The evening world. Newspaper, November 18, 1918, Page 3

NEWYORK 7TH Brigaded With British Forces, Reports of Its Valor Have Beeh Delayed. HAS BIG CASUALTY LIST. Regiment Singled Out for Decoration by British Ps Government. They used to call it Now York’ dude regimedt. Tt was an outfit made up of skilled technical men, was the 7th RPegi- ment, but it won the respect of its antithesis, the 69th, whose mctto might be “force to the utmost,” and it is coming out of the great war -the small remnant of it thut is left—ls- timguisbed for bravery and for its @corn of life that stands in the way of achieving a great pirpose. The Gallant fighting of the 7th has been practically unheralded because of the wide separation of the regiment from American headquarters, Its wem- bers, however, tn a short period of fig! The regiment has been decorated for its fierce fignting and splendid spirit, and Kings have praised it; but the honors were won in the midst of terrific casualties. In fewer than half a dozen engagements, the 7th has achieved a record that has not been eclipsed by that of other fighters ‘from this country. ‘ Litue information regarding the performances of the 7th (the 107th Regiment of the 27th Livi- sion in the army reorganization) hos been availuble until recently, when one or two of the officers returned from the field of battle, From the beginning the 27th was brigaded with British forces in that little spot of Belgium and Northern France where ended the march of, the Kaisc~’s hordes, who had slain, pil- Jaged and ravivned thelr way through King Albert's comain, This place is far from American headquarters, where most of the correspondents dead have been buried there, its wounded have been taken to gland, EVENTH IN THE SEVEREST FIGHTING OF THE WAR. The regiment got its first taste of fighting in the battle of Kemme! Hill, in Flanders, in July of this year, after which it went south for a two- weeks’ rest. No major operations had been going on along that sector at that time, as the Germans had been en- gaged in their drive on Paris, It was expected, however, that the enemy ‘was preparing for an advance along the Somme, from Amiens to the QGhannel, a distance of about thirty- five miles, and the British and the American forces with them, the 7th inoluded, were on the alert. Then came the 7th’s first big fight. ; It was selected to provide shock troops—the ones that advance for } hand-to-hand combat and bayonet | fighting—and joined in the drive on the Hindenburg drive from Peronne and south of St. Quentin. They “jamped off” the morning of Sept. ° nd were in battle until the evening 4 of Oct. 1. The casualties were enor- } mous, but tbe division went through nd the Hindenburg line was broken, an advance of thirteen miles. being gained. As a result the whole enemy line to the northward fell back. The 7th was brought out of the ’ Fines Oct. 4 and went in again on the Sth in a major attack on the same wector. On the 18th (the regiment went in for two or three days of tre- mendously heavy fighting. As far as ig known it was the last attack in “which the 7th participated. An idea of the losses in the 7th ‘ i given in scraps of information gathered here and there by some of the officers. In the enga.ement of 4 +Bept, 28 and 29 and Oct. 1, of the 200 mien in one” company only twenty- mine answered roll call, An estimate of the tdlal casualties of that battle includes almost one-third of the reg- tment. Two hundred and twenty are believed to have been killed, 900 wounded and 100 missing. Gen. Halg ‘ef the British forces commended the | ‘entire division for the part it played 4m this engagement, and the 7th was fingled out for decoration by the British Government. | “Phe members of the 7th have had ‘ to fight with hope of little reward f ether than the praise of their officers land the satisfaction of duty well Gone. Not being with the French, they can not obtain the Croix de Guerre. The British medal of honor, the Victoria Cross, is bestowed only im the most unusual circumstances, But the division has received gener- ously of praise. One British oMcer @aid he had not seen such troops ince Kitchener's first army, The % 27th Division, of which the 7th Reg- ting, have fallen by hundreds. | naturally have been. The 7th's) tment iy @ part, was reviewed by, OLD 7TH AND EE Seen f WON HONORS ~AS REAL FIGHTING MEN Li HAS SMASH THROUGH NE Gen, Pershing and King George and was highly praised. One story is told of a British officer who pointed to the troops as an ex- ample for his own. “You