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by right of heritage ft j< Scutiierr. Born Division Commanders j i in the World War. Who They j< w ere and What They Did. ; V. D. C. Prize Essay by Mrs. J. M. Kelly, Wyihville, Va.. in Con feeler- j ate Veteran. j; This title 10 a modern article was:: . selected because the one poin: that;I impressed me most in sorting ol t"e;f&cts necessary to a chronicle of tlils!; I kind was the date of birth of these jsoldiers of our Southland, now veter-! ans of a World war, no longer merely j Southerners, but great Americans all. iJ ? ""V 'ai 'at 'fin on;: The ngures, ou, ui, . up to the seventies, with a very few*] in the fifties, were before my eyes; j and I pictured the babies born just | before or during the struggle between >; the state growing into boys who lis-1 tened to the battles of history being i' fought over by men, strong, valiant, j and unconquered in their pride?menj who fought for a cause they thought; right and returned home to live over j ' I again for the children "tne giory uxai, "Was theirs." Held ever before them as models;, and examnles were thai gentleman, I scholar, and soldier. Robert E. Lee, j whose greatest monument today is: that empty niche in the Hall of Fame; J the wonderful strategist and leader,! Jackson; the brilliant young Stuart;! the romantic Mosby, and on through j the list that never grows old to the^ Southern born. Was it any wonder, i then, that boys who grew to young j manhood in that twenty . ears after j the war claimed their hr:r.r-rt ? No disloyalty to the So .;:cause ! theirs when they decided t<- iuiiow the j flag of a united country. They havebrought added honor to the flag of! their fathers, for the meager history of these men that I have been able; to piece together is one of which Sou-1 therners a n~ited Ymericans can! well be proud. Just y *ve are vr< ad of t!- .* men .' who commanded oar armies in 186i , to ISO.}, and justly we r?roud of: the hk who helped to command ourj armies in 1917 to 1918, those armies; whose marching feet obliterated for-! ever the Mason and Dixon line. The South furnished to the World war the commander in chief of our ' armv and navy, Woodrow Wilson; at' least, a half interest in the general in jactive command of the whole army.' John J. Pershing; and the greatest soldier of the war, Alvin York, of Tennessee mountains, one of the seventy-eight Medal of Honor men of j the World war. He but carried on' his heritage oi oravery. i Just for a minute to go back to' those tense days in April, 1917, on- : coming, victorious Germans with only, war-weary Allied veterans and un-i tried Americans to stop them. It is: such a few short years. Have we forgotten? Foch called upon Pershing i for the First division to go into action; on the ridge north of Montdidier. to, cover the Paris-Calais railroad. Here was a post of honor, a posi tion that must be held at all costs., Do vou remember who commanded * ! that division? Robert Lee Bullard,; who was born in Alabama in 1861, a ( child of the Civil v,*ar. He was told , to hold, bat four weeks later left the : trenches to take Cantigny, a swift j. and splendid achievement. Here was; America's real baptism of fire and I the first milestone of Pershing's amy. j (Frank Simond's history.) Lieutenant General Bullard rom- j manded in turn the first division to 1 take its place in the front line in j thp Third Armv poms, find I < ' the second army. He took part in J the operations in the reduction of the Marne salient, the Meuse-Argonne i offensive, and was in commnad of the jSecond army when the German res:?- tsnee west of the Meuse was snatter- ' rd. He received the Distingnishe i j Service medal for his services as com-; mander of the Second army. : Frank Simonds says, in his account [, of the Meuse-Argonne achievement,;; that four of General Pershing's sub- i ordinates deserve mention in any: study, however summai Of these ;< four two are Southern >. One is, j Lieutenant. General Bu ... Iready," mentioned; the other, Gen.;< Charles P. Summerall of Florida. i In the World war Summerail com- j min.-ipd in torn n hrio-nrlp r>f division in the operations near Mont-ji didier. the First division during the1 < Scissons und St. ?T^hie! offensives,; and in t" 3 .:! hat;. _ of the Mouse-' Arti'onne advance, and the Fifth Army corps 'r. he late; aides of .Lis ad ; vanes. i' i "I. Jl of these hi ' tin "mra^e, |J elcir Jgvnent, and soldierly charac-;< 1. " hau a marked influence in the at-; taiuuent of the success of his eom-1 mands." (Citation for D. S. M.) ;< A Souther.'