New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1918, Page 8

B8 L ———— PERSHING PRAISES YANKEE FIGHTER In His Report on America’s Part | in Winning the War —General John his steward- the American was given to ih Bake 1 preliminary Washington, Dec. 4 J. Pershing's account ship commander expeditionary fo public today by in the port to the etar tions up to Nov collopsc 1t from the in France thos of as of of = re- is form sec covering opera- tie the expressing I nder mber German closes these great feel for word. leader of vrmy vho served him I pay tribute of the heroism.: their action. I ;O deeds to our line the un- the supremc soldiers 't their hardships, of emotion and think ofiicers When 1 patience finching am filled to under spirit with expre offensive whi am e are the mable heit immor eternal The Pershing pave the to smash Meuse and vl they eurnad of port Degin departure have our couniry with General | for France () the army that was resistance on the aid to the allies in forcing to its kaees nine- teen months later. Its striking feat- | ure section devoted ‘combat aperations” where it told v of fighting by the man who it. Yanks Equal to Demand General Pershing views the ena- counters before March 21 of this year in which American troor pavtici- pated as a part of their training and dismisses them Dbriefly. On that date, however, the 1t German offensi was launched and a crucial situation quickly developed in the allied lines which called for prompt use of the four American divisions that were at that time “equal to any demands of battle action. ™ The first crisis of the German had been reached in Picardy “The crisis which this offensive de- veloped was such,” General Pershing says, “that our occupation of an Am- erican sector must be postponed. On March 28 T placed at the disposal of Marshal Foch, who had been agreed upon as commander in chief of the Allied armies, all of our forces to be used as he might decide. t his re- guest the first division was fransfer red from the Toul sector to a poi ton in reserve at Chaumont en Vexin As German_ superiority in aumbers required prompt action, an agree- ment was reached at the Abbeville | conference of the Allied premiers and | eommanders and myself on May 2 by which British shipping was to trans- port 10 American divisions to the British army area, where they were to be trained and equipped, and addi- tional British shipping was to be pro- vided for as many divisions as possi “On April 26 the First Division had gone into the line in the Montdidier salient on the Picardy battle front. Tactics had been suddenly revolution- ized to those of open warfare, and our | men, confident of the results of their training, were eager for the test. On he morning of May 28 this division attacked the commanding German | position in its front, taking -with | splendid dash the town of Cantigny and all other objectives, which organized and held steadfastly againat ttacks and galling ar- fire. Although local, this bril- action had an electrical effect, demonstrated our fighting quali- under extreme battle conditions, and also that the enemy’'s troops were not altogether invincible.” Germans Threaten Paris. immediately across the Ltituc way for German give vital Germany to ¥ios gt scted s the di drive vicious counter- tillery liant as it ties the Aisne followed thrust toward Paris. The Allies, ‘faced a cris There erman eneral Pershing s equally as grave es that of the Pi y offensive in March. Again every available man was placed at Marshal Foch's disposal, and the Third Division, which had just come from its preliminary training in the trenches, was hurried to the Marne. Its motorized machine-gun battalion preceded the other units and | successtully held the bridgehead at the Marne, opposite Chateau-Thierry. The Second Division, in reserve near Mc didier, was sent by motor truc other available transport to check 1} progress of the enemy toward The division attacked and retook town and railroad station at Bour ches and sturdily held its ground against the enemy’s best guard divi- sions “In the battle of Belleau Wood, which followed, our men proved their | superiority and gained a strong tacti- | al position, with far greater loss to the enemy than to ourselves, |} 1, before Second was relievel, captured village of Vaux precision our Second Pavis. the it | with the the most splendid ‘““Meanwhile der Maj. Gen. George W been organized for the command our divisions with the British, wt were held back in training areas or assigned to second line defenses, Jive | of the ten divisions were withdrawn from the British area in June, three to relieve divisions in Lorraine and the Vosges and two to the Paris area to join the group of Amerian divi- sions which stood between the eitv and any farther advance of the encmy in direction.’ un- had of Corp: Read, that United States’ Strength Felt. By that time the great tide 1erican troop movements to F in full swing and the older di- sions could be used freely. The 12d, in line east of Rheims, faced the Ger- man assault of July 15 and “held their ground unflinchingly”; on the rignt flank four companies of the 2Sth Di- vision faced “advancing waves of Ger- man infantry” and the 3d Division | Jjeld the Marne line opposite Chateau- | Thierry against powerful artillery aid | of wa v be { Chateau | and infantry attack. ‘A single regiment of the Third wrote one of the .nost brilliant pages in our military annals on this occasion,” General Pershing pays. ‘It prevented the crossing at GENERAL PERSHING AND HIS FAMILY WHEN NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, HE WAS GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT PRS00 B E PR Heie is one of the few pictures of which was taken ) | the Pershing family at the time when John Pershing | while, on who had forward directions, | its front Germans points on flank, the gained a footing Our men, firing in met the German attacks with counter- attacks at eritical points and succeed- ed in throwing two German divisions into complcte confusion, capturing 600 prisoners.” Thus was the counter offensive which beginning with the smashing victory of the en- emy’s Marne salient brought = over- whelming victory to the Allies and the United States in the eventful months that followed. The intimation | s strong that General Pershing's ad- vice helped Marshal Foch to reach his decision to strike. General Per- shing continues: “The great force of the German Thierry offensive established Marne salient, but the ene- taking chances, and the vul- of this pocket to attack turned to his disadvantage. apportunity to support division with made avail- certain either pressed three stage set for the | the deep my was nerability might be Seizing this my conviction, any sort of training w able for use in a counter-offensive. The place of honor in the thrust to- ward Soissons in July 18 was given to | our First and Second divisions in company with chosen French divi- sions. “Without the usual brief waraing of a prelminai bombardment. the massed French and American artil- | lery, firing by the map, laid down its | rolling barrage at dawn while the ia- fantry began its charge. The tactical | handling of our troops under theses | trving conditions was excellent throughout the action. The enemy | brought up large aumbers of reserves made a stubborn defense both | machine guns and artillery, but through five days’ fighting the First | division continued to advance until it had gained the heights above Soissoas and captured the village of Berxy-le- | sec. The Second divsion took Beau Repaire farm and Vierzy in a very rapid advance and reached a position in front of Tigny at the end of its second day. These two divisions | captured 7,000 prisoners and over 100 picces of artillery.” | The report describes in some detail | the work of completing the reduction | of the salient, mentioning the opera- | tions of the 26th, 3d, 4th, 42d, 32d | and 25th divisions. With the situation on the Marne front thus relieved, General Pershing writes, he could | turn to the organization of the First | American army and the reduction of the St. Mihiel Salient, loag planned as | the initial purely American enter- | A troop concentration, alded | generous contributians of artil- | lery and air units by the French gan, involving the movement at night, of 00,000 men reaching from Port sur Seille, east of the Moselle, westward through St Mihiel to Verdun and later enlarged | to carry it to the edge of the farest of Argonne, was taken over, the Sec- oad Colonial ench, holding the tip | of the salient opposite St. Mihiel, and | the French Seventeenth corps, on the | heights abave Verdun being trans- | ferred to Gen. Pershing’s command The combined French, British and | American air forces mobilized for tha | battle. the report says, was the larg- est aviation assembly cver enzaged on the western front up to that time in a single operation, | Of the reduction salient, Gen The After four ation the