HISTORY OF THE 306TH INFANTRY

IN the summer of 1917, out of a tangle of scrub-oak and sturdy pine in the middle of Long Island, Camp Upton was created.

The camp was one of sixteen cantonments constructed by the War Department in different parts of the country to train the civilians, who were to become a part of the great National Army. Following our entry into the war on April 6, 1917, the entire strength of the nation was, mobilized to equip and prepare one of the largest armies in history. The cantonments sprang up like mushrooms; while in cities, towns and country, the youth of America was being mustered for service overseas.

Camp Upton was literally carved out of the wilderness. It was situated near a station on the Long Island Railroad known by the euphonious name of Yaphank, some sixty miles from New York and approximately midway between Patchogue on the South Shore and Port Jefferson on the Sound. Carpenters, woodsmen, laborers and contractors were its creators; surveyors and engineers laid out the rude camp streets; mules and tractors and trucks, rutted the sticky earth into a morass of mud and debris. Almost a whole forest was felled; gaunt stumps stuck up like sore fingers out of the scarred ground. Saw and adze and hammer, level and blueprint-and an army of workmen-transformed the forest into a city of wooden barracks, a "city" that was, to be the birthplace of the 306th Infantry.

While Camp Upton, with its, barracks and its ditches and its mud, was being hacked out of the landscape of Long Island, the Regiment itself was conceived. All over New York City the men who were to be the veterans of the Vesle and the Meuse-Argonne were receiving those fateful pink cards which meant that they had been picked in accordance with the provisions of the Selective Draft Act to shoulder arms for their country. East Side, West Side, "all around the town," the pink cards came to men in all walks of life. Not all of those who had registered with their local boards were chosen for immediate service; the cards were dispatched in batches and the men who were to be welded at Camp Upton into the division that was to take its place in the great National Army were ordered to report in drafts.

To weld these men into military units, to prepare them as fighting men and to lead them through the shell fire of France, officers had to be selected and themselves trained. Long before Camp Upton had begun to take shape out of the scrub-oak thickets, that training had commenced. In May, 1917, the young business men and college graduates who were to become the officers of the future 306th Infantry left New York City for the Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. For three months, from dawn to dusk, from reveille to taps, the future officers put in the hardest kind of physical work. Close order drill, target practice, tactical problems (largely based on our experience in the Civil War), study of infantry drill regulations and army regulations, and hikes with full army packs, all served to turn out, on August 15, 1917, men who were not only hardened by their experience, but enthusiastic about taking up their duties with the National Army.

As the young men from the Third and Fourth Companies at Plattsburg, who were to become the nucleus of the officers of the 306th Infantry, were finishing their training, Colonel George Vidmer, who was to be the Regiment's beloved leader all through the war, was immersed in a thousand details of paper work at the half-finished Camp Upton. An officer who had transferred from the cavalry because he had seen no work for horsemen in France, Colonel Vidmer sparkled with energy and enthusiasm. He could see the humorous side of things. He was tolerant of mistakes until the same man made the same mistake twice. He neither asked nor cared for means or methods so long as problems were solved satisfactorily. He could sit in judgment and use common-sense justice without reference to the book of Military Law, Army Regulations, or the I. D. R. His sole demand was that those who served under him be above mediocrity in whatever task they attempted. His aim was to command the best regiment in the best brigade in the best division in France, and he kept this high point of perfection as his objective until the 306th Infantry had been organized and drilled, trained and transported to France, and through the days that saw the Regiment move across the valley of the Vesle, to the Aisne, and through the tangled trees of the Argonne Forest to, the Meuse. When the job was done at last, if he did not quite attain all that he desired, at least he was satisfied. And very proud. . . .

To Colonel Vidmer and the wilderness of the wooden barracks, uncleared forest, mud-holes, stumps and lumber -piles that was Camp Upton came the future officers of the 306th in early September, 1917. The young officers -majors, captains, first and second lieutenants-with the new bars of their ranks shining brightly on their shoulders, were herded together in Barrack J-I for a few days, until they were ordered to report to Colonel Vidmer at the "headquarters" of the 306th Infantry.

The Regiment was born !

But there was no time for self-congratulation. Within a few days the first draft was due at the still-unfinished camp; to mold this raw material into a regiment there were the young officers from Plattsburg, a few seasoned campaigners who knew the smell of smoke, a handful of old army sergeants, and one or two former "non-coms," elevated in the emergency. There were assignments to be made, jobs to be learned, thousands of details to be attended to. Colonel Vidmer took his new officers on long hikes through the surrounding country, hikes supposedly designed to keep every one fit, but actually an opportunity for the Colonel to size up his men.

"Keep your health and your sense of humor," he advised them. "The rest will take care of itself."

Uniforms, blankets, food, rifles, equipment, arrived in advance of the draft and were sorted and checked. Feverish preparations were made by new supply officers and quartermasters, who worked far into the night. Carpenters and laborers hammered and sawed night and day. Chefs were sent down from the best New York hotels to take charge of the cooking until the companies yet to be formed could develop their own cooks.

On September 10, 1917, the first men arrived and were detrained at the railroad crossing where the nearest road led to camp. There the officers who had been detailed to meet them formed the men in two ranks, and their lives as soldiers had begun.. The first draft was composed of men of every nationality and from every civilian occupation; somehow, in the days to come, these men were to be welded in the army's melting-pot into a great division which was to gain more ground in France than any other American division.

For the next week or two after the arrival of the men, Camp Upton was in chaos.

The new arrivals were promptly assigned to companies, and then the officers had their first taste of those pestilential qualification cards, which, in many cases, were worse than Greek puzzles. They did not completely appreciate until later the real utility of those cards and the value of this system, which Colonel Vidmer had evolved. Then, when regiments all about them were being inconvenienced by necessary transfers of specialists between companies (to "equalize" the number assigned to each company) the 306th comprehended the wisdom and foresight of Colonel Vidmer's plan.

It was essentially a simple plan, but in its details difficult to carry out. The Colonel and his Adjutant, Captain Thacher, scrutinized the qualification cards of each newly arrived batch of men, listed the men under those civilian occupations which had parallels in military life, and divided the men so qualified equally between all companies, with the exception of the Headquarters and Machine Gun Companies. Each company was assigned an equal number of policemen, firemen, superintendents, gang bosses, and all those who had had control of men, and who probably had some of the qualities from which to make non-commissioned officers. The cooks, stenographers, typists, mechanics, etc., were similarly assigned. Radio men, signalers, and line men were assigned to Headquarters Company. Teamsters and horsemen in general were divided between the Supply and Machine Gun Companies.

The captains were called together and -given an outline of the scheme. Draft boards must be broken up, Colonel Vidmer said. The four platoons in a company and even the squads in a platoon were to be utilized for this purpose. All civilian associations were to be severed and a new comradeship, based on the men's experiences in the Regiment in peace and war, fostered, so that there might be borne into civilian life after the war a greater understanding of democracy. The scheme was hard to carry out, in many instances, but the officers gave the idea their loyal support, and now after the war is over they have had ample time and opportunity to judge the wisdom of the experiment.

Thus the drills soon became a question of personal competition between men of different nationalities, different educations and of varying social positions. There, was the turmoil of fitting clothing and of finding it would not fit -of keeping those damnable records which at that time seemed so useless. Muster-rolls, morning reports, ration returns, were all more complex than calculus, and many a night was spent in trying to work out the intricacies of all those column headings and how to fill them in.

So much of the captains' time was occupied in innumerable reports, returns, etc., which had to be made every few days and which seemed to be every few minutes, that the Colonel later in the fall made a trip to Washington and laid before the War Department the need of an officer for this purpose. In accordance with Colonel Vidmer's recommendation such an assignment was approved, the officer to be called the personnel adjutant.

Army Regulations gave the greatest worry, until at Officers' Call one day the question of this "blue-bound book" was brought up and there was a feeling of relief when the Colonel announced:

"Gentlemen, there is no precedent for this mobilization in our history. We are all men of common sense and all I want you to do, is to use common sense in the organization and training of your companies. You may burn your Army Regulations, for I guarantee you will have no use for them during this war. Anyway, Army Regulations were written for those who have no common sense."

Sorting each succeeding draft into companies was task enough, and the prospect of drilling, arming and training them to fight and then leading them into actual warfare appeared to be an impossible undertaking.~ Everything was in disorder. And the fates seemed determined to keep the 306th Infantry in that state. Men who were thought to be present were discovered never to have reported. No sooner had a man been issued a blanket, messkit, bed sack and number than he lost the first three and forgot the last. Uniforms were ordered to fit odd shapes and before they arrived those odd shapes had been transferred elsewhere. Many men could not speak English.

Some of them wore their best clothes, probably having determined to make a good impression on their commanding officers. Others wore their worst, wisely, for pinch-back coats and patent-leather shoes did not receive any great consideration when there were stumps to be pulled, potatoes to be peeled or ditches to be dug, and it was several days before uniforms were issued. The men swarmed off the trains that rolled into the station at Yaphank in a steady stream. Curiosity, anger, zest, distress, bewilderment and arrogance were a few of the emotions displayed by their remarks.

In some miraculous manner each draft was herded into something vaguely resembling a column and marched to the barracks. There the leader of the group presented the receiving officer with a list alleged to contain the names of those present and an armful of identification papers. Neither ever was known to check. As an example, it was a week before Captain Marshall discovered that Gregory, who had faithfully reported present at every formation of Company I, never had appeared in Camp Upton at all, and that Gregowski, who had been marked absent and the fact reported to his draft board, was laboring under the impres-sion that they had Americanized his name.

But then roll-call always caused more confusion than comprehension.

"Tomaso."

"Here."

"Tortoni."

"Here," from the same individual.

"Who are you, Tomaso or Tortoni?"

"No spigh Ingleesh." Already he had learned a formula that would serve in any emergency.

When Captain Adler took command of H Company a few months later he found a well-drilled organization, but an irregular skyline which jarred on his sense of proportion. He rearranged the company according to size and at last had a line before him that sloped gracefully from the six -footers on the right flank to the smaller men on the left. But when he gave the command "Right by squads!" he found confusion. Some of the men did right face and some did left and some just stood still in consternation. The captain was mystified.. He had seen the same company going through the same movement only a few moments before. Investigation proved that the company had been arranged by nationalities and that when a command was given in English each corporal hastily translated it in the language of his particular squad. Captain Adler immediately discarded his idea of symmetry and rearranged the company as he had found it.

The language problem was one of the most perplexing at first. Over four hundred men in the Regiment could not speak English, and schools were hastily formed to teach them their adopted tongue. Their progress was swift and steady, but there were many exasperating moments before they got past the one phrase, "No spigh Ingleesh," which they discovered early in their military careers excused them from unpleasant duties that otherwise might have been thrust upon them.

One, of the captains, finding an especially muddy spot in his company street during one of those early days of organization, ordered Private P-, soldier by chance, guitar player by preference, to get some ashes and spread them over the slippery area. Private P- merely looked at the captain and chanted the formula, "No spigh Ingleesh."

"You-usted-savvy usted?" the captain started again, calling on his limited knowledge of Spanish in the emergency.

"Jh, si, sehor," the soldier said intelligently.

"Get ashes!" the captain added hurriedly as though he feared Private P- would lose the trend of the conversation. But already the blank expression had returned to Private P-'s face.

"No entiendo, sehor. No spigh Ingleesh.

",Ashes! ASHES I" the Captain exploded. "My Go,d, man, can't you understand a simple little word like ashes?"

Perhaps P- simply did not want to get any ashes, in the first place. There were many times that the foreign- born called on their old friend "No spigh Ingleesh" when they did not want to stretch their imaginations-or their legs. Captain Bull came as close to solving the problem as any one. He posted a sign on the bulletin board in G Company barracks that read, "If you can't speak English you can't eat!"

It was surprising how quickly the foreigners in G Com-pany learned the language.

The first days in camp were spent in a jumble of duties that seemed only dimly connected with warfare. Stumps of trees had to be cleared away before drills could start, because there wasn't any place smooth enough to drill on. D6bris left behind by carpenters in their haste to complete the village that had sprung up between dawn and dusk had to be carted off.

There were dust and mud and piles of lumber, charred stumps of trees and miniature lakes; and there were dirt roads-mockingly designated as "Fourth Avenue," "Fifth Avenue," "Eighth Street," "Ninth Street," and other such familiar thoroughfares to the city-bred. There were rows on rows of two-story wooden buildings; and in the distance, looking down in dignified command from the high vantage of "The Hill," Division Headquarters.

In dry weather clouds of dust swept from one end of camp to the, other, spreading a layer of tan powder over everything. In wet weather the streets became brown blotches of mud and muck-holes, and water dripped steadily on polished steel-that had to be repolishedl In hot weather a blistering sun beat down on tired backs. In cold weather the chill wind crept through the thin walls of the hastily constructed barracks and poked shivering soldiers with frosty fingers. Such was Camp Upton.

There was little sleep the first few nights in barracks. The novelty and perhaps the realization that they were really in the army kept men tossing on their bunks, wondering, wondering, . . . And there were new friends. Long after taps the barracks buzzed with low murmurs of conversation, interrupted by peals of laughter. Somehow things never seemed so funny as when the lights were out and others wanted to sleep. . . .

The problem of organization was as vast and intricate as a jig-saw puzzle with four thousand pieces. Just when it looked as though a piece fitted here it was discovered that it did not at all. When one section was completed, another, just as difficult to solve, appeared. There were troubles enough for every one in those days.

Uniforms alone caused sleepless nights and weird sights that looked more like men in masquerade than soldiers. There were long, lean men and short, stout men to be equipped. There were long, lean uniforms and short, stout uniforms to be issued. But never the right amount of both and seldom enough of either. Then, too, shoes, hats and leggins had to be fitted. It was not unusual to see patent-leather shoes doing double-time, or "soldiers" dressed in gayly checkered trousers, issue leggins, and gray felt hats.

The urge to get back to the city was another problem of those first difficult days. If passes were not granted and "Slim" or "Bull" or "Pedro" wanted to make a weekend visit to New York they simply went. When regulations became more strict they presented telegrams from friends saying that mother was very low or that sister was getting married. It was not long before the weight of an urgent telegram was practically negligible in securing a pass.

The simplest movements of close order drills were erratic, to say the, least. It was difficult enough to get a company headed in any given direction. It was next to impossible to change the course or bring them to a halt within hailing distance of each other. And as some individual always persisted in coming to halt a pace or two behind the rest of the company, the voice of some seasoned sergeant would come booming across the area: "Say, you! General Pershing halts in three counts. If you can do, it in two, go over and win the war I"

We had heard of the "fog of war" and we were now beginning to appreciate what this meant, at least in the early stages of preparation.

Uniforms, passes, conscientious objectors, the rudiments of infantry drill regulations these were only a few of the troubles that harassed those trying to organize four thousand men into a single unit. And yet in the gloom of discouragement there were some bright spots. There were men who encouraged the Regiment by their unexpected adaptability, enthusiasm, humor or talents and who helped to smooth the rough spots in the road. There were men like Eddie Seewald, whose esprit de corps caused him to turn down a commission because he did not want to leave his pals in F Company; and David Hochstein, who was on the threshold of fame as a violinist when he heard the bugles beckoning and whose magic music thrilled the hearts of many a homesick lad. There was Ben Gold, of D Company, later to become first sergeant, whose loyalty and sense of humor never failed. There was Corporal Carney, the proud possessor of a radiolite wrist-watch, who thought it the wittiest thing in the world to be awakened with inquiries as to the time at odd hours of the night. There was Jimmy Flaherty, who became a hero of F Company by riding twenty miles to Patchogue to have the chef's false teeth repaired when the outfit was threatened with starvation by the lord high ruler of the kitchen. And there were many others, whose names were legion, who did their parts manfully in creating the spirit of the Regiment.

The evenings were occupied by talks and lectures, which were interesting at first, but then became a bore. Later on, when it was found that attendance was compulsory, it is believed that most of these periods were used for periods of well-earned rest.

The Division Staff now began to inspect the Regiment. General J. Franklin Bell, the Division Commander, that old veteran of so many campaigns, began to walk about the regimental area and give words of praise and admonition. When he went to France on his tour of observation, his successor, General Evan M. Johnson, followed his example; and ever present was that grand old much-revered General Edmund C. Wittenmyer, our Brigade Commander, whose quiet smile, kind words and encouragement will ever be remembered and whose snow-white hair was often seen later in the front lines in France. Every one felt that with such a man in command of our brigade, we would not only be well taken care of, but well led.

Comrades of the 305th now began to be noticed; they were brigaded with the 306th and were later to fight side by side with our regiment. It was a pleasant and reassuring sight to see the warm friendship which existed between Colonel Vidmer and Colonel Smedberg. It was realized that the two regiments would have to depend on each other in vital moments on the battlefield, and it was very heartening to know that there existed between the two leaders a warm and lasting comradeship which had endured now for over thirty years.

All this time the 306th was rounding into shape; officers and men were studying and being studied and were gaining that confidence and mutual respect in each other which must exist between comrades in arms who are destined to succeed.

Then came the day when the Regiment was assembled in the large auditorium and the Colors were blessed. First they were blessed by the Protestant chaplain, then by the Jewish rabbi, and last by our own Father Dunne, that modest, retiring little Catholic priest who afterwards in France grew so close to the men of the Regiment and whom they loved and admired.

And then more work. Work? Yes, they worked-the men of the 306th. Company by company was detailed to pull stumps and fill in the ground so that there would be space enough to drill. A system of trenches was dug, which was the only complete system in the entire camp built to the satisfaction of the foreign instructors. Bayonet dummies were painted ~ la Kaiser; and a bombing circle was outlined with a little wall in the center, at which rocks were thrown under the supervision of the French instructors. Then there were the rifle galleries, built six feet apart in rear of the machine-gun barracks, galleries which were continually used throughout the winter, and in which stoves were placed to warm fingers so that the bull's-eye could be hit. The 306th was going to be a sharp-shooting outfit.

Because of the foresight of Colonel Vidmer, all this work and training made company bonds stronger than civilian ties, and company rivalry flared like a flame. The officers sought competitive drills. Weekly inspections became heated competitions. Pride of personnel became a matter of argument.

"Say, we got the best bunch in the whole regiment over in B Company."

"Whatta you mean, best bunchl"

But when it became a matter of the "Three-Oh-Six" against some other regiment, then company rivalries were forgotten and battalions banded together in the bigger bond of the regiment.

That spirit first awakened, perhaps, when the matter of War Risk Insurance was broached. The details were announced and the men were frankly uninterested. The advantages to be gained were pointed out and there was little response. It was emphasized that the cost would be little and the return might be great; the result was a feeble flutter. But when War Risk Insurance was made a matter of regimental achievement there was a different reaction. Other outfits were subscribing heavily. Would the "Three-Oh-Six" lag behind? The Regiment subscribed one hundred percent.

It was the same with the Liberty Loan Drive. Not only because they thought Liberty Bonds were good investments, but because they refused to be outdone in anything, did the 306th Infantry subscribe nearly a hundred thousand dollars more than any other regiment in the division.

Then there was the fight for the football championship. It was as typical of the Regiment's esprit de corps as anything that was accomplished in those days at Camp Upton. Lieutenant "Mike" Hayes had coached a team through an undefeated schedule, but the 302nd Engineers had just as distinguished a record and, besides, a bigger, heavier, stronger eleven. So when the two met in the final game for the championship, the odds were strongly against the "Three-Oh-Six."

For three quarters the Infantrymen fought off the assaults of the Engineers through sheer courage. And when the last period started the score was o-o. But the Engineers had the ball on the ten-yard line and it was first down. A touchdown seemed inevitable, and a touchdown meant defeat. Three times Engineers' giant backs crashed into the line of men of the 306th. Three times they were hurled back without gaining an inch. And on the fourth down they were stopped with such definite finality that the man with the ball fumbled and the charge had been halted.

Defeat no longer threatened, but the "Three-Oh-Six" wanted more than a tie. Victory lay ninety yards away and only eight minutes, remained in which to cover that distance. Yet the Regiment took up the task with determination that would not be checked by the apparent hopelessness of the situation. Ritter, the big fullback, had been forced from the game with a badly wrenched knee, but he begged for the chance to return for the final drive. O'Hara, the little left halfback, was battered and bruised, but he kept up the fight. Twice during the ninety-yard march down the field Sergeant Aden, the plucky quarterback, was knocked unconscious, but each time he staggered to his feet to, carry on.

One by one the white lines slipped behind. Nearer and nearer came the Engineers' goal as minutes ticked away the march that couldn't be stopped. And finally big Ritter, though in great pain, plunged over the last white chalk-mark to a touchdown, to victory, and championship.

But that was only a beginning. The 3o6th Infantry scampered off with the track and field championship in the meet sponsored by the New York Athletic Club. That was the only time they were ever known to run away from any rival. They showed they could fight by winning the divisional boxing championship. And when the sanitation inspectors made their final rounds they found no banana-peels in company streets, nor incinerators that would not work, and once more the 3o6th Infantry carried off the highest honors.

Too much credit cannot be given to the Regimental Surgeon, Lieutenant R. M. Vose. He was the watchdog of sanitation. His almost hourly visits to the kitchens and his constant advice and warnings were just what were needed at this time. His value was soon recognized by the Division Surgeon, and it was but three months after the organization of the Regiment that he received his promotion to the grade of Major, and much to the Regiment's gratification remained on duty as Regimental Surgeon.

The memory of these triumphs and the prophecy of greater triumphs to come were embodied in the regimental shield, designed by that outstanding American sculptor, Captain Robert Aitken, of the Machine Gun Company. It hung high over Regimental Headquarters for one and all to see. It depicted a corporal breaking his way through a barbed-wire entanglement in the flare of a bursting shell, His rifle was at the charge, his bayonet fixed. And as he plunged forward he shouted his command to his squad, "Follow me!" That command, translated into French. "Suivez-moi !" served as a motto to the Regiment, not only in those training days when championships and prizes were the rewards, but later in sterner contests when life and death hung in the balance.

"Follow me !"

The second increment of the draft was arriving. Veterans of three months hung out of barrack windows like tenement dwellers in the Bronx and watched them struggle through the deep snows of December. More material for the melting-pot. Shouts of recognition were flung to

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mer friends. Shouts of derision greeted the grotesque and gawky. With sheepish grins the rookies answered back. The lieutenant who had flunked out of college found the professor who had graded his paper assigned to his company. The clerk who had gone to training camp returned his former boss's salute with satisfaction. "You're in the army now-" Somersaults.

But life in the army was beginning to have its attractions. Uniforms really fitted and were a badge of distinction, commanding respect on Broadway or Fifth Avenue. The lowest ranking buck private in O.D. was something superior to the niftiest man in civies. Aged bankers in limousines looked enviously at youngsters on the sidewalks. Uncle Sam's nephews were welcomed where before they had feared to tread.

And there were good times which all of us enjoyed.... Theater parties in the city, when whole companies at a time were entertained by the managers of the leading shows on Broadway. Visits of friends and families, who braved the slush and snow to, see the soldiers at Camp Upton. Dances in the barracks on Sunday afternoons for those who could not get passes to the city-an officers' dance at the Bilt-more-concerts by the regimental band-solos, impromptu, by mouth-organists, guitar players, banjoists-duets, quartets, choruses-regimental entertainments in the Y.M.C.A. -company blowouts in the barracks.

At Christmas there were passes for half the Regiment. At New Year's there were passes for the rest. Those who had come to camp a slack-shouldered, narrow-chested, somewhat apprehensive crowd of civilians, went back to the city again a swaggering, snappy, smartly clad, laughing regiment of soldiers. They laughed at their experiences, they minimized the hardships, they lauded their officers, their company and their regiment. "Wait'll the 306th goes over-" "We won't come back till it's over, over there I"

But it looked as if the time for departure was, getting closer each day. January found increased activity in camp and a more business-like atmosphere. No Man's Land, parapets, zero hour, became everyday expressions as the Regiment went through maneuvers. Enthusiasm and interest increased as the work became more like the real thing. Rifle practice on the newly constructed range, under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Garrison McCaskey, was held in spite of the cold and wintry days. The Regiment was developing its marksmanship which was to be so useful in the days to come.

No one will ever forget the winter Of '17 and '18. Coal was hard to get and had to be hauled by regimental transportation; the roads were sheathed with ice and many a load which got stuck half the way to its barracks was wheeled by hand by men of the company in order that there might be some semblance of heat. There would come a snow followed immediately by a thaw and a drop in temperature so great that the ground was a sheet of ice, and the only way to carry on with drills and exercises was to cover the regimental area with ashes from the stoves and heaters. The cold was so intense that on many a morning icicles hung from the showers. The real training value of these difficulties was not appreciated until later when there were other and more difficult obstacles to overcome. The Regiment went through a hard school in this training at Camp Upton and was prepared for the worst.

The story of the training of the Regiment would be in-complete without mention of the foreign instructors; they were such a hard-working lot, especially if one could judge by the time they gave the Regiment. . . . There was Captain Browne, of the British Army, with his able assistant, Sergeant Major Covington, who, it was understood, had been an auctioneer in London. His voice had had excel-lent training, and his constant commands, "In I" "Out I" 4'On Guardt" and "Carry On!" at least made the men move lively. Poire, with his Chauchat automatics, which later on in France were called "gas pipes," excited the greatest admiration. Many a time members of the 306th eyed his Croix de Guerre and wondered if such a decoration would ever fall to them.

Then there were boxing lessons and jiu-jutsu, which were felt to be fads for the moment, but all of which had their part in building one up physically and in teaching pugnacity and coordination.

Will one ever forget that subject of sanitation, which was not only preached but practiced daily and hourly? Those incineratorsl How those flies, which were such a nuisance when the messes were first started, soon began to disappear when the company commanders put their many ideas and inventions into practice.

Dish-towels, cooks' fingernails, uncovered food, were all subjects of not only daily lectures, but daily punishments.

And those fifteen hurdles that were built out in the rear area and which had to be jumped twice a day I They were supposed to keep the legs supple and perhaps they accomplished their purpose, but they also made every one most proficient in a rapidly growing vocabulary of "damns." Everything was new, but this newness held a fascination which at this late date is hard to describe. It was a new life and every day so, many new problems had to be solved. Every one felt that they had to be solved before the Regiment was declared proficient enough to embark for France, the great objective.

Music was not neglected and the band, which proved to be such a wonderful asset to the Regiment in France, rapidly took shape. To it was added all of the field music, so that soon stirring marches were heard, the music for which had been received from overseas through a friend of the Regiment. The Colonel had the foresight to add to the band that group of entertainers who were to bring to the men the necessary laughter in France.

The Regiment was taught to sing and one of the singing instructors made several attempts to have the men join him on their return from the drill field. "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag" met with a half-heated response with most of the platoons. When the recall sounded that was the end of drill, and singing was another duty.

In all of this work the soul of the Regiment was born the organization was completed and there was a very noticeable and very marked attention to drill, and to cleanliness and smartness of dress. Men were proud of themselves and of the Regiment. Company commanders began to visit other companies and find out how different things were being done. The weekly inspections were a matter of great moment and every one was willing to be criticized constructively and to profit by the criticism. Yes, a spirit of the Regiment was being fostered and was growing daily. There must have been something in the minds, of the higher-ups which made them believe that men were made by overcoming obstacles, for obstacles there were, not only of one kind, but of many. Scarcely had the Regiment been organized before it was called upon to transfer many hundreds of specialists to Camp Gordon, in Georgia. Shortly after this several hundreds of motor mechanics and drivers were transferred to France. In addition, there was a constant weeding out of those who proved unfit. Flat feet were something that had to be guarded against, for it was known that the flat-footed infantryman soon gave out on the march. There was a weeding out also of officers, and these were transferred to the depot battalion, where their particular bents could be utilized. The Colonel was constantly drumming into our ears that if we would but keep our health and sense of humor, we should pull through, and that no tension was so great that it could not be relieved by a hearty laugh.

