OF A QWi m 1(1, I g in illilijjiljllil lis III .v\ m i (ill !,0...!!I.S;ilJJ ".:::-.H.H,,iiiil!llllliilJ|!||||||NIJIlill||i !M III II \^ m'^■^•■""«m^ l!l!|i|illllll!JIIIII{||||||||||||||lilllll!illlllllllllllllllttllillinilliiHllllillil{l!lHIIII»Hllllii^ ........:.,ili ('lassXLnzro ^ Book %^ PKKSKNTt:!) m <'()L<>XKT. MATTHIAS CKOWLEV RECOLLECTIONS OF A RECRUIT An Official History of the Fifty-Fourth U. S. Infantry Compiled by GREGORY MABRY Chaplain of the Regiment >fc> .*'\ DEDICATED to those who followed the Great Example in paying the price on War's cross that other men might live TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Chapter I. A New Child of the Old Army. Chickamauga 1 Chapter II. Intensive Training With Magic Results — W adsworth 25 Chapter III. First Steps on Foreign Soil. Haute Marne 47 Chapter IV. Helping to Right An Old Wrong. Alsace 61 Chapter V. Through Mud to Victory. Meuse-Argonne 87 Chapter VI. Through More Mud to Rest. Early Armistice Period 103 Chapter VII. What Happened While Waiting. Later Armistice Period Ill Chapter VIII. Our Record Passing in Review 141 Our Roll of Honor 148 Orders of Commendation 151 Itinerary of the Regiment 175 Roster of the Regiment 179 PREFACE This modest attempt at recomiting the his- tory of our Regiment is far from the perfec- tion we would wish it to possess. While the orders, dates and places have been carefully verified, we feel that the work is still lacking in the finish we should like to have given it. Actually written down in the rough, in less than a week, mostly while preparing in haste to leave Germany for America, we have not had the time to heap upon the work the care which such an undertaking would justify. But, in the main, we hope that we have set down the Regiment's accomplishments in a readable manner, breathing, if possible, some of the atmosphere peculiar to the doughboy into the situations recounted; thus making the history, we trust, more than the recital of a few dry facts. Comparatively speaking, we have employed but few names of individual officers and men, feeling, as we do, that all shared in some de- gree the attainments reached. Trained and led b}^ Colonel Crowlej'- through its entire exist- ence, it is to be expected that the Regiment would bear some of his characteristics. It has come to be more than locally famed in the A. E. F. for its energy, precision and ingenuity — and those are the marks placed upon it by its Commanding Officer and worked out by the various members of the official and enlisted personnel. In short, our reputation for accom- plishments in field or billet belongs to no one person or group of persons, but to the whole body. May I take this opportunity of thanking, in the name of the Regiment, my collaborators. Sergeant Raymond R. Rychener, Corporal William E. Dieirhoi and Private First Class Paul C. Cooke. They really wrote the book. I have acted more in the capacity of the "pro- moter" and reviser. To Regimental Sergeant Major Hugh E. Sharpe much gratitude is due for the carefully kept diary which he placed at our disposal. To the many others of the Regi- ment who gave us information we are also greatly indebted. G. M. Adenau, Westphalia, Germany. May 21st, 1919. CHAPTER I A NEW CHILD OF THE OLD ARMY. Chickamauga. 'If a man doesn't work, wky, Me drills 'im an' teaches 'im 'ow to behave — "' ALTHOUGH the Fifty-Fourth Infantry is not an old regiment, counting from the actual date of its organization, it is the direct descendant of one of the oldest regi- ments in the Regular Army. The Sixth In- fantry, from which the Fifty-Fourth sprung, was organized in 1812 and saw active service in the second war with England. In the Mexican War it was under the command of General Zachary Taylor, who later became President of the United States. On the 16th of March, 1916, it again crossed the Mexican border as a part of the American Punitive Expedition. It was a regiment of the Eighth Infantry Brigade, which brigade was commanded by General Pershing. It was the first regiment to cross the border, and penetrated farther into the interior than any other. General Order Number 62, War Depart- ment, May 14th, 1917, provided for the organ- ization of the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth Infantry regiments from the Sixth Infantry. 1 2 CHICKAMAUGA PARK At that time the Regiment was at Fort Bliss, Texas. On ^lay 18th it entrained for Chick- amauga Park, Georgia, and arrived there on May 22nd. A letter of instinictions providing for the transfer of one-third of the personnel of the Regiment to form the Fifty-Fourth In- fantry was received on May 30th, and a tele- gram from the same Headquarters on June 16th was the command of execution. It was complied with in Regimental General Order Number 75, June 16, 1917, Headquarters Sixth Infantry. Thirteen officers had been transferred to the Fifty-Fourth from the Sixth on May 25th, in compliance with telegraphic instructions from the War Department, dated May 23rd, 1917. As there was no actual exist- ence of the Fifty-Fourth Infantry at that time, these officers were attached to the Sixth until June 16th. Major Matthias Crowley, the senior officer of the new regiment, had commanded the Third Battalion of the Sixth Infantry in Mexico. He now assumed command of the Fifty-Fourth Infantry, and in General Orders Number 1, attached the officers present for duty as follows: Captain Fauntley M. Miller, commanding First Battalion. First I^ieutenant Thomas H. Monroe, com- manding Second Battalion. Captain C. R. W. Morrison, commanding Third Battalion. CHICKAMAUGA PARK 3 First Lieutenant Paul J. McDonnell, Act- ing Regimental Unit Supply Officer. First Lieutenant Charles P. Stivers, Acting Adjutant, and Commanding Headquarters Company and Machine Gun Company. The first morning report showed a strength of 6 officers, 633 enlisted men present; 8 offi- cers and 12 enlisted men absent; total, 14 offi- cers and 645 enlisted men. It must have been a confused scene in those orderly rooms, with the first sergeants and company clerks of the three regiments working on separate morning reports. No doubt the three "top kickers" fought over the best chair, while the company clerks quarreled over the typewriter. Very likely the company commanders vied with each other in wreathing smoke rings from their cigars. Out in the barracks the men who had hither- to been pals in one regiment, but now were divided into three, were probably boasting of the merits of their respective organizations. The Sixth could boast of what it h^ done, and the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth could boast of what they were going to do. As barracks for the new regiments were un- available at that time the Fifty-Fourth con- tinued to be rationed and quartered with the Sixth Infantry. They were stationed on Rin- gold Road, which led from the Park to Chat- tanooga. Chickamauga is one of the most beautiful as well as one of the most historic 4 CHICKAMAUGA PARK parks in America. It was the scene of severe fighting in the Civil War. Here the famous "Battle Above the Clouds" on Lookout Moun- tain was fought, while on the plains below an- other great battle was staged. The hills, the fields, the woods are dotted with monuments placed there by States of the North and South in honor of their heroes. Hundreds of old field pieces are still in the same position they occu- pied in battle. Signs point out the positions held by the various brigades and regiments, every State seems to be represented. The Park is owned by the Government and everything is splendidly preserved. Separate drill schedules were now made out for the "three-in-one" regiments. While the Sixth stood Reveille on one side of the street, the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth held the same formation on the other. When Reveille was over they all went to breakfast together. The barracks were also divided among the three, but in a few days the infant regiments were living a career all their own. On June 18th the three regiments moved to a new cantonment in Brotherton Field, south of the Dyer Road. The older men were familiar with these names, but those who came to the Fifty-Fourth at Camp Wadsworth will need a map to orientate themselves. The pre- y'ious system of rationing and quartering con- tinued in use here. The Mess Sergeants in the Fiftv-Fourth were sitting on the world, with CHICKAMAUGA PARK 5 nothing" to do but eat and criticise the Sixth's chow. Bucks who became homesick for the old Company were allowed to do an occasional K. P., which, no doubt, prevented many from going A. W. O. L. across the street. Those were easy days — the "good old days" which the oldtimers like to recall. Intensive training, in preparation for the Great War, had not yet appeared on the bill-of-fare, al- though it was due in the near future. Drill hours were at the minimum, which kept pleas- ure at the maximum. Saturday and Sunday passes to Chattanooga were to be had for the asking, and many a promising young romance had its beginning there. Buck privates prom- enaded the streets in uniforms that fitted like those seen on fashion plates. Smart cufF leg- gins encased their nether limbs, in place of the spiral substitutes which are forever inclined to unwind from the legs of the A. E. F. The overseas cap had not yet been issued to cascade rain down the face and neck. Soldiers at that time were just plentiful enough to be of at- traction to the fair sex without necessitating a great number of M. P.'s. The Officers' Train- ing Schools had not yet turned out their thou- sands to monopolize the ladies and demand salutes. Back in the good old days it was a cinch to be a soldier. While the Fifty-Fourth was living with the Sixth, new barracks were springing up all over the Park. The fields became building^ sites, 6 CHICKAxMAUGA PARK and many acres of woods were cleared to make room for more. The Park had long been the site of Fort Oglethorpe, but now Camp For- rest came into existence. By the first of July enough barracks had been erected to accommodate a large number of troops. Accordingly, on July 2nd, 1917, the Fifty-Fourth moved into quarters of its own, on both sides of La Fayette Road at the southern end of Brotherton Field. After five days spent in arranging its new home, the Regi- ment began to be rationed separately. Parted at last from the mother regiment, it took its place as a unit of the American Arm}^ fully able to assume its own responsibilities. Vigor- ous activity has marked it from the very be- ginning, and the determination to do its own share has always been one of its characteristics. Recruits were assigned to the Regiment from time to time in July, bringing the total strength up to 1,397 enlisted men. More re- cruits were received in August, but the gain was somewhat offset by the transfer of 81 men to the Replacement Battalion of the Twenty- Sixth Infantry, organized at Fort Oglethorpe. The great increase in strength created a necessity for more non-commissioned officers. As a result, many of the original members were promoted. Having had experience with the Sixth in Mexico and in numerous camps, they ^vere well fitted for the task of training re- cruits. The discipline of the Regiment today MAJOR GENERAL WALTER H. GORDON COMMANDING DIVISION. CHICKAMAUGA PARK 7 is a compliment to the work these men did then, for they built the foundation upon which the structure stands. Many of the older non-commissioned officers were sent to the Officers' Training Schools in various part of the country. Some of them were reassigned to the Fifty-Fourth after hav- ing obtained their commissions, but most of them went to other units. The number of officers present was material- ly increased by the addition of all (?) Tem- porary Second Lieutenants in the Regiment and of 22 Second Lieutenants of the Officers" Reserve Corps. More enlisted men were also assigned, bringing the total strength up to 1,509 enlisted men, with 55 officers assigned and attached present, and 12 officers absent. In view of its later strength, this does not seem like a very great number, but when "Officers' Call" brought them all together they made quite a showing, and when they all began func- tioning at once on the drill field it became an extremely busy place. Major Crowlej^ the commanding officer of the Fifty-Fourth, had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel shortly after the organization of the Regiment. On August 5th he was again promoted, and was now a Colonel. To him belongs the credit of organiz- ing the Regiment and of bringing it through its period of infancy, as well as many other 8 CHICKAMAUGA PARK later periods which required untiring effort, and more than ordinary skill. Close order drill comprised the schedule during those months. It was carried out with wonderful results, as the appearance of the men soon attested. In a short time they were snapping into their work with the precision of old soldiers. They drilled hard, for the term "recruit" was considered a sort of stigma and every man was anxious to get past that stage. Shortly before the first of September, an order came for the transfer of 122 men to the Eightieth Division, at Camp Lee, Virginia. Sergeants were transferred with recommenda- tions for first sergeants, and corporals with recommendations for sergeants. At this time also the First Liberty Loan was inaugurated, and the sale of bonds was being pushed in every State. Opportunity was now given the soldiers to secure some of the bonds. During the month of October a most success- ful campaign was inaugurated at Camp For- rest. Competition between companies and regiments was encouraged by bulletins, speeches and meetings. Officers and men buy- ing bonds were permitted to wear a badge which proclaimed the fact that the wearer was a purchaser of a Liberty Bond. The Fifty- Fourth went over the top, and at the Saturday inspections there was scarcely a man who did not have his button to attract the inspector's eye. The total value of the bonds bought by CHICKAMAUGA PARK 9 the Regiment was $161,000, or $107.41 per capita. This broke all records in Camp For- rest. Many men today have these bonds salted down in a good bank at home, where they could not be gotten at for the purpose of gratifying the tastes peculiar to a soldier. Others who bought no bonds are now wishing they had done so. During the remainder of the year no more reciiiits were received. Losses by transfer continued. One hundred and thirty-eight men were transferred to the Second, Third and Fifth Division Trains. Just as the Fifty- Fourth was organized from another regiment, other regiments seemed to be organized in turn from it. Prior to November 29th, Thanksgiving Day, 1917, the Regiment had been organized on a peace basis. On that date instructions were re- ceived to reorganize on a new war basis, and the Regiment was placed in the Twelfth Brigade of the Sixth Division. The organiza- tion of other units in the Brigade and Division was the cause for many transfers. Four hun- dred and fifty-six enlisted men and 10 officers were sent from the Fifty-Fourth to the Six- teenth and Eighteenth Machine Gun Bat- talions. Thus only 863 enlisted men remained as the strength of the Regiment, but the num- ber of the officers increased greatly throughout the Fall. Many of the Reserve Corps lieu- tenants were given Provisional Conunissions 10 CHICKAMAUGA PARK as second lieutenants and assigned to the Regi- ment for duty. Other officers reported from courses of instruction at the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Five captains, forty-four first lieutenants and thirty second lieutenants of the National Army re- ported. The number of officers now reached 125, 35 of whom were assigned, 90 attached, and 12 absent. The frequent changes in organization handi- capped the instructors in adapting the new features of modern warfare which were taken up when the Regiment was placed on a war basis. A lack of certain equipment existed also, but the work went on very creditably. Many schools specializing in the various features were established under the super- vision of officers who had attended Army Service Schools. Selected officers and non- conamissioned officers were taught the science of modern bayonet fighting, the use of hand grenades, map sketching and reading, clock systems and many other features. Intensive training took the place of the old schedule. A portion of the day was devoted to setting-up exercises for the purpose of hardening the men for future trials. The drill field became a scene of hustling activity. Groups of men dotted the field, each intent upon their particu- lar line of study. Some were charging a line of dummies in a realistic imitation of a bayonet fight, others were throwing hand-grenades at P.RIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES B. ERWIN. ORGANIZER OF SIXTH DIVISION AND COMMANDER OP TWELFTH BRI- GADE. A GREAT FAVORITE WITH THE FIFTY-FOURTH. CHICKAMAUGA PARK 11 lines, reminding one of boyish games, like pitching pennies at a crack in the sidewalk. Another group was gathered about an officer who was teaching them to designate targets by the horizontal clock, while still another was scattered about, sketching maps. A few squads of recruits doubled back and forth on the field, swinging on their respective pivots like barn doors. They were learning the first essentials of being a soldier. The only men unaffected by the new order of things were the buglers. From their customary haunt in the edge of the wood they took leisurely turns at filling the air with unearthly blasts and discordant notes. A few weeks of these activities produced amazing changes in the men: Frequent ad- dresses kept their patriotism at high pitch, and the newspaper headlines made them anxious to complete their training and meet the Hun in battle. The physical exercises did wonders for the men. Their chests expanded, their muscles hardened, and their appetites took on enormous proportions. Mess sergeants and cooks began to realize that their days of ease were past, and, after a little hesitation, they caught the fever too. The meals served were palatable and strengthening, and the kitchens were marvels of cleanliness and perfection. K. P.'s wielded the broom and scrubbing brush until things shone like the Knickerbocker Bar. The camp became a model among models. Everything was run on a system which became more per- 12 CHICKAMAUGA PARK feet every day. When Recall was sounded the men marched in and washed up for Retreat. When supper was over there was plenty of en- tertainment provided. Each Company had its own recreation room, where books, games, music and writing tables were at the disposal of the men. Several large Y. M. C. A. build- ings, placed conveniently through the Camp, were always open to the soldiers. Fre- quent concerts were given there by the patriotic ladies of Chattanooga. Vocational classes were also conducted for anyone who desired to im- prove his spare hours. A large building in the center of the Camp was kept by the American Library Association. An unlimited supply of books was available for eager readers. The collection was wonderfully complete and satis- fied every class of book-worm. In all of its travels, the Fifty-Fourth has never found an- other place that equaled Camp Forrest, in Chickamauga Park. Early in December the Regiment hiked to Catoosa Springs, Ga., for four days' rifle prac- tice. The strength of the companies averaged 50 men, as a few were left to take care of the Camp. Major C. R. W. Morrison was in com- mand during the stay at the range. No shoot- ing for record was done, but the four days were profitably spent in instruction in the use of the rifle, as well as in actual rifle practice. Few of the men had ever fired the rifle before except at very close range, and they were now CHICKAMAUGA PARK 13 taught how to adjust their sights properly, how to allow for windage, and many other things necessary for good marksmanship. At the end of the practice period the Regiment made the hike back to the Camp in one day, which was considered a record in those days. But then it had not yet seen France. Unusually cold weather and heavy snows hindered the drill program for the remainder of the 3^ear. Accordingly, indoor instruction was given in empty barracks. The course of instruction included guard duty, first aid, nomenclature of the rifle, and other primary lessons from the School of the Soldier. Lec- tures by learned Medicos were also heard dur- ing these periods, to say nothing of those by second lieutenants on Military Courtesy. Many times the little blue book was opened at the following sentence: "Officers and enlisted men will exchange courtesies upon every occasion of their meet- ing except at games, mess, etc." Many an hour, too, when the rain was descending in torrents outside, a lively bout was staged in the barracks between the boxers of different companies. Boxing and wrestling became the popular indoor athletics during the winter months. More officers and non-commissioned officers were selected to attend schools of modern war- fare. Some of them attended the Infantry School of Arms, while others received instruc- 14 CHICKAMAUGA PARK tion from officers of the British and French MiUtary Missions. These Missions were sent over to assist in the training of the American Army in the art and methods of modern war. They were composed of men from the French and British Armies who had seen service on the great battleground of Europe. Some were as- signed to Army Service Schools, some to Offi- cers' Training Schools and others to Army or- ganizations. One French officer, one British officer and a British sergeant major were as- signed to the Fifty-Fourth Infantry. They conducted bayonet schools, schools for snipers and raiding parties, and were of great assist- ance in many other ways. Trenches were dug and wire entanglements were strung under their direction, and many practical demonstra- tions of trench warfare given. This was given the officers and non-commissioned officers, but frequent lectures were also given the men to acquaint them, in a measure, with the future conditions they would have to face. Few leaves were granted for the Christmas season, but it was greatly enjoyed, neverthe- less. The Park had many theaters and places of amusement, where the men could repair for pastime. The mail brought in hundreds of boxes and gifts daily, and no one was without something to remind him that it was Christmas time. The soldiers' relatives had permission to visit them at all times, and those lacking rela- tives could visit "that little girl" in Chat- tanooga. CHICKAMAUGA PARK 15 The year of 1917 closed with bitter cold winds and flurries of snow. As the Medicos had ordained that the barrack windows would be kept open at night, every available garment was piled on the top of the O. D. blankets which covered the sleeping soldier. When First Call sounded on the morning of January 1st, 1918, the Fifty-Fourth Infantry tumbled out of its bunks 863 strong, with 138 officers. It is not certain that all of them tumbled out, for a warm bed was a great temp- tation to miss Reveille on that cold morning, even at the expense of a Sunda}^ K. P. The new year opened as the old one had closed — very cold, and so continued during January and FebiTiary. More officers and non-coms were sent to schools of special instruction. In- door instruction continued at the Camp while the bad weather lasted. On February 14th the Regiment moved to the barracks formerly occupied by the Seven- teenth Infantry. This was necessitated by the Sixth Infantry filling up to war strength, and requiring the quarters now used by the Fifty- Fourth. Spacious drill fields were available at the new location, and they were fully utilized when win- ter began to let go its grip in March. Then the program of intensive training was re- sumed. A few recruits were received during that month and placed under special instructors for training. 16 CHICKAMAUGA PARK Spring was in full sway by the last of April. The drill fields resembled vast lawns, with the fresh greenness of the grass and the riotous color of the flowers blossoming in the sunlight. The woods in the Park again donned their verdant foliage and tender buds. Balmy breezes blew through the trees and the leaves whis- pered over the granite monuments of Civil War heroes. The mockingbirds returned from their winter exile and filled the air with music. The jay birds returned also, and quarreled noisily with the chattering squirrels. From a secluded nook the buglers joined in the med- ley. On the shaded side of Headquarters bar- racks the band practiced, each man in a dif- ferent key. Dummies were built for the bayonet fighters to try their skill on, new lines were laid for the grenadiers to throw at, and snipers were se- lected and began practice on the short range target. The drill field became a busier place than ever before. First Lieutenant Little (later Captain Little) and Lieuteant Daniel Harrup of the British Mission had charge of the bayonet instruction. While one of them was putting a company through the dummies, the other had another company going through the motions. This bayonet work was so strenu- ous that the men were allowed to remove their shirts. The machine gunners trooped across the field to their favorite spot, carrying their heavy guns dismounted and distributed among BRIGADIER-GENERAL DURFEE, COMMANDER OF THE TWELFTH INFANTRY BRIGADE AFTER THE ARMISTICE. CHICKAMAUGA PARK 17 the squads. At that, each man seemed to have load enough for a mule. The recruits, under Lieutenants Latony and McKoy, drilled, exer- cised, or strove to clamber over the high wall at the end of the running course back of the Regimental Headquarters. Formal guard mounts were executed three days in the week, with beautiful precision. On Saturday mornings the Regiment made short hikes with full field equipment. When it returned field inspection was always held. With the inspection over, it was always a race between the companies to see who would get packs rolled and off the field first. The com- panies double timed off with the band playing the Regiment's favorite, "Pop Goes the Weasel." The last company took its departure to the music of a funeral dirge, or else without music. Fire Call was usually blown about the time the edge of the field was reached, and the doubletiming had to be kept up until the place designated for fire drill was reached. Wednes- day and Satui'day afternoons of each week were holidays, completely unmarred by fatigue details. Sunday was a day of rest to be spent in any manner the men desired. Church services were held by the Chaplain for those who desired to attend. In addition to the Saturday hikes, Division and Brigade practice marches of twelve to fif- teen miles with full field equipment were held occasionally. Parades and reviews were held 18 CHICKAMAUGA PARK also. Night maneuvers were executed on Thursday nights. Certain companies were designated to represent the enemy, and sent to take up their position, which was usually in the depth of the woods. Blank ammunition was furnished each man. It was like a game of blind man's buiF, for the attackers had the task of locating and attacking the enemy in total darkness. A patrol was sent ahead to ef- fect contact and learn the position of the enemy. Sometimes it was a runner who brought the news of the enemy's position to the P. C, but a sudden rattle of rifle shots with the accompanying flashes more often an- nounced that the enemy had been found. Some- times the patrol penetrated the enemy's lines without mishap, at other times it walked un- suspectingly into a trap and was captured in- tact. But whatever the fate of the patrols, a great battle was always fought. The woods resoLmded with the crash of Springfields as it had with the roar of muskets in the Sixties. The enemy was charged and killed, captured, wounded or taken prisoner, sometimes by an easy flanking movement, but always by the ex- pending of much blank ammunition. How- ever, in this manner problems were worked out which can be taught only by practical demon- stration, and much good resulted to the Regi- ment through these maneuvers. They were en- tered into with great enthusiasm by both offi- cers and men, who realized that to be able to CHICKAMAUGA PARK 19 fight real battles they must first be trained in sham ones. Baseball became king of sports during IMarch and April. Diamonds were laid off, and each companj^ organized a team. Many lively games between companies were played, but the move, which came in ]May, prevented a regular schedule from being carried out. Boxing continued to be popular and a ring was built near Regimental Headquarters, where bouts were put on nightty. Generous purses were collected from the crowd for the boxers. Wrestling bouts were also put on occasionally. In April a great festival took place in Chat- tanooga. Troops paraded through the streets led by the band. People from many States had gathered for the occasion of the sham battle which took place at the outskirts of the city. Trenches had been dug and wire entanglements strung to make the setting realistic. ]Many men from the Fifty-Fourth took part in the "battle," while many others were there as spec- tators. The battle began with a terrific artilleiy bombardment. Airplanes streaked across the sky, swooping low at times to drop bombs and pour a burst of machine gun fire into the trenches. They engaged in mock encounters with the apparent intention of forcing each other down. The artilleiy laid a gas barrage on the American lines, and the soldiers donned 20 CHICKAMAUGA PARK their eras masks. The American artillery beo^an to boom, and the doughboys sprang from their trenches and raced for the enemy hnes with fixed bayonets. 