New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

! WIN llc NIO4c L IeHCH 1OICc Ill lndL
section of the front lined up to see him
| honored
Colonel Hayward's account made it
PLAIN that the entire career of the old
10th overseas was a series of exploits
of which that of Johnson, though, of
course, an outstanding instance, was
typical.
One hundred and seventy-one men
and officers of the regiment won dec
orations for valor or markedly meri-
torious service of some kind, and the
regiment was decorated as whole
before it sailed for home.
Three Months Without Relief
We held one trench" said Colonel
being. relieved and every night that
trench was raided.'
1T was in the Champagne last Sep
eember that the regiment covered it.
self with undying glory. There was
a stretch of the Hindenburg line Col
onel Hayward explained, that had been
fought over, back and forth, many
elmes, without any permanent gain by
one side or the other
See the poilus told the New York
men, 100000 of our troops and of the
Doche are buried here. 1t is no use"
The 369th was thrown in to do what
al others had failed to accomplish.
They did it. The stretch of line was
taken, and the foe never got it again
Ihe regiments casualties in this fight
ing were about ! 900.
Ihe French command paid it fitting
trlbute to the 369th by permitting it
to be the first Allied unit to reach the
Rhine on the march of occupation.
Ihe German inhabitants were ter
rihed at first when they saw u.s." said
colonel Hayward "They had heard
so many fearful tales from their own
soldiers of the 'blutlustige schwartz
man But they soon became friendly
and some of my boys speak German
nuently from association with the civil
lans of the occupied territory"
Colonel Hayward discharged the du-
ties of mayor of one of the German
towns during his regiments occupa-
ton.
Proud of Record
Colonel Hayward voiced especial
pride IN the fact that only six of his
men were up on charges of drunken
ness during their fifteen months in
France and that there had been but
nineteen cases of veneral disease re-
ported among them
The colonel still limps from the
broken leg he suffered and has not
completely recovered from the gassing
he received
tie said he expected to resume the
practice of law when he is mustered
out. Some one asked him if there was
any possibility of his being a candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for Governor in 1920. A smile was
the only answer.
He admitted he is nightly inter
ested in the prospect of leading his
men IN the victory celebration parade
and expresses the hope it will take
place before the requirements in his
regiment have been dispersed to their
homes throughout the country.
Pickering Wins Honors
Lieutenant Colonel Pickering, who
was in command of the I'd Battalion of
the 369th on the Regina, has the Croix
de Guerre with palm and silver star
and the Distinguished Service Cross.
lie won the latter for advancing alone
beyond the enemy line in the Cham
pagne FOR observations. The palm on
his Croix de Guerre was awarded him
for remaining in an observation post
after all those with him had been
I killed.
1T was the safest thing for me to
do" he said deprecatingly. 81 would
surely have been killed had I tried to
escape"
He received the silver star for lead
ing particularly daring attack
Captain John II. Clark, formerly a
lawyer of Flushing, Long Island, wears
the cross of the Legion of Honor He
Captain F, w. Cobb, of White Plains
was killed in the Champagne fighting
Captain Clark was decorated for CON
splcuous galIantry He was private
secretary to Colonel Hayward when the
colonel was Public Service Commits
sioner. Captain Clark's father is
public school principal in Flushing.
School Teachers Fine Record
Lieutenant Colonel Pickering was
proudest of all of Lieutenant Robb,
replacement officer in the 369th. vino is
ROW IN a base hospital in France, igno-
rant of the fact that he has been
awarded the Legion of Honor and the
Congressional Medal of Honor He
could not recall Robb's first name, but
said he was a Kansas school teacher
before he became a soldier. He was
wounded five times in three days, but
refused to leave the line until he was
carried back to q dressing station.
Leon j. Cadore, for three years
prior to his enlistment one of the
pitchers for the Brooklyn National
League team, now Lieutenant Cadore,
of Company g. 369th Infantry, was
ciSO VII VIC NtS llli he was an en-
listed man when he went overseas.
He said he had been twice knocked
down by she'll explosions and that once
q hand grenade was thrown into his
trench, falling directly at his feet, but
failing to explode. On neither of these
occasions did he suffer injury.
Cadore was met by his father and
by Wilbert Robinson, Brooklyn man
ager. He said he hoped to be mus
tered out in time to rejoin the team
for spring training.
The 369th men will be at Camp Up
ton until they are mustered out
concert in honor of Colonel Will
lam Hayward and III medal winning
soldiers of his regiment will be given
next Saturday night at Carnegie Hall
by the Clef Club Singing Orchestra
Of Bonbon Buddies Lieuteyant James
Europe and his ragtime soldier band
will be guests of hoRors On the hon
orary committee of Welcome for this
concert are Newton d. Baker. William
Howard Taft, Governor A. f. Smith,
Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso
Parade OF 18th