JAM'AHY ai, niao PAGE 2 Crook County Journal BY GUY LATOLLKTTE Entered Bt the postofflce at Prlne 1lle, Oregon, as second-class matter. CBLISHEU EVERY THURSDAY Price $1.00 per year, payable strlct- In advance. In case of change of Idress please notify us at once, Jiv lf both old and new address. flUS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE 51-1 'HI A fJig3 GENERAL OFFICES J NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES number of others, a total of about one-third of the bills passed by the legislature. Due of the dancers confronting h public of Oregon is the uncertainty concerning the legislature at euoh of lis biannual sessions, and the man ner In which bills were passed at the special meeting was the worst of all horrible examples. It seems that the average legisla tor cares hut little if at all what bilU are passed bv his colleagues so long ' ... w ... .1... Kill.. ..I 1.. as he nimseu geis me uui iuk-u which he is personally most interest ed. The governor showed rare good Judgment in this act, and made many friends for himself throughout the state. CITY" OP PRINEVILLE RAILWAY Time Table No. 4 Effective 12:01 a. m. Xov. 9, 1919. west Bound Stations Motor P.M. Leave Prinerille 6:30 Leave Wilton 6:45 Leave O'Neil 6:15 Arrive Prineville Jet. 6:30 East Bound Motor A.M. 5:15 6:30 6:05 6:20 8tattons Arrive Prineville Arrive Wilton Arrive O'Neil Leave Prineville Jet. Motor No. 3 P.M. 7:50 7:35 7:05 6:50 (Continued from last week) .tune 2' and asaln on .Inly 10 hi Rom bon I had very strongly urged that our best divisions he concentrated, onder American command. If possible, for use as a striking force acalnst the Maine salient Although the pre vailing view among the allies was that American units were suitable only for the defensive, and that at all events they could he used- to better advantage under allied command, the suggestion was accepted In principle, and my estimate of their offensive fighting qualities was soon put to the test. The enemy hud encouraged his sol diers to believe that the July 15 at tack would conclude the war with a German peace. Although he made elab orate plans fur the operation, he failed to conceal fully his Intentions, and the 9:45 front of attack was suspected at least Motor No. 1 AM 9:30 9:00 8:45 CARE SHOULD BE EXERCISED All of those who were residents of this section of the 6tate eighteen years ago will well remember the at tack of smallpox that took the lives o a number of our citizens, and en dangered a great many more, demor alized business for weeks and gave the community much adverse adver tising. The state board of health is already issuing circulars to school authori ties concerning vaccination and while no cases of smallpox have yet appear ed in this community, the authori ties and the citizens should be alert in reporting and combatting the first cases that should appear. This also applies to the Influenza epidemic which is making consider able progress in Burns and other communities in this part of the State. OLCOTT'S AXE While Governor Olcott may have made something of a mistake in call ing the special session of the legisla ture, he showed himself fearless in the use of the veto axe by killing the entire list of highway bills, and a one week ahead. Ou the Champagne front the actual hour for the assault was known and the enemy was checked with heavy losses. The Forty-second division entered the line near Somme Py Immediately, and five of Its Infan try battalions anil all of Its artillery became engaged. Southwest of lihelms and along the Maine to the east of Clinteau-Thierry the Germans were at first somewhat successful, a pene tration of eight kilometers heyond the river being effected ngnlnst the French immediately to the right of our Third division. The following quotation from the report of the commanding general gives the result of the fighting on his front: None Crossed but Prisoners. "Although the rush of the German troops overwhelmed some of the front line positions, causing the infantry and marli ne gun conipiinles to suffer. In some cases a 50 per cent loss, no Ger man soldiers crossed the road from Fossoy to Creznncy except as a pris oner of war. and by noon the following day (July 16) there were no Germans In the foreground of the Third division sector except the dead." On this occasion a single regiment of the Third division wrote one of the most brilliant pages In our military annals. It prevented the crossing at certain points on its front, while on either flunk the Germans who had gained a footing pressed forward . Otir men. nrlng In three sections, met the German attack with counter attacks nt critical points and succeeded In throwing two Herman division Into compete confusion, capturing 000 prisoners. The selection by the Germans of the Champagne sector and the east ern and southern faces of the Mnrne pocket on which to make their offen sive was fortunate for the allies, as It favored the launching of the counter attack already planned. There were now over l.'JOO.OOO American troop In France, which provld.il a conslilernhle force of reserves. Every American di vision with any sort of training was made available for use In a counter offensive. General Petaln's Initial plan for the counter-attacks Involved the entire western face of the Marne salient. The