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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-11
EAST DORSET


Edward Knox returned to Rutland
Monday.
Mrs. H. Clark is in Brooklyn, N. Y,
visiting her son.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Freddy were in
Rutland, Friday
DR.. Grinnell of Rutland, called on
friends here Saturday
Miss Mary Riley of Rutland, was
calling on friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Adams of Ellenburg, is
in town the guest of Mrs. Della Sears.
Mrs. Helen Buffum is in Walling-
ford, Conn, visiting her son, DR.. j..
H. Bufum.
| Lester Roberts went to Detroit,
Mich, last week where he has EN-
ployment.
Mt. Aeolus Grange will give a dance
in School Hall Friday evening, Sep
TENDER 18th
Misses Marjorie Whitney and Mar
ion Griffith are attending the I. c. A..
at Poultney.
/ Misses Lena Landon and Nellie
Anderson were in Rutland several
days last week.
Miss Lou Wall, who has been in
Buffalo, N. Y, for some time, returned
home last week.
Miss Mary Lou Griffith returned to
Oneida, N. Y, last week where she is
attending school.
Rev. H. M. Hall, who has been
spending week in town, returned to
Gansevort, N. Y, Friday.
Mrs. Helen Wilson, who has been
visiting relatives in Manchester Cen
ter, returned home Friday.
Mrs. Martha Loveland, who has
been in Manchester for several months,
is with her sister, Mrs. J. NJ. Bebee.
Miss Helen Brock is in Rutland,
where she is member of the fresh
man class of Rutland High School.
Myron Brophy, Sr., has moved his
family into one of G. F. Grifith's
houses on the hill west of the station.
Miss Margaret Foley returned to
Troy, N. Y, last Thursday after
spending her vacation with Mrs. VIM.
Leary.
Miss Anna Freddy, who has been
spending month with her sister in
Connecticut, returned home Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery and daughter,
who have been spending several weeks
with her father, Mr.. Koran, returned
to Pittsheld, Mass, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. L. Whitney and
Miss Marjorie Whitney, Mrs. Mary X.
Griffith and Miss Marion Griffith were
in Poultney Sunday. They went by
auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Brophy, Miss
Brophy, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry q. Stone
and children took an auto trip to
Pittsfeld, Mass, last Thursday and
Friday
School will commence Monday, Sept.
18th, with the following teachers Mrs.
Warren and Mrs. Whitney in the vii
lage, Miss Benedict in the South Vii
| lage and Miss Tully at North Dorset,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-11
SUNDAY BASE BALL