! horn man i> now com- : nancler in chief of the army of occu- i pat ion. it is a long- step for the little.' KentucKy oot ' ^ ;.vre\v up m mose ; dark days cf Southern history *t; i coriimai2d('r in chief of the Amc- 1 army on the Rhine. Children of a v.. .< I ;u:v generation will read with priu:>f that army in a foreign land, ol iu ,'r r:ig!i mora) standard, their >nnlard < ? excellence in every particular *nd back of that standard is the man Henry T. Alien. A: commander of ih< !-Oth i'.ivisiuu, he had the importan' position of conducting the right flan! .it the St. Mihiel salient; later he re seated his success in the Mer.se-Ar *cnre offensive. Received the 1). S .?!. I Or UJOt? iH'.s ami is m.. and judgment in comma; " the St} Army corps. According to Gen. I .he se lection of the body of l ' L'nknowi Soldier" to be brought over and in terred in Arlington will be in hi: hands. The body of the unknown sol dier goes to the home of Lee to b< buried, the greatest honor that can b< paid one who laid down his life fo his country. We of the South sa: uAye/' for national cemetery thougl it if, Arlington was, is, and alway will be the "heme of Lee." Every one knows the wonderfu strides made in chemical warfare dur ing the World war, but few of us re member the name of the man wh< commanded the Chemical Warfar service during that time. It wa Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert, fror . abama, whose father fought in th battles of Manasses, tir- Wilderness and Pete: g. The D. S. M. wa awarded him for his services in th organization of the Chemical Warfar service, contributory to the success ful prosecution of the war. Maj. Gen. George Bell, Jr.*. sion fought with the British i ; offensive operations that resulte. - " 1 1 IT?, the capture ox namei unu Woods and in the fighting on th Meuse that gained the villages o Marcheville, St. Hilaire, and a por tion of Bois d'Harville. fie displaye a high order of leadership in th Meuse-Arg^-ne offensive when his d: vision atl;.<-.ved and captured ~h stron;;1" fortified Bcis de Fc.u Mai. G"v.. Bell was born in M:.-' ard . awarded the D. S. M. hi services as division commander. ! d;i has given the South anothe general of especial distinction, Maj Gen. Francis J. Kernan. His was th important daty of organizing the ser vice of suoply f the A. E. F. i; France. As a aiember of the Wa Prisoner's commission to Berne Switzerland,and of tlr* American sec tion of the supreme w. council, h rendered conspicuous services tc th government, for such received the E S. M. Maj. Gen. David C. Shank, of th Old Dominion, son of a first lieuten ant in the Salem Flying artillery, af terwards called Hupp's battery, wa born at Salem, Va.. of Confeclerat ancestry on both sides. In aclciitioi to his services as commander of a di vision he was detailed as commande of the great port of embarkation a Hoboken, where he served during th war. He received the D .S. M. fo his administration of that port i: connection with the shipment o troops overseas. Kis v.-,-* indeed ; post of responsibility : on? re calls the secrecy m: ' and th great strain conseq.ie.. . . shlppin; safely so many tho:is:-.nas of mei through those submarine infested \va ters. Maj. Gen John L. Hirtes of Wes Virginia commanded a brigade of th 1st division in the operations nea Montdidier and Soissons, and the 4tl division in the Argonne-Meuse offer, sives. In addition to tbo I>. S. M. Majo General Hines . ec?iv?td the Distin <7 Cnvvioo f" nv PXtTUOrO i ^ ~^? nary heroism in action near B.rzy-le Sec, France. At crifical time dur in? the battle so:rhv.*?sr of Soissors when liaison had been broken tween the 16:h .mil ?Gth infantry, h< went through terrific artillery fire t< the front line- of the Kith. loc^toJ it left flan';, ^hen succeeded in findins Ll -f* r\-t 9 1" 1", fjrv ine lurwii . cjc-.ivms ?. >. _ -v.. directed the linking: up o: "he- t*vo res iments, thus en :bl:n<r the on^mtion to be pushed forward successfully. Maj. Gen. Robert Howz.