. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . r Mr. Onderdonk: Just a few lines to tell you as far as possiblewhere I am and what I am doing. Up until last week I was stationed at thelargest troop landing port in France. My jobwas assistant fire marshal of the docks. Ourequipment consisted of a three ton Packardtruck, two chemical engines mounted on Fords,and a few hose reels, but wre could make morenoise with it than the whole Baltimore FireDepartment. About two miles from town partof the 19th Regiment of Railway Engineers wasstationed. Our old assistant superintendent ofshops McDonough and his c
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . r Mr. Onderdonk: Just a few lines to tell you as far as possiblewhere I am and what I am doing. Up until last week I was stationed at thelargest troop landing port in France. My jobwas assistant fire marshal of the docks. Ourequipment consisted of a three ton Packardtruck, two chemical engines mounted on Fords,and a few hose reels, but wre could make morenoise with it than the whole Baltimore FireDepartment. About two miles from town partof the 19th Regiment of Railway Engineers wasstationed. Our old assistant superintendent ofshops McDonough and his company were then4,including young Talbot t, who inspected locomo-f i vefi at Baldwins for you. Last week all of the marines were called inand we are now going through our final trainingbefore going to 1 Ik; front line. We are quar-tered in small villages, very dirty ones too, therichest man is the one who has the largestmanure pile in front of his house. Sounds funny,but it is quite true. I expect to go to the frontline in ;i few LIEUTENANT H. R. HOLLJES (Left) Will government control of railroads makeany difference in the Test Department? Ihope not. There surely was a wonderful espritde corps in that department and you can bet Iam coming right back there if I live throughthis wrar and you still have a job open. I wish to thank you for your very fine letterand assure you I certainly appreciated it. We do not get much time to write and themails are very irregular. However, will letyou hear from me as long as I am game. Hoping that you are well and to hear fromyou soon. My best regards to all the depart-ment . Very sincerely, II. R. Holljes. 45th Company, 5th Regiment, U. S. Marines. Charles H. Preston was born February7, 1896. He was graduated from theBaltimore Polytechnic institute and en-tered the Tost Bureau ;is material in- t> . n HUM IM« t )l J itlmiiiinmt mi □ These Baltimore and Ohio Men are DoingTheir Duty Over There THE BALTIMORE AND OHI
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