New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
$500 Soldiers
Brought Home
On Masiretani;,


It was dusk and the ID Division Of
United States Marines had done q bic
days work around Thiaucourt. Some
body said there Was German dugout
not far OF that ought to be "mopped
up and OF they started.
4 German sentry saw them coming
srd started to warn his comrades. but
= shot sounded and he fell dead. 4
fsa seconds passed. then robust Ger
man oaicer. hatless and collarless,
1aoed from the hole in the ground with
= Oool cue IN hs hand. Others fol-
loWed. Some i~Iry staggered.
SlNty-oNo o. tnc ID Marines. who
toos par. in Che episode. returned yes
seydav or the naval transport Maure-
ANS and told What happened after
rar5. much to the amusement of some
u tAe $500 other soldier heroes the
vessel brought home
A leaSt zee Offices and men piled
out Of the dugoUt. 1;p.e than half of
;hcn were killed; Sac Others ran too
fas'. anG Tor the mc being the
WHAT Nas inside u so;loW. And hey
we're clad they we Fl.
Hlaccs of Recreation
Electric lamps lilled the-great under-
ground palace with light. There we're
rooms partitioned of. each in its own
coior. Zach had us varied amuse-
ments for men VINO thought they were
here foo the winter
IN the main room We're three pool
,ables, piano. lounges and empty
wine bottles. On the floor by the
piano was German soldier, too drunk
% lun away with the rest. He greeted
iho American mariNes as his friends.
The anteroom 10 this main pleas
are hall was the kitchen. In greet
crooks on the stove good things 20 eat
were cooking. Some OF the marines
vino investigated said they didn't know
vha. il was. bit that it many have
ueon PORK and sauerkraut. Il had
palataole odor.
Further back was { sleeping COM
asrtmont and further back still
iinely appointed bowling alley Some
Of the pins were still standing, but
showed the enemy bowlers were any
thing but expert.
Marines Enjoy Rare Brews
A score Of stems, half filed vita
cold hecr, started something that the
cellar where there We're eElv The finest
German brews, cheese, wines and other
liquors. An informal banquet at the
expense OF the Germans followed and
the marines We're SO tickled over it
that they captured Yhiaucourt the very
next day.
1t was the I'd Marines who Blocked
The road TO Paris and who were cited
by the Allies as fighting men "soc-
end to none"
On the Maugatania yesterday the
Distinguished Service Cross and the
cntire division had the shoulder cord
e the Foreign Legion. One notable
citation was from Major General John
i. Lezeunne, commanding officer Of The
second Division, who said his lAen were
unsurpassed in valor, skin, endurance
and determination 10 conquer iiis
P. I>oely, Of y Wet lGGd Street, OF
the 9Th Regiment, brought copy o. it
ZONE with him. The other New J orA
marines were Joseph (. Arensel, OF $50
beekman Avenue, The BronX; Donald
Douglass. of a19 West Forty-ffth
street; George II. Lyman. cf Brockiyn,
and Claude Is. lIuse, of SIS AckernaU
Avenue. Syracuse.
All OF HE &tTtf Infantry, except
~itl lifA4 IL, - me 90 III INV Is tOAp ~
turned. Among the civilian passengers
we're Ambassador Sharpe and his sou.
returning from Paris and Percy Chubb,
81 American "a Atiman. NJ. Sharpe
was called from his post by the seri-
rs illness Of lis brother, George
share, OF Elyri., Ohio, formerly a
stat Senator ir Michigan. Another
passenger Was Paul y. Cravatn, legal
-dFiso5 70 tho Trs asCry Department
ard nc IN ericsn representative 1T the
iasar-Allied Council OF Var Purchases
snu Flasnces. III session ~ Paris.
others were Senator Henry I. Hollis,
u Nsw Hampshire; Rear Admiral
Charles P Plunkett aud Bri@adisr Cen
eral ]. J. Morrow
Tho liner made the trip from France
n six days.
The Battery was crowded and the
windows Of the skyscrape ra along the
waterfront were IlieG vita girls &nd
men waving mats and andeerchiefs enc
sending out make believe aaoV'srorms
Yesterday.
Red Cross Serves icod
A. The pier at the foot OF Fifteenth
Street there YVES nothing lacking il
noise. Red Cross carteen girls With
coffee, sandwiches ard cake choered
and waved flags while bands played
rom the river and pier.
Ambassador Sharpe and his son were
taken OF The ship on L tug ana hur-
fied ashore, where two automobiles
we're in waiting for them ana their
luggage. The ambassador appeared in
good health. lie said he expected to
return to France III a fortnight.
Captain Hutch Gone. L. S. A., was
passenger on the Mauretanla. He
nsaszS - =s.