Shelby County in the World War Illustrated 1919 The Shelby County War Historians Shelbyville, Illinois \ SHELBY COUNTY m the WORLD WAR By Shelby County War Historians In Collaboration with Other Military and Civil Workers of Shelby County With an Introduction By Honorable Wm. H. Chew Chairman of the Local Exemption Board D. Leslie Davis, Editor-in-Chief L. F. Akenhead, Art Editor W. E. Reminder, Business Manager 1919 To the Shelby County Mothers Who with Sacrifice Sublime and Fortitude Supreme watched Their Blue Stars Turn to Gold t -* "If we still love those whom we lose, can we altogether lose those whom we love?" Thackery. "Thank God, we cannot. Of those who went out with such high hopes to perish in the trenches, or lie buried far away in a nameless grave, it is a mistake to say they never re- turn. They never really left; their bright spirits still tenant the hearts of those who loved them. They lie imperishably fair, crowned with the garland of immortal youth." Field Marshal Lord French. OUR LEADERS Commander in Chief PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON Secretary of State ROBERT M. LANSING Secretary of War NEWTON C. BAKER Secretary of the Navy JOSEPHUS DANIELS Chief of Staff PEYTON C. MARCH Commander in Chief, A. E. F. GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING Governor of Illinois FRANK O. LOWDEN Adjutant General FRANK S. DICKSON Commander 33d Division GENERAL GEO. R. BELL, JR. Commander 130th U. S. Infantry COLONEL JOHN V. CLINNIN Commander Company H CAPTAIN VANCE COURTRIGHT Local Exemption Board WM. H. CHEW, Chairman WM. J. EDDY, Secretary F. ROY DOVE Page Four INTRODUCTION SHELBY County's part in the World's War has been played so recently and that part is so well known in our own com- munity, that the records of that service need no present introduction. It is the future gen- erations that will find the greatest interest in this book. With the passing of the years the splendid efforts of the editors of Shelby County in the World War will find a true appreciation, for in peace as well as war, distance lends en- chantment. The task undertaken by Mr. Davis, Mr. Rominger, Mr. Akenhead, Mr. Root and others, while covering but a fraction of the whole stu- pendous efforts of our Government and people in this mighty conflict just ended, is and was an enormous one. When we remember that America contrib- uted an armed force in army, navy, marine corps and other branches of the service, num- bering four million eight hundred thousand men ; That of this number Illinois, ranking as the third state in the Union, furnished six and sixty-eight hundreds per cent, and Shelby County her fair proportionate part ; That America sent two million eighty-six thousand men overseas, and that among that number were included approximately eight hundred of the best boys our county afforded ; When we keep in mind the further fact that one million three hundred ninety thousand American boys fought in France, and that Shelby's contingent answered roll call prelim- inary to going over the top there ; \Vhen we recall that American troops fought in thirteen battles, participating for nineteen months in this mighty world's con- flict, in three hundred days of actual fighting ; And when we are told that there are over fifty thousand American battle deaths, two hundred thirty-six thousand wounded, fifty-six thousand nine hundred ninety-one deaths from disease, and that over sixty of Shelby's sons made the big sacrifice, in addition to those who were wounded and maimed ; And that in every phase of every activity our own home boys took part, we can appre- ciate the labors that have made this book pos- sible. While this portion of the part that Shelby County took in the World War is the most important and embraces the real and the heroic sacrifice and service, still that is not all. Mingled with the over twenty-three billions of money that this war cost our country was a portion of the wealth of this county. Not alone was money contributed, but work and service in numberless other activities were also freely and fully given. So the home service, in all its varied branches, also finds place in this book. To ferret out this entire record, to ascer- tain, collate and record the cold facts has been a tax on the ingenuity, the capacity and the patriotism of the editors of this book. Then to illustrate and make charming its pages has brought into splendid use the artistic capacity, taste and training of our home artists, Mr. Akenhead and Mr. Root. In its pages you will find the pulsations of thousands of loyal hearts who left home and fireside and loved ones at their country's call. An accurate record of the activities of these boys is given. Back of the boys and their homes is the record of the supporting loyalty of the citizenship of the county. I am re- minded, however, that these lines are written only for the purpose of introducing and not reviewing the contents of these pages. To you, my dear reader, without apology and in the firm belief that these pages merit your careful reading for your own as well as for your community's good, and with the ex- pectation that in future years this book may become in a manner a text-book of a great crisis in our home affairs and the history of the way in which our country met and an- swered it, I present Shelby County in the World War. Yours truly, Shelbyville, 111., Dec. 1, 1919. Page Fire D. LESLIE DAVIS Editor-in-Chief LT. W. E. ROMINGER Business Manager LT. L. F. AKENHEAD Art Editor Foreword "Shelby County in The World War" is designed to give simply but ac- curately a resume of the work performed by the Civilian army within Shelby County and by her valiant sons and daughters in all departments of the mili- tary establishment and its auxiliaries, to win the war and bring lasting peace to the world. Unlike some histories of the war, the publishers have undertaken to incorporate in this volume the service record of every soldier, sailor or marine whose home was in Shelby County, together with the picture of each where it was physically possible to procure it; the records and pictures of Y. M. C. A. secretaries, War Camp Community workers, nurses; the story in brief of the willing and important service rendered within the county through the various organizations formed for service "behind the lines," yet no less essen- tial to the success of the Allied arms than that performed in trench, on sea or in the air in short, a detailed military history of the county during the World War, including the activities and personnel of all the noble men and women engaged in war work. To provide this sort of permanent record means great expenditure of time and money, and extensive research and compilations : but the end jus- tifies the means, for no other book can fill the place it is destined to occupy. If there are omissions in the completed volume, it will be due to limita- tions over which the editors have had no control, and will represent repeated but unsuccessful efforts to get the information lacking. If errors occur they will have crept in after all possible diligence has been exerted to eliminate them. No discriminations are intended, no disparagement of one for the undue aggrandizement of another. In the magnificent achievements of the men and women of Shelby County there is glory enough for all, and it is honestly sought to make a clear, authentic record of it all. THE EDITORS. Page SCENES IN SHELBYVILLE DURING PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATIONS SHELBY COUNTY'S INSTANT RESPONSE Shelby County's response, instant and un- reluctant, to the clarion call to save the world, was: Over thirteen hundred soldiers. Fifty-six sailors. Forty-two marines. Eleven physicians and surgeons. Three doctors of dental surgery. Three doctors of veterinary surgery. Nine nurses. Six Y. M C. A. secretaries and assistants. Three war camp community workers. Over one hundred civil service workers. Thousands of patriotic home workers, both men and women. Two hundred sixty thousand five hundred fifty dollars for the First Liberty Loan. Five hundred eighty-five thousand five hun- dred dollars for the Second Liberty Loan. Seven hundred forty-eight thousand two hundred dollars for the Third Liberty Loan. One million, three hundred ninety-three thousand four hundred fifty dollars for the Fourth Liberty Loan. One million, one hundred seventy-three thousand six hundred dollars for the Victory Liberty Loan. Nine thousand seven hundred dollars for the Y. M. C. A. drive of 1917. Eighty thousand nine hundred thirty dol- lars for the Red Cross war fund. Six thousand nine hundred sixty-eight dol- lars for Red Cross memberships. Thirty-nine thousand seven hundred fifty- six dollars for the United War Work drive. One thousand nine hundred eighty-two dol- lars for the Salvation Army home service. Two thousand dollars for the Jewish Wel- fare work. One thousand nine hundred nine dollars for Armenian-Syrian relief. Twenty-five thousand dollars worth of ar- ticles of comfort and necessity for soldiers in camps and trenches, manufactured and donated through the American Red Cross. Shelby County's wealth of men. women and money was poured unstintedly on the altars of the country, that the Beast of Berlin might be rendered impotent for further harm, autoc- racy be dethroned, starving peoples of war- ridden lands across seas be fed, peace be re- stored and the world throughout its length and breadth, on land and sea, be made safe for democracy. Early in the war that swept the European nations with a hail of hate and devastation and the tentacles of which reached out toward America, the peace-loving people of Shelby County viewed with foreboding the gathering of the clouds that threatened to cast their grim shadow above our own fair land ; and when overt act of hostility after another brought increasing conviction that the United States must go to arms to preserve the sanctity of the Nation and its institutions, menaced by Prussian aggression, still the people prayed that "this cup" might pass from them. But when on the memorable 6th of April, A. D. 1917, forbearance having reached the snapping point and to have hesitated further would have branded our country a cringing coward, even in the eyes of its own people, President Woodrow Wilson's war message rang out as a call to arms, this county, in com- mon with all the country, responded with an immediateness and unanimity that upheld its sacred traditions and forever established its patriotism and magnanimity. Nor was the fervor of its rallying dis- counted by the tears that were shed and the anxious fears that beset the hearts of those whose men were called to the colors. Not- withstanding these, the response came with the zeal of the crusader for were not our boys to establish a new order of civilization upon the face of the earth? Page Seven Within forty-eight hours after the Ameri- can dogs of war were unleashed, Shelby Coun- ty boys had offered themselves to their country and the world, and had been accepted for ser- vice. Aye, even before, some of our youths, impelled by their holy horror of Hun rapacity and their sense of the justice of the cause of the Allies, had taken their stand beneath the unfurled banners of other countries. These were followed by other enlistments. Shelby County boys entered the army ; Shelby boys enlisted in the navy; Shelby boys enlisted in the marines, and long before the United States was well into the fray our county was represented in every branch of the service. Quickly the government at Washington evolved a system of enlisting men, and soon it was announced that the Shelby County Ex- emption Board, an arm of the war department, had been established here in the persons of Attorney William H. Chew, Dr. W. J. Eddy and Attorney F. R. Dove. Drafted from the citizenry for perhaps the most responsible and far-reaching war work to be done in the county for on their official acts hung the lives of the youths of the county these men assumed the unaccustomed duties of their solemn office and before long had the wheels of the selective service machine in motion. In preparation for the first registration, the regular election polling places for the most part were selected, and the registrars named. Prospective registrants, boys and men from 21 to 31 years, were coached by the press, which the war department and the local board provided with official and comprehensive in- structions for the public. The results were a registration of 2,185 men, the number exceeding the estimate by several hundred. Medical men were enlisted for the physical examinations necessary to determine the fit- ness of registrants for active or limited ser- vice ; lawyers gave freely of their services in assisting the men with their questionnaires and what claims for exemption were made, and' lay people, both men and women, gave the local board and the registrants such aid as was required. This co-ordination of work characterized the second and subsequent registrations and all the great task of listing the potential sol- diers, examining them physically, sorting them into the five classes provided for in the regu- lations, passing upon their claims for exemp- tion, determining the order in which they should be called for service, choosing the per- sonnel of the various contingents and getting them under way for camp, school or canton- ment a monumental task, indeed. Shelby County needeth not to be ashamed when her military roll is called, for eventually Shelby County soldiers were in all quarters of the war-ridden globe contributions to the man-power of the United States in the regular army ; in the former National Guard units ; representatives in the infantry, the field artil- lery, the tank corps, the cavalry, the aviation corps ; men in the coast artillery, the navy, the marine service ; men in the air, on terra firma, on the seas and under them ; in the trenches, behind them and in No Man's Land ; at the listening posts, in the sharpshooters' nests, with the engineers laying steel highways and constructing bridges, with the ambulance corps and ministering to the wounded and dying in the hospitals. Shelby County sent forth "noncoms" and commissioned officers corporals, sergeants, lieutenants, captains, majors and had more in the making, with the completion of the process well in sight when the armistice was signed. Scarcely any branch of the military establish- ment was without the men of Shelby County a county that ever has justified the faith that has been placed in it in times of military stress. But the ambition of all who were anxious to follow the flag literally was not realized. Men disqualified by physical condition, or by too few or too many years, eagerly joined the great civilian army that "stayed by the stuff" and in the sphere in which their services could be used demonstrated their love of coun- try and of mankind. Among these were the men who gave them- selves to the work of the Y. M. C. A., some of them in the overseas field, to clerical work in the limited service and to other positions where their patriotism could find its outlet in real helpfulness in winning the war. And with these were the many splendid women who with a consecration no less actual and impelling than that which prompted the action of their sons and brothers and sweet- hearts, threw themselves into deeds of min- istry or utility with a self-forgetfulness that at once established the fact of their equality with men and crowned them afresh with a glory that shall live for all time. To some few of them it was given to serve more spectacularly but with no greater meed of patriotism than their sisters to enter the wards of the hospitals and soothe the wounds of shattered men or close the eyes of those whose sacrifice was supreme ; to minister with song and cheerful companionship to the home- sick, weary hearts in camp and cantonment ; to "man" the canteens at railroad stations and mobilization camps, dispensing to the boys the "cup that cheers but does not inebriate," as Page Eight well as the more substantial viands to satisfy the physical hunger. The greater army of women in Shelby County, however, was mobilized under the banner of the American Red Cross, a large chapter of which, with many branches, was established early in the campaign. These wo- men toiled steadfastly and thankfully day by day in the various departments of activities, accomplishing a stupendous amount of work without which the whole war work campaign would have failed in that degree. Nor to be forgotten and unmentioned are the other women of Shelby County who in common with their sisters of the world, even among the enemy nations, placed themselves without their wonted circle of domestic or so- cial pursuits and bravely took upon them the unaccustomed labors of field, or shop, or busi- ness, theretofore quite generally borne by the men. The management and actual labor of the farm were theirs ; the conduct of business enterprises was taken on by them, and in many other lines of work the women of Shelby County performed with an efficiency and bravery unsuspected while they were in the sheltered care of their men. In ready abnegation, quick response to country's call, devotion to a high and holy cause, courage under fire, gallantry in action and esprit de corps, Shelby's boys of 1917-18 rank high with those of 1846-61-98; and in every sense in which it can be made to apply, no less must be said of Shelby's women. A Patriot, Indeed Xo other man left behind him so many "reasons for exemption" when he entered the service, than Timothy Milton Kelly of Findlay. Many there were who with much less ground for deferred classifica- tion importuned the Local Board for immunity from military service; but though he had the "reasons," Kelly, like a true patriot and sustaining the tradi- tions of his race, asked no exemption and proved flimself "spoilin' for a fight." Timothy M. Kelly is the father of seven children, yet he enlisted in Chicago, June 19, 1918, and was assigned to the Engineers Corps, and at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Va., was promoted to the rank of ser- geant on July 18. 1918. He was disappointed in not seeing overseas service. He received an honorable discharge at Camp Taylor, Ky., Dec. 23, 1918. Kelly is a carpenter, and the son of G. M. and Sarah Kelly of Findlay, where he was born Dec. 6, 1882. On the 3d of Sept., 1903, he married Ruth B. Frazier, a daughter of James H. and Sarah Frazier of Walshville, formerly of Tower Hill, 111. The seven children born to them are, namely: Elson Ward, Ola Almorine, Walter Kenal, lone, Paul Tye, Ruth Eleanore and Margery Genese. Courtesy Shelbyrille Democrat TWEXTY-FIVE MEN TO JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MO., MAY 23. 1918 Page \ine 00 < Os pa o >< H OH < u s w s I > g E W. J. EDDY, SEC. SHELBY COUNTY LOCAL BOARD W. H. CHEW, CHMN. F. R. DOVE SHELBY COUNTY EXEMPTION BOARD With the stroke of midnight, Monday, March 31, 1919, the Shelby County Exemption Board ceased to exist and the curtain was rung down on the ac- tivities of that body, which performed a service that was vital and far-reaching. The board in Shelby County consisted of At- torney W. H. Chew, Attorney F. Roy Dove and Dr. W. J. Eddy, who were selected for that service June 7, 1917. From that time the personnel of the board did not change, but the three men originally se- lected prosecuted the exacting and important duties devolving upon them with a fidelity that it is safe to say measured up to whatever standard was set within the whole Nation. At a meeting in the office of Dr. W. J. Eddy on Monday, July 2, 1917, the board organized by elect- ing Mr. Chew chairman, and Dr. Eddy secretary. From that time on the three men and the assistants they had from time to time devoted themselves al- most with singleness of purpose, to war work. Feel- ing their way step by step in the early days of their service, because of undeveloped and sometimes con- flicting plans of the war department, they soon got the local machinery running smoothly and in such condition that the multifarious affairs to which the board was required to give attention, were handled in a manner that gratified their superior officers and all whom prejudice did not prevent from viewing the board's actions and decisions with impartiality. Associated with the local board were the Legal Advisory Board, consisting of Attorneys Geo. B. Rhoads, Robert I. Pugh and W. L. Keeley, and the Government Appeal Agent, Judge A. J.. Steidley, who, with many volunteer workers among attorneys, business men, public school teachers and others from time to time, rendered valuable service. The clerks of the board, with their tenure of ser- vice, were as follows: George V. Colbert, Shelbyville Chief clerk from Dec. IS, 1917, to March 8, 1918. Charles C. Klauser, Shelbyville Chief clerk from March 8, 1918, to Sept. 5, 1918. William C. Eddy, Shelbyville Chief clerk from Sept. 5, 1918, to Sept. 13, 1918. William W. Hartsell, Windsor Chief clerk from Sept. 13, 1918, to March 31, 1919. Mrs. Bertha M. Ruff, Shelbyville Assistant clerk from Sept. 11, 1918. to Jan. 31, 1919. Emory S. Baugher, Windsor Assistant clerk from Oct. 21, 1918, to Jan. 31, 1919. The volume of work that was accomplished by this board from the time of its appointment until its discharge, is indicated by the fact that the ma- terial records made by the board and its clerks filled eighteen crates and boxes, weighing 1,890 pounds at the time of their shipment, March 28, 1919, to Washington, D. C., where they repose in fire-proof vaults as part of the government's war records. But little idea can be given in the section al- lowed to the Exemption Board of the vast and ardu- ous labor performed by that body. The filing of the original registration cards of the thousands of men listed under the terms of the selective service law; the making of duplicate cards; the assigning of order numbers; the classification of the registrants into the five different divisions and many subdivisions; the physical examination of the registrants; the exam- ination of the questionnaires, after they had been filled in and returned by the men to whom the board had sent them: the hearing of and decisions on claims to exemption from military duty; the certi- fying of many cases to the district board; the re- Page Eleven classification of men who by reason of further in- vestigation changed physical condition or ruling of the district board, were required to be transferred from one class to another; the selection of eligible men to fill the thirty-four quotas, ranging from one to one hundred and seventy-six men each, announced by the war department from time to time; the as- sembling of such men and making them ready for transportation to training camp or school; the keep- ing of an accurate record of all men over whom they had supervision; the hearing of complaints these and many other duties were performed by the board through the long months of its service in such manner as to elicit earnest commendation from Provost Marshal General Enoch H. Crowder and other high officials. In no instance did the members of the board fail to take a personal interest in the men they were re- quired to induct into service. Every man, however humble, was looked upon by them as a patriotic citizen who was laying down his life on the altar of his country, and as such entitled to the fullest con- sideration and respect. Whatever personal problem was presented to them, the board members gave an attentive ear and every possible consideration con- sistent with their duty and their oath. Anxiety of men regarding relatives they were leaving behind were assuaged, fears were calmed, gloom was dis- pelled with cheery words and assurances, and the men of the draft learned early that in the members of the Exemption Board they had personal friends, rather than stony-hearted representatives of auto- cratic militarism. In one or two notable instances, it is true, the board was compelled to take more or less drastic action with certain men who were less patriotic, but no more entitled to deference than the boys who readily accepted active service, but these simply served to prove the impartiality with which the board acted, in line with a firm pur- pose to discharge its duties without fear or favor, when the members turned aside from their custom- ary professions and personal interests at the call of their country, and prosecuted their work with such devotion and equitableness as to command the respect and confidence of everyone, even though the will of the board conflicted with their own personal desires and preferences. During the months they served, the members of the board furnished to the great war system a total of nearly a thousand men. It would be a miracle if in deciding the military status of this number of men the board should escape criticism from some who were directly affected. However, such criticism was singularly scant, and in the months that have passed those who would have had different action and decision from the board, with calmer judgment unite in declaring that the work of this important unit in the governmental machinery was prosecuted ably, efficiently and impartially. In the midst of his work as chairman of the local board, Mr. Chew was appointed inspector, to visit local boards in various sections of the state where the percentage of registrants in class 1 was either higher or lower than the state's average, and assist such boards in working out plans to bring their aver- age up or down, as the case might be, in order that justice might be done to all registrants in their jurisdiction. In the words of the appointive power, Mr. Chew was selected for this work because of his "experience and diplomacy." He devoted con- siderable time to the work. Mr. Dove, another member of the local board, later in the year took the training course at "Junior Plattsburg" to fit himself for active military service if called to the colors. THE REGISTRATION BOARD Closely allied with the local Exemption Board was the Shelby County Registration Board, created in May, 1917, by the appointment of Sheriff Sidney R. Biggs, County Clerk Ed. R. Allen and F. A. Mart- in of Tower Hill, the latter being the surgeon mem- ber of the board. To this board was delegated the work of setting up the machinery by which the men designated by President Wilson in his draft proclamation of May 19, 1917, as "those who have attained their 21st and have not attained their 31st birthday," were to be listed in Shelby County, and others in the sub- sequent registrations. In pursuance of this purpose, the board announced its desire of receiving the names of volunteer registrars. The response was instantaneous. J. A. Biedert, J. E. Rhea and J. R. Snapp, all of Todd's Point Township, were the first men of the county to place themselves at the dis- posal of the government for this work. Others quickly followed, until within ten days from the organization of the Board of Registration, it an- nounced the following complete list of registrars for the thirty precincts of the county, the first named in each precinct being the chief registrar: Oconee Harry Hinton, C. P. Diefenthaler, J. A. Hendricks. Herrick R. S. Woolard, J. E. Adams, John H. Conrad. Cold Spring William Fellers, Chas. F. Hunter. Tower Hill, Precinct 1 John Warren, W. E. Can- non, M. H. Niel. Tower Hill, Precinct 2 L. B. Fluckey, Charles Ash, J. P. Wilkinson. Rural George Galster, Homer Stilgebour. Flat Branch Lewis Kuhle, John McGinley. Moweaqua S. S. Clapper, K. R. Snyder, H. R. Gregory. Dry Point Clyde Howe, S. S. Lorton, T. Ewing Cherry. Lakewood J. H. Eddy, Fred Brant. Rose Theo Roessler, J. Frank Stillwell. Ridge W. R. Calvert, E. O. Corley. Pickaway Homer Reed, Ol Stanley. Penn H. G. Stewart, W. B. Lindley. Holland, Precinct 1 J. K. Hoagland, John Hick- man. Holland, Precinct 2 J. E. Gallagher, H. O. Clausen. Shelbyville, Precinct 1 J. C. Willard, Geo. C. Bolinger, A. L. Yantis. Shelbyville, Precinct 2 Ed Fitzgerald, B. S. Yost, C. T. DeMonbrun. Shelbyville, Precinct 3 J. T. Zimmer, C. B. Man- ning, J. J. Baker. Okaw, Precinct 1 C. E. Coventry, H. O. Wilson. Okaw, Precinct 2 E. P. Chapman, R. J. Herron. Todd's Point E. S. Combs, Chas. B. Guin. Prairie, Precinct 1 Charles Meitzner, John M. Patterson. Prairie, Precinct 2 Dr. W. F. Holmes, George T. Tull. Richland J. H. Weber, Edwin H. Easter. Windsor, Precinct 1 W. W. Rose, Gaylord W. Moberley, James Barton. Windsor, Precinct 2 Dexter Mahoney, Ezra Shuck. Sigel B. H. Kunkler. Will Paxton. Big Spring R. M. Bingaman, Clinton Storm, John M. Smith. Ash Grove R. O. Watson, D. A. Richman, By- ron Zimmer. The personnel of the registration board changed somewhat for the second registration, but many of the men originally appointed continued their service Page Twelve as long as there was need for it. A few, but their number was indeed small, signified their desire to collect the four dollars per diem provided by the government where necessary to get service; but these were quickly informed by the board that their assistance would not be required, as the waiting list of men sufficiently patriotic to donate their services was always greater than the need. Prior to the first registration day, or on June 2, 1917, the Registration Board called in the registrars from all precincts for a school of instruction as to their duties, and practically every man was in the county seat on that day and was coached as to the work required of him on registration day, June 5. Also in anticipation of registration day, a number of Shelby County boys who were absent or knew they would be on that day, filled out their registra- tion cards wherever they were and sent them to the Registration Board of this county, to be for- warded to the precinct in which their homes were located. The first absentee to register thus was Clifford Schutte of Sigel, who sent his card from Danville to the board and it was forwarded to the Sigel registrars. By June 1 the Registration Board had 89 cards of absentees. The first registration day was on June 5, 1917. At several points throughout the county it was made the occasion of a patriotic demonstration. This was true in Shelbyville, where Judge James C. McBride, presiding over the June term of the Shelby County Circuit Court, suspended the session for a half hour that he and all others connected with the court might participate in the exercises that took place on the plaza before the county building. A new flag, the gift of State Senator Frank B. Wendling, was raised, a squad from Company H, then on cy- clone duty at Mattoon, came over for the exercises and fired the salute to the flag; Bugler Henry Thompson, also of Company H, blew a salute, the band played "The Star-Spangled Banner," and brief patriotic addresses were made by Ex-Senator Geo. D. Chafee, Attorney F. Roy Dove, Judge J. C. Mc- Bride, Attorney U. G. Ward and Professor H. D. Sparks. The benediction was pronounced by the pioneer minister, Rev. Jasper L. Douthit. The registration on June 5, with a few belated cards that came in from other boards, totaled 2,172 in Shelby County. By precincts it was as follows: Oconee 92 Herrick 72 Cold Spring 64 Tower Hill, Pet 1 55 Tower Hill, Pet 2 59 Rural 55 Flat Branch 56 Moweaqua 145 Dry Point 92 Lakewood 54 Rose 89 Ridge 81 Pickaway 74 Penn 54 Holland, Pet. 1 61 Holland, Pet. 2 50 Shelbyville, Pet 1 93 Shelbyville, Pet. 2 91 Shelbyville, Pet. 3 87 Okaw, Pet. 1 92 Okaw, Pet. 2 23 Todd's Point 62 Prairie, Pet. 1 77 Prairie, Pet. 2 60 Richland 99 Windsor, Pet. 1 114 Windsor, Pet. 2 20 Sigel 59 Big Spring 57 Ash Grove 84 Total .. *2,172 Thirteen additional names were added later, making the official total 2,185. Of this total number, 24 were totally disabled; 1,174 indicated they had dependent relatives; 192 claimed occupational exemption, while 760 made no claim whatever for exemption. Three were colored, eight were aliens, and two listed themselves under the head of "legislative, judicial or executive" of- ficers, and therefore exempt from military service at that time. THE SECOND REGISTRATION The second registration of Shelby County men took place on Wednesday, June 5, 1918, the anni- versary of the first registration, when all youths who had reached their 21st birthday since June 5, 1917, were listed. This registration was directly under the super- vision of the local Exemption Board, which ap- pointed the registrars and directed all operations. Contrary to the plan pursued in the first registration, booths were not established in all the precincts of the county, but only in central points, where the men of the surrounding territory registered, each at the point most convenient to him. The regis- trars, with the towns in which they took the names of the eligible men, were as follows: Moweaqua S. S. Clapper, Ralph W. Snyder. Westervelt E. D. Barnett, E. D. Kerr. Findlay F. C. Westervelt, R. W. Johnson. Tower Hill J. P. Wilkinson, C. A. Lowery. Oconee Ben P. Allen, Charles Diefenthaler. Cowden B. E. Prater, A. W. Moore. Clarksburg J. K. Hoagland, J. W. Prosser. Stewardson Ralph Voris, A. C. Mautz. Strasburg John Weber, Wm. W. Engel. Sigel S. S. Bigler, Ben H. Kunkler. Windsor C. C. Firebaugh, R. E. McClain. Shelbyville J. J. Baker, A. L. Yantis, Wm. C. Eddy, A. J. Steidley. Lakewood J. H. Eddy, Sam D. Price. Herrick R. S. Woolard, Edward Bender. The registration totaled 209 men, and to this num- ber 61 were added by registration on Saturday, Aug. 24. The latter henceforth were reckoned as of the June, 1918, registration. Four of these men, Harry Arterburn, Ralph A. Kircher and Homer T. Welty of Shelbyville and Aloysius F. Fruchtl of Sigel, reached their 21st birthdays on the day of their reg- istration. THE LAST REGISTRATION The fourth and last registration of prospective service men of Shelby County took place on Thurs- day, Sept. 12, 1918, when all men who had attained their 18th birthday but had not reached their 46th birthday, were required to register. The revision of the age limits was made by the authorities at Washington in order to at one stroke place the man-power of the Nation at the disposal of the Commander in Chief, that by such great superiority of numbers the enemy might be over- whelmed and the war brought to a speedy close. The men of Shelby responded with alacrity, not alone because of the mandate coming out of Wash- ington, but from patriotic motives as well, and a grand total of 3.364 men was listed. Of these, 3,304 were native-born citizens; 28 naturalized citizens; 17 citizens by father's naturalization before registrant's majority; six were declarant aliens; nine non-de- clarant aliens; 3,358 were whites, and 6 were negroes. Of the declarants, those who had taken out their first naturalization papers, three were from England, one's nationality was not indicated, one was from Russia and one from The Netherlands. Of the non- declarants, one was from Belgium, three from Can- Page Fourteen Courtesy Shclbyrille Democrat THE FIRST DRAFT CONTINGENT CAMP TAYLOR, SEPT. 5, 1917 ada, one from Italy, one from Russia, one from Denmark and two from Austria-Hungary. It is interesting to note the number of men of the various ages between 18 and 46. The age table shows the following: Age. 18 Number. 272 19 271 20 227 21 2 22 1 23 1 24 25 26 27 1 28 1 29 30 31 2 32 120 33 196 34 203 35 189 36 193 37 223 38 195 39 178 40 194 41 157 42 190 43 180 44 176 45 183 The official summary of the several registrations shows the following numbers: June 5, 1917 June 5, 1918 August 24, 1918 September 12, 1918. 2,185 209 61 3,364 Other official figures from the records show the following disposition of the men up to Oct. 5, 1918: Inducted (automatically in class 5), 735. Volunteered after draft law went into effect, 94. Deceased, other than those in camp, 12. Placed in class 5 by board, 133. Remaining outside class 5, as indicated, 4,857 reg- istrants. Seven men were inducted subsequent to Oct. 5, 1918. THE CLASSIFICATION OF MEN The classifications of men, as reported by the locaj Exemption Board following the signing of the armistice, was as follows: June, '17 June-Aug. '18 Sept. '18 Class I Class II Class III Class IV Class V 737 286 85 820 133 Totals 2,061 198 34 2 19 17 270 19 to 36 488 41 32 718 107 1,386 IK's 237 "i 3 5 246 THE CONTINGENTS From Sept. 5, 1917, the date on which the first eight selective service men were assembled in Shel- byville and sent to the training camp, to Nov. 11, 1918, the local board inducted thirty-four contingents of men. The induction of the first contingent was made the occasion of a great patriotic demonstration in the county seat, with thousands of people present from the county at large. The exercises were under the direction of the Shelbyville Commercial Club, with the local board co-operating. The latter paid special deference to the eight departing men by en- tertaining them at a dinner at the New Neal Hotel, at which several other persons also were present. CAMP TAYLOR, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. S, 1917 Samuel W. West Harry W. Belles James H. Stringer Edward L. Helm Homer V, Riley Theodore Morrell Herbert Ruckriegel Orie Ol Dilley Page Fifteen CAMP TAYLOR, TUESDAY, SEPT. 18. 1917 Courtesy Shelby rill e Democrat Martin G. Ulmer Chas. R. Rosine Morris C. Wallace Tracy M. Hoy Ray Young Clarence Bixler Harry F. Campbell Jehu B. Donnell Barnev C. Holthaus Pete G. A. Cutler Orlando F. Patient Will Lucas lohn E. Wicker Charles IT. Strohl Austin Mosely Ira S. Raird ' G rider II. Moherley Clo C. Oshorne Elmer Fritz George F. Furr John A. Simpson Elgin T. Swiney Guv E. Sherwood Walter O. Welsh Willis H. Wirey Tames F. La whom George Butcher George E. Bay less George Owens Herman T. Y oakum Henry C. Lading David F. Hinton Flmer F. Tahbert Wm. H. Stevens John F. Hott George E. Shipley Alpha E. Largent Earl A. Smith George P. Dowd Batsie A. Godwin Elmer Wiley John Scribner William R. Wiley Lawrence H. Sudc; John E. Stapleton Trvin T. Schrock Roma T. Brownlee John L. Schutte Howard M. Doyle Earl K. Lugar ' Carl Holley Howard E. Lemons Curtis T. Leaf Wiley Warner imp Harley P. Ragan Howard C. Hastings Norman R. Wallace Thomas E. Gregory John F. Taniges John L. Fluga Otto E. Shipley Gay Blackstone i John H. Raker Luther J. Ringo CAMP TAYLOR, TUESDAY, OCT. 2, 1917 Cloyd Wright Henry Anderson Isom Gransor Stalcup Jacob Perry John A. Towers Rennie L. Frazier Karl Johnson Elza Dodson Edgar Leon Whitlatch Harlin Leon Askins Fred C. Curtis Roy R. Purcell Charles Brown Gilbert T. Delaney Walter E. Norberg Charles Edward Reaman Foster B. Storm Linder Milligan Calvin Butler Birney S. Ilite Harry T. Culberson Clyde Briggs Jack Horn Lloyd A. Johnson Fred M. Martin Jesse Mars Wm. Ray Perry Charlie Monroe Neal Garland J. Storm Joseph Lamb Claude F. Phipps Vivian Roadarmel John W. Farris ORDNANCE TRAINING, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FRIDAY, JAN. 4, 1918 O. Stanley Smith FORT OGLETHORPE, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1918 Delbert Warren Jones Rollie Edgar Mose Arthur Herman Swanson Robert Erwin Nichols Thomas Stephen Jester George Sigler David Bennett Hill Roche C. Gordon Vollie L. Tressler Laurance Gleason Glenn H. Hunt CAMP TAYLOR, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1918 Melvin A. Staab FORT OGLETHORPE, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 1918 Benj. O. Heitmeyer John J. Campbell FORT OGLETHORPE, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1918 Frank Mclntire Horace J. Clerk Reman H. Harlan Verne Howard Coffman CAMP TAYLOR, SATURDAY, FEB. 23, 1918 George A. Fouste Edwin W. Engel Frank H. Barnett C. T. Weakley Lester Gordon Otto O. West Scott E. Giles George E. Agney Albert H. Woods Roscoe B. Walker Eddie Batson Andrew E. Ruff Murphy A. Herron James Irl Darst Orville W. Hinton William R. Beck Norvell Garrett John Emery Frost Gustav H. Cress Warren S. Bivins Walter A. Cushman Hershel Bateman Noah W. Shride William J. Helleman Ray E. Dush Truman A. Hay ward A mace Earl Smith Lawrence E. Heitmeyer Reason J. Davis George J. Shaw Raymond Kingston Orval C. Metzger Samuel C. Brauer William E. Romiuger Emert Frailey Charles L. Meredith Joseph Eash -eslie Milford Edward F. Fox Herman T. Bruns Edler E. Johnson William Otto Curry Lewis Brown Otto I-.. Swanson Guy E. Morford Charles Virgil Suttles John G. Rakers Harley Gill Nelson W. Moss Ralph Horn Boyd Bridges Floyd Ancil Christy Ivan P. Abbott Carl H. Gatchell Arch E. Dill Miles Hinton Page Sixteen THIRTY-THREE MEN TO CAMP TAYLOR, OCT. 2, 1917 Courtesy Shclbyrilh Democrat BRADLEY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, PEORIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918 CAMP SHELBY, HATTIESBURG, MISS., MON- DAY, MAY 27, 1918 Jesse L. Tallman Russell H. Chapman Verner Eiler CAMP DIX, WRIGHTSTOWN, N. J., TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1918 Lawrence Horn Charles C. En gel Harry Elliott Roy Sills William E. Sarver Grover C. Storm Maxwell Pugsley John D. Sarver Benj. Largent Michael Roberts James Raymond Powell Glenn G. Austin Harry E. Storm Charles Wilson Bertie N. Bryson Henry Popendicker George B. Roberts Jesse B. Bright Arthur R. Fouste Elmer Dodson Bert O. Spates George E. Moore Roscoe Tony Clark Rollie Melton Jerrold . Emery Largent Phillip Lamson Jesse J. Chapman Fred Leonard Severn Merritt Nance Warren R. Stephens Vernon C. Leo Don C. Walker Mell Banning Homer G. Fowler Clarence L. Miller. Alva C. Forquer Emanuel L. Taylor Esco C. Jones William Whitrock Guy E. Krieble John A. McCoy Thomas J. Farris William L. Waters Charles Meitzner Robin Stamper Samuel Jackson W. Larimore JEFFERSON BARRACKS, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918 Grant Bechtel Decie Ditzler J. B. Duckett Chas. W. Flesch Cecil Hemphill Louie J. Kruger Wm. F. Moore Mindie Orr Ellsworth Perry John Leonard Stretch Delmar Lewis Tucker Orion R. Welty Page Seventeen Earl E. Cohoon Esco Dill Joseph W. Fought Calvin Head Arthur Edward King Chas. E. Mills Wm. S. Macklin John R. O'Xeil Chas. Rittgers Arthur Tull Anson McD. Wilson Cecil Wanus Garrett II. Young John Allen Thomas Anderson William R. Bowman Chester F. Bethards Ross A. Blair Press Beard Earl S. Campbell John W. Cummings Ernest B. Cosart Lester C. Cannon Conrad Dobson William J. Daugherty Ernest C. Graham Ervin Hulett E. Wallace Holin Harry A. Hood Albert V. Horn Claud D. Lugar Bernard J. Moberly Henry G. Mueller Jesse W. Mays William L. Owens J. C. Osterday Vern C. Powell James F. Robey William R. Reynolds Roy Algood Robert L. Brownback Clarence Ben field Claud Cyrus Barr Rex Henry Bechtel William S. Burnett Charles Cameron John Leslie E. Cox Earl E. Cheatham Clyde A. Compton Everett L. Davis Elza Franklin Ginger Forrest Griffith Robert Riley Hulett William H. Hays Ilarley Wesley Hoy William Otto Lockhard Fred E. Lemons Charles Thomas Mclntosli John Matthews Fred II. Miller Ed H. Ostermeier James A. Page Stephen Roy Portwood Harley E. Reynolds Lloyd Read Henry A. Rozene Chester W. Sphar Orval J. Sprague Mahlon Tidd Charles D. Williams Charles O. Workman Ralph Williams Walter L. Severe William E. Stucker Adolph G. Schwerdt Sadi Viseur John C. Winnings Ralph C. Waters Justin Aloysius Domas P. Fought FORT THOMAS, KY., WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1918 Jacob Lester Bennett Bertie A. Brown Paul L. Bixler Arthur R. Clow Orion E. Elliott John Floski Richard Gregory Bert H. Helton John Carey Kuhl Charles L. Montonye Hubert Pike Maurice A. Sullivan Clarence Suttles Ledger M. Storm Walter S. Carpenter Forrest Brown Walter J. Brophy Pete Credi Harry Lance Dill Edwin H. Faster Earl T. Geer Morris Hancock Grover C, Horn William A. Ludwig Ira P. Nichols Clifford A. Rodgers Earl Stansberry Roy H. Satterthwaite Paul K. Theobald Raymond L. Thompson Courtesy Shelbyville Democrat ELEVEN MEN TO FT. OGLETHORPE, GA., JAN. 10, 1918 FORT THOMAS, KY., FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918 Jess Bland Clyde E. How Ward A. Phillips Tony D. Ethridge Charles H. Poole Roy Venters Grover Weathers LEWIS INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, MAY 16. 1918 Everett E. Douthit BRADLEY INSTITUTE, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1918 Harold E. Rosenberg George W. Williams Charles Throckmorton VALPARAISO, IND., FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918 Orley P. Hilsabeck John H. Mauzey RAHE AUTO SCHOOL, KANSAS CITY, MO., FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918 Haldon B. Ayars John T. Kensil Otto Garrett Guy. H. Bridgman Lester N. Mowry Cecil S. Hudson Samuel H. Cartmell Albert L. llarth Eorrest W. Manning Ross W. Henry Howard Bridgman Horace B. Whitaker Howard M. Woolard VANCOUVER, WASH., SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1918 Orthie E. Coffman FORT MONROE, VA., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918 Luther F. Simpson STATE FAIR GROUNDS, SYRACUSE, N. Y. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1918 Leo B Dust William L. Kelly Thomas A. Pierce Daniel A. Smith Philip L. Cutler LEWIS INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, ILL., WED- NESDAY, AUG. 14, 1918 Floyd L. Biggs Earl W. Nichols ARMOUR INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, ILL., SAT- URDAY, AUG. 31, 1918 Ervil E. Duckett James Claud Slater CAMP GRANT, ROCKFORD, ILL., TUESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1918 Jesse Gill Ralph E. Navis Charles H. Sexson Robert Gill Edward Price James F. Stivison Clem E. Hofman Charles E. Reiss William F. Tull Walter Senn Hoover CAMP FORREST, GA., THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1918 William Clucas William H. Thomas Hubert Turner John A. Metzger Earl Bryan Tull James Tucker' John Pollman Harry Earl Wai trip Toe Whitrock Edward C. Schoch CAMP CUSTER, MICH., THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1918 Harry C. McDonald Thomas E. Alward Harry E. Riley W. J. Ashenbremer Edward Hartman George H. Banks Earl Helton Homer E. Banning Harry Hilliard Thomas F. Barding Edward Hoehn John D. McGrath James Burl Moon Louis R. Mose Theodore C. Bigler George C. Hott -.*...... W. O. Humphrey Richard N.Noling Raymond F. Mose 6 Martin H. Mueller . Humphrey Richard N. Nolii Dale F. Boyer Grover C. Johnson Martin J. Nippe M. H. Bridgewater William C. Johnson Raymond holing Earnest E. Brown William E. Jones Howard R. Ordell Ray W. Carpenter Chris M. Kircher Russell T. Orberg Glenn Carroll Charles C. Klauser Carlos M. Ferryman James R. Christy Charles A. Roessler Earl Price Lester O. Curry William A. Sanner James O. Price Henry T. Curtis Everett Scroggins Hugo F. L. Rechlm Raymond Denier Dwight M. Snell Alva O. Reynolds Harland Dickinson Charles W. Stone Irvin W. Rozene Robert T. Dobbs John H. Swanson Harrison G. Sidener Hansel E. Dush Curt H. Thompson Harry Sexson Chas. Cyrus Engel Arthur Unruh Douglas Stewardson Cecil B. Francisco Ernest M. Weber Joseph H. Sudkamp Roy Williams Oscar Thomas Chas. S. Yarbrough Martin Tiemann Noble Moore Raymond L. Ward Wm. J. H. Koester Lester Winnings Tames E. Lee Ray C. Woodworth "E. B. McClellan Harry Arterburn . William H. Fritz John Getz Clarence Griffin Oba L. Guthrie Irvin Hardin Robert Hardin William E. Harrison CAMP GRANT, ROCKFORD, ILL., SATURDAY, SEPT. 7, 1918 Burley C. Westenhaver ARMOUR INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, ILL., FRI- DAY, SEPT. 13, 1918 John R. Wilson Welling Bolt LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, MOOSEHEART, ILL.. WED., SEPT. 18, 1918 Orlie Lester Eversole JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MO., MONDAY, SEPT. 23, 1918 Morris O. Dihel William C. Eddy NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, WEDNES- DAY EVENING, AUG. 14, 1918 Hugh M. Wortman Orville Eversole C O. T. S. FIELD ARTILLERY, CAMP TAY- LOR, KY., THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1918 William Frederick Aichele Page Eighteen Courtesy Shelbyrille Democrat FIFTY-SEVEX MEN TO CAMP DIX, WRIGH^STOWX, N. J., APRIL 30, 1918 Legal Advisory Board An important arm of the selective service ma- chinery in Shelby County was the Legal Advisory Board, the prime duty of which was to assist the registrants in properly filling out their question- naires and advising them about matters pertaining to their service. The board was created Dec. 19, 1917. by the appointment of Attorney Geo. B. Rhoads, chairman, and Attorneys W. L. Kelley and Robert I. Pugh associate members. Later, when Mr. Kelley entered the service, he was superseded by R. T. Eddy. The board organized and imme- diately appointed all members of the Shelby County Bar associate members. These members, including Attorneys W. H. Chew and F. R. Dove, members of the local Exemption Board, were: Attorneys D. A. Milligan W. E. Lowe Milton Harbee J. E. Dazey S. S. Clapper R. T. Eddy William Raum R. R. Parrish W. C. Kelley G. D. Chafee E. A. Richardson W. O. Wallace A. J. Steidley W. "W. Hartsell W. B. Townsend Walter Rose L. C. Westervelt J. J. Baker W. C. Headen W. H. Ragan Robert Jarnagin J. C. Willard W. H. Whitaker William H. Craig J. E. Crockett George M. Hudson T. C. Dove U. G. Ward A. L. Yantis The work of the Board grew rapidly, and as it in- creased branches were organized over the county and soon there were associate members in every town. The list of such who took the oath of office and gave considerable time to the work of the Board, is as follows: SHELBYVILLE Elza C. Smith John W. Yantis E. A. Johnston John A. Tracy Chas. W. Waggoner E. R. Knecht J. E. Kieffer William Harris O. O. Barker James F. Kull L. B. Weber Henry Faster, Jr. Page Nineteen L. R. Tallman Cecil T. DeMonbrun John M. Heslin W. H. Wycko Frank D. Parker 11 STRASBURG A. M. Boling M. R. Storm George B. Kull Martin Kull SIGEL X. B. Dougherty George R. Dunlap Joseph B. Gier John K. Hoagland Charles A. Lowery L. C. Kessler J. A. Hadley Burl Corley Dean Parrill Joseph H. Dunscom A. W. Askins E. S. Combs Sam D. Price L. F. Parr Frank Larimer A. C. Mautz Elmer Streng John C. Quinn Benjamin Doll P. H. McClory C). A. Jewett R. N. Thompson Edward Cosart D. R. Walter James W. Jones F. M. Morgan C. J. Simmons B. H. Kunkler William L. Quatman Edward L. Wittkopp CLARKSBURG E. C. Graybill TOWER HILL O. C. Maze HERRICK C. F. Lee C. W. Wallace H. S. Stafford H. O. Kesler C. B. Latimer WINDSOR Hugh S. Lilly j W. G. Rice W. W. Griffith FINDLAY Thomas C. Birkett O. E. Stumpf LAKEWOOD J. H. Eddy C. A. Askins MODE R. A. Groves Roy C. Fleming STEWARDSON R. A. Peters H. H. York, Jr. J. C. Duddlesten MOWEAQUA K. R. Snyder TROWBRIDGE R. M. Bingaman Frank Kennedy Joseph W. McClory James F. Hughes COWDEN S. S. Lorton Leo Ferryman Edward Nance Bert W. Lester C. A. Moore Dudley Cosart B. E. Prater Rollo R. McMillen A. W. Moore Stuart Nance John B. McCauIey E. P. Ziegler <0 H o h. 2; ta Q W H Z a" 2; a S tfl a a z b D '" < P en o W CO Courtesy Shelbyrille Democrat BRADLEY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, PE- ORIA, ILL., THURSDAY, OCT. 10, 1918 Clark Thomas Peterson Form William Xees lames Galord Webb George Kneller Clay Toothman Carl A. Turner WE HAVE ANSWERED (By Lieut. Col. John McCrae, of the Canadian Forces, Who Died at the Front.) THE CRY In Flanders fields the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amidst the guns be- low. In Flanders fields. We are the dead, Short days we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from falling 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 blow In Flanders fields. AMERICA'S ANSWER Rest sweetly in thy place where grow The radiant poppies, row on row. Far overseas we heard the cry; We caught the torch, we raised it high. High it shall stay while poppies grow In Flanders fields. In Flanders fields now poppies blow More deeply red; more brightly glow; For blood of thine and blood of mine, Mingling, bathed them in glory's wine; And triumph reigns where stood the foe In Flanders fields. Willis G. Brown. Songs of the Training Camps I used to wake up with a sticky tongue And an eye that was dull and red. And the songs that the early birdies sung I heard on my way to bed; But now I jump with the reveille And my eyes are bright and clear. And I thank my lucky stars each day That the government brought me here. THE RECRUIT I used to be flabby and soft and white When I sat at a desk in town, But since I've been learning the way to fight, I'm husky and hard and brown; It took a cocktail to make me eat The choicest of food, but now You watch me march to a mess-shack seat And wade through the army chow. I used to be mean as a hermit crab Till I'd swallowed my morning drink. But now that I'm wearing the olive drab I'm blithe as a bobolink, For the fresh air thrills through my throat and chest And I just want to shout and roar, And life has a savor, a zip, a zest That I never have known before. Page Twenty-One So I smile a sort of shamefaced smile When I think how I pled exempt, And I'm glad that the board saw through my guile With a glance of cool contempt; And though I may perish across the seas, I'll be one of a splendid clan, For the army's taken a piece of cheese And made it into a Man! By Berton Braley in Popular Magazine. THIRTY MEN TO FT. THOMAS, K.Y.. MAY 29, 1918 Courtesy Sliclbyrille Democrat Government Appeal Agent One of the busiest individual war-time officials, whose work was coordinated with that of the local Exemption Board, was Judge A. J. Steidley, whom Governor Frank O. Lowden appointed Government Appeal Agent for Shelby County. Judge Steidley's duties as such official commenced upon the organization of the local board, when the selective service law went into effect, and he served during the entire remaining period of the war, en- tirely without compensation. That the duties of the office were no sinecure is indicated by their character. He was (1) legal ad- viser of all registrants; (2) assisted in perfecting all appeals to the District Board; (3) attended to cor- rection of errors made in questionnaires: (4) pre- pared additional affidavits in connection with all questionnaires sent up on appeal: and (5) acted in conjunction with the local board in regard to classi- fication of registrants, when requested by the board to do so. Judge Steidley also on January 18, 1919. was appointed by Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson as Acting Inspector of Local Board Records and Files, and in that capacity made a trip, under as- signment, to Mattoon, where he examined all files and records of the Local Board of Coles County, and made a report thereon. The First Elmer D. Flowers and Leo C. Kelley ran each other a close race in getting into the military serv- ice. The former, however, had a little the "edge" on Kelley, as without waiting for the impending declar- ation of war on the part of the United States, he en- listed for infantry service and was one of the Amer- ican soldiers who landed in France with General Pershing with the vanguard of the fighters who were destined to bring the World War to a speedy close. Flowers enlisted in Mattoon on the 2d of April, 1917, and was sent from there to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. From that point he was transferred to Douglas, Ariz., and later landed with Pershing's first division in France the latter part of June. At the time of his enlistment Flowers was not 21 years old. Corporal Leo Kelley was a close second to Flow- ers, being the first Shelby County boy to enlist after President Wilson declared a state of war with Ger- many existed. Then a student in Chicago and un- der the age of independent enlistment. Kelley hast- ened to his home in Shelbyville as soon as the Presi- dent's declaration was announced, obtained his parents' consent, returned to Chicago and enlisted on April 8. He passed all tests, took the necessary training course and was sent to France with the fa- mous Rainbow division. He received promotion, and after some time in the general service he was de- tailed as an instructor in a training camp in France, performing that service in a highly creditable man- ner until the signing of the armistice. Page Twenty-Two DR. J. C. WESTERVELT Chairman MRS. MOLLIE ISENBERG Chairman Woman's Work Miss EDNA CONN Secretary THE AMERICAN RED CROSS The story of the woman's work in Shelby County during the World War cannot be writ- ten. The sacrifice, the devotion, the zeal, the one- ness of purpose with which the women of the county threw themselves into the big and un- accustomed job their hearts and hands found to do, approached those of the zealot. Scorning their own ease, unmindful of their own comfort, forgetful of the quiet and shel- tered routine they had been wont to follow, in- different to social activities, they unhesitat- ingly donned the cloak of service and gave themselves to the alleviation of distress, the holding up of the hands of their soldier men, the bearing of unaccustomed burdens, the mul- titude of little tasks which in the aggregate bulked large in the great structure of united war work. Nowhere does the service of women shine with greater luster than in the work of mercy and helpfulness performed through the medium of the Shelby County Chapter, American Red Cross. Soon after America entered the war the initial steps toward forming a Red Cross in Shelby were taken, and on May 9th, 1917, the organization was effected at a meeting held in the Public Library building in Shelbyville, when the following officers were elected: Chairman Dr. J. C. Westervelt. Vice Chairman Mrs. F. P. Auld. Secretary W. L. Kelley. Treasurer O. W. Walker. Subsequently Mr. Kelley was superseded by Miss Edna Conn, who is still secretary of the Chapter, and Mrs. Ella W. Hamlin, who first was made chair- man of the Woman's Committee on Hospital Sup- plies, was succeeded by Mrs. Mollie Isenberg, with Mrs. Geo. B. Rhoads as secretary. Adopting the report of a nominating committee appointed at the first meeting, on May 11 the Chap- ter elected the following named directors for the terms indicated: OXE YEAR /. J.