The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-24

William W. Hague.
Back there in sumter YOU all call
him Bloody Bill McCutchen," SO
they tell u.s. Well. we know him by
many names too, but to ali Of US who
have known him in the Thirtieth IN
fantry he is and always will be
Daddy Mac" For Daddy Nc
Cutchens place in the Thirtieth In
not be measured with words, any
more than could be measured the
love that the Thirtieth has for him. {;
But since Daddy Mac" is on his way
back to Sumter now. the Thirtieth
would like to tell Sumter little Of
what it knows about him.
He came to us soon after we came
to France-way back before the
fighting started for US. And he ha |
STAYED with us every minute until now
his chance has come to go home. He
wears wound stripe but he never
missed a moment with the outfit for
all Of that, and of three officers who
were with the regiment through ev-
cry bit Of fighting, Daddy was one.
and when they finally pulled the out
r'1 OUT. Of the scrap at the tail end OF
the fighting in the Argonne. it was
Daddy McCutchen who was COM !
manding the regiment. There isn't Il
man who fought with the regiment
at the Marne. and from the Marine 10
the Vesle. and up through the 81
Mihiel hike and then through the
! long wearing grind Of the Argonnc.
TO whom Daddy wasn't familiar
! figure because everywhere the fight
] ling was. there he was. He isn't rs
young. as some Of the rest of us.
when yon count up his birthdays. but
there wasn't man who had any more
! pep" and sticking qualities" than
/ our Daddy Mac.
If you were to hunt around among
the men who followed Daddy Mac.
from shell hole to shell hole and from
; trench to trench, you probably
wouldn't find a man who could re-
member any time when he had order
ed a man 10 a certain place. Because
ne didn't handle his company that
way. With his outfit, you'd see him
rush ahead in the thick of the ma
chine gun FIRE. and from the position
ahead that he would reach, back
would come the call. Come on, Com
pany," and l Company would come
on to man. Back at the Marh:.
after the terrific bombardment Of the
night OF the l4th of July. it was
Daddy Mac. who. finding messenger
trying TO reach division headquarters,
took the message. went out into IN"
/ hail Of she'll fire and captured a rid
erless horse, whose rider had been
! Killed in the storm Of metal. and after
delivering the message to division
| headquarters. took the message 10 tn"
reinforcenlcnts. and then by himself
made his way through the woods IL
the thick of the German attack. and
! irecr2anized leaderleSS elements OF has
command and held the point there
until the reinforcements came. &c
| has a citation for CroiX de Gue:re
! for the things he did that day. but
ii would take a string of citations tc
take care of all his exploits. 1t is
Company that talks about what Daddy !
! McCutchcn did at the Marne and
! Company that talks about following
! him up through the Arconne. and its
| Z Company tIitl tiIhS tiDOOC tiiN ''N -
captain they ever want TO see, up in
the Army Of Occupation. But to all
of US he's the same Daddy Mac" and
we're mighty proud to be able to say
! that we were with him in the "Th;r-
tieth."
He's on his way home now. and
We're Just letting you know how we
! feel about IT. SO that you will know
whereof YOU people Of Sumter have
reason to be proud. when he gets back
/ to YOU They don't make en- any
better fighters. and they don't make
'em any better friends than Daddy
Mac. and so we'd like to shake you
hv The hand and tell you that we've
cot a part interest in him TOO. We
feel as if we knew most Of YOU folks
pretty we'll. Doc Dick and lots more
/ or YOU. for we've heard SO much
:: bout YOU from Daddy Mac. For he's
mighty proud Of Sumter. and sum
ter has mighty good cause to be :
F, proud Of Daddy Mac. The Thiru"th
concentrates You on getting hnn
home again.