t hour of the war our guns fairly beat a
rat-a-tat on the enemy positions. We let them have it while we
could."

Lieutenant E.A. Wolfolk, of Washington, D.C., chaplain of the regiment,
said:

"The morale and morals of the men were splendid. Disease of the
serious type was unknown. The men were careful to keep within
bounds. They gave their officers no trouble, and each man strove to
keep up the high standard expected of him. From the time we reached
France in June, 1918, until the time we quit that country we worked
hard to maintain a clean record and we certainly succeeded."

At the Moselle river, Pont a Mousson and Madieres, the regiment first
saw action. The first and second battalions went into action immediately
in the vicinity of St. Genevieve and Alton. The third battalion crossed
the river and went into action in the vicinity of Pont a Mousson. That
was on October 31st. The balance of the regiment's service corresponds
to that of the brigade, already mentioned.

As already gleaned from the reports of generals, regimental officers and
the testimony of the chaplain of the 351st, the artillery boys created a
good impression and left behind them a clean record everywhere. It has
remained for the officers of the 349th regiment to preserve this in
additional documentary form in the shape of regimental orders and
letters from the mayors of French towns in which the regiment stopped or
was billeted. The following are some of the bulletins and letters:

Headquarters 349th Field
Artillery, American Expeditionary
Forces, France, A.P.O. 722,
September 6, 1918.
The following letter having been received, is published
for the information of the regiment, and will be read at retreat
Saturday, September 7, 1918. By order of
COLONEL MOORE.
JOSEPH H. McNALLY, Captain and Adjutant.
FRENCH REPUBLIC
Town Hall of Montmorillion
(Vienne)
Montmorillion, August 12, 1918.
Dear Colonel:
At the occasion of your departure permit me to express
to you my regrets and those of the whole population.
From the very day of its arrival your regiment, by its
behavior and its military appearance, it excited the
admiration of all of us.
Of the sojourn of yo