fellows, buck up," he admon- ished them. “See how they salute, Look how they are always clean and shaven. Buck up, you fellows.” It is believed that more than 1,000 members or former members of the 7th have won commissions, The 7th Regiment Gazette, a history of the regiment, in its issue of Nov, 1 has @ total of 883, and says that the list is far from complete, The commis- sions shown are; One Major General, 3 Brigadier Generals, 15 Colonels, 1% Lieutenant Colonels, 71 Majors, 266 Captains, 537 Lieutenants, 14 of vari- ous ranks in the navy and 19 in auxillary services, REGIMENT HAS INVARIABLY WON HIGH MILITARY PRAISE. The outfit has brought glory to Col, Daniel Appleton, for twen- ty-seven ears its Commander, and to Gol, Fisk, his successor, who we'l prepared the regiment for its part in the great war and led it with such ability through the Mexican border affair, Col, Fisk, after only |a short time with his men abroad, |became il] and was ordered back to this country. He is living in Jersey City. A member of his household ig jhis gramson, the son of Acting Major {Clinton E. Fisk, Col. Fisk's son, who was in the 7th under his father and was killed Oct, 18 leading a battalion charge on the western front. Capt Wisk has been in the regiment eigh- teen years, beginning as a trumpeter when he was barely more than a boy. The 7th was called into service July 16, 1916, mobilizing at its armory at Park Avenue and 66th Street. The 69th was also preparing for service, but lacked men, The 7th was ordered to supply 350, which it did, but by Sept. 11 had been recruited’ to 2,000 and began drilling in Central Park, Later it went to Spartanburg, where the reorganization took place and the 27th Division came into being, De- siring to keep some part of the 7th's old name, Col. Fisk appealed to the authorities and succeeded in having the regiment named the 107th. The 7th left May 9 for overseas and two days later joined a convoy of four- teen ships carrying 32,000 troops. The 7th landed at Brest, and aftes two days in camp went up to the British lines at Noyelle on the Somme and jbecame a part of the 4th British Army, The same night, encamped outside of Noyelle, the troops ex- perienced their first bombing, as the | Germans had received word of their coming. The headquarters was at | Rue, and on Memorial Day the troops | had a parade and induced the Mayor | to put on his sash and take part. The | soldiers were given British rifles, am- munition and rations and Were put in | action almost immediately thereafter, Col, Fisk joined the 7th as a private in 1874, He won his way successively to commanding officer, serving as Colonel from April, 1915, to Septem- ber, 1918, He was Captain for ten years, Major for eight or nine years and Lieutenant Colonel for , seven years. The Seventh was called into service July 16, 1917, mobilizing at its armory at Park Avenue and 66th Street. It was called on for 350 men to fill out the old 69th, which was getting ready to sail with the Rainbow Divi- sion, However, by September tbe regiment had been recruited to 2,000 and was drilling in Central Park. When the 27th Division was organ- ized at Spartansburg the 7th became the 107th* and its ranks were filled with men from other New York regi- ménts, he division sailed May 9, 1918, and landed at Brest. It wi nt up to the British lines on the Somme and became t of the British 4th Army, With the 30th Division, the 27th was in the heaviest fight when the British began their drive ea ward and the work of the 7th Regi- ment stood out prominently. Among the 7th Regiment men in recent casualty lists are: CRUMP, Lieut. Samual L., son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Crump, No, 167 Orange Road, clair, killed at Cambrai Sept. 29, BYRNE, Ideut. R. A, Co Ly wounded at Le Catelet. LENBHAN, Francis Littleton, Co. D, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lenehan; Killed Sept. 29. DE BAUN, Henry, Co. F, son of Mr, and Mrs. Watson E. De Baun of Suffern, N, Y.; killed LYTLE, Scott Harrison, son of Dr, Richard Risgeley Lytle (of No, 160 Claremont Avenue; killed MSCUURE, Corpl, Raymond A., Co. D., one of three sons of John McClure, No. 149 Broadway, in the army; killed at Cambrai on Sept, SMITH, Sergt. Robert H., Co, son of Mrs. K. M, Smith of No, 225 Central Park West; dead of wounds. SILVPRBDRG, Samuel, Co, A, 1291 Fifth Avenue; killed, M'GLUE, John R., No, 2619 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn; killed. GUDEBROD, Sergt, Frederick C. jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick ©. Gudebrod of No, 495 West End Ave- pue,; killed Sept. 29. MAYBURY, Richard T,, son of James dead of wound aRLIN, Sergt. Gerard F pany C; 26 West 89th St.; killed WALKER, Randolph St. George jr., son of Randolph St. G. Walker of New Brighton, 8, 1; killed WESTCOTT, John Howell, jr. son of Professor John H, Westcott of Princeton University; killed ANDPRSON, Edwin P., Company C; 47 Bond 8t., Port Richmond, 8. L;_killed, PALMER, Corpl. Joseph., killed, Paimer, 128 Locust Street, Flushin; Lh. ‘ as follows: Company A, Lieut, ( | ac 5 lages wer freed of Co, I, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph \tha. 3,500 Germans were taken pris- loners—practically the full fighting sireogth of the 10/th—machine gung "HE EVEN 23RD HONORED Y ALLIES FOR American Girl, “Famous Overnight, ig And Newest American Prima Donna, Is Heroine of an-American Fairy Tale BROOKLYN'S OLD 23D BOYS — AMAZED ALLIES BY VALOR; “OPENED ROAD TO BERLIN” Repulsed Five Times at Bloody Bellicourt, Went Back, Coiled Up Prussian Guard and Broke Hindenburg Line. They are making great plans in Brooklyn to give a royal d hand to the old 23d Infantry, the regiment that led the first attack by American | troops on the much advertised Hin- denburg line and ve it a watlop that “opened the road to Berlin.” Six times the regiment—now of- ficially known as the 106th—went over the top to tachle the Prussian Guards, the troops most dear to the Kaiser's ‘heart. Five times the Prussians crumpled up the line of Brogklyn boys and} threw them pack into their own trenches, Once usually was blood could stand. Battle scarred veteran ofMcers of | ( Britain and France assigned to the American troops gasped with amaze- ment when the Brooklyn boys re- formed again and again and went back for mor When they made their sixth attgck thelr effective force had been re- duced from 3,600 to a bare 1,200 men. Clerks from Headquarters Company, cooks and Wagoners were pressed into the fight to hit the Prussian Guards | once more. PRUSSIANS COULD NOT UNDER- STAND THIS SORT OF FIGHTING, It was more than the Guards could stand. They caved in be the ter- rifle attack of the 106th and the great line was broken. ‘This was at the Battle of Bellicourt, facing the Sambre Canal, and re- garded as the key to the German of- fensive and defensive, While the 106th still were counting their dead—and the casualty list read almost like a muster roll of the re ment—Field Marshal Haig, King Al- bert of Belgium and Marshal Foc paid tribute to the 27th Division which the 106th was a unit, in offi con dations for am, Major Gen, John 1 manding the division, wrote a cita- tion telling the part the Br unit played in the great victor which he said it, most of the been ‘put out of action, brok throug nd secured footing on three strong points, disorganizing the enemy's defense, It now seems an extraordinary feat Gen, O'Ryan also guid: “The valor of oflicers and men is well indicate by the position of the bodies of their gallant comrades wao fell in the bat- tle and by the large number of enemy dead about them.” The regiment paid a fearful price for the victory. Of the battalion that went into action under Major R. H Gillette, the companies lost officers bert Rudkin, No, 118 i Company B, Lieut, Charles Ost- bery, No, 545 46th Street; Company Lieut. James Maloy, Gouverneur, N. Y.; Machine Guns, Lieut, W. B. Behrens, No. 530 East 88th Street But their» sacrifices opened the way for the rest of the division. The Battle of Bellicourt came af- ter the regiment had taken terribi punishment at Kemmel Hill in Plan- where they won recognition as ek troops,” and at Knoll, ‘The ions had helped to cut down the fiehting strength that left a bare bat talion for the final effort, REGIMENT DOES MARVELLOUS THINGS AT LE CATEAU., At Le Cateau, fifte h vil- mot he n Fre! man: id heavy artillery with great stores 1 into the hands of the led this action t 1917, py here in Now York, 106th on Oct an order so desig @t put cozy apartment which she shares een the! with her sister Camilla—whose own nother regiment of| operatic debut will come in a few 1 even honors) weeks-at No, 306 West Ninety Wadsworth, It had been a toss use more than d in the regi- 0 to be drawn country, Rosa in Meriden, Conn., Ca- This, it 48| milla in Schenectady, N. Y. Both , was the best showing made National Guard 23d won bec: 2,400 men were regiment in nough | for seasoned troops. A second re pulse | was considered as much as flesh and | 14tn was ordered to turn over 106th to bring it up