AFTER THE ARMISTICE
To the world behind the lines the conclusion of an armistice meant the
end of the Great War, a quick return to peace time conditions and the
resumption of normal business. Armistice day was celebrated throughout
the nations included in the Allied list. Crowds everywhere were wild
with joy. But the man who had been on the line for months, facing death
or wounds nearly every day for a seemingly endless time, was dazed
rather than joyful when the cannon and machine gun were silenced and
the menace of the Hun airplane bomb passed into history.
The strain of the last few weeks at the front was of that terribly
tense variety which cannot be shaken off. Strong in nerve and inured
to hardships as the Company was, the incessant turmoil of the latter
part of October proved too nerve-racking for a large number of men and
they were ordered back to the hospitals just before the armistice.
Casualties of the Company during all the fighting totaled eighty-six.
Two thirds of these were caused within the last three weeks of the War.
Thirty-two members of the Company were in positions on the line at
11 o'clock on November 11, 1918, and twenty-five of these were of
the original personnel which left Niantic. Four fifths of the number
usually assigned to gun squads were gone.
When the relief by units of the 4th Division was complete at noon,
November 12th, the Company left behind it the bloody fields of the
Argonne-Meuse battle and began its long hike to the south. The trip was
made in easy stages. Passing down through the valley of the Meuse the
route followed took the Battalion to the Ninth Training Area, southwest
of Neufchateau, and November 23 billets were assigned in the village of
Poulangy, fifteen kilometers north of Chaumont, in Haute Marne.
Reports circulated that the 26th Division would take its place as a
unit of the Army of Occupation and all units shortly embarked on a
program of training, the purpose of which was discipline. Close order
drill took a prominent place in the schedule and this was relieved by
machine gun work and manœuvers.
Replacements were added to the Company on the trip back from the lines
and many of those sent to the hospital returned in small groups or
singly as the days passed. Intricacies of red tape failed to stop D
Company men from waiting for the first dark night and eluding the
hospital sentries so they could take the shortest route back to their
friends. Many and varied were the stories of foiled M. P.'s and puzzled
officers who tried to trace the runaways.
Thanksgiving was made notable only through the efforts of Sergeant
Foley, who purchased supplies at the commissary to add to the meager
rations. No turkey adorned the tables of the mess hall that day, for
the American Expeditionary Forces had increased in number from the bare
hundred thousand of the previous year to more than two million men.
Rain and snow made the mud deeper than ever for the weeks which
followed and the drill schedule was carried out with difficulty.
Inspections took place with the customary frequency, baths and
delousing operations with issues of new clothing bringing the
appearance of the command up to the point of perfection it had reached
before entering the line.
Although the order authorizing all units in the Division to wear the
identifying "YD" on the upper left sleeve was issued in August, it
was not found possible to comply with the regulation until late in
December. Then the soldiers appeared with the blue felt emblem which
distinguished them as members of the Yankee Division. Furlough orders
were plentiful and the ranks of the Company were constantly being
thinned by the departure of a large percentage of the men to the
vacation areas in the south of France.
President Wilson, attending the peace conference in Paris, found time
to review the 26th Division on Christmas Day on the parade grounds near
Chaumont. For this event only part of the Division was assigned to
participate and the 102d Machine Gun Battalion was chosen to represent
the machine gunners of the Yankees.
December 24th the Battalion hiked to a small town within a few kilometers
of the parade ground and billeted there over night. Christmas Day was raw
and disagreeable and winter mud prevented the artillery units taking part
in the review. D Company led the Battalion past the reviewing stand and
finished the hike back to Poulangy that night.
Christmas festivities among the men and officers were in order for the
following day. Drills were suspended and the miniature boxes allowed
to pass through the mails from home were delivered to the Company.
That night Sergeant Foley again proved his worth by producing a feed
reminiscent of the annual holiday feast at home. Seated in the mess
hall with the enjoyable odors from the steaming dinner sharpening their
desire to attack their full mess kits, the men refused to eat until
Lieutenant Nelson came to the hall. They cheered their commander with
an enthusiasm founded on a whole-hearted admiration for him as man and
soldier. After mess he was presented with funds to purchase a trench
coat and boots in the name of the Company, and a regulation D Company
entertainment was provided to conclude the celebration.
