The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-21
DOUGHBOYS Remember
STEAKS OF CHATEAU
TH|ERRY; SHOT COWS
New York Evening SUM

nous battles that he has been in by
some particular incident, in most
cases remote from the smoke of the
encounter or the whining of the shrap
mel or the taste of the mustard gas.
The members of the famous End divi
sion, which did such valient work at
Chateau Thierry and thrilled the
world by their repulse Of the Germans
in that sector, the turning point in the
war, remember it for one thing
Cows seem to be far call from Bel
leau Woods, here hundreds Of
Americans laid down their lives, but
the marines, the soldiers of the 9th
and 23d infantry and the artillerymen
of the 18th, 18th and 18th field artill-
cry think of it in COWS. Recently
every one started to tell about the
COWS when asked about their
stemming the German tide at Chateau
Thierry.
1t seems, so the story goes, that
there were "beaucoup cows" as they
put it, owned by the peasants in the
vicinity of Chateau Thierry. The mar
ines discovered them first and made
a raid, capturing some of them. Then
the 9th infantry heard about it from a
mess sergeant and sent out a foraging
party.
News Travels Fast.
News travelled fast by the under
ground method of the army. and it
wasn't long before the men Of the 18th
field artillery knew that the dough
boys and leathernecks had discovered
beef, and they, too, sent out a raiding
party. Their fellows in the other two
artillery regiments also got word
about the COWS, but it is said that the
18th was the only "heavies" to corral
any appreciate number Of the ami.
mails.
Now the 9th infantry knew that
when cows are rounded up they must
be guarded and that in the army a
good mess sergeant is the one who
can get all the grub possible for his
men, and has no scruples about taking
something from another outfit. There
fore. they placed sentries over their
newly acquired COWS. The artillery
men, thinking that the infantry would
be busy "mopping up" the Germans
sent out scouts to accumulate the beef
Didn't Stay Long.
A big, bronzed member of Battery
E, Of the 18th, who was one of these
raiders, explained what happened
9th infantry, as follows:
II was chasing a little heifer ano
had gone about a mile. Course, Jerry
was sending over a lot of stuff nice
little mementoes for the boys, as wit
ness the white crosses up in that sec
tor, but we didn't care if there was g
chance to land a few cows. We haC
been tipped off that the 9th had mos
of the cows, and the marines were
too far away to go to, so we decided
we'd call on the 9th. We called-bu1
didn't stay long.
with a couple of buddies I started
to sneak up to the corral the dough
boys had built for the cows, when {
big husky bird lets out a yell
glanced up and there was his dough
boy with a Springfield at his shoulder
in front of the cows.
| Stop where you are, soldier HI
says to me. IF you get within three
yards of this picket and these COW.
your folks are going to collect $4,000
worth of insurance. I kept outside O.
that three-yard limit, Teller, I'll tell tn,
world.
THE 9th were wise bunch. We
found that they had strung a chain O
sentries around these COWS. TIL,
marines, too, did the same. But w.
was after COWS and we got 'em, Blu
not from the leathernecks or the 9th
infantry.
Il landed peach of a young heife
and turned her over to the mess ser
geant. He set the cooks to work ant
they butchered her up right away, TO-
we sure needed rations. They hat
just skinned her when up comes tw,
Frenchwomen and a Frenchman, ant
the woman began to cry. They LOOKED
at the cows hide, turned it right sid
out, and said we had gone and kille,
their pet COW. They wanted 1,50
francs for 1t, but the mess sergean
gave them 1000 francs, and they bea
it. Anyway, Jerry was shooting owe
some big stuff then, and our position
wasn't the incest place in the worl,
to be in if you was a civilian an,
wanted to live little longer. We ha,
steak that night for supper. Yes, 20,
ask me about Chateau Thierry an,
what remember about it, and III tel
you straight-cows and steak for sur
per at Battery E, 18th field"
And every one else in the 2nd a
Camp Mills seemed to agree that tn
only thing worth mentioning abou
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