. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... -tice, the neAvs Avas so good, Ave Avere afraid to l^elieA^e it forfear of disappointment. The next Aveek Avas filled Avith thehustle and luistle of finishing our Avork and preparations todepart. On ]Mareh 25th Ave marched doAvn to the little toAvnof Yaretz some tAvo kilometers distant from ]Montlouis to takethe train for Brest. Just before boarding the cars for our lastrailroad trip in France Ave Avere addressed by our old Com-manding Officer, Major Moore, expressing his appreciation ofthe loyalty sIioav
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... -tice, the neAvs Avas so good, Ave Avere afraid to l^elieA^e it forfear of disappointment. The next Aveek Avas filled Avith thehustle and luistle of finishing our Avork and preparations todepart. On ]Mareh 25th Ave marched doAvn to the little toAvnof Yaretz some tAvo kilometers distant from ]Montlouis to takethe train for Brest. Just before boarding the cars for our lastrailroad trip in France Ave Avere addressed by our old Com-manding Officer, Major Moore, expressing his appreciation ofthe loyalty sIioavu and good Avoik Avhich had been done duringhis association Avith us from the time Ave had been called intoservice. He had received orders only a short time before de-taching him from the organization and ordering him to Ant-Averp, Belgium as Chief Signal Officer, Base Section Xo. 0. The Avi-iter Avill ahvays look back upon this parting fromliis old outfit as one of the most trying days in his life. He hadl)een associated Avith them from the lieginuing of their service .AEONTLOUIS 135. ERNEST V. IRISH Sprained ankle during- last days of Meuse-Argonne justbefore Armistice. Sent to Hospital and then evacuated toU. S. While on board U. S. Steamsliip Maui retui-nins liewas suddenly stricken witli pneumonia. dyiiiK on .laiiuary 2i,1919. Buried in Cleveland, Ohio, witli niilitar\- lioni>rs. 136 MEMORIES OF THE 411TH and kiieAv all of their faults and virtues. It had been his con-stant endeavor to write their faults upon the sands and re-niendier only their virtues. His parting- from you all meantmore to him than any of you will ever know, heeause even atthat time it was l)eing- impressed upon him that tlic Spring of
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