In order that the Battalion might be in a better position to take part
in the manœuvers constituting a part of the program of training, it
was moved east about fifteen kilometers to the village of Esnouveaux
on January 2. Here news was received that the Division was no longer
considered a part of the Army of Occupation and the football season was
inaugurated.
In the first game D Company defeated C Company of the Battalion 12
to 0 and February 13 concluded its conquest of Battalion teams by
trimming B Company 34 to 0 on the gridiron at Mansigne, in the Le Mans
area. February 16 the 103d Artillery eleven held the Battalion team,
composed of D Company men with substitutes from the other teams in the
Battalion, to a scoreless tie. The team representing the 103d Machine
Gun Battalion was the next to fall before the prowess of Captain
"Duke" Rowley and his men. They lost 7 to 0. Then the 101st Engineers,
with their team of college stars, tasted defeat in a score of 18 to
0 on March 5th. The 101st Artillery followed in the path of their
predecessors and dropped a 7 to 0 game to the fighting machine gunners
on March 7, and March 12 the schedule was completed when the 101st
Infantry played a scoreless tie with the team.
This feat entitled the winners to the divisional championship and
each of the men received the medal emblematic of their victory. From
the first game feeling ran high through the Division, arguments were
numerous on the sidelines and large numbers of francs changed hands
after each contest.
A highly successful minstrel troupe was organized among the members of
the Company. Their performances were featured with the parodies written
by Otis Culver, who was the leading spirit in the movement. This show
was so well received that it was chosen to take a trip through the
various units of the Division and was about to start on a short tour
when orders were received for the Battalion to entrain for the port of
embarkation at Brest.
With the establishment of educational centers throughout the American
Expeditionary Forces by the army in coöperation with welfare workers,
the men were given the opportunity of selecting courses of study they
wished to pursue and were sent to the different schools for a period of
four months. Corporals Watrous and Harrington and Bugler Shaw went from
the enlisted men of the Company and Lieutenant Nelson also decided to
follow his studies for the designated period.
In line for drill on the morning of March 3, the Company awaited a word
of farewell from Lieutenant Nelson, the only officer who had been with
them through their entire service, but he was so overcome by emotion
his only words were, "I can't say what I want to say. You'll find
it on the bulletin board. Good-bye." The speech he had prepared in
anticipation of the event was displayed until all the men had read it.
Captain Brouse and Lieutenant Carroll remained with the Company until
the former was also detailed to attend school. Then Lieutenant Carroll
assumed the herculean task of keeping many of the D Company men from
serving sentences of various lengths for misdemeanors, at no time
serious, but always provoking to the higher officers, for the old Troop
A spirit of taking things into their own hands whenever they saw fit
was still strong.
Day after day the Company was subjected to the delousing processes
brought into use during the war, and inspections of all kinds followed
each other in endless procession. Clothing, equipment and billets were
inspected until the men were staying up after taps to be certain that
everything was in the proper order. The climax to these occurrences was
the field inspection by officers from General Headquarters.
[Illustration: IF THE COMPANY MEMBERS COULD DISTRIBUTE MEDALS]
Billeted in a magnificent chateau near the village of Mansigne, the men
occupied the best quarters they had found in France. In addition to the
comforts of a fireplace in nearly every room, a piano was found and
permission obtained for its use. This improvement in the entertainment
facilities of the town was utilized during all spare hours.
March 29 orders were received for the Battalion to entrain for Brest
and the men were crowded into box cars so closely that none could sleep
during the long ride which followed. Arriving at Brest the following
morning they hiked to Pontanezen Camp and were introduced to the system
employed at that place for caring for thousands of transient troops.
The tents were fitted with floors and iron beds were provided for a
majority of the men. They were fed in long lines at several kitchens
and the mess proved excellent.
