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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, 'AUGUST 14, 1942.
"Wild West" Division High
In Esteem of Gen. Pershing
General John J. Perilling,
commander-in-chief of the
American Expeditionary Forces
In World War I, considered the
91st Infantry Division, to be re
activated August 19, one of the
finest fighting forces under his
command.
The high regard General
Pershing had for the first "Wild
West" fighting division Is evi
fenced In a general order issued
In France on December 19, 1918,
nd appearing over his signa
ture. A true copy of the com
mendation, General Order 232,
recently was sent to Pvt. Ben F.
Donahue, Service Battery, 381st
Irjantry, by his father, F. B.
Donahue, of Detroit, Mich., who
was a first sergeant fn the old
91st when Its battlectr of "Pow
der River, Let 'Er Buck!" car
ried the Westerner to glorious
achievement at Argonne and
Ypres.
Private Donahue Is one of sev
eral hundred members of a
training cadre, which has been
et Camp White since early July
to prepare for the reception and
training of thousands of selec
tees who will form the new 91st
Division.
General Pershing's tribute to
the soldiers of the 91st Division
follows:
France. Dec. 19. 1918
Gen. Order No. 232
Soldiers of the 91st Division,
you will long be remembered
for the stubborn persistence of
your progress, your storming of
obstinately defended machine
gun nests, your penetration yard
by yard of woods and ravines,
your heroic resistance In the
face of counter-attacks support
ed by powerful artillery fire.
For more than a month from
the initial attack, September 28,
you fought your way slowly
through the Argonne. through
the hills and woods west of the
Meuse to the east; and then on
the 1st of November, your at
tack forced the enemy into
light. Pressing his retreat, you
cleaned the entire left bank
south of Sedan, and then storm
ed the heights on the right bank
and drove him Into the plains
beyond.
Your achievement must re
main a source of proud satisfac
tion to the troops who partici
pated in the last campaign of
the war.
There can be no greater re
ward for a soldier or a soldier's
memory than to know that he
belonged to an organization that
achieved all this.
(Signed) JOHN J. PERSHING
General, Commander in Chief,
American Expeditionary Forces.
FINE RECORD IN
MEDAL OF HONOR
AWARDED IN OF
FIRST 91ST DIV.
Major Oscar F. Miller, 381st
Infantry: near Gesnes, Septem
ber 28, 1918, continued to lead
battalion after shot In right leg,
then shot In right arm; continued
to advance with battalion until
hot In abdomen. Urged the bat
talion to advance and leave him,
although wound In abdomen
proved to be fatal.
Sergeant Phillip G. Katz. Co.
'C", 363rd Infantry Crossed
two hundred yards In face of
heavy machine gun fire to res
cue wounded comrade, near
Ecllsfontaine, September 26,
1918.
Sergeant Lloyd M. Seibert,
Co. "F". 364th Infantry: Near
Eplnonvllle, on September 26,
1918, ha led his platoon, al
though sick, and with two men
captured an enemy machine
gun. Was wounded, but con
tinued In action until platoon
withdrew. Assisted in carrying
In wounded until he fainted
from exhaustion.
Sergeant Chester H. West, Co.
U", 363rd Infantry: In the Bols
de Cheppy, on September 26,
1818, killed two macnine gun
men and captured an enemy ma
chine gun single-handed when
it held up the advance of his
platoon.
BY MENOF 91 ST
Few Advanced Further in
Action Was Eighth in
Prisoners Captured.
Although the 91st Division
had a shorter time In action than
many other divisions, the his
tory shows that the results were
greater than those achieved by
many divisions which had more
opportunities than the 91st
Only 10 out of 27 combat divi
sions advanced in action farther
than the 34 kilometers credited
to the 91st.
The 91st stood eighth In num
ber of prisoners captured; 11th
in number of artillery pieces cap
tured; and sixth in machine guns
captured.
Replacements sent to the Di
vision gave the 91st 11th place.
but in casualties the Division
was In 17th place. Thus the
casualties were far lower than
might have been expected In
comparison with other divisions
and with the results obtained.
The 91st had the largest pro
portion of battle dead to wound
ed men.
FORCED RESPIRATION
SAVES LIFE OF FISH
La Jolla, Cal. (U.PJ Two
hours of constant artificial res
piration saved the life here of
rare fish brought from the Gala
pagos Islands, known as a fat
head, Pimelometopon Darwinnil.
The fish collapsed upon Its ar
rival at the Scrippa Institution
of Oceanography in a gunny-
sack.
The fathead was nearly dead
when C. W. Palmer, aquarium
attendant, began artificial res
piration by incessantly squeez
ing the gills and causing water
to pass over them as he held the
fish erect until he finally in
duced natural breathing.
It is the only known fish that
actually sleeps for a nap each
day.
