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JULY THE ADAMS COUNTY FXEE PKESS, COKMXG, IOWA ly Experiences the woria war By General John J. Perching Copjrichi, 1831, la an eomnai by the North Aoserfwus Newspaper ASHace. WteM righto merred, tbe MUB. Eeprodactica in whole ar part prohibited. W.

N. U. Service. CHAPTER XXYIH Oneral Bliss and I had reach- understanding AS to our sttl- towsni. of oar i with tbe British lie gave me his in later conferences.

When we tie British representatives for talks at Versailles January 29, their argumects were "met and squarely. Af they had their case Prime Minister George asked Bliss for his views, he replied: will speak for us and what- vita regard to the diapo- i of the American troops wiB have agreement was then slgaed by IgJJoyd George, General Maurice and as set forth in the following ol the memorandum submitted flater cabled to egder to meet the situation as jftented by Sir William Robertson hasten the arrival and training ol it is proposed that the British the available sea trans- in question 'or bringing over personnei of enure divisions under jjjg following conditions German forces and in their ability to concentrate in turn agalast the French and British, and as neither had sufficient reserves of Jthelr own it was clear 'that iiniiro some 'arrangement could be made between them for better co-ordination and support the war might easily be lost before the should arrive. Ran Allied Beserre The study of this problem by the military representatives led to another Joint note which proposed a plan for the organization of a general allied reserve. It provided that the British French end Italian armies should each set spait a certain number of divisions to constitute this reserve, which would be called into action only in a great emergency. The discussion of this question became acrimonious.

Halg and Petain both pointed out that thsy would be short ol divisions very soon in case of severe flghtias and presented figures on the subject that were very disturbing. But the council's schema was cut and dried. The recommendations set forth in the note were adopted and there by the council. Ths gen- That the infantry and auxiliary jerai reserve wes created and its con- of these divisions be trained British divisions by battalions £te? such plan as may be agreed up- Tbat the artillery be trained American ciirectJon in the use of Btoch material as at present. That the higher commanders staff officers be assigned for ana experience with corres- units of the British army.

That when sufficiently trained battalions be reformed into regi- nts and that when the artillery is By trained all the units comprising division be united officers for service. under their f5. That the above plan be carried without interference with the now to operation for bringing American forces. '6. That question of supply be ar- iged by agreement between the itish and American commanders in "7.

That question of arms and be settled in similar man- War Council Meets Again The supreme war council began its ilrd session January 30. At the open- ig session Mr. IJoyd George made a atement in some detail of the situa- on on the allied fronts. He then of the large asanber of cassial- es the allies had suffered during II? and in a very pointed manner eclared that the costly offensives produced no tangible effects. But fpstead, tee said, tns allies now found es short of man power at jjrltical period of the war.

His sharp was evidently directed at ir Douglas Haig and Genera! Robert; but neither was given an oppor- jiity to reply. The military representatives pre- a joint note with reference to litary policy, as directed at the Dc- iber meeting, and the opinion given identical with that of the confer- at Complegne January 24 and ilso in August at the meeting in Par. s. except that the campaign under jpOcneral Allenby, then in progress to IpPalestine, should continue. It will be I Recalled that these two Informal conferences of commanders in chief had that the allies should re- JHrnain on the defensive on all fronts the Americans should arrive in 'Insufficient force to warrant the offen- sive.

i See So Snd of War UniS I9IS 1-1 The joint note was approved as the decision of the council, with the un- derstending, as suggested by the 3 French, that no white troops should be sent froai Prance to Palestine. It was decidedly the opinion of M. Cleg menceau and of all others present who 5 expressed themselves that the war a could cot be ended until 191-9, when if fee American It was thought. would reach its raaximum strength. -j; The allied forces at the moment superior ia all active fronts, ex- Jf cept in the Balkans, but the Greek 5 mobilization, when completed, would add sufficient strength to give the al- lies the advantage there also.

The 6 American strength was then negligi- 1 ble, but the prospect was that we should have s. few divisions ready for service by June, and by September possibly seventeen, or the equivalent of thirty-four French divisions. ji The danger on the western front lay in the continuous Increase of the tro! was placed under an executive war board to consist, of Generals Poch, representing the French, chairman; Bliss, the Americans: Cadorna, the Italians, and a British general officer to be named. At this meeting Mr. Juoyd George designated Gen.

