American Troops

Levin Daily Chronicle, 9 May 1918, Page 4

American Troops

luißuxi liUjL«ua±Li.Vb iO Ji£ TO iKAMCIi. MELBOUBNE, April 11. The following wireless message was to-day received from Honolulu: — Washington.—The military chiefs and the nation's Press rejoice in the War Department's reported decision to send to France by August all soldiers still in this country, except about 15 per cent which are required to assist in training the additional camps this summer. The United dtbtes forces awaiting transportation abroad are regarded as sufficiently trained for immediate effective fighting. Dispositions for the parts whence they will soon sail have already been made. Several hundred tlwusand men will perhaps reach Europe in time to participate in the present great battle if the fighting is protracted like Verdun. The army corps of General Pershing, it is stated, is already actively .co-operating with the Allied armies against the German offensive. Dispatches note the American made armoured cars were highly valuable in checking the German rush and inflictine enormous losses. A semi-official French estimate states that 300,000 German losses is regarded as low. The Press expects President Wilson to mention international questions at Baltimore next Saturday. The President, writing to', the Methodist Bishop, (Rev. T. H. Henderson) Stated: Yott are perfectly safe in vising the words you -mentioned, from my message as expressing my unaltered thought and unbroken purpose." Bishop Henderson s letter cited the following words from the President's message:—"German power, a thing without conscience, honour, or capacity for covenanted peace, must be crushed. Our present, immediate task is to win the war, and nothing shall turn us aside until it is accomplished." The President's letter will be read in all the Methodist churches next Sunday. "While the nation faces the total cessation of the use of wheat flour, so that the Allies will be supplied, oversea restrictions on some • other enmmodities are being relaxed. The food administration has given permission to purchase 251b of sugar, and moTe if for canning fruit. The former limit was 21b The people are learning to use vegetables instead of flour, pork, etc.. which aTe needed abroad. Millions of gardens'* liav© bcpn st&Ttcc.