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Page 8 SAID 371ST AND 379 D WERE h° "IRRES'ISTIBLE AND PLUCKY™ F;'cnch General Cites Colored Soldiers for " Gallantry—One Regiment Had 111 Men . With Personal Decorations. r’, R S S__—_———— ~ The #7lst Infantry, under Col. P. L. - Mfles. was the first National Army infantry regiment to arrive in France. " On f{ts arrival it was placed as an . independent unit in the 13th French . Army Corps. After a brief period of ‘fraining it went into line as a part of the 157th French Division, under Gen. Goybet, and remained there nearly four months: holding, first, the Are court and later the Verribes sub pectors northwest of Verdun, The regiment, with the division, was then taken out of line and thrown fnto the great September offensive in ?_fi Champagne. It took Cote 88, Bussy Ferme, Ardeuil, Monfaux-olles _and Frierres Ferme, near Montholis. It captured forty-seven machine guns, eight trench engines, three pieces of 778, a munition depot, a number of rallroad cars and enormous quanti fes of lumber, hay and other supplies, shot down three German airplanes y rifle and machine gun fire during £he advance. ' ~ During the fighting between Sep tember 28 and October 6 its losses - were 1,055 out of 2,384 actually en fa:ed‘——the regiment having been the x of the attacking forces. Regiment Is Transferred. ~ After this engagement the regiment &nt into the Bonhomme sector in n Vosges. It held this until shortly g}:r the armistice, when the 157th ’ neh Divison was broken up and ‘gthe regiment returned to the Ameri “g. Army. . For its action in the Champagne the reégiment was very highly com anended by the French high command and awarded the Army citation, the fegimental colors being decorated by ‘Afce Admiral Moreau in Brest shortly Pefore sailing to this country. Eighty fne individual cgoix de guerre, one “Y.egion of Honor and twenty-one dis _tinguished service crosses have been g:o awarded members of this regi ; nt. The regiment went into line for its “nitial experience in seetor work at the time when a big German offensive was expected. rom that time until P—_—.—_———————-—-—r g 4 i A £ Alphus Mott of 368th Broke Up i Raiding Party While He Lay s"’ - e Under a Brush Pile. Not all the deeds of heroism have Peen recorded in the annals of the @merican expeditionary forces, as is Bvidenced in the case of Private Al ‘Phus Mott, Company L, 368th Infan y, just returned from the front. { Many another fellow has won the Proix de guerre, even the American ‘ Qlistinguished service cross, for doing ar less than was done by Mott, under ghe most trying circumstances. When fisked about this phase of the matter e said: “All T ask is for my prompt dis- Pharge.” . : Story of His Heroism. i This is how Mott performed the act Which has entitled him to the respect .f his fellows: -~ About sunset Mott was doing patrol uty in no man’s land, trying to get “ ormation of the boche's move fments, when two of his companions _@vere killed by a German patrol, leav g Mott, by himself, a long way from is own lines. He took cover under pile of brush—in fact, he said, “I mouflaged myself”’—and pretty soon :‘ made very good use of his situ on. © The boche patrol .was throwing ‘nnd-zrenades into the front lines of o colored troops, and Mott saw that must take immediate action if he ould save the lives of the b&ys. who “svere unaware of the presence of the @nemy. He held his position under ‘she brush and fired a rifie shot. A he fell. : ", The German patrol looked around n all directions and threw more gre es, but could not locate Mott, He red again and another German fell; " #till another shot, and a third. flat ‘head “bit the dust,” until in all*Mott cceeded in getiing five, or the entire 5 ty, and the raid was frustrated. Report Made tqo Officer. ' When Mott crawled out from is concealment and entered his own ines he was hailed with acclaim and reported his act to Lieut. Mc dams, an officer, who served with he regiment in Meade, but who was ~ fransferred to another outfit before the 268th came back across the water. McAdams was a “Y"” secretary in D “Fut, Meade, j=st before the regiment started for the front. . Mott was a tile setter out in Fulton, k 3% before the war and he left a .