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way to Rolampont was the "Valley
Forge" part,
They made most of the hike on
sheer grit. Great drifts piled up
under the sweeping winds, and in
some places the snow lay fiat three
or four feet deep. The men were
not hardened to long hikes even
under fair conditions; they had not
emit, ely Strengthened out the kinks
of the cramping ocean trip.
Their shoes wore out-men were
marching barefooted through the
snow sometimes; sthey wrapped
bags around their feet and kept on.
There were bloody tracks along the
route of the column. At night they
pulled up in some little village and
Sophisticated heaps of half
frozen men budding together in
barns and haylofts to keep warm.
Some of them soaked their feet in
buckets of icy water to draw out
the frost.
There was not much automobile
transportation in those first days
either; only the division commander
and the brigade commanders had
cars. The colonies of the regiments
rode mules, but often they dis
mounted and gave an exhausted
man ride while they walked.
Hundreds Taken Ill.
The thermometer went below
zero. Cases of mumps and pneu-
monia developed, and the supply of
ambulances was too small to carry
the men to hospitals as rapidly as
they became i'll. In one regiment
500 men were unable to keep on.
But pride in the name and honor
of THE Rainbow" had already de-
veloped and somehow by what
straining of nerve forces only the
men themselves know, the division
came through. The hardships every
man endured during that period
drew them together as nothing else
had done; and though in the string
of battles that came later they faced
terrific fire and fought ahead for
days and nights without food or
sleep, not man who made it will |
ever forget the valley Forge Hike"
1t was just before New Years
day, 1918, when they reached the
Rolampont area. There the Rain
bow settled down to have its equip
ment completed, get the finishing
touches to its training, and await
orders to go into the trenches.
Ordered to Front. 1
General Mann was succeeded here
as division commander by Maj. Gen.
Charles I. Mencher. As the di-
vision thawed out and got clothes
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by way of Liverpool and Brest; had
seen how strictly the British were
regulating food supplies and had
been uproariously welcomed in Eng
land.
Christmas was drawing near. The
Rainbow had now been almost two
months in France. What would
Christmas day be? What was COM
ing next and how soon?
They got the answer just before
Christmas day, spent the jolly festi-
val in packing up and getting ready
to move, and the day after were on
their way to the Rolampont area,
about 100 kilometers to the rear. on
hike that no Rainbow division
man who made it with his two
feet will ever forget. =
CHAPTER II.
Valley Forge Again"
: Vaucouleurs was not the training
area in which the Rainbow division
belonged; it had been sent there be-
cause the military situation on the
Western Front made necessary
desperate speed in getting the new
ly arrived Americans somewhere
and getting them there at once. The
area intended for the Rainbow's
training period was the Rolampont
area, and that was not at first ready
to receive them. 1t was near the
city of Langres and was known as
the Seventh Training Area. To
Rolampont, then about 100 kilo-
meters from Vaucouleurs, the d.
vision started on the day after
Christmas.
Always the men of the Rainbow
will remember that march as "The
Valley Forge Hike"
The supply system of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Force was not
then what it became in the summer
and fall of 1918. when whole corps
could move forward in great at
tacks and scarcely ever lack for
food and clothing except in the
farthest lines of advance. The
Rainbow division started the hike
to Rolampont with scarcely any
shoes except what the men had on
their feet; there was no surplus
supply to speak off. Some of the men
had no overcoats. And they had
barely started before a blizzard
sprang up.
Marched Barefoot.
They count the valley Forge
Hike" as having lasted four days,
though the start from Vaucouleurs
was made IA days before that. They
were four days going from Vau-
couleurs to La Fuche, rested there
about 10 days and then started for
Rolampont. The four days on the
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-04
Complete Story of Famous Rainbow Division First to Let Huns
Know Americans Had Entered Warto Crush German ta1isn

