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 Tulsa County's Heroes 
 
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 is reverently dedicated 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 FOREWORD, BY GOV. J. B. A. ROBERTSON 
 
 Section I — Military Operations 
 
 INTRODUCTION 
 
 Chapter One — Tulsa's Military Units 
 
 I. COMPANY C, FIRST OKLAHOMA INFANTRY Page 1 
 
 First Military Unit in Tulsa — Personnel — Service on Mexi- 
 can Border — Captain Niles Promoted — Company C in 
 France — Officers Win Distinction. 
 
 II. TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY Page 4 
 
 Tulsa's only organization in the Rainbow (42nd) Division — 
 Service on Mexican border; return and hasty call into 
 World War — At Camp Sinclair — En route to France — 
 Hikes and drudgery — En route to battlefields — At the 
 front — Tulsa Boys rescue comrades — Incessant fighting by 
 Rainbow Division — Endurance test for Ambulancers — 
 Long line of evacuation — Enthusiastic welcome in Bel- 
 gium — Luxembourg — With Army of Occupation — Return 
 voyage — Home again. 
 
 III. 'D" COMPANY, 111TH ENGINEERS Page 29 
 
 Born in Chamber of Commerce — Officers — At Camp Sin- 
 clair — High score at rifle range at Camp Bowie — Best 
 drilled Regiment — At Camp Mills — At Brest — 111th re- 
 ceives signal honor — St. Mihiel offensive — Two months 
 under fire — Heavy marches — More heavy fighting — The 
 armistice and jubilation — First rest in sixty-two days — 
 Three times cited — A 350-kilometer tramp — From cots to 
 marching order in forty minutes — Some statistics — Repair- 
 ing French roads — "Welcome Home." 
 POEM— "Tulsa's Fighting Engineers". _By Col. C. B. Douglas 
 
 IV. 358TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION (Draft) Page 40 
 
 Intensive training — Reviewed by Lord Mayor of Liver- 
 pool — Move to France — St. Mihiel offensive — Terrific fight- 
 ing along Aincreville-Bantheville road — Make record as 
 machine gun fighters — Decimation of 179th — In action 75 
 days without relief — Period of occupation — Return Home. 
 
 V. TULSA MEN HIGH IN MILITARY SERVICE Page 49 
 
 Lieut. Col. Patrick J. Hurley — Major Charles Fowler Hop- 
 kins — Major Alva J. Niles. 
 
 VI. TULSA COUNTY'S FALLEN HEROES Page 52 
 
 Photographs and military records of Tulsa County Soldiers 
 who died in service. 
 
Section II — Civilian Activities 
 Chapteb Two — National Defense Work 
 
 I. COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE Page 55 
 
 Created by Act of Congress August 29, 1916 — Purposes 
 and tasks — Personnel — Committees. 
 
 OKLAHOMA STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE Page 58 
 
 Splendid war record — Personnel of state body — Disbands 
 August 1, 1919. 
 
 TULSA COUNTY COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE—Page 59 
 Functions of County Councils of Defense — Tulsa Council 
 high in rank of patriotic endeavor — Personnel of Coun- 
 cil — Minutes of final meeting — Resolutions. 
 
 WOMEN'S WORK Page 67 
 
 Officers — Plan of organization — Food pledge campaign — 
 W. S. S. campaign — Fourth of July (1918) programs — 
 Registration of nurses. 
 
 INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT Page 69 
 
 Three hundred and ten major cases and numerous minor 
 matters cleared up — Suspects tracked to Florida and Cali- 
 fornia — Potent agency in discouraging disloyalty. 
 
 WAR CENSORSHIP COMMITTEE Page 70 
 
 Need for restriction in war giving — Personnel of commit- 
 tee — Grafters and fakirs exposed — Huge sums saved. 
 
 II. LEGAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Page 71 
 
 War emergency requires volunteer legal talent — Tulsa bar 
 offers services freely — Soldiers and dependents protected 
 in rights — Free advice under moratorium law and in filling 
 out questionnaires. 
 
 III. NON-WAR CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE Page 72 
 
 Scarcity of labor, material and transportation calls for 
 drastic measures — No new construction permitted without 
 license — Personnel of Tulsa's committee. 
 
 IV. TULSA HOME GUARD Page 73 
 
 Important duties — Organization and officers — Splendid 
 discipline — Unusual personnel — National Guard supplied 
 from ranks. 
 
 V. VICTORY CHORUS Page 77 
 
 Stupendous local "community sing" helped Tulsa to main- 
 tain war record — Twenty thousand voices heard for dis- 
 tance of mile — Streets roped off for three hours to insure 
 undisturbed meetings — Directors and Committees — Organ- 
 izations in County. 
 
 VI. DISTRICT COUNCILS OF DEFENSE Page 79 
 
 Connecting link between Government and people — Ef- 
 fective district organization in Tulsa County. 
 
SKIATOOK WAR COUNCIL Page 81 
 
 One of the most active war organizations in the country — 
 Every citizen in trade area a member of Skiatook War 
 Relief Committee — All war drives put over by Council in 
 single day — Every business house closed in one day 
 drives — Skiatook richer as result of war experience. 
 
 BROKEN ARROW WAR COUNCIL Page 85 
 
 Splendid work for eleven school districts handled through 
 central War Council — All defense and other war work 
 under single head — Personnel of Council — Always over 
 the top. 
 
 DEFENSE WORK Page 87 
 
 At Sand Springs, Red Fork, Sperry, Bixby, Alsuma, Berry- 
 hill, School District No. 10, Fisher District, Mingo District. 
 
 VII. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Page 91 
 
 Dispatched by the Tulsa County Council of Defense. 
 
 Chapter Three — Raising an Army 
 
 I. LOCAL DRAFT BOARD Page 96 
 
 Tulsa County contributes 5,000 men under selective draft 
 system — Under jurisdiction of state Adjutant General — 
 Personnel of local Draft Board — Twenty-eight thousand 
 men registered — Questionnaires — Manifold duties of the 
 Board — High character of men sent out — Right of appeal. 
 
 II. DISTRICT BOARD No. 2 Page 101 
 
 Personnel — Passed on 12,765 appeals from drafted men — 
 Best record in state and unexcelled in country — Few ap- 
 peals to President — Sixty per cent of appellants placed in 
 Class One — Night and day sessions. 
 
 III. U. S. ARMY RECRUITING STATION Page 104 
 
 IV. U. S. NAVY RECRUITING STATION Page 106 
 
 V. STUDENTS ARMY TRAINING CORPS Page 106 
 
 VI. OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP Page 108 
 
 VII. MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD Page 109 
 
 Chapter Four — Red Cross 
 
 I. AMERICAN RED CROSS Page 111 
 
 Branch of international organization — Incorporated by Act 
 of Congress in 1905 — Its symbol — 200,000 members on 
 January 1, 1917—17,000,000 adult and 9,000,000 juniors in 
 1919 — First aid to wounded — Strengthens morale of mili- 
 tary and civilian populations — Civilian aid in war area. 
 
II. TULSA COUNTY CHAPTER OF AMERICAN RED CROSS-Page 114 
 Ready response by Tulsans — Early organization — Head- 
 quarters — Officers and departments — Volume or work 
 done — Units and work rooms — Tulsa women who served 
 in army camps and overseas — Awards to volunteers de- 
 voting 800, 1600 and 2400 hours to Red Cross service. 
 
 III. RED CROSS CANTEEN Page 121 
 
 Located at Frisco station — Served 15,000 meals to soldiers 
 en route — Officers and committees — Haven for service 
 men during waiting periods. 
 
 IV. HOME SERVICE SECTION Page 124 
 
 Purpose of section — Organization and personnel of office 
 force — Service rendered to 3,759 families — Difficult and 
 varied problems — Tulsans' ready response to call for vol- 
 unteer workers. 
 
 V. JUNIOR RED CROSS Page 128 
 
 Organized November, 1917 — Officers — Organized 46 auxil- 
 iaries — 15,000 junior members — Completed 50,000 articles 
 in eight months — Members invested $45,000 in War 
 Stamps and Baby Bonds— Sold or held $125,350 worth of 
 Liberty Bonds — Contributed largely to Red Cross War 
 Budget. 
 
 VI. SKIATOOK BRANCH Page 129 
 
 VII. SAND SPRINGS BRANCH __Page 131 
 
 VIII. BROKEN ARROW BRANCH Page 133 
 
 Chapter Five — Other War Organizations 
 
 I. FOUR-MINUTE MEN Page 139 
 
 Distinctive organization — Tulsa men become state chair- 
 men — Powerful County and District Units — Assisted by 
 musical organizations — Personnel of County force. 
 
 II. FOOD ADMINISTRATION Page 142 
 
 County and local Food Administrators — Fair Price Com- 
 mittee — Housewives League — Violations — Stringent war- 
 time regulations — Wheatless and flourless basis — Beef 
 program — Great savings effected — Purchase of substi- 
 tutes — Threshing agreement — Ice shortage met — Sugar 
 ration. 
 
 III. FUEL ADMINISTRATION Page 148 
 
 Tulsa respected order for lightless nights regardless of 
 light and power being furnished by natural gas — Fuel 
 distribution ordered by County Fuel Board — Personnel of 
 Board and County Administration. 
 
 IV. AMERICAN PROTECTIVE LEAGUE Page 151 
 
 Business men become confidential agents of Government to 
 help win the war — Organization and purpose — Excellent 
 work done by Tulsa Division — 500 investigations made — 
 Disbanded in February, 1919. 
 
V. U. S. NAVY LEAGUE Page 155 
 
 First County war body organized in state — Impetus given 
 to naval enlistments — Brief career — 1,200 knitters from 
 8 to 77 years old. 
 
 VI. WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD Page 156 
 
 VII. U. S. SHIPBUILDING RESERVE Page 157 
 
 VIII. BUREAU OF EXPLOSIVES Page 157 
 
 IX. U. S. BOYS' WORKING RESERVE Page 159 
 
 A. L. Farmer, a Dollar-a-Year man, appointed State 
 Director — 500 boys take soldiers' places on Tulsa County 
 farms — Badges awarded for service. 
 
 X. FEDERAL-STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Page 162 
 
 Began shipments to war plants as a state agency — Per- 
 sonnel — Best equipped and most active labor office in 
 state — Met all quotas — Tulsa skilled workmen rank highest 
 in the country — Efficient women's department. 
 
 Chapter Six — War Fund Campaigns 
 
 I. LIBERTY LOAN BONDS Page 164 
 
 Popular subscription aids in financing the Government — 
 Total of seventeen billions asked in five loans — Over- 
 subscription $3,978,356,250 — Characteristics of bonds in 
 five issues. 
 
 II. LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGNS Page 166 
 
 All loans oversubscribed — First and second campaigns 
 conducted without those organizations which pushed later 
 loans — Heaviest oversubscription in First Loan — Feature 
 of Third and Fourth Liberty Loans and Victory Loan — 
 County and city managers — Executive Committees — 
 Quotas and subscriptions — Noonday luncheons — Outside 
 districts — Honors won by Tulsa and Tulsa County in tre- 
 mendous offerings. 
 
 III. RED CROSS DRIVES Page 184 
 
 Generous response by citizenship to humanity's call — First 
 call for funds incorporated into Tulsa War Relief Budget — 
 
 1917 Christmas Roll Call campaign — May, 1918, drive 
 yields $325,000 on quota of $180,000 — Obstacles attending 
 
 1918 Christmas campaign — Record made by Tulsa. 
 
 IV. UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN Page 192 
 
 National goal set at $170,500,000 — Tulsa County given ex- 
 cessive quota of $250,000, but raises $300,000 — Personnel of 
 organization — Plan of campaign. 
 
 V. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS CAMPAIGN Page 198 
 
 First War Savings Stamps Bank in the United States 
 open in Tulsa — Object of movement — Thrift Stamps — 
 Baby Bonds — W. S. S. Bank donated by merchants and 
 labor unions — Personnel of County Administration — Cam- 
 paigns. 
 
VI. TULSA WAR BUDGET Page 199 
 
 VII. ARMENIAN RELIEF CAMPAIGN Page 200 
 
 Chapter Seven — Contributory Agencies 
 
 I. TULSA CITY AND COUNTY PRESS Page 202 
 
 II. CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS Page 203 
 
 III. DOLLAR-A-YEAR MEN Page 205 
 
 IV. BANKS AND INDUSTRIES Page 206 
 
 Bankers who determined liability of men of means in sup- 
 porting war measures — Heavy percentage of bank em- 
 ployes in military service — Officials who devoted time to 
 war work — Heavy demands made on banks and indus- 
 tries — Positions held for employes who entered war serv- 
 ice — Splendid war records made by strong financial 
 concerns. 
 
 V. Y. M. C. A Page 209 
 
 Local headquarters placed at disposal of service men — 
 Recruiting office for Officers Training Camp — Two staffs 
 go to war — 700 out of 2,000 members join the colors — Fare- 
 well banquets to men — Members with draft contingents — 
 Meals for troops en route — Tulsans give generous sup- 
 port — Statistics. 
 
 VI. Y. W. C. A Page 214 
 
 VII. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Page 215 
 
 VIII. SALVATION ARMY Page 215 
 
 IX. JEWISH WELFARE BOARD Page 216 
 
 X. PATRIOTIC COMFORTS COMMITTEE Page 217 
 
 XI. BOY SCOUTS Page 217 
 
 XII. HOME AND FARM DEMONSTRATION BUREAU Page 219 
 
 Chapter Eight — Miscellaneous 
 
 I. KNIGHTS OF LIBERTY Page 221 
 
 Mysterious band issues warning to disloyalists — Flogs and 
 deports I. W. W. leaders — Liberty Loan slackers take heed. 
 
 II. IMPERIAL BELGIAN COMMISSION Page 223 
 
 Tulsa given place of honor in state — Personnel of Mis- 
 sion — Conveys thanks of Belgians for America's aid — 
 Reception. 
 
 III. DETENTION CAMP Page 224 
 
 IV. EMERGENCY HOSPITAL Page 225 
 
V. STUNTS Page 227 
 
 Spectacular features to induce greater interest in war fund 
 drives — Raffle of Liberty Bonds — "Over the Top" — Sham 
 battle — Jazz band aids in Red Cross drive — Vaudeville 
 taken to rural districts — ''Road to Berlin" — Sack of flour 
 brings $51,000 for Red Cross— "No Man's Land"— Patriotic 
 window dressing contest — Prize essays by school chil- 
 dren — Street carnival for United War Work Fund. 
 
 Chapter Nine — Post War Activities 
 
 I. AMERICAN LEGION Page 232 
 
 National, state and local organizations — Achievements of 
 Joe Carson Post — Aids in replacing discharged service men. 
 
 II. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS COUNCIL Page 236 
 
 Service man's "daddy" and "big brother" — Active in- 
 tegers — 4,000 discharged soldiers replaced — Loyal employ- 
 ers — General comforts provided — Franking privilege 
 granted — Resume of activities. 
 
 III. GRAND ARMY OF CIVILIZATION Page 241 
 
 Plan proposed by Col. Clarence B. Douglas — Its purpose to 
 unite 30,000,000 international veterans through organiza- 
 tion — Post No. 1 organized at Ft. Sill by Tulsa troops — 
 Plan approved by high Government officers. 
 
 IV. ARMORY BILL Page 242 
 
 V. RAINBOW (42d) DIVISION VETERANS Page 244 
 
 VI. TULSA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Page 245 
 
 Successor to Tulsa County Council of National Defense — 
 Organized February 14, 1919 — Purpose — Officers — Head- 
 quarters in W. S. S. Bank — Orders compilation of "Tulsa 
 County in the World War." 
 
 Chapter Ten — Those Who Served 
 
 POEM— "COLUMBIA, WE HAVE ANSWERED" 
 By Col. Clarence B. Douglas. 
 
 I. TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN Page 1 
 
 A list of more than 5,000 Tulsa County soldiers. 
 
 II. NATIONAL GUARD Page 48 
 
 Muster roll and strength reports of Company B, Company 
 C, Supply Company and Sanitary Detachment, 2nd and 3rd 
 Infantry, O. N. G., at time of acceptance and on September 
 30, 1919 — Officers and men in good state of preparation 
 when armistice was signed. 
 
 III. RESUME Page 52 
 
 Tulsa first in the United States — Tulsa first in Oklahoma — 
 What Tulsa gave. 
 
Triangle Printing Company, 
 Tulsa, Oklahoma 
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 Executive Office 
 Oklahoma City 
 
 September 1, 191&. 
 
 Foreword 
 
 THE response made by the people of Oklahoma when the 
 call to the colors came make the brightest page in the 
 history of the State, and of all sections none was more 
 prompt in mobilizing men and resources than was Tulsa County. 
 Immediately following the declaration of war Tulsa organized 
 and put into the field three complete military units, namely, 
 Company C, Infantry, the Tulsa Ambulance Company and the 
 Tulsa Engineers. Each of these organizations followed the war 
 from Tulsa to the Argonne Forest, Chateau-Thierry and the 
 Marne, and each added to the glory of the American Expedi- 
 tionary Force "over there." Not so spectacular, but of almost 
 equal importance, was the prompt action taken by the men and 
 women of Tulsa in perfecting civil organizations for carrying 
 on the war work behind the lines at home, and it is probably 
 true that no city or county in the Nation was better organized to 
 do those things necessary to be done than was the city and 
 county of Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
 
 The Tulsa County Council of National Defense, the Home 
 Guard, the Tulsa County Food Administration, the Fuel Admin- 
 istration, the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the Federal Boys Work- 
 ing Reserve, Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army, Jewish Wel- 
 fare, Y. W. C. A., the Navy League, the Liberty Loan Commit- 
 tee, the Canteen Workers, the Draft Boards, the American Pro- 
 tective League, the Soldiers and Sailors Service Council and 
 other organizations were mobilized and brought up to 100 per 
 cent efficiency with the net result, that from the declaration 
 of war to the armistice Tulsa and Tulsa County met every de- 
 mand made on its citizenship. Every war drive was handled in 
 an efficient manner, every Liberty Loan quota was oversub- 
 scribed, every Four Minute Man did his full duty, every civic 
 society in the city co-operated to the fullest extent; and the 
 record of over six thousand men in the service and more than 
 
$33,000,000 subscribed to war funds is one of which any com- 
 munity may feel justly proud. 
 
 It is entirely fitting, with these facts in mind, that I, as 
 Governor of this great Commonwealth, give my hearty approval 
 of the plan to preserve in historical form the record of Tulsa 
 County in the World War, and to congratulate and to commend 
 the citizenship of Tulsa County on its loyalty, its patriotism 
 and its devotion to the sacred cause of Liberty. 
 
Introductory 
 
 THE WORLD WAR 
 
 On August 4, 1914, what is known as the World War broke 
 in Europe. Before its close it involved two-thirds of the world's 
 population. 
 
 On June 28, 1914, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of 
 Austria and his morganatic wife were assassinated in the streets 
 of Serajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzagovina, Serbia. The 
 crime was committed by a man of the Serbian race, but a resi- 
 dent of Bosnia and a subject of the Emperor Francis Joseph of 
 Austria. 
 
 After apparently ignoring the matter diplomatically for 
 three weeks, Austria, on July 23rd, sent to Serbia a most for- 
 midable ultimatum. This demand involved the national honor 
 and dynastic interests of the smaller Government and contained 
 a time-limit of forty-eight hours for decision. 
 
 Russia championed the cause of Serbia. Great Britain 
 addressed appeals to Germany to restrain Austrian action by 
 withdrawing German support, but to no avail. France, Russia, 
 Germany and Austria, in the meantime, had begun mobiliza- 
 tion. 
 
 The German invasion of Belgium, a neutral country, in a 
 movement on France, supplied a moral issue which enlisted the 
 support of Great Britain, and the attack on Liege precipitated 
 a World War unequaled in history. 
 
 At the period of American participation in this great con- 
 flict, Germany was in possession of Belgium and a part of North- 
 ern France. Her military forces held Serbia and Roumania, 
 Poland and the Baltic Provinces of Russia. Germany's plan 
 to crush France by a sudden and masterful blow had failed, owing 
 to the resistance of Belgian forces and the aid extended to 
 French arms by Great Britain. Early in the action Paris had 
 been saved and the Germans driven back, but they were again 
 advancing with increased force. 
 
 In the first year of the war the Government of Germany 
 had stirred up among its people a feeling of resentment against 
 the United States on account of the insistence of American 
 right as a neutral Nation to trade in munitions of war with the 
 belligerent powers. The legal right to do so had not been serious- 
 ly questioned by Germany. 
 
 The principal controversy with the German Government, 
 and one which rendered the situation most acute, arose from 
 
the announcement and establishment of a sea zone where Ger- 
 man submarines should operate in violation of all accepted prin- 
 ciples of international law. The indignation of the American 
 people arose to a perilous height with the sinking of the Lusitania 
 by a German submarine, in which catastrophe many Americans 
 perished. This act was not only grossly illegal — it hurled de- 
 fiance at all fundamental concepts of humanity. This outrage 
 had followed upon the sinking of the steamship Sussex months 
 before. 
 
 The American Government used every resource of diplom- 
 acy to induce the German Government to abandon such attacks. 
 But evidence of bad faith on the part of the Imperial German 
 Government developed in many quarters. A system of espion- 
 age, so great that it enveloped the entire country, was carried 
 on by the German Ambassador Count Bernstorff. The attacks 
 of German submarines upon the lives and property of Ameri- 
 cans had continued and the protests of the American Government 
 indicated that the Nation was rapidly, though reluctantly, be- 
 ing drawn into a state of war. 
 
 On January 31st, 1917, the German Government announced 
 its intention to intensify and render more ruthless its submarine 
 operations at sea, a direct challenge to the United States. On 
 February 3rd the German Ambassador was handed his pass- 
 ports and President Wilson announced to both Houses of Con- 
 gress the complete severance of diplomatic relations with Ger- 
 many. 
 
 THE DECLARATION OF WAR 
 
 It was only after mature consideration of the events lead- 
 ing up to the participation of the United States in the World War 
 that President Woodrow Wilson, on the night of April 2nd, 1917, 
 urged Congress, assembled in joint session, to declare that a 
 state of war existed between this country and Germany. In 
 the course of an address which has become memorable the 
 President said: 
 
 "It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of 
 the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing 
 you. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and 
 sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this 
 great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and 
 disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in 
 the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, 
 and we shall fight for the things which we have always car- 
 ried nearest our hearts. * * * To such a task we can dedicate 
 our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and 
 everything that we have, with the pride of those who know 
 that the day has come when America is privileged to spend 
 her blood and her might for the principles that gave her 
 
birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. 
 God helping her, she can do no other." 
 To carry on an effective warfare against the Imperial Ger- 
 man Government, which he characterized as a "natural foe to 
 liberty," President Wilson recommended : 
 
 The utmost practical co-operation in counsel and action with 
 the governments already at war with Germany. 
 
 The extension of liberal financial credits to those govern- 
 ment, so that the resources of America may be added, so far as 
 possible, to theirs. 
 
 Organization and mobilization of all the material resources 
 of tie country. 
 
 Full equipment of the navy, particularly for means of deal- 
 ing vith submarine warfare. 
 
 In army of at least 500,000 men, based on the principle 
 of un.versal liability to service and the authorization of additional 
 increments of 500,000 each as they are needed or could be 
 handkd in training. 
 
 laising necessary money for the United States Government, 
 so fai as possible, without borrowing and on the basis of equit- 
 able taxation. 
 
 Tie following resolution declaring that a state of war ex- 
 isted between the United States and Germany passed the United 
 States Senate on Wednesday, April 4th, by a vote of 82 to 6 : 
 'Whereas, The Imperial German Government has com- 
 mitted repeated acts of war against the Government and 
 the People of the United States of America; therefore be 
 it 
 
 "Resolved, by the Senate and the House of Represen- 
 tati7es of the United States of America, in Congress as- 
 semDled, That the state of war between the United States 
 and the Imperial German Government, Which has been 
 thrust upon the United States, is hereby formally declared ; 
 and -,hat the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and 
 directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of 
 the United States and the resources of the Government to 
 carry on war against the Imperial German Government; 
 and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all the 
 resouices of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress 
 of the United States." 
 
 This resolution, having passed the Senate, was sent to the 
 House of Representatives shortly after three o'clock on the 
 morning oi Friday, April 6th, the vote being 373 to 50. Vice 
 President Marshall attached his signature a few hours later as 
 President o~ the Senate and the resolution was signed by Presi- 
 dent Wilson at 1:18 o'clock Friday afternoon, April 6th, 1917. 
 This declaration brought into the World War actual and po- 
 
tential resources which probably had never been equaled by any 
 other Nation in the history of the world. 
 
 While the resolution was still pending in the Senate, admin- 
 istrative plans were begun for the raising of an army on the 
 principle of universal liability. These were based on the 
 selective conscription of young men to be summoned to the 
 Colors as they could be trained and officered. The training and 
 equipment of the American Army will go down in history as a 
 marvel of conception and execution. 
 
 AMERICA IN ACTION 
 
 Never in the history of the world was greater acitivity 
 shown or more stupendous results achieved than in carrying out 
 America's war program. Ten million young men, the flower of 
 America's manhood, were placed under military orders. Con- 
 gress appropriated many billions. Liberty Loan Bonds to the 
 extent of $21,478,356,250 were subscribed for by the American 
 people for the conduct of the war and to render financial ad to 
 their allies. 
 
 Germany had prepared for a final, tremendous effort to <rush 
 the enemy before the arrival of effective American reinforce- 
 ment. Her armies were at Chateau-Thierry within twenty miles 
 of Paris, in June, 1918, when the first strictly American advance 
 of the vanguard of the 2,000,000 men who had been landed in 
 Europe was made. The French, f eeling that Paris hacf been 
 lost to them and that further resistance was futile, were retreat- 
 ing toward their capital. 
 
 The oncoming of the hitherto overpowering Prussian Jordes 
 was checked by the first American forces which opposed them. 
 Chateau-Thierry was re-captured by Americans. The Gjrman 
 forces began their retreat, which ended in their surrender on 
 November 11th, 1918. 
 
 All traditions of American valor were upheld throu^i the 
 gallantry, skill and endurance of American officers and mQi and 
 in the thickest of the fighting Tulsa County soldiers and Tulsa 
 units reflected honor upon their home and upon their Flag. 
 In the history of these units, which follows, the material was 
 taken from records furnished by officers who served actively 
 with the respective units. 
 
Section I 
 
 Military Operations 
 
CHAPTER ONE. 
 
 Tulsa County's Military Units 
 
 i 
 
 COMPANY C FIRST OKLAHOMA INFANTRY 
 
 Company C, First Oklahoma Infantry, was the original mil- 
 itary unit of Tulsa. When the President called the National 
 Guard of the country into active Federal service for duty in June, 
 1916, in connection with the Mexican situation, the First Okla- 
 homa Infantry was short one infantry Company and the War 
 Department would not muster the Regiment into service until 
 every unit was complete. All of the larger cities of the State 
 were aspirants for the new organization, but none of them could 
 recruit the Company within the short time available. At seven 
 o'clock on the evening of June 22, 1916, Alva J. Niles, a promi- 
 nent banker of Tulsa, formerly Adjutant General of Oklahoma 
 and a veteran of the Spanish-American War, received a tele- 
 gram from Colonel Roy Hoffman, commanding the First Okla- 
 homa Infantry, asking if Tulsa could organize the Company and 
 have it ready to entrain for the mobilization camp at Fort Sill, 
 Oklahoma, by twelve o'clock the following day. Niles answered 
 "Yes." At noon of the day following Company C was com- 
 pleted with a quota of eighty-four men, all of whom had passed 
 the required physical examination. The Company reached Fort 
 Sill on June 25th and was mustered into Federal service on July 
 2nd with the following personnel : 
 
 Alva J. Niles, captain; Edward W. Lachmiller, first lieuten- 
 ant; James A. Carroll, Jr., second lieutenant. 
 
 Sergeants: Arthur H. Mclrvin, first sergeant; Harold D. 
 Cohagan, supply sergeant ; John N. Pierce, mess sergeant ; James 
 F. Gamblin, Bourland Winford, Ralph W. Monroe, John W. Bow- 
 man, Harry W. Martin, Orlie W. Erter. 
 
 Corporals: James P. Avis, Warren Wolf, Charles Scott, 
 Lonnie A. Beddoe, Charley Bear, Henry T. Cahape, William R. 
 Martin, William King. Zenas U. Rohr, cook ; William E. Mclntyre, 
 cook ; Percy W. Ingram, bugler, and William P. Williams, bugler. 
 
 Privates, first class : Ellis Claude, Dave D. Drew, David M. 
 Faulkner, James Ford, Joseph A. Friend, Clyde C. Hanlin, 
 George Johnson, Casper Kauley, John F. Shoat, Aaron F. Waltz, 
 John M. Keohane, Thad T. Knoerr, Joseph E. Lehman, Harry M. 
 
2 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Loss, James H. McMahan, Lester Mathis, Arthur A. Opitz, Gor- 
 don Robertson, George R. Smith and Christy J. Nelson. 
 
 Privates: Cleo W. Adams, Allie C. Barnes, William H. 
 Brown, William C. Fawkes, Harry E. Frick, Ivan C. Gano, Verne 
 S. Hillock, Charles T. Keohane, Frank M. McMillan, Lee Morris, 
 Jess J. Ockerman, Champ H. Patrick, Lionel A. Rood, Leslie S. 
 Tomlinson, William H. Watkins, George W. Allen, John C. Bond, 
 Carl Cooper, George A. Fritch, Edward E. Friend, Lisle H. 
 Haverfield, William C. Kelly, Adolph D. Kreiselmyer, Charley C. 
 Medford, Clifford Myers, LeRoy E. Ormsby, Guy F. Reed, Harry 
 C. Southwood, Clifford Truax, Frank D. Weber and Rex Wycoff. 
 
 In addition to breaking all records in the history of the 
 American Army in completing its organization, Company C 
 made an enviable record both for itself and for Tulsa during its 
 service on the Mexican border. Arriving at San Benito, Texas, 
 near Brownsville, July 21, 1916, the Company remained there on 
 active duty patroling the Rio Grande River until February 25th, 
 1917, when it entrained for Fort Sill, where it was discharged 
 from the Federal service on March 1, 1917. 
 
 Following closely upon its release from Federal service 
 and duty on the Mexican border, came the declaration of war 
 with Germany and within thirty days Company C again answered 
 the call of its country, being one of the first National Guard or- 
 ganizations in the United States to be called back to the Colors. 
 By this time there had been a few changes in the personnel of 
 the organization. Immediately after his release from active 
 duty Captain Alva J. Niles resigned from the National Guard 
 and again became a major on the reserve list of the National 
 Army which was his status before going into service with Com- 
 pany C. 
 
 Major Niles later served as inspector-general at Camp 
 Travis, Texas, and as inspector-general of the Seventh Division 
 on the lines in France, where he took part in the defensive 
 operations in the Toul sector and offensive operations in the 
 Meuse-Argonne engagement. First Lieutenant Edward W. Lach- 
 miller re-entered the Regular Army w here he was serving before 
 he entered the National Guard. Later he served in France as a 
 major in the Quartermaster's Corps. Second Lieutenant James 
 A. Carroll, Jr., resigned from the National Guard and later be- 
 came a captain in the National Army. These officers were suc- 
 ceeded in Company C by Arthur H. Mclrvin, who was first ser- 
 geant of the Company on the Mexican border; Ben H. Chastain, 
 a newspaper man of Tulsa, as first lieutentant, and Verne S. Hil- 
 lock, who served as a private first class on the border, as second 
 lientenant. 
 
 Company C finally became a part of the 142nd Infantry, 36th 
 
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 Division, and after training at Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas, 
 for twelve months, it went with the 36th Division to France, 
 arriving there in time to take a prominent part in some of the 
 most important engagements of the war. Many of the original 
 members of the Company were killed or wounded. Two of its 
 officers, First Lieutenant Chastain and Second Lieutenant Hil- 
 lock, were commissioned captains on the battlefields and several 
 enlisted men were given commissions in recognition of the fear- 
 less manner in which they performed their duties under fire. 
 
II 
 
 TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 
 RAINBOW (42ND) DIVISION 
 
 AT the beginning of the summer of 1916 there was no Na- 
 tional Guard organization in Tulsa. There had been no 
 need for one for many years. 
 
 When war clouds began to darken the horizon in the early 
 summer and it appeared that the United States would be drawn 
 into a struggle with Mexico there was a military stir through- 
 out Oklahoma. 
 
 At the call of Adjutant General Ancel Earp and Governor 
 Robert L. Williams Tulsa recruited a company of infantry in 76 
 hours. 
 
 Later in the summer the State desired to raise an Ambulance 
 Company for service on the border or in the interior of Mexico if 
 the situation should demand it. Several unsuccessful attempts 
 were made to recruit such a company before the city of Tulsa 
 was given an opportunity to try. 
 
 Finally Dr. Hector G. Lareau was interested in the needed 
 company and agreed to begin a campaign for enlistment. He 
 gathered four more doctors of the city as his lieutenants and 
 within a few days had obtained his quota of enlisted men. 
 
 Then followed a discouraging period of waiting. The men 
 had given up their positions on promises from the State that 
 they would be sent to camp as soon as the Company was recruit- 
 ed to full strength. 
 
 But the Company was not called. Day after day the men 
 drilled in their civilian clothes. They slept in the grandstand of 
 the ball park. They slept at the fair grounds and in convention 
 hall. They had no equipment and no money was available from 
 the State to pay for food or clothing. Public subscriptions alone 
 furnished them with meals at a local restaurant. 
 
 Citizens finally protested and the Company was sent to 
 Texas. At Fort Sam Houston it was equipped with mule ambu- 
 lances, clothing and shoes. For six months it drilled, marched 
 and maneuvered with the Twelfth Provisional Division. 
 
 The men there learned the theory of operation of an ambu- 
 lance company. Their officers taught them much first aid and 
 medical work which stood them in good stead later on. 
 
 On March 21, 1917, the Company returned to Tulsa released 
 from the Federal service. But it still retained its identity as a 
 unit of the Oklahoma National Guard. 
 
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 Scarcely had the ambulances and medical supplies of the 
 organization been stored and the uniforms of the men been 
 packed in moth balls at the fair grounds armory when word 
 came that the organization would be needed again. This time 
 something more serious was in the air. 
 
 On orders from the War Department delivered through 
 Adjutant General Earp the members of the Company were 
 notified to hold themselves in readiness for instant call. The size 
 of the Company was to be doubled, according to the orders. 
 
 To comply with these Captain Lareau opened a recruiting 
 tent on the vacant lot at Fourth and Main Streets which later 
 became known as "Liberty Square." 
 
 To this place flocked many students from Henry Kendall 
 College, Tulsa High School and various business houses of the 
 city. The quota of 150 enlisted men was completed within a few 
 days. 
 
 Soon came the draft on the National Guard by President 
 Wilson on July 5th. By the terms of that call it was known that 
 the Tulsa Ambulance Company would enter the Federal service 
 on August 5th. The men made their farewell visits, wound up 
 their business affairs and reported at the fair grounds for duty 
 on Sunday morning. 
 
 They named the grounds "Camp Sinclair" in honor of E. 
 W. Sinclair, who had given $10,000 to put the buildings in con- 
 dition so that the men might live there for an indefinite period 
 with comfort. 
 
 "Squads East and West" occupied the time of the men of 
 both the Ambulance Company and the Engineering Company 
 which had been recruited and called into service at the same 
 time. In the evenings the people of the city visited the camp 
 and offered various entertainments for the men. 
 
 On August 14th the War Department announced the for- 
 mation of the first combat Division of National Guard troops 
 which would be sent to France. The Division was to be com- 
 posed of State units from all parts of the country and include 
 twenty-six States in its roster. 
 
 In the announcement it was stated that Oklahoma Ambu- 
 lance Company No. 1 was to be a part of the sanitary train of 
 the Division. The announcement threw Camp Sinclair into a 
 fever heat of excitement. The ambulance men were overjoyed 
 that they had been singled out for the great honor of going to 
 France first, and as a part of that Division which Mrs. Wilson 
 had named "The Rainbow" because of its composition. 
 
 Events moved swiftly for the members of the Ambulance 
 Company from that time forward. Within a few hours orders 
 came for the Company to move. 
 
6 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 At sunrise on the morning of Sunday, August 19th, the 
 Company had loaded its ambulances aboard a special train. A 
 few minutes later the members had said their brief good-byes 
 and were gone. 
 
 That night they landed at Fort Sill amid a downpour of rain. 
 There were no tents or barracks prepared for their reception. 
 There was no food cooked. The high spirits of the morning 
 were somewhat dampened. Afterwards on the Western Front, 
 when the men were often without food for many hours and had 
 no shelter or dry clothing for days, they recalled their thoughts 
 on that night and laughed. 
 
 The next two weeks were filled with activity. Every man 
 was furnished a tremendous quantity of equipment from the 
 stores of the fort — more than he ever had at any time after- 
 wards. They were inoculated with typhoid serum and smallpox 
 vaccine. They were drilled and lectured, measured, weighed 
 and indexed. Their thumb prints were recorded. Their mouths, 
 eyes and throats were minutely examined and finally they were 
 sworn in. 
 
 Soon came further moving orders. Again the Company was 
 to move on Sunday. The members noted the fact. Later they 
 discovered that a majority of their moves came on that day of 
 the week. They set it down in their minds that Sundays were 
 moving days in the army. 
 
 Late on the evening of September 3rd the men again saw 
 Tulsa. It was their last view of the city for almost two years. 
 
 The city had been informed that the boys were coming. 
 The crowd filled the station platform from Main Street to Cin- 
 cinnati Avenue. The streets leading to the station were 
 thronged for blocks. The crowd swirled and eddied as it stood on 
 tiptoe to get the first glimpse of the men. Its back-waters filled 
 Boston Avenue for a block and Main Street from Brady to 
 Fifth Streets. 
 
 Forming in line the Company marched down the platform 
 and up Main Street and back to the station between a solid surf 
 of humanity. Two weeks before the men left in overalls, silk 
 shirts, palm beach suits and scattering uniforms. They came 
 back resplendent in new olive drab. Every man was dressed 
 alike from the shine on his barracks shoes to the tilt of the 
 brim of his campaign hat. 
 
 The friends and loved ones of the men filled the train with 
 food from engine to rear platform. When the last kiss had 
 been placed, the last farewell said and the last wave completed 
 the men began to take stock of what they had gained in the few 
 minutes' stop. 
 
 They found the aisles full of watermelons, the seats full of 
 
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 baskets of fruit, sandwiches, fried chicken, and candy and 
 every other delicacy calculated to delight the palate of a grow- 
 ing young man. 
 
 No more meals were cooked on the train until the Company 
 landed at Camp Mills, Mineola, L. I., three days later. En route 
 they fed other passing troop trains that bore soldiers bound for 
 camp who had not been so fortunate. 
 
 At Camp Mills the Rainbow Division was rapidly being 
 assembled from all parts of the country. Long trains were daily 
 disgorging their hilarious loads of youths into the growing city 
 of tents. 
 
 Swiftly flew the time at Camp Mills. Residents of New 
 York welcomed the boys to the wonders of the city nightly. 
 Long Island homes were thrown open to the men who were so 
 soon to turn their backs on the homeland and face perils of the 
 sea and horrors of war. 
 
 Days were filled with drills and lectures, care of equipment 
 and grounds and first turns at kitchen police. Bandages were 
 brought out and the men of the Company began their training 
 in caring for the wounded. 
 
 Early in October there was unusual activity in the camp. 
 Motorcycles, medical equipment and kitchen goods were packed 
 and labeled. Fires burned at unseemly hours of the night and 
 companies silently emptied the straw from their bed-sacks and 
 rolling their blankets marched out into the darkness for a ma- 
 neuver from which they did not return. Their tents remained, 
 the flaps tied shut. To all appearances the tented city was in- 
 tact, but it was rapidly becoming a city devoid of life. 
 
 Cautioning silence the officers of the Tulsa Ambulance Com- 
 pany entered tents of the men shortly after midnight on Oc- 
 tober 18th. Before dawn a hasty breakfast had been eaten, 
 tents had been cleared of straw, cots, bedding and men. The 
 grounds had been spotlessly cleaned. Silently the Company 
 struggled into its packs and marched out. 
 
 By train and ferry it was swiftly carried to Hoboken and 
 a few hours later the men had climbed the gang plank and been 
 swallowed up in the hold of the great grey freighter. 
 
 Three and four decks below the surface of the ship in its 
 very prow the men were assigned narrow bunks of canvas. 
 They were in tiers, one but two feet above the other from the 
 deck to the ceiling. 
 
 When darkness fell over the city that night the U. S. S. 
 President Lincoln, formerly a freighter in the German merchant 
 marine, slipped its moorings, nosed out into the Hudson River 
 and dropped down the bay. Held below decks by stringent 
 
8 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 orders the dreams of the men of taking their last look at the 
 Statue of Liberty were shattered. 
 
 When morning dawned and the men climbed shakily to 
 the deck up the uncertain steel gangways they found them- 
 selves out of sight of land. Before and behind and on each side 
 steamed quietly other grey ships with bands of brown along 
 their decks showing that they, too, were loaded with human 
 freight. Ahead and to the right plowed a cruiser while on the 
 flanks of the convoy darted tiny destroyers nosing about in- 
 quisitively at every smoke or object on the horizon. 
 
 Seasickness had already laid its hand on many of the men 
 of the organization who had never been closer to the sea than 
 the Arkansas River at Tulsa. 
 
 The Lincoln had not been built for passenger service and 
 was short of deck room. Much of the space had been usurped 
 by bulky life rafts. Of the 6,000 soldiers on board but 1,000 
 could find deck space at any one time except when packed tightly 
 in rows during submarine drills. Even then a large part of the 
 men had to form one deck below ready to mount when the 
 others had taken to the rafts in case of disaster. A larger part 
 of the time it was necessary for the men to spend below decks 
 in the stuffy, hot, heaving hold at the prow of the ship. That 
 caused even more seasickness and discomfort. The thirteen 
 days spent at sea were a nightmare. 
 
 Finally without mishap the danger zone was passed with 
 the aid of additional destroyers in the convoy and the lights 
 of France were sighted at four o'clock on the morning of October 
 31. At dawn the freighter anchored in the harbor of St. Nazaire, 
 Loire Inferieure. 
 
 From the decks the men drank in their first view of the 
 picturesque little seaport town. They were not permitted to 
 leave the ship until the following Sunday when shore leave was 
 granted and the men experimented for the first time with the 
 few words of French they had gotten from their handbooks 
 bought in New York. 
 
 On the afternoon of November 6th the Company quit the 
 ship. In the rain it marched to a railway siding and was crowd- 
 ed into the tiny cracker-box freight cars obtained for the trip. 
 In the cars was stacked rations for two days and the packs of 
 the men. 
 
 When all was in there was room for nothing else — not even 
 air. Unable to sleep the men sat or stood throughout the night 
 as the train rattled along toward the interior. 
 
 The next day a plan was evolved by which a little rest could 
 be obtained. Three-quarters of the men stood in one end of 
 the car while the remainder lay on the wooden benches and floor 
 
TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 9 
 
 of the car and tried to sleep. That plan was followed all that 
 day and the following night as the train jerked forward slowly. 
 
 In the afternoon of November 8th the men passed through 
 Neufchateau and heard for the first time the distant boom of 
 the big guns of Verdun. All that afternoon the sounds became 
 clearer as the train wound its way up the valley of the Meuse. 
 
 At nightfall the Company crawled, stiff, sore and hungry 
 out of it cars on the quai at the little village of Vancouleurs. 
 There it was quartered in lofts over the combined barns and 
 houses of the villagers. There it learned about French billets, 
 rats and even was introduced to "cooties." 
 
 Within a few days the boys had made fast friends of the 
 people of the village. The children followed them about on the 
 narrow cobbled streets. The old bent peasants smiled and nod- 
 ded to "Les Americaines" as they passed. 
 
 One ship of the convoy bearing the 42nd Division had been 
 compelled on account of engine troubles to turn back in mid- 
 ocean. It had borne the Quartermaster's department. 
 
 Every day the tiny trains came up to the quai at Vancoul- 
 eurs loaded with supplies for the Division. The supply men not 
 being at hand others were drafted into the service. The am- 
 bulance company unloaded wagons, stoves, bacon and clothing 
 from morning until night. It shoveled coal and carried wood. 
 All this in addition to its duties of cleaning up the village and 
 trying to train the people to keep it clean. 
 
 Training in the art of warfare or rather of healing wounds 
 caused by warfare went by the board. 
 
 Hard work and plenty of it was the order of the day. 
 
 After a great mass of supplies had been taken from the 
 trains word came that there was to be a move. So the goods 
 were painfully carried by hand back to the cars and reloaded. 
 
 On December 12th the Company with other units of the 
 Division started out to hike to "somewhere" in France. March- 
 ing all day with full packs the men were exhausted and glad to 
 tumble down and sleep anywhere at night, whether with the 
 cattle in the barns, in the haylofts or on strawless bunks in 
 Adrian barracks. 
 
 There winter overtook it. Snow covered the ground and 
 zero weather followed. In thin Adrian barracks the men shiv- 
 ered around one tiny wood stove for which there was no fuel 
 except that foraged after nightfall. Most of the men spent their 
 time under their blankets both day and night. 
 
 The day after Christmas the men started on again through 
 the snow. They staggered on kilometer after kilometer bent 
 low with their heavy packs and unable to move faster than at a 
 snail's pace. 
 
10 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 The shoes of many of the men were worn out. Tracks of 
 blood were left on the brilliant white road. Some were so ex- 
 hausted that they fell by the roadside. They were picked up 
 later by two dilapidated Ford ambulances and taken to hos- 
 pitals. 
 
 There several from the column of which the Tulsa Com- 
 pany was a part, died of pneumonia contracted on the hike. 
 One died at the roadside before he could be picked up by the 
 ambulances. 
 
 In this hike the hard work of loading and unloading sup- 
 plies stood the Tulsa men in good stead. Several were taken to 
 the hospital before it was over but none were seriously ill. 
 
 At night the column halted at villages and the men rolled 
 up in their blankets, keeping their wet shoes on their feet. 
 Those who were unwise enough to take them off found them- 
 selves unable to get them on in the morning when they were 
 frozen stiff. 
 
 On the last day of the year the column finished the final 
 lap of its hike at Rolampont, Haute-Marne. Here it found wait- 
 ing many large Christmas packages from the loved ones at home. 
 The men soon forgot the fatigue of the hike of ninety miles 
 through the snow in the delight of unpacking the treasures of 
 candy, cigarettes and heavy socks from home. 
 
 It was here that the final training for battle was given the 
 men. It was here that they got their steel helmets and were 
 initiated into the mysteries of the gas mask. It was here that 
 the Ford ambulances were replaced by the big G. M. C. cars. 
 
 On February 18th the Company again entrained in the fa- 
 miliar box cars and left for the front. The next night it de- 
 trained back of the lines in Lorraine at Moyen where the men 
 could plainly see the ghostly lights of the flares playing over the 
 battlefields. 
 
 At the tiny village of Loromontzey in the heart of a country 
 desolated by the invading Huns in 1914 the Company's ambu- 
 lances arrived by road and it again took up its journey to the 
 front. 
 
 On February 25th the Company established its rest station 
 and headquarters at a farm house known as Maison de Brique, 
 just behind the lines of swaying observation balloons on the 
 road between Luneville and St. Clement. From here detach- 
 ments went forward to the lines. 
 
 Stationed in small groups with an equal number of bearded 
 French soldiers they received their baptism of fire. They were 
 in dugouts along the lines of communication back to the triages 
 as far behind as five kilometers. 
 
 Here the men learned the difference between an "arrive" 
 
TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 11 
 
 and a "departe." They learned to hit the ground quickly when 
 the screech of a shell indicated that it would fall in their vicinity. 
 They learned many of the tricks of selfpreservation learned by 
 their comrades in the four years of the struggle. 
 
 On March 15th Charles Church and Elmer L. Castator were 
 loading patients into their ambulance before the dugout dressing 
 station in the wrecked village of Donjevin while a heavy bom- 
 bardment was in progress. 
 
 A shell struck at the rear of the ambulance, killing one 
 French soldier and severely wounding several others. By a 
 freak in the burst Castator was uninjured although he stood 
 much closer to the point of the explosion than others who were 
 wounded. Charles Church was not so fortunate and was struck 
 by several bits of the shell. 
 
 He mended quickly at the hospital and was back with the 
 Company within a few weeks. 
 
 On March 23rd the Company was withdrawn with its reg- 
 iment of infantry and artillery. About the village of Domtail 
 the Division was assembled for withdrawal to the rear. A ma- 
 neuver was planned in imitation of the Indian retreat of the 
 winter previous. 
 
 But the Division was not to rest yet. In the West the 
 German hordes had launched their great drive. The Allied line 
 was staggering under its tremendous blows. 
 
 The Allied generals withdrew a veteran French Division 
 from the Baccarat sector and it was turned over to the keeping 
 of the 42nd Division. Thus the Rainbow Division was the first 
 American unit to take over an entire sector by itself. 
 
 On April 3rd the Ambulance Company established its rear 
 headquarters at Bertrichamps in the pine-clad Vosges moun- 
 tains. From here detachments were sent forward to the lines 
 with the infantry and artillery. Ambulances were stationed 
 at dressing stations throughout the sector. 
 
 Then followed two months and a half of alternate quiet and 
 activity in this sector. Weekly the men at the front were re- 
 lieved by those at the rear. Raids occurred frequently enough 
 to vary the monotony of the morning and evening "strafing" or 
 bombardments. Gas attacks were not unknown. But casualties 
 were few in comparison to the later battles. 
 
 Relief came on June 19th by the 77th Division. In spite 
 of the secrecy attached to the movement it was known to the 
 enemy. 
 
 As the one Division began to withdraw and the new to come 
 in the enemy launched a severe bombardment with high ex- 
 plosive, shrapnel and gas. Hundreds were wounded among the 
 
12 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 columns moving in and out on the roads. Every ambulance 
 and litter was taxed to capacity. 
 
 It was on this night that Lloyd C. Beach was arranging 
 the gas curtain at a dressing station dug-out when a shell burst 
 but a few feet from him. His right arm was torn off below the 
 elbow. A bit of shell fractured his skull and entered the brain 
 tissue and another punctured his lung cavity. 
 
 Instant attention was necessary. At a call for volunteers 
 to take the man to the hospital without delay, Herbert B. Baber 
 and Berford Pyle, both of Tulsa, stepped forward. 
 
 In spite of the heavy bombardment along all the roads they 
 loaded Beach in their ambulance and raced to the rear. When 
 they reached the hospital at Baccarat both had been gassed and 
 were taken from the ambulance together with their patient. 
 By their actions the life of Beach was saved, according to the 
 statements of surgeons who operated on him. 
 
 In recognition of their services Major General Charles T. 
 Menoher, commanding the Division, wrote each of them a letter 
 commending them for "upholding the finest traditions of the 
 American army in the face of the enemy and under the greatest 
 personal danger." 
 
 Beach and Pyle were both unfit for further service at the 
 front. After months of treatment they were returned to Tulsa. 
 Baber recovered from the effects of the gas and resumed his 
 duties with the Company within a few days. 
 
 As soon as the Division was concentrated in the rear it was 
 rushed to Champagne in preparation to receive the last great 
 blow prepared by the German high command in its campaign to 
 break the Allied line and capture Paris before American aid 
 could arrive in such force as to make the attempt impossible. 
 
 The Ambulance Company moved in its cars from Girecourt 
 in the Vosges at midnight on June 21st. By nightfall on June 22nd 
 the column of ambulances had moved without stopping half way 
 across France and halted at the tiny village of Chepy, Marne, 
 on the chalk plains. 
 
 From here it moved by night nearer to the lines in Cham- 
 pagne where the blow was expected. In the day time the am- 
 bulances were covered with camouflage and the men kept out 
 of sight. 
 
 Having pushed its salient to Chateau Thierry the enemy 
 now hoped to widen that salient and striking at the East of 
 Rheims on the flat plains to surround and capture that seemingly 
 impregnable fortress. The 42nd Division was to help counter 
 this last blow in the Souain-Esperance sector East of Rheims. 
 
 Day after day the Division lay in hiding under the scrub 
 pines of the Camp de Chalons waiting for the blow to fall. The 
 
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 air was daily filled with aeroplanes which with the doubled 
 observation balloons were watching every move of the enemy. 
 
 The Division was far separated from any other American 
 units at that time. It was under the command of General 
 Gouraud, commander of the Fourth French Army. With the 
 French veterans it was occupying that vast plain of Cham- 
 pagne which for leagues in every direction was furrowed with 
 trenches and cobwebbed with the barbed wire of nearly four 
 years of desperate trench warfare. 
 
 It was occupying the intermediate and second positions in 
 the sector lying between Auberive-sur-Suippe, on the west and 
 Perthe-les-Hurlus on the east, with the famous Roman road 
 traversing the length of it and the vast Camp de Chalons just 
 at the rear where the French have maneuvered their armies 
 for centuries. With the Division on the left half of the sector 
 was the 170th French Division and on the right half was the 
 13th French Division. 
 
 Ample time and notice had been given of the attack by the 
 intelligence service. To meet it was the great mass of the three 
 divisions on the narrow front and a tremendous concentration 
 of artillery. 
 
 A surprise in the nature of an "elastic defense" had been 
 arranged for the reception of the attacking troops. Having 
 many lines of defense of deep, heavily wired trenches General 
 Gouraud left only a few delaying detachments in the front po- 
 sitions and retired his main body to the others in the rear. 
 
 The exact time of the proposed attack was learned by a raid 
 on the enemy's trenches but a few hours before the time sched- 
 uled. Consequently the American and French artillery opened 
 a full hour before the time set for the German bombardment. 
 Thousands of guns smothered the German artillery positions 
 and catching massed German troops moving forward did un- 
 told damage. 
 
 An idea of the density of the artillery may be gained when 
 it is told that there was one large caliber cannon facing the 
 enemy's position for every forty inches of front. 
 
 The noise of the bombardment was so intense that it was 
 heard at Paris 100 miles away. No spoken orders could be given 
 or heard. The light of the battle was so bright that newspapers 
 could be read with ease ten miles behind the lines. 
 
 When the enemy replied shortly after midnight on the 
 night of July 14th much of his long preliminary bombardment 
 was wasted on the lightly held front positions. When the three 
 attacking divisions came across at 4:15 a. m., they were held 
 up only temporarily by the delaying detachments in the front 
 lines armed with machine guns. 
 
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 The French and American artillery had the direct range 
 of the front positions and turned all their force on them when 
 the enemy had occupied them. So badly were the attackers 
 cut up by the barrage that they only reached the real lines of 
 defense three hours later. 
 
 Attack after attack failed. By the 18th the offensive had 
 definitely failed and on the next day the enemy began with- 
 drawing his shock divisions. 
 
 During the entire time of the attack the Tulsa Ambulance 
 Company together with three other companies worked without 
 rest and with little food. Litter bearers in the front positions 
 had more men than they could bandage. They had no time to 
 gather up the wounded. Only those who were brought to them 
 got attention. Drivers raced back and forth with loads of 
 wounded from the collecting stations to the rear. 
 
 Trucks were pressed into service to carry back the slightly 
 wounded. As soon as ammunition was unloaded from the motor 
 trucks the medical officers would commandeer them and send 
 them back loaded with the terrible grist of the mill. 
 
 Before the attack was finished the four companies had carried 
 2,205 wounded from the lines to hospitals in the rear. This was 
 in a space of 72 hours. 
 
 During that time many drivers went totally without sleep. 
 There was no relief for them. Every man was at work. Henry 
 A. Cochran and Elmer Castator were recommended for the Dis- 
 tinguished Service Cross as a result of their courageous and 
 faithful work in the battle by Major Robert L. Burns, regimental 
 surgeon of the 167th Infantry. No award was made on the 
 recommendation though they drove their car 72 hours without 
 relief and were the first to reach a front line dressing station 
 during the battle. 
 
 Emmet Ely was wounded in the thigh by shrapnel while 
 driving his car in the battle. Another ambulance belonging to 
 the Company was entirely destroyed by a shell, but the drivers 
 escaped without injury. 
 
 Both French and Americans were cared for alike by the 
 companies during the battle. Of the 2,205 carried it was later 
 learned that 1,350 had been Americans. The Division lost 450 
 in dead in the battle. 
 
 After the withdrawal from the Champagne sector the Di- 
 vision was given two days' rest in the peaceful valley of the Marne 
 between Paris and Chateau-Thierry. Thence is was moved up to 
 relieve the 26th Division which was battling slowly north from 
 that famous city. 
 
 On July 24th and 25th the Division went into the lines again 
 and began the second and perhaps most gruelling fight of its 
 
TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 16 
 
 existence. Day after day it battled north through the Forest 
 de Fere against tremendous odds and the picked troops of the 
 Prussian Guard which were desperately trying to keep within 
 striking distance of their goal — Paris. 
 
 Litter bearers of the Ambulance Company staggered over 
 muddy roads and through tangled forests bearing back to skilled 
 surgeons the wrecks of the battle. Men were carried three or 
 four kilometers in many cases. 
 
 The woods were drenched with gas and raked with shrapnel. 
 Arvene B. Carnahan was shot through the shoulder and lung 
 with shrapnel while carrying a wounded man. Buel Humphrey, 
 of Owasso, a student at Kendall College, was so badly gassed 
 that he did not return to the Company for many weeks. Ross 
 G. Owen was so badly gassed that he never returned to duty, 
 but was sent home to Tulsa. 
 
 Roland Schwartz was shot through the knee with shrapnel 
 and will walk with a stiff knee the remainder of his life. Stephen 
 Nevinski was gassed. Of these only Owens and Humphrey were 
 original members of the Company. The others were replace- 
 ments sent in to fill up gaps caused by sickness and wounds. 
 
 Through the dressing stations of the Company at Epieds and 
 Buevardes a constant stream of wounded passed. In one week 
 the Ambulancers carried 3,211 men from the front lines to hos- 
 pitals in the rear. 
 
 So great was the number of wounded that hospitals for miles 
 behind the lines were overflowing. Many of the patients were 
 driven 75 miles to hospitals in Paris before they could be cared 
 for. Drivers worked night and day. They would sleep at the 
 wheel when stopping at dressing stations or hospitals for a few 
 moments. 
 
 A hospital attendant neglected to wake the driver of one 
 car when he had finished removing the patients. The driver 
 was found asleep, his head pillowed on his arms several hours 
 later. 
 
 At the Ourcq the Division encountered its greatest ob- 
 stacles. Backward and forward the lines swayed. Unwooded 
 hills to the north of the stream gave the enemy a magnificent 
 defense against attack. The town of Sergy was taken and lost 
 four times in one afternoon. 
 
 Between July 24th and August 6th the Ambulance section 
 carried 5,496 wounded men. This number excludes double hauls 
 giving the actual number of men taken from the front and 
 delivered at hospitals in the rear. 
 
 With nerves strained to the breaking point by the horrors of 
 blood and death and the fearful drain upon physical endurance 
 the men heaved a sigh of relief when the shattered Division was 
 
16 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 withdrawn from the sector on August 12th. From the all 
 pervading stench of death in a few hours the Division emerged 
 into the still peaceful valley of the Marne. 
 
 At the bend of the river in the quiet village of Luzancy 
 men of the Company slept without fear of being waked or 
 wandered about along the banks of the river or swam in its 
 broad channel. 
 
 After four days' rest the Company climbed into its ambu- 
 lances on August 16th and began a long motor trip back into the 
 American training area where a still longer period of repose was 
 granted for the first time. 
 
 At Rozieres and Remois the Company paused until September 
 5th. Here the men were free from a rigid routine of drill. In 
 the long summer days they improved their French by convers- 
 ing with the villagers. They bought and ate the plums and 
 grapes that were fast ripening under France's gentle summer 
 sun. They swam in the icy streams at hand. 
 
 Rumors of another offensive were in the air and after an 
 all too short vacation orders again came to advance. Traveling 
 by night and staying hidden by day the Division worked north- 
 ward toward the battle lines. 
 
 On the tenth of September the Tulsa Company established 
 its main triage at Harmonville just back of Siechprey in the 
 "Sector northwest of Toul," where the first American Division 
 had entered the lines on the November previous. 
 
 The party was a detachment at the dressing station of the 
 165th Infantry when a runner came in with the news that a 
 patrol of the 167th Infantry had been caught in an enemy bom- 
 bardment and that many were wounded and uable to return to 
 their own lines*. 
 
 The story of the rescue is told in the recommendation made 
 by Major George L. Lawrence, surgeon of the 165th Infantry, 
 on which the award was made to Sergeant Gilkeson : 
 
 "At about 5:45 p. m. September 16, 1918, while the regi- 
 mental dressing station of the 165th Infantry was under heavy 
 shell fire of the enemy they volunteered to go and bring in sev- 
 eral reported wounded men of the 167th Infantry who had been 
 caught under a heavy barrage. They had to go under a constant 
 and severe bombardment for a distance of three kilometers, 
 where they were under observation of the enemy artillery and 
 snipers. This to an outpost of the 167th Infantry near the vil- 
 lage of Haumont. They succeeded in bringing in one wounded 
 officer, Lieutenant Baker of the 167th Infantry, and seven 
 wounded men, leaving four dead behind." 
 
 Those who went with Sergeant Gilkeson and received the 
 same recommendation for the cross were George Shorney, Lewis 
 
CAPT.H.G.LARBAU TJ IT C APT. S.J 
 
 BRADFIELD 
 
 CAPT.J.J.NAPHAN JX JJ CAPT. J. F. CAPP5 ~Tj 
 
 Officers Tulsa Ambulance Company. 
 
O KAY COLLINS K 7T HENRYACQChban 
 
 off and^knH f^S^F' ° f TUlSa Ani kuJance Company, who had his right arm torn 
 WDtln ^tr S 1 ,n u engaKement ln the Vo ^ es mountains. 
 BERFORD PYLE, who saved Beach's life 
 
 RA ffofi m^ C T R ^ N * / ec °">™nded f or Distinguished Service Cross. 
 KA ' COLLINS, Tulsa Ambulance Company. 
 
Insignia of Oklahoma Units — Above: Rainbow Division- 
 Texas and Oklahoma Brigades. 
 
 -Below : 90th Division, 
 
 
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1- [L1EUT.MJ. FERGUSON p ^jf~ W1LL R 
 
 MARTIN 
 
 CORP. WILL MARTIN— Awarded Croix de 
 Guerre and cited by French Government 
 for bravery at Vaux, he making two 
 reconnaisance trips into German lines, re- 
 turning each time with two German pris- 
 oners. Served with Company C on Mexican 
 border. 
 
 FAY M. HAM — Tulsa Ambulance Company : 
 for three months a captive in German 
 prison camps. 
 
 LIEUT. M. J. FERGUSON— Overseas with 
 British Red Cross 1915-16 ; second in com- 
 mand of Tulsa Ambulance Company on 
 leaving Tulsa ; entered United States Navy 
 in May, 1918. 
 
 WARD K. HALBERT— Tulsa Ambulance 
 
 Company ; historian tor 117th Sanitary 
 
 Train and for Oklahoma Chapter Rainbow 
 
 Division; author of "Gasoline and Iodine." 
 
TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 17 
 
 E. Washington, William G. Kidd, Arthur F. Brock, Earl F. Mc- 
 Elwee, Jack Boren and James Buckhault. All of these men were 
 original members of the Tulsa Company. 
 
 After the goal of the offensive had been reached the Division 
 was not withdrawn. It was given the task of consolidating the 
 new positions. For many days the troops labored under heavy 
 fire from the now powerful enemy which had taken up positions 
 already prepared. It was necessary to dig an entire system of 
 trenches and fortify them against attack with sand bags and 
 barbed wire. 
 
 Almost as many casualties were suffered by the Division in 
 the period of occupancy of the Essey and Pannes sector as in the 
 offensive which caused this goal to be reached. From September 
 17th to September 29th the ambulance section carried 1,040 
 wounded from the front to hospitals at Toul and in its vicinity. 
 
 Then came the final and supreme test of the Division. With- 
 out rest it was taken from the sector and hurried by trucks back 
 through the territory which had once been the troublesome St. 
 Mihiel salient, and up that broad and throbbing artery which led 
 to Verdun. 
 
 On October 1st the Division entered the area of advance and 
 plunged again into battle in the Argonne-Meuse offensive. In 
 support and advance the Division pushed forward without rest 
 from that time until the close of hostilities on November 11th. 
 
 With nerves strained to the breaking point and physical 
 strength depleted, it was small wonder that many men broke 
 down in those last days of the war. Soaked by rain and flounder- 
 ing in mud and filth day after day without proper food or shelter, 
 the men went back to the hospitals in great numbers. 
 
 Perils were everywhere. Dugouts abandoned by the Ger- 
 mans in their retreat were mined with time bombs. Every day 
 they were destroyed when the chemicals ate through their con- 
 tainers and set off the fulminators. 
 
 Roads and bridges were either destroyed or mined. Build- 
 ings left behind crashed down on those who were foolish enough 
 to think they offered shelter. 
 
 In the woods mud was almost knee deep. Gas saturated the 
 air above from the continuous bombardment of the enemy who 
 was desperately contesting every inch of the American advance 
 to save the important railway lines at his back. 
 
 So impassable were the roads at the front that relays were 
 necessary in transporting patients from the lines. Often they 
 were carried on the shoulders of the litter bearers through the 
 muddy, shell-raked woods for two or three miles. There they 
 were taken back in mule ambulances to the more solid roads 
 where they were consigned to motor vehicles for a still longer 
 
18 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 ride. Many were carried a hundred miles before they were at 
 last in a clean, soft hospital bed. At the best speed possible it 
 was hours before wounded men could have efficient treatment. 
 
 Everything seemed to conspire against the soldiers on those 
 days. After long days of drizzling rain the nights would be 
 clear. And always with the moon came the bombers. Up and 
 down the roads they flew dropping death in the congested columns 
 of ambulances, supply and munition trucks. 
 
 Concentrations of troops came in for their share of the 
 bombing. When the time came when the men might catch a few 
 hours of sleep they were kept awake by the dull rythmic drone 
 of the bombing planes punctuated with the deafening crash of 
 the bombs. There is nothing in war so nerve-racking as the 
 horrors of the night bombers, most soldiers agree. A plane 
 within a quarter of a mile away sounds as if it is directly over 
 the listener. 
 
 The triage of the Tulsa Ambulance Company was from Oc- 
 tober 11th to November 4th at Apremont. It was located in the 
 wine cellar of a partially destroyed farm house known as L'Esper- 
 ance farm. It was but a few feet from the road along which 
 supplies for three divisions were carried. A cross-road was but 
 a hundred feet from the station in one direction with an ammuni- 
 tion dump there. Across was a bridge. All around was a great 
 concentration of troops. 
 
 One enemy gun was trained on the spot at all times. Night 
 and day it searched for the road, the cross-road, the ammunition 
 dump, the bridge, the dressing station and the troops. Shells 
 fell in the road in front, about the ammunition dump and on the 
 hill behind the dressing station every few minutes. Earth was 
 thrown in the food being prepared in the open kitchens many 
 times. The tiny "pup tents" pitched on the hill were torn down. 
 But never once in all the time did a shell penetrate the dressing 
 station, nor was any member of the Company wounded, although 
 there were scores of narrow escapes. 
 
 To escape the gruelling fire the men dug holes in the hillside 
 for their blankets. Over these they stretched their tents. Reeds 
 kept the blankets partially out of the water which seeped con- 
 tinually into the hillside resting places. The farm house dressing 
 station was shunned by all when not on duty. 
 
 It was while the Company was here that Freeman Winslow 
 was so severely burned with mustard gas that he was sent to 
 the hospital from which he never returned to the Company. 
 
 While the Company was moving forward in the woods Fay 
 M. Ham was on one of the ambulances in a convoy. The convoy 
 was passing through the encampment of another division in 
 
TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 19 
 
 which Ham had a friend. Obtaining permission he dropped off 
 to see his friend while the column was halted. 
 
 While he was gone the column was again ordered forward 
 and he was left behind. He followed hoping to find the organ- 
 ization. But at one point he took the wrong road, arriving in 
 Montfaucon instead of in the Hesse woods where the train was 
 temporarily camped. From here he started to cut across country 
 to Apremont where he was told the dressing station was located. 
 Between the two places was a strip of woods extending deep into 
 the American lines which had not yet been cleared of the enemy. 
 Into this he walked in broad daylight. 
 
 There were no trenches or wire there to mark the lines. 
 Forward positions of the troops were scattered and identical 
 with those farther in the rear — only individual holes scraped in 
 the soil by soldiers to escape artillery and machine gun fire. Sud- 
 denly Ham found himself in a hail of machine gun bullets and 
 saw himself surrounded. He gave up and was marched back to 
 the rear of the German lines. For three months he was a cap- 
 tive moved from place to place. He was often spit at and stones 
 were hurled at him by German civilians. For food he had rye 
 coffee, black bread and soup. In the period of his captivity he lost 
 30 pounds in weight. 
 
 When the Red Cross entered his camp at Rastatt Ham vol- 
 unteered to help care for the wounded of the camp until they 
 could be evacuated. For a month after he could have left his 
 prison he stayed. He only left for the American lines when the 
 last woundd prisoner had gone. 
 
 After being released through Switzerland Ham returned to 
 the American headquarters and was granted his request to return 
 to the Company which was then on the Rhine. 
 
 When the 42nd Division entered the front lines in the Ar- 
 gonne region it took up the positions relinquished by the First 
 Division. 
 
 It faced the enemy in the front roughly marked by Exermont 
 and Fleville. The enemy was well fortified in the fastness of the 
 broken ground known as the Kremhilde Stellung. On this line 
 the enemy pinned its faith in being able to stop the advancing 
 tide of Americans. They believed the ground impregnable from 
 direct assault. 
 
 Day after day the Division pounded away at the enemy posi- 
 tions in the fastness of the steep hills. Inch by inch the lines 
 crept forward by main force until at last the Kremhilde line had 
 been broken and the Division occupied the last heights to the 
 north by St. Georges and Landres et St. Georges. Before them 
 lay the flat plains of the valley of the Meuse stretching past 
 Buzancy to the final goal of Sedan. 
 
20 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 An idea of the importance of this battle through the Krem- 
 hilde Stellung may be obtained from the statement of General 
 Pershing on August 15, 1919, that it was the most difficult piece 
 of work accomplished by the American army in the war. He 
 recommended at that time that the hill by Landres et St. Georges 
 be marked for future generations with a monument to American 
 arms where the First and 42nd Divisions battled. 
 
 It was on the morning of November 1st that the final thrust 
 for Sedan was begun. In the sector had been concentrated for 
 the attack 2,600 pieces of artillery. From these 330,000 shells 
 were hurled into the German positions in the preliminary bar- 
 rage. 
 
 After the bombardment had been under way for three hours 
 the 42nd Division went forward in one massive wave. They 
 smothered resistance and swept forward. The Germans fought 
 like demons, but were forced to either give up or retreat. Hun- 
 dreds were captured in the first rush. 
 
 The German artillery positions were so threatened that the 
 gunners did not have time to remove their cannon. They left 
 them in position and fled. Within a few minutes American gun- 
 ners had swung them around and were using German ammuni- 
 tion and German guns against Germans. 
 
 Behind the 42nd Division came the Second American Di- 
 vision. As the Rainbow doughboys reached their objectives the 
 followed troops filtered through their lines fresh from a rest 
 and took up the chase. 
 
 Reformed, the 42nd Division moved forward in the wake of 
 the battle for a few days and then was thrown into the lines 
 again to complete the memorable race to Sedan. On one wing 
 of the First American army was the 42nd Division and on the 
 other was the First Division. Both were the most battle-scarred 
 and experienced divisions of the American forces. Both had 
 fought and won battle after battle throughout the spring and 
 summer months. Both were determined to reach the goal and 
 to reach it first. 
 
 There is still an open question as to which reached there 
 first. The official communique of the American army stated 
 that "The Rainbow" Division and elements of the First Division 
 occupied the heights overlooking the Meuse and the outskirts 
 of Sedan." 
 
 The 166th Infantry Regiment states that it was the first to 
 enter the city. Major General Charles T. Menoher, commanding 
 the 42nd Division, announced that the doughboys of his Division 
 were the first allied troops to actually enter the city. He stated 
 that the Division reached the farthest northern point in the 
 enemy's lines reached by any American Division. 
 
TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 21 
 
 After the first forced entry the 42nd Division troops were 
 withdrawn that the French might make the triumphal entry 
 into the city which had witnessed the defeat of French arms a 
 half century before. As a tribute to the Division the French 
 designated Company D, 166th Infantry as the representative 
 American unit to accompany them on the triumphal entry. 
 
 On the night of November 8th members of the Tulsa Ambu- 
 lance Company slept in the chateau where Napoleon III sur- 
 rendered to Bismark in 1871. 
 
 An incident which brought much joy as well as indignation 
 to members of the 42nd Division and much consternation to cer- 
 tain officers of the First Division took place during the race to 
 Sedan. Brigadier General Douglas A. MacArthur, commander 
 of the 84th Infantry Brigade, was following closely on the heels 
 of his advanced elements as was his custom in order to better 
 direct their activities. 
 
 Cutting in from the east came the advanced elements of 
 the First Division thinking they were ahead of all other Amer- 
 ican troops. They captured the general and his entire staff as 
 spy suspects and only released him several hours later. The 42nd 
 Division contends that this establishes the fact that they reached 
 Sedan first. 
 
 During the last wild race the ambulance companies of the 
 Division met and overcame the greatest obstacles of their career. 
 They had the longest line of evacuation over roads that were al- 
 most impassable. Not only were the roads muddy and cut to 
 pieces, but they were glutted for miles with traffic that moved 
 at a snail's pace. 
 
 Although late in the season the carcasses of dead men and 
 animals with which the country was scattered thickly, filled the 
 air with an indescribable odor. In their haste to get out the 
 Germans drove their emaciated animals until they dropped or 
 their trucks broke down. Then they abandoned them and moved 
 on. If they had time they skinned the animals and took that 
 salvage with them. Often they had not time for even this. 
 
 At Authe the ambulance headquarters was established on 
 November 5th. Between the headquarters and the advancing 
 lines was a swamp through which the wounded men must be 
 brought back. They were carried by litter across until a cor- 
 duroy road was built by the engineers. 
 
 To facilitate evacuation the field hospitals of the Division 
 were scattered along the line to give treatment to the men on 
 the long trip back to permanent hospitals. The most advanced 
 hospital was 35 kilometers ahead of the rear station when the 
 last battle of the war was over. 
 
 During the Argonne-Meuse offensive the ambulance section 
 
22 TULS COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 carried 5,460 patients from the lines to the hospitals in the rear. 
 On one day 80 of these were First Division men. 
 
 Following the signing of the armistice word came that the 
 Division was to be a part of the Army of Occupation. Some ap- 
 preciated the honor, but most began to turn their thoughts 
 toward home. They felt that the honor of guarding the Rhine 
 might be given to troops that had not had the honor of facing 
 the enemy more days than any other American division. 
 
 The Division was concentrated about Authe and began its 
 movement across the Meuse to its allotted position for the ad- 
 vance into the enemy's territory. At Stenay the Division halted 
 several days to await the expiration of the time allotted the Ger- 
 mans to withdraw men and materials. 
 
 There the Tulsa Ambulance Company had a large residence 
 in the city which had been used as an intelligence headquarters 
 for the German army of the Ardennes region. There were stoves 
 and fireplaces in the building, a whole roof and many tons of 
 coal in the basement. The men rested and cleaned their equip- 
 ment or were issued new garments to replace those lost in the 
 heat of battle. 
 
 On November 22nd the Tulsa Company resumed its northern 
 journey crossing the borders of Belgium that day. At Arlon the 
 men were greeted with tears and shouts of joy by the people lib- 
 erated. Moth-eaten Belgian flags were brought out from their 
 four years of hiding and were hung on every house and store. 
 The city was ransacked for bits of red, white and blue paper or 
 cloth with which to make American flags. The results of the 
 loving work of the people was quite touching. There were flags 
 with three or four alternate stripes of red and white and a half 
 dozen stars. There were some with thirty or forty stripes and 
 three or four stars. There were some made entirely of paper 
 and some made of both paper and cloth. 
 
 At Arlon the Company occupied an abandoned German hos- 
 pital in which had been left all sorts of equipment. The men 
 loaded up with souvenirs for which they had longed and searched 
 the battle fields during their spare time before. 
 
 From Arlon the Company moved across into Luxembourg. 
 There at Mersch they passed under an evergreen decked arch 
 which bore the legend "Welcome to our deliverers." The people 
 of the country gazed with open mouths and astonished eyes as 
 the American army passed along its roads day after day without 
 pause. They were amazed at the wealth of the men and par- 
 ticularly motor equipment. "I see now why the Germans lost," 
 was a common statement. 
 
 While in several places in Luxembourg members of the Com- 
 pany were permitted to visit the capital city of the duchy. They 
 
TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 23 
 
 wandered from one end of the tiny nation to the other inspecting 
 its ancient castles and its modern stores and residences. They 
 found it a great relief after months of living amidst death and 
 desolation to come into this trim, prosperous little country. 
 
 On December 4th the Tulsa Company passed over the line 
 into Germany and began the tedious march to the Rhine. While 
 en route the ambulances carried many of the men who were with- 
 out shoes from all parts of the Division. They had to carry back 
 many who fell out from exhaustion. 
 
 The Sanitary Train was scattered along the line of march 
 for a distance of a hundred kilometers at times during the long 
 hike. 
 
 It was on December 16th that the Company at last pulled 
 into the famous watering place just four miles from the Rhine 
 which was to be its headquarters. It was the city of Bad 
 Neuenahr, from which before the war was shipped the famous 
 Apollinaris water to all parts of the world. 
 
 The Company was established in a palatial summer hotel 
 known as the Villa Freise. There the men had rooms hung with 
 costly tapestries, furnished with mahogany and walnut, and 
 lighted by electricity. They ate from tables in a magnificent 
 dining hall and the cooks at last had a range on which to prepare 
 food for the men. 
 
 In the tiled sunken tubs of the "Badenhaus" the unwashed 
 doughboys lolled in Apollinaris water which could not be bought 
 in the United States. The mineral water gradually drew the 
 rheumatism out of their legs and they once more began to move 
 with the former swing. Trips were made — without permission 
 — to Cologne down the Rhine in the British area or to Bonn. 
 Some venturesome souls even got as far as Brussels and Liege 
 without passes. 
 
 But good beds and baths lost their charms shortly. The days 
 stretched interminably. The men were frankly homesick. They 
 didn't care who knew that they wanted to go home, and to go 
 quickly. 
 
 Finally leaves were granted. Although it had been an- 
 nounced that leaves were to be granted every four months, it 
 had not worked out that way. A few passes for twenty-four 
 hours had been granted in one week the summer before, but 
 never had the promised leave materialized. 
 
 On their leaves the men went back into France and across 
 into Belgium. On their two weeks of freedom many went as 
 far south as the Riviera. Others spent all their time in the magic 
 cities of Brussels, Liege and Antwerp. Some managed to spend 
 several days in Paris in spite of all regulations to the contrary. 
 They even forfeited rank and pay to see that city, declaring that 
 
24 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 they had come across for that purpose and that they didn't want 
 to have to make any more trips. 
 
 All waits must have an end. Finally on the afternoon of 
 April 9th the Company turned in all their equipment except that 
 which the members carried on their backs and the start for home 
 was made. 
 
 There were no grumblers then. Although packed into two 
 boxcars that bumped for 72 hours, there were no complaints. 
 Anything could be stood which brought the men nearer home. 
 
 There were murmurs of commiseration for those who had 
 decided to take advantage of the offers of the Government to at- 
 tend French and British universities and stay behind for three 
 more months. 
 
 Late in the evening of April 12th the first view of the ocean 
 the Company had had since the last of October a year and a half 
 before, was caught by the men from the openings on the sides 
 of the boxcars. A great shout of joy went up from the entire 
 train. 
 
 A few hours later the train pulled into the station at Brest 
 and the Company was swallowed up by the great debarkation 
 system of Camp Pontanezen. For the next few days the men 
 were kept on the jump, being re-outfitted with clothing, examined 
 and deloused. 
 
 Late in the afternoon of April 17th the Company climbed 
 the gangplank of the great steamer "Mt. Vernon" from the 
 lighter which had brought it out into the bay. Before sunset the 
 anchor had been weighed and the men were facing homeward 
 across the broad Atlantic into the setting sun. 
 
 A great contrast was noticed by the men in every step of 
 the way homeward in comparison with the trip across. In place 
 of the little French wagons for transportation by rail there were 
 large American boxcars with room for every man to he down — 
 even if he did have to lie very still and on one side. There were 
 hot meals prepared en route by kitchens on other cars of the 
 train. 
 
 At the debarkation camp there was system in every act. 
 There was no waiting in mess lines. Regiment after regiment 
 marched through the giant kitchens having their mess kits filled 
 as they walked along. 
 
 In place of the dark hold of the freighter the men had com- 
 fortable bunks in well lighted and ventilated quarters on the 
 former ocean greyhound "Crownprincessen Cecille." Meals were 
 served with dispatch on tables in dining rooms. There was 
 ample deck room for everybody. In place of their being kept 
 below deck most of the time there were stringent orders that 
 every man must be in the open for at least twelve hours each day. 
 
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 At dawn on April 25th the ship steamed up New York Har- 
 bor and passed the Statue of Liberty escorted by a bevy of 
 screeching tugs. New York had opened its arms to greet the 
 men. 
 
 At the wharf a meal was served and every man had his 
 pockets stuffed with candy, gum and cigarettes. At noon the 
 company was in quarters at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. 
 
 Then followed more delousing and more red tape. The men 
 spent their days in New York waiting for the word to move for 
 home. 
 
 After two weeks the order came and the Company set forth 
 for Tulsa. It was greeted in royal style by the folks at home. 
 But the men scarcely knew what was going on. They only knew 
 that they were home and happy. Congressman E. B. Howard 
 had been appealed to and had arranged it so that the Company 
 might pass through the city and visit for a day before going to 
 the demobilization camp. On April 16th and 17th the men re- 
 ceived their discharge papers and were finally free. 
 
 In recognition of their services the commanding officer of 
 the 117th Sanitary Train sent the following letter to Mayor C. 
 H. Hubbard and to Governor J. B. A. Robertson : 
 
 From: C. O. 117th Sanitary Train, 42nd Division. 
 
 To: His Excellency, the Governor of the State of Oklahoma. 
 
 Subject: Services of Ambulance Company 167. 
 
 "1. In a few days the men who represented the state of Oklahoma in 
 the Rainbow Division will be at home with their relatives and friends. It 
 is therefore deemed fitting to me, the Commanding Officer, to express my 
 appreciation of their excellent work. I wish to assure you that their serv- 
 ices were of the highest character. They not only brought credit upon 
 themselves, but won the respect of the entire Division with which they 
 served. In evidence of which I am enclosing herewith a copy of G. O. 21 
 P., Headquarters 42nd Division, dated April 2, 1919." 
 
 (Signed) Wilbur S. Conkling, 
 
 Lt. Col. M. C, U. S. A. 
 
 The General Order referred to follows: 
 
 "Headquarters 42nd Division, 
 American Expeditionary Forces, 
 Germany. 
 
 April 2, 1919. 
 
 "GENERAL ORDER 
 No. 21-P. 
 
 "As the Rainbow Division has reached the closing days of its military 
 service, the Commanding General desires to recite in orders the salient 
 features of the service of the 117th Sanitary Train. 
 
 "The record of the 117th Sanitary Train is marked by its steady effi- 
 ciency. This, together with its devotion to duty, its loyalty, the courage of 
 its personnel, its perseverance, has led to its being universally respected and 
 praised. Though their duty has been to take care of the fighters, and not 
 to fight, their faithfulness to this duty has led them into dangers as great 
 as those experienced by any arm of the service. Running their ambulances 
 under the very noses of the enemy, setting up dressing and first aid stations 
 on the fighting line itself, they have by their excellent work done much to- 
 
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 ward preserving that splendid 'esprit de corps' for which this Division is 
 famous. 
 
 "The 117th Sanitary Train is composed of units from the District of 
 Columbia, Nebraska, Oregon, Colorado, New Jersey, Tennessee, Oklahoma 
 and Michigan. Combined at Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y., they under- 
 went training in the American areas in France, then in the Luneville sector. 
 In the Baccarat sector they began to develop. Step by step, ways and means 
 were worked out of taking care of wounded and sick. The plan of evacua- 
 tion in this section was a model of its kind. 
 
 "The Sanitary Train went to Champagne, along with the rest of the 
 Division. Here for the first time they experienced that shell fire and expos- 
 ure that was to be their lot until the close of hostilities. During the intense 
 bombardment preceding the German attack of July 15th, it seemed as if 
 the enemy had especially chosen as targets the dressing stations, ambulance 
 heads and hospitals. Shells dropped everywhere. Large night planes 
 bombed the hospitals situated near Chalons. The routes of the ambulances 
 were covered by fire. Though the difficulties of proper functioning were 
 great they were overcome. 
 
 "At Chateau Thierry even greater difficulties were experienced. Due 
 to many casualties the problem of evacuation became a very serious one. 
 This was partly solved by the establishment of a triage at Epieds and later 
 at Beuvardes, at all times within five kilometers of the actual fighting line. 
 During this battle ambulances were often driven within a thousand yards 
 of the front line, across shell-scarred fields, to collect and evacuate wounded. 
 The steady service rendered at this point did much to maintain the morale 
 of the troops. 
 
 "At St. Mihiel the problem was of a different character. All roads 
 were clogged with the rush of transport north. Here great versatility was 
 shown. Motors were useless. So pack mules and mule ambulances were 
 thrown forward. Ample supplies were rendered available in this way. 
 
 "In the Argonne-Meuse offensive the list of men to be evacuated was 
 swelled by many sick as well as wounded. The weeks and weeks of mud, 
 water and improper nourishment, with the nervous strain, were beginning 
 to tell upon the Division. Nightly enemy airplanes flew up and down the 
 valley of the Aine on bombing expeditions. The hospitals at Baulny seemed 
 to be their special target. During this period ambulance heads were estab- 
 lished forward of Sommerance, less than two kilometers from the front 
 lines. Evacuations were carried on without interruptions and a marvelous 
 state of efficiency was shown in spite of almost insurmountable difficulties. 
 
 "The Sanitary Train was seriously handicapped in its move toward 
 Sedan. Even so, it succeeded in reaching its station and taking care of an 
 ever-increasing number of sick. 
 
 "During the march of the Division to the Rhine, the Sanitary Train per- 
 formed successfully the difficult task of evacuating the sick over the length- 
 ening line of communications. It finally reached Neuenahr, in the Kreis of 
 Arhweiler, which it occupied as part of the Army of Occupation. Not the 
 least among the services of this organiation has been its fighting of the 
 threatened epidemic of influenza in this Division during the first months 
 of 1919. 
 
 "The 117th Sanitary Train has earned through work done, the praise and 
 thanks of the entire Division. Its personnel has undergone the hardest 
 lot that falls to a soldier — that of being fired upon and being unable to re- 
 turn the fire. It is with a keen sense of satisfaction that the Division com- 
 mander briefly reviews the magnificent record of this organization, and as 
 well as expressing his own thanks to them, he is sure he can express the 
 
TULSA AMBULANCE COMPANY 27 
 
 gratitude of the entire Division for the efficiency, perseverance and fidelity 
 shown by all its personnel. 
 
 "By command of Major General Flagler, Chief of Staff. 
 
 "WILLIAM N. HUGHES, Jr., 
 
 "Colonel, General Staff." 
 "Official: 
 
 JAMES E. THOMAS, 
 Major, A. G., U. S. A. 
 Division Adjutant." 
 
 Following is the complete roster of the Company as formed 
 in Tulsa. The personnel, however, was subjected to changes both 
 in the training camps and in the war area: 
 
 Captain — H. G. Lareau. 
 
 First Lieutenants — M. J. Ferguson, J. F. Capps, J. J. Nab- 
 ham, Jackson Bradfield. 
 
 Sergeants — Paul M. Wilson, Clarence N. Wilson, Damon V. 
 Douglas, Waldeman N. Danneberg, Charles G. Gourgm, Bryan 
 Meredith, Herman Mcintosh, Glenn A. Vandewart, Ben C. Arnold, 
 Lawrence G. Wood, Lewis Partain. 
 
 Lance Corporals — Irving M. Kaplan, Neil Van Aiken, John 
 J. Gainer, Videl Zuniga, Stanley Wildman, Ivan M. Grove. 
 
 Corporals — Kenneth M. Keith, W. W. Milam, Ross T. War- 
 ner, James L. McBrayer, Kenneth G. Sheppard. 
 
 Clerks — Webb W. Hanson (chief clerk), Eugene Settle, Gran- 
 ville W. Caughern, Herbert B. Baber. 
 
 Mechanics — Franklin A. Walker, Ernest E. Mclnnis. 
 
 Cooks — Winslow F. Hartley, William G. Kidd, Lawrence E. 
 Knight. 
 
 Privates — Carl Aumens, James F. Ayers, Carl A. Ball, Evon 
 N. Barber, Lloyd C. Beach, Charles N. Berry, Perrell D. Billing- 
 ton, Adolph Betts, Jack Boren, James A. Brlil, W. A. Briscoe, 
 Arthur F. Breck, Mack Brown, Edward H. Brown, Fred F. 
 Brooks, J. D. Buckhalt, William S. Butts, Otis T. Burleson, Al B. 
 Crowell, Robert L. Cannon, George A. Conode, Harold Cartwright, 
 Elmer L. Castater, Josiah C. Chatfield, Charles L. Church, Henry 
 A. Cochrane, Roy Collins, John Cowan, Lee Crabtree, Dale L. Crik- 
 field, Henry W. G. Danneberg, Oliver B. Denning, Carl S. Dickson, 
 Edward Domingues, Samuel Efland, Paul N. Eggers, O. Emmett 
 Ely, Andrew V. Erwin, Raymond H. Fields, Elmer E. Frasher, 
 Douglas Frantz, William C. Fox, Hugh A. Greenburg, Ward K. 
 Halbert, Charles Howard, Fay N. Ham, Paul B. Havenstrite, 
 Robert L. Heard, Wesley Samuel Hedrick, David G. Henshaw, 
 Russell Lee Hilton, Charles Hogg, Homer L. Huff, Buel M. Hum- 
 phrey, Roy F. Hunt, Oral R. Hutchins, Aurelia F. Jackson, Olan 
 Jacobs, Ralph E. Johnson, Paul W. Johnson, Virgil J. Jones, Sher- 
 wood J. Lehman, Kasper Kelley, Noral S. Keesler, Cecil R. Kearns, 
 Jennings B. Koch, Clarence E. Lasure, Paul L. Laws, Orlie Lee, 
 Robert E. Lee, O. Page Manley, Harry Marlow, Raymond G. 
 
28 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Marvin, Russell B. McElwee, Harry E. Millstead, Fred Mullin, 
 Thomas F. Newcomb, Ross G. Owens, Horace Padgett, William 
 H. Pappan, Virgil Petit, Marry Pfiester, Evart H. Pope, Burford 
 B. Pyle, W. A. Ramsey, Walter A. Reed, Fred M. Richards, Wayne 
 A. Rickey, Altas R. Rider, Carl L. Robins, Ray H. Roberts, Ural 
 P. Saunders, Theodore S. Scott, Finnis Sharp, George Shorney, 
 Irvin L. Simons, S. M. Slaughter, Evart M. Stafford, Cecil W. 
 Tatree, Amos V. Todd, Quannah Vann, Clarence Wallace, Lewis 
 L. Washington, Charles E. Ward, Charlie West, Otto R. Wiley, 
 Freman Winslow, William Wise, Ted L. White, Marlin C. Wood- 
 son, Leland R. Wright, Paul E. Wyatt, John G. Young, Roy A. 
 Zink, Glenn Zink, Mack Brown, Harry Neubar, H. H. Buffing- 
 ton, Wesley H. Mowrey, Harold Gilbert, Gordon H. Willard, Jeff 
 Swaffer, W. C. Fox, Lee Howard, Joseph Sexton, Theodore P. 
 White. 
 
Ill 
 
 "D" COMPANY 111TH ENGINEERS 
 
 It was in the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce that the Company 
 of Engineers had its inception — that Company that has pro- 
 claimed the name and fame of the Oil City to the four corners of 
 the earth. A little knot of men, angered at the outrages perpe- 
 trated by the German, met to discuss ways and means of organiz- 
 ing a military unit from the lads of the city and surrounding 
 country, to be ready for the call to arms should the need arise. 
 This first meeting was held in February of 1917, and the need 
 did arise. War was declared and found the Company ready. 
 
 There were, perhaps, twenty men at the first meetings of 
 the embryo organization. In the dark days of early April, im- 
 mediately before the formal declaration of war, more men read 
 the advertisements and notices printed in the daily journals and, 
 interested, came to these meetings to see and to hear for them- 
 selves. 
 
 On that fateful seventh day of April, 1917, when the bulle- 
 tins were put up announcing the entry, into the lists, of the 
 Nation that was to turn the tide of victory toward right and 
 justice, a wave of real, heartfelt patriotism surged through the 
 city. The very flower of its youth and manhood rallied to the 
 Colors — to the recruiting tent that was erected at the southeast 
 corner of Fourth and Main Streets. After a hurried conference 
 with the Adjutant-General of the Oklahoma National Guard, at 
 that time Ancel Earp, Jack Singleton went to the State Cap- 
 itol to see about taking over the property of the old National 
 Guard Company of Engineers. This was done and the Company 
 officially became Company A, 1st Separate Battalion, Oklahoma 
 Engineers. Under the old tables of organization in effect at 
 that time, the commissioned personnel of an Engineer Company 
 consisted of a captain, two first lieutenants and one second lieu- 
 tenant. Examinations were held and in April, immediately after 
 the declaration of war, Van T. Moon was commissioned captain, 
 Forest R. Hughes and Jack Singleton were made first lieutenants, 
 and Gordon T. Granger was made second lieutenant. All of these 
 officers served with the Company throughout its career, a period 
 of over two years and a half. 
 
 All through the summer of 1917 the Company awaited the 
 long-expected call into Federal service. The citizens of Tulsa 
 responded nobly, giving every aid to the unit through the dark 
 days of waiting. Mrs. C. E. Lahman, Mrs. Semmes Parrish, 
 
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30 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Mrs. J. J. Fischer, Mrs. Perry DeHaven, Mrs. William Pomeroy, 
 Mrs. A. T. Allison, the Chamber of Commerce and other friends 
 gave assistance. The Company was increased in strength, being 
 put on a war footing; was mustered by the Federal inspectors and 
 drilled regularly. At last, on August 5th, the orders came and 
 the organization went into camp at the old fair grounds, newly 
 named Camp Sinclair. With them at the time was Tulsa's other 
 famous representative in the war — the Ambulance Company, 
 shortly to be made part of the Rainbow (42nd) Division. The 
 officers and men of this Company gave invaluable advice and 
 help to the new command, the Ambulance Company having 
 served creditably on the border. 
 
 On August 18th, orders came to entrain for Camp Bowie, 
 at Fort Worth, Texas. The departure was made at two o'clock 
 in the morning, and detrainment was made at eight in the 
 evening, after an uneventful, but naturally an interesting journey. 
 None of the Company will ever forget that first night at Bowie; 
 the driving rain, the mud a foot deep, the meal of corned beef, 
 beans and hard bread, eaten by candle light, and the night spent 
 in a warehouse. 
 
 At Bowie took place the real work of converting raw men 
 into highly disciplined and well-trained soldiers. Drills of all 
 sorts, instruction in every kind of engineering problems, French 
 construction, bridge erection, demolitions and reconnaissance 
 work were engaged in. At the rifle range the Company "hung 
 up" the high score for the Regiment; the Regiment scored high 
 in the Division. At the great review the Regiment was com- 
 mended for being the best drilled in the entire Division — ex- 
 celling their rivals, the Infantry, in their own chosen field and 
 being proficient engineers as well. At an inspection held by 
 Colonel, later General, Morrow, of the staff of the Chief of Engi- 
 neers, the Regiment was declared to be the equal of any in the 
 service. This was due very largely to the efforts of one man, the 
 regimental commander, William J. Bardon. 
 
 Upon arrival at Camp Bowie the Company became officially 
 known as "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, 111th Engineers. Two 
 other Companies of Engineers from Oklahoma, those from Ard- 
 more and Oklahoma City, known respectively as "E" and "F" 
 Companies, comprised the 2nd Battalian along with "D." Three 
 Companies from Texas formed the first Battalion. "D" Com- 
 pany quickly acquired, and always maintained, the reputation 
 of being the crack Company of the Regiment, and the Regiment 
 was regarded, and rightly, as the corps-d'elite of the 36th Di- 
 vision. Later in the strenuous days of service at the front as 
 an independent corps unit, the Regiment more than lived up to 
 the predictions made for it by its admirers. 
 
CAPT. VAN T. MOON and LIEUT. F. R. HUGHES, Officers "D" Company, 
 111th Engineers. 
 
 SERGT. JAMES A. BRILL, of Tulsa Ambulance Company, President Oklahoma 
 Chapter Rainbow Division Veterans, and CORP. J. C. CHATFIELD, Tulsa Ambulance 
 Company, Secretary Oklahoma Chapter Rainbow Division Veterans. 
 
Company Headquarters of Tulsa Engineers in Hills Back of Varennes. 
 
 WORK OF AMERICAN ARTILLERY 
 
D COMPANY, 111TH ENGINEERS 31 
 
 Through the long winter of 1917-1918 the Regiment 
 grumbled and growled at not being permitted to get at the throat 
 of the Black Eagle of Prussia. Day after day, week after week 
 of unceasing work, then finally came the long-looked for orders. 
 
 On July 7th the Regiment entrained for the port of embarka- 
 tion, Camp Mills, Long Island. Final equipment was received 
 there, and on the 18th the 111th embarked for France, on board 
 the U. S. S. Antigone. After an uneventful voyage land was 
 sighted on July 30th, and disembarkation was made at Brest, 
 France. Two days were spent there, in Camp "Mud," after which 
 entrainment was made for Bar-sur-Aube, in the Department de 
 la Aube. The various companies were billeted in French villages, 
 "D" Company going to Argancon. 
 
 The simple, quiet life of the villagers of Argancon seemed 
 far removed from war and all its horrors. Here the boys gained 
 their first insight into French life. The Aube district is one 
 of the most beautiful in France. The people are thrifty and hos- 
 pitable. After the daily drills and work many pleasant evenings 
 found appreciative soldiers enjoying their surroundings, yet 
 hoping incessantly for the day of action. 
 
 The orders to go on active duty came without warning on 
 the 10th day of September, and when they came there came also 
 the announcement that the Regiment had been signally honored. 
 From all the Regiments of Engineers in the American Expedi- 
 tionary Force the 111th had been chosen as fit to be Corps En- 
 gineers of the first Army Corps — the famous "Fighting First" 
 Corps. This meant, as all knew, more dangerous and unpleasant 
 work than would fall to the lot of the ordinary units. But to a 
 man the Regiment acclaimed the decision. 
 
 T^e Regiment arrived at the front the night before the great 
 St. Mihiel offensive began, and received its baptism of fire the 
 first day of that great American drive. Other Regiments and 
 Divisions had been given a certain amount of preparation in a 
 so-called "quiet" sector. Not so for the new Corps Engineers. 
 They marched off the road into action never having undergone 
 fire of any kind. What they did — their behavior in the most 
 trying times — is common history. They worked so nobly and so 
 well that they were cited in dispatches the very first day, by the 
 commander of the marines, with whom they were working, and 
 by the Corps commander. The Regiment was now wholly sep- 
 arated from the 36th Division, and from the opening gun of the 
 St. Mihiel drive to the signing of the Armistice they had not one 
 hour of relief from duty at the front. Divisions came into the 
 lines, served for days or weeks, then marched out for needed rest 
 and replacement, others taking their place. But no one relieved 
 the Engineers. For over two months they stood up under that 
 
32 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 hell of fire daily. During that time tliey served with every unit 
 of consequence in all the combat divisions. 
 
 At St. Mihiel "D" Company worked up to the most advanced 
 positions under fire, bridging the famous trench near Thiacourt, 
 repairing roads and bridges, and in general covering themselves 
 with glory. For three nights they were almost entirely without 
 sleep, with constant gas alarms and incessant shellings from 
 German field pieces. Not a man complained. Their work was of 
 the very highest character and received the highest commenda- 
 tion. 
 
 On September 16th the Regiment started the long march 
 across country from St. Mihiel to the Argonne Forest. Not for the 
 Engineers were the long convoys of trucks. Doughboys might 
 ride, but hob-nailed shoes proved the only means of conveyance 
 that was afforded the Engineers. 
 
 Over one hundred and sixty kilometers was covered on this 
 march, movement commencing at seven o'clock in the evening, 
 an hour's halt for coffee at midnight, then on the road again until 
 daybreak when camp would be made in some forest along the 
 highway, or in old buildings. Each day was spent in sleep 
 and rest, with a watchful eye constantly on the lookout for the 
 Boche reconnaissance planes. The entire route paralleled the 
 active front, being under observation much of the time. 
 
 Needless to say, the Regiment arrived on time. When the 
 line troops went over the top on the morning of September 26th 
 "D" Company was within half a kilometer of them, having 
 marched thirty-six kilometers the last night in order to be up in 
 time for action. Day after day the Company worked under the 
 heaviest of shell fire; night after night the Boche airplanes 
 bombed them. They did not hesitate nor did the work falter for 
 an instant. 
 
 The six companies of the Regiment were divided among the 
 Corps, two companies going to each Corps sector. Along with 
 "F" Company, "D" worked through the center of resistance, 
 starting in above Vanquois Hill. They were within a stone's 
 throw of the Infantry when the Boches were driven out of Var- 
 rennes, being themselves under a hail of machine-gun bullets. 
 
 They were repeatedly driven off the road into shelter, but 
 displaying the true American spirit — they always came back. 
 Attempting to move into Varrennes for shelter they were shelled 
 out of the town and forced to seek protection in a valley to the 
 west of that place. 
 
 Varennes, Boureuilles, Cheppy, Apremont, Chatel Cherrey — 
 dozens of other places became as familiar to them as had been 
 Regnevlile, Limey, Feye-en-Haye, Mamey and Thiaucourt, in the 
 St. Mihiel drive. And again they received citation in orders. 
 
D COMPANY, 111TH ENGINEERS 33 
 
 "D" Company was operating a quarry, during the lull in the 
 fighting that immediately preceded the last phase of the Argonne 
 attack. Every day they were shelled regularly; every moon- 
 light night the bombing planes came over. On the 31st of Octo- 
 ber they ceased their quarrying operations abruptly. Orders 
 came announcing that another offensive was to start on Novem- 
 ber 1st at five o'clock. When the overture was played and the 
 curtain rose on what proved to be the last act of the greatest 
 Ail-American drama ever staged, "D" Company was perched 
 contentedly, if precariously, on the side of a hill above Fleville, 
 watching things and waiting for their chance. They were a crit- 
 ical audience and always thought that they could "turn the 
 trick," whatever it might be, better than any one else. They 
 were subjected to heavy fire — they saw several villages wiped 
 out behind them ; but they were of the old breed that can and does 
 laugh at death. 
 
 They left their hill immediately after the doughboys had 
 started across; they marched out across the desolate country 
 between Fleville and Sommerance and fell to work at Landres- 
 et-St. Georges. Horses and men were scattered over the fields. 
 Boche soldiers were dejectedly coming in from the surrounding 
 hillsides hoping to be taken prisoners. The Company was forced 
 to leave the village when night came, going back to the ruins of 
 Fleville for shelter. When they returned to Landres-et-St. 
 Georges next morning they found that the Boche had destroyed 
 the road that they had been building and the work had to be done 
 all over again. 
 
 Captain Moon was off on a bridge building expedition the 
 first day, but the Company, under Lieutenant Singleton, worked 
 the road between St. Juvin and points east, not only in the day- 
 time, but also throughout the nights. The road had been heavily 
 shelled, having been the dividing line between German and 
 American territory, and a heavy rain added to the difficulties. 
 
 The following extract from the diary of an officer of "D" 
 Company, clearly depicts their experiences during the last days 
 of the campaign : 
 
 "The nights were dark as pitch, and no one cared particularly 
 about showing a light with Jerry drifting around overhead, 
 waiting to kick out the 'tail-gate' and drop a whole load of 'ash- 
 cans' on someone's head. That condition of affairs wasn't con- 
 ducive to perfect ease. It isn't a bit pleasant to be pulling a mu- 
 nition truck or a seventy-five out of the mud at two o'clock in 
 the morning, with the darkness so heavy it seems tangible — to 
 slip in a shell-hole and fall down and then to realize that your arms 
 are up to the elbow in the shattered remains of some poor devil 
 who had 'gone west.' No, it really isn't. 
 
34 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 "On the side of a hill outside of Landres the adventurous 
 spirits of the Company — a roll-call would have listed the whole 
 organization under that heading — found a German seventy- 
 seven with the breech still warm, and lots of nice new ammuni- 
 tion waiting to be fired. They didn't do a thing but turn that 
 piece around, head it in the general direction of the German 
 Army and then start shell after shell rushing from the breech. 
 This sport fell into disfavor when a courier came back to find out 
 who it was that was shelling the American troops. 
 
 "From Landres-et-St. Georges the Company went to Ime- 
 court, indulging in their favorite pastime of road-repair en route. 
 From Imecourt to Sivry, thence to Buzancy, the center of the 
 railroad system that was the lifeblood of the German armies. 
 From Buzancy they went to St. Pierremont and thence to 
 Oches, south of Sedan. Here the boys found several Boche 
 waffle irons ; they will tell you that there is one thing that the 
 Boche knows how to do, and that is how to make good waffle 
 irons. They had picked up a quantity of German flour at Buzancy 
 and everyone was soon enjoying waffles. I found a sure enough 
 bath-tub, made in America — no one knows how the Boche came 
 to have it — and the thing was so welcome that I took three baths 
 in it within as many hours. After weeks of work in the mud it 
 wasn't so bad, being able to find real water once again. 
 
 "At Oches on November 10th we were told that we were to 
 start back to the St. Mihiel sector, to participate in the drive on 
 Metz. Then came the news that the Armistice had been signed. 
 The Company was already on the road and had gone back as far 
 as Buzancy when the official confirmation came at eleven o'clock. 
 No one will ever forget that day. It has been rumored that the 
 citizens of the United States staged a little celebration them- 
 selves on that occasion. The American Expeditionary Forces 
 certainly did. It was awf 'ly hard to realize at first that the game 
 was over, but it did not take long for the fact to soak in. When 
 the Regiment reached the forest near Apremont they went into 
 old German quarters for a five-day rest, which was much needed. 
 The night they arrived it was almost as dangerous as it had been 
 under fire at the front. Between our lads and the French, who 
 were having a nice little time all by themselves, there certainly 
 was a great show. Everything that would fire was fired, from 
 rifles and revolvers to seventy-fives. The whole sky was ablaze 
 all night long, with the vari-colored lights from rockets, signal 
 flares and Vory pistols. 
 
 "Sixty-two days had passed since the Regiment first went 
 into action at St. Mihiel; during that time there had not been 
 one day for rest. Replacements had come forward and been 
 assigned on the road, literally, with never a halt or any cessation 
 
D COMPANY, 111TH ENGINEERS 35 
 
 in the work. In spite of the dangers, the difficulties, not a word 
 of complaint had been uttered. 
 
 "The Regiment was now relieved from duty as Corps Engi- 
 neers and started the long march back through Central France 
 to the area that had been assigned to them. They had made a 
 splendid record. They had been on actual duty, without relief, 
 for a longer period than any unit of the Expeditionary Forces. 
 They had been three times cited for their work. 
 
 "The march back to the billeting area measured a distance 
 of 350 kilometers, every foot of which was covered on foot, with 
 everything a man had in the world strapped to his back. It was 
 a march that any army could be justly proud of. "D" Company 
 came through with Colors flying, arriving at Charrey, south of 
 Tonners in the Yonne district, on the evening of the 29th of No- 
 vember. 
 
 "While at the front the Regiment had been continuously 
 on the move. It is on record in the Regimental reports that 
 the Tulsa Company was at all times the one in the most advanced 
 positions. This necessitated constant movement. In one period 
 of forty-six days the company slept at night — if it had the good 
 luck to be able to sleep at all — in forty-one different places, no 
 two of which were within ten kilometers of each other. On the 
 darkest night, if orders came to move, camp could be struck, 
 packs rolled, wagons loaded, teams harnessed and the entire out- 
 fit would be on the road under arms within forty minutes of re- 
 ceipt of orders. 
 
 "An Engineer Company is allowed four tool wagons, a ration 
 wagon, and a water cart and kitchen. Within two weeks after 
 arriving at the front the Company was the proud possessor of 
 more than a dozen wagons, French, German and American, two 
 motor trucks that had been 'salvaged,' and any number of motor- 
 cycles. At no time was the Company in need. The boys saw 
 to that. 
 
 "On their arrival at Charrey the Company started work in 
 a big quarry, getting out material for the repair of French 
 roads. That France's roads saved her there is no question. They 
 were magnificent for French traffic; but the heavy American 
 trucks rapidly destroyed the highways that France had spent 
 years in building and it was the business of the American sol- 
 dier to repair them. From the day of their arrival at Charrey 
 until they started the long wished for journey home, the Com- 
 pany was engaged in the work of road repair. 
 
 "False rumors of the homeward trip had been circulated at 
 various times, but early in May, 1919, orders came for the Regi- 
 ment to return and the boys were a happy lot. On May 12th, 
 entrainment was made for Le Mans. This place was reached at 
 
36 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 3:30 a. m. on the 14th. For four days almost every moment 
 was taken up with inspections. All surplus property was turned 
 in and the Regiment was put in shape for the trip home. At Le 
 Mans Fred Kirkpatrick, who had been a sergeant in the Company 
 and had attended the training school for officers after arriving 
 in France, received his commission as second lieutenant, being 
 assigned to "D" Company. 
 
 "On May 19th the Regiment left Le Mans, en route for 
 Brest, arriving there at 7 :00 a. m. of the 20th. Here there were 
 more inspections until the 23rd, when, at four o'clock in the after- 
 noon the organization started across the litle gangplank whose 
 farther end reached the United States. It was the moment for 
 which all had been waiting. At six o'clock the U. S. S. Great 
 Northern steamed out of Brest harbor, carrying the entire Regi- 
 ment. 
 
 "The return trip was delightful and was made in record 
 time. At nine o'clock on May 30th the vessel docked at Hoboken. 
 The units went at once to Camp Mills, where they remained until 
 June 8th, when they entrained for Camp Bowie, returning 
 through the Southern States. Everywhere they were welcomed 
 royally. At 7 :45 p. m. of June 12th the Regiment reached Tulsa. 
 Here they were paraded and given a reception that falls but 
 seldom to any man. Tulsa was welcoming back her own. At 
 midnight the train pulled out of the station. Another parade 
 was held the following morning at Oklahoma City, and one at 
 Ardmore in the afternoon. On the 14th the last parade was held 
 at Dallas. At 7 : 30 p. m. of the same date, the Regiment arrived 
 at Camp Bowie after long months of absence. It was raining 
 steadily, just as it had done when the Tulsa Company, then 
 but 'rookies,' had first seen the camp in the fall of 1917. 
 
 "Some time was needed in which to prepare the final papers 
 necessary for discharge of the men, and it was not until the 18th 
 that the last formation was held and the men received the slips 
 of paper that told them and all the world that they had done 
 their duty faithfully and well and were once more private citi- 
 zens. 
 
 "When those first men met in the Chamber of Commerce 1 
 had the great good fortune to be one of them. I had the 
 pleasure of helping to organize the Company, of whipping it into 
 shape. I was with it during the long weeks of drill and prepara- 
 tion at Camp Bowie ; I sailed with it overseas, and was with it in 
 the trying times at the front, and I returned with it and saw 
 the day in which the lads from Tulsa once more became private 
 citizens, once more turning their minds to thoughts of peace. 
 
 "The World War was a hideous thing; maiming, destroying. 
 Yet I think that every man has profited greatly by his experience 
 
D COMPANY, 111TH ENGINEERS 37 
 
 while under arms. In those days that tried men's souls every 
 man gave the best that was in him — every man did his duty. 
 They would not be called heroes — they simply did 'their bit.' Yet 
 if ever men deserved well of a grateful country, then these men 
 did. They have been tried and have not been found wanting; 
 they have been proven with fire. 
 
 "Living as I did with these men for nearly three years, I 
 have come to value each man as a friend. I learned to appre- 
 ciate what splendid men they are. It has been an honor to have 
 associated with them; it has been more a pleasure than a duty 
 to command. The men and women of any Nation under the sun 
 might be proud to call these men brothers." 
 
 Following is the complete roster of Company D, First Okla- 
 homa Infantry, at the time of its organization in Tulsa, various 
 changes having been made after leaving for the camps and in 
 France : 
 
 Captain — V. T. Moon. 
 
 First Lieutenants — F. R. Hughes, Jack Singleton. 
 
 Second Lieutenant — G. T. Granger. 
 
 Enlisted Men — Jack E. Ashenfelder, Robert I. Aston, Elisha 
 F. Austin, Wayland M. Babcock, Milton H. Baker, Grover C. 
 Baker, Deferne W. Barrette, William J. Beck, Homer M. Benge, 
 Albert Bigpond, William C. Black, Glenn W. Black, Wiley W. 
 Blankenship, Bryan Blansett, Glenn C. Braucht, George W. 
 Brennan, Commodore P. Brewer, Jess Breyer, Robert 0. Brown, 
 James F. Brown, Hogan Brundige, Clarence E. Bunnell, John H. 
 Bunnell, Charles H. Burns, Edward C. Burns, Charles L. Burton, 
 Lloyd C. Carlton, William L. Cash, Elbert C. Cavitt, William H. 
 Church, Henry J. Clayton, Norman G. Connely, Derrick B. Cook, 
 Homer L. Cross, Clarence P. Dean, Calvin D. Dennis, Robert Don- 
 nelly, Haskell P. Downs, Tom J. Duckett, Joe C. Eades, Evans 
 Evan, Russell Fait, William A. Faries, William E. Feist, Noel S. 
 Fohnestoch, Virgil Ferguson, Glenn J. Fisher, Dale H. Flagg, 
 Robert L. Frew, Sylvan N. Goldman, Loyd R. Gordon, Ned 
 Hatcher, John L. Hawkins, Orville B. Head, Ralph E. Heaton, 
 Guy L. Hendrickson, Earl Henry, Henry L. Herzog, John T. Hil- 
 burn, William H. Hinshaw, William S. Hovis, Robert H. Hugden, 
 Buford Hughes, Joseph W. Jack, Glenn C. Jeffray, Johnson, 
 Irving V. Jones, Joseph W. Jones, Galen B. Joyce, George E. 
 Justice, Floyd J. Kelley, Francis S. King, Henry E. Larkin, Har- 
 ry LefFler, Laurence Legate, Robert V. Logan, William C. Luck- 
 ensmeier, Marion F. McClelland, Howard McCray, Alex McDaniel, 
 Chester D. McKeon, Calvin J. McManus, Edward W. Mars, Wil- 
 liam B. Meador, Oscar R. Mellin, George A. Mizer, Carroll W. 
 Morford, William H. Mullen, Harold E. Murray, Charles A. Nace, 
 William M. Neale, William I. Norris, Bruce W. Norris, William T. 
 
