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Plots in Greenwood Cemetery Improved and Cared For Palms, Vines and Fresh Flowers Supplied and Artistically Arranged for Weddings At Reasonable Rates PLANTS AND FLOWERS DELIVERED ANYAVHERE Brooklyn-Long Island Troops in the War ON OCTOBER 25, 1917, The Eagle issued a "Brooklyn and Long Island in the War" book, in which number Gen. Pershing hailed the coming of our troops to France and stated: "I take this opportunity to greet the young men from Brooklyn and Long Island who are preparing to become American soldiers, and to wish them welcome to France, where the first contingents of our Army are preparing to enter the war against Germany. Those of us already over here are able to appreciate from first-hand knowledge what this war means, and how necessary it is that it should be fought to a decisive and victorious finish." How well the Brooklyn and Long Island troops fought and what a big and important part they played in bringing the war to "a decisive and victorious finish" is a matter of l.lstory and general knowledge. The State and country are proud of their glorious record. A fitting sequel to the statement given by Gen. Pershing to The Eagle is his official report of the activities of the American Army in France cabled on December 4, 1918, to Secretary of War Baker, and in which he emphasized the important part plaved by Brooklyn and Long Island troops in the downfall of Germany. The report contained a complete summary of the opera- tion of troops abroad and especially the work of fighting units. It showed that every American division in which Brooklyn and Long Island were interested saw extensive fighting. (See page 85.) Gen. Pershing's dispatch confirmed to a surprising de- gree the movements of the Brooklyn units as reported from time to time in The Eagle and proved that, despite the censorship handicaps, especially before Gen. March's weekly talks. Long Island residents were enabled, through The Eagle, to keep in remarkably close touch with Long Island troops abroad. The 27th Division did its first fighting in Flanders and was then moved to the Cambrai-St. Quentin front, where it smashed the Hindenburg line, September 28 to October 1 ; the 77th Division entered the Marne fighting in July at the Vesle River, and was one of the few American di- visions to take two turns at the front in the Meuse- Argonne offensive; the 42d, or Rainbow Division, was one of the bulwarks of the entire U. S. forces and was active in practically every engagement in which this country took part; the 82d Division was among the front-line units at both St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne, while all other Brooklyn divisions got a taste of front-line fighting. Maj.-Gen. John F. O'Ryan, with a vanguard of the 27th Div., 13,983 men, arrived in New York March 6, 1919, and received a royal welcome. Graphic accounts of the engagements participated in by "our boys" of Brooklyn and Long Island are given in this book as well as the names of those who made the supreme sacrifice. It is possible that in the near future another editio •nd more complete accounts will be given of the divisions n of this book will be Issued in which additional casualties and units not recorded in detail in this number. lOnth Iiifaiitrii ~7tll D(i(.«;c)i o9lh ArtiUcrii Stth Dii-isinn Cen. Pershing' H Report. Page . 7-;?i .2o-.'iS .■J9-l!3 .il'rS', CONTENTS Page A'ciu York's CohimJ Tronpn S7 U. S. 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HEROIC 106TH INFANTRY SMASH WAY TO VICTORY Former 14th, 23d and 47th Regiments, National Guard, First Over the Top in Attacks Made by the 27th Division. 1. Ox Ortober 1, 1917, there vras is- sued at Camp Wadsworth, .Spartanburg, S. C, from the headquarters of the 27th Di- \ isioii of tlie United States Army, an order that' brought into being a new military unit, the lOGth Inf., U. S. A. Less than twelve months later, be- fore it had even passeil its first birth- day, that regiment of infantry was railed upon to blaze the way through the far-flung, mi.ghty barrier which German military prenius had built acros.s the soil of France .^nd which it had christened the "I-Iindenburg line." For three years that line had .stood as a symbol of impregnable strength. For three years it had been developed into a defensive sjstem such a.s the world had never known, or even imagined. For many months it had .signified, in the minds of nearly all the world, that (h\]S far and no farther might Iho liordes of Gernwiuy ho driven in the gi.gantic, stupendous struggle to cast them out of Frtmco. It was against this formidable ob- ! and 23d Regis, and the organizations of the new IU6th Inf., the new unit began the task assigned to it with a brave spirit and with a proud determination that it must keep alive the glories of Brooklyn military organizations. In the 27tli Division of the United States Army, of which it was a part, it was the only essentially Brooklyn organi- zation, and, within a short time, it became apparent that it was to be the only distinctively Brooklyn unit in the war. There wasn't very much difficulty In the regiment "finding" itself. Its men knew each other well through years of ser%nce, for the most part, in the old National (Uiard, and those who were new to the ranks were all of them volunteer.s. There was not a man therefore in the entire regiment who was where he was because he had to be. Kvery one of them had knowingly offered his services to his country and was eager to get into bat- tle as .speedily as ijossible. Ahead of them, however, lay months of weary training. Through a long, cold winter, during which the iSunny South became a mockery be- cause of record breaking low temper- atures, the iu6th was called upon to prepare itself for war according to the new and involved rules and fash- ions of war that devilish German in- genuity had made necessary. Officers .and men alike got to know the muddy red hills of Spartanburg as well as they knew the streets of Brooklyn. They did mo.st of their .raining un- der the Immediate supervision of Lt. Col. .John B. Tuck. Col. Norton hav- ing been ordered to attend school. In Training For Warfare. The training conris;;ed of Ions marches, of inf.cli rillo practice, of Uench digsi'iff, of eras wurfar^, both ofi'onsive and defensive; of machine gun mechanism and handling, of bay- onet pract'.co, of advance under aitil- lory barrage, of Uaiscn and intelU- cjoiico work, .and of a thousand and i::iO other details. The intensive work piv.iX Inutruction were continually weeoins out the unfit, as repealed pliysica'i foiatninations h.id loncj since vvcodcd out the phy.-iically weak, and ir. wd.i a. res'inient in which every man w.is Til for anything that finally grcet- f-d (ho coming of spring and the i-e- t'rii to (ho command of tho regiment • •f f"cl. Norton. This was on Apr;! 1^, 1918. I'lvo days later the new British En- r.i:!d rifle was i.ssued to the regiment. -Mattery began to look as though they wero shaping rapidly toward the lons- Mvaltcd overseas duly. Two days later. nn April ID, tho regiment moved to ■ he^ I'.rtillery range back of Spartan- luirK. there to learn the intricacies of :tdv»ncing under the protection of an artillery barrage as well as to per- fect their knowledge of their nev.' lillo. After a week on tho range the regiment returned to Camp Wads- worth, and on .\pril 27 L.t. Col. Wil- liam A. Taylor replaced Lf. Col. Tuck as second in command of tho regi- ment. Ijt. Col. Taylor came to the 106th from the lOgth Inf. He had previ- ou.,^ '. WILMER WARD.-- "^^y I Commanho knew- just where the regiment was going the day that it left its place at Camp Wadsworth. Thoy know that they were on their way overseas — .iust how or when was aii- othei- matter. It was said many years ago, however, that hope springs eternal in the human breast, and the moil composing the lOGth Inf., V. S. A., wero a living embodiment Of this on May 6. in the year of our T,ord 191S, They wanted to be routed It is mentioned at length, and is de.serving of even greater mention than that given it here, because "Mmeola" was destined, in a few months, to be repeated in the same way while the regiment stood, fig- uai-atively speaking, in the very jaws of death. In one of the oddest of ways, without any one of those participat- ing knowing just how it came about, a battle cry had been born — a battle cry that was sounded whenever dan- ger was greatest, whenever peril was thickest, whenever task was heaviest. And by those who were in that danger and that peril it has been said: "Whenever we had a great big job, or whenever things looked bad, all w» had to do was to raise the cry of 'Min- eola!' When we said that— well, noth- ing could stop us." .Vfter the blrt'.i of this war cry it seemed almost at once that it was to be nothing but a mockery. The grapevine telegraph had it authoritatively that the rogimeut would embark from New- port News. Tho regiment resigned itself sadly to the prospect when, all of a sudden, someone looking out of a window shouted that the train was ap- proaching Washington. C>olng by way of Washi'.iRton must n\ean that tlia regiment was to see home before It sailed. The old shout, of "Mineola!" rung again. The troop trains carrying the lOGth reached Jersey City shortly before mid- night on May T. and the next day the ^ men left their cramped ouarlcrj. ano went forward to f?riyb'iats. Thoy were almost home. They vlsioncd, each one. of them, a pleasant trip either to Camp Mills or Caii;p Merritt and n few days leave— then France^ Th'.' ferryboats pulled away from the Jersey City docks, right beside the New .Jersey City slips. Thoy headed north at once, and the pa.ssengers knew that it was not Camp Mills but Camp Merritt they were Koing to. It was a fair day and !>. I'.appy crowd a.? tho boats went on up north, past the dock.s at whier. tho grcr.t transports lay that in a few- days would take them oversea.s. past the city they would bo free to revel in for a few days before the} sailed. Suddenly, and without so much a.'5 a hj-your-leave, the ferryboats twervei! in towards the Hoboken piers. Cet!- sternatloi\ suddenly ."?iioceeded jubila- tion, tiloom. great thick gobs of It. began to settle all about. They couldn't mean it! Surely tho army wouldn't be so unkind as to take the boys right next door to (heir homes and thi>n v/hisk them at once across the s.^a! Hut the army could and would be un. kind The ferryboats pulled right Into the Hoboken pier.=. The men disem- barked, and at once marched onto th'- decks of the navy transport President Lincoln. For two days they were kept there. For two days thev ate their hearts out in gloomy repining. For two davs ;l-.v !\iinrd -iirainKt hope th.-il "^ BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 11 there would be Rome change in orders. For two days they begged and begged at least that they might send messages home. News Leaked Out That 106th Was In Hoboken. The Army was inexorable. Thor« could be not even one telephone mes- sage, not even one visitor. To a few in Brooklyn the news leaked out that the 106th was over in Hoboken and those who had relatives in the regi- ment came and pleaded for permission to see their dear one.s. They were told that the lu6th was not there. They stood it as best thev could, officers and men of the 106th. to whom the sky-line of Xew York and Brooklyn was nothing but a mockery those two days, and on May 10 at 5 p.m. they sailed for France. They were a part of a convoy of fourteen ships. Their voyage wa.q virtually without incident. The sea was as calm as Long Island .Sound on a balmy sum- mer's day, and there was not even a smell of a submarine. The President Lincoln, noted for being the steadiest of vesseLs, went ahead so smoothly that seasick men aboard were .a rarity. It is interesting to note that this was the last voyage of the President Lin- coln. On lier return trip from carry- ing the 106th she was torpedoed and sunk. On May 21 the convoy of which the Lincoln was a part was met by tlfteen destroyers. The convoy was entirely surrounded by the fleet of guardians. Tliey stayed with the ships until they dropped anchor in the harbor of Brest May 23. Two days later the 106(h debarked and marched to a canip just outside the city. It was in the old citadel of Brest, and the Erooklynites were settled amid ancient cannon aiid adjacent to a formidable donjon keep They would have appreci.ated it more, proliahly, if they had not been so hun- gry and tired. They had nothing (o eat and they had no teiils this day that they took posses.sion of their particu- lar part of Brest. The regiment stayed in Brest until May 28. Then began .a new life for them — a life that was to lead them by gradual stages into the trenches and into some of the bitterest fighting of the war. A train took them on the first stage of this journey — a train made up of the familiar "Homnies 40. chevau.^ S" cars. The 106th soldier.*! found them strange, indeed, and mighty uncomfortable, but they made the best of the tiny cattle cars. En- training at 11.30 p.m. there was a long^ trip of two nights and a day ahead of them, and precious little sleep for any of the men on the two niglits. Mo.st of the time, according to tho men, they were "rough-housing" aa though they were no stich thing as a war toward which they were speed- ing with every turn of tlie wheels. They arrived finally at Noyelle.s at 10 a.m. on Decoration Day. There all surplus baggage was taken from the men and the day was spent in preparation for aii advance into the zone near war. At G o'clock that eve- ning there was an order to march and the regiment inoved on to a group of villages surrounding Noyelles, where they slept that night in rest ramps and moved on the next day to billets. Kach battalion was billeted in a different town and all of them were near St. Riquier, not far froio Abbeville. 