Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-04-02
INTERESTING STORY
OF THE 118TH.
Continued from Page Four.)

Orders were received from Gen.
taison, comanding the Goth brigade,
that no unit would cross the La Selle
river until they had notified him of
their position and had his consent to
do so. The line was kept on our side
or the La Selle river. The regiment
was relieved by the 27th division,
1O7th Infantry We moved back in
the area between Bohain and Bus
igny.
This relief came Oh October 18th.
On October 18th the third battalion
relieved the 107th Infantry, 27th di-
vision, on the road mentioned above.
On October 18th at $50 a. m. we
attacked on short front, following
a creeping barrage, with the 117th
on our own right and the 105th on
the left. Owing to dense fog part
Of the third battalion lost their direc-i
ton and strayed too far to the right
and got into the town of Bohain,
which they captured from the enemy
and turned over to the British. In the
meantime the second battalion came
up on the left and assisted in taking
the town Of st. Martin Revere. The
advance during the day was about
400 yards. The casualties we're
heavy from the enemy artillery bar
rage. We were relieved by the 60th
brigade, and except for our first bat
TALON, which protected the flank of
the Goth brigade, never engaged in
active combat afterwards.
Anderson Boy Got Bnrrngc.
1t is common talk around the regi-
ment that one Of the boys from An
derson caused the artillery to shoot
up about $4,000 worth of ammuni.
ton. He was reported to have been
standing to" during the night anG
afte' wards swore by all that's holy
that he. heard German tanks coming
toward our line. He grabbed the
very light pistol and sent up the S.
o. S. The artillery very promptly laid
down heavy barrage on old Jerry,
and | suppose that to this day he is
wondering just what it was fer.
\ Rcu-Iiot Major.
Major Gillespie. commanding the
third battalion. when an attack was
to be made, always just before zero
hour, got his adjutant, Gus Hudgens,
and his sergeant major and runners
ready for action, and always he was
right over the top with the boys
something that cannot be said for
quarters.
/ Generals Did 1t.
IN my opinion, it was the careful
| considerable OF the welfare Of their
| mon, on the part or She generals
Major-Gen. Lewis and Brig. Gems. i.
ID. Tyson and s. j. Faison---that con-
tributed largely to the success Of .ht,
entire Thirtieth in combat. These
generals were really fathers" Of
their division and were held in the
highest esteem by men Of all ranks.
When Col. p. K. McCully returned
to the regiment after having been re-
lieved, the boys Of the 11Sth were
complete in their happiness and were
delighted to know that their com.
manding officer. native South Caro-
linian, had been returned to them.
HOmeward Bound.
On February 9Th we moved to Les
Mons, forwarding camp, where we
remained until March 10th, and were
subjected to cooty inspections and
physical inspections, it seemed to me,
about every half hour. If cootr
was found on any one Of the men he
was regarded a Bolsheviki by the
camp personnel officers. He was very
promptly taken to an isolation camn
and stripped Of all his BELONGINGS
and scrubbed and shaved practically
all over. New clothes were given
him, and when he returned to us, al
clad up in his new clothes, just ready
to go home and show the people
what soldier he was, orders were
received that we were not to move
until another week.
On March 10th, after a thousand
or more false alarms, we rolled our
packs (weighing about $50 pounds
and hiked about mile and boarded
our favorite Pullman again for St.
NaZaire, the jumping off place for
there at O'Clock In the morning OF
March 1th.' The boys sighted big
ship at one Of the docks, and in less
than ten minutes they had the report
going that they had seen the 18th
Infantry marked on the side Of it
However. we were taken to Embarka-
tion Camp No. 2, and after a few
more inspections, they pronounced