fVilT ?ww5pii-m? r s? yf'ms-. l e 13 HVEMSG PUBLIC LJUDCJ-EK L-'HlLADJflLPHL.i, tflUJJAl, MAY 2, 1U1S YET rrUZOTi 71777 EATnTTiT1?I?1?Q f&PX&I Oi lyiVI LLtMKJlVUUJi. S.W rr . . nnrriir TirrTiO itlAU MKS 1 Uld URL 1 1UO JoZoiei '. I. S;y.er, of Philadelphia, Commanding V me That Just Returned, Writes Graphic Story t' , -1 r- ir W f 1 ..-.7i ',. o ixcgunviii s n m ixulvui jvi munio o ie fFor Department Tho 10IM Knginwr. in which n !numbr ot Phlladolnhln soldiers arp on- Ift' illntcd. havp Inst rptnrnrrl to this rnunlrr iwith an envinblo record of overseas Service. ' 'Colonel V. A. Snyder, of this cilr, vho coinirmmle'il the unit, compiled. flVith the nssistnme i,f his tnfl! nfl.icr. ja complete record of the rfciriont's "- itlvitles from the time it left this eouli- ftr until itH arrival home. I 'Wo have the distinction of hnrlns Aren the Hist unit in the Iron Division (to suffer cnsunltirs," snid Colonel Sny - 'tier today. Hia story of the regiment's nr roe jOrd, .written in illary form for the War (Department archive, follows: "On May 18. 1IM7. the regiment left t3amp Stills nnd proceeded n board flie Meatnship Metng:imn. leaving the dock ,nt about '- p.m. nnd proceeded to the lowec bay , "On Slay lit 'lie convoy proceeded Kcross sens, nrrivinc nt Liverpool, ling Jknd, on May .'tl. The organiznlion de barked and proceeded bv trnins to Po Ver, England, arriving late in the ove rling oE May 31 and early in the morn ing of June. 1. On the afternoon of JTunel the regimen! nnd trnin. oirept Company I). left Dover, arriving at Calais, Trance, that nfternoon and pro ceeded to rest camp No. (i. 1 ''On .Tune 1! Company D left Pnter. lirriving at Calais that afternoon. Hc kween June 1! and .liine I the regi inent1 nnd train tinned in their rifles. Wra. clothing, bnrrncks tins", etc. and eeeived 303 rifles and ammunition, gas naps and bad gas masks fitted. if Trnliieil bv Brlllsli j "On June i the organization, evcepl Company J), let! aiais ny n nui proceeded to I)e.vre. The orgnnlza 41ons were billeled at Alincthiiin. jCremercst and Mellebnino. Company I) Wiving on June tl. "June .1 to 121 the regiment was 'trained in close order, extended order. .)ayonet, physical drill, gas mnk drill. Same nnd practice inarches. The train ovns drilled nnd instructed in the han jrtlinR of British animal transport. All jinder the instruction of officers nnd on-commissioned officers, of the I'.ight .eenth Northumberland Kuilleers (Tyti Vldc) pioneers. Thirty -fourth I!ritih Infantry Division "June S the British rifles were turned 'in. On June 111 Ihe oomniiind received I'. S. model lll" rifle nm amniuni 1 tion. "June 'JL' the leglinenl and train marched to Desvres, enlrnlned and pro ceded tn l.nferle titim her. an'uing June L'.'i. '.June '.'1 the command ninrehed to ' I.nfcrroteric. about twelve kilometers .south of Chateau Thierry. The com mand reported Inn k In the Tent, I eighth Division. I'. S., and were at Inched for training ptiiposen to the Thirlj -ninth French Division. Thirty eighth French Corps VI. Kreni h annj C. S. "The evening of .lime 'JS, under or dors from the Thiii eighth 1'rench Corps, ihe cnmniund changed station to Kconncil, (loiiieny. I.h (.'iinnrdieie, Charli and I'aianl. The roud- over which the Second llutliilion passed were henxily shelled and eight men of Company K weie wounded while going into billets at Jinnneil. These billets ncre vithin three and one half Kiln -meters of the (iermnn line nt Chateau Thierry. These in'iiallies were the lirst to be suffered by the regiment : nnd. iilso. the first suffered by the Twenty i ightli Division. "On June '."5 and -'! to July 1 t the regiment worked on the seiond line, first position trenches, running from Aulnois. Mount I'.onneil to Paine do Heaurepnirr, Chnrly and the Charly bridgehead. Company D part of the time working south of the Marne on the ridge north of l.es linches. The work of Ihe regiment consisted of wire en tunglement.s. (Jioups of innibui. in-I'hine-giiii pinplacrinenls. all work being cnmoiillnged. 