In February and March, 1918, Camp Upton was a changed place and its inhabitants changed people. Regular hours, hard work, and proper food were having their effects. Uniforms fitted better. Shoulders were squarer, heads held higher and there was a visible distinction between chests and abdomens. Resentment had grown to, respect. Fear had been replaced with determination. Curiosity had mounted to enthusiasm. "Alla right, Boss," was now "Very good, sir." Fewer and fewer were the foreign words heard about the camp. More and more such terms as, "chow," "K.P.," "louies," "non-coms," and "hikes" crept into vocabularies. Claims for exemption were withdrawn voluntarily. Pleas for passes became more impassioned as the desire increased to show off new uniforms, now complete to the last detail. Ragged ranks of marching soldiers were now perfect lines that moved along with precise rhythm: click-click-click.

Besides the simple knowledge of proper cadence they had mastered the manual of arms, the intricacies of close order formations, the mysteries of patrols, scouting, advance, rear and flank guards and outpost work. Foreign instructors, with French and British decorations-the envy of all eyes- were teaching the men how to thrust a bayonet forward or hurl a hand grenade to assure the best results and no retaliation.

Some semblance of order had come out of seemingly hopeless chaos and confusion. The 3o6th Infantry had been transformed from an organization with an empty name to a body of human beings.

On Washington's Birthday the Regiment was, ordered to New York to parade as part of "New York's Own" -the Seventy-seventh Division. They had just been outfitted with the new winter caps. The entire organization, with General Evan M. Johnson, who had relieved General J. Franklin Bell in command, paraded up Fifth Avenue during a snowstorm, with flags flying and bands playing. It was a sight never to be forgotten. It brought the reality of war very close to the hundreds of thousands of mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts who watched the officers and men parade. There was a grim something about the fact that the men whom they had seen go just a few short months before were now trained soldiers-ready to take their part in the conflict going on across the seas. Their heads covered by the winter caps were held high and their fixed bayonets glistened in a never-to-be-forgotten sight. The band played "Stars and Stripes Forever . The National Emblem March," and other stirring tunes. Snow began to fall in great fleecy flakes as the squads formed, and the men marched for miles under a canopy of white, while a white blanket muffled their tread and white flakes touched their shoulders lightly as though in benediction.

From sidewalk to skyline the Avenue was banked with faces as the repeating ranks passed in review. There were radiant faces, curious faces, admiring faces, tear-stained faces, and smiling faces that hid weeping hearts., Companies, battalions, regiments, swept by with silent tread in a seemingly endless stream of phantom figures. Heads up, eyes to the front, the snowflakes falling steadily-there is no sight in all the pageant of war like young men marching to battle. . . .

The crowd on Fifth Avenue dispersed slowly; but the

noise of cheering lasted a long time; and those who heard it did not forget. Their hearts were filled with pride -pride that their boys-their men-were part of the thing that mattered so much.

The Regiment was on its way to war. In March rumors swept the camp on the gusts of blustery winds. There was a new tone in the atmosphere. Equipment of all kinds began to arrive in great shipments, to be stamped and stenciled with the name and number of the organization to which it was allotted. Then the problem developed how to keep it in the proper barracks when some other company was two blankets short. Barracks were turned into warehouses and were piled high with boxes bearing the Division's in-signia-the Statue of Liberty-and the ominous letters "AEF." "We're sailing on the seventh-" Farewells

were said. "We're sailing on the tenth-" Farewells were repeated. "We're not sailing at all-"

Again all were put through a most strenuous physical examination and again the unfit were weeded out. The poor Artillery had to, suffer by remaining behind and transferring their men to fill up the 306th vacancies., There was no time to thank them or to extend sympathy, but later, when their side of the story was heard, it was realized how much they had done. They were good sports, and worthy comrades in France. How assuring was the rumble of their seventy-fives!

And then one morning at four o'clock the companies were formed and the command "Right by squads I" rang out in every company street. A march to the railroad station revealed long lines of waiting trains, half hidden in the dusk of winter dawn. Lines of men filing into, the cars. Hours of puffing, snorting, and shifting. Men pouring out of the trains and forming almost without command into companies. Another march to the Cunard Line docks. A ticket-the gangplank-the Statue of Liberty fading from sight in the mist-

"We're going over, we're going over,

And we won't come back till it's over over therel"

There were many who sang that morning who looked no more on the Lady with the Lamp.

In looking back over the period spent at Camp Upton, veterans of the Regiment will always keep in their hearts those men who helped to make the reputation of the 3o6th.

There was "Mike" Hayes, who trained the football and basketball teams and who afterward lost his life in the taking of St. Juvin. What a wonderful fellow he was-so keen, so loyal, so hard-working and so clean-minded. We all grew to admire him more and more and to honor him in the depths of the heart.

There was "Jimmie" O'Neil, one of Columbia's famous athletes, later to lose his life at Bazoches; Gordon Gregory, a lad fresh from Princeton, who died in the Argonne; gallant "Matt" Harkins; and a host of others.

There was Hochstein, that wonderful master of the violin who gave without stint that sweetest music from his wonderful Strad. He also lost his life in the Bois-de-Rappes after he had secured his commission as a second lieutenant in the 5th Division.

All honor to those men who had not yet completed their American citizenship and who still wanted to show their earnest loyalty by joining America's ranks and fighting for their new country. Later on, while at rest in the Argonne Forest, some two hundred of these were sworn in as full -fledged American citizens.

The Regiment was split into many parts on the voyage to England. Regimental Headquarters, the Supply Com-pany, Headquarters Company, the Machine Gun Company, and Company E, left camp on Friday, April 12th, and embarked at Boston on the 13th on the East India liner Karoa, which later joined a large convoy at New York., It was desperately cold; ice sheathed the deck of the ship and the only heat obtainable was in the boiler room, where one could always find as many men as the chief engineer would allow. Company A embarked on the Lapland, at New York on the 6th; Company B on the Victoria and Company C on the Cretic, at New York on the same date. These three ships arrived at Liverpool April 2oth. Companies D, F, G, H, I, K, L and M embarked on April 16th on the Kashmir at New York, and there joined the convoy of which the Karoa formed a part.

The convoy was guarded by the Cruiser Philadelphia until it arrived within three days of the Irish coast, when it was picked up by a squadron of British destroyers. Boat drill was held daily and lookouts were posted all over the ship to warn of submarines. Two threats of submarine attack occurred, and one was serious, for one of the escorts limped into an Irish port with one of her propellers gone and a small hole in her stern, while months later it was learned that the British destroyers had "gotten" an enemy "sub" in the midst of the troop ships.

There was a gesture of secrecy at the time of departure. But it was only a gesture. Every one knew the Seventy- Seventh Division was on its way, and though every one was ordered below decks, and portholes were closed and sealed from possibly prying eyes, the windows of skyscrapers that overlooked the harbor were black with crowded faces and white with waving handkerchiefs on that misty morning the 306th Infantry sailed away. Whistles, horns and bells from ships anchored in the harbor rose in a din of adieu, but there were no brave farewells, no cheering crowds, no weeping women, no bands playing martial airs. The business of going to war was done in a matter-of-fact way. Yet underneath coarse O.D. blouses there were many hearts that beat a loud tattoo of excitement; under the cocky little overseas caps many heads that wondered, vaguely, what the outcome would be.

That was the way with most of them. Wanting so much to prove their courage, hoping that they could face fire unflinching, but not knowing. Afraid of being afraid. Yet those who know no fear, know not courage. Those who go on in spite of the quakes and qualms that turn their stomachs upside-down and make their feet feel leaden are the real heroes.

The trip across was one of much discomfort, considerable tension and numerous alarums. "Everybody below decks I" "Always keep your life belts handy." "Better wear 'em." "No, not that way. You've got it on backwards." . . . Not allowed to carry matches. Everybody turn in their matches. Got 'em in the commissary, though. Lines waiting for mess. Couldn't eat it when they got it. Fish, more fish. Still more fish. Inspections. Abandon-ship drills. Wish we could abandon ship. No place to go, though.

Companies, platoons, squads even, scattered fore and aft. Hammocks to sleep in. No room to turn over. Deck harder, but more comfortable. British sailors. Fresh bus-boys. Seasickness. "Wish I was, back in ole Camp Upton. Never appreciated what a nice bed I had." And food. "Well, where the hell am I goin' to put my feet, then I" "Aw, move over yourself. ., . ."

Such were the scattered impressions of the cruise across the Atlantic on the S.S. Kashmir. It was crowded, to say the least. Major Bulger was in charge of an irritated, cursing, swearing, fighting, unhappy outfit during the thirteen days it took the fleet of thirteen ships to zigzag across the ocean while the superstitious-minded suffered tortures. Only his sense of humor kept him from jumping over the rail and joining the fishes that swam optimistically along-side and were better fed than the human cargo aboard. There were complaints. There were pleas. There were demands. But nothing could be done to relieve the cramped, crowded, cursed situation. The main trouble was that there were no diversions,. Colonel Vidmer had prescribed 'a series of games and calisthenics to relieve the monotony of the voyage, but there was scarcely room enough to take a deep breath, much less fling arms and legs about in the gyrations of setting-up exercises.

On the Karoa and the Cretic, where part of the Regiment was quartered for the voyage, conditions were a little less crowded but equally as uncomfortable. On the Karoa there was no heat worth mentioning. Regimental Headquarters, Headquarters Company, Supply Company, and a couple of other units, shivered in time with the throbbing of the engines, until the big boilers were discovered, and after that the boiler-room proved the most popular place on the ship. The Cretic had no, more attractions and no fewer discomforts to offer than the Kashmir or the Karoa, and the monotony was as intense one place as the other. Days dragged by with nothing to do but watch the destroyers diving through the indigo waves in search of trouble, sailors wigwagging signals back and forth from ship to ship, bored soldiers leaning over rails seven or eight waves away. And the squadron of destroyers steered on its crazy course. A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn't always the safest, and, sometimes, when the fleet veered from the northeast to due south in the process of dodging possible submarines, there seemed some doubt as to the ultimate destination.

"This is the first time the Kashmir has crossed the Atlantic."

"Yeah, I could tell she didn't know the way."

After one submarine scare, the result of which was variously reported as having been the disabling of a destroyer, the sinking of a submarine, and the complete escape of both, the coast of Ireland was sighted, and on the thirteenth day the 306th Infantry skidded down slippery gangplanks and landed sea-weary legs at Liverpool. England meant some-thing to look at besides one wave after another in an interminable expanse of water. . . . Strange clothes. Strange streets. Strange signs. Strange little trains that resembled toys at Coney Island more than means of transportation. Yet these same trains proved the means of transporting the Regiment to Folkestone, where baths-the first in two weeks-were available and where the headquarters lingered. It was there, in a hotel which once had been alive with gay visitors to a popular summer resort, that David Hochstein first played his magic music with the thunder of far-off cannon as an accompaniment.

Who can forget the 1st Battalion going through London that day in mid-April, and the welcome that was given them by hundreds and thousands of women and girls, all dressed in black, who looked on silently from their tenement windows as the trains rolled through. They knew in their hearts that the British Commander-in-Chief, Sir Douglas Haig, on April 11, 1918, had sent forward the following message to all ranks of the British Army in France and Flanders:

"There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end. The safety of our homes and the freedom of mankind alike depend upon the conduct of each one of us at this critical moment."

The women in black bore mute testimony to the suffering our gallant brothers across the sea had gone through and we could not help but feel uplifted that we were coming to aid them in the great adventure.

The rest of the Regiment went on to Dover, where for two days they watched the flares in the channel, heard the distant echo of big guns and explored the unlighted city. They learned the attitude of a people who had been at war for four years and although the pitiful expressions were at times depressing, the faith and hope those same people had in the coming of the Americans were inspiring.

" We have shown a brave face here at home," said a British major, "but they knew we couldn't have carried on much longer unless you Americans had come over. Now we can get back what we have lost-and more."

Three days after landing in England the Regiment was hurried across the channel to Calais, and at last landed in France. Those postcards, written so optimistically before leaving the United States, and saying definitely, "Have arrived safely overseas," were mailed, after all. Lieutenant Colonel Garrison McCaskey, a member of the advance party sent over by the Division, stood waiting to welcome the Regiment as it arrived at Calais.

There was no time at first to go sightseeing in Calais, for the Regiment was sent almost immediately to what had been humorously designated a rest camp. It was on the march that the gruesome realities of war were brought nearer when a train of ambulances rolled by, bearing wounded for England. Tired eyes peered from the drivers' seats, which were occupied by "Wacs," volunteers of the Women's Auxiliary Corps; tired eyes peered from the ambulances. Greetings were exchanged, awed greetings from the Americans, hearty greetings from the wounded allies. A cigarette passed hands. A salute-with the left hand from necessity. A British Tommy, with both arms gone and blanket sagging suggestively where one leg should have bulged, laughed at his own joke. They were going home. What did anything else matter . . . .

FROM the time of our arrival at Calais until we left the British Sector, our work and our emotions might be summed up in one word-"Turmoil." We moved into the British rest camp as soon as we arrived and here we found a new language and certainly a new ration. For breakfast we had jam and tea; for dinner-jam, tea and meat; for supper-jam, tea, and cheese. We had expected bacon and eggs for breakfast and similar dishes for dinner and supper. We were not tea drinkers, and missed the good old Mocha. Major Bulger, with his constant sense of humor, was the only thing that saved the situation. However, the French estaminets were running wide open and our "dollar per" certainly came in handy in helping out the meager menu.

We walked about the streets in Calais and at last realized that we were part of an international army. We encountered British, French, Belgians and Portuguese, all members of the Allied forces with which we were to be associated in this war. Some of us who were historically inclined inspected the old forts built by the great Cardinal Richelieu as a defense against the English. Others sought the easily acquired dictionaries in an attempt to learn a new language. A curious mistake occurred among the French people on their first sight of our officers. The insignia of rank on the overcoat sleeve was taken for wound stripes and the officers became heroes at once in the eyes of their French friends. Of course the "Second Louie" was "S.O.L.": he had no stripes.

The rest camp was a target for the German bombers on their periodical trips to the coast and so often did they drop their bombs that some sergeant in the Regiment propounded the conundrum, "When is a rest camp not a rest camp?"

Each day developed some new problem, designed, we were sure, to bring about greater turmoil and confusion. We drew the British gas masks and helmets, and then had to turn in our trusty Springfields and take Lee-Enfields as substitutes. There was a reason for this, but how we did hate to give up the Springfields with which we had led the Division at target practice at Camp Upton!

The 1st Battalion had left Calais before we arrived, and on the 6th of May the remainder of the Regiment was loaded in small French cars and after a short ride detrained at Audricq. From there the Headquarters marched to Bonningues, where it joined the 1st Battalion; the 2nd Battalion went to Norbecourt, and the 3rd Battalion to Landretham.

The 2nd Battalion was out of luck, for after getting comfortably settled in its billets at Norbecourt, it was moved to Licques, and after settling there, in less than a week was moved again, to Audenfort.

Our training staff was from the British 39th Division, and Brigadier General Wyeth was in immediate charge of the training of our regiment. Schools were the rage. Rifle schools, machine-gun schools, bayonet schools-and each under a British instructor, to whose language we had to become accustomed . . . "Carry on," "Cheerio," "Smartly now, smartly ... .. Stand easy" ; but the one which seemed to fit the situation, insofar as we were concerned, was "Fed up." And there was rain, those downpours so typical of "Sunny France." A demonstration platoon showed us how to do everything, even to singing on the march.

At night we could hear the rumble of cannon in the vicinity of Kemmel Hill and "Wipers," and it was not long before our friend, the Boche, was notified of our arrival. His bombers first visited Division Headquarters near Eperlecques and here occurred the first eight casualties of the Division. A week later they dropped a bomb in the yard of the chateau used as Regimental Headquarters, but fortunately with no damage.

It was our first experience with the French billeting system, and with "Monsieur Cootie" with whom we were to become so intimately acquainted and who, insisted on occupying our beds with us. Barns, cow-stalls, and what we later guessed to be pigpens were used as billets. However, this was all a part of what we had been told to expect and I we were now beginning to find ourselves in this constantly growing turmoil of war.

The British here were not quite as optimistic as the major r we met in Folkestone, for here we were informed that we "had come too late," and that "they were only waiting to see what terms the Germans would give them." This did I not sound good to us, for we had come a long way to take part in this great adventure and we could not see it come to an end without getting in at least a lick or two.

Officers were sent in small parties to the British Front to get a taste of what a real war was. They were taken I as near the lines as possible in buses and when these could I not proceed any farther, hiking was in order. On one of these visits Captains Wolff and Johnson were detailed to visit the front and were taken to the trenches held by the New Zealanders in front of Bois-les-Artois. At Division Headquarters they were wined and dined in the usual Brit-ish manner. The next morning they were taken to Regimental Headquarters and again here they were treated most hospitably, and in company with runners started for the front line trenches. While on their way, they met another runner conducting a very important-looking officer.

"Whom have we here?" he stopped to inquire.

"The American Army," replied Captain Wolff.

"What a shame, one gas shell and the American Army would be annihilated !"

He was the Commanding General of the British Division

in that sector and had been making his daily round of the front lines.

Our visiting officers found the Englishman would not give up his tea habit and at four o'clock he stopped fighting. He must have his tea! The Boche -was a most discourteous fellow for interrupting this national custom.

There were maneuvers and long marches, but the prize of them all was the "Battle of Watten." The Regiment received its orders to march, but no one could interpret them. Was it a permanent move, was it a maneuver, or was it a temporary change of base? Not knowing the answer, the only thing to do was to move everything, and some of the men tried to move it all in their packs. The march was about eighteen miles and we were supposed to take over " the trenches" immediately upon our arrival at our destination. It was the hottest day in May. Flat feet began to show up, men began to fall out, ambulances were busy and new vocabularies were being invented every minute. The best that can be said is that sometime during the night the battalions were in place, the "trenches" were taken over and a bogus counter-attack was repulsed.

Headquarters of the Regiment was, established in a small bedroom on Ferme-du-Ham, where the furnishings consisted of one bed, two chairs and a broken-legged table. A telephone was installed to the front line, and maps were spread out on the bed as the Colonel and his Adjutant, Captain Thacher, prepared to order proper counter-attacks against the assaults of the "enemy," which were represented by squads of "Tommies" under a most enterprising and energetic young Britisher.

Wires were kept hot with messages of bogus raids, machine-gun fire, grenade attacks; and then, to cap the climax, every general within twenty miles came in to inspect -the Division Commander, the Brigade Commander, the Commanding General of the adjacent brigade, the Commanding General of the British 37th Division; and, finally, when headquarters was beginning to congratulate itself that these visits had ceased, in walked General Plumer with his staff of glittering "Brass Hats." The General asked the Colonel if there had been many visits of inspection, to which the Colonel replied, "Yes, sir-it has been raining Generals all day." It took but a moment for the General to understand, but it apparently was a hopeless task to explain it to his staff. The General did not hear the last of it until he left the shores of France.

It was on this march that Major Bulger suffered a serious injury in a fall with his horse and was later evacuated. He did not join us again till after the Armistice. Captain Thacher was assigned to command E Company and, later, the 2nd Battalion, and Captain Wolff was appointed Adjutant.

We did not have an easy time during the entire period we were in the British Sector, but the "Battle of Watten" takes the prize for any three days during our whole stay in Pas-de-Calais.

Rumors were rife. A move was in the air which on the 6th of June became a reality. We bade good-by to our English friends and marched south, passing through the little towns of Wavrans, Lugy, Crepy, Mortringham, Lisbourg and Elnes. There was nothing in these towns to buy. They had been used for billets for three years and there was not a chicken in sight. "CEufs" were not to be had. On the 9th of June we entrained at Anvin in the famous "40 hommes et 8 chevaux." As a rule, two partly demolished passenger coaches were attached to these trains for the officers, but it was not unusual to see them vacating the coaches in a short time to take refuge in the "40 and 8's."

On our last day's march before entraining at Anvin we passed along the sunken road on the battlefield of Agincourt, a battle fought on the 25th of October, 1415. Here a young English officer who had made a study of this battle described it to a party of our officers. The English and French were drawn up in opposing lines about three hundred yards apart in plain sight of each other-archers, crossbow-men, knights in heavy armor, dismounted men-at-arms, and battle-flags by the score. Here was all the panoply of war. Fanfares were sounded and war drums rolled, challenges were given and accepted and both sides signified their readiness. Finally the English, under Henry the Fifth, became weary of waiting and moved to the attack. What chivalry ! What a spectacle ! And here we were in the twentieth century with every modern convenience and weapon of war preparing to fight from trenches and, from what the British had told us, chivalry was entirely lacking.

On the morning of the 10th we were awakened early and had our first taste of French coffee-and-rum. That was all the hot food we had that day; the rest of our meals came from "airtights" carried in the cars. On the 13th, Headquarters detrained at Hadigny, the 1st Battalion at Rambervilliers, the 2nd Battalion at Chatel-Nomexy, and the 3rd Battalion at Charmes. We had paralleled practically the entire Allied battlefront-through Saint-Pol, Doublens, Amiens, Clermont, Paris, Vitry, Commercy and Toul.

After a three-day march from the small village of Romont, through Fontenoy, Badminil, Vaxainville, Azerailles, Gelacourt and Baccarat, Regimental Headquarters was established on June 19th at Brouville, with the three battalions in camp at Camp de Grand Voivre, which we considered too good a name for what the men of the Regiment termed "Camp Mud." We had arrived in the Baccarat Sector, which had been used for the past three years to rest up tired and worn-out divisions of the Allied forces, and where we were to make our first contact with the enemy. We knew we had arrived at our destination, for the day following the establishment of Regimental Headquarters a German plane came over and dropped leaflets which read, "Good-by, 42nd Division. Hello, 77th."

We had spent practically two months with the, British, and at last we were in the trenches on the Western Front.

THE BACCARAT SECTOR

BACCARAT was known to the French as a quiet sector, and evidently the Germans had also accepted the French idea and used the sector to rest up their divisions and to train replacements. The shelling from both sides was in-termittent and one could almost set his watch by the "bou-quets" sent over by the Boche. He was a methodical chap and each day at the same place one could expect to see the shells fall.

When we took over, one battalion of the Regiment was ordered to hold the front line, one to be in support, and the other resting up at "Camp Mud." It was here that we had our first contact with the French soldier, for we were to combine with the 264th French Infantry. He helped us in solving our first difficulties, and his years of bitter experience were well utilized. This meant for us, however, more than the help of veteran soldiers. It was the beginning of that close friendship existing between our regiment and our comrades in "Horizon Bleu" throughout the war, and here were knit the first ties of cooperation in a common cause against a common enemy.

The first meeting with the French was a great event to us, but our actual occupancy of the front line had a much greater significance. We were a part of the first National Army Division to occupy a sector in the front lines, and we were on trial to determine whether an army recruited from the various ranks of civilian life could within a few brief months be trained into an effective fighting force. It was to be a test of the national American traits-initiative, alertness, intelligence, courage and determination. To the officers especially it meant even more, because for the first time under actual conditions of battle they were to lead the men they had trained; not men trained and seasoned to war, but men who but a few months before had never worn a uniform or seen a gun. , To officers and men it meant an adaptation to new surroundings and unusual conditions.

In our particular sector we were to relieve an Ohio regiment of the 42nd Division and the relief was completed on the 21st of June. All troop movements were accomplished at night and every precaution was taken so that the relief would not be discovered by the enemy. However, our efforts were futile, for in the early morning of the day we took over, the Boche began shelling with mustard and phosgene gas and some high explosive shells. This was our first experience with gas and we recalled what the British had told us about the gas mask-"It is your best friend." We had but one casualty on this day, and that was the horse that drew the medical supply cart. He was hit by a bit of high explosive shell and went West like a good soldier. In a small dugout near Montigny, where the medical dressing station was established, a shell happened to hit a "G.I." can and the one-hundred-yard record was broken by a member of the medical detachment. Some observers affirmed that he made it in nothing flat.

We watched the French and learned from them. They never seemed hurried, yet everything was done in time. There was no loud talk and but very little laughter. Everything they showed us was for a purpose; hours meant nothing.

Captain Peget of the French Army joined us as our liaison officer. He was a veteran of several campaigns and brought all of his experience to our aid.

The front of our sector was covered by small strong points known as petits postes, and in each of these was a detachment consisting of a lieutenant and from twelve to sixteen men. These posts were on the edge of No Man's Land, thoroughly wired in, and each stocked with a ration in sealed tins to be used only when cut off by a barrage. The petits postes were self-supporting and also mutually supported each other with cross bands of automatic rifle fire. A night in a petit poste was one of constant tense watching . . . the rat-tat-tat of the German light machine-gun, the answering rat-tat-tat of our "auto" rifle fire, the blackness of night broken only by white flares, rising aloft from the enemy trenches like phantom glowworms, as regular as the ticking of a watch. All of this brought to us the realization that we were facing a grim, watchful, relentless foe and that on our constant alertness depended our lives and the safety of those in the rear.

Here we had our first view of observation balloons and here on the high points and from the steeple of the church in Brouville we could view the enemy's country.

The terrain in the Vosges Mountains was well adapted to training. It is a broken, hilly, partly wooded country, with no part offering extreme difficulties, but all parts offering excellent opportunities for teaching, training and developing technique in the various arms with which we were equipped. Only the lower slopes were cultivated and in the small towns of Wherry and Brouville there were still a few French peasants, too loyal to their homes to desert them even though in cannon range of the enemy.

Our supplies came from Azerailles, where Captain Durell and his Supply Company were billeted, and it was this place which was most frequently bombed by the Boche during our stay in the Baccarat Sector. Nightly patrols were in order and each sector had to cover its front through No Man's Land, which here varied from 500 to 1000 yards wide. The purpose of these patrols was to watch the activities of the Boche, to drive off his patrols, and to capture a prisoner for identification purposes.

It was on one of these patrols from Company B that Privates James Graham, Isidore Poll, and John E. Tucholka showed great courage and coolness when attacked by superior numbers of the enemy. All these men were wounded in protecting the withdrawal of their own patrol, but they managed to roll under cover and escape capture.

Frequent inspections were made by the Division and Brigade Commanders and later by General Pershing, who expressed himself as highly pleased with us.

On the Fourth of July the French Colonel and his regiment were invited to participate in our annual holiday. Of course there were sports of various kinds, but little help could we expect from the French when it came to boxing and wrestling. They preferred the milder forms of recreation. On the Fourteenth of July, when they celebrated the Fall of the Bastille, they returned our invitation and there was not a part of their program in which members of our regiment: did not participate and enjoy thoroughly. Competing in "making faces" for a prize was certainly a novelty to our men, who had been used to boxing and wrestling, football, etc., but, strange to say, the prize for this particular sport was won by one of our men.

On the Fourth of July there was of course a patriotic speech and this was delivered by the Colonel in mixed French and English. He had originally intended to give it in English and have it interpreted by Captain Peget, but the French Captain's mind could not work fast enough for the Colonel and so the Colonel, nothing daunted, undertook to do his own interpreting. It was a great speech. The French Colonel then made his address, which was as follows:

"Officers and American soldiers: The Colonel Vidmer, your leader, has done us the honor to invite us to the celebration of your great national holiday, the commemoration of the independence of the United States. We have been very happy and we thank you very cordially. It is really, for us officers and soldiers, a great pleasure to be associated with the soldiers of the young American Army. Nearly a century and a half ago our fathers crossed the ocean to help yours gain their independence. Today it is you who have crossed the sea for the liberation of our territory which has been trampled and ravaged by an enemy, eager, wild and unscrupulous. First and from the very beginning of the war you sympathized with us and helped us by your medical organizations and your numerous institutions. All this institutional work today is largely increased by the smile of Charity and the indefatigable devotion of your sisters and brothers. Afterwards you offered us the aid of your immense wealth, and finally today, you bring us freely an assistance the most precious of all: that of your brilliant youth, of your heart, of your blood and of your life. All this has been placed at the service of our cause, which is the noblest and the most elevated: the cause of right, of justice and of the liberty of nations. Soldiers of the great American nation, the French Army and the whole French nation greets you ! They see in you the future liberators of our suffering country. And so with a single heart and a unanimous spirit we shout, 'Long live the gallant American Army !'

