Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-08-21
rwO BOYS Of IND
DIVISION RETURN


ware In the famous 2nd division. re-
,nrned safely to their homes. ,h,y
,sipe $ d stanton. son OF Marshail
Stanton. famliiarly kown as sid. %"
and Leon4rd Maxwell. brorhrt OF
Mrs b Daggett Two more of
the same division. John Vipham aud
rogsden Ellis are expected home ia
d few days
YOUNG stanton WAS twenty-five
months iu th. service. ana twenty
months across the water lie Was
first in The ilst division and was
transferred ,o the md early las,
Nav lie N4s l3s days ia the front
fines without tny rest was never
wounded. hu nAs ia a hospital three
days from being gasscd Both ho
and Young Maxwell had experiences
which Ne who remained at home can
never have amy conception OF They
saw their pals ml an around them.
MANY OF them with whom they had
been assocuils Tor months stanton
wears q badge N.tA i've stars. which
represent at oncnsives. no credit
being given ur icfeusives The real
worth of this division is SO clearly
described ia the following clipping
from the Nrn York American. that
We print l' n full
The rfht is more precious
than p,4,e and We shall night
Tor the things which We have al
say. carried nearest our
hearts
More ilAa tno years have passed
since ,lr pres dent uttered this
pledge ieo years which have burn
ed their brand o,orlastugly into thr
lives o. thc heroes OF chateau Thicr
~, who swung their proud columns
up F.th Afeaue Yesterday but 10.
tne. her.e .enlacance famed into
.l'e and came surglng back 10 beg,
itself into tle minds OF the multi
ilies aho checr-d inr march 90 the
Second Division
Lord ,o.ce broke through ihc
siridea' music Lord but how they
could isht f % came 10 defending
their can nraidos'"
General l-icune leads
As Maior.G John II Lolcune
T. s N G. commanding the division
oi marines ad regulars. led the m,n
who had left more of their comradcs
beneath ihe g,riari fields of France
than ,ny ofacr division
The ninth and Twcty-thi,d rogu
lara and the Fifih and sixth m,riucs
making up the division. along pith I
their officers d.d not belong eNclu
sively 20 New York as had those
Others They belonged aa much TO
every village and countrywide of the
United sta'e1 But thorc WAS not q f
man or women or child looking on
Vao did not know wh-t the SECOND
had done
They know that Il had fought moro
battles lost more men. taken more
pfi3onca and won more decorations .
Than 'ny other division OF Tho eN.
pedliionar forces
Cheers came came in abundance.
ahd from the heart But they werc
'neers OF appreciation and PRISE for I
great work ionc. not the cheers thar
a'ngle from the ends OF heart
strings flung TO loved ones Yes
nose thousands watching know
Ihe men who had Jumped upon
every ovaileble transport to rot
themselves from Montdldier into tho .
open gay of the rocd to Paris
me men who attacked and rctook
Tue town and railroad at Boureschcr
'au held them against the Prussian's
picked guards
Heroes Of Bcllcau Wood
-, Inc men who proved at Bellcou /
"Ooa the kind Of stun Of which good /
'merleans are made
'ne men who just the day before .
.,.' ,uey were relieved. July J. took vnux |
Wv, ''a spectacular splendor. and later
% .VOS Beau Repalre farm and Very. /
TN 1~ ended up with a strong front at
'snS and 1000 prisoners
- .ne men who. at the last took up /
", ~. vigil across the Rhine.
freddie Freddie Freddies, why /
wa -" you look at me? why won't |
.s, .ss "aVe'' a Young woman shouted.
s',, sIu her blue tam-o-shanter almost |
'e'' to the street
y,, freddie accommodated with a
au' out admonlshed his friend to
via ~uSl and by so doing turned to
ha., Wv 'ne Kind Of face anybody would |
nos a on and, by the way. the kind
n, ''e'Sed !, by each OF the 5000 men
VI The division.
M, ,"ar-Dented Helmets Worn
q, ,ae .a faces, for the most part. we're
,s. '"e purely American Angle-saxon
Vpe The men i,s,od L. ,ho,r |