OFFIC lAJL HISTORY OF THE SECOND ENGINEERS THE 1916-1919 COMPILED BY THE RE6IMENTAL HEADQUARTERS SECOND ENGISEEfiS (lass .H 5 70 ,-3 I'kilSKNTi:!) IJY ad \. THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE SECOND REGIMENT OF ENGINEERS AND SECOND ENGINEER TRAIN UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR Second Regiment of Engineers J151C .'51 Co t\)t £@emorj> OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES COMPOSE THE ROLL OF HONOR out PabUahAr ,0. ^ tt20 Second Regiment of Engineers ? The Roll of Honor. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Captain Jesse Lowen Sergeant Leo L. Lane Captain George R. Spalding Sergeant William J. Cottingham Captain Myron H. Peck Sergeant Fred A. Howard Captain Frank W. Hulett Sergeant Lyle R. Voorhees First Lieutenant Malcolm Johnston Sergeant Percy D. Cox First Lieutenant Robert W. Nolte Wagoner Thomas Duncan First Lieutenant James E. Spafford Wagon fr Tohn A. Hamilton Second Lieut. Stephen P. McGroarty Cook Walter L. Crouch Second Lieut. Charles A. Dean Corporal Louis M. Holmes Master Engineer Hugh G. Middleton Corporal Mart Gentry Master Engineer Richard T. Rhodes Corporal Charles L Joy First Sergeant Chauncey F. Yingst Corporal George Bell Sergeant First Class George A. Hopp Corporal Jens C. Anderson Sergeant First Class Floyd E. Roderick Corporal William Fleming Sergeant First Class Joseph Geiger Corporal Frank Tucker Sergeant First Class Earl S. Finley Corporal Ivie L. Rigdon Sergeant First Class Alvin W. Dean Corporal Benjiman J. Hamby Sergeant First Class Edwin D. Walt- Corporal Fred A. Sell man Corporal Clyde A. Smelzer Sergeant First Class Willie H. White Corporal William P. Gallagher Sergeant First Class Albert G. Justice Corporal Louis Cohen Mess Sergeant John W. Hanley Corporal Stephen P. Grib Mess Sergeant Patrick F. Crowley Corporal Gust Kolar Supply Sergeant Robert Ronson, Jr. Corporal Frank S. Lamb Sergeant Harry T. Corbin Corporal John E. High Sergeant Howard E. Dickerson Corporal Fred M. Allison Sergeant John W. Raezer Corporal Frank Lillis Sergeant Boyd F. Mulligan Corporal Rudolph C. Mehrtens Sergeant Marvin N. Howze Corporal Earl R. Ridd Sergeant Carl Gilbert Corporal Walter Hankins Sergeant John V. Showers Corporal Earl P. Sooy Sergeant Patrick Patterson Corporal Andrea Oakly Second Regiment of Engineers Corporal Edmund Conway Private First Class Grandville Ayers Corporal Algernon S. Neal Private First Class Grover Bale Corporal Joseph H. Beaumer Private First Class Thomas J. Brady Corporal Fred J. Grant Private First Class Pablito Castinado Corporal Russel Chambers Private First Class Eing D. Hughes Corporal Martin S. Ward Private First Class Richard M. Ray- Corporal Thomas Vanhoy mond Corporal John 0. Jenkins Private First Class Roy Crader Private First Class Charles H. Reeder Private First Class Carroll Rowe Private First Class William T. Checkly Private First Class Lee Schofield Private First Class Mahlen R. Unger Private First Class Noah P. Huffman Private First Class Bayard C. DeHart Private First Class John Wells Private First Class Joseph Bowling Private First Class Joe R. Pace Private First Class Ira H. Justice Private First Class Eraclio Charvez Private First Class James Regan Private First Class Lerlow E. Howard Private First Class Arthur Woodham Private First Class Earl R. Williams Private First Class Frank J. Michael Private First Class Benjamin Van Private First Class Thomas J. Powers Kampen Private First Class Nikoloj Jaworski Private First Class Glen V. Swan Private First Class Fred B. Jenkins Private First Class Thomas N. Plunkett Private First Class John H. Barnes Private First Class Reuben S. Peter- Private First Class Thomas J. Connelly son Private First Class Alfred Hutchison Private First Class Jay Whitney Private First Class Harry E. Killion Private First Class Walter H. Tate Private First Class Joseph L. McAvoy Private First Class Walter Carlquist Private First Class Hiram C. Goodman Private First Class Charles S. Hart Private First Class Lloyd H. Still Private First Class Victor Jaworowski Private First Class Harman R. Tabor Bugler Orra L. Snyder Private First Class Clarence M. Hick- man Private Carlton Bowen Private John C. Cox Private First Class George R. Godwin Private James E. Caldwell Private First Class Harry Allman Private Charles Houston Private First Class Frank C. Mc- Dermott Private Conway Skillicorn Private First Class Leslie D. Chapin Private Louis A. Lysak Private First Class Ernest De Haven Private Frank S. Fuller Private First Class Clarence T. John- Private Bertice E. Bottler son Private George W. Manhart Private First Class Ray H. Moses Private Ottis Morris Private First Class Walter J. Theus Private Wayne E. Drake Private First Class F^ank C. Smith Private Clemens S. Kreuger Private First Class Albert H. Oakley Private Sam