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Fair and warmer! moderate
nottheastly ; winds.
DAILY EDITION.
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MTV-i:JlITII VKAU NO. 2
HUNS AGAIN J
ATTEMPT TO p
PRfKS PAMAI
vnvuu vi li unu i
Ten divisions Sent Against
British Defenders Near La
Basse Coincident With As
. sault on Approaches to
. Keramel and Heights
ARTILLERY SLAUGHTER
OF ENEMY IS HEAVY
English Lose Very Small Por
tion of Territory Between
Bailleul and Dranoutre
(Ry Ik. AmtU$tnl re)
WITH THE UltlTISlI A It MY IN
FRANCE, April 18. 2 p, m. Ten
divisions of German troops were
driving today furiously arainst the
British defenses between Givenchy-Ij-L
Uassee and St. Venant in an
attempt to -effect a crossing of Ia
liassee runal,
The British were" holding well and
; Inflicting! heavy casualties on the
enemy, according to the latest re
ports. Colncidentally with this preten
tious assault tho German surged
forward further north and began
' hautikerlug at the apiirouche of
Kemmel ahd the neighboring height.
The attack between Glvincby and
St. Venant began at ft o'clock nf
' ter a heavy bonrbardment by the
enemy artillery lasting five hours.
Hard fighting developed Immediate
ly along njost of the line. It was es-
peciany intense aooui yivmvaj . .
In the Robecq-Locon sector. The
British were facing at least 75.000
riflemen, who were supported - by
great numbers of guns and, from SO,
(00 to 0,0)0 other troops, who go to
make up the complements for .the
Infantry. ,
Continue to Hold. A
The defending forces at Glvencby
had sustained numerous attacks and
had held their ground t during the
early hours of the battle. At Henges
hill, east of Locon. where the Ger
man line bulged out close to the
' canal, the enemy made a particular
ly determined effort to get across the
1 waterway.-
The British artillery and machine
(Continued en Page 3.)
12
Bring us the Boys on Saturday. There are. more tan 400
Suits in our Mock Suits with the old time wear resisting ual
itiea that live boys require;
New patterns stylishly tailored, noine with slant pockets,
belts anil various pleated pinch baek effects.
Threadbare and tat(ered clothes go with the dosing school
days. Ilcplaee them NOW before further advances in prices.
Ocean Pearl Buttons
A new lot in all sizes suitable
for use on Wash Suits, Crepe
and Lingerie Blouses or dress
trim in in gs, per doen
' ,.18c to 65c
Flpuncings Reduced Prices
'Fifteen inch embroidered Batiste, 19 and 21 inehrepe Em
Voidcred edge and 25 inch unhemmed Batiste r1ouneing.
- These were pricel at 33c to 55e, choice, ier yard. . . ... ...
Kightecn arid 19 inch Crepe Kmbroidered r101"
,21 inch Kmbroidered Bice Cloth, regtilar price Wctp juje,
choice at per yard..... " '"' "!,
Twenty inch Swiss Flouncing, regular price $1.43 and
1. CO, choice, per yard. .... . .
fan
J More Tanglefoot Is
Sent Germans, But
Nowlt'sBarbedWire
T
J
There is just a little bit of t
Irony In shipping wire that fca I
been used for years In the raia-.
Ing of bops for tho making of !
L'beer for German stomachs, over I
10, the trench front, to be used
once more In barbed wire en
tanglements for . German dis
comfiture. With the abandon
ment ok huge areas of hop yards
In this valley there has been
left a mass of wire to .be Junk
ed. Recently one of the river
boat took a shipment of eight
tons of thla wire to Portland, j
where it la to be made into j
barbed wire and forward to.Ku-
rope. This Is only one of many J
such shipments. 4
TRADE STRUGGLE
WILL CONTINUE
Committee' on Exports Con
trol Submits Report in Which
Prediction Is Made
CINCINNATI. April 18 Accord-
Ing to the report of the committee
on exports control, submitted to the
National Foreign Trades council here
today, the. restoration of peace is
bound -to be followed by a renewed
struggle for the markets of the
world, wblch "to judge from the way
the nations are preparing, will sur
pass the commerce competition of
t iukIi that .fwlil In 14114 aa I hi"
t.-.t war, surpasses that .of: 1870?
1871."
