The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1935, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY, JULY ll, 1935. B BILI Ih l)E BECK LO-WIZIE'S" A WONDERFUL WOMAN , SNUFFY -- - T WOULDN'Y HURT YOU TO LOOSEN UP AN' BUY HER A UTTLE GIFT ~-- ROU! ne«so AB CATAWAMPus ' TH' SIX-TUPPLES: Mike Kitoff, Juneau; John Wag- ner, City; Duke and Ed Jurgeleft, local. B i AT THE " HOTEL: e e s v wd e v Zynda A. W. Smith, Camp 8. . e NOTICE Gastineau Walter Hall, PAA; John M. Cross, 4 Cordova; L. G. Wingard, Seattle; ‘ A special meeting of stoekholders Sentiment Sought 1 J. A Fyke; R.'W. Britton, Ket-|of the Alaska Theatre Co. will be . Billion Dolls neidered one of the most NEAUY- [chikan; Mrs. Jennie Lane, Los An: held at . the Uptown Theatre on tiion oular lun formed ballhplayers.in the big | geles; Miss Jennie Lane, h;rsyche,‘sund_ay aftetnoon at 1:3044 Lottery Measur e J8u88: e i Shmifs adv. ments of field artillery, the Mhl» and 10th. The 7th Infantry is sta- [tioned at Vancouver 'Barracks, | Wash,, and Chilkoot Barracks, Al- | |aska. The 4th is at Fort Georgew Kiki Cuyler, Cubs outtielder, is Thtrd Dwtswn, Untted States Army, Romarkable for Record in World War, Celebrates Or ganization Day Monday, Clulkoot Soldwrs Part of Division The Third DiyisionsUnited States Army—thé “West's‘Own"—will cele- | | defensive line, the 38th Infantry | bears the proud distinction of being brate Organization Day on flex"the only' regimental organizatior Mornday, July 15, in niemory of its| fodnding “and its brilliant history. The Seventh Infantry, part of | | mentioned {report on the organization of in' General -Pershing’s the A. E. F. (The 38th at present is which is stationed at Chilkoot Bar- | stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah). racks; 'and soon to visit Juneau, is part of the Third Division and the history of this Army ' Division ls‘ On the 18th of July, 1918, the Allies began the operation known as. the Aisne-Marne Offensive, its particularly interesting to this sec"lmmedlate purpose being the re- tiori Of Alaska. ance because on this date, in 1918, the ‘division * fought for ‘the first time as a unit, met the selected shock troops of the enemy and stopped them. Astride the Surmelin Creek, and along the banks of the Marne, the 3rd Division fought with such brilliance, tenacity and courage that it won for itself the name, “Rock of the Marne.” Original Composition The Division was ovganized in Novemer; 1917, ‘at Camp Green, North Carolina, from troops of the Regular Army and by transfers from other units. The original composition was as follows: 5th Infantry Brigade—4th In- fantry, 7th Infantry and 8th Ma- chine Gun Battalion. 6th Infantry Brigade—30th In- fantry, 38th Infantry, and 9th Ma- chine Gun Battalion. 3rd Field Artillery Brigade—10th Field Artillery, 18th Field Artillery, 76th Field Artillery and the 3rd Trench Mortar Battalion. Divisional Troops—Tth Machine Gun Battalion, 6th Engineers, 5th Signal Battalion, ahd the Head- quarters Troops. Trains—3rd Train and ‘Military Police; | duction of July 15 is chosen for the obsety- Headguarters 3rd"“Ammuni- | the: Chateau-Thierry salient. Attacks Across Marne In this operation the division attacked across the Marne east of Chateau-Thierry and advanced northeast to the Ourcq. Jauglonne was entered on July 22, Le Charmel offered a stubborn resistance, and was only captured, after four days of bitter fighting, on July 25. The Ourcq was reached on the 26th and Roncheres was taken on the 28th. The Division was relieved July 30 by the 32nd Division and assembled south of Chateau- Thierry. On August 2 the 6th Bri- gade was dispatched to support the 3rd French Army Corps operating toward the Vesle. It was reliev from this duly August 10 and re- joined' the division which had gone into a rest area near Gondre- court, On September 4 the division pro- ceeded to the Vaucouleaus area preparatory to taking part in the (St. Mihiel Offensive. In this op- 'eration it ‘was in rese of the 4th Army Corps. | tion Train; 3rd Supply Train; 6th ! Engineers’ Train and 3rd Sanitary Train. Most of these basic units still remain as elements of .the 3rd Di- vision, stationed: - throughout -the West, but the maehife giin bat- talions disappeared with the redis- | tribution of this weapon to provide one company of machine guns Lo each