r$?& y v' . kJ . . ;v,, -j " T EVENING PTTBLlb 'LEDGrER-raiLABElJpHlA; FRIDAY, MAYD, 11)19 , J 13" , Jl PERSMHG LETTER 9, pvt . iniul.lnn le KInu nn Wav to St. Eft r1 Nazaire, and From Thero Sails Soon jfflWBJwKTi MH IS COli 0 but WeV3 Not WRITES TO GENERAL KUHN( ?sf I'v t& IS Iff m It i& It It; fee Rw fc - !, General rcrsnins uas prr-iniiuiv 1 , commended the Scvcntv ninth Division ifti. i;? ft& for Its war recoru. me eiiviiuu is made un of selective from this i it ami state and from Maryland, and was trained at Camp Meade It is now cm Its way to St. Nazaire, uhcic it will embark for home. Gem rat Pershing's commendation was made in n letter to Mnjnr Geneial .1" sepli Kuhn. the division coiuin.inder Thc letter follow: I "It afforded me fjreat satisfaction to Inspect the Scventv ninth Division on April 12, and on that occasion to dn orate the standards of vom- regiments and. for cnllantrv in netinn, to ronfu medals upon certain officers nnd men. Your transportation and nrtillcrv vvcie in splendid shape, and the general up pcarantc of the division was well up to the standard of the American cxpcdi tionary forces. Throughout the inspce tion and review the excellent mnnlc of the men nnd their pride in the record of their organizations were evident "In tlie Mouse Argonnc offensive Hi dhision had it full Mi ire of haul r.l" ing Kntcring the line foi the first timi on Septembei '.M a the light of tie center corps, it too part m the be gen ning of the great Mcuse Vigeinni of) n ivc. llv Septemhei 'J7 it line i iptunil the strong position of Monlfii n ii l ml 111 spite of hrnvv nitillen lonilion the Bolc do Itciigc and Nnntiillois win occupied. On Septemhei : it nn m lieved, having ndnwcd ten kilnnutei "It again entered the untie on ' tober 29 rclicuug as pint of the Sri onteenth French (7irp the Tuciitv ninth Division in the drand Mcmt.v i sector to the east of tm Mi i" n ei From that tune until tin .n ini-iii c Tent into off ec t it vvtis ilmnst constntitlv in action. On ovenibci 'I ( lepiem TVavnIle and Cilbrrov vvcie t.iKen .i l In conjunction1 with clement- cm tlie right nnd left i;tia nnd Mom in Invested. On November lit I'll lnnini I Damvillcis vvns occupied nnd cm No vember 11 illeilevnnt ( hiiiiiuenit was taken a totnl .idv.inec of nine unci I half Kilometers "This is a fine record fen nuv divi-n n nnd I want the oflic ers ,i,id men to know this and to realize how much the) li.ive i-ontributed to the success of'oiii linns ' Thej may return home nistlv proud .if themselves and of the p.ut thej phiveel in the Amenran epeditinnarv force To the letter, lv order of (iener.il Kuhn. was mlded the following nidn "This older will be reael to all in gauizjtions nt, the tnt fuun.uion iifin nicipt and posted on lompiiij bullcn.i boards." BARBERS' ANNUAL BANQUET Many Reforms in Sanitation Have Been Inaugurated The Master Haibcrs1 Association Intel its annual banquet at the clelphi i II., lel last night. Director Kru-en of the Department of Health mid Chanties was tuTTstniastci The e lnef topic of the speeches was ' Sanitation in the Itirher Shop." The prineipnl speaker was nlhonv (Jreoo, ehniruian of the cliuuei ccmi mittee, vvlio has for vcors been netno in the i rusiiele foi greater sanitation in the barber "hops of this titv The master limbers are interested in a sanitation lull now before the Legis lature and those present were uignl to appeal to their lepriscnlutives ut Hm risburg to see that it beiumes a lnv Direitoi Krusen praised the nssoi in tiun and Mr. (ireeo for the great ml vanccs in barber shop sanitation which they have iucompli"lieil TO SELL BOCHE HELMETS Racquet Club Auctioneer Was Wounded In Twenty-eight Places At the Kaenuet Club at a ilinnrr to night II. S MeCnulv. who drove an nmbtilanic with the Seventieth Iiemh Division, will auction off three (hi un helmets. ca h with an inteiesting his torv, to the membei subscribing the highest nmount for n tory notes A marine band will furnish the music for a tleib parade, which will take place before the dinner, and will plas nil dur Jng the evening Mr. McCaulv was wounded Vnv ember A. 1918, in tvveutv -eiglit ditTerent places While near (Ihent. Iiclgium His skull vrag fractured and his right banc vas later amputated. He wus given tlie Croix de Guerre with three i itations MEXICANS RAP EX-KAISER Punishment of Him Seen as Best Provision of Treaty Mexico City. Mav II - I Uv I Comment bv the Mexico Citv puss on the terms of pence communicated to the Germans nt Versailles on Wednesday is confined to the Univcrsay, which says In part: I , "The best provision of the treaty is ' that for the punishment of the fonnty emperor as proof that no autocrat can -cause injuries to humanity." 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