The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No13 (September 26, 1919)] . y. The company wasgoing over at 5:55,to be exact, allow-ing twenty-five min-utes for a crescendobarrage-roll on theartillery drums be-fore the curtainlifted on the worldssuper - battle, theMeuse - ArgonneDrive. They were poisedon the edge of thegreatest adventureof the AmericanExpedition aryForces, the 205members of thiscompany, and yet,as near as the lieu-tenant could figure,after a stumblingtour of inspectionup and down thenarrow ditch occu-pied by his com-mand, 100 weresleeping, while theother 105 shiveredand cursed theirill
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No13 (September 26, 1919)] . y. The company wasgoing over at 5:55,to be exact, allow-ing twenty-five min-utes for a crescendobarrage-roll on theartillery drums be-fore the curtainlifted on the worldssuper - battle, theMeuse - ArgonneDrive. They were poisedon the edge of thegreatest adventureof the AmericanExpedition aryForces, the 205members of thiscompany, and yet,as near as the lieu-tenant could figure,after a stumblingtour of inspectionup and down thenarrow ditch occu-pied by his com-mand, 100 weresleeping, while theother 105 shiveredand cursed theirill luck at not be-ing able to have asmoke. It was too bitter cold on top of thishill in the scarred Verdun country forthe imagination to electrify tired bodieswith thrilling prospects of battle. Themist gripped the company with theclammy contact of a ruhber glove just By EDWIN NEWELL LEWIS removed from ice. The autumn moonlooked down with cold indifference. As often happened under stress ofcombat preparations, there had been noopportunity for company commanders to. „ \ \ J by II allacc Morgan But because he had the American grit to finish the job, wecelebrate the victory tell their men in detail, with reference tobattle maps, the startling information theDivision Commander had vouchsafed tothe officers on the previous afternoon. The final Big Push destined to endthe war was about to begin, the Gen- Copyriaht, 1&19, by The Legion Puhllshlng Corporation eral had said, standing in the shelterof his headquarters dugout with adozen pages of field orders, artilleryspecifications and plans of liaison in hishand. From Ypres to Metz some fourmillion of the Allied forces would surgeforward for one final crushing advanceagainst the Huns. We are only asmall cog in a bigmachine, he added,after reading ex-cerpts from the or-ders. The valorof our men is un-questioned. Successdepends upon theleadership displayedby you officers. Regimental andbattalion command-ers read the ordersagain t
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