Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-31

| and had 4 wonderful record, that he
was proud to command it and that
he realized that its splendid orGaniza-
| tion was due to Major General Ed
wards, its original commander, and
| his classmate at West Point"
| General Cole, who went to France
with the division as commander of the
Fifty-second Brigade i'll September,
! 1917, was met at the pier by Lieu
| tenant Governor Claiming Cox of
/ Massachusetts, representing Governor
! Coolidge and the state welcoming
committee; Councilman James Ford Of
| Boston, representing Mayor Peters and
the city committee; delegations from
each committee and party of
friends, including Michael O'Leary,
chairman of the democratic state COM
mittee. Mrs. Cole. the generals wife
was so overcome with excitement at
the meeting that she tainted but soon
revived.
Lieutenant Governor Cox, in his ad-
dress of greeting. said: in the name
! of Massachusetts I welcome you. We
are extremely proud of you and the
entire division and want to make
your Homecoming as happy and as
pleasant as possible
/ Lieutenant Governor Cox invited
General Cole, formerly adjUtant gen
eral of the Massachusetts national
guard, TO a state dinner arranged in his
honor by Governor Coolidge. The date
was left to the generals convenience
but April / was suggested.
Councilman Ford welcomed the gen
eral on behalf of the people of Boston
land said that the city wants him to be
its guest on any date he may set.
In reply to the addresses of well
/ come, General Cole said:
'''Ebpvp is NOT much | ran cav
that I am very happy to be home again
and to see all these familiar faces.
am very proud to have commanded
your boys in France. and l can't say
, enough good things OF them. ! hesi-
tated to tell them what l thought OF
| them over there, because ] thought if
= they knew how | felt toward them. l
couldn't get any discipline. Allow me
= to repeat that you cannot do enough
2 for them"
One Of the committee called for three
: cheers for the general and they Were
= enthusiastically given. The generals
reference TO General Edwards and TO
Colonel Edward L. Logan of the 101st
} Infantry, who asked to be remembered
to his friends home, brought three
t cheers for each of them general Cole
= shook hands with each member OF the
committee and then left for his hotel
l He plans to leave for Boston tomorrow
= morning.
General Cole. when asked 10 com
ment on the reasons for his temporary
1 removal from the command of the Eff
V ! ty- Second Brigade. said:
Il am not in long pants Yet. l may
Il have something TO say on that subjecr
later"
c He explained however. that he wa.
n ordered relieved of his command Nov
:. ember 9. 1918, on charges that he haC
e allowed his men to fraterniZe with tn,
. enemy. He was sent to Il Replacement
l, camp at Blois and Immediately wrot,
e letter to Major General Harbord
" commanding the service of supply. ask,
ing for the appointment Of a court o
d inquiry TO investigate his case. H.
n said he never received a reply to tn,
n letter, but that within a short time h.
n received a letter from General Perish
e ing, stating that he had personally in
= vestisated the case, found the charge
II unwarranted and restored him to hi
II command.
rel 4 went back December .. just
IS month after ! had been relieved" Gen
= eral Cole said, and it felt almost a
II good to get back there then as it doe
TO be coming home
l.. General Cole said that he had issue
orders against fraterniza ton some tim
DNIOl Z any LII vi illrtLiOll Cil IIIt SuDJGE
y had been received from general head
/ quarters.
= The general was vehement in hi
II criticism of the removal of Colonel Lo
~ gan from the command of the 101st In
II fantrT. He has since been reinstateC
20 Colonel Logan was removed" tn
y general said, by an officer brigade
'u General Bramford) who was his jun
le 10" f.. rank when he came to Franc
~ VII Hal I1,-r +11,,,
u IFt duIN ,hat Colonel LO
gan had experienced. The orders wer
le --.,uea lWenly-iour hours after th
/ general took command and before II
1e had seen the Colonel or knew of hi
E record. The charge was inertia. a con
~ stitutional defect which cannot be OF
Is served in less than one month, bu
e which was nevertheless preferred with
)y in twenty four hours.n
When asked if he cared to discus
e- the transfer of Colonel William {
IN Hayes of Springfield, Mass, forme
er commander of the 104th Infantry Br
is' gadier General Cole said:
y THE orders for the transfer did nt
~ come from me. Surely, it is no dis
% grace or discredit for an officer to |
IA ~, transferred. l do not care to discus
I,n I the subject further"
Ne Colonel Hayes was relieved of h
=. command shortly before the divisio
u went into the trenches in the winter
~ 191!-18 and transferred to commar
81 military police in the Paris district Il
DIS subsequently resigned and returned
- this country.
y OF the report that he may be Dickc
e. as the democratic candidate for go'
~ ernor of MaSsa chQsettS next fall, Gel
> eral Cole said:
nd fl afto,, or1 ont NJ tLo IjIi+ GG+ierGo VI
e. vice"
In response to inquiries as to h
u plans General Cole said "As soon as
uh get my discharge | want to take a loI
ne vacation, preferably in the country
II up in the mountains where l can be
"a quiet as possible" He added that a
l. ter that Il don't know what I'll do"
Ter General Cole declared that, in a,
er' dition to the eaSerness Of the men f
'e- divisional parade in Boston the
Is was strong feeling among some
10 the regimental and all units for d
'ril rades in their home cities before III
IS are disbanded He said that men
vi the 102nd wanted to parade in Han
10 ford or New Haven, Conn, those
is the 103rd in Portland, Me-. or sor
New Hampshire city and the 104th
]or Springfield or Worcester, Mass T
Jor war department, however. has virtua
,ed ly discouraged all but the division
n parade, he said.
in General Cole declared that Color
Duncan Major was recently relieved
to chief OF staff of the Twenty Sixth
raj vision and Colonel Richard Hale
The Boston appointed to that position
hel The infantry regimental comman
me ers are 101st, Colonel Logan; 1927