Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-14
SERVICE RECORD
COP|ESFOR SALE
Souvenir Publication Of Co. C,
303rd Field Signal Battalion
Most Elaborate in Get Up

The members Of Company =. 3osrd
tIeld Signal Battalion. have had
printed a book which they call The
Service Record" II being one of tba
most deliberately prepared books
published by any unit Of the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces. As far as
can be determined this book is the
only one Of its kind prepared nv n
single company and In size and at
t~ractivencss IL compares with the
best regimental publications. All OF
the data contained in the III pages
of the Service Record" was written
and compiled by the company mem
bers while overseas.
Perth Amboy had three Of ber
sons In this company. while other
cities in this state were also we'll
represented. The Perth Ambovans
in the company were: Andrew Ras-
mussen, Anthony Peterson and Fred
erick r. Menaker. A total of fifty
three New Jersey men were enlisted
in this company, which was second
in number only to New York who
had q representation of 1O7 men.
Every state in the Union with the
exception of two was represented IN
the country.
The Service Record" although
compiled while over seas does not
have the crude appearance which
would be expected under the circum-
stances. 1t is attractively bound I'm
cloth with gold letters, and we'll made
OF thick pages. Several pages of pic
lures of the various members of the
company together with scenes take
while V there" add to its attrac-
tiveness.
Several charts. drawn by a mem
Der or the company, show In detail
inc organization OF this particular
company and the route taken by its
members from the time 1t left Camp
PIX until 1t returned home after the
signing of peace.
A full and interesting description
OF the entire workings OF the signal
corps is given within its pages and
the various methods of communica-
ton described and illustrated by
charts.
The frontispiece consists of a
sketch of Semur, the town i'm which
the company was posted for q con-
siderable time during its active serv-
Ice. The company's records show
n a SIX of its members were killed in
action while carrying on the signal
corps work at this place which is on
the outskirts of the Argonne.
me available records of Company
= show that sixteen of their members
lost their lives at various places dur
% $500 1Iltlt WCIG Z6U
men in the company, which was one
or the largest in the entire army.
The Service Record" is dedicated
TO Major James Kelly, "Old Jim" as
the boys called him, commander of
the 303rd. The editors note at the
beginning of the book explains that
1t was prepared to cover all of their
exploits from the time the members
entered the army until the time
peace was declared. Parts are pack
ed with slang expressions, there are
numerous authorizations. words and
expressions coined by the A. J.. f..
and plenty of curiousiy spelled words
included In order to give the
reader a real idea of what the mem
bers of that company had to do, how
they did 1t, what they thought, how,
they felt and how they said II.
Sufficient copies of the Service
Record" were printed in order that
each member might purchase one.
Now company members are of the
belief that the parents or relatives of
their less fortunate buddies who lost
their lives should be made a present
OF copies of his publication. In or
der to defray the expense of purchas-
Ing these books for the families the
Company G members living in this
vicinity have hit upon the idea of
placing on sale a limited number of
these books to persons who would
care to purchase a souvenir of this
kind and at the same time make pos
sible the presenting of gratis copies
to the deceased's relatives. Anyone
desiring to obtain a copy of this SOU
venir can do Sc by communicating
with +. T.. Menaker. Raritan build
ing.