August IA in direct connection with
home" and that was what made
the Rainbow Division announce
ment so important to the people
who read the newspapers that day.
The United States had declared war
on April s, and everybody in Il.
country except few mis- guided peo-
pie and few plain traitors was
heartily for it, so far as money and
moral support were concerned.
But the meaning of war did not
strike home until August IA. That
was the day the birth of the Rain
bow division became news. Its or
ganization actually dated from All
gust 5, but the secret had been kept
for nine days.
By September IS it was husky,
fully clothed youth, waiting at
Camp Albert L Mills on Long
Island, N. Y, for orders to sail.
It had taken almost a full month
to gather it together-sir1p1y to get
the $4,000 men in one place, to say
nothing of clothing them and equip
ping them.
Camp Mills was a great plain ad-
joining the Mineola avia ton field.
1t was covered with squad tents.
The place was center Of news in
terest to Americans everywhere.
Drills went on every day. All the
men were volunteers. A few had put
on uniforms for the first time in
their lives just a few days before
they reached camp. They were the
pick of the national guard organi
cation of the country, but the griz-
zled drill sergeants. were no re-
specters- of persons. So the broad
drill field was a small world unto
itslf-a drilling, sweating. cursing
little world. preparing to fight.
Sunday Visiting Day.
But the Sundays and the holidays
were the old traditional war days of
gayety and merry-niaking and sweet
SUGGESTIONS of leave-taking. Then
the camp streets were thronged with
friends and relatives of the men in
the Rainbow division. In automo-
biles they came from states fairly
close at hand and in special trains
they poured in from distant cities.
The old cavalry troop that the home
folks knew had become a military
police outfit, and the old coast ar
tillery company was now trench
mortar battery known by some un-
familiar number, but somehow the
home folks got to the right tents.
Being unused to great armies they
didn't all know what division"
was, and they thought it was called
"The Rainbow because there were
so many different colored hat cords
on the campaign hats. Much as the
giving of their owns sons meant to
them, the real significance of Rain.
bow Division" when they finally
learned it, made it mean more,
somehow; the thought of a great
bow of hope bending over the ma
ton from coast to coast. 1t was a
well-chosen name, that Rainbow"
The secretary of war and later
the vice-president of the United
States reviewed the division before
thousands of spectators. At nights
officers and men were guests at big
houses on Long Island. There were
dances and garden parties. And all
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and shoes and fighting equipment,
its confidence grew. The future
was shaping up now, growing plain
er; there was fighting ahead, that
was certain, but they wanted to
fight. They were eager to get up.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-04
Raymond Tompkns Tells of Organization of Famous
Fighting Unit at Camp Mills, Its Trip to Europe,
Participation in Battles, and the Part the Division
Played in the Work of the Army of Occupation.
ByRAYMOND s. TOMPKINS
Copyrights by Raymond Tompkns All Rights Reserved

Much has been written Of the Rainbow division-that
hurredy mobzed unit Of the nations citizen sodiery which
was got together the first few months after the United
entry into the warbut all that has been written has
been skechy lacking in sequence and inadequate to the
glorious achievements Of that organization.
complete history Of the division from its organization
Camp Mills to assignment to the of occupation as
of The Watch the Rhine has been written by Ray
mond S. Tompkns, who while detailed with the American
Expedtonary Forces had exceptional opportunities Of
watching and learning just what the Rainbow were
called upon to do.
This history while describing broadly the work Of the
dvon also gives personal glimpses that absorbngy
interesting This the first nstament of this history which
will be continued each Sunday until finished.
f CHAPTER l.
On what day or with what evolutionary process the
United States actually to realize that at may
some time become matter of much argument.
Nobody, perhaps will say that the realization came i'm
medatey upon of diplomatic relations with
Germany Some people may declare that with the
the end Of the first Liberty loan campaign Some
hold that with the publication of the first casualty
list.
Rainbow Announced August Il. 1917.
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"Rainbow' Announced August Ia, 1917.

