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0,000 GUARDSMEN ALONG THE BORDER; CONTINUE TO SMASH GERMAN LINES
BTH INFANTRY
LAST TO LEAVE
Youngest Regiment of Junior
Brigade Will Be Last to
Be Examined
(From a Staff Correspondent)
Camp Brumbaugh, Mt. Gretna, Pa.,
July 3.—The Eighth infantry, being
the junior regiment of the Junior bri
gade, will be the last to have medical
examination and the last to leave
camp with the possible exception of
the cavalry and division headquarters.
Everything goes by seniority in camp
except the size of regiments in which
the country regiments beat Philadel
phia all hollow.
The medical examination of the
Sixth began yesterday but was stop
ped for the artillery and cavalry. This
will throw back the Eighth. Indica
tions are that the Eighth will leave
the end of the week and the cavalry
next day. A regiment a day is about 1
the rate which the camp can go.
Property transfer was wound up In
Colonel Finney's regiment last even
ing, the process being watched with
the greatest interest by many visitors.
It was in charge of regular armv of
ficers with Captain E. H. Schell act
ing for the regiment. This morning
the captain got a carload of equip
ment from the United States arsenal
a t Philadelphia which his comrades
trust contains uniforms for the men
who are without them.
Recruits have all been initiated as
far as possible, being given all the
degrees Saturday night and yesterday,
including a fire drill when the regl- :
ment turned out to save a barn. The
new men are eagerly awaiting their
uniforms and other property. They
have "gotten on to the hang" of their
rifles and are turning out to be fine
soldiers. The health of the Eighth
is remarkable. It has no men sick
and only a few have been hurt. Harry
Long, who has a broken arm, is the '
most seriously injured.
The Eighth's men are working in
rain and shine to perfect themselves
and have had hikes and long drills
and all things needed to give them 1
razor-edged appetites.
U. S. Cavalrymen Make
Two Fruitless Incursions
Into Mexico After Bands
Fort Hancock, Texas, July 2.
American cavalry made two fruitless
incursions into Mexico late Saturdav
and early to-day. returning late to-dav
without having caught sight of the
Mexican bandits whose trail they had
followed.
The first dash across the Rio Grande
was made Just west of here late Sat
urday after news had been received
that a band of len robbers from south
of the line had run off with three 1
horses from a ranch near Old Fort
Hancock.
The troops made a new start, this
time striking into Mexico to the east
of the fort. Their goal was a valley I
supposed to be the rendezvous of a 1
band who recently had routed a small j
fore® of the de facto troops. Captain '
Elting held two troops in reserve at
the river while C troop surrounded
the band. They, however, had fled
when he arrived.
10,000 More Troops Will
Go South This Week From
Camps in Eastern Dept
New York July 3. While Major
General Leonard Wood says that the
movement of militia from the Depart
ment of the East toward the Mexican
border has passed its climax he esti
mates that 10,000 more troops will
leave their home mobilization camp
during the present week. Nine States
out of twenty-two under General
Wood's command, have sent National
Guard units southward.
The following figures at General
Wood's headquarters show the num
ber of troops of each State in the
eastern department that have gone to
the border or are still in mobilization
camps;
States. Sent Forward. In Camp.
Massachusetts . ... 5,437 1780
Maine 1,039 *439
Vermont 888 300
Rhode Island 181 453
Connecticut 2,221 1,071
New Jersey 4,056 *307
Maryland 1,165 3,136
New Tork 5.643 11,000
Pennsylvania 4,736 10.004
All the troops in the other States in
the department are still in camp.
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Most Polyglot, but Most Patrio
tic TroOpers at Camp
Brumbaugh
(From n Staff Correspondent)
"Camp Brumbaugh, Mt. Gretna, Pa..
July 3.—Colonel Maurice E. Finney
has the most polyglot, but the most
patriotic regiment in camp. There
are men in the companies from the
anthracite country who speak a dozen
languages, but they have no hyphens.
Most of them are American born, the
sons of foreign parents, educated In
the public schools and as keen about
the principles of the United States
Government as sons of the Puritans.
But they do speak the tongues of their
fathers and mothers which they
learned at home.
