Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

~ tempted (they say for
~ grand parade In New York
city on the return (perhaps
butte soon) of two particular divi-
ttons which lost very heavily and had
the luck to execute side by side, a
grand historical exploit on the Brit
ash front--the breaking of the Hin
denburg line.
They are the 27th and the goth,
Composing by themselves and with
out their artillery the American I'd
Corps as of September-O October, 1913,
when, brigaded with the British (the
only American troops ON the British
'front.', they accomplished that eolos-
sal stunt of breaking what the Ger
mans deemed unhreakable
Even this, however (gallantry and
teroism being eyerywhere), does it
Justify the ditilcult arrangements nee
essary to bring back two divisions to-
gether or the honor of a joint parade
In New York city?
The answer Is a beautiful story (pa-
rade or no parade), putting into clear
relief a splendid feature of the A. g. +.
and Of our Union. everywhere, in
France and at home-the blue and
the gray, shoulder TO shoulder, broth
ers in arms.
Why, The 27th Division is at home
in New York city, They are the be-
loved sons of state ana metropolis, the
New York National Guard. intact and
standing together, the only National
Guard division which has kept it's pre-
war commanding general and his en-
tire staff and practically all the essen
tails of unit commands and compost
tion And they say: I'VE won't pa
fade without the 90th." And they
Fay: "WeIl have no honors that the
Both don't share"
. What Is this S0th Division, which
has captured the love of famous New
Workers, polo players of Van Court
land Park, the Dandy 9TH and old
aerbilts and Wadsworths. upstate,
Wall street Broadway. Tammany and
East Side?
What's the soth Division? 1t is
Tennessee and North and South Caro-
lima, those old southern regiments.
some with 100 years of history. They
fought in 1912 under Andrew jackson
In New Orleans; they fought in Mex
leo; they fought with the stars and
bars. in the civil war, and then in
Mexico again, and now in France.
One, the old list Tennessee, was re-
viewed by Lafayette when he went to
Nashville in 1924.
j. The 9th and the 30th.
The Blue and the Gray.
1t is charming and inspiring.
"A STAFF officer OF this I'd Corps a
Drthern man. not connected with
0ther division, thus put 1t to me:
originally, we had ten divisions up
!here with the British. Then our c.
9. said to Haig; I want my di-
s vdsi0ns back 9ws ! need them farther
Aihiel-Argonne show.) Said Haig:
Won't you leave me somethingr And
our g. H Q. left these two divisions
Pr there the 27th and the 3oth--that
Of our artillery had been there. 1t
you'd have been better to have lief.
four; and we tried to CAT two others
pr course, G. II. Q, recognized 1t, and
I'D actually send two others. the 37th
and 9lst Divisions, but they went on
up to Belgium. We did not get them,
put we have them now, the eth, Goth,
s7th and DIST, forming the present
ga Corps, tactical unit. ready to go
pm. or go home. But l would have
given 1000 francs out of my own
pocket to have had them then. be-
cause we went on until we had moth
3ng left
Just like that They smashed
Through the Hindenburg line and
then continued smashing on, until the
edmiring British themselves insisted
On relieving them temporarily. 1t was
not long, as will be seen.
The attack began on September q
in local action in which the io6th
Infantry, made up of old BROOKLYN
National Guard regiments, broke
through the German position at the
Bellicourt canal by frontal assault
This was In the nature of a diversion.
but on September % the entire 4th
British army attacked, preceded by a
barrage, which was probably the
most severe in the history of the
war, being at some points 1000 yards
deep.
The Blue aud the Gray in this grand
.fHair were supported on the left by
the Australian division. The linden
burg line at this point was fortified
In depth to about 5000 yards, with
concrete and steel emplacements. gall
leries and wire. Everybody knows
about the galleries, but the canal tun-
mel was wonder. Where this water
way tunneled the butte dong before
the war French engineering work
Of patience) the boche had filled 1t
with canal boats organized as bar
racks; and a multitude could live
down there in Safety Tboy ,,,l a.,