OLD 10TH ENGINEERS HOBOKEN SHEET 



Headquarters Detachment of the Old 10th 

 Engineers, Tours. 



Captain F. C. Barlow is in charge of a detach- 

 ment of men constructing a mill at La Chaise 

 Dieu. 



C J. Clifford and Donald R. Broxon have been 

 commissioned second lieutenants. They are witn 

 cordwood operations at Chauraont. 



Regimental Supply Sergeant Wm. H. Icenogle 

 has been commissioned and is in tiie Section 

 Forestry Ornce at Borucaux. 



James A. White, our former regimental supply 

 sergeant, is now a second lieutenant in the for- 

 estry Section at Gievres. 



Qiaplain Howard V. Williams is designated 

 Senior Chaplain of Forestry Units with head- 

 quarters at Tours. He now has fifteen chaplains 

 assisting him. 



Former Regimental Sergeant-Major Henry T. 

 Miller is now the regimental sergeant-major for 

 tne Casual Attachment at Blois. 



Second Lieutenant George Walker is in charge 

 of convoying trains. His headquarters is in 

 Gievres. 



Guy C. Hendrickson, regimental sergeant-major, 

 has received his commission. Ed. Badertscher is 

 regimental sergeant-major in the new organiza- 

 tion. 



Sergeant Mark A. Scharp has been employed 

 for several months in the office of the American 

 Delegate, C. 1. B. G., Paris. 



Byron DeYoung, former chaufteur for Colonel 

 Woodruff, has been promoted to the grade of 

 sergeant in the 20th Engineers. He is now driv- 

 ing for Major-General Harbord, the present Com- 

 manding General of the S. O. S. 



Cook Ed Redford has charge of the Depot En- 

 gineer officers' mess at Gievres. 



Alfred C. Christeson was promoted to the grade 

 of color sergeant. He is attached to the D. C. 

 and F. 



Glen D. Watkins and Jimmie Carron are keep- 

 ing an eagle eye on the mail directed to the men 

 of the old 10th Engineers. If you are called 

 away on detached service, drop the boys a line 

 and they will do their best to insure you rapid 

 mail service. Watkins has been promoted to 

 wagoner, and Carron has been promoted to ser- 

 geant. 



Tom Morrison was recently transferred from 

 the first battalion and is now with the D. C. and 

 F., at Tours. 



Headquarters, First Battalion, 10th Engineers, 

 Pontenx (Landes). 



In the first place we are all very much cast 

 down over our loss of Captain Condon, one of 

 the best adjutants our District ever boasted, and 

 believe me the section that gets him will have 

 our envy. Since Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel) 

 Benedict's departure one doesn't know what to 

 expect next. 



Our Sergeants, Billingslea, Kellogg, O'Malley, 

 Calloway, Cook, Hughes, Henry, Corse and Berge, 

 of old Co. C, Co. D, Co. A, 41st Engineers, and 

 503rd Engineers, respectively, are now nine very 

 dignified shave tails of the 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 41st 

 and 4th Engineer Service Co., 20th Engineers. 

 They are hitting the ball in great fashion too, 

 and have all the men behind them. 



Our fine old Paymaster Clayton B. Griswold, 

 Co. D, died recently of pneumonia, and his pass- 

 ing is one of the first of a series of deaths re- 

 sulting from the "flu." Sergeants Pierce and 

 Warren, of the 32nd Co. Det. are the latest, and 

 we hope, the last cases. 



It has been rumored that Sergeant-Major Ryer- 

 son, who recently took his examination for a 

 commission, has wavered somewhat in his deter- 

 mination to support the gold bars. The way 

 they treat those second looies at Tours, he says, 

 is "simply scandalous," and maybe he'd better 

 keep his present position where he at least can 

 make all the officers in the district toe the mark 

 for officers' call once a week. If a sergeant- 

 major doesn't command respect, who docs? 



Sergeant Thomas F. Mahon (Mange alias 

 Scurvy) has been appointed cop at a nearby junc- 

 tion. He's our only Irish cop, but amply makes 

 up for the lack of his brethren on the police 

 force. Recently he saved the appearance of an 

 outspoken but small Navy man who visited the 

 district. This little tar saw a big darkey coming 

 back from leave and said: "Gee, look at that 

 big coon over there I" Sambo turned around and 

 said: "Look out, Boss, you'se ovah heah now 

 don't call me no coon." Mange stopped difficul- 

 ties by stepping up and saying: "Now, lads, no 

 fussing on my beat." 



We nad a big wreck on the beach nearby. A 

 large vessel carrying Oporto and Malaga wine 

 was torpedoed just opposite headquarters of the 

 4th Battalion and several thousand barrels of 

 liquid joy came ashore. It's all gone now, but 

 while it lasted "Golly how they did enjoy it." 

