The sun., 1919-02-25
HAYWARD REVEALS
HOW GOURAUD WON
Turned Tide Against Germans
by Being First to
Attack.
"BLACK WATCH, IN THICK
Harlem Negroes Treasured
Marks They Captured for
Spending in Germany.

Representatives OF every branch OF
the business, industrial and social life OF
New York met last night in convention In
Carnegie Hall to put the war born habit
Of national thrift on a permanent basis
and to pledge their financial support to
the United States. Resolutions promis-
ing this support and making the War
Savings Society a permanent institution
we're adopted unanimously by gather
ing that crowded the great hall
ut has been said that Uncle Sam went
out Of the business of being patriotic on
November IL, when the armisuce was
signed" said Joseph Hartlgan. chairman
In opening the meeting after military
band had played the national anthem
and stand OF colors had been pre-
scented to the Fifty-hrst Regiment, c.
C., United States Army "If we discern
the real spirit of America we are con"
WINGED that a new and greater patriotic
American spirit was born on that date,
1.-THE fact that 100000 people
men. women and children-through own
ership Of Government securities now have
n direct and personal share and interest
In the Government, whereas before the
war only 80, 900 people had such direct
financial participation, constitutes civic
asset too valuable to lose" the chair
man quoted from a Treasury Department
statement
Debt of Honor Assumed.
THE war Is not over" he continued,
until the honorable debts contracted for
the successful prosecution OF the war are
paid In full. America has assumed
debt of honor; 1t Is perhaps inappropri-
ate to say that she will discharge II
fully on time.
Eve shall become a nation OF savers.
You teachers of thrift and saving will
stimulate a city of savers. block OF
savers, a shop OF savers. Sacrifice and
saving went with the war to make sure
that the menace to our national institu-
tons was destroyed. Saving and thrift
go with the blessings OF peace for
national reconstruction and for I'M
proved individual construction"
Martin Vogel. Assistant Treasurer OF
the United States. after discussing the
League of Nations and criticising I'M
called for criticism of the Government.
said Of the thrift movement:
Thrift does not mean miserliness. 1t
simply means outstanding your re-
sources. 1t Is a great cause, for II in
culcated into the American people. II
will be one of the greatest sources of
strength for the upbuilding OF the ma
ton"
Col. "Bill' Hayward, commander OF
the famous 369th black regiment, re-
ceiveh an uproarious greeting when he
stepped forward to make the first pub
lie address he has made since his recent
return to France. He never made
better speech. and his story made
tremendous hit with his audience.
Tide Turned by the Blacks.
Col Hayward declared It as his opin-
ION that bit OF strategy worked out
by Gen. Gouraud of the French Fourth
ARMY on July is last turned the tide
OF the war. Il
I'VE were at one end OF the line held
by Gen. Gouraud and were a part OF
his army At the other end OF the line
was that famous fighting Irish outfit.
the 165th (Sixty-ninth. New York;, and
other units Of the great Rainbow
Division.
THE first thing I knew all there was
between the> German army and Paris
on a stretch of front a little more than
four miles long was my regiment OF
negroes But II was fair enough at
that all there was between US and Ber-
lin was the German army. They tried
pretty hard to get by. but they never
Old. No German ever got into trench
with my regiment who did not stay
there or go back with the brand Of
my boys on him.
"ln 191 days OF battle we never had
one OF our men captured-alive. When
those Germans would come into our
trenches after what our boys called a
million dollar artillery preparation the
thing Just got down to a regular he
man, street corner fight. They fought
with knives, bayonets and the butts OF
guns. All those boys OF mine ever
wanted to fight with was something
with a good cutting edge on It.
"On July II the Germans, reinforced
by prisoners released by Russia, were
at their maximum strength. The Allies
were at the lowest ebb they had reached
during the war. That night we cap
tured some German prisoners In a raid
and they told US that at a certain time
the Germans were to launch great
attack that was to last for Ave hours
and twenty-five minutes
So Gouraud Attacked First.
General Gouraud sr,rted a counter
attack on n great scale Ave minutes be-
fore the German ok was to start As
we afterward learned from prisoners
this attack greatly upset the Germans
and hampered their own attack dis.
astrously
General Gourlud. knowing the horr
when the German attack was to begin
took what was probably the Longest
chance that general ever took. Before
the attack began he ordered his whole
army to-" nd0n the FIRST tEAannK
front o. - kilometres. These trenche,
had cost thousands OF lives and men hat
toiled months and months to gain thost
positions. II Gouraud's plan failed h,
was ruined
when the troops were withdrawn