^Ward H. E. Monroe [.. E. Powell John G. Root George 1). Chafee I. S. Storm F. P. Bivins Mrs. C. E. Chester B. P. Hearing V. E. Mullins *. Alletta Herrold R. I. Fritter E. E. Herron H. D. Sparks A. L. Yantis George Griffith TWO YEARS W. C. Headen William Edgar C. H. Beetle Mrs. Mary Lloyd THREE YEARS Theo. Thompson Mrs. F. O. Bisdee Mrs. Jacob Kull Mrs. C. E. Chester A membership drive followed immediately, and a total of 473 members were enrolled. Later the number was increased to 1.407 in Shelbyville, with a grand total of something like 7,000 in the county, throughout which branches of the Chapter were quickly organized. The county's membership quota was only 4,700. The work of these branches is de- tailed in another section of this chapter. THE PERFECTED ORGANIZATION The perfected organization of the Shelby County Chapter was as follows: Chairman Hr. J. C. Westervelt. Vice Chairman Mrs. F. P. Auld. Secretary Miss Edna Conn. Treasurer O. W. Walker. Chairman Hospital Supply Department Mrs. M. Isenberg. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Miss (ieorgie T. Hopkins C. E. Bolinger Miss Fleta Miller Dr. W. J. Eddy Mrs. Mollie Isenberg Page Twenty-Three THE WOMAN'S BRANCH Chariman Mrs. Mollie Isenberg. \ r ice ChairmanMrs. W. C. Kelley. Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. George B. Rhoads. Chairman Surgical Dressings Department Mrs. F. P. Auld. In the summer of 1918 Mrs. Ruby Walker was appointed chairman of a finance committee, and owing to the absence of Mrs. Auld, in the spring of 1919 Miss Ida Diddea was appointed chairman of the Surgical Dressings department. For the first year Mrs. Mae Hambleton was chair- man of the Knitting Department, and was then suc- ceeded by Mrs. Minnie Baum. Under the capable leadership of the various of- ficers and with the co-operation of a myriad of women and men, the work of the Red Cross imme- diately sprang into universal favor and was prose- cuted with great effectiveness, the traditions of the Red Cross being fully sustained. An epitome of the work of the Chapter, inde- pendent of the nineteen branches, shows the follow- ing accomplishments: Membership, 1,407. Money raised, $-(5,748.74. Christmas boxes sent overseas, 600. Knitted articles made for soldiers, 4,578. Articles for hospital use, 4,735. Garments for destitute French, 1,925. Comfort kits, 1,784. Button bags, 100. Miscellaneous articles, 1,000. Surgical dressings, 30,826. The classification of these articles is as follows: For the soldiers in camp or field: Helmets, 417; socks, 1,602 pairs; wristlets, 723; sweaters, 1,479; mufflers, 357. Total, 4,578. For hospital use : Bed jackets, 96 ; bed socks, 342 ; bed shirts, 2,117; pajamas, 1,054: convalescent robes, 424; under- shirts. 369; underdrawers, 333. Total, 4,735. For destitute French: Boys' suits, 195; children's under- shirts, 336; boys' underwear, 839: girls' pinafores, 70; chem- ise, 45; blouses, 246; petticoats, 224. Total, 1,925. UNITS OF WORKERS The Surgical Dressings department was com-' posed of five units of workers, each consisting of at least twelve women and meeting at hours that would not conflict with one another. The workers wore long sanitary white aprons and Red Cross caps covering the hair, with a red cross on cap and apron for the supervisors. It was so arranged that the women could give their time as they desired, but none gave less than a half day a week. Many gave more. The units were under the direction of the following named supervisors and assistants: Unit No. 1 Mrs. Theo. Thompson, supervisor; Mrs. F. R. Dove, assistant. Unit No. 2 Mrs. Harry Gundel finger, super- visor; Miss Ida Diddea, assistant. Unit No. 3 Mrs Mate Pollard, supervisor: Miss Edith Garis, Miss Blanche Syfert, Miss Katherine Patterson, assistants. Unit No. 4 Mrs. C. R. Mertens, supervisor; Mrs. Charles Igo, assistant. Unit No. 5 Miss LaVone Shoaff, supervisor; Mrs. F. C. Bolinger, assistant. Substitute supervisors were Mrs. Leslie Tallman, Mrs. Frank Parker and Mrs. W. S. Middlesworth. Great care was necessary in the manufacture, handling and packing of the surgical dressings. All of these manufactured throughout the county were sent to Shelbyville, where they were inspected care- fully and packed according to prescribed rules, to reduce to the zero point the danger of insanitation. The packers were Mrs. W. E. Lowe and Miss Mary Seaman. Several tons of second hand clothing was gath- ered and shipped to refugees. At one time there was a shipment of 3.200 pounds, and later shipments increased the total by more than 2,000 pounds. Shipments of materials for use in France and Belgium, and to be manufactured into garments by the women of those countries, are still being for- warded by the Shelby County Red Cross Chapter and its branches, which continue the work upon which they entered more than two years ago. The first call for aid came to the Shelby County Chapter out of the death-dealing cyclone that swept over Shelby and adjoining counties on the 26th of May, 1917. The local Red Cross fund was swelled quickly to $1,100, which was distributed as follows: To Westervelt, Shelby County, $200. To Mattoon, Coles County, $450. To Charleston, Coles County, $450. In addition to the cash donated, a large amount of food supplies and clothing was forthcoming, and officers and members of the Red Cross, as well as other citizens, gave generously of their personal service in alleviating distress at the stricken points. SOME NOTABLE RED CROSS DATES Notable dates in the history of the Shelby County Red Cross Chapter include Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1917: Saturday, April 27. 1918; Saturday, May 25, 1918, and Thursday, April 24, 1919. On the first date the Chapter had its first big Red Cross rally for the entire county. The meeting and conference were held at the First Methodist church in Shelbyville and the Red Cross headquar- ters, respectively, the latter in the afternoon and the former in the evening. A large number of (vomen were in the county seat, representing prac- tically every branch in the county. The conference ,vas presided over by Mrs. Mollie Isenberg. Mrs. Geo. B. Rhoads called the roll of Branches and con- ducted a round table. Mrs. Agnes Palmer of Chi- cago talked on the general work of the Red Cross. Mrs. George Reinhart of Windsor, a registered Red Cross bandage instructor, talked enlighteningly on bandages and their making. Displays were made at the conference of many finished articles, knitted and sewed by various Branches. Page Twenty-Four In the evening the mass meeting at the church was addressed by Mr. Asher R. Cox, field repre- sentative of the Red Cross society, who had been representing this country in the foreign field, par- ticularly in Germany. He graphically described the needs of the work, and drew a direful picture of the consequences in the event the people did not rally to its support. Mrs. Palmer also spoke at this meeting. THE AUCTION On Saturday, April 27, the Chapter held an auc- tion sale on the streets of Shelbyville, and served a cafeteria dinner. Among the many things put up at auction were two Shetland ponies, numerous hogs, calves and other livestock. The auctioneers, who cheerfully gave their services and put their best efforts into the selling, were Del Bennett of Shel- byville, Hal Bennett of Windsor, T. A. Askins of Lakewood, Walter Prosser of Clarksburg and Curt Wilson of Findlay. The receipts of the sale were over $1,400, and a second session, with good results, was held on the following Saturday. The dinner netted the Red Cross $131.00. FIELD DAY The Red Cross Field Day was held Saturday. May 25. 1918. Fifteen thousand peo'ple assembled in Shelbyville for the celebration, and all Branches of the county participated in the big event. With spectacular parade, concerts by the famous Beau- manoir Commandery Band of Decatur, address by Professor Robert T. Herrick of the University of Chicago, the presence of two aeroplanes from Chanute Field, the exhibit of the great war picture, "The Unbeliever." and many other interesting fea- tures, the day passed into history as one of the red-letter events of the organization. The parade was nearly a mile in length. Floats, cleverly wrought to depict the more striking of the Red Cross posters, the Shelby County Red Cross Chapter and Branches, surgical dressing units, the Boy Scouts, veterans of other wars and the women of the Relief Corps, various lodges, the service Hags of the churches and other organizations were fea- tured in the procession that moved through the business section of the city and to Forest Park. Birma Kinnamon as a Red Cross knight, mounted on a pure white steed with Red Cross caparison, led the procession, and was immediately followed by "Old Glory," borne by John Wilburn, former color sergeant of the 130th U. S. Infantry. Following the band, J. C. Westervelt and Mrs. M. Isenberg, chair- men of the Chapter and of the Woman's Division, respectively, led the other units of the procession, which included the various Branches, decorated floats, the animated Red Cross posters and other features. Perhaps the most affecting division of the entire procession was that composed of the mothers of soldiers and sailors. Fifty-nine of them, each with a service flag and more than one of the flags bearing two or more stars, silent testimony to the sacri- fice of the mother hearts, were in line. One of the most interesting and practically help- ful features in line was the great Elks' flag, 15x24 feet in size, which was carried by the Shelbyville lodge and into which was cast a total of $125.45 as it passed through the lines of people. Additional contributions were received through the tagging system, and the financial returns of the day, turned into the Second War Fund of $25,000 asked of the county, were quite satisfactory. In addition to the address by Professor Herrick at the park, there were exhibitions by the aeroplanes, concerts by the Beaumanoir Commandery Band, the May Pole dance by the high school girls, and the moving picture. The only marring feature of the day was an ac- cident in which Lieutenants Cupp and Jeffries fell a distance of 100 feet with their aeroplane. The latter was wrecked, and Lieutenant Cupp was slightly hurt. Jeffries was uninjured. DINNER FOR SOLDIERS On Thursday, April 24. 1919, three hundred of Shelby County's returned soldiers, sailors and ma- rines were guests of the Red Cross at a sumptuous chicken dinner, as a feature of a patriotic demon- stration attending the visit of a War Relics Exhibit train, which came to the city in the interests of the Victory Liberty Loan. The reception to the sol- diers, initiated by the Shelbyville Commercial Club and cheerfully participated in by the Red Cross, was a happy feature of the day's interesting events. The room in which the soldiers dined was prettily decorated with the "colors" and Victory Loan post- ers. The "mess" was promptly disposed of, and in a meeting of the service men later in the day a vote of thanks was tendered the Red Cross for the splen- did treatment accorded by that organization. Following the dinner, the soldiers. Commercial Club, Victory Loan organization and others, marched to the railroad station to greet the War Relics train and its complement of 59 men, which included a military band and details of soldiers and marines. A whippet tank was one of the many interesting ex- hibits, and this was prominent in the parade that was made through the streets, preceding the pro- grams of speeches and music that were given from platforms erected in the business district. The music was furnished by the Ladies' Victory Loan Glee Club, the Victory Loan Male Quartet and the military band. The speeches were delivered by Judge Fenton W. Booth of the United States Court of Claims, Randall Parrish, the noted author, Ser- Pagc Tu'cnty-Fn-e geant M. B. Chrissie, one of "Reilley's Bucks," and several returned Shelby County soldiers. The Red Cross was given unstinted praise for its part in the demonstration, serving as it did an elaborate chicken dinner without cost. Its latest service of this sort was on the occasion of a re- ception to the soldiers and sailors Oct. 15, 1919. Early in 1918 the Red Cross resorted to the monthly payment plan of raising funds, and re- ceived a generous response to its solicitation of subscriptions for a stated sum each month for a definite period of time. Tn January, 1918, the County Board of Supervisors appropriated $100.00 for each of the Branches. CHRISTMAS SEALS The Christmas Seals campaign was waged each year in the county seat and the county at large. In 1917 the sales were very gratifying. Incidents illustrating the alacrity with which the Seals were purchased include the following: Miss Catherine Anderson, teacher of the Empire school in the west- ern part of the county, originally was furnished 500 Seals. She soon ordered 1,000 more. Miss Mar- garet Welch of the schools in Moweaqua, where again and again it was demonstrated the people were 100 per cent patriotic, telephoned to headquarters for 2,700 Seals additional to her allotment. Miss Hester Clem of Ash Grove asked for a 500 per cent increase in her allotment. Mrs. Matthew Maurer of Rural ordered double the number she first re- ceived, Windsor called for an additional 2.000, and Findlay 3,000. The campaign period showed a heavy increase in the sales. In fact, the advance was 2,000 per cent over the sales of 1916. This was due largely to the fact that the selling campaign was thor- oughly organized and carried into all parts of the county. School children alone sold 44,755 Seals. In the school contest the Strasburg school, of which Prof. E. X. Norris was principal, won the city school prize with an average of 11 13/17 sales to the pupil, while in the rural contest Empire school, near Assumption, of which Miss Catherine O. Anderson was teacher, won by an average of 48 stamps per pupil. Mrs. J. C. Coplin, a member of the Shelby County Chapter, early in the service originated an improved helmet. The new feature was a flap which could be placed over the face to protect it from cold, dampness or the encroachments of the festive rat with which the trenches were said to be infested, while the soldier slept or rested. When not so used, the flap was laid up over the head, forming a second crown and held in place by a fastener. The plan was used extensively in the making of helmets, not only in Shelby County, but elsewhere. AX EPITOME An epitome of the work of the Shelby County Chapter, American Red Cross, and its Branches, indicates a grand total membership of 6,968, $87,- 898.85 in money raised, 921 Christmas boxes sent overseas in 1918, and the making of 28,850 gar- ments and other articles for the soldiers and French refugees. STILL AT WORK The Red Cross is still serving the men who gave themselves to the saving of the world. Since the war closed several hundred dollars have been ex- pended in the county for financial assistance to families of soldiers, and much else has been and Still is being done for the returned service men. In this work the Shelby County War Historians have co-operated extensively, initiating and carrying on for several months the free information bureau and the taking up of many matters, the scope of which covers allotments and allowances, compen- sation, back pay, bonus, reissue of clothing, con- version of insurance, decorations, registration of discharges and citations, employment, Victory but- tons and bars, vocational training and general in- formation and advice for all service men. The fill- ing out of all papers to secure the above was done by the War Historians up to Nov. 1. when the work was definitely taken over by the Red Cross. Claims for more than $30,000 were filed for the men by the War Historians, in co-operation with the Red Cross and American Legion, the Historians advancing the funds for the service. This service is now being performed by the Red Cross through its Home Service Department, under the direction of the secretary. Miss Edna Conn, who recently took a six-weeks training course in methods of handling this work. Through this department, offices of which are maintained in the court house at Shelbyville, the Red Cross is keeping in touch with disabled soldiers, compiling their hospital rec- ords and reporting to headquarters on their condi- tion, and in many other ways maintaining the repu- tation of the American Red Cross as "The Greatest Mother in the World." THE WORK OF THE BRANCHES A detailed record of the Branches, with their of- t'cers, membership, work accomplished, and other features, follows: ASH GROVE BRANCH The Ash Grove Branch was organized Xov. 19, 1917, on which date a Woman's Auxiliary also was formed. The officers of the Branch were: Chair- man, Mrs. Thomas Clawson, Windsor; vice chair- man. Miss Edna Storm, Windsor; secretary. Miss May Templeton. Gays; treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Thomas, Cays. Mrs. Clawson, Miss Templeton and Mrs. Thomas also were chairman, secretary and treas- urer, respectively, of the Woman's Auxiliary. There was a membership of 160, and the sum of $1,237.34 was raised, while 13 comfort kits were sent to Red Cross headquarters and the manufactured articles numbered 243, with 175 additional knitted pieces, including 42 sweaters. 24 wristlets, seven helmets and 102 pairs of socks. OCOXEE BRAXCH The Oconee Branch was organized Xov. 5, 1917. with Mrs. Lou Welch chairman, Mrs. Laura Spur- rier secretary, and Miss Catherine Eckolt treasurer. It grew to a membership of 270. The Branch raised a total of $2,426.65, which was expended for the benefit of the "boys." Thirty kits were furnished the soldiers direct, 15 Christmas boxes were sent overseas, and 537 garments were made. The Branch has four Junior Red Cross organizations, with <> membership of something like 50. COWDEN BRAXCH The Cowden Branch was organized Sept. 14, 1917, with A. W. Moore as chairman, Mrs. R. X. Thomp- son secretary and B. E. Prater treasurer. Xine hundred members were enrolled, with six sub- scribers, and the sum of $3,611.81 was raised. Thir- ty-seven Christmas boxes were sent overseas, and 982 garments were manufactured. The Branch made and partially rilled 40 comfort kits at one time, but all its supplies were sent through the Chapter head- quarters, according to orders. Page Tu'cnty-Si.r STRASBURG RED CROSS AT WORK CLARKSBURG RED CROSS WORKERS SOME ACTIVE RED CROSS WORKERS STRASBURG BRANCH The Strasburg Branch was organized in May, 1917, with Henry Faster as chairman and Edwin H. Faster as secretary and treasurer. The Branch at- tained a membership of about 250, and was one of only two Branches in the county which went "over the top" in the Red Cross drive. A total of $4,000 was raised and much other splendid work done. On the 12th of September, 1917, a Woman's Aux- iliary was formed. Mrs. E. N. Norris was made chairman, and Mrs. J. E. Weber secretary and treas- urer. The membership was 57, and $2,846.71 was raised for the relief fund. Thirty comfort kits were furnished the boys direct; eight sweaters also were made and given soldiers; 977 knitted articles, including washcloths, were manufactured, and 4,048 surgical dressings and 72 dozen trench candles also were the work of the busy hands of these women. The receipts of the auxiliary came from various sources, among them being the following: A car- load of hogs, donated, shipped and sold on the Chi- cago market for $1.200; a Red Cross sale, amounting to $500.00; a chicken fry, several hundred dollars; a lecture at Grace Lutheran church by a Camp pastor, with free will offering amounting to $81.25, which was donated to the Red Cross; an entertain- ment by St. Paul Lutheran young people, the pro- ceeds of which were given the Branch; a play by the young people of the village; quilts made by St. Paul's Ladies' Aid, and sold. After the war was over, the Branch purchased $1,200 worth of Liberty Bonds, and still has $132 on hand. TODD'S POINT BRANCH The Todd's Point Branch was organized May 17, 1918, with the following named officers: Chairman, Mary C. Perry, Bethany; vice-chairman, Frieda Mar- tin, Bethany; secretary, Clara B. Nuttall, Bethany; treasurer, Zoe Janes, Bethany. The Branch had a membership of 15, and raised $65.00, furnished four sweaters, three helmets and eight pairs of socks to soldiers direct, and made 10 garments. PRAIRIE HOME BRANCH The Prairie Home Branch was organized Aug. 11, 1917, with the following named officers: Chairman, DeForest Baird, Bethany; secretary, Myrtle Lindley, Bethany; chairman of the Women's work, Mrs. W. B. Lindley, Bethany. The Branch had a member- ship of 114, and raised $429.25, sent four Christmas boxes overseas and manufactured the following gar- ments: Forty-four sweaters, 9 pairs socks, 6 pairs wristlets, 11 mufflers, 25 pillow cases, 20 skirts, 2 hel- mets, 25 underskirts, 5 pairs drawers, 27 Belgian pin- afores. CLARKSBURG BRANCH The Clarksburg Branch was organized in the fall of 1917, and had an annual membership of 197. The total amount of money raised was $2,143.62, while two Christmas boxes were sent overseas, 23 sweaters were furnished soldiers direct, and 479 garments were made. The officers of the Branch are: Chair- man, Mrs. J. A. Hickman; secretary, Miss Mell Compton; treasurer, Charles Flenner. Leverett Compton also held an official position. The Branch held a very profitable auction sale at Clarksburg on June 19, 1918, when a considerable sum of money was raised. SIGEL BRANCH Sigel patriots organized a regular Branch and a Woman's Auxiliary on the same date, November 21, 1918. with a combined membership of 360. The officers of the regular Branch were: Chairman, Dr. H. C. Heuck; vice chairman, Mrs. William Paxton: secretary, Mrs. H. C. Heuck; treasurer, S. S. Bigler. Officers of the Auxiliary were: Chairmen, Mrs. Wil- liam Paxton and Mrs. Lou Behrman: secretary, Miss Louise Mense; other officers, Mrs. Julius Han- sen and Mrs. George R. Dunlap. The sum of $1,- 892.28 was raised. Sixteen Christmas boxes were sent overseas, 25 filled comfort kits were furnished soldiers direct, and 291 sewed garments, 164 knitted garments and 3,985 surgical dressings were manu- factured. WESTERVELT BRANCH Mrs. W. C. Kelley and the Reverend N. H. Rob- ertson of Shelbyville were the organizers of the Westervelt Branch, on Nov. 14, 1917. Miss Rolfa Barrickman and Mrs. Paul Christman were elected chairman and secretary, respectively, and later were succeeded by Mrs. H. M. Jackson as chairman and Miss Bessie E. Fritz as secretary. The Branch had a very satisfactory membership, and raised a total of $3,144.19. Three hundred thirty-five garments were made, and a number of Christmas boxes were sent overseas. The number of these could not be fur- nished by the secretary, as they were sent through the Chapter headquarters at Shelbyville. TOWER HILL BRANCH Sept. 14, 1917, was the date of the organization of the Tower Hill Branch, of which the following named persons were officers: Chairman, Mrs. Min- nie B. Eiler; vice chairman, Mrs. Eva Cannon; secretary, Mrs. Delia Werstheimer; secretary-treas- urer of Hospital Supplies Department, Mrs. Julia Maze: treasurer, H. H. Runkel. The Branch had a membership of 445, and raised $1,768.76, sent 23 Christmas boxes overseas and manufactured 885 garments, of which 463 were sewed and 422 knitted. Page Twcnty-Sci'Cn TROWBRIDGE RED CROSS WORKERS TROWBRIDGE BRANCH The Trowbridge Branch was organized Sept. 22, 1917, and attained a membership of 200. The of- ficers were: Chairman, Mrs. Cleve Rogers: secre- tary, Miss Gertrude McClory; other officers, Maine Quinn and Annie McClory. The Branch raised $910.63, sent 11 Christmas boxes overseas and made 1,025 garments. Among the social activities of this Branch was a reception given the returned soldiers and sailors of Big Spring township, when about thirty of those who had seen service were enter- tained at a social and dance, with nearly 600 per- sons present to honor them. DOLLVILLE BRANCH The Dollville Branch in Rural township was or- ganized Nov. 6, 1917, with the following named offi- cers: Chairman. Mrs. Mathias Maurer, Tower Hill; vice chairman, Mrs. Andrew Metzger, Tower Hill; secretary, Mrs. John Weber, Tower Hill: treasurer, Mrs. Chris Munzenmaier, Pana. The Branch had a membership of 197, and raised $1,462.48, sent four Christmas boxes overseas and made 422 garments. FAXCHER BRANCH The Fancher Branch was organized in May, 1918. Its officers were: Chairman, Mrs. William Marsh; secretary, Mrs. H. O. Clausen; treasurer, Henry Da- vidson. The Branch had a membership of 29, and raised $168.33 and made 48 garments. STEWARDSON BRANCH Stewardson had a regular Branch of the Shelby County Chapter, and a Woman's Auxiliary as well. Both were organized June 8. 1917. The officers of the former were: Chairman, Mrs. William Denn: vice chairman, Mrs. J. S. Belles; secretary. Miss Rose Streng; treasurer, Mrs. A. C. Mautz. The officers of the Auxiliary were: Chairman, Mrs. Edith Wil- son, Stewardson; secretary, Miss Grace Spain, Trow- bridge. The membership of the regular Branch was 369, and of the Auxiliary 17. The receipts from the membership fund amounted to $2,481.94, while the sum of $1,470.29 was raised in addition, making the grand total received, $3,952.23. Fifty-five Christmas boxes were sent overseas, and 709 garments were made. HERRICK BRANCH The Herrick Branch was organized in October, 1917, and at the same time a Woman's Auxiliary was formed. Of the former, C. B. Latimer was chair- man, I. R. Holt secretary and G. W. Kelley treas- urer, while of the latter Mrs. C. B. Latimer was chairman, Mrs. lone Burrus secretary and Mrs. Alice Xowlein treasurer. Splendid work was done by these organizations. The sum of $900 was raised, 400 garments were made, and 24 Christmas boxes were sent to boys overseas. The membership of the Branch was 197. WINDSOR BRANCH Windsor organized a Branch of the Shelby County Chapter, American Red Cross, on May 15, 1917, and on July 28 of the same year added a Wom- an's Auxiliary to the great force for the accom- plishment of war work. The officers of the regular Branch were: Chairman, Dr. A. B. Storm: vice chairman, C. H. Sexson; secretary, Lucille Reich; treasurer, E. G. Munsell. The officers of the Aux- iliary were: Chairman, Mrs. M. E. Barton; vice chairman, Mrs. G. E. Dunscomb: secretary, Leota Garvin; treasurer, E. G. Munsell. The membership of the Branch was 394, and of the Auxiliary, 50. The cash receipts of the former were $1,112.64, and of the latter, $1,810.92, the Woman's Auxiliary exceed- ing the regular Branch by $698.28. Christmas boxes were sent individually, and five sweaters, one scarf and two helmets were furnished direct to soldiers, while a total of 4,086 garments were made. YANTISVILLE BRANCH The Yantisville Branch was organized Nov. 15, 1917, with Mrs. J. M. Yantis, Findlay, as chairman, Miss Laura Belle Syfert, Findlay, as secretary, and Miss Hazel Bateman, Findlay, as treasurer. The membership roll bore the names of 166 persons. The sum of $789.93 was raised, five Christmas boxes were sent overseas, and 143 knitted articles and 152 sewed garments were manufactured. FINDLAY BRANCH The Findlay Branch was organized July 13, 1917, and was aggressively active from the first. The offi- cers were: Chairman, Dr. A. W. Askins; vice chair- man, Mrs. John Cribbet: secretary, Miss Mabel Combs; treasurer, Mrs. William M. Pogue. The Branch had 245 annual members, one life member, one contributing member, and three subscribers. Twenty-one Christmas boxes were sent overseas, and a total of 2,920 articles of wearing apparel, bandages, kits, etc., were manufactured. The Branch raised $2,731.28. using unique methods from time to time to swell the fund. During the Findlay Communitv Festival, Oct. 24-27, 1917, the Branch netted $305.12 from the sale of Red Cross tags, donations and the like. One feature of the money-raising campaign consisted of the carrying of a large sheet, with the Red Cross emblem, through the streets for dona- tions; another was an auction sale where two pounds of butter sold for $6.00, a white lamb for $70, a black lamb for $100.00, and a Red Cross quilt, made by Miss Edith Alward of Todd's Point, for $9.25. On June 8, 1918, an auction sale was held in the Find- lay park. Girls dressed in Red Cross uniforms sold refreshments from a stand, and the stand and auc- tion netted the Branch $1,396.34. At the Com- munity Festival, Oct. 12, 1918, a Red Cross quilt made by the women of Forrest School District was sold and resold three times, bringing a total of Page Twenty-Eight $135.00. Before and after the sale girls carried the quilt through the streets and received $200.00 in contributions thrown into it. Red Cross benefits were held in several of the country schools. LAKEWOOD BRANCH The Lakewood Branch, with the Woman's Aux- iliary, was organized July 2, 1917, and attained a membership of 169. Clyde Foor, Charles T. Bow- man and Dr. J. H. Eddy were chairman, secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the Branch. Mrs. Mary Bowman was made chairman of the Woman's Auxiliary, and later was succeeded by Mrs. Dollie Specht. Mrs. Bertha Askins was the first secretary, and later this office was held by Mrs. Leila Newkirk. Mrs. Mary Eddy was chairman of the cutting de- partment, and in the later months practically the en- tire burden of the Red Cross work in this community has rested on her and her husband, Dr. J. H. Eddy. The Lakewood Branch raised a total of $1,085, sent five Christmas boxes overseas, and made and forwarded to headquarters in Shelbyville about 500 knitted and sewed articles. One of the activities of this Branch was a Red Cross sale, conducted in the summer of 1918, the receipts of which were in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. MOWEAQUA BRANCH The Moweaqua Branch, organized May 31, 1917, and with a Woman's Auxiliary formed at the same time, has the county record, outside of Shelbyville, for the amount of funds raised for the work of the Red Cross. Moweaqua's total cash donations amounted to $7,978.06, of which $6,674.61 was derived from a Red Cross sale on May 4, 1918. The mem- bership of the Moweaqua Branch the first year of its organization was 438, while in the second year it was 266. Fifty-three Christmas boxes were sent overseas, many sweaters, helmets, socks and other articles were furnished the soldiers direct, while 1,000 garments were made. The Branch has the distinction of sending two nurses into the field, one of them across seas and the other into the home service. These are Miss Minnie Snyder and Miss Ethel Yantis, whose records are given elsewhere in this volume. The officers of the regular Branch were: Chairman, Dr. J. L. Sparling; secretary, Miss Aileen Day; treasurer, K. R. Snyder. The officers of the Woman's Auxiliary were: Chairman, Mrs B. F. Stults; secretary, Miss Aileen Day; treasurer, Miss Mattie Snell. W. H. TAYLOR J. W. BAILEY GEO. E. DUNSCOMB MRS. ROSE WORLEY FRED PLOG I. S. STORM T. B. SHOAFF The Press in Wartime The press of Shelby County fulfilled its mission nobly in wartime. Without exception the thirteen newspapers of the county lined up solidly behind every project that had for its purpose the welfare and encouragement of the "boys," the heartening of the folks at home, the smashing of autocracy and the making of the world safe for democracy. These newspapers were: The News, Moweaqua. The Enterprise, Findlay. The Gazette, Windsor. The Advocate, Sigel. The Clipper, Stewardson. The Herald, Strasburg. The Reflector, Cowden. The Journal, Herrick. The Breeze, Tower Hill. The Democrat, Shelbyville. The Shelby County Leader, Shelbyville. The Shelbyville Union, Shelbyville. The Daily Union, Shelbyville. It is a well recognized fact that these thirteen newspapers did more than any other one agency to maintain the morale of the great civilian army of Shelby County, and also were a leading factor in the sale of bonds and raising of funds in whatever campaign was ordered by the government or great beneficent organization. The newspapers gave thousands of dollars worth of space in the aggregate to propaganda and pub- licity, without which the county would have failed abjectly in playing its full part in the great scheme of the World War and war work. Without stint the publishers opened their columns to reading mat- ter and display advertisements setting forth the ne- cessities of the government and to the dissemination of information and orders it desired the public to receive. The various Liberty Loans, the War Sav- ing Stamps, the conservation of fuel, the increased production of foodstuffs, the conservation of flour and sugar, the calls sfor volunteers for both military and civilian service these and other interests of the government were "played up" in the press with a prodigality of space that marked the publishers as patriots, indeed, ready to contribute of their "stock in trade" in a measure beyond the average class of men in bringing success to the allied arms. Nor was their contribution of valuable space made to the government alone. The Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the United War Work, the Salvation Army, and the many other institutions that served in any measure to help the American and Allied armies to "carry on" to a successful consummation, had free access to the columns of the Shelby County press with their appeals for money or workers. In a few of the drives, it is true, an advertising fund was provided; but in the great majority of these campaigns the newspapers were asked to contribute space without hope of monetary reward, and right splendidly did they meet the demand by their ready contribution of space. Page Twenty-Nine V A Psalm of Thanksgiving VICTORY hath attended our arms, O my Country, and Triumph percheth upon our banners. The enemy hath been vanquished and goeth no more up and down the Earth, seeking whom he may slay or what nations he may conquer. I look out upon the fair lands of the U. S. A., and mine eyes behold no devastated fields nor ruined villages. My heart is glad when I hear the happy laughter and observe the smiling faces of little children, whose songs have not been stilled, whose hands have not been severed and who have two feet upon which to run and jump and play. My soul riseth up within me in a great thanksgiving of praise because our wives and daughters have no need to hang their heads nor seek to hide themselves because of the unspeakable lechery of the ravishing Huns. I rejoice exceedingly in my heart that our brave sons, with a forgetful- ness of self, with high ideals and patriotic fervor answered the call of Humanity and followed "Old Glory" to the aid of their stricken brothers across the sea, where with minimum sacrifice of life, and maiming of body they smashed the Monster of War and gave assurance that Liberty and Justice and Peace shall not perish from the earth. Verily, my heart uttereth a Paen of Praise for the valor of our boys and the cessation of war. In thankfulness, therefore, before my God, as freely as we gave our sons to the service of the World, I shall pour my Gold upon the altar of my country, that the cost in dollars of the campaign that caused the war to cease at least three years before the end could otherwise have been expected and myriads of our precious boys to be brought home alive, shall be paid and the integrity of our nation be maintained. Gladly, cheerfully, thankfully I Will See It Through. The Thanksgiving Victory Loan Written by D. Leslie Davis Director of Publicity, Shelbyville, Illinois V V V Published here at the special request of the Victory Loan Chairman Page Thirty E. G. MUNSELL LIBERTY LOAN CHAIRMEN O. W. WALKER GEO. B. HERRICK THE LIBERTY LOANS Four and a quarter million dollars was Shelb\ County's response to the United States government's request for loans of cash with which to finance its preparations for and conduct of the war and to ex- tend credit to the sorely-pressed and all but bank- rupt Allies. Through the five popular loans the people of this county poured out their golden store unstintedly in the purchase of Liberty Bonds, in ad- dition to their heavy purchases of War Savings Stamps and their free-will gifts to the various hu- manitarian organizations through which war work was being done. It must be admitted that in the First and Second loans the spirit of the people had not yet arisen to the point where they were whole-heartedly back of the bond flotations, and at the end of each of these campaigns, both of them in 1917, there was a defi- ciency in the quota allotted to Shelby County. By the spring of 1918, however, with American soldiers in a steady stream pouring into Europe and America participating actively in the maneuvers in the war zone, men and women of all classes and varied financial conditions were ready to back their govern- ment with their money and from then on Uncle Sam asked nothing he did not get. THE FIRST LOAN The First Liberty Loan was floated in midsum- mer of 1917, the drive taking place officially between the llth and 18th of June, though an extension of time was granted in order to clean up the work. In Shelby County Geo. B. Herrick, cashier of the Citi- zens National Bank of Shelbyville, was appointed chairman of the campaign. The Shelby County quota was placed at $300,000. The organization was not extensive, yet there were willing workers in all parts of the county. The drive was handled principally from Shelbyville, how- ever, Chairman Herrick, representatives of the other banks and Boy Scouts visiting various sections in the interest of the loan. The city of Shelbyville had a working organization in the various wards, the men and women composing the several ward committees being as follows: O. ,W. Walker E. E. Herron George C. Bolinger C. M. Duncan John Morehead Frank C. Read N. H. Robertson O. P. Miles FIRST WARD John M. Heslin Mrs. H. E. Cook Mrs. W. E. Lowe SECOND WARD Mrs. Theo. Thompson Mrs. F. C. Bolinger John A. Tracy THIRD WARD Miss Stella Gregory Miss Lois Fisher Carl F. Lauer FOURTH WARD Miss Georgie T. Hopkins Mrs. Delia Miller B. S. Yost A house to house canvass was made in Shelby- ville June 12 and 13, the value of which was seen in the fact that of the total amount subscribed in the county, $126,300 was taken in Shelbyville. The grand total for the county was $260,550, taken largely by and through the following named banks: SHELBYVILLE First National Bank and Shelby Loan and Trust Company $65,300 Citizens National Bank " 25,000 Shelby County State Bank ,. 35,500 MOWEAQUA Ayars Brothers, Bankers First National Bank V. Snyder & Company, Bankers... 2,000 10,500 28,600 WINDSOR Commercial State Bank 50,000 Citizens State Bank 3,000 COWDEN First National Bank 2,000 State Bank of Cowden 200 OTHER BANKS The Strasburg Bank, Strasburg 1,000 Farmers & Merchants Bank of Stewardson 16,000 The Tower Hill Bank, Tower Hill 1,400 First National Bank, Westervelt 12,500 One Bank at Lakewood 50 Shelby County's subscription to the First Loan was about 82 per cent, of its quota of $300,000. Page Thirty-One THE SECOND LOAN Geo. B. Herrick's splendid work as chairman of the First Liberty Loan campaign in Shelby County was recognized in his appointment as chairman of the Second Liberty Loan organization, when in the fall of 1917 the county was asked to purchase $1,050,- 525 worth of the government's big bond issue of $3,000,000,000. The first public meeting concerning the bond drive was held at the First National Bank on Thursday, Sept. 27, when Mr. K. W. Moore, a representative of the Federal Reserve Bank, con- ferred with and instructed local workers. Wednesday, Oct. 24, was set aside as "National Liberty Day," and the drive proper continued from Oct. 1 to Oct. 27. Well before the opening of the campaign the forces in Shelbyville and Shelby County were well organized. The women, rallying to the call of the government, threw themselves into the work with a will, and the Boy Scouts actively participated in solicitation and bond sales. The Shelbyville Free Public Library and Reading Rooms also gave assist- ance. Every book that was put in circulation during the month contained a card bearing the potent mes- sage: "Proclaim Liberty Througout the Land, and Win the World War for Democracy by Doing Your Part." Through the early days of the month good work was done, but during the last week an intensive cam- paign was waged. The supervisor of each township, with two assistants named by himself, arranged for a patriotic meeting in his township, at which there appeared speakers provided by the county organiza- tion and subscriptions to the bond issue were urged. On Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, a big county meeting and demonstration was held at the First Methodist church in Shelbyville, with Judge A. J. Steidley as chairman and H. C. Roer, cashier of the Fort Dearborn Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago, as the principal speaker. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Shelbyville Commercial Club and the Shelby County Liberty Loan committee. There was a parade from the court house square to the church, with the Commercial Club, the Loan organ- ization, the Boy Scouts and other male citizens in line. At the church the Liberty Loan Chorus, which did splendid service throughout the drive, sang, and little Miss Virginia Parrish, in costume, sang a patriotic selection. The direct results of the meeting were subscrip- tions totaling $13,000. At the conclusion of the campaign it was found that Shelby County had subscribed a total of $585,- 500, and while she did not reach her maximum allot- ment, $1,050,525, she did meet the requirements for her pro rata of the $3,000,000,000 minimum. Of the county's total subscription, the women took $116,700 worth of bonds, and the Boy Scouts turned in subscriptions totaling $54,050. Shelby- ville's portion of the total was $213,000, with Windsor second with $94,150. The other towns of the county reported the following totals for their communities: Moweaqua $79,500 Stewardson 51,200 Findlay 40,400 Westervelt 30,000 Sigel 20,000 Tower Hill 18,550 Strasburg 18,500 Cowden 8,850 Herrick 5,700 Oconee 4,500 Lakewood 1,150 More detailed mention of the women's work and that of the Boy Scouts will be made in the chapters allotted to their activities. Students of Sparks Business College in Shelby- ville subscribed for two $50 Liberty Bonds of the second issue. They were placed in trust to be used by worthy students from time to time as collateral in obtaining funds for temporary needs while at- tending school, and formed the nucleus for a Stu- dent Aid fund. THE THIRD LOAN E. G. Munsell, president of the Commercial State Bank of Windsor, was chairman of the Third Liberty Loan organization in Shelby County, heading the small army of workers that enlisted to put the county over the top with its quota of $682,050 of the huge total, $3,000,000,000. In a meeting at the Shelby County State Bank in Shelbyville, Monday, March 18, initial plans were laid for the drive that was to be started on Satur- day, April 6 the anniversary of America's declara- tion of war. Representatives of practically every community of Shelby County were present, and con- ferred with Bradford L. Eldridge of Chicago, dis- trict organizer of the War Loan organization and in charge of nine counties, of which Shelby was one. He declared the time had passed to "do our bit," and that now we must "do our most." Public meetings and patriotic rallies were part of the plan for the campaign, and Mr. Munsell ten- dered the organization the use of the Windsor Lib- erty Loan Chorus, which subsequently did valiant service, as did the Liberty Chorus of Shelbyville. U. G. Ward, chairman of the speakers' committee of the recently organized Neighborhoods Committee of the Council of National Defense, announced the names of speakers who would be available for speeches at the meetings planned for all parts of the county. The speakers were: S. S. Clapper A. L. Yantis X. H. Robertson A. J. Steidley J. J. Baker O. O. Barker F. B. Wendling G. Henri Bogart Publicity chairmen in various centers also were announced, as follows: Rev. J. H. Cozad, Moweaqua. Mrs. Rose Worley, Findlay. Chas. H. Twiss, Tower Hill. O. A. Jewett, Cowden. John W. Bailey, Stewardson. Ben H. Kunkler, Sigel. F. W. Hasemeier, Strasburg. Hugh S. Lilly, Windsor. D. Leslie Davis, Shelbyville. These chairmen were named under the publicity department of the Neighborhoods Committee of the Council of National Defense. For soliciting purposes the county was subdi- vided into banking districts, and the work of the soliciting committees was confined to their respective districts, while at the close of the campaign report of subscriptions was made from such units. The work progressed splendidly. Even before the opening of the drive officially on April 6, pub- lic meetings were held at various points and in one of these on the eve of the campaign, Windsor went "over the top" with her complete allotment, adding $15.000 at that time to $64,000 previously subscribed, and thus putting her $1.000 above the $78,000 asked of her. One feature of the campaign was a visit of the "Jackies" Band from the Great Lakes Naval Train- ing School, with a complement of Liberty Loan ora- tors. The speakers were Judge Fenton W. Booth of Washington, Honorable Frederick Dale Woods of Michigan and Honorable Henry R. Rathbone. They alternated between meetings held in the Sparks Gym- Page Thirty-Two nasium and the circuit court room, both rooms hav- ing to be utilized to accommodate the thousands of people who desired to hear them. The band played at both places. An outdoor meeting was prevented by rain. An oversubscription was urged, as early in the campaign it was announced that the $3,000,000.000 originally asked in the Third loan would be insuffi- cient to enable the government to meet its obliga- tions. Pressure was brought to bear on citizens able but reluctant, and with great vividness the man who was capable of buying a $1,000 bond but invested only $50, was painted as an "undesirable citizen." A special drive was inaugurated in the City of Shelbyville, where on Tuesday, April 16, a house to house canvass was made. The committees handling this intensive drive were: FIRST WARD C. E. Bolinger R. T. Eddy Mrs. Harry Cook Mrs. C. E. Walker -Mrs. F. O. Bisdee Gco. B. Herrick M. G. Coleraan Gus Klauser Miss Bessie Wilson Mrs. J. C. Willard Mrs. Irv. Waggoner Geo. B. Rhoads E. M. Ragan Mrs. Joe L. White Miss Stella Gregory Miss Nellie Roessler A. L. Yantis J. J. Baker Mrs. William Baum Mrs. R. T. Eddy Mrs. W. II. Wyckoff SECOND WARD J. J. Ward Thos. M. Headen John A. Tracy Mrs. Frances Welsh Mrs. C. W. Waggoner Mrs. E. N. Herron THIRD WARD H. D. Sparks J. G. Root Miss Cath( Mrs. J. E. Ki. Mrs. E. W. H Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson FOURTH WARD atherine Pauschert E. Kieffer amer F. R. N. H. Lafe S. B. Mrs. Mrs. Miss . Dove . Robertson Tallman Carr Edgar Leach Emma B. McCormick Mary Fox S. B. Jackson W. D. Lumpp R. R. Parrish Mrs. J. D. Miller Mrs. Lillie Rile Mrs. Russell Brown Mrs. W. D. Lumpp These committees were subdivided by their chairmen, forming a number of teams to each ward, which quickly and effectively canvassed their re- spective sections of the city. Shelbyville, Windsor and Big Spring townships, with quotas of $95,628, $31,134 and $17,659, respec- tively, were the first three townships to report the raising of their quotas. Others quickly followed, and when the end of the campaign was reached it was found that the county had subscribed a total of $748,200, or $66,150 more than its minimum quota of $682,050. The figures reported from the various banks of the county were as follows: First National Bank of Cowden $ 14,450 State Bank of Cowden 10,400 Farmers State Bank, Findlay 23,100 First National Bank, Findlay 46,000 State Bank of Ilerrick 14,000 Citizens Bank, Lakewood 3,550 Bank of Lakewood 6,900 Avars Brothers, Moweaiiua 40,000 First National Bank, Moweaqua 60,000 State Bank of Oconee 27,000 First National Bank, Shelbyville 75,000 Shelby County State Bank, Shelbyville 106,650 Citizens National Bank, Shelbyville 17,000 Shelby Loan & Trust Co., Shelbyville 18,000 Peoples Bank, Sigel 19,500 First National Bank, Stewardson Strasburg State Bank. Strasburg . . . Tower Hill Bank, Tower Hill Farmers National Bank, Westervelt Citizens State Bank, Windsor Commercial State Bank, Windsor . . . 61,700 43.200 39,150 34,850 5,350 82,400 Total $748,200 THE FOURTH LOAN E. G. Munsell was continued as chairman of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, which ran from Sept. 28 to Oct. 19, 1918, and in which Shelby County was asked for subscriptions to bonds totaling $1,304,- 160. Some little time prior to the opening of the campaign proper, conferences of workers were held and careful and comprehensive plans were laid for the successful consummation of the big drive. Quotas were assigned to the several townships of the county, based on 5 per cent of the net worth of the population of such units, but eventually reports were made through the banks of the county, as was the case in the Third loan. A publicity campaign in advance of the drive was waged, and in a meeting of workers from all parts of the county, held at the county seat on Monday, Sept. 23, Saturday, Sept. 28, was designated as "Vol- unteer Day," with subscription booths open at con- venient points in every community of the county. The purpose of "Volunteer Day" was to put the county "over the top" with its complete quota in one day. The city and township of Shelbyville raised their entire quotas, and other cities and townships of the county for the most part made an excellent showing. No subscriptions were re- ceived by the banks of the county on "Volunteer Day," but all bonds bought on that day were taken through the subscription booths that were estab- lished in every school district of the county and in the various wards of the several cities. The feasibil- ity of the plan was clearly demonstrated, but never- theless hard work was necessary in succeeding days of the campaign to raise the county's full total. With a full week of the campaign gone, the of- ficials of the drive on Friday, Oct. 4, tabooed "pussy- Pagc Thirty-Three footing" policies and decided to use drastic meas- ures, if necessary, in impressing the individual's re- sponsibility upon him. To the end that there be an abundant corps of workers, each township chair- man in the county, with one or two exceptions, was furnished with two assistants, mainly from Shel- byville, in putting through the method of procedure adopted by the organization. The chairmen of the several townships, with the assistants selected for them, were as follows, namely: OCONEE Local Chairman J. A. Werner. Assistants A. L. Vantis, U. G. Ward. HERRICK Local C'hairman G. S. Holt. Assistants M. G. Coleman, D. A. Milligan. COLD SPRING Local C'hairman Chas. F. Hunter. Assistants W. S. Middlesworth, J. J. Baker. TOWER HILL Local Chairman II. H. Runkel. Assistants L. F. Akenhead, B. W. Kerr. RURAL Local Chairman Edw. C. Eberspacher. Assistants L. C. Westervelt, C. T. DeMonbrun. FLAT BRANCH Local Chairman M. A. Duncan. Assistants T. C. Dove, Sidney R. Biggs. MOWEAQUA Local Chairman R. W. Snyder. Assistants His local committee. DRY POINT Local Chairman A. Ward Moore. Assistants C. E. Bolinger, Geo. B. Rhoads. LAKEWOOD Local Chairman J. H. Eddy. Assistants J. T. dimmer, L. R. Tallman. ROSE Local Chairman J. Frank Stillwell. Assistants John I). Miller, W. D. Lumpp. RIDGE Local Chairman E. 1). Barnett. Assistants Frank Stone, E. M. Ragan. PICKAWAY Local Chairman Homer Hunter. Assistants E. G. Munsell, A. H. Storm. PENN Local Chairman H. G. Stewart. Assistants Geo. I.. Richardson, Chas. W. Waggoner. HOLLAND Local Chairman J. K. Hoagland. Assistants Geo. C. Bolinger, J. C. Willard. SHELBYVILLE Local Chairman E. N. Herron. Assistants His local committee. OKAW Local Chairman C. E. Coventry. Assistant B. P. Dearing. TODD'S POINT Local Chairman C. E. Pogue. Assistant J. A. Tracy. PRAIRIE Local Chairman A. C. Mautz. Assistant C. R. Mertens. RICHLAND Local Chairman Henry Faster, Jr. Assistants J. J. Ward, Geo. L. Dearing. WINDSOR Local Chairman C. C. Firebaugh. Assistants E. N. Herron, C. R. Mertens, Ransom Rob- inson. SIGEL Local Chairman S. S. Bigler. Assistants C. H. Beetle, N. H. Robertson. BIG SPRING Local C'hairman J. C.. Quinn. Assistant W. J. Richardson. ASH GROVE Local Chairman Sylvester Clawson. Assistant H. D. Sparks. Intensive, aggressive work marked the progress of the campaign, and by the 15th of October more than a million dollars worth of bonds had been purchased. In one instance a revival meeting was suspended to give the Liberty Loan the right of way. The telephone operators at the Shelbyville switchboard subscribed for $600 worth of bonds. Notable sacrifices were made here and there in a patriotic fervor to meet the government's need; yet with practically $300,000 more to raise before the close of the drive, the officials sent out an urgent request for persons who already had purchased bonds to double their subscriptions. With this plan followed by 100 persons who already had subscribed for $1,000 worth, 200 who had taken $500, 200 who had loaned $100 each and 200 who had subscribed $50 each, $230,000 of the amount was provided for and personal solicitors were to obtain the remaining $70,000. Shelby County acquitted herself nobly. With a quota of $1,373,600, the county subscribed $1,393,450, while in actuality subscriptions amounting practi- cally to $80,000 additional were taken in this county but accredited to adjoining counties because the sub- scribers did their banking business in those counties and the subscriptions passed through their banks. In this manner Shelby County lost $67,100 to Christian County and $12,500 to Moultrie County. That the Fourth Liberty Loan was supported by the people in general in Shelby County is indicated by the fact that the number of individual subscribers was 6,985, or about 23 per cent, of the county's popu- lation. As to townships 22 of the 24 raised their quotas. The delinquents were Cold Spring and Penn. The official report of quotas, subscriptions and number of subscribers accredited to the banks of the county, is as follows: Amt. No. of Bank Quota Sub. Subs. Tower Hill Bank, Tower Hill 3 ; 40,900 $ 55,300 442 Farmers State Bank, Findlay 51,000 43,500 179 44,900 29,100 285 State Bank, Oconee 33,650 57,200 308 Citizens State Bank. Windsor 39,800 20,450 126 Commercial State Bank, Windsor. . . 107,100 122,100 384 Farmers National Bank, Westervelt. 51,000 81,650 263 State Bank, Strasburg 67,300 72,000 300 First National Bank, Stewardson. . . . 89,800 91,650 700 People's Bank, Sigel 39,800 45,000 260 Shelby Loan & Trust Co., Shelbyville 39,800 39,800 159 Shelby Co. State Bank, Shelbyville. . 152,000 180,500 785 First National Bank, Shelbyville 179,520 181,000 659 Citizens National Bank, Shelbyville.. 51,000 25,150 111 First National Bank, Moweaqua .... 