seven the front line ad September 12, number tanks Americans and every a with be- | mostly | A sector | of Pershing the says: St Battle of St. Mihi ( hours’ artillery American pr divisions ia S limited manned partly by partly the French. These divisions, accompanied v groups of wire-cutters and others armed with bangalore torpedoes, went throu the bands ot that protected the enc my's line and support trencl in irresistible waves on schedule time, breaking down all defense of my demoralized the great of our artillery fire and our approach out of the fog, “Our First Th while Fourth Corps to the southwest through | The Second Colonial French 1ade the slight re quired it on very difficult ground, | and the Fifth Co toolk its threa! ridges and repulsed a counter-attack. | A rapid march brought reserve regi- ments of a division of the Fifth Corps into Vigneulles in the early morning where it linked up with patrols of our on assisted by a of by successive vire front an ene- by volume i sudden | | rps advanced to | aucourt, carved hack Nonsard Corps advances H of | j ican First ! battle. ! ond, | though i became equal I lose | how | have | with In the to right, from V Point are from left standing: General John J. Pershing; Miss May Pers Miss Elizabeth Pershing; yard rshing: James graduated photo they salient of Thiau and beyond the we Corps, closing forming a new line court of Vigneulles, esnes-en-Woevre. “At the cost of only 7,000 casual mostly light, we had taken 16,000 TFourth tie prisoner tity of inhabi enemy released the tants of many villages from domination, and established our in a position to threaten Metz. “This signal material Army in its first offensive was of prime importance. The Allies found they had a formidable army aid them, and the enemy learned fi- Iy that he had one to reckon with.” The report shows for the first time officially that with this brilliantly ex ccuted coup, General Pershing’s men had cleared the way for the great ef- fort of the allied and American forces to win conclusive victary. The American army moved at once toward its crowning achievement— the battle of the Meuse The general tells a dramatic stor of this mighty battle in three distinct phases, heginning on the night of Sept. 27, when Americans quickly took the places of the French on the thin- ly held line of this long quiet sector. The attack opened on Sept. 26 and the Americans drove through entangle~ ments across No Man's Land to take all the enemy’s first line positions Closing the chapter, Gemeral Pershing says: “On November 6 a division First Corps reached a point a of the on the | Meuse opposite Sedan, 5 miles from our line of departure. The strategical goal which was our highest hope was gained. We had cut the enemy’s main line of communications, and nothing but surrender or an armistice could save his army from complete di aster. In all 40 enemy divisions had used against us in the Meuse-Argonne Between September 26 and Navember 6 we took 26,059 prisoners and 468 guns oa this front visions engaged were the First, Sec- Third, Fourth, Fifth, Twenty- Twenty-cighth, Twenty-ninth, second. Thirty-third, Thirty-seventh, nty-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Sev- -ninth, zhtieth, Eighty-sec- ond, Eighty-ninth, Ninetieth and Ninety-first. Maay of our divisions remained in line for a length of time that required nerves of steel, while athers were sent in again after only a few days of rest. The First, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Forty-second, Seventy- seventh, Kightieth, Bighty-ninth and Ninetieth were in the line twice. Al- some of the divisions were their first battle, they soon to the best.” in chief divisions British armies He tells of the work of the Secoad corps, rising the Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth divi- sions in the British assault on the Hindenburg line where the St. Quen- tin canal passes through a tunnel; of the Second and Thirty-sixth di- visions got their chance in October by being assigned to aid the French in the drive from Rheims and of the splendid fightir of the 37th and 91st divisioas sent to join the French army in Belgium, sixth Thirty fifth Sev enty Forty-secoad, fighting The commander sight of the French or ing this time. does not with con Over Two Million Overs Of the ditionary ports: “There are in Kurope altogether in- culding a regiment and some sanitary units with the Italiaa rmy and the nizations Murmansk, also in- cluding route from the states, approximately 