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Title: Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" ...
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Moore, Charles H
Subjects: United States. Army. Signal Corps. Telegraph Battalion, 411th World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories United States
Publisher: (s.l. : s.n.) printed by A. Carlisle, Reno, Nev.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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l. J. 1>. Allison. Thewriter finds himself at a loss for Avorcls to express tiie highesteem in which Colonel Allison was held by every officer andman of our organization. He was a strict disciplinarian, but aman who was absolutely fair and impartial in the administra-tion of the Post. Everyone soon learned that he was there forthe ))iirpose of making soldiers ont of recruits, and very fewescaped his watchful eye if they did not toe the mark. Buthe was a natural leader among men, knew the Army game fromA to Z, and every mothers son in camp soon learned 1o reverehim and to have a sincere ai)preciation of his ability and in-terest in the welfare of all. Every one of us has always re-gretted tliat Col. Allison did not reach Europe for active dnty. C!ai)taiii Donald 15. Saiigei- was one of the first officerswith whom many of our men came in contact, as he had beenxery active in the recruiting of our i^attalion in San Francisco,lie was wont to refer to us as ^ly Battalion, and we just as
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^^^^^a^«^4^s^?.■. 1, 2, 3. On the hike in and about 17 mile drive Monterey. 4. Camp Pel)hle Beach. 5. I.,earniiis the heliograpli. 6. Practicing on the pup tent.s. :\IAKIXG SOLDIERS 27 affectionately called iiiiii Oiir Captain. He was alwaysready and willing to help us out and was one of our bestfriends ahvays. We had the pleasure of meeting him later inFrance, at which time he had been promoted to a Li«Mitenant-Colonel and was on the staff of the Chief Signal Officer of theAdvance Section at Chaumont. Captain McEntee (later Lieutenant-Colonel) was anotherone of the instructors at )\Ionterey who took a great deal of in-terest and assisted us to make the grade during our primarydays of soldiering. One of the saddest occurrences during ourstay was the painful accident which Captain ^IcEntee had incolliding with one of our automobiles. No doubt the injurywhich he sustained greatly delayed his progress in being sentto France. He was an officer who was always alive with new^ideas, and

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