The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-07

OF sersesnt- Major Augustus sharrotts Of
Brooklyn. who was killed by a machine
gun bullet.
ara like to tell you how felt when
we sighted the Statue OF Liberty this
morning" Raynor added, but as can't
think OF just the right words you can
Ak 1t up yourself. will cay. though.
that I stayed up all night thinking about
how the statute would look"
There's one thing wish you would
MENTION" said Albert II. Hooker OF the
106th Headquarters Company. homo Nj
agara Falls. That u, how devoted the
Belgian children were to the Americans
A thlrteen-year-old boy, whose parents
had been killed. was taken IN by our
men. We fed him for three or four
months and took him to Brest, expect
ing to get him back to America.
But the military police wouldn't
they were going to send him home. but
as he had no home, I don't know how the
poor little devil made out finally. Dozens
Of kids were tagging after the regiment
all the time
or that proud old bunch Of hard
riders. Squadron A. whom the vfcissi-
tudes Of war chanked into machine
gunners before the division left Spar
tanburg. only twenty are left In tho
WnOle OlVlblOn. MOST OF tHb OtncfB arc
scattered here and there A. officers.
Battalion Mixed In Every stunt.
Company A Of the iosth Machine Gun
Battalion has only four OF the old
squadron--Sergt. Allen ]. Steen. Cor
poral Richard Ellsworth, Corporal Allen
Bernard and Sergeant Jack o'keefe.
They agreed that their battalion had
been ain every stunt the division has
mixed I'D in, from frst 10 last"
For Ave days In front OF Mount KEN.
mel" said O'Keefe, I'VE were practically
without sleep, and believe me we were
all in. Lord. how good It sounded when
we we're told the British had come up
70 relieve Us. We were Just finishing of
n stay in q rest camp and were due to
go back TO the front when the armistice
was signed"
Major stanton whitney Of Red Bank
returned in command OF the battalion.
He said that In one engagement Com
pany d was reduced from lie to 70 men.
The first sergeant of this company Is
Elisha II. Waterman, whose family lives
at the Hotel Seville. He kept his men
supplied with fountain pens. so they said.
One hundred women were on the
Leviathan. Most of them were RED Cross
nurses. Seven were French brides of
soldiers.
Tributes From British oflcers.
Just before the division left Brest
Gen. Organ received this note from Sir
Hubert Plumsr. commanding the Second
British Army. OF which the New Workers.
were part:
DEAR GENERAL should like before
the division returns to the United States
to convey TO you and TO the United
States my appreciation Of the service
rendered by the division while they
were with the Second Army
The wonderful spirit whiciIan mated
all ranks and the gallantry displayed
In the minor engagements they took
part in with US foreshadowed the sue
cesses they would achieve later Our re-
eret was that the period of their service
with the Second Army was 20 brief"
Sir Douglas Hais sent Gen. organ
a letter saying:
You and all the ranks OF the Arneri-
can Expeditionary Fcrces carry back
with you the pride. affection and esteem
OF ali who fought beside you. The MEM
DRY OF our great attack on the linden
burg line on the 2sth OF September, 1918,
in which the Twenty seventh American
Division along with the troops from
all parts of the British Empire took 30
gallant and glorious a part. will never
die. and the service then rendered by
American troops will be recalled with
gratitude and admiration throughout the
British Empire"