Kind of men olive skins, and voluptuously curved 1,200 men to the to war strength. from that unit. examinations enough men so the 47th Infantry had| ‘i to be called on to bring the 106th up| Shyness In her manne to war stren dropped and there is just a trace of child-like rs cam, for the regi-| and buxom Mamma,Ponselle—or Pon- ©; | zillo, which 1s the prima donna’ examiners called Col, Norton for ex- | name, A brother ts still on active injured his leg a was “nothing.” to the Colonel's rag refused to pass him, y of | yas transferred to th rion was compellec another man lead that had been the prid TRANSPORT WAS SUNK AFTER] made iny debut at LANDING BROOKLYN BOYS. » transport |Urst, but that was sunk on the 8. | gave up th action with the British n Flan. | training | about Rosa Ponselle—neither she nor meidents that ds of spectators man bent with Wearing the Grand Army uniform, | Through a friend, Mario Ganbardello, street to the armory steps. | teache armorer and his | 4 ¥ |New York and went to sce him, and old man a chair, proved to be John Rile cight years « His grandsor oiling, is one ran Riley had the place of honor on the not until afterward ta had a boy in the They just broke their rules and turned things upside down to make him com- | they explained: Swift & Company's sales of Beet in New | contrac Week ending eaturday, comeract for t ‘eraned as follows: h Of Italian Parentage, She Is American Born and Was Taught Sin ing by an American Teacher. Earned all the Money for| Her Musical Education With True American Independence. Marguerite Mooers Marshall. This is the story of Rosa Poffselle, newly discovered all-American prima donna, who won fame overnight and took a long step on the road to] winning fortune. She has just made her debut as dramatic #0- prano at the Metropolitan Op- era House and has shared hon- ors with Caruso himself in the Verdi opera, “La Forza del Destino.” Superficially, the narrative of Miss Ponselle’s achievement rr do like a@ fairy-tale, but actually it is based on sterling American foundation of self-reliance, self-respect, self-help. The girl whom @ conservative and holarly New York critic described as singing “with the pose, authority and case of a veteran, with a natural operatic aptitude akin to genius,” has not reached her (weaty t birth- day. he never took a lesson in the singing of grand opera until a year ago. Her performance at the Metro- politan was her first appearance in grand opera on any stage—yet the first operatic sensation New York has known since the debut of Galli- Curel, So much for the fairy-tale aspect of the success, Its other and dis. tinctively American angle is that Miss Ponseile is a self-made, American- made prima donna, who earned her own money for her training and then took that training~all of it—right I found her in the unpretentious ‘enth Street. Both girls, though of Italian parentage, were born in this have the same type of dark southera beauty, a beauty of extra-size, extra- expressive brown eyes; red, deeply- cleft lips; clear, almost colorless figures, Rosa's cheek and chin have | not yet lost their child-like contours, 8. In tho apartment was also @ very proud real duty in the U. 8. Navy. And the prima donna’s father, as she warned me gayly against forgetting, is still in business as @ coal dealer in Merl- den, Conn.! “Yes, I am all American,” she ad- mitted with a smile, “I was educated in the public schools in Meriden, but from the time we were little children my sister and 1 wanted to sing, I thirteen in the Catholic Church in Meriden, I want- ed to go into grand opera from the financial difficulties seemed to mage it Impossible, and 1 | But—this is the thing I like beat her sister sat back and sighed be- cause they could not do exactly what |they wanted to do, Nor did they go -hunting for an angel with a full pocketbook. hey put their splendid natural voices to work In two-a-day vaudeville, although they had to use| ble persuasion in overcom- | ing maternal dbjections to the sta, Camilla, who 1s four years older | than her sister, went on the Keith] circuit for a year by herself, When! | Rosa was seventeen she and Camilla put on a singing “sister act." They worked hard and saved their money. | consider the tenor, they heard of Galli-Curcl's William Thorner, Just a| o this month Camilla came to} year agi [insisted that he also give her sister @ trial, Rosa Ponselle Is Proud |are vot sieve althoweh,” the singer added with! rare modesty, “I said I thought I should study two or three years longer at least, “I stayed in N@w York all summer | long and worked. 