Show SNEER OF f fI I PRUSSIAN PRUSSIA Gf i I I fAI I I Brave rave Fighters From All AU Sections of U. U S. S S Give Answer in Cold Steel to toi i y J Insults o of Gc Ger r in a ns n s WASHINGTON W. July IG In in the fighting fig of the past two days das America has made reply to the German Ger Ger- German man char charge c that the thc fighting spirit of the men of the United States had been dissolved and mercenary mer mer- cenary greed l Wh When n the marines m swept the picked I Bavarians from the woods near Chateau Chateau Chateau Cha Cha- Thierry when the militia from Connecticut took Seicheprey and gallant gallant gal sal lant Yorkers Cantigny New overran o the German propagandists took up the cr cry that America had used picked troops and that for the most mot part palt the themen themen themen men sent across the seas from Crom the tho North orth American republic were unfit and untrained to match bayonets with the tho l Prussian legions In reply no word came front from the leaders of oC the American forces Dally Daily Dall reports from the correspondents told In cryptic sentences how the Yanks Yank ly its on beds bels of or pain In the American base hospitals smiled In re remembrance remembrance ro- ro of or tasks w well done and prayed pr for quick recovery recover so that we con go goo back and take tale another crack at those birds But nu t after aCter the th fighting of oC July Jul 15 Continued d on Page 6 6 r SNEER OF PRUSSIAN SILENCED IN IM DEATH Continued From Page 1 1 nod and 16 no man can rea reason on that Americas America's America Amer Amer- ica kas ka's a arm army Is not of the tho breed worthy I to fl fight ht In the high cause causo to wille which h their tholf country called culled them Th Time The halting hailing I of ot the tho Germans came when the fIrstI first ann army corps of or the American expeditionary l- l I force rone barred the way way the the first army corps being a fighting machine gun cun welded from front the men of or ever every I stale and of or every cIT Infantry organization tion a hod body where race color Or creed stan stands s for far nau naught ht Six SK Six divisions dl share the th gIOI glory y of or sl I l- l for tor all an time the charges charge of ot Incompetence which the Germans have hurled buried The Time divisions with their commanders commanders com com- manders aro First division regulars Major General Gen Gen- General eral Robert T T. T Dullard Bullard Second division lon regulars Major GenI General Gen Gen- I eral oral Omar Dun Bundy I Twenty-sixth Twenty division dl New e England I national guard Juard Major General Clarence e R. R Edwards i t I second Forty division rainbow I Major General Charles diaries T. T Marcher i Forty first division national guard Pacific coast const Major ajor General Hunter LI Liggett ett I I Thirty second division national guard Michigan and Wisconsin Major I General G. G Jaan I I I I Shore Glor Glory dory I I I If It bo ho that there arc are American forces which CAn cnn be bo term termed ell picked d men credit must muni bo gt riven I en to tu tho the officers I cers who have hn trained Into tho time heart I and soul out of ot er e every man of ot the marine I corps that the they aio are aro of oC a legion famed throughout American history for tor steadfast stead- stead I t fast courage under e er r rtin fire tin and In every en clime It I Is true that some marine marine ma- ma rine units are operating with the th first t army corps Jt It l Is also alRo true that the i two divisions of oC re regulars led b by such Buch I dauntless men as RR Omar Bundy Dundy and anti Robert nobert I I. I Bullard Dullard mt may well ell be said laid to represent the best that military training train train- j In Ing has produced These divisions dl represent only a third of ot the First arm army corps i I It cannot be said that the tho Pacific coast men are arc more representative than arc aro the men men from New ew England or themen themen the tho thomen men from Wisconsin 1 and Michigan But Dut It can be said that the tho First alm army j i corps In its tI fighting strength trul truly represents the time courage and skill kl to be bo I m I found round In the men of or Its keystone l I I slon the slon-the the known from Crom second Forty known second j coast to coast as the Rainbow division dl I I because it Is made up of oC national arm army jand j I and national guard units gathered feathered from m I every ely state In the union From livery lery erT S Section I As 48 a clear exposition of or the widespread widespread wide wIde- spread character of this division di It Is i j jwell well to enumerate the units In its chart charter r roll call j Second separate troop of or cavalry cn j I from Louisiana lana third machine gun un battalion battalion bat bat- from the Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry companies E E. F and G of or the S Second cond Wisconsin Infantry national