Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-07

"Abuot six kilometers." Good he
said. wen go another six"
After the battle the division was
Withdrawn to near Paris. Many of
the officers came TO see me. Mai. A.
w. Kenner, the regimental surgeon,
who had again distinguished himself
by his gallantry, and Captain Legge
were both in, looking little the worse
for the wear.
CHAPTER TX.
millions of ages have come and
gone"
The sergeant said as we held his
hand;
They have passed like the mist of the
early dawn
Since left my home in that far-off
land" Iron GUM.
During the next couple of months.
while | was laid up with my wound,
the regiment went to rest sector
near Pont-a- NJ ousson. There replace
ments reached them. wounded men
returned and they gradually worked
up to their full strength again. They
enjoyed themselves fully. 1t was one
of those sectors so common on the
cdSl u lHt WHSlStH .IlOhk NhCl q ny
tacit agreement little action took
place. The nature of the country and
its distance from the great centers of
France made many parts of the front
impracticable for an offensive either
by the Hun or ourselves. In these
sectors q division such as ours. worn
by hard fighting. or division of
green or old men. held the line, q
handful of men on each side occupy
ing long stretches. A few shells would
come whistling over during the day
and that was all.
Everybody used to look back on
their pleasant times in this sector.
They got fresh fish by the thoroughly
illegal method of throwing hand gren-
AIDES in some nearby ponds. While
fresh berries were plentiful even in the
front line. 1t was midsummer and the
weather was pleasantly warm. Alto
gether, If you had 10 be at war, 1t was
about as comfortable as possible.
Blown Into German Lines.
An odd incident of this period oc-
Cured to a recruit, who was sent out
the first night to q listening post. In
the listening post was box on which
the guard sat. At some time during
the previous night the Germans had
crept up and put bomb under TINS
box After looking around little
the recruit felt tired and sat down on
the box. A violent explosion followed.
Right away patrol worked out from
our lines to see what had happened,
When they got there they looked
through every ditch or clump
of bushes in the vicinity, but they
could not find a trace OF the man. lie
was reported as dead. blown TO bits.
On the march up into Germany that
recruit reported back TO the
regiment on his return from a Ger
man prison camp. Instead of being
blown to pieces he had simply been
blown into the German lines. When
ne came to. he was being carried to
the rear on a stretcher and had spent
the rest OF the war as prisoner, ex-
cept for a few scars. little the worse
tor wear.
Shortly after this the st. Mihiel OPP
Grafton took place. The plan was 10
nip off the salient by simultaneous
attack on both sides. our division was
the left flank unit of the forces at
lacking on the right of the salent,
being charged with the mission Oh
making a juncture with the twenty
fourth division, which was the rlsnt
unit OF the force attacking on Inc lelt
of the salient, The resistance was so
slight that the operation partook Oh
the nature of maneuver rather than
q battle. Our losses were practlcaliy
nil. A large number of prisoners We're
captured and a considerable amount
of material. The reason for this was
that the Germans had determined 10
abandon the position and We're In run
retreat when we attacked. They hau
been misinformed by their spies, how
ever, and started their movement
about twenty-four hours too late.
The men had fine time In TINS at
tack. During the time they had been
in the Toul sector high hill, called
Mont Sec, behind the German lines, mad
given them q lot of trouble. From 1t
the Germans had been virtually able
to look into our trenches In the at
tack they not only took this hill, hut
left it far in the rear. Our unit cap
tured a German officers mess, sim
Guiding the cook and a fine pig They
made the cook kill the pig
and prepare him for their dinner,
which they thoroughly enjoyed.
At another time q German COM
pa0y Kitchen Cdfut up III tIlC iulbht w
one of our outposts to ask him Tor
directions When they found out their
it was too late, and they We're
conducted to one of our very
companies.
ST. Milhel Operation.
The value of the St Mihiel operation
to our army was considerable. 1t gave
our staffs an opportunity to make mis-
takes which were not too terribly cost
ly. we fell down particularly on the
question of handling our road traffic.
The artillery and the trains in many
instances became hopelessly damned |
on the largely destroyed road. Each
unit commander with laudable desire
to get forward would do anything to
accomplish that purpose---doubleb bank |
Or cut across the country. The result |
WAS of course, hopeless tangle. This |
alone would have prevented us carry |
ing ON further attack, as no army |
can run away from its eehelons of sup
ply.
Immeditely on the completion of
the attacks the First division, in COM
pany with number or others, was
from the line and moved
west by marching to a position of
readiness for the Argonne offensive,
which was to take place in couple