Booklet for the Banquet to the First Volunteer Engineer Regiments A.E.F. in France - n.d.
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1917 1919 A Banquet to the First Volunteer Engineer Regiments A.E.F. in France. Bordeaux, France March 28, 1919
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Goodbye to France. We dreamed great dreams by the mastered streams When we bridged their turgid swell And paved a way where our pontoons lay Through a cubbyhole in hell. We dreamed of the feel of shattered steel That threatened the vital spark; We dreamed of toil in the battle
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Menu Consomm
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Toasts. We have with us tonight:
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Addresses.
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[page 4] Roster of the Officers of Eleventh Engineers (Railway) As of March 23rd, 1918. William Barclay Parsons, Colonel; H.W. Hudson(attached), Lieut. Colonel; Willard T. Chevalier, Lieut. Colonel; V.T. Boughton, Captain, Regt. Adjutant; E.K. Carley, Captain, Personnel Adjutant; R.J. Colgan, Captain, Topographical Officer; J.W. Maitland, Captain, Supply Officer. First Battalion. Captain C.D. Drew, Captain T.F. McGarey, 2nd Lieut. G.W. Goal. Company A.- Captain E.N. Holstrom, 1st Lieut. G.D. Dixon, 1st Lieut. H.A. Langslow, 1st Lieut. R.P. Evans, 2nd Lieut. J.C. Weaver. Company B.- Captain Donald MacIsaac, 1st Lieut. M.R. Calderwood, 2nd Lieut. J.F. Geary. Company C.- Captain C.P. Hubbard, 1st Lieut. R.S. Knappen, 2nd Lieut. L.V. Peterson, 2nd Lieut. W.F. Burt. Medical Detachment.-Major F.E. Ashcroft, M.C.; 1st Lieut. R.C. Bratten, D.C.; 1st Lieut. W.C. Powell, M.C. Second Battalion. Major B.R. Value, 1st Lieut. W.C. Taylor. Company D.- Captain J.P. Corley, 1st Lieut. L.G. Rotering, 2nd Lieut. E.F. Griggs, 2nd Lieut. G.E. Grossman. Company E.- Captain Brearley Whitehead, 1st Lieut. J.G. Frings, 2nd Lieut. J.J. Scudellari, 2nd Lieut. R.G. Curtis. Copany F.- Captian J.S. Veeder, 1st Lieut. J.W. Leighton, 2nd Lieut. R.W. Jones, 2nd Lieut. Robert McLean. Officers on Detached Service.- Captain H.A. Bream, 2nd Lieut. J.H. Duncan. The organization of the 11th Engineers was begun in February 1917, under order from the C. of E., to raise the 1st Reserve Engineers. Active recruiting was begun in April. Regiment sailed July 14th, 1917, arriving in England July 26th and in France August 7th. From that date to January 29th, 1918, it was engaged under the 3rd Army, B.E.F., taking part in the British attack, on Cambrai November 20th and the German counter-attack at Gouzeaucourt, November 30th. During February and March, 1918, it was stationed at Montierchaume, Nevers and Verneuil, and was then ordered again to the British front to be attached to the 1st Army B.E.F., during part of the Somme-Lys defensive. During July and August it was occupied in building ammunition dumps at Chenevi
