Evening star., 1919-12-04
CHEER GEN. MENOHER,
RAINBOW COMMANDER
District Men in Division Also Hear
Cox bravo and Others Speak
at Smoker.

In response to "threo. rousine
cheers for our fighting commander
that shook the rafters of the old Po-
tomac Boat Club, Gen. G. r. Menoher
chief of the air service division. and
commanding officer of the Rainbow
Division from it's inception until he
end of the war, addressed the mem
berS of the local chapter, Rainbow
Veterans Association. at their smoker
last night held in Commemoration OF
the divisions entry into Germany, De-
cember 3, 1918.
Gen. Menoher congratulated the
members for the Initiative they had
displayed in developing such a large
organization, the Washington chapter
being one of the largest in the coun-
try, and cautioned Them to be ever
ready to stamp out bolsheyism. the
greatest menace in our country to-
day"
Lieut.. Col. Charles \. Dravo. divi-
sional : machine gun officer of the
Rainbow Division. and commander OF
the 166th Infantry Gold New York
69th), through the Ar2onnc and the
memora lie dash for Sedan. and who
was decorated for exceptional BRAY y
by Gen. Pershsng with the dis,in-
guished service ,.USs, IultuN. 1t s.~n
Menoher, and recalled to those present
many of the hardships and joys they
had been thro;,
bravo concluded his address by say
ing: You men are CreuIt to your
division, a creuit to your cI,y, ii creuIt
to your country, credit 10 your
selves. and l am proud to be asso-
ciated with YOU
Others Who spoke.
Addresses were also made by Maj
Herbert j. Bry yson, IolIl~. ..vliirii.---.-
of thes 165th Field Artillery, now sta
toned at Walter Reed HospitaI Lieut.
Alfred B. Baker, 18th Aero Squadron,
who was held as German prIso..er.
after having been sh I down II h>
plane Lieut.. Orla Archey, 150th Field
Artillery. honorary presIuent OF the In
diana Chapter. It.ss. Lar .ei, a..
Corps: Lieut.. Danforth, divisional top
ogra phica office, and Capt. Severe.
l6Sth Infantry.
About twenty-five members of the
Rainbow Division from Walter Reed
Hospital were present, and after several
requests from Toastmaster Manning
Marcus, association division adjutant
Tor one of their number to tell OF the
treatment they were receiving at the
hospital, one of the least bashIul of the
boys. a splendid Specimen of young
manhood, who will always carry an
outward mark of the great war, caused
great laughter by saying, Really,
cannot. talk much about the treatment
as l only got out of jug this morn
ing
The Officers of the local chapter of
the Rainbow Veterans Association are:
Gen. 9. 7. Menoher. honorary presi-
dent; Lieut.. Col. Charles A bravo
honorary vice president Walker H
Colston, president; Theodore J. Arbee-
ly, vice president; Robert j. Litchfie!d,
secretary.
On motion of Col. Dravo, Gen. Per-
shing was elected an honorary mem
Der of the association.
The .165th Field Hospital Corps,
which represented Washington in the
Rainbow Division, was a unit of the
old District of Columbia National
Guard until drafted into federal serv-
ice. 1t. served from October 80. 1917
until April 25. 1919, when it arrived in
the United States on the Leviathan.
The Chief battles in which the 165th
participated were at the lombard
ment of Buoy LIE Chateau, in the
Champagne district; Chateau Thierry
yillers. Sur Marne, Foret de la Refine
in est. Mihiel sector, and Barbmy
and Tanay, in the Argonne.
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