Evening journal., 1919-04-08
PIONEERS BAND
Wins High HONORS
5electedby Competition to
Represent Second Army
a Monte Carlo
FEW DELAWARE
BOYS AT CAMP DIX

Goycnor TOWNSEND yesterday re-
reivedhe following letter from Col j..
Narur Heed, Bonel France, OF the
saith Pioneer Infantry, American r. T..
Theietter was dated March f., 1919
sndiollows:
llof J. d. Townsend, Jr., Dover, Della
Nrc.
" Dear Governor Il have your let
ic OF February 10Th stating you re-
cGed the German helmet that ! mail
r|you. 1 was greatly pleased TO learn
at il arrived in good shape.
The regiment is still widely scattered,
10 all are Well and comfortably bill
ted. You will no doubt be glad TO
now that our band has been selected
~ competition from all army troops
n the Second Army TO represent the
second Army, and will be sent to Monte
Carlo, with all expenses paid, TO per-
form for two weeks.
We would be very much pleased 90
have Stanley Arihurs visit us and make
painting Of the Delaware Regiment
icr here, and We certainly wish you
coii arrange i'm some way 10 take a
trlbver and see Us in The 4. n. +. We
hai received no definite information
soar about the probable time Of our
darture for home but we are getting
tngs cleaned up, and from the present
otlook there is very little more for
TO do. ] viii further advise you
case we receive orders 10 start
wards the u. s. A.
Tom Miller was down on sunday and
iook dinner with us. He has been
sick for few weeks, but is well now.
did not see him when he was here,
as I was up inspecting the Third Ba-
lallion.
With kindest regards, l am
Very truly yours.
J. WARNER REED,
p. S.-We also won second prize at
second Army Horse show.
Mrs. Reed also received a letter this
week from her husband, Colonel Reed,
lated March i6. but ne made no mem
ton Of any date having been fixed for
the regiment TO return home.
The advance guard Of the Pioneers
has arrived at Camp Dix, according
10 information received from that
camp. They were sent 20 Camp Dix
from Camp Mills, Long Island. These
men are now in the Sist Transport
Corps, according 10 the information re-
cciyed, and were transferred in Febru-
ary, 1918. from the j9lh Pioneers Of tho
10Th Engineers. All Ct them have seen
service in France. Included in the num-
Der transferred TO Camp Dix are the
following Wilmington boys: First Ser
gaont Howard Hansen, Corporal George
Dsh0ney, Corporal Harry /. Hammerer,
Private first class James Gibnev.
Private Alex Taylor, Private James G.
lXley. Private Frank Eulis, Private
larry Smith, Private Joe J. Russell
corporal Marvin Mitchell, Cook Alvin
llcGonigal.
These men were In the Argonne, and
some OF them were wounded in that
tight. The letter received states that
Deh0ney was wounded in the arm,
Taylor and Hammerer were gassed, aud
Gibney and OXley were both wounded
aud gassed. Russell, it was stated.
took seven German prisoners. bringing
back an officer in the bunch. McGonigal
was the only man not wounded, but he
lost several kitchens in the shell fire.
IIammerer was awarded the Croix dc
iuerre by the French Government
These boys were twenty-three days
coming over on the ship Argentina. and
an are well and looking forward TO the
time when they will be able 10 get
home.