The Washington herald., 1918-07-17

American Reply to Huns.
In the fihting Of the past two days.
America has made reply to the Ger
Of the men of the United States had
been dissolved in sordid lust and mer-
cenary greed. When the Marines
swept the picked Bavarians from the
woods near Chateau-Thierry, when
the militia of Connecticut took
Seicheprey and the gallant New York
ers over-ran Cantigny, the German
propagandists took up the cry that
America had used picked troops, and
that for the most part the men sent
across the seas from the North Ameri-
can republic were unit and unframed
to match bayonets with the Prussian
legions.
In reply no word came from the
leaders of the American forces. Daily
reports from the correspondents told
in sryptic sentences how the wounded
Yapks, lying on beds Of pain in the
American base hospitals. smiled in
remembrance of tasks well done and
prayed for quick recovery so that
we ears go back and take another
crack at those birds"
But after the fighting Of June Is.
army Is not of the breed worthy of
fight in the high cause to which their
country called them. For the halting
of Germans came when the First
Army Corps Of the American Ex-
peditionary Force barred the way
the First Army Corps being a fight
ing machine welded from the men of
every state and of every infantry or
ganization, a body where race, color
or creed stands for naught.
Six Divisions Named.
Six divisions share the glory of
silencing for all time the charges
of Incompetence which the Germans
have hurled. The divisions with their
commanders are:
First Division-Regulars- Gen.
Robert L. Bullard-
Second Division - Regulars - Maj.
Gen. Omar Bundy.
Twenty-sixth Division-New Eng
land National Guard-Maj. Gen. Clar-
ence r. Edwards.
Forty-second Division Railbow-
Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menhor.
Forty-rsto Divisin-fiaNit HIP e
Forty-first Division-National Guard
Pacific Coast-Maj. Gen. Hunter Ltg-
gett.
)Thfrty-second Division-Naialont T
Thirty-second Division - National
Guard Michigan end wisconsin-MaJ.
Gen. w. G. Ham.
II it be that there are American
forces which can be termed picked
men," credit must be given to t.Ie
officers who have trained into the
heart and soIl o. every man Of the
Marine Corps thai they are Of a le-
z on famed throrg hout American his
tory for steadfast courage unde. every
fire and in every cline. 1t Is true
that some Marine units are cperat-
ine with the First Army Corps II
4, so true that the two divisions
of regulars led by such ianntless
men as Omar Brndy and Robert T..
BuI!ard may well be said e rep-e-
ssnt the best that military trii hing
has produced
Represents Only One-third.
But these divisions represent only
a third of the First Army Corps.
1t cannot be said that the Pacific
Coast men are more representative
than are the men from New Eng
land, nor the men from Wisconsin
and Michigan. But II can be said
that the First Army Corps. in its
fighting strength truly reflects the
courage and skill to be found in
the men of its keystone division
the Forty-second-know from
coast to coast as the Rainbow divi-
sion because IL Is made UP of ma
tional army and national guard
units gathered from every State
in the Union.
As a clear exposition of the wide
spread character. of this division 1t
is well to enumerate the units ia
its charter roll: Second Separate
troop of cavalry from Louisiana.
Third Machine Gun Battalion from
the Fourth. Pennsylvania Infantry.
Companies E, +. G, of the Second
the 165th Infantry of New York
York Infantry National Gukrd, long
known as the Fighting fish Regi-
ment." and the 1s6th Infantry which
Is the Fourth Ohio Infantry National
Guard.
Other Units.
Besides the un1s there are machine
gun men fryJn9 Georgia, Alabama,
Iowa. artillerists from Illinois, Indi-
ana, Minnesota' and q trench mortar
battery from Maryland. There are
engineefs from South Carolina and
FROM California and signal troops from
Virginia and North Carolina. The
knen Of the ammunition tfains come
from Kansas and from Tdxas, while
the sanitary train Is composed of the
men from Michigan New Jersey, Ten
nessee. Oklahoma. District Iof Column
bia, Nebraska. Colorado ana Oregon.
BY no other force in the held could
the lighting strength of the army
which Cen Psrshing led y Franco