The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-05-14


miles. Our men went on up through
Chcmery. Chchcrr and Bulson with
the infantry to the banks Of the
Mcuse river bcfore Sedan and when
ordered out wGr, preparing to bridge
this river for Il further advance. Al
this point when he l2nd Division
had practically taken Sedan, our di-
vision sector was moved to the right
in order to allow the French who were
on our left, as a matter Of sentiment,
to take Sedan which they did in great
style. From this front began the hike
into Germany.
On the march into Germany, the
engineers were at various times call
or which were promptly and proper
ly done without question:; they won
communication and praise from every
source. When they reached Ger
many and tho division "was set do
tachmcnts and details were scattered
over the entire divisional area up to
the Rhine river and while other or
ganiHations were resting, the cngi-
ncers were building stables, mess.
halls, operating public utilities, fix-
ing electric lights, supcrintending
German work on the roads and maxi
ing crosses to mark the graves Of
! their friends and comrades, whose
bodies were resting in German soil.
In addition to this the engineers had
to furnish details for guarding rail
roads, bull lings and operating target
ranges and were supposed to drill
every day. Colonel Johnson, after
much fighting and argument with
the powers that be final, succeeded
in cutting out or reducing to a min
imum, the drill schedule.
Every state Represented.
Because Of sickness ana wounded
ana other reasons. ruDlaccmcnts
have been brought; into the regiment
until when we left Germany prac-
tically every state in thc Union, was
| represented in our outfit. Their
marching song. however, continued
to be Carolina. IIcrcs to You"
The welfare work Of The Y. NJ. c. \.
in the End Division averaged approx
imatcly 100000 francs. or about $iS.-
NN0 per month. This. in addition 10
me athletic supplies. educational SUP
pics newspapers. magazines and
writing paper. The mon Of tho i2nd
| Division rcmittcd homo through tho
y NJ. (. \ Remittance department
approximately 10000 francs Der
month, or about $1,000. In Germany
our organization. in addition to its
usual work, handled a money OK
change department in which we han
died 100000 marks per month: we
averaged cashing about 100 checks
and money orders per month W,
had with the i2nd Division. - mon
and 2l women secretaries. We pro
'aed moving picture shows, profcs-
Sional and amateur vaudeville and
minstrel shows SO that every outfi,
III the division had entertainment Of
'''> '''''' ''"''| 'N'IN HiSIi. oul'
organization rendered the nllcs, CO.
operation with the chaplains IN Tho
religious work: our educational di-
frclorS orGaniHcd classes in every
unit of the Division. and to my per-
SOnal knowledge numbers of mon
who could not read or write did af-
Ter short period Of instruction
write letters to their folks at home
telling them Of their progress. Ath-
I"'ic supplies were in every unit. for
ball. haScballS, bnskctballs and other
games were in progress continuously.
Musical Instruments, costumes and
grease paints were furnished for all
amateur shows and an excursion
BOAT was operated on the Rhine river
exclusively for the i2nd division,
and on this boat two representatives
of the Y. NJ. c. A. provided refresh
mcnts free Of charge, and when the
i-nd Division on twenty three trains
began its movement from Germany 10
BrcSt the following supplies were
! placed on these trains for free djstri
"ution on the trip Of approximatcly
Il hours: 72l,500 cookies, 5000
! Chesterfield cigarettes. 27,750 pieces
OF chocolate, $4,000 cans OF lam,
10000 pieces OF chewing gum. 90
800 pieces Of chewing tobacco. # 800