f Class ' Konk G)IpgM?_ COPMR1GHT DEPOSIT. G/SJF*^ IN OUR DEFENSE U). -1 LABETTE COUNTY, KANSAS COPYRIGHT, 1921 By COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING CO. PARSONS, KANSAS DEC :3 i^2l EDITED AND COMPILED By W. H. LIGHTFOOT KANSAS CITY, MO. PRINTED By COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING CO. PARSONS, KANSAS <* Two ©31.AG30930 Three OUR HEROES 3 *ES& fl= An Illustrated Historical Biogra- phy Compiled from Private and Public Authentic Records. SB OF & The World War — American Participation — Labette County Personnel of Military and Naval Activity, the Labette County Chapter American Red Cross and Other Participants. W. H. L. — 1921 Four FOREWORD WAR in the abstract is a fearsome thing. War with our own boys, instead of being a fearsome thing, becomes an inspiration. Such was the war for democracy that has been waged by our own United States of America against the Ger- man autocracy. That Labette County, Kansas, should hold a front rank in the part played is but natural. The very air of this locality breathes patriotism and love of country. It is not only of the boys who so loyally entered the service of their country, but mothers, sisters, wives, sweethearts, grandmothers and chil- dren as well as our patriotic men who could not enter the military or naval ranks. They, each and every one, did their bit in some way to the successful and glorious victory against the terrorism and barbarism of German Kulter. When we search the record of our state and nation, and compare Labette County's record we are proud of our boys, our women folk, our children and our men — Labette County has never been found wanting. In presenting this book to the people of the country the publishers have attempted in some small measure to bring before them in compact form, an all too brief story of their own community, coupled with illustrations and a pictorial history of some of our patriots who have pledged their all— their very lives that Liberty may live and Right may Triumph. Within the covers of this book we have attempted to set forth what Labette County and her people typify. (Personal details and records of individual acts of patriotism is lacking because of the removal from this locality of many who partici- pated in the world struggle.) If we have succeeded the success is due not to us, not to the typographer who prepared this book, but to the mothers and fathers who raised these sons, for the highest and greatest service to Humanity and to their individual efforts in backing them at home. THE PURLISHERS. Five Six SERVICE RECORD OF Name in Full who entered the of the UNITED STATES on the day of 19 at the age of :... years months days and while living at Number Street Town County State with his Names of Parents, Relatives or Friends Received first training at - Name of Camp Located at Town State As a in Co Regiment Division Rank Letter No. Camp Transferred for further training to Camp Town State Remarks Upon finishing training was assigned to Branch of Service Company or Ship Regiment or Squadron as a Division or Fleet Otherwise Assigned Rank Under the following Commanding Officers: Names and addresses of three friends in the service: Happiest moments during the term of service: Discharged Where When Seven DEDICATION Jc O the memorj) of trie Labette County Heroes \tfho paid tne su- preme sacrifice during the World War, 1917-1918, this Volume is affectionate!}) dedicated. Maj) God make us ^ortrpj) of v?hat the}) ga\)e to us. And maj) v?e see the courage, the unselfish fi- delity), and the patriotic demotion, \v>hich led them unafraid as billing sacrifices to fhe cause of human advancement. — W. H. LIGHTFOOT Eight ALLEN, CLIFFORD JAMES BARRON, LAWRENCE PERCY BARTON. JOHN HENRY BAXTER, CARL WILLIAM BERENTZ, BRYAN ARTHUR BERRY, OSCAR ROLAND BISHOP, RAYMOND PARRIS BLAICH, FRED WILLIAM BLEVINS, OTIS BROWN, JOHN CARL BRYANT, ROY DAVIS BURREL, HERBERT BURRIS, CURTIS ELDER CANFIELD, ALBA CARPENTER, ALFRED BAKER CASHMAN, KENNETH M. CHANDLER, HAROLD L. CHANSLER, ARTHUR J. COX, SAMUEL CRANE, WILFRED W. DEE, PAUL DIXON, DOUGLAS J. DONALDSON, HARRY LEROY DORCAS, ALFRED DUKE, JAMES E. FOWLER, HARRY FOWLER, JOHN WILLIAM GARDNER, CLYDE D. GARRETT, CLAUDE C. GIAGER, FRED GOOD, DAVID FRANK GOODRICH, ROY C. GRASS, WILFRED W. GROSS, REV. R. C. HALE, RAY HALL, ALBERT HILLEGOS, CLIFFORD A. HOBSON, JAMES ARTHUR HUGHES, EDWARD J. JOHNSON, ERNEST JORDON, MELVILLE KALE, ROY KECK, ALFRED ANDREW LAMBERT, LEROY P. LAMBERT, RAY LAWLER, WILLIAM LEE LINDSTROM, WALTER RAY McCREARY, EDMUND McCLAIN, DAVID W. McCLAIN, JAMES TALMAGE McCLAIN, ROBERT LEE McMURRY, ELLIS RAY MATTINGLY, CLOVIS MILLICAN, EARL CROCKETT MOLLENHOUR, GEORGE EARL NICHOLS, JOHN N. NORRIS, ROY PEARSON, ARTHUR J. QUINN, EDWARD J. RAYBURN, GLENN RICHARDSON, JOHN FRANKLIN ROSS, CLAUDE ORVILLE SCHUETZ, LOUIS SHY, JOHN SMITH, RUSSELL ALFRED STARTZ, JOSEPH CLARENCE STEEBY, CARL HENRY STEWART, EUGENE REGNIFR STICE, HARRY F. STRICKLAND, JOSEPH LEROY TEMPLETON, FRED TOWNSEND, EDEN L. UMPHENOUR, CHESTER G. WADE, MARK W. WADSACK, RAY WELCH, ROSS CONKLIN WENDELL, JOHN PHILLIP WILLISON, WARREN HENRY WILSON, ROSCOE ■V Nine War WOODROW WILSON President of the United States. Ten Eleven GENERAL J. J. PERSHING Commander-in-Chief American Forces in France. Twelve 31{j? $b?Btfcttfj0 War itesag? Delivered before Congress, April 2, 1917. I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made and made immediately, which it was neither right or constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making. On the third of February last, I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the first day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraint of law or of humanity and use submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports con- trolled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterraen. That had seemed to be the object of the German submarine warfare earlier in the war : but since April of last year the Imperial Government had somewhat l'estrained the commanders of its underseas craft in confomrity with its promise then given to us that passenger boats should not be sunk, and that due warning would be given to all other vessels which its submarines might seek to destroy, when no resistance was offered or escape attempted, and care taken that their crews were given at least a fair chance to save their lives in their open boats. The precautions taken were meager and haphazard enough, as was proved in distressing instance after instance in the progress of the cruel and unmanly business, but a certain degree of restraint was observed. The new policy has swept every restriction aside. Vessels of every kind, whatever their flag, their character, their cargo, their destination, their errand, have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and without thought of help or mercy for those on board — the vessels of friendly neutrals, along with belligerants. Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and stricken peoples of Belgium, though the latter were provided with safe conduct through the proscribed areas by the German Govern- ment itself, and weie distinguished by urmistakable marks of identity, have been sunk with the same reckless lack of compassion or of principle. I was for a little while unable to believe that such things would in fact be done by any government that heretofore had subscribed to the humane practices of civilized nations. International law had its origin in the attempt to set up some law which would be respected and observed upon the seas, where no nation had right to dominion and where lay the free highways of the world. By pianful stage after stage has that law been built up, with meager enough results, indeed, after all was accomplished tbat could be accomplished, but always with a clear view, at least, of what the heart and conscience of mankind demanded. This minimum of rights the German Government has swept aside under the plea of retaliation and necessity, and because it had no weapons which it could use at sea except these, which it is impossible to employ as it is employing them without throwing to the winds all scruples of humanity or of respect for the understandings that were supposed to underlie the intercourse of the world. I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women and children, engaged in pursuits which have been always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can be paid for, the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against mankind. It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk. American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only (he vindication of right — of which we are only a single champion. Thirteen MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH Commander-in-Chief of Allies. Fourteen When I addressed the Congress on the twenty-sixth of February last I thought it would suffice to assert our neutral rights with arms, our right to use the seas against unlawful interference, our right to keep our people safe against unlawful violence. But armed neutrality, it now appears, is impractical-lie. Because submarines in effect are outlaws when used as the German submarines have been used against merchant shipping. It is impossible to defend ships against their attacks as the law of nations has assumed that merchantmen would defend themselves against privateers or cruisers, visible craft giving chase upon the open sea. It is common prudence in such circumstances, grim necessity indeed, to endeavor to destroy them before they have shown their own intention. They must be dealt with upon sight, if dealt with at all. The German Government denies the right of neutrals to use arms at all within the areas of the sea which it has prescribed, even in the defense of rights which no modern publicist has ever before questioned their right to defend. The intimation is conveyed that the armed guards which we have placed on our merchant ships will be as beyond the pale of law and subject to be dealt with as pirates would be. Armed neutrality is ineffectual enough at best ; in such circumstances and in the face of such pretentions it is worse than ineffectual; it is likely only to produce what it was meant to prevent: it is practically certain to draw us into the war without either the rights or the effectiveness of the belligerents. There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making : we will not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our Nation and our people to be ignored or violated. The wrongs against which we now array ourselves are no common wrongs : they cut to the very roots of human life. With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking, and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declar-e that the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States : that it formally accept the status of beligerent which has thus been thrust upon it : and that it take immediate steps not only to put the country into a more thorough state of defense, but also to exert all its power and employ all its resources to bring the Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war. What this will involve is clear. It will involve the utmost practicable cooperation in counsel and action with the governments now at war with Germany, and, as incident to that, the extension to those governments of the most liberal financial credits in order that our resources may, so far as possible, be added to theirs. It will involve the organisation and mobilization of all the material sources of the country to supply the materials of the Nation in the most abundant and yet the most economical and efficient v ay possible. It will involve the immediate full equipment of the navy in all respects, but particularly in supplying it with the best means of dealing with the enemy's submarines. It will involve the immediate addition to the armed forces of the United States already provided by law in case of war at least five hundred thousand men, who should, in my opinion be chosen upon the principle of universal liabili'y to service, .and also the authorization of subsequent additional increments of equal force so soon as they may be needed and can be handled in training. It will involve also, of course, the granting of adequate credits to the Government, sustained, I hope *o far as they can equitably he sustained by the present generation, by well conceived taxation. I Gay sustained so far as may be equitable ly taxation, because it seems to me that it would be most unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely on borrowed money. It is our duty, I most respectfully urge, to protect our people so far as we may against the very serious hardships and evils which would be likely to arise out of the inflation which would be produced by huge loans. In carrying out the measures by which these things are to be accomplished we should keep constantlv in mind the wisdom of interfering as little as possible in our own preparation and in the equipment of our own military forces with the duty — for it will be a very practical duty — of supplying the nations already at war with Germany with the materials which they can obtain only from us or by our assistance. They are in the field and we should help them in every way to be effective there. I shall take the liberty of suggesting through the several executive departments of the Government, for t! e consideration of your committees, measures for the accomplishment of the several objects I have men- tioned. I hope that it will be you* - pleasure to deal with them as having been framed after very careful thought by the branch of the Government upon which the responsibility of conducting the war and safe- guarding the Nation will most directly fall. While v.e do these things, these deeply momentous things, let us be very clear, and make very clear to all the world what our motives and our objects are. My own thought has not been driven from its habitual and normal course by the unhappy events of the last two months, and I do not believe that the thought of the Nation has been altered or clouded by them. I have exactly the same things in mind now that I had in mind when I addressed the Congress on the third of February and on the twenty-sixth of February. Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of those principles. Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the Fifteen FIELD MARSHAL SIR DOUGLAS HAIG Commander-in-Chief British Forces. Sixteen freedom of its people. And the menace of that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. We have seen the last of neutrality in such circumstances. We are at the beginning of an age in which it will be insisted that the same standards of conduct and of responsibility for wrong done shall be observed among nations and their governments that are observed among the individual citizens of civilized states. We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling toward them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers, and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties, or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellowmen as pawns and tools. Self governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies or set the course of intrigue to bring about some critical posture of affairs which will give them an opportunity to strike and make conquest. Such designs can be successfully worked out only under cover and where no one has the right to ask questions. Cunningly contrived plans of deception or aggression, carried, it may be, from generation to generation, can be worked out and kept from the light only within the privacy of courts or behind the carefully guarded confidences of a narrow and privileged class. They are happily impossible where public opinion commands and insists upon full information concerning all the Nation's affairs. A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except by a partnership of democratic nations. No autocratic government could be trusted to keep faith within it or observe its covenants. It must be a league or honor, a partnership of opinion. Intrigue would eat its vitals away ; the plotting of inner circles who could plan what they would and render account to no one would be a corruption seated at its very heart. Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interests of mankind to any narrow interests of their own. Does not every American feel that assurance has been added to our hope for the future peace of the world by the wonderful and heartening things that have been happening within the last few weeks in Russia ? Russia was known by those who knew it best to have been always in fact democratic at heart, in all the vital habits of her thought, in all the intimate relationships of her people that spoke their natural instincts, their habitual attitude toward life. The autocracy that crowned the summit of her political structure, long as it has stood and terrible as was the reality of its power, was not in fact Russian in origin, character or purpose ; and now it has been shaken off and the great, generous Russian people have been added in all their native majesty and might to the forces that are fighting for freedom in the world, for justice, and for peace. Here is a fit partner for a league of honor. One of the things that has served to convince us that the Prussian autocracy was not and could never be our friend is that from the very outset of the present war it has filled our unsuspecting com- munities, and even our offices of government, with spies and set criminal intrigues everywhere afloat against our national unity of council, our peace within and without, our industries and our commerce. Indeed, it is now evident that its spies were here even before the war began : and it unhappily is not a matter of conjecture, but a fact proved in our courts of justice, that the intrigues which have more than once come periously near to distrubing the peace and dislocating the industries of the country have been carried on at the instigation, with the support, and even under the personal direction of official agents of the Imperial Government accredited to the Government of the United States. Even in checking these things and trying to extirpate them we have sought to put the most generous interpretation possible upon them because we knew that their course lay, not in any hostile feeling or purpose of the German people toward us (who were, no doubt, as ignorant of them as we ourselves were), but only in the selfish designs of a government that did what it pleased and told its people nothing. But they have played their part in serving to convince us at last that that government entertains no real friendship for us and means to act against our peace and security at its convenience. That it means to stir up enemies against us at our very doors, the intercepted note to the German minister at Mexico City is eloquent evidence. We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we know that in such a government, following such methods, we can never have a friend : and that in the presence of its organized power, always lying in wait to accomplish, we know not what purpose, there can be no assured security for the democratic governments of the world. We are now about to accept guage of battle with this natural foe to liberty and shall, if neces- sary, spend the whole force of the nation to check and to nullify its pretensions and its power. We are glad, now that we see the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to fight thus for the ultimate peace of the world, and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included : for the rights of nations great and small and the privileges of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of Seventeen GENERAL ARMANDO DIAZ Commander-in-Chief Italian Forces. Eighteen obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion, we seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them. Just because we fight without rancor, without selfish object, seeking nothing for ourselves but what we wish to share with all free peoples, we shall, 1 feel confident, conduct our operations as belligerents without passion and ourselves observe with proud punctilio the principles of right and of fair play we profess to be fighting for. I have said nothing of the governments allied with the Imperial Government of Germany because they have not made war upon us or challenged us to defend our right and our honor. The Austro- Hungarian Government has, indeed, avowed its unqualified indorsement and acceptance of the reckless and lawless submarine warfare adopted now without disguise by the Imperial German Government, and it has therefore not been possible for this Government to receive Count Tarnowski, the Ambassador recently accredited to this Government by the Imperial and Royal Government of Austro-Hungary, but that gov- ernment has not actually engaged in warfare against citizens of the United States on the seas, and I take the liberty, for the present at least, of postponing a discussion of our relations with the authorities at Vienna. We enter this war only where we are clearly forced into it because there are no other means of defending our rights. It will be all the easier for us to conduct ourselves as belligerents in a high spirit of right and fairness because we act without animus, not in enmity toward a people nor with the desire to bring any injury or disadvantage upon them, but only in armed opposition to an irresponsible government which has thrown aside all consideration of humanity and of right and is running amuck. We are, let me say again, the sincere friends of the German people, and shall desire nothing so much as the early re-establishment of intimate relations of mutual advantage between us — however hard it may be for them, for the time being, to believe that this is spoken from our hearts. We have borne with their present government through all these bitter months because of that friendship, exercising a patience and forbearance which would otherwise have been impossible. We shall, happily, still have an opportunity to prove that friendship in our daily attitude and actions toward the millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy who live amongst us and share our life, and we shall be proud to prove it toward all who are in fact loyal to their neighbors and to the government in the hour of test. They are, most of them, as true and loyal Americans as if they had never known any other fealty or allegiance. They will te prompt to stand with us in rebuking and restraining the few who may be of a different mind and purpose. If there should be disloyalty, it will be dealt with with a firm hand of stern repression ; but, if it lifts its head at all, it will lift it only here and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. 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 carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. 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. WOODROW WILSON. Nineteen ARTHUR CAPPER War Governor of Kansas. Twenty JCanaaa in tlj* (Sreat Mar Arthur Capper, War Governor of Kansas. Every loyal Kansan is proud of the record Kansas made in the Great War. He has reason to be. Kansas responded promptly to every call for men, for money, for food and other supplies. Her sons were among the first to volunteer by the thousands. The later thousands who swelled the ranks of the national army went cheerfully, gladly, proudly, filled with the same patriotism that inspired those who went before. And while they fought and sacrificed and died in France to stay the aggression of Prussianism and save the world to civilization, their fathers, mothers, sisters and sweethearts toiled and saved and gave until it hurt. It is not my purpose to try and tell what the Kansas boys did in France. That is history. Their deeds are immortal. They offered their lives for their country. They did their duty courageously, patriotically, unfalteringly. Their soul is the soul of Kansas and the nation. Their sacrifice is the glory of mankind. Words cannot do them justice, nor monuments, nor memorials. We who are left can only attempt to perpetuate their ideals. But while her loyal sons were fighting and dying for their country, those who remained at home were living and working and saving for the same country. Kansas, as a state, was in the forefront of home activities that made it possible for the boys abroad to break down the morale of the Huns and finally crush tnose enemies of mankind. Kansas went over the top in every drive. She accomplished what was declared impossible in producing foodstuffs. She furnished money and provisions for the boys at the front and did her share for the helpless victims of a world gone mad. Even before war was declared Kansas caught the vision of service that was to be required. The first state council of defense in the nation met in the governor's oflice at Topeka a month before the nation entered the the conflict. Kansas buckled on her armor at the next formal meeting on April 17 and outlined a program so com- prehensive and practicable that it afterwards was adopted, with few modifications, in the organization of the National Council of Defense and served as a model for the organization of other state councils. The State Council of Defense was organized on the principle that every man, woman and child could and Mould do his and her full share toward winning the war. They did. What work was done, how it was done, and who led in the doing, it is related in more detail in the reports of the different officers and committees. The spirit of self-sacrifice and loyalty that dominated the work of the State Council of Defense permeated the entire citizenry of Kansas. I came in touch with it day after day, week after week, thru the weary months of the war. It was evident in every city and town, in every community, on the lonely farms and in the depths of the mines, in every home, and I believe in every heart and mind and soul in the state. It was a period of anxiety and grief, of trouble and travail, of heartaches and sleepless nights, but so far as I could discover from the governor's chair never of despair or faltering. Kansas, of course, had a few slackers — not as many as other states — those who desired to reap the benefits but not share the responsibilities of the American govern- ment. There were some who tried to evade their duties. There were some who Twenty-one SENATOR CHARLES CURTIS Twenty-two tried to obtain exemptions, when they were not entitled to exemptions. But this much must be said for the young men of Kansas: there were only a very few of them, comparatively, who tried, themselves, to get exempted from the draft. Gener- ally it was a near relative, or even in some eases an employer who, for the moment, magnified his business until it shut off his view of the needs of his country, who asked exemption. Little did such employer realize that unless the war was won no longer would there be any business for him to do, except as a slave of the Hun. In respect to the draft, there is one point that should be preserved in history in justice to the colored race. There were of white men, who asked for exemption, a few; of white men, whose fathers or mothers or other relatives or employers who asked for their exemption, more than a few. But during the entire war I never knew of a single colored man who asked for exemption, nor for whom exemption was ever asked by any other colored man or woman. The colored people of Kansas were 100 per cent American throughout the entire war. But of slackerism and disloyalty there was not enough in this state to justify more than passing attention. I believe every Kansas home followed the program laid down by the Council of Defense: Do the daily tasks a little more efficiently, a little more diligently, to make up for the missing ones in the service. Economize sensibly, not hysterically, on time, labor, material and food. Make every effort count. Keep physically, mentally and morally fit. Keep down waste. Keep down the spirit of service. On the whole Kansas lived this sort of life during the Great War. Our government called upon us for increased production. We were short of labor, short of machinery, short of seed to a certain extent. But the acreage of wheat was increased. Kansas farmers, their wives and daughters put in the greatest acreage of crops ever recorded in the state. Then came the harvest season, with more acute shortage of labor. Women, school boys, school girls, all went into the fields. City and county merchants and business men abandoned their stores, banks, offices and factories to help with the harvest. The big crops were saved, and Kansas did more than her full share in feeding our own troops, our allied troops, and the homeless and destitute of a war-ridden continent. It was not only along these lines that Kansas took the lead. Kansas officials, Kansas men and Kansas women, led in the demand for clean army camps and clean camp surroundings, that our boys who were spared from the cruel demands of war might come back as clean and manly as when they went. When the war was over Kansas led in demands that the soldiers be returned with all possible speed to the fields and shops and their usual vocations where they were badly needed to help right a war-wrecked world. Throughout all the war-weary days I was impressed, as never before, with the intense loyalty of our people and their love for the flag. The tragedies in the trenches served to bring to the surface the patriotic emotions of our people to the superlative degree. Not once did they falter at any appeal I made as governor of the state. Their quick responses helped, in a large measure, to lighten my work and grief and give me a better understanding of their hearts. I was convinced that they were with me heart and soul in my efforts to have Kansas respond to every call our country made. Words cannot express my gratitude to the soldier boys of Kansas, to the good women and men of Kansas, to the school boys and girls, to the members of the State Council of Defense and kindred war organizations, and to the people generally, for the splendid service they rendered to the state and nation when our country's life was in peril. Twenty-three HENRY J. ALLEN Governor of Kansas. Twenty-four An (§wY8?nz Hww Henry J. Allen, Governor of Kansas. Kansas went into the war early and stayed late. Before the seleetice service laws had begun to operate and while men were being invited into the service through voluntary enlistment, Kansas early attracted attention for the almost sensational promptness with which she filled her volunteer quotas. In France I found Kansas men showing up in all of the regiments which arrived in 1917. They were in practically every unit. She was also exceptionally prompt in recruiting her national guard to its war strength and getting this great contribution to the defense of the country under way. Kansas furnished approximately 72,000 men to the army, navy and marine corps during the war. The distribution of troops from Kansas was approximately as follows: Regular Army and Enlisted Reserve Corps 8,000 Navy 8,000 National Guard 9,000 National Army 45,500 Marine Corps* 1,000 The distinct Kansas organiations were the 137th Infantry; the 139th Infantry; the greater share of the men in the 130 Field Artillery; the 110th Ammunition Train; the 110th Engineers; the 110th Field Signal Battalion; the 110th Military Police. These were all of the 35th Division. The 117th Ammunition Train of the 42nd (Rainbow) Division was an all-Kansas organization, as was the 353rd Infantry of the 89th Division. There was also the Red Cross Ambulance Company of Topeka and Fredonia, and the Marine Corps Band from Holton, which was attached to the 6th Marines of the 2nd Division. In addition to these distinctive Kansas organizations were the 805th and 806th Pioneer Infantry Begiment made up of Kansas colored men. The Kansas organizations attracted conspicious attention when they arrived in France by a certain expression of individuality which they bore. They all made distinguished records. The history of the 35th Division, which bore the severest losses in the opening days of the Argonne fight, has now become known, and the services which this devoted and unfortunately-led division performed are receiving a fine recognition of the just place that belonged to them in the opening days of America's big battles in France. The 353rd Infantry of the 89th Division has a history of which its members are justly proud. Its record was made in four great battles. Great things were expected of it. The division to which it was attached had been trained under the Twenty-five SOME VIEWS TAKEN IN GERMANY Twenty-six command of General Leonard Wood and it lived up to the great expectation which waited upon its services in battle. The 117th Ammunition train, which was the only Kansas organization with the Rainbow Division, received special mention in army orders on several occasions. It was regarded as a model in the organization of ammunition trains and its men and officers brought home a record of efficiency and strenuous service of which any organization in the army might be proud. In fact, all the units mentioned came out of the service with a record to entitle them to the gravest appreciation and deepest gratitude of the state. They were all worthy of the best traditions of Kansas — those that served in France as well as those who were preparing at training camps to join their comrades overseas and to whom the notice of the signing of the armistice came as a real disappointment. No record of the Kansas contribution to the war would be complete which did not include the very fine service of those hard working citizens who labored with- out ceasing and with little compensation on the selective service boards. The problems which confronted these boards were as numerous as those which con- fronted any activity of the war, and upon their prompt and wise solution depended the gravest results. It would be impossible to give the exact number of persons connected with the selective service law of this state. Two district boards of five members each; 115 local boards of three members each, 105 legal advisory boards of three members each, and 23 medical advisory boards with an average of six members each, were established in the state. In addition to these were the various chief clerks to the local boards, clerks and stenographers at headquarters and the various district and local boards. An estimate of 2,500 associate members of the Legal Advisory Boards with from one to eight registrars to each election precinct of the state for each of the three main registrations, viz., June 5, 1917, June 5, 1918, and September 12, 1918. The humble story of the sacrifices which were made by lawyers, doctors and citizens in general, who gave up their usual lines of work and spent their time in helping under the selective service provisions to create the backbone of our forces may never be told. It is replete with as fine examples of patriotic devotion as may be found upon the field of battle. When one has taken into consideration the sacrifices of the soldiers and gives to these sacrifices the proper considerations of gratitude, there still remain, as the modest recipients of the country's deepest sympathy, the women of the war who united themselves into organizations for the carrying forward of relief work for soldiers' families at home, for giving entertainment and comforts to the soldiers in the training camp and in the field. These organizations made up of devoted wonten covered every part of Kansas. Their representations even reached France and joined in the general effort of helping to win the war. The more one studies the history of the contribution which Kansas made to the man power of the struggle, the more convinced he becomes that the state did its full duty and that the period was full of all the rich manifestations of patriotism which come always to this state and nation in hours of peril. Twenty-seven Supply wagon of 110th Signal Field Signal Bn., formerly 1st F. S. Bn. Kansas N. G., 35th Division, carrying supplies to the men working on the hill top, on road between Wesserling and Treh, France, July 15th, 1918. "Cliff Dwellers." Third lines occupied by the 89th Division until Sept. 12. These lines were here for nearly four years. Flirey, Meurthe et Moselle, France, Sept. 15, 1918. Twenty-eight ffilahette Qkumiy Paritripaiton ttt % Wnv Labette County went to work with a vigor that meant early organization of all branches of home service. Under the County Council of Defense an early campaign to create a wholesome Americanism, closer co-operation, greater production, elimi- nation of waste, conservation in all lines, the spirit of "do" and "give" was thoroughly instilled. Meatless and wheatless days and the many necessary require- ments were accepeted with a spirit of pleasure and desire rather than inconvenience and regret. The County Council of Defense was well organized in each school district and with these branches fully alive to the important task before them were constantly on the job to meet every requirement asked by the government and with the co-operation of the Federal Department of Justice, spreading of German propa- ganda and operation of German spies in this county were alway in hand. The patriotic Americanism that prevailed in Labette county is shown in the response to every call made, it was realized everywhere in the county that the winning of the war was everybody's job and that the officers of the law were already over- burdened. It would be impossible to give here the name of each individual who assisted in the work of the County Council of Defense, but every person in the county in sympathy with the interests of America assisted in promoting this work, and the work done covered every conceivable plan that would add to a greater production and economy, the promotion of a greater Americanism, to do and give to the fullest extent possible. COUNCIL OF DEFENSE COMMITTEE. County Chairman — 0. Gossard, Oswego. Members — J. F. Steele, Parsons; J. B. Dick, Labette; F. M. Wheeler, Altamont; A. B. Wilson, Oswego; W. L. Conneway, Edna; H. C. Bergman, Dennis; D. A. Boll- inger, Mound Valley; Clarence Silcott, Oswego; L. S. Edwards, Chetopa; W. B. Weeks, Wilsonton; J. M. Kiker, Oswego; B. L. Hillegos, Chetopa; T. J. Short, Chetopa; Tom Sprague, Montana; John Wiggins, Oswego; J. M. Dyer, Parsons; August Boecker, Parsons; C. G. Whitby, Chetopa; Frank Stephens, Bartlett; A. H. McCarty, Valeda; F. E. George, Altamont; J. F. Nelson, Angola; W. L. Hudgins, Altamont; C. W. Edwards, Altamont; D. C. Christman, Oswego. County Legal Advisory Committee — C. J. Taylor, chairman, Parsons; W. D. Atkinson, Parsons; Nelson Case, Oswego; O. Gossard, Oswego; Mrs. Bosa Patrick, Parsons. The county chairman was also chairman of practically every other war measure, including the five Liberty loan drives, in which the county went over the top. The work of the county was well organized, and made a splendid record for itself. Mr. O. Gossard gives the following report for Labette County: Twenty-nine Illustrating methods of throwing hand grenades from the trenches. Advance Outpost of the 137th Regt. Inf., formerly the 1st and 2d Regt. Inf. Kansas N. G., near Amphersback, Alsace, Germany, August 29th, 1918. O- <+s-id/q Automatic rifle team ready for action. Manned by Pvt. John J. Maxwell and Pvt. Earl A. Sullivan of Co. B, 137th Regt. Inf., formerly the 1st and 2nd Regts. Inf. Kansas N. G., advanced outpost of 137th Inf., near Amphersback, Alsace, Germany, August 29th, 1918. Thirty Raised $51,000 on the first Red Cross drive. We did not have a Red Cross organization in the county when war was declared; now have the Labette county chapter, with an auxiliary in every town, and have about $35,000 in the treasury. We went above out quota in every Y. M. C. A. drive, and made quota in both Salva- tion Army and Knights of Columbus drives. The county assisted in increased pro- duction by better cultivation of crops, plowed closer to fences, and even took some fences down for the purpose of tilling all the ground. All vacant lots were used as gardens, and also some side streets and alleys were used. No community cooperated with a better spirit in the conservation of food or did more to increase production. Labette county went far above the quotas in every loan drive. The Home Guards were well organized at Oswego, Edna, Parsons, Labette City, Altamont, and Chetopa. WAR BOARD The number of men who entered the service from Labette County is given at 1,442; this is no doubt correct of the number who actually went directly from this county. However, a very large number of Labette County men, who were out of the county when we entered the war, that entered the service from some other place, and were not included in this number. The Selective Service War Board of Labette County was composed of James L. Elam, Chairman; E. A. Milliken, P. S. Townsend, Vernon Hall, Chief Clerk. The first draft registration was June 5, 1917. It included all men between the ages of 21 and 31. A second registration for all men between the ages of 18 and 21 was made in June and another in August, 1918. The final registration was made September 12, 1918; it was for all men between the ages of 18 and 45. The under- taking of this board was an enormous task. Every man of military age in the county was classified according to his status of dependency or his industrial or agricultural value to the community. It fell to the duty of the board to determine the justness of a man's claim for deferred classification, to examine his fitness for military service and to be responsible for sending the man to camp at the proper time. THE QUESTIONNAIRE Please promptly answer, and with care. The queries in your Questionnaire ; Divorced or single ; if wedded tell The date when tolled the fatal bell ; Give age,, condition, weight and race, And name each blemish — feet or face ; If lame or halt, knock-kneed or blind, Please fully state before it's signed. If you've had wives, please state how many. If not, just why you haven't any ; If living with your wife's relation. Then state who rules the home plantation. Docs main-law pay your house rent? If so, please state to what extent ; Please answer, sir, with utmost care, Fore sending in your Questionnaire. If you've a wife with you to bunk, State when your clothes went in one trunk. Here give the total of your boodle, And state what's wrong with your poor noodle ; Have you flat feet or wheels in head ? Are you beef cattle all corn fed? How have you lived for twelve months past? If preacher, state where you starved last. Have you your last year's taxes paid? Are you supporting man or maid) ? If so, is she your wife's relation ? (Be careful here with explanation.) Have you been trained for war's dread strife. Aside from battles with your wife? Can you talk Kansas, French or Greek, And how much English do you speak ? When all have answered and with care. The Queries in the Questionnaire, Then Uncle Sam will be much wiser, And will proceed to whip the Kaiser. — W. H. L. Thirty-one German prisoners captured in the Battle of Argonne by 35th Division drawing water from wel mess. Pierrefitte, Meuse, France, Nov. 9, 1918. for their Chateau de Verdi?r, Stenay, Meuse, France, for 32 months home of the German Crown Prince. Left to right : Maj. Gen. H. T. Allen, commanding general 90th Division : Col. J. H. Reeves, commanding 177th Brig., 89th Division ; Col. J. J. Kingman, Chief of Staff, 90th Division ; and Maj. G. E. English, Brig. Adjutant, 177th Brig., 89th Division, November 14, 1918. Thirty-two LABETTE COUNTY LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE (The cashier of each bank in the County was a member of the Liberty and Victory Loan committee and served during all the drives) also the following persons served on the committee: 0. Gossard, Chairman. I. D. Van Meter D. S. Romine Guv Call H. L. O'Bryan George D. Lyons C. B. Buvinger A. S. McKnight Henry Von Trebo Robert Deming, Sr. P. B. Witt E. J. Furley A. L. Lugenbeal J. E. Rakistraw J. H. Gregory The following figures give Labette County subscription to the five LIBERTY LOANS. First Libertv Loan $ 186,900.00 Second Liberty Loan 468,850.00 Third Liberty Loan 757,150.00 Fourth Liberty Loan 1,537,100.00 Victory Liberty Loan 956,350.00 Total $3,906,350.00 BABY BONDS The exact figures for Baby Bonds subscribed for in Labette County are not available. However, the record made was parallel to other work done — always "OVER THE TOP." Compare the figures of each of the five drives and you will better be able to realize the splendid organization in Labette County with regard to Home Service work. LABETTE COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATION O. Gossard, Chairman. Mrs. P. T. Foley, Vice Chairman George Thurston Miss Ida Marley R. H. Montgomery J. M. Dyer A. B. Wilson Herman Hurst J. Q. Boberts A. Boecker G. H. Clark C. F. Silcott Grant Owens J. Q. Howev F. E. Wheeler F. C. McCreary C. S. Carlton R. A. Blake Frank Hoobler C. E. Willey Charles Gehrs Guv Call J. F. Holton C. G. Whitbv J. B. Dick Aldo Funston Asa Smith Frank Stephens Allen Townsend Joseph Carr W. L. Hudgin Fred Johnson Howard Clark Thirty-threo Saluting the colors of the 353rd Infantry, U. S. National Army. Left to right: The mayor, M. Levy Alphonery (French) ; General Perelli (French) : General Ragneneau (French) : General Wirbel (French) ; General J. J. Pershing; M. le Perfect Jassier (French) ; Major General James W. Me Andrew and General Wagstaff (English). July 14th celebration at G. H. Q., Chaumont, France, July 14, 1918. WHEN THE GENERAL CAME TO TOWN We wuz workin' in th' offus — That is, all exceptin' me — An' I wuz jest a-settin', As a orderly should be. When a feller wearin' eagles Perchin' on his shoulder straps. Poked his head right in th' winder, An' he talks right out an' snaps, "Who's th' officer commandin' Over this detachment here?" An' th' looey he salutes him. While us rest wuz feelin' queer. "I am, sir," the looey tells him, Wonderin' what th' row's about. "Pershing's comin' in five