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decorations in the regiment are 1t.
Col. M. Stanley, 1t. Col. Guy S.
Brewer. Maj. Lloyd S. Ross, Maj.
Charles J. Casey, Maj. Glenn G..
Haynes, Maj. George R. Howett and
Maj. Henry E. Butts.
Because of the fact that the rec
ords of the regiment were locked up
in the hold of the big transport, no
authentic figures on the regiment
could be given out. The band of 20
pieces was in charge of Bandmaster
L. F. Morgan of Waterloo, Ia, and
it played the big ship into its dock
in Hoboken, N. J., carrying l2,050
passengers.
Reed in Command.
Practically all of the troops on
the Levathian were members of the
Forty-second (Rainbow) division.
composed of National Guardsinen
from % states. They were under
the command of Maj. Gen. George
w. Reed of Des Moines, Ia. Cen
eral Reed said he took command of
the division only to bring them
home"
Summarizing from a carefully
prepared statement of the achieve
ments of the organization, 1t. Col.
Ruby D. Garrett, division adjutant.
pointed out that from November l,
1917, the date of its arrival at St.
Nazaire from the United States,
until December Is, 1918, when, as
part of the American army of oc-
cupation it took a position in
Ahrweiler, Germany, the division
had been identified at IS stations
throughout France and Belgium up
to the fartherest point of the al
lied advance.
Division Cited Is Times.
The division was cited 10 times
by the French army and six times
by the American commanders under
whom it served. 1t participated in
every major operation of the Amer
lean army and received letters of
commentator in each case.
Members of the division have re-
ceived two medals of honor, ESQ
distinguished service crosses, two
distinguished service medals, us
croix de guerre, 10 legions of honor.
five medail1es militaires and 10 Bel
gian decorations.
In killed, wounded and missing,
the division lost 439 officers and
13,485 men, its greatest list fol-
lowing the Aisne- Marine offensive,
July "a to August E, last year,
which cost 1874 officers and 5,46o
men.
In this offensive the Forty-sec-
ord division relieved the Twenty
sixth American division, one bri-
gade of the Twenty-eighth division
and four French divisions. 1t dis
itself by cutting its way
though one Prussian guard divi-
sion and three other first class Ger
man and Bavarian divisions, going
forward l8 kilometers.
Iowa Committee on Hand.
Governor Cox of Ohio, Mayor
Charles Jewett of Indianapolis,
members of the legislature of both
states and city officials and wei
coming committees from Chicago.
Detroit, Des Mones and several
other cities were among the hun
dreds of persons who went down
the bay on excursion boats or as
sembled at the army piers to greet
the returning men.
Recognizing the anxiety of the
troops to get home, officers in
charge of the coaling of the ship at |
Brest declared that its departure
could be fastened "a hours with
some volunteer help on the part of |
the returning troops. More than
one-half of the men on board volun-
teered.
The health Of the troops on board |
was excellent, only Is men, with the |
exception of returning wounded and |
convalescents, being confined to the |
ships hospital. A Victory loan CAM
paign on board resulted in subscrip-
tons of more than $55,00O.
Iowa Losses Heavy.
Three officers in the 168th regi-
nent returned with three decora-
lions each. the American distin-
yuished service cross, the French le-
yion of honor and the French war
cross. They we're Lieut.. Col Guy
5. Brewer of Des Moines; Capt.
John c. Christopher of Red Oak.
Ia, and Lieut.. Joseph E. Breslin.
If Boston. Majors Lloyd D. Ross
md Charles J. Casey, of Red Oak.
zach returned with the distinguished
service cross and French war cross.
Lieut.. Col. Wilbur S. Conkling, of
Oes Moines, returned in command
If the 117th sanitary train of the
This was composed of
ambulance companies from New Jer-
icy, Tennessee, Oklahoma and
Michigan commanded by Maj. Peter
?. Rafferty,, of Trenton. N. J., and ]
ield hospital companies from WASH
ngton, D. c., Nebraska, Oregon and
Colorado, commanded by Maj. John
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