The 2nd Division A. E. F. — 2nd Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop

Second Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop.

TIME AND PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
Nov, 13, 1917, Rock Island Arsenal.

Names of Commanding Officers.
Capt. G. D. Sturtevant (Nov. 17, 1917—Feb. 7, 1918).
Capt. F. T. Boyd (Feb. 7, — Nov. 13, 1918).
1st. Lieut. H. C. Ewers (Nov. 13, 1918-May 6, 1919).
Capt. C. G. Howe (May 6, 1919—date).

Training Periods.
Trained at La Valdahon, France, with 2nd F. A. Brigade, Jan. 10—March 15, 1918. Some training in machine gun school at Langres.

Date of arrival at Liverpool, England.
Jan. ?, 1918, via S.S. Aurania from NYC.
Not present in Syllabi [Ed.]

Date of Arrival In France.
December 27, 1917. Tip

Accomplishments.
The MORS was at all fronts with the Division, busily engaged in the repair of all ordnance. The following is a partial list of the work accomplished while on the active front.

	(Destroyed and Replaced)
	Repaired	Enemy fire	Premature
Howitzer 155 m/m	38	1	0
French 75 m/m	176	8	11
Hotchkiss Machine Gun	689	Replaced
Hotchkiss Tripods	140	41
Chauchats	574	274
U. S. Rifles	596	809
Pistols	99	5

In addition to the above work each 75 m/m and 155 m/m wak [sic was] overhauled and re-adjusted twice. After each major operation all the machine guns in the Division were overhauled and new parts substituted when needed.

Besides the regular routine of duties of the shop, a large number of motor vehicles, wagons and carts were repaired. During every engagement the men voluntered to drive the cargo trucks of the organizations between the forward dressing stations and the rear so as to aid in the evacuation of the wounded. Drivers often drove nights and worked during the day.

THE SECOND DIVISION

SYLLABI OF THE HISTORIES OF REGIMENTS AND SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS

From dates of organization to June 1, 1919.

Coblenzer Volkszeitung, Coblenz, Germany.