Evening journal., 1919-04-28
DELAWARE Men
ASSIGNED HOME
lConlInued From FIrst 80

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ware via the Statue OF Liberty.
While we continue to mark time in
Dion word comes over the wires that
the 59lh not only. cleaned up second
prize on the A. L. F. horse show at
Toul but in addition captured the prize
in the band contest at the A. Z. f.
leave resort at Nice on the AIediter-
ranean. This all adds TO the record that
The regiment boasts of and both the
first and second armies give US credit
for exceptionally good work done under
the trying conditions that prevailed
during the last months OF the lighting.
Now its from the blue demins to the
0. D.s again, and despite the fact Of
only a few days OF intensive drill. the
smack and pep in hitting the Enfield in
the days Of the boy scout at the rifle
range, the border OF Mexico, Mcclellan
and Dix, snapped back again as Of old,
drawing the attention Of the casual
outfits here is the 5. o. :. Comouflage
Camp, No. 3, to Delaware's seth.
The post commander on learning that
the camp and soldiers in the vicinity
Of Dij0n would be inspected within
few days by the commander in chief.
General John J. Pershing ordered the
59th as the guard Of honor. For a day
and half il was cleaning the bore Of
the rifles, scrubbin' cartridge belts, pol
ishing the hobs" patching the war
torn o. DIS to the slightest detail Of
correcting the wearing Of the service
chevrons 10 the fraction Of an inch.
This melted each one TO doll up for the
big day, Thursday, April 3rd, at if3O
a. m. Together with all this cleaning
up the 59th's area was Immediately
cleaned i'm order to keep the colonel's
efficiency record polished as Of old, par
ticularly the commendation and es-
pecial complimentary message Of Cen
eral Scott Of Camp Dix on the effi-
cheney OF the regiment while awaiting
replacements at that camp.
After the inspection Of the troops.
when the day finally arrived the Cen
eral delivered a short address in which
he praised all, warmly, for their part
in winning the par. During the inspec-
ton he walked through the long lines
of men, standing rigldly at attention.
putting questions to the officers in re-
gard to the living conditions and
for the enlisted personnel
and at the same time giving particular
attention to the appearance Of the men
in rank. Through the inspection he
wore a pleasing smile. After the for
NAL inspection, all the troops on the
field were grouped about a small plat
form 10 hear the short talk by thelc
commander in chief. In well-chOsen
words, General Pershing outlined briefly
just what American arms had accom-
plished TO bring victory to the Allies
He told Of the situation last spring
when the Germans were on the often
size and pointed out it was our A. Z. +.
that turned the tide.
In closing, the cOmmander-in-chiefI
praised the individuals Of every organi-
zation for their good work, thanking
them for the people back home and
himself "a fine body Of men," was
the Generals opinion to Colonel How
let, commanding officer Of all troops in
the vicinity OF Dion, including the 59th.
The kindly remark frOze us all on the
spot and those little chills up the back
bone made us all appreciate this re-
ward. We could have overpowered any
Hercules after this We all owe lot to
the untlring efforts Of the officers OF
our company the way they pulled us
through this big inspection and al
though they gave us the dickens 10 urge
us to come out for the highest honor,
we appreciate IL heartily now after the
Generals remarks.
Since Captain Mckay has been pro-
NOTED TO Major, Lieutenant Duncan is
row in command Of the company and b
surely gets the discipline out Of the
crowd with the aid Of our other Lieu !
tenants Davidson, Russell, Cell and
Mccarthy. With this nucleus Of ON
,ers. we have the inwardly feeling that 4
we've the pick Of the regiment. as all |
ye have to do IS 20 act on the level and /
here is not anything too good far any
II US, In their estimation. Also. we fig
Ire as long as we have the officers with
IS. the safer we are. so we continue to
tick to them like glue. ] imagine the
Ulcers are as anxious TO see the States
IS we are. particularly Lieutenants Dun
AN and Cell, whom | understand, were
married before they came away.
Lieutenant Russell, who lives in VIII
seems to be taking on so much
weight and fat that / hardly believe he
ares whether he gets home or not. as
ie seems to be perfectly contented
wherever we go. Lieutenant Mccarthy
lails from New York; we are hardly
amiliar with just what he is pining
or, but the idea prevails that it's the
zig noise back on Broadway. Capt. Hal
Drin doctor, a native Of Philadelphia,
5 here with the company, doing the
odine kings work. and we are FORUM
lte to have him with us, as he can cure
lnything from a cold TO balky Ford.