134,650 144,650 650 Ayars Bros. Bank, Moweaqua 56,100 47,550 245 Bank of Lakewood, Lakewood 11,200 15,000 147 THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN With the war over but still facing the big and expensive task of bringing the boys home, as well as the need of further extension of credit to the allied governments, the United States government called for a Victory Liberty Loan in the spring of 1919. The sum of $4,500,000.000 was asked of the Xation. and Shelby County's share was placed at $1,066,950, or three per cent, of the net worth of its population. O. W. Walker, president of the Shelby County State Bank, was appointed county chairman of the Victory Liberty Loan, and completed the organiza- tion by the following appointments: Page Thirty-Four W. J. Richardson C. E. Bolinger C. R. Mertens J. J. Baker V. E. Mullins B. W. Kerr EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE W. H. Chew, Chairman Geo. B. Rhoads E. M. Ragan J. C. Westervelt C. W. Waggoner W. C. Headen John D. Miller B. P. Dearing J. E. Dazey E. G. Munsell M. S. Ayars John J. Ward FINANCE COMMITTEE W. S. Middlesworth, Chairman L. C. Westervelt Ralph W. Snyder E. D. Barnett Henry E. Munson Edward Bender PUBLICITY COMMITTEE D. Leslie Davis, Chairman Eugene Snyder W. L. Johns Fred Plog O. A. Jewett Mrs. Rose Worley T. W. Bailey F. W. Hasemeier Hugh S. Lilly J. W. Brewer Isaac S. Storm T. B. Shoaff SPEAKERS COMMITTEE A. L. Yantis, Chairman M. G. Coleman X. H. ^Robertson John M. Heslin T. E. Kieffer AUTOMOBILE FLYING SQUADRON C. H. Beetle, Chairman Geo. L. Dearing C. E. Walker F. R. Dove was made chairman of an advisory committee, and John A. Tracy chairman of the Min- ute Men. The organization also extended into the town- ships and every school district of the county, the township chairmen, vice chairmen and chairmen of the advisory committee being as follows, the names appearing in the same order as the offices named in this paragraph: Oconee John Werner, S. D. Nichols, Harry Hinton. Herrick G. S. Bolt, Chas. S. Moon, Richard Corley. Cold Spring William Morrison, C. F. Hunter, George Fankboner. Tower Hill H. H. Runkel, Chas. R. Eiler, J. W. Green. Rural Edw. C. Eberspacher, Geo. D. Brownback, Mack Harper. Flat Branch Aubrey Duncan, Frank Oaks, C. W. Bridg- man. Moweaqua W. K. Andrews, J. T. Haslam, J. H. Cozad. Messrs. S. S. Clapper and E. V. Young also were vice chairman and chairman of the advisory committee, respectively, sharing the duties with Messrs. Haslam and Cozad. Dry Point A. Ward Moore, W. C. Turney, B. E. Prater. Lakewood C. P. Roberts, R. L. Shores, Chas. Hudson. Rose John Kull, A. C. Wilson, F. A. Warner. Ridge Edward Christman, Chas. Roessler, Henry De- laney. Pickaway Levi Corley, W. W. Younger, Frank Gregory. Penn Harvey G. Stewart, C. H. Baird, E. R. Harper. Holland Geo. E. Roberts, R. E. Syfert, C. G. Hopkins. Clarksburg J. K. Hoagland, Wm. Campbell, J. E. Gal- lagher. Shelbyville E. N. Herron, Geo. C. Bolinger, F. R. Dove. Okaw C. E. Coventry, E. M. Vennum, Fred Olmstead. Todd's Point C. E. Pogue, E. S. Combs, Thos. Fleming. Prairie A. C. Mautz, Jacob Yakey, H. Falk. Richland Henry Faster, James F. Kull, L. P. Childress. Windsor C. W. Grant, W. I. Griffin, C. H. Sexson. Sigel S. S. Bigler, B. H. Kunkler, J. A. Berchtold. Big Spring J. C. Quinn, R. M. Bingaman, P. H. Mc- Clory. Ash Grove Sylvester Clawson, H. C. Hart, G. C. Brackin. The women's organization, under the chairman- ship of Mrs. Q. W. Walker, was as thoroughly or- ganized and efficient as that of the men. It is treated in a separate chapter. One of the first tasks Chairman Walker and his assistants set their hands to was the determining of the allotment of the several townships of the county, and the further monumental labor of figuring the individual responsibility of every citizen, under the three per cent, net valuation plan. This determined, a letter was mailed to each taxpayer, apprising such person of the amount of the subscription expected. The township quotas were fixed at the following figures: Oconee Herrick Cold Spring Tower Hill Rural Flat Branch Moweaqua T-\ Tl __! Dry Point Lakewood Rose Ridge . . . Pickaway Penn Holland and Clarksburg 44,850 22,200 22,750 41,350 49,600 50,400 58,400 26,450 21,850 40,200 56,700 47,900 44,600 33,100 Shelbyville 149,750 Okaw Todd's Point Prairie Richland Windsor Sigel Big Spring . . Ash Grove . . 46,500 31,500 59,550 65,200 48,300 22,900 26,650 56,250 Total $1,066,950 Features of the campaign, which went forward with ever increasing momentum until its splendid consummation in a heavy oversubscription, included a big county mass meeting at the court house in Shelbyville on Wednesday, April the 16th, at which the district chairman, Mrs. Guy T. Lewis of Decatur, Madame Guerin, an eloquent French woman fresh from battle-ravaged France, and Lieutenant Frank McGlinn of Chicago, one of "Reilley's Bucks," were the speakers; community meetings at various points throughout the county, where returned soldiers told their stories of the war, adding their word to the appeal of the regular speakers; the visit of two aero- planes from Chanute Field, primarily for recruiting purposes but "bombing" the city from the air with Victory Liberty Loan literature; a big demonstra- Pagc Thirty-Five tion for returned soldiers, Thursday, April 24, on which date a delegation of noted Victory Loan speakers, with a war relic train and big military hand, visited the city and boomed the local campaign for bond-selling. These and other means were used by Chairman Walker and his organization with telling effect. Saturday, April 26, was designated as "Allotment Day," on which an earnest effort was made to put the county "over the top" with its full quota. The day failed of its largest purpose, but great inroads were made on the huge allotment asked of the county and two townships, Shelbyville and Prairie, were found to have reached their goal the former with 138 and the latter with 100 per cent, of its quota. \Yhile cheered by these results, the officials never- theless were disappointed at the net results of the day's work; yet did not feel so downcast when they learned officially that Shelby county, with 60 per cent, of her quota raised, was leading not only the other seven counties of the district, but the state of Illinois and the Xation at large in the percentage of quotas subscribed. Illinois had but 22 per cent, of its quota, and the United States as a whole but 20 per cent. Daily meetings of the committees with Chairman Walker at the Shelby County State Bank did much to keep up the morale of the great working body, and to inspire the individuals with greater zeal to finish the big job right. And they did it. Victory was proclaimed by Chairman Walker when he appeared before his committees on the morning of Monday, May 12, in the final meeting of that body. Popular subscriptions, he announced, reached within $100,000 of the county's quota, while the banks guaranteed the balance and the campaign closed with an oversubscription of more than $100,- 000, or a total of $1,173,600. There were fourteen Honor townships, namely: Shelbyville Sigel Richland Tower Hill Prairie Moweaqua Windsor Rural Clarksburg Kig Spring Tod'l's Point Okaw -Ash Grove Ridge The oversubscription of some of these was nearly 200 per cent, of their quota. Following are shown the Shelby County banks, with the quotas allotted by the Federal Reserve Dis- trict authorities, which in fact formed the basis of the county's liability, and the amount subscribed by each: Bank Quota Subscription First National Bank, Cowden $ 34,350 $ 34,350 State Bank, Cowden 33,800 33,800 Farmers State Bank, Findlay 39,700 39,700 First National Bank, Findlay 65,000 65,000 State Bank, Herrick 33,800 33,800 Bank of Lakewood 12,250 19,250 M. S. Ayars Bank, Moweaqua 21,550 21,550 First National Bank, Moweaqua 139,450 139,450 State Bank, Oconee 27,000 27,000 Citizens National Bank, Shelbyville 38,950 38,950 First National Bank, Shelbyville 142,750 146,050 Shelby County State Bank, Shelbyville. . 120,650 169,400 Shelby Loan & Trust Co., Shelbyville. . 27,750 27,950 Peoples Bank, Sigel 28,300 34,750 First National Bank, Stewardson 67,950 68,050 Strasburg State Bank 50,250 69,850 Tower Hill Bank, Tower Hill 32,650 44,500 Farmers National Bank, Westervelt. . . . 38,200 47,350 Citizens State Bank, Windsor 30,850 30,850 Commercial State Hank, Windsor 81,750 82,000 Totals $1,066,950 $1,173,600 In the Victory Liberty Loan campaign the old plan of "drives" from the county seat, employed in every other campaign for the sale of bonds or the raising of funds, was eliminated, and the results justi- fied the action, for while perhaps the county would have reached its goal a little more readily than by the new system, the county did go "over the top" splendidly and accomplished it with absolutely no friction and no coercion, and with no sores to be healed. In the final session of the Victory Loan commit- tee, the members formally expressed their apprecia- tion of the wise and effective work that had been done by the chairmen of both the men's and women's organizations, Mr. O. W. Walker and his wife, Mrs. Maude Trower Walker. The expression took con- crete form in a motion authorizing a florist to place bouquets of forget-me-nots on the desk of Mr. Walker at the bank on three days of the current week, and on alternate days to convey similar trib- utes to Mrs. Walker at her home on North Broad- way. Stretched Their Legs Companies C of Sullivan and D of Paris stretched their legs in Shelbyville on Monday, May 6, 1918, and were "at ease" for an hour while the guests of the Shelbyville Commercial Club at an informal recep- tion tendered them on the streets. These troops, with other units of the 130th U. S. Infantry, were en route from Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., to the seaboard for embarkation, and were routed over the Big Four from St. Louis eastward. Captain Vance Courtright of Shelbyville, in command of Company D, and Lieutenant Chas. L. Twiss and Lieutenant Harry Downs, other Shelbyville officers who were with these companies, arranged for a brief stop. The soldiers detrained and marched through sev- eral of the business streets, then came to rest on Main street, where they were given an ovation by the big crowd that quickly gathered and a "set up" of cigars, apples and other knicknacks. H Company, Shelbyville's old National Guards- men, also a part of the moving troops, was routed by way of Decatur, to which many of their relatives and friends motored to give them a word of greet- ing as they passed on their long journey to war- stricken Europe. Banished German Language With patriotism 100 per cent., and determined to show the spirit as well as the letter of loyalty to the Nation, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church of Shelbyville officially and without a dissenting voice banished the German language from all services of the church. This was done, notwithstanding some of the older members could understand the English language imperfectly or not at all. This congrega- tion in its entirety was very active in responding to all demands of the government and beneficent insti- tutions. T. O. P. The initials of one Shelby County service man spelled what the boys went over the "top." This was T. O. Pea of Henton, who went to Decatur and enlisted on the 17th of May, 1918, as a sailor. Page Thirty-Six PART OF SHELBYVILLE LIBERTY LOAN GLEE CLUB Center Mrs. Maude Walker, Mrs. Josephine Grider. Top Row Miss Dessie Downs, Miss Helen Goodrick, Miss Elizabeth Zimmer, Mrs. Ruby Walker, Miss Birdie Wilson, Miss Harriett Bryant, Miss Maurine Parrish. Bottom Row Miss Avis Vincent, Miss Kathryn Brown, Miss Mary Johnson, Mrs. Irene Pundt, Miss Janice Lumpp, Miss Ruby Turney, Mrs. Iris Igo, Mrs. Delia Miller. Shelby County Women in the Liberty Loans Sacrifice, zeal, intelligence and effectiveness char- acterized the work of Shelby County women in the several Liberty Loans, which became a very potent force in carrying on the task of meeting the quotas allotted to this county from time to time. The women of the county were not organized for this work until the Second Liberty Loan drive. Then Mrs. O. W. Walker of Shelbyville was appointed County Chairman, and because of her fine qualities of leadership was retained in that post until the close of the Victory Liberty Loan. Immediately upon her induction into the work she appointed her township chairmen, a list of whom appears below, and who for the most part served through all the loans. Unless otherwise indicated, their service was given in the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth loans. Where figures appear after a name, they indicate the loans in which such person served as township chairman. The list follows: Oconee Mrs. Ben P. Allen. Herrick Mrs. C. W. Kesler. Cold Spring Mrs. Stevanna Corley. Tower Hill Mrs. E. G. Foster. Rural Mrs. E. C. Eberspacher. Flat Branch Mrs. M. A. Duncan. Moweaqua Mrs. Ralph W. Synder, 2, 3, 4; Mrs. Elsum Hedges, 5. Dry Point Mrs. A. Ward Moore. Lakewood Mrs. Fred Brandt. Rose Mrs. Clarence Tice. Ridge Miss Dora Donnell. Pickaway Mrs. Homer Hunter, 2, 3 ; Miss Laura Sy- fert, 4, 5. Penn Mrs. Harvey G. Stewart. Holland Miss Ada May Robinson, 2, 3, 4; Mrs. R. P. Dearing, 5. Clarksburg Mrs. John Hickman. Shelbyville Mrs. C. E. Walker. First Ward, Mrs. Harry E. Cook ; Second Ward, Mrs. Irvin Waggoner ; Third Ward, Miss Estelle Gregory; Fourth Ward, Mrs. John D. Miller. Okaw Mrs. John Cribbett. Todd's Point Mrs. E. S. Combs. Prairie Mrs. A. C. Mautz. Richland Mrs. Lizzie Norris. Windsor Mrs. C. C. Firebaugh. Sigel Mrs. John A. Berchtold, 2, 3, 4 ; Mrs. Eva Big- ler, 5. Big Spring Mrs. John C. Quinn. Ash Grove Miss Edna Storm. The work of selling bonds was new to the women, and a great many were reluctant to enter upon that work. However, they cast their fears aside for the sake of the "boys" and their country, and their united effort resulted in the sale of $116,750.00 in bonds of the Second issue. THE THIRD LOAN In the Third drive the women had more confi- dence in themselves, and the people in general began to realize that women could really sell bonds. The organization was extended to school district com- mittees and by solicitation and house-to-house can- vass $329,850.00 worth of bonds were sold. In this drive, in addition to the above organiza- tion, Miss Clare Shoaff and Mrs. W. C. Kelley were made treasurer and chairman of the Speakers' com- mittee, respectively, and Mrs. J. T. Knox of Mode, Page Thirty-Seven Mrs. Henry Clausen of Fancher, Mrs. Ed Warner of Henton and Mrs. Herrick Huffer of Middlesworth were appointed vice chairmen. Having to overcome a little natural prejudice against the participation of women in the selling of bonds, the feminine forces had a little harder work than otherwise would have been the case, but never- theless immediate results were forthcoming and early in the campaign Chairman Walker was notified from district headquarters that among the counties of the district Shelby was in second place, Champaign alone leading her. Determined not to be displaced, unless to move to the head of the column, the women permitted no other county to excel them and closed the campaign with the second high subscription and serving as an important factor in placing the district second only to Chicago and Cook County. That the women were thoroughly imbued with the spirit of service was strikingly illustrated in this drive by the fact that with weather and roads so bad that neither horse-drawn nor motor-propelled ve- hicle could be used, the women toured their territory on foot in order that the work be not neglected. The results of such devotion show in the $329,850.00 total of sales. THE FOURTH LOAN When the Fourth Liberty Loan was launched, the plans for selling the bonds were changed. The first day of the drive was designated as Volunteer Day. Committees of men and women met in the polling places, but the men of the county were so busy in their fields and places of business that prac- tically three-fourths of the volunteer work was done by women. Volunteer Day bringing the sale of only half of the quota, a house-to-house canvass was made and resulted in the sale of $113,000.00 additional bonds, a total of $696.700.00 for the women's com- mittee. The men's committee completed the work and the county reached its quota and went over the top with its full quota, $1,373,600, and an additional $19,850. An interesting incident of this drive 'is seen in the fact that in Holland township one woman canvassed the forty-nine families in her territory and procured forty-nine subscriptions a 100 per cent, canvass. SHELBY COUNTY WOMAN'S VICTORY LIB- ERTY LOAN ORGANIZATION The woman's organization for the Victory Loan campaign was as thorough and effective as that of the men. It extended from the central office in Shel- byville into every township, school district and neighborhood of the county, with 500 women actively engaged in soliciting subscriptions, creating senti- ment, strengthening the hands of the men and in every way possible throwing their influence to the support of the campaign. The organization was as follows: Mrs. O. W. Walker, County Chairman. Mrs. Charles Igo, County Secretary. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mrs. B. P. Dearing Mrs. Wm. S. Middlesworth Mrs. W. C. Kelley Mrs. H. T. Hamlin Mrs. T. B. Shoaff Mrs. Gus Klauser Mrs. J. E. Kieffer Mrs. K. A. Kite Mrs. E. W. Hamer Miss Katherine Fitzgerald Mrs. T. B. Shoaff Miss Jennie Pollard PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Miss Clare B. Shoaff, Chairman Miss Mary Seaman Miss Lillian Gregory Mrs. H. E. Monroe Mrs. Isaac Nutt Miss Bessie Wilson Mrs. T. L. Hoover Mrs. R. R. Parrish Mrs. Adolph Reiss Mrs. Geo. L. Richardson Mrs. C. T. DeMonbrun Mrs. Frank Parker SPEAKERS COMMITTEE Miss Georgie T. Hopkins, Chairman Mrs. Joe White Mrs. S. S. Crook Mrs. Birney S. Hite Mrs. Frank O. Bisdee Mrs. James Shoaff Mrs. S. B. Carr Mrs. W. E. Lowe Miss Allie Record Mrs. Fanna Feitscher Miss Olive Eiler Mrs. W. C. Kelley FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMITTEE Miss Bertha Reiss, Chairman, Shelbyville. Miss Lydia Faster, Strasburg. Mrs. J. E. Kieffer, Shelbyville. Miss Ada May Robinson, Shumway. Miss Rose Streng, Sewardson. Mrs. John Kaufman, Sigel. PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE Miss Effa Steward, Chairman Miss Fannie Davis Miss Katherine Patterson Miss Avis Vincent Also the teachers in the 168 school districts of the county. "FLYING SQUADRON" AUTO COMMITTEE Mrs. Ben Sturgis, Chairman Mrs. C. T. DeMonbrun Mrs. Elmer Weakley Mrs. Will D. Lumpp Mrs. Fern Tallman " Mrs. H. Baird Whitaker Miss Bernardine Middlesworth DECORATING COMMITTEE Mrs. Chas. R. Mertens, Chairman Mrs. R. T. Eddy Mrs. J. L. Hoover TOWNSHIP AND SCHOOL DISTRICT CHAIRMEN Township and school district chairmen were named, as fol- lows ' OCONEE Mrs. Ben Allen, Chairman Mrs. Sarah Hill Mrs. Arthur McTaggart Mrs. A. H. Hamilton . Mrs. Fred Green Mrs. Ben Price Mrs. C'harles Price Mrs. Harry Hinton Mrs. Bertha Vorhees Mrs. Hugh Porter Mr,. R. O. Hawkins Mrs. Sadie Hutchins HERRICK Mrs. Mary Kesler, Chairman Mrs. Charles Moon Mrs. Anna Grey Mrs. Simon Syfert Mrs. Latimer Mrs. William bare Mrs. G. W. Sollis Mrs. Jennie Adams COLD SPRING Mrs. Stevanna Corley, Chairman Mrs. Grover Kelley Mrs. George Fankboner Miss Maggie Shaw Miss Vivian Fletcher Miss Mabel Kelley Miss Mabel Corley Mrs. Chloe Simpson Mrs. Arthur Wagner TOWER HILL Foster, Chairman Mrs. Jennie Montgomery Miss Mary Peek Mrs. A. B. Syfert Mrs. Charles Wolf Mrs. Esther Lowe Mrs. Blanche Eddy Mrs. Olive Roberts Mrs. Hazel McKittrick RURAL ipacher, Chairman Miss Margaret Mueller Miss Freda Metzger Mrs. Clarence Wagner Mrs. George Brownback Mrs. Sam Tilley FLAT BRANCH Mrs. Aubrey Duncan, Chairman Full list not available Mrs. E. G. Mrs. Carrol Smith Mrs. C. R. Eiler Mrs. A, L. Vincent Miss Eva Rhodes Mrs. Wm. Gillespie Mrs. Bert Darst Mrs. Helen Eiler Mrs. Lucy Cannon Mrs. Edw. ] El Mrs. Sid Potter Mrs. Elmer Potter Mrs. Rov Wright Mrs. Charles Clark Mrs. Mack Harper MOWEAQUA Mrs. Elsum Hedges, Chairman Mrs. Will Tolson Mrs. John Myers Mrs. B. F. Hudson Mrs. A. D. Kyner Mrs. C. A. Davis Mrs. D. H. Palmer Mrs. Delmar Parks Mrs. Blanche Baker Mrs. Richard Tolson LAKEWOOD Mrs. Fred Brandt, Chairman Mrs. Ivy Hall Mrs. Emma B. Carnes Mrs. Clyde Foor Mrs. Maurice Fluckey Mrs. E. B. Doner Mrs. Bessie Kiefling Miss Nellie Row Mrs. Anna Austin Page Thirty-Eight DRY POINT Mrs. A. Ward Moore, Chairman Mrs. Milton Hunter Mrs. James Mitchell Mrs. II. Funk Mrs. Otto Hall Mrs. John Dowell Mrs. Nellie Myers Mrs. Lillie Wagner Mrs. Mida Harming Mrs. Anna Askins Mrs. Electa Hennike Mrs. Addie Hunter ROSE Mrs. Clarence Tice, Chairman Mrs. C,eo. Augenstein Miss Phoebe RulT Mrs. Theo Roessler Mrs. Cal Foor Mrs. August Chapman Mrs. Frank Stillwell Miss Clara Ruch Mrs. Frank Warner Mrs. Peter Luck Mrs. Mansfield RIDGE Miss Dora Donnel, Chairman Miss Bessie Fritz Miss Ruth Henry Miss Myrtle Cole Mrs. K. T). Rarnett Mrs. Charles Hawk Mrs. Ray Killam Mrs. Pearl Hinterly Mrs. C. S. Mattson Mrs. Claude Small " T rs. Ural Runkle Mrs. Charles Wolf PICKAWAY Miss Laura Syfert, Chairman Mrs. Walter Conley Mrs. Wm. C. Keilman Miss Edna Gordon Mrs. F. A. Atkinson Mrs. H. M. Pogue Mrs I.ogan Pogue Miss Nellie Moore PENN Mrs. Harvey Stewart, Chairman Mrs. John Tones Mrs. Guy Cox Mrs. E. R. Harper Miss Blanche I.indley HOLLAND Mrs. R. P. Dearing, Chairman Atrs. Retha Rullington Mrs. A. R. Riechel Mrs. Cyrus Giles Mrs. Bert Slifer Mrs. Nobel Slifer Mrs. Edw. Beck Mrs. Will Marsh Mrs. L. A. Ball Mrs. R. A. Groves Mrs Charles Hopkins Mrs. Lloyd Musser CLARKSBURG Mrs. John Hickman, Chairman Mrs. J. W. Prosser Mrs. R. R. Smith Mrs. I. A. Hickman Mrs. H. H. Lantz Mrs. .1. K. Hoagland SHELBVVII.I.E 0. W. Walker, Chairman Mrs. Harry E. Cook Mrs. 1!. W. Hudson Mrs A. E. Dduthit Mrs. Cuba Martz Mrs. J. N. Wortman Mrs. Mrs. John D. Miller Mrs. Irv Waggoner Miss Estelle Gregory OKAW Mrs. John Cribbet, Chairman Mrs. Frank Brown Miss Edna Hendricks Mrs. Fred Olmstead Mrs. Minnie Chisnhall Mrs. Lindsey Mrs. Alice Roberts Mrs. Sam Francisco TODDS POINT E. S. Combs, Chairman Mrs. Belle Debruler Mrs Walter Hudson Miss Leta Parr RICH LAND Lizzie Xorris, Chairman Miss Iva Robb Miss Lydia Faster Mrs. Ida Weber Miss Alma Schaffer Mrs. Miss Mabel Combs Mrs. Walter Roney Mrs. Sarah Yantis Mrs. Mrs. Frank Shuck Miss Grace Turner Mrs. Homer Turney Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Elmer Pappert Emory Hobson Mrs. J. H. Arnold Mrs. Herman Appelt Mrs. Orty Webner Mrs. John Elbert PRAIRIE C. Mautz, Chairman Mrs. A. W. Kearney Mrs. S. E. Roley "rs. Frank Falk Mrs. W. F. Rincker Mrs. Wm. Krumreich WINDSOR Mrs. Clint Firebaugh, Chairman Mrs. Grant Olson Mrs. Tom Anderson Mrs. Luther Hennigh Miss Hester Gaddis Miss Edith Rogers BIG SPRING Mrs. John C. Quinn, Chairman Miss Leota Storm Miss Landa McClory Mrs. Fred Anderson Miss Amelia Mettendorf Miss Gertrude McClory Mrs Claude Beck Miss Mary Staab ASH GROVE Miss Edna Storm, Chairman Mrs. Charles Crockett Mrs. Oma Weakley Mrs. Robert Burrell Mrs. Fred Chamberlain Miss Freda Linville Mrs. Mabel Abercrombie Mrs. Cleve Purkiser Miss Emma Bridges Mrs. Joe Curry In the city of Shelbyville the solicitors were, namely: WARD NO. 1 Mrs. Geo. L. Richardson Mrs. William Baum Mrs. R. T. Eddy Mrs. Gertrude Clark Mrs. W. II. WyckotT M rs . Fred Klauser Miss Olive Filer WARD NO. 2 Mrs. E. N. Herron Mrs. Adolph Reiss Mrs. Homer Fleming Mrs. K. A. Hite Mrs. Chas. W. Waggoner Mrs. Ralph B. Lantz Mrs. J. C. Willard Mrs. Gils Klauser Mrs. Harry Gundelfinger WARD NO. 3 Miss Delia Fitzgerald Mrs. K. W. Hamer Miss Katherine Pauschert Mrs. Henry Pauschert Mrs. Cecil DeMonbrun Mrs. Joe White Miss Lois Fisher WARD NO. 4 Mrs. John D. Miller Miss Mary Fox Mrs. Will D. Lumpp Mrs. Walter Klauser Mrs. Emma B. McCormick Mrs. L. II. Runkel Mrs. Edgar Leach Mrs. Chas. R. Mertens Mrs. R. R. Parrish Miss Edna Mae Miller Mrs. H. Russell Brown Mrs. Ed R. Knecht Mrs. Lillie Rile 'V'rs N. H. Robertson Miss Estelle Igo In other school districts of the township the solicitors, all of whom did splendid work, were, namely: Dist. No. 83 Mrs Grant Forsythe. Hist No. 85 Mrs. Bev Hudson, Miss T'isha Vest. Dist. No. 86 Mrs. A. E. Douthit, Mrs. D. E. Elliot. Dist. No. 87 Mrs. Cuba Martz. Dist. No. 89 Mrs. Paris Rrown, Mrs. Ethel Durst. Without the blare of trumpets, the woman's or- ganization went to work early, perfected plans and put them into such splendid execution that the wom- en were an important factor in the success that attended the campaign. The influence of the organ- ization was felt in the remotest corners of the county, where letters and literature were sent in abundance and every assistance desired was given. The wom- Pugc Thirty-\ r inc en's committee was charged with the distribution of all literature in this campaign, and virtually a sub- station of the local post office was established in the home of the county chairman, who with her assist- ants worked indefatigably and with wonderful ef- fectiveness. At one time alone, eleven mail sacks of Victory Loan publicity matter was dispatched to the outlying points of the county. A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING Only at the urgent request of Mrs. Walker, who declares it to have been a potent factor in the suc- cess of the Victory Liberty Loan campaign, is men- tion made here of "A Psalm of Thanksgiving," writ- ten by the chairman of the publicity committee and used extensively not only in Shelby County but by the district, state and national organizations, as well. Mrs. Walker used three editions of the poster, and sent copies of it to state and national headquarters, which upon its receipt asked permission to use it. This was granted. Mrs. Walker states that hun- dreds of these posters, each accompanied by a sub- scription blank, were sent to Shelby County people who were known to have bought no bonds, and that in nearly every instance the application came back with a generous subscription. The "Psalm of Thanksgiving" is reproduced on another page, also at Mrs. Walker's request. In the official report of the Illinois Woman's Lib- erty Loan Committee, favorable mention was made of the splendid work of Mrs. Walker and her organ- ization, of Miss Bertha Reiss, director of the For- eign Language committee, of Miss Lydia Faster of Strasburg, who sold $11,000 worth of bonds among people of a foreign tongue, and of the "Psalm of Thanksgiving," which was mentioned as "a very appealing piece of propaganda." The women of the county worked with such devo- tion that at the end of the campaign $566,440 of the county's quota of $1,066,950, all of which was sub- scribed, was directly attributable to their solicita- tion. One incident illustrative of the sacrifice and ear- nest service of the women, was in the action of two young girls in the northern part of the county, who walked a distance of ten miles in distributing bills, urging people to come to their school house on allotment day and buy bonds. The highest individual bond purchase recorded was by one certain woman, who evaded the treasury department's rule of only $10,000 to a person, and bought four blocks of $10,000 each. Also, the highest individual bond sale recorded in the county was made by a Moweaqua woman, who interviewed a farmer before he got to the bank with the money he had just received in the sale of a farm. and sold him $50,000 worth of bonds. The total sales by the women in the four loans amounted to the magnificent sum of $1,709,740.00. WOMAN'S GLEE CLUB Notable in the Victory Loan campaign, as it had been in other war work drives, was the work of the Woman's Glee Club. It was composed for the most part of working women and girls and a few students, who responded cheerfully to calls from all parts of the county, and sang the spirit of giving into the hearts of the public. Though many of them had to be up and at work or study early in the morning, they faltered not in their whole-hearted service. Three nights in succession they drove a distance of more than thirty miles after supper to sing at public rallies and loan meetings, not reaching their homes until 2 o'clock A. M. Mrs. Walker has the distinction of being one of only seven women chairmen in the entire state of Illinois who "carried on" through the four loans to the finish, and great credit is due her for the fear- lessness, enthusiasm, inspiration and effectiveness of her work and methods. In signal recognition of her splendid service, she .received the following com- munication from Carter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury: "Washington, July 31, 1919. "My Dear Mrs. Walker: "The service given by the women of the United States to the work of the Liberty Loans has consti- tuted one of the great factors in the winning of the war. To this service, made possible by the earnest, continuous and self-sacrificing labor of the local chairmen, the Treasury Department owes inestimable gratitude: and, although no words of mine will ade- quately compensate for tasks so well and unselfishly performed, it is my pleasure and privilege, in behalf of the Department, to offer you appreciation of your service as well as congratulations upon the success of your efforts in the crisis of our national life. "Sincerely yours, "CARTER GLASS." The five hundred women of the organization did their work cheerfully and gladly, and with no desire for credit or honor. It was done as a Thank Offer- ing to the Shelby County boys who went "over there" and by their courage and bravery and self- sacrifice helped to bring the war to a speedy close, thus saving the lives of our children and protecting our homes. They Did Their Most The mettle of American women and the fine spirit of co-operation with which they assumed the burdens of their men are strikingly and concretely illustrated by the activities of a Shelbyville girl, Miss Ethel Headley, of whom brief mention is made that she may be taken as an example of myriads of other women in Shelby County and throughout the nation. During the summer of 1918 Miss Headley, in addition to household duties, mowed 25 acres of hay. When it was properly cured she raked it into windrows and put it in cocks. When it was ready to store, she loaded the entire crop on the wagon, and operated the hayfork which carried it to the mow. Later she helped cut and shock a large field of oats. Furthermore, Miss Headley gave consider- able time to direct war work in various depart- ments of service, and had several thousand dollars of War Savings Stamp sales to her credit. Helped the Canteen The patriotic women of Windsor and Ash Grove drew favorable attention to themselves by their splendid co-operation in the beneficent work of the Canteen, established at Mattoon and conducted there for many months in the interest of the "boys" who passed through that city. Regular donations of articles of food for distribution to the soldiers went forward from the Windsor and Ash Grove women, and their service was deeply appreciated by every person concerned. Page Forty C. E. BOUNCER Chairman United War Work L. F. AKEXHEAD Chairman Y. M. C. A. J. J. WARD Treasurer of Both The Y. M. C. A. Among the first of the many "drives" for the raising of war funds was that of the Y. M. C. A. Initial steps for the first campaign of this depart- ment of the war work were taken Sunday, Nov. 4, 1917, in a conference of Decatur, Moweaqua and Shelbyville men. Judge A. J. Steidley and D. Leslie Davis were temporary chairman and temporary sec- retary, respectively. Permanent organization was effected at a con- ference and banquet on Friday evening, Nov. 9, when 65 representative men of Shelbyville and the county at large participated in the preliminary work and threw themselves definitely into the campaign. Rev. Ira Allen of LaGrange unfolded the purpose of the nation-wide "Y" drive, declaring it to be to give the American soldier boys a chance to be clean and to be happy to do for them in the field what we would like to do for them at home furnish them clean, healthful amusement and recreation. Mr. G. H. Cokendolpher of Mattoon and Mr. R. C. Augus- tine of Decatur also delivered brief addresses. Mr. H. S. Hotton of Chicago, business manager of the campaign in Illinois, gave valuable counsel in the organization work, in which Mr. L. F. Akenhead was elected county chairman and Mr. C. T. DeMon- brun county secretary. It was decided to prosecute the work in Shelby County through community auxiliaries, rather than through township organizations, and in line with this plan the following chairmen were named: E. X. Hcrron, Shelbyville. W. K. Andrews, Moweaqua. Ralph Schwartz, Findlay. Clyde Howe, Cowden. Robert lirownback, Tower Hill. Edwin H. Faster, Strasburg. J. H. Eddy, Lakewood. lohn C. < )uinn, Trowbridge. K. I). Ke'rr, Westervelt. Wm. G. Furr, Rose. Each chairman selected a committee of several members for his community, to cover the immediate and contiguous territory, and the work was carried on by personal solicitation and through public meet- ings, in which "flying squadrons" of speakers who were drafted for the work delivered addresses nightly during the week of the intensive drive Nov. 11-18. The first speaking campaign was on Sunday, Nov. 11, when speakers from the organization spoke from practically every pulpit in Shelby County. During the week churches, school houses and other public buildings were thrown open, and men from the county seat and elsewhere used their best endeavors to inspire the people with the spirit of giving, to the end that the county's quota of $7,500 of the Nation's $35,000,000 be raised. Some men spoke as often as three times in one evening, hurry- ing from one point to another while local chairmen remained behind to reap where the speakers had sown. The Woman's Glee Club of Shelbyville, which did heroic work throughout the war period, threw itself into the "Y" campaign with singular devotion, and sang at many points in the county. The Stras- burg band did good service in helping Chairman Faster put Richland township "over the top," playing nightly during the week at the school houses, and even serving at two different points on some of the evenings. Chairman Akenhead brought the campaign to a successful finish in a big jubilee at the First Meth- odist church in Shelbyville on Monday evening, Nov. 19, when the happy consummation of putting Shelby County "over the top" with an exceess subscription of several thousand dollars was celebrated in a Jubi- lee service. The Shelbyville orchestra, the Big Four Quartet and the Woman's Glee Club furnished inspir- ing music, R. C. Augustine and two or three other business men of Decatur delivered addresses, the au- dience was given another opportunity to contribute to the fund, and everyone was in a happy mood. It was announced by Chairman Akenhead that the county's quota had been oversubscribed, the total donations at that time being $9,700.68. Later sub- scriptions brought the grand total to about $11,000, an oversubscription of about 33J/3 per cent. Notable Page Forty-One excess subscriptions were in Moweaqua, where with a quota of $426, the sum of $2,004 was given, and in Shelby ville, where with a quota of $1,000, a total of $2,223 was subscribed. The tabulated report from the county at large was as follows: Township Quota Subscriber! Ash Grove $ 276 $ 643.00 Dry Point 315 116. 50 Flat Branch 201 372.25 Holland 446 384.50 Lakewood 252 210.00 Moweaqua 426 2,004.00 Okaw and Todd's Point 584 771.00 Penn 126 478.00 Pickaway 184 433.65 Richland 326 404.35 Ridge 259 350.00 Rose 316 227.00 Shelbyville 1,000 2,223.00 Tower Hill 434 588.30 Prairie 496 495.13 D. Leslie Davis PUBLICITY Thos. li. Shoaff Isaac S. Storm Total (as reported) $9,700.68 Just after the campaign closed, Windsor sent in nearly $1,000, and $126 came from St. Mary's church, north of Shelbyville, where a group of Moweaqua men held a meeting on the night of the jubilee meet- ing in Shelbyville, thus bringing the grand total well up toward $11,000. United War Work Campaign Shelby County's greatest beneficent project, from a monetary standpoint, was the raising of more than $40,000 for the United War Work. In the fall of 1918 a movement was started to raise a fund of $112,000,000 as a Second Y. M. C. A. War Fund, and a district of five counties, of which Shelby was one, was assigned $135,000 of this amount. However, before the date of the drive, which was designed to follow the Fourth Liberty Loan, was determined and its machinery perfected, the leaders of the several organizations that were giving support to war work conceived the idea of uniting the funds and going before the people of the country with a request for a huge sum, amounting to $170.500,000, to be distributed among the various or- ganizations, as follows: Young Men's Christian Association $100,000,000 Young Women's Christian Association 15,000,000 National Catholic War Council 30,000,000 Jewish Welfare Board 3,500,000 War Camp Community Service 15,000,000 Salvation Army 3,50-9,000 American Library Association 3,500,000 The plan of amalgamation struck the popular fancy and the Xation set itself to the task of donat- ing nearly two hundred million dollars for beneficent and humanitarian work in and about the moboliza- tion camps in this country and among the soldiers overseas. In fact, just a little later the amount de- sired was increased fifty per cent., and the public cheerfully took on the additional burden. In Shelby County, of which $28,502 originally was asked, and later $42,900, the first steps in organizing for the campaign were taken Tuesday evening, Sept. 17, when the following officers were elected: Chairman C. E. Bolinger. Secretary-treasurer John J. Ward. Chairman Bolinger at once named the following committees: GENERAL D. Leslie Davis Chas. W. Waggoner E. N. Herron V. E. Mullins T. B. Shoaff J. A. lierchtold C. R. Ellison A. B. Storm F. W. Risser I. S. Storm I.. C. Westervelt E. E. Herron N. C. Leathers W. K. Andrews T . A. Werner R. E. Prater T. K. Hoagland A. W. Askins Shortly thereafter the organization was extended by naming an executive committee, representatives of the several organizations benefiting by the cam- paign and the township chairmen, both men and women. These are as follows, namely: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE L. F. Akenhead P. Leslie Davis 1. S. Storm T. B. Shoaff E. N. Herron E. E. Herron C. W. Waggoner V. E. Mullins N. C. Leathers REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED SOCIETIES Y M C. A. L. F. Akenhead. Y. W. C. A. Mrs. C. E. Walker. National Catholic War Council V: E. Mullins. Salvation Army L. C. Westervelt. Jewish Welfare Board E. R. Goldstein. War Camp Community Service and American Library Association C. W. Waggoner. Victory Boys N. II. Robertson. Victory Girls Miss Georgie T. Hopkins. TOWNSHIP CHAIRMEN Oconee J. A. Werner, Mrs. Sallie M. Hill. Herrick Chas. Moon, Mrs. C. W. Kesler. Cold Spring Guy Foster, Mrs. William Morrison. Tower Hill C. R. Ellison, Mrs. E. G. Foster. Rural Edw. C. Eberspacher, Mrs. Edw. Eberspacher. Flat Branch Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kuhle, Mrs. M. A. Dun- can. Moweaqua W. K. Andrews, Miss Ailene Day. Dry Point B. E. Prater, Mrs. Delta Savers. Lakewood Mrs. Fred Brant, Mrs. Edna Bechtel. Rose J. E. Kieffer, Mrs. Clarence Tice. Ridge E. D. Kerr, Miss Rplfa Barrickman. Pickaway Mrs. Wm. Rawlings, Miss Frances Rogers. Penn Claud Baird, Mrs. Floyd Weakly. Holland Frank Larimer, Miss Ada May Robinson. Clarksburg T. E. Gallagher, Mrs. James Wortman. Shelbyville L. F. Akenhead, Mrs. C. E. Walker. Okaw C. E. Coventry, Miss Lizzie Dazey. Todd's Point Mrs. J. R. Snapp. Prairie R. Voris, Miss Effa Beck. Richland F. W. Risser, Mrs. J. E. Weber. Windsor Albert R. Storm, Miss Ida Barber. Sii?el John Berchtold, A. W. Bigler. Big Spring Tohn C. Ouinn, Miss Gertrude McClory. Ash Grove H. C. May, Mrs. H. C. May. The co-chairmen immediately organized their school districts and the campaign machinery was well oiled and working nicely before the date of the great nation-wide drive Nov. 11-18 in which the largest amount of money that any people has ever been asked to raise in the form of a free will offer- ing for any cause in the history of the world, was asked. In preparation for the active campaign and to engender enthusiasm and the spirit of giving, a big mass meeting was held in the county seat on the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 3. The speaker was Dr. W. C. Sinsabaugh, an eloquent Chicago Jew, who caught the attention and interest of his audience at once, when in calling for wholehearted co-operation he said: "Now that we have taken the 'bull' out of Bul- garia and the 'turk' out of Turkey, we must not stop until we have knocked the 'dam' out of Potsdam and 'hell' out of Wilhelm." Dr. Sinsabaugh sounded the keynote for the cam- paign, into which the workers entered with an en- thusiasm and singleness of purpose that amounted almost to an obsession, and which carried Shelby County far beyond its original goal and well on to the attainment of the increased quota. Business and professional men gave days of their time: Chairman Bolinger worked far into each night; the Women's Glee Club rode all over the county and splendidly performed their service of song; men unaccustomed to public speaking but becoming eloquent under the spell of the righteous cause, moved audiences here and there to generous donations; men. women and children gave of their little or much, happy in deny- Pagc Forty-Two ing themselves that the purpose of their sacrifice might be attained. With the original quota all townships except Penn, Flat Branch, Pickaway, Todd's Point, Cold Spring and Herrick were "over the top," though with the increased quota only Shelbyville, Rural, Rose, Richland and Sigel were able to reach that plane. These ranged from an oversubscription of $5.00 in Richland to $4.196.33 in Shelbyville. Local officials of the campaign were advised after the drive that the head office of the United War Work Campaign in Illinois would not take the in- creased quota into account, but make its report on the basis of the original quota alone. On this basis Shelby County's report was as follows: Township Quota Oconee $ 1 ,262 Herrick 593 Cold Spring 640 Tower Hill ,115 Rural ,314 Flat Branch 347 Moweaqua ,543 Dry Point 692 Lakewood 605 Rose 074 Ridge 533 Pickaway 253 Penn 138 Holland and Clarksburg 871 Shelbyville 006 Okaw ,290 Todd's Point 839 Prairie 632 Richland 711 Windsor ,307 Sigel 620 Big Spring 741 Ash Grove 1,476 Totals $28,502 Amt. Raised $ 1,351.20 285.25 592.25 1,651.45 2,063.89 1,132.00 2,314.00 823.70 658.95 1,790.52 2,009.88 900.20 587.02 1.142.77 10,205.33 1,562.02 615.95 2,252.88 2,573.00 1,960.00 976.18 804.50 1,503.20 $39,756.14 Considering the fact that of the final quota of something like $255,750,000 in the country at large, only about $202.000,000 was subscribed, Shelby County's achievement in raising all but a trifle more than $3,000 of her increased quota, $42,900, is a notable record and one for which the leaders re- sponsible for the splendid success were compli- mented by the high officials. Coming immediately on the heels. of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign in which Shelby County was asked to and did loan the government more than a million and a quarter of dollars, the free gift of nearly $40,000 for the allied causes was no small thing to accomplish; but with a consciousness of the great need and the just- ness of the cause the men who took the matter thor- oughly upon their hearts gloriously succeeded. C. E. Bolinger, reluctantly acceding to the de- mands of those who believed they saw in him ele- ments of leadership that were required to put the big job over, accepted the chairmanship and threw him- self, body and soul, into the work. From that time until the drive ended he was busy day and night, giv- ing himself to the campaign with a singleness of purpose that augured ill for his private interests but well for the United War Work cause. His right hand man was the secretary-treasurer, John J. Ward, whose experience in the former Y. M. C. A. drive and systematic handling of the details of the work were valuable assets. Both men worked heroically, and were given valiant assistance by scores of men and women in Shelbyville and through- out the county, to the end that Shelby went far beyond her minimum quota and sustained splendidly her reputation for generous giving. Lutheran Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare Patriotically loyal and instant in their response to calls for aid, the Lutherans of Shelby County did a tine piece of work in putting the county "over the top" in the week's intensive campaign, Feb. 18-26, 1918, to raise their quota of the $750,000 asked for one year war-time spiritual service to soldiers and sailors. The people of this religious denomination rallied magnificently to the call. In Shelbyville the quota was $250, and the cam- paign was managed by the Rev. J. K. Kiefifer, pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church, who ap- pointed the following assistants: W. F. Aichele 1. C. Wendling Take Augenstein Mrs. Adolph Reiss Mrs. Birney S. Kite Miss Lillie Stegmayer (^us Mochel Lewis Biehler lohn Ruff Miss Catherine Pauschert Miss Clara Waggoner Miss Ruby Roessler With a quota of $250, the church raised $405, while the Nation's call for $750,000 was increased by subscriptions totaling more than a million dollars. While the appeal primarily was for aid for Lutheran soldiers and sailors, the ministry made possible by the generous donations of the people was extended to service men of other denominations, as well. Five Grandsons in the War George W. Wade of Shelbyville. a veteran of the Civil War and a patriot still, derived great satis- faction from the fact that the patriotic loyalty which prompted his bearing of arms in the 60's was in- stilled so deeply into his posterity that no less than five of his grandsons served Uncle Sam in the mili- tary department throughout the World War. Three of these, Frank Wade, Elmer Flowers and Delbert Flowers, went from Shelby County, while the other two, Walter Smith and Oscar Smith of Burbank, S. D., were members of a company of engineers of the Seventh South Dakota regiment. Elmer Flowers is credited with being the first Shelby County man to reach France after war was declared. He enlisted April 3, 1917, anticipating the President's declaration of war by several days, and accompanied General Pershing to France when he was sent there at the head of the American Expeditionary Force. Made Himself "Fit" Charles S. Engel of Stewardson displayed true patriotism and proved himself really eager to get into the fray with the enemy, when after having been rejected after being sent to Camp Dix, because of physical disability, submitted himself to treatment that remedied the defect and then wrote the Local Board as follows: "I consider myself now fit for service, and am ready for a call for examination." Engel got the examination, and when a selected man asked for deferred induction, was given his chance by being substituted and given immediate induction. This spirit also pervaded other men. particularly in the summer and fall of 1918. and there always was a waiting list with the Local Board, of men who de- sired preference in call to service. /'age Forty-! hrce ave a loa( a week, help win the war Counties Auxiliary Committee, State Council of Defense The parent committee, out of which grew the County Neighborhood Committees through which it was intended to co-ordinate the war work of the county, and the County Executive Committee of the State Council of Defense, was the Counties Auxiliary Committee, appointed late in 1917 and composed of the following named persons: John C. Quinn, chairman, Trowbridge. Ralph E. Voris, Stewardson. Ralph W. Snyder, Moweaqua. Thos. B. Shoaff, Shelbyville. Miss Georgie T. Hopkins, Shelbyville. This committee, appointed by the Counties Aux- iliary of the State Council of Defense, was directed to take the initiative in the formation of the County Executive Committee, which at that time was com- posed of the following persons: John C. Quinn, chairman County Auxiliary Committee. Miss Georgie T. Hopkins, chairman Woman's Organization. Walter J. James, Industrial Labor Representative. Geo. B. Herrick, chairman Liberty Loan Committee. Jacob A. Lovins, chairman Food Production Committee. Dr. C. Henri Bogart, chairman Federal Fuel Administra- tion Committee. Dr. J. C. Westervelt, chairman War Savings Committee. This committee entered actively upon its work, and effectively discharged the duties placed upon it. Neighborhood Committees of State Council of Defense Organization of the Shelby County Neighborhood Committees of the State Council of Defense was per- fected in a meeting held in the circuit court room at the court house in Shelbyville on Wednesday, March 6, 1918, when as a feature of the meeting which called more than 120 representative men from all parts of the county together to lend further aid to war work, Ex-Governor Richard Yates of Springfield delivered a patriotic address. At the assembling of the meeting at 1 o'clock. Temporary Chairman Geo. B. Rhoads introduced Mrs. Josephine Clement, organizer for the State Council of Defense, who clearly and succinctly stated the purpose of the Neighborhood Committees, de- claring it to be for the purpose of diffusing patriot- ism, combatting disloyalty and aiding the govern- ment in any project that it desires carried to the people. With the approval of the members of the local units, Hon. John W. Yantis and Chas. E. Keller, both of Shelbyville, were made permanent chairman and secretary, respectively, of the Neighborhood Committees. Mr. Yates was then introduced and delivered his address. Following discussion of plans and purposes and arranging for community meetings in various parts of the county, the body named the following execu- tive committee: John W. Yantis, chairman, Shelbyville. Chas. E. Keller, secretary, Shelbyville. S. S. Clapper, Moweaqua. Louis Kuhle, Flat Branch. George Galster, Rural. Charles Ash, Tower Hill. Charles F. Hunter, Cold Spring. J. A. Werner, Oconee. G. S. Bolt, Herrick. Homer Hunter, Pickaway. Ira Baird, Jr., Penn. E. D. Barnett, Ridge. J. E. Kieffer, Rose. J. H. Eddy, Lakewood. John W. Conrad, Dry Point. O. E. Stumpf, Okaw. Edward Jones, Todd's Point. Leo F. Akenhead, Shelbyville. J. K. Hoagland, Clarksburg. J. E. Gallagher, Holland. B. F. Moberley, Windsor. Dexter Mahoney, Windsor. Henry Faster, Jr., Richland. Ralph Voris, Prairie. Warren Purktser, Ash Grove. John C. Quinn, Big Spring. John Berchtold, Sigel. CENTERS COMMITTEES The Centers Committees, named to represent the various communities of the county, were named as follows: MOWEAQUA, MOWEAQUA TOWNSHIP S. S. Clapper, Chairman Gid Housh Harry Day M. K. Andrews Ralph Snyder Ralph Ayars FLAT BRANCH TOWNSHIP Aubrey Duncan Louis Kuhle, Chairman DOLLVILLE, RURAL TOWNSHIP George Galster, Chairman Trios. C. Cartmell W. E. Killam TOWER HILL, WEST HALF OF ROSE, TOWER HILL TOWNSHIP Charles Ash, Chairman H. H. Runkel John W. Rhodes COLD SPRING, SCHOOL HOUSE Chas. F. Hunter, Chairman William Morrison Abe Smith James Johnston Page Forty-Four Miss MARY Fox Miss GEORGIE T. HOPKINS Miss CLARE B. SHOAFF MRS. AKTHA KELLY HERRICK, HERRICK TOWXSHIP G. S. Bolt, Chairman M. L. Turner William Waters C. W. Kesler Roscoe T. Clark Robert Woolarcl OCOXEE, OCOXEE TOWXSHIP J. A. Werner, Chairman II. I r . Grote Ben P. Allen Austin Ilemlricks I. W. Patterson YAXTISVILLE, PICKAWAY TOWXSHIP Homer Hunter, Chairman Edward Cole Harry Rawlings Levi Corley TOWX HALL, PEXX TOWXSHIP Claud Baird, Chairman John E. Carman Mr. Senna H. S. Thompson Harley G. Stewart WESTERVELT, RIDGE TOWXSHIP E. D. Barnett, Chairman II. Christman, Jr. E. D. Kerr Rrvant Corley J. C. Calvert SAXDY HILL SCHOOL, ROSE TOWXSHIP T. E. Kieffer, Chairman Theo. Roessler Frank Stillwell Frank Warner Jos. L. White LAKEWOOD, LAKEWOOD TOWXSHIP J. H. Eddy, Chairman C. A. Askins Joseph Lucas Sandy Price Henry C. Austin Caleb Bowman COWDEX, DRY POIXT TOWXSHIP John W. Conrad, Chairman O. A. Jewett A. Ward Moore S. S. Scovill TODD'S POIXT, TODD'S POIXT TOWXSHIP Edward Jones, Chairman Harry Surman Thomas Enoch Harry Foster FIXDLAY, OKAW AXD TODD'S POIXT TOWXSHIPS O. E. Stumpf, Chairman C. E. Coventry C. E. Pogue R. D. Miner Thomas Xewby Fred Olmstead CLARKSBURG, HOLLAXD TOWXSHIP James Wortman J. W. Prosser L. Spannagel I. K. Hoagland, Chairman W. R. Shuff MODE, HOLLAXD TOWXSHIP I. E. Gallagher, Chairman Flovd F. Yakey W. B. Lantz ". O. Clausen Leonard Moomaw WIXDSOR, WIXDSOR TOWXSIIIP George Garvin, Chairman Joseph McLain E. G. Munsell C H. Sexson W. H. Gaddis QUIGLEY, WIXDSOR TOWXSHIP Dexter Mahoney, Chairman T. Will Ilerron Ransom Robison Chas. L. Reynolds STRASBURG, RICHLAXD AND PRAIRIE TOWXSHIPS Henry Faster, Jr., Chairman T. A. Garner Martin Kull Abe Young C. F. Rincker STEWARDSOX, PRAIRIE TOWXSHIP Ralph Voris, Chairman D. M. Duddlesten William Frede Harry York William Bailey Albert Meitzner SEXSOX, ASH GROVE TOWXSHIP Sylvester Clawson, Chairman Warren Purkiser Eli Storm R. O. Watson John McAlister TROWBRIDGE, BIG SPRIXG TOWXSHIP John C. Quinn, Chairman Joseph Schinzler Marion Ouicksall SIGEL, SIGEL TOWXSHIP lohn Berchtold, Chairman Frank E. McCormick Ben H. Kunkler Philip Hanfland William Paxton SHELBYVILLE Leo F. Akenhead, Chairman Isaac S. Storm A. L. Yantis H. D. Sparks S. B. Jackson lohn J. Ward L. C. Westervelt E. E. Herron The Neighborhood Committees organization was active throughout the war, performing splendidly the task for which it was created. Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense So to co-ordinate the activities and the resources of the organized and unorganized women of the country that their power might be immediately util- ized in time of need, and to supply a new and direct channel of communication and co-operation between women of governmental departments, was the pur- pose of the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, a unit of which was established in Shelby County with the appointment of Miss Georgie T. Hopkins as chairman. The organization was completed by the appoint- ment of the following: Vice Chairman Mrs. S. S. Crook. Secretary- Mrs. W. C. Kelley. Treasurer Miss Mary Fox. Page Forty-Fk-e The departments of the Woman's Committee in- . eluded the following, some of which, however, were not adaptable to local conditions, hence were not .actively developed: Registration for Service. Food Production. Food Conservation. Women in Industry. Child Welfare. Maintaining Existing Social Service Agencies. Safeguarding Moral and Spiritual Forces. Educational Propaganda. Liberty Loans. Red Cross and Allied Relief. Those familiar with the splendidly comprehensive work of the women in Shelby County during the .course of the war will readily recognize the avenues through which they worked. Miss Hopkins' able assistants, named by her as chairmen of the various departments, were: Finance Miss Mary Fox. Hospital Supply, Red Cross Mrs. Mollie Isen- berg. Home Charities Mrs. Agnes Hamlin Mertens. Registration Miss Clare Shoaff. Social Hygiene Mrs. F. P. Auld. Women in Industry Mrs. Irvin Waggoner. Publicity Miss Edna Conn. Co-Ordination Mrs. J. D. Miller. Allied Relief Mrs. Rella W. Hoover. Child Welfare Mrs. S. S. Crook. Food Production Mrs. F. C. Bolinger. Food Conservation Mrs. F. O. Bisdee. The State Council of Defense did a magnificent piece of work all over the state, but its activities largely had to do with questions concerning military matters, finance, crops, labor, business, etc., while the Woman's Committee had to do more with the women and children and with the practical details of the home. It dealt mainly with human beings. CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENT One avenue through which the work of this com- mittee was done was the Child Welfare Department. Under the general direction of Mrs. S. S. Crook, many children in Shelbyville and throughout the county were weighed and measured, the work being done at different times over a long period. With the weighing and measuring, the parents were given in- struction as to the proper care of the children, that the child life of the county might be conserved in harmony with the state- and nation-wide plan. A great deal of literature was distributed, and even the school boys became intensely interested in the sub- ject. Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, State Chairman, told of one lad who wrote a composition in which he said: "Xow that we are at war, it is everybody's business to have a baby and to save it!" Out of this work developed the school nurse who was and still is employed to look after the physical welfare of the school children in Shelbyville. ALLIED RELIEF Early in the war activities the Allied Relief Work was undertaken in Shelby County under the direc- tion of the Woman's Committee, C. X. D., with Mrs. Rella W. Hoover as County Chairman. The making and shipping of clothing to Belgian refugees was undertaken, the work being done prin- cipally from three centers Shelbyville, Findlay and Clarksburg. Mrs. Arthur Birkett of Findlay and the Misses Mel Compton and Verna Ragan of Clarks- burg co-operated splendidly with Mrs. Hoover and the women of Shelbyville, and many hundreds of aprons, dresses and boys' waists were shipped to destitute Belgian children. The campaign for the adoption of Fatherless Children of France, directed by Mrs. Hoover, also was waged very successfully. The "adoption" con- sisted in furnishing sustenance for such children at the cost of $36.50 each per annum, this amount added to the French government allowance being sufficient to maintain the child and make it possible for it to remain with and under the care of the widowed mother. The following individuals and organiza- tions thus adopted French children: Mrs. H. M. Scarborough. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Walker. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Dove. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Dove. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Yost. Christian Science Society. Geo. B. Roberts. Noble C. Leathers. Miss Bessie Wilson. Anna A. Dole, Findlay. Unitarian Sunday School and Alliance. St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School. First Presbyterian Sunday School. Mizpah Class, First Methodist Sunday School. Frances E. Willard Class, First Methodist Sun- day School. Clarksburg Branch, American Red Cross. Miss Lizzie Dazey, Findlay. J. E. Dazey, Findlay. E. M. Vennum, Findlay. Mrs. M. Maurer, Dollville Red Cross. First Methodist Sunday School, Shelbyville. Benjamin Kerr, Jr. King Lantz. Robert Richardson. Miss Ida Diddea. William Middlesworth, Jr. Dr. J. C. Westervelt. Sam L. Tilley, county treasurer. Vine Street School. Main Street School (two children adopted). Church of the Immaculate Conception. