Auf Wiedersehen . olini must have spent mil-lions of lire to get his army downhere so far and so well effort will make GeneralPershings attempt to capturePancho Villa look like a streetfight and can be compared in myexperience only to the combinedefforts of the French and Span-ish at Morocco to suppress andcapture Abdul Krim, which theydid nine years ago. Infantry troops swung along theroad all day long—blond-hairedItalian boys from the northernprovinces, singing as they marchedand wearing yellow field flowersand sun helmets and with riflesslung over their shoulders. I saw long
Auf Wiedersehen . olini must have spent mil-lions of lire to get his army downhere so far and so well effort will make GeneralPershings attempt to capturePancho Villa look like a streetfight and can be compared in myexperience only to the combinedefforts of the French and Span-ish at Morocco to suppress andcapture Abdul Krim, which theydid nine years ago. Infantry troops swung along theroad all day long—blond-hairedItalian boys from the northernprovinces, singing as they marchedand wearing yellow field flowersand sun helmets and with riflesslung over their shoulders. I saw long trains of familiar oldarmy mules with Missouri writtenall over them trotting along withhickory pack saddles, transportingall modern cannon, heavy ma-chine guns and ammunition. At times the marching troopsand mules rested beside the roadwhile a long line of loaded cam-ions would grind past under cloudsof dust, with oily-faced trusk-drivers looking and acting just as ,..., ,li,J ,„ 101 ft Cotton Blossom Staff. Officers of the staff of Cotton Blos-som, the official organ of the Atlanta Jun-ior League, are pictured above at theirfirst fall meeting, held Monday at are (left to right) Mrs. Reginald Fleet, treasurer;president; Mrsecretary; Mrpresident, anddent. FAIR THRONGS
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