Douglas Island news., 1918-09-06
27TH ENGINEERS
 UNIQUE OUTFIT
Contains Many We'll Known Alar kans Who Have Volguteertd
 for Dangerous Duty

| ANNlNNaNA Nl hNN NN'A ' ''N +'' l is from "Tho Bullet" published ci thc U. 8. navy rinc range. Glcnbur nlc Maryland.
 "Whon the call camc for yolup tocrs to form a mining regiment, tc bc designated as thc 27th Engineers minors from every camp ln che Unit ,d States, from Alaska, South Aomr
 ca. Australia, and South Africa, TO
 ponded to tho call of their country
 Three companies A. and C-wer' lrst organized. and drilled at Camr 1 Meade. Maryland, and are now
 somewhere in France, having ar' rived safely some time ago. The re- maindcr of the regiment Companies ID. E, and F-havc been organized and arc in training at Camp Leach District of CoSimbia. Companies D and E arc at present ot the naval rifle range, near Glenburme. Mary land. receiving instruction in the firing Of small arms
 "We doubt lf there is any c,ad' of workers in thc United States that has shown a more patriotic spirit ,han have the miners in volunteer. | ling their services. The average agc of Che men In Che 27th Engineers is probably about 3l years, and theii average earning prior Co enlistment were without doubt greater than those of any like body of men In Che service. the lowest pay any of th' miners were receiving having been around S5.5O a day, and running up Co several thousand dollars year | IAn classes of men are included among Che prlvatos, mining cngin. cers serving in the ranks alongside of muckcrs. owners and operators beside hard rock miners and officials of minors unions. an inspired by the same patriotic desire to do their Iblt in making Che world safe for democracy.
 "Thc mine owners, operators, cn- giuoers and miners an over tho coun- | try arc behind Che 27th and already have raised comfort sum of more ! than $2O.OOO to be used In furnish l Ing the men with things to comfort them. other than those supplied by the government.
 "Tho 27th regiment Of engineers are distinctly a nrst-line combatont force. their work consisting chiefly in protecting our front line trenches from being blown up from under meath by Che enemy. and driving planting mines and blowing up his machinc-gun cmplaccmcnts, etc. Their work. therefore. often takes them in advance of thc front line. and in order that they may be able to defend themselves at an times and Co take part in thc offensive worl, when necessary, the regular Infantry training Is also given them. They may have to drop their tools at any time Co defend their lives and tho work i'm which they are engaged. and any one acquainted with the class of men constituting this rcgi- mcnt knows that they will, with the training given them, be able to take care of themselves and their work at an times and under an conditions.
 When tho regiment was first au- thorizod Mr. O. B. Berry, consulting and mining engineer and general manager of thc Yukon Gold Com- pany, was selected by the war de- pertinent Co organize and command tho 27th. When roglmcntol head quarters wa8 moved Co France, Lieut. Col Gilmore, who served as a gov ernmcnt engineer in tho construc- tached to Che regiment Go command ton of Che Panama canal was at- Che Second battalion. Captain wolch. Of Company A, the first Co be sent across. was prior to entering tho service managing a mining com pany In Mexico. Captain F. s. Nor cross of Company c. was superin- tondont of mines for the Canada Conner Corporation. operating In British Columbia, and is mining engineer Capt. R. P. Franklin, com manding Company D. an electrical engineer. was superintendent of the power and water supply of the Yu- kon Gold Company in Yukon Terri tory and Alaska and Captain c. D. Brown Of Company D, a mining en- gineer, has been in charge of large mining property in the British Com SO. Captain IT. l.. Jacques of Com pany F is civil and mining engin- ccr from Arizona and California. The other officers of the regiment arc from an over the country and arc civil or mining engineers
 Lieut. Col. Gilmore Is a veteran Of an tho Cuban wars. Captain | Franklin and First Lieutenant Burn side of Company D are veterans of