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This was the peril of the troop ship. This was the tremendous advantage which the enemy held over our armies even before they reached the field. This was the unprecedented condition which the United States and Allied navies had to cope with in the great undertaking of transporting our forces overseas.
Any one who has crossed the ocean, even in the normal times before shark-like Kultur skulked beneath the water, has experienced the feeling of human helplessness that comes in mid-ocean when one considers the comparative frailty of such man-made devices as even the most modern turbine liners, with the enormous power of the wilderness of water over which one sails.
In such times one realises that safety rests, first upon the kindliness of the elements; secon
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164th Brigade, Field Artillery—Brig. Gen. Edward T. Donnelly; 340th, 341st and 342d Regiments; 314th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—314th Regiment.
Signal Troops—314th Battalion.
Division Units—89th Division Headquarters Troop; 340th Machine Gun Battalion.
90TH DIVISION—Major Gen. Henry T. Allen, commanding; Colonel John J. Kingman, Chief of Staff; Major Wyatt P. Selkirk, Adjutant General.
179th Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. John T. O'Neill; 357th and 358th Regiments; 344th Machine Gun Battalion.
180th Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. W. H. Johnston; 359th and 360th Regiments; 345th Machine Gun Battalion.
165th Brigade, Field Artillery—Brig. Gen. Francis C. Marshall; 343d, 344th, and 345th Regiments; 315th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—315th Regiment.
Signal Troops—315th Battalion.
Division Units—90th Division Headquarters Troop; 349th Machine Gun Battalion.
92ND DIVISION—Major Gen. C. C. Ballou, commanding; Lieut. Col. Allen J. Greer, Chief of Staff; Major Sherburne Whipple, Adjutant General.
183d Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. Malvern H. Barnum, 365th and 366th Regiments; 350th Machine Gun Battalion.
184th Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. W. A. Hay; 367th and 368th Regiments; 351st Machine Gun Battalion.
167th Brigade, Field Artillery—(Commanding officer not announced); 349th, 350th and 351st Regiments; 317th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—317th Regiment.
Signal Troops—317th Battalion.
Division Units—92d Division Headquarters Troop; 349th Machine Gun Battalion.
5TH ARMY CORPSMajor Gen. Omar Bundy, commanding.
6th Division, Regular Army; 36th (Texas and Oklahoma) Division, National Guard; 75th (New England), 79th (Pennsylvania, Maryland and District of Columbia), 85th (Michigan and Wisconsin), and 91st (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming and Utah), Divisions, National Army.
6TH DIVISION—Brig. Gen. James B. Erwin, commanding; Colonel James M. Pickering, Chief of Staff; Lieut. Col. Robert S. Knox, Adjutant General.
11th Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. W. R. Dashiell; 51st and 52d Regiments; 17th Machine Gun Battalion.
12th Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. J. B. Erwin; 53d and 54th Regiments; 18th Machine Gun Battalion.
6th Brigade, Field Artillery—Brig. Gen. E. A. Millar; 3rd, 11th, and 78th Regiments; 6th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—318th Regiment.
Signal Troops—6th Battalion.
Division Units—6th Division, Headquarters Troop; 16th Machine Gun Battalion.
36TH DIVISION—Major Gen. W. R. Smith, commanding; Colonel E. J. Williams, Chief of Staff; Major William R. Scott, Adjutant General.
71st Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. Henry Hutchings; 141st and 142d Regiments; 132d Machine Gun Battalion.
72d Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. John A. Hulen; 143d and 144th Regiments; 133d Machine Gun Battalion.
61st Brigade, Field Artillery—Brig. Gen. John A. Stevens; 131st, 132d and 133d Regiments, 111th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—111th Regiment.
Signal Troops—111th Battalion.
Division Units—36th Division Headquarters Troop; 131st Machine Gun Battalion.
76TH DIVISION—Major Gen. Harry F. Hodges, commanding; (Chief of Staff not announced); Major George M. Peek, Adjutant General.
151st Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. Frank M. Albright; 301st and 302d Regiments; 303d Machine Gun Battalion.
152d Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. F. D. Evans; 303d and 304th Regiments; 303d Machine Gun Battalion.
151st Brigade, Field Artillery—Major Gen. William S. McNair; 301st, 302d, and 303d Regiments; 301st Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—301st Regiment.
Signal Troops—301st Battalion.
