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Show TROOPS FROM ALL STATES 111 FRANCE GUARDSMEN NOW IN TRAINING WITHIN SOUND OF GUNS ON THE BATTLE FRONTS. All Who Sailed From United States Now on French Soil, Not a Man Being Lost on Voyage and All Pronounced Fine Soldiers. With the American Army In France. National guardsmen from every slate in the Union have arrived in France, it is permitted to be announced. an-nounced. They are among the troops now training or lately arrived. While it is not permitted to disclose the identity of units, it may be said that all those which sailed from the United States have arrived safely and that some already are in training within with-in sound of the guns on the battle fronts. They are showing a spirit in keeping keep-ing with the purpose of all concerned to make the American expeditionary force a Iioinogeneous American army in which each division, whether regular, regu-lar, national guard or national army, cannot be distinguished in efficiency from the others. The former state troops are billeted over a wide area and pronounced excellent soldiers. Guardsmen Well Received The guardsmen have heen arriving in the American zone for many weeks. They are scattered somewhat, but as far as possible the units from the same state have been kept close together except ex-cept in one case. They found the regular reg-ular army had made good preparations for them, and while many are billeted in French towns, others have been quartered in low wooden barracks especially es-pecially erected. The troops from the various states have been recognized by the French population and have been welcomed enthusiastically. Many of the units on arriving in billet towns wore the French red, white and blue cockade pinned to their campaign hats. These were given to the soldiers when they landed at base ports. - After a sufficient suffi-cient time to rest from the journey, which in some cases has been extremely extreme-ly tiresome, the troops have been set to work training for actual service at the front. In all quarters they are declared de-clared to be most enthusiastic, and : heir soldierly qualities have drawn high praise from the French instructors. instruc-tors. During the last few days one unit has been working with grenades and automatic rifles, while another has iieen working out military problems in maneuvers. Another unit has been in the instruction trenches, which bring lliem as near as possible to actual lighting conditions. Many of the former for-mer guardsmen in training have heard :;uns roaring in the distance. They ire all being given the same course of instruction as the first contingents of regulars have undergone. |