There are three companies, Ta
maqua, Mahanoy and Pottsvllle, which
have a fair representation of these
sturdy young citizens and when the
talk Is going in the company streets
you wonder where you are. But when
It comes down to being soldiers, the
men who speak various tongues are
as good as any and as keen to get at
the Mexicans as they would be to go
Into action against men from the other
side of the sea.
A regiment is a sort of higher step
; than a public school. The public
school is the melting pot of the races
in America. The youngsters come
from the schools with some ideas of
what this country stands for, but it
takes the training: In a National Guard
organization to complete it. And now
when the men from all over Eighth
' regiment territory are thrown to
gether there are no better Americans
s and no better soldiers than the men
1 whose forbears came from Europe a
; little later than those of most of us.
In some of the western regiments,
the sons of the foreign born constl
; tuted a good-sized part of the rejec
i tions and they were turned down be
cause of faulty knowledge of Eng
lish. Men from families which are
near the "old country" begged and
implored to be allowed to enlist and
promised to learn all the English re
i quired, but army regulations are strict
and the officers regretfully turned
! them down.
A. B. H.
Small Allied Losses Are
Due to Tremendous Amount
of Shells Which Paved Way
By Associated Press
Paris, July 3. "General results ex
cellent," is the verdict of the Parisian
press on the achievements of the sec
ond day of the great Franco-British
offensive. All the newspapers assert
that what has been accomplished is
rather substantial than sensational.
They declare that the mistake made
In the Champagne battle will not be
repeated, that men cannot fight until
the ground has been prepared, so far
as humanly possible by artillery. No
section of the Franco-British forces
was advanced beyond the line assigned
to it, they say, however, tempting
might have appeared the chance of
smashing further lines.
Preparedness Saves Men
The story of an artillery corporal
who was wounded while in an observa
tion post at Marlcourt is cited to show
that this method Is sound. The cor
poral said:
"I was able to see for myself that,
our losses were quite small and X not
only hope but am certain that our
means of aqtion will enable us to
forge ahead without much wastage of
men. This is due to the prodigious ac
cumulation of munitions of all sorts 1
made by the allies along the whole
northern front.
I witnessed the first bombardment
of the German trenches and works If
was a wonderful sight. The effects
were terrifying. It is not possible
that any work of defense, however
strong: or ingenuous, can resist such
an avalanche of Are and steel. How
many men must lie burled in the ruins!
"The German reply is no less terri
ble an dthe most stubborn resistance
must be counted upon, for the enemy
may be short of men, but certainly
does not lack munitions."
X. J. BATTERIES IX TEXAS
By Associated Press
Douglas, Arizona. July S. Bat
teries A and B of the New Jersey field
artillery arrived to-day and we're as
signed to space in Camp Frederick
Funston. the new militia camp. The
New Jersey field hospital and ambu
lance company arrived last night.
CHEERS FOR MEN
TURNED DOWN
But Mud, Kicks and Cuffs For
Those Who Refuse to
Enlist
(From n Staff Correspondent)
Camp Brumbaugh, Mt. Gretna. Pa.,
July 3.—Men who are rejected by the
surgeons as unfit to stand the rigors
of a campaign along the border are
j given farewells quite In striking con
trast to the "rough-house" visited
upon the men who decline to sign up
for three years in the Guard and three
i the reserve. No doubt the men
who decline to enlist have something
on their side but the men in this camp
can not see it and they proceed to
show their resentment In strenuous
ways. Saturday night artillery men
who did not enlist were thrown into
the lake, painted black, their hair
clipped and given a chase to the sta
tion. Guardsmen and policemen saved
them from further molestation.
On the other hand, the men turned
down by the doctors are escorted to
the train by as many men as can get
away, sometimes with a couple of
men of the band and given cheers and
best wishes. The men who have to
leave camp are a sad lot and some
of the dejected rejected of Philadel
phia regiments had tears streaming
down their cheeks when the trains
left Mt. Gretna with their luckier
comrades standing by the track yelling
like Indians.
This camp is no place for a man
who has not made up his mind to go
the limit. The men who have signed
up are keen about their service, de
termined and filled with spirit and
woeful is the lot of the man who
changes his mind. It is rough on the
ones who refuse to serve, but it il
lustrates the spirit of the camp.