38 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Ogletree, Grady C. Oliver, Anson B. Paige, William S. Pars, Wil- 
 liam L. Patterson, Burrough Paul, Charley H. Perkins, Benja- 
 min F. Pettus, Robert B. Pougher, Harry L. Phillips, David O. 
 Pope, James J. Price, Burley Purnell, Harold N. Redd, Martin 
 Riggs, Orr C. Riley, Ford D. Richardson, Hubert L. Roberts, Ross 
 I. Roberts, William F. Roberson, James H. Robinson, Earl H. 
 Ross, Harry L. Rudd, Fred B. Rupert, Shirley A. Sands, Pete A. 
 Sandridge, Harold F. Shannon, Harold Shaver, Lon W. Shackard, 
 Charles E. Singleton, Harry H. Singleton, John R. Smedley, Allan 
 Smiley, Erie H. Smith, Fred Smith, Frank H. Spurloch, Snooks 
 Stafford, Russell D. Stoffle, Edmond G. Suelzer, David A. Sulli- 
 van, Don H. Swindler, Avery B. Tennis, Truman L. Thomason, 
 Mark A. Thompson, Ora E. Tillison, Grover C. Tisdale, John C. 
 Tobin, Leslie M. Turner, Oliver Vanzant, Albert Vanzant, Newell 
 A. Vaughn, Virgil W. Veach, Paul F. Watson, Ralph A. Watson, 
 Kenneth Watts, John R. Webb, Lentis J. White, Ralph H. Wil- 
 liams, George T. Willison, Walter C. Witt, Joel A. Wolfe, Murray 
 R. Womble, Everett A. Wood, Millard Worrell. 
 
ARCH OF WELCOME. 
 
 Tulsa welcomes home Company D, 111th Engineers of the 36th Division, a Tulsa 
 unit, on June 12, 1919. Parade passing under the stately Arch of Triumph erected 
 on Main Street, between Third and Fourth, at a cost of $3,500 and paid for by 
 public subscription. The celebration was under the auspices of the American Legion 
 and under the immed ate direction of a committee composed of Lee Daniel, chairman ; 
 S. E. Dunn. R. H. Berry, Dr. W. A. Cook and Don Ray. 
 
Tulsa's Fighting Engineers 
 
 (BY CLARENCE B. DOUGLAS) 
 
 /°AME YE home again to Tulsa 
 ^-" From the battle fields afar, 
 Came ye home again to loved ones 
 
 From the blood stained lands of 
 war, 
 And our anxious days are over 
 
 As we cheer you through our tears. 
 Welcome home again, thrice welcome, 
 
 Tulsa's noble Engineers. 
 
 Came ye home again to Tulsa 
 
 From the scream of shot and shell, 
 Where the Kaiser and his minions 
 
 Made the world a blazing hell. 
 Where ye held aloft the banner 
 
 Of Columbia's hope and fears, 
 Where ye added to its glory 
 
 Tulsa's soldier Engineers. 
 
 Came ye home again our heroes 
 
 From the carnage o'er the sea, 
 Bringing back a Nation's homage 
 
 And your flag of victory; 
 And we meet ye and we greet ye 
 
 With our swelling heart and cheers. 
 May God bless and keep ye always, 
 
 Tulsa's fighting Engineers. 
 
 39 
 
IV 
 358TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION 
 
 "For what you have done this past month I am proud of you. Every 
 one in any way connected with you is proud of the bonds that link them to 
 you, and above all your home is proud of you, and glory in what you have 
 done. Keep on in your stride; the enemy knows and fears you. A few 
 more drives and then a touchdown back of the Hindenburg Line." 
 
 THIS was the inspiring message from General J. P. O'Neil 
 to troops of the 179th Brigade following a series of gallant 
 actions in which Tulsa County boys played a spectacular 
 part. It was one of numerous acts of recognition of important 
 operations in which the 358th Infantry engaged and which shed 
 luster in the record of the now famous 90th Division of Infantry. 
 It was for their achievements during the great St. Mihiel drive 
 that the Division was authorized by General Pershing to select a 
 divisional insignia. 
 
 The gallantry displayed by Tulsa County's selected men is 
 one of the high lights in her war history. The 358th Infantry 
 comprising men from Tulsa and other counties of eastern Okla- 
 homa or the Old Indian Territory, formed an important part of 
 the now famous 179th or Oklahoma Brigade, which with the 
 180th Brigade comprised the 90th Division, Infantry. 
 
 The first consignment to leave Tulsa for the National Army 
 consisted of five drafted men who departed on September 5, 1917, 
 followed by eighty others who left on September 20th. Their 
 destination was Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas. A third con- 
 tingent of young men which entrained on October $th formed the 
 nucleus of the 358th which, on being ordered to Camp Travis, 
 had been recruited to full strength. 
 
 Like all National Army organizations, the 358th sent away 
 numbers of men to fill up regiments in regular and national 
 guard divisions and to form special organizations of army corps 
 and S. O. S. troops. Due to special qualifications and emergencies 
 which arose, many Tulsa men entered the engineers, field artil- 
 lery, ambulance corps, machine gun battalions, wagon trains, 
 military police, signal battalions and other units. 
 
 The progress of the Tulsa soldiers thenceforth became a 
 component part of the history of the 358th Regiment of the 
 179th Brigade and of the 90th Division, although distinctive acts 
 on the part of the 358th Regiment brought their deeds of heroism 
 nearer home. 
 
 The 90th Division was organized at Camp Travis under com- 
 
 40 
 
358TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION 41 
 
 mand of Major Henry T. Allen. All of the first men in the Di- 
 vision were from Oklahoma and Texas, those from Oklahoma 
 being designated as the 179th Brigade while the Texans became 
 the 180th. Almost immediately, however, they became known 
 as the Oklahoma and Texas brigades, the Division insignia, 
 adopted in France, a liason of the T and O, symbolizing the native 
 states of the first members of the Division. 
 
 The 358th Regiment came into existence under authority 
 granted by War Department Order No. Ill, August 3, 1917, ef- 
 fective August 5, 1917, authorizing the organization of the 90th 
 Division, which was one of the sixteen divisions of the National 
 Army as designated by Tables of Organization 1917. Camp 
 Travis was designated as the training camp under General Order 
 No. 95. 
 
 Major General Allen later assumed command of the 90th 
 Division and Depot Brigade of Camp Travis. Brigadier General 
 J. P. O'Neil was given command of the 179th Infantry Brigade 
 composed of the 357th and 358th Infantry. 
 
 The 358th was formally organized with Colonel Edwin C. 
 Carey in command and Captain Isaac S. Ashburn as regimental 
 adjutant on September 5, 1917. 
 
 On their arrival at Camp Travis the Tulsa men wore badges, 
 showing the name of their county. With hundreds of other 
 stalwart, manly appearing young Americans they were parts of 
 trains of twelve to twenty cars which, on reaching the railway 
 station in San Antonio, emptied their occupants into large wait- 
 ing motor trucks in which the new recruits made their way to 
 camp. They were from all walks of life, bankers, merchants, 
 lawyers, doctors, clerks, men from the oil fields and mining 
 camps, farmers and laborers. The men on arriving were attired 
 in everything from palm beach suits and finest tailor-made cloth- 
 ing to overalls. But the reception given by the citizenship of 
 San Antonio was the same to all as they made their way through 
 the streets of the city, past Fort Sam Houston and on to their 
 destination. It was almost a counterpart of the farewell which 
 they had received at the railroad station upon leaving home. 
 
 On arriving at camp the men unloaded from the trucks, were 
 guided to Brigade headquarters and assigned to their regiments. 
 Next they proceeded to Regimental headquarters for assignment 
 to companies, being grouped, as far as possible, by counties with 
 a view to preserving home ties and associations. After being 
 shown to their barracks they were issued uniforms and equip- 
 ment, were given their first army meal and then subjected to 
 physical examination by the regimental surgeon and his staff. 
 Inoculation followed for the prevention of disease. 
 
 Incentive in the severe training which followed was afforded 
 by the .promise of the selection of the best prospects as non-com- 
 
42 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 missioned officers who would assist in the training of the follow- 
 ing contingents of recruits. 
 
 The entire fall and winter was devoted to special training 
 and in January, 1918, the Regiment was schooled in preliminary- 
 work of the range. 
 
 During March, 1918, approximately nine hundred men of 
 the regiment were transferred therefrom for immediate duty 
 overseas. As the winter came to a close the work became more 
 intensive and the Regiment speedily showed the effect of their 
 training. 
 
 Early in April, 1918, the 90th Division, having been reported 
 upon favorably by many inspectors from the War Department, 
 the work was speeded up for an early departure for France. In 
 May the 358th was reinforced by arrivals from Camp Dodge, 
 Iowa. On June 9th, the Regiment entrained at Camp Travis en 
 route to New York City, and on June 19th entrained at Camp 
 Mills, L. I., for the wharves at Hoboken, N. J., where the men 
 were assigned to his majesty's transports Canada, Euripides and 
 Walter Castle. 
 
 These ships put to sea early in the morning of June 20th, 
 being a part of a convoy of twelve ships. On July 2nd the 358th 
 disembarked at Liverpool where a signal honor was in store 
 for them. All England, for the first time in history, joined the 
 American people in the celebration of Independence Day, the 
 Fourth of July, and the grace with which the Britishers partici- 
 pated in these festivities was remarked by Tulsa troops on 
 their return home. 
 
 By special request of the Lord Mayor the 358th was re- 
 tained at their rest camp, Knotty Ash, until the Fourth when it 
 marched through the streets of Liverpool in honor of the day. 
 This was a unique honor tendered the Regiment. It was the first 
 time in history that American troops had paraded in an English 
 city in commemoration of the victory of the Thirteen Colonies 
 and it became one of the red-letter days in the Regiment's calen- 
 der. 
 
 The 358th marched to St. George's Hall, lined up in front of 
 the building in mass formation. Here they listened to the ad- 
 dress of welcome delivered by the Lord Mayor and then passed in 
 review in front of St. George's. After the review the Regiment 
 marched to the Botanical Gardens where a magnificent reception 
 and banquet was tendered to the entire personnel by the City of 
 Liverpool and the Cunard Steamship line. 
 
 The set faces of the soldiers as they marched at attention 
 led the Englishmen to assume that the visitors were bowed 
 down by sorrow, but when the route order was given and their 
 faces relaxed, the crowds broke out with cheers and cries of 
 "They are smiling, they are smiling." 
 
358TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION 43 
 
 And the 358th smiled many times thereafter. They smiled 
 on going into battle, they smiled on taking post after post ; they 
 smiled when acclaimed the best machine gun fighters in the 
 179th Brigade. The Germans were admittedly great strategists 
 in the location of machine guns. Whether by virture of circum- 
 stances or being better shots or of the greater speed of which 
 they were capable, men returning from the front declare that 
 whenever the 90th ran into machine gun nests in the dangerous 
 fighting along the St. Mihiel front, it was always the 179th which 
 took the advance; it was the 179th which first reached the ob- 
 jective. 
 
 The Regiment sailed from Southampton, England, for Havre, 
 France, and on June 10th arrived at Recey-sur-Curce, the train- 
 ing area in the province of Cote d'Or. 
 
 After five weeks' training they were declared fit and after a 
 three-day march, in which they covered a distance of thirty-eight 
 miles, they entrained at Poinson, near Chatillon-sur-Seine on 
 x\ugust 20th, reaching Foug and Troussey, France. On the fol- 
 lowing night, August 21st, they began their march to the front. 
 At this time the 90th Division had been ordered to relieve the 
 First Division which held the Saizerais sector along the Moselle 
 River near Toul. The sector was nine kilometers in width. The 
 front line on the left ran across broken open country just behind 
 Fey-en-Haye and on the right ran through the woods of the Bois 
 la Pretre. It had been the scene of hard fighting in 1915, and No 
 Man's Land was wide and full of old trenches, entanglements and 
 obstacles of every sort. The rear areas were heavily wooded and 
 filled with all varieties of camps, dug-outs, old gun emplacements 
 and every kind of construction which had accumulated during 
 three years of trench warfare. The Regiments went into line in 
 order from left to right, 357th Infantry (Colonel Hartman), 
 358th Infantry (Colonel Leary), 359th Infantry (Colonel Cave- 
 naugh), 360th Infantry (Colonel Price.) General O'Neil, com- 
 manding the 179th Brigade, had his headquarters at Martin- 
 court and General Johnston, commanding the 180th Brigade, was 
 at Griscourt. Division headquarters was established at Villers- 
 en-Haye. 
 
 When the Division went into line preparations had already 
 been made for the St. Mihiel offensive. Artillery of all calibres 
 was being moved into the sector every night and it was obvious 
 to every one that an operation of some sort was being planned. 
 Early in September the plan was revealed. 
 
 The First American Army, which had just been organized 
 under the personal command of General Pershing, was to cut off 
 the St. Mihiel salient. The general plan was that the 5th Corps 
 would attack on the west base of the salient and drive east and 
 that the 1st and 4th Corps on the east base of the salient would 
 
44 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 attack north. When the 5th and 4th Corps met they would 
 close the neck of the bottle, thus cutting off the salient and the 
 German troops left therein. The advance of the 1st and 4th 
 Corps was to swing forward like a door, with the hinge of the 
 door on the Moselle River. The divisions on the left of the ad- 
 vance would push forward the farthest and by conjunction with 
 the 5th Corps would cut off the salient. 
 
 The 82nd Division on the extreme right was not to advance 
 at all and the 90th Division on its left was given the mission 
 of protecting the right flank of the advance and seeing that the 
 hinge on which pivoted the whole attack was not broken off. 
 This was a delicate and extremely important mission, from the 
 fact that with the 82nd Division standing fast, the 90th Division 
 on its advance would leave its entire right flank open to the ene- 
 my. This movement cost several Tulsa men their lives. 
 
 Jack Cowan was the first Tulsan to die in action, accord- 
 ing to survivors of this engagement. He was killed after hav- 
 ing successfully carried messages across a greatly exposed sec- 
 tor, his position as a runner being one of the most dangerous 
 posts in the army. 
 
 The front of the 90th Division was narrowed down for the 
 attack by three kilometers which was taken over by the 5th 
 Division. A terrific artillery preparation opened at one o'clock on 
 the morning of September 12th. At five o'clock the infantry went 
 over the top under a rolling barrage. By two o'clock in the after- 
 noon all objectives had been reached and the enemy completely 
 disorganized despite the extremely difficult country over which 
 the advance had been made. 
 
 The 90th Division had advanced under what has been con- 
 sidered the greatest barrage ever laid down in war. Within 
 five hours from the time the Americans left their trenches and 
 started their advance, positions were taken which French author- 
 ities had declared would require at least three months to cap- 
 ture, if they could be taken at all. In this offensive the 358th 
 Infantry, of which the Tulsa contingent was a part, stepped to 
 the front taking their share of the work in a most commendable 
 manner. 
 
 On the following day the 179th Brigade cleaned out the Ven- 
 cheres woods and advanced their line to the vicinity of St. Marie 
 Farm. 
 
 On September 14th the 179th Brigade pushed forward on 
 the left into the Bois des Rappes to the vicinity of La Souleuvre 
 Farm while the 180th Brigade captured Villers-sous-Peeny and 
 established a foothold on the heights. 
 
 On September 15th the advance continued. Vandierres was 
 taken, the Bois de Villers and the Bois des Rappes were cleaned 
 up and the line established along the Huit Chemins road. 
 
358TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION 45 
 
 On the 16th the front line was pushed forward to the edge 
 of the woods in front of Preny, where it remained until the Di- 
 vision was relieved in October. 
 
 The action of the victorious Oklahomans, among whom were 
 many Tulsans, was both a surprise and a puzzle to the astounded 
 Germans. What reasonably might have been assumed to be 
 an objective was reached by the Sooners. Here their foe con- 
 cluded they must stop; they should do so, they reasoned, by all 
 known rules of warfare. But that was only a beginning. At 
 the objectives they merely hesitated, then resumed their ad- 
 vance. 
 
 While the 90th was carrying all objectives, the rest of the 
 First Army was equally successful. Within twenty-four hours 
 after the attack was initiated Divisons from the 4th and 5th 
 Corps had met at Vignuelles in the rear of the salient and the 
 whole German position, which had been held since 1914, was 
 cut off. 
 
 During the first operation of the American Army over 14,000 
 prisoners, a great amount of artillery and vast stores of all kinds 
 were captured. The 90th's contribution to this was, in prisoners, 
 14 officers and 650 men and 8 pieces of artillery, 24 heavy trench 
 mortars and a large number of rifles, machine guns and mis- 
 cellaneous weapons. The Division's casualties were 39 officers 
 and 886 men. 
 
 This was the beginning of an intense campaign in which 
 the Oklahoma Brigade fought until exhausted. It was so badly 
 crippled with casualties that after eight days in line it was 
 withdrawn into division reserve. 
 
 Shortly after the St. Mihiel offensive was ended the 90th's 
 sector was extended to the Moselle River and also four miles 
 to the west, due to the withdrawal of other divisions. During 
 the last week that the Division was in line it was holding a front 
 of approximately twelve kilometers. The four regiments con- 
 tinued to hold the line in the same order as before. 
 
 During all this period enemy artillery activity was intense. 
 The front and support lines were almost constantly bombarded 
 with high explosives and gas shells. Much of the fire came from 
 the flank and from places in the rear of their own line. While 
 there was no considerable enemy infantry activity during this 
 period, casualties were heavy from artillery. Patrolling was 
 active and daring. Scarcely a day passed that one of the regi- 
 ments did not bring in prisoners. 
 
 On September 26th the First American Army west of the 
 Meuse commenced the last great battle of the war and the Di- 
 visions between the Meuse and the Moselle assisted that operation 
 by carrying out local operations to give the impression that the 
 great attack extended along the entire front. Both infantry 
 
46 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 brigades took part in the operation which was planned as a deep 
 raid on the enemy positions. The raid was proceeded by a six- 
 hour artillery preparation as was the big attack west of the 
 Meuse, and the infantry jumped off at the same hour as the 
 troops making the real attack. The first battalion of the 358th 
 Infantry was selected for a part in this movement. 
 
 It was while leading one of these raids that Sergt. Joseph 
 C. Carson, a member of Company C, lost his life. As a tribute to 
 his memory the Tulsa unit of the American Legion was named 
 Joe Carson Post. 
 
 Statements of prisoners and evidence discovered since the 
 armistice proved that the Division successfully accomplished its 
 mission and that the enemy believed, well into the morning of 
 the 26th, that a great attack was being made on their front. 
 This success was attained, however, only with heavy casualties, 
 as both the Oklahoma and Texas raiding parties were caught in 
 an intense artillery bombartment and heavy machine gun fire 
 from concrete emplacements all along the Hindenburg line. 
 
 Nearly all the ground which had been gained by the enemy 
 in the Marne salient in the great offensive of March, April and 
 May, 1918, had now been recovered. It became evident that the 
 enemy was planning, if not already executing, a general retreat 
 with the Meuse as his pivot and that if the Allied armies could 
 continue their offensive and particularly if they could break the 
 enemy's pivot on the Meuse, a decision might be reached. 
 
 With this in view the great attack of September 26th, 
 which developed into the battle of the Meuse-Argonne, was 
 planned and the First American Army was given the honor po- 
 sition on the Meuse with the all-important task of breaking the 
 pivot of the enemy's retreat. The first attack met with success 
 on the entire front line of the American Army, the operations 
 of the 90th having already been described. The advance was 
 rapid. Then as divisions became exhausted, communications 
 and supply became extremely difficult and the enemy threw in 
 great numbers of reserve divisions, the advance slowed down and 
 the first stage of the battle was concluded. During the second 
 stage there was continual fighting along the line, but no con- 
 certed attack was launched by the entire army. This line was 
 straightened out and positions reached from which a second great 
 attack could be launched. 
 
 It was in the capture of Bantheville that the Eastern Okla- 
 homa Regiment achieved glory which culminated in the entire 
 Division being highly complimented by the army and corps com- 
 manders. 
 
 The 90th Division went into line near the end of this second 
 period. The 179th Brigade relieved the 10th Brigade of the 5th 
 Division on the night of the 21st and 22nd of October. The 180th 
 
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 coming up road from the direction of Nantillois. 
 
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 dam the waterways and hinder the advance of the 90th Division at Stenay, 
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 September 12, 1918. View of wire entanglements through which 90 Division made 
 its way. 
 
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 fought across. 
 
358TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION 47 
 
 Brigade was held in division reserve. The 3rd Division was on 
 the right and the 89th Division on the left. At this time the 
 front line ran from just north of Romagne and Cunel around 
 the northwestern edge of the Bois des Rappes. The 89th Division 
 had pushed forward and occupied the Bois de Bantheville on the 
 left so that the line of the 90th Division formed a pocket a little 
 over two kilometers in depth in the front of the Corps. In this 
 pocket were the villages of Bantheville and Bourrut. The first 
 mission of the Division was to straighten out the line. The 357th 
 Infantry attacked at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of October 23rd, 
 captured Bantheville and the high ground north and northwest 
 of that town and established a line from the northeast corner 
 of the Bois des Rappes over the high ground north of Bourrut to 
 the northeastern corner of the Bois de Bantheville, where the 
 line joins with the 89th Division. The 358th Infantry, in the 
 Bois des Rappes, at the same time extended its left to connect 
 with the 357th Infantry, crossed the Andon brook and established 
 a line from a point about 500 meters southwest of Aincreville, 
 along the Aincreville-Bantheville road, to the line held by the 
 357th Infantry. This extremely successful operation upon which 
 the Division was highly complimented by the army and corps 
 commanders, resulted in giving the Division an excellent position 
 from which it could jump off in case of a great attack. This ad- 
 vanced position was held until November 1st, despite many 
 counter attacks and intense shelling. It was at this juncture that 
 the 179th Division, owing to extremely heavy losses, was with- 
 drawn from the front. 
 
 On the 9th of November the 179th Brigade, having been 
 brought up from the reserve division, crossed the Meuse at 
 Sassey, and by all night marching occupied Mouzay on the right 
 bank of the river. The next day the 358th Infantry captured 
 Blanc Fontaine, and after desperate fighting secured a foothold 
 in Stenay. At the same time the 357th Infantry on the right 
 had advanced over rolling country, swept by machine gun and 
 artillery fire, and reached the heights overlooking Baalon and, 
 later, occupied the town. On this day the enemy threw into line 
 against the 90th his last reserve division on the Western Front. 
 
 The 89th Division on our left had, in the meantime, forced 
 a crossing of the river at Pouilly and was ordered to send troops 
 to protect the left flank of the 90th Division north of Stenay. 
 When these troops were in position, it was planned to pass the 
 180th Brigade again through the lines of the 179th Brigade and 
 to continue the attack in the direction of Montmedy. 
 
 Early in the morning of November 11th, word was received 
 that the greatest battle in which American Troops had ever 
 been engaged was ended by Germany's acceptance of the Allied 
 terms and that hostilities would cease at 11 o'clock. Before that 
 
48 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 hour patrols from the 358th Infantry forced their way to Stenay 
 and completely occupied the town, the enemy having evacuated 
 after the desperate fighting of the previous day. 
 
 From the armistice until the Division started its march into 
 Germany, the only activity was patrolling along the old front 
 line to collect returned prisoners of war and civilians and to 
 locate and guard abandoned and surrendered material of war. 
 
 Shortly after the conclusion of the armistice Major General 
 Henry T. Allen left the Division to take command of the 8th 
 Corps. Command passed to Brigadier General J. P. O'Neil, who 
 continued to command during the march into Germany and until 
 December 30th, when Major General C. H. Martin assumed 
 command. 
 
 On the 23rd of November the 90th Division, having been 
 designated as one of the nine divisions of the Army of Occupa- 
 tion (of which only one other, the 89th, was a National Army 
 division), moved forward toward Montmedy. The Division 
 marched from Stenay across Luxembourg to Rhenish Prussia, 
 where, as a part of the 7th Corps, it shortly before Christmas 
 settled into winter quarters along the Moselle river in the vicin- 
 ity of Berncastel, Germany, occupying the Kreisses of Daun, 
 Wittlich and Berncastel. Here it was joined by the 165th Field 
 Artillery Brigades. 
 
 The average advance made by the Division in the St. Mihiel 
 operations was six kilometers, in the Meuse-Argonne 22 kilo- 
 meters. The Division was under fire from August 20th to Novem- 
 ber 11th with the exception of seven days occupied in changing 
 sectors, seventy-five days without relief. During this time it 
 went over the top in two major offensives and seven minor opera- 
 tions, and was still advancing when halted by the armistice. 
 
 The Division captured 42 pieces of artillery, 36 trench mor- 
 tars, 294 machine guns, 903 rifles and immense quantities of am- 
 munition and stores. It took as prisoners 32 officers and 1844 
 men. Casualties amounted to 37 officers and 1042 men killed; 
 62 officers and 1257 men slightly wounded; 81 officers and 2094 
 men were gassed. Of the gassed there were 17 deaths and 1204 
 men were evacuated. Exact figures are not yet attainable as to 
 the missing. 
 
 The twenty-second division to reach France, it stands tenth 
 in amount of ammunition captured, thirteenth in number of 
 machine guns captured and fourteenth in both prisoners cap- 
 tured and total advance. 
 
 The Division received five official commendations for its in- 
 dividual work in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations. 
 The 90th won its place in the Army of Occupation by never fail- 
 ing to accomplish a mission and by never giving up a foot of 
 ground to the enemy. 
 
V 
 TULSA MEN HIGH IN MILITARY SERVICE 
 
 COLONEL PATRICK J. HURLEY 
 
 Cited twice for gallantry in action and refusing a com- 
 mission as lieutenant-colonel in the regular army, Colonel Pat- 
 rick J. Hurley left the service after being mustered out with the 
 80th Blue Ridge Division on June 5th, 1919. 
 
 Resigning as national attorney for the Choctaw Nation 
 to enter the army, Hurley organized "D" Company, 111th En- 
 gineers at Tulsa. He entered the army as captain, was pro- 
 moted to the rank of major and was assigned to duty as as- 
 sistant to the Judge Advocate General in Washington, D. C. 
 Major Hurley refused promotion in this office for an oppor- 
 tunity to go to France. He was assigned to the staff of the 
 Chief of Artillery of the First Army and served on that staff 
 at different times as acting adjutant general, acting inspector 
 general and judge advocate. 
 
 Major Hurley participated in the Aisne-Marne and Chateau- 
 Thierry offensives and later in the St. Mihiel drive and the 
 Argonne-Meuse offensives, where he won his promotion to a 
 lieutenant-colonelcy at the hands of General Pershing. 
 
 While serving with the 76th Regiment, Field Artillery, dur- 
 ing the battles of the Argonne campaign, Colonel Hurley was 
 twice cited for gallantry in action by General Pershing. 
 
 After the signing of the Armistice Colonel Hurley was 
 Judge Advocate of the Sixth Army Corps occupying the Duchy 
 of Luxembourg. 
 
 Colonel Hurley's citations read as follows : 
 
 By General Pershing : Lieutenant Colonel Patrick J. Hurley, 
 J. A., attached to the 76th F. A. For distinguished and excep- 
 tional gallantry at Forest de Woevre on November 10, 1918. 
 in the operation of the American Expeditionary Forces. In tes- 
 timony whereof, and as an expression of appreciation of his 
 valor, I award him this citation. 
 
 By Major General Cronkhite, headquarters Eightieth Di- 
 vision A. E. F. : Pursuant to orders contained in General Orders 
 75, c. s. G. H. Q., American E. F., the following named officers 
 now of these headquarters are authorized to wear the Service 
 Ribbon (representative of the War Service Medal) known as 
 "The Victory Medal," pending the issue of Victory Medals, having 
 served on active duty at some time between April 6th, 1917, and 
 November 11, 1918, in th United States Army, and are further 
 authorized to wear (3) bronze stars (representative of Battle 
 
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50 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Clasps) having actually participated, under orders, in the follow- 
 ing engagements as indicated; LIEUTENANT COLONEL 
 PATRICK J. HURLEY— Aisne-Marne offensive, with First 
 Army Artillery ; St. Mihiel offensive — with First Army Artillery ; 
 Meuse-Argonne offensive, with First Army Artillery. 
 
 MAJOR CHARLES FOWLER HOPKINS 
 
 One of the marvels of the World War was the lightning 
 rapidity with which the transportation problems attending the 
 movements of American troops and supplies were solved. Tulsa 
 had the honor of furnishing to the army a man who played a 
 prominent part in this accomplishment. 
 
 Major Charles Fowler Hopkins, vice-president and general 
 manager of the Pan-American Refining Company, and vice- 
 president of the Union National Bank, met the responsibilities 
 which were thrust upon him as commanding officer in charge of 
 an important part of this construction. 
 
 By reason of the extreme need of transportation for men 
 in France, his desire to do his bit and his eighteen years' prev- 
 ious railroad experience, Hopkins applied at Washington for a 
 commission. On July 16th, 1918, he was commissioned a major 
 in engineers and on July 31st, 1918, sailed from Hoboken, N. J., 
 on the British ship "Orduna," under orders to take command 
 of the 62nd Regiment of Engineers. 
 
 Major Hopkins' first assignment to duty was at Chateau- 
 roux-Indre as superintendent of transportation service, where 
 he established and organized the American Transportation serv- 
 ice. Later he moved his headquarters to Montierchaume and 
 organized the large American terminal which, as a supply depot, 
 was capable of supplying an army of 1,000,000 men. The prin- 
 cipal points covered in addition to the above two were Issondon, 
 Bourges and Vierzon. 
 
 On December 6, 1918, Major Hopkins was assigned at Peri- 
 groux as assistant general superintendent of what was then 
 known as the 17th Grand Division, extending from the port of 
 Bordeaux through St. Suplice, Izon, Perigenoux, Limoges and 
 through points already mentioned. 
 
 In this capacity Major Hopkins had entire charge and su- 
 pervision of all American trains and personnel, giving special 
 attention to the movement of troop trains. He also had super- 
 vision over all railway transportation offices, better known as 
 R205, in Southwestern France, which included many leave and 
 hospital areas. 
 
 After the first two months in France Major Hopkins was 
 transferred from the Engineers to the new Transportation 
 Corps. His duties then consisted almost entirely of looking 
 
LIEUT.-COL. PATRICK J. HURLEY— Entered army in World War as Captain and 
 left as Colonel, assistant to Judge Advocate General, served in France, twice cited 
 for gallantry in action, once by General Pershing. Later held post of Judge Advocate 
 of 6th Army Corps, occupying Luxembourg. Awarded War Service Medal. 
 
 MAJOR CHARLES F. HOPKINS— Established American Transportation Service at 
 Chateauroux-Indre ; as Assistant General Superintendent of 17th Grand Division 
 at Perigroux, had entire charge of American trains and personnel. 
 
 MAJOR ALVA J. NILES— Private in Spanish-American War, Captain of Company C, 
 First Oklahoma Infantry ; served on Mexican border, Inspector General 7th Division 
 A. E. F. in France, participating in several engagements. 
 
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 Above — Tulsa County men of Companies F, G and H, 358th Infantry, coming' 
 out of the hills north of Vileey-sur-Trey, September 15, 1918. 
 
 Below — Berneastel, Germany, on the Moselle River, 90th Division Headquarters, 
 Army of Occupation. 
 
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 after the movement of troops by rail and particularly to the 
 quick movement of hospital trains, of supplies of every nature 
 required by an army. As American trains, handled by their 
 own engines and crews, moved over the French railroads from 
 one American camp to another, much diplomacy was necessary 
 in order to work harmoniously with the French. 
 
 In the positions to which he was assigned, Major Hopkins 
 was charged with the responsibility of sanitary conditions in 
 the camp, strict military discipline and railway efficiency. A 
 regiment of transportation troops was handled exactly as a 
 regiment of infantry at the front. He did all of his traveling 
 by automobile, covering some 15,000 miles in that manner. 
 Leaving Port Bordeaux, France, on March 9th, 1919, Major 
 Hopkins landed at Hoboken, N. J., March 23rd, and received his 
 honorable discharge on March 26th, 1919. 
 
 MAJOR ALVA J. NILES. 
 
 Major Alva J. Niles, president of the Security State Bank 
 of Tulsa, rose during the World War to the rank of inspector 
 general of the Seventh Division of the American Expeditionary 
 Forces in France. He participated in engagements in the Toul 
 Sector, also in defensive operations in the Toul Sector and of- 
 fensive operations in the Meuse-Argonne engagement. 
 
 Major Niles had previously seen service in two wars. At 
 the age of sixteen he was a private in the 21st Kansas Volunteer 
 Infantry in the Spanish-American War in 1898. From June, 
 1916, to March, 1917, he was captain in command of Company 
 C of the First Oklahoma Infantry, which company he organized 
 in Tulsa and which saw service on the Mexican border. 
 
 At the outbreak of the World War he recruited Company 
 C, First Oklahoma Infantry, to full strength and later was pro- 
 moted to the rank of major. In 1918-19 Major Niles saw service 
 in France. He was formerly adjutant general of the Territory 
 of Oklahoma and held every rank from private to brigadier gen- 
 eral in the Oklahoma National Guard, extending over a period of 
 seventeen years. In 1906-1907 Captain Niles was a member of 
 the advisory committee to the Secretary of War. 
 
Tulsa County's Fallen Heroes 
 
 Duncan Ross McDonell 
 James Dewaine Avery, Tulsa 
 Shelton Beaty, Tulsa 
 George M. Burnsides, Tulsa 
 Joseph Levi Bahr, Tulsa 
 Charles S. Bennett, Tulsa 
 Minor Lee Bower, Tulsa 
 Thomas C. Crook, Tulsa 
 Eugene R. Cease, Tulsa 
 Joseph C. Carson, Tulsa 
 Jack Millard Cowan, Tulsa 
 Calvin Clarence Clow, Tulsa 
 Champion Carson, Tulsa 
 Thomas L. Crawford, Tulsa 
 
 Davis, Tulsa 
 
 Reid Phillips Estill, Tulsa 
 William Frank Eakin, Tulsa 
 Louis Earl Eberhart, Tulsa 
 Leonard J. Freymouth, Tulsa 
 John Thornton Ferrell, Tulsa 
 Emmett Graves, Tulsa 
 John Joseph Fall, Tulsa 
 Alexander Ford, Tulsa 
 Lee C. Gillespie, Tulsa 
 Harry J. Gwynne, Tulsa 
 Leon W. Gordon, Tulsa 
 Claude William Haworth, Tulsa 
 Ralph E. Heaton, Tulsa 
 Leroy S. Homsher, Tulsa 
 Wilbur R. Jay, Jr., Tulsa 
 Lemuel L. Jennings, Tulsa 
 William Oliver Kelly, Tulsa 
 Ben Korte, Tulsa 
 James R. Leonard, Tulsa 
 George W. Morton, Tulsa 
 Eugene J. Mangan, Tulsa 
 Donald McLean, Tulsa 
 Wallace J. Moore, Tulsa 
 Roger F. Folsom, Tulsa 
 Eugene G. Merrigan, Tulsa 
 Fred J. Perryman, Tulsa 
 John J. Powell, Tulsa 
 Alfred Patrick, Tulsa 
 
 George H. Rose, Tulsa 
 Samuel James Richardson, Tulsa 
 Roy Willis Stepp, Tulsa 
 Jeff T. Tucker, Tulsa 
 Cleo. L. Vandervoort, Tulsa. 
 James O. Williams, Tulsa 
 Orni B. Widman, Tulsa 
 Madison C. Warner, Tulsa 
 William Watterson Yeager, Tulsa 
 Osias L. Clark, Sand Springs 
 Merle C. Cooper, Sand Springs 
 Fred Burrell Graves, Sand Springs 
 Raymond Greer, Sand Springs 
 Meek Green, Sand Springs 
 Earl Green, Sand Springs 
 William McKeown, Sand Springs 
 John C. Marlar, Sand Springs 
 Guy Erwan Price, Sand Springs 
 Samuel A. Pidcock, Sand Springs 
 Martin E. Rhodes, Sand Springs 
 James Ira Speir, Sand Springs 
 Clyde A. Stone, Sand Springs 
 Wesley Grube, Broken Arrow 
 Thomas Emmett Hunter, Broken 
 
 Arrow 
 Alonzo Casey, Broken Arrow 
 William Wiseman Smith, Broken 
 
 Arrow 
 James Kersey, Broken Arrow 
 Homer Reed, Broken Arrow 
 Chester Gallentine, Skiatook 
 Enoch Stone, Skiatook 
 W. G. Sprague, Mounds 
 John Elmer Martin, Mounds 
 Luther Meadows, Red Fork 
 Harvey E. Crosby, Bixby 
 James S. Nash, Dawson 
 Oscar W. Hardin, Elaine 
 Ivan C. Brown, Leonard 
 George L. Thayer, Leonard 
 Calvin Silas Sanborn, Owasso 
 Wilbur Bennett, Sperry 
 Malachi Kelly (colored), Tulsa 
 
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Tulsa County's Fallen Heroes 
 
 AUTOCRACY 
 
 "HIS MAJESTY, the kaiser, hears that 
 you have sacrificed nine sons in defense of 
 the Fatherland in the present war. His 
 Majesty is immensely gratified at the fact, 
 and in recognition is pleased to send you his 
 photograph, with frame and autograph sig- 
 nature." 
 
 DEMOCRACY 
 
 "DEAR MADAM — I have been shown in 
 the files of the War Department a statement 
 of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts 
 that you are the mother of five sons who 
 have died gloriously on the field of battle. 
 I feel how weak and fruitless must be any 
 words of mine which should attempt to be- 
 guile you from the grief of a loss so over- 
 whelming. But I cannot refrain from ten- 
 dering to you the consolation that may be 
 found in the thanks of the Republic they 
 died to save. I pray that our Heavenly 
 Father may assuage the anguish of your be- 
 reavement and leave you only the cherished 
 memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn 
 pride that must be yours to have laid so 
 costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." 
 
 —A. LINCOLN. 
 
JOSEPH C. CARSON— Age 22, accountant, 
 Tulsa, Company D, 358th Infantry, 90th 
 Division. Killed in action in Argonne 
 Forest, September 26, 1918. Tulsa County 
 Post of American Legion (Joe Carson 
 Post) named in commemoration. Next of 
 kin mother, Mrs. Mary E. Carson, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 JACK MILLARD COWAN— Age 25, sales- 
 man, Tulsa, M. G. Company, 358th In- 
 fantry, 90th Division. Killed in action in 
 Argonne Forest, September 12, 1918. 
 Awarded Distinguished Service Cross for 
 heroism in St. Mihiel drive. Next of kin, 
 sister, Miss Billie Cowan, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 GUY E. PRICE— Age 22, farmer, Sand 
 Springs, Company D, 144th Infantry, 36th 
 Division. Killed in action in France, 
 October 16, 1918. Posthumously awarded 
 Croix de Guerre with citation for act of 
 bravery on October 8, 1918. Next of kin, 
 parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Price, Sand 
 Springs, Okla. 
 
 REID PHILLIPS ESTILL— Age 25, clerk, 
 Tulsa, Company F, 357th Infantry, 90th 
 Division. Killed in action in St. Mihiel 
 drive. Cited for bravery. Next of kin, 
 mother, Mrs. S. R. Estill, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
HARRY J. GWYNNE— Age 32, oil man, 
 Tulsa, Captain in 33rd Aero Squadron. 
 Killed in a n accident at Chateaurnux. 
 France, June 9, 1918. Next of kin, parents 
 Mi-, and Mrs. L. D. Gwynne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 DUNCAN R. MACDONELL— Age 27, con- 
 tractor, Tulsa, Captain in 27th Coast Ar- 
 tillery Corps. Died of illness at Ft. Stevens, 
 Ore., October 16, 1918. Next of kin, father, 
 A. T. MacDonell, Lima, 0. 
 
 JAMES R. KERSEY— Age 24, laborer. Bro- 
 ken Arrow, Company. M, 358th Infantry. 
 90th Division. Killed in action in France. 
 September 23, 1918. Next of kin, mother, 
 Mrs. Ella Kersey, Broken Arrow, Okla. 
 RALPH E. HEATON— Age 20, mechanic, 
 Tulsa, Company L, 144th Infantry, 36th 
 Division. Killed in action in the Cham- 
 pagne drive, October 13. 1918. Next of kin, 
 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Heaton, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
JOHN J. POWELL— Age 27, salesman, 
 Tulsa, Company 13, 1st Casual Division. 
 Died of pneumonia at Camp Logan, Col., 
 October 1, 1918. Next of kin, brother, 
 C. C. Powell, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 FRED E. PERRYMAN— Age 21, laborer, 
 Tulsa, Battery B, 120th Field Artillery! 
 Died in France, October 17, 1918, from 
 wounds received in action. Next of kin, 
 mother, Mrs. G. W. Perryman, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 MARTIN E. RHODES— Age 23. machinist, 
 Sand Springs, Company B, 134th Infan- 
 try. Died of influenza at Camp Dix, N. J., 
 September 24, 1918. Next of kin, wife, 
 Mrs. Helen Rhodes, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 
 JAMES D. AVERY— Age 19, student, 
 Tulsa, Company C, S. A. T. C, Norman. 
 Died of illness, December 9, 1918. Next 
 of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. 
 Avery, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
CHESTER GALENTINE— Age 18, laborer, 
 Skiatook, fireman on U. S. S. Ticonde- 
 roga. Went down with the torpedoed 
 Ticonderoga, September 30, 1918. Next 
 of kin. father, John W. Galentine, Skiatook, 
 Okla. 
 
 GEORGE W. MORTON— Age 17, student, 
 Tulsa, Casual Company No. 4, Depot 
 Brigade. Died of illness at LeMans, De- 
 cember 11, 1918. Next of kin, sister, Miss 
 Edna Morton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 LEONARD FREYMOUTH— Age 28, laborer, 
 Tulsa, Company D, 358th Infantry, 90th 
 Division. Killed in action in Argonne 
 Forest, November 10, 1918. Next of kin, 
 brother, P. E. Freymouth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 WILBURN R. JAY, JR.— Age 30, printer, 
 Tulsa, Company C, 142d Infantry, 36th 
 Division. Died of wounds received in the 
 Argonne Forest, October 9, 1918. Recom- 
 mended for Distinguished Service Cross. 
 Next of kin, wife, Mrs. Blanche Jay, Cache, 
 Okla. 
 
LEE C. GILLESPIE— Age 22, mechanic, 
 Tulsa, Aero Squadron C, Camp Talifierro, 
 Fort Worth, Tex. Killed in an accident, 
 September 6, 1918. Next of kin, parents, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Jesse I. Gillespie, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 THOMAS E. HUNTER— Age 21, mechanic, 
 Broken Arrow, Company B, 7th Infantry, 
 5th Division. Died from wounds received 
 in action on French front. October 13, 1918. 
 Next of kin, mother. Mrs. Minnie M. Hunt- 
 er, Broken Arrow, Okla. 
 
 DONALD McLEAN— Age 22, student, 
 Tulsa, Company 13, Coast Artillery. Died 
 of pneumonia, in Tulsa, April 19, 1917. 
 Next of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. John 
 McLean, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 GEOLGE H. ROSE— Age 26. office man. 
 Tulsa, Headquarters Company No. 2, Base 
 Hospital Division. Died of pneumonia, 
 Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park, Ga. 
 Next of kin, mother, Mrs. Grace Rose 
 Tulsa. 
 
CLAUDE W. HAWORTH— Age 21, oil 
 chemist, Tulsa, boatswain's mate on U. 
 S S Dymer. Died at Naval Hospital, 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., January 30, 1919. Next 
 of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Ha- 
 worth, Turley, Okla. 
 
 SHELTON BEATY— Age 22, brakeman, 
 Tulsa, Company F, 2d Engineers. Killed 
 in action at Lucy de Borage, France, June 
 2, 1918. Next of kin, mother, Mrs. Re- 
 becca Beaty, Devol, Okla. 
 
 CALVIN S. SANBORN— Age 29, laborer, 
 Owasso, Battery B, Field Artillery, 36th 
 
 Division. Died at sea of pneumonia, August 
 
 14, 1918. Next of kin, mother, Mrs. L. A. 
 
 Sanborn, Owasso, Okla. 
 
 WILLIAM W. YEAGER— Age 32, grocer, 
 Tulsa, Company K, 167th Infantry, 42d 
 
 Division. Killed in action, Somaine, France, 
 
 July 15, 1918. Next of kin, father, J. A. 
 
 Yeager, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
MINOR L. BOWER— Age 24, salesman, 
 Tulsa, Company I. 3d Repl. Bn. Died 
 at Camp McArthur, Tex., of influenza. 
 Next of kin, mother, Mrs. Orpha M. 
 Bower, Tipton, Ind. 
 
 JOHN T. FERRELL— Age 23, mining en- 
 gineer, Tulsa, Company E, 6th Engineers. 
 Died October 22, 1918, from wounds re- 
 ceived in the Meuse-Argonne drive. Cited 
 ,for bravery in this drive. Next of kin, 
 mother, Mrs. M. C. Ferrell, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 JOHN ELMER MARTIN— Age 22, teacher, 
 Mounds, Medical Department, No. 8 
 Evacuation Hospital. Died in France, De- 
 cember 12, 1918, of illness. Next of kin, 
 father, W. R. Martin, Mounds, Okla. 
 
 CALVIN C. CLOW— Age 28, laborer, Daw- 
 son, Company, 165th Depot Brigade. 
 Killed in France, November 4, 1918. Next 
 of kin, mother, Mrs. Lydia Clow, Dawson, 
 Okla. 
 
THOMAS C. CROOK- Age 34, driller, 
 Tulsa, Company M, 140th Infantry. Died 
 in France, October 3, 1918, of illness. Next 
 of kin, mother, Mrs. Josephine Wilson, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 JOSEPH LEVI BAHR— Age 24, laborer, 
 Tulsa, Company G, 357th Infantry, 90th 
 Division. Died in France, 1918, of wounds 
 received in action. Next of kin, mother, 
 Mrs. Nannie Bahr, Nelogany, Okla. 
 
 EUGENE G. MERRIGAN— Age 25, teleg- 
 rapher, Tulsa, Company A, 312th Field 
 Signal Bn. Died at St. Nazaire, France, 
 February 23, 1919, of influenza. Next of 
 kin, mother, address unknown. 
 
 WILLIAM W. SMITH— Age 28, student, 
 Warner, 19th Sanitary Train. Died at 
 Camp Dodge, Iowa, October 11, 1918, of 
 pneumonia. Next of kin, father, W. T. 
 Smith, Broken Arrow, Okla. 
 
JOHN JOSEPH FALL 
 
 JAMUEL J. RICHARDSON 
 
 JOHN JOSEPH FALL— Age 25. driller, 
 Tulsa, Company E, 356th Infantry, 39t.i 
 Division. Killed in action in the Argonne 
 Forest, November 11, 1918. Next of kin. 
 mother, Mrs. Mary E. Fall, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 WILLIAM FRANK EAKIN— Age 21, clerk, 
 Tulsa, Company S, 2d Division. Died at 
 Great Lakes Training Station, Chicago, 
 October 3, 1918, of influenza. Next of kin, 
 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eakin, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 SAMUEL J. RICHARDSON— Age 30, 
 clerk, Tulsa, Company H, 357th Infantry, 
 90th Division. Died in France, October 30, 
 1918. Next of kin, wife, Mrs. Frances 
 Richardson, Sioux City, la. 
 
 ROY WILLIS STEPP— Age 21, laborer, 
 Jenks, 612th Aero Squadron. Died at 
 Wilbur Wright Aviation Field, Fairfield, 
 O., October 26, 1918, of illness. Next of 
 kin, mother, Mrs. Mary Emma Stepp, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
OSIAS L. CLARK— Age 26, laborer. Sand 
 Springs, Company K, 358th Infantry, 90th 
 Division. Killed in St. Mihiel drive, Sep- 
 tember 12. 1918. Next of kin, wife, Mrs. 
 Nora Clark, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 
 MERLE C. COOPER— Age 21, painter, 
 Sand Springs, Company 1, 6th Infantry. 
 Killed in St. Mihiel drive, September 12, 
 1918. Next of kin, Mr. and Mrs. William 
 H. Cooper, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 
 ORNI B. WIDMAN— Age 29, draftsman, 
 Tulsa, 472d Engineers. Died of influenza 
 at Ft. Bayard, N. M., October 15, 1918. 
 Next of kin, wife, Mrs. Elsie F. Widman, 
 Springfield, Mo. 
 
 LEON W. GORDON— Age 27, driller, Tulsa, 
 Company D, 12th M. G. Bn., 8th Brigade. 
 Killed at Chateau Thierry, July 18, 1918. 
 Next of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. 
 Gordon, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
HARVEY E. CROSBY Age 20, laborer. 
 Bixby, Company B. 358th Infantry. 90th 
 Division. Killed in action near Vilcey. 
 France, September 15, UI18. Next of kin, 
 mother, Mrs. Anna E. Johnston, Bixby, 
 Okla. 
 
 LEWIS EARL EBERHART Age 26. la- 
 borer, Tulsa, Company L, 358th Infantry. 
 90th Division. Died from wounds received 
 in St. Mihiel drive. September 22, 1918. 
 Next of kin. mother. Mrs. Margaret Eber- 
 hart, Tulsa. Okla. 
 
 WILLIAM OLIVER KELLY— Age 38. la- 
 borer, Tul;a, Company C, 142d Infantry, 
 36th Division. Spanish War veteran. Died 
 in France, November 10, 1918, from wounds 
 received in action. Next of kin, father. 
 John Kelly, Barnett, Mo. 
 
 W. S. SPRAGUE— Age 41, driller, Mounds, 
 Company B, 323d Field Signal Bn. Died 
 of illness at Brest, France, October 19, 
 1918. Next of kin, sister, Mrs. Alex 
 Weber, New Orleans, La. 
 
EMMETT GRAVES— Ape 27. smelter work- 
 er, Tulsa, 4th Supply Train, A. E. F. 
 Died of pneumonia at Bad Bevtrich, Ger- 
 many, February 1, 1919. Next of kin, 
 father, J. D. Graves, Altoona, Kan. 
 
 SAMUEL A. PIDCOCK— Age 25, smelter 
 worker, Sand Springs, Company B, 142d 
 Infantry, 36th D 'vision. Died in hospital 
 at St. Etienne, France, October 11, 1918. 
 from wounds received in action. Awarded 
 Croix de Guerre. Next of kin. mother, Mrs. 
 Allie Burk, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 
 FRED B. GRAVES— Age 23. engineer, 
 Tulsa, Medical Corps. Died in France, 
 September 10, 1918, of pneumonia. Next 
 of kin, wife, Mrs. Merle Graves, Burling- 
 ton, Kan. 
 
 CHAMPION CARSON— Age 23, civil en- 
 gineer, Tulsa, Company F, 7th Engineers, 
 5th Division. Killed in the Meuse-Argonne 
 campaign whHe giving first aid to a 
 wounded comrade. Next of kin, parents, 
 Mr. ar.d Mrs. Usher Carson, Miami, Okla. 
 
JAMES IRA SPEIR Age 23, laborer. Sand 
 Springs, Company B, 358th Infantry, 90th 
 
 Division. Died September 29, 1918, from 
 
 wounds received in the Argonne Forest. 
 
 Next of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. S. 
 
 Speir, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 
 EUGENE R. CEASE— Age 29, electrician, 
 Tulsa, Company C, 323d Field Signal Bn. 
 
 Died at Brest, France, October 11, 1918, 
 
 of pneumonia. Next of kin, father, Eugene 
 
 A. Cease, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 RAYMOND S. GREER Age 21, laborer. 
 Sand Springs, Company K, 140th Infan- 
 try. Killed in action in France, 1918. Next 
 of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. James S. 
 Greer, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 
 EARL GREEN— Age 24, glass worker, Sand 
 Springs, Company B, 358th Infantry. 
 Kihed in action in France. September, 1918. 
 Next of kin, brother, Otis Green, Sand 
 Springs, Okla. 
 
CLYDE A. STONE— Age 28, teamster, Sand 
 Springs, Navy. Died of influenza at 
 Naval Training Station, San Diego, Cal., 
 October 4, 1918. Next of kin, father, E. F. 
 Stone, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 
 MADISON C. WARNER— Age 22, laborer, 
 Tulsa, Company B, 16th Infantry. Died 
 on French front, October 9, 1918. Next 
 of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Warner, 
 Tulsa. 
 
 JAMES O. WILLIAMS— Age 20, plumber, 
 Tulsa, enlisted with the Aviation in 
 Tulsa, transferred to Tth Infantry, 3d Di- 
 vision overseas. Killed in action at Belleau 
 Woods, July 3, 1918 Next of kin, parents, 
 Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Williams, Oklahoma 
 City, Okla. 
 
Tulsa County's Fallen Heroes 
 
 EUGENE J. MANGAN— Age 20, stenographer, 
 Tulsa, Company C, 342 Bn. Tank Corps. Died 
 at Camp Polk, N. C, December 6, 1918, of influenza. 
 Next of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mangan, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 JOHN LUTHER MEADOWS— Age 24, mason, Red 
 Fork. Company A, 358th Infantry. Killed in 
 action near Vilcey, France, September 26, 1918. 
 Next of kin, mother, Mrs. Alice Amanda Meadows, 
 Red Fork, Okla. 
 
 WESLEY F. GRUBE— Age 26, geologist, Broken 
 Arrow, Company D, 7th Engineering Corps. 
 Killed in action near Cunell, France, October 14, 
 1918. Next of kin, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. 
 Grube, Broken Arrow, Okla. 
 
 GEORGE BURNSIDES— Age 23, laborer, Sand 
 Springs. Killed in action in France. September, 
 1918. Next of kin, sister, Mrs. James Peed, Kan- 
 sas City, Mo. 
 
 ALONZO CASEY— Farmer, Broken Arrow, Com- 
 pany D, 133rd Infantry. Died at sea, Septem- 
 ber 25, 1918, of pneumonia. Next of kin, wife, Mrs. 
 Jessie Casey, Broken Arrow, Okla. 
 
 IVAN C. BROWN— Age 27, oil driller, Leonard, 
 Company B, 358th Infantry, 90th Division. Killed 
 in action in St. Mihiel drive, September 26, 1918. 
 Next of kin, mother, Mrs. Hannah B. Brown, 
 Leonard. 
 
Section II 
 
 Civilian Activities 
 
CHAPTER TWO. 
 
 National Defense Work 
 
 i 
 
 COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 
 
 The first step towards the amalgamation of agencies in 
 order to avoid, as far as possible, the duplication of effort 
 in the business of winning the war for civilization, the 
 Council of National Defense was created by an Act of Congress, 
 approved August 29, 1916, "that the resources and energies of 
 the Nation might be co-ordinated and made available in the event 
 of a national crisis." This body was charged with "the creation 
 of relations which will render possible in the time of need, the 
 immediate concentratio nand utilization of the resources of the 
 Nation." That the organization, during the three years of its ex- 
 istence, far surpassed in scope and significance the hopes of its 
 founders is indicated by a communication from Secretary of War 
 Newton D. Baker to President Wilson in which he said : 
 
 "It is difficult to estimate the importance of the service 
 rendered, since our entrance into the war, by these State Coun- 
 cils, their County Councils and the multitude of workers banded 
 together under them, whom we estimate to number at least one 
 million. I feel sure that you, as their Commander-in-Chief, will 
 be proud of their unique contribution in the war and will use your 
 authority to broaden the scope of their activities as conditions 
 permit, so that they may go on to even greater achievements." 
 
 Realizing the efficiency of the machinery provided by the 
 Council of Defense system the President, in July of 1918, strong- 
 ly recommended that the organization be utilized as a single 
 channel for the execution of the war program. This plan made 
 for economy of effort and rendered unnecessary the creation of 
 much local Federal machinery which otherwise would have had 
 to be set up for the performance of special tasks. 
 
 The Council of National Defense was charged with the per- 
 formance of the following duties : 
 
 1. — To supervise and direct investigations and make recom- 
 mendations to the President and the heads of executive depart- 
 ments as to — 
 
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 (a) The location of railroads with reference to the frontier 
 of the United States, so as to render possible expeditious concen- 
 tration of troops and supplies to points of defense. 
 
 (b) The co-ordination of military, industrial and commercial 
 purposes in the location of extensive highways and branch lines 
 of railroads. 
 
 (c) The utilization of waterways. 
 
 (d) The mobilization of military and naval resources for 
 defense. 
 
 (e) The increase of domestic production of articles and ma- 
 terials essential to the support of armies and of the people during 
 the interruption of foreign commerce. 
 
 (f ) The development of seagoing transportation. 
 
 (g) Data as to amounts, location, method and means of pro- 
 duction and availability of military supplies. 
 
 (h) The giving of information to producers and manufac- 
 turers as to the class of supplies needed by the military and other 
 services of the Government, the requirements relating thereto, 
 and the creation of relations which will render possible in time 
 of need the immediate concentration and utilization of the re- 
 sources of the Nation. 
 
 2. — To report to the President or to the heads of the execu- 
 tive departments upon special inquiries or subjects appropriate 
 thereto. 
 
 3. — To submit an annual report to Congress, through the 
 President, giving as full a statement of the activities of the Coun- 
 cil and the agencies subordinate to it as is consistent with the 
 public interest, including an itemized account of the expendi- 
 tures made by the Council, or authorized by it, in as full detail 
 as the public interest will permit, providing, however, that the 
 President may authorize, in amounts stipulated by him, un- 
 vouchered expenditures and report the gross so authorized not 
 itemized. 
 
 The following is the personnel of the Council of National 
 Defense : 
 
 Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, chairman. 
 
 Secretary of Navy, Johephus Daniels. 
 
 Secretary of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane. 
 
 Secretary of Agriculture, David F. Houston. 
 
 Secretary of Commerce, William C. Redfield. 
 
 Secretary of Labor, William B. Wilson. 
 
 The Advisory Committee consisted of some of the ablest 
 business and professional talent in the country. The following 
 members, appointed by the President constituted this commis- 
 sion: 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 57 
 
 Daniel Willard, Transportation and Communication (presi- 
 dent Baltimore & Ohio Railroad), chairman. 
 
 Howard E. Coffin, Aircraft, (vice president Hudson Motor 
 Co.) 
 
 Julius Rosenwald, Supplies (including clothing), etc. (presi- 
 dent Sears-Roebuck & Co.) 
 
 Bernard M. Baruch, Raw Materials, Minerals and Metals 
 (banker.) 
 
 Dr. Hollis Godfrey, Engineering and Education (president 
 Drexel Institute.) 
 
 Samuel Gompers, Labor, including conservation of health and 
 welfare of workers (president American Federation of Labor.) 
 
 Dr. Franklin Martin, Medicine and Surgery, including gen- 
 eral sanitation (secretary General American College of Surgery, 
 Chicago.) 
 
 Walter S. Gifford, director of Council and Advisory Com- 
 mission. 
 
 Grosvenor B. Clarkson, secretary of Council and Advisory 
 Commission. 
 
 The work of the commission covered the following subjects : 
 Transportation and communication; munitions, manufacturing, 
 including standardization and industrial relations; supplies, in- 
 cluding clothing; raw materials, minerals and metals; engineer- 
 ing and education; labor, including conservation of health and 
 welfare of workers ; medicine, surgery and sanitation. 
 
 Seven district committees with a commission member acting 
 as chaiman of each, administered the work of the Advisory 
 Commission. 
 
 The following important system of boards and sections was 
 closely correlated with the general committee : 
 
 The War Industries Board. 
 
 The Munitions Standard Board. 
 
 The Aircraft Production Board. 
 
 The Medical Section. 
 
 The Commercial Economy Board. 
 
 The Interdepartmental Advisory Board. 
 
 The Co-operative Committee on the Purchase of Army Sup- 
 plies (United States Chamber of Commerce.) 
 
 The National Research Council. 
 
 The Committee on Shipping. 
 
 The Committee of Women's Defense Work. 
 
 The Committee on Coal Production. 
 
 The Section on Co-operation with States. 
 
58 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 OKLAHOMA STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 
 
 The Oklahoma State Council of Defense, instituted at the 
 suggestion of the Council of National Defense with the pe- 
 culiar and important responsibilities attached to all State 
 Councils, made a noteworthy record and its work was highly com- 
 mended at Washington. 
 
 The State Council realized that in order to carry out the 
 mandates of the national body its first duty was to co-ordinate 
 the war activities throughout the State. This would have been 
 impossible of accomplishment save for the unfaltering support 
 given it by the County Councils of Defense, which proved to be 
 the bulwark of the Nation in supporting the war program. 
 
 The officers of the State Council of Defense during the war 
 period were : Gov. R. L. Williams, member of all committees ; J. M. 
 Aydelotte, Oklahoma City, chairman; Stratton D. Brooks, Nor- 
 man, secretary; Chester H. Westfall, Oklahoma City, assistant 
 secretary; Judge C. B. Ames, Oklahoma City; T. H. Beason, El 
 Reno; J. W. Cantwell, Stillwater; W. D. Gibson, Grove; Major 
 Eugene M. Kerr, Oklahoma City; S. R. Lewis, Tulsa; George 
 McQuaid, Oklahoma City; George Miller, Bliss; L. E. Phillips, 
 Bartlesville; Mont Powell, Oklahoma City; George S. Ramsey, 
 Muskogee; R. E. Stafford, Okahoma City; Major W. E. Utterback, 
 Durant ; Dr. Howard Weber, Bartlesville ; James A. Wilson, Still- 
 water ; Ollie S. Wilson, Oklahoma City ; Mrs. Eugene B. Lawson, 
 Nowata, and Carl Williams, Oklahoma City. 
 
 R. H. Wilson, Oklahoma City; C. H. Hyde, Alva; W. G. Ash- 
 ton, Oklahoma City, and E. B. P. Kelly, El Reno, also served 
 during a portion of the period. 
 
 By order of the State Council all County Councils in Okla- 
 homa were disbanded on January 15, 1919, each County Council, 
 before going out of existence, appointing a demobilization or 
 other commitee delegated to looking after discharged men as 
 they were released from service. 
 
 The State Council held its last regular meeting on January 
 4, 1919, but its operations continued until August 1 of that year. 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 59 
 
 TULSA COUNTY COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 
 
 Through the functions of the County Councils of Defense 
 one phase of human psychology was difinitely determined — 
 the spirit of the American civilian toward a cause which, 
 up to that time had g enerally been considered Utopian. Vaunted 
 German psychologists had reached the conclusion that Americans 
 would not unreservedly throw themselves into a struggle waged 
 three thousand miles from home. Prussian leaders pointed out 
 the impossibility of marshalling American forces overseas in 
 time to avoid the disaster in which the entente allies, to all ap- 
 pearances were being rapidly engulfed. 
 
 The actual peril confronting the United States through the 
 perfidy of the Imperail Germany Government had not been ap- 
 preciated or realized by the general public in the early stages of 
 of the World War. 
 
 America, however, ran true to form. All the traditions 
 which marked an unsullied record in the wars for right were mag- 
 nificently upheld. When forced to resort to arms in defense of 
 National honor, America was incomparable, supreme. The rec- 
 ord of her arms on the field of battle gave every proof of the 
 quality and stamina of her fighting men. 
 
 History records no civil achievement parallel to that which 
 placed the American Nation on a formidable war footing in an 
 incredibly short time. The vast wealth and resources of the 
 country were poured into those channels which sustained the 
 American Expeditionary Force abroad and strengthened the 
 weakening Entente Allies in the final and crucial stages of the 
 war. 
 
 Councils of Defense furnished the principal medium of ex- 
 pression for the civilian population and fortified and encouraged 
 all war agencies in the pursuit of their objectives. 
 
 In this sphere of action Tulsa County Council of National 
 Defense more than held its own. Its work stands out in bold 
 relief in the history of civilian effort. 
 
 Oklahoma was one of the States in which Councils of De- 
 fense, State, county and district had neither government nor 
 legal status in fact. The Legislature had adjourned before the 
 declaration of war. With few exceptions, therefore, edicts were 
 issued by these organizations without warrant in law; but a 
 stronger and more impelling force sustained the Tulsa County 
 Council of Defense — public opinion, the moral support of both 
 the State and the Federal Government and the necessities aris- 
 ing from a great emergency furnished sufficient authority for 
 the herculean efforts of this body of determined, virile, loyal and 
 fearless men in removing barriers and in overcoming all phases 
 of local resistance to which the Federal Government might be 
 
60 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 subjected in the prosecution of the war. The duties of the Coun- 
 ty Council were multitudinous and diversified. Foremost among 
 them was the bringing home of the conflict of carnage and deso- 
 lation being waged across the seas, to the busy merchant, the 
 banker and the manufacturer ; to the great body of wage earners, 
 to the farmer, the miner and the oil operative, thus engendering 
 a patriotic enthusiasm capable of sustaining the war agencies 
 throughout the struggle. Local affairs must be adjusted to meet 
 the new conditions, in other words, the morale of the "second line 
 of defense", as the people who remained at home were known, 
 required as careful guarding as did that of the militant forces in 
 the field. The finer distinction between license and liberty must 
 be pointed out to those who shirked their patriotic duty. Treach- 
 ery and sedition must be combatted. Unworthy and sordid mo- 
 tives must be ferreted out and their authors deprived of all 
 power for wrong doing. Substantial aid must be accorded those 
 citizens and agencies charged with the responsibility of raising 
 funds with which to carry on the war. Aid must be tendered to 
 ministering organizations at the front. The humane and pro- 
 tective work of the American Red Cross must be continued and 
 extended and the financial security of this and other organiza- 
 tions must be guaranteed by the success of their respective drives, 
 to the end that the suffering and hardships of the men in service 
 might be ameliorated. 
 
 The unfailing patriotism of the American people, stimulated 
 by the steady, persistent, ingenious and vigilant work of the 
 Councils of Defense, had a great bearing on war efforts in com- 
 munities where such bodies were most active. 
 
 As the State of Oklahoma was designated at Washington as 
 one of the most active in defense work, so the Tulsa County 
 Council of National Defense achieved a record which was the peer 
 of that of any defense body in the country. Its reputation for 
 accomplishment extended beyond the boundaries of the State 
 and furnished inspiration to Councils in other commonwealths. 
 The self -sacrificing labor on the part of its leaders, the willing- 
 ness of every member to perform any duty of whatever charac- 
 ter or degree of importance which may have been imposed upon 
 him, made the Tulsa County Council of Defense a formidable 
 body for good, lent importance to comparatively trivial matters 
 and made possible the accomplishment of large undertakings. 
 
 Tragedy, pathos and humor characterized their proceedings. 
 Acts having momentous bearing upon the peace and safety 
 of the community on one hand and uninteresting detail of minor 
 investigations on the other, received prompt and uniform atten- 
 tion. Private business considerations of its members became sub- 
 servient to patriotic duty and be it said that commercial op- 
 erations involving millions of dollars were controlled by the active 
 
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 J. BURR GIBBONS, Chairman Tulsa County Council of Defense; National 
 Director and President of local branch of Navy League, and member various com- 
 mittees in National organization ; member War Censorship Committe, Fuel Board 
 and Four-Minute Men ; County Fuel Administrator, County Food Administrator, 
 County Chairman Four-Minute Men ; State Censor on Explosives Regulations and 
 member of Oklahoma Advisory Commission ; Captain American Protective League ; 
 active in War drives ; member Soldiers and Sailors Council, first Secretary and later 
 Vice President Tulsa County Historical Society. 
 
 R. M. McFARLIN, Vice President County Council, President Chamber of 
 Commerce ; District Field Representative District No. 1 in all Liberty Loan drives ; 
 Chairman Eleventh District War Industries Board ; member Executive Committee 
 Red Cross drives ; member Advisory Committee on war drives. 
 
 MRS. LILAH D. LINDSEY, Secretary-Treasurer County Council, President 
 Housewives League, leader of Women's Work. 
 
 D. C. ROSE, Executive Secretary County Council. 
 
J M BERRY, Executive Committee County Council, County Chairman in four 
 Liberty Loan campaigns; Chairman Tulsa Branch U. S. Navy League; member 
 Advisory Committee on War Loans. 
 
 N. R. GRAHAM, Member Executive and Finance Committees of County 
 Council ; joint State Director Victory Loan campaign ; Vice State Chairman Fourth 
 Liberty Loan campaign and of 1918 Christmas Red Cross Campaign ; State Director 
 Four-Minute Men ; Vice District Chairman United War Work campaign ; Treasurer 
 Tulsa War Budget campaigns ; Manager District No. 1 Third Liberty Loan campaign. 
 
 COL. CLARENCE B. DOUGLAS, Executive Committee County Council, General 
 Secretary Chamber of Commerce ; County Food Administrator ; Captain American 
 Protective League ; President Soldiers and Sailors Council ; Chairman War Censor- 
 ship Committee ; Four-Minute Man ; Publicity Director Third Liberty Loan ; Presi- 
 dent Tulsa County Historical Society. 
 
 A. L. FARMER, member Executive, Labor and Censor Committees County Coun- 
 cil ; Dollar-a-Year Man and State Director of U. S. Boys Working Reserve. 
 
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 EARL SNEED, member Executive and Legal Committees County Council. 
 
 FRED SHAW, member Executive and Finance Committees County Council ; 
 District Manager Victory Loan campaign. 
 
 M. S. BLASSINGAME, member Executive and Publicity Committees County 
 Council. 
 
HARRY W. KISKADDON, member Executive and Finance Committees County 
 Council ; member Executive Committee Victory Chorus and organist for Community 
 Sings. 
 
 CHARLES H. HUBBARD, member Executive Committee County Council and of 
 Executive Committee Tulsa County Historical Society; Mayor of Tulsa; Chairman 
 Dentention Camp and Emergency Hospital Boards. 
 
 J. H. EVANS, member Executive and Finance Committees of County Council. 
 
 PHILIP KATES, member Executive Committee County Council and of Tulsa 
 County Red Cross Chapter ; Chairman Home Service Section Red Cross ; Chairman 
 Fair Price Committee. 
 
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 sive Section, Bureau of Mines, member Advisory Commission on Explosives Regula- 
 tions. 
 
 WASH E. HUDSON, member Executive and Legal Committees County Council. 
 
 ORRA E. UPP, member Executive, Statistics and Census Committees County 
 Council ; County Chairman War Savings Stamps campaign : City Food Administrator. 
 
 G. ED WARREN, member of Executive, Labor and Arbitration Committees 
 County Council ; Four-Minute Man ; member Advisory Committee of Tulsa County 
 Local Board and of U. S. Boys Working Reserve ; member Far Price Committee. 
 
H. C. TYRELL, member Executive Committee County Council, State Director 
 United States Shpibuilding Reserves, Chairman Non-War Construction Committee. 
 
 G. E. WILLIAMSON, member Executive and Labor Committees of County Council 
 and County Fuel Administrator. 
 
 D. LaRUE BAKER, member Executive and Labor Committees of County Council ; 
 County Director U. S. Boys Working Reserve. 
 
 VERNON L. SMITH, member Executive and Publicity Committees County 
 Council. 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 61 
 
 leaders in Tulsa's defense work. Multi-millionaires abandoned 
 their private interests for months at a time in order to serve 
 their country in the local field. Likewise, wage-earners responded 
 to every call with alacrity and cheerfulness inspiring to men of 
 larger wealth. 
 
 Treason and plotting by alien enemies sprang into life in 
 Tulsa in common with other communities, but were stamped out 
 as quickly as they appeared. In many cases of delinquency 
 handled by the County Council, however, the offender was the 
 victim either of misinformation or of a lack of information. 
 
 The doctrine taught by the Tulsa County Council of Defense 
 was simple : namely, that the war was a war of the people of the 
 Nation and that every man and woman not on the firing line had 
 a definite place at home and an individual responsibility. The 
 spontaneous response with which all demands of the County 
 Councils were met by a large majority of the people is a tribute 
 to the innate patriotism of the citizenship of Tulsa and Tulsa 
 County. 
 
 The personnel of the Tulsa County Council of National De- 
 fense explains, in a measure the broad influence exercised by that 
 organization. The council consisted of: 
 
 Chairman, J. Burr Gibbons, President and general manager 
 of the Hof stra Manufacturing Company and national director of 
 the Navy League of the United States. 
 
 Secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Lilah D. Lindsey, President of the 
 W. C. T. U. county organization and President of the House- 
 wives League. 
 
 R. M. FcFarlin, President of the McMann Oil Company, Pres- 
 ident of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, Vice-President of the 
 Exchange National Bank. 
 
 H. C. Tyrell, oil operator and President of the Tulsa Y. M. 
 
 C. A. 
 
 S. R. Lewis, attorney, capitalist, member of the Oklahoma 
 State Council of Defense. 
 
 J. J. Larkin, director of the Exchange National Bank, capi- 
 talist. 
 
 J. M. Berry, President of the Central National Bank. 
 
 Publicity Committee : Clarence B. Douglas, general secretary 
 of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce; Vernon L. Smith, managing 
 editor of the Tulsa Democrat ; M. S. Blassingame, manager of the 
 Bank Note Printing Company, and J. Burr Gibbons. 
 
 Legal Committee: Wash E. Hudson, Earl Sneed, Phillip 
 Kates and Judge John B. Meserve, attorneys. 
 
 Labor Committee: G. E. Warren, editor Tulsa Unionist; A. 
 L. Farmer, agent New York Life Insurance Company ; Mrs. Lilah 
 
 D. Lindsey, H. C. Tyrell, D. LaRue Baker, County Farm Agent, 
 
62 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 and G. E. Williamson, President of the Independent Fuel Com- 
 pany. 
 
 Statistics and Census Committee : J. J. Larkin, A. L. Farm- 
 er, N. R. Graham, special representative of the Exchange Na- 
 tional Bank and secretary of the Tulsa County Fair Association ; 
 Fred Shaw, President of the Fred Shaw Motor and Supply Com- 
 pany, and Ora E. Upp, President of the Upp Wholesale Grocery 
 Company. 
 
 Finance Committee: R. M. McFarlin, Harry Kiskaddon, oil 
 producer ; N. R. Graham, J. M. Berry, Fred Shaw and J. H. Evans, 
 vice-president of the McEwin Manufacturing Company. 
 
 Executive Secretary : D. C. Rose. 
 
 The early sessions of the Council were held in the basement 
 of the Christian Church on Fourth Street and Boulder Avenue, 
 which became temporary headquarters. Permanent location was 
 later established in its own building adjoining the War Savings 
 Stamp Bank on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth. 
 
 At the final meeting of the Tulsa County Council, N. R. 
 Graham presented a complete financial statement of the Second 
 Red Cross War Fund Collection Account, Second War Budget 
 Collection Account, War Relief Fund, which was raised in June, 
 1917, and the Third War Budget Collection Account. The re- 
 port of the Auditing Committee, consisting of D. C. Rose, Harry 
 W. Kiskaddon and Ora E. Upp, approving these accounts, was ac- 
 cepted and a vote of thanks given to Mr. Graham and the Auditing 
 Committee for their work. 
 
 The secretary then read a report of the activities of the 
 Tulsa County Council of National Defense from the birth of the 
 organization to January 8, 1919, inclusive. The report was re- 
 ceived and the secretary given a vote of thanks. It was voted 
 that copies of the secretary's and Graham's reports be bound 
 in suitable cover and presented to the Public Library in Tulsa 
 in order that future generations might know the part that the 
 Tulsa County Council had taken in war activities. A copy of the 
 secretary's report was also ordered sent to the State Historical 
 Society at Oklahoma City. 
 
 The following resolution was passed : 
 
 WHEREAS, the Tulsa County Council of National Defense 
 is on the eve of closing its business and office, and, 
 
 WHEREAS, D. C. Rose twelve months ago gave up his per- 
 sonal business and at very great pecuniary sacrifice undertook the 
 executive secretaryship of the Tulsa County Council at a tenta- 
 tive salary of $150 per month, and has given most faithful, effi- 
 cient and untiring service, having been subject to call day or 
 night, Sundays and holidays, and has at all times stood ready 
 to further the interests of said Council of Defense at the ex- 
 pense of his personal business and individual interests, 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 63 
 
 NOW, THEREFORE, we, the undersigned members of the 
 Tulsa County Council of National Defense, are in favor of fixing 
 the salary of said D. C. Rose at $250 per month, from the begin- 
 ning of service, to the end that the faithful, efficient and un- 
 swerving labors of said executive secretary shall be in a more 
 adequate measure compensated. 
 
 The resolution was adopted and the provisions contained 
 therein were carried out. 
 
 Mrs. Lindsey addressed the Council, thanking the members 
 for the courtesy they had extended her as the only lady member 
 of the body. 
 
 Mayor Hubbard thanked the Council for the assistance 
 which they had rendered him personally and for the assistance 
 which the Council had given the City Government during his 
 administration. 
 
 A vote of thanks was given Mrs. Lindsey "for the splendid 
 work she had done as a member of the Council and for carrying 
 the entire women's work." 
 
 On motion of Col. Douglas the chair appointed a committee 
 of five members, "which shall be known as the executive com- 
 mittee of an organization to be known as the Tulsa County His- 
 torical Association, and that it will be the duty of this commit- 
 tee to prepare suitable by-laws and charter and to formulate 
 plans for its successful organization, and, upon completion of the 
 work, all members of the Tulsa County Council of National De- 
 fense will automatically become charter members of the Tulsa 
 County Historical Association for one year; and that all moneys 
 left in the treasury of the Tulsa County Council of National De- 
 fense, after they have completely settled up their affairs, be 
 turned over to this society. The chair appointed the following 
 committee : 
 
 Judge John B. Meserve, Col. Clarence B. Douglas, N. R. 
 Graham, Charles H. Hubbard and J. Burr Gibbons. 
 
 J. Burr Gibbons appointed the executive committee of the 
 County Council as a final Auditing Committee, to which the 
 committee which had been appointed to conclude the affairs of 
 the County Council, consisting of Ora E. Upp, D. C. Rose and 
 Harry W. Kiskaddon, would make their final report. 
 
 It was voted that all members of the Home Guard who had 
 attended 80 per cent of the drills and emergency calls of that 
 body should be presented with a rifle. 
 
 The following resolution in commendation of the services of 
 Robert M. McFarlin was read and adopted unanimously by the 
 Council all members present inscribing their signatures to this 
 resolution : 
 
 WHEREAS, Robert M. McFarlin, a distinguished member of 
 this body from its inception, in addition to the services rendered 
 
64 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 by him to this organization, has performed other services of a 
 high meritorious and patriotic character, calling for suitable ex- 
 pression of commendation of this body. He has unreservedly 
 given of his time to the organization ; he has, without stint, given 
 of his counsel; generous he has been with his time and his tal- 
 ents, although he is regarded as one of the busiest men of affairs 
 in the State of Oklahoma. Upon the organization of the Tulsa 
 County Home Guard, he was the financial support of this body 
 and advanced at various times, sums of money approximating 
 $20,000 with no guarantee back of it save the patriotism of the 
 citizens of Tulsa. 
 
 We recognize in Robert M. McFarlin a member and a fellow 
 citizen of the highest patriotic purpose and noble resolve, and 
 wish to fitly testify to our estimate and appreciation of the ex- 
 traordinary services which he has rendered to the city of Tulsa 
 and to this body since its organization. 
 
 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Tulsa 
 County Council of National Defense, in its last official session 
 assembled, that we extend to Robert M. McFarlin our highest and 
 sincerest appreciation of the character of his service, and of the 
 splendid services rendered by him as a member of this body since 
 its inception, and we particularly wish that our appreciation be 
 recorded of the extraordinary services rendered by him as a 
 member of the Tulsa County Council of National Defense and as a 
 citizen of Tulsa and Tulsa County, and, 
 
 That a suitable copy of these resolutions be inscribed and 
 furnished Robert M. McFarlin by the secretary. 
 
 The following resolution was then read and adopted unan- 
 imously by the Tulsa County Council of National Defense : 
 
 WHEREAS, the Government of the United States as a corol- 
 lary to its armed forces upon land and sea, marshalled the great 
 soul of the Nation to more completely effectuate its high purpose 
 in the World War, and, 
 
 WHEREAS, the spirit of the Nation was reflected through 
 the efforts of the various war organizations through the medium 
 of which the great bodies of patriotic men and women throughout 
 the land gave unstintingly of time, talent and money in the Na- 
 tion's hour of stress, and, 
 
 WHEREAS, a strong factor contributing to the Govern- 
 ment's high success in the preservation of the morale of c^r 
 people at home, was the National Council of Defense, with its 
 ramifications reaching to the county school districts and bringf. g 
 the high purposes and resolves of the Government to the very 
 threshold of every home throughout our land, and, 
 
 WHEREAS, the signing of the armistice, the demobilization 
 of the armed forces of the Central Powers, and the dawn of a 
 World Peace renders unnecessary the functions of the County 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 65 
 
 Councils of Defense, and, by executive order, the purposes of the 
 Tulsa County Council of National Defense cease and terminate 
 on this, the fifteenth day of January, 1919, and henceforth it 
 ceases to exist as an organization, and 
 
 WHEREAS, the patriotic labors and endeavors of the Tulsa 
 County Council of National Defense have been greatly assisted 
 and promoted by the press of Tulsa County, and especially by the 
 press of the city of Tulsa, the various civic clubs and commercial 
 organizations, the various war boards, the churches and religious 
 organizations and by the splendid citizenship of the city of Tulsa 
 and Tulsa County ; by the Home Guard, and by individual citizens 
 and business houses through their generous and patriotic contri- 
 butions to the success of this organization, and 
 
 WHEREAS, we feel a sense of gratitude and appreciation 
 toward these organizations and individuals, and desire in a pub- 
 lic manner to express our appreciation of the services and as- 
 sistance so unselfishly rendered, 
 
 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Tulsa 
 County Council of National Defense in its last official session as- 
 sembled : 
 
 That we extend to the press of Tulsa County, and especially 
 to the press of the city of Tulsa, to the various civic clubs and 
 bodies, to the various churches and religious organizations, to 
 the various war boards, to the citizenship of the city of Tulsa 
 and Tulsa County, to the Home Guard, and to individual citizens 
 and business firms who have generously and patriotically con- 
 tributed to the success of this organization, our sincere thanks 
 and our appreciation of the cordial, effective and patriotic sup- 
 port which they have accorded this body since its organization, 
 and, 
 
 That suitable publicity may be given to the sentiments we 
 herein wish to express, a copy of these resolutions be furnished 
 to the press of the city of Tulsa and of Tulsa County. 
 
 The following resolutions were passed : 
 
 The Tulsa County Council of National Defense would be re- 
 miss if it did not officially recognize the tireless patience and 
 unfaltering loyalty of its chairman, J. Burr Gibbons. He was 
 in every sense the active head of the organization, and no task 
 was too large or detail too trivial, to command the whole force 
 of his personality in meeting the situation. His tactfulness and 
 diplomacy, his willingness to accept counsel and advice and his 
 fearless attitude when once a course of action was decided upon, 
 won authority and respect both among the members of the Coun- 
 cil and the citizens of the community. 
 
 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County 
 Council of National Defense gives expression to its apprecia- 
 
66 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 tion of his wise leadership, self-forgetfulness and personal sac- 
 rifices willingly made, that right and justice might be enforced. 
 
 High in the list of those who served in Tulsa, during the un- 
 certain days of the war, stands the name of N. R. Graham. The 
 Tulsa County Council of National Defense recognizes in him the 
 financial genius who deserves a large share of the credit for plac- 
 ing Tulsa first among the cities of the country in offerings of 
 wealth. 
 
 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tulsa 
 County Council of National Defense congratulates him upon his 
 flawless record as treasurer and strategist of all war drives, 
 and expresses its appreciation of his loyal co-operation in every 
 effort that was put forth in carrying out the purposes of this 
 organization. 
 
 The Tulsa County Council of National Defense recognizes 
 that Captain Rooney and his Home Guard have been its own right 
 arm of power. While the citizens slept in peace, many were the 
 nights that he placed his men on guard defeating powerful con- 
 spiracies and protecting millions of dollars worth of property. 
 The story of his services may never be told in detail, but unques- 
 tionably his alertness, faithfulness and capacity to inspire watch- 
 ful loyalty in his men saved Tulsa from well organized cam- 
 paigns of frightfulness which were intended to cripple the oil 
 industry and give aid to the Central Powers. Therfore, to Cap- 
 tain Rooney, patriot, efficient officer, good fellow, giving of his 
 time and energy without compensation, 
 
 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Tulsa County Council of Na- 
 tional Defense expresses its own deep appreciation and the grat- 
 itude of the citizens of the city and county. His unselfish devo- 
 tion will always be remembered, and credit be given him for 
 Tulsa's escape from the perils of deeply laid plots. 
 
 The Tulsa County Council of National Defense recognizes 
 Harry W. Kiskaddon as one of its efficiency experts. No man 
 has given of his time and the energy more freely than he, and 
 the wisdom of his counsel has given direction and value to many 
 of the activities of the organization. Never has he hestiated 
 to meet responsibility, although often at the sacrifice of his per- 
 
 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this recog- 
 nition of his esteemed service be expressed, together with an ap- 
 preciation of his particular contribution in his ability to stir up 
 war enthusiasm with music and song. 
 
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 WOMEN'S WORK 
 
 The work of the Women's Division of the Tulsa County 
 Council of Defense was under the immediate direction of Mrs. 
 Lilah D. Lindsey, who was the only woman in the personnel of 
 that body. Mrs. Lindsey served as secretary-treasurer of the 
 Council during its existence and was given a vote of thanks at the 
 final session commending her splendid patriotism and executive 
 ability in successfully putting over all war campaigns. 
 
 The initial effort of the Women's Division toward winning 
 the war was the food pledge campaign as outlined by Herbert 
 Hoover, which was launched on October 28, 1918. For this cam- 
 paign the county was organized by appointing a captain in every 
 town and village with lieutenants in charge of smaller sub- 
 divisions. The week preceding the opening of the campaign was 
 devoted to intensive educational work. Thousands of pieces of 
 literature on food conservation were distributed and the county 
 was well placarded with appropriate posters. 
 
 At meetings held in school buildings in Tulsa city and county 
 the following Four-Minute speakers discussed food problems 
 emphasizing the necessity of a strict observance of all Govern- 
 ment food regulations: Mrs. Lilah D. Lindsey, Miss Clara 
 Kimble, supervisor of home economics in the Tulsa schools ; Mrs. 
 0. D. Hunt, Mrs. W. N. Sill, Mrs. J. F. Reagan, Miss Jessie Shan- 
 non, county home demonstration agent, and Miss Mary Mont- 
 gomery, city home demonstration agent. 
 
 The captains in charge of this campaign and their districts 
 were: Miss Clara Kimble, Tulsa; Mrs. S. F. Hyde, Skiatook; 
 Mrs. George Adams, Broken Arrow ; Mrs. Anna B. Hagler, Jenks ; 
 Mrs. Lena Lowman Wise, Bixby; Prof. L. F. Stewart, Glenpool; 
 Mrs. George Rhyne, Dawson; Mrs. P. E. Estill, Owasso; Miss 
 Jappa Mason, Turley; Mrs. O. C. Brooks, Sperry, and Prof. J. 
 Albert Miller, Sand Springs. Mrs. Minette Hedges had charge 
 of this campaign in the rural districts. 
 
 This soliciting force designated themselves "Tulsa County 
 Army of Economy" and made a house-to-house canvas, which 
 resulted in securing 28,891 signatures to food pledge cards. 
 
 The Federal-City Home Economics Club was an outgrowth 
 of this campaign. This was an organization of housewives whose 
 purpose it was to co-operate with federal, county and city food 
 administrators, the fair price committee, grocerymen and dairy- 
 men looking to the sanitary handling of food products and the 
 regulation of prices. 
 
 In the War Savings Stamps campaign from June 25 to 28, 
 1918, practically the same plan of organization was used by Mrs. 
 Lindsey, the force of workers being increased to 325. The cap- 
 tains in Tulsa for this campaign were Mrs. Lula Billingslea, city 
 
68 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 chairman ; Mrs. 0. D. Leonard, Mrs. L. G. C. Hunter, Mrs. Murray 
 Russell, Mrs. A. T. Allison, Mrs. S. W. Parish, Mrs. M. M. Brown, 
 Mrs Ora Lightner Frost, Mrs E. Forrest Hayden, Mrs. Harriet 
 Wardell, Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman, Mrs. A. M. McDonnell, Mrs. 
 C. T. Hughes, Mrs. Gray Carroll, Mrs. E. L. Levin, Mrs. John B. 
 Meserve, Mrs. L. C. Montgomery, Mrs. Dora Washington, Mrs. 
 H. D. Murdoch, Mrs. W. I. Williams, Mrs. G. 0. Hollow, Mrs. L. L. 
 Hutchinson, Mrs. C. T. Henthorne, Mrs. F. G. Seaman, Miss Isa- 
 bell Fonda, Mrs. I. G. Rosser, Mrs. P. W. Whittaker, Mrs. Irene 
 Davis and Mrs. S. P. Kennedy. 
 
 The towns in the county were assigned captains as follows: 
 Skiatook, Mrs. S. F. Hyde; Sand Springs, Mrs. Jack Smith; 
 Broken Arrow, Mrs. J. P. Hannifin; Jenks, Mrs. Anna B. Hagler; 
 Bixby, Mrs. John Poorman ; Glenpool, Mrs. W. R. Luckfield ; Red 
 Fork, Mrs. Charles Thomas; Owasso, Mrs. Ida Rash; Alsuma, 
 Mrs. L. M. Sanderfer; Wekiwa, Mrs. Thelma Limberge; Piatt, 
 Mrs. J. A. Henderson; Leonard, Mrs. L. C. Hixon; Dawson, Mrs. 
 George G. Rhyne; Sperry, Mrs. John Phillips; rural districts, 
 Mrs. Minette Hedges. Mrs Hedges was assisted by the follow- 
 ing school district captains: Mrs. J. W. Whitely, Mrs. J. W. 
 Moorman, Mrs. McLane, Mrs. Charles Stunkard, Mrs. Joe Berry, 
 Mrs. Crosby, Tulsa; Mrs. J. B. Doolittle, West Tulsa; Mrs. T. J. 
 Shimp, Mrs. Louise Childers, Mrs. J. H. Kerr, Mrs. B. C. Ruther- 
 ford, Mrs. H. L. Carter, Mrs. Arthur Bynum, Mrs. Lilly Gaddy, 
 Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. C. C. Mercer, Broken Arrow; Mrs. M. M. 
 Jones and Mrs. Roy Taylor, Bixby; Mrs. Honer Heck, Mounds; 
 Mrs. W. R. Kenward, Maxine and Mrs. Ed Cason, Collinsville. 
 
 Tulsa County's quota in this campaign was $1,500,000; 
 pledges and subscriptions amounted to approximately $2,000,- 
 000. Inspired by the slogan, "Tulsa County Can and Tulsa County 
 Will," the women of the county secured $1,216,000 of that 
 amount. 
 
 On July 4, 1918, at the request of the Government, a per- 
 sonal message from President Wilson, written especially for the 
 occasion, was read by Four-Minute men at every celebration in 
 Tulsa County. The message was received by the chairman of 
 the County Council several days previous to the National Inde- 
 pendence Day, but was held by him in strict confidence until the 
 day of release. 
 
 During August, 1918, the Women's Division of the Council 
 maintained a recruiting station at the headquarters of the County 
 Council for the purpose of enrolling nurses for the Students' 
 Nurse Reserve. These nurses were required to replace trained 
 nurses in the United States who had been called for duty over- 
 seas, as the more active participation of America in the fighting 
 line increased proportionately the demand for skilled nurses. To 
 
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 facilitate the registration the following committee was named to 
 co-operate with the Council: Morningside hospital, Mrs. D. I. 
 Brown; Oklahoma hospital, Miss H. C. Ziegeler; Tulsa hospital, 
 Miss Audrey Abbott; Physicians and Surgeons hospital, Miss H. 
 M. Wadleigh. Tulsa's quota of forty nurses was raised with com- 
 paratively little difficulty. Mrs. Lindsey was given valuable 
 assistance in this work by Miss Myrtle Levy. The superior pub- 
 licity work of Miss Ann Evans was a contributing factor in the 
 success of all the war campaigns conducted by the women of 
 Tulsa County. 
 
 INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT 
 
 One of the busiest and most effective departments of the 
 Tulsa County Council of National Defense was a well organized 
 investigation department composed of officers of large experi- 
 ence. Every matter that came to the attention of the Council, 
 whether a suspicion of a minor infraction or a flagrant violation, 
 was turned over to a corps of efficient detectives for a definite 
 report thereon. The work was done by Miller, Painter and Jones, 
 special agents. 
 
 The trails led in all directions. Liberty Bond slackers, lo- 
 cated in Florida were made to see the wisdom of giving loyal 
 support to war measures. Questionable corporations felt the 
 hand of the defense body and withdrew their stock from the mar- 
 ket. Solicitors refrained from disposing of stock in unreliable 
 concerns in exchange for Government Bonds. Men were sought 
 in California for evading their duties. 
 
 The Council pursued a definite policy — let no guilty man 
 escape. Its fame for ferreting out and bringing to justice evil- 
 doers became widespread. 
 
 Among the memoirs of this branch of sleuthing is an exten- 
 sive collection of photographs and descriptions of residents of 
 Tulsa whose movements came under the surveillance of the Coun- 
 cil 
 
 As a result of the indefatigable labors of this department 
 the following docket was disposed of: 
 
 Eighty-four cases of disloyalty. Many of the persons inves- 
 tigated were sent to an insane asylum. 
 
 Eighteen desertions reported. Twelve deserters were 
 caught and returned to army camps. 
 
 Twenty-four persons applying for Red Cross work were in- 
 vestigated. 
 
 Six cases of undeserved allotments. Reports were made to 
 the proper government department for action. 
 
 Four failures to fill out questionnaires. Thirteen of these 
 were inducted into the army. 
 
70 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Eighty-one failures to register cases. Many of these were 
 inducted into the service. 
 
 One case of helping to evade draft. This case was turned 
 over to the court. 
 
 Four men in draft failing to support families. Information 
 concerning these men was given to the exemption board. 
 
 Twenty Liberty Bond slackers. These were made to see the 
 light. 
 
 Thirteen cases of defrauding soldiers' families. Action was 
 taken in every case and the matter adjusted. 
 
 Seventeen questionable stock corporations. Stopped sale 
 of stock in each case. 
 
 A total of 319 cases with a full report on each case is con- 
 tained in files of the Council. The total does not include the nu- 
 merous petty cases investigated but not recorded. 
 
 WAR CENSORSHIP COMMITTEE 
 
 The growing magnitude of the war and subsequent enor- 
 mous increase in the demands of the Government upon the peo- 
 ple of the country for financial support, relief work and personal 
 service required that every precaution be exercised to conserve 
 and protect the financial and physical resources of the people 
 for the most important calls. 
 
 To this end, the Tulsa County Council of National Defense 
 on January 28, 1918, at the request of National and State Coun- 
 cils and at the suggestion of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, 
 created a War Censorship Committee composed of Colonel Clar- 
 ence B. Douglas, general secretary of the Chamber of Com- 
 merce, chairman ; E. R. Kemp, American Red Cross ; J. M. Berry, 
 Navy League of the United States ; H. C. Tyrell, Y. M. C. A., and 
 J. Burr Gibbons, Council of Defense. 
 
 The duty of this committee was to pass upon all proposed 
 campaigns for war relief. This committee, by reason of its 
 personnel, was familiar with every war activity and every re- 
 quirement of the Government, and its purpose was to protect 
 and conserve the finances, services and sympathies of the citi- 
 zens of Tulsa from the appeal of unnecessary and questionable 
 war demands. 
 
 The Tulsa County Council of National Defense requested the 
 officers and members of each and every civic organization in 
 Tulsa to refer all proposed war movements to the War Censor- 
 ship Committee before allowing them to be presented at a reg- 
 ular meeting consequently, no campaign was countenanced by 
 any institution or organization which did not first have the writ- 
 ten endorsement of this committee. 
 
 Inestimable good resulted from the untiring efforts of this 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 71 
 
 committee in protecting the city from impostors and unnecessary 
 contributions. 
 
 Tulsa, with its well merited reputation for treasure and 
 generosity, had attracted scores of promoters from outside, who 
 flooded the city with ingenious and plausible calls for money. In 
 their attempts to capitalize the patriotism of the community 
 they came armed with letters and credentials, to establish the 
 worthlessness of which frequently required minute investiga- 
 tion. One solicitor bore credentials from the central office of a 
 large and accredited war organization. His request to solicit 
 funds in Tulsa was held up by Colonel Douglas pending investi- 
 gation. It developed that he had secured his letter through 
 false representations, but the fraud had not been exposed until 
 he attempted to bilk the Tulsa public. 
 
 So well had many of these emissaries convinced the public 
 of the justice and necessity of their respective programs that in 
 some instances donors were offended at the peremptory action 
 of the committee and the positive declaration that such appeals 
 must cease. 
 
 The appeals of reputable but unnecessary organizations 
 added to the troubles of the committee and despite its vigilance 
 and the warnings sent forth, a number of these people succeeded 
 in raising sums varying from $15,000 to $40,000 before their 
 campaigns were summarily closed. 
 
 The band of censors eventually became a veritable vigilance 
 committee and were occasionally required to discountenance 
 meritious but inoportune campaigns. One of these was for the 
 relief of devastated France. Persistent personal solicitations, 
 begging letters, the importuning of citizens and societies in many 
 harassing ways became an almost daily experience of the guard- 
 ians of Tulsa's funds who became unpopular with "grafters" and 
 fakirs, but who were the means of conserving large sums of 
 money through the operations of the Tulsa War Censorship 
 Committee. 
 
 LEGAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
 
 One of the busiest branches of the Tulsa County Council of 
 National Defense was the Legal Advisory Committee of which 
 Judge John B. Meserve was chairman. Judge Meserve was city 
 attorney at the time of his appointment as legal advisor of the 
 County Council of which body he was a member. Previous to the 
 creation of the legal advisory committee all investigations were 
 handled by a committee consisting of J. Burr Gibbons, W. E. 
 Hudson and Earl Sneed. 
 
 The Legal Advisory Committee conducted the investigation 
 of cases of military slackers, adjusted matters effecting the 
 
72 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 production and transportation of war necessities and met the 
 many demands imposed upon the committee by the moratorium 
 act. This act provided that no suits be brought on claims against 
 soldiers in service. A number of cases developed both in Tulsa 
 and at other points in the county, where property sold on the 
 installment plan and on which payments were due, was taken 
 away from the widow or mother of the man in service. In all 
 cases the persons making such sales were induced to return the 
 property thus seized or to reimburse the dependent for pay- 
 ments already made. Free legal advice was also given to families 
 of men in service. In fulfilling this task the committee was 
 splendidly assisted by the entire legal fraternity of Tulsa, all 
 members unhesitatingly performing any service which was 
 asked of them by the committee. On September 4, 1918, the 
 County Council decided that all questionnaires should be filed 
 and returned within one week from the day they were received, 
 notaries public being qualified to swear in the registrants. Four 
 places in Tulsa were kept open at night for that purpose. This 
 entailed considerable extra work for the legal committee. 
 
 A digest of the Soldiers and Sailors' Act, or moratorium, 
 prepared by Judge Horace Speed, facilitated the settlement of 
 cases under that law without having to resort to the courts. 
 
 NON-WAR CONSTRUCTION BOARD 
 
 During the final period of the war when the stocks of con- 
 struction and building materials were becoming depleted owing 
 to the demands of the Army and Navy and when reduced trans- 
 portation facilities and a scarcity of labor made new construc- 
 tion inadvisable, the Non-War Construction Board was organized 
 in Washington and through the State Council of Defense local 
 boards were organized in every county in Oklahoma. The duty 
 of this board was to limit construction and building operations 
 to a minimum. 
 
 Numerous requests from local concerns to facilitate ship- 
 ments of machinery were heard and granted. A number of 
 permits to build were granted, but many were refused. Among 
 those which were granted by the local board several were dis- 
 approved when the report reached the Oklahoma State Council 
 of Defense, the last resort in the State. A committee consisting 
 of H. C. Tyrell, Mayor C. H. Hubbard and Harry W. Kiskaddon 
 was appointed by the County Council to prepare briefs on such 
 applications as were disapproved by the State Council and to 
 present this argument in favor of local construction to the State 
 Committee on October 20th, 1918. 
 
 The local priority and non-war construction committee con- 
 sisted of H. C. Tyrell, chairman, J. J. Larkin, George E. Black, 
 G. E. Williamson and Wash E. Hudson. 
 
II. 
 
 HOME GUARD 
 
 In the exigencies of the fateful days of the World War, it was 
 the good fortune of few agencies to play as important a role as 
 that which reflected glory on the Tulsa County Home Guard. 
 Their usefulness broke the bounds of the county and of the State 
 and became international in its scope. 
 
 In combatting duplicity and treachery at home the Tulsa 
 County Home Guard Company did yeoman service. In preserving 
 the security of the fireside and the safety of the monster indus- 
 trial concerns threatened by activities of disloyal agencies, the 
 Home Guard allayed anxiety. As an instrument in maintaining 
 the morale of the cosmopolitan population of Tulsa and the oil 
 fields when life and property were imperilled, the Home Guard 
 won a high place in Tulsa County history. 
 
 But it was the performance of a great National service that 
 added to its career a unique touch not evident in the campaign of 
 any other war organization in Oklahoma. 
 
 A great emergency had arisen. America had been called 
 on to furnish every barrel of crude oil, every gallon of gasoline, 
 every pint of lubricating oil that could be wrested from the earth 
 or refiinery in order that the life of transportation on land and 
 sea might be sustained. Insofar as the production of energy 
 was concerned, Tulsa was the very heart of the Nation. It was 
 the center not only of production but of the shipment of the 
 refined product which became an important factor in naval trans- 
 portation operations. 
 
 A feeling of unrest had been evident throughout the country 
 due to the threatening attitude of the I. W. W. and kindred or- 
 ganizations. Raids on the oil industry were threatened. In the 
 midst of this situation an incident occurred which gave birth to 
 a volunteer Home Guard. The residence of J. Edgar Pew, vice- 
 president and general manager of the Carter Oil Company, was 
 partially destroyed by the explosion of a bomb, and the occu- 
 pants, though uninjured, narrowly escaped with their lives. 
 This was accepted as the initial act in the proposed reign of ter- 
 ror and the citizenship of Tulsa accepted the challenge. On the 
 night, in October, 1917, following the explosion, over six hun- 
 dred men volunteered for service in the Home Guard. This num- 
 ber rapidly increased to one thousand. 
 
 Home Guard companies had been created by order of Gov- 
 ernor Williams to act in conjunction with the Councils of Defense 
 
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 of their respective counties. They were county institutions and 
 no part of a State military organization. 
 
 L. W. Rook, a former army officer and an attorney of 
 Tulsa, on recommendation of the Tulsa County Council of Na- 
 tional Defense, was commissioned by the Governor as captain 
 and recruiting officer for these volunteers. In a conference with 
 Governor Williams he was given authority to recruit two com- 
 panies under power given the Governor by the National Defense 
 Act of June 3, 1916. The colored population also rallied strong- 
 ly to the call for volunteers. They were given instruction by 
 their chosen leaders who had seen service in the regular army. 
 This colored company, however, was never mustered into service. 
 
 With the exception of alien enemies, there was no differ- 
 ence noted in the loyalty of the men of various nationalities 
 which made up the citizenship of Tulsa, all responding to every 
 call without hesitation. 
 
 In February, 1918, Captain Rook was called into the service 
 of the United States. Company A, commanded by Capt. L. J. F. 
 Rooney, and Company B, under command of Capt. Mowry Bates, 
 were by order of the Governor shortly after merged into one 
 company. 
 
 The companies transferred their headquarters from Con- 
 vention Hall to the armory located at the corner of Fifth street 
 and South Boston avenue, the use of which was donated by the 
 school board. 
 
 An election of officers of the merged companies resulted as 
 follows : L. J. F. Rooney, captain ; B. F. Rothstein, first lieuten- 
 ant; Byron Kirkpatrick, C. W. Daley and W. L. Correll second 
 lieutenants. J. Rea Owen was appointed first sergeant. 
 
 A total of $27,000 was expended for equipment and main- 
 tenance, the best grade of uniforms, arms, ammunition and 
 equipment available having been purchased. Of this sum R. M. 
 McFarlin advanced $17,000 for the initial purchase. 
 
 The original companies had comprised 200 men each. Many 
 of these found service elsewhere. The new combined companies 
 were organized under the name of the Tulsa County Home Guard 
 and comprised 100 men. 
 
 The Tulsa County Home Guard served as a training school 
 for those who who left its ranks to enter the National service. The 
 records shows that this company sent out 300 men who later 
 became officers and non-commissioned officers in the various 
 branches of the service, receiving rapid promotion as a result 
 of the training received in this organization. On reaching train- 
 ing camps these men immediately took over squads and even 
 companies of recruits. 
 
 While in command of the Home Guard Captain Rooney was 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 75 
 
 also department commander of the United States Spanish War 
 Veterans with fifteen active camps under his jurisdiction in the 
 State. These camps, at his orders, furnished the first rallying 
 force for State defense and the training of recruits for guard 
 work in Oklahoma. These veterans afterward became leaders in 
 National Guard movements. Seventy joined the Tulsa Home 
 Guard and aided materially in its development. 
 
 The Home Guard possessed full field equipment. Rifle prac- 
 tice at the range of the Tulsa Rifle Club, two miles north of the 
 city on the Archer farm, and field practice constituted a large 
 part of their training. 
 
 Besides the active members who were subject to call day or 
 night, there was a supernumerary list of one hundred plain 
 clothesmen, who were on duty throughout the county and who 
 reported all rumors and suspicious movements. 
 
 Members of the Home Guard were at the command of any 
 individual or company who needed their services. A squad was 
 constantly on guard at the armory, this number being increased 
 to fifty or one hundred in an incredibly short time when required. 
 Telephone messages received either during the day or night 
 commanded immediate attention. Night vigils were kept 
 throughout the intensely cold winter of 1917-18. These were 
 known to but few persons outside the organization. Man hunts 
 frequently indulged in were accomplished under cover of the 
 strictest secrecy. 
 
 The fact that from one hundred to four hundred well-armed 
 men were readily available for any emergency had a quieting 
 effect on all disturbing elements. Fortunately the forces main- 
 tained by oil and other companies proved adequate to control the 
 situation. 
 
 The Home Guard was unique. In several respects it was 
 a remarkable organization and it is improbable that its counter- 
 part could be assembled from the local population anywhere else 
 in the United States. 
 
 As if by magic, at the call for service there sprang from 
 every corner of the city and county that type of fighter which 
 is rapidly dying out and which only an emergency could serve 
 to assemble. The ranks of the Home Guard were made up of 
 soldiers of fortune — men who had served in many wars; ad- 
 venturers who had risked the terrors of the Klondike and braved 
 the hardships of the African deserts; old Indian fighters who 
 later had taken up arms in the Spanish- American war; a dozen 
 men who could saddle a horse and rope a steer in record time; 
 former members of the famous Northwest Mounted Police and 
 of the equally famed constabulary of Pennsylvania; there were 
 Scores of dead shots, some among the best in the state; ex- 
 
76 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 sheriffs and deputies, many of whom had made names for them- 
 selves as Osage police in dangerous times; gunmen, rough-rid- 
 ers, army men who had served in the Boxer uprising in China and 
 had fought in Central American revolutions ; Americans who had 
 shouldered rifles in Mexican guerrilla warfare; former Texas 
 rangers, one of whom had been shot six times and who still 
 carries three bullets in his body. There were full-bloods and half- 
 breed Indians who knew well the use of the gun, and former 
 secret service officers eager for more mysteries to uncover; in 
 fact the organization was of a character so unusual and pro- 
 nounced as to attract widespread attention. Most of these men 
 were skilled in the professions and trades. A force of skilled 
 engineers might have been recruited from the company. Me- 
 chanics, college men and disciplined soldiers were there. Few 
 emergencies could have arisen which could not have been han- 
 dled on the spot. 
 
 Four companies of the present National Guard were re- 
 cruited and officered largely from the Home Guard. These em- 
 braced two line companies, a supply company and a sanitary unit 
 which today form a part of the Oklahoma National Guard Bri- 
 gade. Later in the war younger men took the places of the 
 original volunteers who were called to other fields of military 
 activity. 
 
 Squads of the Home Guard were frequently called out to 
 watch alarming symptoms in the city and at points near Tulsa. 
 They added in guarding government aviation property and belated 
 aviators landing near Tulsa at all hours of the night added greatly 
 to their labors. They also maintained a force at the detention 
 camp, rounding up women suspects, guarding the home night 
 and day and feeding the inmates of that institution. They fur- 
 nished guards, rendering day and night service, throughout the 
 epidemic of Spanish influenza. Red Cross nurses were given 
 military instruction. 
 
 Efficient service was rendered in the slacker raid conducted 
 throughout the country on August 17, 1918, the Home Guard 
 detaining over two thousand suspects among whom were dis- 
 covered a large number of delinquents. These were unable to 
 show registration cards and were held for investigation. 
 
 When the Work or Fight order was issued the Home Guard 
 rounded up hundreds of idlers and one hundred were signed for 
 work in war factories. 
 
 The Home Guard was a prominent factor in all parades and 
 patriotic celebrations held in Tulsa during the war and acted as 
 military escort to prominent war speakers. 
 
 When their services were required the Home Guard aided the 
 police department in handling street traffic. 
 
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 In appreciation of the services rendered by Captain Rooney 
 the Tulsa County Council of National Defense passed a resolu- 
 tion commending his skill and devotion which was largely re- 
 sponsible for the high degree of efficiency attained by the Tulsa 
 Company. After the signing of the armistice, in recognition of 
 his ability he received a commission as major of the Oklahoma 
 National Guard. In this connection Adjutant General Gipson 
 wrote Major Rooney: "I assure you that both the Governor and 
 Adjutant General fully appreciate the splendid work which you 
 have done (in connection with the Home Guard) and feel sure 
 that a great benefit to the National Guard will result by reason 
 of your association with it." 
 
 The original roster of the Tulsa Home Guard was as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 Commissioned Officers — L. F. J. Rooney, captain; Ben F. 
 Rothstein, first lieutenant ; J. Rea Owen, second lieutenant ; S. B. 
 Forst, second lieutenant. 
 
 Sergeants — A. M. Atkinson, E. F. Moore, J. F. Illian, C. 
 Copman, Tom Meagher, Ed Sanders, Van Voorhis, Roy Stanley, 
 and H. J. Swarts. 
 
 Corporals— C. A. Double, D. A. Estey, H. G. Westlake, A. 
 Lawrence, S. J. Hunt, A. E. Garrett, A. T. Thorne, R. L. Sher- 
 row, and J. 0. Cratree. 
 
 Privates— W. L. Anderson, C. D. Atkins, W. J. Birch, S. W. 
 Barns, T. E. Barnett, L. L. Bash, R. C. Beaty, H. B. Bellmont, 
 J. B. Bishop, E. J. Bonenberger, George Bowman, J. W. Blyth, 
 H. T. Burkey, L. T. Brooks, J. 0. Chamers, W. L. Davis, J. W. 
 Davis, C. E. DeClaspel, Joe DeVina, C. E. Dillon, C. L. Dawson, 
 Paul Easton, W. L. Garner, J. A. Harrison, C. Henry, Eli Hensley, 
 F. D. Howard, C. H. Hudson, C. Imes, G. L. Jones, E. J. Jones, 
 R. K. Jones, R. J. Knidles, S. H. Keaton, E. E. Kratz, H. Lam- 
 bert, J. Lane, K. D. Lewis, G. R. Lewis, L. L. Lemon, J. P.Lloyd, 
 H. Lowe, E. F. Lonsdale, S. J. McGee, F. F. McCaulley, R. E. 
 McHenry, W. R. Michael, G. T. Moss, Overman, T. G. Park, 
 Frank Pope, W. W. Potorff, Paul Pritchard, C. A. Robinett, F. 
 Schmidt, H. R. Shanks, R. N. Shanks, J. A. Sherrow, L. E. 
 Sherrow, Leo Spring, W. Steene, H. J. Stone, Len Stone, E. H. 
 Storey, H. O. Striker, E. M. Stroud, H. Sullivan, C. W. Sowers, 
 Glen Wardell, P. C. Wester, H. S. Wenner, Joe Welch. 
 
 Ill 
 
 VICTORY CHORUS 
 
 To aid in maintaining with undiminished force the spirit of 
 patriotism which swept Tulsa County and to sustain the morale 
 of the people preceding and throughout the big war drives, the 
 
78 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Victory Chorus or community sings was inaugurated by the 
 Tulsa County Council of Defense. This was one of the most 
 spectacular and effective features of Tulsa's great war pro- 
 gram. As many as twenty thousand people would gather at a 
 time on the main thoroughfares of the city, united in song, the 
 volume of harmony often carrying the distance of a mile. The 
 Victory Chorus was organized at a meeting called by the County 
 Council and held at the Chamber of Commerce on August 26th, 
 1918. A general committee of fifty and an executive committee 
 of nine were selected to have active charge of the work. The 
 executive body consisted of Robert Boice Carson, chairman; Dr. 
 Arthur Lee O'Dell, representing Kendall College, secretary; Col. 
 Clarence B. Douglas, representing the Chamber of Commerce; 
 W. O. Buck, representing the Four-Minute Men; John A. Wood- 
 ward, representing the civic clubs; Mrs. R. F. McArthur, repre- 
 senting the women of Tulsa; Harry W. Kiskaddon, representing 
 the Council of Defense; M. J. McNulty, representing the civic 
 government; E. E. Oberholtzer, representing the city schools, 
 and J. Burr Gibbons, ex-officio. 
 
