Ethan A., Wooster, O.; Houch, Wm., Wooster, O.; Hanford, John E., Uniontown, Pa.; Harlov, Stanley J., Hazelton, Pa.; Hines, Roy, Whitesburg, Ga.; Hottle, Elmer E., Mt. Galvon, Va.; Hruby, John J., Mt. Pleasant, Pa. Inks, Earl, Corp., Mt. Eaton, O.; Imhoff, Edward, Wooster, O.; lellimo, Guiseppe, Pittsburgh, Pa. Johnson, Henning, Corp., Wooster, O.; Jolliff, Harry, Corp., Wooster, O.; Jones, Emlyn, O., Venodosia, O.; Jablonski, Geo., Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Johnson, Albert, Erie, Pa.; Johnson, Carl J., Erie, Pa. Ketler, Delburn, Corp., Canton, O.; Kramer, John R., Corp., Wooster, O.; Kerstetter, Russel R., Mechanic, Wooster, O.; Kugh, Lawrence W., Mendon, O.; King, Jesse J., Van Wert, O.; Kalonoskie, Stanley A., Shamoken, Pa.; Kappas, Calis, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Katz, Abraham, Philadelphia, Pa.; Kelley, Patrick W., Philadelphia, Pa.; Kietbasa, John, Erie, Pa.; Knauff, Joseph P., Shamoken, Pa.; Kubaik, Walter, Everson, Pa.; Knecht, James E., Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Koldozkey, Wm., Shamoken, Pa.; Kolmel, Geo. H., Philadelphia, Pa.; Kopsolovitch, August, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Lenhart, Burr, Corp., Wooster, O.; Lucci, Joseph, Corp., Wooster, O.; Leichtman, Milton J., Musician, Hazelton, Pa.; Lang, Robert, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Larocca, Charles C., Hazelton, Pa.; Larken, Albert R., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Lawcel, Vincent, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Lempicki, Walter, Erie, Pa.; Lesneskey, Mike, Sommerset, Pa.; Lenandowski, Adam, Erie, Pa.; Lenandowski, Joseph, Erie, Pa.; Lintz, Porter A., Meyersvale, Pa.; Linsman, Edward M., Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Lamaris, Andrew, Darby, Pa.; Lans, Michele, Cheathaven, Pa. McComas, Willard, Sergt., Wooster, O.; Mehl, Fred, Sergt., Wooster, O.; Miller, Harry H., Sergt., Wooster, O.; Murphy, Charles, Sergt., Kenton, O.; Morrow, Audley G., Corp., Canton, O.; Maxwell, Richard L., Cook, Canton, O.; Miller, Gaylord, Van Wert, O.; Murray, Andrew P., Van Wert, O.; McDonald, James R., Baltimore, Md.; Malinowski, Boleslaw, Hazelton, Pa.; Mancinotti, John, Wooster, O.; Matthes, Harry E., Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Meyer, Dale, Canton, O.; Micalucci, Camillo, Youngstown, O.; Miller, Edward C., Mt. Chunk, Pa.; Mohan, Emmett J., Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Mohn, Roy, Fredericksburg, Pa.; Murphy, Geo. M., Cambridge, Md. Pa. Napierkewski, Gabriel, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Nanoth, Leo E., Nanticoke, Osmanski, Adam, Erie, Pa. Plumb, Leon A., Mess Sergt., Kenton, O.; Pierson, John E., Sergt., Wooster, O.; Parks, Howard, Van Wert, O.; Pinnick, Harry G. Wooster, O.; Pooler, Leslie C., Wooster, O.; Pacuka, Wm., Chicago, Ill.; Palmiter, Floyd E., Factoryville, Pa.; Parks, Wm. A., Fishing Creek, Md.; Parks, John W., Holland Island, Md.; Parks, Wm. H., Baltimore, Md.; Petrillo, Tony, Hazelton, Pa.; Petrisko, Joseph J., Shamoken, Pa.; Pietroski, Michael, Edwardsville, Pa.; Powaga, Stanislaw, Erie, Pa.; Powell, John F., Slippery Rock, Pa. Ross, Edward, Sergt., Wooster, O.; Robinson, Henry, Delphos, O.; Reece, Faye G., Wooster, O.; Ranes, Warel, Convoy, O.; Ross, Chas. S., Van Wert, O.; Rowell, Chas. E., Wooster, O.; Reilly, Peter, Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Renshaw, Wm. A., Hazelton, Pa.; Richmond, William E., Wooster, O.; Ritter, Stanley E., Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Rogers, Richard N., Baltimore, Md.; Rose, Lew, Buffalo, N. Y.; Reese, Wm. L., Baltimore, Md.; Roach, Frank, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Sapp, Walter J., Corp., Wooster, O.; Snyder, Clarence