~ wife and child when he entered the ~ Army. He is anxious to t back ‘-z;i,_fi. to earn again that --f:', daily” ;, " “;,‘_q;“ =dtob. hh “ &b - shortly after the armistice the regi ment remained continuously in line, or was on the offensive. It was never in rest camps. Official Citation. Following is the citation of the 371st and 372 d (the latter including the Ist Separate Company of Balti more and 2d Battalion from Wash ington), which was published by Gen. Goybet of the French 157th Division: “157th Division. Dec. 15, 1918. “GGeneral Orders No. 225. “On the 12th of December the 371st and 372 d Infantry were placed at the redisposal of the American command. It is with profound emotion that I come in the name of the 157th Divi sion and in my own personal name to say farewell to our valorous com rades of battle. During seven months we lived as brothers in arms, sharing the same works, the same fatigues, the same dangers; side by side w 8 have participated in the great Cham pagne battle, which was crowned with the prodigious victory. The 157th Di vision will never forget the irresist able dash, the heroic pluck of the col ored American regiments on the Crete de Conservatoire and in the plain of Monthois. The most formidable de fenses, the best organized machine gun nests, the most smashing artil lery barrage could not stop them. Those elite regiments crossed all of them to the most superb disdain of death, and, thanks to their courage ous devotion, the Red Hand Division, during nine months of hard struggle, always held the lead in the historic advance of the 4th Army. Oflicers, non-commissioned officers and sol diers of the 371st and 372 d infantries, I respectfully salute your glorious dead, and I bow before your banner, which, on the side of the flag of the 333 d R. 1., conducted us to victory. Dear friends from America, after you have crossed the ocean anew, forget not the Red Hand Division. Our pure fraternity of arms has been soaked in blood of braves. These will be in dissoluble. Keep a loyal memory of the general so groud to have com manded you, and remember that his recognition and affection is acquired for always. (Signed) “GEN. GOYBET, . “Commanding the 157th Division.” ‘M ] Daniel Jones, 351st F. A., Tells of Friend Who Seemed to Be Blown to Atoms. By SECRETARY MORRIS. Daniel Jones, Battery C, 351st Field Artillery, reached France May 28, His trip across was rather exciting. When four days at sea the transport upon which he was sailing was chased by a submarine, but the efficient work of the convoy made the quest of the enemy fruitless. Jones tells this one: While his company was on its way to the front-line trenches one day a heavy ammunition truck was seen ap proaching rapidly from the rear. Tt so happened that the Germans had the range of the road and shelled it fre quently. When the truck had come to within about 100 yards of the com pany a shell fell into the road, ex ploded, and tossed the truck at least twenty feet into the air. When it re turned to earth it was scattered in bits all over the surrounding land scape. Jones was among several who rushed to the scene expecting to find the remains of the driver spattered along the roadside. What was their surprise to find him sitting in the dust with a dazed expression on his face, _absolutely uninjured. -“I sure is lucky,” he exclaimed. “De only thing I loses is my eyeglasses.’ C. C. 2 Hut is packed and jammed with overseas men these days. They are being royally received. It seems ~as if the moment they arrived here each one sat right down and wrote a letter to his mother, wife or sweet heart. The jazz band and minstrel boys from N-62 entertained Wednesday nigi.t. The large audience thorough ly enjoyed the playing of the band and the singing of the boys. “Smoky"” Anderson was the star of the show. The house was so pleased with the comical rendering of his first song that they called upon him again and again, Ten-minute talks are being given each night before the movies. Mr. Atkin of the Department of La bor addressed the boys on the night of the 20th. He is without a doubt one of the best speakers who has visited the camp. He told in a very interesting and lively manner of the work of the secret service and showed the boys how greatly the country had been aided by this department of the ~ government. But the greatest thing that Mr. Atkin did was to inform the - boys, in a plain, straightforward way, the best method to Funue to obtain ~ a job or position after their returfh ' tocg %‘v‘fiu L. Gri [ | orp. am rinage, Company -A, 371st Infantry, hnd:i in rAnce last July. .He is mahomo gain Te el e"G .z~ - - 8 “%“fi‘v - ‘% 3 - ,N%g,‘ ‘ ‘ TRENCH AND CAMP l-'EUI MMB" GAR[AND . Played Role of Santa Claus for His Men With Allied Forces in Siberia. o/ AL oy /3,, f'r’” g 8 ?