The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-05-22


taken out of Divisional Reserve and
placed back to serve as engineers Oh
the morning of November at Authe.
Although this company had been
marching with a small supply Of
food, separated from its train, ii
changed its equipment back into en-
glneers and proceeded with the Sec
end Battalion to Bruelles on Novem-
Der 5, from which point it took up
lis "Reminiscences which were push
ed out as far as Stonne and Grand
Armoises in a very short time, being
helped in this undertaking by a pla-
toon from Company F, One Hundred
and Seventeenth Engineer Regiment
AT Grand Armoises a repair was
made in an hour of excessively hard
work, that allowed the artillery col
umn to move toward. They also
built bridge on the Southern edge
of Grand Armoises, allowing Division
headquarters transportation to get in
to Grand Armoises at p. m. After
this was completed during the night
one platoon was ordered up to build
a bridge north of Stonne, opening
up the route to Maisoncelle, which
was complete by daylight. During the
night train and kitchen Joined the
company which moved to Levivier the
following day, at which place two
craters were found and repaired that
day and the following night. Captain
Woelful managed his forces with
splendid judgment, inspiring conf
dence and zeal into his men.
| 2. l wish to call attention to Sec
ond Lieut.. Don B. Morrow, Company
E, One Hundred and Seventeenth
Engineer Regiment, who after sever
al days of strenuous work took his
platoon at 3:45 a. m. on November
7 to the bridge north of Stonne to
supply assistance and tools on that
undertaking, where they worked and
labored until the undertaking was fin
ished, where they remained replacing
the corduroy approaches which in
one instance were destroyed. This
work was turned over at p. m. to
the Three Hundred and Eighteenth
Regiment.
8. wish to call attention to First
Lieut.. r. H. Worcester, Company E,
One Hundred and Seventeenth Engin-
eer Regiment, who assisted by Com
pany F, with great judgement and
skill enabled the artillery to pass
through Grand Armoises with very
short delay, and who at 4 O'Clock in
the afternoon with his platoon who
had received nothing but small por-
ton of reserve rations, the train not
having arrived, hiked eight kilomet-
ers with full packs and with but a
II few German tools built bridge
north of Stonne, including 200 feet
of corduroy approaches. The fasten-
ings for the framing of this bridge
J in the absence of other material was
salvaged from German telephone lines
and Lieut.. Worcester gives great
credit for the zeal displayed in this
undertaking to Sergt. First Glass;
Jere L. Foutz, No. 1880 and Sergt.
William w. DeWolf, No. 1874, both
of Company E, as well as to the en-
tire second platoon.
4. wish to call attention to First
Lieut.. Justus G.. Chesley, Company E,
One Hundred and Seventeenth Engi-
neer Regiment, who was assigned the
task of building bridge across the
creek about 100 yards from Levivier.
It was necessary to complete this
bridge by 8 o'clock a. m. OH November
8, so that the First Corps Headquar-
ters could occupy the chateau across
the creek. The work was started at 10
a. m on November 7 and completed
at 1880 that night. The men worked
Is 1-2 hours straight with l IL
hours for their meals. This bridge
was 33 feet span between mud sills,
and the only timber available was
standing timber near the bridge and
heavy wire salvaged from nearby
fences. Considering the privation ana
hardships of the five preceding days
this is a remarkably performance
and Lieut.. Chesley and his men de-
serve the greatest credit.
| 5. This entire company, which was
called on from time to time, just al
+or oomnlatino strenuOus tour of duty