Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-10-06
AsHEvILLE CHOSEN NEXT MEET.
"Old Hickory" Association Closes Its
Annual Reunion.

Asheville, N. c., Sept. 29.-Being
brought to close by the addresses
OF Josephus Daniels, Secretary Of the
Navy, Major-Gen. Geo. w. Reed, com
mander OF the army corps composed
Of the 27th and goth Divisions. and
other speakers, the second annual
reunion Of the Old Hickory Associa-
ton closed this afternoon after Sc
lcctlng Nashville Tenn, as the next
meeting place.
Toward the close Of the reunion
men arose from their seats in respect
as Brig. Gen. Samuel Faison, of North
Carolina decorated Col. j. Van B.
Metts, adjutant general Of the North
Carolina Guard, former commander
Of tho 119th Infantry. and Col. Sid
ncy w. Minor, Of North Carolina, for
mer commander OF the 120th Infan-
try, with the Distinguished Service
Medal for distinguished service be-
yond the call Of duty.
Sergt. 'rhos. W. Carlyle, Of the
10th Infantry, Company d, cited
for the Distinguished Service Cross,
was not present in person to receive
the award.
Sergt. Morgan Buried.
The closing hours of the reunion
were marked to-day by simple burial
ceremonies, conducted in Reversible
cemetery, for Sergt. Jesse &. Morgan.
Of the 105th Signal Battalion Of the
30th Division nearly two years
ago, in the mud fields Of France,
which had been reclaimed from the
enemy, when the 30th Division broke
the Hindenburg line. the body OF
Sergt. Morgan was first buried.
To-day the same platoon that serv-
ed as firing squad for the ceremony
overseas, performed this rite, and
for the second time as the body Of
the soldier was Inferred. The cere-
monies here were held under the aus
pices OF the I<ifrin Rock we'll Post Of
the American Legion, the soldiers
body arriving in New York, after
having been brought from overseas.
Praises 'rhirtieth's Record.
Achievements Of the 3Oth (Old
Hickory Division as the force that
''broke the Hindcnburg line" were
recounted in laudatory phrase in an
address to-day by Secretary Daniels
to members Of the division assembled
in annual reunion. Asserting the
military primacy" OF the 3Oth Di-
flSlOI COulu HUl Dc uSCIlDcu III SllppT-
iority In training Or tactics. the Sec
retary declared 1t was due rather to
the devotion Of its soldiers to the
"holy cause that backboncd them"
and to their "individual resource and
initiative"
Recalling the success OF the divi-
sion's sixtieth brigade in leading the
assault near Bellicourt on the morn
ing OF Sept. 20, 1918. that broke the
Hindenburg line, Mr.. Daniels de-
clared every North Carolinian should
"Na "Nnrpctnal hpppiraee" ~ tho f. Q.
mat two regiments OF infantry aud
one engineer regiment 'rCm thdt
state composed the NriGaIn. When
ihat unit swept through tic HinapM.
our| ne % take oYery obJcCivc ass
signed 10 It,, The ackDuuG .. .uI
once heraldcd impregnable defense"
was broken. he asserted, and Il chill
or despair was sent into the very
marrow Of the German hordes.
Forward Without Fear.
1T was not by chance or accident
that you men Of the 30th Division
broke that fIindenburg line" Mr.
Daniels continued. "You veterans of
the 10th and l20th who made the
assault had been prepared by long
months OF training. Your officers had
planned every detail of tho move
ment. You knew the objectives to be
gained and you looked forward with
out fear to the zero hour which per-
haps meant the coming OF death to
you.
Enough you perhaps had little
thought on landing in France that
you would be selected for the assault
forces to smash the Hindenburg line,
the call came, and what the Germans
thought you could not do, you did"
The Secretary also praised the di-
visions record in the fighting prepa-
ratory to the assault on the Hinden-
burg line, and that which later car
ried 1t far beyond the famous line Of
defense.