Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 6 | "Tanks" to End War, Says Somme Victim

TO END EMO JAR Y SAYS SOMME J I First of the wounded soldiers from the Somme front to reach Salt Lake I j Corporal F F. H. H Adams an American soldier of the Canadian volunteers ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived here heie last night Corporal Adams vividly described the fighting on the Somme and told of the part played by the huge tanks employed em em- b by the allies In making their big push against Germany These monster of r engines war said Corporal Adams who is stopping at the Newhouse hotel are revolutionizing revolutionizing revolutionizing modern fighting Some of ot them are more than feet in length and bear the appearance of a Zeppelin j lin lit on wheels with a coat of steel armor I in place of the silken bags i iNo No trench no hill no obstruction of ot j i any kind l can stop their advance Manned Manned Man Man- ned by a score of men they Ian 1 bear down on the enem enemy guns from on a a. a huge turret in the center of the body boy belching forth I volleys of shots that no army can withstand I With these machines formed from American tractors the allies ames are makIng making mak mak- ing astounding headway I r firmly be believe believe believe be- be I lieve that they will end the war Corporal Adams wounded in both legs by is on his way to visit his brother in San Francisco Atthe At Atthe Atthe the outbreak of the war he was in Calgar Calgary Calgary Cal Cal- gary gar Alberta and enlisted in a Canadian Canadian Canadian Ca Ca- nadian regiment As soon as he re recovers recovers recovers re- re covers from his injuries he will return to Calgary to Join the recruiting recruiting- de detail detail detail de- de tail there