Needless to say, we got quite a kick out of our Fourth of July celebration.

On July Fourteenth the French chaplain arranged a series of allegorical pictures and then we understood at last the deep gratitude the French felt for us who had returned Lafayette's visit.

The French regiment moved out and at last we were alone on our own, holding our sector about 8oo yards long, and feeling at last that we were able to accept this great responsibility.

We had our share of wounds, and each man counted himself fortunate who had the chance to go out on the night patrols across No Man's Land. The experience was of great value and soon our men became accustomed to patrolling cautiously about No Man's Land in the darkness, stopping and listening intently at the slightest sound and ever ready to drop at the first burst from a machine-gun. German patrols were met, repulsed, and driven off with losses. Despite cunningly laid traps all efforts to take prisoners proved fruitless. Two spies in French uniforms were met behind our lines, but by the time we could check up on them to determine whether they were real or bogus they had made their escape. The espionage of the Germans was especially fine, for although the alarm was given and both French and Americans attempted to, discover these two men, they were never found.

Gas alarms were established near all headquarters and late one afternoon one of the headquarters staff was inspecting the gas sentinels. On approaching one he heard a very faint tinkle from the alarm. He immediately rushed to the sentinel and asked if he smelled gas. Upon receiving a reply in the affirmative he asked, "Then, why don't you beat the alarm, so every one can hear it?" To which the sentinel replied, "But I only smelled a little gas!"

It was at "Camp Mud" that our band with its vaudeville adjunct first proved its worth. Men came out of the front line tired and worn, with nerves on edge, and immediately upon their arrival at "Camp Mud" they were met by the band, who gave them a concert and a show. Too much cannot be said in praise of these men, who worked for hours devising and practicing topical songs and current jokes. Their efforts proved of great value throughout the entire war in the recreation of the men's mental attitude toward life.

On August 2nd we were relieved by an Ohio regiment of the 37th Division. We marched south and west through Domptail, Haudonvillier, Mehoncourt, Magnieres, Lande-court, Charmois and Bremancourt to Blainville, where we again entrained in the "40 and 8's," for what was rumored would be a livelier sector-and such it proved to be.

same day. The entire Regiment was billeted in and around this small village. A day was spent here to draw ammunition and clean up and it was here that the vaudeville squad gave their most ornate entertainment. Madame Burien and her beautiful daughter Pauline were the guests of honor at this entertainment and all of the topical songs and jokes centered around them.

On the early morning of the 10th, much to our surprise, we received orders to embuss in French camions-trucks holding twenty men with their equipment and driven by Indo-Chinese. This was our first experience with this form of transportation. Late that afternoon we debussed in the Nesles Woods near Nesles Chateau. We had had our fill of jolting, dust, thirst, and lack of food. The French camions were not so good.

Our orders were to billet in the woods and to light no fires. Each battalion as it arrived was sent in, following the one, ahead. It was to be a bivouac and a cold one at that. It was too dark to see where we were going, and after the battalions had halted and orders were given for the night, each man sought what he thought would be a comfortable bed. To appreciate our feelings the next morning it must be remembered that the Chateau-Thierry Drive had occurred while we were in the Baccarat Sector and the Boche had been pushed back from the ground we were camping on, but a few days before. As the first daylight appeared on the morning of the 11th we began to sit up and take notice of our surroundings. Some men had picked the warm side of what they supposed were logs, only to find that they were dead bodies and some had been dead for several days. One man had slept in an empty grave with some straw in the bottom and said afterward that he had spent a very satisfactory and comfortable night.

Later we heard that the French were fighting to preserve their country, the British to secure their commerce, and the Americans for souvenirs, and here we had a demonstration of the American trait, for every man who could, secured a Boche "tin hat" and sent it back home as a souvenir of the war. The ration carts had a full load returning to the distributing-point as well as when coming forward.

On the 11th Captain Peget was wounded by a defective rifle grenade and was evacuated. That gallant Frenchman, Captain Robert Costa de Beauregard, replaced him and carried on with enthusiasm.

On the evening of the 11th the Regiment was moved forward, the 2nd Battalion in front. This battalion had been designated to take over the front line, relieving a part of the 62nd French Division, which was holding the sector assigned to us. It was a long, tiresome march, through Foret de Fere and past the Chateau de Fere. The relief was ordered for that night.

Before dawn the battalion reached a road junction just south of Mont Notre Dame and here they came under heavy shell fire from the Boche. Some men were wounded, a few were killed, and as the town of Mont Notre Dame, through which the battalion had to pass, was under a direct shelling of gas and high explosives, Major Thacher, the commander of this battalion, found himself in a serious jam. Shells were bursting everywhere and there was no cover in the immediate vicinity. He had but to explain the situation to his officers and the battalion was at once deployed for safety. It was here that Captains Adler and Patterson and Lieutenants Harkins, Hayes, Sutherland and Bissell showed their coolness and devotion in the care of their men. It was due to the coolness of the battalion commander and his officers that a bad situation was prevented. Showing an utter disregard for their own safety, they calmly walked among their men indicating to, each soldier the best method of seeking shelter.

As daylight had arrived, the relief was held up, and finally was accomplished the next evening. Then we heard for the first time, "Voila les Boches.-Ju revoir," which appeared to be the usual way the French turned over a front line sector.

Our line straddled the Vesle River, which averaged a width of nine meters and a depth of two meters. Our right ran to the edge of the town of Bazoches and our left toward Mont Notre Dame, some two miles behind our left flank. Most of the battalion dug in on the south side of the river behind the railroad paralleling the Vesle and connecting Bazoches with the towns on our left. Companies E and F, however, as well as Battalion Headquarters, were on the north side, with the river in their rear. The river-banks were practically straight and in some places as high as five feet from the water, which was filled with wire. To say the least, we were in a bad situation, for the Boche under the cover of darkness rushed forward machine-guns to the railroad station at Bazoches and enfiladed our fox-holes nightly with machine gun fire. To our right a regiment of the 4th Division, which the 305th relieved, had tried to cross the river and had failed, and from the river bottom back to the little town of St. Thibaut could be seen the dead bodies of men of the 4th Division whom it had been impossible to bury.

The Germans had established themselves along the north bank of the Vesle and our Intelligence Section by careful observation reported at least thirty-seven machine-gun nests in the town of Bazoches. The Boche artillery was apparently concentrated in the Valley of Perles and Vauxcere and toward the Aisne, and it was from that point they kept up a constant bombardment of gas and high explosives. The Vesle Sector was never free from gas during the entire time we spent in that precarious place. The only means of supply or communication with the 2nd Battalion was a path leading up from the river-bottom into Mont Notre Dame and our loss in runners and carriers was heavy each day. It was here that Sing Kee, who was later appointed a color sergeant, distinguished himself. All runners who knew the way had been gassed or wounded. Sing Kee was badly gassed and was ordered evacuated, but he stuck on the job and kept up communication with his battalion until too weak to move. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his extraordinary courage and heroism.

Headquarters was established at Ferme-des-Dames, and it was no ladylike place, for in a little valley behind us had been placed the greater part of the divisional artillery and the farm itself came in for a great number of Boche shells fired at our heavy guns.

It was during one of these interchanges of compliments between the two artillery forces that Captain Stadie so distinguished himself. A runner was approaching Regimental Headquarters from the woods in front and when about one hundred yards from Regimental Headquarters he was seen to stumble and fall. Captain Stadie jumped out of the window of the farmhouse, rushed to the man, threw him over his shoulder, and staggered back to the window, where he was relieved of his burden, only to find that the runner was in a dying condition. Those who watched the incident gave up all hope of ever seeing the Captain come in alive. He was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroic deed.

Patrols were sent out nightly from the front lines to locate machine-gun nests which, in a great many cases, were placed in deep holes in the brush on the north side of the river.

On the morning of August 14th, a daylight patrol went out from Company F, consisting of Captain Patterson, Corporal Straub and Corporal Carroll. This group penetrated the enemy lines and came upon a German post from the rear. Captain Patterson shot the guard at arm's-length and Corporal Carroll shot another. The rest of the Germans scattered. The patrol then struck a second post, which put up firm resistance. Here, Captain Patterson killed another Boche and covered the retreat of the patrol. On turning to follow, he concluded that he had no chance to reach his own lines and fell in the grass as if shot, about ten yards from the hostile post. He was obliged to remain motionless in this place all day, but after dark he crawled back to his company. Corporal Straub was badly wounded in the fighting, but along with Corporal Carroll managed to reach the advance post of Company F.- Although by this time the rifle fire was hot and the distance between the lines was only one hundred yards, Corporal Carroll volunteered to go back with a second patrol to rescue the Captain. This party was led by Lieutenant Michael J. Hayes, who planned the work with his usual skill and carried it out with the greatest gallantry. His party consisted of Corporal Finucane, Private Duffy and Private Foy, in addition to Corporal Carroll. The spirit of these brave men is well illustrated by Duffy's remark when he was, told by Carroll that the Lieutenant wanted volunteers to go into the German line and find the Captain:

go; when do we start.

To facilitate concealment and rapid progress in crawling, only pistols and hand grenades were carried. The patrol failed to find the Captain, but did find a machine-gun nest, which was immediately attacked and destroyed with hand grenades. The only casualty suffered by the patrol was Corporal Carroll, who was wounded in nine places by bullets and grenades, but succeeded a second time in reaching our own lines. Captain Patterson, Lieutenant Hayes and the five soldiers engaged in these two patrols were cited in division orders and later received the Distinguished Service Cross.

It was on August 17th that Company K added to its already gallant record by taking the first enemy prisoner ever captured by a National Army Division.

On the 24th First Sergeant Andrew J. McLean and Sergeant James A. Toon, of Company B, were placed in charge of daylight patrols to reconnoiter the front. They penetrated as far as the south bank of the Vesle and there came under heavy fire of machine-guns and rifles. Nothing deterred them. They were sent for information and they determined to get it. Regardless of their own personal safety they remained in this hazardous position until the information was completely obtained and then led their patrols back with the utmost skill and without a loss. Privates Herbert D. Darling, Louis M. Doyle, Fred J. Godbaut, Isaac C. Hirsch, Corporal Frank Gorey, and Mechanic Bernard R. Gibbons, all of Company E; Privates Edward Blatz, Edward A. Hoffman, and John House, all of Company H; Privates Michael Dillon and Joseph A. Cummings, of the Machine Gun Company; and Private First Class William C. Evans, of the Sanitary Detachment, all distinguished themselves by their coolness and daring and their heroic determination to see that messages were carried forward and in aiding their wounded comrades.

It was in this sector that we first met our lady friend "Minnie Werfer" whose custom it was to burst first into a most terrific sound and then into splinters. She was also known as the "Iron Mermaid" on account of her fish-like tail that kept her trajectory straight. "Tons-of-Coal," "Jack Johnsons," "G.I. Cans" and "Whimpering Willies" were some of the other deadly missiles which were sent over in our direction. These were not all, however, that the Boche had to offer us on the Vesle. Airplanes strafed our trenches daily with machine-gun fire, airplane bombs were dropped on everything that looked like cover. Hand grenades were tossed in our direction, and it was here that we had our first sight of flame-throwers, the most barbarous weapon known to warfare. The battalions were relieved every five days and each battalion had its share of the Boche compliments.

On the morning of the 25th the Colonel was called back to Division Headquarters and given a detailed written order providing for a one-company raid against Bazoches. Try as he could to change the Division Commander's mind as to the force to be used against the great number of machine-gun nests which were concealed in the town, he met with no success. The raid was ordered for the morning of the 26th, but the Colonel managed to delay the action twenty -four hours. Due to the lack of time it was necessary to select a company already in the front line. Company G, under command of Captain Bull, was picked for the task, with Company E in support on the south side of the railroad track. Airplane photographs of Bazoches were hurriedly secured and the town was blocked off into platoon sectors. The purpose of the attack was to take and hold the village. Detachments of the division Engineers and of the regimental Machine Gun Company, together with a platoon from Company F and a detachment from Company H, were attached to Company G to make the attack. After a heavy artillery preparation the attack was launched at 4: 15 A.M. on the morning of the 27th.

The morning was warm and clear but almost pitch-dark except for the twinkling stars in a sky almost the color of indigo. Around Bazoches was laid a box barrage which was to be raised as the platoons reached the near vicinity of the town. Our troops penetrated the village, mopping UP with hand grenades and taking some prisoners. The platoons deployed according to the original plans and practically got into the positions assigned to them before serious enemy opposition was met.

Then the enemy began shelling our troops in the southern part of the village and heavy counter-attacks were launched from the strong points north of the town. During the whole action enemy airplanes flew low overhead dropping bombs and firing with machine-guns. The two platoons on the north side of the town were finally surrounded, after stout resistance, and very few escaped. The platoon under Lieutenant Gregory, occupying the southeast part of the village, maintained this position for several hours. After heavy losses, it was finally forced out. The same was true of the platoon in the southwest part of the village. Our total casualties for the operation were 2 officers wounded, 2 officers missing, and 154 men killed, wounded and missing.

The attack was as well planned as was possible under the division order and with the force used, and was courageously carried out. Even at this date, after mature reflection, one is led to believe, knowing the almost impregnable positions of the many machine-gun nests in the town, that not less than a regiment could have taken it and held it against the hostile counter-attacks.

The Germans had a great number of excellent dugouts which were not injured by our artillery preparation, and as soon as our shell fire ceased they emerged with safety and launched their counter-attack. It is believed that if our men had had but a little more training before taking part in this operation, they would have known more about mopping up deep cellars and dugouts. It was from these dugouts in the middle of the village that the counter-attacks were launched in conjunction with one launched from the north.

Every officer and man of the attacking group proved his mettle. It was a hand-to-hand fight, and every man not only had to take care of himself but of his immediate enemy. Many prisoners were captured and came under the fire of their own guns. Some of our men were captured and later killed or wounded their captors. It would be impossible to describe in detail the experiences of each man who went over the top on that morning. Corporal James J. Mac-Donald, of Company E, was sent into Bazoches with a message. He was wounded and captured by the enemy.

His wound was dressed by a German surgeon, but even then they were not able to hold him. With great initiative he returned to our lines with information which undoubtedly prevented two, of the attacking platoons from being destroyed. Privates Sanford K. Mallett, William M. Nickels, Andrew J. A. Purcell, Walter L. Wurster, and William P. Zepfler, all of the Machine Gun Company; Privates Peter Pocaro and Anthony J. Rivers, of Company E; and Corporal Hugh McHugh, of Company H, all distinguished themselves superbly in this attack.

Private Frederick Stouke, Company G, had perhaps the most interesting and exciting experience of the day. Others may have had similar experiences, but this is the only one of record. During the attack he was given a German prisoner to guard, and although under heavy machine-gun fire, gallantly stuck to his task. The machine-gun fire, however, became so intense that he sought cover under the floor of a wooden building, where he remained all day with his prisoner, under heavy fire of the enemy. All of his equipment was shot away and his clothing punctured by bullets. To the utter disregard of his own personal. Safety he kept his prisoner secure, and under cover of darkness brought him safely to our lines.

Private Thomas Arsenault, of Company G, showed his extraordinary heroism by carrying one of his wounded officers over ground swept by intense machine-gun fire and bringing him safely to the first-aid dressing station.

On the 28th, Private Cyrus E. Pattison, Company H, risked his life to aid a comrade under fire. Private William F. Desmond, of the same company, distinguished himself as a runner. Corporals James J. McAndrews, William J. Mooney, Privates Patrick J. Burns, Salvatore Bretts, John J. Monahan, James F. McGrath, all of Company H; Sergeant Alexander Forger, Company B; Private George R. Carson, Company M; and Private Irving Strandvold, Company K, all added to the glory of the 306th.

It was a costly experience, but the attack evidently had its effect on the Germans, for at noon on the 6th of September a message was received that the Boche were in retreat. Without waiting for further orders the Regiment moved forward across the Vesle River, with the 1st Battalion leading, and that night dug in on the southeast side of the valley overlooking Vauxcere, five kilometers to the north. Through a heavy fog on the early morning of the 7th, the Colonel, accompanied by Lieutenant Sanford of the Brigade staff, made a personal reconnaissance on horseback through Vauxcere and over the plateau to the woods about a kilometer north. No enemy was encountered. Messages were sent back to the battalions to take up combat formation and to move forward with speed to get into these woods before the fog lifted. But the wily Boche was on the watch and as soon as the first battalion appeared from its cover a barrage was put down in front and the Regiment held along the little road leading from Vauxcere to Pinqon farm. On the night of the 7th, however, they penetrated the woods as far as the old French trenches on the edge of the Aisne Valley.

During this advance Private Isaac Stomersky, Company B, Sergeant Henry L. Malec, Company C, and Privates Owen H. Hoffmire and John Ferrotti, of the Sanitary Detachment, wrote their names in history by their daring and utter fearlessness in the delivery of messages and caring for the wounded under fire.

Shortly after taking over these trenches our Intelligence reported that the rectangular woods known as Les Cendrieres bordering the Aisne Canal were still filled with the enemy and an attack was ordered. Though the Intelligence report described Les Cendrieres, our objective, as "woods," it later developed that the trees had been cutdown, and the advance had to be made over open ground.

Lieutenant O'Brien, of Company C, led the attacking column, and just before reaching the objective was hit in the leg by a piece of shell. Nothing daunted, he pressed on. The enemy's fire redoubled, but Lieutenant O'Brien, ignoring his own wounds, yelled, "They can't stop us now!" Hardly had he spoken these words when a shell dropped in front of him and killed him. A Distinguished Service Cross was later awarded for his heroic leadership.

The "woods" of Les Cendrieres were taken by Company A, under Lieutenant Cleveland, who commanded after the death of O'Brien. Cleveland was badly wounded in the course of the attack, but, despite his wound, he led his company over the wire and through the "woods," and was not evacuated until after he bad reached the Aisne Canal, having there been wounded again.

Another act of notable gallantry during this attack was that of Captain Sprague, who was sick in the field hospital just behind our line when the Regiment commenced its advance. Knowing that the 1st Battalion was short of officers, Captain Sprague left the hospital "A.W.O.L.," took command of his company in time to start the attack and led his men in their advance to the canal. Later, de-spite his illness, he was active in evacuating his men from the front line positions when the battalion was relieved.

The cost of the capture of Les Cendrieres was heavy, however, and the retention of this position would have taken a greater toll than it was worth.

To evacuate it was equally as dangerous as the taking, and here it was that Sergeant Henry L. Malec distinguished himself by searching the woods and collecting the men who had been separated by the intensity of the German shell fire. The men were later gathered in and brought back to Battalion Headquarters.

The detachment left in these woods was in a most precarious position. The Boche were in strong force in front and their bands of machine-gun fire cut off any retreat or any help from the rest of the regiment. Heroic measures had to be taken to rescue these men. First Lieutenant Philip K. Robinson and Sergeant Galbraith Ward, of Company M, and Private Edward S. Schmitt, Company L, distinguished themselves by assisting in their rescue. Sergeant Ward was severely wounded and later died of pneumonia, a gallant representative of a most distinguished family. Privates Adelbert T. Powell and Bernard Tietelbaum, of the Sanitary Detachment; Private Charles T. Sloane, Company M; Private Gustave Mittenhuber, Headquarters Company; and First Sergeant Benjamin Gold, Company D, also wrote their names in history during this period.

Despite our subsequent evacuation of the so-called woods of Les Cendrieres, the attack had been a gallant one, and the men of the 1st Battalion of the 306th Infantry had penetrated farther into enemy territory in this sector than any other American troops ever had done. This achievement was noted later by the Division Commander, General Alexander, who stated with pride that his division was the only one in the American Army that actually reached the Aisne Canal.

The 3rd Battalion relieved the 1st and remained in the trenches until September 11th, when the Regiment was assembled in the vicinity of St. Thibaut. On the 13th we hiked to Coulonges, where we rested until the 16th, and then went on to Vezilly; and here on the evening of the 16th we again embussed in the hard-riding French camions, headed for another sector. We had been relieved by Garibaldi's regiment of Italians, whose training some of us had observed during the few days they were waiting to take over our sector, and we had a great laugh watching them charge imaginary trenches with bayonetted rifle and with murderous-looking knives in their teeth.

In looking back over the many gallant and heroic deeds performed by men of the Regiment in this sector there must be brought to especial attention the extraordinary heroism of Lieutenant Paul K. Roth, of Company M. On September 10th he was stationed behind a hill on a road leading through St. Thibaut. There were many carrying parties going forward to the front lines and a terrific concentration of enemy machine-gun and shell fire was being laid on this road. In one party five men were badly wounded and lay exposed on the narrow road. Without assistance Lieutenant Roth brought each one of these men back to cover, carrying them on his back for a distance of one hundred and fifty yards and at all times under the direct observation of the enemy occupying the town of Bazoches. It was a most gallant act and served as an impressive example to every man of the Regiment.

In the Vesle sector the Regiment had undergone its first real baptism of fire, had sustained its proportion of losses in killed and wounded, and had emerged veterans. The soul of the Regiment was found worthy and we were now ready to be placed on any front and to share the responsibility of that front with the best of the American Divisions.

All through the night of the 16th we sat on the side-boards of those rough bumping trucks through Epernay, Chalons-sur-Marne, and Vitry, and at noon of the 17th debussed at Givry, only to find after a two days' rest we were again to hike toward the front. On the 19th to Verrieres, on the 2oth to Le Neufour, where we went under cover of the forests to await orders. Our marching was at night, our fires were hidden, everything was to be kept secret. We passed mile upon mile of heavy guns drawn by tractors. Something was in the air, but what ? All we could guess was that something big was to take place and we were to be in it. This proved to be the case.

FROM September 20th to 24th Regimental Headquarters remained at Le Neufour, the three battalions being bivouacked in the vicinity of Le Claon. During this time detachments from each battalion were trained in the use of the recently received devilish instrument of war-the phosphorous rifle and hand grenade-and it was then we received about 700 replacements for the Regiment. Those men were mostly from Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, and Arizona, and we liked the looks of them. They were tall and spare and the very type for fighting men. They were immediately assigned to companies and platoons, but hardly had the lists been completed and assignments made when on the 24th we moved forward to La Chalade and now the previous rumors of a big offensive became a certainty. At sunset artillery which had been camouflaged during the day began to move forward into position. On the hills to the right of our headquarters 155 "G.P.F.'s" stood wheel to wheel apparently for miles. Trees, were being partly sawed through, ready to drop when "H" hour came. Detachments were supplied with the French helmets and overcoats and moved forward to make a personal reconnaissance of the jump-off place. We began to study our maps and then we saw what we were up against.

The line to our front had been consolidated for four years. From what we could see during our reconnaissance and by an examination of the map, trenches and barbed-wire of four years' accumulation were to be crossed before we got well started. It had originally been a forest of heavy trees, but the artillery had made these a shambles. The depth of the wire in our immediate front could hardly be estimated. The engineers were called into conference and filled long pieces of pipes with high explosives to be used to open up the wire for the passage of our attacking platoons.

On the 25th the 1st and 3d Battalions moved into position north of the Ravin des Sapins preparatory to the attack on the Argonne Forest, one of the most famous old battlefields of all France, at one time a royal hunting preserve. And now another hunt was on. The division order with its brigade appendix was received, and based on these the following regimental order was issued:

Hdqrs. 306th Inf., A.E.F.

25th Sept., 1918, 8: 30 A.M.

SECRET

FIELD ORDER No. I

Maps: Mezieres 1/80,000

VERDUN

FOR~T D'ARGONNE

BUZANCY

VOUZIERS 1/20,000

RAUCOURT

LA CHESNE

1. SITUATION: The enemy holds the front from the Meuse to the Aisne River with 5 divisions. The Allied Armies will attack on the front between the Meuse and Suippes Rivers. The 1st American Army attacks on the front between the Meuse and the Aisne Rivers. The 1st Army Corps, with the 35th, 28th, and 77th Divisions in line from right to left in the order named, attacks from Vauquois to La Harazee, both inclusive. The 1st Army Corps will be assisted in reducing the Forest d'Argonne by the 5th Army Corps on its right and by the 38th French Corps on its left.

2. EXECUTION OF THE ATTACK: The artillery preparation for the attack will begin at H minus X hours. Troops will be in position on D day at H minus 4 hours, and at H hour the front line battalion will go over the top and spring to the attack, following the advancing barrage at 500 yards.

Rate of March, 100 yards in 5 minutes. Barrage will conform to this rate. Should, however, the resistance in our front be slight, the infantry must call for a lengthening barrage and pursue the enemy with aggression and rapidity.

3. The 153d Infantry Brigade will attack on D day at H hour, on a front from Pierre Crois & 00.7-6g.o to junction of Ruisseau des Meurrissons with enemy front line trench inclusive.

4. The 305th Infantry will attack on our right and the 307th Infantry on our left.

5. (a) Boundary line between regiments within the brigade zone of attack: Boyau d'Erforth 98.8-6g.i to 305th Infantry; nose south of Barricade Pavilion 98.9-7o.8 to 305th Infantry; Barricade Pavilion to 305th Infantry.

(b) Boundary between brigades: junction of Rau des Courtes Chauss6es with the Biesme River 96.9-68. 1 ; from there junction of Ram des Meurrissons, enemy front line trench 96.9-69.2 to Fme-la- Mitte 96.9-7 1 - I to Fme-Madame 97.2-7 1 .9.

(C) CORPS OBJECTIVE: 00-1-73.0; 99.4-71.0; 98.9-70.9; 98.0-71.7; 97.0-72.2

(d) Regiments will attack in column of battalions in the following order:

3o6th Infantry: 1st, Battalion (Weaver)

3rd Battalion (Freeman)

2nd Battalion (Thacher)

305th Infantry: 2nd Battalion (Eaton)

1st Battalion (Metcalf)

3rd Battalion (Harris)

(e) The 2nd Battalion passes to Division Reserve and at H minus 4 hours will be behind the cliff on the road between Le Claon and Florent. Relief will commence at least 12 hours before H hour.

(f) The 1st Battalion will be moved at least 12 hours before H hour, to assembly position and directly behind the present front line trenches.

(g) The 3d Battalion will move at the same time to assembly position directly in rear of 1st Battalion, taking up position in the Ravin des Sapins.

(h) All elements of the 1st and 3d Battalions, known as the 1st and 2nd Line Battalions respectively, will be in advance of the line Chemin Gouraud 98.8-67.9 by H minus 4 hours. Necessary reconnaissance will be made at once.

6. (a) The guide will be center, the right flank of the 306th Infantry and the left flank of the 305th Infantry marching on Barricade Pavilion 98.9-70-8. The dividing line between regiments as given above, is the pivot on which ALL elements of this Corps swing to the right or left until the Corps objective is reached.

(b) The turning movement involved in this operation necessitates close attention of all concerned to the covering of the entire sectors of attack allotted. In case of doubt, commanders will take over any ground in question.

7. In view of the fact that the amount of cover for the 2nd Line Battalion after the Corps objective has been reached, will influence the 2nd Line Battalion's position, it is not possible to issue orders other than that the 2nd Line Battalion must be ready to advance from the Corps objective at H Plus 41/2 hours. The principle, however, to be considered is that unless exceptionally fine cover offers in the immediate vicinity, the 2nd Line Battalion will move through the leading battalion while on the Corps objective, leaving the leading, or 1st Line Battalion, to hold the position and to mop up the area within the Regimental sub-sector.

8. (a) Mopping up parties will be detailed from the 2nd Line Battalion Ord Battalion) for use until the Corps objective has been reached. Two platoons will be assigned to the 1st Line Battalion 1st Battalion) for this purpose.

(b) These mopping up parties will march in rear of the advance companies of the 1st Line Battalion.

(c) Definite limits for mopping up will be assigned to each mopping up party until the section of trench system is cleared. These parties should work from intersection of trenches.

(d) Each mopping up group to consist of 2 bayonetmen, 2 grenademen, 2 ammunition carriers and a noncommissioned officer who will be made responsible for the thorough cleaning up of his trench.

