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351ST F. A. HIT HUNS HARD.,
THOUGH SOME COULDN'T READ
Colored Redcords Fought Well and Fur
nished Much Entertainment—Private
~ Reynolds Won 13,000 Francs.
“Local color” of the Afro-American
brand was spread over many parts of
. ¥rance when the 351st Field Artillery
Zf the 92d Division was there to take
5 s part in the great war. The impres
sion which the regiment made will re
- dound to the credit of the U. 8. A.
7 According to ('ol, Wade H. Carpenter,
- the commander, the colored boys who
~ comprised the regiment made good
~ _soldiers. Their officers were white,
. and for the most part were men who
- had come in for the emergency of the
war.
‘. After going through a preliminary
‘training the regiment was taken to
~ Lacourtine, an artillery range, and
~ ihere the finishing touches were put
on. The colored redcords went into
~ action beyond Marbache against the
German position in Corny October 30.
They were making a name for them
selves as ‘marksmen when the armi
stice was signed. The Ist and 2d Bat
talions were a part of the 6th Corps
. of the 2d Army, while the 3d Bat
talion was in the 4th Corps of the
~ same army.
.. It was stated by (ien. Pershing that
he intended to use them in an im
" portant position against Metz if that
‘operation had been attempted. For
this gurpose fourteen-inch naval guns
" had been put into position. The 351st
~was in line with the regiments of
. seventy-fives, although they manned
the Fgench 155 pieces corresponding to
~ the six-inch guns of the United States.
- Col. Carpenter Led Them.
-+ In action the colored artillerymen were
- ‘in the brigade eommanded by Brig. Gen.
John Sherbourne of Boston, formerly of
the 26th Division. As the general was
remaining in France, the brigade was
commanded by Col. Carperiter on the
return trip. There were few cas
,rtlu. but recommendations for dis
nsnllhod service medals for certain
goldiers have already gone into the
War Department.
This - was the regiment which
trained in Meade with the 368th In
fantry of the same division. 1t was
commanded then by Col. William E.
Cole, who was made a brigadier gen
- eral in France and later returned to
ttdo. The boys were carefully se
cted from high school graduates, as
far as possible, Col. Cole having been
‘lvr the privilege of going wher
ever'he wished for desirable men.
i ,g:n&lme from Pittsburgh and
4 rri rg and Laltimore included
300 volugteers. The remainder were
~ draft m nearby states.
Althe some of the men were
unable t ad or write, they became
excellent “gunners. Given the range
and deflection they could set the
guns accurately, becoming used to the
figures before them although they
. were. illiterate. This was rdgarded
a8 remarkable.
. - Among the features of the per
sonnel was its fine collection of tal
ent in the way of entertainment. They
. furnished amusement not only for
themselves, but, as one officer ex
pressed it, “for the whole of France.”
Not the least of these artists was
. the band-leadeér Darcy Rhodes. His
music was noted for its singularly
*military quality, and his drum-major,
" Richard L. Saunders, added much to
the appearance of the men behind him.
“Som:" Gunner, This!
o Mongy was plentiful amoug the
8 ldiers of the regiment and when
% ey reached Brest they had quite
% a time in exchanging their francs
! for American coin. Battery A had a
¥ lrm nearing the 20,000-franc mark,
13,000 of which belonged to Private
Reynolds, a Tennessee negro. who
was said to be very skillful in the
crap games.
'~ As an_illustration of the way the
colored boys regarded their hard-
B ea 4
sonorable Discharge |
; Buttons Selected. ;
o |
S The “honorable discharge” ,
emblems to be issued by the |
. War Department to soldiers
: leaving the Army will be a
| bremze Ilapel buttom somewhat
simiiar to that of the Gramnd
| Army of the Republic. The de
i sign has_been selecte Kre
w-w e B ::
B s 3
@he Foening SHtar,
earned money, they were ‘“shooting”
on the ship coming back at the rate
of S3OO a throw. A sailor was brought
into the game, and he called a certain
soldier for using what he termed were
“bad” dice. This soldier would not
permit the insult to go unchallenged,
s 0 he began the delicate process of
“carving up” the sailor with his trusty
straight-blade razor. The sailor quit
before he was badly hurt.