3Iany of them fell in *'Xo Alan's Land." The others rushed on and met the Boches on a bridge, where a terrible fight was staged, and the Hmis finally yelled ■'KameradI** The fisfht ended within the Ger- man lines, the entire enemv force beingr killed or captured. Then the "dead" came to hfe. the artillery ceased its ear-sphtting noise and the airplanes descended safely to earth. The camera man dismoimted his camera and hur- ried to the studio. The enormous tlu-ong of people dispersed, greatly impressed with the day's happemngs. All during April many nmiors were in circulation to the effect the Regiment was oToinor to move. One dav we would hear that we were to so to France, the next that the destiaation would be Alexico or the Phihppines. Few suspected at the time that it would be South Carolina, although even that was men- tioned later in the month. The first week in 3 1 ay was given over to packing up preparatory to moving. For the first time in months the mechanics were actually busy, under the direction of the harassed Sup- ply Sergeants. Drill was suspended and every one began packing in earnest. Fatigue de- tails became numerous and there was no one who escaped a share of the work. Everything had CHICKAMAUGA PARK 21 to be boxed, and every box had to be marked with the number, weight and Division insignia. Instead of the familiar red star, the insignia then was a white cross with a circle at the lower end. a red center in the circle. Trucks hauled the boxes to the station, where they were loaded by more fatigue details. Instructions re- garding the move posted on the company bulle- tin boards stated that full packs would 'be car- ried, blouses worn, and overcoats carried on the left arm. On the morning of Alay 7th the sun rose bright and clear. The Commanding Officer made a final round of inspection to see that the camp was thoroughly pohced up. Company streets were reswept until they were as clean as they could be made. Packs were rolled and the remainder of the morning spent in the last preparations for the journey. Recruits newly assigned to other regiments arrived and took over the barracks. As they were new to the ways of the service, they donated freely frcMn fuU stocks of cigarettes, which was a great help as pay day had been some time past. After dinner the Regiment was formed on the main street in colimm of squads. The order of battahons was First. Second and Third, with the band leading. After what seemed like a long wait. Colonel Crowlev o-ave the order. "Porward *\ the Battahon and Company Commanders echoed it "Alarchl*' came the command of execution, and 22 CHICKAMAUGA PARK the Fifty-Fourth Infantry stepped off as one man. Simultaneously the band struck up "Goodbye JNIa, Goodbye Pa" and the steady tramp of many feet kept perfect time to the beat of "Big Chief's" drimi. The column turned to the right when it reached LaFa^^ette road, and proceeded toward Chattanooga. At the head of the column the Colors and Regimental Colors could be seen flung proudly to the breeze. As the Regiment swung past the barracks on the right the re- cruits stopped cheering long enough to render the best salute they knew. Presently the "Route Step" was given and the Regiment proceeded on to the little station of Lytic, Georgia, about one mile from Camp, The trains waited on sidetracks. No "side- door Pullmans"' were these, with the legend "Chevaux-8, Hommes-40", but good comfort- able American day coaches. The first section entrained for Camp Wadsworth, South Caro- lina, at 2:30 P. M., May 7th, and the second section at 4:20 P. M. of the same day, the third following immediately. The trains were bearing the Regiment to a new camp, where it was to be filled to war strength with recruits. The days of organiza- tion were over, but the task which now con- fronted the new Regiment was fully as great as that which it had just successfully accom- plished. p o K u H CHICKAMAUGA PARK 23 As the last landmarks of Chickamauga Park faded from view the good old days faded with them. Xot for a long time was the Fifty- Fourth Infantry to run on so smooth a schedule, with such leisure at its disposal, amid surround- ings so designed for its enjo^Taent. Its days of infancy were past and the time was fast approaching when it should take its place beside other regiments in the zone of battle. CHAPTER II INTENSIVE TRAINING WITH MAGIC RESULTS. Wadsworth. "Now all you recruities what's drafted today. You shut up your rag-box an' 'ark to my lay, An' I'll sing you a soldier as far as I may: A soldier what's fit for a soldier." THE first section bearing men of the Fifty-Fourth arrived at Camp Wads- worth, South Carohna, at 8:30 A. M., ]\Iay 8th, 1918. The remaining two sections arrived at 10:00 A. M. and 2:30 P. M., re- spectively. The days following were busy ones, indeed. There were a million things to be done, and but precious little time to do them in. The Regiment had no sooner moved into the Camp and hastily performed such tasks as always accompany a move, than it had to again leave and make preparations to receive and shelter in a separate camp for a period of quarantine the army of recruits which would begin to arrive on the 12th of May. The site chosen for the Fifty-Fourth's Detention Camp was a cottonfield on the south side of the road, about two miles from Spartanburg, South Carolina. 25 26 CAMP WADSWORTH Across country it was about a mile from Camp Wadsworth. It was no easy work, this building of a camp with limited time and limited man power. The field, run to weeds, and deeply furrowed by cultivation, presented an unenviable task, but it was set about with the miflinching deter- mination which became the inheritance of the bigger Fifty-Fourth and has characterized it in all of its later accomplishments. The Regi- mental Headquarters were established on the north side of the road, and mid-distant from either confine of the camp site. The Regi- mental Tnfimiary was erected on the same side of the road, but farther to the east. Then the real work of preparing for the recruits began. The letter companies were to erect tents and be recruited in their alphabetical order. Thus A Company began at the extreme eastern limit of the field, leveled the gromid, erected squad tents, dug drainage ditches — all in feverish haste. The Camp of the Fifty- Third Infantry, which Regiment had arrived several days be- fore, just a quarter of a mile to the east, and already recniited to strength, served as an in- centive to speeding up the work in the Fifty- Fourth. On ]May 12th the first trainload of recruits arrived from Columbus Barracks. They un- loaded at a siding about ^ve miles from Spar- tanburg, laden with suitcases and much civil- ian equipment, were met by a tinack train — and CAMP WADSWORTH 27 the v»'ork of recruiting the Fifty-Fourth to war strength was under way. The new men were drafted under a special call for men for Regu- lar Army service, as the enhstment process was fomid to be too slow to meet the urgent de- mand for overseas forces. They hailed, for the most part, from the States of Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsyl- vania and the Carolinas. They came through three recruiting stations. Fort Thomas, Ken- tucky; Colmnbus Barracks, Ohio, and Fort Scrivens, Georgia. From every station and walk of life they came. The teacher from his school, the student from his books, the farmer from his plough, the clerk from his desk, the merchant from his business — all were now com- ing together, merging their diversified interests into a common one, the business of being a sol- dier and a good one. It was a big work, even in one Regiment, and yet it was but a minute affair compared to the immense work going on all over the United States. Hmidreds of resi- ments were undergoing the experience of wholesale recruiting at the same time. Xow came busier days than before. Trams bearing the potential soldiers arrived at all hours of the night, and the reception commit- tee of the company which drew them had to be on the job. There was httle rest. Arriving and departing tiiicks roared their protests against the long hours. The drivers, long since too tired to protest, kept their seats like a part 28 CAMP WADSWORTH of the machine. Arriving allotments of re- cruits were checked, fed, and bestowed in squad tents, where the}^ found comfortable spring cots, and were initiated into the mysteries of the bed-sack, which, when it is filled witli straw, affords a fair imitation of a mattress. Many and wonderful were the other mysteries to which they were soon initiated — all too soon. For, with the effects of the first injection of the typhoid anti-toxin still upon them, and with the heat and strangeness of a new climate add- ing to their depression, the squads (and they were many) who first learned how many cubic feet of earth are removed in the constiaiction of a latrine felt that, whatever might come, the Army now held no terrors for them. Each day now saw a new line of tents, rep- resenting a company, and each day saw the arrival of ncAv and greener ex-civilians. Each day, too, saw the greenness disappearing from the earlier arrivals, for from 5:30 A. M. until taps they were learning to be soldiers. Most any of them can still see themselves lined up in the companv street, delivering in two counts a "Hand— SALUTE!" And how they im- agined that the conscious jerk with which they brought the hand away at the command of execution was the "snap" the instructor asked for! And the "About— FACE !" and the zealous attempts at the "Click" on the last ac- cent of "'mp'ny, 'ten— SHUN !"— but they learned, they had to! They were instructed CAMP WADSWORTH 29 in the School of the Soldier, School of the Squad, School of the Platoon and School of the Company in varying degrees. They sweated over dust-covered fields in more or less of a formation, gradually learning the squad movements, learning to keep step, and main- tain the correct interval and distance. It was at the Detention Camp, too, that an- other phase of the Army was brought to the attention of the men. Many of them had heard of it before, but all had a more or less vague notion of what it really was. This was the sys- tem of War Risk Insurance, by which the sol- dier provided for his pension in advance. The policies were, for the most part, for five or ten thousand dollars, and the extremely low rate charged for the risk (from 60 to 70 cents per $1000.00 per month) made it a very satis- factory arrangement, indeed. The premiums, moreover, were deducted from the soldier's pay, thus making it an automatic affair. Many, too, took advantage of the allotment branch of the War Risk Act, whereby $15.00 of their month- ly wages were sent to dependent parents, se- curing an additional allowance of $10 from the Government. The allotment of $15.00 per month to the wives in the case of married sol- diers was compulsory, but the Government al- lowance equaled the allotment, and $10.00 per month was added for each child. The ten days of quarantine, which was the time allotted, had begun to expire for the 30 CAMP WADSWORTH earliest arrivals about the time the necessary paper work had been Unished. and the required number of anti-toxins had been shot into the dinchins" amis of the fresh-corned soldiers. Company Headquarters now began to move from Camp Cotton, as the Detention Camp had been named, back to Camp Wadsworth to prepare agam for the reception of recruits. For it was learned that all the men would be reassigned upon leaving Camp Cotton, and that no companies woidd have the same men they had been training at the Detention Camp. This was o-reatlv regretted both bv the officers and men. for the men had become more or less acquainted with the officers' methods of in- struction, and the officers had learned to know the men and had already a basis for the further organization of their companies. The work of the transfer to the old Camp progressed rapidly. Men were assigned from Regimental Headquarters in lots of from 15 to 50, and few of them f oimd themselves in the same company and with the officers they had learned to know at the Detention Camp. At Camp Wadsworth the men foimd a great many improvements and facihties which they had missed at Camp Cotton. They found the floors and walls of their tents boarded: a bath house at the far end of the Company street, where a refreshing shower at the close of a hard day put new life into tired muscles and made a fit- ting preparation for a good night's rest (be- LIi:rTEN.\NT-» <:»LmNEL FliEF' B. TERRELL. CAMP WADSWORTH 31 fore this the luxury of a bath meant a cross- country hike from the Detention Camp) ; but best of all, or so many thought, they found a well-equipped dining hall at the head of the company street, where one might sit at a table and partake of well-cooked meals. Many com- panies, moreover, went so far as to furnish their mess halls with dishes, plates and cups, and here the mess kit fell into disuse. At these halls of fame the magic letters "K. P.," when spoken in a peremptory tone, accompanied by the simple gesture of extending an empty dish, meant "seconds." The Company Supply Sergeants, who had remained at Camp Wadsworth all this time, drawing from the Regimental Unit Supply Officer the necessar}" Quartermaster, Ordnance and other equipment for the coming recruits, now began to assert themselves. Recruits arriv- ing from Camp Cotton began to acquire much paraphernalia, which was as foreign as to de- sign and as unintelligible as to purpose as a pair of skates and a skiing outfit would be to a Fiji Islander. First, the new recruit would witness the carrying forth into the company street of big, long pine boxes, with black handles attached. Suggestive, oh, very sug- gestive, they were. They were found to con- tain rifles, so the boxes, while they no longer suggested the deathly, might, at least, have been termed deadly. Little heaps of equip- ment, founded upon what was later learned to 32 CAMP WADSWORTH be a "shelter half," began to grow on both sides | of the street. One caught such terms as "condi- ment can," "bacon can," "oiler and thong i case," "tent pins and poles," "pack carrier" — and marveled at one's ignorance. When . the heap had grown to prodigious proportions f the recruit was invited to shoulder it and trans- port it to his tent. Many a poor ex-civilian who had never toiled much, and had certainly not been noted for his spinning, decided that at that moment Santa Claus in all his glory didn't have a thing on him. And then, to the intricacies of drill, was added the "Soldier's Friend," the U. S. Maga- zine Rifle — how to carry it, clean it, take it down, and assemble it again. The names of its many parts were to be memorized and much time was spent on the movements which con- stitute the Manual of Arms. While the bewil- dered brain of the near-soldier was reeling with the new drills, exercises, movements, names and duties, still others were crowded upon him. He must needs learn to roll his pack, for, like the turtle, the soldier carries his house upon his back. Things began to look dark fpr the novice now, for he was drilling with rifle and belt, and carrying his pack upon his none-too- well-toughened shoulders. He did not know where this thing was going to stop, and won- dered vaguely if the strength and fitness which he found himself acquiring would keep pace with his other more bothersome acquisitions. CAMP WADSWORTH 33 Some training in trench warfare was also hurriedly given here. Not a man of the Fifty- Fourth will ever forget the afternoon in early June, when one such lesson was undertaken, directed by a young Lieutenant of the French Army. While holding a line of trenches in the approved fashion, and while being earnestly exhorted on trench tactics by the Lieutenant, the flood-gates of a South Carolina summer rain were opened, the hard, red clay turned to crimson "gooey" and ran knee deep in the trenches, and the men promptly lost interest in anything except how to get back to camp as quickly as possible. The arrival at Camp from this drill presented some highly amusing pic- tures. Men were seen standing under the showers in the bath house, fully dressed, a fool- ish smile on their faces as they watched the vermilion mud gradually soak away. Still others were bathing their rifles to their deep satisfaction, and to the intense horror of the "old timers," to whom such an act was nothing short of sacrilege. Manj^ recalled this aftei*- noon, when, a few weeks later, the Regiment was on its way back from the Rifle Range, which is, of course, another story. With all the training thus far in the manipu- lation and nomenclature of the rifle no oppor- tunity had yet been afl*orded the men for in- struction in its actual use. One now began to hear talk of going to a "rifle range" several days' march away, where, in the safety of some 34 CAMP WADSWORTH mountain valley, the high-powered rifles might be fired at targets. Here the erstwhile civilian might learn to shoot true, against the time when such a knowledge might prove a highly valuable factor in identifying him with the more preferable of the two classes of men on a battlefield — the live and the dead. Rumors narrowed down to certainty. On Saturday afternoon, June 8th, 1918, big preparations were made for an early start on the following morning. Among such preparations might be mentioned the appointment of many new non- commissioned officers, from the numbers of the men of longer service, to assist in the duties connected with the moving of the large nimi- ber of men inexperienced in march and bivouac discipline. Before daybreak Sunday morning, June 9th, found the Camp stirring excitedly at the buglers' "First Call," and later, cheering lustily as the Regimental Band marched down the street in the inky, pre-dawn darkness, playing up the spirits of men roused from sleep before the usual hour. After a hasty breakfast ("hasty" because the excitement of going on a first hike proved too much for the average re- cruit's appetite) the First Sergeants' whistles shrilled "Outside!" the packs, which had been painstakingly rolled the evening before, and which contained all the articles on the list pub- lished by the Company Conmianders on the bulletin boards, were slung, and the Regiment H CAMP WADSWORTH 35 held its breath. At 4:30 the move out began. By 5:00 o'clock it had, with the exception of the trucks carrying the luggage and supplies, cleared the Camp. As daylight broke, and the long column could be seen from the van- tage point of some hill, something of the size of the Regiment could be ascertained. Each Company was up to and a bit over the pre- scribed war strength of 250 men, for allow- ance still had to be made for transfers, dis- charges and other losses. One "Old Timer" gazed at the winding column and thought of the Regiment at Chickamauga Park. "Darned if a Company don't look as big as the Regi- ment used to," he remarked. The march, on this first day, was by design a short one. The pace was easy, and by 9:00 o'clock the Regiment was drawing into Camp School, just eight miles from Wadsworth. Here the pessimistically inclined, who felt that a soldier leads a dog's life, were confirmed in their belief when they fomid that they would pitch and sleep in "pup tents." It was now literally a case of "when a feller needs a friend," for only half of this shelter was car- ried by one soldier, and a "buddy" was a prac- tical necessity. Naturally, this the first field bivouac of the new Regiment was accompanied by more or less confusion, but the long rows of olive drab shelters sprung up with surprising rapidity, and the sharp blows of intrenching tools upon the tiny tent pins kept up a con- 36 CAMP WADSWORTH tinuous, half -metallic staccato. The men were working, too, with half an eye on the kitchens, wliich were already steaming with promise, under the shelter of a big tarpaulin. By the time the shelters were erected and drainage ditches carefully digged around them, dinner was ready and the lines of hungry men, wear- ing the stains of their toil and the satisfied expression of men who had done satisfactory work, filed by with mess gear eagerly extended That afternoon was spent in rest, or largely so. Some mild offenders of military nile were given an opportunity of doing penance, dig- ging rears in hard clay, as has been the military fashion from the year 1. That night many a lad slept on the ground for the first time in his sweet young life, and, in spite of the fact that he found the lap of ^Mother Nature harder than he had ever dreamed it could be, he slept long and soundly. The bugle's call stole into his subconsciousness from far away, at first, and then brought him to a realization of his surroundings and the work before him with a jerk. On many subsequent hikes in France, when tents were stmck and packs rolled at all hours of the night, in pitch black darkness and quick time, there is no doubt but many a sea- soned doughboy's mind went back to this par- ticular morning and that first attempt at roll- ing a pack in the dark. ]Many of the more thoughtful had pro^dded themselves with candles, and he who was thus fortunate enough CAMP WADSWORTH 37 to have his equipment in readiness ahead of time was afforded a rare spectacle as he sat on his pack and gazed about him. At the head of the Company streets kitchen fii*es blazed and lanterns swung; and all about myriads of candle flames flung their tiny efforts against the night; moving silliouettes hurried to and fro, while the rattle of equipment and the steady hum of voices, pmictuated here and there by sharp cries of command, blended with the flaring lights to make a combination of sight and sound destined to linger forever in his memory. By daybreak the Regiment was again on the road. The advantage of thus marching in the cool of the day was soon felt and appreciated, even though many were inclined to gnmible at the early hour of First Call. The march this day was longer than that of the first. But the twelve miles intervening between Camp School and Camp Church, the next bivouac, was covered by 11:00 o'clock. Tents were pitched on a stony slope, which led from the road do^^Ti to a creek about 300 yards distant. The hard nature of the stone-covered groimd made the digging of drainage ditches a difficult task, and many a soldier was not prepared for the rain which fell that night, nor for the water which poured down the slope and trickled mider his blankets. The third and last day of the hike was the hardest and longest of all. Xow, in sight of 38 CAMP WADSWORTH the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the road was upgrade all the way, a slow, steady drag, which, coupled with the heat of the day, called for every ounce of reserve strength a man had in him. Many were obliged to fall out, and the ambulances were kept busy carry- ing the heat-stricken men. About 11 :0d o'clock the last and highest hill was reached, and the tired column began to drop into a valley. By noon Glassy Rock Rifle Range had been reached. Every one was too tired, hungry and thirsty to pay much attention to the natural beauty of the surroundings; but it could be readily seen that it was an ideal location for a target range. In the background, a little to the right, loomed the mountain from which the range got its name — Glassy Rock. With an elevation of over 5,000 feet it reared its glisten- ing stone face above the neighboring hills and the little valley which was to be the home of the Fifty-Fourth for the next few days. The Range is located about two miles from the North Carolina border line, was five miles from Landrum and twenty-five miles from Green- ville, South Carolina. Tents were pitched on a little bare knoll, just before the range proper, as soon as the men's thirst had been allayed, and the hunger of those fortunate enough to get to the juoun- taineer who was selling cakes from a basket had been slightly blunted. As soon as the kitchens could serve a lunch no time was lost -i* MAJOR CATTS ON TARGET EANGE, LANDRUM, S. C. TARGET PRACTICE ON GLASSY ROCK RANGE, LANDRl'M, S. C. THE FIFTY-FOURTH CAMP. GLASSY ROCK RIFLE RANGE. CAMP WADSWORTH 39 in getting to work on the range, and this haste to get at the training at once furnished further evidence that the Regiment had no time to spare in equipping itself for overseas duty, and that the time for its saihng was not far away. Those were memorable days, those first ones at the Glassy Rock. Lo, the poor Indian, as an object of sympathy, simply wasn't in it com- pared to the unfortunate w^ho had seldom or never fired a rifle in his life, and now found himself lying prone on his stomach in the hard dirt with a high-powered, totally loaded rifle in his hands; trying to adjust his shng in the manner the anxious instructor was endeavoring to show him ; quivering from the tension of try- ing to aim his piece and "squeeze" the trigger at the same time, and jumping, first at the loud reports of rifles on either side of him, and then from the recoil of his own. The course fired was the "C," or practice course, and no firing for record was done. The hundred-yard range w as first used and then the two and three hun- dred, and finally, the five hundred and thou- sand yard ranges were fired on. Not much long- range work was done, however, but great pro- ficiency was shown by the rapidly progressing marksmen on the shorter ranges, and some sur- prisingly good scores were made. From 6:00 A. M. until noon, from 1:00 P. M. until 5:00, the little valley reverberated to the continuous roar of rifle fire; spasmodic and fitful, when slow^ fire instruction was under way, but with 40 CAMP WADSWORTH a heartening' liveliness under rapid fire. Be- tween turns on the range or in the fire trenches the interest in the rifle was kept up (?) by a series of bayonet drills, and push and pull ex- ercises. In all, several hundred rounds were fired by each soldier, and he had completed his first course in the care and use of his rifle. For ten days every moment of daylight was utilized and made the most of in the training of men in the use of the rifle. For already Head- quarters were in receipt of orders which meant that the Regiment must be in readiness to sail b}^ the latter part of June. So, on the evening of June 19th, announcement was made that the start back to Camp Wadsworth would be made in the morning. Nobody seemed sorry. It was again a change ; the past days had been strenu- ovis ones. The first morning's hike, which was down grade practically all the way, led by an- other and shorter route than that by which the Regiment had come to a Camp about half the distance back to Camp Wadsworth. That afternoon the sunshine, which had been with us continually during our stay on the range, was overcast by clouds, and that evening and the following morning were destined to fur- nish the Regiment a high-water mark, so to speak, in its experiences up to this time. In the evening the sky thickened and began to ooze. The air turned colder, and the rain came faster. The hard dirt into which the tent pins had been laboriously driven softened, loosen- CAMP WADSWORTH 41 ing the pins, with the result that all through the night the air was filled with soulful protests of boys w^ho awoke to find their wet shelters lying across their faces. Morning found the cold drizzle still falling. Tents were struck in the rain, and packs rolled in the mud. While the rain continued the men half-heartedly par- took of a breakfast, and the always -to-be-re- membered hike was under way. Fifteen miles it was to Camp, and never for an instant did the rain slacken. It kept up a steady, unvary- ing pour that was maddening. It soaked deep- er and deeper into the clay roads, made mud- dier by the tramping of many feet. The Six- teenth Machine Gun Battalion, coming also from target practice, had just preceded the Fifty-Fourth on these roads, which, of course, were pretty well churned for even the head of the column. The condition of the road, as the rear of the colimm found it, was not unlike that which was later encountered in the Argonne. Chmbing a slight grade always reminded one of the old problem about the frog who is at the bottom of a well, and with each three feet of advance he slips back two; and how long will it take him to get out ? It was tough going, which is stating a heart-breaking, grueling en- during test, in a very mild manner indeed. Rest was out of the question. For when the order came to "Fall out" for the ten-minute halt there was nothing but mud on which to deposit the weary steaming body. Besides, 42 CAMP WADSWORTH the chilling rain produced a disagreeable effect on the heated men, who chafed at any delay, and gave vent to their impatience with loud cries of "Let's go!" The Camp, which before they had berated so roimdly, began to appear in their minds as a sort of a paradise. It was just past noon on the 22nd of June when the dead-weary, mud-soaked men trudged into the streets of Wadsworth, singing "The Gang's All Here." It was there, too; but it was mighty tired. A change of clothing and a hot meal made every one feel better imme- diately. It was now learned that the Regi- ment would indeed move very soon to a port of embarkation. Immediately equipping the men for overseas duty was begun, and orders were given to be in readiness to move on the 26th. June 25th was a strenuous day. Sup- ply Sergeants were known to have grown gray haired in about twenty-four hours at about this time. First Sergeants and their meek accom- plices, the Company Clerks, were madly pack- ing field desks and sundry boxes with blanks and stationery supplies, feverishly checking on various hsts to see that everything required was in evidence. The men were reluctantly assorting their belongings that they might take advantage of the last opportunity to send per- sonal property home. With genuine regret they surrendered the suitcases, which for some time had been the sole remaining tie between them and civilian life, and with real dismay GETTING OVER- SEAS EQUIPMENT AT CAMP WADS- WOPtTH. RETREAT AT CAMP WADSWORTH. CAMP W.