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[page 5] Former Officers of the Eleventh Engineers (Railway) U.S.A. Colonel C.H. McKinstry, Brigadier General, Peace Commission; Colonel G.M. Hoffman, Colonel, Chief Engineer, 1st Army; Colonel Herbert Deakyne, Brigadier General, Chief Engineer, 2nd Army. Major A.S. Dwight, Major, Peace Commission; Major R.S. Buck, returned to the United States. Captain X.H. Price, Lieut. Colonel, Asst. Chef of Staff, G-3, G.H.Q.; Captain G.H. Gifford, Major Engrs., now in the United States; Captain J.P. Hogan, Major, General Staff, G-2, 2nd Army; Captain J.D. Irving, deceased (Instructor at the Army School of Mines); Captain H.J. Stehli, Captain, Salvage Department; Captain C.R. Hulsart, Major, Engrs., now in the United States; Captain Alexander Maxwell, Captain Artillery; Captain H.W. Holland, Major, Engrs., now in the United States; Captain C.L. Joly, Major, Gas Service; Captain J.M. Marshall, Captain, Artillery, returned to the United States; Captain A.L. Cone, Captain, 301st Tank Center. 1st lieut. J.J. Lippincott, Captain, Engrs, returned to the United States; 1st Lieut. R.M.F. Townsend, G-2, 3rd Army; 1st Lieut. R.J. Hibbard, 1st Lieut., returned to the United States; 1st Lieut. M. Caldwell, Captain, Engrs., now in the United States; 1st Lieut. Paul McLoud, Captain, Engrs., Base Section No. 1; 1st Lieut. W.T. Rossell, Jr., Captain, 302nd Engineers; 1st Lieut. H.L. Hoyt, Jr., Captain, 21st Engineers; 1st Lieut. C.M. Anderson, Captain, Engrs. now in the United States; 1st Lieut. C.A. Cusick, killed in Action; 1st Lieut. H.H. Williams, 1st Lieut., Office of the Chief Engrs., 1st Army; 1st Lieut. G. B. Reed, Captain, Engrs., Gen. Purchasing Officer; 1st Lieut. B. Napoliello, Sick in hospital. 2nd Lieut. F.W. Toerner, returned to the United States; 2nd Lieut. H.D. Chaplin, location unknown; 2nd Lieut. J.W. Wilson, sick in hospital; 2nd Lieut. H.C. Leyser, Dept. Military Engineering, Hq. S.O.S.; 2nd Lieut. W.D. Hulburt, location unknown. Former Medical Officers. Major H.H. Van Kirk, Lt. Colonel, Base Hospital No. 32; Captain Fenwick Beekman, Captain, Medical Corps, returned to the U.S.; 1st Lieut. Samuel Bradbury, Captain, Medical Corps, returned to the U.S.; 1st Lieut. C.F. McDonald, Captain, Dental Corps.
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[page 6] Roster of Officers of Twelfth Engineers (Light Railway). Regimental Headquarters. Colonel John A. Laird, St. Louis, Missouri; Lieut. Colonel Fred. E. Foster, Tuscon, Arizona; Captain Charles S. Johnson, Adjutant, St. Louis, [Missouri]; Captain Courtland B. VanSickler, Regimental Supply Officer, St. Louis, Missouri; Captain Charles L. Stanley, Personnel Adjutant, Oakland, [California]; Captain Roy B. Albaugh, Regimental Engr. Officer, Stamps, [Arkansas]. First Battalion. Captain Paul McGeehan, Commanding, Kansas City, [Missouri]; 1st Lieut. H.A. Hobson, Adjutant, Cleveland, Ohio; Captain Gerald McDonald, Supply Officer; 1st Lieut. C.H. Kinney, Engr. Officer, Willard, Ohio. Company A.- 1st Lieut. J.J. Callahan, Commanding, St. Louis, [Missouri]; 1st Lieut. L.R. Sexton, Richlands, Virginia; 1st Lieut. L.M. Perkins, Galena, Kanas; 2nd Lieut. C.R. Eggleston, Dennison, Texas. Company B.- Captain J.H. Brooking, Commanding, La Belle, Missouri; 1st Lieut. H.A. Israel, St. Louis, [Missouri]; 1st Lieut. R.E. Lowry, Amarillo, Texas; 2nd Lieut. W.A. Alderson, East St. Louis, Illinois; 2nd Lieut. B.E. Dolch, St. Louis, [Missouri]. Second Battalion. Major W.W. Burden, Commanding. St. Louis, [Missouri]; 1st Lieut. B.L. Cunliff, Adjutant, St. Louis, [Missouri]; Captain C.C. Brown, Supply Officer, St. Louis, [Missouri]; 1st Lieut. O.M. Taylor, Engr. Officer, Dallas, Texas. Company D.- Captain A.W. Galbreath, Commanding, Columbus, Ohio; 1st Lieut. P.D. Reyburn, Pine Bluff, [Arkansas]; 1st Lieut. J.T. Ervin, Pittsfield, Illinois; 2nd Lieut. W.M. Blakemore, Prairie Gove, [Arkansas]. Company E.-Captain R.S. Meston, Commanding, St. Louis, [Missouri]; 1st Lieut. F.J. D