E., Corp., Canton, O.; Stoudenheimer, Ben, Corp., Wooster, O.; Strickler, Hobart, Corp., Wilkshire, O.; Sang, Geo. L., Mechanic, Wooster, O.; Stimmel, Roy M., New Dover, O.; Sunderland, Earl, Spencerville, O.; Strickler, Floyd L., Wilkshire, O.; Stark, Clifford, Barberton, O.; Snyder, David A., Wooster, O.; Smith, Ward A., Wooster, O.; Santare, Dominic, Wooster, O.; Self, Clarence L., Sharon, Pa.; Shilo, Steve, Wilkes Barre, Pa., Stankiewiez, Dominick T., Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Starizo, Amielo, Erie, Pa.; Stevens, Geo., Erie, Pa.; Stodroskie, Anthony, Erie, Pa.: Susczewiez, Wm. E., Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Szydlik, Paul, Erie, Pa. Tobey, Elmo, Sergt., Mt. Victory, O.; Thompson, Harry, Corp., Wooster, O.; Taylor, Carl M., Tiffin, O.; Thomas, Geo. L., Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Todd, Asbury W., Cambridge, Md.; Todd, Luther G., Cambridge, Md.; Tomassetti, Vincent, Wooster, O.; Troxler, Chas. A., Erie, Pa. Unger, Max, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Vogl, Paul, Baltimore, Md. Whitemyer, Glenn, Sergt., Wooster, O.; Weimer, Norman K., Sergt., Wooster, O.; Walton, Homer E., Corp., Wooster, O.; Weiser, Forrest C., Mechanic, Wooster, O.; Walters, Guy E., Ohio City, O.; Welch, Chas. B., Van Wert, O.; Whitney, Leon A., Chatham, O.; Wakefield, Wm., Bowling Green, O.; Wear, Byron C., Hazelton, Pa.; Wentz, Wilbur L., Leighton, Pa.; Weyhenmyer, Wm. R., Manchchunk, Pa.; Wilhelm, Christopher, Hazelton, Pa.; Williams, Harry, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Yanko, Joseph, Youngstown, O.; Yates, Frank B., Steubenville, O. Extract of general orders No. 16 Hdqs. 146th Inf. Nov. 7th, 1918. The following officers and enlisted men of the 146th Inf. have earned the right to wear the wound chevron : Killed-Stoudenheimer, Ben, Corp., Near Ivoiry, Sept. 27-'18; Braunneck, Harry, Corp., Near Montfaucon, Sept. 28-'18; Glavin, Edward J., Pvt., Near Montfaucon, Sept. 27-'18; Keitbass, John, Pvt., Near Montfaucon, Sept. 27-'18; Stevens, Geo., Pvt., Near Xammes, Oct. 18-'18. Died of Disease-Fisher, Luther; Bohannon, Walter L. Died of Wounds-Weiser, Forrest C., Mech., Sept. 30, 1918; Mehl, Fred, Sergt., Oct. 17, 1918; Wentz, Wilbur, Pvt., Sept. 30, 1918. THE RAINBOW DIVISION In the early part of the chapter on "Wayne County's Volunteers," reference is made to the departure, in mid-August, 1917, of thirty men, fifteen from Wooster and fifteen from Shreve, for Camp Perry, where they were assigned to the Fourth Ohio Regiment, going to Camp Mills, New York, and overseas as a part of what was later to become the famous Rainbow Division. The names of the Wayne County men transferred are printed in that other chapter. Ellsworth Miller, of Smithville, was another Wayne County man who served in the Rainbow Division, having gone from another state. Earl Howman, of Wooster, was a Rainbow man transferred from Galion. He was wounded in action. This division participated in some of the very hardest fighting of the war, and, except for two or three regular army divisions, was in the fighting longer than any other American unit; there is even some doubt as to whether or not this division did not see more hard service than any other fighting unit from the United States, ending its eventful fighting career by the capture of Sedan, where, in 1871, Germany had won her military victory over France. The division, following the signing of the armistice, became a part of the army of occupation in Germany, remaining there until April, and returning to the U. S. abroad the Leviathan April 25th, 1919 for final discharge in May. The story of the Rainbow Division's heroic work cannot be told more concicely nor better than by reprinting here two commendatory letters by Major General Charles T. Menoher, the division's commander, copies of which were given to each one of the men in the unit. Several of these letters are in