Carl Schultz - Saco, MT Soldier Carl Schultz was a WWI soldier from Saco, MT who joined the Army’s Company G 2nd Montana Infantry on July 10, 1915. He was 27 years old and a rancher near Saco. About a year later in June 1916, Carl Schultz and 27 other Saco military men were sent to the “Mexican Frontier” to fight in the Mexican-American War. They left by train from Saco with Sargent T.F. King to Glasgow and joined other soldiers there for drills before leaving for Mexico. In 1917, Carl Schultz served in the U.S. Army’s 32nd Division with nine other men from Saco. General Haan was in charge of the men in this unit. This division was famous because when they went into battle “they always went forward and never gave an inch of captured ground.” Because they were fierce fighters, the men in this division wore a French insignia on their uniforms with a red arrow on it to symbolize this division’s ability to lead the United States Army through German lines. General Haan and his men were ready to be in the front lines, so he went to General John J. Pershing requesting permission to join the combat. Private Schultz, the rest of the soldiers from Saco, and the other men in the division went to war. When it was over, most of the men from Saco were wounded. However, Private Melvin Johnson and Private Carl Schultz were killed in action.