Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-24

wien tie Maryland boys come
vchsn9 home, too much pride and
oaos cannOs 81 shown thsm - hon-
sbly have thsy acquitted tassnselyes
Is battle. ana 30 highly have they bsen
cxended " their superior Ofscsrs.
me Annapolis O0ya. vino were NJ
sache6 to the 18th Enfanfry, one of
the units os the Twenty ainth diyis-
sOa, won their spurs They weFe in
more fights and for b longer ptiod sfsasA
any other one organization overseas.
some BIZ their good work on The bait
11sfeid q sci forth Iii q letter % the
Sunday san III Baltimore, BY star
oFrespondnt OF that paper from
which the following extracts are
taken.
On September Is, the One Hundred
and Fifteenth started on its real
Agat. what ii known as the Argonne-
Maase offensive They began their
work on that day and continued on
aua on engaged III battle untiI the
early days az November. AT ono par
kod They fought Cor TWENTY-FIVE con-
1acnEfve days before being relieved
" any other organizati0n
IL Ii doubtful II any anti In thu
American army fought for longer
I pertod without relief II Is remark
chile record. made Ill the more re-
narkable by the fact that 1t was rairS
sng most Of the tinle during the three
weaIs 81 that battle. The men had To
wade through mud and pierce forests
So through valleys and climb hlIlB.
Chs while the artillery and the naa,
chine guns and the hand grenadea
and tbs rifles and the gas bombs and
the other weapons of offense which
ene Germans nse were brought into
: full play
The Maryiandera weTs attacked
Nv aviat0rs from aboye they were
SHOT d0wn BY SHIPPERS Id TIE treetops
and b. machine gunReTs VINO had
shalr machines In these trees. The
Huns fought them from every pee
afble c0ncealmenf and advantags.
these Huns knew the country tm
which they were lighting. They had
been there four years. The Mary.
sanders were strangers thaTe. That
Argonne drive was the hrst big battle
Ia which the One Hundred and Fit
tenth had been engaged
The boches opposing them were
tho pick OF the German army; had
an drilled FOR years II warfare;
Ghcy ks.aw All the angles on the
VI the Il. Tor they we're inexperienced
gasna the Marylanders knew few
81 them. for they were inexperienced
Til battle. That was the time that
their physical condition and military
discipline built UP both O. the Dor
der and 81 Annistonf we're put TO the
fssa. Had they not been perfectly At
phyaicaily and thoroughly disciplined
Neither could they have done these
thingn had they not inhorn coslrage
and the pursnt brand o. grit
was riercest Of FIghting
Military critics say that the en-
nngementa Ia the Argonne and along
the Meuse were among the llercest
a. the war, that It was this lighting
which Helped to crush the Germans
and forced thern to yolp for quarter.
There were more names added To the
casualty lists Of the American gfofeos
during that fighting than Iii any other
hsttles III which the American troops
Ao0k part At Ieast that Is the state
aaAE made Ia authoritative circles
The strQnghoids which the Mary
LADDERS took we're among the most
6lGicult Tor the possession Of which
shoaaanda o9 French and Germans
bad lAid Down their lives. 1t Ii 10 the
eternal glory and sorrow Of Maryland
chat many Or her best sons made the
saDFama sacrifice upon these same
batkia fields.
rhe One Hundred and Fltfeenth's
roll 81 honor OF thu men who went
wasts ID d LONG Dnd OEsievra and men
fougAs; aAeuE 40 shoulder and
ars and men alike died
few days ago 4 list was publish
"a o9 eighteen Marylanders Or the
IwAnty-nfnth division. most Of them
us tie One Hundred and Fifteenth reg
asnent. who had baen cited for con-
splcnons gaflantry ID action 10 win:
citation means that man must
have displayed extraordinary heroism
That eighteen og them won such cita-
Alo0a must make Marylanders feel
Sr0ad also ID know that every man
ID tbs One Hundred and Fifteenth
probably would have earned the same
citation. had he been given the chance.
There was one honor won By every