Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-11-28
ALABAMA FIRST
To CAPTURE HUNS
Chaplain Tells Of Exploits of Rain
bow Division.
STRIKE TERROR TO ENEMY
American Boys Refuse to Give Inch TO
Savage Hordes Of Beast Of Berlin
Untold Cruelties Left in Wake OF
8arbarians Would Shame the Old
Tine American Redskn--Yanks Are
6ravest OF Soldiers.

Letters received here from officers
and men of the Rainbow division, who
were under canvas on the Hampstead
| Plains, l.. l., before being sent to
| France have created intense enthusi-
assn when read to the scores soon to
leave for foreign service.
Chaplain Emmett p. Smith of the
10th Alabama infantry, writes that
he was the first man in the Rainbow
division TO draw the enemy fire.
1--WE had just moved up over the
front" says Chaplain Smith, when
the first bomb fell In our camp thrown
by an enemy airman. II fell about 100
feet from where | was standing
throwing mud, pebbles and pieces OF
shrnpnel all about men, causing me to
spill my cupful of hot coffee on my
uniform and to beat a hasty retreat to
place of safety.
II am glad To tell you that the Rain
bow boys are making great history
| over here I'm France. We are all In
good spirits and full of pep and ready
TO so over ut all times Plenty OF
wholesome food for every man, good,
comfortable clothing and first-class
equipment. We could not ask for
anything better unless 1t Is another
million men from the states to help
us administer the knockout blow to
/ the kaiser and his barharians.
Carry Terror to Hun.
"Our outfit carried terror to the
/ heart Of the Hun on more than one
occasion, and our boys took posses
sion Of No Mans Land the first day.
Alabama captured the first prison
/ crs unaided by the French that any
American outfit pulled Off, receiving
/ the unstintcd praise Of the French
and American officers Quite n mum
/ Der of our boys weur war medals
! We hope TO meet again the many res.
/ ideutS OF Long Island towns who did
so much to show their whole hearted
hospitality TO us at Camp Mills. We
hope to meet them again as men who
[ did our best to make the world free
! from the domination OF the unSpeak
! able Hun.
/ "By the way, every German sympa
thizer In America ought To see what
untold cruelties the Hun has left be
hind him. He made war on old men
and helpless women and outraged ten.
[ der girls and mutilated little boys
The true story OF the Hun and his
I brutality can never be told, for many
things | have seen are too horrible fol
the mind OF civilized person to be
leyc. We must win this war or the
world win be hell and a slave mar.
kct for German war lords 20 terrorize
5ravest Of the Brave.
"Let the good people in the states
stand by us. Send men. guns, alrships
by the thousands and thus bring the
war TO a speedy and definite ending
and save civilization from being de
stroycd by modern barburiuus, whose
'kultur' is terrorism and whose meth
Cd OF warfare would shame the old
time American redskiu.
"Our American boys refuse to Civ,
an inch 70 the Hun No Drawer mer
ever followed a flag than men of Amer
lea In France. The New York regi
meut the old, Sixty ninth, are good
fighters. and they are facing the en-
envy like heroes. Father Duty, the
chaplain OF the Sixty.nlnth, is every
inch q man and "a soldier and the reg
iment is fortunate in having such 4
good man as chaplain Best wishes
Your friend. T. L, SMITH,
chaplain 167th infantry"
Chaplain Smith resigned his pastor
ate 60 20 with the famous Alahama
regiment selected for the Rainbow dl
vision. lie Is one Of the most noted
OF scholarly clergymeR IN the South
land.