After receiving candy and other articles from the Red Cross, the
Company embarked on the _Patricia_, formerly the German steamer
_Hamburg_, on the afternoon of April 6, finally to start on the journey
about which rumors had been spread so many times. A solemn silence
was maintained the first night on board ship, for stories had gained
circulation during the stay in the Brest camp that units had been
returned to shore after embarking for the slightest breach of military
etiquette. Once safely on the ocean, with the shores of France receding
on the horizon, they were willing to again take up their favorite
amusements and help make the trip as pleasant as possible.
There were a few days when the unfortunate ones among the passengers
were attacked by seasickness, but the first day of this trouble usually
meant that the next rough seas could be passed successfully.
When six hundred miles from Boston a former German officer attempted to
set fire to the ship, but was apprehended before much damage resulted
and placed under arrest for the remainder of the trip.
Thursday, April 17, was a red letter day on the calendar for all the
men on the _Patricia_, for while going to mess that morning they had
their first sight of the United States in more than eighteen months. At
noon the ship passed Boston light, and shortly afterward the fleet of
welcoming boats made its appearance. These were received in silence in
spite of the enthusiasm of the welcomers until Major General Edwards
made his appearance on one of them; then the flood of feeling was
loosed and the veteran commander of the Yankee Division received an
ovation which resounded over the waters of Boston harbor.
Landing at the immense pier the army had taken over for transport use,
the men were met by the welcoming committee from New Haven, headed by
Captain Wolf and Captain Condren. Here they were the recipients of more
chocolate, cigarettes, candy, cigars and cakes than they could use and
after a short period while the public was allowed on the pier, they
loaded their baggage onto a waiting train and continued their trip to
Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass.
The next day passes were granted to some of the men for two-day leaves
at home, and the rest of the Company took the opportunity to leave
without passes, for home had been far away too long to allow such a
chance to pass by. Proud relatives and friends met the train at the New
Haven station and the returned soldiers were fêted to the limit for the
time they had to spend at home.
April 25 the 26th Division was received officially at Boston. A parade
of several miles through the center of the city between solid walls of
cheering New Englanders was the feature of the day and at night the
Boston companies were entertained by their friends while D Company men
wandered around the city until it was time for them to return to their
billet in Horticultural Hall.
Returning to Devens the next day the men were quartered in the barracks
which had housed the 76th Division while it trained in that camp.
Monday, April 28, Lieutenant Carroll, in command of the Company, was
presented with a watch and chain as a remembrance of the esteem in
which he was held by the men.
The last two days at the big camp were filled with important
work,—service records must be prepared and correctly endorsed,
discharge papers filled out and final returns made of all government
property. This was all completed and at last on the morning of April
29 final pay with transportation home was given to the waiting line of
men. It was an event toward which many anxious thoughts had been turned
for months. It meant for most of the men the termination of their first
period as soldiers and it completed the roll of experience which had
been filled to the last detail for the original members of the company
who were fortunate enough to complete the tour of duty.
With the issuance of discharge papers, Company D, 102d Machine Gun
Battalion passed into history, as had Troop A, Cavalry, Connecticut
National Guard, and "The Second Company of Governor's Horse Guards."
Returning to New Haven the men were dined by the city after a parade in
the latter part of May and were brought together early in June for an
afternoon of celebration by the veterans of Troop A.
As the dauntless spirit of bravery and endurance welded so firmly in
the heat of battle is emblazoned on the rolls of history in the names
of those who dwell beneath "the crosses row on row," may it ever serve
as a bond of union among those who remain!
Casualty List
KILLED IN ACTION
Pvt. Richard F. Butler, rifle fire, September 26, 1918.
Pvt. Daniel F. Callahan, machine gun fire, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Arthur G. Kapitzke, shell fire, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. William J. Kennedy, shell fire, November 3, 1918.
Pvt. Jeston I. McAviney, shell fire, May 31, 1918.
Pvt. William N. Meickle, Jr., shell fire, October 25, 1918.