The men who have to go back say
they are glad they got as much as
they did and have promised to re
turn to the National Guard as soon as
new organizations are formed. "I got
a lot of good hard stuff from the docs
and that sanitary inspector," said one
man who headed home last night. "I
am going to go home and train up
and see if I don't get in." His com
rades nodded that they agreed and
took stogies instead of cigarets
A. B. H.
El Paso Expects Five
Trains of Pa. Guardsmen
Hourly; Find Survivor
El Paso. July 3.—Corporal F. X.
Cooke, the twenty-fifth survivor of
Carrizal to be taken captive by the
Mexican troops, is being held in cus
tody in Juarez. General Francisco
Gonzales, Mexican commandant an
nounced. however that he expects to
receive authorization from
Jacinto Trevino to turn over Cooke,
who was captured recently near Villa
Ahumada after a week's wandering
through the desert, to the American
authorities here. Cooke's story of
being fed by friendly Mexicans arous
ed hope that others of the 14 mem
bers of the Tenth cavalry command,
engaged at Carrizal now reported
missing, may still be alive. It was
pointed out that while it would be
practically Impossible for a man to
v. Urv ' Ve a ' one on the desert since the
? at U?' l h ere are numerous hacindas
in the district at which a wounded
soldier might stay indefinitely without
word of his whereabouts reaching the
American lines.
Scores of troop trains carrying the
National Guard to border points con
tinued to pass through El Paso dur
ing the night and early to-day most of
tnem being bound for unannounced
points west along the frontier
£?, inß , ca L ry,nK the Pennsyl
vania National Guard organizations
have been expected here hourlv for
da ; s ' b ut whether they" have
been diverted elsewhere or are being
delayed souepplryfusloncfst2Lsttßs
?,?i a 3£. ed P" r P° se ly to prevent confus
'r,^ ere durln * the heavy influx of
militiamen could not be learned be
nt^? 6 f . the military censorship on
or troop movements.
300 WEST COAST REFUGEES
By Associated Press
San Diego, July 3. The armv
transport Buffalo with more than 300
American refugees aboard from West
Mexican ports was reported by radio
early to-day nearing San Diego and
is expected to dock before night.
MORE ILLINOIS MEN LEAVE
Springfield, Ills., July 3. The
Fourth infantry regiment, Illinois Na
tional Guard, departed for the border
to-day. Approximately 8,500 Illinois
Guardsmen are now at the border or
enroute there.
TRY TO FIND Ol'T HOW MANY
ARMS SENT INTO MEXICO
By Associated Press
Washington. July 3. The customs
bureau of the Treasury Department
to-day began an examination to learn
the total amount of arms and ammu
nition that has been exported to Mexi
co within the last year. The work was
undertaken at the request of the War
Department. Orders were sent to all
customs Inspectors to tabulate the in
formation and send It to Washington
as soon as possible.
UARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
ACTIVITIES MAY BE
UNDER ONE COMMAND
[Continued From First Pajte]
under command of Major-General
Frederick Funston, to embrace that
part of the present department to a
line cast of El Paso.
"B—The Department of New Mex
ico. with headquarters at El Paso,
Texas, to be established, under the
command of Brigadier-General John
J. Pershing, to extend from western
boundary of Southern Department to
the one hundred and ninth meridian.
"C—That portion of the Southern
Department west of the one hundred
and ninth meridian to be assigned to
the Western Department, under the
command of Major-General J. F. Bell,
with field headquarters for same at
Douglas, Ariz."
General Bell is now in command of
the Western Department with head
quarters at San Francisco. He also is a
former chief of staff of the army.
Pending the appointment of an of
ficer to suprem? command, the func
tions of the three departments will be
co-ordinated through the War Depart
ment.
The assignment of General Pershing
to the command of the Department
of New Mexico, it was stated officially,
does not mean that the expedition into
Mexico is about to be withdrawn or
that General Pershing himself will re
turn to direct the affairs of the depart
ment from El Paso, his new headquar
ters. It is assumed that he will re
main in the field for the present at
least. If he is promoted, a brigade
commander probably will be sent to
relieve him In Mexico, unless develop
ments should necessitate the sending
of a large number of additional troops
across the border.
Brigadier-General George Bell, Jr.,
: will remain in direct command of the
El Paso district, where his brigade is
on duty.