First and Second American divi sions, with the First French Morocean division between them, were employed as the spearhead of the main attack, driving directly eastward, through the most sensitive portion of the C.ermnn lines, to the heights south of Solssons. The advance begun on July IS. without the usual brief warning of s prelim inary bombardment, and these three di visions at a single hound broke through the enemv's defenses and overrun (In the Itrttlsti front two retflnicnli- ' of the Thirty-third division pnrtlcl patod III an attack on lluinel. July 4. and again on Aug. I) hi an Incident of the allied offensive against the Amiens hii I lent. One of tlioe regiments took Gressalre wood and Chlpllly rldgo. rupturing TOO prisoners mid consider nlile material. Emergency Had Passed. The counter offensives against the Marue salient In July and against the Amiens salient In August hud gained such an advantage that it wan ap parent that the emergency, which Jus tilled the dispersion of our divisions, had passed. The moment was propi tious for assembling our divisions. The formation of the army In the Chateau Thierry region and lis early transfer to the sector of the Woovre. which wns to extend from Nomeny. east of the Moselle, to north of St, Mlhlol. was therefore decided upon by Marshal Foeh and myself on Aug. 9. and the de tails were arranged with Gen. IVtaln later on the same day. At Poiiibon. on July 24, there was a conference of ull commanders in chief for the purpose of considering allied operations. Each presented proposals Tor the employment of the armies un der his command and these formed the basis of future co-operation of Apex Electric Washer his artillery, cutting or Interrupting i u ' ,,,,., ,,,.,,. the norma n rimniiiiriiiMtu n-im MICHEL GROCERY COMPANY HEADQUARTERS FOR FANCY GROCERIES WRITE OR PHOXE VS FOR WHAT YOU NEED IN THE GROCERY LINES WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OP THE GROCERY BUSINESS PROMPT SHIPMENT GUARANTEED a tf jjl r iv i 11 z a 47 :W 'Vtf 'x-M -.Z- jsex 'S. NUMB in esmr&isas. it EMM Ing Into the salient. A general withdrawal from the Marne was Imme-; dlntely began by the enemy, who still . fought stubbornly to prevent disaster, j Took Btny le See. I The First division, throughout fom ; days of constant lighting, advanced 11 j kilometers, capturing Iterzy-le-Ser j and the heights about Solssons and taking some 8.300 prisoners and i field guns from the seven German di visions employed against It. It was relieved by a British division. The Second division advanced eight kilo meters In the first 26 hours, and by the end of the second day was facing Tigny. having raptured 3,000 prison ers and 66 field guns. It was relieved the night of the V.hh by a French divi sion. The result of this counter-offensive was of decisive Importance, hue to the magnificent dash and power displayed on the field of Solssons hy our First and Second divisions, the tide of war was definitely turned In favor of the allies. Other American divisions partici pated In the Marne counter-offensive. A little to the. south the Second illvl slon the Fourth was In line with the French, and was engaged until .Inly 22. The first American corps. MnJ. Gen. Hunter Liggett coiiitiiindlng. with the Twenty-sixth division and a French division, acted as a pivot of the movement toward Solssons. cap turing Tnrey on the isih iind reaching the Chatenu-Thlerry SolsKiins rond on the 21st. At the same time the Sec ond division crossed the Marne and took the heights of Mount St. I'ere anil the villages of L'hiirteves and Jaulgonne. In the First corps the Forty-second division relieved the Twenty-sixth on July 25 anil extended Its front, on the 20th relieving the French division. From this time until August 2 It fought Its way through the Forest de Fere and ac ross the Our-'O, n'l anelng toward the Vesle until relieved hy thp Fourth division on August :i Early In this period elements of the Twenty- eighth division participated In the ad vance. Forced Enemy Back. Further to the east the Third dlvl slon forced the enemy hack to Itoti clieres wood, where It was relieved on .Inly MO hy the Tlilrty-scconil divi sion from the Vosges front. Th" Thirty' second after relieving the Third and some 1 'cmcnts of the Twenty-eighth on ihe l.ne of the Oiircq river, advanced ahrciisi of the Forty-second toward the Vesle On Aug. 3 It passed mulct control of our Third corps. Major Gen ilohcrt 1.. lUillard coiiuimndmi;, which made its first appearance In battle at this time, while the Fourth division took up the task of the Forty-second division and advanced with the Thirty second to the Vesle river, where, on Aug. 6, the operation for the reduc tion of the Marne salient terminated. In the hard lighting from July IS to Aug. 6 the Germans were not only halted In their advance, but were drlv-ui buck from the Marne to the Vesie. and committed wholly to the defensive. The force of American arms had been brought to hear In time to enable the last offensive of the en emy to he crushed The First ami Third corps now held a continuous from of 11 kilometers along the Vesle. (in Aug. 12 the Seven ty-seventh division relieved the Fourth division on tho First corps front, and the following day the Twenty-eighth relieved the Thirty-second division In the Third corps, while