Cpl. Arthur O. Parmalee, machine gun fire, November 10, 1918.
Capt. John A. Paton, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
Lt. Charles L. Rogers, machine gun fire, November 8, 1918.
Pvt. Harry Rosenkind, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
P. F. C. Frank Wilfore, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
DIED
Cpl. Dwight H. Wickwire, pneumonia, October 13, 1918.
Pvt. William Higgins, November 28, 1918.
WOUNDED
Cook William H. Ackerman, gassed, June 19, 1918.
Cook George W. Barry, gassed, June 19, 1918.
P. F. C. Dean M. Brock, shrapnel, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Frederick J. Brophy, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
P. F. C. Royden E. Brown, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
Pvt. James A. Brown, shell shock, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Kenneth C. Bull, gassed, October 30, 1918.
Pvt. Joseph C. Bussiere, shrapnel, May 31, 1918.
Cpl. Eugene F. Clark, gassed, November 1, 1918.
P. F. C. Robert H. Clemence, shell fire, October 24, 1918.
Mch. Chauncey H. Curtiss, gassed, October 26, 1918.
Pvt. James S. Dailey, gassed, October 30, 1918.
Pvt. Chester De Palma, gassed, October 31, 1918.
Pvt. Salvatore Diamara, machine gun fire, July 22, 1918.
Pvt. Rosario Dispenza, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
Pvt. George A. Eddy, gassed, July 22, 1918.
Pvt. George A. Eddy, shell fire, October 25, 1918.
Pvt. Eben A. Farnsworth, shell fire, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Herbert G. Fowler, shell fire, October 17, 1918.
P. F. C. Frank E. Geer, shell fire, November 1, 1918.
Pvt. John F. Glade, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
Sgt. Wesley E. Gould, shell fire, September 20, 1918.
Sgt. Leslie V. Hodge, shell fire, October 24, 1918.
Pvt. Walter J. Ihne, gassed, October 30, 1918.
Pvt. Louis E. Jacobs, gassed, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Oscar F. Johnson, gassed, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Oscar F. Johnson, shell fire, November 3, 1918.
Mch. Louis F. Kastner, grenade, October 26, 1918.
P. F. C. Willie O. Keyes, shell fire, October 24, 1918.
Pvt. Leonard Kostrzewski, gassed, July 22, 1918.
Pvt. Leonard Kostrzewski, shell fire, October 24, 1918.
Pvt. Morris Kramer, gassed, November 1, 1918.
Sgt. Martin T. Krakovec, shrapnel, October 27, 1918.
Pvt. August Kroll, gassed, July 22, 1918.
Pvt. Stephen F. Lesocke, gassed, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Hjalmar A. Lillquist, gassed, October 26, 1918.
Sgt. Francis P. Malone, gassed, July 22, 1918.
Sgt. Francis P. Malone, gassed, October 27, 1918.
Pvt. John F. Maher, gassed, October 30, 1918.
P. F. C. Lee A. Maiden, gassed, October 31, 1918.
P. F. C. James E. Malone, shrapnel, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. James E. Malone, gassed, October 26, 1918.
Sgt. James R. McKiernan, machine gun fire, October 27, 1918.
Pvt. Justin P. Miner, gassed, September 28, 1918.
Pvt. Joseph H. Molloy, gassed, October 27, 1918.
Pvt. Rudolph Moses, machine gun fire, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Truman B. Nutting, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
P. F. C. Harry E. O'Neil, shell fire, July 22, 1918.
P. F. C. Harry E. O'Neil, gassed, October 31, 1918.
Pvt. Nick Pepines, gassed, November 5, 1918.
Pvt. Giuseppi Petronacci, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
Cpl. Thomas F. Quinn, gassed, October 27, 1918.
Cpl. Kenneth T. Reed, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
Pvt. Thomas Redfield, shell fire, October 25, 1918.
Pvt. George D. Rogers, gassed, November 1, 1918.
Pvt. Thomas P. Rourke, shell fire, October 18, 1918.
