report 10 me lie. was sent
Ia 'Elois' said the Colonel. all Of whirh
means that he was canned and sent I"
The STATES"
cphn"I Sweeney say" I" tn" 3rd
division MaCh;n" Gun I;niinlI"H' tn
credit for stopping tn" l'"ch" drtv" IN
I'arlS. This they did lay cleaning NJ on
tn" Huns nj chateau Th"rry He tu!n
II being Ave minutes behind fourteen
boy who were all killed instantly ny
In" Sam ~h"ll. ON another n"rHSiun H.
had just left another colonel. who mot
his death III action. On another ncca%-
ION h" was within Nv" minutes or an
urIic"r Who's. arm WAS blown of. Al
the 81. Mihl"l front tn" colonel AS IN
observer which is anything but ball