Cheyenne record., 1921-02-10

SXS4C0 OF WOI1O Wdt
Wri:tsn By Elsie Hoslia Of tie Water
vile School, taking first prize
. TIE var which began on July %,
lN4was fought by larger armies and
more peo Pile suffered in theWorid
War than any other war in history
Ge. many had been preparing tor fif-
ty years. They had invented more
things than nh the people OF the World
had ever thought OF. The men Of Ger
many had been compelled to join the
Army and Navy. The Kaiser made
plans and his generals carried them
out. He even promised his sons diff
erent Kingdoms that they would CON
quer, ana they, in turn, promised tie
soldiers that they should have some
land in these kingoms to call their
own if they would fight for them.
Belgium and France, while the Ger
mans were preparing. weie asleep, new
er dreaming OF war.
The G rman Army went first into
Belgium lnstead of France, because
Belgium was smaller ana ifthey whip
ped Belgium they could take France,
then England, and next the United
States. The Belgians held the Ger
mans at bay until the French and En-
g.ish armies came to their help.
The Germans were demons in their
treatment to The I'elgiars and rench
fhey abused the women. and shot the
men in frcnt of their wives and chill
dren. Tney cut the children's hand $
of and carried the girls Off with them
The women of France and Belgium
worked in the fields so that every man
could 60 and help Keep the Germans
back
The German army at one time was
within thirty miles OF Paris
The United States entered the war
because they believed that Justice, !Iu.
manity, peace and safety for the world
must he won.
The Germans sunk the "Lusitania'
Il British liner carrying English and
American citizens. They also SINK the
William z. Fiye," ana merican mei
chairman. and "Gulaight" an Ameri-
can steamer, and "Aribia," IL b fish
liner, carrying some Americansj 10
fore the United States declared war.on
Germany on Avril 6, 1917.
Congress though that if we didn't
enter the war when we did. the Ger
mans would probably whip all the
countries in Europe and then cont
over on the United States: so Con
gress thought it was best to help ihe
Allies than To have to whip German,
ourselves and alone.
over.2 600, ,0Go men were sent across to
Europe to help the Allies.
The American soldiers arrived at
the critical place, at the critical mo-
ment, and drove the German hordcs
back. This gave the Allies hop, and
they rushed on to drive the re.rea;iL e
army back farther.
Alter the men stopped volunteering,
the government began To draft them.
When their draft number was called
the man went 10 a certain camp and
trained there until they were qualified
to go 20 ter There" When they
started for New York, no one knew
but the officers and the soldiers
When they arrived at New York
they took their ship under cover of
night and sailed for France. The first
soldiers arrived in France on June 26,
1917. Most soldiers landed at Brest,
France and from there went to train
some more. Others went to England,
and from there ID France. After the,
had trained for little while they were
sent to the front in box cars. They
went into the front line in the night.
Some divisions went with,the Belgians
in Belgium, others with the British
and French, some with the American
Army near Metz and Vcrdun, with the
Italians in the Apennines mountains
and the plains, not far from Rome.
the capitol. and with the Siberians in
eastern Siberia
The American army under Pershins
fought their first battle at Chateau
Thierry, the battle that stopped the
German army from taking Paris The
Americans were trying to take Metz
when Armistice was signed. 1t was u
strong hold of. the Germans. Soue
prisoners were in there so
the nrinv Il id NOT homhnrsa Il