rifle 'battalion. ot First' Overseas The first unit 6f*the division to g0 overseas was the 6th 'Engiheers (now stationed at Fort Lawton and | Fort Lewis, - Washi), ‘which was designated for early duty in France. | It arrived ‘in France' December-20, 1917, ment serving with “the British ‘oc- cupied active -sectors and topk mrt; in the cperation kndwn asthe Somme Defensive. © Division. Headquarters arrived in' France ‘on’ Aptit 4, +1918; ‘and the last unit on May, 12, 1918. o For training” purpdsés the di- vision (less - the rartillery and en- glneers) was sent to the Chateau- Villain arca, the artillery going: to! Coetquidan for the, same purpose. | The artillery rejoined the division July 6, 1918, and was: present” with it in the ‘Marne Defensive and the Alsne - Marne Offéhsive, “rémaining with the Division until September | 7, 1918, whenit: was-detached for participation in the St. Mihiel Of- fénsive with ‘the’ 4th. Corps. The artillery brigade rejoined ‘the divi- sion' September 15,°1818, .and from this time until the ‘Armistice serv- e as division artillerysavith the 3rd or some other division; Goes Into ‘Line In June, 1918, the enitire division went into line in ‘the " Chateau- Thierry sector. Operating under. the | 38th Army Corps (French) it took an active part in‘ the' -Aisne De- fensive June 1 t¢ June 5. Of June A -detachment .of the regi- | On Front Line The Meuse - Argonne Offensive arted on September 26. The Di- vision passed into the 5th Army Corps on September Septembter 30 relieved the 79th Di- vision in the front line. On Octo- | ber 12 it passed into the 2nd.Army Corps. w! continuously in the front line during which period it advanced seven kilometers against organized defenses, encountering particularly strong resistance in the taking of Bois de Cunel and Hill 209, The!¢ame to an end with the outbreak relioved October 27 ©f the Spanish-American War and Division by the 5th Division and- proceeded to the Tannois rest area. During these operations the Divi- sion took 2,240 prisoners; its cas- ualties totaled 6,117. | After the Armistice the Division was assigned to the Army of Oc- cupation and began its march on November 17. It entered Germany via the Remich and Schengen Bridges. On December 5 it started the march along the was Rhine - River Road and established itself in the Coblenz Bridgehead, with head- quarters at Andernash, on Decem- ber 17. Here it remained until the movement home was begun. Division Headquarters sailed from Brest on August 14, 1919, and ar- rived in New York on August 23. Belongs to West 3rd Division belongs pecul- iarly to the West. In the first place, Division Headquarters is ot | Fort Lewis, as 1l two regi- The as 29 and on| For 27 days the division |ized before the War of 1812, they | {which both regiments earned high { Wright, Spokane, and Fort Mls-‘ voul'\ Mont. The 30th is at the| ' sidio of San Francisco, Cal; | (Con' ———————~ \the 38th at Fort Douglas, Salt Take | mbnt | City, Utah. The 76th Field Artil:|00d lery, distinguished for its war rec- | ord, is at Fort Francis E. Warren, | Cheyenne, Wyo., of Monterey, Cal. The 4th and 7th regiments of | infantry played leading roles in the | | development of the West. Organ-i are among the oldest in the Am-| erican Army, and both' were “InA‘ dian Fighers” throughout the Da- kotas, Montana, Idaho and Wash- ington. Their Indian-fighting days the Philippine Insurrection, in honors. This year's observance of Or- ganization Day will almost coincide with the increase in the strength of the Army recently authorized by Congress to begin July 1. Onj| the 17th anniversary of the defense of the Marne the 3rd Division will welcome hundreds of new enlisted men into its ranks. B | In the Polo Grounds press room is a group picture of the famous, rough, tough old Baltimore Orioles -with a tiny white Pomeranian as their mascot. Fred Clark, oldtime Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder, is credited with being the first player to wear sun glasses, and he has the patent on those which flip up under the cap bill \VAsum ¥ ITH all it 57 dmlq tra- tlu arigi fationally famous sines ma, cg-h MhWth ding to:the original )Mmm. flovor and extra ‘special quolity. 143 okd-time friends =and they are lc.ion-wilfnleomc iks returnos owfll\in’hn product. 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