Pvt. Albert H. Russ, shrapnel, July 19, 1918.
Pvt. Albert H. Russ, gassed, October 30, 1918.
Pvt. Joseph W. Russett, shell fire, October 27, 1918.
Sgt. Michael L. Shea, gun shot wound, October 27, 1918.
Pvt. Wright L. Sheeley, gassed, October 30, 1918.
Pvt. Raymond H. Smith, machine gun fire, July 22, 1918.
Pvt. Wesley E. Smith, shell fire, October 26, 1918.
P. F. C. Ernest Terry, gassed, October 30, 1918.
Pvt. Oscar F. Throckmorton, gassed, October 30, 1918.
Cpl. Wheeler deF. Watrous, shell fire, October 24, 1918.
Pvt. Frederick C. Weisheit, shell fire, November 10, 1918.
P. F. C. Richard M. Welch, gassed, October 30, 1918.
Pvt. Fred White, gassed, October 28, 1918.
Pvt. Jacob L. Workman, shell fire, October 23, 1918.
Pvt. Jacob Wortenko, shrapnel, May 23, 1918.
Pvt. Jacob Wortenko, gassed, October 28, 1918.
THE LAST MEN ON THE LINE
Forming the gun squads on the line when the armistice was signed
November 11, 1918 were the following men:
Sergeant Hunihan, John J.
Corporal O'Laughna, Charles
Guerrant, Maurice A.
Kondrat, Michael E.
Viebranz, Edwin W.
Marsh, George E.
Private Harris, Clifford
O'Brien, John L.
Foehr, Charles D.
Bassett, Walter
Murphy
Farnsworth, Eben A.
Hobro, Henry F.
Brophy, Frederick J.
O'Neil, Harry E.
DePalma
Woodward
Johnson, John
Yuszczik, Mike
Kelley, Eugene
Bartlette, George
Hine, George L.
Sica
Delano, Lewis F.
Moore, Ralph D.
Clark, Ralph W.
Spencer
Carlson
Carton, James L.
Fitch, Bernard J.
Berryman, Maurice L.
Stanley, Herbert F.
AWARDS FOR BRAVERY
Those mentioned in divisional orders one or more times for gallantry in
action were:
Sergeant Francis P. Malone, awarded Distinguished Service cross.
Private Richard F. Butler, awarded Distinguished Service cross
(posthumously).
Private Mike Yuszczik, awarded Belgian and French war crosses.
Private George Eddy, awarded French war cross.
CITATIONS
1st Lieut. George D. Condren
1st Lieut. Gustaf A. Nelson
2d Lieut. John A. Paton
2d Lieut. C. Lyon Rogers
Sergeant Gould, Wesley E.
McKiernan, James R.
Dowers, Cecil J.
Corporal Guerrant, Maurice A.
Hodge, Leslie V.
Kondrat, Michael E.
Krakovec, Martin
Viebranz, Edwin W.
Private Farnsworth, Eben A.
Berryman, Maurice L.
Harrington, Guy
Terry, Ernest
Brock, Dean
Lewis, Edward M.
Shanley, Frank
THE FOOTBALL TEAM
Manager, Sergeant Joseph A. Sullivan.
Ends, C. R. Keane, Edwin Viebranz, Coady, Maiden; tackles, Dippold,
Kondrat, E. F. Clark; Guards, Lucy, Charles Kelley, Rowley (Captain);
center, Harrington; quarterbacks, Hobro, Carton; halfbacks, Quinn,
Shanley, Kay, Rowe; fullbacks, Gould, McCabe.
Miscellaneous
[Illustration 1970 (?)]
_'JEVER SEE_
Foley with his tooth brush?
Thompson wearing his Croix de Guerre?
Marsh overcoming his inertia at first call?
Cath without his winsome smile?
Nutile rendering "Rolling Stones"?
Russ in an argument?
Vaugh in the same argument?
"Duke" Rowley without Nutile?
Duggan's pipe?
Donovan giving out seconds?
A day without Bill Bell's whistle?
Scandore without a French girl?