Seventy-five per cent of Ger
many's war industry la located
in the Ruhr region.
WELCOME
91
St.
NEW and
OLD!
"POWDER RIVER
LET 'ER BUCK!"
14 TOMATOES ON STEM
La Grange, Ga. (U.PJ Any way
you slice them, 14 tomatoes on
one stem Is some tomato grow
ing. H. C. Roberts of the Oak
Grove community, came to town
carefully carrying a stem on
which the 14 bung. They
weighed about one quarter of a
pound each and appeared heal
thy specimens.
El Salvador ranks fourth in
world production of coffee.
WAR WORKER WONT SHAVE
Bremerton. Wash. OJ.R) When
a certain destroyer for the U. S.
navy Is launched at the Puget
sound navy yard then, and not
before, Shipfitter-helper Willis
B. Chadwick will shave, even
though his beard has turned out
to be a mottled Job, with red
patches. But he hat made a
pledge and ba intends to keep,
it
Clothing outfits for American
aviators cost about $260 a man.
YOUR MEDFORD
THEATRES.....
O CRATER! AN
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Extend a Cordial Welcome
to Medfdrd's Own 91st Division
OWa are proud of these men of the New
91 it glad that they will make their
home in this community while they train
at Camp White for future service on tome far
flung front. We know that they will carry on
the grand traditions of the Old 91st which dis
tinguished itself at Meuse-Argonne and Ypres
lys, when they fight for America's security and
the world's freedom in days to come. May
their ringing battle cry ' Powder River, Let
'er Buck" lead them to glorious achievement!
George A. Hunt
PRESIDENT a GEO. A. HUNT THEATRES, INC.
THE FINEST ENTERTAINMENT ALWAYS
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OF
FOR NAVY DUTY
Cleveland OUR) Uncle Sam
has gone back to wooden ships
to help win the war.
Sliding oft the ways here at a
rate of one every two weeks
comes a welcome addition to the
unsung heroes of the fighting
fleet the minesweepers.
The navy is getting 18 wooden
minesweepers for salt water ser
vice right from this mid-west-em
metropolis. The keels and
hulls are hewed out of sturdy
oak timber grown within a
radius of 60 miles of Cleveland.
Each vessel has an overall
length of 136 fret, a 2iH foot
beam and an eight-foot draft
The power that drives them on
their hazardous missions comes
from twin diescl motors also
built In Cleveland and every
ship also Is equipped with spe
cial generators to explode mines
and operate equipment and
lights.
itie nrst two of the new
minesweepers already are In
commission and six more are on
the ways rearing completion.
Do the Dirty Work
They're going Into a sen-Ice
replete with unpubltcized tradi
tion. The aircraft carriers, the
big battle-wagons the sleek cruis
ers, the swift destroyers and the
deadly submarines get the head
lines. The minesweepers get the
dirty work.
England know how valuable
they are. It was the minesweeper
lieet a Battered, ancient, collec
tion of tugboat and fishing
boats that kept open the sea
lanes around the British ports to
the planes and munitions from
the "arsenal of democracy "
England knows how gallant
they are. It was the minesweep
er fleet motely and leaky that
helped create the miracle of the
Dunkirk evacuation. They've
fought everything from stukas
to pocket battleships, and usu
ally their armament totaled
nothing more than a small-call.
ber deck cannon or a machine
gun.
INSTALL RADIO IN BUGGY
Littleton, N. H. (U P) Keeping
step with the times, Corliss
Fitch and Arnold rournler have
swapped their automobile and
mounted a radio on the buggy
dashboard.
FOR VICTORY BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS TODAY!
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It Takes TRACTORS as Well as
TANKS to Win the War!
IN THE BUILDING OF CAMP WHITE
CATERPILLAR
TRACTORS Played an Important Roll
Over a MILLION YARDS of SAND and GRAVEL Moved
DEPENDABLE, sturdy "CATERPILLARS" are always there when the going It TOUGH on a great eon
struction job like the building of Camp White; on the battlefields of the desert and other far-flung
fronts. Big "Caterpillar" Diesels performed numerous difficult and important tasks in the Camp
White job and we're mighty proud of their record for performance, for hard continuous service, for low
cost operation. "Caterpillar was a great name before this war now it it enlisted for the duration. Whan
Victory has been achieved its name will be an honored one for service on the fields of battle and for help
ing to build the industries and producing the foods for victory.
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Greetings 91st Division
"Caterpillar," and this company salutes the men of the new
91st DIVISION at Camp White. We are proud to have had
a part in building this great camp more proud of the fighting
men who will train there.
REED TRACTOR &
EQUIPMENT Company
112 SOUTH RIVERSIDE MEDFORD PHONE 5312
IN PEACE' AND WAR CATERPILLAR DEPENDABILITY REALLY COUNTSI