The Cordova daily times., 1919-05-26
GOOD RESULTS
 OF ENGINEER . CORPSIN WAR


 ciated Press).-The war story of the engineer corps at home and in France is told officially for the first time in chapters of the war departments brief history of American war efforts made public today in advance sheets. Many Of the recorded accomplishments of the engineers have been published be- fore as isolated incidents, but this is the first complete and connected story which gives any idea of the extraord- mary scope of the duties modern war fare has laid upon engineering troops. Probably the best illustration of this so far as the troops in France are concerned is the technical organ ization of the units of the engineers which reached the other side. There were seven regiments and two bat talions of railway construction en- gineers; five battalions for mainten- ance way; two battalions for main tenance of railway equipment; four regiments and one battalion to oper- ate the main American railways in France; three regiments to operate light railways and their repair shops; two regiments to operate the regular railway repair shops; two regiments and six battalions on general construc- tion work; two regiments for storing and transporting engineer supplies; a construction regiment; road build ing regiment; water supply regi- ment; quarrying regiment; tech nical regiment for surveying and sound ranging; three survey and printing battalions; two railway trans portation battalions; an electrical and mechanical regiment; several separ. ate companies to operate cranes, a camouffage service; five inland water way companies to operate canal boats and the like; five pontoon trains and pontoon park; railway transporta- tion and stores battalion and a search. light regiment
 These special units, all composed of ment trained in civil life in the United States for the work they did in France, were in addition to the fight ing engineers with each division, the sappers, who formed about eight per cent of all the combatant troops in France
 One section of the report is devoted to the development of American rail. ways in France and to the broductioh of railway equipment in the Unifad States to meet the cali from tthe front There were shipped to FL nce 1908 locomotives before the arnsi sist;oo was signed of which 908 were iE Ice at that time. In addition, fd & 91e1 freight cars were shipped abroHd ho+h engines and cars having beer' nrod,,a ed specially for service in These were employed upo. t,a oo1 miles of standard guage tr,b oL 1a;d ;,, France by the engineers ,,i+, a,,;., ment shipped from this aoun., -. the rolling stock was in aa;t:o .~ great quantities of L;ah+ uo;,,uo-, equipment for front lH, uon,- .ho. was also sent abroad. [
 Hospital trains weEg oh+o;,oa E., England, 19 of them 3with a total of BOA cars having be4 o.,ots ,.. December, 1918 wE+h 90 ada,+;oro, trains under constTa Auction. They cost more than $1S,OoqA nor cor hut f. is estimated that pue nroGnes% rn ou' l' rs ,,a.' m .ns onl'eu ot tes and shipped them "oulo m nave cosE $4o,ooo per car. opoi' Mays stress on the fact the war Ai in ogress was made during al " khe development of road ,' Du.'alng, raj itelway and other engineer s eaulpe ent which will be of value ., commerc11f a. .ansa Ally in peace time. The machine shops alone, it is e practically certain to bring this country the use of mov-
 ops of this character in agri-
 Eal communities as farming ma
 ery increases.
 3The day may come," the report
 ys, when the travelling machine shop will be familiar sight upon our rural highways"
 Among the motorized shops created were the photolithographic press trucks, which were able to reprodl4l maps from original sketches within 12 hours as compared with foar days re- Quired by similar French and British units.
 Read the Daily Times for the latest and most reliable world news.