Charlie O'Laughna without some "inside dope"?
Hodge losing at blackjack?
A better "non-com" than Whitten?
McKiernan knocking Shorty on his ear?
Stevens with something to give out?
Kondrat in dancing pumps?
Hine doing anything at all?
Berryman without his puttees shined?
McMahon in the kitchen?
Watrous rendering "Captain Simms"?
Dockendorff and his forty pipes?
"Biscuits" Malone eating salmon?
Hogan with anything in his medicine kit?
Shemitz reviewing headquarters?
Fitch without an appetite?
Johnson without two?
Hunihan without a mustache?
Shanley writing a letter?
Throckmorton's grab bags?
A furlough?
McCarthy in a hurry?
Anyone gassed at the Border?
Lieut. Condren getting a haircut or two?
Water for the mess kits?
Miner drilling?
The Y. M. C. A. on the front line?
[Illustration: "APPLE KNOCKER" (GIVING OFFICER'S BOOTS THE O. O.):
"GEE, THAT FELLOW MUST STAND IN WITH STEVE, LOOK AT THE HOBS I GOT."]
"Pinky" Brush, during the company's stay in the Toul sector, had the
unenviable task of carting rations from battalion headquarters to the
kitchen in the line. On this hazardous trip "Pinky" had to follow the
road from Mandres to Beaumont along the stretch commonly known as
"Dead Man's Curve." One night the military police stationed at Mandres
stopped him and said: "They're shelling the curve every few minutes,
you better be careful."
"Waal," said the Vermonter, "I ain't goin' to use it but a few minutes.
Giddap."
[Illustration: "'TENSION!!!"]
1st Sgt.—"Fall in according to rank. Are you a first class private,
Molloy?"
Molloy—"Not yet, Sarge."
[Illustration: WHO WON THE WAR?]
FAMILIAR SAYINGS.
LIEUTENANT NELSON—"By cripes."
LIEUTENANT CARROLL—"Make it snappy."
LIEUTENANT KEENAN—"Right by twos! Ho!"
SERGEANT REILLY—"Holy Moses! Good Lord!"
SERGEANT GUERRANT—"Rest, men, rest."
SERGEANT DOWERS—"Grave-yard. Row-de-dow."
SERGEANT STEVENS—"Haven't got a thing."
SERGEANT FOLEY—"No rations to-day to speak of."
SERGEANT DOCKENDORFF—"Headquarters present or accounted for."
COOK JACOBS—"Get out of this kitchen."
SERGEANT KONDRAT—"Rapidly, rapidly."
RUSS—"Kid, how are ya?"
CATH—"What's the chow?"
SCHEFFLER—"It's a great army."
SERGEANT KLAUSSNER—"Another inspection to-day ——."
MAIDEN—"Quality not quantity."
RUBE MARTIN—"Oh Fanny!"
SCANDORE—"Where's the band?"
DELANO—"Let's have a fire."
KEANE, C. R.—"Blame the man that did it."
ROWLEY—"All right, you know."
QUINN—"You win I guess."
O'DELL—"I bet two."
THOMPSON—"I'll call you."
CRAMER, WM.—"The bigger they are the harder they fall."
BARRY—"North Bend—that's me."
ACKERMAN—"Crullers to-morrow."
BASSETT—"You stupid fool."
SERGEANT KRAKOVEC—"Hrazions detail, fall in."
CLARK, E. F.—"Let's have a song."
LEWIS, EDWARD—"A member of the old school."
KELLEY, E. F.—"Centreville for mine."
NUTILE—"Where's Duke?"
DUGGAN—"Don't bother me."
SERGEANT CURTISS—"Well, let's go."
STANDEN—"Oh, the wise guy."
KARLSON—"Somebody had to be the last man drafted, why couldn't it be
me?"
SERGEANT BELL—One long and one short (whistle).
SERGEANT MCLAUGHLIN—"When I was on the Border."
KIERNAN—"Oooh, la, la!"
WATROUS—"No kith or kin, thank God for that."
