Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-04-04
RECORD OF llSTH INFANTRY
South CaroIinlanS Covered Them.
selves With Glory!
BREAKING OF The HINDENBURG line
Terrible Roster of Casualties-General
Summary of Career from Mobiliza-
tion to Triumphal Return Home.

NEWS anu SOuiASi'
Columbia, March 31.-The 11Sth
Infantry, formerly the First South
Carolina National Guard. will live In
the history of the Palmetto state and
of the world, as one of the units
which pierced the formidable Hinden-
burg line at Bellicourt, September "a
1918, and added laurels to its fame by
other notable achievements.
According to the consolidated report
of casualties through the period be-
tween September % and October 2s,
1918, the 11Sth lost through various
causes 81 officers and 1928 men. COM
pared with 1876 officers and 1851 men
for the Fifty y-ninth Infantry brigade,
of which the South Carolina regiment
was a unit OF tho 11Sth casualties,
13 officers and 1873 men were killed on
the field of battle, compared with 27
officers and 4S5 men for the entire
brigade. The casualties by regimental
units were: First battalion, IL officers
and 47s men; Second battalion, IL Of
ficers and 624 men; Third battalion,
1s officers and 514 men; headquarters
company, 10 officers and 2S2 men:
machine gun company, officers and
4S men; supply company, 2 men, and
medical corps officers and "a men
Casualty Roster of 18th.
The following Is the casualty roster
- oS6oare of the Is 9th.
KiIled-Capt. A. Zane Pyles, regi-
mental adjutant; Capt: VIM; w. Jones
Company L, Hartsville; First Lieut..
w. A. Hudgens, adjutant, Third bat
TALON; First Lieut.. P. B. n. Earle,
Company NJ, Camden; First Lieut..
VIM. A. Mulley, Company /, Cheraw;
First Lieut.. George F. Reed, Company
F. Spartanburg; First Lieut.. VIM. K.
Framton, Company D. Laurens; Sec
ond Lieut. Henry ]. Brown, Company
K, Anderson; Second Lieut.. Robert +.
Farmer, Company F, Spartanburg;
Second Lieut.. Tillman r. Smith, Com
pany F, Spartanburg; Second Lieut..
william o. Stevenson, Company A.
Greenville; Second Lieut.. VIM. M;
Jones, headquarters company; Second
Lieut.. Charles Rishrig, Company L,
Hartsville.
Wounded-Major Gabriel H. Mahon,
First battalion; Major James H. How
ell. Third battalion; Capt. Hiram
Hutchison, Company K, Anderson;
Capt. Jesse c. Crawford, Company q
Pelzer; Capt. Samuel w. Parks, Com
pany G, Fort Mill; Capt. Robert w.
Hudgens, headquarters company; First
Lieut.. Richard S. Guessford, Company
X. Anderson; First Lieut.. James Ander-
son, Third battalion; First Lieut. Harry
E. Wickes, Company L, Hartsville gre,
turned to duty); First Lieut.. Henry =:
Ruhl, headquarters company; Flrst
Lieut.. Sam ]. Royal. headquarters
company; First Lieut.. James G. Do
, zier, Co. g; First Lieut.. James Schwing,
headquarters company; First Lieut.. u.
A. Neuffer, machine gun cumpany;
Second Lieut. John 3. Howard, co.
H, (returned to duty); Second Lieut..
Daniel T. Smith, Co. E. Second Lieut..
y. B. Thornburg, Co. F; Second Lieut..
Paul r. Newell, Company G; Second
Lieut.. Edward l. Mcneil, machine
gun company; Second Lieut.. Jesse M.
Barton, headquarters company; sec
ond Lieut. Jerry B. Fenton, Company
D; Second Lieut.. Carl T. Prause' Com
pany !. .
Gassed-Capt. Fred e. Stewart, at
tached, 105th signal battalion; First
Lieut.. w. w. Wingo, Headquarters
company; First Lieut.. Paul G. Brad
, shaw, adjutant, First battalion; First
Lieut.. Harry G. Kessenick, headquar-
ters company (returned TO outyl'
First Lieut. Joe T. Smith, Company Il
First Lieut.. Henry T. Ledford, M. r.
E.: First Lieut.. Burman d. Moore, M
r. E.; First Lieut.. John II. wigs,
Company H; Second Lieut.. Alfred
O'Neal, Company H; Second Lieut.;
Atlas NJ. Pickett, Company u; Seco1o
Lieut.. Robert NJ. Maxey, Company L.
The 11Sth captured 3.095 prisoners
between September rs and October 70
of which 81 were taken in the period
from September rs to October l; q
45S between October and October IL
and sos from October 10 to OCTOBER
20. The following war material was
captured by the regiment during the
time it was in action: Light machine
guns, 174; heavy machine guns. ia;
light field guns, Sc; trench mortars
"a: automatic rifles, which shoot pis-
toll bullets, 8; anti-tank rifles, 10;
cannon $50, 4; cannon, two-pound'
srs, 4; rifles. 2,S52.
The following are the line compa'
nies and where they originated 1T
South Carolina: Company A, Green
Vile; Company B, Anderson; Company
C. Pelzer; Company D, Laurens; Com
pany E. Union; Company F, Spartan
burg: Company G, Fort Mill; Com
pany H, Rock Hill; Company I, Che
raw; Company K, Anderson; Com
pany L, Hartsville; Company NJ. Cam
den.
From Styx to the Trenches.
The regiment, then the First nfan
try. South Carolina National Guard
was modified at Styx, about six miles
west Of Columbia, April IL. 1917, witt
a strength of about 1900 officers anc
men. The regiment was then detaliee
for guard duty in various parts OF th'
state to protect bridges, trestles anc
lines of railway over which troops
continually were being transported
After three months Of this sort OF wort
II was moved to Camp Sewer, excep
the Second battalion, which poiicee
Camp Jackson, then in course OF con
struction. About October the reg
imsnt was reinfarced by selectivs ser
vice men from Camp Jackson, ant
later, when the depot brigades wer'
disassembled, with about 300 mei
from the Second infantry, South Car
olina National Guard, and the secont
infantry, Tennessee National Guard
About April l third draft OF men wa
received, these coming from CAM
Dodge, which about brought the F1rs
regiment, South Carolina Nauona
Guard, up to full war strength.
During the period from April
1917, to May 4, 1918, the men OF th'
11sth, which was the designation CIV
en- it at Camp Sewer as unit OF th'
Thirtieth division were given intensive
military training, which showed vi
when they hit the Hindenburg line ant
went through the subsequent offenslv
which drove the Boche back TOWARD