The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-31
V|0NDE ACHIEVEMENTS IF
Rainbow DIVISION TOLD BY
CORPORAL JONES Of AKRON

GuarGO 16T:h Alabama and lGHth Iowa
supported ~ the lf!lh artillery from In
diana. 1IiSt from M.un"S"ta. ana all
kinds or t'roach artillery. ON tn" SECOND
day ~. had su,r"ri"d IN Gripping their
artillery "n which We had IN" rang"
from In" start. :" that now "" w"r"
throwing ;wr shells - 'hH cn"UyS ono.
Toward The end "" were throwing 1lr'.
TO one.
cur iur tents and trenches had all
hrru blown UP. We all suffered heavily.
but go; a pric" in the end that was iw"
ia one IN our favor. This WAS the last
great German offensive and was IN"
turning ;,ulnt of IN" war inmcdia'"lH
follow cd by IN" Chateau Thirrry victory,
! Tn" 'En!uh"w' took part in all of the
great drives. TIL" night "" left got
I"S' Cr"m my platoon going out under Il
barrnE". \ French officer gathered IN"
un and rod" IN" on 4 hOr$" "f the lIith
ammunition train into C"i"r)y. l have
Il ri"c" ~ nrrplanr that WIS using
urchinr uru from above az: Us. which ihH
French and Italians brought down. IN"
German had followed us II from Cham
Tarnc for - miles. bombing two towns
around US. Jim Reed and ! slept IN
pup tents in the field Us did others. for
safety.
Tho night We went To Chateau Thi"rrE
Lieut.. Nymind took IN" Ia r"Elm"h'hI
I hospital ] have been III the hospital
ever since. FIRST :rnm gas and then from
n"thritis. followed by rh"umatiSIn.
Saw John BROWN. Martin Rooney. Arthur
l.ana,n. from Circlcvjll" in TIT. hospital
Al base e. after Chateau ThicrTy. They
! told me that before they got tn IN"
trenches S"rgt Mcintyre was killed and
! four or. five other boys wounded. When
W. reached tn" tr"m"h"S AZ champaign"
W., found thorn filled with German dead.
: cassrd ar blown 10 pieces AT Chateau
| Thnrry during counter attack. Lieut.
! TIy1nund tried Ia rcsru" Ahn"r HankinS.
, OF WilliamSp0rt. who WIS W"und"d'
when tho Lieut. was shot through IN"
! heart ny machine gun and killed. SorEi.
, stevens from Cleveland was shot
| through tn" throat and killed. Henry
i Mahoncv of WilI.amsrort. was shot
, thrnu ch tho leg John Brown Of Circle
I vlll". was shot through tn" head. Shoul-
I der and foot hut recovered sufficiently
! To rot hack tn III" front.
| Charles Rooney Martins brother. was
! fatallv wounded and CORPORAL PARROT.
! from SpcnccrviIl" WAS killed.
t. Oar division drov" the Germans back
| ton miles ut Chateau Thi"rry and c"n-
! iiru"d to keep Thorn going whom relieved
by tn" T7tn. which kept thorn going right
oyer tfhr oslo flN'T ana ttl''N ''N''i
stopped Tho t2nA again DISTINGUISHED
itself in in tho s.. Mihicl drive and At
VCrdun 90. y Capt. Baker was nj Sc
dan ni Tho time The arrliStl"" WAS signed.
As far as | know Capt. Stevenson. from
CirclcvilIc. n Wonderful military man. IS
tho only living officer with which our
! cornpony started. Second Lieut.. lack
ITaurrrd, of our company. WAS killed
about tho same inc Hymand was. Some
said Lieut. Rocco was alive. others that
he WIS not Lieut.. EadCliff" took COM
mand nr tho machine CunS--r' rnrtcd
ali..n tn. last heard. Lieut.. steel" took
CON lnand Of company g.. Of Greenfield.
Ohio. and WIS alive IN" last | h"arl |
vas told Lieut. Errnar1 was k!ll"d. Cart.
Lindsay has been promoted 10 n MAJOR
FOR c-nnd work Most Of tho Ohio wound
cd warr at base 67 in France, including
Art l-anan. Martin Rooney. Amos wilson,
Fred Nicllrrt. "f Minnesota and many
others. all getting along we'll. | am taSt
Improving. especially sine" I arrived IN
the states" Corporal Jones graphically
described tho French training. SaNinC II
was like. n theatrical rehearsal. II" Said
tho wounded lying on tho field had great
d .frirultv avoiding f-'!rR nun over NY
tanks: that at st. Mihicl tn" Germans
rctrca,rd So fast that III" Americans
caught M with their artill"ry. and that
thav mad To dig tn" machine gunner"
out or fields like potatoes" and hunt
them and tho Snip-rS from tho trees llkH
SQUIRRELS. and dig them out Of every
wrecked building and point nf sheltered
or Srcrrtcd vantage.