HOGAN—"That gets a laugh out of me."
SERGEANT SHEA—"——."
MARSH—"I stick up for the Y. M."
CULVER—"Elsie Janis and me."
NUTT, CHARLES—"There'll be a radical change in the morning."
BRUSH—"That's some more of my business."
WELCH—"Join the army and see the world."
FOSTER—"When I played the horses."
FOEHR—"Oh, hell!"
KELLEY, CHARLES—"Oh, razz."
SERGEANT GARRITY—"I stand for dissipline and democrassy."
LIEUTENANT CONDREN—"Good business."
LIEUTENANT PATON—"Huh?"
LIEUTENANT BACHARACH—"I love to sit and look at me and think how
wonderful I am."
SERGEANT HUNIHAN—"Well dis Jane is ——."
MESSER—"Is there any drill to-day?"
BROWN, JIM—"Dead men, tons of dead men."
POIRIER—"General Pershing gave me this Croix de Guerre."
LINDSEY—"If I could only get back to the outfit."
WEST—"When the bells."
HINE—"Has sick call gone yet?"
MINER—"Do I look like an officer now?"
SULLIVAN, TEMP—"Qu'est ce qu'il dit?"
SERGEANT MALONE—"How d'ya get that way?"
SERGEANT MCKIERNAN—"Did you ever get hit by a train of cars?"
BARTLETTE—"Just had SOME feed."
BATTYE—"Pull that pack off my wagon."
BERRYMAN—"Ha, ha, I knowed I had her."
CARROLL, HENRY—"My petit boilermaker."
CARTON—"Brrrrrage."
CHEEVER, T.—"There's three of us here now."
CHEEVER, HAL—"I'm going to wash to-morrow."
CHEEVER, IRA—"Whoauuuuu—let the Cheevers roar."
BROWN, ROYDEN—"If I ever get rid of these coots."
COHEN—"How 'bout it?"
CONROY—"Youse guys don't eat."
DALEY, VINCENT—"No mail to-day—sorry."
FARNSWORTH—"Let me tell 'bout Arabelle."
FITCH—"How long before reveille."
GARRITY, TOM—"They cut me OOh Day shirt."
HOBART—"I'll contribute."
KASTNER—"Well, up in Mankato."
KEEHAN, JIM—"Any drill to-morrow."
KREMPER—"Where's my massket, where's my massket?"
LAFAYETTE—"Shoot the five."
MOSES—"Comment, comment."
ROBINSON—First Call.
STEARNS—Retreat.
SPINAL—"Giddap."
SUTTER—103.
SHANLEY—"Nothing doing."
COADY—"No be 'shamed."
[Illustration]
ROSTER OF CO. A, 101ST MACHINE GUN BATTALION, OCT. 9, 1917. (CO. D,
102D MACHINE GUN BATTALION)
CAPTAIN
Frank E. Wolf
FIRST LIEUTENANT
George D. Condren
SECOND LIEUTENANTS
John A. Paton, Gustaf A. Nelson, John C. Carroll, Sidney Bacharach
FIRST SERGEANT
William E. Bell
MESS SERGEANT
Albert W. Smith
SUPPLY SERGEANT
Robert J. McCarthy
STABLE SERGEANT
Frederick M. Klaussner
SERGEANTS
Thomas H. O'Donnell
Royden E. Brown
William V. Cramer
Edmund S. McLaughlin
Thomas J. Reilly
Harold E. Whitten
C. Lyon Rogers
Joseph S. Hoyt
John J. Garrity
Frank R. Curtiss
CORPORALS
Arthur H. Viebranz
James R. McKiernan
Joseph A. Sullivan
Wesley E. Gould
John J. Hunihan
William J. Kennedy
Robert B. McMillan
Charles Nutt
James A. Brown
Cecil J. Dowers
Reuben Shemitz
Ira F. Carey
Francis P. Malone
Horton J. Dockendorff
COOKS
George F. Lynch
Francis J. Foley
Christopher Conroy
HORSESHOER
Lockhart R. Stewart
SADDLER
Angus W. Thompson
MECHANICS
Chauncey H. Curtiss
Harry E. O'Neil
John J. Duggan
BUGLERS
Raymond R. Robinson
Edmund C. Stearns
PRIVATES FIRST CLASS
Barrett, David J.
