Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-02-05
ANN lgAP0LYS AGIEls IN
FRANCE BEEN PUT ON
PRIORITY SAIL LIST
Expected These And Other MARI land
ers win Emhark Ror Hose h
next Six Or Eight Weeks

#iSa0n which contains Inc OMe kauA-
dred and Fifteenth infantry, composed
ef Annapolis men and other Maryland
ers. has been placed IN the priority
sailing list. VAS received here With
delight yesterday Ii the natural
course Of human events they ought 10
be on their way home In six oF eight
weeks Efforts will be made III have
the Baltimore and Annapolis organ
izations disembark al the port Of Bal
tinore. and steps will be promptly
taken to give them 4 splendid recep-
tion when they get here
The record OF every man in Mary
land who took part In the war against
Germany In to be preserved among the
state archives at Annapolis. and Is %
be so arranged that issWill be instant
ly available The records Of what
Maryland men did Iii the Revolution
AIRY war. III the War of 1872, IN the
Mexican war and even in the Civil war
are incomplete and many questions
that are asked about individuals and
even entire companies or bat alions
cannot be answered But the record
OF Maryland in the greatest war Of
ali times is 10 be complete
Adjutant General Warfield Is work
ing on this nov. He has writer to
the commanders OF the various units
containing Maryland men, nov in
France, asking them To appoint his
.torians for their commands He Will
have among other data at Annapolis
4 card index containing more than co.
900 cards, on which each mans loings
In the service. no matter whether
these be good Or bad. will be recorded
He received letter from Major ID.
John Markey. og Frederick, command-
ing the one Hundred and Twelfth Ma
chine Gun battalion, IN which the An
napoIis men are included promising
complete cooperation In this work
and incidentally giving an account Of
how one OF his men. Private James r,
Miller, won the Distinguished Service
Cross and recommendation for the.
Congressional Medal of Honor
'Thefe have been twenty seven di
vision citations given to my battalion,
besides two Distinguished Service
Crosses, continued Major Markey
"A number ofthese are from Maryland.
two Of them being members Of the old
First Regiment. Capt John m Kaiser,
of Annapolis. brother Of Mrs. Horace.
j. Fenton and Mrs. Clarence III White
of this city, woh now commands Com
pany A, which was made up of two
units of the old Fourth Regiment. and
Capt Thomas Al Lyon. of Hyattsville.
now In command of Company b, which
was formed from units of the Fourth
Virginia National Guard regimen The
Fifty eighth brigade. which you know
Is composed Of the One Hundred and
Fifteenth and One Hundred and Six
teenth Infantry and One Hundred and
Twelfth Machine Gun battalion, We're
the first in the fight and the last ones
TO leave. and they certainly did their
share III the great Mense Argonne of
fensive. remaining in action contin-
uously for tWenty-one days through
the most trying weather and battle
conditions Z
Speaking about the records which
General Warfieid asked him TO secure.
Major Markey wrote that he could fur
nish them Lii whatever detail might be
desired
sT have kept, he wrote, since the
organization ofthe command com
plete personal card index of my ofti
GERS an Omen. with their military and
civil records have also kept sum
mary OF intelligence since going into
the line on July rs. which contains all
the dasa concerning our operations,
with citations and personal incidents
surrounding the deaths Of the men IN
action Iii the command and d number
OF other details that ] desire 70 keep.
These are my personal property and.
OF course, arc available for records
II have named four historians for
each unit of my command. and four
for the battalion a whole and sim
liar historians have been named for
other units of the division We de-
sire so make the history ct the Twenty
ninth division as complete as possible.
and TO form associations OF the re-
spective units and By annual reunions
bring together men who have formed
such ties OF friendship over here.
The history Of the Twenty ninth a
Vision has been al honorable one from
the beginning and can be presented
with pride to the world. Great credit
Is due Brig Gen. Charles ID Gather
Tor his splendid work III the first
four months OF its organization. | have
taken up the question Of the records
or Marylanders outside the One Hun
dred and Fifteentis. and One Hundred
and Sixteenth regiments and the One
Hundred and Twelfth Machine Gun
bat aiion and Colonel Rockford will
name an ofgicer to see that their rec
ords are completed and forwarded To
your once
Adjusant General Warheld will hle
Major Markey's letter away With the
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