minits," Says ht' kernel. "All troops out." Gosh, how we did hurry, For we looked a doggone fright — Some had hats a-missin' An' they warn't a coat in sight. First we cleaned up in th' offus, Then we swept up in th' street, An' it wasn't many seconds Till th' place wuz hard t' beat. Next we hunted up our clothin', Borried some an' swiped some more, Then th' looey got us standin' In a line afore th' door. Mighty soon around th' corner Come two scumptious lookin' cars, An' they wasn't any license On th' first one — 'cept four stars. When th' car had stopped right sudden, Then th' gineral he stepped out, An' without much larley-vooin' He begin t' look about. An' th' Frenchmen come a'flockin'. An' they couldn't understand Why he warn't a-wearin' medals, A5n' gold braid t' beat th' band. Then he made a little Iectur, Givin' all them Frenchmen thanks, Since they'd acted mighty kind-like In a-dealin' with his Yanks. Thirty-four The following are deserving of special mention for active participation in all branches of War Work in Labette County: J. M. Kersey C. W. Doughman 0. H. Bond F. W. May Father McKiernan Father McCullough Grant Chambers George Meir Dr. E. W. Boardman W. H. Condon Balph Stallings W. W. Thompson John Brav W. A. Blair Alfred D. Carpenter A. D. Swanwick O. E. Woods Dan O'Connell Scott Tavlor Fred Perkins C. S. Perkins Sam Carpenter Sam Van Alstine E. S. Nance George F. Stice Charles Woolover W. G. Tavlor H. W. Morris Phil Frick Bobert Deming, Jr. Dr. E. E. Liggett Dr. P. A. Townsend Elmer Warbington Art Gore Clarence Gore Clarence Montgomery B. H. Montgomery H. H. Daniels J. W. Morley ; George B. White Bov Lindsay 0. Gossard F. A. Pfeiffer Ed O'Herin B. W Coon Ed Bero George Karr L. A. Walker W H . Swartzell C. H. Moriartv H. Strasburger G. H. Hooper A. B. Hamlin C. M. Reed C. A. Lamb M. 0. Laisure Grant Hume C. V. Coggins W . A Disch Otto Feess P. P. Duff} J. F. Barnhill Bev. Alexander E. Hawke H. A. Brvant L. Cortelvou Fred Larery J. F. Chatam W . V\ r . Jones J. W. Barnes L. C. Herman R. M. Kleinhans W . W 1 . Brown C. E. Pile C. S. McCray F. E. Donnellan E. B. Stevens \Y D . Atkinson W . H . Martin U. S. Hospital Ship Mercy in the harbor at Brest, France, taking on wounded soldiers. Thirty-five Anti-aircraft machine gun mounted in the trenches. Cpl. Clarence Hays, gunner ; Pvt. Geo. B. Hogenson and Pvt. John G. Speeds, loaders. This is a Hotchkiss Gun. Co. C, 129th M. G Bn., formerly the 2d Bn., 2d Regt. Inf. Mo. N. G., Camp Jordan, near Amphersback, Alsace, Germany, August 30, 1918. Using an artillery "caterpillar tractor" to pull a truck out of the mud. Camp De Galbert, near Am- jhersback. Alsace. Germany. August 31, 1918. LJS1I1K **U ai Illicit i .1 i ' i I " I i ,i i uiiaiiui iu fc/" phersback, Alsace, Germany, August 31, 1918. Thirty-six MatQV ®r«rk (Ho. Nn. 10 ORGANIZED BY LIEUTENANT PIERRE M. KIMBALL Motor Truck Company No. 10, a unit of the all-Kansas 117th Ammunition Train, consisting of Parsons, Oswego and Chetopa men, was organized by First Lieutenant Pierre M. Kimball during July, 1917, and has the distinction of being among the first 1 ((0,000 American soldiers to see service in France. In accordance with the President's call of August 5, 1917, this unit was taken into the Federal service, and on August 25 entrained for Topeka where the 117th (all-Kansas) Ammunition Train was mobilized. During the re-organization of this regiment Motor Truck Co. No. 10 was consolidated with a Truck Company from Rosedale, Kansas, and from that time on was known as Truck Company No. 2. Their stay in Topeka of a week gave them time enough to change from civilian to khaki and learn some of the rudiments of soldiering. Orders were received from the War Department for the 117th Ammunition Train to proceed to Camp Mills, Long Island, at which place the 42nd (Rainbow) an all National Guard Division, was being mobilized for overseas service. They remained at Camp Mills about three months undergoing vigorous training and receiving the necessary discipline for their duties on the other side. ATTACKED BY SUBMARINES On October 31, 1917, the Ammunition Train left the port of Hoboken, N. J., for service in France on board the former German-owned ship America, and they had a very exciting experience in the submarine infested zone during the trip across. About 10 o'clock at night their convoy of ships was attacked by submarines, but due to the unusual skill of the Yankee pilot a torpedo, wh r ch was fired, missed its mark. This incident resulted in rumors which were out in the United States that the Ammunition Train of the 42nd Division had been sunk at sea. With no casualties at sea the Ammunition Train landed at Brest, France, on November 11, remaining on board ship one week, due to poor facilities for unload- ing, and from this point entrained for Camp Coetquidan to undergo preliminary work for the vigorous and intensive duties on the front. Part of the time this organization was engaged in hauling ammunition for the French 75 artillery on the target range which the American forces were using for practice work with the French 75 guns. This work gave them the distinction of being the first unit of the 42nd Division under fire. Fortunately, it happened that it was the fire of the American artillerymen. A truck which was hauling ammunition became mired on the target range during the firing hours and the men who were with the truck had the displeasure of seeing shells fall all around them, throwing mud and stones in their direction. This made hasty work necessary with the result that the truck was removed from the mire after some very energetic work. Thirty-seven Pvt. Ben H. Young receiving firing data on the right, elevating crew of the gun on the left. Foret de Sommedieue, Meuse, France, 1% kilometers east of city, Oct. 29, 1918. V* "Trench Life" Pvt. Vernon H. Butler, Pvt. Geo. Hogenson, Sgt. Mark P. Harris and Pvt. Homer H. McDowell of the 129th Machine Gun Bn„ formerly the 2d Bn., 2d Regt. Inf. Mo. N. G., Co. C., near Amphersback, Alsace, Germany, August 30th, 1918. Thirty-eight IN EVERY BIG OFFENSIVE On February 27, 1918, the various units of the 42nd Division received orders to concentrate for front line duty in the Luneville sector. From that date on the 42nd (Rainbow) Division took part in every big offensive carried on by the Amer- ican Expeditionary Forces until the date of the armistice. On March 22 they were engaged in a very extensive campaign in the Baccarat sector. From June 14 to 18 the Rainbow Division, acting in co-operation with the British, played a very important part in the Champagne battle, the 117th Ammuni- tion Train being the only American Train that was engaged in hauling ammunition during this offensive. From here they moved to the Marne and Chateau-Thierry, taking an active part in holding the Huns in their advance on Paris, and on Septem- ber 11 to 30 they were with the American divisions during the St. Mihiel drive, which gave the Germans a taste of what a real American army could do. On October 3 they were engaged in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, up until the armistice was signed. A few days later this famous division joined the army of occupation on its way to Germany, the Ammunition Train being stationed at Altenahr. When it is realized what an important factor ammunition plays in present day warfare one can understand how necessary it is for the ammunition trains to be active and on the job at all times. They have not the ordinary protection afforded the infantry and artillery m,en in the way of trenches and dugouts, but do all their work in the open and on roads which are well plotted and known to the German artillery. At night when they are engaged in their strenuous duties they are not permitted to have any lights whatever and must train their eyes so as to distinguish objects in the dark because a collision with a motor truck loaded with ammunition would prove very disastrous. The boys of this famous Kansas organization have been known to be at the wheels of their motor trucks for 48 hours continuously without any sleep or any- thing to eat . At one time they were attacked by German airplanes, one of the aerial torpedoes striking very near a truck and destroying the radiator. The steel bodies of the truck train were completely riddled with machine gun bullets by the German aviators, and the only protection the drivers had was beneath the bodies of their truck. They could not even as much as enjoy the comforts of a roof, being com- pelled to sleep in the bodies of their trucks at all times in order that they might be ready for immediate duty, and one does not have to stretch his imagination far to realize what a poor sleep it must have been for these boys when shells were con- tinually dropping in their vicinity. CONTINUALLY AT THE FRONT Oftentimes, after receiving their orders back to a rest camp for a few days' recreation, orders for immediate duty on the front would intercept them and with- out any rest they would return back to take part in their nerve-racking work. In fact, the motor-truck boys were continually on the front from February, 1918, until the signing of the armistice. On several occasions while hauling ammunition from the ammunition dumps to the American artillery and the trenches the artillery men of the enemy would get the location of our dumps and immediately begin to shell them. The men continued hauling from the ammunition dumps regardless of shell fire and took many chances that were dangerous. However, in doing their duty it was very necessary that their trucks be kept in running condition at all times and this is a big job under Thirty- nine Unloading potatoes from railroad car to trucks to be hauled to Q. M. Warehouses (35th Division) „ - wk ! 'C-%*!s'\~ * - n - : ■>:■ . >■' .,*; "'^jflrV ! 3W ^- J. •■'•/'■ -\*-^Y."* ' ■ . ■' , • ,-'-' ■ •"^1 ■ .- -- ,. . \ *fe 3^ ite ■iti fUfil Reveille Kate speaks up. Firing of 16-inch railroad gun. Foret de Sommedieu, Meuse, France, 1% kilometers east of city, October 29, 1918. Forty war time conditions, with few tools or mechanical devices. These men of Motor Truck Co. No. 10 returned to their homes after undergoing numerous hardships and untold dangers of modern warfare without the loss of a single man. MEN WHO ENLISTED IN MOTOR TRUCK NO. 10. Lieutenant Pierre M. Kimball Au Buchon, Cletus W. Alexander, Hosea L. Bartlett, William H. Bicknell, Edgar S. Blake, Albert S. Blaker, Clarence E. Cisco, Harry L. Colburn, Harry 0. Condy, George R. Cornelius, Lewis Davis, Carl Davis, Samuel M. Dennis, Ivan L. Donnellan, Robert E. Fairchild, Elza S. Fairchild, John W. Fin ley, Walter J. Foster, Ray M. Gatton, Sidney M. Gray, Gordon Graves, Walter Holley, Maurice G. Hunt, Ezra 0. Hunt, Ellsworth Hyde, Charles W. Jr. Joslin, Orland L. Kohler, Millard Landaker, Charles B. Liggett, Herbert H. Lortz, Elmer J. Lux, Lester J. Lvnd, Llovd A. McAleer, Clyde B. McCaffrey, Cleve Martin, Harry Merwarth, George W. Miller, Joe Miller, Benjamin N. Murray, Herman T. Murphy, David E. Murphy, Joseph W. Nafus, Nelie Pownall, Willie A. Puffibarger, Earl Pulcher, Frederick W Reeder, Carl B. Roach, Owen C. Robinson, Arden Rodeman, Clarence Sandbickler, Emil Sawtell, John J. Schlicher, John L. Searles, Clifford B. Self, Asbury Silcott, Claude Silcott, Wayne Sharsehl, Rudolph J. Sharshel, William M Shreck, Quinton P. Stites, Charles E. Whte, Oren B. Wilson, William H. Willis, George Workman, David W. Wilkerson, Clarence H. A Camouflaged U. S. Destroyer at Brest, France Forty-one THE AMMUNITION TRAIN When the fronts are full of Yankees, Say about three million men. Driving "Fritzie" from his dugout, His strong cache and den, And the doughboys are a-bombing Or with bayonets striking home, Or shooting leaden pellets Into heartless Dutchmen's dome ; And the trench mortar lads are lofting Their deadly missies overhead To break the German trenches And pile up countless dead. And the steady, strong, artillery The brave front it supports, And belches out its shell fire That smashes the best Hun forts. The Cavalry are waiting, Holding hard on trusty steeds, To dash among the enemy And do some noble deeds. Will you stop and ponder, Amid the gripping strain, Of the lads who bring the ammunition In the Ammunition Train ? From the rear they start at evening, On roads as dark as night — All shell-torn, wheels a-bumping, As they ride without a light ; Peering into darkness, Driving through the mire ; Many noble hearts are beating As they face the Boche's fire ; A load of fifty shells apiece, And powder boxes four — Enough to blow a regiment Up to Heaven's door. The shells come singing overhead, And as they whistle by They jab the spurs and shoot the gas, It's a case of do or die. For the Dutchman now is fixing range Deflation, on the road. To get the Ammunition Train And wreck their priceless load. Dugouts ? They haven't any ! Protection ? They have none ! As they ride the ways where Has fallen many a mother's son. A race with death each trip they make And no matter what befalls, The shells and powder must be Put behind artillery walls. So when you speak of outfits, Why make it very plain That the Slacker is an absent one, In the 117th Ammunition Train. — Sergt. Fred W. Pulcher, Co. B, 117th Ammunition Train, 42nd Division, Army of Occupation. The hill which protects Bouillonville from German shells in the background. This is the hill over which the 353rd Infantry and a few scattered marines went over on September 12th, at about 2 p. m. The infantry started to dig in at the top of the hill but went on about kilos beyond Beney. Bouillon- ville was the center of the medical unit for a large part of the German army. Many medical supplies were found here, and our medical units were using the German hospitals the same day the drive started. A street scene in Boullonville, Meurhte et Moselle, France, September 20, 1918. Forty- two Qpnjantzaitott of Ambulance (Ha. No, 2 First organized as an ambulance company on April 29, 1917, by Captain (then Lieutenant) John C. Cornell, of Parsons, Kansas. This organization after being ac- cepted was turned down to accept Ambulance Company No. 2 from Kansas City, Kansas. Later instructed by the Adjutant General, State of Kansas, under date of May 17th, to organize a Field Hospital Company. These men had remained loyal and intact after being refused admission as an ambulance company and therefore no difficulty was experienced in recruiting a field hospital company in the two weeks set. This organization was mustered into the state service by Major Seth A. Ham- mil of Topeka, Kansas. On July 15th, Major Carl Phillips was ordered in command and placed in charge of Field Hospital 140. This position he occupied until the 23rd day of August, when he was relieved and sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as Division Sanitary Inspector of the 35th Division. Organization left Parsons, September 26th for Fort Sill, arriving in Fort Sill September 27, 1917, becoming a part of the 140th Field Hospital, 35th Division. MEN WHO ENLISTED IN AMBULANCE CO. NO. 2 Agnew, Frank Avers, Maurice F. Birt, Bov H. Bicknell, John B. Bailey, Homer Franklin Burton, Marion F. Cranford, Charles W. Caldwell, Dalton L. Courtney, John W . Carson, Clyde F. dinger, Bavmond C. Clark, Orville P. Dent, Baleigh J. Davis, Bert Lester De Bolt, Wlilliam Henry Dick, Frank N. Elwyn, Bussell H. Frame, Floyd Fowler, Merle Gates, Bryan Harlow, Mack Hackler, Charles L. Hammer, Fred Hayes, Alfred L. Hendrickson, John The French, the British, and the Portugee, Captain, or colonel, or king though he be, Gives a salute in response to me, Buck private in Uncle Sam's Infantry. There's much that a soldier's salute implies, But it means the most when it means, "We're Allies !" In Belgium and France and Italy They talk in ways that are Greek to me. But the speech of soldiers' courtesy Is a Lingua Franca wherever you be. Hodge, Lester D. Jagger, Buell W. Johnston, Earl W. Leitnaker, Cherrv May, Balph McClary, Vernon Ott, Archie Lee Provost, Harold Reynolds, William L. Bicketts, Carl D. Bussell, Stephens, Wilbur W. Sparks, Albert Snyder, Boy Spear, Alfred Sage, Howard Simon, Lawrence Keith Sphere, Alfred Todd, Alvin Vandervoort, Earl J. Van Horn, Balph White, Ira Emerson Workman, Charles E. Wheat, Louis H. Willard, Donald ALLIES With a single gesture, I recognize That I am one of the Twenty Allies. I never could tell just why it should be That the first salute should be up to me In this queer, new army democracy, But every commander must answer me, British, or French, or Indo-Chinee, Captain, or colonel, or king though he be. There's much that a soldier's salute implies. But it means the most when it means, "We're Allies !" — Merritt Y. Hughes, Pvt., Inf. Forty-three Illustrating the use of a smoke screen to protect advancing men from the enemy. Personnel made up of various organizations throughout the Division. 35th Div. Lerouville, Meuse, France, Nov. 23d, 1918. General Peter E. Traub leading Col. T. C. Clark, Major W. W. Taylor, Capt. P. V. Valle, 2d Lieut. K. Cooper, Adjt., coming through a crater made by one of the German shells. One of the largest shell craters in this sector ; 50 ft. long, 25 ft. wide and 12 ft. deep. Deux Mouds, Aux Bois, Meuse, France, Nov. 16, 1918. Forty-four ani Mnvimz Adamson, Truby H. Alfred, Burton Otis Anderson, Benjamin Auvinge, August B. Barker, Earl E. Barnes, J. Vernon Barron, Lawrence P. Bartlett, Horace B. Beamer, Layton G. Beethan, Herbert H. Bemis, Earl Bour, Fred Jobn Bragg, Aidna Brehm, Arthur Bride, John F. Britton, Charles A. Buckley, Charles B. Burks, Presley, Berl Burris, Curtis, E. Campbell, Murray C. Canfield, Alba Canfield, Marion Cannon, Alfred J. Carey, Tim Carroll, Charles Carey, Tim Carroll, Charles Chansler, Clarence W. Clarke, Boy Basil Conway, Balph Jack Cordry, Peter B. Cunningham, Clyde T. Davis, Ezra T. Duvall, Paul A. Dwyer, Patrick Bird Dykeman, Ivan Emery, Will Evans, George H. Farrell, Frank J. Fette, George Foster, Dwight H. Foster, Lester Gillette, Wayne H. Godfrey, Edgar D. Goltra, Ora Bobert Gregg.W. W. Gridlev, John S. Guild, Albert L. Hammack, Paul Haves, Bobin Hollar, Harold B. Hopkins, John Isbell, Maurice T. Jarboe, John A. Johnson, Lee Jones, Hershel W. Jones, Perry Lewis Kane, Harry E. Keene, Arthur W. Keene, Walter M. Kendall, Balph W. Kern, Jerome Kimmel, Prentvce H. Liebfarth, M. C. Lyons, Malcolm McBride, Bion McClain, David W. Mason, William S. Mather, John Milham, Chester B. Miller, Jack Moore, Everett Moore, William W. Murphy, Ellis W. Murphy, James P. Noll, David O'Brien, Joseph Olson, Harry Olson, Otis Patrick, Bobert Payne, Albert Perry, Isaac L. Phelps, Arthur 0. Richardson, Oard Robertson, Harry H. Robinson, Roy Ross, Milton W. Rutherford, Arthur Saylor, Grady Bryan Scott, Harry A. Sheehan, Arthur T. Sherman, Everett Shumaid, George G. Smith, John George Smith, Ulvssis J. Talbot, William P. Taylor, John Thoman, Joseph F. Thompson, William R. Tillman, James E. Turner, Earl F. Utlev, Claude J. Ward, R. H. Warwick, R. A. Westley, William Wh'pple, Jack Williams, Daniel E. Williamson, Arthur Willis, Wilbur R. Young, Verne Louis Forty-five Pvt. A. L. Bogen, Co. A, 140th Rest. Inf., formerly the 3d and 6th Rest. Inf. Mo. N. G., and Pvt. F. G. Price. Co. A. 140th Regt. Inf., both wounded but still able to feed Paul Sacker, a German prisoner. Cheppy, Meuse, Varennes, France, Sept. 29, 1918. AS THE TRUCKS GO ROLLIN' BY There's a rumble an' a jumble an' a bumpin' an' a thud, As I wakens from my restless sleep here in my bed o' mud, 'N' I pull my blankets tighter underneath my shelter fly, An' I listen to the thunder o' the trucks a-rollin' by. They're jumpin' an' they're humpin' through the inky gloom o' night, 'N' I wonder how them drivers see without a glim o' light ; I c'n hear the clutches roarin' as they throw the gears in high, An' the radiators boilin' as the trucks go rollin' by. There's some a-draggin' cannons, you c'n spot the sound all right — The rumblin' ones is heavy, an' the rattly ones is light ; The clinkin' shells is pointin' up their noses at the sky — Oh, you c'n tell what's passin' as the trucks go rollin' by. But most of 'em is packin' loads o' human Yankee freight That's slam the 'ol soft pedal ontuh Heinie's hymn o' hate ; You c'n hear 'em singin' "Dixie," and the "Sweet Bye 'N' Bye," 'N' "Where Do We Go From Here, Boys?" as the trucks go rollin' by. Some's singin' songs, as, when I left, they wasn't even ripe (A showin' 'at they's rookies wot ain't got a service stripe), But just the same they're good old Yanks, and that's the reason why I likes the jazz 'n' barber shop o' the trucks a-roll- in' by. Jus' God and Gen'rul Pershing knows where these here bird's light, Where them bumpin' trucks is bound for under camouflage o' night, When they can't take aero pitchers with their Kokkers i nthe sky Of our changes o' location by the trucks a-rollin' by. So altho' my bed is puddles an' 'Ira soaked through to the hide, My heart's out with the doughboys on their bouncin', singin' ride, They're bound for paths o' glory, or, p'rraps, to fight 'n' die — God bless that Yankee cargo in the trucks a-rollin' by. — L. W. Suckert, 1st Lt., A. S. Forty-six (ftrtlitte Mialnnj nf ilje B9tlj Itmaton, l. s>. A., iair, iaia. iaia ORGANIZATION. The 89th Division was organized under the provision of the Draft Law of May 18, 1917, providing for the great National Army. The men were drawn from the States of Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Arizona nad New Mexico. The junior officers were trained at the Fort Riley Training Camp during the summer of 1917 and came mostly from the States of Kansas, Missouri and Colo- rado. The senior officers came from the Regular Army. The first Commander was Major-General Leonard Wood, who assumed command at Fort Riley, Kansas, in August, 1917. TRAINING The first increment arrived at Camp Funston on the 5th of September, 1917, and continued through the fall, during which time the organization of the 89th Division and the Depot Rrigade were clothed, equipped and put through their first training. The various units were organized according to states, as far as was practicable. The 353rd Infantry was known from the beginning as the "All Kansas Regi- ment." Of the first draft every man was from Kansas and every county in the state was represented. Colonel James H. Reeves, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank R. Hawkins, Major James E. Stedge and Major W. F. C. Jepson were the Regular Army representatives on the official roster. Sixty-five assigned and seventeen attached reserve officers, almost all from the 5th Company, 14th Provisional Training Regiment, completed the list. In the spring of 1918 many transfers were made to other divisions. The replace- ments succeeding came from several of the widdle-west states. The regiment, how- ever, still remains 60 per cent Kansas men. The regiment was organized as a part of the 117th Rrigade, which was com- manded from the start by Rrigadier-General Frank L. Winn. With the regiment were brigaded the 354th Infantry and the 341st Machine Gun Rattalion. When General Winn acted as division commander, the brigade was commanded by Colonel James H. Reeves. Great difficulties in shortage of clothing, equipment and facilities for training were overcome, the cantonment was completed, epidemics of meningitis and other less serious diseases were conquered, and the training of the division maintained throughout the winter. The training followed the orders laid down by the War Department and included the instructions given by the French and Rritish officers sent to Camp Funston for that purpose. Forty-seven CHANGE IN COMMANDERS Major-General Wood left Camp Funston in November, 1917, for France and re- turned in April, 1918. During his absence the division was commanded by Brigadier- General Frank L. Winn. Training of the division continued until May, 1918, when General Wood took it to Camp Mills, N. Y., enroute to France. Just as the division was about to sail, General Wood was relieved from command and the division sailed under General Winn. JOURNEY OVERSEAS The division left Camp Funston, via Camp Mills, Hoboken and Halifax, for England and France. The 353rd Infantry left on the 25th and 26th of May, 1918, and arrived at Camp Mills, N. Y., on the 27th and 28th. After four days spent in completing the equip- ment the regiment embarked at Hoboken, N. J., June 3rd. The 1st and 2nd Battalions were on the H. M. S. Karmala. The 3rd Battalion and Headquarters Company on the H. M. S. Pyrrhus, and the Supply and Machine Gun Companies on H. M. S. Caronia. All came safely into Liverpool, England, on the evening of June 15th and debarked on the following morning. Trains were wait- ing to take the regiment to Camp Morn Hill and Camp Winnal Down near Win- chester. June 21st the regim,ent entrained for Southampton where transports were wait- ing to complete the journey to La Havre, France. The all-Kansas Begiment set foot on French soil on the morning of the 22nd of June, and marched immediately to a rest camp in the outskirts of the city. From the rest camp at La Havre the regiment continued by rail to the following stations: Begimental Headquarters, Headquarters Company, Supply Company and the 1st Battalion were located at Manois, the 2nd Battalion and Machine Gun Company at St. Blin, and the 3rd Battalion at Ramaucourt. TRAINING IN FRANCE A vigorous course of training was in accordance with A. E. F. orders. The 1st Battalion of the 353rd Infantry represented the 89th Division in a parade before General Pershing in Chaumont on Bastile Day (July 14th). The Commander-in- Chief comm/ended the men highly for the showing they made. The fine appear- ance, soldierly bearing and excellent work of the division soon gave it an enviable reputation in the American Expeditionary Forces. MOVING INTO THE LINE The 89th Division was the first American division to move up to the line by American truck transportation. It left the Beynel Training area the first part of August, moved up behind and relieved the 82nd American Division in the Lucy sector, northwest of Toul. FIBST ENGAGEMENT Before the command of the sector had been taken over by the commander of the 89th Division, and during the relief, the central parts of the sector were subjected to Forty-eight a severe bombardment of mustard gas by the Germans. This was the 89th Division's baptism of fire. The 117th Brigade went in on the right of the line with headquarters at Minon- ville The 353rd Infantry moved into the Limey sub-sector on August 6 in good order and apparently without knowledge of the part of the enemy. Dispositions were as follows: First Battalion on the outpost line along the Metz road. Second Battalion and Machine Gun Company in support of the Bois de la Baye and Bois de Haye. Regi- mental Headquarters, Headquarters and Supply Companies and the Third Battalion were in the reserve position at Manonville. The Division assumed an aggressive role of patrolling and dominating No Man's Land. Although no live identifications had been made for several weeks prior to the 89th Division entering the sector, from then on there were an average of almost one idntification per night. During the first part of August the division served under the 32nd French Army Corps and the VHIth French Army. Later the division passed under the 4th American Army Corps (Major-General Dickman) and the First American Army (Lieutenant-General Liggett) for the St. Mihiel Offensive. PREPARATION FOR THE ST. MIHIEL OFFENSIVE The 89th Division held the wide sector of 16 kilometers front until the night be- for the day of the big offensive. The mission of the division was not only to pre- vent the enemy from penetrating the line and gaining information of the offensive preparations, but also, on the day, to go over the top as a front line division and take the key to the enemy's position, the Bois de Mart Mare. The enemy made desperate attempts to capture prisoners, and to penetrate our line of outposts. He was foiled in every atempt. On the morning of August 19th the enemy laid down a heavy barrage along the outpost line. No casualties occurred, even though a 353rd Infantry patrol returned to our own lines during the barrage. A retaliation gas and shrapnel attack took place August 21st on the support position. The attack continued without stopping from 10 p. m. until 5 a. m. The Division Commander commended the men highly for their discipline and self control. The first hostile raiding party made its attack early August 31st on the outpost line held by the first platoon of L company. The enemy left two killed, two prisoners and carried back several wounded. Sergeant Hyndman was in command of the platoon. Again on September 7th the enemy sent over a strong raid ng party against the part of the outpost line held by D com- pany. An effort was made to cut the company off with a box barrage. Hand to hand fighting took place, three men were killed and seven wounded, but the enemy was completely defeated. While the enemy was making these efforts to gain information our regiment was sending out reconnaissance patrols every night. By the morning of the Pith of September all information of the enemy lines to our immediate front was in our hands. AIB BATTLES Air activity was intense on both sides during this time. Nearly every clear afternoon fighting was going on in the air over our lines between the German raiders and our own planes. From high in the air would come the faint popping of machine Forty-nine guns; the tiny fighting planes could scarcely be discerned, until a glint of sunlight from their shining wings would disclose their position. At almost any hour of the day, the buzz of a German observing plane might be heard, soon to accompanied by the booming of the anti-aircraft batteries stationed all about, and if the plane was not too high, by the insistent tap-tap of our machine guns from the ground. Daring raids were made on our observation balloons, and too often were successful. The huge sausage would be floating serenely in the air, when suddenly from behind some fleecy cloud would dart a swift plane, sweeping toward the balloon, pouring forth a stream of bright tracer bullets. If one of these penetrated the huge bag of inflamable gas, there would be a great burst of fire and smoke and the remnants of the balloon and its car would sink flaming to the earth. The occupant of the balloon seldom waited for this to happen. On the first approach of the plane, the balloon would be frantically pulled down; and if it went too slowly a little speck would be seen to detach itself from the great mass and float slowly to earth. This would be the observer, going home in his parachute. One afternoon a German plane, darting swiftly from one balloon to another, shot down three in as many minutes and flew safely back. Our own planes made similar attacks on the Ger- man baloons, and when we left the sector the score was slightly in our favor. On every clear night, German raiders would be heard going overhead to drop bombs on Toul and the railroad stations in the rear. Soon the giant searchlights would sweep the sky from half a dozen different points. If one of them picked out the raider, all would soon be concentrated upon him, and then the booming of the "Archies" (anti-aircraft guns) would begin and the bright explosions of their shells hight in the air, the great beams of the searchlights, the procession of long, cater- piller rockets sent up from the German lines to show the night wanderers the way home, all made up a picture of terrible beauty which its observers will never forget. It was often difficult to distinguish our own from the enemy planes by their markings. PROPAGANDA A rather amusing feature of this period of the war was the German propaganda. Nearly every night when the wind was blowing toward our lines, paper balloons would float over to us from the German lines. Attached to these were newspapers and pamphlets, badly printed in comical English and containing the crudest possible appeals to the American soldiers to quit fighting, to go home or come over and sur- render. Evidently many of them were intended to excite animosity towards the British; the means adopted to attain this end was to recite the history of the Revo- lutionary war, though with the omission of the part played by the Hessians therein. That their effort along this line was fruitless, is shown by the fact there was never a deserter in the 89th Division and it was not until the Germans were soundly trounced that the soldiers of the division quit fighting and went home. ST. MIHIEL OFFENSIVE Major-General William M. Wright assumed command of the division on the 6th of September, 1918. On the morning of September 12th the 89th Division commenced its first of- fensive, in company with the 1st Division, 2nd Division and the 42nd Division, the three most veteran divisions of the American Expeditionary Forces. The 89th Divi- sion captured all of its objectives and established its record as a reliable fighting division. Fifty The 177th Brigade had the mission of attacking on the right of the division sector, outflanking and mopping up the great Bois de Mart Mare, the key to the German position and of insuring the taking of Thiaucourt by the 2nd Division on the first day. RELIEF FROM THE PANNES-FLIREY-LIMEY SECTOR The 89th Division was relieved by the 37th American Division, which had come over from participation in the Argonne offensive. The relief was slow. The division was then assembled near Commerey and moved rapidly by bus to the Recicourt area in the rear of the 1st Army, October 9-12. On the 13th of October, the division was moved up in the rear of the 32nd American Division in the Epinonville sector and took over that line the 19th of October. The division proceeded to clean up the Bois de Bantheville and advance the front line nearly two kilometers. THE FINAL DBIVE OF THE WAR The general situation on the 1st of November was that the enemy was en- deavoring to withdraw from France and Belgium and was using desperate efforts to stop the pressure coming up from the south and applied by the American Army. It was absolutely necessary for him to hold this line in order to guard his railroads and permit his withdrawal to the north. If the Americans were permitted to get to the Meuse in the vicinity of Stenay, it was clear they could cut the important southern railway lines. The 89th Division went over the top on the morning of November 1st and took all its objectives on scheduled time. By night the Heights of Barricourt were in our possession. It is said that Marshall Foch stated, when he heard the news, "The war is over." The fighting continued night and day, first by one infantry brigade, then by the other, until the enemy was driven beyond the Meuse. In the second day's fight a great deal more use was made of automatic rifles than had been accomplished at any previous time; in fact, it was the only instance we have of the absolute value of marching fire. The value of the individual rifle- man was exemplified in this engagement. In the space of some 300 yards some 75 Cerman dead were found, after the fight, shot by rifle fire in the head or chest. Twice the Corps Commander provided for the relief of the 89th Division, but the division commander asked permission to stay in and complete the work. Final operation affected the crossing of the Meuse at two places, at Stenay and Pouilly, just before the armistice came into effect on November 11th. BECOBI) OF THE DIVISION In the St. Mihiel sector the division was in the line continuously for thirty-five days and continued on as a front line division through the offensive and in the or- ganization of the conquered ground for over twenty days more. In the Argonne, the division was in the line for twelve days of almost continuous fighting and then continued in the big drive of hard fighting for the last eleven days of the war. The division captured 194 German officers and 4,867 men. Also 127 pieces of artillery and 455 machine guns. The division advanced over thirty-eight kilometers including the penetration of two strongly deferred positions. Fifty-one The division suffered as casualties: Killed: oflicers, 48; men, 1,081. Wounded and gassed: officers, 201; men, 5,560. Missing in action: officers, 1; men, 57. Prison- ers: officers, 1; men, 4. ARMY OF OCCUPATION Major-General Frank L. Winn assumed command of the division on the 12th of November, 1918, and commenced its march on the 24th of November from the Meuse through Belgium and Luxemberg into Germany. The distance covered was approxi- mately 240 kilometers. Service during the period of occupation consisted largely of guard duty — interior, special, border and railroad guards. THE HOME COMING In may come the welcome news that the Division would go home. The 314th Trench Motar Battery had already departed, returning on January 10th. The move- ment from Germany to the port of embarkation at Brest was accompanied by a train daily from each of the three entraining points, Prum, Erdorf and Trier. The move- ment was accomplished with great smoothness and dispatch. The first element of the Division to sail from Brest embarked upon the Leviathan May 15th. Other ships used in bring ng the Division home were the Imperator, Agamemnon, America, Montana, Frinz Frederic Wilhelm and the Rotterdam. On arrival at New York, officers and men were sent to Camp Upton, N. Y., where some were discharged but most were sent to the various demobilization camps nearest their homes. A large majority of the men were discharged at Camp Funston, Kansas. GOODBYE Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, We're on the seas for France, We're on our way to make them pay The piper for the dance. To starboard and to port Our paint-splotched convoys toss, Grim thunderbolts in rainbow garb, We jam a path across. Our guns are slugged and set To smack the U-boat's eye — God help the Hun that tries his luck — Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. The decks are deep with men, We're going to God knows what. We'll be back God knows when. Old friends are at our sides, Old songs drift out to sea, Oh, it is good to go to war In such a company. The sun is on the waves That race to meet the sky, Where strange new shores reach out to Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, A long and weary while. Through all the drab and empty days, Remember us and smile. Our good ship shoulders on Along a line of foam. And every turn the screw goes round Is farther still from home. We 11 miss the things we left, The more the white miles fly. So keep them till we come again — Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. Fifty-two A Sraf ijtatorg of tift 35ilj Imtstnn The division was organized under War Department orders at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, September 13, 1917, from the National Guard units of Missouri and Kansas. On April 11, 1918, it began leaving for Camp Mills, N. Y., and sailed for France April 25, 1918, via Liverpool and Winchester, England, arriving in France May 11th. It trained with the British first in the area of Eu until June 11th, then to June 30th in the Arches area. From the training sector it went into the trenches in the Vosges in the De Galbert and Gerardmer sectors. On September 11th it was sent to the St. Mihiel sector, where it acted as Army Reserve during the operations. On September 21st the division relieved a French division in the Grange le Compte sector. It next went into the Meuse-Argonne offensive September 26th, in the Vanquoise sector until October 1st, when it was withdrawn and sent to the vicinity of Conde-en-Barrois where it arrived October 12th, and took over the Sommendiene sector. From there it was sent on November 9th to the training area near Commercy. Major-General W. M. Wright commander the division from August 25, 1917, to June 15, 1918. Brigadier-General N. F. McClure commanded for a period after June 15, 1918. Major-General Peter M. Traub was next given the command which he held until the armistice. The division captured from the enemy the following: 781 prisoners, 24 pieces of artillery, 85 machine guns and other material. It advanced twelve and one-half kilometers in the face of resistance. During active operations the following casualties were suffered: Killed, 960; wounded, 6,894; captured, 169; total, 8,023. Seventeen Distinguished Service Cresses were awarded to members of the division up to March 1, 1919. The following organizations composed this division: 69th Infantry Brigade, com- posed of the 137th and 138th Infantry Regiments, and 129th Machine Gun Battalion; 70th Infantry Brigade, composed of 139th and 140th Infantry Begiments and 130th Machine Gun Battalion; 60th Artillery Brigade, composed of 128th, 129th and 130th Artillery Begiments; 110th Trench Mortar Battery; 128th Division Machine Gun Bat- talion; 110th Engineer Regiment and Train; 110th Field Signal Battalion; 110th Train Headquarters and Military Police; 110th Supply Train; 110th Ammunition Train; 110th Sanitary Train, composed of 137th, 138th, 139th and 140 Ambulance Companies and Field Hospital. Fifty-three "A Cocktail of Flowers" by Roche and Co., Dancing Girls. Left to right: Erie Krebs, Eddie Crawford. William Pauly and Daniel Burns. Qudozeele, France. August 4, 1918. POILU You're a funny fellow, poilu, in your dinky little cap And your war worn, faded uniform of blue, With your multitude of haversacks abulge from heel to flap, And youl rifle that is 'most as big as you. You were made for love and laughter, for good wine and merry song, Now your sunlit world has sadly gone astray. And the road today you travel stretches rough and red nad long, Yet you make it, petit soldat, brave and gay. Though you live wi:hin the shadow, fagged and hungry half the while, And your days and nights are racking in the line, There is nothing under heaven that can take away your smile, Oh, so wistful and so patient and so fine. You are tender as a woman with the tiny one who crowd To upraise their lips and for your kisses pout. Still, we'd hate to have to face you when the bugle's sounding loud And your slim, steel sweetheart Rosalie is out. You're devoted to mustaches which you twirl with such an air O'er a cigarette with nigh an inch to run. And quite often you are noticed in a beard that's full of hair, But that heart of yours is always twenty-one. No, you do not "parlee English," and you find it very hard, For you want to chum with us and words you lack : So you pat us on the shoulder and say, "Nous sommes comarades." We are that, my poilu, pal, to hell and back. — Steuart M. Emery, Pvt., M. P. Fifty- four Uty? Ammratt fogum On February 15, 1919, twenty far seeing members of the A. E. F. met informally in Paris and began to seriously consider their future — and the future of all the men and women in the service. Knowing well their "Tommy Atkin" and the length of the memory of the citizen and law makers of this busy country of ours, they de- cided that there should be an all-embracing organization of veterans for mutual benefit, companionship and the maintenance of true American ideals. With these ideals constantly in view they have worked steadily toward the formation of the American Legion until at this time it is the outstanding veteran organization in our country, officially chartered by the Congress of the United States, which has been joined by over two million veterans. Since its inception the American Legion has waged a relentless fight for the right of the veterans, proper hospitalization, care, education and compensation for the disabled and an adjusted compensation for all. Through the efforts of the American Legion legislation has been enacted wh'ch will ultimately provide for proper care for the disabled and their dependents. At the present time the American Legion is fighting powerfully through their organization for the passage of a national adjusted compensation measure and also through the effort of the State Department of the Legion the Kansas State Legisla- ture has passed and the governor has signed a bill providing for an adjusted com- pensation by the state. This is to be voted on at the general election in 1922. The aim and ideal of the American Legion are both set forth by the preamble of the National Constitution, which states that: "For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following pur- poses: "To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Amer- icanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the Great War; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and na- tion; 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 trans- mit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." The National Commanders of the Legion to date have been Henry M. Lindsley, 1919; Franklin D'Olier, 1919; F. W. Galbraith, 1920; John Emery, 1921; Hanford Mc- Nider, 1921. The Kansas Department of the American Legion to date: Fifty-five 1919 — Dr. W. A. Phane, Commander; Thomas A. Lee, Vice-Commander; W. H. Kurtz, G. A. Withen, Albert N. Carr, National Committeemen. 1920 — Thomas A. Lee, Commander; G. A. Withen, Vice-Commander; W. W. Holloway, R. C. Meek, National Committeemen. 