AMERICAN HELP

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14712, 18 September 1918, Page 3

AMERICAN HELP

GENERAL PERSHING'S MESSAGE. SYDNEY, Aug. -31. The American Consul-General m Sydney has received an official wireless message from his Government containing a general order issued by. General Ptnshing to the American Army m France. ' "It fills me with pride to record m general orders a tribute to the service and achievements of the third corps of the American Expeditionary Forces. You came to the bnUlefield at a crucial hour for the< Allied cause. For almost four years the most formidable army the world has yet seen pressed the invasion of France and stood /'threatening it? capital. Ait no time had that army been more powerful or menacing than when, on July 15, it struck again, bent on destroying m one great battle the brave men opposed to it, so as to- enforce its brutal will upon ithe. world and civilisation.

"Three days later, m con i unction with our Allies, you counter-attacked, and tin* Allied armies gained a brilliant victory that marks the turning point of tho war. You did morn than trive the Allies support, you proved that our altruism, our pacific spirit, and our justice have not bjuntpd pur virility (or our courage. "You have shown that American Initiative and energy are as fit for the tnsk of war as for the pursuit of peace. You have justly won unstinted praise from our Allies, and the eternal gratitude of our countrymen. We hare paid for our success with the livoe .of many of our brave comrades, and we shall cherish their memory always and proclaim m our history and literature 'their bravery, achievement^, and, sacrifice."

Tho Roll of Honor of tho Dmredin Oitv P'vo Bi* I *J?a- J e shows that ten of tho'r membevs and have made tWe supreme sacrifice .