Show AMERICAN COURAGE WINS ADMIRATION OF VETERANS ii Eager to Fight Beside Beside Be Be- 1 side Yankee Chums i t iii j U U. S S. S A Army Grows By Associated Press 4 AN A AMERICAN BASE IN FRANCE i May 4 Some Some Idea of the tho wonderful ic progress progress that is s being made back o of the he lines said James Kerney director director director tor of the Franco-American Franco committee commit commit- tec tee on public information to the Asi As- As i Press today may be gathered from from the tho simple announcement that tons of material were handled by the transportation department in April as is against less than half that amount In January The storage facilities for three months' months complete supplies for an army 1 of f men are almost finished We Ye are aro operating of wire Big t docks and railroad yards rapidly arcS arc S nearing mearing completion Upward of S. S were paid out in France alone aloneS S last month by the quartermaster gen gen- eral Air MF Kerney was speaking of what he e personally had llad seen in two weeks 5 of what the American army had done and is doing in France S America Mr 11 Kerney continued S is rapidly growing into its full stride S The gigantic operations generally are areS arenow arenow S now proceeding so expeditiously and smoothly as as' as asto to make it easier for the people of France to appreciate just how determined v we are to see it through The best part of it is that in this S wonderful romance of transporting men S and supplies and construction maS material ma ma- S S miles overseas the health of the troops has been kept at such a high level le There has been some disease disS dis- dis S ease rase incident to overcrowding at times no man man has had to sleep out of doors COFFEE ONLY STIMULANT The general health of the men is now w most excellent The number of men who have ha been unable to go on active duty each day because of sickness sickness sickness sick- sick ness ness was thirty-seven thirty per 1 1000 for the theS week weel ending April 18 which is a lower Co Vale Corate S rate than prevails In the United States Ours is the only army that goes into fighting with hot coffee as a stimulant Its It's a proud thing for any country to have produced sach sich a wholesome and healthy institution as the brave Amer- Amer ahan 1 v n in France T i- Mr ir Kern Kern-e Kerney Cerney the then spoke spoke of a visit he had made to the American troops at the front Everywhere he said I found en enS enthusiasm enthusiasm en- en S over the steady courage and ready adaptability of the Americans One of the finest tributes to our men was the declaration of a very distinguished distinguished distin distin- French officer that the seasoned seasoned seasoned sea- sea soldier of Francs France I was eager to tight light alongside the Americans whose bravery and aud faculty for learning had quIckly won the affectionate admiration admira- admira t tion of their comrades in hi arms The French officers are amazed atthe at atthe the cheerful way in which the Americans Americans Amer Amer- leans have accommodated themselves to the rigid discipline necessary to this kind of warfare PLENTY OF CLOTH CLOTHES ES i Everywhere the American soldier soldierS has plenty plent of clothing to meet the theS S S varying climatic conditions said he S There is no shortage in rubber boots or warm shirts Food is abundant and S 'S supplies of all nil kinds ds are such as to re relieve re- re 5 lieve any worry on that score The hospital trains kept at the battlefront battlefrontS are ne said to be the finest in the world S S The field hospitals are so located that 5 American soldiers are on the operating operating S ing tables and under treatment by the S best surgical skill within from four to toS eight hours after their wounds S rr Everything in other words word that ItS it S S has been humanly possible to furnish Is there and the them m morale rale of the fightS fighting fight fight- I S ing man is the tho highest S Now and then there is is complaint complaintS I S about mail coming slowly but that is I being remedied and then It must be beS S remembered that good kickers usually I S make good fighters Mr Kerney's Cerney's trip to the battlefront i iwas I was made in c company with representatives representatives e i i IT sm f I tives of the French universities e and d tome Some provincial newspaper publishers |