- o 7V,x as commanded ihe r?3v 1 division n its organization throughout in-1 Flow many of ;s read wirh the t. )f victory still in our hearts of those divisions of the American army iria marched so Quietly into the enemy*, country to take up their "Watch or the Rhine.'' Major General Howz( commanded one of thorn. Beside1? the S. M "?n. Howze commanded whose mtuuie name Lee, due i Si-tam * nship to a,,.t fa*n:l.v ; < at'^n that was almost wovsj ^?oi. .ee, wears that most covc . ; 01 *!i ^mtrican decorations, tv.? Mr-da :> ? I ,nov. In 1K1H his small troop of J=frytwo men - s attac ked by eight hurs Iret: Sioux Indians, who he i br.;> -r hrough the t' ps that v?mv !>.?!?:n.f the m in tht-iv - wy. A :r ! o?:> with rifles. -ey fought ?I: - i ;<i:a.\ jl! iJJiV, t'VC" : ] . .1.e' I {' ( p. driving iht-ni i > ih ;.?,v?:cy. ?or personal b-vivcrv in this ftghi rongress awarded ihe Medal oi .'Honor. ! 'i Virginia an.:! West Virginia ! i ! . ;;>vther give us anoiher major geneia!. .Mason 31. Patrick, of Lewisburg. It was Yirgi: ia when he was born there, i' bat it is now West V:rgi,i\i. He bet, longed io the engineering branch of ; the service, and during the war was director of construction and forestry, - and later chief of the air service of *> i-i r?_4i,? n ; \T . the A. r?. f. Ut'i't'lVfU Uir- 1>. .J. . *. ! for his aoic administration of these 1 departments. An Associated Press , notice of a late date tells us that he . has been appointed chief of the air j service to succeed General .Menoner. J The secretary of war laid stress on si the fact that he is an officer of ma_ ture years and seasoned by experience ?'at home and abroad in positions re? quiring executive ability. r From the. South to Si be? a reads r, like a book of adventure and such it f<-.v i?fT\v/'pn those words lies the 5: hardships and adventures of the American Expeditionary force? in Sibe1'ria, commanded by Maj. Gen. Wil. liam S. Graves of Texas. He was al. so executive assistant to the chief of 3 staff and receive . * '" e D. S. M. for his P services. s' Maj. Gen. Rob. . '-f*xander of it'Maryland was comma . f the 77th e ' division. During the advance in the Argonne forest, M:;jor General Alexs'ander, when his men were worn out o hv a lomr period of front line service. e visitpd the units in the front line, enj. couraging them to greater efforts. He i j continued in spite of the severe fire . to which he was subjected until ho i had inspected each group. His per,,.""na] disregard of danger resulted in , ie crossing of the Aire and the capc . -e of Grand Pre and St. Juvin. (Cif tat ion for D. S. C.) -vlaj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott of Ken(j. tucky as chief of staff in 1917 persise i tently advocated the adoption of the ; i selective service law. He was comi-1 e!manding general at Camp Dix, N. J., : and received the D. S. M. for the trninine* of the divi (| ^ slons under his care. He is now re.> : tired fror.i active service. >t j * * n. Guy Carieton of Texas . , also ved the D. S. M. for organe;iv.inj n:\ training corps and army ]troops during the war. He was comnt'ma. <r at Camp Wadsworth, South ". Carolina. r ! '^en. Beaum it B. Buck of V.i when commanding the 2nd brigade of the 2nd division, at the attack of Berzy-le-Sec, France, ( traversed the front line of his advancing forces, directing his organiz ' ' ^ ~ t!,n aticn, ar.d led tne nrsi wave uj ej attack that finally captured the town. " He accomplished this under.heavy ".machine .gun fire when most of the J officers of his brigade had fallen, for e; which he received the Distinguished ! Service cross. "j Maj. Gen. Walter H. Gordon of r Florida fir.-t commanded the 184th u: brigade, and was promoted to Major e! General in 1018. when h<? took com1 mand of the 28th division. His cita1 tion for the D. S. M. savs t'nat he con e tributed greatly to the success ata tained by that division during the ".time he was in command. L i The men who went across with the s.first contingent of American troops n thought they were in luck. One of " ihese was Maj. Gen. George B. Dunjcan of Kentucky, who commanded in t turn a regiment, brigade and division. e|As commander of the 77th division in r the Baccarat sector, his military (i judgment-and energy were important -.factors in the successes gained. Later he commanded the 82nd division in r the Msuse-Argonne offensive. He re ceived the D. S. M. for these ser vices. -j Maj. Gen. James McRae of Geor gia, according tr the citation for the D. S. M., showihigh quality of - leadership. He cc>:>. nded the 78th ? division in the Mv \vgonne of > fensive and took parr in the opera s ticns that forced the enemy to abanz dor. the Grand Pre. j Kentucky certainly is a fighting - state, for while a Virginian hates to ? admit it. she holds the honors in this (article. Another of her sons, Maj. - Gen. Frank L. Winn, commanded the 1 177th Infantry brigade and later the S9th division. He received the D. S. M. for his tactical skill and ability - ? a leader. In the St. Mihiel and t ^vgonne ofFr-nsives he accompanied = the assaulting battalions and placed '.them on their objectives. | The spirit of the Louisiana Tigers - still lives in Maj. Gen. John A. Le, J'.