 Robert Boice Carson became the director and moving spirit 
 of these sings. He was aided by Mrs. McArthur, who also col- 
 lected musical instruments and phonograph records for the men 
 in training camps. Harry W. Kiskaddon was organist and A. 
 D. Young bugler. A $450 organ was purchased and outdoor 
 meetings were held weekly and later semi-weekly, Convention 
 Hall being used at times. 
 
 These sings were held on Main Street from Fourth to Fifth 
 Street. A platform was erected in front of Council of Defense 
 headquarters for the use of the leaders and assisting musicians. 
 J. Prothero, president, and Grafton G. Cox, secretary, of Local 
 No. 94 of the Musicians' Union, tendered the services of that 
 organization which contributed much to the success of these 
 meetings. On one occasion a military band was brought from 
 Ft. Sill to participate in a special program. 
 
 At these meetings four-minute speeches were made and 
 patriotic enthusiasm reigned supreme. Tulsa was singing her- 
 self to victory. The city traffic department closed the thorough- 
 fares leading to Victory Square to all traffic except to pedes- 
 trians. The streets were roped off at 7:30 p. m. when the crowd 
 began to assemble. The singing lasted from 8 until 9:30, even 
 then the immense audience dispersed reluctantly. 
 
 One hundred thousand copies of a pamphlet containing 
 "Liberty Songs" were circulated gratis. These pamphlets also 
 contained national songs of sentiment. The most popular of the 
 patriotic songs was "Star Spangled Banner," followed closely 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 79 
 
 by "America Beautiful" and the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." 
 Then in their order in the hearts of a war-stirred people came 
 "America," "Old Folks at Home," "Annie Laurie" and "Land of 
 Mine." 
 
 Community sings were also organized at Bixby, Skiatook 
 and Broken Arrow. 
 
 IV 
 DISTRICT COUNCILS 
 
 One of the most vital agencies in the winning of the war 
 was the Community Councils. These were sub-divisions of the 
 County Councils of Defense and throughout Oklahoma were 
 generally known as School District Councils of Defense. They 
 formed a liason between the people and the Government and 
 furnished a basis for understanding and sympathy which it 
 would have been difficult to supply by any other means. 
 
 In Tulsa County the system of Community Councils was 
 somewhat different from that generally employed. While each 
 community had its entity and became directly responsible for its 
 achievements or failures many of these were grouped under 
 general War Councils which had their headquarters at Skiatook 
 and Broken Arrow. 
 
 Among the most active of the larger districts were Skiatook, 
 Broken Arrow, Bixby, Sand Springs, Catoosa, Dawson, Sperry, 
 Wekiwa, Glenpool, Alsuma (in the Broken Arrow area), Red 
 Fork, West Tulsa, and Leonard. District No. 32 also had its 
 own Council. The smaller districts did good work and con- 
 tributed much to the splendid showing made by Tulsa County. 
 
 The Community Councils system in Oklahoma was the out- 
 come of a meeting called in Oklahoma City on January 16th, 
 1918, by the Oklahoma State Council of Defense. It was de- 
 cided by representatives of all counties that on February 1st, 
 representatives of school districts should meet with the County 
 Councils of Defense, a president being appointed at such meet- 
 ings for each district and the vice-president and secretary to 
 be elected by the District Council. Intensive propaganda was 
 waged for memberships in these District Councils with the result 
 that they became in every sense representative bodies and in a 
 measure made every citizen a war worker. 
 
 The functions of these bodies were practically the same 
 as those of the County Councils, but the citizens had the right 
 of appeal to the County Council of Defense. 
 
 Through District Councils a clearer view of the Govern- 
 ment's policies and measures was had by the public as the work 
 of education was brought to every door. Personality was sup- 
 
80 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 pressed and in numerous cases factions which for years had been 
 at variance were united in harmoniously working organizations. 
 
 The General plan of District Councils was carried out in 
 Tulsa County. In districts under the jurisdiction of the Broken 
 Arrow War Council, for example, the Council of Defense officers 
 joined with the heads of other war movements in forming the 
 local branch of the War Council and to these local bodies all 
 war matters were referred. 
 
 While the City of Tulsa did marvelous things in greatly ex- 
 ceeding its quota in practically all demands every section of the 
 County did its full duty in the winning of the World War. 
 
O. L. GLAND 
 
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 MISS ELIZABETH DENTON 
 
 L. L. WILES, chairman Skiatook War Council and head of all drives in Skiatook 
 war area, credited with being the most active district in Oklahoma in War Work. 
 
 O. C. BROOKS, chairman District Council of Defense at Red Fork and leader of 
 early drives in district. 
 
 O. L. BLAND, secretary Red Fork District Council of Defense. 
 
 MISS ELIABETH DENTON, Home Demonstrator Skiatook War Relief Com- 
 mittee. 
 
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 F. S. HURD, chairman Broken Arrow War Council and leader of all war drives 
 in that area. 
 
 R. B. MITCHELL, vice-chairman Broken Arrow War Council ; member of County 
 Fuel Administration. 
 
 CHARLES E. FOSTER, secretary-treasurer Broken Arrow War Council. 
 
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 MRS. FRANK A. HASKELL, Chairman Women's Division, May, 1918, Red Cross 
 Campaign and of Fourth Loan Campaign. 
 
 MRS. W. N. SILL, District Chairman for Women in Third and Fourth Liberty 
 Loans and the Victory Loan drives. 
 
 MRS. A. W. ROTH, President Y. W. C. A., Chairman Women's Division of 
 Navy League, Chairman Women's Division United War Work Campaign, member 
 Executive Committee 1917 Christmas Red Cross Drive. 
 
 MRS. G. M. RANSOM, County Chairman for Women in Third Liberty Loan 
 drive. , „ _ j .J 
 
MRS. MINNETTE HEDGES, County Chairman for Women in Victory Loan 
 Campaign, member Tulsa County Fuel Board, Chairman Junior Red Cross Chapter, 
 Chairman for County Schools in W. S. S. drive. 
 
 MRS. C. J. HARRY (Miss Hilda Jones), County Manager for Women in Victory 
 Loan Campaign. 
 
 MRS. CHARLES E. LAHMAN, Champion War Mother in United States, having 
 written 1,000 letters to soldiers ; Godmother of Tulsa Ambulance Company. 
 
 MISS JESSIE SHANNON, Director of Home Demonstration Work in Tulsa. 
 
V 
 SKIATOOK WAR COUNCIL 
 
 Submerging individual identity for the common good, the 
 continuous labors in what was known as the Skiatook war 
 area were concentrated into a single, prolonged, concerted 
 grapple with the enemy. Although the burden of the work fell 
 upon the Skiatook War Council, every citizen who did his bit 
 shared equally in the glory of service. No personal identifica- 
 tion was announced in connection with any of the campaigns, the 
 net results being offered to the country as a whole. 
 
 The spirit of the community is indicated by the tone of the 
 following note which was sent to seventy-five citizens who had 
 been selected as leaders in the first Y. M. C. A. drive : 
 
 DEAR PATRIOTIC CITIZEN: 
 
 "You are drafted in the Cause of Liberty to fight and help 
 win the battles which are before us today. A meeting will be 
 held in Skiatook Tuesday night, November 20th, at eight o'clock, 
 in the Masonic clubroom, for the purpose of organizing and per- 
 fecting plans for this cause. You have been selected by the 
 Skiatook War Relief Committee because of your fitness to ren- 
 der a vitally important service. The time has come when every 
 able bodied citizen must act in defense of his home and country. 
 We expect you to be at this meeting. Do not fail." 
 
 They did not fail. Seventy-five of these letters were sent 
 out — seventy-five wide-awake, willing patriots responded, and 
 seventy-five men were engaged in this work continuously until 
 it was completed. 
 
 The Skiatook War Council stands out picturesquely among 
 district organizations. Within a week from the day that war 
 was declared, the entire community was aroused to action. The 
 citizens realized that they, as Americans, would be called upon to 
 contribute their time, resources and their energies to the de- 
 fense of home and country. With vision broader than was ap- 
 parent in many localities they immediately organized. The spe- 
 cific manner in which they could assist their Government did not 
 at once unfold itself to them, but they applied for a Red Cross 
 charter. Later, when the Tulsa County Chapter of the Ameri- 
 can Red Cross was organized, Skiatook relinquished its claim 
 for a charter and became a branch of the county organization. 
 
 But the Red Cross served as an agency for action. Without 
 further authority than the filing of the application for a char- 
 
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82 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 ter, Mrs. L. L. Wiles effected an organization with twelve mem- 
 bers. This number later grew to 250. The first of the Red 
 Cross and Liberty Loan drives were put over in hit-or-miss 
 fashion, however the quota was exceeded. It was at this juncture 
 that the citizens of Skiatook realized that the winning of the 
 war was a business proposition; that future drives must be 
 conducted along business lines. Like the boys at the front, they 
 realized that this was a piece of work that had to be done and 
 that the earlier it was finished the less it would interfere with 
 normal business. They then organized a system under which 
 every drive was put over in one day. On those days every busi- 
 ness house in town was closed. On t he door was posted the 
 sign, "Closed for War Relief Work." The only exceptions to this 
 order were garages which were left open for the convenience of 
 the various committees, the railway station and restaurants. 
 
 The town of Skiatook is peculiarly situated. Located on the 
 line of Tulsa County, more than half of the district lies in Osage 
 County. The greater part of the bank deposits come from Osage 
 County. 
 
 In the fall of 1917, L. L. Wiles, cashier of the Oklahoma 
 National Bank, worked out a plan under which the community 
 operated throughout the war. He drew up a map of Skiatook's 
 trade territory which covered a twelve-mile strip of country 
 twenty-five miles long. Every business man in the town was 
 furnished one of these maps. A meeting was called and the 
 Skiatook War Relief Committee was organized with L. L. Wiles 
 as chairman. Wiles appointed a staff of ten persons which con- 
 stituted the Skiatook War Council and which became the exe- 
 cutive branch of the War Relief Committee. This Council di- 
 rected all war activities in the Skiatook area, each member be- 
 ing charged with a specific duty. The following is the personnel 
 of the Council: L. L. Wiles, chairman; L. H. Taylor, Food Ad- 
 ministrator; Dr. A. J. Butts, chairman of the District Council 
 of Defense; C. H. Cleveland, Fuel and Transportation Adminis- 
 trator; F. F. Cochran, secretary-treasurer; A. W. Lucas, in 
 charge of agriculture. 
 
 Representing the Red Cross division on the Council were: 
 Mrs. L. L. Wiles, chairman; Mrs. R. E. Gilbert, vice chairman; 
 Mrs. E. E. Nickle, secretary, and Mrs. W. M. Calvin, treasurer. 
 They were assisted by Mrs. C. E. Holt, vice chairman and Mrs. 
 R. J. Greenwood, assistant treasurer of the Red Cross Chapter. 
 Miss Elizabeth Denton served the War Relief Committee as home 
 demonstrator. 
 
 When a meeting was called dealing with matters pertaining 
 to the Fuel Administration, the local Fuel Administrator took 
 the chair. So it was with every department of the Council. 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 83 
 
 The trade territory was divided into sections in charge of 
 150 captains who were assisted by over 200 lieutenants. The rat- 
 ing of every man and woman in the area was filed with the com- 
 mittee for future reference ; however, throughout the campaign, 
 not a single assessment was made. 
 
 The Masonic hall and clubrooms were placed at the dis- 
 posal of the Council for the period of the war. When a drive 
 was planned a call was sent out to the captains and on the day 
 named between 300 and 400 active workers met at the Masonic 
 hall. The plan of the campaign was outlined and the day of 
 the drive, usually Monday, was decided upon. On the Sunday 
 night preceding each drive a mass meeting was called at the 
 newly constructed War Auditorium. From 3,000 to 4,000 people, 
 representing every part of the territory, responded. The captains 
 and lieutenants were there. Churches were closed, rousing 
 speeches were made and the people were asked to make their 
 contributions in anticipation of the drive on the morrow. 
 
 As an example of how this plan worked, the Sunday night 
 preceding the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan may be cited. 
 Skiatook's quota in this loan was $85,000. Over 3,000 people 
 attended the mass meeting and $59,000 was subscribed on the 
 spot. On the following day the quota was oversubscribed 100 
 per cent. 
 
 When the announcement was made that all business con- 
 cerns were to close their doors for a whole day, some objection 
 was raised on the score that such a measure would stop the 
 wheels of commerce. Grain elevators and cotton gins being 
 closed, farmers had to wait over twenty-four hours before 
 transacting their business. This condition, however, proved 
 to be an advantage in that it brought the war home to the people 
 very forcibly and in a manner which they would not be likely to 
 forget. 
 
 As the War Relief Committee comprised the entire com- 
 munity every member felt a personal pride and obligation in the 
 success of these drives. Tulsa newspapers were requested to 
 mention no names in connection with these campaigns, but to 
 credit the Committee as a whole with the results. The com- 
 munity spirit in patriotic service gained impetus with the pro- 
 gress of the war. At the time of the signing of the armistice 
 the Skiatook War Relief Committee was not only the most effi- 
 cient unit in the county but was wielding a powerful influence 
 for good in all civic affairs. Skiatook was 100 per cent patriotic 
 in every sense of the word. Its service flag contained 165 stars. 
 The four gold stars indicated the patriots who made the supreme 
 sacrifice; the five silver stars represent the wounded men; 
 there were 104 blue stars for the men who went overseas, and 52 
 
84 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 red stars for those who were in service in training camps at 
 home. 
 
 Children of the Skiatook war area were among its most 
 ardent patriots. Members of the Junior Red Cross reflecting 
 the spirit of the times made many voluntary solicitations. Se- 
 quoyah Rogers, the twelve-year-old son of the late chief of the 
 Cherokees, raised $10,500 in the Victory Loan. 
 
 Skiatook doubled its quota in every war drive. A total of 
 $374,400 was raised exclusive of War Savings Stamp pledges. 
 This amount included $352,300 subscribed in the five Liberty 
 Loan drives, and $22,100 in the Red Cross and kindred cam- 
 paigns. Through a well-devised plan it was so arranged that the 
 burden of subscription fell most heavily upon the moneyed people 
 of the community. In certain instances laborers and salaried 
 people were advised against giving as largely as they proposed as 
 such giving would have worked a hardship. 
 
 In the Y. M. C. A. War Relief Budget drive a maximum of 
 $20 was placed on donations throughout the district and $1,700 
 was raised in excess of the quota. From Wild Horse, a small 
 village near Skiatook, $640 was taken. All expense incidental 
 to the various campaigns was assumed by the committee. 
 
 Skiatook went over the top in the two War Savings Stamps 
 drives with substantial margins. 
 
 As a result Skiatook is stronger and richer for the sacri- 
 fice. During the period of the war the population increased 40 
 per cent. Lighting and sewerage systems were installed and 
 street paving was extended. The spirit of co-operation generated 
 through war service is now evident in all civic affairs. Among 
 the town's assets are six well-organized churches, an accredited 
 high school and two banks with combined deposits of $750,000. 
 The oil and cattle industries have shown a remarkable increase. 
 The agricultural department created by the War Service Com- 
 mittee solved the labor problems of the farmer and assisted in 
 harvesting and marketing of his crops with such efficiency that 
 the agriculturists of this community emerged from the struggle 
 stronger financially and with greatly improved equipment. 
 
 Following is the list of active workers on the Skiatook 
 War Relief Committee, these being assisted by many others 
 when occasion arose: 
 
 Finance Committee: George Bradshaw, G. W. Blakeman, 
 A. A. Brodie, Ray Branstetter, A. H. Brown, Will Bouton, H. F. 
 Blackburn, Ira O. Butts, Jake Baum, W. M. Calvin, C. A. Crock- 
 er, W. H. Darnell, Reuben Dye, George Emigh, Ed Fox, Al K. 
 Feigly, H. L. Feigly, J. E. Fitzpatrick, Ralph E. Gilbert, R. J. 
 Greenwood, T. M. Guilfoyle, W. M. Howell, Clyde Harding, Sam 
 Howard, I. F. Heaton, G. M. Hooker, E. L. Johnson, V. H. Jones, 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 85 
 
 Chas. Keech, J. C. King, J. P. Kern, H. L. King, W. H. Lovitt, 
 Fred Lynde, John Lynde, J. M. Lytle, Andy Loy, R. F. Lee, C. 
 R. Montgomery, R. W. McDowell, C. P. McKinney, H. B. Mc- 
 Culloch, George Newman, R. L. Nabors, Sam L. Nabors, Dr. L. 
 A. O'Brien, S. H. Perrier, J. R. Phillips, E. H. Profitt, Frank 
 Phillips, J. S. Perrier, C. A. Proper, O. A. Ririe, C. F. Rogers, 
 R. A. Stephens, John H. Stevens, H. J. Steinberger, C. E. 
 Strange, Al Sandeen, I. H. Terhune, A. E. Townsend, J. L. 
 Wheatley, E. G. Woods, Ed Wallace, W. J. Williams, E. A. Walter, 
 J. H. LaGoullon and H. B. Cox. 
 
 Committee Chairmen: Clay Cross, Gen. Publicity; L. H. 
 Taylor, Home Service Red Cross; J. W. Owen, Conservation; 
 Elizabeth Denton, Junior Red Cross, Home Demonstrator 
 and Domestic Science; Mrs. S. F. Hyde, Home Nursing; Miss 
 Emma Stringer, Red Cross Publicity; Mrs. A. E. Townsend, 
 Knitting ; Mrs. Reuben Dye, Surgical Dressing ; Mrs. T. J. Tyner, 
 Mrs. L. P. Griggs, Mrs. H. F. Blackburn and Mrs. M. J. Cox, 
 Workroom Managers. 
 
 VI 
 
 BROKEN ARROW 
 
 To the supervision of Broken Arrow was left the conduct 
 of all war activities in eleven school districts in Tulsa County 
 and a number of others in Wagoner County. The parent organ- 
 ization, the Broken Arrow War Council, was composed of men 
 who were at the head of the leading war organizations, and all 
 labors and investigations of whatever character — Council of De- 
 fense, Food Administration, Liberty Loan or Red Cross — became 
 their special charge. The War Council proper was what might 
 be called a close corporation, being composed of four members, 
 all residents of Broken Arrow. Eleven branch Councils similarly 
 had charge of Council of Defense, war drives and other work. 
 When difficulties arose in the ranks of the school districts the 
 cases were taken to the War Council. 
 
 The purpose of this body was to handle all war measures 
 in what is known as the Broken Arrow trade territory. All data 
 and instructions from the Tulsa County Council of National De- 
 fense was received by the War Council and handed down by 
 them to the school districts. After the Second Liberty Loan 
 each school district was assigned its quota and none ever failed 
 to attain it. A corps of fifteen Four-Minute Men was maintained 
 at Broken Arrow. When others were needed the county organ- 
 ization at Tulsa was quick to supply them. These men were 
 sent out by twos to all local points where meetings were held pre- 
 ceding and during the big drives. To the lot of one of these fell 
 the duty of making a patriotic speech — to the other that of ex- 
 
86 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 plaining to the audience the manner in which the pledges or 
 subscriptions should be made. The meetings were usually held 
 in school houses and were well attended. Music was furnished 
 by the central body. 
 
 The Broken Arrow War Council was organized March 27th 
 1918, preparatory to launching the Third Liberty Loan. The 
 First and Second Loan campaigns had been conducted more gen- 
 erally by individuals, and were not the results of organized ef- 
 forts. The quotas had been reached more as a result of the 
 banks assuming a larger proportion of the burden than was in- 
 tended to fall upon them than by popular subscription. 
 
 The effect of the organization throughout the trade area 
 was soon apparent. The Tulsa County quota in the Third Loan 
 for the eleven school districts was $89,000 and the amount sub- 
 scribed $110,950, the total number of subscribers being 1,349. 
 In the Fourth Loan the quota was $149,000 and $156,000 was 
 taken by 1,227 subscribers. One individual subscription of 
 $7,000, another of $5,000 and three others for $2,500 each 
 headed the list. The total subscription in the five Liberty Loans 
 was $465,000, the First being $26,450, the Second $28,600 and 
 the Victory Loan $143,000. 
 
 All of the Red Cross campaigns were well supported. In 
 May, 1918, when the district largely oversubscribed its quota 
 of $7,500, a mammoth auction sale was held at Broken Arrow. 
 On the Saturday preceding the drive each town in the area had 
 a booth at the big auction sale. Farmers, townfolk, miners and 
 oil people from all over the district came to Broken Arrow 
 bearing the gifts that were to constitute their donations. These 
 were taken to the individual town booth and sold to the highest 
 bidder. As purchasers were not looking for bargains on that 
 day a large sum was netted. 
 
 The Broken Arrow War Council consisted of the following 
 members, the entire operations being under the charge of F. S. 
 Hurd. Chairman F. S. Hurd, president of the First National 
 Bank, representing the Council of Defense, vice-chairman, Rob- 
 ert B. Mitchell, vice-president of the Citizens National Bank, rep- 
 resenting the Y. M. C. A. and the Fuel Administration ; secertary 
 and treasurer, Charles E. Foster, teller, First National Bank, 
 representing the War Savings Stamps campaign, and Rev. Harry 
 Morgan. 
 
 The local Four-Minute Men were Z. I. J. Holt, M. T. Howser, 
 J. S. Severson, W. T. Brooks, A. G. Bowles, Rev. Harry Morgan, 
 J. Wright Young, W. T. Dalton, J. G. Rainey, W. D. Ownby, W. 
 J. Cross, Rev. J. C. Watkins, H. H. Middleton, F. S. Hurd and 
 R. R Mitchell. 
 
 Following are the chairmen and captains of the War Council 
 organizations in the school districts in the Broken Arrow trade 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 87 
 
 territory, the Council of Defense matters having come before 
 those bodies for adjustment, failing in which the cases were 
 taken to the Broken Arrow War Council for final decision: 
 
 District No. 1, Linn Lane — E. T. Ellison, chairman; R. H. 
 Rice, secretary; Walter Hensley and Tom Cox, captains. 
 
 District No. 6, Lonesome Valley — T. W. Smith, chairman; 
 W. S. Vanaman, secretary; Butler Gibson, A. S. Harlan, Jim 
 Fisher and H. Letterman, captains. For Sunnyside Section — 
 W. H. Neas, chairman ; J. A. Dowdy and F. C. Bierbrich, captains. 
 
 District No. 5, Alsuma — S. H. Presley, chairman; C. W. 
 Elmore, Earl Cline, W. L. Green, Mrs. S. M. Sanderfer and Mrs. 
 Rockner, captains. 
 
 District No. 7, Broken Arrow — F. S. Hurd, chairman; 
 Charles E. Foster, secretary; R. B. Mitchell, D. A. Wilson and 
 John Watkins, captains for outside territory. 
 
 District No. 8, Central — Okey White, chairman; E. Mercer, 
 secretary; O. White, Andy Goins, J. E. Lucas, Marshall Moore, 
 George Estes and C. Gamble, captains. 
 
 District No. 11, Elm Grove — H. E. Bart, chairman; Ben 
 McKibben, secretary; Harry Scott, Louis Strawhun, P. L. Bolin, 
 G. C. Sykes, T. D. Webb and John Brooks, captains. 
 
 District No. 30, Union — Amos Henry, chairman ; A. Bynum, 
 J. D. Martin, T. R. Lytte, and Ike McCormack, captains. 
 
 District No. 31, McCullough — G. W. Vohon, chairman; 
 William Schuttler, secretary; Mrs. Sam Gaddy, William Schut- 
 tler, C. Kramer and C. A. Peterson, captains. 
 
 District No. 36, Willow Springs — J. M. Childers, chairman; 
 R. Beasley, vice-chairman; W. W. Creel, secretary; W. W. Creel, 
 and Roscoe Beasley, captains. 
 
 District No. 37, Weer — R. F. Morris, chairman; D. B. Lay- 
 ton, secretary; D. Dugging, T. L. Mathews, John Rice, J. T. 
 Pulliam and D. B. Layton, captains. 
 
 District No. 46, Oak Grove — A. L. Routh, chairman; G. E. 
 A. Smith, and L. A. Neiswander, captains. 
 
 SAND SPRINGS 
 
 Sand Springs, though not operating under a regularly organ- 
 ized District Council of Defense, met every call that was made 
 for the support of the war. Second only to Skiatook, Sand 
 Springs went over the top within a day or two in every war drive. 
 
 The Second, Third and Fourth Liberty Loan and the Victory 
 Loan drives were managed by C. B. Rawson, cashier of the Sand 
 Springs State Bank. In the Second and Third Loans the sub- 
 scriptions trebled the quotas, while in the Fourth Loan the 
 amount asked for was subscribed over four times. In the Fourth 
 Loan there was an oversubscription of 200 per cent. 
 
 The First Loan was handled through Tulsa. 
 
88 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 RED FORK 
 
 Red Fork met all its war obligations. This was accom- 
 plished largely through the activities of School District Council 
 of Defense No. 28, under the leadership of O. C. Brooks, who 
 succeeded W. E. Kerr after the first three months of the organ- 
 ization, and O. L. Bland, who succeeded Brooks as secretary. 
 
 The response to all war calls, was prompt. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Brooks handled the first two Red Cross campaigns, assisted by 
 Mrs. C. L. Thomas and J. S. Egan. With the Council of Defense 
 chairman at the head of all campaigns, T. A. Henry actively con- 
 ducted the first two Liberty Loan Drives, the Third, Fourth and 
 Fifth being managed by Cecil Henry. In both Liberty Loan and 
 Red Cross drives the following team captains participated: Carl 
 Boberg, R. D. Atkins, N. E. Mays, J. S. Egan, W. E. Kerr and 
 C. L. Thomas. 
 
 C. L. Thomas and R. D. Atkins were in charge of the inves- 
 tigation squad throughout the life of the Council. 
 
 The Red Cross auxiliary did patriotic service in the work- 
 room built and donated by R. M. Brown. The women in charge 
 were Mrs. John Hennings, Mrs. Houston Jones and Mrs. C. L. 
 Thomas. 
 
 SPERRY 
 
 Sperry went over the top in every war issue. The drives 
 for the most part were conducted by J. D. Winters, cashier of 
 the State Guaranty Bank. A total of $45,000 was subscribed 
 and contributed to war movements. 
 
 BIXBY 
 
 Bixby went over the top in every war drive with the single 
 exception of the Victory Loan, there being a small margin lack- 
 ing when final adjustments were made. Dr. O. E. Robertson 
 was one of the most active members in all drives and in Council 
 of Defense work. Food regulations were strictly observed and 
 there was little or no trouble on account of slackers in that 
 district. 
 
 ALSUMA 
 
 Council of Defense and other work in Alsuma, School Dis- 
 trict No. 5, and all war drives were conducted under the general 
 plan embraced by the Broken Arrow War Council. Its opera- 
 tions, like those of the other branches of that War Council, 
 were independent, but instructions were received from, and re- 
 ports made to, the Broken Arrow body. 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 89 
 
 The citizenship of the Alsuma district were unreservedly 
 patriotic. Samuel H. Presley was chairman of the local Council 
 of Defense and Mrs. Minnie Rosser, secretary. Mr. Presley 
 headed all the war drives. He was assisted in these by an exec- 
 utive committee consisting of William Simpson, C. W. Elmore 
 and F. W. Sanderfer. 
 
 In the Second Liberty Loan Alsuma raised $3,500, doubling 
 its quota. In the Third Loan subscriptions to the amount of 
 $2,200 were taken and a total of $1,700 raised in the Fourth. 
 In the Victory Loan campaign the district fell slightly below 
 its quota, the total subscription being $500. 
 
 Presley was also food administrator for his district. 
 
 BERRYHILL 
 
 Berryhill School District No. 33, West Tulsa, did itself credit 
 throughout the war. Liberty Loans, Red Cross and kindred 
 drives were supported liberally. The Council of Defense was 
 active whenever activity was required. The officers were James 
 
 D. Doolittle, president; M. V. Cook, vice-president; Hayde 
 Bridges, clerk, and J. A. Bacon. 
 
 SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10 
 
 The Council of Defense and war movement committees 
 were very active during the World War and Food Administration 
 and other governmental matters received prompt attention. 
 Due to incomplete records still in possession of local officers a 
 full statement of the war activities is not now available. M. M. 
 Jones, Bixby, was chairman; R. L. Davenport, sescretary, and 
 
 E. C. Jones, member of the committee. 
 
 The amount subscribed in the Third Liberty Loan campaign 
 was $1,250, and in the Fourth was $700. 
 
 The War Savings Stamps campaign netted a total of $950, 
 the Red Cross $44.25. 
 
 This district sent eleven boys to the war, four of whom went 
 overseas. 
 
 FISHER DISTRICT 
 
 Throughout the war not a single case of disloyalty was re- 
 ported in the Fisher School District, according to the statement 
 made by W. C. Best, chairman of the Council of Defense for 
 School District No. 21. 
 
 Best was not only head of Defense work in his community, 
 but was chairman of all war drive committees. C. J. Smith, 
 
90 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 secertary of the District Council, acted in like capacity in the 
 various campaigns to secure funds for war purposes. 
 
 In this work they were assisted by Morris Evans, J. C. 
 Huskey and Ira Barrett. 
 
 Every man, woman and child, so far as could be learned 
 officially, was a member of the American Red Cross, and the 
 district in general applied itself to the end that Red Cross work 
 became a fact from the early days of the conflict. 
 
 People donated freely, not only of their time, but of their 
 money. Every assessment was cheerfully met. As many Lib- 
 erty Bonds were purchased through the banks of Sand Springs, 
 Tulsa and Sapulpa as were subscribed for at home, but the home 
 reports were satisfactory. 
 
 All food and fuel regulations were rigidly enforced. 
 
 Every boy in the district was in the service of his country, 
 and happily Fisher District suffered not a single casualty. 
 
 The women of the District did good service in all war 
 campaigns. 
 
 MINGO DISTRICT 
 
 The Defense work in the Mingo School District, No. 13, 
 Council of Defense, was done under the supervision of Joe H. 
 Berry, chairman, and Miss Anna Komma, secretary, who also 
 served on various war drive committees. 
 
 The Liberty Loan drives were conducted by the following 
 committee: John McBride, E. L. Morgan, J. P. Hedgecock, J. P. 
 Wagoner, R. L. Smith, M. W. Smith and R. B. Finnell. 
 
 The Red Cross membership assessment campaigns were 
 made under direction of the following committee: Mrs. C. W. 
 Robertson, Mrs. Maggie McBride, Mrs. Florence Morgan and 
 Mrs. Iva Flournoy. 
 
 The Red Cross Fund drives were made by Mrs. Iva Flour- 
 noy, Mrs. May Privette, Mrs. Maggie McBride, Mrs. Florence 
 Morgan and Miss Anna Komma. 
 
 The United War Work campaign committee consisted of 
 R. B. Finnell and Joe H. Berry. 
 
 The Victory Loan drive was put over by R. B. Finnell, E. M. 
 Rollins, J. P. Hedgecock, J. P. Wagoner and M. W. Smith. 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 91 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS DISPATCHED BY THE 
 TULSA COUNTY COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 
 
 In addition to the larger undertakings which made the record 
 of the Tulsa County Council of National Defense noteworthy 
 were scores of minor matters which were presented for imme- 
 diate decision. Other cases required minute investigation. 
 
 The following summary will give an idea of the magnitude 
 of the operations of the defense body, references being taken 
 from minutes of committee meetings: 
 
 Drafted resolutions, following the killing of two men for 
 unpatriotic utterances, calling the attention of the public to the 
 danger incurred by making disloyal remarks at this time. 
 
 Recommended the discharge of a county employe due to his 
 unpatriotic attitude and published resolutions authorizing this 
 action. 
 
 Investigated attitude of German settlers near Skiatook and 
 Collinsville and served notice on teacher of a German school in 
 one of these settlements demanding that the school be closed. 
 
 Initiated plans for the celebration on April 6, 1918, of the 
 anniversary of America's entrance into the war. 
 
 Investigated reported inventions of machines of war. 
 
 Aided war garden movement. 
 
 Investigated freight congestion at railroad yards. 
 
 Urged the Federal Government through the Secretary of 
 Agriculture and United States Senator Owen to investigate the 
 increase in the price of farm implements with a view to having a 
 Federal Commission appointed to regulate and adjust such prices. 
 
 Sent resolution of condolence to relatives and friends of vic- 
 tims of the transport Tuscania. 
 
 Investigated a report that a Sand Springs attorney charged 
 members of the draft army for assistance in filling out their 
 questionnaires. 
 
 Considered plan of the Ministerial Alliance to close theaters 
 on Sunday as being inexpedient at that time on the grounds that 
 the theaters of the country were rendering valuable war service, 
 not only in the payment of heavy taxes, but by educating the 
 public through moving pictures, by co-operating with Four-Min- 
 ute Men and in other ways. 
 
 Considered exceptions, filed by Capt. Rooney, to the remarks 
 of Eddie Foy with reference to the Home Guard, which had been 
 uttered on the stage of the Empress theater. 
 
 Appointed eight special attorenys to aid in the enforcement 
 of the vagrancy ordinance. 
 
 Filed a written protest against the action of the president 
 of , the State Board of Agriculture who was charged with having 
 
92 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 attempted to discredit the work of the reserve movement before 
 a meeting of farm agents. 
 
 Unanimously commended the efficient service performed by 
 Mrs. Lilah Lindsey in the conduct of the food campaign. 
 
 Advanced the sum of $3,000 toward the financing of the 
 Oklahoma State Council of Defense. 
 
 Gave banquets to drafted men before their departure for 
 training camps. 
 
 Arranged programs for the celebration of Memorial Day, 
 1918. 
 
 Appointed a committee on May 15th, 1918, to ascertain if 
 one of the Tulsa ministers intended to preach a Red Cross ser- 
 mon on the following Sunday. This preacher had been reported 
 as being unwilling to preach on patriotic subjects. The com- 
 mittee reported that the sermon would be delivered and that the 
 minister was a loyal American. 
 
 Gave unqualified support to the passage of an ordinance re- 
 stricting foreigners from engaging in the handling of foodstuffs 
 in Tulsa for the duration of the war. 
 
 Co-operated with the American Protective League. 
 
 Requested Governor Williams to make no further appoint- 
 ments to the Tulsa County Council of National Defense unless 
 requested to do so by the entire body. 
 
 Ordered on April 11th, 1918, that all publicity matter should 
 be given out by the chairman, J. Burr Gibbons. 
 
 Filed Complaint against a man who refused to buy a Liberty 
 Bond, who had uttered strong statements against the Govern- 
 ment and had struck a member of the soliciting committee. 
 
 Requested the Tulsa school board to discontinue the teaching 
 of German in the public schools. 
 
 Asked the women of Tulsa to refrain from holding social 
 functions during the period of the war and requested the news- 
 papers of the city to discontinue their society columns and to 
 utilize the space in reporting war activities of women. 
 
 Issued an executive order prohibiting the sale and use of 
 fire arms during the war and served this order on all dealers in 
 Tulsa and Tulsa County. 
 
 Appointed a committee to confer with draft and police of- 
 ficials to formulate and execute plans for the registering of all 
 male frequenters of pool halls and picture shows during working 
 hours. 
 
 Requested the Automobile Dealers Association to place a 
 motor car at the disposal of the council's operatives when occa- 
 sion required it. 
 
 Appointed a committee to confer with Col. Douglas, County 
 Food Administrator, and the Housewives League and to extend 
 investigation of the high price of food. 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 93 
 
 Participated in the fixing of an equitable price for threshing 
 in Tulsa County. 
 
 Aided in the work of reporting alien property. 
 
 Perfected a plan, with the assistance of the managing edi- 
 tors of the Tulsa newspapers for the handling of all local war 
 publicity. 
 
 Addressed a letter to the Oklahoma State Council of De- 
 fense asking that the Governor appoint a special committee or 
 body to investigate individuals applying for charters to do busi- 
 ness in Oklahoma and to supervise and regulate all stock selling 
 concerns. 
 
 Considered secret reports of pro-German and other disloyal 
 activities at a meeting on August 25, 1917, and appointed a se- 
 cret committee for the protection of the city of Tulsa along the 
 same lines as the county secret committee, looking to the inves- 
 tigation of cases of disloyalty. 
 
 Summoned officers of the Tulsa Typographical Union to ex- 
 plain the meaning of a resolution which they had passed and 
 had published to the effect that a member of the Tulsa County 
 Council of National Defense had been "called off" when he had 
 attempted to investigate a "so-called higher up." The falsity 
 of the charge was established and the man responsible for it 
 apologized to the union for the mis-information. 
 
 Arranged to supply men necessary to handle the registra- 
 tion of drafted men in the city and county on September 5, 1918. 
 
 Named a committee to work out a plan for the monthly meet- 
 ing of all war organizations of the city in order that they should 
 be in close co-operation and thus be able to work more efficient- 
 ly. 
 
 Addressed various oil companies asking that all tank farms 
 capable of producing pasture for stock be placed at the disposal 
 of farmers while the scarcity of feed prevailed. 
 
 Investigated and laid before the Governor the matter of 
 men enlisted in the Second Oklahoma Regiment who were re- 
 fused a discharge in order that they might enlist in the Federal 
 service. 
 
 Heard arguments in the matter of replacing union colored 
 labor with white labor on the Y. M. C . A. building. 
 
 Disposed of a quantity of slack coal during the summer 
 months. 
 
 Investigated reports of sediment and glass found in soda 
 pop and coca-cola bottles and warned the offenders. 
 
 Appointed Judge John B. Meserve as legal advisor and prose- 
 cuting attorney for the council. 
 
 Investigated charge entered against a Tulsa furniture com- 
 pany for having taken possession of furniture sold on credit to 
 
94 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 a young man of draft age who had been called into service. Re- 
 quested the manager of the company to pay the wife of the sol- 
 dier the sum of $50.00 which would enable her to return to her 
 parents. The money was paid immediately. 
 
 Appointed a committee to take charge of celebration pro- 
 grams for LaFayette Day on September 6, 1918, and General 
 Pershing's birthday on September 13. 
 
 Offered reward of $100 for information leading to the arrest 
 and conviction of any person or persons found guilty of convey- 
 ing, by telepi: ~>ne or otherwise, false information to relatives or 
 friends of soldiers to the effect that such soldiers had been in- 
 jured or killed. 
 
 Worked in conjunction with the County Food Administration 
 to relieve the ice shortage dm Ing the summer of 1918. 
 
 Gave special attention to matters which the Council was 
 requested to bring before the local and district Draft Boards. 
 
 Investigated and found that a Tulsa legal firm had charged 
 a drafted man $3.00 for filling out his questionnaire. The secre- 
 tary was requested to advise the president of the Tulsa Bar As- 
 sociation to that effect, enclosing affidavit and requesting that 
 the Association take immediate action in the case looking to the 
 disbarment of that firm. 
 
 Tabled a petition received from the Menonite settlement at 
 Collinsville asking that that settlement be permitted to pro- 
 nounce its benediction in German at church services, also to 
 preach a sermon in German every other Sunday for the benefit 
 of the older settlers who did not understand English. 
 
 Inaugurated campaigns for four war budgets in Tulsa. 
 
 Helped to defray the expenses of the Home Demonstration 
 work. 
 
 Placed at the disposal of Sergeant Van Voorhis the service 
 of the entire legal committee of the County Council in defending 
 two suits brought against him in the sum of $5,000 each for in- 
 juries sustained by a man and his wife in an automobile acci- 
 dent which occurred on October 30, 1918. 
 
 Aided in the adjustment of the affairs of the owner of an 
 automobile agency who was called into service. 
 
 Resquested Judge John B. Meserve to prepare a petition to be 
 circulated among the leading attorneys of the Tulsa bar, solicit- 
 ing their help in transacting the business of absent soldiers 
 gratis, no charge to be made for aid or advice given to soldiers' 
 dependents. This act was the result of numerous calls on the 
 Council by dependents of selected men for legal advice and for aid 
 in collecting moneys due them. 
 
 While drastic demands were being made on Tulsans for 
 war purposes and every demand was being freely met, the Coun- 
 
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK 95 
 
 cil exercised a close watch over these affairs. In one instance 
 a tank corps was asked not to solicit a great number of page ad- 
 vertisements in the interest of recriting soldiers for that branch 
 owing to the proximity of the Fourth War Budget campaign. 
 
 At a meeting of the executive committee on October 25, 
 1918, the matter of shipping men from Tulsa for war work and 
 the methods employed in taking them was discussed at length. 
 A letter was addressed to the Labor Department at Washington 
 asking it not to call upon Tulsa for additional men. Co-operat- 
 ing with the district and exemption boards the County Council 
 published a statement setting forth the true labor situation in 
 this district and the status of the Community Labor Board in 
 securing men for war work. This action followed the receipt 
 of information by the Council to the effect that the community 
 board had shipped large numbers of men frm Tulsa and was 
 ordering construction contractors and managers of other lines 
 of industry to discharge immediately all men employed by them, 
 these to be shipped to the munition plants of the country at an 
 early date. 
 
 The Council, through publicity and otherwise, discouraged 
 the selling of Liberty Bonds by the public during the period ot 
 the war and the public was asked, when forced to sell these se- 
 curities, not to dispose of them at a price jnder that quoted by 
 the New York Stock Exchange, which price might be obtained 
 through any Tulsa bank or brokerage firm. 
 
 The Tulsa County Council of National Defense was one of the 
 few bodies in Oklahoma which, at the close of the war expressed 
 the opinion that defense work should be continued indefinitely. 
 The Council drafted a set of plans for a permanent organization 
 to be known as the National Council of Defense, the membership 
 to include all people in the United States who had taken an active 
 part in Council of Defense work during the war, which plans 
 were forwarded to the Council of National Defense at Washing- 
 ton. This resolution set forth in part that, "it is the earnest de- 
 sire and urgent request of the Tulsa County Council of National 
 Defense that the members of the National, State and County 
 Councils of National Defense be banded together in a permanent 
 organization to be known as the National Council of Defense 
 * * * for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization * * * 
 giving effect and permanency to the present state and county or- 
 ganizations as units of such national society * ** and that this 
 organization be placed at the disposal of the Government and the 
 President of the United States for the purpose of spreading edu- 
 cational propaganda on questions of national importance, making 
 investigations or performing such functions as may be deemed 
 proper or may tend to advance such national affairs as may be 
 provided for in the fixed policy and program of the organization." 
 
CHAPTER THREE 
 
 Raising An Army 
 i. 
 
 LOCAL DRAFT BOARD 
 
 Under the Selective Service Law, more generally known dur- 
 ing the war as the draft, Tulsa county contributed more than 
 5,000 fighting men between the ages of 21 and 31. An amend- 
 ment to this law, passed in September, 1918, subjected every man 
 in the United States between the ages of 18 and 45, inclusive, to 
 military service. The signing of the Armistice on November 11, 
 1918, however, eliminated the drafting of a large number of men 
 under the amendment. 
 
 The great selective service system, under which in the first 
 call, ten million American youths were placed at the disposal of 
 their Government, consisted of what were termed local and dis- 
 trict draft exemption boards. These were organized in every 
 state of the union under the direction and supervision of the Ad- 
 jutant General's office, which, in turn, reported to the office of 
 the Provost Marshal General at Washington. The latter became 
 the nerve center of the entire fabric of the organization of the 
 National Army. 
 
 The local boards, though not officially designated as such, 
 were in a sense, army boards, performing enormous tasks as an 
 integral part of the military establishment of the nation. 
 
 On no other class of non-combatants fell more heavily the 
 burden of winning the war. On the local draft boards was im- 
 posed the duty of registering citizens of draft age and of supply- 
 ing men for the various training camps. They were the recruit- 
 ing agents for the great National Army without which America's 
 spectacular fighting record would have been impossible. 
 
 Tulsa's draft machinery was set in motion the latter part of 
 May, 1917. The first local draft and exemption board consisted 
 of John H. Simmons, former mayor of Tulsa, chairman; Joe W. 
 Kenton, attorney, secretary, and Dr. S. Dezell Hawley, medical 
 examiner. The last two officers served until December 31 and on 
 January 1, 1918, H. O. Bland, attorney, became secretary and Dr. 
 C. L. Reeder, medical examiner. 
 
 The Selective Service Law, or draft law, which brought 
 American manhood to a common level, provided for the registra- 
 
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 DR.R.J.KIRKSEY 
 
 HARRY H. ROGERS, chairman of District Board No. 2, Eastern Division of 
 Oklahoma. 
 
 C. H. KRETZ, secretary of District Board No. 2. 
 
 H. O. BLAND, secretary of Local Draft Board. 
 
 DR. R. J. KIRKSEY, Owasso, examining physician Tulsa County Draft Board. 
 
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 J. H. SIMMONS, Chairman Local Draft Board. 
 
 LEWIS CLINE, Chairman County Draft Board. 
 
 W. L. NORTH, Secretary Tulsa County Draft Board. 
 
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 DR.J.F.GORRELL 
 
 FRED S. CLINTON, M. D., F. A. C. S., member District Board No. 2 ; surgeon 
 S. A. T. C. Kendall College unit ; medical director Emergency Hospital for influenza. 
 
 DR. S. DEZELL HAWLEY, medical examiner Local Draft Board until January 
 1, 1918. 
 
 DR. C. L. REEDER, medical examiner Local Draft Board since January 1, 1918. 
 
 DR. J. F. GORRELL, secretary Tulsa County Medical Advisory Board. 
 
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 BOY SCOUTS 
 
 SAMUEL H. PRESLEY, chairman of Alsuma Council of Defense and leader of 
 war drives in that district. 
 
 W. C. BEST, chaiiman School District No. 21, and leader of all war drives in 
 that district. 
 
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 tion, on June 5, 1917, of all males between the ages of 21 and 31, 
 inclusive. This was a heavy piece of work, the original registra- 
 tion being 6,600. Upon registering each man was given a serial 
 number starting with Number One. This number was zealously- 
 guarded by its possesor as it was his guide until he was given the 
 Order Number, which determined the time of his induction into 
 the army. 
 
 The order number was determined in the following manner : 
 Slips of paper containing numbers ranging from 1 to 10,000, were 
 placed in capsules. These capsules were placed in an urn at the 
 War Department and were drawn by blindfolded persons desig- 
 nated for that duty. For example, should serial number 4600 be 
 the first extracted from the urn, that number would become Num- 
 ber One in the order number. Every registrant in the United 
 States whose serial number was 4600 now became Number One 
 and was to be the first in his community to be called for service 
 unless exempted. When the 10,000 capsules had been drawn the 
 place of every man in the country had been established. 
 
 In the first call for selected men, issued in October, 1917, 285 
 were sent out from the city of Tulsa. It was a regrettable fact, 
 that owing to circumstances beyond the control of the Local 
 Board, many of the men in the first contingent were accepted re- 
 gardless of dependents or any other consideration except physical 
 qualifications. A number of these men were discharged later. 
 
 This condition was corrected in December, 1917, with the in- 
 troduction of the questionnaire system. Under this new order 
 questionnaires, or classification blanks, were sent to every regis- 
 trant to be filled out, sworn to and returned to the Local Board. 
 These stated the age, dependencies in several degrees, occupation 
 or businss and religion of the registrant. With this data in hand 
 the men were classified in various groups according to dependency 
 and industrial pursuits. Men presenting no legal claim for ex- 
 emption were placed in Class One. All men not in Class One were 
 given deferred classification by reason of dependent families, 
 mother, father, sister or brother. Others were given deferred 
 classification on account of farming pursuits. Still others were 
 placed in the deferred list by virtue of responsible positions held 
 in manufacturing industries, their skill being such that they could 
 not be replaced. 
 
 The National Army was raised from men in Class One. In 
 the early days of the draft board a considerable number of men 
 who had been passed in Tulsa were discharged for physical defects 
 upon their arrival at training camps. Later, when requirements 
 were more definitely stated to examining physicians the number 
 discharged was negligible. 
 
 The work of the Tulsa County Local Board was taken over 
 by the city board on July 1, 1918, with its 3,800 registrations. 
 
98 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 This brought the total number of registrants coming under the 
 jurisdiction of the local board to approximately 10,000. 
 
 The county draft exemption board, which was organized in 
 May, 1917, had its headquarters in the courthouse. The officers 
 were W. L. North, county commissioner, chairman; Louis Cline, 
 county clerk, secretary; Dr. R. J. Kirksey of Owasso, medical 
 examiner. 
 
 On September 12, 1918, the registration of all men between 
 the ages of 18 and 45, inclusive, was conducted by the local board 
 under authority of the amendment to the Selective Service Law 
 passed by Congress. 
 
 The labors of the Local Board, already excessive, were cor- 
 respondingly increased. With the combined jurisdiction the 
 Tulsa board had approximately 28,000 registered men on its rolls. 
 This number exceeded that of any other board in the United 
 States by several thousand and was the largest in Oklahoma by 
 10,000. 
 
 Questionnaires were again sent to all registrants and all men 
 under thirty-seven years were classified. Each day brought new 
 complications with attendant worries to the draft board. J. H. 
 Simmons, chairman, and H. O. Bland, secretary, were at their 
 posts far into the night and all day Sunday. A large force was 
 regularly employed. On the payroll were four stenographers. 
 Ten limited service men, that is men of draft age who were dis- 
 qualified for general military service, but who possessed clerical 
 ability, were drafted by the board into regular military service 
 and assigned to duty on the draft board. There was also a corps 
 of from thirty-five to forty stenographers regularly employed 
 whose services were donated by the banks and oil companies of 
 the city. While the chairman and secretary knew no time limit, 
 the remainder of the force observed military hours from 8 a. m. 
 till 5 p. m. 
 
 Notwithstanding the fact that the Tulsa board dealt with 
 10,000 more names than any similar board, it was among the first 
 in the state to file all reports in the Adjutant General's office. 
 
 After the call in October, 1917, Tulsa always exceeded her 
 quota in furnishing men for training camps. It became the cus- 
 tom when the Adjutant General received a call for men from 
 Washington to set aside a certain number to be furnished propor- 
 tionately by other sections of the state and then ask Tulsa to fur- 
 nish the remainder. 
 
 When a call for recruits was received by the Local Board 
 the registration books were inspected and the men next in order 
 in Class One were notified. This was done by sending them the 
 proper forms. These men were commanded to come to Tulsa for 
 entrainment at a specified time. Invariably twenty-five per cent 
 in excess of the required number were summoned. This pro- 
 
RAISING AN ARMY 99 
 
 vided for shortages due to failure to receive notice, disqualifica- 
 tion and other causes. 
 
 Previous to April, 1918, the headquarters of the Local Board 
 were located in the Mayor's office in the Reeder building. On 
 that day they were transferred to the Federal building. 
 
 On reaching Tulsa on the day of entrainment the men were 
 assembled at headquarters. Here they were checked in, given 
 a tag bearing their order number and the name of the city and 
 county of Tulsa and instructed to report at the railway station 
 at a certain hour to be checked in. A perfect check was kept by 
 means of order numbers contained in a list. At headquarters 
 each man was given a comfort kit which was supplied by the 
 local chapter of the Red Cross. In case the recruit train left in 
 the afternoon and where the schedule permitted of such an ar- 
 rangement, the men were ordered to report at the offices of the 
 Young Men's Christian Association where they were tendered a 
 luncheon, after which they marched in a body to the place of en- 
 trainment. Otherwise they were told to report at the station an 
 hour ahead of schedule time. On being entrained the men were 
 put under the charge of temporary officers designated by the 
 Local Board. These officers were given the custody of the' meal 
 tickets and transportation. In the case of a contingent of 580 
 men single tickets for 580 meals each were issued. The 580 men 
 were fed together at whatever point they found themselves at 
 meal time. Railway eating houses, hotels and restaurants hon- 
 ored these meal tickets. 
 
 The Local Board also sat as a Local Exemption Board before 
 whom complaints and claims for exemption were lodged. Claims 
 based on occupational grounds were passed directly to the Dis- 
 trict Exemption Board. A unanimous decision made by the Dis- 
 trict Board became final. In case of a dissenting voice the regis- 
 trant had the right of appeal to the president of the United 
 States. Dependency claims were handled by the Local Board 
 but went to the District Board on appeal. 
 
 In point of physique, education and intelligence the men sent 
 out by the Local Board were of a very high standard. They were 
 "topnotchers" in the State, according to the appraisement of them 
 made by the state board. The city boys were far superior in 
 physique to their brothers from the farm who showed the effect 
 of hard work and long hours. 
 
 Tulsa being essentially a young man's town, the recruits for 
 the most part were characterized by exceptional alertness and 
 high intelligence. Hundreds of them were the products of the 
 best colleges of the country, Harvard, Yale and Cornell being well 
 represented. Many of them were technicians who had held re- 
 sponsible positions With the oil, manufacturing, and business in- 
 terests of the city. They were loyal and patriotic and little diffi- 
 
100 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 culty was experienced in enlisting their enthusiasm once the grav- 
 ity of the situation became apparent. 
 
 The Tulsa county recruits formed a part of the 358th In- 
 fantry, 90th Division, whose brilliant military record is given 
 elsewhere in this volume. Many, however, were transferred to 
 other branches of the service where they made equally creditable 
 records. 
 
 The regular work attending the registration and classifica- 
 tion and entrainment of 5,000 men for service was necessarily 
 heavy. Added to the essentials were annoyances and problems 
 by which the officers of the Local Board were daily harrassed. 
 These came from the most unexpected sources and required im- 
 mediate decision. One of the most difficult situations which arose 
 was that involving marriage contracts entered into by young men 
 after the declaration of war. These were referred to as "slacker 
 marriages" and were regarded with suspicion by the War Depart- 
 ment. Of such unions there were about two hundred in Tulsa. 
 Where pregnancy had occurred the men were permitted to remain 
 at home until after the birth of the child. A later order of the 
 War Department placed such fathers in Class Two. Some of the 
 young men thus attached, however, were too proud or too patri- 
 otic to claim exemption on these grounds and accepted their as- 
 signments to training camps. 
 
 Another perplexing situation resulted from men claiming 
 exemption on the grounds of having dependent parents. Officers 
 of the Local Board admit that in this matter they were imposed 
 upon, in cases where there was not sufficient time for investiga- 
 tion. 
 
 When Classes One and Two were exhausted a rigid probe was 
 made into the conditions surrounding those draftees who had 
 claimed exemption on this score. A total of 142 had entered the 
 dependent parents plea. This list was thoroughly sifted with the 
 assistance of William S. Cochran, government appeal agent and 
 the number reduced from 142 to 4. There were then 138 dissatis- 
 fied fathers and mothers to deal with. It was the duty of the 
 government appeal agent to see that no injustice was done either 
 to the registrant or to the Government and the service which he 
 rendered the board was invaluable. 
 
 Alternating with these various time consuming incidents, the 
 Local Board was kept busy counselling registrants, reconciling 
 mothers, replying to inquiries by telegraph and telephone, mak- 
 ing out induction papers for S. A. T. C. registrants, copying 28,000 
 registration cards, writing up over-sheets, hunting up question- 
 naires, preparing routings and transportation requests for indi- 
 vidual inductants, preparing for entrainment, issuing new regis- 
 tration cards to replace lost ones, issuing certificates of immunity 
 to men over draft age, advising dependents as to prospective 
 
RAISING AN ARMY 101 
 
 government allotments and allowances, straightening out thou- 
 sands of questionnaires and registration cards, listening to dis- 
 gruntled employers who did not want to release men for service 
 and numerable other miscellaneous matters which came under 
 their jurisdiction. The record of the Tulsa Local Board shows 
 it to have been a potent agency in the winning of the war. 
 
 II. 
 DISTRICT BOARD NO. 2 
 
 District Board for Division No. 2, Eastern District of the 
 State of Oklahoma, War Department, was the official designa- 
 tion of what was generally known as District Board No. 2, 
 located at Tulsa. 
 
 The duty of this Board was to pass upon all claims for ex- 
 emption entered by men who had been called in the draft. These 
 claims were divided into two classes: Claims filed on grounds 
 of industrial and agricultural occupations which automatically 
 came under the jurisdiction of the District Board, and those 
 entered on the grounds of dependencies which were handled 
 primarily by the Local Board, the District Board acting only on 
 appeal from local bodies. 
 
 The Board was created as a further guarantee against in- 
 justice either to the National Government or to the selected 
 men. Where the decision of the Board was unanimous it became 
 final. A dissenting voice gave the registrant the right to appeal 
 to the President of the United States. 
 
 The District Boards in Oklahoma were: Eastern District 
 No. 1 at Muskogee; No. 2 at Tulsa. Western District at Okla- 
 homa City. 
 
 District Board No. 2 investigated and passed upon 12,765 
 claims. Of these 1,900 were cases filed before the questionnaire 
 system was evoked by the War Department. Of this number 
 1,682 of the men making such claims were placed in Class One 
 subject to call for active service in their turns. A total of 10,028 
 cases resulted under the questionnaire system, filed by men in the 
 first registration of June 5, 1917, of which 7,757 claims were 
 denied and appellants made subject to service. Of the late regis- 
 trants 837 appealed to the District Board and 709 of these were 
 placed in Class One. 
 
 The District Board was composed of Harry H. Rogers, at- 
 torney, vice president of the Union National Bank and legal rep- 
 resentative of the McMann Oil Company, chairman ; C. H. Kretz, 
 general manager of the Public Utilities Company of Oklahoma, 
 secretary; Dr. Fred S. Clinton, medical examiner — all of Tulsa; 
 John O'Brien of Lehigh and J. D. Boxley of Holdenville. Mrs. 
 .G. McCann acted as chief clerk. 
 
102 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 The first meeting of the Board was held on August 15, 1917, 
 and headquarters was established in Room 217, Federal Building, 
 Tulsa. Sessions were held almost daily throughout the period 
 of activity. These were usually all-day meetings lasting from 
 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. or later when necessary to transact the business 
 of the day. All claims were disposed of on the day on which 
 they were received. When, on November 11, 1918, a telegram 
 officially announced the signing of the Armistice, of the 12,765 
 claims filed only fifty questionnaires lay on the table undisposed 
 of and these would have been disposed of before the closing 
 of the day's session. As many as 500 questionnaires were 
 handled in a single day. The chairman established office hours 
 from 6 o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock at night and was 
 available for business at all times. 
 
 The Board began its work under the questionnaire plan on 
 January 8th, 1918, and continued until March 20th, upon which 
 date all cases coming up under the first registration were dis- 
 posed of and all local Boards reported their work complete. 
 
 The clerical force engaged in disposing of the questionnaires 
 consisted of the chief clerk and one assistant. When the work 
 became congested various oil companies in the city were called 
 upon for extra clerical and stenographic help which was furnished 
 gratis. Business men of Tulsa manifested a splendid spirit in 
 expediting the work of this Board. 
 
 Realizing how difficult it was to render justice in all cases, 
 and after consulting with the Adjutant General's office the 
 District Board asked for the co-operation of the Council of De- 
 fense in each county. This assistance was cheerfully given and 
 certain errors were rectified through this agency. 
 
 In the handling of more than ten thousand cases under the 
 questionnaire system there was never a serious disagreement 
 among the members of the Board, in every case except one the 
 vote being unanimous. In the case mentioned a difference of 
 opinion existed as to the best policy to pursue in order to ac- 
 complish the desired results in making the Selective Draft Law 
 effective. In at least one-third of the ten thousand question- 
 naires handled there were two claims considered in each case, 
 one being the appeal from the Local Board and the other the claim 
 which came under the original jurisdiction of the District 
 Board. 
 
 District Board No. 2 established a rather liberal policy inso- 
 far as permission to file new proof was concerned, believing 
 it to be more than just to give every registrant ample opportun- 
 ity to present his case fully. As a result registrants whose 
 claims had been denied entered the service feeling that they had 
 at least been given a fair hearing. 
 
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 The classification was complete and in an official report the 
 Board ventured the opinion that no industry had been seriously 
 interfered with and that very few cases of unusual hardship 
 resulted from its decisions. There were many close cases and 
 the policy of the Board was strict. 
 
 Of the 10,380 that came under the questionnaire system 
 578 came from the Tulsa City Board and 651 from the Tulsa 
 County Board under industrial and agricultural claims. About 
 sixty per cent of these were placed in Class One for service. 
 
 Following are the local Boards over which District Board 
 No. 2 had jurisdiction: 
 
 Carter, Coal, Creek County Board No. 1, and Creek County 
 Board No. 2, Garvin, Grady County Board No. 1 and Grady 
 County Board No. 2, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnson, Love, McClain, 
 Murray, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pontotoc, Rogers, Semi- 
 nole, Stephens, Washington and Tulsa Counties and Tulsa city. 
 
 The percentage of men in Class One was much lower in some 
 counties than in others. This was largely due to the fact that 
 in certain communties the industries were of such a character 
 as to require deferment of almost all the registrants. For in- 
 stance, in Coal and Okmulgee counties there were so many 
 miners and such a shortage of fuel that the Board would have 
 felt justified in deferring every coal miner who was working in 
 good faith to keep up production. In Tulsa city, Tulsa County, 
 Washington, Nowata, Okmulgee and Creek counties the oil and 
 gas industry was of such importance that practically all of the 
 men in this industry were deferred if they possessed sufficient 
 training and experience and were faithful workers. 
 
 In the smelters in Washington County the same condition 
 existed. Despite the efforts of the managers it was found to be 
 impossible to run these smelters to their full capacity on ac- 
 count of the scarcity of labor. To meet this shortage many 
 women volunteered for men's work and many men did double 
 duty. 
 
 The following is an extract from a letter from the Adju- 
 tant General to the chairman of District Board No. 2 under date 
 of April 3, 1918, on completion of the classification of registrants 
 under the questionnaire system : 
 
 "I feel that the State of Oklahoma is to be congratulated 
 upon the splendid District Boards selected by the President and 
 without reflecting upon the work done by the other two Boards, 
 for their work was splendid, permit me to say that Board No. 2 
 for the Eastern District deserves the blue ribbon. Your record 
 has not been equaled in the State and I dare say in the United 
 States." 
 
 During the month of October, 1918, the Tulsa Board passed 
 
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 on returned questionnaires involving 6,914 industrial claims, the 
 District Board at Oklahoma City 3,927, and the Muskogee Board 
 2,895. In addition to this the Tulsa Board handled 400 de- 
 pendency claims and at the close of the business for the month 
 had not a single claim pending. Muskogee had two cases pending 
 and Oklahoma City had pending 3,779 original cases and 22 cases 
 on appeal. 
 
 Before the introduction of the questionnaire 125 cases 
 were appealed to the President from Eastern Oklahoma. Of 
 these eight decisions of District Board No. 2 were reversed, one 
 temporarily reversed, seventy-five cases affirmed and the re- 
 maining cases were not passed upon. 
 
 Of this total only three appeals came from the city of Tulsa 
 and four from Tulsa county. Of the city's cases one was re- 
 versed, one affirmed and no action taken in the third. Of the 
 Tulsa county cases one was affirmed and no action taken in three. 
 
 The total expense of conducting the work up to April 1, 
 1918, was $1,820. The telegraph and telephone were used ex- 
 tensively but at no expense to the government. 
 
 III. 
 U. S. ARMY RECRUITING STATION 
 
 The spirit of Tulsa was in no way better exemplified than 
 in the response which was made to the call for recruits at the 
 United States Army office immediately succeeding the declara- 
 tion of war on April 6, 1917. From that date until September 
 1st, 1918, when the law calling all men from 18 to 45 years into 
 the draft went into effect, there had volunteered at the recruit- 
 ing station in Tulsa over 2,300 men. On September 1st recruit- 
 ing ceased as all men eligible to army service were included in 
 the draft. 
 
 Over fifty per cent of the men applying for enlistment were 
 accepted as against an average of twenty-five per cent in normal 
 times. This heavy acceptance was due to two reasons — the 
 superior physical condition of the young men who flocked to 
 their country's standard and the letting down of the bars to some 
 extent as to military requirements. Intellectually and physically, 
 according to the report from the local recruiting station, the men 
 who enlisted in Tulsa were far above the average. 
 
 Local enlistments were conducted by Sergeant L. Q. Roby, 
 U. S. A., who for fourteen years has been in charge of Army 
 recruiting stations for the Government. Sergeant Roby made 
 all tentative examinations and sent the men whom he deemed 
 fit to the main station in Oklahoma City, where they were re- 
 examined and forwarded to the recruiting depots for final en- 
 listments. 
 
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 Immediately upon the declaration of war the physical 
 standards exacted by the army were lowered in order to allow 
 a greater number of able-bodied men to join the colors. The 
 required height was reduced from 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 1 inch, 
 and when men were exceptionally strong or active this was at 
 times lowered a half inch on a waiver from the War Department. 
 This minimum weight was lowered to 110 pounds regardless of 
 height of the applicant, or the peace time rejection for under- 
 weight per inches. Neither was as much attention paid to loss 
 of teeth or to defective eyesight and the regulations were 
 greatly modified as to flat feet and other slight handicaps. 
 
 The character and grade of men enlisted at Tulsa was of 
 the best. Most of them came from oil fields, from offices and 
 plants of large oil companies and other industrial concerns, many 
 of them being accustomed to outdoor life. Among them was a 
 large percentage of college graduates who, on finishing their 
 education in the east, had sought new fields of labor here. 
 
 All men accepted for combatant branches of the service 
 were sent to Fort Logan, Colo. Those destined to enter special 
 service went to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. These included 
 men qualified for special regiments, such as the sappers, the 
 searchlight regiments, which sought out the enemy in night 
 attacks, electricians, the pioneers who laid out railroads and 
 right of ways and prepared for railroad construction. To these 
 were added telephone operators and oil drillers who were em- 
 ployed to supply new territories with water. 
 
 The officer in charge of the recruiting station admits that 
 notwithstanding his fourteen years' experience in this line of 
 work boys may have slipped through who were under the re- 
 quired age. There were also numerous cases where boys who 
 tried to join the Army failed because they were under 18 years 
 of age. On being rejected many of the boys of under weight 
 went on a fattening diet, returning a few days later with the 
 required avordupois. Every conceivable method and trick was 
 resorted to in evading the legal requirements. One group of 
 youths all but succeeded in deceiving the officer in charge. The 
 series of questions which almost invariably succeeds in con- 
 founding the boy who in making misstatements, failed to effect 
 the original story told by six lads who came all the way from 
 Vinita to enlist. They had evidently applied at other recruiting 
 stations, for they had the situation well in hand. The sergeant 
 was on the point of giving his approval when the telephone rang. 
 A long distance call from the anxious mother of one of the lads 
 revealed the fact that five of the applicants were under seven- 
 teen years of age. The oldest was accepted. 
 
IV. 
 U. S. NAVY RECRUITING STATION 
 
 While no United States Navy recruiting station was main- 
 tained in Tulsa during the World War, nearly eight hundred of 
 Tulsa County's young men entered that service. Enlistments 
 were made at the general recruiting station at Oklahoma City 
 and the accepted men sent from that point to the Naval Training 
 Station at Chicago. 
 
 The average of acceptances for duty in this branch from 
 Tulsa was high. 
 
 Great enthusiasm and interest was aroused in this branch 
 of the service as a result of the efforts of the Tulsa branch of 
 the United States Navy League. 
 
 STUDENTS ARMY TRAINING CORPS 
 
 One of the strongest recommendations made by the Gov- 
 ernment during the World War was that young men in the high 
 schools and colleges of the country should pursue their studies 
 up to the last moment before they were called into military 
 service. The importance of higher education was brought out 
 in many ways in preparation for and in the conduct of the war. 
 
 In order to permit the young men to continue their studies 
 while receiving military training, a new departure was made 
 in the establishment of the Student Army Training Corps. This 
 plan was accepted by Congress in 1918. 
 
 Official sanction for the establishment of a Student Army 
 Training Corps of Kendall College was secured through the in- 
 strumentality of the Chamber of Commerce and the County 
 Council of Defense. Colonel Clarence B. Douglas and Dr. Arthur 
 Lee Odell visited Washington, and through the intervention of 
 Congressman Bert Chandler, secured an immediate audience at 
 the War Department. Shortly thereafter the Committee of 
 Education in Washington granted the college the right to an 
 S. A. T. C. provided an enrollment of not less than one hundred 
 students was secured within a limited time. 
 
 After numerous and varied difficulties the enrollment was 
 completed. The commanding officer, Lieut. A. G. Montgomery, 
 arrived simultaneously with the "Flu" epidemic, which closed 
 the school, sent civilian students home and the "rookies" into 
 quarantine on the campus. An infirmary was established for 
 
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RAISING AN ARMY 107 
 
 the soldiers with Dr. Fred S. Clinton, company surgeon, in 
 charge. 
 
 On the lifting of the ban organization was perfected, and 
 the young men subected to rigid military discipline. A re-ar- 
 rangement of class schedules was imperative. Recitations com- 
 menced at 7 :45 every morning, Saturdays included, and continued 
 until 11 :45. Forty minutes was allowed for lunch, when classes 
 were conducted until 2:15, then drill and athletics until 6 o'clock 
 mess, study hours until 9 :20 and sleep until reveille at 6 :30 next 
 morning. Great physical benefits resulted from this training, 
 some of the boys gaining as much as twenty-five pounds in 
 weight during the period. 
 
 The following were officers of the Students' Army Training 
 Corps Unit at Henry Kendall College: 
 
 Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Archie G. Montgomery; 
 Second Lieutenant, George S. Jennings. 
 
 Top Sergeant, Ernest J. Uhl; Seargeants, Russell, Hopping, 
 Wilson, Johnson, Fortier, Banister, Butterworth, Hudson and 
 Kooey. 
 
 Corporals, Rains, Jennings, Weber, Garland, Varley, Rob- 
 erts, Holderman, Gallagher, Thornton and Rhodecker. 
 
 Kendall's Honor Roll contains the following names : Fulton 
 Austin, Holly Anderson, Percy Appleby, Leo Bellew, F. D. Bill- 
 ington, A. B. Clark, Joe Chatfield, Ray Cotton, Earl Coffey, Alfred 
 Creekmore, J. S. Bottoms, Edward Domingues, Russell Fait, 
 Everett Fiest, Lloyd Elliott, Hugh Graham, Hugo Greenberg, 
 Ivan Groves, Buel Humphreys, Stanley Huser, Thomas Huser, 
 Paul Handley, Ralph Handley, Leroy Hobb, Paul Havenstrite, 
 Harry B. Harter, Joe Hasch, Ivan Harn, Virgil Jones, J. B. 
 Johnson, Edward Kirk, Lewis K. Knight, Kenneth Keith, Noral 
 Keesler, Noyes B. Livingston, Dr. Ralph L. Lamb, Milan La- 
 badie, Robert E. Lee, Donald McClean, Edward Marrs, Harry 
 Miller, Claudius Morrisett, Dennis McClendon, Harold Murray, 
 John 0. Moseley, Milton Mershon, Russell McCabe, Henry Neu- 
 baur, Lloyd Malone, Herbert Nicholson, Louis Pappan, Claude 
 Perry, Harry Phisterer, Everett Pope, Jess Rayborn, Ray Rider, 
 J. H. Robinson, Otto C. Seymour, Vess Rutis, George Shorney, 
 Gaylord Simmons, Winfred Setser, Francis Schmidt, Benton I. 
 Springer, Harry Thompson, Art Wallace, Lewis Washington, 
 Paul Wilson, Henry Ward, Freeman Winslow, Alex Wilson, John 
 Woolery, Eldo Witty, Henry Williamson, Joe Wolf, John Young, 
 Lloyd Gale, Kenneth Jennings, Emmett Payne, Clifford Allen, 
 Harold Havice, Bill Edwards, Rube Leekley, Glen Baker, Carl 
 Ammons, Fred Brooks and Edwin Wood. 
 
 The one gold star in the Kendall service flag symbolizes 
 the death of Donald McLean. 
 
VI. 
 OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP 
 
 One of the most interesting features of the training of 
 young Americans for active Army service was the Officers Train- 
 ing Camps established by the Federal Government during the 
 World War, that civilians might be fitted to command Army 
 contingents. 
 
 These camps were located at various points in the United 
 States, and contingents were sent to the most convenient ones 
 by recruiting officers in charge of various stations. 
 
 One hundred and fifty young men from Tulsa and Tulsa 
 County responded to this call. The requirements were rigid as 
 were the tests which the men underwent after being accepted. 
 With few exceptions the Tulsa men were sent to Fort Logan H. 
 Roots, Ark., which later became Camp Pike, and to Leon Springs, 
 Texas. 
 
 Fifty local aspirants went to the First Officers' Training 
 Camp at Fort Logan H. Roots, departing on May 8, 1917. Of 
 these only two men were sent back home, as not meeting the 
 requirements. The others received their commissions on August 
 15th, 1917. Ten of these became captains, the others graduating 
 as first and second lieutenants. Practically all of these men 
 officered troops of the 87th Division, consisting of the 345th, 
 346th, 347th and 348th Infantry, and their auxiliaries. These 
 officers remained with this Division throughout their stay in 
 this country, was with the same Division overseas and returned 
 home with the same body. Not an officer was sent back. 
 
 Almost one hundred men left in September, 1917, for Leon 
 Springs to attend the Second Officers' Training Camp. These 
 were assigned largely to Texas units and Regular Army Divis- 
 ions. Most of the men who graduated at this camp saw foreign 
 service. 
 
 The Third Officers' Training Camp was at Camp Pike, Ark., 
 in March, 1918. The men had for instructors many officers of 
 the 87th Division. In this camp there was but a small contin- 
 gent of Tulsa men, as it was designed especially for men who 
 were already in the Army and who gave promise of making good 
 officers. Few civilians, therefore, were admitted. 
 
 A few men were sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Louis- 
 ville, Ky. 
 
 The training course covered a period of three months and 
 increased in severity with time, the third being the most diffi- 
 
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RAISING AN ARMY 109 
 
 cult. The training at the first camp was largely experimental, 
 but excellent results were obtained. The training which was 
 most thorough, consisted of lectures, target practice and practice 
 marches, modern trench warfare being made a specialty. The 
 military program was practically the same course which is 
 given at West Point, but which was crowded into a three months' 
 period. The hours employed in this work were from 6 a. m. 
 until 11 p. m. 
 
 Among the graduates of these camps were Captains L. H. 
 Lantz, George Dixon, Roger Sherman, K. T. Stockhouse, John 
 Rogers, Henry Halley, Harry Bray, William Johnson and Lieu- 
 tenants West, Glen Heald, R. H. Berry, Jack Porter, Robert Gal- 
 breath, Roy Kessler, Victor Kline, DeWitt Hull, Knight Douglas, 
 Mont Stanley, Henry Thomas, Max Campbell, Wood Stanley and 
 Sam Springer. 
 
 VII. 
 MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD 
 
 The Tulsa County Medical Advisory Board held a unique 
 place in the order of war organizations. It was a part of the 
 Medical Section of the Council of National Defense. Although 
 under the direction of the President and the Medical Surgeon 
 General it was given a free hand in the matter of ways and 
 means. 
 
 While still engaged in peace-time professional pursuits the 
 members were subject to the call of the Provost Marshal General 
 of the United States Army at Washington and their discharges, 
 dating March 31st, 1919, bear the signature of General Crowder 
 and Governor Robertson. 
 
 Members of the Tulsa County Medical Advisory Board re- 
 ceived official orders to engage in relief work during the epi- 
 demic of Spanish influenza. They received a salary of $150 per 
 month and were subject to Army regulations governing medical 
 boards. 
 
 The personnel of the Advisory Board underwent a number 
 of changes as from time to time members of that body entered 
 active military service. During its period of greatest activity 
 the officers were Dr. N. M. Mayginnis, chairman, and Dr. J. 
 Franklin Gorrell, secretary. The members serving at various 
 periods during the war were Drs. J. A. Wall, Forest Dutton, R. 
 M. McVicker, A. R. Roth, W. A. Cook, H. T. Price, O. A. Flan- 
 agan, T. Y. Cronk, H. J. Baker, 0. H. McCarty, J. M. Temples 
 and J. B. Hawkins. Organization was effected May 18, 1917. 
 
 The Board made its report to the Adjutant General of the 
 State. The first sessions of the Board were held in a local labor- 
 
110 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 atory, later offices were secured in the Federal Building. The 
 duty of this Board was to re-examine and pass upon men who 
 had been rejected by the examining physicians of the Local 
 Board and if possible to enable those who had failed to meet the 
 rigid requirements of the Army Examining Board to become 
 serviceable soldiers. 
 
 The Board went into session from 8 p. m. until midnight 
 on Tuesdays and Fridays of each week during normal periods. 
 When insistent calls were made to recruit the ranks of selected 
 men three or four meetings weekly were held. Dozens of cases 
 were disposed of nightly, the greatest number being 136. 
 
 Many young men who had failed to measure up to the de- 
 mands of the Local Board, on being rejected by the Medical 
 Advisory Board laid siege to the offices of the secretary beg- 
 ging for another chance to show their fitness to enter service. 
 
CHAPTER FOUR 
 
 Red Cross 
 
 i. 
 
 THE AMERICAN RED CROSS 
 
 The American Red Cross was the greatest agency for the 
 amelioration of suffering brought on by the World War. This 
 applies to relief brought to civilian populations in the war area 
 as well as to the millions of gallant men engaging in actual war- 
 fare. 
 
 The idea which developed into this institution had its origin 
 on the battle field of Solferino in 1859. Henri Dunant of Geneva 
 was a witness to the carnage and suffering attending the bloody 
 conflict and devoted much thought and effort to relieving the 
 suffering of the wounded left on the field. Subsequently he out- 
 lined and published a plan for the relief of the wounded which 
 became the basis for the organization of the Red Cross. 
 
 An international society was organized at a conference in 
 Geneva in 1863 and the name Red Cross was adopted with the 
 Geneva cross as its symbol. Thirty-nine Governments gave as- 
 sent to a treaty making neutral, in war, all hospitals of the so- 
 ciety, their stores, physicians and attendants. One of the obli- 
 gations imposed upon the Red Cross Society was to care impar- 
 tially for every soldier, whatever his nationality. 
 
 When, under the leadership of Clara Barton in 1881, the 
 United States joined the International Society, its scope was ex- 
 tended to cover national disasters of every kind. 
 
 The present American Red Cross was incorporated by Act 
 of Congress of 1905. The President of the United States ap- 
 points six out of the eighteen directors and is President of the 
 Society. The members of the President's Cabinet are members 
 of the board and its accounts are audited by the War Depart- 
 ment. All of the executives who administer the affairs of the 
 American Red Cross are volunteers. A record produced during 
 the war showed that all the funds collected, less about 1 1-4 per 
 cent for administration, was expended on effective relief. 
 
 The United States Government cannot, under the Interna- 
 tional Treaty, officially finance the American Red Cross. For 
 this reason it is necessary to depend on public subscriptions for 
 its operation and maintenance. 
 
 The ministering functions of the Red Cross are not confined 
 to war times, but extends to national disasters as well. The 
 
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112 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 administration is divided into departments or bureaus. Among 
 these are the bureaus of military and naval relief, civilian relief 
 and education. 
 
 On January 1, 1917, the American Red Cross had an enroll- 
 ment of approximately 200,000 members and 200 chapters. Three 
 months after the United States had entered the war this was 
 increased to 2,500,000 members and 1,800 chapters. On Novem- 
 ber 1, 1917, there were about 5,000,000 members and 3,000 chap- 
 ters. To expedite the work fourteen division headquarters had 
 been established, Red Cross chapters and their branches in Okla- 
 homa operating under the Southwestern Division at St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 On May 10, 1917, President Wilson, as President of the 
 American Red Cross, appointed a War Council of seven members. 
 Henry P. Davison, a member of the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan 
 & Company of New York, was made chairman. President Wilson 
 asked the American people to contribute $100,000,000 to the Red 
 Cross during the week of June 18th to 25th. The people gave 
 $102,000,000. This generous response enabled the Society to 
 carry out a program the magnitude of which had never been ap- 
 proached in the world's history. Not only were the American 
 soldiers and the fighting men of the Entente Allies well pro- 
 vided for, but a great system of relief penetrated stricken France, 
 Belgium and Italy and extended into the Balkan States. 
 
 Almost staggering under its military and financial burdens, 
 France was incapable of meeting the humane demand made upon 
 her by her civilian population, and destitution, privation and un- 
 told suffering ensued. Over eighteen thousand of France's 24,- 
 000 peace-time physicians had entered the service. Of this num- 
 ber 40 per cent had been killed and others incapacitated by 
 wounds. This left whole sections and large cities without proper 
 medical attention for months. Added to this the civilians were 
 unable to obtain food, fuel, clothing or shelter. 
 
 The fighting men of France, not only bore their own bur- 
 dens, but were desperate over the hardships which had befallen 
 their families. Added to this was rapine, savagery and destruc- 
 tions wrought upon populations in occupied territory. The mor- 
 tality among infants and children was appalling. While not gen- 
 erally known at that time the morale of the French soliders was 
 rapidly declining. On learning of the plight of those whom they 
 left behind many of the stubborn poilus remarked : "If my family 
 cannot be properly taken care of while I am at the front, no mat- 
 ter what my condition may be, it will be better for us to accept 
 even a German peace, as we certainly cannot be worse off." These 
 facts were brought out during a visit to the United States of Gen- 
 erals Joffre and Viviani of the French High Commission. The 
 American Red Cross accepted this added task cheerfully. Fuel, 
 
RED CROSS 113 
 
 provisions, nurses and doctors were rushed to territory where 
 they were most needed. The spirits of the Allies were imme- 
 diately revived and the fighting continued with the same ferocity 
 with which it had been carried on for three years. The battle 
 fields brought the same story of ministry and comfort. 
 
 At home and abroad every need of the American soldier and 
 sailor was met. Women labored heroically that their boys and 
 the boys of their neighbors might undergo fewer of the hard- 
 ships than had fallen to the lot of their brothers-in-arms. Dis- 
 tress in stricken Europe was relieved by days of incessant toil 
 in American homes and workrooms. Men, women and children 
 in every walk of life gave freely of their wealth or of their 
 meagre savings in order that the great work might be carried on 
 to a successful conclusion. 
 
 And in all this giving and labor of love Tulsa was supreme. 
 
II. 
 
 TULSA COUNTY CHAPTER 
 
 How Tulsa and Tulsa County responded to every call made 
 by the American Red Cross Society forms one of the bright lights 
 in their war history. 
 
 The city awoke to the cry of "The Greatest Mother in the 
 World," when its newly organized committees entered upon its 
 first War Fund campaign in May, 1917. While somewhat late 
 in getting under way the enthusiasm, once aroused, swept every- 
 thing before it and by autumn of the first year of America's par- 
 ticipation in the war Red Cross activities had dominated the 
 town. 
 
 The small group of people who was responsible for the be- 
 ginning constituted the first active executive committee and was 
 as follows: E. Roger Kemp, chairman; J. P. Flanagan, vice- 
 chairman ; E. W. Sinclair, treasurer, and C. E. Buchner, secretary. 
 
 Under their direction attractive and adequate quarters were 
 found in the Carnegie Library Building with Mrs. Elizabeth Cole- 
 man, a Red Cross nurse, who had served in the Spanish-American 
 War, in charge. Hospital garments, surgical dressings and knit- 
 ing occupied the workers during the summer of 1917, but not 
 until October was there any definite plan of work. At that time 
 the Old Christian Church at the corner of Fourth and Boulder 
 Streets was secured as headquarters for the county chapter. The 
 house committee had the floor of the main auditorium of the 
 church leveled, clear glass windows replaced the stained ones, 
 lockers were arranged and a cutting department outfitted in the 
 Sunday School room. The reception room was transformed into 
 an office for the secretary and the pastor's two study rooms were 
 painted and made into attractive surgical dressing rooms. Located 
 in the balcony was the knitting department, conducted by Mrs. 
 J. B. Robinson, who died while engaged in this service. Light 
 lunches were served for the convenience of the workers. 
 
 In December, 1917, a complete reorganization took place with 
 the following officers and executive committee: E. R. Kemp, 
 chairman ; Clint Moore, vice-chairman ; E. W. Sinclair, treasurer ; 
 W. L. Connelly, secretary; Mrs. R. L. McMinn, assistant secre- 
 tary; C. E. Buchner, A. L. Farmer, A. J. Hartman, S. Jankow- 
 sky, W. R. Guiberson, W. S. Cochran, D. W. Franchot, J. H. 
 Evans, Mrs. John R. Wheeler, Mrs. J. B. Robinson, Mrs. W. N. 
 Sill, Mrs. E. G. Dawes, Mrs. W. I. Williams, Rev. J. G. Reynolds, 
 Broken Arrow; V. A. Schiefelbusch, Sand Springs; Mrs. L. L. 
 Wiles, Skiatook, and Mrs. Ord Neville, Jenks. 
 
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 In March, 1918, the following new members were added to 
 the executive committee : Mrs. N. J. Gubser, as chairman of the 
 Junior Red Cross ; Mrs. Preston C. West, chairman of the exten- 
 sion work; E. A. Wilcox, chairman of membership, and W. R. 
 Guiberson, chairman of publicity. 
 
 In January, 1918, Mrs. W. N. Sill, as chairman of Women's 
 work, was succeeded by Mrs. John R. Wheeler, and the women's 
 work or production department, remained under the direction of 
 Mrs. Wheeler until the closing of that department, May 1, 1919, 
 with the following assistants : Mrs. N. Covel, supervisor of sur- 
 gical dressings, assisted by Mrs. George Berry, who were later 
 succeeded by Mrs. John Horn in March, 1918 ; Mrs. A. K. Norris 
 and Mrs. R. W. Walworth, supervisors of hospital garments ; Mrs. 
 J. A. Chapman, supervisor of refugee garments, succeeded by 
 Mrs. F. L. Townsend in June, 1918 ; Mrs. J. B. Robinson, super- 
 visor of knitting, succeeded at her death by Miss Isabel Fonda, 
 January, 1919; Mrs. E. G. Dawes, supervisor of the cutting de- 
 partment ; Mrs. W. D. Sanders, distributing department, succeeded 
 by Mrs. Frank Bartlett, and in turn succeeded by Mrs. F. E. Rid- 
 dle, and Mrs. W. D. VanSiclen; Miss Sadie Tuttle, in charge of 
 stock room ; Miss Evelyn Mock and Mrs. William Lockhart in 
 charge of lunch room ; Miss Mabel Marsh, information and reg- 
 ister; Miss Naomi Meserve and Miss Betty Hudson, motor corps; 
 Mrs. F. E. Shallenbarger, comfort kits. 
 
 E. L. Connelly, secretary, brought enthusiasm, business 
 ability and good nature into the organization at a time when 
 they were most needed. Mrs. McMinn had immediate charge of 
 the Chapter's operations. 
 
 The financial backing of Tulsa made possible the well-filled 
 shelves and comfortable equipment that won fame for Tulsa 
 County Chapter at Division Headquarters at St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 As the functions of the production department gave the 
 patriotic women the most direct outlet for their sympathies and 
 enthusiasm, the following immense output of knitted garments, 
 hospital garments, refugee garments and surgical dressings re- 
 sulted: 1,170,527 surgical dressings, 29,268 knitted garments, 
 26,911 hospital garments (including 5,600 pajamas and 3,500 
 bath robes), 11,636 hospital supplies, 7,230 refugee garments, 
 4,233 comfort kits (filled). 
 
 The total receipts from campaigns, individual donation, etc., 
 were $254,475.44. The total disbursements up to August 15, 
 1919, were $234,512.11. 
 
 Workrooms were established throughout the city, notably 
 in the High School, Country Club, Presbyterian Church, Knights 
 of Columbus Hall, Belleview School, Boston Avenue M. E. Church, 
 •Mrs. Theodore Cox; Holy Family Church, Mrs. John Chambers, 
 
116 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Mrs. John Hayden, Mrs. John D. Dwyer, Mrs. Agnes Holt ; First 
 Baptist Church, in charge of Mrs. C. F. Albee, Mrs. Amsie Baker. 
 Every small church in the city and every club either maintained 
 a workroom or worked on stated days of the week at headquar- 
 ters, rendering valuable assistance in various ways. 
 
 Besides the output of these units the Tulsa County Chapter 
 received substantial aid from other sources in Tulsa. The Halli- 
 burton Company gave five hours' service of each employe every 
 week and established a workroom in their building. Later the 
 employes spent these hours of labor at the central workrooms 
 at the expense of the company. Meanwhile the men employes 
 packed and did heavy work at headquarters. Vandever's gave 
 five hours a week of the time of each employe. The employes 
 of the Carter Oil Company spent one night each week at the 
 workroom. They gave a dance at Convention Hall which netted 
 $1,500 to the Chapter. The Roxana Petroleum Company main- 
 tained its own workroom for knitting and the making of band- 
 ages and bought the machines used in this work. The employes 
 gave a dance at Convention Hall, the proceeds, $800, being given 
 to the Red Cross. The Texas Wolverine Oil Company contributed 
 $500 as the result of a dance given at the Knights of Columbus 
 Hall. The Exchange National Bank had its own workroom. 
 
 Mrs. Harriett Wardell taught four surgical dressings classes 
 in Tulsa, and taught others at Broken Arrow, Bixby, Sand 
 Springs, Skiatook, and also at Pawnee and Pawhuska, enabling 
 the women to receive certificates and instructor's cards from 
 Division Headquarters at St. Louis. 
 
 The following young women from Tulsa County served the 
 American Red Cross in training camps and overseas : 
 
 Misses Louella Soliday and Opal Brackeen, nurses at Camp 
 Beauregard, La.; Misses Flora Watson and Jessie Bidell, nurses 
 at Camp Pike, Ark. ; Misses Polly G. Kennedy and Mildred Kelley, 
 nurses at Camp Shelby, Miss.; Misses Myrtle Hatch, Daisy 
 Meecham and Catherine McCable, nurses at Camp Travis, Tex.; 
 Miss Grace McClelland, nurse at Camp McClelland, Ala.; Miss 
 Reva Bailey, nurse at Camp Oglethorpe, Ga. ; Misses Florence 
 Brooner and Verda Doverspike, nurses at Camp Doniphan, Okla. ; 
 Miss Mary R. Smith, nurse at Great Lakes, 111.; Misses Cora 
 Foltz, Dorothea Duel, Beatrice Priest, and Miss Sanderson, nurses 
 in France ; Misses Theodosia Anderson and Mabel Morey, nurses 
 in England. 
 
 Miss Emma Bond, stenographer in Italy ; Misses Joe Rotham- 
 mer and Lita Steele, canteen workers in France; Miss Florence 
 Heald, canteen worker in England. Miss Mabel Marsh enlisted 
 in Red Cross canteen service in Tulsa, transferred to the Y. M. 
 C. A. in New York, serving that organization in England and 
 France. 
 

 T~ J E.L.CONNELLY I jZ^ X J MRS. R.L.MCMINN X 3 
 
 MIS5 FLORENCE HEALD 
 
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 MRS HAUIE GOLAY 
 
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 E. L. CONNELLY, Secretary Tulsa County Red Cross Chapter. 
 
 MRS. R. L. McMINN, Assistant Secretary Tulsa County Red Cross Chapter. 
 
 MISS FLORENCE HEALD, Organized Home Service Section of the Red Cross 
 at Tulsa and was its first Secretary ; decorated with the Marine Corps Device 
 and made lifelong associate member of the Marine Detachment for canteen service 
 in England. 
 
 MRS. HALLIE GOLAY, Secretary Home Service Section Red Cross, Tulsa. 
 
OYlRS ri.C. ASHBvT I I JmiSS CLARA KIMBLE 
 
 ZTjUNlOR R.C. WORKERsLZ 
 
 MRS. H. C. ASHBY, Commandant and Vice-Chairman Red Cross Canteen Service, 
 Tulsa. 
 
 MISS CLARA KIMBLE, Supervisor Junior Red Cross, Tulsa. 
 
 Below — Junior Red Cross Workers: Left to right, Miss Clara Kimble, Miss 
 Leta Steele, Miss Helen Hammell, Miss Esther Wallace, Miss Mildred Hendei-son, 
 Miss Zoe Taber and Miss Uthel Urbatch. 
 
War M C R oundl. ^ WILES ' ChHil ' man Skfat °° k Red Cross b — " and member Skiatook 
 MRS. WILL CALVIN, treasurer Skiatook Red Cross branch 
 MRS. A. E. TOWNSEND, supervisor Skiatook Red Cross branch 
 
Above: Officers of Sand Springs branch Red Cross. Standing: Mrs. Charles H. 
 Lortz, W. A. Partridge, head of Home Service Section, Mrs. C. O. Rawson. Sitting : 
 Mrs. George E. Dole, Mrs. J. C. Smith, chairman of Sand Springs branch. 
 
 Below: Red Cross Canteen, Tulsa, where thousands of soldiers were fed and 
 cared for during World War. 
 
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 Throughout the county the three branches and thirty-eight 
 auxiliaries maintained workrooms and were a source of great 
 gratification to the parent Chapter. 
 
 The following branches and auxiliaries were organized by 
 the extension committees of the Chapter and branches : 
 
 Broken Arrow, chairman during the war, Messrs. Morgan, 
 Reynolds, Bowles, and Mrs. A. A. Kemp. 
 
 Collinsville (taken into the Chapter as a branch when that 
 part of Rogers County was admitted to Tulsa County), Rev. 
 George A. Chatfield, chairman. 
 
 Sand Springs, chairman, Mrs. J. C. Smith. 
 
 Skiatook, chairman, Mrs. L. L. Wiles. 
 
 Auxiliaries: Bethel Union, Mrs. J. H. Mills, chairman; Al- 
 suma, Mrs. L. M. Standef er, chairman ; Bixby, Mrs. F. G. Miller, 
 chairman; Central School District, Mrs. J. M. Moore, chairman; 
 Dawson, Duck Creek, Mrs. J. J. Horgan, chairman; Elm Grove, 
 Miss Florence Bart, chairman ; Flat Rock, Mrs. L. V. Yates, chair- 
 man; Glenn Pool, Mrs. W. R. Luckfield, chairman; Golden Rule 
 District, Mrs. Olive Goodman, chairman ; Garden City, Mrs. Voicey 
 Smith, chairman; Garnett, Mrs. Daisey Jones, chairman; Hill 
 Crest, Mrs. J. H. Stitt, chairman; Haikey School, Mrs. Jones, 
 chairman; Jenks, Mrs. Ord Neville, Chairman (deceased); Ken- 
 dall, Mrs. C. L. Cato, chairman ; Leonard, Mrs. H. H. Wilcox, chair- 
 man ; Lynn Lane, Miss Dell Plemmons, chairman ; Lonesome Val- 
 ley, Mrs. Harlan, chairman; Mingo, Mrs. John McBride, chair- 
 man; McCullough, Mrs. M. Shuttler, chairman; Owasso, Mrs. 
 A. S. Colburn, chairman ; Oil Center, Mrs. D. W. Woodward, chair- 
 man; Old Orchard, Mrs. W. S. Johns, chairman; Plainview, Mrs. 
 Ed Smittle, chairman; Red Fork, Mrs. Huston Jones, chairman; 
 Red Field, Mrs. Salina Pinkard, chairman; Sperry, Mrs. Elvis 
 Holbert, and Mrs. Shilling, chairmen; Scales, Mrs. J. W. Farrow, 
 chairman ; Sunnyside, Mrs. Gupton, chairman ; Turley, Mrs. C. W. 
 Gillespie, chairman; Union School, Mrs. W. T. Selby, chairman; 
 Valley Grove, Mrs. J. R. Pringle, chairman ; Spoon Ford District, 
 Mrs. Charles Gaunt, chairman ; Good Will, Miss Beulah Francis, 
 chairman ; Watkins, Mrs. S. I. Duck, chairman ; Washington (Col.) 
 Tulsa, Dr. and Mrs. Wockham, chairmen ; West Tulsa, Mrs. J. B. 
 Boyd, chairman. 
 
 In November, 1918, the regular time for election of officers 
 throughout the country, the following officers and executive com- 
 mittee were elected: E. R. Kemp, chairman; Clint Moore, vice- 
 chairman; E. L. Connelly, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. R. L. 
 McMinn, assistant secretary; Mrs. John R. Wheeler, chairman 
 of production ; Mrs. Preston C. West, chairman of extension ; E. E. 
 Oberholtzer, chairman of juniors; Clark Field, chairman of mem- 
 bership ; Phil Kates, chairman of home service ; J. H. Evans, chair- 
 man of finance; W. R. Guiberson, chairman of publicity; Mrs. 
 
118 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 W. I. Williams, chairman of nursing service; Clint Moore, chair- 
 man of military relief ; Mrs. J. C. Smith, chairman Sand Springs 
 branch ; Mrs. L. L. Wiles, chairman Skiatook branch ; Mrs. A. A. 
 Kemp, chairman Broken Arrow branch; Rev. George A. Chat- 
 field, chairman Collinsville branch. 
 
 During November, 1918, under the direction of F. B. Jor- 
 dan, assisted by Mrs. William Harrison and an able corps of 
 workers 7,000 Christmas boxes were packed for the soldiers over- 
 seas, of these 5,000 were filled by relatives and packed and in- 
 spected by the committee and 2,000 were filled by friends and 
 packed and inspected by the committee to go to soldiers overseas 
 who had no relatives from whom they would receive Christmas 
 boxes. 
 
 In the spring of 1918, E. A. Wilcox resigned as chairman of 
 the membership committee to enter the army, and Clark Fields 
 was elected in his stead. 
 
 On account of other war duties W. S. Cochran resigned as 
 chairman of the Home Service Committee and Phil Kates was 
 elected to fill the vacancy. 
 
 Upon the resignation of Mrs. N. J. Gubser as chairman of the 
 Junior Red Cross, E. E. Oberholtzer was elected. 
 
 On May 1st, after the peace time program was planned, the 
 executive officers were moved to the Lynch Building, as were also 
 the Home Service offices and the Home Nursing Department. 
 
 The work of the production department finally closed with a 
 picnic lunch at headquarters to celebrate the sewing victory. The 
 little band of women who plodded through that work after the 
 signing of the Armistice, were as heroic as the boys who wear 
 their silver service bars. 
 
 The nursing service committee met under the direction of 
 Mrs. D. W. Franchot as chairman, and plans were made for the 
 classes in home hygiene and care of the sick to be instructed by 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Coleman. During the war over five hundred wo- 
 men and girls took the course. Classes were also organized in 
 dietetics instructed by Miss Fay Mack of Kendall College. Classes 
 in first aid were instructed and graduated under the direction of 
 Drs. C. Forrest Dutton, Ralph Smith, F. Y. Conk and O. A. Flana- 
 gan. After the resignation of Mrs. Franchot in December, 1817, 
 the work was continued under the chairmanship of Mrs. W. I. 
 Williams. Mrs. Coleman was assisted by Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. 
 D. W. Godfrey, and upon Mrs. Coleman's appointment by Division 
 Headquarters as traveling instructor of home hygiene and care 
 of the sick classes, Mrs. D. W. Godfrey took charge of the classes 
 and rooms equipped in the Lynch Building for classes and demon- 
 stration. 
 
 During the influenza epidemic in the autumn of 1918 the 
 
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 emergency hospital in Tulsa was first financed by the Tulsa Red 
 Cross Chapter, which was later reimbursed by the Tulsa County 
 Council of defense. 
 
 During the prevalence of the Spanish influenza in the months 
 of October and November, 1918, the Red Cross Chapter furn- 
 ished 12,000 masks. Of these 8,000 were made at one time to 
 meet an emergency call from Division Headquarters at St. Louis, 
 4,000 of the latter being destined for Fort Sill. The remaining 
 4,000 were used in Tulsa. 
 
 Approximately 2,000 pneumonia jackets were made by the 
 Chapter. 
 
 On September 1, 1919, Mrs. R. L. McMinn resigned as assist- 
 ant secretary of the Tulsa County Red Cross Chapter and was 
 succeeded by Mrs. Jennie K. Bean, who was promoted from a 
 clerkship in the Home Service Section. 
 
 The following audit was made by Mainwaring & Company 
 of Red Cross books for the period of November, 1917, to Decem- 
 ber 1, 1918, and sent in to Division Headquarters at St. Louis. 
 The Tulsa County Chapter received 25 per cent of all Red Cros3 
 funds raised in this county. They were : 
 
 RECEIPTS 
 
 Balance in Bank $ 696.96 
 
 Received from: — 
 
 Tulsa War Relief Fund 22,000.00 
 
 Third War Budget 60,000.00 
 
 Second Red Cross Drive 58,209.78 
 
 Contributions at Secretary's Office 13,469.20 
 
 Membership Fees (not included in campaign) 1,088.80 
 
 Christmas Membership Campaign, 1917 25,908.05 
 
 Instruction Classes 810.26 
 
 Sales of Materials to Branches 1,743.44 
 
 Miscellaneous Income , 970.80 
 
 $184,897.29 
 
 DISBURSEMENTS 
 
 Work Room and Office Equipment $ 1,455.79 
 
 Insurance 206.40 
 
 Yarn, Surgical Dressings, Hospital and Refugee Garment 
 
 Materials 113,069.50 
 
 Freight, Express and Drayage , 2,168.58 
 
 Lumber for Boxes and Building Repairs 1,864.38 
 
 Postage, Printing and Stationery 429.01 
 
 Salaries 4,189.25 
 
 Telephone and Telegraph 66.68 
 
 Expense Instruction Classes 404.79 
 
 Proportion Christmas Membership Campaign, 1917, and Second 
 War Fund to Branches: — 
 
 Broken Arrow, Okla. 2,508.68 
 
 Sand Springs, Okla. 2,486.97 
 
 Skiatook, Okla. 1,941.93 
 
120 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Proportion Christmas Membership Campaign, 1917, to Junior Red 
 
 Cross 488.50 
 
 Proportion Christmas Membership Campaign, 1917, to Division 
 
 Headquarters, St. Louis 18,002.77 
 
 May Campaign Expenses 2,629.75 
 
 Canteen (opened Sept. 15, 1918) .. 96.19 
 
 Detention Hospital, Influenza Relief and Emergency Hospital 
 
 (later reimbursed) 5,601.17 
 
 Miscellaneous Expense 1,486.90 
 
 $164,607.24 
 
 Bank Balance December 1, 1918 20,290.05 
 
III. 
 
 CANTEEN SERVICE 
 
 It did not require the horrors of battle to prove to Tulsa's 
 figthing forces the efficacy of the American Red Cross. Ample 
 demonstrations were found at home before many of the men in 
 khaki had actually fared forth on their missions of conquest. 
 Their needs were anticipated and immediately provided for. 
 
 No branch of the service was more animated nor infused 
 with greater enthusiasm than that which spread the fame of the 
 Tulsa Red Cross Canteen far and wide. It ministered to the 
 wants not only of Tulsa County men, but to all enlisted and se- 
 lected men of the army and navy who chanced to pass through 
 Tulsa in uniform. Serving food to an average of 1,200 soldiers 
 and sailors a month since its opening on September 17, 1918, it 
 also provided useful articles to men in camp and at the front. 
 Emergency wants were readily met and lost overseas caps, combs, 
 underclothing and other necessaries were readily supplied on 
 occasion. It closed its doors on July 1, 1919, with a record of 
 15,500 soldiers served from its bounty. 
 
 Tulsa's canteen, conveniently located at the Frisco passenger 
 station, was reputed by army inspectors to have been one of the 
 very best in the Southwestern Division. During the days of busy 
 travel hundreds of Tulsa's patriotic young women reported for 
 service. Mrs. H. C. Ashby, commandant and vice-chairman of 
 the committee, who had supervision of the work, saw that not 
 a single day did the canteen fail to open and serve meals. The 
 supply officers were Mrs. C. E. Dent and Mrs. R. C. Stevenson. 
 Under the direction of seven captains and seven lieutenants the 
 canteen workers continued their labors until there was no further 
 need of maintaining the hut. Each team gave one entire day out 
 of every week to the army boys. 
 
 The work had its beginning in a temporary shop at the corner 
 of Frisco and Main Streets where, during the Confederate Re- 
 union the old soldiers were cared for. The permanent home of 
 the canteen was completed in October, 1918. It was furnished 
 by gifts from the workers and their friends. While officially it 
 opened its doors at 11 o'clock every morning conforming to train 
 time, it was made ready for business at any hour when advices 
 showed that soldiers were on the road. The two rooms were com- 
 pletely furnished. The living room contained an open brick fire- 
 place, two wicker couches, easy chairs, and tables with writing 
 materials. Tables for refreshments, a Victrola, books and maga- 
 
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 zines were also conveniently placed. During hours of rain and 
 sleet it furnished a comfortable resting place for soldiers who 
 were obliged to wait over between trains and who had no place to 
 spend the evenings. 
 
 It was not necessary for the boys to make a search for the 
 canteen. The workers were at the steps of the trains to welcome 
 them as they alighted. They lined the sides of passenger cars, 
 ready to serve those who remained seated. Soldiers going and 
 coming, those on leave, and those discharged, alike found refresh- 
 ment at the canteen. Long trains arriving with brown heads 
 and shoulders emerging from the car windows gave evidence 
 that the men were looking for a Red Cross hut. During the 
 Christmas holidays when the traffic was unusually heavy owing 
 to innumerable furloughs, chicken dinners were often added to 
 the hot coffee, sandwiches and cigarettes which were always at 
 hand in cold weather. The faithful workers set aside all Christ- 
 mas engagements and spent their days and evenings distributing 
 Red Cross baskets. The young women were distinguished by 
 their trim uniforms of horizon blue with the Red Cross canteen 
 insignia conspicuous. 
 
 In warm weather hot dishes were replaced with an abundance 
 of ice cream and iced tea, which were gratefully received by the 
 soldiers after hours of dusty travel. On the arrival of the 111th 
 Engineers breakfast was served to more than 800 men who had 
 been out of rations for hours. 
 
 The following women worked throughout the period: 
 
 Mrs. George Williamson, captain; Mrs. Dan J. Davisson, 
 lieutenant; Mrs. Carl Gillette, Miss May Evans, Mrs. Williams, 
 Mrs. Pat Malloy, Miss Virginia McKee. 
 
 Mrs. A. T. Allison, captain; Mrs. Rex S. Walker, lieutenant; 
 Mesdames Earl G. Hastings, F. M. Rodolf , Arthur Newlin, Leola 
 Riser, Dixie Gore, Misses Clarke Biddison, Fannie Biddison and 
 Lillian Lorton. 
 
 Mrs. Lee Clinton, captain; Mrs. John Roy, lieutenant; Mes- 
 dames A. A. Brown, F. A. Walters, R. C. Stevenson, William Miller 
 Ross, Clarence MacKay, George H. Tabor, Jr., and William S. 
 Cochrane. 
 
 Mrs. Bernard Capps, captain; Mrs. W. M. Mount, lieutenant; 
 Mesdames R. D. Hannah, Charles F. Martin, Misses Mildred Mc- 
 Naughton, Mary Sill and Mrs. Fred Capps. 
 
 Mrs. John D. Hail, captain ; Mrs. Charles E. Dent, lieutenant ; 
 Mesdames F. H. Greer, Joseph Lantry, Misses Gertrude Con- 
 nolly, Irene Delaney, Carmen Coyle, and Florence Heald. 
 
 Mrs. Dana Kelsey, captain; Mrs. W. D. Abbott, lieutenant; 
 Mesdames W. H. Pomeroy, E. K. Roth, H. J. Baker, Louis H. 
 Witmer, Misses Ethel Crosby and Marguerite Moran. 
 
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 Mrs. Randolph Shirk, captain ; Miss Christine McEwen, lieu- 
 tenant; Mesdames Arthur Murphy, Emerson Higgins, J. C. 
 Fowler, Frank Loomis, Roscoe Griffith, Frank Baker and Miss 
 Ethelyn Carpenter. 
 
IV. 
 HOME SERVICE SECTION 
 
 One of the most important branches of the American Red 
 Cross organization is the Home Service Section. This relates both 
 to wartime and to post-war activities. 
 
 The Tulsa Home Service Section, organized in December, 
 1917, under the leadership of Miss Florence R. Heald, executive 
 secretary, has been one of the most active agencies in the coun- 
 try for the dissemination of news from the fighting men and in 
 the care of their families. A multiplicity of services was per- 
 formed requiring tact, a broad knowledge of regulations, cur- 
 rent information, and untiring effort on the part of the large 
 staffs directly and indirectly connected with the work. 
 
 In September, 1918, Miss Heald resigned as the head of this 
 section and volunteered for foreign Red Cross service. She was 
 succeeded by Mrs. Hallie Golay, who, supplemented by a corps 
 of efficient assistants, effectively carried the work through until 
 after the war. 
 
 The regular workers in the Home Service Section and their 
 terms of service were : 
 
 Miss Florence R. Heald, executive secretary, December, 
 
 1917, to September, 1918 ; Mrs. Hallie Golay, assistant secretary, 
 from March 1, 1918, and executive secretary from September, 
 
 1918, to the date of this history; Mrs. Charles W. Flint, from 
 June, 1918, to January, 1919 ; Miss Flora May Turner, from April, 
 
 1918, to May, 1919 ; Mrs. A. H. Kentling, from September, 1918, 
 to January 10, 1919 ; Mrs. E. G. Dawes, from November, 1918, to 
 May, 1919; Mrs. Jannie K. Beam, from September, 1918, to date; 
 Miss Grace Wilson, from March, 1919, to date ; Miss Helen Close, 
 from April, 1919, to August, 1919; E. C. Opperman, from May, 
 
 1919, to July, 1919; P. L. Long, from July 14, 1919, to date; 
 Mrs. Frank Watkins, from April, 1919, to date. 
 
 The number of families rendered service from December, 
 1917, to August 20, 1919, was 3,759; number of families under 
 jurisdiction on August 20, 1919, 2,108. 
 
 Between April, 1918, and August 20, 1919, there were 6,481 
 office calls, 3,599 home visits, and 4,249 letters written. 
 
 The annual report for 1918, shows the following items: Re- 
 ceipts since the organization, $7,824.80; disbursements: rent for 
 needy, $439.43; groceries for needy, $708.06; clothing for needy, 
 $145.86 ; transportation for needy, $599.18 ; medical attention and 
 
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 drugs, $329.62 ; money advanced for needy, $3,105.83 ; operating 
 expenses, $2,417.57 ; cash on hand, $79.25. 
 
 The legal committee for this section consisted of Bird S. 
 McGuire, chairman ; A. F. Moss, H. 0. Bland and Jere P. O'Meara. 
 
 Many physicians enlisted in the volunteer service under Dr. 
 C. D. F. O'Hern. 
 
 The rental and adjustment committee consisted of Dan J. 
 Davidson, chairman ; Lee Clinton and F. M. Rodolph. 
 
 The executive committee had charge of special cases re- 
 lating to the families of soldiers and sailors to determine the nec- 
 essity and character of aid required. The members of this com- 
 mittee were Mrs. W. W. Sill, Mrs. Ottilie Cosden, Mrs. Earl Sin- 
 clair, Mrs. Charles W. Flint, Mrs. A. W. Roth, Mrs. A. E. Allison, 
 Mrs. Dan Davidson, Dr. C. F. D. O'Hern, Mrs. Arthur Hall, Mrs. 
 Preston C. West, Mrs. Frank E. Shallenberger, Mrs. Harry H. 
 Rogers, C. E. Strouvelle and P. G. Walker. 
 
 A special volunteer working committee during the summer 
 of 1918 consisted of Mrs. Ottilie Cosden, Mrs. Harry Tanner, 
 Miss Jean Shea and Miss Leona Galbraith. 
 
 A visiting committee was composed of Mrs. F. E. Shallen- 
 berger, and five ladies under each of the following captains: 
 Mrs. Harry Tyrell, Mrs. S. E. Dunn, Mrs. A. A. Small, Mrs. E. G. 
 Daws, Mrs. C. 0. Robinson, Mrs. J. W. McNeal, Mrs. C. W. Bene- 
 dict, Mrs. Alf G. Heggem, Mrs. C. H. Leonard, Mrs. F. E. Riddle 
 and Mrs. C. H. Lamb. 
 
 The Home Service Section was an outgrowth of America's 
 participation in the World War. Home problems intimately 
 touching the boys in service were brought to the attention and 
 consumed the time of military officers in every training camp. 
 A ready solution hundreds and thousands of miles from home 
 was oftentimes impossible. This condition tended to distract the 
 young soldier from the regular duties of war. From the begin- 
 ning it became the purpose of the American Government as far 
 as possible, to relieve its fighting men of every responsibility 
 and worry. A life insurance program conducted on a cost basis, 
 enabled them to insure their lives in sums ranging from $1,000 
 to $10,000. 
 
 To the Home Service Section was given the task of looking 
 after the families of soldiers. In bearing privation these families 
 carried a double burden. The Red Cross must take the place of 
 the men in the trenches. Counsel and material assistance must 
 be given freely; home problems must be solved; perplexities, so 
 far as possible must be removed. Men in service could go with 
 their problems to the Red Cross man on the spot and immediate 
 communication with the Home Service Section in the soldier's 
 home town would result. The morale of both the army and the 
 
126 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 people at home was thus strengthened and their highest stand- 
 ards were maintained. All of this redounded to the preservation 
 of the proverbial high spirits of the American soldier in France, 
 which was a powerful factor in bringing conclusion to the great 
 conflict. 
 
 Among the most important duties of this Section was the 
 care of sick families of men in service. Another was that of re- 
 lieving families of financial stringencies. Many emergencies 
 arose from failure of families to receive Government allotments. 
 This entailed much careful investigation. Funds were advanced 
 pending the receipt of such allotments from Washington. 
 
 Engaged in this work in Tulsa were dozens of willing work- 
 ers. Instant attention was given by these volunteers to notice 
 received from Home Service Section Headquarters. Thousands 
 of calls at the office brought information and relief to those who 
 sought it. The importance of the work was fully appreciated and 
 Home Service workers entered into their tasks with spirit and 
 determination. One case in question might be given as an illus- 
 tration of how these matters were adjusted: 
 
 A mother who was recovering from a serious operation called 
 on the Red Cross Home Service for aid. Her son, who had con- 
 tributed to the support of the family, was in the army. No al- 
 lotment had been received from Washington. Six children were 
 living at home with no income in the family except the father's 
 earnings of $3 a day and the $44 a month wage earned by the 
 oldest daughter. The mother was unable to do the housework. 
 This necessitated a 11-year-old daughter's remaining at home 
 from school. One of the younger children was ill, there was a 
 large grocery bill and the grocer refused to extend further credit 
 to the family. The Red Cross Home Service worker called at the 
 home, summoned a physician and arranged to give the family an 
 allowance until the Government money should arrive. The situa- 
 tion was explained to the grocer who agreed to wait for his 
 money and extend credit to the family. The employer of the 
 girl changed her hours so that she could remain at home for two 
 hours in the morning to help her sick mother, thus enabling the 
 11-year-old girl to go to school. 
 