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[page 7] Roster of Officers of the Twelfth Engineers (Light Railway Now assigned to
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[page 8] Headquarters Fourteenth Engineers (Light Railway) As of March 21st, 1919. Roster of Officers Colonel Louis de B. Lovett, Commanding Officer, Boston; Captain Henry W. Jones, Adjutant, Buffalo; Captain Theodore C. Thogerson, Supply Officers, St. Louis; Captain Charles M Burr, Engineer Officer, Poughkeepsie; Captain Alphonse J. Stude, Personnel Officer, Houston, Texas; Chaplain Walter A. Beaudette, Chaplain, Eau Claire, Wis. First Battalion. Major James S. Hawley, Commanding Officer, Washington; Captain Edgar B. Pitts, Supply Officer, Boston; Captain Harold P. Childs (formerly 23th Engineers), New York. Company A.- 1st Lieut. Otis B. Ruggles, Boston; 2nd Lieut. Oscar Marcoux, Boston. Company B.- Captain Frank C. Pelletier, Powell, [Massachusetts]; 1st Lieut. Charles J. Ferguson, Boston; 1st Lieut. John W. Brackett, Boston; 1st Lieut. Daniel R. Higgins, Albany, New York. Company C.-Captain Robert Sturgeon, Portland, M.; 1st Lieut. Albert E. Libby, Portland, M; 2nd Lieut. Austin A. Fahey. Second Battalion. Major Robert G. Henderson, Commanding Officer, Boston; 1st Lieut. Walter R. Moynihan, Adjutant, Boston; Captain George M. Trumbull, Supply Officer, Boston; Captain Madison W. Banton, Waterville, Maine. Company D.- Captain Charles R. Welch, Springfield, [Massachusetts]; 2nd Lieut. Patrick F. Kendrick, Boston. Company E.- Captain Alvah W. Race, Taunton, [Massachusetts]; 1st Lieut. Michael J. Dowd, New Haven, [Connecticut]. Company F.- Captain John M. Townsend, Boston; 1st Lieut. Bethel C. Wilkerson, New York City; 2nd Lieut. George G. McMillan, Boston. Medical Detachment.- Captain Dallas E. Abraham, Louisville, [Kentucky]; 1st Lieut. Louis Schultze, Chicago, [Illinois]; 1st Lieut. Bernard Benkendorf, Chicago, [Illinois]. Organized during May and June, 1917, at Boston [Massachusetts], by Colonel William P. Wooten (then Major, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army) from N.Y., N.H., Na H., Boston and Maine, Boston and Albany, and Maine Central Railroads. Called into Active Service June 28th, 1917, at Salem, New Hampshire. Left New York July 27th, 1917. Participated in parade before King George the Fifth on August 15, 1917. Arrived in France August 18, 1917. Arrived on British Front at Boisleux au Mont, August 21, 1917. Continuous service including Somme Defensive March 21st to April 5th, 1918. On Somme-Arras Front operating light railway until May 19, 1918. Aisne-Marne front August 2 to September 10, 1918, including Aisne-Marne Offensive August 2 to August 6th. Meuse-Argonne front September 26th to November 11th, 1918, continuing on this front until March 9, 1919. Operating light railway for salvage operations 1st and 3rd Armies. Arrived in embarkation area, Base Section No 2, March 11, 1919.
