The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-02-27
DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE
While Many Are Being Relieved of
Duty Few are from Garrett.

With hundreds of thousands of men
being discharged from the service of
various branches of the army and ma
Wy almost daily, comparatively few
are from Garrett county, but their
turn will come eventually and then
great holiday is going to take place
IN the many hundreds of homes all up
and down the county.
Yesterday mornings bulletin issued
by the War Department contained the
information that certain divisions now
IN France would be sent to the States
at certain times, among which divis-
ions the 18th, now unit of the Army
OF Occupation, was named as the last
to be brought home, the date for the
sailing OF this organization being CIV
en- as sometime in the month of June.
This division is made up almost en-
tirely of Maryland and Pennsylvania
men and was trained at Camp Meade
going over to France last July. The
Garrett county men now over seas. or
at least the great majority of them.
are assigned to duty with the organi-
eaton, hence they cannot be expected
home much before July 1st.
Among those who have been recent
ly honorably discharged and returned
to civil life is Wellington Yutzy, son
OF Mr.. Jonas Yutzy, of Oakland. The
young soldier was in the Marines and
was located for many months at a
camp in Virginia. He arrived here on
Wednesday of last week.
Sergeant Robert B. Garrett. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick j. Garrett. of
Deer Park, and formerly a member of
Headquarters Company, Seth Coast
Artillery, has returned to his home
from Fort Schuyler, n Y, where the
regiment was mustered out of service.
This regiment was formed in 1917 at
Fort II. G. Wright, N. Y, one of the
coast defense points along Long Is
land Sound, and was composed of req
ulars and National guardsmen. 1t left
for France in March, 1918, aboard the
former White Star liner Olympic.
While in France the seth Regiment
served with the 31st Heavy Artillery
Brigade (motorized), being part Of
the organization known as the Army
Artillery, First Army, A. E. F. It
was thus available for service any,
where within the zone of the First
Army, moving from sector to sector
and supporting any division that
found itself in need of more artillery.
The regiment was in action continue
ously from about August Is. 1918. un-
til 1883 a. M, November 18th, 1918.
at which time it was not far from the
Belgium frontier. The principal en-
gagements in which it took part were
the second battle of the Marine and the
second battle Of the Argonne.
It's armament consisted of twenty
four of the famous French 1856 nm.
long rifles, which had range of about
sixteen kilometers.- Each gun was
drawn by huge rs horsepower Holt
tractor.
On January 5th, 1919, after nine
months service in France the regi-
ment embarked on board the United
States cruiser South Dakota for home.
The first three or four days out were
rough and the heavy seas washing
over the decks carried away the pilot
house. One member of the seth de-
veloped bad case of appendicitis
when the storm was at its worst, and
IN order to save the mans life two of
the ships surgeons dashed themselves
to the table and operated upon him
the engines having been
stopped in order to lessen the vibra-
ton. The operation was success.
The cruiser locked at Hoboken on
January 18th.