However, our position places a burden of responsibility upon us which we must strive to bear steadily forward without faltering. To our comrades who have fallen, we owe the sacred obligation of maintaining the reputation which they died to establish. The influence of our performance on our Allies and on our enemies can not be over estimated, for we were one of the first divisions sent from our country to France to show the world that Americans can fight. Hard battles and long campaigns lie before us. Only by ceaseless vigilance and tireless preparation can we fit ourselves for them. I urge you, therefore, to approach the future with confidence, but above all, with firm determination that so far as it is in your power you will spare no effort, whether in training or in combat, to maintain the record of our division and the honor of our country. CHARLES T. MENOHER, Major General, U. S. Army. Headquarters 42nd Division. SUMMARY OF INTELLIGENCE. October, 1918. On October 18, 1917, one year ago today, the Headquarters and certain of the elements of the 42nd Division sailed for France.... The Division is now engaged in the most difficult task to which it has yet been set: The piercing at its apex of the “Kriemhilde Stellung,” upon the defense of which position the German line from METZ to CHAMPAGNE depends. During its service in France, Division Headquarters has had its Post of Command at 23 different points in towns, woods and dugouts. The Division has captured prisoners from 23 enemy divisions, including three Guard and one Austro-Hungarian divisions. CHARLES T. MENOHER, Major General, U. S. Army. HEADQUARTERS 42d DIVISION. American Expeditionary Forces. France. November 11th, 1918. To the Officers and Men of the 42nd Division: On the 13th of August I addressed you a letter summarizing the record of your achievements in Lorraine, before Chalons and on the Ourcq. On the occasion of my leaving the Division I wish to recall to you your services since that time and to express to you my appreciation of the unfailing spirit of courage and cheerfulness with which you have met and overcome the difficult tasks which have confronted you.