The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-16

OF regular army uIcU lcdSA-
ed France May IT, 1918. In this d. |
vision we're Frank Long, Albert kuhl- |
enbeck. Maurice Ambrose and L. E.
Gausepohl from Wayne county. The
first activity by the Fourth was in the
Marne counter-offensive, July Is to 81.
when they were brigaded with the
Sixth French army. in the vicinity OF
Noroy and Hautevesnes; next in the
Velse sector. Here there was almost
continuous heavy fighting, from Aug
ust 2 to August IL. In the st. Mihiel
sector, near Observation-Disclosures
the Fourth division was In the reser-
yes from September to 10. The Ar
gonne-Meuse offensive, September %
to October 10, closed their divisional
work. Seventy-two officers, 1854 men,
forty-four pieces of artillery and thirty
one machine guns were taken by the
division and total advance on the
front Of twenty-four and one-har kilo-
meters was made.
Three In Fifth
Chester Jack, W. R. Mitchell and
Charles Chappell were Wayne county
boys who went to the front In France
with the Fifth division. This divt-
sion was also part Of the regular
army. It's activities began In the An
ould sector June Is, and lasted until
July 16; followed by heavy work In
the St. Die sector. July 16 to August
%. The St. Mihiel operations began
September IL and lasted until the
seventeenth. This was followed oy
the Argonne-Meuse offensive. October
IL to %. and this was almost imme-
diately followed by the second Meuse-
0Fr n.
vember H. The men of this division
captured forty-eight officers, 1857 men
ninety-eight pieces of artillery and
8O2 machine guns The total advance
on the front line was Twenty-Five kllo-
meters.
In the personnel of the 32d Division,
are found Ferdinand Smyser and
Ralph Moore of Wayne county. The
32d was formerly composed OF the
National Guard Of Michigan and Wis
consin. Arriving in France on Febru-
airy 20, this division went up to the
| Aslace front on May 10 and remained
there in heavy action until July 81; on
the Fismes front, July 80 to August 7,
Z, they made an advance from the Ourcq
to the Vesle river. Again, from Au-
gust % to September 2, they were on
the front taking part in the battle of
, Juyigny. The Argonne-Meuse often
sive of September 80 to October 20.
! including operations against Kriem-
hide Stellung, came next. From No
vember s to II the 32d was on the
| Dan-sur-Meuse front east of the Mouse
river. From November II on they
were in the Army of Occupation.
Prisoners are Captured.
l.. n{ryy-
sion were: Forty officers and 2,113
enlisted men. Guns captured included
p pieces of artillery and 100 machine
guns. The total advance made on
! the front lines was SO kilometers.
The regular army men and others
composing the 7th Division arrived IN
France on August II, 1918. Wayne
| county was represented in this d1v1-
| sion by Roy Martin, Westcott Haines
and Noble Ashcraft. Action by the
| 7th began in the Puevenelle sector, In
Lorraine, and continued until Novem-
/ Der II, 1918. One officer and 6S men
were captured. Twenty-eight machine
guns were taken, and total advance
of three-quarters Of kilometer was
made in the short time at the front.
In the I'd Division, a part Of the reg.
ular army, were Otto P. Hiatt, Mural
Mckinney, Everett L. Horner, Albert
Ashcraft, and Oscar Kehlenbrink from
Wayne county. The I'd Division has
been credited with the honor of gain
ing more ground and capturing more
prisoners than any other American
division. 1t was composed of the 9TH
and 23d regular infantry regiments
the 9Th and 9Th regiments of marines
besides the usual batteries Of artillery
machine gun battalion, engineers anc
others, making total of about 2S,OG
men.
Record Of Second.
j The war record of the Second Is
/, Prisoners captured, 228 officers, IL,
1888 men; guns taken, 343 pieces o.
: artillery, 1850 machine guns. ant
about 3S miles go kilometers) ad
vance on the front lines.
, The divisional headquarters of the
32d Division was established in France
: on October 26, 1917. The first activi
= ties in the Verdun and Toul-Troyol
sectors, March Is to May IA, 1918
, The Chauteau-Thierry action begar
almost before this was finished. thu
real action there beginning on May IL
, and continuing until July 9. Some o
J the heaviest fighting of the war wa
fought in the scissors sector. thu
, Marine counter offensive, between Jul.
IS to 20. Beginning on August ant
continuing until August "a, they wer'
: in the Marbache sector. They operat
ed in the St. Mihiel sector from Sep
tehber 9 to 16. Action in the Blan
Mont sector and advance in the Cham
payne region took place in the perio'
between September 80 and October
3 The final action in the Argonne-Meus
offensive was october 80 to Novembe
II.
5 The National Guard Of North an
l South Carolina and Tennessee, with
> good number Of drafted and enliste
: men forming as a whole the Both D.
vision, landed on French soil May q
1918, and began actual fighting at tn
= front in the Canal sector, south @
Ypres, on July 16. At this time tn
: both Division of the American Expo
dictionary Forces was brigaded wit
the British. They fought in the Cana
= sector under the British until Angus
II: and then under their own CON
- mand until September 4. The Gouy
= Nauroy sector activities came mex
. cantemher % tn October 2; follOwe