The Washington herald., 1919-02-10
CITY GIVES MIGHTY
WELCOME TO HEROES
BACK FROM FRANCE
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Artillery Regiment. They awaited the
return of the Maj. L'Enfant from its
eleven-mi trip down the Potomac to
the fort which stands on the Mary
land side of the river.
The regiment as a whole was cited
four times for -yalor under fire In
corps and army orders. Six men OF
the regiment were awarded the Dis
tinguished Service. Cross, the highest
honor accorded in'the American army
while many others were awarded the
Croix de Guerre by the French gov.
ernment.
These District Guardsmen, who were
transformed into heavy artillery with
out in the least destroying their
identity as local units, at the signing
OF fhe armistice were closest to
Berlin of any units of the heavy
artillery. On the morning of No
Vember 1lth their high-powered six
inch pieces We're hammering the Ger
man lines north of Sedan, the last
battlefield of the Franco Prussiar
war of 1870.
Eleven Per Cent Casualties.
During its hard campaigning at the
front the regiment was almost con-
l'huously under fire from German bat
terles, and lost in casualties more
man $50 men. Eleven per cent of the
total OF l'Seo men, an extremely large
percentage in a heavy artillery COM
mand, were wounded or "gassed."
Mrs. Lewis Flemer, 7O1 MARYLAND
avenue. waiting at Union Station, car
ried a large banner, and she posted
herselt at a point of vantage She
was watching to catch a glimpse of
her son. Carl. formerly a Central
iilGh School student. Mrs. Flemer
SAID that she was the only woman
permitted on the pier in New York
when the Cedric landed. As a means
or attracting the attention of her son
she had large pillow with his name
ana company painted on it. Her in
Senuity was rewarded by some one i'm
MS outht seeing the pillow and show
ing her where he could be found.
ffVate Michale j.. Ions, 1923 Mas
sachusetts avenue. who has been
overseas nine months, was one of the
nrst Washington boys to come
through the gate. His mother had
waited two hours. Under her arm
was big package OF homemade
cookies.
Private John Xanten, 432 New Jer-
sey avenue. spotted his grandmother
who came prepared TO provision an
army.
Good to BE Back. He Says.
"Ye gods, it's good TO be back"
said Corp. c. +. PPoudley. p r
street. PrOudley has been in France
about nine months.
Pvt. Carl II. Edmonston. 3G2l
Tenth street northwest, came
through the war without a scratch.
His mother was there with lots for
him.
Pvt. II. b. Lawton. RiverdaIa
Md, leaned out of the window of his
coach and handed a reporter two
postcards 10 mail. One was to his
mother and the other to his sweet
heart.
All Have story to Tell.
Chatty and friendly, each and every
one had story to tell.
He drove an ammunition truck, :"
one soldier proudly declared. And,
lowering his voice, confidentially, he
told the whole story OF his comrades
bravery. You see. our ammunition
base at the beginning OF the Argonne
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attacking flank.
That meant we had to get rations,
ammunition and supplies of every
kind to the boys i'm the front line fire.
The Germans. of course, were keen to
cut the road leading from LesisIcttS
where our supply headquarters were,
which was our only line of communi-
cation.
And. oh boy, they did puncture
that road. Anyway. this is the man
that made that trip seven or eight
times every night. He sure was a
hero with the boys and many were
the times they thought he never
would get out alive"
The whole battery acknowledges,
that they We're deprived of few of the
whole Eamut of experiences the war
has offered to the American soldier.
Gives Facts Under Order.
At the command of his superior Of
hcer. Sergt Harold II. Eubanks. l42S
Eleventh street northwest, told brief
~ some of the chapters of the bat
terry history while overseas.
We were in the thick of the
American offensives during the later
Nerdun' the St Mihiel, the Meuse and
Ihe Argonne attacks, lasting from
september TO the signing of the
armistice.