1t was one hot ball game, III say
when the East Dorset nine with Black
mer and Bill Burns for a battery, de-
feated the strong Wallingford nine
with "Coochy" Foster in the box, on
Walls field in East Dorset last Sun
day.
The score was 7 to 6 and there was
not dll minute in the game. Wall
ingford started off with three runs in
the first inning and accumulated two
more before East Dorset scored.
II WAS fighting game all the way
and full Of heavy batting and sensa-
tional fielding. The 'rooters" went
wild when "Coochy" went up in the
air. Foster is the south paw Of the
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w. ard Mrs Douglas McMuriric
aad son. Havelock. and l.ieut Harry
Harrnn left las, week in the MeMur-
tide ear fer Cambridge, Massa en-
route for New York
Chades 8. Blodgc,t of 80. Dakota,
10, fog his home b. the way Of Column
b3s. Ohio, where he went for the g.
A, X encampment and also 10 hear the
Presidents speech.
Mr. and Mrs EverRrd kempshail
aud child. who occupied the Preniiss
cottage this season, have closed same
sad returned to their home IN Eliza
beth, n J.
Mr., and Mrs c. A. Stein and Miss
Catherine Stein, who passed the SUM
luer in the Craven" cottage on Kent
Hill, returned to their home in Troy,
n. g., last Saturday.
The Manchester Fair this week is
drawing al from Dorset who can pos
sibiy arrange to go and can find a
conveyance to Jake them Down and
bring them back.
Mta. ii. w Bergman and the
Misses Helen and Margaret Bergman
and Miss Dawson who have been in
Dorset for the past three months, left
yesterday for their East Orange, N. j.,
home
Recent arrivals AT w b. Sykes are
Mr.. and Mrs. Bremen of Woodhaven,
L, l.; Mrs. Chidsey and Miss Mozart
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Rutland League team and has won
derful drop.
The East Dorset team consisted of
Blackmer and Burns, battery; Jimmy
Gormley, LIST base; Cub Roberts, End
base; A Cuban Giant, Bird base; Grow
er Mattison, short stop; and Clark
Kelley, Myron Brophy and Bud
Fredericks in the field Every mem
Der of the team had one or more bril-
liant plays TO his credit.
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Rss ard MIRA Win leRay Haven
arc ID M.adiebgry ibis weck on Rboft
yacstaoB
The Harry " shf.daa fauii5 have
closed their home On Church stnei apd
rrtarpfsl 10 l3akers. n
VI d. sykes recently ,ook a trip %
hartford. Conn.. IN TIC Bowman car
gUlsg over ihr Maha wk trsj
Edward n. Hudson. who lsas btcn -
town for the past iNo weeks, ieis SIN
Sny afternoon foy Mex York
Mrs Florence Ward Young 81 New
York. arrived last Saturday and is
with her daughter. Mrs 7 g. Hunter
Of Kent hill
Rev and Mrs. Charles L. CarhGrt,
who have been spending the past
month in Dorset. left Inst week for
thrir home IN I.archmoni, \ "
Mr. and Mrs Robert 6. Mcintyre,
Mas Miller and Edward bromley left
last Saturday in Mr Bromiey's ear for
their homes n Brooklyn, y =
Prof ]. u. Van Olinda aud wife,
who have been IN Dorset FOR several
weeks. returned the first 81 the month
10 their horne in Brooklyn, y J
At a special meeting Of the Gongre-
gationaI Society Of Dorset aud East
Rupert held on Monday evening II was
voted to raise the salary Of the pastor
to $500 per annum-
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-11
LONDONDERRY

Henry Calvin goes to Mt. Vernon
this week for the fall term.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Aldrich have
adopted a seven months old baby girl.
C. f. Bacon returned last week from
weeks visit with his people in Man
chester
Miss Helen Taylor has gone to Holy
oke, Mass, where she has situation
in library.
Mrs. +. p. Wilkins his returned to
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-11

Itching, torturing skin eruptions
distigure, annoy, drive one wild
Doan's Ointment is praised for its
good work. Coo at all drug stores adv
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THE fighting during the three days
of the last German offensive.
July Is to 1s, produced many real
heroes, but the Aisne- Marine of
fenSivc produced a number far
greater.
On another page of this supple
mcnt is a list of the men who won
was crosses and the exploits of
many are detailed. Every story is
an epic and ought to thrill the state
with pride.
Its sons disregardcd every hazard
to win, and in aiding to crush Ger
many lived up to the best traditions
in the army.
That it dsregarded all hazards is
shown in the casualty list from July
% to September 7. In that time the
division lost 7S5 in killed, 81 were
severely wounded, 4232 sustained
slight wounds and 589 were re-
ported as missing.
The 10th Infantry suffered the
greatest number Of casualties in this
period, for the records show that
3l4 men were killed, 235 severely
wounded, 1853 slightly wounded and
211 missing.
The 111th Infantry lost 1913 in
killed, 131 were severely wounded,
S43 slightly wounded and ninety men
missing.
The 112th lost 122 men, had 13l
severely wounded, 4G1 slightly
wounded and listed 1876 as missing.
The 1O9th, which had sustained the
greatest number of casualties in the
first campaign, is fourth on this list.
1t lost eighty-three in killed, 1863
men were severely wounded, 874
slightly wounded and 2ll missing.
Praised by French General
When the division reached the
VesIe and continued its drive against
the boche, General Mangin, of the
French army, appreciating that the
PennsyIvanians were making a splen-
did record, paid them the following
tribute:
shoulder to shoulder with your
French comrades, you were thrown
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TT WOULD take the commanding
general Of the Iron Division to tell
the rea! story of the Argonne cam
paign, but General r. L. Bullard,
commanding the Second Army, in
which the Pennsylvania division was
unit, gives a pithy analysis of its
worth.
Citing the organization for its
performances in the Argonne, he
said: This division has always been
combat division in every sense Of
the word, and in my belief should be
classed as an Al shock division.
l desire to extend my most sincere
congratulations to the officers and
men of this division, which has, in
its operations, exemplified the fight
ing spirit of the American troops"
Although the Argonne campaign
was a continuous fight from Septem-
ber 26 until the division was relieved
the most severe fighting took place
at Apremont.
September 20 stands out conSpicu-
ously in the operations, and the name
of Major Mackey, commander of a
battalion in the l09th Infantry, is
worthy of mention. Accompanied by
nine tanks, his battalion, coupled with
battalion of the 10th led by Major
Thompson, attacked the town. The
battalion of the 109th was the first
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THE successful operations in tn

