Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-04-11
BRITISH TO SEND
TROOPS TO RUSSIA
First Part of Relief Force viii
Leave England on
Wednesday.
VOLUNTEERS ARE PLENTIFUL
First Advance Guard Will Go to MUIR
mansk and Then Proceed to Arch
angeI-U. S. Men in Russia
Decorated.

Archangel, April S.-The Russian Of
fetal report on the fighting of the
Sred Mekhrenga sector Friday shows
that the bolsheviki lost 700 dead and
wounded in addition to the 108 pris-
oners taken by the allied forces. The
allies sustained no casualties. The
bolsheviki resumed the bombardment
of the British and American positions
on the Dvina and Vaga rivers.
London, April S.-The British gov
eminent hopes to be able to dispatch
the first part of the relief force for
northern Russia on Wednesday. says
the Mail, which adds that the appeal
for volunteers is meeting with graft
flying response. There is already
large waiting list of officers and men
who are anxious to serve in northern
Russia, many Canadians being includ-
ed in the number.
The first advance guard will go to
Murmansk From Murmansk it will
be in a favorable position to proceed
at the first opportunity toward Arch
angel.
The main force will leave in two
sections, the first at the beginning OF
May and the second a fortnight later.
It is the intention that the. main force
shall consist mostly Of volunteers.
Avert Finnish Rising.
There has been an Improvement in
conditions at Kandalaksha, at the base
of the Kola peninsula on the White
sea side, it is announced in an official
dispatch from Murmansk under date
Of April 5. A rising Of the Firms,
Karelins and bolsheviki had been
planned on a large scale, the account
states, but the announcements that
re-enforcements for the allied troops
were on the way and that other mill
tary preparations had been taken to
meet the situation have overawed the
leaders for the time being.
The leaders of the Finnish legion
(among which, according to recent
London reports, a detection had been
threatened) have signed an agree
ment to the effect that they will in the
future comply with the wishes of the
commanding officer This, says the
dispatch, does not imply that the dam
ger has completely passed, but 1t is
step in the right direction.
U. S. Men in Russia Decorated.
Archangel, North Russia, April g.
Several Americans serving in the Ka-
dish sector have been decorated for
gallantry by the French.
The croix de guerre with a silver
star has been awarded to Capt. Joel 4.
Moore of Battle Creek, Mich, for valor
on the railroad front.
The croix de guerre with bronze
star has been awarded to the follow
ing men from the middle West:
Capt Horatio G. Winslow, Madison,
Wis, for bravery in an attack on the
railroad front.
First Lieuts. John ]. Baker, Grand
Rapids, Mich; Lewis Jahns, Battle
Greek. Mich, and Gilbert e. Shilson,
Traverse City, Mich, for gallantry in
the Kadish sector when they held the
line against superior forces for 10
hours Shilson's platoon entered the
engagement with 65 men, losing five
killed and 90 wounded.
Second Lieuts. Woodruff I. Splitter,
Rensselaer,, Ind; Charles B. Ryan, De-
troit, and Percival L. Smith, Ashland,
Wis.
Privates Alfred Fuller, Trenton.
Mich, who was killed in action when
he volunteered for service after being
wounded; Otto Georgia, Green Bay,
Wis; Tobias Leplant, Erie, Mich. 5;
Clyde Peterson, Sheridan, Mich, and
Samuel H. Darrah, Noblesville, Ind.
Frank Olmstead of the Y. NJ. G. A.,
Ann Arbor, Mich, for constant devo-
ton under fire on the railway front.