 The Home Service workers helped families to maintain 
 proper standards of living, to guard against tuberculosis, to 
 obtain medical nursing and hospital care. This service also aided 
 in the enforcement of laws looking to the protection of the health 
 of wage earners. 
 
 The families of soldiers were protected against the fore- 
 closure of mortgages and the ravages of loan sharks, and were 
 assisted in other matters involving legal procedure. 
 
 Since the signing of the Armistice on November 11, 1918, the 
 
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 work of this section has been somewhat reduced though new prob- 
 lems have arisen. The following is a typical day as shown by the 
 blotter of the Home Tulsa County Service office during the month 
 of July, 1919: 
 
 Wrote to War Department for a soldier about money the 
 Government claims he owes. 
 
 Answered inquiry about an allotment which was deducted 
 from a soldier's pay in service, also about a compensation claim. 
 Wired for authority from Red Cross in soldier's home town to pay 
 his transportation home. 
 
 Gave soldier on furlough return transportation to camp. 
 
 Sent tracer for soldier's lost pay check. 
 
 Received payment for a loan made. 
 
 Gave information about a bonus. 
 
 Completed necessary papers with affidavits and sent them to 
 Washington for a soldier applying for a compensation. 
 
 Furnished a serial number and data to Government upon re- 
 quest. 
 
 Took up with the Department the matter of a parent's allot- 
 ment which had been delayed four months. 
 
 Entered claim for travel pay for a soldier. 
 
 Entered claim for soldier for arrears of pay while in France. 
 
 Took up with Civil Service Committee question of re-install- 
 ing service man. 
 
 Helped woman get her claim for allotment before the De- 
 partment. 
 
 Filed through a Red Cross attorney an answer and cross- 
 petition in a soldier's divorce suit. 
 
 Gave information to a woman about her brother who had 
 been discharged. 
 
 Made up proper affidavits for a Liberty Bond which had not 
 been delivered. 
 
 Made a pension claim for a discharged Canadian soldier. 
 
 Sent a doctor to a sick man upon request. 
 
 Adjusted an insurance claim for a widow whose son died in 
 service. 
 
 Gave information to a soldier as to how the Red Cross would 
 assist him in bringing his French bride to the United States. 
 
 Wired the Adjutant General for news of a soldier for his 
 mother. 
 
 Asisted a soldier in having his insurance reinstated. 
 
 Assisted a mother in securing her son's discharge from the 
 National Guards. 
 
 Prepared necessary affidavits to secure release of a soldier 
 from the army. 
 
128 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Gave a soldier information concerning Federal Vocational 
 Training. 
 
 Applied for a duplicate discharge for a soldier who had lost 
 the original. 
 
 Assisted a soldier in securing exemption from an allotment 
 made to his wife. 
 
 Transferred a patient from a local hospital to the railroad 
 station. 
 
 Completed guardianship papers pertaining to money payable 
 to a minor child. 
 
 Furnished medical attention for a sick soldier. 
 
 Made application for institutional care by the Government 
 for a tubercular case. 
 
 Secured a position for a worthy applicant. 
 
 Replied to four telegrams asking for soldiers' transportation 
 from other towns to Tulsa. 
 
 Made five calls to locate present address of allottees at the 
 Government's request so that they could get money due them on 
 allotments. 
 
 V. 
 JUNIOR RED CROSS 
 
 The Tulsa County Junior Red Cross was organized in Novem- 
 ber, 1917, the chapter school committee being Mrs. N. J. 
 Gubser, chairman; Mrs. Minette Hedges, treasurer; Miss Clara 
 Kimble, secretary. E. E. Oberholtzer, Miss Brock of the Brock- 
 Elliott School, and Miss Ordway of the Conway Broun School. 
 
 During that year forty-six auxiliaries were organized and 
 100 per cent merbership attained either by subscription or serv- 
 ice. The Juniors numbered approximately 15,000, but their en- 
 thusiasm was not to be computed. 
 
 By June of 1918 they had invested in War Stamps and Baby 
 Bonds, $45,000 ; Liberty Bonds sold or held by members amounted 
 to $125,350, and their contributions to the Red Cross War Budget 
 was $9,901.43. They had completed 50,000 articles, exclusive of 
 gun wipes, carpet rags and snippings. All campaigns, such as 
 food conservation, war gardens, health, salvage, etc., were entered 
 into heartily by the Juniors. 
 
 The Red Cross shipping boxes were made by the Junior boys. 
 During the summer of 1918, eleven city and five county auxiliaries 
 continued activities, working 5,216 hours, completing and de- 
 livering 19,718 articles. During this time they specialized on 
 trench envelopes. 
 
 In September, 1918, the Junior exhibit took second prize at 
 the State Fair at Oklahoma City, and first prize at the State Fair 
 
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 at Muskogee. About that time Mrs. Gubser resigned as chair- 
 man, being succeeded by Mrs. Bulette Baldwin, who was soon suc- 
 ceeded by E. E. Oberholtzer. The success of the work has rested 
 largely with Mrs. Minette Hedges, county superintendent of 
 schools, and Miss Clara Kimble, supervisor of city schools, who, 
 by reason of their special work were in a position to render val- 
 uable service. No Junior finished article inspected by Miss 
 Kimble was ever rejected by the local Red Cross Chapter. 
 
 Two of the Tulsa Junior Red Cross workers entered Gov- 
 ernment service — Miss Myrtle Hatch as a Red Cross nurse, and 
 Miss Lila Steele, who went as a canteen worker to France. 
 
 The reorganization effected in October, 1918, showed the 
 Tulsa County Junior Red Cross to be strong both numerically 
 and financially. A generous citizen of Tulsa placed $5,000 at the 
 disposal of Miss Kimble to be drawn upon for Junior work when 
 necessary. This gift has made the organization at all times self- 
 supporting. 
 
 During 1919 a greater diversity of occupation was enjoyed. 
 Hospital canes, bedside tables, flags, badges for workers, and 
 home service garments were made; open air schools were fos- 
 tered, war gardens cultivated, boys' and girls' clubs were organ- 
 ized and a thrift campaign waged. 
 
 The Juniors took a complete rest during the summer of 1919, 
 but resumed an extensive program with the re-opening of school 
 in the fall. 
 
 The high school building was headquarters for Junior Red 
 Cross work. Here all garments and other materials were pre- 
 pared by the home economics department. 
 
 VI. 
 SKIATOOK BRANCH 
 
 The Skiatook branch of the Tulsa County Chapter was or- 
 ganized April 20, 1917, with the following officers elected: Mrs. 
 L. L. Wiles, chairman ; Mrs. C. E. Holt, vice-chairman ; Mrs. R. E. 
 Gilbert, secretary, and Mrs. R. J. Greenwood, treasurer. These 
 officers acted until a second election, when Mrs. L. L. Wiles was 
 re-elected chairman, Mrs. R. E. Gilbert, vice-chairman ; Mrs. E. E. 
 Nickle, secretary, and Mrs. W. M. Calvin, treasurer. 
 
 Three active auxiliaries were organized by the Skiatook 
 branch : Spoon Ford, Mrs. Charles Gaunt, chairman ; Good Will, 
 Mrs. Beulah Francis, chairman, and Sperry, Mrs. James Schilling, 
 chairman. 
 
 The Juniors were at first under the direction of Miss Eunice 
 Ruyle and later under Mrs. J. W. Owen. They did a great deal 
 
130 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 of sewing and knitting and also had charge of the collection of 
 old clothing, which was sent to the Belgians. 
 
 The first money was raised by a membership drive conducted 
 in June, 1917, by a group of young ladies dressed in Red Cross 
 uniforms. All other campaigns for money were conducted by 
 the Skiatook War Council, of which the officers of Skiatook 
 branch were members. Almost every man, woman, and child 
 in Skiatook and vicinity was a member of the Red Cross. 
 
 At the opening of the workroom Mrs. C. E. Holt and Mrs. 
 H. F. Blackburn, assisted by twenty-five women, had charge of the 
 cutting and making of the garments. Later, when the work in- 
 creased, the different church units had their regular days at 
 the workroom, as follows : Baptist, Mrs. L. C. Miller in charge ; 
 Apostolic, Mrs. L. P. Griggs in charge; Christian, Mrs. H. F. 
 Blackburn in charge ; Methodist, Mrs. Mary J. Cox in charge, and 
 Presbyterian, Mrs. W. M. Calvin in charge. 
 
 All the work was inspected by Mrs. A. E. Townsend, assisted 
 by Mrs. H. F. Blackburn, Mrs. W. M. Calvin and Mrs. L. L. Wiles, 
 and shipped to headquarters. Mrs. A. E. Townsend was also 
 chairman of the knitting department. She was assisted by Mrs. 
 Ada Clark and Mrs. Mary J. Cox. Mrs. Mary Cox, who is 63 
 years old and lives a mile out of town, walked to the workroom 
 even during extremely cold weather. 
 
 Under the direction of L. H. Taylor the Home Service work 
 was carried on, assisting families of soldiers and giving informa- 
 tion whenever needed. 
 
 A surgical dressings room was opened and a class instructed 
 by Mrs. Harriet Wardell from Tulsa, received their certificates 
 from Division Headquarters. This work was then placed in 
 charge of Mrs. W. M. Calvin and Mrs. Ada Dye. All quotas in 
 sewing, knitting and surgical dressings were always ready on 
 time and sent to the County Chapter headquarters. 
 
 The Skiatook War Council, under the leadership of L. L. 
 Wiles, aided greatly in the raising of funds to carry on the Red 
 Cross Work. A community meeting was held the evening before 
 each drive, with speaking and music paving the way for the drive 
 on the next day, when all stores closed and committees made 
 house-to-house canvasses and automobile trips into the oil fields 
 and surrounding country. The Red Cross workroom would be 
 open and the women would serve lunch to all the men workers. 
 
 Mrs. Frank Tinker, an Osage Indian, who had a son gassed 
 in France, once canvassed the town and country around Skia- 
 took for anything the people would give, from a head of live- 
 stock to a glass of jelly, and then held a sale, giving the proceeds 
 of more than $500 to the Skiatook Branch of the Red Cross. 
 
 Mrs. Lou McLain, a Cherokee Indian, made a patch-work 
 
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 quilt of the national colors, cutting the pieces with the scissors 
 her grandmother had used during the Civil War. This quilt was 
 sold for the benefit of the Red Cross. Mrs. McLain had a 
 daughter who was a Red Cross nurse in France. 
 
 In November and December, 1918, Christmas boxes were 
 packed and inspected by the committee for shipment to overseas 
 soldiers. 
 
 The Red Cross Drives resulted as follows: 
 
 June, 1917 $ 250.00 
 
 March, 1918 750.00 
 
 May, 1918, (quota $3,000.00) raised 7,156.61 
 
 Membership Drive, December, 1918, (quota $1,200) raised 1,387.00 
 
 Membership Drive, December, 1918, (pota $1,200) raised 1,387.00 
 
 From Sales and Donations 1,000.00 
 
 Total _$12,197.61 
 
 Mrs. A. E. Townsend, Mrs. M. J. Cox, Mrs. H. F. Blackburn, 
 Mrs. W. M. Calvin, Mrs. Fowlkes and Mrs. L. L. Wiles received 
 badges of honor for service in the Red Cross. 
 
 VII. 
 
 SAND SPRINGS BRANCH 
 
 The Sand Springs branch was organized August 13th, 1917, 
 with twenty-three members enrolled and continued in active work 
 until February, 1919. Mrs. J. C. Smith was elected chairman; 
 Mrs. J. W. Avery, vice-chairman; Mrs. George Dole, treasurer; 
 and Mrs. Charles B. Rawson, secretary, the executive committee 
 being composed of these officers and Charles B. Parker. 
 
 The use of a building, sewing machines, lockers and other 
 needed equipment for a workroom and headquarters were furn- 
 ished by the merchants and citizens of Sand Springs, and work 
 was then begun in earnest. The workroom was kept open every 
 day with two women in charge of the work, giving out supplies, 
 cutting, etc. These women were at all times capable of instruct- 
 ing the new comers. At the close of the day the work was in- 
 spected and packed for delivery to headquarters at Tulsa. 
 
 The work progressed and the membership increased. The 
 merchants and citizens of Sand Springs were liberal in their do- 
 nations to the organization. Knitting classes were formed with 
 women instructors in charge. Instruction was also given daily 
 in the workroom, and sweaters, helmets, scarfs and wristlets were 
 turned out by the hundreds. Classes were organized in home 
 hygiene and care of the sick and instructed by Mrs. Coleman from 
 Tulsa. Surgical dressing rooms were then equipped, classes 
 formed and instructed by Mrs. Harriet Wardell, and seven women 
 received certificates from Division Headquarters entitling them 
 to instruct in the making of surgical dressings. 
 
132 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 The Junior Red Cross was organized in the schools where its 
 members were carefully instructed and rendered great assistance 
 to the organization. 
 
 In every Liberty Bond Campaign the women of the branch 
 assisted in making a house-to-house canvas of Sand Springs as 
 well as soliciting and selling on the streets. 
 
 In June, 1918, during the Red Cross Second War Fund cam- 
 paign, Sand Springs branch put on an elaborate street pageant 
 more than one mile in length. The parade was headed by a band 
 and consisted of floats, beautifully decorated automobiles, young 
 ladies dressed to represent the various Allied countries, school 
 children, lodges and labor unions. The Carpenters' Union of Sand 
 Springs presented the Red Cross with a miniature bungalow, com- 
 plete in every detail, which, mounted on wheels and drawn by 
 horses, was a feature of the parade. This bungalow was sold, 
 the proceeds added to the campaign funds, after which the pur- 
 chaser presented the bungalow to the Red Cross to be used for 
 the duration of the war. It was placed in the business section 
 of the city where a woman in charge each day sold War Savings 
 Stamps, received pledges and memberships for the Red Cross. 
 Over $5,000.00 was taken in through this bungalow. 
 
 A comfort kit, well filled, was placed in the hands of every 
 boy in Sand Springs who left for camp, by the comfort kit com- 
 mittee. The money for the equipment of these kits was raised 
 in various ways by the women for this special purpose. 
 
 The Home Service work was and continues to be under the 
 direction of the chairman, W. A. Partridge, having been organ- 
 ized July 1, 1918, with Miss Sarah Bales, secretary, succeeded by 
 Rev. J. D. Watkins. An office was kept open every day in the 
 Times Building and later in the Baptist church. On March 1, 
 Rev. Watkins resigned as secretary of the Home Service section 
 and since that time the work has been carried on by the chair- 
 man, W. A. Partridge, and Mrs. J. C. Smith, chairman of the 
 Sand Springs branch. Families of soldiers were assisted and 
 given information; soldiers returning from service were also as- 
 sisted. The following condensed report is for the month from 
 July 1, 1918, to August 15, 1919: 
 
 Number of families given financial aid 42 
 
 Number given information only 482 
 
 Number of office calls by soldiers and families of soldiers 438 
 
 Home visits to families of soldiers 123 
 
 Letters written concerning soldiers and families 310 
 
 Fifty-two Christmas boxes were filled for soldiers overseas 
 who had no relatives from whom they would receive Christmas 
 gifts; 75 were packed and inspected by the committee for rela- 
 tives who were sending them to their soldiers overseas. 
 
 During the influenza epidemic the local hospital asked for 
 
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 volunteers to assist in caring for the influenza patients, and the 
 Red Cross women who had taken the course in home nursing, 
 heroically responded to the call and assisted both at the hospital 
 and in private homes. Later the need of an emergency hospital 
 became urgent and a building was secured and, under the man- 
 agement of George J. Gordon, a fully equipped hospital, with a 
 corps of physicians, was under way within twenty-four hours. 
 Here the work was systematized and the Red Cross volunteers 
 nursed and cared for more than three hundred patients. In the 
 workroom women were busy making pneumonia jackets, gauze 
 masks and pads by the thousands. Funds for carrying on the 
 work in the hospital were furnished by the citizens of Sand 
 Springs. 
 
 At the conclusion of the war the women of Sand Springs 
 expressed pride in the fact that they had been permitted to do 
 their bit. 
 
 VIII. 
 BROKEN ARROW BRANCH 
 
 The Broken Arrow branch was organized in July, 1919, with 
 Rev. A. J. Reynolds, chairman; U. B. Mader, secretary and K. 
 W. Rowe, treasurer. Mrs. N. L. Sanders and Mrs. K. N. Rowe 
 were in charge of the work. Later under the efficient leadership 
 of Mrs. G. A. Brown, chairman of the women's work, the work 
 was brought up to a high standard, and after her inspection was 
 ready for shipment without further inspection at headquarters. 
 This included both the hospital and knitted garments. Upon the 
 resignation of A. J. Reynolds as chairman, A. J. Bowles was 
 elected, but was soon succeeded by Mrs. A. A. Kemp, who had been 
 serving as vice-chairman. 
 
 Mrs. John Kennedy had charge of the packing and 2,274 
 hospital garments and knitted articles were shipped. There was 
 an average of ten helpers in the workroom each day. 
 
 Under the instruction of Mrs. Harriet Wardell twenty women 
 received their instructor's cards from the Division Headquarters 
 at St. Louis, entitling them to take charge of the surgical dress- 
 ings room and teach the making of the dressings. This work was 
 under the direction of Mrs. M. Foster and Mrs. William Lewis. 
 
 Under Mrs. Charles Mays, chairman of the extension com- 
 mittee, Elm Grove, Haikey School District, Lonesome Valley, Mc- 
 Cullough and Sunnyside Auxiliaries were organized. 
 
 The Home Service committee, with Mrs. W. N. Williams, 
 chairman, and Mike McKenna, secretary, has been able to assist 
 many families of soldiers and render assistance to the soldiers 
 upon their return from service. 
 
134 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 At the election of officers in Nevember, 1918, Mrs. A. A. 
 Kemp was made chairman; Rev. F. F. Dodson, vice-chairman; 
 Mike McKenna, secretary, and K. M. Rowe, treasurer. 
 
 Through local donations and subscriptions $5,177.29 was 
 raised for the carrying on of this great work. 
 
 Upon closing the workroom it was found that all of the equip- 
 ment — machines, tables, scissors, etc., had been donated by the 
 citizens and various business houses of Broken Arrow. 
 
 The Christian and Presbyterian churches were used as 
 workrooms and also three rooms in the public school ware fitted 
 up for use of the Red Cross. 
 
 Under the direction of Mrs. Godfrey a class of twenty re- 
 ceived instruction in home hygiene and care of the sick, and 
 another class is enrolled for October, 1919. 
 
 IX. 
 
 WINNERS OF RED CROSS SERVICE BADGE 
 
 In recognition of unusually long periods spent in Red Cross 
 work, the national organization awarded specially designed red 
 crosses which were distributed in August, 1919. The following 
 Tulsa county workers received the awards for terms of service 
 of 800, 1600 and 2400 hours covering from six to eighteen 
 months : 
 
 Months Hours 
 
 Mrs. L. V. Yates, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. J. K. Cass, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. F. M. Donovan, West Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Chas. Heinz, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Miss Sadie Tuttle, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. C. F. Albee, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Walter Duckett, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Florence Heald, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. O. C. Link, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Nina McClish, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. J. Woolsey, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Miss March Holmes, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Ella Decker, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. B. A. Hooper, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Jno. S. Davenport, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. C. L. Holland, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. C. W. Kerr, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Mary E. Stackhouse, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. G. N. Ratcliff, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Perkins, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. P. G. McKeon, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Sanderson, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. H. P. Rhees, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. F. L. Townsend, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. C. V. Kling, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. V. D. Curtin, Tulsa 6 800 
 
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 Months Hours 
 
 Mrs. H. H. Parker, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Geo. H. Campbell, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Ida Summers, Tulsa __ 12 800 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Wood, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. W. E. Chastain, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. A. A. Little, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. C. H. Lamb, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. S. H. Kimmons, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Fred Jones, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Agnes Holt, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. E. B. Berlin, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Denny Jones, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Frank Duncan, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. C. L. Dawson, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. C. W. Benedict, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. Omar K. Benedict, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. E. G. Dawes, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. Isaac Shuler, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. J. H. Mills, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Jno. McBride, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Olive Goodman, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. C. L. Thomas, Red Fork 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Harriett L. Sutton, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Alice Carr, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Mary Wilcox, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Mary Davis, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Thos. J. Darby, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. P. J. Murray, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. T. C. Haller, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. A. W. Fresh, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Ira Sigler, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. Frank Swartz, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Daniel Butler, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. J. T. Nixon, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. S. A. Seaman, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Mary Condon, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Jas. Van Zandt, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Geo. Santrock, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Chas. Botefuhr, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. O. R. Little, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. A. B. Weldy, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Harry Speed, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Nell Nabb, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Roy Pringle, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Flora Mae Turner, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Robt. M. Moody, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. J. B. Robinson (deceased), Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Miss Vera Gwynne, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Miss Ann Evans, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. John Horn, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Ned Covel, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Geo. Berry, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Jno. R. Wheeler, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mr. E. L. Connelly, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 A. C. Curd, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 E. Roger Kemp, Tulsa 18 1600 
 
136 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Months Hours 
 
 Mrs. Jno. D. Hale, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. C. 0. Robinson, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. Amzie Baker, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. A. E. Townsend, Skiatook 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Will M. Calvin, Skiatook 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Geo. Ricker, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. J. D. Dwyer, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. L. Kertzman, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Leo Quinn, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. John F. Hayden, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Paul Bates, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Helena Melvin, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. E. J. Watson, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Katherine Melvin, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. E. F. Hewitt, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. F. E. Ellis, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. S. C. Griffin, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. Peter Moran, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. R. S. Gray, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. A. H. Kentling, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Whitney, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. W. I. Williams, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Hallie Golay, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. A. A. Kemp, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Harriett Wardell, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Waddell, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Lou Steinhilber, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. S. J. Richardson, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. W. D. VanSiclen, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Miss Cora Croft, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Rachael Stern, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Maud Scott, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. C. M. Rinehart, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. W. C. Vandervoort, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Huston Jones, Red Fork, 6 800 
 
 Miss Monetta Huckabay, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Effie Condron, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. W. R. Guiberson, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. E. A. North, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Thos. Chestnut, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Mary Minnehan, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Miss Mary Donohoe, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Miss Ellen Donohoe, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. J. J. Conry, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. F. A. Gillespie, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. R. W. Walworth, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. A. K. Norris, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. W. C. Rogers, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. M. Heyman, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. M. M. Moore, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Willis S. Coe, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. E. E. Huckabay, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Minnetta Hedges, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Miss Clara Kimble,'Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Frank E. Shallenbarger, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. D. K. Hill, Tulsa 6 800 
 
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 Months Hours 
 
 Mrs. Sophia Glassmire, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Jas. Thompson, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. John Carson, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. C. A. MacDonald, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Susen Eccles, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Jno. S. Griffin, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Jas. Wilson, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. J. S. Mayo, Tulsa 18 800 
 
 Mrs. J. M. Ward, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. F. E. Riddle, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. S. Jacobs, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. J. W. McNeal, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Miss Lillian Perkins, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Grandma Ames, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. L. A. White, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Meta Barnett, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. C. B. Long, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. A. J. Carnahan, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Earl W. Hance, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. F. W. Bailey, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. M. Perkins, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. B. H. Sands, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Miss Isabel Fonda, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Harriett C. Thompson, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Miss Coralea Griffin, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Miss Mabel Croft, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Miss Alma McGlenn, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Nellie Cato, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Scottney, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. A. W. Coleman, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Miss Joe Rothammer, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. John Manion, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. John Chambers, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Theo Cox, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. R. L. McMinn, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. L. F. Yates, Tulsa 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. W. P. Donovan, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. H. F. Hartley, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. Randolph Shirk, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. H. C. Ashby, Tulsa 18 2400 
 
 Mrs. James G. Flynn, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Miss Francis Gormley, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Lula Hutchins, Tulsa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Howard N. Cole, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. J. B. Porter, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. T. C. King, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Miss Mildred Bumgardner, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Fred McDonald, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. E. H. DeVore, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. H. N. Greis, Tulsa 12 800 
 
 Mrs. George Dole, Sand Springs 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. J. C. Smith, Sand Springs 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. T. B. Andrean, Sand Springs 12 1800 
 
 Mrs. L. L. Spring, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. C. O. Rawson, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. George Ruppart, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
138 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Mi~s Sara Bales, Sani Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. W. A. Partridge, Sand Springs 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. Oscar Ruppart, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Weekly, Sand Springs __ 18 800 
 
 Mrs. T. P. Lanham, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. P. A. Strickland, Sand Springs 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Bettie Strickland, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. Pearl Andrean, Sand Springs _. ._ 18 800 
 
 Mrs. Gertie Andrean, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. Charles H. Lortz Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Grandma Huggins, Sand Springs 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. James Rusk, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. A. M. Cullings, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. Art Stanton, Sand Springs 18 800 
 
 Mrs. A. E. Townsend, Skiatook 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Will Calvin, Skiatook 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Mary J. Cox, Skiatook 12 800 
 
 Mrs. L. L. Wiles, Skiatook 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Blackburn, Skiatook 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Folkes, Skiatook 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Daisy Jones, Catoosa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. W. F. Flegg, Catoosa 6 800 
 
 Mrs. N. O. Colburn, Collinsville 12 800 
 
 Mrs. J. C. Higginson, Collinsville 12 800 
 
 Mrs. C. B. Stiles, Leonard 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. H. H. Wilcox, Leonard 12 800 
 
 Mrs. Ord Neville (deceased), Jenks 12 1600 
 
 Mrs. W. R. Luckfield, Glenpool 12 800 
 
 Mrs. C. W. Gillespie, Turley 6 800 
 
 Mrs. Ora Root, Red Fork 12 808 
 
Above: Junior Red Cross work room. 
 Below : Patriotic League Y. W. C. A. 
 
RALPH TALBOT, State and County Chairman of Four-Minute Men ; State 
 Director Speakers Bureau in Victory Loan campaign p.nd Secretary Tulsa County 
 Fuel Board. 
 
 W. O. BUCK, County Chairman of Four-Minute Men ; district chairman for 
 four Counties in May and December, 1918, Red Cross drives; Chairman of Speakers 
 Bureau in all Liberty Loan, Red Cross and United War Work drives. 
 
 ROBERT BOICE CARSON, Musical Director and Manager of Victory Chorus : 
 County Chairman of Four-Minute Singing Men ; Lieutenant in American Protective 
 League. 
 
 GLENN CONDON, State Chairman Four-Minute Men ; resigned to enter navy ; 
 sent to western front hy County Council of Defense on war mission. 
 
CHAPTER FIVE 
 
 Other War Organizations 
 
 i. 
 
 FOUR MINUTE MEN 
 
 THE Four-Minute Men was one of the most extraordinary 
 organizations which the World War produced. Conceived 
 primarily to acquaint the people of the country with the 
 intimate causes which led the United States into the war, it be- 
 came eventually one of the most potent connecting links between 
 the Government and the people. 
 
 In its incipiency the organization used the theaters of the 
 country as its field of operations, but with the first national cam- 
 paign, that of food production, it penetrated every channel capable 
 of furnishing an audience. 
 
 Its personnel included not only the best public speakers avail- 
 able in various communities, but also prominent men who, though 
 not orators, wielded sufficient influence in civic and financial af- 
 fairs to give weight to their words and judgment. 
 
 These men willingly accepted assignments under the most 
 unfavorable conditions. Inclement weather, almost impassable 
 roads and belated trains were matters of no consequence to them 
 — their speaking appointments were kept with religious exacti- 
 tude. 
 
 Early in the war the state of Oklahoma furnished over 3,000 
 Four-Minute speakers. 
 
 Stratton D. Brooks, President of Oklahoma University, at 
 Norman, was appointed first state chairman of the organization. 
 On account of many other important war duties, however, he 
 could not devote the necessary time to it and Glenn Condon, at 
 that time managing editor of the Tulsa World, was named to suc- 
 ceed him. 
 
 On account of his newspaper experience and his service in 
 the State Legislature, Condon had a wide acquaintance through- 
 out the State. He selected as his county chairmen men whom 
 he knew were qualified and could be depended upon. In a short 
 time he had perfected an organization in practically every county 
 and town in the State. 
 
 In November, 1917, Condon went to Europe on a war mis- 
 sion, and N. R. Graham of Tulsa was appointed to succeed him. In 
 
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140 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 the meantime Condon had opened up State headquarters in the 
 local Chamber of Commerce rooms and had employed a stenog- 
 rapher and secretary, whose salary was paid by the Tulsa County 
 Council of National Defense. The Council from that time forward 
 maintained the organization financially. 
 
 Upon his return from Europe, Condon enlisted in the U. S. 
 Marine Corps. In April, 1918, Ralph Talbot of Tulsa was named 
 state director, in which capacity he served until the organization 
 was finally disbanded. 
 
 The first Tulsa County chairman of the Four-Minute Men 
 organization was J. Burr Gibbons, who in this capacity rendered 
 valuable assistance to the campaigns put on during the first 
 months of the war. 
 
 He assembled a corps of speakers which continued as the 
 nucleus of the organization until it disbanded after the signing 
 of the Armistice. Gibbons resigned on account of the press of 
 other war work, more especially on account of his duties as chair- 
 man of the Council of Defense. State Director N. R. Graham ap- 
 pointed Ralph Talbot to succeed him. Talbot had gained some 
 insight into the importance of the work to be done by the Four- 
 Minute Men, through his association with Gibbons under whose 
 guidance the personnel of the organization had been increased. 
 
 A transportation bureau headed by J. T. Forster of the 
 Forster-Davis Automobile Corporation was organized and proved 
 a tremendous aid. Enough cars were pledged by dealers and pri- 
 vate owners to furnish transportation for speakers to any part of 
 the county at all times. 
 
 Speakers were used on street cars, in refreshment parlors, in 
 the theaters, in hotel lobbies, in the churches, in district school 
 houses — in fact, the Four-Minute Men reached practically every 
 person in the county. 
 
 Through the assistance of G. E. Warren, an attorney of 
 Tulsa, active in labor organizations, the Four-Minute men ap- 
 peared before the different unions and the response from these 
 bodies was gratifying. 
 
 The Apollo Club of Tulsa furnished singers for a number of 
 meetings in the county and aided materially in getting crowds at 
 country school-houses. At these meetings the four-minute regu- 
 lation was set aside, the speaker delivering an address lasting 
 from fifteen minutes to one hour. The local Musicians' Union fur- 
 nished bands for a number of meetings arranged by the Four- 
 Minute Men. The expenses were taken care of by the men who 
 were doing the work. 
 
 In July, 1918, when Ralph Talbot was appointed State direc- 
 tor of Four-Minute Men for Oklahoma, W. 0. Buck, vice-president 
 of the Central National Bank, was appointed county director. 
 
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 Through his executive ability and the experience gained as a 
 Four-Minute speaker he perfected the county organization to a 
 degree that made it famous throughout the State. 
 
 Chairman Buck worked night and day, early and late, and 
 the speakers who had pledged him their support received renewed 
 inspiration until the Four-Minute organization was recognized as 
 one of the most vital factors in putting over the different war 
 campaigns. Buck continued to serve as county chairman until 
 the organization was disbanded after the signing of the Armis- 
 tice. At a farewell banquet held by the Four-Minute Men each 
 man was presented with an Honorable Discharge issued by the 
 United States Government for services rendered during the World 
 War. 
 
 Following is a list of the Tulsa citjf ; members and the chair- 
 men of subdivisions of this orgaaai^^Qn : 
 
 Rev. J. W. Abel, Rev. L.' S. Barton! Edward A. Braniff, C. E. 
 Buchner, R. Courtney, Glenn Condon, F. L. Dunn, Clarence B. 
 Douglas, Lee Daniels, P. J. Edwards, J. P. Evers, C. H. Fenster- 
 macher, A. L. Farmer, Ray S. Fellows, J. T. Forster, Clark Field, 
 F. H. Greer, J. Burr Gibbons, N. R. Graham, E. M. Gallaher, F. S. 
 Hurd, local chairman at Broken Arrow; Wash E. Hudson, E. E. 
 Harvey, H. H. Hagan, A. A. Hatch, Alf C. Heggem, Rev. John S. 
 Herring, Cliff Hastings, Rev. C. V. Kling, Rev. C. W. Kerr, Lee 
 L. Levering, T. M. Leslie, L. M. Lane, Ralsa F. Morley, John B. 
 Meserve, F. C. Morse, Rev. Albert Massey, A. E. Montgomery, 
 Rabbi J. B. Menkes, C. P. Manion, J. A. McKeever, F. F. Nelson, 
 E. E. Oberholtzer, Merle C. Prunty, George E. Reeves, Charles B. 
 Rogers, W. B. Richards, E. A. Robinson, George M. Ransom, Jack 
 R. Slaughter, 0. A. Steiner, Rev. C. R. Tucker, R. A. Trusty, T. 
 L. Wallace, G. E. Warren, L. L. Wiles, local chairman at Skia- 
 took ; Henry W. Worsham, local chairman at Bixby ; R. A. Woods, 
 Robert Boise Carson. 
 
 In addition to these there were four speakers at Collinsville 
 under the management of the local chairman, J. F. Orr. The Col- 
 linsville organization was perfected before Collinsville became a 
 part of Tulsa County and the work was handled directly from 
 Washington. 
 
 At Broken Arrow the local chairman, F. S. Hurd, used the 
 following speakers: Z. I. J. Holt, J. S. Severson, M. P. Howser, 
 J. Wright Young, W. T. Dalton, W. F. Brooks, W. J. Cross, W. D. 
 Ownby, Robert B. Mitchell, G. B. Chenoweth, Prof. A. G. Bowles. 
 
 At Skiatook the local chairman, L. L. Wiles, had speakers 
 as follows: C. H. Cleveland, A. W. Lucas, A. J. Butts, L. H. 
 Taylor, F. F. Cochran, Ira 0. Butts, Ralph E. Gilbert, J. C. King, 
 R. W. McDowell, Sam L. Nabors, Dr. L. A. O'Brien, C. F. Rogers 
 and J. W. Owen. 
 
II. 
 
 FOOD ADMINISTRATION 
 
 The Food Administration of Oklahoma was organized by the 
 appointment of Stratton D. Brooks, of Norman, as Federal Food 
 Administrator for the State, later succeeded by Hon. C. B. 
 Ames, of Oklahoma City; Alvin Richards of Norman, secretary; 
 Emma Chandler, home economics director; W. J. Pettee, State 
 merchant representative, and Charles H. Stone, library publicity 
 director. 
 
 The Food Administration of Tulsa County was organized 
 following the receipt of this letter from the State Administrator, 
 under date of January 19, 1918: 
 
 "UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION 
 
 January 19, 1918. 
 "Colonel Clarence B. Douglas, 
 
 "Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
 "Dear Colonel Douglas : 
 
 "In the operation of the United States Food Administration, 
 a complete organization of every state down to townships is be- 
 coming necessary for efficiency. The important unit in this will 
 be the county organization with a County Food Administrator 
 at the head. A canvass of the county leads me to ask you to 
 become the administrator for Tulsa County. Will you accept? 
 
 "As County Food Administrator you will be expected to act 
 as head of all food conservation work and to represent the United 
 States Food Administration, acting through this office, and be 
 responsible for the observance of all regulations and requests. 
 You will be expected to work in co-operation as directing head 
 with all present Food Administration organizations in your 
 County. 
 
 "It is the plan to make each county responsible for its part 
 in the solution of the food production and distribution problem of 
 our country in war time. If you accept the responsibility as 
 County Food Administrator, please wire me as promptly, and ex- 
 pect plenty of work in your patriotic service. 
 "Very truly yours, 
 
 "(Signed) STRATTON D. BROOKS, 
 "Federal Food Administrator for Oklahoma." 
 
 Immediately following his appointment, Colonel Douglas 
 called together the merchants of Tulsa dealing with food stuffs 
 and to them explained at a mass meeting in the Chamber of 
 Commerce rooms the purposes and object of the State Admin- 
 
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OTHER WAR ORGANIZATIONS 143 
 
 istration. He asked the fullest co-operation of the dealers present 
 and was assured by practically all of them that at any time they 
 could render any service to the department they would gladly 
 do so. A splendid spirit of patriotism and co-operation was evi- 
 denced at this meeting and this co-operation continued through- 
 out the operations of the department in this city. 
 
 Acting under authority of the State Director, Colonel 
 Douglas appointed the following local Administrators for the 
 towns and townships named : 
 
 City food administrator for the city of Tulsa, Ora E. Upp; 
 for Red Fork, Prof. W. E. Kerr; Glen Pool Township, J. A. 
 Prim ; Glen Pool, F. L. Stewart ; Alsuma, R. H. Presley ; Skiatook, 
 F. F. Cochran; Bixby, Charles Privet; Sperry, J. D. Winters; 
 Sand Springs, W. J. Boone; Broken Arrow, H. L. Pierce, and 
 Collinsville, which was added to Tulsa County, Jack Eldridge. 
 
 At the request of the State Department, Administrator 
 Douglas named a fair price committee, consisting of Messrs. 
 Cyrus S. Avery, C. E. Mouser, Judge Ed. Warren and Mark E. 
 Carr, and this committee, with Colonel Douglas as chairman, took 
 up the work of establishing proper prices for commodities and 
 food stuffs in Tulsa County. Later, at the request of Colonel 
 Douglas, Philip Kates, who had shown a great interest in war 
 work of all kinds and especially in food prices, was appointed 
 chairman of the fair price committee and served for the dura- 
 tion of the war. 
 
 The scope and duties of the Tulsa County Food Administra- 
 tion were rather extensive and entered into the business of the 
 food and feed dealers, grocerymen, ice manufacturers and deal- 
 ers, restaurants, hotels and cafes, and into the problem of a fair 
 price for threshing and the best method of preserving the 
 crop of food stuffs for the year. Tulsa being an especially active 
 city there was a great volume of work called to the attention of 
 the Food Administrator. 
 
 The work of the Food Administrator was very much aided 
 by the Housewives' League of Tulsa, and especially by the indi- 
 vidual efforts of Mrs. Lilah D. Lindsey, one of Tulsa County's 
 most patriotic women. Mrs. Lindsey gave practically all of her 
 time to the problem of protecting alike the interests of the Gov- 
 ernernment, the housewives and the merchants and rendered 
 very efficient service. 
 
 The County Administrator had filed with him numerous 
 complaints charging individuals with violating the food regula- 
 tions, with violating the market arid hotel regulations, and each 
 of these complaints as filed was given special attention, and in 
 some instances quasi judicial hearings were held; testimony 
 taken, and a decision arrived at; and the only thing apparently 
 
144 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 necessary to correct any of the alleged violations was simply the 
 decision of the County Food Administrator with an admonition 
 to the alleged offender to straighten up and conform to the rules 
 and regulations prescribed by the Government. 
 
 The County was at first put on a fifty-fifty basis in the mat- 
 ter of flour and flour substitutes and while this resulted in con- 
 siderable saving of flour it did not, in the opinion of the Food 
 Administrator, meet all of the requirements. After mature de- 
 liberation the County Administrator determined to put Tulsa 
 County on a wheatless basis entirely and did so by taking up 
 the proposition with the Southwestern Milling Division, H. A. 
 Hunt, at Kansas City, and requesting that no more flour be 
 shipped into Tulsa County; and by advising the millers of 
 Tulsa County not to grind or sell flour to anyone, the net result 
 was that probably more than any county in the state Tulsa 
 really conserved flour for the use of the Government, and for 
 a considerable length of time this city and county was on a 
 substantially no-wheat basis, no-flour basis, and effected the 
 largest saving of any county in the State, of flour products. 
 
 The citizenship of Tulsa County generally responded to every 
 request made by the Food Department and while practically all 
 of them recognized that there was no specific law for the en- 
 forcement of the food regulations, an appeal to the patriotism 
 of the public was all that was required to get a compliance with 
 any regulation or rule issued. 
 
 Some interesting sidelights on the food situation are dis- 
 closed in the correspondence of the County Administrator. For 
 instance, this regulation: 
 
 "To all Hotels and Restaurants : More beef must be saved to 
 supply our army in France and the Allied Armies. The national 
 supply of fresh pork, bacon, ham and sausage is large enough to 
 replace the beef we are now using. 
 
 "Between now and September 15th beef consumption must 
 be reduced according to the following program: 
 
 "Serve boiled beef only at two meals a week. 
 
 "Serve beefsteak only at one meal a week. 
 
 "Serve roast beef only at one meal a week. 
 
 "These regulations may be brought to the attention of your 
 patrons by placing cards and signs about your dining rooms and 
 lunch counters. 
 
 THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
 'Requests that 
 
 'Beef, boiled, be served only two meals a week. 
 
 'Beef, roast, be served only one meal a week. 
 
 'Beefsteak, be served only one meal a week. 
 
 'Effective June 15th to September 15th.' 
 
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 "I recommend that you have this sign printed at your ex- 
 pense on a card 22x28. 
 
 "RECAPITULATION OF REGULATIONS 
 
 "Two teaspoonsful of sugar ONLY is allowed per meal per 
 person. 
 
 "Two ounces ONLY of bread (wheat products) at each meal 
 per person. 
 
 "No sherbets or ices to be served. 
 
 "Are you on a wheatless basis? If not, why not?" 
 
 The following letter is explanatory of the effect of putting 
 Tulsa County on a wheatless basis : 
 
 Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 11, 1918. 
 Hon. C. B. Ames, 
 
 Federal Food Administrator, 
 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 About May 15th, after a conference with City Food Administrator 
 Orra E. Upp, we requested A. J. Hunt of the Milling Division, at Kansas 
 City, Missouri, to route car loads of flour elsewhere than to Tulsa County 
 and diverted three car loads from this county at the time this request was 
 made, or soon after. 
 
 You will be interested in knowing that a recent investigation has 
 developed the fact that reports from one-third of the grocers in the city of 
 Tulsa show that they sold 43,000 pounds of flour less the first three weeks 
 in June than they sold the first three weeks in April under the fifty-fifty 
 plan, which would make for the 156 grocers of Tulsa approximately 130,000 
 pounds of flour three of the seven weeks we were on a practically flourless 
 basis. I am sure the remaining four weeks in June and July the conserva- 
 tion was even greater than this and am entirely within the figures when 
 I say to you that my order for a flourless basis in Tulsa County during the 
 seven weeks has saved in excess of 500,000 pounds of flour for the Govern- 
 ment. I proceeded on the theory that the way to save flour was to take 
 it out of the market and am much gratified with the result obtained. We 
 have now gone back to the fifty-fifty basis as per instructions. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 (Signed) CLARENCE B. DOUGLAS, 
 
 Food Administrator for Tulsa County. 
 
 Placards were generously used in all hotels, restaurants 
 and other places where food was served and it was remarkable 
 how quickly the people adjusted themselves to the new order of 
 things. 
 
 A campaign was made among the women in the homes on the 
 purchase of substitutes and on the importance of wheatless and 
 meatless days, and the response was most gratifying. 
 
 There were very few instances reported of violations of the 
 meatless days and the reports of hoarding were few and far be- 
 tween. A vigorous spirit of patriotism seemed rampant in Tulsa 
 County and each order and each new regulation was promptly 
 complied with on its publication. 
 
 Co-operating with the Council of Defense the Food Admin- 
 istrator called a meeting of threshers and farmers to agree upon 
 
146 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 a basis of charges for threshing wheat and oats in Tulsa County, 
 with the final agreement that a fair price of four cents for oats 
 and seven cents for wheat was established and put in force and 
 effect by a joint order of the Food Administrator and the chair- 
 man of the County Council of Defense, throughout Tulsa County. 
 
 The ice situation at one time became acute owing to the 
 inability of manufacturers to supply the demand and the pref- 
 erence list was established as follows: first service to be made 
 to hospitals; second to households; third to hotels and restau- 
 rants; fourth to grocers and meat markets, and thereafter to 
 cold drink stands, and an order was issued prohibiting the use 
 of cracked ice in soft drinks or on the tables of hotels, restau- 
 rants and cafes and limiting the consumption of ice to one 
 household to fifty pounds per day. The above regulation was 
 covered by an emergency ordinance adopted by the city admin- 
 istration of Tulsa and was properly carried out during the short- 
 age. 
 
 There was an acute sugar shortage for quite a period of time 
 and blank forms were furnished grocerymen requiring the pur- 
 chaser to certify that any sugar purchased in excess of five 
 pounds was for the purpose of canning or preserving fruits and 
 vegetables, these certificates being signed by the purchaser and 
 left with the merchants. 
 
 A rigid order was enforced prohibiting the killing, shipping 
 or sale of hens and pullets for a period, this restriction being 
 lifted April 18, 1918. 
 
 In the appointment of Orra E. Upp as city Food Administra- 
 tor for Tulsa, Colonel Douglas secured the services of one of the 
 most patriotic citizens of the city, a man whose former experi- 
 ence as a wholesale grocer was invaluable in the work in hand, 
 and during the period of the war, Upp rendered most valuable 
 service to the Food Administration. 
 
 Numerous meetings were held in Tulsa with the district 
 Food Administrators of Tulsa County, and the County Admin- 
 istrator attended several sessions of the State organization held 
 at Oklahoma City, called for the purpose of meeting new and 
 strange conditions as they would arise. The work was carried 
 on without financial aid from the Government and was financed 
 by volunteer subscriptions, and a service was probably rendered 
 which could not have been purchased on a salary basis. 
 
 In the latter part of August Colonel Douglas resigned as 
 Tulsa County Food Administrator and for a brief interval George 
 E. Black carried on the business of the office, later being suc- 
 ceeded by C. J. Hindman, who was formally appointed to the po- 
 sition by State Administrator Ames, and who served through 
 September and October up to the Armistice. The new Admin- 
 
OTHER WAR ORGANIZATIONS 147 
 
 istrator brought to the office the experience of a trained lawyer 
 and good business man and conducted the affairs of his depart- 
 ment in a manner satisfactory to the State Administration and 
 to the county. 
 
 In the early days of the Food Administration succeeding the 
 appointment of Stratton D. Brooks, of Norman, as State Food 
 Administrator, it fell to the task of J. Burr Gibbons, chairman 
 of the Tulsa County Council of Defense to whip into shape an 
 adequate organization to meet the Government's demands for 
 food conservation. The efforts of the local Administrator at 
 this time were concentrated on the control of the price of sugar 
 and upon securing relief from a sugar shortage in Tulsa. At 
 that time there was not a single carload of that staple in Tulsa 
 although several carloads were being held in the vicinity by 
 brokers. By virtue of his authority as chairman of the County 
 Council of Defense, Gibbons handled this matter through the 
 Corporation Commission with the result that the sugar was 
 soon equitably distributed among jobbers and dealers. The 
 purchases of consumers were restricted to one pound at a time. 
 
 The general public was also protected in the matter of prices, 
 which were regulated during the period of the shortage. At- 
 tempts were made to impose prices as high as 25 cents a pound, 
 and a uniform price of twelve and one-half cents gradually gave 
 way to a charge of eleven and later of ten cents a pound. Nu- 
 merous charges of ground glass having been found in bread and 
 of poison having found its way into soda water bottles were in- 
 vestigated and in almost every case were found to be groundless. 
 In some instances ingredients employed in the making of foods 
 were found to have crystalized and had been mistaken for ground 
 glass. 
 
III. 
 
 FUEL ADMINISTRATION 
 
 That Tulsa met her war obligations without fear or favor was 
 clearly demonstrated in the operation of the Fuel Administration 
 in disclaiming all advantage which might accrue to a city depend- 
 ent entirely upon natural gas for fuel and light — by a strict con- 
 formity to all regulations imposed by the National Fuel Organi- 
 zation. In this single instance was public opinion divided, the 
 argument having been presented that the enforcement of light- 
 less nights in Tulsa would not further the cause of fuel conserva- 
 tion since the city was entirely dependent upon natural gas for 
 fuel and light. The Government, however, sustained the con- 
 tention of the local Fuel Board in its efforts to strengthen the pub- 
 lic morale and bring to mind more clearly the gravity of the war 
 situation. 
 
 The Fuel Board consisted of J. Burr Gibbons, chairman ; E. 
 A. Wilcox, manager of the Tulsa Public Service Corporation and 
 who later became captain in the Chemical Welfare Board in the 
 United States Army, representing the light and power plants; 
 Ralph Talbot representing the theaters ; Earl G. Williamson rep- 
 resenting the coal interests of the County ; A. P. W. Kerr of Sand 
 Springs, C. H. Cleveland of Skiatook and R. B. Mitchell of Broken 
 Arrow represented the Fuel Board in their respective sections. 
 
 Gibbons wired Washington asking if lightless nights should 
 become effective where cities were lighted by natural gas and 
 received the reply that the prime object of the order was the 
 conservation of fuel, but that the moral effect of darkening all 
 public buildings and business houses would be great, bringing as 
 it would the realization that the country was at war. 
 
 Gibbons then put Tulsa on a war time basis regardless of 
 the advantages which the city might have had over other sections 
 of the country. 
 
 In the beginning there were three lightless nights a week, 
 later this number was reduced to two, and the edicts of the Ad- 
 ministration were enforced through the assistance of the police 
 department and the Public Service Corporation. 
 
 It was through the efforts of the Fuel Administrator that 
 consumers of coal in the County were given both service and de- 
 livery on coal from the mines of Oklahoma. The supply and de- 
 mand was regulated and empty coal-cars were promptly returned 
 and distributed. In this work Williamson took an active part. 
 The Fuel Administration looked after hundreds of families in 
 
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OTHER WAR ORGANIZATIONS 149 
 
 the County who were without coal and put the prices of coal from 
 the bin on a uniform basis in the coal-consuming zone. The 
 Fuel Board visited every mine in the County and conferred with 
 the managers of all the large industrial plants in the course of 
 their investigations. 
 
 The Theatrical Managers' Association and the Retail Mer- 
 chants' Association lent their hearty co-operation to this move- 
 ment. Literature and posters were widely distributed. The 
 propaganda was carried into the engine-rooms of factories, hotels 
 and large business establishments. By a strict compliance with the 
 rules lightless nights became a fact in Tulsa. 
 
 During this period, the winter of 1917-18, the Country Club 
 was closed by order of the Fuel Administration. 
 
 Despite the fact that it never became necessary to impose 
 fines or cut off lights in Tulsa the local Administration made the 
 rounds of the city every night. This like all other war measures 
 when properly understood was observed with a spirit of loyalty 
 that characterized the citizenship throughout the period of the 
 war. 
 
 In November, 1918, Gibbons resigned as County Fuel Ad- 
 ministrator and G. E. Williamson, president of the Independent 
 Fuel Company, was appointed to succeed him. On receiving his 
 honorable discharge the Fuel Administrator was instructed to 
 send all correspondence, records and accounts of his office to the 
 Custodian of Records at Washington. On the resignation of E. 
 A. Wilcox, Ralph Talbot became secretary of the County Fuel 
 Board. 
 
 Tulsa County was the only County in the United States, 
 according to data received by the County Administrator, which 
 did not transmit a formal complaint either to the State Fuel Ad- 
 ministration or the National Administrator. During the ex- 
 istence of the Administration there was but a single complaint 
 made against the enforcement of regulations pertaining to pro- 
 duction and this one was the result of the requirements of the 
 Kansas City office. No license was revoked in Tulsa on account 
 of a violation of the Fuel Administrator's orders. 
 
 Local dealers in fuel were allowed the retailer's $1.50 per 
 ton margin on coal. 
 
 The Fuel Administrator disapproved and prevented the 
 adoption of the "skip stop" system proposed by the Tulsa Street 
 Railway Company on the ground that it was not necessary. This 
 would have permitted the cars to stop only at alternate inter- 
 sections. 
 
 Following are the provisions of the "lightless night" order: 
 
 "No corporation, association, partnership or person engaged 
 wholly or in part in the business of furnishing electricity for 
 
150 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 illumination or power purposes; and no corporation, association, 
 partnership or person, maintaining a plant for the purpose of 
 supplying for their own use electricity for illumination or power, 
 shall use any coal, oil, gas or other fuel, for the purpose of sup- 
 plying electricity for illumination or displaying advertisements, 
 notices, announcements or signs designating the location of an 
 office or place of business, for electric searchlights or for external 
 illumination for ornamentation of any building, or lights in the 
 interior of stores, offices or other places of business, when such 
 stores are not open for business excepting such lights as are 
 necessary for the public safety or as are required by law; nor 
 for excessive street lighting intended for display or advertising 
 purposes, whether such lights are maintained by the municipality 
 or by others." 
 
 These prohibitions were effective only on Thursday and 
 Sunday nights, of each week, exceptions being made to lights used 
 by the United States or State Government and street lights of 
 cities and towns under contract, but not for a "White Way." 
 Porch and entrance lights where necessary at residences, factor- 
 ies and business houses, were not prohibited. 
 
 The County Fuel Board at the time of its continuation con- 
 sisted of G. E. Williamson, Ralph Talbot, J. Burr Gibbons and 
 Mrs. Minette Hedges. 
 
 Local Fuel Administrators were: Sperry, J. D. Winters; 
 Jenks, Q. V. Johnson ; Sand Springs, A. E. Kerr ; Skiatook, C .H. 
 Cleveland ; Bixby, Harry Worsham ; Broken Arrow, R. B. Mitchell. 
 
IV. 
 AMERICAN PROTECTIVE LEAGUE 
 
 The American Protective League was organized in March, 
 1917, with the approval of the Attorney General of the United 
 States, and during the war was operated under the direction of 
 the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice. 
 
 It was a volunteer league of citizens acting through local 
 organizations under a Board of National Directors. 
 
 The National Headquarters were in Washington, D. C., in 
 close proximity to the Department of Justice. Divisional head- 
 quarters were established in the various States and possessions 
 of the United States. Local branches were installed in the cities, 
 towns and villages of the country. 
 
 The organization was wholly non-partisan in character. (Ex- 
 tract from the Report of the Attorney General of the United 
 States to the Senate and House of Representatives, dated De- 
 cember 4, 1917.) 
 
 "As the work increased and the probability that this country 
 would be drawn into the war became more certain, the Depart- 
 ment encouraged the organization of various local volunteer cit- 
 izens' committee for the purpose of being on the lookout for dis- 
 loyal or enemy activities and the presentation of such matters to 
 the proper officials. These volunteer associations have rendered 
 very great assistance. 
 
 "One of them in particular, which is nation-wide in scope 
 and which is known as the American Protective League, has 
 proven to be invaluable, and constitutes a most important auxil- 
 iary and reserve force for the Bureau of Investigation. Its mem- 
 bership, which is carefully guarded, includes leading men in va- 
 rious localities, who have volunteered their services for the pur- 
 pose of being on the lookout for and reporting to this department 
 information of value to the Government, and for the further pur- 
 pose of endeavoring to secure information regarding any matter 
 about which it may be requested to make inquiry. This organi- 
 zation has been of the greatest possible aid in thousands of cases 
 in the principal cities of the United States. Its members are not 
 officers or agents of the Department and do not attempt to take 
 decisive action in any matter, except through the regular officers 
 of the Department. Its work has been performed in a thoroughly 
 commendable manner with a minimum of friction and complaint 
 and from motives of the highest patriotism. It is a self-sup- 
 
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 porting organization, and it would be difficult to exaggerate the 
 value of its services to the Bureau of Investigation." 
 
 The Tulsa Division, of the American Protective League was 
 organized May 26, 1917, and operated under the consecutive di- 
 rection of John A. Hammer, C. E. Lahman and F. L. Bartlett. 
 A campaign to perfect the organization was begun by Bart- 
 lett in March, 1918. Directly associated with him were Roscoe 
 Griffith, assistant chief; Miss Pearl McAdams, executive secre- 
 tary, and Capt. H. Grayson Bell. 
 
 Financial assistance was solicited only from persons and 
 institutions known to be patriotic supporters of the war. In ad- 
 dition to this financial assistance some of the larger local oil com- 
 panies which maintained private forces for their own protection 
 gratuitously offered the League the services of these trained men. 
 In this connection mention should be made of Fred Cook of the 
 Prairie Oil and Gas Company, whose broad experience with the 
 Department of Interior at Muskogee and years of service under 
 the Department of Justice rendered his assistance of particular 
 value to the organization. The closest relation existed between 
 the Department of Justice and the American Protective League 
 throughout the country and nowhere was this co-operation more 
 evident than in Tulsa. Invaluable aid was rendered the League 
 by John A. Whalen, local agent for this department. Access to 
 his files was accorded investigators who were encouraged in their 
 activities by his complete reliance upon their discretion. 
 
 The police department of Tulsa contributed largely to the 
 success of the League by commissioning members for special 
 police duty and placing at their disposal its criminal records and 
 Bertillion system. Through the Bureau of Identification of this 
 department which handled the registration of enemy aliens in 
 Tulsa and vicinity, the League was able to secure duplicates of 
 photographs and the data of the entire registration. The Tulsa 
 Division was one of the few branches of the organization which 
 had available this particular data in their files. 
 
 Other contributing factors to the successful operation of the 
 Tulsa Division were the Home Guard which participated in the 
 Slacker drive, the Draft Board and the County Council of 
 Defense. 
 
 The Tulsa Division handled approximately 500 investiga- 
 tions, covering every nature of case over which the Department 
 of Justice had jurisdiction. 
 
 The following resume from the official files of the League 
 gives evidence of the scope and importance of its operations : 
 
 Disloyalty cases, 148; of these the majority were persons of 
 German descent, the most rabid ones being of the second gener- 
 ation. 
 
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 Alien enemy cases, 21 ; the League maintained a guardian- 
 ship committee which had personal supervision of the 60 alien 
 enemies registered in Tulsa, making weekly reports as to their 
 whereabouts. 
 
 On violation of the Espionage Act 11 cases were compiled, 
 hearings having been obtained before the commission in each 
 case. 
 
 On violation of the Food Act but six cases were handled, 
 this work coming more directly under the direction of the Council 
 of Defense. 
 
 Of cases involving financial war measures there were four. 
 One investigation covered a period of four months, the suspects 
 having been traced through nearly every State in the Union. 
 
 Six cases of impersonation or wearing uniform of officers 
 of the Allied Nations were investigated. 
 
 Loyalty and character cases numbered forty-eight. These 
 were assigned to the League for investigation and report by the 
 Intelligence Bureau of the War Department. This work was a 
 necessary preliminary to the issuance of pass-ports for overseas 
 service by the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., and branches of the Army 
 and Navy. 
 
 In the 135 cases apprehended under the Selective Service 
 Law were included draft evaders, slackers, men who registered 
 but who did not fill out their questionnaires, men who failed to 
 appear for medical examination, men who failed to appear at the 
 railway station for embarkation for training camps; however, 
 this number represents only a small fraction of the cases inves- 
 tigated. 
 
 Of training camp activities there were eight cases ; war risk 
 insurance, one; general neutrality, six; miscellaneous, forty. 
 
 Investigations made outside of the Tulsa district, on cases 
 sent to the League by other branches, were numerous. In this 
 work Capt. Bell rendered a special service. Through his ac- 
 quaintance with agents and representatives of the Department 
 of Justice he was able to avoid the usual delays in securing veri- 
 fication of his credentials. These investigations led him to Wash- 
 ington, Chicago, New York, to the Gulf coast and as far west as 
 Salt Lake City. Delicate matters involving citizens of France, 
 Great Britain, Switzerland and Italy were handled by the League 
 with commendable tact. 
 
 In August, 1918, Bartlett resigned his office as chief of 
 the Tulsa Division to enter the Naval Aviation Ground School at 
 Boston. He was succeeded by P. E. Magee, president of the 
 Union National Bank. 
 
 During the latter days of the organization, through the 
 courtesy of Whalen, the League occupied adjoining offices 
 
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 to the Department of Justice in the Federal Building and through 
 this proximity was finally absorbed by this department. 
 
 By official order of the Bureau of Investigation the League 
 was disbanded in February, 1919, with a strong expression of 
 appreciation from the Department of Justice for its splendid 
 service during the most trying days of the war. 
 
V. 
 
 NAVY LEAGUE 
 
 Tulsa's initial effort towards the winning of the war was 
 manifested in the organization of the Navy League on May, 1917, 
 this being the first County war body to be organized in the State 
 of Oklahoma. This movement gave promise of great achieve- 
 ment when the career of the National organization was suddenly 
 brought to a close as a result of a controversy between Secretary 
 of War Daniels and the National directorate of the United States 
 Navy League. 
 
 During its brief existence, however, the Tulsa branch, of 
 which J. Burr Gibbons was president and Mrs. A. W. Roth man- 
 ager of the Women's Division, established an enviable record 
 for the magnitude and diversity of its accomplishments. The 
 League at one time made a single order for $15,000 worth of 
 knitting wool. 
 
 Plans for a State organization of large proportions was 
 under way at the time the League was disbanded. Immediately 
 following the organization of the Tulsa branch plans for an exten- 
 sive State organization were inaugurated under the direction of J. 
 Burr Gibbons, State organizer, assisted by Capt. W. H. Stayton, 
 executive secretary of the National organization, sent from Na- 
 tional headquarters for this purpose. Gibbons became a Na- 
 tional director and his plans for a National war program was 
 adopted without a change. In the National organization he was 
 made a member of the membership and campaign committees, 
 member of the State and sectional organization committee and 
 chairman of the National Publicity Committee. 
 
 The executive committee of the Tulsa branch included J. M. 
 Berry, chairman ; E. W. Sinclair, E. R. Perry, R. M. McFarlin, J. 
 H. McEwen, Mark E. Carr, E. E. Oberholtzer and Mrs. A. W. 
 Roth. W. C. Lamm was executive secretary and Miss Elsie 
 Calvin was his assistant. 
 
 The following women constituted a committee which taught 
 knitting, inspected articles and packed them for shipment: Mrs. 
 Don Hagler, Mrs. H. C. Ashby, Mrs. G. C. Stebbins, Mrs. R. S. 
 Grey, Mrs. R. M. Moody, Mrs. A. E. Fumer and Mrs. C. W. 
 Gillete. 
 
 The Tulsa branch of the Navy League equipped with knitted 
 articles the crew of the cruiser "Cunningham." The 1200 knit- 
 ters working in 60 units produced 5,000 articles valued at $10,000. 
 
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 Miriam Turk, eight years old, who knit sweaters, was the young- 
 est knitter. The youngest boy knitter was Stanley Wilson, ten 
 years old, who knit sweaters. An invalid seventy-seven years old 
 knit 15 sweaters in six months, although she was bedridden most 
 of the time. Grant C. Stebbins, fifty-five years old, a millionaire 
 oil man, knit everything but socks. 
 
 When the Navy League was disbanded all materials in stock 
 were turned over to the Tulsa County Chapter of the Red Cross 
 and the workers were absorbed by the knitting units of that 
 organization. 
 
 The following is the financial report of the Navy League 
 issued December 11, 1917: 
 
 Total collections, $5,923.00 ; total receipts from merchandise 
 sale, $427.45; total collections, $6,350.45; total disbursements, 
 $3,781.54; cash on hand, $2,568.91. 
 
 Among the high lights in the Navy League activities in 
 Tulsa are the following: 
 
 Tulsa branch was the first and only branch of the Navy 
 League in Oklahoma. 
 
 It built and owned a headquarters on "Liberty Square." 
 
 It owned the only auto-submarine in the State. 
 
 It maintained automobile speaking tours in Tulsa County 
 and the adjacent country, for recruits for the Navy and for work- 
 ers in comforts committee work. 
 
 Christmas 4>oxes were provided for sailors, Tulsa Engineers 
 and Tulsa Ambulancers through a campaign waged for this pur- 
 pose in December, 1917. 
 
 The Tulsa Navy Recruiting Office enlisted 523 men in 1917, 
 which was more than the combined enlistments of the other six 
 sub-stations in the State of Oklahoma. It was a significant fact 
 that Tulsa was the only sub-station with a Navy League. 
 
 VI. 
 WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD 
 
 The War Industries Board was created at Washington for 
 the purpose of husbanding and maintaining such natural re- 
 sources of the country as were necessary to the successful con- 
 duct of the war. The United States in this work was divided into 
 regions and these regions subdivided into districts. 
 
 R. M. McFarlin of Tulsa was appointed chairman of the 
 Eleventh District of the Fourteenth Region, which comprised the 
 following Counties and their resources : 
 
 Craig and Ottawa, lead and zinc; Washington, Tulsa and 
 Creek, cement; Craig, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington, 
 Osage, Kay, Noble, Creek, Payne, Lincoln, Okmulgee, Hughes, 
 Okfuskee, Pawnee and Seminole, oil and gas; Rogers, Tulsa, 
 
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 Washington, Craig, Creek, Okmulgee and Okfuskee, coal; Pot- 
 towatomie and Hughes, asphalt ; sands, clay and stone being found 
 in the entire district. 
 
 McFarlin served as chairman for the duration of the war. 
 He perfected a complete organization of his district and placed 
 all available information on file for the use of the Government. 
 
 VII. 
 U. S. SHIP BUILDING RESERVE 
 
 Early in the year 1918 it was evident that the fortunes of 
 war lay with that side which could place the larger number of 
 men and the greatest quantity of provender and munitions of 
 war on the western front in the shortest possible time. Without 
 the timely arrival of an overpowering American force and prac- 
 tically inexhaustible supplies Paris would have fallen to the 
 enemy during that summer. The necessity for immense ship- 
 ping tonnage became so apparent that the United States Govern- 
 ment exerted every effort to the end that the greatest possible 
 tonnage of new snipping should be placed on the seas at the 
 earliest possible moment. 
 
 To further this movement the United States Shipbuilding 
 Reserve was created. These reserves, which consisted of vol- 
 unteers for shipbuilding from every State in the Union, were 
 calculated to supply any shortage of labor which might appear 
 at any of the Government or private shipbuilding yards. The 
 response throughout the country was very liberal and the prod- 
 ucts of these yards were sufficient for the transportation of 
 ample supplies and men to bring about an early victory. They 
 served, as well, to blast the hopes of the German Kaiser that, 
 through the operations of his ruthless submarine policy, England 
 and France would be starved into submission. 
 
 For the conduct of the campaign in behalf of the United 
 States Shipbuilding Reserve H. C. Tyrell of Tulsa was appointed 
 director for the State of Oklahoma. Although the call did not 
 extend to every portion of the country, Oklahoma was prepared 
 to send a substantial number of men had the necessity for such 
 action arisen. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 BUREAU OF EXPLOSIVES 
 
 Tulsa was, perhaps, more vitally interested in one war 
 measure than any other city in the country. The Explosive Act, 
 or rather the National movement to control the sale, use and 
 handling of explosives for the period of the war, was put into 
 effect at a time when there appeared to be imminent peril of a 
 
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 movement to destroy not only oil, but other industrial plants of 
 all kinds. 
 
 The Mid-Continent fields were expected to play a vital part 
 in the winning of the war. Information was at hand of a plot 
 to curtail production in Tulsa and the nearby fields by the free 
 use of dynamite. The destruction of the home of J. Edgar Pew, 
 one of the men most prominently connected with oil production, 
 was accepted as the initial movement. Prompt steps were taken 
 to prevent further outrages of this character, as well as to con- 
 serve for the Government a large quantity of explosives or their 
 ingredients, for use in the prosecution of the war. 
 
 Under the auspices of the Bureau of Mines of the United 
 States Department of the Interior an Advisory Committee on 
 Explosives Regulations in Oklahoma was appointed to assist in 
 the proper enforcement of this new law in this State. These 
 men served without charge. A State inspector or director was 
 also appointed. J. J. Larkin, a member of the Executive Com- 
 mittee of the Tulsa County Council of National Defense, held 
 this place for an extended period. J. Burr Gibbons, J. J. Larkin 
 and J. Edgar Pew, vice president of the Carter Oil Company, 
 were among the eleven men who served on the regulations com- 
 mittee. Gibbons was appointed director of publicity. 
 
 Under the Explosives Act no person could buy, sell or use 
 explosives, whether in coal or other mines or for dynamiting 
 stumps or wells, without a license, and many persons were not 
 entitled to such license. 
 
 Hardware dealers were forced to keep records of all such 
 sales. 
 
 Every druggist was obliged to secure a license. The regu- 
 lations governing the sale of ingredients were strict, as will be 
 seen from the following order issued by the Explosives Inspector 
 to the druggists of Tulsa County : 
 
 "The average druggist is probably somewhat surprised to 
 know he must have a Federal license for the sale of explosives 
 or the ingredients of explosives. Such a requirement has been 
 found necessary by the Government during the war. Many of 
 the drugs commonly sold in drug stores are also used as in- 
 gredients of explosives. If no restrictions were placed on the 
 sale of these drugs, the man who could not get explosives direct 
 could buy the materials at the drug store and make the explosives 
 himself. 
 
 "Under the Federal law, druggists will be required to keep 
 a record of each sale of an ounce or more of the chemicals listed 
 as explosive ingredients and a license is required in order to sell 
 them. Further more, the person purchasing these ingredients 
 in quantities of one ounce or more must also first obtain a license 
 
OTHER WAR ORGANIZATIONS 159 
 
 and it will be a violation of the law to sell to anyone who has not 
 procured such a license. The license required may be obtained 
 from the County Clerk or the other licensing agent in this com- 
 munity and the cost for such license is only 25 cents. The party 
 making application for a license, however, must satisfy the Gov- 
 ernment officials that he is a responsible person and that he will 
 use the explosive ingredients for a legitimate purpose. Sales 
 of less than one ounce may be made without the purchaser having 
 a license. 
 
 "The list of drugs designated as ingredients include certain 
 forms of the following: : Bichromates, Chlorates, Chromates, 
 Nitrates, Nitric Acid, Perchlorates, Perborates, Permanganates, 
 Peroxides and Phosphorous. 
 
 "Failure to obtain such a license and to comply with this law 
 makes one subject to Federal prosecution and a violation of the 
 law is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by im- 
 prisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and 
 imprisonment. 
 
 "The Explosives Inspector for this State who is charged 
 with seeing that this law is obeyed is Fred Raines, with head- 
 quarters in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and any druggist who is in 
 doubt as to the requirements of the law or who wishes to obtain 
 a detailed list of the chemicals classed as explosive ingredients 
 should communicate with this inspector." 
 
 IX. 
 BOYS' WORKING RESERVE 
 
 Each organization had its distinctive duties during the war, 
 but no organization had a more complete and separate task to 
 perform than the United States Boys Working Reserve. First, 
 it was a matter of using the boy power of the Nation to fill the 
 gaps left by the men who enlisted or were in the draft; second, 
 it was part of the food production plan, and through its efforts 
 in 1918 a million soldiers were fed for one year, and last, but not 
 least, it was a means for keeping about 210,000 boys occupied. 
 It taught them agriculture and industry and cemented the friend- 
 ship of farmer boy and city boy through a common cause — 
 American freedom. 
 
 The character of the service performed in Tulsa County is 
 shown by the following report issued by the county office : 
 
 In Tulsa County the Boys Working Reserve did not make 
 much headway in 1917, but in the spring of 1918 about five hund- 
 red boys signed up for service. The work in Tulsa took on the 
 greatest activity after the Armistice was signed. This was in- 
 deed a very critical time. Nearly all of Europe was facing starva- 
 tion and the farmers of America had pledged themselves to come 
 
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 to their relief with the greatest crops in history, especially wheat. 
 The Reserve began recruiting in Tulsa and elsewhere with re- 
 newed vigor so that it would have a large force of boys available 
 for the harvest fields at the first call. 
 
 On October 20, 1917, Arthur Lafayette Farmer was com- 
 missioned Federal-State Director. From his office and through 
 many trips to the field he directed the work of the Reserve with 
 unselfish zeal, at all times inspiring his co-workers by his high 
 patriotism. 
 
 DeLaRue Baker, county demonstration agent, was appointed 
 county director of the Reserve. He later joined the Colors and 
 was succeeded by J. S. Malone, also county agent for Tulsa County. 
 The Y. M. C. A. did much to make the work a success in this 
 county, appointing O. S. Burkholder city director, with Harry 
 Thompson as enrolling officer. 
 
 On January 6, 1919, Howard W. Meyer was added to the 
 official staff as an assistant to A. L. Farmer in the state work, 
 and gave much of his time to the work in Tulsa and Tulsa County. 
 He was a discharged sailor from the merchant marine, who was 
 in the U. S. Army Transport Service, and who had just returned 
 from France. Meyer received this appointment on account of 
 his experience in handling boys in Y. M. C. A. and Scout work. 
 
 During the winter of 1917-18 the Reserve began organization 
 through high schools, academies and colleges. By the following 
 spring it was ready for service, and hundreds of boys invaded 
 the cotton fields of Oklahoma and worked in the western wheat 
 fields and on farms near the homes of members of the Reserve. 
 In many instances the farmer harbored doubts as to the value 
 of the services of the city boy, but in every case where the boy 
 was in earnest and the farmer somewhat patient the boy proved 
 himself to be better than many an older hand. The city boy went 
 into the work with a vision of service. He was not only working, 
 he was helping to win the war. Somewhere over there a hungry 
 soldier or a war refugee would be fed with the wheat he was sav- 
 ing through his hard labor. 
 
 Factory, store and office boys must not be forgotten, for they 
 filled an important place. These lads worked hard and invested 
 much of their money in War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds, 
 and gave liberally to the welfare organizations. Many of the 
 boys worked so well that their employers regretted to see them 
 go back to school. 
 
 The Reserve did much to train the recruit for his work. For 
 many reasons Oklahoma was not successful in establishing a 
 training camp for the future farmers from the city. In many 
 states, however, the Reserves were trained for the work on well 
 equipped farms, in camps and often in the A. & M. Colleges. 
 
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 But Oklahoma did accomplish a very effective work in pitt- 
 ing the Department of Labor's farm craft lessons in the public 
 schools. These lessons were put to good use by teachers of agri- 
 culture in giving the student practical instruction in farming. 
 Approximately four thousand of these books were distributed 
 among school children in the higher grades. 
 
 In the fall of 1918 the work slackened as the children were 
 urged to go back to school. At the time Howard W. Meyer was 
 added to the staff the work was reorganized and new recruits 
 were enlisted to the number of one hundred in Tulsa and about 
 two hundred in the county. 
 
 In the spring of 1919, during the period of recruiting boys 
 for the work of harvesting, many badges were awarded for serv- 
 ice during the summer of 1918. These badges were of bronze, 
 and resembled the great seal of the United States, with the words 
 "U. S. Boys Working Reserve" in a circle. The bars bore the 
 letters "U. S. B. W. R." and across the face "Honorable Service 
 1D18." The badge was given for six weeks' farm work and a sea- 
 son of faithful service under Reserve rules. 
 
 In June, 1919, the Tulsa Reserve opened an employment of- 
 fice, and with the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A. and the State De- 
 partment of Labor organized the Juvenile Employment Service. 
 By the joint efforts of these organizations hundreds of boys and 
 girls found employment during the summer months. Employers 
 found it convenient to call upon this department for their juvenile 
 labor as they were thus protected from any violation of the Child 
 Labor Laws. The Reserve office handled about two hundred and 
 fifty applications. 
 
 The history of the Reserve in Tulsa County closed on August 
 31, 1919. The U. S. B. W. R. as a national movement was de- 
 mobilized on July 31st, with the discontinuance of the U. S. Em- 
 ployment Service, of which it was a branch. However, due to 
 the interest shown in the boys by the Tulsa County Council of 
 National Defense, the Reserve was able to continue its work 
 until the completion of the summer program. 
 
 Council of Defense funds were also used during the period 
 after January 1st to maintain the office of the Reserve, the De- 
 partment of Labor paying the salary of the assistant director. 
 
 On August 9th the Reserve closed its employment office in 
 the Public Library Building. The first office was in the Palace 
 Building. At the time Howard W. Meyer took over the active 
 work of the Reserve it was moved to the War Savings Stamp 
 Bank on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets. 
 
 The last work done by the Reserve was the establishment 
 of a camp of peach pickers. The boys who engaged in this work 
 ranged from 15 to 18 years of age. They worked in the vicinity 
 
162 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 of Perry, Okla., where they helped to pick 7,000 peach trees. A 
 recreation tent was furnished the boys where an interesting pro- 
 gram was enjoyed. 
 
 Other employes of the Reserve in Tulsa, who did both local 
 and state work, were Mrs. W. T. Edmondson, and Wallace La- 
 Forge, who succeeded her. Miss Celeste Harrington and Harry 
 Thompson were volunteer workers in the office. Valuable assist- 
 ance was also contributed by Miss Mabel Butler, Mrs. E. H. Deal 
 and Miss Effie Wilcox. 
 
 The Advisory Board of the Reserve was made up largely 
 of Tulsa men, namely: Training and education bureau, E. E. 
 Oberholtzer and C. S. Avery ; assignment and wages bureau, C. W. 
 Brown of Durant and George W. Vincent of Stillwater; welfare 
 bureau, Hugh C. Leggett of Oklahoma City and Dr. Forest Dut- 
 ton of Tulsa ; publicity bureau, J. A. McKeever and L. A. Justus 
 of Tulsa; library co-operation bureau, Charles H. Stone of Still- 
 water and Miss Alma Reid McGlenn of Tulsa. 
 
 X. 
 FEDERAL-STATE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. 
 
 The United States Employment Service was an important 
 factor in the solution of labor and industrial problems through- 
 out the country during the war. 
 
 The United States is divided into thirteen districts, with a 
 district superintendent in charge of each district. Each State 
 within the district has in charge a Federal Director of Employ- 
 ment. In turn the State is divided into districts with a certain 
 number of Counties in each district. The Tulsa district includes 
 Pawnee, Osage, Washington, Nowata, Craig, Rogers, Tulsa, Creek 
 and a large part of Ottawa County. 
 
 Carl Lee was examiner in charge of the Tulsa district dur- 
 ing the war. He was assisted by Emmett W. Ellis and J. F. 
 Prothero. Lucile Warren was superintendent of the State Em- 
 ployment Bureau with Mrs. Emma Fast in charge of the Wom- 
 en's Division. 
 
 The local Bureau, which is the United States Employment 
 Service of the Department of Labor, began shipping men to 
 Government plants as a State office when workmen were re- 
 cruited for shipyards at Portland, Ore. In May, 1918, the Gov- 
 ernment created the Federal-State Service and the Tulsa Bureau 
 became the most active and efficient labor agency in Oklahoma. 
 All quotas for men were met promptly; skilled labor supplied 
 through this channel being unequalled in the State. Common 
 mechanics shipped through the Tulsa Bureau were given pref- 
 erence; many of them were immediately promoted to super- 
 intendents and foremen in important Government industries. 
 
OTHER WAR ORGANIZATIONS 163 
 
 The majority of men shipped were steel workers and carpenters. 
 
 Shipments of men were made to Portland, Seattle and San 
 Francisco, Camp Eustace, and Norfolk, Va., Nitro, W. Va., Mus- 
 sell Shoals, Ala., Nashville, Camp Knox and Camp Pike. 
 
 The Community Labor Board, which passed on every re- 
 cruit, both as to physical fitness and efficiency, was composed of 
 Carl Lee, chairman; Tom Clark, representing skilled labor; An- 
 drew Hays, unskilled labor; Sam Maze, employers, and Walter 
 Miller, employes. Due to the strict requirements of this Board 
 the local Bureau never had a man returned as unavailable. 
 
 The labor "roundup" in the fall of 1918 was most successful. 
 Loafers and bootleggers were given the choice of essential war 
 work or the Army with the result that labor conditions in Tulsa 
 during the war were considered to be better than in any other 
 city in the Southwest. Local conditions gradually adjusted them- 
 selves. Through the considerate operation of the Federal-State 
 Bureau local industries did not suffer as a result of the labor 
 demands made by the Government. When a call was issued 
 effecting any particular industry a conference was called imme- 
 diately with the local managers of such industries and in every 
 case satisfactory adjustment was made. 
 
 Tulsa field was strong in essential war work. Oil industries 
 making supplies to be used directly or indirectly in war work 
 were considered essential and a majority of Tulsa's larger manu- 
 factures were over 50 per cent war orders. The United States 
 Zinc Smelter was on a 100 per cent war basis, making large 
 shipments of its products to Italy. 
 
 After the signing of the armistice the Community Labor 
 Board served as a replacing agency, 2,200 returned service men 
 were replaced during the first four months of the demobilization 
 period. 
 
CHAPTER SIX 
 
 War Fund Campaigns 
 i. 
 
 LIBERTY BONDS 
 
 The American people made a remarkable record in aiding 
 the United States Government to finance the war. Five great 
 Loans were floated by popular subscription. The calls made in 
 these five issues aggregated $17,500,000,000. The total subscrip- 
 tions amounted to $21,478,356,250, showing over-subscriptions to 
 the extent of $3,978,356,250, or 14 per cent. 
 
 France, presumably bled white in seven previous loans, sub- 
 scribed $6,000,000,000 in a single day in her eighth loan. America, 
 however, was not reduced to that extremity. 
 
 Four War Loans were issued by the United States during 
 the period of actual hostilities. The Fifth, or Victory Loan, was 
 floated after the signing of the Armistice — a peace offering. 
 
 The characteristics of the Bonds to which Americans sub- 
 scribed most liberally may be summarized as follows : 
 
 The life of the Bonds in the First Liberty Loan was from 
 15 to 30 years at the option of the Government, the issue being 
 for $2,000,000,000, and bearing 3 1-2 per cent interest. These 
 Bonds were exempt from all taxes except estate and inheritance 
 taxes. The date of issue was June 15, 1917. They mature on 
 June 15, 1947, being redeemable at the Government's option, how- 
 ever, on or after June 15, 1932. Interest payments on these 
 Bonds are made on June 15th and December 15th of each year. 
 One of the conditions of the sale of these Bonds was that they 
 were to be convertible into any higher rate Bond issued during 
 the war and within six months from the date of issue of such 
 higher rate Bond. This had no reference to short-term loans, 
 however. The date of the termination of the war was to be fixed 
 by the President by proclamation. These 3 l-2s were convert- 
 ible on November 15, 1917, into 4 per cent Bonds, and were again 
 convertible into 4 l-2s on October 24, 1918. This second converted 
 issue was not convertible into any future issue. 
 
 The Bonds offered in the Second Liberty Loan were of 15 to 
 25 years, and bore interest at the rate of 4 per cent. In response 
 to a call for a $3,000,000,000 Loan a total of $3,808,766,150 was 
 subscribed by the public. These securities were of issue of No- 
 vember 15, 1917, will mature November 15, 1942, but may be 
 
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WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 165 
 
 called on or after November 15, 1927. Interest payments are 
 made on May 15th and November 15th. These were convertible 
 into second converted 4 l-4s on May 9, 1918. 
 
 The security offered in the Third Liberty Loan was not con- 
 vertible into any future issue. The call for $3,000,000,000 by 
 the Government was met with a total subscription of $4,176,516,- 
 850. These were ten-year Bonds bearing interest at the rate of 
 4 1-4 per cent, issued on May 9, 1918, and maturing September 
 15, 1928. They are not redeemable until maturity. Interest 
 dates on these Bonds are September 15th and March 15th. 
 
 In the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign the call for $5,000,- 
 000,000 met with a response totalling $6,993,073,250. These 
 Bonds were 4 l-4s, 15-20 years, issued October 24, 1918, due Oc- 
 tober 15, 1938, redeemable at the Government's option on or after 
 October 15, 1933, interest dates being April 15th and October 
 15th. They are not convertible into any future issue. 
 
 The Victory Loan consisted of both 3 3-4s and 4 3-4s three 
 to four year notes. Although the Treasury Department was 
 authorized to offer $7,000,000,000 of these notes to the public, 
 subscriptions only to the amount of $4,500,000,000 were asked 
 for and accepted. The Victory Loan note was issued May 20, 
 1919, matured May 20, 1923, and is redeemable at the Govern- 
 ment's option on or after June 15, 1922, upon not less than four 
 months' notice. The interest dates are December 15th and June 
 15th. The holder of the 3 3-4s or 4 3-4s may convert from one 
 issue to the other at his option. The 4 3-4s are exempt both as 
 to principal and interest from all taxation (except estate and in- 
 heritance taxes) then or thereafter imposed by the United States 
 or by any local taxing authority (except estate or inheritance 
 taxes, and surtaxes), and excess profits and war profit taxes, 
 then or thereafter imposed by the United States, upon the in- 
 come or profits of individuals, partnerships, associations or cor- 
 porations. The 3 3-4s are exempt both as to principal and inter- 
 est from all taxation (except estate and inheritance taxes) then 
 or thereafter imposed by the United States, any state or any 
 possession of the United States, or by any local taxing authority. 
 
II. 
 
 LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGNS 
 
 For those who had opportunity to take active part in the 
 Liberty Bond campaigns in Tulsa, this privilege will remain al- 
 ways as a glorious memory of useful activities well performed. 
 As a result of the combined efforts of Tulsa's volunteer campaign 
 workers each one of the five Loans was liberally oversubscribed. 
 Tulsa's response to the Government's request during the five 
 Loans was a subscription of about $1.34 for each dollar of quota 
 specified by the Treasury Department. 
 
 The heaviest oversubscription was made in the First Loan, 
 when subscriptions totalling $5,685,000 were made in response to 
 the Government allotment of $2,500,000 as Tulsa County's share 
 of the national burden at that time. If there was any doubt of 
 Tulsa's willingness to support the Government in this war in the 
 interest of liberty, it must have been immediately dispelled when 
 the total subscriptions to the First Liberty Loan was made public. 
 
 In the succeeding Loans the same spirit was manifested, but 
 the people realized that in addition to a prompt and ready re- 
 sponse to the Government's financial call there must also be a 
 conservation of their finances in order that they might meet each 
 succeeding Loan with a reasonable oversubscription, no matter 
 how many calls it might be necessary for the Government to 
 make. 
 
 The following table tells the tale of the staunch patriotism 
 and liberality of Tulsa County in the matter of helping to finance 
 the Government: 
 
 Over- 
 Loans — Quota Subscriptions subscriptions 
 
 First Liberty Loan $ 2,500,000 $ 5,685,000 $ 3,185,000 
 
 Second Liberty Loan 4,500,000 6,450,000 1,950,000 
 
 Third Liberty Loan 3,566,400 5,037,400 1,471,000 
 
 Fourth Liberty Loan 7,506,000 8,461,600 955,600 
 
 Victory Loan 5,639,600 6,865,150 1,225,550 
 
 TOTAL $23,712,000 $32,499,150 $ 8,787,150 
 
 The First Loan was called early in the spring of 1917, shortly 
 after the eventful day in April, on which the declaration of war 
 against Germany was made. There was at that time no per- 
 fected organization for the sale of Government securities. There 
 was also a most appalling lack of information among the people 
 generally regarding Government Bonds. It must be remembered 
 that with the exception of the officials of national banks and a 
 
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 very small number of large investors there was scarcely a single 
 man who had ever seen, much less owned, a Bond of the United 
 States Government. The compelling force that resulted in the 
 sale of so large a number of these Bonds was not that the interest 
 rate was attractive, for it was but 3 1-2 per cent per annum ; nor 
 was it that the people were accustomed to buying and owning this 
 form of security, for they were not, but it was due solely to a 
 patriotic desire to lend their funds in proportion to their means 
 in support of American ideals of liberty and patriotism. 
 
 It was necessary that volunteer organizations be formed to 
 represent the Government in the sale and delivery of these se- 
 curities. The banks with their organizations provided a ready 
 and convenient channel through which the Bonds could be de- 
 livered to the purchasers after payments had been completed. 
 Regular campaign organizations formed by volunteers from the 
 business and professional men and the women of the city and 
 county were the selling forces that secured the subscriptions 
 from the general public. As succeeding Loans came on these 
 organizations became better perfected, reaching their highest 
 efficiency in the Fourth Loan, at which time they sold in Tulsa 
 County $8,461,600 ,the total number of subscribers being 21,420. 
 Of this amount $7,607,500 was sold in the city of Tulsa to 16,134 
 subscribers. 
 
 The increase in general interest among the public in the pur- 
 chase of these Bonds may here be noted by comparing the number 
 of individual purchasers in the Third Loan with those in the 
 Second Loan, when a total of slightly over fourteen thousand in- 
 dividuals in Tulsa and Tulsa County became purchasers of the 
 second issue, while in the First Loan there were only 3,500 in- 
 dividual buyers. 
 
 The Second Liberty Loan was called in the fall of 1917, when 
 Tulsa County was given a quota of $4,500,000. Total subscrip- 
 tions to this Loan were $6,450,000, an oversubscription of 
 $1,950,000. 
 
 One of the first officials appointed for Tulsa's volunteer com- 
 mittee was J. M. Berry, vice-president of the Central National 
 Bank of Tulsa, who assumed the responsibilities of County chair- 
 man in the First Loan and served continuously in the same capac- 
 ity during the Second, Third and Fourth campaigns. R. M. Me- 
 Farlin was appointed as district chairman and served also during 
 the Second and Third Loans and during the succeeding Loans 
 acted in other executive and advisory capacities. 
 
 The active city campaigns for the First and Second Loans 
 were handled by N. R. Graham, special representative of the Ex- 
 change National Bank. Graham organized his workers for the 
 First and Second Loans under the title of Tulsa's Army of Lib- 
 
168 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 erty. This organization formed the nucleus around which was 
 builded the future organizations which worked so successfully 
 during the succeeding Loans. Graham also served as manager of 
 the first district for the Third Loan, assistant State chairman for 
 the Fourth Loan, and as joint State chairman for the Fifth or 
 Victory Loan. 
 
 The executive officers who were directly in charge of the 
 campaigns for the First and Second Loans were J. M. Berry, 0. 
 H. Leonard and N. R. Graham. 
 
 An interesting episode during the progress of the Second 
 Loan was the luncheon given by R. M. McFarlin, then president 
 of the Chamber of Commerce, on Liberty Day, October 24, 1917. 
 McFarlin invited as his guests at this luncheon a representative 
 body of business men of Tulsa. Only one of the men favored 
 with an invitation failed to be present at the luncheon. After the 
 meal was concluded McFarlin stated that he desired to take the 
 supscriptions of his twenty guests for such amounts of the sec- 
 ond issue of bonds as they could conveniently purchase. Every 
 man promptly gave in his subscription, and the total secured at 
 this luncheon was the sum of $1,850,000. On the following day 
 the one invited guest who was unable to attend went to McFarlin 
 to explain his inability to accept his hospitality. When told of 
 the action taken by the other guests he added his subscription of 
 $75,000. 
 
 The campaign for the Third Loan opened April 6, 1918, and 
 closed on May 4th. The Bonds of the Second Loan were issued 
 to bear interest at 4 per cent per annum, while those of the Third 
 bore interest at 4^4 per cent. The Bonds of the First and Second 
 issues contained a provision permitting them to be exchanged for 
 bonds of a later issue that might bear a higher rate of interest, 
 and a large number of purchasers availed themselves of this priv- 
 ilege. For the campaign of the Third Loan, a much larger com- 
 mittee was formed in order that the campaign might be carried 
 on with the greatest possible efficiency. J. M. Berry, County 
 chairman, directed most of his attention to the compaign of the 
 County and appointed C. S. Avery County manager and as his 
 active assistant. A. V. Davenport was made city manager and 
 was in active charge of the campaigns in the city of Tulsa for the 
 Third, Fourth and Fifth Loans. At that time there came ac- 
 tively into the Liberty Loan work the National Women's Liberty 
 Loan Committee, which was represented in the Tulsa cam- 
 paigns by some of Tulsa's most capable and patriotic women, 
 who rendered exceedingly valuable service to the cause and 
 whose presence among the workers and at the campaign meet- 
 ings was a constant inspiration and pleasure. 
 
 During the Third Loan Mrs. W. N. Sill was district chair- 
 
E. ROGER KEMP, District Manager Southwestern Division of American Red 
 Cross ; chairman Tulsa County Chapter Red Cross ; County chairman May 1918 Red 
 Cross Campaign, and member of executive committees in other drives ; gave all hi? 
 time to war work during period of hostilities. 
 
 E. W. SINCLAIR, member of advisory committee on war loans, district chairman 
 United War Fund drive, and member of executive committees in other drives ; mem- 
 ber executive committee U. S. Navy League. 
 
 GRANT R. McCULLOUGH, member advisory committee on War Loans ; county 
 chairman in May 1918 Red Cross drive and member of executive committees in other 
 drives. 
 
 W. L. LEWIS, member advisory committee on War Loans. 
 
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 E. "P. HARWELL, member Executive Committee United War Work campaign. 
 
 C. S. AVERY, County Manager in Third and Fourth Liberty Loan drives ; mem- 
 ber of Fair Price Committee, and member of Advisory Board U. S. Boys' Working 
 Reserve. 
 
 E. E. OBERHOLTZER, City Manager 1917 Christmas Red Cross drive, executive 
 committee other drives ; Four-Minute Man ; member executive committee Navy 
 League, and of Red Cross Chapter. 
 
 LEE LEVERING, District Chairman Victory Loan campaign ; city chairman in 
 War Savings Stamps campaign, and manager of W. S. S. Bank. 
 
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 C. E. BUCHNER, General Secretary Y. M. C. A. ; Secretary Soldiers and Sailors 
 Council ; active in war fund drives in Tulsa County and State Director of the United 
 War Work drive for Arizona. 
 
 A. V. DAVENPORT, City Manager in Third and Fourth Liberty Loans and 
 in Victory Loan campaign. 
 
 F. W. BRYANT, member of Advisory Committee on war drives and County 
 Chairman in Victory Loan campaign. 
 
 CLARK FIELD, campaign director United War Work campaign ; City Chairman 
 May, 1918, Red Cross drive, Four-Minute Man and member of Executive Committee 
 of Red Cross Chapter. 
 
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 STEPHEN H. KING, JR., member advisory committee on war loans and one of 
 city chairman in War Savings Stamps drive. 
 
 E. W. JACOBS, member advisory committee on war loans ; handled $25,000,000 
 in war securities which passed through Exchange National Bank. 
 
 GEORGE E. BLACK, County Food Administrator for brief period. 
 
 C. J. HINDMAN, last Food Administrator for Tulsa County. 
 
WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 169 
 
 man for women ; Mrs. G. N. Ransom, county chairman for women 
 and Mrs. Murray D. Russell, city chairman for women. 
 
 The advance preparations for the campaign for the Third 
 Loan were extensive. In the city the plan of the campaign was 
 directed with the idea of placing the Bonds in the hands of the 
 largest number of purchasers possible. This for the purpose of 
 distributing the burden in proportion to the individual means 
 and to absorb as far as possible only the surplus funds of the 
 community. In the previous loans the number of purchasers 
 had been comparatively few and mostly among the wealthier 
 citizens. In the Third Loan the need of more complete distri- 
 bution was recognized as well as the value of increased loyalty 
 and patriotism that would certainly come to each individual as 
 he became an owner of one or more bonds, and because to that 
 extent a stockholder in the Government. In the preliminary 
 preparation for this campaign the city was laid out in districts 
 and committees of men and women were organized to canvass 
 their respective districts in order that the opportunity to pur- 
 chase these bonds could be given to every person. As a matter 
 of novelty the various committees of workers in the city cam- 
 paign were organized as naval units and given names accord- 
 ingly. Each man solicitor was designated as a "battleship" and 
 held the rank of naval captain. Each committee of solicitors 
 was styled a "division," and in charge of a "commodore." The 
 women workers were styled "destroyers," each with the rank 
 of captain and under command of a "commodore." There were 
 some committees of special workers known as flying squadrons, 
 commanded by a rear-admiral. No little amusement and en- 
 tertainment was afforded by the designation of naval titles and 
 the frequent use of naval terms and expressions during cam- 
 paign meetings. The city manager was frequently referred to 
 as "admiral," and his table, at which he presided at noon-day 
 luncheons, was referred to as the "bridge." Temporary offices 
 for the Third Loan were established in the assembly rooms of 
 the Chamber of Commerce on the second floor of the Simmons 
 Building on East Third Street. The headquarters of the Fourth 
 Loan was in the same place, while in the Fifth Loan, the Cham- 
 ber of Commerce having moved to the fourth floor of the Munic- 
 ipal Building, the Victory Loan organization established its 
 office in the same place. During the Third Loan the details of 
 the office were handled by E. S. Young, as auditor, who handled 
 all the funds received by workers as payments on subscriptions. 
 One of the features of the Third campaign was the noon-day 
 luncheons for workers held daily from 12:00 to 1:30 in the 
 main dining room of the Hotel Tulsa. The enthusiasm displayed 
 at these meetings was an inspiration to all who were privileged 
 to attend. It was an hour for recreation, refreshment and re- 
 
170 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 newal of enthusiasm. Patriotic songs were sung during the 
 meetings, led by the Apollo Club and male chorus. Robert Boice 
 Carson led the Apollo Club. At these meetings, which were 
 directed by the city manager, reports were made of the progress 
 of the campaign, the activities of various solicitors and short 
 talks were made upon topics appropriate to the occasion and 
 interesting to the workers. Set speeches were avoided and only 
 those who were believed to have a message of interest were in- 
 vited to speak on these occasions. Many persons of national 
 prominence were guests at these various functions, adding by 
 their presence very much to the interest of the meetings and 
 carrying away with them the memory of Tulsa's enthusiastic 
 loyalty which could not soon be forgotten. It was at these lun- 
 cheons that insistence was first made in Tulsa for proper public 
 respect for the National flag and National anthem. The "Star 
 Spangled Banner" was sung each day by the entire meeting as 
 a closing feature and each person in the room was required to 
 stand until the last note had died away. 
 
 The audience was not permitted to rise for the singing or 
 playing of any other air except when entertaining visitors from 
 some of the Allied countries. In deference to them their Na- 
 tional anthem was played. 
 
 The attendance at these luncheons was from 250 to 350 
 each day. In recognition of their services a special form of at- 
 tractive merit badge was given to each worker in the campaign 
 when that worker had secured twenty-five or more individual 
 subscriptions or had performed some other task of special value 
 to the campaign. A strict rule was followed by the city man- 
 ager in the bestowal of these badges. None were given except 
 for real service actually rendered the campaign by the recip- 
 ients. They were given only at the noon-day luncheon meet- 
 ings and in each case the worker was called to the city manager's 
 table whereupon the presiding officer pinned the decoration upon 
 the honoree, always with enthusiastic applause from the as- 
 sembly. Each worker so honored can well remember the oc- 
 casion of this preferment and holds among his treasured col- 
 lections this badge of honor conferred on account of actual serv- 
 ice rendered his Government and amid the enthusiastic plaudits 
 of his co-workers. The occasion of presenting these badges 
 was regarded as one of the most interesting features of the 
 noon-day program. 
 
 Each distinguished visitor who attended these meetings 
 and added to the enthusiasm by his presence or to the entertain- 
 ment by means of his or her special talent was invariably deco- 
 rated with one of these badges, a souvenir of Tulsa's war time 
 activities. 
 
WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 171 
 
 The merit badge given in the Third Loan was a bronze pin, 
 a replica of the Liberty Bell, below which flowed a ribbon of the 
 National Colors. The badge given in the Fourth Loan was a 
 bronze shield pin bearing the words "For Service, Fourth Lib- 
 erty Loan." The badge given in the Fifth or Victory Loan was 
 emblematic of victory and peace. It was a bronze medallion pin 
 surmounted by the shield and eagle's wings. On the face was 
 a female figure extending the wreath of victory over the words 
 "For Service for Peace." Around the circumference of the 
 medal were the words "Liberty" and "Victory," 1917, 1918, 1919. 
 Underneath the medallion was a pendant bar showing five stars 
 representing the five loans. On the reverse side of the medal 
 were the words, "Presented by the Tulsa Liberty Loan Com- 
 mittee." 
 
 The spirit which prevaded Tulsa during the Liberty Loan 
 drives extended to all parts of Tulsa County. 
 
 In the Third Loan the total subscriptions of $5,037,400 
 raised in the County included allocated subscriptions of railroad 
 employees in the sum of $25,050, and miscellaneous subscrip- 
 tions amounting to $202,500. The balance was distributed 
 among the banks of the different towns as follows: Bixby, 
 quota, $52,300, subscriptions, $47,500; Broken Arrow, quota, 
 $87,400, subscriptions $108,350; Jenks, quota $14,000, subscrip- 
 tions $20,800 ; Owasso, quota $8,800, subscriptions $18,000 ; Red 
 Fork, quota $2,800, subscriptions $8,500; Sperry, quota $6,400, 
 subscriptions $16,600; Skiatook, quota $45,200, subscriptions 
 $85,500; Sand Springs, quota $32,300, subscriptions $61,500; 
 Tulsa, quota $3,316,400, subscriptions $4,428,100; West Tulsa, 
 quota $10,300, subscriptions $15,000. 
 
 The following chairmen in outlying districts were appointed 
 in the Third Liberty Loan: 
 
 School District No. 1, L. L. Wiles, Skiatook ; School District 
 No. 2, Mrs. Zola Calfe, Catoose ; School District No. 3, J. W. Moore- 
 man, Tulsa; School District No. 4, J. P. Harter, Tulsa; School Dis- 
 trict No. 5, S. H. Presley, Alsuma; School District No. 7, F. S. 
 Hurd, Broken Arrow; School District No. 8, O. White, Broken 
 Arrow; School District No. 10, M. M. Jones, Bixby; School Dis- 
 trict No. 12, E. W. Hedgecock, Dawson; School District No. 13, 
 N. D. Smith, Tulsa ; School District No. 14, J. H. Smith, Owasso ; 
 School District No. 15, J. W. Turley, Flat Rock ; School District 
 No. 16, Miss Jappa Mason, Turley; School District No. 17, Mrs. 
 C. F. Bair, Sperry; School District No. 19, J. Albert Miller, Sand 
 Springs; School District No. 20, Ralph Chase, Wekiwa; School 
 District No. 21, W. C. Best, Sand Springs; School District No. 22, 
 E. E. Oberholtzer, Tulsa; School District No. 23, E. E. Norvell, 
 Bixby ; School District No. 24, E. E. Coffey, Mounds ; School Dis- 
 
172 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 trict No. 26, F. L. Stewart, Glenpool; School District No. 27, J. 
 S. Lawhon, Jenks; School District No. 28, 0. C. Brooks, Red 
 Fork; School District No. 30, A. H. Bynum, Broken Arrow; 
 School District No. 31, G. W. Vohon, Broken Arrow ; School Dis- 
 trict No. 32, T. J. Shimp, Broken Arrow ; School District No. 33, 
 J. B. Doolittle, West Tulsa ; School District No. 37, R. F. Morris, 
 Broken Arrow; School District No. 46, Reasonover, Bixby; 
 School District No. 47, H. H. Wilcox, Leonard. 
 
 A very interesting condition which developed during the 
 Third Loan and which was also evident in succeeding loans was 
 the almost impatient desire of many patriotic purchasers to in- 
 crease their already liberal subscriptions. This manifestation 
 arose after the campaigns had been in progress a few days, in 
 order that the quota might be reached quickly and from fear 
 that it might not be reached at all. The splendid loyalty of these 
 people seemed not to recognize the amount of time necessary to 
 make a thorough canvas of the city and in that way to secure a 
 large number of subscriptions, thus reaching the quota without 
 placing undue burden upon any person or business concern. It 
 was actually necessary, in order that the city manager carry out 
 his prearranged plan, that he refuse many voluntary additional 
 subscriptions in the first week of the campaign from persons who 
 had already made liberal purchases and who, in the opinion of 
 the management, had already purchased their proper portions of 
 the quota. One notable incident was the visit to the city mana- 
 ger's office of the wife of one of Tulsa's wealthy and patriotic 
 citizens with her husband's check signed in blank with the re- 
 quest that it be used where it might be necessary for an ad- 
 ditional purchase of Bonds. This check was not used and was 
 returned immediately to the maker with the sincere thanks and 
 the statement that on account of the already liberal purchase 
 no additional subscription would be necessary. A few days' time 
 justified this action as the quota was well oversubscribed and 
 with a larger number of individual purchasers than in any pre- 
 vious loan. 
 
 The Liberty Loan organization in Tulsa was entirely a vol- 
 unteer one. The officers and members of the committees worked 
 entirely without salary or remuneration of any kind, in many 
 cases leaving their private business for weeks at a time. These 
 personal sacrifices were cheerfully made and with a sincere de- 
 sire to in that way serve their Government during these critical 
 times to the best of their ability. 
 
 The officers of the organization were equipped with furni- 
 ture, typewriters, adding machines and telephone service cheer- 
 fully furnished without any charge by the various business con- 
 cerns in Tulsa. 
 
WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 173 
 
 The Third Liberty Loan committee comprised the following 
 officers : R. M. McFarlin, district chairman ; N. R. Graham, dis- 
 trict manager; J. M. Berry, County chairman ; C. S. Avery, County 
 manager; A. V. Davenport, city manager; Clarence B. Douglas, 
 director of publicity ; E. S. Young, auditor ; Ralph Talbot, chair- 
 man speakers' bureau; B. F. Finney, director outside publicity. 
 Mrs. W. N. Sill, district chairman for women; Mrs. G. N. Ran- 
 som, County chairman for women ; Mrs. Murray D. Russell, city 
 chairman for women. 
 
 The officers of the Fourth Liberty Loan committee were as 
 follows : R. M. McFarlin, district chairman ; J. M. Berry, County 
 chairman ; C. S. Avery, County manager ; A. V. Davenport, city 
 manager; J. A. McKeever, director of publicity; Frederick L. 
 Thornton and George F. Thomas, auditors; Ralph Talbot, di- 
 rector of speakers' bureau; B. F. Finney, director outside pub- 
 licity ; J. F. Forster, director of transportation. Mrs. W. N. Sill, 
 district chairman for women ; Mrs. A. W. Coleman, County chair- 
 man for women ; Mrs. Frank A. Haskell, city chairman for women. 
 
 The officers of the Fifth or Victory Loan committee were 
 Lee Levering, district chairman; Fred Shaw, district manager; 
 Frank W. Bryant, County Chairman ; C. S. Avery, County man- 
 ager ; A. V. Davenport, city manager ; J. A. McKeever, director of 
 publicity; George F. Thomas, auditor; W. 0. Buck, chairman of 
 speakers' bureau ; Orra E. Upp and Clark Field, sales managers ; 
 Alva J. Niles, director of outside publicity ; J. T. Forster, director 
 of transportation; H. C. Linder, chairman of committee on ar- 
 rangements, tanks and flying circus. 
 
 The executive committee of the Fifth Loan consisted of J. 
 
 E. Crosbie, E. W. Sinclair, W. E. Brown, G. R. McCullough, T. J. 
 Hartman, S. H. King, Jr., W. L. Lewis, M. V. Walter, R. M. Mc- 
 Farlin, E. Constantin, M. C. Hale, C. H. Hubbard, L. E. Abbott, 
 C. A. Mayo, W. A. Vandever, A. L. Farmer, F. C. Gow, H. H. 
 Rogers, E. R. Perry, Dan Hunt, I. G. Rosser, Alf G. Heggem, D. 
 
 F. Connelly, W. C. Steger, A. H. Bell, G. E. Warren, J. W. Sloan, 
 Dr. S. G. Kennedy, M. Moran, T. C. West, Eugene Lorton, Charles 
 Page, Dana H. Kelsey, M. M. Travis, M. M. Doan, E. R. Kemp, 
 
 G. T. Braden, Max Madansky, L. E. Z. Aaronson, W. G. Skelly, 
 J. H. McEwen, R. C. Sharp, W. L. Kistler, H. N. Cole, Frank Has- 
 kell, H. M. Preston, Clarence B. Douglas, F. 0. Larson, Charles 
 Colvin, Walter Miller, George S. Bole, J. H. Evans, E. P. Harwell, 
 F. W. Insull and E. E. Overholtzer. Mrs. W. N. Sill, district 
 chairman for women; Mrs. Minnette Hedges, County chairman 
 for women ; Miss Hilda Jones, County manager for women ; Mrs. 
 George B. Stanley, city chairman for women. 
 
 The quota for Tulsa County in the Third Loan was set by 
 the Treasury Department at $3,566,700. The total subscriptions 
 
174 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 received were $5,037,400, an oversubscription of $1,470,700. The 
 total number of subscribers was 19,191. The sales in the City of 
 Tulsa alone were $4,428,100 from 15,131 subscribers. Of this 
 total the women workers secured $1,075,500. 
 
 The campaign for the Fourth Loan opened on September 
 28th and closed October 19, 1918. The actual campaign in Tulsa 
 was opened on October 2d. A large amount of the preparatory- 
 work had been done in anticipation of a Fourth Loan. Informa- 
 tion was gathered from reliable sources regarding the probable 
 purchasing ability of the people in order that amounts might be 
 suggested to various individuals in conformity to their means. 
 Frequent reports were made to headquarters during the campaign 
 of slackers who either declined to purchase at all or who at- 
 tempted to make purchases in amounts very much smaller than 
 their circumstances warranted. All such reports were investi- 
 gated and most of them were found to be greatly exaggerated. 
 While there were a number of cases of men who had become 
 wealthy in Tulsa and who, in the opinion of the Executive Com- 
 mittee, purchased in amounts very much smaller than they prop- 
 erly, very few cases of real slackerism were revealed. 
 
 The quota for Tulsa County in the Fourth Loan had been set 
 at $7,506,000, more than double the quota in the Third Loan, and, 
 although Tulsa was not the largest city in Oklahoma, this quota 
 was considerably larger than that set for any other Oklahoma 
 county. The committee set $8,000,000 as the goal which Tulsa 
 must reach to cover the quota and a reasonable oversubscription. 
 It seemed a tremendous task and many well informed people 
 seriously doubted the possibility of success. The war was then 
 raging in the height of its fury and patriotism had been stirred 
 to its very depths. A large and very efficient force of men and 
 women workers gathered on that Wednesday morning, October 
 2d, and began their work, confident of success. In two days they 
 had sold on the street and brought into headquarters subscrip- 
 tions totalling $1,507,550. By the end of the third day their 
 sales had reached a total of $2,623,000, and enough additional 
 had been made in the various banks to run the total well over 
 $3,000,000. At the end of the fourth day of the actual campaign 
 the workers had sold $3,179,150 and the banks $884,350 addi- 
 tional. Over $4,000,000 and over half the amount hoped to be 
 reached had already been secured. Unquestionably Tulsa's patri- 
 otic enthusiasm reached its apogee in this campaign. Those who 
 were so fortunate as to be among the solicitors will not soon again 
 be a part of any public activities at once so thrilling and inspiring. 
 At this time the United States had nearly four million soldiers 
 in service and a sufficient force of our men were in the front lines 
 to make a notable effect upon the enemy. Germany's big drive 
 
WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 175 
 
 had been checked scarcely two months before and the Huns were 
 gradually being forced back during these early October days. 
 Germany was beginning to make overtures for peace, but they 
 seemed only to increase the determination of our soldiers to 
 achieve a permanent victory. These veiled offers of peace in 
 the heat of this important campaign caused a fear in the minds 
 of many that it might result in a letting down of effort sufficient 
 to prevent the flotation of the Loan. The following letter, which 
 was sent out by E. Constantin, president of the Constantin Refin- 
 ing Company, is representative of the determined effort on the 
 part of the people of Tulsa at that time to promptly push this 
 loan to a successful conclusion and to fight the war till Germany 
 was completely vanquished : 
 
 'Tulsa, Oct. 8, 1918. 
 
 "Dear Sir: 
 
 "The drive of iniquitous German peace proposals is on. Con- 
 ceived in filth and brought forth in rottenness, it is far more 
 dangerous than any military move. We know our armies can 
 stop and beat back the best in Germany. The Army has made 
 good — now comes our test. 
 
 "This peace proposal is for the purpose of lulling America 
 into a feeling of false security. The way to beat it is to subscribe, 
 and quicky, Tulsa's quota, for anything but a military peace is 
 unthinkable. 
 
 "For the purpose primarily of making such military peace 
 sure, and secondarily to maintain Tulsa's reputation for doing 
 things, I have called a meeting of prominent men for Wednesday, 
 October 9, 1918, at 4 p. m., at the Chamber of Commerce. 
 
 "The amount to be subscribed is not excessive, for, according 
 to confidential reports, the individual will be called upon for only 
 a small amount if all will subscribe according to his means, meas- 
 ured by sincere patriotism. 
 
 "It is the duty of everyone to be present — your time now 
 belongs to your Government, and no absence can be excused. 
 
 "Yours for the Fourth Liberty Loan, 
 
 "(Signed) E. Constantin." 
 
 This meeting gathered in the directors' room of the Ex- 
 change National Bank, the assembly room of the Chamber of 
 Commerce not being available at that time. The room was 
 filled to capacity with men who had received Constantin's let- 
 ter. There was not a man in the room who had not already made 
 his subscription to the Fourth Loan. Constantin opened the 
 meeting by stating the urgent necessity of showing by the over- 
 subscription of this Loan that the United States intended to 
 fight this War to the complete subjugation of Germany. He 
 then announced his intention to immediately double his original 
 
176 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 subscription and asked for pledges of additional subscriptions 
 from those present. As quickly as the names and amounts 
 could be taken down, $324,500 in additional subscriptions was 
 made. 
 
 Just at this time the campaign was interferred with by a 
 serious outbreak of what was termed the Spanish influenza. 
 Frequent cases of pneumonia developed from this infection and 
 deaths were numerous. The public was quickly seized with 
 alarm and public officials generally over the country ordered the 
 discontinuance of public meetings in the hope of arresting the 
 spread of this malady. The noonday luncheons were allowed to 
 continue, but the force of workers was reduced by sickness, and 
 for several days the work of the Fourth Loan campaign was 
 greatly handicapped. 
 
 In spite of this serious interference the Committee was able 
 to reach its quota and disband the voluntary force of workers 
 on October 15th. At the close of the National Campaign on Octo- 
 ber 19th the total subscriptions in Tulsa County had reached the 
 handsome figure of $8,461,600. This exceeded the total sub- 
 scriptions in any other Oklahoma County throughout the war. 
 The total number of individual subscribers was 21,420. The sales 
 in Tulsa city alone were $7,607,500, distributed among 16,134 
 individual subscribers. Out of this magnificent total the 
 Women's Committee secured subscriptions totalling $2,664,450. 
 
 In this campaign advanced payments on subscriptions re- 
 ceived by workers were handled over the counter in the city 
 headquarters in an amount exceeding $790,000. This large 
 amount of money was handled with an error of only $20. 
 
 The total amount raised in Tulsa County in the Fourth 
 Liberty Loan, $8,461,600, included subscriptions of railroad em- 
 ployes in the sum of $66,400. The remainder was raised in the 
 various communities as follows : Bixby, quota $79,900, subscrip- 
 tions $101,500; Broken Arrow, quota, $128,500, subscriptions 
 $154,100; Collinsville, quota $131,250, subscriptions $131,150; 
 Jenks, quota, $25,900, subscriptions $30,300; Owasso, quota 
 $19,350, subscriptions $24,350 ; Red Fork, quota $18,450, subscrip- 
 tions $19,800; Sperry, quota $13,750, subscriptions $25,000; 
 Skiatook, quota $89,050, subscriptions $104,150; Sand Springs, 
 quota $49,750, subscriptions $172,250; Tulsa, quota $6,905,450, 
 subscriptions $7,607,500; West Tulsa, quota $24,750, subscrip- 
 tions $24,900. 
 
