Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1919-03-30

WoppeiH-up pdh
During the bning OF the 27th
officers OF the fticipating troops.
impaired an REFORMATION TO their
men. and 30 brOughly was the
work dong IA Ayery man in the
line knew hOuhl advance exactly /
his part in Then ng attack They /
knew Just VII the attached en-
gineers would b the wire, whore |
the enemy waAd whore 10 stop |
Moppiug-up pah were given their /
routes and dW and "a sketch To
/ 80 by The dthing they didn't !
know was Day and III hour |
/ Although This hrmation was Civ
/ en- Captain Ia on the morning |
OF the 21th. thaen in his battalion /
/ = G. did not 70 e. until five min
utes before tlhesiguated time
| 80 p m, Octer 81. Experiences /
Iat 81 Eileuue impressed on the
men and offie 1.-The extreme value
Of absolute seey
70 might be- errsting right here
90 tell about acheue used BY the |
/ regiment 90 i1fc secrecy of aC-
tion
% was well mlerstood that the
German was a master in the art
of listening Il Moreover. from
81 Etipunp oh Aisup we had
travelled thru ID country uetted
with German wa and cables We
established D. 3 in dugouts AMI
houses but rerdn occupied hy him
There was eyYf reason to believe
every deciphorale message or word
going over uu 4 res also went tD
the enemy Aru nor MAS uut that
our Division hi ven false cu-urIi
Mates of our I'd dump aud that
Iu thirty minws tho enemy shells
were failing % point o. was
therefore ue.,sa ~ tO code every
message OF imd uce and cudiug
and deciding "a valuable time
While compra ,ely inactive 40
NauN Champaee 10 was remember
ad that The gueut possessed %
company OF Ia who spoke
twenty siy office languages co. d.
a'eCts. only flr lr five OF which
were ever Wrte 10 was hardly
possible thar Il would bee able
To- translate les dialects. and The
plan Ca have at ms transmit teie-
phone messages was adopted The
regiment vas d innate ln having
Two Indian dice who spoke sever
40 of the diale9 Indians from the
hoctaw tribe " e chosen and one
placed IN eacl 1 C.
The first uaI the Indians was
made in ordClt delicate with
irawal Of tVo % panie- uf the PM
Battalion iron ICufnlb 20 Chard
.uy on the uirt & October rs This
movement was implicitly without
uishap altho 81 90 Jeff the Third
Battalion greak depleted in prrvl-
lus fghtiul Fit.out support The
Indians were -. repeatedly ON The
18th in prepare "a for the assault
ln Forest Farm The euemy.s com
"lrte surprise De- evidence that he
0uld not dec pl.r the messages
After the VITA raNnl 90 the regl-
ments 90 Louppi le-petit a number
1t Indians were detailed for train
ng in TRANSMITTING messages over
he telephone The instruction was
utrt~u uu wg--ote 4fui~uu ora, -,
Lieutenant Black 10 had been found
that the lut ans vocabulary OF mill
tary terms was insufficient. Tho
Indian Tor BIG gun was used 10 inc
dictate ariil cry Little gun shoot
last was substituted Tor machine
gun. and The nattaious we're ind.
Gated hy one. NO AMI three grains
Ii corn 10 was found that the iu-
iIu Tongues o.. not permit verbatim
Tram IItiuU h at tIr end ui the
short training period at Louppy le-
petit The res fs were very crafty
uE. aud DO Be- Believed. had the rpEi-
mDut gone ba X into the line. fine
results would have been obtained
We wen. cont eut tHe possibilities
ri tho telephone had been obtained
without ts ha ards.
But ] Nas .ling ut Forest Farm
have gone o details Of the pre-
not 81. much as q record OF
Hli fIEbt ls 'l cautrast o. with the
battle co. So l.eunc. where We went
loo win paDf ally uo preparation
whatever and 70 Forest Farm other
md precautions were
made which ] have not mentioned.
munl them rIe detailing oi men
SI'H 'le sole Iuty of reporting the
POSITION of tl. line
Promptly s I.lO on thar thus Gar
Il.e' afteuUH. lone gun opened
Iru. u was fU. signal Tor the bon.
urimrHt and arraRe 90 be- laid Tor
Rsufy minute. on the enemy line
uous points 1d back positions n
'ds wonder m concentration OF
Tr ml.fsriuI. placed On a solid
lue beginning on the enemy wire
Do, ground wB torn and shattered
Zoo '1ut ~ seem impossible for men
% i've 900 DO OBJ obstacles 20 remain
100 th, minute 2 4.30 the la4 men
th. Hrd Hs talon and 70 Com
.nF with g. g mpauy on the right
10 o. platoon machine guns from
.mrauy ID. D md Machine Gun
.i'a.iou rose no OF their holes and
lowed the b. age Meanwhile The
I.my artilIor opened counter
rtFe terrific q itself cutting our
..' commune ions in iunumerabls
..'r. Huf Che Igauriug line rauIdIt
cd through f. aud closed ou the
H.mE
1f Che lFf there b. not much
'eI So au essly did plans WORK
20. faa' our sn we're waiting at
Do entrance. f the German duE
... t.for. tH Germans fully real
. aHa lld opened There were
.'..u d.EUu which Welded JOS
PRISONERS incl ing four officer-
DOG losses w eight men killed
.H eighteen H uded Green roc.