But if the people in 26 states of
the unioniand of the District of Co.
lumbia will bark back to the month
Of August, 1917, either by getting
out the old newspapers of that
month and hunting through them,
or merely by testing their own recol-
lections, they will come fairly close
to settling that getting down to
brass tacks (by which depression
men distinguish the actual doing of
a thing from the promise to them
selves or their friends that they are
going to do it), the United States
actually got into the great war on
August IA, 1917.
1t was a story in the afternoon
newspapers of that day that did it;
a story saying that division OF
American troops was to be formed
from National Guard organizations
in 26 states and the District of Co.
lumbia. 1t was to be organized at
once for immediate service over
seas. 1t was to be called "The Rain
bow division
All Sections Called On.
The names of the Is states were
printed. They were scattered states,
rot grouped together in any one
section of the country. They took
in every section except possibly the
section known as New England. To
serve in this combat division men
were coming from as far west as
California and Oregon and as far
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there on the line. They looked
around them at this new bit of
rural. France with its poor dwell
ings, its toy engines and railroad
coaches and its general air of pow
Continued ON Page Six, Column Three)
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east as New York and Maryland.
The Washington correspondents
who had grabbed the story from the
War department and flashed it red
hot all over the nation. had many
glorious words to say about the fac,
that Americas sons from the north
and the south, the east and the west
were at last going to fight side by
side to make the world safe for de-
mocracy.
So, Of course, it thrilled the ma
ton. The National Guard soldiers
we're the home soldiers" Some
body in every little town belonged
to the state organization. The girls
all went to their dances and they
always marched in the Decoration
day and Fourth of July parades, and
the armories were the scenes OF
every community's biggest affairs"
One American division had al
ready gone to France, but that was
a division of regulars" The news
of their arrival and of General
Pershing's arrival, hazy, carefully
censored news that it was, also had
been thrilling, but the average
American always thought of "regu-
lars" as people apart-adventurous,
wandering souls, who lived in some
sort of post" out in the Indian
country. They never thought of
regulars" in connection with
home"
But they thought of this news Of
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26
NOTICE

The foregoing ordinance was APP
proved on the 10th day of September,
1919; the bonds authorized thereby viii
be issued and delivered after the 1fth
day of October 1919, and any suit, ac-
ton or proceeding to set aside or vacate
this ordinance must be begun WITHIN
twenty days after the publication OF
this statement.
Such bonds will not be issued if pro-
test against the same is filed under Sec
ton 9. Chapter 252, Pamphlet Laws,
1916, as amended, unless a proposition
for the issuance thereof shall be adopt
ed at an election under said section.
w. a. HUNT,
Borough Clerk.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26

AN ORDINANCE providing for an is
sue of bonds to the amount of
S60,OOO.0O for the urp of rails
ing money for the erection of n
Borough Hall for the combined
purpose OF n Borough Hall and
Fire Engine House and the re-
funding of temporary indebted
ness incurred for the purchase or
condemnation of land.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26

HSSSScS:?
The Whole Secret OF
A Better Tire
tr.r-ry a Matter of the Makers Policies
\ Better Tire

To ascertain what each maker
offers one must analyze and test
some 200 tires-as our laboratories
have done.
Then it is a matter of combining
the best features and building &C
cording to the highest standards.
Once you try a Brunswick you
will understand how we have built
model tires, regardless OF factory
expense.
Yet Brunswick Tires cost you the
same as other 1ike-type tires. Our
saving is on selling cost, through
our nationwide organization.
We realize that you sxpect more
from Brunswicks, and we assure
you that you get il. ONE Bruns-
wick will tell you the story.
And then you'll want ALL
Brunswicks. No other tire, you'll
agree, gives so much for your
money.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26
ORDINANCE No. "a