12 BROOKLYN AND LONG -ISLAND IN THE WAR. 106th Now Part of The British Army. The lOGth was now part of the Brit- ish Army. It had iK-en given orders at Brest to attach itself to the British forces and from the lime it reached Noyelies U was under command of a Britisli brigadier. It stayed in billets about St. Riquier for two week.s, get- tintr used to it. Incidentally, on the night of its first stay in bade of the batllelines, it got its first touch of actual warfare. The air raids were made above the regiment during the hrst night and one German bomb ex- ploded near enough to the lldqs. Co. to let them know it. No one was bad- ly hurt, but two or three of the com- pany were barely nicked by the flying pieces of shell. While in billets there came the first death in the brigade to which the 106th was attached. This was the death of Brig. Gen. Michie on .lune 4. Indirectly it affected the Hi6th greatly, for it was the cause that led up to the taking of Maj. Charles W. Berry from Command of the Second Battalion of the 106th— one of its finest officers — to become acting commander of the lOGth Inf. After two weeks in billets division maneuvers were ordered. This took the 27th Division and the 106th Inf. back and forth, back and forth, for another two weeks. The maneuvers began on .lune 15 and every day theie were marches of fifteen miles, seven- teen miles, twenty miles. In the midst of tlie maneuvers Col. Taylor was ordered to school in England on .lune 22 and Maj. Berr.v became act- ing commander of the regiment. Two days later the regiment and the 27th Division became part of the Fifth Corps of the British Army, on June 24. VL A few days after the Brooklynites l.Tnded a.1 Brest they began a cour.se of training that was destined to make tliern used to war and to trench life by very gradual stages. Groups that consisted cf five or six officers and twelve or fifteen non-commissioned of- ficers were sent to the front line for observ.-ition and the like, staying there for .short periods The regiment w.as bccoi.Tipg seasoned, almost without knowing it. Now. on .Tune 20, under orders tror^ headiiua Iters of the Fifth Corps, th>i re^^itiient occupied the G. H. Q. trench sjsteni. .=0 that the training of the men might be accelerated. A day later the British advanced and straighteiicd out their line north of Albert. It was the first move In a game in which the 106th was soon to play an important part, and the Brooklynites Joined in the feeling of .iubilation that ran through the Fifth Corps. Their regular commander. Col. Tay- lor, came back to them on July 1, and on the following day the regi- ment began another series of ad- v.iiices that was not to end this time iitilil the f.rooklyn organization was actually holding a part of the British line. They marched in the early morning of July 2. marching until noon, and entrained at 1:20 p.m. on the now familiar tiny box cars. They dctr.iined at 1 a.m. and marched nga'.n. Tho ghostly night parade con- tinued until 4:30 a.m., when they ar- rived at Broxzzeele, In French Flan- dcr:. That night they marched again through St. Omer. There they stayed for n-vcial day«. Independence Day, July 4, was pa-ssed delightfully through the enter- tainment piovlded by a set of athletic games .'tn.'trd by Co. G. It was only a short r.lsianco back of the front-^ the boom of the suns could be heard VII. This marked the second stage of their regimental advance into the trenches. They had been alternating rifle practice witli occupation of the reserve trench system. Now they be- gan to get used, by platoons, com- panies and battalions, to the routine ^ T ,. „ ,, ,„„v, ,„ ,v,„ «..,.„,' of first-line trench warfare. Part of On July 7 the march to the front ,.<^i,„ent went int.. the line near ime began apt. . I h s day he reg.- Mount Kemmel on July 27. and for tnent hiked twelve miles, billeting at .^_ „_., .. ;. ,„.,. „ ,;^ Oudezeele, in French Flanders. They remained there a week, hiking again on July 14. Their destination this time was Winnezeele. From there they very plainly — but there was nothing ' in the conduct of the games or the attitude of the participants or specta- tors to mark that the enemy was near. March to the Front; First Casualty. the first time it lost some of its men under shell fire. Several were killed. The records and recollections are not precise on this .score, but it is be- ime was \^ innezeeie. i- roiii iiieitriut-.\ :. , , . , ,..u„„.^ .i,« inAtVi 00k a train for a short distance, then I X-ved ll>at he p ace where_^ ' L'"""^ v,.,.i .., o, ^.„....„ Ti„..<> ,h<...»!Iiad these first deaths in action was marched to .St. Martin. Here there was a period of rifle practice. Already the regiment had had its first real casualty, not counting the minor flesh wounds caused by the German airbomb just after they land- ed in France. The first real casualty came to First Lt. K. Groesbeck of Co. I, and iWwas about June 20. He was one of a group that had been sent to the front line for observation and pa- t i near the hill called the Scherpenburg, right opposite Keinmel. It and Kem- niel were the only hills in the vicinity of the front line, the one helii by the British and Kemmel by the Boches. At .Scherpenburg two battalions of the 106th held the front line alter- nately with Eiritish battalions and tho Second Battalion, flanked by British. irol instruction at the hands of the I '^^''^ a section of hue a Abeele The British brethren, and the German.s. ! Second had a particularly exciting spotting them, opened up a sharp fire. I '>.'"^' "«'"= ,""i'^'' ^^7 .'"'^^Z '"t"?' A bullet went through Lt. Groesbeck's elbow, splintering it pretty badly. ' This was near Albert. 1 From that time on there weren't any more casualties that the regi- ment considered worth recounting un- til this period that is now being writ- ten of. For the first time the regi- ment was under direct shell fire — it wasn't very clo.se, and it wasn't very : regular but it was direct shell fire ■ from big guns. A shell would fall J sometimes every half hour, sometimes every three hours. Casualties began; to be recorded a little more frequently ' than the regiment liked to think about. { Capt. Jerome F. Langer of Co. I. in \ In a sense, started these off. He was a member of an observ.ation party while the regiment was engaged in its St. Martin rifle practice. With a rather considerable group he went to British brigade headquarters for a turn of duty, and was about to return with i I his men when the (_lermaiis .coin- i menced a rather heavy shelling of i the region about headciuarie.-.s. It was; .luly 17, and Capt. (vange- thought, July 17 was a good day to take care distance .shell fire. That night. July 28, the Second Battalion took over what was known as the Fast Poper- inghe line, holding it nightly there- after for a fairly long pt-riod. Holding the Line By the 106th. n should be said that this "holding of the line" at this time was. in a con- siderable sense, a figure of speech. In- struction of the men was .still jiro- ceediiig. The method was Ihut for two days there were to be squads of tho lOGth alternalins with squads of the British; for another two days there would be alternate platoons of the !06th; again, for another two days, companies of the 106th would alter- nate with British companies: then finally an entire battalion would be holding a part of the line, British bat- talions on either side of it. Holding the line meant a very def- inite thinsj. Because of the natuie of the :ir;'>ur.d. ivhi^h left the front line i'cnches p.irticularly r.pen to ntlaci of his men. So, when he was t.,ld that I '_here_ "^-^sncxpr »^y^»<^}]^}^'"S»^ a.n bo might take his men ba'^k to their entire battalion or an entire compan.v 1 in tho very front row of trenches. [ To have plaiTd so oonsideral>le a gioup there would have meant to lose command, the captain protested mildly. "1 think we'd better wail a while." , he said. 'Mv men shouldn't bo need-|t>>fm- A precise arrangement of the lesslv exposed. We'll stav in dugouts, men had been established which called if vdu've no objection." | usually for two platoons in what The detail was allowed to remain. ; might be called the Hrst row. Close After an hour or so the British com- 1 at hand in back of them were tho mand became a little restless. other platoons of the company. Oft ".My dear fellow, you ought to take your men out. you know." ! Capt. Langer again suggested that : it wouldn't do any harm to reip.ain ! sheltered .and said also th.at he didn't ! like to take the responsibility of ex- j posing his men to so sharp a (ire when I there was no real need for it. The British brigadier finally ordered the capt-ain back with his men, despite Capt. Langer's protests. "I'll take the responsibility," said he. I That was all he did lake; for. as Capt. Langer and his men moved out from shelter, a Bochc shell exploded 1 right in their midst. Two British Tom- I mies were killed, and Capt. Langer. Lt. Frank Tornabcnc and Pvt. Josejh J. I lifrnat were seriously wounded by fly- I ing shell fragments. When Capt Langer ' was removed to hospital the surgeons took eighteen shell fragments from his body. Rifle pir.actico for the regiment con- tinued until July 23. when the com- I mand again left tor Oudezeele. to one side and a little to the rear was another companv. in back of tliem would lie the other companies of tho battalion, a gooil many yards intervenin.g between their position and the "front row." When the regi- ment as a whole held the line it usu- ally meant that one battalion would be up in front, its men arianged in the way described here, .ind the other two battalions set further back. 700 or SflO yards away. The battalion up in front would be said to be "holding the line." If the Germans set up a box barrage as part of a raid or a minor operation it would mean, under this arrangement, that only a few pla- toons, or .'I company, or a battalion would be cut off as the case might be. Only a few men ever were stationed in the fire trench, so that losses from raids, from snipers and from shell fire might be at a minimum. The Second Battalion of the lOGth held the front line from .\ngust 2 to August 6. after the regiment had gone through the stages just described, and BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 13 on the fifth and sixth it was subjected to very heavy shelling. The Germans were particularly active in tliis period, their activitj' bringing a blow to the regiment on August 7 that it remem- bered for many a day. This was in the loss of Lt. Col. Morris N. Liebmann. acting commander of the 105th Inf. Lt. Col. Liebmann had been for many years with the old 2 3d Regt. and was its lieutenant colonel when that unit was made into the 106th. All the men of the 106th knew and loved him well, and they felt it as a per- sonal loss when a heavy shell got him as he was visiting headquarters at what was known as Walker Farm. Many of the 106th Men Were Wounded. The following day the British made an advance to straighten out their line and many of the 106th men were wounded — the first considerable num- ber at any one time. On August 9 Maj. Charles W. Berry, one of the best liked and most capable officers of the 106th. w-as relieved of command of the Second Battalion and was sent to take command of the 105th Inf. Its colonel, James An- drews, was acting brigadier general, in charge of the brigade made up of the 105th and 106th, and Lt. Col. Lieb- mann, killed on the 7th, had been in command of the 105th. Capt. Foster Hetzel of Company F was detailed to take the vacancy at the head of the Second Battalion left by Maj. Berry. There was no break in the monot- ony — for that is how the men had come to regard it — of taking over sec- tors of the first line until August 23. That day marked the graduation, as it were, of the 106th Inf. As a regi- ment it was assigned to take over the line that had been held by the British at Dickebush, opposite Mt. Kemmel. For about a week the 106th en- joyed the sensation of holding a sec- tor as a regiment, and then it was about to be relieved, or, at least, was approaching relief, when, on a Sun- day morning — Sunday, September 1 — at about 4:30 a.m. a motorcycle rider drew up at regimental headquarters. He was a dispatch bearer, and he carried a message from Division Head- quarters that the Germans were re- ported to be evacuating Kemmel Hill and were withdrawing their lines south of Kemmel. The 106th was or- dered to send out fighting patrols to determine the correctness of the re- ports. vin. It was the beginning of the ]06th's first great engagement — this order that directed them to send out fighting patrols. The patrols were to go for- ward as far as possible until they established contact with the Germans and then were to hold their ground until they could be supported. The First and the Third Battalions were "in the line" on this great day in the history of the lC6th, and the Second was in support. The trenches that marked the line were largely that as figures of speech. There was a curve in the line, to begin with, and those in the fire trench were at all times exposed to an enfilading fire from the German trenches, unless they were very careful. Furthermore, there wasn't any such thing as the continuous deep ditch with which so many people at home associate the name of trench. What was there was a line of scoops in the ground — scoops of varying depth and generally re- quiring that occupants should lie prone or rest on knees if they were to be out of the way of hostile five. There were wide gaps in this line of scoops. In places the trench was the shelter afforded by the bank of an abandoned road that ran along the front. The position of the 106th faced on this road, and at its left there was another road that ran almost perpen- dicularly between the German line and the British (Amerfcan) front. The ground between the 106th's position and that of the Germans was quite low, almost marshy, with a gradual rise toward the German front. Some distance in the rear of the German line was Wytschaete Ridge. A Bitter Engagement About to Start. There was nothing at all on this first day of September to indicate that the 106th Infantry was to win undying LT. F. ^ •»3»«^-"'* Killed at Hindenburg line. Awarded D. S. C. posthumously. glory for itself before the day was over. There was very little in the orders to indicate that a bitter gen- eral engagement, in which the entire front of the 27th Division would be involved, was about to be staged. There was thought in the minds of 1 few that the Germans, ev;icuating, would offer strong resistance. That was because none of them knew that 1 the report of the German withdrawal ' had caught the Bosche napping, as it were. They had no thought that I the