‘w{“{q r’ ?’k ¢ 4 ‘,df" ;‘-,?" id X 8 {’."; ' 4 it oo ',‘“é} R DY e ’/”’} X ¥,§ 7 % 2 %ok é é Y f ':?’t )f' e kA L 4 > e S, C 2 2% i % ; Ze&{,_ q L L P { K oo v ”/y % First Lieut. Robert Garland of Bal timore, who is now with the Medical Supply in Russia, writes of the Christmas celebration of his men whieh was made possible by the Red Cross. He acted as Santa ('laus him self and aquotes a letter describing the scene written by one of his soldiers. He received his commission under Capt. Glenn Ward Dresback at the base hospital in Meade. He says: “‘lt was in the wee hours of the morning. Quietly the door opened that leads from the squadroom out to the cold Siberian night, and in came friend Santa disguised with a shiny bar on each shoulder, braid on his sleeves and leather puttees above his Siberian overshoes. Quickly and quietly he tiptoed from one cot to an other, and at the foot of each he at tached a heavy sock heaping with Christmas gifts. When his labors were over he retired as quickly and as quietly as he had entered, and dis a?neared over the nearby hills—to where the ofticers’ quarters are. “‘What a noise was made in the morning when the men awoke! Horns, whistles and shouting! Each man had found his sock, and had dis covered some small noise-making toy or novelty doll -at the top, bulging over. The boys screamed with de light. Sounded more like a kinder garten turned loose, or the last day of school or something like that, than a barrackful of enlisted men in Uncle Samuel’s new army. The boys had re~ ceived the happliest surprise of their youthful lives, and how they did ap preciate it! Emptying the Stocking. o 8 "[‘h&l each happy soldier proceeded to dig down into his sock and see what it really contained. ‘“Gee, look at this! A box of mints, and here’s a little red book.” It was a small edi tion of ‘“Hamlet.” Others received various other noted works of Kipling, Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll (most popular of all!) and different writers of world-wide fame. And then out rolled two Japanese oranges, two packages of real honest-to-God cigar ettes, a cigar, a tube of tooth paste and many useful and necessary things all but impossible to obtain here. In the bottom was a Kkhaki handkerchief, and then, stuffed 'way down deep in the toe, was the sock’s mate. ‘“‘For fully half an hour joy and ex citement reigned supreme. Never be fo(e had there heen so much joy in thé squadron, and never again will there be until the day comes when orders are received to pack up and start back to God's country. Such was the beginning of Christmas day in Siberia, 1918, which, although lacking the Christmas cheer of you folks at home was a mighty good substitute.’ Had Jolly Time. ‘“To tell the truth the men really had a jolly time. I gave them all as much liberty during the holiday season as I could, which was a great deal. All ~ duties that had to be performed were - assigned by drawing names out of a - hat, which made everything quite fair - and without favoritism. Thanks to the - Kindness of you and my friends we managed to have the best time of any . company out here. ““Our tree—a real one from the moun . tains towering above the harbor of the | Golden Horn—was a delight. Soldiers ' from all around came in to see it . standing so cheerfully in the center of , the squadroom, dressed with orna ments sent from far-off Baltimore. The | little Russians enjoyed it also. They danced and sang Russian anthems foi . us by its candles’ light.” ol el el T ; Attention, Colored Soldiers! ; i Colored soldiers are urged to 1 take advantage of the service | ) offered them by the Y. W. C. A. i S at the colored hostess house, . Midway station. \ This is an attractive building \ just onened under the direction of Mrs. Mary S. Mayne, Miss F Elizabeth Moore, cafeteria host ] ess, and Mrs. Alice R. Dicken- A son, infermatiom seecretary. 