(e) On completion of their duties these mopping up sections will remain in position and reorganize the system for defense on arriving at the last trench of the Corps objective.

M Particular attention must be given to this mopping up work because of the vast number of dugouts. This especially must be carefully explained to the mopping up gangs.

(g) The mopping up parties will carry a greater proportion of the new gas hand grenades, to be used in underground shelters. Proper demand for surrender, however, should always be given.

9. TACTICAL DISPOSITION: (a) Attacking force will be disposed as follows: 2 companies in advance-2 mopping up platoons -2 Companies in support.

The use of the new hand and rifle phosphorous grenade will be studied for (a) blinding machine-guns and (b) for dispersing small bodies of troops waiting for the advance. They will also cover, to a great extent, the necessary cutting of wire in rear of the enemy's front lines.

(b) The advance companies of the 1st Battalion will move forward in small groups of squad columns, preceded by one or two scouts per group. These scouts will be accompanied by engineers in such quantity as the battalion commander deems necessary.

(c) The support companies will move forward in column of half-sections and platoons, staggered with deploying distance between each section and platoon. The 2nd Line Battalion Ord Battalion) will move forward in sections and platoon columns, staggered, 500 yards in rear of the leading battalion. This distance will not be taken up until the enemy's 1st line has been crossed by both battalions.

(d) In the support companies of the leading battalion (1st Battalion) special attention will be given to the location of rifle grenadiers and auto riflemen with a view to their effective action in the event of a temporary holdup.

(e) accompanying 75s: 2 75s will be placed under control of the leading battalion (1st Battalion) commander, for reducing machine-gun nests and other strong points. These guns will be moved forward in much the same manner as combat liaison group, one gun move forward and taking position, followed by the other in the same procedure. Perfect communication must be maintained at all times in the handling of these pieces, in order that enemy targets, which will present themselves, can be dealt with by direct fire with open sights. An artillery liaison officer has been directed to accompany the battalion commander of the leading battalion. The engineers assigned to each battalion are charged with building and maintenance of routes possible for the forward movement of the 75s.

10. (a) The Regimental Machine Gun Co. will be assigned to the leading battalion (1st Battalion) ; Company B, 305th M.G. Bn. to the 2nd Line Battalion Ord Battalion) ; and Company D, 305th M.G. Bn. to the 2nd Battalion (Division Reserve). Arrangements will be made beforehand between battalion commanders and Machine Gun Co. commanders concerned for a detail for the necessary carrying parties for assisting the machine-guns. These guns will be used as laid down in Combat Instructions, confidential, No. 1348, GHQ, AEF, Sept. 5, 1918.

NOTE: It is vitally essential that upon reaching the Corps objective, the machine-guns organize immediately to sweep and cross fire on the front.

(b) One 37mm gun will accompany each battalion. Three Stokes Mortars will follow the support companies of the 1st Line Battalion (1st Battalion). The C.O. Stokes Mortar Platoon will immediately confer with the C.O. 1st Battalion and arrange for carrying parties for necessary ammunition, and will be prepared to go into instant action in case of any holdup.

11. COMBAT LIAISON: (a) The C.O. 1st Line Battalion (1st Battalion) will designate one officer and one platoon of infantry who, with a section of machine-guns from the 305th Machine Gun Battalion designated by the Machine Gun Battalion Commander, will be used for combat liaison with the 307th Infantry. Immediately on receipt of this order this officer will report to the Brigade Commander for instructions.

(b) Liaison between the 306th and 305th Infantry will be maintained by two groups, each group consisting of 1/2 platoon of infantry and one section of machine-guns furnished by each Regimental Commander. The liaison group from the 3o6th Infantry will be detailed from the leading battalion (1st Battalion) and the machine-gun section from the 3o6th Machine Gun Company.

12. (a) Plans for communication, supply, evacuation of sick and wounded; (b) plans for liaison, will be published later.

13. EQUIPMENT: (a) Two days' rations, slicker, intrenching tools, canteen full of water.

(b) Bandoliers, grenades, supply of pyrotechnics, panels, flares, Very pistols, etc.

14. POST OF COMMAND: Division P.C.-PAU 96.2-65.5

153d Brigade P.C.-98.8-68. 1

3o5th Infantry P.C.-Noveau Cottage

99.5-67.9

3o6th Infantry P.C.-Head of Ravin des

Sapins 97.7-67-8.

The 3o6th Inf. P.C. will close at its present position, Camp Kopp, at 19 hr. and open its new position at the same hour, this date.

By order of Col. Vidmer. A. M. WOLFF

Captain, 306th Infantry

Copy to C.G. 77th Div. Adjutant

C.G. 153rd Inf. Brig.

C.O. 1st Bn.

C.O. 2nd Bn.

C.O. 3rd Bn.

C.O. M.G. Co. 3o6th Inf.

C.O. 305th M.G. Bn.

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The 2nd Battalion was ordered back to the vicinity of Le Claon to act as Division Reserve. The 1st Battalion was moved forward in front of Route Marchand on the late evening of the 25th, with the 3rd Battalion following in support. Major Power, who had commanded the 3rd Battalion from its organization, was here evacuated on account of serious illness, and Captain Freeman took com-mand. H hour was fixed for 5:30 on the morning of the 26th, and our jump-off line extended from Four de Paris on the left and joined with our companion regiment, the 305th, on the right. On the left was the 307th Infantry and between our Regiment and those on the right and left were placed combat liaison groups to keep up the perfect liaison which was to be necessary in penetrating the dense tangle in front.

On the early morning of the 26th the artillery preparation began and lasted for three hours, not only playing on those points marked on the map as strong points, support and reserve positions, but also blasting zones through the dense enemy wire which faced us.

Promptly at 5 :30 the 1st Battalion attacked, with the 3rd Battalion in close support, following a rolling barrage at the rate of 100 yards in five minutes. On any other ground, perhaps, troops might have followed the barrage at a normal rate, but little did we expect to find such a network of deep trenches with their multitude of dugouts, nor did we ever believe that there could possibly be such a dense tangle of barbed-wire. Practically no opposition was encountered going through the front line trenches with the exception of wire, the trees and the trenches. Fifty- four prisoners were sent back during the day. The advance was extremely slow, down one ravine and up another, and a gain of only two kilometers was made that day. The line for the night was established just north of the Four de Paris-Barricade Pavilion Road. Three machine-guns were captured and our losses for the day were 8 men killed, 3 officers and 15 men wounded.

At 3 o'clock on the morning of the 27th, the Colonel and his staff moved forward to the front line. Two companies of the 1st Battalion had become separated in the dense network of trenches and could not be found. The 3rd Battalion was moved up to the 1st. Staff officers and orderlies rushed about establishing the front line and trying to find the two lost companies, and as daylight appeared groups of the enemy could be seen across the little valley immediately to our front in the vicinity of Abri de St. Louis and St. Hubert's Pavilion.

The orders given on the 26th were to continue the attack. The advance of the 26th had not yielded satisfactory results. We wanted more ground, and although the front line had not yet been coordinated, Lieutenant Schaffner, of Company K, saw the enemy, and without waiting for support, attacked at St. Hubert's Pavilion. The staccato, rat-tat-tat of enemy machine-guns immediately sounded all along the sector and Boche artillery shells rained about us. Men fell, here and there, as, shrapnel pellets caught them, but nothing deterred K Company and after an hour of hand-to-hand fighting they succeeded in driving the enemy from their strong position. Again K Company distinguished itself when the Boche made three counter-attacks. It was, however, mainly because of Lieutenant Schaffner's courageous leadership that a machine-gun was silenced and many prisoners taken. Here the Germans, worked probably the wiliest trick ever played against the Regiment. A detachment approached K Company holding up their hands and crying, "Kamerad!" and when they had almost reached our lines the enemy attacking wave appeared behind them using pistols, rifles and hand grenades, which caused heavy casualties among our men. Lieutenant Schaffner ran for-ward, seized the Boche captain, shot him and dragged him back to the trench., His conduct was superb and greatly inspired his men. He very deservedly won the coveted Medal of Honor for his conspicuous gallantry. This was the first and only Medal of Honor won by the Regiment and no Medal of Honor man performed a more gallant act than that of Lieutenant Schaffner. The first Medal of Honor in the Division I Another honor for the "Three-Oh-Six." Lieutenant Kenyon came in for his share of glory on this same morning in leading his company against a counter-attack of the enemy in superior numbers. Although three times wounded, he remained with his company and carried the attack forward successfully.

Company K, however, could not hold its position without support. They had lost both officers and men in killed and wounded and the other companies of the two attacking battalions were not ready to go on. Machine-guns were rushed forward and, covered by bands of fire, the company dropped back in splendid order.

But a little later in the day the advance was taken up and the line was established for the night where the gallant fight had occurred in the early morning.

After his arrival at the front line on the early morning of the 27th, the Colonel immediately began reorganizing the attacking force. This reorganization had to be made during the darkness and before daylight. All of his staff and headquarters orderlies were kept busy taking messages to the two battalion commanders and pointing out positions. The reorganization took place in rear of the Colonel's command post and was done under extremely heavy artillery fire on the part of the enemy. As day began to dawn the enemy proceeded to rake the hill with machine-gun fire. Staff officers and battalion commanders urged the Colonel to move to the rear, but this he would not do and remained where he was between the lines until the attack had started. For this he was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Corporal Andrew J. Reilly, Company B, Corporal John Murdock, Company C, and Private Carl 1. Johnson, Company B, came in for special mention during the day. All three showed the greatest gallantry and bravery under intense machine-gun and rifle fire and individually distinguished themselves by heroic acts. Corporal Harry Yamin, Company B, also displayed exceptional bravery and courage at the beginning of the fight. He volunteered to cut the barbed-wire in front of his company and while performing this gallant deed received wounds from which he afterwards died. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. Lieutenant Charles S. Dennison, Sergeant Patrick Freeman, Company B, and Private Carl Johnson were also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extreme heroism during the attack on St. Hubert's Pavilion and Abri de St. Louis. With such examples before us we knew we could not be stopped. It was a case of "Suivezmoi."

Our losses for the day were 2 officers and 103 enlisted men wounded and 1 officer, 20 men killed.

During the 28th both battalions were brought up in line and extended in depth. Our sector had begun to widen and we had to cover it.

Due to the heavy undergrowth and the lack of paths or roads, the gain was slight. Constant machine-gun and artillery fire played on us during the day and our casualties were 10 wounded.

On the 29th the attack was resumed at 6 A.M., the 3rd Battalion in the lead, with B and K Companies in support. A, C, and D Companies were echeloned on the left to connect with the 307th Infantry. The battalion reached its objective at the crossroads at 11: 30 A.m. and here a halt was ordered by the Brigade Commander to permit elements of the 28th Division on our right and the I54th Brigade on our left to catch up with our line. Our casualties for this day were 4 men killed and 5 wounded.

On the 30th it was again necessary to establish liaison on our right and left. Now we began to find out how necessary is that close cooperation which must exist between commanders of units on the battlefield. The liaison between our Regiment and the 305th was perfect throughout the campaign. Sector lines between these two regiments were merely guides and we could always count on the interval, if any existed, being provided for whether orders were issued or not. Referring to the map showing the advance through the Argonne Forest, the left of our sector only is shown. It would be impossible to draw accurately our right sector line. The 305th and 3o6th cooperated so splendidly that such a line was hardly necessary. Where one part of the front was left open by one, it was immediately filled in by the other.

In reorganizing our lines during the day we lost 1 man killed, and 1 officer and 2 men wounded.

It is a matter of pride to here insert the following memorandum from the Corps Commander to General Wittenmyer, commanding our brigade: "I have never had any doubt at all about anything connected with the 77th Division, on account of its excellent liaison throughout, and also on account of its excellent manner in getting supplies up to the front."

On October 1st we advanced to Bois-de-la-Naza, where the Boche had set up a dense line of machine-guns. The resistance was exceedingly stubborn and, try as we' could, with our front covered by patrols, we could not penetrate this net. We now began to see the difficulties ahead. There were no longitudinal roads in the sector assigned to our regiment. Our food and other supplies had to be transported behind other units and brought in by hand. The enemy had opened diagonally crossing gaps through the forest, to cross which, we learned earlier in the game, it was necessary either to dash or to crawl on our stomachs, as all of these were well targeted by enemy machine-guns. On this day our losses were 6 men wounded and 5 men killed.

On October 2nd the 3rd Battalion took over the entire front line, but, try as we could, we could not make any advance in the face of the very heavy machine-gun fire from the front. On this day we lost 10, men badly wounded, 3 killed.

On the 3rd we again tried to penetrate this dense line of machine-guns and had 18 men wounded, 3 killed. The difficulty lay in locating any one machine-gun. The enemy had crossed their zones of fire perfectly and in attempting to, locate one we would receive flanking fire from another. The 1st Battalion was relieved and sent back to act as Brigade Reserve at Abri de Crochet and in the early evening the 2nd Battalion moved into position.

On the 4th the 305th took over the front line sector of the Brigade and the 3o6th were moved back 300 yards to act as Brigade Reserve, where it remained during the 5th and 6th. Casualties on the 4th: 3 men killed, 16 wounded. October 5th casualties: 1 officer, 47 men wounded, 2 men killed. On the 6th, 2 men killed, 2 wounded.

On October7th the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were moved into the front line at Bois-de-la-Naza, with the 1st Battalion in support. Practically no advance had been made since the evening of the 3rd. Casualties on the 7th: 1man killed, 1wounded.

After a strong attack on the 8th the Regiment advanced to the crossroads at La Viergette, coming under heavy machine-gun fire, but the lesson in regard to cover had been earned and our casualties were only 1 killed and 1 wounded.

On the morning of the 9th the 1st Battalion took the lead and the Regiment moved to the crossroads southwest of La Besogne. Here we lost 2 men wounded. The enemy was giving way. Our maps showed us that the Aire River was but a short distance to the front, with high hills and dense forest on its north bank. It took but a quick estimate of the situation to feel that they would drop back during the night to this almost impregnable position.

ST. JUVIN *

"The Corps Commander will accept no excuse if the town of St. Juvin is not taken by tonight. "-Verbal statement made to the Commanding General, 77th Division.

Although the driving force of this order, the meaning and significance of which no soldier can fail to recognize, was never communicated to the front line troops of the 3o6th Infantry, nevertheless the spirit which was in it animated the Regiment on that day, with the result that Company H (Captain Adler), 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry, with Company K (Lieutenant Pierce) and Company L (Lieutenant Fahr), 3rd Battalion of the Regiment, in support, captured St. Juvin, taking several hundred German prisoners. The order of the Corps Commander had been obeyed!

The terrain over which this severe and important action was fought was historic ground. From Fleville, on the extreme east, through La Besogne, St. Juvin, Chevieres and Grand Pre, runs a narrow road north of and following the windings of the River Aire through the valley dominated on the north by the hills above Champigneulle, Hill 182, and the still higher and densely wooded ridge of the Bois-de-Loges, behind which the heavier German artillery was located. From Fleville on the east to St. Juvin toward the west, the river valley is narrow and the ridge to the northward slopes steeply up several hundred feet. Slightly to the westward of St. Juvin, a picturesque hill-village which straggles upward from the Aire toward the lower slopes of Ute 182, the river valley broadens out near Chevieres and continues through flats and without cover to a point opposite Grand Pre, whose southerly edge borders the river.

This stretch of ground, and especially Grand Pre, has constituted an important gateway of the Argonne during a long period of French military history. General Dumouriez, one of the most brilliant of the French revolutionary commanders, in his Memoirs refers to Grand Pre as the "Thermopylx of France."

Almost directly opposite St. Juvin, on a jutting nose or "massif," as the French call it, is a high tableland at the foot of whose westerly slope nestles the little town of Marcq. This projecting and quite high tableland rises from a quarter to half a mile south of a northerly bend in the River Aire, directly in front of St. Juvin, and on October 14th was exposed to German artillery fire from the counterslope behind the heights of Champigneulle and the ridge of the Bois-de-Loges, as well as to German machine-guns located in the vicinity of the crest of Hill 18 2.

On October 10th the 1st Battalion (Major Weaver) and the 2nd Battalion (Major Thacher) of the 306th Infantry had successfully advanced on the line La Besogne to Grand Pre, the 1st Battalion attacking La Besogne, Marcq and Chevieres under heavy artillery fire. In the face of the advance of the 2nd Battalion (which was on the Tight of the 220th Regiment of French Infantry) a German general -headquarters had abruptly retreated from the chateau-farm of Le Noeud du Coq, three-quarters of a mile to the south-east of Grand Pr6. At the end of that day the 3o6th Infantry occupied the entire divisional front between La Besogne on the east and Grand Pr6 on the west, along the River Aire.

The Regiment was relieved by the I 54th Brigade at day-break of October 11th, going into support position south of La Besogne and remaining there the following day. On October 13th, pursuant to Operations Order NO. 46 of the 153rd Brigade, the 306th Infantry moved to an area about one kilometer west of Cornay, preparatory to attacking St. Juvin.

The Regiment thereafter occupied the extreme right of the 77th Division sector., To the eastward, or to the right, was the 82nd Division. To enable the 306th Infantry to attack St. Juvin, the left or westerly regiment (326th Infantry) of the 82nd Division was to side-slip to the right or eastward, thus uncovering the base of the massif or plateau-nose dominating Marcq and freeing the ground between that height and the southerly bank of the Aire for the advance of the 306th Infantry.

In contemplation of the attack, but before the brigade order had been received, Colonel Vidmer directed the laying out of liaison lines and the marking of routes for the attack. Captain Per Lee, a gallant officer of the 302nd Engineers, assured Colonel Vidmer that he was prepared to lay bridges across the stream as soon as the Regiment was ready to attack. However, no orders for the attack had been received even late on the night of October 13-14. The Regimental Commander went back to Brigade Headquarters so that immediate action could be taken when the Brigade Commander gave the word. The brigade order was finally received at 3:15 A.M. on the morning of October 14th. As the attack was to start at 8:30 A.M., little time remained to distribute orders to the front line battalions, and march them (from the forest south and back of Marcq, where they had lain on their arms during the night) to their attacking positions before 6:00 A.m. The regimental order, however, was promptly issued at 4:20 A.M., and in spite of the short notice, the battalions were in position for the jump-off at the time specified.

Promptly at 8 .30 A.M. the 1st Battalion (Major Weaver), supported by Companies E (Captain Johnstone) and G (Captain Bull) of the 2nd Battalion, moved due north from the westerly slope of the tableland overlooking Marcq, toward the river-bank immediately south of St. Juvin. Upon reaching the open space in the river-bottom south of the Aire, they were met with a heavy artillery barrage, machine-gun and rifle fire. Furthermore, they could not cross the river at that point, because the bridge was down and the river was not there fordable. Several attempts were made to pierce the German barrage, but each time the reinforced battalion incurred such heavy losses that finally, with seven officers listed among "killed," it sought cover and dug in immediately south of the River Aire to await a more favorable opportunity.

Colonel Vidmer, with Captain Costa de Beauregard and the Adjutant, Captain Wolff, had established a forward combat regimental observation post, dangerously exposed to the German fire, on the top of the projecting nose or massif overlooking Marcq to the westward and the narrow river valley of the Aire immediately to the north. In this exposed position Colonel Vidmer and his staff remained under heavy fire during the course of the attack.

The first word which the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion (Major Thacher) received from the 1st Battalion before its attack was launched, was a written request from Major Weaver asking that C.O., 2nd Battalion, send a third company to his support. By runner message, dated 6:02 A.M., 14 October, Major Thacher forwarded this information to the Regimental Commander.

With Companies E (Captain Johnstone) and G (Captain Bull) of the 2nd Battalion already constituting part of the 1st Battalion in the frontal attack, Major Thacher realized that to, send forward a third company might dangerously weaken the strength of the 2nd Battalion; he never-the less felt that an imperative request from the officer in charge of the front line of the attack, and for such an important purpose, should not be ignored, although the subsequent ability of the 2nd Battalion thereafter to "leap-frog" the 1st Battalion and carry on beyond the immediate objective of the 1st Battalion might thereby be seriously limited. F Company (Captain Patterson) was therefore promptly pushed forward, slightly to the right or eastward of the projecting plateau or massif facing St. Juvin. Thereafter Major Thacher, accompanied by his adjutant, Lieutenant Sutherland, and Captain Turnbull of the Machine Gun Company, then attached to the 2nd Battalion, proceeded to the west face of the height overlooking Marcq to observe, if possible, the effect of the heavy fire of about sixty machine-guns, massed upon St. Juvin by Lieutenant Colonel Campbell, Division Machine Gun Commander, and also the movements of the 1st Battalion. These troops were not then visible from this position. Later these officers moved easterly to the battle observation post of Colonel Vidmer, and the C.O. 2nd Battalion described the condition of the attack as he knew it, and the situation of Companies E, F and G of his battalion.

Thereafter, Major Thacher returned with Captain Turnbull, Lieutenant Sutherland and a runner, descending the steep northeasterly face of the tableland in order to look for possible shelter for H Company (Captain Adler) and the remaining troops of the 2nd Battalion along the base of the massif. Finding an excellent position for this purpose, he ordered the remaining units of the 2nd Battalion and the Machine Gun Company brought forward to a position along the easterly side of the base of the tableland, in readiness to advance later if the reinforced 1st Battalion could gain ground in its frontal attack. The position almost completely sheltered this portion of the 2nd Battalion, as the general line or drift of the German fire came from a somewhat northwesterly angle, principally from the direction of the Bois-de-Loges, against which the bulk of the forward slopes of the massif afforded excellent protection.

To ascertain, if possible, the difficulties encountered by the 1st Battalion, Major Thacher then proceeded alone to make a reconnaissance between the projecting tableland and the River Aire, which developed the fact that to push additional troops toward the front line of the 1st Battalion at this point could not make such a frontal attack successful. It is believed that due to this thorough reconnaissance the attack later carried out met with such marked success. Major Thacher examined this exposed position until he was thoroughly familiar with the ground south of the Aire and the possibilities of fording the, river under the protection of a wooded bend in the river about 1,000 meters to the eastward of St. Juvin. (For this action he later received the Distinguished Service Cross.) He then returned to the easterly side of the massif, there meeting Captain Adler, the battalion adjutant, Lieutenant Sutherland, and Captain Turnbull of the Machine Gun Company, with the troops which they had brought up. It was evident that St. Juvin could not be taken by frontal attack, at least until the counter-battery work of the American artillery had substantially silenced the German batteries, which was not then the case-the German fire continuing steadily.

A runner was then sent forward, over open ground, swept by heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, to request Captain Bull to report to the Battalion Commander to determine whether it would be possible to side-slip G Company to the right, and cooperate with H Company in the flank attack on St. Juvin from the east, which Major Thacher then decided to make. Captain Bull reported that, in his opinion, his company was in too exposed a position to make it possible to extricate it from the 1st Battalion attack and move it eastward, across the field of the enemy's fire, without such serious losses as would practically destroy its ability to support the attack of H Company. It was therefore decided not to attempt this dangerous maneuver.

As the two officers were discussing the situation a machine-gun bullet chipped the top of Captain Bull's left ear and, as he turned to go back to, his company, another bullet slit the back of his coat for about six inches, just missing his spine. He seemed to bear a charmed life and returned safely to his company.

Shortly afterward the deaths of Lieutenant Gregory, G Company, the gallant Hayes of F Company, Harkins of E Company, Sweeney of Company A, and Crandall in command of the 37mm gun were reported; besides the deaths of numerous men. A heavy price was being paid in the frontal attack, showing that a flank movement was the only hope of taking the town.

Major Thacher then sent a runner with a message to Captain Freeman, C0. 3rd Battalion, requesting the loan of two of his companies to support the 2nd Battalion in a flank attack on St. Juvin from the east. These companies were generously and promptly furnished.

Major Thacher sent for Captain Adler to give him orders for the attack. The two officers stood together in open ground near a tree and saw not only through their field-glasses but with the naked eye, the left flank of the 82nd Division bending back before the German attack. Major Thacher instructed Captain Adler first, if necessary, to throw back the German attack which was pressing the extreme left flank of the division on his right and then to pivot to the left and attack St. Juvin. This operation meant entering the sector of another division, but the frontal attack could not succeed and it was necessary to take St. Juvin before a bridgehead could be established across the Aire.

The attacking force, led by H Company less one platoon which earlier in the morning had been attached to the 1st Battalion as stretcher-bearers, launched the assault shortly before two o'clock in the afternoon. A pair of machine-guns from the 305th Machine Gun Battalion under Lieutenant Andre was attached to H Company for the attack. The company moved out with two, platoons in front and one platoon in support, over exposed ground, and very shortly were met by an extremely heavy enemy artillery fire. There was about 500 yards of open ground to cross before shelter from a fringe of trees growing near the riverbank could be gained. During the advance one platoon of the company was so badly shot up that it never crossed the river. At this point the river divided into two streams, both of which were fordable, and the remainder of the company, now well under cover, found little difficulty in getting across to the opposite bank.

While in the midst of the river on the heavily wooded island formed by these two streams, the company was reorganized and it was found that approximately 60 men had reached this point, plus Lieutenant Andre and one of his two machine-guns. Bayonets were fixed on this island shelter and, coming out again into the open as the second of the two stream-branches was forded, the company met no resistance and carried out its earlier orders of sharply pivoting to the left. The town was entered at 3:45 P.M. with little resistance, and as the mopping up of the houses and cellars began, the enemy hiding in these places appeared and surrendered in scores. They seemed to take it for granted that a large force had captured the town and were content to lay down their arms without further resistance.

Captain Adler, accompanied by Lieutenant Andre and one orderly, proceeded through the town to Hill 182 and suddenly came upon about 150, of the enemy on the crest of the Hill. This small detachment of Americans opened fire and evidently gave the impression that they were the point of a much larger force. Within a few moments Corporal Terpenning joined the fire fight with a squad of automatic riflemen, and a little later Lieutenant DeWitt with a small detachment of H Company, who had been mopping up, appeared and many of the enemy were killed or captured. Pursuit was kept up until the small detachment of H Company reached the crest of Hill 182.

After H Company had disappeared behind a clump of trees in its advance to ford the Aire, K Company (Lieutenant Pearce) and L Company (Lieutenant Fahr) of the 3rd Battalion reported to the C.O., 2nd Battalion, the arrival of their companies-Captain Freeman having acted with his usual vigor and promptness. They were immediately given their orders-"to support H Company, especially its right flank and, after crossing the river, to take and occupy Hill 182." As these companies pushed forward to the attack under the direction of the C.O. 2nd Battalion, Captain Wolff, Regimental Adjutant, came up with a verbal order from Colonel Vidmer that the 2nd Battalion should attack St. Juvin on the east flank. Major Thacher pointed out that this attack was already launched and requested that this be reported to the Regimental Commander. From different positions, the necessity of a flank attack had become evident to both officers at practically the same time.

Captain Turnbull's Machine Gun Company and Battalion Headquarters also advanced, the flank attack quickly causing the German artillery to switch its fire more to the eastward from the ridges between Champigneulle and the Bois,-de-Loges, striking the advancing troops somewhat on their left flank as they crossed the open ground to the Aire, and inflicting numbers of casualties. This attack also re-lieved the pressure on the left flank of the division to the right.

While Major Thacher and Captain Turnbull were observing the advance of K and L Companies, shells began to fall among the men of the advance platoons, killing and wounding a number. The cries of the wounded were pitiful and Captain Turnbull started forward to render assistance to them among the bursting shells. He was, however, ordered not to go forward by the Battalion Commander, who feared that further loss of officers might jeopardize the attack and interfere with the advance of the machine-guns. But for this enforced restraint Captain Turnbull would undoubtedly have been decorated for his brave effort.

After crossing the Aire, at a point about abreast of a culvert running under the Fleville-St. Juvin road, some 1200 meters east of St. Juvin, the C.O. 2nd Battalion over took Companies K and L of the 3rd Battalion (supporting H Company) and directed them to attack and occupy Hill 182, which they afterwards did, Captain Adler directing L Company to place itself in the abandoned German trenches near the crest of that hill. Captain Adler then proceeded to reorganize his own company-finally collecting 26 men -and took position on the road leading north of St. Juvin with his left on the east side of the town.