Long Razors “Handy.”
For some reason the colored
soldiers were issued these straight
old-fashioned razors, while the white
troops were given safeties. The
colored boys, especially the infantry
men, were prepared to‘make good use
of these weapons in close encounters
with the Germans. They declared
that fortunately they did not use them
often in fights among themselves.
I-,'Pllowing were the officers who
were in the fighting:
Col. Wade H. Carpenter.
Lieut. Col, F. A. Homer (command
ing 2d Battalion).
First Lieut. C. §. Watrous (2d Baj
tallon adjutant). :
Maj. T. J. Gfibert (section com
mander, Ist and 2d Battalions).
First Lieut. L. F. Hooper . (Maj.
Gilbert's adjutant).
Battery A—Capt. 1. A. Bell, First
Lieut. Chas. J. Moore, Second lL.ieut. H.
S. Smith, Second Lieut. H. U. Smith,
Second Lieut. C. J. Hayward, Second
Lieut. C. J. Kobhler.
Battery B-—Capt. P. J. Cantwell,
First Lieut. R. H. Baldwin, First
Lieut. Addison Cammack. First Lieut.
Harold Wilkerson, Second Lieut. O. T.
Smith, Second Lieut. Maurice Shibley.
Battery C—Capt. Edward A. Bow
man, First Lieut. Gordon Case, First
Lieut. W. L. Tucker, First Lieut. P. R.
Kvans, First Lieut. R. A. Townsend,
Second Lieut. F. 8. Hunt.
Battery D—Capt. A. H. Christian,
First Lieut. P. 8. Turner, First Lieut.
G. H. Wilkins, First Lieut. James J.
Dooling, Second Lieut. V. A. Moore,
Second Lieut. W. A. Feist, Second
Lieut. R. A. Yeager.
dd Battalion—Maj. R. 1. Gray, Capt.
C. H. Shons (adjutant to Maj. Gray).
Battery LE—Capt. C. L. Lovering,
First Lieut. Edward H. May, First
Lieut. George E. Strehan, Second
Lieut. Roland S. Hotchkiss, Second
Lieut. Washington H. Stockton,
Second Lieut. W, F. Whittier.
Battery F—Capt. R. H. Clemmer,
First Lieut. R. 8. Halsey, First Lieut. ,
Lawrence Southard, Second Lieut.
Thos. J. Donovan, Second Lieut.
Clayton P. Hawes, Second Lieut. J. C.
Wells, Second Lieut. George Collins.
Headquarters staff—Capt. George C.
Mather, personnel adjutant, Capt. J. k.
Ridgway; chaplain, First Lieut. k. O.
Woolfolk; transportation officer, Capt.
E. H. Hemenway. -
Headquarters Company—Capt. A.
Whalen, First Lieut. . B. Todd, First
Lieut. George D. Lord, First Lieut. A. E.
Green, Second Lieut. R. G. Plumb,
Second Lieut. N. L. Rogers, First
Lieut. T. A. Betty, Second Lieut.
Leonard Lyons, Second Lieut. H. G.
Telford, First Lieut. . H. Palmer,
Second Lieut. H. A. Nute, -
Supply Company—Capt. Elgot Er
lander, First Lieut. ¥. (. Neikirk,
First Lieut. Merritt Hemenway, First
Lieut. G. H. Wade, Second Lieut. C. J.
Speicher. . Z
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“BLACK BUFFALOES" OF 368TH 2
~ HONORED FOR VIM AND VALOR"
Advanced Six “Kilos" in Four Days Agai
Machine Guns, Through Barbed Wires §
Many Decorated for Bravery. ;'ffijfi
ivet of all, it should be remembered
by all historians of Meade's fighting
troops that the first soldiers to fight
' as a unit from this camp were ne
groes, comprising the 368th Infantry
~ of the 924 Division, an all-eolored or
ganization.