Sir Henry Wilson as the British representative, to the very evident disappointment of General Robertson, who was present at the session. The selection of Wilson was regarded by the British high command and the war office as open disapproval of their conduct of the war. Winter of 1917-18 Most Severe It has been said that the winter of 1917-18 was the most severe of the war. The cold was at times so In-, tense as to maks the generally un-j heated houses, barns and lofts used as billets nearly uninhabitable. The short days and long nights in the isolated and largely depopulated French villages can hardly be described.

Then, as we have seen, there was also a shortage of heavy winter clothing, although frequent cables early ia the fall had called attention to the probability of a deficiency. No doubt the demands were greater than the department could meet, but the relatively small number of troops in France going through the winter under actual warfare conditions should have been given first consideration. Much of the clothing that we received for our troops looked to be shoddy, and, being light and thin, of course offered insufficient protection. The deficiencies were met in part by purchases from the British, al- aiough our men did not take kindly to the idea of wearing the uniform of another nation, and it was with considerable protest and chagrin that they did so until our own could be supplied. To the credit of our officers and men be it said that they generally ignored adverse conditions, and, barring some irritation at French methods and occasionally at our own, they kept at their tasks with commendable Looking back over the different phases of the war I regard ihat winter, with its difficulties, anxieties and apprehension for the fu- ure, as the most trying period of hem all.

some time but had not taken to her winter, coming in the spring to Ad-1 constant high level of intoxication I Young People attended the Glen-1 We hope to see a large cumber bed until two weeks ago. Everything ams county, Iowa, and settled on a I than anywhere eise in the world." I Institute will give a report- during out next Sunday. C. R. Saville, Pastor.

possible was done for her but to no-farm five miles west of Mi. Etna. Here! English newspapers reaching the the Worshio hour The entire service! avail, and with her eleven children at on this same farm Mr. and Mrs. Cruise i United States in the past her bedside she passed peacefully away last Saturday.

The funeral service was held at 9:30 lived for forty years, coming to Massena in where she has since resided. On this same farm the follow- Mondsy Bioraing in St. Patrick's Cteth- ing eleven children were bom we think, that olic church. An audience estimated at i reared: Thomas, of Imperial. you are have quoted the Oxford undergraduate i urge paper as follows: report.

"It was G. K. Chesterton, who said. I Iveyvine few days will be in charge of the League. We! rgraduate I urge everyone to come and hear this i 500 persons was there assembled to pay their last respects to this pioneer mother, who has entered Into her reward after a long, useful and exemplary life in Massena and vicinity, and who has reared eleven representative citizens, many of whom reside in this vicinity.

A wonderful profusion of floral offerings gave evidence of the esteem in which Mother Cruise was held. Interment was in Reno cemetery, the six sons bearing their mother to her last resting place beside the husband and father who passed away some fifteen ego. A Solemn Requiem high mass was sung by the pastor, Father P. R. O'Donnell.

who was assisted by Father P. N. McDennott of Atlantic, as Deacon of the asass. Father D. Dower of Reno, served as eub-Deaeou and Father F.

J. O'Connell of Des aioines. offi- elated as Master of Ceremonies. Father O'Conner, of Wiota, served as assistant in the Sanctuary. George Anstey, grandson of the deceased, and Donald Ansdor, were the alta? boys, Music for the mass was sung by Mrs.

Frank Xe-pp' of Anita, who was assisted by Misses Mabel and Reba Cullen and Earl Cullen. Father OTJonnell paid an unusual tribute to the memory of Mother Cruise and lauded the many sacrifices that she has made in the rearing of her family, to the faithful fidelity she bss always exhibited irt the practice of her religion and to the legacy of the wonderful memory of a life well lived which she bequeaths to her family. Mary McGarry. daughter of Owen and Mary McGarry, was bom on the! 6th day "of January, to the year oi 1852 at County Roeeommon, Ireland. Here she grew to womanhood and became a.

teacher, following to the footsteps of her father. On the 24th day of October, 1872, she became the wife of George Cruise, and immediate- following the wedding they set out 'or the United States, locating at Braddyvffle, where they spent one you happy. MrJ It was Omer i Joseph, of ML Etna: M. H. and Mrs.