Altogether some 350 prisoners were taken by the Regiment from the town of St. Juvin. Some were sent south across the river directly to Regimental Headquarters, but the majority were sent under cover along the road leading southeast into the sector of the 82nd Division, which took charge of them.

Captain Adler, Privates James Sullivan and Joseph Ver-cruysse, of Company H, displayed such extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin that they were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Corporal Vincent P. Zielinski, of Company B, and Corporal Henry B. McPherson, of Company C, were also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for distinguished gallantry when the 1st Battalion was held up at the river-bank. Lieutenants Ralph E. DeWitt, Richard R. Blazer, 1st Sergeant Daniel J. Patterson, Sergeant George C. Hoffman, Corporals Willis S. Desmond and Theodore B. Terpenning, Privates Samuel Rappaport, Walter J. McClenahan, Brink W. Burdick, Philip A. Dolan, Joseph M. Dolan, John G. Bartsch, George G. Alger, Ormy Goddard, Joseph Buchfelder and Joseph But-ler, of Company H, all played their part in the history of the Regiment during the attack on St. Juvin, with marked courage and gallantry. They aided greatly in the capture of the town and prisoners.

Sergeant George James, of Company 1, risked his life in the protection of three platoons of his company.

Back at Regimental Headquarters the shelling was intense. Colonel Vidmer was accompanied only by his adjutant, Captain Arthur M. Wolff, and his liaison officer, Captain Costa de Beauregard. Captain Wolff was badly gassed and although he fainted from exhaustion three times during the night of the 14th, he remained on duty and it was not until the Regimental Commander found him unconscious that he was sent to the rear. It was necessary to keep liaison with Brigade Headquarters through our rear echelon and as all the wires were cut by artillery fire as soon as repaired, communication was at a standstill until Captain Costa de Beauregard gallantly volunteered to act as runner. He seemed to bear a charmed life, for twice he walked unconcernedly through the heavy barrages put down in rear of Regimental Headquarters. For this act he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Shortly after the advance of Companies K and L, 306th infantry, in the direction of Hill 182, Company H, 305th Infantry (Captain Dodge), having crossed the river to the eastward of the 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry, proceeded along the northerly side of the River Aire, between that stream and the Fleville-St. Juvin highroad. This strip of ground was under quite sharp shell fire. The men of this company were dangerously bunched in places after getting across while their own company commander was directing the balance of the company across the stream. Captain Bennett, Adjutant of the 153rd Infantry Brigade, cutting across the stream ahead of Company H, 305th Infantry, placed himself ahead of this company and facing them; by walking backward (with his back uncomfortably turned toward the German shell fire) and using arm-signals, he succeeded in spreading out these troops into extended order, thus greatly reducing casualties from the enemy artillery. It was a valuable and spectacular service, requiring coolness and courage. The C.O. 2nd Battalion informed Captain Dodge, 305th Infantry, that H Company, 306th Infantry, was then in St. Juvin, that 1, Company had been ordered to occupy Hill 182 and suggested to Captain Dodge that he should advance and support Captain Adler in cleaning up St. Juvin. This was done and H Company, 305th Infantry, took up a position slightly north and west of St. Juvin.

Continuing along the road to St. Juvin, the P.C. of the C.O. 2nd Battalion was established on a ledge and counter-slope about So feet above or north of the highroad and about 200 meters from the easterly edge of the town, the battalion adjutant joining Captain Adler, who located H Company north of St. Juvin, and L Company (Lieutenant Fahr) farther up the slope of Hill 182, in the abandoned German trenches near the crest.

In a message, dated 9:13 P.m., from C.O. 2nd Battalion to the Regimental Commander, Major Thacher stated that the company commanders of such units of the 306th Infantry as had then crossed the river had reported to him, that the position had been organized, and giving the disposition of the companies. The principal strength of the Regiment was placed to the westward in order to guard against the danger of a left-flank counter-attack by the Germans at that point, owing to the inability of the 307th Infantry to get a battalion across the Aire, west of St. Juvin.

The message also stated: "A machine-gun nest in St. Juvin reported yet to be mopped." It also advised "accurate and dangerous shelling of town and valley and this north counterslope overlooking road" and concluded with the statement that the writer was "in close touch with Gen'l Smedberg."

About midnight 14-15 October, acting Brigadier General Smedberg, 305th Infantry (who on the evening of the 14th October had crossed the Aire and established his P.C. in the stream-bed immediately above the culvert crossing the F1eville-St. Juvin road, about 1200 meters east of that town), sent for Major Thacher and advised him of the proposed continuation of the advance of the 153rd Brigade at 7:30 A.M. on October 15th. While these officers and Captain (Major) Duncan Harris, 305th Infantry, were discussing the details of the next day's advance, the German artillery laid down very heavy shell fire from over the ridge near Champigneulle, many shells falling near Colonel Smedberg, who was seated with his back against the river-bank. Leaning forward in order to hear what was said, made a small opening behind his back, just as a heavy shell burst near them, throwing a large splinter behind Colonel Smedberg, so close that it tore the back of his coat but did not wound him. Picking out the fragment of shell, he continued the discussion as if nothing had happened.

During the night the enemy kept up a fairly heavy shell fire, with some gas, and early on the morning of October 15th, began a very heavy bombardment of our positions preparatory to a counter-attack.

This created a new situation and caused the cancellation of Operations Order No. 47 of the 153rd Brigade, which contemplated a resumption of the attack at 7:30 A.M. on October 15th.

The enemy shell fire was heavy and accurate, striking on the slopes of Hill 182 to the eastward and south and finally concentrating heavily upon the ground between the Landres St. Georges road and the Fleville-St. Juvin highway. This H.E. shell fire, together with some gas shells, began to creep forward to the southward, evidently ahead of the attack of the German infantry, with the result that a number of shells, both high explosive and gas, pounded upon the narrow shelf where the P.C. of the 2nd Battalion was located and also along the stretch of meadow immediately south of the Fleville-St. Juvin highway. Had it not been for some recent rain which had softened these fields, troops exposed along the highway would have sustained heavy losses. The effect of the explosion of the heavy shells in the muddy fields was interesting and spectacular: so soft was the ground that the shells did not explode on contact, but only after they had buried a few feet in the mud. The result was that geysers of mud, stones and some water were shot a hundred feet or more in the air by the explosion of each shell.

During this bombardment and shortly before 8: 00 o'clock that morning, the attention of the C.O. 2nd Battalion and other officers at the Battalion P.C. on the shelf immediately above the St. Juvin-Fleville road, about 200 meters to the eastward of St. Juvin, was attracted by a red star shell shot up from a direction roughly west by south of that P.C., from what appeared to be an embankment immediately south of St. Juvin. At the same time they could see with the naked eye and also through their field-glasses, four or five German machine-gunners trying to set up a machine-gun on this embankment with the evident intention of enfilading from the rear the troops located along the St. Juvin-Fleville highroad. Within five minutes after the red star shell had gone up, doubtless as a signal from the German machine-gunners to their artillery, enemy shells ceased to fall within an area approximately 200 meters in diameter from the position of the German machine-gun. It was a skillful and courageous piece of signal liaison between the gun crew and the German artillery. The C.O. 2nd Battalion at once gave orders to Captain Turnbull of the Machine Gun Company, then attached to the 2nd Battalion and who was at the Battalion P.C., to open fire upon the German machine-gun before it could be set up and fired. This order was carried out by one of the machine-guns located on the Battalion P.C. shelf. Runners were also immediately sent with orders to the Captains of F and M Companies, located along the highroad, to send platoons to attack the German machine-gun before it could be laid and fired. Captain Patterson pushed forward with a platoon of F Company and by these means the German gunners were shot down in their position before they could open fire. When the German machine-gun had been put out of action and all but one of the gun crew killed, a white star shell was shot up, probably by the survivor; and within five minutes of that time the German artillery fire again fell over the area surrounding the German machine-gun position, recently freed from such fire by the red star shell signal. It was a brave sacrifice to efficiency based upon the highest degree of discipline.

The German counterattack was made by the 210th, 211th and 212th German Infantry Regiments of the 90th German Brigade of the 45th Reserve Division, which had been driven out of St. Juvin on the afternoon of the 14th with heavy losses in killed and prisoners-the 211th German Infantry, whose sector had included St. Juvin, having lost nearly one-half its strength during the attack of the 306th Infantry.

The German counterattack was, however, successfully repelled by the 77th Division north and west of St. Juvin and by the 82nd Division on its right.

The relief of the 3o6th Infantry took place very late on the night of 15-16 October, the delay being partially due to the heavy shelling inflicted upon regiments of the 78th Division as they marched from Fl6ville in order to make the relief of the 77th Division around St. Juvin.

The relief was reported as complete to the C-O-, 306th Infantry, at 3:30 A.M., 16 October, and the 78th Division officially took over the entire sector then occupied by the 77th Division at 6:oo o'clock the same morning.

Some idea of the desperate fighting at St. Juvin is given by the casualty list for the period from the morning of the 14th to the late evening of the 15th. The Regiment lost 7 officers and 37 men killed, 4 officers and 213 men wounded.

A tiresome and leg-weary march of the exhausted troops of the 306th Infantry from St. Juvin to Cornay, and thence to Camp Buzon, then began. The men had had little to eat for nearly two days and had been through a severe engagement, sustaining numerous losses and casualties. One of the pathetic sights as the units moved toward Fleville from St. Juvin was Corporal Boriskin of the 306th Infantry, who was being carried on a stretcher to a support dressing station; he had been mortally wounded in crawling out under heavy fire the day before to rescue and give first aid to, a wounded German major lying in front of the American lines on the slopes of Hill 182. It was one among many fine acts done that day and fully justifies the statement contained in General Alexander's Memoirs: "I wrote a letter of commendation to the Commanding General)153rd Brigade, more especially for the brigade and specifically for the 306th Infantry, the unit which had done the work and paid the price therefor."

Turning north on their march toward Camp Buzon, the 306th Infantry marched slowly up the steep winding hill to the heights of Cornay. For nearly a, mile along the left-hand side of the road, like shocks of corn and in many places only three to four feet apart, lay hundreds of the dead German infantry who had been caught in the deadly sweep of the American H.E. and gas shell fire a few days before, all lying with their faces to the westward-they had gone on their last journey.

We reached Camp Buzon for a much-needed rest on the 16th. From the night of the 13th, when the Regiment was moved forward preparatory to the attack, until noon of the 16th, when we reached our rest camp, not an eye had closed. Since entering the Vesle Sector on August 12th, with the exception of four days, the Regiment had been on the move or facing the enemy sixty-five days. The officers and men were exhausted and it was with heartfelt thanks that we received the news that we were to remain here for two weeks to catch up on sleep and a much-needed rest. The day we arrived in Camp Buzon the following order was read to us:

Headquarters, 77th Division, A.E.F.

General Orders 14th October 1918

No.

1. The Division Commander congratulates most heartily the troops of this Division upon the successful result of the operations of the 14th of October. A difficult night march was involved to place the 53rd Brigade in the proper position for attack, which march was accomplished, the attack made and the objective set for the day's effort successfully reached. In the course of the operations a large number of prisoners, including officers of superior rank, were taken by the 153rd Brigade.

This success, coming as it does in the course of a campaign which has already lasted eighteen days, made under circumstances which have tested to the limit the skill, courage and endurance of officers and men, demonstrates once more the indomitable spirit and courage of this Division. The Division Commander, reiterating the commendation already twice made by the Corps Commander of the work of this organization, feels that it is indeed an honor to him to command such troops.

ROBERT ALEXANDER,

Major General, Commanding.

The endorsement by the Brigade Commander on the Regimental Commander's report on the two days' fighting was as follows:

H. Q. 153rd Inf. Brigade, A.E.F., 22 Oct. 1918. To Commanding General, 77th Div.

Forwarded. The Brigade plan of attack called for the main attack to be made by the 3o6th Infantry, supported by the 305th Infantry. The attack was carried out as planned, and practically all of the fighting was done by the 306th Infantry, which captured the town and assisted in mopping up.

E. WITTENMYER,

Major General, U.S.A.

The Division was utilized at Camp Buzon as Corps Reserve and every four days we were put on the alert in instant readiness to move on receipt of orders. Again we received replacements and merged them into the Regiment.

It was during this rest that we lost our gallant and much -loved Brigade Commander, who had commanded us from the first days at Camp Upton. We were extremely fortunate in having as his successor Colonel Smedberg, who had commanded the 305th Infantry from its inception and whose regiment had worked in such close teamwork with us during our war experience up to this time. He now received his well-merited star.

While we were at Camp Buzon Major Thacher was ordered, first to hospital in Paris, and then to the United States to help train the incoming divisions. His loss was greatly felt by us all. He had been of inestimable help during our organization, and had shown himself a brave, loyal soldier and a leader of men.

THE 306th remained in Camp Buzon until October 31st, when all of the officers who had been granted three days' leave during the two weeks' rest period reported for duty. On this day we received orders to march to a position just south of St. Juvin and act as Brigade Reserve. During our two weeks' rest the troops which had taken over the position left by us on the night of October 15-16 had not advanced. On our march to the front it was again brought forcibly to our attention that another big offensive was in prospect. On every side could be seen camouflaged artillery in large groups, all aimed north. The battalions were echeloned in depth with about 200 yards distance and each occupied a position behind a succession of small hills.

Early on November 1st the ball opened, with the artillery fire very similar w that which we had heard on the early morning of September 26th. The 305th, in our front, advanced to the vicinity of Champigneulle, which was strongly fortified with machine-guns. The 78th Division, on our left, was making a vigorous attack against Bois-de -Loges; but the resistance was so heavy that they were not able to push through. The enemy was using the road through Champigneulle as a line of retreat and this was the key of the position. The attack continued throughout the day, but in the late evening the 305th found they could not crack the nut.

At ten o'clock that night Colonel Vidmer was called to Brigade Headquarters and placed in command of the Brigade. Again the Colonel decided to leave the Division sector and, writing a hasty note to the commanding general of the left brigade of the 80th Division on our right advising him of his intentions, he gave orders to the 306th to cross the Aire River east of the town of St. Juvin and during the night to take up a position behind the woods just south of Alliepont, preparatory to jumping off at daylight directly against the town of Verpel. Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin took command of the Regiment. The 1st Battalion was ordered to keep contact with the 305th on its left, and the 3rd Battalion went in to the right of the 1st; the 2nd Battalion following in support.

The advance started in perfect order at 7:15 on the morning of the 2nd. The town of Verpel had been heavily bombarded at the start of the attack and no halt was made by the 3rd Battalion when this town was reached. The 1st Battalion captured 16 prisoners in their mopping-up process. The 3rd Battalion pushed on at full speed through the town of Thenorgues, which was captured about noon. Nothing could stop the gallant Freeman with his 3rd Battalion. Again he pushed on, through the left edge of the town of Buzancy and changed direction against Bar, where he arrived at dark. Outposts were thrown out to the north of Harricourt and patrols sent into the town of Autruche. The depth of the advance for the day was 91/2 kilometers. Three machine-guns and two anti-tank guns were captured. Brigade and regimental command posts moved up to the town of Thenorgues.

We were delayed in starting the attack on the morning of November 3rd, waiting for the 1st Battalion to come up, but at 10 o'clock the attack proceeded in a northerly direction. The towns of Fontenoy and St. Pierremont were taken, and the front line pushed on to the town of Oches, where it arrived late in the afternoon. Here we met a hail of machine-gun fire, with its accompanying artillery support, and the line was taken up on the south and east of the town, where we dug in for the night. The depth of our advance was 61/2 kilometers and 16 prisoners were taken. We lost but three men wounded. Three 5.9 howitzers, eleven 77s, three trench mortars and one machine-gun fell to us that day. On the night of the 3rd the regimental command post moved up to Fontenoy.

It was on this day that Sergeant George H. Stang and Corporal William McCrane, of Company M, displayed great bravery in the advance on St. Pierremont. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire they went to the aid of a wounded comrade and brought him back to cover.

On November 4th the 307th Infantry went through our front line to, continue the advance, and the 3o6th, although in support, lost two men killed and twelve men wounded.

Colonel Vidmer was replaced in command of the Brigade and returned to the Regiment. Brigadier General Lenihan had been sent up to replace General Smedberg.

No advance was made by the 307th during the 4th, and on the early morning of the 5th it side-slipped to the left and our regiment took over the Brigade sector for the continuation of the attack-the 3rd Battalion on the right, the 1st Battalion on the left, and the 2nd Battalion in support.

The Boche were breaking and here our cavalry Colonel with great persuasive powers induced the new Brigadier to lend him all the mounts of the Brigade Staff. Finding some men who could ride, he put twenty of these men under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin and Lieutenant Ellsworth, giving them orders to proceed in extended order and without caution toward the town of La Besace.. Commands pertinent to the maneuvering of a large cavalry force were to be called loudly during the advance of this detachment. Whether this maneuver had any effect on the retreating force is not known. It would be extremely interesting to secure the notes of some German officer who commanded the rear-guard of the retreating enemy. In any case, when the Colonel arrived in his car accompanied by the new Brigade Commander, they found that La Besace had been evacuated by the Boche, who had taken up a strong position in the hills about one-half mile north.

It was during this advance that Lieutenant Ellsworth secured the much-coveted Cross by charging the enemy lines with a small patrol and developing their machine-gun fire to such an extent that he was able to give the most valuable information of the enemy's position when the Colonel arrived. Colonel Benjamin received for his part of the day's work a well-merited citation.

The Colonel's chauffeur, Color Sergeant Doxie, the Bri-gade sergeant major, and the Colonel proceeded in the direction of the advancing regiment, met them in the forest just south of La Besace and pointed out the dispositions to be made. The 3rd Battalion came up about five o'clock in the afternoon and immediately took up a defensive position.

For two, hours it held the front line alone. It had made a record advance. The 1st Battalion had been delayed by intense artillery fire in the woods at Franclieu and did not extend the line to the left in front of La Besace until late that night. The depth of our advance had been six kilometers. We had taken two 8" howitzers, one 6" naval gun, three light trench mortars and one heavy trench mortar, but we had lost nine men killed, and two officers and thirty men wounded. The regimental marker was prominently displayed in the little plaza of the town only a few minutes after the arrival of the Colonel and our airplanes came to our assistance. Two of our planes were shot down between the lines, and here the proverbial nerve of the American aviator was exemplified. Taxi-ing their planes about to face the enemy they turned loose with their machine-guns until we could put down a barrage of machine-gun fire in front of them to secure their retreat to our lines.

On the 6th the 305th went through our lines after we had taken up the advance. We followed in close support, losing one man killed and six wounded.

On the 7th, in close support of the 305th, we watched the 305th reach the Meuse River, the long-looked-for objective, and that night went into bivouac in and about the evacuated German hospital just west of Autrecourt. We lost one wounded. During the night elements of the 1st Division bivouacked with us and were fed by us from a stock of German cabbage, potatoes and small crackers found in large quantities about the hospital.

On the 8th the regimental command post was moved to Raucourt and the Regiment was echeloned in depth for the organization of this sector. The Regiment was bivouacked in Bois-de-Yoncq. On this date we lost one man wounded.

On the 9th the Regiment was concentrated in Raucourt, to be deloused and refitted; and here they remained until the Armistice at 11 o'clock on the 11th of November.

On the late afternoon of November 2nd, Lieutenant Czak had bivouacked the animals of the supply train in an abandoned church in Thenorgues. He had discovered some hay and the animals were in very bad condition. Here was a chance which he was not going to overlook. During the night the Boche sent some heavy shells in through the windows of the church and killed or disabled thirty-five of the animals. From then on until after the Armistice the Regiment was without its supply train.

After leaving La Besace large fields of growing cabbage were seen on all sides and our men proved to be good foragers. It was rare to see a man who was not supplied with at least two, heads, of cabbage. It did not, however, prove to be the best food for us, for on the morning of the 11th, when the World War ended, almost the entire Regiment was disabled by dysentery and diarrhea.

The Regiment had been accustomed for so long to the constant crash of shell fire and the drumming roll of machine-guns that the strange silence of Armistice Day seemed unreal. War had become the only reality; the men of the Regiment, who but a brief year before had been following a hundred varied civilian occupations, were now veterans, of some of the fiercest fighting in France. We had come a long way since those days at Camp Upton; those of us who, had doubted ourselves had been proved amidst the thunder of guns and had not been found wanting. We could take just pride in the achievements of our Regiment, knowing that the old "Three-Oh-Six" had done its bit well.

During the, advance since the 1st of November numerous instances of gallantry and courageous conduct were noted. Captain Robert P. Patterson, Lieutenants Raymond Berkman, W. H. Arnold, Owal C. Painter and James N. Henry, Sergeants Fred J. Godbaut, Company E, and Charles A. Robinsky, Headquarters Company, must especially be mentioned for their coolness and courage, and for their extraordinary devotion to, duty while under severe fire and under most trying circumstances.

And here we, must pay a tribute to that quiet and unassuming, loyal and faithful Chaplain Thomas J. Dunne, the one chaplain among the many we had assigned to us who had joined us at Camp Upton and had administered to us throughout all the campaigns. Disregarding his own safety at all times, he went to the assistance of the wounded and the dying and administered to them in their extremity. His splendid and constant bravery and seeming indifference to, his own safety were a continuing inspiration to every man of the Regiment and served to build up a fine sense of duty and soldierly obligation in the organization. "God bless him."

Our total casualties since September 26th had been 9 officers and 107 men killed, 13 officers and 522 men wounded, 3 officers and 42 men gassed, 24 men accidentally wounded and 75 men missing.

On November 12th, the "big show" over, the Regiment started for the rear, and that night reached St. Pierremont; but here orders were changed. Several divisions were to be sent into Germany and our regiment was detailed to hold a part of the line while these divisions were refitted and ready to go forward.

On the 13th the regimental command post was moved to Beaumont, and on the 14th to Luzy on the Meuse River. The 1st Battalion was in the vicinity of Luzy, the 2nd Battalion at Autreville, the 3rd Battalion at Luzy; and we remained here until the divisions designated for Germany moved through the lines.

It took us some time to realize that the war was really over; not until we took up the sector along the Meuse and faced a strangely silent "enemy" did we fully comprehend that the "Minnies" and the "cans," the grenades and the enfilading fire of machine-guns would speak to us no more. No Man's Land was still desolate and scarred by battle, but no longer dangerous; the nights were no longer livened by alarms; the excitement of the days was limited to "chow." It was a strange aftermath to fierce fighting.

During these four days the sentinels on our outpost line were in close contact with those of the enemy. There is no "official information" on the subject, but it is commonly rumored in the Regiment that Iron Crosses and canteens of coffee were mutually exchanged. The war was over, so what difference did it make? The Boche had proved himself a hell of a fine fighting man!

On the 18th we started our sixty-mile. march back to our rest and training area, passing through the towns of Bar, Fleville, La Chalade, Les Islettes, Chehery, Le Neufour, Triaucourt, Br,izlau, Auzecourt, Ville-aux-Vent, Valcourt, Arnancourt, Baudonvilliers, Bielly, Colombey, Colombey-des-Deux-P-glises, where the 1st Battalion arrived on the 4th of December. On the same day the Regimental Head-quarters was established at Juzennecourt, the 2nd Battalion at Sexfontaines, and the 3rd Battalion at La Chapelle. The 306th remained in these billets until March 1st, 1919.

The men were at once deloused and refitted, lost equipment was replaced, and billets were renovated and put in first-class order. The cry now was, "When do we go home?"

The war was over, but little did we understand the problem which now faced the staff of the S.O.S. Ships had to be made available and France had over two millions all voicing the same cry. There is an old saying in the Regular Army, "Work a soldier or he will work you"; and this must have been the basis on which the training section at General Headquarters scheduled the work which we underwent during the three months we were in these billets. Drills became the order, each detail had to be perfect. Every staff officer had to inspect. Maneuvers were on the program. We hated it, and at that time we did not see the necessity for it; but now as we look back on this period we can understand how bored, dissatisfied and impatient we would have been if G.H.Q. had not kept us busy. Wise men, those Black Braids I

On December 15th Colonel Vidmer was detailed to, Paris to start the organization of a new section of the General Staff and then we lost the man who had been the first officer of the 77th Division to arrive at Camp Upton and prepare for our reception, the man who had organized us, trained us and had fought with us from the beginning to the end without the loss of a single day.

After Colonel Vidmer's departure, the Regimental Head-quarters, remained at Juzennecourt until February 18th. Then, for another two months-months of that cold, rainy French winter-Headquarters was at Grez-en-Bourre. At last, on April 16th, the long aftermath was over, and the Regiment, which had been selected to return to the United States on the same transport with the Division Commander, General Alexander, and his headquarters, moved to Brest. We sailed from Brest on April 19th on the Mt. Vernon. We were crowded and cramped aboard ship, but no longer were there orders to "Douse that glim," or "You can't sleep there, soldier I" And we did not mind discomfort, for we were going home I

The Mt. Vernon docked in Hoboken-good old Hoboken in the early morning of April 25th, and the Regiment was immediately sent to, Camp Mills, where it remained until the day of the Seventy-seventh Division parade. We had known we were home when we had seen the Statue high above the harbor; we had known we were back in

"God's country" when the skyline of Manhattan took shape out of the morning mist. But not until the Seventy-seventh Division paraded up Fifth Avenue did we really under-stand how much it meant to be back again, and how glad New York and the nation were to have their own return.

The "Three-Oh-Six" bivouacked in the 71st Regiment Armory the night before the parade; and on May 6, 1919, as a part of the Seventy-seventh Division, we marched up the Avenue from Washington Square to 110th Street. It was a fitting finale to the days of work and training at Camp Upton, the weeks of fighting in France, and the waiting -the long waiting-in between. All of New York was there, a million people marshaled in precise rectangles on the sidewalks, a million more straining behind police lines a block away. For forty-five minutes as the Division marched past in mass, formation, Fifth Avenue was "a river running bank-full with olive drab and steel." Forty-five minutes of cheering, of bands and songs and smiles and tears-and then at 110th Street General Alexander, with long-stemmed roses across his saddle-bow, fell out of line to take the Division's last salute. . . . The war was really over. . . .

That was our day of glory, and the rest-like the long wait in France-was aftermath.

Following the parade, the Regiment broke into two groups. Those men who had been trained at Camp Upton were sent back to that old familiar "city of barracks," while the Regiment's replacements who had been drawn from all over the country were first returned to Camp Mills and then sent back to cantonments in different parts of the nation for demobilization. There was little time lost in those last few days of the life of the 306th Infantry. Hearty handclasps, "So long's" and brief farewells. . . . Hurried departures. . . . Men all over the country going back to civilian life.

On May 9, 1919, the "Three-Oh-Six" officially went out of existence. But its traditions and its achievements and the memory of those who died in France live on.

AWARDS TO MEMBERS OF

THE 306TH INFANTRY

MEDAL OF HONOR

FIRST LIEUTENANT DWITE H. SCHAFFNER

Company K. Near St. Hubert's Pavilion, Boureuilles, France, September 28, 1918.

