Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-28
ENGINEERS AWAITING
DISCHARGE At UPTON
Pennsylvania's "Fifteenth'
Among IS, 900 Troops Landed
From Overseas
CAPTAIN J. T. WILCOX HOME

by this country, hay" arrived back in
this country and arc at Camp Upton
awaiting dcmobilzntion.
The mon arrived at New York ycstcr-
day. All wear the three gold stripes
indicating eighteen months service over
seas and all were mighty glad to get
home again.
The Fifteenth Engineers were or.
ganizcd by Colonel G. w. Sturtcvunt
and were trained of Oakmont. They
were sent abroad in July. 1917. and got
wonderful reception in London. They
were tho first foreign armed soldiers in
England since the time Of William the
Conqucrcr.
Companies 4 aud Il of the regiments
were the only ones TO SOC service along
the front line. They went into action
along the ST. Mimic and Toul fronts,
but the other units Of the organization
were within the range of the German
big guns almost constantly and were
doing service of supply work that was
absolutely essential if the fighting or.
ganzations wcrc TO continue their vic
toriouS way.
Welcome in New York
The cngipccrs were given royal
welcome Oh their arrival at New York.
Many Philadclphians who had gone to
that city to extend welcome to the
11lth Regiment. of the Twenty eighth
Division. transferred their enthusiasm
TO Il welcome for the engineers when it
was announced that tho Iron Division
men would not land until today. and as
result the mcn Of the Fifteenth made
their way into port amid a noisy and
sincere welcome.
The Fifteenth built tho first Basscns.
docks. near bordeaux. considered to be
the biggest thing of its kind in France.
They rctttcd an old French hospital and
converted it into Base Hospital Q. An
other feat to their credit was the crcc-
tion of an intermediate storage depot
at Groves for the American expeditions
ary forces. Their greatest achievement
they consider was the building Of an
enormous cold storage plant that turned
out 800 tons of ice day to keep fresh
5000 tons of meat.
During the battle of tho Argonnc
forest. Companies Il and + were with
the First Army building gun cmplacc-
mcnts and also built thirty five miles of
railroad. They were with the Twenty
eighth DIVISION III inc 81 Mlhi'l seq
tor ana were coh''hua''s """'r "'c'
although they did not suffer any cas-
ualtics.
Six other troopshiDs dockcd at New
York In all, II 900 mon landed.
Captain Wilcox Returns
Among the arrivals on the Cape May
was CAPTAIN ]. T. Wilcox. assistant
secretary of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
with Offices in the Broad Street Station.
He went to France in July last year as
secretary to the inter Allied lranspor-
tation Council in Paris. under tho 1nr's.
diction OF the supreme war 'o"nc,,
and acted as an advisory board on all
transportation. ne '''nr"'" III o'''
maui u n:T, g ''N S,,';,h fnrnnor,v
MAJOR i'a',a D n".,'"; .i ,-.: .?',mE;N or
teacher OF dentistry III ,''r ] .nn''S,a ,,ont W
Pennsylvania of '1"o o Spruce street
was passenger on 'le or'.'o" : .eo.,
After the armistIr' ;,I WGnt lin INTO sodS1 rn"r5
Major Smith went with inc second
Of occupation, aud was established in
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Highland avenue. lie organized inc
1Otth \crn Suuudron in November
'"fth NV"
1917. at Kelly ti''d' ana a''rr br'''
,I,;an ~ y Wo,,,r. of Wynuc.
Major W. i. Nht'''N. "' wy INV
,r,od returned in command of the
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Siboncy. lie went over with the lo6th
T'cIograph battalion. tn unit organized
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Schwan. i"G Diamond SIR, ct: TITUS q. Scar!.
SSiis Sii:' psmond Et1 Street, IIHrry ", SmlI .cIS
carpcnter str,@t; Wilbur stnqcl. 53l3 Chcsl-
ford street: Edwin L. roIn a555 Norin
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