Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-12
LOCAL men OF 18th
DIVISION RE TURNING
Large Detachments of the Anne
Arundel County Men Saw
Heavy Work In France
THEY TOOK MoNTFAUCON

OF discharged soldiers from the 18Th
Division. comprising probably the
largest group III Anne Arundel colllf Il
men III one division IL he whsle
army. have arrived at their homes
following the mastering cut of the
division at Camp Meade and other
camps They comprise selectmen who
left Annapolis for Camp Meade m
September or 1917 and May of 1918.
ami who have had hard service Il,
France during the progress of tae
war
There were comparatively few An
snapDlis men III these quotas. Anna
polls having given such d large nun
Der of volunteers To both army AMI
navy. hut the county men onfuualier-
ed those who went With the local
.units of the old MARYLAND National
Guard and helped To form the 18th
Division ali Camp Mcclellan Though
d considerable portion of the select
men came into the service ten months.
later than the Gnardslnen. they E0t
leross Tho Atlantic and into aetion
only about month later Far most
.of tho time they occupied HE same.
sector. and til several irstanees rc
lieged each other The 18th may he.
SAID to have followed the 2:,th during
4 considerable portion of their SER
wee on The yerdun sector, they aa-
yaneed along difYerent ground
Between seventy and eighty left
Annapolis on September 2S. 1917 and
received their training q Camp Meade
Most OF these Mere assigned 10 the
.sloth Field Artillery Included in
this number we're Sergt Edward Tow
ser. III West Annapolis, and First
Class Private William ~ Eggs. of
Annapolis. 10th of these have return
id To their homes
IA considerably larger number of
AnaanoIitana were included IN the
second draft and we're also sent ~
The T9til Division at Camp Meade and
we're included Ia several units, chief
III the S04th Sanitary Train. the 304th
supply Train and other trains. while
4 number of the county men were as-
signed to the 3I2th Machine Gun Bat
talson. SO far as known none Of the
conFty men went 70 the %3th Or other
infantry regiments of the division
A. fortune would have 1t. the men
Mhn went away with the first number
and were assigned 10 the artillery. did
MOI get III action. while those of the
second lot GOT III much severe fight
ing. The sl2th Machine Gun Batfal-
ION VAS severely engaged At the tax
ing III Monifaucon. one of the great
military feais of the war, while the
a14th Ambulance Company, III which
we're nasly local men. and which
formed a part OF the s04th SANITARY
Train. established q dressing station
near the saane point. and did splendid.
work. but suffered severe casualties
Among the members Of the 18th
Ambulance Company who have re-
turned to their homes here are Henry
q. Rehn. Claude Russell. Robert Nol-
fangle. Carroll McNew, George MYERS.
and others The company had NUM-
her of casualties. including death iIl5
action ana by disease Rialto wheel
er, iii Isastport, and Emmett Garner.
If near Annapolis, died Of pneumonia
following influenza
Edward Wilson was killed BY g high
explosive shell which took the lives
ST seven others This occurred on the.
yeraun front during The fighting.
around Montfaucon. and was witness
cd by Henry Rehn, who was very close.
Is the point where the shell struck
one os the members Of the 304th
supply Train who has returned y
George ID. Hall. His brother Herbert
3R. Hall. of the supply Company, l15th
Infantry, 2sth Division Is also back
iii Annapolis. while 4 third brother
Robert Hall. Company n, ilSth IN
Fantry was killed III action during the
yerdun drive
tit Is interesting To note the great
achievement of the T9th Division, tlIe
taking 81 Montfaucon. in which these
Annapolis and Anne Arundel county
boys had part The town was sill
.uafed on the highest eminence hack
Of Verdun. and was the quarters OF the
German Grown Prince. Il vas term
ed the Gibraltar Of Yerdun Its
capture on September l6. 1918, was
one os the great military feats Of the
var. and men of Anne Arundel shed
their blood and laid down their lives
helping To accomplish II
The 10th Division WIS organized and
commanded By Gen Joseph =. Kuhn
At Camp Meade ii Is conceded that
the work was done in an able man
ner. and that the division was one
of the best. Local men speak n the
highest terms OF the ofhcers under
whom they served. and OF the general
spirit Of the division Without excep-
ton. they appear to have benefited
physically and Ii other NAYS from
their service.