Retirement of General Pershing's
expedition to the bases It now oc
i cuples. probably 100 miles closer to
the border, was declared by officials at
the War Department to-day to be due
to military reasons alone. At the State
, Department It was said there had been
no change in policy regarding the
i expedition, although private advices
from Mexico City assert that Car
, ranza officials construe the movement
as an indication that the expedition
r soon would be withdrawn and that this
feeling may have some bearing on the
diplomatic situation.
Army officers explain that the prob
lem of supplying the expedition has
become more and more difficult. The
rainy season is due, but there has been
no rain for weeks, and the country
about General Pershing's camp has
been stripped of the last vestige ol
forage for his animals.
The State Department had no ad
vices to-day as to when a reply of
General Carranza to the demands sent
a week ago might be expected.
Heretofore the southern department
hat embraced the entire border from
the gulf coast to the California State
line and General Pershing's expedi
tion In Mexico has been directly under
command of General Funston.
These changes, announced by the
War Department publicity bureau
without explanation, are believed to
be preparatory to the appointment of
a major-general to assume supreme
command of the forces on the border
and in Mexico.
General Funston is Junior to all the
ovher departmental commanders, who
rank In the following order: Major-
General Leonard Wood, Eastern;
Major-General J. Franklin Bell, West
err.. and Major-General Thomas H.
Barry, Central.
General Hugh L. Scott, chief of
staff, is next to General Funston: Gen
eral Tasker H. Bliss, assistant chief
of-staff, follows him, and General
George W. Goethals Is last on the list
of seven major-generals.
Officials here to-day were only
mildly interested in reports of the
latest bandit chase into Mexican terri
tory by two troops of the cavalry un
der Captain Leroy Eltinge. The party
spent yesterday in a vain search south
of the Rio Grande for ten bandits
who drove off three horses from a
ranch 5 4 miles southeast of El Paso
and last night the troopers were back
on the American side without having
seen either the horse thieves or Car
ranza troops.
At least thirty thousand National
Guardsmen probably will be on duty
at the Mexican border within the next
two or three days. No official in
formation of the number either at
border points or on the way is avail
able but there Is reason to believe this
figure is not too high.
Soon after arrival, each regiment
of infantry or cavalry will be fur
nished with automatic machine guns,
250 of a new type of which were
ordered recently for immediate de
livery. As an experiment the guns
will be carried In automobiles Instead
of on the backs of pack mules and
fix e chauffeurs will be required in each
regiment to operate the cars.
Make Urgent Appeal For
Corn For Starving Peons
Brownsville, Texas, July 3.—Acting
on an urgent appeal from officials of
Matamoros, American Consul Jesse H. j
Johnson and Mayor Albert Browne, of
Brownsville, will to-day request Gen- !
eral Parker, commanding Brownsville
district, to permit a quantity of corn
to be shipped to the starving popula- '
tion of the Mexican town.
It Is guaranteed by those making
the appeal that none of the corn will
reach the military forces in Mexico.
General Ricaut, commanding the•
Mexican forces at Matamoros is said !
to have agreed that the civil popula- |
tion alone will benefit from the ship- |
ments.
SECOND LINE OF
TRENCHES SMASHED
[Continued From first I'aae]
French advance.
To the north the British are
pressing for Bapaume, where nu
merous main highways join.
Having taken Fricourt, which
formed a salient desperately held
by the Germans to check the
British advance on either side.
General Haig's forces now com
mand the terrain toward
Bapaume.
North of the river Ancrc the
British have met the most de
termined German resistance and
their advances here have not been
so marked as between that stream
and the Somme. Nevertheless
they arc declared to have main
tained in conjunction with the
brench, the initiative all along
the line of the gyand offensive.
Reports from the BHtish front to
day tell of a further advance by the
British in the Fricourt sector. They
have occupied higher ground to the
north of the village, giving them an in
creased advantage ior pressing their
eastward drive.
The fighting Is bitter along the
v.hoie British front, being notably so
at La Boisselle, northeast of Fri
ccurt.
