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Show AMERICANS JO! BGIIISIIIII NORTH EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS OF EMERGENCY EMER-GENCY MEASURES TO GET MAN POWER TO EUROPE. Troops of the New Army Lately Arriving Ar-riving in France to Help to Block the Path of Huns to the Channel Ports. Washington. Evidence of the success suc-cess of emergency measures to bring American man power to the aid of tne French and British armies in repelling the German drive, came on May l'J, with the announcement that American troops had reached Flanders and gone into training behind the British lines there. Soldiers from General Pershing's iirmy have been in line with the French and British front of Amiens for some time, but the decision to send additional addi-tional forces from this country direct to the British army was made after the great German drive launched March 21 was well under way. Less than two months has been required to get the first of these troops across the sea and into position. Nothing is available at the war department de-partment to indicate the identity or numbers of the men in Flanders. It is probable, however, that the national army regiment reviewed recently in I London by King George is included. '.the infantry and machine gun units of the division to which that regiment was attached, probably constitute this Qrst American force to appear in the Flanders theatres. 'j?he men, it is noted, are described as being "in training" in the British zones. That is taken here to mean that they are being brigaded with British divisions in reserve, and will get their final seasoning (prickly through this close association with the veterans of Sir Douglas Ilaig's army. Unless a great emergency arises when the German assault is renewed, it is not regarded as probable that the American battalions will ,be employed on the front line for some time. The immediate result of greatest importance probably is that the battalions bat-talions of British troops displaced in these divisions by the Americans will be available to fill up other British divisions to full strength or for the organization of new British divisions, as General Haig deems best. |