. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . a sn!ii>shol of ;ij)proxiinat(ly 170,(KM)ties with the plant buildings at t h(! far (!nd of th(!track. The ties are unloadcul from car toground by i)iecework(!rs nnd pihsd 7 and 1,Hi tiers liigh and 4 tiers back from the track;each pile when eomi)l(!te contains 412 ties,exclusive of tlu; sill ti(;s, which are cull ti(!S thathave been giv(^n light preservative; tr(!alinent. Martinsburg Shops Correspondent, W. L. Stephens Sergeant J. A. Wolford, whose picture appearson opposite page, is one of our shop boys who wentinto the National Army in the first
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . a sn!ii>shol of ;ij)proxiinat(ly 170,(KM)ties with the plant buildings at t h(! far (!nd of th(!track. The ties are unloadcul from car toground by i)iecework(!rs nnd pihsd 7 and 1,Hi tiers liigh and 4 tiers back from the track;each pile when eomi)l(!te contains 412 ties,exclusive of tlu; sill ti(;s, which are cull ti(!S thathave been giv(^n light preservative; tr(!alinent. Martinsburg Shops Correspondent, W. L. Stephens Sergeant J. A. Wolford, whose picture appearson opposite page, is one of our shop boys who wentinto the National Army in the first draft. Heleft Martinsburg with the first contingent forCamp Lee, Va., and began his military careeras a private. A short time later he was pro-moted to corporal. When a call was made forvolunteers to ga to France, Corporal Wolfordvolunteered and was sent overseas in charge ofcolored troops. He was then promoted to ser-geant and is in Company D, 505th Engineers,somewhere in France. He wrote to hismother recently and told her not to MErnoJ) OK PHJNG TIES AT GREENSIKINCJ, W. VA. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 61
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