The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-18
YANKS RAIL At
BAD LUCK WHICH
BROUGHT VICTORY

CAMP FUNSTON, Kan, Nov, u:
(Spl)-Out here in a rugged valley OF
the golden West $4,000 "Yanks' trained
to within an inch Of their young lives,
are softly but nevertheless vigorously
railing at the luck which brought about
peace before they were given the giori-
Gus opportunity Of taking a whack at
The kaiser and his minions.
These men are members OF the
v"Whirlwiud" division, which Gen.
Leonard Wood hoped to throw against
the German front. With the world at
large cheering peace the rank and file
OF this great body Of fighters is taking
the news with a strange mixture OF
natural pleasure over an American vic
tory and unfeigned disgust at their In
ability to actually share in the fighting
that brought II about.
Only a few DAYS before the armistice
was signed a review Of the division was
held. Government inspectors went over
II as infinitely as government inspeC-
tors know how-and that means every
piece Of equipment. every. bit Of ma
terial and a searching n careful IN
vestigation Of the knowledge OF every
man. And when they had finished they
said nothing, which, in the language OF
government inspectors, generally means
that everything Is satisfactory or
better.
A day or so later orders came which
brought about quite a stir in camp
Soldiers began telling folks goodbye,
| EACtSS tQulDlliNAlAt GO Nv NiiAN 3D.
was turned in. Several attachments
disappeared as detaChments do around
army camps that are being moved
overseas.
He'll" quoth a "redleg," which Is
slang for an artilleryman, what did
those guys that were already. over
there 60 and spoil the fighting for by
runnin' the Krauts' legs off? Couldnt
they have waited a week or so till we
| pypf fhara IN haln thpm and then thpN
wouldn't n had time even to think
about quittin'l'
And now every man back of them is
alternately hoping that the Germans
will do something that will give them
an opportunity to test the division out
or that a new row" viii start some
where else. IAN | ask in life said
one gunner corporal, lis TO be allowed
to register my little old % on a bocnee
crossroad and then put about IVY
rounds nice and easy like into one OF
their towns with the compliments OF
Kansas"
Just what will be done with the
Tenth division, the official number OF
the "Whirlwind' is not known. 1t is
a regular army outfit and may be re-
tanned in the service. Officers and men
are sitting tight wondering whether
their next orders will be to Russia the
sprinkled through the division. Most
Of them are ar%tillerymen. Maj. Edward
Mccormack, of Memphis, is a battalion
commander and instructor in the
Twenty-eighth field artillery. Capt,
Frank Fuller, who was formerly with
the 115th, is commanding Battery A
Of the 2Sth. Capt. John Wesley Gaines,
of Nashville, Tenn, Is commanding a
battery in the Goth, Lieut.; G. W.
Smith, also a Tennessean, and former,
" with the Hath, which was the old
First Tennessee field artillery, Is a
staff officer in the 29th. He was at
one time a lieutenant in Battery A of
Memphis,
Mai. Mccormack has been In ON
mand Of the 2Sth since Col, Huston, Its
commanding officer, met with an ac-
cident which fractured his right arm,
To the Memphian went the distinction
of receiving from Gen. Wood the colors
of the regiment which were presented
at the recent review. At that time
Gen. Wood congratulated the artillery
men upon their splendid work. he
called attention to the fact that, the
brigade and it's regiments had been
in less time than any other field ar
tillery unit in the nation.
And in intrusting these sacred
colors to your regiment, y he concluded,
Il know that officers and men are not
only capable of meeting and outmas-
tering the enemy's science and military
strategy, but that man for man. from
your commanding general down to the
Youngest private, you would gladly shed
your life blood to keep that flag In
violate"
The color sergeants Of each Of the
three regiments comprising the artillery
brigade are yet hoping. against hope
that they may be privileged to plant
those colors over some yet uncon-
ouered Hun stronghold.