1921 — Wilder S. Metcalf, Commander; J. H. Bracken, Vice-Commander; R. C. Meek, James Todd, National Committeemen. WALTER J. LINDSTROM POST, AMERICAN LEGION, OSWEGO, KANSAS The American Legion Post at Oswego enjoys the distinction of having the second charter issued in the state of Kansas. Early in the spring of 1919, Ellsworth Hunt, Lester Smith, Fred Rettig and others of those who had returned home at that time, got together and applied for a charter. At the first meeting the question of a name was first discussed and it was unanimously decided to name our post after the first local boy killed in action, Walter J. L'ndstrom. The Walter Lindstrom Post has enjoyed prosperity and growth during the past two years and to the original fifteen charter members has been added some forty others with splendid prospects in the future. The Post boasts of club rooms and a membership that has the reputation of putting things over that they attempt. Members of this post represent all branches of the serV ce and nearly all of the well known fighting divisions are represented, including the 35th, 89th, 80th, 5th, 0th, 2nd, 1st, 79th, 42nd, 88th, 90th, and 3rd. Several Aero Squadrons and the leading transports and battleships of our Navy have their representatives with us as well. A number of the boys carry the wound chevron and there are a number with four service stripes. THERE'S ABOUT TWO MILLION FELLOWS There's about two million fellows from the North, South, East and West, Who scurried up the gang plank of a ship ; They have felt the guy ropes paying and the troop- ship gently swaying As it started on its journey from the country of the blest. They have washed in hard salt water, bucked the Army transport grub. Had a hitch of crow's nest duty on the way ; Strained their eyes mistaking white caps for a humpback Prussian sub Just at twilight when "the danger's great, they say." When their ship had lost the convoy they were worried just a bit, And rather thought the skipper should be canned ; And (he sigh of heartfelt feeling almost set the boat to reeling When each of those two million sighted land. There's about two million fellows that have landed here in France They're scattered, GOD and G. H. Q. know where ; By the cranes where steamers anchor, schooner, tramp, or greasy tanker. There's an O. D. outfit waiting just to make the cargo dance. They are chopping in the forest, double timing on the roads, Putting two- ways where a single went before ; In the cabs of sweating engines, pushing, pulling double loads When the R. T. O.'s in frenzied tones implore. For it's duty, solid duty with the hustling men be- hind, F-om he P. of E.'s on up to No Man's Land; And there's never chance of shirking when the boys up front are working — Night and day must go the answer to the front line's stern command. There's about two million fellows and there's some of them who lie Where eighty-eights and G. I.'s gently drop; Where trucks and trairs are jamming and the colonel he is damning Half the earth and in particular the Service of Supply. They have had a s'retch of trenches, beat the Prus- sian at his best, Seen their buddies fall like heroes right beside ; But — there's nigh two million fellows from the count'-y of the blest Who know the cause for which their comrades died, Who have crossed the sluggish shallows where their little life streams ran And broadened just a trifle, you will find ; And their vision's cleaner, clearer, and they hold just that much dearer The great and glorious land they left behind! — Albert J. Cook, Sgt.. Hq. Detch, Armp Corps Fifty-six IfetmmH of Jfarntjtt Wms of tlje H&nxttb Stairs Was chartered by Special Act of Congress in 1899 for the men of the Spanish- American War. Amalgamation, September 14th, 1914, with the following service men. Any officer or enlisted man or any honorably discharged officer or enlisted men, including contract or acting assistant surgeon, dental surgeon or veterinary surgeon who enlisted and served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States of America in Cuba or Porto Rica between April 21, 1898, and June 1, 1899, or who served in China Relief Expedition of 1900, in the Phillipines or Guam from April 21, 1898, to July 4, 1902. Department of Mindanao Phillipine Islands between February 4, 1899, and December 31, 1904, against Pala and his followers. Jolo, Phil- lipine Islands, April and May, 1905, against Datu Ali and his followers. Mindanao Phillipine Islands, October, 1905, or against hostile Moros on Bud-Dajo, Jolo, Phillipine Islands, March, 1906, or who has or may serve in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States of America in any Foreign Wars, Insurrections or Expeditions which service shall be governed by the ssuance of a campaign badge by the Government of the United States of America, shall be eligible to active mem- bership. Brown and Bishop Post No. 704, Parsons, Kansas, Veterans of Foreign Wars, was organized April 1, 1921, with a charter membership of 93. The post derived its name from two comrades who payed the supreme sacrifice in France, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Bishop. Meetings each second and fourth Wednesday of each month. The objects of this association are fraternal, patriotic, historical and educa- t'onal, to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members, to assist worthy comrades, to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their widows and orphans, to maintain true allegiance to the government of the United States of America and fidelity to its constitution and laws, to foster true patriotism, to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States of America from all her enemies whomsoever. A. C. Mann, Commander, • Brown and Bishop Post No. 704, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Parsons, Kansas. Fifty-seven SJabrttF (Enmity GIbapIn* Ammran Ki>ft fflrnsa ALTAMONT ANGOLA WILSONTON Organized, December 2nd, 1917. <. Parsntts, Kansas BRANCHES LABETTE BABTLETT VALEDA CHETOPA DENNIS OSWEGO EDNA MOUND VALLEY AUXILLARIES SPBINGHILL SALEM PRAIRIE VALLEY CALDWELL Fifty-eight Sri QlrnHis Mar GInmtril Henry P. Davidson, Chairman Charles D. Norton Grayson M. P. Murphy John D. Rvan Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr. William Howard Taft, ex-officio Eliot Wadsworth, Ex-officio The Red Cross War Council was appointed by President Wilson May 10, 1917, to do direct relief work in the United States and abroad during the war. Under the direct on of Chairman Davidson the Council organized the Red Cross forces of the country on a large scale until by November 1, 1917, the administrative machinery was complete. The number of persons then giving their services to the organization was not made public, but in France alone there were 864 members of the staff, of whom 517 were working without salary or living allowance from the Red Cross. NAVAL AUXILIARY BRANCH Later in the year the formation of Naval Auxiliaries of the American Red Cross throughout the United States was announced by Chairman Davidson, the step being taken in accordance with the wishes of the Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels. This branch which was under the d rection of Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, of Philadelphia, was conducted by women. Its main purpose was to distribute useful gifts con- tributed by patriotic women to the young men in the navy. MILLIONS FOR RED CROSS WAR FUND Early in May 1917, it was decided to create a separate fund known as the Red Cross War Fund. In one of the greatest drives of this kind on record millions of members were enrolled and more than $100,000,000 was subscribed to this fund in the first drive. Following the raising of this fund the chief theater of work was in connection with American and French troops and the civilian population in France. The principal activities of the Red Cross Commission in France, headed by Major Grayson M. P. Murphy, included the establishment of Canteens for every Corps of the American and French armies, the operation of hospitals in Paris and elsewhere, the building of a large hospital at Evian, near the Swiss frontier, for the reception and care of repatriated French people and the founding of hostels for the care of French children and orphans. Aside from this the Com- mission to France established a Red Cross supply service with many warehouses for the distribution of supplies to the hospitals throughout France, the rehabilitation of several French villages, and in co-operation with the Bockefeller institute aided in the fight against tuberculosis. *"ifty-nine The Red Cross Commissions were also actively interested in supplying American aid in Russia, Roumania, Italy, Serbia and other devasted countries. In the United States the work of the Red Cross was in the Cantonments, Army camps, Naval stations and were active wherever soldiers were stationed, not to mention the thousands of canteens established all over the country supplying medi- cal and general articles for use of the men in the service. The Red Cross sanitary service co-operated everywhere with public health officials preventing the outbreak of epidemics. In addition to this the American Red Cross workers knitted more than 15,000,000 garments for the Army and Navy, turned out 253,196,000 surgical dressings, 22,255,000 hospital garments and 1,464,000 refugee garments. The work was done under the direction of 3,870 chapters of the Red Cross with more than 31,000 branches and auxiliaries embracing more than 8,000,000 workers. The Red Cross Chapters throughout the United States did civilian relief work at home, established a nursing service and had the war continued would have furnished an unlimited number of trained nurses. While doing work abroad officers of the Red Cross were authorized to use military titles ranging from first lieutenant to major-general. They were also au- thorized to wear uniforms. The titles did not confer any military powers nor could they be used in the United States. United States Hospital Train bringing wounded soldiers from the Front to Base Hospitals at St. Nazalre, France Sixty 3Cabrit? (ttomttg Chapter Kmmtwx K?ft (Eross PARSONS. KANSAS ORGANIZED DECEMBER 2, 1917. (Previous to the organization of the Labette County Chapter, Red Cross, Parsons men and women were active and busy doing war work under the name "Woman's Navy League" which transferred its activities to the Red Cross Chapter.) ©rgaukntrmt SIGNATURES FOR THE CHARTER. C. M. Doughman I W. H. Martin C. 0. Humphrey E. W. Boardman Alexander E. Hawke I R. W. Coon H. A. Bryant | J. S. Smith C. V. Coggins C. H. Moriarty T. E. Donnellan I Frank Pfeiffer Will J. Van Meter I E. F. O'Herin P. P. Duffy I G. H. Hopper FIRST OFFICERS ELECTED Dr. E. W. Boardman, Chairman I Kirby Barton, Treasurer Mrs. W. H. Martin, Vice Chairman | George Karr, Secretary (Temporary) (Secretaries — Mrs. J. C. Eggleston, December 27, 1917, to October 1, 1918 ; Miss Ida Arnett, October 1, 1918, to January 6, 1919 ; Mrs. T. A. Cordy, January 6, 1919, to November 1. 1919.) SLOGAN "If your business and need of help to your Government interfere, why let your business go." MEMBERSHIP AND BRANCHES Immediately after organization committees were appointed on membership and other activities. The first Christmas Roll Call showed a membership of 6,933. Soon after there were organized active branches in Angola, Altamont, Bartlett, Chetopa, Dennis, Edna, Labette, Oswego, and Valeda, and auxiliaries in Caldwell, Prairie Valley, Salem, Spring Hill and Wilsonton, each with an active chairman and large memberships. The second Christmas Boll Call resulted in 8,384 members. PRODUCTION Early in January, 1918, active work under the Red Cross organization began and large shipments of supplies were sent to Central Headquarters at St. Louis. Mrs. J. C. Eggleston was chosen permanent secretary and gave her whole time to the work. Work rooms were established where knitting, cutting and sewing of garments and making of bandages and other hospital and war necessities were turned out in abundance. Actual figures of the work done appears in another part of this article. Sixty-one PUBLICITY The publicity committee, Mrs. T. A. Cordry, chairman, did fine work from the beginning, and as each feature of the work was mapped out this committee put it into public action. Their slogan was: "For your Red Cross, For my Red Cross, For our boys across the seas, we all must work, and none must shirk, to bring all safe home and free." BUILDING THE CANTEEN "HUT" The building of the Canteen "Hut" in Parsons at the early date of its erection is due to the personal effort of Miss Loura Dale Perry (chairman of Canteen Work and Military Relief Work Committees) and a few assistants, since there were no funds available in the Chapter for canteen service. Always an ardent believer in the need of a canteen in Parsons, Miss Perry, with three loyal supporters tagged at a base ball game, raising the first money. Afterwards others joined in this work and by giving musicals, dances, entertainments, etc., they not only raised sufficient money for building the Parsons Canteen Hut, but turned in a surplus of more than $350.00 to the Chapter. CANTEEN Canteen work took on an active part early in July, 1918, altho much good work had been done previous to this time by Red Cross members, in meeting trains and extending aid to soldiers passing thru Parsons. The splendid new Canteen building was erected at the M., K. & T. station and squads — a captain and fifteen ladies for each day, the school teachers having charge on Sundays and Mrs. Bertha Owens, commandant and Mrs. Frances Reynolds, assistant commandant, of Canteen, having charge of all purchasing — were serving from one to 200 soldiers a day from the beginning. The following table will give a better idea of the splendid work done by the workers: Number of Soldiers served 101,500 Number of sick and wounded Soldiers served 1,016 Coffee, gallons 4,700 i Tobacco, lbs 1,200 Iced drinks 7,000 | Cigars, boxes 50 Ice Cream, gallons 370 Matches, gross 67 Postcards 100,000 Magazines 100,000 Newspapers 500 Gum, boxes 175 Layer cake 600 Telegrams sent 80 Cigarettes, against Kansas State law to sell. Sandwiches 200,000 Cookies, lbs 3,250 Doughnuts, dozen 4,000 Pies 700 Chocolate bars, boxes 1,350 Candy, lbs 200 Fruit, bushels 503 Hot meals 234 Lunches VOO Cost to Canteen ..$7,130.01 CANTEEN TEAMS Mrs. Bertha Owens, Commandant. Mrs. Frances Reynolds, 1st Lieutenant. Mrs. Frances Reynolds was appointed commandant October, 1918, and served until the Canteen was closed in November, 1919. Monday Team Mrs. R. T. Orchard Captain Tuesday Team Mrs. M. J. McKnight Captain Wednesday Team Mrs. R. W. Gaddis Captain Thursday Team Mrs. S. A. Gottlieb Captain Friday Team Mrs. Harry H. Johntz Captain Saturday Team Mrs. Fred Stocker Captain Sunday Team — School Teachers Vesta and Cora Smith Captains Sixty-two CANTEEN WORKERS Mrs. Lora H. Walser Mrs. T. E. Donnellen Miss Helen Osgood Mrs. Nettie Castineau Mrs. L. L. Willey Miss Cora Marshall Mrs. Wanda Williams Miss Bertha Bertsch Mrs. Mabel Saylor Mrs. Beth G. Lewis Mrs. F. R. Hill Mrs. W. E. Wells Mrs. Delia Kennedy Miss Ethel Ubuek Mrs. Faud a E. Swaim Mrs. George M. Bamble Miss Lila Hueke Mrs. J. W. Athey Mrs. Helen Missildine Miss Betty Thornton Mrs. Martha B. Musser Miss Naoma Halloek Miss Verna Wise Miss Euphrasia Kirk Mrs. O. H. Neal Mrs. C. Clark Mrs. F. H. Moore Mrs. Isabell Martin Mrs. Anna C. Reily Mrs. Stella Blair Miss Veronica Brady Miss Louise Vedder Mrs. Emma Jones Mrs. Eliza Gross Mrs. Pearl Southwiek Mrs. Anna Thomas Miss Floy Campbell Mrs. Neota Corbett Mrs. Belle Emery Mrs. Mary Blackmore Miss Ethel M. White Miss Florence Delay Mrs. Emma A. Alexander Miss Viola Blackman Mrs. M. M. Galubee Miss Roma Hall Mrs. Nellie Pritchard Mrs. Mabel Steele King Mrs. Clifford Stevenson Mrs. E. H. Martin Mrs. Fannie Chappel Miss Creta Arnett Mrs. Cora Glauber Miss Alice Buckley Mrs. Norman Riley Mrs. Eva Marburger Mrs. E. Potter Maclean Miss Marguerite Chatham Mrs. John Maser Miss Bertha Perry Mrs. Minnie Bodwell Mrs. Clela Russell Miss Mildred Reid Miss Jimmie Murphv Mrs. G. C. Wall Mrs. Anna Sauter Mrs. Harriet Doughman Mrs. Ceola Wharton Miss Mary L. Scott Miss Mabel Madden Mrs. Hattie Young Mrs. Maude Funston Mrs. J. M. Gregory Mrs. Carrie Webb Mrs. Nellie Parker Mrs. Sallie Wilson Mrs. Myrtle Bailey Mrs. Elizabeth Waters PABSONS RED CROSS CANTEEN Sixty-three CANTEEN WORKERS— MONDAY— MRS. R. T. ORCHARD, CAPTAIN Miss Dessa Rohm Miss Lena Skelton Mrs. Lillie Roardman Miss Helen Piper Mrs. P. T. Foley Mrs. M. J. McKnight Mrs. Ida M. Shide Miss Evelyn Peck Mrs. C. R. Lindsay Miss Mildred Wirth Neely Miss Mattie Moore Miss Loretta McCarthy Miss Ruth Rusley Miss Clara Morris Mrs. Roy Trullinger Miss Laura Clarke Mrs. Relle Curry Miss Nora Hacker Mrs. Maud Miller Mrs. Carrie Orme Mrs. George White Mrs. Hilda Condon Miss Isabell Neely Miss Hazel Rlair Mrs. Katherine Poole Mrs. Relle Cadmus Miss Minnie Olson Mrs. R. K. Rlair Miss Dorothy Moore Mrs. Charles Lewis Mrs. Jennie Chellis Miss Vesta Smith Mrs. Gertrude King Miss Clara Louise Osgood Mrs. Pearl Johntz Miss Opaline Saylor Mrs. R. M. Kleinhans Miss Myrtle Rurnette Miss Hilma Goodin Mrs. Rlanche Clark Mrs. Fred Stocker Mrs. Rertha Owens Mrs. William Strasburger Mrs. Rose Gillett Mrs. Lorain Haner Miss Ada Arnett Miss Marie Frances Willis Miss Hildegard Hewitt Miss Lois Elswick Miss Katherine Lonberger Miss Cora Smith Miss Sadie Corbett Mrs. Ida Dunn Orchard Mrs. Anna Kersey Miss Mabel Rurnette Mrs. Anna Flvnn Mrs. T. R. Potter Mrs. Max Dannenbaum Miss Emil Steele Miss Hallie Rude Miss Leta M. Scott Mrs. Gibbons Miss Hazel Mills Miss Rlanche Tomlinson Miss Carrie Elswick Mrs. M. Gottlieb Mrs. Frances Pevnolds Mrs. Harry Raldwin Mrs. E. L. Green Miss Ida Cordry Miss Fern Gary Miss Lola Pierson Mrs. S. A. Munneke Mrs. J. R. Farriss Mrs. Albert Quick Mrs. Marie Gaddis Mrs. Fred Stocker Sixty-four •Seine vf tltc u lBtxxk fi.vm\i r Ursitiis PARSONS HOSPITAL GARMENTS Pajama suits 3,051 Undershirts 1,134 Helpless Case Shirts 415 Operating leggings 146 Bandaged foot socks 327 Bed shirts 1,477 Under drawers 1,605 Bed jackets 383 Convalescent robes 161 Trench slippers 70 Total 8,796 REFUGEE GARMENTS Layettes (32 pieces) 26 Girls dresses 1,312 Girls petticoats 2,871 Girls drawers 327 Girls waists .- 30 Boys shirts 78 Baby jackets 10 Baby booties 165 Girls chemise 267 Girls nightgowns 17 Girls pinafores 130 Womens aprons 120 Womens shawls 2 Bovs undershirts 383 Babv caps 10 Diapers 36 Total 6,920 KNITTING DEPARTMENT Sweaters 1,012 Helmets 382 Mufflers 79 Hot water bottle covers 23 Sunshine Afghans 4 Wristlets 833 Sox, pairs 2,758 Wash rags 78 Trench caps 6 Boys scarfs 3 Total 5,158 SURGICAL DRESSING DEPARTMENT Government pads 15,000 Other pads 490 9x9 Compressers 860 Sculletus 310 2x2 Wipes 34,241 Miscellaneous for Canteen 75 4x4 Wipes 173,300 8x4 Compressers 111,362 5-vard rolls 158 Many tailed 2,040 Triangular 3,013 Shot bags 3,750 Total 344,599 > > * ^ * V <~^ * - L LJ-L_k ^sr^lil , CANTEEN WORKERS— TUESDAY— MRS. M. J. McKNIGHT, CAPTAIN Sixty-five CANTEEN WORKERS— WEDNESDAY— MRS. R. W. GADDIS, CAPTAIN MANUEL TRAINING DEPARTMENT Miscellaneous articles Bedside tables 23 Boxes for shipping 50 Splints 1,140 Scrap books 145 896 Total 2,254 CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT (Motor Corps) First Drive (Clothing): Gathered and sent 90 boxes, weighing a total of 15,160 pounds. Second Drive (Linen shower for hospitals in France) : Hand towels, 1,000; sheets, 250; handkerchiefs, 1,000. Total 2,250. Third Drive (Fruit Pits and nut shells to make carbon gas for gas masks) : Gathered, sorted and sent 2,995 pounds. Fourth Drive (Tinfoil and platinum) : Gathered 265 pounds of tinfoil; old silver sold $5.30. Fifth Drive (Magazines and old newspapers) : Magazines, 12,000 pounds; old papers, 10,000 pounds. These sold for $75.00. Cleanup: Ten braided rugs made from scraps left in work room, sent to nurses and officers rooms in hospitals in France. Special mention is made of the work done by the Motor Corps since it was men's jobs done by women. They made trips to all branches of Red Cross in county, gathered in supplies, delivered the freight, made Canteen calls and were always on the job when there was anything to haul for the Red Cross. HERE THEY ARE Captain — Mrs. George R. White First Lieutenant — Mrs. Mabel Steele King Second Lieutenant — Mrs. Wayne Condon Sergeant — Mrs. J. C. Missildine Sixty-six ACTIVE WORKERS Mrs. C. Berglund Mrs. J. R. McCaffrey Mrs. A. L. Leonard Mrs. L. L. Waller Miss Pauline Drew Miss Ruth Johnson Miss Roma Hall Miss Helen Piper Mrs. E. W. Boardman Mrs. Theo. Weisbrod Trucks were fcirn'shed free to the Motor Corps for hauling by Alex Phillipy F. M. Watt M. M. Price ROXES SENT OVERSEAS A Christmas Box was sent to every "Roy" in the service from Labette County. WAR FUND DRIVES (Red Cross) The first drive for War Funds took place in June, 1917 (before a Red Cross Chapter had been organized in Labette county). EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE C. H. Doughman, Chairman W. H. Martin, Campaign Manager T. E. Donnellan, Treasurer Dr. E. W. Boardman II. F. Anderson 0. C. Humphrey E. F. O'Herin t FIFTEEN TEAMS Team No. 1 C. H. Moriarty Captain Team No. 2 Will Van Meter Captain Team No. 3 H. A. Rrvant Captain Team No. 4 L. A. Walker Capatin Team No. 5 P. P. Duffy Captain Team No. 6 .....G. H. Cooper Captain Team No. 7 J. S. Smith Captain Team No. 8 C. V. Coggins Captain Team No. 9 R. M. Kleinhans Captain Team No. 10 C. Reuthinger Captain Team No. 11 Rev. A. E. Hawke Captain Team No. 12 Frank Foresman Captain CANTEEN WORKERS— THURSDAY— MRS. S. A. GOTTLIER, CAPTAIN Sixty-seven CANTEEN WORKERS— FRIDAY— MRS. HARRY H. JOHNTZ, CAPTAIN Team No. 13 John Martin Captain Team No. 14 Frank Pfeiffer Captain Team No. 15 Ralph Coon Captain Parsons allotment was $15,000.00 Parsons, alone, went over the top with $19,300.00 Rest of the county 12,465.00 Total $31,765.00 SECOND WAR FUND (Red Cross) Quota for Labette county $25,000.00 Amount raised $44,510.00 CASH RECEIVED AND PAID OUT From December 2, 1917, to September 1, 1919. Cash received at Chapter headquarters (alone) $69,899.63 Cash paid out at Chapter headquarters (alone) $48,505.57 Cash on hand, Chapter headquarters : $21,394.06 Cash on hand in branches $10,256.06 Total cash on hand in Labette County Chapter $31,650.12 CASH SENT TO NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Surplus from Chapter headquarters $ 3,476.56 Surplus from 10 branches 4,496.75 Government credit for surgical pads 3,648.98 Total $11,622.29 NURSES Miss Gertrude Hazen, Overseas. Annie Hayes, Overseas. Miss Florence Evert, Army Camp. Miss Gertrude Evert, Army Camp. Miss Edna Copes, Army Camp. Agnes Covalt, Army Camp. Sixty-eight CAiNTEEN WORKERS— SATURDAY— MRS. FRED STOCKER, CAPTAIN NURSES— GRADUATE AND IN TRAINING Mrs. Matilda E. Ridgby Marguerite McChesney Ethel V. Rates Miss Kate Goundy Miss Ada Mattox Mrs. Carola E. Hatzfield Gertrude Johnston Mabel A. Cannard Eunice P. Cannard Miss Cora M. Marshall Mrs. Royer Miss Lena Guiles Miss Elizabeth Gore Moran Mrs. Tom Brogan Mrs. J. B. Hinthorne Mrs. G. F. Ridgeway Mrs. Julius Rotter Sister Hubertine Sister Darilla Sister Columbia Sister Mary Conzaga Sister Mary Michael Miss Anna O'Brien NURSES— FIRST AID CLASS Dr. T. D. Blasdel, Instructor and President. Miss Hazel Wright, Secretary. Helen Buholt Edna Copes Mary E. Curtis Mrs. J. L. Chatham Marguerite Chatham Mrs. G. L. Danforth Emma Doyle Mrs. Mary N. Dodd Mrs. Fannie Edwards Irma Edwards Cecelia W. Humbert Leota Sue Kendall Mabel Kelley Pearl Carney Liddell Lena E. Lynd Blanch Duncan Florence Gaither Roma Hall Hildegard Hewitt Bertha Perry Mrs. Mabel Randell Helen Bowland Sarah E. McKnight Rachel E. Mentzer Katheryn C. Poole Opaline F. Saylor Beth Spooner Mrs. L. L. Willey Louis Zingraff Maude Watson Ethel B. Wells Crete Arnett Mrs. E. H. Anthony Mrs. Mary Barton Mamie Bever Marie Dougherty Cordelia Brigham Zaida Rowland Helen Russell Mrs. Mamie Scheibner Leita Scott Clara Wiggins Miss Willis Sixty-nine Miss Gertrude Hazen, Chetopa, Kansas, spent ten months in France as a Canteen worker. Miss Hazen was one of the last of the Canteen workers to leave for America, which was after the American soldiers had departed. Of the many Labette County girls who applied to do Canteen work, Miss Hazen was the only one permitted to go overseas. THE RAINBOW CLUB The Rainbow Club in the Red Cross was composed of mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts of the Rainbow Division boys and all were loyal workers for the Red Cross. RED CROSS MEMORIAL SERVICES The first Red Cross Memorial Services, honoring the memory of the Soldier Boys of Labette County, who have given their lives for their country, were held at Oswega, Kansas, September 29, 1918. W. H. Martin, chairman of services, Dr. J. M. Kersey, address, eulogy and presentation of Bed Cross wreath. This was an inspiring occasion, with Labette County's entire population present. SECOND MEMORIAL SERVICES (Under the auspices of the War Camp Community Service.) The second Memorial Service honoring deceased Labette County boys in the service, was held at City Hall park, Parsons, Kansas, July 27, 1919, in which the Red Cross assisted in several ways. Dr. E. W. Boardman with an appropriate speech, unfurled the "Gold Glory" flag in which there were 61 gold stars for our Labette County heroes. The County Service flag, with 1,442 stars, the number of boys returning from service, was demobilized also. These two flags were made in the Bed Cross work rooms under the direction of the secretary. The "Gold Glory" flag was made by Hannah Jamerson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the County Service flag by Antietam Circle, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Ex-Governor Hoke, of Kansas, delivered the principal Memorial address. cljfi ,-rcrcg. mJ-HI ii -■'«■ — i ■ - . -J. . . V r B ■ 1 ■: . ,=i ■ i"H i. Iky, • JJJftrffi' 9tf3 " ■■•i."'"; ■•:;: ;;: ; ^'::;.; v r r ;:-.,^,^? -: : jjflr CANTEEN WORKERS-SUNDAY— CORA AND VESTA SMITH, CAPTAINS Seventy DENNIS The first to ask permission to organize a branch of Labette County Chapter were the people of Dennis. Organized with the following officers: Roy F. O'Brien, Chairman; Mrs. W. S. Mortimer, Vice Chairman; J. C. McGee, Treasurer; Mrs. R. B. Edmundson, Secretary. The branch started with 440 members. Work Accomplished Surgical Dressings 25,750 Hospital garments 714 Knitted garments 152 Government pads 425 Comfort kits 6 Refugee garments 140 Shot bags 325 Hospital pillow slips 8 Sheets 12 Bath towels 25 Hand towels 50 Handkerchiefs 50 Approximately $1,400.00 was sent away for war supplies and $522.68 given for re-construction work. CHETOPA Chetopa was organized with Mrs. Mary Williams secretary, and did fine work in all departments. Besides their work room activities and financial efforts the Chetopa Red Cross workers w r ere always actively engaged in war work. EDNA Edna was organized with the following officers: Miss Laura Kesler, chairman; Mrs. H. P. Hardin, vice chairman; Mrs. W. L. Conneway, treasurer; Mrs. C. E. Kallen- berger, secretary. The work done by ladies of this branch was splendid, even to the old ladies and young girls. Besides their work room activities Edna branch sent in 23 sheets, 57 bath towels, 72 hand towels, 79 handkerchiefs. OSWEGO Oswego was organized and began active work with the following officers: Sam Carpenter, Chairman; Mrs. Kate McGregor, vice chariman; Mrs. Anna B. Gossard, treasurer; Mrs. Mary Gray, secretary. Oswego may be proud of her workers, especially Mr. O. Gossard, who gave practically all of his time to Red Cross work in the county. ALTAMONT Altamont branch was organized January 6, 1918, with the following officers: C. H. Miller, chairman; Mrs. I. G. Gibson, vice chairman; Mrs. W. L. Hudgen, treasurer; Mrs. G. S. Grant, secretary. Seventy-one The six hundred members of this branch were responsive to all calls and also the refugee work. The Labette County High School assisted greatly in Junior work. BARTLETT Bartlett was organized with the following officers: T. G. Knowles, chairman; F. T. Stephens, treasurer; Miss Theresa O'Brien, secretary. BARTLETT RED CROSS WORKERS Miss Theresa O'Brien, Chairman Mrs. Carrie Parnell Mrs. Edna Crane Mrs. Sylvia Vance Miss Jennie Batv Mrs. Addie Gillet Mrs. T. G. Knowles Mrs. T. P. O'Brien The output of their Surgical Dressings Department was 15,375. Sheets 12 Bath towels 26 Hand towels 55 Handkerchiefs 50 Receipts $2,468.05 The Barlett branch had the distinction of being the first to go "Over the Top" in every drive in the county. Miss Theresa O'Brien, secretary, was a leading light in all Red Cross work, chairman of Woman's Work Committee, supervisor and instructor of Surgical Dressings Department, attended to packing and shipping, chairman of Woman's Committee in Victory Loan Drive and spent practically all her time to Red Cross work. Miss O'Brien with eight others earned the honor of wearing the Red Cross on their caps. LABETTE The Labette branch was organized December 16, 1917, a few days after the Chapter was organized at Parsons, with the following officers: L. Rude, chairman; L. W. Jackson, vice chairman; J. B. Dick, treasurer; Miss Zenith Mullen, secretary. Miss Alice Rude was chairman of woman's work. Seventy- two MOUND VALLEY The Mound Valley branch was organized March 12, 1918, with officers as follows: I. M. Hinds, chairman; A. L. Bushnell, treasurer; Mrs. Coma Chapman, secretary. In July they had a membership of 920. ANGOLA Angola branch was organized March 15, 1918, with Mrs. Harriet B. Carr, chair- man; F. W. Nelson, treasurer; Mrs. Mamie Lugenbeal, secretary. In July thev had 284 members. VELEDA Veleda was the last of the ten branches organized for Labette County. Officers were: Charles Fitch, chairman; Mrs. A. H. McCarty, vice chairman; A. H. McCarty, treasurer; Mrs. Fred Wimmer, secretary. AUXILIARIES AND OFFICERS ALPHA READING CLUB (for Knitting)— Mrs. C. B. Fessenden, chairman; Mrs. J. L. White, treasurer; Mrs. Kirby Bartin, secretary. Membership 23. CALDWELL — Mrs. Charles Dale, chairman; Mrs. H. F. Briggs, treasurer; Miss Mabel Bichardson, secretary. Membership 27. MONTANA — T. A. Sprague, chairman; Alice Sprague, treasurer; Susie Hertzig, secretary. Membership 12. PRAIRIE VALLEY — Mrs. W. M. Bowman, chairman; Mrs. Ray Taylor, treasurer. Membership 17. PERSERVERANCE (Colored)— Mrs. J. W. Wood, chairman; Mrs. Mattie Shep- herd, treasurer; Mrs. Lillian Christman, secretary. Membership 32. SALEM — Mrs. J. A. Needs, chairman; Mrs. Lydia J. Birt, treasurer; Mrs. Stella Barnhart, secretary. Membership 12. SPBINGHILL— Mrs. Anna K. Scott, chairman; May Wheat, treasurer; Naoma Wheat, secretary. Membership 17. WILLING WORKERS— Edith Hevel, chairman; Mrs. F. W. Montgomery, treas- urer; Mrs. Ernest Houn, secretary. Membership 22. WILSONTON— Mrs. W. R. Weeks, chairman; Mrs. Effie Burkhart, treasurer; W. B. Weeks, secretary. Membership 38. LAST ACTIVE WAR WORK The last appearance of Labette County Chapter in parade was on July 4, 1919, when the entire county gave a HOME COMING DAY for the boys from service. Everything was free. Canteen workers served the big dinner. Seventy-three OFFICERS J. M. Kersey, Chairman Roy O'Brien, Vice Chairman Norman Riley, Secretary Kirby Barton, Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS 0. Gossard, Oswego. Mrs. J. F. Reily, Parsons Charles M. Doughman, Parsons 1. N. Hinds, Mound Valley Rev. Alexander Hawke, Parsons J. M. Kersey, Parsons Roy F. O'Brien, Chetopa George Karr, Parsons W. H. Martin, Parsons Norman Riley, Parsons Kirby Barton, Parsons T. E. Donnellan, Chairman of Publicity Mrs. J. F. Reily, Chairman of Nursing Service. Mrs. Rose Patrick, Chairman of Home Service Section. BRANCHES AND CHAIRMEN Oswego — Frank Proctor Chetopa — H. R. Huston Mound Valley — George Jepson Dennis — F. W. Johnson Bartlett — Grant Owens I Valeda— W. S. Smith Altamont — Byron Dixon Angola — Mrs! H. B. Carr Fdna — Miss Laura Kesler Labette — L. Bude Gassed patients being taken to Field Hospital No. 326 in U. S. Ambulances. Patients are members of 82nd and 89th Divisions. North of Royaumeix, France, August 8, 1918. Seventy-four Smttnr IStrt Qlroaa J. F. BARNHILL, FIRST CHAIRMAN Organized December 15, 1917; 2839 Members. WORK DONE Knitting — Sox, pairs 64 Wristlets 93 Scarfs 2 Booties, pairs 6 Sweaters 25 Caps 17 Helmets 1 Sunshine Afghans 5 Hospital Garments — Bed Coats 40 Refugee Garments — Aprons 63 Petticoats 401 Chemise 2 Complete Layettes 10 Dresses 17 Drawers 24 Bovs' Shirts 18 Baby Comforts 10 Salvage and Conservation — Tinfoil, pounds 265 Nuts and Pits, pounds 2995 Helped gather magazines and old paper. Miscellaneous Camp Supplies — Cheer Bags 100 Gun Wipes 75,000 Story books 110 "Housewives" 84 Shot Bags 5000 Miscellaneous Hospital Supplies — Operating Caps 75 Towels 50 Operating Leggings 17 Bag Bugs 10 Manuel Training — Packing Cases 50 Splints 1500 Bedside Tables 17 Food Production — Had many gardens. Chapter Services — Each school had a messenger service and helped with unpacking at headquart- ers. Amount collected, $709.75. George Karr, present secretary. Charles T. Main (overseas) F. E. Carson (overseas) C. C. Wilkins (camp Pike) Rev. R. E. Maclean (overseas) g. JUL C £. Dan Davis ,Southern Camp) Harry Bane Boss (overseas) B. T. Stone (overseas) g. m c «&. The Labette County Y. W. C. A. was ready at all times to assist in the drives or other war work. The workers of the organization in the county are: Mrs. O. M. Davis, County Chairman. Mrs. H. W. Morris, Oswego. Mrs. Alice Rude, Labette. Mrs. Grace Shults, Chetopa. Miss Theresa O'Brien, Bartlett. Miss Laura Kesler, Edna. Mrs. Harry Beck, Altamont. Coma Chapman, Mound Valley. Mrs. Mamie Lugenbeal, Angola. Mrs. E. H. Peters, Edna. Mrs. Harry Van Vleck, (Camp Fire Girls) Parsons. Seventy-five ^mgltts uf Olultttttlnis During the World War the Knights of Columbus, through their National Or- ganization carried on a most wonderful work of relief, both overseas among our boys and at home in the army camps, also civilian relief work. In Labette County the Knights of Columbus raised $6,000.00 for war work be- sides doing local civilian relief work. The officers during the war period were: G. A. Hayden, Grand Knight. F. L. Wolridge, Deputy Grand Knight. J. M. Dunlap, Chancellor. F. L. Carpenter, Financial Secretary. R. B. Abies, Treasurer. J. P. O'Connor, Warden. The Knights of Columbus have a membership of 260. POSTAL SERVICE Parsons was represented in the U. S. Army Postal Service in France by Charles B. Martin. Left for France May 15, 1918. Postmaster 92nd Division. Gassed near Metz. Wounded by Shrapnel in the Argonne. Arrived in America April 3, 1919, as a casual. ED. BERO— RED CROSS OVERSEAS Left home December 27, 1917. Returned February 19, 1919. Mr. Bero left a good business, a wife and daughter and paid his own expenses. He worked in the hospitals and trenches in France, helping "The Boys." GEORGE KARR— RED CROSS OVERSEAS Left home December 27, 1918. Returned February 19, 1919. Mr. Karr left a fine business and family to go to France — searcher for the Ameri- can Red Cross. Wounded twice. True American hero. THE RETURN OF THE REFUGEES They pick their way o'er the shell-pocked road As the evening shadows fall, A man and woman, their eyes a- gleam With awe at war's black pall. The straggling strands of her snowy hair Are tossed in the wind's rude breath ; His frail form shakes as the whistling guests Sweep o'er the fields of death. With straining eyes, hearts beating fast, They seek to gaze ahead "To where they left their little home When from the Hun they fled. 'Neath the heights of a hill o'erlooking the vale, Half hid in a purple shade. The dim outline of the town comes to view, And they hasten down the glade. At last the town, the street, and home ! But God! Can it be this?— This pile of stones, this hideous bulk, This gaping orifice? The sun has set. The evening star Sends down its soothing light. Gone are the tears ; their hearts are strong — "For God, for France, and Right !" Seventy-six American Dressing Station in France Showing ways of sending patients to the hospital, 137th Ambulance Company, Camp De Galbert, Alsace, Germany, August 31st, 1918. Seventy-seven 1— LAWRENCE BARRON 2— ROSCOE WILSON 3— EUGENE R. STEWART 4— EDMUND McCREARY 5-WALTER R. LINDSTROM 6— ALFRED BAKER CARIPENTER 7— JOSEPH L. STRICKLAND 8— GEO. EARL MOLLENHOUR Seventy-eight SERGEANT ALFRED BAKER CARPENTER Enlisted December 14, 1917, at Joplin, Mo., in the Coast Artillery. Was sent first to St. Louis, Mo., then to Fort McArthur (California). Then to Fort Winfield Scott. Then sent to Fortress Monroe (Virginia). Then to Fort Screven (Georgia) where he became a part of the 75th Rfegular Artillery which left Camp Merritt about October 1st, 1918, for overseas service. On the way to France he con- tracted influenza and died of pneumonia while the ship rested in the harbor at Bi-est, France, October 15, 1918. His remains were shipped back to this country and buried at Oswego, November 3, 1918. He was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Carpenter and brother of John Carroll Carpenter, all who reside at Oswego, Kansas. WALTER RAY LINDSTROM Entered the service April 27, 1918. Received first training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Sailed for France with his Division June 3, 1918. Was assigned to Machine Gun Co. 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. In the Meuse-Argonne offensive, November 4th, 191S, he was severely wounded by shell fire and died November 7th, 1918. The American Legion Post at Oswego bears his name. He was the first Oswego boy killed in action. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lindstrom, resides at Oswego, Kansas. EDMUND McCREARY Entered the service May 28, 1918. Received his first training at Camp Funston (Kansas) and Camp Dodge (Iowa) was assigned to Company M, 351st Infantry, 88th Division. Left for Camp Mills (New York) August 6, 1918. After a short stay there went with his Division overseas. It was while he was stationed at the front lines that he contracted pneumoina and was taken back to a Base Hospital at Hericourt, France, where he died October 15, 1918. His remains were brought home and buried at Oswego with military honors, May 29, 1921. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will McCreary, reside at Oswego, Kansas. JOSEPH LEROY STRICKLAND Entered the service July 22, 1918. Stationed and in training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. G, 70th Infantry. Died with influenza October 7, 1918 at Camp Funston (Kansas). His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Strickland, reside near Oswego, Kansas. SERGEANT LAWRENCE PERCY BARRON Enlisted in the Regular Army January, 1912, Co. H, 2nd Begiment, Infantry, stationed at Jefferson Barracks (Missouri) and Schofield Barracks (Hawaii). September 6 ,1913, promoted to corporal. December 11, 1914, promoted to sergeant, which position he held until the expiration of his enlistment, January, 1915. Enlisted in the Navy, December 4, 1917. Was stationed at Mare Island Navy Yards (San Francisco) until May, 1918, when assigned to the Ship Konigan de Nederlanden, which sailed through the Panama canal and going into port at Norfolk, Va. Leaving this port August 15, 1918, for France. When seven days out at sea he contracted bronchial pneumonia and died. Was buried at his home, Bartlett, Kansas. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barron, reside at Bartlett, Kansas. GEORGE EARL MOLLENHOUR Enlisted in the army. May 5, 1917. Received first training at Burlington, Kansas, and Camp Doniphan (Oklahoma). Assigned to Co. C, 137th Infantry, 35th Division. Went to Camp Mills, N. Y., April 30, 1918. Sailed for France in May, 1918, via Liverpool, England. Was on the battle front in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, where on the morning of September 27, 1918, he was struck in the chest by a piece of shrapnel, wounding him severely. He died, A Hero, where he fell, before the stretcher bearers could carry him to the rear. His age was 21 years, 11 months and 11 days. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Mollenhour, reside at Chetopa, Kansas. EUGENE REGNIER STEWART Entered the service August 24, 1918. Was assigned to Ambulance Co. and Field Hospital 24, Medi- cal Department at Fort Riley (Kansas). From there he was sent to Camp Harry J. Jones (Douglas, Arizona) : remained there until October 24, 1918. Then sent to Whipple Barracks (Prescott, Arizona), a few days after his arrival at Whipple Barracks he contracted bronchial pneumonia from which he died November 6, 1918. His remains were sent home and buried at Bartlett. His age was 22 years, 4 months and 24 days. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Stewart, reside at Bartlett, Kansas. CORPORAL ROSCOE WILSON Enlisted in the U. S. Army May 3, 1917. Received his first training at Camp Doniphan (Oklahoma). On April 13, 1918, he was sent to Camp Mills, N. Y. After a few days there he sailed for France. On September 29, 1918, in the battle of the Meuse-Argonne he was severely wounded by flying shrapnel and died the following day in a hospital. He served his country 1 year and 5 months. His age was 29 years, 6 months. His remains were brought back to Edna, October 9, 1921, and buried with military honors by the American Legion. The Post at Edna ia named after him. His mother, Mrs. Rebecca R. Wilson, resides at Edna, Kansas. Seventy- nine 1— WARREN H. WILLISON 2— CHESTER G. UMPHENOUR 3— WILLIAM C. BAXTER 4— JOHN WILLIAM FOWLER 5— CLYDE D. GARDNER 6— JOSEPH CLARENCE STARTZ 7_OSCAR ROLAND BERRY 8— ARTHUR J. CHANSLER Eighty CLYDE D. GARDNER Enlisted in the U. S. Army April 11, 1918. Assigned to Co. "D," 66th Engineers. Served in France one year, was stationed at St. Florentine and Montaigis, France. During the return trip home he became ill and was sent to a hospital at Camp Dodge (Iowa), from there to United States Army General Hospital No. 21, Denver, Colorado. At the latter hospital he improved and was to have been discharged February 7, 1920. On February 5, 1920, he contracted pneumonia and died February 12th. Was a charter member of the American Legion Post, William D. Davis, No. 34, Bunell, Colorado. Attended the public schools in Parsons. Was employed in the M., K. & T. Ry. boiler shops. Parsons, at the time of his en- listment. His parents, Elmer E. and Susie Garnder, reside in Parsons, Kansas. SERGEANT CHESTER G. UMPHENOUR Enlisted in the Regular Army July 1, 1916 : was a member of Battery "C," 17th Field Artillery. Served in France and was in the thick of the struggle when killed in action, November 6, 1918, just five days before the armistice was signed. His mother, Mrs. A. E. Umphenour. resides in Parsons, Kansas. SERGEANT WARREN HENRY WILLISON Enlisted in the army February 5, 1918. Served with 31st Co., Depot Brigade and Headquarters Co., 354th Infantry, 89th Division, at Camp Funston (Kansas I. Promoted to sergeant May 29, 1918. Left Camp Funston May 30, 1918, and landed in France June 21, 1918. Was in the battle fronts at St. Mihiel and later in the Argonne Forest drive, where he was killed in action, November 1, 1918, by a high ex- plosive shell. Was buried where he fell, later was reburied at the National Cemetery, Romane, France. Was brought back to the United States and buried at Erie, Kansas, October, 1921. His father, C. E. Willison, resides at Muskogee, Okla. JOSEPH CLARENCE STARTZ Entered the service September 19, 1917. Received first training at Camp Funston (Kansas) and Camp Doniphan (Oklahoma). Assigned to Co. "F," 110th Ammunition Train, 35th Division. Embarked for "overthere" May, 1918. Was taken sick on board ship with spinal meningitis and died May 25th, 1918. Was buried at sea. His mother, Mrs. Mary Startz, resides near Liberty, Kansas, and a brother, George Startz, resides in Parsons, Kansas. OSCAR ROLAND BERRY Entered the service September 21. 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Headquarters Co., 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Went, overseas with Division June, 1918. Served in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Was killed in action in the Meuse-Argonne offensive November 5, 1918. Just six days before the armistice. His remains were brought home and buried October, 1921, with military honors, at Parsons, Kansas. His wife, Mrs. Ruby E. Berry, resides at Parsons, Kansas. WILLIAM CARL BAXTER Entered the service October 4, 1917. Was assigned to Co. "L," 353rd Infantry, 89th Division, Camp Funston (Kansas). While on furlough at Christmas, 1917, he contracted German measles and after three weeks at home returned to camp. In February, 1918, he was sent to an army hospital at Fort Riley to be treated for rheumatism, at which time he was taken down with spinal meningitis from which he died March 12, 1918. He was the first Labette County hoy to give his life in the service. His remains were laid to rest at Powhatan, Kansas. His mother, Mrs. Jennie E. Baxter, resides at Waverly, Kansas. ARTHUR J. CHANSLER Entered the service June 23, 1918, was assigned to Headquarters Co., 30th Field Artillery, Camp Funston (Kansas). Served at regimental tailor. Contracted pneumonia and died January 8, 1919, at Base Hospital, Fort Riley (Kansas). Buried January 10, with military honors at Carpenter Cemetery, Osage Township, Labette County, Kansas. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Chansler, reside at Dennis, Kansas. CORPORAL JOHN WILLIAM FOWLER Entered the service September 20, 1917. Received his first training at Camp Funston (Kansas) with Co. H, 30th Infantry. Sailed for overseas February, 1918. Was in active service from the beginning of the American participation. It was on the morning of October 9, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne offensive that he was killed in action. His father, W. A. Fowler, resides at Edna, Kansas. IN FLANDERS FIELDS In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place : and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe, To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. — John McCrae. (Canadian Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, who died in his own hospital of pneumonia.) Eighty-onp 1— SERGEANT-MAJOR EARL C. MILLICAN 2— LIEUTENANT DAVID W. McCAIN 3— HAROLD L. CHANDLER 4— SERGEANT ROBERT L. McCLAIN 5— CURTIS ELDER BURRIS 6— DAVID FRANK GOOD 7— MISS LOURA DALE PERRY 8— MRS. JOE GRAVES Eighty-two SERGEANT-MAJOR EARL CROCKETT M1LLICAN Enlisted in the Aviation Branch of the service, December 20, 1017, at Kansas City, Mo. Was sent to Kelly Field (San Antonio, Texas I March, 1918. After reporting there was sent to the Western Coast ior special Government service where he remained until May 18, 1918. Then entering the School of Military Aeronautics at Austin, Texas, he completed his course and received his diploma August 10, 1918. Was then sent to Camp Dick (Dallas, Texas). In September, 1918, he was selected for some special air service in France. Leaving Camp Dick September 20, 1918, was sent to Garden City, N. Y. Immediately after his arrival at Garden City he was made Sergeant-Ma.ior and was preparing for the overseas service when on October 1, he took influenza which developed into pneumonia and he died October 13, 1918. His remains were brought home to Lockhart, Texas, and buried October 19, 1918. His father, John W. Millican, resides at Lockhart, Texas. LIEUTENANT DAVID W. McCLAIN Enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps December 21, 1911. Appointed Corporal July 17, 1913. Served on board the U. S. S. Rainbow, March 24, to December 23, 1914. During the year 1913, served in the Philippine Islands, and Peking, China. Was discharged from the service December 10, 1915. Later re- enlisted as a member of the 67th Co., 5th Regiment, U. S. Marines, with rank of 1st Lieutenant. Went overseas in 1917 with General Pershing. Was in the thick of the fighting from the first of the United States' participation in World War. In the fiercest battle of the war — the engagement at Chateau- Thierry, France, was one of the thirty of his company who came out of the battle uninjured. Was decorated for bravery by King George of England, and personally awarded the French Croix de Guerre and cited for bravery by the Mashall of France in leading his section to the attack of a Machine Gun nest near St. Etienne a Arnes October 4, 1918. Was wounded in this charge and died from his wounds October 5, 1918, at the age of twenty-seven years, seven months and twenty- one days. His remains were brought home and buried with military honors at Parsons, Kansas, August 7, 1921. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mc- Clain, reside at McCune, Kansas. SERGEANT ROBERT L. McCLAIN Enlisted In the U. S. Army at Pitcher, Okla. Was sent to Camp Travis (Texas). Assigned to Co. "A," 358th Infantry. Left for Camp Mills (N. Y.) June 9, 1918. Embarked from there June 20, 1918, for France, via England. Arrived in France July 7, 1918. Early in August was sent to the front, in the Toul sector. Ftoto that time on was in the thick of the battle. In September, 1918, served in the Argonne sector. Was wounded September 26, 1918, while going over the top in the Argonne Forest and died Sep- tember 27, 1318. Aged twenty-two years, nine months and five days. Was buried in the National Cemetery- at Toul, France. His remains were brought home and buried with military honors, at Parsons, Kansas,, August 7, 1921. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McClain, reside at McCune, Kansas. HAROLD L. CHANDLER Enlisted in the U. S. Army at San Antonio, Texas, August 15, 1917. Was assigned to 7th Service Co., Signal Corps, stationed at Fort Sam Houston (Texas). Later was transferred to Camp Stanley (Texas) for training. While in this camp contracted pneumonia and was taken to the Base Hospital at Fort Sam Houston (Texas). As a result of the sickness it was necessary to be operated on, which was done February 11, 1918. This operation did not relieve the condition and he underwent two more operations. After which he was 'disabled for active service and was discharged August 17, 1918. Continually growing worse he was sent to the U. S. Marine Hospital at St. Louis, Mo., where a fourth operation was performed, which apparently was a success. On November 25, 1918, signed up to take the Government Vocational Training and was sent to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Later was married at Ann Arbor, Mich. In December, T919, he was again taken seriously ill. it being a renewal of the former condition of his lungs, and died January 9, 1920, and was buried at Battle Creek, Mich., where he is survived by his "wife and one child (Harold Emery Chandler, who was born several months after his death). He was educated in the Parsons schools, graduating from the Parsons High School and taking a three-year course at the University of Kansas. His mother, Mrs. R. E. Chandler, resides at Parsons, Kansas. DAVID FRANK GOOD Entered the service June 1, 1917. Sent to Washington Barracks (Washington. D. C.) Assigned to Co. "F," Engineers, 1st Division. During entire period of service was in poor health, being confined to an army hospital at Fort Sheridan, when discharged September 19, 1920, and gradually declining until October 26, 1921, when he died in a hospital at Parsons, Kansas. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Good reside near Parsons, Kansas. CURTIS ELDER BURRIS Enlisted in the U. S. Navy May 18, 1918, at Kansas City, Mo. In training at Great Lakes (III.) Served on the Battleship Arkansas during the war. Was relieved from active service May 26, 1919. Re- turned home May 27, 1917, and was killed by a train at Chetopa, Kansas, six days later (June 2, 1919). He had one brother, Cecil Burris, who enlisted in the Army seven days I April 13, 1917) after the United States entered the World War, who with a widowed mother, Mrs. Lottie B. Burris, reside at Mound Valley, Kansas. Eighty-three 1-MRS. ELSIE HELLWIG MOORE 2— MRS. GEORGE B. YOUNG 3— MRS. SIDNEY GOTTLIEB 4— MISS VESTA SMITH 5— MRS. FRANCES REYNOLDS 6— MISS CORA M. MARSHALL 7— MISS CORA SMITH 8— MISS ELLA W. DRESSER Eifrhty-four MRS. JOE GRAVES From the time the Labette County Chapter Red Cross was organized Mrs. Graves was active in the Surgical Dressing Department, giving practically all of her time to this work and taking a leading part in other branches of Red Cross activities during the World War. MISS LOURA DALE PERRY Began active war work soon after the United States entered the world conflict. Working with the Women's Navy League until the organization of the Labette County Chapter, American Red Cross, for which she had been an enthusiastic worker. After its organization and the establishing of work rooms she took an active part in the making of surgical dressings. Having been appointed chairman of the Military Relief Committee Miss Perry began an energetic campaign to raise money for the building of a Canteen in Parsons, which resulted in the erecting of the Canteen "Hut" early in 1918. Miss Perry con- tinued in the canteen work until her departure to Topeka, where she now resides. MRS. FRANCES REYNOLDS When the Labette County Chapter Red Cross decided that a Canteen in Parsons was very necessary to the comfort and welfare of the boys going into the service, Mrs. Reynolds actively assisted in that branch of 'he work, being Assistant Commandant from its start, later Chairman of Canteen work. And through the splendid management of this branch of the Red Cross, and the fine co-operation of its workers the people of Parsons are known from coast to coast for their wonderful hospitality. MISS ELSIE CATHERINE HELLWIG When the United States entered the World War, was active in war work at home, until in August, 1918, entered the Medical Department of the U. S. Army as Dietitian. On August 20, 1918, was assigned to the Base Hospital at Camp Shelby (Miss.) On February 12, 1919, was transferred to the U. S. Army General Hospital No. 39, at Long Beach, Long Island, N. Y. Was transferred then on March 19, 1919, to U. S. Army General Hospital No. 19 in North Carolina where she remained in continous service until April 3, 1920. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. MRS. SIDNEY GOTTLIEB Always active in the Red Cross work from the time of organization of the Labette County Chapter- and realizing the importance of a Canteen Service well maintained for the comfort of "our boys" passing through Parsons, took up this branch of the service. Having been appointed Captain of the Thursday team and continued in this capacity until the Canteen was closed. Present residence. Parsons, Kansas. MISSES CORA AND VESTA SMITH The teachers of Parsons were from the very beginning busy doing war work in almost every capacity. Even though busily occupied with their school duties during the week days, gave their evenings and Sun- days to the Red Cross work. The Sunday team of the Parsons Canteen was composed of teachers, headed by Miss Cora and Vesta Smith as Captains. MISS ELLA W. DRESSER Was in training as a nurse at Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, when the United States entered the World War. Upon the completion of her course was sent to France as a Red Cross nurse, being overseas more than a year, a great deal of the time being stationed on the front, facing hardships and dangers until the "big job" was finished. Present residence is Hawaii. Her mother, Mrs. C. E. Gebhardt, resides at Chetopa, Kansas. MISS CORA M. MARSHALL, R. N. At all times active in Red Cross work, especially Home Hygene and the care of the sick, which she did during the war period. Also working in the Surgical Dressing Department. Not realizing the coming need for nurses, the Labette County Chapter did not have a Chairman of this department until June, 1918, when Miss Marshall was appointed chairman. Beginning on June 5, 1918, with only three eligible nurses in Parsons, Miss Marshall, through her active campaign reported on October 8, 1918, that there were seventy-five nurses in Labette County holding diplomas, most all of whom offered their services, which, on account of the influenza epidemic then pending were badly needed for home service. Present address, Wichita, Kansas. MRS. GEORGE B. YOUNG As a member of the Monday Team and later Captain of the Saturday Team of the Parsons Canteen during the World War and afterward the home coming of "our boys," Mrs. Young had opportunity for observing the wonderful service of this branch of the Red Cross, and was always an enthusiastic and loyal worker in the thought that the boys were appreciative and deserving of this effort. Eighty- five 1— MRS. BELLE EMERY 2— MRS. E. W. BOARDMAN 3— MRS. J. M. KERSEY 4— MRS. J. F. REILY 5— MRS. H. A. MEDARIS 6— MISS LAURA ARBEGAST 7— MRS. G. W. GADDIS 8— MRS. ROSA PATRICK Eighty-six MRS. E. W. BOARDMAN Before organization of the Labette County Chapter, Red Cross, war work was done by the Women's 3Navy League in which Mrs. Boardman was always active. Real production began when the workrooms -were established and squads selected for the different days of the week. Mrs. Boardman being chosen as instructor for the knitting departments, serving three days a week in this work. Being appointed city chairman of the Conservation Department that work began early and in earnest, a few items of their work was the gathering of thousands of pounds of clothing for the destitute families of Belgium, linen for the Red Cross hospitals in France, fruit pits and nut shells for the manufacture of carbon for gas masks, tinfoil and platinum, magazines and old papers. When the Parsons Canteen was established Mrs. Boardman took an active part in that branch of the Red Cross work. Like a great many of our women folk, Mrs. Boardman was from the beginning of the war willing and ready to do anything that would add to the comfort of "our boys" in the service and those dependent upon them. MRS. J. F. REILY Labette County Chapter were indeed fortunte in the fact that they did not have to wait weeks after organization to have the proper teacher in the Surgical Dressing Department. As Mrs. Reily had only recently moved to Parsons after doing months of such Red Cross work in St. Louis, and taking charge of this department the work on surgical dressings began just twelve days after the Chapter was organized, being assisted by many faithful and devoted workers this department continued actively until the con- clusion of hostilities, having made 189,850 surgical dressings. Mrs. Reily visited other cities in the interest of the Chapter at her own expense. During the influenza emidemic Mrs. Reily served as chairman of the Nursing Relief Committee and was untiring in her work during these trying days. At present Mrs. Reily is chairman of the Division Activities and doing a fine work among the needy of this vicinity, MRS. ROSA PATRICK Chairman 'Civilian Relief Committee since the organization of the Red Cross. The Home Service Section of this branch was the division most active during the war. Members of the committee who gave freely of their services were Mrs. E. D. Matsler, C. A. Doughman, and M. A. Arnett. After the Peace Time program was adopted, the following were added: Miss Kate Ferguson, Mrs. W. H. Martin, Mrs. C. M. Hoes, and Mrs. W. C. McKee, who had charge of City Relief. The giving of financial aid formed only a minor part of the work of the committee during war times. Assisting to secure delayed allotments and allowances, making application for allowance for children born after the father entered the service, trying to get mail through to service men and from them to their families, visiting bereaved! families, making affidavits for securing discharged of men whose home conditions had changed, investi- gating claims for discharge, securing lists of names of men in service, casualties, etc. After the signing; of the armistice the character of service changed, but has continued to the present time. It has in- cluded making claim for back pay, assisting in making claims for compensation, admission to hospitals, bonuses, the difference between Sy^ cent and 5 cent travel pay, helping to trace men missing from their homes, assisting stranded soldiers to their homes, and thier families to join them when they secured positions in other places. MRS. J. M. KERSEY Took an active part in the organization- of Red Cross Chapter for Labette County, also taking part in the Belgian Relief work which consisted of gathering clothing, etc., for the destitute and war ridden people of Belgium. When the Parsons Canteen "Hut" was erected and teams selected for conducting the work Mis. Kersey became a member of the Monday team, continuing in this service until the closing of the Canteen late in 1919. MRS. H. A. MEDARIS With the organization of the Labette County Chapter, Red Cross, was selected as a member of the first Executive Committee, having been an ardent worker for a Red Cross Chapter in Parsons, and con- tinuing to do everything possible to further the work. Having charge of Women's Work and a member of the Conservation Committee which did such fine work in Labette County, and also many other important features of the Red Cross work. MRS. B. W. GADDIS Like many other Parsons women did everything possible to add to the comfort of "our boys." Tuesday, the entire day, being set aside for sewing for the Red Cross. When the Canteen was completed was appointed Captain of the Wednesday team and continued in that capacity until the Canteen was closed. MRS. BELLE EMERY From the time it was decided to have a Canteen in Parsons, was active in assisting with this branch and when the "Hut" was completed and the "boys" passing through Parsons found an always well supplied and splendidly maintained Canteen, was one of the workers in this department who as- sisted continuously until the Canteen was closed. At the present is doing visiting, social and general welfare work for the Red Cross. MISS LAURA ARBEGAST Always an enthusiastic worker and taking an active part in the organization of the Red Cross work- rooms. Being appointed chief assistant in the Surgical Dressing work had charge of purchasing of supplies in this department, and taking part in other branches of Red Cross work during the war. Eighty-seven 1— LIEUTENANT HARRY E. GAERIEL 2— LIEUTENANT AMBA C. MANN 3— MAJOR E. W. KOONTZ 4— LIEUTENANT PIERRE M. KIMBALL 5— CAPTAIN R. C. MEEK 6— WEBSTER W. KIMBALL 7— CAPTAIN CLARENCE WITT 8— CAPTAIN CHARLES D. STEELE Eighty-eight LIEUTENANT PIERRE M. KIMBALL Organized Motor Truck Co. No. 10, which consisted of men from Parsons, Oswego and Chetopa, :'n -July, 1917. In August, 1917, Motor Truck Co. No. 10 was consolidated with and was known ae Truck Ko. 2; a part of the 117th (all Kansas) Ammunition Train, 42nd (Rainbowl Division. With this Division, Lieutenant Kimball was stationed at Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y., where for three months they were in vigorous training. Sailing from Hohoken, N. J., October 31. 1917, for service in France. During the voyage were attacked by enemy submarines, however, without loss. On the arrival in France was sta- tioned at Camp Coetquidan for more training behind the lines. On February 27, 1918, went into the front lines in the Luneville sector. And from that time on was in active front line service, taking part in the Baccarat sector, Champagne sector, the famous Marne and Chateau-Thierry defensive (where the American boys saved the day), the St. Mihie! and Meuse-Argonne offensives and after the signing of the Armistice went with the regiment to Germany in the Army of Occupation. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CAPTAIN RICHARD C. MEEK Enlisted April 9, 1917. Sent to Officers Training Camp, Fort Riley, May 15, 1917. Commissioned 2d Lieutenant August, 1917. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant July, 1918. Commissioned Captain, August, 1918. With 164th Depot Brigade August, 1917, to August, 1918. Organized and commanded Co. H 69th U. S. Infantry, August, 1918, to October, 1918. Commanded Co. A, 41st U. S. Infantry, October, 1918, to November, 1918. Commanded 15th Battalion, 164th Depot Brigade, November, 1918, to December, 1918. Bayonet instructor 10th Division August, 1918, to October, 1918. Member 89th Division football team 1917. Captain and coach 10th Division football team, 1918. Discharged December 4, 1918. Delegate, Parsons Post No. 56, American Legion, State Convention at Wichita, 1919 ; Pittsburg, 1920 ; Hutchinson, 1921. Department Executive Committeeman, 1919 ; National Executive Committeeman, 1921 ; Alternate National Executive Committeeman, 1920. Commander Parsons Post No. 56, American Legion, 1921. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. WEBSTER W. KIMBALL April, 1917, applied for admission to first Officers Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas. August 27, 1917, entered second Officers Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, 111. ; completed course of instruction. December 14, 1917, enlisted in aviation branch of U. S. Naval Reserve Force at Base No. 6, New York City. December 31, 1917, detailed to Pensacola, Florida, for active duty. January, 1918, transferred to naval base at Hampton Roads, Va., for further duty. July, 1918, detached and sent to Naval Aviation Training School at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., for instruction. November 26, 1919, released from active duty in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force, May, 1920, honorably discharged. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CAPTAIN CLARENCE WITT Enrolled in the first Officers Training Camp at Fort Roots (Little Rock, Arkansas) May 10, 191T- Commissioned Captain of Infantry August 15, 1917. Assigned to duty with the 32nd Division at Waco,. Texas. October 30, 1917, transferred to 39th Division at Camp Beauregard (La.) in command of Co- M, 153rd Infantry. Arrived overseas August 18, 1918. After the armistice was assigned to duty at Brest, France, until June 20, 1919. Discharged at Hoboken, N. J., June 29, 1919. Present address,. Parsons, Kansas. CAPTAIN CHARLES D. STEELE Enlisted July 15, 1917. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant of Artillery July 17, 1917. Assigned to duty with 117th Ammunition Train, 42nd Division (Rainbow). Sailed from New York for France, October 31, 1917. Transferred to Adjutant General Department Base Headquarters, Base Section 1, A. E. F., February 20, 1918. Commissioned Captain A. S. C. February 15th, 1919. Discharged June 14, 1919, Present address, Parsons, Kansas. MAJOR E. W. KOONTZ Was with the 314th Ammunition Train, 89th Division. Stationed at Camp Funston (Kansas) pending orders to sail for France. Landed in France June, 1918, and was stationed at Camp de Souge until the Division was ordered into the battle aera. Participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives and in the occupation of Germany. Returned to United States with the Division. Still has a commission as Major F. A., U. S. A. Present residence, 2355 Emerson St., Denver, Colo. LIEUTENANT AMBA C. MANN Enlisted in Co. F, 14th Infantry, U. S. A.. March 28, 1899. Sent to Manila. Phillipine Islands, May 29, 1899. Participated in battles, skirmishes and expeditions during 1899. With China Relief Expedition, 1900. In battle of Pie Tsang, China, August 5, 1900. Battle of Yang Tsun, August 6 1900 Battle and capture of Pekin, China, August 14. 1900. Battle and capture of Gates and Wall, Peking China (Imperial City) August 15, 1900. Returned to Manila from China, November 14, 1900 Arrived in United States from Manila, August 21, 1901. Visited Nagasaka, Yokohoma and Tokio, Japan Honolulu and Hawaii. Discharged at Fort Snelling (Minn.), March 27, 1902. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 54th Engineers, U. S. Army, August 5, 1918. Sailed for France, August 24, 1918. Railroad transporta- tion officer for 34th Division, in France, September 15, to November 30, 1918. Then assigned to 65th Engineers as assistant master mechanic. June 20. 1919, assigned for duty with 52nd T. C and left France for United States, arriving home July 2, 1919. Dicharged at Camp Upton (New York) July 10 1919. Post Commander Veterans of Foreign Wars. Present address, Parsons, Kansas Eighty-nine 1— CAPTAIN CHESTER R. MILHAM 2— CAPTAIN GEORGE R. WHITE 3— LIEUTENANT RUSSELL F. MILHAM 4— LIEUTENANT ALVA C. WIMMER 5— CAPTAIN GEORGE A. LANDES 6— LIEUTENANT NORMAN B. FALL 7— LIEUTENANT JOHN W. TINDER 8— LIEUTENANT RAYMOND CAMPBELL Ninety LIEUTENANT HARRY E. GABRIEL Enlisted in the Spanish- American War July 8, 1898. Assigned to the Signal Corps Service and sent to Washington, D. C. Advanced to Corporal, then Sergeant. Served in the Phillipines, Porto Rica and Cuba. Discharged when peace was declared and Volunteer Army disbanded in November, 1898. Enlisted in the Army when the United States entered the World War. Commissioned 1st Lieu- tenant of Engineers. After a short period of training at Fort Leavenworth (Kansas) was assigned to 21st Engineers, at Camp Grant (Illinois). Sailed from New York with regiment December 26, 1917. Landed in France January 10, 1918. Was severely injured on the trip "over there." Confined to Naval Hospital at Brest, France, until April, 1918 ; later sent to Paris, France. Joined his regiment at Sorcv, Meuse, April 16th, 1918. Participated in first real engagement that night when the Germans attempted lo run the men of the 29th Division out of their trenches near Xivery en Marve. The Germans were repulsed with heavy losses. From April 18, 1918, to close of the war participated in the battles at Baccaret, Mandres, Beaumont, Belleville Flirey, Sichprey, and the St. Mihiel offensive, going as far as St. Benoit, Thiacourt, Pannes and Bouillonville. On October 2, 1918, was ordered to accompany the troops of the 1st Army into the Meuse-Argonne and participated in the battles of Montfaucon, Cierges, Homange, Londre, St. George, Avacourt, Esnnes, going into the Dun-sur- Meuse, Bruielles and across the Meuse. Returned to the United States June 10, 1919. Discharged July 5, 1919. Present address, 1065 MeLemore Ave., Memphis, Tenn. LIEUTENANT RAYMOND CAMPBELL Enlisted in first Officers' Training Camp, Fort Riley (Kansas) May 12, 1917. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Field Artillery, U. S. Army, August 15, 1917. Assigned to Battery "C," 340th Field Artillery, 89th Division, Camp Funston (Kansas), September 2, 1917. Sailed for overseas June 12, 1918. Entered School of Fire, Camp de Souge, France, August 15, 1918. Entered St. Mihiel sector September 16, 1918. Participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Went with 89th Division in the occupation of Germany. Detailed as instructor in Divisional Agricultural School, Hermeskeil, Germany, February 26, 1919. Returned to United States June 11, 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas), June 29, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. LIEUTENANT RUSSELL F. MILHAM Enlisted June 3, 1917, in 1st Kansas Cavalry as Sergeant. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant June, 1917. Graduated from Balloon School (Omaha, Neb.) May 3, 1918. Sailed for overseas May 30, 1918. Battle engagements : Vosges sector, August 23 to September 6, 1918 ; St. Mihiel sector September 7 to September 12, 1918: Meuse-Argonne September 26 to October 9, 1918; Sommoedeau sector October 12 to 17, 1918. One gold wound chevron authorized. One gold war service chevron authorized. CAPTAIN CHESTER RICHARD MILHAM Enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps August 28, 1917, at St. Louis, Mo. Served in France with the American Expeditionary Force during the World War. Present address, Santa Barbara, California. LIEUTENANT JOHN W. TINDER Enlisted in Medical Corps, U. S. Army, July 10, 1917. Sent to Fort Riley (Kansas). August 10, 1917. Then sent to Camp Cody (New Mexico), September 10, 1917, for service in Base Hospital in Division of Head Surgery. February, 1918, was attached to 109th Sanitary Train, with which was sent to Camp Dix (N. J.) August, 1918. Remaining there six weeks preparatory to going overseas. Sailed October 12, 1918, arriving in Liverpool, England, October 24. Landed at La Harve, France, November 2. From La Harve was sent to Nantes, France, to take charge of Convalescent Camp. This camp being abandoned, was sent to Bordeaux, France, remaining there until returning to America, July, 1919. Stationed at Camp Dix (N. J.), for two months examining discharged troops. September, 1919, was sent to Fort D. A. Russell (Cheyenne, Wyo. I , in charge of eye, ear, nose and throat work. Later was sent to Camp Bragg (N. Car.), remaining there until discharged from the service, November 30, 1920. Present address, Indianapolis, Indiana. LIEUTENANT ALVA C. WIMMER Entered the service September 19, 1917. Sent to Camp Travis (Texas). Assigned to Headquarters Co., 358th Infantry, 90th Division. Promoted to Corporal, then Sergeant, then to 1st Sergeant. Sailed for France June 20, 1918. Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry November 11th, 1918. Discharged from the service July 11, 1919, at Camp Pike (Arkansas). Present address, Tulsa, Oklahoma. CAPTAIN GEORGE A. LANDES Entered the service and commissioned Captain February 7, 1918. Assigned to Medical Officers Training Camp at Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park (Ga.). After four weeks was transferred to General Hospital No. 14, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., as ophthalmologist. Also did special work on plastic surgery of the head and face. Just one day before the signing of the armistice was ordered to go to Hoboken, N. J., to embark for overseas. These orders were revoked on account of conclusion of the war. Discharged at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., December 20, 1918. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. LIEUTENANT NORMAN B. FALL Enlisted in Medical Corps, U. S. Army. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant December 4, 1917. Active service at Fort Riley (Kansas), Jefferson Barracks (Mo.), Del Rio, Texas, Base Hospital at Camp Bowie (Texas) and Fort Sill (Oklahoma). Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CAPTAIN GEORJGE R. WHITE Entered the service June 30, 1918. Assigned to the Base Hospital at Kelly Field (San Antonio, Texas). Previous to entering the service in the Army was from the beginning of the war active in all branches of "Home Service" work, Red Cross, County Council of Defense, Liberty Bond drives, and any service that would promote greater Americanism and add more comfort to "our boys." Discharged from the service January 13, 1920. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. Ninety-one 1- ROBERT E. MACLEAN 2— CAPTAIN GEORGE KARR 3— CAPTAN PAUL CHRISTMAN 4— CAPTAIN ED. EERO 5— B. T. STONE 6 -LIEUTENANT MILLARD KOHLER 7— LIEUTENANT C. N. PETTY 8— CAPTAIN JOHN C. CORNELL Ninety-two CAPTAIN ED BERO When the United States entered the World War, having passed the age of military participation, jffered his services — time and money — to his country's call. Became an enthusiastic war worker in all branches of home service, especially the Red Cross. Not content to see others accepted and sent overseas, he decided to "go over" at his own expense, that he might be of greater service to those in arms who were struggling in the trenches in the cause of humanity and democracy. On March 30, 1918, he left for France, leaving a good business, his wife and daughter and went at his own expense. His father was a native Belguim and he speaking the French language fluently was doubly welcome by the Red Cross, spreading good cheer and encouraging "the boys" in the hospitals, rest camps, front lines and any place he could do gcod. He was sleeping in an open field, bunked with George Karr, when a bomb from a German Airmen burst nearby, blowing them out of bed. Fortuntely, he was uninjured. His cheerful personality, genial smile and willing hand especially adapted him for this service. Returned home February 24, 1919. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. CAPTAIN GEOI1GE KARR Was from the entrance of the United States in the World War active at all times in war work. When the Red Cross Chapter was organizezd for Labette County took an important part in its organiza- tion, serving as the first secretary (until his departure for France). In the thought that he could be of more service to the country and add more comfort and cheer to the "boys" in the service, decided to go overseas. Sailing for France Deember 27, 1917, to bcome a Searcher with the American Red Cross, which took him right up to the front lines, where he was constantly under enemy fire. In July, 1917, while sleeping in an open field was seriously wounded by a bomb dropped from a "Hun's" airplane. After remaining in a hospital a short time returned to the front lines where he did his utmost for the comfort of our boys. He left a comfortable home and a fine business and paid all of his expenses. After being wounded the second time and unable to do further work returned home and was discharged February 19, 1919. ROBERT E. MACLEAN Was pastor of the First Methodlist Episcopal Church when he was called overseas as Religious Secretary for work among the Chinese Labor Battalions in France, in the summer of 1918. Having been a missionary in China for eight years he had peculiar qualifications for the work, and was appointed to Calais, France, the largest and most important Chinese camp in the British Army, before leaving Parsons. With hosts of others, there was long delay in procuring the necessary passports, so it was not until December 2, 1918, that he sailed for France, arriving at Calais on Christmas day of that year. The demobilization of the Chinese Labor Battalions having begun in the very early spring of 1919, and the arrival of numbers of workers from the mission fields of China, it was possible for him to return to his church in Parsons, being honorably discharged from the service April 18, 1919. CAPTAIN JOHN C. CORNELL Organized Field Hospital No. 2, Kansas, and mustered into State Service May 31, 1917. In com- mand till July 15, 1917; mustered into Federal Service August 5, 1917; detached duty August 6, 1917, to August 22, 1917, Coffeyville, Kansas, Co. A, 3rd Kansas Infantry, and Troop D, 1st Kansas Cavalry. In command Field Hospital No. 140, former Kansas No. 2, from August 23, 1917, to November 10, 1917. Adjutant Field Hospital 140, December 10, 1917, to March 20, 1918. Overseas School Detachment March 20, 1918, enroute to France. Sailed March 29, 1918 ; arrived Brest April 13, 1918 ; detailed instruction 42nd Division, April 24, 1918, to May 3, 1918. Detailed for duty with British 3rd Army, 30th Division, 98th Field Ambulance, from May 9, 1918, to June 12, 1918. Rejoined Division June 12, 1918, 140th Field Hospital, until July 8th, transferred Field Hospital 137 and placed in command detachment Field Hospital 139 Ambulance Co. 140. Operated Hospital Le Menel till July 26th. July 26th in charge of detachment 138th Co., 137th Field Hospital, 1 platoon, 115th Eng. till August 24, 1918, at Kruth, Vosges. Returned Field Hospital 137 in St. Mihiel (Reserve) until September 25, 1918. Appointed Assistant Division Surgical Shock Officer. Served in this capacity till October 3, 1918, through Argonne offensive. Promoted to Captain November 14, 1918. Returned to Field Hospital 137 for duty until February 24, 1919. Transferred 110th Field Signal Battalion as Regimental Surgeon. Served as surgeon 110th Field Signal Battalion until May 24, 1919, when mustered out with Division. LIEUTENANT C. N. PETTY Commissioned 1st Lieutenant Medical Corps, 15th Division September 24, 1918. Was stationed at Camp Logan (Houston, Texas). Discharged from the service December 10, 1918. Previous to entering the service was active in war work at home where he has resided for twenty-five years. At this time is Post Commander American Legion at Altamont, also Chairman County Committee, American Legion. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. CAPTAIN PAUL CHRISTMAN Commissioned Captain Medical Corps, U. S. Army, September 13, 1917. Assigned to Surgical Section, Base Hospital, Fort Riley (Kansas). March 23, 1918, was transferred to Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis, Mo.) in the Surgical Section, Base Hospital. Discharged from service December 11, 1918. Present address, Wichita, Kansas. LIEUTENANT MILLARD KOHLER Enlisted July 1, 1917, with Motor Co. No. 10, Kansas Ammunition Train. Second enlistment, re- ported at Fort Logan (Colo.) Transferred to 115th Cavalry and stationed at Fort D. A. Russell (Cheyenne, Wyo.), then transferred to Officers' Training School at Camp Pike (Ark.). Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry October 15, 1918, and stationed at Camp Sherman (Ohio). Present address. Parsons, Kansas. Ninety-three 1— DR. E. W. BOARDMAN 2— DR. J. M. KERSEY 3— DR. S. A. MUNNEKE 4 -GEORGE T. HOWSER 5— JOHN F. BARNHILL 6 —J. F. STEELE 7— WILLIAM T. NELIGH 8— O. GOSSARD Ninety-four DR. E. W. BOARDMAN When the United States entered the World War Dr. Boardman offered his services to the Govern- .ment in any capacity. The military age limit being a barrier in the combat branch of the service, he went into the war work at home from the start. Doing welfare work, taking part in the Liberty Loan drives, doing civilian relief work, encouraging greater Americanism, cheering the "boys" who were leaving for the service, keeping the spirit of home folk alive, assisting and co-operating with public health officials, .and when the Labette County Chapter, American Red Cross, was organizezd was one of the active workers, being elected the first chairman of the Chapter and continuing in that capacity until 1920, during which time he gave practically all of his time to the Red Cross and other war work, not only being the directing head of practically all the Red Cross work but actively engaged in its execution, especially civilian relief, ■organizing branches and auxiliaries, conducting the various drives, assisting in the Canteen work, directing the nursing department during the influenza epidemic, conducting memorial services and any other help that would promote the war work in this community. DR. J. M. KERSEY When the United States entered the World War Dr. Kersey offered his services to the Government in any capacity that would assist in downing the Kaiser, being especially desirous of entering the service as Chaplain. After weeks of waiting, he went to Fort Riley, Kansas, hoping that through the assistance of Army officer friends, he would succeed in securing the appointment. However, the set rules of the Army regarding age limits for combat service could not be overcome and he was denied the privilege of serving "his country in a capacity that he was unusually well qualified to fill. Unsuccessful in his one ambition Dr. Kersey returned to Parsons undaunted and entered actively into the war work at home. Taking part in all drives, assisting in Red Cross activities of all kinds, especially in the Conservation Department where the Labette County Chapter rendered a fine account in gathering clothing for the Belguim destitute, he being county chairman of the committee. The crowning effort of Dr. Kersey was his masterful oration at the first Memorial service for our departed Heroes, held at Oswego, Kansas, September 29, 1918, at which practically the entire population of Labette County attended. With the ending of the war Dr. Kersey continued in active peace time Red Cross work and is chairman of the Labette County Chapter at the present time. O. GOSSARD Taking up the war work in Labette County at the very first, Mr. Gossard had a great deal to do in organizing the various branches of home service in the county. Being appointed Chairman of the County Council of Defense he organized not only each town in the county but had live working organizations in every school district. As the war progressed and greater effort on the part of every citizezn was neces- sary Mr. Gossard cheerfully gave up his business to give all of his time to aiding the Government in "winning the war, accepting the chairmanship of the Fuel Administration, Food Administration, Liberty Bond and Baby Bond drives, all of which were 100 per cent conducted. In the Liberty and Baby Bond drives Labette County far exceeded its quotas. Under the County Council of Defense Administration the work of creating a greater Americanism, greater savings, more production and less slackerism (there •was but little in Labette County) was very successfully executed. Besides being the directing head of these organizations in the county, Mr. Gossard took an active part in the Red Cross work, and is at this time a member of the Executive Board of the Labette County Chapter and doing peace time work in the community. Mr. Gossard resides at Oswego, Kansas. J. F. BARNHILL When the Junior Branch of the Labette County Chapter, Red Cross, was organized early in December, 1917, Mr. Barnhill was appointed chairman, and soon had this branch actively engaged in doing war work. They participated in every drive for the Red Cross war funds and Liberty and Baby Bonds, made boxes for the Red Cross, assisted in making garments for the destitute in Belgium and did valuable work in assisting the Conservation Department. Mr. Barnhill, being Superintendent of the Parsons Schools, intro- duced and directed thrift among the pupils, encouraged conservation and economy with the result the Parsons Schools purchased more Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps than in any city its size in the State. Mr. Barnhill was active in every war activity in the community. J. F. STEELE Was one of the war workers in this community that was ready at all times to assist in putting Labette County "over the top" 100%. Being in the banking business especially adapted him for work in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross war fund drives of which he rendered valuable assistance. WILLIAM T. NELIGH From the entrance of the United States in the World War until its conclusion was actively engaged in doing war work. Assisting the Red Cross, taking part in the Liberty Bond and Red Cross war fund drives and County Council of Defense and other war activities. REV. STADO A. MUNNEKE, D. D. Like a great many of our ministers, Dr. Munneke realized early in the war the importance of keeping the morale among our home folks in high spirits as well as among the boys in the service. With this in mind there were few Sundays, in his sermons, during the war that he did not try in some way to put courage and determination in the hearts of the people and a just pride they should feel in having: sons serve their country in the great American Army that was fighting for the cause of humanity. Dr. Munneke also spent a great deal of his time in speaking for the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. and assisted in the work of the Legal Advisory Board in this county. Ninety-five 1— CLAUDE H. ERVIN 2— C. V. COGGINS 3— CECIL BURRIS 4— HOWARD G. CAVE 5— GEORGE F. JEPSON 6- JOSEPH F. SHAFFER 7— LEONARD RUDE 8— ROY BARNETT Ninety-six GEORGE T. HOWSER General Secretary Y. M. C. A., Parsons, Kansas, during the war period. Co-operated with all agencies for providing funds for welfare work with soldiers "at home and over there." Aided in all sales of Government bond issues. Member of State Personnel Board of the Y. M. C. A. to aid in securing men for overseas walfare work. Executive of the Board of Directors of the local Y. M. C. A. who tendered the recruits the use of "Y" privileges and building during entire encampment period in Parsons. Was Train Secretary out of Parsons for soldiers enroute to cantonments, north, south and east, traveling several thousand miles. Speaker at "Y" meetings in cantonments in Kansas, Texas and California. Co-operated with Parsons Chapter of Red Cross in Canteen work, especially on trains approaching Parsons, and on depot platforms. Aided also in financial campaigns. Co-operated for one month with "Y" Soldier Transportation Service in New York City, and between Hoboken and Long Island. Was Train Secretary for the "Y" for 500 men from Camp Upton, Long Island, to Camp Funston. While there was neither National nor State Employment Service, directed free "Y" employment service for ex-service men in Southeast Kansas. Following armistice directed "Y" educational work for exservice men in four counties of Southeast Kansas. Directed the distribution of 35,000 pieces of United States Public Health literature in Parsons and Labette County. Co-operated with State Board of Public Health in its work with boys through its health-lecture program. Mr. Howser is at this time, and has been during the past year, serving the interests of ex-service men in eight hospitals of St. Louis, Mo. C. V. COGGINS Was not only active in Red Cross work during the war period, but was a leader in his district in all five Liberty Loan drives. Was one of the sixteen petitioners for the Labette County Chapter, Red Cross. LEONARD RUDE It was just two weeks after organizing the Labette County Chapter, Red Cross, that the Labette City branch was organized. Mr. Rude being selected chairman, was an active worker for the Red Cross, also taking a leading part in all branches of war work in that community. Is chairman of the Labette City branch at the present time. GEORGE F. JEPSON From the beginning of hostilities, Mr. Jepson took an active part in war work in Mound Valley and vicinity and continued until the war was concluded. And since that time has been actively associated with the Red Cross, being Chairman of the Mound Valley branch at this time and Secretary of the Mound Valley branch of the Y. M. C. A. JOSEPH F. SHAFFER Entered the service September 9, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Sailed for overseas with the Division May, 1918. Served in France in Regi- mental Intelligence Section, 353rd Infantry, as observer. Was in the Lucey sector, St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne drive and the Army of Occupation in Germany. Entitled to wear two gold service chevrons. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CORPORAL CLAUDE H. ERVIN Entered the service October 4, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Head- quarters Co., 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Sailed for France with the Division via Halifax and England, May, 1918. Landed at La Harve June 22, 1918. Saw service in the Lucey sector, St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne offensive and occupation of Germany. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address, Parsons, Kansas. HOWARD GROVE CAVE Entered the service September 9, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "K" 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Sailed for overseas from New York June 4, 1918, in U. S. S. Pyrrhus. Landed at Liverpool, England, June 16, 1918, and went immediately to France where was in intensive training behind the lines from June 25, to August 25, 1918. Took part in the St. Mihiel and Meuse- Argonne offensives and the Army of Occupation in Germany. Sailed from Brest, France, for United States May 14, 1919. Landed May 21, 1919. Discharged June 2, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CECIL BURRIS Enlisted in the U. S. Army April 13, 1917. Was in training at Fort Bliss (Texas), Fort Douglas (Utah) and Fort Riley (Kansas), in the Medical Corps. Later was transferred to Base Hospital at Camp Grant (Illinois) for service. Sailed for overseas May, 1918, and served in France until conclusion of the war. Was discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) June 24, 1919. Present address. Mound Valley, Kansas. ROY BARNETT Entered the service June 22, 1918. Was discharged January 25, 1919. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. Ninety-seven 1 ROY F. O'BRIEN 2— C. O. DANIELS 3— MURRAY C. CAMPBELL 4— FLOYD F. FRAME 5-HAIjOLD J. PROVOST 6-JAMES A. KIKER 7— JOHN S. GRIDLEY 8— ARTHUR R. THOMPSON Ninety-eight LIEUTENANT JAMES A. KIKER Entered the service September 19, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Head- quarters Co., 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Appointed Sergeant December 1, 1917. Sailed overseas June 4, 1918. Trained in 2nd Corps Army Engineers' Training School, Chatteon-Sur-Seine, France. In charge of Pioneer Platoon Headquarters' Co., 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Participated in occupation of Lucy sector, St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne offensive. Detailed to Offictrs Training School at La Valbonne (Aisne) France. Recommended and passed examination for 2nd Lieutenant in the O. R. C, January 17, 1919. Landed in New York from overseas June 18, 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) June 28, 1919. