The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-04-10
"a. p. b. 1867

Inc commanding general of the
One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Field
Artillery brigade desires to record in
the general orders of the brigade his
appreciation of the high qualities dis
played by officers and men during the
recent operations in this sector. They
have been jealous soldiers and skill
ful artillerymen. Their recompense
lies in their knowledge of work well
done and in the commentator Of
those well qualified to speak. By day
and by night, often under a hail of
shrapnel, often through clouds of
deadly gas, they have marched and
fought, dragged their guns by hand
into the lines, kept open their lines of
communication, and brought up their
supplies, always with a cheerfulness
that earned them the admiration Of all.
(Most of the officers as well as the
men Of the One Hundred and Sixty
seventh Field Artillery, Ninety-second
Division, were colored.)
Brigadier General Sherburne in the
General Order No. II, One Hundred
and Sixty-seventh Field Artillery Bri-
gade, A. E. F., November 8, says:
"The commanding general is not I'M
mindful of the splendid manner in
which the men received and carried
out the order to turn over their equip
ment. 1t seemed as if they recognized
that no brigade has more at stake than
this, and their cheerful compliance was
witness to their desire to live up to
their responsibility.
"The slightest relaxation in discip-
line now would bring in its train seri-
GUS consequences, that would react
unfavorably not only upon the soldiers
themselves but also upon those in
America whom they represent. Main
tain what has been won in the train
ing camps and on the fields of battle
by the strictest discipline; by its con-
duct in the line this brigade has
earned prestige that any organization
may envy.
"Brigadier General Sherburne,
Commanding One Hundred and Six
ty-seventh Field Artillery"
The efficiency of the Three Hundred
and Seventeenth Ammunition Train,
commanded by Major Milton D. Dean,
which was differed entirely through
out by colored, demonstrates conclu-
sively by their showing from the Bat
tie of Metz, when he supplied not only
the Ninety-second Division but the
whole army corps, without making a
single mistake in shell or fuse.
General Pershing's Remarks
When General Pershing reviewed
the troops of the Ninety-second Divi-
sion at Le-Man, the embarkation CEN
ter, while waiting to entrain for Brest,
the port of embarkation, in speaking
to the officers and men, said in part
and substance as follows:
81 have read the reports OF and
watched the work of this division ever
since its arrival in France, and ! want
to assure you that considering the
experience and opportunity you have
had the work and conduct of both
vour officers and men have been as
good as any in the A. E. F., and mer-
tied the opportunity which would
have been yours had the armistice been
deferred a week longer, and from your
past history as soldiers and my per-
sonal experience when serving with
colored troops had the utmost CONN
dence that you would have acquitted
yourselves with honor, aike 20 inc
c.use for which you fought, our coun-
try, and your race.
John J. Pershing."
II communication from the mayor
of AK lie Bains, where the coioreo
soldiers Of the Ninety-second Division
took their vacation leaves, to the gen
eraI Of the Ninety-second Division
written in November, 1918, the mayor
says, and it was 50 published;
"The behavior Of your troops Wnlle
an leave has been most excellent We
w.leome them at all times to our city
with open arms"
July q, 1918, the following letter
was written: :.
@The chief of the cantonment OF