Evening journal., 1919-06-03
HISTORY OF THE
59TH PIONEERS
con,lnued from psso rlrel


DIVISIONS Of che Argonne sector Al
les lsle,,es shell fre moved gradually
away while me company was stationed
Acge Indicating lhe retreat OF the en-
my on October 25. hslf the company
lcS Les lslclies Tor Abri du Crochet IN
the heart o. The Argonne forest, and
ihe balanco OF The company was diyid-
Ell into dcjachmenis, working en- water
supply m conjunction With U0mpsny
"Es 26th Egineers. the attachments Sc-
s sent 10 Chepna. CharpenirN Aprc-
Hont, Excrmont and NaroHnes The
work al these points was conducted
under sheil fre and air raids almost
continuously and dug-ouis and shul
holes were used for shelter
Company headquarters moved from
Ahgi d0 Crochet tA Buzancy lAr-
sennoSl on Novembcr y iQis, and the
various dcischmehtS of The company
were re-sssemhled at this point From
this town doiachmenis were sent TO
various outlying towns On water sup
ply VoCk,
on November "A. iais found ihe com
psny in Buzancy, the men bcine bil-
leicd IN shell torn houses In ihis town.
Al this time an The mo,cmets were
made on foot due 70 lack Of lunsporia-
ton. On November ~ 1919 the COM
pany moved from Buzsncy 10 Nerdun,
eniralninR on ihc narrow gauge rail-
road aod transferring 40 Grsnd-Pre 10
standard gauge railroad which took
thcm 20 lheir destination.
From this point "details were sent
out 70 Elain and the surrounding
towns The company was relieved
from waller supply work on December
s 1918 when orders were received as
signing the Battalion 10 the second
Army. and 20 report % regimenial
headquarters. The Battalion esscm-
hlcd 81 Nerdun and departed for Roucq
lMcurthc-et-Mosellcl on December ~
1918 travelling by rail from Ncriun to
pagnN- Mcnse, and from there By
marching 90 Boucq. Boucy remained
Tie station Of the company with The
whole battalion until January i6 1919
when the entire battalion moved TO
Msnglcnnes iMeuse). since that time
Company "1n has been stationed at
Mangicnnes lNeusel engaged IN sal
vseing and demolition work over an
allotted ares in that locsliiy During
this work a German mine exploded re-
suliine IN the death Of seven men OF
Company 'I'
Roster-of offers Company ~.
Captain Herbert 81 Jones. Dover, Del
First Lieutenant Roht ID. Simmons, 2J
South Governors avenue, Dover, Del.
First Lieutenant George &. Scotlen,
hartley. Del
second Lieutenant Charles $. Gerl
ard. Morches. l.. l., New York
second Lieutenant charles 7. Gala
han. Chsdwicks. " \.
Roster Of Enlisted Men Company or.
First Sergeant Edward n w. Edsal
supply sergeant George b. Deheyere.
Mess Sergeant Samuel W Jackson.
Scrgeanis- Howard W. Moore, Earl j.
Holm, Francis J KERN. James q. Riley,
Albert 4. Abbott, Lcon d. Short, Elmer
c. Walker, John A. Boyce, Thomas n.
Millm, William G. Ford. William B.
Palmer. George C.. llaggorty
Corpora. Mark L. Ross. Frederick
n Brown. Austin a. Thompson. Irving
n Caiis. Walter r. Garrion. Frank w
Jcandcll. Raymond Steenburg. Stanley
r. Gibson. Edward W. k0hland Fred
orick l. Liiz. Leo B Mackoy, Samuel r.
Taylor. Frank Zurlo. Joseph J Mitchell,
Walter Kolter. John l. Bennett. Sylves-
Ter Zdancowicz John n. Dore, Leonard
W Smith. Willard Ileselion. Arthur b.
Blake. Thomas Brown. Andrew kanicl,
George w. ilall. Edward krollcki. Al
fred n. Knight, Jr. Charles Thorn,
jeremiah w Callahan. Arthur 7. Coll
bert. Michael J Murphy. John H. Roder
Cooks-Charlcs 4. Ware, William G.
nerrickson. Frank j. Cats, James j.
Mshcr
Mechanics Harry sleenburg Robert
A. Shurier
Buglers-liale Niccolucci nay o. /
Ssuger.
priyates. First Class-Raymond AZ I
lieit Francesca Aivgalino. John = /
Bailey, Elmer +. Baldwin. Edward II |