Show I i iI ALLIED TROOPS OF NORTH RUSS FORCE HEALTHY t Below and Frostbites st Scarce tree Report From w 4 r l Coast 1 w London Loudon London Feu leb e IS S. S vI via Montreal It IL I.-IL It ha learn learned learnd ll from the tho latest ar arrivals arrivals aT- aT rivals from the Murman co coast st says S 'S Reuters neuters that the Allied troops of or tho north Russian expeditionary force arc arcIn in good health and and that tho the military I authorities arc aro doing er e everything to al alleviate al- al lc lato the dU dl discomforts comforts of or the extreme I I-c I cold cod d combined with the Arctic 1 tl hour tV-hour hour night Tho temperature was nearly nearl fort forty degrees teree below zero oro Fahrenheit In January and thero w wre cre rc only from three loreo to four hours of QC daylight dall dally during the the month at Port Mur tur- mans mansk I which Is 18 miles within tho the Arctic t circle Tho troops are mostly accommodated ed in log og o barracks or collapsible col col- hut hut hut- fitted tilted with sleeping bunks and HUl stoves Iro I ments arc aro frequently ors organized and the tho men cn engage ag In Its winter sports sport especially es- es es especially 8 skiing There have been com coin comparatively few cases of oC frostbite uwIn ow- ow I Jug In to the fur Cur clothing supplied the I lets 11 Tho Tho allied troops are arc garrisoning S' miles of oC the Murman a railway Supplies Sup Sup- plies for Cor tho the outposts t at are e dispatched h by v reindeer s sleds eds which often oCten are aro driven by In women omen of oC the region ion Two br bf women on cn have IHl received the tarv tar medal for fat gallant conduct In re re- re polling Ing enemy r raids on Coo food convoys conyors hut but I Is an all ice free port the forces at Archangel are aro complete complete- J 1 cut ly-cut cut ore oft from Crom the outside e world for six months month of oC the year cal Intercommunication Intercommunication between the two forces commanded com com- coin mandell b by General Ironside is anI only possible in the tho winter whlter time b by air air- plane Illane MaJ laJ Sir Ernest Shackleton the An- An 1 r. r 1 is a all ana iu LU ti iU Maynard's Maynards headquarters as J adviser ad on Arctic STelle equipment while a a. special force Coree x 1 of or Canadian officers and anti noncommissioned stoned officers all of oC them thorn c experienced 11 In Klondike conditions I 1 is attached to tho the force Corco as ns instructor In Arctic life es Teams of ot lusky do dogs s have been ca- ca sent from irom Canada for transportation transportation transportation trans trans- work worl although reindeer which roam in herds over O the Lapp country are arc chien chiefly used for this pur pur- pose |