The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-24

Ninotieth division veterans will
commence their annual reunion in
Tulsa on day marked with red on
their war calendar-Septembe 26,
OF the date upon which
the division In the front line trenches
successfully executed lie initial
phase Of the Meuse-Argonne often
sivc, one OF the most emportant at
tacks in the chronicles OF the war
and of the American EXpedltionary
Forces. With memory aforethought,
the veterans selected the anniversary
date for their reunion.
The veterans can recall without
much effort how the division full
filled certain G. II, @. mission the
night Of September 25-26-that mis-
sion being to make u demonstration
which would lead the enemy 70 be-
lieve that an attack was impeud-
ing, thus cgusng him TO hold re-
serves which he could not spare
from the real point OF attack. While
the raidinE parties were moving TO
their assembly positions half an
hour before midnight OF September
20, German anticipation OF the raid
was manifested In terrific barrage
and later attacks from large Ger
man patrols and by another violent
barragc lust at the zero hour, $3.50
a, m. Tho enemy defenses which
the raldiug party encountered were
all that the name "Hindenberg' i'm
pllos--in the walls OF preny concrete
machine gun emplacements, ma
chine guns commanding the open
spaces, two lines OF trenches, each
defended by baucs of wire. The
leading companies suffered severe
casualties, but We're successful.
"Reminiscing," humorous and
| otherwise, will have It's place I'm the
two days reunion here. Then assn-
citation business will be attended to,
acquaintance established with Tulsa
| through motor trips and the like.
and an entertainment program fol-
| lowed several thousand oklahoma
and Texas members OF the aSsocia
| tion are expected to attend. Among
! tho speakers will he Gen. Patsy
| O'Neil commanding the 179th bri-
| gado overseas. and platform officers
will be Mike Hogg Of Houston, Texas
! president Of the association, and Ar
| thur j. Rcinhart OF Dallas, secre-
| tary. Special railway rates OF fare
and one-half for the round trip have
| been obtained. Tulsa Ninetioth di-
vision men are preparing for the
| convention under the direction o!
| Frank Ryan as chairman.
The Ninctleth division. acrordinG
| to its official history, came into be,
| ing at Camp Travis, Texas, on Au-
/ gust 20, 1871. when Mai. Gen. Henry
| Il. Allen assumed com mand. The
| two states, oklahoma and Texas
! furnished the men who originally
! composed the division, although
/ every state I'm the union later came
/ a. 10 n
| spirit of these two states character
| izcd the division throughout its bat
/ tie career as was symbollzed by
/ the division insignia, monogram
! TO, adopted IN France. This in
| sigma VIII be seen on every hand
| duEing the Tulsa reunion. In De
! CombCr the division was called upOT
| 10 give up many OF its best men tC
| fill up regular and national guarC
| divisions, and ito form special or
| gani1atiuns Of s. o, s., army anC
| corps troops. Practically every uni
/ in the division was stripped TO 10;
/ start OF non-commlssioned officers
| cooks and a few privates The de
| pleted ranks were partially filled
| by the sixth contingent OF recuit'
! during the first of April then tn,
task OF organizing and training wa
! begun anew, with men for the mos
part from states OF Minnesota, Iowa
Illinois and the Dakotas. on Jun,
S, the first units Of the division lef
for the embark center At Cam
| Mills and the division left America
during the period June l3-July s
Some organizations were lucky
enough to make tho voyage on bis
liners such as the Olympic, but
others had to content themsclyei
with the smaller craft which hat
been pressed into the transport sery