Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-29
MORE ABOUT XMAS
WITH 59TH BOYS.
How the Third Battalion Cele-
brated the Day at
Boucq.
lsy Ii nj J r. Shu'tz OF tn Third Bat
talon 50 h Plan ar Infantry

the fqct that each battalion appcarsto have
had lis own cclrhraticnA
"Nanke" iNocdlc came 20 town
Nsnkcs Doodle hcIng the third lat
tal,on rl the lath Pioneer Infantry
formerly the First Delaware infantry,
the town. Boucd. Ncuthc France lhH
time, few daSs @ctnrc hnstn'aF' i''I.
and Chrlstmas lalN hciEG thr ~cConn G'au-
,,cs, IN the world, HISTORY, wnS ptopcr
Mi !, be celebrated N ht manner The
decision hclnr unanimous u wa dcclutu
- aivc nv \hthitinn ui \ enkcc pep. ~ the
fnr,n al IN entertainment. that this little
,,ld.vorld town would long remember.
Thc dc,,s,nn made. all. irom she COM
mau,hnp nfl,c,,r tn the last prvatc, got
busy Commuters were cpllcd and plans
outlined Men ~ trucks wagons and
motnr,yrlcs s,g,r. he'd the "untry t"r
rnm,n,.s,r,.s rantrcns aad stores where
.,,nnl,,s u,rht H. found The entertain
nent committee declared uIcu season on
ali local talent aud the catch wa gwen IN
tcnsivc tr,ining IN How 30 entertain IN
Pulh.9 Decorators aud mechanics
we're set to work ARRANGING the stage
effects
Iahr small bovl ~ Christmas tune.
every bod, wanted - help Trucks ad'n
with mvstcricus boxes and bundle rolcd
IN tn Ilcaduuarters and immediately
Nlr. q. u. Yankee tcndcrrd hle assistance
1ow~srn,t C>r y -rtu1.
Evcn the plar,d towntlnlk caught the
sn,ri, Ihcv viewed with interest ana
rurins,tN thc mat Nmerran- preparations
tor th, celebration " 'Noci
Securing i trr,. was + matter "t som"
moment Ict rance hcug ~ - ana
th,ckl, nopulatcd rouutf, has lt'l' tim
l. n, Iae
~ grr,,.I, drcunatcd hN th var f"r-
cstr> Iaws - ,.N upli III h7IoE du
Cantonm,,nt Va consulted Tins gentle
man kiudl, a~si-tcd personally ~ tntai
tugasutahlc tr~, pcruusslun generously
vas l1,rn hv General Morlainc"nrt, own
~ AZ i beautiful ,h9,trau ard l'tG'
grounds M thc town. ~ cnt tWc On hls
estate
IN, trcr wa hornc IN state on tho
shoulder of h,akv Fonccrs e. the place
IL honor ~ the plac" dc n Marie. or
yuhlc sluar Its progress Was ~ the
naturr VI ,uumphal proccfs'on icoplc
dropped thclr work ~ come and watch.
children followed the procession, dogs
barkcd and mud cxc'tcmcnt prevailed
GOATS A>p piaNrtlrs snTr
pfho.rs ~hcd their COATS and dignity
and scryCd H. m, ,tcs ~ thc army u
santa Clarz Evcn tho MAJOR lnsistcd on
lv,iny cntollcd Zach man Wa Z" hc
given eiocklng tilted With goodies n
approved Christmas 4'Nlr The othcre
worked hlllnC tho stockings hours Ai'r
Tan tlc snld'ars RpndnIgh, hat
cchocd among Tho hiNl around B"uon
Tho stpklngs par - each man. wcrc
donated y, 'hc American Rcd rosa
So well did each worker perform has
rx.rt that Christmas | ~ -howrd al ar
rsns.nents ,ompirtrd \ light snow AL
,.ddrd further a. the drcors'rNc ci'rct and
the spnt - The s, t-Ou
Dawn ~ Christmas Day brought with
y rrpnisc- at rnor snow and ~cverai !
slurrlcs punctuatcd n" program Az
alls ven suspended and he toNF
+, ars ven not assallcd hN the hugIcrs |
lrnpcr,nus command a. rr..w trNm 2 warm
l,cd INTO tho darknc~s - cariN dawn \
late breakfast like the tolks hack homo.
thon each company marched ~ the SQUARE
where the program Wa 90 commence ~
y o clock
rur rRo0FAs.
Tho hqr,Iuorking committee. headed by
Chaple,n Joseph VI hCllv. had proceed
ed them, aud th" program commenced
rrornpsly ou tho hour. Tho ppNgram as
arrangcsi. follows
|. Orsnms Prayer Chsplain J NJ Kelly
2. Christmas Carol, 'Adcstc tldclCs
Battalion { hoIT
q Sa.rta,o.v Col ! Warner Reed
Commanding 59th Pioneer Infantry
4. Selected 5pth Pioneer Int Band
3 Chor,s Ia Msrsclllais,
Rv the childrcn OF Roucq
4 Ca7caturc Pvt John NsnyO,
:. Clog Dancing Pvt Prank Scu,ro
= battalion Chnris Selection
q The Human ComptOmeteT. Pvt Al
hort Gamble
ln Mustca. Sc rct,on, Wagner Workman
IL Jordan Speciality Pvt EdW Jordan
10 selections. 59ih Pioneer Inf Band
Is Noea Selection DopIano
IL BIRD limitations t'eo. krnnard
Is. Solo. ..... Anthony tTervasi
II A Real Irlsh .lis Pvt Thomas LllIs
Il Solo Uniouc Hebrew Selection
lacoh Rappapori
Is. Sclcc.ion 59th Pioneer Int Band
10 address MsI 7 lcFcvrc
Commanding 3rd i'n 59th Pioneer Inf
IN. Ensemble Star Spangled Banner
cot REED TALK
Colonel Reed was warmly greeted with
cheer iie said IN part
There still seems TO be s. number Of the
rcrlment present According 10 the papers
hack home. the s9fh Pioneer Infantry
was compl,teN annihliat"d
Sone q, tn presents which viii b
slven have been secured through our own
efforts Part ~ the committee and myself
went 70 ct them W. went 10 Metz TO |
get these presents We bea' the NJ + 5 !
ty fvo seconds bciorr thev put ban on |
entering he CITY We had arrived and |
when the han wa put or we wcre m.
Tho work that YOU boys have been |
dong has been very very efficient, and |
has been trying Aou have made good |
You had the nerve 10 DO Whist YOU were /
tclo 20 do. II dOes not take a. much /
courage 70 70 over the top N the inspira- |
tsnn OF the fight a. Il doce 20 build rail- |
road, "a road or lsy pipc under she'll fire /
~1th no means 81 right nc bark We all 4
have our part T. q III ia, hghi and We did /
our part wei w are al part ~ il The !
fighting braneh q III, army could not |
fQhi II thcS could nat obtain the nec..s
am ammunition and supplies
si1here are number 81 men preseu,
who have hecn soldiers with M Tor 4 good I
while Tins 4 the thlrd Christmas we /
have been away from home We have l
answered dutys call In 1916 W. were IN 4
Iening; IN 1917 in the sunny south where 1
4 never got cold in lalS We are m sunny /
Trance where the sun never shines can l
promise you that YOU will be home bV next 1
Christmas But nov j. tie tr,ing time
We are thinking about gong home and |