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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.
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~ 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
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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”
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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.”
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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
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Played Role of Santa Claus for His
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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.”
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; 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
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, 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.
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: PENS, PENCILS AND INK.
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“COLUMN RIGHT!”
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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.”
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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