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[page 9] List of Officers of the Fourteenth Engineers (Railway) As of August 18th, 1917. Colonel W.P. Wooten (Left regiment to become Chief Engineer, 3rd Corps, July 6, 1918. Later appointed Chief Engineer Third Army); Lieut. Colonel A.T. Perkins (Colonel, D.L.R., A.E.F.); Adjutant, Captain L.E. Atkins; Engineer Officer, Captain R. Bradley; Supply Officer, Captain H. Loinsen. First Battalion. Major B.W. Guppy; Adjutant, Lieut. A.B. Cole. Company A.- Captain C.W. Lewis, 1st Lieut. Gilson, 1st Lieut. Hustis, 2nd Lieut. Ruggles. Company B.-Captain F.C. Pelletier, 1st Lieut. Hoyle, 1st Lieut. Rourke, 2nd Lieut. Ferguson. Company C.- Captain W.L. Post, 1st Lieut. Hayes, 1st Lieut. Sturgeon, 2nd Lieut. Whitney. Second Battalion Major D.S. Brigham (Promoted to Lieut. Colonel and appointed Regulating Officer at Liffol-le-Grand); Adjutant, Captain E.P. Morrison. Company D.- Captain R.G. Henderson, 1st Lieut. Smith, 1st Lieut. Collamer, 2nd Lieut. Trumbull. Company E.- Captain L. de B. Lovett, 1st Lieut. Burr, 1st Lieut. Race, 2nd Lieut. Cunningham. Company F.- Captain F.P. Paten, 1st Lieut. Hawley, 1st Lieut. Townsend, 2nd Lieut. Taber. Medical Detachment.- Captain A.P. Clark (Promoted to Lieut. Colonel and assigned to G.H.Q.), 1st Lieut. Ghoreyeb, 1st Lieut. Hodgson, 1st Lieut. Bailey.
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[page 10] Roster of the Officers of Fifteenth United States Engineers as of March 21st, 1919. Colonel C.W Sturtevant, Appleton City, [Missouri]; Lieut. Colonel T.H. Schoepf, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; Captain, Regt. Adjutant, Edward E. Duff, Jr., Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; Captain, Personnel Adjutant, S.E. Emmons, South Bend, [Indians]; 1st Lieut., R.U.S.O., F.D. Unkefer, Minerva, Ohio; Captain, Reg. Surg., Henry C. Flood, Pittsburg [Pennsylvania]; 2nd Lieut., San. Off., R.W. Adler, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. First Battalion. Major Lee C. Morganroth, P.. Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; Captain James F. Beattie, Adjutant, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; Captain George W. Branch, S.O., Kansas City, [Missouri]; Captain J.A.L. Wolfe, Bn. Surg., Van Alstyne, Texas. Company A.- 1st Lieut. F.M. Brewster, Weston, [West Virginia]; 2nd Lieut. Leon Swartz, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; 2nd Lieut. W.M. Henritze, Middlesboro, [Kentucky]. Company B.- 1st Lieut. H.H. Snyder, Kittanning, [Pennsylvania]; 1st Lieut. T.H. Mitchell, Monessen, [Pennsylvania]; 2nd Lieut. Thomas Jones, Chester, [West Virginia]. Company C.- 1st Lieut. N.M. Lack, Altona, [Pennsylvania]; 2nd Lieut. E.R. Neff, Kingston, Ohio. Second Battalion. Captain Thirlestane Scoot, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; Captain John H. Carroll, Jr., Adjutant, [Washington D.C.]; Captain Donald C. Martin, S.O., Pittsburgh [Pennsylvania]; Captain Jesse H. Swick, Bn. Surg., Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]. Company D.- Captain J.W. Bickford, Boston, [Massachusetts]; 2nd Lieut. L.R. McGee, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]. Company E.- Captain W.J. German, Scranton, [Pennsylvania]; 1st Lieut. H.C. Young, Chicago, [Illinois]; 2nd Lieut. R.L. Smith, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]. Company F.