More than 4,000 prisoners have
otfcii taken by the British. With the
6,000 captured by the French, who to- :
day report the number growing, the!
total is now well above ten thousand. 1
The Germans, despite the allied of
fensive, ae continuing uninterruptedly !
their heavy attacks on Verdun. Last
night they captured the Damieup i
work to the northeast of the citadel, i
1 he French rallied, however, Paris re- \
ports to-day and completely ejected >
the Germans by a counter attack. j
British Army Rejoices
Over Fricourt Capture;
Many Tales of Heroism
British Headquarters in France, July I
I, via London. July 3.—There is re- I
joicing in the British army at the i
close of the second day of the battle of I
the Somme over the taking of Fri- i
court, which the capture of Mametz !
and Montauban yesterdav left as a 1
sharp German salient. The British !
guns surrounded it with curtains of
fire and after a heavy pounding the '
British troops rushed through the
debris, taking the survivors prisoner at
2 o'clock this afternoon.
Later they stormed Fricourt wood j
and from the neighboring,hill it could :
be seen that the Germans as they were
forced from the wood were holding up
their hands in surrender.
Included in the same panorama was
the bombardment of Lo Boisselle, fol
by a Brltißh infantry attack.
\v hen it faced the machine guns,
which the artillery had not reached, i
the line advanced unwaveringly into i
the German positions and was iost to i
view. The possession of Fricourt and !
the wood means command of the
ground toward Bapaume, and the Ger
man guns, which had been hidden in
the valleys of the front, have now
peen disclosed to the British observers
and must withdraw or be put out of
action.
Fight With Machine Guns
North of the Ancrc the day was
quiet except for vicious in-and-out
fighting of the sections of the first line
German trencher held by the British. I
Here the Germans in great force in I
the day attack kept to their dugouts, j
forty feet deep, during the bombard- !
ment. They then rushed out with ma- I
chine guns to receive the British ad- !
vance. Ulster troops drove through
the ridge north of Tliiepva! most gal
lantly, but were forced to retire before
the fire of the machine guns.
Tile northerr. attacks yesterdav
served as a diversion which led to the !
success of Frjcourt to-day and Mon- '
tauban the previous day. Everywhere
the German machine guns were nu
merous and the German machine gun
ners fought to tne death as the British
closed In on them. A German counter
attack at Montauban yesterday was
mowed down by the British machine
guns.
The weather was fair and hot to- !
day, merciful to wounded. There are
many tales of heroism. Scotch pipers I
played their regiments to the charge.
A private of 18, when all the officers
of his company had been killed, came
cn and captured a machine gun.
Many German dead are lying on the
ground taken by the British at Mon
tauban and Mametz and the British
litter bearers were busy to-day bring
ing the German wounded.
German Reserves Make
Themselves Felt, but Can
Not Stop Allied Advance
By Associated Press ,
Paris, July 3. - The reserves which
the Germans rushed up tothe Somme
region to check the Franco-British of
fensive began to make themselves felt
yesterday afternoon and last night ac
cording to latest reports received here.
The fighting reached a pitch of excep
tional desperation but nevertheless the
German efforts to check the allied ad
vance failed. The Franco-British al
lies, £hese reports say, retain the inl-
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tiative unimpaired anil as the result of
the days fighting have materially ad
vanced their line and strengthened
their hold on what they had previously
won.
The capture of Curlu especially in
view of t lie rapid progress made south
of the Somme represents a great step
lorward, for the village bars the road
leading to the only points where the
river can be passed. The French
troops have now before them on their
road to Peronne their goal, a series ot
hummocks each of which is crowned
by a village, ending in a narrow pla
teau.
The British on their part have made
steady progress towards liapaume
which is an important center on ac
count of the intersection there of the
main highways which apparently are
their objective.
Paris Is Hopeful That
Great War Is Nearing End
Paris, July 3. Stoic Paris does
not yet wave flags to celebrate the
good news from the front, but her
solemn feeling and belief is that there
will be no more flag days in Berlin.
With one month more to complete
two years of war, the Allied offensive
taking place north and south of the
Sonime will become greater and more
extended day by day until, perhaps,
the prediction of the late Lord
Kitchener, who gave the war two
years to finish, may come true. At
any rate, Kitchener's armies are lined
up for the first time with the legions
of Joffre.
The new offensive should not be
termed British nione in character; it
should be cn'Wl Franco-Brltsh, for,
despite the 1 -sustained and heroic
sat riflces of 1- ..i.e in defense of Ver
dun, the arms of the two Allies in
Picardy now are about equally strong,
while the high command of the of
fensive continues entirely French.
