Evening journal., 1919-07-08

were four or five others who re-enllst
) ed from this same company Twenty
! or the men Do Company G re-enlisted
, 20 In Company n; .i6 in Company and
10 from the supply Company. About
an equal number re-entered the service
from the other companies.
Not more than five or ten per cent. OF
I the men who re-enlisted will return to
I the Infantry service. The great ma
iOrity picked out some other branch or
the service, the air and motor servics
getting most OF them. A number Of
the Pioneers after the armistice was
signed attended a motor service school
for a short time in France and became
attached 20 the work. It Is the opinion
Of the officers that for the men without
a trade Il was a fine thing for them 10
rc-enllst Most OF the men also look-(
ed on the matter In a purely business
way. One young man In explaining
why he re-enlisted said Il have no
trade and as times are not as brisk as
they were during the war l am not
sure that 7 could get a good job at TINS
time. i decided TO go into the mootor
service because ! like the work ana
when / serve out the term I will have
learned something that will be valu-
able 10 me and in fact VIII be the sans
as a trade
Special inducements are held out 70
ibe men 10 re-enlist. They do not go
into the service at once but are given
a months furlough TO start with for
which they are paid and this leaves
only A months TO serve, as the enlist
al
frrlough with pay and the pay ano
bonus they receive today on Deins as
charged as members OF the o9th Pio-
neers. the men figure on having ms
time for thirty days and say tney wiz
then be ready to settle down 10 army
life again for eleven months. !.
The Delaware boys made an exceiien'
record on the Job OF building the
pershing Stadium at Joinvilla. near
Paris. OF about 1900 soldiers who
built this mammoth structure, $50
were from the 59th Pioneers. These
men comprised Companies B, II, X and
| /. and a detachment from Company z,
and they were under Major Jesse A.
Mckay. OF New Castle. The men work
cd In eight-hour shifts and were high
lv commended for their work. Com
panles C. and D did not work on tne
4 Pershing Stadium, as previously an
nounced. These two companies, WIN
Company r. are still in France COM.
panies G and ID were on constructoss
work at Cologne. They CONSTRUCT ~
tents for the inter-allied athletes ~
4. p. meet was held at Cologne .s ~
the winners in the events mere sh. -
eligible 10 enter the meet at ihe F'''"
ing Stadium. coonanv VI
: caniain Iohn W. Ramsey OF Ns ,,si,x
commander. suffered the onlF oss,, '',aens
srrr, sboIl drc OF the entire itHi, %
sn,,ci .oa cravabolis. OF wilmington
h.- ealnp'- ~ NJ company. was Killed Ds
nlenlD l.n o.o On November 6, jutt lew
slgH ,',sore fhe armistice was signed
=, neSfb Valley. where the company
- nniting in a water system ne
W. tiiied at Bravant in Death Val
,,,' ,,bieb Is near Nerdun. Company "
,,.ss 90, engaged in putting in water sys-
toms hack OF the lines practically ths
entire time Of their stay In France be-
fore the armlstice was signed and did
excellent work in this respect.
Lieutenant B. r. Foster. member Of
The regimental staff, who is a graduate
Of Delaware College and a member OF
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