THE successful operations in the
Vesle sector convinced the Allied
chiefs that the hour had come to
strike a supreme blow in the Ar
gonne. Marshal Fcch had been
working on the details of the cam
paign in that region, and in the
early days of September began to
rush troops into the sector.
September 26 was the day Sc
lected for the big drive, and again
the fortunes of war decreed that the
Iron Division should participate.
The Pennsylvanians were relieved in
the Fismes sector on September Z.
and rushed by motoycrucks and other
facilities to the Argonne region.
1t must be borne in mind that
from July l until September Z the
Pennsylvanians' had been under fire
virtually every day. They had sus-
tanned heavy losses, but had proved
their worth as shock troops.
They were assigned to a place on
the left of the long line of American
doughboys that were destined to
drive the boche from the Argonne
stronghold and established head
quarters short distance from
Boureuilles.
Important Gains Daily
The world knows what happened
in this sector from September 26
until late in October. The long line
of resolute soldiers in olive drab
pushed its way forward every day,
and despite the best efforts of the
boche recorded important gains every
day.
The Iron Division had enjoyed a
few days rest, and during the period
had filled gaps in the ranks. All
was ready on the Goth, and, with
the spirit Of true veterans, they
struck the enemy lines. In twenty
four hours they had reached point
south of Baulny, or four miles from
their starting point. The next day
they advanced one mile. and by
dogged fighting reached Flaville on
October 4. Apremont, scene of the
worst fighting in the campaign, had
been reached on the 28th. The
boche, by employing thousands of
machine guns and also because of
the physical condition of the coun-
try around Flaville, was able to hold
the advance of the Pennsylvanians
on October A, and from that day till
the 18th the line of the Iron Division
shifted but slightly.
Cost of Victory High
What our boys paid to capture the
territory in this drive mounts high,
for the division lost 562 in killed,
495 were severely wounded, 25S1
wounded and 853 men were
reported missing.
The artillery regiments, in COM
mand of Brigadier General William
G. Price, lost fourteen in killed,
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Augusta, Gay Sent the 2Sh Away
With Prayers for Their Vict0ry

inc toHom"g of a of Augus
Hd dded oy isaac s. PEBBLES, J,
passed the Teenty Division from amp
HaRcock for ' O'p
whereas The Belgium
children in
Hancock the mower
for their country's and msDkinds cause and S'
Whereas This splendid manly demonstrated that
possess hnest
the deepest of
all such
lives and pledged to it their dhonor nd
Whereas They last
vest OF remnant of days that
themselves
democracy may not perish from the
whereas This division will possibly the
bathe OF France help the debt
dren and chldrens children; therefore belt ~ -
Resolved by the City
fields of suffering but of heroic
Resolved That Twenty eighth Division the
daily supplaons Of this community
for their glory along with
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Rest and Serrice Stations
Serre in Emergencies

