. ALASKANS WHO
WON HONORS IN
WAR SERVICE
Among the Cordova arrivals on to
day’s boat was John Hayes, an old
Alaska sourdough miner, but more re
cently sergeant (first-class) in the
519th engineers, from which organ
ization he has just been mustered out
at the Presidio, San Francisco, after
a service of almost one year in France,
the entire period being spent in Camp
Pontanezen, Brest. He will leave on
fhe next train for McGarthy.
f, “I’ve heard a lot and read a lot in
the papers about who built the camp
at Brest,” said Hayes this morning,
“and the only people who haven’t yet
Teceived any credit for the work are
the 519th engineers, the men who ac
tually accomplished the stupendous
task and converted the place from a
mudhole to the greatest camp in the
history of the world. When my regi
ment reached Brest we were forced
to pitch our pup-tents in the mud of
Pontanezen. for the reason that there
were no barracks to accommodate us.
W7hen we left there was a finished
camp with accommodations for ninety
thousand men, provided with public
utilities of a character of which any
modern city might be very proud,
* and there was not a building in the
place which was not either construct
ed by the 519th engineers or the con
struction of which was not supervised
by the skilled mechanics of the regi
ment. I don't say this boastingly.
It is a matter susceptible of proof in
the records of the American expedi
tionary forces. But the men of the
regiment resent the claims of organ
• izations which were fortunate enough
to beat them home, and simply ask
that the credit for the accomplishment
of a task only carried to fruition un
der the most stupendous difficulties
be placed where it properly belongs.’
Alaska was well represented in the
51Sth by some well-known characters
of the territory, and there is not a
man in the number who need be any
thing but proud of his record and oi
whom Alaska need but be very proud
“Ranking the group of sourdoughs,’
said Hayes, “was Captain John F
Kerper, formerly government railroad
* engineer at Nenana. When the wai
broke out Kerper cut the ties of civl
life, entered the first officers’ train
ing camp, and went into the servicf
as a limitenant. When he came ou
^ it was as a captain, after particularly
meritorious service, most of whicl
was put in as adjutant of the regi
ment.
“Of the enlisted men, all naturally
entered the service as privates, bu
there was not one whose talents wen
not very soon recognized, and every
man of the group, before his discharge,
attained the highest non-commissioned
rank that it was possible for him to
attain.
George S; lx an, for several years
a resident of Fairbanks, and best I
known for his work there as superin
tendent of construction of the Chata
nika light and water plant, put in the
greater part of his service as master
engineer. Sabean was in the depart
ment of survey, and actively in charge
of the force which laid out the lines
upon which Pontanezen was built.
[ "Albert G. Bickel, government rai'
road commissary man at Anchorage,
put in his service as regimental sup
ply sergeant, the department through
which the clothing and food supply, as
well as the maintenance of the regi
ment, was handled. Bickel was in
charge of that department.
“Barney Goss, one-time editor of
the Fairbanks News, and later secre
tary in Washington to Delegate James
Wickersham. was on the non-commis
sioned staff, serving as sergeant
bugler. Goss is a veteran of the
Spanish-American war and the Philip
pines insurrection, and a use for his
military, and executive talents was
soon found for him as non-commis
sioned officer in charge of the regi
mental hut. His work in managing
the entertainments provided for the,
men had much to do with the mainte
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