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LORRAINE CROSS DIVISION VETERANS FROM PHILADELPHIA HOME AGAIN FROM FRANCE
two portraits, which will bo appropri
ately decorated on Uio birthdays of tho
presidents Wcro framed )n oak taken
from n trco cut down ou tho school
grounds.
Mr. Lesllo U. Sccly read the records
of 103 of the boys In tho servlco during
tho war.
Memories ol Civil War battles wero
revived at the John II. Webster public
school, Frnnkford avenue and Ontario
streets.
'Tho pupils drilled In the schoolyard
and sang tho "Htur Spangled Banpcr."
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I'AiNew Yorli. May CD. Major General
Ijrdgeph D. Kuhn and more than 2100
officers anil men of the beventyninin
liberty Division, came nomo ic-uay on
tho transport Kroonland, bearing all
Line honor that tho French Govern
ment could bestow.
' "White the sirens of harbor craft
saluted and Mayor Smith, of Philadel
phia; and his, welcoming party stood
bareheaded ou the lnnding pier, the
Kroonland vrtus warped lnU her dock at
Uobokcn at S:S0 o" rlock this morn
ing.
' On the trip up the harbor the Kroou
land gave notice to New 1ork shipping
that men from the Seenty-ninth Di
vision were aboard by means of a huge
shield displayed on tho forward upper
deck bearing a great whito Lorrniuc
cross on its field of blue. The veterans
of the last great battles of the war re
ceived as wunn n welcome as their ship
steamed into Uobokcn us they could
have hoped for had it come up the
Delaware river at Philadelphia.
General Kulin ii Decorated
General Kuhn. commander of the men
who wore the Lorraine Cross into bat-
Ki Jtle, returned to his nuthe land ns pos
sessor of the Kronen LToIX uo unerrc
and Legion of Honor, uic mo greau-si
distinctions France can bestow.
Tho decorations were conferred at
Xantes Slay Ifi, two dajs before the
Kroonland bailed. General Kuhn was
made n commander of the Legion ol
Honor, which is the third highest rank
iu that famous organization.
In honoring the commanding officer
of the Liberty Division, the French high
command honored aho the men who
represented Pennsylvania and nearbj
states inthe National Arm. The fol
lowing citation was read by General
Dodellier of the French nrnij to General
Kuhn, as commander of the fcevetity
nlnth, when the decorations were be-
stowed:
I "When in the month of July, IMS.
Ithe Seventj -nintlt Division debarked in
l France, the last battles of the war were
going on. It was the hour when uo
effort could be pared.
Showed Valor and Sacrifice
ty "Alter some ween 01 msirucuun juur
H division, in the early part of September,
li,v entered the line near the citadel ol
&La? v.inn Tf tin. In thtq sprtor nf Lor
raine that they were culled upon to
" prove themsehes.
' "In the fighting of Notcmbor, 1018,
the Seventy-ninth Division showed valor
1&M land the spirit of hacrifice. The names
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Jcries of jour soldier.s as reminders of
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The big fnllrd States transport Ihikiitan, rarrjlng the first of the men of the ninth Infantry "Philadelphia's Own"
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-to return from overseas, docked at the Snjdcr avenue wharf jesterday
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hard and glorious day-
1 "I take pleasure iu
stood with Mavr Smith on the bnlemn
o t!u pier nt lloboken to watch the
Kroonland come into her dock.
General Kiihu was one of the til 1 1
men off the boat, lie had sent a wire
less to his wife when tho Kroonland
was still about twent -four houis out,
and Mrs. Kuhn was uwuitiug him.
"I can't stop to saj much." said the
general, when he was greeted by le
porters as he came down the lnndinir
platform ".Mrs. Kuhn is somewhere
ou the pier waiting for inc. It seems
us though ld been away fiom home
ii dorcn jear-.'
During the ougo m ross General
Kuhn was presented with u gold wutth
by the men of the division on the Kroon
land. l'riate "Slim" Kellam made
the presentation
Lieutenant Colonel Miller Ahoaul
Among the Philadelphians who le-
turned with the dnilounl staff were
Major Vincent A. Carroll, of IHer
brook, a law.er before he entered the
urmj ; Captain Jay Cooke, 3d; Cap
tain Fred It. Clark. 24.". Fairagut Ter
race; Lieutenant D.tid K. Sincr. .l44',
Win lie nenuc; Lieutenant James
Woods, '.'201 North Tweutj -second
street; Lieutenant George I". Smith,
Nineteenth and Walnut Erects: Lieu
tenant Warren M. Wells :!..!.. "Walnut
street: Captain Ldward V . Madeira,
Germantown; Lieutenant Hussel A.
