Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-02

from many others. 1t is reported that
I the Anti-Saloon League is preparing
| to make @ght against Mr.. Mann
! because he fought the Hobson dry"
resolution some years ago.
can well be proud of every man in
1 the company.
How They Won
| was never more proud in my life
than on August 3. when, after being
wounded and no officer left with the
! company. Sergeant Kane was placed
! in command of the company. Kane
was wounded and another sergeant
! took charge. Each y. c. Q. and pri-
vate knew his job and fought like
veterans.
one man took an automatic rifle
and laid in the street and after hav
ing the rear sight shot off of his rifle
he continued TO fire until he put the
opposing machine gun out of ac
ton.
Miles Howe. whom YOU probably
remember, went out and got himself
a German lieutenant and then went
out and got three men.
Nate Nesselson. of Bradford.
corssed the Vesle three times as a
runner and carried messages to bat
talon headquarters under heavy
rlachine gun and shell fire.
Without exception the men of .
Company fought and fought with
their heads as we'll as with their
guns.
His Brother Killed
In the Argonne the only man of
{ Company of the Sth TO be killed,
was my brother. who had been COM
missioned in August and was in COM
mand of the company.
We had four men killed in the
Meuse-Argonne offensive and forty
four wounded.
The Company fought as first line
troops with every battalion in the
regiment and captured or rather
/ took part in the capture of Hill 2SS
and Chateau Cheheny.
At Chateau Cheheny they scaled
perpendicular cliffs where the Boche
could not depress his machine guns
and captured what was the key po-
sition to a further advance in the
Valley of the Aire.
In the Thiancourt sector in the
/ Woevre we had none killed and had
but twelve men wounded. although
in front line positions for eleven
days.
The Terrible Toll
Our total casualties for the war
were twenty-siX killed and about one
hundred and sixty wounded.
Lieut.. ZaCharias escaped unhurt.
In the capture of Fismette | sent him
to support the 109th machine gun
battalion for which l was afterward
very thankful, as it left an officer
with the company when they came
out of that place.
He was in Ffsmette for five days
later and was across the river Il
number of times with ammunition
and rations.
In the Argonne he was sent to
school on the fourth day of the drive
and rejoined the outfit on November
or ., in the front lines at. Ham
mout, where we were when the
armistice was signed.
The Boche artillery made this
hot sector although their infantry
was thoroughly cowed.
The regiment conducted raids
daily and always brought in Hun
prisoners.
Company d occupied Marambois
farm during the last three or four
days preceding the armistce and
did fine work.
Why the War Was Won
From this letter you will prob
ably think Company c fought the
war. but our record is the record
of every company in the regiment.
am sorry that no more particu-
lars of Nauss' death are available.
but if | can get hold of some one
who was in his squad will let you
know.
Mrs. Nauss wrote d letter to me
some time ago and should have re-
ceived my reply some time ago.
Sergeant Storey was slightly
wounded on July 26 in the Forest
de Fere.
After we went into Fismes ] de-
dided that ii would he foolish to
keep him in so hot place and sent
him back to the kitchen at Cheny-
Chartruere.
Story's work was such that he did
not see any direct action but under
shell fire he was as cool as the cool
est and in the Foret de Fere he was
one of the little bunch who instead
of going back to better cover told
me in answer to the question as to
why they had done so: I'VE knew
YOU were up in front"
They were company headquarters
and refused to go with any platoon
because they figured they couldn't
go back when / was up front.
Every Man Hero
Do you wonder that / love them
and am proud of them?
was wounded on the nose and
the shin by shell fire on July 25
near Epied and by machine gun fire
on August 9.
The boys at hand wanted to carry
me back Immediately and some of
them exposed themselves to fire,
machine gun and snipers, to try to
convince me that they should be al
lowed to take me out.
To mention each instance of BRAY
! cry would be to mention each men,
Der of the company.
Sergeant Bitner wishes to be re-
membered to you and he constantly
! bemoans the fact that YOU could not
| lead the company into action.
| ! don't know whether to be in
| suited or not
| Lieut.. Zacharias and the boys OF
| old Company, all wish to be re-