Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-02
NINETIETH DIVISION
GIVEN HIGH PRAISE
,-,,a,r, General O'Ncii Conmcnds
no,s In unstin,cd TERMS In New
Years Petition.
unpER FIRE FOR rs DAYS
,,,,,,.t German Trop- Unable Ia
s,np ,d,nncc of oIlahomnn-,
including Many Tulsans

.rD, GLOWING proclamation giving
u.b b.sh praise to the ninetloth dl-
.,...o. Ina which are many ruls, boys
r,, n,eu received In Tulsa. II was
.,r, DO, Pr.Nato ". l.. Mcdonald. who
attached TO the headquarters OF
a.. i.yh oklahoma brigade, to his
oih,r g. y. Mcdonald. 1901 South
us.ia,r Thc proclamation was iA-
,.,i,.a Sew Years greeting 10 the
..,d, 70, l's commander. Brlgadicr
,,r,.,I j. 4. u'Neil II follows:
A.u have been chosen as part OF
the Army - occupation. You ocou-
., rpfiion Of Prussia. which once
h,,.,l that It's soldiers were tho
pn,.t m The world You have been
'h..rn to show the German people
at,t the American soldier Is aud
utnt every soldier should he. You
So, chosen for this honor because
'o1 have s1 unfillingly displayed the
highest quhlitics which n soldier can
n"n,.., aud In doing this YOU have
p,Iped 10 make the reputation OF tho
Se,h DIVISION. - ,.-,-,-
r.,orItr" tho 21th division. tho
,oth division, the il7th division. the
Ilst division. tho 9TH Bavarlan re-
,,r,e division, tho 71th division, tho
ilgrd division, and the 255th division
a, tho famous German army. you
have met. beaten and have taken
nrlsnner, from their rnnka The
o.neH of Hois do FTierc, Nolciy-suri
prcny rorct dcs venchlrds, Bois des
uappes. and Souleuyre Fine. In the
NJ M,hlel sector. ana of HantheNille,
noubrut and tho Aincreyil.e Road,
nallea. Nlllefranche. Wiseppe and tho
ruined bridge at Sassey north Of Ar
Gonne. ana lastly baalon ana Stenay
AL those recall the merit of your
achievements.
I'm your first assault OF September
i!,h' you attained every objective
in Aplte OF every possible obstacle.
both natural and artificial. you pro-
yreSsd Counter attacks by supo-
flor forces never checked your ad-
vance. FINALLY In the raids of Sep
lembcr card and 26th you penetrated
the famous llindenburg line, winning
commanding general OF tho tth
corps In the Argonne sector you
sgaln won tho praise from tho com"
mand!ng general OF the ard corps
AMI also from the commanding gen.
efal of the list army for the capture
VI Ban,ucNllle and the heights north
of that place, a feat which had thrice
teen attempted by others without
success
AGAIN on November 10th after a
night march Of - miles you attack
ed Advancing across country swept
by machine gun and artillery IRE
You entered the towns OF Baalon and
sl,niy. the very spot from which the
Crown Prince in the height ot his
power dlrectcdth attack on Nerdun.
10 halt your advance the enemy
threw In his last diNision-it was
beaten.
SO, only dld you gain every obiec-
Tive against which YOU were launch
cd not only did you exploit every
success 10 tho limit allowed. but cV-
cry foot ~ ground you took you held,
under fire from front, flank aud
rear, Shellod with high explosives and
gas, machine gunnod and bombed by
altcr,n. whether at Las HUT che
niles Bots de liappeE. lin 2l0. of
the Ancrcville Road. you held ana
improved your positions.
, The division as you know wa. 70
days under fire without relief tother
than change of Hector) OF that time
you held the front line alone for 10
DAYS ana at least half Of the division
a. sector for 80 days more This de-
spite the fact that you led the w<sIck
IN one major offensive, and executed
,n OF the severe minor operations
undertaken by the division, not to
mention the pursuit through Bois de
llalles TO the Meuse and tho attack
on Stcnay.
Courage ana fighting ablEty are
not however the only qualities de-
mAnded OF tho soldier Equally ad-
mithble is that disciplined and cour-
"ons behavior toward tho civilian
population. particularly women and
children. whether OF friend or foo
which retains tho friendship OF al
les, and breaks down tho hatred OF
me foe Amongst tho people OF
france you were well beloved and
otttn the people OF tho towns were
heArd 10 say these men will fight
Nell, the Americans are indeed n
tteat nation" while the population
OF the conquered territory have moth
ing out praise for the mon who have
conquered them.
what the New Year viii bring We
Ahow not whether We shall shortly
,o'uth to take up the battle OF indus
Wy or whether We shall again bc
yaIed upon 90 defeat the forces OF
mnny or anarchy we cannot tell
""a'rNer The event | await II with
my brigade In perfect confidence.
J. 4. O'NEll,
q hIlshdler General COMMANDING