The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-22
FORGOT THE 18TH
san FARRELL Tells of Undecorat-
ed Heroes of Division.
Elghty-First Man Cited for Al
bert Brubaker's Work.
MNSAN COULDN'T HANDSHAKE
fossible Reasons Why Recon-
mendatiOns Didn't stake.
HerOism of McGee, MaeLean
and Scores of Others.
MNSAN COULDN'T HANDSHAKE
By san LARREII


The 35th division, for some unex-
planned reason. was forrottrn bv the
powers at Chaumont that donated dis
inSUished services crosses a11 otF,ar
decorations during the world war. of
course the war has been over for more
tHAh 2 year, but the fact that only a
HeaSer handful OF divisional heroes
OUT OF several hundred. received Just
recognition OF their deeds viii always
$3.50 upon the memory OF the Mis-
souri, and Kansas guarGsmeu
Most OF the chaps who deserved CT
tatlons are too modest to talk The
adage that he that tooteth not his
own horn, the same shall no be
footed, Is fairly true bur here are a
rev hitherto imprinted accounts OF
some OF the Topeka artiIIerynen over
seas
Chauncey AIcGee. of Topeka. better
KNOWN as Babe, was a private when
the Meuse-Argonne offensive began
Later he was promoted to the grade
OF sergeant. A day or two before the
initial barrage of September &c start
ed the both field artillery. in posi-
ton between NeuvilIe and Vaquois
HILL was heavily sheIIed- On the
night OF September "a. a number Of
men were killed and wounded. Among
the latter was Capt Frank T. Priest,
OF Wichita, commanding officer Of
Battery a, of which MCGEE vas
member.
AIcGee's Wild Ride
Captain Priest was severely wound
ed in the neck and it was evident that
he should be rushed to a hospital
quickly in order to save his life. An
ambulance was nearby but the driver
refused to take the car over the badly
shelled road McGee, using language
not generally heard in sunday school
jumped to the chauffeur's seat and
the wounded officer was placed inside
the ambulance. With shells lighting
all along the route, MCGEE drove the
car 10 an evacuation hospital and re-
turned to the gun position before
dawn tNOte to the Rev Hobbs: Nc
Gee smokes cigarets and did so at
that time)-
Harvey keim. a corporal in head
quarters company. is so modest that he
once bIushed profusely when a dainty
French mademoiseue told him that he
was handsome keim is now en-
ployed in his fathers grocery store
on East Eleventh street, Topeka He
probably never mentions the war and
doubtless none Of his Topeka friends
know that he was the most dependa-
bI man in the regiment when there
was dangerous telephone work to do
-0thing Keim liked better than to
r We an order at midnight to string
telephone line to an observation post
Il might be pitch dark and totally
unhealthy outside without gas mask,
bit he never complained and always
tIlf4 MS WOEk WIN eIElClGnCE anu AlS-
pl-ch. Nothing sensational was ever
pulled by keim- He did not have the
opportunity, but more than once he
volunteered for work that was fraught
with danger. Keim did remarkable
work in the Vosges and in the Ar
gOnue.
Recommended But Not Cited.
Robert Don Tweedy. another head
quarters company corporal was
actually recommended for the D. s c.
but has not yet obtained even
leather medal for his conspicuous
work in maintaining communications
for the Third battalion message center
in the Argonne. Tweedy IS a Topeka
product
Capt ". P. AIacLeau, popular bat
terry and battalion commander, who
did not receive his majority because
OF his inability to ~hand-shake" with
4 san Francisco colonel, was at an Ob-
servatiOn post in the VosEes when
telephone connections were destroyed
by hostile fire. Instead of ordering
a uoncom or private to do the work,
Captain Mac" left the com parative
safety of the Q. P. found the break in
the wsre and repaired the sa aH1e under
heavy fire. He received a divisional
citation but no D. s c.
Corp. Albert 7. BrUbaker. of head
quarters company, has "a mean and
hungry look" His appetite does not