 Some claim it was Hun propaganda. Be that as 

 11 J" 3 ?* it . caU8ed a lot of gaiety to the French 

 and Americans of this section, and is giving 

 several hundred lawyers a living once more. 



The Hot Springs Special at Bourricos is com- 



plaining of a diminished attendance since the 

 Summary Courts have been sti icter. Sergeant 

 Bugler Schillemoore is also kicking because the 

 patronage at his hotel is "very transient now- 

 a d a v s ' 



Co. C, now 34th Co., broke the production 

 record last month by knocking off a hundred 

 thousand feet in 20 hours, which is going some, 

 considering the average size of the logs were 

 not over twelve inches. 



Hope you can glean a little news from this 

 mess. Best of luck to you on your news sljeet. 

 We have all wanted something like that for a 

 long time, but have not had a progressive leader 

 to start it. It will be the only identity of the 

 old 10th now. 



If I can be of service in the future let me 

 know parceque je le fera avec tous won coeur. 



Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 10th Engineers, 

 Besancon (Doubs). 



Private Glen D. Watkins, lately of 3rd De- 

 tachment fame, was sent to Tours to assume 

 complete charge of the mails and to investigate 

 the cause of non-receipt of mail from the States 

 by these headquarters. Evidently he has been 

 successful as we have received no mail since. 



Marion William Belknap, self-styled second- 

 story-man, is now posing in the most prominent 

 photograph shop in this district as "AMERICA'S 

 ANSWER TO THE HUN." The girls want to 

 know when he became a soldier. 



The 37th Co. (formerly F Co.), in honor of their 

 big cut, 93,000 in ten hours, gave a banquet, but 

 the headquarters detachment was forced to de- 

 cline the invitation which, by the way. was not 

 given, in view of the fact that napkins were 

 not available. 



Taken out of a laboring battalion, given a berth 

 in a real engineering outfit, and soon after pro- 

 moted to the rank of corporal; such is the history 

 which reads more like fiction, of the army life 

 of erstwhile Private, First-Class, Roy C. 

 Dougherty (good pay, travel and promotion). 



Our representative from the East-Side, Ser- 

 geant Thomas Jeremiah O'Connor, the boy with 

 the typewriter neck because it is underwood, 

 is a valuable acquisition to our District Y. M. 

 C. A. 



Private Schaner, of heavy work fame, straight 

 from the farm to the lure of the bright light way, 

 is being used as the detachment decoy. 



Steeplejack Nick Oliver, is too well known to 

 need introduction. Suffice it to be said that in 

 ins illustrious person we boast of one of the 

 best stationary engineers in all respects that 

 has ever ornamented a chair with his person. 

 (.See Service Record.) 



It is reported that our erstwhile Battalion 

 Sergeant Noel A. Dew, has been transferred to 

 the Camouflage Corps. Very appropriate 



Sergeant Edward L. Ludwig, well known archi- 

 tect from Minneapolis, late of the 43rd Engi- 

 neers (road builders), is a valuable acquisition 

 to this office. Summing up all of his various 

 talents, he is one of the best eaters that we have 

 ever met. 



Johnny Rule, a young but brilliant traveling 

 auditor, better known as 'Handsome" by the 

 smart set; who once wrote to his home paper in 

 S1SSON (where have I heard that name bofore) 

 that he would stand by OLD GLORY to the last, 

 has just been classified as "Z-4" as a result of 

 shell shock. Who threw the peanut? 



Leo A. Millett, who "Thinks he should have 

 joined the infantry," is at present engaged in 

 chasing wagons up and down the P. L. M. in 

 search of one. 



Wanted: A man to act as model for fitting of 

 Sam Browne belts, boots and spurs (to keep tneir 

 feet from slipping oil desks) for newly created 

 officers. 



Murrell C. Warren, better known to the elite 

 of this community as "Kancy Lai our, ' has just 

 recovered from an attack of heart failure. 



One of our soldiers recently passing through 

 Tours from the front reports grand concerts at 

 headquarters. Who invented work.' 



It is with- deep and genuine regret that we 

 have to report uie loss of one enlisted man, 

 Battalion Sergeant-Major Walter Charles Low- 

 dermilk. It is indeed more than a pleasure, it 

 is our duty, to salute Lieutenant Walter Charles 

 Lowdermilk. 



Comply with requests from headquarters, and 

 let your folks at home know all about your 

 doings. Use field service post cards and save 

 paper. 



Battalion Supply Sergeant Lloyd Phillip Emer- 

 ick, B. S. S., reiterates that he is an American 

 citizen, even though a native son. Long live 

 California! 



Erstwhile Private Premier Class Viscount Ed- 

 mund Francis DeBaroncelli, until a few days 

 ago our only corporal, has decided to become 

 an American citizen, and has filed naturaliza- 

 tion papers. We knew he would get right. 



3rd Detachment, lUth Engineers, Sore (Landes). 