from Aug. 11 to Aug. 10 the Sixth Infantry brigade of the Third division held a sector o'.i the river line. The transfer of the First corps to the Woevre was ordered at this time, and the control of this front was turned over to the Third corps. On August IS Gen. Petaln began an offensive between Ithelms and the Oise. Our Third corps participated In 'his operation crossing the Vesle on Sept. 4 with the Twenty-eighth and Seventy-seventh divisions and over coming stubborn opposition on the pla teau south of the Alsne. which was reached by the Seventy-seventh on Sept. 7. Two days later the Third -nrps wjis transferred to the region ol Verdun, the Seventy-seventh divi sion remaining in line on the Alsne riv er until Sept. 17. The Thiriy-second division, upon Its relief from the battle on the Vesle. ioinod a French corps north of Sols i ins and attacked from Aug. 29 to 1 capturing .luvigny after some rilarly desperate (H-htlng and . . Mm: the Chiiiiiiv-Sohs.uis road. N"'- V- I mined that the allied attitude should he to maintain the offensive. As the first operation of the American army, the reduction of the salient of St. Mihlel wus to be undertaken as soon as the necessary i roups and material could lie made available. On Aug. 20. a rurther discussion with Marshal Koch was held at my head ipiarters ai l.lgny en ISarrols. At this meeting It was proposed by Marshal Foch that the general operations ss far as the American army was con cerned should be carried out In detail hy: (a) An attack between the Meuse and the Argonne hy the Second French army, reinforced hy from four to six American divisions. (h) A French-American attack, ex tending from the Argonne west to the Sotialu road, to he executed on the right hy an American army astride the Alsne and on the left by the Fourth French army. To carry out these attacks the ten to eleven American divisions suggested for the St. Mihlel operation and the four to six for the Second French arm would leave eight to len divisions for an American army on the Alsne. Il was proposed thai the St. Mihlel op erution should be Initiated on Sept. in ami the other two on Sept. 15 and 20. respectively. The plan suggested for the Amer ican participation In these operations was not acceptable to me. because It would reipilre the Immediate separa tion of the recently formed llrst Amer ican army Into several groups, main ly to assist French armies. This wus directly contrary to the principle of forming a distinct American tinny, for which my contention hud been Insist ent. An enormous amount of prepara tion hail already been made In con- WlUl tlotl or roans, mnromm n-k-uiui- Ing stations and other Installations looking to the use and supply of our j armies on a particular front. The In herent disinclination of our troops to serve under allied commaii;lers would have grown and American morale would have .siilTereil. My position was I mated quite clearly, ilmt the smite j gleal employment of the first tinny us i a unit would be undertaken where de sired, hut Its disruption to curry out these proposals woiild not be enter tained. An American Army. A further conference at .iiurvnai Koch's headquarters was held on Sep tember 2 at which General I'etaln was present. Afier disviisslou. the question of employing the American army as a unit wus conceded. All the allied armies were to be employed In a converging action. It should be recorded that although this general offensive wus fully nut lined at the conference no one present expressed the opinion that the tliiul victory could be won In WIS. In fact. It was believed by the Motio-Argnnne attack could not be pushed much he you Moiifaiicoti before the arrival of winter would force a cessation of op erations. The choice between the two sectors, that east of the Alsne. Including the Argonne forest, or the Champagne sector, was left to me, In my oplnhin, no other allied troops bud the morale or the offensive spirit to overcome successfully the difficulties to he met In the Meuse-Argonne sector, and our plans nniL Installations had been pre pared for an expansion of operations In that direction. So the Meuse-Argonne front was chosen. The entire vector of loll kilometers of front ex tending from Port-sur-Sellle. east of the Moselle, west to Include the Ar gonne forest, was accordingly placed under my command. Including all French divisions then In that zone. The first American army wns to pro ceed with the St. Mihlel operation, after which the operation between the Meuse and the western edge of the Argonne forest wns to be prepared and launched not Inter than Septem ber 25. On the night of September 11 the troops of the first army were deployed In position. On the southern face of the salient was the first enrpp. Mil Jor General Liggett commanding, with the eightv-second, ninetieth, fifth and second divisions In line, extending from the Moselle westward. On lis left was the fourth corps, Mai. Gen. Joseph T. Hickman com manding, with the eighty-ninth, forty second and first divisions, the left of this corps helng opposite Mnntsec. These two nrmy coins were to deliver (To be continued) ONLY A FEW of these left. They will be the most acceptable pres ent you can find. Des Chutes Power Co. PRINEVILLE, OREGON Farmers Attention! 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