Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-05-29 | Page 4 | Our American Boys

OUR AMERICAN BOYS. i With an army in France of two mil lion fighting men of the fearless cour- j iage and irresistible dash of the men j who went over the top west of Mont-j Mont-j dldier on Tuosda, we could all rest SSSJ regardless of what is happening in the Champagne. Yesterday was the first real test of the American spirit in modern war- . fare. With artillery roaring, the boys from our homes started from their trenches to meet the Hun the Hun I who had driven the allies back on that front 35 miles. With bayonets fixed, they followed the barrage and penr-trated penr-trated the German lines one mile, taking tak-ing 200 prisoners and inspiring the Teuton with a wholesome respect for the soldiers of America. Two million Americans, performing as did the boys yesterday, could transform trans-form the whole order of things in northern France. We are wondering if they had the Browning gun, with which to spatter the enemy, when they made the ad vance Into Canticn Those shoulder guns, when they go over the top, should do terrible execution and thoroughly thor-oughly demoralize even the shock troops from Prussia.