1'arL of this work was done within three kilometers of the (iermnn lines, and the work nnd billets were if rider constant shelllire of high explosives, shrapnel ami gas. The most of the woik was done at night. During this time the regiment was placed on the alert three or four times. i cupy ing the trenches that they built for eernl days, ns the mam (termini attack was expected to '-ome along the ridge south west from Cluilenii-Thierry toward 1'aris. I nder llemy Shcllflre "July n, 1:"0 p m lo July 15. 1!1S, Colonel V. A. Snjder command ing lO.lcl Engineers, placed in commnnd of defenses of Charly bridgehead from Charly bridge to Hudenoise, o 5Ion ' I tregny, the left flank of the Thirty 1 , ninth French Division, Thirty-eighth' French l orps, Sixth French Army. Hie force. Companies A and It. 103d F,ngl- j neeis. Company C, lOllth Machine (inn Unttnlion (Twenty-eighth Division), i Company 'Jti, French Engineers, and ! , one battalion I wenty-thlrd Territorial I Infantry. French. This position was under heavv shelllire for several days. "On July H, the First Battalion, Companies A. I! and C, transferred by ' busses from Charly nnd. l'avnnt to the vicinity of Conde-en-ltrie. They were attached to the Fifly-flflh Infantry I flrigaile. Twenty -eighth Division. July I 111 this battalion occupied the front-line trenches In Hois Itougis, where they resisted the attack of the (Jermnns (Prussian (JiihiiIsI from Stalgnnn. "On July IT. they moved to the second line trenches. July IS, nt ," p m the battalion was relieved nnd letired lo the woods near (irnnde Fon- ,. . .,. .t .1..... .1.:- tamo. I Miring me inict ,ta mi. battalion was in action, they served as infantry, sen ing with the lOllth nnd I llllli Infantry, and assisted greatly In resisting Ihe heavy attacks from the lierinans This was the high water mink of the (iermnn od'ensrvo south of .the Marne and Ihe troops of the i Twenty eighth Division broke the at-1 I lack of the lieiniatis. The battalion of engineeis. while serving as infantry.1 fought without automatic rilles, ma-' chine guns, one pounders or entrench - , ing tools The losses in these three Miinpauies wire very heavy. July -- to 'J.-. worked on roads nt Moulin. , Ciuirthier..v, Clunenny. south side river Marne. work executed under heavy, shelllire anil bombing from (iermnn planes July 'jri to "J", iniirrhrd to- ' wards Charly. ordered to concentrate near Chnrtreves, altached to the 110th Infantry as support. Marched to Forei , la Feie. July '2. late in the p, m. the regiment was concentrated near! I.ucharinel i "Secoiul liaitalioii Ciiinpaiiies D. I! 'and 1' Sillier llea Casualties "July II to -U Companies K and I occupied se, ond-line trench, first posi tion soiitbwesi of Chateaii-Thieriy. fioni Aulnois to north of Mount de I'on neil. Company D. south of Ncsles, about four Kilometers soulh of Chateau Thierry During this time these or ganizations weie under very heavy Miellfire. high explosives and innsliml gas. Casualties were yery heavy. "On Inly "I Coiupniiy D built a pile tiestle bridge across the Marne lit pc nt the east end of Chntenil Thierry. Companies F, and F worked on roads from Aulnois through Kssoms and Chateau -Thierry . "July "Jl to L'li Road work Chateau -Thierry tn Mount St. Pierre under heavy shelllire. "July ''T Joined the 100th Infantry as support nnd manned to near Fresnes. 1 Jul 'JS- In support nf Ihe 100th In- fantiy in the fight near Fiesnes, recon- milssnnee made by different officers for ornige.s across tne iiuri'q river, l.nle In the evening the regiment concentrated I near l,n Clmrmel tn ngnln function as' engineers. "Iteelnieotnl i.nsonlitnu i,,i,- t.i i. i .. ... .;- ..... . .' '' " i .liny -i Killed, 1,: wounded. 