The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-13
|IIR OWN KE0kuk
MEN ARE PRAISED.
y congressman Towner Gives
,d.a Of Record and Stand
ing Of one Famous
Regiment.
L.n BE PROUD OF THEM

Army officers Give mem s"e
Highest Praise for
Bravery.
-, ,n;t containing the largest
lhs ~ Keokuk soldiers is the
.sls infantry. a regiment which IS
s'ln .ha most famous Of the Amer1-
~ ~ Al army in the world war. o,a,.,
Congressman Towner, OF tue sn, -,
AVA I'D district delivered a speech N
y house the other day In wnlcn ne
y 'ss MN nraised the 16Sth regiment
e. the Rainbow division to winch
I Usdore Towner's address was, in
~ s1N history of the Rainbow dly1-
~ ~ with a special account OF the
sms troops as one part Of that his
W. He was not only given close
.tention by the house, put was re-
k.atedly applauded.
Taking up the Rainbow DIVISION
~ its formation, Judge Towner
raoted In eloquent fashion the
We 81 its magnificent deeds. He
"a Of lis wonderful fighting record
The Champagne, in the Chateau
h,srrv salient at st. Mihiel, In the
ssperate struggles of the Argonne
nd elsewhere. He told how, at the
81 lust a few days before the
rmistice was signed the Rainbow
ivsion and the First division made
H. snal whirlwind dash into Sedan"
Entitled to Be Proud.
Summing up his tribute to.the divi-
ion. Judge Towner said:
ave in America have a just right
! be- proud Of our part in this great
tmrgle and this great victory.
While neither in point of time OF
ervice nor in numbers was our con-
ribution so great as that of other
nations. ours was the final reinforce
nent which flung in the decisive
CAMPAIGNS brought final success. If
bur boys came late, they came IN
lime. If their numbers were not SO
reat they brought to the war
rearied veterans who held the line
hat yigor, that intrepid spirit. that
hdomitable energy which demanded
dctory and would not be denied,
uhich put new life into the long line
som the channel to the Alps. which
etired it to hcw enthusiasm and
bew hope which changed four years
bf defensive to four months Of often
live warfare and thus brought VIC
tory swift anil sure.
The Famous Regiment.
I'm the proud and high achieve
hent the Forty-second, the Rainbow
division, bore a conspicuous part,
Ind for it's service and its sacrifice
merits and will receive both the
praise and honor of the world and
he gratitude and love of the nation
Under whose flag it served SO well
THE service of the 168th with the
orty-second division has been given
with the account of the service OF
The Rainbow division, of which they
we're part. Particular reference tc
his regiment is justified because OF
is long and exceptional service
Wherever the fighting was hardest
and the responsibility greatest, there
he 16Sth was sent. In whatever duty
assigned, no matter what dangers
we're incident or what losses were
Inevitable, the regiment braved the
hangers and suffered the losses with
put complaint and without protest.
Praised by Everybody.
Throughout their service they
endured privations and faced the
nazards Of battle with indomitable
lortitude and invincible neroism.
Colonel Bennett, who commanded
aem for long period of their serv
zee, said of them: only wish tina
mad the power to express ths
Caaracter Of the work performed b,
Enese men, 1t Is wonderful and de
serving Of the highest praise
eoionel Brown of the general stat
aid: They are wonderful fightins
outfit
Captain Leon Bentz of the French
saa said; 1t is the best regiment
ever saw. The men are too brave
90 coura geous.'
General Douglas Macarthur, chic
stan said: You can tell the people
= iowa that this regiment ranks 10(
sravest of the Brave.
iae war correspondents repeatedl,
usied 1t out for special praise. A.
sae Oh them reported: "The 1SSth ha.
a'nea the name of the most famou.
nerlcan regiment. The French
N pssef whenever it passes. The Eng
sl nave marked 1t for specia
s; iS,se. The Australians, the Cana
~ and other colonials. considered
~ pest fighters among the allie,
rothers., ' LOOM as enei
u member of congress describin,
oatte fronts said that the name,
TWO American regiments were o.
's tongue; that of the 16sth Iowa
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