Frcas, Norwood; Lieutenant A llliam
Jenkins, (!341 Green street, L.erinnn-
town, ami l.ieiueuuia """'"'"-
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SCHOOLS PAY TRIBUTE
TO SOLDIER DEAD TODAY
Memorial Services Observed in All Local Institutions Special
Speeches Made Remember Dead in France
Another officer
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former governor of Delaware.
When the Kroonland docked ,t became
r.,.,illinir these ii n.nt tlito Seventj -uiutn uivisnm
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Uor justice and libertj."
jl Tho Kroonland brought home P.S11
Ufnnns In nil. Of those more than iMOO
twere members of the Seventy-ninth
'Division. General Kuhn was accom
panied by his divisional stuff, umoug
(whom were many Philadelphians (Jr
fganiaations of the Liberty Division
-inboard included Companies K, L and
M of the 316th Infantry and the 304tli
f)ivisional Engineers.
Probe Bullet, Get Captain's Disc
. on-.n:n T? A 'nn T1-.1 -r tii.:i..
&&"i(delphia, commanded the three com-
ritjc a L...t.A r l.n rfnl. l.-nlln m-
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i uuivu uu umuaiu uuccuuit; I oueeruiug
.uaptam van uyKe. Jie was Ladlj
'h -jhvounded in the ehest durimr tho
JArgonne fighting, and removed to u
, (hospital nt the rear. The wound was
' anade by a machine gun bullet, and did
TOD.U the schools of Philadelphia
honored the nntion's soldier dead. As
neor before, the city, with memory of
its greatest war sacrifice fresh upon it,
tlitough the youngsters of the ris
ing generation filled man schoolhouse
torridors with remembrance of how
Cnited States soldiers died and what
the died for
John and Man and Cl.iia and Jim
sang, recited and listened, after the
unj of the young woild. to addresses
which the deemed too long for u day
iu spiing. 1'ut some of them ha'o lost
In others, and the sisters of some have
lost sweethearts, and the memory of
those far, lone grues in France, though
the htno ueer seen them, and prob
abl nexer will, crimsons with a new
red the flng they saluted.
The men of the llehelliou are not to
he forgotten, for their last toll-call,
draws nearer and nearer. Two hun
dred and fifty lime heard the great
roeil!o already this jear. Veterans of
the Spanish-American conflict are tak
ing owr' the tnsk of decorating the
growing lows of graves with so many
nel. made since a year ago ccu ns
they are counting off nt taps the names
that appear, one by one, on their owu
furcwell muster-roll.
Thousands Lie in Franco
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splendid feats ot arms a ,ne moment ,,, nus , - osidcul. Ul(pr B,aM bott,PS, turnei upMa
when the Seventy-ninth Division is do- gjnizntinii. General Kun i rranw. dottI1 on chalk-white mounds beneath
iparting to return to the mother country The socetj uh orfc i diUgiomll , sUr,s of Vr nre thollMnds of
I am happy to say to your soldiers that V;rk.;a;T"ritten history of the di- names on bits of paper, the scattered
they are worthy of their great country I,Jc.t0aB1n"n," "olU. blue book of Philadelphia's quota iu
and that France will not forget the help vision u n 1 WM d th(1 ,ntamrv, Up t McrHrfl n,a(1(1 b the tragic.
Ihev broucht in the common struggle loiowiui, m,nmled by ..f: " ti..,,, .i. .
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tor an
and with boards, the little metal tag
telling the stor of why there is a new
catch in the throat of the schoolgirl
singer who ouce wns nlwajsguy. of whj
there aie grim little linrs nt the mouth
of the hul who wns wont, live yenra ugo,
to whistle on his waj to classroom.
It is to be observed formally only in
America, though a world memorial dn.
France joined the American Expedi
tionary Force in its commemoration last
enr, her pretty little maids in their
sober little frocks planting with losing
hunds the wreaths of beaded flowers mid
bunches of wild blossoms that the
French fashion so bcaiitifullj iifto
tokens of remembrance.