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. SERGEANT ROY F. O'BRIEN From August, 1917, to May, 1918, at Dennis, Kansas, served as Chairman for Osage township, in- cluding Dennis, for Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Liberty Loan, and other patriotic drives. Entered the service at Cherryvale, Kansas, on May 15, 1918, and was sent to the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan for two months course in Radio. Later served in the Signal Corps at Fort Benjamin Harrison llndiana), Fort Leavenworth (Kansas) and Camp Meade (Maryland). On October 1, 1918, was appointed Sergeant of the Fourth Training Battalion, Signal Corps, at Fort Leavenworth (Kansas), which rank was held at the time of honorable discharge at Camp Funston (Kansas) on January 17, 1919. Present ad- dress, Chetopa, Kansas. MURRAY C. CAMPBELL Enlisted in the U. S. Navy August 5, 1918, at Joplin, Mo. Passed the required examination given there, going then on August 7th to St. Louis for second and final examination. Leaving for Mare Island (California) to become a rookie "Gob" in Uncle Sam's Navy. Was a seaman while there, remaining until the following January. Then transferred to the "Blackgang" (firemen) being put on a draft for the East Coast, going to Hampton Roades, Va., remaining there for three weeks, then transferred to the U. S. S. Maine where the test was made while sailing for Cuba ; cruised in Southern waters for over six weeks, coming back to the States to put in at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Three days later sailed for "somewhere." On April 11th sailed from Hoboken, N. J., for Brest, France, on the U. S. S. George Washington. After arrival at Brest was stationed at Base No. 5 for few weeks. May 5th the U. S. S. Imperator was brought down from Germany to which was assigned and steamed from Brest, France, on May 15th with over 15,000 troops, nurses and officers. Then made continuous trips from Hoboken, N. J., to Brest, France, until August 10, 1919, transporting our men back to the United States. From August 10th until September 25th lay docked at Pier 4, Hoboken, N. J., waiting further orders. Discharged from service on September 26, 1919, at St. Louis, Mo. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. JOHN S. GRIDLEY Enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps at Philadelphia, Pa., June 27, 1917. Served with Co. F, Recruit Depot, Philadelphia, Pa., and Winthrop, Md. ; 3rd Co., 1st Regiment, Philadelphia, Pa. ; 140th Co., 3rd' Replacement Battalion, Quantico, Va. ; U. S. S. Henderson: Pontanezen Barracks (Brest, France), and' Chatillon, France ; 134th Co., 2nd Replacement Batalion. Grand Champ, France ; 49th Co. 5th Regiment, Lucy, par Chauteau Thiery ; Headquarters, 1st Battalion, Lucy, France ; 49th Co. 5th Regiment, Sarcy, France. In hospital at Jouy sur Marn, Coulommiers, Bazoilles and Tille. Replacement Camp, Maron, France. Headquarters 5th Regiment, Manonville, 49th Co., 5th Regiment at Monte le Vignoble and Courtisols, France. Seriously wounded near Somme-Py., France, October 4, 1918. In French Hospital "H. O. E," at de Vatry par Bussy-Lettree. Then to Base Hospitals at Limoges and Bordeaux, France. Returned to United States on U. S. S. Powhatan, U. S. Naval Hospitals at Hampton Roads, Va., and Philadelphia, Pa. Discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., June 25, 1919. Present address, Norfolk, Va. CORPORAL HAROLD J. PROVOST Enlisted in U. S. Army April 16, 1917. Assigned to Co. "F," 37th Regiment, C. A. C. Served in France in A. E. F. Now with 2th Infantry at Camp Travis (Texas). Residence, Parsons, Kansas. FLOYD F. FRAME Enlisted June 16, 1917. Assigned to Battery "B," 130th Field Artillery. Served in France with the 35th Division, A. E. F. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. SERGEANT CLARENCE O. DANIELS Entered the service July 22, 1918. Assigned to Co. "B," 87th Engineers. Served in France with A. E. F. Discharged July 9, 1919. Present address, Kansas City, Kansas. Ninety- nine Cv 1— HARRY J. LYND 2— PAYNE H. RATNER 3— ARTHUR PEFLEY 4— ROBERT PATRICK 5— EARL E. BARKER 6— DAVID N. RANDLE 7— WALTER C. CRAWFORD 8— CHARLES B. MILLER One Hundred CHARLES B. MARTIN Volunteered in the late war as a member of the United States Army Postal Service. Enlisted May 15, 1918 ; sworn in May 19th at Washington, D. C. Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, sailed from New York May 23, 1918. Landed in Bordeaux, France, June 3, 1918. Was with Captain Knox in A. P. O. 705 where he worked all Kansas mail. Then coming home for about 30 days. Then transferred to Supply Clerk in Paris on August 5. Then tranferred to the 92nd Mobile Division at the Front, taking charge of A. P. O. 766, serving 35,000 men. Was with the 'Jind Division through the Vosges Mountains, St. Mihiel, Argonne and Metz drives. After the battle of the Argonne this Division took over the Toul sector from Nancy to Mayme, including the towns of Champaignealle, Pompai, Marbache, Belleville, Doulevard, St. Genevieve, Pont-a-Mousson and the famous Hill No. 206. This hill was taken and retaken five times during the war. The 92nd Division drove the Germans out of Pont-a-Mousson and from Hill 206 on October 14 and 15, 1918, and was still advancing when the armistice was signed. On the 14th day of October - was wounded by a shrapnel trom a ten-inch shell : went back to the Division and was gassed at Pont-a-Mousson on the 28th day of October ; was in the Division Hospital when the Division came home and was transferred to Ease Hospital No. 57. Sailed home as a Casual from LaHarve on the 22nd day of March, 1919, and was sent to the Hospital in Denver, returning home and resuming his duties in the postoffice on September 23, 1919. While in the service, his wife, Mrs. Amelia Martin, was wroking with the Red Cross at home and oldest son, Raymond W. Martin, was called into service just before the armistice and discharged. Employed in the Parsons, Kansas, postoffice for the past thirty years. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. WALTER C. CRAWFORD Entered the service June 24, 1918. Received training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Discharged March 19, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CORPORAL ARTHUR E. PEFLEY Entered the service August, 1918, assigned to Base Hospital, No. 87. In training at Fort Riley and Camp Funston (Kansas), and Camp MacArthur, (Waco, Texas). Served nine months overseas at Toul, France. Arrived home June, 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) June 25, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. EARL E. BARKER, U. S. N. R. F. Enlisted in the Navy April, 1917. Stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Station (Chicago, 111.), Radio Division. Transferred to Athletic Department, detailed to Public Works Department. Then transferred to Aviation Training School. Released from service February 9, 1919. Disenrolled September 30, 1921. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. HARRY J. LYND Enlisted in Aviation Section, U. S. Army, March 18, 1918. In training at Kelley Field (Texas) and Madison Barracks (New York). Served overseas with 26th Aero Photographers. Present address, Parsons,. Kansas. PAYNE H. RATNER Enlisted in the Navy when the United States entered the World War, was sent to first Officers' Train- ing Camp, Fort Riley (Kansas). On account of being under minimum age limit was sent back to school at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Made repeated attempts to get into the Navy but was rejected because of being underweight. Finally accepted July 15, 1918, after securing an order from the War Department. Served actively until January 16, 1919. Still a member of Naval Reserves. During training period was stationed at Municipal Pier, Chicago, 111., and Cleveland, Ohio. Cruised on the Ship Clifford F. Moll. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. ROBERT H. PATRICK Enlisted as mechanic in the Naval Service December 17, 1917. Assigned to U. S. S. Torpedo Boat "Dyer." Left Boston, Mass., July 4, 1918, for European waters. The "Dyer" was engaged as a sub- marine chaser. Made eleven round trips from Marseilles, France, to Gibraltar, convoying troops, and seven trips across the Medeteranean Sea. Was at Smyrna May 15, 1919, while a battle between the Turks and Greeks was in progress, during which 1,500 civilians were killed including many women and children, whom the Turks did not spare. Discharged August, 1919. Rated as Machinist's Mate, 1st Class. Present address, Kansas City, Mo. Mother, Mrs. Rosa Patrick, Parsons, Kansas. DAVID N. RANDLE Entered the service March 14, 1918. Stationed and in training at Camp Funston (Kansas). June 1, 1918, went to Camp Mills (New York). Sailed June 13, for France via Liverpool, England. Landed at La Harve, France, July 2, 1918. From there to Bordeaux, France, the following day. Going into camp at St. Helene remained there for thirty days. A short time later went to Toul, France, with the Division (89th) to take position in the St. Mihiel sector. Taking part in the St. Mihiel offensive, was then transferred to the Meuse-Argonne front where they were in the thick of the fighting until the armistice was signed. Went with the Division in the occupation of Germany. Left Brest, France, for America, May. 1919. Discharged from the army June 5, 1919, at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present residence. Parsons, Kansas. One Hundred One 1- SAMUEL A. THOMPSON 2— W. H. SMITH 3— GEORGE W. JONES 4— EMERY LEO HERSH 5— BENJAMIN F. BINKLEY 6— JOSEPH WIELGORECKI 7— HARRY F. HITE 8— ROBERT K. RYBURN One Hundred Two GEORGE W. JONES Entered the service September 6, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "B," 341st Machine Gun Battalion, 89th Division. Sailed for France June, 1918. Took part in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives and Army of Occupation in Germany. Wounded three times, first, in the St. Mihiel drive ; second, on the Argonne front, shell striking a box of cartridges, saving a serious wounding ; third, on the Aegonne front, being a serious wound was put out of action. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address, Parsons, Kansas. SAM ALBERT THOMPSON Entered the service August 25, 1918. Served as Private, 1st Class. Fort Sam Houston (Texas) June 9, 1919. Discharged from service at Present address, Mound Valley, Kansas. SERGEANT W. H. SMITH Enlisted in the TJ. S. Army May 29, 1917. Assigned to Headquarters Co., 72nd Field Artillery, 11th Division at Camp Meade (Md.) Served with the Division overseas in France. Discharged March 3, 1919. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. HARRY F. HITE Entered the service October 15, 1918, at Lawrence, Kansas. Assigned to Mechanic Dept., Discharged December 22, 1918. Present address, Mound Valley, Kansas. S. A. T. Entered the service July 22 tion Train, 10th Division. Discharged January, 1919. BENJAMIN F. BINKLEY 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Ammuni- Present address, Mound Valley, Kansas. ROBERT K. RYBURN Entered the service April 11, 1917. Assigned to Truck Co. , 1st Division. Sailed for France, August 7, 1917. Served in the Montdidier, Noyan, Aisne and Marne sectors, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. .Oischarged August 20, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. EMERY LEO HERSH Entered the service September 6, 1918. Stationed and in training at Camp Funston (Kansas). As- signed to Provisional Transport Co. Discharged March 18, 1919. Present address Cherryvale, Kansas. JOSEPH WIELGORECKI Entered the service May 28, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to 17th Co., Depot Brigade. Transferred to Jacksonville, Fla., then to Newport News, Va. Sailed for overseas Sep- tember 7, 1918, landing at Brest, France. Stationed at La Rochelle, France. Arrived back in U. S. June 28, 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) July 23, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. WHEN THE BUGLES BLOW AGAIN When the bugles blow again, Across the misty fields — For silent they long have lain, Their lips by orders sealed — I know that all is well with us, That war and death are o'er That soon I'll hear a mother's voice, Sweet, as in the days of yore. When the bugles blow again, As clear as Sabbath bells, I know that fever, cold and pain, And gas, and mud, and bursting shells Are memories : that we have won ! That ne'er again shall we go forth Full battle fledged to fight the Hun. Though mindful evil's still on earth. When the bugles blow again — Revell'y, taps, tattoo — The notes as sweet as summer rain, So clearly phrased a-new Stir in my heart a love of life, A fierce, long hope, and I Who laughed at flame and shot and knife. No longer wish to die. When the bugles blow again, The echo comes from you Across the land, across thep lain, To tell me you are true. Bugles that erstwhile sounded strife, Sound with the same notes, home ; Sound with the same notes, life ; Sound with the same notes, home. —Paul S. Bliss. Written at Chateau de Chehery, Nov. 28, 1919, when fatigue call was blown by Sam Cobb. Note: the bugle was never used near the front line until af :ter the armistice was signed. One Hundred Three 1— E. G. CRANDALL 2— JAY RICHMOND 3— JUNIUS A. GADDIS A— CECIL E. KEITER 5— WILLIAM E. BRANNAN 6— FRANK G. TAYLOR 7— MILO E. GROSS 8— BENJAMIN N. MILLER One Hundred Four FRANK GLENN TAYLOR Enlisted at Chicago, 111., in Co. "B," 13th Ry. Engineers, May 17. 1917. Sailed from New York for overseas June 21, 1917. Landed at La Harve, France, August 17, 1917. Then stationed at Chalons, France, for further training. The 13th Engineers were attached to the French Fourth Army and Freneh Second Army until September 1, 1918, in the Verdun, St. Mihiel and Champagne sectors. After September 1, 1918, with the American Army in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Sailed from Marseilles, France, via Gibraltor, for home April 12, 1919. Discharged at Rockford, 111., May 14, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. JUNIUS ALAN GADDIS Entered the service September 5, 1917. Assigned to Co. "H," 60th Infantry, 5th Division. Served overseas 15 months. Took part in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Seriously wounded in the Meuse-Argonne battle, October 11, 1918. Returned home August 1, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. BENJAMIN N. MILLER With Truck Co. No. 2, 117th Ammunition Train, 42nd Division. Sailed for overseas October, 1917. Returned to United States May 15, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. JAY RICHMOND Enlisted in the Naval Reserves at Kansas University, October 2, 1918. Released from active duty December 12, 1918. Belong to the Naval Reserves at present time. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. CECIL E. KEITER Enlisted in the U. S. Army March 27, 1917. Assigned to 140th Field Hospital Corps, 110th Sanitary Train, 35th Division. Stationed at Camp Doniphan (Oklaloma). Transferred to 103rd Co. 35th Engineers as a machinist. Sailed from Camp Merritt (N. J.) March 27, 1918, for France. Landed at Brest, France, April 14, 1918. From there to Beziers, Herault, France. January, 1919, was transferred to Lumar, France. March 18, 1919, was sent to Aigufuille, France. From there to La Rochelle. Later to St. Nazaire, France. Left for United States July 8, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge (Iowa) August 5, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. MILO E. GROSS Entered the service May 10, 1918. Sent to Jefferson Barracks (Missouri). Then transferred to the 313th Cavalry. Stationed at Del Rio, Texas, for boarder duty. In August, 1918, was transferred to Battery "C," 69th Field Artillery and stationed at Camp Knox (Kentucky). Took a course in Field Gun Mechanism while there. Discharged at Camp Knox (Ky.) December 20, 1918. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. ELBERT GORDON CRANDALL In the Spanish-American War enlisted in the 161th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, June, 1898. Served in Cuba in the 7th Army Corps under General Fitzhugh Lee. Was captured by hostile tribe and held in prison for several weeks, during which time was roughly treated. Appointed Corporal after return to the Regiment. With the 161st Infantry went to Washington, D. O, by invitation of President McKinley. In 1917 made application for admittance to Officers' Training Camp. Without waiting for ap- pointment enlisted in the Army. Served until September 3, 1918. Recommended for appointment as 1st Lieutenant. Rejected for overseas duty on account of fast heart. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. WILLIAM EDWIN BRANNAN Entered the service August 29, 1918. In training at Fort Riley (Kansas). Assigned to Co "E," Provisional Field Hospital, M. O. T. O. September 9, 1918. Transferred to 322nd Sanitary Train, 97th Division, Camp Cody IN. Mexico), September 20, 1918. Transferred to Field Hospital Co. 385, 97th Division, Camp Cody (N. Mexico), October 5, 1918. Transferred to 2nd C&., 1st Battalion, 164th Depot Brigade, Camp Funston (Kansas), December 7, 1918. Discharged Camp Funston (Kansas) December 14, 1918. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. THE NEW ARMY Who are those soldiers Who go marching down ? They're the young fellows Of your old home town. The butcher's son, the baker's, His Honor's lad, too ; The old casual mixture Of Gentile and Jew. Don't they march manly ! Ay, they step light ; And soon by the paper* Ye'll see they can fight! — R. R. Kirk, S. S. U. One Hundred Five 1— KARL S. WEISBROD 2— DAVE WOMBLE 3— EDMOND A. BEASLEY 4— WILLARD B. HALL 5— JACK W. MILLER 6— RALPH W. KENDALL 7— CARL V. RICKETTS 8— CHARLES BRITTON One Hundred Six CHARLES A. BRITTON Enlisted in 1he U. S. Navy, July 1. 1918. Sent to Great Lakes (III.) for training . Assigned to U. S. S. Los Angeles, September 7, 1918, at Philadelphia, Pa. Sailed for overseas from New York, ar- riving at Brest, France, September 19, 1918. Went overland from Brest to La Harve, France. Crossed the English Channel on a British boat with 900 German prisoners. Later was sent to Queenstown, Ireland. Sailed for home on U. S. S. Manley, December 23, 1918. Released from active duty January 5, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. KARL F. WEISBHOD Enlisted in the Coast Artillery. In training at Fort McKinley (Maine), and Fort Williams (Maine). Served in France with the 5th Anti- Aircraft Battalion, 55th Battery, Field Artillery. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. DAVE WOMBLE Enlisted with the 66th Engineers, April 26, 1918. Stationed at Camp Laurel (Md.). Sailed from Hoboken, N. J., for overseas, June 29, 1918. Served in France one year. Arrived in U. S. July 5, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge (Iowa) July 15, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. JACK W. MILLER Enlisted in the Navy, December 27, 1917. In training at Great Lakes (111.) and Harvard College. Assigned to Battleship, U. S. N., as Radio Operator, which did convoy duty and European Coast defense duty. Discharged October 17, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. WILLARD B. HALL Enlisted in the 1st Kansas Infantry, July 26, 1917, as musician. In training at Lawrence, Kansas, until October 17, 1917. Then went to Camp Doniphan (Okla.) Sailed for overseas with 110th Engineers April, 1918. Served in France until conclusion of the war. Discharged May 3, 1919, at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CORPORAL EDMOND AUSTIN BEASLEY Entered the service September 19, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas), assigned to Co. "K," 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Went overseas with the Division in June, 1918, and in August, 1918, went into the trenches north of Toul, France. Was in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives and occupation of Germany. Discharged June 2, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. RALPH W. KENDALL Enlisted in the Navy as S 2 C, U. S. N. R. F., July 26, 1918. In training at Great Lakes (111.) and later transferred to U. S. Naval Radio School, Cambridge, Mass. Released from active service, January 29, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CARL V. RICKETTS Enlisted in the 3rd Missouri Infantry, May 15, 1916. Served on Mexican border from June, 1916, to September, 1916. Recalled for guard duty at Kansas City, March 26, 1917. Stationed at Camp Doniphan (Okla.) in October, 1917, with 140th Infantry. March 1, 1918, transferred to 137th Field Hospital. Served eleven months in France. Was in the Haute Alsace, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Discharged May 7, 1918. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. HOGGIN' IT Well, I've eaten food sublime, and I've eaten food" that rotten. From Alaska's coldest corner to where the land- scape's cotton : At times there has been plenty, then there's times when there'e been none, And I've kept me upper stiffest, for complainin' I'm not one. But it's now that I'm protestin' — oh, I've suffered silence long — It's fancy food I'm cravin' for me system's going wrong. Oh, it's bacon, bacon, bacon, Till your belly's fairly ackin' For some biscuits or some hot cakes that in your mouth would melt ; There's no German do could dare me. No fear of death would scare me, If I only had some chicken a la King beneath my belt. Now I read where Mr. Hoover tell the folks to lay off hoggin'. We'll be needin' lots of grub to put the Fritz on the toboggan ; And the way that they've responded makes you feel so awful proud That you'd like to meet old Bill to take his measure for a shroud. Lord, it's plenty that we're gettin', but I'd be dancin' jigs If they'd pass an order home to stop a-killin' off the pigs. For it's bacon, bacon, bacon. Till your very soul is shakin' — If I could pick me eatin', it's a different song I'd sing : I'd not miss a raidin' party, For patrol I'd be quite hearty. Oh, I'd swap me chance of Heaven for some chicken a la King. — Med. Miq. One Hundred Seven 1— FRANK W. KNIGHT 2— LLOYD L. DYER 3— HORACE B. BARTLETT 4— ALBERT S. BLAKE 5— WILLIAM B. WILKS 6— C. BROWN BARBER 7— WILLIAM R. O'BRYAN 8— FRANCIS A. WILMOTH One Hundred Eight SERGEANT WILLIAM R. OBRYAN Entered the service February 5, 1918. Served with 39th Engineers. Sailed for France June 7, 1918. Arrived back in U. S. June 9, 1919. Discharged June 21, 1919. Present address, Navada, Mo. SERGEANT FRANK W. KNIGHT Entered the service May 14, 1918, at Jefferson Barracks (Missouri). Assigned to Supply Troop, 313th Cavalry, stationed at Camp Del Rio (Texas). August 23, 1918, transferred to Supply Co., 70th Field Artillery. Sent to Camp Knox (Kentucky). Later transferred to Battery "B," 70th Field Artillery, as line Sergeant. Had charge of training 70th and 72nd Regiments, Field Artillery in Chemical Warfare Service. Discharged at Camp Knox (Ky.) February 3, 1919. Present address, Joplin, Mo. CORPORAL WILLIAM B. WILKS Entered the service September 19, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "K," 353rd Infantry, 89th Division, Served in France with the 89th Division in the St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne offensive. Also with Army of Occupation in Germany. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) June 2, 1919. Present address, Cherryvale, Kansas. ALBERT S. BLAKE Enlisted July, 1917. Assigned to Cassion Co. "F," 117th Ammunition Train, 42nd Division. Later transferred to 117th Ry. Engineers. Served with the 42nd Division in France. Discharged May, 1919. Present address, St. Louis, Mo. CHARLES BROWN BARBER Enlisted at St. Joseph, Mo., June 8, 1918. Sent to Camp Pike (Arkansas). Transferred July 5, 1918, to 39th Division at Camp Beauregard (Louisiana). Transferred July 16, 1918, to Camp Stewart (Virginia). Sailed for France July 20, 1918. Stationed at Massa, France. Transferred August 22, 1918, to the 32nd Division, Co. "A," 126th Infantry. Participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Marched from the Argonne Forest to the Rhine, Germany, with the Division. A part of the Army of Occupation in Germany until April, 1919. Sailed for U. S. from Brest, France, May 3, 1919. Discharged at New York May 27, 1919. Present address, Denver, Colorado. CORPORAL LLOYD L. DYER Enlisted in the Army May 4, 1918. Assigned to Co. "E," 66th Engineers. Went to France June 30. 1918. Returned to U. S. July 9, 1919. Discharged as Camp Dodge (Iowa) July 16, 1919. Present address, Pittsburg, Kansas. HORACE B. BARTLETT Enlisted in Marine Corps, August 20, 1918. In training at Paris Island, and Indian Head. Dis- charged January 24, 1919. Present address, Eagle, Idaho. FRANCIS A. WILMOTH Enlisted March 17, 1917. Assigned to 44th Coast Artillery. Sailed for France August 14, 1917. Took part in the following fronts: Wilier, Alsace, St. Mihiel offensive and Bouillonville. Accidentally injured May 2, 1918. Gassed October 2, 1918. Arrived back in U. S. February 4, 1919. Discharged June 4, 1920. Present address, Littleneck, Long Island, N. Y. IF I WERE A COOTIE If I were a cootie (pro-Ally, of course), I'd hie me away on a Potsdam-bound horse, And I'd seek out the Kaiser (the war-maddened cuss), And I'd be a bum cootie if I didn't muss His Imperial hide from his head to his toe ! He might hide from the boms, but I'd give him no show ! If I were a cootie, I'd deem it my duty To thus treat the Kaiser, Ah, oui ! And after I'd thoroughly covreed Bill's area, I'd hasten away to the Prince of Bavaria, And chew him a round or two — under the Linden — Then pack up my things and set out for old Hinden — (Old Hindy's the guy always talking 'bout straf- fing) — To think whatl'd do to that bird sets me laughin' If I were a cootie, I'd dem it my duty To thus treat the Prince and old Hindy, Ah, oui ! I'd ne'er get fed up on Imperial gore — I might rest for a while, butl'd go back for more, I'd spend a few days with that Austrian crew. And young Carl himself I'd put down for a chew : They'd be no meatless days for this cootie, I know, They'd all get one jolly good straffing or so. For if I were a cootie, I'd deem it my duty To thus treat their damships. Ah, oui ! —A. P. Bowen, Sgt., R. T. 0. One Hundred Nine 1— EUGENE B. BEAVER 2— GRADY B. SAYLOR 3— CHARLES W. REED 4— MAXIE M. REECE 5— GEORGE E. KNIGHT fi— FRANK M. DIETSCHE 7— BENJAMIN ANDERSON 8— HOMER G. GIBSON One Hundred Ten GRADY B. SAYLOR Enlisted in the Navy June 1, 1918. In training at Great Lakes (111.)- Sent to Atlantic Coast for service as G. M. V. C. on U. S. S. Western Plain, IT. S. S. Main and U. S. S. Mississippi. Made five round trips to France ; the Southern cruise of the Grand Fleet to West Indies, South America, Ports of Spain, Trinidad and San Domingo. Also made the Ports of Liverpool and South Hampton, England ; Bordeaux, La Havre and Brest, France ; Italian ports, Constantinople, and Algiers. Was in Victory Parades with General Pershing at Paris, France, and London, England. Made 58,000 miles during service. Discharged at Philadelphia, September 10, 1919. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. HOMER GLENN GIBSON Entered the service September 6, 1918. Stationed and in training at Camp Funston (Kansas), Assigned to 8th Co., 5th Regiment, 164th Depot Brigade. Discharged November 26th, 1919. Present ad- dress, Edna, Kansas. CORPORAL GEORGE EMERY KNIGHT Entered the service May 14, 1918, at Jefferson Barracks (Missouri). Transferred to Del Rio (Texas), May 19, 1918. Assigned to Troop "A," 313th Cavalry. Transferred August 29, 1918, to Camp Knox (Kentucky)), assigned to Battery "A," 69th Field Artillery. Discharged at Camp Knox (Ky.) December 20, 1918. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. FRANK M. DIETSCHE Entered the service October 4, 1917. Was in the service 22 months of which 14 months were over- seas. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CHARLES W. REED Entered the service August 26, 1918. In training at Fort Riley (Kansas). Served in France from November 2, 1918, to February, 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas), February 26, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. MAXIE M. REESE Entered the service May 15, 1918. Assigned to 313 Cavalry, Del F.io. Texas. Transferred to Supply Battery, 69th Field Artillery, Camp Knox (Ky.) Discharged at Camp Knox, December 21, 1918. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. BENJAMIN ANDERSON Enlisted in the TJ. S. Navy December 13, 1917. In Naval Aviation. In training at Great Lakes (Illinois), Philadelphia, (Pennsylvania). Was stationed at East Leigh, England; Panliac, France; Pelham Bay, N. Y. ; Charleston, S. C, and Hampton Roads, Va. Discharged at St. Louis, Mo. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. EUGENE R. BEAVER Entered the service May 14, 1918, with the 313th Cavalry, stationed at Jefferson Barracks (Mo.) Sent to Del Rio, Texas, June 18, 1918. Later was transferred to the Bakers' and Cooks School at Camp Travis (Texas) for training. On September 18, 1918, was transferred to 69th Field Artillery, Camp Knox (Ky. t. Returned to Camp Travis (Texas), September 28, 1918, as First Class Cook. Discharged March 9, 1919, at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address. Parsons, Kansas. I LOVE I LOVE corned beef — I never knew How good the stuff COULD taste in stew ! I love it WET, I love it DRY, I love it baked and called MEAT PIE. I love it camouflaged in HASH — A hundred buck's I'd give — in CASH To have a BARREL of such chow A-standing here before me now. I say "YUM YUM" when "soupie" blows, I SNIFF and raise aloft my nose : CORNED WILLIE! Ha! Oh, BOY, that's FINE Can hardly keep my place in LINE. I kick my heels and wildly yell : "Old Sherman said that 'WAR IS HELL,' But GLADLY would I bear the heat If corned beef I could get to eat !" I love it HOT— I love it COLD. Corned Willie never WILL grow old. I love it — now PAUSE — listen, friend: When to this war there comes an end And PEACE upon the earth shall reign, I'll hop a boat for HOME again. Then to a RESTAURANT I'll speed- No dainty MANNERS will I heed- But to the waiter I will cry: CORNED BEEF "Bring me — well, make it corned beef PIE ! And — better bring some corned beef STEW, And corned beef COLD — I'll take that, too. And — man, don't think I'm CRAZY, But could you bring a corned beef CAN? And— WAIT— I'm not through ORDERING yet— I want a SIRLOIN STEAK— you BET, With hash browned SPUDS— now, LISTEN friend, I've got the CASH, you may depend — Right HERE it is— let's see, I'll try— Oh, bring me a piece of hot MINCE PIE And ALL this stuff that's printed here ; My appetite is HUGE, I fear. Then, when he's filled my festive board With all these eats, I'll thank the Lord, (For that's the PROPER thing to do). And then I'll take the corned beef STEW, The corned beef PIE, and corned beef COLD, The corned beef CAN I'll then take hold And RAM the whole WORKS into it And say "NOW, damn you, THERE you'll sit. You've haunted every DREAM I've had — You don't know what shame IS, egad ! Now SIT there Bo — See how you FEEL — And watch me eat a REG'LAR meal !" One Hundred Eleven 1— JAY DALBERT KARAS 2— DENTON POULSON 3— HOWARD E. GILL 4— BYRON H. CARR 5— BOYDIE E. HOKE 6— JOHN F. CARSON 7— LESTER D. RICHARDSON 8— NATHAN R. BICKFORD One Hundred Twelve SERGEANT DENTON POULSON Enlisted in the Aviation Service, U. S. Army, December 12, 1917. In training at Kelly Field (Texas), Mechanics Training School (Minneapolis, Minn.), and Sell ridge Field (Michigan). Assigned to 829th Aero Squadron. Sailed for France August 31, 1918. Returned to United States September 5, 1919, and dis- charged September 13, 1919, at Camp Dodge (Iowa). Present address, Welch, Oklahoma. HOWARD E. GILL Entered the service August 29, 1918. Stationed and in training at Fort Riley (Kansas), assigned to Group "E4." Transferred on September 7, 1918, to Aviation Field No. 2, Garden City, L. I., New York, and assigned to work in the Port Hospital. Later sent to Cooperstown, N. Y. Some time later was transferred to the M. T. C. as chauffeur. Discharged September 25, 1919. Present address. Cherry vale, Kansas. BOYDIE E. HOKE Enlisted April 29, 1917, in U. S. Army. Sent to Jefferson Barracks (Missouri), assigned to Coast Artillery. Transferred to Camp Dade (Florida). Served there seven months as Gunner, 1st Class. Then stationed in Truck Transportation School at Jacksonville, Fla., for two months. Then back to Camp Dade (Florida). Later to Camp Eustes (Virginia). Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas), December 23, 1919. Present address, Coffeyville, Kansas. JOHN F. CARSON Entered the service August 5, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Battery "P," 30th Field Artillery, 10th Division. Discharged January 23, 1919. Present address, Wimer, Oklahoma. JAY D. KARAS Entered the service September 6, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "B," 28th Machine Gun Battalion. Discharged January 21, 1919. Present address, Independence, Kansas. LESTER DELBERT RICHARDSON Enlisted in the U. S. Army May 7, 1918. Served with 304th Battalion, Tank Corps, in France eight months. Discharged May 19, 1919. Present address, Salina, Kansas. NATHAN R. BICKFORD Enlisted in the U. S. Army February 23, 1917. Assigned to Co. "G" 9th Infantry, 2nd Division. In training at Jefferson Barracks (Missouri). Served in France in the battles at Veaux, Chauteau Thiery, St. Mihiel, Champagne and Meuse-Argonne. Was gassed July 1, 1918, but did not leave the front. Wounded in right arm July 18, 1918, at Soissons, France. While in the thick of the Meuse-Argonne fight- ing, acting as scout in an advanced position, was badly wounded by machine gun bullet entering right shoulder, breaking three ribs and going through right lung. Arrived back in U. S. January 5, 1919_ Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 20, 1919. Present address, Manhattan, Kansas. BYRON H. CARR Enlisted in Field Hospital Corps at Parsons. Assigned to Field Hospital. 110th Sanitary Train, 35th Division. In training at Camp Doniphan (Oklahoma). Sailed for France with the Division and took part in the following battles and engagements: Messerling sector, August 14, 1918; Gerardmes, August 14- September 12, 1918 ; St. Mihiel offensive September 12-16, 1918 ; Meuse-Argonne, September 26-October 1, 1918; Verdun sector, October 14-Novmber 6, 1918. Dischargd at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 9, 1919. Present address, Angola, Kansas. HOME IS WHERE THE PIE IS "Home is where the heart is" — Thus the poet sang ; But "home is wnere the pie is" For the doughboy sang. Crullers in the craters, Pastry in abris — Our Salvation Army lass Sure knows how to please ! Watch her roll the pie crust Mellower than gold ; Watch her place it neatly Within its ample mold ; Sniff the grand aroma While it slowly bakes — Though the whine of Minnie shells Echoes far awakes. Tin hat for a halo ! Ah, she wears it well ! Making pies for homesick lads Sure is "beating hell ;" In a region blasted By fire and flame and sword, Our Salvation Army lass Battles for the Lord ! Call me sacrilegious, And irreverent, too ; Pies '.' They link us up with home As naught else can do ! "Home is where the heart is" — True, the poet sang ; But, "home is where the pie is" To the Yankee gang ! One Hundred Thirteen 1— CLARENCE HENRY RICE 2— JOHN CARROLL CARPENTER 3— WM. C. CARSON 4— HOWARD TRIEBEL 5— ERNEST T. CRAWFORD 6— MYRON V. GEORGE 7— FRED ROBERTS 8— CHARLES B. LANDAKER One Hundred Fourteen CAPTAIN J. C. MISSILDINE Enlisted in the Medical Corps, 16th Infantry, 1st Division, U. S. A. Was one of the two doctors from Labette County to go overseas in the American Expeditionary Forces. CAPTAIN M. D. AILES Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, M. R. C, April, 1917. Ordered to active duty May 29, 1917. Pro- moted to rank of Captain November, 1917. Honorably discharged May 29, 1919. Joined American Legion at Parsons, Kansas, 1920. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. JOHN CARL BROWN (First Labette County "Boy" to Be Killed in Action.) Enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1915. Was stationed at Douglas, Arizona. Served with General Pershing in American Expeditionary Force in Mexico and on the Mexican border. Went overseas with General Pershing in 1917, and was in the thick of the fray until killed, June 15, 1918, in the battle of the Marne. He was the first boy killed in action from Labette County. At the time of his death was 23 years of age. His parents reside now in California. SERGEANT JOHN CARROLL CARPENTER Enlisted March 19, 1918, at Des Moines, Iowa, in Field Artillery, U. S. Army. Was later assigned to the 5th Ammunition Train, 5th Division, and stationed at Camp Logan (Texas). Sailed for overseas with the Division in May, 1918. Took part in the Vosges sector, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives and the Army of Occupation in Germany. Sailed from France for home as a casual in January, 1919. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. CHARLES B. LANDAKER Enlisted with Motor Truck Co. No. 10 at Parsons, Kansas, in July, 1917 (Motor Truck No. 10 being consolidated with Motor Truck Co. No. 2, 117th Ammunition Train, 42nd (Rainbow) Division.) Was in training at Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y., until October 31, 1917, when the Division sailed for France. Took part in the fighting in the Luneville sector, Baccarat sector, Champagne sector, Marne and Chateau Thierry defensives, the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives and the Army of Occupation in Germany. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CORPORAL MYRON V. GEORGE Enlisted in the 4th Co., Coast Artillery. Stationed at Christobol, Panama, Canal Zone, during the World War. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. CLARENCE HENRY RICE Entered the service May 28, 1918. Received first training at Camp Funston (Kansas) and Camp Dodge (Iowa). Assigned to Battery "B" 339th Field Artillery. Embarked at Hoboken, N. J., August 23, 1918, for France, by the way of Liverpool, England. Arrived at La Havre, France, September 12, 1918. Left the following morning for the front and remained in France until hostilities were concluded. Present address, Chetopa, Kansas. FRED ROBERTS Entered the service May 28, 1918. Received first training at Camp Funston (Kansas) and Fort Benjamin Harrison (Indiana). Assigned to Co. "F," 34th Engineers. Sailed for France August 16, 1918, via Liverpool, England. Stationed at St. Nazaire, France, greater portion of time overseas. Left Brest, France, for home September, 1919. Present address, Vajeda, Kansas. ERNEST TINDEIJ CRAWFORD Entered the service July 22, 1918. Received first training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Ambulance Co. 240, 10th Sanitary Train, later was transferred to Co. 239, stationed at Hagerstown, Maryland, when the armistice was signed. Received discharge January 23, 1919. Present address, Labette, Kansas. HOWARD TRIEBEL Inducted into the service a few days before the signing of the Armistice, was on the way to Fort Riley (Kansas) when hostilities ceased. Present address, Edna. Kansas. WILLIAM C. CARSON Inducted into the service at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to 15th Co., 4th Battalion, 164 D. B. Present address. Mound Valley, Kansas. One Hundred Fifteen 1— HOWARD M. LEE 2— CALVIN E. CADE 3- J. A. FARRELL 4— L. A. FARRELL 5— ROY H. BIRT 6— J. B. FARRELL 7—JAMES E. McGINNIS 8— FRANK J. FARRELL One Hundred Sixteen FRANK J. FARRELL Enlisted May 1, 1917, as Landsman for Yeoman, U. S. Navy, at Kansas City, Mo. From Kansas City was sent to Great Lakes Training Station, there taught the first principles of the necessities of a "sea-going" Gob. At Great Lakes made the rating of Yoeman 3rd class and was shipped from there to Receiving Ship at Philadelphia ; made the rating of Yoeman 2nd class. After a short period of service on the United States Ship Nevada, was transferred to the United States Ship Reina Mercedes, and from there to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., served as Court Recorder, Ship's Writer and Captain's Writer, making the ratings of Yoeman 1st class and Chief Yoeman. While at the Naval Academy passed the examination for appointment as Assistant Paymaster but never got the opportunity to serve in that capacity due to the signing of the armistice. Received honorable discharge August 10, 1919. Present address, Kansas City, Mo. CALVIN E. CADE Entered the service January 24, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas) in the Iufantry Division. On July 20, 1918, was transferred to Medical Department and sent to Fort Crook (Neb.) in charge of the dispensory at the Base Hospital. Transferred to Nitro, W. Va., September 1, 1918. Then transferred to Camp Sherman (Ohio) January 1, 1919, and discharged from the service January 9, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. HOWARD M. LEE Entered the service September 19, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Transferred to 35th Engineers, 21st Grand Division, January 7, 1918, and sta- tioned at Camp Grant (Illinois). Sailed for overseas January 28, 1918. Served with the 35th Engineers in France until the end of the war. Returned to United States May, 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address, Par-sons, Kansas. EjOY H. BIRT Enlisted in National Guard May 22, 1917. Went into Federal Service August 5, 1917. Assigned to 140th Field Hospital, 110th Sanitary Train, 35th Division. In training at Camp Doniphan (Okla.) Sailed from New York for overseas May 18, 1918, via England. Landed at La Harve, France. Took part in the following fronts: Vosges sector, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Present address, St. Louis, Mo. JAMES E. McGINNIS Enlisted in the U. S. Army May 26, 1917. Assigned to Battery "A," second Regiment (Missouri), Field Artillery. Discharged August 14, 1917, on account of physical disability. Re-entered the service August 29, 1918. Stationed at Fort Riley (Kansas). Assigned to Base Hospital No. 90, Officers Training Camp. Sailed for overseas November 10, 1918. Returned to U. S. from France July 6, 1919. Was dis- charged at Camp Funston (Kansas) July 14, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. JOHN L. ODELL Entered the service July, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "C," 118th Engineers. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. One Hundred Seventeen 1— HOMER BOWMAN 2— ROY G. McLANE 3— JOHN L. MILES 4— BENTON H. ARMES 5— OLIVER W. WARBINGTON 6— ROY S. HANDLEY 7— JAMES F. BLEVINS 8— LEE McCREARY One Hundred Eighteen JOHN L. MILES Enlisted October 1, 1918, at Manhattan, Kansas, where he was stationed until discharged December 12, 1918. Received appointment as Army Field Clerk, February, 1919. Assigned to duty at Headquarters' Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N. J. Sailed April 1, 1919, for unassigned duty in France with Army of Occupation. Received assignment for Port of Rotterdam, Holland, Supply Base, April 15, 1919. Transferred to Camp Pontanzen, Brest, France, August, 1919. Returned to TJ. S. October 28, 1919. As- signed to duty Headquarters Central Department, Chicago, III. Discharged December 31, 1919. Present address, Coffeyville, Kansas. OLIVER W. WARBINGTON Entered the service September 6, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "C," 29th Machine Gun Battalion. Discharged January 24, 1919. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. JAMES F. BLEVINS Entered the service July 22, 1918. Sailed for France October 19, 1918. Served in Camp Hospital, Medical Corps, near Swiss border. Sailed for U. S. in July, 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address, Edna, Kansas. ROY S. HANDLEY Entered the service July 20, 1918. Stationed at Fort Riley (Kansas). Went overseas September 12, 1918. Landed at Brest ; sick in hospital for one month, ordered to front when armistice was signed. Then transferred to A. E. F. Hospital at, Baume. France. Sailed for home June 15, 1919. Discharged July 15, 1919. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. HOMER BOWMAN Enlisted in the U. S. A. at Wichita Falls, Texas, February 10, 1918. In training at Fort MacArthur (California I. Assigned to Co. "A" 55th Ammunition Train, C. A. O, 5th Division. Arrived in France June 14, 1918. Took part in the Somme and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Discharged at Camp Bowie (Texas) March 29, 1919. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. LEE McCREARY Enlisted in the U. S. Army December 6, 1917. In training at Charlotte, N. J., May 1918, for France. Landed at Brest, France, Decoration Day. fronts: Chauteau-Thiery, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, France, and with the Army of Occupation in Ger- many. Entitled to wear two Gold War Service Chevrons. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 12, 1919. Re-enlisted January 27, 1921, assigned to Co. "B," 64th Infantry, 7th Division. Stationed at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y. Residence address, Oswego, Kansas. ROY G. McLANE Entered the service May 28, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Served in A. E. F. in France from September 30, 1918, to July 4, 1919. Present address, Oswego, Kansas. CORPORAL BENTON H. ARMES Entered the service May 28, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas) later at Fort Lavenworth (Kansas). Sailed for overseas July 9, 1918. Served with 413th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps, Detached Division. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 14, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. N. C. Sailed from Hoboken, Took part in the following JUST THINKIN' Standin' up here on the fire-step, Lookin' ahead in the mist, With a tin hat over your ivory With a rifle clutched in your fist ; Waitin' and watchin' and wond'rin' If the Hun's comin' over tonight — Say, ain't the thing you think of Enough to give you a fright ? Things you ain't even thought of For a couple o' months or more ; Things that 'ull set you laughin', Things that 'ull make you sore ; Things that you saw in the movies, Things that you saw on the street, Things that you're really proud of, Things that are — not so sweet. Debts that are past collectin', Stories you hear and forget, Ball games and birthday parties, Hours of drill in the wet ; Headlines, recruitin' posters, Sunsets, 'way out at sea, Evenings of pay days — golly, It's a queer thing, this memory ! Faces of pals in Homeburg, Voices of women folk, Verses you learnt in schooldays. Pop up in the mist and smoke, As you stand there, grippin' that rifle, A-starin', and chilled to the bone, Wonderin' and wonderin' and wonderin',. Just thinkin' there — all alone ! When will the war be over? When will the gang break through? What will the U. S. look like? What will there be to do ? Where will the Boches be then ? Who will have married Nell ? When's that relief a-comin' up ? Gosh ! But this thinkin's hell ! -Hudson Hawley, Pvt. M. G. Bn. One Hundred Nineteen 1— VERNE L. YOUNG 2— GLENN U. CALDWELL 3— FRANCIS T. PROVOST 4— HERMAN T. MURRY 5 -MARION T. BURTON 6— HARRY T. CAVANAGH 7— GLENN O. ROSS 8— IVAN L. DENNIS One Hundred Twenty SERGEANT CLARENCE E. HABIGER Enlisted in (he U. S. Army September 22, 1917, at Fort Bliss (Texas). Sent to Camp Grant (111.) and assigned to 21st Regiment Engineers, Light Railway. Later stationed at Camp Merritt. Sailed for overseas December 26, 1917, on U. S. S. President Grant. Arrived at Brest, France, January 10, 1918. Shortly after arrival in France was sent to front lines. The Headquarters were located at Neuf Etang Junction, in Nauginsard Woods. In July, 1918, was transferred with the Regiment to Relleville near Nancy, and given charge of Light Railways in the Nancy sector, remaining there until the St. Mihiel offensive was concluded then moved to Cheppy in the Argonne, taking over all the Light Railways in that sector, remaining there until armistice was signed, then stationed at Audun-le-Roman. Sailed from Brest, France, for home May 28 ,1919. Discharged at Camp Bowie (Texas) June 26, 1919. Present address, "Walla Walla, Washington. GLENN O. ROSS Entered the service October 4, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Head- quarters Co., 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Transferred to Camp Merritt (N. J.) March, 1918, as Company Clerk with Co. "E," 7th Infantry, 3rd Division. Sailed for France April 4, 1918. Stationed at Chaumont, France. First front line action was in the Chauteau Thiery sector, then Belleau Wood. Wounded June 1, 1918, by machine gun bullet; also gassed. After being pronounced dead was left where he fell for two days, then picked up and sent to Base Hospital. Spent seven months in dif- ferent hospitals. Recovering from wounds arrived in U. S. April 6, 1919. Discharged April 14, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. GLENN U. CALDWELL Enlisted in the U. S. Army July 10, 1916, at St. Louis Mo. Served six months on Mexican border. Sailed for France May, 1917, with 1st Division. Took part in five major operations. Discharged August 30, 1921. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. SERGEANT HARRY T. CAVANAGH Entered the service July 15, 1918. Sent to Fort Hayes (Kansas) for training. Assigned to Motor Transport Corps, Fort Sam Houston (Texas) September 16, 1918, and remained there until the conclusion of the war. Discharged at Fort Sam Houston (Texas) April 17, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. IVAN L. DENNIS Enlisted in the service July 19, 1917. Assigned to Co. "B," 117th Ammunition Train, Rainbow Division. Overseas in the service eighteen months, during which time took part in following : Luneville sector, Baccarat sector, Champagne-Marne defensive, Chauteau Thiery front, Toul sector, St. Mihiel of- fensive, Meuse- Argonne offensive, Array of Occupation in Germany. Discharged May 15, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. VERN LEWIS YOUNG Enlisted in the U. S. Navy at Houston, Texas, May 29, 1917. In training at San Francisco, Calif. Transferred to Mare Island (California) Hospital for duty February 15, 1918, as Hospital Corpsman, 1st Class. Assigned to U. S. S. Mallory April 19, 1918. (The Mallory was in the first convoy that landed troops in France.) Made fourteen round trips across the Atlantic ocean, carrying an average of 2,200 soldiers each trip during the war. After the armistice carried an average of 900 sick and wounded each trip besides quota of returning soldiers. Transferred to Brooklyn Navy Yards September 15, 1919, aboard the U. S. S. Hartford. Discharged at Dallas, Texas, October 6, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. FRANCIS T. PROVOST Enlisted in the Army April 15, 1917. Assigned to Co. "B," 110th Field Signal Battalion, 35th Divi- sion. Served in the Vosges sector, St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne and Verdun. Earned two service chevrons. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. MARION T. BURTON Enlisted in the Kansas National Guard, U. S. A., May 23, 1917, in Field Hospital No. 2. On August 5, 1917, became a part of 140th Field Hospital, 110th Sanitary Train, 35th Division. Going in the front lines of battle in France in June, 1918, took part in the following: Wessenling sector June30- August 14, 1918. Guardman Sector August 14-September 12, 1918. St. Mihiel offensive September 12 to 16, 1918. Meuse-Argonne offensive September 26-October 1, 1918. Verdun sector October 14-November 6, 1918. Dis- charged at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 9, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. HERMAN T. MURRY Enlisted in the service July 11, 1917, with Co. "B," 117th Ammunition Train, 42nd Division. Went to Camp Mills IN. Y.) August, 1917. Sailed for France October, 1917. First engagement in France was Lunneville sector February 27-March 22, 1918. Then Baccarat sector, Champagne-Marne defensive, Aisne-Marne defensive, Fisme, Toul sector, St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Argonne offensive. Army of Oc- cupation in Germany. Sailed from Brest, France, for U. S. April 20, 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 15, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. One Hundred Twenty-one 1— ARTHUR O. PHELPS 2— WAYNE SILCOTT 3— THOMAS E. HORN 4— ALVIN S. BROOKS 5— CECIL D. WALLINGFORD 6— GERALD HAGAN 7— SERGEANT WILLIAM FRED CARDIN 8— JAMES L. BAKER One Hundred Twenty-two JAMES L. BAKER Enlisted in the U. S. A. April 19, 1917. Sent to Jefferson Barracks (Missouri). Then Charleston (South Carolina). Attached to 2nd Co., C. A. C. Left Charleston July 26, 1917, for Newport (R. I.), then to Fort Adams. Sailed from New York City August 24, 1917, for overseas via Halifax, Canada, and Liverpool, England. Landed at La Harve, France, September 11, 1917. On March 21, 1918, went into an active sector and remained in active service at the front until the armistice was signed. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. SERGEANT WILLIAM FRED CARDIN After entering the service was assigned to 313th Cavalry and stationed at Del Rio (Texas). Later was transferred to 69th Field Artillery and stationed at Camp Knox (Kentucky). Dischax'ged from the service at Camp Knox (Ky.) December 21, 1918. Present address, Miami, Okla. WAYNE SILCOTT Enlisted in the service July 14, 1917. Assigned to Co "B," 117th Ammunition Train. Served over- seas as follows : Luneville sector, Baccarat sector, Champagne-Marne defensive, Aisne-Marne offensive, Toul sector, St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse-Arganne offensive. Army of Occupation in Germany. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 15, 1919. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. ARTHUR O. PHELPS Enlisted in the Navy May 14, 1918. In training at Great Lakes (111.) three weeks. Assigned to TJ. S. S. Arkansas, which was a part of the 6th Battle Squadron of the British Grand Fleet during the war. Present at the surrender of the German fleet November 21, 1918. Later served on the U. S. S. Aeolus, transport, making six round trips from France with returning American soldiers. Discharged at St. Louis September, 1919. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. CECIL D. WALLINGFORD Entered the service May 15, 1918, at Jefferson Barracks (Missouri). Assigned to 313th Cavalry and sent to Camp De! Rio (Texas). Later transferred to 69th Field Artillery and stationed at Camp Knox (Kentucky). Present address, Altamont, Kansas. GERALD HOGA.N Entered the service May 24, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas) and Camp Dodge (Iowa). Assigned to Co. "I," 349th Infantry, 88th Division. Landed in France September 19, 1918. Left France for U. S. May 19, 1919. Discharged June 12, 1919. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. ALVIN S. BROOKS Entered the service September 8, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to 15th Co., 164th Depot Brigade. October 24, 1918, was transferred to Co. "G," 29th M. G. Bn., 10th Division. Sent to the K. S. A. C. at Manhattan, Kansas, January 6, 1919. Discharged February 5, 1919. Present address, Wichita, Kansas. Co. THOMAS E. HORN Entered the service latter part of 1918, stationed at Camp Funston (Kansas). 164th Depot Brigade. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. Assigned to 29th TOUJOURS LE MEME No matter how wise or how foolish The company's cook may be, When down at the table we're seated, Two things we all plainly can see ; When we look at the chow There's the bosom of sow, And beans — beans — beans. If quartered in city or country, The cook never misses his aim ; If messing in swamp or on mountain, Two things will remain quite the same ; Though it may cause a row, We get bosom of sow. And beans — beans — beans. When tasks for the day are all ended. And weary are body and brain. Small matter it makes if we're eating Indoors, or outside in the rain, The cook makes his bow With the bosom of sow, And beans — beans — beans. Of all that I've learned in the Army, This fact I am sure I know well — And others are certain to tell you — The soldier's worst picture of hell Is thrice daily chow With the bosom of sow, And beans — beans — beans. -Vance C. Criss, Corp., Engrs. One Hundred Twenty-three l-OMER H. KEPHART 2— ADAM NICKEL 3- KEITH T. BELL 4 -ADDISON D. OWENS 5 —EARL JOHNSTON 6— HARRY A. MURPHY 7 ORAN B. WHITE 8— CHARLES F. MARSHALL One Hundred Twenty-four KEITH T. BELL Entered the service September 19, 1917. At Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Headquarters Co., 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Went to Camp Mills (New York) May 25, 1918. Sailed from Hoboken, N. J., with the Division June 4, 1918, for France via Liverpool, England. Landed at La Havre, France, last of June. Going into the trenches in the Limey-Flirey sector August 5, 1918. Was in the battles of St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne sectors. Present address, Chetopa, Kansas. OMER H. KEPHART Entered the service August 25, 1918. Served in the Medical Corps at Fort Omaha (Neb.) as Ward Master. Discharged January 15, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. ADDISON D. OWENS Entered the service October 8, 1918, at Pittsburg, Kansas. Discharged December 15, 1918. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. ORAN B. WHITE Enlisted July, 1917, in Truck Co. No. 2, 117th Ammunition Train, 42nd Division (Rainbow). Sailed for overseas August, 1917. Was with the Division in France and occupation of Germany. Dis- charged from service May, 1918. Present address, Faulkner, Kansas. CHARLES FRED MARSHALL Enlisted May 7, 1918, with 66th Engineers, Jefferson Barracks (Missouri). Sailed for France June 30, 1918. Served with Transportation Corps in France for one year. Left for U. S. June 30, 1919. Dis- charged at Camp Dodge (Iowa) July 16, 1920. Present address, New Franklin, Mo. EARL JOHNSTON Enlisted May 21, 1917, in 140th Field Hospital Corps, 35th Division. Served with the Division in France. Discharged May 9, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. ADAM NICKEL Entered the service September 19, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "K," 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. On March 25, 1918, was transferred to Co. "L," 140th Infantry, 35th Division. Sailed for France, April 25, 1918. Took part in the following battles: Vosges, July 16-Sep- tember 1, 1918; Meuse-Argonne, September 26-October 1, 1918; Tavannas sector, October 14 until signing of armistice. Discharged May 13, 1919, at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address, Chetopa, Kansas. CORPORAL HARRY A. MURPHY In training at Camp Kearney (California). Assigned to Co. "K," 30th Regiment Infantry, 3rd Division. Was with Division in the Aisne-Marne defensive July 22-27, 1918. In the St. Mihiel offensive and in the Vesle sector. Gassed in the Meuse-Argonne offensive October 10, 1918. Present addi-ess, Chetopa, Kansas. THE TANK Oh, she's nothin' sweet to look at an' no symphony to hear ; She ain't no pome of beauty, that's a cinch — She howls like Holy Jumpin' when a fellow shifts a gear, But she's sure a lovey-dovey in a pinch. Just head her straight for Berlin and no matter what the road. Or whether it's just trenches, trees and mud. And I" guarantee she'll get there with her precious human load And her treads a-drippin' red with German blood. Oh, you tank! tank! tank! She's a pippin, she's a daisy, she's a dream ! Where the star-shells are a-lightin' up the thickest thickest of the fightin,' She'll be sailin' like a demon through the gleam. If the way is rough and stony and the vantage point is far, Just slip her into high and hang on tight, Shove your food down on the throttle and to hell with all the jar — She'll take you clean from here to out of sight. 'Course you've got to clean and scrub her same as any piece of tin That's worth the smoke to blow her up the flue ; But just whisper to her gently, pat her back and yell "Giddap!" And there ain't a thing she wouldn't do for you. Oh, you tank! tank! tank! She's a Lulu, she's a cuckoo ! She's the goods ! When the Boches see you comin', they will set the air to hummin' A-wavin' of their legs to reach the woods. When the last great rush is over and the last grim trench is past, She will roll in high right through old Berlin town, Her grim old sides a-shakin' and her innerds raisin' hob. Intent on runnin' Kaiser William down. Then she'll find him and we'll bind him to her grindin', tearin' treads, And we'll start her rollin' on the road to hell. Shove her into high and leave her, tie her bloomin' throttle down — We'll say she's lived her life and lived it well. Oh, you tank ! tank ! tank ! She's a devil ! She's a dandy ! She's sublime ! When her grimy hide goes hurlin' through the dirty streets of Berlin, Watch the goose step change to Yankee double time ! — Richard C. Colburn, Sgt., Tank Corps. One Hundred Twenty-five 1— SERGEANT JOHN L. RICKETTS 2— LYMAN A. WISE 3— CLARENCE W. COX 4— ALVA F. HUCKE 5— JACK L. WOLVERTON 6— FRED H. HUCKE 7— WILLIAM L. MARTIN 8— OWEN HOHN One Hundred Twenty-six WILLIAM LEONARD MARTIN Entered the service April 29, 1918, with 66th Engineers. Stationed and in training at Camp Laurel (Md. I. Sailed for France June 30, 1918. Landed at Brest. A few hours after landing was run over by a truck and confined to the Base Hospital at Brest for two months. Joining the 66th Engineers again at Montarge, France. Later volunteered for service in Northern Russia, being stationed at Murmansk and Sorka, Russia. Left Northern Russia July 27, 1919, for U. S. via Brest, France. Discharged August 29, 1919, at Camp Taylor (Ky.). Present address, Parsons, Kansas. SERGEANT JOHN L. RICKETTS Entered the service March 28, 1918. Stationed and in training at Camp Funston (Kansas). As- signed to duty at Base Hospital. Sailed for France November, 1918, and served at the Base Hospital at Brest, France. Discharged September 28, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. JACK L. WOLVERTON Enlisted May 23. 1917, in 140th Field Hospital. In training at Camp Doniphan (Oklahoma). Sailed in May, 1918, for France. Served in France in the 140th Field Hospital, 110th Sanitary Train, 35th Divi- sion. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 10, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CORPORAL OWEN HOHN Entered the service June 24, 1918. Stationed and in training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "M," 70th Regiment, Infantry. Discharged January 28, 1919. Present address. Mound Valley, Kansas. LYMAN A. WISE Entered the service September 6, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to 14th Co., 164th Depot Brigade. Six weeks later transferred to Co. "H," 41st Infantry. Discharged June 21, 1919. Present addrss, Mound Valley, Kansas. CLARENCE W. COX Entered the service August 8, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas) and Camp Logan (Texas). Sailed for France via Liverpool, England, September 1, 1918. Assigned to Base Hospital Corps, stationed at Mevs, and Boulzes, France. Paralyzed while in the service in France. Sailed for U. S. as a casual May 14, 1919. Discharged July 21, 1919. Present address, Mound Valley, Kansas. FRED H. HUCKE Entered the service September 19, 1917, at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "K," 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Transferred May 3, 1918, to 52nd Co., 164th Depot Brigade. Discharged July 6, 1918. Present address, Mound Valley, Kansas. ALVA FRANK HUCKE Enlisted in the service October 3, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas), until sailing for overseas February, 1918, from Hoboken, N. J. Reached St. Nazaire, France, March 11, 1918. Sent to the front lines in April. Wounded by a machine gun bullet July 20, 1918, in the fighting at Ballou Wood. Taken to a Field Hospital, then to a Base Hospital in France and was returned to U. S. November 7, 1918. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) April 4, 1919. Present address. Mound Valley, Kansas. TRENCH MUD We have heard of Texas gumbo And the mud in the Phillipines, Where, if we had legs like Jumbo, The mud would cover our jeans. But never did we get a chance To feel real mud till we hit France. Our shoes are deep in it, We often sleep in it, We almost weep in it — It everywhere ; We have to fight in it, And vent our spite in in. We look a sight in it, But we don't care ! The mud that lies in No Man's Land Is as thick on the other side, And where the Germans Make their stand Is where we'll make them slide, For our hob- nailed shoes will force a way, And we'll knock them cold — for the U. S. A. Though we must eat in it, Wash our feet in it. Try to look neat in it, This mud and slime ; Though we get sore in it, Grumble and roar in it. We'll win the war in it In our good time I — John J. Curtin, Sgt. Inf. One Hundred Twenty-seven 1— ROY B. HOOBLER 2— HOBERT HUFF 3— RALPH E. TRASTER 4— F. M. STALLARD 5— JAMES LUTHER HORN 6— EARL D. REYNOLDS 7— ISAAC M. HOUSE 8— HENRY R. WILSON One Hundred Twenty-eight EARL DOUGLAS REYNOLDS Enlisted in the U. S. Army at Kansas City, Mo., February, 1918. Was sent to Fort Myer (Va.) Transferred to Washington Barracks. Assigned to Co. No. 1, S. A. R. D. Engineers. Joined the A. E. F. in France August, 1918. Was in England and Ireland on special duty. Returned to the United States July, 1919. Mustered out of the service at Camp Taylor (Ky.) Present address, Houston, Texas. RALPH E. TRASTER Entered the service September 21, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Headquarters Co., 353rd Infantry. 89th Division. Sailed for overseas with the Division and participated in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, and in the Army of Occupation in Germany. Present address, Edna, Kansas. ROBERT HUFF Enlisted in the U. S. Army. Served with the 66th Engineers in France eleven months. Returned to United States July 15, 1919. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. JAMES LUTHER HORN Entered the service October 6, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Present address Houston, Texas. Present address. ROLLIE B. HOOBLE Enlisted in U. S. Army from Iowa. Served overseas one year. Present address, Coffeyville, Kansas. MRS. PAUL CHRISTMAN When the Labette County Chapter. Red Cross, was organized Mrs. Christman became one of the active workers, especially in the Surgical Dressing Department, being one of the sixty workers of this depart- ment to earn the right to wear the Red Cross on their headdress. Mrs. Christman was chosen as a member on the first committee of the Nursing Department and rendered valuable assistance in this branch of the Red Cross work. Present address is Wichita, Kansas. LIEUTENANT ARTHUR G. McKNIGHT Enlisted in the Tank Service, U. S. Army, April 18, 1918. In training at U. S. Tank Training Station, Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa. Commissioned Lieutenant in September, 1918, and assigned to Re- cruiting duty at Philadelphia, Pa., for the Tank Service. Received his discharge at Camp Dix (N. J.) December, 1918. Present address, Kansas City. Mo. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. McKnight, reside in Parsons. Kansas. One Hundred Twenty-nine 1— CHESTER L. BURKE 2— CLAIR F. HAVERFIELD 3— CLARENCE H. KESSLER 4— R. V. WASHABAUGH 5— ANSON C. CARSON 6— LOYAL D. BOON 7— LLOYD E. MATHIS 8— OSCAR F. STURM One Hundred Thirty CAPTAIN RALPH E. BAKER Enlisted in Troop B 1st Cavalry, January 20, 1914. On duty Mexican border. New Mexico and Arizona. Assisted in rounding up the Aprache Kid and his band of renigade Indians. Changed station to Fort Sill, Okla., 1896, to guard Geronirr.o and his band at that station. Participated in the Cuban campaign of Spanish- American War, 1898. Stormed San Juan Hill with Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Re- turning to U. S. A., and in 1900 sailed for the Phillipine Islands, served there for two years, returning to U. S. A., stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. In 1907 returned to the Phillipine Islands for two year detail. Discharged, February 13, 1910. Came to Parsons, March, 1910. Entered the Kansas Na- tional Guard 1916 as 2nd Lieutenant of Cavalry. Served with Troop A, Kansas Cavalry on Mexican border, being mustered out of Federal service March 8, 1917. Detailed on recruiting duty April 15. 1917, by Adjutant General Chas. I. Martin, K. N. G. Enlisted Field Hospital Corps in Parsons, also Motor Transportation Corps, Parsons, Kansas. Organized Troop C, 1st Kansas Cavalry, Dodge City, Kansas. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant June 20, 1917, and to Captain July 30, 1917. Entered Federal service August 5, 1917, in command of Troop A, 1st Kansas Cavalry, which troop was appointed Head- quarters Troop, 35th Division. Camp Doniphan, Okla. February 1, 1918, transferred to 303rd Cavalry, Camp Stanley, Texas. August 15, 1918, 303rd Cavalry was transferred to the 52nd and 53rd Field Artillery. Remained with the 52nd F. A. as Regimental Supply Officer. Attended the School of Artillery Fire at Fort Still, Okla., and Cavalry Officers Training School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, at close of which was assigned to the 4th U. S. Cavalry, Camp Sam Fordyce, Texas. Ordered to Camp Travis, Texas, for honorable discharge, September 16, 1819. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CHESTER L. BURKE Enlisted in U. S. Army June 4, 1917. In training at Camp Doniphan (Oklahoma). Assigned to Co. "B," 110th Engineers, 35th Division. Sailed from Hoboken, N. J., May 2, 1918, for overseas. Landed at Brest, France, May 10, 1918. Saw service with the British Army in the American sector 27-June 6, 1918. Was in the following sectois: Alsace, July 1 to August 31, 1918. St. Mihiel offensive, September 12 to September 16, 1918. Meuse-Argonne, September 26 to October 1, 1918. Verdun sector, October 15 to November 6, 1918. Sailed from Brest, France, for U. S. April 10. 1919. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) May 3, 1919. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. ANSON C. CARSON Entered the service February 13, 1917. In training at Camp Funston. Assigned to Co. "F," 32nd Engineers. Served in France with the 32nd Engineers. Present address, Dennis, Kansas. LLOYD E. MATHIS Enlisted September 6, 1918. Stationed and in training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co. "H," 41st Infantry, 10th Division. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. LOYAL DANLEY BOON Enlisted in the U. S. Army June 27, 1917, at Akron, Ohio. Assigned to Medical Corps. Served during the World War. Discharged June 27, 1919. Present address, Chetopa, Kansas. CLAIR F. HAVERFIELD Entered the service September 6, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas) Assigned to 29th Field Artillery Band as 1st Class Musician. Discharged January 29, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. VIRGIL R. WASHABAUGH Entered the service September 19, 1917. In training at Camp Doniphan (Oklahoma). Assigned to 140th Infantry, 35th Division. Served with 35th Division in France. Discharged May 13, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. OSCAR FREDERICK STURM Entered the service May 6, 1918, at Jefferson Barracks (Missouri). Assigned to Co. "E," 66th Engineers. Served one year in France. Discharged at Camp Bodge (Iowa). Present address, Parsons, Kansas. CLARENCE H. KESSLER Enlisted in Coast Artillery, U. S. A., April 24, 1917. Assigned to 41st, C. A. C. and stationed at Fort Monroe (Virginia). Left Newport News (Va.) July 17, 1918. Landed in France July 31, 1918. Assigned to 61st C. A. C. Stationed at St. Nazaire, Franc.. From there was assigned to the First Army Corps as a reserve. Discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas I March 24, 1919. Present address, Altamont, Kansas. One Hundred Thirty-one 1— SERGEANT JAMES W. WRIGHT 2— EUGENE P. FULTON 3— SERGEANT LOIS LOWE A— HARRY H. NEWMAN 5— JOHNNIE DODD 6— LON JOE HOLMES 7— HENRY LYDLE 8— CLAUDE W. LEY/IS One Hundred Thirty- two SERGEANT LOIS LOWE Entered the service October 27, 1917. In training at Camp Funs+on (Kansas). Assigned to Machine Gun Co.. then transferred to Co. "E," 317th Ammunition Train, 92nd Division. This Company had charge of the Ammunition Dump of 167th Field Artillery, Fort de Facq, France, for 53 days. For 21 days during that time were under heavy lombardment, and during that time handled 61.000 rounds of artillery pro- jectors, 19,317 charges of powder, 62,620 fuses, 89.760 primers, a total of 1,789,280 pounds of ammunition. Honorably discharged at Camp Funston (Kansas) Ma-ch 19, 1919. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. JOHNNIE DODD Entered the service July 17, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Head- qva.ters Co., 805th Pioneer Infantry. Sent to Camp Upton (New York) August 27, 1918. Sailing from New York for France September 2, 1918. Landed at La Havre, France, September 19, 1918. Immediately roing to Rolampont, Haute Marne ; after ten days there was sent to the front lines, being stationed at Clermont-en-Argonne. On October 21, 1918 the Company received its "Baptism of Fire" from German Airmen dropping bombs. Returned to U. S. A., June 27, 1919. Discharged July 7, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. HENRY LYDLE Entered the service June 20, 1918. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Sailed for overseas August 29, 1918. While in France served with 5th Depot Brigade. Served in France eleven months. Dis- charged at Camp Dodge (Iowa) July 26, 1919. Present address, Chetopa, Kansas. LON JOE HOLMES Entered the service October 1, 1918, at Lawrence, Kansas. Assigned to Co. "E" Infantry, U. S. A. Discharged November 26, 1918. Present address, Chetopa, Kansas. CLAUDE W. LEWIS Entered the service July 16, 1918. Assigned to Co. 11, Depot Brigade. Discharged September 2, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. HARRY H. NEWMAN Entered the service October 27, 1917. In training at Camp Funston (Kansas). Assigned to Co "E," 317th Ammunition Train, 92nd Division. Served in France until conclusion of the war. Present address, Chetopa, Kansas. SERGEANT JAMES W. WRIGHT Entered the service June 15, 1918. In training at Quindaro, Kansas. Then transferred to Camp Grant (Illinois). Assigned to Headquarters Co. 803rd Pioneer Infantry. Sailed from New York for France, September 17, 1918. Took part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Arrived back in U. S. A., July 18, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge (Iowa) July 26, 1919. Present address, Parsons, Kansas. EUGENE P. FULTON Entered the service July 30, 1918. In training at Camp Travis (Texas). Transferred to Camp Taylor (Kentucky) August 21, 1918. Assigned to the 801st Infantry. Sent to Camp Merritt (New Jersey) September 1, 1918. Sailed from New York for France September 8, 1918. Arriving at Brest, France, was sent into the Verdun sector, remaining there until November 24, 1918. Left Brest, France, May 3, 1919, for U. S. A. Discharged at Camp Travis (Texas) June 17, 1919. Present address. Parsons, Kansas. CORP'RAL'S CHEVRONS Oh, the General with his shiny stars, leading a parade, The Colonel and the Adjutant a-sportin' of their braid, The Major and the Skipper — none of 'em look so fine As a newly minted corp'ral comin' down the line! Oh. the Bishop in his mitre, pacin' up the aisle, The Governor, frock-coated, with a votes-for-women smile, The Congressman, the Mayor, aren't in it, I opine. With a newly minted corp'ral comin' down the line ! One Hundred Thirty-three "Reading Their Shirts." Getting rid of cooties in the absence of steam disinfectors. Left to right: Pvt. John Heldenmenger, Pvt. John H. Meeham, Pvt. 1st CI., S. J. Peters and Pvt. James Merwick, all of the 7 32nd Ambulance Co., 108th Sanitary Train, reading their shirts and boiling their clothes on the southeastern slope of Hill No. 373. Shells were coming over their heads into the valley below when this photograph was taken. Near Les Eparges, Meuse, France, October 30, 1918. German prisoners, 35th Division Hdqrs., France, near Boureuilles, Meus?, France, Sept. 26, 1918. One Hundred Thirty-four (Sbnrral Soat^r of ICabrtlr (tattig flarttripania in Wavlb War Abell, Roy Francis Ackerson, John Adair, Russell K. Adams, Arthur Adams, Clarence Cecil Adams, Elza Louis Adams, J. Harry Adams, Richard Adamson, Truby H. Adler, Harry Agnew, Frank Thomas Agostina, Gilbert Ailes, M. D. Albrecht, Edward Alexander, Clyde Alexander, Hosea L. Alexander, William Tate Alfred, Rurton Otis Allen, Clifford James Allen, Jesse Allison, Clarence Earl Allison, Franklin Allison, Robert E. Alio way, Clifford Lee Alvis, Ralph R. Anderson, Alvin Anderson, Benjamin Anderson, C. B. Anderson, Carl L. Anderson, Chester Anderson, George A. Anderson, H. F. Anderson, Irvin Anderson, Lawrence Baxter Andrews, Uren Anthon, Edmund Howard Amies, Benton Harlan Armstrong, Omar Armstrong, William Burge Arnett, Herbert \rnold, Nathan Bobby Arnold, William T. Asbell, Frank Asbell, Harold P. Atchley, Howard Atkins, Charles Seth Atkinson, Charles Au Buchon, Cletus W. Auvinge, August Raymond Auvinge, John G. Avers, Maurice Ayers, Lester C. Avers, Maurice F. Babb, Herman Babcock, Charles William Babcock, Dewey Z. Bacchus, Leslie J. Bailey, Frank John Bailey, George Franklin Bailey, Homer Franklin Bailey, Owen W.. Baird, Dow Kay Baird, Harry Baker, Herbert Baker, James L. Baker, Milton L. Baker, R. Hallie Raker, Ralph E. Baker, T. J. Balling, John T. Ballough, Ray Allen Ballough, Thomas Banzet, Albert William Banzet, Ernest Barber, Charles Brown Barber, Silas Earl Barcus, Lawrence Barker, Earl E. Barnes, Frank Barnes, George S. Barnes, Harold H. Barnes, J. Vernon One Hundred Thirly-five Barnett, Roy Barnett, Clayburn Barron, Lawrence Bartlett, Horace Baylor Bartlett, Oren Bartlett, William H. Barton, Andy Edward Barton, John Henry Bass, Emmett Courtney Bates, C. W. Bates, Otis Cook Bates, Raymond Dyke Baty, Lee Baugher, James Wallace Baxter, William Carl Beach, David Peach, Ross Homer Beamer, Layton George Beamer, Samuel Bay Beard, Arley Elton Beasley, Edmond Austin Beasley, Henry Walter Beasley, James Newton Beaver, Eugene R. Beaver, J. A. Beaver, S. Bay Becker, Elmer Beckman, Clifford C. Beethan, Herbert Howard Beiderwell, Earl Reed Belknap, William Bell, Alexander R. Jr. Bell, Gussie Chalmer Bell, Keith T. Bell, Lambert Bell, Robert A. Beller, Audrey Beller, Clarence Elmer Beller, Edward Beller, Melvin Edgar Beller, William Audra Bemis, Earl Bender, Harve L. Bender, Vere William Benefield, Otis Bcndure, Harve Leonard Bennett, Charles F. Bennett, M. Robert Bennett, Oscar Nelson Berentz, Bryan Arthur Berg, Joseph Berlin, W. B. Bernard, Bugh Berry, Oscar Boland Best. O. W. Bickford, Erroll Bickford, Nathan R. Bickle, Ellis T. Bicknell, Edgar S. Bicknell, John B. Billelo, Frank H. Billings, George Edward Billingsley, George Franklin Binkley, Benjamin F. Bird, Charles Bird, George Thaddius Birt, Roy H. Bishop, Clarence Wayne Bishop, Raymond Parris Bisnett, John Bitsko, Joseph Bitsko, Michael K. Blanchwell, Emmett K. Blackwell, Garnett Albert Blaich. Fred William Blair, Rov Thomas Blake, Albert S. Blake, Charles Andrew Blake, James Blaker, Clarence E. Blaker, Linn D. Blayton, St. Joseph Blemens, Lyman Blevins, James F. Blevins, Otis Blish, George L. Bocker, Robert Francis Boelens, Cornelius Andrew Bohn, Ernest C. Bolds, Van Boles, Charles Lee Bolinger, Elwyn F. Bonar, Bayard B. Bonhoffer, Carl Bonne, Earl Bonne, Ewing Bonner, B. Thomas Bonner, Emmon Bonner, Griffith Booker, Morton Boon, Loyal Danley Bordine, Walter Bossi, John F. Boston, Van Bour, Fred John One Hundred Thirty-six Bourquin, Roy Bowman, Glenn T. Bowman, Harold B. Bowman, Harry Floyd Bowman, Homer Bowser. Arthur \. Bowser, Ellis Ellsworth Boyd, Kirk Boyd, Ralph Bradley, George Washington Brady, W. B. Bragg, Aidna Bramlett, Harvey W. Bramwell, George M. Brandon, W. L. Brannan, William Edwin Braucht, Clarence Braucht, Glen B. Braugh, Oliver Audley Braunsdorf, Harry F. Bray, John Bredine, Lester F. Brehm, Arthur Brehm, William Brennan, W. E. Brewer, J. L. Brewster, Baymond B. Brewster, Roger B. Brickey, Herbert Bride, John F. Bridges, Joseph Lee Briggs, Cleve S. 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Montgomery, Mrs. F. W. Montgomery, R. H. Moore, Miss Dorothy Moore, Mrs. F. H. Moore, Mrs. J. A. Moore, Mrs. J. O. Moore, Mrs. James Moore, Miss Mattie Moore, Miss Minn Moore, Mrs. Niles Morgan, Mrs. J. M. Moriarty, C. H. Morley, J. W. Morning, Mrs. W. J. Morris, Clara Morris, H. W. Morris, Mrs. H. W. Mortimer, Mrs. Ida Mortimer, Mrs. W. S. Mosher, Will Mullen, Miss Zenith Munn, H. D. Munneke, Dr. S. A. Munneke, Mrs. S. A. Murphy, Mrs. Ed. Murphy, Jimmie Murphy, Miss Murray, Mrs. T. A. Musser, Mrs. Martha B. Myers, Mrs. E. D. Nading, Mrs. George Nading, Mrs. Sr. Nafus, Mrs. Anna Nagle, Mrs. P. J. Nance, E. S. Neal, Mrs. Charles b. Neal, Mrs. 0. H. Needs, Mrs. J. A. Neely, Isabel Neely, Mildred Worth Neligh, W. T. Nelson, F. W. Nevins, Mrs. Newton, Mrs. S. B. Noble, P. M. Norfleet, Dott Noyes, Mrs. A. Noyes, Mrs. A. H. O'Brien, J. F. O'Brien, Boy F. O'Brien, Mrs. T. O'Brien, Miss Theresa O'Bryan, H. L. O'Connell, Dan O'Connor, J. P. O'Herin, E. F. O'Herin, Edward Olson, J. C. Olson, Minnie Olson, Mrs. Shirley Orchard, Mrs. Ida Dunn Orchard, Mrs. B. T. Orme, Mrs. Carrie Osgood, Miss Clara Osgood, Helen Owens, Ben Owens, Mrs. Bertba Owens, Grant Owens, Mrs. Mary Parker, Mrs. A. L. Parker, Mrs. Nellie Parks, Mrs. Ella Parks, Mrs. Nellie Parnell, Mrs. Carrie Parnell, Henry Patrick, Mrs. Rosa Patterson, Mrs. S. E. Peak, Mrs. O. H. Peck, Evelyn Peckham, Mrs. M. C. Pefley, Miss Bachel Pendarvis, Mrs. G. F. Perkins, Mrs. C. A. Perkins, C. S. One Hundred Sixty-three Perkins, Fred Perkins, Mrs. Fred Perry, Bertha Perry, Miss Loura Dale Perry M. L. Peters, Mrs. Charles Peters, Mrs. E. H. Peters, Mrs. Ida Pever, Mrs. J. H. Pever, Miss Kittie Pfaff, George Pfeiffer, Frank A. Phillipy, Alex Pierson, J. J. Pierson, Lola Pile, C. E. Pile, Clair Pilkington, Mrs. M. E. Piper, Miss Helen Poole, Homer Poole, Mrs. Homer Poole, Mrs. Katherine Potter, Mrs. T. B. Pratt, Mrs. George W. Prentice, Mrs. Pressey, Mrs. E. M. Preston, Miss Jessie Preston, Mrs. Kate Price, M. M. Pritchard, Mrs. Nellie Proctor, Frank Queree, Mrs. Dorcas Quirk, Mrs. Albert Bakistraw, Ellsworth Bakistraw, J. E. Bamlow, Mrs. B. C. Baschen, Edward Bead, Mrs. H. K. Beed, Mrs. Claude Beed, Esther Beed, J. W. Beed, Miss Mildred Beeves, Dr. F. C. Beeves, Mrs. T. B. Beid, H. F. Beid, Mrs. H. F. Beid, Mrs. James Beid, Miss Mildred Beily, Mrs. Anna C. Beily, Miss Frances Beily, Mrs. J. F. Beily, J. F. Besboro, Mrs. Eda Beynolds, Mrs. Claude Beynolds, Mrs. Frances Beynolds, Miss Olive Bhodes, Mrs. Charles Bhodes, Mrs. John Bhodes, Miss Velma Bichmond, B. Bichardson, Miss Mabel Bichcreek, Mrs. J. C. Biley, Mrs. Albert Biley, Norman Biley, Miss Norman Boach, Mrs. Amanda Boberts, J. Q. Bobinson, Mrs. A. D. Bockhold, Dolph Bockhold, J. B. Bomine, D. S. Bomine, Mrs. Hi Bosell, Mrs. A. M. Botter, Mrs. Julian Bowland, Helen Bowland, Zaida Bude, Miss Alice Bude, Miss Hallie Bude, Leonard Buethinger, Carl Bummel, Mrs. B. F. Bussell, Mrs. Clela Bust, J. H. Bust, Balph Butegen, Mrs. Anna Ruvane, M. C. Saffell, Mrs. S. B. Sauter, Mrs. A. E. Sauter, Mrs. Anna Sauter, Miss .Ruth Saylor, James Saylor, Mrs. Mabel Saylor, Opaline Saylor, Velma Schilde, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Anna K. Scott, Mrs. J. D. Scott, Leta M. Scott, Miss Mary Scott, Mrs. T. R. Scranton, Mrs. Lee Searles, Mrs. B. E. Sedgewick, Mary See, Mrs. B. J. Seifert, C. Shackelford, J. E. One Hundred Sixty-four Sheddy, Mrs. W. B. Shepherd, Mrs. Mattie Sherman, Mrs. E. L. Shide, Mrs. Ida M. Shone, Mrs. M. A. Shone, Miss Mamie Shone, Miss Nellie Silcott, C. F. Simpson, Mrs. Samuel G. Singhiser, Mrs. Nancy Skelton, Miss Lena Slane, Edward Slaughter, Mrs. J. M. Sly, V. R. Smalley, H. H. Smith, Dr. Albert Smith, Mrs. Albert Smith, Asa Smith, Mrs. Carrie Smith, Miss Cora Smith, J. S. Smith, Mrs. Laura R. Smith, Miss Vesta Smith, W. S. Snook, Mrs. J. M. Snyder, Thomas Southwick, Mrs. Pearl Southwiek, Will Spangle, Mrs. George H. Sparrow, Harry Sparrow, Mrs. Mel Spooner, C. E. Spooner, Mrs. C. E. Sprague, Alice Sprague, T. A. Staige, Miss Geraldine Staige, Mrs. W. E. Stallings, Ralph Staveley, Rev. J. A. St Clair, Mrs. Britus Steele, Charles Steele, Emily Steele, Emma Steele, J. F. Steele, Mrs. Mabel Steele, Mell Stevens, Mrs. F. C. Stevens, Mrs. Frank Stephens, F. T. Stephens, Mrs. Martha Stevens, E. R. Stevenson, Mrs. Clifford St ice, George F. Stocker, Mrs. Fred P. Stone, Mrs. Flora Stone, B. T. Strasburger, H. Strasburger, Mrs. Will Struve, Mrs. E. W. Swain, Mrs. Faudia E. Swalm, L. 0. Swanson, Mrs. C. H. Swanwick, A. D. Swartzell, W. H. Taft, B. L. Taft, Mrs. B. L. Tarr, Mrs. W. E. Taylor, C. J. Taylor, Mrs. H. C. Taylor, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs. Ray Taylor, Scott Taylor, Mrs. Scott Taylor, W. G. Taussig, Mrs. James Sr. Tedstrom, Mrs. Ota Templeton, H. Tharp, Mrs. 0. J. Thickett, A. R. Thomas, Mrs. Anna Thomas, Mrs. E. A. Thomasson, Mrs. R. E. Thompson, Mrs. D. M. Thompson, Mrs. Gordon Thompson, W. W. Thornton, Betty Thurston, George Tierney, Mrs. J. R. Tilleston, Mrs. Todd, Mrs. T. A. Tomlinson, Miss Blanche Townsend, Allen Townsend, Dr. P. A. Trotter, T. L. Trullinger, Mrs. Roy Turner, Mrs. John Tyler, Mrs. J. F. Ubuch, Ethel Underwood, Mrs. A. B. Upham, Mrs. P. W. Van Alstine, Sam Vance, J. S. Vance, Mrs. J. S. Vance, Miss Phyllis Vance, Mrs. Sylvia Vandermark, Mrs. Jo One Hundred Sixty-five Van Meter, I. D. Van Meter, Will J. Van Slyke, Mrs. L. B. Veach, Mrs. W. R. Vedder, Louise Vezie, N. L. Vollmer, Mrs. John Von Grafen, Agnes Rose Von Trebo, Henry Waite, Mrs. J. L. Waite, Mrs. Joe Walker, L. A. Wall, Mrs. G. C. Wallen, E. A. Waller, Mrs. L. L. Wallingford, D. H. Walser, Mrs. Lora H. Walsh, J. L. Warbington, Elmer Waters, Mrs. Elizabeth Waters, Mrs. G. D. Waters, Mrs. Robert Watt, Mrs. Emma Watt, F. M. Watt, Mrs. R. A. Webb, Mrs. Carrie Webb, Mrs. J. O. Weeks, Mrs. W. H. Weeks, W. R. Weeks, Mrs. W. R. Weisbrod, Mrs. Theo Wells, Ed. Wells, Mrs. W. E. Westhoff, W. H. Wharton, Mrs. Ceola Whealand, Maud Wheat, May Wheat, Naoma Wheeler, F. E. Wheeler, Mrs. Wherry, Mrs. Ira Whitby, C. G. White, Ethel M. White, Dr. George R. White, Mrs. George White, J. C. Widmer, Mrs. Eliza A. Widmer, Mrs. William Wiggins, Mrs. Chloe Willey, C. E. Willey, Mrs. L. L. Williams, Jack Williams, Mrs. Mary Williams, Mrs. Wanda Williamson, Dr. J. A. Willis, H. P. Willis, Marie Frances Wilson, A. B. Wilson, Mrs. J. 0. Wilson, Mrs. J. W. Wilson, Mrs. Press Wilson, Mrs. Sallie Wilson, Mrs. Wimmer, Mrs. Fred Wimmer, Mrs. Lizzie Wimmer, Miss Ruth Wirt, Katherine Wirt, W. J. Wise, Verna Wiseman, Rev. Witt, P. B. Woodruff, Bert Woodruff, G. A. Woodruff, Mrs. G. A. Woods, Mrs. J. W. Woods, Mrs. Amanda Woods, Mrs. Margaret E. Woods, 0. E. Woods, Mrs. 0. E. Woods, Mrs. Ola Woolover, Charles Workman, Mrs. A. C. Works, Mrs. Marion Wright, C. L. Wright, Mrs. G. T. Wright, Mrs. Olive Young, Mrs. George Young, Mrs. Hattie Young, Mrs. James One Hundred Sixty-six Pvt. A. L. Bogen, Co. A, 140th Regt. Inf., formerly the 3d and 6th Regt. Inf. Mo. N. G., and Pvt. P. G. Price, Co. A, 140th Regt. Inf., both wounded but still able to feed Paul Sacker, a German prisoner. Cheppy, Meuse, Varennes, France, Sept. 29, 1918. Four Good Looking Girls Unmasked, a convincing proof that beauty is only skin- deep. Left to right : Erie Krebs, Eddie Crawford. William Pauly and Daniel Burns, 27th Division. Oudozeele, France, August 4. 1918. One Hundred Sixty-seven otye Ijmta (The Provocation.) Believing theirs a race of super-men, For forty years ambitious, vicious Huns Looked forward to that lurid morning when They'd use their subtle subs, their gas and guns. Believing they held grace in God's own sight, That "'will to power" is truly ultimate, That trick and might, forsooth, make all means right, They thought the world was theirs to confiscate. June 8th, 1919. The Serbian signal set the fatal hour And flashed the fire into the fuse of war, Which spread with light'ning speed from power to power, Till all the world was in a wild uproar. August, 1914. At once with wanton cruelty, on they came Thru helpless Belgium into dauntless France Despoiling same. With gas and liquid flame And bomb and shell their hellish hoards advance. Sept. 6-10, 1914. Jan.-Feb., 1915. But at the Marne the sons of France hold fast, And for a time the tide of war they turn ; Reserves are called for and reinforcements vast The Huns receive. Then for revenge they burn ! April 22, 1915. To them all rules of war are but "a scrap Of paper." So, helpless victims writhe in pain At Yyre's trap, — the gas ! At this ghoul hap Whole reg'ments fall and die, like sickled grain. April, 1915. The Prussian monster, sure to conquer France And then bring haughty England to her knees Gave reign to ruthlessness and arrogance And visioncd vassal states across the seas. May, 1915. He now believes he'll vanquish all that floats And thinks WE might as well be in the fray ; We have, he notes, no army, guns or boats, And whether in or not, we'll be his prey. May 7th, 1915. A warning note brings us assurance, then The Lusitania sinks beneath the waves, And "super-men" but smile as neutrals (men, Women and children), to to wat'ry graves. April, 1916. At this the Yankee nerves are over- wrought, Their patience lost, and few now hope for peace ; Good Wilson's haughty notes availeth naught But promises, while sinkings do not cease. July 9th, Nov. 1st 1916. Oct. 7, 1916. Audacious, wily, foolish Huns twice sent The Deutschland submarine unto our shore ; That we might know full well the threat this meant There came the U-53 all armed for war. October 8th, 1916. Just off our coast (to more impress this power), It sank five ships, whose passengers and crews Were left to cower adrift, till saved by our Good ships, which dare not give the U's their dues. January 31st, 1917. At last they boldly say, the submarine Will do its work in spite of all our roar. Then, April sixth in nineteen seventeen, Our Congressmen declare "We Are at War." At three a. m. the fateful vote was cast ; The words were flashed o'er ever wire before The night had passed. The Extras cried, "At last The dreaded day has come, We Are at War." — M. D. Ailes A captured German Submarine — at Brest, France One Hundred Sixty-eight Nummary of Smarts of Ammran flarttrijtatton in % Wnrlb Har 131M31H (Compiled by War Department.) FIGURES OF AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR. Total armed forces, including Army, Navv, Marine Corps, etc. 4,800,000 Total men in the Army 4,000,000 Men who went overseas 2,086,000 Men who fought in France 1,390,000 Greatest number sent in one month 306,000 Greatest number returning in one month 333,000 Tons of supplies shipped from America to France 7,500,000 Total registered in draft 24,234,021 Total draft inductions 2,810,296 Greatest number inducted in one month 400,000 Graduate of Line Officers' Training Schools 80,568 Cost of war to April 30, 1919 '. $21,850,000,000 Cost of Army to April 30, 1919 $13,930,000,000 Rattles fought by American troops 13 Months of American participation in the war 19 Days of battle 200 Days of duration of Meuse-Argonne battle 47 Americans in Meuse-Argonne battle 1,200,000 American casualties in Meuse-Argonne battle 120,000 American battle deaths in war 50,000 American wounded in war 206,000 American deaths from disease 57,500 Total deaths in the Army 115.500 THE SELECTIVE SERVICE. The willingness with which the American people accepted the universal draft was the most remarkable feature in the history of our preparation for war. It is a noteworthy evidence of the enthusiastic support given by the country to the war program that, despite previous hostility to the principle of universal liability for military service, a few months after the selective service law was passed, the standing of the drafted soldier was fully as honorable in the estimation of his companions and of the country in general as was that of the man who enlisted One Hundred Sixty-nine Reeris^ered 10 679,814 13,228,762 Inducted 2 666,867 120,157 Per Cent Inducted 25 1 325,445 23,272 7 24,234,021 2,810,296 12 voluntarily. Moreover, the record of desertions from the army shows that the total was smaller than in previous wars and a smaller percentage occurred among drafted men than among those who volunteered. The selective service law was passed on May 19, 1917, and as subsequently amended it mobilized all the man power of the Nation from the ages of 18 to 45, inclusive. Under this act, 24,234,021 men were registered and slightly more than 2,800,000 were inducted into the military service. All this was accomplished in a manner that was fair to the men, supplied the army with soldiers as rapidly as they could be equipped and trained, and resulted in a minimum of disturbance to the industrial and economic life of the Nation. The first registration, June 5, 1917, covered the ages from 21 to 31. The second registration, one year later (June 5, 1918, and Aug. 24, 1918), included those who had become 21 years old since the first registration. The third registration (Sept. 12, 1918), extended the age limits downward to 18 and upward to 45. The total number registered with the proportion who were actually inducted in the service is shown below: Men Registered and Inducted. Registration Age Limit First and second 21 to 31 Third 18 to 20 Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico.-. - g 9 ^ ^ ' Total 18" to 45 FOUR MILLION MEN The number of men serving in the armed forces of the Nation during the war was 4,800,000, of whom 4,000,000 served in the army. In the war with Germany the United States raised twice as many men as did the Northern States in the Civil War, but only half as many in proportion to the population. The Rritish sent more men to France in their first year of war than we did in our first year, but it took England three years to reach a strength of 2,000,000 men in France, and the United States accomplished it in one-half of that time. Of every 100 men who served, 10 were National Guardsmen, 13 were Regulars, and 77 were in the National Army (or would have been if the services had not been consolidated.) Of the 54,000,000 males in the population, 26,000,000 were registered in the draft or were already in service. In this war twice as many men were recruited as in the Civil War and at native born better than foreign born. In this war twice as many men were recruited as in the Civil War and at one-twentieth of the recruiting cost. There were 200,000 army officers. Of every six officers, one had previous military training with troops, three were graduates of officers' training camps, and two came directly from civil life. One Hundred Seventy SOLDIERS FURNISHED RY EACH STATE. New York 367,865 Pennsylvania 297,891 Illionis 251,074 Ohio 200,293 Texas 161,065 Michigan 135,485 Massachusetts 132,610 Missouri 128,544 California 112,514 Indiana 106,581 New Jersey 105,207 Minnesota 99,116 Iowa 98,781 Wisconsin 98,211 Georgia 85,506 Oklahoma 80,169 Tennessee 75,825 Kentucky 75,043 Alabama 74,678 Virginia 73,062 North Carolina 73,003 Louisiana 65,988 Kansas 63,428 Arkansas 61,027 West Virginia 55,777 Mississippi 54,295 South Carolina 53,482 Connecticut 50,069 Nebraska 47,805 Maryland 47,054 Washington ... 45,154 Montana ' 36,293 Colorado 34,393 Florida 33,331 Oregon 30,116 South Dakota 29,686 North Dakota _ 25,803 Maine 24,252 Idaho 19,016 Utah 17,361 Rhode Island 16,861 Porto Rico 16,538 District of Columbia 15,930 New Hampshire 14,374 New Mexico 12,439 Wyoming 11,393 Arizona 10,492 Vermont 9,338 Delaware 7,484 Hawaii 5,644 Nevada 5,105 Alaska 2,102 A. E. F 1,499 Not allocated 1,308 Philippines 255 Total 3,757,624 Napoltan Chateau at St. Nazaire, France One HunuVed Seventy-one PLACE OF ORGANIZATION OF DIVISIONS AND SOURCES BY STATES Division Regulars : 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th National Guard 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd National Army 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd Camp France France Greene, N. C Greene, N. C Logan, Texas McClellan, Ala MacArthur, Tex Fremont, Calif Sheridan, Ala Fuston, Kans Meade, Md Devens, Mass Lewis, Wash Custer, Mich Logan, Texas Kearny, Calif Beauregard, La Travis, Texas Dodge, Iowa Sevier, S. C Devens, Mass Wadsworth, S. C Hancock, Ga McClellan, Ala Sevier, S. C Wheeler, Ga MacArthur, Texas.. Logan, Texas Cody, N. Mexico Doniphan, Okla Bowie, Texas Sheridan, Ohio Shelby, Miss Beauregard, La Kearny, Calif Fremont, Calif Mills, N.Y Devens, Mass Upton.N. Y Dix, N. J Meade, Md Lee, Va Jackson, S. C Gordon, Ga Sherman, Ohio Zachary Taylor, Ky Custer, Mich Grant, 111 Pike, Ark Dodge, Iowa Funston, Kans Travis, Texas Lewis, Wash Funston, Kans Stuart, Va States from which drawn. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. Regulars. New England. , New York. Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia. Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama. Florida. Michigan, Wisconsin. Illinois. Nebraska, Iowa, S. Dakota, Minnesota, N. Dakota. Missouri, Kansas. Texas, Oklahoma. Ohio. Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia. Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana. California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Moxico. Various States. Various States. New England, New York. New York City. Western New York, New Jersey, Delaware. Northeastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia. Virginia, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania. North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Porto Rico. Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee. Ohio, Western Pennsylvania. Kentucky, Indiana, Southern Illinois. Michigan, Eastern Wisconsin. Chicago, Northern Illinois. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Southern Alabama. North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Western Illinois. Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Nebraska. Texas, Oklahoma. Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Utah. Colored, various State. Colored, various State. One Hundred Seventy-two SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING The average American soldier who fought in France had six months of train- ing here, two months overseas before entering the line, and one month in a quiet sector before going into battle. Most soldiers received their training in infantry divisions which are our typical combat units and consist of about 1,000 officers and 27,000 men. ■ Forty-two divisions were sent to France. More than two-thirds of our line officers were graduates of the officers' training camps. France and England sent to the United States nearly 800 specially skilled officers and noncommissioned officers who rendered most important aid as in- structors in our training camps. TRANSPORTING 10,000 MEN A DAY During our nineteen months of war more than 2,000,000 American soldiers were carried to France. Half a million of these went over in the first thirteen months and a million and a half in the last six months. The highest troop-carrying records are those of July, 1918, when 306,000 soldiers were carried to Europe, and June, 1919, when 304,000 kere brought home to America. Most of the troops who sailed for France left from New York. Half of them landed in England and the other half landed in France. Among every 100 Americans who went over 49 went in Rritish ships, 45 in American ships, 3 in Italian, 2 in French, and 1 in Russian shipping under English control. Our cargo ships averaged one complete trip every 70 days and our troop ships one complete trip every 35 clays. The cargo fleet was almost exclusively American. It reached the size of 2,700,000 deadweight tons and earned to Europe about 7,500,000 tons of cargo. The greatest troop-carrier among all the ships has been the "Leviathan," which landed 12,000 men, or the equivalent of a German division, in France every month. The fastest transports have been the "Great Northern" and the "Northern Pacific," which have made complete turnarounds, taken on new troops, and started back again in nineteen days. 47,000 TELEGRAMS A DAY In order to operate the transportation of supplies in France, a new system of communication had to be set up; so the Signal Corps strung its wires over nearly every part of France. Trunk lines led from all the principal ports to Paris, to Tours, and to general headquarters back of the American battle areas. The lines running to Coblenz for the army of occupation were taken over from the Germans. At the time of the signing of the armistice the Signal Corps was operating 282 telephone exchanges One Hundred Seventy-three and 133 complete telegraph stations. The telephone lines numbered 14,956, reaching 8,959 stations. More than 100,000 miles of wire had been strung. The peak load of operation reached was 47,555 telegrams a day, averaging 60 words each. FOOD, CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT The problems of feeding and clothing the Army were difficult because of the immense quantities involved rather than because of the difficulty of manufacturing the articles needed. Requirements for some kinds of clothing for the Army were more than twice as great as the prewar total American production of the same articles. To secure the articles needed for the Army the Government had to commandeer all the wool and some other staple articles in the United States and control pro- duction through all its stages. The distribution of supplies in the expeditionary forces required the creation of an organization called the Services of Supply, to which one-fourth of all the troops who went overseas were assigned. American Engineers built in France seventeen new ship berths, 1,000 miles of standard-gauge track, and 125 miles of narrow-gauge track. The Signal Corps strung in France 100,000 miles of telephone and telegraph wire. Prior to the armistice 40,000 trucks were shipped to the forces in France. Construction projects in the United States cost twice as much as the Panama canal, and construction overseas was on nearly as large a scale. The Army in France always had enough food and clothing. SPRINGFIELDS, ENFIELDS AND BROWNINGS When war was declared the Army had on hand nearly 600,000 Springfield rifles. Their manufacture was continued ,and the American Engfield designed and put into production. The total production of Springfield and Engfield rifles up to the signing of the armistice was over 2,500,000. The use of machine guns on a large scale is a development of the European war. In the American Army the allowance in 1912 was four machnie guns per regiment. In 1919 the new Army plans provided for an equipment of 336 guns per regiment, or eighty-four times as many. The entire number of American machine guns produced to the end of 1918 was 227,000. During the war the Browning automatic rifle and the Browning machine gun were developed, put into quantity production, and used in large numbers in the final battles in France. The Browning machine guns are believed to be more effective than the cor rseponding weapons used in any other army. American production of small arms ammunition amounted to approximately 3,500,000,000 rounds, of which 1,800,000,000 were shipped overseas. One Hundred Seventy-four TWO THOUSAND GUNS ON THE FIRING LINE When war was declared the United States had sufficient light artillery to equip an army of 500,000 men, and shortly found itself with the problem of preparing to equip 5,000,000 men. To meet the situation it was decided in June, 1917, to allot our guns to training purposes and to equip our forces in France with artillery conforming to the French and British standard calibers. It was arranged that we should purchase from the French and British the artillery needed for our first divisions and ship them in return equivalent amounts of steel, copper, and other raw materials so that' they could either manufacture guns for us in their own factories or give us guns out of their stocks and replace them by new ones made from our materials. Up to the end of April, 1919, the number of complete artillery units produced in American plants was more than 3,000, or equal to all those purchased from the French and British during the war. The number of rounds of complete artillery ammunition produced in Amercian plants was in excess of 20,000,000 as compared with 10,000,000 rounds secured from the French and British. In the first 20 months after the declaration of war by each country the British did better than we did in the production of light artillery, and we excelled them in producing heavy artillery and both light and heavy shells. So far as the Allies were concerned, the European war was in large measure fought with American powder and high explosives. At the end of the war American production of smokeless powder was 45 per cent greater than the French and British production combined. At the end of the war the American production of high explosives was 40 per cent greater than Great Britain's and nearly double that of France. During the war America produced 10,000 tons of gas, much of which was sold to the French and British. Out of every hundred days that our coirbat divisions were in line in France they were supported by their own artillery for 75 da 1 s, by British artillery for 5 days, and by French for 1% days. Of the remaining IS 1 /- days that they were in line without artillery, 18 days were in quiet sectors, and only one-half of 1 day in each hundred was in active sectors. In round numbers, we had in France 3 500 pieces of artillery, of which nearly 500 were made in America, and we used on the firing line 2,250 pieces, of which over 100 were made in America. AIRPLANES, MOTORS AND BALOONS On the declaration of war the United States had 55 training airplanes, of which 51 were classed as obsolete and the other four as obsolescent. When we entered the war the Allies made the designs of their planes available to us and before the end of hostilities furnished us from their own manufacture 3, (SOU service planes. One Hundred Seventy- live Aviation training schools in the United States graduated 8,602 men from ele- mentary courses and 4,028 from advanced courses. More than 5,000 pilots and observers were sent overseas. The total personnel of the Air Service, officers, students, and enlisted men, in- creased from 1,200 at the outbreak of the war to nearly 200,000 at its close. There were produced in the United States to November 30, 1918, more than 8,000 training planes and more than 16,000 training engines. The De Havilland-4 observation and day bombing plane was the only plane the United Sttaes put into quantity production. Before the signing of the armistice 3,227 had been completed and 1,885 shipper overseas. The plane was successfully used at the front for three months. The production of the 12-cylinder Liberty engine was America's chief con- tribution to aviation. Before the armistice 13,572 had been completed, 4,435 shipped to the expeditionary forces, and 1,025 delivered to the Allies. The first flyers in action wearing the American uniform were members of the Lafayette Escadrille, who were transferred to the Amrecian service in December, 1917.' The American air force at the front grew from three squadrons in April to 45 in November, 1918. On November 11 the 45 squadrons had an equipment of 740 planes. Of 2,698 planes sent to the zone of the advance for American aviators 667, or nearly one-fourth, were of American manufacture. American air squadrons played important roles in the battles of Chateau- Thierry, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne. They brought down in combat 755 enemy planes, while their own losses of planes numbered only 357. THIBTEEN MAJOB OPEBATIONS IN WHICH AMEBICANS PABTICIPATED Approximate Operation. number of Americans engaged West front — Campaign of 1917: . Cambrai, Nov. 20 to Dec. 4 , 2,500 West front — Campaign of 1918: German offensives, March 21 to Julv 28 — Somme, March 21 to April 6 2,200 Lvs, April 9 to 27 - - 500 Aisne, Mav 27 to June 5 27,500 Novon-Montdidier, June 9 to 15 ' 27,000 Champagne-Marne, July 15 to 18 85,000 Allied offensives, July 18 to Nov. 11— Aisne-Marne, July 18 to Aug. 6 270,000 Somme, August 8 to November 11 54,000 Oise-Aisne, August 18 to November 11 85,000 Ypres-Lvs, August 19 to November 11 108,000 St. Mihiel, September 12 to 16 550,000 Meuse-Argonne, September 20 to November 11 1,200,000 Italian fr,ont — Campaign of 1918: Vittorio-Veneto, October 24 to November 4 1,200 One Hundred Seventy-six TWO HUNDRED DAYS OF BATTLE Two out of every three American soldiers who reached France took part in battle. The number who reached France was 2,084,000, and of these 1,390,000 saw active service at the front. Of the 42 divisions that reached France 29 took part in active combat service. Seven of them were Regular Army divisions, 11 were organized from the National Guard, and 11 were made up of National Army troops. American divisions were in battle for 200 days and engaged in 13 major operations. From the middle of August until the end of the war the American divisions held during the greater part of the time a front longer than that held by the British. In October the American divisions held 101 miles of line, or 23 per cent of the entire western front. On the 1st of April the Germans had a superiority of 324,000 in rifle strength. Due to American arrivals the allied strength exceeded that of the Germans in June and was more than 600,000 above it in November. In the battle of St. Mihiel 550,000 Americans were engaged, as compared with about 100,000 on the Northern side in the battle of Gettysburg. The artillery fired more than 1,000,000 shells in four hours, which is the most intense concentration of artillery fire recorded in history. The Meuse-Argonne battle lasted for-47 days, during which 1,200,000 American troops were engaged. Piling 'em up in France One Hundred Seven y-seven The American battle losses of the war were 50,000 killed and 206,000 wounded. They are heavy when counted in terms of lives and suffering, but light compared with the enourmous price paid by the nations at whose side we fought. WOUNDED, PRISONERS ANT) MISSING For every man who was killed in battle, six others were wounded, taken prisoner, or reported missing. The number who died of wounds was only 7 per cent as large as the number who were wounded. The hospital records show that about 85 per cent of the men sent to hospitals on account of injuries have been re- turned to duty. About half the wounded were reported as slightly wounded and many of them would not have been recorded as casualties in previous wars. Except for 373 who died, all the prisoners shown in the table have now been returned. Battle Casualties in the American Expeditionary Forces. Killed in action 35 500 Died of wounds 14,720 Total dead 50,280 Wounded severely '. 90,830 Wounded slightly 80.480 Wounded, degree undetermined 34,380 Total wounded .' 205,690 Missing in action (August 1, 1919) 46 Taken prisoner 4,480 Grand total 260,496 The number of men reported as missing has been steadily reduced from a total of 78,000 to the figure 46 shown in the table. This reduction has gone no without clearing any case as dead except on evidence establishing the fact of death. The total number of cases cleared as presumed dead will be about 1,550. HEALTH AND CASUALTIES Of every 100 American soldiers and sailors, who served in the war with Ger- many, two were killed or died of disease during the period of hostilities. The total battle deaths of all nations in this war were greater than all the deaths in all the wars in the previous 100 years. Russian battle deaths were 34 times as heavy as those of the United States, those of Germany 32 times as great, the French 28 times, and the British 18 times as large. The number of American lives lost was 125,500, of which about 10,000 were in the Navy, and the rest in the Army and the marines attached to it. In the American Army the casualty rate in the Infantry was higher than in any other service, and that for officers was higher than for men. For every man killed in battle six were wounded. Five out of every six men sent to hospitals on account of wounds were cured and returned to duty. In the expeditionary forces battle losses were twice as large as deaths from disease. One Hundred Seventy-eight Of every 100 American soldiers and sailors who took part in the war with Germany two were killed or died of disease during the period of hostilities. In the Northern Army during the Civil War the number was about 10. Among the other great nations in this war, between 20 and 25 in each 100 called to the colors were killed or died. To carry the comparison still further, American losses in this war were relatively one-fifth as large as during the Civil War and less than one-tenth as large as in the ranks of the enemy or among the nations associated with us. In this war the death rate from disease was lower, and the death rate from battle was higher than in any other previous American war. Inoculation, clean camps, and safe drinking water, practically eliminated typhoid fever among our troops in this war. Pneumonia killed more soldiers than were killed in battle. Meningitis was the next most serious disease. Of each 100 cases of venereal disease recorded in the United States, 96 were contracted before entering the army and only 4 afterwards. During the entire war available hospital facilities in the American Expedi- tionary Forces have been in excess of the needs. MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR The war cost the United States considerably more than .$1,000,000 an hour for over two years. The direct cost was about $22,000,000,000, or nearly enough to pay the entire cost of running the United States Government from 1791 up to the outbreak of the European war. Our expenditures in this war were sufficient to have carried on the Revolu- tionary War continuously for more than 1,000 years at the rate of expenditure which that war actually involved. In addition to this huge expenditure nearly $10,000,000,000 have been loaned by the United States to the Allies. The Army expenditures have been over $14,000,000,000, or nearly two-thirds of our total war costs. During the first three months our war expenditures were at the rate of $2,000,000 per day. During the next year they averaged more than $22,000,000 a day. For the final 10 months of the period, from April, 1917, to April, 1919, the daily average was over $44,000,000. Although the Army expenditures are less than two-thirds of our total war costs, they are nearly equal to the value of all the gold produced in the whole world from the discovery of America up to the outbreak of the European war. The pay of the Army during the war cost more than the combined salaries of all the public-school principles and teachers in the United States for the five years from 1912 to 1916. The total war costs of all nations were about $186,000,000,000, of which the Allies and the United States spent two-thirds and the enemy one-htird. The three nations spending the greatest amounts were Germany, Great Britain, and France, in that order. After them come the United Slates and Austro-Hungary. with substantially equal expenditures. One Hundred Seventy-nine The United States spent about one-eighth of the entire cost of the war, and some- thing less than one-fifth of the expenditures of the allied side. PERMANENT ASSETS As a result of the war efforts large quantities of munitions, supplies, and equipment have been secured which will be of value for many years to come. The Army now owns some of the finest docks in the world. The sixteen National Army cantonments and three of the National Guard camps will be retained permanently as training camps. A number of first-class aviation fields and depots and balloon schools will be a permanent asset. We have stocks of most articles of clothing suf- ficient to last our Army for a number of years. There is a large supply of stand- ardized trucks. As to rifles and machine guns and their ammunition, light and heavy artillery and ammunition, tanks and tractors, of these we have a supply more than sufficient to equip an army of a million men and maintain them in active combat for six months. These munitions are of the best quality and latest design— Springfield and Endfield rifles; Browning machine guns and automatic rifles; field guns and howitzers of tried French design. Articles of miscellaneous equipment are available in like quantity and quality. Thousands of Liberty motors and service planes are immediately available for any emergency. Engineer, signal, and medical equipment is on hand to the value of millions of dollras. All these are lasting assets which we have as a result of war expenditures. They give us a most valuable equipment for preparedness in the Military Establish- ment. Americans bringing machine gun ammunition through the town of Remonville which was the first town to be captured by the 89th Division. The view shows some of the barricades thrown up by the Germans in an effort to defend the town. 89th Division, Remonville, Ardennes, France, November 2. 1918. One Hundred Eighty TEUTONISM TRIMMED TO A "T" Truthful thinkers turning their thoughts to these troublous times trace the trubutary terrors to Teutonism. To test this theorem the tale-teller tersely tells this tragic tho truthful tale. The Teutons turn their thought to treachery, to trickery, to tyranny. They transmit these three thought types to transactions that testify to the truth that these triplicate Teutonic traits transcend the Turks topmost tyrannous thought. Technically, the Teutons themselves think, tho truthfully told 'tis the Teutonic throne that thinks. The tenantry, the throne's tools, truckle to the throne thought. Tenantry talk takes the throne talk trajecory; the throne threatingly talks; the tenantry timidly talks; these twin talks tally. The Teutonic throne, through their typographical text, through their Tagablatt, tells the tenantry that their Teutonic traditions, their technical training, their tremendous trade, their theocratic theories, their trained troops, thoroughly testify to thier tenable Teutonic transcendency. This tirade, toothsome to themselves, they trumpet to those territorists that the Teutons tabu, though to the transatlantic territory they temper their threatening tone. The transmarine territory's transactions tantalized the Teutonic throne; there- fore, to tame these taunting Tommies, the Teutons traversed the thrifty tract 'twixt the two terriories. There their troops thronged the terraced towns; they trampled the tillage; they tore to tatters the tenaments, throwing the tenants to the tempest; they torpedoed the temples, turning tablatures to tinder; they terrified the toddling tots; they trailed the traditional Tophet through the thoroughfares. The Teutons' tyranical treatment terminated the tattered territory's tolerance; that the Teutons terms timidity. They tackled the tramping troops; their terrific thrusts .thwarted the Teutons^ trespassing till the territories, -tolerant till then, took to themselves the task to turn the tyrannous tide. Together toiled the transmarine, the transcontinental, the transmontance, the. transatlantic territories; together they took their turn trumping the Teutonic trick. Though trickery treaties tempted the Tzar's territories to turn their thoughts to* themselves, the ties tightened that tied the trustworthy territories together. They taxed their treasures; they tested their thrift; they trained troops to trigger tactics; they toughened them to trench terrors; they taught them to trail their titanic tanks through their tangled terrain. Those thoroughly tested they tutored to tower the thunder-clouds; to trace the terra topography; to tackle the Taubes; to torpedo their targets thrpuglUhe treetops. Thousands tendered their time, their talents, themselves, to tend tattered troops,;, to treat torn tissues. Then transports tripling the tonnage, took these thousand times thousand to the trenches to test the Teuton's trumpeted transcendency. There they'll .tarry jtfll the Teutonic throne tumbles. Trust these tireless thoroughbreds; trust their traditional tenor, their true trend, their typical tact, their tested tenacity. Trust them to transform Teutonic thought; to turn turmoil to tranquility; to trammel treaty trickery; to thwart the treacherous threatenings to Teutonize this terrestial. Thoroughly trust ? them to terminate Teutonism's tiniest trace. They'll taint- lessly, totally triumph. ^ . (This remarkable'Sbcument is the work of 'Mr. Charles button, of TOontclair, N.X, at the aire of 81.) One Hundred Eichty-one Celebration of armistice by Co. A, 343 Reg. Inf., 89th Division at church steps which they reached at 11 a. m. November 11, 1918. Stenay Meuse, France, November 11, 1918. Logs arriving by ox-cart from adjoining woods, Co. C, llOt .tmgnieers, Holspatz, France, August 10, 1918 One Hundred Eighty-two 8>mnr ^International (ftmnjiarianns THE DECLARATION OF WAR War declared by Central Powers War dtclared aganist Cen- tral Powers. Duratuir of war Yrs. Mos. Days 1. Serbia 2. Russia* 3. France 4. Belgium 5. Great Britani 6. Montenegro July Aug. Aug, Aug. Nov. Aug. Aug. Mar. 28,1914 1,1914 3, 1914 4,1914 23, 1914 9,1914 27,1914 9,1916 Aug. 9, 1914 Nov. 3,1914 Aug. 3, 1914 Apr. 7, 1914 Aug. 4, 1914 Aug. 6, 1914 Aug. 23,1914 Nov. 23, 1914 Mav 23,1915 June 6,1915 Aug. 27,1916 Nov. 23,1916 Apr. 6,1917 Apr. 7,1917 Apr. 7, 1917 Julv 22,1917 Aug. 4, 1917 Aug. 14,1917 Oct. 26,1917 Apr. 21,1918 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 3 3 3 3 2 11 5 5 6 11 7 7 7 3 3 2 6 6 3 3 14 3 8 7 7 5 7. Japan 8. Portugal 9. Italv 19 19 19 10. San Marino 4 11. Roumaniaf 12. Greece. Aug. 29, 1916 10 18 13. United States 5 14. Panama 4 15. Cuba 4 16. Siam 20 17. Liberia. - .. 8 18. China 28 19. Brazil 16 20. Guatemala 21 5 30 23 21. Nicaragua Mav 6, 1918 Julv 12,1918 22. Haiti 23. Honduras Julv 19,1918 ^Treaty March 3, 1918. fTreaty March 6, 1918. MEN IN ARMS (The Principal Countries). United States 3,764,700 Great Britain 7,500,000 France 6,000,000 Italv 5,000,000 Russia 14,000,000 Belgium 350,000 Roumania 600,000 Servia Germany Austria-Hungary Turkey .... Bulgaria . 300,000 .11,000,000 . 7,500,000 . 1,500,000 . 1,000,000 Total 58,514,701) THE BLOODIEST WAR The war was undoubtedly the bloodiest which has ever been fought. One pos- sible competitor might be the Crimean War, in which the casualty rate per 100 men was equally heavy. The British forces in the Crimean War lost 22 of every 100 men, the French 31, the Turkish 27, and the Russian 43. More than four-fifths of the losses were, however, deaths from disease, while in the recent war with Ger- many disease deaths were inconsiderable as compared with battle deaths. The forces engaged in the Crimean War were, moreover, much smaller. Battle Deaths in Armies Engaged in Present War, 1914-1918 Russia 1,700.(100 Germany 1,600.01.(1 One Hundred Eighty-three France 1,385,300 Great Britain 900,000 Austria 800,000 Italy 364,000 Turkey 250,000 Serbia and Montenegro 125,000 Belgium 102,000 Boumania 100,000 Bulgaria _ 100,000 United States 50,300 Greece 7,000 Portugal 2,000 Total 7485,600 The total battle deaths in the recent war were greater than all the deaths in all wars for more than 100 years previous. From 1793 to 1914 total deaths in war may safely be estimated at something about 6,000,000. Battle deaths alone from 1914 to 1918 totaled about 7,500,000. As the final records are not yet wholly complete, these figures are approximate in some cases. Only deaths resulting directly from action are included. The total deaths from all causes is very much larger, as some of the armies last more heavily from disease and privation than from battle. The table shows that Russia had the heaviest losses, in spite of the fact that she withdrew from the war after the fall of 1917. American losses are third from the bottom of the list. German losses were thirty-two times as great as the losses of the United States, the French twenty-times, and the British eighteen times as large. That American losses were not more severe is due to the fact that our armies were only in heavy fighting for 200 days. The heaviest losses were in the Meuse- Argonne drive from the last week of September until Novmber 11. The weekly deaths during a part of that period were around the 6,000 mark. ESTIMATED TOTAL WAR EXPENDITURES OF PRINCIPAL NATIONS. WORLD WAR FIGURES Allies and United States. Great Rritain and Dominions $ 38,000,000,000 France 26,000,000,000 United States 22,000,000,000 Russia 18,000,000,000 Italy 13,000,000,000 Belgium, Roumania, Portugal, Jugo-Slavia 5,000,000,000 Japan and Greece 1,000,000,000 Total $123,000,000,000 Teutonic Allies Germany $ 39,000,000,000 Austria-Hungray 21,000,000,000 Turkey and Bulgaria 3,000,000,000 Total $ 63,000,000,000 Grand Total $186,000,000,000 One Hundred Eighty-four RATIONAL STRENGTH OF ALLIED AND TEUTONIC FORCES ON THE WEST- ERN FRONT AT THE TIME OF THE ARMISTICE Allied, 6,427,100. German, 3,562,180. There were 29,348 guns organized in batteries at the date of the armistice. Battle airplanes in Allied and Teutonic armies at the date of the armistice: Allied army, 6,784. Teutonic army, 3,352. PRODUCTION OF ARTICLES OR ORDINANCE BY GREAT RRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES DURING THE NINETEEN MONTHS OF AMER- ICAN PARTICIPATION FROM APRIL 6, 1917, TO NOVEMBER 11, 1918. Rifles- Great Britain ..1,963,514 France 1,396,938 United States 2,505,910 Machine Guns and Automatic Rifles — Great Britain 179,127 France 223,317 United States 181,662 Rifle and Machine Gun Ammunition — Great Britain 3,428,195,000 France 2,959,285,000 United States 2,879,140,000 Smokeless Powder, Pounds — Great Britain , 291,706,000 France 342,155,000 United States 632,504,000 High Explosies, Pounds — Great Britain .*. 765,110,000 France 702,964,000 United States :. 375,666,000 GROSS TONS OF MERCHANT SHIPPING LOST THROUGH ACTS OF WAR Great Britain 7,757,000 Norway 1,177,000 France 889,000 Italy - 846,000 United States 395,000 Greece 346,000 Denmark 241,000 Holland 203,000 Sweden 201,000 Germany 187,000 Russia 183,000 Spain 168,000 Japan 120,000 Portugal 93,000 Belgium 84,000 Brazil 25,000 Austria 15,000 Others - 16,000 Total 12,946,000 ESTIMATED PRE-WAR NATIONAL WEALTH, PRE-WAR NATIONAL DEBTS, AND POST-WAB NATIONAL DEBTS OF FIVE NATIONS United Kingdom — Pre-war national wealth....$85,000,000,000 Pre-war national debt 3,500,000,000 Post-war national debt 34,000,000,000 France — Pre-war national wealth....$67,000,000,000 Pre-war national debt 6,500,000,000 Post-war national debt 27,000,000,000 Germany — Pre-war national wealth... .$78,000,000,000 Pre-war national debt 1,500,000,000 Post-war national debt 39,000,000,000 Italy- Pre-war national wealth....$16,000,000,000 Pre-war national debt 2,900,000,000 Post-war national debt 11,000,000,000 United States- Pre-war national wealth.,$220,000,000,000 Pre-war national debt 1,300,000,000 Post-war national debt.... 34,000,000,000 One Hundred Eighty-five GUjronolorii} of tljr World War 1914-191H 1914 June 28 — Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia. July 28 — Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Aug. 1 — Germany declares war on Russia. Aug. 3 — Germany declares war on France. Aug. 4 — State of war between Great Britain and Germany is declared ; Germany declares war on Belgium. Aug. 8 — Germans take Liege. Aug. 20 — German forces enter Brussels. Aug. 23 — Japan declares war on Germany. Aug. 26 — Large part of Louvain destrayed by Ger- mans. Aug. 28 — British win naval battle near Helgoland. Aug. 29 — Germans inflict heavy defeat on Russians at AUenstein ; Germans occupy Amiens. Sept. 1 — Germans win victory at Tannenberg, East Prussia ; cross the Marne in France. Sept. 2 — Lemberg captured by Russians ; seat of French government transferred from Paris to Bordeaux. Sept. 5 — England, France and Russia sign compact not to conclude peace separately. Sept. 6 — Allies win battle of Marne. Sept. 7 — Germans retreat from the Marne ; capture Maubeuge. Sept. 7-10 — Germans retreat to the Aisne. Sept. 14 — Battle of Aisne begins ; pursuit by allies halted. Sept. 15 — First battle of Soissons fought. Sept. 18 — Germans bombard Rheims ; cathedral is damaged. Sept. 19 — Battle of Aisne develops into continuous trench fighting. Sept. 20 — Russians capture Jaroslau and start siege of Przemysl. Sept. 22 — British cruisers Cressy, Aboukir and Hogue torpedoed and sunk in the North sea. Oct. 9-10 — Germans capture Antwerp. Oct. 12 — Germans capture Ghent. Oct. 20 — Fighting along Yser river begins. Oct. 29 — Turkey begins war on Russia. Nov. 1 — British cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth sunk off coast of Chile. Nov. 7 — Tsingato captured by Japanese. Nov. 9 — German cruiser Emden destroyed. Dec. 8 — German cruisers sunk near Falkland islands by British fleet. Dec. 9 — French government officials return to Paris. Dec. 14 — Belgrade recaptured by Serbians. Dec. 17 — Britain formally assumes a protectorate over Egypt. Dec. 25 — Italy occupies Avlona, Albana. 1915 Jan. 1 — British battle ship Formidable sunk. Jan. 11 — Heavy fighting northeast of Siossons. Jan. 24 — British win naval battle in North sea, sinking the German cruiser Bluecher and damag- ing two other cruisers. Feb. 11 — Germans evacuate Lodz. Feb. 12 — Germans drive Russians from positions in. East Prussia, taking 26,000 prisoners. Feb. . 19 — British and French fleets bombard Darda- nelles forts. March 1 — Premier Asquith announces blockade by allies of all German, Austrian and Turkish ports. March 10 — Battle of Neuve Chapelle begins. March 14 — German cruiser Dresden sunk. March 18 — British battle ships Irresistible and Ocean and French battle ship Bouvit sunk in Dardanelles strait. March 22 — Fortress of Przemysl surrenders to Rus- sians. April 23 — Germans force way across Ypres canal at Steenstraate and Het Sas. May 2 — Austro-Hungarian and German troops re- pulse Russians along the entire front of Malatow, Gorlice, Gromik and north of these places in West Galicia. May 7 — Lusitaina torpedoed and sunk by German submarine. May 23 — Italy formally declares war on Austria. June 3 — Przemysl recaptured by Germans and Aus- trians. June 22 — Germans and Austrians capture Lemberg. July 3 — Tolmino falls into hands of Italians. July 29 — Warsaw evacuated ; Lublin captured by Austrians. Aug. 2 — Germans occupy Mitau. Aug. 3-9 — Battle of Hooge. Aug. 4 — Germans occupy Warsaw. Aug. 5 — Ivangorod taken by Germans. Aug. 6 — British land at Suvla bay, Gallipolli. Aug. 17 — Germans capture Kovno. Aug. 19-20 — Germans take Novo Georgievsk. Aug. 26 — Germans take Brest-Litovsk. Sept. 2 — Germans capture Grodno. Sept. 5 — Grand Duke Nicholas sent to the Caucasus. Sept. 8 — Russians stop Germans at Tarnopol. Sept. 19 — Germans capture Vilna. Sept. 20 — Austrians and Germans begin drive on Serbia. Sept. 25-30 — Battle of the Champagne. Oct. 9-10 — Austro-Germans capture Belgrade. Oct. 12 — Edith Cavell executed by Germans. Oct. 13 — Bulgaria declares war on Serbia. Oct. 22 — Bulgarians occupy Uskub. Nov. 7 — Italian liner Ancona sunk. Nov. 22 — British victory near Bagdad. One Hundred Eighty-six Nov. 30 — Bulgarians take Prizrend. Dec. 1 — British retreat from near Bagdad. Dec. 8-9 — Allies defeated in Macedonia. Dec. 15 — Sir John Douglas Haig succeeds Sir John French. Dec. 27-30 — Heavy Russian offensive in Galicia and Bessarabia. Dec. 30 — Liner Persia sunk in Mediterranean. 1916 Jan. 6 — Russians capture Czartorysk. Jan. 8 — British troops at Kut-el-Amara surrounded. Jan. 9 — British evacuate Gallipoli peninsula. Jan.- 10 — Austrians capture Mount Loveen in Monte- negro : predreadnaught King Edward VII sunk. Jan. 13 — Cetinje, capital of Montenegro, captured by Austrians. Jan. 23 — Scutari, capital of Albania, captured by Austrians. Feb. 15— -Erzerum captured by the Russians. Feb. 21 — Germans under crown prince begin attack on Verdun defenses. Feb. 26 — Germans capture Fort Douaumont ; French transport La Provence sunk. March 2 — Bitlis captured by Russians. March 16 — Admiral von Tirpitz resigns. March 24 — Sussex torpedoed and sunk. April 5-7— Battle of St. Eloi. April 17 — Trebizond captured by Russians. April 18 — President Wilson sends final note to Ger- many. April 19 — President Wilson explains diplomatic situ- ation in speech before congress in joint session. April 24 — Insurrection in Dublin. April 29 — British force at Kut-el-Amara surrenders to the Turks. April 30 — Irish insurrection put down. May 3 — Several leaders of Irish revolt executed. May 15 — Austrians begin offensive against Italians in Trentino. May 31 — Great naval battle off Danish coast. June 3 — Germans assail British at Ypres ; Russians under General Brussiloff begin successful offen- sive. June 5 — Lord Kitchener lost with cruiser Hamp- shire. June 6 — Italians stop enemy in Trentino. June 11 — Russians capture Dubno. June 18 — Russians capture Czernowitz. June 25 — General Brussiloff's army completes pos- session of Bukowina. July 1 — Battle of Somme begins. July 25 — Erzingan captured by the Russians. July 26 — Pozieres taken by the British. July 27 — British take Delville wood ; Serbs begin at- tack on Bulgars in Macedonia. Aug. 2 — French take Fleury. Aug. 3 — Sir Roger Casement executed for treason. Aug. 5 — British win victory north of Pozieres. Aug. 9 — Italians take Goritz by assault. Aug. 15 — Russians capture Jablonitza. Aug. 18 — Serbs capture Fiorina from Bulgars. Aug. 24 — French take Maurepas. Aug. 27 — Italy declares war against Germany. Aug. 28 — Houmania declares war against Austria- Hungary. Aug. 30 — Roumanians take Kronstadt in Transyl- vania ; Bulgars seize Drama. Sept. 2 — Roumanians take Orsova and Hermann- stadt. Sept. 3 — Allies take Guillemont and Clery. Sept. 7 — Germans capture Tutrakan. Sept. 9 — French recapture Fort Douaumont. Sept. 10 — German-Bulgar forces take Silistria Sept. 15 — British take Flers, Martinpuich and Courcelette ; French reach outskirts of Rancourt. Sept. 17 — French capture Vermandovillers and Berny. Sept. 25 — British take Morval and Les Boeufs. Sept. 26 — French and British take Combles ; British take Thirepval and Guedecourt. Sept. 28 — Venizelos proclaims provisional govern- ment in Greece ; to aid allies. Sept. 30 — Germans defeat Roumanians at Hermann- stadt. Oct. 8 — Germans recapture Kronstadt from Rou- manians. Oct. 11 — Germans defeat Roumanians in Alt valley and begin invasion of Roumania. Oct. 13 — Italians win victory on Carso plateau. Oct. 23 — Germans capture Constanza. Oct. 24 — Germans take Predeal. Oct. 25 — Germans capture Vulcan pass. Nov. 3 — French reoccupy Fort Vaux. Nov. 12 — French take all of Saillisel. Nov. 13 — British win battle of Ancre. Nov. 19 — Monastir taken by Serbs, French and Italians. Nov. 24 — Germans capture Orsova and Turnu- Severin. Nov. 25 — The Venizelist provisional government in Greece declares war on Germany. Nov. 28 — Seat of Roumanian government removed from Bukharest to Jassy. Dec. 3 — Battle of Argesu won by Germans. Dec. 5 — British cabinet resigns. Dec. 6 — Bukharest occupied by German forces. Dec. 10 — New British cabinet formed with David Lloyd George at its head. Dec. 11 — Italian battle ship Regina Margherita sunk. Dec. 12 — Germany proposes peace negotiations. Dec. 15 — French recapture Vacherauville, Louvemont and Fort Hardaumont. Dec. 28 — President Wilson sends note to belligerent nations asking them to make known their peace terms and to neutral nations suggesting that they support Amreica's action. Dec. 27 — Rimnik Sarat taken by Germans. Dec. 28 — Germany replies to President Wilson say- ing a direct exchange of views would be best way to bring about peace ; gives no terms. Dec. 29 — Scandinavian countries express sympathy with President Wilson's suggestions. Dec. 30 — Allies make joint reply to German's peace proposal rejecting it. 1917 Jan. 5 — Germans capture Braila. Jan. 7 — Russians take offensive along Sereth river. Jan. 8 — Germans capture Focsani fortress. Jan. 9 — British battle ship Cornwallis sunk. Jan. 10 — Allies make joint reply to President Wil- One Hundred Eighty-seven son and give their peace terms. Jan. 11 — German government issues note comment- ing on entente's reply of Dec. 30. Jan. 17 — British advance on both sides of Ancre creek. Jan. 22— President Wilson addresses United States senate on subject of world peace and the establish- ment of a league of nations. Jan. 23 — Battle between British and German destroyers in North Sea. Jan. 31 — Ambassador Count von Bernstorff hands note to Secretary Lansing in Washington, an- nouncing the inauguration by Germany of an unrestricted submarine warfare on Feb. 1 ; Ger- many proclaims boundaries of blockade zones. Feb. 1 — Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare. Feb. 3 — American steamer Housatonic torpedoed and sunk. Feb. 3 — President Wilson orders that Ambassador Count von Bernstorff be handed his passports, directs the withdrawal of Ambassador James W. Gerard and all American consuls from Germany. Feb. 7 — United States senate indorses president's action in breaking with Germany ; Britiish cap- ture Grandcourt ; German ships interned in Amer- ican ports found crippled by crews. Feb. 8 — Germany detains Ambassador Gerard in Berlin ; liner California torpedoed and sunk with loss of forty-one lives. Feb. 9 — European neutrals decline to break with Germany; British take Sailly-Saillisel. Feb. 13 — Ambassador Bernstorff sails for Germany via Halifax and Norway. Feb. 15 — Germans under crown prince take a mile and a half of French trenches between Reims and Verdun. Feb. 17 — British troops capture enemy positions along a front of two miles on both sides of the Ancre. Feb. 25 — "Hindenburg retreat" from Somme sector in full progress ; British win at Sannaiyat on the Tigris ; British take Serre and Butte de Waren- court. Feb. 26 — President Wilson appears before congress and asks auhtority to supply merchant ships with defensive " arms and to employ other methods to protect American ships and citiizens ; British cap- ture Kut-el-Amara. Feb. 27 — British take Gonnecourt. March 1 — House grants president power to arm merchant ships. March 4— Filibuster by Senator La Follette and others prevents passage by senate of bill giving president power to arm ships ; president rebukes senate for its lack of power to legislate. March 5- President Wilson inaugurated for his second term. March 6 — British invade Palestine and capture Hebron ; United States Supreme court decides Appam case in favor of owners. March 8 — United States senate adopts cloture rule ; Count Ferdniand von Zeppelin dies. March 9 — President Wilson calls a special session of congress for April 16 ; issues orders for the arming of American merchant ships. March 10— Belgian relief steamer Storstad tor- pedoed. March 11— Successful revolution in Russia; Britiish capture Bagdad ; Ambassador Gerard reaches Ha- vana. March 12— French capture Hill 185 in Champagne; state department in Washington gives formal notice of arming of American ships ; American steamer Alogonquin sunk without warning by German submarine; China breaks relations with Germany. March 13— Russians take Kermanshah in Persia. March 15— Extra session of United States senate ends ; Czar Nicholas II. of Russia abdicates throne for himself and his son. March 16 — American steamer Vigilancia torpedoed w-ith loss of fifteen lives. March 17— British take Bapaume ; French take Roye; American ship City of Memphiis sunk. March 18 — British and French take Peronne, Chaulnes, Nesle and Noyon ; make ten mile gain on seventy mile front ; Germans destroy every- thing in abandoned territory ; American ship Illinois sunk by submarine. March 19 — American Oil ship Healdton torpedoed with loss of a score of lives ; French battle ship Danton torpedoed with loss of 296 men ; British and French continue advance ; Germans say re- treat is for strategic purposes. March 21 — President Wilson calls extra session of congress to begin April 2 instead of April 16; "state of war" admitted to exist. March 22 — America recognizes new government in Russia. March 24— Washington announces withdrawal of Minister Brand Whitlock and American relief workers from Belgium ; constitutional party in Russia votes for republican form of government ; Germany extends barred zone to Russian artie waters. March 25 — President Wilson calls part of national guard in the east into the national service for policing purposes. March 26 — British defeat large force of Turks at Gaza, Palestine ; President Wilson calls into fed- eral service 20,000 guardsmen in eighteen central states. March 30 — President Wilson and cabinet decide that war with Germany is the only honorable recourse left to the United States. April 1 — The Aztec, an armed American steamer, sunk by submarine ; Russian armies invade Tur- key from Persia. April 2 — Special session of American congress- opens ; president in address asks that existence of a state of war with Germany be declared. April 4 — Senate passes war resolution ; Germans at- tack Russians on Stokhod river ; American steam- ship Missourian sunk in Mediterranean. April 5 — British and Russian armies join in Meso- potamia. April 6 — House passes war resolution ; president signs resolution and issues war proclamation ; all American naval forces mobilized ; German vessels- One Hundred Eighty-eight in American ports seized : Germans blow up their auxiliary cruiser Cormoran at Guam. April 7 — Cuba and Panama declare war on Ger- many. April 8 — Austria- Hungary announces break in re- lations with the United States. April 9 — Canadians tarke Vimy ridge in great British offensive north and south of Arras. April 10 — Brazil breaks off relations with Germany. April 15 — Great French offensive between Soissons and Reims begins. April 18 — Germans driven out of six villages be- tween Soissons and Reims. April 21 — Turkey breaks off relations with the United States ; Balfour mission arrives in the United States. April 22 — British mission arrives in Washington ; "United States day" celebrated in Paris. April 23 — British begin new attack on Arras front ; British capture Samara. April 24 — Joffre-Viviani French mission arrives in America. April 25 — Joffre-Viviani mission given ovation in Washington : president appoints Elihu Root head of mission to visit Russia. April 26 — Vacuum, American steamship, torpedoed, thirty lives lost. April 28 — Senate and house pass army draft bill ; Secretary McAdoo announces that bond issue will be called "liberty loan of 1917." May 3 — Canadians take Fresnoy ; United States be- gins making large loans to allies ; French mission received on floor of house. May 4 — American destroyers arrive in British waters and begin patrol work : British transport Transylvania sunk with loss of 413 lives. May 5 — Great Britain joins French in asking that American troops be sent to France at once ; A. J. Balfour and members of British mission re- ceived in house of representatives ; Marshal Joffre speaks in Chicago. May 7 — War department in Washington announces that nine regiments of engineers are to be orga- nized and sent to France. May 8 — Germans regains Fresnoy : A. J. Balfour addresses United States senate. May 9 — Liberia ends relations with Germany. May 17 — First American Red Cross hospital unit arrives in England for service with the British in France. May 18 — President Wilson orders the sending of a division of regulars to France under Maj.