Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-01 | Page 28 | U. S. Landing Port in France is Scene of Vast Enterprise

LANDING PORT u. u S. S IN FRANCE IS SCENE OF VAST AST ENTERPRISE f American Port France Aug 31 Besides the tho immense work of ot receiVing receivIng receiving ing troops and nd supplies direct from America this Is the headquarters also for the channel ports through h which other streams of oC troops and supplies suppliers pour in from England when the first arrival from Crom America Is made at Liverpool Liv Liv- or other English port Thus Thu two vast streams stream are pouring In hero here on one from the west the other from the tho both emerging and moving forward forward for for- ward In one united stream to tho fighting fighting fight fight- In ing front Along the sea front one gets an Idea of the vastness of or the work prk going on On the tho docks and in the outer harbor the debarking of or tr troops ops and supplies goes steadily forward Four American transports Just in are former German ships one of ot them a trans-Atlantic trans liner three others freight ht boats On the land side huge warehouses are arc rio rio- In Ing with negro Chinese and German prisoner labor clearing great tracks s of oC ground for the tho miles of ot buildings steadily advancing nd Warehouses arc b bulging with war material and on the open spaces rise mountains of ot barbed- barbed wire wiro and ordnance stores tores and acre on acre of ot cars cranes and coal all tho the vast machinery and material of warfare war war- war war- fare It Is evident thin is no passing construction con eon meant for a day M for tor the vastness vastness vast- vast ness neSB and completeness of this war machine machine machine ma ma- chine make malee clear that this is a preparation preparation prep prop which looks far ahead and provides pro pro- vides for ever every e c eventuality not only for tor the men now here b but t for tor forthe or orthe the millions to come