\DSWORTH 4S realized that henceforth their sole worldly pos- sessions would be represented by what they were able to cariy on their backs. Xoon, 26th of June. 1918. found the Regi- ment in readiness and waiting. Shortly after this time trucks bearing luggage moved out. followed almost itnmediately by the Regi- mental Headquarters and the First Battalion. A short hike to a railway station near Spar- tanbiu-GT. and thev were in readiness to de- part. Each train was composed entirely of Pullman coaches, and had a kitchen car located m the middle of the train. It was traveling de luxe. Hot meals were served to the men right in their — ah — apartments. And when the colored porter, in capacity of super-room or- derly, made dov n the berths, it was the big linale. Joy was complete. The afternoon of Jmie 27th marked anothei big event in the experiences of the Fifty-Fourth men, for upon arrival at Washington. D. C. each section detrained and was served coffee and doughnuts by no less a personage than the First Lady of the Land. Airs. Wilson, in the garb of a Red Cross worker, was as efficient as ofracious in ministerinor to the wants of the O. D. clad boys, and many a Fifty-Fourther received his cup that cheers, but does not inebri- ate, from her hands. Daybreak of the 28th found the Regiment at Hoboken. Xew Jersey. After some delay the detraining was accompUshed. and. although 44 CAMP WADSWORTH little was thought of it at the time, we were laying the foundations for our later reputation as "Sight-seers." The ferry which received new voyagers proceeded down the North River, around the Battery, up the East River, where the first view of the Brooklyn Bridge was ob- tained. Passing later under the Williamsburg and Queensborough Bridges, the ferry loafed along, giving CA^ery one a fine chance at satis- fying his curiosity. Detachments of the Regiment which had arrived previously were unloading at the docks, necessitating our idling in the river until late in the afternoon. Coffee and sandwiches, served by the Red Cross, helped every one to endure the wait. It was well toward evening when the high- powered electrically driven trains drew into the station at Camp Mills. As usual there would be a hike. The last shadows of evening were gathering over the Camp when the earliest sections arrived, and it was well into the night before the last of them appeared. So this was Camp JNIills. Well-kept and ordered, it was really a beautiful place. All day long the air was filled with the buzz and roar of airplane motors, as the planes from the training camp nearby were constantly in the air, flying in battle formation. One could count as manj^ as thirty planes at one time, and as few of the men had ever seen flying done on such an extensive scale it was a rare and welcome sight. The time at Camp Mills was CAMP WADSWORTH 45 spent largely in drawing clothing and equip- ment ( including overcoats and winter gloves ) , making of lists and rosters, sending telegrams, getting leaves of absence, and going A. W. O. loose to New York. CHAPTER III FIRST STEPS ON FOREIGN SOIL. Haute Marne. "The Lord knows what we may find, dear lass, And the Deuce knows what we may do — But we're down, hull-down on the Long Trail — the trail that is always new." JULY FOURTH, 1918, proved to be a very safe and sane Fourth at Camp JNIills. The Regiment contmued equipping itself, the men continued "cussing" misfit shoes, while company clerks continued to swelter midst pas- senger lists and a hundred other lists. There was not even the usual score of aeroplanes, for they were off to visit and thrill New York. But the next day, a Friday, was the day set for the long journey eastward to the battle- front. The Fifty-Fourth always started things on a Friday — or Sunday. Orders came even- tually and the unit entrained at Mineola and finally took ferryboats on the East River, after traversing some of the wonderful back alleys of Brooklyn. Some of the Yanks expected to cross the Atlantic on these "side-wheelers," not knowing that it was the fate of these boats never to get beyond the shadow of the Wool- 47 48 HAUTE MARNE worth tower. But the Fifty-Fourth was other- wise provided for. Before dark each of these landlubbers had answered his "John Henry" to his respective "Smith," had walked the gang- plank of some seagoing steamship now lying in the harbor or at some North River dock, had been packed like the "proverbial" sardines be- low decks of ships flying His Majesty's flag, and the work of our first bulletin detail was accomplished. Headquarters, Supply, Machine Gun, "A" and "B" Companies drew "staterooms" on the "Belgic"' along with the Regimental P. C, while the rest of the Regiment was about to reverse that stunt of Columbus in the s. s. "Britton" and "Prinses Juliana," the latter a ship recently commandeered from the Dutch. These ships, together with a half score others, bearing troops and Red Cross nurses, in the lower bay the morning of July 6th raised anchor at about 11 A. M. Once through the Narrows bows were pointed east- ward, and the Statue of Liberty and that mar- velous pile of skyscrapers on lower Manhattan were soon shrouded in mist. What the feel- ings of the men were at that moment can better be imagined than described. Probably each man saw the righteousness and the sacredness of America's cause more plainly at that mo- ment than at any other time. The convov consisted of about fourteen transports and escorted by a cruiser, six de- '^fm: :/2 O ^^O o K H HAUTE MARNE 49 stroyers, aeroplanes and dirigible. These, however, gradually turned back until only the war vessel remained with the troop ships. The rate of speed was estimated at about fourteen knots, but as the course was a zig-zag one twelve days on shipboard was the least one dared to hope for. On the night of July 16th the sentries were startled by the appearance of a half dozen dark shapes, but morning revealed the fact that we again had an escort of destroy- ers. They had met the convoys at a definite time and place, in spite of the lack of sign- posts and telegraph wires on the sea, and the men were relieved and encouraged at this sign of the nearness of land. The variation in the climate proved of in- terest to the w^hole Regiment. The first day was warm and pleasant ; the second proved raw and stormy and the men who retained their "sea legs" were not numerous. The up-and- down motion in the rough water found a sym- pathetic response in the diaphragms of the modern Argonauts, many of whom had never seen more water at a time than is required for a good bath. When the ships went up their outsides went in and when the ships went down their insides went out. The third day found the convoy in the mel- low gulf stream. The pallor left the men's faces, their sense of humor returned and "craps" would have been indulged in had not the Regiment been the "brokest" in the world. As 50 HAUTE MARNE the days went by the course changed to the northward and the weather became uncomfort- ably cold. The guards shivered on the decks; overcoats, which had been so rebelled at in the sunny Camp Mills, were now gratefully worn. The sunset glowed on the horizon all night. One could read without artificial light at midnight, and on July 16th sunrise was at 2 A. jM. ^leanwhile the convoy had returned to the Gulf Stream and the air became balmy again. Those who remembered their geography began to search the horizon for the Irish coast. Discipline, instead of relaxing, became more rigid after the period of sea-sickness wore off. The men were required to shave each day and were expected to bathe as often. Retreat was stood and the absentee merely invited himself to K. P. or "charge of quarters." A large guard was maintained day and night for the purpose of watching for submarines, keeping others especially at the rafts and lifeboats. A sort of mattress was to be worn at all times and kept buckled properly. IMen looked like a combination pouter-pigeon and Queen Eliza- beth in these life-jackets. Boat drill w^as held daily. At the first sound of the bugle every one knew what to do and exactly where to be. Officers held meetings; talks were given to the men emphasizing the importance of the care- ful observance of military courtesy, personal care, and acquainting one with that pestiferous "critter," the cootie. On those ships where HAUTE MARNE 51 space permitted calisthenics, close order, and manual of arms were the order of the day. On all ships "policing" of decks and quarters continued, and the Regiment might well have been called the "Fifty-Fourth Dismounted Po- lice." The band also did yeoman service. Aside from these duties each man had con- siderable spare time, during which he read from the A. L. A. store of books on board, played games, wrestled or boxed, or napped on the hatches. Watching the Chinese at their work or gambling, listening to their shrill "gang-a-way," afforded endless amusement. The varying moods of the sea, the flash of the stormy petrel and the wheeling of the gulls were also new experiences. Then there were the medusas or jellyfish, the sharks, and other ocean life to discuss. Endless argument was occasioned by reveille being about thirty-five minutes late each morn- ing. "Chow," too, was a favorite topic for a somewhat "brimstony and phosphorous" ora- tory, but it was never decided what the animal which the British steward called rabbit really was. Some men declared they would never be able to look a good dog in the face again. Others asserted it was cannibalistic to eat any- thing so closely related (according to Darwin or somebody) to our ancestors. The canteen, which was well stocked and very reasonable as to prices, aggravated the misery of being broke and caused man}' officers to be "touched." 52 HAUTE MARNE In spite of these things, and the news brought by radio of the desperate German offensive, of the death of Quentin Roosevelt, and of the Big League scores, these eleven days grew more and more monotonous. There were, on the whole, few more thrills than there would have been in peace time. Everything pursued a businesslike course, as if it were merely so much of a day's work — crossing the Atlantic in the face of the submarine menace. There were, however, a few thrills, such as when the escorting destroyers met the convoy at the ocean crossroads on the night of July 15th. Another thrill came one day in broad daylight, when one of the stern submarine guns opened up a volley. Every one was on his feet in an instant, and the seasick victims in the bunks below got on deck with remarkable rapidity. The action proved, however, to be target practice — nothing more. Instructions were that four long blasts of the ship's whistle was a warning of a submarine, and that every one was to assemble promptly at his proper place on the deck. One night the whistle shrieked out three long blasts and every one held his breath, while hearts stood still, listening for the fourth. It never came. One of the transports had lost contact, and the whistle was a signal of the fact. For an instant every ship threw on its lights and the wandering vessel was soon back in formation. The whole Regi- ment was astir early on the morning of July HAUTE AIARNE 53 17th, for above decks one could hear the cry, "Land on both sides !" The convoy had entered the North Channel during the night and now the coast of Ireland was dimly visible on the right and that of Scotland on the left, though some insisted that the coast of France was also there. Once within the Irish sea the convoy split, the larger part, including the "Belgic," continuing southward to Liverpool. Port w^as made the same night, and the part of the Fifty- Fourth that debarked from the "Belgic" en- trained immediately and traversed the manu- facturing district of central England and a bit of the beautiful rural country of south Eng- land to the ancient town of Winchester. De- training here, a march was made to Winnall Down Rest Camp, two miles from the city. Meanwhile the rest of the Fifty-Fourth re- mained loyal to the name of the Sight-Seeing Sixth, by turning northward into the beautiful Clyde River, which harbors the largest ship- building industry in the world. The five ships in the group were towed by tugs, accompanied by thousands of gulls, and greeted by armadas of rowboats and launches. About noon the submarine net was passed, and later in the afternoon Glasgow was reached. The "Prin- ses Juliana" and the "Britton" did not dis- charge their "passengers" until the next morn- ing, when the Scottish bagpipe band was in attendance and after King George had had his greetings properly printed. The trip from 54 HAUTE MARNE Glasgow to Winchester, which was made by ''C" and "D" Companies and the Second and Third Battahons, was a memorable one. First came a bit of Scotland along the Caledonian Railroad to Carlisle. Then came the industrial centers of northern and central England : Lan- caster, Preston, Wigan, Birmingham, and then Oxford and Shakespeare's country. Finally Winchester was reached, and midnight of July 19th brought the detachments to Winnall Down. It was at Winnall Down that the Fifty- Fourth learned to ,enjoy bread and butter and tea, English mutton and orange marmalade. There shillings and pence were introduced into the lives of three thousand Americans in order to prepare them for francs and centimes, marks and pfennigs. There Kipling addressed the Regiment on the alliance of Britain and Amer- ica in the "slight inconvenience" which Ger- many had thi'ust upon the world. There the men began to realize that perhaps a young country like the United States might learn something from an old country like England, for an op- portunity was given the Fifty-Fourth to see the great Hall of King Arthur in Winchester, and King Arthur's own Round Table, which still hangs there. Leaving a few men with mumps in quar- antine and an officer or two who had tried to prove rather successfully the superiority of the L^nited States over England as a fighting na- HAUTE MARNE 55 tion, the Regiment entrained on July 22nd, and leisurely rambled down to Southampton. Here again history was reversing itself, for nearly three centuries ago our Pilgrim ancestors land- ed here, on their way to America. Here, too, the prospect of more sea-sickness was pre- sented. An iVmerican river excursion steamer engulfed the whole unit, and during the night, escorted by numerous tireless and watchful patrols, the stormy English Channel was crossed and the wabbly Yanks were landed on the morning of July 23rd in Le Havre. Here on the outskirts of the city another so- called rest camp lurked in waiting. The Fifty- Fourth hiked along the water front and up a hill (why it is always uphill in the Army is a mystery) and was assigned to Camp 1, Section 1, Sub- Section 1. There one began to learn the real meaning of French mud and A. E. F. baths. There, too, the men began to learn that there were other places to sleep besides feather beds or even Army bunks. But the thrill of being in the land where they had come to do their all served in some degree to overcome inconveniences. The next day a band escorted the Regiment to the gare, French children and girls pressed bouquets of flowers into the hands of the offi- cers. The rank and file wasn't offended, though; one can't eat flowers. The train, which was to take the unit somewhere inland for more intensive training, was imagined by the dough- 56 HAUTE MARNE boys to be similar to those trim, speedy com- partment coaches that had served us in Eng- land and Scotland. This train was not quite up to all that had been expected- It was trim, each coach having nice square corners, but the speed was limited to about five miles per hour, and each "coach" had one compartment which exactly filled the coach. On the outside of the coach, the unforgettable legend, "Hommes-40, Chevaux-8," met the eyes of three thousand astounded doughboj^s. Evidently the coaches had been larger at one time, but the extreme speed had overheated them, and they had conse- quently been quite a shrinking. By means of acrobatic stunts, perspiration and profanity about thirty-five Yanks succeeded in squeezing into each compartment with their luggage, and, in order that there might not be any vacant space which might permit these harassed soldiers to move around and get hurt (like eggs that are not packed tightly in a crate) , a cargo of bread, corned beef (the name "canned willie" had not yet gained favor), canned tomatoes and jam were also taken aboard. Two days and two nights were spent on the train, during which time casualties resulting from arguments as to how the rations should be divided were astonishingly few, considering the energy devoted to the various verbal en- counters. The route followed by the Regiment was through ancient Rouen, of Jeanne d'Arc 1-i r:> »0 << J>2 *— ' . ^ ►ir M " — ^w *-- ^ ^^ 1^ ^j -^^;-£ i_( M • 1^1 Ph C2 " 2 g^-H- d, 8 ^^^"Bg^ p^ p O Ot>HPHH HAUTE MARNE 57 fame; Versailles the glorious; on through Sens, Juvisy, Tonnerre, and Chatillon, to the Xinth Training Area, situated in the Department of Haute 3Iarne. About a half hour after mid- night, July 27th, the unit detrained and bivouacked at Bricon, only about 12 kilometers from Chaumont, the Headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces. Daybreak found the Regiment on the move and it was soon billeted in the little villages scattered in this region. The Regimental P. C. and the Specialty Companies were lo- cated at xVutreville; First Battahon Head- quarters and "A" and "B" Companies were sent to La Villeneuve, "C" and "D" Compa- nies were billeted at ]Montheries; the Second Battahon Headquarters and "E" and "F" Companies were at Saint ^Martin; "G" and "H" Companies stopped in Valdelancourt ; the Third Battahon Headquarters and "I" and ''K'' were established at Braux; while "L" and "M" made their home in Vaudremont. JNIed- ical detaclmients were stationed in each village. Each organization soon adapted itself to its new surroundings and began to set up claims that its lofts and stables were the cleanest bil- lets, its barnyards the most fragrant, its mademoiselles the most beautiful, and its vin blanc the sourest in the Regimental area. On July 30th Colonel Crowlev assumed com- mand of the Twelfth Infantry Brigade, and it fell to his task as Brigade 'Commander to 58 HAUTE MARNE help whip the Fifty-Third into shape, as well as his own Regiment, which was now commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William A. Carleton. Training w^as begun at once; instructors who had been up in the big show were sent to the Regiment to help Majors Monroe, Catts and Shute with their respective Battalions. An ordinary day's work consisted of eight hours of drill. JVIarches to and from drill fields were used to illustrate principles of the Guard Manual. Morning drill included close order, trench work, grenade throwing, bayonet and musketry. These w^ere the days following the decisive German reverse on the Marne, and orders began to come in rapidly requiring that training be now devoted to offensive warfare methods. This change was significant of the wonderful faith and determination of the allied leaders in their ability to maintain their offen- sive. The afternoons were devoted to patrol work, offensive tactics by small groups and gas mask drill. Saturdays were devoted to trial hikes under pack to the distance of twelve to fifteen miles. In addition to these duties there was the usual fatigue: policing the vil- lage streets, getting wood from the designated spots and unloading ammunition and supplies at Bricon. Meanwhile the Regiment was again being equipped with clothing, helmets, gas masks and Chauchats, the latter bringing agony to many. If necessity is the mother of invention, then PIONEER PLATOON. TKENCH MUUTAJ: I'LATOON. HAUTE MARNE 59 that is the explanation of how many Yanks learned to wear gas masks without nose and mouthpieces adjusted. Still, wearing gas masks at drill or on the march uphill in the blazing sun of August never aroused any great enthusiasm — except profane — neither did ad- vancing by rushing cause any Chauchat gun- ner to grow eloquent, except in a very primi- tive way. Nevertheless progress was satisfac- tory, though none of the men ever learned how to fix bayonets on a Chauchat. If this period of training had its purpose, so had the association with the French people, and the weeks spent among them, an important bearing. If the men laughed at the quaint ways, the wooden shoes, the crisp "Oui, oui, oui, oui!" the lack of light and fresh air in their dwellings, the intimate home life of cattle and family, the "cigar coupon" money, and a hun- dred other things, it was in a friendW, good- natured way; and they none the less admired the frugality, the simplicity, the courage and patience in suffering of the strange folk they had been thrust among. The roads, the woods, the everlasting industry of these people, espe- cially the very old, and, above all, the constantly doing of things that the next generations would profit by, were lessons that were not lost on the American soldier in the Fifty-Fourth Infantry. And so the sunny month of August passed away with its days of drill and grill, with its hours of earnestness of purpose and plan, dur- 60 HAUTE MARNE ing which hearts grew steeled and hard muscles grew harder under constant discipline and drill. Finally, on August 27th, the Sixth Division left the Ninth Training Area in Haute Marne, and traveling in trucks the Fifty-Fourth passed eastward through Chaumont and the region of fair valleys and meadows. After a day and night in choking dust the Regiment entered the Department of the Vosges, and was billeted early in the day (August 28th) in the foot- hills of these mountains. Dommartin, at the headwaters of the Moselle near Remiremont, became the Regimental P. C. \ CHAPTER IV HELPING TO RIGHT AN OLD WRONG. Alsace. "When first under fire an' you're wishful to duck, Don't look nor take 'eed at the man that is struck, Be thankful you're li\'in', and trust to your luck And march to your front like a soldier." THERE was a good bit of moving about before the Regiment finally settled itself for the few days it was to stay in this area. The First Battalion stayed only fom' hours in Planois (Community of Basse-sur-la- Rupt) , where it had wearily dropped from the trucks for rest, then moved on to Thief osse, at which place it arrived in the wee sma' hours. "C" and "D" Companies, tw^o days later, again packed up and moved, this time to Pubas, about two kilometers distant. Eventually the vari- ous units of the Regiment were established as follows : Regimental Headquarters, with Companies "G,"' "H" and "M," at Planois; Companies "A" and "B" remained at Thief osse; Compa- nies "I," "K" and "L" at Zainvilhers; the Machine Gun Company at Contresard; Com- panies "E" and "F" at Franould. A part of 61 62 ALSACE the Medical Detachment was stationed at each town. With its move into this area the Sixth Di- vision came under the supervision of the French. So we were now under the Thirty- Third French Army Corps for tactical pur- poses, but were operated bj^ the Seventh U. S. Army Corps. As the days spent in hard train- ing slipped by plans were maturing for the entrance of the Fifty-Fourth into a front line sector to get a taste of real trench experience. The plans as they revealed themselves through subsequent orders were these: The Fifty- Fourth would relieve the One Hundred and Fortieth U. S. Infantry, Thirty-Fifth Division, in the Larchey Regimental Sector of the Vosges line. Camp Boussat, on the crest of a hill overlooking the Thur Valley, in Alsace, was chosen as the place of assembly for the Fifty-Fourth units. They would not all as- semble there at once, however, but the relief would be effected gradually, and not in a single night. From the 31st of August until the 2nd of September composite Battalions formed of two companies of the Fifty-Fourth and two companies of French Infantry would hold a battalion sub-sector. From the 3rd of Sep- tember until the 9th the other units were to be sifted in along a well-arranged plan, and on the 10th the Begimental Sector was to be wholly occupied. This was the southern- most sub-sector of the Divisional sector, and ALSACE 63 the sub-sector on the left was to be held by the Fifty-Third Infantry, while on our right were the French. The move into the front line sector began on the night of 29th-30th of August, when Second Battahon Headquarters, with Compa- nies "E" and "F," Fifty-Fourth Infantry, moved by truck to Kruth in the Thur Valley, Alsace, then proceeded by marching to Camp Boussat. On the 31st of August these two companies, with two companies of the Four- teenth French Reserve Infantry, formed a composite battalion and relieved a battalion of the One Hundred and Fortieth U. S. Infan- try, in Centre Resistance Colette. On the same day "A" and "B" Companies moved from Thief osse by truck to Kruth and then hiked to Boussat, where they occupied the quarters just vacated by Companies "E" and "F." Head- (juarters Company, with thirty men attached from the Sixth Field Signal Battalion, left Dommartin also on this date, and followed the same route to Boussat. On the 4th of September the Fifty-Fourth Machine Gun Company, commanded by Cap- tain Gilbert Good, relieved the One Hundred and Fortieth INIachine Gun Company in the De Galbert Sector, and on the 7th the One- Pounder Platoon, Headquarters Company, commanded by First Lieutenant Gaillard Pinckney, relieved the French Trench Mortars. On the 9th of September Colonel Crowley took 64 ALSACE command of all the positions in the Regimental sector. The First Battalion, Fifty-Fourth In- fantry, commanded b}^ Major Thomas H. Monroe, now took over the position held by the Third Battalion, One Hundred and Fortieth U. S. Infantry, in the De Galbert Sector. On the same date the Second Bat- talion, Fifty-Fourth Infantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William A. Carleton, re- lieved the composite battalion in the Colette Sector. The relief was now complete. The Third Battalion, Fifty-Fourth Infantry, com- manded by Major Shute, remained for the present in reserve at Boussat. The French Section of artillery, assigned to this sector, had moved in on the 5th of Septem- ber. The Sixth U. S. Artillery Brigade was not with the Division during our occupation of this sector and French artillery was used. There were some excellent reasons for this plan: first, the French, having occupied the territory for some time, knew the terrain, the enemy positions, and had the range on many of them. Then, too, the arrangement avoided the necessity of transporting the heavy guns in and out of a mountainous country each time a Division was relieved. The same route into Alsace had been fol- lowed by all the units of the Fifty-Fourth. It was an interesting trip from many angles and afforded us our first close-up of the much- LIEUTENANT HUGO D. McINTOSH, WHO DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN THE VOSGES. ALSAGE 65 talked-about Vosges Mountains. The route followed along the well-built wagon road in the valley of the little Mosellotte, which joins the Moselle at Remiremont, from Dommartin through Vagney, Thiefosse and Saulxures. At this place the ascent began. The road is a re- markable piece of engineering skill, as it selects its way along the line of least resistance and pilots one through forest-covered mountains of unparalleled beauty. Winding and twisting, the road led around the ever larger hills through Ventron, and then about five kilo- meters farther on we crossed the old Alsatian boundary line. A solitary M. P. stationed here inquired into the identity, purpose and destina- tion of each truck train as it appeared, and then the going became downhill. JMany and various were the impressions received