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy near St. Hubert's Pavilion, Boureuilles, France, September 28, 1918. In com-mand of Company K, 306th Infantry, he led his men in an attack on St. Hubert's Pavilion through terrific enemy machine-gun, rifle and artillery fire and drove the enemy from a strongly held intrenched position, after hand-to-hand fighting. His bravery and contempt for danger inspired his men, enabling them to hold fast in the face of three determined enemy counterattacks. His company's position exposed to enemy fire from both flanks, he made three efforts to locate an enemy machine-gun which had caused heavy casualties in his company. On his third reconnaissance he discovered the gun position and personally silenced the gun, killing or wounding the crew thereof. The third counterattack made by the enemy was initiated by the appearance of a small detachment advancing well in advance of .the enemy attacking wave, calling as they advanced, "Kamerad." When almost within reach of the American front line the enemy attacking wave behind them appeared, attacking vigorously with pistols, rifles, and hand grenades, causing heavy casualties in the American platoon holding the advanced position. Lieutenant Schaffner mounted the parapet of the trench and used his pistol and grenades with great gallantry and effect, killing a number of enemy soldiers, finally reaching the enemy officer, a captain, shooting and mortally wounding the latter with his pistol, and dragging the captured officer back to the company's trench, securing from him valuable information as to the enemy's strength and position. The information so secured enabled Lieutenant Schaffner to maintain for five hours the advanced position of his company despite the fact that it was surrounded on three sides by strong enemy forces. The undaunted bravery, gallant soldierly conduct, and leadership displayed by Lieutenant Schaffner undoubtedly saved the survivors of the company from death or capture. Residence at appointment: Falls Creek, Pa.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS

COLONEL GEORGE VIDMER

Near Zube, France, September 27, 1918, and St. Juvin, France,

October 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Zube, France, September 27, 1918, and St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918. By his personal presence, example, and determination he repulsed strong counterattacks and drove the enemy from important positions north of Zube. On October 14 he personally directed the attack of his unit and carried it forward to a successful conclusion under heavy machine-gun, rifle and artillery fire. Address: Care of The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C. Entered Military Academy from Alabama.

MAJOR JULIUS OCHS, ADLER

At St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918. Accompanied by another officer, Major Adler was supervising the work of clearing the enemy from St. Juvin when they suddenly came upon a party of the enemy numbering 150 Firing on the enemy with his pistol, Major Adler ran toward the party, calling on them to surrender. His bravery and good marksmanship resulted in the capture of 50 Germans, and the remainder fled. Residence at appointment: New York Times, New York, N. Y.

MAJOR ARCHIBALD G. THACHER

At St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action against St. Juvin, France,

October 14, 1918. While commanding the 2nd Battalion in a

flank march across the Aire River, Major Thacher, acting with the greatest gallantry and with utter disregard for his own safety, personally made a reconnaissance in the face of heavy hostile machine-gun and shell fire, well in advance of his battalion, thereby saving his command from heavy losses. It was due to his thorough reconnaissance that his subsequent successful attack on this strong hostile position was consummated. Residence at appointment: 49 East 51st Street, New York, N. Y.

CAPTAIN ROBERT COSTA DE BEAUREGARD

23rd Infantry Regiment, Territorials, French Army, attached to

3o6th Infantry, 77th Division, United States Army. At St. Juvin,

France, October 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918. When communication with the forward observation post was broken and no runners were available, Captain de. Beauregard voluntarily carried a message to the observation post through intense shell fire, displaying great bravery and coolness, and succeeded in reestablishing communication with the regimental post of command. Next of kin: Comtesse Robert Costa de Beauregard, 6 rue La Tremoille, Paris, France.

CAPTAIN BRADFORD ELLSWORTH

Near La Besace, France, November 5, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near La Besace, France,

November 5, 1918. He displayed great courage by leading a mounted reconnaissance patrol a kilometer in advance of our lines, developed the enemy's line by drawing fire from his machine-guns, and remained under this heavy machine-gun fire until the emplacements had been located. Residence at appointment: Yale Club, New York, N. Y.

CAPTAIN ROBERT P. PATTERSON

Near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Captain Patterson, accompanied by two non-commissioned officers, made a daring daylight reconnaissance into the enemy lines. He surprised an enemy outpost of superior numbers and personally destroyed the outpost. Later he again had an encounter with another outpost, during which several of the enemy were killed or wounded and one member of his patrol wounded. The enemy advanced their outposts, and Captain Patterson covered the retreat of his patrol, during which he dropped into a depression and feigned being killed in order to escape capture. Here he lay until he was able to escape to his lines under cover of darkness. Residence at appointment: Glens Falls, N. Y.

CAPTAIN HERMAN EDWARD STADIE

At Ferme-des-Dames, west of Fismes, France, August 20, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at Ferme-des-Dames, west of Fismes, France, August 20, 1918. While the vicinity of the regimental command post where he was stationed was under heavy bombardment, Captain Stadie, without thought of personal danger, voluntarily ran outside through shrapnel and high- explosive shells, and rescued a wounded runner. Address: Care of The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C. Residence at appointment: 2564 Creston Avenue, New York, N. Y.

FIRST LIEUTENANT THOMAS J. DUNNE, Chaplain

During the Meuse-Argonne offensive.

For extraordinary heroism in action during the Meuse--Argonne offensive. While a crossroads was being heavily shelled by enemy artillery and after several men had been killed and others wounded, Chaplain Dunne, utterly disregarding his own safety, went to their assistance and ministered to them. He constantly exposed himself to the heaviest fire in order to assist the wounded men of his regiment, at all times displaying heroic conduct and superb devotion to his duty. His splendid and consistent bravery and contempt for his own safety was a continuing inspiration to every man of his regiment and served to build up a fine sense of duty and soldierly obligation in the organization. Residence at appointment: 405 West 125th Street, New York, N. Y.

FIRST LIEUTENANT MICHAEL JOSEPH HAYES*

At Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918, and St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918.

For repeated acts of extraordinary heroism in action at Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918, and St. Juvin, France, October 14, 1918. On August 14 Lieutenant Hayes led a patrol of five men in broad daylight and without any cover attempting to rescue his company commander, who had fallen wounded near a German machine-gun nest. Failing to find the wounded officer, he crawled to within twenty yards of the post, attacked it with great dash and gallantry, inflicting a number of casualties in spite of heavy fire from enemy machine-guns and hand grenades. On October 14 this officer led his platoon forward into the attack with energy and courage, in the face of heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. In the face of direct fire from enemy machine-guns upon his platoon, disregarding his own personal safety, he went forward to reconnoiter and to find cover for his men from which to continue the attack. In the performance of this courageous enterprise he was killed by machine-gun fire. Residence at appointment: 9214 Empire Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

FIRST LIEUTENANT THEODORE S. KENYON

In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He displayed exceptional qualities of leadership and gallantry in action while leading his company against a counterattack of the enemy in superior numbers. Later, although three times wounded, he remained with his command. Residence at appointment: 321 West 82nd Street, New York, N. Y.

FIRST LIEUTENANT CHARLES O'BRIEN

Near Le Cendriere Woods, near the Aisne Canal, France, September 6, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action in Le Cendriere Woods, near the Aisne Canal, September 6, 1918. Lieutenant O'Brien

Posthumous award. led his platoon forward toward Le Cendriere Woods under heavy shell fire. When wounded in the left leg, one of his men urged him to stop and have the wound dressed. He answered, "Never mind that; they can't stop us!" and led his platoon through the woods to the bank of the Aisne Canal, where, while placing his men in position, he was struck again and killed. His dauntless courage presented an inspiring example to the men of his platoon. Residence at appointment: 44 N. Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

FIRST LIEUTENANT PHILIP K. ROBINSON

Near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10, 1918. The 3rd Battalion, 3o6th Infantry, having relieved another regiment in a position in front of Mont Notre Dame, it was reported that wounded members of the organization relieved were in the Bois-de-Cendriere in front of the position occupied by the 3rd Battalion. Lieutenant Robinson, together with a non-commissioned officer and a private of his battalion, volunteered to search the wood and proceeded on his hazardous mission crossing an open field, a distance of six hundred yards, under direct observation of the enemy and under a concentration of heavy machine-gun and artillery fire. Finding several wounded men, he assisted them to return to their own lines, undoubtedly saving their lives. The extraordinary heroism and soldierly devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Robinson greatly inspired the men of his battalion. Residence at appointment: 802 Mason Street, Green Bay, Wis.

FIRST LIEUTENANT PAUL KRUSA ROTH

Near St. Thibaut, Bazoches, France, September 10, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near St. Thibaut, Bazoches, France, September 10, 1918. Constantly exposed to a terrific concentration of enemy machine-gun and shell fire, without regard to his own safety, he voluntarily and unassisted rescued five badly wounded men of his regiment, carrying each man upon his back for a distance of one hundred and fifty yards, at all times under observation of the enemy occupying the town of Bazoches. His heroic conduct served as an impressive example to every man of his regiment. Residence at appointment: 421 Seventh Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

SECOND LIEUTENANT CHARLES S. DENNISON

In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918-

For extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He was in command of a patrol sent out in the afternoon to locate a machine-gun nest. In the course of this operation he received a severe wound, but after reporting the location of the machine-gun nest at company head-quarters he immediately returned to the vicinity of the machine-gun nest and spent the greater part of the night searching for a member of his patrol who was missing. Although he was suffering severe pain from his wounds, he refused to go to the first-aid station before the missing soldier was found. Residence at appointment: 2288 Elm Street, Denver, Colo.

FIRST SERGEANT HERMAN M. SELL

Company A. In Le Cendriere Woods, near Vauxcere, France,

September 6, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action in Le Cendriere Woods, near Vauxcere, between the Vesle and the Aisne, France, September 6, 1918. Sergeant Sell volunteered to deliver a message of great importance to his battalion commander after six runners who had been sent with the same message failed to return. He voluntarily crossed six hundred yards of open field swept by shell and machine-gun fire, reached his destination, accomplished his mission, and returned to his company with information of vital importance. Residence at enlistment: Jackson Avenue, Seaford, N. Y.

SERGEANT GEORGE W. BEATTY

Medical Detachment. At St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918-

For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. He went forward to dress the wounds of

an officer who could not be brought in because of the exceedingly heavy machine-gun fire, his bravery being instrumental in saving the officer's life. Throughout the entire day this soldier worked tirelessly at the dressing station under heavy shell fire until he was completely exhausted, showing a persistent devotion to duty. Residence at enlistment: 1462 S. Sherman Street, Denver, Colo.

SERGEANT PATRICK FREEMAN

Company B. In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27,

1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He displayed exceptional courage and bravery while leading his platoon against enemy machine-gun and trench-mortar positions and putting them out of action. Although wounded, this soldier remained on duty with his platoon, killing and capturing several of the enemy and finally occupying part of the hostile trench. Residence at enlistment: 458 East 140th Street, New York, N. Y.

SERGEANT GALBRAITH WARI) *

Company M. Near Mont Notre Dame, France, September io,

1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10, 1918. Voluntarily accompanying an officer and enlisted man of his battalion in a search of the Bois-de- Cendriere for the survivors of a battalion which had been relieved from its position in the line, he crossed an open field under terrific enemy fire a distance of six hundred yards under constant observation of the enemy, sought and found several survivors, and led them back to his own lines. Sergeant Ward was severely wounded in the performance of this hazardous deed and died of pneumonia shortly after. Residence at enlistment:1018 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y.

CORPORAL PATRICK J. CARROLL

Company F. Near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Corporal Carroll led a patrol of five men to the rescue of his company commander, who was lying concealed within twenty yards of an enemy machine-gun nest. He advanced through the intense machine-gun fire to the enemy's position and, although wounded in nine places, returned to his lines with important information. Residence at enlistment: 158 East 102nd Street, New York, N. Y.

CORPORAL PETER FINUCANE

Company F. Near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. He voluntarily exposed himself to intense enemy machine-gun and artillery fire, crawling forward, in company with four other men of his company, in search of their wounded company commander, who had fallen a short distance in front of his company's position. After a fruitless search for the wounded officer the patrol engaged the nearest enemy post and in a fight with hand grenades destroyed it. Corporal Finucane then assisted a wounded comrade to return to his own lines. The heroic conduct of Corporal Finucane greatly encouraged the men of his company, inciting them to heroic endeavor. Residence at enlistment: 43o East 137th Street, New York, N. Y.

CORPORAL HENRY B. MACPHERSON

Company C. Near St. Juvin, France, October 16, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 16, 1918. He volunteered repeatedly during the attack on St. Juvin to carry messages through a severe enemy barrage. Throughout the action this soldier showed entire disregard for personal danger and a devotion to duty far beyond the scope of his position, accomplishing several important missions with success. Residence at enlistment: 431 Rockland Street, Abington, Mass.

CORPORAL ROBERT A. STRAUB

Company F. At Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Voluntarily joining a daylight patrol seeking information as to the strength and positions of the enemy which was attacked about one hundred yards beyond its own lines by an enemy hostile post of seven men. The enemy was immediately attacked from the rear, several of the men killed and the survivors scattered. A moment later another enemy post was attacked and in hand-to-hand fighting Corporal Straub killed one of the enemy and was himself badly wounded. Although unable to walk and under heavy fire from nearby enemy posts, Corporal Straub dragged himself to his lines and gave valuable information as to the disposition of the enemy forces. Residence at enlistment: 6 Hamilton Terrace, New York, N. Y.

CORPORAL AARON YAMIN

Company B. In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27,

1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He displayed exceptional bravery by volunteering to cut a strip of enemy barbed-wire to make an opening for his company, which was at that time under heavy fire from artillery and machine-guns. In performing this mission this soldier received wounds from which he afterwards died. Residence at enlistment: 322 East 101st Street, New York, N. Y.

CORPORAL VINCENT P. ZIELINSKI

Company B. At St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. He volunteered and carried a message of vital importance in connection with the capture of St. Juvin through an intense artillery barrage, displaying courage and per-sistent devotion to duty. Residence at enlistment: 112 Gorski Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS THOMAS ARSENAULT

Company G. Near Bazoches, France, August 27, 1918-

For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 27, 1918. With an utter disregard for his personal safety, Private Arsenault rescued a wounded officer and carried him across an area swept by a withering machine-gun fire to a dressing station, preventing the capture of a wounded man by the enemy. Residence at enlistment: Newcomb, N. Y.

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JOHN DUFFY

Company F. At Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. Voluntarily joining a daylight patrol seeking information as to the strength and positions of the enemy, which was attacked about one hundred yards beyond its own lines by an enemy hostile post of seven men. The enemy was immediately attacked from the rear, several of the men killed and the survivors scattered. A moment later another enemy post was attacked and in hand-to-hand fighting, Private Duffy killed one of the enemy and was himself badly wounded. Although unable to walk and under heavy fire from nearby enemy posts, Private Duffy dragged himself to his own lines and gave valuable information as to the disposition of the enemy forces. Residence at enlistment: 722 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS RICHARD Foy

Company F. Near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 14, 1918. He voluntarily exposed himself to intense machine-gun and artillery fire crawling forward in company with four other men of his company, in search of their wounded company commander who had fallen a short distance in front of his company's position. After a fruitless search for the wounded officer, the patrol engaged the nearest enemy post, and in a fight with hand grenades destroyed it. Private Foy then assisted a wounded comrade to return to his own line. The heroic conduct of Private Foy greatly encouraged the men of his company, inciting them to heroic endeavor. Residence at enlistment: 495 St. Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS CARL I. JOHNSON

Company B. In the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27,

1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action in the- Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. He displayed exceptional bravery in volunteering to cut the enemy's wire and thereby make it possible for his company to advance upon the enemy. In performing this invaluable service he repeatedly exposed himself to heavy fire from enemy machine-guns and was severely wounded. Residence at enlistment: 460 Fifty-fourth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD F. SCHMITT*

Company L. Near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10,

1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Mont Notre Dame, France, September 10, 1918. Voluntarily accompanying an officer and non-commissioned officer of his battalion in a search of the Bois-de- Cendriere for the survivors of a battalion which had been relieved from its position in the line, he crossed an open field under terrific enemy fire, a distance of six hundred yards, under constant observation of the enemy, sought and found several survivors and led them back to his own lines. The heroic and soldierly conduct of Private Schmitt and his devotion to his comrades greatly inspired the men of his battalion. Private Schmitt was later killed in action while gallantly fighting with his battalion in the Argonne Forest. Residence at enlistment: 22 Rex Place, Buffalo, N. Y.

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JAMES SULLIVAN

Company H. At St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism, in action at St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. This soldier fearlessly entered a dugout in which he knew there were Germans singing, and single-handed captured 20 prisoners. Residence at enlistment: 333 East 41st Street, New York, N. Y.

PRIVATE JOSEPH FRANCE BROWN

Company K. Near the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27,

1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near the Forest of Argonne, France, September 27, 1918. During an attack on the trenches held by his company, Private Brown found an automatic rifle which had been abandoned by a wounded soldier. Though he was unfamiliar with the operation of the weapon, Private Brown opened fire on the enemy with it, killing two of them, and thereby making possible the escape of three of his comrades who had been captured by the enemy. The remainder of the hostile force was driven off. Residence at enlistment: Hogansburg, N. Y.

PRIVATE WILLIAM C. EVANS

Sanitary Detachment. Near Bazoches, France, August 27-28, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action near Bazoches, France, August 27-28, 1918. This soldier showed extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty by attending to wounded without rest or relief, under heavy shell fire, until he fell unconscious from exhaustion. He remained at work for two days and a half under circumstances which called for the greatest determination and courage. Residence at enlistment: Plainsville, Pa.

PRIVATE SING KEE

Company G. At Mont Notre Dame, France, August 14-15, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at Mont Notre Dame, west of Fismes, France, August 14-15, 1918. Although seriously gassed during shelling by high explosive and gas shells, he refused to be evacuated and continued, practically single-handed, by his own initiative, to operate the regimental message center relay station at Mont Notre Dame. Throughout this critical period he showed extraordinary heroism, high courage, and persistent devotion to duty and totally disregarded all personal danger. By his determination he materially aided his regimental commander in communicating with the front line. Residence at enlistment: 61 Bayard Street, New York, N. Y.

PRIVATE GROVER C. SULLIVAN

Company L. At La Besace, France, November 5, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at La Besace, France, November 5, 1918. He displayed rare bravery and devotion to duty by remaining on duty after being seriously wounded during a heavy artillery bombardment and giving first-aid treatment to five severely wounded comrades. Residence at enlistment: Elm Street, Norwood, N. Y.

PRIVATE JOSEPH VERCRUYSSE

Company H. At St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action at St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. He volunteered and carried a message to supporting troops through an intense artillery barrage, displaying courage and persistent devotion to duty. This message was of vital importance in connection with the capture of St. Juvin. Residence at enlistment: 1723 Forty-first Street, Oakland, Cal.

WILLIAM SHEFRIN *

Cook, Company C. In the Ravin de l'Homme Mort, near Vaux-

cere, France, September 5, 1918.

For extraordinary heroism in action in the Ravin de I'Homme Mort, near Vauxcere, between the Vesle and Aisne Rivers, France, September 5, 1918. After both of his feet had been blown off by a bursting shell Cook Shefrin, although mortally wounded, coolly directed the work of rescuing and caring for other wounded men of the kitchen detachment who had been wounded when his transport was struck. Residence at enlistment: 210 Seventeenth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

COLONEL GEORGE VIDMER

For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. As commander of the 3o6th Infantry, he demonstrated marked ability as a military leader. His sound judgment and tireless energy were largely responsible for the successes which his regiment gained in its operations against the enemy. Address: Care of The Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C. Entered Military Academy from Alabama.

ROSTER, 306TH INFANTRY

COMPANY A

Captain Henry E. Montgomery, 2nd

Captain Hamilton H. Paterson

First Lieutenant Matthew J. Harkins

First Lieutenant Donald McClure

First Lieutenant John F. R. Packard

First Lieutenant Herman E. Stadie

First Lieutenant John L. Sweeney *

Second Lieutenant John B. W. Bankston

Second Lieutenant Edwin R. Dwelle

Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Fennessy

Second Lieutenant P. Edward Mendenhall

Second Lieutenant Albert F. White *

Abrial, Roland Corporal

Adams, Lawrence W .......... Private

Alfin, Julius.......................... Private

Allen, Francis E . .................Private

Allred, Leland S ................. Private

Alphin, John W . .................Private

Alteri, Frank .......................Private

Anderson, Broi * ................Private

Anderson, Carl A . …….....Private

Anderson, Earl R . ..............Private First Class

Anderson, George R . …….Private

Anderson, Haakon …….....Private

Anderson, James ................Private First Class

Anderson, Nels W . ...........Private

Anderson, William R . ........Private

Arbuckle, Joseph W . .........Private

Askin, John J . ....................Private

Assiante, Michael ...............Private First Class

Aures, William A . ..............Private

Averett, Thomas .................Private

Ayers, Clifford................... Private

Baer, Joseph ......................Private First Class

Bagley, James A ............... Corporal

Balchunas, Frank ...............Private

Bane, Ardle....................... Private

Banks, Millard P .............. Corporal

Barbieri, Andrea * .............Private

Barry, Timothy J . ..............Private

Barveld, Leo .......................Private

Bauer Charles * ..................Private

Beavers, Newton................. Private

Beek, John ...........................Private

Belhurneur, Donatian * ..........Private

Bender, Victor G . ...............Sergeant

Bennett, Allen ………..........Private

Benson, Roy L . .................. Private

Beard, August E. ..................Private

Berka, Otto P L ..................Supply Sergeant

Bezief, Abraham ..................Private First Class

Bigler, Harry F .................... Corporal

Bishop, George W . ..............Private First Class

Bivens, Walker .....................Private

Blewett, James L . Private

Bligh, Harold A . Private

Bloom, William J . Private

Blust, Albert J . Private

Boeddinghaus, Walter E . Sergeant

Boitano, Louis F . Sergeant

Bolatto, Albert Private First Class

Bond,john A . Private

Borst, Albert H . Private

Bowman, James F . Private

Boykow, Ernest Mechanic

Briggs, Charles R . Cook

Britt, Joseph E . Private First Class

Brizee, Lorenzo Private

Brocoli, Felice ............ Private

Brogan, Joseph P . Private

Brower, Bertram H . Private

Brown, Homer C . Private

Brusca, Pasquale Private

Bump, Orlos Private

Burke, John Private

Burnham, Huston Private

Campbell, Niel Private

Candiello, Vincenzo Private

Capelle, Rudolph * Private

Cappelin, Andrew Private

Carpenter, John J . Private First Class

Carroll, Michael Private

Castelucci, Sebastiano Private

Chelberg, James F.* Private

Clark, John L . Private First Class

Clevinger, James W . Corporal

Cohn, Jack .......................... Sergeant

Colgan, George J . Sergeant

Comer, Michael * Corporal

Comerford, John P . Private

Compton, Paul D . First Sergeant

Connolly, Daniel M . Sergeant

Connor, John R . Mess Sergeant

Cooper, Percy A . Private First Class

Corley, John Private

Corley, Leo Private

Courtwright, Wilbur A.* Private

Cox, Ingle W . Private

Crimmins, Lawrence Corporal

Crittenden, F. E . Corporal

Croft, Alexander M . Private

Cullen, Michael Private

Curley, Joseph A . Private First Class

Custer, Cal H . Private

Damato, Anthony* Private

D'Ambra, Giachino Private

Dansbury, Lercy C . Private

Demers, Adhemar Private

Dempsey, Edward J. Private First Class

Deshlevy, Nick Private

Desourdy, Leo Private

Dietz, William F . Private

Di Giovanni, Anthony Corporal

Doerheim, John Private

Donat, Arthur R . Private First Class

Dove, Floyd L . Corporal

Duhamel, Come * Private

Dumais, Elzear Private

Duncan, Almer Private

Dunkin, Ernest 0 . Private

Dunn, James B.* Private

Eades, Charles W . Private

Eckel, George H . Private

Egan, Peter A . Private

Eisenberg, Abraham Private First Class

Eklund, Charles W . Corporal

Elliott, Harley R . Private

Falck, Arthur Private

Faris, Price M . Private

Farley, Tomas C . Private

Farrell, Patrick * Private

Fay, Edward F . Private

Ferry, Bertram Private

Filby, Edgar 0 . Private

Fisher, Kenneth D . Sergeant

Fishman, William Sergeant

Forester, Albert Mechanic

Frederickson, Dublin Private

Gadry, Albert L . Sergeant

Galaska, Stanislaus Private

Gartland, John V., Jr . Corporal

Gatto, Sisto Private

Gazerro, Giovanni * Private

Gehreitz, Augustine * Corporal

Gentili, Severino Private

Gessner, Mike Cook

Ghitti, Alfredo * Private

Girome, Joseph Private

Glass, Alfred Private

Glennon, James J . Bugler

Gluchowsky, Victor Private

Goldberg, Bertram Private

Golden, William H . Private

Goldner, Jacob * Corporal

Goldstein, Jacob Private

Gottheim, Harry Private

Graham, Hugh H . Private

Green, Tyler H . Private

Gregoire, Edward J . Private

Griffith, Jesse E . Private

Grosse, Frederick B . Sergeant

Gurley, William S . Private

Hagen, LeRoy Private

Hall, William J . Private First Class

Hamilton, Coin Private

Hanson, Peter, Jr . Corporal

Harris, George S . Private

Hartmann,. Albert Private

Hastings, Albert R . .Private

Hatt, Daniel B . Corporal

Haverly, Howard G . ..Private

Hayes, Ralph E . Mechanic

Haeney, Thomas Sergeant

Heller, Abraham I . Sergeant

Hibpshman, Joseph E. ..- Private First Class

Hill, George S . Sergeant

Hirschfield, Emanuel Private

Hoffstetter, Roy F . Corporal

Holland, Leo Private First Class

Hollingshead, Leonard Private

Howe, David Private First Class

Hunt, John T . Private

Idem, William . Private

Ignatowski, Walter Private

Jacob, Isidore Corporal

Jacobs, Edward M . Private

Jacobs, Louis L . Private

Jacoff, William Corporal

Jaconne, Murphy Private

Jamison, Mark Private

Johann, Joseph R . Private First Class

Johnson, William E . Private

Johnson, William J . Private

Jolicauer, Williarn* Private

Jones, Jere Private

Jones, Levi Private

Kaish, Morris J . Cook

Kalb, Phillip .....Private

Kaltzow, Adolph Private

Kazlauskas, Vincent Private

Kelimmer, Bernard Private

Kelly, Jack J . Cook

Kennedy, Clifton L . Private

Kenny, Richard Private First Class

Kettas, Angel Private

Khedishian, Aaron Private

Killinger, Clifford A . Cook

Krocki, Michael Private

Kulakowski, Barney Private

Lake, George H . Corporal

Landolfi, Louis Private

Larrabee, William G . Corporal

Latkovis, John Private

Lawrence, Benjamin E.* Private

Leech, George B . Sergeant

Leone, Pietro Private

Lewis, Harry P . Sergeant

Lewis, Hugh E . Sergeant

Linehan, Daniel J . Private

Longo, Alley Private

Longo, Anthony Private

Longo, Francisco Private

Looney, Cornelius Sergeant

Loporchio, Pasquale Private

Loughran, John A . Private

Lovell, Egbert Private

Lusthoff, Charles F . Private

McDougal, James Private

McGrath, Bernard Private First Class

McGuire, Eugene J . Private

McMurty, Edward F . Corporal

McNair, Benjamin F . Private

McQuillen, Henry Corporal

Mager, Francis J . Private

Mahoffey, Roy L . Private

Manciny, James Private

Manning, Stephen Private

Marcellino, Thomas I Private

Marcott, Wallace Corporal

Markes, Lawrence W . Sergeant

Marshall, Grover L . Corporal

Masters, Walter E . Private

Mastrantonio, Antonio Private

Mechanic, Bernard .Corporal

Meister, John C . Private

Meyers, John H . Private

Milan, Thomas Private

Miller, Gabriel E . Private

Miller, Stephen Private

Minor, John M . Private

Montgomery, James T . Private

Moore, Estes I Private

Moss, John Private

Mottley, James F . Corporal

Muller, Arthur J . Private

Muritora, Sebastina Private

Neff, Arthur F . Private

Neville, John Private First Class

Nicharos, Louis Private

Nicolella, Giovanni Private

Nugent, Frank Corporal

Oberg, Harry C . Private

O'Brien, Daniel J . Private

O'Connor, James M . Private

Pagano, Thomas Cook

Panifilio, Prudenta Private

Paradisi, Nazzareno Private

Park, Charles L . Private

Patterson, Charles J . Corporal

Pavlopoulos, James G . Private First Class

Peloquin, Adlelard Private First Class

Pempsell, Joseph J.* Private First Class

Perry, George W . Private First Class

Peterson, Peter Corporal

Petrillo, Aniello . Private First Class

Piastri, Iginio Private

Picollo, Bartollo Private

Pilewicz, Adam Private

Press, Isador Private

Proper, Everett J . Corporal

Przemielewski, Vincent Private

Puck, Lawrence Private First Class

Putman, Giffie B . Private

Regan, William P . Private

Reilly, Thomas F . Private First Class

Renbas, John Private

Resnick, Max Private

Ricco, Tony Private

Rickard, Joseph D . Private

Rigg, Elwell V . Private

Rigney, Peter Private First Class

Robitaille, Eugene Private

Rokas, Frank Private

Ross, Edward H . Private

Rubine, Herman Private

Rusnak, John Cook

St. John, Harold Corporal

Salmanowitz, Benjamin Private First Class

Sanders, Beverly C . Corporal

Sanzone, Frank Private

Satterfield, Wavy L . Private

Scarlato, Nicola Private

Schlageter, Louis F . Corporal

Schreiner, Hugo Private First Class

Schroeder, John H . Private First Class

Schutt, Frank Private First Class

Schweizer Jacob Bugler

Scoma, Thomas A . Private

Scott, George W . Private

Seligson, Hyman Private

Sell, Herman M . Sergeant

Sell, William F . Corporal

Sharp, Darrel S . Private

Sheild, Keith T . Sergeant

Shevlin, Peter Private

Shufelt, Raymond E . Private

Silverstein, Ira Corporal

Sindlinger, William D . Sergeant

Sippel, Edward Private

Smith, James F . Private

Smith, Michael Private

Sojda, Carl Private

Spargo, George B . Private

Stach, Arthur 0 . Private

Straus, Charles Corporal

Strauss, Arthur Private First Class

Strokofsky, Jacob Private

Sturm, Fred Private

Suck, Stephen P . Private

Swift, Ira W . Mechanic

Teofolo, Matteo * Cook

Terris, Edward Private First Class

Tinervia, Salvatore Private First Class

Tisdale, Arthur J.* Private

Tomaszewski, Anthony Private

Toothman, Okey E . Private

Tornetta, Charles S . Corporal

Tremblay, Joseph A.* Private

Turner, William J . Private

Vereiko, Mike Private First Class

Wagner, Theodore Private

Wald, Ruben Private

Walsh, Edward S . Sergeant

Walters, James A . Private

Weber, William H . Private

Weiss, William Private

Whalen, Thomas E . Private

Whitaker, William T . Private

White, Delbert H . Private

White, Frank Private

Wicker, Max Sergeant

Wisniewski, Bronis Private

Wolaski, Henry* Private

Wolfe, Theodore E . Private

Wong, Leong Private First Class

Yerk, Charles J . Cook

Zaniewski, Lucien Private First Class

Zickl, George L . Private

Zirin, Daniel Private

Zirinski, Louis .........Private

COMPANY B

Captain A. R. Crippen

Captain Theodore S. Kenyon

First Lieutenant Frank M. Eliot

First Lieutenant H. Elbert Foster, Jr.