.."The . English.' continues the re
port, "are obviously preparing; them-
iIvm to submit after tne war to a
rreat deal ' of government Interfer
ence, f industrial and .commercial
rerimentation when they would not
have tolerated In the epoch that
ended, because their individualism
haB .bMom national through the war
""Z" ' .nn.. r
and they are now willing. If neces
sary to co-operate with their former
British competitors for the purpose
of defeating a common competitor in
foreign lands.
"Germany' nreoaratonr effort for
the coming struggle taaes prepon-
rferentlr the form of greater conson
dation. amalgamation and centraiwa
tinn. It Is the same process that
showed Itself so markedly before the
war to aovernment ownership or la
the bureaucratic control of industry
and commerce and lacor, to whien
name state socialism has been given
in the close co-operation of high fi'
nance and big Industry. Hut it Is
to be very much more intense and
complete,
Patent leather Belts
The popular new style Belts
worn with Suits. Medium to
extra wide in black and
shades of green, blue, brown
and tan, each. . . . .50c
MALUM,
SUBMARINES
ARE PROVING
SUCCESSFUL
Von Capelle Points Out That
Losses to Shipping Are
Greater Than Sinkings of
German U-Boats
RIDICULES AMERICA'S
VAST "PAPER PROGRAM"
British Say Figures Used by
Teuton Admiral Are Con
trary to Facts '
AMSTERDAM,! April 1 8. Vice
Admiral von Capelle, Germaia minis
ter of the navy, Uxcua:lnK submarine
warfare before the main coNtimlttee
or the reichstaK. declared that the
new U-boat construction exceeded
the losnes and that the effectiveness
of the submarines had Increased, lie
quoted figures to prove hl conten
tion that the l?-boat slnklnirs were
thrice or six-fold the tonnage of the
new British construction.
TJie minister declared that .the
American destroyers "which has been
so much talked about", had failed In
their object, and he Is quoted by th
semi-official Wolff bureau of lrHn
as Saying with reference to ship
building:
"For the earrjrfng out of America'
giant paper program, America mtut
first lay down the elilp yards. Aflr
prodigious promises, America in
1917 built 750.000 gross register
tons of seagolnc ships. The large
mercantile fleet placed on order,
America does not want for the war.
but for the post bellum period when.
the shipping program having h-a
In the meantime carired out, America
will become England's world freight
carrier."
"The robbery of Dutch tonnage.
whereby Anglo-Saxons had incurred
the worst kind of odium for decades
to come.' he said; was the best proof
of how far the shiplpng shortage al
ready had gone; with the western
powers. To the; sinkings mnet be
added, he declaredrlhe "big wear
and tear !n ships and the enormous
increase in marine accidents which
Sir John Ellerman. In the IMtlsh
shipping chamber recently had cal
cnlated to be three times the amount
of reace losses.
Attacks itntisn waiemem. j
Admiral von Capelle described as!
a base calumny the statement ,made
by Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the
British admiralty, that German U
boat crews were unwilling jto put to
sea and said the assertions of Brit
ish statesmen that thede had been
extraordinarily big losses of U-boats
were Very greatly exaggerated.
"We e.lso can continue absolutely,
to reckon on the military achieve
ments hitherto maintained. Whether
Lloyd George can continue the naval
warfare ; with prospects of success,
depends not upon his skill, but on
the positions of the U-boats as
against shipbuilding."
He contended that the new con
struction of the United States and
iapsji to a certain extent was needed
r their own necessity. Hence, only
the figures of. British shipbuilding
Could come Into the Question.
Kinking Are Six-fold.
Speaking with reference to ship
building by England to repair the
losses, Admiral von Capelle said thf t
In the middle of 1917 thre was talk
of three million tons In official quar
ters In England; then Lloyd Gorge
dropped two millions, and now, ac
cording to Mr. Bonar Law the out
put Is 1.10.000 tons. As against
about 100,004 monthly put Into serv
ice, there were sinkings of 600,00.),
or six-fold.
"Another thing must be taken Into
consideration," he went on. "Hence
forth, every ship sunk strikes at a
vital nerve of our opponents, for
when only absolutely necessary car
roes of foodstuffs and war nwesl-
I ties can be, transported, even the loss
I dt a small ship has ,Ult a dlffer.-nt
significance as compared witn mi
beginning of-the U-bot war.
"Under these circumstances even
the greatest pessimist must say that
the position of our opponents Is de
teriorating rapidly and any doubt
regarding the final success of the
U-boat war is unlnstlfled."
JSV lkTlslve Influence.
