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Show Miles of Motor Trucks Loaded With United States Soldiers Ploughing Plough-ing Through the Mud to the Scene of Battle. MEN SING AS THEY RUSK TO FRONT Star Spangled Banner to Float Beside the Tricolor Tri-color of France and British Flag on Bloody Plains of P i c a r d y., -PAEIS, Marcli 31. "T)ie French government has decided to accede to the desire expressed by General Pershing in the name of the United States government," says an official offi-cial note issued today dealing with the operation of American troops with the French and British. "The American troops will fight side by side with the British and French troops, and the star-spangled banner will float beside the French and English flags in the plains of Picardy." By the Associated Press. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Saturday, March 30. All the American troops have been turned over to the allies for such use as they see fit to make of them. American troops may soon be fighting side by side with their British and French allies in the battle which is raging in northern France. It is enough to say that great activity of many sorts is in progress in the entire en-tire American zone, lilies of motor trucks, loaded with Americans, have passed through the towns, some going In one direction, some in another. Through a driving rain the motor trucks plowed their way along muddy roads, tho Americans Amer-icans singing Many of the trucks had American flags fastened to their tail boards. On other roads mile after mile of marching Americans splashed through the mud, which came over their ankles. The horses were steaming from the work they had to do. All the men are working work-ing as hard as possible. ANNOUNCEMENT ' THRILLS CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY WASHINGTON", March 31. Washington Washing-ton was thrilled today by the news that American soldiers actually are on their way to the fighting lines to take places beside their hard-pressed British and French allies. The Americans previously referred to in the official dispatches as being in the fish ting are believed now to have been engineers or other auxiliary troops. Major General March, acting chief of staff, said tonight the war department had not been advised that Pershing's fighting men were moving to places In the British-French line. Hut the news has been expected ever since the creation of a unified command under the French chief of staff, General Fo h, anil General I Pershing's formal offer of all the avail-J avail-J able American resources. ! It Is not violation of the censorship to say that probably 100. 0fo or more American Amer-ican fighting men, fully equipped and intensively in-tensively trained in the school of actual battle conditions, are available at once to be thrown into places to Ftrengthen the P-rili and French lines wherever they threaten to buckle under the ferocity of the Genr.an onslaught?. Kater crowds on parade heard The news and gathered about newspaper bulletin bul-letin boarus where the Associated Pres. (Continued on Page Four.) OFFER OF PEili ACCEPTED BY IE (Continued i;om Page One i dispatches were posted and read the news with great enthusiasm. War department officials had no knowledge knowl-edge tonipht of the measures taken by General Foch or his instructions to General Gen-eral Pershing. AMERICAN TROOPS FILLED WITH JOY OVER PROSPECT By HENEY G. WALES, Staff Correspondent of International News Service. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IX FRAXCE, March 30 (delayed). The news that the German drive has been definitely defi-nitely stopped, which even the Berlin communique practically admits, was received re-ceived with the greatest enthusiasm by the American troops, who had become somewhat pessimistic temporarily. Everywhere it is realized that time I means much more to tiie allies t han it does to t he enemy and also tha t time increases the pro -lability of American participation par-ticipation in the grtat. decisive s:nig-;ie. Hindenburg's advance has b-en realized by the expenditure of many divisions, which cannot be created syn: helically, and if tiie Germans cop.tinue their pres-' pres-' sure they must expend more lives, which lit is impossible for them to do continually. con-tinually. If worst comes to worst, many Americans Ameri-cans otherwise regard t?j as unlit for the trenches because of their la.