Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-08-27 | Page 4 | Sending the American Army

SENDING THE AMERICAN ARMY. On August 1, there were in arms 3,012,112 Americans, according to General March, and by June 30, 1919, that mighty army will be almost doubled. dou-bled. By Christmas approximately 2,500,-C00 2,500,-C00 of our soldiers will be in France, or just across the channel in England and Scotland. By spring, when tho heavy hammering starts, fully three million Yanks will bo on tho other side, of whom two million will be ready for the trenches. On March 1, 1919, this rrniy will begin be-gin to move on a front of 100 miles. By June 30, when thn maximum strength shall have been reached, a roadway into Germai will open to our flag, and from then on all the Rhine valley "will see clouds of smoke by day and pillars of fire by nlghL Then is when Germany will realize the full meaning of war in all its horrors.