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Spratt, The Sate's correspondent was privileged to examine, cop1es of field orders covering the instructions to the One Hundred and blighteenth In fantry, Thirtieth Division, coniposed of the troops from South Carolina, and reports of the operations of the regi ment between the periol from October, 5 to October 20. the perliod during , which the iind'enburg line was first I broken by' these troops and their ob jectives obtained. There are also original inaps which were used on the field showing by annotation the pro gress made by the troops as they went foiward on their objectives. I The orders contain a wealth of de tail which seenm to cover every contin gency from the laying down of the first barrage to the disposition of the dlead, woilnded and prisoners, and; show the particular dui ty of each arim of the service, including artillery, ma chille ginI detachlellents. aeropliales, vavalry, water supply, food, first i'd, and ali in such aur'tlle de0tail that the inmi( tralined to the bulsine--ss Iholm d f14 it) no<ifficlty in any conltinl gncyl0'. ''le muass of this infortltllclion Is StaggIer ing to the lay minl ail imtli ates tIhe n(eessity for skillful trailling. Thet orders originating Withi thev hirhl cmIlllnld com( e (1 lown by grais aint are wvritttnI u1siailly ill 01 las's excepi by 1t miia jors of battalions who assein ble thevir ociltupay comminantlers and plrsonally go throgh'll their order. The reg-iment left le Mevsnil Where; it had been 'tationed for two days fol loWing the opet'itions at IielIicour1t oil October 5 ani was iloved by bus colivey Rolnssoy, .ma rehing thence to the trenches south-west of Nauroy. On the same night it Imtceeded to the vicinity of Wontrehain and took. over the lines of tle Twenty-first. and Twenty-seventhI infaitry lattalions and the second Pioneer Battalion, A F'. F. The line was continually harassed by artillery fire on both front anti flanks, but in spite of this the po sitions were improved and the lines advanced in sone instances, while a ift ) pri son.e rs Wore captured by r'aids iOnl enemly posts, by parlties fromn the Thirid lattalion. 01 the following tilorning. Withi the coopieration of the Oneo 11l1in(11re1 and Sevventevnlh In fan ltry, on th e lft, the regi 1uent 'llai an ;ulVanilce of 1,1(11) yards on a 74M yarl front, with the ail of a creeping hbtaae ath slitffere few (asuailtie's in th oiperation. This operatioll was for hIII' 1ijrpose of sIraightell ing oit IIh e i li i provilling a J jtpitg ofl he ' i Them ode ( s'1 for' this at talk 'amell inte4 and.t in t' a bsence of Colonel' Wolft, wlelt nightl itn the prleplarationI in order'i Ithat thitere shou~tld lht no dielay. 1l(1we(vt'rI, ther wasIii little' time afterm lilthetreceipt (If tiht or'dr sinIce the at tack was to bl'gjn at 5 o''lockl in the mior' nmg. Shly 3 afllir this hourll tile re4giment stont on1 the( right and the One Ilunl drled and Seventleenthl Infantry 41 n t' left and breaking itrough lte Ilinden burg h tlneavanted to1 a depjth oi(f 5,5444 'ard I n01 a fr'ont (of 2.500l y'ards (ap bleyond~ on ai Iwo hlItailior) front, tihl Thei :al an .1'was assisted'l by I tnks andl art illr barragct. 'lTte adlvance of thel left It lollo wa sI seady, lbut thlit S :Il in lt' luin lg, wileI the ton tligent obljeIt ivl' was reachedt ablout r'esislance' was miainliy of imacine gunl fir' and artI illry, the latter' In someit inst ance1s firin11g OVer 1'open' sightsI at ato th111 Ile re'gim n c1411L aptur ied iI; 1' seveely(i in ('tnualtijes o wIng to lthe dif~lliult lSIl t ' be (orco and1 to thei we ntI forward(1II to thi~ir ob -ii~ ''Ives wvithI en I ti diSregard o( f e'xposure1 or I iml Th'ie ('nsually list sholws the namesil' et'rs k illed iln act Ion: (Capt. A. Zane i'y'les, r'egimen~ltal adjuitanit; Capt. WVII li WV. Jones of Company I,; Iair'st FIet. WX. A. Hudl~gens., adjutitant, ThiIird lat talIon; First I~lcut. P. 11. 'N. -lar'le (If Company M; First.Lleuit . WIIIliam A. Bluiloy of Company I; Firpt ileuit. Geor'ge F. Read of Company F, IFirst ladent. William K. Frampton of Com pany D, Secondt Lint. heany i'n. BOYS RICE OF VICTORY Shows Heroic Work of One ith Infantry in Break g Lne-Many Make e Sacrifice. of Company M, Second Lieut. Roper E. Farmer of Company K, Second Lieut. Tillman H1. Smith of Company F, Sec ond Lieut. William 0. tSevenson of Company A, Second Lieut. William M. Jones of -Headquarters Company and Second Lieut. Charles Roehrig of Com pany L. Those wounded or gassed were Maj. Ileyward Mahon, Jr., commanding the First Battalion; Mlaj. J. H. Howell, commanding the Third Battalion; Lieut. Paul ' E. Bradshaw, adjutant, First Battalion; Lieut. S. M. Willis of Company A, Capt. Linds L1. Ligon of Company B, who commanded the First Battalion