Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-24
sHERMANs DEFINITION Outcome
War in Northern Russia Far From
Being Enjoyable.


ArChaneel. March 2S-The Russo
Allied force which has been conduct
Ing the campaign agairst the bol'hev-
l,d in this far northern region has been
outnumbered by the enemy everywhere
from two 20 ten TO one.
What they lack In numbers, IN :"
force makes up for u puck. the pluck
that makes them stirk t!cht under at
tacks by superior forces, altho they
have not much interest in the Russian
question and feel. candidly speaking,
that the folks at home in Washington
and London and Paris are making them
suffer the penalty of their inability
to make up their minds as 10 what
should be done in Russia.
They grumhle because they're here
and at the mistakes made by those
AZ home and in ArchanEel who some
times don't exactly understand the dis
position Of h0mesick Yankee dough-
boy or British Tommie who Is sitting
in the snow in frozen trench where
a heavy fur coat makes no more i'm
precision on a mans heating apparatus
than Il IL were a web Of COS amer. But
they 90 on lighting. just the same.
With all their hardships. these
troops have confidence in their COM
mander Major General Edmund Iron
side. a veteran Of several British cam
paigns. and siX-fCoter physically
who spends more time 1T the front
than al headquarters in ArChargel
They know the general Is looking out
for them but they don't feel the same
way about the folks at home,
Ia
snow trails. sleep on the cold, hard
floors OF peasant cottages at night IN
an atmosphere so thick that one
couldn't even pour II. anu then 10 5Eht
all day in ffteen below zero tempera-
ture has been more or less routine for
the Yanks up here. They have fought
with signal bravery. when greatly out
numbered and when support, because
Of the weather conditions or the trails
failed = reach them Nearly tWo score
Of the Americans wear British or
French ribbons for bravery in action
against the bolshevik; and more deco
rations are on the way.
The Tanks have gone on. day by
DAY. grumbling but smiling about their
hardships They're not extraordinarily
fascinated By the Russian "Barishnas.
or young girls. and have Yankee
contempt for males who wear ~hlsk-
ers and Kiss each other in the streets
and speak a !awbreaking, foreign IAN
guaEe They want 20 90 home as soon
as they can, and 10 them il seems
that all Uncle sam has to do 10 get
/ them home quickly IS 10 send up lo1
( OF regulars and marines and finish the
/ Dolsheviki quickly.
| The point Of view OF some Of the
/ American officers is Illustrated by the
remarks OF one Of them 10 the Asso-
: clated Press correspondent.
/ HI he said. fwhen he arrived
here with other American reinforce
ments last September. there isn't any
! justice. no justice at ali. We've been
training at home al Camp Custer for
months and months 10 fight the Ger
mans. Ard then they send US UP here
! TO Russia. 20 guard stores. suppose.
+ The boIshcviki can't hght. any way,
for they're nothing but an organized
"a bile. We wanted 70 sght: We didn't
/ Join The army 20 watch these RU2s.ana
( revo!ute-",
This winter down in 4 snow covered
little. log hut matched with birch
! bol-gns. on the front. ! saw tfs same
! Young officer half frozen despite his
! fur coat ard Shackleton boots. as ne
waited at The field telephone while
I .hrapneE from bolsnevik guns was
{ bursting somewhere around US.
H" he said. there isn't any
I Justice. no justice at all The war Is
I over in France and were still mp IN
these blankety- blank frozen swaTnps
/ fghting Why, do you know. I've had
/ only two weeks relief since we landed
! Been fighting ever since
When" de CALCULATED. &c one OF the
smells burst a hi, close, Getting
closer Those bolsny artillcrymen GER
.ainly car shoot"