Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-01
$500 FROM WAR
ZONESLANDED
Lieut.. Sidney Thayer, With
Honors, Among Soldiers
in Four Transports
WON CROIX DE CUERRE
Other Philadelphians Who
Figured in Big Battles
Home

IIieutenant Sidney IEayeT' Jr'' vi
sverford. who left his studies at the
,,versity of Pennsylvania to join the
r4v-third Company of the Fifth Ma
-. has returned from France wear
the Croix de Guerre and carrying a
Esnr,,ished Service Cross citation.
4, was a conspicuous figure among
m, = EAgo0 officers and enlisted men who
u !. rrsi$,d nj New York late yesterday on
|our troopsh,ps. These were the Maui,
win ssI7 men the Siboney, with 329I
the Alaskan. with 2216 and the La Lor-
raire with 22s, all of whom were cas-
uals
N lieutenant Thayer, who is but twenty
one years old, went to Franco IN june
1917 ,,,r an
< capements and in July, 1918, was with
the unit in the battle at chateau
Z rhierry when the marines stopped tne
Germans dead in their rush on PARIS
: He came through the terrible ngntIns
"A there unscathed Then came the pattle
n the Bois de Belleau and one after
another the offensives and counter
offensiyes followed in rapid succession
( but Thayer seemed to have charmed
life.
Marines Hasten to Fight
Finally word reached the marines on
tho night Of November 10 that the
arrnistice would go into effect at IL
o'clock the following morning so they
were determined to get one more drive
to their credit. Preparations were
hastily made, the engineers threw pom
4 toons across the Meuse not far from the
Argonne and at IL o'clock that night
3 began their last terrific assault OF the
great war. The opposite bank of the
Z river was we'll fortified with machine
gums and protected by a sweeping artii"
lery barrage, but the marines had been
accustomed to German steel and IN elght
hours they had not only taken the posi-
tions, but advanced two kilometers ne-
yrnd the Meuse.
The men suffered heavily in this last
iengagement." the lieutenant said today,
n Y but 1t Is one long to be remembered by
those who survived and certainly con-
& vtnced the Germans the Americans were
~ not entirely fatigued from successes
u Tho resistance was so strong that the
b0yu had to advance cautiously; but they
overcame the obstacles and when IL
clock came around they were prepared
to start another attack.
had considered myself very fortu-
Z fines In all of their battles without a
4 EcrAtch, but finally a Hun machine gun
Y bullet struck me in the right arm at s
o'clock on the morning of the 18th, and
was put out of action. remaining in a
hospital for four months"
The lieutenants arm is still in sling,
but he said the wound was healing rap
3 idly and he would soon be able to use the
limb again.
There were also a number of Penn.
sylvania officers on the Siboney whc
were attached to the Tnirty-sxth In
fantry, which is a unit composed o
81 western troops and men from Alaska
Of the Ninety-first Division. Amoni
them were Lieutenants Thomas P Nc
4 Cleery. of Washington; Howard ]
Simms, of Ellwood City; George w. viii
lis, Of Mahanoy City, and Walter H. H
Steere. of Haverford.
These men, particularly Lieutenan
: Steere, were especially proud of the
achievements of the Ninety-first, which
first got into action at st. Mihiel. They
were also in the battle of the Argcnnt
Forest and later were transferred Il
the Belgians, becoming part of the Arm!
OF liberation under the command O.
X the King of Belgium. There the lieu
tenant said 1t was supported by the ar
\ tillery of the Twenty eighth Division.
~ other PhiladeIphians
= II Philadelphians on the Maui who were
y IN the Thirty-seventh Division, include
yiiiiam Acconclames; 1l16 Iatona street
sslfssore Ayerss; sst Greenwich street
Andfew Butsimenks. lao Moore street
Samuel Backall. % North Third street
ssntssi Blechsr. s2s Tssker GER, street; samne ss
sw1iton street; John Corrigau, SITE Nortt
4 E1ftieth street; Howard Cosgrove, 22a2 South
If<<F1a M (.tIa Ma lie
strsetI Esraei Chestovotzity. 733 Tree street
= samuel Cohen. 2421 South Mildred street
sS Su'g KeSsSsW ssSeRth yenss sse
X howard Davis 1902 Mexican street; Emilio
B Delconte. 1929 Mountain street; Thomas Fay
w N05 Reinhard street; John j. Fitzgerald
1suriee Fischer. 2514 South Eighth street
3 Paul cleveland, .1113 Mercy street; PhilI
GSises. 2fSs Orianns street.
wiilism Hahne s52s Gibson avenue; Edward
Harley 1917 Dicks avenue; Gustayus Huber
!, bizs I.ocust street Frank J; Hpbsch ,Go eloo 40,
press street. Jerome 4. Keller; 24l3 Pine
street; Thomas J. Kelly 200 Page Page street ,a
kossT sts pisHnson 00sa Street, s1 John
y Lindsay. S75 Lex street; Morris ldtvin; 4lo
q AcClellan street; Jeremiah J. murphy IRON
& ana Pine streets. and Joseph McCanerty
5f2 iiplbert street,
Others were James J. Nichol; no NoTtt
Ffftsenth street; Frederick g. Mayors: 2l'
Y South Eleventh street; Thomas $: Nolan
Y ia Cuthbert street: Max Ochs. 2iol Souti
h street selF Foiinspea sl is Marn%en
Esaii M Reigei. sei7 Easfsyick avenue
sssss Sslssy Rsfs4iy. RsTsR ssls %oodiand avenue
Iansea sharkey. e31s Pssehan avenue
B schrries sarno. sac watkins street: Johr
p. strain. e62e South Carlisle street; ssmue
q jack Schoor. 203 Green street; Raymond