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54 54 History of Sixth Regiment, U. S. Marines. On December 16th this regiment took over the left half of the 4th Brigade subsector with the following disposition of troops : The 1st Battalion holding the front line with Battalion Headquarters, 73rd M.G. Company, 75th Company and 3 platoons of the 74th Company stationed in Honningen; 95th Company at Honborn Farm, 2 platoons of the 76th Company at Ariendorf; 1 platoon of the 74th Company as liaison platoon with the 5th Regiment at Bremscheid; 2 platoons of the 76th Company at outposts Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on outpost line; the 2nd Battalion in support of the 1st Battalion and billeted in Rheinbrohl; the 3rd Battalion as regimental reserve, at Leutesdorf; Regimental Head- quarters, Headquarters Company at Leutesdorf; Supply Company one kilometer north of Leutesdorf on the Leutesdorf-Brohl road. In addition to the outposts established on the observation line, guards were placed at all ferry landings and railroad stations and frequent patrols made along ihe banks of the Rhine. Work was immediately started on the defenses of the sector, front line trenches pegged in and machine gun positions located. A drill schedule had been drawn up and being strictly adhered to, A number of theatre buildings had been taken over and var.ous regimental and divisional entertainment troupes, as well as entertainers of this regiment, made possible amusement of this form practically every night; athletics, including boxing and football which were encouraged; a certain percentage of the men were given excursions on boats provided by the Corps, to points of interest on the Rhine; liberty to Coblenz and other large towns was granted to a certain percentage of the men of the regi- ment each week. The men were well billeted, practically all sleeping in beds, and food was plentiful and good. The Sixth Regiment left Germany on 19 July, 1919, traveling in box-cars for forty-eight hours, arriving in Brest, France, on the 21st of July, 1919. The Regiment sailed with the Fourth Brigade of Marines on the S.S. GEORGE WASHINGTON and S.S. WILHELMINA, arriving at Pier No. I, Ffoboken, N. J. on 5 August, 1919, at 5 :00 p.m. The Regiment went into Camp Mills, arriving there at 2 ;00 a.m ., 6 August, and left Camp Mills at 7 00 a.m., 8 August, for New York, where the Second Division was formed lor parade. The Sixth Regiment of the Brigade of Marines was reviewed at I 1 0th Street, by Major General John A. Lejeune, Divisional Com- mander, following which, the 4th Brigade of Marines entrained, in Jersey City, for Quantico, Va., arriving there 9 August, 1919, at 7 :00 a.m. The Brigade of Marines prepared themselves for the final review, and left Quantico at 4:00 a.m., 12 August, for Washington, and formed at the Capitol at 12 .00 noon, and were reviewed by President Woodrow Wilson. After the review, the command entrained for Quantico, where