Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-08

n. J.. who was aaslEned Ia The 1a2d
Chapiuin Spears modestiy refused 10
DISCUSS the incident which brought
nun notice. From other officers II was
learned that under fire, from both
SIDES. and crossing through hi@ own
barrase. the doughty parson CARRIED
To safe1y Lieutenant BOYD. who had
been Woundedd IN the first wave.
The action occurred IN August, 1915.
during the St Mihiei lighting.
Few. James P Sherrv Of Boston.
another cha ailin of the 1e.a. rsturn-
ed WIKI d record Of having gone INTO
action With niS man every tlIns Laey
went OEer -al Top.
For putting d German pill-box out
of commission, which involved the
killing of ai1 Socne grenadiers with
one Of their own Erenadeh. Sergeant
Earl Martin of Lowell, Mass, Of Co.
l., ll2nd, reIui-neL Win the D,Srln-
=ulshed Service Cross. He shot TWO
other Germans with his pistal during
the ten hours IN which he was a5-
SEM an this miEElnn III front Of Yer
dun. Another Lowell nun decorated
WIS Martin s commander. Captain
John E. Flegel. whe likewise wore
a q. S 6. for his brewery IN action.
Captain Erwin p Cook Of Memphis
Tenn, q pilot OF Lhe HSi Aero nruad-
ron. with record of FIVE Surhe pianes
70 his credit. was annthsr double will
ner Of the Cf'oiS de tIuerre auu u 5. G
A. l;ecara- of - rluIIxhs service over
anas was brought back by Base Hos
i1ilal No. L. Its members claimed thai
they were t}c firYr military prEanlza-
non leayinE Lhe [ nled States Ia AZ
rive in Frznce They lacked univ unc
month Of foreign service to enrItls
them to four gold chevronn.
Thu commissioned personnel of the
unit. drawn almost sntire!y from the
Lakeside hospital Of Cleveland. mum
herea 81; officers Nearly all llp II en-
listed men ARE also Ohlnans. Lieut..
Col. Franz Y Cunts of Cleveland said
MAJ LIE Unit had t-ciLted apDruZiInate-
u So.0{A cases durIng its service. Dur
ing the last few days OF he war the
cases handled ny the unit numbered
more Than 1905.
Ease I5ospilal No upera LED bulk oil
EoieIl, manning General Hnhpltal M
for the British expedillonarv Lprces.
To haze gteu sae a.e AMERICAN troops
paEs through tile ,,or.- Of Liverpool Iii
TOUR months was the experience uf
Major Edward Il Morse of the Marin.
CorIis denarkatiun officer at the Ing
lIsh port TOR that period ThI-ty-t.ye
thousand Americans went over N one
cnnvov. ne said, and in all the majors
experience i'll deharkatIun work there
WAS np record of accident.
MaJUS Ii orse, d. native Of Amherst,
Muss.. Wal commanding officer OF the
ST Afghan camp Tor casuais before
retur1llng Ee said that the car11p TO-
day WIS almost pertect. but wuuld mi
discuss conditions tier'e aeveral rnuutns
aEu which. he sad. WIS prior 10 nis
command
Other marine uffirnrs with rnAhrdE of
action were Captain John II McCaun
Of Baltimore. who came home with The
rroix de Guerre and three wound cnep-
-onH for wounds suctained in action at
Selleau Wood. where he commanded
ne machine gun cu,npsnv Of the Fifth
Marines and Capt. Robert =. Anthuuy
uf Rutland VI. VINO WIS wounded al
tire battle of Champagne.
The distinction Of being the FIRST war
hapy' horn I'd q member of the Ameri-
can overseae forces IN France WAS
ciai,ned for little Fred Schmidt. vino
WAS a passenger On the Agamemnnn
with his parents. The child. born IN
July 1g1E during a homnzrdment HI
Rouen il the snn Ut ser-eant fred "
Schmidt of Cleveland. O.. and SuEan
5ertz Schmidt, a native Of Eouen. une
Of the firxt WIT brides claimed by Ill
american in france.
The Yankee Division t-ocrs who
came an the Ae1mcmnon brought no
war brides. To date. out of appru<- |
imxtely 7s.aa8 Yankee Division men |
ARRIVING here. only one has brought |
hack q wife. although several meu |
from outside View England hive
come home with wives who were
their sweethsarts IN France. Three
sacuai officers On the AgHmemnun |
were accompanied by French wives !
"At ChHtcau-Thierry those French |
sevsnty-fipes were SO hot for four |
days that a man couldn't put a l,And |
On them. Thirteen Thousand rounds
a dxy was the snesd at which the
bpvs fed them shells. For several
hours the Goth Division batteries
Euppnrted the infantry OF four di-
Visions.
This vas the answer or Ceiunei
Robert e. Goodwin Of Concord. Mass.
the 1e1st Field Artillery
ReEimeuk. when reporftrs asked him
II the a-tiIlery units of the Yankee
Division were kept busy "over there"
Batteries A ,ands r of the 1n1st
.a,ne home today On the AGAmemnon.
They left Sc comrades bur1snd in
France. These men ware killed by
Gswsn sha3l-tare while oDazztanS !