The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-08-01
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NANi' HEROES

.1oin Says COurdse
Chapman american Soldiers Has Never
o. Of, A% seen in the World.
D' GLOWING item taken from the
The 1oilo" adifion of the Evening
J June s1'H published at Hudson s9 New
Reg E will prove of especlal ln t e11
York W." ord Division, and also to all
70 tls Y, - If the A. of O., because It
regulars vi the men back home are
shows t nn ne and saying about us
dong DON will Offset the published ru ,,as
that Hail are not deserving OF as much
that We some of the units that are
credlI, Stabilized. an The item is here
with nGi reproduced: :, 49, history an
, r~ sounded loud in 81. joseph !
pauS,sS onv Sunday night. The pulpit
at A nlcrnpied by the unfamiliar inquire
was Oo oIdier in khaki. 1t was the Rev.
Of SUI A Flanagan, chaplain or
I !1O eotb c. s. Inf. of the 3rd Div,
ns O in Germany, and which during
DO" var was in the van at Cantlgny'
inc "' Iorna Chateau-Thierry, the
the Can Mihiel, the Argonne and
'esie, If lesser engagements.
" VI conld picture terror, but L
h,d not like to do that" Father
Wouiu oaan said. Il could also pic
l@li the horror Of war, but | wouldn't
, Lus ~ do that But | can picture the
lh moe and devotion of the Ameri-
co soldipr and such courage and
J ja, has never before been seen
in the world. hi-
,,;oncps from the time he left the
ps,.' gt Hoboken. until he finally ar
lived at Coblentz with the hrst
,rprican tr0ops\Of the army OF oc-
annaton He TALKED for two hours
sud biz congregation listened to
every word.
If was a common sight" he de-
.I,rof 40 see man with one leg
hanging off crawling TO aid another
ronnded man gain the safety OF
,bnItpr II was common to hear one
diving man say. Help that fellow
tbpre I'm going out anyway. THAT
WAS the spirit that characterized the
American soldier and want to say
n Won people tonight: Don't scott at
,hp regular soldier again. He has
his faults. but his virtues far out
weigh them. He is the greatest fight
or in the world and nothing is too
great or too hard for him to accom-
plish.'
As an illustration of the discipline
of the American army, which despite
what foreign critics say, was the best
discipline in Europe, he said. Father
Flanagan related an incident during
the San Mihiel offensive, when the
Both Regt was sent into a support
position Their station was small
woods and German planes had sight
ed French broken down tanks there.
Immediately guns were turned loose
and bombs were dropped in profusfon.
Despite the hell raging i'm the
forest the regiment swung into line
at the order to Forward March"
walked straight into the raging in
fernO of death. hundreds never to
come out.
God forbid | should take any
credit from the American Marine, :"
he said. speaking of the battle of
Chateau-Thierry. He's as fine a SOL
der as ever lived, but there were no
marines at Chateau-Thierry. The
Marines fought splendidly at Belleau
Wood, which was three miles north
Of Chateau-Thierry and if you wish
to call the whole sector Chateau
IAierry they were there. But it was
one unit OF the 3rd Div. the 7th M. G..
b. that stopped the German tide at
Chateau-Thierry.
After leaving the Goth Div. to
which | had been first assigned, ]
was sent to a replacement camp and
mere Joined the 3rd Div. We were
Kept drilling and drilling until the
derman drive opened in May. Then
Cdme the word to move and we were
loaded in camions, ON gun carriages
and practically everything that could
carry us, and were sent to the from
IL 1, Wa' the It'll, however, that reached
Chateau-Thierry. Five hundred
french troops were caught across the
IEer and for twelve hours that bat
'ai!on Kept up steady fire until
llsnt fell. when the Frenchmen swan
Ne river and escaped.
All the next day they fought in the
P y 1t was the last engagement
ne battalion ever went into for the
, Sa that when the day was over
4T[e wasn't man left of it."
=. ne told of hearing the confessions
r - I'"O men and OF giving them COM
Iullon the next morning, the day