 The following chairmen in outlying districts were appointed 
 in the Fourth Liberty Loan: School District No. 1, W. S. Van- 
 naman, Catoosa; Joint School District No. 1, C. F. Rogers, Skia- 
 took; School District Uo. 2, J. T. Whitley, Tulsa; Joint School Dis- 
 trict No. 2, Otto O'Kief , Keystone ; School District No. 3, James 
 
WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 177 
 
 Hargrove, Tulsa; School District No. 4, J. P. Harter, Tulsa; School 
 District No. 5, S. H. Presley, Alsuma ; School District No. 6, F. C. 
 Beiberick, Broken Arrow; School District No. 7, Dr. W. D. 
 Ownby, Broken Arrow; School District No. 8, Mrs. C. C. Mercer, 
 Broken Arrow; School District No. 9, Charles Stunkard, Tulsa; 
 School District No. 10, R. L. Meadows, Bixby; School District 
 No. 11, Ben McKibben, Broken Arrow; School District No. 12, 
 John Polston, Tulsa; School District No. 13, C. W. Robertson, 
 Tulsa; School District No. 14, N. R. Mounger, Owasso; School 
 District No. 15, Bert Buckmaster, Tulsa; School District No. 16, 
 C. B. Corley, Turley ; School District No. 17, R. W. Blaine, Sperry ; 
 School District No. 19, H. E. Bartlett, Sand Springs ; School Dis- 
 trict No. 20, Leon Landrum, Piatt ; School District No. 21, W. C. 
 Best, Sand Springs ; School District No. 23, George Wiles, Bixby ; 
 School District No. 24, W. D. Lee, Mounds ; School District No. 25, 
 W. H. Roller, Mounds; School District No. 26, John A, Primm, 
 Glenpool; School District No. 27, C. W. Roush, Jenks; School 
 District No. 28, Col. E. Mays, Red Fork ; School District No. 30, 
 
 A. H. Bynum, Broken Arrow; School District No. 31, Martin 
 Schuttler, Broken Arrow; School District No. 32, Wes McCul- 
 lough, Broken Arrow ; School District No. 33, J. B. Doolittle, West 
 Tulsa; School District No. 34, Ed Cason, Collinsville ; School 
 District No. 36, Ben Polston, Broken Arrow ; School District No. 
 37, R. F. Norris, Broken Arrow; School District No. 46, A. L. 
 Nicewander, Broken Arrow ; School District No. 47, H. H. Wilcox, 
 Leonard ; School District No. 69, W. L. Childers, Bixby, and Col- 
 linsville District, E. D. Jones, Collinsville. 
 
 Following is the list of active workers and solicitors in the 
 city of Tulsa in the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign : R. C. Jop- 
 ling, W. A. Bradshaw, G. E. Warren, W. L. DeBerry, L. E. Pit- 
 tenger, A. E. Taylor, 0. E. Upp, Dr. W. M. Wilson, W. Cuddy, 
 J. G. Scott, C. P. Cox, A. E. Coppers, J. A. Waldrep, J. J. Warin- 
 ner, W. L. Stout, Harry H. Rogers, Mack J. Rimackle, G. R. Allen, 
 
 B. B. Gamble, A. C. Wilson, O. W. Martin, S. 0. Manlove, Forest 
 Tipsward, P. McCullough, Ralph Talbot, E. A. Braniff, E. Court- 
 ney, P. J. Edwards, J. P. Evers, A. L. Farmer, E. M. Gallagher, 
 Wash E. Hudson, E. E. Harvey, A. A. Hatch, C. A. Hastings, 
 T. M. Leslie, R. F. Morley, John B. Meserve, C. P. Manion, F. F. 
 Nelson, Mrs. C. B. Gump, Miss Lucille Beckner, Miss Morrison, 
 Mrs. George Canterbury, Miss Maxine Day, Mrs. C. J. Thornton, 
 Miss Lucile Switzer, Mrs. E. G. Hastings, Mrs. C. W. Kerr, Mrs. 
 A. Ernsberger, Mrs. G. O. Hollow, Miss Mable Buttler, Mrs. E. R. 
 Perry, Mrs. A. L. Murphy, Miss Catherine Acosta, Miss Beth 
 Hackendorf , Mrs. George Etoagland, Mrs. Helen Doyle Durrett, 
 Mrs. Carl Gillette, Miss Virginia Williams, Mrs. M. D. Russell, 
 Mrs. F. H. Greer, Mrs. L. M. Billingslea, Mrs. John Hanna, Mrs. 
 
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 O. L. Frost, Miss Leahoma Makel, Miss Florence Griffith, Miss 
 Paulina Mullins, Mrs. Louis Cohen, Miss Jessie Harness, Mrs. 
 M. M. Doan, Mrs. G. R. McCullough, Mrs. A. Arthur, Mrs. Earl 
 Sneed, Mrs. W. D. Abbott, Mrs. B. G. Boatwright, Miss Halleen 
 Alley, Miss Kate Owens, Miss Modena Woodward, Mrs. M. B. 
 Paulea, Miss Vera B. Hoover, Charles B. Rogers, W. B. Richards, 
 
 E. A. Robinson, Rev. C. R. Tucker, T. A. Trusty, T. L. Wallace, 
 M. C. Prunty, W. L. Lewis, I. W. Lane, Henry McGraw, J. F. Van- 
 deventer, E. P. Brown, C. A. McDonald, R. M. McFarlin, H. B. 
 Goodrich, Carl Gillette, C. S. Wiley, G. W. Brockway, N. R. Gra- 
 ham, J. C. Montfort, A. D. Young, Lee L. Levering, Mr. Wheat, 
 Mr. Reardon, A. E. Wickizer, C. K. Leslie, Jr., Wm. M. Prakfa, Roy 
 Bradley, Harry Morton, A. V. Mauk, Charles Lane, W. 0. Buck, 
 N. J. Gubser, D. F. Connolly, F. H. Greer, F. C. Gow, Charles B. 
 Laure, C. D. Coggeshall, A. J. Hamel, C. L. Wait, E. B. Houston, 
 H A King, N. K. Tomkins, Richard Tilton, John Smith, G. F. 
 Beaty, Miss Matle Riggs, Miss Elizabeth Brannon, Mrs. F. M. 
 Hunt, Mrs. H. D. Murdock, Miss Vera Gwynn, Miss Celestia Har- 
 rington, Mrs. W. L. Dickey, Mrs. D. J. Davisson, Miss Ruth Rob- 
 ertson, Mrs. C. Kroll, Mrs. E. P. Harwell, Mrs. W. C. Steger, Mrs. 
 
 F. H. Thrailkill, Miss Mary Owen, Mrs. H. B. Segner, Miss Jessie 
 LaForge, Miss W. N. Sill, Miss Florence Craver, Miss lone Lem- 
 mon, Mrs. 0. K. Leslie, Mrs. Ed Levin, Miss Elinora Cooper, Mrs. 
 Charles Lamb, Mrs. William Miller Ross, Mrs. H. N. Cole, Mrs. 
 
 G. S. Berry, Mrs. George S. Bole, Mrs. C. J. Holt, Mrs. H. G. Bar- 
 nard, Mrs. S. R. Gammon, Miss Margaret Moran, Mrs. J. R. 
 Manion, Mrs. W. J. Gregg, Mrs. Frank Shallenberger, Miss Betty 
 Brooks, Miss Emma Strawn, Miss Elizabeth Bretlinger, Mrs. O. 
 H. McCarty, Mrs. A. G. Heggem, Mrs. A. H. Craber, Mrs. F. A. 
 Haskell, Mrs. J. A. Chapman, Mrs. Dixie Gore, Mrs. Charles W. 
 Flint, Mrs. Elsie Birmingham, A. I. Waner, B. H. Davis, G. W. 
 Green, Rev. C. V. Kling, O. L. Gates, F. W. Insull, W. H. Main- 
 waring, J. T. Forster, J. H. Stockton, A. G. Lott, G. C. Kern, 
 R. H. Bartleet, Charles B. Larre, J. L. Freeman, R. H. Thurston, 
 J. G. Scott, C. G. Smith, H. L. Wallace, Charles B. Buthod, Clar- 
 ence Orman, C. W. Benedict, W. E. Downing, C. B. Wallace, G. M. 
 Ransom, R. C. Lamprick, N. T. Gilbert, C. H. Seger, Lee Clinton, 
 J. P. Byrd, Jr., W. M. Baker, E. W. Jacobs, 0. H. Leonard, E. W. 
 Sinclair, W. A. Brownlee, J. L. Shaughnessy, A. J. Keeling, J. H. 
 Brown, William Hackendorf, George T. Williamson, Otis L. Snow, 
 Ben H. Lancaster, Harry Castle, W. V. Biddison, C. E. McCune, 
 Mrs. P. G. Walker, Jr., Mrs. John Z. Anderson, Mrs. James 
 Veasey, Mrs. Charles F. Noble, Mrs. R. M. McFarlin, Mrs. S. E. 
 Dunn, Mrs. C. W. Benedict, Miss Irene Delaney, Miss Kathleen 
 Love, Mrs. A. E. Coleman, Mrs. Winifred Washabaugh, Miss Jen- 
 nie King, Miss Faye Elliott, Miss Marion Gibney, Miss Charlie 
 
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 Nickle, Mrs. J. H. Markham, Jr., Miss Vera Ball, Mrs. V. C. 
 Franklin, Miss Ollie Cole, Miss Gertrude Connolly, Mrs. W. C. 
 Hunter, Mrs. I. G. Rosser, Mrs. J. D. Burke, Mrs. H. N. Greis, 
 Mrs. W. E. Brown, Mrs. J. T. Lantry, Mrs. T. K. Simmons, Miss 
 Ozea Bourg, Mrs. L. E. G. Aaronson, Mrs. T. K. Smith, Mrs. 
 Charles Douglas, Mrs. M. Gallias, Mrs. H. Barnett, Mrs. Alice 
 Brogan, Mrs. C. H. Leonard, Miss Bess Bourland, Mrs. Alpha 
 Peed, Miss Ethlyn Carpenter, Mrs. Ralph Dillard, Mrs. C. 0. 
 Robinson, Mrs. A. W. Roth, Mrs. J. M. Berry, Mrs. F. P. Walter, 
 Mrs. G. G. Gillette, Miss Helen Kemp, George Stanley, E. S. Ellis, 
 A. L. Wait, Rev. W. H. Murphy, B. B. Calk, Walter Ahlum, Claude 
 Tuttle, A. E. Duran, H. M. Van Reede, Pat Rafferty, R. L. Moody, 
 Court Lewis, J. S. Pearce, 0. P. Little, H. D. Todd, E. E. Ober- 
 holtzer, I. G. Fiddler, Rev. J. W. Abel, Rev. Louis S. Barton, 
 H. N. Gardner, Theodore Cox, G. J. Turner, J. A. McKeever, 
 C. S. Avery, R. C. Vandevater, L. J. McConnell, C. L. Gilmore, 
 Pat Evans, W. F. Leffingwell, Dan Hunt, W. H. Horster, H. A. 
 Jenkins, 0. T. Dawson, J. T. Chamblee, Harry Shipman, Harvey 
 Rhodes, M. C. Hatch, L. E. Nichols, Rabbi J. B. Menkes, E. S. 
 Worthington, H. E. Bethel, E. R. Jones, John S. Davenport, L. V. 
 Hitch, H. A. Wakefield, 0. A. Steiner, J. W. Woodford, J. M. 
 Hayner, William Miller Ross, 0. L. Goodale, H. E. Snyder, I. Mc- 
 Knieht, G. E. Bodine, F. O'Brien, T. C. Phillips, W. C. Garrett, 
 G. W. Showalker, G. W. Levitt, G. E. Bennett, A. E. Ford, L. H. 
 Arntrout, Roscoe Adams, R. A. Woods, A. F. Bourne, A. D. 
 Kneale, H. R. Gruber, L. N. Ewing, H. E. Kinzie, R. C. Shepard- 
 son, Clark Field, Arthur Baker, W. H. Hendes, J. H. Constantin, 
 Roy Lundy, H. R. Crews, L. L. Doyle, F. M. Prisser, W. E. Has- 
 kins, Clyde J. Coleman, Dr. H. H. Messimer, L. H. Louis, J. T. 
 Horner, Elton B. Hunt, C. C. Schmelsel, Marion McCarty, Robert 
 
 A. Stekoll, Joseph Davis, Joseph Olson, M. R. Travis, Jap Lewis, 
 Rabbi M. Teller, Sam Boorstein, Richard Durrett, J. E. Blair, 
 Dr. C. K. Francis, F. E. Sheldon, J. F. Kirkpatrick, William Good- 
 man, Ben Curtis, J. H. Gardner, Ray Fellows, W. F. Stahl, John 
 W. Cunningham, Mowry Bates, W. F. Stone, R. E. McCline, Philip 
 Kates, N. G. Henthorne, R. G. Smith, A. J. Cripe, A. C. Hunt, E. 
 C. Chase, L. W. Rabideau, G F. Bell, L. E. Abbott, Joe Levy, 
 Elbert Eskridge, E. A. Guise, C. R. Haggard, M. D. Creel, D. N. 
 Mitchell, Robert Boice Carson, Harry Kiskaddon, J. K. Livingston, 
 
 B. Pearlstein, W. A. Vandever, F. C. Freedley, C. R. Boling, M. B. 
 York, D. E. Isaacs, W. F. Deiterman, W. F. Mayo, C. A. Burleson, 
 R H. Owens, C. H. Fenstermacher, F. 0. Larson, C. L. Holland, 
 M. N. Walter, Captain A. Ray Wiley, E. C. Cunningham, W. C. 
 Steger, I. G. Rosser, A. V. Davenport, John M. Goldsberry, C. E. 
 Dixon, J. D. Winters, L. L. Wiles, A. W. Lucas, C. H. Cleveland, 
 R. B. Mitchell, Kelly Gibson, F. S. Hurd, C. B. Rawson, Guay 
 
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 V. Johnson, A. C. Wise, T. A. Henry, George G. Ryan, Mrs. George 
 G. Ryan, H. C. Vesper, and F. C. Tompkins. 
 
 Towards the close of this campaign an interesting feature 
 at one of the noonday luncheons was the presentation to the 
 city manager, A. V. Davenport, and the county manager, C. S. 
 Avery, of handsome solid gold watches by the Tulsa Clearing 
 House Association. The presentation was made by E. W. Sin- 
 clair, president of that association. The watches were of an 
 attractive thin model, with the monogram of the recipients en- 
 graved on the back and bearing on the inside cover these words : 
 "Presented by the Tulsa Clearing House Association for service, 
 Fourth Liberty Loan, October, 1918." 
 
 In September, 1918, the United States Shipping Board gave 
 permission, to name ten ships, then being built, for cities in the 
 Tenth Federal Reserve District. At the same time the Tank 
 Corps of the War Department gave permission to name ten tanks 
 for cities in this district. In order to establish proper and fair 
 competition among the cities a classification was made on the 
 basis of population, ranging from cities under 5,000 to those 
 over 150,000, by J. M. Worley of Kansas City, then director of 
 publicity for the Tenth Federal Reserve District. The first city 
 in each class to exceed its quota and at the same time to dis- 
 tribute the sale of bonds to at least twenty per cent of its popu- 
 lation was given the honor of naming a ship. The second city 
 in each class to so qualify was permitted to name a tank. Tulsa 
 was then placed in class seven as having a population of between 
 50,000 and 75,000. Tulsa was beaten in this contest by Lincoln, 
 Nebraska, which city qualified a short time before Tulsa, Tulsa 
 qualifying as the second in time and receiving thereby permission 
 to name a tank. The manufacture of tanks was discontinued 
 shortly thereafter on account of the signing of the armistice 
 and the cities which had qualified for permission to name tanks 
 were given instead their originally coveted privilege of naming 
 a ship. In consequence thereof, the good ship "Tulsa" was 
 launched at Hog Island, Pennsylvania, at high noon on Saturday, 
 July 26, 1919. She was christened by Miss Lula Crosbie, daugh- 
 ter of J. E. Crosbie, president of the Central National Bank. Miss 
 Crosbie christened this 7,825-ton steel merchant vessel by break- 
 ing a bottle of crude oil over the bow as the "Tulsa" slipped its 
 moorings. 
 
 The Fifth, or Victory, Loan campaign opened on April 21st, 
 and closed on May 10, 1919. The armistice had been signed on 
 November 11, 1918, over five months before the opening of this 
 campaign. In the minds of many the war was over and the 
 necessity for further war activities had passed. The need for 
 the flotation of the Victory Loan, however, was exactly as great 
 
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 as had been the need for the success of any of the previous loans. 
 Money was needed to bring our soldiers home from France; to 
 pay the costs of demobilization ; for supplies purchased both here 
 and abroad, and for numberless other items incident to the dis- 
 banding of our greatest army. 
 
 The volunteer campaign organization in Tulsa, which had 
 done such notable service and displayed so remarkable an en- 
 thusiasm during the Fourth Loan had, as it seemed, automatically 
 disbanded, as though wearied of war work, not recognizing the 
 necessity for the same patriotic effort that had been made in 
 previous campaigns. It was not possible to recruit an organiza- 
 tion for this campaign to equal, either in size or in enthusiasm, 
 those of the Third and Fourth Loans. The quota set for Tulsa 
 County in the Victory Loan was $5,639,600, the largest asked 
 for in any previous Loan except the Fourth. When it is con- 
 sidered that it was not possible to secure as large number of 
 workers as in the Fourth or to awaken a similar amount of en- 
 thusiasm, and in view of the general apathy of the people, their 
 war-worn condition and eagerness to return to their own business, 
 the fact that this Loan was successfully sold direct to the people, 
 with an oversubscription of nearly three-quarters of a million 
 dollars, made all workers feel that it was in every sense a 
 Victory Loan. The management, after the success of the four 
 previous Loans, was determined that in spie of the terrific handi- 
 cap of waning interest that this Loan should be successfully 
 oversubscribed and without the assistance of bank subscriptions. 
 From the first day the reports from the street workers were 
 most discouraging and the amount of their sales pitifully small 
 in comparison with those of previous Loans. The total sales 
 from workers in two weeks had reached only the sum of $1,588,- 
 000. scarcely more than was sold in two days by similar methods 
 in the Fourth Loan. Sales to individuals through the banks 
 had, at the end of two weeks, exceeded the sales of the workers 
 by about $600,000, but still leaving the County about $2,000,000 
 short of its quota. 
 
 The number of workers had been considerably reduced by 
 this time as the result of discouragement and their sales had 
 dropped to less than $50,000 a day. There was but one week 
 more in which to finish the work, with a shortage of nearly 
 $2,000,000. It was at this stage of the campaign that the efforts 
 of an additional force of salespeople was enlisted, men with 
 peculiar ability, needed to successfully finish the campaign. 
 These were the officers of the various banks who canvassed their 
 patronage for new and additional subscriptions. This guaran- 
 . teed the flotation of the Loan and turned threatened failure into 
 another financial victory for Tulsa. 
 
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 It was not until noon on Friday, May 9th, next to the last 
 day of the campaign, that it was known that the quota had 
 actually been subscribed, and to the immeasurable satisfaction 
 of all of the Committee, it was found that when the total was 
 made after the close of business Saturday, May 10th, that there 
 was an oversubscription of $733,250, total sales having been made 
 of $6,372,350. Included in these figures were $135,000 of volun- 
 tary subscriptions by banks in Tulsa, none of which was asked 
 for by the Committee or necessary to reach the quota. 
 
 Of these total figures $5,883,050 were purchasers in the city 
 of Tulsa, purchases in the County outside of Tulsa being $492,800. 
 Total sales in the Victory Loan by the Women's Committee in 
 Tulsa County were $436,400, in the city of Tulsa $424,800. 
 
 During the progress of the Fifth Loan, on May 3, 1919, a 
 Flying Circus was held in Tulsa by Government and foreign 
 aviators with a fleet of some twenty planes of various styles. 
 Their exhibition was given for the purpose of stimulating inter- 
 est in the Loan and demonstrating the use of airplanes in war 
 service. The officer in charge consented to take up as passen- 
 gers four persons to be selected from the active workers in the 
 campaign. In the contest for this honor ten women and eleven 
 men qualified as eligible, and from those names four were drawn 
 by lot. In consequence they were given a thrilling ride over 
 the city lasting an hour and fifteen minutes. The fortunate work- 
 ers who took this aerial flight were Mrs. H. L. Felt, Miss Esther 
 Fox, Arlie J. Cripe and W. H. Mainwaring. 
 
 For having exceeded its quota in all of the Loans Tulsa was 
 presented by the U. S. Treasury Department with honor flags 
 in recognition of its loyalty. The first flag was presented after 
 the close of the Third Loan. This flag had a white field sur- 
 rounded by a deep red border and with three vertical blue stripes 
 across the center. The honor flag for the Fourth Loan is of the 
 same style and color, showing four vertical blue stripes. The 
 honor flag for the Fifth Loan shows a V on the center of the 
 white field and with the same red border. In addition to these 
 three flags a fourth was presented, the same in style as the honor 
 flag for the Fourth Loan, excepting that a blue stripe crosses 
 diagonally the four vertical blue stripes. This latter flag recog- 
 nizes oversubscription in each of the five Loans. 
 
 At the conclusion of the Loan campaigns these flags were 
 flown from the staffs on the principal buildings and industrial 
 plants of Tulsa. They will now be preserved by the Tulsa County 
 Historical Society. 
 
 The following returns were received by the county manager 
 from the outside banks at the close of the Victory Loan : 
 
 Bixby, quota $84,650, subscriptions $41,000; Broken Arrow, 
 
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 quota $128,700, subscriptions $128,700; Collinsville, quota $91,- 
 200, subscriptions $91,200; Jenks, quota, $22,000, subscriptions 
 $22,500; Owasso, quota $12,300, subscriptions $13,400; Red Fork, 
 quota $8,500, subscriptions $11,650; Sperry, quota $11,600, sub- 
 scriptions $17,000 ; Skiatook, quota $87,000, subscriptions $100,- 
 200; Sand Springs, quota $47,600, subscriptions $67,150. 
 
 The following chairmen had charge of the campaign in their 
 various districts: Collinsville, John M. Goldsberry, chairman, 
 H. C. Bollman, manager ; Broken Arrow, Robert B. Mitchell, chair- 
 man, D. LaRue Baker, chairman of speakers bureau; Sperry, 
 J. D. Winters, chairman; Skiatook, A. W. Lucas; Owasso, C. E. 
 Dickson ; Jenks, Quay V. Johnson ; Dawson, Mrs. George Rhyne ; 
 Bixby, A. C. Wise; Red Fork, Cecil Henry; Sand Springs, C. B. 
 Rawson. In charge of the townships were: Plainview, P. J. 
 Maudlin ; Turley, Mrs. C. W. Gillespie ; Leonard, Mrs. H. C. Hixon ; 
 Scales, Ed Babb ; Bethel Union, Mrs. B. L. Rike ; School District 
 No. 25, J. W. Clark; Liberty District, Basil McClendon. 
 
 The War Record Flag was awarded to all the above towns, 
 except Bixby. 
 
III. 
 
 RED CROSS DRIVES 
 
 Tulsa and Tulsa County met the test in the four campaigns 
 for funds for the support of the American Red Cross in its mis- 
 sion of mercy. Millions were invested in Liberty Bonds and War 
 Savings Stamps, both as a patriotic duty and as an investment. 
 Red Cross subscriptions, however, were free-will offerings from 
 which there were no visible financial returns beyond the mutual 
 benefits which should accrue from the early conclusion of the 
 World War. The Red Cross drives "mobilized the hearts and 
 souls of all America" and the proceeds did double duty in caring 
 for the wounded and relieving the distress of civilian populations 
 in the war area. 
 
 The first campaign or "drive" in Tulsa for Red Cross funds 
 was made in June, 1917. At that time there was no state organi- 
 zation and the Red Cross quota was incorporated with those of 
 the Navy League and the Y. M. C. A. into the $100,000 Tulsa 
 War Relief Fund. A total of $125,000 was reached in this cam- 
 paign. 
 
 The first strictly Red Cross drive was made just preceding 
 the holidays of 1917. It was known as the 1917 Christmas Red 
 Cross Membership campaign. In this the goal was members, 
 not dollars. The quota allotted to Tulsa County was 15,000 mem- 
 bers. The total membership enrolled was 27,000. The quota 
 for the State was 500,000. The campaign opened on December 
 17th and closed on Christmas eve. 
 
 Edgar A. Wilcox, at that time secretary and local manager 
 of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma, was County manager 
 for the drive, with Ralph Talbot managing director of the cam- 
 paign. E. E. Oberholtzer was appointed city manager, J. Burr 
 Gibbons was director of the speakers' bureau, and N. R. Graham 
 was made treasurer for the campaign. 
 
 Other members of the County Executive Committee were 
 J. M. Berry, L. S. Barton, R. M. McFarlin, E. W. Sinclair, Ed 
 Warren, Mrs. R. F. McArthur, Mrs. A. W. Roth, Mrs. W. N. Sill, 
 Miss May Friend, Miss Mae Evans, C. E. Buchner and E. Roger 
 Kemp. 
 
 W. D. Moss conducted the Publicity Department for the 
 campaign. 
 
 Those charged with working the territory outside of Tulsa 
 were: 
 
 Glenpool — F. F. Stewart, city manager ; team captains, Fred 
 
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 Jeffries, Victor Lockett, M. T. Stulf, F. R. Pauly, J. A. Primm, 
 Elmer Finley, Floyd Powell, V. Cumby and John Egbert. 
 
 Sperry — J. D. Winters, city manager ; team captains, R. Mar- 
 tin, R. W. Blaine, C. A. Bingham, 0. R. Griggs and Joseph Harsch- 
 barger. 
 
 Broken Arrow — R. R. Hurd, city manager; team captains, 
 Earl Gardiner, M. C. Williams, Tracy Hunsecker, U. B. Mader, 
 J. G. Remy, Paul Walters, V. L. Lee, Leon Barth, George Adams, 
 Charles Foster, Ernest Barnard, Lester Green, Harlan Sandusky, 
 Walter Hensley and Avery Rough. 
 
 Dawson — George G. Ryne, city manager; team captains, 
 John Curry, C. W. Albright, V. T. Brown and E. H. Crumrine. 
 
 Owasso — Dr. Wilson Humphries, city manager; captains, 
 Mrs. Wade. Meyers, Ed Colburn, Miss Daisy Ross, L. Estell, H. H. 
 Hayden and Mrs. Sam Miles. 
 
 Sand Springs — V. A. Schiefelbusch, city manager; cap- 
 tains, Rufus Colgin, Thomas Hanley, H. J. Huber, Mark M. Stan- 
 ley, Charles Parker, Amos Yoder, Ross Rayburn, F. P. Lannon, 
 Rev. E. C. Sloan, Rev. S. R. Gordon, Rev. L. D. Corning, J. A. 
 Shogren, Fred Gantz, Robert W. Gibbs, Lee Fitzhugh, A. J. 
 Schultz, L. L. Matthews, S. A. Esell, L. S. Hohl, J. E. Lawless 
 and John Ball. 
 
 Skiatook — L. L. Wiles, city manager ; captains, C. H. Cleve- 
 land, A. W. Lucas, Dr. A. J. Butts and F. F. Cochran. 
 
 Bixby — Harry H. Worsham, city manager; captains, J. A. 
 Poorman, Leona Lowman Wise, J. N. Dunlap, Rev. Gardner, Ruby 
 Reasonover, J. F. Kays, O. E. Robinsoall, Joseph Randolph, J. 
 Hansh Carter and H. H. Wilcox. 
 
 J. Burr Gibbons, as director of the Speakers Bureau, was 
 assisted by Rev. J. W. Darby, W. 0. Buck, N. R. Graham, E. J. 
 Bundy, Falsa F. Morley, George Reeves, W. F. Stahl, Rev. L. S. 
 Barton, E. S. Moon, C. B. Rogers, E. E. Oberholtzer, Aleck Kerr, 
 A. L. Farmer, A. P. W. Kerr, Ed Warren, R. A. Woods, Lee Dan- 
 iels, Clark Field, Ray Fellows, Eugene Lorton, Frank Greer, 
 Mayor J. H. Simmons, Arlie J. Cripe and Horace Hagan. Town- 
 ship managers were appointed as follows: Jenks, H. B. Ham- 
 ilton; Broken Arrow, R. R. Hurd; Bixby, Harry H. Worsham; 
 Skiatook, L. L. Wiles; Sand Springs, Alexander Kerr; Owasso, 
 Dr. Humphries; Sperry, J. D. Winters, Red Fork, T. A. Henry; 
 Dawson, George C. Rhyne; Glenpool, F. F. Stewart. 
 
 In the down town booths to solicit Red Cross subscriptions 
 during the campaign were the following young women: Misses 
 Blanche Rogers, Mae Evans, Evelyn Mock, Mabel Marsh, Jerry 
 Griffin, Dorothy Griffen, Ruth Fitzpatrick, Edna Nelson, Mary 
 Delaney, Miriam Murphy, Helen Delaney, Evelyn Connelly, Mabel 
 ' Core, Vivian Fulghum, Carmen Coyle, Ethelyn Carpenter, Irene 
 
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 Delaney, Norman Miller, Ninah Norris, Naomi Meserve, Helen 
 Ardizone, Frankie Herman, Trude Connelly, Florence Heald, 
 Leona Kline, Dorothy Dorn, Bess Hudson, Mildred Hansel, and 
 Mesdames Lester A. Gillespie, John Wesley Boles, Harry Castle, 
 Frank W. Dillard, Ruth Dewey, Ross Rayburn, E. K. Roth, Max 
 B. Andrae, Winston T. Henry and Knight Douglas. 
 
 During this campaign every person who took out a Red 
 Cross membership was given a Red Cross service flag to place 
 in the window. For each additional member of a household 
 who secured a membership a small cross was added. On Christ- 
 mas eve a lighted candle was placed in the window illuminating 
 the service flag. 
 
 An energetic campaign was put on by the soliciting organiza- 
 tion, the Speakers Bureau and the Publicity Department. Every 
 church in the city and County lent its assistance to the movement. 
 All clubs and societies became active workers. Tulsa's young 
 society women, in charge of booths, wore regulation Red Cross 
 uniforms. 
 
 At the conclusion of the campaign on Christmas eve it was 
 found that substantial oversubscription had been placed to the 
 credit of the County, the total of 27,000 memberships being di- 
 vided as follows: 
 
 Tulsa 7,071, Sand Springs 1,720, Skiatook 1,502, Broken Ar- 
 row 1,232, JenkS 529, Bixby 380, Leonard 70, Owasso 350, Sperry 
 209, Red Fork 200, Dawson 215, Turley 158, Glenpool 345, Wat- 
 kins, Glenpool township, 172. 
 
 In this campaign the following general program was car- 
 ried out for the week of December 17-24. 
 
 On Sunday pledges were distributed, there were Red Cross 
 membership talks and speakers addressed all public gatherings. 
 
 On Monday managers and workers canvassed the business 
 districts of the city. Red Cross talks were made in every theater 
 and Red Cross flags were displayed from flagmasts throughout 
 the city. 
 
 On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday workers canvassed 
 the residence district and called at every home not displaying 
 a Red Cross service flag. Red Cross talks were made in every 
 theater. 
 
 On Friday there was a general cleanup, while on Saturday 
 work was centered on the booths located in the business section. 
 On Saturday night church bells rang, service flags displayed 
 in windows were illuminated and school children sang Christmas 
 carols in the streets. 
 
 The women workers proved an effective force during this 
 campaign. Mrs. W. W. Brodie, captain of the team, maintained 
 headquarters at the Y. M. C. A. Booths were placed in every bank 
 
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 lobby, in every hotel lobby and in all of the principal stores. 
 Mrs. Brodie selected the following lieutenants and made the 
 following assignments : 
 
 Lieutenants — Mrs. E. Roger Kemp, Mrs. C. D. F. O'Hern, 
 Mrs. William Pomeroy, Miss Mae Evans, Miss Sarah Davidson. 
 Assignments of booths : Scott-Halliburton- Abbott, Misses Car- 
 men Coyle and Irene Hastings; Vandever's, Mrs. Victor Walker 
 and Mrs. George S. Polo ; Hunt's, Mrs. Lester Gillespie and Miss 
 Miriam Humphrey; Hunt-Murry, Misses Irene Dulaney and Ger- 
 trude Connolly, Exchange National Bank, Mrs. Max D. Andre, 
 Misses Mae Evans, Evelyn Mock and Dorothy Dorn ; Central Na- 
 tional Bank, Mrs. E. Roger Kemp, Mrs. C. D. F. O'Hern; First 
 National Bank, Miss Mildred Hansel; Union National Bank, Mrs. 
 Edgar Ewing and Miss Mabel Morris; Liberty National Bank, 
 Miss Edna Nelson and Miss Mary Dulaney ; Producers State Bank, 
 Miss Naomi Meserve; National Bank of Commerce, Misses Isa- 
 belle and Priscilla Drake; Hotel Tulsa, Mrs. Knight P. Douglas 
 and Misses Ethelyn Carpenter, Ruth Fitpatrick and Mina Norris ; 
 Kress, Mrs. Chester McKeown and Mrs. Hal T. Macon; lobby 
 Gallais Building, Mrs. J. E. Washington; lobby Daniel Building, 
 Mrs. Roscoe Griffith and Mrs. Clyde Fowler; courthouse, Mrs. 
 F. A. Baker and Mrs. F. I. Louis; lobby Ketchum Hotel, Mrs. 
 J. R. Burdick; American National Bank, Mrs. Ruth Dewey and 
 Miss Mabel Core; postoffice, Misses Jerry and Dorothy Griffin; 
 Palace Clothiers", Mrs. C. E. Crawley and Miss Leona Kline ; Model 
 Clothiers, Misses Blanche Boone and Ramona Geek; Brown & 
 Blazer, Mrs. Harry Castle and Miss Bess Hudson ; Jenkins Music 
 Company, Mrs. John Wesley Bates and Miss Ruth Brown. 
 
 Managers in the surrounding towns in the County were: 
 
 At Sand Springs — Manager, V. A. Schief elbusch ; team cap- 
 tains, Rufus Colgin, Thomas Hanley, H. J. Huber, H. E. Williams, 
 Harry E. Bartlett, Louis Barnett, A. T. W. Kerr, E. C. Hubbard, 
 Joe Irwin, T. A. Secord, G. Ciociola, J. W. Ganoway, B. F. Breed- 
 ing, J. A. Miller, Roy Inbody, Mark M. Stanley, Charles Parker, 
 Amos Yoder, Ross Rayburn, F. P. Lannon, Rev. E. C. Sloan, Rev. 
 S. R. Gorden, Rev. L. D. Corning, J. A. Shogren, Fred Gantz, 
 Robt. W. Gibbs, Lee B. Fitzhugh, A. J. Shultz, L. L. Mathews, 
 S. A. Esell, L. S. Hohl, J. E. Lawless and John Hall. 
 
 At Skiatook — City manager, L. L. Miles; team captains, C. 
 H. Cleveland, A. W. Lucas, Dr. A. J. Butts and F. F. Cochran. 
 
 At Bixby — City manager, Harry W. Worsham; team cap- 
 tains, J. A. Poorman, Lana Lowman Wise, J. L. Dunlap, Rev. 
 Gardiner, Ruby Reasonover, I. F. Kays, 0. E. Robinson, Joseph 
 Randolph, J. Hans Carter and H. H. Wilcox. 
 
 The Red Cross drive for funds in May, 1918, was the most 
 important of the various campaigns waged on behalf of that 
 
188 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 organization. Tulsa's quota in this drive was $180,000. The 
 city of Tulsa alone contributed $260,000 and the outside districts 
 in the County an additional $50,000. The campaign took place 
 during the week of May 20th. The National appropriation was 
 $100,000,000. 
 
 On May 11th the following organization was effected for 
 the campaign: 
 
 Chairman, E. Roger Kemp; district chairman, W. O. Buck; 
 Tulsa County campaign manager, Grant R. McCullough; assist- 
 ant manager, Mark E. Carr ; assistant manager, J. Burr Gibbons ; 
 County chairman, C. S. Avery ; city chairman, Clark Field ; chair- 
 man Publicity Committee, J. A. McKeever; chairman Outdoor 
 Advertising Committee, Ben F. Finney ; chairman Speakers Com- 
 mittee, Ralph Talbot; auditor, Roscoe Adams; Team Committee, 
 Arthur McCune and Orra E. Upp. 
 
 The Executive Committee was composed of E. R. Kemp, 
 J. H. Evans, J. Edgar Pew, E. W. Sinclair, A. M. McFarlin, E. P. 
 Harwell, J. A. Hull, H. C. Tyrell, C. S. Buchner, J. M. Berry, Ed 
 Warren, D F. Connolly and J. J. Larkin. 
 
 On the Advance Committee were J. H. Evans, D. F. Connolly, 
 R. M. McFarlin, H. M. Preston, J. E. Pew and E. R. Kemp. The 
 Flying Squadron consisted of N. R. Graham, chairman; Fred 
 Shaw, Lee Kunsman and Lee Levering. J. Burr Gibbons was 
 Chairman of the "Stunt" Committee. 
 
 The workers were organized on a business classification 
 basis. The system was modeled after the Government income tax 
 schedule, the ratio increasing slightly with the size of the income. 
 Donations were calculated as follows : On annual income of $1,000 
 to $2,000, $6 to $12 ; $2,000 to $3,000, $12 to $25; $3,000 to $5,000, 
 $25 to $125; $5,000 to $10,000, $125 to $300; $10,000 to $15,000, 
 $325 to $550; $15,000 to $20,000, $550 to $1,000; $20,000 to 
 $30,000, $1,000 to $2,000; $30,000 to $50,000, $2,000 to $3,000; 
 $50,000 to $75,000, $3,000 to $4,000; $75,0000 to $100,000; 
 $4,000 to $5,000. 
 
 The following majors and Team Committees were appointed: 
 Team majors: C. Bumgarner, W. A. Bradshaw, L. N. Ewing, 
 C. A. Myers, Roy Lundy and E. A. Guise. 
 
 Team captains: Charles T. Abbott, Rev. Abel, George Bell, 
 C. W. Bishop, F. M. Bohn, O. O. Boston, Ira Brooks, I. G. Rosser, 
 Thomas Byrne, William Coke, Ed Chastain, M. D. Creel, A. J. 
 Cripe, J. M. Crutchfield, Fred Downs, J. J. DeShane, Claude 
 Dawson, John Davenport, M. Engler, L. N. Ewing, J. J. Gardner, 
 Roy Getman, J. Burr Gibbons, W. A. Goodner, Vic Gray, E. A. 
 Guise, J. P. Harter, Harry Heilbron, F. Hinderliter, Julius Kahn, 
 William Kilmer, S. H. King, Ben Lancaster, Joe Levy, Frank 
 Louis, Henry Lindner, William Mainwaring, Max Madansky, 
 Harry Mann, Dr. J. H. Morgan, Walter Mount, Dr. Murdock, 
 
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 Walter Nichols, Trueman Nixon, H. M. O'Hara, Joe Payne, J. B. 
 Porter, C. M. Pritchard, C. E. Render, Jack Robb, H. Rudisill, 
 Ollie Settle, William Smith, Edward Soph, William Stahl, George 
 Stanley, O. 0. Steiner, R. C. Stueve, Dr. Temples, William Van- 
 dever, A. L. Waite, J. C. Waldrep, Dr. C. R. Walter, Joe Wash- 
 ington, 0. G. Watt, T. T. Wells, E. A. Wilcox, E. L. Wilson, Arthur 
 Young and Cy Young. 
 
 Sixty-six appointments were kept by speakers at the various 
 theaters in Tulsa during the week of the campaign. 
 
 The most difficult Red Cross campaign of accomplishment 
 was that of the 1918 Christmas Roll Call Membership drive. The 
 war was over to the extent of the signing of the armistice. The 
 Hun forces had been decisively defeated ; a second epidemic of 
 Spanish influenza had broken out, inclement weather and bad 
 roads and other obstacles interfered with the universal subscrip- 
 tion sought by the organization. 
 
 The same unfavorable conditions existed throughout the 
 United States. Tulsa County's quota was set for 30,000 members. 
 Money was no object. Ten memberships at a dollar each was 
 more highly prized than one ten-dollar membership. After many 
 handicaps the County finally accounted for 30,763 members and 
 with this number won honors. Tulsa Chapter received an honor 
 flag for securing seventy per cent membership in the Chapter's 
 jurisdiction, and was one of the eleven out of six hundred Chap- 
 ters in the Southwestern Division to be awarded this banner. 
 
 The Campaign Cabinet for this drive consisted of Clark Field, 
 roll call chairman; E. E. Oberholtzer, campaign director; W. O. 
 Buck, speakers bureau ; Mrs. W. W. Brodie, clerk ; M. B. Flesher, 
 cashier; G. P. Lamy, publicity; E. A. Guise, advertising; Mrs. 
 A. W. Roth, team recruiting sergeant; Mrs. Minette Hedges, 
 manager rural schools ; E. B. Huston, manager business district ; 
 Mark Carr, manager manufacturing and industrial district ; Mrs. 
 A. H. Craver, manager residence district. 
 
 The Executive Board Advisory Committee was composed of 
 E. Roger Kemp, chairman Tulsa County Chapter ; E. L. Connolly, 
 secretary Tulsa County Chapter; W. R. Guiberson, chairman pub- 
 licity Tulsa County Chapter ; W. O. Buck, district representative. 
 Mrs. W. N. Sill, C. E. Buchner, R. M. McFarlin, L. E. Abbott, 
 Alf Heggem, Mrs. George Ransom, W. C. Steger, Mrs. C. E. 
 q+t-niivelle, Mrs. William Miller Ross, Mrs. Frank Haskell, Mrs. 
 Lilah D. Lindsey, Lula M. Billingslea, John R. Woodard and A .V. 
 Davenport. 
 
 One of the features of this campaign was "Over There Day," 
 Wednesday, December 18th, when, throughout Okahoma, it was 
 asked that one solemn hour be dedicated in prayer to the boys in 
 service in France. Pursuant to this plan Mayor Hubbard issued 
 the following proclamation : 
 
190 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 "WHEREAS, The Red Cross Christmas membership cam- 
 paign will begin Monday morning, December 16, and close Mon- 
 day night, December 23, covering a period of one week, and 
 
 "WHEREAS, It is the duty of every patriotic citizen, 
 whether man, woman or child, in Tulsa, to give his moral support 
 to the world's greatest humanitarian organization, thus giving 
 concrete evidence of his endorsement to the Red Cross and its 
 ministerings to the needy and suff eringj and 
 
 "WHEREAS, The greatest victory in the history of the world 
 has been in a great part due to the efforts of the Yankees over 
 there, many of whom received wounds which will necessitate their 
 remaining in hospitals for many months, and to whom the Red 
 Cross will be a ministering angel ; 
 
 "NOW, THEREFORE, I, Charles H. Hubbard, mayor of the 
 city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, do hereby proclaim the week of December 
 16 to 23 Red Cross Christmas Membership Week, and call upon 
 every loyal American to give his heart and his dollar to this great 
 cause; I further request that industrial whistles be blown over 
 the city at 9 o'clock Monday morning, December 16, to mark the 
 beginning of this week, and 
 
 "I further proclaim Wednesday, December 18, "Over There" 
 Day, and ask every Tulsan to breathe a prayer of thanksgiving 
 to the boys over there when he hears the whistles blow at 30- 
 minute intervals from 9 to 11 o'clock Wednesday morning; it is 
 also asked that Tulsa merchants make no special efforts to trans- 
 act their usual volume of business during these two hours. 
 
 "In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature 
 this 14th day of December, 1918. 
 
 "C. H. HUBBARD, Mayor of Tulsa." 
 
 By Tuesday night, the second day of the drive, Tulsa com- 
 mittees reported a total of 7,000 memberships with many blocKS 
 100 per cent subscribers. On Saturday following a general re- 
 canvass of the city was made under the direction of W. O. Buck, 
 chairman for the district. All houses not displaying the Red 
 Cross service flag were visited and if the absence of the flag 
 was due not to the lack of a heart but of a dollar, complimentary 
 subscriptions were given the occupants. 
 
 In this connection it is interesting to note the comparative 
 contributions and the record made by District No. 5 in the Red 
 Cross campaigns of which W. O. Buck of Tulsa was district rep- 
 resentative. 
 
 In the second war fund drive in May, 1918, the Tulsa county 
 chairman was Grant R. McCullough, the quota for Tulsa County 
 was $180,000, and the total subscriptions $309,901.64. In the 
 Christmas Roll Call membership campaign in December, 1918, 
 
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 the county manager was Clark Field, the number of members 
 enrolled was 30,763, and the percentage of population enrolled 
 was .44364. 
 
 In the May drive in Creek County the chairman was L. B. 
 Jackson, the quota $59,212 and the total subscriptions $75,027.84. 
 In the 1918 Christmas drive there were 9709 members enrolled, 
 the percentage of population being .20873. The county mana- 
 ger was Mrs. Charles Whittaker. 
 
 In the May drive the chairman for Washington County was 
 A. C. Easter, the quota was $60,000, and the subscriptions $90,- 
 214.65. In December there were 77,040 members enrolled, the 
 percentage of population being .26198. The county chairman 
 was S. W. Shoemaker. 
 
 In Osage County in the May drive A. N. Ruble was county 
 chairman. The quota was $25,000, and the subscriptions $56,- 
 593.70. In the December drive A. N. Ruble was again chair- 
 man, 7,083 members were enrolled, and the percentage of popu- 
 lation was .21851. 
 
IV. 
 UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGNS 
 
 One of the severest tests to which American patriotism was 
 subjected was the putting over of the United War Work cam- 
 paign in which $170,500,000 as a minimum was asked of the 
 people. This campaign was initiated on the day of the signing 
 of the Armistice, November 11, 1918, and continued for a week. 
 In order that the various organizations for which this fund was 
 intended might not longer wage individual drives in conflict 
 with the great war fund movements which must necessarily be 
 pushed to a successful conclusion, they were grouped into one 
 great association for this purpose. 
 
 The beneficiaries were the National War Work Council of 
 the Y. M. C. A., War Work Council of the Y. W. C. A., the 
 National Catholic War Council, the Knights of Columbus, the 
 Jewish Welfare Board, the War Camp Community Service, the 
 American Library Association and the Salvation Army. 
 
 The State of Oklahoma was given a quota of $1,360,000 and 
 subscribed $2,050,000. Tulsa County was given a quota of 
 $250,000, excessive from point of per capita calculation, but 
 Tulsa alone unhesitatingly raised $300,000 with approximately 
 21,000 subscribers. 
 
 The State committee was headed by Alfred O. Booth, cam- 
 paign director for Oklahoma, and E. W. Marland, chairman of the 
 campaign committee. E. W. Sinclair was chairman of the 
 Twelfth District. 
 
 The personnel of the Tulsa County organization follows : 
 
 Campaign cabinet : E. W. Sinclair, district chairman ; N. R. 
 Graham, assistant district chairman; Clark Field, campaign di- 
 rector; C. E. McCune, city chairman; C. S. Avery, county chair- 
 man; J. A. McKeever, advertising; J. Burr Gibbons, publicity; 
 W. O. Buck, speaker; Mrs. A. W. Roth, chairman women's de- 
 partment; Mrs. P. G. Walker, Jr., city chairman; Mrs. George 
 M. Ransom, county chairman and W. O. Ligon, Jr., (C. P. A.) 
 auditor. 
 
 Executive committee: E. W. Sinclair, J. M. Berry, E. R. 
 Kemp, G. R. McCullough, W. A. Vandever, Captain E. Constan- 
 ts, Marion Travis, D. F. Connoly, J. S. Cosden, P. E. Magee, A. E. 
 Duran, J. A. Chapman, H. C. Tyrell, Thomas R. Chesnut, Mark 
 Carr, J. E. Crosbie, E. P. Harwell, Frank Lewis, Joe Olson, 
 James A. Veasey, E. E. Oberholtzer, Ralph E. Campbell, Mrs. A. 
 
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WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 193 
 
 W. Roth, Mrs. P. G. Walker, Jr., Miss Alma McGlenn, Mrs. A. H. 
 Craver, Mrs. C. E. Strouville, Miss Hilda Jones, Mrs. George M. 
 Ransom, Mrs. Morris Gallas, Mrs. Ed. Levin, Adjutant Rosa 
 Coblenz, Mrs. C. J. Hindman, Mrs. William Miller Ross, Mrs. 
 Frank Haskell, Mrs. J. A. Chapman, Mrs. R. M. McFarlin, Mrs. 
 W. N. Sill, Mrs. John Markham, Jr., Mrs. W. E. Brown and Mrs. 
 E. R. Kemp. 
 
 The campaign in the city of Tulsa is thus described in a re- 
 port made by Clark Field, city campaign director: 
 
 "First there was advance work by the executive committee 
 to secure subscriptions from $250 up. The aim was to have 
 men of influence as workers and to secure suitable amounts in 
 subscriptions from the list of large givers and to get this out of 
 the way before the general campaign. This gave a working basis 
 upon which to build the campaign. Then the residence district 
 was intensively worked by women, first in a campaign of educa- 
 tion through the distribution of literature from house to house 
 during the week prior to the campaign, and in a one-day clean-up 
 of subscriptions in the residence district on Monday, November 
 11th. The purpose of this plan was to get every member of the 
 household to subscribe at home regardless of the subscription 
 made by the head of the house at his place of business. Next, the 
 business district by blocks was thoroughly canvassed by com- 
 mittees of both women and men. 
 
 "In addition to the above the Victory Boys and Victory Girls 
 were organized. These were to secure subscriptions only from 
 boys and girls who would agree to earn the money subscribed. 
 
 "Industries were handled separately in order to secure the 
 subscription of every employe of every industry and corporation. 
 
 "The Armistice was signed on Monday, the opening day of 
 the campaign. The people were celebrating the wonderful event. 
 The schedule of the campaign was completely disorganized. The 
 residence section was a day and a half late. The business sec- 
 tion partly started on time. The employes of corporations quit 
 work for a day and the industries started two days late. For 
 the moment the outlook was most discouraging. The committee 
 laid the facts before the workers and appealed to them to forget 
 the Armistice and go to work. The response was immediate. 
 The "Tulsa Will" spirit was everywhere in evidence with the 
 result that the campaign closed on Monday, November 18th, on 
 schedule time with an amount of $50,000 in excess of the quota. 
 
 "The influenza epidemic had closed the churches, schools and 
 theatres, and had prevented public gatherings thereby seriously 
 hampering the organization. The campaign workers could not 
 hold meetings and the best publicity, the Four-Minute speakers, 
 was not available. 
 
 "In view of the difficulties which had to be overcome the 
 
194 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 committee considered the United War Work campaign one of the 
 most successful war drives put over in Tulsa." 
 
 In lieu of meetings as an agency through which to reach 
 the public during the United War Work drive, it was necessary 
 to devise several unique publicity "stunts" which were calculated 
 to arouse the interest of the people. Under the supervision of 
 J. Burr Gibbons, director of publicity, assisted by an ingenious 
 committee, several of these attractions were initiated. 
 
 One of the most effective features of the campaign was a 
 large map of the city of Tulsa, about twenty feet square, which 
 was placed at the corner of Third and Main Strets. As the 
 blocks of the business and residence sections of the city became 
 100 per cent patriotic in the drive they were shown on this map, 
 to the intense interest of thousands of spectators. Each block 
 was designated as a sector and an inscription across the top 
 read "Tulsa's War Map — Have you gone over the top in your sec- 
 tor?" At the bottom was the urge "Let's paint the town red" 
 and as the committees reported each block one hundred per cent 
 subscribed, it was painted red amid the applause of the specta- 
 tors. 
 
 The following team captains and workers in the order named 
 called on the homes of Tulsa with educational literature on 
 Wednesday and returned on the following Monday, November 
 11th, for the pledges or subscriptions: 
 
 Team No. 8. — Mrs. C. W. Kingsbury, captain ; Mrs. J. Wool- 
 sey, Mrs. F. S. Hoxie, Mrs. R. A. Smith, Mrs. W. C. Conelly, Mrs. 
 J. H. Morgan, Mrs. W. E. Thompson, Mrs. Fred Osborn, Mrs. 
 June Oldham, Mrs. H. C. Lindner, Mrs. Shelton, Miss Laura Os- 
 born, Miss Frances Wilson, Mrs. Frank Avery, Mrs. Jake Hane. 
 
 Team No. 11. — Mrs. Moulton, captain; Mrs. Copperas, Miss 
 Maxfield, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. McElroy, Mrs. Dubbs, Mrs. Ellers, 
 Mrs. McHenry, Mrs. John. 
 
 Team No. 26. — Mrs. W. E. Brown, captain; Mrs. R. Walker, 
 Mrs. Satora, Mrs. D. C. Richardson, Mrs. N. R. Graham, Mrs. A. 
 C. Hixon, Mrs. I. G. Rosser, Mrs. Nat Ligon. 
 
 Team No. 21. — Mrs. T. P. Flanagin, captain; Mrs. J. M. 
 Temples, Mrs. J. J. Dunham, Mrs. Ira Pilcher, Mrs. T. M. Triplett, 
 Mrs. E. E. Shipman, Mrs. C. W. Emery, Mrs. S. E. Schmidt, Mrs. 
 Mrs J. B. Hawkins, Mrs. William Hackendorf, Mrs. McLeod, Mrs. 
 H. 0. Weaver, Mrs. H. P. Hill. 
 
 Team No. 6. — Mrs. A. M. O'Donnell, captain; Mrs. F. K. 
 Smith, Mrs. J. R. Cole, Jr., Mrs. T. D. Lee, Mrs. H. H. Goddard, 
 Mrs. H. O. McClure, Mrs. L. S. Randolph, Mrs. A. F. Robertson, 
 Mrs. Joseph Carson, Miss Isabel Fonda, Miss Sybil Howendobler, 
 Miss Blanche Gallais. 
 
 Team No. 2.— Mrs. J. J. DeShane, captain ; Mrs. T. C. Eaton, 
 
WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 195 
 
 Mrs. A. M. Elleger, Miss Ruby Elleger, Mrs. McNeil, Mrs. Rugh, 
 Miss Ona DeShane. 
 
 Team No. 9.— Mrs. O. H. McCarty, captain; Mrs. J. B. 
 Brown, Mrs. H. Rudisill, Mrs. E. P. Marshall, Mrs. H. P. De- 
 Langy, Mrs. Conn Linn, Mrs. Letha Lawhon, Mrs. N. J. Gubser, 
 Mrs. Charles Gilmore, Mrs. H. W. Callihan, Mrs. F. J. Hinder- 
 liter, Mrs. Charles Mercer, Mrs. J. V. Horrigan, Mrs. A. Ray 
 Wiley, Miss Lucile Lee, Mrs. R. A. Woods. 
 
 Team No. 14. — Miss Alma McGlenn, captain; Mrs. S. E. 
 Dunn, Mrs. L. W. Baxter, Mrs. Mabel Claire Witt, Miss Netina 
 Pearson, Mrs. C. V. King, Mrs. H. E. Carry, Mrs. Frank Barnes, 
 Mrs. Ed Avery, Mrs. J. D. Richards, Mrs. J. M. Chick, Miss Dor- 
 othy Dorn, Mrs. J. B. Porter, Mrs. J. H. Sykes, Mrs. L. L. Doyle, 
 Mrs. W. H. Crowder, Mrs. J. W. Simpson, Mrs. Clark Field. 
 
 Team No. 5. — Mrs. R. E. Campbell, captain ; Mrs. G. E. Bur- 
 ford, Mrs. D. C. Morrison, Mrs. Clarence Taylor, Mrs. E. C. Hig- 
 gins, Mrs. A. L. Murphey, Mrs. Wm. Gregg, Mrs. John Roy, Mrs. 
 C. O. Robinson, Mrs. James Veasey, Mrs. J. A. Hull, Mrs. G. A. 
 Perrick, Mrs. J. B. Meserve, Mrs. C. W. Kerr, Mrs. L. J. Martin. 
 
 Team No. 16. — Mrs. Geo. S. Berry, captain; Mrs. Sneed, 
 Mrs. Pyeatt, Mrs. Hindman, Mrs. Ada Harper, Mrs. Ralph Dillard, 
 Miss Bess Hudson, Miss Mary Sill, Miss Mabel Core, Miss Minor 
 Norris. 
 
 Team No. 20. — Mrs. Ed Levin, captain; Mrs. H. Barnett, 
 Mrs. J. C. Huff, Mrs. Ben Levy, Mrs. C. 0. Dotts, Mrs. Lillian 
 Perkins, Mrs. Nathan Gens, Mrs. Dick Saye, Mrs. W. L. Noelles, 
 Mrs. T. C. King, Miss Esther Fox, Mrs. Ned Rigsbee. 
 
 Team No. 12.— Mrs. W. C. Farmer, captain ; Mrs. J. N. Will- 
 iams, Mrs. Jas. Boyle, Mrs. W. J. Allen, Mrs. F. A. Smith, Mrs. I. 
 Alexander, Mrs. V. S. Wilhite, Mrs. F. A. Ward, Mrs. Geo. F. 
 Bauer, Mrs. Ora Neale, Mrs. McSpadden. 
 
 Team No. 22. — Mrs. Winifred M. Washabaugh, captain ; Mrs. 
 Coggeshall, Mrs. Grimes, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Frank 
 Breene, Mrs. L. M. Billingslea, Mrs. George Lancy, Mrs. G. H. 
 Thrailkill, Mrs. Patrick, Miss Jennie King, Mrs. Frank Dillard, 
 Mrs. Cleake, Miss Farmer, Mrs. Halliburton, Mrs. Gillette, Mrs. 
 Otis McClintock, Mrs. C. L. Waite, Mrs. W. H. Walker, Mrs. J. 
 Hamel, Mrs. A. Aaronson, Catherine Welker, Mrs. Avery, Mrs. 
 Randolph, Mrs. F. Rodolf, Mrs. A. Heggem. 
 
 Team No. 11. — Mrs. E. M. Stroud, captain; Mrs. B. Post, 
 Mrs. Knall, Mrs. Sweat, Mrs. Kitge, Miss Hazel Borst, Marie 
 Jones, Nettie Jones, Marie Kenney, Pearl Turner, Miss Roy, Mrs. 
 W. E. Davis. 
 
 Team No. 4. — May D. Evans, captain; Miss MeKee, Mrs. 
 Tabor, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Wilhamson, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. 
 Ritchie. 
 
196 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Team No. 24. — Mrs. Ellis, captain; Miss Barnes, Mrs. I. C. 
 Smith, Mrs. Booker, Mrs. Brady, Mrs. Greenway, Mrs. Adams, 
 Mrs. Corbin, Mrs. Robinett, Mrs. Miller. 
 
 Team No. 18. — Mrs. J. A. Chapman, captain; Mrs. H. G. 
 Barnard, Mrs. R. M. McFarlin, Mrs. H. H. Rogers, Mrs. J. W. 
 Gilliland, Mrs. E. P. Harwell, Mrs. E. B. McFarlin, Mrs. T. O. 
 Cremins, Mrs. F. P. Walter, Mrs. J. M. Gillette, Mrs. E. W. Sin- 
 clair, Mrs. E. P. Linn, Mrs. S. R. Gammon, Mrs. A. T. Alison. 
 
 Team No. 19. — Mrs. P. W. Whitaker, captain; Miss Inez 
 Hughlett, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. Goble, Mrs. Lunsford, 
 Miss Shappell, Miss Sterling. 
 
 Team No. 25.— Mrs. C. F. Epperson, captain; Mrs. S. R. 
 Lewis, Mrs. T. E. Roderick, Mrs. R. C. Stevenson, Mrs. Frank 
 Wooden, Mrs. C. E. Kinnear, Miss A. M. Stringfield, Mrs. C. J. 
 Mead, Mrs. Longe, Mrs. W. H. Murphy. 
 
 Team No. 7. — Mrs. Gallas, captain; Mrs. F. B. Berlin, Mrs. 
 John Smiley, Mrs. Roy Wickiser, Mrs. James Wickiser, Mrs. S. 
 E. Cockrell, Mrs. Walter Nichols, Mrs. L. S. Knight, Mrs. H. P. 
 Frantz. 
 
 Team No. 13. — Mrs. B. W. Grant, captain ; Miss Dora Miller, 
 Miss Mame Emmons, Miss Bertha Blades, Miss Mabel Messiner, 
 Miss Jennie Butler, Mrs. A. T. Fountain, Mrs. O. A. Steiner, 
 Mrs. Marie Mott, Mrs. Wm. M. Wilson, Mrs. Hainey, Mrs. J. F. 
 Cline, Mrs. E. A. North, Mrs. S. M. Lattimer, Mrs. A. E. 
 Montgomery, Mrs. J. J. Healy, Mrs. J. W. Whitney, Mrs. H. L. 
 Standeven. 
 
 Team No. 10. — Mrs. A. Ernsberger, captain; Mrs. W. H. 
 Peck, Mrs. C. E. Reece, Mrs. Carl Pleasant, Mrs. Murry D. Rus- 
 sell, Mrs. G. E. Carroll, Mrs. J. O. Cheairs, Mrs. W. H. Hendee, 
 Mrs. F. W. Dye, Mrs. C. E. Rathbun, Miss Shinn, Mrs. T. H 
 Jones, Mrs. F. McLaughlin, Mrs. C. F. Hopkins, Mrs. M. Killion, 
 Mrs. W. J. Whittaker. 
 
 Team No. 15. — Mrs. Wm. Miller, captain; Mrs. L. E. Hon- 
 man, Mrs. Geo. H. Anderson, Mrs. Annie Baker, Mrs. T. K. 
 Chornut, Mrs. G. Wallace Carney, Mrs. Walter Duckett, Mrs. 
 John Dwyer, Mrs. W. M. Fleetwood, Mrs. Chas. L. Hall, Mrs. J. 
 
 E. Hamner, Mrs. E. Forrest Hayden, Mrs. I. E. Kerrigan, Miss 
 Alice Kirkbride, Mrs. W. O. Ligon, W. W. Lockhart, Mrs. Chas. 
 
 F. Martin, Mrs. D. F. McMahon, Mrs. H. D. Murdock, Mrs. H. H. 
 Parker, Mrs. W. H. Pomeroy, Mrs. J. R. Ramsey, Mrs. Wm. 
 Steene, Mrs. W. J. Williams. 
 
 The following majors and field captains handled the busi- 
 ness districts: 
 
 Major Roy Lundy; Captains M. V. Walters, Ora Upp, Walter 
 Nichols, Dr. Walters, C. E. Lehman, James J. Gardner, Hub Rus- 
 
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 sell, E. S. Hutchison, L. H. Armentrout, Mrs. E. A. Stubler, Miss 
 Ozea Pourg. 
 
 Major J. J. DeShane; Captains Edward Soph, C. K. Leslie, 
 J. W. Sanders, Mrs. Dan Davidson, Mrs. Dixie Gore, Mrs. Earle 
 G. Hastings, Mrs. Murray Doan, Mrs. John Yust, Mrs. Thomas 
 Chestnut, Mrs. J. R. Manion, Miss Jennie Y. King. 
 
 Major Bradshaw; Captains E. H. Argue, O. G. Watt, E. N. 
 Adams, W. A. Vandever, L. L. Doyle, Guy Davis, J. D. Porter, 
 John Davenport, Julius Kahn, J. A. Waldrop, H. C. Lindner, Joe 
 Levy, Mrs. Claud Hough, Mrs. Lewis Barnett, Mrs. T. C. Haller, 
 Mrs. Claud Rosenstein. 
 
 Major T. T. Wells; Captains W. A. Goodner, Harvey Young, 
 M. Engler, Vick Gray, Sam Post, Ed Chastain, S. M. Bell, Tony 
 Eaton. 
 
 Major Wm. Stahl; Captains Mrs. Eugene Lorton, Mrs. J. J3. 
 Meserve, Mrs. C. F. Farren, Mrs. L. N. Ewing, Mrs. McCrary, 
 Mrs. Garland Marrs, Mrs. H. L. Fitzgerald, Arthur Young. 
 
 Major E. A. Guise; Captains William Killimer, R. E. Mc- 
 Cline, Mrs. F. P. Walters, O. A. Steiner, Ray Fellows, Mrs. E. R. 
 Perry, Alf. Heggem, Ollie Settle, Lee Kunsman, Max Madansky, 
 Bob Purdy. 
 
 Major L. N. Ewing; Captains I. G. Roeser, Cliff Moore, Bert 
 Roberts, Charles Mouser, Kelly, at Auto Co., L. N. Ewing, Joe 
 Payne, Mrs. C. E. Crawley, George Stanley. 
 
V. 
 WAR SAVINGS STAMPS CAMPAIGNS 
 
 To Tulsa belongs the distinction of opening the first War 
 Savings Stamps bank in the United States. It was located in 
 the old Planters Bank, and there the business was conducted until 
 the handsome new building was erected at the corner of Fourth 
 and Main streets. The new bank was built at no cost to the or- 
 ganization. The building supplies merchants of Tulsa contrib- 
 uted the material and union labor organizations performed the 
 work gratis. 
 
 The purpose of the government in launching the War Sav- 
 ings Stamps campaign was twofold ; to raise revenue with which 
 to conduct the war and to inculcate in the American people a 
 spirit of thrift. This campaign was intended for the sale of War 
 Savings Stamps, or Baby Bonds which, when matured in five 
 years from the date of the first issue, would have a par value of 
 $5 and would have borne interest at the rate of about 4*4 per 
 cent, per annum. The sale of these stamps began in the month 
 of December, 1917, when they were sold for $4.12, there being 
 a small increase in price each month for a year. For smaller 
 purchasers and savings, what was known as the Thrift Stamp 
 was issued. Thrift Stamps were convertible into War Savings 
 Stamps at a price which allowed the same rate of interest borne 
 by the Baby Bond. 
 
 Tulsa county's quota in the sale of these stamps was $1,- 
 386,820. On January 1, 1919, the county had reached a total of 
 $1,359,448, or 98 per cent, of its quota. At that time Tulsa 
 County ranked fifth in the state in percentage of the quota sold, 
 which equalled $19.60 per capita. 
 
 The officers of the campaign were Fred Shaw, district mana- 
 ger; Orra E. Upp, county chairman; Ralph A. Woods, in charge 
 of Tulsa agencies; W. D. Moss, publicity manager; E. E. Ober- 
 holtzer, chairman for city schools; Mrs. Minette Hedges, chair- 
 man for county schools; Lee Levering, manager W. S. S. Bank. 
 The following chairmen for county branches were appointed : 
 
 Delbert Johnson, Lynne Lane township ; Chas. Foster, Broken 
 Arrow township; J. B. Simmons, Jenks township; L. L. Wiles, 
 Skiatook; Robt. Martin, Sperry ; Jim Smith, Owasso; Geo. Rhyme, 
 Dawson; Harry Worsham, Bixby; 0. C. Brooks, Red Fork, and 
 J. A. Bernier, Sand Springs. 
 
 Agencies for the sale of W. S. S. and Thrift Stamps were 
 established in all public offices, in banks and business houses, 
 
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WAR FUND CAMPAIGNS 199 
 
 factories, and at every point where sales were likely to be made. 
 The total number of agencies in Tulsa County was 844. 
 
 In addition to this a drive for pledges and sales was put on 
 on June 28, 1918, when approximately $2,000,000 was sold. In 
 charge of this campaign was Roy Lundy, Ralph Woods, Lee 
 Levering, W. D. Moss, Charles Myers, and S. H. King, Jr., who 
 were assisted by a large corps of workers. The ladies were organ- 
 ized by Mrs. Lula M. Billingslea and Mrs. Lilah Lindsey, who 
 were county chairmen for women and to whom was due much of 
 the credit for the successful termination of the campaign. 
 
 Throughout the year of 1918 the principal source of sales 
 was the W. S. S. Bank, which was managed by Lee Levering. 
 Great competition and interest was engendered by schedules of 
 sales forces of various organizations, fraternal, commercial and 
 civic, each of which was allotted a day on which to sell these 
 securities. The highest three sales in these competitions and 
 the companies or organizations making them were kept posted 
 at the bank. Scores of men and women were on duty during 
 these sales, to the delight of patriots and the great discomfiture 
 of those who might hesitate to do their duty. When the large 
 oil companies were on duty it was not an unusual sight to see up- 
 wards of one hundred salesmen halting both pedestrians and 
 vehicles. The regular business of the bank was handled by Miss 
 Celesta Harrington, Miss Mabel Butler and Miss Jessie Harness, 
 cashiers. 
 
 The War Savings Stamps Bank was also used as the office of 
 the city food administrator and the members of the Fatherless 
 Children of France Society paid their pledges and transacted 
 their business through its windows. The bank was used for 
 committee meetings of other war organizations. 
 
 In August, 1919, the W. S. S. Bank became the property 
 of the Tulsa County Historical Society and was moved to its new 
 site on South Cincinnati street, adjoining the municipal building. 
 
 VI. 
 
 TULSA WAR BUDGET 
 
 Combining local with National war necessities, Tulsa inau- 
 gurated War Budget campaigns to provide for demands both 
 at home and abroad. 
 
 The War Relief Fund campaign in November, 1918, netted 
 a total of $113,109, with a quota of $110,000, including the County 
 allotment for the Y. M. C. A. Of this amount $105,000 was 
 raised in Tulsa. The campaign was conducted by C. E. Buchner, 
 County chairman. 
 
 The Tulsa fund was divided as follows: Y. M. C. A. work 
 with soldiers in prison camp, $75,000; rotary recreation work 
 
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 outside of army camps, $10,000; Y. W. C. A. Hostess Home 
 Fund for soldiers camps, $5,000 ; Soldiers Library Fund, $3,000 ; 
 Boy Scouts and military training in schools, $3,000 ; Four-Minute 
 Men, $2,000; Federal Boys Working Reserve, $2,000; Armenian 
 Relief Fund, $2,000; Home Guard, $2,000; Company C (Tulsa) 
 mess fund, $1,000. 
 
 A War Budget campaign for $173,000 was brought to a 
 successful conclusion March 20, 1918. Of the sum raised $120,000 
 went to the Red Cross Fund, $30,000 to the Council of Defense, 
 $15,000 to the Y. M. C. A., $5,000 for the War Savings Stamps 
 campaign, and $3,000 to the Third Liberty Loan campaign. The 
 campaign was conducted by C. E. Buchner and Orra E. Upp. 
 
 Another campaign netted $10,000 to the Armory Fund and 
 $15,000 for the military organizations, the Navy League and the 
 Ambulance and Hospital Funds. 
 
 VII. 
 ARMENIAN RELIEF 
 
 That the Christians in the Near East may not perish as the 
 result of the World War, the Armenian-Syrian Relief campaign 
 was inaugurated in the United States during the fall of 1918. 
 This, however, coming at the close of the Fourth Liberty Loan 
 campaign and in the first days of the United War Work campaign, 
 with the signing of the armistice and another Red Cross and 
 Victory Loan campaign in view, did not receive the support 
 throughout the country which was accorded other war move- 
 ments. 
 
 Tulsa County, however, with a quota of $37,000, reached 
 $26,000 up to the end of September, 1919, the drive having been 
 continued and extended from time to time in the hope that the 
 full National quota might be attained. 
 
 The appeal in this cause was made by President Wilson. 
 Approximately 4,000,000 people of Armenia, Syria and Allied 
 countries were absolutely dependent upon donations made by the 
 Allied countries during the war. Over 400,000 homeless chil- 
 dren, most of them made orphans by the assassination of their 
 parents, had to be cared for. The plan of the Turks had been 
 to kill the entire Christian populations and save the smaller 
 children to be reared as Moslems, thus eliminating Christianity 
 in these provinces. Thousands of young girls who, having en- 
 dured unparalleled sufferings and indignities, had been sold on 
 the slave market, were released to starve when the Turks feared 
 punishments for their wrong-doings. In the provinces of Aleppo 
 in Syria there still remained 6,000 girls in slavery. Over a 
 million noncombatant men and women had been slain. Disease 
 
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 and want had made further ravages on the populations of the 
 various provinces. 
 
 It was to relieve this situation that funds were asked. 
 The State campaign was conducted by Rev. Perry Pierce of 
 Muskogee. The County campaign was first directed by a com- 
 mittee of five and then turned over to Rev. J. W. Abel, who 
 made splendid headway as County chairman. Miss Catherine Mc- 
 Cormick, a National speaker, arrived to take charge of the 
 speaking and publicity campaign and was assisted by Miss Bertha 
 Menze and Ralph 0. Von Thurn of the Tulsa Y. M. C. A. 
 
 J. Renfro was made special campaign manager. 
 
 Headquarters were first established in the War Savings 
 Stamps Bank, being transferred later to the First M. E. Church 
 at the corner of Fifth and Boulder, where, in October, 1919, the 
 work was still in progress. 
 
CHAPTER SEVEN 
 
 Contributory Agencies 
 
 TULSA CITY AND COUNTY PRESS 
 
 The most potent factor in the Nation during the World War 
 in keeping alive the patriotic spirit of the people and in giving 
 lavishly of time, talent and practically unlimited space to 
 every effort to win the war through military and civic organiza- 
 tions, was the press of the country, and too much cannot be 
 said in commendation of the unselfish patriotic spirit of the 
 publishers — Nation-wide — and especially in Tulsa County. 
 
 Eugene Lorton, owner of the Tulsa World, and Charles 
 Page, owner of the Tulsa Times and the Tulsa Democrat, 
 through their editorial departments, from the beginning of the 
 war to the close, assigned a number of their most brilliant writers 
 to keep in daily and almost hourly touch with the war work at 
 home and abroad, and from the pens of these members of the 
 press and through the medium of the publications the public was 
 kept constantly advised of conditions as they arose; of crises to 
 be met ; of difficulties to be surmounted ; of concrete things neces- 
 sary to b& done, and in the news columns and on the editorial 
 pages of these publications the pleas for co-operation, for patriotic 
 work and for the loyalty of the people were every day in evi- 
 dence. 
 
 What was true of the World, the Democrat and the Times, 
 was true in a like degree — limited only to capacity — of other 
 publications in Tulsa County, and no call was ever made on any 
 publication in Tulsa County for space, for service, for the assign- 
 ment of feature writers that was made in vain. Emphasizing 
 the appreciation of the people for the splendid work of the news- 
 paper publishers were the number of resolutions of thanks ten- 
 dered the publishers by the various organizations engaged in the 
 war work. 
 
 It is not too much to say that had the space in the local 
 press, so freely given, been charged for at even the lowest rate 
 per inch these publishers would be the largest financial contribu- 
 tors to the World War in Tulsa County. It is eminently fitting 
 that in a history of Tulsa County in the great war this tribute 
 of appreciation should be given to the newspaper publishers of 
 Tulsa County, and particularly to those gentlemen named who 
 direct the destinities of Tulsa's leading publications. 
 
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ALEXANDER H. KERR, Dollar-a-Year Man ; served as assistant to U. S. Secre- 
 tary of Agriculture and assistant to U. S. Food Administrator in food conservation. 
 
 S. R. LEWIS, member Oklahoma State Council of Defense and ex-officio mem- 
 ber Executive Committe of County Council. 
 
 EUGENE LORTON, proprietor of Tulsa World, one of strong factors in National 
 Defense and other war measures. 
 
DR.J. 0. MENKES 
 
 51 If 
 
 RABBI MORRIS TELLER 
 
 RAYMOND SIEGFRIED 
 
 51 If 
 
 N.A. THOMPSON 
 
 DR. J. B. MENKES, Four-Minute Men ; first head of Tulsa Jewish Welfare 
 Board and religious secretary of Board at Camp Doniphan. 
 
 RABBI MORRIS TELLER, Last war head of Tulsa Jewish Welfare Board and 
 representative at Camp Doniphan. 
 
 RAYMOND SIEGFRIED, President Tulsa branch of Knights of Columbus during 
 the war. 
 
 N. A. THOMPSON, Director of Soldiers and Sailors Council ; in training with 
 one-pound gun platoon. 
 
II. 
 
 CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS 
 
 A history of Tulsa County in the war would not be com- 
 plete without a fitting tribute being paid to the Civic Societies 
 of Tulsa, practically all of which dedicated a majority of the 
 time of the weekly meetings to work on the various committees 
 organized during the war period. 
 
 The officers and members of the Chamber of Commerce 
 were, of course, conspicuous throughout the war and a list of 
 active workers would almost constitute a list of membership in 
 the organization. President R. M. McFarlin, who served during 
 the years of 1917-18 as the war president of the Chamber of 
 Commerce, devoted practically all of his time to war work and 
 in this was ably assisted by the entire membership of the direc- 
 tory as well as the membership of the Chamber. 
 
 The Rotary Club was especially active under the presidency 
 of W. A. Vandever and Alf G. Haggem, and the annual reports 
 of these gentlemen made to the organization enumerated the 
 war activities of the Rotarians and constitute one of the brightest 
 chapters in the history of Rotary. 
 
 The City Club, with W. O. Buck at the helm as presiding 
 officer, devoted a portion of each weekly meeting to the civilian 
 work of the war, and the organization was active in all campaign 
 work, both as individuals and as an organization. 
 
 The Tulsa Advertising Club was a distinct asset to every 
 campaign put on in Tulsa County and rendered splendid service 
 all along the line. In all matters of publicity and in team work 
 and in individual effort every member of the organization showed 
 a willingness to, at all times/ contribute his utmost to the suc- 
 cessful completion of each undertaking. The direction of the 
 Advertising Club during the war period was under the presidency 
 of E. A. Wilcox and L. E. Abbott. 
 
 The Lions Club, under the presidency of A. V. Davenport 
 and W. C. Steger, rendered valued service in team work, com- 
 mittee work and as individuals, and no call was ever made on 
 the organization without an immediate energetic response. 
 
 The Kiwanis Club, under the presidency of John Woodard 
 and Albert H. Bell, organized during the war period, was one of 
 the most active organizations in the city, and contributed sub- 
 
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 stantially to the campaign work and to the individual efforts in 
 getting positive results. 
 
 The Automobile Club filled a distinct position and responded 
 promptly whenever called upon, doing its full duty in every 
 instance. 
 
 The records made by these civic organizations — meeting as 
 they did, one each day at lunch — furnished a ready-made audience 
 for every speaker of note visiting the city ; furnished a reception 
 committee and entertainment committee for men and women of 
 National and International reputation, sent to Tulsa during the 
 war, and solved in this way a very great problem confronting 
 the various campaign managers. While it is unquestionably true 
 that the regular minutes of the meetings of these organizations 
 in themselves constitute a splendid record of achievement in 
 normal times, it is especially true that the brightest and most 
 pleasing chapters in the history of these organizations and those 
 to which posterity will refer with most appreciation will be 
 those chapters written in detail, telling of the splendid war 
 work of Tulsa's active civic bodies. 
 
III. 
 
 DOLLAR A YEAR MEN 
 
 In the early stages of America's participation in the World 
 War, when the extraordinary demand for talent in technical and 
 other matters of vital importance could not be supplied by the 
 regular forces of Government employes and officers, a call was 
 made for men prominent in business and industrial life who 
 would devote their time to their country's service. The counsel 
 of these men was sought for their peculiar knowledge or fitness 
 in evolving and executing Government policies. Adequate com- 
 pensation was not considered, but in order to invest them with 
 proper authority, they were placed on the pay roll at a salary 
 of one dollar per annum. They were known as "Dollar a Year 
 Men" throughout the war. 
 
 Tulsa County furnished two Dollar a Year Men to the coun- 
 try during the grave crisis or rather two Tulsa County men 
 became industrious and important aides. Alexander H. Kerr 
 of Tulsa and Sand Springs, a wealthy manufacturer, left his 
 business and took up headquarters in Washington. Being unable 
 to obtain proper accommodations otherwise he purchased a home 
 in the National Capital. The other was A. H. Farmer of Tulsa. 
 
 Alexander H. Kerr held the post of assistant to the Secre- 
 tary of Agriculture, Hon. David F. Houston. He was in charge 
 of certain war work in the Department of Agriculture, working 
 in conjunction with Clarence B. Ousley, Assistant Secretary of 
 Agriculture. A part of his duties was the supervision of the 
 distribution by the Department of Agriculture of literature per- 
 taining to the conservation of food through the field forces of 
 the Department. 
 
 Kerr was also appointed by Herbert Hoover, United States 
 Food Administrator, and Secretary Houston as the joint repre- 
 sentative of both of these departments in charge of the distribu- 
 tion throughout the United States of food literature to manufac- 
 turers, employers and others who desired to avail themselves 
 of the privilege by purchase of assisting the Government's 
 activities in the education of the public to food conservation. 
 Over 21,000,000 pieces of literature were distributed through 
 these channels under his direction. 
 
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IV. 
 BANKS AND INDUSTRIES 
 
 Of the varied interactive agencies which made Tulsa a power 
 in furnishing the sinews of war, no single combination of men 
 exercised a greater influence on the situation than did the Ex- 
 ecutive Committee which determined the relative personal re- 
 sponsibility of citizens and corporations in meeting the city's 
 financial war obligations. This group consisted of representa- 
 tives of the city's banking interests, the members being drawn 
 from the following banks: Exchange National, E. W. Sinclair, 
 R. M. McFarlin and E. W. Jacobs ; Liberty National, W. L. Lewis ; 
 Union National, Lee Clinton and Tom Hartman; American Na- 
 tional, Stephen King, Jr.; First National, G. R. McCullough; 
 Central National, J. M. Berry and F. W. Bryant; Bank of Com- 
 merce, J. M. McBirney. 
 
 The character or the personnel of this committee was an 
 important factor in convincing laggard contributors of their 
 individual responsibilities in the business of the winning the 
 war. Evasions were useless as the rating of every man of means 
 in the community was easily available. Every subscription and 
 donation was scrupulously considered by the committee and 
 whenever it was deemed justifiable citizens were requested to 
 increase their contributions, to the end that each man should 
 bear his share of the burden. Their judgment was seldom chal- 
 lenged and their appraisements were regarded as eminently just 
 by the public at large. 
 
 Financial, oil and other large interest of Tulsa played lead- 
 ing roles in the local war drama. This applies both to the number 
 of fighting men who left their employ as well as to the marvelous 
 wealth which was placed at the disposal of the Government in 
 the hour of need. 
 
 Twenty per cent of all the war securities sold in the State 
 of Oklahoma was purchased in Tulsa, more than the combined 
 purchases of Oklahoma City and Muskogee. In percentage of 
 male employes sent to war, Tulsa banks ranked among those of 
 the ten leading cities of the country, a uniform enlistment of 
 33 per cent having been maintained among the banking forces. 
 
 Every bank in Tulsa conducted a department for the handling 
 of war securities without cost to the public or to the country. 
 Each employed from three to five persons, and at an annual cost 
 of from $5,000 to $20,000, for this purpose. Not a dollar was 
 derived from collections, which ran far into the millions. The 
 
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 bonds were carried practically at the rate which the issues bore 
 throughout the war. 
 
 The banks of Tulsa retained the positions of all employes 
 who went to war. In numerous instances these men were pro- 
 moted upon their return from military service. 
 
 Besides bearing a large part of the financial burdens of the 
 community, officers of the various banks extended patriotic 
 service. 
 
 From the Exchange National Bank R. M. McFarlin was dis- 
 trict manager for four Liberty Loans, having jurisdiction over 
 several counties. E. Roger Kemp was district manager for the 
 Southwestern Division of the Red Cross. Harry H. Rogers was 
 chairman of District Board No. 2. J. J. Larkin was at the head 
 of the Explosives Bureau in the State at one time. J. A. Hull, a 
 director, went to France as an ambulance driver. N. R. Graham, 
 special representative, was State chairman of the Victory Loan 
 campaign, vice State chairman for the Fourth Liberty Loan and 
 the 1918 Christmas Red Cross Roll Call Membership campaign, 
 was State director of the Four-Minute Men, and served in va- 
 rious capacities on the County Council of Defense and in local 
 war drives for funds. 
 
 From the Central National Bank, J. M. Berry was County 
 chairman for the first four Liberty Loans, F. W. Bryant being 
 County chairman for the Victory Loan. W. 0. Buck was County 
 chairman of the Four-Minute Men and had supervision over four 
 Counties in the second Red Cross drive and in the 1918 Christ- 
 mas Roll Call Membership drive. 
 
 The Security State Bank furnished Major Alva J. Niles, who 
 became inspector general of a Division of the American Army in 
 France. 
 
 Grant R. McCullough, of the First National, was County 
 chairman of the May, 1918, Red Cross drive and served on execu- 
 tive committees in other drives. 
 
 The Producers State Bank furnished Major Patrick J. Hur- 
 ley, who served eighteen months in France and was promoted 
 to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. 
 
 From the Union National Bank came Major Charles Fowler 
 Hopkins, a high officer of railroad transportation in France. 
 
 The oil companies and commercial houses of Tulsa contrib- 
 uted handsomely to all war funds and met all demands for per- 
 sonal service. 
 
 Like the banks, the large oil companies gave assurances to 
 all employes who left their employment for military service that 
 their own or advanced positions would be waiting for them as 
 soon as they were mustered out and had returned to civilian life. 
 Many of their leading officials relinquished their duties to engage 
 in the various war drives, and the employes were organized for 
 
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 effective work in these drives. At the Cosden plant, for example, 
 640 men out of the 2,000 who entered service, had returned to 
 their former or to better places by August 1, 1919, a total of 100 
 per cent of all who reported for re-employment. Each of the 
 forty-two departments of that plant was organized for war drives 
 with a foreman in charge. The Cosden Company bought the 
 bonds for which the employes subscribed and resold them on 
 easy payments at a low rate of interest. 
 
 A fact known to only a few people at the time was that the 
 Mid-Continent Oil Fields were at one time called upon to make 
 good the large deficiencies in the supply of oil for the conduct of 
 the war. In March, 1917, when England lost 20,000 trucks in 
 the drive in Flanders and the Roumanian oil fields, which had 
 supplied Italy and France with lubricating oils, were no longer 
 available to the Allies and when the Mexican output, which had 
 supplied England, fell to minimum, the Mid-Continent operators 
 were urged to increase their output twenty-five per cent. This 
 was no easy task in view of labor conditions. C. H. Fenster- 
 macher of the Cosden Refinery, who had volunteered and had 
 departed for war service in the Y. M. C. A., was brought back 
 from Camp Funston to speed up production. Other companies 
 increased their output of gasoline, lubricants and other products, 
 with the result that America came to the rescue of the Allies in 
 the operation of the aviation and the truck service and in the 
 transportation of foodstuffs and munitions of war. 
 
 Large contributions and subscriptions were made not only 
 by the companies, but by employes of such concerns as the Texas 
 Oil Company, the Prairie, the Tidal and other corporations op- 
 erating in Tulsa. 
 
 Large business houses and oil companies maintained their 
 own Red Cross work rooms, and in some instances donated a cer- 
 tain number of hours per week of each employe's time to Red 
 Cross service. 
 
FRED WOODSON IX XT J. D. KKCLELLAND 
 
 J. A. HULL, millionaire bank director, who served in France as Y. M. C. A. 
 ambulance driver. 
 
 HARRY HARTER, Y. M. C. A. Overseas Secretary; joined French Army. 
 FRED WOODSON, Y. M. C. A. Secretary, later commissioned lieutenant at 
 Officers Training Camp. 
 
 J. D. McClelland, Y. M. C. A. Overseas Secretary. 
 
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 C. H. FENSTERMACHER, Four-Minute Man ; Y. M. C. A. camp worker, called 
 back from training camp to Tulsa to speed up oil production at Cosden plant during 
 crisis. 
 
 CHARLES GILMORE, Y. M. C. A. Overseas Secretary. 
 JOHN L. LINDLEY, Scout-Executive Tulsa Boy Scouts. 
 W. C. LAMM, Secretary-Treasurer Tulsa branch U. S. Nsvy League. 
 
V. 
 Y. M. C. A. 
 
 Tulsa was fortunate in having a well organized and com- 
 pletely equipped local Y. M. C. A. when the United States en- 
 tered the World War and to this agency much credit is due for 
 the successful way in which Tulsa handled the many unusual 
 problems faced during the war period and the demobilization 
 period. 
 
 The lobby of the Association was used as the recruiting 
 office for the first officers' training camp, and in the office or 
 the physical director of the Y. M. C. A. the physical examina- 
 tions were made for both the Tulsa Engineers and Ambulancers. 
 The shower baths, the swimming pool and other parts of the 
 Association building were used to the utmost by the men just 
 entering the service. 
 
 While Tulsa's volunteer companies were located at Camp 
 Sinclair, C. H. Fenstermacher of the Association staff, was as- 
 signed to serve these men while they were awaiting instructions 
 and as they went to camp they were accompanied by him. Not 
 only were the men served by a Y. M. C. A. secretary at Camp 
 Sinclair, but the cafeteria of the Y. M. C. A. was called on to 
 feed them. 
 
 During the early Liberty Loan drives and war budgets 
 the General Secretary, C. E. Buchner, gave a large share of his 
 time to the campaigns. In a later drive he was District Manager 
 over ten counties in Oklahoma and for the United War Work 
 Campaign was appointed State Campaign Director for the State 
 of Arizona, which led the entire United States in the percentage 
 of over-subscription in that campaign. During later drives in 
 Tulsa in the absence of the General Secretary on that work, the 
 staff of the local Y. M. C. A. gave unstintingly of their time to 
 the various campaigns. 
 
 Probably no other organization in the city gave a larger 
 proportionate number from their employed force than the local 
 Association. Their staff made almost two complete turn-overs 
 or, in other words, they furnished their staff twice to the war 
 program, sending men to the Army and into Y. M. C. A. and 
 Red Cross war work at home and abroad. These men were: 
 
 Fred E. Woodson, Army Y. M. C. A., later Second Lieutenant 
 F. A. 
 
 C. H. Fenstermacher, Army Y. M. C. A. 
 
 J. D. McClelland, Army Y. M. C. A. Overseas. 
 
 Roy B. Bradshaw, Machine Gunner, U. S. Army. 
 
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 W. W. Higgins, First Lieutenant, American Aviation. 
 
 Ernest J. Wright, Army Y. M. C. A. Overseas. 
 
 H. H. Townsend, Army Y. M. C. A. Overseas. 
 
 F. E. Pierson, Army Y. M. C. A. 
 
 A. H. Anglin, Army Y. M. C. A., later First Lieutenant, 
 Chaplain U. S. Army. 
 
 L. Cloyd Murray, Army Y. M. C. A., later First Lieutenant, 
 Chaplain U. S. Army. 
 
 M. Gaylord Simons, Sergeant U. S. Army. 
 
 LeRoy Hobb, Corporal U. S. Army. 
 
 Harry Harter, American Red Cross, French Field Artillery, 
 French Aviation and still later attache U. S. Consul; awarded 
 Croix de Guerre. 
 
 Emil Mikeska, Army Y. M. C. A., later American Aviation. 
 
 N. A. Thompson, U. S. Army, First Class Private. 
 
 Ralph E. Johnson, Tulsa Ambulance Company., U. S. Army. 
 
 Hugh C. Graham, First Lieutenant U. S. Army. 
 
 Blanche C. Johnson, Yeomenette, U. S. Marines. 
 
 In addition to these, two of the fifteen men on the board of 
 directors entered Army Y. M. C. A. work: 
 
 Chas. R. Gilmore, Army Y. M. C. A. Overseas. 
 
 J. Arthur Hull, Army Y. M. C. A. Overseas. 
 
 The number of members of the Association who entered 
 the service of their country is impossible to determine, but 
 there is a certainty that the number is considerably over 700, 
 out of a membership of about 2,000. 
 
 E. Roger Kemp, a member of the board of directors, acted 
 as Campaign Director for the entire Southern Department for 
 both the Red Cross and United War Work Campaigns. In ad- 
 dition to this he was head of the local Red Cross work and 
 gave almost his entire time to the National War Work Council 
 of the Y. M. C. A., of which he was a member, and to the Amer- 
 ican Red Cross. 
 
 In co-operation with the Tulsa County Council of Defense, 
 the local Exemption Board, the Red Cross and various other 
 agencies in the city, the drafted men were given farewell ban- 
 quets at the Y. M. C. A. These banquets became exceptionally 
 valuable in the strengthening of the morale of the boys about 
 to enter the service and were an agency in the development of 
 true patriotism among the people of Tulsa County. 
 
 From the very first the local Y. M. C. A. sent from one to 
 three men with almost every train of drafted men going to 
 camp. These men did an invaluable service. Writing paper, post 
 cards, flags, testaments, reading matter, chocolate, drinking 
 cups and many other conveniences were supplied the men. In 
 this way not only Tulsa County men, but men from this part 
 
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 of the State were served. Only those who have made a trip 
 by train carrying drafted men to their camp can realize the 
 spirit of the men on the train, the lack of accommodations, the 
 long periods with nothing to do and often long periods with no 
 food or no water, or inferior food and hot, distasteful water. 
 
 It was almost a daily occurence for a relative or friend to 
 come to the Association for information regarding some man in 
 the service. "We have not heard from him for six weeks." "He 
 was very sick the last time he wrote." "We are afraid he has the 
 'flu.' " "He must have been transferred, or gone overseas," 
 are the types of innumerable pleas that the Y. M. C. A. 
 was able to meet. In from one day to a week usually the rela- 
 tive or friend had definite information regarding the "lost" 
 soldier. The local Association found the very best co-operation 
 and service from the Army Y. M. C. A. secretaries in the various 
 camps to which they telegraphed or wrote regarding "lost" sol- 
 diers. 
 
 Several times the Y. M. C. A. received word a few hours 
 ahead of a troop train that the cafeteria should serve a meal to 
 the boys as they stopped over an hour. At one time 140 men 
 were served and were on their way back to the train in twenty- 
 eight minutes. This prompt service was appreciated. At other 
 times by wire the Association would offer to a troop train that 
 they knew was coming through a bath and swim if the officials 
 would allow a stop-over of thirty minutes to an hour. 
 
 The Sunday Forum, which became an institution in Tulsa, 
 was used to advantage by placing before the men who attend 
 the Forum the subjects of the hour presented by the best speak- 
 ers available and throwing them open for discussion. Returned 
 service men like Private Peat and Private Coen of the Canadian 
 Army, returned Y. M. C. A. secretaries and others brought the 
 message of the battlefield to Tulsa men. 
 
 The newspapers were the most potent agency in awakening 
 the people to the seriousness of the war, and educating them as 
 each crisis was met and passed. The second greatest education 
 program was that followed by the four-minute men, and with- 
 out doubt the activities and program of the local Association 
 follows in third place. 
 
 In addition to the nine men from its own staff who went 
 into army Y. M. C. A. work the local Association acted as a re- 
 cruiting office for army Y. M. C. A. men and women, and sent 
 into the service an addition of twenty-five men and two women 
 from Tulsa County, as follows : 
 
 Ira Brooks, A. B. Cory, J. A. Hull, Karl B. Conway, Wm. H. 
 Pomeroy, Dr. R. J. Lamb, O. P. Sturm, Guy E. Hall, C. R. Gil- 
 more, W. M. Black, A. B. Harn, R. L. McMinn, H. R. McCreary, 
 Wm. C. Worcester, Robt. K. Davis, C. J. Allen, C. L. Brooks, C. 
 
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 Brooks, E. E. Holmes, Wm. A. Anderson, Richard Durrett, Jack 
 Slaughter, S. F. Coen, L. S. Barton, Dr. E. C. Freese, Miss Mynn 
 Cogswell, Miss Grace Maddox. 
 
 Over half of these served the army overseas, the others 
 serving at camps in the United States. In addition to the men 
 and women mentioned above, who are from Tulsa County, an ad- 
 ditional thirty from surrounding counties were recruited and 
 sent into Y. M. C. A. work through the local Y. M. C. A. 
 
 Most of these men spent a period of preparation in some 
 Y. M. C. A. war work school where applicants were rated A, B or 
 C, according to their qualifications. Every man recruited 
 through the Tulsa office received the "A" rating which is a com- 
 pliment to the local committee in charge of recruiting. 
 
 An interesting service was rendered by the physical depart- 
 ment to men who were deficient, usually for underweight, and 
 unable to pass the physical examination for enlistment. At least 
 twenty men received closely supervised physical training and 
 were enabled to enlist by overcoming such physical deficiencies. 
 As soon as men began going into the service the local Associa- 
 tion realized the necessity of sex education for the men. Pam- 
 phlets were issued and distributed under such titles as "Re- 
 member Mother and Sister" and a series of five sex talks was 
 given. 
 
 Among other interesting statistics is the fact that 2,000 
 khaki testaments were distributed to service men before they 
 left or on the troop trains which were manned by men from the 
 local Association. 
 
 The work of the National War Work Council of the Young 
 Men's Christian Association at home and overseas was so tre- 
 mendous that it is impossible to give an idea of the service 
 rendered in a short paragraph, but a few statistics are interest- 
 ing: 11,229 workers had been accepted and sent to Europe in 
 April, 1919, and at that time there still remained of that number 
 5,693 men and 2,657 women or a total of 9,350. The number 
 of pounds of goods handled in fifteen months totaled 186,206,030, 
 which had to be shipped and re-shipped, carried by railroads, 
 trucks and in any other conveyance possible. For Y. M. C. A. 
 service in France there were only 700 trucks when hostilities 
 ceased and these had to transport not only goods but enter- 
 tainers, secretaries, supplies, lecturers, etc. In the month of 
 October, 1918, alone the railroads handled 765 cars of general 
 supplies, 86 cars of flour, 148 cars of sugar, 150 cars of tobacco, 
 59 cars of chocolate, 63 cars of raw material for manufacture, 
 and 144 cars of lumber and hut materials. There were over 
 fifteen hundred points at which the Y. M. C. A. served the A. E. F. 
 There were over fifteen hundred points at which the Y. M. C. A. 
 served the French Army. In addition to these at more than three 
 
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 thousands points the Y. M. C. A. served the Italian Army- 
 through more than two hundred secretaries, and was in Russia 
 with more than three hundred men. On March 1st, there were 
 487 places in Germany where it was serving. There were more 
 than three hundred centers of service in England, and nearly 
 one thousand buildings in American camps on this side. 
 
 A total of $20,298,655.87 was received by the Association'3 
 Soldiers Remittance Bureau in 332,144 remittances. This vast 
 sum was sent home for the soldiers without expense to them 
 and owing to incorrect addresses many remittances were difficult 
 to deliver, but 99% per cent had been delivered June 1, 1919. 
 
 A few "Movie" totals would be interesting— 56,000,000 
 soldiers saw, free, the varied programs of 90,000 separate shows, 
 from August, 1917, to April, 1919. Each show averaged 6,000 
 feet of film, so there was a continuous string of film 102,273 
 miles long, four times the circumference of the globe; 1,562 
 workers were engaged full time in this work, using 1,098 ma- 
 chines. These figures are for overseas only and this work was 
 duplicated on this side. 
 
 With 401 men and 472 women (February 1st) the Y. M. 
 C. A. conducted work in 25 leave areas serving thousands of men 
 just back from front line trenches for a few days of rest and 
 recreation. Hotel accommodations, beds, swimming, entertain- 
 ments, theatres and movies, sight-seeing trips, and many other 
 conveniences were furnished at these leave areas. 
 
 Three hundred and four million sheets of writing paper, and 
 225,000,000 envelopes were furnished free of charge as were also 
 2,250,000 articles of athletic material, also 5,000,000 books, 
 7,000,000 booklets and magazines, 10,000,000 newspapers — in 
 all 2,268,000,000 soldiers comforts were distributed. 
 
 To carry on all this great work money was required and the 
 Y. M. C. A. went to the American people three times for funds. 
 The first request was for $3,000,000, and this was oversubscribed 
 to the total of $5,000,000. The second drive was for $35,000,000 
 and a total of $52,000,000 was subscribed. Then in the United 
 War Work Budget the Y. M. C. A. had a total of $100,000,000 
 of the $170,500,000 asked. This was oversubscribed as well. 
 
 Tulsa's part in these drives was always done in the "Tulsa 
 way" by a liberal oversubscription of the total allotted. The 
 first drive was for only a few thousand dollars and Tulsa peo- 
 ple scarcely knew when it was subscribed. The second drive 
 called for $75,000 from Tulsa County and the third was included 
 in the United War Budget, Tulsa's subscription being almost 
 $300,000. 
 
VI. 
 Y. W. C. A. 
 
 With the entrance of America into the war in April, 1917, 
 the Tulsa Association pledged itself to use every energy for the 
 winning of the war and to this end urged the members to devote 
 all the time possible to the service of the Red Cross and to assist 
 in all Liberty Loans and other war fund campaigns. 
 
 In April the Tulsa Association appointed a committee to raise 
 a fund of $1,800 to pay for a special War Work Secretary to in- 
 vestigate the needs of girls in the vicinity of training camps in 
 its Southwestern Field. This committee was composed of Miss 
 Florence Heald, Mesdames J. W. Sloan, F. S. Clinton, R. F. Mac- 
 Arthur, A. T. Allison, R. M. Moody and J. D. Richards. Tulsa 
 was the first city Association in Oklahoma to provide a fund for 
 a War Work Secretary. 
 
 Many members of the Association volunteered for war work 
 in whatever capacity needed. Miss Florence Heald, a member of 
 the Board of Directors, was accepted for Red Cross work across 
 the seas and spent many months in that service. Among the 
 first to offer her services in 1917 was Miss Luella Soliday, who 
 became a nurse in the training camp at Camp Beauregard. 
 Several girls went to Washington, D. C, for war-time service. 
 
 The Tulsa Association, with the Library Association and 
 Y. M. C. A., raised a fund for the war work of the National 
 organizations which they represent. Six thousand dollars of this 
 was sent by the Tulsa Association to the National War Work 
 Council of the Young Women's Christian Association to be used 
 to help build and equip hostess houses in connection with train- 
 ing camps. The hostess houses became the popular headquar- 
 ters for the women and girls who visited the camps to see rela- 
 tives. 
 
 Various groups of girls gave plays and pageants in order to 
 raise money for the Red Cross. In the fall of 1917 Miss Eva Hor- 
 ner, girls' work secretary, organized Patriotic League Clubs in 
 eleven schools. The purpose of these leagues was to instruct in 
 and develop patriotism and service in younger girls. A success- 
 ful pageant, "The American Girl on Trial," was presented dur- 
 ing 1918. The Patriotic League and Campfires of the Associa- 
 tion gave the Red Cross 561 knitted articles and made 4,953 
 other articles. 
 
 The completion of the new Association Building, which had 
 been begun in the fall of 1916, was deferred until after the sign- 
 ing of the Armistice when the Association then concentrated 
 every effort toward finishing and equipping its home. 
 
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VII. 
 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 
 
 Tulsa Council Knights of Columbus No. 1104 took an active 
 part in all war work in Tulsa during the great struggle, being 
 well represented in all Liberty Bond and Red Cross campaigns 
 and in various other patriotic movements. Owing to the im- 
 portant part that the Knights of Columbus were taking in war 
 relief activities among soldiers and sailors, both in this country 
 and overseas, the greatest efforts of the local organization were 
 directed toward securing the necessary finances for increasing 
 the scopd of this work. Early in 1917, when the Knights of 
 Columbus launched their first war relief work, it was thought 
 that $1,000,000 would be sufficient to maintain it and through 
 a per capita assessment against all members of the organization 
 this sum was raised. However, it was soon realized that $3,000,- 
 000 would be immediately required and Tulsa Council was given 
 an allotment of $10,000. In the campaign put on in December, 
 1917, over $20,000,000 was raised for the Knights of Columbus 
 War Fund. 
 
 The local Council also took an active part in the United War 
 Work campaign in November, 1918. It was a member of this 
 organization who was awarded the prize offered by the cam- 
 paign committee for securing the largest number of subscrip- 
 tions in territory that had already been worked. 
 
 The local Council furnished 125 of its 450 members for mil- 
 itary service, two of this number having died while serving with 
 the colors. 
 
 Knights of Columbus days at the War Savings Stamps 
 Bank were always marked by great activity, this organization 
 standing among the leaders in the amount of bonds sold. 
 
 Throughout the period of the war the local club rooms of 
 the organization were used as work rooms by the Red Cross. 
 They also served as dormitories for returned service men, seeking 
 employment, during the period of demobilization. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 SALVATION ARMY 
 
 Every man who served at the front has a warm place in 
 his heart for the Salvation Army. The work of this organiza- 
 tion was conspicuous. In Tulsa the local Corps co-operated with 
 the various war movements and was especially active in min- 
 
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 istering to the wants of men returning from training camps and 
 abroad. It also co-operated with the Soldiers and Sailors Council 
 in post-war work. On the return of the 111th Engineers, Sal- 
 vation Army lassies served doughnuts and coffee to the men. 
 
 The Tulsa Corps was in charge of Adjutant Rosa Coblenz. 
 Two of the members engaged in overseas service, Hirschel Jones 
 and Clarence Rothenbach. 
 
 IX. 
 JEWISH WELFARE BOARD 
 
 Like the Jews of other cities, Tulsa Jewry was called upon 
 by the Jewish Welfare Board to help in the welfare work among 
 the Jewish boys at Camp Doniphan. The Jewish Welfare Board 
 was to the Jewish youths in the service what the Knights of 
 Columbus and the Y. M. C. A. were to the non-Jewish youths. 
 The award of the Distinguished Service medal to Col. Harry 
 Cutler, chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board, was the official 
 recognition by the Government of the valuable service rendered 
 by that organization in helping to win the war. When this Board 
 called upon Rabbi Jacob B. Menkes of Temple Israel and Rabbi 
 Morris Teller of the Congregation B'nai Emmunah to serve as 
 religious secretaries of the camp they cheerfully consented to 
 render this service to their country and to their fellow Jews. 
 It was their duty to visit Camp Doniphan from time to time for 
 the purpose of conducting religious services in the camp and to 
 look after the well-being of the Jewish boys while there. The 
 Jewish welfare board had a paid representative at the camp. 
 
 While in the Camp the Rabbi was not only the director of 
 religious services, but was the consultant of the regular represent- 
 ative of the Jewish Welfare Board. The Jewish women of Tulsa 
 contributed generously to the comforts of their men in camp by 
 sending large consignments of edibles and reading matter. For 
 the Jewish holidays all the Jewish boys were invited by the mem- 
 bers of the Tulsa Jewish community to spend the holidays with 
 them and through the efforts of the Rabbis and Emile Offen- 
 bacher and Mrs. Charles Douglas, arrangements were made with 
 local families to billet them. As the leave of absence was too 
 short to take advantage of this invitation, goodly sums of money 
 were forwarded to the boys in camp for a holiday treat. 
 
 Members of the Jewish community of Tulsa were large con- 
 tributors to all war funds and co-operated both financially and 
 otherwise in the activities of the Soldiers and Sailors CounciL 
 
X. 
 PATRIOTIC COMFORTS COMMITTEE 
 
 The Patriotic Comforts Committee of Tulsa was organized 
 in December, 1917, by Christian Scientists and was a branch 
 of the Comforts Forwarding Committee of Boston, Massachus- 
 etts. 
 
 While this organization was not a part of the regular church 
 activities, the work was carried on entirely by members of the 
 Christian Science Church. The object of this work was to assist 
 in the general war work by knitting for the soldiers and sailors 
 and making garments for the children of war-stricken France 
 and Belgium. 
 
 All the funds and materials used by this committee were 
 furnished by Christian Scientists. The work was under the 
 direct supervision of Mrs. W. H. Bagley, chairman, assisted by 
 Mrs. Courtland L. Butler, secretary, and Mrs. H. H. Wrightsman, 
 treasurer. 
 
 The work Was carried on in groups or teams, and the cap- 
 tains of the various teams were as follows: Mrs. C. R. Adams, 
 Mrs. Frank Franz, Mrs. Claude L. Hough, Mrs. Charles F. Noble, 
 Mrs. W. W. Evans, Mrs. W. R. Miller and Mrs. S. J. Campbell. 
 
 Each team met at the home of the captain at least once 
 each week, and sometimes oftener, and spent the day in making 
 and knitting garments for war purposes. All of the garments 
 were made 'from the official Red Cross patterns. The cutting 
 of the garments was in charge of Mrs. John McLean. 
 
 From December, 1917, to April, 1919, the members of this 
 committee knitted and shipped to the general headquarters in 
 Boston 840 knitted articles and 2,454 other garments. 
 
 During the period of the war a Camp Welfare Fund was 
 maintained by the Christian Scientists and $2,080.26 was for- 
 warded for war relief through this fund. Mrs. S. J. Campbell 
 of Tulsa was the State representative of the Camp Welfare Com- 
 mittee and spent much of her time in war work at Camp Doni- 
 phan. 
 
 XI. 
 
 BOY SCOUTS 
 
 Among the genuine patriotic services rendered by Tulsa 
 during the World War, none were more faithfully or cheerfully 
 performed than those contributed by the Tulsa Boy Scouts. 
 
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 Their motto of one good deed a day might well have been 
 changed to one of continuous devotion. In all war drives, at 
 conventions, at meetings, at all functions of the Red Cross and 
 kindred organizations, the Boy Scouts were the "handy men," 
 ready at a moment's notice to perform any task assigned to 
 them, individually or as a troop. 
 
 The Tulsa Scout Council, at the beginning of the war, num- 
 bered 324 active scouts in its fourteen troops. Each troop was 
 connected with some church of the city, both as a troop and as 
 a part of the church organization. 
 
 The following is a record of the organizations served and 
 the service performed: 
 
 Fourth Liberty Loan: Distributed cards to show windows; 
 distributed 1,000 posters; distributed 200 stickers on automo- 
 biles, and served as messengers for Liberty Loan Committee. 
 
 United War Work Campaign: Distributed 1,600 posters; 
 performed six days' office work; distributed advertising mat- 
 ter for war train ; distributed advertising matter for Irvin Cobb 
 lecture; distributed literature for Private Peat lecture. 
 
 Red Cross : Worked two days at canteen ; patrolled library 
 two days; distributed posters; distributed slides for picture 
 shows; served as gleaners and drove an automobile two days. 
 
 Young Women's Christian Association: Cleared a garden 
 spot at Parthenia Park and distributed stickers on automobiles. 
 
 Young Men's Christian Association: Distributed cards for 
 lecture ; delivered cards and letters to pastors ; furnished a bugler 
 for shop meetings for four days and helped to take invoice. 
 
 City of Tulsa: Drove automobile one day for city nurse; 
 patrolled flooded district for police department; assisted police 
 in patroling streets for parade and worked on poor fund. 
 
 American Legion : Patrolled streets for parade ; distributed 
 posters to windows and stickers on automobiles. 
 
 Armenian Relief: Placed 150 posters in show windows. 
 
 Rotary Club: Collected old clothing. 
 
 Victory Loan Campaign: Had charge of all publicity for 
 ten days, which included the placing of 850 large posters, 200 
 small posters and 1,000 stickers on automobiles. Furnished 
 three boys for office work each day for ten days. 
 
 Federal Labor Bureau: Delivered letters to pastors. 
 
 Headquarters, Tulsa County Boy Scouts of America: Per- 
 formed office work and served as messengers for the executive. 
 
 In addition to their war service the scouts assisted civic 
 organizations in various campaigns. 
 
 From their headquarters at the Y. M. C. A. the Boy Scouts 
 handled approximately 4,250 posters, 2,525 banners and 8,200 
 stickers. 
 
 Tulsa Scout Council Officers: H. L. Standeven, president; 
 
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 C. E. Buchner, vice-president; O. S. Burkholder, vice-president; 
 A. L. Farmer, vice-president; J. W. Robb, commissioner; F. E. 
 Bossard, deputy commissioner; N. J. Bubser, treasurer; E. G. 
 Cunningham, secretary; John M. Lindley, scout executive. The 
 scoutmaster's council consisted of C. L. Eckle, president; J. M. 
 Rainbolt, vice-president, and F. E. Bossard, secretary-treasurer. 
 Following is a list of scoutmasters and assistants: Troop 1, 
 scoutmaster, W. E. LaForge, assistant, Glen LaForge ; Troop 2, 
 L. W. Olander, Mark Smith ; Troop 3, H. W. Meyer, L. C. Cock- 
 rell ; Troop 4, W. H. Murphy, Archie Goodman ; Troop 5, Homer 
 Hughes, Allen Howell ; Troop 6, W. C. Garrett, Joe Badger ; Troop 
 7, A. E. Butler, Charles Madden; Troop 8, G. W. Goumaz, Wal- 
 ter Raper; Troop 9, F. E. Bossard, no assistant; Troop 10, J. M. 
 Rainbolt, C. D. Lockwood; Troop 11, B. F. Lawrence, no as- 
 sistant; Troop 12, C. C. McCrary, no assistant; Troop 13, C. L. 
 Eckle, C. M. Bosley ; Troop 14, L. G. Hamilton, L. A. Banes. 
 
 XII. 
 
 HOME AND FARM DEMONSTRATION BUREAU 
 
 "Food will win the war," was the slogan of 1917 throughout 
 the Agricultural Department of the United States Government. 
 
 The Oklahoma State Agricultural College and offices of the 
 United States Department of Agriculture are located at Still- 
 water, Oklahoma, and each County has a branch office. The 
 Tulsa County office was located in the courthouse in Tulsa and 
 was known as the Farm Demonstration Office. Miss Jessie 
 Shannon was Government supervisor of Home Economics in 
 Tulsa County during the war. 
 
 The work of this office was to teach the people better meth- 
 ods of raising and marketing food products, how to preserve the 
 food in the home for future use, and the use of wheat substi- 
 tutes. 
 
 This work was done by means of organization throughout 
 the County. In each rural schoolhouse meetings were held giv- 
 ing the people instruction on the planting and raising of food 
 products. 
 
 The people responded cheerfully. In cold schoolhouses, with 
 possibly the light of one or two lanterns, sixty or seventy people 
 would gather, more than willing to do their part in helping to 
 win the war. 
 
 Mrs. Minnette Hedges, county superintendent of schools, in- 
 structed her teachers to hold school on Saturdays during the 
 winter and spring of 1918. This shortened the school term from 
 three" to six weeks, thereby enabling the older boys and girls to 
 be at home early in the spring to assist in the planting of gar- 
 
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 dens and to help gather the early fruits and vegetables. In this 
 way they helped to carry out the Government's instructions in 
 raising and canning one can of fruit and one can of vegetables 
 for each day in every home for the coming year. 
 
