The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-28
ALABAMA'S PRAISE
From the New York Evening Sun.

From the New York Evening Sum- ONlIE national war work council of
 the Y. NJ. c. A. today gave out
 G copies of commendatory letters given to 'Y' men by two colonels of the Rainbow division and called attention to the inscrption-on a loving cup pre- sented to worker by officers of the Of the Rev. John Williams of Bessemer, Ala, chaplain of the 167th.
 On arriving from France recently the chaplain was quoted as saying:
 ''As a minister I have been an active Y. M. c. A. worker most of my life. But my experience in the front line trenches where the Y. M. c. A. never penetrated alters my view of that body. I saw them sell cigarettes that were intended for free distribution at a franc a package, and the boxes were marked For Free Distribution-To Be Given Away" ] The 167th infantry was the old Fourth Alabama, which joined the Rainbow division at Camp Mills, L. l., in the au- tumn of 1917. The commander Col Will 1 liam P. Screws, has writteA lon behalf of the officers and enlisted mem testi- monials of the regard in which they held the work of the Y. M c. A. and it's work CTS with that regiment.
 | In position on the right of the 167th l infantry throughout the campaign in the Lorraine, at the second battle of the 1 rT,t1;a Argonne was the 16Sth infantry, formerly an Iowa regiment whose Colonel, Mathew | A. Finley wrote on his card for the regi- mental "Y'' worker, Walter c. Patton of Springfield, O., the following introduc- tion
 This is Walter Patton of the 'Y,' be- loved by all our men. Give him the best you have got. TINLEY.' 1 When Chaplain Williams reported criticisms of the Y. M. C. A. workers were published the Red Triangle men who had been with the 167th infantry considered themselves assailed. l One of them, Beveridge C. Dunlop of 1 Spring Valley, N. Y, is a member of the silk firm of John Dunlop's Sons. 25i Fourth avenue, New York. He is Span- ish war veteran and was a member of the 1914 assembly from Rockland county. Borden Burr is a leading member of the ba. of Birmingham, Ala. They joined the regiment as ''Y' workers in June, 1918. /, Where the Rainbow division went there went the Alabama fighters, helping to stop the great German offensive at Cha 1 teau Thierry, and switching to the sec ond Marne battle from which the 167th infantry emerged with a record of 250 killed, 1300 wounded or gassed and 400 missing After rest and replacement the regiment went over the top at St. Mihiel, q gave away between $500 and $500 worth of Y NJ. c. A. supplies in the St Mihiel drives opening days" said MT. Dunlop.
 'The Y M. c. A, workers with the Rainbow division alone gave away , l4c 0O0 francs worth of supplies at Chateau Thierry," said MT, Patton.
 When MT. Dunlop's service term ex- pired Colonel Screws sent him the fol towing letter:
 "It is with great regret that we have to part with you as the r. NJ. c. A. rep resentative for this regiment Since you have been on duty with your work has been of such an excellent nature that it is very difficult for me to find words to express my appreciation of same
 ',Too much praise cannot be given the ". M C. A for the noble work they have ocne for our men in France and the hell, they have been to all, especially wher they send such men as you to represent
 them
 "On behalf of the officers and enlisted men of the 157th infantry I thank you
 from the bottom of my heart for youl
 work and assure you that same will never
 be fogotten
 TO Mir Goetter the colonel wrote: 'He Dunlop) is 'he-man,' really one of the
 best I have ever run across. and the 167th infantry officers and enlisted mer are strong for him. -
 Colonel Screws little to MT. Burr con talned the following;
 ..On behalf of the officers and enlisted men. I wish to thank you for the ex eellent and valuable work that you hay, done with us and with other American troops since your arrival in France. ..As I told YOU when you first reported