The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-16


sion), which was composed Of the
national guards of twenty-six states
and the District of Columbia, the fol-
lowing men were among those from
Wayne county: Frank Lichtenfels,
Duke Rogers, Florence Ridge. Harry
Mcclure, Owen T. Webb, Fred Hugo,
Ray Keck, Lloyd Rust. The Rainbow
Division arrived in France in Novem-
Der, 1917. 1t went into action on Feb
81, and took part in activities in Dom
basie-Luneville-St Clement-Baccarat
sector until March 49, This was I'M
der French Eighth Army and the Sew
enth Army Corps. The men were In
the Baccarat sector from March Is to
June 81; in the Sousin and Esperance
sector, July SIT; German offensive
east of Rheims, July 1916; at Trugny
and Beauvardes, July Is to August 3;
Ansauville, Essey and Bots de Pannes
in the ST. Mihiel salient, September
IL to 80; then south of st. Georges
Landres-et-St. Georges-Cote de Chat1l-
lon, which was the Meuse-Argonne Of
fensive between October 1881, and
the final Argonne-Meuse offensive be-
tween November 5 and the 18th, when
the lasts shots were fired.
During the time the division spent
at the front, fourteen officers and over
thirteen thousand enlisted men were
taken prisoner, and twenty-five pieces
Of artillery and 495 machine guns
were captured The Rainbow Division
advanced fifty-five kilometers. The
name Rainbow" was given the AID
| Division because its personnel was
oP man fron, rnanv states.
AS far as Is known, there were more
Wayne county men in this division
and the list Division than in any other.
At least five men from this county
were in the 37th Division which re-
Gently arrived in the United States
from France following service there
since June %, 1918. Their first &C
tivities were in the Baccarat sector
from August 4 to September Is, 1918.
They took part in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive from September % to Octo-
Der /: were in the St. Mihiel sector
from October 7-16; in Flanders, Octo-
Der 81 to November 4, and from No
vember Gil, played with heavy action
in the Belgium-Syngem sector. The
37th Division captured twenty-six Of
ficers and 1,469 enlisted men. Tween
ty-nine pieces of artillery were cap
tured by them, and 1868 machine guns.
Their advance was marked.
Among the Richmond and Wayne
county men serving in the 9th Divi-
sion were: Earl T. Randall. Byron
Stafford, George Gibbs, Harry Morrow,
Ray Aiken, Albert Rockhill, Harry
Bowsman, Harry Nearon, and r. O.
Quigsby.
Men in 2sth Division.
In the 28th Division there were Rob
ert Dickinson, Harry Long, George
Steens, Clell R. Oler and Frank Lich'
tenfels.
The 2Sth Division, known before as
the National Guard of Pennsylvania
arrived in France, May IS, 1918, and
began activities in the sector south
east of Chateau-Thierry with the re-
serve. Almost continuous heavy fight
ing was done by this division in the
Vesle sector from August to Septem
Der s, and this was followed shortly
by the Argonne-Meuse offensive Sep
TENDER &c to October 9, and the Thiau
court sector operations, October 1t te
November H. Ten officers, Oil men
,l6 pieces Of artillery and 63 machine
guns were taken and total advance
on the front lines of ten kilometers
was made.
Perry Moss is the only Wayne
county man whose name has been Sc
cured in connection with the Twenty
sixth Division. This division. the New
England National Guard, arrived II
France October 5, 1917, and entered
action in the Chemin deS Danes sec
, tor February 6. La RENE and Bourc
sectors occupied the attention OF thl:
division from April 8 to June Is; tbs
Pas Fini sector northwest of Chauteal
. Thierry from July IS to 25, and The
Rupt and Tryon sectors September
to October s. Between October ant
( November IL they took part in thu
: Argonne- Mouse offensive in the Nep
tune sector northeast of Verdun.
} 26th Made Good Gain
? Sixty.one officers and 3,0S7 men
with sixteen pieces of artillery, -
. machine guns were taken and an ad
) vance of thirty-seven kilometers wa
:, made by the Twenty-sixth Division.
The First Division in which Their
, were at least eight Wayne county mel
: including Roy H. Bailey, Goldie Knoll
| Herbert Dalbey, Jasper M. Holmes
. Elmer Vinton, Roland Walls, John F
Cross and Peter Lchtenfels, capture
1 in all los officers, 6,304 men and mad
r a fifty-one kilometer advance agains
|. resistance. This was the first div
|. sion to arrive in France, landing o.
!, June 81, 1917, and beginning its activ
;. ties in the Sommerville sector, te,
t kilometers southeast of Nancy on o.
|. tober 81. This action was continue
J. until November 20, 1917. In the Ar
;. sauville sector, action was again ur
dertaken by the men Of the First d
Z vision on January 25 and continue
e until April 8, 1918. An April %, tn
o First division went over the top i
|. the Cantigny sector, taking part i
3 the battle of Cantigny April % to 81
). The Scissors operations and Marn
d counter-offensive, July IS to "a. cam
n next, to be followed by action In tn
d Sazerais sector, August to "a. Thi
{ in turn was followed by the st. Mihie
4 operation September IL and 10; tn
q Mouse offensive, October
a to u, and operations against Mouzol
{ November 5 and 6, ending with actio
a south and southwest of Sedan in tn
!. early DAYS OF last November.