Robeson County Soldiers with 81st Probably With Pershing's Army of Occupation in Germany, Dec. 2, 1918

“81^st Probably in Germany,” from The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Dec. 2, 1918

Location of Division to Which Large Per Cent of Robeson’s Selectmen Belong

A dispatch sent out from Washington states that the 81^st division, American troops in France, was located at Sommedieue four days after the armistice was signed. Sommedieue is a few miles south of Verdun and near the German border in the vicinity of Metz. Judging from the location of this division, to which 75 per cent of Robeson’s selectmen belong, at that time, it is more than probable that a part of the division at least belongs to Pershing’s army of occupation, now in Germany.

Letters received from members of this division state that it played an active part in the last battles of the war.