after Major iMahon was wounded; Capt. Arthur Lee of Con pany D, who commanded the First Bat tallon after lCapt Ligon was wound ed; Capt. J. T. Crawford of Company C, Capt. Samuel W. Parks of Company G, :who was succeeded in turn as they were wounded by Lieutenant Dozier and First Sergt. Frederick Nims; Lieut. T. 11. WIggs of Company H, Capt. Iliran Ilutchison of Company K, Capt. Robert WN. IHudgens of Ileadquarters Companiy and Lieit. George 0. lailey, commaiinding the macilhie gun com pa ny. 01lIer wounded by shell fire, ri file bullet or gas wer as follows: First LI leut. Ith hard S. Geostord of Coma iny .1. First lteut. .lames Anderson, intelligence otileer of 'Iltird lnt tialion; Pirst Lieut. Ilarry P. Wickes of Com pany L, Fl i-st Lieut. ien ry E. Itihli of Ileadquarters Company, First Lieut. Sam J. Ioyall of Ileadiluarters Com pany, First Lieut. James C. I)ozier of Company (, First Lieut. .laies . Selhi -Ving of Ileadquarters Company, First Lieut. G. A. Neutffer, -Machine (umn Company; Second Lieut. John 11. low ard of Company II, Second lieut. ). ''. Smith of Company G, Aecond Lieut. Zebulon B. ''liornburg of Company F, Second Lileut. Paul F. Newell of Com pany G, Second lileut. IEdgar L. Mc Neil, Machine Gun Company; Second Ileut. Jess M. Barton of Headquarters Company, Second Lieut. Jerry B. Fen ton of Company 1), Second Lieut. Carl 'P. Prause of Company I, Capt. E,. Steward, adjutant, Signal Battalion; First Lleut. W. W. Wingo, IIeadquar ters Company; First lieut. Paul C. Bradshaw, adjutant, First Battalion; First lieut. Ilarty G. Kessen Ich, Ilead (luarters Company; First LieuJ. Joe F. Smiith, of Compa ny I), Pirst LAeut, llen ry P. Ledford, -. R. 1 . ; irst Limit. Itr1-man E. Moore, Ml. It. E.; lirst Lieut. Jlohn It. Wiggs of Com inity 11. Second Livt. Alfred O'Neal of Comiany 1I, Second LAieut. Allas .l. I'I(kett of ('omtpany ), Specond ILieut. Robert ML. Maxey of Company L, Capt. L,. L. I gon, Fir-st lat talion ; Ftirsi I eu t. Ed w in L~. It ughes of Comnpniy A, Flirst 1Lieut. Sweany I. Bliackmari of (Comp~any Ft, First Lieut. Geor-ge C. Railey, Machine Guni Company; First blent. Wallace D. Wilkinson of Ala ciIne Gnun Company; Fitrst IIent, ia id I. Penland of Company F, and Fir-st bLeut! Job B. K~oon of Company Company E was commanded by (Calit. Rtichar-d A. Fulp dui-ng the firist fight and later- by TAceut. Lawlor-, Cap tain Vul p ha'Ving been sent to thle staff- school to take a special coourse in staff wor-k. iThis is the only com hat comptlany that dlid not loise Its com manod ing ofilleer. and thie Second 1lint - tatlion.- comnman ded by Alaj. Lihndsay Al~a ddein of Iitwk 11111, is thle onilIy battalIon that did( not lose biothi its tmajior aind adljitanit. Captain (;illsie succeeded Major- I owellI in commtiantd of the Third flat tal Ion and 'was recomi miendled for pr-oiiotion to lie major; (Catpt. L,. L. 1Lgon succeeded Major Xl ahIon in -ommantd of the Ftirst Itt Iil ion and when he wias gassed was succeeded by Caplt.- Airthurii Lee. (Caplt. WV. I). Workmitan. whlo had bieenm made a major aind acted as brmigade adjui tanut of thie Stixtleth ItTriga de, was tater'm assignedi to command thtis lint tal Ion. ('apt. Ralp J)1.. Ramer- of And erson, the liopular- and efilclent commander- of the maclilae gun comnpany, was de ailed as a special instructor in the ar-my school of the linut and the man (-hlne gun c-omnpany was commandedl by L~tiiut. Geor-ge C. Halley. The Iilead urtiniIers, (ComiPany, (-ommnande-d hiv ('aplt. R~obecrt W. ildgeins, souffered very heavy easualties. a nd the iffer~ c-it spec Iall1y tri-nned mtent wet-e arimed with ritles antd 'iot to treinfor-ce t- die idetIed in fary '~( conatles. ('alitin Iiiilens was assined to the comn nmand of Company GI wlIhl had lost aill Its oflleirs. IHe commltianidd- thIiis cotm pmny In an abile manner dlur ing sov.. eralI days of the hot test fight ing, ex posIng hImself fea rlcessly and coining through safely. A fewv days later-. whIle In regimental headquar-ter-s In Hlohtain, Captain Hludgeuns wvas sever (-onnuennd on Unara Threen.\ R OY S T E -R'S FERTILIZER ?RAO& -MARIK REGISTERED, THE GOODS FOR YOU BECAUSE I 33 YEARS The quality has never failed: The owne ship arid management have never cha ged: The sales e grown from 250 tons to 400,000 tons; a proof of satisfaction. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md. Toledo, 0. Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. For Sale by OWINGS & BOBO ON CASH BASIS On ccount f shortage of clerical help and the h' h prices we are having to pay or otton seed and labor, we are fore d o turn our products into cash as quic as possible. So we are selling meal and hulls FOR CASH ONLY. PRICES ON HULLS AND MEAL Hulls . . . . . $1.00 per hundred Meal . . . . . . $2.75 per sack Laurens Oil Mill