-nro. of that state, for when he com* warded *ke 2nd division in thf operations of T hi eu court, Mnsif Bbnc Mont, S> Mihiel, and on *h? west bank oi the Meuse, in The* Meuse1 Ai offensive, his division was .din -lih .-uch military judgment ni: ?:ity that i: broke and held - :.r' lines. h>therto considered im: R.etlved the D. S. M. Ai:. ' :or.. Henry Jervey, Virginia,! conspicuoi.'-. service as direc-i orations, <reneral staff, and [ a- 'ant to the hief of staff in; . lire pa " !]]? and executing the plans fori : the mobilization of personnel during! ? the war. Received the D. S. M. 1 > I The following major generals are credited to divisions by the war de-' part men t, hut 1 have been unable to! find anything more personal about j their services: 7 ? Mai. (ien. Eben Swift of Texas,! 10 National army, now retired. Mai. (Jen. Edward H. Plummer, re-'t IL tired after tour years service. j ?*Iaj. Gen. LeRoy S. Lyons, Vir-; *. j g:n-.a. Maj. Gen. "William R. Smith, Ten-i J ' t ne?iee. awarded D. S. M. S Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn, North; , .Carolina, retired after forty years'* 11 service. ! c Besides these the South furnished* Major Generals Peter C. Harris of ^ Georgia and Henrv P. ??lcCain of., I [Mississippi. Both of these men re-J jceived the Distinguished Service; medal for their work of practical ben-j efit to the government in the adju-1 tant's department. i] j Maj. Gen. Clarence C. Williams,-j ; Georgia, was chief of ordnance; re-;j : c-eived the D. S. M. j Maj. Gen. Frank Mclntyre, Alaba-;r ma, was chief of bureau of insular ( affairs, received D. S. M. jt i dunnrfnipnt furnishes the ; 1 -**" I , following list of brigadier generals, ] I credited 10 Southern states, who com-' innaded divisions during1 the World!] .war. Where I have failed to give an'] account of their services shows no!' lack on their part as commanders, j, 'only my inability to find their rec-j ords: \: ! Brig. Gen. James B. Erwin, borni" .in Georgia in 1S-52, is the oldest ofj' i the Southern commanders in the r i World war on my list. He is now re-i ; tired after forty-five years of ser-| vice. He commanded the 92nd div-i ision, Brig. Gen. Frank Parker, South; ICarolina, commanded the 1st division,!; Jin trie autumn of 1918, in the Meuse-j1 jArgonne offensive. Received D. S.1 ;m. j1 Brig. Gen. Preston Brown, Ken-!' . tucky, was chief of staff of 2nd divi-j. sion and directed the details of the j; i battles near Chateau-Thierry, Sois-' jsons and the St. Mihiel salient. Later J' he commanded the 3rd division in the ; ' i j Meusc-Argonne offensive at a critical i1 'time, and was able to carry to a sue-!. Icessful conclusion the operations at: I Clair Chenes and Hill 294. Received Id. s. m. ' Brig. Gen. Frank B. Watson, Vir- ' ginia, made brigadier general August,'] .1038. j; ; Brig. Gen. Benjamin T. Simmons, (North Carolina, made brigadier gen- ] 'eral October, 1918. ir Brig. Gen. William S. Scott, Texas, ] j was retired by operation of law in i '1920. i Brig. Gen. Nathaniel F. McClure, ] : Kentucky, was brigadier general in r i national arm v. h t # i j Brig. Gen. Ira A. Haynes, Ken-; i+nr-lrv spvved In nrfillpvv? V?ri<rnHi*?v i | V 4.. j general national army. j Brig. Gen. Benjamin A. Poore, Ala-, ibama. commanded the 7th Infantry, brigade in the numerous engagements! I'of the Meuse-Argonne campaign. His | brigade drove the enemy from Euis-j ! seau des Forges and the Bois du jFays. The troops under his command j captured many prisoners and much1 ! material. Received D. S. M. ; Brig. Gen. Samson L. Faison, North j 'Carolina, commanded the GOth In-1 !fantry brigade during the breaking of j 1 the enemy's Hindenburg line at! Bellecourt, France; D. S. M. I T> > in* fl n> > Q M n 11 A\M? I VI til. VUllil IJ, .'ItUi J^V , * li 5,1jnia, now retired. ! Brig. Gen. Matthew C. Smith, Ala- i jbama, made brigadier general Gcto-j jber, 1018, U. S. army. 1 Brig-. Gen. Roger