Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-06-02

ton minister. recited the funeral serv-
zee from memory and taps was sound
ed. Observations upon the north star
We're taken by the officers and hasty
sketches were prepared TO properly
locate the graves Under General
Wood direction the bodies were re-
covered shortly afterwards. prepared
tcl transportation and sent to the
United States. These are only few
cases typical OF the struggle in the
islands
Nearly eight years ago like a holt
out OF clear sky news shot around
the world OF the European conflict.
Nhlie the American nation main
tanned a strict and absolute neutrali-
" IN the conflict yet it seemed an
parent even from the start that an
eventual participation in the World
war could not be avoided and when
early IN February, 1917, the war
drunken overload of Germany made
ms impossible demands upon the ma
tlon long contained patience gave
way TO nightly roar of enthusiasm
which resulted in the declaration of
war with Germany on April 6. 1917
precisely 10 years after declare
ton OF war with Spain. The naughty
German ruler and his vassals had
not counted upon this self-assertion
81 great people hitherto so patient
and our entrance into the great con-
lllct was not taken very seriously.
OUT ne very soon learned that his
calculations had been decidedly
wrong and when early in 1918 hun
dleds of thousands OF American
troops assembled in France the sit
uatlOn began to become serious for
our military adversary But even
lheh the enemy communicates were
lull OF transformation. In great
part they belittled the fighting quail
ties OF the untried American troops.
Through handbills thrown down upon
our armies by the thousands an eff
tort was made to convince the Ameri-
can soldier OF the Justice of the Ger
man cause and it was not until after
the German retreat at Chateau
Thierry that the enemy got an
inkling OF what America at war
really meant From the first days
in July when the First army corps
took up its position in the Chateau
lhierry sector, through the st. Mi
hiel campaign and through the
Meuse ArGonne, to the day Of the
aimistice which marked the end of
the blOodiest conflict ever waged in
history, the American soldier proved
MS mettle. Secure in the conviction
OF right, with d clear conscience. and
unafraid, he threw himself into the
fray to do or to die. The eight
bun ial places in France which in all
harbCr more than $4,000 of our hero
dead, mutely tell the story of Ameri-
can herOism. Thousands of crosses
low on row give mute evidence to
the great sacrifice made. but this
sacritce made possible the overthrow
OF IA so-called "God-annointed" tyran-
ny and relieved the world from the
oppression OF military clique bent
upon world subjugation. The war
was won but at a great cost. While
our losses We're comparatively small
to those Of our allies yet more than
Is 900 lost their lives i'm France. or
these the remains OF more than 40
600 have been returned to their rela-
tiVes in the United States while more
than 10000 sleep beneath the sod Of
"a ance Collected in eight different
cemeteries. the largest Of which is
that located at Romagne in the
Neuse-Argonne where 14,000 are
buried. their resting places are be-
Ing well taken care of through the
pI oper officials. OF the Graves Reg.
Service, AUGMENTED by loving hands
OF relatives and friends. Both in
France and ENGLAND the people Of
THESE countries are assisting on this
day in the services that are being
held by the American Legion and the
hho"ieuSe Oh common rove cannot
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