The sun., 1918-12-11

when another officer came in and said
there was an American soldier outside
who wanted to see me. went out
and there stood one American cover
ing three German officers and twenty
seven German privates with his ma
chine gun, Throwing discipline to the
winds he simply yelled at me: Hey.
Cap. take a look at these guys and
tell me what you think OF EN-
II don't remember this fellows
name, but he was from Brooklyn. He
had stumbled into n machine gun nest
and had cleaned 1t UP all by his lone
some. There were a good many like
that bird in the A. L. +. In fact 1
may say that most OF our men were
like him"
Private W. J. Regan. Company L,
Twenty-sixth Infantry. Twenty
seventh Division, 23S1 Valentine ave-
nue., The Bronx (and II this isn't To-
eating and identifying one~plain pri-
vate then 1t was never done), said:
"Our division got known in the army
as Organs Rough Necks,' and we
did our little best to deserve the title.
The Huns got my left foot at Mount
KENNEL July 81, but betcha I got
two Of them for every toe. That KEN
mel fight was hot stuff-just walking
up steep hill full of gullles and SIM
ply nested with machine guns"
KENNEL Baltic Fierccst.
Other lads spoke OF the Mount KEN
mel battle as the flercest they believed
that American troops took part in
though these little matters never will
really be settled or proved. The
Twenty seventh was hard hit in the
fight, and from what the soldiers said
even about the small areas they could
know about it was easy to understand
why the casualty lists have grown and
grown and grown.
The old Seventh Regiment was
badly cut up at st. Quentin fighting
in support OF the British, said Private
Dominick Vallair, a member of Dan
Appletons old organization. The old
Seventh was in action for hours in the
hottest part OF the field. Private
Horace Rags Of Headquarters Com
pany, Twenty seventh Division, was
a despatch bearer at ST. Quentin, and
as he was whizzing along on his
motorcycle n German aviator dropped
a bomb which blew OF Ragg's right
leg. Private Johnny Brady. 239 With
ers street, Brooklyn, said Of this fight:
THE Americans made up their
minds to push right through into st.
Quentin. and they were on the job from
$50 A. NJ until IL A. NJ. September
90. 1t was an awful Job Of clearing
out one machine gun nest after an
other and the Boches fought well. But
we drove 'em back five miles that day,
though God knows we paid the price!"
Officers and men spoke OF heavy
losses suffered by the Twenty seventh
Division and the Thirtieth Division at
Ypres. They said that German rear
guard fighting cost the American pur-
suers heavily, the Germans using
their new type Of machine gun. which
they seemed to have in thousands.
This is-a very light, mobile gun and
can be handled by one man.
The men from New York and VI
cinity of Organs division that
reached here yesterday. on the En-
press were:
REGAIN W. J., Company l., lBth Infantry
told I'D. 1881 Valentine avenue. The Bronx:
wounded at Mount KENNEL July 81.
ROBB. A. R., corporal Company A. l0ad En-
gineers (old 22d) 63i Franklin avenue.
BROOKLYN: wounded at battle Of lie Czteau
OVENS BERNARD. Company II. 1os,h In
fantry (old 23d) Ss1 Pacific street. Brook
Ign: wounded al Cambria September 81.
GERST JULIAN, Company K 10sth lnfAn.
try (old 2Sd); 1857 Fsiie street, The Bronx
wounded at battle OF KENNEL Hill Septem-
her 2
KTNsI,ow. W. D. Company K. Iosth Infan-
try Cold I'D Syracuse. wounded At battle
OF ST. Quentin September q.
VlLLARI, DOMINICK, Company q. 1o7th In
fantry told Uh): 2i7 West l0lst street.
wounded at st. Quentin September %.
LETTER, A. T, Company g. l06th Infantry
lo!d lsD +07 East 10Th street: wounded a.
ST. Quentin September 90
ROSTRON, WALLACE, Headquarters Com
pany, l6th Infantry told isD; wounded at
St Quentin October IL
STEVENS, W. T., Company X. 10th Infan'
try told 7th); Palisade Park. N j.:
wounded at 81. Quentin September 80
RIGGS. HORACE, Headquarters Company,
9th Division; rs Manhattan avenue:
wounded at 81. Quentin October Is
SWEITZER, LOUIS iO5tn Machine Gun Com
pany; Il West lO5ih street: wounded at
Cambria October Il.
MURRAY. ELMER, Company D. 1osth 1nfan.
try; 1909 Gleason avenue. The Bronx:
wounded at ST. Quentin October II.
BRADY, JOHN Company d, lO8th Infantry
(old 1+thl; 23s Withers street, Brooklyn;
wounded at Cambria September @.