Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-17
GENERAL DOYEN IS
BACK FROM FRANCE.
Marine Officer Who Commanded
American Marines Over There
Visiting Here.
LIKE A SPRING CRUISE"
Thus He Describes His Trip
From The Other Side. To
Command At Quantico.

German frightfulness would get one
sweet jolt if Kaiser Bill and his Hun
nish brutes could only hear Brigadier
General Charles A. Doyen, u. S. Ma
| rine Corps, just back from the French
front, describe his trip home through
the "U-boat-infested" waters of the At
/ lantic. General Doyen, now visiting
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Joseph w.
Valiant, at Wardour. just outside An
napolisj closed his return trip to
America when he reached an Allan
tic port on May 22nd. after what he
describes as a delightful trip; just
like a spring cruise" The trip was
uneventful and there was no fear that
the Boche Beast would get" them.
General Doyen, who has spent much
time in Annapolis as a younger Off
Ger of the Marine Corps, and who is
universally popular and admired here
both as a soldier and man, will, after
short visit with relatives here go to
the vast marine camp at Quantico Va,
where he succeeds Brigadier General
LeJeune as commandant.
After a year of actual war condi-
tions in France, where he commanded
the first of Uncle Sans Fighting Sons
of the Sea, General Doyen returns to
America unusually well fitted to
take up the work of training the ma
rines who will go over to join in the
fight for world democracy.
After his arrival in an America port
on May 22nd, he went first to New
Hampshire to visit his mother, and
will after a further leave at Annapo-
lis go to Quantico on Thursday of this
week. Discussing his experiences
"over there" today, General Doyen ex-
pressed keen regreat at having to
leave his men just at the time when
they were in the very thick of IL adj
ministering more than blow for blow
to the Boches.
When the marines, under command
of General Doyen went into the
trenches in France there was issued
an interesting statement of their
landing and immediate readiness and
anxiety for duty.
"The hike from the station to the
dugout and camps led through she'll
torn villages, ravines and woods, over
roads which are kept in the best of
condition at all times. The roads are
fairly alive with traffic"
The marine writer then tells. of the
arrival in the trenches and the in
spection of the sector by General G. A.
Doyen.
Accompanied by a member of his
staff the General made a complete
tour of the sector, including several
kilometers of the front line. From
the time he entered the communicat-
ing trench in the morning until he
left in the afternoon he covered about
eight miles of muddy, slippery
trenches. A heavy rain of the pre-
vious day made progress difficult, the
water and mud being in places more
than ankle deep. After stop of more
than one or two minutes it required
much effort to extricate ones feet
Upon his return trip the General
from the red, sticy clay.
had a narrow escape when, while he
was passing an ammunition dugout,
an accidental explosion of detonator
occurred within the dugout. The gen.
eral had not passed two feet when the
sound of the explosion was heard, the
door of the dugout burst open and
private with his left hand torn, COW
cred with blood, and several fingers
torn, stumbled out.
The officer accompanying the Cen
eral caught the man and with the as
sistance of an orderly temporarily
stopped the flow of blood and assisted
him to a first aid station located in
neighboring trench. The General
calmly waited until their return, ask
ed for a report of the incident and
continued on"
SECOND REGIMENT