-Gen. J. J. Pershing; announces that he will not sanction raising of volunteer troops by Theodore Roosevelt for service in Europe ; issues proclamation fixing June 5 as date for the registry of men eligible for service under draft law ; Italians storm Monte Vodice. May 19 — President Wilson asks Herbert C. Hoover to take charge of food administration in America during the war. May 21 — Italian war mission arrives in America. May 24 — Real- Admiral W. S. Sims appointed vice- admiral ; plan of raising $100,000,000 for Red Cross announced by Henry P. Davison. May 25 — German aircraft raid England, killing seventy-six persons and inuring 174 ; President Wilson makes June 18-25 as Red Cross week. May 26 — Italians storm second Austrian line on Carso plateau. June 5 — Military registration day under selective draft law in the United States approximately 10,000,000 men register. June 6 — Lord Northcliffe appointed to represent Britain in America. June 7 — British began great offensive at Messines, storming Wytschaete ridge and exploding great mines. June 8 — Gen. Pershing with staff and clerical force reaches London : force of 100 American aviators reach France. June 10 — British gain more ground around Mes- sines in Ypres region. June 12 — King Constantine of Greece forced to abdicate his throne. June 13 — Gen. Pershing lands in France ; German airplanes raid London, killing 157 persons and wounding 430. June 16 — Belgian war mission arrives in United States. June 26 — Venizelos becomes prime minister of Greece ; Chairman Davison of Red Cross war council announces subscription of $114,000,000 to war fund. June 27 — Amei-ican troops arrive in France. June 29 — Greece severs relations with Germany and her allies. June 29 — Eighty-seven German ships seized in American ports turned over to shipping board. July 4 — France celebrates July 4 ; American troops parade in Paris. July 9 — President Wilson proclaims mobilization of national guard. July 12 — Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg resigns. July 14 — George Michaelis becomes German chan- cellor. July 20 — Draft day in the United States. July 22 — Siam declares war on Germany. July 28 — More American troops arrive in France. Aug. 6 — Kerensky forms a new cabinet. Aug. 7 — Liberia declares war on Germany. Aug. 14 — China declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. Aug. 15 — Pope's peace appeal is published ; Cana- dians capture Hill 70, dominating Lens. Aug. 16 — British and French gain on nine mile front east and north of Ypres: British take Langemarck. Aug. 20 — French attack on both sides of Meuse in Verdun region, taking Avocourt wood, Le Mort Homme, Corbeaux wood, Cumieres, Talou ridge. Hills 240 and 244, Mormont farm and 4,000 prisoners : fight witnessed by American officers. Aug. 21 — Canadians take 2,000 yards fo German trenches in outskirts of Lens. Aug. 24 — Italians take Monte Santo ; French take Hill 304 near Verdun. Aug. 27 — General embargo on exports beginning Aug. 30 proclaimed by the president ; full aid to One Hundred Eighty-nine Russia pledged by President Wlison ; reply of United States to pope's peace note. Sept. 4 and 5 — German airplanes drop bombs on American hospital camp in France, killing five and wounding ten persons. Sept. 5 — Five per cent of national army go to training camps. Sept. 6 — French repulse German attacks at Czerny. Sept. 7 — American liner Minnehaha sunk. Sept. 20 — British advance along Ypres-Menin road to a depth of more than a mile and a half. Oct. 6 — Extra session of congress ends. Oct. 9 — British drive Germans from Poelcapelle ; mutiny on German fleet made public. Oct. 17 — United States transport Antilles sunk. Oct. 24 — Big Austro-German drive against Italian front began ; part of Bainsizza plateau taken. Oct. 26 — Italians evacuate Bainsizza plateau. Oct. 29 — Whole Italian Isonzo line falls ; Italians retreat to the Tagliamento river. Oct. 30 — Germans and Austrians take Udine. Nov. 1 — Germans advance southeastward from Udine. Nov. 2 — American steamship Rochester torpedoed and sunk ; Italians abandon eastern bank of the Tagliamento river. Nov. 3 — Three Americans killed, eleven wounded and eleven captured by German trench raiding party ; British attack Gaza. Nov. 5 — Austro-German forces cross the middle Tag- liamento river. Nov. 6 — Italians abandon the Tagliamento line. Nov. 7 — Austro- Germans reach the Livenza river: British take Gaza. Nov. 8 — Austro-German forces cross the Livenza river and outflank the Italians. Nov. 9 — Gen. Armando Diaz made commander-in- chief of Italian army in place of Gen. Cadorna ; Italians make stand on the Piave river allied mili- tary council formed. Nov. 10 — Italians yield the east bank of the Piave river ; Germans make fruitless attacks on Verdun positions. Nov. 12 — Germans and Austrians advance down the Piave to Feltre. Nov. 13 — Austrians cross the Piave at Zenson. Nov. 14 — Americans ambush German patrol on French front. Nov. 15 — Italians hold their positions on the Piave river. Nov. 16 — Italians flood lands near Venice to stop advance of enemy. Nov. 21 — British under Gen. Byng take Germans by surprise in Cambrai region, advancing five miles and taking thousands of prisoners ; German at- tacks in Monte Grappa region stopped by Italians. Nov. 23 — Battle of Cambria continues. Nov. 26 — British advance near Jerusalem ; French and British infancy re-enforcements reach Italian lines. Nov. 27 — Allied war conference assembles in Paris. Dec. 3 — Every German colony is now occupied by allied forces. Dec. 4 — President Wilson asks congress to declare war on Austria-Hungary. Dec. 6 — United States destroyer Jacob Jones tor- pedoed and sunk. Dec. 7 — Congress passes resolution declaring state of war to exist between the United States and Austria- Hungary. Dec. 8 — Government in Portugal overthrown by revolution. Dec. 9 — Capture of Jerusalem by British under Gen. Allenby. Dec. 11 — Gen. Allenby formally enters Jerusalem. Dec. 15 — Col. E. M. House returns from war mis- sion to Europe. Dec. 17 — A big Red Cross drive begun in United States. Dee. 18 — Senate agrees to house prohibition amend- ment. Dec. 20 — Premier David Lloyd George says the al- lies will fight to a finish. Dec. 26 — The United States takes over all railroad lines (beginning Dec. 28) ; Secretary of the Treas- ury McAdoo appointed director-general. Dec. 30 — Germans attack British south of Cambrai and gain some ground. 1918 Jan. 16 — Fuel Administrator Garfield orders manu- facturing concerns to shut down five days and also on Mondays until the end of March to save coal. Jan. 28 — Secretary Baker explains in detail to senate military committee the work of the war department in building up army, saying that 1,500,000 men can go to France in 1918 ; London raided by German airplanes ; Russia and Rou- mania cut off relations : Secretary McAdoo asks for $500,000,000 government corporation to finance "war industries. Jan. 30 — Peace strikes in Germany growing more serious, 500,000 persons quitting work. Feb. 1 — Berlin placed in state of siege on account of strikes. April 28-29 — A sector in the vicinity of Breteuil, northwest of Montdidier, was occupied by the 1st division. May 28 — Cantigny was captured by the 1st divi- sion. A detachment of our troops, re-enforced by French artillery, successfully attacked the enemy on a front of about 2.200 yards. We occupied Cantigny, captured some 200 prisoners and in- flicted severe losses on the enemy. June 10 — The 2nd division attacked in Bois de Belleau, advancing the line 900 yards on a front of one and one-half miles, capturing 300 prison- ers, thirty machine guns, four trench mortars and stores of small arms, ammunition and equipment. Held all of Hill 204 down to the village on the northeast slope, thus preventing the enemy from concentrating his forces in the northern part of Chateau Thierry. June 11 — The 2nd division continued its advance in the Bois de Belleau, capturing more prisoners and machine guns and two 77 milimeter field- pieces. Our aviators executed their first bomb- ing raid, dropping numerous bombs on the rail- way station at Dommary-Barancourt, northwest One Hundred Ninety of Metz. All of our planes returned in safety. The artillery of the 2nd division shelled the enemy in their areas, preventing concentration near Torcy, Monthiers, Hill 128 and La Gonetrie farm. It discovered and dispersed a group of 210 ma- chine guns in the wood south of Etrepilly. The 2d division captured the last of the German positions in the Bois de Belleau, taking fifty prisoners, machine guns and trench mortars. July 18 — French and American troops advanced under the cover of a heavy storm on the front between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. The greatest advance was in the northern part of the sector, where a depth of five miles was attained, and we reached the heights southwest of Soissons, dominating the railroad and highways. July 24- The advance of the Franco- American forces contniued and in the evening the line ran east of Buzancy to Tigny, to Hartennes, Grand Rozoy, Ouichy-le-Chateau Armentieres, Coincy, Courpoil, and then joined the old line at Jaul- gonne. West of Reims, Marfaux was retaken and the line ran from Aubilly, through Mezy, and joined the old line at Coulommes. July 25 — The line ran from the Ourcq to the Marne, where the allied troops advanced six kilometers in the center and three to four kilometers on the flanks. The line in the evening ran from Armen- tieres to Bruyeres, the eastern edge of the Bois de la Tournelle, the eastern edge of Beuvardes, the eastern edge of La Charnel, the crossroads at Gros Chene, La Boulangere, the northern edge of Treloup, Chassins. July 26 — The line ran: Nanteuil, Notre Dame, Hill 123, Hill 118, La Misere, Hill 100, southwestern part of Bois de Tounelle, Hill 111, Le Charnel. Hard fighting continued all day and the French and Americans steadily advanced on Fere. July 27 — The 42nd division tried to cross the Ourcq, but was driven back by heavy artillery fire. July 28 — The 42nd division renewed the assault, crossed the rived and after vigorous fighting took Seringes-et-Nesles, Nesles and Sergy. The 28th division held the line about one kilometer north of the Ourcq. During the day slow progress was made, the enemy slowly falling back after bitter rear guard action. July 29 — Franco- American troops advanced three kilometers from Oulchy to Villers Agron and Bougneux, Saponay, Seringes, Nesles and Clerges were included within our lines. July 30 — Our pressure continued on the right bank of the Ourcq. The railroad station at Fere and Cayenne farm remained in our posession. We lost Seringes-et-Nesles, but re-occupied Sergy, Hill 312 and the woods eight kilometers north of Roncheres. July 31 — The 28th division retook Seringes-et Nesles. The 32nd division attacked in Crimpettes woods with success ; the woods were taken, and troops advanced to Cierges. German counterat- tacks were brilliantly repulsed with the bayonet, and an immense amount of material and equip- ment was taken from the enemy. Aug. 3 — After continuous fighting late in the even- ing Soissons was taken, and a line extending along the Vesle to between Braisne and Bazoche3 was being consolidated. South of the Aisne our troops drove back the enemy rear guard. Acting with the 4th division, the 32nd division reached a line from Ville Savoye to a point just north of St. Gilles. Aug. 4 — A large enemy patrol attacked in the vi- cinity of Coulees, but was driven off by a combat group of the 5th division, which had been re-en- forced. Our troops were very active in patrolling, having sent out over seven reconnoissance, combat and ambush patrols. The 32nd division took Fismes. In an eight-day battle this division forced the passage of the Ourcq, took prisoners from six enemy divisions, met, routed and deci- mated a crack division of the Prussian guards, a Balvarian division and one other enemy division, and drove the enemy line back for sixteen kilo- meters. Aug. 6 — The 28th division launched an attack the objective of which was the north bank of the Vesle. The attack was met by exceedingly heavy machine gun and artillery fire. On the right our troops succeeded in crossing the river and ad- vancing to the highway which runs from Reims to Soissons. On the left the advance was held up by the enemy's fire. Aug. 7 — The units on the left advanced across the river and occupied the railroad lines on the north bank. The casualties resulting from this opera- tion were considerable. A violent enemy counter- attack was completely repulsed and a number of prisoners and machine guns were left in our hands. Aug. 8 — As a result of successful operations on the evening of Aug. 8, eleven companies of infantry and some machine gun attachments of the 28th division reached the north bank of the Vesle. Aug. 10 — The 28th division launched an attack in Fismette. A creeping barrage moved ahead of them. They made some progress, but were soon exposed to flanking fire from both the east and the west and were forced to fall back into Fismette. The position here was very difficult. Flanknig machine gun fire came from both sides and heavy casualties were reported. A box bar- rage was placed around the town and ammunition was sent up. The town was held by one bat- talion, with one machine gun platoon, which re- ceived orders to hold the position at all costs. Aug. 17 — After strong artillery preparation the in- fantry of the 5th division captured the village of Frapelle and consolidated the lines north of the road running into the town from the southeast. Aug. 19 — The enemy continued shelling Frapelle positions and the artillery of the 5th division re- plied actively. Aug. 21 — The 5th division repulsed hostile attack with heavy loss to the enemy and with no casualt- ies to ourselves. The 32nd division, acting with the 10th French army, advanced to and held Juvigny. The 77th division cleared the small On eHundred Ninety-one wood between the Vesle and the railroad west of Chateau du Diable. Sept. 3 — During the five days prior to Sept. 3 the 32d division made daily advances through very difficult terrain and against violent opposition. It captured eleven officers and 920 enlisted men. A large amount of ammunition were captured. A patrol of the 77th division penetrated to Bazoches. Sept. 5 — French and American units advanced in the Oise- Reims area as far as Conde. Strong patrols of the 77th division were pushed forward north of the Vesle and were encountered by ma- chine gun resistance. Our casualties were slight. The 28th division crossed the Vesle in force and pursued the enemy to the north. Sept. 6— The artillery of the 28th division directed harassing and destructive fire on the Aisne bridges, while the enemy harassed the villages in our rear areas, using a great number of gas shells. Sept. 7 — The 28th division repulsed two enemy counterattacks. The 77th division drove the enemy out of La Cendiere farm and passed the Aisne canal. Sept. 12 — After four hours' bombardment our troops advanced on the south and west flanks of the St. Mihiel salient at 5 a. m. By 7 :30 a. m. the forces operating on the south had reached the southern edge of the Bois Juli, the Quart de Reserve, and the northern edge of the Bois de Mort Mare. By noon they had reached Essey and Vieville and the army operating in the difficult ground in the west had captured Les Eparges. At 6 p. m. the troops had reached a point one kilometer east of Senzey and had taken St. Remy and Combres. During the night the troops on the western flank of the salient advanced five miles in five hours, reaching Vigneulles by 3 a. m. Sept. 14 — There was general advance along the en- tire line, and the American army established it- self on the following front: Manheulles, Fresnes, Pintheville. St. Hilaire, Doncourt, northeast of Woel, south end of the Etang de Lachausee, Vandieres and across the Moselle at Champey. Sept. 17 — American troops advanced along the Moselle within 300 yards of Paguy. Sept. 18 — The 26th division made two raids during the night. One against St. Hilaire was without result, as the enemy had retired ; the other against the Bois de Warville resulted in the cap- ture of fifteen prisoners. Sept. 19 — The 92d division repulsed an attempted enemy raid on the St. Die sector. Sept. 20 — The 92nd division repulsed two enemy raids in the region of Lesseux. Sept. 26 — The 1st army attacked northwest of Verdun on a front of twenty miles and penetrated to an average depth of seven miles. Sept. 27 — The 107th regiment of the 27th division attacked east of Bellicourt and attained its ob- jectives. Sept. 29 — In the Argonne the Americans met with furious resistance. Their losses were heavy, and they were unable to do more than hold their own. Sept. 30 — The 27th and 30th divisions took prison- ers north of St. Quentin totaling 210 officers and more than 1,200 men. Oct. 1 — The 28th division repulsed a hostile coun- terattack on the entire divisional front in the Aire valley, with very heavy losses to the enemy. Oct. 3 — The 2nd division, operating with the 4th French army, made an advance of two kilometers, reaching Medeah farm in the afternoon. In the evening the 2d division advanced about three kilo- meters and their line ran from Medeah farm southwest along the road to Blanc Mont. They captured 1,000 prisoners and casualties were esti- mated at 500. Oct. 4 — The 1st division attacked on both sides of Exermont and made progress in spite of strong opposition from the enemy, who resisted with ma- chine guns in organized opposition. Approxi- mately 300 prisoners were taken and our casu- alties were 1,500. Oct. 5 — The 1st division captured Arietal farm and the line was advanced 400 yards beyond. The 6th division repulsed a larger enemy raid on Sonder- nach. Oct. 7— A brigade of the 82d division advanced seven kilometers, occupying Hill 223, north of Chatel Chehery; forty-six prisoners were cap- tured, including one officer. Our casualties were light. Later the enemy counterattacked and re- occupied Hill 223, north of Chatel Chehery. Oct. 8— The 59th brigade of the 30th division at- tacked at 5 a. m. over a front of 5,000 yards, gained all first objectives by 9 a. m. and second objectives by noon. Fifty officers, 1,500 men and four 101 millimeter guns were taken. Oct. 8-9 — The 2d corps advanced about seven miles on a front of 4,000 yards and captured about 2,000 prisoners and thirty guns. Oct. 9 — In spite of strong resistance the 1st di- vision advanced in the sector east of Fleville and captured 230 prisoners. The 33d division, operat- ing with the 17th French army corps, attacked early in the morning north of Consenvoye and reached its final objective about 9 a. m. About 650 prisoners were taken. Oct. 10 — The 1st corps reached Cornay-LaBesogne ridge and passed Malassise farm, east of Grand Ham. The 60th brigade of the 30th division ad- vanced six kilometers, reaching the Selle river, river, and held the St. Bemn-St. Souplet-La Haie- Menneresse line. Up to the evening of the 9th, fifty officers, 1,800 men and thirty-two guns were captured. Oct. 12 — The 4th division repulsed two counterat- tacks by machine gun fire, with severe loss to the enemy. Oct. 13 — An attack on Grandpre this morning met very heavy machine gun fire and troops of the 2d corps were finally forced to retire south of the Aire. A hostile counter-attack at 8 p. m. south of Landres-et-St. Georges was repulsed. The 81st division repulsed an enemy raid in St. Die sector. The 77th division took Grandpre. Oct. 17 — The 29th division advanced to the summit of Bois de la Grande Montagne, east of the Meuse. The 42nd division took Cote de Chatillon. The 2d batalion of the 76th division reached the One Hundred Ninety-two northern edge of Eois dcs Loges, west of Cham- pigneulle. In an attack on a 4,000 yard front from St. Souplet to Molain our troops advanced 3, COO yards against very stiff resistance. All counterattacks repulsed. Prisoners taken were estimated at 2,500. Belgians enter Bruges and Z?ebrugge and British occupy Ostend, Lille and Douai : King Albert enters Ostend ; Americans take Cote Chatillon. British and French advance rire miles northeas tof Pchain. Oct. 19 — The 30th division a'tacked wi'h the British at dawn and advanced 2 000 ya-ds. Prisoners captured since the morning of the 17th totaled forty-four officers and over 1,500 m-n. The 78th division pushed its lines forward to Bellejoyeuse farm and began to mop up the Bois des Loges. Belgian flags fly over every town on the Belgian coast ; French occupy and pass beyond Thislt : French drive on Guise; Lille evacuated by th2 Ccrrr.ans and entered by the British. Cct. 21— In attacks on the Eois dcs Rappes the 5th division met with stubborn resistance by machine guns, supported by artillery and infantry fire. It ccptured the entire position wi'h 170 prisoners, including five officers. An enemy counterattack, supported by heavy artillery fire, was repulsed v.ith heavy losses. The 5th and 3d divisions took Hill 297 and Bois des Rappes. Attacking in the evening, the 89th division occupied the northern and eastern edge of the Eois de Bantheville. Oct. 23— Troops of the 3d corps reached the ridge north of the village of Bantheville, taking 171 prisoners. The 29th division captured the ridge cf Eois d'Etrayes and Hill 361. Oct. 25— British, French and Italian troops begin new offensive on Italian front between the Bren':a and Piave rivers, taking 3 000 p.-isoners; Ameri- cans capture Hill 360 cast of the Meuse after severe fighting; President Wilson appeals for a democratic congress. Oct. 26 — British troops advance south of Valen- ciennes ; French pierce the Hundir.g line ; Italiar-s gain in attacks on Austrian defenses en piave line : heavy fighting on Monte Grappa region : Turkish offer to surrender reported from Switzer- land. Oct. 27— The 78th division ente-cd Bellejoyeuse farm, northeast of Grandpre, and found it unoc- cupied. The occupation of the right of way north- west of Grandpre was comrleted. General Lud- endorff resigns as first quartermaster-general of German army ; French gain five miles on Serre front and take ten towns : Italian forces cross the Piave and take 9,000 Aust-ians and fifty-one curs. Oct. 28— Austria again urgently as' s for peace; French continue drive beyond the Olse ; German administration moves from Brussels. Oct. 29 — Allied forces in Italy capture Conegliano five miles from the Fiave and push on along a front of thirty-seven miles : Rhine Germans in wild (light ; disruption in Aus'.ria-Hungarian pro- ceeding. Oct. 30 — On Oct. 30 patrols were active along the entire front of the 28th division. The 33d divi- sion, in the north of Grandpre, advanced its lines and occupied the Bellejoyeuse farm. On Oct 30 2,000 high explosives and gun shells fell in the vicinity of Fresnes. One of the divisional patrols captured five prisoners. New German note seeks to hasten decision on armistice terms ; Czchs take over rule of Prague ; Italians capture Vittorio and drive the Austrians back along the Piave from the mountains to the sea ; taking of 33,000 Austrians in drive announced. Oct. 31 — Turkey makes full surrender ; Austrian collapse on Italian front ; troops abandon every- thing in wild flight to escape ; General Pershing's forces occupy Bellejoyeuse farm ; Belgians renew attack in direction of Ghent. Nov. 1 — The troops of the 1st army captured Clery- le-Grand. North of Ancreville they took fifty- three additional prisoners and continued their ad- vance into the Bois de Bantheville. During the night of Nov. 1-2 the troops of the 37:h division consolidated their positions and effected a cross- ing of the River Scheldt, confronted by enemy machine gun and rifle fire. The 91st division, supported by artillery and machine gun five rapidly advanced over six kilometers in spite of enemy artillery and machine gun fire. The enemy was driven from the west bank of the Scheldt and at noon the heights northwest of Audenarde were taken. Armistice terms were given to Austria ; British get grip on Valenciennes ; allies in Belgium take nineteen towns and gain ten miles. Nov. 2 — On the evening of Nov. 2 the troops of the 78th division drove the enemy from the Bois des Loges and closely followed his retreat. The 92d division, in spite of machine gun resistance, push- ed forward and advanced the line three kilo- meters. N ov . 3 — The 91st division, in spite of active ma- chine gun resistance, forced its way toward the bank of the Scheldt in the vicinity of Eyne. Italians capture Trent and Udine ; whole Austrian front smashed ; German forces east of the Meuse in full retreat. Nov. 4— On Nov. 4 a brigade of the 79th division attacked an enemy sector, taking eighty- one pris- oners and eight machine guns, encountering strong resistance and repulsing several counter- attacks. Austria makes complete surrender : British in advance between the Scheldt and the Oise-Sambre canal and with the French co-operat- ing take 10,000 prisoners and 200 guns. Nov. 5— On Nov. 5 the troops of the 77th division engaged in severe fighting, overcoming strong enemy resistance along the entire line. The artil- lery was active, firing on the enemy's retreating columns. Harassing artillery fire was returned by the enemy. Aviation was active on both sides. The enemy flew over our front lines and delivered machine gun fire on our advancing troops. Two enemy planes were brought down. German armies on western front retreat everywhere, losing hun- dreds of guns and thousands of prisoners ; French take Guise and Marie: allied troops on three sides of Ghent. Nov. (' Our trcops of the 1st corps continued One Hundred Ninety-three their succesful advance, forcing the enemy to re- tire. The towns of Flabas, Raucours, Haraucourt and Autrecourt were taken and patrols pushed on as far as the Meuse. Large quantities of material were captured during the advance. Following heavy bombardment on the enemy's divisions, the troops of the 5th division attacked, rapidly over- coming the enemy's resistance, capturing Lionde- vant-Dun, Murvaux, Fontaine and Vilosnes-sur- Meuse, taking more than 250 prisoners. French win on 100-mile front, taking Vervins, Mont- cornet and Rethel ; cross the Meuse river ; Ger- mans give up Ghent ; Germans seeking truce reach French lines. Nov. 7 — The troops of the 2d division cleared the west bank of the Meuse of the remaining machine guns and snipers in the vicinity of Mouzon. The 5th division, supported by artillery fire, continued its advance despite the enemy's continued resist- ance, principally with machine guns. Most of the artillery crossed to the east bank of the Meuse, following in support of the infantry. Additional prisoners were taken, including two officers and 132 men. Passage of German peace envois to French headquarters arranged ; allied armies drive along whole front. Nov. 8 — The patrols of the 2d division crcss~d th° Meuse south of Mouzon. The troops of the 33d division, aided by barrage fire, carried out a suc- cessful raid on Chateau Aulnois, capturing one officer and twenty-two men. Strong combat pa- trols were sent out from the lines of the 92d division, colored. Prisoners were captured and casualties inflicted in the enemy. German pleni- potentiaries arrive at Marshal Foch's headqua t ers and are given armistice terms fixed by al- lied war council with time limit for acceptance fixed for 11 o'clock Monday morning, Nov. 11 : German socialists demand abdication of Emperor William ; revolution in Berlin ; Bavaria deposes king and proclaims a republic. Nov. 9 — On midnight of Nov. 9 tha patrols of the 5th division drove back tie enemy, inflicting many casualties and capturing six prisoners. The troops consolidated and, despite stubborn resist- ance, principally from machine guns, drove the enemy from Bois du Canol and La Sentinelle and captured Brandeville. In these operations forty- seven prisoners, 125 machine guns and other ma- terial were captured. A strong combat patrol v as active along the entire front of the 33d division, meeting with heavy machine gun resistance from the enemy, and a patrol of one company captured eight prisoners in 'he Eois de Warville. The troops of the 79th division advanced in a general- ly northeasterly direction, with the right flank in Bois de Damvillers. The 42d and units of the 1st seized the heights south of Sedan. Chancsllor Prince Maximilian of Germany announces that kaiser and crown prince have decided to renounce the throne ; Deputy Ebert made imperial chan- cellor. Nov. 10 — The 33d division carried out a successful raid on Marcheville, occupying th2 town and tak- ing eighty prisoners, including three officers. Strong patrols from ihe line enraged in sharp fignting. The 37th division, operating with the 34th French army corps, attacked in order to force a crossing of the Scheldt. Violent enfilad- ing machine gun fire, heavy artillery and the flooded condition of the terrain delayed the con- struction of bridges and crossings. In the face of continuous heavy artillery fire, supported by machine guns, the troops advanced about two kilo- meters. The 90th division advanced toward Baalon encountering no resistance. The 92d reached Bois Frahaut and captured 710 prisoners. Emperor William takes refuge in Holland. Nov. 11— The 3d division advanced three kilometers east of Breheville. Despite increased resistance by machine gun and artillery fire the 5th division continued to advance, capturing eighteen prison- ers, three large calibre guns, six minenwerfers and considerable material. In accordance with the terms of the armistice hostilities on the front of the American armies ceased at 11 a. m. Ger- man envoys sign armistice terms and fighting ceases at 11 a. m. all along the line. Nov. 12— Addication of Emperor Charles announced in Austria; Germany appeals to President Wilson to start peace negotiations at once ; new Rouman- ian government declares war on Germany. Nov. 13— Bolshevism reported to be spreading in various parts of Europe; abdication of various German rulers announced; King Albert enters Ghent; allied fleet anchors off Constantinople. Nov. 14— German women appeal for food ; Polish troops hold Warsaw; last of German military forces in East Africa surrender; British land on Gallipoli point. Nov. 15— Representatives of associated and allied governments begin conferences on peace prelimin- aries in Paris ; Germany prepares for calling a constituent assembly. Nov. 16 — Belgians petition King Albert for re- forms ; Postmaster- General Burleson takes over Atlantic cables. Nov. 17 — Third American aimy, one of the armies of occupation, enters Montmady ; Premier Clem- enceau wants President Wilson to attend peace conference; arrangements made for surrender of part of German navy ; King Friedrich III. of Saxony abdicates. Nov. 18 — President Wilson announces officially that he will sail for Europe to take part in the set- tlement of the main features of the treaty of peace ; Germans fear bolshevism ; German ships sail to surrender ; allies fight bolsheviki on Dvina river ; King George expresses thanks to parlia- ment. Nov. 19 — American army of occupation carries re- lief to many towns ; food supplies sent from the United States to northern France, Belgium and Austria ; General Petain and French troops enter Metz ; King Albert enters Antwerp. Nov. 20 — American 3d army enters Luxemburg ; Ukrainian government overturned ; Germans make first surrender of twenty submarines at Harwich, England. Nov. 21 — Germany surrenders large part of high seas fleet and nineteen more submarines ; Luxem- One Hundred Ninety four burgers acclaim American troops ; Kolchak made dictator at Omsk ; British cavalry ride over old field of Walterloo. Nov. 22 — William G. McAdoo resigns as secretary of the treasury and director-general of railroads ; the former crown prince of Germany takes refuge in Holland ; General Castelnau enters Colmar. Nov. 23 — American army of occupation crosses into Germany. Nov. 24 — More German submarines surrendered to the allies for interment : clashes between extrem- ists and government group of socialists take place in Berlin ; King Albert enters Brussels ; French soldiers enter Strassburg. Nov. 25— Marshal Foch with General Guillaumat and General Gourand enters Strassburg ; bolshevik Soviets try to take government from Ebert gov- ernment. Nov. 26 — Allies prepare to make demand upon Hol- land for surrender of the former emperor of Ger- many : General Ludendorff goes to Sweden. Nov. 27 — Names of American delegates to peace conference announced in Washington. Nov. 28 — Vienna plans to try men who began the war; Liebknecht group of extremists losing ground in Berlin. Nov. 29 — Many strikes take place in Germany ; al- lies ask Herbert C. Hoover to direct food dis- tribution in Europe ; Premier Lloyd George says William. II. was to blame for the war; Germany asks for and gets formal abdication of former kaiser ; Japan names delegates to peace confer- ence. Nov. 30 — German border towns hostile to American army of occupation ; interment of Field Marshal von Mackensen's army ordered by Hungarian gov- ernment ; peace conference to be held in Paris and Versailles. Dec. 1 — German government starts investigation of German atrocities in Belgium ; American army of occupation enters Treves, Germany ; Premier Clemenceau, Marshal Foch, Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino arrive in London for conference wtih British leaders ; Mauretania ar- rives at New York with more than 4.000 return- ing American soldiers. Dec. 2 — President Wilson delivers annual message to congress and tells of his decision to go to peace conference ; allies delay action on kaiser until American delegates arrive : preliminary confer- ence in London. Dec. 3 — President Wilson and party leave Washing- ton late at night for New York. Dec. 4 — American peace delegation headed by Presi- dent Wilson sail on the George Washington for France. Dec. 5 — Premier Clemenceau on return from Lon- don conference says there is complete agreement between the allies. Dec. 6 — Belgian troops occup Dusseldorff, Germany. Dec. 7 — German soldiers stand by Ebert govern- ment: British to demand $40,000,000,000 indem- nity from Germany. Stg Saiiba of Iljr War Aisne, battle of, began— Sept. 14, 1914. Aisne caverns, battle of — Oct. 23, 1917. Allenstcin, battle of — Sept. 1, 1914. Ancre, battle of, began — Nov. 13, 1916. Antwerp, capture of, by Germans — Oct. 9-10, 1914. Argesu, battle of — Dec. 3, 1916. Arras, battle of, began — April 9, 1917. Artois, fighting in the — Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 1915. Tagdad captured by British — March 11, 1917. Eainsizr.a plateau taken by Italians, Aug. 25. 1917 ; recaptured by Austrians and Germans, Oct. 25, 1917. Eapaume captured by British — March 17, 1917 ; lost to Germans March 24, 1918; recaptured by British Aug. 29, 1918. Beersheba captured by British — Oct. 31, 1917. Belgrade occupied by Austiians — Dec. 2, 1914; re- captured by Serbians, Dec. 14. 1915 ; taken by Germans and Austiians, Oct. 9-10, 1916. Belloy en Scnterre, battle of — July 4, 1916. Brest- Litovsk captured by Germans — Aug. 25, 1915. Bruges occupied by Germans — Oct. 14, 1914. Brussels occupied by Germans — Aug. 20, 1914. Bulharest captured by Germans — Dec. 6, 1916. Bullecourt taken by Australians — May 12. 1917. Cambrai. battle of— Nov. 21, 1917 ; Oct. 9, 1918. Caporetto, battle of— Oct. 24, 1917. Carso plateau, battle of — May 23,24, 1917. Cetinje captured by Austrians — Jan. 12, 1916. Champagne, battle of the— Sept. 25-30, 1915. Chateau Thierry, battle of— July 15, 1918. Covccktte captured by British — Sept. 15, 1916. Cornbks captured by French and British — Sept. 26. 1916. Constanza captured by Germans — Oct. 23, 1916. Craonne, battle of— Jan. 25.27. 1915 ; village re- captured by French, May 4, 1917. Ctesphon captured by British — March 8, 1917. Czernowitz captured by Russians — June 18, 1916. Dardanelles campaign begun — Nov. 3, 1914 ; ended Jan. 9, 1916. Dardanelles forts, bombardment of, begun — Feb. 19, 1913. Dogger bank British naval victory — Jan. 24, 1915. Douaumont fort, capture by Germans — Feb. 26. 1916; recaptured by French, Oct. 21, 1916. One Hundred Ninety-five Dubno captured by Russians — June II, 1916. Dunajec, battle of the — May 1, 1915. Erzerum captured by Russians — Feb. 15, 1916. Erzingan captured by Russians — July 25, 1916. . Falkland islands, naval battle of — Dec. 8, 1914. Festubert, battle of— May 16-17, 1915. Flers captured by British— Sept. 15, 1916. Fleury, battles of— July 11-Aug. 17, 1916. Fiorina taken by Serbs— Aug. 18, 1916. Fresnoy captured by Canadians — May 3, 1917. Gallipoli, allies land at — April 22, 1915, evacuated by British Jan. 9, 1916. Gaza, battle of— March 26-27, 1917. Geudecourt captured by British — Sept. 26, 1916. Gheluvelt, battle of— Oct. 31, 1914. Ghent captured by Germans — Oct. 12, 1914. Givenchy, battle of— Dec. 19-21, 1914. Goritz captured by Italians — Aug. 9, 1916 ; recap- tured by Austro- Germans, Oct. 28, 1917. Grandcourt captured by British — Feb. 7, 1917. Guillemont captured by allies — Sept. 3, 1916. Helgoland, naval battle of— Aug. 28, 1914. Hermannstadt, battle of— Sept. 30, 1916. Hill 70 (near Lens) captured — Aug. 15, 1917. Hindenburg retreat began — Aug. 15, 1917. Hooge, battle of — Aug. 3-9, 1915. Huloch, battle of— Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 1915. Jaffa captured by British — Nov. 18, 1917. Jericho captured— Feb. 21, 1918. Jerusalem captured by British — Dec. 9, 1917. Jutland, naval battle of (Skager-Rak)— May 81, 1916. Kemmel hill taken by Germans — April 26, 1918. Kitchener, Lord, lost at sea — June 5, 1916. Kovno captured by Germans — Aug. 17, 1915. Kronstadt captured by Roumanians — Aug. 30, 1916 ; recaptured by Germans, Oct. 8, 1916. Kut-e!-Amara, surrender of British force at — April 29, 1916; recaptured, Feb. 22-26, 1917. La Fassee, battle of— Jan. 25-28, 1915. Le Gateau, battle of— Aug. 26, 1914; Oct. 19, 1918. Lemberg taken by Russians — Sept. 2, 1914 ; recap- tured by Germans, June 22, 1915. Les Bceufs captured by British — Sept. 25, 1916. Libau occupied by Germans — May 8, 1915. Liege captured by Germans — Aug. 5-8, 1914. Longueval taken by British — July 14, 1916. Loos, battle of— Sept. 25 to Oct. 8, 1915. Louvain burned — Aug. 26, 1914. Lublin captured by Germans — July 31, 1915. Marne, battle of — Sept. 6-11 ; second battle of, July 15, 1918. Martinpuich captured by British — Sept. 15, 1916. Maubeuge captured by Germans — Sept. 7, 1914. Maurepas captured by French — Aug. 24, 1916. Menni road, battle of— Oct. 4, 1917. Messiners ridge taken by British — June 7, 1917. Meuse-Argonne, battle of — Sept. 26, Oct. 4 and Nov. 1, 1918. Monastir captured by Bulgarians — Dec. 2, 1915 ; by allies, Nov. 19, 1916. Monchy le Preux, battle of— April 23,25, 1917. Monfalcone occupied by Italians — June 9, 1915. Mons, battle of— Aug. 21-23, 1914. Monte Santo taken by Italians — Aug. 24, 1917 ; re- captured by Austrians and Germans, Oct. 28 ; 1917. Morval captured by British — Sept. 25, 1916. Neuve Chapelle, battle of— March 10-12, 1916. Nish captured by Bulgarians — Nov. 5, 1915. Novo Georgievsk captured by Germans — Aug. 19, 1915. Orsova captured by Germans — Nov. 24, 1916. Ostend occupied by Germans — Oct. 15, 1914. Peronne captured by allies — March 18, 1917 ; lost March 24, 1918 ; recaptured, Sept. 1, 1918. Piave, battles of— June 23 and Oct. 28, 1918. Pozieres captured by British — Aug. 9, 1916. Pisrend captm-ed by Bulgarians — Nov. 30, 1915. Prsemysl, siege and capture of by Russians — Sept. 20, 1914, to March 22, 1915 ; recaptured by Ger- mans, June 3, 1915. Rancourt captured by French — Sept. 25, 1916. Reims— Oct. 2-9, 1918. Riehebourg, battle of— May 9-24, 1915. Sailly-Saillisel taken by French — Oct. 18, 1916. St. Eloy, battle of— Dec. 9, 1914. St. Juvin, battle of— Oct. 14, 1918. St. Mihiel, battle of— Sept. 12, 1918. Saloniki, allies land at — Oct. 5, 1915. Scutari captured by Austrians — Jan. 23, 1916. Serbia, invansion of, begun — Oct. 7, 1915. Silistria captured by Germans — Sept. 10, 1916. Skager-Rak, naval battle of— May 31, 1916. Soissons, first battle of — Sept. 15, 1914 ; second bat- tle of, Jan. 8-12, 1915; lost by French, May 29, 1918 ; recaptured by French. Aug. 2, 1918. Somme, battle of, began — July 1, 1916. Stanislau captured by Russians — Aug. 11, 1916. Suez canal, battle near — Feb. 2, 1915. Tennenberg, battle of— Aug. 26, 1914. Tarnopol, battle of— Sept. 8, 1915. Termonde destroyed— Sept. 18, 1914. Thiepval captured by British— Sept. 26, 1916. Tolrr.ina occupied by Italians — July 3, 1915. Torcy, battle of— July 18. 1918. Trebir.ond captured by Russians — April 17, 1916. Trentino, Austrian offensive in — May 15-June 6, 1916. Tsingtao captured by Japanese — Nov. 7, 1914. Turnu-Severin captured by Germans — Nov. 24, 1916. Tutrakan captured by Germans — Sept. 7, 1916. Udine captured by Austrians and Germans — Oct. 30. 1917. Uskup captured by Bulgarians — Oct. 24, 1915. Vaux, battle of— July 1, 1918. Vaux, port, recaptured by French — Nov. 3, 1916. Verdun, German attacks on, began — Feb. 22, 1916. Vcrmandovillers taken by French — Sept. 17, 1916. Vilna captured by Germans — Sept. 18, 1915. Vin\y ridge captured by Canadians — April 9, 1917. Wa sa-.v captured by Germans — Aug. 4, 1915. Wytschaete captured by British — June 7, 1917. Ypres, fii-st battle of— Oct. 20-31, 1914 ; second bat- tle of, April 22-24, 1915; third battle of, July 30 Aug. 2, 1917. Zeebrugge, ajrd Ostend blocked by British — April 22 ana May 9, 1918. One Hundred Ninety six