-k of lengthy training, could he thrown into the snuggle, snug-gle, especially if the war became a campaign cam-paign of movement instead of the old stationary tactics of intrenched positions. posi-tions. , In open war the training in trench warfare war-fare would not count so heavily and the troops of lesser training might be thrown in line. General Persi fine's action in placing the American expeditionary force under General Foch's supreme command is hailed wih Joy by all ranks, since it indicates in-dicates ie accompli oilmen t of t he creation cre-ation of one generalissimo for the entire west front. American officers have always favored the centralizinE of tiie military command in a single head, the same as the enfmy has been doing. T h y f e el that greater results will issue than when th various armies were under different heads General Pershing's action ir.sures American participation in the decisive action of the war. Americans are h:ij.py that. after coming .".0"0 miles ovprsa, th;. will not be permitted to languish indefinitely in tranquil sectors wfi he i lie outcome of tiie whole struggle is de-i de-i cided elsewhere. AMERICAN GUNS SCATTER GERMAN WORKING PARTIES By HENEY G. WALES, Staff Correspondent of International News Service. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. March .11. An American, patrol pa-trol on the To ill front today entf-r I the Opt man trenches, per: -t rating to a carta car-ta :n distance until tliey encountered an electrified nai beiJ-wire obs' ruction. U'hc-n they began to cut the wire a erni;i n outpost gave t h e alarm signal and t i . o German snipers op'-nf-d tire. Trie Americans Ameri-cans withd tpw, s j ffering no a .ja !t b-s. At another point one of our pjitro's recor.noi tc-rd in t'.e German ir'n- h.-s fur a 'ertain distant f wirho'4 wr-feiutf ring any enemy soldiers. A t:ud pairnl rachf-d a French airplane v-f;h:, h.id crash1 i to earth v. if l.iu th'- b r;ni n j barbed wire belt on llaivh 9. They found that the Fienrh enu ineer had been re-nioved re-nioved by the Germans. A meriean harassirir lite scattered German Ger-man working part'es. The Krupp pun-ners pun-ners are reverting to t lie use of I liree-Int'h liree-Int'h i'eld iwns. They hui-Ieci thirty-four gas shells and seven shrapnels at one point. The continued movement in the enemy's ene-my's rea r is reardol by the Americans as significant. An enii: e battalion was see!i moving this morning. This, cou- pied with cavalry maneuvering, t lie shifting of infantry, and the racing to ; am! fm of staff autoinoliK-s belli ml the j lines is cli using speculation on our side of the Hue. Lights seen last nicht on tiie summit of MiuiC Sec cause suspicion tiiat they mav be beacons uuniin German airplane raids ovr our lines. AMERICAN TROOPS GET EARLY START FOR BATTLE SCENE WITH THI.-: AMKUICAN AP.MY IN FRAXCE. March 31. (Py Tiie Associated Associ-ated Press.) Great activity continued Sunday throulmut tiie zone wbere the American troops are quartered, li bean at 4 o'clock th;s morning, when h. avily-loaded avily-loaded motor ( a m!ons, bean rumbling through 4 he stieets and over the ro.ids, w h i " 1 h by noon " t- r e crow-li-d w i t ! i camions, both .motor an I hors-drawn. rr..ir'liii:5 i:i-n, iiorst-s ami a r; ilb-ry. As on Saturday some p.irtit s w. re uo-ir.tj uo-ir.tj in one dirftion and some !n .in-o' .in-o' iifr. The A:tit-ri- ai.a pasiti w ere ci:-- red by ot lu-rs who sto'hJ rilon the rn;a:s. wati-hin tiie virtually endbv.s pro. , ces-;0(is. some of which v-re nn.es loi. i li t on tiie opt-n roads tiie nn-u in the j ramtoTi.s saner evt-ryth'i; from "Trie !'at-j !'at-j lb- Hymn "f tiie lb-;ub: to "Tin-pt-i ar ." T'ev t- hinged the rat- st j enth ;s:asn for t ! rk t :. hive in h.ii:d, and seenifd to be anxious to K'-t It stan-d. Krt-(u-ntly. duri'if; tlio rl.iy. heavy motor trii'ks "kid-led from ti.e muddy road- into ditihes, but th-y were ipnrkly and lit. rally pi- kf-1 up by a ma:.v Ariieri-f-a i;s as i ould tot a i.'ind on t M'-in. s'-t bro-k on the ro:d. ari'l started ai.ain t j -w.tid th.-ir dr.-t.na-:on. A btlle filnt: like lifting' the end of a live-ton motor truck from :i dilh means iM.thli.i; In Amer'-ans wi-.o are in a hurry to K"t into the tiktht. |