The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-07

except the walls Of the pier enclosure.
Eventually they did get q sEht OF some
OF the soldiers, those who were marched
to siding within the gates and sent on
trains to Camp Merritt, but close COM
nunion wac forbidden. Thia had TO be
uroer the army regulations. and ofieers
went among the crowd explaining that
| In a few dAys there will be ample oppor-
tunity for reunions.
Returning from their trip down the
bay Mrs. Organ. her mother. three
sons and daughter were admitted TO the
pier. They reached the General very
soon. for after meeting reporters and
photographers In the sunshine or an
upper deck and distributing copies o. >
abatement written on the way over Gen.
Organ went with his star 10 New York,
where they had luncheon with Brig. Gen.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, formerly COM
mander OF the Twenty-second Engineers,
and then went to City Hall TO be received
by the Mayor and men of the Legislature.
Among the officers who hurried up a
gangplank the instant II was lowered
were Major Gen. Shanks. Commander
OF the Port Of Emoarkation: Brig.
Gen. McManus. second in command
Lieut. Col. L. w. Kinkaid and Col. Wade
II. Hayes. formerly OF the 10Th (the
old SEVENTH. later on the stan OF Gen.
Pershing. Meanwhile the Red Cross
women had opened their flag bedecked
canteen on the pier and were ready to
All the soldiers with hot coffee as they
struggled down the gansplanks. with
their heavy kitbags and Topping trench
helmets.
Blandinx Greets organ.
Brig Gen Albert n. Blandinr,
who returned with the s2d Division, but,
who comman ded the brigade OF the 27th
through all It's fighting, was one Of
those who assembled TO the upper deck
to greet Gen. Organ. Gen. Organ
looked strong and we'll and had much
moro color than was in his face when
New York last saw him.
Throughout the ship no soldier could
be found who would talk about him
self But OF their pals, no end Of stories.
Not ono OF the privates THE Sum man
talked to was able to describe the Hin
denburg line. They said that nobody
could describe Il, and that looking back
| they couldn't for the life OF them see
how any array could have got through
Il. One described the entanglements
they first had to crunch as "a mess OF
barbed wire as far as you could see.
not like the wire We make fences with
at home. but big wire with barbs like
heavy nails everywhere
A man OF the l06th Infantry deposed,
Even the Aussies tthe Australians)
said .x.Ax 'ouldn.tK>t through, and !~hAn
we did get through they said. You're
bloody marvels. that's what you are"
Which is good enough for us-7bloody
marvels; hows that for home loving
New York boys?"
His Ribbon Just "for Nothin'.~
Newspaper men encountered a sun
burned sergeant Of the l06th Machine
Gun Battalion WHO had a black and
red ribbon on his breast what is that
tor7" one asked.
"Sothin'." he said.
Nothing. me eye" spoke UP a COM
rade. you know who this guy is? He's
Reider Waller. That ribbon means that
he got the Distinguished Conduct Medal
from England, and he also had the Con-
sress Medal pinned on him by Gen. Per-
sh!nE himself"
II was suggested to the sergeant that
on such a very special extra day he
might without criticism be wearing his
medal from Congress.
Downstairs in tho headquarters desk,"
he said. II thought I wouldn't get It
out now"
II developed that Sergeant waaler Is
! Justly entitled to be called hero in any
mans land and IL famous throughout
not only the A. z. r. but the British
armies. He IL one OF the three men OF
the Twenty-seventh Division TO whom
Congress has awarded a medal The
reason for II is set forth IN a copy OF
| the certincation signed by Major Ken
nets Gardner, commanding the 1o5th
| Ma china Gun Battalion.
Il seenns that Oh September 81 was..er
was commanding a section OF Company
A firing barrage over the t07th In
tHntry near sart Farm. While the bar
rage was being fired a British tank
went ahead about 200 yards when .
shell or mine exploded under It.
Flames burst from the tank. No