From an early hour this morning
rest stations and first aid stations
began receiving patients.
Each station was in charge of
surgeon, city nurses aud Emergency
Aid aides.
Aid station No. I, in the
Academy of Music. was in charge of
Miss Jcanetta Moore.
Aid Station No. ., $50 Chestnut
street, in charge of Mrs. Edward
Flannery
Aid Station No. 3. ia Market
street, in charge of Mrs. Hutton
Kennedy.
Aid Station No. 4. on the Park
way. with Miss D'Senter in charge.
Aid Station No. 3, Twenty first
and Spring Garden streets, in Gin
bells garage. with Mrs. Morris Gibbs
in charge.
Aid Station No. G, Broad and
Brown streets. Oldsmobile station,
with Mrs. Michael Ritter, Jr., in
charge.
Aid Station No. Z, Cos Chestnut
street, the Independence Square
Auxiliary of the Red Cross, with
Mrs. George Horace Lorimer in
charge.
Other stations at
2l5 South Broad street, 716 Mar
ket street and 1901 Market street.
Twenty -one police patrols and
sixteen hospital ambulances covered
convenient points over the balance
of the route and twenty elevated
"lookouts, manned by operators Of
the Electrical Bureau, watched the
crowds for distress or sickness and
summoned aid in cases Of emergency.
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Of the 1O9th during the three days
fight and sustained a wound. He
proved a brave and efficient field
officer, but much to the surprise of
his superiors, he announced, after
recovering from his wound that his
German blood would not permit him
to continue.
He explained that he was of Ger
man and Spanish extraction and
that fighting the Germans proved
Objectionable. He was discharged
from the service, and is now in
South America.
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ehrouded in mystery. He was given
military funeral, and having met
his death when on the front lines
of the Iron Division his name ap-
pears on the casualty list of the divi-
sion.
"a Many Germans, dressed as French
soldiers, had worked their way into
the American forces, and officers of
the Iron Division believe that Arsene
Guentel was of that type.
Another personality whose action
caused surprise is Felix R. Cam
puzano. He commanded B company
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rescue. A German bullet hit him in
the head. Sergeant Howard l..
Barnes, seeing the plight. of his two
superiors, crawled out to rescue
them, but met a similar fate.
Sergeant Walter Miller was more
fortunate in the rescue work, and
reached the trio without getting hit.
Lieutenants Fales and Coward re-
fused assistance and ordered Miller
to carry Sergeant Barnes to the
rear. He obeyed the command.
Fales and Coward died before their
company reached them.
Two Companies Wiped Out
The 1l2th Infantry was particu-
larly unfortunate on August 27, for
on that day Companies G and H
were virtually wiped out. They had
been operating to the right of the
Seventy-seventh Division in an ac-
ton at Fismes, and failed to with
draw when the Seventy-seventh
Division fell back to reorganize. The
Germans made quick flank attack
and surrounded the two Pennsyl-
vanla units. G company reported
ll6 men as missing and H company
reported siXty-four as missing.
Fifty others in the commands were
Killed in the fierce fighting. Among
the men captured were First Lieu
tenants Joseph A. Landry and Ed
ward Schmelyer and Second Lieuten-
and A. L. Young.
The patrols of the division had
reached the Aisne river when
orders came on September 7 to shift
to the Argonne.
Praised in Muir's Orders
General Muir, a few days before,
issued this order:
The division commander is
authorized to inform all from the
lowest to the highest, that their
efforts are known and appreciated.
A new division, by force of cir
cumstances, took its place in the
front line in one of the greatest
Dattles OF the greatest war of his
tory. The division has acquitted
itself in creditable manner. 1t
mas stormed and taken point
that was regarded proof against
assault. 1t has taken numerous
Prisoners from vaunted guards
division of the enemy. 1t has in
flcted on the enemy far more loss
than it has suffered from him. In
single gas application it inflicted
more damage than the enemy in
hlcted on it by gas since it's entry
into the battle.
1t is desired these facts be
brought to the attention of all. in
order that the tendency of new
troops to allow their minds to
dwell on their own losses to the
exclusion of what they have done
to the. enemy may be reduced to
the minimum.
Let all be of good heart! We
have inflicted more loss than we
have suffered; we are better men
individually than our enemies, A
little more grit, a little more
effort, little more determination
to keep our enemies down and the
division will have the right to look
upon itself as an organization Of
veterans. CHARLES H. MUIR,
Major General.
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given below.