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Dearing. Mrs. Geo. D. Chaffee. Baptist Sunday School, Moweaqua. In addition to the adoption of these children and the making of the garments already mentioned, a special drive was conducted on Dec. 7, 1918, Mrs. Birkett and the Misses Compton and Ragan taking charge in their respective towns. A total of $767.92 was raised $586.42 in Shelbyville, $109.50 in Findlay and $72.00 in Clarksburg. Shelby County thus assisted materially in swell- ing the totals of the State, which_ raised $788,130.68 for relief and sent to Europe 705,140 hospital sup- plies, 182,035 garments, 27,188 kits, and adopted 8.844 fatherless children. FOOD PRODUCTION Under the department of Food Production, of which Mrs. F. C. Bolinger was the county chairman, many hundreds of "war gardens" were established. The need for increased production of vegetables, as well as of grains and other food products, was sys- tematically and convincingly laid upon the minds and hearts of the people, and there was a magnificent response in Shelby as well as in other sections of the country. Plots of ground that hitherto had been but waste tracts, were tilled, and while the increased Page Forty-Six production was the material and obvious result, there was a very real benefit also in the lessons of industry and the physical effect on the workers. FOOD CONSERVATION Another important work accomplished under the general direction of this committee was that of food conservation, of which department Mrs. F. O. Bisdee was the head. Notable among the activities of this department was the Food Show conducted at the Sparks Gymnasium in the county seat, extended mention of which is made elsewhere in this history, the effects of which were far-reaching and still are in evidence in practical economies in many homes in the county. The conservation doctrine also was taught and its lessons clinched through the Hoover Food Card pledges that were signed by thousands, who were thus definitely committed to retrenchment in the use of food and foodstuffs. THE REGISTRATION OF WOMEN Early in 1917 the United States government re- quired of all Shelby County men of a certain age that they register for public service. Again, the question of food conservation coming up the men and women, regardless of age, were asked to con- serve the food supply to the best of their ability. The next request, in the week of Xov. 5, 1917, was for the women of the county to register. When the country called for a great supply of men and they left for training camp and trenches, it meant for every man taken for war service a woman had to be found to take up the work he laid down when he went to fight for his country, or that of an- other man transferred from his accustomed occupa- tion to fill the vacant place. Therefore the registra- tion of Shelby County's women was directed, and it was pointed out that while by registering the women did not obligate themselves to go wherever ordered, the registration was necessary in order that it might be known how many women could be depended upon to perform certain work from time to time. Chairman Hopkins and her co-workers organized thoroughly for the registration, and the following chairmen were appointed throughout the county and thoroughly instructed in their duties, which were by no means a sinecure: Mrs. Ella Price, Oconee. Mrs. C. W. Kessler, Herrick. Mrs. Harvey H. Runkel, Tower Hill. Mrs. Ralph Ayars, Moweaqua. Mrs. O. A. Jewett, Dry Point. Mrs. Joe White, Rose. Mrs. Be Bess Meyers, Ridge. Mrs. J. K. Hoagland, Holland. Mrs. Homer Ilott, Okaw. Mrs. William Denn, Prairie. Mrs. H. C. Clausen, Fancher. Miss Mae Gleason, Richland. Mrs. Hugh S. Lilly, Windsor. Mrs. Eva Storm, Strasburg. Mrs. John A. Berchtold, Sigel. Miss Gertrude McClory, Big Spring. Mrs. H. C. May, Ash Grove. Women of other townships where there were no towns and therefore no chairmen were named, reg- istered where it was most convenient for them. The registration primarily was for women who could afford to give their services to the causes; but it also was for women who required their expenses, and also for the woman who must be paid for her time and labor. The response far exceeded the expectation of those in charge of the work. The many registrars who volunteered for this serevice were swamped, but bravely stuck to the work day after day until the registration period ended and it was found that 2,595 women of the county had "enlisted" for service of whatever sort was required of them. Miss Mamie Laue, Shumway, a college student in Shelbyville, was the first woman to register in the county seat. Those who registered as housekeepers far exceeded those who registered under any other one classification. However, most of these also sig- nified their willingness to do other things besides housework, to help win the war. Poultry raisers, gardeners, stenographers were among those who of- fered their services to the government, and the list also contained names of those who signed up as motor car drivers. In many instances the registra- tions were pathetic, in that women who were bur- dened with heavy tasks in the rearing of children and the keeping of the home, offered some service to their country. The registration books were reopened April 20, 1918, when a great number of additional women of- fered their services in war work of various kinds. VOLUNTEER CLERICAL WORK Another activity under the Woman's Committee, C. N. D., was the volunteer clerical work done by the women registrants in connection with the admin- istration of the Local Exemption Board. From time to time women who had registered for clerical serv- ice were called on to assist the local board in filling out records of the selective service men, and in the aggregate gave many days' time to this work. Shelby County women have the grateful con- sciousness of having been aligned with an organ- ization that was 100 per cent, effective, as the Wom- an's Committee of the Council of National Defense, of which Dr. Anna Howard Shaw was National Presi- dent and Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, Illinois State Presi- dent, is conceded to have been the most complete organization of women ever existent in state or na- tion, accomplishing more and better things in line with its purpose than any other body. Furthermore, the Illinois organization, which was perfected first, was recognized as the most complete and was taken as the pattern for those of other states. TOOK SPECIAL TRAINING COURSE In July and August. 1918, Miss Hopkins, chairman of the Woman's Committee, C. N. D., took a six- weeks' course of training in the School for National Service, at Chautauqua, N. Y., where she and others were trained, under strict military discipline, for duties that come through war and other national dis- asters. When the course was half completed, Miss Hopkins was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and placed on the staff as registrar. Perhaps her best work was done as a speaker in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross campaigns, in which she served efficiently and at many points. Youngest Red Cross Member The distinction of being the youngest Red Cross member in Shelby County during the war, lay with little Miss Joy Carnes, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Carnes of Shelbyville. Born late Satur- day night, Oct. 19, 1918, she was enrolled early Mon- day morning as a member of the Shelby County Chapter, American Red Cross, while little more than thirty hours old. Thus the Carnes home was kept "100 pet. R. C." Page Forty-Seren Shelby County War Executive Committee One of the active, effective bodies that constituted the civilian wartime machinery of Shelby County was the War Executive Committee, composed of heads of and receiving reports from all war and relief organizations of the county. The War Executive Committee was formed at a meeting held at the court house in Shelbyville on Saturday, May 4, 1918. Mr. J. W. Yantis and Miss Georgie T. Hopkins were made temporary chairman and secretary, respectively, and permanent organiza- tion was effected by the election of the following: Chairman J. W. Yantis. Secretary John J. Ward. Publicity Chairman Dr. G. Henri Bogart. Chairman Finance Committee Dr. J. H. Eddy. Chairman Tuberculosis War Problem Dr. H. E. Monroe. At this time it was officially decided that the chairman and secretary should constitute the nucleus for the Finance Committee, and that the organiza- tion might always be fully effective, the chairman was directed to make a new appointment to succeed any member of the committee who at any time be- came inactive, by failing to attend to the duties of his position. When the War Executive Committee attained its completeness, it was constituted as follows: J. W. Yantis, Chairman County Executive Committee and County Chairman State Council of Defense. John J. Ward, Secretary County Executive Committee. J. C. Westervelt, Chapter Chairman American Red Cross and County Chairman War Savings Stamps. John C. Quinn, County Chairman Auxiliary Committee. Dr. J. H. Eddy, County Chairman Finance Committee. E. G. Munsell, County Chairman Liberty Loan Committee. Dr. G. Henri Bogart, County Fuel Administrator and Chair- man Publicity Committee. Jacob A. Lovins, County Chairman Food, Fuel and Con- servation Committee. A. L. Yantis, County Chairman Legal Advisory Board, Soldiers and Families. C. R. Ellison, State Mine Inspector. Miss Georgie T. Hopkins, Chairman Woman's County Or- ganization. Rev. X. H. Robertson, County Director U. S. Boys Work- ing Reserve. Dr. H. E. Monroe, County Chairman Tuberculosis War Problem. W. H. Chew, Chairman County Exemption Board. T. B. Shoaff, County Chairman Naval Labor Enrollment. Mrs. Maude Walker, County Chairman Woman's War Sav- ings Committee. D. Leslie Davis, County Chairman Four-Minute Men. Mrs. M. Isenberg, County Chairman Hospital Supply Com- mittee. Chas. E. Keller, County Secretary State Council of Defense. Mrs. W. C. Kelley, County Secretary Woman's County Organization. V. G. Ward, County Chairman Speakers and Public Meet- ings. E. M. Ragan, County Chairman Farm Labor Enrollment. The first and third Saturdays of each month were designated as meeting dates, and on these days the members of the War Executive Committee assem- bled to hear reports and transact such business as was necessary. One important matter proposed was the institution of a War Chest, and Messrs. J. C. Westervelt, John C. Quinn, Jacob Lovins, William H. Chew, A. L. Yantis and H. E. Monroe were ap- pointed as additional members of the Finance Com- mittee for the purpose of reporting on the feasibility of the War Chest plan. At a subsequent meeting they presented an adverse report, and the project was not approved nor put into execution. At the request of the Finance Committee, A. L. Yantis laid before the county board of supervisors a plea for an appropriation of money with which to meet the legitimate expenses of the various war work departments, and he reported to the War Executive Committee that the board had appropriated the sum of $1,000 for the use of the committee for the pur- pose stated. One of the interesting reports at the June 15 meeting was that of Dr. J. C. Westervelt, who stated that up to that time the sales of War Savings Stamps in Shelby County amounted to more than $130,000, with a special drive for increased sales arranged for June 28. Miss Georgie Hopkins reported at that time that the women who had registered were now available for work in any department to which they might be assigned, and were at the disposal of the different committees. T. B. Shoaff, chairman of the Naval Enrollment Committee, reported that between 55 and 60 men had responded from this county and were then at work in the shipbuilding department. The final meeting of the War Executive Commit- tee was held Aug. 17, 1918. During its activity it gave careful and very effective attention to many de- tails of the war work in the county, that had a de- cided effect on the general war work of the county. Armenian-Syrian Relief Consistent with its well-established reputation for turning a willing ear to the cry of the distressed, Shelby County gave with comparative generosity to the relief of the starving, shelterless, suffering peo- ples of Armenia and Syria, when the call came to them in February, 1919. The organization for the drive consisted of the following: County Chairman Rev. M. G. Coleman. Vice Chairman Rev. J. E. Kieffer. Secretary Rev. J. A. Tracy. Chairman Speakers' Committee Rev. N. H. Robertson. Publicity Chairman Rev. J. M. Heslin. Treasurer W. F. Aichele. The slogan of the drive was "It takes but $7.50 to save a life," and Shelby County was asked to raise $7,500 of the total amount required to secure the relief necessary. Apportionment was made on the basis of the United War Work F'und, and the amount asked was but one-sixth of the other fund. A mass meeting in Shelbyville was addressed by Professor Albert T. Olmstead of Chicago, and other mass meetings were held throughout the county, with local speakers carrying the message of the suffering people overseas to the people. For various apparently insurmountable reasons, the county's quota was unobtainable, the total re- ceipts being only $1.909.10. Page Forty-Eight War Savings Committee The National War Savings Committee was or- ganized as a war expedient. Its purpose was two- fold to instil in the American people the habit of thrift, not alone for the duration of the war, but per- manently, and to procure funds to aid in the suc- cessful prosecution of the war. Martin A. Ryerson of Chicago was appointed chairman of the Illinois State War Savings Com- mittee, and Dr. J. C. Westervelt of Shelbyville was appointed chairman for Shelby County, with au- thority to organize the district and appoint aids. Townships and school districts were organized, Chairman Westervelt making the following appoint- ments of township chairmen: A. C. Werner, Oconee. J. D. Rurris, Herrick. C. F. Hunter, Cold Spring. C. A. Lowery, Tower Hill. Edw. C. Eberspacher, Rural. Wm. McGinley, Flat Branch. S. S. Clapper, Moweaqua. A. W. Moore, Dry Point. J. II. Eddy, Lakewood. W. G. Furr, Rose. E. D. Kerr, Ridge. Levi Corley, Pickaway. DeForest Baird, Penn. J. K. Hoagland, Holland. J. C. Westervelt and W. H. Brown, Shelbyville. O. E. Stumpf, Okaw. Ralph Schwartz, Todd's Point. A. C. Mautz, Prairie. Henry Faster, Jr., Richland. E. G. Munsell, Windsor. Ben H. Kunkler, Sigel. John C. Quinn, Big Spring. Sylvester Clawson, Ash Grove. These men were well chosen, and the sales of Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps went for- ward satisfactorily. Even the children caught the spirit early, and played no inconsiderable part in swelling the totals. Wanoma Phelps, the little daughter of Leverett Phelps, a clerk in the Shelby- ville post office, was the first purchaser of a Thrift Stamp through that office. The sales campaign gathered such momentum that during the interim between June 1, 1917, and Jan. 1, 1919, more than $500,000 was secured through the War Savings Com- mittees of the county, while the sales since that time have been considerable. In addition, the sales of the 1918 series of Thrift and War Savings Stamps through the post offices of the county, as reported by the accounting postmaster, Frank Stone of Shelby- ville, amounted to $430,000, and those of the 1919 series to $28,298.66 on Oct. 14. Sales through the banks of the county and other agencies, reports of which are not available, greatly increase the total of returns from these sources. Dr. Westervelt served as county chairman of this organization for nearly two years, resigning the position in the spring of 1919. The appointment then went to D. Leslie Davis, but upon his declination William Harris, superintendent of the Shelbyville public schools, was induced to take the county chair- manship and still is serving in that capacity. County Food Administration In the year 1917 the United States Food Adminis- tration was organized with precise thoroughness. Herbert Hoover, who had done such splendid relief work in Belgium, was United States Food Adminis- trator, and Harry A. Wheeler was appointed Food Administrator for the State of Illinois. Dr. J. C. Westervelt served as F"ood Administra- tor for Shelby County, and organized the district, appointing a representative in each township of the county. These appointees, who did fine service until the close of this particular work, were: Tacob Gaskill, Oconee. "I. R. Holt, Herrick. C. F. Hunter, Cold Spring. C. A. Lowery, Tower Hill. Edw. C. Eberspacher, Rural. Wm. McGinley, Flat Branch. S. S. Clapper, Moweaqua. B. A. Prater, Dry Point. J. II. Eddy, Lakewood. Wm. G. Furr, Rose. Bryant Corley, Ridge. J. E. Dazey, Pickaway, Penn, Okaw and Todd's Point. J James X. Wortman, Holland. C. Westervelt; W. H. Brown, assistant, Shelbyville. A. C. Mautz, Prairie. Edwin H. Faster, Richland. E. G. Munsell, Windsor. Ben H. Kunkler, Sigel. John C. Quinn, Big Spring. F. E. Storm, Ash Grove. A record was made at once of every food dis- penser, each and every dealer was advised of the food laws and regulations, and the restrictions on staples, particularly on flour and sugar, were strictly enforced. Considering the fact that theretofore their tastes, appetites and inclinations had been denied only by the limitations of the wherewithal with which to pur- chase, the cheerfulness with which the people of the county, in common with the whole country, adjusted themselves to the new order of things, was little short of marvelous. The restrictions, required by the crying needs of the peoples across the sea, soon sat easily upon the patriotic men and women; though Page Forty-Nine for the sake of truth it must be admitted that most of them would like to have stricken the word "sub- stitute" from their vocabulary. "Famines" in sugar and flour were of frequent occurrence, though with the greatly decreased use of these staples the demand was greatly less. Dealers were sorely pressed at times to obtain a sufficiency of substitutes, and their mathematical skill was brought into play to apportion their sales equitably under the rules and sell any wheat flour at all. Some dealers in flour disposed of their stocks to bakers, and suspended trade in that commodity until the close of the restricted period. Here and there appeared a "hoarder," but his dis- covery was inevitable and patriotic neighbors made it so uncomfortable for him that a second or con- tinued offense was unlikely. Notwithstanding the cheerfulness of their sacri- fice, announcement by Food Administrator Wes- tervelt on Thursday, Nov. 14, 1918, that no more substitutes need be used for wheat flour, brought delight to the housewives, and immediately it was white bread for all except those who through ex- tended use had acquired a liking for the corn bread and other substitutes that for months had been a part of the daily diet. Dr. Westervelt served as County Food Admin- istrator from October, 1917, to January 1, 1919. On the latter date the organization was discontinued. While the war was a frightful thing, it taught many an American that less expensive tastes are as well as the old extravagances. Practical Food Demonstration Shelby County people who had been told that to save an ounce of this or that a day will accomplish such and such in a year, but without getting the practical application, were given a demonstration on Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9, 1918, that failed not of its purpose to teach by example as well as by precept the importance of food conservation. The demonstration was in the form of a Food Show, given in the Sparks gymnasium under the direction of the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense, which was accorded the fullest co-operation of the Food Administration, the Free Public Library, the schools, the press and the food dealers. The huge gym was profusely decorated with banners, bunting, flags and food posters, and everywhere, though in orderly array, were displays of various foods and food products, arranged at- tractively and uniquely with a view to giving the beholder a graphic object lesson as to what and how the people could save, in order to patriotically sup- port the government in its fight for democracy. The exhibits were placed under six general classi- fications, namely: Proteins, Sugars, Starches, Fats, Fruits and Vegetables, and the Library section. Each division was complete in itself, with exhibits ar- ranged in a striking manner. One or two examples will suffice to illustrate the methods used to carry the desired message of economy and saving to the beholder: In the Protein division a small slice of ham, one ounce in weight, was laid beside three large hams, with a poster stating that if each person in Shelbyville would save an ounce of meat a day, it would save the larger quantity 36 pounds in the same length of time. A slice of bread placed beside the picture of a battleship illustrated the fact that the saving of a slice of bread a day by the people of the country would build a battleship. In the Library section there was a generous dis- play of posters of striking design, some of them the work of pupils of the local schools; a plasticine ex- hibit of various foods, showing their relative value in eggs, meats, fruits, vegetables, sugars, bread, etc.; a number of books and leaflets on gardening, and a miniature truck patch, the work of E. M. Harwood, illustrating what might be accomplished by intensive gardening. A spectacular feature of the display, carrying with it a peculiar appeal to Shelby County people whose boys were at Camp Taylor or had passed through that cantonment, was the children's section, designed to show "How Children Can Help." Camp Taylor, with the Shelby County soldiers therein, was repro- duced as the central figure of the design to illustrate the poster declaration that the saving of one pound of wheat, two ounces of fat, seven ounces of sugar and seven ounces of meat for one day by Shelby county people, would keep the Shelby County boys at the cantonment in sugar and fats for eleven months, and in meat and flour for eight months. Entertainment features included singing by the Woman's Chorus at each session, demonstrations by the Boy Scouts, Children's Folk Dances, and each afternoon Miss Katheryn Patterson, instructor in Domestic Science at the Shelbyville high school, gave a cooking demonstration. At noon hour a "war" luncheon was served by the Surgical Dressing Class of the Red Cross, and was generously patron- ized. In the evening a clever little playlet, embody- ing the "Blue Bird" idea and worked out by Miss Okla Sturgis, was given by a group of children. The Food Show, carefully planned and conducted, and with premiums for superior products the ingre- dients of which conformed to war-time restrictions, unquestionably did much toward instilling the spirit of saving into the minds of the people, and had a very material bearing on the unanimity with which Shelby County people conformed to the govern- ment's food regulations. He Loved His Adopted Country A fine example of a man's love for his adopted country and the spirit that prompted the real patriot to go into the field against the autocracy of the Central Powers, was shown by Henry Anderson of Sigel, who, though a Dane and subject to the gov- ernment of that country, registered June 5, 1917, waived exemption and asked for early induction. He said: "I came to America poor. I came here to make my living. All I have, I made here. This country has afforded me protection and a living, and I am ready and willing to bear arms in its behalf." Page Fifty REV. N. H. ROBERTSON Scout Master C. H. BELTING County Adviser J. K. HOAGLAND President Farm Bureau Farm Labor Enrollment With the urgent cry for increased production of farm crops that the world might be fed, and with the ranks of farm labor decimated by the transfer of the experienced young farmers into military serv- ice, it became necessary to draw upon the ranks of men in other lines of activity for assistance in tilling the soil and harvesting the crops. The condition be- came acute in the summer of 1918, and a country- wide call was issued for the enrollment of men for farm labor. Elza M. Ragan was appointed County Chairman of the Farm Labor Enrollment in Shelby County, and in the discharge of his duties worked in co-opera- tion with Farm Adviser C. H. Belting. A store-to- store and office-to-office canvass was made, not alone in the county seat but in the other towns of the county as well, and a magnificent response was obtained. Not a man, whatever his business or pro- fession, refused to enroll for farm labor when needed. Merchants, doctors, lawyers, ministers and members of other professions instantly signified their willing- ness to "help out" in agricultural necessities, and did give of their time and energies when requested later to do so. The demand was less than the supply of volunteer labor, however, though some workers were furnished through this department. Later, the work was han- dled directly through the Farm Bureau. Shelby County Farm Bureau The Shelby County Farm Bureau was an efficient aid in carrying on the war work in Shelby County, particularly along agricultural lines with the co-ordi- nation of crop production and food conservation. The officers of the bureau were: Adviser C. H. Belting, Shelbyville. President J. K. Hoagland, Clarksburg. Vice President Theo. Roessler, Shelbyville. Secretary C. B. Manning, Shelbyville. Treasurer S. S. Lorton, Cowden. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE E. C. Eberspacher, Pana. J. A. Lovins, Windsor. Edward Christman, Findlay. Theo. Werth, Strasburg. M. W. Stewart, Moweaqua. Farm Adviser Belting was in close touch with the labor needs of the farmers, and was enabled to render valuable assistance in furnishing the labor re- quired to properly handle the crops. The Boy Scouts in War Work The Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1, Shelbyville, did heroic work for the Xation and the World in all the Liberty Loan campaigns, the Red Cross drives, the United War Work activities, and even sent one of its members to France for active work on the firing line. In all their activities, into which they entered with a zeal that was commendable, they were di- rected by their Scoutmaster, Rev. N. H. Robertson, pastor of the First Christian of Shelbyville. The Scouts were allowed to sell bonds only in the first three campaigns. Every Scout who sold ten or more bonds received a medal from the Depart- ment of the Treasury at Washington, and a bar was given on the same basis after an emblem was se- cured. Page Fifty-One The Scouts distributed a great amount of litera- ture in the five Liberty Loan campaigns. The fol- lowing is a summary of the work done both in this and the bond-selling activities of the Scouts: Pieces of iterature distributed in the First Loan 2,000 Pieces of iterature distributed in the Second Loan 3,000 Pieces of iterature distributed in the Third Loan 4,200 Pieces of iterature distributed in the Fourth Loan 3,500 Pieces of iterature distributed in the Victory Loan 2,700 Fourteen receiving medals: Total. No. Bonds sold in First Loan by three Scouts... 47 Bonds sold in Second Loan by twenty Scouts. 373 Bonds sold in Third Loan by twenty-one Scouts 252 Totals . ..672 .. 15,400 Amount $ 18,200 74,300 49,550 $142,050 Twenty-nine different Scouts had part in this splendid work. They, with the recognition accorded them by the Department of the Treasury, were as follows: Three receiving a medal and two bars: Eugene Carr Hamlin Mertens Herman Beetle Twelve receiving a medal and one bar: Harry Carter Cilen Crook Welsh Hoover Carl Tinsman Vaughn Wallace Robert Fritts Xoel Bolinger Ferrall Bryant Fred Neher Virgil Domas Robert Richardson X. II. Robertson Russell Harris Xorris Newkirk Donald Tucker Everett Manning Walter Smith Clarence Cutler Frank Burnett Robert Dove Harold Metzler Max Hoagland Andrew Beckett Murl Niles Glen Duddlesten Don Lichtenwalter Certain prizes for their meritorious work were also given the Scouts by the Scout committee, Messrs. Geo. C. Bolinger, W. S. Middlesworth and C. H. Beetle. Presentation of the medals and the prizes were made in public, patriotic meetings, in which the Scouts gave demonstrations of their sig- naling and other work. The awards by the govern- ment, made necessarily by a representative of the government, were presented by Postmaster Frank Stone. Every Scout had a war garden, and actively as- sisted in other vital war work. The Troop donated $25.00 to the Red Cross, and twenty-two Scouts con- tributed $110.00 to the United War Work campaign. They gathered nearly 1,000 books and magazines for the soldiers and sailors, and took a black walnut census of their territory. The Shelbyville Boy Scout who served in France was Headen Broyles, who enlisted in Company H, 130th U. S. Infantry, and participated with that or- ganization in the splendid fighting that characterized its service overseas. The Fuel Administration Dr. G. Henri Bogart, now deceased, was ap- pointed County Fuel Administrator and was charged with the official handling of the complicated fuel sit- uation in Shelby County, until changed conditions brought relief from coal shortage and rendered his further service unnecessary. In common with the country at large, Shelby County had its fuel shortage, but with careful and at times drastic direction by the Fuel Administration. the situation, though at times critical, did not be- come disastrous. Occasionally it became necessary to confiscate coal in transit as it was passing through local yards, and at other times the local Fuel Admin- istrator was obliged to send out an "S. O. S." call, and by these and other means the conditions were met with not too great distress. Then came the famous Garfield "Heatless Mon- days" order, under which various classes of industry and commercial enterprise were closed on the first secular day of the week for a certain period of time. The "heatless Mondays" were preceded by a four- days period of heatlessness, in which places of public meeting and many business houses and offices were closed as a means of conserving fuel. Despite the fact that in some instances business buildings had to be heated because on upper floors there were living rooms, the business men with patri- otic unanimity subscribed to the spirit of the order, as well as its letter, and closed their doors during the prescribed period. With a clearer understanding of the requirements under Dr. Garlield's order, by the second "heatless Monday" the system was working smoothly and there was a more universal conformity with the order than on the first closed day. This resulted in some inconvenience, naturally, but as a rule this was accepted cheerfully. Drug stores were open for the sale of drugs and the compounding of prescrip- tions only, but their cigar counters were covered and the man who had failed to lay in a supply of his favorite cigars went smokeless until Tuesday. Though unaffected by the order, the public schools, entering into the spirit of the fuel-saving plan, were closed on Mondays. "Save a Shovel of Coal" cards were issued and distributed widely, and had a very salutary effect on the extravagant use of fuel. The conservation meth- ods, while criticized by some, nevertheless served their purpose in early movement of ships that had been tied up in harbors, the delivery of loaded coal cars stalled along tracks, the smashing of congestion at terminals and ports, the early resumption of nor- mal operations in industry and normal deliveries of fuel. DR. G. HEXRI BOGART One of the indefatigable workers during the war period was Dr. G. Henri Bogart, associate editor of the Shelby County Leader, and Fuel Administrator. Dr. Bogart was born October 26, 1857, in Cin- cinnati. Ohio, and on Dec. 26, 1878, married Miss Josephine Duncan. He led a busy life, and was teacher, doctor, politician, journalist and medical writer. He came to Shelbyville in July, 1915, and from that time until his death, Saturday, Nov. 23, 1918, was associated with The Leader. Devoting his attention principally to the Fuel Administration, un- der appointment from Washington, he also gave con- siderable time to other "drives" in the war work of the county. His death was due to pneumonia, and followed closely that of a beloved daughter, Sybil, whom he nursed in her fatal illness. Mrs. Bogart and three children survive him. These children are Guy Bo- gart, a journalist of Los Angeles, Cal., Mrs. Idyll Burgess of Lebanon, Ind., and Elbert Bogart, who served through the war as an ensign in the navy. Page Fifty-Two SHELBYVILLE FOUR-MINUTE MEN W. C. HEADEN N. H. ROBERTSON J. J. BAKER W. H. CHEW A. J. STEIDLEY D. LESLIE DAVIS J. W. YANTIS F. R. DOVE O. O. BARKER J. A. TRACY 4 - M - M - 4 The Four-Minute Men, a nation-wide organiza- tion of volunteer speakers, was organized June 16, 1917, as a division of the Committee on Public In- formation, with the personal approval of President Wilson, who asked that the work of the organization be extended as rapidly as possible throughout the country, that its purpose, the dissemination of au- thentic information and utterances of the govern- ment, might be put into early effect. Xot until January of 1918, however, was the local organization perfected. Then the appointment of D. Leslie Davis as chairman of the Shelbyville Four- Minute Men was made from Washington on the recommendation of Mr. C. E. Bolinger, president of the Shelbyville Commercial Club, with the concur- rence of the Illinois state chairman, George R. Jones of Chicago. The chairman immediately enlisted the services of nine business and professional men of recognized oratorical ability, as spokesmen of the United States Government in this community. These men were: Attorney T. J. Baker Attorney W. C. Headen Dr. O. O. Barker Rev. X. H. Robertson Attorney W. II. Chew Tudge A. J. Steidley Attorney F. R. Dove Rev. J. A. Tracy Honorable J. W. Yantis Confirmation of these appointments came from National Director William McCormick Blair and State Director George R. Jones. Mr. Frank S. Rus- sell, manager of the Yale Theater, the sole public playhouse in Shelbyville, cheerfully granted the use of the stage of his theater as the rostrum from which the Four-Minute Men could address the public, and the first speech was made Jan. 31, 1918, by Dr. Barker, who from that time on shared with his colleagues of the organization the very distinguished honor of being the official and authoritative spokesmen of the United States Government. The messages they car- ried to the people of Shelby County from the stage of the Yale Theater and .other rostrums where op- portunity presented itself, were powerful, enlighten- ing and inspiring, not alone because of their authen- ticity, but by reason of the eloquence and patriotic fervor with which they were presented. It is a certainty that no other one-theater com- munity excelled the record made in Shelbyville, even though the Four-Minute Men did not get into action until late and for several weeks before the formal cessation of the organization's activities, Dec. 24, 1918, the theater was closed because of quaran- tine. Also, in the midst of his very faithful service as one of the speakers, Mr. Headen met with a dis- tressing accident that compelled his retirement from this and other duties until near the close of the cam- paign. The organization here remained throughout just as it was under the original appointments. No speaker withdrew, none was added. Late in the summer, however, the Committee on Public Infor- mation provided for church and lodge Four-Minute Men, to present the messages in their respective churches and lodges. From that time on the official bulletins were furnished to these men, who repre- sented various parts of the county. Another late feature of the work was Four-Minute singing, which was undertaken in Shelbyville under the capable leadership of Prof. R. G. Newell. Page Fifty-Three On the night of Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1919, the Four-Minute Men were guests of the chairman at a dinner at the Xew Neal hotel. The only absentee was Dr. Barker, who recently had been bereaved. The affair was very informal, but at the conclusion of the dinner the chairman, making his last assign- ment of speakers, called on Mr. Chew for an im- promptu four-minute speech and delegated to him authority to make another assignment at the close of his own remarks. He did this, and each in turn called on another until the eight speakers whose voices had been heard throughout the year from va- rious rostrums, had spoken. During the evening the chairman gave from rec- ords kept as accurately as possible, a resume of the work of the Four-Minute Men. It was as follows: No. Approx. Subject Speakers Audience Shipbuilding 4 1,050 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 1 300 Eyes for the Xavy 2 615 Dangers to Democracy 5 1,495 Income Tax 3 725 Farm and Garden 1 300 "Thank You" 1 315 Liberty Loan 9 8,125 'Red Cross War Fund 5 1,795 Danger to America 7 2,165 W ar savings 625 The Meaning of America 6 1,765 Mobilizing American Man Power 2 625 Where Did You Get Your Facts? 2 525 Register 10 2,500 Fourth Liberty Loan 11 2,820 United War Work Campaign 7 12,355 SUMMARY Subjects discussed 18 Number of speeches 124 Approximate audiences 37,775 Speeches by Lodge and Church Four-Minute Men 12 Approximate Xo. their audiences 1,500 Grand total speeches 136 Grand total audiences 39,275 Upon the appointment of the Four-Minute Men, President Wilson gave them this personal greeting: "Upon you Four-Minute Men who are charged with a special duty and enjoy a special privilege in the command of your audiences, will rest in a con- siderable degree, the task of arousing and informing the great body of our people. "My best wishes and continuing interest are with you in your work as part of the reserve officer corps in a nation thrice armed because through your efforts it knows better the justice of its cause and the value of what it defends." At the conclusion of the Four-Minute Men activi- ties, State Director George R. Jones wrote the chair- man of the local organization: * How much you and your speakers contrib- uted toward winning the war and maintaining the lighting spirit of the people at home, history alone can tell. "It remains for me to say a personal word in ap- preciation of the loyalty and devotion which you have shown in futherance of the cause which we all have had most at heart." Mothers' Club Women of Shelby County who bore the peculiarly tender relation of "mother" to boys in training camp and overseas, were organized into a "Mothers' Club'" for the purpose of sharing their mutual joys and sor- rows. The organization was effected Saturday, June 22, 1918, at a meeting in the First Methodist Church of this city, when a large number of women, repre- senting practically all communities of the county, assembled there. Mrs. W. C. Kelley, the mother of two sons in the service, was elected chairman by acclamation, and Mrs. H. A. Thorn was elected secretary. The women were addressed by Mrs. Frederick A. Dow of Chicago, vice chairman of the Woman's State Coun- cil of National Defense, who spoke entertainingly on "Woman's Part in the War." Several meetings of the Mothers' Club were held at intervals, when matters of special interest to the mothers were discussed and letters from the "boys" were read. Victory Sing Shelbyville's Victory Sing, in which the people poured out their thankfulness for the termination of the war in song, was held at the High School audi- torium Thanksgiving Day afternoon, 1918. It was held under the auspices of the Woman's Committee of the Council of Xational Defense, and was directed by Mrs. Josephine Grider, with Dr. E. M. Hopkins co-operating in the leadership. The exercises began promptly at 3 o'clock, the hour at which countless thousands of other voices throughout the nation broke forth in similar praise. As might be supposed, "The Star Spangled Banner" had the place of honor at the top of the list of songs used. A prayer by the Rev. J. A. Tracy and State's Attorney A. L. Yantis's reading of Mrs. David Allen Campbell's statement as to the purpose of the Victory Sing preceded a half hour in which orchestra, Liberty Chorus and audi- ence united in singing the inspirational patriotic songs and hymns. Binoculars Were in Service Early in 1918, in response to an appeal of the Xavy Department for binoculars with which to equip lookouts on transports and other vessels, G. A. Sex- ton, manager of the Western Union office at Shelby- ville, loaned his binoculars, with little confidence he would ever see them again. He was agreeably sur- prised, however, about a year later to receive the glasses, with the information that they had been in use from the first of May, 1918, until the close of hostilities. The binoculars bore a metal tag, on which were the words, "Donated to U. S. Xavy by G. A. Sexton, Shelbyville, 111.," and a card on which was the following inscription: "This glass was used on the U. S. S. Roanoke from May 1st, 1918, to cessation of hostilities, on a voyage from Xew York through the war zone to the Xorth Sea and through 12 mining operations in the Xorth Sea, which resulted in bottling up the Ger- man fleet." Mr. Sexton keeps the binoculars as a valued souvenir. Took Keyboard Artists Military service hit the newspaper offices of Shelby County hard. Several men from outlying of- fices were called to the colors, while no less than six Shelbyville linotype operators entered the service. These included Rennie L. Frazier, William C. Hollo- way and Whit Noe of the Union office, Chas. L. Twiss and Ben Parish of the Democrat, and W. E. Rominger, formerly of the Union, but at the time of entering the service printing instructor in a State school at Normal. The exit of the keyboard artists in rapid succes- sion left the publishers with troubles of their own, and at different times while the conditions lasted it became a problem as to how to keep the newspapers issuing on schedule. A kindly Providence, aided and abetted by some accommodating linotype operators who "lent a hand" when the situation became des- perate here or there, tided them over until the boys came back. Page Fifty-Four CECIL T. DEMONBRUN C. E. BOLINGER CHAS. H. BEETLE The Shelbyville Commercial Club In no other year of the life of the Shelbyville Commercial Club were the members of that organ- ization so busy with matters pertaining to the public welfare, as in 1917 and 1918: so forgetful of self and private interests; so ready to assume responsibilities that led them into service for others; so quick to re- spond to the unusual demands upon purse and time and physical and mental vigor and energy; so ready to uphold the traditions of the nation's past and as- sure it a still more glorious future. With America in the war and hundreds of the boys of Shelbyville and Shelby County facing the foe and, shoulder to shoulder with their valiant allies, ever advancing until the complete rout of the enemy, the heart- and purse-strings of the men "over here" were stretched and their sympathies awakened and patriotism stirred as never before. Neither individal member nor organization as a whole failed to re- spond to every demand, and in most instances splendidly. Twelve of the members of the Shelbyville Com- mercial Club were in the active military service. These were: W. F. Aichcle C. II. I-Iulick W. L. Kelley Ceo. I!. Roberts (/has. W. Stone F. It. Wemlling Murphy A. Herron K. W. Johnson H. K. Monroe W. K. Rominger Thco. Thompson W. L. White While these men, with the exception of Captain Wendling. who was in state service with headquar- ters at Springfield, were in active military service, many other members of the Commercial Club were in the service of their country just as truly, though without the coveted privilege of wearing the olive drab. Three members for a year and a half consti- tuted the Local Exemption Board, charged with per- haps the weightiest responsibilities of any civilians in service; ten were in service as Four-Minute Men, carrying the government's official messages to nearly 50,000 people; one faithfully discharged the duties of County Food Administrator: a number were active in the work of the Council of National Defense, and others in the Neighborhoods Committee; its presi- dent in 1918 was chosen to lead in the United War Work campaign, and these and others were among the most active workers in the various drives. Some of the Commercial Club's patriotic activities under the presidency of C. H. Beetle in 1917 were: Reception and breakfast for Company H upon its return from border duty. Sixty-mile "joy-ride" and subsequent banquet for Company H, in anticipation of its departure for the training camp at Houston, Tex. Demonstration, with parade, luncheon and other features on the occasion of the departure of the first contingent of selective service men, Sept. 5, and others on later dates. Parade, music and addresses on Oct. 9, when Company H left for Camp Logan. Contributions of hundreds of dollars to finance these demonstrations, in addition to raising, in co- operation with press and citizens in general, a "Com- pany Fund", of more than $1,100 for Company H. Stood sponsor for Memorial Day exercises and participated officially in the May Day festival of the public schools. In 1918, under the presidency of C. E. Bolinger, without entering upon a system of elaborate demon- strations, the Commercial Club in a body and with a band escorted seven contingents of departing selec- tive service men to their trains, while an escort with automobiles was furnished for a number of small contingents. Under circumstances that made it pos- sible, two contingents were entertained at theater parties while awaiting the departure of their trains, another at a public reception on the Elks' Home lawn, and Companies C of Sullivan and D of Paris were given a public reception on the streets as they passed through this city on their way to embarka- tion port. The Commercial Club also tendered a reception to the "Jackies" when they visited the city to play basketball with a local team; co-operated early in the year in the Food Show and later in the Canning Club demonstrations and several centen- nial celebrations. It also made possible a notable event when in April, in conjunction with the Daily Page Fifty-Fin Union, it engaged William G. Shepherd, the well- known war correspondent, to deliver a first-hand story of the various battle fronts to an audience that numbered a thousand people. Again in May the club arranged and brought to a successful finish the great county Red Cross pageant and demonstration, and with a frequency that made it almost continuous engaged in activities that contributed to the welfare of the people at home and the success of the Xation's arms abroad. In 1919, under the presidency of C. T. DeMon- brun, the Commercial Club continued its patriotic work, co-operating in all movements for the pleasure and welfare of the service men and the public in general. Early in the year the club advanced the ex- penses of American Legion delegates to a conven- tion in St. Louis, and later sent a reception commit- tee of four members, which was accompanied by a number of other citizens, to Chicago to welcome H Company when it arrived there en route to Camp Grant for demobilization. Following the arrival of the company in Shelbyville, the Commercial Club tendered this organization and all other returned sol- diers, sailors and marines, a reception on the lawn of the Elks' Home, where a very pleasing program, including the beautiful Flag Day service of the Elks. was given. Refreshments were served, and the rooms of the Home were thrown open for dancing. In the fall of the year the Commercial Club pro- vided a fund of $500.00 to provide Roy Vanderpool Post, American Legion, with headquarters and its maintenance for a year, and on the 15th of October gave the returned soldiers and other service men of the entire county a big reception and celebration in the county seat. For perhaps the last time the fight- ing men passed in review before their own people, when they formed a procession and marched through the business district as a feature of the day's exer- cises, while fifteen thousand people observed them in thankfulness that they had been returned to their families and friends. In many other ways the Commercial Club demon- strated its 100 per cent, patriotism, and its abiding interest in the service men. The Seventy-Eighth Division From the "log"' kept by Charles Meitzner, Jr., of Stewardson. it is possible to give a bird's-eye sketch of the movements of the 78th Division, which em- braced a number of Shelby County boys and had a very vital part in breaking the power of the Hun and stripping him of his vaunted military glory. The division sailed from New York early on the morning of Monday, May 27, 1918. There were 4,500 men aboard Meitzner's ship, the Cedric, and there were twelve transports, with a convoy of seven de- stroyers. After the destroyers turned back, June 5, the transports were chased by submarines, but by zigzagging the vessels escaped contact with torpe- does. The landing was made at Liverpool June 7, and a royal welcome awaited the Sammies. Several days were spent at a rest camp near Southampton before sailing for Havre June 12. For some time the boys were in Camp De Meucon, then moved toward Vannes; were under fire at Echelon, and Sept. 12 went over the top and took the German front line. By 9 a. m. 1,000 prisoners were taken. Sept. 15 it was reported 15,000 prisoners had been taken, and the 78th had captured 4,500 of them. They were in hot fighting at Monteville, supported the 359th and 360th Infantry and 345th Machine Gun Company at Death Valley, where 14 were killed and 35 wounded; were relieved by the 5th Division; were in action at Point De Musson: relieved and went to Troyon. where they crossed the Meuse; relieved the 27th: left Chatel Oct. 15 and started through the Ar- gonne; fought their way through: hard fighting con-' tinned day by day; hot action at Bellejoyense Ferine, which they took and where they went over and shot the Germans in their trenches: on Nov. 1 the fight- ing continued, and 500 of the enemy were bagged the first hour; ten hours of gas cleared the Argonne and Grand Pre of Huns; were shelled at Brieulles, where several men and horses were killed and wounded and where 400 aeroplanes were in action; nine hours be- hind the Germans and pushing them hard; Xov. 6 crossed the Meuse, and were eating Hun food, left behind in the enemy's precipitate retreat; moved from Brieulles-Sur-Var into Lorraine, and were in camp beside a German cemetery Xov. 11. Later they moved to Verdun. From Oct. 16 to Xov. 11 the 78th had nine Ger- man divisions against it, and made a name for itself that was not surpassed by any other division. On the 14th of May, 1919, the boys of this division again set foot on American soil. GKRMAX PRISONERS HELPED WIX THE WAR Courtesy "Oi'Cr Here." Page Fifty-Six FLAG DAY AT TOWER HILL Tower Hill in Wartime (By E. S. McLean) When the United States declared war against the Central Powers. Tower Hill community stepped to the front by sending a large number of men into the service. Conditions soon called for workers at home. The Red Cross was organized and mothers and daughters met regularly at the city hall with machines, needles and thread, and yarn and goods were made up for the necessary comforts for the boys in camp. Enthusiasm grew and the Y. M. C. A. and the Salvation Army were added to the "help win the war" societies. The Red Cross aux- iliary knit 99 sweaters, 101 pairs of socks, 43 wash cloths. 7 helmets. 26 pairs of wristlets, 21 scarves, 7 eye bandages a total of 304 knitted garments. They made garments of outing, gingham, etc., as follows: Pajamas, 147 pairs; chemise 9; ladies' blouses. 62: operating shirts. 48: bed shirts, 54: con- valescent robes, 65; bed socks, 82 pairs; nighten- gales, 17: trench handkerchiefs, 48; fracture pillows, 10; serge dresses, 5 total 547. These were reported by Mrs. Julia Maze, treasurer of hospital supplies. The sum in cash collected between September, 1917. and May, 1919, is as follows: The Red Cross received $2,308.72 and paid out $1.077.72. Seven hundred dollars of this was sub- scribed by the miners to a volunteer committee of ladies, namely: Mrs. Floyd Read. Mrs. Frank Her- ten, and Mrs. Charles Ellison, who braved the dan- ger of going down in the coal mine 800 feet below the surface to solicit the miners. The Salvation Army raised $375, the Y. M. C. A. $346.50 and the United Charities $1,671. By popular subscription a large iron flag post was procured, which was placed in the central part of town and "Old Glory,'' 10 by 20 feet, presented by W. M. Thompson, the druggist, was kept afloat to the breeze daily until the war was ended. The post office disposed of 8,869 war stamps and the Tower Hill Bank sold $1,745 worth of liberty bonds. SERVICE FLAGS The service flag of the Masonic lodge of Tower Hill shows fourteen blue and two gold stars, rep- resenting the following: Fay Corley Lester Cannon Arthur Corson Kdward Schoch Lester Meredith Pilge Fifty-Sc-t'Cn Karl Goatley (leorge Moore Frank Moore Or. Franklin A. Martin I'r. Walter Howard Fi Evey Alle rt Barth a I'rownlee d Read Orley Hilsabeck The hero dead of Masonic lodge are George Ells- worth Moore, killed by bursting shell Sept. 10. 