Division Units—76th Division Headquarters Troop; 301st Machine Gun Battalion.
79TH DIVISION—Major Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn, commanding; Colonel Tenny Ross, Chief of Staff; Major Charles B. Moore, Adjutant General.
157th Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. William L. Nicholson; 313th and 314th Regiments; 311th Machine Gun Battalion.
158th Brigade, Infantry—(Commanding officer not announced); 315th and 316th Regiments; 312th Machine Gun Battalion.
154th Brigade, Field Artillery—Brig. Gen. Andrew Hero, Jr., 310th, 311th and 312th Regiments; 304th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—304th Regiment.
Signal Troops—304th Battalion.
Division Units—79th Division Headquarters Troop; 310th Machine Gun Battalion.
85TH DIVISION—Major Gen. C. W. Kennedy, commanding; Colonel Edgar T. Collins, Chief of Staff; Lieut. Col. Clarence Lininger, Adjutant General.
169th Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Dugan; 337th and 338th Regiments; 329th Machine Gun Battalion.
170th Brigade, Infantry—(Commanding officer not announced); 339th and 340th Regiments; 330th Machine Gun Battalion.
160th Brigade, Field Artillery—Brig. Gen. Guy M. Preston; 328th, 329th and 330th Regiments; 310th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—310th Regiment.
Signal Troops—310th Battalion.
Division Units—85th Division Headquarters Troop; 328th Machine Gun Battalion.
91ST DIVISION—Brig. Gen. F. H. Foltz, commanding; Colonel Herbert J. Brees, Chief of Staff; Major Frederick W. Manley, Adjutant General.
181st Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. John B. McDonald; 361st and 362d Regiments; 347th Machine Gun Battalion.
182d Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. Frederick S. Foltz; 363d and 364th Regiments; 348th Machine Gun Battalion.
166th Brigade, Field Artillery—Brig. Gen. Edward Burr; 346th, 347th and 348th Regiments; 316th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—316th Regiment.
Signal Troops—316th Battalion.
Division Units—91st Division Headquarters Troop; 346th Machine Gun Battalion.
UNASSIGNED TO CORPS81ST DIVISION—Major Gen. C. J. Bailey, commanding; Colonel Charles D. Roberts, Chief of Staff; Major Arthur E. Ahrends, Adjutant General.
161st Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. George W. McIver; 321st and 322nd Regiments; 317th Machine Gun Battalion.
162d Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. Monroe McFarland; 323d and 324th Regiments; 318th Machine Gun Battalion.
156th Brigade, Field Artillery—Brig. Gen. Andrew Moses; 316th, 317th and 318th Regiments; 306th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—306th Regiment.
Signal Troops—306th Battalion.
Division Units—81st Division Headquarters Troop; 316th Machine Gun Battalion.
93RD DIVISION—(Commander not announced); Major Lee S. Tillotson, Adjutant General.
185th Brigade, Infantry—(Commanding officer not announced); 369th and 370th Regiments; 333d Machine Gun Battalion.
186th Brigade, Infantry—Brig. Gen. George H. Harries; 371st and 372d Regiments; 334th Machine Gun Battalion.
168th Brigade, Field Artillery—(Commanding officer not announced); 332d, 333d and 334th Regiments; 318th Trench Mortar Battery.
Engineer Troops—318th Regiment.
Signal Troops—318th Battalion.
Division Units—332d Machine Gun Battalion.
Transcribers Notes
Obvious punctuation errors/omissions in original text have been repaired.
Text contains spellings which were common at the time of its publication.
ILLUSTRATIONS TEXT - Spelling, accent and hypenation corrections have been made to conform with text.
pg. xi - FLOYS = FLOYD (M. FLOYS GIBBONS, Correspondant de Guerre du Chicago Tribune:) This error is on the original letter, a facsimile of which appears in the original book. For the purpose of the plain text version of this book it has been corrected.
pg. xvii - Table of Contents - Chapter XVIII, pg. 328; the chapter correctly starts on Pg. 338 - this was retained in the plain text, however was corrected for the HTML version of this book.