 In Tulsa the Housewives League was organized in order to 
 see that the State Pure Food Laws were observed, and to help 
 regulate prices, weights and measures. 
 
 Meetings were held in the different school buildings of the 
 city at which demonstrations and lessons were given in cooking 
 and in the canning of fruits and vegetables. These meetings were 
 well attended and proved to be very helpful. 
 
 Throughout the County the women responded nobly to the 
 call for food conservation. In many homes housewives did more 
 than the government asked of them in the way of saving food, 
 using a very small amount of sugar or no sugar at all, also using 
 other than wheat flour in order that the American Army might 
 have the best of food. 
 
 The women of Tulsa County made an enviable record in the 
 extent to which substitutes were used for wheat flour, meats and 
 fats. By so doing they contributed their part to the 45,000,000 
 bushels of cereals, together with an equal amount of other foods 
 which was sent abroad by the Government during the first year 
 in which the United States was actually engaged in the World 
 War. 
 
 Valuable assistance was rendered the Tulsa County Council 
 of Defense by J. Larue Baker, at that time County Farm Dem- 
 onstrator, in working out the plan of the Federal Government 
 for excessive production during the war. 
 
 Increased production was stimulated by personal solicita- 
 tion among farmers and the organization of boys' and girls' 
 clubs. The marketing and distributing problems were solved 
 through this agency. 
 
CHAPTER EIGHT 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 
 i. 
 
 KNIGHTS OF LIBERTY 
 
 One of the first serious war problems of an internal nature 
 to arise in Tulsa was that brought about by the establishment 
 here of a sort of district headquarters for the Industrial Work- 
 ers of the World. 
 
 They opened up rather elaborate headquarters on Archer 
 Street, just off Main. Literature was scattered broadcast. Their 
 objective seemed to be the organization of all oil field workers 
 in the Mid-Continent field, for the purpose of paralyzing the 
 oil industry, which at that time was most essential to the carry- 
 ing on of the war. 
 
 They had already started strikes and other disturbances 
 in the Louisiana fields and were openly threatening to disrupt 
 the Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas territories. 
 
 About this time the home of J. Edgar Pew, a promient oil 
 man, was dynamited. This act of violence aroused the citizen- 
 ship to the necessity for prompt action. 
 
 The police department executed a carefully planned raid on 
 I. W. W. headquarters early one evening. They seized a quan- 
 tity of decidedly un-American and anti-war literature and ar- 
 rested seventeen members of the order who happened to be pres- 
 ent. This number included one or two officers of the local 
 branch. No sooner had they been incarcerated on a technical 
 charge of vagrancy than "outsiders" began to appear. They 
 employed attorneys to defend their jailed compatriots and seem- 
 ed to have plenty of funds. 
 
 The trial of the I. W. W's in the municipal court lasted 
 several days, and was attended constantly by a crowd that packed 
 the court room. On the evening of the last day the defend- 
 ants were found guilty. The court assessed jail sentences against 
 each of them, but suspended them on condition that the prisoners 
 leave the city at once and never return. About dark that evening 
 they were removed from the jail and placed in automobiles, 
 to be taken to the city limits and sent on their way. 
 
 At the corner of Boston and Archer Streets, within a stone's 
 throw of the I. W. W. headquarters, the police cars were halted 
 
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 by a crowd of perhaps fifty men wearing black cowls and black 
 masks. They were heavily armed. The police escorts were 
 forced to leave the automobiles and turn over their weapons. 
 The black-robed men worked quietly and quickly. They stood 
 on the running boards of the cars, and there was a pistol at 
 the head of every convicted I. W. W. 
 
 They drove to a lonely spot in the Osage Nation northwest 
 of the city. The I. W. W's were forced to get out. A tree was 
 selected. The lights of the cars furnished the illumination. One 
 by one the I. W. W's were stripped to the waist, tied to the tree 
 and flogged by the leader of the band. Hot tar was then applied 
 to their backs and feathers thrown into it. 
 
 After all had been thus treated they were told to head away 
 from town and never to return. They scurried through barbed 
 wire fences and undergrowth, while pistol and rifle shots whizzed 
 over their heads. 
 
 During the whipping ceremony the masked individuals re- 
 ferred to themselves as "Knights of Liberty." By this name 
 they were known ever afterward. The story of their action 
 was wired throughout the Nation and shortly other bands of 
 "Knights of Liberty" began to spring up at widely scattered 
 points. 
 
 The identity of the members of this strange organization 
 never became known although some months later a large num- 
 ber of anonymous pamphlets were scattered about Tulsa. They 
 contained a tirade against the treatment that had been accorded 
 the I. W. W's and gave what purported to be a partial list of the 
 leading lights in "The Knights of Liberty." 
 
 The Knights never appeared in public again excepting to- 
 ward the close of the Fifth Liberty Loan campaign, when they 
 marched silently down the street early one evening, bearing ban- 
 ners that warned Liberty Loan "slackers" to "get busy." The 
 loan campaign went over the top within twenty-four hours. 
 
II. 
 
 IMPERIAL BELGIAN COMMISSION 
 
 One of the memorable events of the war was the official 
 visit to Tulsa of the Imperial Belgian Commission. This body 
 consisted of men high in the counsels of King Albert, who had 
 been sent to America to portray an intimate picture of the hor- 
 rors and destruction attending Prussian warfare in Belgium and 
 to express to the American people the gratitude of the Belgians 
 for the splendid relief work being done in their country by the 
 American mission. 
 
 In this work, as in all other war measures, Tulsa had lived 
 up to her best traditions. A sum of money, sufficient to main- 
 tain a small commune in Belgium, had been subscribed by Tulsa 
 citizens. Women of the city had worked tirelessly for months 
 in the cause of Belgian relief. It was fitting, therefore, that 
 to Tulsa should fall the honor of entertaining this distinguished 
 delegation in Oklahoma. 
 
 German atrocities had shocked the American public to the 
 core. The heart of Tulsa, in common with all America, went out 
 to Belgium whose small army in August, 1914, had halted the 
 mighty invading forces of the German kaiser. This respite had 
 enabled France and Great Britain to mobilize their forces suffi- 
 ciently to withstand the onslaught of the German hordes and 
 save Paris from early capture. 
 
 In reprisal for this service to the Entente Allies and to 
 the world, Belgium had suffered robbery, arson, rapine and death. 
 Tragedy had succeeded tragedy until the word Belgium became a 
 synonym for martyrdom. 
 
 The visit of this special commission to Tulsa fell on July 
 21st, 1917, the anniversary of Belgian independence. The order 
 in which Tulsa County drafted men were to report had just 
 been fixed by the War Department and the spirit of patriotism 
 ran high. The city was elaborately decorated for the occasion. 
 
 Assisting Tulsa in the entertainment were Governor R. L. 
 Williams, Bishop Meerscheart, Chief Bacon Rind of the Osage 
 Nation, and a number of Catholic priests from nearby towns and 
 cities who were Belgian subjects. 
 
 The Belgian Imperial Commission proper consisted of Baron 
 Moncheur, diplomat; Lieutenant-General Leclercq, chief of the 
 Belgian Military Commission to the United States ; Major Oster- 
 reith, First Regiment of Guides, Belgian Army, and Lieutenant 
 Count d'Ursel, Second Regiment of Guides, Belgian Army. 
 
 Accompanying these were Hugh Gibson, secretary of the 
 
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 embassy; Captain T. C. Cook, U. S. A., military aide to General 
 Leclerq; James G. Whitley of the Belgian Legation; D. W. 
 Fisher, Department of State ; Thornton Smith of the Associated 
 Press; aides and orderlies. 
 
 The visitors were met at their special train at 9 a. m. and a 
 parade was formed which toured the business district of the 
 city, following which a reception was held at the Hotel Tulsa, 
 where hundreds of citizens were presented to the visitors. At 
 11 o'clock the guests were shown over the city by special hosts 
 appointed for that purpose, this tour ending at the Country Club, 
 where the visitors were entertained at luncheon by that organi- 
 zation. In the afternoon more than three thousand people as- 
 sembled at Convention Hall, where the following program was 
 carried out: 
 
 Call to order, President R. M. McFarlin of the Chamber of 
 Commerce; organ selection, Miss Lynette Kimmons; invocation, 
 Rev. L. S. Barton; address of welcome to Oklahoma, Governor 
 R. L. Williams; address of welcome to Tulsa, H. H. Rogers; 
 presentation of flowers by quartette of children; address, Miss 
 Mary Jane Bennett; address, Baron Moncheur; address, Gen- 
 eral Leclercq; address, Bishop Meerscheart; address, Senator 
 R. L. Davidson; song, led by Ora Lightner Frost; "Star Spangled 
 Banner." 
 
 The reception and entertainment of the visitors was a 
 marked success and the visit of the distinguished mission greatly 
 enjoyed both by the city's guests and by Tulsa people generally. 
 
 III. 
 DETENTION CAMP 
 
 A striking result of the organization of the Tulsa County 
 Council of National Defense was the establishment in Tulsa 
 during the war of a Detention Camp. This was purely a war meas- 
 ure whereby the morale and health of soldiers might be pro- 
 tected and advanced. 
 
 The detention camp was established at First and Elgin 
 streets in five buildings, three of which were devoted to white 
 patients and two to colored. 
 
 The camp was guarded day and night by members of the 
 Home Guard, commanded by Captain Rooney. The meals were 
 served by these officers, who also looked after the comfort of the 
 internes. A committee appointed by the County Council of De- 
 fense visited the camp daily. 
 
 At a meeting of physicians held on August 31, 1918, to dis- 
 cuss the situation and to determine the best method of treating 
 those persons who were already in custody the following physi- 
 
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 cians were present : Doctors Flynn, R. W. Smith, E. L. Cohenour, 
 T. M. Hasking, J. W. Rogers, J. W. Chiids, H. W. Ford, F. M. 
 Boso, C. A. Dillon, Fred Y. Cronk, H. C. Chiids, P. A. Mangan, 
 D. C. Cosby, W. H. Chase, L. E. Rhodes, Dr. T. B. Coulter, H. H. 
 Gessler, Beesley, McDougal and A. H. Felt. 
 
 A board was elected to handle the matter. Dr. T. B. Coulter 
 was selected chief of clinic, together with R. W. Smith, Dr. W. W. 
 Beesley, Dr. Cohenour, Dr. J. W. Rogers and Dr. F. M. Boso, to 
 formulate a plan for treating these persons and to recommend 
 or pass upon each case with reference to parole or a discharge 
 from the said apartments. 
 
 A total of 256 patients were received and treated at the 
 camp. A rigid watch was kept to prevent the escape of the in- 
 mates. Some of the patients after being discharged went to 
 munitions camps for employment. 
 
 J. Burr Gibbons, D. C. Rose and H. W. Kiskaddon constituted 
 the committee appointed by the County Council to visit and in- 
 spect the Detention Camp and report on their findings. 
 
 IV. 
 EMERGENCY HOSPITAL 
 
 Americans during the World War were forced to combat 
 enemies at home as well as abroad. One of the most vicious of 
 these was an epidemic of Spanish Influenza, or the "Flu" as it 
 was commonly called. The ravages of this disease not only caused 
 many deaths in civilian and military life but hampered seriously 
 the war drives which were being conducted during its prevalence. 
 
 A State order closed all schools and public halls. Moving 
 picture shows were not permitted to operate and, notwithstanding 
 the cold weather, the street cars in many cities and towns were 
 run with every second window open. 
 
 Tulsa, however, anticipated action by the State Director 
 of Public Health. Rigid quarantine restrictions were placed in 
 effect by the city and an emergency hospital established which 
 perhaps had no equal in the State. 
 
 On October 2, 1918, a special meeting of the Tulsa County 
 Council of National Defense was called to discuss the epidemic 
 and provide ways and means of combatting the disease. A close 
 co-operation with the city Government was decided upon. Mayor 
 Charles H. Hubbard issued a proclamation closing all theaters, 
 schools, churches and places of public gatherings, also prohibiting 
 all public gatherings with the exception of meetings to further 
 the sale of the Fourth Liberty Loan, the order becoming effective 
 on October 8. The quarantine lasted until October 26. A care- 
 
226 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 ful survey was made of the city and the outskirts of Tulsa. 
 Undertaking companies were instructed to place their ambulances 
 at the disposal of the city and motor sales and taxicab companies 
 and private owners of cars were notified to place such vehicles 
 at the orders of Red Cross nurses on official business. The 
 County Council created a Vigilance Committee which was to 
 be recruited by an Executive Committee consisting of E. E. 
 Oberholtzer, chairman; A. M. Welch, Dr. J. M. Temples, Mrs. 
 Lilah D. Lindsey and Capt. L. F. J. Rooney. 
 
 Labor Unions were permitted to hold meetings of their 
 committees only. 
 
 The Detention Camp at the corner of First and Elgin Streets 
 was converted into an Emergency Hospital, where from October 
 8th until November 12th, 260 patients were admitted and 
 treated. Mrs. Coleman of the Red Cross was placed in charge 
 of the hospital temporarily and was succeeded by Mrs. Kate B. 
 Scott and later by Mrs. I. D. Brown as superintendent. Mrs. 
 H. E. Cary, volunteer worker, was placed in charge of the busi- 
 ness department as aide to the Mayor. Three sections were 
 devoted to white patients and on October 10th the colored wards 
 were opened. 
 
 Dr. Fred S. Clinton was appointed supervising physician. 
 Dr. Charles B. Wickham was superintendent and physician in 
 charge of the colored section. 
 
 The official list shows the following physicians who aided 
 the city in this emergency: Doctors Burdick, Spitz, Kimball, 
 Beasley, Henderson, Mayginnis, Boso, Hendershot, Clinton, 
 Childs, Watkins, Lannaman, O'Hern, Rogers, Murray, Johnson, 
 Lynn, Ford, Gilbert, McVickers, Coulter, Case, Haskins, Nichols, 
 and Kimmons. 
 
 The following teachers and dieticians in the public schools 
 performed from one to fourteen days' volunteer service: Miss 
 Katherine Yeager, Miss Sadie Lee Orr, Miss Gallagher, Miss 
 Mattie Lamb, Miss Calloway, Mrs. Pate, Miss Towler, Miss Jen- 
 nie Butler, Miss Mabel Messner, Miss Zoe Tabor, Miss Wallace, 
 Miss Inez Hughlett, Mrs. McLeod, Miss Sterling, Miss Olive 
 Westbrook, Miss Monetta Hucksbay, Miss Grace Ellsworth, Miss 
 Ethel Allen, Miss Babcock, Miss Gregg and Mrs. Henderson. 
 
 The following were chairmen of official committees: 
 Emergency Hospital Committee, Mayor Charles H. Hubbard; 
 Transportation Committee, Captain Rooney; Investigation Com- 
 mittee, E. E. Oberholtzer; First Aid Committee, Mrs. Lilah D. 
 Lindsey; Press and Education Committee, Dr. J. M. Temples. 
 
 Notwithstanding the rapid spread of the disease before the 
 Emergency Hospital was opened, only twenty deaths resulted to 
 inmates of this institution. 
 
 
V. 
 
 STUNTS 
 
 The work of the Stunts Committee will long be remembered 
 as the most spectacular chapter in local history during the war. 
 Interest in all drives was both heightened and sustained by these 
 innovations, which added zest to the work of the campaign com- 
 mittee. The novelties were for the most part the creations of 
 Ralph Woods, the head of the committee and the man especially 
 charged with all arrangements. These stunts were of particular 
 value to Red Cross campaigns and through them at least $20,000 
 was secured which otherwise would not have been forthcoming. 
 
 During the Second Liberty Bond campaign the famous war 
 gambling game was started with Ralph Woods as the champion 
 gambler of the Middle West. A truck was placed in the center 
 of Main Street. This was mounted by a roulette wheel and a 
 case of paddles. Chances were sold at one dollar each on $50 
 and $100 bonds. When fifty or one hundred chances were sold 
 a $50 or $100 bond was raffled, going to the person holding the 
 lucky number. Par value only was asked, no bonds being sold 
 to the highest bidder. In a single day $28,000 worth of Liberty 
 Bonds were sold from the truck. 
 
 In the Third Bond Issue a booth was erected in the lobby 
 of the Hotel Tulsa where the same system of raffling $50 and 
 $100 bonds continued. In addition to this, however, bonds of 
 $1000 and $10,000 denominations were raffled at $10 and $100 
 a chance respectively. This netted $98,000 in the Third Liberty 
 Loan campaign. 
 
 The first $1000 bond raffled was won by E. W. Sinclair, who 
 immediately donated it to the Tulsa County Chapter of the Red 
 Cross. The first $10,000 bond offered was split between the last 
 two numbers left in the drawing. A. L. Farmer won $5,000 of 
 this and donated it to the Red Cross. A pooled chance held by 
 employes of the American National Bank drew the remaining 
 $5,000. 
 
 In the contest for the third $10,000 bond forty-seven of the 
 one hundred chances were purchased for the Red Cross by public 
 spirited citizens. Frank A. Gillespie won the remaining $5,000 
 and presented it to the Junior Red Cross. 
 
 In other raffles in the Tulsa Hotel lobby for the benefit of 
 the Red Cross everything was offered from a piece of Red Cross 
 veil to a thoroughbred Kentucky horse, all donated by citizens. 
 An officer of the Producers Oil Company gave a horse that 
 
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228 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 brought in $2400. George Bales donated a pony that netted 
 $600. One piece of Red Cross veil brought $150, while an apple 
 pie sold for $700. 
 
 These raffles netted a total exceeding $100,000. One of the 
 most spectacular of all performances offered to induce contribu- 
 tions was the "Over the Top" act staged by the Tulsa Hook and 
 Ladder Company. In the course of the Red Cross drive in May, 
 1918, in the presence of 5,000 people the firemen ran an exten- 
 sion ladder over the roof of the five-story Bliss Building on 
 Third and Main Streets. A fireman started at the bottom rung 
 and ascended a step every time the crowd donated $10. The 
 money came so fast it could not be counted and the fireman 
 went over the top and down again without pausing. This netted 
 the fund $1500, the ascents becoming a continuous performance. 
 
 A highly exiciting and most realistic sham battle was staged 
 during this drive by the Home Guard. The companies alter- 
 nately fired, advanced and fell, to rise and fire in rapid suc- 
 cession. Ambulances and Red Cross stretchers bore away the 
 dead and wounded. No collection was taken, the act being de- 
 signed to attract attention to the campaign. 
 
 During all the war drives employees of the oil companies 
 made large collections with their jazz band. In the big Red 
 Cross drive these processions made repeated tours of the busi- 
 ness section of the city. Preceding the band an extended 
 American flag, measuring twenty by thirty feet, was borne by 
 young women who made stops on the sidewalks directly under 
 the windows of the large office buildings. At each stop the 
 band played and the occupants of the offices showered coins 
 and bills into the flag, $5,000 being collected for the Red Cross 
 in this manner. 
 
 During one of the drives choice vaudeville acts were 
 taken to the neighboring towns where performances were given 
 gratis. Acrobats, sleight-of-hand performers, songsters, banjo 
 artists and other attractions were furnished by William Smith, 
 familiarly known as "Bill" Smith, owner of the Empress 
 Theatre. The performers were taken to the outside districts 
 in cars and did their turns ahead of the four-minute speakers on 
 the programs. 
 
 The semaphore system, installed in the business district 
 during the Red Cross drive, was a financial winner. Warning 
 posts stationed at temporary railroad crossings near the Red 
 Cross booths bore the admonition, "Stop, Look, Loosen." And 
 the crowds did. 
 
 In June, 1918, Charles F. Pratt of Islam Temple, San 
 Francisco, started on a tour of the country with a fifty-pound 
 sack of flour to be bid in by the various Shrine organizations of 
 
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 the Nation, the proceeds to be donated to the Red Cross. The 
 Shrine at Butte, Montana, immediately purchased the sack of 
 flour for $7,500, celebrated their achievements and started it on 
 its journey confident that they had made a record in the flour 
 market. But Pratt had to pass through Tulsa "enroute" to any 
 place of importance and at the urgent request of local Shriners 
 he consented to the public sale of the flour in the lobby of the 
 Hotel Tulsa. Henry Greis, Earl Sinclair, Roger Kemp, Harry 
 Rogers, "Jim" Chapman and a few other Tulsans became inter- 
 ested and entered the market, with the result that the exchequer 
 of the local Red Cross Chapter was swelled to the amount of 
 $51,000 and Adkar Temple was the proud possessor of the 
 famous sack of flour for nearly a week. 
 
 Various other stunts were put on by J. Burr Gibbons dur- 
 ing the war drives. 
 
 One of these, conducted during the Third Liberty Loan 
 campaign, brought the subject of Liberty Bonds intimately into 
 2,000 homes in Tulsa. This was a contest in the public schools 
 in which that number of pupils participated. The schools were 
 divided into three divisions, one for the High School and the 
 other for graded schools. Prizes were offered for the best essay 
 of not to exceed three hundred words on "Why it is necessary 
 to put over the Third Liberty Loan?" Three $50 Liberty 
 Bonds went to the classes producing the best works; War Sav- 
 ings Stamps prizes accompanied the second and third awards 
 and ten $1 prizes in Thrift Stamps went to each division. 
 Parents were consulted in the preparation of these essays which 
 brought the campaign solidly to the attention of the com- 
 munity. 
 
 In the May, 1918, Red Cross campaign a window trimming 
 contest was a constant reminder of the drive to the public. For 
 the best patriotically dressed show window, which was to re- 
 main undisturbed for one week, a $50 Liberty Bond was given. 
 The second prize was $25 in War Savings Stamps and the third 
 was $10 in War Savings Stamps. 
 
 In the same Red Cross campaign the "No Man's Land" act 
 was scheduled. A 100-foot sign was displayed at the corner of 
 Third and Main Streets. At the extreme right was a wounded 
 American lying near the German trenches at the extremity of 
 "No Man's Land," which occupied the center of the board. At 
 the extreme left was Tulsa from which a Red Cross ambulance 
 was starting and traveling such distances as were represented 
 by the amount subscribed to the fund day by day, the quota of 
 ,$180,000 being on the spot where the wounded soldier lay. Con- 
 tributions came so fast that the ambulance passed the $180,000 
 
230 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 mark and went far into the enemy's camp with a total subscrip- 
 tion of $325,000. 
 
 "To Hell with the Kaiser" was another popular stunt. This 
 was designed to aid the War Savings Stamps call for $1,500,000. 
 American soldiers at the extreme left were supposed to advance 
 with each $500,000 total subscriptions, charging the German 
 Kaiser, who fell into the infernal regions with the reaching of 
 the goal by the Tulsa Yankees. 
 
 The ingenuity of both Woods and Gibbons was taxed to the 
 limit in the United War W T ork drive, when, in the face of the 
 signing of the armistice, the adoption of extraordinary meas- 
 ures became imperative for the success of the campaign. 
 
 "The Road to Berlin" was one of the most unique of the 
 stunts put on by the publicity committee. Main and Third 
 Streets were transformed into the western front and embraced 
 that territory lying between the front line of the Allied Armies 
 and Potsdam Palace, the Kaiser's abode in Berlin, with Metz 
 almost in reach. Good roads posts lined Main Street from the 
 Frisco station to Sixth and on Third Street from Denver to De- 
 troit. The Russian battlefront was comprised in the space be- 
 tween Detroit and Main on Third Street. Every good road sign 
 indicated a German town on the road to Victory. It required 
 from $25,000 to $50,000 of the city's quota in this drive to ad- 
 vance the allied armies from one post to the next. On one sign 
 were the words: "The Road to Berlin; $25,000 takes our boys 
 to Metz. Five miles to Metz." Every night a fifty foot red 
 arrow indicated the amount raised during the day. When the 
 final day's total was added the Allies had charged well into the 
 enemy's domain. 
 
 The carnival which was billed during the United War Work 
 campaign as a "studendous aggregation of monstrosities," netted 
 $1200 at a twenty-five cent admission fee. Bank presidents, 
 however, were taxed $5 and others in proportion where the 
 spectators did not come under the head of general admission. 
 
 The grand pageant that celebrated the signing of the 
 armistice while "boosting" the United War Work Campaign was 
 the finale to the "stunt" program and carried a direct appeal 
 to the people. Mothers and fathers of soldiers either in camps 
 in this country or overseas rejoicing in the thought of seeing 
 their boys back home safe, joined in the parade with all the 
 enthusiasm of youth, making the occasion one long to be re- 
 membered. 
 
 The organization of the parade was as follows: First divis- 
 ion: National colors with guard, band, officials, mothers of sol- 
 diers, fathers of soldiers, workers of the allied drive, members 
 
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 of the Red Cross followed by Red Cross nurses and the Apollo 
 Club. 
 
 Second division: Y. M. C. A., Jewish Welfare workers and 
 Knights of Columbus, with insignia, walking abreast; banner, 
 "We Are the Little Things That Help the Boys," followed by 
 representations of Jimmy Pipe, Old Bull, Duke Camel, Lady 
 Fatima and a letter to John J. Tulsa, Somewhere in France. 
 
 Third division: Hearts of the World — young women in cos- 
 tume representing Belgium, France, England, Italy and America. 
 
 Fourth division: Y. M. C. A. war camp community service, 
 American Library Association, members of the Salvation Army 
 preceded by their own band and a float featuring doughnuts 
 and apple pies which this organization made famous on the front 
 in France, the doughnuts finding a ready market at one dollar 
 apiece. 
 
CHAPTER NINE 
 
 Post- War Activities 
 
 AMERICAN LEGION 
 
 The American Legion, the National Association of the World 
 War Veterans, had its incipiency on foreign soil. It was at a 
 caucus held in Paris, March 15th, 16th, 17th, of 1919, that steps 
 were first taken to effect a preliminary organization, the name 
 American Legion being tentatively adopted. Prior to that time 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who had been mainly 
 responsible for the calling of the meeting in the French capital, 
 left France for the United States to arrange a similar caucus to 
 be held in St. Louis, May 8th, 9th and 10th of the same year. 
 Twelve hundred men, representing every branch of the service 
 and every section of the country, attended this meeting, which 
 was characterized by notable enthusiasm and sincerity of pur- 
 pose. Early in the session it became evident that a veterans' 
 association of the World War was soon to be an established fact. 
 The name American Legion was definitely adopted, a temporary 
 constitution was drafted and the guidance of the organization 
 was entrusted to an executive committee until permanent offi- 
 cers should be elected at a convention to be held at Minneapolis 
 in November. 
 
 Henry D. Lindsley, who served as chairman of the caucus, 
 was made chairman of the Executive Committee; Eric Foster 
 Wood was its Secretary ; General Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma City 
 was selected as a member of the Executive Committee. Tem- 
 porary headquarters have been established at 19 West 44th 
 Street, New York City. 
 
 The history of the American Legion in Oklahoma com- 
 menced some time between the Paris caucus and the meeting 
 in St. Louis. About the middle of April, 1919, the Adjutant 
 General of the State called together a few representative men 
 and with their aid effected a temporary State organization, with 
 Ross Lillard of Oklahoma City, chairman, and F. W. Fisher, 
 secretary. Immediately succeeding this forward step a call was 
 issued for a State caucus to be held in Oklahoma City on May 3d 
 for the purpose of perfecting the State organization and elect- 
 ing delegates to the St. Louis caucus. Letters were sent out 
 by the chairman to well-known ex-service men in each community 
 
 232 
 
CORP. HORACE H. HAGAN, Post Commander Joe Carson Post, American 
 Legion Post No. 1, State of Oklahoma ; Corporal Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Rose- 
 crans, Calif. ; Four-Minute-Man. 
 
 LIEUT. RALPH H. BERRY, Post Adjutant Joe Carson Post, American Legion. 
 
 CAPT. JOHN ROGERS, Post Vice Commander Joe Carson Post, American 
 Legion. 
 
 CHAPLAIN L. C. MURRAY, Chaplain Joe Carson Post, American Legion. 
 
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 urging them to call local meetings for the purpose of selecting 
 delegates to the Oklahoma City caucus. At such a meeting held 
 in Tulsa on April 24th, Lee Daniel, who had recently returned 
 from the front, was elected temporary chairman, and Thomas J. 
 Shea, temporary secretary. The following delegates were se- 
 lected : Alva J. Niles, Lee Daniels, H. W. Fulger, H. H. Hagan, 
 C. E. Wheeler, G. F. A. Brien, John Rogers, Paul R. Brown, N. A. 
 Thompson, P. A. Fox, W. O. Tyler, David Weinstein, A. M. Bailey, 
 Thomas F. Shea, L. N. Stroud, H. L. Halley, William Viner, A. L. 
 Carmichael, Robert Evans and Charles Casey. The sixteen dele- 
 gates from Tulsa who arrived in Oklahoma City on May 4th com- 
 prised the largest single delegation from any County in the State. 
 Throughout the session of the State Convention the Tulsa spirit 
 was constantly in evidence. Lee Daniel, chairman of the dele- 
 gation, was unanimously elected permanent vice president of 
 the State organization. Horace H. Hagan of Tulsa was selected 
 to represent the First Congressional District on the State Execu- 
 tive Committee. 
 
 At the St. Louis caucus Oklahoma's delegation of twenty- 
 three included the following Tulsans : Alva J. Niles, Lee Daniel, 
 Ralph H. Berry, N. A. Thompson, Thomas J. Shea, Horace H. 
 Hagan, William Viner, Philip A. Fox and Howard W. Meyer. 
 
 As a result of the stimulating session at St. Louis, the 
 temporary officers of the Tulsa post proceeded immediately to 
 perfect their own organization. A meeting was called for May 
 21st for the purpose of selecting a name for the post and elect- 
 ing permanent officers. 
 
 By a unanimous vote the local unit was designated as Joe 
 Carson Post, in honor of a Tulsa hero who made the supreme 
 sacrifice on the fields of France. The community had known Joe 
 Carson both as a schoolboy and as a popular young business man. 
 Characteristic cheerfulness had endeared him to thousands of its 
 citizens. 
 
 At the meeting on May 21st the following permanent offi- 
 cers for the local Post were elected: 
 
 Post Commander, Horace H. Hagan ; Post Vice-Commander, 
 John Rogers; Post Adjutant, R. H. Berry; Post Finance Officer, 
 Virgil Jones; Post Historian, William R. Meyer; Post Chaplain, 
 L. C. Murray. 
 
 William Viner has since been elected treasurer to succeed 
 Virgil Jones, resigned. 
 
 To these officers there was later added an executive com- 
 mittee consisting of the Post Commander, the Post Adjutant and 
 John Rogers, Dr. W. Albert Cook, Thomas D. Lyons, N. A. Thomp- 
 son, Alva J. Niles, William Viner and Glenn Condon. 
 • To August 1, 1919, the greatest achievements of the Joe 
 
234 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Carson Post were the membership campaign and the reception 
 tendered the 111th Engineers. 
 
 The membership campaign on June 7th was ably directed by- 
 Glenn Condon, a former managing editor of the Tulsa World. 
 Howard Meyer and B. F. Noyes were in charges of signs and 
 posters; William Viner served as special auditor for the cam- 
 paign, and Philip A. Fox directed the young women workers 
 whose efforts netted several hundred applications. 
 
 Captain Daley of the Oklahoma Guard, and N. A. Thompson, 
 employment secretary of the Y. M. C. A., each secured approxi- 
 mately one hundred memberships. In the evening a team of 
 Legion workers was stationed at each theater in the city. The 
 captains of these teams were: R. H. Berry, Harry Halley, 
 Thomas D. Lyons, Glenn Condon, Alva J. Niles, Gerald O'Brien, 
 John Rogers, Lee Daniel and S. E. Dunn. Keen rivalry was 
 manifested in this membership contest, the honor for the largest 
 number of new members secured going to the team of R. H. Berry 
 with that of S. E. Dunn ranking second. As a result of the day's 
 campaign, twelve hundred new members were added to the roll 
 of the local Post. With a membership in excess of fifteen hun- 
 dred the Tulsa unit immediately became the largest and most 
 active Post in the State. In recognition of this fact the first 
 charter in Oklahoma was issued Joe Carson Post. 
 
 The reception to the 111th Engineers, of which Company D 
 was a Tulsa unit, was entirely under the auspices of Joe Carson 
 Post, and proved to be the greatest gala event in Tulsa history. 
 
 The local post co-operated with the War Camp Community 
 Service in its endeavor to find employment for returned service 
 men. Headquarters were established at the Red Cross canteen 
 at the Frisco station. Thomas J. Shea was made State employ- 
 ment officer of the Legion and representative of the local Post 
 at the canteen. Due to his efforts and to those of J. W. Crays, 
 the War Camp Community representative, who was also a mem- 
 ber of Joe Carson Post, the American Legion made a creditable 
 record in the vital matter of re-employment. 
 
 The citizenship of Tulsa has at all times manifested a keen 
 sympathetic interest in the progress of Joe Carson Post. The 
 Chamber of Commerce placed its auditorium at the disposal of 
 the Post for meetings ; city officials unfailingly lent their hearty 
 co-operation and responded cordially to suggestions made to them 
 by Post officers, and the city press has been more than generous 
 in its attitude toward the organization. 
 
 Joe Carson Post is by no means the only Post of the American 
 Legion in Tulsa County. There is a flourishing Post at Collins- 
 ville and Sand Springs has completed an organization. 
 
POST-WAR ACTIVITIES 235 
 
 Horace H. Hagan, commander of Joe Carson Post, was a 
 member of the general committee which formulated the consti- 
 tution of the American Legion. The purposes of the organiza- 
 tion are thus set forth in the preamble to this document : 
 
 "For Good and Country, we associate ourselves together for 
 the following purposes: 
 
 "To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States 
 of America ; to maintain law and order ; to further and perpetuate 
 a 100 per cent Americanism ; to preserve the memories and inci- 
 dents of our association in the Great War; to inculcate a sense 
 of individual obligation to the community, State and Nation; 
 to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses ; to 
 make right the master of might; to promote peace and good 
 will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the prin- 
 ciples of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanc- 
 tify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." 
 
II. 
 
 SOLDIERS AND SAILORS COUNCIL 
 
 The Armistice came with its double celebration on Nov. 7th 
 as well as on the 11th by reason of the false report. Tulsa went 
 the limit on both occasions, and her loyal support during the war 
 was not greater than her joy at the ending of the conflict. 
 
 "Honorable discharge" were the two words most often used 
 by service men and the ones at home. Non-essential units were 
 first released from the camps, mainly those men who had been 
 the shortest time in service, but January 1st saw the boys coming 
 home from all parts of the world and immediately the need of 
 some large and co-operative effort in their behalf became evident. 
 
 Colonel Clarence B. Douglas, Secretary of the Chamber of 
 Commerce, and C. E. Buchner, General Secretary of the Young 
 Men's Christian Association, called together the leaders of all 
 active organizations in the city that wished to participate in the 
 work and these constituted a permanent body of advisors. The 
 following is a list of the organizations and their representatives 
 at the time of their best work: City Administration, M. J. Mc- 
 Nulty; County Commissioners, Lewis Cline; Chamber of Com- 
 merce, Colonel Clarence B. Douglas ; Young Men's Christian As- 
 sociation, C. E. Buchner; Knights of Columbus, R. H. Siegfried; 
 Jewish Welfare Board, J. B. Menkes ; Federal and State Employ- 
 ment Service, W. J. Squire; Tulsa Trades Council; A. L. Berry; 
 Young Women's Christian Association, Mrs. A. W. Roth ; Council 
 of Defense, J. Burr Gibbons ; Red Cross, E. R. Kemp ; Ministerial 
 Alliance, L. C. Murray; Rotary Club, Alf Heggem; Lyons Club, 
 W. C. Steger; Kiwanis Club, John Woodard; Advertising Club, 
 L. E. Abbott; City Club, W. 0. Buck; Salvation Army, Adjutant 
 Coblenz ; County Farm Demonstrator, J. F. Malone ; Federal Boys 
 Working Reserve, A. L. Farmer ; Colored Soldiers Service Coun- 
 cil, Barney Cleaver; American Legion, Horace H. Hagan; War 
 Camp Community Service, J. W. Crays. 
 
 Colonel Clarence B. Douglas was chosen president and C. E. 
 Buchner, secretary of the organization which was known as the 
 S. and S. Council. Permanent headquarters was established at 
 the Y. M. C. A. Building at Fourth and Cincinnati Streets, and 
 that organization immediately chose a man to assume responsi- 
 bility for that work alone. The man selected was N. A. Thomp- 
 son, who was then in Camp Logan, Texas, where he had been 
 training in the one-pound gun platoon, Headquarters Company 
 of the 57th U. S. Infantry for eight months. The Government 
 
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POST-WAR ACTIVITIES 237 
 
 granted a request for his discharge and by January 12th the De- 
 partment was in full operation. 
 
 A two days' conference was held by the active welfare work- 
 ers when all phases of the situation were discussed in order 
 that a program might be adopted which would meet the needs 
 of the returning soldier. It was called a reconstruction program 
 and later experiences proved it to be very adequate. 
 
 The Council decided that all agencies should work subject 
 to the advice of that body, thus eliminating duplication. The 
 work was classified and assigned to the various organizations 
 represented. 
 
 All cases involving finances were referred to the Home 
 Service Section of the Red Cross and that this branch adjusted 
 these matters effectively is shown by the report of the Red 
 Cross elsewhere in this volume. The returned soldier's need of 
 meals was quickly and efficiently handled by the Red Cross can- 
 teen at the Frisco station, which was open at all times and 
 always ready to welcome incoming service men or those pass- 
 ing through the city. All temporary meals were furnished by 
 the canteen, while the Home Service Section vouched for sol- 
 diers' meals until their first pay day. All matters pertaining to 
 insurance, allotments, back pay, bonus and additional travel pay 
 were expedited in large volume. 
 
 The Red Cross often guaranteed the room rent of employed 
 soldiers, but the greatest volume of work of this kind was 
 handled through the Y. M. C. A. with its large dormitory, its list 
 of outside rooms, where Tulsa residents were willing to run a 
 personal risk of losing their rentals, and the sixteen beds in the 
 Soldiers' Free Barracks. There were additional free beds in the 
 K. of C. Hall at the corner of Fifth and Boulder Streets. 
 
 The Council's greatest pride is the manner in which the em- 
 ployment of returned soldiers was handled. Immediately after 
 the need became evident the Federal-State Employment Bureau, 
 then under the leadership of Carl Lee, and later under that of 
 W. J. Squire, came forward to meet the demand. Every em- 
 ployer was made to understand that he was expected to take back 
 the soldier he had formerly employed, and in every case there 
 was a ready response. This plan provided for the majority of the 
 boys who returned, but the few who had no positions to return 
 to and the large number of new soldiers coming to Tulsa had to 
 be supplied. 
 
 The boys who left the city so advertised its merits that two 
 men came in to establish themselves to every one of the old 
 men who left. 
 
 With employers retaining the men who worked for them dur- 
 ing the war, at the same time re-employing ex-service men, the 
 
238 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 task confronting those in charge of this work became enormous. 
 
 The Council then endorsed the Y. M. C. A. as a branch of 
 the Federal-State Employment Bureau, and hand in hand the 
 two fought a winning battle. No definite record of the number 
 of soldiers placed by the Federal-State Bureau has been kept, 
 but the boys supplied with places through the Y. M. C. A. Em- 
 ployment Bureau increased in number from 91 in January to 510 
 during July, 1919, a total of 1,867 being placed during the first 
 seven months of the year. Crediting the Federal-State Bureau 
 with an equal number brings the total to 4,000 returned soldiers 
 given employment in Tulsa. Through the co-operation of these 
 agencies employment conditions in this city have been excep- 
 tionally good. 
 
 Besides serving as headquarters for returned soldiers, the 
 Y. M. C. A. as a representative of the Soldiers and Sailors Coun- 
 cil assumed the responsibility of looking after the general com- 
 fort of the returning soldier. Besides free beds for transient 
 soldiers, and rooms furnished free and on credit, thousands of 
 boys enjoyed the shower baths and swimming pool which were 
 available at all times, not only to soldiers in uniform, but to the 
 soldier discharged from the army. During the first seven months 
 of the year no less than 10,000 free baths and plunges in the 
 pool were given to returned soldiers. Six months' free member- 
 ship has been given to every discharged soldier. At the ex- 
 piration of that period, it was left to the discretion of the soldier 
 whether or not he renewed his membership. 
 
 Writing material by the tens of thousands of sheets was 
 supplied the boys and the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. was filled at 
 all times with unemployed soldiers who were waiting for posi- 
 tions. A large number of social affairs were planned for the 
 boys and private parties were scheduled during the week; the 
 Sunday afternoon social hour, however, was the most popular 
 of the week's events. Thousands of free admission tickets were 
 given to the boys by managers of Tulsa theaters. Two thousand 
 and two hundred free applications were made for the $60 bonus 
 and 450 applications for additional travel pay. Three hundred 
 and twenty sets of affidavits were made for relatives to secure 
 the discharge of soldiers from service. Free laundry work and 
 pressing was given to a large number of soldiers through the 
 courtesy of local cleaning and pressing establishments. Infor- 
 mation regarding free farms and vocational education was al- 
 ways available at headquarters. Free notary service was always 
 at the disposition of the returned soldier, but the encouragement 
 and inspiration received by every soldier who entered the Asso- 
 ciation building was the most valuable service rendered. 
 
 About the first of May a new and important step was taken 
 by the Association in putting into the field a returned soldier 
 
POST-WAR ACTIVITIES 239 
 
 by the name of S. F. Coen, who for eighteen months fought in 
 the front line trenches with the Canadian Army. He was dis- 
 charged and sent home, afterwards returning to France in Y. M. 
 C. A. war work. He spent his entire time on the streets of 
 Tulsa, in rooming houses and in meeting trains at the various 
 stations. Through his efforts the city was cleared of loafers and 
 "moochers." His keen sympathy soon won for him the friend- 
 ship of the returned soldier, and his knowledge of human nature, 
 combined with a rare tact, enabled him to work in perfect har- 
 mony with the various agencies. 
 
 The following report for the month of June will convey an 
 excellent idea of the amount of service rendered by the Asso- 
 ciation : 
 
 The Soldiers and Sailors Council of the Y. M. C. A. received 
 from the Government the franking privilege in recognition of the 
 efficiency of the work done by this Department in securing em- 
 ployment for the returned soldier. 
 
 This Department assisted the American Legion during their 
 membership drive by securing 150 members. It also assisted in 
 the entertainment of the 111th Engineers, issuing 700 theater 
 tickets, 475 baths, 445 swims, 125 free rides, by furnishing wa- 
 ter to a train load of soldiers and by entertaining the officers 
 at the Y. M. C. A. 
 
 This department aided in the Salvation Army Campaign, 
 raising $400 through the efforts of its team. It also aided in 
 the Armenian-Syrian Relief Drive, raising $300. 
 
 It investigated the peach and grain harvests with a view 
 of furnishing employment to soldiers. 
 
 The 22 free beds maintained by the Department were occu- 
 pied 660 times— 480 at the Y. M. C. A. and 180 at the K. of C. 
 Hall. 
 
 One hundred and fifty-five emergency cases were attended. 
 
 Fourteen calls were made at the County jail with 60 maga- 
 zines distributed. 
 
 Thirty calls were made at the city jail with 100 magazines 
 distributed. 
 
 Fifty calls were made at the Federal Employment Bureau. 
 
 Five calls were made at the K. of C. Hall. 
 
 One hundred and fifteen soldiers were sent to the Red Cross 
 for financial help. 
 
 One hundred and thirty-five soldiers were sent to the Red 
 Cross canteen for meals. 
 
 Five soldiers were furnished with affidavits for discharge. 
 
 Nine soldiers' relatives were given advice. 
 
 Nine hundred soldiers were given free tickets to theaters. 
 
 Sixty-five soldiers were given free tickets to ball games. 
 
240 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Six social functions were held for soldiers. 
 
 Twenty soldiers were taken to dinner through the churches. 
 
 One hundred and forty soldiers were given social engage- 
 ments. 
 
 Seventeen free blanks were filled out for soldiers — applica- 
 tions for the $60 bonus. 
 
 Two hundred and thirty blanks were filled out for soldiers — 
 applications for additional mileage. 
 
 Fifteen soldiers were given information regarding Secre- 
 tary Lane's farm land proposition to returned soldiers, and cards 
 were placed in their hands to send in to Congress. 
 
 Forty-three soldiers were given "sick and relief" aid. 
 
 Two hundred and ten trains were met. 
 
 One hundred and fifteen firms were called on regarding em- 
 ployment. 
 
 One thousand and three hundred soldiers were interviewed 
 on the street and referred to the Soldiers and Sailors Headquar- 
 ters at the Y. M. C. A. 
 
 Five soldiers were given free passage to harvest fields. 
 
 One thousand four hundred and fifty soldiers were inter- 
 viewed in the Y. M. C. A. Building and were given aid. 
 
 Thirteen soldiers were advised on vocational educational edu- 
 cation. 
 
 One thousand and ninety-five free baths were given to 
 soldiers. 
 
 One thousand and twenty free swims were given to soldiers. 
 
 One hundred and twenty-five soldiers were given free rides 
 over the city. 
 
 EMPLOYMENT. 
 
 Applicants Placed 
 
 Returned Tulsa soldiers 79 66 
 
 Other returned soldiers 278 231 
 
 Displaced Tulsa men 75 57 
 
 New men 125 86 
 
 Total 557 440 
 
 During the summer of 1919 two more agencies were added 
 to the Soldiers and Sailors Council— the War Camp Community 
 Service and the American Legion. The War Camp Community 
 Service placed a representative in this city and a full time paid 
 Secretary in the field. The secretary, J. W. Crays, a returned 
 soldier, spent the greater part of his time in soliciting firms of the 
 city for employment for returned soldiers. The co-operation of 
 that branch of welfare work was invaluable to the success of the 
 Council's work. 
 
POST-WAR ACTIVITIES 241 
 
 The American Legion was next organized and T. J. Shea, 
 a paid secretary, was placed in the field by the Legion. He 
 began immediately to take up the problems of the returned sol- 
 dier in a very specific manner, seeing a soldier's needs from the 
 standpoint of a soldier and supporting the Council in its various 
 endeavors. 
 
 As a final and conclusive proof of the efficient work of the 
 Tulsa Soldiers and Sailors Council the organization refers with 
 pride to the statement made by Lieutenant Ayers of Washington, 
 D. C, who was sent by the Government to inspect the work be- 
 ing done for soldiers and sailors, who affirmed that Tulsa had 
 the best plan in the United States for aiding returned soldiers. 
 
 III. 
 GRAND ARMY OF CIVILIZATION 
 
 To Tulsa fell the honor of effecting the first organization of 
 American troops growing out of the World War. To a Tulsa man 
 came the inspiration which gave birth to a plan of organization 
 which should give to all enlisted men in the Allied Armies a 
 fraternal as well as a military union. By this means it was pur- 
 posed to cement the ties formed by 30,000,000 fighting men of 
 many nations and to give to civilization a powerful incentive 
 and instrument which should make for world peace. The Grand 
 Army of Civilization was to be to the world what the Grand 
 Army of the Republic was to union men following the Civil War. 
 
 The plan of organization was the work of Colonel Clarenca 
 B. Douglas of Tulsa. It received the hearty approval of the 
 Secretary of War and of the adjutants general of Oklahoma, 
 Alaska, California and other states to whose attention the 
 movement had been called. It was argued that, once effected, 
 this union would strengthen the bonds already formed on the 
 battlefields and in training camps on two continents. The in- 
 signia should be an open sesame to the hearts of veterans of 
 the world's most terrible conflict. An American traveling in 
 Italy, France or England or in any of the smaller countries 
 leagued to fight the subtle Hun would enjoy an entree which 
 otherwise would be impossible. The amalgamation of fighting 
 men in national and international sessions would serve almost as 
 a guarantee of peace and understanding among the States or 
 Nations represented. It would become a powerful factor in 
 the tranquility of the world. Men would hesitate to engage in 
 warfare against their brethren. The idea was not Utopian in 
 any sense. It was calculated to wield an influence not bounded 
 by any half dozen countries. As such it received the endorse- 
 ment of men high in military and official circles. 
 
242 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 The hasty calling of men to battle, however, prevented the 
 extension of this work after Post No. 1, consisting of Tulsa 
 units, had been mustered in on August 26th, 1917. 
 
 The plan was given wide publicity throughout the state. 
 
 Post No. 1 was mustered in by Colonel Douglas and the 
 following officers elected: 
 
 Post commander, H. G. Lareau; adjutant, Lieut. Fergu- 
 son; historian, Bugler, Brill; post sergeant, Sergt. Paul Wilson; 
 committee on organizing other posts, Sergt. Damon V. Douglas, 
 Virgil Jones and Ivan Groves. 
 
 Following is a copy of the preamble adopted by Post No. 1 : 
 
 WHEREAS, The soldiers of the Allied Nations are engaged in war 
 for the preservation of civilization against the brutal attacks of the Huns, 
 and 
 
 WHEREAS, On the success of the armies of the Allies the fate of 
 the world and the preservation of civilization depends; therefore, 
 
 BE IT RESOLVED, That we the undersigned members of the unit 
 indicated constituting a portion of the armies of the Allies, hereby or- 
 ganize and take our personal membership in the Grand Army of Civi- 
 lization. 
 
 We pledge ourselves to obedience to our superior officers; to loyalty 
 to our flag and to the flag of our Allies ; and dedicate our lives if need be 
 to the preservation of the liberty of the civilized world. 
 
 To make this a worldwide military and fraternal organization, all 
 soldiers and sailors of the Allies, including all enlisted men and officers, 
 are eligible to membership and are asked to assist in the organization of 
 posts in the Grand Army of Civilization. 
 
 The name of the local organization shall be Post No. 1 of Tulsa, Okla- 
 homa, Grand Army of Civilization. 
 
 The officers of this organization shall be a post commander, an ad- 
 jutant and a post sergeant, who will be secretary of the organization and 
 historian, all of whom will be elected by the members. 
 
 All soldiers enlisting from Tulsa, Oklahoma, shall be eligible to mem- 
 bership in Post No. 1. 
 
 IV. 
 ARMORY BILL 
 
 One of the post-war measures which has been prepared for 
 the consideration of Congress is the Armory Bill, the product of 
 the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. It is intended to provide 
 suitable buildings in which to house various National Guards 
 throughout the country and to place them in the same class as 
 postoffices and other Federal buildings. 
 
 The attitude of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce is shown 
 by the following statement : 
 
 "The citizen soldier of the United States, organized in the 
 various National Guards, is in the final analysis a soldier of the 
 Nation. 
 
 "The National Guard Companies, Battalions and Regiments 
 are armed and equipped by the Government of the United States. 
 
POST-WAR ACTIVITIES 243 
 
 They are operated and conducted under the rules and regula- 
 tions of the United States and of the United States Army. They 
 are to a great degree on the battle field commanded by United 
 States Army officers. They are to all intents and purposes as 
 much of the United States Army in times of stress as a Regi- 
 ment in the Regular Army. The World War has demonstrated 
 that these soldiers as individuals, as Companies, Battalions, Reg- 
 iments and Divisions, are the equal of any soldiers the world 
 has ever known and the one weak place in their entire organiza- 
 tion and equipment can be and should be immediately strength- 
 ened by National legislation and by additional National appro- 
 priation. 
 
 "The present weakness of the National Guard is the prac- 
 tically utter absence of suitable armories in those towns and 
 cities where National Guard Companies are organized and in 
 the service. With the exception of a few cities in the United 
 States, local Companies of the National Guard in the various 
 States are housed in shacks, barns, rookeries, abandoned build- 
 ings, and make-shifts dignified by the name of Armory, which 
 are in no way in keeping with either the spirit of the men in 
 the Guard or the dignity of the organizations as military units 
 of the Nation. It is as consistent and as essential that these men 
 be furnished with proper assembly rooms, lockers, drill halls 
 and rallying points as that they be furnished with arms, ammuni- 
 tion, uniforms and field equipment. It is as essential that they 
 have for each military unit a permanent headquarters in which 
 to assemble ; in which to drill ; in which to study and in which to 
 mentally and physically equip themselves for their duties as 
 soldiers as that they have instructions, inspection and officers, 
 and the proper source from which to supply this deficiency is 
 the Treasury of the United States Government. It is as con- 
 sistent to make an appropriation for a suitable armory in the 
 home of every unit of the National Guard of the United States 
 as it is to make an appropriation for a custom house at a port of 
 entry or for a Postoffice where people assemble to get their 
 mail. 
 
 "It is a disgrace to the Government, to the Army and to 
 every State in the Union that the men are forced to occupy 
 abandoned buildings, shacks, barns and deserted halls while in 
 training in the school of the soldier. The Government has been 
 liberal to the soldier in the matter of arms and equipment; it 
 has been liberal in the expense account of the recruiting de- 
 partment and in the expense account of the inspecting officers. 
 The Government and the States have made necessary financial 
 provisions for National Guard encampments and rifle ranges, but 
 have entirely overlooked the most important factor in the sue- 
 
244 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 cessf ul soldier life of the National Guardsman, to-wit : a home for 
 his Company, his Battalion or his Regiment. 
 
 "What should be done, and done immediately, is this: the 
 various State delegations in the House of Representatives and 
 in the Senate of the United States should immediately get to- 
 gether and agree upon an armory building bill which would pro- 
 vide for a reasonable appropriation for an armory in every town 
 and city in the United States where a National Guard Company 
 is maintained. In the larger cities where a number of Companies 
 have been mustered in and are now in the service the armory 
 should be large enough for Regimental Headquarters. In other 
 cities where there may be only one or two or three Companies 
 an armory capable of taking care of a Battalion should be built 
 and in the smaller cities and towns maintaining only one Com- 
 pany an armory even smaller would serve the purpose. These 
 buildings should be permanent structures, built under the direc- 
 tion of the War Department directly by Government appro- 
 priation solely for the use of the citizen soldiers and there is not a 
 man of the four million in the service who would not approve the 
 appropriation necessary for this building program and there is 
 not a patriotic man or woman in the United States who would 
 oppose such an appropriation." 
 
 RAINBOW (42nd) DIVISION 
 
 Members of the Rainbow (42d) Division formed a permanent 
 veterans' organization to keep alive the spirit of the Division 
 while they were still guarding the Rhine. The National organ- 
 ization was composed of twenty-six Chapters formed by the 
 troops from that number of States represented in the Division. 
 
 The Tulsa Ambulance Company formed the nucleus of the 
 Oklahoma Chapter of the Rainbow Division Veterans on April 
 6th, at Neuenahr, Germany. 
 
 The following officers were elected: Capt. Samuel J. Brad- 
 field, honorary president; James A. Brill, president; Douglas 
 Frantz, vice president; Lloyd C. Beach, vice president; Altas 
 R. Rider, vice president ; Josiah C. Chatfield, secretary and treas- 
 urer, and Ward K. Halbert, historian. 
 
 On September 6, 1919, the Oklahoma Chapter held its first 
 reunion at Tulsa. At that time other former members of the 
 Division living in Oklahoma were admitted to membership. The 
 original officers of the Chapter were re-elected to serve until the 
 second reunion, scheduled for June 19, 1920, at Tulsa. 
 
VI. 
 TULSA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 
 At the conclusion of its active service on January 14, 1919, 
 the Tulsa County Council of National Defense resolved itself 
 into the Tulsa County Historical Society. 
 
 The two-fold purpose of this step was to provide a medium 
 for the consideration of post war matters to which the Council 
 might rightly fall heir and to compile a faithful record of the 
 patriotic service rendered by the civilian population of Tulsa 
 County throughout the period of the war. The world has lost 
 much by the failure on the part of contemporaneous authorities 
 to preserve such records and files relating to great events of his- 
 torical value, as would aid succeeding generations in meeting 
 like situations. Histories of the World War will do justice to the 
 efficiency and glory of American arms. In coming years, how- 
 ever, when the question, "What did you do to win the war?" 
 is propounded to those who did not engage in military service, 
 the citizenship of Tulsa County may unfalteringly declare, "We 
 did our full duty." 
 
 Without the unfaltering support of non-combatants the un- 
 sullied victory which fell to the Allied arms would have been 
 retarded ; the overwhelming show of force which made America 
 the determining factor in saving Paris from Prussian hordes 
 would have been impossible. 
 
 At the time of this compilation it is not possible to make a 
 complete record of the military operations of the brave men 
 who left their homes to engage in the fight for world democracy. 
 Such a work will doubtless be published at a later date. Be- 
 sides this there can be no worthier heritage to posterity than a 
 history of the part played by Tulsa's manhood and womanhood 
 at home. 
 
 Already the facts are fast slipping away from the leaders 
 of the various war movements. Innovations came with such 
 rapidity that many of their important phases were forgotten as 
 soon as the obligation was met. That these records may not be 
 entirely lost to the world is the purpose of historical societies 
 growing out of defense work. 
 
 The Tulsa County Historical Society was organized 
 and incorporated by R. M. McFarlin, Col. Clarence B. Douglas, 
 Judge John B. Meserve and J. Burr Gibbons, who elected the 
 following directors: R. M. McFarlin, Col. Clarence B. Douglas, 
 
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246 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Judge John B. Meserve, J. Burr Gibbons, E. R. Kemp, N. R. 
 Graham, C. H. Hubbard. Of these Judge John B. Meserve was 
 made president, Col. Clarence B. Douglas, vice-president ; J. Burr 
 Gibbons, secretary, and J. M. Berry became treasurer. 
 
 At a general meeting of the Society held on June 29, 
 1919, at which Judge Meserve tendered his resignation, the fol- 
 lowing directors and officers were elected to serve throughout 
 the year: Col. Clarence B. Douglas, president; J. Burr Gibbons, 
 vice-president; Major L. J. F. Rooney, secretary; J. M. Berry, 
 treasurer; C. H. Hubbard, Mrs. Lilah D. Lindsey, Judge John B. 
 Meserve and N. R. Graham. 
 
 At this meeting it was voted to establish headquarters of 
 the Society at the War Savings Stamp Bank which was 
 ordered moved to the new site on Cincinnati Avenue near Fourth 
 Street, adjoining the Municipal Building. 
 
 It was also resolved to assemble here relics and trophies of 
 the World War, the collection to be placed in charge of a cus- 
 todian. 
 
 During the presidency of Judge Meserve the Tulsa County 
 Historical Society arranged for the compilation and publication 
 of "Tulsa County in the World War." 
 
With the Colors 
 
Columbia, 
 
 We Have Answered 
 
 (By CLARENCE B. DOUGLAS) 
 
 I. 
 
 We have heard your call, Columbia; 
 
 We have answered in our might 
 With ten million saying, "Present," 
 
 Lined up ready for the fight. 
 From the mills and mines we answered, 
 
 From the office, farm and banks, 
 We're ten million strong, Columbia, 
 
 And we're ready for the ranks. 
 
 II. 
 
 We have heard your call, Columbia, 
 
 And we come ten million strong; 
 We are girded for the battle 
 
 For the right against the wrong! 
 We will cross the seas, Columbia; 
 
 We will reach the Kaiser's lair, 
 And the Huns will feel the thunder 
 
 Of our guns, when we are there! 
 
 III. 
 
 We have heard your call, Columbia, 
 
 And with steel and shot and shell 
 We will sweep the German trenches 
 
 'Til the yawning Gates of hell 
 Have received their own, Columbia — 
 
 Kaiser, Prince and Hussar, too, 
 Then the world will bow, Columbia, 
 
 In a prayer of thanks to you. 
 
 IV. 
 
 When comes peace to thee, Columbia — 
 
 Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men — 
 And the world shall be re-builded, 
 
 We'll come home to thee; and then 
 You shall tell in song and story 
 
 How we heard, ten million strong, 
 How we answered, how we battled; 
 
 How avenged the German wrong! 
 
 V. 
 
 We'll come back to thee, Columbia, 
 
 Back to home and fireside; 
 We'll come back to thee, the living — 
 
 Bringing those who there have died. 
 And the memory of the fallen 
 
 Will be blessed with smiling tears, 
 And the world be saved, Columbia, 
 
 Throughout all the coming years. 
 
 Copyrighted 1917 by Clarence B. Douglas. 
 
Those Who Served 
 
 THE American soldiers, who, in response to the great ideals 
 that inspired the founders of their Republic, went over- 
 seas dedicating valiant service and risking their lives in 
 the service of the Allies, established a record for American 
 manhood that never has been and never can be surpassed. Amer- 
 ica's fighting army, the flower of her endeavor, has earned its 
 meed of glory through martyrdom on the fields of France; but 
 what of that army that delved and moiled in cold and heat, in 
 sand and mud because they were ordered to remain at home by 
 the same power that ordered the fighting army abroad? They 
 redeemed the forest, the swamp, the wilderness to build the train- 
 ing camp, the debarkation place, the cantonment, the barracks 
 to start the soldier on his way and to keep him trim for victory. 
 Nothing that was done across the sea could or would have been 
 done without the construction and preparation here. Those 
 divisions remaining on this side, toiling day and night that sus- 
 tenance, cheer, health and power might be given their comrades 
 who had crossed the seas did their full duty and made possible 
 their glorious achievements. And the youth who went out be- 
 fore he had so much as tasted the glory of battle died a Soldier 
 of his Country as honorably as if he had made the supreme sacri- 
 fice in a front line trench. 
 
 But the fighting army that went and the sustaining forces 
 that remained in camps at home are at best but a symbol of the 
 great "second line of defense" — the millions of American men and 
 women who would have gladly welcomed an opportunity for en- 
 listed service, who longed to demonstrate to the entente allies 
 their unshakable faith in the principles of democracy. 
 
 The list of names which follows is the record of a large por- 
 tion of Tulsa county's contribution to the great Army of Liberty : 
 
Tulsa County's Fighting Men 
 
 Aaronson, Harold, 316 E. 20th St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Abbott, Chas. T., 105 W. 4th St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Ackley, Oliver F., 708 S. Boulder, Tulsa 
 
 Okla. 
 Adams, Virgil, c/o Right Way Laundry 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Adarm H. R.. 310 E. 8th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Adams, J. H., West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Adams. Harvey, 25 N. Olympia, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Adams, H. F., c/o Cosdon Oil & Gas Co., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Adams, C. W., Gen. Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Adkinson, Calvin N., c/o Edgar Adkin- 
 
 son, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Adams, C. Everett, 842 N. Main St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Aggas, Thos. A., 702 S. Elgin, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Aitkin, H. J., Exchange Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Alexander, Robt. W., Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Alvis, Paul D., Pan. American Refg. Co., 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Allsworth, Earl, Kansas City, Mo. 
 Alexander, R. N., 1306 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Alexander, J. K., Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Allen, C. J., 323 N. Rosedale, R. F. No. 1, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Allen, W. A., Frisco Warehouse Foreman, 
 
 Holdenville, Okla. 
 Albee, Russell, Lt. D. R. R. Const. Depot 
 
 Canadian Eng., No. 2627127, Purfleet, 
 
 Essex, Eng. 
 Allen, Elmer B., 302 Clinton Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Ammons, Carl, Arkansas City, Kansas. 
 Ammerman, Sergt. H. E., 424 S. Boston, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla., 65th S. A. Inf. Camp 
 
 Kearney, Calif. 
 Angell, Walter, c/o Mrs. Walter Angell, 
 
 West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Angelo, John H., c/o Mrs. Jno. H. An- 
 
 gelo, 2821 Sidney St., St. Louis, Mo. 
 Anderson, H. L., 23 N. Xanthus, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Anglin, A. H., Camp Doniphan, Okla., Y. 
 
 M. C. A. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Anglin, James, 90th Div., 1423 S. Caro- 
 lina, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Angelo, Banel E., 323 S. Yorktown Ave., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Andrews, Milan, 412 W. 3rd St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Andrews, Leon G., University of Okla., 
 
 842 N. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Anderson, Homer B., Clerk 5, Sapulpa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Andrews, Howard W., 842 N. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Anderson, Albert, Camp Nichols, N. Or- 
 leans, Gen. Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Andress, U. A., 110 W. 4th St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Appleby, E. H., Volunteered, Eng. Corps 
 
 9238 Lawton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Appelby, Melvin P., Camp Green, Char- 
 lotte, N. C. ; 302 Cent. Nat'l Bank Bldg., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Armantrout, Carl, Supply Co., 43rd Inf., 
 
 Camp Logan, Tex., 324 S. Norfolk, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Arnold,' Iven D., 218 N. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Arnold, Harold, c/o Okla. Natural Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. 4th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ashby, Wm., Jackson Barracks, La., 15 S. 
 
 Phoenix, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Atkins, E. K., 44 Casual Co., Camp Pike, 
 
 Ark., 710 College St. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Atwood, Paul, Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf., 516 
 
 N. Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Atchley, Elmer V., 527 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Audrian, R. O., Co. D. 57th Inf., Camp 
 
 Logan, Houston, Tex., 617 N. Boston, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Austin, C. A., Chandler, Okla. 
 Austin, F. E., 1105 Boston, Tulsa. Okla., 
 
 Stable Sergt. 
 Austin, Joseph, 1241 S. Quincy Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Austin, Dolphin L., Frisco Brakeman, Ma- 
 dill, Okla. 
 Ballew, Waldo, Box. No. 1281, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bartholomeu, E. O., c/o Okla. Prod. & 
 
 Refg. Co. Warehouse, N. Peoria, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bahlm, John C, 413 S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bateman, Cecil, 616 S. Elgin, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ball, Wade, c/o Mrs. Eliza Ball, 616 N. 
 
 Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bailey, G. V., c/o W. H. Bailey, Morgan- 
 town, W. Virginia. 
 Barsh, Zed, Son of Mrs. Sallie Barsh, 1117 
 
 E. 2nd St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bailey, Larkin, 1140 N. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Baron, F. L., Boswell Hotel, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Baker, R. F., 515 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Barnes, Clarence E., 1433 E. 1st St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Ball, John, 616 N. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bartlett, L. F., Petroleum Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Barton, L. S., c/o American Y. M. C. A. 
 
 12 Rue D'Aguesseau, Paris, France, 1875 
 
 Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Barber, Herbert B., Box No. 1605, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Batchleder, Jesse, c/o D. F. Batchleder, 
 
 Olympia & M. K. & T. Tracks, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Backon, Elza R., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; 
 
 1824 E. 8th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Babcock, Wayland M. Jr., 1119 N. Main, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bartram, John G., Camp Nichols, La., 
 
 Mayo Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Baker, W. R. c/o Okla. Nafl Gas Co., 117 
 
 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bailey, Kelly P., Kansas City, Mo. 
 Baker, Herbert, Galveston, Texas. 
 Baker, Kenneth L., c/o J. D. Bakef, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bayer, Harry A., Navy, 1507 E. First, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Baxter, Lon C, Reg. Supply Co., 2nd. 
 
 Okla. Inf., Okla. N. G. ; 112 N. Frisco 
 
 Ave., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Barnes, Wm. G., Co. C, 3120 E. Kendall, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Baugh, R. B., 80th Aero Sq. ; 114 N. Gil- 
 lette, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Babb, Harry, 218 N. Boston, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Baker, Elzy R., Austin Hotel, Sand Springs, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bailey, Clarence M., Camp Travis. Tex. ; 
 
 402 N. Frisco, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Barnard, Harvey O., Guthrie, Okla. 
 Bass, Clarence J., Navy, 618 N. Boulder, 
 
 Tulsa Okla 
 Beckett,' L. T., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Benedict, Dal A., 317 E. Seventh Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Beckner, H. G., 727 W. Fifth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Benson, R. J., Kansas City, Mo. 
 Beckner, H. D., 727 W. Fifth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Berryman, Dee P., Post Office, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Beatty, Harry, c/o H. P. Beatty, R. F. D. 
 
 No. 3, Okmulgee, Okla. 
 Bentley, Lawrence A., Camp Travis, Tex. ; 
 
 c/o Mrs. J. R. Cole, 1802 S. Carson, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Bellamy, J. M., 314 S. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bellas, Max, Mrs. Lelia Bellas, c/o H. H. 
 
 Lewis, Rogers, Ark. 
 Beatty, Ross C, c/o Mrs. Rebecca Beatty, 
 
 1402 Admiral, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bert, M. P., Box No. 362, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bennett, Chas. S., c/o Mrs. R. J. Ben- 
 nett, 616 W. Seventh, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bean, Wm., c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 117 
 
 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Berry, Ralph H., Lt. Hdg. Co., 173 Inf. 
 
 Brig. A. E. F., France; 1212 S. Boulder, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Beiber, Glenn, 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Beckerdite, Edgar, Okla. City, Okla. 
 Beckett, L. F., c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. (Please 
 
 Forward.) 
 Beal, Paul, Navy, 437 N. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Berry, Kenneth J., Central Nat'l Bank, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Belcher,' John C, Camp Travis, Tex. ; M. 
 
 K. & T. Depot, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bennett, Joe M., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; 
 
 1314 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Billingslea, Frank, Camp Nichols, La. ; 
 
 Walker Apts., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bissett, W. M., 1515 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bigelow, C. D., Cosden & Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bitsco, Joseph, c/o Mrs. Joseph Bitsco, 
 
 Mounds Valley, Ka'is. 
 Biddison, James H., 1205 N. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bidcock, James S., 217 Grand Ave., Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Billington, Elmer, Box No. 56, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 
 Bidcock, Samuel, 114 N. Grand Ave., Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Black, Oliver, 315 Kennedy Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Black, W. M., 305 Palace Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Blackburn, Ralph A., Navy, Rms. 516 
 
 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Blakenship. L. C, c/o Mrs. Nora Blak- 
 
 enship, Bixby, Okla. 
 Blake, D. N., c/o Mrs. A. D. McEachern, 
 
 R. R. No. 1, Heflin, Ala. 
 Black, Joe, c/o Mrs. Minnie Angell, Bix- 
 by, Okla. 
 Bloom, C. L., Camp Travis, Tex. ; c/o 
 
 Vandever's Dry Goods Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Black, C. A., Fifth and Boulder, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Bland, Owen W., 411 S. Victor Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Blair, W. L., 324 S. Quincy, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Blunk, C. A., Frisco Brakeman, Sherman, 
 
 Tex. 
 Bloch, Maurice, 1132 N. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Black, Wm. C, 1217 S. Boston, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Black, Wm., 616 S. Boulder. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Blankenship, Wylie, Major. 801 E Sixth, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bly, Timothy P., Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf.; 
 
 434 N. Detroit, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Black, John O., 27th F. A., 109y, S. Cinn., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bliler, Reuben E., Clarendon, Texas 
 Bloom, Charlie H., Camp Nichols, La. ; 
 
 206 S. Seaman Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Blanchard, M. E., Camp Nichols, La. ; 314 
 
 S. Lansing, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bower, Geo., 37 N. Gillette, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bosworth, P. M., Camp Travis, Tex., 3/4 
 
 Amm. Train, Annex Forcer; c/o Elks 
 
 Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Borden, C. W., c/o Mrs. Emma Borden, 
 
 Lawrenceville, 111. 
 Bowles, F. L., c/o Mrs. H. T. Bowles, 105 
 
 S. Xanthus, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bolds, L. F., c/o Mrs. E. S. Appleberry, 
 120 S. Maybelle, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Borne, Herbert, c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bond, Miss Emma, c/o Prairie Oil & Gas 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bouvaird, W. M., c/o Petroleum Club, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bostick, Ernest, Camp Travis, Tex. ; 731 
 
 W. Fourth. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bowen, Geo. H., Co. C. Reg. No. 49 C. A. 
 
 C. Embarkation, Camp Stuart, Va. ; c/o 
 
 Mrs. E. T. Bowen, 1724 S. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bowles, Fred L., 815 N. Elwood. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bohannon, R. F., Afton, Okla. 
 Bolick, Vance N., Battery D., 54 C. A. C. 
 
 ARA, A. E. F., France; 707 W. Chest- 
 nut, Independence, Kansas. 
 Bonnell, Glen E., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. ; 
 
 1315 E. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Booker, A. G., 208 Lewis Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bond, Wm., 413 S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Boyd, Emmett J., 1406 E. Second, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bonnell, Geo. H., Camp Nichols, La. ; 1315 
 
 E. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 Boise, Wilfred, Sergt., 915 E. Ninth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bowyer, Wm. C, 726 N. Bullette Ave.. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Boren, Jack, Amb. Co. No. 167, 42nd Div. ; 
 
 Fire Station No. 5, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brodie, W. W., 415 Bliss Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Brown, Gurney C, 1630 S. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Broach, Roland M., 1440 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bracken, Paul, Co. 217, Camp Luce, Great 
 
 Lakes, 111. ; c/o Guaranty State Bank, 
 
 Okmulgee, Okla. 
 Bramer, L. R., Camp Nichols, La. ; 1016 
 
 N. Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, I. W., c/o Mrs. S. W. Brown, La- 
 fayette, La 
 Brox, R. H., c/o Mrs. A. Brox, Hennesey, 
 
 Okla. 
 Brown, Edward H., c/o Union Nat'l Bank, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, R. B., 610 N. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bruce, R. G., Mrs. L. Bruce, Enid, Okla. 
 Bremerkamp, Walter, Box No. 362, Tulsa, . 
 
 Okla. 
 Britt, J. J., 516 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brents, Carlos, c/o Atlantic Oil & Prod. 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, Roscoe H., Son, c/o Mrs. Rebecca 
 
 Brown, 1233 S. Carson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brinkman, Fred H., 1212 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Brooks, Ira, 1424 S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bradfield, W. E., D. S. C, c/o Democrat 
 
 & Times, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bradshaw, R. B., c/o Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bryan, Curtis, c/o Petroleum Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Breithaupt, E. M., c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brodgan, Gab, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; 
 
 506 Troost Ave., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brigance, Ralph, 2602 Fairmont, Addn., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Briggs, Chas. E., 909 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Brakebill, James, Camp Nichols, La. ; 416 
 
 N. Peoria, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, Geo. E., 715 N. Bullette, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Brown, Paul, 207% Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Broach, E. Herbert, 410 Robinson Bldg., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brunt, Geo. W., 114 N. Frisco, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Brodgon, Bert, 506 Troost, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, Robt. O., 216 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, Harry H., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; 
 
 1618 E. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brigance, Reynold, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. ; 
 
 2602 Fairmont Addn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bradford, Wm. S. 212 S. Victor, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Broach, Frederick, 1440 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Brodgon, Chas. H., Camp Travis, Tex. ; 506 
 
 Troost, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, Richard, 1718 S. Boston Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Brenner, Louis M., Jefferson Barracks, 723 
 
 S. Olympia, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brooks, Fred, Okemah, Okla. 
 
 Bi-ammer, Paul, Arkansas City, Kansas. 
 Brill, Chas., Camp Travis, Tex. ; World 
 
 Editorial Dept., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, Daniel E., Volunteer, Fox Hotel, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, J. W., Cosden & Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brown, James F., Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bruner, Florence, Red Cross Nurse, Ft. 
 Sill, Okla.; Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Brammer, J. E., Motor Tr. Corps, Camp 
 
 Pike, Ark. ; Carter Oil Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bright, J. K., Carter Oil Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Brewer, Clarence E., 79th Inf. Co. E. ; Gen. 
 
 Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burke, M. P., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bucher, J. E., c/o Mrs. J. E. Bucher, R. 
 
 R. No. 4, Box No. 190, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Busey, R. H., 301 S. Guthrie, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bull, H. G., 1645, Admiral, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bumgarner, Frank, c/o Mrs. Bumgarner, 
 
 611 N. Santa Fe, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burkley, Dave V., Sturgun, Mo. 
 Bucnan, E. M., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf.; 305 
 
 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burton, Rob. M., 101 E. Elwood, Apts., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bumgarner, Wm. A. (killed in action) 
 
 611 Santa Fe Ave., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bush, Carl, 2521 E. Tenth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Buckley, J. Emmett, Army, 725 S. Denver, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burton, Noel, 1102 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burton, Arley O., 15 N. Quanah Ave., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burton, Lee, 1102 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bunn, Clarence, c/o A. E. Easter, Park 
 
 View, Okla. 
 Burges, Fred E., Camp Nichols, La. ; 107 
 
 N. Maybelle, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burton, Bud, 1102 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Buhl, Alvah, 234 Robinson Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Burton, Clare, 520 W. Seventh, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Burton, Paul, 520 W. Seventh, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burt, Ross, Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Bunch, Fred B., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; 
 
 511 S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Buckholt, J. D., 1102 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Buck, Wm., 322nd Supply Train ; Gen. Del. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Burcham, W. W., Camp Travis, Tex., Mo- 
 tor Transport Co. ; West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Butler, J. R., 32nd Div.; 44iy 2 N. Main, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Buchanan, Millard, Midland Auto Co., 214 
 
 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Byfield, M., c/o Mrs. M. Byfield, R. R. No. 
 
 7, Springfield, Mo. 
 Byers, R. M., 1644 Admiral Blvd., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bynum, Theo., 1345 Troost Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Bynum, Theo. G., S. A. T. C. Univ. of 
 
 Okla.; 1505 S. Norfolk, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Carter, Park, Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Carter, Daniel E., 516 S. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Carter, Edward M., Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Carson, Joe, Killed in action Sept. 26th, 
 
 90th Div. ; 708% S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Carmichael, Albert, 917 S. Jackson, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Cain, C. C, c/o Mrs. Jas. L. Cain, 118 
 
 S. Fourth, Rogers, Ark. 
 Caves, Boyd, c/o Cosden & Co.. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Campbell, H. J., c/o Mrs. W. H. Campbell, 
 
 R. F. D. No. 4. Glynn Station, Okla. 
 Campbell, C, c/o Mrs. Mary Campbell, 
 
 Mt. Juliet, Tenn. 
 Cass, Early R., c/o J. K. Cass, 915 S. 
 
 Jackson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Capps, J. F., 1230 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Carr, Raymond M. c/o Mrs. M. M. Doan, 
 
 1204 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Carson, R. E., c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Carleton, Dr., c/o Okla. Hospital, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Carpenter, R. L., Box No. 362, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Carver, B. F., c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Carter, R. E., c/o Marshall Young Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Catlerton, M. N., Frisco Fireman, Sapulpa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Carpenter, Lee, 724 S. Detroit, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Catron, Clyde A., 2830 E. Eighth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Calhon, J. M., Brakeman, Frisco, Sher- 
 man, Tex. 
 Capshaw, Dan C, U. S. Navy, Camp Mare 
 
 Island. Calif.; c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. (Forward.) 
 Carhanan, J. Harry, 68th Inf., 9th Div. ; 
 
 1628 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cady, L. E., Operator, Francis, Okla. 
 Callan, Hobard, c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. (Please 
 
 Forward.) 
 Campbell, Fred, 1421 S. Baltimore, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Carter, Chas., 426 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Campbell, Glenn, 219 W. Fifth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Calwell, J., Okla. Hotel, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Campbell, Wm„ 114 N. Frisco, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Casler, Chas. R., 222 W. Third, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Callhan, Hubert, 1319 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Carter, Ralph E., 9-A Cynthia Court 
 
 Apts., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Canady, Mack, 909 S. Maybelle, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Calron, G. L., Frisco Station Helper, Lu- 
 ther, Okla. 
 Casler, Joe, Seaman, 1307 S. Main, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Caranhan, Roy S., 1628 S. Boulder. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Caselbury, V. H., S. Q. A. Kelly Field; 
 
 117 E. Brochy, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cecil, J. W., c/o Mrs. J. A. Cecil, 316 
 
 Thornton Ave., Liberty, Mo. 
 Christian. O. C, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Childers, Sherman, Sta. No. 4, Tulsa Fire 
 
 Dept., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Childs, Ralph D., 1212 S. Boston. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Chastain, John W. Jr., 1529 E. Fifth, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Chambers, W. E., 1009 E. Second, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 
 Chilton, A. J., Clerk, Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Chatfield, Joe C, 1124 S. Boulder. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Chisholm, Collins P., 603 N. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Chisholm, Russell A., 603 N. Shey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Cleary. John K., 403 Unity Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Closser, Ross C, Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Clark, Raleigh P., c/o Mr. W. H. Clark 
 
 Vinita Milling Co., Vinita, Okla. 
 Clark, Jas. Wilson, c/o Mr. W. H. Clark 
 
 Vinita Milling Co., Vinita, Okla. 
 Clark, Claud, c/o Court House, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Clark, E. E., c/o Mrs. Sallie Clark, Box 
 
 No. 276, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Clow, Calvin, c/o Mrs. Lydia Clow, Daw- 
 son, Okla. 
 Clements, C. B., 806 Palace Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Clark, Carl H., c/o American Ex. Co., 
 
 Paris, France; 510 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Clark, Liburn C, 1032 Forest Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Clark, Erdie H., 18th Div. Co. B 86th Inf. ; 
 
 216 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Clark, Alonzo, 119 S. Olympia, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Cleary, Lass, 703 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Clulow, Geo. H., Rm. 902 S. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Clem, Louis H., 410 N. Grant, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cleveland, W. I., Frisco Brakeman, Francis, 
 
 Okla. 
 Clifton, R. O., c/o M. K. & T., Muskogee, 
 
 Okla. 
 Cline, Harry, 605 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cole, D. D., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cowden, J. B., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Conley, H. J., Co. F 66th T. C. A. P. O. 
 
 No. 701, Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Colvin, K. O., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Converse, Pelham C, Camp Travis, Tex. ; 
 
 524 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cockrell, J. W., c/o National Bank of Com- 
 merce, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Couch, J., c/o J. S. Couch, West Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Cole, Geo. J., Box No. 1595, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Conkling, W. C, c/o R. A. Conkling, 
 
 Olean, New York. 
 Colvin, R. O., c/o Elks Club, San An- 
 
 tonia, Tex. 
 Coleman, Wm. Shirley, c/o Mrs. W. M. 
 
 H. Coleman, 15th and Quaker, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Condon, Glenn, Mgr. Majestic Theatre, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cogswell, Miss, Entertainer, See Mr. Buch- 
 
 ner, Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Courtright, Homer B., 14-A E. Second, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cory, Mr., c/o Vandever's Dry Goods,, 
 
 No. 136, Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Coody, Ed D., Titusville, Pa. 
 Conway, Wallace, c/o Prairie Pipe Line 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Conway, Joseph A., 314 W. Fairview, 
 
 Tulsa Okla 
 Conway, Alan T., 1418 E. Third, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Collins, Samuel W., 317 W. Fairview, 
 
 Tulsa. Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 Collins, Wallace H., 1709 Carson Ave., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cook, James C, 1739 S. Baltimore, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Cook, Homer B., 210 N. Cleveland, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Connolly, Bernard F., 1310 S. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Connolly, Henry J. Jr., 1310 S. Chey., Tul- 
 sa, Okla. 
 Connley, Harry, Seaman, 510 S. Elwood, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cornelius, Geo. I., Co. 1 2nd Okla. Tent 
 
 Area, Camp Pipe, Ark. ; c/o Okla. Nat. 
 
 Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Coltz, M., c/o Stonestreet & Davis, Dallas, 
 
 Tex. 
 Coyle, Harold S., 519 S. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Consolvo, Otto E., Balboa Park, Naval Tr. 
 
 Sta., San Diego, Calif. ; c/o Okla. Nat. 
 
 Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Compton, James E., Sand Springs Park, 
 
 Sand Springs, Okla. 
 Courtney, Oliver, Jones Ave., West Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Cooney, Rolland W., Kiefer, Okla. 
 Collin, Joe, Dickason-Goodman Lumber Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cole, Walter W., Co. I, 57th Inf.; 67 N. 
 
 Yorktown, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Corn, Forrest W., Camp Nichols, La. ; Pal- 
 ace Office Supply Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Condon, Glenn, Volunteer, 219 W. Fifth, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Covert, Eugene, 31st Balloon Co. ; Red 
 
 Fork, Okla. 
 Cook, Capt. Dr. W. A., Base Hospital No. 
 
 98; 506 Palace Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cole, James, Co. K. 3rd Reg. ; 519 W. 
 
 Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Crook, H. E., Aux. Reg. Dept., Camp Don- 
 iphan, Ft. Sill, Okla. ; c/o Elks Club, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Crutchfield, J. B., 1004 N. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Craig, S. A., c/o J. C. Harper, Mrs., 514 
 
 Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Crouch, V. R., c/o Cosden Refg. Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Crain, H. L., Mrs. Eva Jaggers, Horse 
 
 Cave, Ky. 
 Craig, Wm. F., Y. M. C. A.. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cranfill, T. B., c/o Mrs. Travis Golay, 
 
 3rd Fir. Buck Apts., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Croft, Mabel, daughter of J. P. Croft, 
 
 1011 E. Fostoria, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Croft, Cora, daughter of J. P. Croft, 1011 
 
 E. Fostoria, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Crocker, John H., 102 E. Third, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Cross, James, 1511 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Crawford, Pskcol, 411 E. Wilson. Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Crowley, Claude E., Rosemont Heights 
 
 Addn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Crum, Edward, 807 Admiral Boule., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Creason, Arthur L., c/o Jerry Creason, 
 
 Sand Springs, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Craig, Lloyd Roby, 1226 S. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Crick, Oliver W., Camp Travis, 502 Palace 
 
 Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Crosby, John R., Woodhaver, N. Y. 
 
 Crawford, Tom Wm., Navy, c/o Turk Bros. 
 
 Shoe Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Curran, John, 905 N. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Currier, Harold J., 712 S. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Curran, E. A., c/o Mrs. D. H. Curran, 924 
 S. Lewis Ave., R. R. No. 1, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Curran, Elmer D., 924 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Curry, Adam, 1517 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Curry, Roy, 907 W. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cummings, C. C, c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Cutter, Geo., 1105 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Daly, E. H., 1207 S. Carson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Davis, S. F. c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Daniels, Fred, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Daniels, Lee, 303 Ex. Nat'l Bank Bldg., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Daunenburg, H. W., First Nat'l Bank, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dahlem, Jno. M., Mrs. J. M. Dahlem, Gen- 
 eral Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Davis, Leonard, Post Office, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Danis, Frank J., Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Davies, G. W., c/o G. W. Davies, Room No. 
 
 1425, Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Daugherty, W. D., c/o Mrs. W. D. Daugh- 
 
 erty, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Daily, W. C, Mrs. W. R. Daily, Rogers, 
 
 Ark. 
 Dauner, Wilson W., c/o Mrs. Pauline 
 
 Dauner, Hennesey, Okla. 
 Davis, Jeff, Army ; Tulsa, Okla., Gen. Del. 
 Dahlem, Elwood N., c/o Mrs. Mary M. 
 Dahlem, 10 N. Maybelle, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Davis, S. B., 610 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dawson, Rex., 403 May Brockman Apts., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Daley, Chas. W., Lieut., 2nd Okla. Reg. : 
 
 192 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Davis, John M., Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Davis, A. E., c/o Tulsa Boiler & Sheet 
 
 Iron Works, Tulsa, Ok! a. 
 Davis, Robert, 1013 E. Fifth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Davisson, Frank J., 31 N. Gillette, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Davisson, Read R., 31 N. Gillette, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dale, Homer, 409 N. Maybelle Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dailey, Lawrence, c/o World Editorial 
 
 Dept., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Davenport, C, Hooper Bros., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dewey, E. R., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dewey, C. R., 12 E. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Deneby, J. E., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dennis, Gilbert G., c/o Gilbert G. Dennis, 
 West Tulsa State Bank, West Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 DeLong, Harry B., Box No. 362, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 
 DeLong, Elmer, Post Office, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Decker, Clarence R., write to Mrs. Anna 
 
 M. Decker, Mt. Vernon Hotel, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 
 Delaney, Harold, 1412 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 DeShane H. L., Aero Sq. 3rd Army, Sin- 
 zig, Germany ; c/o DeShane, Taylor, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Deaton, A. L., Conductor, Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Devault, Wm., Brakeman, Madill, Okla. 
 Derhold, Robert, 528 N. Cameron, Tulsa. 
 Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Dewey, Chas. H., 1705 S. Boulder, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Denton, Andrews, 823 Admiral Boul., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 DeLongy, Harold P., 20 N. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dent, Wm. D., 216 N. Lincoln Ave., Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Dent, Vernon R., 14 S. Yorktown Ave., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Dillard.'j. H., 411 Cent. Nat'l Bank Bldg., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dillahunty, Wm., c/o Mrs. Bertha Dilla- 
 
 hunty, Ninth and Seminole, Claremore, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dial, R. F., c/o Mrs. J. G. Dial, Route 
 
 No. 6, Greenville, Tex. 
 Diller, John E., 411 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dixon, Fireman, Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Diraino, Nick, 14-A A. Third, c/o Deshane, 
 
 Tailor, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Donnley, E. J., Jr., Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Douglas, R. A., Dr., Ill E. Jasper, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Downey, R., 618 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Doren, C. E., Ft. Logan, Colo. ; 1911 E. 
 
 First, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Douglas, D. V., c/o Mrs. C. B. Douglas, 
 
 Commercial Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dobbins, J. R., 711 S. Cinn, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dowlen. P. O., c/o T. H. Dowlen, Pure 
 
 Oil Co., Texas City, Tex. 
 Dougherty, Wm. P., Majestic Hotel, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Donahew, Wick McKinley, c/o Mrs. O. E. 
 
 Donahew, R. F. D., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Drees, Fred, Box 36, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Drum, Leslie, c/o Pierce Oil Corp., Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Dotson, Harry L., 416 S. Wheeling Ave., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dodson. Waitey F., 134 E. Illinois, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Douglas, Andrew, 532 Troost, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Domingues, Edward, Chilocco, Okla. 
 Douglas, Damon V., 318 Elgin Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Douglas, Knight P. Co., 3rd Bn. O. T. S., 
 
 Camp Pike, Ark. : Galveston, 1101 S., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Doone, Arthur D., Ft. Riley, Kansas ; c/o 
 
 Gulf Pipe Line Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dutton, W. F., Dr., 603 New Wright Bldg., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Duncan, G. F., R. M. Duncan, c/o Cosden 
 
 & Co. Plant, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Duff, Elmer c/o J. A. Duff, West Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Duncan, Lee, c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Dunlap, Zahnie Z., 618 N. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dunlap, Joseph B., 618 N. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dunlap, Geo. A., 618 N. Boston Ave., Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Dunigan, Wm. H., 1710 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dunigan, Mark F., 1710 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dunigan, Richard O., 1710 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Dunigan, Walter A., 1710 S. Boston, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 
 Dunigan, Thos. P., 903 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Easter, Charley, c/o Lina H. Easter, Gen. 
 
 Delivery. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Eakin, Frank, son of Mrs. H. F. Eakin, 
 
 1106 S. Carson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Eaton, Earl E., 21 E. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Earl Eno., 1500 E. Easton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Eckert, Milton, Co. B. 409th Telegraph 
 
 Bat., U. S. A. Bourger; c/o Okla. Nat. 
 
 Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Edens, Steve, J. W. Edens, R. R. No. 2, 
 
 Ozark, Ark. 
 Edmondson, W. T., c/o Mrs. W. T. Ed- 
 
 mondson, 420 S. Grant, Springfield, Mo. 
 Edmons, Bud, 418 N. Frisco, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Edwards, Chandler, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. ; 
 
 610 E. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Eichinger, Walter A., 311 W. Twelfth, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Elgin, Geo. G., c/o G. G. Elgin, Ft. Kam- 
 
 ehameha, Honolulu, H. T. 
 Elwell. W. A., c/o Mrs. W. A. Elwell, 
 
 Miami, Okla., Gen. Del. 
 Elliott, Chas., c/o Mr. Elliott, 524 S. 
 
 Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Elliott, Glenn, 624 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Elliott, Lloyd W., 802 S. College Ave., 
 
 Tulsa Okla 
 Elliott, ' Harold S., 802 S. College, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Elliott, Berney, 1010 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Ellis, Oscar O., 704 W. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Elkins, Richard, 309 S. Yorktown, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 EUingyon, Herman E., 418 N. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Elkin, James H., 1232 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Emanuel, Pierce, 411 N. Washington Ave., 
 
 Sand Springs, Okla. 
 Ellington, Arthur M., 418 N. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Elliott, Frank A., 614 N. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Enoch, Kyle W., Farmers Nat'l Bank, 
 
 Beggs, Okla. 
 Erwin, R. A., Y. M. C. A„ Tulsa, Okla. 
 Erwin, Thos. J., 208 W. Eighth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Estil, Sidney, 1220 S. Wheeling. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Estis, Pearl, c/o Bass Furniture Co., 
 
 Tulsa. Okla. 
 Evans, Lawrence, Tulsa Fire Dept., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Evans, Harold M., First Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Evans, J. E. 9th Co., Ft. Logan, Colo. 
 Everett, Walter W., 921 S. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Evans, Bery, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 Evans, Russell, Collinsville, Okla. 
 Evans, J. C, Navy, 2223 E. Burnett, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Fawkes, S. O., c/o Mrs. Sarah Fawkes, 
 
 Shelbyville, Ky. 
 Fagg, Geo. E., c/o Mrs. Joe Fagg, 521 
 
 W. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fager, John L., 1609 E. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Fast, Roily, Sgt. Hdqtrs. Co., 343d Regt. 
 
 F. A. 90th Div. ; c/o Mrs. Emma Fast, 
 
 510 W. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 Faust, Fred, 503 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fall, Thos. F., 512 W. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fast, Harry J., 88th Co. 22nd Receiving 
 
 Batallion, Camp Pike, Ark ; c/o Okla. 
 
 Nat. Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Farrar, Edgar F., Camp Travis, Tex. ; 406 
 
 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Feny, C. W., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Felt, Henry L., 4 W. Seventeenth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Fenestermacher, C. H., 1405 S. Denver, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Feenberg, Joseph, c/o Feenberg Iron & 
 
 Metal Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Featherstone[ Chas., Tulsa Grocer; Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fennon, Harry, 434 N. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Feterly, Frank, c/o Allen Feterly, Red 
 
 Fork, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Felts, Geo., West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ferrell, Harry C, Navy, 202 S. Guthrie, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fincannon, Omar, c/o Fincannon Bros. 
 
 Gro., 1507 E. Sixth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fisher, O. E., 708 N. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fitzgerald, T. E., c/o Mrs. Dora M., 1222 
 
 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fifer, W. E., Box No. 362, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fitzgerald, Maurice, 1222 S. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Fields, John W., Chauffer in Army, 301% 
 
 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fleming, Chester, 412 S. Frisco, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Flynn, Julius, Tulsa Grocer Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Flanagan, Joseph L., 2604 E. Tenth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Flanagan, Martin, 2604 E. Tenth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Flanagan, James W., 2604 E. Tenth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Flanagan, Wm. P., 2604 E. Tenth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Flanagan, Wm. J., 2608 E. Tenth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Ford, Hart, c/o H. T. Ford, 215 W. Lat- 
 imer, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Foy, B. C, c/o Mr. Sam Foy, Wingo, Ky., 
 
 R. R. No. 3. 
 Foster, E. D., c/o Mrs. Hattie Foster, 
 
 Roger, Ark., Box No. 222. 
 Foushee, Chas. L., c/o Mrs. Chas. L. Fou- 
 
 shee, Jr., Box No. 277, R. No. 7, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Foy, O. E., c/o Mrs. Sam Foy, Wingo, Ky., 
 
 R. R. No. 3. 
 Fountain, John A., 2623 E. Seventh, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Foster, Roy W., 113 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Forrester, Clarence C, 1317 E. Second, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Fox, Philip A., 1740 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Fort, David L., 2nd S. Yorktown, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Foor, Wade, Police Station, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Frasher, Armour, Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Frost, C. H., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 French, Phillip K., 503 Brockman Apts., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Frommel, Oscar Rue, c/o Herman Wagner, 
 
 639 W. Thirty-Fourth, New York, N. Y. 
 Frisinger, G. J., 315 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Frasher, J. E., 223 N. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Freese, E. C, Dr., Tulsa, Okla., Gen. Del. 
 Frasher, Elmer E., 33 N. Yorktown, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Friend, Joseph A., 1244 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Friend, Edward C, 1244 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 French, Oscar, 110% S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 French, Frederick R., N. 1 Canal, New 
 
 Orleans, La. 
 Frantz, Harry P., 705 S. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Franks, Roy, c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 117 
 
 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Francisco, LaVerne, 627 N. Main, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Franchot, D. W., 808 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Fritze, John H., 1235 Carson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Friday, Rudolph, 23 S. Grant, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Frieland, Guy, Winfield, Kansas. 
 Fulton, Thos. R., Ex. Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Fulks, J. W., c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 117 
 
 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Funk, Harold R., 1211 S. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Galbreth, R. F., Jr., 1302 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Garrett, R. W., 1614 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Garrett, C. G., Liberty Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gaines, E. P., Canadian Army, 907 S. Jack- 
 son, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Garvey, C. C, c/o C. B. Shadwick, Red 
 
 Fork, Okla., Box No. 336. 
 Gammon, Arthur J., c/o Mrs. J. E. Wash- 
 ington, Jr., 1615 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Galasso, John, Gen. Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gaines, W. A., c/o Electric Supply Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gallagher, John J., 1515 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gallagher, Clarence J., 1515 S. Denver, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gallagher, Willard, 1515 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gardner, Lester O., 117 S. Utica, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Garrigan, Michael, 208 W. Eighth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gambill, Edgar M., 1020 S. Quincy, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gandin, Joseph, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gavin, Austin, 802 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gavin, James H., 802 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Garner, Cal. H., 209 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 George, Leland, c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gehart, Homer L., 25 N. Olympia, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gillespie, L. A., 325 N. Olympia, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gillespie, Lee, (deceased) son of Mrs. Jesse 
 
 I. Gillespie, 1202 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gilmore, C. R., 045 Montague Ave., Paris, 
 
 France; 1006 N. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gilbert, John Johnson, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 Gillard, Jasper H., c/o Tulsa Decorating 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gasper, Gillard, c/o Consumers Paint & 
 
 Paper Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Gilock, Frisco Section Foreman, Ada, Okla. 
 Gillette, Waldon, 402 E. Eighth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Glover, J. P., Frisco Brakeman, Sapulpa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Glass, Joseph, 524 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gladson, Pearl L, 46th Reg., Heavy Ar- 
 tillery; 1214 N. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gilmore, Forest, Air Service, Y. M. C. A., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gilmore, Roy, Marine Corps, 409 S. Chey., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gillespie, John W., Co. C. 43rd Inf., Camp 
 
 Nichols, Box No. 213, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gibbons, Stanley, F. U. S. S. Vulcan, N. 
 
 Y. City ; c/o Postmaster, Gen. Del., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gise, Luther R., Army Recruiting Station, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gibes, Frank, 220V> S. Frisco, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Goode, E. R., Police Station, 1226 Admiral, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Goldstandt, W. A., c/o Ex. Nat'l Bank. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Goodson, Fred, c/o G. R. Goodson, Neo- 
 
 desha, Kansas. 
 Goodman, F. E., c/o F. E. Goodman, 119 
 
 N. Atchison, El Dorado, Kansas. 
 Gordon, R. W., c/o Mrs. R. W. Gordon, 
 
 1746 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Goloby, L. H., Sperry, Okla. 
 Gorman, John, 306 W. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Goss, E. S., 502 S. Elgin, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Goodman, Archie A., Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf., 
 
 719 Kennedy Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Goodson, Henry W., Camp Nichols, La., 
 
 743 Kennedy Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gregory, H. W., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Greene, Opal Scott, Tennison Nat'l Bank, 
 
 Dallas, Texas. 
 Gray, C. C, Seventh and Grant, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Grubbs, Clifton M., c/o Mrs. Kate Grubbs, 
 
 20 N. Quincy, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gray, R. R., 54 N. Joliet, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Grubbs, D. C, c/o Mrs. Kate Grubbs, 14 
 
 N. Quincy, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gray, Lucien, c/o Mrs. C. L. Gray, Can- 
 ton, Kansas. 
 Graham, Earl E., c/o Wm. M. Graham, 516 
 
 Hotel Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gray, Homer C, 311 W. Thirteenth St., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Gray, Ted D., 1315 E. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Graves, W. B., Co. D. 358th Inf. ; c/o Okla. 
 
 Nat. Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Graves, Harry, 312 E. Eleventh, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Graves, Thomas J., Co. L., 142nd Inf., 
 
 A. P. O., No. 796 ; c/o Okla. Nat. Gas 
 
 Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Griffin, Richard L., 229 W. Ninth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Griffith, S. B., Library Apts., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Guy, Lawrence M., c/o Frick-Reid Supply 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Guidry, W. E., Port Lavaca, Tex. 
 Guiler, Goyd B., 6 N. Wheeling, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gulihur, Jason D., 924 N. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Gunn, L. R., Co. C. 20th M. G. Bn. A. E 
 
 F. ; 220 S. Phoenix, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Graham, Walter I., 911 S. Lawton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Grotkop, Bernard, 320 E. Twentieth, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Grady, Therlough R., 2631 E. Tenth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Griby, Wm. H., 107 N. Maybelle, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Grace, Harry T., 107 N. Maybelle, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Greene, Claud R., 114 N. Gillette, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Grove, Ivan N., Arkansas City, Kansas. 
 Grove, Glen C, Camp Nichols, La. ; 511 
 
 W. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Graves, Frederick D., 2534 E. Sixth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Grady, Gordon, Camp Nichols, La., 1007 
 
 Daniel Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hall, Sep., 501 N. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hartley, Burton, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hatch, H. G-, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hauison, D. R., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hamill, P. C, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Halvorsen, Ed., Tulsa Fire Dept., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hall, O. R., Producers State Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Harry, C. J., 322 S. Guthrie, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hamilton, Jess, 118 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Haskins, H. A., c/o Mrs. Eva Parks, 410 
 
 W. Twelfth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Harod, Ray H., 702 S. Norfolk, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Harrison, C. L., 1538 S. Norfolk, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Harbison, C. W., c/o Oil Well Supply Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Harper, John, c/o Wm. M. Harper, West 
 
 Tulsa, Okla., Box No. 315. 
 Hessler, R. B., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Henry, Carl D., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Helms, R. A., Union Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Helper, David E., Mrs. Catherine Helper, 
 
 Hawthorne, Penn. 
 Hansen, W. W., c/o W. W. Hansen, c/o 
 
 Ex. Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hammett, T. H., 909 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Ham, Paul, B. L. Ham, West, Tulsa, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Haddon, J. Gordon, c/o Mrs. J. E. Had- 
 
 don, Longdale, Okla. 
 Hays. H. E., c/o Mrs. M. Hays, 314 E. 
 
 Walnut, Rogers, Ark. 
 Hamilton, Steel, c/o Mrs. Susan M. Hamil- 
 ton, 702 S. Lawton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Harman, L. Carl, c/o Mrs. W. S. Harman, 
 
 Effingham, Kansas. 
 Hargis, E., c/o Mrs. E. Hargis, 1812 Lant, 
 
 Topeka, Kansas. 
 Hanley, J. P., Co. B. 110 S. S. Bn. A. P. 
 
 O. No. 743; 1247 S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Halbert, Waid K., Times-Democrat, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hays, Norman, 1523 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ham, A. B., 610 S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hannigan, Thos. F., Titusville, Pa. 
 Hammond, John L., Packard Okla. Motor 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hanesler, Fred, c/o Frick-Reid Supply Co., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Hall, J. R., 511 N. Frisco, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hagan, H. H., c/o Texas Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 Hall, Burnett C, U. S. A.; Sand Springs, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hall, Robt. H., Hallis Rooms, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hall, Forest, 1107 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Harvey, J. E., Brakeman, Frisco, Ada, 
 
 Okla. 
 Harvey, Marion N., 801 S. Quincy, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Harris, Gerald R., 518 S. Frisco, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Harris, Guy W., 518 S. Frisco, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Handley, Ralph A., 2901 Barton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Handley, P. Paul, Lieut., 2901 Barton, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hardman, Kenneth A., c/o Elks County 
 
 Oil & Gas Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Halloway, Robert, 1619 S. Baltimore, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hanie, A. Ward, 321 E. Elgin, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Harlan, Horace G., 809 S. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hackbusch, Henry C, U. S. N., 841 N. 
 
 Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Haskell, C. Joseph, Hotel Tulsa, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hale, Linney D., West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hays, Roy N., U. S. N., 1214 S. Cinn., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hardy, Ralph W., 1147 S. Peoria, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Hamilton, Frederick L., 410 N. Denver, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Handford, Edward C, 415 First Nat'l Bank 
 
 Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hannah, Robert M., c/o Okla. Nat. Gas 
 
 Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hardesty, Ray G., 23 S. Gillette, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hayden, Hen W., 313 S. Lansing, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Harbert, L. C, 124 N. Yorktown, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hause, Joe, Claremore, Okla. 
 Harris, Arthur S., 223 W. Cameron, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hendrick, Donald, c/o Mrs. Eula Hendrick, 
 
 Box No. 7, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Henry, E. J., c/o Mrs. Margaret Henry, 
 
 34 S. Fifteenth, Kansas City, Kansas, 
 Heath, C. J., 405 E. Eighth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Henderson, A. L., 1611 S. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Heaton, Ralph E., 1915 Forest Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Heins, A. C, c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hernlow, H. M., 412 N. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hendren, Cooper, 812 College, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hess, John L., 117 W. Brady, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Herndon, B. H., Switchman, Frisco, Sa- 
 
 pulpa, Okla. 
 Hellery, Harvey A., Qu. S. A., 1592 S. 
 
 Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Heller, Harold, U. S. A., 1502 S. Boston, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Herrick', Geo..' U. S. A., 312 S. Wheeling, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Henry, Roy H., U. S. N., c/o T. B. Henry, 
 
 Pres. Red Fork Bank, Red Fork, Okla. 
 Herrold, Chas., 1115 E. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Heald, Glenn F., Lieut., U. S. A., 1226 S. 
 
 Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Henry, Benton D., Corps, U. S. A. : 7 N. 
 
 Madison, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Hildebrand, C. C, 621V'. S. Boulder, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Hisey, Stanley, 1410 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hill, D. I., 415 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hicks, Bob, c/o Mrs. R. F. Hicks, Adair, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hilton, R. D., c/o R. D. Hilton, 1420 S. 
 
 Baltimore, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hippie, R. R., c/o T. H. Hippie, 118 Cher- 
 ry, Paris, 111. 
 Hieronymus, F. M., c/o Mr. Frank Frantz, 
 
 713 N. Dewey, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hinds. J. H., 1223 N. Cinn., Tulsa. Okla. 
 Higgins, W. W., c/o S. E. R. C. American 
 
 E. Forces, Italy, via New York. 
 Hickman, W. E., 1504 Commerce, Dallas, 
 
 Tex. 
 Hisey, Stanley F., Sergt. U. S. A.. 1410 
 
 Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hill, Wm. N., Corp. U. S. A., 308 Palace 
 
 Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hickman, Mrs. W. E., 1504 Commerce, 
 
 Dallas, Tex. 
 Hix, Guy E.. U. S. A., 316 N. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hines, Jack, c/o Right Way Laundry Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hooker, John A., 1216 W. Seventh, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hopkins, Chas. F., Major, 511-12 Kennedy 
 
 Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Holloway, R. C, 1619 S. Baltimore, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hoxiston, C. V., 623 N. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Howard, C. E., c/o Mrs. Anna Kling, 1037 
 
 Cecil Ave., Louisville, Ky. 
 Hollingsworth, W. E., c/o Mrs. Fred Wag>- 
 
 ner, 801 E. Seventh, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hoagland, Raymond, 903 Guthrie, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hoss, Leslie B., Southern Hardware Co., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Hobb, LeRoy, Battery F. 20th Field Ar- 
 tillery, Camp Stanley, Leon Springs, 
 
 Tex. ; McAlester, Okla. 
 Hourigan, Dan, Box No. 362, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Holtzinger, S. V., 3124 E. Fourth, Kendall 
 
 Addition, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hoss, Franklin, U. S. A., 1325 S. Denver, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Horning, Noah O., U. S. A. 1222 Quincy 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hodges, R. E., c/o Okla. Nat. Gas Co., 117 
 
 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Horton, Leo, U. S. A., Red Fork. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Horn, Forrest, U. S. A., First, West Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Holt, Lester B., Sergt. U. S. A., 316 S. 
 
 Wheeling, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hoffman, Robert C, 1619 S. Baltimore. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Holbert, Ellis K., U. S. A., 717 S. Boulder, 
 
 Tulsa Okla 
 House, Fred, U. S. A., Third, West Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 House, Joseph F., Red Fork, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hoon, Clinton F., U. S. A., 30 N. May- 
 belle, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Holbert, Chas., U. S. A., 717 S. Boulder, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hotson, James C, U. S. A., 429 N. Cinn., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Holt, L. B., Sergt., 316 S. Wheeling, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hollingsworth, B. L., 18th Aero Construc- 
 tion Co. ; 801 E. Seventh, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hodges, Archie W., 39 N. Zunis, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hopkins, T. C, Sixth and Clelland, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hodge, James D., Jr., Camp Travis, Tex., 
 Empire Refining Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hutcherson, Thos. R., U. S. A., 1430 E. 
 
 Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hull, Dewitt, U. S. A.. 1128 S. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hunt, Adolph, U. S. A., 526 N. Main, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Humphrey, Murray, U. S. A., 1427 E. Sec- 
 ond, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hughlett, Irving C, Sergt. U. S. A., 1427 
 
 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hutchins, Chas. E., 224 N. Wilson, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Humphrey, Buel H., Owasso, Okla. 
 Hudgens, Robert H., Co. Roster, 1441 S. 
 
 Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Huggins, Charlotte, 1537 S. Madson, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hull, G. I., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hurley, P. J., 7 E. Eleventh, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hurley, John, American Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hughes. Chas., Box No. 562, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hunter, I. E., c/o Ira E. Hunter, c/o West 
 
 Tulsa Bank, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Huff, R. C, 1225 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hurst, Louis G., 222 N. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Huggins, R. G., West Tulsa, Okla., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hughes, Fred H., c/o J. A. Hughes, Le- 
 banon, Mo. 
 Hunt, O. E., c/o Bank of Wise, 124 S. 
 
 Pinckney, Madison, Wise. 
 Hull, J. A., c/o American Y. M. C. A., 
 
 No. 12 Rued A'guesseau, Paris, France. 
 Hurt, Fred, c/o Halliburton- Abbott Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hunt, Tom, Eighteenth & Norfolk, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Hurst, Wm. F., Navy, 319 S. Lansing, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Hull, Joseph P., Morris, Okla. 
 Hyde, C. E., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Impey, Wm. F., U. S. A., 1634 Jefferson, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ingram, Roy, U. S. A., 128 E. Jasper, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ingram, Mitchell, Army Hospital, Ellis 
 
 Island, N. Y. ; c/o LaSalle, Hotel, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Irvin, Hardin D., U. S. A., Lieut., 307 S. 
 
 Frisco, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Iverson, Paul, 1152 N. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Iverson, Wm. J., U. S. A., 1122 S. Clel- 
 land, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Iverson, Alvin M. Instr., U. S. N., 1152 
 
 N. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jamar, W. W., Ex. Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Jack, Rex., 211 S. Maybelle, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jarnagin, W. L., c/o Mrs. Eliza Jarna- 
 
 gin, Box No. 86, Dallas, Tex. 
 Jackman, Henry, c/o Mrs. Park Jackman, 
 
 603 W. Walnut, Rogers, Ark. 
 
 Jakousky, Sydney, c/o Palace Clothiers, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jarvis, c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Jackson, J. H., Tulsa Grocer Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Jamison, Wm. E. Jenkins, 1224 E. Second 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 James, Frank A., 1616 E. Sixth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Jacobs, J. H., Hdg. C. A. T. F., 539 S. 
 
 Victor, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jennings, L. E., 1628 S. Rockford, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Jenkins, Ervin C, c/o Mrs. Wm. Jenkins, 
 
 Parkview Place, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jennings, Kenneth, Marlow, Okla. 
 Johnson, J. B., Sulphur Springs, Ark. 
 Johnson, Guy W., 1236 S. Cinn., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Johnson, Sid., Tulsa Fire Dept., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Johnson, Fred, Ex. Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Johns, J. B., Police Station, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jones, Burnham, Ex,. Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Jordan, J. M., c/o Mrs. Lulu Teter, Gen. 
 
 Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Johnson, Grover E., c/o Ex. Nat'l Bank, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jorgensen, Chris C, c/o Postmaster, West 
 
 Tulsa, Okla 
 Johnson, G. E., Box No. 362, Tulsa, Okla., 
 
 Gen. Del. 
 Jochem, A. N., 21 W. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Johnson, I. W., c/o Johnson Groceries, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Johnson, Tim, c/o Southern Hardware Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jordan, A. C, 1212 Admiral, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jobe, Dalton, c/o Vandever Dry Goods Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jones, Louis, Drexel Hotel, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Jones, Austin, 511 S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Johnson, Ralph, Amb. Corp. 117th Train, 
 
 42nd Div., A. E. Forces; 206 N. Frisco, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Johnson, J. B., 209 S. Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Juhre, R. G., c/o Mrs. Chas. Juhre, Rog- 
 ers, Ark. 
 Judy, F. S., c/o Miss Edna E. Thome, 906 
 
 E. State, Lawrenceville, 111. 
 Justice, G. E., U. S. A., 245 E. Illinois, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla., c/o C. H. Justice. 
 Kapple, E. C, c/o Mrs. Eva Kapple Con- 
 way, Mo. R. R. No. 1, Box No. 51. 
 Kafer, Joseph F., Battery F, 36th Reg. C. 
 
 A. C. Cp., Eustic, Va. c/o Okla. Natural 
 
 Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Keith, Kenneth, Claremore, Okla. 
 Kemper, W. E., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Koehane, Jno. M., Dallas, Tex. 
 Kethley, J. G., c/o Mrs. J. G. Kethley, West 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Kelleher, Jno. J., 615 E. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Kerr, T. B., c/o Mrs. J. T. Kerr, 618 Kan- 
 kakee, Muskogee, Okla. 
 Kenney, E. N., c/o E. N. Kenney Hdq. Co., 
 
 815 Magdalene, San Angelo, Texas. 
 Keeney, Don, c/o Mrs. M. H. Keeney, Fay- 
 
 etteville, Ark. 
 Kerwin, D. E., Tulsa, Okla. Box No. 302. 
 Keith, Horace J., c/o Mrs. C. M. Keith, 
 
 14 N. Lawton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 11 
 
 Kerr, Alexander H., Special Assist. Secy. 
 
 of Agriculture, 1895 First, Washington, 
 
 D. C. 
 Kerwin, Daniel E., Jackson Barracks, Box 
 
 No. 302, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kerstetter, Frank, 16 W. Seventh, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Kessler, R. B., 1417 S. Cameron, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Kenney, Edward Nash, Camp Nichols, Box 
 
 312, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kelly, Miss Mildred L., Red Cross Nurse, 
 
 Camp Shelby, Miss., c/o Tulsa Hospital, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kinley, James O., Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Kirskeey, M. M., 1530 Park, DeRidder, La. 
 King, Geo., 16 S. Madison, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kimsey, Roy E., U. S. A., 726 W. Fourth, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 King, Francis, Corp. U. S. A., 1410 S. Cin- 
 cinnati, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Killion, Howard R., Quartermaster U. S. 
 
