The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-10-16
Col. Fighting Bob" Mccoy
Brings War Home In Ad-
dress At K. of C. Landing
Day Banquet Monday.
PLEADS FOR NATIONAL GUARD
Speaker Declares Militia Stood Test
and Is Entitled To Continuance
Attorney Foley of Racine Makes
Landing Day Speech.

f'Fighting Bob Mccoy, the colonel
IF the 32nd Division, in the victory
address at the annual Landing Day
Banquet Of the Kenosha Council,
knights of Columbus, held on Monday
evening in the lodge hall Of the Elks
Club, took an interesting way to bring
the war home to the three hundred Ke-
noshans who attended the banquet,
when he told the story of the drive OF
the Fighting 32nd'' by transferring
the French battle field to southern Wis
cousin. With Milwaukee as the Ger
man headquarters and Waukegan as
Chateau Thierry, he lead his hearers
through the Argonne Forest which stood
between Kenosha and Waukegan and
made them live through the perils Of
war which faced the men Of his
command.
Praises Captain Dayton.
The fighting colonel of Sparta, Wis
consin, in opening his address, paid
high tribute to the Kenosha soldiers
Who served under him in the Great War.
He recalled that he had come to Keno
oha in 1917 to help recruit the ranks
If the Fourth Regiment of the National
Guard and at the suggestion of many
citizens had asked Edward Dayton to
lead the infantry company from Keno
sha Captain Dayton withstood all
sitting processes, declared the Colonel.
" He met all problems and solved them,
because of his intensive study and
natural ability and ingenuity, he comes
home bearing with him the esteem of
the men with whom he served over
seas. Colonel Mccoy also paid high
tribute to the work done by, Captain
Hanley, Of Kenosha, who was with the
ambulance corps of the 32nd and to
Captain Asbury Vale, commanding Of
fcer of the 120th Supply. Train. He
declared that the Badger soldiers who
fought in the Argonne, and among
them were many Kcnoshans, showed
as great bravery and daring as was
displayed in the great war
Explains German Methods.
To create an atmosphere of victory,
Colonel Mccoy transferred the battle
field to southern Wisconsin so that his
hearers might understand what his
soldiers had done. He showed how had
this been the scene of the great Chateau
Thierry drive, as he pictured it, every
building in Kenosha would have been
shattered by the shells Of the Germans,
every tree would have been splindered
underneath the devastating fire, and all
machinery and valuables would have
been confscated and sent back to Ger
many to be sold at auction.
He graphically told how the S2nd
fought its way through this sector
and drove in the wedge which brought
the German surrender. He declared
that Germany gave up because it had
reached the end Of its economic
ability and Of its man power
Pleads for National Guard.
IN closing his address, Colonel Nc
Coy pointed out that the eleven divi
sions Of National Guard troops, al
though they were only ten per cent OF
the American forces, had been the first
line of defense He plead for the con
tiuuanec of the National Guard system
in opposition to the present war plans
put forward by congressional leaders
which he branded as 'Fworse than the
militarism which the American soldiers
hal overthrown.
Prior to the banquet, Colonel Mccoy
me many Of the soldiers who had serv
cd with him in the S2nd division, at The
informal reception held in the gentle
mon lounge at the Elks Club.
Jerome Foley Makes Address.
The banquet was one of the mos
enthusiastic ever staged by the Keno
sha Council. Retiring Grand Knighr
John Gems and retiring Deputy Gran{
Knight Edward Higgins opened tht
program with addresses of welcome
Attorney Jerome Foley of Racine, de
livered short Columbus Day address
in which he reminded the Kenosh;
Council of the remarkable record thu
knights had made in the war ant
which they must now maintain
During the banquet music was furn
ish by the Clithero orchestra. ''Whel
Irish Eyes Are Smiling and idea
Old Pal o Nine were two of tn
splendid vocal solos presented b.
Howard Sershon between the speaker
on the interesting program.