-Captain F.P. Karns, Franklin, [Pennsylvania]; 1st Lieut. H.W. Piper, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; 1st Lieut. Marshall Lasher, New York, [New York]; 2nd Lieut. G.B. Crumrine, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]. Organized in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, mobilized at Oakmont, [Pennsylvania] in May, and sailed on July 9th, 1917, arrived in England July 19th, in France July 25, 1917. Regimental Headquarters at Vierzon (Cher), Gievres (Loir-et-Cher). Liffol-le-Grand (Vosges), Boinville (Meuse), Inor (Meuse), La Tresne (Gironde) and Pauillac (Gironde). Detachments at: Mehun (Cher), Issoudun (Indre), Bassens (Gironde), Locmariaquer (Morbihan), Cosne (Nievre), Laneauville (Meuse), Blois (Loir-et-Cher), Demange-aux- Eaux (Meuse), Jonchery (Haute-Marne), Montierchanme (Indre), Certilleux (Vosges), Remicourt (Faute-Marne), Chateauroux (Indre), Neuvy-Pailleux (Indre), Bazoilles (Vosges), Chaneviere(Indre), Vierzon, Forges (Loir-et Cher), Rouze (Indre), Cercy-la Tour (Ni
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[page 11] Headquarters Fifteenth United States Engineers Roster of Officers who have left 15th United States Engineers since arrival in France. Colonel Edgar Jadwin, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania], Brigadier General, Director of C. and F; Colonel Ernest Graves, New York City, Colonel, S.E.O., Adv. Sect., S.O.S. Lieut. Colonel Brehon Somervell, Washington, D.C., Lt. Col., General Staff, G.H.Q. Major Elbert A. Gibbs, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; Colonel, Department of C. and F.; Major Elmer K. Hiles, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania], Major, Engrs., Purchasing Office, Paris; Major Richard Brooke, Baltimore, [Maryland], Major. Hq. Adv. Sect., S.O.S.; Major Charles B Stanton, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania], Major, A.E.F. School, Beaune (Cote-d
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[page 12] Roster of the Officers of Sixteenth Engineers (Railway) as of March 22nd, 1918. Colonel Harry Burgess, Detroit, Michigan; Lieut. Colonel A.P. Wenzell, Detroit, Michigan; Lieut. Colonel S.S. Magoffin, Prince George, British Columbia; Captain T.W.P. Livingstone, Regt. Adjutant, Detroit, Michigan; Captain B. Montfort, Pers. Adjutant, Louisville, [Kentucky]; 1st Lieut. D.R. Blakeslee, Regt. S.O., Detroit, Michigan. Headquarters Detachment. Captain L. Hammond, Burlington, Iowa; 2nd Lieut. N.A. Ryan, Los Angeles, [California]; 2nd Lieut. H.H. Ratterman, Cincinnati, Ohio; 2nd Lieut. H.G. Weigand, Rocky Ford, [Colorado]. First Battalion. Major Th. Birmingham, St. Paul, Minn.; Captain J.T. Ganson, Buffalo, [New York]. Company A.-Captain G.A. Lewis, Auburn, [New York]; 1st Lieut. J.V. Ingold, Appleton, [Wisconsin]; 1st Lieut. J.F. Paddock, Royal Oak, [Michigan]; 1st Lieut. A.W. Lockwood, Barton, Florida; 2nd Lieut. G.L. Logan, Louisville, [Kentucky]; 2nd Lieut. R.G. Rhodes, Matamora, [Indiana]. Company B.-Captain John T. Jans Detroit, [Michigan]; 1st Lieut. H.C. Norburg, Medford, [Massachusetts]; 1st Lieut. L.E. Drew, Otsego, [Michigan]; 1st Lieut. M.J. Hanifin, Detroit, [Michigan]; 2nd Lieut. J.E. Dewoody, Franklin, [Pennsylvania]. Company C.-Captain Harley S. Swift, Pittsburgh, [Pennsylvania]; 1st Lieut. W.J. Pattison, Cleveland, Ohio; 1st Lieut. J.H. Duke, Detroit, [Michigan]; 2nd Lieut. W.C. Wilson, Bluefield, [West Virginia]; 2nd Lieut. W.C. Smith, Detroit, [Michigan]. Second Battalion Major J.H. Grier, Waukesha, [Wisconsin]; Captain B.F. Ponley, Detroit, [Michigan]. Company D.