2,053,347 men, less our lo: Of this total there are in France 1,358,169 combatant troops. Forty divisions have arrived, of which the infa personnel of 10 been used leaving 30 aivisions organized into three corps eact Of their equipment he “Our entry into the war few of the auxiliaries for its conduct in the Among our most cies in material tion and tanks. requirements as strength General total force, of the expe- Pershing re- at those en as now in France armies of throe vs found us necessar modern sense. importaat deficien- were artillery, av In order to meet our rapidly as possible, we accepted the offer of the French government te provide us with the necessary artillery equipment of seventy-fives. one fifty-five howitzers and one fiftv-five G P I guns from their own factories for thirty divisions. The wisdom of this course is fully demonstrated by the replacements, { millimeter | and | and 443 guns, a great juan- | success of the Amer- | | pursuit, " including airplanes, been | Our di- | Thirty- | ! official operating | dur- | i world in a si | sitting Pershing, rath Miss garet Pershing, and Mrs son Pershing, mother. (¢) Underwood - & Underwood. we soon began the manufacture of th classes of guns at home, there were no guns of the calibers mentioned manufactured in America on our front at the date the armistice was signed. The oaly guns of these types produced at home thus far received in France are 109 seven- millimeter guns. 't that, although French Cooperate Generously. “In aviation in the and here we were same situation, again government came to our aid until our own aviation program should be We obtained necessary un- the for from planes der way. French the training our personnel, and they have | us with total of observation and bombing planes. The first airplanes received from home arrived in May, and alto- gether we have received 1,379. The first American squadron equipped by American production, crossed the Ger- 1918. compelled Here, how- provided a 1, man lines on Augus tanks, we were also rely upon the French ever, we were reason that the French production could barely meet the requirements of their own armies. “It should be fully realized that the French government has always taken a most liberal attitude and has been most anxious to give us every possible assistance in ficiencies in these as well as respects. Our dependence upon France for artillery, aviation and tanks was, of course, due to the fact that our industries had not been clusively devoted to military pro- duction. All credit due our own manufacturers for their efforts to meet our requirements, as at the time the armistice was signed we were able to look forward to the early supply of practically all ou necessities from our own factories. in othe STORRS UNIT TO BE DEMOBILIZED SOON The Students Army Training corps at Storrs Agricultural college, ot which about 15 local young men are members, ig to demobilized on or about December 21, according to an notification seat out by Pres- ident C. L. Beach of the college. Several of the local men enrolled in the unit at Storrs have already re- turned home, and those who are planaing to remain at the college will be given academic credit for the work done members of the tary unit. as PRAISES ROYAL NAVY ritish Sea Force Was What Saved the World. Geddes Says. London, Dec. 4 he work of the British navy during the war was lauded by Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, in his address open- ing the ‘sea power” exhibition in London today The sea power of the British navy, from the very outbreak of the war, he declared held all the fleets of the ent grip, crushed the life the enemy countries and as- the freedom of the world by its efforts. It was the pivot on which the fate, not only of the war, but of the world, had turned, he said out of sured Army of 3,000,000 without a casualty! More than 3.000,000 Globe Sprinklers have been install- ed and not a single case is re- corded of failure to operate. Perhaps this explains why Globe Sprinklers are usually preferred where the best is desired. GLOBE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO 113 Esopo Bldg., Hartford, Mar- | Ann Thomp- | the French | completely | less fortunate, for the | meeting our de- | mili- | DECEMBER 35, 1918 * FUTURE OF ARMY 1S ' MIANY DONATIONS T0 NOT YET DECIDED ‘lPeace Terms Will Tell Story,‘ Baker Says in His Report The question i | ) of organization of army permanent the deferred for | of Baker, public has been consider