New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Writes to Ex.Colonel Apple
ton of New Workers. Valor
in Smashing the Foe
Touching Memorial Held
Famous Regiment to Marcll
Here Previous to Big
Parade of 9th Division

-, former colonel Of the 7th Regi-
ront and recently retired, speaks en-
.susiastically of the 9th Divisions
war record, hard won, and of the &C
t;vities of the 10th Infantry, whose
basic organization was the 7th Infan-
.rv N. G. n. y, Of which General
O,Rvan was a member. The letter
saws, in part:
Mote that on the envelope you are
addressed as major general; that's
formal. In the letter l address you as
colonel. because even though you may
become field marshal some day, you
will always be Colonel Dan to every
one who served in the 7th Regiment.
have just finished debating citations
based upon especially gallant or meri-
torious acts, and l am sure you will
he glad to receive the attached copy
OF same.
rConduct of this character charac-
terized the entire battle service of the
7th. Not the least interesting part of
the matter is the modesty Of officers
and men. They really seem surprised
to be commended. The most remark
able feats of gallantry have been per-
formed and little or no mention made
of them. Getting killed was such
common occurrence during the most
active part of the service that wounds,
gas bombardments, grenade fighting,
etc., seem to be regarded as part of
the days work.
Pershing Extols 9th Men
Il wish you could have seen your
regiment in the review by General
Pcrshng on January 81, 1919. The
Prussian Guards never had anything
on them. General Pershing said it was
the most striking thing he had ever
seen in the way of a review either in
our own army or in any other. The
column was passed in review, each bat
talon constituting a unit Of command,
the battalion being in column of half
companies closed in mass, with bayo-
nets fixed. Each regiment, therefore,
moved in four massed squares. The
first three, constituted of the line bat
talions, and the fourth, composed Of
the Headquarters Company, the Sup
ply Company, the Machine Gun Com
pany and the Sanitary Detachment.
The tactical units of the division were
followed by the transport.
None of the reviewing party had
ever seen such transport. Although
most of this transport marched from
three to fifteen kilometres to get to
the review field and the roads were
muddy, animals, vehicles and harness
turned out spotless, having been gone
over after arrival on the field. Every
vehicle had been rubbed down with
wood-preserving oil, which made them
look as if they had just been var
nlshed. The brass hub-caps were pol
shed so that they looked like mirrors.
The rolling kitchens looked like prize
fire engines.
There we're more than two hundred
'ehlcles with their teams and per-
sonnel. All tho steel chains were pol
lshed so they looked like silver. I had
a general officer visiting me who said
he had heard q great deal about the
appearance of our transport in the re-
cent review and that some day ne
would Ike to see transport gotten in
mat condition. | told him our trans
port was maintained in that condition
>,
so | handed him our area map show
ng locations of units and told him to
PICK out several and we would visit
ihem at once by motor. He did so and
We proceeded Immediately. Although
ne day was rainy Gas usuaD he found
me conditions as | have described
hem above.'
Exact Casualties Unknown
There has been much conjecture
concerning the exact extent of the
ms casualties. Positive figures are
aOs only impossible to secure at pres
ea. oue VIII continue to be subject to
eellecture for many months. Grad
sa'es OF the regiments training are in
ppIay lands and many armies; the
oh'lsh and French forces contain
many officers whose early training was
vi the floor of the 7th Regiment Ar
a.ofy at Sixty-sixth Street and Park
ntseaue. The total number of officers
@ lug at large" passes the 1000 mark
s"u considerable number Of 7th men
nave ssse falien in the ranks of the 165th.
t0,lnerly the 69th, N. 6. N. Y.
IN IN speaking of these latter, Father
duffy, the beloved chaplain Of the le5th
,salo recently an eloquent tribute TO
.h .he 1raternal sympathy which united
;ne TWO regiments in conflict This was
"a letter likewise addressed to Gen
sFal Appleton.
=. Inc old ties which have bound the
40 regiments for the greater part Of a
,.Ury .r,. are stronger than ever as q re
he sas OF TINS campaign" wrote Father
s,;.t!. The men of the 7th who served
"'ln us here have been Of our very best
sau sau our best beloved. Many of them
aase ,s' become officers and have rendered
ssva t.s,i service elsewhere; the others
l,s'e cone their work with us as we
~Ls VIZ" from the first they would. and
s,n AZ" ene coiors Of your old regiment
not decorated they will have q claim
ws;os oni? on the glorious battles in
bs. ben y, the with Infantry were engaged.
re, @.no on the numerous fights which
'"'y made IN the 1G5th."
- 545 Dead in 10th Alone
lnfGa, ~, .he 1923 casualties in the 10th
g;'sfy pr" sione 545 were fatalities, the
ssnh sa .oli OF the combats on the Hin
Souplet, iun ana at ot.
sorros,9a n Committee is already in process of
.sSim4.ion and contemplates the erec-
ts. IVA OF memorial to the 7tb'a dead in
sn;r;s zorro war, a memorial similar in
Pa,L 70 the monument in Central
u,s,a, a, erected by the regiment to com
doiate dssts the varliant service And
sss s'@ r, OF their regimcntal brothers in
IA, riyll War, In which the regiment
,r,s...ss represented by $50 officers. This
H. ,s'sss sse 10 repeated in the armorv for
s,sr'sn avv IN the Spanish-American War
trsSsx',n,,acant Of the 7th Regiments
nsssa n.'"n and loyal unity IL the i'm
tsxs y, welcoming parade which win
" ~ hs'ass Se. pr,or to the formal parade
7aD1 so. I'm Division. Approximately
RI men VIII march nm 49, - -