-Captain W.A. Robb, Detroit, [Michigan]; 1st Lieut. H.W. Skinner, Cleveland, [Ohio]; 1st Lieut. H.W. Ott, Frankfort, Ohio; 1st Lieut. E.F. Jackson, Detroit, [Michigan]; 2nd Lieut. P.V. Thelander, Batavia, [Illinois]. Company E.-Captain R.E. Dugan, Byron, [Minnesota]; 1st Lieut. F.J. Challoner, Jameston, [North Dakota]; 1st Lieut. W.R. Bright, Cleveland, [Ohio]; 1st Lieut. A.J. Posselius, Detroit, [Michigan]; 2nd Lieut. M.H. Williams, Ashland, [Wisconsin]. Company F.- Captain W.W. Smith, Ft. Madison, Iowa; 1st Lieut. C.C. Upton, Detroit, [Michigan]; 1st Lieut. W.M. Watkins, Los Angeles, [California]; 2nd Lieut. R. Hornikel, Cincinnati, [Ohio]; 2nd Lieut. E.W. Ellis, Paola, [Kansas]. Medical Detachment.- Major W.H. Browne, Regtl Surgeon, Detroit. Michigan; Major G.L. Coan, Asst. Surgeon, Wyandotte, Michigan; Captain A.T. Ingalls, Chatanooga, [Tennessee]; 1st Lieut. W.F. Mayer, Jamestown, [Pennsylvania].
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[page 13] Officers Formerly Members of Sixteenth Engineers (Railway). Colonels.-George H. Webb, Michigan Central R.R., Detroit, Michigan; J.H. Poole, Detroit, Michigan; S.A. Robertson, San Benito, Texas; R.F. Fowler, West Point, New York. Lieut. Colonels.- T.L. Huston, 490 Riverside Drive, New York City; Nettleton Neff, Cincinnati, Ohio. Majors.- A.R. Masters, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]; O.C.F. Randolph, Detroit, Michigan; N.L. Napier, Regular Army Officer. No permanent address; F.R. Weeks, Detroit, Michigan; H.N Williams, Nickle Plate, R.R., Fort Wayne, [Indiana]. Captains.- E.P. Jones (Deceased), Mansfield, Ohio; Hugh O
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[page 14] Roster of the Officers of Eighteenth Engineers (Railway) As of March 18th, 1919. Colonel J.R. Holman, Portland; Lieut. Colonel J.W. Williams, San Francisco; Captain W.H. Nelson, Regtl. Adjutant, Portland; 2nd Lieut. Fred Larson, Regtl. Supply Officer, San Francisco. First Battalion. Major B.J. Simmons, Los Angeles; Captain A.F. Chittenden, Seattle. Company A.- Captain Thos. H. Darrow, San Francisco; 1st Lieut. Lloyd W. Fontaine, San Francisco; 1st Lieut. Frank W. Jacobs, Seattle; 2nd Lieut. E.F. Shaw, San Francisco; 2nd Lieut. John McLean, San Francisco. Company B.- Captain Hugh Wiley, San Francisco; 1st Lieut. E.H. LeRoy, Seattle; 1st Lieut. W.S. Law, Los Angeles; 2nd Lieut. A.A. Wilkie, San Francisco. Company C.-Captain J.G. Howell, Los Angeles; 1st Lieut. E.J. Lynde, San Francisco; 2nd Lieut. A.F. Williams, Los Angeles. Second Battalion. Major K.D. Hauser, Portland; Captain F.B. Delano, San Francisco. Company D.- Captain Don A. Evans, Seattle; 1st Lieut. W.L. Dugan, Seattle; 2nd Lieut. C.M. Irwin, Seattle; 2nd Lieut. G.R. Doan, San Francisco. Company E. Captain H.W. Young, Portland; 1st Lieut. A.S. Macdonald, Seattle; 1st Lieut. E.P. Peterson, Seattle. Company F.-Captain W.C. Sadler, Seattle; 1st Lieut. J.P. Hart, Seattle; 1st Lieut. R.W. Smith, Seattle; 2nd Lieut. C.W. Ferris, Portland. Medical Detachment. Major A.F. Wilbur, D.C., Tacoma; Captain Evan W. Davies, D.C., Cleveland; 1st Lieut, R.B. Smiley, M.C., Chicago. Organized in Pacific Coast, mobilized at American Lake, Washington, in June, and sailed on August 9th, 1917, arrived in France August 28th, 1917, Headquarters Bordeaux, Base Section No. 2. Detachments La Rochelle, Base Section No. 7, Marseille, Base Section No. 6, Pauillac, Perigueux, Bassens, Talmont, Saint-Sulpice and in Advance Section. Mobilized in Base Section No. 2, Bordeaux, for Embarkation in March, 1919.