ation after the close the peace | ! Washington, Dec 4. | ] | conference. Secretary in his annuval report made tonight, this course is determined upon nce “the military 1ecds of the Unit- ed States cannot he prudently until that conference shall determined the future interna- relations of the world.” tempor: purposes, Raker announces that will lay e Congress a plan of reorganiza- iion for the regular army, “which shall continue ihe nucleus of any futura military estzblishment.” Tne Sceretary also indicates his in- tention to press for perpetuation by law of the rong General Staff or- ganization built up during the war. as- sessod ry however, e a Makes No Definite Suggestion, I Mr, have refrained in Baker says, “from making spe- cific recommendations for future leg- islation for two reasons. in the first place, the signing of the armistice has | | not formally closec tke war. We have | | at present a great military establish- ! ment which can not be immediately dissolved, and the activities of the Department for some time at least must be concerned with what we have. In the second place, the peace conference is about to assemble and the military needs of the United States can not be prudently assessed [ until that conference shall have deter- mined the future international rela- | tions of the world. | “In ary case it clear that the | cducation of officers and a constant | study of the science of warfare will | be necessary, and it is my hope that | the great Military Academy at West | Point can be supplemented by an en- largement and brozdening of the spe cial schools which are at present or- ganized bnt should be made to take on more the character of post-grad- | uate courses and to develop and train | research specialists in the several arm In sketching the building up of the | war army, Mr. Baker selects a few striking figures as illustrations of what each step meant and what has been accomplished. On the day the armistice was signed, he de- clares more than 25 per cent. of the | entire male population of the country | between the ages of 18 and 31 was in | the military service, the army having reached total of 3,664,000 men, more than 2,000,000 of whom were in Kurope, as compared with a strength of 189,674 in March 1917 a weelk before war was declared. i Americans Set World Record. | To illustrate the speed of this ex- | pansion, the report cites the fact that the British army in France had reached its high mark in the summer of 1917, three years after the begin- ning of the war, and that figure wa i y more than 2,000,000 men." It took 18 months for the United States to reach the .same strength | there, but Mr. Baker points out that during those vears of battle, British manpower had been heavily called upon to replace casualties, while for many months the flow of American troops all went to augment the force being assembled. To some extent this was offset, he adds, by the far greater transportation difficulties of the American project. Health of Army Good. The general health of the army has | been surprisingly good, the report shows, the death rate for all forces, at home and abroad, up to August having been at the rate of per 1,000 per vear, or little more than the civilian rate for men of the same age groups. It compares With a rate of 65 per 1,000 per year during the Civil | War and 26 during the Spanish War. | Pneumonia caused 56 per cent. of the deaths. There were 316,000 cases of influ- enza among the troops in the United States during the late summer and fall and of the 20,500 deaths between Sep- | tember 14 and November 8, 19,300 ! are ascribed to the epidemic, ! Regarding the closing his | speaks this word for the | fought the war at home: “Perhaps a special word ought to | | be said in recognition of those who from civil life have come at the { country’s call to places of exacting | toil and have heen denied the oppor- tunity participate abroad in the heroic adventure, but have, neverthe- Jess, worked on, sometimes in uni- form and sometimes without even that badge of distinction. Theirs has been in an uausual degree the call to self-sacrifice, but they have been nane the less soldiers and have con- tributed in no small way to whatever success has attended our arms.” this report,” ay-at-Homes, Mr. men report, Baker | In who to CHANG of FElihu Burritt Observed Sunday. Birthday Will Be next Sunday afternoon the birthday of Elihu Burritt will be ob- served by appropriate exercises at the New Elihu Burritt schoal