The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-08-08
Today about 40 Caldwell SOL

Today about 40 Caldwell SOL
diers with the Second Engineers
will land at New York. They will
be Immediately sent to some de-
mobilization camp, probably Fort
Russea, at Cheyenne, and should
be home in about two weeks,
While no definite information is
available and it is known that the
former members of the Second
Idaho are fairly well distributed
throughout the entire regiment of
Second Engineers, the majority
of them are believed to be with
companies D. E. and F. of the
second battalion. Company F. in
particular, is known to have a
large number of Caldwell men on
the roster.
Will Be Home Soon.
Definite dates of their arrival here
cannot as yet be determined. 1t is
even possible that the men will not
arrive in single group but that those
who reached New York first on the
Finland will be sent west immediately
for disqualification before the remain
der OF the regiment arrives. 1t is con-
sidered more likely, however, that
these units will be held at Camp Mer-
rit or Camp Mills until the remainder
OF the men reach the United States
when the entire organization will start
west for discharge.
The second division is made up
with nucleus of old regular army
men. 1t is these men who have been
assigned to San Diego. All men for
merly with the Second Idaho enlisted
for the duration of the war and are
entitled to immediate discharge. Some
apprehension was felt, however, that
because of the fact that the Second
division is regarded as regular
army outfit all of the men might be
assigned to the Mexican border for
duty there until the present crisis is
past on the southern border of the
United States. Something more than
rumors that the United States has de-
termined upon military occupation in
Mexico unless conditions change
radically before September, lent color
to that belief.
Will Celebrate for Boys.
Nothing definite has been deter
mined upon as yet as to the nature
of the welcome which will be siven
the Caldwell men when they arrive.
A meeting of the entertainment com
mittee which so effectively supervised
the celebration rendered men who re-
turned in the first few months after
the armistice was signed will be held
shortly, according to ]. S. Harrington,
chairman. That something will be
done, Mr.. Harrington feels certain,
Only committee action can determine
whether all of the former service men
are to share the entertainment or
whether it will be given only for those
who have returned since the last
event
Some Fighters.
1t was the Second Engineers
with whom are at least 81 Cald-
well men who electrified all
America soon after American
troops had been sent to France.
While using picks and shovels on
railroad construction. the party
was surprised by a horde of at
lacking Germans who had filtered
through the lines. They promptly
discarded their tools for rifles and
deluged the Huns with rifle fire.
tenaciously holding the position
until properly relieved. Probably
no single feat involving SO few
men was so widely advertised and
lauded as was this particular one,
1t was because fthis feat and
their active participation in
series of other purely fighting
events which gave the organiza.