reguarding how the Black soldiers worked . All who observed the Black soldiers have said that the American Negro was the best laborer in France. Of all the world's people gathered in France-- and if American food and materials saved France in the end from utter exhaustion, it was the Negro Stevedores whose aid made it possible.
SERVICES OF SUPPLY
THE 805TH PIONEER INFANTRY
To illustrate the kind of work which the Stevedore and Pioneer regiments did, we cite the history of one of the pioneer regiments: The 805th. Under the act of May 18, 1917, the President ordered the formation of eight colored infantry regiments. Two of these, the 805th and the 806th, were organized at camp Funston. The 805th became a Pioneer Regiment and when it left camp it had 3,526 men and 99 officers. It included 25 regulars from the 25th Infantry of Regular Army, 38 mechanics from Prairie View, 20 horse-shoers from Tuskegee University and 8 carpenters from Howard University. The regiment was drilled and had target practice and then proceeded to Camp Upton--late in august, 1918.
The men sailed, part from Montreal and part from Quebec, Canada, early in September. Early in October, the whole regiment arrived in the southern end of the Argonne Forest in France.
805th PIONEER INFANTRY
The 805th Pioneer Regiment began their work of repairing roads as follows:
A. First, 2,000 meters of Clermont-Neuvilly road from Clermont road, past Apremont.
B. Second, 2,000 meters of Clermont-Neuvilly road to Charpentry cut off road.
C. Locheres crossroad on Clermont_Nuevilly road, north 2,000 meters to the roads at Vary.
D. Clermont_Neuvilly road from point 1,000 south of Nuevilly bridge to Nuevilly, to the ammunition detour road at Nuevilly, to the Carpentry roads.
E. At the Auzeville railhead. the Varennes railhead, railhead work at St. Juvin and at Briquenay.
F. Auzeville railhead, the Varnnes railhead, roads at Montbianville, and roads at Landro St. George.
G. Roads at Avocourt and roads at Sommerance.
H. Roads at Avocourt and roads at Fleville.
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