The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22
GLOWING TRIBUTE : TO 113TH
ENGINEERS.
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caIly taken Sedan, our division sector
was moved to the right in order to al
low the French, who were on our ieft'
as a matter of sentiment, to take Sc
dan. which they did in great style.
From this front began the hike into
Germany.
~ On the March Into Germany.
On the march into Germany, the
engineers were at various times
called on to perform different duties'
all of which were promptly and prop
erly done without question; they won
commendation and praise from every
source. When they reached Ger
many and the division "was set de-
tachments and details were scattered
over the entire divisional area up to
the Rhine river, and while other or
ganizations were resting, the engl-
neers were building stables, mess
halls, operating public utilities, fixing
electric lights, experimenting Ger
man work on the roads and making
crosses to mark the graves of their
friends and comrades whose bodies
were resting in German soil. In ad-
dition to this, the engineers had to
furnish details for guarding rail-
roads, building and operating target
ranges and we're supposed to drill
every day. Colonel Johnson, after
much fighting and argument with the
bowers that be, finally succeeded in
cutting out or. reducing to mini
mum the drill schedule.
''Carolina, Here's to YOU"
Because of sickness and wounded
and other reasons, replacements have
been brought into the regiment until
when we left Germany practically
every State in the Union was repre-
sented in our outfit. Their marching
song, however, continued to be Car
olina, Here's to YOU
The welfare work of the Y. NJ. G.
A. in the 42nd division averaged ap-
proximately 100000 francs, or about
$4,000 per month; this, in addi-
ton to the athletic supplies, educa-
tional supplies, newspapers, maga-
zines and writing paper. The men
of the 42nd division remitted through
the Y. M. G.. A. remittance depart
ment approximately 250,OOO francs
per month, or about $4,000. In
Germany our organization, in addi-
ton to it's usual work, handled a
money exchange department in which
we handled 100000 marks per
month; we averaged cashing about
400 checks and money orders per
month. We had with the 42nd di-
vision 25 men and 21 women secre-
taries. We provided moving picture
shows, professional and amateur
vaudeville and minstrel shows, so
that every outfit in the division had
entertainment of some kind nearly
every night. Our organization rem
dered the fullest cooperation with
chaplains in the religious work; our
educational directors organized class
es in every unit Of the division, and
to my personal knowledge numbers
of men who could not read or write,
after short period of instruction,
wrote letters to their folks at home
telling them of their progress Ath-
letic supplies were in every unit;
football, baseball, basketball and
other games were in progress con-
tinuously. Musical instruments, cos
tunes and grease paints were fur
nished for all amateur shows, and an
excursion boat was operated on the
Rhine river exclusively for the And
division, and on this boat two rep
resentatives of the Y. NJ. G. A. pro-
vided refreshments free of charge.