Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-11
SERGEANT MAllON IS
NOW ON Retired LIST
Ne Has Completed 80 Years in
v. 8. Army and Has En-
viable Record.

star scrgean; William j. Mallon.
detached enlisted mems Liet u. {.
army, on duty at tho University OF
Delaware. having completed 30 years
IN the army. has received his order
placing him ON the retired list. and
ordered to proceed to his home. Bur
linEton, Vermont. A record of his
service In "a follows.
scrscan, Mnllon first enlisted during
the spanish American War. at Hart
ford. Conn. June Is. 1898, and was as
signed to Company q. First Connecti-
ca, Volunteer Infantry. stationed At
Fort Knox. Maine. In July. same year
tho regiment was ordered to Camp Al
ser. Va. where it went In training
until the later part of september. ON
October a.. 1898. the regiment was
mustered out OF service at Hartford.
conn Desiring tn tseo more of the
world, he rc-onlistod IN November.
iSpS, and was assigned TO Go. 4, First
United states Infantry. which was
stationed at Huntsville. Alabama The
latter part of December. same year
the Firs, Infantry was ordered u
Iuha, sailing from Charlcstown' = -
and arrived at Havana, January -
lspp. Tho following day the regiment
VAS ordered to rinar Del Rio. NJ when
place II stayed until August o l'oo'
On August Z. the regiment sailed i"r
the United states, arriving In New
York city. August ~ at which place
~ entralncd for Fort leaNenworth'
kansas After ono weeks stay AT
Fort lravcnworth, eight compahys
were ordered 20 the philippine lslanda'
sailing from san Francisco. Cal' Sept
4, arrlvins at Manila, October l. Inc
distance Travelled from August Z, 70
October 1. $4,000 miles or almost equal
to half way round the world lhe
hsttalionA were ordered to the lslanu
of Maranduauc. formins part OF an
.xp,aitton under General Hare. The
purpo~a OF this expedition was to re-
,ap,uro Company goth United
states Volunteer Infantry which hao
hc.n cspturcd hy the Insurgents preNi-
GUS 10 this expedition After the mis-
.ion was completed the hattalions were
ordered Go the Island OF Samar' Nh"e
Nh san,ar. Sergeant Mallon took part
In the followins
p,f.n.o of CatAhalogan, Skirfnish
at sur,boa River, Feb. %, lsol' s,'ah
"a. May 20. 1901 and san Jose
Juiy 1. 1901. with HE enlistment about
90 cSp,rc he was ordered back TO the
a., n. 20 he discharged. HE term oi
enilstmcn, expiring at Nagasas'. ia
nan. Ito again enlisted IA Jan. l'V- anu
vaa asalsncd TO the sQth Int. Whi'h
Mas stationed on Maranduque lsla na'
rhta making his second trip TO the
Island of Maranduaue. HE next en-
u.,mcnt wac IN Go. u 9TH Infantry al
ilntts,urs. y. Y. Trouble having start
81 in cu.s. IN 1906 oisht companies OF
ths Fifth infantry were ordersd thess
for duty, arriving nj Havana, oo1o"e, 1,,.
a ipos md assigned 20 Cardanos ior
duty. at which place no was s'a''um.o
until expiration of hr enlistment. nas
making his second trip 20 Cupa .is
enlisted again Ia the hattahon Oh the
tyfrh Infantry that wns In flatsenrs'
X. y. aud r~naincd In that regiment
unsn August 1914. HE next enl.stmen'
wS~ In Co. E Third Infantry. TroutAe
A~>tnx broken out along tho Border
the ard Infantry was ordered 10 Texas
,sktou station at Eagle Pass. In Sep
,sn,tcr 1917. tho War Department
sont an order 20 the different regi-
nsnts of me Regular Army 10 selec'
n uuml~r OF Non.Commissioned W-
necrp 10 be detailed as training oadres
fer the nrst contingent OF the drat'
which would arrive at the different
~~r,onmcn,~ IN the early part o'
S.rt, scrgt. Mallon was one or the
Northumberland officers selected
ard wn~ assigned 90 the goth DIVISION
~ Camp Travis, Texas. This DIV. later
bs~.ns one OF the o Combat Divisions
and wac known ~ the Texas, Oklaho-
tra Division. Arriving NJ Camp Travis
he was assigned 10 Hdqr. Co. So
Infantry and wac promoted 20 star
sergeant After nine months OF inten'
Awe trimming tho division was ordered
c~sr.scas, arriving 81 Liverpool, Ems
land, July 1. 1913. then 20 Southamp'
ton, on July he left Or lie Havre
rranc~. July he left lie Havre. vie
the bon car route for Aigney lc Due
After another period Of intensive train
IN the N,netieih Division WAS orderet
20 relieve the First Division. goin,
In tho front line the night of Aug. 10
~.
Over The Top.
A.. o'clock the morning OF Sep,
IL, The regiment went over the tor
a. par of tho general offensive of IN
r,rst American Army (st Mihiel Of
fenpdvS,. on Octotcr 7 the Ninetieti
DIVISION wnS relieved 10y the Seventh
DIVISION. The Ninetieth was then or
dared 90 the Meuse -Argonne. On tn
morning Of November Il. after muci
hard nghfins the regiment was a
Meuzry. France. The signing OF tn
ArrnyssSc~ ended Is daye. with the ex
cevsion of sevon days changing sec
TOM. that this regiment wae unde
nr~ With tho exception of seven day
the regiment was IN the front lin
d,UnE thN entire time This regimen,
the sb7th Infantry adva need furthe
and wss in more engagements than an,
c,hw rVg1ment in the Ninetieth Divi
siul The Nlncticth Division was dessig