Romcivich Private First Class Paul E. Richardson Private Harold L. Sharp Second Regiment of Engineers Private Rollin G. Freshour Private Clarence W. Larson Private Fred Orange Private Joseph A. Murphy Private John Barbarino Private Edward E. Reutter Private Max Belle Private Herbert E. Shero Private Joseph Gallegus Private James J. Sullivan Private John F. Kemig Private Norman Veith Private George E. Marshall Private Richard L. Hintz Private Fred W. Nenneman Private Henry H. Jones Private Antonio Pietromonaco Private Roy C. Kintigh Private John Thompson Private David C. Halker Private William J. Whittaker Private Ernest L. Van Leuven Private George L. Tarnes Private Hillel Botvinik Private Arthur M. Drury Private Joseph A. Carrettl Private John E. Rabineau Private George T. Hilbert Private Adolph Tonnetti Private Michael Koranda Private Albert Debacker Private Rinaldo Caimono Private Walter W. Figgins Private James Glenn Private John Dale Private William T. Phillips Private Lloyd E. Hutcheson Private Mike Angigliere Private Floyd H. Wood Private Willim G. Brouer Private Earl M. Mortorff Private Olto F. Schoeneman Private Ernest M. Larson Private Cam H. Zimmerman Private Sheldon B. Beaty Private Edvv^ard W. Childs Private Harvey S. David Private Carl Westberg Private Thomas F. Goode Private John A. Goetz Private George J. Hendrickson Private Andrew Korwel Private Louis J. Gasper Private Enrico Purgato Private George F. Parcels Private Thomas W. Kearns Private Dale Hyland Private Clarence F. Billips Private Frank Jamison Private Glen V. Whetstone Private Oscar Haugen Private George Hayhurst Private Hale Hunter Private Lee G. Winslow Private George J. Sneberger Private John Wales Private Loren Trotter Private Clifford M. Gallert Private Charlie J. Willison Private Thomas A. Umholtz Private Archie L. Coy Private Leo Theisen Private Timothy J. Harrington Private Francis W. Ciszek Private Daniel Hibbard Private Henry J. Wunnenberg Private Fulton C. Smith Private William J. Heffron Private Orval G. Corbin Private George A. Gresens Private Philips H. Benton Private Thomas F. Furlong Private Theophil J. Goranson Private Pete Williams Private Lavirence F. House Private William C. Wilson Second Regiment of Engineers Brigadier General James F. McIndoe, Commanding Officer of the Second Engineers from May, 1917, to July, 1918. Died February 6th, 1919 Second Regiment of Engineers CONTENTS CHAPTER I PREPARATION (April 6, 1917 to May 30, 1918) Before the war; in Mexico; enroute to France; the first problem of A. E. F.; construction work; divisional training; trench warfare; 2nd Division again as- sembled; Bar-le-Duc; enroute to Montdidier; diverted to Chateau Thierry; equip- ment and supplies during period of preparation; losses and replacements during the period; comments. CHAPTER II CHATEAU THIERRY (May 31, 1918 to July 16, 1918) The problem of battle; march to Chateau Thierry; Germans are repulsed; 2nd Division attacks; attacking and digging; Bois de Belleau; Bouresches; Bois de Belleau again; camouflage section; work on the Position of Principal Resistance; Vaux; new Regimental Commander; withdrawn for rest; men specially distinguish- ed; losses and replacements during the period; summary of results; comments, CHAPTER III SOISSONS (July 17, 1918 to July 30, 1918) Transportation by trucks to forest of Villers-Cotterets; camp- in the forest; the problem of battle; in division reserve during attack; clearing, road to Verte- Feuille Farm; in reserve position in ravine east of Vauxcastille; marching into front line and consolidation- of position; the advance next day; relieved during night; men specially distinguished; losses and replacements during the period; summary of results; comments. CHAPTER IV SAINT MIHIEL (July 31, 1918 to September 27, 1918) Second Division to Toul Sector; Engineers to Champigneulles; camp in woods north of Belleville; Marbache Sector taken over from the French; 2nd Division to rest billets south of Toul; Engineers to Camp Bois de I'Eveque; record work in target range construction; 2nd Division in advance to St. Mihiel; Engineers to Bois de la Cumejie, thence to woods northeast of Noviant; the problem of battle; roads and railroads; fighting engineers; men specially distinguished; losses and replacements during the period; summary of results; comments. CHAPTER V BLANC MONT (September 28, 1918 to October 10, 1918) Second Division to Chalons area; Engineers to St. Germain and Vesigneulles; 2nd Division in advance to Blanc Mont; the problem of battle; roads, railroads, and bridges; fighting engineers; wire cutting; filling gap on right; attacking; holding St. Etienne on left; relief by infantry of 36th Division; men specially dis- tinguished; losses and replacements during the period; summary of results; com- ments. *^ Second Regiment of Engineers CHAPTER