Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-11-21
American SubaIterns' Trick Kept
Five German Divisions on
the QuI Vive.
ENEMY Deceived BY RADIO
Telephone Squad Also Conducted Mis-
leading Conversations for German
Listeners Benefit staff
Worked Overtime on Game
OF camouflaee.

llll inc American uft'> IN ter
fany Tricks Of the game Of war urr
coming 10 light from time ia time aS
each side tells It's story Oue of the
most successful of them was prurtiera
hy American furcr> in the McuSrA Ar
ronnr hatc last fall, when The last
great allied offensive was NJ it,
height from Switzerland 10 the sea.
An imaginary army conceived by \
handful Of american junnr officers
Was thrown into the field overnight
nnd for days me crack German dyi
slou> uSt east of Nerdun in the
Eain region, were kept an their toes
momcnlHrly expecting an attack
which never came
At dinner table IN q Cohen2 cute
overlooking the Rhine an American in
trili.rure officer Recently told ii"
story Of the creation OF the mythical
~ army" ny il was called Il ~
pears That The Germans we're expect
Ing an attack In the Eiuin sector NJ
any time, and he Americans knew IL
but al that stage Of the game the First
American arms was drvotIng It's rucr-
gip> Ia driving the enemy out % the
Arsuunr forest and the Hill country On
either side So the mythical army was
created. In preference 70 real diver.
sion requiring many men. 10 convince
the German commander TINT II would
not be- wise to weaken the Etuln front
for the benefit " the Meu>e Argonne
front
Commanded by Captain.
Five fresh divisions had been placed
h the Germans on the Etain line.
I lese constituted their last and finest
reservoir Of available divisions, The
Americans realized that the minute
The Germans decided that this Was not
danger point any or all Of the five
divisions could be withdrawn. re-
placed hl exhausted and frngmentnry
division. coming from the battle
fronts, and that the appearance Of the
fresh troops in the line west Of the
Meuse would have n tremendous effect
Oh the American offensive
The ~ army" was assigned 10 q
front from BezonvnuN 10 FresneS.
From the morning Of October - until
lust before the urmlStice this army
"fnnctioned Capt Charles II Matt
Of Hubbard Moods, H., was command
er in chief capt William II Dear
den Of Springfield Mass. and Wash
ington y e.. was chief IF stan Lieut..
John II Graham Of Lexington Va,
was chief Of troop movements capt.
q. W. Neidert was in charge Of G.1,
ur administration and Lieut. II I.
Griswold of old Lynn, Conn, was
chief of artillery The stan Of the ~
army" were All members Of the in.
teligence section of the First army,
and. of course. before beginning oprr-
ationS, had obtained the consent Of
their chief, Col Wiley Howell
The wireless and the telephone We're
freely used to convince the Germans
that the Americans were prepared for
an attack in the Etaiu sector To
make sure that the Germans would
be able to break into the code used,
the Americans furnished them with
satisfactory key.
Funetioned Until End
one wireless station Of the ~
army" was established In clump of
woods near Nerdun aud was called
,headquartcrS Of the y army" This
station functioned until the end Of the
game, all "urders" for the army going
out from this place by wireless. Soon
after the station began working the
Germans located its whereabouts and
frequently shelled the woods and VI
entity, apparently in hope Of breaking
up the radio of the latest of annoy
ances. The ~ army also had Il port
ahlp radio station which moved about