troops opposite were to, learn of i their maneuver so quickly and, by their rapid advance, were to shatter to bits all the carefully-made plans of the German staff for strengthening the ! German position by a retreat. I The patrols started out on the right ; of the line, where the First Battalion was located, at about 7 a.m. At the ' same time the patrols set out from the Third Battalion. Those on the 1 right got forward about 500 yards I when suddenly there came a burst uf flame. Many of the patrol fell. A 1 burst of machine-gun bullets zip- zipped through trie air like hail. The patrol had run into a group of ma- chine-gun nests that held strong van- tage points. Four or five of our boys were killed at once; half a dozen others were bad- ly wounded; the rest were fighting from whatever shelter they could find, when a company of about fifty Ger- mans charged them. The Germans were about two and a half times the number of this fighting patrol from the 10 6th's First Battalion. The pa- trol fell back slowly, fighting all the way. On the left the patrol sent out by the Third Battalion had fared con- siderably better. It followed the line of the abandoned road that led straight toward the German position, and had good protection. As they went along tlli men of this patrol en- countered a few machine-gun nests but managed to clean them out as they went along. The patrol got ahead about 800 yards. The telling here sounds very simple and very easy, but this advance of the patrol was a slow and sure piece of work and it was nearly 11 o'clock, al- most four hours from the time of its advance, when the small contingent won to the point where it had a chance to hold on. They waited here for a few minutes and then Cos. K and L of the Third Battalion went "over the top" and advanced to their as- sistance. These two companies now continued the advance. German Opposition Had Become Strong. German opposition by this time had become very strong. The Americans were upsetting an orderly withdrawal, the cutting off of a considerable con- tingent of the German forces was threatened and they must bo stopped. Machine-gun nests by the score poured tons of lead at them and upon them. Heavy shells burst all around them. They kept on going just the same and reached a German trench system at a little junction called Vierstradt Cross-roads. They took a position along the road, and a little while later a platoon from the 105th reached the junction and established contact with them. Over on the right, meanwhile, the Germans had succeeded in pouring in so galling a fire in opposing so stiff a resistance that the companies there had not succeeded in completing their advance. They were out and over the top. but they could not get through to the line set out for them. The Ger- mans were concentrated in* number in the strongholds there, and from their sheltered positions were not only delaying the advance of the First Battalion, but were pouring in a dreadful fire on the exposed flank of- Cos. K and L. These two companies had to withstand a very heavy shell fire and a very bitter machine-gun fire. Despite it they held on stubborn- ly for a full three hours. Then, under pressure of a fierce counter-attack, they fell back slowly and stubbornly for about 300 to 400 yards. Cos. I and M were now sent in to support them. The entire battalion promptly reattacked. They went for- ward almost as though they were on parade to the line the two companies had won earlier in the day, and there, at Vier.stradt Cross-roads, they con- solidated the position .and hold it. That was the way the day ended — the Third Battalion had advanced in the face of a withering fire, had been driven back, had reformed -i.nd re- taken its c.Tpture-1 ground: the First Battalion, in a position more direct- H- exposed to shell and machine-gun fire — fsnpci^M'y from the h'gh ground of Wytschaete Ridg" — had been Vialted. and tlie S»cnnd Battalion had hf'en held in reserve. In the n'gl't. however. Cos. C, G. IZ and 11 moved up into positions on the 14 BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. \ -^ '■■ now held at 7 o'clock the next morning. IX. As the\ nent over the top In the] gray dawn there was not a solitary! flsure to be seen in front of them. | Shrubbery, clumps of tushes and the ■well-tilled Flemish fields were spread out before thein. It looked almost as if they were to have no trouble. But the quiet-lookins: landscape was fairly honeycombed with strons; German po- sitions, and from every side a storm of machine-gun bullets was belns poured Into the line of the 106th. The plan was to execute a sort of pivot movement, the axis of tlio movement turning on the place known as Vier- stradt Cross-roads. This contem- plated a comparatively slight advance by the men of the Third Battalion and a wide, sweeping adA-ance by their brethren or- their right. A fierce enfilading tire swept across the fields from the commanding Ger- man positions on AVytschaete Ridge. It Beemed impossible that any man could get through. Supermen might, yes; but not ordinary men. Thers were not a dozen, but .=eemingly a score of dozen machine guns nests to be overcome: there were veritable sheets of machine gun bullets and ■barrage upon barrage of shells. Once In a while you might see a solitary patrol of the forces opposing you, but for the most part you staggered on without seeing anybody but the com- rades immediately beside you. It was ghostly — even ghastly. First Battalion was added to the pivot- ing movement. The objective set for them was to effect a foothold on a part of Wytschaete Kidge. The ob- jective lay only a few hundred yards further on, but what those few hun- dred yards contained no man may tell! Death and horror lurked at every yard, fierce struggle marked every foot. The First Battalion went on with the same spirit that had marked the men of the Third Battalion and of the Second. They took vantage point after vantage point. They were forced back time ajid again; time and again they reformed their line and swept forward. They struggled along inch by inch. There was no denying them in their fierce determination to win the place set down for them to Third Battalion Gets Hardest Work. At the pivoting point the Third | ■Battalion again got the hardest work. ; ■Radly cut up from the first day's fighting. It ran into intensely heavy i machln^gun nests on this second day ' and suffered severely. The line Uept I going, however, few of them stopping [ to count the cost. They knew that they were advancing and that they | were paying a heavy price tor It. ■ Aside from that, they recked little. ' They were hot with the flre of b.attle. and every once In a while there would go tip a fierce shout from little groups here and there. IjCt it be sounded in one place and it would be carried all along the line. As It rang out it seemed the signal for a little extra cITort. It wa.s. Indeed, n signal. It was the old Fhout of •■.Minrol.i:" that first hail been raised four months earlier In quieter days. Now. for some unknown reason, as If for some grim Jest. It suddenly broke out on the battleneld — broke out as a stormy. Impetuou.': hatllecry. Thi- men of the lOBMi pushed on recklessly under Its spell. They were going to show the folks at home th.at llK-re was not a i|uitter in Ukc line, allhriugh they were p.avlng for every step Ibcy advanced in prlce- Izra lives. The day ended with the pivoting movcTTient still In progress. If was the finish of tht strangest Labor Day these more th.nn if. 000 Brooklynltes had ever spent. On the third d.-iv of this rtn^ for- ivard movement, September 3, the Awarded D. S. C. posthumously for hi» wonderful leadership at Hin- denburg line. win. and they finally swept into it | triumphantly w^ith the shout of ; "Mineola!" ringing acros.s the field again. i . . I [ Estimate Loss in I Great Engagement 600. . Attaining it. the position was con- solidated and then the regiment set ! Itself to wait until nightfall, when all the rest of Wytschacto Kidg>- wss to be ; taken. Tperc came, however, an un- , expi'Ct'd relief. .\ Hritish force moved; jlnto the line and the lOGth moved' out, ordered to a rest camp. I I .Fust how many in killed and se- ' j verely \N"unded its first great feat of | arms lind cost the Ifltith cannot yet ; be told dennitely. The records are ■ ; still across the sea. It has been e.stl- maled. however, by officers and men ■ of till' riginient who have returned to I 'this country that the unit suffered ai permanent loss of close to BOO olficers and men in the llnree-day engtigement. This does not mean that tlie casualties of the regiment totaled this number. | The cpsunllles were considoiahly more — men who have come back from the' Third B.ittallon insist that only about 20 per cent, of the battalion escaped unhurt— but the wounded are not in- cluded In this nunilior by the estl- mat advancing on a line with the Knoll and with no supporting attack at the end of their line, their left was in great danger of being flanked. To obviate this danger, two companies of the 105th Infantry were told oft to I take a position here and to hold a line ' that should check any flanking move-- nient by the Germans. Their number wa.s inadequate to the task. They had the same fire to face as the men of the 106th, ant! although they moved carefully and skilfully, they lost heavily. Skill counted little here against a dreadful fire. What was needed was more men to hold off the groups of Gcrm.n.ns whc began to filter through in bac!: of the 106th as it advanced. Brooklyn Boys At tJie Front. The Brooklyn regiment had the four main positions to take — the Knoll. Guillemont Farm. Quennemont Farm and Malakoff Wood. Each position was strong naturally, and each had in- tensely strong .groups of machine .gun nests, camouflaged so deftly and ad- hering so thoroughly to a carefully laid out plan that the advancing 16 BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. Americans knew Muthing of them until practically on top of them. Then the machine Runs poured out their deadly lire and mowed down the Broolerhaps better than anything else. The sanguinary nature of the conflict -this day. Company A was commanded by I.,t. G. P. ]{udkin. and he was tlie onlv officer with the company. lie was killed. Company B was under the com- mand of Lt. Charles fi. O.stberg. for- merly one of the most popular men in the old 14th Kegt. He was the only officer with the company. A hurst of machine gun bullets passed through his face. Several of his men picked him up and started to carry him back to a dressing station. One of them ■was badly hit. (.>stberg motioned to the others to leave and insisted upon it. After lying on the field until Sunday night he died at a clearing sta- tion. Company C had Lt. .T. L. Malov and Lt. E. L. Ryan. Maloy was killed and Kyan was one of the two officers in the battle who, as far as is known, came through unwounded. Company D had Capt. Matthew J. Wilson as its only officer. He ■was shot through the leg and could not advance any more, but encouraged his men to go ahead as long as they could, hear his voice. Co. 10 had Lt. Thomas V. Ward and another officer whose name is un- known. Ward was wounded in the shoulder by a hand grenade and in the leg by a shell fragment. His brother officer was also wounded in the leg. Placing the Various Companies. Co. V had Lt. Alfred .1. Hook as its commander, and Lt. Yorke Brennan as its only olher officer. Hook was hit and kept on going; he was hit again and still he kept on going: a third lime he was downed and this time he failed to move again. Only a few weeks ago the Distinguished Service <"ross was awarded to him posthu- mously. Lt. Brennan was also wounded. Co. G had Capt. John Charles Hardy as its commander and a new officer, whose name is unknown at this writ- ing. wa.M assisting him. Capt. Hardy was struck in the side by a fragment of high explosive shell. His men loved him dearly. an' were ?^upposrd to (ake. Then, however, tie flanking movement to which they had beeii left open got in its deadly work and the men of the 106ih. awav out there r at the H'ndenburg line outposts, were I cut off. Isolated parties managed to I get through, but 'regimental head- quarters lost all contact with the front. Lt. Franklyn J. Jackson volunteered at this critical minute to take a patrol out and re-establish contact with the front. He was killed in doing so and was awarded (he IJ. S. C.. posthumous- ly, a few weeks ago. Because of what he did the men between headquarters and the actual front received word that brought them back to Ronssny, from whence they had started earlier in the morning. The others stayed out there on the far-flung front — out. there with shot and shell bursting on all sides about tlieni. Because (he HiBth had so comparatively few men and because it lost so many there had been not enough (o "mop up" as the regiment advanced; and the Germans who were left in the rear, augmented by those who seeped through the ex- posed flank, were suflicient in num- ber to be virtually as dangerous as those in front. This was the way (he first day of the Hindenburg line fight ended: The l()6th. at dreadful cost, had advanced about 700 yards against miraculously strong positions; some of its men were out there in shell holes and dugouts, keeping up the fight; they were entirely out of liaison with their fellows; about 400 men, relieved by another conimand at 4 a.m. Saturday, seeped b.ack to headquarters and were organized into a provisional battalion. XIII. Maj. R. H. Gillette organized this provisional battalion, and it was made up of three companies of about 130 men in each. Capt. Arthur V. McDer- mott, operations officer of the regi- ment and attached to headquarters, took the first company under Maj. Gil- lette's direction; Lt. George W. Tur- ner of Co. B took the Second Battal- ion and Capt. William K. Blaisdell, who had been supply officer of the regiment until he insisted on getting into the fight on September 27, took command of the third company of this provisional battalion. . At noon on Saturday it was at a rest camp in back of the lines trying to find out where it stood when it re- ceived word that it must attack again on Sunday morning as part of a gen- eral attack that was to complete the work which the 106th had begun so gallantly on Friday. There were approximately sixteen officers left in the regiment on Saturday night who were fit for duly, and these included the staff oflicers, those of the supply and transport service, and the intelli- gence officers. For the attack to which (he r'rovisional baitalion was now ordered, four oflicers were as- signed to two of its companies and three (o its second company. The ranks weie further filled up hy press- ing into service teamsters, cooks, or- derlies — anybody who could handle .1 gun and a bayonet, who was not ab- solutely required for other duly. The plan of battle for (his day was (o sweep on past (he Hindenburg line ilself and over (he canal tunnel. The 106th men in the provisional bat- talion were (o move as "moppers up" behind the two first waves. Battalion Starts Before Dawn. The battalion started out long be- fore ilawn from its rest camp. It reached the line about 4:30 o'clock Sunday morning anil waited there for zero hour. When zero came, in some wa^■ or oth-^r the provisional battalion got out in front— was once r.