possession of the Wayne County men who served with the division overseas. One was written a year after the organization was formed, the other soon after the war ended. They were as follows: Headquarters, 42nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France, August 13, 1918 To the Officers and Men of the 42nd Division: A year has elapsed since the formation of your organization. It is, therefore, fitting to consider what you have accomplished as a combat division and what you should prepare to accomplish in the future. Your first elements entered the trenches in Lorraine on Febru ary 21st. You served on that front for 110 days. You were the first American division to hold a divisional sector and when you left the sec tor June 21st, you had served continuously as a division in the trenches for a longer period than any other American division. Although you entered the sector without experience in actual warfare, you so conducted yourselves as to win the respect and affection of the French vet : erans with whom you fought. Under gas and bombardments, in raids, in patrols, in the heat of hand to hand combat and in the long dull hours of trench routine so trying to a soldier's spirit, you bore yourselves in a manner worthy of the traditions of our country. You were withdrawn from Lorraine and moved immediately to the Champagne front where during the critical days from July 14th to July 18th you had the honor of being the only American division to fight in General Gouraud's Army which so gloriously obeyed his order, "We will stand or die," and by its iron defense crushed the German assault and made possible the offensive of July 18th to the west of Rheims. From Champagne you were called to take part in exploiting the success north of the Marne. Fresh from the battle front before Chalons, you were thrown against the picked troops of Germany. For eight consecutive days you attacked skillfully prepared positions. You captured great stores of arms and munitions. You forced the crossings of the Ourcq. You took Hill 212, Sergy, Meurey, Ferme and Seringes by assault. You drove the enemy, including an Imperial Guard Division, before you for a depth of fifteen kilometers. When your infantry was relieved, it was in full pursuit of the retreating Germans, and your artillery continued to progress and support another American division in the advance to the Vesle. For your services in Lorraine, your division was formally commended in General Orders by the French Army Corps under which you served. For your services in Champagne, your assembled officers received the personal thanks and commendation of General Gouraud himself. For your services on the Ourcq your division was officially complimented in a letter from the Commanding General, 1st Army Corps, of July 28th, 1918. To your success all ranks and all services have contributed, and I desire to express to every man in the command my appreciation of his devoted and courageous effort. However, our position places a burden of responsibility upon us which we must strive to bear steadily forward without faltering. To our comrades who have fallen, we owe the sacred obligation of maintaining the reputation which they died to establish. The influence of our performance on our allies and our enemies cannot be overestimated for we were one of the first divisions sent from our country to France to show the world that Americans can fight. Hard battles and long campaigns lie before us. Only by ceaseless vigilance and tireless preparation can we fit ourselves for them. I urge you therefore, to approach the future with confidence but above all with firm determination that so far as it is in your power you will spare no effort whether in training or in combat to maintain the record of our division and the honor of our country. CHARLES T. MENOHER, Major General, U. S. Army. |