The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-28

Honor.
Virginia and West Virginia To-
gcther give us another major general,
Mason NJ. Patrick, Of Lewisburg. 1t
was Virginia when he was BORN there,
bat It is nov West Virginia, lie be-
longed 10 the engineering branch Of
the service. and during the war Vas
director Of construction and forestry,
and later chief Of the air service Of
the 4. T. F. Received the D. 5. NJ.
fer his ab!c administration Of ;i,cse
departments. An Associated Press
notice of late date tells Us that he
has been appointed chief Of the air
service to succeed General Aenoner.
The secretary Of war laid stress on
the fact that he IS an officer Of ma
ture years and seasoned by experience
at home and abroad in positions re-
curing executive ability.
From, the South to Sibe? reads
ike g book Of adventure and such It
js for between those words lies the
hardships and adventures Of the Am
erican Expeditionary forces IN Sioe-
ria, commanded by Maj. Gen. VIII
liam S. Graves of Texas. He was al
co evoc,7tiva assistant to the chief Of
staff and receives ne D. S. VI. for his
services.
Mai. Gen. Rob- Noxander of
MARYLAND was comma. aer e the I 'th
division. During the advance IN the
Argonne forest, Major General Alex
ander. when his men were worn out
bv a long period Of front line service
visited the units in the front line, Ell
couraging them to greater efforts. lie
continued in spite of the severe tlre
10 which he was subjected until ne
had inspected each group. His per
-onal disregard Of danger resulted IN
ne crossing of the Aire and the cap
...e of Grand Pre- and St. Juvln. (Cl'
tation for D. S. c.
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott OF Ken
tucky as chief of staff IN 1917 persls'
tentlv advocated the adoption OF the
eelect;ve service law. He was com,
manding general at Camp Dix, n. j..
and received the D. S. u. for the
organizing and training Of the dlvi'
SONS under his care. He IS now re-
tired from active service.
Nj. G4n. Guy Carleton Of Texas
also .sec.ved the D. S. NJ. for organ
iiziHg nd training corps and army
troops during the war. He was COM
maadyr at Camp Wadsworth, South
Carolina.
81 Cen. Beaumont B. Buck OF
NJ. NpH;, when commanding the
2nd brigade of the 2nd division, at
the attack Of Berzy-le-sec, France,
traversed the front line Of his ad-
vancing forces, directing his organlz-
a+ion. ard led the first wave Of the
attack that finally captured the town
He ACCOMPLISHED this under heavy
machine gun FIRE when most Of the
officers of his brigade had fallen, Tor
which he received the Distinguished
Service cross.
Mai. Gen. Walter H. Gordon Of
Florida first commanded the lo4tn
brigade, and was promoted to Major
General in 1918, when he took COM
mand of the 28th division. His eta
ton for the D. S. NJ. says t:lat he con-
tributad greatly to the success at
tanned by that division during the
tine he was in command.
The men who went across with the
first contingent Of American troops
thought they were in luck. One OF
these was Maj. Gen. George B. Dun
can Of Kentucky, who commanded IN
turn regiment, brigade and division.
As commander Of the nth division in
the Baccarat sector, his military
judgment and energy were important
factors in the successes gained. Later
he commanded the 82nd division IN
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. He re-
ce:ved the D. S. N. for these ser
vices.
Maj. Gen. James McRae Of Geor-
gia, according tc the citation for the
D. S. NJ, showed 4 high quality of
leadership. He commanded the 18th
division in the Mt9se-trgonne Of
fensive and took part IN the opera
tions that forced the enemy to aban-
don the Grand Pre-.
Kentucky certainly is fighting
state. for while Virginian hates to
admit i. she holds the honors in this
article. Another Of her sons, Maj.