building The time will be 3:30 o'clock. The community song meeting will be held | in connection with this program in commemorating the birthday of | Elihu Burritt. i Owing to this fact, the usual | munity singing held on Sunday after- | noan at the Grammar school will boj | On | | com- omitted this week and all are invited to Jjoin in celebrating the occasion scheduled for the New Burritt school This arrangement will also dispense with the community singing of Sua- day evening as the auditorium has been engaged for other purpases on that particular evening. i bered. | three | apples, ! pounds | cere thanks to the school | here. CHILDREN'S HOME Hospital Also Generously Remem- hered at Thanksgiving Thanksgiving was thank giving-day, indeed at the hospital and | Children’s home. This was demon- strated by the generous contributions that flowed into the pantries and bins of the hospital and Children's home during the week previous to Thanksgiving. Rooms in the Ct dren’s home were filled with jellies, vegetabl canned goods and “goodies” prized by children, and the hospital was bountifully remem- Day, a As an innovation Hospital board and bureau joined donations this the Woman's home economics forces as solicitors for vear, thus increasing the staff of workers and number of gifts. Mrs. M. K. Pasco, chairman of home economics bureau suggested that her committee collect only can- ' ned vegetables and canned fruit, the collection to be divided between the two institutions. As a result, nine dozen cans or jars of vegetables and fruits were received at the hospital and nine dozen at the Children’s home through the efforts of the home economics bureau. The collective amount of groceries, fruits, vegetables, etc., and moneys received for both institutions are | given below. Itemized lists of dona- tions with donor's name, when given, | will be kept on file at the New Brit- | ain General hospital and office of Children’s home Donations at Hospital. | and Vegetables:—35 dozen oranges, one crate grapefruitj two barrels apples, one bunch bananas, three dozen bananas, one dozen heads cabbage, one and one half dozen | bunches celer bushels potatoes, | bushels onions, 1 bushel car- | rots, one bushel turnips, one peck parsnips. Jellies and Canned Goods:—one dozen jars string beans, two jars peas four bottles catsup, one dozen jars peaches, one dozen jars cherries, 12 jars plums, one half dozen botties pickles, one half dozen bottles olives, two dozen pumpkins, one half dozen bottles grape juice, 300 glasses jellies, jams and preserves, six pounds coffee, four quarts cranberries, four turkeys, five dozen jars tomatoes, six jars corn, one dozen canned soup, one dozen jars peas, six jars strawberries, one dozen chilli sauce, three Jjars beets, one dozen bottles wins, three beets, one dozen ootties wine, three pounds cocoa, eight pounds canned figs, one chicken. Moneys received from collections made by Woman's Hospital board, $142.80; contributions left at hospital, $18.50; total, $161.50. Donations at Cbildren’s Home. jelly and jam, 251 cans 35 cans 34 cans 9 bushels Fruits 550 glasse: fruit, 218 cans vegetables. syrup, 33 cans pickles, etc., soup, 25 bushels potatoes, 2 bushels carrots, 1 bushel turnips, 3 bushels onions, 1-2 bushel beets, 44 pumpkins, 29 squash, 17 packages crackers, 7 packages cook- ies, 8 pounds cookies, 12 cakes, dozen cream puffs, 6 dozen biscuits, dozen doughnuts, 30 ples, 8 pounds rice, 6 pounds beans, 50 pounds oat meal, 15 pouads rice flakes, 65 pounds wheat flour, 50 pounds substitutes, 25 rye flaur, 15 pounds corn meal, 4 pounds dried fruits; 12 pack- ages cereal, 3 packages tapioca, packages corn starch, 3 packages macaroni, 2 packages potato flour, 3 packages pancake flour, 3 packages postum, 1 pac¢kage tryphosa, 1 pack- age salyeratus, 2 packages raisins, 4 quarts oranberries, 8 heads cabbage, 16 cans evaporated milk, 8 cans fish, 12 cans cocoa, 2 pouads tea. 4 pounds coffee, 12 pounds sugar, 2 dozen eggs, 2 pounds salt pork, 10 pounds butter, 2 boxes honey, 1 dish pudding, 1 jar peanut butter, celery, 3 pounds nuts, 3 pounds figs, 7 dozen bananas, 5 pounds grapes, 7 dozen oranges, 2 chickens. Cash from friends through man’s hospital board, $64.70. In behalf af the boys and girls ot the Children’s home I wish hereby to express our heartiest and most sia- children of churches, societies who contributed 2 Wo- s New RBritain, to and other friends food and money and thus helped to make this Thanksgiving one of the very best ia