D. Williams.1 ; Kentuckv. I Brig. Gen. Robert 1*3. L. Michie. i : Virginia. Brig. Gen. Roy Hoff. Oklahoma. Suc-h is the list as I haVe been able j ;to compile it, not complete, but asj jaccurate as a verification, name by! ;name, in the army register of 1920; can make it. All of the names given | ; here can be found in the register with i ItVip nnlc pvcpnt rV>p lnsfr. throp. ;iml i I have a list from the war department t as authority for them. j Worthy followers of the great com-' 'manders of the War Between the! Stales, they have proven themselves; in every branch of the service men j 01 ability and bravery. The South! can weil echo Marshal Foch's words n "America's Contribution to Vic-1 ;torv:" "I salute mv American com! . ovp-i cronorolc / ore or?/1 j soldier??ail equally glorious, thanks ' * o w he in a drtc:f.ive victory has been; v;o:i for freedom.'' j [I owe thanks to Maj. Sidney j Ivloore of Wytheville, and Cel. K. j 'Kent Spillcr of Roanoke, for their j help in this work; also the Army and! Navy Journal and many friends who j so kindly and promptly answered my j letters asking for information. j 31 v authorities are Prank Simon's: ITistory, the Army Register for 11)20,: and "Heroes AH" by Harry R. Stringer. "Heroes All" gives the list of; men who received the D. S. M. and ' the I). S. C. In many instances Ij V.nvn rrnrov* M*ot:rtnc tncf fVlnV ii(l t I 1 V V. J J 11 k\., V I' Ul iVMU- J L* .1 W ? fc~.? k. ^ . are worded there.] | lDDRESS delivered at washington celebration (Continued From Page 3) ut himself; this is he whose extrardinary virtues only kept the* army rom disbanding and saved hi? cour.ry's cause. Modest in the midst of iride, wise in the midst of folly, calm 11 the midst of passion, cheerful in ho midst of trioom. steadfast among he wavering, hopeful among the dependent, bold among the timid, pru!ent among the rash, generous among he selfish, true among the faithless, greatest among good men. and best imong the great." Such was George Vashington whom today the nation vhich he founded honors as no other nan has ever been honored. IN MEMORY Of Mary Elizabeth, daughter of vlr. and Mrs. Brady J. Boozer, born VIay 9, 1921, died February 10, L922. age 9 months and 1 day. This lovely bud, so young and fair, Called hence by early doom. lust came to show how sweet a flower En paradise would bloom. Ere sin could harm or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care, Phe open bud to Heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there. Tis hard to break the tender cord When love has bound the heart; Tis hard, so hard, to speaK tne words. "Must we forever part?" 4 Dear Little Elizabeth, we have laid thee In the peaceful grave's embrace. But thy memory will be cherished Till we see thy Heavenly face. Thy gentle voice now is hushed, rhy warm, true heart is still, And on thy young and innocent brow rs resting death's c-okl chill. Thy hands are clasped upo.i th> T i_ urecu-L, We have kissed thy lovely brow, And in our aching- hearts we know We have no darling now. When we see the precious blossom Fhat we tended with such care, Rudely taken from our bosom, How our hearts almost despair! Round her little grave we linger rill the setting sur. is low, Peeling all our hopes have per:?hed With the flower we cherished so. Parewell, Elizabeth, but not forever; There w'll be a splorious dawn: We shall meet to part?no, never, r Carol!] i % On the resurrection morn. | i r> V, Though thy darling form ii?.?s sleeping '. In the cold and silent tomb. Thou ihalt have a glorious wakinu When the blesfeti Lord doth come. ( We lay thee in thy siient tomb. I ^ Sweet blossom of a day: We just began to view thy bloom. 1 ^ When thou wert called a way. i At length released from ail thy pa:n. Our darling sweetly sleeps: j How calm and peaceful thv renose. r I OPERA Tf'F ETip 90 HOUSE 1 tifi. iLu. LQ s ?Q THE THEATREGO in bringing "Rose cf W opera house I can assure yov more than move musical con display of the greatest revu dramatic story. Reports i h lion lead me to commend it 1 I 1 J Ij j %^he^/Stor. producing I. I , I I , FOV^ &jL ilifove/ jjft I Blended UA ff MWKM I CMEW Mew Ser C, , C*e f! off ^ 'Z. ii is i.X i 11 ii ii C- ? ^ *3 ? J8 A;. motorcar pricc:* h'/comc * : ...^. ... . ,i, I ' ! J ' ?L" ! ? . Li ' j V tl/ ' C,' ? . j - * ? v f I >.;!( t v > r < ' < '' j~ ' v. i v b 'iiivi li.v. ! 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