Our camp during the past three weeks has been 

 hard hit by the malady known as "Spanish 

 Flu," otherwise "Spanish Influenza," and it is 

 with sorrow that 1 have to report the death of 

 two of our boys. Corporal Clyde A. Warren died 

 on October 23rd, and Sergeant James A. Pierce 

 died on October 29th, diagnosis in each case 

 being pneumonia brought on by the "Flu." Both 

 of our departed comrades were original members 

 of the Co. "A" since the regiment was organized 

 at Washington,. D. C, and their loss is keenly 

 felt by all. 



Our Acting Top Sergeant, Gerald D. Cook, bet- 

 ter known as "Jerry" Cook, is now wearing a 

 gold bar on his shoulder, having been recently 

 commissioned a second lieutenant, and all the 

 boys wish him the best of luck now that he 

 is "among the commission." We all feel that 

 we have three of the best officers in the whole 

 regiment now in Lieutenants R. T. Allen, C. W. 

 Chittenden and G. D. Cook, and are willing to 

 go upon record as having said so. 



Supply Sergeant Paul E. Coller is now on the 

 job as "Acting Top," and is handling it like a 

 veteran. 



The following promotions' have recently been 

 made in the Detachment: 



Emery L. DeRushia, sergeant from private; 

 Ralph Elder, sergeant from corporal; Glen S. 

 Harding, sergeant from corporal; Loren H. Bal- 

 braith, corporal from private, Thomas F. John- 

 son, corporal from private; Joseph A. Lanum, 

 wagoner from private; Harry R. Suita, wagoner 

 from private; Ralph E. Bacon, cook from private; 

 Roger W. Billings, cook from private. 



The Detachment as a whole would like to take 

 this opportunity to thank Lieutenant Weiss, 

 Medical Corps, U. S. Army, for his untiring 

 efforts, both day and night, in ridding this camp 

 of its epidemic of "Spanish Flu." We feel cer- 

 tain that if it was not for Lieutenant Weiss' 

 constant attention to those of us that fell victim 

 to this disease our losses would have been far 

 more severe than they were. 



Co. B, 10th Engineers, Pontenx (Landes). 



Sergeant C. B. Griswold, Co. B, 10th Engineers, 

 but lately with Disbursing Officer, Q. M. C., at 

 Bordeaux, died after a short illness at Base 

 Hospital No. 6 from pneumonia. 



Griswold left the states with Headquarters Co. 

 as a private, but was assigned to Co. B, 

 shortly after arriving in France. Through his 

 untiring efforts and experience along clerical 

 lines he was made supply sergeant, and at the 

 same time was put in charge of all the clerical 

 work connected with the company. When the 

 company was divided into three camps, he still 

 retained his old duties, but on top of this was 

 made Acting Top. For sometime he was on de- 

 tached service for one week out of each month 

 with the Disbursing Officer. Three weeks before 

 his death he was on detached service awaiting 

 his transfer to the Q. M. C, and it was at this 

 time that the end came. He died October 22nd, 

 leaving a wife, mother and father, beside a great 

 number of friends in the 1st Battalion to mourn 

 his death. This was the first and only death 

 m the company snice it was organized. 



In anticipation of winter, the tents at Aureil- 

 han Camp have been replaced by slab houses. 

 A new barber shop has been built recently, and 

 a shower bath and laundry are now being con- 

 structed. 



Corporal Ernest C. Peachey is on detached 

 service with Captain E. C. Barlow, erecting small 

 mills in Northern France. 



Corporal Erwin C. Hyde is also on detached 

 service. He is erecting a stationary steam en- 

 gine at Abainville (Meuse). 



Private George O. Stewart received his com- 

 mission as second lieutenant October 23rd. Lieu- 

 tenant Stewart, previous to obtaining his com- 

 mission, was surveying and estimating timber 

 under Captain Berry. 



Private Grover H. Lazarus has returned from 

 the hospital at Pontenx where he has been con- 

 fined for several weeks as a result of an acci- 

 dent at the mill. 



Private Thomas Lommasson is on detached 

 service with the 17th Engineering Detachment 

 at Camp Gron, St. Sulpice. He is engaged in 

 dock construction work. 



Corporal Kelly O. Reynolds is on detached 

 service with Major Benedict, the Section For- 

 estry Officer. 



Captain Inman F. Eldredge is now adjutant 

 for the 11th Battalion, 20th Engineers. Lieuten- 

 ant R. T. Allen succeeds Captain Eldredge as 

 Commander of the 33rd Company. 



Second Lieutenant Edgar Myers has recently 

 been commissioned, after completing the course 

 at the Saumur Artillery School. 



Lieutenant Sanford, who has been in command 

 of t'ourant Camp, has been transferred and is 

 now captain of a Sapper Company in the States. 



Sergeant J. V. C. Williams formerly of B 

 Co., 10th Engineers, is now with the Tank Corps, 

 First Tank Center. 