1 had a lesson every day, and the musical director, Romano Romani, coughed me in my parts. I enver could have succeeded if it had not been for the help | received from those three—Mr, Romani, Mr. Thorner, the best of teachers, and Mr, Ganbardello, who told me about Mr. Thorner.” So this latest discovery in prima donnas is grateful as well as modest “What do youylike to do when you ™ 1 asked. “She likes to sleep and to edt in bed,” teased sister Camilla, Mis# Rosa laughed and nodded “But,” she exclaimed triumphantly, “besides learning to sing grand opera in a year, I have reduced! I have lost forty-two pounds!” “You had your reward Friday,” I observed, “A critic sald you differed from other prinia donnas in having ) youthful figure, But how Aid you do it copped cating sugars, fats and cream,” she explained. “i did not give up spaghetti, however, That is good for the voice, and you should see Camilla and me cook it and eat it, I love to cook. I love horseback riding, am fond of motoring and I like to camp out and rough it. I knit, too, “I do not use my voice in prac- tising more than an hour a day, often not more than half an hour. Most of the work of studying operas I do with mg head, going over and over the score till the music is a part of me and I have decided just how to In- terpret my role, [have studied many roles In the French and Italian operas and I want to Jearn others, Anything that is romantic appeals to me,” she ended with a flash of the brown eyes. “Are you marrled—are you going to be married?” T ventured. But business before romance! ot until after | make good,” she replied practically, "That comes first—afterward (here is always time r marriage, T must work and work —that in the only way to succeed. 1 loved singing at the Metropolitan the other night, but [ could not think about the audience or f should have broken down, 1 could only think about my voice and the Leonora I was” Don't," somebody warned me when T said I waw’going to interview Rosa Ponselle, “don't turn her head!” I left her with the pleasant convic- tion that a level as well as a beau- tiful head is set on the sturdy young American shoulders of our newest great dramatic soprano. LOOPS THE LOOP 150 TMMES. Lieut. Campbell Makes New ecord at D ‘The Acro Club of America to-day an nounced & new record for consecutiv loop-the-loop flying. Lieut. William T. Campbell, in charge of flying at Love Field, Dallas, Tex., turned 160 loops tn succession, the record being vouched for by Lieuts, Dudley B. Mayer, Maurice A. Sharp and Joseph Borden. | The best previous record was made by Lieut. Carl Batts, with 1 Pegoud, the French aviator, ts ¢ KENTUCKY 10 LOSE THLE AS HOME OF COLONELS WHEN ARMY GETS BACK) i> int. “o'tone ar he ur enue to wear his uniform he may dise play all his decorations upon dt, But there ia no law to prevent the retention of titles in the the Civil War practically every discharged of+ ficer above a Lieutenant was pop- ularly addressed by his military jo it was afterthe Spanish * es RLD, $128,729.27, Service for - Deficit From Former Rarntags, Louls Wiley of the, Times, Caairmam newspaper publishers’ division United War Work campaign, her title as the State of Colonels to some other State. There are now in the United States Army upward of 200,000 commissioned War. N.Y. WO asked what is to become of their titles. Governor's Is! Evening World that, though officers and men of the army may wear their uniforms for three months | after they are honorably Charged, they tain thelr titles. There has been no ruling +o far as to whether an honorably dis- ct with being the first man to to Joop, And the stunt was introduced this’ country by Art Smith, a young merican flyer. Clothes. Men’ “He didn't want to," Rosa recalled] with a smile. “He knew how young| | 1 was, and I suppose he thought I was| like most girls of that with | nothing in my head except flirtation and frivolity. But after he had heard| us he said, 'No more vaudeville for| you two “In two weeks he said that, by! the time I had studied with him Just wait until the 106th comes |six months he wolud have ob- home, and watch them remember! lataaa’ ai cont act for me with the | Metropolitan, Actually f signed the ee years, at the end f five months’ training, They told me 1 was to make my debut this of the family you find There’s nothing experimental. tailored in **Our Own Shops” from strictly all wool fabrics bought long ago. 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