First Lieutenant Clifford Hendel

First Lieutenant Andrew J. McLean

First Lieutenant Robert L. Payne

Second Lieutenant Grosvenor Ball

Second Lieutenant Frederick L. Edwards

Second Lieutenant J. P. Feeney

Abelov, Samuel S . Private

Allison, Montgomery C . Private

Amcil, Louis S . Private

Anderson, Charles G . Private

Anderson, William M . Private

Aragon, Manuel Private

Auer, Lawrence J . Private

Augustine, Stanley B . Private

Avitable, Tony Private

Bailey, William P . Private

Baker, Thomas Private

Bartenbach, John Corporal

Bauer, Louis Private

Bence, John C . Corporal

Bender, Daniel W . Private

Benson, Harry Private

Benson, Leonard C.* Private

Beranski, John Private

Berentsen, Olaf A . Cook

Bergeson, Clarence H . Private

Bernier, John Private

Berry, Hugh J . Private First Class

Bertuica, CamelIo Private

Bevacqua, August Private

Beverage, Coy D . Private

Bifulco, Gennaro Private

Birmingham, Archie A . Private

Blahak, Joseph A . Private

Blanchard, Alphege Private

Blumer, Christof Private

Bodin, Israel ....Private

Bonanno, Firce Sergeant

Bourassa, Joseph Private First Class

Bowling, Clint Private

Boyd, Edward K . Private First Class

Brady, Charles A . Corporal

Brandes, Philip Private

Braun, John M . Sergeant

Brawick, Peter P . Private

Bray, David* Private

Bregman, Hyman ... Sergeant

Breidinger, William J . Private

Brosky, Louis Corporal

Brosnan, John A . Corporal

Brudwick, Christian J.* Private

Buccheri, Sebastiano .... Private

Buchi, Christy Private First Class

Buckaloo, John W . ............. Private

Burch, Elva C . Private

Burke, Thomas J . Corporal

Burnicki, Max Private

Burton, Howard G . Sergeant

Callahan, Arthur F . Corporal

Campbell, Cecil J . Mechanic

Campbell, Thomas F . ......... Sergeant

Cantare, Eugene ................................. Private

Cappabianca, Joseph Private First Class

Card, Earl Private

Cea, Giuseppe .......................... Private

Cherkes, David Private

Chesin, Philip Private

Chinsano, Antonio Private

Chmielewski, Wackaw Private

Clare,Thomas J.* Private

Clark, Clarence W . Private

Clark, George Private

Class, William F . Private

Clemmens, Clinton C . Private First Class

Coffey, Roy F . Private

Coffman, Kenneth Private

Cohen, Isaac ..... Private First Class

Collier, Roy F . Private

Collins, Eugene Private First Class

Collord, George E . Private

Colombo, Luis Private

Comtois, Ernest L . Private

Conin, Alfred Private

Conway, William J . Corporal

Coogan, William J . Private

Cook, John H . Private

Cook, Lewis Private

Cornell, Estrus L . Private

Contonzariti, Antonio Private

Cotton, Benjamin A . Private First Class

Covello, Antonio Private

Cox,john F . Mechanic

Cox, Walter Private

Curry, Thomas E . Private First Class

Cutuli, Joseph Private

Davis, George W . Private

Davison, Joseph L . Corporal

De Frisco, Victor* Private

De Hoog, Franklin J . Private

Delia Rocca, Antonio Private

Demicelli, Anthony Private

Denike, Russell W . Bugler

Derderian, Sahag Private First Class

De Voe, George* Private

Dickerson, Charles H . Private First Class

Dickey, Omer F . Private

Di Sarli, Michael Private First Class

Doohan, Michael J .................................... Private

Dooley, Henry * Private First Class

Dorobiala, Joseph Private

Dowling, Frank J . Private First Class

Drummey, Thomas J . Private

Drummond, Frank D.* Private

Dumas, Ulric N . Private First Class

Duncan, Russell H . Private First Class

Duncan, William S . Sergeant

Eaddy, C. F . Private

Eger, Richard Private

Elliott, Raphael Private

Emerson, Edward T . Private

Emmons, Oscar V.* Private

Fabbino, Rocco Private

Fasciano, Andrew Private First Class

Fausett, Alfred A . Private First Class

Ferris, Mohammed Private

Fisher, William First Sergeant

Flagg, Michael M . Private

Folan, James P . Private

Flatt, Ike Private

Forger, Alexander Sergeant

Freeman, Manley Corporal

Freeman, Patrick Sergeant

Friendlander, Arthur Private

Gadbois, Stanislas M . Private

Garrison, Floyd L . Private

Gawryszewski, Felix Private

Gillespie, John Private

Gilliard, George Corporal

Girard, Victor Private

Glass, William Private

Gleason, Martin C . Private

Gabble, Mack H . Private

Golub, Isador Private First Class

Goodale, Henry A . Private

Goodell, Charles L . Private

Goodell, Henry Private

Goyette, Philiza Private

Graham, James Private First Class

Graham, Vincent Private

Graves, Max Sergeant

Graves, Otis S . Private

Greene, Edward V.* Private First Class

Gregoire, Edward J . Private

Gregory, James W . Private

Gregory, Jerome Private First Class

Griscom, James R . Private

Groce, Eugene C . Private

Gross, Murray Mess Sergeant

Grow, Harvey C.* Private First Class

Guilli, Alfredo Private

Gustafson, Knut B . Private

Hacker, Edwin C . Private First Class

Hackett, Joseph Corporal

Hagberry, Randel A.* Private

Haley, Roscoe W . Corporal

Hammer, David Cook

Hammer, John Corporal

Hammonds, Robert W . Private

Hansen, Hans W . Mechanic

Harding, John P . Corporal

Harrison, Frank C . Private

Hastriter, Amos B Private

Haught, Columbus Private First Class

Hawkins, Fred M . Mechanic

Hayes, Frank E . Private

Hines, Pleas T . Private

Hines, Vinton G . Corporal

Hogan, John R . ............................ Private

Hoghton, Harry W . Private

Holleman, Joel Private

Hooper, Charles L . Private

Hooper, James Private

Hudack, George J . Private

Huddy, John F . Private

Hueffner, George Corporal

Humphrey, Turner F . Private

Hyman, Samuel Private

Iarinuccilli, Carmine Private First Class

Indyk, Leon Private

Isaacson, Israel Private First Class

Jackson, Delbert H . Private

Jackson, John Private

Jaszka, Joseph A . Private First Class

Jelinski, Stanley E . Private

Jenduso, Joseph Private First Class

Johnson, Carl I . ....................................... Private

Jones, Arthur Sergeant

Kaus, Benjamin Private

Keegan, Joseph Private First Class

Keitel, Charles A . Sergeant

Kelleher, Nelson H . Private

Kenmark, William J . Corporal

Kennedy, John F . Corporal

Kerr, Elmer R . Corporal

Kineke, William J . Private

King, George W . Bugler

Kirchbaum, Karl J . Cook

Koch, Charles K . Private

Koenig, Rudolph F . Private

Korn, Charles G . Corporal

Koster, Joseph A . Private

Krall, Albert R . Private

Kramer, Frank Private

Kraus, Bert Private

Krohn, Elias P . Private First Class

Lankes, Matthew Private First Class

Larson, Clarence E . Private

Larwill, Langdon H . Private First Class

Lauda, Joseph F . Corporal

Lavorin, Ricardo Private

Lehman, George G . Private

Letsinger, Joseph C . Private

Levine, Julius Private First Class

Loratto, William Corporal

Lusturino, Merino Private First Class

McCafferty, Homer F . Private First Class

McCann, Thomas C . Private First Class

McGee, James J . Private First Class

McGinn, John P . Corporal

McGowan, Frank J . Corporal

McIntyre, Edward J.* Corporal

McKeown, John J.* Private

McNeeley, Benjamin Private

Madden, William H . Corporal

Maier, Louis J . Corporal

Maloney, John Private First Class

Mamello, Severio Private First Class

Mamus, John Private

Manson, Harold J . Sergeant

Maroney, Patrick Private

Massarelli, John Private

Masse, Henry J . Private First Class

Mathis, Granville J . Private First Class

Matthews, Robert J . Corporal

Maxson, Jesse Private

Maynard, Albert C.* .... Private

Merlino, Domenico Private

Merola, Joseph Corporal

Mewes, Herman W . Private

Michaelowitz, Samuel Private

Miller, Alexander H . Corporal

Miller, Charles Corporal

Mittleman, Michael Corporal

Mittleman, William Private

Monroe, Ellis Sergeant

Moore, Leonard Private

Morgan, Richard P . Private First Class

Murdock, Ray Private

Murphy, Albert F . Sergeant

Murphy, James M . Corporal

Niesche, Henry J. F . Private

Nolan, Edward P . Private

Nussberger, George G.* Private

O'Brien, Harry Private First Class

O'Rourke, Patrick V . Supply Sergeant

Parker, David Private

Phelan, Albert L . Corporal

Phillips, Clarence N . Private

Phillips, Walter S . Private First Class

Pieart, Henry L . Corporal

Pimental, Manuel Private

Pitsonis, Theros Mechanic

Pittsley, Erford Private First Class

Ploutz, Arthur E . Private

Poll, Isidore Private

Potter, Ernest W . Private First Class

Potter, Ira Corporal

Powell, Charles S . Sergeant

Pregitzer, Frederick Private

Purcell, George Private

Pyacki, Michael Private

Ralph, Edward J . Private

Redwine, Willis J . Private

Reid, Leslie Corporal

Reilly, Andrew J . Corporal

Reiner, John Private

Reiter, Frank H . Private

Resnick, Benjamin Private

Riddell, Albert H . Private

Ries, Frank M . Private

Roark, Archibald Private First Class

Roegner, Clarence M . Private

Ropsevcz, Joseph Private

Rospenda, Stanley Private

Rotwein, Samuel Private

Ross, Nelson Private First Class

Sandaver, Lawrence F . Private

Sauter, Russell Private First Class

Scalia, Giuseppe Private

Scherer, Fred Corporal

Schiavone, Anthony Private

Schmitt, Joseph .Corporal

Schulte, John Private

Schwartz, Charles Private

Senf, Christian Private

Setomersky, Isaac Private First Class

Sewell, Moses F . Private

Sheegog, Samuel S . Private First Class

Shire, Alfred T . Private First Class

Silverman, Nathan Private

Simi, Charles R . Private

Singe, Luigi Private

Singer, Maxwell Private

Slapp, William J . Private

Smith, Floyd K., Jr . Corporal

Smith, Ruben S . Private

Smith, Santford Private

Smith, Thomas E . Private First Class

Solomon, Edward W . Private

Soto, Domingo Private

Speidel, Carl J . Private

Spence, Guy P . Private

Spiker, Raymond B . Sergeant

Spillance, Garrett H . Private

Spritzer, Samuel Private

Staskiewicz, Vincent Private

Stear, James E . Private

Stein, Alexander Private First Class

Stephens, Roy Supply Sergeant

Stifel, Philip Sergeant

Stomersky, Isaac Private

Stubb, John H . Sergeant

Sugg, Nicholas, jr . Private

Sullivan, James W . Private

Sullivan, Jeremiah Private First Class

Sulmonetti, George Private

Swiatlowski, Frank Private

Theiler, Lawrence Private

Thompson, Henry Corporal

Toon, James A . Sergeant

Treakle, Seth W . Corporal

Tucholka, John E . Private

Tyrell, Edson Private First Class

Ugactz, Sam Private

Urgo, William Private

Vanata, Sebastian Cook

Vogel, Charles A.* Private First Class

Walberg, Walter S . Private First Class

Walsh, John* Sergeant

Warfield, Floyd J . Sergeant

Watson, Charles E . Private

Wersba, Henry Private First Class

West, William Private

Wielkiewicz, Frank J.* Private

Williams, Charles B . Private

Williams, Emanuel Private

Wilson, Claude Corporal

Wilson, Frank Private

Wistrom, Reuben C . Private

Wolcott, Ralph S . Sergeant

Wolf, Frank J .Private First Class

Wolfe, Peter T . Corporal

Wolff, Louis J . Sergeant

Wolter, Harvey G . Private First Class

Yamin, Aaron* Corporal

Yantsios, Nicholas Corporal

Zelko, Martin ..Private

COMPANY C

Captain Ralph J. Sprague

First Lieutenant John P. Childe

First Lieutenant Ebenezer E. Doolittle

First Lieutenant Charles O'Brien *

First Lieutenant Philip W. Wilhelm

Abruzzo, Calogero Private

Adelman, Fred Private

Alberti, Eniglio Private

Aldrich, George M . Private First Class

Alzati, Richard Private First Class

Ambrose, Richard Private

Ames, Fred H . Private

Anzalone, Jerry V . Corporal

Appiarius, John 0 . Private First Class

Babbitt, Sherley D . Private

Bartenbach, John Corporal

Bastone, Luigi Private First Class

Bays, Jess L.* Private

Beck, John J . Private First Class

Benson, Champlin J . Private

Berkowitz, Nathan Corporal

Bernstein, Jacob Private First Class

Bloom, Abraham Corporal

Boyd, Robert Private

Bramhall, Ralph A . Private

Briggs, Walter A . Private

Broesch, Emil 0 . Private

Brown, George W . Cook

Brzoska, Ignatius * Private

Burns, Florian R . Private

Bush, Floridan 0 . Private

Butts, Gerrold Private

Calleo, Louis Private

Cargulio, Michael Private

Carter, James R . Private

Carver, Patrick Private

Cevelo, Bernedo Private

Chernin, Harry Private

Chrisachis, George Private

Clemente, Elias Private

Cole, William T . Private

Collins, Dennis * Private First Class

Conrad, Henry J . ..................................... Corporal

Constantine, Jos. M . Private

Conway, Karl Private

Coon, Herbert L . Private

Coopersmith, Jacob Private

Copple, George Corporal

Corey, Chester A . Private First Class

Courtney, John T . Private First Class

Cowell, Clarence C.* Private

Cranker, Bert Private First Class

Cronin, Edward C . Cook

Crowley, William D.* Private First Class

Cummins, Timothy J . Corporal

Cummisky, Thomas S . Supply Sergeant

Dailey, Clinton R . Private First Class

Dalton, Joseph M . Private

Dame, Harry Private

Damm, William C . First Sergeant

Danielson, Floyd A . Private First Class

Dantzig, Mark * Private First Class

Davidson, Jesse M . Corporal

Davis, Andrew H . Mess Sergeant

Davis, Harry J ............................. Private First Class

Davis, Jerome W . Private

Day, Kenneth G . Private First Class

Deane ' Warren C . Private

Debolt, Lonnie M . Private

De Leo, Frank P . Private

De Lorenzo, Andrew Private First Class

Di Luise, James N . Corporal

De Mott, Ernest Private

Denier, Peter F . Sergeant

Devaney, Patrick Private

Devereaux, Frank E . Private

Devoe, Stephen A . Corporal

Diamilla, Giuseppe Private

Dingledine, Elliot N.* Private

Ditter, Frank R . Private

Doblerstein, George Corporal

Dodge, Fields P . Private

Donovan, Joseph F . Sergeant

Doyle, James P . Sergeant

Dracilowski, Michael Private First Class

Drzewucki, John Private First Class

Dubigk, Maximillian Private

Dubrele, Joseph H . Private

Duffy, John Corporal

Duncan, Dolphy Private First Class

Duntley, Harrison W . Private

Eastwood, Tom Private

Egan, Patrick J . Private

Ehresman, Henry W . Private

Ellwanger, John J . Private First Class

Etzrodt, Albert ......................................... Private

Excell, Raymond C . Private First Class

Fahey, Melvin J . Corporal

Palmer, Adolph Corporal

Farina, Augustino Private

Farmer, Lee Private First Class

Favaloro, Frank Private First Class

Fellows, Oliver S.* Private

Ferrarra, Pasquale Private

Finklestein, Benjamin Private

Finley, Fred C . Private

Finster, Walter C . Private

Fitzgerald, Charles L . Private First Class

Floe, Oscar Private First Class

Funk, George Private First Class

Gagliardi, John Private

GangiIeri, Vittario Private

Gates, Albert Cook

Giacalone, Vito Private

Giamiccolo, Francesco Private First Class

Gibbon, Raymond J . Private First Class

Giglio, Raffaelo Private

Gleason, Raymond F . Private

Goddu, Adjutor Private First Class

Goldback, Frank J . Private

Golden, Samuel Private

Goldstein, Jacob E . Corporal

Good, Charles E . Private

Grabowski, Walter Private

Graham, James R . Private

Gravel, Joseph Corporal

Griffin, Thomas Private

Grunder, Charles Private

Guilfoyle, Ray A . Private

Gutekunst, Christian H . Private

Harden, General J . Private

Harris, Louis H . Private

Haworth, Orrie J . Private First Class

Healy, George J . Private

Henel, John A . Private

Herrman, Dominic H.* Corporal

Holzschneider, Gus * I Bugler

Huber, John E . Private

Hulbert, H. M . Private

Hunter, William B . Private First Class

Huntly, Donald C . Private

Iaquinto, Giovanni Private First Class

Jackson, James J . Cook

Jacobs, Charles Private

Joe, Chee Bow Private First Class

Johnson, Harry Mechanic

Johnson, Oscar T . Private

Johnson, Paul Private

Kahn, Leo H . .......................................... Private

Katsh, Joseph I . Corporal

Kaufman, Nathan A . Private

Kellington, Fred Private

Kelly, Cyril J . Private

Kelly, James C . Private First Class

Kempes, Albert Private

Kerr, James C . Private First Class

Kiefer, Roy T . Private

Kiernan, William R . Sergeant

King, James F . Private First Class

King, Napoleon J . Private First Class

Klecar, Randolph Corporal

Klein, Sidney S . Private

Klenck, John W . Sergeant

Klosin, John Private

Koppy, Joseph J . Private First Class

Kosher, Frank Private

Kracht, Anthony Private

Krack, Robert W . Private First Class

Kreielsheimer, H. D . Sergeant

Kruger, Henry Corporal

Lafartezza, Rafaelle Private

Lambour, Alfred B . Private

Lampley, James A . First Sergeant

Lee, John J . Private

Leeman, William E . Private

Lehman, Walter J . Private First Class

Leo, Joseph P . Sergeant

Leonard, Charles T . Corporal

Leschinsky, Harold A . Corporal

Levan, Dan H . Private First Class

Lewenicht, Louis * Private

Licht, Emanuel H . Mess Sergeant

Linzey, William, Jr . Private

Lombardi, James Corporal

Loronordo, Angelo Private First Class

Lo Russo, Daniel J . Corporal

Lutz, Lester Private

MacPherson, Henry B . Private

McArdle, Hugh J . Corporal

McCarthy, Frank J . Corporal

McDonald, John P . Corporal

McGinley, Fred F . Private

McGrath, Patrick Private

McGuire, James C . Private

McLaughlin, Henry A . Private

McNiff, Terence Sergeant

Malec, Henry L . Sergeant

Manning, John R . Private

Marcotte, Walter Private

Maresca, Vincent Private First Class

Markowitz, Frank A . Private

Marshall, Arthur L . Sergeant

Marshall, Claude N . ....................................

