The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-29
DRESS UP TONIGHT
AND GET ARRESTED

Don't dress up tonight! is the warn
ing sounded by the bosses. Even the
soldiers, the guests of honor. at first
invited to be present in uniform, are
to attend in the lightest and most hick
clothing obtainable. The terrific heat
of yesterday decided this point, the
conclusion being that dancing in a
tight-fitting, heavy uniform would be
anything but pleasant.
Ladies of the Canteen committee
were busy yesterday putting the fin
ishing touches on decorations in the
Nixon for the barn dance they are to
give there tonight. Plenty of hay and
other requisites for a good old barn
dance are on hand and music of an
appropriate nature has been arranged
for.
AS with former dances given by the
Canteen, things are to be different"
tonight Besides the decorations,
other novelties are promised. Tickets
are running short this afternoon and
everyone has expressed intention to
be there"
Remember, don't dress up tonight!
To do so invites appearance before o
kangaroo court.
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showing the enemy's lines to be held
by the 271st and 272nd regiments of
German infantry, with an average
strength of 160 men to the company;
better troops and larger companies
than the average in the German army
at that time.
1t soon became apparent that the
mere holding of this position would
not suffice The village of Cantigny,
strongly organized and defended by
the enemy. was on rising ground and
afforded admirable observation points
overlooking the American lines and
presenting an excellent "jumping-off"
place for a further great assault on
Amiens. To place the line favorable
for an allied ter-offensive, Can
tigny should be taken and held.
The troops detailed to make the
attack were the 2Sth infantry. Colonel
Ely commanding; the LIST battalion of
the 26th infantry with Mai. Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., in command and de-
tachments of French tanks, flame
throwers and airplanes.
Zero hour was set for $3.50 a. m.,
May 2S. The designated infantry
units entrucked for the front lines
at 1890 a. m, and at 800 a. m. were
in position in their jumping-of
trenches. About $50 pieces of artillery.
American and French. ranging from
rs nm. to 2S0 mm., stood prepared to
open the bombardment at the
appointed second.
Promptly at zero hour, the lombard
ment began and the hail of missiles
crashed down upon Cantigny and its
stone walls began to crumble and fly
into splinters. The terrific fire para
lived the Germans and when at 6:30
a. M, the bomba rdment was suddenly
pulled back to the initial line and the
infantry went over. the enemy was so
bewildered that he could not offer
effective resistance. In an incredibly
short time-forty-five minutes to be
exact-the objective line beyond the
town had been reached. with remark
ably few losses.
But now came the far more difficult
task of consolidating and holding the
position. For two hours after the
capture of Cantigny the enemy's artil-
lery fire continued with unabated in
tensity. Telephone communications
along the American front were con-
stantly cut and it was during this
period that one young American
sergeant named Ed Nestorwitz, Of
Brooklyn, earned from the Germans
the nickname of "the blacksnake of
Cantigny," because of his success in
wrigling over the top to repair cut
wires.
Exactly two hours after the capture
OF the village. the first German counter