AN ORDINANCE providing for IN is
sue of bonds to the amount of
S6O,OOO.OO for the purpose of rails
ing money for the erection of n
Borough Hall for the combined
purpose of "a Borough Hall and
Fire Engine House and the re-
funding of temporary indebted
ness Incurred for the purchase or
condemnation of land.
Be it ordained by the Council of the
Borough of Penns Grove:
1. That bonds to the amount of
$50. 600. 90 shall be issued by the Council
of the Borough of Penns Grove to pro-
vide funds for the erection upon land
owned by the Borough of Penns Grove
at the Southeasterly corner of West
Main Street and State Street of a suit
able building for the combined use of a
Borough Hall and Fire Engine House
and eXpense incidental thereto and
also the refunding of Sc, 100000 of notes
of the Borough of Penns Grove, issued
as temporary indebtedness for the pur-
pose of purchase by condemnation pro-
ceedings,l of said land; which said
amount of money is hereby deemed nee
essary to be raised therefor.
2. Said bonds shall be duly executed
under the corporate seal of the Coun-
ell of the Borough of Penns Grove and
shall be signed by the Mayor and at
tested by the Clerk. They shall bear
annum and shall be dated the fifteenth
day of October, 1919. Said bonds shall
be payable in such medium and at such
place and shall be in such form and be
either registered or coupon bonds, and
if coupon bonds, may be registered as
to principal only. or as to both princi-
pal and interest. as the Borough Coun-
ell by resolution may provide. The
proceeds of said bonds are to be paid
ia the Borough Collector of the Bor-
ough of Penns Grove for the purposes
in this ordinance provided.
3 1t is hereby determined n de-
clared that
(a) Tie p-obf HE period of the use
fitness f thg ir brover ent or proper
" for which sale bonds are hereby au-
thoriZea. is deemed to be thirty years.
Oh The avert &c assessed valuation
of the taxable real property Cncluding
imprOVCl. entS of the Borough OF EennS
Grove computed upon the next pre-
ceding three "a uatious thereof is
s 2.6O6.Sa
(c) Tie net debt Of the Borough of
Penns Grove : So .00G.01.
(d1 yEe : 4teIlcnt required by Sec
ton y OF tie Laws Of 1915. Chapter
352. as amended. has been made and
nled as therein required.
Said bonds shall be issued in the
sum Of one thousand (S1. 100000 dollars
each and shall become due in annual
instaIIments of two thousand (S2. 000. 00)
dollars each on the 18th Gay of October
of each wear. the first installment be-
coming due on October Is. 1920: eX-
cent that on October Is. 1913, there
shall become due three thousand
CS3 0On. OO) dollars instead of two thous-
and (S2. 100000 dollars, and on October
IS, 1919, there shall become due three
thousanu enSi'o 20 o01o 603 d0I1ars said
b"nds ebaH hear interest at the rate of
~ csn nj ner annlm, payable semi-an-
. po9uu Nv on he tfteenth dav of April and
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26
Ordinance No. IS
AN ORDINANCE to provide for the
erection of a Borough Hall for
the combined rpO of a BOr-
ough Hall and Fire Department..

Be it ordained by the Council of the
Borough of Penns Grove:
/. That a building shall be erected
for the combined purposes of a Borough
Hall and of the Fire Department.; said
building to be erected at the South
easterly corner of West Main and state
Streets; the cost of which erection, in
GLIDING expenses incidental thereto
and the cost of ~refunding the tempor-
ary Indebtedness issued for the pur-
pose of condemnation proceedings OF
the land. is not to exceed $60,00O.OO, to
be raised by issue of bonds.
3. The Council of the Borough of
Penns Grove is authorized to enter IN
tect for the purpose of securing IRON
him plans and specifications Tor sald
building and also contracts, instruc-
lions and superintendent for the proper
construction thereof, the compensation
of said architect to be fixed in said con-
tract at six per cent. of the total con-
tract price. =
penns Grove is hereby authorized TO
enter into the necessary contract o.
contracts, after bids have been received
according to law, with the lowest re-
sponsible bidder or bidders for the
erection of said building provided IN
section one of this ordinance.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to
apDoint from mong the members OF
the Council of the Borough of Penns
Grove a building committee OF three
nersons who shall have entire super
~intendence and charge of the erection
of said building.
BY order of
a. S. SMITH,
MaVOT-
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26
Read What U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Saws About What Two Rats Can Do

According to Government figures,
two rats breeding continually for
three years produce 359, 1904 indi-
vidual rats. Act when you see the
first rat; don't wait. RAT-SNAP is
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26

the surest, cleanest, most convenient
exterminator. No mixing with other
foods. Dries up after killing-leaves
no smell. Cats or dogs won't touch it.
Sold and guaranteed by Tuohy &
Lounsbury.-Adv. 9-5-4t
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26

IT, ycu VI rec.zo-once you
try a Brunswicl1-that a ~super-tlre
is possible only when the name
certifes that the maker is follow
ing the highest standards.
For tire making is chiefly a mat
ter Of standards and policies-cost
plus care. Any maker can build a
good tire if he cares to pay per-
fection's price.
All men know Brunswick stand
ards, for Brunswick products have
been famous for "a years.
, Formulas, fabrics and standards
vary vastly in cost. Reinforce
ments, plies and thickness are a
matter of expense. And these vari-
. atoms affect endurance. It rests
with the maker how far he wishes
to go-how much he can afford
to give.
For there are NO secrets MOI pat
ents to hold one back.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26