-.cre first BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 17 over the top. The 400, despite their few numbers and despite the recol- lection ot what they had passed through but a few hours before, did what the men of the 106th liad always done — they advanced in the face of what seemed like a hell of flame. They had also to spur them on on the certainty that, out ahead of them, were comrades who had been holding- dearly-bought positions since Friday — comrades whom they might save, whose victory they mig-ht make sure, if they could wipe out the German line ahead. It was in that spirit that they fought. About 50 per cent, of the 400 men in the battalion fell that day, but those who were left kept al- ways g:oing ahead. „ Capt. Blaisdell. 'at the head -of the"' Third Co., or battalion, was one of the first to go down. His men put him on a stretcher and started carry- ing him to the rear. They had gone Init a few feet when Capt. Blaisdell realized what was happening. He or- dered his men to halt and insisted on going back to resume his place in (he attack. He fell again, this time killed instantly by a German bullet. Tanks Put Out of Action. Tanks were to have played an im- portant part in the advance this day, and they did have an important share in the doings, although by no means as great as had been hoped. They were nearly all of them put out of action early in the engagement. That meant that what was left ot the 106th was out there alone in front, once more called on to do a superman's task with not enough men to do even an ordinary task. History records, however, that the 106th did it — rec- ords that its men fought on from 5:30 in the morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon without a break, rec- ords that the positions the men were expected to take were captured one after another, records that the Brook- lynites repulsed one counter attack after another. The struggle at the Knoll, the emi- nence at the left, which had begun on Friday, still continued on Sunday. Parts of the position were in the hands of the Americans; parts still held out. The boys of the 105th. the 106th and the 107th made repeated onslaughts against the pillboxes, the machine-gun nests and the trenches that remained in German hands. Al- though they kept capturing some of these on Sunday, there were still some that remained. It can, therefore, be Imagined with what tenacity the Ger- man troops were holding on. Thev had been instructed to hold on at all fosls. and they obeyed instructions to the limit. The Knoll was still not all American on September 30, Monday, and when that day Bellicourt had finally been taken, the Germans driven away in back of their Hindenburg line, there were 1,200 bodies ot iha dead of the 105th, the lOHth and the 107th counted on the slopes of the Knoll. No man can begin to tell all of Hi- story of these days at the Hindenburg Ime. More ot it may be related some day when the 27th Di\ision and the 106th get home; much ot it mav never be told. What stands out is that the Hindenburg line was broken, and that when Maj. Gen. O'Ryan. commanding the division, wrote ot it later he said: "It was undoubtedly the fierce at- tack of the 106th Infantry which broke the morale of the enemv and made possible the subsequent attacks by the remainder of the division." The ofhcers of the 106th who were kileld or w-ounded on this Sunday drive against the Hindenburg de- fenses are not all known at this writ- 18 BROOKLYN Ax\D LOx\G ISLAND IN THE WAR. Ing: but it huU been established that virtually every one engaKeU in the atlack was wounOcU. MaJ. -om ♦'"'" -"th T)lv'«ion receivet' [ thl^'r '"•onril?; ,n t ,St. Sou^let. ''in October ?0 r^me the (r'add'*"* o' ; orders. The 106'1| was reli'Vect bv n i British command, as was the entire I 27lh Division, and was ordered to move back to a divisional rest camp where it was to sUxy for a long period and undergo complete reorganization. The regiment fell out gladly enough and marchescl. Here it was to entrain for the rest camp. The ill hiok of the regiment pursut'd It direellv to Roysel and then quit suddenly.' Us sudden quitting saved the lOtjth from a great catastrophe at a lime when it would have been fell more than any other. It happened that the 2"tb Division to which the I06th was attacheu .•stayed over night in Roysel and was all prej'ared to take the trains out the ne.Nl afternoon. October 24. Lt. Col. Charles W. Berry of the 105th, former commander of the 106tli sec- ond battalion, was assigned to the duty of loading the various units of the division on their iiespective trains and Lost His Life in the Attack on the Hindenburg Line. getting Ihem away. Because the 105th was his command he got them awuy first. To get the 106th aboard the cars, as the next to go, was a matter of a few minutes. Col. Berry was just about to give it the signal to leave when all of a sudden the railroad tracks a few feel away dropped out of sight, telegraph I>oles and wires disappeared; everything within a radius of several hundred yards Avas completely wiped out. -V German mine had exploded. The mine, it developed, had been left there by the (Jermans six weeks be- fore. Xothing had happened to ex- plode it until this afternoon. Then, for a reason none of the officers pres- ent could make clear, it was exploded by a British motor-lorry. Not a single American was killed or injured, but several British Tommies were killed and others injured. Nothing was left of the tracks. Because of this mine the division had to march to Tincoun, about five or six miles away, and there, on the following lay, the lOGth entrained. It arrived It Corbie on October 26 and went into ■amp for complete reorganization. At "orbie, for the llrst time, the regiment uiffercd from influenza. The attack was not a bad one, however, and the i(flcei-s and men of the lOfith, those that remained of the command, were in fairly sood shapo when the armistice, »n November 11, ended the war, XV. The commendation of brave men and of great leaders has long since been given to the 106th Infantry and the :'7th Division. Brooklyn has similarly be- stowed upon them an esteem that words are too weak to express. That its regard for the 106th is well estab- lished is proved conclusively by the brief history here given, fragmentary though it is. If anything else were needed it may be found in the brave words that have been written of the 106th individually by Gen. .lohn F. O'Rvan, and of the S'fh Division in general by others. Gen. O'Ryan, on October 22, wrote this citation for the Brooklyn regiment: "Now that we have inspected the capture of defenses of the Hindenburg Line, the magnitude of the task as- signed to the 106th Inf. in the attack of •September 27 becomes even more ap- parent than it then .appeared. On that occasion the 106th Inf , on a front of 4,000 yards, attacked the outer defense svstem, cotnposed of highly organized trenches with a maze of wire protec- tions, based upon the three strong points of Quenncment Farm, Gillemont Farm and The Knoll, the whole de- . fended by a vast number of machine guns and" trench mortars supported by I artillery. ' "Any impression made by attack upon these defenses would have been worthy of remark. That the 106th Inf., after most of the tanks had been put out of action, broke through them and secured footings in the three strong- holds, thus disorganizing the enemy's defense, no'w seems an extraordinary feat. The valor of the officers and men of the regiment is well indicated by the locations of the bodies of their gallant comrades who fell in the battle, and by the large number of the enemy dead about them. "It was undoubtedly the firece attack of the 106th Inf. which shook the enemy's morale and made possible the I subsequent attack of the remainder of the division." I On October 20 Field Marshal Sir j Douglas Haig wrote to the general com- I manding the Second American Corps (27th and 30th Divisions): "I wish to express to you personally, and to all the oflicers and men serv- ing under you. my warm appreciation of the very valuable and gallant serv- ices rendered by you throughout the recent operations with the Fourth British Army. Called upon to attack positions of great natural strength held by n determined enemy, all ranics of the 27th and 30th divisions, un- der your command, displayed an en- erg.v, courage and determination in attack which proved irresistible. It does not need me to tell you that in the heavy fighting of the pa.st three weeks you have earned the lasting esteem and admiration of your British comrades in arms whose success you have so nobly shared." From Gen. Pershing, there camo this for the 27th and 30th divisions: "The Commander-in-Chief desires \ou to convey to the officers and men of your corps his appreciatior. of the niagniflcent qualities which have en- abled them, against powerful re- sistance, to advance more than ten miles and to take more than 6.000 prisoners since September 27 " There were similar commendations — and Avith good reason. The meu of the 106th point to these two state- ments of fact in an article by the historian of the lOfith in the Christ- mas issue of the Gas .Attack, the publication of the 27th Div.: "The regiment as a whole has been over the top a larger number of times BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 19 than any other regiment in the divi- sion. •'To the 106th has fallen the honor of being' first over in every engage- ment." XVI. January 5, 1919, are found the names of 410 wounded and 223 who ga,ve their lives. The percentage of the killed is extremely large by compari- son. Does it not show that these men of In the casuality list as made up to I the 106th are deserving of all honor that we can give them.' Uofs it not show, as does this incomplete his- tory, that they were brave men, in- deed, who went forth from Brooklyn with the 106th Inf., U. S. A., and that their deeds shall make immortal here the memories of the regiment and ot its dead? THE DEAD. Pvt. Arthur F. Goss, Co. L, died from wounds August 27, 81 Lott St. Sgt. Benjamin Chester, 106th, killed September 7, 129 Alabama ave. Pvt. Everett R. Aycrs, M. G. C. 106th. died of pneumonia October 3, 1107 Putnam ave. Pvt. William T. Hickton, Co. K, killed September 7, 55 Stanhope st. Pvt. James C. O'Donnell, Co. C, killed, 6210 Fifth ave. Corp. James A. Harrington, Co. K, killed in action, 1647 S3d St., Bath Beach. Pvt. Michael Roma, Co. B, died of w&ands September 6, 1024 Manhattan ave. Sgt. William J. Doherty, Co. K, killed September 2, 2521 Albemarle Road. Corp. Roy Abit, 106th, died of wounds September 30, 448 99th St. Lt. Franklyn J. Jackson, Hdqrts. Co., killed in action September 27. 505 Clinton ave. Corp. Edward .A. Newton, M. G. C, died of wounds Sep- tember 30, Medford. L. I. Pvt. Jlaurice H. Benoit, Co. K, killed in action August 30, 1004 Bergen st. Pvt. Frank Howard, Co. M. killed in action September 29, Lynbrook, L. I. Pvt. Bernard J. Harris, Co. G. killed in action, 161 Taaffe place. Pvt. Robert Kearns, Co. G, killed in action October 1, 249 13th St. Pvt. John W. Madden, Co. G, killed in action September 30, 89 Wyckoff st. Pvt. Fred Lippert, Co. B, killed in action September 29, 446 Franklin ave. Pvt. Anthony Matarazzo. Co. D, killed accidentally, 1466 73d St. Pvt. Fred J. Schmaeling, Co. F, died of injuries October 19, 1080 Herkimer st. Pvt. Raymond Hottenrolh. Co. C, killed in action Sep- tember 27, 6 Raleigh place. Pvt. Charles C. Schneider, Co. C, killed in action, 592 Sterling place. Pvt. Charles H. Kayser. Med. Corps, killed in action Sep- tember 29, 12 Hanson place. Pvt. La>vrence Hanneford, Co. D, died of wounds, 105 Third place. Pvt. Howard Peterson. Co. A, M. G. B., killed in action October 19, 599 11th st. Sgt. Frank D. McGrath, Co. G, killed in action September 27, 175 Lefferts ave. Corp. Dominick Holliday, Co. B, killed September 27, 255 Greene ave. Pvt. Robert Gray. Co. L,, killed in action, 279 Midwood st. Pvt. Frank A. Neugebauer, Co. B, killed in action Sep- tember 28, 195 Freeman st. Pvt. John J. Neville, 106th, died of wounds October 16, 15 First St. Lt. Charles G. Ostberg, Co. B. killed in action September 28, no address. Mech. Jens H. Jensen, Co. B, killed in action September 27, 137 Vanderbilt ave. Pvt. John J. Carey, Co. G, killed in action September 27, 111 Nostrand ave. Sgt. William Friedman, Co. H, killed in action September 27, 340 Powell st. Corp. Frederick Gehrsitc, Co. G, killed in action Sep- tember 27, 15 Troutman st. Pvt. John W. Ward, Co. B, killed in action September 27, 105 Luquer st. Batt. Sgt. Maj. Augustus Sliarretts, Co. L, killed Septem- ber 27, 323 Senator st. Sgt. William G. Hogarth, Co. F, killed in action Septem- ber 25, 8015 Fort Hamilton Parkway. Sgt. Frank V. McGrath, Co. G, killed in action September 27, 175 Lefferts ave. Pvt. Thomas N. Sweeney, Co. E, killed in action Seo- tember 27, 1331 70th st. Pvt. Morris Zimmerman. Co. F, killed in action Sentem- ber 27, 382 Watkins st. Corp. Nicholas Schultes, Co. I, killed September 29. 