Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-10

%nsasie ENI difference where-prettv soon Washing
'snH EaE fhis saereOtyped message: "The marines
snATe taEftfed and have the situation well in hand"
A5d 2S this their unofficial motto, "What we have,
We ncId,' asRd y0u have a pretty good line on
Ezsts tNsfs>d Gsztdt OF fighting men.
1nis marine stuff Is old stuff for an entirely
different rcasoa-far two reasons. One is that
F72ere MRS "A Sac OF fighting between June 1 and
>&zESnlAer III. 1918 The other Is that we are
FRsEv GGtsinuf1g to hear all about it. The point
VA While the marines kept right on adding to
lgheIr -t&urtS and the regulars ran 'em a dead
Faeat. 'Iir common. everyday American soldier
All. hr=aEks1es Of the service-also got into action
+. aRa aSaged souae thriIlers himself. National
GszxTap laata8a9 army, air seryice-it made no
SfEaSEnGCs- As lighting men they proved they
'TVsace assrfhg To stand and to charge alongside
? Ergsas-s aTd narines-and words can say no
sS3ssxe@ They have their own place in the sun and
Eencg WaEa &c In the oaIy way a fighting man can
~Eay It. E0u know how
EHss asszUGaa high command at the Spa in Bel
~gFEBM t&REkzg the war studied the American sol
efIt.T systematically and thoroughly, and formally
wrote. IFS conclusions into the official records.
&IzsU" vTua RundStezldt, On General Ludendorff's
sasa9T, fGars GTyr&de pHbac some Of these official con-
c~fHYsio4Ss~ SSae tas= ~The Americans are very
u JHgsse and tactive, but highly temperamental." He
eSGattfrsRS{i this by saying that with the Americans
eesges Gg3sGSaSg TEas a good deal of a sporting propo-
r~sTEtsa. md shat they wanted to get all the adj
U~aHGTUSa aE6 excitement possible out of 1t. Besides,
In wss impossible to tell what the Americans
Ngxuth tssE- They might attack anywhere and any
tSrxs. -Ezkey uIgn4 get tired sitting around or
ggeas peewef at the mosquitoes or feel mad be-
SazsEnss their IEatIOns had not come up-then they
w re altE 10 rdke X out on the enemy. Major Won
EnRdsseGde, asked to name offhand some Of the
6hzIcss<ssE dixEslsms considered by the high com
strEIaa sE anrung the best, replied:
-~The division which you call the Rainbow in
Eae 1SIzE+ tfEertyseco@d), and that division made
mp "nEGc e@g marines (Second regulars also the
EwEzaey-eiEtRh pennsylvania National Guard),
asazsf thc FIRST trcgulars)-"
YX74qy As. high command records were examined
Fxta1Aw tFsSsssxs we're also found included among
I &ias rssr%S effective: Thirty-second michigan and
WISCONSIN Satis nal Guardl, Twenty-sixth (Nation.
VI tsaara, New England), Thirty-third National
xsszsrSE- ftlinolx, PEaIriel, and Thirty-seventh INA
a6tlglaI ESsr2Rrd, Thfo9.
G0s6rfal American Portraits.
The y~HfIgInsnt or the German high command as
I'm dEylaEsxA efficiency. It will be noted. is borne out
ar 6hG Aanerfcan records now beginning to be
erndE a9EstES. And Major von Rundstendt uncon-
arEHVn2E EmEufed n Gorgeous picture Of the Amer
&1a&1 G59GEer as a Grstciass fighting man.
EE On ufssn wc come to the individual exploits
re swir G@A4InE men that we get the real thrills.
51sSrfs5 c~aaasions Eave given us the bald outlines
fxa GssseSx at Desperate va0r that won recognition.
sRcrv spxz there SOME Especially noteworthy ex-
sfcst hshT Gound a sympathetic chronicler. Every
.evAer~ Is tnls OutzaandIDg fact: Every fighting