3 It is equipped with all first : Wre - o W SRR B B o o iian DGt sTP T R B e o W e Lt e -“5‘“? S ISR Pl , 372 d Infantry Brings Back Many : Soldiers Who Won Honors. : There is something suggestive about the name Winsmore, especially when one remembers that a colored ser geant of the cognomen mentioned won a croix de guerre with one palm while fighting with the 372 d Infan try, brigaded with the Ist French Army. Eo Company C is the unit in which Winsmore served, and it was orig inally a part of the separate battalion of colored soldiers of the District of Columbia National Guard. These Na tional Guard colored fighters from various parts of the country helped to form the famous 93d Division. Others in Honor List. Corp. Eliner Lece and Private Wil liam T. Jenkins are the ones who like to tcil! about the decoration whicia their fricnd Normdn wins more rececived. They declare that this frai! coicred bey succecd:d in carry ing oyt a very diflicuit operation which the compuny was rying to per form against maciine gao nests, “Winsmore,”' i‘hey decluied, wiih de light, “was with about six others on the flank of the Germaus vhen three of their number wecre Kilied or wounded. They kepi c¢n going and succeeded in capturing the gun with seven Germans. Two other guns were also captured. At the same time and for the same coptuire TwWo other Washington soldiers, Sergt. William A. Carter and Coil: felvin Murphy, were given the croix de guerre, besides Winsmore.” S Story of What Paine Dia. But another story told by these sol diers is even more interesting. It is that concerning the exploit of Sergt. Oscar Paine of Company A, same reg iment, who also comes from Wash ington. Paine won the distinguished serv ice cross and the croix de guerre for picking off seven German machine gunners. The feature about this ac complishment which won Paine so much consideration was the fact that he did it under the eyes of his com manding officer, Col. Tupes, a very elderly officer of the Regular Army, who stayed with his men right in the front line. As fast as one German was killed another would come forward to-man the gun, according to Paine’s friends, and the Washington negro succeed ed in his fire so well that he picked off seven men, or the entire crew. | Battalion Commended. The “battalion which returned to Meade Friday night numbered about 700 men and was commanded on the returning trip by Maj. Dixon. The men .~ wear a circular insignia on their . shoulders in which a big red hand is - placed on a white background. The French division in which they served wias known as “The Red Hand Divi sion.” : All the boys stated that they were well treatedh in France and that the | ¥rench people admired them, espe y cially for their ability as entertainers, . They were not slow, either, to dem ., onstrate their prowess on the field of '[ battle. e e et e e e ~ Are These Prices High? : (Continued from First Page.) ] - HANDKERCHIEFS. bRI ee e (SRS ; JAM, b CullUlat. DB Tl s s enafte JLER ECCHEEIE DY B . si et - Hurper & Badio, per can.............. .36 ' KNIVES. TN kel o s ity R 4 MATCHES. | : 1 Per box ’0001,; \ MILK. l Condensed, per can ...........c0......50.27 b Bespordted, pe2- R ... i ieseesedes 18 1 g ; MIRRORS. b Trenelly edolt Loel el o 30,80 NOTE BOOKS, Y. M. C. A. BN il s e e S s s O . NUTS. 1 Almonds, salted, per bag.............. 50.18 1 Pcanuts, salted, per bag............... .09 I Walnuts in shell, per bag.......,..... .10 : PENS, PENCILS AND INK. A Fevntain pen, each.................... 52.70 r Fcutitain peh, encly ................... 2,20 o PORCIIE ORBN o v issiisienins Sok Ink, fountain pen, per b0tt1e........... .22 e Ink, small bottle, each................ .09 i PIPES. o Repitad. SEEI UL o s e BDO e RAZORS AND RAZOR BLADES. S Avto Strap, complete, each............ 52.70 t, Auto Strop, extra strap, each.......... .45 f Auto Strap blades, per d0z............ .72 - Ever Ready, complete, each......... .90 e Ever Ready blades, per d0z............ .45 v Gillette, complete, each.....,.......... 2.70 Gillette blades, per d0z................ .04 T Pyramid, complete, each.............. .94 SEWING KITS. = Printemiph; eacl ci...viisispaceio. ot lOMB | SHOE LACES. laather, por paiee. ..o ivivaness... . 3018 | SHOE POLISH. el Wor Ul ol i c IRO T DeE S ... ...........w.lm WAtelnoer, Dor 8 ... i .o viiie OB | SOAP. | Laundey, per take ..... (.. .o ... 0008 Laundry, French, per cake............ .22 B BRE CHIE ..o ovecicns i o Pumice, per ‘cake ................... 