1986 East Eighth st. Pvt. .Toseph Quadri, 106th, died of v/ounds October 9 716 42d .St. Pvt. John Smith, Co. G, killed in action September 27, 13 Stockton St. Corp. Frank W. Bonner, Co. B, killed in action September 27, 199 Freeman st. Sgt. Charles W. Mattson, Co. F, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 441 42d st. Pvt. Charles Boulton, Co. D. killed in action September 16, 2320 Bleecker st. P\-t. Richard Martinez. Co. I, died of wounds October 4, 143 Fifth St.. Long Island City. Pvt. William S. Gilmore, Co. C, killed in action September 27, 260 Greene ave. Corp. William Bahis, Co. A, died of pneumonia October 27, 371 11th St. Pvt. Peter Scheibel, Co. F, killed In action September 27, Glendale, L. 1. Pvt. James C. GafCney. Co. E, killed in action September 27, 538 Kosciusko st. Sgt. Harry L. Levy, Co. D, killed in action September 27. 558 76th St. Pvt. Vernon H. Davis, Co. F, killed in action September 27, 350 92d St. Corp. Henry T. Barnaby, Co. G, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 12 Waldorf Court, Corp. Charles H. Vroman, Co. C, killed in action Septem- ber 23, 2023 Caton ave. Corp. John A. McLoughlin. Co. L, killed in action Sep- tember 29, 588 Sterling place. Sgt. Robert D. Browne, Co. D, killed in action, 380 Third si. Pvt. Charles W. Boulton, M. G. C, killed in action Sep- tember 27, Ridgewood. Pvt. Francis McCabe, Co. B, killed in action September 27. 1244 Herkimer st. Lt. Frederick W. Rozeck, Co. L, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 526 56th st. Pvt. John Allman, Co. D, killed in action September 27, 295 Troutman st. P^-t. Frank Cicurello, Co. B, killed in action September 29, 103 Nostrand ave. Corp. Thomas J. Crann, Co. H, killed in action Septem- ber 29. lis Court St. Prt. Lambert J. Hunt. Co. .F, killed in action September 27, 78 Elliott ave., Maspeth, L. I. Pvt. Edward C. Carlson, Co. L, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 15 Glendale place. Pvt. Harold J. J. Tyrell, Co. I, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 570 Court st. Wagoner John W. Shannon, Supply Co., killed in action September 27, 260 Rogers ave. Pvt. John J. Moran, Co. G, killed in action September 27 890 Myrtle ave. Bugler Herman Waack.s, 106th, killed In action September 27, 63 East Eighth .st. Pvt. James J. Atley, Co. H, killed in action September 27, 1468 Flatbush ave. P\'t. Harry J. Louis, Co. L, killed in action September 24 842 Flatbush ave. Pvt. Morris M. Schwartz, Co. E, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 65 Meeker ave. Pvt. Frank B. Kane, Hdqrts. Co., died of pneumonia, 418 Court St. Corp. Ray MacConnah, Co. M. killed in action, 1648 S3d st. Corp. Mathias Mandak, Co. K, killed in Belgium Septem- ber 2, East Islip, L. I. Lt. James F. Curtis Jr., M. G. C., killefl in action October 30, 1173 Fulton st. Pvt. John J. Carey, Hdqrts. Co., killed in action Septem- ber 2 7, 111 Nostrand ave. Pvt. John R. Larsen, Co. K, killed in action September 2, e69 Hicks St.. Pvt. Fred A. Claric, Co. I, died of wounds September 2» 1032 Chestnut St.. Richmond Hill. Pvt. Matthew Amato, Co. A, killed in action September 27, 8649 Bay 13th st. Corp. Edward R. Markstahler, Co. G, killed in action Sep- tember 2 7, 683 East 29th St. Corp. Charles Smith, Co. L, killed in action October 18 96 Buffalo ave. Pvt. Harold Twarts, M. G. C, died o* influenza October 29, 629 Myrtle ave. Pvt. James Proko, 106th, died of wounds October 19, no address. Sgt. Arthur G. Walters, Co. G, died of pneumonia Octo- ber 26, 1115 Nostrand ave. Pvt. George P. Lauer, Co. B, died of influenza, 1053 Seneca ave. Corp. Stephen J. LaTour, Co. K, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 1084 Bushwick ave. 20 BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. Mech. Charles E. Chilrik, 106th. died of disease. South Coip'"jan?Js' I. Donohue. Co. M. killed in action Septem- ber 2S. Glen Cove. L. I. .... .■ c? . Corp. Michael J. Meehan, Co. C. killed in action Septem- ber -7. IWS Bailie si. r, . , Lt. Karl H. Wheeler. Co. L. killed in action September 12. 672 10th St. . ,. „, ■ ,, 4 Corp. Edward F. Conly, Co. A, died of disease. 244 tast Corp"'Kobcrt McBurnie. Co. A. died of pneumonia No- vemt>er 2. 23 ("Dlumbus ave. Pvt. Francis B. Watson. Co. E, killed in action Septem- ber 27. 171 liichardson st. , . „ „ .. i Wagoner John l'. Walsh, Co. C. died of influenza October 25. 564 l,e.\inprtoi> ave. .,,,.. .• c Corp Edmund B. Gordon. Co. H. killed m action Sep- tember 27. 2.'iU New York ave. Pvt. Georpe Schoeck. Co. G, killed in action September 27. 471 IlainbnrK ave. „ . ._ Pvt. Albert S. Abcler, Co. C. killed in action September 27 no address. „ Pvt. reter T. Leonard, Co. D. killed in action .September 27. 128 Bay. 34th st. ...... Corp. George Weber. Co. G. killed in aetion September 27. 4311 Brandon ave. , .,, ^ . Corp. Edward A. Cummings, Co. E. killed in action, 2 Strong place. Corp. Walter F. Duffy, Co. A, killed in action September "7 625 Morgan ave. Pvt. Hariy C. Walsh, Co. A, M. G. B., killed in action. 282 Sterling place. ' _ „ j j. , Pvt. Joseph Maguire. Co. A. Jf. G. B., gassed, died on October 22, 275 Tompkins ave. .,, ^ . ,. c. Pst Walter Xicoolls. Hdqrts. Co.. killed in action Sep- tember 26, 4036 Hubbard place. Lt. Gilbert P. liudkin. Co. A, killed in action September 26. 1018 Park place. . ^ ^ ^ SZl- Louis T. SchoU Jr.. Co. H. killed in action October "17. 132 Weldon st. " „ ^ ,. «., Pvt. Frank Rutller. Co. I, killed in action Septei.iber 27, 1063 St. Mark's ave. ,„„ Pvt. Ramon J. Kelly, Co. A, died of pneumonia, 4o7 Eighth ave. „ ^ ,, Corp. John J. McGuirc. Co. D, killed in action September 27. 57 Luquer St. , ^ . Corp. Harry C. Douty, Co. B, killed in action September 27, 2519 Madison St. Pvt. Edward J. Brundge, Co. K. died of pneumonia Octo- ber 3. no address. Sgt. John R. Hart, Co. C, killed in action, ol2 Elm- wood ave. _ _ Wagoner Joseph H. Purcell. Co. G. died of influenza Oc- tober 1. 421 12th St. Pvt. Henry B. Cohan. Co. A. killed in action September 25. Northport. L. I. Pvt. John K. Conway, 106th. killed In action, North- port, L. I. Sgt. Harold J. Angus. Co. H, killed in action September 27, 63 Richmond st. Corp. William J. Porter. Hdcirts. Co.. killed in action Sep- tember 27. 893 Brooklyn ave. Pvt. Fred J. Grapes. Co. D. killed in action September 27, 1050 Bcre«>-.i St. Pvt. James Fitzpatrick, Co. D, killed in action September 27. 1050 BerRon st. Pvt. Elmer E. l!:dwards, 106th, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 7 7 Reid ave. Pvt. Frank R. Smith, Co. C, killed in action September 27. 395 Prospect ave. Pvt. Walter H. Kcllv. Co. C, killed in action September 27, 363 Fourth .st. Pvt. Louis Manciiso, Co. B. killed in action September 27, 555 Marcy ave. Corp. Arthui- I.,. Frawley. Co. I, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 2315 Bedford ave. P\l. James L. Mnlnv. Co. C. killed in action .September 27, 2312 Beverly Road. Pvl. James P. Twigg, Co. C, died of pneumonia October 5, no nddrcss. Pvl. Alphon.so \'. Bcnoil. Co. A, killed in action Septem- ber 27. 2815 lOninions ave. Capl. Harry ('. Starrott. Co. B. died of influenza Novem- ber II. 398 East l-"ourth st. Pvt. .Stephen <). Moican, M. G. C, died of wounds October 24. 294 I'ulaski si. Corp. Thomas M. Humphrey, Co. C, died of disease No- vember 13. 1832 S5th St. P\t. William J. Ward, Co. H, killed in action September 27. 485 Hudson ave. Sgt. Charles Heiser, Co. H, killed in action September 27. 2 97 Grovo si. t\t. Anthony Rolallo, Co. L killed in action September 2, ■■/»75 SI. M.irk's avo. i-\T. Walter J. MrCormick. 106th, killed in action August 28. 478 Bainbridge St. Pvt. Archibald R. Walkflr, Co. E, died of pneumonia No- \emb<'r II. 69 Ralph ave. Pvt. Arthur Rubcrg. Co. 1''. killed in action September 27, 300 60th .St. Corp. William A Rielil. Co. F. killed in action September 27, 10144 117th St., Richmond Hill. Pvt. James G. McArdle, 106th, died of wounds November 1, 702 Boyd ave. „ ^ . _ Pvt. Harrv J. Benson, Co. A, killed in action September 25, 949 "52d st. . .. . v ■ Pvt. Bernard J. Harris, 106th, killed in action September 2. 161 Taaffe place. „ . v. o^ Pvt. Max Halpern. Co. F, killed in action September il, 89 Harrison ave. , , ,, Pvt. Albert A. Klaiber, Co. C, killed in action July 31, 31 Frankfort St. . ^ . Pvt. Joseph A. Riordan, Co, M, killed in action Septem- ber 27. 910 Avenue K. Pvt Walter J. Noonan, Co. E, killed in action September 27, 1657 60th St. . „ Pvt. Harry C. Johnson, 106th, died of pneumonia No- vember 11. South Glen Cove, L. I. Mech. Albert R. Johnson, Co. H, killed in action Septem- ber 27. 1266 Fulton St. Pvt. Joseph W. Stevenson. Co. G, killed in action Sep- tember 27, 224 Lefterts ave. Corp John E. White, Co. K, killed in action September 27, 192 Pearl st. Corp. Ragnar Roeberg, Co. A, killed in action September 27. 184 Amity st. Corp. Stephen S. Habel, Co. K, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 322 75th St. Pvt. Otto Uietler, Co. M. killed in action September 21, 63 Shaw ave.. Union Course, L. I. Pvt. Alfred J. Douglas. Co. B, killed in action September 27. 638 Warren st. Pvt. John A. Lahert, Co. K, died of wounds November 8, 581 Decatur st. Pvt. Harold R. Dusenbury, Co. D, killed in action Sep- tember 27, Glen Head, L. I. Sgt Harold E. Bockelman, Co, C, killed in action Sep- tember 27, 336 14th st. Pvt. Frank C. Carguilo, Co. D, killed in action September 27, 87 WoodhuU st. Corp. John T. Gray, Co. D, killed in action September 28. 9 84 Pacific St. Sgt. Wilbert E. Lyons. Co. I, killed in action September 27, 688 East Third St. Pvt. Peter Harmaza, Co. D, killed in action September "7 532 Chester St. Sgt. Edward P. Hynes. Co. B, killed in action September 27, IS Polhemus place. Corp. Herbert C. Huessner, Co. D, killed in action Sep- tember 27, 322 New York ave. Pvt. John C. Sullivan, Co. C. died of wounds November 11, West Broadway, Cedarhurst. L. I. Pvt. Joseph Dunkel, Co. F, killed in action September 28, 200 Junction ave.. Corona, L. I. Pvt. George C. Anderson, Co. D, killed in action Septem- ber 27, 365A 14th St. Pvt. Harold A. Horn, Co. M, killed in action September 27, 1074 Lincoln place. Bugler Frank E. Cortes, Co. G, died prisoner in Germany, 200 Patchen ave. Corp. Charles C. Byrne, Co. G, killed in action, 739 East Ninth St. Pvt. Frederick J. Anderson, died of wounds July 26, 4907 nth ave. Pvt. John Welsh, Co. I, killed in action July 30, 343 Ham- ilton ave. Pvt., Arthur Worme, Co. L, died of wounds July 31, 390 Second st. Pvt. Albert A. Klaiber. Mach. Gun Co.. killed in action July 31. Grand ave.. North Hackensack, N. J. Pvt. James A. O'Hare, Co. D, killed in action, 1456 Bed- ford ave. Corp. Herman C. Morreale, died of wounds August 10, Co. V. 602 17th St. Russell B. Swain, Hosp. Corps, killed August 10, 761 East 31st St. Corp. Eliphalct Snedecor Jr., Co. C (Mach. Gun Bait.), killed in action July 21. 703 Elmore place. Pvt. Thomas Bernard Hurle.v, Mach. Gun CO.. killed in action July 31. 319 Chauncry st. Pvt. l'"rancis I^. AUyn. Co. I'", killed in action August 10. 1825 Woodhaven ,ivc.. Woodhaven. Pvt. Arthur J. Struck. Mach. (Jun Bait., killed in action August 21. 823 Church St., Riclimond Hill. Pvt. John C. Bedell, Co. H, killed in action August 21. 185 Seventh a\e. Pvt. Charles Schmicdcr, Co. E, killed in action August 29, 82 Cooper st. Pvt. Bernard Thomas McGonigle, Co. E, killed in action August 28. 43 Duflleld St. Pvt. Raymond U. Hill. Co. M, killed in action, 206 Mc- Donoiigh St. Sgt. Joseph AValter Beattie. Co. K, killed in action Sep- tember 1, 363 Henry st. Pvt. l':rnost Nevitt, Co. D, killed in action August 27, 150 Elrtert lane. Pvt. James M. Pereival. Co. I, killed in action August 21, 200 Cleveland st. Pvl. William P. Mooney, Co. D, killed in action August 27. 1401 77th St. Corp. Joseph A. Boyle, Co. E, killed August 28. 680 llast Second st. Corp. Arthur Clark, Co. K, died of wounds September 2, 336 Second st. BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 21 Pvt. Robert Clark Jr., Co. H, died of wounds September 4, 166 Jefferson ave. Pvt. Charles S. White, Co. G, killed in action September 4, 751 Sterling place, Pvt. Maurice Reardon, Co. C, reported killed August 2. letters sent home on August 5, 9. 12, 16, 19; 259 17th St. Pvt. Peter Lehmann. Co. E, killed in action September 2, 875 Flatbush ave. Corp. Frank J. Wiss. Co. K, killed September 2, 103 Eav 3 2d St. ' Pvt. Errol K. Price, Co. G, killed September 4, 2543 Church ave. Corp. John McCullough, Co. C. died September 12 from wounds, 1188 Sterling place. Pvt.Chas.O.Lind, Co.I,killed in action Aug.Sl, 340 61st st Pvt. Andrew A. Bruton, Co. C, killed September 1, 501 Park ])lace. Pvt. Harry W. Kane, 106th, killed Sept. 1, 5 Spencer st. Pvt. Harry M. Ciindy, Co. K, killed in action August 11, 578 Lexington ave. Corp. Richard jMcGeeliin, Co. I. killed September 20, 39 Raymond st. Pvt. Jno. Masterson, Co. F, killed Aug. 9, 1 23 I'ierrepont st Pvt. Anthony .Sceizo, Co. I, killed Sept- 2, 835 Kentav. Pvt. Jack Leder. Co. 1. killed September 2, 232 Throop ave. Corp. Ringuis Williams, Co. L,, killed in action Septem- l>er 2, 69 Irving place. Pvt. Daniel Hart Jr., Co. D, killed Sept. 1, 922 58th st. Corp. .John A. Kiernan, Co. G, killed on Flanders front August 27, 197 Tillary st. Pvt. Michael Mandak. Co K, killed October 2, Bay Shore. I'vt. James Ashton, Co. I, wounded, 584 DeKalb ave. l^vl. William F. Burns, Co. H. died from wounds Septem- ber 25 (Flanders drive). 277 17th st. Pvt. Joseph Cudmore, Co. M, killed Sept. 27, 448 Berry st. Pvt. Goldsmith Hardgrove, Co, B, M. C. B. 106th, killed September 27, Klmhurst, L. I. Se^t. Wiilliam Storch, Hdqrts. Co., 106th, died of wounds Septl-mber 27, 50 Duffield st. Sgt. William A. Cleaver, Co. A. died of wounds October 6, 1730 45th St. Pvl. Harry M. Cundy, Co. K, killed in Flanders drive September 1, 578 Lexington ave. Pvt. Andrew A. Anderson, Co. B, killed September 27, 243 52d St. Sgt. Howard H. McDougall, Co. I. died of wounds Oc- tober 1, Rem.. L. 1. Pvt. Thomas J. Lacey, Co. G. wounded i^eptember 2. 328 Franklin ave. Pvt. James II. IIarv;y, Co. G. wounded September 2, 213 Di\ision ave. Corp. Pasquali Samalurco. Co. It, wounded i^cptember 2, 991 Pacific St. PvC. Malcolm Hawkns. Co. G. wounled. Lake Grove, L. I. Pvt. Louis L. KaK.slcr. Co. 1, wounded, 1267 39th St. I'vt. John C. Eichelman, lOOch, wounded September 1, Guion ave., Lynbrook. Corp. Ernest J. Olanfler, 106th, wounded September 1, 144 Founh ave. Pvt. Rudolph Olander, 106th, wounded, 144 Fourth ave. Pvt. John Fo.ster, Co. E, v.ounded in August, 162 Cooper st. Corp. Walter C. Higgins. Co. E, wounded severely Sep- tember 10, 687 East Fifth st. Pvt. Robert P. Giebert, Co. I. wounded severely on August 13. 