El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-12

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Out OF their abundancs
To give a little
Ihat really counted
Toward the end
lL the Americans could thinlr
-Passerons
We shall pass
and make good with that
IN the tasks assigned
4 nat was our high privilege.
our good fortune,
But we have no warrant
To puff up about it.
AFTER the Americans
came into the war
the course Of events
Went al as written
In the books
Long ago.
The outcome was as certain
AS mathematical axiom
Because the responsible man
Did the normal things
Which circumstances previously
had hlndered him from doing.
80 II Luefe De any glory
Due anybody.
Remembe and repeat often.
Admiral Schiey's remark
After Santiago
There Is glory enough FOR ALL
We have just fought one war
Against Hypocrisy
Let us be careful now.
and put it TO. ourselves
This way
out OF our abundance
we gave a little
To save the remainder
I must sketch now
4 brief chronicle OF
Ny journeyings and close
This thing up. In
klnqness to readers.
In August 1917
I Left FL Paso. and did not
l Return thereafter. Three months
In training camp at Leon Springs
Were followed by three months
/ AZ Camp Travis and three
Months at Fort sam Houston
Early in June J Joined the
seth division. left June -
For the seaboard. and
Sailed for Europe June IS
I I have been with the 90th
Division ever since. and
Have never been absent
. From active duty.
T With the Division I was
( 20 days within range Of the
Enemy's guns. first In the
Ioul or Saint Mihiel Sector.
E Then IN the
Argonne- Meuse or verdun Sector
[ have been over all the
Area bounded roughly by a
. Line traced on the map
. From Dion through Nancy.
Metz, L0ngwy. Montmedy.
Stenay. Grand Pre-. Barbecue.
Chatiilon-sur-S Seine. to Diion. ana
Through Luxembourg into Germany
I As far as C0bleuz
/ On the Rhine
And across the Rhine
/ This covers practically the
Whole area OF American activity
I In the Zone Of the Advance in
7 France except as 10 some
American troops on the Vosges-
7 Alsacs front near St Die
And a few divisions that fought
With the British or the French
{ At various points on the
Z West front There were 43
Divisions over here. OF which
% had some contact with
Z The enemy. The s0th was
. One OF 10 divisions selected
/ For the Army Of Occupation on a
+ Basis OF length OF service
+ In the front line
I And meritori0us
. Performance in action. There
Was only one other National
Army division chosen (sg), and
Q National Guard t26, 90. 42l
With 3 regular q, .. 8. 4. 81.
Z The 26th did not enter Germany.
We landed at Liverpool
July 10. after an Interesting
Ocean trip in a convoy Of
&c ships. went to Winchester
I And Southampton. and landed at
I lie Havre. July L. On the
10th we arrived at Recey-sur-O urcs
Northwest Of Dion in Cote-d'Or
Department. where we spent a
Month in a beautiful region in
Final training.
August p the Division took
over a sector in the front line
Z Near Pont-a-Mousson on the
Moselle river south OF Metz
[ The Division took an important
And honorable part IN the
saint Mihiel offensive starting
September IL, and suffered
Severe losses there; it
I Did much more than
/ was demanded OF Il and
I Established its reputation OF
Never yielding ground, which
I IL kept to the end
. The 90th fought through the
I Bots le Pretre which the
[ French regarded as one Of the
Strongest enemy positions in the
{ Entire line.
In October the s0th Division
Was transferred to the
I ArEonne-Meuse Sector
I Northwest OF Nerdun. and Ct was
In action there until the
End Of the war. The
/ American offensive in that
Sector started September IS
I ON an is-mile front, but it
Narrowed down to IS miles
Owing to the river barrier
Z And wtdened 10 40 miles at
The close only because a part
OF the extended flank was
Converted TO q front by
Splendid maneuver.
The Germans used up
"a divisions vainly
Along this narrow front
Trying to stop the American
Advance. but nothing on earth
Could have stopped that
First Army. which was
The most powerful
War-machine Gin proportion
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