Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-05-21
LES TERRIBLES" ARRIVE
THE FAMOUS S2ND DIVISION is
HOME AGAIN
Vir0qua Boys of the Barred Arrow
Division Are Back IN the
Old Town

Two years ago the mounted orderly
section and band of the 3rd Reg Wis
fconsin National Guard. under COM
mand of Captain c. E.. Buffers, en-
trained here for Camp Douglas to
take the part assigned them in the
great war, whatever it might be. This
week, we welcome them home again.
after having won enduring fame for
themselves and their community We
greet them not alone because they are
our boys but because OF what their
division did. Here are the high lights
of the 32nd:
Six months under fire. MAY IS, to
November IL, 1918. Only ten days
in resi- area.
Fought on FIVE fronts in three ma
jor offensives- Marine, Disc
Aisne and Meuse- Argonne.
Advanced SO kilometers in action;
never yielded a yard of ground to en-
emy's counter attacks.
Met and vanquished twenty three
German divisions, among them the
Prussian guards, and captured 2,153
German prisoners.
Captured 800 German rifles, 100
machine guns, So pieces Of artillery
and thousands of rounds Of ammuni-
ton.
Lost nearly 5000 men by death;
II GAS total casualties; 1874 won dis
tinguished service cross.
It's four infantry regiments and
three machine gun battalions won
croix de guerre with palm, highest
honor paid any American division by
the French.
First American troops to set foot
on hostile German soil.
Won name LES Terribles" by its
fierce fighting. Captured Fismus in
Marine offensive; fought as the only
American unit in Gen. Mangin's ia
nous Tenth French army; took Juvig-
ny in brilliant assault; twice in the
line in Argonne- Mouse offensive, fight
ing continuously for twenty days and
penetrating the Kriemhilde Stellung.
Crossed the Rhine with the Army
of Occupation and occupied a sector
in the Coblenz bridgehead.
The first consignment of boys came
Sunday morning, totally surprising
everyone. 1t had been planned to run
Ia special train for them. but their
struggling in by small detachments
made it impossible to give them the
demonstration planned for There
have so far arrived: Lieutenant Eu-
gene Helgeson, Serg. Major Elmer
Davis, Sergeants Fred Rhodes, Harold
Cowden, Ray Welch, Otto Griffin Clyde
McAuley, Corporal Selmer Kjos, Ger
aid Smith, Otto Oliver, John Fleming,
Graydon Slack, Sadler Floyd I1amil-
ton. Ivan Abbey of Pleasant Ridge.
Newell Kettle, Alfred Rood, willie
Rood and John Stry of Newton neigh
borhood. Donald Alsebrook and Fran
els Kahler of Hillsboro.
Adolph Wolfgram came today
Supply Sergeant G. "A. Cutter, one
of the first group of eight volunteers
to leave Viroqua, returned this morn
ing. Many friends greet his return.
He was member of the famous seth
(Blackhawk) division. V
Others to come are: lieutenant
Melvil Tuhus, Raymond Ernest, Theo.
/ Perkins, Losey Wood, Vincent Seal.
Several Coon Valley and Westby boys
are in the 12ist battalion just landed.
Marcellus Knudson is detained to drive
a three-star general through France,
Older and Eckhart are detained as
Mrs. Buffers received wireless
message from the Captain that he
lands in Newport News today from
the Battleship Virginia. Viroqua peo-
lIple were counting on him taking
charge of Memorial day observance,
but it is not known for sure whether
he can get here by that time.