The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-20

gentleman and officer The first sergeant oI Company c. meeting me few days after the battle, showed me a slight scar on the side of hls neck and said it was mark from the bullet that killed Cap tain Greene. It-seems it just grazed the neck of the first sergeant before striking the captain in the forehead. Captain Greene went down without a word. hold ing his hands to his head. and was buried where he fell. The men in the company. especially Mechanic Brown put the grave in order, carefully mar;,.ng it. He lies on the hill near the village of Seicheprev. about due east from Mont Sec distant about five or six kilometres, Majors Nor ris and Juera were both slightly wound ed in the legs, returning to the regiment on October 2 completely cured.
 During the fighting in No Mans Land. after the objective was reached, Lieu tenant Townsend of Company and Lieutenant Irish Ca new memberl of the machine gun company were killed; Townsend being hit with piece of shell through the face and Irish having both legs blown off
 All through the fight we distributed smokes and chocolates on the front as in former battles. 1 fell heir to a team of pretty German ponies with 8 two seated wagon and harness which I used constantly in distributing Y. NJ c. A. supplies to our boys. It was the same Mechanic Brown of Company who captured these ponies and gave them to me for use in my work. The whole resi- ment was proud of them and as I would drive by, passing boys from other regi- ments, they would all shout There goes the Alabama. Y. NJ. c. A. express
 START FOR MEUSE BATTLE
 We were in the front line until Sep ta.~ .l.-.. Al~- serve for two days and on October l started for the great battle which was then raging along the west bank of the Mouse river and In the Argonne forest, northwest of Verdun We were taken most of the way by the same busses driven by the same sttie Chinaman from French Indo-China as we rode in just before the first battle of the Marne. After leaving the busses, three night marches brought us to the woods of Montfaucon. where we were in the first corps reserve This was desolate place. in fact the most desolate l have ever been in; it had been all shot up in the great battle of Verdun in 1916. All the water We could get was from shell holes and was very scarce at that. The 'cooties were operating as usual and l captured lol on myself in four days and then there were plenty left to keep me awake at night.
 'I had grown to love the men and of flcers of the 167th most warmly and when the time came for me to leave l was really torn between two senti- ments. but my contract had expired and as my wife and four little children were constantly in my thoughts, I decided to return as l had planned to do. Had I known that tile war would end so un- expectedly I would surely have stayed tho end Wa potirpd a Germans during the battle of St. Mihiel surrendered in platoons and companies and seemed very glad~to do so
 The colonel entrusted a sealed letter and sum of money to me for a friend of his in New York and upon delivering same found 1t was commission to pur- chase a loving cup for me from the of ficers of the 167th infantry. We bought the loving cup with the money and had it inscribed as per the colonels instrue- tions and now it has place of honor on my mantel at home where 1t is the cynosure of all eyes. To say that I am proud of it does not begin to express my feelings; of course it Is more than I de- serve as l only did my duty by the boys over there.
 T will let you know as soon as I hear anything definite about the landing of the 167th so that we may both be on hand to meet them. I am hoping they will land in New York so that you and Mrs. Burr will pay us visit here. When the regiment returns to Alabama I ex pect toscome down and join in the fes, tivitesS Vas l had promised the colonel
 Captain Smith, Lieutenant Spann and Lieutenant Dickerson and all your other friends that I now think of were wei when l left. With kindest regards, I am sincerely yours, ''B. c. DUNLOP"