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[page 15] Officers Who Have Left the Eighteenth Engineers (Railway) March 19th, 1919. Colonel J.B. Cavanaugh, Seattle. Lieut. Colonels.-George W. Rice, Seattle; James B. Cress, Seattle. Majors.-C.C. Cragin, San Francisco; L.A. Nutter, Seattle; C.K. Smith, Portland; A.B. Cutter, San Francisco; A.E. McKennett, Portland; Paul Reisinger, San Francisco. Captains.- Tom Ward, San Francisco; M.R. Russell, San Francisco; W.T. Richards, San Francisco; Christian DeGuigne, San Francisco; D.W. Pierson, San Francisco; D.E Rhivers, Salt Lake; H.L. Kile, San Francisco; A.T. Schunck, San Francisco; Tom W. Saul, Portland; George A. Kenrick, Portland. 1st Lieuts.- C.E.F. Morest, San Francisco; A.C. Howard, San Francisco; J.T. Dovey, Seattle; A.N. Lund, Seattle; R.B. Muir, San Francisco; W.F. Way, Seattle; W.K. Wright, Seattle; Cecil Hawley, Portland; Ivar Winding, Portland; Jos. M. McCoy, Portland; S.H. Phelan, Los Angeles. Chaplain, 1st Lieut. Earl Cleeland, Seattle. 2nd Lieuts.-Paul J. Lynch. Portland; Omer E. Swank, Portland; A.D. Berkey, Seattle. Medical Attached. Lieut. Colonel Howard Clarke, New Orleans. Majors.- C.A. Pauson, San Francisco; S.O. Beasley, San Francisco; Walter Kelton, Seattle. Captains.- P.N. Charbonnet, New Orleans; D.V. Trueblood, Baltimore; J.L. Ward, Columbia; E.L. Gilcreast, Chicago. 1st Lieuts.-R.S. May, Atlanta; B.F. Morowitz, New York; F.A. Beardsley, Chicago. Organized on the Pacific Coast, mobilized at American Lake, Washington, in June 1917 and sailed from New York on August 9th, 1917. Arrived in France via England on August 28th, 1917; Headquarters at Bordeaux, Base Section No. 2, with Detachments in La Rochelle, Base Section No. 7, Marseille, Base Section No. 6, Pauillac, Perigueux, Bassens, Talmont, Saint-Sulpice and Rochefort and Advance Section. Mobilized at Bordeaux for Embarkation in March, 1919.
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| Title | Booklet for the Banquet to the First Volunteer Engineer Regiments A.E.F. in France - n.d. |
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| Source | Unknown. Booklet for the Banquet to the First Volunteer Engineer Regiments A.E.F. in France. n.d. World War I Collection. A1771. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Booklet for the reception banquet for the First Volunteer Engineer Regiments. Booklet includes song sung at the event, the menu, and rosters of engineers. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. 12th Engineers; Celebrations |
| Subject Local | World War I; WWI; United States. Army. 11th Engineers; United States. Army. 14th Engineers; United States. Army. 15th Engineers; United States. Army. 16th Engineers; United States. Army. 18th Engineers |
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