1918, at Hart Court, France, and Arthur Corson, who died with pneumonia at Polliac, France, Xov. 15, 1918. The Odd Fellows lodge had two stars. The K. of P. service flag had seven blue and two gold stars, for the following: Dr. F. A. Martin Roy Ellison I.evert Waters Howard Tester Crley Hilsabeck L'lilTord Rodgers Lloyd Pollard Alvie White The records of Jester and Rodgers, who died of disease, are found in the Gold Star section of this book. The Tower Hill Miners' Local service flag had nineteen blue and two gold stars, for the following: Alma White Earnest Jones Roy Guinnee lohn T'ower Otis Lockard Hrvan Hechtel Rubv Widdows . v ndy Sarco Thomas S. Jester Frmen White Homer Riley I awrence Smith HowaH Tester Fred Guyot Lloyd Pollard Leveret Waters Albert Duchy Elmer .Mien Lon 1'ramer Clifford Rodgers The following are named on the Methodist Epis- copal Sunday School service flag: Windfield Evey Illiss Clausen Pr. F. A. Martin Ruby Widdows Fred Evev Roy Elison l.ee Fleunter Howard Jester Roy Gearhart Alma White Rav Guinnee Ira Nichols Albert Rust Fre-1 Guyot Lester Cannon Alvey Riley Rob Urownback Lloyd Pollard Al God ma ii Krmine White Pan Classen Claude Woods Fred McLean Fav Corlev Frank Moore Homer Riley Klhert Farl Twiss Charley Milles I'r. John Green Orlev Hilsabeck Earl Pitzer lohn Tower Earl Darst Levert Waters Cecil Hempbill Lloyd Pitzer The Presbyterian service flag had one blue star, for Max Telly. The Christian Church and Sunday School flag contained eight blue stars for the following: Sam Patterson Sydney Morgan Lon Hruner William Jones John Wirey Eueene Rolley Walter Rolley Norma Jones, nurse to Siberia THE RED CROSS The working committees of the Red Cross were: Buying committee Mrs. Minnie Eiler and Mrs. Joe Cannon. Hospital Supplies Mrs. J. A. Killam and Mrs. Lee Patton. Knitting Mrs. R. H. Rullington. Cutting Committee Mrs. Mary Clegg, Mrs. E. S. McLean, John Pitzer and Mrs. H. H. Runkel. While fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers of the soldier boys were noticeable by the non-appear- ance of their names in the make-up of the several organizations, their activities were none the less ardent, for they hoped, prayed and worked for vic- tory, and as a whole Tower Hill community need have no regrets for the part it took in an endeavor to make the world safe for democracy. Strasburg's Service Record (By Kathryn M. Richards) During the World War Straslnirg did its part, and did it well, giving of her time, her money and the best of her boys. In the different Liberty Loan drives the patriot- ism of the citizens was emphasized by the fact that the community went "over the top" in the Third, Fourth and Fifth loans, though like so many other towns and communities, there was a shortage of her quota in the First and Second loans, before the people really awoke to their government's ne- cessity. The Red Cross worked valiantly to send in the necessary supplies, and besides the regular work the Branch provided each boy that left for camp with a comfort kit. Of the scores of boys who went from this vil- lage, one was killed in action, one went down on the ill-fated Moldavia in the English Channel, one died on the sea while en route to France, and one died of pneumonia at Camp Taylor. The first victim of the enemy was Henry C. Lading, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lading. His record is to be found in the Gold Star section, as are those of Strasburg's other dead heroes, An- drew E. Ruff, Frederick W. Nippe and Henry Fred W. Pieper. While they will always be missed in home, church and community circles, it was just such he- roes as these that made peace possible. And as other boys returned from the battle fields of Eu- rope, heroes were found among them some of them cited for heroic service and others having been formally commended by their superior officers. Susa M. Risser, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Risser, was officially cited for valiant service. Elmer P. Richards, a former Strasburg boy, was the recipient of three medals. The first was a Dis- tinguished Service Cross, presented by the general for heroic services rendered after he had been wounded. Later he was awarded two F'rench deco- rations, the Meadille Millitair and Croix de Guerre, with Palm. Harley Gill was wounded slightly and in the hospital a short time, and Herman Doehring was gassed, which sent him to the hospital for several weeks. All of the boys who entered the service from this town have returned and are quietly slipping into the old grooves. Truly it can be said of the boys of Strasburg and vicinity that they were all patriots not a one of them a conscientious objector, but on the other hand among them were many who voluntarily enlisted for early service. ARMISTICE DAY AT STRASBURG Strasburg observed Armistice Day, 1919, with a big celebration under the auspices of the Liberty Post, American Legion. The festivities opened promptly at 11 o'clock with the ringing of all the bells and blowing of all the whistles in town. The Red Cross women served a chicken dinner to thirty- five service men in uniform. At 1 o'clock the service men formed a review parade and with the Strasburg band marched through the town. Following the parade Mayor William W. Engel made a short welcome address and introduced F. Roy Dove of Shelbyville. Mr. Dove was elected as one of the delegates to the constitutional conven- tion on Xov. 4 and he took this opportunity to thank the voters for their support, as well as to pay tribute to the soldiers and sailors. Pony races, a basketball game, a 5 o'clock supper by the Red Cross and a dance at night in the fire en- gine house were other features of the day's celebra- tion. In addition to these, G. W. Gill conducted a shooting match in A. W. Young's pasture. Cowden and Vicinity (By Mrs. Nellie L. Jewett) Cowden and vicinity were not behind other com- munities in meeting their full share of the sacrifices due to the world war. Men in large numbers, money in great amounts and ardent service by Red Cross and other organizations demonstrated clearly the patriotism of our people. Three of our young people gave their lives for the cause of universal liberty. These were: Will Flinn, killed in France, Lane Tressler, died at Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark., Geneva Casstevens, Red Cross nurse, died from disease "over there." As marks of honor for the boys who entered the service, service flags were prepared and dedicated by the community and the Methodist Episcopal church, the stars on which stood for the following named persons: Miss Eva Casstevens Roy Carlisle Ralph Conrad Harlan Askins Don Casstevens Herman Williams Henry Banning Dr. T. E. Cherry C'loyd Wright Cecil R. Burrus Floyd Christy I!. McGee Ray Willey Frank Lawhorn Robin Stamper Marvin E. Burrus Sylvester McGee Roscoe T. Clark George Rich Don Mitchell Merritt Xance Joe Larton Arnold Montooth Clyde E. Home Lloyd McDennith Robert E. Xichols Ward Phillips Miss Mary Buzzard Claude Phipps Tony G. Ethridge Everett Cress Ed Reimann Marian E. McXear Fred Curtiss Martin Riggs Fay R. Ellington James Davis Vivan Roadarmel Ernest Cosart Ray Dush Leverett Stamper Elza Ginger Rollo Flenniken Ravburn Steagall Claude Barr Ralph Fowler Miles E. Taylor Oarl Xance Hubert Garrett Lane Tressler Cecil Wanus George Heath Clark Walters Wallace Holm C. K. Henry Fowler Horner Grant Bechtel Ed Horn Xoble Moore Delmer Tucker Oral Horn C'arl Moore Esco Dill iames Kroninger ohn Kroninger Louis Xichols Clarence Spracklin Will Flynn Ralph McMahun )avid Boyd Esco Jones Velarous Phipps Edgar Frye The community flag was dedicated in a service at the Christian church, and was placed in the post office lobby. Miss Mary Buzzard was a Red Cross nurse who served at a base hospital near Paris, France. Page Fifty-Eight WM. Ross BECK TONY BECK Miss ANNA MAY BECK Miss FLOSSIE A. BECK The Beck Family The Beck family of Windsor furnished four mem- bers to the service. AXXIE MAY BECK Shelby County was represented in the Yeomanette service by Miss Annie May Beck, daughter of W. W. and D. A. Beck of Gays, 111., who enlisted as a Yeo- manette (Landsman) in the United States navy at Washington, D. C., Oct. 8, 1918, for a term of four years. She was assigned to duty in the Award Sec- tion, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy De- partment, at Washington. She had passed the over- seas examination and was available for service in Europe, but the armistice was signed while she was awaiting orders. She remained in the service, how- ever, and at Washington has charge of all bids for supplies for the Xavy. She was promoted to Third Class Yeomanette Feb. 1, 1919. She had two brothers in the service William Ross Beck, who died from wounds received in ac- tion Oct. 9, 1918, and Tony Beck, who also saw over- seas service, returning to the United States and receiving his discharge July 24, 1919. Miss Beck is a charter member of Betsy Ross Post, American Legion, Washington, D. C., the first female post in the country. FLOSSIE A. BECK A sister, Miss Flossie A. Beck, also is in the service of her country, but in a civil capacity. She entered the Xavy Department in Washington March 21. 1918, as clerk, was made assistant manager on June 1, 1918, and later manager of the Emergency Purchase Division of the Navy, supplying all war equipment and all urgently needed material for the fleet, navy yards, naval training camps and stations, naval hospitals, naval air stations and training camps, aviation fields, proving grounds, marine stations, submarine bases, ship repair bases, radio stations, etc., both in America and Europe. She was honorably mentioned for meritorious service by Admiral Samuel McGowan, Paymaster General of the Xavy. She is still in the government service in Washington, and it will be conceded that Miss Beck has been performing a "man-size'' task. Tony Beck's war record is shown in the Service Record section, and that of Wm. R. Beck appears in the Gold Star section of this history. Windsor and Vicinity (By H. S. Lilly) To write a history of the war-time activities of Windsor community is a difficult task, because Wind- sor community embraces parts of four townships lying in Shelby and Moultrie counties. Thus some of the activities that could be credited justly to the community have been just as fairly credited to the township of Windsor, Ash Grove or Richland, lying in Shelby County, or to Whitley township, Moultrie County. However, Windsor community responded bravely to every call whether it was the offering of her sons, the pouring out of her money or other material resources to the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and the allied war organizations, or the loaning of her finances to the government. X'ot in one instance did she falter. On several occasions the Shelby County men who had been called to the colors passed through Wind- sor on their way to camp, being joined here by the selects from Moultrie County. On every one of these occasions the men were given rousing and patriotic farewells at Windsor. The city would be decorated and the Strasburg band would be procured to play. Once a special trainload of soldiers de- trained at Windsor as they were on their way from Camp Funston, Kansas, to the Atlantic seaboard. The news that the men would detrain at Windsor for exercise reached the citizens less than an hour be- fore their arrival, but Windsor was ready for them with wide-open arms. Fruit, lemonade, sandwiches, coffee, cakes and "smokes" were served in abundance. Public meetings were held only occasionally. One of these was held on the night before the Third Lib- erty Loan was launched. Enthusiasm ran so high at this meeting that the township's quota of $78.000 was subscribed at once. Page Fifty-Nine For thirty-five years Windsor has held a harvest picnic and homecoming on the last Thursday in Au- gust. With the war touching so many homes the 1918 picnic took on a different phase, and a com- munity service flag, bearing at that time 154 stars (several have been added since) was dedicated with appropriate patriotic services, thousands of people being present. The Methodist church's service flag bears thirty- one stars, three of which are of gold. They are for Earl Garrett, killed in action in France, May 29, 1918; Charles Cox, died of disease in France in October, 1918, and Vern Edwards, died of disease while in training at Pepria in October, 1918. The Christian church also has thirty-one stars on its service flag, the Masonic lodge ten, the Red Men's lodge eight and the Odd Fellows' flag three stars. THE WOMEX The noble women of Windsor community met all demands made upon them, whether by the Red Cross or other interests connected with the winning of the war. There was a local chapter of the Woman's Council of National Defense, which did much ex- cellent work. But in the Red Cross work they were extremely active, and their activities have been carried on to the present day, for they have contributed much in the way of food and dainties to the canteen service maintained at the railroad stations in Mattoon. OTHER MEN WHO SACRIFICED ALL Besides the three young men whose names ap- pear above in connection with the gold stars, the fol- lowing from this community also laid down their lives on the altar of their country: Bert P. Walker; Died at Camp Taylor, Oct. 7, 1918. Clarence I. Sutton: Died in France of wounds, Aug. 15, 1918. William Ross Beck: Killed in action in France. Oct. 9, 1918. William Lucas: Killed in action in France, Oct. 1918. Ivan Abbott: Died of wounds. Harry L. Nichols: Died at Camp Taylor, Oct. 19, 1918. FIRST TO CELEBRATE PEACE Windsor has the distinction of being the first city in Central Illinois to hold a formal, dignified celebra- tion of the victory over the Huns. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 11, 1918, the celebra- tion of the signing of the armistice started, and continued for two hours. The event had been care- fully planned, and while in Windsor and elsewhere there was a general outburst of joy incapable of be- ing restrained, the formal demonstration here was the first. There was a big parade, with decorated automo- biles, floats and other features, led by the Windsor concert band. The fugitive kaiser was present in effigy, and was burned. At the park a formal pro- gram of music, speeches, the raising of "Old Glory," prayers, readings and the raising of the community service flag, was given. Business was suspended throughout the afternoon, and for that matter nearly- all day. Windsor was glad that the war had ceased. WINDSOR ENTERTAINS SOLDIERS Twenty-six soldiers, sailors and marines of Wind- sor and vicinity were feted by the appreciative and patriotic people of that city when they were given a banquet and reception in the social rooms of the First Methodist church there in March, 1919. The National colors and flowers were used in the decora- tions of the rooms, and plates were laid for 175 per- sons. The signal to proceed to the dining rooms was given by Bugler Howard Lemons, who sounded "Attention," then "Recall," and the banqueters were led to their places by Lieutenant 11. B. Woods and Sergeant Wendell B. Wallace. The feast, at which Editor Hugh S. Lilly of the Windsor Gazette, acted as toastmaster and which consisted of a delicious and bounteous menu, was preceded by the singing of "The Star Spangled Ban- ner," an address of welcome by E. G. Munsell, presi- dent of the Business Men's Association, a song by the Windsor Ladies' Liberty Quartet, and prayer by Rev. C. W. Gant. The courses were interspersed with toasts from a number of men. Several of the returned soldiers spoke briefly. Rev. W. I. Griffith paid tribute to Windsor and vicinity's ten fallen heroes, and Clyde L. Bowen of the Spanish-American war, James Ellis of the Civil war and W. W. Grif- fith of the Sons of Veterans gave short talks at the banquet table. THE CECIL BROTHERS No Shelby County home sacrificed more of its members to the active military service than that of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Cecil of Windsor, from which four splendid young men went to war. These were Eugene Cecil, a locomotive fireman: Dr. Dwight L. Cecil, a veterinarian: Irl Hicks Cecil, also a loco- motive fireman, and William C. Cecil, a farmer. All but Dr. Cecil realized their ambition to get into the fighting overseas, but the one, bowing as he must to military orders, performed his service on this side of the waters. Fortunately none of the boys was in- jured, though one of them, Irl, was in the hospital with a siege of pneumonia. Returning fro'm service, three of the boys re- sumed their pre-war civilian pursuits, but Eugene Cecil was instrumental in organizing the Shelby County Aero Service company, becoming the prin- cipal stockholder and pilot in the enterprise, which is meeting with great financial success. Page Sixty SHELBY COUNTY'S SERVICE FLAG Jfllag (By William Herschell in Indianapolis News) Dear little flag in the window there, Hung with a tear and a woman's prayer Child of Old Glory, horn with a star Oh, what a wonderful flag you are! Blue is your star in its field of white, Dipped in the red that was born of fight; Born of the blood that our forbears shed To raise your mother, The Flag, o'erhead. And now you've come, in this frenzied day, To speak from a window to speak and say: "I am the voice of a soldier-son Gone to be gone till the victory's won. "I am the flag of The Service, sir The flag of his mother I speak for her Who stands by my window and waits and fears, But hides from the others her unwept tears. 'I am the flag of the wives who wait For the safe return of a martial mate, A mate gone forth where the war god thrives To save from sacrifice other men's wives. "I am the flag of the sweethearts true; The often unthought of the sisters, too. I am the flag of a mother's son And won't come down till the victory's won!" Dear little flag in the window there, Hung with a tear and a woman's prayer; Child of Old Glory, born with a star Oh, what a wonderful flag you are! The Service Flag Xo prettier nor more significant recognition of the men who gave themselves definitely to the sal- vation of the world from oppressive autocracy, than the Service Flag was seen during the war. A border of red and a center of white on which rested a star of blue, constituted the flag which told silently that from this home or that business firm, clerkship, pro- fession, church, fraternity, club. or other organization had gone forth a patriot to lay his life on the altar of his country, that democracy might live in all its fullness throughout the earth. The little flag of one star in the window of the humble home on retired street or in rural com- munity told as eloquently of sacrifice on the part of him whom it represented and those who remained behind, as the pretentious field of white dotted thick- ly with the scores, aye, even hundreds of stars de- noting the service of many men from the organiza- tion to which it belonged. The individual Service Flag appeared everywhere throughout the county where there was a home in which was a youth of age and physical fitness qualifying him for military service; and also here and there throughout the county were organizations of one character or an- other which through the Service Flag proudly did honor to its members who represented them on bat- tlefield or in camp. THE COUNTY SERVICE FLAG The largest Service Flag displayed locally na- turally was the one representing the service boys of the entire county of Shelby. This flag was pro- cured by the Shelbyville Chautauqua Association, by which it was first displayed at the auditorium at I'orest Park during the Chautauqua Assembly of 1918. It was formally dedicated on Friday, August 1, and at that time bore 884 stars, eight of which were gold, signifying that at that time an equal number of service men had lost their lives. Later the number of both blue and gold stars was greatly augmented. As an orchestra struck the first strains of "The Star Spangled Banner," the county service flag was unfurled, and catching the spirit of the occasion the audience took up the national air and made a rous- ing chorus. Representing the county, Honorable John W. Yantis made a brief but eloquent address, paying beautiful tribute to the boys represented by Page Sixty-One the stars in the Service Flag and urging that one hundred million American people "do their utmost until the Stars and Stripes are floating from every castle on the Rhine, the German bands are playing 'Yankee Doodle' in ragtime, and the liberty of the people of the world is guaranteed." This Service Flag still is in the custody of the Shelbyville Chau- tauqua Association, though a movement has been launched to have it taken over by the county and hung permanently in the county building. SPARKS BUSINESS COLLEGE FLAG Sharing in the service by which the County Ser- vice Flag was dedicated was that of Sparks Business College and Conservatory, representing the former members of faculty and student body of that insti- tution who were then in the service. As the County Flag was unfurled, the S. B. C. Service Flag was borne into the auditorium and placed conspicuously. It was bedecked with stars representing the follow- ing named men then in the service: the head of the column. The men represented by stars on the Service Flag were: Aichele, W. F. . \rmer, Virgil Austin, Glen Baird, Glenne Brown, Forest Holing, Clem Blackstone, Gay Buckler, Paul Bridges, Howard Bodine, George Carpenter, Walter Corson, Howard Cole, W. C. Courtright, Vance Cihak, Willis Court right, Harry Carter, James Ditzler, Decie Douthit, Everett Dihel, Sam Downs, Harry Davis, Sam Douthit, Jasper L. Duensing, Roy Eiler, Verner Ernst, Frank Edwards, J. M. Fortner, Frank Frazer, Bernard Frazier, Rennie Good, John L. Gleason, Lawrence Gregory, Thomas Gibbons, Russell Hoehn, John Herron, Murphy A. Hubner, William Huffmaster, Clifford Hurst, Frank Hinton, Miles Hendrix, Arthur Jackson, Louis A. Kingston, Ray Kull, Roy Kull, Carl Kull, George Klauser, Arthur Lipe, Roscoe Meinzer, Milo Moore, Frank Miller, J. Glenn McColley, William Moberley, Grider Mix, Sam Matliias, Carl Montague, Lawrence McCoy, John A. Xunn, A. C. Xeal, Edgar Osborne, Harry O'Brien, Roy Powell, Ray Powell, Hubert Parker, Burtos Pauschert, Harry Parish, Ben Pick, Wm. R. Pogue, Delmar Roberts, Michael Ruff, Harmon L. Kunkel, Arthur Stallings, Richard Stettebacher, Glenn Smysor, Lawrence Storm, Clair Smith, Claude Schmidt, William Snook, Ben Stretch, Leonard Stretch, George Sparks, Charles Simms, Glenn S tire wait, Newman C. Thompson, Henry Triece, Harry Tallman, Leverett Thorn, Steward Underwood, Wilse Venters, Roy Westervelt, Floyd C. Wakefield, Everett Worley, Edmund Wallace, Ogden Williams, George Worley, Raymond Whitaker, H. Baird Waggoner, William V oakum, Herman Younger, Russell BAPTIST SERVICE FLAG Among the early dedications of Service Flags was that of the Baptist Church, which in March, 1918, was represented by sixteen men in various branches of the military service. The dedication of the flag was a feature of an impressive patriotic service conducted Sunday evening, March 10, under the direction of the pastor, the Rev. C. H. Shepherd. Th.D. The service opened with the Processional, the choir singing "America, the Beautiful," and thirty-five children carrying the American flag, while "Old Glory" and the Service Flag were carried at Auld, Frank P. Burnett, George Barton, Ray Becker, Milton A. Dill, Arch Hudson, Andy Hudson, Elmer Hudson, Xelson Johnson, James Johnson, Robert Johnson, Roy Shu IT, Earl Tull, Tom Worley, Raymond Wakefield, Everett Wallace, Ogden Eight of the above-named men were with the 130th U. S. Inf. At that time Roy Johnson was with the U. S. Marines, Wallace with the American forces in China, Becker with the aviation corps and Dill at Camp Taylor. CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICE FLAG Twenty-five stars originally bedecked the Ser- vice Flag of the Shelbyville Christian Church at the time of its dedication and the unveiling of the Honor Roll, Sunday, December 2, 1917. Later a number of other stars were added, representing men who sub- sequently entered their country's service. This church was the pioneer among local institutions and organizations in providing a Service Flag in honor of its "boys" in the military and naval estab- lishment, and not only adopted the Service Flag in their honor, but grouped individual pictures of the men in a large frame. The original dedicatory service was a feature of all-day patriotic exercises on December 2, 1917, in which Lieutenant Lester W. Miner spoke interest- ingly of the work of the Y. M. C. A., the pastor, Rev. N. H. Robertson delivered a patriotic address and there were appropriate songs and readings. The subsequent stars and photographs were added in a special patriotic service during a revival meet- ing, Tuesday, March 26, 1918. The presentation of a new American flag and its unfurling, addresses by Attorney W. H. Chew, chairman of the local board, and Judge A. J. Steidley, and readings and solos, with a sermon by the pastor, were striking features of this meeting. The boys represented in these two lists were, namely: Bridges, Howard Barker, Dewey Broyles, Headen Downs, Harry DeWeese, Pearlie Fought, Ellsworth Freybarger, Floyd Frazier, Rennie Frazier, Don Frazer, Bernard Goodrich, Lawrence Hudson, Nelson Hayward, Truman Jarnagin, Robert Kelley, Leo Klauser, William Lee, Alonzo Lovins, Lawrence Miner, Lester Miller, J. Glenn Miller, George Miller, Ray SHfer, Tom Storm, Clair Sprague, Ralph Thompson, Henry Thompson, William Westenhaver, Burley Westenhaver, Marion Worley, Edmpnd Yakey, Murvin MASONIC SERVICE FLAG In honor of twenty-two men who had followed the colors, representing a little better than 10 per cent, of its membership, Shelbyville Lodge No. 53, A. F. & A. M., dedicated a Service Flag in appro- priate exercises at the First Methodist Church Wednesday evening, May 1. 1918. During the course of the service the flag, bearing 22 stars on a field of white and red, was unveiled by Worshipful Master J. J. Baker, who served as chairman of the meeting. Participating in the exercises were the Ladies' Glee Club, the Rev. J. A. Tracy, I. M. Douthit, F. R. Dove, who read the honor roll and the service record of the men, and the Honorable Wm. B. Wright, judge of the Circuit Court, who delivered a patriotic address. Page Sixty-Two The men represented on the Service Flag were: Auld, Frank P. Brown, O. C. Courtright, Vance Courtright, Harry Davis, Samuel C. Eiler, Verner Frazier, Rennie L. Frazier, Don Fought, Ellsworth Herron, Murphy A. Hite, Birney S. Jarnagin, Robt. L. Klauser, William Mpberley, Grider Miner, Lester W. Miller, J. Glenn Price, John Rominger, Will E. Tallman, Elmer Twiss, Chas. L. Westenhaver, Hurley Wendling, F. B. SHELBY COUNTY TEACHERS' SERVICE FLAG No other profession in Shelby County gave more generously to the man-power of the Nation during the war than that of the public school teachers. At the November meeting of the teachers of Shelby County, held in this city under the direction of County Superintendent of Schools Lee W. Frazer, a Service Flag bearing forty stars, three of them gold, was dedicated with appropriate exercises. The three gold stars were in honor of the following named men: Charles E. Reiss, Shelbyville. George E. Moore, Tower Hill. Roy Ireland, Oconee. The first named died of disease at Camp Grant, Rock Island, 111., and the other two were killed in action in France. The blue stars, representing former teachers in Shelby County schools and others who were ac- tively engaged in their school work here when called to the colors, were for the following named men: Abney, M. D., Sullivan. Bodine, George, Detroit, Mich. Brewbaker, C. E., Beecher City. Curry, D. Bruce, Westervelt. Cannon, Lester G., Tower Hill. Davis, Sam C., Shelbyville. Dush, Ray, Cowden. Dobbs, Thomas W., Herrick. Evey, Fred, Tower Hill. Frazer, Bernard, Shelbyville. Francisco, Cecil, Findlay. Fry, Edgar, Cowden. Goddard, H. A., Hammond. Gregory, Blaine, Moweaqua. Howe, Clyde E., Cowden. Hickman, Nile W., Clarksburg. Hoover, W. Senn, Jacksonville. Jones, Delbert W., Strasburg. Kingston, Ray, Shelbyville. Lindley, Clyde, Windsor. McClory, Guy, Trowbridge. McClory, Regis E., Trowbridge. Moore, W. Frank, Tower Hill. McGilligan, Stanley, Shelbyville. Moon, Burl, Herrick. Mussett, R. S., Stewardson. Mills, E. E., Neoga. Reynolds, Guy V., Chicago. Rosenberg, H. E., Greencastle, Ind. Storm, Foster B., Neoga. Strohl, Roy, Clarksburg. Throckmorton, Chas. O., Strasburg. Theobald, Paul K., Shelbyville. Venters, Roy, Shelbyville. Wright, Cloyd, Cowden. Young, Gordon V., Oconee. Yakey, Murvin, Shelbyville. PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE FLAG Among the early dedications of Service Flags was that of the First Presbyterian Church, which in a special patriotic service on March 24, 1918, un- furled a new American flag and displayed a Service Flag bearing the stars of six members of that church then in the service. Following the introductory exercises, the Pro- cessional was played and the new American flag, procured to the church largely through the efforts of Mrs. Frances Welsh, was carried into the audi- torium by boys, while the choir sang "Hail to the Flag." Followed the flag's presentation to the church, its dedication, salute by the congregation and prayer. A further program of music, readings, an address by Honorable Geo. D. Chafee and the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," a solo by Mrs. Geo. D. Chafee and chorus by the audience, was given. At the conclusion of these exercises the Service Flag was displayed, and the names of those repre- sented by the stars read. These, with others added at a later date, were: Brown, Oliver Clinton Dearing, Bradford French Hite, Birney Sinclair Nutt, Harrold Thorn, Steward McLean White, Walter Lawrence Monroe, Henry E. Thompson, Theo. Woodworth, Ray C. Williams, George W. Williams, Roy FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICE FLAG In patriotic services held on the evening of Sun- day, July 7, 1918, the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Shelbyville dedicated a Service Flag and unveiled an Honor Roll bearing stars and names, re- spectively, of twenty-six members of the church and congregation who at that time were in the service. The list was as follows: Austin, Glenn Bechtel, Oscar Bivins, Warren C. Barrett, Charles Cruitt, James Coleman, Kirk Courtright, Harry Osborne, Harry Davis, Sam C. Eiler, Verner Fleming, Bruce Gaylord, Everett Herron, Murphy A. Holloway, W. C. Lamb, Orville Stretch, J. Leonard Orb erg, Oscar Orberg, Russell Parker, Thomas Parish, Ben Parish, Harry Photo U. S. Signal Corps Stretch, George Sims, Glenn Tallman, Leverett Theobald, Paul K. Wallace, Bert The services in which this Service Flag was dedi- cated included patriotic music and addresses of an eulogistic and patriotic nature by Dr. J. C. West- ervelt and the pastor of the church, the Rev. M. G. Coleman. Practically every branch of the military service was represented in the list of service men. Page Sixty-Three SHELBYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SERVICE FLAG A beautiful feature of the decorations of the Shel- byville High School auditorium in 1918 was a large Service Flag, the stars on which represented former students of that institution. Many of them were graduates, while some of them had not finished their course. The list, which included the name of the Principal, Paul K. Theobald, who left Shelbyville with a contingent for Fort Thomas, Ky., only a few hours before the commencement exercises of the senior class of that year, is as follows: Auld, F. P. l.amb, Orville Bowman, Fred H. Miller, J. Glenn Barrett, Charles Miner, I.ester W. Hechtel, Oscar McColley, Wm. G. Becker, Milton McBride, Eddie Cecil. Eugene Moberley, Grider Courtright, Harry Price, John Cannon, Lester Parish, Hen Davis, Samuel C. Pauschert, Harry Frazer, Bernard l ? tl ?' H- '- Fry, Edgar Smith, Claud Freybarger, Floyd Slocum, George Fought, Ellsworth Scarborough, W. E. Fisher. George Storm, Clair Hite, B. S. Terry, Gaylord Jarnagin, R. L. Thompson, William Johnson, Robert Twiss. Chas. L. Kelley, Leo Wakefield, Everett Klauser, Arthur Wall. Adrian Kull, Carl Worley, Edmund Kull, Paul Wallace. Bert Wallace, Ogden Many other students and alumni of the High School were in the service later. COWDEX CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICE FLAG Forty-one stars appeared on the Service Flag of the Christian Church of Cowden at the time of its dedication, Sunday, March 10, 1918. The services were under the direction of Scout Master M. W. Williams and the Rev. F. M. Morgan. One of the stars represented Miss Mary Buzzard, serving in Base Hospital Xo. 66, in France from Dec. 2, 1917. The men of Cowden and vicinity for whom stars were placed on the flag were: Askins, Ilarlin Burris, Cecil R. Banning, Henry Cherry, T. E. Christy, Floyd Curtis, Fred Conrad, Ralph Cross. Everett Casstevens, Don Carlisle, Roy Dush, Roy Davis, James Flannigan, Rollo Fowler, Ralph Garrett, Hubert Horn, Oral Horn, Edward Henry, C. K. Heath, George Kroeninger, John Kroeninger. Earl Lawhorn, James Lawhorn, David Montooth. Arnold Mitchell, Don McGee, Sylvester McGee. Bee Nichols, Robert Phipps, Claud Kiggs, Martin Riemann. Edward Roadarmel, Vivian Stamper, Leverett Steagall, Rabron Taylor, Miles E. Tressler, Lane Wright, Cloyd Williams, Thurman Wiley, Ray Walters. Clark. EPWORTH LEAGUE SERVICE FLAG Honors were achieved by the Epworth League of the First Methodist Church of Shelbyville, when in a District Epworth League Convention at Deca- tur on Saturday, June 15, 1918, it was awarded a Service Flag by reason of the local chapter's having more of its members in active military service than any other Epworth League chapter in the district, including those of Decatur and many other towns and cities in several counties. Fourteen members were represented on the League's Service Flag. They were, namely: Austin, Glenn G. Bechtel. Oscar Courtright, Harry C'oleman. Kirk Davis, Sam C. Eiler, Verner Holloway, W. C. Lamb. Orval Orberg, Russell Orberg, Oscar Osborne, Harry Stretch, J. Leonard Theobald, Paul K. Wallace, Bert The Thirtieth Division More than thirty Shelby County men were in the Thirtieth Division, which had some of the roughest experiences of the A. E. F. Landing in Liverpool May 27, 1918, it proceeded directly across the island and to Calais, where it landed May 28. After three days it proceeded a short distance by train, then hiked to Louche, where the month of June was spent. On July 2 the march to Belgium was started, and at 4 p. in., July 4, the division reached Watou, Belgium the first American troops to enter Belgium. There it drew the fire of the German long range guns by day and bombing planes by night. Attached to the Fourth English army, the division soon got into the thick of the fray. Early in August the division took over the sector between Ypres and Kemmel Hill, and drew large shells and gas shells from the enemy daily. Aug. 30 the boys went over the top and cap- tured Vermerzeele, while the 27th Division took Kemmel Hill on their right. This was the begin- ning of the last big drive the allies made in Belgium. Relieved Sept. 3, the boys were sent to a small town near St. Pol, France, thence to Fincourt Woods, near Roisel. The division there had its greatest task the breaking of the Hindenburg line between St. Quentin and Cambria. At 5:50 a. m., Sept. 29, a long range gun announced the zero hour, and hell broke lose. Immediately the allied artillery on a 72-mile front laid on the enemy's trenches the deadliest barrage the world has ever known. After five minutes of bombardment, the barrage lifted and the infantry went over the top, keeping well up with the artillery fire. So deadly was the allied fire that prisoners captured said they could not live on the enemy side, and were glad to reach comparative safety with the allies. On Sept. 30 the Americans advanced their sta- tion to what was formerly the enemy's trenches, in which were found good concrete dugouts. The Aus- tralians sifted through the American lines, and the latter dropped back to Pincourt Woods, then further back to the banks of the Sonime. These boys re- turned to the front about Oct. 8, remaining for a few days, and then were relieved and dropped back to Ramicourt. Again they went to the front for an- other siege in the trenches, returning from which they retired to Behewcourt, remaining there until the cessation of hostilities. In the State Service Captain Frank R. Wendling, a Shelby County man, was during the war and is still in the state service. He was born in Shelbyville on Jan. 1, 1852, a son of the late George E. and Frances Wendling. He is state senator from the Fortieth senatorial dis- trict, and also since May 1, 1913, has been attached to the Adjutant General's Office, with rank of cap- tain. On the above date he was commissioned by Governor E. F. Dunne, after a very rigid examina- tion, with questions furnished by the United States army authorities. His headquarters are at the state arsenal in Springfield, where his duties are exacting and important. Page Sixty-Four In Abbott, Ivan P., Findlay. Beck, Win. R., Gays. Bennett. Russell, Herrick. Bixler, Clarence M., Findlay. Broughton, Wilber, Stewardson. Brims Herman T., Pana. Carroll, Arthur, Shelbyville. Carroll, Glen, Moweaqua. Casstevens, Geneva, Fancher. Collins, Herbert J., Assumption. Corson, Howard T., Tower Hill. Cox, Charles, Windsor. Curry, Ota D., Gays. Farris, Noah F., Bethany. Flinn, James W., Cowden. Garrett, Earl A., Windsor. Good, James A., Shelbyville. Gordon, Lester, Findlay. Gordy, Cecil, Clarksburg. Harlan, Remann H., Moweaqua. Haverstock, Robert F., Stewardson. Ireland, James R., Oconee. Jester, Thomas S., Pana. Johnson, Lloyd, Shelbyville. Kirker, Geo. H., Moweaqua. Krieg, Paul, Stewardson. Lading, Henry C., Strasburg. Lee, Elza L., Findlay. Lucas, Willis, Mook, Ky. Mars, Jesse, Clarksburg. Mars, Truman G- L-- Clarksburg. Mechling, Alva, Shelbyville. Moore, George E., Tow^er Hill. Morris, Aaron E., Westervelt. Nippe, Fred W"., Strasburg. Orberg, Oscar P., Shelbyville. Osborn, Clo C.. Tower Hill. Patient, Orlando F., Findlay. Pieper, Henry F. W., Strasburg. Pugsley, Maxwell, Neoga. Reiss, Charles E., Shelbyville. Rodgers, Clifford A., Tower Hill. Ruff, Andrew E., Strasburg. Russell, Noah O., Trowbridge. Sarver, LeRoy, Henton. Sarver, \Vm. E., Herrick. Schutte, John L., Sigel. Settles, Chas. V., Shelbyville. Sherlock, Frank, Shelbyville. Smith, Chas. F., Holland. Sphar. Chester W., Tower Hill. Stivison, James F., Moweaqua. Sudkamp, Lawrence, Sigel. Sutton, Clarence, Windsor. Tressler, Vollie L., Lakewood. Vanderpool, Roy, Shelbyville. Walker, Bert P., Windsor. Wall. Adrian, Decatur. Watkins, Ira C., Hanson. Weakley, John P., Moweaqua. by courtesy of Ladies Home Journal. Copyright Curtis Publishing Conipuny. IVAN P. ABBOTT Ivan P. Abbott, a son of Mrs. Martha Dawdy of near Fiiidlay, died in France of wounds received in action. Previously he had been reported as wounded severely, and later announcement of his death was received by his mother from the war department at Washington. Abbott enlisted at Shelbyyille, and left there on Feb- ruary 23, 1918, with a contingent of 54 men for Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He was in the same contingent with Herman It runs, Lester Gordon, Andrew E. Ruff, Wm. R. Beck and Chas. V. Settles, all of whom have a place in the gold star section of this history. Further particulars concerning Abbott were unobtain- able. All that happens in the world of nature and man, every war, every peace, every horn of prosperity, every horn of adversity, every election, every death, every life, every success and every failure, all change, all perman- ence", the perished leaf, the unutterable glory of stars, all things speak the truth to the thoughtful spirit. Rufus Choate. WILLIAM ROSS BECK Private William Ross Beck was one of four children of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Heck of Gays who gave their services to their country during the war, and he gave more than his services his life. W. R. Beck, aged 25 years, was inducted into the army February 22, 1918, leaving Shelbyville February 23, for Camp- Taylor, Ky., at which point he was in training one month. Leaving there on March 22, he was 'transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., where he was in training about six weeks. From there he was transferred to Camp Mer- ritt, which was his last station before sailing for France, WILLIAM ROSS BECK where he was destined to meet his death while fighting for the liberty of the world. Ilis movements are best told in the following excerpt from a letter received by his relatives : "Wm. R. Beck sailed from Boston May 12, 1918, for Halifax on the British S. S. Laomedon ; from Halifax May 16 for Liverpool. On the 21st the boat was at- tacked by U-boats on the Irish coast, but the attackers were beaten off and three of them destroyed. Landed May 27, and from Liverpool traveled to London and Dover, then across the channel to Calais on the 28th of May. On June 2d, we went into training at Yeuse, and July 1st we began our hike to the lines in Belgium, near Ypres. We spent the last ten days in the front lines with the British, on the right of this town. On August 15th we took the sector from Vpres to Mt. Kemmel. We were in the last battle of Kemmel, and took Voormazeele September 2 the first town taken by American troops in Belgium. .September 5th we were relieved from this sector and were then used only as storm troops. We were in the St. Quentin and Cambrai drive, and took the Hindenburg line at Bellecourt September 29. Among other towns your brother fought for were Nanroy, Es- tress, Busigny and Escaufort. "In the woods between Busigny and Escaufort on Oct- ober 9 your brother was wounded by a machine gun bullet." " On November 5 the family received a letter from the nurse who attended young Beck, to the effect that he was very seriously wounded in the abdomen and died at 7 o'clock p. m., October 9, a few hours after being wounded. He is buried in grave No. 4, plot 3, row A, in the military cemetery at Roisel, Department of the Somme, France. And his name is written in letters of gold on the scroll whereon are inscribed the names of America's hero dead. RUSSELL CLIXT BENNETT Russell Clint Bennett was a victim of Spanish influenza, which slew its hundreds of thousands, thus adding to the horrors of war. His death occurred at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., on the 7th of October, 1918, after he had been in the service little more than a month and before he had an opportunity to go overseas. Bennett was a son of Jacob F. and Emma Bennett, who live between Herrick and Cowden, and was born October 14, 1895. The place of his birth was Edgar county, Illinois, though he had lived in Shelby county for a number of years and was engaged in farming. On the 5th of September, 1918, he enlisted at LaSalle, III., and was assigned to Company 2, 161 Depot Brigade, at Camp Grant. On the 14th of June, 1918, he married Miss Pearl Neva Cherry, a daughter of James H. and Clara Cherry of Herrick, Shelby county. His wife and mother visited him in the hospital at Camp Grant, and left him improved in health. His apparent improvement was a false condition, however, for shortly he suffered a relapse and died. The body of Mr. Bennett was conveyed to Herrick, 111., for burial in the family lot in the cemetery there. It was accompanied from Camp Grant by his father, who went to the encampment for that purpose. Lester Bennett, a brother of the deceased soldier, was in camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind., at the time of Russell's death. CLARENCE MONROE BIXLER Clarence M. Bixler, a son of George and Anna Bixler of Findlay, was the eleventh Shelby county soldier to give his life for his country during the World War. He died of wounds received in battle, according to the mes- sage received by his parents from the War Department at Washington. The date of his death was July 26, 1918, and his body rests in one of the numberless graves *'in Flanders field." Bixler was born in Rose township, near Shelby ville, August 3, 1894, and was reared as a farmer. He was one of the first registrants in the county, and on Sep- tember 19, 1917, was inducted by the Local Board and with sixty- three other men was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky. On the 16th of the following Xovember, with sev- eral other boys from Shelby county, he was transferred to Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark. Early in 1918 he and his associates were sent to Camp Green, and about April 1 embarked on the ill-fated Moldavia, which fell a victim to the Hun campaign of submarine frightfulness and in going down took two of the Shelby county boys with her. These were Jesse Mars and Henry C. Lading. That Bixler was soon at the front and under fire is indicated by the fact that only about three months after landing in France he suffered the fatal wounds. Bixler was survived by his parents, two brothers and three sisters. One of the brothers was then subject to the call to service, but was not called. This was Frank Bixler. The other was Fred Bixler, an older brother. The sisters are Mrs. Sarah Tinnea and the Misses Car- oline and Bertha Bixler, all residing at Findlay. While craving justice for ourselves, it is never wise to be unjust to others. To deny valor in the enemy we have conquered, is to underrate our victory ; and if the enemy be strong enough to hold us at bay, much more to conquer us, ^ * self-respect bids us seek some other explanation of our misfortunes than accusing him of qualiti'.s inferior to our own. Lew Wallace. The triumphs of truth are the most glorious, chiefly because they are most bloodless of all victories, deriving their highest lustre from the number saved, not of the slain. Colton. \n 3 s WILBER BROUGHTON Death came to Wilher Broughton, a valiant and pa- triotic son of Shelby county, on the battlefield in France, where he was serving as a messenger and scout in the United States army. On the night of July 19, 1918, he was wounded, and removed to a hospital at Oise, France. Six days later, or on July 25, he died from the effects of the machine gun bullet. He met death as he had met the enemy, bravely. Wilber Broughton was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Broughton of Stewardson. He was born at Rose Hill, 111., March 26, 1899, and at the time of his death was nineteen years old. At an early stage of the World War he enlisted in the United States army at Danville, and was sent to Texas for training. After nine months there he was transferred to Syracuse, N. Y., where he remained for four months before being sent to France, where he served with the 23d Inf., M. G. Co. Young Broughton was a splendid young man, brave and intrepid, and gave splendid service before cut down by the weapons of the enemy in the foreign field. His family and friends, the latter of whom were many, sin- cerely mourned his untimely death. Exact justice is commonly more merciful in the long run than pity, for it tends to foster in men those stronger qualities which make them good citizens. Lowell. Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. Wherever her temple stands, and so long as it is duly honored, there is a foundation for gen- eral security, general happiness, and the improvement and progress of our race. Daniel Webster. HERMAN T. BRUNS Cheered by a letter from his wounded son in which the latter stated he was "doing fine" and expected to start for home soon, only to be plunged into deepest grief by a letter from a chaplain, telling of the death of the boy the day after he had written the cheery letter, was the experience of Theodore Bruns of Pana, whose son, Her- man T. Bruns, was a selective service man of Shelby county and left Shelbyville February 23, 1918, with a contingent of fifty -four men for Camp Taylor, Ky. After four weeks at Camp Taylor Bruns was trans- ferred to C'amp Sevier, S. C. May 10 he sailed {or France, where he fought, bled and died for human freedom. Bruns landed in France on the 25th day of May, and on the llth of the following July spent his first night in the trenches. From that time on he was under fire al- most continuously, and on the 6th of August he was stricken by the full force of Hun frightfulness and sus- tained wounds which later caused his death. While cleaning his gun in front of a dugout, he was struck by fragments of a high explosive shell. Six of his comrades were killed outright. lie himself lost an arm and a leg and two fingers on his right hand, and sustained a fright- ful wound in the jaw, also a very severe wound on his left shoulder. < >n November 20 Chaplain Moulton wrote the cheerful letter to his father. The next day the boy died. Mr. Bruns was born July 2, 1895. He was 23 years, 4 months and 20 days old at his death. Before his call to the colors he was in the employ of his brother, Wil- liam Bruns, on a farm near Tower Hill, and was regis- tered in Shelby county. He is survived by his father, the brother, William Bruns, another brother, John Bruns of Griggsville, and one sister, Mrs. M innie Ade of Pana. His mother died Dec. 16, 1916. In his infancy he was baptized in the German Lutheran church at Pana. Bruns was given Christian burial in France following his death, Chaplain Moulton, who notified his father of his death, saying the last rites over his body as it was committed to a grave back of the lines, in Boulogne, France. ARTHUR CARROLL A resident of Shelby county but enlisting in Billings, Mont., Arthur Carroll went forth to foreign soil to fight for freedom, and there fell a victim, not to shot or shell of the German enemy, but to the deadly disease, pneu- monia. His death occurred in an overseas hospital on the 10th of October, 1918, about two months after he landed in France. Carroll was a son of John D. and Carrie Belle Carroll, who live near Shelbyville. He was born February 13, 1887, at Moweaqua, and was reared on the farm. He went to Montana and was employed there when the United States went to war. On the 28th of June, 1918, he enlisted at Billings, and was assigned to Company A, 160th U. S. Infantry. He was first in Camp Lewis, Washington, and later in Camp Kearney, California. After only five weeks, however, he was sent east and in August sailed for France. There he was in the trenches a period of five weeks before contracting the disease which caused his death. For three years before the war he was in the Coast Artillery at Ft. Flagler, Washing- ton. His complete service record is unknown, and could not be learned for incorpo ration in this sketch. It is known, however, that he served faithfully and well for as long as it was given him to follow his officers and accompany his comrades. It was with sad hearts the good people of Shelby county placed a star of gold on the service flag in his memory. GLEN CARROLL Glen Carroll, another Shelby county boy who laid his life on the altar of his country and hesitated not when the complete sacrifice was exacted of him, did not reach France, and in that was disappointed. He was still at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., when he was stricken with bronchial pneumonia and died. His death occurred September 20, 1918, and as soon as military and health regulations would permit, the body was returned to Mo- weaqua for burial near his old home in Flat Branch town- ship. The funeral was held from the home of the young man's father-in-law, Stephen Hastings, at 10 o'clock Sat- urday morning, October 19. The service was brief, and the Sanner Chapel choir furnished the music. The casket of the dead soldier was draped with the American flag, the Home Guards of Assumption under the command of Captain Shan acted as escort, and Herman Foster sound- ed "taps." The casket-bearers were chosen from among the young man's friends, and were, namely : Arthur San- ner, William Bohlen, Milton liridgman, Fred Elmers, Raymond Coulter and Corry Simpson. The germs of all truth lie in the soul, and when the ripe moment comes, the truth within answers to the fact without as the flower responds to the sun, giving it form for heat and color for light. Robert Browning. Truth is open to all men ; she is not as yet borne away all ; there is much of her left for posterity to find out. Seneca. Justice is what is established; and thus all our estab- lished laws will be regarded as just, without being exam- ined, since they are established. Pascal. Liberty is the parent of truth, but truth and decency are sometimes at variance. All men and all propositions are to be treated here as they deserve, and there are many who have no claim either to respect or decency. Johnson. Truth conquers with itself ; among those who are eternal. but opinion conquers Epictetus. GENEVA CASSTEVENS On Shelby county's roll of "those who did not come back" appears the name of one woman Miss Geneva Casstevens, who laid down her life in a foreign land that others might live. Spending every ounce of energy in alleviating the distress of the patients in the army hospi- tal at Liverpool, Kn gland, Miss Casstevens, a nurse at- tached to the Major I). M. ( >ttis Hospital I'nit, con- tracted the influenza, which quickly developed into pneu- monia and on October 14, 1918, only a week and a day after she was stricken, caused her death. Miss Casstevens was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Casstevens of near Fancher, and was horn February 20, 1891, near Etna. From her second year her home was in Shelby county. Completing the rural school course she went to the home of a sister at Moscow, Idaho, where she took the high school training. In 1909 she entered the Nurses' Training School at St. Luke's hospital, Boise, Idaho, and for four years after her grad- uation in 1912 she nursed in that state. In 1916 she came to Springfield, 111., where she served as a Red Cross nurse for a year. Then she volunteered for overseas service and sailed for England on April 18, 1918. She was assigned for duty in Military Hospital Xo. 40 at Liverpool, where she performed her duties assiduously and efficiently. On August 31, 1919, a memorial service was held in the United Brethren church at Fancher. In the audience were her brother, Don Casstevens, her brother-in-law. Dr. E. W. Brooks, and her nephews, Glen and Jesse Sculley of West Frankfcrt, all of whom served also in the war. One of her ancestors was David Crockett, of Alamo fame, and her maternal grandfather fought and died in the Civil war. Miss Casstevens is survived by her parents, five sisters and three brothers. The latter are Mrs. Maude Sculley of West Frankfort, 111.. Mrs. Nellie Brooks of Beecher City, III., Mis. Edna Shinn of Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Frances Schaub of St. Elmo, 111., Mrs. Georgiana Mc- Gilligan of Shelby ville, J. M. of Beecher City, T. H. of Mt Vernon, la., and Don of Fancher. HERBERT J. COLLINS Private Herbert J. Collins, a Shelby county recruit of January, 1918, failed to realize his ambition to tight the Hun from the air. Within twenty-four hours after reach- ing Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, to which he was transferred from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., where he had been assigned to Company 16, Aviation Corps, after his enlistment at Decatur and successful passing of the phy- sical examination, he was stricken with pneumonia and despite the fact that for nine long weeks he made as brave a fight for life as he had anticipated making for democracy, he died on April 2, 1918. Death followed an operation for empyemia, into which his illness had devel- oped. Collins was born in Shelby county, October 9, 1898, and was the only son of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Collins. They, with two daughters. Avis and Bertie, survive the young man. The latter was reared at the old homestead, near Assumption, and following his demise at Kelly Field his body was brought back there, to be laid away where those who mourn his untimely passing may in melancholy satisfaction visit its resting place from time to time. The body was accompanied from Kelly Field by his mother, whose privilege it was to be with and minister to him during four weeks of his illness, and Sergeant Major Frank I. Glenn of Kelly Field. The funeral was held from the Presbyterian church in Assumption, of which he had been a member since his profession of faith in 191 4, and the services were more largely attended than any of like character in the history of that church. The young soldier's body was clothed in the uniform he had expected to wear on the field of bat- tle, and the casket was draped with the flag which he had sought to defend. Troop 1, Assumption Boy Scouts, attended the funeral in a body, and each Scout, living symbol of a comrade who fain would have stood at the bier, dropped a flower into the grave. Taps were sounded. Collins' career as a soldier was brief and uneventful; but while he did not get to the battle zone and was not under fire, he gave his life for the great Ideal as truly as the man who fell in Flanders. ARTHUR HOWARD CORSON Arthur Howard Corson, the only son of W. S. and F. J. Corson of Tower Hill, died of pneumonia on the 15th of November, 1918, at Pauillac Gironde, France, and was buried in the Pauitlac cemetery with full honors. Corson enlisted in his country's service May 11, 1917, and was called to service as yeoman of the second class on the 4th of the following September. He was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training School, where he re- mained until July 25, 1918, when he was transferred to the navy yard at Philadelphia, Pa. About September 15 he was sent to France, and after arriving there was made a yeoman of the first class. Two months after his land- ing in France, he yielded to disease and passed away. Mr. Corson was born in Pleasant Plains, 111., Nov. 5, 1895, and come to Tower Hijl when about 12 years old. After completing his course in the public schools there, he entered Sparks Business College in Shelbyville, taking the stenotypy course. Graduating therefrom in June, 1915, he took employment with the Big Four Railroad company and until his enlistment in the navy was em- ployed in the office of the superintendent at Mattoon. In June, 1918, he married Miss Martha A. Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Williams of Mattoon, and in dying was survived by her and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Corson received a letter from Glenn R. Ward, one of the young man's comrades, who in testify- ing to the splendid character and the popularity of their son. said : "I worked in the same office with your son from the time he reported at this station until his death, and de- sire to state that he created the impression among his many shipmates that he was one of the most manly, ener- getic and ambitious men in our group, and his death was a shock that will always be felt by his friends. He gave his life for his country and died for a true and just cause." Subsequent to receipt of the word of his death, memor- ial services were held, both at Mattoon and in Sparks Business College, where fitting tributes were paid to the memory of the dead yeoman. CHARLES COX Charles Cox of Windsor died of spinal meningitis in an army hospital at Recey-sur-Ource, Cote d'Or, France, January 27, 1919, according to an announcement received by the young man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Linza Cox. Later a letter from Captain Henry T. Kent, 52d Infantry, U. S. A., of whose company Cox was a member, wrote the parents a letter of condolence, in which he stated, among other things: "His death takes from the company one of our best soldiers. Always faithful to duty, we have never known him to shirk any responsibility prompt at formations and drill and in every way a good soldier. While in active service in the Argonne forest lie conducted himself in such a way as to bring com- mendation upon him. lie died doing his duty, than which there is no nobler death." Charles Cox was 25 years old, having been born in Cheyenne Co., Kansas, September 11, 1893. He was a graduate from the Windsor high school, completing the course with the class of 1912, and was president of the Alumni from 1912 to 1918. He was an active member of the Methodist church and was president of the men's class of the Sunday school. He belonged to the Red Men lodge. On June 27, 1918, he was inducted by the local board, and on the following day entrained with nearly 200 men for Camp Taylor, Ky. Soon after arriv- ing there he volunteered for overseas service, and was sent to France August 6, 1918. At Camp Taylor he was assigned to Company 53, 14 Bn., 159 Depot Brigade, later was transferred to Company F, 155 Inf., then to D, 154 Inf., and later to Company A, in which company he served 20 days in the trenches and in many skir- mishes, and of which he was a member at the time of his death. Selected at Camp Taylor as one of twelve men from the company for expert rifle practice, he. was transferred to Camp Beauregard, La., and later to New- port News, from whence he sailed to France August 6, 1918. A memorial service was held at the Methodist church Dec. 14, 1919. Cox was a fine civilian, and a most excellent soldier. OTA D. CURRY To serve valiantly through three of the biggest battles of the World War, on the Marne. at St. Mihiel and in the Argonne front, then to fall prey to pneumonia was the fate of Ota I). Curry of Ash Grove township, who enlisted at Champaign, III., September 21, 1917, and ar- rived in France July 6, 1918. After his induction lie was sent to Camp Dodge, where he was assigned to the 347th Infantry. Later he was transferred to Camp Pike, with the 345th, and later to Camp Merritt. On the 19th of June, 1918, he sailed from Hoboken, and landed at Bor- deaux July 6. Thirteen days later he was assigned to the 30th Inf., 3d Division, and went at once to Head- quarters company, attached to a signal platoon. He was in the American counter attack on the Marne until about the J6th of July, then went to the St. Mihiel front, and after a few days was sent to the Argonne- Meuse front. Mr. Curry was taken ill at Salzig on December 13 and went to the infirmary, but after a day in bed started on a hike with his battalion. He was compelled to fall out of Hue, however, and was taken in the ambulance to Coblenz, where he died December 23. Ota I). Curry was the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Curry of Gays, and a twin brother of Oda E. Curry, who also served in the army in France. He was born near Gays October 6, 1887, and before his enlistment was conductor on the street railway in Champaign, Til. On November 12, 1916, he married Miss Edna !. Waggoner, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Waggoner of Gays. The parents, wife, four brothers and five sisters survive the death of the brave young man, who gave himself to sacrificial ser- vice to the world. The brothers are Oda E. Curry, al- ready mentioned, Artie, Frank and Leslie Curry. The sisters are Mrs. M. II. Cullen, Mrs. Robert Delong, Mrs. Russell Armantrout, Mrs. Myrtle -Houston of Champaign, and Miss Elva Curry. The young man was possessed of splendid character. He was a member of Gays Camp, Modern Woodmen of America. Mrs. Curry, who during the service of her husband in France and since his death there has been a teacher in M oultrie county schools, had two brothers in service. NOAH F. KARRIS Seven days after the signing of the armistice, Noah F. Farris, son of John II. and Mattie R. Farris of northern Shelby county, gave up his life in a foreign army hospi- tal. His death occurred at Gondercourt, France, Nov- ember 18, 1918, and was due to spinal meningitis, con- tracted while in service. According to direct word re- ceived by his parents, the body of the young man lies in a beautiful American cemetery, though in foreign soil. Mr. Farris was born December 29, 1893, on a farm in Todd's Point township, where his parents still reside. He was reared on the farm, and was engaged in agricul- tural pursuits before he was inducted into military ser- vice at Shelbyville, June 27, 1918. With his comrades of the contingent, he was sent to Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., and there was assigned to the 159th Depot Brigade. Later he was transferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison, at Indianapolis, Ind., where he was placed with G Com- pany, 22d Engineers, with which he remained throughout his service. After a period of training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Farris was sent overseas, and sailed from New York. He landed at Liverpool, Eng., and then proceeded to La Havre, France, where he arrived some time in August, 1918. He was in training overseas several months. Young Farris was the third of three brothers to enter military service. The first was John W. Farris, who was inducted October 3, 1917, and sent to Camp Taylor, where he was held for special work and did not realize his ambition to go overseas. T*he second brother was Thomas J. Farris, who was inducted April 30, 1918, and sent to Camp Dix, N. J. He was assigned to the 308th Field Artillery, and saw service in France. He reached home on Decoration Day, 1919, and his brother John arrived the 1 olio wing day. Only the presence of the valiant lad who had given his life was needed to make the family circle complete and happy. Mr. Farris is sur- vived by Ins parents, the two veteran brothers, and the following brothers and sisters, namely: Lewis McKinley Farris, Charles A. Farris, Mrs. Jennie B. C'ole of Mo* weaqua, and Miss Delia May Farris. JAMES W. FLINN "He was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow," can be said of Corporal James W. Flinn of Dry Point township, as it was of the son of the widow of Xahi. Moreover, it may be said of Flinn that he was the only son of Dry Point township who lost his life in action during the World War. He was killed October 24, 1918, in the Argonne, where he was lighting witli his company, F of the 354th Infantry, 89th Division, in which he had been made a corporal and placed in charge of a detail of thirteen men a short time before. Pre- vious to that he had been a liaison runner, connected with both battalion and regimental headquarters and per- forming his perilous duties with bravery and efficiency than won favorable comment from his superior officers and comrades. Corporal Flinn was a son of Mrs. Mary Flinn of Dry Point township, and was her only support. Before the war he was manager of a brokerage house in Oklahoma City, Okla. He registered at Denver, Col., and left for service from the home of an uncle, E. W. Rider, a former resident of Shelby county. He entered the service on August 26, 1918, and was sent to Camp Funston. After short training there and on the rifle range, he was trans- ferred to an eastern embarkation camp and left for over- seas, arriving in France about July 1 . On August 2 he was on the firing line, and was made liaison runner. The need for experienced men after the depletion of his company, led to his transfer back to the company and his rank as corporal. He was in the hard fighting of St. Mi hi el and the Argonne, and men and officers who were associated with him declare that he acquitted him- self as a brave and patriotic soldier. Major (General Winn wrote his mother, subsequent to the young man's death, that he was a fine soldier, did all that was asked of him, and died bravely. Flinn was survived by his widowed mother and one sister. Mrs. Xell Ensor of Cowden. EARL A. GARRETT C'orporal Earl A. darrett, son of Peter Garrett of Windsor, 111., died May 31, 1918, from the effect of wounds received while commanding a gun in the capture of a village occupied by the Germans on May 28 and 29. His captain writes that "he did splendi.I work keeping his gun in action and looking after his squad, although under the most severe shell fire." A shell fell in the trench where he was, killing two and wounding three, of whom he was one. He died shortly after being evacu- ated to the hospital. Garrett was born September 20, 1889. On Sept. 23, 1910, he enlisted in Co. L, 23d Infantry, and at the ex- piration of his three-years enlistment was honorably dis- charged Sept. 26, 1913. On March 18, 1914. he re- enlisted at Columbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio, and served in Panama from March 25, 1915, to Aug. 18, 1915, when at his own request and because of his excellent service he again was honorably discharged. Under the draft law in 1917 his number was the 1 1th drawn at Washington and the 3d in Shelby county. However, as the son of a volunteer in the Civil war, he waited not for the operation of the machinery of the draft, but on July 27, 1917, enlisted at Indianapolis in the 46th Inf. When the commanding officer called for volunteers for the 28th regiment, part of which already was in France, he was the first to step forward. Later he was asked to go to Camp Taylor as top sergeant to train men for France; but to his commanding officer he said: "I am ready for action, but if I am to be of any use to my country, let me go to France," and on Oct. 27, 1917, he sailed. Over there he was assigned to 2d Co., Di- visional Machine Gun Ilattalion, 1st Div., A. E. F. t and fell in the desperate fighting for the capture of Catigny. His body lies in Cemetery Xo. 170, grave No. 172, at Uonvillers, on the Ois<_-. To Garrett's father his captain wrote: "He died in action, nobly performing his duty for his country, and you can well be proud of him, as I am." JAMES A. GOOD James Abraham Good, a Shelby ville soldier at Camp A. A. Humphreys, Va., died Sunday, October 6, 1918, of Spanish influenza and pneumonia. Young Good was a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Good, and was born in Rose township, just west of Shelbyville, September 9, 1896. He was reared on the farm. In 1914 he matriculated with the Shelbyville high school, and completed the course in the spring of 1918. Immed- iately he enlisted in his country's service, was accepted and sent to Camp A. A. Humphreys, where at the time of his death he was a member of Company F, 2d En- gineers Training regiment. His death occurred at the base hospital at the training camp. James Good was a young man of splendid character, honest and industrious, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He is survived by his parents, four brothers and three sisters. The brothers are Winfred Good of St. Louis, Clint Good of Kansas City, Ruel M. Good, who holds a civil service position at the reforma- tory at Pontiac, 111., and John Good, who served with the American army in France. The sisters are Miss Mabel Good, holding a civil service appointment at the Southern Illinois hospital at Anna, and the Misses Kmma and Elizabeth Good of Shelbyville. The body of James Good was returned to Shelbyville on Sunday, October 13, and because of health restrictions was held at a mortuary until the hour of the funeral, 2 o'clock p. m., Monday, October 14. It was then con- veyed to Glenwood cemetery, where it was given a semi- military burial. The colors were borne by Former Color Sergeant John Wilburn, and the Shelbyville Commercial Club and the high school class of 1918 served as a guard of honor. "Old Glory" floated at half mast near the grave, and the services were peculiarly impressive. Rev- eille, retreat and the call to the colors were sounded, and as retreat was sounded the flag was lowered and the flower- and flag-draped casket found its resting place in the grave. Following the benediction taps were sounded. LESTER GORDON Lester Gordon, farmer and soldier, died October 8, 1918. His death was due to organic cardiac disorder, and took place at St. Elizabeth s hospital, Lafayette, Ind., to which institution he was taken from the train when his condition became critical, as he was en route to his home in Findlay from Camp Sevier, S. C., where he received his discharge the preceding September 30. Lester Gordon was born at Moweaqua, 111., October 7, 1891, and was a son of Jesse and Melvina Gordon, now of Shelbyville. He was reared on the farm, and followed agricultural pursuits before his military service. On De- cember 21, 1912, he married Miss Hazel Underwood, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Underwood of Findlay. He was inducted February 22, 1918, for army service and with 53 other Shelby county boys was sent to Camp Tay- lor, Ky., where he was assigned to the 18th Co., Depot Brigade. In the following month he was transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., where he was placed in the 119th Inf., 30th Division. In May of the same year he was transferred to Company A, 1 Provisional Dev. regiment at Camp Sevier. He was made company clerk, and was given rank of sergeant. The climate at Camp Sevier did not agree with Ser- geant Gordon, and serious heart trouble developed. He finally received an honorable discharge for disability, and started on the homeward journey that was destined to be interrupted by death. Following the death of Gordon at Lafayette, the body was taken to Findlay, arriving there on Thursday, October 10. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day the funeral was conducted from the Christian church at Findlay, conducted by the Rev. Myrtle Storm of Bethany. Besides the parents and wife. Mr. Gordon is survived by three sisters and four brothers, namely : Elza, Wil- liam, Charles and Alva Gordon, all living in or near Findlay, Miss Delia Gordon, living at home, Mrs. Dora Salmons of Shelbyville and Mrs. Barbara Stockdale of Tower Hill. CECIL GORDY Cecil Gordy, a son of Ben Gordy of Clarksburg hut who was at work in Iowa at the time of the registration and induction of the young men of the country, was re- ported by the war department to have been killed in action in France on either the 23d of October, 1919, or the 4th of November following. The only definite infor- mation concerning his death, and that is meagre, is from a friend and comrade, who states that four of them were in a shell hole, when young Gordy was killed by an ex- ploding shell. The place and battle are unknown to the young man's relatives. Gordy was born April 26, 1889, in Douglas county, III., and when he grew up followed agricultural pursuits, lie enlisted August 29, 1918, at Cedar Rapids, la., and was assigned to Co. C, 4th Inf., Replacement regiment, Camp Gordon, and went overseas about October 1, 1918. In France he served with Company C, 163d Infantry, American Expeditionary Force. Gordy's mother is dead. He is survived by his father, three brothers and three sisters. The brothers are Wil- liam Gordy of Tuscola, II 1., Leonard Gordy of Iowa, and Mearl Gordy of Si on tana. Tlie sisters are Mrs. Grace Barger of Montana, Mrs. Ada Wood of Arthur, 111,, and Mrs. Laura Strohl of Clarksburg. Truth always has a bewitching savor of newness in it, and novelty at the first taste recalls that original sweet- ness to the tongue ; but alas for him who would make the one a substitute for the other. Lowell. Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil so- ciety ; and any departure from it, under any circum- stances, lies under the suspicion of being no policv at all. Burke. REMANN H. HARLAN Remann Humphrey Harlan of Moweaqua, with more than a year's service in this country and with the Amer- ican Expeditionary Force in France back of him, re- turned to his home to die. His death occurred there on June 19, 1919, less than a month after his return from foreign soil. He died of pneumonia, which developed Irom an illness he sustained while he was in France. Harlan was a son of Lewis E and Susan Harlen, and was born near Moweaqua October 23, 1894. He was reared at Moweaqua, where he held an enviable posi- tion in church and social circles. He was selected by the local board January 23, 1918, and was sent rirst to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., then to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. Later he was transferrd to Fort Omaha and as- signed to 18th Balloon company. He went to Newport News, where he was in quarantine because of influenza for six weeks before sailing. He landed in France No- vember 3, after a fourteen-day voyage. It was not his lot to get into active service overseas, and after six months at Bordeaux was returned to Newport News, then he was transferred to Camp Lee, Va., and event- ually discharged at Camp Grant. He reached his home at Moweaqua May 21, 1919, and died as stated, from complications due to exposure. The funeral was held on Sunday, June 22, from the Baptist church, in which the young soldier had been an active worker, including in Ins activities the presidency of both the Junior and Senior Christian Endeavor societies, at different times. The active casket-bearers were soldiers, namely : Glen Tolly, Maurice Scribner, Clayton Shepherd, Ilaldon Avars, Ralph Adams and Jesse Chapman. The honorary pall -hearers were cousins of the dead youth, namely : Clayton, Rolland, Glen, Clarence and James Humphrey and Lawrence Drake. Harlan is survived by his father, a Civil war veteran, his mother and one brother. The memory of the young soldier is honored in that the recently organized post of the American Legion at Moweauqua is named the Remann H. Harlan Post. ROBERT FRAXCIS HAVERSTOCK The influenza scourge and its aftermath, pneumonia, which were even more deadly to United States soldiers than the shot, shell and gas of the Hun, were responsible for the death of Robert Francis Haverstock on Friday, October 18, 1918. The end came at the base hospital at Camp Funston, Kansas, where be was under treat- ment for a week for pneumonia, and where he was given the kindliest consideration possible by the greatly over- worked hospital staff. With the young man at his death were his father and mother, John C. and Dora Haver - stock of Stewardson, who had been summoned to his bedside when his condition became critical. The body was brought to Stewardson, escorted by Gilbert E. Wagers, who was assigned to that duty by the authori- ties at Camp Funston. The government also provided a floral piece for the funeral, which took place at the family home soon after arrival of the body and its at- tendants, llurial took place in the Stewardson cemetery. Havertock was born June 20, 1896, at the family home just east of Stewardson. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, but for the year preceding his call to the col- ors, September 5, 1918, he worked at Peoria, Illinois, and C'oncordia, Kansas. On his induction he was sent to Camp Funston, but within four weeks was stricken with his fatal illness. In the meantime he had been as- signed to 25th Company, 164 Depot Brigade, with which it was his hope to see foreign service. Notwithstanding the fact that his sickness and ap- proaching death were a keen disappointment to the young man, he stated to his parents before the end came that he was at peace, and happy. The esteem in which he was held by the people of his home com- munity was fully attested by the floral expressions at the time of his funeral, and the many acts of kindness shown the sorrowing family by the business men, the Modern Woodmen of America and the public in gen- eral. Resides bis parents, Haverstock is survived by two sis- ters and four brothers. One of the latter was regis- tered, being in the 18-21 class. One brother is dead. JAMES R. IRELAND Just two weeks after he set foot on the soil of France, with the purpose of helping to rid that country of the hated enemy and make the world free from autocracy forever, James Roy Ireland of < tconee bowed to the conqueror Heath, and laid down his life at Mehun, France, to which point he had marched with his com- rades from II re st. His death was due to pneumonia, which was the outgrowth of influenza. James Ireland was born at Oconee, Shelby county, November 28, 1893, the son of James M. and Mary C. Ireland. After completing hts education he engaged in school teaching, and for three years was in charge of schools in Shelby county, continuing that profession until the time of his induction, June 27, 1918. He left Shelbyville with a contingent of new soldiers for Camp Taylor, Ky., and later was in both Camp Reauregard and Camp Stuart. lie sailed from Newport News Au- gust 6, 1918, and landed at Brest August 18. From this port he marched to a point near Mehun, where he was stricken with his fatal illness. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, and the Masons of his company, R of the 141st Machine Gun Battalion, gave him Chris- tian burial and marked bis grave at Mehun with a foot- stone, upon which was placed his name and company. M ilitary honors were accorded him in his burial. Ireland was well known in Shelby county as a pro- gressive young educator, who was very successful in his work as a teacher. He had a strong personality, and had he not met an untimely death would have made his mark in the educational world, is the opinion of those who knew him and had observed bis career. He is survived by his parents and several brothers and sis- ters. Great patriots, therefore, must be men of great ex- cellence ; and it is this alone that can secure to them lasting admiration. It is by this alone that they be- come noble to our memories, and that we feel proud in the privilege of doing reverence to their nobleness. Henry Giles. THOMAS S. JESTER Sergeant Thomas Steven Jester of Tower Hill died at Fort Logan H. Root, Ark., Thursday, December 12, 1918, of pneumonia. His body was immediately sent to his home, arriving there on Friday, December 13, under the escort of Sergeant F. R. Duernberger. Sergeant Jester was a son of Lewis and Christie Mills Jester of Tower Hill, and was born August 27, 1887, in Shelby county. lief ore his induction, January 9, 1918, he was employed as a miner. On December 17, 1914, he married Miss Tennie M. Pollard of Tower Hill, who is a daughter of Mrs. Ed. Mills of Tower Hill. Her father is deceased. One son, Wilba Marion Jester, was born to Mr. and Mrs Jester on June 2, 1916, and is among the survivors of his father's death. Following his induction, Jester was sent to Ft. Ogle- thorpe, Ga., and later to Fort Logan II . Root, Ark. He was attached to the medical corps, and during the eleven months he was with the army he did much splen- did service. During the "flu" epidemic he helped care for several hundred influenza patients before he him- self was stricken with pneumonia, which resulted in his death. During his illness he was very patient, and it was reported by those who were with him in cam]) that his thoughts ever were of others, rather than of him- self and his own condition. Jester's good service won for him the rank of ser- geant on September 16. 1918, One brother, Howard Jester, was in service in Cuba at the time of his brother's death. Sergeant Jester is survived by his parents, wife and son, the brother already mentioned, and another brother, Leurs Jester, of Mingus, Texas, and the following named sisters : Mrs. Olive Clark, Mrs. Ora Holing, Mrs. Goldie Jester Towers, and the Misses Gladys and Clara Jester, all of Shelby county, and Mrs. J. W. Hayes of El Paso, Texas. He was a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, the Knights of Pythias and United Mine Workers. His funeral was held from the Meth- odist church in Pana on Sunday, December 15, 1918, and burial took place in Mound cemetery in that city. LLOYD VERNON JOHNSON Lloyd Vernon Johnson, a former member of Com- pany H, 130th U. S. Infantry, died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Sarah Stanley, in Shelby ville, on Thurs- day, February 13, 1918. Death was due to tuberculo- sis, with which he had been afflicted for some time, and which was responsible for his discharge, from the company at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, before that unit left for overseas service in the summer of 1918. Johnson was born in Vernon county. Mo., July 26, 1896. His father was the late John Johnson, and" after his death his mother was remarried. lief ore his de- parture with Company H for Camp Logan, young John- son was engaged in labor in Shelby ville. He enlisted May 25, 1917, the day before the company was called to Mattopn for service in the cyclone area, and later accompanied it to the southern training camp, only to suffer the development of the disease that eventually caused his death. He received his discharge on Jan- uary 18, 1918, and returned to his home in Shelbyville. Johnson is survived by his mother, three brothers, Clarence O., Jesse W., and Roy Johnson, a sister, Mrs. Sam Rice, and one half sister, Miss Edith Stanley. Roy Tohnson was with the Engineer Truck Co. 457, A. E. F., A. P. O. 705, France. The burial of the young sol- dier took place in Mound cemetery, Cowden. Liberty, equality bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice, and justice towards the feeble becomes necessarily protection or kindness. Amiel. Truth will never be tedious unto him that t ravel leth in the secrets of nature ; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us. Thomas Lodge. GEORGE KITCHEN KIRKER Death came to George Hitchen Kirker unprosaically in the ward of a western hospital. This young soldier was denied the glory of a death among the stirring scenes of battle, which unquestionably he would have chosen had he had his will. But his death, caused no less truly by his devotion to his country and to man- kind than as though he met it on the battle field or in the trench, was in reality none the less glorious by reason of its coming in the hospital. lie was a victim of tuberculosis, which followed a siege of pleura! pneu- monia, with which he was stricken soon after entering the training camp at Camp Hancock, Ga., early in 1918. After being treated in a hospital there for some time, he went to Nevada, where he expired in the convales- cent hospital at Montella on November 24, 1918. His body was returned to his home at Moweaqua, where it was buried December 2, with services conducted by the Rev. Frank Campbell, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Kirker was born at Maroa, III., June 21, 1884, and at the time of his death was 34 years, five months and three days old. He was a son of John H. and Flor- ence M. Kirker, now residents of Moweaqua, Shelby county. Employed at New Haven, Conn., he enlisted there in January, 1918, as a motor mechanic, and was sent to Camp Hancock. He was there but a few days when he was taken ill, and the development of the dis- ease which eventually mastered him blasted his hopes of meeting the enemv face to face on an European bat- tle field. Mr. Kirker received his honorable discharge at Camp Hancock, Ga., June 28, 1918, and later went to the hos- pital where he died. Love of country is one of the loftiest virtues which the Almighty has planted in the human heart, and so treason against it has been considered among the most damning sins. Emery A. Starrs. PAUL KREIG Paul Kreig died October 8, 1918, at Norfolk, Va., where he was attached to the U. S. N. Hospital Corps, in which he enlisted March 28, 1918. His death was due to bronchial pneumonia, and was the third of Shelby county men reported within twelve hours' time. Krieg was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Krieg of Stewardson, Shelby county, and was 23 years of age at the time of his death. Following his enlistment for service with the hospital corps he was sent to Nor- folk, and performed the duties of an apprentice with such devotion and care that he won the esteem of the patients and of the officers in command. One of the latter wrote the young man's parents after his death, speaking in high praise of his work and of his cheerful obedience to military discipline. Mr. Krieg is survived by his parents and three sis- ters. The latter are Mrs. Clarence Terry of Strasburg and the Misses Lucile and Inez Krieg at home. His body was brought to Stewardson for burial, and funeral services, attended by a great concourse of sorrowing citizens, were held there. Courage that grows from constitution very often for- sakes a man when he has occasion for it, and, when it is only a kind of instinct in the soul, breaks out on all occasions, without judgment or discretion. That cour- age which proceeds from the sense of our duty and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason. _ - Addison. A brave man inspires others to heroism, but his own courage is not diminished when it enters into other souls; it is stimulated and invigorated. Washington Gladden. What I do not wish men to do to me, I also wish not to do to them. Confucius. HENRY C. LADING A marble monument stands in St. Paul's cemetery in the village of Strashurg, bearing an inscription that tells the silent but eloquent story of the heroic death of Henry C. Lading, one of the first two men of Shelby county to meet a violent death in the war. Lading was a victim of the Hun's campaign of unrestricted subma- rine frlghtfulness, and with Jesse Mars, another Shelby county man, lost his life in the torpedoing of the trans- port Moldavia, as he was crossing to France with Com- pany B, 58th Infantry, Fourth I )i vision. Lading, who was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lading of Strasburg, and born September 24, 1892, was called to the colors with the country's second contingent, leaving Shelbyville with 63 other men on the 18th of September, 1917. His first destination was Camp Tay- lor, but he was soon transferred to Camp Pike, Ark., then to a camp in North Carolina and thence overseas, lie and his company landed in England and were in the great parade of American soldiers reviewed by King George. As the transport bore them toward France, it was struck by a torpedo and sank, May 26, 1918. Fifty-three men of Company B were killed and drowned. It is believed by soldiers who knew the location of the men's quarters and the point of contact of the torpedo, that Lading must have been killed instantly by the ex- plosion. Many of the men escaped instant death, only to drown in the icy waters. The report of Lading's death was first received in Shelbyville through a press report, and the bulletin was posted while a crowd of thousands, assembled to attend a Red Cross demonstration, thronged the streets. There were tears in many eyes as the message was read, telling the story of the county's first sacrifice of blood in the great war for universal liberty. Subsequently a memorial service was held in Strasburg, at which the dead hero's virtues were extolled. Later a monument to his memory was erected in the cemetery of the church of which he was a member, but in his heroic sacrifice is found an even more enduring memorial. El.ZA L. LEE Private Elza L. Lee of Fiiidlay died of disease in France, September 29^ 1918, while he was serving as an infantryman with the American Expeditionary Force in an effort to free the world from autocratic oppression. His death was due to influenza and pneumonia, which he contracted aboard ship enroute to Europe with his company, the 154th U. S. Inf., 39th division. Immedi- ately upon the arrival of the transport he was sent to the base hospital, and following his death his body was buried in the American lot, grave Xo. 22, of the Mehun- Sur- Nevre cemetery. Lee was a son of B, F. and Louvica Lee of Findlay, 111., and was born in Shelby county September 16, 1892. He was a farmer, and before his induction into army service was employed on a farm near Bethany. He en- listed June 28, 1918, at Shelbyville, and with nearly 200 other men of this county was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky. He was in that training camp only a month before being transferred east and shipped overseas from New- port News. Following the young soldier's death his major, H. C. Hodges, wrote his parents a letter, in which he said : "He met his end in the service of our country, and with as much bravery and fortitude as if he were in the act- ual presence of the foe." Private Lee is survived by his parents, well known residents of Findlay, four brothers and five sisters. The brothers are William H. Lee, Edward Lee and Frank Lee of Findlay, and Charles Lee of Canada. The sisters are Mrs. Lay Sills and Mrs. Dora Cadle of Pax- ton, 111., Mrs. Maude Carlyle, Mrs. Grace Nixon and Mrs. Bessie Wamick of Findlay. Justice commands us to have mercy upon all men, to consult the interests of the whole human race, to give every one his due, and to injure no sacred, public or foreign rights, and to forbear touching what does not belong to us. Cicero. WILLIS LUCAS Willis Lucas was a Kentuckian, who by reason of his employment in Shelby county, was registered here and was inducted by the local board. 1 1 is term of service began September 18, 1917, when he was called with the county's second contingent, and on the following day was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky. On the 16th of No- vember following he was transferred to Camp Pike, Ark., with Company G, 346th Inf. He was again trans- ferred, April 14, at Camp Greene, N. C., to Company A, 58th Inf., Fourth Division, and sailed May 7 on the ill-fated Moldavia. He escaped death when that steamer was torpedoed on the 26th of May, and Henry C. Lading and Jesse Mars of this county lost their lives, but was destined to lose his life on the battle field some months later. He went into action July 18, and was wounded by shrapnel on the following day at Chateau Thierry. After his recovery from the effects of the wound he was returned to his outfit, and was assigned to the 10th Ma- chine Gun Battalion, taking part in the St. Mihiel drive. About October 4 Lucas was seen by George Furr, an- other Shelby county boy, as he was moving up to the front. A couple of days later, while in the Argonne, he was killed by a rifle bullet. Notice of his death was officially forwarded to the young man's mother in Ken- tucky, and transmitted by her to a sister in Ash Grove township. A brother of the dead soldier, Renzo Lucas, resides near Windsor. The young man's home was at Mook, Ky. Justice is immortal, eternal and immutable, like God Himself ; and the development of law is only then a progress when it is directed towards those principles which, like Him, are eternal ; and whenever prejudice or error succeeds in establishing in customary law any doctrine contrary to eternal justice. Kossuth JESSE MARS Jesse Guy Mars, who with Henry C. Lading of Stras- burg lost his life when the transport Moldavia was tor- pedoed in pursuance with the Germans' campaign of ruthlessness, was a son of Mrs. Elizabeth Mars, who lives a few miles south of Shelby ville, and left Slu-lhy- ville with the third contingent of fighting men on Oc- tober 3, 1917. He went first to Camp Taylor, Ky., then to Camp Pike, Ark., later to Camp Greene, N. C., and in May sailed for Europe, only to make the supreme sacrifice before he set foot on the soil of battle- torn France. Mars was thirty years, two months and twenty -eight days old at the time of his death. He was born of the union of Solomon and Elizabeth Mars. His father is dead. His mother and two brothers, Elmer and William Mars, survive him. On the 9th of June, 1918, a service in memory of Jesse Mars was held at Mt. Zion church, near his home, and was attended by a large concurse of people, who assembled to pay tribute to the sacrifice the young man had made for mankind. The room was decorated by the American flag and roses, and on the pulpit stood a photograph, enlarged from a snapshot and framed. As one feature of the service this picture was presented to the sorrow- stricken mother, the presentation being made by J. E. Gallagher in behalf of the Sunday school which Mr". Mars had attended. A gold star appeared in the service flag, which bore stars for 26 young men of the community who had gone out to serve their coun- try on land and sea. Attorney F. R. Dove, a member of the exemption board which inducted Mars, was chairman of the meet- ing, the Shelby ville Woman's Glee Club furnished the music, and the Rev. M. G. Coleman pronounced a glow- ing eulogy of the dead hero, and to all others who were engaged in the battle for humanity and righteousness. TRUMAN G. L. MARS Truman G. L. Mars, a first cousin of Jesse Mars, who was one of the victims in the torpedoing of the Moldavia, was killed September 27, 1918, when he was shot through the stomach by a machine gun bullet as he was taking part in the charge on Charpentry. For three months after first getting into active service the latter part of June, having landed in May, young Mars was constantly under fire in Alsace Lorraine, then was in reserve in the St. Mihiel drive. He suffered all the hardships of actual warfare wet, cold, hunger, sleeplessness, and eventually death. His face was to the foe and he was advancing when the end came. He died instantly. A comrade writes the sorrowing relatives that "Mars was a game soldier, as game as any I ever saw." Truman Mars was a son of Simon and Janice Mars of Clarksburg. His mother is dead. For two or three years before entering military service the young man was employed as an auto mechanic at Mott, N. D., and was registered and inducted there. His induction oc- curred March 30, 1918, and he was in camp only three weeks before sailing from an eastern seaport. He landed in Liverpool May 15, and served as a member of Com- pany F, 139th Inf., 35th Division. He was a native of Clarksburg, this county, where he was born June 22, 1891. His first day in the trenches was on his 27th birthday. Besides his father, Mars was survived by four sisters, two brothers, a half sister and half brother. The sis- ters are Mrs. Will Whitesel and Mrs. Clay Cook, both of Kentley, N. D., Mrs. Eva Fishel of Clarksburg and Mrs. Lista Dihel of Colo, Iowa. The half sister is Mrs. Lucy Pierce of St. Louis. The brothers are Fran- cis Mars of Clarksburg township and Menzo Mars of Clarksburg. The half brother is William Mars of Ar- kansas. ALVA HECKLING Alva Mechling, a son of Mrs. Laura Stockdale. died at Camp Lewis, Wash., Saturday, September 21, 1918, after only a few hours' illness from influenza. The body was brought to Shelby ville for burial, arriving on Sat- urday, September 28. The funeral, military in its aspect and with soldiers in uniform and the Shelby ville Com- mercial Club forming a guard of honor, was held at the graveside in Glen wood cemetery the following day. Uniformed soldiers acted as casket-bearers, the Stars and Stripes were hoisted at half-mast near the grave, and taps were sounded. The casket was draped with "Old Glory," for the honor of which the young man gave his life, and small flags were used in the lining of the grave. This was the first service held here for Shelby's new soldier dead. Mechling was born in Illinois, April 28, 1897, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tunice Mechling. His father died when he was a lad of two years, and later his mother was married to John Stockdale, and resides near Shelby- ville. At the time of his induction into military ser- vice, August 31, 1918, young Mechling was a resident of South Dakota, where he was employed. He was as- signed to the 7th Company, 2d Batt., 166th Depot Brigade, and sent to Camp Lewis, where he was in training until stricken with the illness which terminated so quickly and fatally. Only a few days after his en- listment he was given the rank of corporal, a testimo- nial to the fact that he was made of soldier timber. He came of soldier stock, being a grandson of L. I). Mechling of Shelby ville, a veteran of the Civil war. He was a young man of splendid character, industrious and energetic, and entered upon his military duties with the same vigor that characterized his civil activities. Mechling is survived by his mother, one brother and three half sisters. The brother is Harry Mechling of Shelbyville, and the half sisters are Mrs. Grace Winters of Springfield and the Misses May and Fay Stockdale of Rose township. GEORGE E. MOORE Corporal George Kilsworth Moore of Tower Hill was killed in action in the Argonne, September 5, 1918. The shell which caused his death also killed his captain and a major. That lie met his death in this manner was not at first credited by his relatives in this country, as shortly before that time they had received word from him to the effect that he was in the mail service in France, and because of this they had felt some confi- dence in his safety. He had been transferred, however, and was in the thick of the fighting. Moore was a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. M9ore, and was born in Shelbyville, January 17, 1892. Five years ago he entered the railway mail service, passing the civil test at the head of a long list of applicants. He was given a fast mail run on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad between Chicago and St. Louis. He held that run for three years. Corporal Moore was inducted by the Shelby county exemption board on the 30th of April, 1918, and left Shelbyville as leader of a squad in a contingent of men entrained on that day for Camp Dix, N. J. After only a month's training there he was sent overseas, arriving in France June 9. Because of his experience as a mail clerk, he was given duties in that line, and according to the statement of his superior officers and in keeping with his well known reputation, he performed all his tasks with fidelity and efficiency. His death was a severe blow to his family and myriads of friends. A memorial service was held for him at Pana in the spring of 1919, with exercises appropriate to the occasion and attesting the popularity of the young hero. Moore is survived by his parents, two brothers and one sister. The brothers are Frank Moore, who also was in service and was at Laredo, Texas, when his brother was killed, and Floyd Moore, a Shelby county school teacher. The sister is Miss Hazel Moore, who holds a responsible position with the express com- pany at Springfield. AARON E. MORRIS Private Aaron E. Morris was born in Bethany, Moul- trie county, Illinois, and while he enlisted at Decatur and was sent to a training camp from that city, his home was at Westervelt, Shelby county. He was born De- cember 20, 1889. Morris enlisted August 5, 1918, at the age of 18 years. He entered the service as a truck driver, and was assigned to Truck Co. 539, Motor Supply Train No. 427, A. P. O. 723, at Camp Johnston, Florida. After sixty days' training there he was transferred to overseas service and sailed from New York City. He was taken ill on the voyage, and was sick four days be- fore he landed at Brest. His arrival there was 011 the 14th of October, and he was placed in a hospital, where he was given every possible treatment in an effort to check the bronchial pneumonia with which he was suf- fering. Remedies were unavailing, however, and on the 24th of October he passed away. He was buried in the American cemetery at Tambezella, Finisterre, France. Above all other things is justice ; success is a good thing; wealth is good also; honor is better; but justice excels them all. David Dudley Field. To have the power of forgetting, for the time, self, friends, interests, relationship ; and to think of doing right toward another, a stranger, an enemy, perhaps, is to have that which man can share only with the angels, and with Him who is above men and angels. David Dudley Field. But when you view everything with reason and re- flection, of all connections none is more weighty, none is more dear, than that between every individual and his country. Our parents are dear to us; our children, our kinsmen, our friends are dear to us ; but our country comprehends alone all the endearments of us all. Cicero. FRED W. NIPPE Shortly after receiving a card which told of the "safe arrival" of their son overseas, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Xippe of Strasburg were notified officially that their hoy, Fred W. Xippe, was dead and that his body was at an eastern port of embarkation, awaiting their orders. It was an- nounced that Xippe died on the high seas after leaving an American port, and that his body was returned to land. Apparently the card telling of his arrival in France was released for mailing, with many others, as soon as the transport reached the foreign port, and before those in whose hands the cards had been left learned of his death. In accordance with the wishes of his parents, the body of the young man was dispatched immediately to Strasburg under escort of Private Curtis Gordon of Camp Merritt. Upon its arrival there flags were sus- pended at half mast, and the whole village turned out to the simple but impressive service that was held at once in St. Paul's cemetery. Fred W. Xippe was born at Strasburg January 21, 1894, the son of Fred J. and Mary A. X'ippe. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, where he was em- ployed at the time of his enlistment, June 24, 1918. He entered the service at Lincoln, 111., and was in train- ing with Company E, 121st Inf., four months at Camp Wheeler, Va., and Camp Mills, L. I. He sailed for France October 2, 1918, eager to face the foe and strike his blow for the freedom of the world. He was doomed to disappointment, however, for his voyage ended quickly in his death, as stated above. His death occurred Oc- tober 12, and was due to bronchial pneumonia. Xippe is survived by his parents and one brother, whom he had bade farewell with the words : "I am ready and willing to answer my country's call, so I must be up and away. Later in his letters he expressed himself : "If we have no occasion to meet again on earth, let us^ray for a happier and more glorious meet- ing in the heavenly home above." He was a member of the Lutheran church, and an exemplary Christian. OSCAR P. ORBERG Oscar P. Orberg, a son of Peter Orberg of Shelbyville, died of disease in France on the 24th of August, 1918, his death being due to pneumonia, according to the offi- cial statement of the military authorities. Orberg was born in Chicago, May 30, 1893, and after the removal of his father to Shelbyville the young man made his home in that city. In 1917 he was employed as a shoe salesman in Flint, Mich., and on the 4th of June went to Detroit and enlisted in the ordnance di- vision of the army. On December 6 of that year he was summoned for service, and was sent to Columbus, Ohio, where he was assigned to the Depot Brigade. Later he was transferred to Camp Dodge, la., and from that point to Camp Merritt, X T . J. After three months of training he sailed from Hoboken, March 15, 1918, and landed at Hordeaux April 3. The last letter received from Orberg by his relatives bore date of August 8, and at that time he stated that he was in the best of health. The later message an- nouncing his death was therefore a distinct shock to them, as they had no intimation that he was ill. At the time of his last writing the young man was still at the supply base in France, but stated he expected soon to be sent nearer the front. Mr. Orberg was a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church in Shelbyville, and of its choir and Sunday school. He had a wide circle of friends. He is sur- vived by his father, his stepmother, two sisters and one brother. The sisters are Miss Lillian Orberg and Mrs. Esther Holland of Chicago, and the brother is Russell Orberg, who also served in the United States army in France. A memorial service for the dead soldier was held in the Methodist church of Shelbyville, and a gold star in his memory was placed on the service flag of that church. C. CLO OSBORN Corson Clo Osborn, Shelby county's first selective service man to die in training camp, passed away at Camp Taylor, Ky., Tuesday, December 11, 1917, where for several days he was ill with spinal meningitis, fol- lowing an attack of measles and mumps. He was a member of the county's second contingent of service men, and was sent to Camp Taylor with 63 other men on the 1 9th day of September, 1917. There he was assigned to Battery D of the 327th Field Artillery, and was in training with that outfit until stricken with the illness which proved fatal. His body was returned to Tower Hill, arriving there on Friday, December 14, and in the afternoon of that day was laid away in the Eiler cemetery, two miles south of that village. Mr. Osborn was a son of William and Lucy Osborn, and was born in Shelby county, September 26, 1891. He was born and reared on the farm, and followed agricul- tural pursuits until called to the direct service of his country. Besides his parents, Osborn is survived by one sister, Mrs. Flora Lee of Delavan, 111. Mr. Osborn, father of the dead soldier, received a let- ter from Frank W. Bryant, captain of the company in which his son was in service, in which the following comforting statement was made : "It had not been my privilege even to have met Pri- vate Osborn since I arrived at this post, as he was in the hospital. But I have made careful inquiry into the matter, and want to assure you that he had the best of medical care and nursing attention. His fellow soldiers feel this deeply, and desire to state that his unfortunate death is a source of genuine sorrow to all." Courage, considered in itself or without reference to its causes, is no virtue, and deserves no esteem. It is found in the best and the worst, and is to be judged according to the qualities from which it springs and with which it is conjoined. William Ellery Channing. ORLANDO F. PATIENT Orlando F. Patient spilled his life's blood on foreign soil in conflict with the German horde that his country and the whole world might be safe from Prussianism. He was killed in a trench on the Champagne front, Oc- tober 3, 1918, about ten miles north of Suppes, France. He was in action with Company G, 346 Inf., with which' he had been sent overseas. Patient was one of the first men of the county to be called, and left Shelbyville for Camp Taylor on the 19th of September, 1917. After training at Camp Taylor for a while, he was transferred to Camp Pike, Ark., where he completed his training in a home camp and then was transferrd to the east. He sailed July 5, 1918, and ten days later set foot on French soil. He was soon in ac- tion, but twice was laid up in the hospital, once by an automobile accident and the second time from exposure in the trenches. Recovering, he returned to the front line, only to meet death at the hands of the foe on Oc- tober 3, at the age of twenty-four years. Patient was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Patient, who live north of Findlay, in Shelby county, and was born in 1894. He spent almost his entire life in the vi- cinity of Findlay, and was well and favorably known. He was engaged in farming near Prairie Home when he was called to the colors. After his arrival in France his parents received a letter from him, but for some little time before they received the notice of his death, no word had come from him. Mr. Patient is survived by his parents, one brother, Harry Patient of Bethany, and three sisters. The latter are Mrs. James Whitacre of Gays, 111., Mrs. Earl Will- iams of Montana and Miss Gertrude Patient, who re- sides with her parents. To bear other people's afflictions, every one has cour- age enough and to spare. Benjamin Franklin. HENRY F. W. PIEPER Henry Fred William Pieper, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pieper of near Strasburg, was born March 14, 1892, and died December 8, 1918, at the age of 26 years, eight months and 25 days. His death occurred at the base hospital at Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was stricken with illness, a week before the end came. His death was due to pneumonia. Young Pieper was inducted into service by the Shelby County Board on the 28th of June, 1918, and dispatched to Camp Taylor with the county's largest contingent, 185 men. He was transferred from Camp Taylor to the Remount Depot, Auxiliary 319, Louis vile, Ky., where he remained until the 3d of December, when he was taken sick. He was taken to the base hospital at Camp Taylor, dying there five days later. He was survived by his parents, four brothers and four sisters. One brother, Martin Pieper, died of influenza in March, 1919. The surviving brothers arc William, Walter and Edwin Pie- per, and the sisters are Mrs. Fred Beitz, Jr., and Mrs. William J. Mueller, both of Stewardson, 111., and Hulda and Lena at home. The young man's parents were with him when he died, and they made arrangements for the transfer of the body to their home, where it arrived on Tuesday, December 10. The funeral was held December 12 from St. Paul's church, conducted by Rev. C. Keller and Rev. M. F. Buenger, while burial took place in St. Paul's cemetery at Strasburg. Henry Pieper lived an exemplary life. On the 27th of March, 1892, when an infant only thirteen days old, he was baptized, and on the 8th of April, 1906, he re- newed his baptismal covenant by confirmation. He held the confidence and respect of all who knew him, and his untimely death was considered a loss by the entire community. MAXWELL PUGSLEY Maxwell Pugsley was another of Shelby county's heroes who died at the front, a victim of the deadli- ness of the Hun warfare. He was wounded October 31, 1918, in the battle of Olseme, Belgium, receiving com- pound fractures of both legs. A day later, November 1, he died. Pugsley was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pugsley of eastern Shelby county. He was born at Crossplain, Ind., February 22, 1888, and moved with his parents to a farm in Shelby county, near Xeoga, in February, 1903. He continued to make his home there until called into military service. He was inducted by the local board and accompanied other selective service men to Camp Dix on the 2d of May, 1918. After only a few weeks' training there he was sent to Camp Lee, Va., where he was assigned to Company B, 148th U. S. Inf., 37th Division. Early in July he sailed for France, and imme- diately upon his arrival there was dispatched to the front, where he served valiantly and well until he was struck down by the enemy shell. He responded willingly, fought bravely, and died that others might enjoy the blessings of perfect freedom. Courage multiplies the chances of success by some- times making opportunities, and always availing itself of them ; and in this sense Fortune may be said to favor fools by those who, however prudent in their opin- ion, are deficient in valor and enterprise. Coleridge. Courage of the soldier awakes the courage of woman. Emerson. I like to read about Moses best in th' Old Testament. He carried a hard business well through, and died when other folks were going to reap the fruits ; a man must have courage to look after his life so, and think what'll corne of it after he's dead and gone. George Eliot. CHARLES EDWARD REISS Charles E. Reiss, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Reiss of Shelbyville and for several years a school teacher in the county, died October 8, 1918, in the hospital at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., where he was ill of influenza for only a couple of days. The first message of his ill- ness reached his parents on the preceding Sunday. His father went to him immediately, and on Monday wired home that the boy was distinctly better. The young man took a sudden turn for the worse, however, and died almost at once. Charles Reiss was born in Shelbyville March 18, 1894, and was the only son of his parents. He was graduated from the Shelbyville high school in 1912, entered the University of Chicago the following year and still later took the university correspondence course while teaching the Sandy Hill school in Rose township, where he did notable work in educational and community betterment lines. During the summers he attended the Eastern Illinois State Normal school at Charjeston or the Uni- versity of Chicago. He taught in Find lay a year, and then took another course in the University of Chicago. Deciding to enter the ministry of the Lutheran church, he matriculated with Capitol University at Columbus, < >hio, but remained there through only one semester. For two years before his death he was principal of schools at Tower Hill, where he did fine work. While in the midst of work at the Chicago university to win his degree, he was called for limited service, and on the 4th of September was sent to Camp Grant, where he was soon to die, thus closing a very promising career. The body of the young soldier was returned to Shelby- ville, where the funeral took place at Glenwood cemetery on Friday, October 1 1. He was given military honors, while hundreds of sorrowing friends assembled to do him honor. Mr. Reiss was survived by his parents and three sis- ters. Miss Marie Reiss of Shelbyville, Mrs. Hilda Peck of Chicago and Mrs. L. C. Austin of Memphis, Tenn. CLIFFORD A. RODGERS Clifford A. Rodgers, a son of James Rodgers, died of influenza at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., Octo- ber 16, 1918. He had been transferred to Custer from Fort Benjamin Harrison, after he had gone to the lat- ter training camp with a contingent of Shelby county men on the 23d of June, 1918. It was his desire to see overseas service, but his hopes were not realized. He was a member of Headquarters Company, 10th Inf. Rodgers was born May 1, 1896, in Franklin county, Kansas, but for two years before his call to military service he had lived and was employed in and near Tower Hill. He was a youth of splendid character, and it has been said of him that he made a splendid soldier, cheerful, willing and obedient to his officers, and that through his kindly disposition and brotherly love to all around him he won many warm friends. When the influenza broke out in camp, he gave of his service to alleviate the distress of others, and many a comrade felt the effect of his kindly ministrations. The young man is survived by his father, four sis- ters and one brother, residents of Rantoul, Kansas. As a rule, he fights well who has wrongs to redress ; but vastly better fights he who, with wrongs as a spur, has also steadily before him a glorious result in pros- pect a result in which he can discern balm for wounds, compensation for valor, remembrance and gratitude in event of death. Lew Wallace. Manhood begins when we have, in a way, made truce with necessity ; begins, at all events, when we have sur- rendered to necessity, as the most part only do ; but begins joyfully and hopefully only when we have recon- ciled ourselves to necessity, and thus in reality triumphed over it, and felt that in necessity we are free. Carlyle. ANDREW E. RUFF Near Bellicourt was the scene of the death of An- rew Edwin Ruff of Strasburg, who was killed during a battle on the Ilindenburg line, September 29, 19.18, while he was serving with the American Expeditionary Force. He was a rifleman with Company K, 1 19th Inf., 30th Division, and landed in Liverpool, Eng., May 27, 1918, after a perilous voyage in which the transport Laomedia, on which he sai!ed from Boston May 12, was attacked by a submarine. Fortunately, however, the vessel was not torpedoed, and she and her human freight escaped unharmed. Ruff, who was a son of Martin F. and Flora Ruff of Strasburg, was born in that place January 28, 1896. He was reared on his father's farm, and was a tiller of the soil when called to the colors, February 23, 1918. He was inducted by the local board at Shelbyville on that date, and was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was assigned to 18th Company, 159 Depot Brigade. In March he was transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., where he was placed in Company K of the 119th. After two and one-half months of training in these camps, he was sent to France. After arriving there he completed his training near Yeuse, and about July 22 realized his ambition to get into the trenches. For two months he served on the Ypres front near Popperinge, and was actively participating in a battle on the Hindeiiburg drive when he was killed. His particular work was as a rifleman, and he was an expert. Twice he was in the hospital once afflicted with the mumps, and again after lie was gassed by the enemy. Recovering, he re- turned to his outfit about September 20, and only a few days later sacrificed himself in the great cause for which he and his comrades were fighting. Mr. Ruff stood well in his home community. In in- fancy he was baptized in the Lutheran faith, and later took the confirmation vows and became a member of St. Paul's church. He was survived by his parents, a brother, Carl Ruff, and one sister. Miss Alma Ruff. NOAH RUSSELL Noah O. Russell, a private in Company B, 130th I*. S. Inf., was wounded by accidental gunshot January 1, 1918, and died from the effects more than a year later. His death occurred in the hospital at Maywood, 111., to which he returned from a visit with relatives in Shelby county, following his discharge at Houston, Texas, in March, 191.. His death occurred February 2, 1919. Russell was a son of Xoah and Mollie Russell of Trow bridge, Shelby county. 