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FRENCH FRONT. Sept. 29. — (Hyli
Mail.) — To say “I come from the j i
battlefield of the Chemin des Dames" j :
_the Ladies’ Road—stamps a French ^
soldier in the popular mind today as
a hero. Verdun had seized the popu
lar imagination owing to its position
as the door through which the Ger
mans hoped to break to reach the
heart of France. Even the battle of
Verdun, in which the French, by their
long-suffering determination to resist,
succeeded in thoroughly defeating the
Germans, is considered by some ob
servers or lesser operation than that
of the Chemin des Dames, whose pos
session means the command of the
great road to the north by which the
Germans must retreat.
The outcome of this great battle has
at the date of writing not been finally
determined. All the the correspond
ent of the Associated Press, who has
followed the operations closely, can
affirm, is that the French, after their
first capture of the famous road with
all its observatories as a result of
their offensive begun on April 16, have
been able to hold all their gains, to
inflict almost unbelievable losses on
the picked troops of the crown
prince’s army and to resist success
fully all the furious counter attacks
of the Germans.
During the months of April, May,
June, July and August the fighting
has been incessant. In the first at
tack by the French, when they started
their offensive on the Aisne, about 30,
000 German prisoners and 200 cannor
were captured. Since then attack has
followed attack/ either from th<
French or the Germans, and when th<
total of these operations is summet
up the result Is shown that every foui
days during four months there has
been a battle on a more or less exten
give scale. The net result of thesi
fights is that the French today holi
all they gained at their first assault.
The Germans have utilized on this
*ttle front forty-nine divisions, which
uve been sent in to the combat and
ithdrawn when exhausted — th**it is
) say, when a division has lost in
asualties at least 4000 men. this
ives roughly on the German
... . < a1. - Lae front
me troops, without taking into ac
ount the killed and wounded caused
,y the extremely heavy artillery fire
irected on the lines of communication
n the rear, in the period since the
irst French assault on April Hi. This
s almost double their losses before
I'erdun during the similar period of
liHti, when severe fighting was going
in there.
The character of the fighting on
the Chemin des Dames is totally dif
ferent from that at Verdun. At Ver
dun it was always possible to retire
without great disadvantage for a cer
tain distance — which may be called
the manoeuvring area — owing to the
nature of the ground, with its succes
sive ranges of hills and intervening
valleys. On the Chemin des Dames it
has been necessary to hold on, for
should either side retire for more than
a few feet the other side gained the
advantage of the observatories, per
mitting a close watch over all that
went on in the adversary lines. There
are here no definite lines of trenches,
no fields of barbed wire and no shel
ters, and the two adversaries are al
ways open to sudde ninroads and have
to fight hand to hand to hold their po
sitions.
The crest on which the C'hemin des
lames runs is like a knifeblade at
nany parts, over the edge of which
he enemy may not be allowed to peep,
nil now the French have always been
ihle to retain their outlook over the
• *fin:1, full ■ tv,...* itill tueiu*
<(‘lves, they intend to keep it until
the time comes for a fhrther advance.
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AMERICAN SHOT IN
CHINA IS RECOVERING.
(By Associated Press)
PEKING, Oct. 15. — K. A. White,
the American engineer who was more
seriously injured than any other for
eigner at the time of the conflict be
tween Chang Hsun's troops and the
Republican troops from Tientsin on
July 12, is slowly recovering from his
wounds. Mr. White was struck in the
back by a bullet, i
Mr. White is a native of Iowa, and
ten years ago was one of the best
known football players in the Middle
West, where he was captain of the
football team of the State University
of Iowa. In football circles he was al
ways known as "Cresco" White, Cres
co being his native town.
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Largest assortment of fancy Rib
bons at Mrs. Kate Rolfe’s.
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15. — That
the boys of the national army are rap
idly adjusting themselves to camp
life and enjoying it is indicated in
practically all the letters which are
written home. The following is from
a “veteran” of the first contingent
who is training at Camp Lewis, near
Tacoma. Washington:
"Camp Lewis has changed rapidly
in the last ten days as a result of the
thousands of men pouring in. The
first quota of five per cent with which
I came, barely made a showing on the
lower end of the big parade ground,
and now it is necessary to have each
company assigned to a small area so
| as not to run afoul of another group
of recruits. With about 25,000 men
drilling at the same time, the field
presents a busy place.
The vets of two weeks had an op
portunity last week to see what they
looked like. Commencing in the
nineteenth and continuing for practi
cally a week, special trains were pour
lag in from all sections of the west
with thousands of men daily. Upor
arrival at the cantonment the men i
were directed to a long shed, divided
into runways, or sections, for men :
from different states. At the rear of |
the runway on an elevated platform '
was the officers who called off the j
names. The recruits were then form-'
ed into double files, and marched off l
to barracks, to which they had been
assigned.
It seemed as if the procession would
never end. At all hours of the day
and night one could see or hear |
marching columns.
Recently the regiment recruited
some buglers and thus far we have
learned everything except the "Pay
day March.” Guess that will come
shortly, as the first arrivals were mus
tered in this morning and signed the
payroll. Later, when ITncle Sam has
46,000 men to pay and about $1,500,000
is handed out each payday, things
should be likely.
Buildings continue to spring up here
and there like mushrooms, but the
camp is practically complete now. A
couple of days ago the carpenters fin
ished our regimental hospital and re
gimental Y. M. C. A. building. The
latter is not occupied as yet, however.
The Y. M. C. A. is doing a wonderful
work for the men in the camps and
the country in general. The big tent
being used temporarily is jammed
nightly by the men of the 363rd. On
certain nights each week there are
movies. At the tent the men find
writing materials and tables, maga
zines and candies. A few nights ago
one of the latest comic reels was be
ing thrown on a screen stretched in
the open. The audience stood up and
comment was not lacking. A good
pianist and several trained voices con
tributed to the amateur entertainment.
TEDDY M »!0
USE CilfLE
(By Associated Pressi
HELENA. Mont.. Oct. 15. — Thirty
years ago cattle rustlers were the ob
ject of attack by Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, according to an old minute
book of the Montana Stock Growers'
Association. which recently- was
brought here. The entry of Colonel
Roosevelt's cattle brand, filed in 1885.
also has been found in the office of
the recorder of marks and brands
here.
The Roosevelt brand was an elk
horn on the right rib of cattle and
the left shoulder of horses. Although
his herd was in Dakota, it was near
the state line and he took a prominent
part in the activities of the Montana
Stockmen's Association.
He made many speeches against the
'activities of cattle thieves, according
to the records of the organization, and
on one occasi- ’ as strong in de
nouncing a res '11 m in opposition to
the interstat m:erc’> law.
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