Admiral von Candle admitted
that Germany's opponents had had
some success with, their anti-submarine
measures, but? Jie declared, this
success at no time had any decisive
Influence on the U-boat war, and,
according to human reckoning would
not In the future.
The German commanaeys were
specially trained for attaching con
voys, and not a aay pawa. ui u
... Bhina were 'struck out of
th mntavi. Experienced Tommand
r. managed to sink from three to
four ships In succession belonging to
the eame convoy.
nntntRA ARK KXAGGEUAf KI.
ins-DOS'. April 18. According
to a statement Issued officially to-
Continued on Page 3.)
UW.O., l'KIIAY MOltMMl, Al'ltll,
IRISH WILL PUT
UP STIFF FIGHT
1
Parties United in Determina
tion to Prevent Conscrip
tion Meetings Held
LONDON'. April 19. The leader
of the Nationalists In Ireland, inrlu 1
rti the Uedtuonites. who aro new led
ly John Dillon; the Sinn Felnrs. th
O'Brlenites. Laborites, and Clercals;
are united in their determination t.-
lesfxt conscription "by the most ef
fective means at our disposal." which
Is the wording of a resolution passed
at ametlng of bishops at Maynootu
yesterSy.
For th first time In many yars
the Nationalists met in Dublin, Him
Ifinrs, and thi'lr oldr enenils.
William O'Brien and Timothy H-aly.
whll labor representatives who hav
not been very friendly to the Nation
alists in recent years, also were pres-
tnt at the conferencH, which was hld
under the chairmanship of the lor. I
mayor.
A committee composed of John
Dillon, Edward U Vabra. Timothy
llealy and a labor reireenlallve.
v, Ith the' lord Inayor of Dublin, wai
appointed to attend the bishop
ii-tlng at MayntHdh where the res
olution ' quoted was adopted
The meeting also directed that pub
lie meetings should be held In th
parish next Sunday at which a pled?"
should be administered In the words
of the resolution.
Masses of Intercession also will le
1 eld In every Catholic clwrch.
Field Marshal Iord French, com
inander-ln-chlcf of the forces In thi
United Kingdom, arrived In Dublin
yesterday with his staff.
The Nationalists, or at least the
majority of them, are understood to
have decided to abstain from attend
ance In the house of commons during
the crisis, thus adopting the attitude
of the Sinn Felners who were r
jljjjdl. parliament buthave never
. m it.n i
r,an power bill were" concluded today
m wm aiflitni .ma o m v 1 vnn 1 n 1
nd fhe royal assent was given th3
measure.
OPEN TRIAL OF
SHIP CAPTAINS
- X
Case Centers Around Alleged
Conspiracy of Captains to
Interfere in India
SAN FRANCISCO. April 18
"When a judge makes a mistake in
fact the supreme court can reverse
him. but If a Jury makes such mis
take the deity itself can not rectify
it." Attorney A. P. Blact: stated to a
jury in United States District Judge
van r ieet s court nere toaaj-. piacu
was presenting tne final argiimen
for -J. C. Clyde lllzar, attorney of
Coronado, Cal.: Bernard. Manning, a
San Diego politician tnd Captain 1
licinrich Eelbb and Edwin Belnat.
commanders of German vessels, who
are accuse'd of conspiring with sev
eral others to overthrow British ruls
in iniin
int.. ' ctnrr.iLmt nu Af t'.i
principal witnesses for the proeou -
tlon, earned his liberty oy attempt-
Ing to swear away the liberty ofll
ofvlli -
:ar. Black stateu
Starr-Hunt was the supercargo on
the steamer Maverick which the gov.
ernment alleges was chartered by the
conspirators to take arms -and am
munition from this country to British
India.
Black charged that thr conspiracy
bad terminated Ixfore f'aptaln Ke!!n
and Delnat were brought Into it
through the machinations of Starr-1
Hunt.
Argument for O. Boharl ll. a
prominent Hindu, defendant, was
nicde by hi attorney. H. M. Uoyce.
Theodore J. Itoehe, attorney , of
tcc:ord for the defendants, who num
ber over thirty, was to cnnHitmi' mot
of tomorrow in his closing, arKument.
Three Mori Salem Men Are
Qualified for War Service
Three mor Salem men have ouall-
fied as acceptable for Y. M. C. A.
war service In France, and .probabil
ities are strong that, thi-y. will i
wnt overseas in tn nar utnr-.
Th-y are it. A. Harris. Hev. V. T.
I'orter and Kay C. Barker or fhe gro-
cerv firm of Foster : Baker.