111., and was born near Strasburg March 8, 1892. Before his enlistment, which took place at Maywood, 111., September 19, 1917, he was employed as a mechanic at Maywood, though be- fore that time he had been a farmer. From Maywood he was sent to Camp Grant and later was transferred to Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., where he was assigned to Company B of the 130th. Following his accidental shooting he was discharged, and spent nearly a month at his home. Returning to the hospital at Melrose Park to submit to an operation for the removal of the bullet from his brain, he died very sudden tly. Hope of his ul- timate recovery from the effects of the wound were en- tertained because of his condition over quite a period of time between the date of the accident and his death, and the sudden termination of his life was a surprise and shock to his family and friends. When moral courage feels that it is in the right, there is no personal daring of which it is incapable. Leigh Hunt. To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the boiy is de- fended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger ; but courage is equivalent to rampart. Sallust. ft' LEROY SARVER LeRoy Sarver, the second son of Ed and Minnie Sar- ver of Hen ton, Shelby county, was over the top four times during his active service overseas, was wounded in his fourth battle and died from the effects of his wounds on the 20th of June, 1918. This in brief is the record of the valiant service and complete sacrifice which this young soldier made for his country and the peoples of the old world. Sarver enlisted at St. Louis, June 18, 1917, for service with the marines, and was sent to the marine barracks at Port Royal, S. C., and later to Quantico, Va., from which joint he sailed on February 1, 1918. He landed at rest, and was one of the splendid fighting men who wrote the name of the United States Marines high on the roll of fame and checked the enemy in his advance on Paris and civilization. Following his death from wounds received in action after three months at the front, Sarver's body was buried June 20, in cemetery Xo. 241, grave No. 90, at La Ferte, Department of the Marne et Seine. Those who have seen the place declare it to be a beautiful place, and after the burial an American flag was placed above the resting place of the young hero. Sarver was born in Shelby county, March 18, 1895, and was reared on his father's farm near Henton. He developed a splendid character, and was upright and in- dustrious, a joy to his parents and respected by all. He was survived by his parents, five sisters and two broth- ers. One of the brothers is Charles E. Sarver, also in the service, and the other is Russell Sarver, at home. The sisters are Mrs. Pearl Small and the Misses Ollie, Alta, Dorothy and Velma Sarver. all of Henton. A memorial service was held in honor of the dead hero on July 20, 1918, when patriotic music and addresses, with an eulogy of the young man, were features of the exercises. Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character. Froude. WILLIAM SARVER William Sarver of Herrick was another Shelby county overseas soldier who lost his life in a foreign country through disease. He died of pneumonia, following in- fluenza, at Visernay, France, about March, 1919. He was a brother of John D. Sarver, and the two were in- ducted at the same time by the Shelby County Exemp- tion Hoard, and left Shelbyyille together on the 30th of April, 1918. Their destination was Camp Dix, Wrights- town, X. J. After a short period of training there they were sent overseas with the 308th Field Artillery. Sar- ver was in the battles of St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Ar- gonne, and acquitted himself splendidly. Some time after the signing of the armistice and the cessation of hostilities, and while he was awaiting orders to return to his native land, he was stricken with the deadly in- fluenza, to which he fell a victim. Sarver was well known in the southern part of Shelby county, and was well respected. When you meet your antagonist, do every ting in a mild and agreeable manner. Let your courage be as keen, but at the same time as polished, as your sword. Sheridan. Our Country ! In her intercourse with foreign na- tions may she always be right ; but our country, right or wrong. Stephen Decatur. Patriotism depends as much on mutual sufferings as on mutual success ; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created. Disraeli. Courage, when it is not heroic self-sacrifice, is some- times a modification and sometimes a result of faith. J. C. and A. W. Hare. T JOHN L. SCHUTTE Private John L. Schutte's career as a soldier was short. Death struck him down before he left the train- ing camp, and he failed of his ambition to meet the Hun on the battle field. The young man got into the game early in the conflict between the United States and the Central Powers, but it was only for a few months. He was one of the county's second contingent, and was inducted at Shelby ville on September the 19th, 1917. On that day he was sent with others to Camp Taylor, Ky., where he remained until February 16, 1918, when he was stricken with pneumonia and died two days later, at the age of 27 years. He was a member of Battery I), 327th Field Artillery. His body was brought to the home of his parents at Sigel, where it was buried with military honors. Private Schutte was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John II. Schutte, well known residents of southeastern Shelby county. It was there the dead soldier was born and reared, and where he won and enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him. There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country. Addison. We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union. Kufus Choate. Our country, whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however bounded or described, and be the measurements more or less ; still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be defended by all our hands. Robert C. Winthrop. CHARLES V. SETTLES Unlike most of the men of the Gold Star section, it was the privilege of Charles V. Settles to die in his own home, receiving in his last illness the loving care of his mother and others dear to him. He passed away at his home in Shelby ville, September 15, 1918. His death was due to tuberculosis, which he contracted sev- eral months before, and which led to his honorable dis- charge from army service on the 8th of the preceding Apri!. Settles, who was barn driver for the Mo ok & Weil stables in Shelby ville, was inducted into service Feb- ruary 22, .1918, and sent to Camp Taylor. A little later he was transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., and it was while there that he began to decline. After his dis- missal from the army he was in such a state of health that he was unable to work, and continued to decline until the end came. Mr. Settles was born March 22. 1892, at Tola, 111., and became a resident of Shelby ville in 1903. His father died when he was but three years old, and later his mother remarried. She is Mrs. Alice Ferryman, now resident of Decatur, 111. He is survived also by four sis- ters and three brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Charles Harrell and Mrs. A. T. Young of Taylorville, Mrs. Charles Winson of Shelby ville and Miss Alice Perry - man, who lives with her mother in Decatur. The brothers are Frank Settles of Shelbyville, Ed Settles of Decatur, and Charles Settles, who at the time of his brother's death was in the canteen at Camp Custer, llattle Creek, Mich. The funeral of the young soldier was held from the family residence in Shelby ville at 2:30 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, September 17. 1918. The patriot reveals the secret of his soul when he gladly dies for his country, and sacrifices his life upon the altar of his inspiration. Timothy Titcomb. FRANK SHERLOCK Frank Sherlock, a Shelhyville soldier who was a member of Company H, 130th U. S. Infantry when that outfit left Shelhyville October 9, 1917, died January 2, 1919, of bronchial pneumonia, and his body rests in for- eign soil. Sherlock, who was a son of the late Andrew W. and Xancy Sherlock, and was born in Shelbyville April 27, 1888, enlisted with Company H of the old Fourth regi- ment, Illinois National Guard. May 25, 1917. His en- listment was on the day preceding the big cyclone which did so much damage in Shelby and Coles coun- ties, and his first service as a militiaman was with the company in the devastated area at Mattoon. Then and after the company went into training at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, word came back that Sherlock was making a "fine soldier." Similar reports came back from overseas. A harnessmaker by trade, Sherlock was transferred at Camp Logan to the Supply Com- pany as regimental harnessmaker. He was still in that department when the regiment went overseas, and con- tinued in that capacity, doing splendid work in Europe. At the time of his death Sherlock was survived by his mother, who died a little later in grief over the death of her son. He also left two sisters, who are Mrs. 1< W. Casselman and Mrs. .T. W. Tackson, both of Shelhyville, and one brother, George Sherlock, also of Shelbyville. It is a brave act of valor to contemn death: but where life is more terrible than death, it is the truest valor to dare to live. Sir Thomas Browne. Perfect valor is to do without witnesses what one would do before all the world. La Rochefoucauld. CHARLES F. SMITH But little information concerning the service record of Charles F. Smith was available, as relatives received but the simple notice from the war department that he had died of wounds received in action. His mother, Mrs. Mary E. Smith of Holland township, has but the melancholy satisfaction of knowing that her son, whom she gave to his country, but whom she hoped to take to her arms again at the close of the war, was bravely fighting for the freedom of the world when he met his death at the hands of the enemy. According to the statement received, his death occurred August 3, 191 8, but it is not known in just what manner he received the wounds which took his life. He was in a hospital when the end came. Smith was born in Holland, III., October 29, 1894, and at his death was 23 years of age. He was reared on the farm, and before his enlistment was employed at Meadows, HI. He enlisted February 16, 1918, at llloomington, and was assigned to Company C of the 39th Division. He was at Camp Mills, L. I., about two months before he sailed for France. Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither is, in my opinion, safe. Burke. We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our for- tunes and our sacred honor. Thomas Jefferson. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I 111 i never would lav uo wn mv arms never, never, never. William Pitt. Tf any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. John A Dix. CHESTER W. SPHAR Chester W. Sphar, a Shelby county registrant, died of pneumonia in France on the 22d of October, 1918, according to official messages received by his relatives at Tower Hill. He was inducted by the Shelby County Local Board at Shelbyyille on the 27th of May, 1918, with a contingent of sixty-five men, and sent - to Hat- tiesburg, Mississippi, where he was trained at Camp Shelby. Later he was transferred overseas, and gave his life in a losing battle with the prevailing epidemic. The man who loves home best, and loves it most un- selfishlv, loves his country best. J. G. Holland. JAMES FRANKLIN ST1VISON James F. Stivison, a Moweaqua soldier who was in service at Camp Holabird, Md., for three months, suc- cumbed to the influenza and pneumonia epidemic in the hospital at Fort Mctlenry, Md., after an illness of only seven days. He enlisted at Shelby ville September 3, 1918, and was assigned to the Motor Transport unit 321. At Camp Holabird he served as cook until stricken with his fatal illness. Stivison was born at Moweaqua, October 15, 1892, and was a farmer. Before his enlistment he was en- 5 aged in agricultural pursuits on his own farm near loweaqua. He was a son of William and Lena Stivi- son of Moweaqua. CLARENCE SUTTON Clarence Sutton, a Shelby county youth who died from wounds received in action in France, was a son of Henry and Rosetta Sutton of Windsor. He was born near Farmers ville, 111., August 13, 1897, and died September 17, 1918. The story of his death is told in the following letter from the Bureau of Communication, American Red Cross, to his parents, under date of Oc- tober 29, 1918: "Private Button's company was encamped in a wood about fifteen miles from the front. About 10 p. m. three German aeroplanes bombed the woods, and Pri- vate Sutton was struck by a piece of shrapnel which penetrated his brain. At Field Hospital No. 332 he received immediate attention and was then hurried to Evacuation Hospital Xo. 7. Everything possible was done for him by the devoted American doctors and nurses. An operation was started in the faint hope that it might save his life, but he died a few min- utes after they had begun. The Red Cross chaplain was praying at his side all the time until the hour of his death, which was forty minutes after midnight on the morning of September 17. That day he was buried in the hospital cemetery, a lovely spot on the side of a hill. Chaplain Kelley conducted the service, and he was buried with military honors. When we are able to send you a photograph of his grave you will see that it has the same loving care that it would have had if he had been buried at home." Private Sutton enlisted at Sullivan, and left that place as a member of C Company, 130th U. S. Inf., 33d Divi- sion. In May, 1918, he left Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, where the regiment had been in training since the fall of 1917, and crossed with his company to France, where he was soon under fire. As young Sut- ton was a member of the Moultrie county company and went into camp and across seas with that company, his service record is not in the archives of Shelby county. However, his death added another to the list of heroic dead accredited to this county, and his name is revered as one of Shelby's gallant sons. LAWRENCE H. SUDKAMP Lawrence II. Sudkarap, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Sudkamp of Sigel, was born on the farm northeast of that village on the 15th of January, 1896. He grew to young manhood on the farm, and was employed with his father in agricultural pursuits. He was one of the first boys of the county to respond to the call to military service, and was inducted with the second contingent of men summoned by the Local Exemption Board. On the 19th of September, 1917, he left Shelbyville for Camp Taylor, Ky., where he was placed in the 327th Field Artillery, Headquarters Company, as first class saddler. In January, 1918, he was transferred to West Point, Ky., where he was taken seriously ill. He was taken back to the base hospital at Camp Taylor, where he un- derwent an operation for mastoid abscess. Following the operation, which was a severe one, he showed some signs of improvement, but later grew worse and died May 28, 1918. The body of the dead soldier was taken to the home of his parents at Sigel, where the funeral was held and burial took place in the Catholic cemetery at Sigel. He is survived by his parents, 4 sisters and 5 brothers. IRA WATKINS Ira C. Watkins, formerly of Oconee but in the United States regular army since 1910, was killed in action on the French front, April 27, 1918. At the time of his death he was within six days of being thirty -seven years old. He was the second son of the family to die in the service, his brother Albert, who joined the army in the Spanish-American war, dying in an army hospital in Washington, I). C.. in 1903. Ira Watkins enlisted in February, 1910. At the time of his death he was a member of Company D, Machine Gun Battalion. Through all his military service he dis- played the true characteristics of a real soldier, and when the end came he met his death bravely. Watkins was survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary J. Watkins of Oconee, his wife and son Ira Verne, four sisters and one brother. JOHN PINKSTON WEAKLEY John P. Weakley of Mqweaqua was the only Shelby county soldier to yield his life on German soil. He died in a hospital in Germany while there with the army of occupation. His death was due to spinal meningitis, to which he fell a victim after passing through some of the thickest of the fighting of the war without a scratch. His death occurred on May 27, 1919, on the first anniversary of his call to the colors. On May 27, 1918, he was inducted by the Fayette County Local Board, and left with a contingent of Fayette county men for Camp Gordon, Ga., where he was assigned to 26th Company, 3d Replacement Regiment. On July 14 he left Camp Gordon for Camp Merritt, X. J., and on July 20 sailed for England, where he landed about Au- gust 5. On the 9th of August he reached France, and was placed in llth Co., 1st Inf., Tr. Reg. Directly after the battle of Vesle river he became a member of the Fourth division, and was in the front line on the 5th of September, little more than three months after leaving home. For ten days he was on the Verdun sec- tor, where he helped hold the line, and after being re- lieved by the French, went immediately to the Meuse- Argonne great offensive. During his ti gluing he served on three battle fronts, and was under fire 57 days. He was under the hottest fire, bullets passing through his clothing, sleeves ami pack, hut he did not receive a scratch. Later a letter came to his mother, mailed from Coblenz, where he was with the army of occupation. He stated he was suffering from a stomach disorder, and said he would take a train for the border and ex- pected to arrive in the United States about the middle of June. The next message told of his death in the Evacuation hospital Xo. 49, at Coblenz. He was witli the 59th U. S. Inf., 4th Div., at the time of his death. Weakley was born in Shelby county X'ovember 17, 1893, the son of James and Rossea Weakley. His father is dead. Besides his mother he is survived by five brothers and two sisters. VOLLIE L. TRESSLER Vollie Lane Tressler, a young farmer of Lake wood, died at Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark., Thursday morning, March 14, 1918. His death was due to measles and pneumonia, with which he had been ill at camp for four weeks. The body was brought to the home of his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tressler, at Lakewood on the day following his death. It was accompanied by Dean Tanner, a comrade in arms, and Miss Lillian Tressler, a sister of the dead man, who had been summoned to her brother's bedside when his condition became crit- ical. Though Tressler was a Shelby county resident and subject to the draft, he did not await the process of the selective draft machinery, but early in the year made application to the Local Exemption Board for in- duction, and with ten other voluntary recruits left Shelbyville January 10 for Fort Oglethorpe, (ia. Later he was transferred to Arkansas, and died there. He was almost 23 years of age, having been born April 17, 1895, in Shelby county. He was reared on a farm, and remained at home until entering the service. He was an exemplary young man, and stood high in the esti- mation of all who knew him. He was the second Shelby county man to die after going to the training camps. Mr. Tressler was survived by his parents, three sis- ters and :wo brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Harley Hall, Miss Jettie Tressler and Miss Lillian Tressler, all of Lakewood. The last two named are school teachers, and a few years ago Miss Lillian Tressler was a candi- date for the nomination for county superintendent of schools. The brothers are .lames and Robert Tressler, both residing in Oklahoma. The funeral of the young soldier was held from the family home at Lakewood, Saturday, March 16, con- ducted by the Rev. J. E. Bowman. Burial was in the Ridge cemetery. ROY VANDERPOOL Roy Vanderpool, born and reared in Shelbyville and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vanderpool, now of Pana, 111., died in France because of his bravery and in sac- rifice for others. Facing the boche snipers in the town of Albert and disregarding the advice of a British T'om- mie to "make it to the rear," Vanderpool kept up an incessant fire that did much to cover the retreat of his comrades to a place of safety, only to become the target of an enemy bullet that resulted in his death a little later. Roy Vanderpool was 20 years old, having been born in Shelbyville in 1908. In 1915, when but 17 years old, he enlisted in Company H of the old Fourth regi- ment, Illinois National Guard. He was on the Mexican border with this organization in 1916-17, and left Shelby- ville with Company H, later a unit of the 130th U. S. Inf., for Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, October 9, 1917. Later he accompanied it overseas, and was with it in action when he received his mortal wound. At this particular time each platoon of H company was at- tached to a British company, and acting under orders of the British commanders. A daylight patrol of 40 Hnglish soldiers and one American from each platoon was ordered into Albert, which was in No Man's Land and infested with German snipers. Vanderpool volun- teered from his platoon and while pouring his fire into the enemy after entering the town was hit by a sniper's bullet fired from the top of a Cathedral. He was car- ried out under dangerous fire and after several weeks in a field hospital was conveyed to the base hospital, where he died October 12, 1918. Lieutenant Me, ,'onnough said of him : "They got the best man I had in my platoon.** Roy Vanderpool Post, American Legion, Shelbyville, 111., has been named in his honor. iff BERT P. WALKER Bert P. Walker, another Shelby county victim of pneumonia, following a siege of influenza, was buried in the White cemetery, Windsor township, Thursday, October 10, 1918. His death occurred at Camp Taylor, Ky., on the 7th of October. Mr. Walker was a son of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Walker of Windsor township, where he was born in 1896. On the 28th of June, 1918, he was inducted into the military service by the Shelby County Local Board, and sent from Shelbyville with 185 men to Camp Taylor. Two days before his departure for camp he married Miss Eva Johnson, who in his early demise was left a widow. On Sunday, October 6, Walker's relatives were notified that he was in a critical condition, and his wife, mother and brother Rimer left at once for Camp Taylor, arriving there only a few hours before his death, which occurred on the 7th. The body was brought to Wind- sor, arriving there on Thursday morning. The funeral took place a few hours later, with services conducted by aii old friend of the family, the Rev. D. A. Shuck of Fin (11 ay. Besides his wife and parents, Private Walker was sur- vived by two brothers and two sisters. They are El- mer, Carroll, Nellie and Dorothy Walker, all of Wind- sor township. I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordi- nary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. Isaac Xewton. Patriotism is simple and trustful, like family affec- tion ; and its subordinate place in the ordinary life of the nation is seen in the fact that it rarely shows itself except in the national emergencies. J. G. Holland. ADRIAN WALL Adrian Wall, for so many years a resident of Shelby- ville that he was still looked upon as belonging there, though actually a resident of Decatur when he entered the service, died of influenza Friday, September 27, 1918, at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, where he went several months prior to that for training. The in- sidiousness of the disease from which he died is seen from the fact that after his first illness he recovered sufficiently to be discharged from the hospital, then suffered a relapse and died within a day or two. The body was brought to Shelbyville, where it was laid away in Glenwood cemetery on Tuesday, October 1, with honors befitting the dead sailor. The service took place at the graveside, with the flag at half mast and the bugle calls as features of the impressive ceremonies. The body was escorted from the home of a relative. Miss Mabel Hagan, to the cemetery by the Shelbyville Commercial Club in a body, the procession being led by the "colors," borne by Color Sergeant John WUburn. Many of the former classmates of young Wall were in the assemblage at the grave. Wall enlisted at Peoria February 8, 1918, in the Ra- dio service. He was called to Great Lakes May 3, 1918, then to get into quicker service secured transfer to be a submarine listener, and was ready to leave for New York when he was taken ill. Adrian Wall was born in Shelbyville about twenty- two years ago, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wall. Some years later the family moved to Danville, 111., then back to Shelbyville and eventually to Decatur, where Mr. Wall is a concrete contractor. Following the return to Shelbyville, the son attended the public schools and was graduated from the Shelbyville high school with the class of 1917. He was a member of the Baptist Sunday school and of the church, and his mem- bership remained there until his death. He bore a splendid reputation, was quiet, courteous and kindly, and won and held many friends by his charming char- acteristics. tR.HA\voi irs:k\isiRniLs '""' , . wot i Sj/mv* I ... L . I".-" j MANY YIELDS The Armistice In common with the Nation's capital and prac- tically every other city, town and hamlet in the country, Shelbyville and other towns of Shelby County, through an erroneous press report, had the privilege of twice celebrating the signing of the armistice. That the early report was premature was not learned in time to detract from the satisfaction the people had in giving vent to their great delight in the end of the war; and even when they were informed that the supposed cessation of hostilities had not taken place, they took the matter philo- sophically, secure in the well-founded belief that it would be but a matter of days or perhaps hours, until they could celebrate the verity. And this proved to be true, for within four days of the erroneous re- port of the signing of the armistice, the military authorities representing the belligerent nations had attached their signatures to that fateful document and the war was over. Announcement that the greatest war in history had come to an end was first made in Shelbyville through a press report that reached the city at ten minutes of twelve o'clock, noon, on Thursday, Xov. 7, 1918. Within a minute after the Daily Union, which received the report, had posted the flash in the window, a crowd which rapidly swelled to thousands began to assemble and from a nucleus of a half dozen men who threw their hats into the air and gave three rousing cheers as they read the joyful tidings, a throng of men, women, boys and girls formed into a parade and for hours marched through the streets, demonstrating their happiness with a spontaneity lacking in the later celebration. Early in the game the big siren at the electric light plant cut loose, and its strident but welcome "notes" quickly turned the old town inside out, for out of homes, offices, stores, schools and shops poured the nopulace, instantly to take up the glad refrain of "Peace!" Men in shirt-sleeves and hat- less, soldiers of other wars, young soldiers home on furlough, school teachers and pupils, gray-haired men and women, little boys and girls all with happy and grateful hearts were participants in the event that will never be effaced from memory of those who experienced it. In an incredibly short time, too, the country peo- ple began to pour into the county seat, and the wires were hot between Shelbyville and outlying towns, carrying the tiding, "The war is over!" Practically all afternoon the demonstration con- tinued, though committees at once began prepara- tions for a monster celebration in the evening. This was held, and for hours to the accompaniment of a band and every conceivable noise-making in- strument, the people of all ages, sex and color vied with each other in exhibitions of their joy that was well nigh frantic. THE SECOXD CELEBRATION But the big peace celebration had to be done all over again! And the people did it with a will. Plans for an organized demonstration were laid early. In Windsor, Strasburg, Stewardson, Tower Hill and other outlying towns of the county, the celebration started at noon, while in the county seat it was held in the evening, with the people of the other towns participating. Windsor has credit for putting on the first formal celebration. As in the first instance, The Daily Union re- ceived the message of the signing of the armistice, getting the wire at an early hour in the morning of Monday, Nov. 11, 1918, that the surrender terms of the Germans had been signed at 3 o'clock, a. m. The report was abundantly verified before being an- nounced, and then given to the people, who for the most part took the news gravely, yet could ill con- ceal their gratification and happiness that the long and terrible war was ended. Flags went up, coun- tenances took on a different expression, friend clasped hand with friend in silent or exuberant greet- ing. The crowd that assembled in the evening on the streets of Shelbyville was too unwieldly to whip into regular marching order. Had that been done, the procession would have extended a mile and a half. "Old Glory," in the hands of Color Bearer John Wilburn, led. Following were soldiers in uni- form, a committee from the Shelbyville Commercial Club bearing that organization's Service Flag, the band, the Red Cross Chapter, with its great banner borne by its president. Dr. J. C. Westervelt, and a great number of other organizations, including all the war work departments, schools, college, lodges, unions, citizens, and with many service flags borne by willing hands. There was plenty of noise, plenty of enthusiasm, plenty of pep and ginger, and underneath the sur- face an abiding feeling of gladness that having ac- complished the things for which they fought, the boys of Shelby County no longer were on the fir- ing line. The first anniversary of the signing of the arm- istice was celebrated soberly. At various points in the county all work suspended for a minute at 11 o'clock, while the people reflected on the blessings of peace. Page Xincty-Fire tirtesy "Over Here." SALVATION ARMY LASSIES FRYING DOUGHNUTS XEAR SOISSONS Salvation Army Home Service Shelby County was asked for a donation of $7,950 for the Salvation Army Home Service, to which Illi- nois pledged the raising of $2,250,000 during the week of Sept. 22 to 29, 1919. The valiant overseas war-time service of the Salvation Lassies commended that organization to the interest and approval of the public in the drive that was designed to relieve it from the further task of raising its funds for home service in miserable pittances gleaned in tambourines and personal solicitation on the streets, and make it possible for the devoted workers to divert their en- tire time and energies to the magnificent work of ministration, to which they had dedicated their lives. Election of officers for the county organization took place at a banquet at the New Neal hotel on the evening of Monday, Aug. 25, with the following results: Chairman L. E. Powell, Shelbyville. Vice Chairman Dr. F. W. Risser, Strasburg. Secretary L. C. Westervelt, Shelbyville. Treasurer J. J. Ward, Shelbyville. Publicity Director D. Leslie Davis, Shelbyville. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tom Newby, Okaw. J. H. Wallace, Windsor. Frank Larimer, Mode. And the officers. LOCAL CHAIRMEN AND QUOTAS The local chairmen and quotas allotted to the several townships of the county, were as follows: Oconee, Harry Hinton ; $330. Herrick, Roscoe T. Clark; $160. Cold Spring, Guy Foster and George Fankboner; $170. Tower Hill, J. P. Wilkinson; $310. Rural, George Galster; $370. Flat Branch, M. A. Duncan; $380. Moweaqua, W. K. Andrews; $440. Dry Point, Clyde Howe; $200. Lakewood, Lon Parr, R. L. Shores, C. P. Roberts; $160. Rose, John Kull, Roy Kull ; $300. Ridge, Edward Christman ; $300. Pickaway, Ed Cole; $360. Penn, $330 ; chairman not named. Holland, Frank Larimer; $120. Clarksburg, J. K. Hoagland; $120. Shelbyville, J. D. Miller; $1,120. Okaw, Tom Newby, Ed Turney ; $350. Todd's Point, James Snapp, C. C. Snapp; $230. Prairie, A. C. Mautz, R. E. Voris; $450. Richland, Dr. F. W. Risser, J. E. Weber, Dr. F. W. Schroeder; $490. Windsor, J. II. Wallace, A. B. Storm; $360. Sigel, John A. Berchtold, A. W. Bigler; $170. Big Spring, J. C. Quinn ; $200. Ash Grove, H. C. May, Sylvester Clawson ; $420. Resolutions were adopted approving the plan and pledging support to the drive, but for some reason yet unexplained the work failed of its purpose, and at the date of this writing, months after the close of the campaign, a total of only $1,982.51 is in the hands of the treasurer. Page Ninety-Six DIVISION AND CORPS INSIGNIA FIRST ARMY: Organized August 10, 1918, under General Pershing. Composed of First, Fifth and Kightji Corps. SKCOX1) CORPS: ( )rganize;l Februarv 22, 1918. Composed of 27th and 30th Di- visions. THIRL) CORPS: Organized May 8, 1918. Composed of 1st, 3d, 4th, 33d and 80th Divisions. THIRD ARMY: ( >rganized Nov. 14, 1918, under Major- Genera! I ) i ck man. Composed of Third, Fourth and Seventh Corps. FOURTH CORPS: Organized June 20, 1918. Composed of -M. 5th, 42d, 78th, 89th and 90th Divi- sions. SKCOXI) ARMY: Formed ( )ctober 10, 1918, under Lieuten- ant-General Bullard. Composed of the Sixth and X i 11 t h C'orps. FIRST C'ORPS: ' Organized January 20, 1918. C'omposed of 28th, 35th, 77th, 82(1 and 9.M Divi- sions. SIXTH CORPS: < )rganized August 1 , 1918. Composed of 92d, 88th, 7th, 28th, 5th and 33d Divi- sions. SEVENTH CORPS: Organized August 20, 1918. Composed of 6th, 81st and 88th Divisions. G.il.Q. IXSiGXlA: General Headquarters insignia is said to have been derived from the striped arm- band worn by staff officers at the front. KIGHTII CORPS: Organized November 29, 1918. Composed of 6th, 77th and 81st 1 divisions. A XKW TANK IX"* SIGNIA: Adopted Jtccause the Tank Corps combines functions of Artillery, In fan try and Cavalry, XTXTII C'ORPS: ( >rganized Xovember 26, 1918. Included 33d, 35th and 88th and 79th Divisions. RAILROAD SEC- TIONS: Insignia worn by Regulating and Rail- road Sections, com- posed of Ertffiiieerti. UKSKRVK MAL- LET: Organized October I, 1917, from Members of former American Field Service at Sois- sons, France. AMBULANCE SERVICE: These colors are the same as those of the insignia on Ambu- lance and Hospital trains. CKXTRAD RKC- ORDS OFFICE: I -oca ted at ISourges. Keeps tal> on every- body in the A. F. F. and compiles vital statistics. C. W. S. SERVICE This is the insignia of the Chemical War- fare Service, which provides d e fens e against gas attacks. /9th DIVISION: Arrived in France July 15, 1918. Na- tional Army of Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Penn- sylvania. 87tii DIVISION 1 ; Arrived in France Sept. 14, 1918. Na- tional Army of Miss- issippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. 40th DIVISION* Arrived in France August 20, 1918. Sol- diers from California, Nevada, tJtah, Colo- rado, Arizona and New Mexico. 41st DIVISION': Arrived in France J an uar y 1, 1918. Composed of Wash- ington. Oregon, Mon- tana, Idaho and Wy- oming troops. 78th DIVISION : Arrived in France June 8, 1918. Made up of National Army of New Jersey, Dela- ware and New York. REGIMENTAL OFFICERS AXI) PERSOXXEL OF COMPAXY! Y1LLE, OCTPBI Major: William Klauser Captains : Frank P. Auld C'arl F. Lauer Vance Courtright First Lieutenants : Charles Twiss J. Glen Miller ( )liver C. Brown Second Lieutenant : Harry Downs First Sergeant : I loward Bridges Supply Sergeant : Samuel Davis Sergeants : Clete Henderson .1 olm W iiburn ( ieorge llurnett George Stretch Gaylord Terry Raymond Voiles Charles Young C'orporals : Fred Martin Alma White ("linton Wiley Frank I Jeweese Harry Osborne Karl Fisher Ellsworth Fought Art Gilleland Roy Kull Carl Olmstead . (Irvil Rich Cocks : Andrew Hudson Pearlie Deweese Karl Shoaf Musician : 1 Icnry Thompson Privates : l!agh Baillic I 'ewey Barker Charles Barrett Kay Barton Clyde I Sates I .ueian Hates G.-orjje 1'atton John Batton 1 leaden Broyles Paul Buckler Walter P>ullerman Joe Iturgen Rollie Iturrus Dail F. Ilutler lohn Ilutler \\'illiam Commerford Frcaniel I"). Christner ( luy Christie Alfred Crow Charles Cox Joseph I. Cocagne Joe D. ( 'hristner I ,opan J, Clark John J. Carroll ( Jscar Connor Robert Cress Clyde Denier T burnt an Dildine Thomas W. Dobba Kd. W. Doeding Kdfjar W'. Doenring Lloyd Kwick Ralph Klliott Arthur J. Finks Ralph K. Flanders Clarence L. Frazier Paul Fisher Albin A. Foelsinp Leonard R. Flescli I .oj^an Frailey lohn 1 1 . Friesner N'oah F. Farris Harry Frailey Roy "K. Fish'-.-l Ross Fleming Lawrence L. (Iregory William drabner Karl Cioodwin C'liarles (lor don Lloyd Gregory Lawrence Gordon Lenjel (iriffin t Jrville Gillispey Floyd K. (Iroo:n Luther Hen Iricks Garland IS. Hiatt I avid F. Hudson Xoali Hamilton Edgar llinton Frank Hill - Nile Hickman James C. Hall Chancy M. Hosteller Yernon L. Haines Chester C. I lagan Kddie R. Heil lames K. He Donald Claude McKinn ?y Fdw. McClanahan Harper MayTierry (ieorge E. Xe wherry Jo* 1 " ! Malone Ester c.'. McCoy lames C. Moore John D. Miller Louis T. Mittendorf Lloyd 0. Miller William Mueller, Jr. Jasper W. X'ance Claud Xewberry Vernie E. X'ew berry Luther Olshaskie John W. Xorth Sam Patterson Lawrence Ponsler Chester Prosser Ray Pebernat Ernest L. Presnell Ollie Phelps Henry F. W. C. Pieper Lemuel Pratt Thomas Rudd Earl W. Reynolds Floyd Rinehart Edwin II. Ruwc Floyd Robh Frank Robv Harry E. Russell Lucian Ruch Walter Shellenberger William Smith Roy Strohl Marion E. Slifer Reverdia Storm Clifford Schutte Fred W. Staehli Delhert M. Stoddard Wilse E. Slifer Roll Seward Rolla C. Sloan Roy Schwenker X'ewton Siler Otto H. Schmitt C'ecil W. Slater Wallace Smith Eli W. Skidmpre Joseph Schabbing Clarence H. Summers Edward Sloan Lewis B. Sudkamp Ambrose L. Strohl Clarence Scott Roy Tull AdJey S. Tull Daniel W. Trigg Phillip II. Tiemati Wallace/). T'abbert Eldon (ilynn Turner Ralph Towers Earl VermilHon Theo. Von 1'ehren William I!. Wright John L. Wheat Thomas F. Wheat Leonard Wirey Iva M. Wooters Clayton A. Ward Robert S. York Jake Daniel Ulmar lames A. Welch Dail Butler Sylvester T. Fouste Henry E. Wade liert 'P. Walker lohn H. Wirey DIVISION INSIGNIA 3d DIVISION": Made up from Regu- lar Army, ( Division Headquarters arrived in France April 4, 1918). 26th DIVISION': Made up of National Guard of New Kng- land. (Arrived in France Dec. 5, 1917.) 32d DIVISION: Made up of National Guard of " Michigan and Wisconsin. (Ar- rived in France Feb. 29, 1918.) 37th DIVISION: Made up of National Guard of Ohio. (Ar- rived in France June 23, 1918.) 8Sth DIVISION: Made up of National Army of N. Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Illi- nois. (Arrived in France Aug. 16, '18.) 4th DIVISION": Made up from Regu- lar Army. (Arrived in France May 17, '18.) 27th DIVISION": Made up of .National Army of Xew York (."ity. ( Arrived in France April 13, '18.) 33d DIVISION: Made up of National ( i uar d of Illinois and West Virginia. (Ar- rived in France May 24, 1918.) 42d DIVISION: Made up from Na- tional Guard of 26 States and District of Columbia. ( Arrived in France Nov. 1, 1917.) 82d DIVISION: National Army of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. (Arrived in France May 17, 1918.) 5th DIVISION': Regular A r m \ (Arrived i : France May 1 1918.) 1 1st DIVISION: Made up from 34th DIVISION: National Guard of Iowa, Minnesota, Xe- Regular Army. | )ras k a and North Da- (Arrived in ^ ota France June 27, 90th DIVISION: National Army of Texas and Oklahoma. (Arrived in France June 23, 1918.) 28th DIVISION: Pennsylvania Nation- al Guard. (Arrived in France May 18, '18.) 6th DIVISION : Made up from the Regular Army. (Ar- rived in France July 23, 1918,) 29th DIVISION: Made up from Na- tional Guard of Mary- land, Xew Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and District of Co- lumbia. (.Arrived in France June 27, '18.) 2d DIVISION: Selected from Regu- lar Army. (Arrived in France Oct. 26, 1917.) 80th DIVISION: Made up of National Army of Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. (Ar- rived in France May 30, 1918.) 7th DIVISION: Made up from Reg- ular Army. (Arrived in Frante Aug. 1 1< 1918.) 30th DIVISION;: Made up of soldiers of Tennessee and the Carolinas. (Arrived in France June 27, '18.) 36th DIVISION: National Guard of Texas and Oklahoma. ( Arrived in France July 31, 1918.) 81st DIVISION' i Made of soldiers from North and South Car- olina, Florida and Porto Rico. (Arrived in France Aug. 16, 1918.) 77th DIVISION: National Army of New York City. (Ar- rived in France April 13, 1918.) 91st DIVISION: Ma-le of soldiers from Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Califor- nia, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. ( Arrived in France July 12, 92d DIVISION: (Colored) National Army. (Ar- rived in France Tune 19, 1918.) 89th DIVISION: Made up of Soldiers from Missouri and Kansas. ( Arrived in France June 22, '18.) 35th DIVISION: ; Made up of the Na- tional Guard of Mis- souri and Kansas. ( Arrived in France May 11, 1918.) 31st DIVISION: Made up of troops from Alabama, Geor- gia, Florida. Initials mean "Dixie Divi- sion." 38th DIVISION: Made up of troop from Indiana an Kentucky. Letter stand for "Cyclon Division." 6th DIVISION": Made up of troops from 1 1 linoi s and Wisconsin Infantry, use;! as replacements. "Black Hawk Divi- sion." Color Plates by Adv. />cpt. Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis, M Miss BLANCHE SNYDER Miss CORNELIA THOMAS Miss EMMA PAUSCHERT MRS. GAIL FREDE TALLMAN In Service to Soldiers Shelby County's men in uniform were not all on the firing line nor subject to military discipline. Some of them, serving just as patriotically and ef- fectively were in the garb of the Y. M. C. A. secre- tary or War Camp Community worker, while other devoted servants of the men of the military and naval establishments were the self-sacrificing women who entered the hospital ward to minister to the sick and wounded in their need. No less than eigh- teen of Shelbyville's men and women entered service in one or another of these capacities, and did splendid work in their chosen field. The list follows: NURSES Miss Minnie Snyder, Moweaqua. Miss Ethel Vantis, Moweaqua. Miss Cornelia Thomas, Shelbyville. Miss Emma Pauschert, Chicago, 111. Mrs. (iail Freda Tallman, Shelbyville. Miss Geneva Casstevens, Fancher. Miss Mary Buzzard, Cowden. Y. M. C. A. Mrs. Carl Olmstead, Findlay. Rev. W. II. Storm, Findlay. W. F. Aichele, Shelbyville. Rev. Chas. R. Shepherd, Shelbyville. Lyman R. Hiatt, Trowbridge. Orville S. Storm, Shelbyville. Wilse Underwood, Findlay. WAR CAMP COMMUNITY SERVICE Mrs. Fae Isenberg Searcy, Springfield. Arthur M. Cannon, Seattle, Wash. YEOMANETTE Miss Anna M. Reck, Windsor. CIVIL SERVICE Miss Flossie A. Heck, Windsor. While in two or three instances the place of residence is given as outside Shelby County, the per- sons designated formerly were residents of this county and look upon Shelby as "home." The serv- ice record of the above, as far as the publishers of this history have been able to learn it. is as follows: MIXXIE LUCILE SXYDER Miss Minnie Lucile Snyder was born in Mowea- qua in 1891. and is a daughter of Mrs. M. E. Snyder. In her young womanhood she became a nurse, and was employed at St. Louis. On Aug. 1, 1918, she en- listed at St. Louis in the Army Xurse Corps, and was assigned to Base Xo. 70, at Camp Logan, Houston, Tex. On the 28th of Xov., 1918, she sailed from Hoboken on the transport Mongolia, landing in Brest, France, on Dec. 10 following. She served at Allerey, where she had charge of the surgical ward, and at Toul. where she was in charge of the spinal meningitis patients. Returning to Xew York in the summer of 1919, Miss Snyder was discharged there in June and returned to her former employment as a nurse in St. Louis. She is a graduate from Barnes hospital, St. Louis. ETHEL YAXT1S Miss Ethel Yantis, formerly of Moweaqua, was throughout the war and still is in service as a nurse. About six years ago she was graduated from the Post Graduate Hospital in Chicago. In the year the United States entered the war she enlisted for war service, and for some time was stationed at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., where she gave her best work in ministering to the sick soldiers. F'rom that camp she was transferred to Fort Sheridan, where she re- mains. She is in love with the work in which she is engaged, and means to re-enlist for three years more, instead of accepting the discharge to which she is entitled. Miss Yantis is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Yantis, and was born and reared in the vicinity of Moweaqua. Shortly after her graduation from the nurse's training course, however, she located in De- catur, where she was engaged at her profession until she heeded the call to wider service. She is an at- tractive young woman, and is popular with those to whom she ministers. CORXKLIA M. THOMAS Miss Cornelia M. Thomas is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Thomas of Shelbyville, and was born in Paris, 111., June 25, 1894. She took a training course, was graduated with honors, and was on pri- vate duty in her profession when she enlisted, Oct., 1918. in the Army Xurse Corps. Her first duty in the service was at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich., where she was on duty during the terrible scourge of influenza. She received the rank of second lieu- tenant during her service there. On Dec. 6, 1918, she was transferred to United States General Hospital Xo. 6, Detroit Mich., and worked in the operating room there until the hospital was closed in the latter Page \incty-Sercn MRS. CARL OLM STEAD MRS. FAE ISENBERG SEARCY ARTHUR M. CANNON part of July, 1919. She was then transferred to United States Hospital No. 28, Fort Sheridan, 111.. and discharged in December, 1919. EMMA PAUSCHERT Miss Emma Pauschert was born in Shelbyville June, 1890, and is a daughter of W. R. Pauschert, who now lives in Decatur, 111. Miss Pauschert was a nurse, and was employed as Night Superintendent of Grant Hospital, Chicago, when she enlisted, Sept. 1, 1918, for service in the Army Xurse Corps, and was sent to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. After being on duty there for nearly two months she was transferred to Albert Hotel, New York City, where she continued her service until Xov. 28, 1918, when she was ordered overseas and sailed from Hoboken, N. J., aboard the U. S. S. Mongolia. She arrived at Brest, France, Dec. 6. She gave splendid service overseas until the summer of 1919, when she was returned with Base Hospital Unit Xo. 99 to Xew York City, where she received her honorable dis- charge on July 6, 1919. GAIL FREDE TALLMAN Mrs. Gail Frede Tallman, wife of J. Leverett Tall- man, was born in Stewardson, 111., 1895, and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Frede of that place. She was married to Mr. Tallman on May 27, 1919. Before her enlistment she was employed as a newspaper reporter on the Decatur Herald. In June, 1918, she entered Vassar Training Camp for Xurses at Poughkeepsie, X. Y., for three months' intensive course. In September she was transferred to the Walter Reed General Hospital at Washington. D. C., as a student nurse in training, and was discharged from that place with rank of student nurse after a training course covering a total period of nine months. Though not permitted to see overseas serv- ice, she nevertheless did a great deal of practical work among the sick and wounded. ALTA KOOXTZ Miss Alta Koontz of Stewardson, was one of the nurses in the service. She was called to Camp Grant in the fall of 1918, and gave splendid service there. She already was a graduate nurse, and had been practicing her profession, with eminent success. BLANCHE McCOLLOM Miss Blanche McCollom, formerly of Windsor, was in the service at Xewport Xews, Va., for a period of eight months. Following her release from army nursing service she returned to Jacksonville, 111., where she is engaged as a school nurse. She is a daughter of the Rev. C. S. McCollom, a former pastor of the Methodist Church at Windsor. MARY BUZZARD Miss Mary Buzzard of Cowden was a Red Cross nurse, and was on duty at a base hospital near Paris, France. GEXEVA ELIZABETH CASSTEVEXS There was one of the nurses who went from Shelby County to tend the wounded and sick, who gave her life for them. This was Geneva Elizabeth Casstevens, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Cass- tevens of near Fancher, who died Oct. 14, 1918. at Liverpool, England, where she was on duty at Mili- tary Hospital Xo. 40, with Unit W from Springfield, 111., under command of Major D. M. Ottis. Over- worked, as was the ordinary lot of the nurses during the influenza epidemic. Miss Casstevens contracted the disease and in her weariness of body hadn't suffi- cient vitality to withstand its ravages. She was sick but a week and a day before her brave spirit took its flight. Busy and happy had been a customary con- dition, and those who came in contact with her from time to time say she was a veritable ray of sunshine. Her popularity among those who knew her best was attested when a great concourse of people as- sembled at the little United Brethren church in Fan- cher, one day in the summer of 1919, to attend serv- ices in her memory. Truly of her it may be said, "she hath done what she could." FAE ISEXBERG SEARCY After completing a War Workers' Training course at Lake Geneva, Wis., in Aug., 1918, Mrs. Fae Isenberg Searcy, wife of Sergeant Earl B. Searcy, received appointment from the National War Council 1 of. the Young Women's Christian Association to as- sume duties at Camp Funston, Kansas, as Volunteer Assistant in recreation activities. Shortly afterward Page Ninety-Eight W. F. AlCHELE Y. M. C. A. SECRETARIES W. H. STORM LYMAN R. HIATT O. S. STORM WILSE UNDERWOOD she was transferred to War Camp Community Serv- ice in the capacity of hostess to the soldiers of Camp Funston and Fort Riley, in the Soldiers' Com- munity House in Manhattan, Kansas. She remained there until February, 1919. This tells in brief the service of Mrs. Searcy after her formal entrance into the service; but before her course at Lake Geneva she had been in Red Cross training at St. Louis, where she also had served in the canteen at the Y. M. C. A. hut. She sang in va- rious cantonments, and in Shelbyville, where she was born and reared, she worked diligently with the women of the Red Cross and materially aided activi- ties there. During the summer of 1919. when Ser- geant Searcy was stationed in Chicago as temporary secretary of the American Legion of Illinois, Mrs. Searcy still further gave generously of her service as motor driver, transferring wounded men to and from the hospital, taking them for a drive and in other ways ministering to those in need. ARTHUR M. CANNON Arthur M. Cannon, native of Tower Hill, 111., where he was born March 4, 1877, a son of the late Robert E. Cannon and of Mrs. Julia A. Cannon, still a resident of Tower Hill, entered the War Camp Community service at Portland, Ore., Aug. 15, 1918, and is still engaged in that work in a very respon- sible way. Immediately before entering that service he was city agent for a life insurance company at Portland, Ore., where from 1911 to 1917 he was principal of the Holladay and Couch public schools. His career as a teacher began at Puckett, southeast of Tower Hill, then from 1899 to 190S he was prin- cipal of schools at Tower Hill; from 1905 to 1906 at Rochester, 111.; from 1907 to 1910 principal of the high school at Shelbyville, and from 1910 to 1911 principal of the high school at Eveleth, Minn. Mr. Cannon entered the War Camp Community Service as representative for the Clatsop district in Oregon, with headquarters at Astoria and in charge of spruce production centers of Astoria, Seaside and Tillamook, Ore., and near the coast defense forts, Stevens, Columbia and Canby. When the camps broke up, subsequent to the signing of the armistice, he was transferred to Seattle, and on April 1. 