The sun., 1919-02-13
HEROES OF 18TH
GRINNING, BRING
HOME THE GLORY
Col. Hayward Tells of
Fighters Deeds That
Thrilled France.
HONORS WON BY ALL
Decorations. Medals and
Crosses Cover Dusky,
Happy troops.
JOHNSON MADE HISTORY
Little Sergeant of "Black
Watch" Carved Casualty
List Of His Own.
JOHNSON MADE HISTORY

Mr.. Whistler was all wrong when he
said in his Ten O'Clock" lectures that
the most beautiful tone" in world OF
lovellness was to be found on a river
front at twilight, with lights reflected
in the water" Mr.. Whistler would
have changed his mind had he been at
West Fifty fifth street and the North
River shortly after 10 o'clock yester-
day forenoon when a slate colored ship
striped with bright yellow and off,
oially known as the Swedish American
liner tockholm-topheavy with grim
ming and beribboned black troops -
warped into her pier through a sitting
furry of white snowfiakes that soft
ened the whole mass Of green and red
Croix de Guerre trimmings and the red
and white Distinguished Service Cross
ribbons into the neutral blue-gray tone
that Mr.. Whistler loved.
Appropriately the troops locked and
stepped on a pier at the southwestern
slope Of that outstanding part Of the
r1driff Of western Manhattan known as
San Juan Hill-appropriately because
the troopers aboard the Stockholm
were made up chiefly OF the regiment
OF two fisted black fighters known
originally TO Manhattan as the Fiji
tenth Regiment (colored). n. G.. n. Y.
then in France as "the Black Watch"
and finally as liaison troops, "369th
Regt. d'Inftie, of the French Armee"-
but immortal to Manhattan as Col
Bill Hayward's Old Fifteenth"
How They DID wrissIe!
when an army brass band on the far
river end OF a pier is jazzing Young
Composer Shelton Brooks's classic OF
rag. the Dark Town Sufferers Ball."
and thereby causing every black skinned,
white souled fighting son OF a gun 10
vTiggle his broad shoulders hysterioa
in the shimmy shiver 1t goes without
saying that even so observant an artist
as the immortal Whistler would have
ad a deuce of time trying to pick
out who was who among all the closely
sh!vering who's whoers. White officers
and black privates finally had shimmied
themselves into a shimmering khaki
reHt 10 impossible to note individual
celebrities where the atoms of the mass
we're all celebrities.
To begin with, the whole darned black
and white regiment-which is almost
completely black-had been decorated
with the Crox de Guerre. Also individ-
ual crosses and other metallic decora-
tons clnked on every deck of the
stockholm so steadily that the whole
snip made one think of the back room
h branch Corn Exchange Bank when
me boys are counting up In the late
afternoon. after the shades have been
drawn
Even the boss OF the regiment. ex-
Fuolic Service Commissioner Bill Hay-
ward was so thoroughly swamped to
the ears in a food of French war
crosses, wound stripes, crutches far
nnng bouquets. service stripes. happy
tears and medals and everything that
nothing could be learned on the pier
about him. further than the fact that
ne was the founder and Colonel of the
mighty regiment.
salvation Lassie TO Rescue.
Movie men were clicking Bill His
moaest protests were drowning out the
'i2k Of the cameraA Red Cross girls
were sitting him with chewing gum. He
vas sinking beneath a Hood OF blushes.
Ali nope OF learning authoritatively who
lhe deuce he was seemed to be on the
POINT Of being submerged in the uproar
when along came light tan and scarlet
nNdtcked Salvation Army lassie named
Enillie Somethngorother.
MISS Emile had armed herself against
IH'' such an emergency by bringing
ABOARD the pier and troopshlp a late
copy OF Who's Who in America"
IIfnng to page 1895 Of the fat little red
No.lno she first told the world fair that
me Colonel guy snothered In decora-
uo7s and wound stripes was the son of
!idge Monroe Leland and Jane (Pelton)
Hayward. his father, NJ l.. HAYWARD.
haNng served gallantly in the Fifth New
fork Cavalry in the civil war. then went
20 Nebraska, where for many years Col.
Ha5 ward father was a circuit Judge.
ana finally was elected 20 the United
e'a'"s senate from Nebraska
II YOU reporters want TO know all
r' details about the Colonel OF this ne
g. regiment" screamed the Salvation
Anv lassie above the uproar, 'Iisten
Wr'e ! read slowly from Who's Who
- Your only chance, boys. in excite
me-t Ike this to get the real dope on
nm Listen:
Hayward, Bill mean William
lawyer. Born Nebraska City'-where
"fr tnat !s-'April 20, 1877; grad Ne
,-aso7 City High School, 1898: studied
Munich, Germany tprolonged hisses).
1885,, LIB, L. Of Neb., 1897 mar
r.1d Sara (cheers) Coe (cheers) Ire
ana (c1eers) OF Nebraska City, Mar
- 1901, Capt. I'd Neb. Int. Neb. y.
g, ia Spanish-Am. War; Col, I'd Inf,
Heo. y. c.. 1sss-l90I county Judge
o''c county. Neb,. 1902 (declined cd
t.rn). Chmn. Rep. state Central Com.
ls15-a sec, Rep, Nat Com. i9os-12.
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