The men went to Portland Wed
nesday where th-y were nndr the
scrutiny of a committee at that
place. While It Is understood tnat
no obligation has been taken for
work at the war front the probablll-
tlea appear to be strong that they
rill be selected, and will accept.
Officer Recommended for
British Military Cross
(Dv The Ai"riated I'm)1
WITH TIIK AMKK1CAN AllMV IN
Fit ANCK. April 18 Lieutenant The
odore Hlgglns Sweetser of medical
rcrerve United Spates army, has been
rf commended for the British military
cross for conspicuous gallantry and
devotion to duty. Near Passchen
daele March 13 he gave valuable as
sistance to more than forty men ur-
ferlng from gas while he himself also
wa suffering from the effects. At
the present time the address of Ueu
tenant Sweetser is not available.
ll, IOIM
LIBERTY DAY
IS SET ASIDE
BYPRESIDENT
Wilson Issues Menage
Making April 26 Date on
Which Rallies yili Be Held
in Every Community ,
REPORTS OF WESTERN
DISTRICT OPTIMISTIC
f
Total of 307 Honor Flags
Given Out by Twelfth Fed-,
eral Reserve Bank
WASHINGTON. prll 1 (Iad
day) Friday; April 2S. will be liberty
day throughout the United States un
der a proclamation Issued tonight by
'resident Wilson calling on citizens
of every community to bold liberty
loan rallies and "liberally pledge
anew their financial support to sus
tain the nation's cause,"
Patriotic demonstrations similar to
those of the opening day of the cam
paign will be held on April 2C and
the day devoted to giving the race
toward the 13.000.000.000 war cred
it goal a new Impetus for the final
week.
Now. with the loan campaign al
most half over, $1,089,734,900 subi
fWJMtrS'Vl
reasury or 7J:
iZ"" fSSS
iirnpra iij 11111117 rAimuiuiiii w "
"-r" . - "
expressed hope for an oversubscrip
tion of the 13.000,000.000 minimum
Own-he To AIt.
Sundae A'jril 21. will be devoted
by thousands of preachers, lo peelal
tlhertv loan sermons. .
President Wilsons Liberty aay
nrnelamation follows:
-By the President of the United
States of America.
A Proclamation:
"An enemy who has grossly abused
the nower of organlied government
and who seeks to dominate me woria
by the might of the sword, challenges
th Hahts of America and the liberty
and life of all the free nations 01
the earth. Our brave sons are lac
ing the fire of battle in detense 01
the honor and rights of America and
the liberty of nations, to sustain
thm and to assist our gallant asso-
cjates In the war, a generous and
patriotic people have been called np-
on ,to BUbscrlbe to me inira noen
loan.
Wants Liberal Pledgea.
"Now, therefore, I. Woodrow Wil
son, president of the United States
of America, do appoint Friday, the
twenty-sixth day of, April, one thou-
nand nine hundred and eighteen, as
Liberty day. On the afternoon of
h Aar I renuest the people of the
I fniwt Rtateu to assemble In their
1 reective communities and liberally
pledge anew their iinanciai suppiv
lto sustain tne nation a ". ;
trlotlc demonstratlons should be held
in every city, town and namiet
throughout the land under the gen
eral direction of the secretary of the
treasury and the immediate direction
of the liberty loan committee or
ganized by the federal reserve banks.
Mt the nation'H respond to the
third liberty loan express In tinmis
takeable terms tlje determination of
America to rignt tor peace, iuo im
manent peace of Justice.
Holiday I IincUlnieI.
"For the purposw of participating
In Liberty day ceieorauoim. i rm-
ployes of the federal governinem
throughout the country whose ser
lre can be soared may be excused
at 12 -o'clock noon. Friday, the twen
ty-sixth of April.
In witness wnereoi. I nave n"c
.i ut m v hanil inn CBUKeu i'""
, . - .
seal of the United States to be ar
U U . W fc "'J . -
ii'n in tl.f District of Columbia,
thi ..lehiMMitli dav of April, In the
year of Our Iord. one tnousanu nine
hundred and Uhten, and of the
Indepenuencu 01 m
America, the one hundred and forty
se4ond.
"WooIrow Wilson.
"By the President:
"Uobert lousing,
"Secretary of State.
MiilwrHniion- Over H2 OOO.OOO.
SAN FUANCISCO, April H.Op-
timlstie reports of the liberty loan
Arvm (brourhout the seven states
comorlslna the twelfth federal re
serve bank district continue to row
into the liberty loan heauqoaners
ir aa announced here tonight.
