be? Will it steady oth ied them and correct th ernistic, and other del which occasionally cree self a lively belief that thing. To drink at the dition is wonderfully cla fying. Thinking of it, still another question, raised again for me b show, the question of t decoration which is prod ticular space and yet has ity. It abounded in Bro which was undeniably ha was either essentially p decorative only in the se screen is decorative. Loo that some things at all tached indeed from the w that admonition of Titian' ferred at the outset. In fa observer discriminates m the practitioner between decoration and mural decora ent they tend to be confused run the distinction must co decisively recognized. It are to maintain the standa the leaders in our school of tion. VOL. LXXVII JUNE, 1925 Fix Bayonets! THE CHARGE AT SOISSONS BY JOHN W. THOMASON, JR. WITH PICTURES BY THE AUTHOR, SOME OF WHICH WERE DRAWN ON THE FIELD IN In the town of Villers-Nancy, where the battalion billeted, they publis order to the troops: Xe Armée État-Major 3e Bureau No. 862'3 AuQGA 30 Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the Third United States Army Cor Shoulder to shoulder with your French comrades you were thrown into the counter battle which commenced on the 18th of July. You rushed to the attack as to a festiv magnificent courage completely routed a surprised enemy and your indomitable tenacity the counter-attacks of his fresh divisions. You have shown yourselves worthy sons of y country, and you were admired by your comrades-in-arms. Ninety-one guns, 7200 prisoners, immense booty, 10 kilomètres of country liberate your portion of the spoil of this victory. Furthermore, you have demonstrated your s over the barbarian enemy of all mankind. To attack him is to vanquish him. American comrades! I am grateful to you for the blood so generously spilled on t my country. I am proud to have commanded you during such days, and to have fought for the deliverance of the world. HE 1st Battalion lay in Croutte-sur-Marne. It drank deep of the golden July weather, and swam noisily in the Marne, which swung a blue and shining loop below the town. The battalion took but little interest in the war, which could be heard growling and muttering intermittently to the north and east. Indeed, the unpleasant Bois-de-Belleau-Bouresches area was only a few hours' march distant, and ChâteauThierry was just up the river. The guns were loud and continuous in that direction. (Signed) M rines and troops of the Regular had just finished a hitch of som eight days attacking and holding tacking again, from Hill 142, on through that ghastly wood wh French now called the "Bois de gade de Marine," to Vaux, on th and in this battalion, as in the oth of the division, such men as had were quite willing to think abou thing else. Division Headquarters were ov treuil way, and thither certain guished individuals were orde return with crosses on their faded This furnished pleasant food fo and anal m |