 A.; 922 E. Eighth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kirk, Homer, 307 S. Houston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kline, Francis R., Post Office, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kiper, Fred N., Camp Travis, Tex. ; 910 S. 
 
 Lawton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kidd, Earl K., Camp Nichols, La. ; 1621 
 
 Rio Grande, El Paso, Tex. 
 Konz, Paul, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kornegay, Clarence, Vinita, Okla. 
 Kraemer, P. H., c/o Tulsa Street Railway, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Kuck, C. B., c/o Mrs. C. D. Kuck, White 
 
 Hall, 111.; c/o A. E. Hudson. 
 Kuhns, James W., 1623 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Kelley, R. C, c/o Iron Mountain Oil Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kerr, Rev. C. W., 709 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Kennamer, Otis, U. S. A., 2412 E. Seventh, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Kelly, Wm. R., U. S. A., 645 N. Cheyenne, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Kelley, Kerr W, U. S. A., 1103 N. Chey., 
 
 Tulsa Okla 
 Kennedy, Lieut. Edgar, U. S. A., 133 N. El- 
 wood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Kesseler, Raymond B., 1417 Easton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Landes, Guy M., c/o First National Bank, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Laird, A., c/o Mrs. G. W. Laird, Cooledge, 
 
 Texas. 
 Lambert, Boies P., c/o Cosden & Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lawrence, Guy W., c/o Mrs. Cora Stanley, 
 
 Nelagony, Okla. ; c/o J. W. Gates. 
 Lawley, Creed, c/o Miss Cass Kennedy, 902 
 
 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lamberth, J. H., c/o Biddie McCoin, Le- 
 banon, Mo. 
 Laufman, K. L., 1122 S. Elgin, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Laxton. R. C, c/o C. F. Bonx, 721 E. 
 
 Ninth, Ada, Okla. 
 Laxton, R. C. 
 
 Laurcey, W. M., New Smyrna, Fla. 
 Lamb, R. J., Fifteenth and Evans, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Land, Billy, Electric Contracting Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Laws, Herbert, U. S. A., Home Gardens, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Laws, Lloyd, U. S. A., Home Gardens, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Lantz, Laxear H., Capt. U. S. A., 1308 S. 
 
 Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Landa, Ben, U. S. A., 436 N. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lamb, Ralph C, U. S. A., 2827 E. Eighth, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lawrence, James, U. S. A., 838 E. Archer, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Larmer, Earl E., U. S. A., Tulsa, Okla.. 
 
 Gen. Del. 
 Lang, Herbert C, Jr., Seaman U. S. N., 
 
 502 Cheyenne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Larkin, Rodney E., Corp. U. S. A., Box 
 
 75, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lamon, Harry F., U. S. N, 108 N. Nogales. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Layman, Benj., Corp. U. S. A., 319% E. 
 
 Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Laywell, Marshall A., U. S. A., 317 W. 
 
 Second, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 Laughlin, John A., U. S. A., 1649 E. Tenth. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Laster, Ernest H., Corp. U. S. A., c/o Mrs. 
 Laura Mitchell, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lambert, Cliff W., Sergt. U. S. A., 108 N. 
 
 Yorktown, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lamb, D. D., 2827 E. Eighth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lack, Abram, U. S. Marines, 211 W. First, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Laws, Paul L., 18 S. Nogales, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Latta, V. C, Gen Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Leader, Joe, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 LeBus, Robert, 501 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Levering, Roy S., c/o Tulsa, Okla., Gen. 
 
 Del. 
 Lewis, Kent D., Rooms Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lewis, Geo. F., c/o Post Office, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Leggett, R. B., Box 362, Tulsa, Okla. 
 LeVan, H. G., Decard Points, Tenn. 
 Leever, J. G., Frisco Engineer ; Sapulpa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Leonard, Daniel B., 108 E. King, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lewis, Geo. R., Corp. U. S. A.. 2700 E. 
 Sixth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lee, Robert E., Stigler, Okla. 
 Leakley, Rube, Arkansas City, Kan. 
 Leonard, Geo. E., Navy, c/o Gypsy Oil Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lewis, O. P., Aline, Okla. 
 Livingston, N. R., Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Livingston, James L., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Livingston, Julius, 702 S. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Livingston, W- R., Exchange National 
 
 Bank, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lillystrand, W. A., 1211 S. Cheyenne. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 List, John, c/o West Tulsa State Bank. 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Lilly, Geo. H., c/o Miss Ethel Lilly, 44 E. 
 
 Main, Bradford, Pa. 
 Lindsay, Carl Elmer, c/o Mrs. Lela Lind- 
 say, 615 W. Twelfth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lillis, J. J., Box 455, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lind, Harry A., 124 S. Quanah, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Lind, Elmer W., U. S. A., 124 S. Quanah, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Livingston, D. Carl, 702 S. Elwood, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Lieber, Fred, c/o Baker, Vawter & Wolfe, 
 
 Tulsa. Okla. , ,j 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Lore, Chas., Sand Springs, Okla. 
 Lowe, R. Vester, Post Office, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lovitt, M., c/o Mrs. E. Lovitt, Jenks, Okla. 
 Lloyd, J. P., c/o Mrs. E. J. Lloyd, 602 S. 
 
 Broadway, Ft. Scott, Kan. 
 Locke, J. C, 1230 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lloyd, Melvin, U. S. A., 139 E. Independ- 
 ence. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Long, Edward, U. S. A., 206 E. First, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Long, Ivan G., U. S. A., 110y 2 S. Boulder, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Long, E. A., c/o Oklahoma Natural Gas 
 
 Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lockwood, Geo. W.. U. S. A., 1314 Main, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lowry, O. Preston, 533 W. Brady, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lowe, Oliver W., 716 S. Quaker, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Lockwood, Clarence, 927 Mayo Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lukin, Chas. F., 503 Brockman Apts., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Luckey, Howard, 712 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Luckett, T. Bruce, 112 W. Jasper, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lukenbill, Lotus V., 524 Troost, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lundy, Hubert, U. S. A., 186 S. Troost, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Luckensmeier, W. C, Box 175, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lynch, Joseph, 2 S. Yorktown, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Lynch. Ralph F., 730 S. Olympia, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lynch, Golding, 716 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Lynch, Neil H.. Corp. U. S. A., 1307 S. 
 
 Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mangan, L. J., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Maile, Albert, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Macon, O. F., Exchange National Bank. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Masterman, Ned, 1241 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Marr, Luther D., Jr., 2731 Benton Blvd., 
 
 Kansas City, Mo. 
 Massy, M. H., 612 W. Fifth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mackey, B. W., Gen. Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Maple, Jos. M., c/o Miss Gertrude Maple, 
 
 1409 Temple Place, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Matthews, A. J., c/o Miss Dolly Matthews, 
 
 Savoy, Texas. 
 Manroe, Donald, 401 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Martin, B. J., Columbia Hotel, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Martz, H. D., c/o Mrs. A. H. Martz, 1105 
 
 Conger, Mt. Vernon, 111. 
 Maher. J. M., c/o Mrs. E. J. Maher, 812 
 
 S. Cherokee, Muskogee, Okla. 
 Matteson, Geo. C, 1507 S. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mathis, Harold J., 1011 W. Fourth, Okla- 
 homa City, Okla. 
 Masters, Harry S., c/o Mrs. H. S. Masters, 
 
 318 S. Detroit, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Maloney, R. L.. 620 W. Seventh, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mason, Carlton C, c/o Mrs. Jack Mason, 
 
 712 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mathis, Frank, 711 S. Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Marshall, K. C, c/o Halliburton-Abbott, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Maloney, Geo., c/o Mrs. O. W. Maloney, 
 614 Buena Vista, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Mahoney, R. A., 614 Buena Vista, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mallory, Robt., c/o Mayo Furniture Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mathis, Wallace, c/o Palace Clothiers, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Martin, Jack, S. Wheeling, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Martin, F. E., c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Maloney, Wayne, 614 Buena Vista, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Maloney, Ray, Maloney Tank Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 MacDonnell, Duncan, (deceased) c/o A. D. 
 MacDonnell, Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Matofsky, Sam, c/o Palace Clothiers, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Martin, Bert, 408 E. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Martin, Harry W., U. S. A., E. Ninth, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Magnuson, Wallace, 1325 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Manguson, W. W., 1325 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Manguson, Edwin G., U. S. A., 1325 S. 
 
 Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mason, John A., U. S. A., 247 S. Utica, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Mason, Andrew L., 247 S. Utica, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mallory, D. C, McAlester, Okla. 
 Mayo, Albert H., 701 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mayher, Jesse, U. S. A., West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mangan, Frank L., Corp. U. S. A., Tulsa 
 
 World, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mackay, Benj., U. S. A., 1227 S. Cheyenne, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mallet, Raymond, 116 N. Lawton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Manahan, Paul, U. S. A., 3 S. Norfolk, 
 
 Tulsa Okla 
 Markway, Fred J., U. S. A., G. M. & H. 
 
 Transfer Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mackin, R. F., 120 N. Nogales, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Madden, John J., 401 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Maloney, O. W., 514 W. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mayo, Leon H., 701 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mars, Edward W., Co. D. 111th Engineers; 
 
 c/o Reg. Band, Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Malkus, H. P., Tulsa World, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Marshall, Wm., Ft. Riley, Kan. ; 106 N. 
 
 Maybelle, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Mason, M. L., 402 S. Victor, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mason, Alfred J., Camp Travis, Texas ; 247 
 
 S. Utica, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Martin, Lieut. Geo. Frisbee, Field Artillery, 
 
 Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., O. T. S. ; 
 
 718 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mason, Monroe, 1002 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Martin, Robert Bruce, Co. 614, Barracks, 
 
 Mo. 914 Camp Farragut, Great Lakes, 
 
 111.: 818 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Marlow, Harry, 324 N. Zunis, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mace, Max, 614 Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Magee, Carl, Black Pet. Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mattison, John D., Fortress Monroe, Va. ; 
 
 Lindner Oil & Gas Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Martin, Eugene, Box 112, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McCorkle, Lewis C, U. S. A.. 1536 E. Fifth, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 13 
 
 McAHster, Bruce S., 905 S. Denver, Tulsa. 
 
 Oda. 
 McClelland, J. D., 45 Montague, Paris, 
 
 Fiance ; Chamber of Commerce, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McEfcany, Jesse S., U. S. A., 1427 E. Third 
 
 Tuisa, Okla. 
 McGmw, L. Jaw, Switchman, Afton, Okla. 
 McKkiley, Wm, C, 1120 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okia. 
 McKendry, Curry C., U. S. A., 106 N. Law- 
 ton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McCarty, E., c/o Right Way Laundry Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 McCabe, Russell, Pittsburg, Pa. 
 McCIure, Howard, Pawhuska, Okla. 
 McDo»ald, J. V., 403 Unity Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McKeever, Earl, 113 E. Sixth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McCoraick, Basil, 318 E. Third, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McGarity, Marvin, Texas Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 McCuen, John W., 150 S. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McKinley, Wm. Davis, 1120 S. Denver, 
 
 Tulsa Okla 
 McMiehael, Roy, 716 W. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mclrvin, Capt. A. H., Co. C. Inf. National 
 
 Guard; 418 N. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mcintosh, K. P., Gen. Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 McJunkin. Jno., R. C. A. S. D., c/o Y. M. 
 
 C. A., Ft. Monroe, Va. ; 701 N. Cheyenne, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mclnnis, Ernest E., 112 N. York, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 
 McCarty, Claude E., 412 W. Third. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McGuire, Bird, Lakeview Place, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McCarty, E., 610 Daniel Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 McMiehael, J. C, 1119 S. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McNamana, T. N., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McMurphy, Chas. E., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla, 
 McMahon, D. F., McMahon Pet. Co., 5th 
 
 floor World Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 McDonald, W. L., 1001 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McGuire, Rolland, Pawhuska, Okla. 
 McCucheon, C. M., 1106 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McMath, C. J., c/o Mrs. G. C. McMath, 
 
 Sheridan, Ind. ; Tulsa, Okla. 
 McMahon, James H., c/o J. H. McMahon ; 
 
 c/o First National Bank, Lawton, Okla. 
 McKeown, Mayo, 721 W. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McGinty, G. E., c/o Mrs. C. L. McGinty, 
 
 4742 Moffitt, St. Louis, Mo. 
 McGamey, Henry, 119 S. Maybelle, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McCleary, J. W., c/o Mrs. Anna McCleary, 
 
 4136 Westminister Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 
 McConnell, Jas. F., c/o Mrs. L. A. Mc- 
 
 Connell, 55 S. Seventeenth, Kansas City, 
 
 Mo. 
 McNew, D. G., c/o G. F. McNew, Okaw- 
 
 ville, 111. 
 McHenry, Lee, 1427 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McDonald, M. J., c/o Emmet McDonald, 
 
 1646 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McCune, Murray, brother of C. E. McCune, 
 • 302 S. Nogales, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 McKerren, B. A., c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 McGuire, Leo F., 1233 E. Second, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McGiven, P. V., Navy, 417i/ 2 S. Main, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 McRae, Clarence, c/o Palace Clothiers, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 McKee, Roy E., 511a W. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McGinnis C. Robt., U. S. A. Rms., 110 S. 
 
 Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McGinnis, John W., 110 S. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McKeon, Chester D., U. S. A., 1501 S. 
 
 Cheyenne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McNeil, B. Frank, 113 W. Second, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 McDonnell, James W.. U. S. A., 317 E. 
 
 Eighteenth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McDonald, Cecil, c/o Miss Elizabeth Neil, 
 
 234 E. Fourteenth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mcintosh, Tom, c/o Oklahoma Natural Gas 
 
 Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McElroy, Cassius, U. S. A., 1628 E. Third. 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 McCoy,' Bruce' H., U. S. A., 1632 S. Chey- 
 enne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McCarty, Clyde, U. S. A., 217 S. Frisco, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 McCullough, Willis K., U. S. A., 114 S. 
 
 Xanthus, Tulsa, Okla. 
 McEwen, J. Grandall, Canadian Army, 1306 
 
 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Meyer, Wm. J., 22 W. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Meachem, Roy, Rooms 44 N. Zunis, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mechling, A. M., 824 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mennie, T. J., c/o Joe Mennie, Santa Rosa, 
 
 Calif., R. R. No. 1, Box 197. 
 Melton, W., c/o Robt. Melton, West Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Morrill, Mercer, rooms 1101 Foster, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 
 Merry, Reginald, 149 E. Independence, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Meador, Geo., Switchman, Frisco, Afton, 
 
 Okla. 
 Meisenbacher, Leo F., 519 N. Maybelle, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Meriott, Robt. B., 649 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Melton, G. Edwin, 2415 E. Seventh, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mead, Aubrey R., U. S. A., 113 E. Brady, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Menkemeller, Wm. F., 1115 N. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Meistrell, L. J., 1531 E. Sixth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mershon, Milton, Walters, Okla. 
 Meyer, Geo. B. L. Hdg. Co., 162nd Depot 
 
 Brigade, Camp Pike, Ark. ; Y. M. C. A., 
 
 Tulsa. 
 Middleton, John W., Sand Springs, Okla. 
 Misenbacher, L. T., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mitchell, Glenn A., Union National Bank, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Mills, D. E., 106 E. Jasper, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, G. W., 205 W. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Michaels, C. M., c/o Mrs. Etta M. Michael, 
 
 1220 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, Rolla L., West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, Harry F., Lieut. 6th Calv. Troop 
 
14 
 
 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 F. A. P. O. No. 741, 1001 S. Cincinnati, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mikesha, Emil, Y. Bldg.. Camp Funston, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla., Gen. Del. 
 Miller, Robert., Corp., 404 N. Yorktown, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, Clarence B., 612 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Miller, Geo. T., 1642 E. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, Wm. H., 1610 W. Brady, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Miller, Carl, Seaman U. S. N., 32 N. Olym- 
 
 pia, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mineo, F. A., c/o Oklahoma Natural Gas 
 
 Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mills, Hart De., 1612 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mintier, Frederick D., 102 S. Maybelle, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Middleton, Duff E., 505 S. Elgin, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Milam, Walker, Chelsea, Okla. 
 Miller, Frank, 11 S. Norfolk, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, John T., 720 N. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Miller, C. E., c/o Knights of Columbus, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, Sam, Tulsa Democrat, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, Morris, 314 N. Haskell, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, Cyril, Gulf Pipe Line Co., 616 N. 
 
 Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Miller, Chas., Box No. 213, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mitchell, Earl, Camp Travis, Tex. ; Gen. 
 
 Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moore, R. L., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Mooney, H. N., Electric Supply Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Moran, W. H., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Montague, R. A., 1638 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mooney, Richard, c/o W. J. Mooney, R. 
 
 R. No. 7, Box No. 44, Kendall Add., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Monroe, R. H., c/o Mrs. J. M. Monroe, 
 
 Teague, Texas. 
 Monan, S. E., c/o County Clerk's Office, 
 
 Court House, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Morgan, Ralph W., Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Morris, H. W., c/o Mrs. Ed. Morris, 305 
 
 Lawrence, Muskogee, Okla. 
 Monroe, J. L., c/o Mrs. J. M. Monroe, 
 
 Teague, Texas. 
 Moon, B., West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moody, C. A., c/o Ex. Nafl Bank Bldg., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Morris, Chas., c/o F. H. Morris, Mound 
 
 Valley, Kansas. 
 Moore, O. E., c/o Carter Oil Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Moore, Ralph, 325 W. Twelfth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Monahan, Frank P., c/o Texas Pipe Line 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moore, Lewis, 915 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moran, E. F., Sixth and Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Morris, Lee, 201 Hdqts. Co. 57th U. S. Inf., 
 
 Camp Logan, Tex. ; c/o Okla. Nat. Gas 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Morris, Roy, 2511 E. Eighth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Morrison, Willis W., 403 S. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Moore, Chas. W., 138 E. Independence, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moore, F. N, Frisco Fireman, Sapulpa, 
 
 Okla. 
 
 Moore, Herbert, 715 N. Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moreland, Elmer, c/o Thos. Moore, Third, 
 
 West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moon, Robert J., 817 W. Brady, Talsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Moody, Dalea V., 2420 E. Seventh, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Monsell, Harvey, 839 N. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mossner, Wallace E., Hdqts. Dept. :65th 
 
 F. A. Brigade, 90th Div., A. E. F. c/o 
 
 Okla. Nat. Gas Co. 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Montgomery, Durward M., 407 S. Chey- 
 enne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moore, W. O., Police Station, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Morrisett, Claudis, Edmond, Okla. 
 Mosely, Lieut. John O., Hdg. Q. M. C. A. 
 
 A. 32nd Div., U. S. A. P. O. No. 734. 
 
 Lawton, Okla. 
 Morgan, R. E., 1714 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mowry, Chas. J., Camp Travis, Texas ; 705 
 
 Clinton Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Montelius, B. H., Gen. Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Moore, Wm. H., Carter Oil Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Moore, Clyde, Jackson Barracks ; 10 W. 
 
 Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mulkey, S. F., c/o American National 
 
 Bank, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mullins, H. R., 10 E. Fifth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Mulhall, Ed., Post Office, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Murray, L. Cloyd, Aviation Chaplain's 
 
 School, Camp Taylor, Ky. ; c/o Tulsa 
 
 Union Loan & Savings Assn., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Mudd, M. E., Tulsa Grocer Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Murdock, Richard, c/o Steele & Storage 
 
 Dept. Prairie Oil & Gas Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Murdock, James A., 218 W. Ninth, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Murphy. Ray, 618 W. Fifth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Murphy, Oliver, Sergt., Red Fork, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Murphy, Trustin O., 17 W. Fairview, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Murray, Roy, 1307 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Murray, Glenn O., 502 S. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Murray, Lieut. Harold E., 419 S. Phoenix, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Murphree, Floyd L., 337 S. Zunis, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Muntzel, Harvey M., 839 N. Cheyenne, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Munkirs, Redmond D., Sailor, 211 S. Den- 
 ver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Merrill, Murray, 319 S. Phoenix, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Murry, Wm. John, Camp Jackson, S. C. ; 
 
 1145 N. Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Murphy, Frank, Volunteer, Tulsa World, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Myers, Hunter J., Sergt., 417 S. Xanthua. 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Myer, Frank T., Co. E., 357th Inf., A. E. 
 
 F., France; c/o Oklahoma Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Myers, Loyce B., c/o McAlester News- 
 Capital, McAlester, Okla. 
 Nelson, C. J., second lieut., c/o Elks Club, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Neil, M. C, c/o Mrs. Mark C. Neil. 267 
 
 Franklin, River Forrest, 111. 
 Newton, J., Mrs. Ophelia Newton, West 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 15 
 
 Nesbitt, Fox, 305 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Newbolt, J. Warden, 1218 S. Quaker, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Nevitt, Leo, c/o Mrs. Lena Brackney, 1725 
 
 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Netzell, A. H., Box 362, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Newlon, James P., Corp. U. S. A., rooms 
 
 Center avenue, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Newby, Jerry B., 311 S. Houston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Newkirk, E. H., c/o Oklahoma Nat. Gas 
 
 Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Newman, Lee R., Base Hospital Ward No. 
 2, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. ; c/o Okla- 
 homa Nat. Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 Nelson, Julius M., Mech. U. S. A., 261 
 
 Federal, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Newton, Geo. A., Co. C. Second Oklahoma 
 National Guards ; 160 Federal Motor Co., 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Nelson, *W. G., 1602 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Niles, Alva, 15 E. Twelfth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Nidiffer, J. R., c/o Miss Evelyn Nidiffer, 
 
 Afton, Okla. 
 Nicholson, Clarence E., Camp Lee, Va. ; 
 Oklahoma Tool & Supply Co., Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 Nielson, Jimmie, c/o Chas. Lukins Auto 
 
 Sales, Sixth and Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Niuer, Dave, c/o Palace Clothiers, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Nicholson, C. Herbert, 716 College, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Nichols, Frank, Hdqtrs. 9th Brigade. F. A. 
 R. D., Camp Jackson ; c/o Oklahoma Nat. 
 Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Nolen, Luther, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 North, Geo., c/o J. A. Ryan, Gen. Del., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Noyes, Roger B., 212 N. Xanthus, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Norton, D. W., 908 S. Lawton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Northup, Murray, Petroleum Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Norris, Ash, T. D. Turner Produce Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Nolan, Luther, 12% W. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Nowlan, Harry H., Lieut. U. S. A., 515 S. 
 
 Cheyenne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Norton, H. Clay, 2632 E. Third, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Norton, Joseph A., 2632 E. Third, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Nopper, F. B., Sapulpa, Okla. ; Clerk, 
 
 Frisco. 
 Noble, John F., Capt. U. S. A., 1215 S. 
 
 Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Nyce, Peter Q., Carter Oil Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Nye, Chas., c/o Samuel Nye, West Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 O'Bannon, Maple E., c/o Globe Clothiers, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Odowd, ' Ralph, Ft. Smith, Ark. ; Fire De- 
 partment, Tulsa, Okla. 
 O'Donnell, Patrick F., Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Orr, Leon G., Mrs. T. A. Bridges, R. R. 
 
 No. 3, Erie, Kans. 
 Osborn, Walter, mail to Court House, 
 
 Tulsa Okla 
 O'Byrne, F. X., 1216 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Orf, S. F., c/o Mrs. Mary Gilmore, Tulsa, 
 , Okla., Gen. Del. 
 
 Overman, John, Chas. B. Ordway, c/o City 
 Bank & Trust Co., Murfreesboro, Tenn. 
 Oaks, Donald, Petroleum Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 O'Brien, Gerald F., c/o Wm. O'Brien, City 
 Bldg. Inspector's Office, Municipal Bldg., 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 O'Brien, R. J., Box 362, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Orr, Milo, Oxford Hotel, TuJsa, Okla. 
 Orr, Harold J., S. A. T. C. University of 
 
 Illinois ; 606 S. Boulder, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Orr, John W., 519 W. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Oxner, Marvin, Francis Ave., West Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 O'Connor, Francis P., 1531 E. Second, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ogeltree, Geo. R., Brakeman, Sapulpa, Okla. 
 O'Leary, John T., 313% E. Eighth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Oliver, Elmer O., Co. K., 358th Inf., c/o 
 Oklahoma Nat. Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 O'Donovan, C. A., 143rd Inf., 35th Div. ; 
 c/o Oklahoma Nat. Gas Co., 117 W. 
 Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Overton, John, 1211 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Orman, Joyn W., 342 S. Xanthus, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Osborn, Harry, c/o Dickason Goodman 
 
 Lumber Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Parks, Wm. S., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Patton, W. W., c/o Mrs. W. W. Patton, 
 
 Stella, Mo. 
 Patterson, A. E., 101 S. Phoenix, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Parrish, C. R., c/o Mrs. Lee Parrish, 228 
 
 Clay, Topeka, Kans. 
 Paschal, W. H., c/o W. H. Paschal, U. S. 
 
 Marines, Philadelphia/i'a. 
 Pattillo, W. H., 223 N. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Parker, Chas. H., Okla Hotel, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Parker, Chas. R., Sailor, 1102 Carson, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Parker, James, U. S. A., 1102 Carson, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Payne, G. Emmett, Lieut. U. S. A., 424 N. 
 
 Rosedale, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Paynor, W. Lee, U. S. A., 314 E. Thir- 
 teenth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Panier, Gus, c/o Oklahoma Nat. Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pattie, James, 1420 S. Elgin, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Partrige, Leonard, U. S. A., 1341 E. First, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Park, Morris G., Corp. U. S. A., 501 E. 
 
 Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Patterson, Irlie, U. S. A., 101 S. Phoenix, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pappan, Lewis, Arkansas City, Kans. 
 Patterson, John, Camp Nichols ; Frick- 
 
 Reid Supply Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Patton, S. A. T. C, First National Bank, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Parks, Edgar H., Camp Travis ; 720 S. El- 
 wood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Perry, Joe, c/o Producers State Bank, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Peake, Chas. C., c/o Mrs. Alice Peake, 1321 
 
 S. Carson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pevoto, O. R., c/o Mrs. M. C. Pevoto, 301 
 
 Seventh, Port Arthur, Texas. 
 Perry, J. Claude, Post Office, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Penrod, Geo., c/o W. W. Penrod, Peace 
 Valley, Mo. 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Pennington, H., c/o Dr. F. J. Hart ; c/o 
 
 Cosden & Co., West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Penson, M., c/o E. R. Penson, R. R. No. 
 
 1, Alma, Ark. 
 Peek, Fred A., c/o W. D. Abbott, 803 Cos- 
 den Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Peeler, J. H., Box 197, Healdton, Okla. 
 Peterson, N. C, c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Perkins, A. E., 520 S. Cincinnati, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Perry, James S., 1611 E. Burnett, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Perry, John C, Sergt., 1611 E. Second, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Penn, Robt. J., 217 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Peltkis, Chris, tailor at Renbergs, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Peters, Donn, 923 S. Houston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Peppers, Lee, Frisco Brakeman, Francis, 
 
 Okla. 
 Pettit, Labert J., 1540 E. Fourth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Peterson, Lieut. Wm. W., 1008 N. Denver, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Peterman, Leon A., c/o Gulf Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pearson, Earl, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; 
 
 Box 170, R. R. No. 6, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Poteet, Arthur W., Sergt., 641 N. Chey- 
 enne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Poletti, Chas. W. Jr., Corp. U. S. A., 1535 
 
 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Popejoy, John H., 1602 E. Ninth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Pottier, Frank, 417 N. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Posey, Leonard E., 639 N. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Poe, Roy R., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Porter, J. A., third floor Palace Bldg., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pomeroy, W. H., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Podesta, Harold, c/o Harold Podesta, Ex- 
 change National Bank, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Powell, John, (deceased) c/o Mrs. Louise 
 
 Powell, 1528 S. Forest, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Poe, C. H., c/o Palace Clothiers, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Porter, Carl, c/o John D. Porter, 1631 S. 
 
 Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Porter, M. O, c/o Frisco R. R. Freight 
 
 Depot, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Porter, Arlie W., 1631 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Pope, H. Everet, Sergt. U. S. A., 414 S. 
 
 Frankfort, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Powell, D. Gaylord, 1302 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Preston, Harold M., Box 562, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Priest, Norman, Tulsa Fire Department, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pritchard, Paul S., 523 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Price, Chas. B., 114 Brady, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Price, Bruce, 430 N. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Propst, Raybern, 242 E. Fifth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Prout, L. L., Switchman, Afton, Okla., 
 
 Frisco. 
 Price, H. T., 404 S. Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pryor, Lee Price, 404 S. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Price, James, 404 S. Elwood. Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Purdy, C. E., 418 W. Seventh, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pullen, P. T., 309 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pugh, Roy V., 514 S. Lansing, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pyle, Bedford, c/o Morris Pyle, 1309 S. 
 
 Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Pyle, E. O., c/o Vandever's Dry Goods Co.. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Qynnup, Harry, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Quinn, J. J., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Quinn, Joseph F., T. J. Quinn, 117 W. 
 
 Eleventh, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ransdell, C. M., 602 S. Cincinnati, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Rader, V. P., Tulsa, Okla., Gen. Del. 
 Ragsdale, H., c/o Mrs. Herman Ragsdale. 
 
 Fulton, Kans. 
 Rainbolt, John M., Smith Motor Co., 115 
 
 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Raymond, H. S., c/o Mayo Furniture Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rainey, Frank, Marshall Young Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Raymond, H. J., c/o Texas Pipe Line Co.. 
 
 718 W. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Randolph, Joel, c/o Tulsa Boiler & Sheet 
 
 Iron Works, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rayborn, Jess, Shawnee, Okla. 
 Raburn, c/o Oak Grocery, Ninth and Main, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rathammer, Grant, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ramsey, Robert, 2224 Hodge, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ratcliff, Isaac L., 741 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Randle, James F., Medical Corps U. S. A., 
 
 Red Fork, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ramsay, Rich, 2224 Hodge, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ratcliff, C. W., Gen. Del., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rayborn, Virgil, Carnation Auto Sales Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Reed, Paul, Bartlesville Bank, Bartlesville, 
 
 Okla. 
 Revels, A. C, c/o Mrs. Albert C. Revels, 
 
 Box 73, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Reekie, Sinclair, Majestic Hotel, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Reno, W. E., 714 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Reeves, Wm. E., c/o Geo. E. Reeves, 610 
 
 Palace Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Raynolds, Sterling, Musician U. S. N., 305 
 
 S. Kenosha, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Reed, Walter A., c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Rhea, Paul, West Tulsa State Bank, West 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Renau, Eugene, c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Reynold, Benj. C, 823 S. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Reichaert, Joseph F., Vern Station, Okla. 
 Rebauld, Napoleon, Seaman U. S. N., 4530 
 
 S. Xanthus, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Reeves. Doris, 14 S. Lawton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Redd, Joseph, Red Fork, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Reynolds, Charlie B., American Railway 
 
 Express Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rhyne, Wallace, 204 N. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Rips, Wm., Camp Travis, Texas; 1130 N. 
 
 Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Riebuck, Samuel, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Richardson, C. A., 1214 S. Cincinnati, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Rich, A. J., c/o Mrs. A. J. Rich, West 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. ' 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 17 
 
 Richardson, James, 10 N. Hartford, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Rider, Ray, Ambulancer, Waurika, Okla. 
 Riggs, Percy L., Garden City, Okla. 
 Rike, Clare S., DeShon Addition, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Rizan, Henry J., 501 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Rickey, Wayne A., 613 S. Madison, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Richardson, Erwin M., Navy, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Richardson, W. E., No. Ill, 1021 W. 2nd, 
 
 St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rounds, B. F., 6 N. Xanthus, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Robinson, Thos. E., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Robinson, Geo. E., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roeser, Chas. P., 1701 S. Carson, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Roehling, John, 620 W. 7th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roberts, Raymond V., c/o Mrs. Raymond 
 
 V. Roberts, Box 353, W. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rogers, A. L., Lit. 301st Engrs. Am. Expd. 
 
 Forces, Cp. Devens, 1701 S. Cheyenne, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rogers, Otha, c/o Mrs. S. Rogers, Collins- 
 
 ville, Okla. 
 Rowsey, W. A., c/o Majestic Hotel, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Robertson, A. F., c/o A. F. Robertson, c/o 
 
 First Nafl Bk., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roberts, Byron R., c/o J. J. Roberts, Box 
 
 57, Sand Springs, Okla. 
 Rodalph, McKeryl c/o J. C. Davis, 1537 S. 
 
 Owasso, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rodgers, Sam, No. 108, 1712 S. Quincy, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rogers, Walter W., No. 108, 202 N. No- 
 gales, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ross, E. A., No. 206, 409 E. 7th St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Rothammer, Miss Josephine, c/o May 
 
 Rothammer, Haliburton & Abbott, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla., No. 77 
 Roach, D., 1622 S. Burnett, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Robertson, Donelson C. J., c/o A. F. Rob- 
 ertson, 1130 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ross, Earl, 710 S. Maybell, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ross, Vernon, 102 Fontenelle Apts., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Ross, J. H., 302 E. 10th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roby, L. Quincy, Sergt. in chg. U. S. Army 
 
 Recruiting Station, rms. Alton Hotel, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Robertson, Guy Turner, c/o Armour & 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rothe, Paul E., No. 181, Majestic Hotel. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Robinson, John D., Cp. Travis, Rialto The- 
 ater, Tulsa, Okla.' 
 Rogers, John, No. 113, 708 S. Boulder, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roy, Don G., No. 63 719 S. Boston, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Roberto, H. M.. No- 201, Insurance Section 
 
 Cp. Pike, Ark., J.° Okla. Nat'l Gas Co., 
 
 117 W. 4th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roberts, Edward, U. S. A.. 620 N. Lincoln 
 
 Ave., Sand Springs, Oivla. 
 Roberts, Chas. A., 721 S Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Roberts, Golden A., 207 N. Wash, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Roach, Granville D., Corp. U. S. A., 1628 
 
 Burnett, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Roach, Leonard E., Jr., 1626 E. Second, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rogers, Geo., 610 E. Archer, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rogers, Homer, 1705 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roope, Othur T., Lt. U. S. A., Marquette 
 
 Hotel. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roop, Bert A., Musician U. S. A., 1409 S. 
 
 Elwood, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Robinett, Clarence T., 814 Troost Ave., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Roper, Chas., 306% S. Lawton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rucker, Carl, No. 121, c/o Palace Clothiers, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Rudd, B. Donal, 413 N. Cheyenne., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Ruddell, James T., Brittian Hotel, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Russell, Elmer, 924 E. 8th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Russell, John F., No. 59, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ryan, A. R., 1438 J. Carolina, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Salrin, E. H., 1438 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sanford, F. H., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Saultz. Chas. L., c/o Mrs. Chas. L. Saultz, 
 
 704 Fremont, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sargent, A. F., c/o Mrs. G. A. Sargent, 
 
 314 E. 5th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sally. R. A., c/o Ex. Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, 
 Salrin, E. R., Petroleum Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sawyer. John. 341 Victor, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sayre, Lewis A., 553 S. Quaker, Tulsa 
 
 Okla. 
 Sample, Fred M., 9 N. Zunis, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Samples, Geo. C, 1538 Jefferson, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Sanford, Wm., (died in France) c/o Par- 
 ents, Burdett, Ark. 
 Sargent, Ardell F., 419 E. 14th St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Sabin, Geo. W., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. Cp. 
 
 HON. Gillette, Tulsa. Okla. ; Nichols, La. 
 Sands, Ben, No. 63, 1628 E. 4th, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Schniber, F. N., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Schreck, C. P., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Schaffer, John M., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Schlup, E. R., c/o Fred Schlup, 11 N. 
 
 Olympia, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Schofield, R. E., c/o Miss E. L. Schofield. 
 
 c/o Exchange Nat'l Bk., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Schmidt, F. G., c/o Drexel Hotel, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Scott, H. W., c/o Mrs. L. A. Wohlmuth, 
 
 Stroud, Okla. 
 Scott, Geo. A., 5 S. Maybell Ave., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Scott, Wm. C, 5 S. Maybell, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Scott, Haskell, 5 S. Maybell, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Schlump, John J., 103 N. Lewis, Tulsa, 
 
 Schlup, Elmer R., 11 N. Olympia, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Setser. W. A., No. 202, 801 S. Boston, 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 
 Segner.O. E., c/o Mrs. O. E. Segner, Rip- 
 ley, Okla. 
 
 Seem, D. W., c/o D. W. Seem, R. Exch. 
 Nat'l Bank, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Sexton, Stanley, c/o Sexton Contractors, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Sessinghaus, Fred, 308 S. Houston, Tulsa. 
 Okla. 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Seward, Robert, Shawnee, Okla. 
 Sedgwick, Warren B., 1314 Forest, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Sealey, Frank E., Tulsa, Okla., Gen. Del. 
 Setser, Chas., No. Ill, No. 163, 801 S. 
 
 Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sears, C. R., No. 114, Sergt. 9 Bn. 165th D. 
 
 B., 319 S. Houston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Schmuck, Geo. C., 327 S. Victor, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Schlump, Geo. P., 103 N. Lewis, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Schreck, Frank, Jr., 421 W. 6th St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Schuette, Frederick, 2625 Federal, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Schuette, Wm„ 2626 Federal, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Scott, H. J., No. 114, Texas Refining Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Schaer, Edmond P., Cp. Travis, Tex., c/o 
 
 Plumbers Union, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Scott, Earl, 620 S. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla- 
 Shepherd, I. E., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sherman, Roger, Box 1241, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Shifter, F. F., Okla. City, Okla. 
 Shanks, Lovett, Citizens State Bk., Sham- 
 rock, Okla. 
 Sherrer, John B., Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Shaddox, Lee, F. M. Shaddox, Rogers, Ark. 
 Shelton, R. W., 715 S. Peoria, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Short, H. C, No. 20, 210 W. 4th St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Shoats, John, 312 E. 5th St., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Shinn, James R., 1111 N. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Sims, Neil, 11 E. Easton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sikes, F. L., c/o Mrs. F. L. Sikes, Chand- 
 ler, Okla. 
 Simon, Geo. A., c/o Co. D, 53rd U. S. Eng., 
 
 804 S. Chey., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Skinner, Cecil L., c/o First Nat'l Bk., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Simmon's, Hugh, Box 29, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sikes, Fred S., c/o Mrs. Fred S. Sikes, 
 
 Chandler, Okla. 
 Silsby, John A., 25 S. Maybell, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Silva, Louis S., No. 2, Cinn. & 11th St., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Simons,' M. G., Cp. Sheridan, Ala., Y. M. 
 
 C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sieber, Wm. F., Seaman U. S. N., 9 N. 
 
 Yorktown, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Simons, Gaylord, 2827 E. Eighth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Simpson, Cecil P., 1527 E., 3rd St., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Shannon, Jesse V., 109 E. Sixth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Shannon, G. L., No. 201 Cp. Gordon, Geo. 
 c/o Okla. Nat'l Gas Co., 117 W. 4th, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sharon, Glenn M., 1811 S. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Shoemaker, Forrest, Jennings, Okla. 
 Shaw, Harry A., 1310 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sheehan, Raymond J., 422 N. Chey., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. ^ , 
 
 Sherrow, Floy F., 120 N. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Shorney, Geo., No. 202 (Ambulancer) Shaw- 
 nee, Okla. _ , 
 Shinn, James B., 115 W. Latimer, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Shumate, W. B., W. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sharatt, Oren, 432 N. Cinn., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Shobert, Harold M., Okmulgee, Okla. 
 
 Shelton, Frank, 715 S. Detroit, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sheton, Geo. B., Navy, 715 S. Detroit, 
 
 Tulsa. Okla. 
 Shelton, John, 715 S. Detroit, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Shea, Thos., second lieut. 56th F. A. ; 732 
 
 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Shult, W. S., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla- 
 homa Inf., Oklahoma National Guards ; 
 Sinclair Warehouse, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Shamel, Ray W., Camp Travis; Cordova 
 
 Hotel, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sloan, Albert J., Eng. U. S. A.; 707 
 
 Evans, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Sleepy, Ralph E., 1643 S. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Smith, Earl, 1319 E. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smith, Herbert B., 909 S. Denver, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Smith, Chas. B., Walker Motor Co., Eighth 
 
 and Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smelser, Jack, 1106 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Smith, Burton, 31 Montague, Paris, France ; 
 
 Y. M. C. A. Service, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smother, T. J., T. D. Turner Produce, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Smitherman, Dr., c/o Frissell Memorial 
 
 Hospital, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smith, W. A., Fireman, Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Smith, B. H., Fireman, Francis, Okla. 
 Smith, Roy F., 517 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Smith, Benj. F., 1517 E. Eighth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. ^ , 
 
 Smith, Geo., 1406 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Smith, Arthur A., 517 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Smith, A. C, Co. I, 57th Inf., Camp Logan, 
 Texas; c/o Oklahoma Nat. Gas Co., 117 
 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smith, F. G., c/o Sinclair Oil & Gas Co., 
 
 Purchasing Dept., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smith, Joseph T., 12 N. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Smith, Ralph V., Capt. U. S. A. Surg., 
 
 502 Daniel Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smith, Carter, second lieut., 512 Bliss 
 
 Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smith, W. H, 212y 2 S. Main. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smith, S. R., Camp Travis; 1626 E. Third, 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 
 Smith, Miss Mary R., Red Cross Nurse, 
 
 Chicago, 111. ; 1602 Buena Vista, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. _ 
 
 Smith, Wm. Leslie, Camp Nichols; 14 W. 
 
 Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smelser, Garland A., Camp Travis, Texas; 
 
 905 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smoot, Wm., 603 S. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smoot, R. S., Training Station, Oklahoma 
 University, Norway, Okla. ; c/o Okla- 
 homa Nat. Gas ., 117 W. Fourth, 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Smittle,' Ross E., ±615 Katy, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Smedley, Wm. S., 907 S. Jackson, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. _ . 
 
 Smiley, Ernest L., 324 S. Utica, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. , , , „ 
 
 Snyder, Claudi, Co. D, 58th Inf.; c/o Ok- 
 lahoma Nat Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, 
 Tulsa, Okla. _ 
 
 Sommors, Sam L., c/o S. J. Sommors, 138 
 Front St., Monroe City, Mo. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 19 
 
 Solt, Clinton A., c/o Gilliland Oil Co., 
 Drumrig-ht, Okla. 
 
 Southern, Robbin, Ensign U. S. N., 217 
 W. Cameron, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Soliday. Miss Louella, Red Cross Nurse, 
 Ft. Beauregard, La. ; 105 E. Sixth, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Springer, Lieut. M. P., 600 Country Club 
 Drive, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Spawr, Frank. 817 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Spencer, W. D., 318 Kennedy Bldg., Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Spencer, G. Alvin, Seaman U. S. N., 202 
 S. Trenton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Spain, Leslie A., rooms 19 N. Maybelle, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Spillman, Julian, 321 N. Lincoln, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Spillman, Harry, 320 N. Lincoln, Sand 
 Springs, Okla. 
 
 Springer, Sam A., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; 
 Box 1875, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Spurrier, Chas., 908 W. Brady, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Speed, Lieut. Horace Jr., 713 S. Frisco, 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 
 Stebbins, J. R., 530 E. Ninth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Strand, E. F.. c/o Elks Club, Tulsa. Okla. 
 
 Sterling, Clyde, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stone, U. S., 107 Roosevelt, Sand Springs, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stratton, Harold, Police Station, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Steigleder, Roy E. E., Navy, First National 
 Bank, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Sterling, Wm., American National Bank, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stark, Lee, c/o Atlantic Petroleum Co., 
 Garber, Okla. 
 
 Stephens, Chas., c/o Mrs. Margaret Steph- 
 ens, 408 S. Lawton, Denver, Colo. 
 
 Stovell, J. M., c/o Mrs. Etta Stafford, R. 
 R. No. 4, Box 190, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stovall, E. R., c/o Mr. J. W. Stovall, Bard- 
 well, Texas. 
 
 Stewart, C. J., Navy, Easton and Boul- 
 der, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stewart, Wm. Jr., Navy, 1732 Forest, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Stander, A. C, Box 362, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stewart, Wm., Rowe Ice Cream Co., Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Stewart, L. E., 113 E. Sixth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stofle, Russell, c/o Mrs. Stofle, 1523 S. 
 Jefferson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stofle, Wallace, c/o Mrs. S. A. Stofle, 1523 
 S. Jefferson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stone, Philip, c/o S. J. McGee Co., Deco- 
 rators, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Steinmiller, C, (deceased) c/o Miss Stein- 
 miller, Bon Ton Millinery, 16 E. Third. 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Steiger, Fred S., c/o Curtis-Brown Cloth- 
 iers, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Strain, Geo. J., 733 S. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Strain, Sylvester G-, 733 S. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Steelman, W. B., Brakeman, Francis, Okla. 
 
 Stevens, Otis, 409 N. Roosevelt, Sand 
 Springs, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stoppard, Edward C, 311 W. Thirteenth, 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stonsifer, Victor, West Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stirling, Eldridge G., 314 S. Zunis, Tulsa, 
 Okla. . 4 JM 
 
 Stackhouse, Keith T., Capt. U. S. A., 816 
 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stringer, Benj. H., Park View, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stroup, R. S., Training Station, Oklahoma 
 University, Norman, Okla. ; c/o Okla- 
 homa Nat. Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa. 
 Okla. 
 
 Stanley, Lieut., Mont. V. M. C. Hospital 
 Center, Commanding Officer Hdg. De- 
 tachment A. E. F., France, A. P. O. No. 
 780; 304 Richard Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stuart, Robt. A., Ill S. Boulder, Tulsa 
 Okla. 
 
 Stephens, Dav., Camp Travis; 408 S. Law- 
 ton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Stone, Lloyd, 810 S. Cincinnati, Tulsa 
 Okla. 
 
 Suegman, E. H., American National Bank. 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Sullivan, H. L., c/o Liquified Pet. Co., 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 
 Sullivan, G. M., Exchange National Bank. 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 
 Suen, Floyd W., 9 N. Yorktown. Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Surall, John W., 824 Admiral, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Sunderland, Claude, 2130 E. Tenth, Tulsa. 
 Okla. 
 
 Swope. H. C, c/o E. E. Swope, 318 N. 
 Indiana, Kankakee, 111. 
 
 Swain, S., c/o Mrs. Ella Swain, 610 S. 
 Main, Juliet, Tenn. 
 
 Swift, Homer, c/o Oklahoma Nat. Gas Co.. 
 117 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Swindler, Don, 707 N. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Sweeney, C. B., 414y a S. Elgin, Tulsa. 
 
 ° kla - 
 Swift, Leland R., 317 S. Utica, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Tankersly, Dan, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa. 
 
 okla - ~ „ 
 
 Taylor, D., c/o Mrs. L. A. Harvey, R. R. 
 
 No. 1, Box 82, Eldon, Mo. 
 Taylor, C. E., 732 S. Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Talbot, A. G., Petroleum Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Taylor, Timothy, 724 N. Garfield, Sand 
 
 Springs, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Taylor, Rutherford, Sergt., 1519 Boston, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla, 
 Taylor, Cliff., 213 E. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Taylor, John, c/o Midland Valley Freight 
 
 Office, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Taylor, Don, 921 S. Maybelle, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Terry, Jesse L., Pres. Electric Vehicle & 
 
 Battery Co., 1639 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Terry, Lyon F., c/o Midco Gasoline Co., 
 
 Bartlesville, Okla. 
 Teter, Gordon J., Dentist. Ill N. Cheyenne. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Teateer,' Alvin D., Hotel Alton, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Terrell, Lee R., Navy, Texas Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Thixton, Richard, Box 1212, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Thomas, W. A., 1105 S. Guthrie, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Thygeson, O. M., Des Moines, Iowa. 
 Thurmond, Fred S., c/o Mrs. Fred S. 
 
 Thurmond, 726 S. Cherokee, Muskogee, 
 
 Okla. 
 Thompson, N. A., 8th Co., 57th Inf., Camp 
 
 Logan, Texas. 
 Thilenius, Fred, c/o Prairie Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Thompson. R. R., c/o Prairie Pipe Line 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Thompson, Elmer A., 1321 E. First, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Thompson, J. Dewitt, Corp. U. S. A., 1723 
 
 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Thomas, Chester R., 722 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Thomas, Wm., R. F. D. No. 7, Box 163, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Thorton, Francis A., 18 S. Wilson, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Thornton, Glen R., :9 S. Maybelle, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Theon, Ellert A.. 641 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Thompkins, Samuel A., 1416 Forest, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Thompson, Harvy, Arkansas City, Kans. 
 Thomas, Royal A., Camp Travis, Texas ; 
 
 Palace Theater, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Thomas, John J., Ft. Riley, Kansas ; Tali- 
 
 hina, Okla. 
 Thompson, Geo., 202 N. Zunis, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Thompson, Louis, Navy, 206 N. Kenosha, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Tibbs, B. L., Chelsea, Okla. 
 Titus, Delbert R., Camp Nichols, La., 57th 
 
 Co. I.; 110 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Tomkins, Sam., Houston-Fible Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Tompkins, Frank C, 1416 Forest, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Trapp, F. V., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Trice, Cliff., City Fire Department, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Trent, H. A., Rachel Trent, Sand Springs, 
 
 Okla. 
 Treymuth. Leo. W., c/o Cosden & Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Trees, Rolland, 21 W. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Trainor, Dr. Wm. J., 524 N. Cheyenne, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Tropp, Robert, c/o S. J. MeGee Co., Decor- 
 ators, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Trees, Paul R., 21 W. First, Tulsa. Okla. 
 Tryon, Fay F., 515 S. Cincinnati, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Triplett, Arthur, 10 N. Hartford, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Trumbly, Joseph H., 434 N. Boston, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Trumbly, Lewis M., 434 N. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Truelove, L. Chester, 1211 W. Second, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Tucker, Elmer, 212 N. Wilson, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla. 
 Tuttle, Roy B., 2614 E. Eighth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Turner, Wm. Harry, 526 S. Xanthus, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Turner, Ralph H., 1422 E. Second, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Turner. Geo. D., 118 E. Easton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Tuttle, James H., 2nd lieut. F. A., U. S. A.. 
 
 1746 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Turk, Wolf C, 1501 S. Cincinnati, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Tway, Thos. D., 228 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Uhl, Louis, c/o Mrs. Frank Petterson, 525 
 
 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ulrich, Geo. E., Park View, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Utley, Ueril G., Major U. S. A., 615 S. 
 
 Xanthus, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Vandever, V., 705 S. Main, Tulsa. Okla. 
 
 Vanzant, Frank, c/o Frank Vanzant, Gen. 
 
 Del., West Tulsa, Okla. 
 Vanscoy, Glen, c/o Mrs. T. A. Vanscoy, 
 
 Lowell, Ark. R. No. 1. 
 Vanlandingham, Paul, Camp Pike ; Post 
 
 Office, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Vaughan, W. R., Wheeler Hotel, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Vaughan, B. E., Red Fork, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Vanzant, Samuel L., Garden City. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Vanzant, John H., c/o S. L. Vanzant, Gar- 
 den City, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Vincent, G. W., Frisco Operator, Clare- 
 more, Okla. 
 Vickers, Geo. A., Seaman U. S. N., 815 S. 
 
 Rockford, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Viner, Wm., University of Okfahoma ; 332 
 
 N. Rosedale, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Van Arsdale, Byron E., Camp Nichols ; 
 
 1005 S. Boston, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Vinick, Harry, 1005 S. Boston. Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wall, Dr. G. A., 721 Mayo Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wall, Harold W., Union National Bank, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Walters, Harry, c/o Empress Theatre, Bank 
 
 of Commerce, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Watkinson, Rex, Bank of Commerce, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wallace, See A., Sinclair, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Warburton, J. L., 302 S. El wood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wallace, L. A., Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Warner, R. T., c/o Mrs. E. L. Warner, 
 
 560 W. Logan, Guthrie, Okla. 
 Wallace Robert C, 415 S. Guthrie, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Waggoner, Allen F., c/o Frick-Reid Supply 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Watts, Kenneth, c/o Frank Petterson & Co., 
 
 Engrs., 640 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wasson, H. E., Box 1012, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Walker, Vivian, c/o Prairie Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Walker, Clyde, 2119 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Walker, Orville C, 211 N. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Walker, Percy E., 506 S. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Walker, Arthur G., 506 S. Trenton, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Watson, J. P., Honolulu, Hawaii ; c/o Ok- 
 lahoma Nat. Gas Co., 117 W. Fourth, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Watts, Lieut. Marvin H., 402 S. Wheeling, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Walsh, Tad J., 1107 S. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wasson, Herbert, 305 N. Grant, Sand 
 
 Springs, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wakefield, Roy E., 326 S. Victor, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Waugh, Marshall L., 409 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Warrington, Earle, Lieut., 16 Belle Apts., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Walter,' Harris S., 417 W. King. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wallace, Samuel P., 1422 S. Cincinnati, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wallace, A. E., Arkansas City, Kans. 
 Washington, Lewis, 167th Amb. Co.. 117th 
 
 Sanitary Train, 42nd Div. ; 109 E. Elev- 
 enth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 21 
 
 Wakefield, Camond, 607 W. Third, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Watkins, Albert W., Carter Oil Co.. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wasson, Gordon, Universal Motor Co., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Walker,' Robert, 1528 Admiral, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wa'ker, Wm., Navy, 240 S. Kenosha, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Walker, Hugh, Camp Nichols: S09 S. Main, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Walker, Warren C, Jackson Barracks ; 2110 
 
 E. Third, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Walker, W. B., Sand Springs, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Warren, J., 811 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Warner, G. G., Atlas Transfer Co., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Welch, R. M., c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Weiss, F. A., 220 E. Eighteenth, Tulsa, 
 Webster, A. A., c/o Mrs. Oscar Thompson, 
 
 Hebronville, Texas. 
 Wenger, Harry E., Wenger Petraleum Co., 
 
 410 Daniel Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wells, John M., 611 S. Elwood, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Webb, Ralph, 317 E. Fifteenth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Weisburgh, Herbert L., 6 E. Third, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 West, Frank, Allen-West Purchasing 
 
 Agency, 309 E. Second, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Welch, Carlton B., Camp Nichols; 1332 E. 
 
 Burnett, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Westerman, Horace C, Jackson Barracks, 
 
 Box 1459, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Welch, Forest C, 14th Co., 4th Bn. 165th 
 
 Depot Brigade, Camp Travis, Texas ; 34 
 
 Robinson Bldg., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Whiteside. W. C, 1612 S. Boulder, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Whitaker, C. C, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Whitaker, Claude, 1001 S. Boulder, Tulsa. 
 
 Okla. 
 Wheeler, D. T., 706 S. Boulder, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wheeler, Lasco P., 1430 S. Boston, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Whinery. Mark, 1606 Katy, Tulsa, Okla. 
 White, Thaddeus L., 416 S. Detroit, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 White, Veneverett O., 1132 Admiral, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Whitefield, W. W., Tulsa, Okla., Gen. Del. 
 Wheeler, R. C, Jackson Barracks ; Buick 
 
 Hotel, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Whitaker, Harold, 311 Dayton, Muskogee, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wilson, T. C, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Winters, Victor, c/o Quincy National Bank, 
 
 Quincy, 111. 
 Wilson, G. W., Producers State Bank. 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Winters, Charley F., Mechanics American 
 
 National Bank, St. Louis Mo. 
 Williamson, W. C, 9 N. Wheeling, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Williams, Ben, American National Bank. 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Wilson,' O. P.", c/o Mrs. E. Wilson, 202 N. 
 
 Eighth, Rogers, Ark. 
 Witty, E. T., Cosden & Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Williams, A., c/o Mrs. G. A. Williams, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wiley, G. B., c/o Mrs. Ruth Pyeatt, 405 
 
 N. Frisco, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Willingham, J. H., c/o J. H. Willingham, 
 
 Gould, Okla. 
 
 Wilson, Berry O., 319 S. Cincinnati, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Witte. L. W., 1208 Cosden Bldg., Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Winget, Max, c/o Arthur S. Winget, Cush- 
 
 ing, Okla. 
 Wilson, Emmett L., Co. M, 20th Reg., Ft. 
 
 Douglas, Utah; 1627 E. Hodge, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Williams, Archie, c/o Vandever's Dry Goods 
 
 Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wilson, Tom. c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Williams, James O., (deceased) brother of 
 
 W. D. Williams, 830 N. Main, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wilson, J. L., c/o Texas Pipe Line Co., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wilson. C. Be V:am, Red Fork, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wilson, C. A.. I'risco Brakeman, Francis, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wilson, Cripp ' . Red Fork, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wilson, Glenn >., 1519 Baltimore, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Williams, Clir 518 N. McKinley, Sand 
 
 Springs, Okla 
 Williams. Dec 15 N. Victor, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Williams, Thos. C, Sergt., 912 S. Rock- 
 ford, Tulsa, OUIa. 
 Williams, Luther M., 2705 E. Seventh, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Williamson, Alvin G., 1601 Admiral, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wilson, Loy I., 18 N. Rocklcrd. Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wilson, Howard, 1177 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wilcox, Leslie A., 2603 E. Seventh, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Willes, Virgil, 1212 Admiral, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wienecki, E. L., 10 W. Sixteenth, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wickiser, Thos., 305% S. Frisco, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wiggins, Lawrence C, Seaman U. S. N., 
 
 1537 Jefferson, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wiley. Wm. R., Sailor U. S. N, 1116 E. 
 
 Fifth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Williford, James A., 512 N. Peoria, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wikoff. Geo. R., Sergt., 215% W. Brady, 
 
 Tulsa. Okla. 
 Winters, Roy, Battery E., 130th F. A., 
 
 E. F. ; c/o Oklahoma Nat. Gas Co., 117 
 
 W. Fourth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Winslow, Freeman, Washuma, Okla. 
 Williams, "!eo., Volunteer, 315 W. First, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Williams, R. L., 842 N. Main, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wiley, Bru^e H., Camp Nichols; c/o Ken- 
 dall Drag Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Woody, W. W. Dr., Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Woods, E. K., c/o Exchange National Bank, 
 
 Tulsa, Ukla. 
 Woods, M. W., c/o Mary Woods, Gen. Del., 
 
 Tulsa Okla. 
 Wox, V. H., c/o Mrs. T. D. Wox, Tecum- 
 
 seh, Okla. 
 Woodruff, C. O., c/o Mrs. C. O. Woodruff, 
 
 217 W. Hickory, Neosho, Mo. 
 Woodson, Fred E., 2nd Lieut. F. A., U. S. 
 
 A., c/o Y. M. C. A., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Woods, Cyril J.. 181 E. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wood, Everett A., 1003 S. Quincy, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Wood, Allen E., Red Fork, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Wolfe, Joseph L., Sergt., 1231 S. Boulder, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. 
 Woodruff, C. H., 515 W. Sixth, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Womble, Murray R., 9 N. Wheeling, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. __, _, , 
 
 Woodbank, W., 23 W. First, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Woodring, Lee J., 208 S. Phoenix, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla 
 Wright, Floyd, 316 N. Rosedale, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla 
 Wright, Eugene W., 412 S. Olympia, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla 
 Wright, Glenn R., 316 N. Rosedale, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. , . „. , 
 
 Wren, Joseph M., 429 Robinson Bldg., 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. , 
 
 Wynn, Ivey, Union National Bank, Tulsa, 
 
 Wyatt!' W. H., J. P. Wyatt, Springfield, 
 
 Wyant, L. D., c/o Mrs. Lola B. Quick, 
 
 R R. No. 2, Fairview, Okla. 
 Wylie, W. H., c/o T. B. Wylie, 809 Cen- 
 tral, El Dorado, Kans. 
 Wynn, Frank A., Sapulpa, Okla. 
 Wynn, Clarence C, 510 N. Cheyenne, Tulsa, 
 
 Okla. 
 Wynn, S. M., Jr., Rome, Ga. 
 Yates, Oscar, c/o Elks Club, Tulsa, Okla 
 Yeager, Wm. J., (deceased) brother of 
 Mrs. Claude Tuttle, 1746 S. Boulder, 
 Tulsa, Okla. . _ , ™ i 
 
 Yeakey, Hiram, 309 W. Brady, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Young, Faye S., Sergt. U. S. A., 808 N. 
 
 Denver, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Young, John, 1153 S. Quaker, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Yeakey, 309 W. Brady, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Zahn, Chas. E. Jr., Tulsa. Okla. Gen. Del. 
 Zeek, Rex L., 1223 Admiral, Tulsa, Okla. 
 Zink, Roy A., 307 First National Bank, 
 
 Tulsa, Okla. _ . _., , 
 
 Zink. Glenn W., 2 S. Nogales, Tulsa, Ok a. 
 Zollars, J. R-. Cosden & Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Ambruster, David F., Navy. 
 Armstrong, Melvin L., Navy. 
 Arnold, Walter, Kendall S. A. T. C. 
 Amey, Amel, Co. Roster. 
 Armstrong, C. L., Co. C, Inf.. National 
 
 Guard. 
 Anderson, Clarence 
 Arnold, P. C. 
 Arras, Geo. P., Navy 
 Andres, J. B. 
 Archer, John S. 
 Ameis, Stephen, Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 Armstrong, Jas. 
 
 Arnold, W. F. 
 
 Andrews, J. A., Army 
 
 Andrews, Robert W., Navy 
 
 Anderson, Frank 
 
 Andrews, Jess Ralph, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Appelby, D. P. 
 
 Anderson, Willard, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Andrus. Chas. H., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Andrews, Benj. E., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 
 Apgar, Norwood, Navy 
 
 Arel, Glen R., Camp Mabry, Austin, Tex. 
 
 Arhall, Chester, Co. Roster 
 
 Arnold, Ben C. 
 
 Attier, Frank, Camp Nichols 
 
 Austin. James, Mansfield, La. 
 
 Aren, F. V. 
 
 Asher, James, in France 
 
 Arp, B. W. 
 
 Ausmus, De Witt, Navy 
 
 Austin, John 
 
 Anderson 
 
 Avery, Edgar L., in Germany (Fire Dept.) 
 
 Armstead, Joe 
 
 Anderson, Sam 
 
 Anger, Eugene T., Navy 
 
 Alexander, C. F., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Ander, Chas., Camp Nichols, New Orleans 
 
 Arnold, I. C, Reg Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Adamson, Ellis S. 
 Arnold, Joseph, Navy 
 Andrew, Louis 
 Andrew, D. P. 
 Ayers, James F. 
 Alexander, Eugene L. A. 
 Appleby, Percy 
 Adkinson, John G., Navy 
 Ackerman. J. J., Co. C, Inf. National 
 
 Adams, W. Francis, Camp Nichols, New 
 
 Orleans. 
 Admire, Jno. 
 Adrain, Richard O., Camp Nichols, New 
 
 Orleans. 
 Albright, Otis P. 
 Allen, Walton P., Navy 
 Adams, Harry F., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Allred, Raymond L., Navy 
 Alton, Chas. J., Navy 
 Abbott, Harry O., Camp Sherman, Chilli- 
 
 cothe, O. 
 Anderson, C. R., Camp Nichols, New Or- 
 leans. 
 Addison, Walter F., Tyler, Texas 
 Atchison, Fred . 
 
 Agnew. F. J., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Adkinson, John L., Edgar Adkinson, Sailor 
 
 (c. d.) 
 Asher, James A., Co. Roster 
 Arnheart, John H., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Arbaugh, John A., Volunteer 
 Austin, Amerine 
 Atwood, Lee L. 
 Anderson, Jesse F., Camp Nichols, New 
 
 Orleans 
 Adams, Chas. A., Camp Nichols, New Or- 
 leans 
 Allen, Paul E., Volunteer 
 Augenstein, Vernon 
 Allie, Ovel, Navy 
 Allen, Nance, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Alexander, Ray D., Navy _ 
 
 Ashton, Blanch Miss, Still Over— Clerical 
 
 work. 
 Ambrosia, Joseph, Naval Training Station, 
 
 Hampton Roads, Va. 
 Allen, J. M., Quartermaster Div., Wash- 
 ington, D. C. 
 Allen, John 
 
 Anderson, Eugene, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Aumens, Carl 
 
 Ashenfelder, J. E., Co. Hosier 
 Armstrong, Ed., Navy 
 Ackuff, Clyde, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Adler, Simon, U. S. S. Ky. ; c/o Postmaster 
 New York. ... . . . 
 
 Albright, Chas. E., c/o E. E. Albright 
 Austin, Lewis S., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Anderson, Henderson 
 Austin, Wm. 
 Adams, James C, Navy 
 Adsit, J. Howard, Camp Nichols, New Or- 
 leans 
 Anderson, Virgil 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 23 
 
 Allen, Roy C, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Allen, G. W., Co. C, Inf., National Guard 
 
 Albers, W. H. 
 
 Allen, Joseph H., Navy 
 
 Adams, Benj. V., Camp Nichols, New Or- 
 leans 
 
 Abernathy, Ben H., Navy 
 
 Adams, Avery I., Camp Nichols, New Or- 
 leans 
 
 Adair, DeWitt J., Co. C, 2nd Oklahoma 
 National Guard 
 
 Allen, Orlande, Co. Roster 
 
 Albertson, Jack 
 
 Allen, R. S. 
 
 Allen, B. 
 
 Anderson, A. E. 
 
 Asbell, Raymond, Navy 
 
 Allcon, T. A. 
 
 Avis, J. P., Co. C, Inf., National Guard 
 
 Ashley, J. M., Jr. 
 
 Aston, Sergt.-Major Robt., Co. D, 111th 
 Engineers 
 
 Allensworth, E. L. 
 
 Audd, Clyde C, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Archie, Chas., Co. C, Inf., National Guard 
 
 Alley, Bluford, Navy 
 
 Anderson, Dorr E., Co. Roster 
 
 Alvarez, Claude, Co. Roster 
 
 Allen, J. Henry, Camp Nichols, New Or- 
 leans 
 
 Arbogast, Earl, Co. Roster 
 
 Adams, Earl R., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Acock, Carl 
 
 Ash, Oakey Allen, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 
 Anderson, James 
 
 Anderson, Basil M., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Ashcraft, C. J. 
 
 Allen, Walter, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Austin, L. L. 
 
 Austin, Roy S., Volunteer 
 
 Adams, Ernest L., Volunteer 
 
 Allen, Wm. C, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Anderson, Virgil V., Volunteer 
 
 Allen, Roy S., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Allen, Albert 
 
 Barton, Jessie, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Byrd, Earnest, Co. Roster 
 
 Brians, J. R., Sgt. 
 
 Bruce, Geddes, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Byers, R. L. 
 
 Baker, Glen, Volunteer 
 
 Brossean, Henry J. 
 
 Buster, Floyd D., Navy 
 
 Brasel, Eddy B., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Burns, S. R., Co. C, Inf., National Guard 
 
 Burns, Chas. D. 
 
 Byers, Beverly M., Navy 
 
 Branson, T. E. 
 
 Byrnes, Frank J. 
 
 Burns, Chas. 
 
 Breck, Arthur F. 
 
 Bumgarner, Harold 
 
 Burleson, Otis T. 
 
 Bumont, R. C. 
 
 Buckley, G. F. 
 
 Bradshaw, Harry E., Jefferson Barracks, 
 Mo. 
 
 Bunch, L. L., Volunteer 
 
 Brackney, Ralph D. 
 
 Byfield, Lealie Wm., Navy 
 
 Brazzell, Tom 
 
 Burke, A. C. 
 
 Byers, Griffin, Navy 
 
 Bray, Walter K., Camp Travis, Texa3 
 
 Brown, Lennard 
 
 Briggs, Hector M., Navy 
 
 Bradford, Pvt. Walter E., Co. C, Inf., Na- 
 tional Guard 
 
 Bryant, J. W. 
 
 Buchanan, Lieut. Dr. Jas M., Ft. Riley, 
 Kans., Co. 49, Barracks No. 8 M. O. T. 
 C. 
 
 Broyhill, Herman, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Bush, Alonzo T., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Burton, Houston S. 
 
 Bruner, Wm. F. 
 
 Brandenburg, Eugene 
 
 Bucker, Jesse E. 
 
 Brosseau, Henry J. f Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Branil, F. M. 
 
 Bryan, Frank R., Navy 
 
 Bray, Ralph, Volunteer 
 
 Bradley, Gail R., Co. Roster 
 
 Brown, T. J., Navy 
 
 Bright, Lewis 
 
 Brasel, J. Claude, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Brookhover, Ira E. t Navy 
 
 Braucht, Stable Guard, Co. Roster 
 
 Bryan, C. A., Volunteer 
 
 Broeding, Delson, Camp Travis, Texa3 
 
 Busby, Lewis M., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Borror, Fred Wm., Navy 
 
 Borders, James T., Navy 
 
 Bryan, Curtis F., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Brady, C. Lee, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Brady, W. A. 
 
 Brill, James A. 
 
 Brecht, Walter H. 
 
 Bradford, G. E., Volunteer 
 
 Bristol, T. E. 
 
 Bunton, Hugh 
 
 Burden, Clarence 
 
 Burnes, Frank S., Drafted. 
 
 Bullington, Felix A., Navy 
 
 Bushnell, L. E., Supply Co., 318th, A. E. F. 
 
 Burford, B. E. 
 
 Burnham, S. J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Burke, Larkin 
 
 Bryan, Meredit, Sgt. 
 
 Byrne, F. W. 
 
 Burns, Edward C, Co. Roster 
 
 Burton, G. R. 
 
 Burris, Jess, Navy 
 
 Bowyer, Edgar L., Co. C, Second Oklahoma 
 National Guards. 
 
 Butts, Jessie 
 
 Butler, Daniel R., Camp Travis Texas 
 
 Bowden, Horace D., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Butler, Ed, Moved 
 
 Bowden, Horace D., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Burns, Arthur T., Navy 
 
 Burns, Frank J., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Buffington. H. H. 
 
 Buckley, Eugene 
 
 Burney Travis, in Service ; Ex. Nat'l Bank 
 
 Bruns, Chas. E., Co. Roster 
 
 Burcham, Ray S., Co. C, Second Oklahoma 
 National Guard. 
 
 Barron, Merle W., Navy 
 
 Brundidge, Hogan, Co. Roster (Musician) 
 
 Burgeran, E. J. 
 
 Bube, E. M. 
 
 Braymer, Paul 
 
 Busby, Frank M. 
 
 Burger, G. Ray 
 
 Brockman, Ray J. 
 
 Branner, Jack, Co. Roster 
 
 Brown, Harry E., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Bray, R. W., Volunteer 
 
 Brown, Waldo C, Navy 
 
 Bryan, Clarence B., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Bradley, W. D., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Bradley, Charlie, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Bradley, Albert M., Navy 
 
 Bradley, Chas. H., Navy 
 
 Burris, John, Volunteer 
 
 Burris, Raymond G., Navy 
 
 Brasler, John F. 
 
 Brown, Dewey, Volunteer 
 
 Burnett, C. R., Volunteer 
 
 Button, P. A., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l. Guard 
 
 Brosel, T. M. 
 
 Bowman, Ballard B., Navy 
 
 Bowman, J. N., Sgt. Co. C, Inf., Nat'l 
 
 Guard 
 Bourell, Roy E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Boswell, Leslie, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Bottoms, S. 
 Bounner, Claude 
 Bowman, T. C, Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Bullen, Steve, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Burke, Joe, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Branch, Wm., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Bruce, Fletcher D., Navy 
 Brogles, Otis C, Navy 
 Brown. Mack, Pvt. 
 Brown, Bert 
 
 Boyd, Clarence O., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Bomingues, Tom 
 Bowden, Herbert I., Navy 
 Brown, Frank A., Pvt., Co. C, 2nd Okla. 
 
 N. G. 
 Brown, Alvis, Volunteer 
 Brooks, Wm. T, Pvt., Co. C, 2nd Okla. 
 
 N. G. 
 Brice, W. J., Volunteer 
 Burton, Lawrence, Kansas City, Kans. 
 Bradfield, Jackson, Lieut. 
 Brewer, C. P., Pvt. Co. Roster 
 Brown, Harold C, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Brown, Ben M., Navy 
 
 Branham, Luther G., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Bronson, James, Navy 
 Brunson, G. A., Volunteer 
 Brown, Walter F., Sgt. Co. B.. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 Burton, Chas. L., Sgt., Co. Roster. 
 Burke, N. L., 5th Casual Co., 1st Reg. O. T. 
 
 C, Camp Hancock, Augusta. 
 Brown, Ray C. Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Brunhoff, Henry 
 Browning, B. F. 
 Brennan, Geo. W., Co. Roster. 
 Bottom, Wm. G. 
 
 Brown, Hampton J., Pvt., Co. Roster 
 Brinkham, Edgar J., Volunteer 
 Brown, W. 
 Brackeen, Opal, Miss, Red Cross Nurse, 
 
 Ft. Beauregard, La. 
 Burke, Jerome T. 
 Bryan, Brightower 
 
 Buchan, Homer E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Browne, Dr. Henry 
 Bowersock, John, Volunteer 
 Brown, Geo. Alfred, U. S. Marine 
 Brown, Ira L., Navy 
 Bryant, Ed., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Brush, Floyd C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Bray, Willis, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Barthel, Eugene L., Navy 
 Bell, Jas. A., Capt. Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Brown, Leslie W., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Brown, Sidney 
 Brown, Geo. M., Navy 
 Brown, Wm. Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Barbe, J. R., Navy 
 
 Bryant, Elbert R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Brown, Harley, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Brown, W. H., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l. Guard 
 
 Brim, Oscar S., Volunteer 
 
 Brown, Lewis O. 
 
 Boyle, Gus 
 
 Bolin, Ernest 
 
 Bassett, Ben R., Navy 
 
 Blakemore, Jesse D., Volunteer 
 
 Bowen, Minor L., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Black well, A. F. 
 
 Bordeaux, Robert M., Navy 
 
 Bailey, Sergt. K. E., Cp. Q. M. Bldg., 
 
 Camp Funston, Kans. 
 Brixey, Harrison, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Byrd, J. E. 
 
 Boyce, Wm., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Burke, Geo. D., Volunteer 
 Brians, R. 
 
 Burrow, Paul, Co. Roster (Musician) 
 Bullington, H. B. 
 
 Burnside, E. A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Brinkley, Thomas P. 
 Bond, Harry, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Blackman, Lonnie, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Borror, John 
 Ball, Carl A. 
 Bearden, Ross H., Navy 
 Boatwright, Wm., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Blaunt, L. W. 
 
 Bache, Wm. R., Camo Travis, Tex. 
 Blackwell, Sam, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Barton. V. E. 
 Bartlett, Barney, Naval Training Station, 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 Bearden, Wayne 
 Bass, Elby, Navy 
 Blevins, Tom 
 
 Bowler, Wm. B., Okla. City, Okla. 
 Board, Wm., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Boroff, C. H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Bogle, John H., Navy. 
 
 Booth, Esper M., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Bollander, John P. 
 
 Blaylock, B. Lee, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Birdsong, David D. 
 Bonner, H. 
 Blacker, W. L. 
 
 Black, Warren, Camp Travis, Tex 
 Black, Clyde, Co. D., 111th Engrs., Via 
 
 N. Y. 
 Blackwelder, R. T., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd 
 
 Okla. Inf., N. G. 
 Blevins, Cylde H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Black, Sanford E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Baker, Guy G., Ft. Logan, Colo. 
 Ballew, Wm. P., Volunteer 
 Bartlett. Thurman 
 
 Belshe, James, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Boyd, Clarence, In France 
 Basley, M. C. 
 Bond; Jeptha B., Navy 
 Bordon, W. 
 Benton, Harry, Navy 
 Ballinger, Elmer J., Ft. Meyer, Va. 
 Bales, Walter, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Bercher, R. 
 Beddoe, Lonnie, Corp. Co. C, Inf. Okla. 
 
 Nat'l Guard. 
 Beighle, Roy T., Navy 
 Bowers, Wm. M., Pvt., Co. C. 2nd Okla. 
 
 N. G. 
 Bear, Chas., Corp., Co. C. Inf., Nat'l Guard 
 Bernstein, Maurice, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 25 
 
 Bell, Raymond 
 
 Bernstein, E. J. 
 
 Blar.kenship, W. W., Co. Roster 
 
 Briscoe, John W., Co. Roster 
 
 Biliington, F. B., Outside of City 
 
 Blair, Wm., Volunteer 
 
 Bond, John C, Navy 
 
 Bounner, Ed. 
 
 Boughton, Lixie, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Hon nam, Odford C, Navy 
 
 Benedum, Orla C, Navy 
 
 Bar, Geo. M., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Bomley, Clarence B., Navy 
 
 Boyd, Wm., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Bordin, C. N. 
 
 Bicking, Lewis J., Navy 
 
 Beasley, C. W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Boatright, Nolan, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Bowen, Troy A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Bowen, Edgar L., Camp Johnson, Jackson- 
 ville, Fla. 
 
 Billingslee, Frank R., Ft. Moultrie, S. C. 
 
 Billingsly, Earl 
 
 Barton, Hobart M., Volunteer 
 
 Bernard, Harold B., Ft. Howard, Md. 
 
 Barkyn, G. H., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 Inf., N. G. 
 
 Beydler, Ross C Navy 
 
 Betts, Adolph 
 
 Belschner, G. LeRoy, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Pettis, Homer, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Beckley, Howard B., S. A. T. C, Norman, 
 Okla. 
 
 Bickle, Marion, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Best, Clarence O., Navy 
 
 Bentley, Ike M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Benson, Roy B. 
 
 Biggs, Troy H., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Bell, Claude A., Navy 
 
 Benge, Homer N., Pvt., Co. Roster 
 
 Beach, Lloyd C, Pvt. 
 
 Benz, Howard J., Okla. City, Okla. 
 
 Burke, Daniel J. 
 
 Bilyen, Moses A., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Bigpond, Albert, Pvt., Co. Roster 
 
 Birman, Geo. 
 
 Benton, Jack H., Navy 
 
 Billington, Perrell D., Pvt. 
 
 Bogue, G. F., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Bowen, Roy T., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Blansett, Bryan, Co. Roster 
 
 Bickmore, J. K., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Beaver, Floyd M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Boom, Wm. 
 
 Bonahanan, C. W. 
 
 Bessler, Phillip, Navy 
 
 Beadle, W. F. 
 
 Beaumont. Amber R., Volunteer 
 
 Beaver, Floyd M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Bowdle, Clarence L., Navy 
 
 Bond, J. C, Co. C, Inf., Nat'l Guard. 
 
 Benedict, A. C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Beyer, L. E. 
 
 Bidell, Jessie, Miss, Red Cross Nurse, Camp 
 Pike, Ark. 
 
 Bradshaw, Chester C, Volunteer 
 
 Beall, Wm. E., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 
 Boyles, V. E. 
 
 Beanlieu, Earl, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Boswell, Wilmer, Navy Bureau of Yards & 
 Docks 
 
 Beauchamp. Oluff D. 
 
 Beals, R. F., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 
 , Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 
 Beakley, H. B. 
 
 Beach, Dave, Navy 
 
 Bishop, James B., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Baldwin, H. H., Volunteer 
 
 Bowen, Law 
 
 Barber, Guess C, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Barborn, Virgil 
 
 Balmer, A. 
 
 Bartett, John T., Volunteer 
 
 Baskin, Robert T., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Berry, Bert, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Bennett, Wilbur, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Batten, Joseph W., Navy 
 
 Bathbum, Lawson E., Navy 
 
 Bayer, Sidney L., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Barber, Evon N. 
 
 Ballard, Pressie, Navy 
 
 Barry, Everett E., Navy 
 
 Barry, Wm., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Barber, Clyde K., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Beck, James, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Berry, Lieut. Geo. S., Jacksonville, Fla. 
 
 Bending, R. E. 
 
 Beck, Delbert M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Beeson, Roy L., Co. B., 2nd Okla. I nf. 
 
 Berry, CM. 
 
 Beck, Wm. J., Co. Roster. 
 
 Bell, J. E., 2nd Lieut., C. A. R. C, 63rd 
 
 Hdqtrs. Co. Art. (C. A. C.) Ft. Worden, 
 
 Wash. 
 Berlin, J. F. 
 Berry, Chas. N. 
 
 Barrette, Defern W., Corp., Co. Roster. 
 Barrett, Stephen M., Navy 
 Bennett, Edgar, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Barnhardt, Leonard, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Bennett, Edgar, Jefferson Barracks. Mo. 
 Bennett, John A., Pvt. Co. C, 2nd Okla. 
 
 N. G. 
 Bennett, Frank, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Bennett, Lloyd, Co. Roster. 
 Bennett, J. B., Volunteer 
 Bartay, Eddie, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Barrington, M. J. 
 Barthell, Joseph L., Navy 
 Barry, P. H. 
 Butler, James Leon 
 Barr, Albert 
 Balthrop, J. E. 
 Bolkenberg, D. J. 
 Barnes, Harry C. 
 
 Barron, Virgil W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Booker, D. C. 
 
 Butts, W. S., 205 Seaman, Bldg\, Tulsa. 
 Baker, Press. 
 Basil, Gage 
 Butts, Allen 
 
 Bottoroff, S. T., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Boyer, Harold, Co. C, 130th M. G. Bn., A. 
 
 E. F., France. 
 Bullington, Harold 
 Butler, John, Co. Roster 
 Baldwin, Winfred F., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Ballard, Tuck A., Navy 
 Ballard, Samuel C, Navy 
 Boyd, A. H. 
 Baxter, F. H.. Co. 17, C. A. C, Boston Port 
 
 Revere, Hull, Mass. 
 Benepe, Geo. O.. Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Bruaker, Fred A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Barnett, Dave, Okla. City, Okla. 
 Baxter, J. W. 
 Barnett, Chas. A., Jr. 
 Boyd, Jas. M., Marine 
 Barron, Keller C, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Bennett, Forster 
 
 Butler, Courtland, Postal Ex. Serv., G. H. Q. 
 
 Bunnell, Clarence E., Co. Roster 
 
 Bath, Elmer F., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Baxter, C. H.. U. S. S., Arkansas c/o Post- 
 master, New York 
 
 Barbee, Wm. H., Navy 
 
 Baldwin, C. H. 
 
 Dailey, Reva Miss, Red Cross Nurse, Ft. 
 Oglethorpe, Ga. 
 
 Barnes, Byron Scott, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Barron, John W., Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 Barclay, Floyd, Camp Jesup, Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 Barclay, Sherman, Camp Jesup, Atlanta, 
 Ga. 
 
 Banks, Thos. J., Co. C, Inf., Nat'l Guard. 
 
 Barnes, A. C, Co. C, Inf., Nat'l Guard 
 
 Bailey, Tom C., Navy 
 
 Baumgardner, C. 
 
 Bazzell, Clarence S. 
 
 Baker, Milton H., Co. Roster 
 
 Barnhart, Chas. E., Navy 
 
 Ballinger, Dewey H., Navy 
 
 Baker, Jack Lawrence, U. S. Marine 
 
 Baker, Grover C, Co. Roster 
 
 Bourland, Grover C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Baker, Claude, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Baker, Irl R. 
 
 Burns, Fred O., Drafted 
 
 Basford, John Asa, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Bartley, Isaac P., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Balinson, A. W. 
 
 Barnes, Wm. A., Navy 
 
 Babb, Clay Abbott, Navy 
 
 Baer, Joe 
 
 Barnes, R. C. 
 
 Barnes, John H., Volunteer 
 
 Betz, W. F. 
 
 Barett, H. 
 
 Barnes, Berl L., Navy 
 
 Baker, Ralph 
 
 Bailey, G. B. 
 
 Barnett, Kelly 
 
 Conway, Alford, Ft. Sam Houston. 
 
 Clinton, Garrett 
 
 Clark, Ernest R., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Colburn, Frank J., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Clark, Claude L., Atchison, Kans. 
 
 Corley, C. W. 
 
 Coote'r, C. S., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 
 Cross, Homer L., Co. Roster 
 
 Cruse, Elbert R., Camp Funston, Kans. 
 
 Crandall, Arthur C, Jefferson Barracks. 
 Mo. 
 
 Crow, Henry C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Conway, Alan, Camp McArthur, Waco, 
 Tex. 
 
 Crain, Howard L., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Cross, Frank 
 
 Cross, James L., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Clar, H. R. 
 
 Conwey, Wallace, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Copeland, Ed., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Carr, Navy (Fire Dept.) 
 
 Clark, Floyd F.. Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Cowden, J. B. 
 
 Crane, Howard 
 
 Cowlan, Ernest C, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Craig, W. F. 
 
 Crawford, Raymond, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Cranfield, Claude B., Jefferson Barracks, 
 Mo. 
 
 Conway, Karl B.. Sec. Y. M. C. A., 47 Rus- 
 sell Sq., London, W. C. I., Eng. 
 
 Crutchfield, T. M., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Chastain, Ben H., Co. C, Inf., Nat'l Guard 
 
 Clappe, Mack, Navy 
 
 Clark, James W., Navy 
 
 Clase, Eugene R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Cornelius, Coffee 
 
 Clark, Ivin C, Navy 
 
 Clark, L. C, 1023 S. Forrest 
 
 Carter, F. M. 
 
 Cornelius, Sergt. Geo. B., 86 Casual Co. 
 
 Depot Brigade, Camp Pike, Ark. 
 Clark, Frank C, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Coutler, P. L. 
 
 Corrigan, Martin Paul, U. S. Marine 
 Coyle, Harold F., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Cooper, Carl, Co. C, Inf., Nat'l Guard 
 Cook, Henry R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Cook, Homer B. 
 Cook, Davis, Co. Roster 
 Cooper, Emmett E., Navy 
 Crabtree, Lee 
 Coriger, Pete 
 Chambers, Leslie 
 
 Cook, John J., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Curry, Lawrence L. 
 Crosdale, E. S. 
 Drombie, Ed. 
 
 Culp, Albert A., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Crowell, Al B. 
 
 Colbourne, Cliff E., Volunteer 
 Chadwell, Cloid. 
 
 Curtis, John E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Crismon, Ivan G.. Co. C, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Cotton, Carl 
 Cleary, Jack L., Navy 
 Cleary, Capt. J. K., 336th M. G. Bn., 87th 
 
 Div. 
 Clinkscales, Allen H., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Cline, Harry 
 
 Cole. Don D., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Cole, Geo. J. 
 
 Culp, Howard M., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Comden, Roy, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Colclazer, Erwin, Co. Roster 
 Coggeshall, F. R. 
 Colvin, R. O. 
 Collins, Roy 
 Cockrill, J. M. 
 Cochrean, Henry A. 
 Collier, Stephen A., Navy 
 Colley, Richard P, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Collins, W. F., Navy 
 Cock, Harvey 
 Coleman, Tom 
 Curtis, James 
 
 Cragin, Miss Francis, Red Cross Service. 
 Craikfield, Dale L. 
 Crabb, H. W. 
 Crine, Homer J., Navy 
 Curan, John. 
 Cupp, Chas., Co. Roster. 
 Clark, Carl, Volunteer 
 Chadwick, Joe 
 
 Champieux, Charles J., Navy 
 Chadwell, Dewey S., Navy 
 Cheshire, John L., Navy 
 Chaney, G. T. 
 
 Coy, Walter, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Chesire, L., Navy 
 Church, Wm. H., Co. Roster 
 Chidds, R. 
 Conode, Geo. A. 
 Childers, Albert L. 
 Cherry, Jasper 
 Chastain, C. M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 27 
 
 Christoph, Glen T., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Christiansen, O. W., Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 Church, Chas. L. 
 
 Chase, Henry C, Navy 
 
 Charober, S. C. 
 
 Cissell, Nathan T., Navy 
 
 Clement, Chas. B., Camp McArthur, Waco, 
 
 Tex. 
 Cozzell, J. J. 
 Consolvo, Otto 
 Conner, F. P. 
 (Jonstantin, Eugene 
 Cummings, Lieut. C. L. Aviation, Camp 
 
 Shawbury, Salop, Eng. 
 Cranfill, Truett B., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Crawford, I. L. 
 Correll, W. L., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Chambers, Wm. C, Co. Roster. 
 OJine, Wm. H., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Crupper, John C. 
 Cox, M. E., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. Inf., 
 
 Okla. N. G. 
 Cowar, Homer 
 Callan, Hobart 
 Chastaine, Ben F. 
 Cecil, Wm. B., Reg. Suppy Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G 
 Carber, Benj. F., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Cash, Oscar L., Huddleston, Earl R. 
 Cox, Paul M. 
 
 Cavitt, Elbert, Co. Roster 
 Campbell, Glen. 1301 S. Boulder 
 Clark, Earl, Navy 
 Carter, Clare 
 
 Catron, Clyde A., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Cass, Jesse B., Volunteer, Douglas, Ariz. 
 Chatterson, C. 
 
 Carter, Geo., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Carter, H. W. 
 Carter, James G., Navy 
 Cash, Murrill A., Navy 
 Carter, Hubert, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Carter, Ralph, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Cary, Wm. N., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Cloutre, D. 
 
 Carroll, Robert A., Lawton, Okla. 
 Campbell, John H., Navy 
 Cain, C. 
 
 Carr, Henry, Navy 
 Carson, Geo. A., Volunteer 
 Carnahan, Roy S., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Cable, R. W. 
 
 Carr. John E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Campbell, Earl, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind. 
 Crutchfield, Lieut Ewing Hasell, 16 Charing 
 
 Cross, c/o Cox & Co., London, Eng. 
 Crow, Walter L., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Carl, N. H., Volunteer 
 Careleton, Ernest, Navy 
 Carpenter, Lee 
 Cabert, Wm., B. Gardner 
 Campbell, Lloyd C, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Carpenter, Robert L., Jefferson Barracks, 
 
 Mo. 
 Carnahan, Earl P., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Canine, Lieut. W. Leland, Co. D., 81«th 
 
 Pioneer Inf. 
 Campbell, Max 
 Cantner, Clyde E., Navy 
 Cartwright, Harold 
 Dillard, Lawrence, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Dienst, Deight. 
 Dixon, Geo. 
 
 Dyer, Geo. W., Vancouver Bar, Wash. 
 
 Dittmer, Jack D., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Dikerman, Joseph C, Navy 
 
 Dickson, Carl S. 
 
 Dillard, John E., Navy 
 
 Doles, Earl Marcus, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Dwyer, Michael J., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Dwyer, Geo., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Dismuke, Marshall, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Dorman, Bert E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Dtcoca, Benj. H., Navy 
 
 Dorsey, John I., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Dicks, Howard 
 
 Dohlem, Elmer 
 
 Dispennett, Archie A., Navy 
 
 Debutts, Dean J., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Dogherty, W. D. 
 
 Doyle, Roy 
 
 Dixon, Acy Talmage, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Duckworth, Clarence C, Navy 
 
 Drit, James J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Drew, D. D., Navy 
 
 Downs, Haskell B., Co. Roster 
 
 Duncan, James L., Volunteer 
 
 Duddleston, C. R., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Dillman, Clyde, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Duffy, John D., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Dutcher, Wm. R., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd 
 
 Okla. Inf. 
 Duke, Bert S., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Davies, G. W. 
 
 Duckett, Tom J., Co. Roster 
 Duckworth, Wm. B. 
 Davis, Arthur 
 Dohlem, Wm. E. 
 Dow, Randolph C, Navy 
 Drussa, Jesse F., Navy 
 Dobbs, W. H. 
 Dossey, Oscar D., Navy 
 Donnelley, Chas. E. 
 Dewey, Clifton R., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Dickerson, C. D., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Duckworth, Clarence C, Navy 
 Doren, Clarence 
 
 Dawson, Chas. B., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Daley, Chas. W. 
 Dallas, A. E. 
 Dunigah, Walter F. 
 Danlt, Roy 
 
 Donovan, James J., Navy 
 Dye, W. M., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Dye, Robert G., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Dvxffey, Walter E., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Divine, H. P., 1508 E. Third. 
 Dunlap, Gene D., Navy 
 Dunigan, Harry 
 Dillahunty, Wm. 
 Davis, R. T., Volunteer 
 Danneberg, Waldeman N. 
 Duke, Jackson 
 Donat, H. Walter 
 
 Dulin, Jesse H., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Davis, Solomon F., Jefferson Baracks, Mo. 
 Davis, Wm. Orville, U. S. Marine 
 Duff, Elmer 
 Danles, Roy Q. 
 Dunham, James F., Navy 
 Davis, Zena Corda, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Davidson, Walter, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Duncan, Guy F., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Davis, James H., Navy 
 Davis, H. W. 
 Davison, Walter 
 
 Davis, Francis J., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Davies, Griffith Wm., Navy 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Davis, Lester J., Navy 
 
 Davis, C. H. 
 
 Dunaway, Paul S., Navy 
 
 Dunlap, Geo. A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Dailey, John L., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Davis, Guy 
 
 Davis, Ralph W., Training Detachment B., 
 
 Radio School, Norman, Okla. 
 Dudley, James A., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Dunham, Leland B., Navy 
 Dunigan, Richard. 
 Dunham, Roy, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Dubois, Virgin L., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Darling, John H. 
 Daniels, E. J., Volunteer 
 Dennehy, Joseph E. 
 
 Davidson, Ed., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Davis, Guy, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Douglas, Sergt. Damon, U. S. A., Hospital, 
 
 British E. F. 
 Danneberg, W. G. 
 Dahlem, S. W. 
 Dawson, Ross 
 
 Daniels, Ray Q., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Davis, Wallace H., Navy 
 Douglas, D. V. 
 
 Darrell, Floyd F., Volunteer 
 Davenport, Corby, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Dailey, W. E. 
 
 Dowler, Arthur, Navy 
 
 Dowden, J. R. 
 
 Dose, Herman W., Navy 
 
 Dodson, J. D. 
 
 Douglas, R. A. 
 
 Dean, Clarence P., Co. Roster 
 
 Dowen, Harry E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Deatherage. I. B., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd 
 
 Okla. Inf. 
 Dellard, James H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Dell, F. Ray 
 
 Doughrity, Geo. W., Volunteer 
 
 Dean, Charles L. 
 
 Dent, Chas., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Denning, Oliver B. 
 
 Dorothea. Duel, Miss, Red Cross Nurse. 
 
 Dennis, A. Z., Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark. 
 
 DeLandy. Harold, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Daniels, John M., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Denesseus, Adam, Navy 
 
 Dewaine, Avery 
 
 Denton, Jack L., Navy 
 
 Day, Lester, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Davis, Archie Wta., Navy 
 
 Dear, Paul J., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Dean, Glen 
 
 Davenport, Don A. 
 
 Donothan. Julius C, Volunteer 
 
 Dewey, Harold S. 
 
 Dunigan, Mark F., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Davisson, Neal 
 
 Delman, Wm. E., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Echols, Geo. T. 
 
 Edwards, Elmer L. 
 
 Eades, Joe C, Co. Roster 
 
 Elgert, Paul A., Navy 
 
 Elwell, Wm. 
 
 Elins, Dick 
 
 Elgin, Dolphas C, Navy 
 
 Ellis, Britt 
 
 Estep, Lloyd 
 
 Everett, Walter W., Ft. Nichols, La. 
 
 Elliott, Robert L., Co. Roster 
 
 Elliott, Ben H. 
 
 Evans, Willis, Volunteer 
 
 Edens, R. E. 
 
 Edwards, Harold S., Navy 
 
 Elliott, J. C. 
 
 Ellithrop, Earl 
 
 Evans, Ellis 
 
 Eldridge, John O., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Eblins, L. C. 
 
 Edde, Mack G., Navy 
 
 Estill, Ried P. 
 
 Edwards, Wm., Parents, San Antonio, Tex. 
 
 Everett, Leslie M., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Elliott, Howard 
 
 Egger, Paul H. 
 
 Everett, Ray S., Sailor 
 
 Edwards M. E. 
 
 Edgar, Geo., First Nat'l Bank List. 
 
 Edfland, Samuel 
 
 Ecker, Michael, E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Evans, Evan, Co. Roster 
 
 Eadenn, , In France 
 
 Ellis, Everett 
 
 Evans, J. C, Navy 
 
 Edyburn, Leslie H., Navy 
 
 Eggleston, Guy C. 
 
 Earley. Clarence P., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. 
 
 G. 
 Edkley, John, Navy 
 Easton, R. N., In France. 
 East, Loren Edison, U. S. Marine 
 Ericson, Henry E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Eakin, James H. 
 
 Erwin, Lonnie C, Camp Nichols, La. 
 English, E. D., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Emmett, Ely O. 
 
 Emerson, Elmer G., Co. Roster 
 
 Erwin, Andrew V. 
 
 Elsworth, W. W. 
 
 Easter, J. 
 
 Etzel, Elmer A. 
 
 Eckman, Grant 
 
 Eppele, John M., Navy 
 
 East, Fred 
 
 Eastland, V. O. 
 
 Ellison, E. E., Navy 
 
 Ellis, Wm. C, Jackson Barracks. La. 
 
 Eggerson, G. G. 
 
 Erter, O. W., Co. C, Inf., Nat'l Guard 
 
 Ely, Dewey, Navy 
 
 Eno, V. W. 
 
 Edwards, Roy 
 
 Evans, Lawrence C, Navy 
 
 Earl, Jesse, Navy 
 
 Estep, Lloyd E., Co. C. 4th Bn. I. 0. C. T. 
 
 S., Camp Pike, Ark. 
 Eaton, Edwin 
 
 Enoch, Charles T., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Estes, J. A. 
 Essex, Cole, Co. Roster 
 Eugil, Arthur 
 Elsin, Homer C, Navy 
 Everett, Elmer, Navy 
 Evans, Julius 
 East, Lorenz E. 
 Eubanks, Joe W. 
 Eskew, Herman V., Navy 
 Eisten, E. E. 
 Ester, John 
 Elgin, D. E. 
 Elliott, George 
 Eggers, Paul N. 
 Engle, F. I. 
 
 Eller, Carl E., Volunteer 
 Edmonds, Wm., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Edwards, O. O., Ft. Logan, Colo. (Letter 
 
 marked "unclaimed") 
 Eckhart, Geo. A. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 29 
 
 Fager, John H. 
 
 Fisher, Tecumseh A. W., Co. B., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 Fisher, Edward C, Camp Jackson, Fla. 
 Friend, Edward C, Camp Jackson, Fla. 
 Friend, Joe 
 Fulks, Webb 
 Figel, J. T., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Fixmer, Clyde 
 Fielden, Clay M., Navy 
 Fisher, Harry 
 Finklestein, D. A. 
 Field, Daniel F., Navy 
 Field, Sergt. Lee, Co. B., 131 M. G. Bn., 
 
 36th Div., A. E. F. 
 Fitzgerald, M. J. 
 
 Fulton, John B., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Fryatt, Gerald L., Navy 
 Fahnestock, N. S. 
 Frick, H. E., Navy 
 Fugue, H. A. 
 Freeman, R., Volunteer 
 Fletcher, Burrill. 
 Fisher, S. H. 
 
 Fox, Harold J., Volunteer 
 Falletta, Peter L., Co. Roster 
 Foraker, Guy H., Navy 
 Fox, M. 
 Foy, O. C. 
 Fields, Raymond H. 
 Frew, Robert L., 1st Corp., Co. Roster. 
 Fulks, Albert S., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Foy, B. C. 
 
 Futrell, James P., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Fischer, Glenn, Co. Roster 
 Wisher, E. C. 
 Fortier, Pvt. Leo R., Co. C, 2nd Okla. 
 
 N. G. 
 Fleek, E. 
 
 Fait, Russell, Co. Roster 
 Fawkes, W. C, Navy 
 Felts, Bert E. L., Navy 
 Foreman, Thos. H., Navy 
 Feltnor, Lewis 
 Felts, Robert M., Navy 
 Fritze, J. H., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Fulton, Leslie B., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Flowers, Wm. Lee 
 Finnick, Frank, Navy 
 Ford, James, Navy 
 
 Fulton, Thos. R., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Fouche, H. 
 
 Foster, Thos. B., Co. Roster. 
 Frizzell, James 
 Field, Geo. 
 
 Frazier, Henry, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Ferguson, Virgil, Pvt., Co. Roster 
 Flagg, Dale H., Co. Roster 
 Fruit, A. J. 
 
 Freeman, Wm. G., Navy 
 Fox, Clay N., Navy 
 Francis, R. W. 
 Feeback, Walter B., Navy 
 Fox, Elmer P., Navy 
 Ferguson, Ray 
 Felts, John M., Navy 
 Franklin, Wm. C, Navy 
 Frazier, Oscar, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Floyd, Alvin L., Navy 
 Frommel, Arthur R. 
 Fee, C. 
 
 Field, John W., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Foster, Edgar A., Navy 
 
 Frick, Joe 
 
 Fry, Chas. E., Navy 
 
 Foster, Wm. P., Navy 
 
 Foster, Emm it, Navy 
 
 Foster, Geo. 
 
 Frost, Cheslyn 
 
 Fleek, Don 
 
 Francis, John, Camp Travis 
 
 Frasher, Elmer E. 
 
 Fonshee, C. L. 
 
 Fisher, James Olyn, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Flanagan, James W., Navy 
 
 Faulkner, D. M., Navy 
 
 Foutz, Jess, Co. Roster 
 
 Foy, Earl, Outside of City 
 
 Fox, Henry 
 
 Felt, T. W. 
 
 Fox, W. C. 
 
 Ferguson, Lieut. M. J. 
 
 Fenton, Robt. L. 
 
 Frank, Ben, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Fitzgerald, Maurice, Navy 
 
 Fleetwood, D. 
 
 Flick, Hugh 
 
 Fait, Russell, Anadarko 
 
 Faler, Ivan P., Navy 
 
 Fry, Archie B., Navy 
 
 Fowler, Paul K„ Navy 
 
 Fletcher, R. A., Tidal Oil Co., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Field, Lieut. Robt., 36th Div., 42nd Inf., 
 A. E. F. 
 
 Frantz, Douglas. 
 
 Flemming, Oscar 
 
 Fisher, David M., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Flanigan, Wm. 
 
 Flanagan, Joe F. 
 
 Foltz, Miss Cora, Red Cross Nurse, some- 
 where in France 
 
 Forrester, C. C, Volunteer 
 
 Frommel, Oscar Rice, U. S. Marines 
 
 Frommell, H. L., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Frost, C. W. 
 
 Flanagen, Joe L., Navy 
 
 Ferguson, Edwin, Navy 
 
 Flanigan, Alfred 
 
 Farley, Robt L., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 
 Ferrier, Geo. A., Navy 
 
 Fantz, Gerald R., Navy 
 
 Farnsworth, H. G., Ft_ Worth, Texas 
 
 Foutz, Bryan, Co. Roster 
 
 Farley, Arthur, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Faries, Wm. A., Co. Roster 
 
 Fallon, B. D., E. Independence, Tulsa ; Co. 
 D., 138th Engineers 
 
 Fowler, P. O., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 Inf. Okla. N. G. 
 
 Farris, Grover 
 
 Foutch, Elmer T., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Friend, E. E., Navy 
 
 Fall, John J., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 
 Farmer, Malcolm P., Navy 
 
 Fortiner, Frank 
 
 Fawley, F. W. 
 
 Feist, Wm. E., Co. Roster 
 
 Faltz, Cora, Nurse 
 
 Failes, Warren S. 
 
 Felps, Robt. 
 
 Franklin, Quay, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Foster, J. T., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 
 Fiecock, Frank L., Volunteer 
 
 Freese, E. C, "Y" Work in France 
 
 Fritzie, Carl N. 
 
 French, Forrest 
 
30 
 
 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Fullerton, James, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Franklin, James, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 
 Forster, G. 
 
 Franklin, John 
 
 Frazier, J. F., Volunteer 
 
 Fraley, Jack, Pvt., Co. Roster 
 
 Felts, B. L. 
 
 Fields, Carolis B. 
 
 Freymuth, L. J., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Fitzgerald, Edward, Navy 
 
 Freize, Delbert W. 
 
 Fisk, Edwin E., Navy 
 
 Farrell, Joseph A., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Fling, Guy W., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Froggs, Wm. J., Navy 
 
 Galbreath, L. S., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd 
 Okla. Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 
 Gibbon, G. G. 
 
 Gilbert, Archie 
 
 Gilmer, Lieut. Thos., P. O. Box 239, Ft. 
 Monroe, Va. 
 
 Guess, John E., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Gillespie, Geo., Enlisted 
 
 Gillett, Ed. 
 
 Gibson, E. D., Volunteer 
 
 Gulluck, J. 
 
 Guinn, Jas. L. 
 
 Gillespie, Lee 
 
 Grubbs, D. C. 
 
 Gilford, Guy 
 
 Gordon, Ralph W., Navy 
 
 Gelobey, L. H., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 
 Goule, Jim 
 
 Gourgm, Chas. G. 
 
 German, Jake W., Navy 
 
 Gwynne, Capt. Harry, (deceased) 
 
 Guinn, Loyd R., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Georgeoff, Stalien 
 
 Gordon, Chas. A., Navy 
 
 Gleason, Virgil 
 
 George, Cecil F., Navy 
 
 Glenn, Aerl 
 
 Glass, Joseph T., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Goy, Glore G., Navy 
 
 Genoid, Noal 
 
 Glenn, Warer C, Navy 
 
 Goss, Emery, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Gordon, Leon W., Camp Green, Charlotte, 
 
 N. C. 
 Guffey, Fred C, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Gordon, A. H. 
 Goodain, Joe 
 Gordon, Ralph W., Navy 
 Gorman, Gaston, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Gornty, N. L. 
 Goodnight, Albert H., Navy 
 Gomley, Miss Francis 
 
 Gustin, Ralph R., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Godsey, C. P. 
 Goin, Ernest 
 Goen, Ferris O., Navy 
 Gosmiley, M. 
 
 Goldman, Sylvan N., Co. Roster 
 Gosney, Terrence, Killed 
 Gordon, A. R., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Gunn, Herbert L., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Gunby, Ralph H. 
 Goodson, Fred S. 
 Goodner, Clyde E. 
 Gordon, Richard W., Navy 
 Gunter, W. H. 
 
 Guss, Geo. S., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Gunter, T. T. 
 Gunn, Wayne B. 
 
 Gibbs, Loe S., Navy 
 
 Gilbert, Johnnie Johnson, U. S. Marines 
 
 Gilstrap, John R., Navy 
 
 Gibbons, E. J. 
 
 Grant, Louis W. 
 
 Green, C. C. 
 
 Green, Sam 
 
 Green, J. G. 
 
 Green, Claude Ray, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Gillespie, Lester A., 5th Bn. Field Artillery, 
 
 Louisville, Ky. 
 Gilbert, James L. 
 Gravelle, Earl, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Graves, Ernest W., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Granling, Cecil R., Navy 
 Graham, Lieut. Hugh C, 6th Dev. Co., 5th 
 Reg. Depot Brigade, Camp Funston, 
 Kansas 
 Green, R., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Gilbert, Rene 
 Gates, M. J. 
 
 Green, G., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Green, James A., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Gipson, Gus M., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Gilbert, Harold 
 Green, Geo., Volunteer 
 Gillespie, Arthur B., Navy 
 Gray, Ernest, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Gibson, M., Volunteer 
 Grace, John F., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Gilcrease, Ben 
 Gray, Ed. C, Navy 
 Gribsby, James A., 819th Aero Sq., Kelly 
 
 Field, San Antonio, Texas 
 Gray, Chas., Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Graber, Wm. 
 Grankt, Wilbur, Navy 
 Graves, Harry, Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Graham, Geo. M. 
 Gallent, Worthy 
 Gallitian, Roy 
 Greenburg, Hugh A. 
 Griffin, Sam, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Galentine, Chester F., Navy 
 Graves, P. H, Volunteer 
 Grotkop, Bernard M., 6th Co., 4th Bn. 2, 
 
 I. O. C. T. S., Camp Pike, Ark. 
 Gross, H. T. 
 Gallager, E. M. 
 Gross, Walter E., Volunteer 
 Gahagan, Leo 
 Gamble, Lester 
 
 Gallasso, John B., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Gallagher, Clarence 
 Gamble, C T. 
 Gardner, Bert 
 
 Garrett, Edward B., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Gregory, Frank, Oklahoma City, Okla. 
 Griggs, Terry D., Volunteer 
 Gaston, John E., Volunteer 
 Gordon, T. Granger, Co. Roster 
 Graham, C. A. 
 
 Greenwood, Allen, Jefferson Barracks 
 Green, C. O. 
 
 Grayson, Murray C, Camp Travis, Texas 
 Griffin, Sterling, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Goldin, Albert 
 Garton, Herbert 
 Gallagher, Roger J. 
 Graham, Arthur, Ft. Sam Houston, Fire 
 
 Dept. 
 Gallagher, Willard 
 Ginler, Floyd 
 Graber, Edgar 
 Gaylon, D. P. 
 Garrett, Jessie D. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 31 
 
 Garrigan, W. A. 
 
 Garrett, Robt. E., Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Ganter, E. A. 
 
 Garrett, Ernest R. 
 
 Gray, Carl S. 
 
 Garrison, James Grover, U. S. Marines 
 
 Garrett, Bert, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Greenup, Wm. H., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Greenberg, Herman 
 
 Gannon, J. A., Exchange National Bank 
 
 Hibdon, Ernest 
 
 Hicks, J. W., Volunteer 
 
 Hursh, Walter C, Navy 
 
 Hendren, H. C. 
 
 Hurley, Pat 
 
 Hurt, Clark, Co. Roster 
 
 Highs, Earl 
 
 Hileman, Earl, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Heath, Lee R., Navy 
 
 Hughes, J. A. 
 
 Harris, Sam, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 
 Hoover, Wm. C, Navy 
 
 Hull, Lieut. DeWitt, Operation Sec. Hdg 
 
 1st Div. 
 Henson, Navy 
 Herrington, J. A., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd 
 
 Okla. Inf. 
 Hearn, Dempsey 
 Henry, Vernon 
 Heber, Raymond 
 Henderson, Elmer 
 Hargis, Elmer F., Navy 
 Hedrick, Wesley Samuel 
 Heaton, Ralph E., Co. Roster 
 Herfurth, Oscar E., Navy 
 Hammill, Philip C, Camp Travis, Texas 
 Henderson, Vinson D., Navy 
 Hick, Russell E., Navy 
 Hensley, Dawson, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Heistead, Leslie A., Volunteer 
 Hayes, Wm. L., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Hammond, E. 
 
 Haggard, Jos. N., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf 
 Hall, Geo. M., Navy 
 Halbert, Ward K. 
 Hall, Alven E. 
 
 Hall, Elmer, Ray, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Hagans, Toney G., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Hutchins, Otal R. 
 Highton, N. A. 
 Higgins, Harland A., Navy 
 Hilderbrandt, John J., Ordnance Dept. 
 Henry, Chas. M., Co. Roster 
 Hurst, Joseph C. 
 
 Husselton, Percy L.. Camp Nichols, La. 
 Hibman, Russell 
 Hustedde, H. W. 
 Hisey, Stanley 
 
 Hurst, Louis G.. Camp Travis, Texas 
 Holbert, Ellis K., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Hogan, Geo. 
 Houston, C. J. 
 
 Hogan, Edward L., First National Bank 
 Harper, Lonnie, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Holbrook, Raymond G., Co. B, 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 Holley. L. C. R., Volunteer 
 Hines, Goodlet F., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Henry Earl, Co. Roster 
 Hall, Walter E., Navy 
 Hanke, Albert, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Hutcheson, Jesse, Navy 
 Hutsell, Larry, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Hutchinson, Wm. C. 
 Hulley, Chauncey D. 
 
 Humphreys, Wm., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd 
 
 Okla. Inf. 
 Hume, Joe 
 
 Hutchenson, T. E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Hudson, G. C, Marines 
 
 Hake, Jack Allen, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Hoffman, Geo. J., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Hardman, Ed. 
 
 Haggard, Paul, Camp Travis, Texas 
 Hunter, J. E. 
 Hinshaw, Movice G., Navy 
 Hubbard, Raymond 
 Hull, DeWitt 
 
 Hudgins, Chas. E., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Hughes, W. F, 
 Hunt, Fred N. 
 Hughes, W. F. 
 Hensley, Ernest, Volunteer 
 Harold, Albert H., Volunteer 
 Harris, Wade 
 
 Hodnett, Thos. Jr., U. S. Marines 
 Henry, Alvin W., Navy 
 Horton, John A., Navy 
 Hamor, Lloyd G., Navy 
 Harper, W. L., Reg. Supply Co.. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 Haverfield, L. H., Navy 
 Hatcher, Ned, Co. Roster 
 Hoi way, Robt. 
 Horrigan, D. E. 
 Hobbs, LeRoy 
 
 Howard, James A., Co. Roster 
 Horlie, John, Navy 
 Hogan, Horace 
 Howard, James A., Co. Roster 
 Horton, Andres J., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Hanson, L. L. 
 
 Harp, Samuel, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Hamilton, Roy 
 
 Harris, Otis B., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Horace, J. Hartranft 
 Hopkins, Floyd L., Navy 
 Hoogland, R. E. 
 Hoefle, Milton L., Navy 
 Horgis, Elmer 
 
 Holliday, Leo, Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Horake, Henry 
 
 Hoover, Stanley E., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Hoagland, Raymond, Ft. Rosencrans, Calif. 
 Hooper, Lee C, Camp Lewis, American 
 
 Lake, Wis. 
 Horany, Edward E., Navy 
 Hooper, Lieut. Dr. J. S., Base Hospital No. 
 
 63, A. E. F., c/o P. O., New York 
 Hopkins, Herman H., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Howard, Porter L., Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. 
 Hooper, Wm., Volunteer 
 Harlan, Horace G., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Hancock, C. G. 
 
 Hanley, John P., Ft. Sill, Okla. 
 Hunt, C. A. 
 Hanley, M. 
 
 Haynes, Ira Creed, Navy 
 Hardesty, Ray G., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Hanawalt, Ralph D., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Hull, Elliott A., Navy 
 Hamilton, Steel C, Camp Travis, Texas 
 Hardman, K. A. 
 Ham, Paul 
 
 Hubbard, M. H., Reg. Supply Co. 
 Hilton, A. M. 
 Hannon, James E., Navy 
 Hannon, Eros 
 Howard, Chas. 
 Hovis, Wm. S. 
 Hilburn, John T., Co. Roster 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Hamilton, Tom, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Hildebrand, J. T. 
 
