Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-23
HISTORY OF 10Th DIVISION,
BLUE AND GRAY" is ISSUED
Prepared by Colonel John A. Cuchins and Colonel
George Scott Stewart Jr., and Is Approved
the Official History.

HISTORY OF THE TWENTY
NINTH DIVISION. BLUE AND
GRAY" 1919. Prepared pursuant
, to G. .. 9. Headquarters Twenty ninth
Division. y. T.. T.. January 10. 1919.
At the request of the Division Ills
tori"al Committee. by John a. Cutch-
ms. Lt.-Coi, General stan. a. T.. L.,
\. G. OF 6 G.-2. Twenty ninth Di-
vision. and George Scott Stewart. Jr.,
Lt.-Col.. a. G. D.. Division Adjutant.
rwcnty-ninth Division; Approved by
the Committee as the Official History
OF the Division: Philadelphia, 1927.
Order from Georgo Scott stewart. Jr.
chairman. 1906 Walnut street Philn-
dclphia. Pa.
The men were conscious OF hav-
ing performed unhesitatlnsly aud
c"urarcously every duty imposed
upon thor. ana they were proud be-
yond words OF the name the division
has made for itself Men looked at
ono another in amnz"ment-stronc
vigorous. hardy men came out of The
"rdcn! c'nariatcd with eyes sunkcn.
with voices husky from gas. with
bodies sadly undcruOurishcd and
with nerves strained To the breaking
point: but literally rnhintinE that
line. spiritual something which had
aroused exhausted physical bodies 10
renewed activity. which had made
men OF immature boys. and which
had driven tired and weary men 10
victory! God grant that. some day.
somehow. that spirit which possessed
our fighting citizens ms they came
through such ordoais may he trans
lated into the civic life Of our coun-
try,
Exhausted beyond words. clothed
fnr the most part In tattcrcd uni
forms, with their equipment mud
stained. blood soaked and depleted.
scarcely company had more than
one Of it's officers OF one third of is
complement OF noncommlsyioncd OIL
GERS and men LETT. Not a man but
had seen his friends and his COM
radcs killed OF dying before mis- very
eyes; not Il man but knew that what
mon call nerve was the only thing
that hal enabled him Ia make that
last long march beyond TIE range
OF the oucmy's artillery; not 81 man
OF Thorn but would hold as a price
less heritage the memory Of having
offered himself. his all. a willing sac
rlfCe on the altar OF his country'a
need, not Il man but would have rc-
fused the wealth Of CrocSua for the
simple knowledge that he could look
death In the face. u gentleman un-
afraid"
In this fashion. Colonel Cu,ch!na
closed his account ot the Twcnty
Ninths greatest tight, and the re
strairt. unashnmcd OF renulnc scnti-
mcnt. which marks this passage VIII
b" found throughout this unusually
weIlwrit,cn, fully documcntci.
c!aaoratcly Illustrated dcNnitive
story OF the brilliant pcrtorma noes OF
-. H. lot, ~ ,af
Cutchins writes without any strain
ing FOR effect. but with rare balanc"
can. no permits the viaIous Commands
in the division To tel, their own tales.
The diaries OF the different com
panics arc literally quoted from. Col
oncl CutchinS has fused the ll.ht>r
touches the incxtinEuishahe rTnor
~ these lesser historians with his
own more serious narrative. He
gives deservcdly conspicuously
place to tho offerings ~ the diarist
Of Captain Boyd's Battcr&
This history takes up its account
OF the division from those early he
glnnings In August. 1917. at Camp
Mcclellan. near Admission. Ala. whcr.
occurred Athc welding OF men from
practically every state In the Union
into Il splendid fighting machine
Then come the transfer To France In
July. 1918. the two and a half months
in the Aisas;iaE trenches. the march
10 Nerdun, that Incompatible cX
perience. beginning October S. when
ms part OF the Seventeenth French
corrs. the division participated in It's
great three weeks battle, suffering
casualties in the number Of 1000. al
most one-third of its entire strength
and capturing $500 prisoners and
much material. After this. We have
The stay in France. the re, irn TO
America. the rehabilitation. Tha
book contains an honor roll. list
Of all who were decorated, and q,
complete alphabetically arranged
roster Of the division.
Colonel Cutchins has done n par