AMERICAN troops bare played ft wonderful part la the recent
fighting north of the Marne. Bv the cftpture of the towns of
.Sertnges-et-Neales, Sergy and Roncberea beyond the Ourcq,
they aided the French In taking Fere-en-Tardenol*. the great German
concentration base near the centre of the Rhelms-Solssons pocket.
American troops were firat to crosa the Ourcq River, the entire
northern hank of which Is now held by the Allies. Lieut Patrick
Dowling of New York led the first dozen men. With him were Corpl.
Jamed McGovern and Private Thomas Lyden of Brooklyn. The old
69th of New York, now the 165lb, aided the Allies In croastng Ihc river.
The Americans are fighting desperately and with courage. Their
capture of Sergy was brilliant, and Included houawlo-house fighting, In
which the Yankees took terrible toll of tha enemy.
o~ that -
That’s the only way to win, and
Lieutenant “Pat’ Dowling knew it,
when he plunged into the Ourcq
with his little detachment from the
“Fighting Sixty-Ninth.”
Keep on going with a whoop!
They’ll do it, our boys over there;”
whatever regiment they belong to,
whatever section of this great coun
try they came from.
They’ll GET THERE, too; if we fol
low their example and keep going
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here at home.
Our work is cut out for us, as plain
as theirs is for them. Keep them
fit; give them every' piece of fight
ing gear they need, to do their job
up brown. Send as many million
men as can be used to finish it up
quick.
The faster we keep going the faster
our boys “over there" will go. Let’s
set the pace in Liberty" Loan sub
scriptions.
We can finish up this Fourth Loan
in two days if every one will
Be a Volunteer
September 28th end 29th Will Be Volunteer Days
On these days everyone will be given an opportunity'
to step up and buy bonds without being solicited to do
60. Places will be designated where volunteer sub
scriptions will be received. These places will be an
nounced In the papers and by signs. Your card will be
on file there. Cards of those who do not volunteer will
be used for active solicitation, which wi 1 begin Mon
day, September 30th. No one will be overlooked.
Do not wait for some one to come after your subscrip
tion. Show that you, too, can volunteer for your Coun
try’s service, just as our boys “over there” did.
Figure out now the very maximum you can subscribe.
Be ready when Volunteer Days come. This is no time
for half-way measures. Half-way measures won’t push
our boys across the Rhine. It is up to us to buy bonds
with every uninvested dollar we own, plus every dollar
we can save by careful, frugal living for six months to
come.
You don t have to pay all cash for your bonds. You
can make your first payment from cash in the bank,
and take care of the balance out of your daily, weekly
or monthly savings.
The forced saving you do now will mean a nice nest
egg later, for the bonds you buy now and pay for as you
go along, will prove a splendid investment that will pay
you a good interest every six months. After the war,
the bonds will be worth more than you paid for them.
Don’t hesitate to do your duty and do it quickly,
“Don't let the SON go down.”
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WINNING OF THE WAR BY
Yeatman-Gray Wholesale Grocer Company
BATESVILLE. ARKANSAS. NEWARK, ARKANSAS