All possibly dialectic/phonetic phrases have been retained, including the following;
pg. 31 - "stear" (steer), (we can stear with an oar), quote
pg. 91 - "Sourkraut" (Sauerkraut), (German as Sourkraut), remembrance
pg. 276 - "dimonds" (diamonds), (filled wid dimonds), quote
pg. 370 - "Lueger" (Luger), (of the Lueger make), remembrance
21 Spelling corrections: (x) shows no. of times word was already correctly spelled in text.
pg. xv - "citatation" to "citation" (he received a citation).
pg. 38 - "tatooed" to "tattooed" (tattooed arms of the).
pg. 50 - "Harboard" to "Harbord" (4) (Brigadier General Harbord).
pg. 73 - "practise" to "practice" (9), (began to practice).
pg. 99 - "surpised" to "surprised" (I was not surprised).
pg. 107 - "dicharge" to "discharge" (signal for the discharge).
pg. 139 - "aves-vous" to "avez-vous" (3) (Aves-vous de chevaux?) - Fr.
pg. 143 - "Nicholas" to "Nicolas" (2) (Saint-Nicolas-du-Port).
pg. 157 - "milimetre" to "millimetre" (2), (battery of 150 millimetre).
pg. 208 - "Ukelele" to "Ukulele" (tending the Ukulele crop).
pg. 222 - "perigrinations" to "peregrinations" (trace the peregrinations).
pg. 248 - "harrassed" to "harassed" (harassed the road intersections).
pg. 315 - "ricochetted" to "ricocheted" (had ricocheted upward).
pg. 346 - "desposit" to "deposit" (would solemnly deposit).
pg. 349 - "McDougal" to "MacDougal" (7), (MacDougal then began).
pg. 365 - "turrent" to "turret" (the tank's turret).
pg. 367 - "blow" to "blown" (trunks were blown high).
pg. 376 - "barracades" to "barricades" (built barracades across).
pg. 382 - "distingushed" to "distinguished" (that so distinguished itself).
pg. 383 - "reconnaisance" to "reconnaissance" (2), (making a reconnaissance).
pg. 391 - "knowng" to "knowing" (knowing at the time).
17 hyphenation, Capitalization or diacritical accent corrections made as follows:
pg. xi - "ARMEES" to "ARMÉES" (2) (DES ARMÉES DU NORD) - Fr.
pg. 24 - "victrola" to "Victrola" ( a cabinet Victrola), (trademark of the Victrola company).
pg. 88 - "coryphees" to "coryphées" (male coryphées who hold) - Fr.
pg. 88 - "under-sized" to "undersized" (2), (toughest set of undersized).
pg. 111 - "zigzagging" to "zig-zagging" (3) (through zig-zagging avenues).
pg. 183 - "hand grenades" to "hand-grenades" (2), (post with hand-grenades).
pg. 194 - "counter-battery" to "counter battery" (3) (casual counter battery work).
pg. 232 - "debris" to "débris" (4) (person in the débris).
pg. 251 - "debris" to "débris (4) (the débris ceased falling).
pg. 269 - "tricolour" to "tri-colour" (2) (of the French tri-colour).
pg. 274 - "Americains" to "Américains" (les bons Américains) - Fr.
pg. 307 - "Chatel" to "Châtel" (La Voie du Châtel) - Fr.
pg. 367 - "dug-outs" to "dugouts" (10), (crushed the enemy dugouts).
pg. 370 - "t'-ell" to "t'ell" (Allay veet t'ell outer here), as on pg. 275.
pg. 373 - "dug-out" to "dugout" (24), (in a dugout with).
pg. 383 - "Thibault" to "Thiébault" (9) (east of St. Thiébault).
pg. 385 - "country-side" to "countryside" (5), (no fairer countryside).
List of same word variations appearing in this text which have been retained.
"cooperation" (1) and "co-operation" (1)
"dockside" (1) and "dock-side" (1)
"farmhouse" (1) and "farm-house" (1)
"heartbroken" (1) and "heart-break" (1)
"manpower" (1) and "man-power" (1)
"midday" (1) and "mid-day" (1)
"old-timer" (1), "old-timers" (2), "old timer" (3)
"well kept" (1) and "well-kept" (1)
1 Printers error correction;
pg 394: - two lines of text were exchanged as follows:
original text;
"It was the same Germany
many that had covered America with her net of spies and
that had tried to murder France. It was the same Ger-
had sought to bring war to our borders with Mexico and"
as corrected;
"It was the same Germany
that had tried to murder France. It was the same Germany
that had covered America with her net of spies and
had sought to bring war to our borders with Mexico and"
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