Refugees going out the artillery going in
Lieutenants Burden and Bullen, and Private Gormley were mentioned in division orders for their work during the Argonne fighting.
A few new officers were assigned during this last offensive. Second Lieutenant Augus R. Allmond had come on October 10th. Three other officers were with the regiment for a few weeks but were transferred away again to other branches of the service. On November 10th, the day before the armistice, Major Edwin A. Zundel was assigned to the command of the First Battalion to replace Major Easterday, whose promotion to a Lieutenant-colonelcy had just come through. Colonel Easterday had commanded the battalion from Nesles Woods to the Meuse Heights, that is during its most active combat experience. For his aggressiveness, and his daring in reconnaissance he was cited afterwards in division orders. He was a familiar figure near the front lines on foot, on his horse, or dashing about in a motorcycle. Once he and his driver wandered past the pickets and into a village filled with German soldiers, preparing to depart. Easterday told the driver to turn around, and before the Huns had