Coming to Meade about the same
time as the men of the 79th Division,
the boys of the 368th were in the
fighting a month sooner than their
brothers of the white race and helped
to save a very important position for
the French army. The exact date of
their first encounter in the line was
August 17, 1918, The 79th boys hegan
their aclive work against the boche
September 13.
There is a bond of fellowship be
tween the now famous 313th Infan
try of the 79th ivision and the 368th,
as the man who took Col. Jackson’'s
place when he was made a general
was formerly the lieutenant colonel
of the 313th in Meade. This was Col.
Fred R. Brown.
Col. Brown, Lieut. Col. T. H. Roth
well and three majors were the only
white officers in the whole regiment.
Educators as Leaders.
As a rule, the officers were men who
came from colleges devoted to the ed
. ucation of colored men, and in many
instances, such as in the case of
Capt. Mechlinger, intelligence officer,
and Lieut. Coleman, personnel officer
‘'of the 3d Battalion, they were of
Howard University, Washington, the
latter having been a teacher of
physios; Capt. Mechlinger, who was a
regimental officer, formeriy served In
the Treasury Department.
In the severe fighting of the Ar
gonne forest the 368th played an im
portant part and it was there that
many of its men won the honeors
which were conferred upon them by
the American government and by the
French, with whose forces they were
brigaded. Maj. Jackson 8. Lawrence
was among those who won the dis
tingulshed service cross for rescuing
o wounded negro soldier.
According to available statistics at
this time the losses among officers
sustained by the 3d Battalion were as
follows: Capt. Green, Company I,
killed; Lieut. Fairfax, Company E,
killed; Lieut. Pingston, Company @G,
wounded by shrapnel; Lieut. Banks,
Company H, gassed; Lieut. Dent,
Company G, gassed; Lieut. Young,
Company K, wounded; Lieut, Sim
mons, Company E, gassed.
Lieut. Young was awarded the
“D. 8. C.” for the way in which he
continued to advance on a scouting
party, although he was severely
wounded by a shell, his shoulder be
ing laid open by a fragment. He was
working under heavy artillery fire.
Capt. Jones’ Heroism.
Capt. T. E. Jones, medical officer,
a]so was a winner of the “D. 8. C.” in
appreciation of his gallantry in tak
ing care of the wounded at Binarville,
one of the places captured by the
regiment amid terrible losses.
The work of the regiment was de
scribed by Capt.” Mechlinger and
Lieut. Coleman, as follows:
“We left Meade about the Ist of
June, and after receiving plenty of
instruction in the latest methods of
fighting were put into the St. Die sec
tor of the Vosges, right near Alsace,
August 17. This was in the vicinity of
Colmar. We were told that this was
a quiet rlace where little ighting had
been going on for four years.
‘“The first night of our arrival
proved anything~but quiet. The Ger
mans must have been informed of our
coming, for they sent over a raiding
party in the middle of the night.
“Our boys met this assault with
much skill, although we lost several
men in killed and wounded. The raid
ing party was repulsed without ac
complishing its object, and the boche
learned that we were not to be easily
fooled.
“After serving with French divi
sions in this area we, finally, were
sent to take part in the great drive
of September 25, which resulted in
the crushing of the German defensive
and the end of the war.
Served With the French.