and the expres- sions made on that rolling-coaster descent into the Thur Valley. A quiet doughboy with the face of a student broke out all over with pleas- urable exclamations at the scenery about him, while at the other end of the truck, almost at the same time, a practical-minded ex-farmer gazed about him as the truck, with brakes hard set, shied ^precariously round a downgrade, horseshoe bend, and remarked: "So this is what they are fightin' over? Shucks ! I wouldn't knock a man down for the whole of it!" Arriving in the little level valley most of the units were billeted for at least a night at Kruth 66 ALSACE or Oderen, two kilometers south. Many of them remained here for several days before tak- ing up the next lap of the journey, which would be made on foot. This hike was over the coil of road leading up the mountain to Camp Bous- sat. The slope of the mountain, along which a cable operated carrying supplies to the sector, was but 2000 feet long. It was, however, im- possible to climb it directly, and the trip by road made the ascent a four-hour march — and a slow, dragging, wearying march, too. The packs were carried by the cable, though, which was one crumb of comfort at least. Camp Boussat was located near the crest of one of the "ballons" ranging the east side of the Thur Valley. It was due east of Kruth, and was readily accessible only by the road al- ready mentioned. The cable head was situated just below the top, and on the west side, away from the enemy artillery positions, thus render- ing a direct hit upon the operating machinery very unlikely. But the cable itself and the sup- porting towers down the mountainside were too often struck and temporarily disabled by shell fire. Just below the cable head were sit- uated the Y. M. C. A. buildings; a French can- teen, where pinard, sardines, vin rouge and other delectables were sold to poilu and dough- boy alike; some barracks for the French Engi- neers who operated the cable and some stables. The Camp proper, as occupied by the Ameri- cans, was above the cable head, but was screened ALSACE 67 from the eneni}^ by a higher ridge and heavy timber. Here were barracks for a battahon or more, with conveniently near and sufficiently deep dugouts. Here also was the supply depot for our sector and ration trains of Spanish ])ack-mules made regular nightly trips from this depot to each company P. C. These trains, always moving under cover of darkness, were the sole means of supplying the men in the trenches, as the narrow roads, dwindling to rocky trails, would scarcely have permitted vehicle transportation, even had the enemv failed to shell them copiously and scatter trees across them. While tactically a reserve position. Camp Boussat was by no means a place of quiet and rest. The location of the cable head was evi- dently known to the Germans, and they shelled it persistently. The first Fifty-Fourth casualtv from enemy fire occurred at'this camp on the night of September 10th. Din'ing a severe bombardment of the Camp a shell landed di- rectly on one of the barracks where members of Company "L'"' were quartered. One man was killed almost instantly, and four others were wounded. Here also Company "D" suf- fered four casualties upon their return from support position at De Galbert and while wait- ing for a few days before going into a front line position. Camp Larchey, where Regimental Head- quarters was stationed, is about two kilometers 68 ALSACE from Boussat. It is located on the western slope of Kleinkopf Hill. From this place either of the battalion sub-sectors was easily acces- sible, for the road leading around to the left, almost due north, arrived at the De Galbert P. C, and connected with the Company P. C.'s of Hilsenfirst, Bois-en-Brosse and Stocken- runz; while the road leading to the right and around the other side of the hill connected with Colette and its Company P. C.'s of Balmain, Fockeday and Langenfeld. At Larchey were stationed, in addition to the Regimental Head- quarters, a detachment of the Three Hundred and Eighteenth U. S. Engineers, who were en- gaged in tunneling the mountain ; detachments of French Engineers and Machine Gunners and a Red Cross Canteen, where hot chocolate, coffee, bouillon or tea, candy and cigarettes were dispensed at all hours. Here also was a generating plant, operated by a powerful f our- cylindered motor, which furnished illumination for the Camp, and Camp Boussat as well. This Camp, like Boussat, was subjected to heavy shelling. On the night of October 1st a shell landed on one of the barracks and twelves casualties resulted. But one man, Private Dougherty, was killed, however. The men were all of Headquarters Company, Trench Mortar Section. The P. C. of the De Galbert Sector was located on the lee side, combatively speaking, of a hill. It was so snuggled against the steep ALSACE 69 slope that shells coming, as they must, over the top of the hill would scarcely be able to register upon it, unless they should be suf- ficiently depressed by a high wind, or an occa- sional one should fall short. The Battalion Headquarters were located here just beside the road leading from Larchey. Below the road was the P. C. of the support company with kitchen and bomb-proofs for such men as remained for guard. At the crest of the hill was a relay post, and farther around the slope still another, both maintained by the support company. From the Battalion P. C. also were supervised the three companies occupying com- bat sectors in the front line. These were located as follows: On the extreme right of the battalion sector, and adjoining the Colette sector, was Hilsenfirst; on its left was Bois- en-Brosse, and the extreme left position was Stockenrunz, which adjoined the Fifty-Third Infantry sector. The Poste Commandant of the Colette Sec- tor was located on the western slope of Spitz- kopf Hill, and was fairly well protected by its location from enemy artillery. The ridge be- fore it and the terrain almost up to the Camp was swept and torn by shell fire, but the Camp was seldom hit. The Company P. C.'s of Brun, which lay farther up the road, and which was the position of the support company; Bal- main, the extreme southern sub-sector; Focke- day on its left, and Langenfeld, which joined 70 ALSACE Hilsenfirst on the De Galbert Sector, were all supervised from this point. The Regimental Sector occupied by the Fifty-Fourth Infantry was of the variety known in Army circles as "quiet." It was one of those sectors about which the communiques read in the censorship days, "In the Vosges artiller}^ duels comprised the main activity," or, "An enemy raid was repulsed with heavy losses." There was a natural reason for the lack of infantry activity in this sector at the time we occupied it. It had been well fortified and held by the Germans at the beginning of the war, but the French, howbeit with stag- gering losses, had captured one ballon after another, and had gradually pushed the Ger- mans back to this line, which left the eneni}^ in possession of the last ridge of mountains, with level country over which to transport supplies, but necessitating the carrying of French su])- plies over mountainous country. Tlie deadlock was then natural. The Germans, while they might possibly have carried on a successful campaign, knew that the results would not justify it, and felt, no doubt, that their muni- tions and men could be expended to better advantage on the northern end of the big bat- tle line. Should they be successful there the matter of Alsace would adjust itself. The same view was probably sustained by the French. An extensive campaign, here, would have been an exceeding^ costly one, and again. ALSACE 71 should they gain the victory in the north, Alsace would be theirs without question. Our mission then, in the Vosges, was tac- tically a defensive one. This did not neces- sarily imply that we were to occupy the trenches without firing a shot, and wait for the Germans to come to us. While no offensive of any importance could be undertaken with- out the approval of the Army, and no posi- tions were to be captured for occupation with- out permission of high authority, patrolling was carried on nightly to reconnoiter, and, if possible, to capture prisoners. A part of our mission, too, as a unit in this line, was to assist in keeping the enemy guess- ing, and from a showing of arms to deceive liim into tliinking that an attack upon his lines might be momentarily expected. Instructions to this effect had been issued to all units in the Vosges sector, and much maneuvering and other tactics, which were not understood at the time, could be attributed to this "fake." The reason was this: the big Argonne offensive was due to start on the 26th of September, and any operation which would succeed in keeping as great an enemy strength away from the north would increase the chances for success there. Accordingly it was arranged that troops should march from place to place in the early hours of daylight, thus giving the impression that it was the tail-end of an all-night march. 72 ALSACE Throughout the Divisional sector much moving about in this manner was done. Companies E and F, Fifty-Fourth Infantry, on the morning of the 24th of September, hiked for this pur- pose from Camp Boussat to Le Mayeur. That they were observed by the enemy is evidenced by the prompt artillery fire he opened upon them. There were a few casualties. To keep up the deception it was, of course, necessary that all troops thus marching should return to their Camps at night, and without the enemy learning of it in any way. Naturally, the return trips were made under strict dis- cipline, and smoking and loud talking were for- bidden. Many patrols were fired upon and minor raids resulted. The first party of the Fifty-Fourth to draw rifle fire from the enemy was an ambush patrol of First Battalion Scouts, under Lieutenant Bender. On the night of September 12th this party, working its way through No Man's Land in the De Galbert Sector, was discovered by an enemy outpost and fired upon. It was able, however, to withdraw without loss. The men were getting more and more rest- less, and eager for something to do. The scouts of each battalion were being trained in the line of work they were to do, but were becoming anxious to prove their knowledge with actual experience. On the night of September 16th- 17th a raiding party of men specially selected from the First and Second Battalion Scouts of ALSACE 73 the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth Infantries, under Major Enoch B. Gary, Division Scout Officer, Lieutenants Bender and INIcIntosh, of the Fifty-Fourth Infantn,% and Lieutenants Hoss and Starnes, of the Fifty-Third Infantry, left C. R. Benoit in the Fiftv-Third Sector, and proceeded toward the enemy positions in front of C. R. Robinson, with the intention of secur- ing some prisoners. The patrol had been out two nights previously; on the first to acquaint themselves w4th the terrain of No ]\Ian's Land, and on the second to learn what they could about the enemy wire. Major Gary's own re- port on this night's work follows: "We found by reconnaissance on the night of the 15th-16th that the wire at this point was electrified, and came prepared on the night of the 16th-17th, with a ladder especially con- structed to cross over it. We arrived at this point immediately after the moon had set, about 1.15 A. M. The wind was blowing, and the current was turned off. We cut the wires, which were found to be 2I/2 feet high, and 4 feet wide. We then proceeded to the wire entanglements due east, and found very heavy wire entanglements, which it took 30 minutes to cut and cross. "We entered the enemy trenches directly south of that point, and found them to be aban- doned and in verj^ bad condition. We found a trail running along the southern edge of the abandoned trenches, evidently used for the pur- 74 ALSACE pose of transporting supplies to the enemy troops located in the salient southeast of Sond- ernach. We halted at one point. In coming to this place we proceeded vigorously and with- out hesitation. We rushed the sentinel, cap- turing him without firing a shot, and demanded the whereabouts of his comrades. "Three Germans were in a dugout below, and they barricaded the door, which Avas broken open. We captured the men, and the dugout was carefully searched for papers. The patrol returned with four prisoners over a route paral- lel to and 100 yards southwest of the route over which we advanced from the starting point. Not a shot was fired on the patrol. "We obtained the countersign and the posi- tion of the enemy reported to be about 200 meters south of the position we captured. It was impracticable to proceed farther, as day- light was approaching, and the entanglements in No JNIan's Land had to be crossed. "I am satisfied that the principle of selecting a definite objective and proceeding with the ut- most audacity after entering the German lines is the sound one to be pursued. The counter- sign can always be taken from the captured prisoner, near-by enemy detachments can also be obtained, and the enemy is at a great dis- advantage in having our troops operating in his rear and flank. The suddenness of an attack upon him so confuses him that he will not, I believe, in principle, fire upon the party. MAjOUNTAINS, ALSACE. MAP SHOWING POSITIONS OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH UNITS IN THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS, ALSACE. ALSACE 75 "From the admissions made by the sentinel whom we rushed grenades were thrown by him, by order, at stated intervals. Throughout the night we heard these grenades thrown at inter- vals of about 40 minutes; what the object of this was I have not determined. My feeling about the matter, however, is that they were thrown for the purpose of frightening away any patrols." Private Robert G. Buchanan, Company "B," Fifty-Fourth Infantry, was a specially selected member of this patrol. He broke into the bar- ricaded dugout, disarmed three Germans and brought them out without assistance from the other members of the party. For this, and later examples of coolness and bravery. Private Buchanan was awarded the D. S. C. and the French Croix de (luerre. Two nights later, on the 18th-19th of Sep- tember, a patrol of 27 men from "F" Com- pany, under Sergeant Francis, left P. A. 9, C. R. Fockeday, to reconnoiter and patrol the Tracy road from 9:00 until 4:00 in the morn- ing. Along tow^ard morning they discovered two Germans in the underbrush and opened fire upon them. Owing to the dense undergrowth, the boches escaped. With the aid of the com- ing light, however, the party tracked them for some distance. The Germans wore hobnail shoes, which differed from the American shoes in that there were no horseshoe plates on the heels. 76 ALSACE That day also, at about 9 :30 in the morning, two officers and 23 men from A Company left their G. C. in the De Galbert Sector, with the object of taking prisoners. Crossing a creek, the patrol advanced to enemy ground with ut- most caution. From a distance they saw two Germans enter a house, and followed. Before they could enter the house, however, they were discovered and fired upon, and returned the fire. Taking skirmish formation, the party continued to advance until the enemy opened with machine gun fire, when they signaled for friendly machine gun fire, and under its pro- tection withdrew to the American lines. One man was wounded, which was the only casualty. On the 22nd of September friendly trench mortars kept up a heavy fire upon enemy wire opposite Bois-en-Brosse, De Galbert. Accord- ingly, on that night. Lieutenants ]\IcIntosh, Second Battalion Scout Officer, and Read, Third Battalion Scout Officer, with four men from the Third Battalion Scouts, left G. C. 3, Bois-en-Brosse, about 8:45 for the purpose of ascertaining the extent of the damage inflicted upon the enemy wire. Just before the wire was reached a hostile patrol of about 20 men was encountered and fired upon. The fire was returned from three points, the rifle fire being flanked on each side by automatics. The patrol withdrew, followed by a bombardment of hand grenades and "pigs." Private Nichols of Company "L" was killed by the explosion of a ALSACE 77 grenade, but his body was recovered and brought back to the hnes. The nature of the return fire, and the position of the hostile party, would tend to indicate that the patrol was an ambush, laid in anticipation of a reconnaissance of the wire, after the bombardment. During this time artillery fire was constant all along the sector. Fockeday was subjected to a particularly severe shelling on the evening of September 25th. The bombardment opened with high explosive shells, but soon it was dis- covered that gas shells were coming over. The weather conditions were favorable to the enemy for this type of shelling, as the air was moist and hesivy, and the wind blew up the slope. The gas was of a lachrymating sort, as even a mild exposure produced floods of tears, and a violent sickness at the stomach, as well. There was but one casualty, which was a slight wound from a shell fragment. On September 27th, while an artillery duel was in progress, a shell going over Kleinkopf fell short, and struck a tree just above a dugout mouth at G. C. 588, in the Fockeday sub-sector. Two men of Company "D," Sergeant Justice and Private IMcIntyre, were fatally wounded; the former died the next day at the hospital, and the latter died at the dressing station at Fockeday. Five others, including a French Engineer, from the observation station which was located there, and who had an arm blown off, were seriously wounded. 78 ALSACE Meanwhile preparations were being made for a raid larger than anj^ yet undertaken in the sector. The bombardment of the enemy wires, beginning several days before, was a part of this preparation. On the afternoon of September 28th, at 4:30, Lieutenants Mcin- tosh and Read penetrated No Man's Land opposite Bois-en-Brosse to reconnoiter enemy wire. They found an opening of about 150 yards in width, and penetrating all the way in depth except about 10 yards. The officers got as far as the opening permitted, and from this point obtained a good view of the whole reverse slope of the enemy second line trench. Dug- outs were observed to be, for the most part, above ground, and smoke was seen coming from them. There was not much barbed wire here, and no trace of electric wire was discovered, but a buzzer or telephone wire was found run- ning from a demolished dugout to the rear. As the reconnaissance was now completed the officers started back to the lines. At this junc- ture they were discovered by the enemy, who opened promptly with machine gun fire, and later with "pigs." After an exciting thirty minutes, during which Lieutenant Mcintosh was caught and held for some time by barbed wire, they succeeded in getting back to the American lines. That same evening, at 7:15, Lieutenant Ben- der and 17 men from the First Battalion Scouts also went out to learn what they could. ALSACE 79 Two enemy patrols were observed leaving their wire due east of them. One German sentinel was killed by the patrol, who were unable to capture the body, owing to a large enemy patrol moving on their right at the time. Plans for the raid, which was to come off on the following morning, were now complete. Lieutenants Mcintosh and Read, with 102 men from the Second and Third Battalion Scouts and Company "M," were to "jump off" at 4:30 on the morning of the 29th September. The signal for the beginning of the attack was to be two shells fired from trench mortars under charge of the French fifteen seconds before 4:30. At 4:27 three shells from friendly artil- lery were fired into the enemy lines. The trench mortar bombs were never fired. At 4.30 the officer in command gave the signal to go forward. The barrage support, given by the French, was promptly met by an enemy coun- ter-barrage of such intensity that the greater part of the raiders was unable to penetrate to the objective. Lieutenant Mcintosh, with three men, did, however, succeed in reaching the ob- jective, the enemy second line trenches, and found them unoccupied. At 4:43 the signal for withdrawal was given. Getting back was found to be a more difficult matter than the advance had been. For the advance had been down hill, which gave the raiders the advantage in crossing the barbed wire barricades. Upon the return, however, barricades which had been knee-high as 80 ALSACE they went down now were found to be waist- high, and against such difficulties the party made the return. In all, there were 46 cas- ualties. One officer and seven men were killed instantly and three more died on the way to the hospital. The officer, Lieutenant Ingram of Company "M," was in an adjoining C. R. when it became covered by the enemy barrage. His men were all at their posts in the trenches, and he proceeded to get them under cover. He had succeeded in doing this and was himself return- ing to his dugout, when a 75 burst where the men had been just a moment before. The Lieutenant was instantly killed, but his heroic action had saved the lives of at least sixteen men. Brigadier General James B. Erwin, after carefully reviewing the facts in the case, arrived at the following conclusions : "The openings made in the German wire had been made several days previous to the day of the raid by several days' foing of trench mortar bombs. This may, and doubtless did, direct the enemy's attention to this part of his line. But admit that he did expect an attack at this point, the quickness with w^hich he laid down his barrage after the first bomb had fallen in his line could not be accounted for on this ground. I am quite well satisfied that he was well informed as to the exact hour and location of our attack. ALSACE 81 "Though the raid this morning entailed losses which are regrettable, I am firmly of the opinion that the final result will be beneficial. It has shown the Germans that there are Amer- ican officers and soldiers who have the bravery and nerve to go up against the strongest por- tion of the line held by them in this sector, and to determine whether their trenches are or are not to be occupied. This was accomplished by Lieutenant Mcintosh and three men. They accomplished the mission on which they were sent, and made a complete tour of the German trench assigned to them, without finding it occupied." On the same morning of this raid, but about fifteen minutes earlier, an enemy patrol was discovered by members of Company "B." The patrol was first observed coming through wire on the east side of G. C. 1, C. R. Balmain, in the Colette Sector. The sentinel commanded "Halt! Hands up!" when the Germans had approached to within 75 meters, and two men were seen to run away. They were fired on with automatic rifles, and later a small patrol followed them in the hope of capturing some prisoners, but they were unable to overtake them. The patrol picked up three German hand grenades, of the "potato masher" variety, two pairs of wire cutters and some clothing. It was shortly after this, on the morning of the 4th October, that the biggest artillery duel in our experience occurred. About four 82 ALSACE o'clock on this morning the Germans opened with a heavy bombardment all along the front of the De Galbert Sector. Large and small calibre, gas, shrapnel and high explosive shells were used. Friendly artillery, without waiting for orders, promptly laid down a counter bar- rage on the enemy's front opposite this sector. These French artillery positions, near Camp Boussat, were then bombarded by the Germans, but without effect. The duel kept up until a quarter to five. About 2,000 shells in all were fired by the enemy, and an almost equal number by the French. That there was no infantry attack at this point is doubtless due to the promptness with which the counter bar- rage was laid down on the enemy's front. The French Infantry, however, holding the posi- tion on our right, were raided that morning. The period of our occupation was now draw- ing to a close. In many respects it had been an exceedingly active one, for all it was a "quiet" sector. No one could be idle. First, there w^as the matter of supplies. Regular sup- plies depended primarily upon the successful and continuous operation of the cable. This meant hard work on the part of the engineers. When a German shell did find its mark on that mountainside, the resulting tangle of snarled cable and carrying "baskets" presented a dis- heartening spectacle, indeed. But it was never out of order very long, thanks to American ingenuity and willingness to work. ALSACE 83 In addition to the cable, roads, trenches and dugouts had to be constantly repaired ; lines of communication had to be kept up, which meant plenty of work for the signal men. The trenches of a salient several hundred yards in depth at a point in the Colette Sector, known as Point 400, had to be repaired every day. Owing to its proximity to the German lines, enemy one-pounders registered upon it with direct fire almost constantly. The sole means of communication with this point was a cov- ered trench, 400 yards long, which also had to be carefully kept in repair. Then, too, there was a constant tension, for artillery fire had an unpleasant way of begin- ning just when one least expected it, so on the whole no one was sorry when on the night of the 9th-10th October the relief of the Regiment began. Our sector was taken over by the First French Division, which was holding the line to the south of us, and which simply extended its front so as to include this sector. By the 11th the relief was complete, and the last of the Fifty-Fourth units had wended its way around the mountain roads, through I^archey and Boussat, and down the corkscrew trail they had so laboriously climbed upon their first arrival. From Kruth the route followed the Thur River down, through Oderen, Feller- ingen and A¥esserling, then struck off into the mountain pass, through which a narrow-gauge railway operates into Bussang. Here the Regi- 84 ALSACE ment divided, and the First Battalion, with Regimental Headquarters, and specialty com- panies proceeded to Saint Maurice, while the Second and Third Battalions marched to I^e Thillot, farther down the Moselle River. In this new area the natural scenery was promptly utilized as maneuver material, and many a hill was taken and retaken by the skirmishing" ex-trench warriors. Not quite two weeks of this, and we were again on the move. This time, while there was much sage specu- lation as to our probable destination, each one felt, down in his heart, that at last we were going to the "big music," and that finally we were to take a hand in larger things. On the night of 26th October the Regiment assembled at Bussang, and, after the customary wait in the cold, clear starlight, boarded the Hommes-40, Chevaux-8, and rolled northward. How we abominated the vile smelling cars, which had so recently been used for transport- ing the property last named on their business shingles! And yet, in the weeks to come, how we would have welcomed the sight of anything on wheels — even to a rolling kitchen. We passed through Epinal, Toul, St. Mihiel and Revigny, and detrained on the 28th. Some units left the train at Givry-en-Argonne, while others detrained at Sainte Mennehould. After a 20-kilometer hike we arrived at our new camp, at Grange le Compte, which had been the Headquarters of the Forty-Second Division CAPTAIN THOMAS L. ALEXANDER, COMMANDER OF "F" COMPANY, AND, WPPH THE EXCEPTION OF SHORT INTERVALS, COMMANDER OP THE SECOND BATTALION. CAPTAIN WALLACE FISHER, RE GI MENTAL SUPPLY OFFICER AND COMMANDER OF THE SUPPLY COMPANY. SOMETIME COMMANDER OF COMPANY "E." MAJOR RALPH B. ANDREWS. C O M- MANDER OF THE THIRD BATTALION DURING THE ARMIS- TICE PERIOD. AI.SACE 85 at the beginning of the Argonne drive, about four kilometers from Clermont-en- Argonne. Here drilling was resimied, and excess bag- gage disposed of, for it seemed that at last we were to have our chance. CHAPTER V THROUGH MUD TO VICTORY. Meuse-Argonne. "At half-past five's Revelly, an' our tents they down must come, Like a lot of button mushrooms when you pick 'em up at 'ome. But it's over in a minute, an' at six the column starts, — " These last three days in October, which the Regiment spent as Army Reserve in Camps Ranges, Haghes and Dauphin, were, as the men well knew, merely a respite before going into the INIeuse-Argonne offensive. Neverthe- less the halt was welcomed by the Regiment, which had an opportunity to refresh its knowl- edge of open warfare after the six weeks of trench fighting in Alsace. Closing the month \^ ith a maneuver north of Waly, in which the rolling kitchens got their first "try-out," orders came to move up to the front on November 1st, when the First Army was to "jump off" in what proved to be the final offensive. Accord- ingly, it became the mission of the unit to fol- low up the Seventy- Seventh and Seventy- Eighth, which were in contact with the Fourth French Army, and to support these divisions. The second phase of the great offensive had ended with Grand Pre in the possession of the 87 88 MEUSE-ARGONNE troops of the