the history of the insti- tution. J KLINGBERG. In behalf of the New Britain Gen- eral hospital and the Children’s home the undersigned extend sincere thanks to each and every one for each hour of service givea far every donation offered to the good cause embodied in the institutions mention- ed above, Signed, Waeman's Hospital Home Fconomics Board, Committee. CITY ITEMS William Gorman has been given an hoaorable discharge from the U. S, army and has returned to his h&hme Mrs. J. H. Dillon, of West street has received word from her son, George, stating that he has safely ar- rived at Southampton, England. PLEASE The report of the Visiti nurses need a FORD CAR WEEPIG ECZENA SOON RELIEVED A Perfect Treatment For Thig Distressing Complain WaASING.\ %I had an attack of Weeping Eczema; so bad that my clothe; would be wet through at tim 1 suffered terribly. I could get n relief until I tried ‘Fruit-a-tives (o} Fruit Liver Tablels) and ‘Sooth Salva’. The first treatment gave m relief. Altogether, I have used thre boxes of ‘Sootha Salva’ and two g ‘Fruit-a-tives’, and am entirely well’ G. W.HALL. Both these remedies are sold b dealers at 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, sent by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limite OGDENSBURG, N.Y. “Fruit-a-tives” is also put up in ENGLAND EXTENDS HAND OF WELGO President’s Message (Qccasi Renewed Avowals of Friends London, Dec. 5, (British Wird Service)—The British newspapers recent days, in publishing full rep of President Wilson's address congress and news regarding his, age abroad, have taken occasio point aut the British public's e growing appreciation of what { American soldiers and the Amer! people whole have done in war. “We would says the Times, “to believe that Allied peoples regard the coi of the President in the same spi: which they regard the immense effort of the United States and decisive contribution of its ai forces to the common victory. be a sacrifice for the American pe that the President should come, a sacrifice which the European deeply appreciate.” The Manchester Guardian that “like all PresidentWilson's ul ances the address fine! and quently spaken. Well might he continues, ‘“‘speak with pride of] splendid courage and achievemeny the American soldiers; of the s ness with which they learned lessons of war; of the almos! great ardor and enthusiasm of advance; of the stupendous indug efforts which accompanied the tary efforts; of the extraordinary cess with which America's greay mies were carried across 3,000 of ocean: of the decisive result off entry into the war. “It is a great page in the reco a great people. There is no exaj in histary of such an effort u: taken with so complete abseng material ambition or prospect of] terial gain, In defense simply off tional honor and of the larger - ests of manknd. Its immediate cess has been swift and decisive, its full fruits have yet to be gath and the President, in defiance o traditions, is about to leave his country in order to take part i decislve conferences of the Allie $16,500 ALREADY RAISH One-third of New Britain’s Quotd Relief of Polish War Sufferers| as a ask the America Been Donated. The Polish Citizens' committed sires to inform the public that campaign to raise $48,000 in ’th of New Britain for the relief o land, is progressing very success| The committee has so far coll $16,500.12 for this purpose and presses its gratitude to the o friends who have answered the aj and have sent checks or cash fof relief of the Polish war victims To those who have not heai the campaign and the formal o glven out some time ago, the conj tee desires to present its case a One-third of the quota assigag New Britain has been already and it is hoped that by the e this week the amount hoped fo be raised. MERCHANTS GIVE FREEL A movement was recently o ized to provide a Christmas tred the children at the Day Nursery. contributiors were requested froy the merchants of the city. The! tributions are coming in rapidly, all indications point to the fact each child at the Day Nursery, be made happy this Christmas W] gift of a toy from the merchan the city. Contributions are being ceived oy Secretary L. A. Spra the chamber of commerce, Mrs. nier, L. A. Gladding, Georgc A Nathan E. Mag and Arthu Churchill READ! ng Nurse Association. Thi to carry them on emey gency calls from one end of the city to the othe Who will give a car or send in contributions ? dress the treasurer, Mrs. .C mobile Fund. Ad harles F. Chase, for Autq