The district, up to tonight, had re
potted subscriptions totalling isz.
ns 7nft more than 39 perl cent o(
m-'dlafrlcfs ouota of $210,000,000
Thousands of persons who did not
subscribe to bonds of the second Is
sue are purchasers now, according
to liberty bond committee officials.
Tit.. ntintd in the fact that Oregon
had recorded 69.711 Individual sub-
u.Hntions UD to tonlgnt, compa.ru
.ith individual subscription
during the entire second liberty loin
campaign.
a niai of 207 honor flags, many o
them with ona or two ttars represent
Shortage of Soda Pop
Threatens Soldiers in
California Camps
SAN FRANCISCO. April 1
i Soldiers in camps and canton-
I ments throughout California
confront a shortage. If not thi
extinction, of one of their fa
I vorite beverages, "soda pop,"
and the federal food administra
te tlon for California has Uken
I cognizance of the situation.
t Kalph V. Merrltt. federal food
I commissioner for California.
? has railed a conference to b
J held here next Wednesday an1
lo be attended by "woda pop
manuracturers from northern
California. ;
Soft drink msnnfaetorera as
sert food administration rules
limiting the amount of sugar to
be i.sed in the manufacture of
sofe drinks, classed as non-es-Mntlal.-t
makes it Impossible
for them to supply the demand.'
AUTO INJURES
YOUNG CHILD
S even-Year-Old Son of A. L
Stewart of Silverton May
1 Die as Result
SII.VKKTON. Or.. April 1g. Th
?-year-oii ium of Mr. and Mrs. A. K
Stewart was seriously tnd perhaps
fatally injured .Tuesday sight whea
run down by a big Chalmers car
driven ly a traveling man front Sa
lem named 'Jones. The boy was
crossing the Intersection of t)ak and
Kecond street and walked in front
of the machine before tho driver
could atop... He waa knockd down
and the front wheel of the car push
ed him along on the pnvemc-nt ser
era feet, tearing one car from hifl
tad. and Inflicting severe scalp
wounds. Kye witnesses to the acci
dent aay, that the driver was In no
way responsible for the accident. If
was driving slow when the accident
occurred, but could not stop the ma
chine in time to prevent hitting the
woy. ;
Monster Crowds Attend
Senator Stone's Funeral
NEVADO. Mo.. April -18. -The
First Christian chuhch here was far
too small to accommodate the thron
which came this afternoon to attend
the funeral of William J. Stone, Unit
ed States senator, who died in Waih
iEL'ton last Sunday from a stroke of
naialysls. Hundreds of persons stood
outside in a drixtnng ram. ims m
the late senator's "home" county and
many of those who came to day were
ared men. friends of forty years.
At 10 o clock tne body waa taaen
to the church, where It lay in -state
until 3 o'clock, the hoar of tnejuner-
services. During the ceremony.
all business houses and public schools
were closed. The burial waa in th-
family lot in Deepwood cemetery.
Another Mutiny Breaks
Oat Among German Troops
AMSTERDAM. April 18. A dbv
natch from Eindhoven rays that an
other mutlnv broke out al ueverioo
camn. in the province of Llmburg.
BelKlumT amour the German troops
when ordered to the British front Ml
r'rance. A number of the mutineers
were shot, the dispatch adds, but the
resistance continued.
Corporal Ackerman Writes The Statesman Frdm
Aix-les-Bains, in Southern FranceAn Account
is Given of Soldier Life in Attractive Leave Area
A bright and newsy letter Is writ
ten to The Statesman toy corporal
Glenn Ackerman of Company M,
162nd United States Infantry. Cor-
loral Ackerman is detached rrom
the company and Is stationed at Alx-les-Balns.
in the southern part of
France, where be Is doing office
work. He declare his station is one
of the finest places In France, out
that he often wlebe be were bacK
with the boy In the. company ann
hharlng their lot. He has some gooa
things to say for the work being don
bv the Y. M. C. A. and thinas 11 na
done a wonderful work for the Amer
ican soldier.