Signal corps, supply, ambulance,
engineer and other unite lost heavily
but definite figures concerning their
casualties are not available.
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Supreme BlOW Is Struck
in Region of ArgOnne
Iron Division Lost SOP Killed, 34,34 Wounded in
Terrific Fighting around FlauiIe
on October

eighteen severely wounded and
eighty-eight slightly wounded.
Infantry losses, together with
those of the 10sth Machine-Gun Bat.
TALON. are given below.
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engagements. Division officers, ana
there are more than 1900, explain
that a bulk of the records are IN
France, and that year will eIapse
before anything like an authentic ac-
count of the campaign can be writ
ten.
Preparing Full Record
Pennsylvania will get the real
story because an officer has been de-
tailed to remain in France until a
complete record is obtained. This
record, which will form an official
history concerning the war activities
of the Iron Division, will be pub
lished by the division officers.
What is undoubtedly the most au-
thentic report of the divisions op-
erations from the time it entered the
Aisne- -Marne offensive until August
6. has been prepared by the French
officers in command of the operation.
Recording the work of the division
they give the following details:
"Compelled to make general re-
treat as the result of our counter
offenses of July 18, the Germans at
tempted to take the positions on the
Ourcq, and they took part in heavy
fighting on the heights which dOmi-
nate this river. They were COM
PEELED, however, to give away under
the repeated plows of our Allies and
then, from July 80 on, the enemy
commenced a new retreat in the di-
rection of the Vese. Definitely dis
lodged from the heights of Servings
and Hill No. 900, northeast of Sergy,
they had to meet the strong advance
on the part of the American units
who were fresh and energetic, and
who were prepared to descend the
slopes of Ronchares, while on their
right the French were advancing
across the Meuniere Woods.
.It was the movement of the Amer
lean division which advanced from
Roncheres to Fismes, progressing
nearly parallel to the route that
runs through Coulonges, Cohan,
Longueville farm and Saint Giles
that we will follow, beginning July
80, the date of this divisions entry
into this sector, until August 5, when
it entered Fismes.
German-Born Lauded
"An interesting point is that this
division was made up of a great
many men of German origin who in
thus shedding their blood for the
United States gloriously showed
their loyalty.
ION July 80 the Americans at
tackled Grimpettes Woods after a
short artillery preparation, and they
reached the southeastern corner of
the woods, but the German resist
ance at this point was very stubborn.
They counteiattacked and threw
back the advance troops of the divi-
sion. The fighting was extremely Sc
we're and there were many hand-to-
hand combats.
son the next day, July 81, the
entire woods fell into the hands of
the Americans. The machine,gun
nests, which held up their advance
on Cierges, had been crushed or cap
tured, and the way was clear. In
trenched now IN the Jomblets Woods
the enemy by his strong fire at
t<mped 10 hold UP the American adj
9afne. CierEes is situated IN a holr
Ip s. th8t the Germans, after havr
" r ~ " 4 4 II & + s, ~. - q ST. q s.. b.
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Played an Independent Role
in Aisne-Mdrne Offensive
Fitty-fth and FUtySiuh Infantry Brigades fushed
Hay Through Chaeau-ThieTy to Iesle
Riier and FiSmeS

THERE was no longer any doubt
concerning the efficiency of the
Iron Division, and when the German
line began to crumblc on July Is,
and the boche hordes began the re-
treat that did not stop until Germany
admitted its inability TO continue the
struggle on November II. the fight
ing PENNSYLVANIA outfit which had
been christened Iron Division was
put into the Aisne- Marne offensive.
The Fifty-fifth and Fifty sixth In
fantiy Brigades, which included all
the units except artillery, made long
detours, crossed the Marine at No
gent, and pushed their way through
Chateau -Thierry and to the Neslc
river. Fismes was reached on
August 6. and for more than month
the division fought in that sector.
This fighting, which lasted until the
division was relieved on September
8, was all a part of the Aisne-Marne
offensive.
Owing to the vast area covered it
is impossible to detail the series of
Division officers, and
there are more than 1900, explain
that a bulk of the records are in
France, and that a year will eIapse
before anything like an authentic ac-
count of the campaign can be writ
ton