The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-17
92ND DIVISION OFFICERS AND
MEN DECORATED FOR BRAVERY.

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MEN DECORATED FOR BRAVERY.
New York Tribune: Negro company
commanders and subordinate officers as
well as the enlisted men of the Ninety
second division have been highly COM
mended and in several instances, includ-
ing one entire battalion, decorated for
bravery in their first and last big battle
the drive on Metz the day before the
armistice ended hostilities, on Nov. IL.
The division, in this engagement and in
a series Of trench raids preceding, sus-
tined l,47s casualties, according to
war department. communication, which
also gives a summary Of the exploits
for which the colored troops won war
crosses, distinguished service medals,
and citations.
The units singled out for special COM
mendation were the Three Hundred
Sixty fifth infantry, the Three Hundred
Sixty machine gun company, the
Three Hundred Sixty-sixth infantry and
the Three Hundred Sixty-seventh in
fantry, all Of which participated in
sharp battles near Pont-a- -Mousson on
Nov. 10 and II.
The First battalion Of the Three Hun
dred Sixty-seventh, commanded BY Maj.
Charles L. Appleton Of New York, won
the French war cross.
Those named in . general order issued
by General Martin, commanding the
Ninety second division, were Capt. John
Allen, First Lieutenants Leon r. Stew
art, Frank L. Drye, Walter Lyons, DAv-
id w. Harris and BENJAMIN Il Ford;
Second Lieutenants George L. Gaines
and Russell Atkins; Sergeants Richard
w. White, John Simpson, Robert Town
send, Solomon ID. Colston, Ransom FL
lott and Charles Jackson; Corps. Thorn
as B. Coleman, Albert Taylor, Charles
Reed and James Conley, and Pvts. Earl
Swanson, Jesse Cole, James Hill,
Charles White and George Chaney.
Altogether fourteen Negro officers
and forty-three enlisted men Of the
Ninety y-second have been decorated. The
award Of the French war cross to the
first battalion Of the Three Hundred
Sixty seventh enables every officer and
man OF that unit to wear the decoration.
Second Lieutenant Nathan Goodloe,
of the Three Hundred Sixty-eighth ma
chine gun company, and Wagner Tom
Brown were specially commended Tor
bravery in action near Vienne ie Cha
teau.
Citations for bravery were accorded
also to FIRST Lieutenant John q. Lind
sey and Sergeant Isaac Hill of the
Three Hundred sixty-sixth infantry for
bravery in action at Frapelle and Les
SIOUX. General Martin s order likewise
mentioned First Lieutenant Edward i.
Bates Of the Three Hundred Sixty
eighth ambulance corps, and Sergt. Wal
ter l.. Gross for distinguished service at
Hominville.
All of these engagements were part Of
the general drive on Metz, which is said
to have induced the Germans to make
haste in the arrangement of the armis-
tice terms. The commander declared
that the division had made remarkable
showing when it was considered that all
these decorations and citations were
won by the officers and men in only two
days Of major battle. There have been
total of fifty-seven citations in the
division.
Among the casualties six officers were
listed as killed. There were only twen-
ty-eight men reported missing. Six
teen officers and 543 men were wounded
and thirty-nine officers and 661 men
were gassed. The large number Of
gassed casualties, it was stated, was due
to the daring of the Negro troops in the
conduct of the raids preceding the gen
eral attack on the Germans.
PROMINENT CoLoRED WOMAN TO
SPEAK HERE.
Mrs. 8. Joe Brown, local representa-