The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-16
MEN Of the TT =" DIVISION BRIDGING the vEsLe
at BAzocHESy
Every Individual in the Outfit Will Be
Taken Care Of by Original System
Put in Operation Here-Employers
Take to Scheme With Enthusiasm
MESS present semi-official
. and apparently credible signs

NLESS present Seml-OHlClai
and apparently credible signs
fail the Seventy-seventh d.
vision-"New York's Own" which we
over here have been calling the Met
ropolitan Division. but which itself
fancies the we'll deserved name OF Lib
erty Division-will be getting home
between the middle of April and May l.
Every one knows who these soldiers
are and what they did in France.
Every one will know. so long as a soul
and a national pride remain to this re-
public. But IT'S always worth re-
counting. They were the city's first
draft men. the Yaphank boys, the Up
ton boys.
They registered June T. 1917; went
to Upton that fall. began embarking
for France and the front seven months
later. in March and April. 1918: were
blooded to war In a quiet Lorraine
sector. the Baccarat, beginning late in
June; tasted the real article and took
grievous mauling stanchly in Au-
gust on the Vesle. and them
And then from mid September to
mid-October, which is six months ago,
fought their way through the Argonne
wilderness, the hinge of the whole
German line and a vast position Of
such hopeless natural strength that
every campaigner in history. Napoleon
included. had given it a wide and
wholesome berth when held by a dan
gerous enemy.
Tearing on Toward Berlin.
And the German forces that held It
against the Americans and French
were as dangerous as Ludendorff could
provide. The Seventy seventh didn't
do It all. The glory Of cleaning the
Argonne is joint property. But New
York's Own are the men who had TO
fight, and fought, directly through
that scrambled. tangled inferno of
rocks and scrub and wire and machine
gun nests and such.
Being through they tore on to the
Meuse-and by now would be some
where east Of Berlin. but the armis-
tice called a halt.
That's their war record.
Before they climbed into khaki and
learned which end of a rifle from
t'other they were Well, what
weren't they? The truck driver who
does your hauling and your own chauf-
feur, perhaps. The Chinese laundry
man. The digger Of holes for subways
and the guard and the ticket chopper.
The loft factory worker. The clerk
in little stores you never see. The ice
man. The stevedore. The What
the use? They were the streets OF
New York. They were every street
of New York.
They spoke every language heard in
New York. and that's about all there
are. Some OF EN- even spoke German
spoke 1t picturesquely and unquot-
I ably and to the point when teering
field gray devils in cover called on the
lost battalion" TO surrender. Ten to
Is % cent. - ONE com pan!ey spoke
little English, II any.
Cooks son, dukes sons brother-in-
law. son of a millionaire. The latter
two were a minority which acquitted
itself as we'll as any other class in the
outfit But classes in that outfit ceased
to be. Definitions OF a democracy vary;
democracy is the Seventy-seventh Di-
vision.
Coming Back to the Job.
Now it's coming home. It's COM
ing out OF khaki. It's going back into
civies and going on the Job. What
Job?
So far this may read like some kind
Of an appeal to public spirit on be-
half OF the Seventy seventh. 1t isn't
In matters OF Jobs especially the trite
old principle that the Lord helps those
who help themselves Is still very much
in force. The Seventy-seventh be-
heves In 1t and is ready. to help itself;
is even now helping itself indeed. Uncle
Sam is helping 1t help itself, but the
effort originated with the division, ant
the division will see 1t through.
Unemployment problem among dis.
charged soldiers? Not among those OF
New York's Own If New York's Own
knows 1t. thank you. So this is infor.
nation for the people OF the Seventy.
seventh Division Association and its
Seventy-seventh Division Employment;
Bureau. both OF Which exist and are
at work In a promising way.
Their slogan at present Is New Yorl
Jobs for New York soldiers" They hope
TO impress 1t on New York employers
both organized and Individual. What
you might call their private gospel
msanjns. the tone the association Il