Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-12
WAR TOOK $4,000 TOLL
IN KEYSTONE DIVISION

spirit that won for us to-day the
appreciation of the army comman-
uer. 1t is believed thit this divl.
SION, before its return home. Will
nave the honor of being reviewed by
General Pershing. When this event
taxes place. which it is hoped will
pe soon, the division commander
expects the Twenty-eighth (key-
stone Division) to carry out the
closing injunction of the army COM
mander and to win also the COM
mendation of the commander-ln-
| chief"
1t is rumored to-day that General
Pershing will review the entire d.
vision in the same area, at Barney
au Plain, twelve miles south OF Toul'
reXt week or the one following.
Fifty-sixth Brigade First
The great review, beginning short
| ly after 10 o'clock, lasted until the
early afternoon. Soldiers tramped
through the cold of near-to-zero
weather early in the morning ana
were up at 4.30 o'clock in many
| cases. so that the commands eoulo
| be at the designated area in time.
The One Hundred and Tenth band
| furnished the field music for the oc-
caston, and under such weather con-
| ditions had a difficult time in pre-
venting their instruments from
freezing.
1t was 11.so O'Clock when the
Fifty sixth Brigade, the senior in
fantry brigade of the division, TOOK
the field, with the One Hundred and
Twelfth Infantry first in line, fol-
| lowed by the One Hundred and
Eleventh. Then came the Fifty-hfth
, Brigade, with the veterans or the
One Hundred and Ninth ana one
| Hundred and Tenth Infantry organ
iZations. The great column passed in
review in line of masses. There were
no cheering throngs, no great ran
fare of trumpets-just steady
marching of veterans from up the
line" crunching their way over the
beaten snow paths of the plain. fin
gers frostbitten as they gripped the
rifles, lines straight as a rule, and
"eyes right clicking as the review
ing officers were passed.
Men From Every State
While every man in the Twenty
eighth Division wore his red Key
stone, the insignia of the Fighting
Red" Division. it was a far different
group of men than those or train
ing-camp days who swept over the
sands at Camp Hancock in Decem-
Der, January and April a year ago.
Nearly 1000 of those boys lie some
where in France" sleeping the last
long sleep, and II 900 others are on
the list of wounded, the majority
of them now back in the States.
So the Keystone array to-day was
more like the Rainbow DIVISION
with veterans from Pennsylvania,
New York, the New England States.
Mississippi and Louisiana, the
Southwest and even California,
Washington and Oregon. Husky fell
lows from Wisconsin and Michigan
were in line, too-it seemed more
like the army of America than the
Pennsylvania division.
Withal, they are the sturdy speci-
mems of the American soldier, tried
under shell fire and proven all steel.
These were the fighters whom Gen.
eral Pershing is said to have called
iron men," Despite the intensely
cold weather, drifted roads and un-
certain footing on the slippery field,
the boys gave no evidence of these
conditions as they followed regi-
mental and national colors across
the great plain.
Speculation on Going Home
Tonight there is some speculation
as TO the significance of the going
home" remarks in both General
Bullard s cOnSraIuiatOrN nOle anu
that of Major General Hay. Per-
haps. it is thought, the discouraging
rumors of the last two weeks, pur-
porting to forecast a long stay over
here, extending throughout the
spring and summer months, may not
be borne out after all. and that the
Keystone Division will go home in
its turn-not first, nor last-but
among the great fighting units who
will return to American shores to
receive the welcome of the folks
back there"
These have been waiting days in
the district south of Toul. and the
timely words of Lieutenant General
Bullard, coupled with the added ap-
probation by Major General Hay,
will go far to keep the doughboys'
spirits at high tide. Great interest
will attach the significance of the
review by General Pershing.