1691 Myrtle ave. Pvt. James L. Donohue, Co. M. wounded. Glen Cove. L. I. Pvt. Louis A. Bernhardi. Med. Corps. i06th. wounded in Augu.st. 58 Uerriman ave. Sgt. Frank J. Nastro. 1061h. wounded September 4, 77 West Ninth st. Pvl. Nicola Mazzarella. Co. D. wounded. 37 Orchard st. Corp. Harris .S. LocUwood. Co. A, v.'ounded .August 4, 402 Nostrand ave. Pvt. John W. Burke. Co. F. wounded, 511 48th st. Pvt. William F. O'Grady. Co. D, wounded August 27, 80 Jewel St. Corp. George M. Curran, Co. G, wounded September 2, 507 Dean st. Corp. Harry T. P.eukelear, Co. L. wounded September 18, 670 181h St. Corp. Charles ^I. Schwanz. Co. K. gassed. 715 Lexing- ton ave. Pvt. Frederick Lawson, Co. G, wounded September i, 163 Sterling place. Corp. William Moncrieff, Co. L. wounded September IT, 449 Slate st. Pvt. Max Walchaizer, Co. D, woundea September 2, 28J Smith St. Corp. Maurice Heffran, Co. B. wounded, 719 Franklin ava, Pvt. John J. Goldins, Co. F, wounded, 1260 Broadway. 22 BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. Pvt. Lester D. Cavanagh. Co. D. wounded September 2, Pv't^^Adlm'^A.'^zlnbuzycke, Co. I. wounded September 8, P^•t!"GusVave■^Koesler Jr., Co. H. wounded September 2. 404 Fourth ave., L. I. City. , .,j Corp. Carl K. Bohlin, Co. F. gassed toeptember 1. 414 Pvt. Lo^uis C. Betz, Co. F. wounded September 2, 401 Pvt. Charles Paczkowski. Co. G. wounded August 17. 31.1 Bedford ave. , ^ „ » „»,„ , ,ot Sgt. Lester .L Collins, Co. L, wounded feeptember 1, l.i Pvt. John H. Murray, Co. E. wounded SS Hicks st. P\-1 Henry C. Vieser. Co. G. wounded beptember I, o» Mes.sinK'ave., South Ozone Park. o,oAiA,i,=f Sit. John L. Toole. 106th. severely woiinded. 212A 14th St. Corp. George Siems. Co. K, wounded September 2. Wan- CoVp'^John Leggett Jr.. Co. M.. wounded September 2, Sgl.King T. Hutchin.son. Co. G. wounded September 1. Crown Point. N. Y. . ^ t i_„„in Pvt. William F. Caner, Co. F, severely wounded. Lincoln PW^Willta^r^'Kecnan, Co. C, wounded. 1008 Carroll st. Corp. William A. Grace, Co. L. wounded August io, Corp" George^Cronin, Co. H. wounded September 2, 489 Pvt. "David F. Fitzgerald. Co. F, wounded September 1. SBC Broadway. , , „.- ^^ , o.i, „|. Lt Thomas F. Ward Jr.. Co. K, wounded. 34;) East 9th St. . set John J. Donohue. Co. F. wounded. IIG Second place. I'orp. John J. Feeley, Co. H, wounded September J. 114 Xorth Oxford St. , „ » ,. o Pvt. James P. Warren. Co. M. wounded September Z, 393 Hicks St. .... ,. o nttt Corp. William Nagle. Co. G. wounded beptember 2. .40 Emerson place. , „ „ „ .j Pvt. Frank S. Large, Co. D. wounded 212 Reid ave. p>-t. Frank J. Herm. Co. K. wounded September 2. 2(1 .«9t. James place. j j •_ a.. Pvt. Benjamin M. Abranowitz, Co. M, wounded in Au- | sii-st. 437 Dumont ave. , . . » ., ,-„;„« I p\T. Edward Martin. Co. L, wounded August 2, Lnion , Pvt.°Andrew Rolff. lOGth M. G. Co.. wounded. 370 Chaun- i Pvt Lester V>. Legron, Co. M. wounded, 270 Albany ave. i Pvt. Anthony Viola, Co. B, wounded September 2. 19( | .lohnson ave. , „_ „ . Pvt W C. Tallev Jr.. Co. C, wounded. 77 Qumcy .st. Corp. John T. Murphy, Co. G, wounded September o. 4.4 East 52d St. ,,„,,. t t Set. John Kree Jr., Co. K, wounded, Baldwm. L. I. Corp. Robert H. Cameron, Co. G, wounded September 2, 10 Putnam ave. „„, ^ j Pvt. Robert Nicholson, Med. Corps.. 106th, gassed, ad- dress not given. „ ^ , „, o-c Pvt. Bryant Willurd, Co. C, gassed September 25, 3i5 East .Second st. ,,..,.,.., Corp. Charles Hartmann, Co. B, wounded September J, 1S88 Cornelia st. Pvt James H. Hamilton, Co. 11. wounded. 499 12th st. Sgt David E. Marcus, Co. B, wounded, 422 Avenue C. Pvt. Joseph F. McLeod, 106th, wounded, 317 Furman st. pvt. Charles C. Ifenges, Co. C, wounded severely Sep- tember 4, 1938 Grove st. Mech. Joseph H. Klemm, Co. B, gassed and wounded -August 27, 1238 Sterling place. Pvt. Hugh A. Duffy Jr., Co. C. M. G. B. 106th, wounded July 31, 507 East Seventh st. Corp. Joseph F. Hedges, Co. M. wounded September 1. 87 Douglass st. ' Pvt Charles Robinson, Co. E, wounded August 2i, 2368 silver .St. Pvt. Jacob Lefkowitz. Co. C, wounded September 2, 2787 Ocean Parkway. Bugler James J. Cosgrove Jr., Co. H. wounded, 123 Forhell ave. Pvt. James I. Dooley, Co. C, wounded August 27, 725 East 10th St. Pvt. Philip N'ovinsky, Co. A, wounded in drive on St. Mlhicl. 181 Throop ave. Pvt. Harold C. Cannon, Co. C, wounded. 1021 Ocean ave. P\t. Joseph B. Seesa, Co. F, wounded August 13, 128 Hamilton ave. Pvt. Charles T. Callanan, Co. A. wounded August 27. 183 Guernsey st. Corp. Harry William Schwaner. Co. A. wounded August. 30. 165 -Norwood ave. Mech. Joseph Devlin, Co. L. gassed August 27, 365 Bridge st. I,t. William H. Boulee. Co. E. -wounded, 740 East 10th st. Pvt. Edward J. Byrne, Co. B. wounded. Reld ave. Corp. Walter Graham. Co. A, wounded August 27, 2015 r.2d St. Sgt. Francis V. Hunt, Co. L. wounded August 27. 663 Henry st. I'vl. Thomas Hayes, Co. L. wounded. 109 18th st. Pvt. Charles S. Carothers, Co. M, wounded August 26. PvV"eo?ge P.' Healy. Med. Corps. 106th, wounded. 599 Monroe st. „ „ j .» .jo.) vr.tv Corp. Herbert Huessner Jr., Co. D, wounded, 3..2 .Ntx\ "Y f) ylf 3, V C Pvt Frank Sharp. Co. E. wounded. 176 Huron ."t. Pvt. William J. Nowak. Co. G, wounded severely. t)86 PvY-'RlchardTMulhern. Co. E, wounded, 808 Ber_gen^st. Pvt. George Ehlers, Co. G. wounded September. 2 «. -<»- Bedford ave. „ .. ■. «o cii Pvt. John J. Carroll. Co. H. wounded September 29, 6.« P\^^Lawrfnce A. McGuirk. Co. M. wounded September 29, 1164 54th St. , . ^ .,o ire p„t Pvt. John J. Carlan, Co. C. gassed Augu.st 28. 156 Kut- Con"'^EdUvard C. Lee. Co. G. wounded severely Septem- ber 6. 49 I'nderhill ave. , ^ , Pvt Thomas H. Phillips. Co. L. wounded. 9 Lenox road. Pvt" Joseph S. Cannon. Co. D. gassed and wounded Au- gust 27 on Flanders front. 349 Pulaski st. Pvt. Cosimo Cordi. Co. D. wounded. 2808 86th St. Sgt William H. Sickles. Co. A. wounded and gassed Au- gust 27, 628 Oceanview ave., Woodhayen. L. I. Pvt. Angelo Pizzarusso. 106th. wounded August 2i. t>^» President st. ... .,- ro., i^t Corp. Sidney Lawrie. Co. K. gassed August 2,, 582 Jef- ferson ave. ^ J ,..,„. 9 7 2d Lt. John G. Kempinger. Co. L. gassed August 27. 96 Stockton St. , r, . », Sgt. Charles V. Monaghan. Co. K. gassed September h. '"se Herbert st. , , ... „... „, Corp. Joseph C. Anderson. Co. O. wounded. 54o .6tli si Pvt. Philip L. Wendell. Co. A. severely wounded Augu.-^i 27. 232 Kidgewood ave. • i Corp. Charles .\. Fer.euson. Hdqlrs. Co., 106th, w'ounded Sertember 26. 35 Pulaski st. , , . , „, ,«,, Pvt. Frederick J. Baier. Co. D. wounded August 2,. 160 Engert ave. ^ , . * «- Pvt. James A. Filzsimmons. Co. C. gassed August 2., 888 Myrtle ave. , «- .. - Corp. Rudyard Poucher, Co. A, gassed August 2., b.. Macon St. j . » o- ... . Pvt. Walter V. Eroesler. Co. A. sas.sed August 2.. 42.. Lorimer St. j j . . .><■ so Pvl. Louis E. ilanniei. 106th. wounded .\ugust 26. 89 I Jefferson ave.. Maspeth. L. I. I Corp. Edward \. Newton. M. G. C. 106(h. severely wound- ed .September 3U (Flanders). Medford. L. 1. 1 Pvt Jo.seph Nolan. Co. L. wounded. «5y Classon ave. ' Pvt. Joseph William Beyer. Co. A. wounded August •- ., Pvt^Charfes Back. Co. D. wounded August 27. 176 Hart .'t Pv't Fred LipTic'rt. Co. E. wounded August 11. 237 Grove st_. Pvt'. John i: Bryan. Co. V. wounded August 29. 9. Sgt;°Jame;f -M. Doyle. Co. H. wounded. S'l ■?3d st Pvt. August .N. Schneider. Co. M, wounded September 1. Pv't!'\villianTA.''wacker. Hdtitr.s. Co.. 106th. wounded In St. Quontin drive. 400 Si.Kth st. Corp. Joseph H. Van Ingen. Co. K. wounded. 1444 East Sgt" James H. Evans. Co. I, in German prison camp at Meschede with wounds. 222 Albany ave. Pvt. Joseph M. Pernice. Co. G, wounded August 1. bis DcKalb a\'e. ..« . ^ ..o»f Pvt. John R. Wyman. Co. K. wounded September 3, 317 Columbia st. ,,,,... .^ i. „► Pvt. Stephen Keogle, Co. M, wounded. 1165 !• ulton st. BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 23 Pvt. Oeorgre Wimmer Jr.. Co. K, wounded, 314 Stock- holm St. Pvt. Frank L. Purpors, Co. I. wounded, 148 Walworth st. Sgt. Lyman Ceely, Co. M, wounded, 167 Baltic st. Pvt. Morris Gottlieb, Co. L, wounded on August 27, 504 Pranklln ave. Pvt. Thomas K. Nee, Co. F, wounded, 412 Henry st. Pvt. Conrad L. Nelson, Co. G, wounded September, 2070 Pulton St. Pvt. Gustave A. Granath, Co. L, gassed August 30, wound- ed September 30. 706 Union st. Pvt. Fred Cornell, Co. H, wounded September 26, 103 Sterling place. Pvt. Henry Helfrich, Co. B, gassed August 29, 446 Mad- ison St. Pvt. Leo F. Enright, Co. A, wounded, 53 Reeves place. Pvt. Peter J. Langan, Co. E, wounded, 213 Warren st. Pvt. Morris Fuchs, Co. D, wounded severely on Septem- ber 1, 1336 Eastern Parkway. Sgt. Carl J. Juchatz, Co. E, wounded seriously August 31, 196 Harmon st. Corp. Sherman Lindsay, Co. E, wounded, 925 St. Mark's av. Sgt. Herbert B. Thomas. Co. L, wounded, 363 E. 25th st. Pvt. Harry R. Buhler, Co. D, wounded September 6, 1094 Bedford ave. Pvt. Philip Brennan, Co. F, wounded, 219 Sixth ave. Pvt. Benjamin F. Dallon. Co. L, wounded September 25, 3S9 Dean st. Sgt. John O'Dea, Co. L, wounded August 24, 389 Dean st. lit. Joseph A. Kerrigan, Co. L, gassed September 5, 475 Fourth St. Pvt. Thadius Wresinski, Co. G, wounded, 200 Maujer st. Sgt. Arthur Johnson, Supply Co., wounded, 347 Lexing- ton ave. Pvt. Edward A. Connors, Co. E, conttticted influenza in trenches, 178 Kosciusko st. Pvt. Timothy Drury, Co. A, gassed. 286 Bedford ave., Richmond Hill. Pvt. Ferdinand J. Fordham, Co. D, wounded July 16, 1264 Portland ave. Pvt. William E. Riker Jr., Co. G, wounded in St. Quentin drive, 976 Greene ave. Pvt. Louis B. Duryea, Co. K, wounded, 187% Sixth ave. Sgt. William T. Fair, Co. A, gassed in Cambral-St. Quentin drive, 2022 Beverlv road. Pvt. John H. Hadheld, Co. D, wounded, 448 46th st. Corp. William Storms, Co. H, wounded, 19 Lott ave.. Woodhaven. L. I. Corp. Arthur D. iluddell, Co. C, wounded, 455 Park place. Sgt. James H. Toralinson, Co. C. wounded and gassed September 25, 176 Conselyea St. Pvt. Melville W. Fisher, Co. F, wounded October 28, 315 Chestnut St., Richmond Hill. Corp. Peter Batchelor, Co. E, wounded August 30, 149 Sullivan st. Pvt. Benjamin Clausen, Co. K, wounded severely Sep- tember 2. 9 Fuller place. Corp. Edward E. Elford, Co. C, prisoner at Camp Stendal, Germany. 303 Greene ave. Sgt. Francis Joseph Wall, Co. E, wounded, 141 Lu- quer st. Pvt. Fred. A. Clark. Co. I, wounded August 31, 50 Han- son place. Pvt. Henry J. McPhilliamy Jr., Co. D, wounded August 31. 428 Pine st. Lt. .Arthur P. Guttzell, Co. A, wounded, 126 Clarkson st. Pvt. Alexander S. Hartley, Co. B. gassed, 8505 13th nve. Pvt. Clarence Eldert, M. G. B., 106th, wounded, 71 Ter- race ave. Sgt. John Jones, Co. G, wounded, 307 Hicks st. Pvt. Henry Catapano, Co. L, missing in action, 9 5 John- son ave., Jamaica. Corp. Edwin J. Krause, Co. E, wounded and prisoner at Camp Meschede. 206 Logap st. Pvt. Cyril Anderson, Co. K, wounded August 31, 92 Ster- ling place. Pvt. Edward Fearon, Co. M, wounded September 28, 167 Gravesend ave. Corp. George R. Hennessy, Co. C, wounded, 134 IStli st. Pvt. Frank Blackball. Co. A, wounded September 26. 20S East 34th st. Corp. Albert H. Billings,, Co. I, wounded August 3, 117 Ashford st. Pvt. James Cullen, Co. M. wounded, 186 WyckofC st. Pvt. George P'ogarty, 106th. wounded September 27. 281 Wyckoff St. Pvl. J. Davis Winne. Co. C, prisoner, Jamaica. Corp. Thomas Sheehan, Co. L, wounded August 31. 2349 85th St. Pvt. .Steel Gray, Co. L. wounded September 27, 279 Mid- wond st. Corp. George A. Weber. Co. L, missing since October 4, -^i-. • : ■ '■ n iive. Pvt. .\. , _ • MC'kc. Co. D, gassad September 3, 1141 rilet;m ,.^ .. Pvt. -Arthur Stadtmiller. Co. K, gassed, 306 Cornelia st. Pvt. Edward Dwyer, Co. A. prisoner, 665 Broadway. Corp. Henry P. Stroh, Co. D, in hospital in Germany. Union Hall st.. Jamaica. Corp. Led J. Ryan, Co. K, wounded on September 2, G7 Arlington ave. Pvt. William Lawless, Co. D. prisoner. 498 Herkimer st. Corp. Francis J. Downey, Co. D, prisoner. 5 62 Morgan ave. Pvt. Arthur V. Lamar, Co. B, prisoner at Stengle, Ger- many, 5 5 Fifth ave. Lt. Peter J. Campbell, Co. I, wounded, 14 Park place. Pvt. Gerard Gaffney, Co. E, wounded September 27, 53S Kosciusko St. Pvt. Harold A. Barton, Co. C, wounded, 220 McDonough St. Pvt. George H. Knatz, Co. C, wounded Labor Day, 2373 Cornelia st. Pvt. Tony Volpe, Co. A, wounded -\ugu.<;t 27, 89 Luquer st. Pvt. William Kane, Co. L, prisoner, 561 Warren st. Pvt. James F. Walker. Med. Corps, prisoner, 7 516 3d ave. Corp. William T. Ball, Hdqrts. Co., gassed during Octo- ber. 1153 Lincoln place. Sgt. Martin V. Apy Jr.. 10 6th, wounded. New York City. Pvt. Frank J. Holahan, M. G. C, missing in action slnco Sept. 2 7, 55 Concord St. Pvt. Lester B. Ross Wayne, Co. B, gassed September 19, 485 Hudson ave. Mech. Edw. De Gorter, Co. L, wounded. 2812 Church ave. Sgt. George A. Mulranan, Hdqrts. Co., in base hospital, 374 Hancock st. Pvt. Edward S. Dimick, Co. K, wounded August 31, 759 Monroe st. Pvt. William F. Brennan. Co. E, wounded September 6, 1717 Woodbine st. Corp. Thomas J. Taylor, Co. L, wounded September 2, 1872 West Seventh st. Pvt. Leonard Daily, Co. E. wounded September 5. 30 Ashland place. Pvt. Anthony F. Abele, Co. B, wounded September 2, 249 Eldert st. Bugler Henry A. Horsman, Co. M, gassed, 196 Ralph ave. Pvt. Alexander W. Scott. M. G. C, wounded October 18, 229 East Fifth st. Pvt. Oscar Johnson. 106th, wounded, 1765 74th st. Pvt. David H. Millard. 106th, M. G. C, wounded October 8, Shore Road, Fort Hamilton. Pvt. Anthony G. .\bele, Co. B, ill, 249 Eldert st. Corp. Edward J. Mantell, Co. K, wounded, 124 West st. Pvt. Lewis Caggina, Co. C, wounded, 939 41st st. Corp. Francis D. Haffey, Co. C, wounded September 2 7, 6 88 Classon ave. Pvt. Edward T. Doran, 106th, wounded, 25th St., Collegs Point. Pvt, William Crum, Co. M, wounded at Mt. Kemmel, 253 Clermont .ave. Pvt. Joseph H. Tucker, M. G. C, wounded, 650 Fulton St. Pvt. Christian G. Mussler, Co. E, wounded July 15, 983 Hart St. Pvt. Richard Urling, Hdqrts. Co., gassed, 426 Chauncey st. Corp. Frederick A. Haas Jr., Co. F, wounded September 2, 504 Knickerbocker ave. Pvt. Charles Homeyer, Co. E, wounded September 4, 133$ Prospect place. Mech. Charles Reuter, Co. B, wounded August 27. 