The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-02
PRAISES RAINBOW
French General in Lorraine Is
sued Special Orders.
Bid Farewell as Division Left
for Marne Front.
ITO TAKE GLORIOUS PLACE"
Lauds Major General MenOher,
Commanding. Division
And General Macarthur, Its
Chief of Staff.
TO TAKE GLORIOUS PLACE"

Washington, Aug. 2.-Striking trib-
ute to the valor and fighting efficiency
of the Forty-second (Rainbow) divi-
sion of the American army by Cen
eral Duport, commanding the French
Sixth army corps in Lorraine, to which
the ,Forty-second was attached up to
the middle of last June, is contained
in general orders issued by the French
commander. bidding farewell to the
Americans when they set out for the
battle front on the Aisne-Marne lines
where they are today proving their
mettle in attack.
Duport's Order.
General Duport said the division
was ready to take glorious place in
the new line of battle" and paid trib-
ute also to the skill of Major General
Menoher, commanding, and of Colonel
Macarthur, divisional chief of staff.
The text of the orders follows:
Headquarters Sixth Army Corps,
June Is, 1918.
General Orders Number so.
''At the moment when the Forty
second United States infantry division
is leaving the Lorraine front the COM
handing general of the Sixth army
corps desires to do homage to the fine
military qualities which it has con-
tinuously exhibited and to the services
which it has rendered in the Bac-
carat sector.
THE offensive ardor, the sense for
the utilization and the organization of
terrain for the liaison of the arms,
the spirit of the method, the discipline
showed by all it's officers and men,
the inspiration animating them, prove
that at the first call they can hence
forth take glorious place in the new
line of battle.
Praises Menoher.
1.-THE commanding general OF the
Sixth army corps expresses his deepest
gratitude to the Forty-second division
for its precious collaboration; he par
ticularly thanks the distinguished
commander of the division, General
Menoher the officers under his or
ders and his staff, so brilliantly di-
rected by Colonel Macarthur.
'It is with a sincere regret that
the entire Sixth army corps sees the
Forty-second division depart. But
the bonds of affectionate comradeship
which have been formed here will not
be broken; for u.s. in faithful memory
are united the living and the dead OF
the Rainbow division. those who are
leaving for hard combats and those
who, after having nobly sacrificed
their lives, on the land of the east,
now rest there, guarded over piously
by friends. '1.-E
Sentiment Deeply Affirmed.
"These sentiments of warm esteem
will be more deeply affirmed during
the impending struggle where the fate
of free peoples is to be decided.
MAY our units, side by side. con-
tribute valiantly to the triumphs of
justice and right
General Duport, commanding the
Sixth army corps. (Signed) Du-
port"
Macarthur to United States.
General Macarthur, it was learned
officially today, has now been or
dered back to the United States TO
command a brigade of the new divi-
sion to be organized at Camp Meade,
Md. He already has been decorated
for valor by the French army leaders
and his promotion to the rank of brig
adler general was the result of his
brilliant work both in organizing the
Rainbow division composed of nation
al guard units from nearly thirty
states and in conducting the staff work
of the divisions at the front.