“The 368Lh held the extreme left of
the line in the Argonne when the big
drive started. We were brigaded with
French foot cavalry under the com
mand of Col. Durand. We marched
two whole days without food and then
came_up with the 308th Infantry of
= ew. Y ¢ h : e
Pwkß s e s lseniale re i slbifanon sel.o L
ARMY NEWS
FOR ARMY MEN
aND
THEIR HOME FOLKS
brigaded with the French, like oug
selves, They were white troops. Thes
immediately turned over their k g
ens to us and gave us food in IAFEeS
quantities, as we had none. 08e
men were as full of cnmradqsh'
soldiers could be, and our men
clated it, too. e
“The situation which confronted i
when the drive started on the 26¢
was a peguliar one. We hgd oppoSel
to us ne&aot machine guns in ‘ 1
positiond— concrete generally —an
the observation posts were well looks
ed out for. We had to go throu
belts of barbed wire. This meant tha
we had to divide up into small partie
and try to keep liaison with the troops
on our right as well as among our
various detachments. i e
“Our wire cutters could not wogle
on the German wire, and, as we had
artillery preparation or bll‘rlro.,_"
had to climb over the barbed wire &
get at the Germans the best we: could, -
It meant that we could not créW
over the ground and had to take sy
erect position most of the time. g
“The Germans, in thelr curity,
were having a fine time plckln‘, 8 off,
especially as we were flanked of %
sides, AR
“Our losses were very heavy beel A
of the frontal attacks, but we
the Germans put and advanced.
days a distance of six kilometers; &
was slow work and costly. AR
“When we were withdrawn foi
cuperation and rest, October 5, W§'
lost about 560 men in killed, woum
and missing. A7 '
Supply Men Courageous.
“One of the acts of heroism of Whi
little mention has been made w st
work of the supply company at Vién
le Chateau, when the boche artil
got their range and fired on them .
as they were passing the colofiel
headquarters. Fortunately Col. B!
was away at the time. The fire Wi
very heavy and there was an im @
ing stampede among the hor, ",;é,,
the men behaved splendidly nd
company was saved from destriotip
It was a magnificent piece of work+os
the part of the whole company, ‘i
“The regiment did not get‘#x Ro
tion again until November. eWe
sent up then into the Marbache s .
before Metz. This was the firstitiin
that the 92d Division had acted 88
unit, It was placed in commafid &
Maj. Gen. Charles C. Ballou, g W
the officer who trained the colored of
cers for thelr commissions at P
Moines, lowa. e
"“We were expected to take a prgg
nent part in the drive on Mets, "
the war closed just as we were §
paring to go over the top again.
“Among the colored regiments wi
made a great name for the
were the boys from the “‘z [lHn
National Guard, forming the 870¢]
fantry of the 93d Division. Everys
cer, including Col. Dennison, B
negro. They fought at Soissons
gave a good account of them: e
The colonel became sick put
time and was invalided home, his p
being taken by a white officer, =
Germans in “Iron Trees.”
agt BN
“The Germans had iron trees erestet
to deceive us. These were split &
used for observation posts. Their 7
chine gun nests were cleverly
trived, too, and when we captured
position we could not find the ;W“:::‘_
seemed as {f they had disappeared
the earth.” D
The 3d Battalion, which Tiv
first, was in command of
Francis Ready, his adjutant be
Lieut. Foster. Besides Col. Bre
following were the officers in |
principal commands while the pe
ment was in action: Lieut. Col. ¥
Terrell, /Ist Battalion, Maj.
2d Battalion, Maj. Max A. Elser:
Battalion, Maj. Benjamin F. No#
Company A, Capt. Harry Atwel
Company B, Capt. Stafford; om
C. Capt. Elijah Reynolds; Com RNY
Copt. V. H. Marchbanks; Company
Capt. Westmoreland; Company
Capt. W. Jones, Company @, €
Howard Queen; Comany H. Apt,
Thomas, Company I, Cag.’ 4
Green, Company K, Capt. illias
Peeks; Company L. Capt. C. A,
dridge; Company M, Capt. R. A1
liams;. Headquarters Company, €
Vance McCrimmen; Supp.l‘y Co
Capt. Percy Grant, and Machine | :
Company, Capt. Joseph Dabn Y.
The men comprising the - !
companies which left Meade in ¥
for t!nre other ;{d: principally
from Tennessee, ntucky, V
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