Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-01-14

E. First Lieut.. James Anderson, intelli-
gence officer Of Third Battalion; First
Lieut.. Harry E. Wickes Of Company L,
First Lieut. Henry E. Ruhl Of Head
quarters company. First Lieut.. Sam j..
Royal Of Headquarters company,
First Lieut. James C. Dozier Of Com
pany G, First Lieut.. James E. Schwing
Of Headquarters company, First Lieut..
G. A. Neuffer, Machine Gun company;
Second Lieut.. John B. Howard Of
Company H, Second Lieut.. D. T. Smith
Of Company G. Second Lieut.. Zebulon
Thornburg Of Company F, Second
Lieut.. Paul F. Newell. of Company G.,
, Second Lieut.. Edgar L. Mcneil, Ma
chine Gun company; Second Lieut..
Jess M. Barton Of Headquarters COM
pany, Second Lieut.. Jerry B. Fenton Of
Company D, Second Lieut.. Carl T.
Prause Of Company I, Capt Fred e.
Stewart, adjutant, Signal Battalion;
First Lieut.. w. w. Wingo. Headquar-
ters company; First. Lieut.. Paul c.
Bradshaw, adjutant, First Battalion;
First Lieut.. Harry G. Kessenich, Head
quarters company; First Lieut.. Joe T.
Smith Of Company L, First Lieut. Hen
ry P. Ledford. M. R. E.; First Lieut..
Burman e. Moore, M. r. E.; First
Lieut.. John H. Wigs Of Company H,
Second Lieut.. Alfred O'Neal Of Com
pany H, Second Lieut.. Atlas M. Pickett
Of Company d, Second Lieut.. Robert
M. Maxcy Of Company L, Capt. L. L.
Lgon, First Fattalion; First Lieut.. Ed
win L. Hughes Of Company A, First
Lieut.. Sweany I. Blackmar Of Compa-
ny B, First Lieut.. George C. Bailey,
Machine Gun company; First Lieut..
Wallace D. Wilkinson Of Machine Gun
company; First Lieut., David e. Pen
land Of Company F, and First Lieut..
Job B. Koon Of Company E.
Captain Gillespie Promoted.
Company E was commanded by
Capt Richard e. Fulp during the first
fight and later by Lieut.. Lawlor, Cap
tain ,Fulp having been sent to the staff
school to take a special course in staff
work. This is the only combat COM
pany that did not lose its commanding
officer, and the Second Battalion, COM
manded by Major Lindsay McFadden
Of Rock Hill, is the only battalion that
did not lose both It's major and adju-
tant. Captain Gillespie succeeded Ma
jor Howell in command Of the Third
Battalion and was recommended for
promotion to be major; Captain L. l.
Lgon succeeded Major Mahon in COM
mand Of the First battalion and when
he was gassed was succeeded by Capt.
Arthur Lee. Capt w. D. Workman,
who had been a major and acted as
brigade adjutant Of the Sixtieth Bri-
gade, was later assigned to command
this battalion.
Capt. Ralph ]. Ramer Of Anderson,
the popular and efficient commander
Of the machine gun company, was de-
tailed as special instructor In the
army school Of the line and the ma
chine gun company was commanded
by Lieut. George C. Bailey. The Head
quarters company, commanded by
Capt. Robert W. Hudgens, suffered
very heavy casualties, and the differ
ent specially trained men were armed
with rifles and sent to reinforce the
depleted infantry companies. Captain
Hudgens was assigned to the command
Of Company G, which had lost all its
officers. He commanded this company
in an able manner during several days
Of the hottest fighting, exposing him
self fearlessly and coming through
safely. A few days later, while in reg
mental headquarters in Bohain, Capt.
Hudgens was severely wounded by a
shell which at the same time killed
Captain Pyles and Lieut.. M. W.. Jones
and wounded Lieut.. Royal.
Unwounded Officers
To those who were familiar with the
personnel Of the One Hundred and
Eighteenth Infantry the following ros-
ter of the commanding and staff off,
GERS remaining when the regiment was
withdrawn from the fight will be Of in
terest: Col. Orris R. Wolfe; Lieut.
Col. Thomas B. Spratt, Major James E.
Poore, regimental surgeon; Capt.
Francis ]. Beatty. adjutant; Captain
William F. Murrage, personnel adju-
tant; Capt. Francis M. Mack. opera
tions officer; Lieut.. John 8. Lyons,
chaplain; First Battalion officers. Maj.
w. D. Workman, commanding; Second
Lieut.. Doolittle Of Company A, First
Lieut.. Matthews Of Company B, First
Lieut.. Kephardt Of Company c, First
Lieut.. Graves Of Company D; Second
Battalion, Maj. Lindsay McFadden,
commanding; First Lieut.. Lawlor Of
Company E, First Lieut.. Wister w.
Watkins of Company F, First Lieut..
Newell of Company G., first lieutenant
Of Company H; Third Battalion, Major
W. L. Gillespie, commanding; First
Lieutenant Cobb Of Company I, First
Lieut.. Ellison s. Blake Of Company K,
Second Lieut.. Dwyer Of Company L,
First Lieut.. Porter Of Company M;
Headquarters company, First Lieut..
Beers; Machine Gun company, Second
Lieutenant Phillips; Supply company,
Capt Robert T. Brown. This decimat-
ed roster is that shown at the time the
regiment was withdrawn on October
goth.
After the opening fight on October
8, the regiment proceeded forward on
October 9, making headway, though
somewhat retarded as a result Of the
slow progress of the English on their
right. Their detectives were reached
with the capture Of 200 prisoners and
five square miles Of territory.
During the operations Of October II
great resistance was encountered and
it was evident that the enemy intend
ed to hold his line at all costs. Prison