Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-25
TATE REGIMENT
| IN GOOD SHAPE,
! LETTERS SHOW
km Private Advices it Appears
Not to Have Been Under Fire
Up to Nov. 5.
FETCHED ALONG FRONT

ne 5eth Pioneer Delaware Regi-
{. according to private advices re-
ed In Wilmington today. does not APP
20 have been under fire as req
ht. up to November 3. the date the
ers were written, which was one week
ore hostilities ceased in France and
gum. though IL was then, at least,
evidently had been for some time,
tioned along the battle front between
eimS and Nerdun These letters. one
which was received by Mr.. and Mrs.
liam LYONS. .Jr., Of 22IS Washington
eet. from their son. appear TO indicate
al the regiment has not suffered any
ayy losses. and. though it seems TO be
delv scattered, il apparently IS in good
ape. At least half dozen Of these
tiers were received today.
rhe letters indicate that the members
the regiment are engaged chiefly in
kpair work, road and bridge oonstruc-
lon. DC. and that during the latter part
i the period OF hostilities they were very
ear the battle line, doing this work. 1t
likely that some oi the members OF
he regiment Here engaged In The fight,
5 all were equipped Tor it and they were
luhiect 10 call for that service at any time.
|rhev were also prepared 10 defend them
Ielves in the event OF attack while at
Iyork. So far as letters received here
| how. there were no heavy losses, and
hs the War Department communicates
with families all casualties as they are
reported from overseas, II Is believed
ali that have occurred are known at least
10 the relatives of the soldiers killed Oh
wounded.
sCATTERED ALONG THE FRONT
In one Of the letters received here 10
day, which was written by Daniel Saville
son of L. Saville, he told how widely
scattered the members OF the 18th are
He spoke Of meeting one Of the non-com
missioned officers. Sergeant DerrIcksol
of Brandywine hundred attached to tn
Dover company, after a Journey OF 81
miles. and IN conversation with Derrick
son the latter told hum some OF the boy
were at work along the front 90 mile
from that point. SO II seems the com
mand is widely scattered over the iron
performing It's special duty wherever II
services are needed.
These letters tell OF shells flying owe
and hitting around the boys while the
were at work. but they say nothing OF tn
regiment as such being actually Unde
fire
MAY NOT BE IN ANY DIVISION.
From what can be learned. the SGT
|Pioneers are not brigaded with any divi
sion OF The army, but with q corps Orig
inallv. while at Admission, Ala, the Del
aware regiment was part Of the 29th L
vision II was detached from the 29th
brought from Admission a. Cam
Dix last January re IT va reas
sernDled as . uni and, while / 16tI
Division was mad, up at .>riawarC
New jersey and \, .1... tnen, they wer
oil from the draft, the 59th not bein
included
report Yesterday gained currenc
that the 59th was attached 70 the SIT
Division. which IS one Of these schedule
to come home now. but such is not tn
case. though it sailed overseas at tn
time the S7th Divi ion did, still however
remair ing q separate unit The S7th ha
come from Camp Pike to Camp Dix, tn
latter for the time beng converted int
an embarkation camp, and it was prof
abIv merely n coincidence that 1T sale
overseas At the same time as the De
aware regiment
No advices have Dcen received rs
when the Delaware regiment will com
nome. or tie 7Sth Di vision, which II
cludes most of the drafted men from I'M
state VINO are overseas. II is true, how
ever. tRa4 a few Delaware men AZ
scattered in inc STn.