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| | MECH. ALOYSIUS MAIER
Serial No. 2,026,588
131 W. Barnard St., Saginaw, Mich.
Maier was one of the early members of the outfit, being assigned to the outfit during September, 1917.
He was a carpenter in civilian life. This fact proved to be a splendid asset to our comrade. Camp Custer at this time was far from being complete, so carpenters were in big demand, and when Battery B moved to Barracks 1220 there were many odd jobs to be done.
The command, “Burmeister and Maier Fall Out,” will remain in the minds of all. After all jobs of a mechanical nature were completed our two buddies still fell out and usually completed the job assigned in short order and then put in a little bunk fatigue.
He was a member of Chief Mech. Horton’s artisans, and it must be said here that during our first few months in France Maier was never idle, as our equipment was ever in need of repairs, so at the command, “Fall Out,” there was manual labor ahead.
While in France he studied ammunition, and during the days of hostilities he aided in the unpacking and handling of the various explosives that were eventually handed to Fritz. |