Show H 0 WEBB OF AWARDED WAH CROSS FOH crawled into no mans land and repaired wire under heavy shell fire was wo and is now in hospital sevier countes Coun tys first real hero the news from the war in france on thursday contained a note of unusual interest to the people of this county A dispatch from france stated that sergeant hanmer R webb of monroe utah had been decorated with the cross of war for distinguished bravery in action the story told is that sergeant webb crawled out into no maasland un under heavy shell fire and traced a break in the communication wires and repaired it he was wounded in the performance of this pet and Is ran bay 4 T TJ II 11 e ers rs a and guns an and inflicting et 1 ng many jc unities t most alost of the american troops t 11 have been moved into the battle glon appear to be placed along the I 1 between Mont didler and noyon boyon d I 1 they are giving a good account of th the selves there as are niso also those ht ing the toul sector there have be no heavy operations in either sec recently but the artillery in both always active and the american gil g ners have proved their excellence T tl are now using their heavy artill northwest of toul after several we of preparation the american casi cas ty lists still relatively small are a creasing dally daily p g t there is no indication that the GAI man high command will abandon 5 I 1 plan of smashing the british army a forcing a breach between it and b q french ladendorff Luden dorff Is increasing ii resources in every way possible at austria and bulgaria have been call cal on to supply troops for gerrison du dc in order that the germans may be s se to the front intimations such as ha ii appeared in some german germain papers tai tl I 1 the attempt to reach paris will abandoned mean nothing no doi do there will bo be repeated great offense throughout the summer and the all aall are preparing to resist then them 3 to the i most their intention being to m ma a tain their lines unbroken until ami am leas men are there in sufficient nu bers to enable general foch to do me mc than resist it Is admitted that wil wi out ou our army the allies could not gc g a military decision over the germa under existing conditions how lo 10 0 the german people will stand for t slaughter of their men Is another aud qu tion from captured mall mail and the mo outspoken of their newspapers it is e dent cat t they ey are becoming sickened the awful bloodshed but they pro ably will continue submissive so loi lo 1 as they think there is a chance of final victory tei te i the movement of americans france continues with In creash swiftness and it la Is the avowed I 1 of the nar ar department to lia iw not less than men there t the end of may the administrate and the congressional leaders axce escel ln ing such men as kitchin now view vieu t tl situation comprehensively and that no limit should be put on the sl si of our army as it is likely as many rf men will have to be under arms within three years A tota of about four millions will be avalen b immediately and provost Provo sto marah crowder and others believe it will b necessary ebsary to increase the draft a limit to forty years avit within bin a year I 1 ir deed many details have been woric wor e out with this increase in view clan classe 2 3 and 4 of the draft are arc being ca carci fully combed out to eliminate slacken slack r and many names wil thus be adde addea to class 1 lao ew austrian reports tell of the pre of american troops on the hie front though alil thlu had not been ai bounced by washington the expects eXPect offensive on that front lias has not yet mi serialized but it Is iq believed it will n be much longer delayed because the critical state of affairs aars in emper carls benlin hunger and dis conte sire are increasing so greatly that have been concentrated in the nio mos disaffected parts of the empire als AIs there have been serious dis disturbance in the austro flaat til th crews of which are largely slavs an men of italian origin laa roumania lias has submitted to w who seemed the inevitable and signed signe d pence peace treaty with the central powers power of course she loses much and gain nothing the instrument provides ahn th roost of the be ceded to garla garin and other doumanian Rou manian to austria and hungary the central any utahn in france and it if no other honor eaines to monroe and sevier in th iswar this is glory enough sergeant webb is a brother of mrs R garn dark clark and carl webb both of richfield he enlisted in the early days of the war and went to franco france with the Per shins expeditionary force he has seen all kinds of service and has been in some tight places naturally tle the people who knew sergeant webb in this county count yare aaro inordinately proud of his I 1 rejoice with his relatives it littel honor chono r that has come to hi him in |