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

surpassed. An officer of the One Hun
dred and Seventeenth T II. and M.
p. informed Captain English that O.
900 trucks passed over the corduroy
road at Brieulles, which would mean
that in addition 1000 to 5000 other
vehicles must have passed 1t did take
all of the transpo tation until the
road.
Part Seven.
/. l wish to mention especially
Major E. B. Hayden, commaning the
Second Battalion, One Hundred and
Seventeenth Engineers Regiment,
who had an especially difficult role
On this campaign, in that the Second
Battalion was assigned to both the
Reconnaissance and the construction
covering a very large area. Major
Hayden was ordered to Grand Ar
noises on the morning of the 9Th of
November, he having had bridges
CONSTRUCTED during the night of the
5th at Petite Armeises, at Sy and
| two bridges in the forest at the south
OF Sy. On November 6 he and his
headquarters arrived at Grand Ar
noises where regimental headquart-
ers was established on the same date.
Major Hayden managed the disposi-
ton of his battalion with wonderful
judgment and skill and his construc-
ton was done in such a manner that
traffic was held up to very small
degree-almost none. On his arrival
al Grand Armoises the artillery was
held up by damaged culvert on the
road to Stonne, and in spite of the
fact that the available men were
without tools, due to the intense traf-
fic in his rear, this repair was made
with salvaged German tools and with
in an hour traffic was able to move.
\ bridge leading into Grand Armois-
es which was holding up division staff
cars and signal trucks was also built
at 6 p. m. without tools except sal
vaged material. He also disposed his
forces so that bridge was repaired
during the night of November 6 that
allowed traffic to Maisoncelle and the
main road into Chemery to pass by
10 a. m. the following day.
Part Eight.
l. l wish to call attention to Capt.
Wallace A. Mason, commanding Com
pany D, One Hundred and Seven
teenth Engineer Regiment, who on
the day of November 5 and night of
November and the early morning Of
the 7th built the bridges at Petite
Armoises, two. bridges south of Sy
and bridge at Sy, also one just
north of Verrieres, which work was
so strenuous that the men could not
be brought into company headquar-
ters for food, the delivery of which
was excessively difficult. Captain
Mason states that he drew two days
rations between November 2 and 6,
and therefore fed his men on vege-
tables gathered from the fields and
salvaged potatoes and flour the Ger
mans had left behind. His entire
movement from November l to 8
covered about so kilometers and each
move generally succeeded a hard
days or nights work, his men never
grumbling but cheerfully went out
and completed more than they were
ordered to do. This company was or
dered to move up and form contact
with the infantry the morning Of No
vember Z. They entered Bulson in
contact with the fighting, after stren-
uous reconnaissance and repairs, es-
tablishing lines of communication for
light traffic up to that point. The fol-
lowing morning they proceeded to
Harricourt and pushed their repairs
and lines of communication up to the
Meuse River. Reconnaissance were
made of the Meuse, locating possible
sites for bridges, 200 yards in ad-
vance of the Infantry outposts.
2. wish to call attention to First
Lieut.. Elliott H. Downing, Company
IL, One Hundred and Seventeenth
Engineer Regiment, who built at Sy
a bridge and have no more Interrupt
ton to traffic than the original
bridge; also, 20 foot box bridge
north of Verrieres.
3 1 wish to call attention to Sergt.
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