If YOU would not be forgotten, as
soon asyou ave dead and rotten either
write things worth reading OF 40
things worth the writing.-benJamin
Franklin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26
Charter Members Fee
$3.50

statistics show that the average man
and woman in the United States can eX-
pect to be sick in bed more than a week
out of every year on he average.
Three million persons are i'll on any
dav. The annual wage loss from illness
is more than $500, 900, 900.
Beavers help each other and protect
each other. Better be safe thar sorry.
MANY a big man obtained his training
in the Lodge Room.
A Beaver Lodge is calling you now
QUALIFICATIONS
Any white male person 16 to 60 years
of age, of good moral character, sound
physically and mentally.
BEAVERS
Pay While You Live
Pay When You Die
Dues s1.00 per month. Sick and Ac-
cident Benefits $1,000 per week. Quar-
ter Benefit in 2 months. Half Benefit
in 4 months. Full Benefit in 6 months.
Not more than IS weeks benefits pay
able in any consecutive II months.
Funeral Benefits 100000 in so days,
increasing to 100000 for
members up to 81 years of age, and
t~hree-ffths of this scale for members
over 81 years of age. $4,000 to mem
Der in event of death of wife Cor
husband.)
Your application should be given or
sent to the Organizer, F. NJ. Reilly, ia
Tyrone Ave, P. O. Box 405. Send me a
postal and | will call and give you any
information desired.
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26

Borough Clerk.
eubnsfted September 20. 1919.
Passed1September 18th, 1918: ~.
Published Sept. &c n oct. 3, 1919 =
The Penn's Grove record., 1919-09-26

WALTER y. HUNT,
Borough Clerk.
Submitted September I'd. 1919.
Passed September 18th, 1918;
Published Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, 1919.
Middletown transcript., 1919-05-03
PRAISE FOR WOMEN

''Our hats are off to the women:
we recognize them as our superiors.
This confession was made by Colo
mel L. ]. Magill, chief Of the Depart
ment Of Features of the Philadelphia
Victory Liberty Loan Organization, IL
conversation with some women work
ers.
Colonel Magill, who in directing the
activities Of a regiment of Marines
has never relaxed from q stern mill
tary bearing, was all modesty and
humility in facing these women who
have proven themselves real soldiers
in the Loan brigade.
Il must admit" he said, that ig-
nored the women in my first calcula-
tions for this Victory Loan program.
/ had been used to thinking that only
men could perform any accomplish
Ments worth while. But In the brlef
time that l have been on this work,
I have been confronted with such
striking evidence Of female Igenuity
and aggressiveness that have expert
anced q right-about-face. From now
on, the women are our bosses. They
are closer to the people from whom
the smaller Loan subscriptions are TO
be expected than are the men. They
are impelled by a more earnest deter
mination. They are full of ideas, and
are always willing to give the time to
bring their ideas to cOnsummation.
They are the backbone Of the entire
organization, and will receive credit
for the major part Of the results Sc
cured"
Middletown transcript., 1919-05-03
MORE TICK-FREE COUNTIES
Federal Quarantine Against Cattle
Fever Ticks Lifted in Ten
Southern States.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
At least 100 counties and probably
a number of parts Of counties have
Just been released from federal quaF'
antine against the cattl1 fever tick,
according to officials Of the bureau OF
animal industry, who have received re-
ports from ten Southern states in
Middletown transcript., 1919-05-03

Mix the lime. salt, and sulphur thor
oughly and then mix with the char
coal and ashes. Dissolve the copper
as in one quart Of hot water and
sprinkle the solution over the whole
mass, mixing it thoroughly. Keep some
of this mixture in a box before the
hogs at all times, or place in self
feeder.
Middletown transcript., 1919-05-03

The "V' buttons are the most strik-
ing of all that have been devised in
the FIVE campaigns. They are Of dark
blue with q white "V'' in the center.
About the letter are the words L.b>
erty. Loan"
Middletown transcript., 1919-05-03
''V0'.. BUTTONS ANO
FLAGS ARE READY
Most Striking Em6|ems Of All
Loans to Be Used in
La;t Campaign.

Buttons for subscribers to the Vic
tory Liberty Loan and pennants for
their homes and places of business are
ready for distribution throughout this
district. When the three-weeks' cam
paign begins, April q, every locality
will be supplied; every buyer who
shares this last popular loan of the
war will be able to wear his badge
Of honor.