Marshall, Silas Private

Martin, 01 T . Sergeant

............................ Private First Class

Martin, Patrick F . Private

Martin, Thomas Private

Maurer, Louis Private

Mead, George G . Sergeant

Meeker, Franqois * Private

Mendicini, Antonio Private

Merin, Samuel Mechanic

Meyer, Aaron Private

Meyer, Edward Bugler First Class

Meyer, Herman R . Private First Class

Mitchell, Francis J . Corporal

Mule, Joseph Private

Mullally, James N . Cook

Murdock, John Corporal

Murray, Elmer R . Private

Murray, Robert H . Private

Muschio, Henry Private

Muttl, Vincent Private First Class

Nadel, Joseph Private

Nelson, Joseph* Private

Nelson, Julius, Jr . Private

Nelson, Lawrence W . Private First Class

Newman, Charles Private First Class

Newsum, Fred C . Sergeant

Nicolaidis, John P . Private

Nirenberg, Samuel * Private First Class

Noon, William R . Private

O'Boyle, Bernard A . Private

O'Connor, James F . Corporal

Oathes, Arnold M . Private First Class

Olicker, Isidore Private

Olson, Frank L . Private

Oppenheimer, Otto Private

Orlando, Giuseppe Private

Ossman, John A . ................................ Sergeant

Pacelli, Pasquale Private

Palornba, Raffaele Private

Pappas, Vasilios * ** Private

Parant, Gean B . -* Private

Parella, Angelo --*-*-' Private

Pelton, Ralph ** Private First Class

Pennello, Joseph * Sergeant

Perkins, Leroy W . ............. Corporal

Perri, Frank Private

Pezzetti, Benjamin Private First Class

Phillips, Pearl Private First Class

Plante, Mede Private

Plummer, George W . Private

Post, Ira C . Private

Pulveranti, Salvatore Private

Reed, Sherman L . Private

Reming, Peter H . Private

Renna, Nicolo Private

Richards, Dillard W . Private

Rinaldo, Thomas S . Mechanic

Riviezzo, Michael Private First Class

Robb, Edgar F . Corporal

Roberts, Rue Private

Rohe, Frank R . Private

Romeo, Alessandro Private

Roosa, Archie E . Private

Rosemay, Alex Private

Ruderman, Eli Private

Russell, Joseph Private

Russo, Ralph J . Corporal

Ruthrauff, Albert C . Private

St. Germain, Joseph Private

St. Pierre, Phillip Private First Class

Sanborn, Jeremiah J . Private

Sawinsky, Albert W . Private

Scanlon, Edward F . Private

Schaffel, Phillip Private

Schmittman, David Private

Schultz, Morris Private First Class

Schmidt, Herman W. J . Sergeant

Schnittman, David Private

Scott, Ralph Private First Class

Scully, James J . Sergeant

Serepetsakis, Emanuel G . Private

Servatius, Paul H . Private

Sexton, John W . Private

Shefrin, William* Cook

Sheridan, James F . Private

Sherry, John J . Private

Shultman, Isadore Private

Sicilia, Vincent Private

Silevsky, Samuel Private

Silverstein, Jacob Sergeant

Simmons, George W . I Private First Class

Sink, Hubert S . Private

Skelly, George T . ................... Private First Class

Smith, Edwin L . Private

Smith, John Private First Class

Sobezak, Kazimierz F . Mechanic

Spahn, Frederick * Corporal

Spickeman, Mark W . Private

Spigaroli, Fernando Private First Class

Starinieri, Angelo Private First Class

Steierwalt I Victor Cook

Stiles, William B . Private First Class

Still, Bertram T . Private

Stralucke, Carl H . Corporal

Sulinski, Peter D . ....................................... Private

Summerville, Frederick Private

Suozzo, James Private

Swenson, Charles J . Mechanic

Sylvester, Ralph C . Private First Class

Terino, A.* Private

Teufel, John Private

Than, Morris Private First Class

Thomas, John Private

Thompson, Ivan E . Private

Threadgill, Bunk Private

Tiernan, Patrick Private First Class

Tilis, Abram Private

Tremmel, Louis F . Private

Tripp, Claude A . Private

Troutwine, Virgil V . Bugler

Truax, Edward Sergeant

Tudor, Leroy Private

Valente, Bernardino Private

Van Eram, George A . Private

Verrillo, Michael Private

Verrios, Peter A . Private

Viscardie, Nick Private First Class

Vivardi, Roberto Private

Wachowski, John Private First Class

Ward, Harold E . Private

Wassell, John Private First Class

Weiller, Henry J . Private

Weinberg, Morris Private

Weiss, William Private

Welsh, Leonard Private

Werner, Charles Private

West, Robert G . Corporal

Whitmarsh, Richard Private

Wicks, George L . Private

Wilcox, Leo F . Private

Wildner, Harry C . Sergeant

Williams, Ellis 0 . Private First Class

Willrick, Joseph, Jr . Private

Wilson, Fred S . Private

Wojciechowski, Peter P . Private

Wood, Earl H . Private

Woods, John Corporal

Wroblewski, Frank Private

Yarozower, Paul H . Private

Youngbear, Walter Private First Class

Zaino, Anthony J . Private

Zeonka, Harry Private

Ziburske, August Private

Zudlis, George * .................................. Private

COMPANY D

Captain Henry W. Lehmkuhl

Captain Richard L. Tyner

First Lieutenant Howard D. Baldwin

First Lieutenant Charles S. Dennison

First Lieutenant Salmon Hebard

First Lieutenant John H. Kramer

First Lieutenant Edwin J. Mooney

Second Lieutenant Albert A. Micehenfelder

Second Lieutenant Aloysius J. O'Reilly

Second Lieutenant Walter W. Shadler

Adamson, Carl W . Private First Class

Allen, Albert F . Private

Amsbury, Joseph E . Private First Class

Anderson, Alfred * Private First Class

Antonio, John Private

Bafile, Lugo Private

Ballard, Floyd Private

Barr, Stephen A . Private

Battaglia, Cyrus L . Sergeant

Bennison, Harold Corporal

Berlin, Otto W.* Private

Bertin, Antonio Private

Berzon, Harold Sergeant

Billingsley, jewel B . Private

Bixler, Ralph Sergeant

Boardman, Charles F . Private

Bond, Edward A . Private

Borek, Stanislaw Private

Brady, Peter J., Jr . Private

Brancato, Dominick Private First Class

Brill, Frank Private

Buckley, George B . Private First Class

Burke, Anthony, Jr . Private

Burlingame, William T . Private

Burns, Frances E . Private

Burns, Thomas Private

Camen, Louis Corporal

Cane, Jacob Private

Canfield, Cecil H . Private

Cantwell, John Private

Capozzoli, Angelo Private

Carberry, Michael Private First Class

Carey, Martin Sergeant

Carlson, Sante Private

Carter, Charles Corporal

Carter, Russell G . Sergeant

Cassidy, Francis B . Corporal

Cestone, Canio Private First Class

Chojbacki, Barney E . Sergeant

Cincicolo, Antonio Private First Class

Claar, Charles F . Corporal

Cole, Leo C . Private

Collins, John L . Private First Class

Conwell, Charlie Private

Coogan, Andrew Private

Cornell, Floyd E . Private

Cortinez, Tisdale Private

Crifo, Vincent Private

Cruz, Louis Private

Culbert, John J . Private

Damian, Thomas G . Private First Class

D'Avella, John * Private

Davidson, George S . Private

Davidson, Isaac Sergeant

Dawson, Raymond A . Private

Day, George R . Private

Dean, Hichs Private

De Lia, Vincenzo Private

Denovellis, Joseph Private First Class

Devivo, Ralph Private

Dillman, Frank Private First Class

Dorini, Carlo * Private

Dorman, Frank X . Private First Class

Dormann, William Private

Doyle, Joseph M . Private First Class

Doyle, Martin T . Private

Duignan, Edward Corporal

Dunleavy, Stephen Private

Duryea, Benjamin F . Private

Dyner, Leo Private

Eckert, Anthony Private

Edwards, William Private

Edwinson, Carl E.* .......... Private

Eliopolos, Dimetreos Private

Ellis, Charles E . * * Private

Elmquist, Emil H . ***''* ** Private

Embleton, Edward Mess Sergeant

Emery, Robert S.* Private

English, EarI * Private

Faeson, George Private

Fanning, Nicholas Private First Class

Farbstein, Louis Private

Feinstein, Harry Private

Feinstein, Martin Corporal

Fenton, James P . Private

Feore, James Private

Ferraioli, Pasquale Private

Finazzo, Charles B . Private

Finkenbinder, Ray D . Sergeant

Fiorillo, Gabriele Private

Fischman, Emanuel Private

Fistere, Joseph, Jr . First Sergeant

Fitall, Robert S . Private First Class

Fitzpatrick, Dennis Private

Fitzpatrick, James ' Private First Class

Flato, Isadore *** Private

Fleck, Carl W.* Private

Flemmer, John P . .......... **''* Private First Class

Flynn, Joseph J . ........ **'**'' Sergeant

Forgue, Leroy N . ''**''*'''*'** **' Private

Forman, Harry Private

Fornoff, Phillip G. C . *''** **'*''****'***' Private

Forunier, Raoul **''*''**''*''* Private First Class

Franz, Joseph ............ Private

Frederickson, Frederick J. Private

Freis, Fred P . ........... Private

Frost, Hirma G . Private First Class

Funkey, David G . Private

Gabbola, John Sergeant

Gaice, Joe Private

Garbe, Arthur G. H . Private

Garbe, Charles F . Private

Gardner, Leo G . Private

Garnier, George, Jr . Corporal

Garrett, John W . Private

Gentile, Gacondna Private First Class

Gentzmer, Adolph Private

Giampiccolo, Francesco Private

Gilligan, Edward A . Private

Glanz, Hugo Private

Gohner, Martin F . Bugler

Goings, Lesle E . Private

Gold, Benjamin Corporal

Gold, Charles Corporal

Gorman, Michael J . Cook

Gorzka, Joseph Private First Class

Grablowsky, Max Private

Grabowska, Herman Private

Graffeo, Accursio Private First Class

Gravel, Roy Private

Gray, Theodore T . Private

Green, Benjamin Private

Grider, Burr Private

Grimis, John Private

Gronke, Charles Mechanic

Guilefuss, Clarence P.* Private

Gutierrez, Isaac Private

Gutierrez, Maximilano Private

Haas, William 0 . Corporal

Hallowell, Henry W . Corporal

Hammonds, Marvin L . Private First Class

Hankin, Alfred E . Private First Class

Harkins, Daniel P . Private

Harms, Bernhard Private

Harte, Hugh I . Private

Hartley, Martin L . Private

Hartzell, Warren E . Private First Class

Hauser, Morris Private

Heitzman, Joseph J .................................... Private

Helman, Nathan Corporal

Helmke, Chester C . **---- . Private

Henry, Paul C . Private First Class

Heuer, Reinhold E . Private

Hickey, Lawrence E . Sergeant

Hine, Frederick 0 . Private

Hoagland, Ned First Sergeant

Hofmann, Edward J . Corporal

Hoog, John M . Private First Class

Horner, Fred Private

Hoy, William Private First Class

Huttle, John * Sergeant

Incatasoito, Giuseppe Private

Irish, Eugene J . Private First Class

Isele, Theodore * Private

Ital, August Cook

Jamison, Anthony J ................................... Sergeant

Janas, Frank Private

Jean, George F . Private First Class

Johnson, Bettie M . Private

Johnson, Carl Corporal

Johnson, George E . Private

Johnston, Henry C . Corporal

Jones, Edwin A . Private

Jordan, Michael Private First Class

Josselyn, David A . Private

Jurries, Otto Private

Kager, Anthony J . Bugler

Kallmann, Walter R . Corporal

Kane, John J . Private

Kania, Anthony Private

Kavanagh, Bryan Private First Class

Keane, Michael J . Corporal

Kelly, William F . Private

Kench, William S . Private

Kilburn, William R . Private

Killmer, Harry G . Private

Kocinis, John Private

Kopfmann, Fred Private

Lafleur, Alfred Private

Lafrance, Edward R . ................................... Private

Lane, Julius C . Private

Lawrence, Andrew ............................ Private

Lawson, Walter F.* Private

Leich, August J . Private

Lennon, William T . Private

Lilienthal, Sigmund Private

List, Edward Private

Locken, Olaf * Private

Loftus, William D . Private

Logan, Benjamin Private First Class

Logan, William* Private

Londraville, John C.* Private

Longley, Frank Private First Class

Lucero, Pete : * *---''-'-- Private First Class

Luongo, Carmine Corporal

McAndrew, John Private First Class

McCarthy, Thomas J . Private

McCullough, William J . Private First Class

McDonald, James M . Private First Class

McGee, Jeremiah Corporal

McGough, Phillip T . Cook

Mailloux, Arthur * Private

Mannix, Michael Corporal

Marowski, Frank Private

Marshall, Manuel C . Private

Masciopirto, Nicola Private

Mason, Sherman Private

Matsson, Hall A . Private

May, John J . Corporal

Mazares, Nicholas Private

Mazzucco, John Private First Class

Merrill, Jacob W . Private

Matejka, Edward Private

Michaels, Samuel N . Corporal

Mielenczak, Stanislaus Private

Mignogna, Thomas Corporal

Miliagio, Niccola Private

Miller, Andrew S . Private

Miller, Lloyd E . Private

Milone, Alphonse P.* Private

Moll, Leondar F . Private

Monlish, Michael Private

Montinaro, Frank Private

Morehead, Harry S . Private

Morgan, Buckley Private First Class

Morrell, Geddie B . Private

Mosier, Claude C . Private First Class

Moskos, Peter Private

Murphy, Charles A . Private

Murray, John H . Private

Musgrove, John Private First Class

Myers, James E . Private

Newell, John E.* ....................................... Private

Nilson, Anker Sergeant

Norris, William I . Private

Norton, James D., Jr . Private First Class

O'Donnell, John Private

Offitto, Andrew J . Sergeant

O'Leary, Osborne R . Private

O'Loughlin, John H . Private

O'Neill, William Sergeant

Olsen, Alfred J ........................................ Private

Pankratz, Frank Private First Class

Pappas, Samuel Private

Patkin, Louis Private First Class

Patterson, William R . Corporal

Payne, Fitzhugh L . Private First Class

Peck, Maurice H . Private First Class

Pellittiere, Salvatore Private

Penchofsky, Stephen Private First Class

Perris, Vito Private

Peterson, Ommund Mechanic

Petrie, Edward S . Private

Phair, John T . Private

Phillips, Davis J . Corporal

Phillips, Ray N . Private First Class

Photos, Panos G . Private

Picot, Charles H . Private First Class

Pietz, Jacob Private

Pitt, Silas R . Cook

Platz, Edgar H Private First Class

Plummer, George W . Private

Potter, Thomas E . Private

Potter, Warren Private

Poulos, Argis D . Private

Powers, Richard Private

Preston, Ambrose Private

Pulver, Justin Corporal

Pupke, Herman F. F . Private

Putnam, Archie R . Corporal

Quinn, James V . Corporal

Rakowskie, Joseph Private First Class

Rearden, John * Private

Reeb, Fred Private

Reed, John A . Corporal

Reiche, William A . Corporal

Reilly, John A . Private

Reimenschneider, Frank L . Private

Reindl, George Corporal

Reynolds, Edward J . Corporal

Richardson, A. W . Private

Richey, Verne Private

Riel, Elwood W . Corporal

Ritch, Wilson J.* Corporal

Ritter, Henry Private

Rizzo, Joseph .......................................... Private

Rizzo, Joseph A . Corporal

Robertson, Merle Private

Rogissart, Marcel Private

Rollins, George L . Private

Romang, George J . Private

Rondomanski, P. S . Private

Rose, Morgan M . Private

Roseman, Benjamin Cook

Rothman, Joseph Private

Rubenstein, David Private

Rubenstein, William Private

Sacchettas, Francesco Private

Sahr, George Private

Salyer, John P . Private

Schirmacher, Eugene Mechanic

Schoningh, Joseph Bugler First Class

Schork, Joseph F . Corporal

Scozzafava, Joseph Private

Schwan, John . Mess Sergeant

Schrode, Raymond I . Private

Seaman, Willard B . Private First Class

Sheahan, Cornelius F . Private

Sheridan, George A . Sergeant

Sheriden, James F . Corporal

Shore, Abraham Private

Siller, Charles Private

Silverman, Samuel Sergeant

Skolastic, Joseph Private

Smith, Fred R . Private

Smith, George, Jr . Private

South, Garland Sergeant

Spena, Joseph Private First Class

Steffen, Frederick H . Private

Stewart, Robert B . Private First Class

Stone, Jack Private First Class

Streck, Joseph F . Private

Stringer, John Private

Sullivan, Benjamin Private

Sullivan, Daniel J . Private

Swearington, Himer H . Private

Switalzki, Frank D . Private

Teitz, Benjamin Cook

Theisinger, Edward Private First Class

Thirion, Edward J . Corporal

Thomas, John W . Private First Class

Thornton, Alfred K . Sergeant

Timeus, Fred Private

Tottle, Robert Private

Tracy, Michael Mechanic

Trudeau, Angelo Y . Private

True, Osmond S . Private First Class

Tucci, Andrew Private

Tufo, Stanicilas ........................................ Private

Tuttle, Archie B . Private

Voltz, Fred* Private

Vorland, Benjamin J Private

Wahl, Alfred J . Private First Class

Waldman, Louis Corporal

Warthling, Joseph Private First Class

Wegst, George F . Private

Weidner, Joseph A.* Sergeant

Welch, Richard J . Private

Weremblewski, Michael Private

Wetter, Louis C . Private First Class

White, Theodore C . Mechanic

Whittleton, John Private

Wilcox, Leon E . Sergeant

Willis, Vernon E . ............ Private

Wilson, Stacy Private

Winebrenner, Orvis Corporal

Wiseltier, Henry Sergeant

Witasek, William Private

Witte, Adolph H . Private

Wolfe, Charles E . Private

Worman, John W . Private First Class

Zacher, Charles L . Private

Zincola, Gaetano Private

Zingoni, Daniel .......... Private

Zoder, Charles W . Private

Zuiver, John H . ........................................ Private

COMPANY E

Captain James L. Hartney

Captain Charles F. Johnstone

Captain Archibald G. Thacher

Captain Arthur M. Wolff

First Lieutenant Joseph F. Byrne

First Lieutenant Ralph E. DeWitt

First Lieutenant James A. Dutro

First Lieutenant Matthew J. Harkins*

First Lieutenant Rochester B. Jones

First Lieutenant Barnet P. Sharpe

First Lieutenant Edwin L. Slocum

First Lieutenant Horace W. Stokes

Second Lieutenant Francis J. Hoffman

Second Lieutenant William J. Luke

Second Lieutenant Roger W. Thompson

Abissi, Carmelo Private

Abrosini, Louis Private

Ackerman, Isador * Private

Adamowitz, Steven Private

Ahern, Charles Private First Class

Balfussas, George J . Private

Ball, Theodore ............... Sergeant

Banks, Philip J . Sergeant

Barclay, Frank E . Private First Class

Baschnagel, Fred J . Private

Bastone, Pietro F . Private

Beckett, Edward F . Private

Ben, Elis Private

Bennett, Elmer E.* Corporal

Bennett, Thomas J . ............. Private

Bianco, Anthony Corporal

Bills, Arthur Supply Sergeant

Bixler, Rodney Corporal

Blessing, Edward Corporal

Bloch, David Private

Bloch, Samuel Corporal

Boberek, Michael Private

Boulton, Moses Private

Brandreth, Sidney S . Private

Breault, Armand Private

Brophy, Daniel E . ...................... .............. Corporal

Brown, King D . Private

Brown, Martin 0.* Private First Class

Brown, Ray C. M . Private

Brust, Philip J . Corporal

Buckley, John E . Private

Budds, Benjamin Private First Class

Bulger, James J . Private

Burns, Roy L.* Private First Class

Burow, Walter F . Private

Byrne, Denis Cook

Calamari, Frank L . Private First Class

Camp, Peter J . Private

Caplan, Samuel Private

Caprile, Anthony Mess Sergeant

Carney, John J . Sergeant

Carulli, Nicola Private

Chubb, Claude A . Corporal

Clapper, Henry Private

Cohen, Paul Private

Connolly, John J . Private

Cooley, Melvin Private

Craddock, Robert C . Private

Crawford, Harlan L . Private

Cymnik, Konstanz Private

Dalton, Thomas Private

Daly, Bernard Private

Darakis, Mike Private

Darling, Herbert D . Private

Daven, George Private

Davis, Archibald Corporal

Dawson, Charles J., Jr.* Private

Debien, Joseph 0 . Private

Debski, Stephen Private

DeLaire, Frederick G . Private

De Lamer, Bernard Private

DeMott, Frank Mechanic

Dempsey, Frank Private

Deyo, Raymond S . Private

Diambrosi, James Private

Dickinson, Elmer Sergeant

Dionne, jean B . Private

Di Stasio, Nicola Private

Dittmaier, George Private

Dondero, Paul A . Bugler

Dorney, James F . Private

Doyle, Louis M . Private

Doyle, Michael William Private

Dreyfuss, Sydney Sergeant

Druckerman, Samuel Private

Drumgold, Charles H . Corporal

Duke, James N . Private

Dumont, Alphonse Private

Eberhardt, William F . Sergeant

Edson, George M . Private

Edwards, Clayborne H . Private

Ehlerman, Philip A . Private First Class

Feeney, Austin J . Corporal

Feinstein, Oscar Private First Class

Feldman, Louis Private

Ferraro, Nicholas Private First Class

Ferry, John Private

Fine, Louis S . Private

Fleming, Binion Private

Fletcher, Charles E . Private

Foley, Joseph J . Private

Frasier, Adlia M . Private

Frazier, Elgia M . Private

Frazier, Wallace G . Corporal

Freund, Clifford K . Corporal

Gagliardi, Rocco Private

Gagliardi, Vito Private

Gaines, James L . Private

Gibbons, Bernard H . Mechanic

Godbout, Fred J . Sergeant

Gomes, Manuel Private

Gordon, Abraham Private First Class

Gorey, Frank Sergeant

Graves, Elmer W . Sergeant

Gray, Thomas H . Private

Greenberg, Charles Private First Class

Gregory, Porter Private

Grizzle, Henry D . Private

Guinan, Daniel L . Private

Gushue, William Private

Hacay, Fred J . First Sergeant

Halbig, Alfred J . Private

Halley, James M . First Sergeant

Hannafin, James Private

Hansen, Harry W . Private

Hansen, Nickolai Private

Hanson, Alfred C . Private

Hanson, Hans C . Private First Class

Hanson, Henry C . Private

Harrington, Dean R . Private

Harris, Hiram S . Private

Harris, James L . Private

Hattrup, Bernard H . Private

Hauschild, Edward Private

Havernick, William Private

Hazelrigg, James R . Private

Heaney, Andrew Cook

Heidt, John B . Bugler First Class

Heller, Israel C . Corporal

Helton, Harry A . Private

Herdman, Robert W . Private

Herzbrun, Samuel ...................................... Private

Hicks, William ; Private

Hillman, George W . Private

Himmelmann, John L. H . Private First Class

Hirsch, Isaac C . Private

Hoffman, Archie E . Private

Holbrook, Melbourne C . Private

Holek, Steven Mechanic

Hon, Otho 0 . Private

Hooker, David C . Private

Hoops, Ernest W . Sergeant

Horowitz, Harry Private

Horton, Cam T . Private

Houtchens, Lewis E . Private

Huber, Lawrence M . Private

Hudson, Homer H . Private

Huff, Neil E . Private

Huffecutt, Earl S . Private

Hughes, John F . Private

laconetti, Domenico Private First Class

Ilka, Charles Private

Ilmanen, John J . Private

Jackson, Ercil M . Mechanic

Jacobs, Charles Private

James, John H.* Private

Jenkins, Charles Corporal

Jensen, Morini Private

Johnson, Charles 0. - Sergeant

Johnson, George L . Corporal

Johnson, Gunder Private

Jozwiak, Louis B . Private First Class

Kahn, Harry Private First Class

Kalb, Samuel S . Private

Kalinowski, Joseph H . Private

Kantor, Joseph Private

Kaszvbski, Vincent Private

Kearns, John F . Private

Kelly, John F . Sergeant

Kelsey, Charles Private

Kershisnik, Peter F . Private First Class

Kessel, Roy G . Private

King, Henry T . Private

Kinnally, Edwin A . Corporal

Korn, Marcus Private First Class

Kowalski, Frank M . Private

Kreutchic, Murray Private

Krig, Anton Private

Krupnick, Jacob Private

Kurzman, Harold M . Private First Class

Laddori, Vittorio Corporal

Landin, Carl W . Private

Lang, Adolf Private

LaPenna, Raphael Private First Class

Larkin, Herbert R . ...................................... Private

Ledbetter, David L . Private

Lees, Joseph W . Private

Lewis, Antone Private

Lewis, Hays L . Private

Loga,john Private

Logan, Robert Private

Lopica, Salvatore Private

Lowery, William * Private

Lungberg, Emil 0 . Private

Lupo, Giovanni Private

Lyle, Frank A . Private First Class

McCarroll, William E.* Corporal

McCormack, Walter J . Corporal

McCullen, John Private

McDonald, James J . Corporal

McDonald, Peter F., Jr . Private First Class

McIntosh, Richard W . Private

McMullen, William Private

McPadden, Michael Corporal

McRoberts, Carl C . Corporal

Macaluse, Anthony H . Private First Class

Mack, Lester Private

Madden, Thomas H . Private

Madigan, James H . Private

Mahoney, John J.* Private

Malatesta, Guido Private

Mannering, Herbert W . Sergeant

Manus, Harry J . Corporal

Marino, Gasper Private First Class

Marsh, Charles, Jr . Private

Martin, Benjamin Private

Martin, Edward Sergeant

Menard, Leo T . Private

Mennen, Samuel Private

Merin, Samuel Private

Meyer, Edward Private

Michalowski, Edward Private

Mircovich, Nicholas Private

Mintz, Bronslaw Private

Mitchell, Vincent P . Private First Class

Moashan, Joseph Private

Moffat, Walter G . Private

Monroe, James A . Private

Monteverde, Joseph Private

Montross, Archie D . Private

Morel, Tony Private

Moriarity, John Private

Morris, Edward J . Private

Morris, Owen 0 . Private

Murtha, James P . Private

Neave, Frank Private

Nelson, John 0 . Private

Olicker, John 0 . ........................................ Private

Olinger, Lee H . Private

Ollright, William Private

Olson, Ole Private

Olson, Thomas Private

O'Neill, Terrence J . Sergeant

O'Neille, Charles J . Private

O'Rourke, Edward J . Private

Oswald, Raymond Y . Private

Palmer, Forest V . Private

Palmer, Fred ....................... Private

Palmer, Lennie A . Private

Parent, Napoleon Private

Parsely, William E . Private

Parsons, Lott E . Corporal

Passalacqua, Frank Private

Perry, Vern Private

Petrone, Anthony M . Private

Pfister, Adam J . Private First Class

Phiffer, John J . Private

Phillips, William I . Private

Pierce, Edwin Private

Piersa, John K . Private

Piotrowski, F. M . Private

Pittarelli, Louis Private First Class

Pocaro, Peter * Private

Prada, Paul Mechanic

Pullen, Harold D . Private

Pyle, Harry C., Jr . Private

Quirk, William A . Sergeant

Radist, Samuel Private

Reardon, Francis X . Corporal

Reeb, Louis M . Private

Reigler, Leiu S . Corporal

Reilly, Joseph A . Private First Class

Renner, Paul E . Corporal

Reynolds, Eugene E . Private

Reynolds, Leon R . Private

Rhodes, Edward B . Sergeant

Rice, Floyd E . Private

Rideout, Ernest R . Private

Rinaldo, Thomas S Private

Rink, Henry Corporal

Ristow, Archie Mechanic

Rivers, Anthony J . Private First Class

Robson, Charles S . Sergeant

Rogowski, Frank 8 . Private First Class

Rolloff, John J . Private

Roncace, Romana Private

Rosenglick, Samuel Private

Rousseau, Thomas J . Private

Ryan, Charles E . Private

Salerno, Joseph Private

$alvucei, Luigi Corporal

Santibiachi, Antonio Private

Scharmer, Harry * Private

Scheiber, Anthony Private

Schubert, Gottfried Corporal

Seligman, Albert Private First Class

Shillington, Harry L.* Private

Shumaker, David J . Private

Siegel, Joseph Private

Silberbusch, Solomon Private

Simberg, Samuel Private

Simone, Dominic Private

Skelley, George T . Private

Smarsh, William V . Private First Class

Smith, Errol * Private

Smith, Floyd A . Cook

Smith, Orson Private

Smith, William A . Private First'Class

Smith, William P . Private

Souther, James L . Private

Sperber, John B . Private First Class

Springer, William P . Private

Stavig, Albert Private

Steele, Andrew C . Cook

Steff, Louis Private

Steinman, Henry L . Private

Stirpi, August Private

Stohre, John S . Private

Strikulis, Victor Joseph Private

Stronach, Horace B . Private

Strouse, Ralph Corporal

Sturm, Christian F . Private First Class

Surnear, William Private

Swanson, Hugo Private

Swanson, Ralph E . Private

Tagliani, John Private

Tenvorde,john R . Private

Thomas, Claude E . Private

Thomas, Roscoe Private

Thompson, Byron Private

Toomey, Edward Private First Class

Torrance, Ralph A . Private

Troise, Ralph Cook

Tucker, Ross F . Private

Turner, Clarence R . Private

Turner, Edward B . Private

Turner, Robert A . Private

Tutewohl, John F . Private

Valletta, Blase Sergeant

Vanderveldt, Albert J . Private

Van Deusen, Earl Private

Vaneske, Renee Private

Vernon, Frank S . Private

Von Hagen, Leo P . .................................... Private

Walker, James N . Private

Wallenbrock, Gustave H . Private

Waring, William B . Supply Sergeant

Weibrand, Frank Private First Class

Weisbrod, Stephen Private

Weiss, Henry Private

Weissberg, Jacob Private First Class

Westphal, Charles Sergeant

Wheeler, Banks W . Private

Whitacre, Henry G . Corporal

Whitehouse, James A . Private First Class

Wilemon, George F . Private

Wilson, Finley L . Private

Windell, Earl Private

Winkowski, John Private

Winowiecki, Enzebusze Private

Winzenreid, Adolph Private

Wisdom, Robert E. L . Private

Wise, Harold B. J . Private

Witte, Fred C . Private

Wituliski, Alexander Private

Wojtusiak, Joseph I . Private First Class

Woodward, William A . Private

Wunderlich, George Private

Yeaple, Mancer Private First Class

ZwaId, Simon, jr . ...................................... Private

COMPANY F

Captain Robert P. Patterson

First Lieutenant Richard R. Blazer

First Lieutenant Michael Joseph Hayes

First Lieutenant John M. Oskinson

First Lieutenant Walter J. Sutherland

First Lieutenant John A. Walsh *

First Lieutenant Lloyd H. Warnecke

Second Lieutenant Raymond Berkman

Second Lieutenant James C. Hunter

Second Lieutenant Ralph G. McCarthy

Second Lieutenant Earl G. Weadley

Abowitz, Abraham Private

Adler, Jerome R . Private

Akin, Lonnie S . Private

Allen, George W . Private First Class

Alvikas, Anthony Private

Appel, George Private

Arroll, Henry Corporal

Becker, Fred Private

Becker, John W . Private First Class

Benedetto, Roger Private First Class

Beltliff, Thomas G . Private

Bernauer, Joseph L . Private

Bilbrey, Clifford E . Private

Bischon, Isadore Private First Class

Black, Walter 8 . Private

Blackowski, John Cook

Blume, Clarence C . Private

Blumenfeld, Sidney Private

Bonetti, Dominick Private First Class

Boresch, Charles Private

Botchlett, Leo D Corporal

Bouchard, Appolinaire Private

Bracken, Raymond Private

Bradshaw, Matthew E . Private First Class

Breitwieser, Henry J . Corporal

Bremen, Cornelius Private

Brenner, Morris Private First Class

Breuseski, William Private

Broiskin, Joseph H . Corporal

Brown, Philip Private First Class

Bruton, Roscoe Private

Burney, Bert A . ........................................ Private

Byrne, Thomas A . Private First Class

Cade, William Private First Class

Cameron, Everett E . ..... Private First Class

Campise, Giuseppe Private

Campisi, James Private

Campo, Paolo Private First Class

Capabianco, Rocco . .................... Private

Caprino, Daniel Private First Class

Carney, Frank Corporal

Carrigan, Charles C . Private

Carroll, Patrick J . Corporal

Carter, Michael * Private First Class

Case, James R . Corporal

Cassidy, James A . Sergeant

Cesario, John Sergeant

Charles, Frank J . Private

Charles, Harry Private

Chasson, Joseph Private

Cinnamon, Halburt M . Private

Coinner, James Private

Coleman, Ray H . Corporal

Confer, Walter Private First Class

Conley Michael Sergeant

Conlin, Martin Private

Conte, Joseph Private

Copeland, Stanley R. . Private

Crawford, George T . Private

Cuda, Frank T . Private

Curtis, Joseph E . Private

Daescher, Robert B . Private First Class

Dalconzo, Vito Private

Damato, James J . Private First Class

Dameo, John Private First Class

D'Atrie, Barney Private

Davis, Andrew H . Mess Sergeant

Davis, Gordon Private

Davis, Joseph V . Private First Class

Dawson, Fred 0 . Private First Class

DeLuca, Guglielmo Private

Dennison, Walter F . Private

Devaney, Patrick Private

Dillingham, William H . Private First Class

Dolan, John J . Private

Donnelly, Charles Corporal

Dore, William F . Private

Dowling, William J . Private

Drabkin, Jacob Private First Class

Drageon, Morris Private

Dresse, Donald D . Private

Duffus, John H . Corporal

Duffy, Edwin J . Private First Class

Duffy, John Corporal