"The 604th Engineer" published in France Minneapolis Sunday Tribune March 1919

 

New web page: George goes to war 604th soldier

New website from the nephew of a soldier, George C. Berquist who served in Co. D, 604th Engineers. He is now digitizing his diary!
Fascinating !
Visit here : https://www.georgegoestowar.com/

 

My Uncle Raymond by awetherhorn

 Blog post...

"My father was the youngest of 8 children. Both his parents died before I was born. I don’t remember him talking a lot about his siblings. That may be one reason why I got into genealogical research.

This week I found something interesting about my fathers’ brother, Raymond. Raymond was about 12 years older. I discovered that he served in the US Army during thee First World War. He was about 18 when he joined the Army. He was sent to American University in Washington, DC..."

https://wetherhorn.wordpress.com/2020/11/26/my-uncle-raymond/ 

604th Engineers US Army Co.B Transport List 1919 Smith, Frank

604th Engineers US Army Co.B Transport List 1919 smith frank by Nancy on Scribd

604the Engineers 56th Searchlight - Roberts

Top photo is of:
     36th Platoon 56th Eng. Leut. Walter S. Lloyd   Oct.1, 1918      Herbert S. Roberts 3rd row left

Middle photo is of:
      36th Platoon  56th Eng. A.E.F.
       Left to right: Sgt. H.S. Roberts, Sgt. J.K. Lawler, Sgt. Walter S. Lloyd, Sgt. Leigh M. Fitch, Sgt. Mulliken, Sgt. LeRoy Sugars
        The YMCA tent is seen in the background, only one window shows   The shed is for auto.  They have a dodge here, too.       Oct. 1, 1918

Bottom Photo:
         The boat that brought us home   Feb. 26 to March 11, 1919

Top small photo left to right
       George Cook and Sgt. Herbert S Roberts (my grandfather)

Bottom small photo:    a search light crew  1918/1919

Thanks again so much to Nancy Grand Daughter of Herbert Roberts 

604th Engineers Company D, E and F photo

604th Engineers Company D, E and F photo
Washington Barracks August 1918

604th Engineers Co. D Searchlight detachment Fort Hamilton

56th Engineers "search light " and the 604th Engineers history

Nancy shares some amazing information from her grandfather archives
This is a history of the 56th Engineers "searchlight" they merge and broke off into various units of the 604th engineers.

56th WAS first organized on January 23rd, 1918, as the 
5th Provisional Company 56th Engineers, with the 
following officers: Captain James C. Herron, 1st 
Lieut. John H. Gross and 2nd Leiut. Edwin H. 
Watkins. On May 1st Captain Herron was relieved 
from duty as C. O. and transferred to Camp Humphreys, Va., and 1st 
Lieut. F. D. Myers assumed temporary command. Three weeks later 
Captain E. G. Benedict was relieved from duty as Regimental Per- 
sonnel Officer and assigned as C. O. 

In June orders were issued from the War Department creating 
the 604th Engineers and Company "G" was assigned to the 2nd Bat, 
talion as Company "D" 604th Engineers. On June 22nd a detach- 
ment of four officers and eighty soldiers under command of 1st Lieut. 
F. D. Myers reported to the Commanding Officer, Fort Hamilton, 
N. Y., for duty as Anti- Aircraft Defenses of New York City. This 
detachment went into four positions in and about New York City- 
operating Sperry 24-inch searchlights until August 1st. On that 
date they returned to Washington Barracks, having been relieved by 
similar personnel assigned from the 56th Engineers. They were then 
organized to full strength of seven officers and 250 soldiers for over- 
seas service, and left Washington Barracks, with Companies "E" and 
"F" 604th Engineers on August 10th for Camp Stewart, Newport 

56th Engineers WWI by Nancy on Scribd

604th Engineers World War I Photo List

604th Engineers World War I Photo List by Nancy on Scribd

604th Engineers World War I: Edward Sheehy by Nancy on Scribd

604th Engineers World War I Soldier Sheehy by Nancy on Scribd