 Howe, Leon 
 
 Hardesty, A. M., Camp Travis, 'Texas 
 
 Hamry, Gahill A., Volunteer 
 
 Hendrickson, Guy, Co. Roster 
 
 Hilton, Lee Russell 
 
 Haverfield, Corp. Lisle H., 8th Co., Bn. I. 
 
 1, P. O. No. 708, A. E. F. 
 Haven, Lieut. Don, S. B. S. P. D., Unit No. 
 
 1, P. O., A. E. F. 
 Harring, Earl L., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Halfield, Claude V., Volunteer 
 Hartshorn, Ira D., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Harbinson, C. W. 
 Hill, John R., Navy 
 Howell, Everett F., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Hays, Walter J., Co. B, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Irwin, Richard A., Navy 
 Iverson, Wm, 
 Inghram, J. M., Navy 
 Iverson, Alvin M., Co. 1, 8th Bn., League 
 
 Island, Levy Yard, Pa., A. E. F. 
 Ingram, Ernest P., Camp Nichols 
 Inghram, Roy B., Camp Nichols 
 Ishell, Ona B., Navy 
 Ireland, H. 
 
 Insho, Clayton, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Isley, Reach L. 
 Irving, John Stuart 
 Iserson, Paul 
 Ingram, L. A., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. Okla. N. G. 
 Inglehart, Mack M., Jackson Barracks 
 Irving, Clayburn A. 
 Issleib, Frank H. 
 Inge, Wm. M., Camp Travis 
 Ingram, W. L. 
 Ivinn, J. 
 Irwin, Edwin I. 
 Ivy, Allison 
 
 Jamison, Wm. E., Camp Nichols 
 Jillson, E. L. 
 James, A. M. 
 Jubinville, Hector, Navy 
 Jones, Geo. A., Navy 
 Juhn, R. 
 
 Jordon, John H., Navy 
 Jenkins, Clyde L., Navy 
 Jones, Ben F., Camp McArthur, Texas 
 Justice, Harold A., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Judy, F. S. 
 
 Jargee, Elmer, Co. Roster 
 Jarguson, C. 
 
 Johnson, Ernest E., Navy 
 Johnson, Allen A., Camp Travis 
 Johnson, Henry 
 
 Jordan, John W., Camp Nichols 
 Jones, Jerald J., 14th Reg. Barracks,, Old 
 
 Detention, Great Lakes, 111. 
 Jones, Thos. C, Navy 
 Johnson, R. W., Volunteer 
 Jarrett, R. C. 
 Jordon, James D., Navy 
 Jochem, Al Nicholls, Camp Nichols 
 Jack, Joseph W., Co. Roster 
 Jackson, Jesse H., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Johnson, Delmar 
 Jones, Roy 
 Jones, R. M., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., N. G. 
 Johnson, Wm. P., Co. O, 21st Eng., Camp 
 
 Upton, L. I., New York 
 Jones, Ed 
 
 Jordan, Dennis, Navy 
 Jones, Earl, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Johnson, Harry 
 
 Judd, W. F., Navy 
 
 Jumple, Harold B., Volunteer 
 
 Jordon, Emitt W. 
 
 Johnston, Uries W. 
 
 Jamerary, C. 
 
 Jones, Jimmie 
 
 Johnson, R. P. 
 
 Jones, Joseph J., Navy 
 
 Jenkins, Irvin, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Jones, Clarence O., Navy 
 
 Joyce, J. A. 
 
 Jones, Jesse L., Camp Travis 
 
 Jennings, Samuel, Camp Travis 
 
 Johnson, Blencoe 
 
 Johnson, Joe 
 
 Johnson, Clyde W., Aviation Dept., Volun- 
 teer 
 
 Jenkins, Fred B., Navy 
 
 Johnson, Cary O., Camp Nichols 
 
 Johnston, Roy, Co. Roster 
 
 Jones, Irving B., Co. Roster 
 
 Jones, Lee 
 
 Johnson, C. E., Navy, Volunteer 
 
 Jobe, Dalton L., Camp Travis 
 
 Jones, V. C, Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 N. G. 
 
 Jones, Fred L. 
 
 Jarnagin, Wm. 
 
 Juergens, Rany Lee, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Jacobis, F. 
 
 Jacobs, Donald P. 
 
 Jack, W. 
 
 Jack, Jacks 
 
 Jones, Robert, Volunteer 
 
 Jayes, Ray, Co. Roster 
 
 Jack, Cleal E., Co. Roster 
 
 Jessie, Don 
 
 Joyce, Galen B., Co. Roster 
 
 Jackson, Ernest R., Navy 
 
 Judd, Clarence, Navy 
 
 Johnson, Samuel M., Navy 
 
 Johnson, Richard Wm., Navy 
 
 Johnson, Claude E. 
 
 Johnson, Roy, Navy 
 
 Jastrown, Carl H., Navy 
 
 Johnson, Geo. F., Co. Roster 
 
 Jolley, Arthur W., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 James, Mon. Camp Nichols 
 
 Jones, W. B. 
 
 Junger, Arnold, Camp Travis 
 
 Jones, Lon D., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Jenkins, Thos. N. 
 
 Jones, Joseph W., Co. Roster 
 
 Jeffries, David R., Navy 
 
 Jewell, S. M. 
 
 Jennings, Jas. J. 
 
 Jennings, E. P. 
 
 Jensen, Paul, Navy 
 
 Jones, Geo. S., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 
 Jolidan, Frank L., Camp Nichols 
 
 Johnson, Elijah, Ft. Riley 
 
 Johnson, James 
 
 Jackson, Ethnew Lee, Ft. Sam Houston, 
 Texas 
 
 Jordan, Orin 
 
 Johnson, G. A. 
 
 Jeffries, Howard, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Johns, B. D. 
 
 Jeffery, Glenn C, Co. Roster 
 
 Jones, Ezra. 
 
 Jenkins, Emmons R., Camp Nichols 
 
 Jenneman, Edward E., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 
 Jenkins, Clyde 
 
 Johnson, Isaac, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 
 Johnson, Harry W. 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 33 
 
 Jennings, Kenneth, Honorably Discharged 
 
 Jones, G. B. 
 
 Jones, Lieut. B. R., Hdg. 60th Brigade, 
 F. A. 
 
 Johnson, Paul W. 
 
 Jordan, James M., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Jenkins, Thos. M. 
 
 Johnson, Richard, Camp Nichols 
 
 Jones, John H. 
 
 Jones, John Wesley 
 
 Jackson, Mart 
 
 Jones, Thos. C. 
 
 Jordon, J. M. 
 
 Jackson, James 
 
 Justice, M. W., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 National Guard 
 
 Jackson, Stonewall 
 
 Kind, David, Navy 
 
 Killingsworth, Cyrus, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Kanz, N. Y. 
 
 Kay, James Bryan 
 
 Karchmer, Alex, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Kauley, Casper, Co. C, Inf., National Guard 
 
 Kapple, Otis, Camp Travis 
 
 Kaemmerling, Carl 
 
 Kay, Bryan, Exchange National Bank 
 
 Kickok, Chas. 
 
 Kinslow, D. E., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Kinney, Albert E., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Killehar, J. J. 
 
 Kairman, J. J. 
 
 King, J. T. 
 
 Kindall, Luster C, Navy 
 
 Kinnan, M. L., In France 
 
 Kinser, James B., Co. Roster 
 
 King, Wm. F., Navy 
 
 Kingsley, Jack 
 
 Kinnear, N. T. 
 
 Kinser, James 
 
 King, Francis 
 
 Killion, H. R. 
 
 Kinsey, Roy, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas 
 
 Karr, Jerry, Navy 
 
 Kindrick, Tom W., Navy 
 
 Kirk, Edward 
 
 Kinyon, Alley D., Navy 
 
 Kinks, De Allen, Navy 
 
 Kirkland, Geo. M., Camp Nichols 
 
 Kane, Thos. J., Navy 
 
 Kincade, Allie 
 
 Kirkpatrick, Capt. Byron, Co. C, 2nd Okla. 
 N. G. 
 
 Knight, Eugene, Jackson Barracks 
 
 Kykes, Norwood 
 
 Kivett, Glenn Leslie, Camp Nichols 
 
 Knox, Orion, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Knight, Roy 
 
 King, Bill 
 
 Kirksey, Marvin M., Navy 
 
 Knight, Chas. G, Navy 
 
 Kras, I. B. 
 
 Kresselmeyer, A. D., Co. C, Inf. National 
 Guard 
 
 Knight, Lawrence E. 
 
 Kroll, Joseph P., Navy 
 
 King, Harold B., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 King, H. L., Camp Travis 
 Kincade, Allie E. 
 
 Kyle, Geo. Dewey, Jefferson Baracks, Mo. 
 Kiskaddon, Capt. G. C, Camp Gordon, At- 
 lanta, Ga. 
 Kidd, Melvin V., Volunteer 
 Kidd, C. 
 
 King, Cliff, Navy 
 Kruse, Edward C. 
 Knoe'rr, T. T., Co. C, Inf. National Guard 
 
 Kiney, David L. 
 
 Kremer, W. A. 
 
 Kapple, Everett 
 
 Killinger, Frank E., Camp Nichols, La. ; 
 
 Camp Travis 
 Kimmel, Lee, Navy 
 Kidd. Wm. G. 
 
 Knight, James M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Kelly, Fred H., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Keller, Lawrence 
 
 Key, Grover Cleveland, Jackson Barracks 
 Kethey, J. G. 
 Kellogg, Ernest A., Navy 
 Kelly, Ruben, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Kelly, John R., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Kennedy, Otis P., Volunteer 
 Kelly, Geo. S., Navy 
 Kelley, Kasper 
 Kenney, Herbert, Navy 
 Kennedy, Frank, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Kelley, Audrey V., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Kelley, Joe 
 Kelly, Casper 
 
 Kelly, Willis R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Kouras, Peter J., Jackson Barracks 
 Kontogenes, Thos. J., Jackson Barracks 
 Kesler, Wm. 
 Kelly, L. C. 
 
 Kendrick, Benj. F., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Kelley, Floyd J., Co. Roster 
 Keys, Thos. J., Volunteer 
 Kerr, Wm. K., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Kerr, Robert M., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Keller, Harold 
 
 Kelly, Clyde Jewell, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Kelly, W. O., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l Guard. 
 Kearns, Cecil R. 
 
 Kelly, Eugene R., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Kee, Fayette E., Navy 
 Kelly, C. W. 
 Keith, Kenneth M. 
 Keesler, Noral S. 
 Kennedy, Sherman M. 
 Kelly, Vincent C, American Lake, Wash. 
 Kerans, Otis, Camp Travis 
 Kridler, Geo. Mathew, Jackson Barracks 
 Koch, Carl H 
 Keen, Ernest C, Navy 
 Kemp, Benj. W., Navy 
 Keehane, Chas. 
 Keeter, Grover C, Navy 
 Kersey, Jesse, Co. Roster 
 Keroin, D. E. 
 
 Kerr, Samuel, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Kelly, Percy 
 
 Kraller, John C. L., Navy 
 Kraft, Clifton 
 
 Keith, Horace J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Kein, Paraez E., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Kennedy, Polly G., Red Cross Nurse, Camp 
 
 Shelby, Miss. 
 Kenzer, Joseph H., Jackson Barracks 
 Koonce, B. E., Barracks No. 20, Rich Field, 
 
 Waco, Tex. 
 K;mp, Donald C. 
 Ket>n, Ernest O, Navy 
 Kyles, Dave, Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Keonard, D. B. 
 Keele, Melvin P. 
 Knotta, Ray 
 
 Kahlmaier, Peter, Volunteer 
 Keelying, L. Ray 
 Koch, Jennings B. 
 Lunsford, Thos., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Lucas, Clarence S., Jefferson Barracks 
 Lockwood, Clarence D., Volunteer 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Lewis, Jack, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Lees, Wm. R., Jackson Barracks 
 Livingston, Lieut. Noyes, B. Q. M. C, Camp 
 
 Pike, Ark. 
 Lively, Wm. P., Jackson Barracks 
 Lionberger, Jay Benj., Camp Nichols 
 Lee, Walter S., Jackson Barracks 
 Leonard, Leonard Wm., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Lind, Roy E., Jackson Barracks 
 Lane, Roger Q., Jackson Baracks 
 Lehrman, Geo. H., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Lyons, Daniel, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Lowden, Walter B., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Lowe, A. 
 
 Logsdon, Joseph E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Lackey, John R., Navy 
 Lumpkin, C. E. 
 Lowrimore, Oscar O., Navy 
 Levy, Milton H., Co. Roster 
 Lee, John L., Camp Taylor, Ky. 
 Loomis, Rose H., Camp Travi6, Tex. 
 Lambe, Gordon W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Lambert, Harry J., Navy 
 Lamon, Harry F., Navy 
 Lewis, Clyde H., Volunteer 
 Lowrey, Andres J. 
 Loftis, Chas. O., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Lund, Fred 
 
 Lozier, Chas. E., Navy 
 Lionberger, Ray 
 
 Letterman, Bill, Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Lumpkin, Richard 
 Lampkin, L. James, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. 
 
 G. 
 Lovelis, Roy 
 Lindsay, Edward 
 Lanio, Gus 
 
 Lewis, Pat, Irving Place Addition, Tulsa 
 Lolley, Harry 
 Livings, J. W. 
 Littlejohn, C. W., Co. Roster 
 Lanier, H. 
 
 Lane, James G., Navy 
 Lefler, John B., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l Guard 
 Lehew, Robt. M., Jr. 
 Leavitt, R. V. 
 Lehman, Sherwood J. 
 Lilly, G. H. 
 Lanier, H., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 N. G. 
 Large, Wm. 
 Littsey, Geo. 
 
 Land, Jim E., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Lauderdale, I. R. 
 Laughlin, Ira B. 
 Lawley, Creed 
 Leaver L. 
 Littimer, Frank V. 
 Lewis, Fred 
 Legg, Wm. 
 
 Leonard, Wm. E., Navy 
 Leach, Oscar, Navy 
 Lucas, J. W., Volunteer 
 Lacey, Sam 
 Laird, G. A. 
 
 Landreth, Walter A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Labadee, Milton 
 LaPlant, Earl 
 Laxton, R. C. 
 
 LeVan, Nolan G., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Landreth, Wm. B., Navy 
 Lewis, Wm. N., Navy 
 Laflauer, Oriel W., Ft. Wayne, Mich. 
 Lange, Wm. 
 Lacey, Arthur J., Navy 
 Langston, Wm. 
 
 Lambert, Bois P., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Lewis, Edward F., Navy 
 
 Lyon, Edward A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Lawrence, Elmer E., Navy 
 
 Laren, A. H. 
 
 Loftin, Ralph A., Navy 
 
 Lumbstrum, E. L. 
 
 Lasure, Clarence E. 
 
 Lareau, H. G. 
 
 Lindsay, Carl E., Navy 
 
 Lastier, Joseph C, Navy 
 
 Lane, Arthur, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Leonard, James A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Larner, Aloysius J., Navy 
 
 Laibensperger, Raymond 
 
 Lear, Sam V., Co. Roster 
 
 Lowther, Ora G., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Lankford, Lewis A., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Lamb, Wm. G., Navy 
 
 Lockett, Amzie S., Navy 
 
 Livingstone, Julius 
 
 Lane, W. R. 
 
 Lennon, P. L. 
 
 Leder, Joseph, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Lover, Sam, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Lanter, C. D. 
 
 Lockwood, Geo., 168 Depot Brigade, Co. 
 
 A., 3rd Dev. Bn., Camp Sherman, Chil- 
 
 licothe. 
 Lubold, Edward W., Navy 
 Lynch, M. E. 
 Lester, John C, Volunteer 
 Langston, Wm. H., Jackson Barracks 
 Luckinbill, John M., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Harrison, L. Lamb, Jackson Barracks, La. 
 Linden, Price Wm., Camp Travis 
 Lehman, J. E. 
 Lauen, Alford K. 
 Lyons, J. L., Volunteer 
 Leebove, Isah 
 Latimer, F., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Okla. N. G. 
 Laughin, Vance, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Lynch, Haden 
 
 Lyons, Clarence, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Lees, W. R. 
 
 Logan, Robert V., Co. Roster 
 Lockwood, Ernest R., Volunteer 
 Lunsford, Emmett E., Volunteer 
 Lang, Frederick A., Navy 
 Luckett, L. J. 
 Lett, Walter 
 Mayfield, 0. D., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 Mann, J. W. 
 
 Massingill, Earl L., Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Mason, Carlton C, Navy 
 Matthews, Luther C, Navy 
 Mason, Elmer 
 Mattox, Earl R., Navy 
 Mays, Hyatt, A., Co. Roster 
 Maxwell, John L., Jackson Barracks 
 Mitchell, Valentine W., Navy 
 Mitchell, Jess 
 
 Maples, Jerome N., Brakeman, Okla. City. 
 Manual, Tipton 
 Mallet, J. L. 
 
 Minner, Lawrence, Camp Nichols,, La. 
 Mason, Walter, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Mills, Dewey E., Newport News 
 Maile, John A. 
 Maggard, W. M. 
 Maher, Jess, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 May, Lynn A., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Mallory, Carl 
 Maloney, Geo. J., Jackson Barracks 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 35 
 
 Mackenzie, Roy W., Navy 
 Melford, L., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Maish, John Archie, Camp Travis, Tex 
 Mathis, Lester, Co. C, Inf., Nat'l Guard 
 Mavalley, W. M., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Murray, Nathan M., Jackson Barracks 
 Moyer, Raymond H., Co. Roster 
 Murray, Felix 
 
 Moss, Wm. B., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Mysey, W. F. 
 
 Myers, Frank L., Volunteer 
 Moller, Orian E., Navy 
 Myer, Phillip W., Navy 
 Morris, Ollie H., Navy 
 Moss, John M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Moss, Rex 
 
 Middaugh, Mercel M. 
 Miller, Nick, Jackson Barracks 
 Mossingill, Harry 
 
 Morris, Oscar L., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Mounts, Victor T., Volunteer 
 Morris, James W., Navy 
 Minson, Oscar, Navy 
 Mowrey, Wesley H. 
 Moss, Dwight P., Navy 
 Montgomery, J. G. 
 
 Mosher, Harry H., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Morris, Howard W., Navy 
 Moon, Van T., Co. Roster 
 Moureau, Capt. Carl H., 19th Inf., Camp 
 
 Travis, Tex. 
 Morgan, Lorenzo G., Navy 
 Moslers, J. J. 
 
 Murphee, Floyd L., Co. Roster 
 Myers, Geo. H., Coast Artillery School of 
 
 Fire, Fortress Monroe, Va. 
 Mills, Jacob E., Volunteer 
 Morris, Lee Milton, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Miller, Geo., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l Guard 
 Mayes, Chas. R., 12th Rec. Bn. 46th Co. 
 
 162nd Depot Brigade, Camp Pike, Ark. 
 Mooney, R. 
 
 Moore. Louis A., Volunteer 
 Miller, T. E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Miller, R. L. 
 Mitchell, W. R. 
 
 Moore, Harry, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Meitner, Chas. J., Ex. Nat'l Bank 
 Medford, Chas., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l Guard 
 Meecham, Miss Daisy, Red Cross Nurse, Ft. 
 
 Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Mealey, Vere 
 
 Mercy, Jack, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Merhon, M., Navy 
 Meehon, W. H. 
 Meacham, Albert J., Navy 
 Mercer, Floyd, In France 
 Mercer, Chas. R., Navy 
 Meissinger, Jacob, Navy 
 Merten, Hal F., Navy 
 Merten 
 
 Mitchell, Geo., Jackson Barracks 
 Mettler, Howard, Camp TTavis, Tex. 
 Melone, Lloyd, Muskogee 
 Moore, Herbert, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Moore, Harold R. 
 
 Mercer, Cecil F., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Mel in, Oscar, Co. Roster 
 Miller, W., Volunteer 
 Miller, Clarence B., University of Okla. 
 Mills, Dehart, Kelly Field, San Antonio, 
 
 Tex., Co. A. E. M. T. D.. Sec. 1 
 Mitchell, I., Volunteers, Indianapolis, Eng. 
 Mikel, Wayne, Co. Roster 
 Mills, Luke F., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Mann, Hosey M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Mitchell, Jim. Jackson Barracks 
 
 Mitchell, R. L. 
 
 Mitchell, Harold W., Navy 
 
 Mitchell, Clae, Milton, Ft. Sam Houston, 
 
 Tex. 
 Milam, W. W. 
 Melton, W. 
 
 Meeker, Julian R., Navy 
 Miller, Marion G., Navy 
 Mahler, Lewis W., Navy 
 Moore, Wm. 
 
 Moore, Jack C. Co. C, Inf. Nat'l Guard 
 Morford, Carrol 
 Mennice, I. J. 
 Mills, DeHart 
 Morgan, Thos. D., Navy 
 Melton. Geo. E., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Menkemeller, Wm. Jr., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Moore, J. 
 
 Meader, Wm. B., Co. Roster 
 Merryman, Roscoe C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Misenbacher, Leo F., Jackson Barracks 
 Mattock, J. F. 
 Matthews, Ernest A., Navy 
 Martin, S. G. 
 Matson, Flora Miss, Red Cross Nurse, Camp 
 
 Martin, A. W., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 
 Martz, Henry D., Navy 
 
 Moskowitz, Harry, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Martin, Gus 
 
 Magunson, Edwin G., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Martin, Wm. 
 
 Martin, J. A., Volunteer 
 
 Morrison, Clinton, Navy 
 
 May, H. L. 
 
 Middleton, Otis 
 
 Markham, Walter 
 
 Moon, Rupert J., Jefferson Barracks 
 
 Magnuson, Wallace 
 
 Maddux, T. L. 
 
 Marvin, Raymond G. 
 
 Martin, E. O., Volunteer 
 
 Martz, Henry D., Navy 
 
 Massingill, Harry, Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Markham, Fred, Jackson Barracks 
 
 Mars, Edward C., Co. Roster 
 
 Marvin, John S., Navy 
 
 Michael, Joseph Clyde 
 
 Mills, Lewis L., Navy 
 
 Mistrell, O. W. 
 
 Madden, Grover C, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Marsh, Mabel, Still Over, Y. M. C, Can- 
 teen. 
 
 Martin, Wm. P., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Morey, C. V., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 Inf. 
 
 Moore, Fred H. Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Mooney, Harold N., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Montgomery, Gleen E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Moore, Tomis 
 
 Moore, Sam, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Morrison, Clinton D., Navy 
 
 Morgan, W. H. 
 
 Moran, Edgar F., University of Okla. 
 
 Moran, Wm. 
 
 Mortin, Jones 
 
 Monroe Ralph 
 
 Monroe, R. H. 
 
 Morrison, Clyde W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Monroe, Irvin H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Monroe, Ralph W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Mallory, Carl 
 
36 
 
 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Morison, Herman Fales, American Univer- 
 sity, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Miller, Sherman, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Morehead, Hugh, Navy 
 
 Moody, Dale V., Volunteer 
 
 Moore, Wallace, Deceased 
 
 Moore, John H. 
 
 Moore, Chas. M., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Monroe, Lewis, In France 
 
 Millichip, J. A., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Moran, Geo. E.. Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Muney, C. B. S. 
 
 Murphy, Chas. E. 
 
 Mueller, Julius, U. S. Marine 
 
 Murray, J. J. 
 
 Munnell, E. C. 
 
 Muncey, Claude H., Navy 
 
 Murphy, L. O. 
 
 May, Kelly, Navy 
 
 Miller, Jesse 
 
 Murray, Roy, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Muntzel, Harvey J., 358th Inf. M. G. Co. 
 
 Murphy, James Leo. 
 
 Moher, J. M. 
 
 Mullens, Walter B., Navy 
 
 Morgan, Van 
 
 Morris, Bauden, France 
 
 Mulhall, Ed, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Mullins, Len M., Navy 
 
 Millichip, Matthew H., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Mortimore, Morris E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Morgan, Marion F., Navy 
 
 Mullion, Fred 
 
 Mowbray, Linkhart Ellison, U. S. Marine 
 
 Moffett, Hubert, Co. Roster 
 
 Martin, David A., Navy 
 
 Morris, Wm. C, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Mowlry, W. H. 
 
 Meyer, Geo. 
 
 Meyers, Cliff 
 
 Morirs, Lee, Co. C, Inf. NatT Guard 
 
 Meyer, L. G., Volunteer 
 
 Mayfield, Ben H., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Meyer, Howard W., U. S. S. B. S. S. Maine, 
 11 Broadway 
 
 Monley, Fred 
 
 Moffett, Robert W., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Munroe, R. W., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l Guard 
 
 Martz, Henry D., Navy 
 
 Markham, Earl B., Exemption Board, Tulsa, 
 Okla. 
 
 Merritt, Grady G., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Mayo, L. H. 
 
 Miller, Joe Emly L., Navy 
 
 Mennie, Tony J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Maile, Al., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Monral, B. J. 
 
 Mangam, K. M. 
 
 Monk, Duley C, Navy 
 
 Mescham, Roy, El Paso, Tex. 
 
 Moffett, Wm. O., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Mefford, Albert W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Moore, Lewis 
 
 Murphy, F. 
 
 Molder, Wm. R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Moore, Robert L., Co. Roster 
 
 Meeks, Wm. 
 
 Mooney, Edward N., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Montgomery, Merle M., Navy 
 
 Middleton, Otis 
 
 Mandelsweig, Harry 
 
 McNulty, Fred C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 McReynolds, W. R. 
 
 McManus, Calvin J., Co. Roster 
 
 McMoth, C. J. 
 
 McMahon, T. E., 1st Brigade F. A. R. D., 
 
 Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. (Ohio 
 
 Cities Gas Co.) 
 McPherson, M. E. 
 McElroy, Cassius B., Ft. Sam Houston, 
 
 Tex. 
 McKee, John Manley, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 McFarland, E. G. 
 McJunkin, E. G. 
 
 McGehee, George, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 McVeronie, J. W. 
 McGinty, Geo. E., Navy 
 McElleany, Jesse S., Navy 
 McGiervin, Paul V., Navy 
 McNish, Arthur, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 McKnucke, J. L. 
 McElwee, Russell B. 
 McMahon, J. B. 
 McMillan, Frank M., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l 
 
 Guard 
 McSwain, Melvin E., Jackson Barracks 
 McCullough, Hillis K., Volunteer 
 McGinty 
 
 McFarland, W. R. 
 McQuerry, J. W. 
 
 McLaughan, Bert, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McPherson, Chris., Co. Roster 
 McGinnis, Chas. R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McMinn, D. M., Volunteer 
 McNeal, S. 
 
 McKassen, James C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McLance, Bert, U. S. A., Park View 
 McKinley, L. W. 
 McFarland, Wm. R. 
 McKinoon, Vere S., Navy 
 Mcintosh, Herman 
 McKeown, Mayo E., Navy 
 McLean, Donald, Deceased 
 McKinnon, V. S., Volunteer 
 McMahon, J. H. 
 
 McMahon, Frances E., Jackson Barracks 
 McMishiel, Joseph C. 
 McLaughlin, R. L. 
 McGinnis, G. A., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 McGarvey, Henry, Camp Nichols, La. 
 McNamara, Thos. Joseph, Camp Nichols, 
 
 La. 
 McNew, Harry L., Camp Nichols, La. 
 McKennedy, H. 
 McNeel, B. F., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 McLhaney, Jess, Jackson Barracks 
 McGrew, Harry, Volunteer 
 McGibbs, Emery, Volunteer 
 McMahan, Eddy L., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Mcintosh, Fred H., Navy 
 McNally, Frances 
 McGuire, Leo 
 McLaughlin, A. K. 
 
 Mcintosh, Collan J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McCroy, John L., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McFetridge, Llye W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McNeel, Benj., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McCormick, Fred, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McCaskell, Steve A., Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 McDaniel, Edward P., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 McCoy. W. R., Volunteer 
 McMurray, J. J. 
 McKeon, Chester 
 McDowell, W. E. 
 McBrayer, James L. 
 McDonald, Harry, Co. Roster 
 McArton, C. A. 
 
 McClendon, Denis, Ooutside of City 
 McDonald, Michael J., Jackson Barracks 
 McDaniel, Alex 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 37 
 
 McCarty, H. E. 
 
 McDowell, Winifred E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 McDee 
 
 McDonald, Allen J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 McCleroy, J. N. 
 
 McClure, N. J. 
 
 McClelland, M. F.. Co. Roster 
 
 McCorkle, Luther White. U. S. Marine 
 
 MeConnell, Bruce, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 McCowen, Sam A. 
 
 McCtoskey, Alva J., Navy 
 
 McCune, Murray M. 
 
 McCoy, Basil A., Volunteer 
 
 McCrary, Carl, C., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 McCable, Catherine, Red Cross Nurse, Camp 
 Travis, Tex. 
 
 McDaniel, Alex, Co. Roster 
 
 McClroy, Rogers, J., Navy 
 
 McGoldnick, H. J. 
 
 McDonald, Harvey, Navy 
 
 McGivern, P. V. 
 
 McAllister, Sergt. John G., Sq. C. Kelly 
 Field, No. 2, South San Antonio, Tex. 
 
 McGilvray,' Archie B. 
 
 McDonnell, Francis E. 
 
 McMillan, Clarence, Navy 
 
 McAllister, Thos. S., Co. C, 307th Ammu- 
 nition Train 
 
 McBride, Ray B. 
 
 McKeown, J. W. 
 
 McQuiston, Earl D. 
 
 MeConnell, Paul R., Army 
 
 McAnulty, John R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 McRight, Jesse B., Navy 
 
 McAllister, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 McCallum, John, Navy 
 
 McCray, Howard, Co. Roster 
 
 McMith, C. G. 
 
 McJilton, Thos. F., Army Corps 
 
 McClure, D. D. 
 
 McCobb, G. P. 
 
 McStavick, Arnold W., Jackson Barracks 
 
 McCuns, Lieut. M. M., Base Hospital No. 
 25, A. P. O. 
 
 McClesky, James, Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 McDonnell, Francis E. 
 
 McGillis, P. H. 
 
 McCormick, Homer 
 
 McCorkle, Lewis C, Camp McArthur, Tex. 
 
 McMahon, B. A. 
 
 McClausland, Oscar B., Navy 
 
 MeConnell, A. R., Camp Travis 
 
 Nolan, R. L., Volunteer 
 
 Newsome, Thos. F. 
 
 Neil, M. C. 
 
 Neselbeek, Wm., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Netzel, Archie E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Newcomb, Robert 
 
 Neil, Ward, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Newsome, Leo 
 
 Neubar, Harry 
 
 Nice, P. Q. 
 
 Neice, Wm. 
 
 Nance, Charley 
 
 Nichols, Ernest L., Volunteer 
 
 Neal, Wm. 
 
 Nalley, Wm. R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Nichols, Ed. M., Navy 
 
 Nichols ; Marvin D., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Nichelson, Clarence C, Camp McArthur, 
 Tex. 
 
 Niclass, Geo. 
 
 Nida, Homer H., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Nidiffer, J. A. 
 
 Naylor, Ben 
 
 Neil, Roy 
 
 Nidiffer, John R., Navy 
 
 Nayes, Roger 
 
 Navellok, Nick, In France 
 
 Nickel, Eldon C, Navy 
 
 Neale, Wm., Co. Roster 
 
 Needham, Earl, Co. Roster 
 
 Neal, E. A. 
 
 Nowlan, Narry H. 
 
 Newcomb, Thos. F. 
 
 Nelson, Art. R. 
 
 Needham, Frank W. 
 
 Neeley, Sam, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Neeley, Harry S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Near, Harry H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Newby, Jerry B., Camp Jackson, S. C. 
 
 Nicholson, Chas. Herbert, Jr., 254 Aero 
 Squadron, c/o American Air Service, 35 
 Eaton Place, London, S. W. I., Eng. 
 
 Nance, Allen, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Nimpfer, August, Navy 
 
 Norris, Frank 
 
 Newton, Charles C, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Norton, Ray M. 
 
 Nabhan, Dr. J. J. 
 
 Norris, Earl J., Volunteer 
 
 Norris, Capt. A. K., Ordnance Dep't, In- 
 spection Dep't, U. S. A., Johnstown, Pa. 
 
 Norris, Ash, Jackson Barracks 
 
 Nolen, Robert L., Navy 
 
 Norwood, Martin P. 
 
 Nickel, Geo. Peter, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Neal, A. B. 
 
 Nash, Dewey L., Volunteer 
 
 Noble, Elmer L., Navy 
 
 Norton, Raymond A., Navy 
 
 Nyce, Peter Q., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Nuley, M. 
 
 Norman. Herbert R., Camp Jessup, Ga. 
 
 North, Geo. E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Noyes, Henry E., Navy 
 
 North, L. M. 
 
 North, Monroe, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Noyes, LaVerne Albert, U. S. Marine 
 
 Naske, C. W. 
 
 Newton, Ralph 
 
 Newsum, Iran, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Noles, Silas 
 
 Neubauer, Henry, Muskogee, Okla. 
 
 Otto, Karl, Co. 22, Camp Farragut, Great 
 Lakes, 111. 
 
 O'Connors, Pat 
 
 O'Bannon, Maple E., Navy 
 
 Ohlin, Claude E., Volunteer 
 
 Offut, Jesse Clarence, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Overstreet, Miles 
 
 O'Connell, J. C. 
 
 Odam, Forest, Volunteer 
 
 Ozenbaugh, Edmond J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Orteg, Ben F., Co. Roster 
 
 Ossenbeck, Wm. 
 
 Osborne, Geo. R., Jefferson Barracks 
 
 Owens, D. M. 
 
 O'Connell, Gregory C, Navy 
 
 Owens, Fred U., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Okufils, J. J. 
 
 Owens, Ramond 
 
 Oxner, Mason 
 
 Oliber, Wilbur 
 
 Overholtzer, Wm. S., Camp Sevier, S. C. 
 
 Olley, Edgar 
 
 Ormsby, L. E., Navy 
 
 Orr, Leon 
 
 Olson, Chas. J., Navy 
 
 Overbeck, W. R. 
 
 Owens, Allen L. 
 
 Owens, Ervin R., Navy 
 
38 
 
 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Orbourne, Sam, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 O'Daniel, Chas. P., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 O'Bannan, Maple 
 
 Ormand, John W., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Ochiltree, Chas. N., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Oden, Ora E. 
 
 Ordway, C. B. 
 
 O'Connell, Gregory 
 
 Osborne, Chas., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Owens, J. J. 
 
 O'Donovan, Chas. A., Ft. Sill, Okla. 
 
 Osborn, Glen W., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 O'Hara, Jack, Navy 
 
 Overman, John W., Navy 
 
 Osborne, John W., Navy 
 
 Owens, Ross G. 
 
 O'Bar, Charlie 
 
 O'Byne, F. P. 
 
 Oliver, Claude W., Navy 
 
 Oldson, James M., Navy 
 
 Odell, Ira E., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G 
 
 Olson, Gilford, Navy 
 
 Oliver, Claude 
 
 Oliver, Grady G., Co. Roster 
 
 O'Barr, James, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Oliphant, Allen G., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Oikmipo, J. 
 
 Oliver, Virgil, Volunteer 
 
 Ownsby, Tony J. 
 
 Oetoinn, Jacobs O. 
 
 Pharris, Wilbur, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Purnell, Burley, Co. Roster 
 
 Pratt, Burley, Co. Roster 
 
 Pratt, James R., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Parell, Harry F., Navy 
 
 Ponton, Warney, Camp Nichols 
 
 Prater, W. 
 
 Pobler 
 
 Panjor, V. W. 
 
 Pryor, Ralph E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Patrick, Donley R., Navy 
 
 Pierce, C. S. 
 
 Poe, Herbert E., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Potts, Ted, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Phillip, Benj. C, Volunteer 
 
 Palmer, Russ 
 
 Price, James, In France 
 
 Potter, S. S. 
 
 Prout, Franklin S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Price, W. B., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Pfiester, Harry 
 Phelps, Edward, Volunteer 
 Pruit, Roy 
 Price, James 
 Papin, W. S. 
 Petty, Robert D., Navy 
 Polls, Louie, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Pomeroy, W. H., Y. M. C. A. Sec'y, 12 Rue 
 
 d'Aguesseau, Paris, France 
 Pradvik, Albert, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Pilts, W. A. 
 
 Popejoy, John H., A. E. F., In France 
 Poe, John E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Pickens, Claude L., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Pickens, Claude 
 
 Porter, Henry, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Pryor, John S., Navy 
 Price, Lieut. Harry P., Base Hospital, 
 
 Camp Cody, Deming, N. M. 
 Preno, Chas. Co. Roster 
 Pougher, Robert B., Co. Roster 
 Price, Elmer 
 Phillips, John T., Ft. Benjamin Harrison. 
 
 Indianapolis, Ind. 
 Popejoy, Dorse L., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Prister, Harry, Rainbow Div., Arkansas 
 
 City, Kans. 
 Pogue, Halbert 
 Potts, Tom M., Jr., Navy 
 Pope, Chas. F. 
 
 Price, Wm. E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Portwood, W. E., Volunteer 
 Padgett, Horace 
 Potts, Jess H., Navy 
 Pritchett, LeRoy, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Pierron, Peter L., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Powell, Vern W. 
 Pope, David, Co. Roster 
 Pilkington, Ed. 
 
 Pinnell, Byrd H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Phillips, Louie, Navy 
 Price, Carter E. 
 
 Parker, Bert, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Painter, Gilbert F., Navy 
 Parks, Morris G., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Pierce, N., Co. C, Inf. Nat'l Guard 
 Pollard, S. A. 
 Parnell, L. E., Volunteer 
 Peery, Joe E., Navy 
 Paderta, H. 
 
 Pittenger, Clarence E. 
 Pyle, Earl O. 
 Patterson, W. L. 
 Payton, J. M. 
 Probst, Carl 
 Payne, Emmett 
 
 Popeboy, John H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Purd.y, Osider 
 
 Pyle, Roy A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Price, Harly 
 
 Phillipi, Richard J., Navy 
 Powell, John J. 
 Pappan, Wm. H. 
 Pinyan, Ivan, 912 East Sixth 
 Peet, Roy, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Phillips, Henry L., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Place, John, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Patton, Robert C, In France 
 Payne, I. F. Jr. 
 Pullen, C. C, Volunteer 
 Patton, Chadwell 
 Parker, Roy 
 
 Patterson, Samuel F., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Patterson, Luther V., Navy 
 Perkins, Albert E. 
 Perry, W. C. 
 
 Paris, Sam, Jackson Barracks 
 Patterson, Thos. 
 Peck, Glen, Navy 
 
 Patton, Chas. E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Perker, Jas. A., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Perason, F. E., "Y" Work in France 
 Pauok, Wm. 
 Petras, Tom 
 Patterson, E. T. 
 
 Paschal, Wm. Holaday, U. S. Marine 
 Partwood, W. D. 
 
 Paul, Chas. R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Parson, Harry R., Co. C. 2nd. Okla. N. G. 
 Petit, Virgil 
 Parks, Morris G. 
 Person, Paul 
 Pate, C. B., Volunteer 
 Peterson, Victor H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Peters, Theo. 
 
 Patter, Byron L., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Peai-ce, Albert H., Navy 
 Parks, John L., Volunteer 
 Patterson, Edgar D., Navy 
 Parks, D. C. 
 Pennington, Jasper N., Navy 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 39 
 
 Ferryman, H. W., Co. Roster 
 
 Penson, Marshall 
 
 Palmer, Geo. E., Camp Travis 
 
 Peebles, Joe W., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Parchall, Roy J., Navy 
 
 Park, Wm. C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Pattie, Jim, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Pinter, R. N. 
 
 Pritchard, John L., Co. Roster 
 
 Patton, Wyatt 
 
 Parks, B. W. 
 
 Parker, Chas. H., Camp McArthur, Tex. 
 
 Penrod, Geo. 
 
 Patterson, Joe, Co. D., 111th Eng. 
 
 Pettus, Frank 
 
 Pease, Donald, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Pearce, Frank L., Navy 
 
 Peake, C. C. 
 
 Pilzer, Lewis A., Volunteer 
 
 Ferryman, Enis B., Navy 
 
 Patterson, Harold L., Co. Roster 
 
 Paul, George 
 
 Perry, Fred L., Navy 
 
 Patrick, Lance G., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Powell, Leonard L., Co. B., Okla. Inf. 
 
 Peters, Don, Camp Nichols 
 
 Pearson, James H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Poter, Lieut. Jack, Infantry, Volunteer 
 
 Prayannis, John Alexander 
 
 Prayannis, Stephen A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Popejoy, Clyde W., Volunteer 
 
 Price, Roy 
 
 Pann, John Creek 
 
 Payne, Fillmore 
 
 Pulley, Luther 
 
 Parker, Ulyn T., Navy 
 
 Price, James J., Co. Roster 
 
 Prim, Harley C, Navy 
 
 Perry, John C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Partrick, Champ, Navy 
 
 Parks, Wm. 
 
 Payne, R. T. 
 
 Pattison, J. B. 
 
 Parmley, Wm. L., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Pearce, Albert H., Navy 
 
 Patterson, I. U. 
 
 Pittman, A. B. 
 
 Partian, Lewis 
 
 Peltikis, Christo A., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Poisot, Wm. E., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Payne, Jack 
 
 Powell, Paul A., Navy 
 
 Payne. Edgar E. 
 
 Poe, Roy R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Price, Edward E., Navy 
 
 Payne, Carl E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Pattie, Tom 
 
 Pease, Basil, Camp Travis 
 
 PlumJey, Francis, Co. C, 20th M. G. Bn. 
 
 A. E. F. 
 Paul, Harry Jones, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Pemto, O. R. 
 Paris, J. R. 
 
 Pettus, Frank B., Co. Roster 
 Peterman, L. A., Volunteer 
 Parsons, Roy F., Navy 
 Palmer, W. R. 
 Patton, Chas. E. 
 Peercy, Joseph I., Navy 
 Peffely, Otto 
 
 Perkins, Chas. H., Co. Roster 
 Priest, Beatrice M., Red Cross Nurse, 
 
 Somewhera. in France 
 Peterson, Arthur E., Navy 
 Patterson, W. L., Co. Roster 
 ■Parker, S. A. T. C, J. E. 
 
 Paul, H., Navy 
 
 Perkins, Albert E. 
 
 Palmer, Edgar 
 
 Pawnell, N. 
 
 Patterson, Erie U., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Pesterfield, John H. 
 
 Porter, Newman, Volunteer 
 
 Purnerr, Burley 
 
 Potter, Walter F., Camp Travis 
 
 Pigg, Clyde G., Camp Travis, Tex 
 
 Powell, D. G., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Potter, John 
 
 Parkerson. Ira A., Navy 
 
 Palmer "Elmer C, Navy 
 
 Petty, C. V. 
 
 Pruitt, Mary Emmit 
 
 Harrison, Poe Wm. 
 
 Pritchett, C. A. 
 
 Pitney, R., Army 
 
 Price, Arthur F., Navy 
 
 Perry, Claude (dead) 
 
 Prince, Bert, Co. Roster 
 
 Pringle, Cecil, Navy 
 
 Price, Wm. 
 
 Price, Wiley B. 
 
 Peterson, Lewis, Co. C. 
 
 Pressler, Howard A., Navy 
 
 Page, Wm. Co. Roster 
 
 Perry, Frank L., Volunteer 
 
 Phillips, John F., Navy 
 
 Leonard, Price 
 
 Payne, C. E. 
 
 Peters, Harrison, Co. Roster 
 
 Peterson, James S., Volunteer 
 
 Pettitt, Albert J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Pease, Edwin, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Petty, Robert D., Navy 
 
 Pace, Ora Wm., Navy 
 
 Price, Wm. 
 
 Price, Charles, Navy 
 
 Paschall, Allie 
 
 Quails, James F., Navy 
 
 Queen, Ira M., Navy 
 
 Quinn, Edwin S., Navy 
 
 Quisinberry, Joel M., Camp Travis, Tex 
 
 Quinn, Joseph F., Navy 
 
 Riblett, Jesse A., Machine Gun Co. 167tb 
 Inf., 40th Div. 
 
 Reed, Harold W., Co. Roster 
 
 Richey, Alfred J., Navy 
 
 Rike, Claire S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Riggs, Martin S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Reaves, Henry, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Riggs, Addie S., Navy 
 
 Richards, Fred M. 
 
 Runyon, Samuel I., Navy 
 
 Redgrave, Bertram 
 
 Red, Foxie, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Ridge, Paul K., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Rider, Paul K., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Redford, A. F. 
 
 Reeder, Robt. E. Lee, Reg. Supply Co. 2nd 
 Okla. Nat'l Guard 
 
 Reed, Jolin R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Reelem, Geo. 
 
 Reed, Orville B., Co. Roster 
 
 Ritchie, Frank D., Navy 
 
 Reynolds, Wm. N., Navy 
 
 Rector, Leslie F., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Revels, Albert C, Ft. Sam Houston 
 
 Reynolds, James F., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Renick, Robert, Navy 
 
 Reynolds, Sterling, Volunteer, San Fran- 
 cisco, Calif. 
 
 Reeves, Leslie G., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Reneau, Eugene C, Navy 
 
40 
 
 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Ratcliffe, Lieut. I. L., Dev. Bn. No. 7, 161st 
 
 Depot Brigade, Camp Grant, 111. 
 Redfern, James, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Reed, Gut, Navy 
 Renfro, Bert, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Renner, W. D. 
 Radcliff, Donald H., Jefferson Barracks, 
 
 Mo. 
 Reeves, Dorrence R., Jackson Barracks . 
 Record, Phil 
 
 Reid, Walter F., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Reed, Walter A., Jackson Barracks 
 Eleedy, Everett W., Navy 
 Reed, J no. E. 
 Reynolds, S. D. 
 
 Reese, Benj. S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Reed, Emmitt I. 
 Reeves, C. W., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Rowey, Arthur B., Volunteer 
 Reed, Archie, Amb. Corps 
 Redding*, R. H. 
 Redford, Wm. 
 
 Rebecca, Miss Mary, Honorably Discharged 
 Richardson, W. C, Army 
 Redus, Fred 
 Rhodes, Carl G., Navy 
 Rizan, Henry J. 
 Ramsey, W. A. 
 Rood, L. A., Navy 
 Rinehart, Chas. E., Navy 
 Ryan, Frank B., Co. Roster 
 Roser, Chas. F., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Ribinett, Chas. T., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Rowe, Geo. J., Navy 
 Rose, Lloyd B., Co. Roster 
 Riley, Orr C, Co. Roster 
 Rawlings, Dian 
 Riggs, Geo. L., Navy 
 Rush, Chas., Volunteer 
 
 Ray, J. M., Still in Service, Ex. Nat'l Bank 
 Rilby, Jos. B., Volunteer 
 Ronson, Allen, Navy 
 Ringenback, J. T. 
 Raymond, Grant, Navy 
 Ryan, A. Russell 
 Randal, James F. 
 Ringenberg, C. B., Navy 
 Ramsey, E. 
 
 Ryan, Timpothy T., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Rickey, Wayne, A. 
 Rorex, Jesse, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Bapkin, Wm., Navy 
 Rasco, John F., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Rash, Wm. A., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Ryan, J. P. 
 Riley, Robert H. 
 Rhine, Wallace, Camp Travis 
 Rosenberry, Jas. E. 
 Rhus, Wm. 
 
 Rich, J. Frank, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Richardson, Chas. F.„ Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Rutis, Vess 
 
 Rook, Major L. W., Volunteer, Artillery, 
 Somewhere in Italy 
 Rose, F. G. 
 Ross, M., Army 
 
 Richmond, Henry W., Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Riddle, Kenneth 
 Rosenthal, Herman 
 Rice, Arthur 
 
 Rosenthal, Wm. J., Camp Nichols 
 Rosenthal, Herman 
 Rice, Arthur 
 Rooms, M. S. 
 Russell, Earl R., Navy 
 
 Richards, D., Volunteer 
 
 Richards, E. A. 
 
 Richards, J. S., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Richardson, Bird D., Co. Roster 
 
 Rodakis, Gus S., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Richards, Edward. Jackson Barracks 
 
 Richey, H. E., Volunteered Quartermaster's 
 
 Dept. 
 Roller, J. H. 
 Rush, P. H. 
 Rogers, W., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Okla. N. G. 
 Ray, Roderick G., Navy 
 Russell, Bruce Stewart, 4th Co. 3rd Bn. I. 
 
 C. T. S., Camp Pike, Ark. 
 Ropele. Samuel, Navy 
 
 Rogers. Sidney M., Camp Funston, Kans. 
 Roy, Ed 
 
 Rogers, Remington 
 Rogers, Otis 
 Roy, M. E. 
 
 Rose, Forrest A., Navy 
 Reed, Wm. Ft. Riley. Kans. 
 Rogers, Basil E., University of Okla. 
 Rothammer, Pliny 
 Rogers, A. L. 
 Rudder, Sam 
 Rickey, Rooal E., Navy 
 Robins, Walter D., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Richard, T. L., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Rickard, Elmer C, Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Rashall. Wm. 
 Robertson, Ed. J. 
 Roberts, Hubert L., Co. Roster 
 Robinson, John H., Navy 
 Robertson, H. B., Co. Roster 
 Robertson, Wm. P., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Robinson, T. B. 
 Robinson, James T., Jefferson Barracks, 
 
 Mo. 
 Robinson, Prof. J. B. 
 Robins, C. C. 
 Rohn, John 
 
 Robinett, Amos W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Robinson, Richard S., Jackson Barracks 
 Rich, Albert 
 
 Robertson, Carl F., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Robertson, E. J. 
 Reichard, Port L., Navy 
 Robertson, G., Navy 
 Robinson, F. F., Volunteer 
 Robertson, H. F., Co. Roster 
 Roberston, Harris H., Jackson Barracks. 
 Robinson, Simmie, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Roe C. 
 
 Robertson, Geo. E., Jefferson Barracks 
 Robertson, D. G, 
 Rowin, Geo. E., Co. Roster 
 Roland, Donat H. 
 
 Runkie, James R., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Raylex, Phillip, Co. Roster 
 Roy, Davis R., Navy 
 Rollis, Geo. C, Camp Nichols 
 Rogers, R. F. 
 Rodgers, Earnest 
 
 Russell, Jas. W., Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Ruth, Ed 
 Rose. J. M. 
 
 Rowley, Lester G., Navy 
 Roach, back but not living in town 
 Robertson, Roscoe, Navy 
 Ross, Hershell, L., Navy 
 Rosenthal, Wm. J. 
 
 Remington, Rogers, Co. C. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Raper, E. C. 
 Ropele, Samuel, Navy 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 41 
 
 Rasmussen, Arnold J., Navy 
 
 Boss, Earl H., Co. Roster 
 
 Rude, P. H., Volunteer 
 
 Rhodes, W. Ellis 
 
 Russell, Donald, Co. Roster 
 
 Rowe, Alvin E. 
 
 Rudder, W. R. 
 
 Rimbough, Geo. 
 
 Rheat, Paul, Jefferson Barracks 
 
 Rayson, J. Carrell 
 
 Rhea, Paul 
 
 Rayson, J. 
 
 Rohr, L. V. 
 
 Reason, Henry 
 
 Robinson, Holy, Fire Department. 
 
 Ridenour, Fred, Navy 
 
 Robertson, Geo. E., Tulsa, Okla. 
 
 Robertson, Donald 
 
 Robertson, J. B., Oklahoma City. Okla. 
 Robbinette, Chas. A., Volunteer 
 
 Robinson, D. T., Volunteer 
 
 Robinson, Geo. H., Navy 
 
 Robertson, A. F. 
 
 Roberts, L. B. 
 
 Richardson, Waldo, Camp Funston, Kans. 
 
 Robinson, R. S. 
 
 Rodman, Ben 
 
 Roche, Trace H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Ross, Curtis A., Navy 
 
 Roebuck, John L., Navy 
 
 Roberts, Max. H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Roach, Edgar 
 
 Reed, Walter A. 
 
 Rodberg, John 
 
 Rose, I. B. 
 
 Roche, J. T. 
 
 Roberts, Ray H. 
 
 Rhoades, W. O., Volunteer 
 
 Simpson, Carl, Co. 4, S. A. T. C, Univer- 
 sity of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa.. 
 
 Steele, Ellis B., Navy 
 
 Steffy, Carl 
 
 Steeples, W. C. 
 
 Steele, Hazel H., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Sternd, W. E. 
 
 Stephens, C. E. 
 
 Stork, Lawrence A., Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Stevens, Orland D., Volunteer 
 
 Stevenson, Russell 
 
 Sterling, Clyde E., Camp Nichols. La. 
 
 Steele, Claude, Camp MmArthur, Tex. 
 
 Stewart, Frank, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Stewart, Guy R., Waco, Tex. 
 
 Smith, Ben F., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Stewart, Forrest L., Camp Mc Arthur, Tex. 
 
 Stevens, Chas. A.. Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Steoup, N. H. 
 
 Stone, James H., Navy 
 
 Stubblefield, John, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Soliday, Luella A. 
 
 Stinson, John 
 
 Stevenson, Lieut R. H., 5th Bn. 162nd De- 
 pot Brigade, Camp Pike, Ark. 
 
 Steven, Frank S. 
 
 Stewart, Elbert R., Navy 
 
 Simpson, Thos. H., Navy 
 
 Stevens, D. L. 
 
 Scott, H. B. 
 
 Shota, J. F., Navy 
 
 Slaughter, Sam L., Navy. 
 
 Stapleton, Fred 
 
 Stanley, Lynn, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Stephens, Chas. 
 
 Starr, Andy T., Navy 
 
 Stevens, Mack E., Navy 
 
 Steken, Dewey F. 
 
 Snider, Lafayette, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Soble, Lyman G., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Stark, Edwin W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Stevens, Guy F., Navy 
 
 Stephens, Chas. E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Sexton, Eugene C, Navy 
 
 Stanley, Chas. S., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Sykes, Herbert W., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Steinweg, Ernest F., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Pteiger, Fred J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Stanley, Harley D., Co. Roster 
 
 Staley, Roy, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Stallard, Donald, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Stafford, Evert M. 
 
 Stanford, Wm. H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Stapleton, Corp. Fred 
 
 Stanley, Mark 
 
 Stanger, Wm., Co. Roster 
 
 Staudfield, Howard H. 
 
 Stanley, Ross, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Sturm, O. P., Director & Committeemen of 
 
 Tulsa, "Y," in Service 
 Steffy, Carl 
 Stackhouse, Capt. Keith T., 346th Inf., 87th 
 
 Div. 
 Starrett, F. C. 
 Stegal, J. E. 
 
 Stanley, M. M. R., Navy 
 Smith, Dewey D., Volunteer 
 Stout, Mary 
 Strut, Harry 
 Stryker, Wm. L. 
 
 Stubenvall, Wm. J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Strong, Claud L., Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Stropes, J. E. 
 Stovill, J. M. 
 
 Stafay, Ralph, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Stafford, Snooks, Co. Roster 
 Stroud, M. L. 
 Stowell, Wm. H. L., Navy 
 Stewart, Ralph L., Navy 
 Stawart, P. 
 Stodder, L. 
 
 Shroyer, Lester Lynn, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Starford, Jess 
 
 Stain, Sylvester, Y., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Strickley, Jack R. 
 Stubler, John 
 Stubenvill, Wm. 
 Stuffman, Edward V., Navy 
 Stroup, John S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Stutman, Joseph J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Stocker, Earl, Navy 
 Stoven, Howard S., Volunteer 
 Strain, George, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Stevens, Hughey M„ Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Stone, Enoch, Navy 
 Stone, Clyde L., Navy 
 Stovall, Ancel G., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Stovell, Earl R., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Stockewll, L., Reg. Supply Co. 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 Stoneham, J. D. 
 Strickler, Fred, Navy 
 Stone, F. C, Volunteer 
 Stillwell, Roy B. 
 Stover, Howard 
 Stoffle, Russell 
 Superman. Jesse A., Navy 
 Street, Ernest J., Navy 
 Sutton, Carlos, Navy 
 
 Summers, Harry N., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Suttle, Telman 
 
 Straight, Ralph D., Volunteer 
 Sutton, Tillman 
 Summers, J. Q. 
 
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 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Suppes, Geo. B. 
 
 Summer, Arthur J., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Summers, Oscar, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Schofield, Roscoe E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Stover, Howard 
 
 Stratton, Wm. M.. Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Schultz, Archie C, Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Sills, Nelson Wm., Navy 
 
 Scruggs, Wm. 
 
 Suagee, Watie, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Suelzer, Edmond G., Co. Roster 
 
 Silvers, Oscar, C, Navy 
 
 Sisney, John Ralph 
 
 Stiles, Bruce G., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Simms, Guy G., Jackson Baracks 
 
 Sisler, Harvey H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Sigler, Raymond B., Navy 
 
 Sikes, F. L. 
 
 Singleton, Chas. E., Co. Roster 
 
 Siehr, Hal Gordon, Camp Jessup, Ga. 
 
 Siler, Ulus H, Co. H. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Silve, Wm. Irad, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Silva, Lewis, University of Okla. 
 
 Sieber, Floyd Ward, Ft. Riley. Kans. 
 
 Singley, James S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Singleton, Jack 
 
 Sullivan, Jerry L., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Soliday, Alvin C, Navy 
 
 Stubenvole, Anthony J., 41st 11th Bn. 165th 
 
 Depot Brigade 
 Simmons, Joshua, Navy 
 Stillwell, Ray B., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Stillwagon, Crawford 
 Silvers, Oscar C, Navy 
 Simmons, Joshua, Navy 
 Stern, Clarence T., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Sugg, A. L. 
 Scales, Art 
 
 Scott, Geo. 
 
 Sample, Fred, Navy 
 
 Sowerwine, W. A., Co. Roster 
 
 Sandifer, Walter B., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Sandidge, Pets A., Co. Roster 
 
 Sanders, Geo., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Sanderson, Samuel G. 
 
 Sander, E. S. 
 
 Stover, Howard, Motorcyle, still over, en- 
 listed 
 
 Souberg, Edward A., Volunteer 
 
 Schultz, Robert E., Camp McArthur, Tex. 
 
 Sooter, Albert W., Volunteer 
 
 Sheppard, Drummond, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Short, Harold C, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Souris, Peter H„ Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Sanderson, Frank M., 1st Regimental Hdg., 
 Camp Dewey, Great Lakes Training 
 Station, Co. J., Great Lakes, 111. 
 
 Salters, Chas. A., Volunteer 
 
 Snodgrass, Stanley, Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Shook, O. M., Navy Fire Dept. 
 
 Sabean, Ernest Ewart, U. S. Marine. 
 
 Sandford, Jessie G., Navy 
 
 Secunde, John A., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Sabeau, Ernest E. 
 
 Short, Jesse W., Co. Roster 
 
 Sonbergh, Ed. A., Navy 
 
 Solliday, Cliff A., Co. Roster 
 
 Sously, Jas. O. 
 
 Southwood, H. C, Navy 
 
 Souris, Tony H., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Shields, R. 
 
 Satterwhite, Robt., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Snodgrass, Geo. M., Camp Nichols, La. 
 Snow, Dale, Raymond, Ft. Sam Houston, 
 
 Tex. 
 Salley, Raleigh Allen, Camp Bowie, Tex. 
 
 Snowden, C. 
 
 Snodgrass, Wm. S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Snyder, Claude R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Snodgrass, LeVerne, Jackson Barracks 
 Sherman, Capt. Roger S., 336 F. A. N. A., 
 
 87th Div., A. E. F. 
 Seaburg, B. W. 
 
 Snyder, Everett A.. Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Southerland, Paul 
 
 Sappenfield, L., 106 South Olympia 
 Simpson, A. N., Volunteer 
 Seal, E. M. 
 Short, Chas. W. 
 Stuart, Walter J. 
 Sungmist, H. 
 Stone, Roy 
 Snider, Geo. W. 
 Shaddolt, L. M. 
 Sears, Walter M., Navy 
 Summers, Virgle B., Navy 
 Seese, Geo. E., Navy 
 Stuart, Chas. T., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 Sedlacek, Lodgie, Co. Roster 
 
 Swift, Berle, H., Navy 
 
 Spaulding, W. R. 
 
 Shumate, Harold E., Camp McArthur, Tex. 
 
 Sexton, Eugene C, Navy 
 
 Sigler, Raymond 
 
 Sexton, Joseph 
 
 Schlade, Clarence C, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Sheckard, L. W., Camp Bowie, Tex. 
 
 Spearman, Ernest L., Navy 
 
 Sawyer, Jesse B. 
 
 Sheppard, Tom L., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Short, R. J. 
 
 Shuff, LeRoy, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Short, Harry, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Shiner, Alfred W., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Seeber, Lloyd 
 
 Shorney, Geo. 
 
 Shields, Roy, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Spensor, Mark 
 
 Shroyer, Jack 
 
 Summer, Jesse D. 
 
 Settle, Eugene 
 
 Segmer, O. E. 
 
 Spann. Wm. B., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Sexton, Elmer C, Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Shoulders, Leslie E., Co. Roster 
 
 Spivey H. 
 
 Spivey, F. 
 
 Speck, Lon, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Spencer, Berry G., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Seeber, Elmer 
 
 Springer, Benton J., Volunteer 
 
 Sevy, Lorenzo, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 
 Spears, Miles B., University of Okla. 
 
 Shammon, Howard T. 
 
 Swaffer, Jeff 
 
 Swages, Ronald L., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Swanson, Andres M., Navy 
 
 Swain, S. 
 
 Steidley, John T., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Showman, Harry, Navy 
 
 Sharp, Robert, Navy 
 
 Stovall, E. R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Sherrow, Floyd F., Co. B. 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Shamp, Fred M., Co. Roster 
 
 Sharp, John E. 
 
 Stone, Harold 
 
 Sharkey, Frank, Navy , 
 
 Sharp, Finnis , 
 
 Shaver. Sergt Harold, Supply Section, Dev. 
 
 Bn., Camp Bowie, Tex. 
 Short, Louis G., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Shook, Phillip M., Volunteer 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 43 
 
 Stovall, E. R. 
 
 Stovell, James M., Aerial Photo School, 
 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 Shepard, Ed., Tulsa, Okla. 
 Scott, Willard L., Navy 
 Shoemaker, Arthur E., Navy 
 Stiles, Bruce 
 Schiefelbusch, T. L. 
 Stivers, H. E. 
 Shelton, Pete 
 Swain, James S., Navy 
 Stepp, Ed 
 Schultz, H. 
 
 Swadley, John L., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Scheneder, R. P. 
 Schreck, Sergt. Frank H.. 325th Supply Co., 
 
 Q. M. C, A. E. F., D'Clonne, France. 
 Shaver, Harold, Co. Roster 
 Stiles, Allen P., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Shipley, R. 
 Sweatman, Horace C. 
 Shafer, Leslie, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Sherman, Kennedy 
 
 Skinner, Glenn C, Jackson Barracks 
 Shamel, Chas. Fred, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Sweet, Joseph E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Sloan, John W., Jr. 
 
 Sommers, Samuel L., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Shaw, Chas. 
 Sparks, L. J. 
 
 Spurlock, Frank H., Co. Roster 
 Souvey, Hugh 
 Smith, Joe B. 
 
 Simmons, Floyd, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Simpson, Jno. O. 
 
 Sloan, Arthur H., Jackson Barracks 
 Sloan, Lieut. E. H., Hdg. Co. 65th Art. C. 
 
 A. C, 2nd Battery A. E. F. 
 Sparkman, Wm. B., Navy 
 Smith, Drew 
 Slater, Roy 
 
 Smith, Corp. Frank E. 
 Smith, Glenn 
 Smith, Eugene Ralph, Co. C. 2nd Okla. 
 
 N. G. 
 Smith, Wm. E. 
 Strait, Ralph 
 Shaw, Ben 
 
 Smith, Cecil R., Camp Dix, N. J. 
 Shain, A. M. 
 
 Shaw, Everett Bloom, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Spencer, Earl L., Navy 
 Shannon, Jessg 
 
 Spralding Joseph P., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. 
 Shearin, Alma M., Co. Roster 
 Shedham, Raymond J. 
 Smothers, Jack 
 Smith, L. S. 
 
 Shannon, Franklin F., Volunteer 
 Seav, Johua C, Volunteer 
 Stuck, Henry, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Shipman, Clavin 
 Sexton, Clyde 
 
 Seems, Wellington, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Scudder, Frank L. 
 
 Soderstrom, Edwin D., Stillwater, Okla. 
 Sunderland, Claude, Co. Roster 
 Short, Harold C. Jr. 
 Sherman, Edward R., Navy 
 Sechrest, Jesse F„ Jackson Barracks 
 Sidwell, Earl J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Sexton, W. M. 
 
 Seymour, Otto C, Honorably Discharged 
 Smith, A. V., Volunteer Tank Corps. 
 Stiles, ' Leslie E., Navy 
 Small, Clarence V., Volunteer 
 
 Sanders, Harry, Volunteer 
 
 Smith, F. E. 
 
 Sullivan, Wm. I., Navy 
 
 Smedkey, Wm. S., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Seawell, Earl 
 
 Smith, Fred, Co. Roster 
 
 Seawell, Earl 
 
 Spaulding, C. R., Army 
 
 Smiley, Ernest, Co. D. 7th Eng., A. E. F. 
 
 Slaughter, S. M. 
 
 Scott, G. A. 
 
 Shafer, John N., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Schult, Elmer R., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Sexton, Stanley, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Scott, W. C. 
 
 Stoffle, Russell D., Co. Roster 
 
 Scott, Haskell B., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Shunaker, Loonie F., University of Okla. 
 
 Scott, John P., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Sauter, Ardeau N., Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Smith, Henry T., Co. Roster 
 
 Smith, Wm. R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Smith, Chas. 
 
 Smith, W. 
 
 Smith, Erie H., Co. Roster 
 
 Scherest, Jessie 
 
 Smott, Arthur 
 
 Smith, Arthur Amos, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Smith, Albert L., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Smith, Roy D., Navy 
 
 Smith, Marion, Kelly Field, Camp Travis, 
 
 Tex. 
 Smith, Tom 
 Spoon, Jesse T., Navy 
 Sullivan, T. I. 
 Spurlock, Dan, Co. Roster 
 Solt, Clinton A. Student Co., No. 3, Camp 
 
 Jospeh E. Johnson, Jacksonville, Fla. 
 Scott, Ross, Navy 
 Still, W. J., 2312 East Second 
 Simpkins, Clarence L., Navy 
 Spurlock, Don V. 
 Shaw, Adrian 
 Shortmeyer, Andres, Navy 
 Smith, Herbert B., Jackson Barracks 
 Scctt, Clessie 
 Smith, Capt. Dr. Ralph V., Base Hospital 
 
 No. 114, A. P. O., 705, A. E. F. 
 Smith, Roy, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Smyser, Hiram, Co. B., 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Sloan, Albert I., Navy 
 Sperry, H. J., Volunteer 
 Sparks, H. R. 
 Slaughter, S. H., Amb. Co. 
 Summers, A. 
 Sprowell, H. C. 
 
 Southwood, Bill, Jackson Barracks 
 Smallwood, A. D. 
 Spickerman, Chas., Navy 
 Smith, N. R. 
 Stout, A. D. 
 Stevenson, Chas. 
 Smith, John 
 Smith, H. S., Volunteer 
 Shelton, Joe R., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 Smith, M. N. 
 Scott, V. A., Volunteer 
 Sprowell, Harry O., Co. Roster 
 Sample, Elmer A., Navy 
 Scott, Henry A. 
 
 Spring, G. C, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Smith, Lawrence E. 
 Smith, O. K., Volunteer 
 Schplay, E. R. 
 Smith, Otto R., Navy 
 Harlan, H. G. 
 
44 
 
 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Shoemaker, Earl V., Co. C. 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Stubenvall, Antony, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Smith, Jim B., Navy 
 
 Smith, L., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Smith, James N., Navy 
 
 Smyth Leslie G., Navy 
 
 Smith, James P., Volunteer 
 
 Sullivan, Eugene B., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Smith, Jess, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Stauber, Joe 
 
 Statham, Geo. E., Navy 
 
 Smith, Burley 
 
 Stafford, Randolph Frank 
 
 Stanley, Pete V., Navy 
 
 Saunders, Ural P. 
 
 Smith, C. J., Drafted 
 
 Sheffler, V. N., Volunteer 
 
 Shepard, J. O. 
 
 Spark, Jimmy 
 
 Smith, Hiram 
 
 Springer, Ben 
 
 Trager, Martin H. 
 
 Taylor, C. L., Germany 
 
 Trimble, J. B. Dee, Co. Roster 
 
 Tracey, Arthur, Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Trent, Hubert A., Co. Roster 
 
 Turner, Leslie M. 
 
 Trittle, Thos. C. 
 
 Tirk, Harry B., Navy 
 
 Turley, Ben, Camp Travis 
 
 Tompkins, Clarence E., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Tailman, Geo. 
 
 Tobin, Wm. P., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Thixton, Richard W., Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. 
 
 Taylor, Victor E., Navy 
 
 Tetter, Clay G., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Towell, Lloyd 
 
 Tims, Amos, Camp Travis 
 
 Tiedebohl, L. D. 
 
 Titus, G. F. 
 
 Tolbott, Burton A., Little Silver, N. J. 
 
 Tannery, K. C. 
 
 Trout, Aiden C. 
 
 Talbot, L. R. 
 
 Taylor, Creed, N., Navy 
 
 Trimble, Harry E., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 
 Taylor, Tim, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Turley, Amos, Ft. Riley, Kans. 
 
 Taylor, Russell 
 
 Trees, Paul 
 
 Todd, Amos V. 
 
 Truax, C. G., Navy 
 
 Tyler, Wm. O., Navy 
 
 Thompson, Frank 
 
 Turner, Earl N. 
 
 Trees, Rolland 
 
 Tack, Frank 
 
 Trippett, Ralph G. 
 
 Turner, Chas. J., Camp Travis, Tex. 
 
 Tucker, Alex N., Navy 
 
 Tucker, W. E. 
 
 Taylor, Russell 
 
 Tatree, Cecil W. 
 
 Turner, Marion Everett, Camp Nichols 
 
 Thieman, Paul 
 
 Turner, Wm. H., Camp Travis 
 
 Taylor, E. C. 
 
 Tedford, Theo. E., Co. Roster 
 
 Tillman, Martin 
 
 Termini, Chas. V. 
 
 Thompson, R. F. 
 
 Tracey, Arthur G., Camp Travis 
 
 Thompson, Oliver H., Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Templeton, Racie, Camp Travis 
 
 Termini, Joseph C. 
 
 Temis, Avery B., Co. Roster 
 
 Thomas, Floyd J., Jackson Barracks 
 Teagarden, Melvin R., Navy 
 Thomasson, Raymond, Camp Travis 
 Tindasy, E. F. 
 Tesh, Joseph R., U. S. Gen. Hospital No. 
 
 26, Ft. Des Moines, Iowa 
 Tomilson, L., Navy 
 
 Thomas, John E. Jr., Madison Barracks 
 Techee, Henry, Camp Travis, Texas 
 Tuthill, Pink 
 
 Tyler, Chas. E., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Thomas, W. A., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Thurston, F. B., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd 
 
 Oklahoma National Guard 
 Thomas, Jack, Camp Nichols, La. 
 Thompson, H. E. 
 Thomason, T. L., Co. Roster 
 Thurman, John T., Volunteer 
 Tucker, W. E., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Thomas, W. A. 
 Toone, Wm. 
 
 Terrell, C. E., Camp Nichols 
 Thomas, Arthur I., Navy 
 Traelove, Chester 
 Thompson, Elmer A., Camp Travis 
 Taylor, Cliff. N., Volunteer 
 Tyberger, A. E. 
 
 Thurman, E. _ 
 
 Thomas, Chester R., 12th Co., 3rd Bn., 
 
 Camp De La Balbonne, France 
 Thomas, Arbury 
 Thomason, T. L., Co. Roster 
 Taylor, Clifford, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Terry, Henry H., Volunteer 
 Turnbough, I. 
 Thomas, Johnnie C. 
 Tucker, A. J. 
 Toudersdale, I. R. 
 Thompson, E. 
 Taylor, J. R. 
 Trout, M. J., Volunteer 
 Turner, Damon, Co. Roster 
 Tadlock, Lee Forston, Camp Travis 
 Taweel, Simon, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas 
 Turpin, Richard W. 
 Thomplinson, Leslie 
 Tyler, Wm. O., Navy 
 Thompson, Clinton 
 Thornton, Vera H. 
 Teaney, Wm. Goff, Marines 
 Threatt, Raymond W., Navy 
 Thompson, Oscar 
 Tate, H. A., Camp Travis 
 Tucker, L. J. 
 Thompson, Wm. 
 
 Uhles, Geo., University of Oklahoma 
 Uhl, Lewis W., Camp Nichols 
 Ulrick, Cliff. M. 
 
 Underwood, Troy J., Jackson Barracks 
 Upsham, F. , 
 
 Upton, C. C, Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Urninger, Henry C, Camp Travis 
 Utterbach, Norman 
 Vaughan, Newell, Co. Roster 
 Vaughn, Rufus O., Navy 
 Vaughan, Chas. Lloyd, Camp Nichols, La. ; 
 
 Camp Travis, Texas 
 Van Winkle, W. E., Volunteer 
 Vickers, Wm. L. . 
 
 Voorhees, E. B. ; was with Sinclair Oil Co. 
 Vansant, Albert, Co. Roster 
 Varnell, James C, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Vinick, Chas., Camp Nichols 
 Van Guilder, Earl, Camp Nichols 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 45 
 
 Vowels, Wm. L., Co. Roster 
 Vandewart, Sgt. Glenn A. 
 Viehman, Arnold M., Navy- 
 Van Beak, Gus, Jackson Barracks 
 Vann, Quannah 
 Veach. Virgil V., Co. Roster 
 Veazy, P. H. 
 Vogle, Geo. 
 Voris, Vandiver 
 Vandersell, J. W. 
 Vandervort, G. A. 
 
 Vernon, Edward K., University of Okla- 
 homa 
 Veach, V. 
 
 Van Roy, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Van Dyke, Glenn A., West Tulsa 
 Van Tyne, Wm. K., Camp Travis 
 Vandervoort, John, brother of G. A. Van- 
 
 dervoort 
 Vanner, Frank J., Volunteer 
 
 Vasper, Sydney 
 
 Vanaltenburg, R. R., Navy 
 
 Vosberg, Loyal H. K., Camp Nichols 
 
 Varnes, Wm. E. 
 
 Vaughn, Cecil O, Navy 
 
 Van Sant, Albert, 111th Engineers 
 
 Vernon, Cain L. 
 
 Verner, N. John, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Vandervoort, Claud B., Navy 
 
 Vanscoy, Glenn 
 
 Vanzant, Oliver, Co. Roster 
 
 Van Hessler, K. 
 
 Vance, Jas. T. 
 
 Vierman, Ed. 
 
 Van Sant, Oliver 
 
 Vance, G. M. 
 
 Voight, Sydney 
 
 Vandever, Cleo L. 
 
 Weidenman, L. A. 
 
 Williams, Isaac R., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Webb, Lester R. 
 
 Wilkins, A. W. 
 
 Wilt, Jace, Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Willay, G. W. 
 
 Wilbins, W. B. 
 
 Wiley, Otto R. 
 
 Winger, Fred P., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Williamson, Henry, outside of City 
 
 Williams, Chas. W., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Wimberly, Gilford E., Ellington Field, Al- 
 cott, Texas 
 
 William, Lively, Jackson Barracks 
 
 Winget, Max A., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Witty, Edward 
 
 Weeks, Wm. Hurbert, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Wiley, Grady Bethel, Ft. Sam Houston, 
 
 Willison, Geo. T., Co. Roster 
 Wissinger, John E., Camp Nichols 
 Wimbey, L. W. 
 Williamson, Alvin G. 
 Wheeler, C. H., Volunteer 
 Waite, Pleasant R., Volunteer 
 Wager, Wm., Volunteer 
 Winford, B., Co. C, Inf., National Guard 
 Winks, J. A. 
 Winters, Jas. R. 
 Winges, Max 
 Widman, Max 
 Widman, O. B. 
 
 Williams, L. E., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Williams, Guy, Navy 
 Wilson, Hushell R., Navy 
 Wilson, J. I., Camp Travis 
 Wilston, Paul Almus, Jefferson Barracks, 
 Mo. 
 
 Wilson, David A., Navy 
 
 Wilson, Paul M. 
 
 Wilson, I. L. 
 
 Wilson, Clarence N. 
 
 Wilson, Alex, Duncan, Okla. 
 
 Wilson, Laudie L., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Wilson. C. P. 
 
 Wilson, Glenn, Coast Artillery, Volunteer 
 
 Wilson, Gynn M., Navy 
 
 Wise, R. G. 
 
 Whitney, J. B., Ft. Oklethorpe, Ga. 
 
 Williamson, Ira N. 
 
 Williams, Floyd O, Navy 
 
 Wider, Julius, Camp Travis 
 
 Williams, Raleigh H., Co. Roster 
 
 Williams. Henry A., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Wisenhurt, J. B., Navy 
 
 Williams, Ralph H., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Williams, J. W. 
 
 Williams, Rolla 
 
 Williams, Wm., Camp Travis 
 
 Williams, Albert 
 
 Williams, Claude, Camp Travis 
 
 Williams, Elmer 
 
 Wilson, Esco 
 
 Warren, Thos. F., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Walker, M., Volunteer 
 
 Warner, R. T. 
 
 Wasson, Benj. J., Volunteer 
 
 Washington, Ottwald 
 
 Washicheck, Benj. H., Camp Nichols 
 
 Washington, Jesse, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 
 Wasson, Osborne L., Co. Roster 
 
 Warburton, J. L., Co. Roster 
 
 Ward, W. C, Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf., Okla. N. G. 
 Watkins, W. H., Co. C, Inf. National Guard 
 Watkins, Chas. B., Camp Nichols 
 Wasson, James, Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Warner, James A., Navy 
 Walker, Percy E., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Walker, Everett 
 Wallis, Clarence H., Jefferson Barracks, 
 
 Mo. 
 Walter, Barney B., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Wallace, Clarence 
 Wallace, Percy S., 304th Cavalry Troop L, 
 
 Camp Stanley, Texas 
 Walkley, Wm. S., Navy 
 Waller, Joseph E., Camp MacArthur, Waco, 
 
 Texas 
 Watson, Chas. 
 Wilson, Merle M., Ambulance Co. 21, 4th 
 
 Sanitary Train, A. P. O. No. 746 
 Walter, Arthur J., Navy 
 Walker, Arcil C, Navy 
 Waltzer, Joseph L., Jackson Barracks 
 Watson, Homer A., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Williams, Leon W., Navy 
 Warner, Francis 
 Wittlich, V. O., Jr. 
 Witt, Geo. B., Volunteer 
 Willson, Clyde Wm. M., Navy 
 Watson, Geo. 
 Wallace, Wm. B., Navy 
 Wilson, Paul A., Hdg. Co., 61st Artillery, 
 
 C. A. O, A. E. F. 
 Williams, G. J. 
 
 Williams, Andres N., Co. Roster 
 Witt, Walter O, Co. Roster 
 Williams, Harvey B., Camp Nichols 
 Wilson, J. M. 
 Williams, Walter B., Jefferson Barracks, 
 
 Mo. 
 Williams, Timothy E., Navy 
 Watson, C. M., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd Okla. 
 
46 
 
 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Inf., Oklahoma N. G. 
 Wall, Dr. G. A. 
 
 Walter, Harry H., Camp Nichols 
 Witt, O. C. 
 
 Wheeler, Daniel T., Camp Nichols 
 Whiterst, Joe G., Navy 
 White, Marion 
 Whitehead, James C, Navy 
 White, Frank, Camp Nichols 
 White, John L., Camp Nichols 
 Wyatt, Paul E. 
 White, Ven O., Volunteer 
 White, Everett 
 Wiley, Robert J., Navy 
 White, Albert, Camp Travis 
 Watkinson, Alfred R., Camp Nichols 
 Whitaker, Charles O., Camp Nichols 
 Wathen, Clarence E., Navy 
 Watson, Ralph A., Co. Roster 
 Whinney, John H. 
 Warner, Madison, Navy 
 White, Ed. 
 Walker, Franklin A. 
 Witt, Walter, in France 
 Wamble, Ray 
 Whitaker, Virgil O., Camp MacArthur, 
 
 Texas 
 Washington, Elric, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Wolverton. S. D. 
 Wise, Wm. 
 
 Wagner, Ben J., Co. B, 2nd Ckla. Inf. 
 Wilson, Thos. C, Navy 
 
 Wynn, Lawrence C, Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Willard, Gordon H. 
 Wilson, B. F., 4th Co., 13th Training and 
 
 Replacement Co. 
 White, Joseph F. 
 White, J. A. 
 White, Thos. P. 
 Waright, W. L. 
 
 White, Wooden E., Camp Nichols 
 Watson, R. J. 
 White, Lucius T., Navy 
 Woolbright, Greer Clyde 
 Wootten, Welsey G., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 Workmon, Edw., Reg. Supply Co., 2nd 
 
 Okla. Inf. 
 Williams, J. L., Jefferson Barracks, Mo. 
 Worley, Cleon M., Jackson Barracks 
 Wodard, Thos. A. 
 Wornkey, Bill, Jackson Barracks 
 Westwood, Keith O, Jackson Barracks 
 Womack, Russell 0., Ft. Sam Houston. Tex. 
 Williams, Arthur M. 
 Wilborn, Albert J., Navy 
 Winter, G. C. 
 Wollam, Paul A. 
 Wyant. L. D. 
 Wells, Wm. C, Navy 
 Welsh, John F., Camp Travis 
 Wynn, I. M. 
 
 Wyant, Linton Dewitt, Navy 
 Wood, Everett A., Co. Roster 
 Woodrey, Albert 
 
 Werber, Calvin H., Camp Meade, Md. 
 Welch, John L. 
 Welsh, Harley, Camp Travis 
 Walker, Dennis, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Woods, Mott. W., Camp Kelly, Texas 
 Woolery, John 
 
 Woodring, Lee James, Camp Travis 
 Wood, Thomas Jefferson, Camp Nichols 
 Wynn, Cecil Hay, Camp Travis 
 Wells, J. W. 
 Woodson, Marlin C. 
 Wooten, Wm. 
 
 Wojeiechowski, Frank, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Wood, Andrews, Jackson Barracks 
 
 Wood, J. H. Jr. 
 
 Williams, Clem, Camp Travis 
 
 Woofe, Corp. Joe, Co. D., Reg., Eng., A. 
 
 E. F. 
 Wyant, Linton DeWitt, Navy 
 Woodard, Samuel R., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Wright, Marcus A., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Wright, Ralph R., Navy 
 Wright, Earl, Navy 
 Whitaker, Harold W., Navy 
 Wright, Lieut. A. Park, Volunteer, Camp 
 
 Ellis, N. Y. 
 Wren, Joseph Mathew, Camp Travis, Texas 
 Wright, Lieut. Harry F., Co. B, 2nd Okla. 
 
 Inf. 
 Wright, Floyd, Camp Travis 
 Wynn, Clarance 
 
 Woods, John W., Ft. Sam Houston, Texas 
 Wood, L. G., 124th Amb. Co., 107th Sani- 
 tary Train, 42nd Div. 
 Wood, Judson H. Jr., Camp Nichols 
 Wilson, Conrad B., Camp Nichols 
 Wright, Chas. N. F., Navy 
 Wright, T. M., Volunteer 
 Worchester, Wm. 
 Wright, Leland R. 
 
 Wright, Eugene W., Camp Travis, Texas 
 Woods, Lundy, Camp Travis, Texas 
 Wolfe, Joel A., Co. Roster 
 West, John, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Weyant, Chas. H, Navy 
 Wagle, Wm., Volunteer 
 Webb, John R., Co. Roster 
 Woody, A. C, Volunteer 
 Wood, Carol J. 
 Wright, Toll D. 
 Worley, C. M. 
 Wylie, Wayne 
 Wright, E. J., Y. M. C. A. Secretary, 12 
 
 Reu D'Aguesseau, Paris, France 
 Wolfe, Rex J. 
 Weeks, Arthur 
 
 Woody, Lemuel D., Co. Roster 
 Williams, Woodruff 
 Wooldy, John Jr., Navy 
 Webb, Ralph N., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Wood, Frank 
 Woodruff, Frank 
 Woods, Motta A., Navy 
 West, Harold 
 Westbrooks, Elmer W., Co. C, 2nd Oklt- 
 
 N. G. 
 West, Charlie 
 
 West, Ora Linn, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas 
 Westbrook, James W., Camp Nichols 
 Welch, Sergt. Floyd, Medical R. C, Post 
 
 Hospital, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas 
 West, Harry D. 
 Welsh, Geo. W., Volunteer 
 Wesley, Fay 
 Welsh, J. F. 
 Wevant, Earl, Navy 
 Wood, Lawrence G. 
 Weingartner, Louis, Camp Travis 
 Weisburgh, Herbert 
 Webber, Henry E., Navy 
 West, Louis 
 
 Webber, Frank D., Navy 
 Welsh, Wm. J., Jackson Barracks 
 Weaver, Fred H., Camp Travis 
 Worrell, Walter D., Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 Wade, Lewis A., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 Wade, James, Co. Roster 
 Welch, Paul 
 
TULSA COUNTY'S FIGHTING MEN 
 
 47 
 
 Wade, O. W. 
 
 Willett, Clair G., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Wright, Rubon, Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Walker, Elwood, Ft. Riley, Kansas 
 
 Willis, S. M. 
 
 Wilcox, E. A. Volunteer 
 
 Wyatt, Elmer H., Co. Roster 
 
 Williams, Earl 
 
 Williams, Percy S., Camp Nichols 
 
 Williams, Alva W., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Wright, Chancey, Jackson Barracks 
 
 Welch, Victor C., Navy 
 
 White, A. S. 
 
 Welch, Douglass C, Navy 
 
 Wynn, Orcil H., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Wilson, Darrell E., Navy 
 
 Wile, Virgil M., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Welch, Virgil, Navy 
 
 Wright, E. W. 
 
 Wykle, Geo. 
 
 Worrell, Millard, Co. Roster 
 
 Willhousen, Roy, University of Oklahoma 
 
 Wagner, Benj. J., Navy 
 
 Watts, Estelle 
 
 Westerman, Sergt. Clifford, Supply Co., 5th 
 
 Reg., F. A. R. D. 
 Worchester, Win. 
 Wakefield, Frank V. 
 Winn, Lawrence 
 White, Wheeler 
 Wade, Raymond 
 Webb, Win. R., Navy 
 Wayvoum, Arthur 
 Warren, Bob 
 Weeks, Otis 
 
 Wells, Theo., Co. B, 2nd Okla. Inf. 
 
 Worland, Roy S. 
 
 Walker, M., Volunteer 
 
 Washington, Ottwald 
 
 Younkman, Harry D., Camp Nichols 
 
 Young, Wm. E., Co. C, 2nd Okla. N. G. 
 
 Young, Marshall, Camp Nichols, La. 
 
 Yeager, Wm., killed in action. 
 
 York, Valney J., Camp Travis 
 
 Young, C. W. 
 
 Yarbrough, Leslie 
 
 Young, Geo. C, Jackson Barracks 
 
 Young, Jos. 
 
 Yoakum, Edward, U. S. Marines 
 
 Yates, Drew 
 
 Yeager, Clarence 
 
 Yost, Raymond Albert, U. S. Marines 
 
 Young, Stanley H. 
 
 Yates, Arthur 
 
 Yield, Rex, Volunteer 
 
 Young, Glen 
 
 Young, E. E. 
 
 Yarbrough, Ada. G., Camp Travis, Texas 
 
 Yost, Raymond A. 
 
 Young, Grover C, Camp Travis 
 
 Young, Edward E., Camp Travis 
 
 Young, Chester A., Navy 
 
 Yerkes, Vie, Camp Travis 
 
 Zachery, Carrell F. 
 
 Zachary, Lloyd C. 
 
 Zaha, Stanley A., Camp Nichols 
 
 Zink, Roy 
 
 Zinsz, Geo. K., Jackson Barracks 
 
 Zirk, Glen 
 
 Zolles, Paul 
 
II. 
 
 NATIONAL GUARD COMPANIES. 
 
 The following are the rosters of the National Guard Com- 
 panies organized in Tulsa County and accepted by the War De- 
 partment for service when called upon. These officers and men 
 were volunteers. They were accepted on the dates specified. 
 They were in a good state of preparation for the field when 
 the armistice was signed November 11, 1918. 
 
 Muster roll of Company B 2nd Inf., Oklahoma National 
 Guard, and strength report on September 30, 1918, at time of 
 acceptance by the Federal Government. 
 
 Captain : 
 James A. Bell 
 
 First Lieutenant : 
 Harry F. Wright 
 
 Second Lieutenant : 
 Theodore W. Carmen 
 
 First Sergeant : 
 Albert E. Kinney 
 
 Sergeants : 
 Atwood, Paul G. 
 Fulton, Thomas R. 
 Horton, Andrew J. 
 Massingill, Earl 
 Massingill, Harry 
 Reed, Walter 
 Schoonover, Clarence i 
 Stork, Lawrence A. 
 
 Corporals : 
 Baldwin, Winfred D. 
 Bigg's. Troy H. 
 Hays, Walter J. 
 Houser, Orson G. 
 Rozelle. Benjamin F. 
 Smith, Mark 
 Spence, Forrest B. 
 Stephens, Herbert A. 
 Stivers, Harry E. 
 
 Privates : 
 Akin, Raymond P. 
 Bailey, Ira E. 
 Barnes, Jesse L. 
 Beeson, Roy L. 
 Bishop, James B. 
 Boyce, Wm. 
 
 Boyd, Monroe 
 Brown, Manford B. 
 Bullner, John H. 
 Buchan, Elexis M. 
 Caldwell, Jesse W. 
 Carter, Ray B. 
 Clinkscales, Allan H. 
 Clyburn, Frank J. 
 Cole, Wm. H. 
 Collins, Joseph W. 
 Condon, Wm. G. 
 Coon, Frank F. 
 Cosper, Charles 
 Cowlishaw, Wm. R. 
 Craig, Clarence C. 
 Cruise, Oney C. 
 Cuthbert, Ray 
 Dobbs, Leonard E. 
 Everitt, Lawrence F. 
 Hensley, Leonard 
 Fisher, Tecumseh W. 
 Francis, Oliver 
 Guinn, John C. 
 Hackbush, Bristol 
 Haggard. Joseph N. 
 Hammond, Harsell 
 Hazen, Guy W. 
 Holt, Martin V. 
 Hopkins, Herman H. 
 Hughes, Jerry R. 
 King, Harrold B. 
 Kinu-. El wood 
 Kyles, Dave 
 Lamberson, Glenn F. 
 Letterman, Bill 
 McCaskell, Steve A. 
 Mays, Hal F. 
 Moore, Fred H. 
 
 Muller, James H. 
 Noyes, LaVerne A. 
 Parker, James A. 
 Parmley, William L. 
 Patrick, Lance G. 
 Patterson, Samuel F. 
 Pearce, Barney A. 
 Pittz, Samuel 
 Powell, Leonard L. 
 Rawlings, Fred L. 
 Reed, William L. 
 Reichert, Joseph F. 
 Richardson, Charles F. 
 Richmond, Henry W. 
 Rose, Cauley 
 Russell, James N. 
 Ryan, Timothy T. 
 Sabin, George W. 
 Schmidt, Joseph K. 
 Siler, Ilus H. 
 Smyser, Hiram 
 Snodgrass, Stanley 
 Stevens, Charles E. 
 Stratton, Wm. F. 
 Strong, Claud L. 
 Summers, John A. 
 Sunderland, Bryon 
 Tyer, Charles E. 
 Wallas, James O. 
 Waters, Barney B. 
 Webb, James C. 
 Willett, Clair C. 
 Moore Wm. H. 
 Morton, Jesse M. 
 Moorland, Edward 
 Minty. Jerry E. 
 Mitchell, Albert L. 
 
 Muster roll of Co. B, 3rd. Inf., Oklahoma National Guard 
 and strength report on September 30, 1919: 
 
 Major : 
 Rooney, L. J. F., attached 
 
 Captain : 
 Raymond P. Akin 
 
 First Lieutenant : 
 Knight P. Douglas 
 
 Second Lieutenant : 
 Audrey L. Hough 
 
 First Sergeant : 
 Herbert A. Stephens 
 
 Sergeants : 
 Drennan, Earl 
 
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 LIEUT. C.C.EVANS 
 
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 MAJOR L. J. F. ROONEY, 7th Reg. N. G. N. Y. for eight years; served as 
 Lieutenant in 69th N. Y. Vol. Inf. Spanish-American war ; served on staffs of Brig. 
 Gen. Andrews and Brig. Gen. James Rush Lincoln as aide de camp, engineer officer 
 and other staff capacities ; commander of Tulsa County Home Guard, later Major in 
 Oklahoma National Guard ; secretary Tulsa County Historical Society. 
 
 SERGT. L. Q. ROBY, U. S. A., in charge Army Recruiting Station, Tulsa since 
 1909 ; served in 23rd Infantry during Spanish-American war and in Philippino insur- 
 rection, his regiment being the first sent out in the insurrection and suffering heaviest 
 casualties. 
 
 MAJOR CHAkLES DALEY, Second Lieutenant Oklahoma Home Guard, at 
 present Major 3rd Reg. Inf. O. N. G. 
 
 CAPTAIN C. C. EVANS, Post Commander St. Mihiel Post No. 17, American 
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Above : Officers of Company C on the Mexican border. From left to right : 
 Capt. Alva J. Niles, Lieut. W. Lachmiller, Lieut. James A. Carroll, Jr., and Mexican 
 guide. I 
 
 Below : Baby tank built by French — operated by Americans. Out of commission. 
 
NATIONAL GUARD COMPANIES 
 
 49 
 
 Stork, Lawrence A. 
 Lambert, Howard W. 
 Massingill, Harry 
 Massingill, Earl 
 Reed, Walter 
 Roberts, Earl W. 
 
 Corporals : 
 Boyce, Wm. 
 Baldwin, W. D. 
 Biggs, Troy H. 
 Hensley, Leonard 
 Rice, Elmer 
 Ray, E. L. 
 Schoonover, C. A. 
 Silk, Warren L. 
 Aranjo, L. G. 
 
 Privates : 
 Snowden, Steve 
 Button, Percy A. 
 Brownlee, James 
 Atwood, Charles 
 Atwood, Paul G. 
 Beeson, Roy L. 
 
 Barnes, J. L. 
 Bullner, J. A. 
 Blue, L. T. 
 Bly, T. P. 
 Birch, William 
 Belmont, R. P. 
 Coggswell, Warwick 
 Caldwell, Jesse W. 
 Clemmons, Daniel 
 Cuthbert, E. O. 
 Calvert, Ray 
 Castro, Oscar 
 Cook, Raymond 
 Davidson, Frank 
 Estey, Dewey A. 
 Essley, T. J. 
 Fox, Malcolm K. 
 Ferguson, Roy E. 
 Hazen, Guy W. 
 Hastings, Wm. R. 
 Howerton, Ed A. 
 Ingram, S. T. 
 Kinney, A. E. 
 Letterman, Bill 
 Mace. E. J. 
 
 Marryman, E. C. 
 Patrick, Geo. C. 
 Patrick, Lance G. 
 Peck, Charles A. 
 Parnell, Joe J. 
 Roftus, Gust 
 Ross, Dewey A. 
 Rawlings, Fred L. 
 Reichert, Joseph F. 
 Richmond, Henry W. 
 Reynolds, B. B. 
 Stirling, Wiley H. 
 Schmidt, J. K. 
 Summers, Jonn A. 
 Sunderland, Bryon 
 Spurrier, C. T. 
 Sweeper, Manford 
 Shelton, Albert 
 Smith, J. M. 
 Smith, Mark 
 Thompson, C. F. 
 VanCurran, G. W. 
 Wehling, E. H. 
 Whittaker, J. H. 
 
 Muster roll of Co. C 2nd Inf. Oklahoma National Guard on 
 August 31, 1918, at the time of acceptance by the Federal Gov- 
 ernment : 
 
 Captain : 
 Kirkpatrick, Byron 
 
 First Lieutenant : 
 Daley, Chas. W. 
 
 Second Lieutenant : 
 Rogers, Remington 
 
 Sergeants : 
 Graves, Earnest W., 
 
 Sergt. 
 Wagy, Benj. 
 
 First 
 
 R., Supply 
 
 Sergt. 
 Colbert, William, Mess Sergt. 
 Poteet, Arthur W. 
 Kelly, Frank 
 West, Frank G. 
 Smith, Eugene R. 
 Wright, Marcus A. 
 Fortier, Lee R. 
 Williams, Ronald H. 
 
 Corporals : 
 Moran, Joseph P. 
 Callaway. Luke G. 
 Earley, Clarence R. 
 Barbour, Gus C. 
 Batchelder, Jesse K. 
 Hagans, Tony G. 
 Moon, Edgar L. 
 Burcham, Ray S. 
 Clark, Milo 
 Rickard, Eugene C. 
 
 Bugler : 
 Crawley, Gett B. 
 
 Privates, First-Class : 
 Sexton, Eugene C. 
 
 Bennett, Frank 
 Boyer, Edgar L. 
 Cary, Wm. N. 
 Gaethle, Ronald D. 
 Guess, John E. 
 Hacker, William N. 
 Hays, William L. 
 Kendricks, Ben F. 
 Madden, Grover C. 
 Melton, Geo. E. 
 
 Privates : 
 Bennett, John A. 
 Brooks, William T. 
 Brown, Frank A. 
 Brown, Harley 
 Brown, Harry 
 Campbell, Loyd C. 
 Cannon, Clarence O. 
 Catron, Clyde A. 
 Chandler, John A. 
 Coker, William W. 
 Crismon, Ivan O. 
 Culp, Howard E. 
 Dear, Paul J. 
 Herring, Earl R. 
 Hoskins, John E. 
 Huddleson, Lewis 
 Hutsell, Larry 
 Guinn, Herbert L. 
 Inscho, Clayton 
 Johnson, Arric C. 
 Kroeger, Carl 
 Lambert, Robret W. 
 Lampkin, Lewis J. 
 Lankford, Lewis A. 
 Larcum, Elmer E. 
 
 Laughlin, Chas. E. 
 Yawson, James O. 
 McCleskey, James E. 
 McWilliams, Chas. 
 Martin, Icey D. 
 Martin, Jack 
 Martin, Milford L. 
 Mock, Fred 
 Mosier, Hugh H. 
 Nelson, Gary 
 Parsons, Harry R. 
 Peterson, Lorentz D. 
 Putman, Vivian O. 
 Rankin, John L. 
 Ray, William M. 
 Ralston, William T. 
 Rose, Sherman S. 
 Schulz, Archie 
 Seburn, Carl H. 
 Shoemaker, Earl D. 
 Sisk, Walter C. 
 Smith, David O. 
 Smith, Roy 
 Snider, Everett H. 
 Spann, William B. 
 Stanley. Charles S. 
 Stiles, Allen P. 
 Suagee, Roy L. 
 Taylor, Leonard O. 
 Wade, Lee 
 Welton, Dale W. 
 Welburn, Clarence A. 
 Williams, Walter M 
 Wilson, Jesse L. 
 Woods, Horace B. 
 Winn, Cecil H. 
 Young, Willis E. 
 
50 
 
 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 Muster roll of Co. 
 on October 1, 1919: 
 
 Captain : 
 Lyons, Thomas D. 
 
 First Lieutenant : 
 Lawrence, Bennett F. 
 
 Second Lieutenant : 
 Evans, Robert E. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 Double, Carl A., First Sergt. 
 West, Frank G., Mess Sergt. 
 Rickard, Eugene C, Supply 
 
 Sergt. 
 Kelley, Frank H., Reg. Sergt. 
 
 Major (attached) 
 Wright, Marcus A. 
 Moran, Joseph P. 
 Earley, Clarence R. 
 Zachary, Jerrell F. 
 Kelley, Patrick J. 
 
 Corporals : 
 Hagans, Tony G. 
 Burcham, Roy S. 
 Clark, Milo 
 Guess, John E. 
 McOskey, Ben A. 
 Moon, Edward L. 
 Bennett, Frank 
 Kendricks, Ben F. 
 
 Bugler : 
 Crawley, Gett B. 
 
 C 3rd Reg. Inf. Oklahoma National Guard 
 
 Mechanic : 
 Ki-oeger, Carl 
 
 Cook: 
 Scott, Roy L. 
 
 Privates, First-Class : 
 Brown, Harley 
 Cary, William M. 
 Hayes, William M. 
 Melton, George C. 
 Sebum, Carl H. 
 Sexton, Eugene C. 
 
 Privates : 
 Anderson, Floyd 
 Barber, Gus C. 
 Brooks, William F. 
 Callaway, Luke G. 
 Catron, Clyde A. 
 Cannon, Clarence O. 
 Clark, Oren F. 
 Crismon, Ivan O. 
 Culp, Howard M. 
 Chitwood, O. Z. 
 Dunn, George S. 
 Estell, Albert 
 Everett, Barney 
 Farmer, John A. 
 Fleming, James C. 
 Filbert, C. L. 
 Guinn, Herbert L. 
 
 Herring, Earl L. 
 Hoskins, John E. 
 Hutsell, Larry 
 Hargis, Lee 
 Jones, Roy E. 
 Lampkin, Lewis J. 
 Lankford, Lewis A. 
 Laughlin, Chas. E. 
 Lawson, James O. 
 Lawther, Edward 
 Martin, Melford 
 Meacham, Wendell H. 
 Mosher, Hugh H. 
 Murphy, Dewey C. 
 Moore, Herbert 
 McConnell, James C. 
 Red, Foxey 
 Rose, Sherman S. 
 Rowe, Harold S. 
 Reed, Frank 
 Sullivan, Ferris C. 
 Siddons, John A. 
 Smith, David O. 
 Spann, William B. 
 Stanley, Chas. S. 
 Stanfield, Earl 
 Stripling, Roy 
 Strickland, T. P. 
 Taylor, Leonard O. 
 Trammell, Marcus 
 Young, Willis E. 
 
 Muster roll of Supply Company 2nd Inf. Oklahoma National 
 Guard and strength report on September 30, 1918, at the time 
 of acceptance by the Federal Government: 
 
 Captain : 
 Correll, W. L. 
 
 Second Lieutenant : 
 Cox, M. E. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 Baugh, R. B. 
 Arnold, I. C. 
 Brooks, W. H. 
 Hubbard, M. H. 
 Gilbreath, L. S. 
 Beals, R. F. 
 Stanley, Roy 
 
 Corporal : 
 Lake, H. E. 
 
 Horseshoer : 
 Woods, J. E. 
 
 Wagoners : 
 Accufl, D. D. 
 
 Barkyn, G. H. 
 Blackwelder, R. T. 
 Baxter, L. C. 
 Crowell, A. W. 
 Cecil, W. B. 
 Cooper, C. S. 
 Cooter, C. S. 
 Dye, W. B. 
 Ferguson, R. J. 
 Franklin, R. 
 Fiegel, John 
 Foster, J. T. 
 Grodon, A. R. 
 Green, Ross 
 Green, George 
 Humphreys, William 
 Harper, W. L. 
 Hernandez, M. S. 
 House, R. L. 
 Ingram, L. A. 
 Julian, R. G. 
 
 Justice, W. W. 
 Jones, R. M. 
 Latimer, Frank 
 Martin, A. W. 
 Moody, W. L. 
 Morey, C. V. 
 Ordendorff, Earl 
 Reeves, C. W. 
 Roberts, Cecil 
 Rogers, Will 
 Smith, Clyde 
 Smith, Harry L. 
 Smith, Clyde 
 Still, G. T. 
 Stanley, Rov 
 Strickland, R. C. 
 Spearman, E. L. 
 Watson, C. M. 
 Witte, Lee W. 
 Whitlock, L. 0. 
 Ward, W. C. 
 
 Muster roll of Supply Company 3rd Inf. Oklahoma National 
 Guard and strength report on September 30, 1919: 
 
 Captain : 
 Stanley, Roy 
 
 Second Lieutenant; 
 Tucker, W. F. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 Baugh, R. B. 
 VanVoorhis, Frank 
 
 Stone, Lon 
 Sanders, Ed 
 
 Corporal : 
 Lange, H. C. 
 
 Horseshoer : 
 Sanders, W. H. 
 
 Saddler : 
 Still, G. T. 
 
 Cooks : 
 Cooter, C. S. 
 Scott, E. M. 
 
 Wagoners : 
 Barkyn, G. H. 
 
NATIONAL GUARD COMPANIES 
 
 51 
 
 Baxter, L. C. 
 Seals, R. P. 
 Browne, C. T. 
 Brooks, W. H. 
 Calhoun, M. R. 
 Catron, A. 
 Crabtree, J. O. 
 Clary, J. C. 
 Chambers, J. Q. 
 Duckworth, R. 
 
 Duggins, R. 
 Ferguson, R. J. 
 Gordon, A. R. 
 Green, Ross 
 Goodwin, C. T. 
 Hilton, F. W. 
 Harper, W. L. 
 Johnson, A. C. 
 Justice, M. W. 
 Julian, R. G. 
 
 Kessler, M. 
 Moody, W. L. 
 Morey, C. V. 
 Pendley, Leslie 
 Pennell, J. K. 
 Rodman, J. 
 Smith, Clyde 
 Tompkins, W. 
 Tompkins, J. M. 
 Ward. W. C. 
 
 Muster roll and strength report of Sanitary Detachment 
 2nd Inf. Oklahoma National Guard at time of acceptance by 
 the Federal Government on September 30, 1918: 
 
 Major : 
 Dutton, W. Forest 
 
 Captain : 
 Wiley, A. Ray 
 
 Lieutenant : 
 Hammer, C. E. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 Connell, Milton M. 
 Evans, Robert E. 
 Tucker, Walter F. 
 
 Privates : 
 Appleby, David O. 
 Alexander, Wilbur Howard 
 Allen, Lorin W. 
 Ball en tine, Edward A. 
 Bohen, Joseph S. 
 Barnes, Berl L. 
 Battersby, Geo. L. 
 Bell, Harry B. 
 Brennan, William F. 
 Chaney, Lawrence A. 
 Chaney, Guy Porter 
 Claus, William J. 
 Chambers, Stewart F. 
 Courtney, John H. 
 Crouch. Ralph G. 
 Dole. J. Gus 
 
 Danner, Carlos J. 
 Danner, Samuel 
 Dunlap, Joseph B., Jr. 
 Eady, Maurice E. 
 Ellis, Thurman 
 Ekstrom, Frank H. 
 Faulds, Geo. H, 
 Fountain, John A. 
 Goforth, Joseph 
 Harris, Alfred L. 
 Herrick, Chas N. 
 Herzer, Thomas 
 Hodges, Julian B. 
 Hoggard. Icen J. 
 Hopper, Otis 
 Hughes, Vergil W. 
 Insley, John D. 
 Jordan, Wiley W. 
 Kirkpatrick, James L. 
 Koch, Walter D. 
 Kurtz, Thomas J. 
 Leonard, Everett W. 
 Lowe, Orvil L. 
 Luton, Harry T. 
 McLean, Roy P. 
 Mahon, Walter R. 
 Mayfield, Joseph R. 
 Mosely, Acey C. 
 Morrison. Chas. F. 
 Marsh, Don S. 
 
 Morris, Steve 
 Malone, James P. 
 Nance, Roy L. 
 Nelson, Bert S. 
 Osborn, Wm. 
 Pickel, Wilbur 
 Polsen, Elmer G. 
 Plummer, Roland O. 
 Wright, Ben C. 
 Roach, Edgar 
 Rush, Malnor S. 
 Robinson, Richard H. 
 Sibbalds, Fred E. M. 
 Stroder, Lew 
 Smith, David M., Jr. 
 Smith, Harry D. 
 Smith, James N. 
 Smith, Ralph E. 
 Shirow, Sam 
 Simpson, John O. 
 Spurrill, Luther B. 
 Stanley, Neil 
 Stokes, John W. 
 St. Clair, Erwin R. 
 Thompson, Mathew L. 
 Townsend, L. A. 
 Uhl, Ernest J. 
 Williams, Carl 
 Woodruff, Emmett B. 
 Yates, Arthur 
 
 Muster roll and strength report of Sanitary Detachment 
 3rd Inf. Oklahoma National Guard and strength report on Sep- 
 tember 30, 1919: 
 
 Major : 
 Dutton, W. Forest 
 
 First Lieutenants : 
 Spitz, Eugene A. 
 Furrows, Chas. A. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 Townsend, L. A. 
 Mayfield, Joseph S. 
 
 Corporals : 
 Lamberson, John L. 
 
 Evans, David E. 
 
 Privates : 
 Alexander, Wilbur H. 
 Ballentine. Edward A. 
 Coker, Wm. W. 
 Danner, Sam 
 Danner, Carlos 
 Ellis, Thurman 
 Ellis, Lloyd 
 Flynn, Joe 
 Hodges, Julian B. 
 Jordan, Wiley S. 
 Koch, Walter D. 
 Leonard, Everett 
 
 Lowe, Orral 
 Mathews, John H. 
 Malone, James P. 
 Nance, Roy L. 
 Newcom, Abram 
 Parks, Fred R. 
 Polsen, Elmer G. 
 Rush, Malnor S. 
 Robinson, Richard H. 
 Sims, James B. 
 St. Clair, Erwin 
 Thompson, M. L. 
 Uhl, Ernest J. 
 Williams, Carl 
 
 The regimental designations of these Tulsa units were 
 .changed later in 1918 from second to third regiments by the 
 commander-in-chief for geographical reasons. 
 
III. 
 
 RESUME 
 
 Unlike other wars in history the World War was not merely 
 a combat between soldiers at the front but between the peoples 
 of all nations that were engaged in it. At the beginning of the 
 struggle Oklahoma pledged all of its resources to the Govern- 
 ment for the successful prosecution of the war and no section of 
 the commonwealth lived up to its obligations more faithfully 
 than did Tulsa County; therefore, the splendid record of its 
 fighting men and the deliberations and work of its war organi- 
 zations were deemed worthy of preservation in the archives of 
 the State. Of the singleness of purpose, untiring energy and 
 continuity of effort of the citizenship too much cannot be said. 
 Brought together by the common ties of the common necessity 
 occasioned by the war they undertook their patriotic tasks with 
 an enthusiasm and courage that insured the success of every 
 endeavor and attracted favorable attention to Tulsa County 
 throughout the country. The time will come in the history of 
 Oklahoma when it will be counted a signal honor, as it is an 
 honor today, to have been an active member of any Tulsa County 
 war body. Such members will recall the strenuous days of the 
 war period with an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the 
 great privilege of having been of service to the Nation in the 
 hour of need. 
 
 Tulsa's war record fully justifies the gratifications felt by 
 the patriotic workers through whose efforts this notable achieve- 
 ment was made possible. 
 
 TULSA FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Tulsa opened the first War Savings Stamps Bank in the 
 United States. 
 
 The Tulsa Local Draft Board exceeded by several thousand 
 the number of registrants listed by any other exemption board 
 in the United States and handled the largest registration of any 
 board in the State by 10,000. 
 
 Tulsa was the only city in the United States which did not 
 make an appeal to either the National or the State Fuel Ad- 
 ministration. 
 
 The Mid-Continent oil fields were called on to meet the 
 deficiency caused by the failure of Roumania and Mexico fields to 
 supply the Allies. 
 
 Tulsa supplied for war industries the highest class of skilled 
 labor of any city in the United States. 
 
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RESUME 53 
 
 Tulsa furnished Major Charles Fowler Hopkins, who estab- 
 lished and organized the American transportation service at 
 Chateauroux-Andre, France, and who later became the head of 
 the great American transportation undertakings at other points. 
 
 In the organization of Post No. 1, of the Grand Army of 
 Civilization by Tulsa soldiers the first World War veterans' 
 organization in the United States was perfected. 
 
 TULSA FIRST IN OKLAHOMA. 
 
 Twenty per cent of all war securities sold in Oklahoma was 
 purchased in Tulsa. 
 
 Tulsa banks ranked among ten leading banks in the United 
 States with a uniform enlistment of 33 per cent of employes in 
 military service. 
 
 Tulsa maintained the best equipped and most efficient labor 
 office in Oklahoma during the war. 
 
 Tulsa won the privilege of naming a merchant ship in the 
 Victory Loan. 
 
 Tulsa County effected the largest saving of wheat and flour 
 of any county in the State. 
 
 Tulsa had the only branch of the Navy League in the State. 
 
 Tulsa was awarded a Red Cross flag for the largest per- 
 centage of membership based on population in the southwestern 
 district. 
 
 Tulsa furnished two dollar-a-year men for war service. 
 
 Tulsa Y. M. C. A. was granted a franking privilege by the 
 Government as a reward for exceptional demobilization work. 
 
 Joe Carson Post of the American Legion in Tulsa was 
 granted the first charter in the State in recognition of the re- 
 markable success of its membership campaign. 
 
 TULSA COUNTY GAVE 
 
 10,000 young men for military service. 
 
 1,250,000 articles to Red Cross Headquarters. 
 
 $254,475 for operation of Tulsa County Red Cross chapter. 
 
 7,000 Christmas boxes to men in camps. 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 To the Red Cross $ 512,763.00 
 
 Y. M. C. A. Campaigns 80,000.00 
 
 United War Work 300,000.00 
 
 War Budget exclusive of Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. 111,109.00 
 
 Armenian-Syrian Relief 26,000.00 
 
 TOTAL ^ $1,029,872.00 
 
54 TULSA COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR 
 
 SUBSCRIBED IN BONDS. 
 
 Five Liberty Loan Campaigns $32,499,150.00 
 
 War Savings Stamps Campaign 1,359,488.00 
 
 TOTAL $33,858,638.00 
 
 Donations 1,029,872.00 
 
 Total furnished for war purposes $34,888,510.00 
 
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