Bartlette, George D.
Brock, Dean M.
Bull, Kenneth C.
Bussiere, Joseph C.
Cath, Horace G.
Chase, George E.
Cheever, Harold H.
Cheever, Ira L.
Cheever, Telford C.
Clark, Eugene F.
Clemence, Robert H.
Crowley, Leo F.
Fitch, Bernard J.
Guerrant, Maurice A.
Harrington, Guy E.
Hodge, Leslie V.
Hobart, Donald A.
Hudson, Edward J.
Johnson, Oscar F.
Kondrat Michael E.
Lindsey, Clayton H.
Lewis, Edward M.
Loranger, Edmund S.
Maiden, Leo A.
Marsh, George E., Jr.
Newcombe, Douglas H.
North, Dudley
Norwood, Robert C.
Nutting, Truman B.
O'Dell, Harold D.
Poirier, Hermas
Reed, Kenneth T.
Smalley, Robert
Stevens, Maltby
Townsend, Bernard W.
Viebranz, Edwin W.
Weisheit, Frederick C.
Wickwire, Dwight H.
Wilfore, Frank
PRIVATES
Ackerman, William H.
Barry, George W.
Bassett, Walter I.
Battye, Harold J.
Berryman, Maurice L.
Brophy, Frederick J.
Brush, Maurice L.
Butler, Richard
Callahan, Daniel F.
Carroll, Henry W.
Carton, James L.
Clark, Ralph W.
Clark, William H.
Coady, Thomas W.
Cross, John I.
Culver, Otis H.
Daley, Vincent
Davis, George E.
Delano, Lewis F.
Diamara, Salvatore
Dippold, Charles W.
Donovan, John L.
Donth, Robert U.
Doran, William
Delaney, Thomas
Dispenza, Rosario
Farnsworth, Eben A.
Fink, George W.
Foehr, Charles D.
Foster, Hugh G.
Fowler, Herbert G.
Garrity, Thomas
Gonsior, Wladyslaw
Geer, Frank E.
Glade, John F.
Guy, Gordon H.
Hannon, Franklin F.
Harris, Clifford C.
Hine, George H.
Hobro, Henry F.
Jacobs, Louis E.
Jackinchuk, Fedorse
Kapitzke, Arthur G.
Keane, Charles R.
Keane, George W.
Keefe, Joseph V.
Keehan, James
Kelley, Eugene
Kelley, Charles M.
Keyes, Willie O.
Kiernan, Thomas F.
Kroll, August
Kramer, Morris
Lacaillade, George A.
Lafayette, Ernest E.
Lillquist, Hjalmar A.
Lesocke, Stephen F.
Martin, Rutherford B.
McMahon, Thomas F.
Meickle, William N., Jr.
Messer, George L.
Miner, Justin P.
Moore, Ralph D.
Malone, James E.
Molloy, Joseph H.
Newell, Vernon
O'Brien, John L.
O'Laughna, Charles L.
O'Neil, Edward J.
Painter, Charles E.
Parmalee, Arthur O.
Pepines, Nick
Quinn, Thomas F.
Rourke, Harold J.
Rourke, Thomas P.
Rowley, George H.
Russ, Albert H.
Russett, Joseph
Scandore, Salvatore
Scharff, Frank B.
Scheffler, George L.
Shea, Michael L.
Smith, Wesley
Sullivan, Joseph P.
Sullivan, William
Sutter, George T.
Spinal, Manuel
Shanley, Frank P.
Standen, William H.
Terry, Ernest
Vaugh, Charles L.
Watrous, Wheeler deF.
Wynne, Bernard J.
Wortenko, Jacob
Welch, Richard M.
West, Ernest
Wheeler, Joseph J.
Yuczczik, Michael