494 Chauncey st. Pvt. James C. Reynolds. Co. F, wounded in drive on Hin- denburg line, 18 Cheever place. Pvt. Max Raphael, Co. C, wounded September 9. 773 Willoughby ave. Corp. Charles C. Byrne, Co. G, wounded, 735 East 9th st. Corp. Conrad P. Gilezeau, Co. C, prisoner, 450 Nos- trand ave. Corp. Frederick W. Candius, Co. D. wounded October 17, 956 Jefferson ave. Pvt. Charles Van Beuren, Co. C. wounded August 20. 43 Eldeit Lane. Pvt. John Jaeger, Co. I, wounded, 3 Donald place. Pvt. John Coville, Co. C, wounded August 3, 2764 West Third st.. Coney Island. Sgt. John H. Aberle, Co. E, wounded, S7S Hancock st. Corp. John Minutti. Co. K, wounded July 30, 208 Hud- son ave. Pvt. George Higgins, 106th, wounded, 1S3 Engert ave. Pvt. John C. Bohen, Co. G, wounded July 29, 633 Grand ave. Pvt. Fred L. Banta, Co. E, prisoner, later released, 79 East 32d st. Sgt. Harold G. Frederickson. Co. C, wounded September 25. 778 Prospect place. Mech. An.gelo JIarino, Co. D. wounded, 110 Sackett st. Corp. Charles J. Tiernan, Co. H, gassed September 28. 324 89th St. Sgt. James Finn, Co. H, wounded, 339 Herkinler st. Pvt. Walter J. Shea, Co. I, wounded September 30, 066 3yth .-it. Sgt. Thomas F. Callahan. Hdqrts. Co., wounded and gassed October 20, 215 Walworth st. Pvt. August Callmer, Co. G, wounded September 2, 116 Erasmus .St. Corp. Herman W. Meyer. Co. IC. wounded .September 2. 250 :Martcnse st. Pvt. Vincent Glinnon, Co. G, prisoner. 31 North Henry s(. Pvt. D.'iv'd Diamond. Co. A. wounded September 29. 38S East 2 3d !t. Pvt. .fames F. .Vshton. Co. I, wounded .-Vususl 2. 5S4 DeKalb ave. Pst. Clinton S. Johnston. Co. I, in hospital, Cologne, Gsr- many, 261 Linwood st. •24 BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. Mech. John Gillen. Co. B, wounded October 17, 143 Fourth ave. Mech. George T. Chase, Co. A. wounded September 28. 8223 13th ave. Pvt. Peter J. Langan, 106th, wounded September 30, 213 Warren st. Pvt. Charles A. Locke, Co. K, wounded October 30, 198 Warren st. Sgrt. August II. Wiegmann Jr., Co. D, wounded September 30. a John St., Jamaica. Pvt. Charles A. Ward, Co. I. wounded in Argonne Forest drive. 37 6 Fifth ave. Pvt. John Caufleld, Co. G, wounded, 155 Fulton St. Corp. Samuel A. Kyle. Co. K, missing since September 27. 1301 57th St. Corp. John L. Collins, M. G. C wounded, 246 Maple St., Flatbush. Corp. George Perry, 106th, wounded September 6, 99 Lawrence st. Pvt. John J. Hinton, Co. H, wounded October 27, 458 Baltic St. Pvt. Georee W. McDonald, Co. A, wounded October 1, 158 Hoyt St. Pvt. William A. Webb, Co. L, wounded September 27, 374 DriKgs ave. Pvt. Edward McCole, Co. F. wounded between September 22 and 27. 663 Bergen st. Pvt. Bernard J. Owens, Co. H. wounded. 881 Pacific st. Pvt. Harry Cartusciello, Co. H. wounded October 2, 801 Bergen st. Pvt. John A. Moore, Co. E, wounded September 23, 1232 Bushwick ave. Pvt. Jerome K. Walsh, Co. I. wounded September 27, 643 Franklin ave. Pvt. John Gardella, 106th, wounded, 220 Jay St. Pvt. Edward Devnmille. 106th. wounded September 27, 541 Grand ave. Pvt. Arthur Salvesan, Co. I, wounded September 27, 674 West 51st St. Corp. Sherman Olsen, Co. C, wounded severely Septem- ber 28, 627 47th St. Corp. Lester S. Appleton, Co. D, gassed September 26, 1031 Bergen st. Sgt. James H. Tomlinson, Co. G, wounded September 26, 176 Colselyea st. Pvt. Alfred Nichthauser, Co. M, wounded September 25, 78 Prospect Park West. Pvt. Curtis J. Fitzgerald, Co. C, wounded October 17, 633 St. John's place. Pvt. Luke S. Callahan. Co. I, gassed September 29, 1203 Myrtle ave. Pvt, George E. Dugan, Hdqrts. Co., wounded September 27, 392.'^ 17th St. Pvt. Waller W. French, Co. B, died of wounds November 30, 707 East 19th St. Pvt. Alphonsus S. Manget, Co. F. wounded, 8 Verandah pi. Pvt. Harold E. Hand, Co. B. wounded September 30, 426 State St. Pvt. Edward F. McKenna, Supply Co., wounded, 455 De- Kalb ave. Pvt. Charles Smith. Co. D, wounded September 26, 306 Evergreen ave. Pvt. Joseph Oxfeld, Co. E, wounded, 586 Prospect place. Pvt. Julius Markowitz. Co. I. wounded .September 27, 337 Powell St. Pvt. William G. \'ollkonimer, Co. H, wounded Septem- ber 26. 1720 Woodbine st. Pvt. Reuben E. White, Co. E, wounded September 26, 2533 Atlantic ave. Pvt. Walter C. Heingartner, Co. B, wounded October 30, 1500 Newkirk ave. Pvt. Chester A. ■•'arrell. Co. B, wounded and prisoner in Germany, 7 8 Butler st. Pvt. John J. Starkey, Co. F, wounded October 5, no addres.s. Pvt. Loui.s Cafiero, Co. F, wounded. 530 Henry st. Pvt. Robert Heipt, Co. B. wounded, 128 Kingsland ave., Elmhur.st, L. I. Pvt. Charles Weber, Co. M, wounded October 2, 1964 H.ilsey St. Lt. Matthew J. A. Wilson. Co. D, wounded. 8635 23d ave. Bet Frank Lynch. Co. B, wounded September 27, 336 /•Hit si. Pvt. Ira W. Trenchard, Co. I, wounded October 17, 1789 Bedford ave. Pvt. Andrew C. Wood. M. G. Co., gassed. 235 Jefferson ave. Pvt. Edward W. Simpson, Co. L, missing since Septem- ber 27, 223 Bush St. Pvt. Joseph Imman, Co. I, wounded September 27, 14 20th St. Pvt. Charles Beacon, Co. C, gassed September 27, 176 Milford St. J Pvt. Eugene Oelker. Co. B, wounded. 18 Kosciusko st. I Pvt. Albert T. Moore, Co. G, prisoner and wounded, 444 ' Warren .st. Corp. Frank F. Henry, Co. B, wounded September 26. 638 Hamburg ave. Pvt. Frederick Piening, Co. B, wounded on September 26, Babylon. L. I. Pvt. Frederick C. Allen. Co. F, wounded September 29 at St. Quentin, 249 Lefterts ave. Sgt. Clinton C. Swan, Co. B, wounded September 27, 407 Madison st. Pvt. Richard Russell, Co. I, wounded September 27, 45 Joralemon St. Pvt. Otto C. Schaeffer, Co. F, missing since September 27, 636 Second ave. Pvt. Joseph Murray, Co. E, wounded September 30, 933 Bedford ave. Sgt. Albert Shearer, Co. K, wounded and prisoner at Oottingen. Germany. 37 Fifth ave. Lt. Arthur J. Henrici, Co. K. wounded. 23 Avondale ave., Woodhaven. Sgt. Joseph J. Tracey, Co. C, wounded and prisoner at Stargard, Germany, 5 Berkeley place. i^Sgl. Cyrus D. Convery, Co. H, wounded October 28. 506 Clinton St. , Pvt. Charles D. Deacon, Co. (J, gassed September 27, 176 Milford ave. Pvt. Samuel Garber. Co. H, wounded and prisoner at Camp Meschede, Germany, 426 -Atlantic ave. Pvt. James Cox, 106th. wounded, 527 Baltic st. Sgt. Edward V. Spoffard, Co. A, wounded October 17, 203 Underbill ave. Pvt. William F. McGarry, Co. F, missing in action, IS Butler St. P\-t. Ale.xander Scott, M. G. Co., wounded October 28 229 East Fifth St. Pvt. Thomas O'Hare, Co. C, wounded September 26, at St. Quentin, 679 Elton St. Pvt. William J. Campion, Co. F. wounded September 29, 858 70th St. Corp. Matthew T. Doran, Co. G, wounded October 17, 885 Bedford ave. Pvt. Gerald J. Gaffney, Co. E, wounded, 536 Kosciusko st. Pvt.' Charles J. Hughes, Co. B, gassed September 26, 756 St. John's pi. Bugler .Arthur Kerr, Co. I, gassed, 15 Glenada pi. Pvt. .•\rthur Penney, Co. A, gassed, Good Ground, L. I. Sgt. Emerson C. Love, Co. C, wounded September 29, 764 Putnam ave. Pvt. Charles Taradetz, Co. C. wounded October 25. 442 DeKalb ave. Pvt. John J. Igoe, Co. L, wounded September 27, 883 Pacific ■ street. Pvt. Benjamin Hopkins, Co. I, wounded, 933 Eastern Park- way. Pvt. Edward Lynch, Co. G. pri.soner, 760 Franklin ave. I'orp. .1. E. Ferris. Co. li. wounded, 554 (iravesend ave. Pvt. \V. C. Ferris. Co. L, wounded. 554 Gravesend ave. Pvt. Thomas J. McGovern, Co. 1, mis.sing in action. 40S St. Mark's ave. Pvt. R. J. J'inkcrton, Co. C. wounded September 27, 557 Tenth st. I'orp. W. E. Fish. Co. F, wounded and taken prisone' September 28, 049 841h st Corp. W. B. Naylor. Co. A., wounded and taken pris- oner. 31 Pacific St. Sgt. E. V\ DulTy, Co. L. wounded September 27, 24 1 Emerson place. Corp. Christopher Ivors, Co. G., missing, 626 Sterlins; place. Pvt. Clarence Thomas, Co. M., wounded, 5915 Third ave. Pvt. W. W. Westhal, C6. C, wounded October 18, Poit JefTerson. BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 25 77TH DIVISION WINS GLORY IN THE ARGONNE FOREST First of National Army Organizations at the Front, Set High MiHtary Standard — Numerous Individual Acts of Bravery I. WHEN Gen. John J. Persh- ing made his first com- plete report to Secretary of War Balcer, on November 20, 1918, concerning all the movements of the American Expeditionary Forces in France from the day the first fight- ing- divisions arrived until the day the war ended, his entire chronicle led up to a happening that took place on November 6. He wrote thus: •'On the 6th. a division of the First Corps reached a point on the Meuse opposite Sedan, 25 miles from our line of departure. The strategical goal which was our highest hope was gained. We had cut the enemy's main line of communications, and nothing but surrender or an armistice could .save his army from complete dis- aster." As plain as language could make it. Gen. Pershing thus disclosed that a victory had been won of such tre- mendous proportions that it could be measured only in terms of hope. The exact phrase used by the com- mander-in-chief of the A. F. F. spealss of the achievement as "our highest hope." There can be no doubt that Gen. Pershing intended to .set this down as the high water mark of American effort in the war. for he follows it with the unequivocal state- ment regarding the enemy's situation: "?ii;thine' but surrender or an arm- istice could .save his army from com- plete disaster." m other word.s, although Pershing does not .say it. it was this .advance that he speaks of in these glowing terms that compelled the German ac- ceptance of the armistice on Novem- ber 11 and brought the great World War to an end. Regardless of what took place in the other fields of the war, the \'ital, compelling factor in German surrender was the advance against Sedan. Whatever may have By CHARLES G. MILHAM been done by the other forces arrayed against Germany, here at Sedan was the actual deathblow. In the minds of most Americans there is a disposition to be entirely too modest about this American cap- ture of Sedan. It is held by inany Late Major General was 77th's first commancler and its organizer at Camp Upton. to be mere boastfulness to say that America ended the war. The Persh- ing statement regarding surrender or armistice has therefore taeenhere em- phasized and re-emphasized so that it might stand out beyond pcrad- venture of doubt that America did end the war; that America did compel the armistice; and that America dirt this by one of the most wonderful and gallant strategical operations in military histor.N'. That operation is known as the Meuse-Argonne offensive. It upset all previous military stand- ards, It accomplished the seemingly impossible; and it made mincemeat of virtual impregnability. Gen. Persh- ing himself is authority for the state- ment that it ECt new standards, for, in telling of the positions that had to be attacked, he wrote: "In the face of such strong frontal positions we should have been unable to accomplish any prog'ress according to previously accepted standards, but I had every confidence in our aggres- sive tactics and the courage of our troop.s." Sovonty-Scvcutli .Stx-on;! to None. The men who participated in thi.? offensive made 'history, therefore — made history, it is not too much to say, that will live as long as supremo courage and gallantr.v are enshrined in human hearts as among the great- est of virtues. What was ac- complished there in the Meuse- Argonne drive ranks as the sort of thing that brings to a community, a city, or a section of the country, £t transcending pride tliat it had a .shara in it — that its sons were among those who gave their lives, that others of its sons were among those who gave of their very bodies, and that still otheis were among those who finally won through to glorious victory. Brooklyn, New York, Long Island — all the boroughs of tlie Greater City and a portion of the territory immedi- ately around it, and very largely all of Long Island — have particular cause for this transcending pride; for, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, the 77th Div., U. S. A., was a factor second to none, and all the world knows this figliting tmit as the Metropolitan Division, "New York's Own"; knows that it had its origin in the five bor- 26 BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. oughs of Orcatpr Np\v York, a part of Weslcht^ster t'oiituy and in Long Island; knows that when that division fought. Xew York was fighting. There are no c.tact figures regard- ing the number of Brooklyn and I^ong Island men who fought with the 7 7th. It has generally been accepted that more than 12,000 were with the di- vision when it sailed overseas. l,aun<-hrd the Meusc-Argonin- Offensive. It has perhaps not been generally known here before that the 77th Div. was one of ihe few divisions that J.Tunched the iU-u.se-Argonne offensive and also finished it. Save for one period of a week, it was in every bit of that bitter fighting — some of the bitterest of ihe war — from September '26 to November 11. For practically 40 days, it held to a place in the crest of the wave that was crushing for all time the shibboleth of Cierman mili- tary supremacy. Taken out for a rest at one period, the advance halted for the time that another division held the 7"lh's line: and when the 77th was sent back in, once more the ad- vance continued. There would be reason enough to eulogize the 771 h Div. if only for the Jleuse-Argonne operation. And yet. that drive through the Argonnc and along the Meuse came only a few days after it had proved its mettle in the great swing past the Vesle to the Aisne. For thirty-five days, on the Vesle, the men of the Metropolitan Div. had seen fighting as sanguinary as might have been found anywhere along the western front; for thirty- live days — indeed, it was a day or two more — they had been standing up and advancing under punishment of an extraordinary intensit.v. .So. when the 77th played its role through the Argonne. it was but ad- ding to a reputation alieady made. Not once, but twice, did the men of the division show that they would not be denied, althouKh they were operating against veteran troops who had been trained through generations to look upon things military as essentially a trade, to be studied and mastered as a trade. It was no trade to these lads and men from New York and Brooklyn and Long Island, from the tailor's goose, from the clerk's