Allies Ready for Huge Effort
Existing supplies of all characters
arc- sufficient to maintain a sustained
attack on the German lines greater, if
necessary, than the Germans used at
Verdun. And, in the nature of
niorial endurance, following the cost
of her recent efforts, Germany in
Picardy cannot do what France did
at Verdun withstand. The French
defenses at Verdun were strong, while
the German lines in Picardy have sev
eral times been pushed back toward
ground so difficult as to be almost im
possible for any army to hold, namely,
the plain of Douai.
Germans Stay in Dugouts
During Bombardments, Then
Come Out With Machine Guns
London, July 3. News of the An
glo-French offensive came in very
slowly to-day, but while per >le were
anxious for information they showed
no disappointment at the delay. The
authorities and the press gave warning
that patience would be necessary and
the advance must be slow, owing to
the nature of the fortifications erected
by the Germans in the twenty months
they have been in possession of the
territory attacked. Places such as
Montauban, Fri court, La Boiselle,
Serre and Mametz which the British
took and like the villages further
south captured by the French bristled
with machine guns. There are many
other similar positions which must
be overwhelmed if the French and
British infantrymen are to continue to
push forward.
The artillery, it is true, demolishes
most of the defense works hut the
Germans remain in dugouts during the
bombardments and come out with ma
chine guns to meet the attackers.
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r fighting occurs. Furthermore there
are counter attacks to be repulsed.
! Meanwhile the troops on the north
ern end of the western front are not
J Inactive. Off the Belgian coast l!rlt
jisli monitors are throwing shells across
the sand dunes to keep the Germans ifi
| their trenches. The Belgians who re
cently took over another stretch of the
front, keep up a bombardment which
equals that of the British suns. What
with the heavy gun fire and the raid*
of infantry detachments.*'the Germans
are kept busy from one end of the
line to the other end and threatened
attacks at everj point warn them
'against sending reinforcements to tlio
Sornnic region.
French Announce Their
Offensive Is Continuing
With Complete Success
Paris. July 3. The French of
fensive south of the Sonime, in con
junction with the British drive, con
tinued last night with complete suc
cess, the War Office announced tu
da.\.
The French have ocupied two lines
of trenches of the second German
position on a front of live kilometers
(three miles).
The French have captured the vil
lage of Merbecourt.
East of the Meuse on the Verdun
front the Germans captured Damloup
redoubt but the French soon after re
gained possession of it.
The trenches of the second German
j position captured by the French ex
tend from Maracourt wood, which is
in possession of the French as far as
the edge of Assevillers. The village
of Herbecourt, taken by the French,
lies between these two points. Further
| south the French made progress to
ward Assevillers and Estrees.
I North of the Somme the Germans
J made no attack on the positions pre
viously taken by the French.
1 The French captured heavy artillery
land took more prisoners. The State -
I ment says 3 German battalions parti
cipated in the lighting and that 31 of
j these battalions sustained important
I losses.
i During the artillery preparation
| preceding the inauguration of the of
fensive 13 German captive balloons
j were burned.
PAPI.RS RKSKRYK OPINIONS
I London, July 3.—The London pa
| pers in their editorials deal with the
j situation on the British front in some-
I what reserved fashion, some of them
pointing out that it is not yet known
whether this is really the long awaited
| "big push" or only another feint in
greater force than any of the previous
movements.
Start Whipping Guadsmen
Into Shape For Service
San Antonio, Tex., July 3.—Com
j mandlng officers of National Guards
-1 men at border stations to-day began
whipping their men into shape to!
I hard service.
Colonel Sandborn, of the First ll
j linois, at Fort Sam Houston, began
j drilling his men and it was expected
j that in another day or two every
member of the Second brigade of ll
i linois troops now in camp here would
i be doing long hours of routine drill.
Although eager to convert the
! guardsmen into seasoned troops as
; Quickly as possible, army officers,
realizing the danger of overworking
' the men in the blazing heat, will not
insist upon crowding them. Almost
all the men who have been brought
j to the frontier are in excellent physical
shape, but a great majority of them
, are "soft" and unaccustomed to the
' climate.