Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-02

o! debarhatioa. created new install
ia,ions. increased tho traffic %. the
railroad system By work .. all kinds
and multiplied your storehouscs and
hospitals.
"Iour shipyards were organizcd for
&c tcEaive production ia such = way
that when the war ended YOU u;.!-
ICED for YOU" ocean trans portation
almost four millions OF marine tom
mage. Instead OF $1,000 aya!lab,c 4,
the beginning OF thc war.
"And. meanwhile. YOU splendid
war fleet. ,hamhs 70 its vigilance
ana itH fine military qua!.,ied. pro-
tcctHd w.th un efficiency to which
ain hapDy 10 pay tribute hero. Ill:
transportation Of sour troops ani
material.
~ predictions c.tor on the ;.ar; o,
your entire nations intelligence.
will power and energy. = prodi:;i-
Gus cnor, which has nilcd your a.
sociates with admiration and nrati-
tude and conroundcd your enemy.
This splendid spirit OF an entire
nation wo lind uaain o. the battle
fields OF Franco. whore II wa:
b!az"ncd ia ;he ;,Imi-;.b!e virtues vi
bravery ami iero!si0.
IT was tnc srir!; OF The second
aEd ,h!rd American. any divisions
which one month ll,er took par, in
the battle q the .iarnc and dis
! tinSuish.d themselves Immediately
in operations around Chateau-Thier:y
and in Be!!caU Wood. Again. IL was
The spirit of those i've divisions
which on tho 18TH Of July partici-
patcd in tho victorious counter
offensive OF tho Tenth and Siyth
| French Armies between tic 'hiyne
and the Marine ana contributed in
/ great measure 10 that victory.
/ Finally. IL was ,hst spirit vai'h
animated all 40 .t.Ncricau Amy
when. on the .!th o. July. General
/ Persh!ng formed you: splendid units
| Under his own direct command.
ON tho Ian III September. iai'.
| tho nret american army delivered i;s
! nrs, battle on thc soil OF France
/ l. dIsiodGcd the enemy from II
st Mini.l salient, where nc had In
! trGnchcd himself for nearly .c,.'
/ yca.e: throw him back beyond the
I .out OF the hills %: ihc Mouse.
From The very irst. the American
/ army onteTcG into glory. iio'- lnaI:'
; turtle. !.ure!s vac i, SGT 70 win.
.,tacl,,! on New Front.
The =, Mih.cl operation was
nearly cn6ed S.cn the American
army attacked on new from; On
;ac 18th -. September l. "as en-
I :a,sei on TIC right wing Of tao vast
allied cn.Hsivc. The point % Gree
I ton asa!,;ucl 10 Il was Mez!ores. OF
/ tho Nous.
"Deployed from tic LEFT bauh .:
The Meuso 10 thc eastern confines OF
7 70 4 - ..-fr y
IN line on II front OF nearly forty
ltilomcter..
"Befor. II stretched the region OF
tho Argonnc. formidable enp.acement
OF tho German defense. "a wooded ter
rain, rugged. difficult; In is very ma
turc and rendered more so by al the
defensive organizations which had
becn accumulated there du-ins the
last four y.s-s.
Nothing could discourage or check
your army. II threw itGcit with gen
crous ardo- INFO the immense melee
The task vas rude one, buc II was
carried out 20 a thorough finish.
"Fi6h;inG without respite night and
day for ia month. advancing IN spite
OF the pitfalls and the countc-at'
tac;<s OF ;ho enemy. IL succeeded. h!
pure force Of ;enaci,y and hero!sm, IN
ilDcrating the wild region OF the Ar
Sonne.
Joins French Srmy.
After -. M!h!al II could now in
scribe proudly upon IT'S banners The
name Of thc Argonne.
ON the 10Th OF October. this grca'
tasl; finished. 1t joined hands With the
Fourth French Army in The dehle o.
Grand Pre-.
lin consequence Of this The enemy:
resistance vas severely shaken: the
:na! blow.
threc years ago today. the !!cst Amer
lean army again attacked and in /;
splendid advance. reached Buzancy
penetrating the German line Tor mo-t
then ten hiloheters.
The enemy this iimc. retired doh
n!teiy; the stars and stripes 1T one,
tool: M the pursuit and six days la
ter :'oatcd victor!ously over til,
Mcusc rccoTGaered.
After 81. Mhicl. af:cr the Ar
gonne. The .imerican banners nov
bore the name OF Mouse. In few
months YOU had taken $1,000 prison
crs and LOO cannon from the enemy
Glory 10 tho First American Army
glory also To those OF Your division
which. distributed among the I'renci
and British armies. contributed il
great measure to the final succcs SIS
where with the Fifth French Army e
the northwest OF Rheims. or with til,
Fourth Frcnch Army. in which the,
carried in magnificent assault, tn
strong positions of Orfcuillcs: o