desk, from the farm, from the store, from the docks — from a thousand and one dif- ferent pursuits to which war was as foreign as anything could be. Never- theless, new to war, they set new .standards for war; new to the hand- ling of rifles and machine guns, they handled rifles and machine guns so marvellously that veteran handlers of these same weapons opposed to them could not withstand them; new to the storming of trenches, they stormed trenches with such little regard of self that forces superior to them in number were crowded out of place virtually by sheer force of shoving. Story of the 77th. The story of the 77th Div. is, thero- ■Tore, ono of the ^eat stories of the war. One year existing only on paper, the next year a unit so remark- ably welded together that It was one mightly thunderbolt; one year a heter- ogeneous medley of clerks, tailors, far- mers, butchers, grocers, bakers, driv- ers, chauffeurs and what not, the next year a military mganizalion composed throughdut of troop.", whose records show that they had no superiors; one year a hodge-podge of freshly-drafted men, awkward and stooping, the next year a corps of veterans, alert and erect — all of thik is the story of the 7-th Div. Its full tale has never yet been told. I'ossibly the tale never will be told in all its completeness, for the lips of some those needed to tell it have been sealed by death. There is enough available, however, to show that the 77th, or Metropolitan Div. was one of the real fighting divisions I of the war, and enough available to ' show that its ranks numbered heroes with immortal courage. When some of the great deeds of tlie World War have passed into oblivion, one of the deeds of the 77th Div. — the famous epi.sode of the "Lost Battalion" — ■will V-N Commander of 154th Inf. Brigade who led division overseat. be living still in undimmed glory. And what the "Lost Battalion" did, there in the Forest of Argonne, when it fought on for six days without food, sur- rounded, short of ammunition, short of everything but hope and courage — what the "Lost Battalion" did is, in a sense, what the entire "7th Div. did. The "Lost Battalion" but expressed the spirit of the division of which it was a part, II, Just where the ereatne.ss that later j was the 77th had its origin, no man may say. One may trace its physical growth readily enough, but the how or why of the spirit that came to live in it is another matter. The physical existence of the di- vision may be said to have had Its ' beginning in the Selective Service Law, and in the day of registration under I that law on June 15, 1»17. On the' same day. the War Department an- nounced that n.-lOO acres between Yap- hank and .Manor, L. I., had been se- lected as one of si.xteen cantonments for training the National Armv. The 9,300 acres were practically ,a wilder- ness, given over almost entirely to sand, scrub oak and mosquitoes. In the midst of it. on June 25, 1917, the work of building the camp was started by a few hund<-ed men. Oi» June 29 the Long Island Railroad built a two-mil*- branch to the camp site from tht main line, and a few days later the War Department christened the place Camp Upton, in honor of the late MaJ. Gen. Henry Upton. Announcement that Camp Upton would be the training camp for the drafted men from New Y'ork ano Brooklyn came on July 16. It was disclosed that about 1,200 buildings in all would be erected to house them, of which 195 would be barracks, each of the barracks housing 250 men; and a gang that included more than 10,000 workers was set at the task of getting the work completed in lime. They raised the frame of the first permanent camp building on August 1. and within only a few weeks after that a great wooden city began to appear where scrub oak and wilderness had ruled for centuries. Bell at Camp Upton. Aleanwhile. the late Maj. Gen. .T. I Franklin Bell, commander of the De- I partment of the Fast, U. S. A., had been assigned to command Camp I'p- ton, and the heads of the General Staff .It Washington had Oecided that the division which was to come into being under his tutelage would be known as the 77th Division. Gen. Bell arrived at Camp Upton on August 27, and simultaneously the plan for the 77tli Division and the personnel of its chiefs were announced. Besides Gen. Bell, the officers then assigned to the 77th included: 152d Depot Brigade — Brig. Gen. George W'. Reade. 153d Inf. Brigade— Brig. Gen. Ed- mund Wittenmyer. 154th Inf. Brigade — Brig. Gen. Evan M. Johnson. 152d Field Artillery Brigade — Brig. Gen. John D. Barrette. 305th Inf.— Col. William R. Smedberg Jr.. and Lt. Col. J. C. Rhea. SOGth Inf. — Col. George Vidraer and Lt. Col. Garrison McCasket. 307th Inf. — Col. Isaac Krwin and Lt. Col. Reuben Smith. 30Sth Inf.- ("ol. N. K. .\verill and Lt. Col. John J. Boniface. 304th Field Artillery— 305th VieUX Artillery— Col. F. C. Doyle, Lt. Col. Henry L. Stimson. 306th Field Artillery— Col. L. S. Mil- ler, Lt. Col. Frank C. Jewell. 302d Engineers — Col. Clarence O Sherrill. Trains and Military Police — Col. John Howard. 302d Field Signal Battalion— Maj. Charles N. .Vlillikcu. Adjutant — Maj. William N. Haskell. Chief of StatT — Lt. Col. E. E. Booth. Slartiug the Organization. This, of course, was before the 77th Division had come into being in any other form than a paper organization. While it was still in this unformed .Male, some 1 iOO of its junior officers came into ciVmp on .\ugust 27. 28 and 29. They were graduates of the I'irst Offi- cers Training Carnp at Plattsburg, and they Inrludcd the veritable cream of the country's manhood. There was not one of them that wasn't a college graduate: there were few of them who had not left positions ot importance in various communities to answer theii country's call; and there wasn't one who hadn't a heart white-hot with patriotism. They were men. according to their commander.s, of superior Intel- ligence and of superior spirit and courage. BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 27 O 28 BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAK. Attention is paid to them here at some length because it has been asserted by military critics of standing that the 77th Division found its being in its junior ofHcers. They made it what it became, assert the critics; they were its bacl<- bone and Us heart. Those who saw them at Camp Ipton, those who were their superiors In rank, assert that there never had been assembled at any one place a finer body of junior ofBcers than those who came to the 77th Divi- sion at this time. A few days after their arrival, Maj. O'Kelly Myers, construction quarter- master, announced that sixty barraclts were ready to house the first contin- gents of drafted men, shortly to arrive. On September 10, this first contingent came into camp — 2.000 men, of assorted Bhapos and sizes, 757 of them from iJrooklyn. JJearly every form of in- ilustry in the great city from which Ihey came was represented among Uiem. U was September 10, 1917, and they Were just arriving to be taught the art Ct war. .lust one year later, they were 'digging in" on the Aisne, In France, f fter pushing c;ermany'.s veteran troops ketore them mile after mile. III. Five days after the first contingent of drafted men arrived at Camp Upton, uniforms were issued to them and ap- pearances took on a more military a.spect. It was a hodgepodge still, however, for weeks and weeks, as new arrivals kept coming and retained their civilian clothing for days at a stretch. To disturb military appearances as little as possible, a brilliant mind conceived the idea of having the "rookies" '■ -I day un- til all the convoy should gather When they sailed finally for England there were nine transports and two guard- laii.s. protection being given by a Brit- ish converted irui.ser Louis. and our St. Landed in Liverjjool, On the night of April if. the con- voy was met off the coast of Ireland bv a fleet of British destroveis. Two dav"^ later it arrived in Liverpool. It had been a quiet voyage on calm seas No submarines were sighted, but there wa.s a "sub" scare in llie Irish sea ships having been torpedoed and suni; that very day not far from where the .lien of the 7 7th pa.ssed. Th^ 3071h and the 30Sth had landed in Liverpool before the 305th. last of the infantry regiments to go left Camp Upton. The men of thls'eom- niaml pulled out early in the morning of April 1:, — and I he 77th had its firs' tragedy. Death stalked beside the last battalion of the regiment to leave camp. Its train was derailed near entral Islip and three men were killed, a number injured. Even tragedy, however, could not delav the regiment at this time, and it sLiiled from New York the very next morning April 16. The White Star liner Cedric carried regimental headquarters, and part of the regiment was on the steamship Vaiiban. The Vauban. Lamport and Holt liners sailed from the foot of Montague St., Brooklyn, it is interesting to note. Until now few people have been privileged to know some troops sailed from here. BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. 29 There were twelve ships altogether In the convoy, their guardian a cruiser. They took a direct route across the Atlantic and had a quiet voyage over siTiootli seas. A funeral at sea was an incident of the trip across. The troops of the various commands stood at attention as the body was committed to the deep, and it was an impressive spectacle, indeed. Kight destroyers joined the convoy on the other side. They were present when the convoy had a real submarine scare. The men paid comparatively little at- tention to it and some of them took little stock in the claim that a sub- marine had been sunk by a depth bomb. It was asserted that oil and Map showing the route of the 77th Division ill Meuse-Argonne offensive. 1 — Where 77th started Argonne offensive September 20. 2 — "Lost Battalion" fought here, October 2-8. 3 — Where 77th emerged from forest October 12, about 15 kilometers from start. 4 — Capture of this place by 307th and 308th Inf. one of war's big feats. 5 Taking of St. Juvin on October 16 will be sung in song and story. 6 — Where the great drive of November 1 went through. 7^Taken so swiftly in sharp dash November 2 that German morale broke. 8 and 9 — Stepping stones in 77th's rush to Meuse. 10 — Divisional headquarters when armistice was signed. 11 and 12 — Line held by 77th at end of war. 13 — Where 77th's engineers built last bridge of war for placing 315th's outpost on east bank of Meuse. wreckage had come to the surface after the bomb was dropped- The men of the 305th said that it might have been so, but they were more interested in approaching Liverpool on April 28 and 29. The 307th and SOSth regiments of infantry debarked in Liverpool on the night of April 17. some days after the 306th had led the way. As with the other command, these two regiments were promptly on their way to Dover by various routes, some being sent by an extreiTiely roundabout method, in order to minimize congestion on the British railroads. It resulted in up- setting entirely an interesting gamble that the regiments had indulged in while sailing across the Atlantic. Lots had been drawn just before reaching Liverpool to decide which company should have the honor of landing first on French soil. The honor was won by Co. I. but the battalion to which it belonged took the most devious route of all in getting to Dover and didn't get there until after the other bat- talions had sailed across the Channel. The delay for the Third Battalion had its compensations, however, for it caused mo.st of its trip across England to be a dayJight journey, and that gave opportunity for a greeting by the folk of England that fairly touched the depths of every man's heart. Oh, man, it was a welcome. Thousands upon thousands of people stood along the line as the train passed carrying the men, and their shouts melded in- to a veritable paean of jubilation. Wherever the trains stopped, men, women and children pressed forward to shake hands and to bestow small gifts. The American draft forces had come! They were on their way to the firing line, and they were fit, through and through! Last details of the brigade were marching to the transports in Dover when the Third Battalion arrived. It remained in Dover for two days, get- ting away from the channel port just nine days before the 305th arrived on April 30. Practically all of the SOSth had had a daylight trip across England and had received the same sort of a reception that greeted their comrades. The greetings were of the kind that made the men glad they were alive, glad they were -with the 77th, glad they were on their way to France! It was a tumultuous, up- roarious welcome to the Nth power. The regiment remained in Dover 36 hours, and there the men had their first experience of board-floor sleep- ing. They slept on the bare plapks of the Dover barracks, without any bedding. They were none the worse for it when they followed their comrades across the Channel, and when they found quarters in the great rest-camp just outside Calais those who had gone before them had the first tale of war ready for them. The night the 1.54th Brigade arrived, the Bosches had bombed the camp. There was tremendous excitement but no casual- ties resulted. Reunion at Calais. Calais was a sort of re-union hall for the division — at least for the in- fantrymen, the signalmen and the en- gineers. The men of different com- mands swapped experiences, and all of them swapped baggage. Calais was to be the point of their de- parture for a reserve area in back of the front, and at Calais must be left every bit of excess baggage. This in- cluded extra razors, p'---^ comfort bags, books, towels — a thousand-and- one little things. The infantrymen must strip right down to the abso- lutely necessary. They had little 80 BROOKLYN AND LONG ISLAND IN THE WAR. ' , .,,wi Ifnnirv spntions nrar the battlefiont ' remained with it had the knowledge trouble in Uo.n« .t, from one stand- f^"^^ .^^^^'^I^^fJ^'^-.Vtillerv Motions at ;and .ourage of .supermen. They gave ... - ^■^^^. 77th a rare trammr- point because I'ulais was beinK made into it trcmonflouif camp— there were even tlicn iHousands of troops there — and 111'- makinj: was in the hands of manv thousands of Chlnose coolies. They fell heir to what the division could not take. an