| Show AMERICAN TROOPS FRANCE 7 GREAT contingent OF SEA 86 80 4 E D SOLDIERS READY YO TO BATTLE WITH GERMANS MANS trip over ov er seas without lean ican enterprise having st set a new record forthe for the T transportation of troops washington the advance adv tic 0 guard of the mighty army the united states Is preparing to send against germany Is 19 on oil french soil the lie second contingent of american troops arr arriel ivl k nt it french port embarked disembarked dis wednesday morning in orning june 17 the TI ie troops landed nold the file frandle cheers cheer of the people who had gathered for hours horns before to welcome their american allies allied another contingent having been its as enthusiastically ell ay iy greeted the ilay lefore before in defiance de flance of the tit german lines ranes thou thousands still Is of seasoned hea sea regulars tini and inai ines trained fighting I 1 men ten with the ami of long hen service ice on the mexican bolder bord e r or in haiti or san sail do still on oil their fates faces have been bast battened ened overseas to fight figlia beside the french the british the belgian the Rus slap the portuguese and the hie italian troops on the lie western front the american boys bos were vere sent to a camp not far from the landing landi tig point which for obvious reasons was not mado known to the public wai where ere major general willi william itin L sibert Is installed thence they probably will go soon to it point near neair the front all the troops tire ore in excellent shape enthusiastic thusia ovar oer the successful trip igind weir their reception lu and eager for action news nes of the safe arrival of the troops sent a new thrill through washington no formal announcement came from the war department none will come probably until major general ings official report has haa been received then there may be a statement us its to the numbers and composition of the advance guard press dispatches from F france rance presumably suni ably sent forward fonaia with the ap ill oval of Gnei al ings staff show that major genenia Gene iral sibert one of the new major generals of the army lias has been given command con imand of the first force sent abroad under general pershing ns as chief of the expedition one thing stands out sharply shai ply le de edite the fact that the size of the task that jat has been accomplished Is 1 s not fully reeled ree lyd as yei yet this Is s that amerlean lc aai ise has haa set a new record for the of troops considering the distance di to be covered and the fact that all preparations had bad to bs be made after afier the alie order came from the white house the night of may 18 it is practically certain that never before lias has a military expedition of tills size been conveyed wid 1111 landed without in ill ao w short a time ly by any nation the alie american forces will all be a net gain to the allies it will throw no single burden of supply supple or equipment upon them the troops will lie be fed clothed armed and equipped by the united states around them thein at the camp on french soil tonight are being stored supplies that will keep them goi ing for months ant and more will follow |