First Army. The heights to the north of the Aire were still in the hands of the Germans and the "jump-ofF" on November 1, which followed the seventy-two hour barrage, so distinctly heard at Clermont, was the begin- ning on this sector of an effort to overcome the last great stronghold in the Argonne. Stub- born resistance was expected and it was the plan apparently for the Sixth Division to re- lieve one of these divisions north of Grand Pre. This would undoubtedly have resulted in plac- ing the Fifty-First and Fifty-Second in the front waves with the Fifty-Third and Fifty- Fourth immediately in support. Once having gotten under way the whole plan seemed to be obscured in such tremendous masses of troops, equipment, artillery, supply trains, and every imaginable form of war mate- rial that the whole scheme was lost to the ordi- nary observer. The entire offensive on this sector was apparently a chaotic advance, while, as a matter of course, each unit had very simple but definite directions. And one of the most remarkable sights of this offensive was the ease with which the different units assembled, advanced parallel to and often through other units at day and at night and reassembled at definite points, attesting to expert liaison and co-operation. To the historian the period pre- sents very meagre material. As stated, the orders were simple and definite. They were also few, as the records have been able to show. MEUSE-ARGONNE 89 The Regiment moved out from camp near Clermont at 1:30 P. M., November 1, during which it rained as usual. The packs which had been somewhat lightened by the making of squad rolls began to absorb rain and mud in order to make up for this loss in weight. The infantry soon left the road and took a trail over an Argonne Ridge, leaving wagon trains, roll- ing kitchens and trucks to toil along the muddy road. Although well shielded by the foliage of the trees the column halted at every sound of aeroplanes. At dusk the top of the ridge was reached and then the speed slackened. One always had to double-time uphill because the head of the column having passed over the in- cline "stepped out" down hill. Consequently the rear had to strain both muscle and vocabu- lary to keep closed up. B}^ the time the rear reached the top the head would be starting up another hill slowly and therefore the tail of the cokmin could stroll leisurely downhill just as it had sprinted frantically up. After having re- peated the exercises several times with equal success a town was sighted, a good road picked up and the billets at Les Islettes reached. The Regiment had been nearly twelve hours under pack and had traversed the Argonne ridges to the distance of about eighteen kilometers. The rolling kitchens had not arrived, which saved the men the trouble of eating supper. And so ended the first day of what proved to be a thirtv-six-dav hike. 90 MEUSE-ARGONNE Saturday, November 2, proved to be a mem- orable day for the Fifty-Fourth. After five hours' sleep the men arose with each back beau- tifully patterned from the wire bunks they had slept on. One blanket was of little service as a mattress, especially if one were between the blanket and the wire. Nevertheless the men were refreshed and ready, and cheerfully pro- ceeded to put last night's supper where break- fast should have been. Thus the cooks wlio had come up with the kitchens during the night scored one point. The Regiment moved out on a splendid avenued road at 8 A. M. and soon it began to rain. The Commanding Offi- cer did nothing about the rain, so the column plugged on and ignored it, too. Soon the French reserve dugouts and trenches and en- tanglements were reached. Later in the morn- ing the support, and at noon the Regiment crossed the famous Hindenburg Line, which had been so effectively smashed a little over a month before. Even now it was but a thinning in the woods, blasted trees and stumps and then a barren ridge littered with wire and tim- bers, a mass of debris churned to a pulp by shellfire. No sign of life was there — nothing save a dead ridge stretching far to the East and to the West and a donkey pulling a string of cars on the right, engineers mending the shattered road and the long drab line of the Regiment advancing in column of twos through the endless mud. MEUSE-ARGONNE 91 And so the Regiment passed without song or hurrah into redeemed French territory- redeemed after the Huns had held it for four years. There were ample signs of German presence now — German signboards, German graves, support trenches, entanglements and dugouts and cemeteries. At 3 P. M. the Regi- ment was halted — no one seemed to know why except that the whole column halted. Then it poured rain from the heavens, mud from the earth while the men sat on their packs or built fires and wondered what a dry spot would feel like and look like. At dark march was resumed, while General Erwin and the Colonel stood aside to let the boys pass. They remarked that the men had a good stride. Then a sharp turn was made to the right by a transverse bog once a road. It was one of these disreputable roads that had lost all conscience and had no bottom to its character. It had drunk too much. It was knee-deep in mud and single file was a "toss-up" as to whether one could keep in sight of the chap in front or not. It was a trail over stumps, around shell-holes, through wire, across graves, up banks on hands and knees with men getting lost by files, twos, squads, platoons, companies and once or twice by battalions. It was rain in sheets and yells to "Halt," "Keep closed up." Finally it was hell and eternally it was groans and curses. But all that ended, after two hours' misery, as suddenl}^ as it began, when at last lights ap- 92 MEUSE-ARGONNE peared and the Regiment found itself in Ger- man reserve billets or dugouts at Boise de Bou- zon. Squeezing in wherever they could find room, wet, cold, mud-soaked, tired, men and officers alike slept where they dropped without dinner, except a crust of bread, no supper ex- cept what was found lying about in cans. With seventeen hours on the road and twelve on the march, covering twenty-five kilometers, the Regiment felt it had done its part and de- served a night's sleep. So they called it a day. ^leanwhile the offensive was progressing with more success than expected. The heights beyond Grand Pre had been taken and the w^oods cleared. The Seventy- Seventh and Seventy-Eighth pushed on at the heels of the Hun, which compelled a change in the plan to have the Sixth jump-ofF just beyond Grand Pre. The Fifty-Fourth and the rest of the unit from thence on had for its mission that of re- serve and supports to the divisions ahead as well as support to the point w^here the lines of the American First Army and the French Fourth Army joined. This change in plan explains the halt in march on the afternoon of November 2 and the short stay at Bois de Bouzon November 3. Aroused at about 7 A. INI. the men, being true soldiers, began to explore. There were billets on the slope of the ridge everywhere — log, dugout, bow-hut and concrete — but all show- ing the thorough workmanship of the Hun, LEFT— CAPTAIN LLOYD C. PARSONS, COMMANDER OF COMPAiNY "A," AND AT NUMEROUS PERIODS A BATTALION COMMANDER. RIGHT— CAPTAIN CORWIN C. SMITH, COM- MANDING COMPANY "E." CAI'TAIN EDWARD J. HARDIN. COMMANDER OF COMPANY 'D." MEUSE-ARGONNE 93 who expected to occupy them permanently. For four years, intrenched in these comfort- able quarters, they had constructed large thea- tres, partly dugout, equipped with footlights, grand piano and curtain. There were also rustic walks, stairways, wash and bath houses and billets, all giving the impression of some mountain resort or park. And everjnvhere could be found thousands of dollars' worth of equipment — American and German — scattered through the imderbrush. Rifles, belts, canteens, shelter halves, overcoats, toilet kits, blouses, blankets, breeches, shoes, raincoats, ammunition, rations — anything that a soldier could strip himself of before going into the scrimmage. This, then, was part of the famous "million dollar dump." It was fortu- nate for many of the chaps that such conditions existed, for the supply trains were havhig dif- ficulty in getting up owing to the mud and the congestion, and the large quantities of canned goods foraged kept starvation away during the three meals when no rations were issued. After a hasty breakfast most of the men began to clean up without concerning them- selves with what the orders for the day might be. Shoes, leggings, overcoats and trousers were scraped in the vain hope of removing the mud. A wash and a shave also helped to tone. Orderly rooms were established, which was al- ways a good sign to the men. With the possi- bility of a few days' rest and the good news 94 MEUSE-ARGONNE that Jerry was still on the retreat spirits rose, though there was a restlessness which came from the desire to help drive the Hun. Details were sent to help bring up the kitchens ; blanket rolls arrived. Then the news came that the rapid retreat of the Germans had made this Post of Security no longer necessary and orders arrived for the Regiment to move on up to the front. The Regiment moved out about 5 P. JM., and it was nearly dark before the column cleared Camp and swung into the muddy road. All along the line the boys were asking how far it was to the front and truck drivers kept say- ing the boches were falling back. Of course it began to rain and then, once started, it rained harder. By 10 o'clock the men and packs were sodden. Every fifty minutes there was a ten minutes' rest and the men no longer tried to find sod to sit on ; they simply moved to the side of the road and dropped where they stopped and there sat on their packs or in the mud and silently listened to the rain splash, and won- dered how those cold drops of water would feel when at last they succeeded in getting by the collars on their way down. So it went until at midnight lights appeared — a town — skele- tons of houses, here and there a tiny fire — and behind loomed a dark Argonne ridge. Soldiers that were standing alongside, men of the Fifty- First Infantry, told the boys the town was Chat el Chehery. MEUSE-ARGONNE 95 Instead of hiking through Chatel, the col- umn turned sharply to the left and filed up a hill (always uphill and always mud), while the Machine Gun Company, which had been forced to leave its guns, so far pulled by hand, passed and repassed and got into all the shellholes. Then began an inching process which was to continue for nearly two hours. A large shell- hole up ahead compelled the cohmin to take a round-about course, which in the dark was very slow. One advanced only a step or two and then halted for a few minutes. In this manner the top of the ridge was eventually reached. Here a cold wind blew, chilling the rain- soaked column. Then as the shellliole was passed one had to double-time, till perspiration ran, in order to catch up. Finally it was dis- covered that the wrong road had been taken in the dark, and then there was more halting. About 2 A. ]M. a good road was again found and the column (now composed of the tail-end companies that had lost contact) stepped out rapidly, thankful for a stiff pace as more to be preferred in spite of weary muscles than chilling halts. The miserable night ended by the Regiment going into bivouac in a boggy, shell-shot field four kilometers to the southeast of Grand Pre. As it was 3 A. M. when the last of the column reached the camp many men did not even pitch "pup-tents," but simply lay down on the mud and covered themselves with 96 MEUSE-ARGONNE their overcoats and raincoats. The Regiment had been nearly ten hours on the road and had traversed a distance of twenty kilometers. Reveille sounded at 5 A. M. on November 4, and some companies therefore had had less than two hours' sleep, such as it was. Having policed Camp after cooking breakfast at scores of little fires, each man his own chef, the column started toward Grand Pre. Traffic on the roads was so great that advancing columns (there were no others) were forced to march in the fields. Articles of clothing, ammunition, hel- mets, broken wagons, trucks and other debris told all too plainly that it was a beaten foe the Yanks were closely following. That helped to spur the column on, and in an hour the valley of the Aire, which here cuts the Argonne from East to West, was reached. Beyond in plain view lay Grand Pre, the last great stronghold of the Huns south of the Meuse River. Pass- ing between rows of trees, splintered and frazzled, the Fifty-Fourth Infantry crossed the Aire on a bridge still being repaired by engi- neers and entered Grand Pre — a shattered, still city. Beyond Grand Pre the roads became more muddy, more and more congested. Signs were passed everj^where — "Mustard Gas. Do not lie or sit on the ground." The road led over the ridge where original plans called for the Sixth to "jump off." About noon the town of Le Morthomme (the Dead Man) was reached. MEUSE-ARGONNE 97 There had been stubborn resistance here. Amer- ican equipment was scattered outside the town. In the orchard lay a heap of four dead Boches. The first house was riddled at the corner and around the windows where enemy machine guns and snipers had been recently placed. Another group of Huns lay in the street. The Fifty-Fourth, after having passed the usual pleasant compliment on the appearance of these "squareheads," moved on, dodging shell- holes, dead horses and a dense stream of traffic through Briquenay, and, finally, about 4 P. ]M. pitched "pup-tents" near Buzancy. The Regi- ment had been nine hours on the road, covering a distance of twenty kilometers. Here a new experience was "enjoyed" b\' the Fifty-Fourth. Once "pup-tents" had been pitched and dry grass collected, fires were started in the preparation of supper. Prac- tically every tent had its fire built with infinite patience. The Regiment and other units in the vicinity had thousands of campfires. As dark came on the lights scattered over the countr}^- side grew more and more brilliant. The men, however, were too busv boihno^ coffee and f rv- ing bacon to spend much time in admiring the beauty of the scene. Then came the whir of an aeroplane and "Bang!" "Fires out! Fires out!" came orders instantly and, in a moment, out went thousands of fires and spoiled were thousands of suppers. "Bang!" a little farther away, and again still fainter, and the men be- 98 MEUSE-ARGONNE gan to gather themselves together from the fields and hedges. The Regiment fortunately sustained no casualties and had otherwise a very quiet night and the first real sleep in four days. On the morning of November 5th we began to draw sufficient quantities of rations — soft bread, sugar, coffee, canned goods — and by this time the men were taking along a liberal re- serve. They had learned well the lesson of the uncertainty of food supply. The Regiment started its march at 8 A. M. after having wit- nessed Alhed fliers down a Boche plane. Sod- den fields, battered railroad tracks, sprung bridges, shellholes, roads jammed as far as the eye can see with war litter, long lines of trucks, their drivers tired, muddy and with blood- shot eyes, forever telling the same story, "Hell, buddy, there ain't no front," castaway equip- ment, dead men and horses, and interminable parallel lines of Yanks — plodding North — that was what happened in the Argonne those November days. And then a little farther on a truck driver yelled, "It's no use, boys. You'll never catch 'em. They're going by trains now." About twelve-thirty Authe was reached, with its white flags still flying. A few civilians, old men and women, had preferred to stay at the risk of a bombardment. Here the Regiment camped after a very short hike, and there was ample time to get "pup -tents" in good order MEUSE-ARGONNE 99 and to prepare supper before dusk. After dark it began to drizzle and men and officers snuggled in their blankets and prayed that nothing would occur to require a move till morning. Fortunes of war decreed differently. At 9 P. M. the various battalion P. C.'s sent out runners warning the companies to strike tents at eleven and to move out at midnight. These orders were carried out with remarkable promptness despite the dark, the mud and downpour. At midnight the Regiment moved through Authe. Orders had come for the Division to "be prepared to pass through the front line division or to extend the corps' zone of action west to the Bar River, attacking in the direction of Chevenges Frenois." So the Regi- ment marched to St. Pierremont and then came to a halt. Again the rapid retreat of the enemy had made necessary a readjustment of plans, and the Regiment was forced to stand on the road in the rain and chill till dayhght. The next day, November 6th, we advanced northward along almost impassable roads, marching through the villages, Oches and La Berliere. Here the civilians gave a very touch- ing welcome. After four years of German do- minion, during which they had been told it w^as useless to ever hope for help from America, they awoke that morning to find the Hun gone and American troops by thousands plodding through. Another instance of Hun propa- ganda defeated by American facts. 100 MEUSE-ARGONNE At 9:45 A. M. Stonne, which stands on the edge of the scarpe overlooking the Meuse Valley, was reached. Shells were bursting on the road and the rattle of machine guns could be heard distinctly. The Eleventh Brigade moved into the front lines with the Twelfth Brigade, the Fifty-Third and Fifty-Fourth, in support. The shattered roads, bad weather and congestion compelled the Twelfth Brigade to remain at Stonne. Meanwhile the advance patrols crossed the Meuse without opposition; Sedan was evacuated and the great tasks of cutting the Meziere-Metz Railroad had been accomplished. The result was simply the alternation of a gen- eral retreat by the Germans from France and Belgium or surrender. The Fifty-Fourth spent three days of severe weather — rainy and chilly — in shelter tents at Stonne, then on November 8 Field Order 35 directed the Division to proceed by marching to a new area, where enemy resistance was more determined. March was resumed at 4 A. M. November 9, and the hardships de- scribed continued with the same severity. The night of November 9 was spent at Authe, No- vember 10 at Verpel. Heavy frost fell on each of these nights and the men had to thaw out their shoes and shelter halves in the mornings before they could respond to "belt and pack." On Monday, November 11 (Armistice Day) , the Regiment was still on the march, reversing as to direction the miserable night march over MEUSE-ARGONNE 101 the ridge at Chatel Chehery by a hard day march. Long strings of heavy artillery also going back were passed on the way. The feel- ing was in the air that the war was practically over. It was rumored that the armistice would be signed at 11 A. M., but 11 o'clock came and still no news. Not that it mattered. Every one felt that it was now merely a matter of hours. At 2 P. M. the Regiment slipped down over the hill at Chatel Chehery into the town. A major was standing alongside as the men filed by. Then he announced, "It's all over, boys. The armistice was signed at 11 o'clock." All through the column there spread a low hum of conversation and jokes, but there was scarcely a cheer. Eveiyone was talking about the same thing and nobody was listening. There seemed to be only three questions: "When do we go home?" "What will we do until we go?" "What will we do when we get home?" To the last question there was a fairly unanimous answer. The majority agreed that the first thing they would do would be to beat it into a restaurant and order hot cakes and syrup. And then the Regiment went into camp at Chatel Chehery. The men went about their duty of searching for water, wood and straw and of pitching "pup-tents" and building fires as if nothing had happened. It wasn't till after supper that one could begin to realize that war was over. In the first place, trucks ran with their headlights ablaze, fires were not "doused" 102 MEUSE-ARGONNE at dusk, and the whole Argonne was alight. Groups gathered around bonfires and began singing. Then some demoniac genius started working his automatic. In an instant bedlam broke loose — rifles, Chauchats, machine guns, grenades, artillery, rockets, planes and balloons — everything — a perfect horror of noise. The wiser ones donned their helmets on the principle that everything that goes up is bound to come down. Finally, after what appeared to be an interminable time, a bugle sounded "Cease Fir- ing" and the pandemonium ceased as suddenly as it began. And thus occurred and ended in a brief ten minutes the only "armistice" celebra- tion of the Fifty-Fourth. Groups continued sit- ting and singing around fires till a late hour, discussing the same three questions endlessly, and then the camp became very quiet. CHAPTER VI THROUGH MORE MUD TO REST. Early Armistice Period. "Oh, then it's open order, an' we lights our pipes an' sings, An' we talks about our rations an' a lot of other things, — " The next morning, with First Call at the usual hour, and with the certainty of another long march before them, the doughboys' enthu- siasm of the previous evening faded utterly away. "When do we go home?" "Why do we have to hike, if the war is over?" These and a score of similar questions were upon every tongue. Wild conjectures began to circulate. We were to hike to a port of embarkation for immediate return to the United States ; we were to hike to Germany and become a part of the Army of Occupation ; we were to hike to a rail- head and entrain for the j ourney to a port, or to Germany. The big idea in everyone's mind was this: "The war is over, surely we will go home soon. The Armistice means Peace, and isn't that what we were fighting for? There be- ing nothing left for us to do, let's go home!" That there still remained endless work, and countless tasks to be done the Fifty-Fourth was to learn in the months which intervened their 103 104 EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD dragging tedium between that day and the third of the following June. The afternoon of November 12th found us at Montfaucon, the one-time headquarters of the Crown Prince's Army. It commands an excellent view of Dead Man's Hill, eight kilo- meters away, and from a concrete observation tower at Montfaucon "Willie" is said to have watched his army take and retake, only to lose again, this hill. Montfaucon itself is a heap of ruins. Those whose curiosity was still strong enough. to drag their leaden feet up the hill from the bivouac to the ruins of the village saw great mounds of brick and stone, with an occasional wall standing; deep, seemingly bot- tomless dugouts beneath the ruins and a huge concrete and steel bomb-proof, where the Crown Prince spent most of his time when there. The next stop was at Belincourt and its vi- cinity. Part of the men slept in billets here for the first time in a fortnight. More rolling kit- chens had broken down and were salvaged. Some of them were replaced by new ones but by this time the men had developed quite a talent in Domestic Art and were able to cook the rations issued when there was no kitchen. Ration carts had more success in getting through than kitchens. The next day brought the regiment into the battle area of Verdun. The Third Battalion stopped at Fort Douamont, where the hardest EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 105 battle of the war was fought. The curtain or "barrage" shell-fire was first used with effect when the French recaptured this fort early in 1916. Over a million French made the supreme sacrifice here, not to mention the still greater loss of the Germans. It was the scene of sixteen months' fighting. "They shall not pass," said the French and pass they did not. Dislike the French if you will, but give them credit for re- sisting the hardest attack in history. In these camps rations were more sufficient and conditions more favorable to comfort than in the previous ones. Many of the men were in billets with stoves for heating. For those that bivouacked more wood was available. Every- one made an attempt to clean up. Most of them had not bathed for weeks and many accom- plished a tin can bath. The 12th Brigade had been assigned to the 2nd French Colonial Corps. Acting under orders from those headquarters they relieved the 26th U. S. Infantry at Fort Douamont on November 14th. On the morning of the 15th they started forward. The duty of the Regi- ment was to follow up the retiring German Army and take over all war material surren- dered by them in accordance with the terms of the Armistice. The Fifty-Fourth was the first of the Allied troops to cross the battlegrounds of Verdun. Organized so as to be ready for any treachery on the part of the enemy they crossed No Man's 106 EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD Land. Companies "C" and "D*'' of the 18th Machine Gun Battahon accompanied them, protecting both flanks. The ground had been shelled mitil it was like fine powder. Hardly a gravel there had not been cracked by an explosion. Wire entangle- ments had been cut into bits; but like some stubborn growth it refused to be eliminated. It stretched over tlie place in twisted rows like an untended vineyard. Further on German "pillboxes," made of concrete or stone, were passed. Great holes in the gromid marked the places where mines had been laid for tanks. That night most of the regiment slept in shell holes aroimd Beaimiont. Great quantities of ammunition, lumber and supplies of all kinds had been left behind by the Boche at this place. xAj'tillery of great and small calibre were taken over from the detail left behind bv the Germans to effect the surrender. The next day the advance was resimied. The Germans were retiring rapidly with the Ameri- cans following closelv behind them. War ma- terial surrendered by them was left in villages with details to hand them over to the Fift}^- Fourth. Those shattered villages were sad sights. Already the refugees had begun to arrive to reclaim them as homes. They came through the streets singing and rejoicing, wild ^nth happiness. The women and children danced in the streets with the Tricolor woven in their hair. They seemed to be intoxicated EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 107 with joy — all but the girls of young' woman- hood. These must forever hang their heads in shame. Helpless in the hands of passion-crazed brutes, many had been ravished. ]Mere chil- dren of twelve years of age were soon to give birth to German babes. It was horrible to con- template, it drove one into a fury to think of how many innocent girls had been ruined by those soulless brutes. During the day the Regiment passed along the elaborately camouflaged road named for the Crown Prince. At Billy a theatre was named in his honor. A statue of him stood on a ped- estal in front of the theatre. Xeedless to say it was soon demolished by the doughboys. At Spincourt they halted and were billeted for the night. The sights here were more piti- ful than at any other place. Refugees were pouring in who had been deported to Germany. A long line of children who had been carried to Germany with a view to future cannon fod- der was returning. A French woman of not more than twenty-five years and her aged aunt had just arrived at their old home. The old lady had been moved from place to place dur- ing the war, blindfolded so that she knew not where. The younger woman had suffered much the same fate. She was pale and weak and so emaciated that she was little but skin and bones. Her clothes were tatters that streamed in the wind like ribbons. She stood hour after hour in front of her door watching 108 EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD the line of children as it passed — watching for her own three children, who had been taken away from her. It was bitterly cold but she never moved from her post. The last of the line passed but her children did not come. After a long while she turned and entered the house. This is but one of the stories of broken hearts, but it is sufficient to show the work of the Hun. The next morning an advance detachment of the Fifth Division arrived to relieve the Fifty- Fourth which had been transferred from the Second French Colonial Corps to the Eighth Corps, American. Orders were received to proceed to the Fourteenth Training Area in the Department of Cote d'Or. We left Spincourt on November 18th, be- ginning the nineteen days' hike to Cote d'Or. That night we were billeted at Camp Forneau, formerly used by the bodies. It v/as a mag- nificently appointed place. Every man had some kind of bed where he could make himself comfortable. The amount of war material was amazing. It seemed incredible that the enemy would give up with such supplies on hand. The next night was spent at Verdun. Near here a German bath house was discovered in good con- dition and ever3^one had the luxury of a bath. New underwear was issued also and it caused every man to feel cleaner than he had for many weeks. Things began to look brighter for the march-worn men, and morale rose accordingly. EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD 109 That night a number of men were sent away on the first leaves granted to the Fifty-Fourth. They went to Chambrey and Aix les Bains in a leave area of southern France. Two days were spent at Verdun, the Regi- ment starting again on November 21st. The next night was spent at Blercourt. Back through the wrecked villages the Regi- ment marched day after day. Thanksgiving evening, November 28th, found them at Lane- auville-a-Remy, but there was little celebration. As the day was spent on the march, most com- panies had twenty minutes for lunch — but nothing else. "Corned Willie and kilometers," as one doughboy put it, constituted the menu that day. Every village seemed to have American sol- diers stationed in it. If they were not soldiers they were JNI. P.'s who guarded the cafes and directed traffic with stern justice. By the last of the month the Fifty-Fourth was out of the fighting areas. Fairly good billets could be found in these towns that had not been shelled and rations became much better. New kitchens came in the place of the lost ones and were able to keep up as the roads were better and not crowded with trucks. The men could march in the roads also, whereas they had marched in the sticky mud of fields before the Armistice and for days afterward. But it rained almost every day and was bitterly cold all the time, causing extreme discomfort. However, there was no no EARLY ARMISTICE PERIOD complaining, the men took it all as part of the day's work. Many of them believed the destina- tion was Brest or Bordeaux and would have gladly hiked around the globe to approach a port of embarkation. On through the country for eight more weary days! December 5th they stopped at Yanvey. The next day was the last of the hike. About 11:30 A. M. Companies "L" and "M" dropped out of the column to be billeted in Es- sarois, where 12th Brigade Headquarters was also located. A little after 12 o'clock Com- panies "I" and "K" stopped at Montmoyen, Regimental Headquarters. The entire Second Battalion was billeted at St. Broing-les-Moines, at 2 :00 P.M. The First Battalion Headquar- ters and Machine Gun Companies and most of Supply Company went on to Minot ( famous for its mud) about four kilometers further on. They arrived about 3:00 P. M. The Big Hike was over. o THE FIFTY-FOURTH'S SECTION OF THE FOURTEENTH TRAINING ARli]A IN NORTHERN COTE DOR. 1. MONTMOYEN. REGIMENTAL P. C. CO'MPANIES "I" AND "K" (HEADQUARTERS COMPANY AT HIERCE.) 