Corporal Ackermsn writes:
"Yesterday was a great day for
me over nere, as 1 rwniru
twenty letters from be folks at
hnm, and bIko a box of food. As
this Is the mornlne of the 20th and
there being not very much orriee
work on hand I will attempt to write
you a few lines, that yon and tne
folks at home msy have a more clear
Idea of what 11s boys re doing over
bere. ... .
it baa bAen some Utile lime since
we landed In tbl foreign land, but
I hope that the return win not d
quite so long as the coming. It Is a
great life If you on t weasen. . ,
"My company landed here the
25th day of December, In one flf Ue
finest ports of England, and from
there we proceeded to unload the
transport which now I am sorry to
say if at the bottom of the foamy
brine! It Jook ns something like six
hours to unload the boat and from
there we went to British rest
camp. Getting tbere about o'clock
1'IUCK FIVE CIlXTt
ALLIED LINE
H0LD1GHARD
AGAINST HUIK
Attacks of Extraordbinl;
Violent" Nature Turn::
Back on Ten Mile Trent
Where Effort Is Being Mad:
to Cross Canal
ARRAS SECTOR MIGHT
BE PLACED IN DAHGEI
Fighting Develops fa " TfcrtL
era Flanders on Recently
Captured Territory
(OFFICIAL SU KMART.)
, Reinforced by French troops, th
aJhed line la holding hard axaJs
futtber Incarslons by the Germs",
from the region of La Basse to tt
north of Yprea.
- Everywhere the "Germans ha
sliuck the line In an endeavor t
press back the defenders they Iiy
been repulse! with heavy lotsei ar.
btve been successful nowhere la gala -
Jnc further ground. .Attacks of s:
extraordinary violent nature are b
Ing .thrown by the Germans cn tL
tea-mile front between Ctveacsy an :
lUUyq, where an endeavor U bir
made to cross the La Bassee tu.ni:
red bend southward the salli'
which now outflanks the Import!'
railroad town of BethaBe. A civ)
aion of troops to each mile is ltz
nsed by the German pn U)l sector.
Lut the British at last accounts wer
holding well And Inflicting beav;
looses on the enemy.
Wowld Wlf Ovt ftollent.
If successful ,tb sew atUck c
tie -Germans would ieopardixe : ti -
entire Arras sector, which Laclede
the famous French coaling regie:
about Lens and the equally fame:
Vtmy ridge, where the Canadians ar
holding forth. It eeema evldeat ka
It is part of the strategy of the Ctr
man high commanl.to wipe ont tt
ealieottby an enrelWlng more, rath
er than, again to give battle to th
British about Lens and VImy. tw
regions that already have proT :
slaughter bouses for their Jnen.
Following the usual custom prio
to the launching of an attack, tl
Germans, throughout Wednes'a:
night, II tenallyy rained shells of a:
calibers between Glvenehy nd K
becq, the firing by daybreak reacj
Ann the Intensity of drum tire. Lars
quantities of gaa sheila were Inter
mingled with the high-powered xsU
silcs. Strong; rt ene Checks.
During Thursday midway between
Iailleul and Ypres, the Germans vig
orously, attacked the UrltUh posi
tion south of Kemmel. which tbr
British had recaptured from thei
Wednesday, but were unable to gtln
any advantage in the (ace of- the
strong defense.
Considerable fighting, has devel
oped along the front In north rr.
Flanders between Langemarck an-'
Klppe, held by the Belgians. At on
point the enemy penetrated the Bel
gian front line, but later was expell
" "(Continued on Psge J.)
In the evening, but on account of
some confusion we bad to .wait some
four hours until we were permitted
to eifter the camp The tents were
large, accommodating twenty-four
of us boys, but the cold weather sure
got us thst night. At about 10
o'clock at night the captain suc
ceeded In getting us more blankets
and two boys then made their beds
together, which after a long fide on
the seventeenth century railroads of
this country, and somewhat of a
loag walk we finally got what 1
would call a good night's sleep for
a soldier. . . , ""
Kleep AntlootJy Awalte.1,
"Our stay.ln this camp was short
for the next day we moved en tlon-r
to France, but still In England. We
rode all dsy on the train but got st ,
the rest camp early In th evening. (
The tents here were small, rouca
ones and twelve of ns boys were
again , to be crowded, but what we
wanted was sleep and it was only a
short time and our supper was
ready and to bed we went. The next
luornlag . we tooka Aost Jilke. S&4
then visited the town In the evening.
Th next day we were leaving for
what most of us boys thought was
th froot. We reached th hartor
of the English channel at noon nd
after a cold lunch with another wait
of about three hours we boarded a
so-called transport, but which we
boys named the English cattle boat,
which In fsct was one. : Again luck
was against ns and we slept on this
boat all night In the ; harbor, nad
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