07 Shaving cream, mnbe A3 Shaving stiek, h, per stick...... .13 Shaving stick, American, per stick.... .09 Shaving stick, American, per stick.... .18 “COLUMN RIGHT!” N BY ROBERT D. GOODWIN, .. SRR “America Never Took Water”. is fie title of a new song. What about first? o e Meade was all dressed in a blan C of snow last week. Snow joke. "g . There are “67,000” news stands & booths on and in the elevated an@ X way lines of New York, con’t{b ¢ more or less, by the politicians and viard heelers. Why not give these privileges to the many soldiers P wounded that they could not gonduct any other business. And, too, W York is only one city where this ¢ wid be done. A Six mon’ths' pay for TS, - McAdoo couldn’t live on $12,000 & yed r With twenty )—'eélrs' prison unufio’ hanging over him, Victor Berger “will have to go some to live up to his name. American troops are now in Berln. Now watch the red flag pale under the searchlight of liberty. L Mary had a little lamb, That lamb was one of few; Mary's Ford needed fixing,. So now the lamb is stew. ¢ A prominent movie star confided this one to me recently. In seeking a new contract she called on one of the great est producers in the Fifth Estate. “Yes, ves,”’ said the producer to her verbal explanation of her artistic re sources, I know all about you, you'll do, and, say, who is and how much do vou pay your press agent? We want him, too, at the same figure as your contract says.” Alas, fame is but the ravings of the heretofore humble P. A.! Some men claim V;hat a hair cut is very weakering to them. Yes, about half a dollar in the purse. “Shine, 15 cents,” says a sign. And they used to work an hour forw.t. Recently when a detachment of col ored troops returned from ‘overseas their commanding officer instrucke them all to write home at onece. tall a la Bert Williams type of _ citizen stepped out and said: =~ “Majah, I sees trouble ahaid sho's you born.” 7 L e “How is that?" asked the major. “Well, boss, hits like dis. Yo&%! knows me an’ my Sally done been seép erated apart for a long time. = Sally and me was powerful thick, majah, and she's 'way back over yomder im Arkansaw an’ me right here. Now you all done told us to write our loved ones—Majah, if this niggah puts true feelin’s on paper -well, I wol be 'sponsible for that mail bag ls in, 'cause day ain’'t as yit ho asbestos fer writing paper—and, v, 1 sho lubs that Sally.” s ST - Sde Y Famous Fractions: “Jusg-a little.” - The M. P.'s and the P. G.'s give the A. W. 0. L’s the haunting D. T.'s. g “How long have ‘you been in the service?' asked an officer of a 8¢ ). “Six months,” replied the 50l who was wearing three silver stripies. “Then what are you wearing three service stripes for?" asked the.offiger. “One is mine, and the other. two are my brother's,” replied the re sourceful soldier. ’ N o With linen collars advertised &t 30 cents each, we invite somtmg 0 father a ‘“Back to Bandana” at. “The Principles of Love' is thci“)& of a new book. There are b\?,m : “principles” in love. Him and her! Have you ever been a ‘‘principle’” = el The latest in “matinee idoll"",' [ Secretary Sampson, who' took {i “nay’” out of matinee an& put them o in “CC" . Hut e “No plot to speakflot." wuwto‘, the comment of our reviewer of thé show given by the nurses of the base hospital. Say! You will find & Jarge bunch of plots where such beauty, wit and talent are in array All, nurses wear that most lovable of al]l robes— the mantle of romance. .. 7 s The ex-kaiser's name ;fiaan";. ap peared on the front pag¢ for a week. Did you ever notice * that staneh, proud expression upon the countenance of the wearer of a gold star? ) With the past month of m @t weather, keeping the home ‘firés burn ing didn't worty any one but MM man. . A Sign in Baltimore barber W “During my going to war this shog will be -run by me over the sames gmnagement. Private Company Bar= er.” SR Marking Time: The Finance Offfces L 4 N 8 :.“‘.’;l When you are all out of smokes and your bank roll is null, and it's last of the month, and #ll of yeur buddies contributed liberally tosth guy with the rabbit's foot, - he’iyon pass, and you try to pacify youspelf by cleaning out the old bar w and you slip your hand into the pecket of an old pair of fatigues afié Pull out a package of “cigs” ar --'2.* 1f = bone—ain’'t it a most glitterin ‘51"..; m mering, stupendous and glorious feeling? THEATERS. WASHINGTON: S Keith’'s —Vaudeville with Mor gan’'s Dancers. 24 l Poli's— The Dancély’ with Mar-| tha Hedman. 2 ! Shubert-Belasco—Harry Lauder. |- National—*“The Off Chance.” ¢ | Shubert-Garrick “The Aftess ‘math.” i g ; : 1 BALTIMORE: “ Maryland—Vaudeville with Jear * ~ {Adair and Company. T TN 1 “Auditorium—"Oh, Boy.” _o& Ford’s—Henry Miller and: - pany in “Moltere.” oo ] i L Achdeniy—The . RAISASS A" B PRE. OOENORE. - - 8 s‘l gl S