2. ST. BROINGT. SEC- OND BATTALION. 3. MINOT. FIRST BATTALION AND SUPPLY COMPANY. 4. MOITRON. MACHINE GUN COMPANY. 0. ESSAROIS. COMPANIES "L" AND "M." CHAPTER VII. WHAT HAPPENED WHILE WAITING. Later Armistice Period. "We aren't no thin red heroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too. But single men in barracks, most remarkable like you." As long as the war was on the morale of the men needed no stimulant and after the Armis- tice it remained remarkably good considering the conditions under which they lived. But on reaching the Fourteenth Training Area it is not surprising that it should drop to a certain ex- tent. For one thing they were completely worn out from one of the hardest forced marches in the records of the A. E. F. They had hiked for twenty-five days after the Armistice, when there was no visible reason to them except or- ders. They were tired and homesick and the in- clination to relax from strict self -discipline was natural. The great motive of winning the war had been attained. Without a motive the lives of all men are aimless and controlled by en- vironment, no matter whether it be good or bad. The environment, or rather the surround- ings, of the Fifty-Fourth Infantry was none 111 112 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD too g-ood. The billets for a while were bare, cheerless places, with no stoves to heat them. There were no places of amusement to spend the hours of leisui^e. The towns were small, very muddj^ and dirty. The cafes were the only refuge for the first few weeks and they proved to be of no use except to increase court-martial cases, which al- ways go upward when morale goes downward. The Fifty-Fourth knew how to deal with its problem. Where the former motive was lost another had to be supplied. How this was done is an excellent demonstration of the most pro- gressive and clarifying human principles, the spirit of competition. It not only restored the morale, it proved a benefit to every man who be- came infected by it — and there was not a man who was not affected by it. This spirit pre- dominated in everything undertaken by the regiment and attracted the attention, as well as the commendation, of the Commander-in- Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. The first thing done was to make living con- ditions more comfortable. Bed sacks were sup- plied to every man so that he no longer slept on the bare floor. Stoves were installed to heat the billets and the town cleaned up so as to be more healthful and cheerful. Bath houses were built and inspections made frequently to see that lice were gotten rid of. Kitchens were improved and mess halls with tables provided. By Christmas things were becoming more com- T'PI'ER LEFT— CAPTAIN PAI'L J. M(r)ONXELL. COM.MANI)- IN(J FIPvST BATTALION. BEFORE HIS P. C. IX MINUT, FPvANCE. rPI»ER RIGHT— CAPTAIN WM. G. THOMPSON. COMMANDING COMPANY "K," AND FOR SOME TIME COMMANDER THIRD BATTALION. BELOW— FIRST BATTALION P. C, MINOT, FRANCE. LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 113 fortable, but the greatest improvement was ac- complished after the first of the new year. The Y. M. C. A. put up a tent or opened a hut in every village. Supplies were hard to get but they furnished what they could. Tobacco, hot chocolate, and cand}" were sold there. The places were fitted with writing tables, and sta- tionery was furnished free. Books, newspapers and magazines were also to be had for the ask- ing.^ Entertainment was taken up next. A few picture shows had already been given in the mess halls but in January many shows were org-anized. Professional material was brought to light, and much amateur talent discovered. Some who had never before stood behind foot- lights became great favorites and v/ere allowed to tour the Area. Theatres were built in each town. They were not mere makeshifts, either. Scenery that no theatre would be ashamed of and curtains of still better quality were manu- factured right in the town where the theatres \vere built. The painting was done by men of the Regiment who had made that their pro- fession before the war. Electric lights were in- stalled, and seats also, as far as the supply of lumber permitted. Each company had a night to put on its show, and many other shows from other areas were booked by the recreation offi- cer. Musicians, comedians, contortionists and entertainers of every description were to be seen and heard in these theatres. Prizes were award- 114 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD ed to the companies having the best show dur- ing a stated time. Interest in the shows became ^ery high and the results they accompHshed cannot be overestimated. The Recreation Officer also had charge of all athletics. He arranged contests and secured equipment for the players. Football was very popular during the winter, Company "D" tak- ing the highest honors in the regiment. The most imi)ortant work done during spare time was that of the Post Schools. These were organized so as to be available for every man in the Regiment. Just as entertainers were fomid for the shows, men were found for instruc- tors in the schools. Practically all of them were college graduates and three of them university instructors. The curriculum sent from A. E. F. School Headquarters was enlarged upon. Teaching the fundamentals of American citi- zenship was stressed, especially with the foreign- born. Besides the elementary studies, advanced English, higher mathematics, bookkeeping, shorthand, agriculture and foreign languages were taught. At the time these schools opened there were 1 64 men in the Regiment unable to read or write a letter. Before leaving the Fourteenth Train- ing Area every man of them was able to write a good letter and read the reply. Interest was high in every branch of the work, which kept absences from classes at a minimum. Colonel Crowley was very enthusi- c >■ x^ y. LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 115 astic about the schools and did everything that he could to help them. By his orders men were excused from any duties which would keep them from their studies. Competition in attendance was very keen be- tween companies and was encouraged by a novel arrangement introduced by Lieutenant Longshore, First Battalion School and Recre- ation Officer, and later adopted throughout the Regiment. He placed a large blackboard in front of the School Office, upon which he pub- lished "Stock Quotations." The percentage of attendance of each Company constituted the value of their "School Stock." Other kinds of "Stock" which the Companies had were "Kitchen," the value of which was based upon the report of the Regimental Surgeon; "Bil- let," decided by the percentage of a Company's men who had been furnished with bunks for sleeping, and "Cognac Stock," as a Company's guardhouse record was ingenuously called. The School office thus became the town's center of activity, and interest in the work of the Post Schools never flagged. The enrolment reached 1,387 men — half the strength of the Regiment — the largest regimental enrolment in the A. E. F. School Inspectors found our school system the best among all overseas post schools. Owing to the fact that the Regiment was billeted in different places, the companies knew little of what was happening in other parts of 116 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD the Regiment. They seldom saw each other and were in danger of becoming a prey to what might be termed "SectionaUsm." To prevent this the Regimental School Officer, with the approval of the Commanding Officer, began the publication of a weekly paper, the "Fifty- Fourth Liaison." The following article from the first issue best explains the need of the paper : "Why We Are" "Some joykiller is going to ask the very first time he sees a copy of the 'Liaison,' 'What's the idea?' The fact that the sheet bears the name it does should bar all questions. As it came out from experience in the lines and on the march, liaison is about the most impor- tant thing there is. It was essential that every- body should have some sort of knowledge as to what everybody else was doing — from the Colonel down to the most vmwilling K. P. The Intelligence had to be onto what the Signal Corps was doing; the Signal Corps must be in touch with the supply; the supply end had to be in touch with the mess sergeant and the mess sergeant had to have a line on the buddies in the trenches; the buddies had to be in touch with the Artillery and so on ad infinitum. Liaison was necessary between regiments and brigades, and divisions, and Army Corps and Armies — straight on up, backward and for- ABOVE— A GROUP OF POST SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS, THIRD BATTALION, MONTMOYEN, FRANCE. BELOW— SOME SECOND BATTALION SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS, ST. BROING, FRANCE. LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD 117 ward. Xapoleon said a mouthful when, in passing a rolUng kitchen in straitened cir- cumstances, he remarked to an overheated K. P. 'An Army moves on its stomach.' He might have gone himself one better by reminding the ]Mess Sergeant that a rolling kitchen moves not only on its wheels but on liaison as well. Good liaison is at the basis of military success. "Glory be we are not in the trenches or on the march right now, but are more or less cozy (in proportion as we make ourselves so) in billets. Scattered as we are in four separate towns, it isn't easy unless we make the effort. Minot ought to know that Companies 'L' and 'M' up at Essarois have a sure-enough theatre, even if the theatre is an ex-cow stable (General Durfee doesn't mind that though, for I saw him sitting in the baldheaded row at a performance last week) . And Essarois ought to know that Minot has the secret of making the cafe life of that citv give way before the thirst for school- ing. The Colonel ought to be informed that Mess Sergeant Hubbard of Company 'H,' at St. Broing, surprises his gang with new dishes made out of the fourteen varieties — and so forth and so on. Our reason for being is simply this : in order that we may be more efficient and happv, because of keeping haison." To Chaplain Gregory JNIabry goes the credit of inaugurating and supporting the paper. In fact, the first five editions were written entirely by him, with the exception of the "Crippling 118 LATER ARMISTICE PERIOD Crimes," a weekly verse contribution, a "take off" on Walt ]\Iason's "Rippling Rhymes." Corporal Ettis B. Swift, of Company "I," assisted with the work of publishing the paper also from the very first. It fell to his lot to take the copy to Dijon, via Aignay-le-Duc, each Sunday, harangue the French printers at the shop of Darantiere (publishers of the Revue de Burgogne) , and return with a printed jour- nal as free from typographical errors as the printers' ignorance of English and his own nescience of French would permit. With the sixth edition of the "Liaison" Corporals Raymond Rychener, of Company "D," and Frank Schneider, of Company "E," were pressed into the service. Corporal Schneider was business manager of the paper, which sold for 25 centimes, and the fact that the "Liaison" became and continued to be self- supporting is largeh^ due to his earnest efforts. The work of actually writing the various articles and features was now divided between Chaplain JNIabry and Corporal Rychener. The Chaplain continued to furnish the editorials, with one or two exceptions, some of the articles, and maintained a general supervision of the entire paper. Corporal Rychener wrote the "Crippling Crimes," of which might be said, even as the great Walt ]\Iason said of his "Rhymes," that there were "some good, some bad, some otherwise"; edited the "As We Get It" column; contributed (in a pinch, if the ect, O. 112 Sanford St., Pittsburgh, Pa. 1257 Essex Ave., Dayton, 0. 408 E. Pearl St., Cincinnati, O. 3622 N, Market St., St. Louis, Mo, Carlyle, 111, Ducat, King George Co., Va. 568 Burns Ave., Dayton, O, 515 E. Front St., Oswego, N. Y. Swifton, Ark, 82 Church St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Route 3, Brookeville, Pa, Route 4, Leseur Cent'r, Leseur, Minn. m E. 179th St., New York, N. Y. 325 W. 12th St., Norfolk, Va. 1134 7th Ave., Akron, O. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 203 NAME Dwier, Ray M. Eady, John N. Eisele, Herman Engel, Ferdinand H. Evans, Floyd Evans, Hobert Evatt, Alfred M. Every, Allen M. Falin, Enoch Farcoz, Fidele Farrar, John C. Fink, Ernest F. Flach, James N, Flood, Francis J. Fohner, Blair C. Fox, Leverett Fox, Ralph Frank, Tony Frantzreb, Carl H. Fratto, Joe Fulgenzi, Louis Futch, Daniel J. Gallimore, Charles C, Gandolfi, Giovanni Gangemi, Domenic Gargis, William G. Garner, Cad Gessner, Anthony Goth, Charles H. Grazier, David H. Grefe, Theodore F. Gregerson, William Grodecki, Walter Grinder, William H. Grooms, James Haas, Fred P. Hale, John R. Hamilton, Urban J. Hancock, James W. Harbarger, Frank M. Hartman, Raymond R. Haun, Surl N. Hazel, Warren J. Heidock, William E. Hemp, Clarence Henderson, Aubrey J. Hendricks, Mark H. Henson, Arthur Hicks, Clifford J. Hollish, Henry G. Hopkins, Lucian A. Hosey, Clyde H. Houpt, Glenn D. Howard, Clark Huffine, Melvin C. Hussey, James Idol, Joe Johnson, Alva M. Johnson, Ole M. Jones, Arthur R. 1st CI. 1st CI. RANK Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Bug. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. Cpl. Cpl. Mech, Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS Macdonald, W. Va. R. F. D. 1, Kingsburg, S. C. 19 W. nth St., New York, N. Y. 1301 North Fulton Ave., Balto., Md. Mauring, Tenn. Mauring, Tenn. Yulee, Fla. Bloomville, N. Y. Roaring, Va. Box 46, Federal, Pa. Hagerstown, 111. 5617 S. 3rd St., St. Joseph, Mo. 21 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, iN. Y. 418 E. Akron St., Akron, O. R. F. D. 3, Warren, O. R. F. D. 1, Woodfields, O. 144 S. Ave., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 1231 Wright St., Indianapolis, Ind. Cowansville, Pa. Box 408, Riverton, HI. 528 Montgomery St., Savannah, Ga. Dublin, Va. Main St., Rural Valley, Pa. 619 Woodward Ave., Kittanning, Pa. 46 Bond St., Dayton, O. Route 2, Seymour, Tenn, 2321 Rohs St., Cincinnati, O. Oak St., Kingston, O. 108 E. Walnut Ave., Altoona, Pa. Hoffman, 111. 1105 Dodge St., Eau Claire, Wis. 2024 S. Leavitt St., Chicago, 111. Route 6, Bethlehem, Pa. Tracy City, Tenn. 790 North St., Marion, O. Nolan, West Va. Selma, N. C. Virden, 111. 355 Moore St., Barberton, O. Atkinson, 111. Nemours, W. Va. 422 W. Myrtle Ave., Youngstown, O. 3145 Dearborn Ave., Youngstown, O. Buffalo, 111. Route 5, Dallas, Ga. Route 2, Baskerville, Va. 320 Union St., Paris, 111. Chicago, 111. 520 Talbot Ave., Akron, O. R. F. D. 1, Box lOA, Keokei, Va. 2112 Eighth St., Portsmouth, O. 20 Washington St., Shelby, O. Sabina, O. Algood, Tenn. 926 Laurel & Baymiller, Cinn., O. Kimball, W. Va. Buhl, Ala. Route 3, Bloomer, Chippewa Co., Wis. Rock Hall, Md. 204 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME Jones, Chauncey D. Jones, John B. Jones, James Y. Kavitz, Joseph B. Keller, Fred S. Kelley, Martin E. Kenner, Henry Clay Kemp, Hoyt V. Kemper, Henry M. Kindwell, Ernest E. Kilburn, Shirley King, Howard G. Klingensmith, Alb. H, Klingensmith, Harry Knudson, Andrews Koch, Paul H. Kohl, Foster B. Koper, Martin Krueger, Arthur P. Lancaster, Earl A. Lannert, Paul J. Lantz, Charles Leonard, Edward H. Lester, Port Lett, George Lewis, Edward H. Likeman, Gershen Litton, Dan McCauley, Edward C McGrath, Cornelius A Mafifai, Fiariavanti Malcko, Carl Mallory, James A. Marsh, Silas M. Mason, Leven T. Matysiak, Charles May, Charles R. Meade, Ambrose C. Meek, Cliflford Meredith, Henry H. Mitchell, Levi W. Moore, Clarence B. Moore, George O. Morgan, Daniel P. Morris, Joe Nekedly, Frank J. Nelson, Arthur C. Nickelson, Jens C. Noel, Walter H. Norris, Frank M. Opanchyk, Micoloj Palm, Harry Parker, Ben Parker, Fred L. Parker, John Parks, Charles L. Parsons, John Peal, Gilbert Pearcy, Claude Phillips, Louie D. RANK Sgt Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. ■Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. •Mech. • Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Pvt. HOME ADDRESS 2119 Locust St., Anderson, Ind. Haydenburg, Tenn. West Point, Ga. Box 31, Merchantville N. J. 927 N.E. 26th St., Minneapolis, Minn. 1118 Madison St., Paducah, Ky. R. F. D. 1, Spring City, Tenn. Richmondale, O. R. F. D. 2, English, Ky. R. F. D. 1, Fairfax, Va. Eagle, West Va. Sylvania, O. Box 169 A, Route 3, Liechburg, Pa. Kelley Station, Pa. Algona, Kossuth, Ind. 5133 Justin St., Chicago, 111. 210 Sycamore St., Cincinnati, O. 2184 iN. Woodward St., Decatur, 111. 1257 36th St., Milwaukee, Wis. 3109 Sherman Ave., Omaha, Neb. 517 W. Columbia St., Springfield, O. 120 Ellinwood Ave., Youngstown, O. 27 Burlington Ave., Dayton, O. Willinton, W. Va. Raymond City, W. Va. Chincoteague, Va. 962 E. Night Ave., Cincinnati, O. Hatfield, W. Va. Darrowville, O. Omaha, Neb. 800 22d St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Vivian, W. Va. Ashland, Va. Coweta, Okla. 227 42d St., Newport News, Va. Jobs, O. Cootes Store, Va. Flat Woods, Va. 371 E. Ray St., New Phila., O. 2401 Detroit Ave., Toledo, O. McCorkle, W. Va. 327 W. Chicago Ave., Youngstown, O. Beulahville, Va. Dayton, Tenn. R. F. D. 1, Box 26, Thelma, N. C. 2721 S. Hamlin Ave., Chicago, 111, Madison, Wis. 1004 17th St., Racine, Wis. Snowden, Va. 622 Warren St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Marquette, Mich. 4704 N. Spalding Ave., Chicago, 111. Chatham, Va. Brock Road, Va. Clearfield, Tenn. 110 Elm St., Roanoke, Va. Kimberly, W. Va. 1030 Weserly Ave., Cincinnati, O. 1517 Harriet St., Evansville, Ind. Wachaprague, Va. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 205 NAME RANK Phillips, William Pvt. Plattner, Henry J. Pvt. Pusateri, Guiseppe Pvt. Quillen, George N. Pvt. Ricketts, Don O. Pvt. Ridgeway, Cecil M. Cpl, Riggs, Albert Pvt. Rogers, Glass C. Pvt. Rosia, James N. Pvt. Ruf, Henry O. Pvt. Ruffner Walter L. Pvt. Sanford, Lloyd Pvt. Schaffer, Joseph M. Pvt. Schinske, Charlie Cook Seibel, Oswald Pvt. Senneff, Lorenzo Pvt. Sernau, Otto Cpl. Servaes, Anton F. Pvt. Serviss, Levis L. Pvt. Shanks, Roy Pvt. 1st CI. Sharp, Edgar Pvt. Shepherd, John Pvt. Shinisky, Andro Pvt. Simpson, John S. Pvt. South, John N. Cpl. Spang, Robert C. Pvt. Spates, Jetson F. Sgt. Stark, Henry W. Pvt. Sterling, Clement R. Pvt. 1st CI. Stoffol, Roman W. Pvt. Strittmatter, Herb. A. Pvt. Stump, Demoss Pvt. Sudduth, William N.Pvt. 1st CI. Sweeney, John J. Pvt. 1st CI. Szaulinska, StanislausPvt. Tesh, Harvey Sgt. Traylor, Herbert L. Pvt. Tyzinik, John Pvt. Ullery, Walter Pvt. Usitale, Joseph Pvt. Vinson, Braxton C. Pvt. Walker, John H. Pvt. Walton, Samuel W. Pvt. Watson, Thomas J. Pvt. Whittington,Farrell C.Sgt. Wilder, Leonidas Pvt. Wilson, Robert, Jr. Bug. Withers, Judson J. Pvt. Wolfenberger, Robt. C.Pvt. 1st CI. Wooten, Samuel A. Cook Young, Albert F. Pvt. 1st CI. Zakrewski, Joseph Pvt. Zenara, Mike Pvt, HOME ADDRESS Damascus, Va. 5338 S. Maplewood Ave., Chicago. 319 S. Jefferson St., Kittanning, Pa. Big Stone Gap, Va. Cliffton, Tenn. 707 S. Main St., Ada, O. 721% 9th St., Greeley, Colo. 12 Tutt St., Langley, S. C. 6126 Langley Ave., Chicago, 111. Ansted, W, Va. Montevidio, Minn. 145 Galloway St., Dayton, O. 2109 Straubs Lane, Pittsburgh, Pa. Route 35, Eden, Fond du Lac, Wis. White Hall, Trempealau, Wis. Route 3, Knox, Ind. North Kaukanna, Antogamic, Wis. 4600 Wentworth Ave., Chicago, 111. 212 E. Union St., Paris, 111. Route 2, Leicester, N. C. 406 Erie St. S.E., Minneapolis, Minn. 450 Oak St., Taylor, Pa. Manchester, Kans. Filbert, West Va. 1239 Superior Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Box 43, Briggs, Clarke Co., Va. 7320 Melrose St., Cleveland, O. Cheriton, Va. Allenton, Washington Co., Wis. Erhart, O. Pizarro, Va. The Plains, Va. Pensacola, Fla. 1817 Union Ave., Chicago, 111. R. F. D. 4, Lexington, N. C. Crewe, Va. Thorpe^ Wis. R. F. D. 1, Clayton. O. Route 2, Box Brandon, Wis. Ahoskee, N. C. Fort Myers, Fla. Browns Cove, Va. 1330 Maple St., Madison, Dane, Wis. 520 S. 8th St., Richmond, Ind. 158 Porter St., S., Norfolk, Va. 29 Valentine St., New Bedford, Mass. Mussenhuan, Va. R. F. D. 1, Rose Hill, Va. 607 Veronica Ave., E. St. Louis, 111. Cullman, la. 1412 Long Ave., Lorain, O. 514 W. 115th St., Pullman, 111. Abbotto, Anthony T. Cpl. Allen, Leslie R. Sgt. Anderson, Charles R.Cpl. COMPANY "D" 175 Forrest St., Montclair, N. J. St. Joseph, Mo. 621 Campbell Ave., W. Roanoke, Va. 206 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME RANK Pvt. Pvt. Armstrong, William E. Barkhurst, Millard S. Barnett, Robert T. :5gt. Berkowitz, Sam Pvt. Biggum, Raymond L. Pvt. Blevins, William Pvt. Bohannon, John Pvt. Bradley, Preston E. Pvt. 1st CI. Bratton, William E. Cook Brown, Reuben H. Pvt. Bryan, Luther P. Pvt. Bunch, Harvey Pvt. Buskirk, Thomas E. Pvt. Callis, Lenwood J. Pvt. Carr, John J. Pvt. Chaplin, Hammie L, Sgt. Clark, Enoch E. Pvt. Clark, James H. Pvt. 1st CI. Clayton, Jephtha L. Pvt. Clemons, Dey E. Pvt. 1st CI. Combs, Matt Sgt. Coryell, Lewis S. Pvt. 1st CI. Cox, Lemuel C. Pvt. 1st CI. Crouse, Guy L. Pvt. Daugherty, Lewis R. Pvt. 1st CI. Dickman, John E. Pvt. Diedrich, William H. Pvt. Dilg, Harry H. Pvt. Dillinger, Frank Pvt. 1st CI. Dinkovich, Pit Pvt. 1st CI. Dorger, Herbert J. Pvt. 1st CI. Draper, Eugene T. Pvt. 1st CI. Drexel, George W. Pvt. Elam, Algie P. Sgt. Ellis, Frederick T. Cook Eloph, Joseph P. Pvt. 1st CI. Erdahl, Leonard Bug. Esposita, Samuel Pvt. Fenrich, William J'. Pvt. Fishel, Luther S. Cpl. Fitzgerald, Walter J. Pvt. Flanagan, Joseph P. Pvt. Flay, Edward H. Pvt. 1st CI. Fulton, Charles P. Pvt, Galezerano, James Pvt. 1st CI. Garrison, Joseph B. Pvt. Gerdack, Arthur H. Pvt. Ginnocopulos, John C.Pvt. Glass, Leslie T. Pvt. Gray, Carl C. Pvt. Greene, Homer C. Cpl. Grimsley, Milton D. Cpl. Guidry, Eraste Pvt, Hall, Douglas Cpl. Harck, Fred Pvt. Hart, Stephen J. Pvt. 1st CI. Haynes, Edwin A. Cpl. Helbert, Ebb B. Pvt. 1st CI. Herald, Will Pvt. Holmes, Chester C. Pvt. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS Bellmont, 111. R. D. F. 1, McConnellsville, O. 641 N. Sickel St., Philadelphia, Pa. 612 Jefiferson St., Philadelphia, Pa. 58 N. Fifth St., Zanesville, O. Damascus, Va. Benton, 111. 505 Seward Sq. S.E., Washington. 15 Clay St., Kirkwood, Ga. 210 Ferdinand, Fredericksburg, Va. McKinley, Fla. R. F. D. 2, Winchester, 111. Warsaw, Dublin Co., N. C. Blokes, Va. 116 Bridge St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Wilmington, N. C. R. F. D. 4, Apex, N. C. Stewartsville, O. Adamsville, Tex. Brule, Douglas Co., Wis. Ashcamp, Ky. 110 S. 3rd St., Marshalltown, la. Ft. Blackmore, Va. R. F. D. 5, Newark, O. 416 Cherry Ave., Lexington, Ky. 1724 N. 28th St., Richmond, Va. Box 205, Nashville, 111. 554 S. Front St., Hamilton, O. Coalton, O. 2313 Whipple St., Chicago, 111. 4312 Pitts Ave., Cincinnati, O. Boykins, Va. Dakota, Winona Co., Minn. Paducah, Ky. 79 Rowan Place, New York, N.Y. 206 W. Atlantic, Warren, O. R.F.D. 2. Box 40, Blue Earth, Minn. 1358 Elburn Ave., Chicago, 111, Ceylon, Minn. R. F. D. 2, Clemmens, N. C. 13 W. 10th St., Bayonne, N. J. 319 W. 47th St., Chicago, 111. 262 Franklin Ave., Bloomfield, N.J. Cedar Springs, Va. 313 Cherry St., Vineland, N, J. 834 E St., Charlotteville, Va. 1722 Brigham St., Chicago, 111. 2023 W. Adams St., Chicago, 111. R. F. D. 1, Brookneal, Va. Caseyville, 111. Route 2, Pearson, Ga. 214 Covington St., Florence, S. C. 1727 Carondelet St., New Orleans. La. Columbia, S. C. R. F. D. 6, Chippewa, Wis. 148 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 2122 DuPont Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. St. Paul, Va. Pocahontas, Va. East Lake, (N. C, ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 207 NAME Holtkamp, Henry W. Honnold, Richard J. Ingle, Samuel L. Jarboe, Robert E. Jergensen, Ralph Johnston, Chester D. Jones, Alex M. Kinder, Alfonso L. Klandrud, Olaf L. Kroenig, Albert L. Lapley, Filbert F. Law, Earl F. Leek, Conrad F. Letot, John Lewis, Clarence P. Lewis, Virgil B. Macovoy, James J, Maher, Thomas N. Maiwald, Richard Mansfield, Percy F. Marks, Alexander A. Matheis, Albert F. McClain, Waitman R. McClintock, Wm. M, McCrone, Thomas McElligott, Edward J. McGhee, Ezra C. McGinnis, James P. McGuire, Francis M. McKenna, Paul L. Meiners, Ray J. Meredith, Chris'ph'r C. Miller, Lee H. Miller, Ray L. Mitchell, Philip G. Moersch, Edward A. Moore, Edgar Moore, Robert F. Morefield, Barnit Moriarty, James E. Mueller, Charles J. Mullen, Howard Navey, Fred Neal, Wirt A. Neely, Earl E. Newson, Marshall M. Niebuhr, Milton R. Noah, Adread C. 'Novak, Ben Okelano, John Olby, Julius M. O'Shaughnessy, Jas. V. Ostrand, Hilmer W. Paetow, John F. Page, George R. Palmer, Boyd M. Paris, Ray H. Parker, Clayton Pawelkowski, Frank Pederson, Johannas RANK Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Cook Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Mech. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CL 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. Pvt. HOME ADDRESS Kalida, O. Kansas, Edgar Co., 111. Birdseye, Ind. Enid, Oklahoma. 701 N. 57th Ave., W. Duluth, Minn. Emory, Va. Powcan, Va. Ramage, W. Va. Galesville, Wis. 622 Centerville Ave., Belleville, 111. 110 S. Brook St., Madison, Wis. R. F. D. 2, Drayton, N. Dak. 111 Hayden St., Buffalo, N. Y. Linton, Ind. 7 Belpre Apts., Davton, O. Sandusky St., Willard, O. 407 Rookwood Ave., Indianapolis. 1560 W. First St., Dayton, O. R. F. D. 1, Stahl, Mo. Scott Depot, W. Va. Merryoaks, N. C. 613 S. nth St., Springfield, 111. S. Martha Ave., Akron, O. Ashland, O. 1424 W. 54th St.. Cleveland, O. 237 Charles St., Fitchburg, Mass. LIurricane, W. Va. 2112 E. Stella St., Phila., Pa. 419 Griggsville St., Pittsfield, 111. 131 E. Euclid Ave., Springfield, O. 443 Riddle Road, Cincinnati, O. Kenova, W. Va. R. F. D. 2, Pleasant Hill, 111. 1318 Adams Ave., Huntington, W.Va. Silverpoint, Tenn. 3604 Sarnow Place, Milwaukee, Wis. R. F. D. 3, Bellaire, O. 933 Stakes St. Danville, Va. Pinnacle, N. C. 591 E. 2d St., Chillicothe, O. 1028 Prairie Ave., Beloit, Wis. 2628 Federal St., Philadelphia, Pa. San Francisco, Cal. 715 Decatur St., Richmond, Va. Sullivan, W. Va. Tobaccoville, N. C. 75 New St. W., Paterson, N. J. Salisbury, N. C. 4632 S. Francisco Ave., Chicago, 111. 