Philadelphia's children, in their exer
cises on the eve of the leal Memorial
Day, nre purt of youth's broken singing
for stricken jouth that spans the seven
seas.
School Eerrlses
Kxercises were held in all public
schools. Robert McKenty, wnidcn of I tion
the Eastern Penitentiarj , addressed
the pupils of IlAllowell School. McCall
School heard A. Mulhern. The Camp
bell School, the Northeast, the Kaudnll,
St. Teresa's parish school and many
others marked with more or less elab
orate service the significance of Friday,
when all schools will be closed.
Interesting services were held at the
Northeast High School for lioys, at
Eighth street and Lehigh avenue, to
daj, when three Civil War veteran'
told anecdotes of the dajs of sixtj-four.
I A! tho nontlM tiinroliorl into tho fict-
sembly room they saluted Colonel J. M.
Cox, Colonel II. P. Webb and Com
mander J. D. Mcdius, all members of
the Meace Post of the G. A. 1!., who,
were the chief speakers at the exer
cises. Herbert Middleton. president of
the senior cluss, presented each of the
veterans with a large bouquet of flow
ers. Two original poems by members of
the senior class were read. M. S. Bar
ricks was the author of "This Memo
rial Day." and Charles Smith read it
poem called "At Gcttjsburg." Dr. An
drew J. Morrison, head of the school,
presided, and the opening scripture les
sou was read by Dr. S. V. Cloak.
The scniois of the Germantown High
School have left for a three dajs' sight
seeing trip to AVushiugton as part of
their patriotic Memorial Day celebra-
At this morning's exercises Dr. II. F.
Kellnr presided and leceived the por
traits of George Washington and Abra
ham Lincoln which were presented to
the school by Albeit R. Green, head of
the manual tiainiug department. These
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...i i r.,,nn linker, cunn- m
unusiial "share of cheers. There were
1120 casuals in the company. Hit-
bu.lt roads and bridges under heayj
shelltiro in some of the greatest bat les
Thomas HIvcl. of South Forty-sixth
street, was awarded a D. S. C because
of his services as observer, rrom a
high Plateau, under almost constant
shcllfirc, he watched the Germans and
leported their maneuvers.
i.'.-.MIm- Kncincer Decorated
Captain Albert Iluhcl is another mem
r of tho company with, the U. f. i
Though it was not ms pun. u-, .m
Bineer he killed two Germans and cap
tured nine others in combat, and is re
turning with u deep scar over one e5e
""serL.S.Hoper.oflG'-TLans.
downo avenue, who was gassed and
,i.i ,,t the Arzonne, returned with
times row ou countless row of the graves
of French and British comrades, plainly
marked, for the most part, with crosses
Discharged Service Men
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines
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jit had remained open for three -weeks three men were killed and cigkty-secu
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ifor the bullet.
1 Captain Van Dyke submitted to the
jtrylng ordeal. After probing for some
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( Captain Van Dyko grinned feebly
when the surgeons showed him what
ylbey had found.
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Eftfkj" his parents, ns was Captain Edward
Rfi W. Madeira, of Sclioolhouse lane, Ger-
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and Mrs,
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Jay Cooke
of Oil
wounded in his company.
n .:.. rUmrlpK L. Loanc,
City, was wounded in the neck. One of
the bravest in the company. Sergeant
toper said, was a little Philadelphia
David Simon, a runner. Through the
fire he carrieu ouiumi -
thickest
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M. took charge of tho company when
of Phlladel-
all the officers had been wounded or
killed Sergeant Charles Clair, of Lan
caster, was another Mtne.
Lieutenant C. B. Smallwood, C0I..
North Thirteenth street, of Company 1 ,
304th Engineers, led his company in
evacuating a Red Cross hospital which
had been bombarded by Germans. More
than ICO badly wounded soldiers were
in the hospital and these were carried
to the rear. Twenty-five of Company
F's men were killed.
Lieutenant Charles Frlcl, Eighteenth
and Wallace stieets, also returned with
the 304th Engineers.
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"Let us here highly resolve that these honored dead shall not hae
died In aln, and that government of th people, by the people,
and for tho people shall not perish from the earth." (November
19, 18S3.)
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