Khayyam, we are sure, who intimated 10 a. M. Chnrch School. 11 a. m.

morning worship. Only two months till conference time. mi tli Mr i 1 U11711UL9 Martha Vasko, of Omaha; Mrs. Miry i that you should drink because you are! We are hoping that in these twc I months our Sunday School make i tha Shey, George. Eugene.

Catherine "People in Oxford (and by that we i some remarkable gains. "Ail things are' I mean drink for i Those of you who have been i Anstey, Mrs. Rachel Clinton. Mrs. Ber- sad.

and John, of Massena. Tbe following out ol town people! neither of these drink! saying. "We intend come sometime' out of habit, for the gentlemen at res-1 might begin by saying "Thy will were here for the services: Mr. Mrs. D.

P. Hogan, T. C. Hornby, Mr. and Mrs.

Hugh Baird. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Flannagan, Andrew Koppurid, H. O.

Loutsenheiser, Mr. and Mis. Leo J. Luckinitich. Mrs.

Grace Foreman, Mr. and Mrs. Ed McDermott, Mrs. Mayme Moore and Misses Marie Antrim, yan- 'gie'Grant and and" Messrs. Matt White and Frank Anderson of Omaha; Mr.

and Mrs, M. J. Ryan of Underwood: Mr. and Mrs. T.

C. Welch and Clarence Welsh of Iowa City: Messrs. James Beecher and John Ford: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sweeney and son.

Matt. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clinton.

Mrs. Jack McLaughlin and Miss Herzog, of Creston; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weston, of Newton; Mrs. James West, of Corning; John McHroy, of Miles City, Mrs.

Earry Preston, of Coon Rapids; Donad Cruise, of Denver. Mrs. Ha! Collins of Cleveland. Ohio; Mr. anfi Mrs.

James Carlisle, of Des Mc-lnes; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Moore, of Maloy. Iowa: Sheriff W. A.

McKee. of Atlantic; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Andrews, of Grlswold, and countless friends from Corning. w.

07 mis. amnn I In the face of the crazy wet charges that American students are a lot of drinkers, and that the situation could be changed for the better by adopting the foreign systems of unlimited booze, it is highly interesting to note that the "Isis." student paper published at Oxford University, England, claims that there is "a more icience at this university are rarely! happy and are rarely sad. "It would be going too far to say that they are mainly drunk, for all we know, some of them arej drank only very rarely, and some (for all we know) are never drunk at all.j but the race reJiiaUis fapart from! Buenos Aires, and the higher circles' of Chicago) there is a more high level of intoxication in than anywhere else in the world. I "For Oxford Is full of young who. for the first time in their lives.ji have been released from the tutelage of wary and arsrus-eyed school-masters, and a sudden is invariably the prelude to the most remarkable folly.

But apart from all'l this, there is an extraordinary tradi- tion of drink in this 'gate- way to this 'city of the Mus-'g this 'Mecca of learning'. "The tradition is not conventionalized; the ways and means are legion. There are those who drink on Saturday evenings: there are those who drink after a and arduous course of physical discipline (these are horrid): there are those who do not drink mildly all day. There we have who do not drink at all. But these are a rare race, and they have to bear with sll equanimity at their command the- curious stare of their more volatile! contemporaries." HAVE TOUR EYES EXAMINED AND GLASSES FITTED BZ Thos.

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Church School 7 p. m. Epworth League 8 p. m. Evening Worship While the weather has been warm, the attendance at our services has been good.

Next Sunday night the Notice to the Public We have just completed the revising of our master card index system, bringing all ratings up to date. We will now begin making copies of sanie for the use of the members in the extension of credit. EVERY PERSON MAKES HIS OR HER OWN CREDIT RATING WHATEVER IT IS If you have any reason to think that the man (or company) who has trusted you might have cause to report you other than the best of pay, see this party at once and have him adjust your rating with the Credit Association before copies of the cards are printed. We thank you. Coming Trade Territory Credit Bureau OBITUARY Early last Saturday Morning-, June 20th.

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