guard gu the One Hundred and Sixty fifth I Infantry of oC New ew York consisting of or the time Sixty-ninth Sixty New ew York Infantry national national na na- guard long known as tho fighting fighting fight I ing Inh Irish regiment and tho the One On Hundred Hundred Hundred Hun Hun- dred and Sixty sixth infantry which is I the Fourth Ohio Infantry national guard I Besides these units there are machine ma map chino chine gun men from rom Georgia Alabama I and Iowa artillerists from Illinois In Indiana Indiana Indiana In- In diana and Minnesota lInne ota and a a. trench mortar battery batter from Maryland tarland There I are engineers from Crom South Carolina and from CrOm California an and amend sl signal nal troops from I Virginia and anti North Carolina The men of t h n trot na come nm from I Kansas La o s and df from Texas while hl time the l e can ean- train Is composed of or men froth from Michigan New cw Jersey Jersey- Tennessee Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Ok Ok- lahoma District of Columbia Colorado and Oregon B By no timer other force Coree in time the field could the fighting strength th of ot the tho army which General PershinG led hod to France be better Letter Judged And It Is safe to say that the tho commanders of or the division divi divi- division sion under the general command of oC I Ma faor or G General LI Liggett Jett are also excellent excellent excellent excel- excel I lent examples of oC the special field and anti 1 i. i i 1 4 1 i f 1 n 11 l I th A n I sc too Lt LL a n rig n arm army of officers CiccI's have ht been givers given hen Q Lender benders d r Are rc S Seasoned non d. d General Bullard is s an nn infantry manlie man nl lie He bears the distinction of or being the first commander of an tin n American division division divi l sion slon to load kad hl his men to France In iii the time war for Cor the preservation of or ci tion I In n his younger ouner days he fou fought ht with Ith Gen Cen Hugh L L. Scott 3 against aln t the Moros Maros a campaign In which Major General Wood also distinguished himself I lIe He was a lieutenant when he first went to th time Philippines and amid rose rapIdly rapidly rap- rap Idly after arter his hits ability became known In tho time actions to subdue revolutionists Ho Ilo is a personal friend of or General and served er ed on the generals general's staff for several SO months It was thought he would lend led tl the tle e First arm army corps but hut the command fell Cell to General General Gen Gen- eral cral LII Liggett ctt who ranks him In years of or service k General Bundy Dundy also Is an n Infantry man served en d as lieutenant In the Spanish American war and was among amon- the first officers to go t. t to t the border during the time trouble In 1016 1916 Ills maI marines marines ma ma- I rines have havo shown that they have ha great reat lo love and respect for him pins and it Is due to hi his daring in command that these men had an opportunity to aid the French In the June fighting around Chateau thierry lie He Is a n horn born organizer organizer organ organ- h izer r having Leon leen detailed as us Inspector general fur for several Ial periods period durIng the past five years s Mancher r In lot Specialist General Is widely 1 known In iii the cast ast where he ho was chief of or staff of the department of or the cast east with hl headquarters headquarters head head- ad- ad quarters at Governors Governor's Island He Tie was trained for tho the coast artillery and i spent much of his life liCe In working toward toward toward to- to j I I ward the perfection of tho the nations nation's coast co st lIe He has risen Ilsen from Crom colonel to h major general 3 since nce the tho war started I General Generi Is a specialist In Infield I 1 field artillery lie He won lame In the time Philippines for Cor his dash and brilliancy l icing attached to the tho First field artillery artiller artillery ar ar- tiller tillery 1 regiment sent ent to Manila General Liggett has no superior among the time division commanders In the knowledge a of ot the science of or war Up tip to a short time ago aso he was the head ot of ot the army war r college lie He wn was in command In the tho Philippines returning ln from there late In 1916 to al aid in the tho work on an the Mexican border He lie handled h time the outbreaks outbreak of ot the I. I W W. W W. it III Arl Arizona lna Just before beCore leaving tho the border Lorder General Edwards earI early went to the time Philippines in 1898 1695 and was In the en engagement engagement en- en g In which General Lawton lost his hs life Under President rafts administration General Edwards was In charge of or the tho bureau of oC Insular affairs af nr- nr fairs Later ter ho was military coinman- coinman comman der at P Panama man many of ot the present d da day dr r fortifications of oC which were de de- designed sl signed ned under tender his Ills direction |