111'.:! gamed, i.tu: shell-shocked. L'S ; Intnl. I'OI. "Heglment. July LVs to August 3 Konil work, safety position nenr I.n Channel. "August .( . IlmM wik soulh of Iismes. bridges built west of Flsnies across the Vesle nnd nt Fimes ncross the Ardre river nnd ncrors the Vesle. A safety position yvns organized mil rully constructed, i-onMtini; of wire on taiiKlemeiits, K,.0:, ,,f ,.ombnt. treimhes. etc. All of this work was done under constant shellfire, high explosive, shrap nel nnd mustard gns. The work on the c!e river was under shellfire and ma chine gun nnd rillelire. "September 4 In S The n,i,.n.. the Vesle rher. Fourteen bridges built - i.nt-e neavy type. Iialance foot bridges and machine gun bridges between Cour land on nnd east f Fismes. The mads in this vicinity were denned nf wire entanglements, barricade, shellholes were filled in and the roads made pass able for artillery, etc. The different companies nlso carried wounded from the front line to dressing stations, nil ried nmniiinitioti to the front -lino trenches and buried the dead. All of this work was done under heavy artil lery tire, the men were bombed by air plane at fi a. m. September S the regi nient was relieved by the engineers of the Sixty-second Infantry Division, French. This regiment tio.'ld ;ngi neersl was under constant shellfire from June o,S until September S. During that time the different classes ,,f engineer work was carried on day ami night. Sent to Hear fur Ucst "The regiiiienliil casualties July S to September S, thiiteen Killed, eighty live wounded. 137 gassed. sj -.bed shocked, one mlsiiug, total. I'll!. "Olders weie then receded that the division was to be sent to the rear for icorganintion. replacements mid for nt least two months' rest and training. "Between September ,s mid Scplcin lier 'J the regiment marched from Hie Vesle river to near Kpernny nnd tool buses to Beltancourt. staying at Met tniicourt from September I J to Sep teniber Ifi. On September )(i the First Battalion moed bv buses to l.es Islettcs. arriving on the 17th. September Iti to September "0 the Second Bal talion and train marched by night from Bettancoiirt to I, on Islettcs in the Ar fniinn I .trewt 6""'" "' ' ' "Septrinber 'JH lo September '. gontic forest repaired the roads, con struction of detour around mine crenlcr north of Neiivilly within one kilometer of Ihe boehe lines, in preparation for the nttnek in the Argonne, The officers nnd men of this cnmninnd arrived in the Al'itontie vtrlnnllv ntnveil out. titit Ibev did their work as If they had.hnd com plete rest, "September Ull lo Oclober fl Ar gonue forest north of Neiivilly to (lim it?! Chnherj- delnlls furnished Infnntry for wire eiiltlng, detours buiil around mine crnlers norlh of N'euvllly mid south of Vnrennes, roads repaired, bridges hitill nt I'olnte Boiireullles.A (,'ompauy was detailed to assist the Fifty-third Artillery Brigade, bridges were built with the tanks. On Oclober I. the regiment served ns Infnntry re serve near I.n Forge. October ! to October (!, Companies A nnd K sen el as reserve for Fifty-sixth lnfaiiln brigade at I.n Chene Tondu, suffering henry casualties. "October 1-1 to 10- The regimenl nt Villo Usey, Aulnois mid Vertusey, Toul sector, for reorganization and training. On October 1(1-17 the regiment moved to the Thlnucotirt sector, occupying the , line from Jntily to west ot Nflilmont. "From October 17 to November 11 the regiment worked on roads, bridges. wire entanglements, entrenchments, building of irchliic-gun emplacements nnd building ot n safety position, deep i dugouts, being constantly tinder shell fire nnd iiinchlne-giin fire. Several raids were made on enemy strong points, dugouts being blown up by high explo sives. Several times platoons and com panies, assisted the. infantry in nt ! tniks." PILES ARE DRIVEN FAST New