7th Ave., Homestead, Pa. R. F. D. 1, Newfalden, Minn. 31 Poplar St., (Newark, O. 424 W. Linden St.. Stillwater, Minn. 1260 Dickson St. Chicago 111. Zanesville, O. R. F. D. 4, Box 60, Oregon, Wis. Marion, Ky. Bunlevel, N. C. N.W. 1332 Main Ave., Cleveland, O. 242 Mieman St., Akron, O. 208 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME RANK Pendorf, George A. Pvt. Perkinson, Charles W.Pvt. Petrik, Frank T. Pvt. Philips, Clarence A. Pvt. Philips, Ernest S. Pvt. Philips, Jack Pvt, Pierce, Joseph S. Pvt. Plescia, Joe Pvt. Porter, Paul Pvt. Potter, Charles W. Cpl. Pressnall, Fred H. Pvt. Presvelos, Christ. P. Pvt. Puffer, Waldo J. Pvt. 1st CI. Pyles, Alva Pvt. Quails, James T. Meoh. Raborg, George T. Pvt. Radonski, Andrew Cpl. Rasp, George Jr. Pvt. 1st CI. Regan, James E. Pvt. 1st CI. Reighard, Charles V.Pvt. Reynolds, Thomas Sgt. Richards, William F. Pvt. Riggins, Bruce E. Mech, Robinson, John A, Pvt. Roderick, Walter A. Pvt. 1st CI. Rose, Frank Pvt. Russo, Biazo Pvt. Ryan, John C. Pvt. 1st CI. Rychener, Raymond R,Sgt. Rydelski, Stanley Sgt. Sanders, Frank P. Cpl. Sarafino, William Pvt. 1st CI. Sario, Joseph Pvt. Schreck, Leo J. Pvt. Scott, Earl Pvt. 1st CI. Self, Darling Pvt. 1st 01. Sharr, Anthony Pvt. Sheridan, Fred M. Pvt. Simpson, Arthur V. Pvt. 1st CI. Singleton, Frank T. Pvt. Skelcher, Guy F. Cpl. Skinner, Jesse E. Sgt. Smith, Frank Pvt. 1st CI. Smith, Joseph Pvt. 1st CI. Smith, Lee E. Pvt. Smith, Lewis Pvt. Smith, Vq. Cpl. Snipes, Daniel J. Mech. Sockel, Carl H. Pvt. 1st CI. Soliday, James E. Sgt. Sorey, James E. Pvt. 1st CI. Stafford, John Pvt. Stafford, Leslie C. Pvt. Stepanovich, Robert Pvt. Stewart, Harry H. Cpl. Stowers, Charles H. Pvt. Strother, Homer L. Pvt. Sullivan, Daniel Sgt. Tatum, Eddie J. Pvt. 1st CI. Tenerello, Veto Pvt. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS Spring St., Bloomfield, N. J. Kittrell, N. C. 5224 S. Lincoln St., Chicago, 111. Wellston, O. 1915 S. 20th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Mount Jewett, Pa. Sunberry, N. C. Box 35, E. Akron, O. Z2,7 Summit Ave., Schenectady, N.Y. Route S, Roanoke, Va. TuscolCj 111. 509 E. Monroe St., Springfield, 111. 851 Fair St., Appleton, Wis. East Lynn, W. Va. Floralo, Ala. 2414 E. Marshall St.,- Richmond, Va. 2522 California Ave., Chicago, 111. Jacksonville, O. 807 Ramsey St. N.E., Minneapolis. Oakridge, Pa. 523 Asylum Ave., Knoxville, Tenn. Zebulon, N. C. R. F. D. 4, Liberty, S. C. Rocky Mount, N. C. 446 David St., Marion, O. Ervin, Ky. 1205 2d Ave., New Kingston, Pa. 1376 W. 61st St., Cleveland, O. Pettisville, Ohio. 2145 Lubeck St., Chicago, 111. Avondale, W. Va. 272 iNotre Dame St., Mansfield, O. 5814 Utica Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. 14 N. Haller St., Dayton, O. Bandette, Minn. Hepzibah, Ga. 1137 Albendale Ave., Cleveland, O. 39 S St., Shelby, O. 704 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls,N.Y. Holston, Va. Energy, 111. Piketon, Ohio. Clarksburg, W. Va. 1285 Main St., Cleveland, O. 507 S. Glenwood Av., Springfield, 111. Wayne City, 111. R. F. D. 4, Greenville, S. C. Denton, Ga. Marion, O. 756 W. Main St., Valparaiso, Ind. Strawboro N. C. Jackson, Miss. Grigg, Va. Lusk, Pa. Apollo, Pa. Cone Creek, Va. Hardesty, Va. Pittsburgh, Pa. McKenny, Va 267 N. Diamond St., Mansfield, O. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 209 NAME RANK Thieleke, John R. Pvt. 1st CI. Thomas, Edward Pvt. Tincher, George Cpl. Tobin, Joseph P. Cpl. Toles, Clifford H. Sgt. Truitt, Edward Pvt. Van Dyke, Ralph Cpl. Vitari, Quirino Cpl. Weaver, Arell J. Pvt. 1st CI. Webb, Delaware T. Pvt. 1st CI. Welch, Andrew T. Cpl. Williams, Gilbert E. Bug. Witz, Leo W. Pvt. 1st CI. Wooldridge, John Pvt. Yama, Frank Pvt. Zarter, Joseph Pvt. HOME ADDRESS Nayville, Wis. 206 Spooner Ave., Plainfield, N. J. 1116 Smith St., Charleston, W. Va. 109 Berkeley Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Haril, Ga. Ocean City, Md. Coleta, 111. Millbrook, N. Y. 1414 11th St. N.W., Washington. 503 Clay St., Franklin, Va. Route 5, Moultrie, Ga. R. F. D. 2, Tunnelton, W. Va. 110 Dartmouth St., Warren, Pa. During, W. Va. Kearney, Pa. 642 14th St., Oshkosh, Wis. COMPANY "E" Accardi, Tony Pvt. Allred, Hasten C. Pvt. 1st CI. Amos, Homer W. Pvt. 1st CI. Anschutz, Walter O. Pvt. 1st CI. Ayers, Crawford Pvt. Baczkowski, AnthonyPvt. Bailke, Edward J. Mech. Barrett, Reed Pvt. Bartholomew, GeorgePvt. Barnhill, Edgar W. Pvt. 1st CI. Basnight, Weston Pvt. Beaman, Herman F. Sgt. Beason, Bernie A, Pvt. Becker, Edward H. Belo, Harry L. Bennett, James O. Berger, Edward B. Betleieski, Fortunat Betker, August Blanchard, Selvin IN. Pvt. 1st CI. Bower, David F. Pvt. 1st CI. Bradley, Morgan J. Pvt. Bradshaw, David M. Pvt. 1st CI, Brewer, Fletcher J. Pvt. Bridger, Frank F. Pvt. Brisson, Cary Britt, Robert H. Britton, George S. Brockocki, John J. Brookshier, Fred V. Cpl. Brown, Charles E. Pvt. Brown, Lester L. Butler, Frank Campbell, James B. Campbell, Vernie A. Pvt. Carle. Lee R. Pvt. 1st CI. Carter, Will Cheney, George W. Chesnutt, Graham C. Pvt. Clark, Thomas K. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Bug. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. PvL Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt Pvt. 1st CI. East Main St., DuQuesne, III. 128 Wiilow St., Mt. Airy, N. C. 173 Moull St., Newark, O. Livingston, 111. Green Mountain, N. C. 2955 Wisner Ave., Chicago, 111. Whittlesey, Taylor, Wis. Joppa, 111. Mapleton, Blue Earth, Minn. 113 Pinner St., Suffolk, Va. South Mills, iN. C. Troy, Montgomery, N. C. Brookfield, Mo. R. 3, Bx. A, Athens, Marathon, Wis. Lochomoor Hotel, Durham, N. C 421 Opdyke St., Mt. Vernon, III. Box 124, Morton Renville, Minn. Ft. Atkinson, Wis. 2312 Frankfort St., Chicago, 111. Woodland, Northampton, N. C. Wagoner, N. C. Cherokee, Jackson, N. C 432 E. Kerr St., Salisbury, N. C. Bear Creek, N. C. 1001 N. Davidson St., Charlotte N.C. 31 Maple St., Greensboro, N. C Dublin, Bladen, N. C. Bridgeport, O. 1827 N. Carlow Ave., Chicago, 111. R.F.D. 1, Leicester, Buncombe, N. C. 1359 Logan Ave., Youngstown O Rockwell, N. C. Wayne Citv, 111. Laurel Hill, N. C. Benton, 111. 511 Dickey Ave., Greenfield, O Mayodan, N. C. Route 2, Moultrie, Ga. Turkey, N. C. R. F. D. 3, jonesboro, N. C. 210 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME Clayton, George D, Coley, Charles G. Comeau, Louis J. Condrain, James K. Corbett, Mai P. Covington, John T. Cowan, Tom F. Creekmore, Herbert C, Crowder, Harvey L. Crowson, Eddie L. Cruse, Clarence R. Davis, Elmore E. Davis, Levee DeForest, Francis E. Deierhoi, William H. DeMais, John Dietz, Frank Dixon, Byron R. Donaldson, William F Dunkelberger, ByronC Dupree, Griffen Dupree, James A. Dye, Omer R. Eatman, Oliver L. Edmondson, Luther R Edwards, David S. Egbert, Thomas R; Elliott, Joseph E. Emrich, Walter Ethridge, Leonard B Ferguson, Jesse H. Fesperman, Clyde C. Fickert, William L. Fiereck, John Finken, Richard Finkle, Nathan Fitzgerald, William B Flack, Ernest L France, Milo Gamble, James Gibson, James T. Gladhill, Edwin G, Glasbrenner, Wm. J'. Goetz, George Goldman, Morris L. Gray, John J. Green, George Griffen, Michael J. Haskew, Howard E, Haynes, Oscar L. Hayes, Dalmer H. Heaney, Frank M. Hegi. Frank Hekel, Henry F. Hill, Charles E. Hooper, Loyd V. Howard, Noah E. Hunt, Archie G. Hunt, Harry Hunt, Horace P. RANK Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. .Cpl. Pvt. 1st CI. Cook Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. .Pvt. .Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. .Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. .Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. 1st CI. Pvt. Sgt. Cpl. Mech. Pvt. Pvt. HOME ADDRESS University, Orange, N. C. Newton, N. C. 18 Lafayette Sq., Haverhill, Mass. 501 S. Glass St., Los Angeles, Cal. Troy, Montgomery, iN. C. 1115 23rd St., Winston Salem, N. C. 181 Carhart St., Marion, O. 2614 E. Grace St., Richmond, Va. 2016 Venable St., Richmond, Va. 308 Church St., Macon, Ga. 1133 E. 10th St., Charlotte, N. C. Davis Cartort, N. C. Bamburg, S. C. Marwin, Mo. Highland Springs, Va. Box 97, Mascoutack, 111. Mott, N. Dak. Benton, 111. 405 Hart St., Marietta, O. 1518 W. 1st St., Dayton, O. Edgefield, N. C. R. F. D. 4, Carthage, N. C. 721 Broad St., Grinnell, la. Bailey, Nash, N. C. Greensboro, N. C. Baffle, Va. Bethany, W. Va. Apple Grove, N. C. 511 Commercial Ave., Cairo, 111. Columbia, S. C. 254 W. Corbin St., Concord, N. C. 1410 E. 5th St., Charlotte, N. C. 2161 E. York St., Philadelphia, Pa. Clear Lake, Sherburne, Minn. 1793 Amsterdam Ave., New York. 1330 W. 12th St., Chicago, 111. 200 E. 98th St., New York, N. Y. Brown Summit, N. C. 6 Grand St., Cobleskill, N. Y. R. F. D. 10, Muncie, Ind. Blue Rock, O. 4837 Palmer St., Chicago, 111. R. F. D. 2, Pepin. Wis. 4208 Dauphine St., New Orleans. La. 190 Lenox Ave., New York, N. Y. 515 'N. 23rd St., E. St. Louis, 111. 809 N. Church St., Belleville, 111. 1448 E. 65th St., Cleveland, O. Lacy, Ark. Cooleemee, N. C. Centralia. 111. Fond du Lac, Wis. 67 N 7th St., Paterson, N. J'. 203 Sumner St., Waterloo, la. Norris City, 111. Robinsville, N. C. 1502 Glenn wood Ave., Baltimore, Md. Hadley, Pa. 14 E. 52d St., Bayonne, N. J. 155 Reed St., Lynchburg, Va. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 211 NAME Ingram, John Jacobs. Arthur L. Janowitz, Frank Jenkins, Andrew J. Jevining, Sigurd A. Johnston, Orval Jones, Ray H. Kantak, Barney Karasiewicz, Harry Kent, Joseph Krause, William J. Kringle, Alfred O. Laird, Cornelius W. Lander, Valentine Lemarr, Isaac J. Lentine, Rosario Lento, Francesco Lind, Fred C. Lowrie, William Von Lyles, Posey L. Machin, Stephen D. Madiou, Maurice Martin, Harry H. Martin, Merle H. Maupin, Meriweather McGee, Robert McGrath, Emory C. McVey, Edgar J. Merritt, Jesse L. Monroe, Robert J. Morris, James O. Mooney, Gerald Morris, William E. Muzzaretti, Giovanni Neff, Fred E. Noland, Frank E. Onbekent, Cyril Owen, Willie R. Page, Ross W. Palony, Peter S. Parker, Leonard T. Parsons, Harry E. Pawelko, John Peter, Joseph Pippin. Isaac C. Powell, John Purcell, Lawrence J. Radford, Kemper L. Rancour, William E. Reynolds, Elwood C. Reyns, Gustaf Rivard, Edwin J. Rogan, Hubert E. Rogerson, Abram B. Rowley, Leonard A. Rubin, Morris Russell, Earl G. Sacks. Morris Sawtell, Nelson L. Schleusner, Walter W. RANK Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Mech. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Cook Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Pvt. HOME ADDRESS McLeansboro, 111. 419 H St., N.W., Washington, D. C. 3701 Coleman Av., Menominee, Mich. Sunnyside, Va. Middle River. Minn. R. F. D. 2, Danvers, III. Petros, Tenn. 1115 Cornell St., Chicago, 111. 943 N. Racine Ave., Chicago, 111. R. F. D. 1, Federalsburg, Mid. Black Log. Pa. Box 5, Mikana, Wis. Langlev, S. C. R. F. b. 1, Box 16, Moshein, Tex. Clinton, Ind. 19 Passaic Ave., Newark, N J 229 E. 121st St., New York,' N. Y. 4438 Euclid Ave., Indian Harbor, Ind. R. F. D. 1, Buies, N. C. Draper, N. C. 622 Boissevain Ave., Norfolk Va 30 W. 18th St., New York, iN. Y. Baltimore Pike, Swarthmore, Pa. Wayland, la. R. F. D. 3, Bedford, Va. 105 Boulder Ave., Toliet, 111. R. F. D. 7, Athens, O. Harlan, Ky. 1604 Prents Ave., Portsmouth, Va. 100 Maple wood Ave., Mt. Vernon O. Cintra, Va. Chillicothe, 111. Buchanan, Va. Davis St., Johnson City, III. R. F. D. L Jacobsburg, O. Glen White, Pa. 1515 Archer Ave., Chicago, III. N. Emporia, Va. R. F. D. 1, Minnesota City, Minn. 449 E. 7th St., St. Paul, Minn. Whittles, Va; Obids, N. C. 1853 Harvey St., Chicago, 111. Tyler, Pa. Route 3, Bristol, Va. Jaeger, W. Va. 2940 Newark St., Washington, D. C. Lawton, Va. 3120 Cypress Ave., Cleveland, O. 5 Maplewood Ave., Germantown, Pa. 137 Houk St., Iron Mt., Mich. French Road, Detroit, Mich. 1811 Grand Ave.. Racine, Wis. R. F. D. 2, WilHamstown, N. C. Mt. Vernon, O. 2490 E. 39th St., Cleveland, O. 414 S. 10th St.. Paducah, Ky. 2546 E. 39th St., Cleveland. O. R. F. D. 8, Carlinsville, 111. R. F. D. 4, Elk Mound, Wis. 212 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME RANK Schmitt, Walter J, Pvt. Schneider, Frank Cpl. Sheppard, Arthur S. Pvt. Smiley, Harry A. Smith, Arthur J. Smith, Jessie C. Smith, John H. Smith, Taulbee B. Smith, Lee A. Stewart, Donald S. Styron, Burville M. Taylor, Robert K. Thomas, Guy Totten, Arthur G. Uhter, Louis Vaughan, Milton Veitch, John W. Wade, Isaac B. Wallace, Starling L. Ward, Harley Warner, Alfred J. Warner, Ocie O. Weaver, Floyd S. Weaver, Harold Wetz, Frank C. Whitt, Jesse A. Williams, Homer Winn, William N. Woodworth, Wm. G. Wynne, John P, Zeolla, Frank Zukowski, Frank Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Sgt. Bug. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Mech. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. HOME ADDRESS R. F. D. 1, Pevely, Mo. 901 State Road, Appleton, Wis. 3315 Commercial Ave., Cairo, Alex- ander, 111. R. F. D. 1, Middlebrook, Va. 816 W. Clark St., Albert Lea, Minn Route A, Cordele, Ga. R. F. D. 2, Cleveland, Va. Sparks Hill, 111. Waynesburg, Pa. Back Bav, Va. Oxford, N. C. Sunset, S. C. Saltville, Va. 416 N. 36th St., E. St. Louis, 111. Sedley, Va. 231 Neiman St., Akron, O. Alto, Ga. Portsmouth, Va. Wellston, O. 1420 S. 8th St., Springfield, 111. R. F. D. 1, Vienna, Va. 717 Pearl St., Martins Ferry, O. 718 Valley St., Dayton, O. R. F. D. 5, Lowell, O. Sorge Creek, Va. Long Branch, W. Va. 436 Henry St., Portsmouth, Va. 68 E. 102nd Place, Chicago, 111, Mount Airy, Surrey, N. C. Rox 33, S. Connellsville, Pa. 1524 George St., Chicago, 111.' COMPANY "F" Andracki, Adolph Allen, George Andrews, iNeill E. Arey, Douglass Ball, Ivan L. Bartram, Thomas Baumgartner, Alfred Beam, Charlie Beerman, Bert R. Bell, Joshua C. Bergman, Joe F. Bockman, Jacob Boldin, John F. Dorg, Franz Bradford, Allen G. Braswell, Mack C. Brockwell, Roy H. Brooks, Cunningh'm B. Brown, Emmanuel E Bryant, Oscar Bryson, Charles Cannady. Evanda Carroll, Miles Mech. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Mech. Sgt. Mech. Sgt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. ,Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1853 Harey St., Chicago, 111. Lumberton, N. C. Red Springs, N, C. 423 E. Kerr St., Salisbury, N. C. Capron, Va. Steubenville, O. U. S. Army. Fallston, N. C. Sullivan. Md. Capron, Va. Columbia, 111. 102 16th St., Columbus, Ga. Lubback, Tex. Crystal Lake, 111. 1401 Exchange Ave., E. St. Louis, 111. Elm Citv, N. C. 214 5th St., Newport News, Va. Monroe, :N. C. Route 1, Fairfield, 111. Andersonville, Va. Dalton. Durham, N. C. 5500 Lake Park Ave., Chicago, 111. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 213 NAME RANK Carver, Fred W. Cook Cassidy, James E. Pvt. 1st CI. Chandler, Plumer Cpl. Clark, Clarence R. Pvt. Cloute, Allchin Pvt. 1st CI, Cogle, Charles E. Cpl. Coleman, Sidney W. Pvt. 1st CI. Cunnuro, Giuseppe Pvt. 1st CI. Cznkovich, Mike Pvt. 1st CI. Dagen, Thomas L. Pvt. 1st CI. Davis, Arthur B. Pvt. 1st CI. Densen, Walter T. Pvt. De Vane, Francis T.Pvt. Digeronimo, Nicola Pvt. Diedrick, Frank I. Mech. Douglass, Millard H.Pvt. 1st CI. Dukes. Hugh F. Cpl. Durant, John J, Cpl. trisler, William Pvt. 1st CI. Elliott, Frank M. Pvt. Ellis, Fred Pvt. Elmer, Fred W. Pvt. 1st CI. Farmer, Cleve Pvt. Fishinger, Fred W. Pvt. Fourmier, John C. Pvt. Francis, Contantino Sgt. Freytag, Nels Pvt. Fulco, Antonio Pvt. Caddy, James E. CdI. Gardner, Asa T. Pvt. 1st CI. Gerkowitz, Wadyslow "p]. Gerlack, Louis Pvt. 1st CI. Gilbert, Lee Cpl. Gillespie, Vester Pvt. Gibson, Willie Pvt. Giles, James D. Pvt. Gilmore. Gurney R. Pvt. Click, Moony J. Cpl. Gordy, George H. Pvt. Griffin, Sula Pvt. Griffin, Thomas H, Pvt. Grigg, Robert Cpl. Grim, Strother W, Pvt. 1st CI. Greiner, Fred J, Pvt. 1st CI. Ham, George Pvt. Hamby, Marshall Pvt. Hamilton, Thomas D.Pvt. Hale, Harry C. Pvt. 1st CI. Harmon, Fred Cook Hannah, Shelton Pvt. Hannon, Mathew Pvt. Hammond, James P, Cpl. Hawk, Fred W. Pvt. 1st CI. Helms, Arthur S. Cpl. Hester, Palsey Pvt. Henley, William Pvt. Hitchcock, Guy L. Cpl. Hoeck, Axel V. Sgt. Holloman, Lewis J. Pvt. 1st CI. Hoppes, Benjamin H, Pvt. HOME ADDRESS Danville, O. Saltville, Va. Greenville, S. C. 213 E. Michigan Ave., Michigan, Ind. Fort Atkinson, Wis. 30 N. Church St., Petersburg, Va. Newberry, Fla. 646 Franklin Ave., Kent, O. 18 S. Linden St., Du Quesne, HI. Tappen, N. Dak. Chillicothe, O. R. F. D. 2, Lindsay, Va. 128 Wall St., Cordela, Ga. Hindsnia St., Cleveland, O. 1174 S. Robert St., St. Paul, Minn. 56 S. Count St., Athens, O. Ahoskie, N. C. 3020 Guernsey St., Bellaire, O . 714 Linden Ave., New Kens'gton, Pa. 212 Randolph St., Richmond, Va, 130 Willowood Ave., Newark, O. Broadhead, Wis. Coburn, Va. Evergreen Ave., Midvale, Pa. 513 W. 7th St., Chattanooga, Tenn, 5102 Delma Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. Dabella, Mich. 2229 Scotland St., Cleveland, O. 1303 Park-wood Ave., Charlotte, N.C. Ceylon, Minn. 285 Greene St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Osceola, Wis. Lenoins, N. C. Newry, S. C. Lowell, N. C. 335 W. 35th St., New York City. Carrboro, N. C. 1101 Parkside Road, Cleveland, O. Laurel, Del. Cornellys Springs, N. C. Winston Salem, N. C. Grover, N. C. Stephens City, Va. Franesville, O. King, N. C. Dawson Springs, Ky. Marshville, N. C. Freeman, Va. Austin, O. R.F.D. 1, Gander, Montg'm'ry, N. C. Belmont Ave., Philadelphia, Pa, Cerro Gordo, N. C. Gallipolis, O. Monroe, N. C. R. F. D. 1, Bladenboro, N. C 113 Middle St., Taylor, Pa. Gage, Okla. Copenhagen, Denmark. Harrelsville, N. C , Marion, N. C. 214 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME RANK Home, Joel R. Pvt. Hubbard, Corbett C. Cpl. Hudsoeth, Robert L., Pvt. Hughey, Charles E. Sgt. Ingle, Ivan P. Cpl. Jensen, Andrew P. Pvt. Jernigan. Cornell C. Pvt. Johns, Starns Cpl, Johnson. Robert Bug. Johnston, John J. Pvt. Johnson, Fred Sgt. Judy, Luster Pvt. Jatrzonka, Andrew Pvt. Kittinger, Richard A. Pvt. Klapetsky, John Cpl. Kurtz, Homer J. PVt. Kurz, Louis F. Pvt. Kniffin, Earl C. Pvt. Kornegay, Zeb V. Pvt. Kosche, Henry F. Pvt. Koetcki, Marvin Cpl. Kotal, Arthur S. Pvt. Krouse, Frank M. Pvt. Kramer, Christian A.Cpl. Kucera, Louis J. Pvt. Kuderka, Felix Pvt. Kulick, demons Pvt. Kumpis, John Pvt. Kwietniewski, John Pvt. Lane, Arthur F, Pvt. 1st CI. Leras, John Pvt. Lester, Roscoe Pvt. Light, Charles E. Pvt. Lipscomb, John G. Pvt. 1st CI. Loftis, Stephen M. Pvt. Lowen, James I. I\'t. Lutz, Tony Pvt. Maccarone, Dominick Pvt. Maestri, Andrew J. Pvt. 1st CI. Mallett, Joseph A. Cpl. Marshall, John S. Pvt. Martin, Frank G. Pvt. Martin, Vivian C. Cpl. Massey, Frank Pvt. 1st CI. Mayhew, Harry C. Pvt. McCall, Crate Pvt. McFarland, Fred Cpl. McDonald, Klein Pvt. McHaney, Fred Pvt. McKeown, Hugh L. Pvt. McLauchlin, Fred Pvt. Mekutuk, Joe. Pvt. 1st CI. Metzger, Arthur W. Pvt. Miles. Luther R. Pvt. Mikolka. Joseph Pvt. Mote, Hugh D. Pvt. Motley, Beverly L. Pvt. Morrison, Jay C. Pvt. Morrow, Lidia Pvt. Mroz, Stanly Pvt. HOME ADDRESS Wadesboro, N. C. 801 E. North St., Greenville, S. C. Greensboro, N. C. Metropolis, 111. Reedsville, N. C. Brooklyn, Wis. Benson, N. C. Hilands. Fla. Greensboro, X. C. Arden. 'X. C. 321 13th Ave. N., Nashville, Tenn. R. F. D. 8, Athens, O. 958 Dawson St., Milwaukee, Wis. 439 Sutter Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Bryant, Ind. 1027 High St., Youngstown, O. Alexandria. Minn. Mt. Olive, N. C. 4324 Sacramento Ave., Chicago, 111. 38 26th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 2722 S. Central Park Ave., Chicago. 712 W. 17th St., Chicago, 111. St. Cloud, Minn. 2655 S. Millard Ave., Chicago, HI. 4522 Jefferson St., Chicago, 111. 3323 X. Crawford Ave., Chicago, 111. 4627 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, 111. 5435 Lake St., Cleveland, O. Mt. Olive, N. C. 141 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. HarrellsTille, X. C. 514 X. Main St., Harrisburg, Va. Gaffney, S. C. Woodsdale, X. C. Covington, Va. Thankington, S. Dak. 52 Jefferson St., Hoboken, .N. J. 3347 Ann St., Xew Orleans, La. Dalton, Ga. Cythians. O. 409 W. 11th St., Richmond, Va. Wilson, X. C. Princeton, X. C. Gretna, Va. Grimshawes, X. C. 307 Beauty St., Clarksville, Va. De Funiaic Springs, Fla. 632 E. Madison St., Benton, 111. Quincy, Fla. L^nion, Tenn. 2430 W. 25th St., Chicago, 111. Woodbridge, Va. Christianburg, Va. 133 West St., Seymour, Conn. 107 8th St. X.E., Washington, D.C. Vernon Hill, Va. Dubois. Pa. Asheville, N. C 3141 Elm St., Toledo, O. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 215 NAME RANK Muller, Rens S. Pvt. 1st CI. Nelson, Clarence R. Pvt. 1st CI. Nelson, Sam Pvt. Nerhus, Paul T. Bug. Newcomb, Charles Pvt. Nixon, Gullie R. Cpl. Ornduff. Stuart Pvt. Pace, Clarence Pvt. Payne, John W. Pvt. Peak, Harold N. Pvt. Pegram, Percival F. Pvt. Pender, James B. Pvt. Pope, Marcus L. Pvt. Pool, Charles E. Pvt. Porter, June Pvt. Porter, William D. Pvt. Powers, Jesse M. Cpl. Powers, Lertie Cpl. Pitts, William F. Pvt. Quinn, Joseph M. Pvt. Ragusa, John Cpl. Ramsey. Gilland Pvt. Reilly, Danial J. Sgt. Riedel, James J. Sgt. Rotter, Nathan Pvt. Rogers, Webster W. Pvt. Sellers, Paul Pvt. Seresko, Paul Pvt. 1st CI. Sefph, George H. Pvt. Six, Corney Pvt. 1st CI. Slavick, Otto Pvt. Smith, Dan Pvt. Stein, Morris Pvt. Stromer, Frank Pvt. Stroud, Fay Pvt. Spreeman. Herman Cpl. Teleski. Jesse Pvt. Tapp, William H. Sgt. Touzil, Anton M. Sgt. Tilley, Albert J. Cpl. Turner. Bernard M. Cpl. Van Houten, William Sgt. Vinson, Tohnnie L. Pvt. Walker, Verna Pvt. Whorton, Charlie Pvt. White, Cecil J. Pvt. Wicker, Wallace C. Sgt. Yahle, Fred Pvt. 1st CI. Yunk, Bennett Pvt. 1st CI. Young, Theodore Pvt. Zartman, William F. Pvt. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS 943 Hagan Ave., New Orleans, La. 34 Flint St., Asheville, N. C. Redsvilie, N. C. Morris City, 111. 712 Sycamore St., Hannibal, Mo. Abingdon, Va. Saluda, N. C. Stone Mountain, Va. Waughtown, N. C. Greenwood, Fla. Drexel, N. C. Clayton, N. C. La Grange, N. C. 124 Terris Ave., Petersburg, Va. 743 W. 43rd St., Washington, D. C. Rolla. Va. R. F. O. 1, Fuliford College, N. C. 1422 W. 50th St., Cleveland, O. 14014 Hale Ave., Cleveland, O. Phoenix, Va. 1546 1st Ave., New York, N. Y. 4048 W. 22d St., Chicago, 111. 10519 Massie Ave., Cleveland, O. Wakefield, Va. Franesville. O. 12315 Mormon Av. W., Pullman, 111. Colonial Beach, Va. Chauncey. O. 2107 Allnort Ave., Chicago, 111. Greenville, S. C. 1617 Lawndale Ave., Chicago, 111. 1132 E. 43rd St., Chicago, 111. Marrissa, 111. Underbill, Wis. Cherokee. N. C. Erwin, Tenn. 2853 S. Turner Ave., Chicago, 111. Kingston, N. C 1425 Oakdale Ave., Petersburg, Va. Rosedale Ave., Morris Plains, N. J. Bell Arthur. N. C. Brundage, Tex. 630 North Sl, Bluefields, W. Va. Jonesboro, Ark. Coleman, Fla. 96 State St., Waurvatesa, Wis. 104 nth St., Bvesville, O. Hickory, N. C. Mosley Junction, Va. COMPANY "G" Abramoska, Arthur J. Pvt. 1st CI. Adams, John W. Pvt. Adkins, Mander Pvt. 1st CI. Ahner. Edwin G. Pvt. 1st CI. Airato, Antonio Pvt. 816 Lake Ave.. Elyria, O. R. F. D. 2. Bridgeport, O. Sevy, W. Va. 413 Tiffin St., Fremont, O. 29 Lizzie St., Girard, O. 216 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME RANK Allen, John W. Cpl. Allen, Levi P. Pvt. Altman, Earl W. Pvt. Anderson, George E. Pvt. Anderson, Lawrence Pvt. Armstrong, Walter E.Sgt. Aurandt, William Pvt. Bales, Ernest J. Pvt. Balderson, Dietrich O.Pvt. 1st CI. Barthel, Henry H. Pvt. Beach, John L Pvt. 1st CI. Beam, Roscoe G. Pvt. Beers, John H. Pvt. Beddow, Charles Pvt. Bennett, Harold C. Pvt. 1st CI. Bethea, Wade H. Pvt. 1st CI. Blumberg, Sonnie Pvt. Brabbin, Harold Pvt. Brandt, George A. Pvt. Breseman, William Pvt. 1st CI. Brittain, Sanford T. Pvt. Brunner, Rollin Pvt. 1st CI. Buchannan, Jesse Pvt. Buchwald, John C. Cpl. Bumgarner, Marvin C.Pvt. Bybee, Charles F. Pvt. Carpenter, Frank Sgt. Cashion, Ernest F. Cpl. Carroll, Peter Pvt. Chalfont, Orval M. Pvt. Chudzinski, Anthony Pvt. Clark, James A. Pvt. 1st CI. Cooler, Eugene P. Sgt. Cooper, Isaac E. Pvt. 1st CI. Cooper, Gordon Cpl. Covington, John R. Cpl. Craig, Robert Pvt. 1st CI. Cramer, Roy F. Pvt. Cunningham, Geo. A. Pvt. Davenport, Edman H.Pvt. Davis, Earl S. Sgt. Davis, John F. Pvt. 1st CI. Dixon, John H. Pvt. 1st CI. Dolan, Alvie A, Pvt. 1st CI. Donahue, John C. Cpl. Donley, Clarence E. Pvt. Dressen, Michael J. Pvt. 1st CI. Drummond, Floyd A. Pvt Duke, Carney C. Pvt. Durra, Charles A. Pvt. Eddy, Governor R. Pvt. 1st CI. Edwards, Harry T. Cpl. Edwards, Wayne K. Pvt. 1st CI. Ellison, Ray Pvt. Ellmore, Robert F. Pvt. 1st CI. Engelage, Robert L. Pvt Eppard, Cecil Cpl. Fannin, George R. Pvt. Fisk, Edward E. Pvt Ford, James L. Pvt. HOME ADDRESS 846 Woodland Ave., Toledo, O. R. F. D. 1, Gorman, N. C. Findlay, O. Mechanicsburg, O. 1012 Woodland Ave., Toledo, O. Aurora, Ind. Natifs, O. Route 2, Vandalia, 111, Newland, Va. 1100 Schell St., Belleville, 111. Cincinnati, O. 217 Morgan St., Shelby, N. C. R. F. D. 8, Marion, O. Dethick. O. R. F. D. 3, Toledo, O. Little Rock, S. C. 608 Kanawha St., Charleston, W. Va. 604 Randolph St., Charleston, W. Va. 1044 Blum St., Toledo, O. 310 Garfield Ave., Manasha, Wis. R. F. D. 2, Henry, N. C. 1736 Wabash Ave., Ft. Wayne, Ind. Bakersville, N. C. 1812 Braddish Ave., Baltimore, Md. Lenoir, N. C. Equality, 111. MoorcroSt, Wyo. Lincolnton, N. C. P. O. Box 155, Murry, O. 116 Seneca St., Cambridge. O. 2046 W. Napoleon St., Fremont. O. 505 Hendricks Ave., St. Mary's, O. Hardeeville. S. C. Equality, 111. 2302-9 Octavia St, New Orleans, La. Franklin, Va. 1631 Western Ave., Toledo, O. North Jackson, O. 316 Ayers St., Youngstown, O. Belle River, 111. Chickamauga Park, Ga. Fayetteville, N. C, CarthoUj O. Dunbar, Pa. 712 Washington St., Petersburg, Va. Lincoln Ave., Bridgeport, O. 196 N. Oak St, Duquoin, 111. Barbours Creek, Va. Pantago, N. C. 9319 LeRoy Ave., Cleveland, O. Freeport, 0. 8115 Melrose Ave., Cleveland, O. R. F. D. 3, O'maha. Ilk R. F. D. 2, Caldwell, O. Leesburg, Va. Loveland, Clermont, O. Staples, Todd, Miinn. R. F. D. 4, Stony Creek, Va. Nelsonville, O. 711 W. 2d St, Bicknell, Ind. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 217 NAME Franco, Giovanni Freed, Francis Freeman, Roland S. Funderburg, Gail F. Galloway, John P. George, John C. Gilder, Walter L. Gill, Harry Golden, Arnold D. Gould, Joseph C. Gribble, Wendall D. Grigal, Joseph W. Haga, Tohnnie W. Hale, Garland M. Halferty, David S. Hall, Oscar E. Hamilton, Elwin H. Harlsun, Edward O. Harris, John W. Haynes, Edgar F. Holton, Charles Hunger, Peter O. Hutchcraft, Rov R. Hyde, Harold H. Jackson, Charles F. Johnson, Arthur V, Johnston, Louis Joyce, Carl M. Kleinsmith, George Kugler, Ralph W. Kurceba, Basil Lacy, Charles H. Larson, Joseph E. Larson, Meade E. La Velle, Edward B. Lessman, Frank Lester, Fred H. Limberger, L'wr'nce O, Luccarini, Joseph Mantiply, Edward M. Mays, Mitchell R. McLeod, Harry W. Menuti, Giuseppe Merica, Talli C. Merrick, Robert A. Michalshislin, Niketa Moffett, Roy E. Montague, William B. Morgan, Edward L. Moore, William A. Morris, Arthur H. Murray, Richmond F. Myers, Frank Nash, Frank A. Naughton, John J. Nichols, Harvey E. Neilson, Enar Page, Jay D. Park, Robert C. Perry, Neal 1st a. 1st ci. 1st CI. RANK Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Mech. Cpl. Pvt. Cook. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Bug. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Pvt. Cpl. Bug. Cpl. Sgl. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Cpl. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI, 1st CI. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS Freeport, Pa. R. F. D. 18, Berea. W. Va. N. Main St., Salisbury, N. C. 502 E. North St., Springfield, O. Norfolk, Va. White Cottage, O. Farmdale, O. 5 Baldwin Ave., Weehawken, N. J. 215 Walnut St., Covingham, Va. Box 233, Moose Lake, Minn. Blue Ridge, Ga. 1635 Wabansia Ave., Chicago, 111. Cole, Va. Hanover, Va. Ollie, la. 303 Morwood Ave., Dayton, O. Grand Bay, Ala. R. F. D. 1, Dallas, Baron, Wis. Louisburg, Franklin, N. C. Willard, O. R. F. D. 3, Glenwood. Ga. 22 Narrow Ave., Carrack Boro, Pa. Gravville, 111. RFD. 21, Bx 1, Omro, Win'b'go, Wis. Buena Vista, W. Va. 336 Carney Ave., Marinette, Wis. St. Louis, Mo. 715 Mound St., St. Louis, Mo. 1559 E. 49th St., Cleveland, O. 1S31 Greysolon Road, Duluth, Minn. Cicero, 111. Byers, O. Sank Rapids. Minn. Ortonville, Big Stone, Minn. 614 De Soto St., St. Paul, Minn. New Brighton, Ramsey, Minn. Saltville, Va. 'New Ulm, Brown, Minn. 1969 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, 111. Amherst, Va. 2103 Park Ave., Lynchburg, Va. 98 E. Maiden St., Washington, Pa. 820 Mildred St., Philadelphia, Pa. Elkton. Va. 2547 E. 82d St., Cleveland, O. 909 Jewell St., Danville, 111. Broadway, Va. 2349 Sycamore Ave., Louisville, Ky. 519 Main St., Oshkosh, Wis. R. F. D. 3, Bristol. Va. 228 S. Lombardy, Richmond, Va. 710 9th St. Road. Richmond, Va. Dow, 111. Browns, 111. 1428 Lakeland Ave., Lakewood, O. 705 N. Williams St., Goldsboro, N.C. 6318 Greenfield Ave. W., Milwaukee. 306 Broad St., Menosha, Wis. Metropolis, 111. Bailey, N. C. 218 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME Phillips, John L. PifiFner, George Piltz, Leo Posey, Horace Powell, Robert C. Price, Wiley E. Pulley, George C. Quigley, Jessie Reid, Irvin C. Reid, William A. Reynolds, Wash'gt'n I Rhodes, John T. Richardson, Johnnie L Ripley, Nathan Ruggero, Nathale Ruth, Frank C. Safranek, Henry C. Salemi, Vincenzo Sarto, Albert Sanders, James W. Saverance, Paul G. Sherrod, Richard T. Sikorski, Witales Sink, Harry L. Shoemaker, Thomas C Skelton, Jesse J. Small, James H. Smith, Edward Smith, George H. Smith, Harland M. Smith, Leo Smoot, Ernest C. Snead, Robert F. Snow, Bill Stanley, Furney Stanley, Robert L. Stone, Elwood C. Stutson, Walter J. Stroud, Dennie W. Stevens, Homer Summey, LeRoy J. Tart, Adrian Taylor, Samuel G. Thatcher, Henry Thomas, Donald V. Thomas, Melville Thompson, Arthur Turner, William Tyson, Joseph B. Underwood, Norflet Underwood, Stanton Vest, Willie T. Waldrup, Mack Wall, John L, Waller, Walter N. Wellenkotte, Harry White, Nuby D. Whitaker, Edward J. Whyland, Howard C Williams, Dan Williams, Elisha RANK Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Sgt. Pvt. .Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Mech. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Sgt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Mech. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Sgt. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st a. HOME ADDRESS Leaksville, N. C. Fayetteville, 111. Carterville, 111. R. F. D. 2, Manassa, Va. 303 N. Front St., Wilmington, N. C, Mouth of Wilson, Va. R. F. D. 1, Zebulon, N. C. Green Cove Spring, Fla. Wayside, Ga. Charlotte, N. C. Chatham, Va. Norfolk, Va. R. F. D. 1, Cameron, N. C. 807 N. 9th St., Murphysboro, 111. 533 E. 13th St., New York, N. Y. 212 N. Harrington St., Raleigh, N.C. 615 E._ 5th St., Winona, Minn. Gillespie. Ill R. F. D. 3, Lore City, O. Liberty, S. C. R. F. D. 2, Darlington, S. C. Harrisburg, 111. 175 Grand St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Carlton, Ky. Winston-Salem, N. C. 348 Hinton St., Petersburg, Va. Reidsville. N. C. 25 Burn St., New Bern, Craven, N.C. R. F. D. 1, Rennet, N. C. 314 Gross Ave., Marietta, O. Bluffs, 111. 1015 Rivermont Ave., Lynchb'g, Va. Schuyler, Va. Winston-Salem, N. C. R. F. D. 2, Deep Run, N. C. Shallotte, Brunswick, N. C. Benton, 111. 2058 Josephine St., New Orleans, La. Pink Hill, N. C. 1224 S. Branson St., Marion, Ind. 308 Mangum Ave., High Point, N.C. Wilmington, 'N. C. R. F. D. 1, Meadow, Va. R. F. D. 2, Dunn Co., Knapp, Wis. 110 1st Ave., Rome, Ga. Salem, Va. 505 S. 5th Ave., Chicago, 111. R. F. D. 4, Gibson, N. C. Ansonville, N. C. Ahoskia, N. C. Smart, Va. Iron Gate, Va. Sycamore, Ga. Milton, N. C. Marceline, Mo. New Athens, 111. Fosdick, Va. 2500 Peniston St., New Orleans, La. Amsterdam, R. F. D. 6, N. Y. Scoloneck, N. C. 153 Hart St., Taunton, Mass. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 219 NAME Willis, Thomas E. RANK Mech. Willix, Thomas L. Pvt. Wilson, Charles D. Pvt. Wines, John Pvt. Wolfe, Fred Pvt. Young, Edwin PVt. Young, Otto E. Pvt. 1st CI. Young, Williams K. Pvt. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS St. Paul, N. C. R. F. D. 1, Andrews, N. C. Pensacola, iN. C. Waterloo, Va. Williams, Ariz. Watha, N. C. 1907 St. Louis Ave., E. St. Louis, 111. 56 Elizabeth Ave., Newark, N. J. COMPANY ''H" Adams, Edward J. Pvt. Adams, Roy Pvt. 1st CI. Alley, Doris J. Pvt. 1st CI. Anderson, George R. Pvt. 1st CI. Anderson, Harry G. Pvt. Andrzjeck, Charles Pvt. Austin, Henry T. Cpl. Baldwin, Ebb R. Pvt. Barnes, Claudius K. Pvt. 1st CI. Barksdale, John S. Sgt. Beck, John R. Pvt. 1st CI. Biehl, Clarence L. Pvt. Bilyeu, Virgil C. Pvt. Black, Milton F. Pvt. Blocher, Elzie F. Pvt. Bottomlee, Roy Sgt. Brinkley, Grover Pvt. Brown, James A. Pvt. Buchanan, Clyde J. Pvt. 1st CI. Buckner, Louis H. Pvt. Buckmaster, Joseph H.Pvt. Burke, Oscar L. Mech, Burns, Joseph H. Pvt. Capretta, Henry C. Pvt Cheatham, Robert L. Pvt. Chill, Stanislaw Mech. Cleary, Timothy D. Cook Collins, Lawrence T. Pvt. Conington, William F.Pvt. 1st CI. Corboy, Harvey C. Pvt. 1st CI. Corcoran, Michael Cpl. Cougill. Harry Pvt. Coyle, Roy Pvt. 1st CI. Crumb, Henry S. Cpl. Current, William E. Cpl. Curry, Clarence R. Pvt. Davidson, George M. Sgt. Davis, John H. Pvt. 1st CI. Derrington, Elmer L.Cpl. Donahue, John P. Sgt. Dunlap, Ray S. Pvt, Eaker, Robert L. Pvt. 1st CI. Eisinhower, Walter L, Pvt. Elson, William Pvt. 1st CI, Evans, Ray Pvt. Fagan, Joseph J. Pvt. Falk, John H. Pvt, Falter, John B. Pvt. Dodge City, la, Ridgeway, 111. Carthage, Va. 6003 White Ave., Cleveland, O, 113 E. 3rd St., Metropolis, 111. 193 Tappan St., Kearny, N. J. Athens, Fla. R. F. D. 2, Saltillo, Miss. Emporia, Va. 304 Hinton St., Petersburg, Va. Cisne, 111. 1009 Front St., Marietta, O. 4th & Baker St., Albany, Ore. Guinia, Va. Midlothian, Alleghiany, Md. Kimberley, Ala. Cypress Chapel, Va. Ridgeway, 111. Tucapau, S. C. Pelham, N. C. Swansboro, N. C. Bloom City, Wis, 1703 Boston Ave., Richmond, Va. Abbyville, S, C. Chicago, 111, 31 W. South St., Akron, O, 1518 Railroad St., Bristol, Va. 163 N. 6th St., Brooklyn, N. Y, 6711 Aberdeen St., Chicago, 111. 1313 W. 59th St., Chicago, 111, Claylick, O. 940 Front St., Portsmouth, O. 1012 Francis St., St. Joseph, Mo, Mathews, N. C. Spring Creek, Va. 36 iN'. Ellis St., Cape Girardeau, Mo. 417 E. 4th St., Wellston, O. Norris City, 111. 143 Woodward St., Milwaukee, Wis, La Grange, O. Bessemer City, N. C. 2244 Fleet St., Baltimore, Md. Main St., Bradford, O, 49 W. Hudson St., Columbus, O. Sparkill, N, Y. Kehmer, Beltrami, Minn. 807 E, 2d St., Delphos, O. 220 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME RANK Faulkner, Jerome P. Pvt. Ferguson, Peter W. Pvt. Fischler, Franzo O. Cpl. Fitzgerald, William J. Pvt. Flanney, James E. Pvt. Fleming, Robert S. Pvt. Floro, Arnold B. Pvt. Fortner, Lattie Pvt, Foy, Oscar Pvt. Free, William H. Pvt. Frederick, Harold E.Pvt. Follansbee, Frank S. Cpl. Furlen, Roy Pvt. Gay, Ernest O. Pvt, Gallagher, Anthony O.Cpl. Glass, Hyman A. Pvt, Grant, George G, Pvt. Gibson, Claude E. Pvt. Griffith, Arthur Pvt. Grigsbee, Harry Pvt. Gundler, Lewis Pvt. Haley, Francis A. Pvt. Hammons, Walter B. Cpl, Harbough, George F.Cpl, Harris, George E. Cpl. Harrison, Norman K.Pvt. Helmondollar, C. W. Pvt. Hemsteger, Bruno Pvt. Hempstead, Horace T.Pvt. Henderson, Walter M.Pvt. Hennessey, David J. Pvt. Hennings, Ernest Pvt. Henricy, Edward Pvt. Henson, Clinton A. Cpl, Henshaw, Edward A. Pvt. Hiatt, Herman Cpl. Higginbotham, Clyde Pvt. Hockenberry, Emory Pvt. Hoeppner, William H.Pvt. HoU, Jacob C. Pvt. Hoggard, James R. Pvt. Honaker, Basil H. Pvt. Hoover, Clyde A. Sgt. Hubbard, Clarke A. Sgt. Hunter, Elliott H. Pvt. Hyde, Thomas Pvt. Imer, Harry F. Pvt. Jameson, James R. Pvt. taynes, Fred M. Pvt. Johnson, Richard B. Cpl. Jones, Ben C. Pvt, Jones, Tolbert Pvt, Keating, Michael T. Cpl, Kirkpatrick, Floyd Pvt. Kipp, George J. Cpl. Koerner, William Pvt. Kotek, Edward Pvt. Kwiecinsky, Joe Pvt. Langhoff, Elmer J. Pvt, Lee, Creek G. Pvt. 1st CI, 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI, 1st CI, 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI, 1st CI, 1st CI. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS 421 Orange St., Sandusky, O. R. F. D. 2, Lamkin, N. Dak. 1012 Hyslop St., Hammond, Ind. 1438 Addison St., Chicago, 111. 708 E. Cleveland St., Taylorville, 111, 42 Union St., Newark, O. Portland, O. Big Pine, N. C. 3658 S. Robey St., Chicago, 111. Route 1, Box 71, Brunswick, Tenn. R. F. D. 4, Youngstown, O. Hubbard, O. 2546 Kress St., Toledo, O. 3251 91st St., South Chicago, 111. Raleigh, N. C. 603 E. Commerce St., Petersburg, Va. Coalton, O. R. F. D., Chancey, O. R. F. D. 1, Westchester, O. 103 Welsh St., Hillsboro, 111. Booz, Tenn. 123 Sexton St., Struther, O. Vermilion, O. R. F. D. 3, Williamston, N. C. Kiahville, W. Va. Wood St., Piqua, O. R. F. D. Fremont, O. 1023 Phumary Ave., Alton, 111. 215 E. Canal St., Troy, O. 952 Center St., Chicago, 111. 154 Ward Ave., Bellview, Ky. 222 N. Bowman Ave., E. St. Louis, 111, 303 S. Charles St., Bellview, 111, 523 E. Market St., Lima, O. 1049 3rd Ave., Charleston, W. Va. 2762 Latule Ave., Huntington, W.Va. 4126 N. Leavitt St., Chicago, 111. Erie St., Honesdale, Pa, Clayton, N. C. Lebanon, Va. 426 E. Park Ave., Dubois, Pa, 3127 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo, 928 Broadway, Toledo, O. Madison, Fla. R. F. D. 3, Box 97, Bellaire, O. Green Sulphur, W. Va. 1921 12th Ave., Huntington, W. Va. R. F. D. 5, St. Clairesville, O. Sales Creek, Tenn, Crosby, W, Va. North City, 111. Kirkpatrick Hotel, Chester, S. C. 313 S. Downing St., Piqua, O. 943 Forsythe St., Toledo, O. 2429 Augusta St., Chicago, 111. 1112 S. Ave., Youngstown, O, 363 Langdon St., Toledo, O. R. F. D. 6, Kenton, O. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 221 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. 1st CI. NAME RANK Lenhart, George H. Lobenthal, Robert Longstreet, Harold C Mack, Alex S. Maney, Furman R. Markle, Asa E. Marneros, Mike May, Alva L. McBride, Alfred W. McCarthy. Frank J. Pvt. 1st CI. McCullough, James M.Pvt. 1st CI. McDonald, Earl J. Pvt. 1st CI. McDonnell, John J. Pvt. 1st CI. McMaster, Fred E. Cpl. McMullen, Walter Pvt. 1st CI. Meadow, William E. Pvt. Meadow, Omer C. Pvt. Mergenthaler, Clyde F. Pvt. Miller, Archie C. Pvt. Miller, James F. Bug. Miller, Robert Pvt. Minor, Fred L. Pvt. Mitchell, Clarence L. Cook Moore, Ira R. Pvt. Moore. Frank G. Pvt. Neal, Chesley E. Pvt. 1st CI. Nehls, Chester D. Pvt. OSTelson, Carl J. Pvt. Northington, Sam'l H.Pvt. 1st CI. O'Connell, Dennis M.Pvt, O'Connell, Patrick D.Pvt. Ohlinger, Rush J. Pvt. Patock, Joseph J. Pvt. 1st CI. Parker, Allie L. Pvt. Pierson, Charles F. Sgt. Peterson, Hamlet Sgt. Pittington, Clyde Pvt. 1st CI. Polzin, Henry Pvt Powell, John T. Sgt. Pruner, Carl W. Pvt. Psait, Joseph Pvt. Puperi, Bernardo Pvt. 1st CI. Puritz, Abe Pvt. Ray, John A. Cook Rabel, Charles O. Cpl. Reamy, George S. Pvt. 1st CI. Rudd, Willie L. Pvt. 1st CI. Sames, Benjamin F. Cpl. Schumacher, George E.Pvt. Schoengen, Edward J. Pvt. Shockey, Herman P. Pvt. Seals, Herbert C. Cpl. Sellers, Albert G. Pvt. Sendry, Michael J. Pvt. 1st CI. Servies, David J. Pvt. Siedlecki, Boleslaw Pvt. Sieling, John F. Pvt. Simons, Olis R. Cpl. Stanek, William L. Pvt. Slattery, John Sgt. 1st HOME ADDRESS E. Fultonham, O. Pine St., Peru, Ind. 41 N. Truesdale Ave., Youngst'n, O. 1930 Baltimore Ave., S. Chicago, III. Shooting Creek, Clay, N. C. 32 Buena Vista St., Newark, O. Box 232, Central Station, Toledo, O. Coffeen, HI. Breaksbille, O. 3629 Fulton Ave., Cleveland, O. Mt. Victor, O. 18001 W. Superior St., Duluth, Minn. 236 Lincoln St., Portsmouth, Va. Box 124, Hillsboro, Vermont, Wis. 5 Chartiers St., Washington, Pa. Hinton, West Va. Hinton, West Va. 800 E. Madison St., Gibsonberg, O. R.F.D. 1, Albertsville, Chippewa, Wis. Greenup, 111. Sebring, O. 1925 Central St., Cleveland, O. Bethany, 111. 509 E. Marion St., Marion, O. 608 Euclid Ave., Willard, O. 715 Decatur St., Richmond, Va. 1852 Dayton St., Chicago, 111, 2014 W. 5th, Sioux City, la. 1114 Framer St., Petersburg, Va. 163 W. 66th St., New York City. Big Stone, Minn. R. F. D. 9, Richmond. Va. 2425 High St., Chicago, III. Morrisville, N. C. 26 W, Chicago St., Chicago, HI. Scarville, la. Elkton, Va. Min'sota St., New Ulm, Brown, Minn, Towns, Ga. Marion, Va. Wainock, O. Box 155, Martins Ferry, O. Chicago, 111. Knoxhill, Fla. Lebanon, HI. 209 S. Main St.. Daveville, Va. R. F. D. 1, Roivista, Va. 716 E. Main St., Louisville, Ky. 544 1/2 3rd Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 4921 Magnolia Ave., Chicago, III. Copper Hill, Va. Lilbourn, Mo. Kings Mountain, N. C. 2451 W. 4th St., Cleveland, O. 4506 Wilcox St., Chicago, 111. 854 Driggs Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. R. F. D. 2, Grant City, III. Sebring, Fla. U. S. Army. 222 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME Smith, Vasco RANK Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Smith, Hugh E. Staton, Elmer S. Stromire, Dewey Stucke, Albert L. Sutton, Forrest Talley, William E. Tamillo, Walter Taylor, Wilmer F. Tenhave, Roy Thomas, John Turner, Jennings Tyree, John D. Underwood, James R.Pvt. Vellines, Flavins A. Cpl. Walton, James C. Sgt. Walker, Charles Sgt. Walsh, Mathew Pvt. Ward, Charlie L. Mech. Watson, Jesse Cook Watson, George R. Pvt. 1st CI. Watts, Charles Pvt. White, Lester L. Pvt. 1st CI. Wiatrolik, Cassim- B. Cpl. Muscatello Giuseppi Pvt. Xauer, Carl Mech. Xektaredes, Costos Pvt. 1st CI. Nelson, Julius K. Pvt. 1st CI. Nelson, Lester O. Pvt. Newbery. Harold C. Sgt. Nicholis, Reese Pvt. Nowark, Tohn Pvt, O'Laughlin. Dan Pvt. 1st CI. Orthmever, Tones Cpl. OToole, John R. Pvt. Parrish. Grady Cook Peterson, Leonard R,Pvt. Peterson. Lyle I. Pvt. Pettis, Levi M. Sgt. Pfallcr, Jacob Cpl. Pinson, Owen Pvt. HOME ADDRESS Chatham, Va. 14118 Kirwin Ave., Cleveland, O. R. F. D. 1, Creston, Ga. 936 Avondale St,. Toledo. O. 43 Pratt St., Providence, R. I. 8123 Cor>- Ave.. Cleveland. O. R. F. D. 7, Bo,x 60. Defiance, O. 3384 Cherry St., Toledo, O. Peorisburg, Va. Covington. Tenn. R. F. D. 17, New Milford, O. R. F. D. 6, Pana, III. 7014 Wade Park Ave.. Oeveland, O. Minneapolis. Minn. 1620 Buckingham Ave., Toledo, O. R. F. D. 3. Lima, O. 3409 Cypress Ave., Cleveland, O. Holgate. O. 873 Colbum St, Toledo, O. 319 Havre St.. Toledo. O. 235 E. North St., Akron, O. 716 Petrie St, Youngstown, O. R. F. D.. Monita. Va. 717 E. 5th St., Des Moines, la. R. F. D. 3. Box 2, Libertv Center. O. 1233 W. 69th St., Cleveland, O. East Main St.. Bradford. O. 1990 Champlain Ave., Toledo, O. 640 Erie St.. Youngstown, O. 5426 lower Ave., Superior, Minn. Clover, Va. Walnut Grove, Va, 2240 E. 4Qth St.. Cleveland. O. R. F. D. 1, Oxford, Ga, Florence, Ala. R. F. D. 7, Athens, O. Wavnesville. O. 459' Clark St., Toledo, O. Milton. Va. R. F. D. 1. Middlefield. O. North Main St., Hubbard, O, 3834 Croton Ave,, Cleveland, O. Osceola. Va. 1512 Dixie St,, Charleston, W. Va. Loweilville. O. 3936 12th Av.. S. Minneapolis. Minn. 23S E. 46th St.. New York City. Island Lake. Minn. R, F. D. 4. Barron. Wis. 1518 Chester Ave., Cleveland, O. Wannsville. A'a. 2340 W. Lindale St.. Chicago. HI. Dawson, HI. Portsmouth. O. 7940 Broadway Ave., Cleveland, O. Warrir.g-:on. Ga. R.F.D.2^, Box 40. St.Croix Falls, Wis. Clarksgrove, Minn. Oxford, Miss. 3718 Central Ave.. Cleveland, O. Smithville, Okla. 232 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME Priebe, Ernest Probst, John J. Puncochar, Frederick Rahn, Paul E. Rahn, Charles F. Rannels, James Ravmond, Joseph Reilly, James T. Reisen, Henry A. Reynolds, Warren C. Ro, Satturno Robertson, John Robinson, Add. Rohde, Maximilian Rosario, Semio Ruby, Johnson E. Savage, John R. Savage, Noral E. Schwandt, Gustav E. Shafer, Harry R. Shankles, William H Sharitte, Guy L. Shipley, Frank Silverman, Vistor Sizemore, Charles Smith, Elbert W. Smithyman, Samuel S Smolenski, Joe P. Stephens, Daniel L, Stokes, Howard B. Sullivan, Charles L. Summer, Carl H. Sweenev, John A. Taylor, Noah L. Thayer, Robert E. Vanek, Anton Vasilopoulus, And. Verlin, Edmund J. Vogelin, Emil Webster, Rollie Welch, Harlow Wisotzki, Gustav E. Wood, Jordan A. Wrzesinski, Walter Wright, Albert C. Yanisch, Joe N. Zingale, Salvatore Zvorak, George 1st CI. RANK Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. .Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. .Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt, Pvt, Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Mech. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. 1st CI. Mess 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS 2911 Tampa Ave., Cleveland, O. 721 E. Monument St., Dayton, O. 427 N. Col'bus St., Alexandria, Va. Des Allemands, La. 415 Fairview Ave., Brooklyri, N. Y. 45 Pine St., Bridgeton, N. J. 1065 Taylor St., Chicago, 111. 726 Manhattan Ave., B'klyn, N. Y. Plattville, Wis. St. Just, Va. 7811 Craig St., Holmesburg, Pa. 933 E. 144th St., Cleveland, O. Anderson, N. C. 6220 S. Carpenter St., Chicago, 111. 15 E. 3rd St., Brooklyn, N. Y. R. F. D. No. 2, Birds Run, O. 13 Holly St., Onancock, Va. China St., Box 621, Crooksville, O. 45 Way St., Berea, O. Gettysburg, O. Umpire, Ark. Box 35, Harper, O. 219 W. Moore St., Independence Mo. 1126 W. 13th St., Chicago, 111. Saliersville, Ky. Dublin, Va. 989 E. 74th St, Cleveland, O. 8502 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland, O. Ybor City, Tampa, Fla. 3147 Prospect Ave., Qeveland, O. Foster, O. 1926 Robinson Ave., Portsmouth, O. 1068 S. Main St., Akron, O. 45 7th St., Greenville, S. C. Prince George, Va. 5301 Eliza Ave., Cleveland, O. 4314 Cottage Grove Ave., Chi'go, 111. 407 Rockton Ave., Rockford, 111. 2519 E. 71st St., Cleveland, O. 202 30th St, Laonia, Ky. Chelsea, Mich. 2505 W. 11th PL, Cleveland, O. R. F. D. 2, Petersburg, Va. 2319 Lubec St, Chicago, 111. Decatur, Ark. 1241 Rice St., St. Paul, Minn. 1949 E. 126th St., Cleveland, O. Russell, Minn. COMPANY "M" Adelman, William F.Pvt. 1st CI. Albert, Dominic Pvt. Anderson, Richard N.Pvt. Avery, William Pvt. 1st CI. Banaszak. Michael Pvt. Beams, David A., Jr. Cpl. Beguhl, Harry G. Pvt. 1st Q. Bell, Frank L. Pvt. Bjorkman, Adolph Pvt. 4173 Ridge Ave., Phila, Pa. 1439 E. 59th St, Cleveland, O. Redwood, Va. 26 Franklin Ave., Greer, S. C. 6215 Coles Ave., Chicago, 111. R. F. D. 2, Coldwater, O. Box 13, Dupree, S. D. 319 Middle Bk. Pk., Knoxville, Tenn. 504 Central Av., Minneapolis, Minn. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 233 NAME Bjomstedt, Julius S. Block, Albert K. Boersig, Henry A, Boggs, Clifford Bonner, James E. Borgerson, Gunard W, Booher, Jacob Bryant, Ben. J. Budd, Alfred H. Bullen, Ray W. Burdin, John W. Byrd, William C. Cahaney, John Carter, William D. Cermak, Wesley W. Chronister, Walter F, Clark, Walter M. Claybrook, Jesse G. Collins, Sam Crouch, Fred. H. Daniels, Treffle Dansick. Peter Davis, Harry L. Davis, John F. Dempsey, William M, Dietl, Henry A. DiFranco, Dominico Donley, Oliver F. Dooner, Michael J. Eastman, Charles F. Eastwood, James F. Edmonds, Kirkland L Fighley, Carlos H. Fisher,^ John M. Franklin, James L. Futrell, Samuel W. Galpine, Percy Gillespie, Ralph S. Gleichenhaus, Sam Goode, Thos. V. Grogan, Garfield J'. Hagstedt, Erik H. Haines, Ernest S. Hankinson, Rich. H. Hanus, Jerry F. Harden, Clarence L. Haynes, Victor Head, Maurice H. Heller, Milo A. Holly, John Hiatt, Vaughn M. Honert, Joseph Horn, Joseph Hudgins. Carlton C. Hunt, Henry E. Jackson, Robert F. Jackson, Samuel L. Janeszko, Joseph Jarvis, Levi H. Jones, Garland R. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. RANK Mech. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Sgt. Bug. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Mech. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS Box 65, R.F.D.2, Underwood, Minn. R. F. D. 4, Hutchinson, Minn. 3424 Wade Ave., Cleveland, O. Waterloo, O. Harris, Ga. 1708 Portland Ave., St. Paul, Minn. Coffeen. 111. Binns Hall, Va. Millersburg, O. 401 N. Ash St., Greenville, Tenn. Forks of Elkhorn, Ky, Lakeview, S. C. U. S. Army. Kaymoore, W. Va. Humboldt, Ariz. Nelson, Va. 1036 9th St., W. Huntington, W. Va. R. F. D. 3, Stoneville, N. C. 1306 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, O. Saluda, S. C. Lake Linden, Mich. R. F. D. 2, Hatley, Wis. King and Queen Co., Shanghai, Va. Belmont Ave., Charlottesville, Va. 220 Ontario Apt., Washington, D. C. 1317 N. 7th St., Mankato, Minn. 10717 Franklin Ave., Cleveland, O. New Straitsville, O. 3225 Tasker St., Philadelphia, Pa. R.F.D. 32,N.Hudson, St. Croix, Wis. R. F. D. 6, Centremoreland, Pa. 122 E. High St., Norfolk, Va. R. F. D. 5, Caldwell, O. R. F. D. 2, Box 42, Friedens, Pa. R. F. D. 2, Sindges, Va. Potecari, N. C. 1210 Jinette St., Augusta, Ga. Box 67, Springhill, Va. 3193 E. 8th St., Topeka, Kan. Hot Springs, N. C. 536 W. 159th St., New York. 2216 Karlov Ave., Chicago, 111. 1233 Brown St., Dayton, O. R. F. D. 1, Ashburn, Ga. 1410 S. Karlov Ave., Chicago, 111. 409 N. 30th St., Richmond, Va. 1620 Shelby Ave., Mattoon, 111. R. F. D. 5, Carlinville, 111. R. F. D. 1, Geneva, Ind. R. F. D. 4, Columbia, Ala. Satsunw, Fla. 3125 Indiana Ave., Chicago, 111. 4441 W. End Ave., Chicago, 111. 317 Duke St., Norfolk, Va. Miller, O. R. F. D. 2, Jerroldstown, Tenn. 405 Tathell St., Savannah, Ga. 1922 Armitage Ave., Chicago, 111, Moffetts, Va. Ivanhoe, Va. 234 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME IL\XK Jones. John S. Pvt. Jordon, William E. Pvt. kays. Enoch B. Cpl. Krupka. Matusz Pvt. Kruk, Bronislaw Pvt. Kline, Henry A. Cpl. Kurtz. Bernard T. Pvt. Lee, William E. ' Pvt. 1st CI. Lewis, Guv Pvt. Little, Robert X. Cpl. Lomac. Charles M. Pvt. Lore, Baldassaro Pvt. Lowe. Tames Pvt. Ludick.' William Pvt. Majewski, Julius J. Cpl. Marcellus, Wilson V.Cpl. McClintock, Oak'v D.Pvt. McGill, Warren H. Sgt. Messer. William Pvt. 1st CI. Milan. Bamev H. Sgt. 1st CI. Milev, George C. Pvt. 1st CI. Miller. Raymond P\-t. 1st CI. Moore John L. Pvt. Murphy, Weaver ^L Pvt. 1st CI. Murrav, Finnic A. Pvt. Newco'mb, Rav C. Pvt. 1st CI. Xewland, Walter W.Pvt. Nichols, James Pvt. Xikols, Thomas Pvt. Xovotney, Michael Pv-t. 1st CI. Xowakowski. Walter Pvt. O'Brien. George W. Pit. 1st CI. Oetzel, Charles O. Sgt. Orofino, Prospero Cpl. Pacuola, Umberto Pvt. 1st CI. Parker. George Pvt. 1st CI. Parkison, Wm. F. Pvt. 1st CI. Pawlicke, Peter Pvt. Peters. Johann Pvt. Petsche, Frank J. Pvt. 1st CI. Petzold, Robert L. Cpl. Pfund, Will Pvt. Ponsetti. Mike Pvt. 1st CI. Poole. Charles H. Cpl. Powell, John H. Pvt. 1st CI. Price, Verne A. Pvt. Prescott. Lawson W.Pvt. Quay. Lewis Y. Pvt. 1st CI. Quinn, Damon Pvt. 1st CI. Raesler, John Sgt. Rankine, James F. Pvt. Rakowski. Albe-t Pvt. 1st CI. Reese. Frank R. Pvt. Rich. Willie Cpl. Rodelli, John B. Pvt. Rodv. Gustif Pvt. Rogers, C. B. Pvt Rogers. John T. Pvt. 1st CI. Rybka, Joseph Pvt, Salewski, Caspar J. Pvt. St. Pierre. Marcus Pvt. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS 1000 Va. Ave., Washington, D. C. Middleburg, Va. Kvana. Ind. 140 Stanislaus St., Buffalo, N. Y. 8552 Muskegon Ave., Chicago, 111. 107 W. Long St., Akron, O. R. F. D. 2, Berea, O. Carlinville. 111. R. F. D. 3. Morrow. O. 336 W. 64th St.. Chicago, 111. 1116 Jefferson Ave., Utica. X. Y. 2OOS14 17th St., Ybor, Fla. Bryson City P. O., X. C. 1622 Auburn Ave., Cleveland, O. 2816 X. Lawndale St., Chicago, 111. R. F. D. 38, Foosland, 111. 127 Egbert Rd., Bedford, O. Judson. Ind. Leighton, Ky. Tifton. Ga. Lexington, Va. 20 S. Broadway, Akron, O, Baskerville. Va. Tavlor Springs, O. R. 'F. D. 2, Burgaw, N. C. Grafton, O. Wavnefield, O. Clio', W. Va. 1503 X. Hoyne Ave., Chicago, 111. Box 615, Madison Co., Living'n, III. 8221 Pulaski Ave., Cleveland, O. Hamilton. X. Y. 427 W. 5th St., Centralia, 111. 248 Carlton St., Youngstown O. 3128 Clark Ave., Cleveland, O. 1003 Parkview Ave., Youngstown, O. Oblong, 111. R.F.D. 2, Box 68, Silverlake, Minn. 552 W. 18th St., Chicago, 111. 2330 Caledonia St., E. Toledo,. O. 631 Quebec St. X. W. Wash., D. C. Fayette, O. Christopher, 111. Moweaqua, 111. Covington, O. St Elmo, 111. Whitestone, Va. 1957 Warren St., Toledo, O. 209 S. Ohio Ave., Sidney, O. Amherst, O. 1015 Fairview Ave., Youngstown, O. 3256 Erin Ave., Cleveland, O. 200 Maple Ave.. Fairmont, W. Va. Lillington, X. C, 446 X. Sangamon St., Chicago, 111. 6800 Foreman Ave., Cleveland, O. R. F. D. 1, Muliin. S. C. R. F. D. 2, Petersburg, Va. 664 Theodore St., Detroit, Mich. 1532 S. Kenneth St., Chicago, III. Box 413, Lake Linden, Mich. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 235 NAME Sanford, Burnett M. Scamulfo, Peter Schellenger, Clyde Schemenauer. Clar. L Schmidt, Walter K Schmitt, William P Schreck, John J. Schwartz, Frank F. Severns, Harrv O. Shafer, Fred F. Shockey, Neil Shuff, Hazel Siggins, Donald H. Simonton, John F. Skaggs, Robert W. Smith, Angelo Smith, Nelson I. Smith, Roy Southard, Burgess Sowder, James L. Sparks. Tate St. Clair, Wilbur H. Stanfield. Fielden Stern, Albert Stevens, David Stoker, Ludwick H. Streicher, Edwin A. Sutter, Charles Swanson, Albert Swanson, George H Szczechowiak, Jos. Szczpanski, Josef Talbott, Harry C. Tatem, Nate Taylor, David F. Taylor, James J. Thiess, Elwood W. Thompson, Robert Timm, Fred Tippie, Lewis Treptew, Harry J. Turner, James C. Turner, Lawrence O Vanfleteren, Hector Verlaney, Phillip C. Vining, Earl T. Voltz, Ernest V. Wade, Herbert Wagner, Henry H. Wallace. Joe Wears, Kenneth Werner, Thomas R. Wetzel. Joseph W. Wheeler, Harry C. White, John C. Whitaker, George N Williams, Frank D. Williams, Hassie Williams, William L, Wilson, Charles F. Wilson, John L. RANK Fxt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. 1st CI Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cook Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. 1st CI 1st CI Ist CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Cpl. Pvt. ,Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Sgt. Cpl. Pvt. Pvt. Cpl. Mech. .Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Bug. Sgt. Sgt. Pvt. Ist CI. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS Alberta, Va. 1926 S. Juniper St., Phila., Pa. Sparta, 111. 710 Perry St., Sandusky, O. Chardon, O. 2709 Wade Ave., Cleveland, O. 9107 Beckman Ave., Cleveland, O. Charleston, 111. Larue, O. Trimble, 111. 469 S. Central ^Ave., Lima, O. Wevaco, W. Va. 5 Porter St., Sharon, Pa. Keyesport, 111. R. F. D. 2, Romont. W. Va. 13 Waverly Court. Chicago, 111. 604 Poplar St., Kunton, O. New Haven, 111. Syria, Va. Foverdale. Va. 2320 8th St., Portsmouth, Va. R. F. D. 4, Gallipolis, O. Louisville, 111. IL F. D. 1, Delano, Minn. Green Mt., N. C. R. F. D. 2, Uniontown, Pa. 633 Green St., Toledo, O. 19 Bartlett St., Montgomen,-, Ala. 1855 E. Lake St., Minneapolis, Minn. 68 Main St., Ashtabula, O. 2325 Rhine St., Chicago, 111. 8426 Baltimore Ave., Chicago, 111. Piketown. O. 174 Seaboard Ave., Norfolk, Va. 291 H Pearl St., Cambridge, Mass. 445 Earlev Rd. .Youngstown, O. 631 W. Fayette St., Martins F'ry, O. Elizabeth St.. Charleston, W. Va. 1817 N. Washington St, Chicago, 111. Little Hocking, O. Kukuna, Wis. R. F. D. 2. Smithheld, Va. 40 State St., Norwalk, O. 2719 Railroad St., Duluth, Minn. 385 Willow St., Akron, O. Celina, O. R. F. D. 2, Ohio City, O. Park Ave., I>anville, Va. 627 1st Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. 4031 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O. South Side, W. Va. 115 E. Front, Napoleon, O. R. F. D. 3. Frederick. Md. R. F. D. 3. Box 14, Jamesport, Mo. 227 North W St., Lima, O. R. F. D. 2, Olney, 111. Sabina, Texas. Canaanville, O. Hayne, N. C. Brownstown, 111. 374 Decatur St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 286 ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL NAME RAINK Wineborner, Harvey Pvt, Wirth, Oscar C. Sgt. Wisniewski, Paul Pvt. Wisotzke, Carl C. Cpl. Wolf, George Sgt. Wren Roy F. Pvt. Yake, Frank L. Cpl. Zabrowski, H. Joseph Pvt. Zelenka, Edward Pvt. Zion, Stanley A. Pvt. 1st CI. HOME ADDRESS Frostberg, Md. Jefferson City, Mo. 430 Main St., Old Forge, Pa. 2180 W. 83rd St., Cleveland, O. 19 Abby Ave., Dayton, O. 1702 N. Whittier St., St. Louis, Mo. 141^ Prospect St., Ashtabula, O. 3974 E. 66th St., Cleveland, O. 2212 W. 19th St., Chicago, 111. 39 Niece Ave., Toledo, O. Davis, Lee B. Parker, Warren B. Miehls, Edward B. Denster, Arthur L. Hicks, Clifford J. McConville, Owen PERSONAL SECTION Sgt. -Major. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Corp. Corp. Columbus, Miss. 4214 E. 111th St., Cleveland, O. 709 W. High St., Uma, O. Green Bay, Wis. Milwaukee, Wis. Minneapolis, Minn. INFIRMARY HEADQUARTERS Armstrong, Chas. W. Atkinson, William J'. Beck, Arvid G. Bennett, Thomas T. Branscome, Dave Coleman, Lawrence C. Dice, Sandy Eagan, Michael V. Ellis, Harry VV. Filion, Ernest L. Oilman, Frank J. Hady, Clyde F. Ham, Bennett Hero, Joseph F. Hinkle, Jasper Hofler, Knud A. Hopkins, Amos C. Jameson, Lacy L. Jayne, Roy Jeans, Robert H. Keele, Elmer D. Keister, Forest L. Knepp, John E. Ladeaux, Warren Lawrin, Gus Lewis, Snowden F. Lipscomb, Rufus M. Lubs, Kerwin C. Lyons, James F. Malanson, Charles E, Maroney, Daniel W. Martin, Otho F. McClung, Samuel M. Mclntire, Allen J.,Jr, Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Pvt, Pvt. Pvt- Pvt. Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI Pvt. Pvt. 1st CI. Sgt. • Sgt. 1st CI. Sgt. 1st CI. Sgt. Sgt. 1st CI. .Sgt. 1st CI, Mill Creek, W. Va. 2232 Oakford St., Phila., Pa. 314 20th Ave., W. Duluth, Minn. Witmer, W. Va. Box 47, R. F. D. 5, Willie, Va. Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. Benlush, W. Va. Parlin, N. J. 207 Granby St., Norfolk, Va. New Haven Mills, Vt. 961 Ridge Rd., Lackawanna, N. Y. Dry Fork, W. Va. Geer, Va. 6 Morse St., Natick, Mass. Spruce, W. Va. South Omaha, Neb. Clearwater, Neb. Hinton, W. Va. Sheet Mountain, W. Va. 1700 Gold'n Gate Av.,San Fran., Cal. luka. 111. 82 School St., Galeton, Pa. Albert, W. Va. 26 Willard St., Akron, O. Box 135, Minden, W. Va. Grant, W. Va. Leadmine, W. Va. Arcadia, Wis. 825 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Md. Sterling St., Lancaster, Mass. 1909 E. 14th St., Chattanooga, Tenn. Clint, Monroe Co., W. Va. Pittman, W. Va. 5 Mather St., Dorchester, Mass. ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL 237 NAME McQuain, Charles P. Murphy, George W. Nolte, George F. Pressman, James H. Robertson, Archie F. Reems, Percy M. Reisley, Bayard I. Ruhl, Edward W. Slonneger, Willis D, Snow, Raymond C. Tollis, Vito Tomberlin, Lee A. Troester, John L. Weber, Walter P. West, Earl White, Charles E. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. 1st CI. RANK Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. Sgt. .Sgt. Pvt. Sgt. Pvt. 1st CI. .Sgt. Sgt. Pvt. Pvt Pvt, Pvt Pvt. Pvt. HOME ADDRESS Doehill, Va. 9 Waverly St., Framingham, Mass. Highland St., Weston, Mass. Thomas, W. Va. Yancey Mills, Va. Oakdale, N. D. 625 Jackson Ave., Bronx, New York. Pine River, Minn. Washington, 111. 1902 Gleason Rd., E. Cleveland, O. Pierce, W. Va. R. F. D. 8, Monroe, N. C. 1214 Wagner Ave., Phila., Pa. 315 N.Montg'ry St,Watertown, Wis. 217 E. Penn St., Butler, Pa. 617 Kohn St, Norristown, Pa. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS D0D1157T3Hh