Invention Drills the Holes In Record Time Omaha. Neb.. May 2 (By A. l'.l A concrete pile invention by K. nignell, a Lincoln railroad man. wns tested nt Bridgeport. Neb., this week In the pres ence of Murray Ilulbrrl, director of ,ii i ' i ' ' the port ot New York nnd a party ot j revolutionize linrbor nnd dock tonidriic New York construction men, I Hon, ' th'rongh 'sanr,. &? In" lKL '-''. ''"-onslsts of n hollow concrete lllver bed In nnd five nnd oue-unlf j1"1' through which runs n four-Inch minutes, respectively. I'lpe with vents nt, tho bnst;, A two- Mr. llulhert snld Ihe lllgnell pile will 'Inch pipe runs Inside the, four Inch pipe. Ar The Bath INTERNAL Water is to cleanse, not to nourish: to re move body impurities and not to desposit the varying quantities of mineral salts found in natural waters. Purock Water is made absolutely pure that it may thoroughly cleanse and absorb. It is right to drink water to quench thirst, but it is far better to drink it to promote health. To be as sured of purity you must drink Purock. It is the most healthful habit you can form. Purock Water is delivered to offices and homes in sterilized, scaled glass bottles. Six large bottles or a five-gallon demijohn, 50 cents. Order ttst, me on bottle. If the water ($U to ple&. we win, at Ttur ree.ueet, remove the case and make no cbarre. THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO., 210 S. 24th St., Philadelphia BOTH rHONES DRINK WATER OP) H KSSSHILADELPHIA, lH May 15, 1919 I The Bell Telephone Directory goes to press. Arrange now for listing changes or advertising space. The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania mmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmammsmatammmmm:mmut OK3 w i rn i' -J Service in TIRE Selling! No matter what make of tire WALTERS' TIRE SERVICE goes with it You Pay for the Tire the Service Is Free t h c NOr Y e t frequently Service may be worth as much to you as the tire. By Tire Service I mean that when you are in need of a tire I will get one to you as fast as it is possible for delivery to be made if you are any where in the vicinity of Philadelphia that i t will come to you WHEN you want it, WHERE you want it and at the RIGHT PRICE. And it will be the MAKE OF TIRE that you ordered. For if I haven't it in MY stock, I'll keep hunting until I find it if it is to be had anywhere in the city. And you won't find out later that you might have bought the same tire at a lower price some where else either. JfzBMk rif lriv. '"''iiiiiiiJA JKr JSWsW'.wLaBM vfft 9k&.'" Mot rf jj'.'iii '111 You Have Tried Tire Service Now Try Sales Service Good Selling Service that will save you as much in a year as good Tire Service. When I sell you a tire I am by no means finished with the deal. For I am going to see to it that you get the proper mileage out of that tire or its value in a new tire. And if the tire should prove defective and I secure a factory credit on the tire, you are going to get every single penny of that credit. There are a lot of firms in Philadelphia that appre ciate this kind of service. Here is a letter on the stationery of Samuel A. Crozer & Son, manufactur ers of cotton goods. It is dated at Upland, and says : "MR. L. B. WALTERS. "Deav Sir: Yours of the 7th at hand. All right, I am your customer as long as you pursue thfi same fair treatment you have given in the past. "(Signed) "JOHN P. CROZER." SERVICE With EVERY Tire I Sell Remember This: That although I am the Philadelphia Distributor lor STArv Tilths, 1 aiso sen otner makes. ,f But if you want my opinion and ask me what I a consider the best tire made you'll hear quite a talk on STAR TIRES. .- When you come to me for a tire, it's just as if you walked' into a big store and asked for a certain brand c. collar. You get exactly what you asked for. 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