1919, was placed in charge of the outside work, including clubs at a number of points near Port Townsend. The work is now being transferred from W. C. C. S. through a transition period from Nov. 1 to Feb. 1, to Community Service, Inc., and efforts are being made to form local Community Service committees to con- tinue the work indefinitely. Mr. Cannon is married and has six children, name- ly: Robert S., Mabel A., Arthur M., Jr., Stewart C., Julia E. and Kesler R. Cannon. MRS. CARL OLMSTEAD Mrs. Carl Olmstead, though little known in Shel- by County, belongs by reason of her marriage to a Shelby County soldier, to the great army of service people of this county. Mrs. Olmstead's service was with the Y. M. C. A., and consisted largely of minis- tering to the soldiers of the Texas army camps in beautiful song, while she utilized her spare time in knitting sweaters and doing other work under the direction of the Red Cross. She was a daughter of Mrs. A. Steinert, 1238 Wabash Ave., Kansas City, Mo., and was married to Carl Olmstead of Shelby County on March 23, 1918, while the latter was sta- tioned at Camp Logan. The next day her husband left that camp, and while he was absent in Europe, his bride passed away, her death occurring March 22, 1919, at her home in San Antonio. Her body was taken to Kansas City for burial. W. H. STORM Rev. W. H. Storm of Findlay served the better part of a year in Y. M. C. A. service, most of the time overseas. He offered himself for that work early in 1918, and during the summer was accepted and ordered on duty, and soon was in France, where he served capably and devotedly. He returned home in the early part of 1919, and resumed his pastorate of the Christian Church at Findlay, from which he later resigned. Before taking up the Y. M. C. A. duties, he was actively interested in the boys of his home town, and was Scoutmaster there. A com- plete record of Rev. Mr. Storm's "Y" service was not obtainable. W. F. AlCHELE Leaving his position as assistant cashier of the Shelby County State Bank to enter the Y. M. C. A. service, Wm. F. Aichele had expected to go to Chi- cago for a brief training period, but instead was or- dered at once to San Antonio, Tex., where he entered the Y. M. C. A. Training School April 8, 1918. He was "Y" secretary at Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., from May 1, 1918, to the llth of June following, and at Fort Crockett, Galveston, Tex., from June 11 to Oct. 23, 1918, when he resigned for the purpose of getting into the active military service. This course he pursued, enlisting at Shelbyville Nov. 7, 1918. Page Ninety-Nine CHARLES R. SHEPHERD Resigning the pastorate of the First Baptist church of Shelbyville and closing his work there on Sunday, Sept. 22, 1918, Rev. Chas. R. Shepherd, Ph. D., entered the Y. M. C. A. service and was ordered to Galesburg, Illinois, where he was in charge of 500 boys. This service was the alternative for regular military service, which was denied him by reason of the fact that he had taken out his first naturalization papers only, and therefore could get into the service neither of the United States nor his native country, England. Efforts to do so failed, and he took up the "Y" work, in which he did splendid service for many months. ORVILLE S. STORM After repeated attempts to get into military serv- ice, but meeting only rejection on physical grounds, O. S. Storm of Shelbyville made application for Y. M. C. A. duty and in July, 1918, received notice of his appointment by the War Personnel Board of the Central Department of the National War Work Council. On Aug. 1 he was ordered to the "Y" War College at Chicago, where after a period of training he was assigned, Sept. 9, 1918, to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio, as athletic director for the Quar- termaster's section. In the following December he was appointed managing editor of the Camp Sher- man News, under military supervision, and retained that post until his discharge, Aug. 14, 1919. During the influenza epidemic at Camp Sherman Mr. Storm volunteered for hospital duty, and for some weeks ministered almost without intermission to the sick and dying. His work in that particular line, as well as the manner in which he discharged his athletic and editorial duties, elicited warm commendation from military and "Y" officers. Mr. Storm is a son of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Storm of Shelbyville, and is a newspaper man of many years' experience. LYMAN RAY HI ATT Lyman Ray Hiatt, a son of W. P. Hiatt of Stras- burg. 111., is another man who served both in the military and Y. M. C. A. At the outbreak of the war he was finishing student work in the Kansas State Agricultural College. Acting on the advice of the dean of the college, he continued agricultural work, spending the summer of 1917 on Oakhurst farm, belonging to one of the editors of the Breed- ers' Gazette. Then he joined the staff of the Country Work Department of the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A. and went to New York City, where he spent four months in helping to raise funds for the war work activities of the "Y." Then he en- listed, and served in the army until Nov. 30, 1918. Following his discharge he took charge of the agri- cultural instruction work of about 350 school stu- dents in Thief River F'alls, Minn. In the summer of 1919, however, he reentered Y. M. C. A. work and on June 19 sailed from Seattle, Wash., for Vladivos- tok, Siberia, where he is still doing agricultural dem- onstration work in Siberia and European Russia un- der the auspices of the National War Work Council, Y. M. C. A. WILSE UNDERWOOD J. Wilse Underwood was and still is in the Y. M. C. A. service, and is building secretary of the avia- tion camp, Y. M. C. A., Great Lakes, Illinois. He enlisted for that service June 1, 1918, and was as- signed to the Great Lakes, where he has been ever since, giving of his service unstintedly and effectively to the boys in that great camp. Not the least of his qualifications for his work is his splendid voice, which he uses in song to the delight and betterment of those who hear him. He has been leading the singing for the senior chaplain's service on Sunday mornings, and giving himself to the whole work with singular devotion. Mr. Underwood was born at Findlay, 111., in 1883, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Underwood of that place. Before entering the "Y" service he was a mail carrier and salesman at Findlay. On May 19, 1908, he married Miss Mabel H. Cash, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Cash of Vandalia. They have three children, namely: Elizabeth Helen, born Jan. 14, 1910; Jay Cash, Aug. 12, 1912, and Lester Wilse, March 21, 1919. Books for Service Men Co-operating in the country-wide campaign to supply the soldiers in camp and sailors on shipboard with reading matter, the Shelbyville Free Public Li- brary and Reading Roomslaunched a drive in Au- gust, 1917, for the collection of books and magazines for the service men. This was part of the general campaign undertaken by the American Library As- sociation, of which the local library is a member, and resulted in the collection of 273 volumes. These were sent to the St. Louis Public Library for ship- ment to their ultimate destination. The second local drive for library books for the service men was put on in April, 1918, and as the result of a week's intensive campaign a total of 594 books was collected. Of these, 161 were works of nontiction and 431 were books of fiction by popular authors. In the week's drive valuable assistance was rendered from various sources. The "books for sol- diers" campaign was featured each evening in a re- vival meeting that was in progress in a local church, and on the closing day of the campaign the Boy Scouts made a house to house canvass, bringing in the books in baskets, wheelbarrows, gunnysacks and automobiles. The librarian and her assistants attached pockets, typed cards for the pockets and for catalogue ref- erence, and in every way prepared the books for service and circulation as though they were to go on the shelves of a regular library. The second lot of books was sent to Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois. The drives were put on under the direction of Miss Grace L. Westervelt, librarian, and the second was completed under the supervision of her succes- sor, Miss Erva J. Davis, the present librarian. More Cheerful Headlines Following quickly after the signing of the armis- tice there was a decided change in newspaper head- lines. The "Safe Over Seas," "Somewhere in France," "Escaped the Subs," and similar lines that told of the outward voyage of American service men, gave way to the more cheerful "Lands in United States," "Overseas Soldiers Home," "Reception for Returning Men," or similar headlines that told the story of the war's ending and the home-coming of the boys who escaped death and pestilence. Page One Hundred H Company, 1 30th United States Infantry SIXTEEN years of loyal service at home and abroad in annual encampment, on riot duty, in flood rescue work, in tornado relief, on the Mexican border and culminating in some of the hardest lighting on various fronts of the European battle-torn areas has characterized the activities of H Company, a military organization peculiarly Shel- byville's own. Product of the patriotic spirit pervading the com- munity in either peace or war, Company H was or- ganized and mustered in as a unit of the Fourth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, in February, 1903, and retained its identity as an arm of that organiza- tion until it responded to the call for broader service and became a part of the Federal military machine Aug. 5. 1917. America's entrance to the World War found the ranks of H Company greatly depleted. With the declaration of war, however, a local campaign for re- cruits was launched. The influence and active aid of business and professional men generally were en- listed, to such good effect that when the company entrained for the southern training camp, the names of 128 officers and men were on the roster of the company and regiment. The company was increased to war strength by the addition of other men at Camp Logan, Texas. On April 20, 1917, Vance Courtright and Charles L. Twiss were elected captain and first lieutenant, respectively, to succeed L. X. Stewardson and J. Glen Miller, resigned. Harry Downs was elected second lieutenant. At that time the numerical strength of the company was low, and but fifteen enlisted men were ready and willing to take the Federal oath, an essential of induction into the broader service. These men were Virgil Sharp. Andy M. Hudson, Harry Downs, Henry Thompson, Ray Edwards, Ellsworth Fought, Gaylord Terry, Fred Martin, Roy Vanderpool, Howard Bridges, Charles Young, George Burnett, Orval Rich, Tom Tull and Ralph Conrad. To Vanderpool it was given later to be the first Shelby County man to make the supreme sacrifice under enemy fire. Four men declined to join with their comrades in taking the larger obligation, but to the credit of the company and com- munity let it be written, when on Aug. 26, 1917, the opportunity was given for any who wished to withhold himself from any but the State service, not a man in the Shelbyville company failed nor hesitated in giving himself unreservedly to the service of mankind in the war to make the whole world safe for democ- racy. ROSTER OF OFFICERS II Company's officers mustered out of service in Captains: R. T. Eddy J. Wm. Klauser L. X. Stewardson Vance Courtright Fred Beard First Lieutenants: J. Wm. Klauser Vance Courtright L. X. Stewardson J. Glen Miller ("has. L. Twiss Harry Downs Morris Munhall Thomas McDonough Paul Howard Toe Ryan Henry Johnson from its organization until it was the spring of 1919, were: Second Lieutenants: Geo. L. Dearing Vance Courtright A. L. Yantis J. W. Lantz L. N. Stewardson J. Glen Miller Chas. L. Twiss Harry Downs Howard Bridges George Burnett George Stretch Thomas Carroll Frank W. Rawalt Thomas McDonough Morris Munhall REGIMEXTAL OFFICERS FROM H COMPAXY Major J. William Klauser. Second Lieutenant Battalion Quartermaster L. F. Ake head. First Lieutenant Battalion Adjutant Vance Courtright. First Lieutenant Battalion Adjutant J. Glen Miller. Regimental Color Sergeant Vance Courtright. Regimental Color Sergeant Owen Thomas. Regimental Color Sergeant John Wilburn. Regimental Ordnance Sergeant L. F. Akenhead. Regimental Commissary Sergeant L. F. Akenhead. Major F. P. Auld, Surgeon. Captain C. F. Lauer, Chaplain. Captain H. L. Ruff, Regimental Adjutant. First Lieutenant O. C. Brown, Medical Corps. Page One Hundred One SERVICE RECORD OF COMPAXY II The complete service record of Company H is as follows : Mustered into service by Lieutenant Colonel Ewert, Feb. 17, 1903. Dedication World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo., April 29 to May 1, 1903. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., Aug. 22-29, 1903. 1904. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., Aug. 13-20, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20-26, 1904. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., Aug. 5-12, Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., July 28 to Aug. 4, 1906. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., July 20-27, 1907. Escort President Theo. Roosevelt, Cairo, 111., Oct. 2-3, 1907. Riot duty, Springfield, 111., Aug. 15-19, 1908. Maneuvers, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Sept. 11-22, 1908. Escort, Adjutant General Scott's funeral, Olney, 111., April 7, 1909. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., July 10-17, 1909. Riot duty, Cairo, 111., Nov. 11-15, 1909. Riot duty, Cairo, 111., Feb. 20-28, 1910. Maneuvers, Camp Deneen, Peoria, 111., Aug. 20-27, 1910. Riot duty, Taylorville, 111., Feb. 24-28, 1911. Riot duty, Benld, 111., March 21-23, 1911. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., Aug. 12-19, 1911. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., July 27 to Aug. 3, 1912. Centennial celebration, Edwardsville, 111., Sept. 15-17, 1912. Riot duty, Salem, 111., March 14-16, 1913. Flood duty, Mound City, 111., March 31 to April 16, 1913. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., Aug. 17-24, 1913. General Logan Memorial, Murphysboro, 111., Aug. 2-4, 1914. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111.. Aug. 16-23, 1914. Riot duty, Johnston City, 111., June 10-13, 1915. Encampment, Camp Lincoln, Springfield, 111., Aug. 15-22, 1915. Called for Mexican border service, June 19, 1916. Mustered into Federal service, Springfield, 111., June 29, 1916. Arrived Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, July 5, 1916. Encampment, New Braunfels, Texas, July 26 to Aug. 4, 1916. Encampment, Leon Springs, Texas, Aug. 15 to Sept. 1, 1916. Division practice march to Austin, Texas, Sept. 15 to Oct. 2, 1916. Left Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 26, 1917. Arrived Fort Sheridan, Chicago, 111., March 1, 1917. Mustered out of Federal service, Fort Sheridan, Chicago, 111., March 15, 1917. Cyclone relief duty, Mattoon, 111., May 26 to June 15, 1917. Riot duty, East St. Louis, 111., July 2-22, 1917. Mustered into Federal service for the World War, July 25, 1917. Drafted into Federal service by proclamation of President Wilson, Aug. 5, 1917. Entrained for Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, Oct. 9, 1917. Entrained at Camp Logan for overseas duty, May 3, 1918. Arrived at Brest, France, May 24, 1918. Embarked at Brest, France, for the United States, May 11, 1919. Arrived in the United States, May 20, 1919. Mustered out of Federal service at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111., May 30 and 31, 1919. II COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS OVERSEAS The story of H Company's movements in Europe is one of activity. It is told officially in the Report of Operations made by Colonel John V. Clinnin, Commanding Officer, 1 30th In- fantry, to General George Bell, Jr., Commanding General, 33d Division, American E, F., under date of Nov. 20, 1918. From that report the movements of H Company, a unit of the Second Hattalion, 130th Infantry, is traced as follows: The 130th Infantry, U. S. A., formerly 4th Illinois Infan- try, N. G., was drafted into the United States service by call of the President, July 25, 1917, and trained at C'amp Logan, Houston, Texas. Entrained 3d May, 1918, for Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island. Sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, 16th May, 1918, on the U. S. S. Agamemnon, landing at Brest, France, Slay 24, 1918; in billets at Pentanazt-n Barracks until May 30: moved to Oiso mont, France, Second Battalion billeted at Ercourt. Began preliminary training for service at the British front. Moved to billets near Eu, France, June 8 ; Second Bat- talion at Dargnies, engaging in intensive training under British officers. June 21, started on march to the Long Area, where it ar- rived in the evening of the 22d ; Second Battalion at Villers- sous-Ailly. Here the practical training was developed to in- clude use of all arms. July 1 7, marched to Australian Corps Area ; Second Bat- talion being placed in the Card System, part of the Army system of trenches, in the Australian Corps area north of Querrieu, training in trench warfare. July 30, Second Battalion relieved from C'ard System of trenches, marching to Bois-de-Mai Woods, replacing Third Bat- talion. Night of 6th and 7th of August marched to Moillens Wood to join British Corps. Later, attachments made from First and Second Battalions to the 18th Division, B. E. F., in the line before Albert. Reliefs for Second Battalion carried out on night of 16th and 17th of August. Continued to relieve bat- talions of 18th Division, B. E. F., in front line before Albert and village of Dernancourt up to Aug. 20. Total casualties of 1 30th Infantry while operating on Brit- ish front, Aug. 8-24, were: Officers killed, 0; wounded, 1. Other ranks killed. 6; wounded, 28. Aug. 20, 1918, transferred to American army, covering movement of said organization from Vignacourt, Aug. 24-25, ar- riving at Ligny-en-Barrois Aug. 28; Second Battalion at Nont- le-Petit : Aug. 31, the Second moved to Morlaincourt. Night of Sept. 5-6 moved from these billets in auto trucks to Blercourt, remaining in camp near town of Bois-des-C'lair Chenes until Sept. 16, when regiment marched to Bois-du- Bethelainville, occupying billets and dugouts in this area until night of Sept. 21-22, when it marched to Moulin Brule and Bois-de-Yille, remaining in billets there until beginning of offen- sive north of Yerdun, Sept. 24-25. Under orders issued Sept. 23, 130th, less First Battalion, marched from Bois-de-Ville to designated point for Fort de Bourrus, arriving in position 1 a. m., Sept. 26, where said organization was in place at "H" hour. In pursuance of mes- sage received 12:30 p. m., same day, marched via Chattincourt to Le Mort Ilomtne and reported to the Advance P. C., mid- way between Le Mort Homme and Hill 304 ; under cover of smoke screen reached Le Mort Homme without casualty, and bivouacked for the night. This point being under heavy fire, disposition of battalions was made, the Second occupying a trench system south of Chattincourt, thus saving many casual- ties, as Chattincourt was bombarded continuously through the night. Morning of 27th the regiment was marched by devious route and part of the way through shell holes in single file to Bethincourt. The 130th marched Sept. 28 to Bois-D'en-Dela and biv- ouacked ; at 5:30 a. m., Sept. 29th, relieved 32()th Infantry, the Second Battalion being in reserve along north edge of Wood sector, Bois-de-la-Cote-Lemont. This sector was held by 1 30th until Oct. 15. Casualties in this sector: 27 other ranks killed; 9 officers and 135 other ranks wounded, principally from shell tire, said sector being under constant artillery fire. Oct. 9-10, Second Battalion relieved 129th Infantry in the defense line in the Bois-de-Dannevoux, taking over the Danne- voux sector of the defense and outpost lines. The regiment, less Third Battalion, held entire line from bend of Meuse river east of Dannevoux to the western edge of the Bois-de-la-Cote- Lemont. The regiment captured a great amount of arms, ammuni- tion and other paraphernalia. Relief of the 130th Infantry and its retirement to the trench system on the east bank of the Meuse, south of Con- senvoye, accomplished without casualty Oct. 14 and 15. Oct. 17, Second Battalion relieved Third Battalion in the left half sector Boise-de-Chaume. Night of Oct. 20-21, 130th Infantry relieved by the Second Colonial Regiment (French), the regiment marching from the Bois-de-Chaume area to the Bois Bourrus. Casualties while oc- cupying positions on the east bank of the Meuse and while tak- ing part in the attacks with the 129th and 131st Infantry, be- tween Oct. 10 and 16: 23 other ranks killed; 3 officers and 66 other ranks wounded. Oct. 22, 130th Infantry arrived at Rupt-en-Woevre. Under orders of Oct. 23 and 25, the 130th Infantry relieved the 313th Infantry in the Connecticut sub-sector, the Second Battalion relieving the First Battalion of the 313th with two companies in the Bois-de-Combres and two companies in the Bois-de-les-Eparges. The operations of the 130th Infantry from Oct. 25 to Nov. 11 consisted in developing the outpost system in the Connecticut sub-sector and strengthening the defense system by digging trenches and wiring positions, also active patrolling in order to gain contact with the enemy and conducting raids on strong points of the enemy at Chateau d'Aulnois; also a raid by the ^-econd Battalion on the enemy strong point at Marcheville. Preliminary to this raid by the Second, a reconnaissance was made of the Evergreen Wood and position near Bussy, which was occupied by a strong patrol on 8th November, said patrol capturing one of the enemy and killing one officer and 13 other ranks at this point, maintaining the position and affording a "jump-off" line for the attack of Nov. 10. < In Nov. 10 the Second Battalion, under the command of Captain Albert II.' Graven horst of Effingham, 111., attacked Marcheville with the aid of an artillery barrage, capturing 6 offi- cers, 85 other ranks, and killing a great number of the enemy, who were not counted, owing to a counter attack and gas bar- rage, which drove our forces into the trenches at the southern edge of the town. The village of Marcheville was held by the Sec- ond Battalion and afforded a covering point for the attack of the llth of November, 1918. Four heavy and eight light machine puns were captured in the raid on Marcheville, and one six-inch Howitzer in the vicinity of Cote 233. In the disposition of the 130th Infantry for the general attack at 5 o'clock on the morning of the llth of November, the Second Battalion, 130th, and First Battalion, 129th Infantry, under command of Commanding Officer of the 130th, constituted the right column in advance from Herbeuville, Wadonville, St. Hilaire. At 8:21 a. in., orders were received to cease tiring and hold positions, as the armistice had been signed. Total casualties from Oct. 24 to Nov. II, 1918, while oc- cupying the Connecticut sector and in raids and patrols, were as follows: Officers Other Ranks Killed 33 Wounded 12 306 Captured by the enemy Missing 3 While engaged with the enemy in the Bois-de-la-C ote- Le- mon t, the 130th Infantry advanced two kilometers in the direc- tion of the town of Brieulles; also advanced from southern edge of Bois-de-Chaume and Bois-du-Plat Chene to a depth of two and one-half kilometers : also an advance of three kilometers while occupying the Connecticut sub -sector. Prisoners taken: 7 officers, 107 other ranks. Materials captured : 19 light and 17 heavy machine guns and one six-inch field piece. Total casualties while operating on the British front around Corbie, Morlancourt, Albert and Dernancourt, from July 20, 1918, to Aug. 24, 1918: Officers Other Ranks Killed 6 Wounded 1 28 Total casualties while operating in the Bois-de-Sept Sarges, Bois-de-la-Cote-Lemont, Bois-der Dannevoux, on the west bank of the Meuse, between Sept. 26, 1918, and Oct. 15, 1918: Officers Other Ranks Killed 27 Wounded 9 135 Total casualties while operating north of Con senvoye on east bank of the Meuse, in the Bois-de-Chaume and Bois-du- Plat Chene, between Oct. 9 and Oct. 21: Officers Other Ranks Killed 23 Wounded 3 6 Total casualties while operating in the Connecticut sub- sector of the Troyon sector, between the dates of 23d October and llth November, 1918: Officers Other Ranks Killed 33 Wounded 12 308 Captured by the enemy 11 M issing 3 Total casualties reported to Nov. 20, 1918, as included in report of Colonel Clinnin, from July 20, 1918, to Nov. 12, 1918: Officers Other Ranks Killed 89 Wounded 25 537 Captured by the enemy 11 Missing During the operations in which this regiment was engaged there were no tanks, gas troops nor troops making use of aux- iliary weapons other than the artillery used in co-operation with this command. Page One Hundred Two COMPANY H MEN CITED Under authority of General Orders 48, War Department, April 9, 1919, the following officers and enlisted men of the 130th Infantry are cited for gallantry in action against the en- emy, and each officer and enlisted man is entitled to wear a silver star upon the service ribbon for Victory Medal : FIELD AND STAFF Captain Harmon L. Ruff, Shelbyville. First Lieutenant Battalion Adjutant J. Glen Miller, Shel- byville. COMPANY H First Sergeant Alma White, Tower Hill. Corporal Tom Parker, Shelbyville. Sergeant David Sharrock, Stonington. Mechanic John Dietz, Shelbyville. Private Susa Risser, Strasburg. HEADQUARTERS COMPANY Regimental Sergeant Major Lewis Albert Jackson, Shelby- ville. This citation was issued at command of Major General Cell, and signed by W. H, Simpson, Lieutenant Colonel, Gen- eral Staff, Chief of Staff. The Thirty -third Division was the only division in the A. E. F., and therefore in American history, which fought with the British, the Americans and the French. It is the only division the officers and men of which have been deco^ rated by a King of England in person. From June 22 until Nov. 11, 1918, a period of nearly five months, there were only 18 days when the division as whole, or in part, was not actually holding a portion of the Allied line. Tnat its disci- pline was almost perfect is indicated by the fact that from the time it left Texas until the armistice no enlisted man was tried by a General Court Martial, and only two officers were so tried. A New Company H Tn the summer of 1918 a genuine but abortive attempt to form a new National Guard company, to take the name and place in the State of the former organization which had been graduated into the Federal service and was then over- seas with the American Expeditionary Forces, was made. Rep- resentations were made that Shelbyville might have a place in the new military forces under organization by the State of Illinois for domestic service, and accordingly a mass meeting was called at the city hall for Tuesday, May 21, 1918, Mayor F. P. Bivins presiding. A brief statement of the situation was made, and when the roster was opened more than half a hundred, many of them business and professional men of the city, without hesitation offered themselves as members of the proposed company. An enrollment committee, consisting of Geo. H. Waters, A. L. Yamis, D. Leslie Davis, H. D. Sparks and C. W. Wag- goner, was appointed, and as a result of its efforts, ably abetted by the patriotic spirit prevailing in the community, 121 men signed the roll within a few weeks. Virtual promise was made by the state military authorities that the Shelbyville company would be designated by the letter "H" and given a place in the Ninth Illinois regiment. The company-in-the-making at once began drilling, and for several months continued is prep- aration for military service. Officers were elected, as follows: Captain J. William Klauser. First Lieutenant A. L. Yantis. Second Lieutenant Chas. W. Waggoner. Captain Klauser made the following appointments : First Sergeant L. N. Stewardson. Company Clerk L. C. Westervelt. Bugler Gus Pundt. Despite these preparations and the enthusiasm of the men interested, the plan of getting a National Guard company for Shelbyville failed, as before the organization could be accepted by the State the selective service made such inroads on the list of members of the tentative company that a sufficient number to constitute a company was not available. Field Day and Concert One of the most interesting events of war-time in Shelby County was the Field Day and Military Band Concert, held at Forest Park, Shelbyville, on Monday. Aug. 27, 1917. The Fourth Regiment Mili- tary Band, under the leadership of Captain R. J. Heinz of Decatur, led H Company, Fourth Illinois Infantry, from the armory on Morgan street through the business district and to the park, where a pro- gram of varied and pleasing character was given. A number of the soldiers engaged in a series of "stunts," and one rookie was "initiated"' by means of a blanket-tossing process. Blanket rolls, showing the complete equipment of soldiers on the march, were exhibited at various points on the ground, and two Lewis machine guns, brought here from Diet- rich, 111., where there was a machine gun company, were demonstrated by their crews. The crowning feature of the afternoon program was the battalion review, which took place on a field adjacent to the park. H Company was divided into three sections to represent the three companies of a battalion. Major William Klauser of Shelbyville. commanding the Third Battalion, reviewed the bat- talion and the ceremonial maneuvers, with the strains of martial music and the marching band of men, with the machine guns bringing up the rear, was an im- pressive sight. In the evening the Fourth Regiment Band gave a full concert in the auditorium, and "Jerry" Germain, a former V. M. C. A. secretary who resigned his position to come to Shelbyville and enlist with H Company for foreign service, gave a travelogue, in which the audience was given a glimpse of the South and the army camps there during 1916 and 1917, when Illinois troops were there on border duty. At the conclusion of the travelogue, the climax of the day was reached in the soldiers' realistic pres- entation of "A Xight in Camp." The sentry, the "great American game," guitar and mandolin music and vocal quartettes, "taps," and other features of the camp life were presented, while at the close Bugler Henry Thompson gave the various bugle calls. The Scourge The terrible scourge of influenza and pneumonia that swept America and Europe in the fall and win- ter of 1918 is too indelibly impressed upon the minds of everyone to need recording. It greatly augmented the horrors of war. and took its toll of lives among soldiers and civilians alike. It slew and slaughtered, counting its victims in greater numbers than those who fell before shot and shell and gas. The number of fatal cases in Shelby County was singularly small, compared with other areas, but out in training camp and overseas Shelby County boys found it as deadly an enemy as the Hun. Xearly two score soldiers from this county were among its vic- tims. Shelby County physicians and nurses rallied to the call for help. A dozen or more of the doctors of the county were in the service, many of them responding specifically to the call for service in combatting the "flu." Shelbyville was left with only three general practitioners and one osteopathic physician. Other towns of the county were affected in like proportion, but while their colleagues battled strenuously with the plague in the camps, the doctors who remained at home gave equally valiant service in stemming the tide of the scourge, and their efforts were as heroic and their successes as great as were those of the men to whom it was given to serve more spectacularly perhaps. Xurses trained and untrained also joined forces against the common enemy, and worked tirelessly to alleviate the distress of the afflicted and save them from the fatal consequences of the disease that was so terrifyingly baffling. Public gatherings were pro- hibited, every known precaution was ordered by the health authorities, and all in all the situation in Shelby County was surprisingly better than in most other places of similar population. Page One Hundred Three YARBROUGH SPRINKLE RICHARDS BLUE GASTON Typical Shelby County Yanks The records of the men above pictured are sub- mitted apart from their comrades in arms to illus- trate that the spirit of 76 and '12 and '61 still lives and that it is confined to no special line nor division of service. Regulars, national army, national guards and marines cook, runner, artilleryman, grenadier, doughboy and all-round soldier performed with the fortitude and never-say-die lighting spirit and ginger that has been the heritage of real Yanks through all the years. Some got to France early in the game, some were delayed, but they all did their duty and more. Without deducting one whit from the honor accorded all who wore the khaki or blue or forest green, we present the simple but thrilling records of these comrades. BLUE, RALPH NORMAN Private Stewardson. 111. Co. H, 18th Inf. 1st Div. Born Nov. 17, 1895, Stewardson, 111.; son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Blue; laborer; enl. Aug. 2, 1917, Mattoon, 111.; army ; assigned to Co. L 59th Inf. ; left U. S. with replacement Bn. for the I8th Inf.; was with Co. II, 18th Inf. during the war: sailed from Hoboken, X. J., Oct. 30, 1917; transport Mt. Vernon ; landed at Brest, France, Nov. 12, 1917; went to trenches Feb. 1, 1918, remained until armistice was signed; at Lorraine front, Somme front, Verdun, Battle of Cantigny, Soissons, Meuse Argonne. Argonne Forest ; received shrapnel wound through left shoulder June 13, 1918, on Somme front and in right wrist July 18, 1918, at battle of Soissons, was in hospital; 1st division was cited several times, was cited Oct. 4th and 5th on Argonne front, also awarded Croix de Guerre; particular work, grenadier and runner; returned with Casual Co. 6937; discharged at Camp Grant, July 21, 1919. In Blue's division were Klmer Flowers and Glen Bales, of Shelbyville, whose records are given elsewhere, and also Glen Tolley, of Moweaqua, who as a corporal reorganized his com- pany after all officers and ranking non-coms above him had be- come casualties. This handful of men held the line with no troops in support. For this he was recommended for a dis- tinguished service cross. SPRINKLE, CLARENCE E Corporal Pana, 111. 17 F. A., 2 Div. Born Dec. 4, 1895, Shelby Co.; son O. J. Sprinkle, Pana; farmer; enl. Aug. 22, 1917; Decatur; sent Jefferson Bks. ; trfd. C. Robinson; sailed Newport News, Feb. 16, 1918; landed Bor- deaux : sent directly to front, active service from Mch. 25 until armistice ; Toul, Tryon, Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, Marbache, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne; cannoneer; at Chateau- Thierry in June, knowing that two of his comrades were buried by an exploding shell, without regard for personal safety, he immediately started digging them out under severe bombard- ment. French Croix de Guerre conferred by Marshal Petain on Nov. 28. Returned I'. S. 17 F. Art., 2 Div.; discharged C. Grant, Aug. 14, 1919. RICHARDS, ELMER Strasburg, 111. Cook Co. D, 354 Inf., 89 Div. Born Feb. 13, 1892, near Strasburg; farmer; son of S. C. and Mary Richards, Patroni, Col.; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Nevada, Mo.: sent C. Funston, Kas. ; assigned Co. I), 354 Inf., 89 Div.; sailed New York June 3, 1918; in active service from June 2 1 until Armistice ; Luch Sector, St. Mibiel offensive, Euvezin Sector ; Meuse-Argonne offensive ; reed D. S. C., Medal Mili- taire, Croix de Guerre with palm ; his American citation reads : For extraordinary heroism near Xammes, France, Sept. 18, 1918, knowing that on account of the intense shelling it would be impossible to supply men in the front lines with rations, Private Richards, in a wounded condition, procured a quantity of rations and carrying them to the line through heavy shell fire personally distributed to each man a portion. Mr. Richards is a grandson of Mrs. S. Duncan of near Strasburg, and has nu- merous relatives in eastern Shelby County. He is now located at Padroni, Col. GASTON, GEORGE F. Shelbyville, 111. Private Co. H, 131 Inf., 33 Div. Horn 1898 near Lakewood ; farmer ; son Chas. and Mary Gaston, Shelbyville; enl. July 14, 1917; Sullivan in Co. C, 130 Inf. ; sent C. Logan ; trfd. Co. H, 131 Inf. ; sailed Hoboken, X. J., May 22, 1918, transport Leviathan ; landed Brest ; in active service 3*/2 mos. ; Albert Front and Kemmel Front ; awarded Italian War Cross, French Croix de Guerre, British War Cross, and British Military Medal. Recommended for American Distinguished Conduct Cross, Aug. 9, 1918, at Chip- pely Ridge. After a severe wound in right hand by shrapnel he continued to advance on a machine gun emplacement, keep- ing it occupied while a detachment flanked and captured the position. Discharged Oct. 16, 1918; 100% disability; sent Govt. Hosp. at Denver. YARROROUGH, HARRY S. Private Stewardson, 111. Co. 18, 2 Bn., 5 Regt., U. S. Marines Born Sept. 11, 1892, Stewardson; farmer; enl. Apr. 11, 1917, K;i*t St. Louis; served with 18 Co., 5 Regt., Marines from June, 1917. to Nov., 1917, trfd. to Co. 7, 5 Regt., 7 Mach. Gun Co.; trained as machine gunner; sailed New York. Aug. 5. 1917: battle with submarine in Bay of Biscay; landed St. Nazaire; sent to Camp De Souge; in action at Verdun. Champagne. Argonne and Meuse; wounded by shrapnel. On Nov. 6, he vol- unteered to secure water for the remainder of his platoon. Re- turning through shell fire, he found the lines had moved for- ward and he did not locate his company until the next day. He was reported missing in action. Later this was corrected and the French Croix de Guerre was conferred upon him for this act. Returned U. S. 4948 Casual Co. ; discharged Ouantico, Va., June 21, 1919. We have in mind the record of another man who shall be nameless, but who received a D. S. O. of another sort. It is given merely to illustrate a fact that, although a man may not risk his life, his record is meritorious. Rejected early after war was de- clared by recruiting offices, and over the draft age, nevertheless, he registered as 30 years of a'je and when his turn came turned his farm over to his aged parents and went joyfully. A month later, just after he had received notice of his father's death, he was asked by a medical officer if he desired to be dis- charged, since his physical defects had been detected, but he refused and the officer stamped upon his serv- ice record, "D. S. O.," not Distinguished Service Or- der, but Domestic Service Only. This man served barely long enough to gain a silver stripe when the armistice was signed at the lowliest tasks given to men in army camps, and the financial loss he sus- tained was brushed aside by him with a proud thought: "I was in on the big show for a little while. That is worth most anything to me." Page One Hundred Four Deserted Roads Time was we sang of wanderers who trod the open trail And roved about the merry world by foot or train or sail. Who knew the wind-swept spaces and who braved the sun and rain, Or followed gypsy caravans by mountain peak or plain. But now the roads are empty of the blithe and restless clan And bats and owls are roosting in the idle gypsy van, For every true adventurer who never could be still Has joined the greatest game of all and found a keener thrill. They're somewhere in the trenches and they're somewhere in the air, Oh. look along the battle line and you will find them there; But when the war is over and we wel- come back our men, The rovers what are left of them will hit the trail again! Berton Braley. **** They Have Not Died in Vain (Dedicated to the First Fallen^ They have not died in vain Those soldier lads who left their tasks and play At Freedom's call, who smiling marched away From home and loved, to hold hell's tribes at bay! They have not died in vain: Though now they rest beneath the war- swept sod, A million men shall walk the path they trod Because they fell adventurers for God! They have not died in vain: Their cold lips speak; the whole world hears their cry, "To arms! to arms!'' The whole world gives reply: "By these dead heroes FREEDOM SHALL XOT DIE!" By Thomas Curtis Clark. Shelby County's Roll of Honor Gold Stars, pa&e 65. Service Rec- cords arranged alphabetically in two groups, be&innin on next pa&e, fol- lowed by S. A. T. C. Nurses, pa&e 97. Y. M. C. A. and War Camp Community Workers, pa^e 98 ELBY COOWF'5 1. ABERCROM1UE, BART Electrician Windsor, III. "San Diego" and "Pocahontas" Electrician ; son Robert and Lucinda Abercromhie : born Apr. 16, 1898: enl. Cedar Rapids, la., May 1, 1917: sent Brooklyn, assigned 'cruiser "San Diego" Jan. 8, 1918. mak- ing 5 trips on convoy duty ; cruiser torpedoed and sunk but attacking sub. was also sunk ; Abercrombie picked up and landed at Hohoken; later made about 14 trips across on Pocahontas. Pis. Nov. 1, 1919. 2. A11NEY, M. D. 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. F. A. Replacement Born July 11, 1890; son Albert G. and Gertrude Abney, llarrisburg. 111.; enl. Field Art. Officers' Training School, I'. Taylor, May, 1918; commissioned Aug., 1918; served in F. A. Repl. as Adjutant at C. Taylor, Ky., with rank of 1st Lieut. Dis. Feb., 1919. 3. ADAMS, RAY V. Private Slu-lbyville, 111. Engineer Corps Enl. Sioux City, Iowa, April 14, 1916; service during period of war was mainly in Hawaiian Islands; son ot F. M. and Fronie Adams, Shelbyville. 4. A DAM SON, GLEN S., Lieut. Moweaqua, 111. Co. L, 60 Inf., 5th Div. Enl. Oct. 8, 1917, Co. C, 130 Inf.. Sullivan: trained C. Logan S'/i mos. ; promoted Cpl., then Sgt. : sailed May 16, 1918; service with Australians and English May J4-July .31; left Regt. to attend Army Candidates' School. Langres, France; commissioned 2nd Lieut. Inf.; assigned Co. L, 60th Inf., 5th Div.; wounded Oct. 14 in Argonne ; hospital 36 days; assigned Co. F, 56 Pioneer Inf., Coblenz ; at- tended A. E. F. Univ., Nancy, France: sent to C. Ponten- ezen, Hrest, France. His. Oct. 30, 1919, C. Dix, N. J. 5. AICIIELE, WM. F. Candidate Shelbyville, III. Field Art., C. 1 1. T. S. Horn 1885, Shelby Co., 111.; in Y. M. C. A., Galveston, Tex. before enlisting: son of Mrs. C. M. Aichele ; employed Mu-iby County State Hank; enl. Nov. 7, 1918, Shelbyville; attended Field Art. C. O. T. S. at C. Taylor, Ky., until armistice. Dis. Dec. 5, 1918. 6 ALEXANDER, EZEKIEL H., Corporal Mattoon, 111. liattery E, 4 Corps Art. Son S. R. and Flora Alexander; enl. June 1, 1918, Mat- toon ; sent Jefferson Bks. ; trf. C. Jackson, S. C. ; trf. C. Wadsworth, S. C., and on Aug. 30 to C. Merritt, N. J. : sailed Sept. 3 ; landed Manchester, Eng. ; sent to Toul. France; on firing line until armistice; participated in Meuse-Moselle operations; assigned Army of Occupation. Dis. C. Grant, July 8, 1919. 7. ALDAY, DONALD Private Shelbyville, 111. U. S. Marines Son Mrs. Annie Alday, Shelbyville, III.; enl. Mattoon, July 17, 1918; sent to St. Louis, trf. Paris Island, S. C.; served in Cuba during period of the war. 8. ALDAY, ONIE L. Corporal Shelbyville, 111. U. S. Marine Corps Son Mrs. Annie Alday, Shelbyville. 111. ; enl. Mattoon, July 17, 1918; sent to St. Louis, trf. Paris Island, S. C. ; sent to Cuba and remained until close of war. 9. ALFORD, GLOVER E., Wagoner Shelbyville, 111. Sup. Co. 370, 93 Div. Horn Apr. 26, 1897, Mitchellsburg, Ky. : son Mary Alford, Shelbyville: chauffeur; enl. Dec. 19, 1917, Decatur, III.; trained l'/2 mos. Jefferson Bks. and C. Logan; sailed New- port News, May 14, 1918; firing line 5 mos.; Argonne. Somme, Yerdun, Champagne, Soissons, Belleau Woods; outfit cited by Col. Roberts. Dis. Jefferson Bks., Feb. 25, 1919. 10. ALLEN, RAY ELMER Cook Stewardson, III. Co. B, 122 M. G. Bn. Born Nov. 17, 1893, Stewardson, 111.; farmer, son Rolit. Allen; enl. May 30, 1917, Shelbyville: assigned Co. K, old 5th 111. Inf.; trained one year; sailed New York, May 10, 1918: landed Rrest, France; Somme Offensive, Albert Front, Yerdun Sector, Meuse-Argonne Offensive ; Army of Occupation; outfit reed. 2 Croix-de-duerre and 2 D. S. C. Pis. C. Grant, June 2, 1919; disability. Page One Hundred Six 1. ANDERSON, CLARE E. Private Windsor, 111. Co. I!, 131 Inf., 33 Div. Son Mr. and Mrs. John II. Anderson, Windsor; enl. Tune 27, 1918, Clinton, 111.: sent C. Gordon, Ga. ; tfd. C. Merritt, X. .[., July 15; sailed July 23, 1918; landed England, sent to France with 330 Inf., Co. I; in hospital, influenza ; tfd. Co. 11, 131 Inf.; gassed; sent gas hospital Xo. 3, then to Base Hospital Xo. 52, then Kase Hospital Xo. 58; hospital 3 mos. ; landed U. S. June 15. Dis. C. Grant. 2. AXDERSOX, IIEXRY A. Private Windsor, 111. Co. H, -16 Inf. Son Mr. and Mrs. John H. Anderson, Windsor; enl. lime 1, 1918, Clinton, 111".; sent Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; tfd. C. Sheri- dan, Ala. ; assigned 46th Inf. Co. H ; trained 9 mos. Dis. Feb. 14, 1919, at C. Grant. 3. AXDERSOX, LOUIS T. Private Stewardson, 111. Hdq. Co., 332 F. A., 86 Div. Horn Stewardson, 1895; son Andrew and Isabel Anderson; teamster; enl. Chicago, Sept. 5. 1917; sent C'. Grant; trained one year; sailed Xew York, Sept. 17, 1918; landed Liverpool; sent Le Crounea. France, for further training'; Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 28, 1919. 4. AXDERSON, THOMAS Private Xeoga, 111. Co. C', 5 M. C.. Bn., 2 Div. Kill. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent C. Shelby; trained 4 mos.; sent France Oct. 2, 1918, and there assigned to 5 Machine Gun Bn. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 15, 1919.. 5. AXDES, CHARLES SCOVIL Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, llth Regt. Marines Born Oct. 14, 1897; son A. J. Andes and wife, Shelbyville; enl. July 26, 1918, Chicago; sent Paris Island, tfd. Quan- tico, Va. ; trained 2 mos.; sailed Oct. 16, 1918, Ilolioken ; landed Brest; finished training Gievres, France; made Cp!. Oct. 22, 1918; ordered to front, but armistice prevented service under fire. Dis. Aug. 11, 1919, Hamilton Roads. Va. 6. ANXIX, BERT N. Private Mattoon, 111. 4th Co., Coast Artillery Corps Born Dec. 28, 1879, Oakland, 111.; son David Henry An- nin; farmer; enl. April 22, 1917, Mattoon; C. A. C'. ; assigned 8th Co., Fortress Monroe, Va., trf. June 18, 1917, to 4th Co.; sailed lune 19, 1917; landed San luan, P. I.. June 23, 1917; finished training, 4th Co. C. A. C.. Cristo- bal, Canal Zone; rammer on 14-inch gun. Dis. C. (irant. June 14, 1919. 7. ANNIN, JESS O. Sergeant Mattoon, 111. Co. A. 7th Amm. Train Born 1896, Hindsboro, 111. ; son Mr. and Mrs. D. H. An- nin; farmer; enl. April 27, 1917, Mattoon; C. A. C. ; as- signed 3rd Co., Fortress Monroe, Va. ; trf. July 22, 1917, to Btry. C, F. A., 7th Div., Camp Robison, Wis. ; trf. April 21, 1918, to Co. A, 7th Amm. Tr., Camp McArthur, Texas; made Cpl. Aug. 1, 1918, at Camp McArthur, pro- moted to Sgt. Feb. 13, 1919, at Jazainville, France; sailed Aug. 18, 1918; trained Camp De Meucon as truck driver; injured in auto accident at Nancy, France, April 23, 1919; returned with 7th Div. Dis. C. Grant, July 2, 1919. 8. ARNOLD, OTTO J. Private Shumway, III. Co. C, 9th Amm. Train Born Nov. 17, 1893, Shumway; son Fred and Annie Ar- nold; married Electa Largent, dau. Daniel and Mary Lar- gent, Clarksburg, 1918; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby- ville; assigned to 159th Depot Brgd., Camp Taylor; trf. to Co. C, 9th Amm. Tr., Camp McClelland; in training 5J/2 mos.; in hospital, influenza. Dis. C. McClelland, Dec. 11, 1918. 9. ARTERBURN, HARRY Private Shelbyville, 111. 160th Depot Brigade Enlisted Shelbyville, Sept. 5, 1918; sent Camp Custer ; served there until discharged in summer of 1919. 10. ASKINS. HARLAN L. First Class Private Cowden, 111. Co. A, 58 Inf., 4 Div. Born July 11, 1894, Cowden, 111.; son George and Rose Askins, Cowden; brakeman ; enl. Oct. 31, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Batt. B, 327 F. A., trained 7 mos. C. Taylor, C. Pike, C. Greene; sailed New York, May 6, 1918, on Mol- davia; torpedoed May 23 ; landed Dover, Eng. ; ill trenches 49 days ; Battles of Argonne and Chateau-Thierry ; re- turned as a casual. Dis. C. Lee, June 14, 1918. Page One Hundred Sei'cn 1. AULD, FRANK PARKINSON Major Med. Corps Shelbyville, 111. 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Horn Shelbyville, July 8, 1875; married Catherine A. Price, Jin. 1, 1998, one son, one daughter ; Spanish- American War as private Co. E, 4th III. Vol. Inf.; June 17. 1898 to May 2, 1899; commissioned 1st Lieut. M. C. 111. Nat. Guard, Apr. 15, 1909; Capt., May 3, 1913; border service, 1916-17; re-entered Federal service with 130 Inf. in 1917; promoted Major Surgeon 130 Inf., Jan. 19, 1918; brigaded with British, Somme River, May 24- Aug. 24 ; Somme of- fensive ; Verdun, Meuse-Argonne, etc.; trf. B. H. 27, Oct. 1918; commended for most efficient Hosp. Corps in 33 Piv. ; served in various other posts until return Jan. 20, 1919, on Sierra, Hosp. transport; served Camp Knox, Ky.. as epidemiologist and sanitary inspector, Jan. 31-Aug. 12; trf. Ft. Howard, Md., as commanding officer Post Hosp. 2. AUSTIN, C.l.KX GEORGE 1st Class Private Shelbyville, III. Hdq. Co., 308 F. A. Horn Aug. 3, 1890, Shelbyville. 111.; son Mrs. Sarah K. Tallman, Shelbyville; tailor; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, C. Dix ; tailor shop overseer at Aberdeen Proving Grounds 7 mos. ; trained lOJ'i mos.; sickness prevented going overseas with 308 F. A. His. Mch. 15, 1919, C. Taylor. Was rejected for aviation at Rantoul previous to this enlistment. 3. AVARS, HALDON B. Private Moweaqua, III. Tr. School, Pittsburgh, Pa. Born 1895, Moweaqua, 111.; banker; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville, 111. ; army ; assigned Motor Mechanic School, Kansas City, Mo. ; made Sgt. and qualified as expert truck man ; tri. to Training School at Pittsburgh, Pa. ; trained for bandmaster. Dis. Dec. 11. 1918, at Pittsburgh, Pa. First adjutant of Remann T. Harlan Post. American Le- gion, Moweaqua. 4. HARBRE. OSCAR H. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. G, 22 Engrs. Son John and Maggie Barbre, Moweaqua ; farmer ; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Co. G, 22 Engrs, C. Taylor; trf. to C. Harrison July 10, to Upton July 18; trained six weeks ; sailed Montreal, Canada, July 22nd, transport Valacia ; landed at Liverpool ; detailed near Abainsville, France. Dis. C. Grant, July 15, 1919. 5. BAILLIE, HUGH R. Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Headquarters Co., 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Horn Jan. 9, 1888, Shelbyville; hotel clerk; enl. June 4, 1917, at Shelbyville, in Co. H; promoted Mail Sgt. Nov. 1, 1917; trained nine months ; sailed Hoboken May 16, trained Brest ; at Meuse Argonne Sept. 26 to Nov. 11 ; Amiens Sector with Australians July 20 to Aug. 6; Albert Sector with British; Morlancourt Aug. 10 and 11; Verdir** Sector Sept. 25 and 26, 1918; returned with 33rd Div. Kis. May 31, 1919, C. Grant. 6. BAIRD, IRA G. Private 1st Class Decatur, 111. Hdq. Co., 327 Field Art. Called to service Sept. 18, 1917; assigned to Headquarters Co. of the 327th Field Artillery ; in training at Camp Tay- lor and Artillery Range at West Point, Ky. ; left U. S. A. Sept. 8, 1918, for service overseas; arrived back in U. S. A. Feb. 5, 1919. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19, 1919. This regi- ment had finished training and had orders to move to the front when armistice was signed. 7. BAKER, GROVER Private First Class Sigel, 111. Hdq. Det., C. Taylor Born March 3, 1895, Sigel; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville ; assigned to Camp Hdq. Det. Camp Taylor : made first class private Sept. 14, 1918 ; in training one year, 2 days; canteen work. Dis. C. Taylor Apr. 7, 1919. 8. BALDRIDGE, HERBERT Private Windsor, 111. Co. B, 303 Bn., U. S. Tank Corps Horn 1883; married Mary Helen Storm, dau. Mrs. Eliza J. Storm, Windsor, Sept. 3, 19-98; two sons, William Herbert, born Aug. 31, 1909, and John Harold, born Feb. 19, 1913; enl. May 25, 1918, at Jefferson Bks., Mq. ; assigned to Co. B, 303 Bn. U. S. Tank Corps; in training about 3 mos.; in hospital, nervous breakdown ; given honorable discharge under certificate of disability, at Camp Colt, Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 15, 1918. Previously served in Philippines from Dec., 1904, to Dec., 1907. 9. BALES, GLEN E. Private First Class Shelbyville, III. Co. H, 18 Inf., 1st Div. Horn Dec. 8, 1891, son of Mrs. Minnie Bales, Shelbyville; clerk; enl. July 17, 1917, Jefferson Bks. : assigned Co. I, 59 Inf., Gettysburg, Pa.; trf. to Co. H, 18 Inf., 1st Div., Sept. 15, 1917; made 1st Cl. Private Aug. 12, 1917; trained 3 mos. as rifleman ; sailed from Hoboken Oct. 28 : trans- port Mt. Vernon ; in trenches 7 mos. ; at Toul, W r estern Front, Montdidiers. Velaches Farm, Marne, Cantigny, Sois- sons ; gun shot wound in right cheek at Soissons. in hos- pital ; shoulder fourragere awarded to 18th Inf. ; returned as a casual. Dis. C. Funston, Jan. 16, 1919. 10. HALL, DON H. Private First Class Stewardson, 111. Hdq. Co., 41 Inf., 10 Div. Born Stewardsoii, 1893, son Jacob and Henrietta Ball, Stewardson ; clerk ; enl. Chicago May 30, 1918 ; sent to Jerterson Bks., St. Louis ; trf. Camp Funston, Kansas, three days later and assigned to Hdq. Co., 41 Inf.; at Eun- ston 13 mos. under Gen. Wood. Dis. C. Grant, July 1, 1919. Page One Hundred Eight 1. BANKS, GEORGE H. Wagoner Findlay, 111. Htlq. Co., 10th Inf. Born Oct. 28, 1895, son Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Banks, Findlay; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assignee! to 10th Infantry at Camp Custer; in training nine months; in hospital, empyema. Dis. C. Custer June 4, 1919. 2. BANNING, MELL Private Westervelt, 111. 308th Field Artillery Born Tuly 21, 1891, Shelbyville, 111.; son Robert and Etta Banning;" farmer; enl. April 29, 1918, at Shelbyville, 111.; assigned to Headquarters Co., 308 Field Artillery, Camp Dix, N. J. Dis. C. Mead, Md., Dec. 6, 1918. 3. BAPTIST, GEORGE FREEMAN Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. G, 22nd Engineers Born Nov. 11, 1895, in Shelby Co.; son of Walter and Cora Baptist; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, at Shelbyville; as- signed to 1 59 Depot Brigade, 53rd Co., Camp Taylor ; trf. to Co. G, 22nd Eng., Ft. Berij. Harrison, July, 1918; trf. to Upton, Aug. 14, 1918; sailed from Montreal, Canada, Aug. 22, 1918, transport Valacia, after fouf days out re- turned to Quebec and sailed on the Port Lincoln ; landed Liverpool Sept. 14, 1918; was in Engineering Corps at Abainsville. France, as narrow gauge R. R. engineer; in hospital twice, influenza and mumps. Dis. C. Grant July 16, 1919. 4. BARKER, JAMES DEWEY Corporal Shelbyville, "ill. Co. H. 130th Inf. Born May 31, 1898, Shelbyville; son Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Barker, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. June 2, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130th Inf.; made Cpl. Jan. 2, 1918; trained in infantry at Camp Logan 9 l /2 months; in hospital, loss of ear drum. Dis. C. Logan March 25, 1918. 5. BARKER, LAWRENCE Private First Class Shelbyville, 111. Base Hospital No. 53 Born Nov. 20, 1891, Shelbyville; son Mrs. Sarah Barker, Shelbyville; enl. March 11, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Base Hospital No. 53, Fort Oglethorpe, Augusta, Ga. ; trf. to Merrit July 12, 1918; in training 3 mos. ; sailed from Hoboken July 13, 1918; transport Carmella ; sank one sub. on way over ; landed at Liverpool .Aug. 1 ; finished train- ing at Longuas ; hospital apprentice ; in hospital, acute catarrh of head. Dis. C. Grant July 9, 1919. 6. BARNETT, FRANK II. Private Stewardson, III. Hdq. Co., 119 Inf., JOth Div. Born August 18, 1888, at Stewardson; son J. H. and Mary H. Harriett; butcher; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, at Shelbyville, III.; assigned 18th Co., Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor; trf. March 21, 1918, to Hdq. Co. 119 Inf., 30th Div., Greenville, S. C. ; sailed Boston May 11, 1918, transport Laomadon ; landed at Liverpool May 28, 1918; in training 6 weeks at St. Amair; went to trenches Aug. 1, 1918; there 2 months 18 days; at Ypres front, 4 battles; at St. Quentin, 4 bat- tles; wounded at St. Souplet Oct. 18, 1918, severe burn from mustard gas on back and left arm ; in hospital until Dec. 13; returned a casual. Dis. Jan. 1, 1919, C. Grant. 7. BARR, CLAUDE C. Private Cowden, 111. Co. B, 102 M. G. Bn. Went from Shelbyville, May 27, 1918, to Camp Shelby, Miss.; trained at Shelby and sent overseas in Sept., 1918; in France over six mos, with Co. B, 102 Machine Gun Bn. Dis. C. Grant May 13, 1919. 8. BARRETT, CHARLES Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div. Born May 13, 1896, Lakewood : son Mrs. Catherine Bar- rett; farmer; enl. June 14, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130th Inf.; in training 12 months; sailed Hoboken June 27, 1918, transport French ship Chicago; landed at Bor- deaux, France, July 10, 1918; went to trenches July, 1918, there about 3 mos. ; at Meuse Argonne offensive, on front along Meuse River, over the top at St. Mihiel ; wounded, high explosive shell Nov. 10, 1918, while taking Marche- ville, in St. Mihiel sector; in hospital twice, mumps; re- turned as hospital patient to U. S. Dis. C. Grant May 29, 1919. First ringer left hand amputated, wounds in legs. 9. BARTH, ALBERT LAWRENCE Corporal Pana, 111. R. No. 5 302 Water Tank Train, Co. C Son Mr. and Mrs. Christian E. Barth ; farmer; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 302 Water Tank Train, Co. C; made Cpl. Sept. 10; trained for truck driving and re- pairing 1 1 weeks ; sailed Hoboken Oct. 20 ; transport Ne- lius ; landed at Liverpool Oct. 31, 1918; in hospital, measles and pneumonia. Dis. C. Grant Aug. 6, 1919. 10. BARTLEY, DAVIE Private Windsor, 111. Co. C, 154th Inf., 39th Div. Son Samuel and Rebecca Bartley, Bloomington, Ind. ; farmer: enl. Tune 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 53 Co., 159th Depot Brigade, C. Taylor; trf. July 22 to Co. C, 154th Inf., 39th Div., Camp Beauregard ; trf. Aug. 4 to Camp Stuart; trained six weeks; sailed Newport News Aug. 6, 1918; transport Zealander; landed at Brest, France, Aug. 18 ; returned with Casual Co. Dis. C. Grant July 10. Page One Hundred Xinc 1. BARTLEY, LEONARD Private Windsor, III. Co. G, 22nd Engineers Born Oct. 30, 1891, Belmont, Ind. ; son Samuel and Re- becca Bartley; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 53rd Co., 159 Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. to Co. G, 22nd Eng., Ft. Harrison, July 10; trained for light railroad engrs., Ft. Harrison, Ind.. about two months; sailed Montreal, Canada, Aug. 22, 1918, on Port Lincoln ; ship went back to Quebec for repairs, had 25-day voyage; landed Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 16, 1918; finished training at Abainville, France; at Meuse Argonne sector; returned with Co. G, 22nd Engrs. Dis. C. Grant July 16, 1919. 2. BARTON, JAMES H. Corporal Cowden, 111. Co. M, 13 Inf., Pathfinder Div. (8 Div.) Born Nov. 4, 1896, Lakewood; son Mr. and Mrs. James Ilarton ; cashier in Denver; enl. Aug. 5, 1918, Denver; assigned Co. M, 13 Inf., 8th Div., Fremont, Cal. ; trf. (Jet. 28 to C. Mills, Dec. 1 to Merritt; made Corporal Oct. 15, 1918; ready to go across at time of signing of armistice. 3. BARTON, RAY Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33rd Div. Born March 8, 1895, Shelbyville; son Mrs. Ida Barton; farmer; enl. June 19, 1916, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf., 33rd Div.; June 24, 1916, went to border with Co. H, served through the period, re-enlisted for Federal service in 1917; prompted to Cpl. March, 1918; trained 10 mos. as automatic rifleman; sailed Iloboken May 16; transport Agamemnon; landed Hrest May 24, 1918; was with Co. _H in all its engagements; in hospital 10 days; returned with 33rd Div. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. BASSETT, CHAS. A. Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. C, 126 Inf., 32 Div. Enl. Blue Earth, Minn., May 27, 1917. Discharged ac- count disability, June 1-0, 1919, at Ft. Sheridan, 111. 4. BATEMAN, HERSHEL Private Findlay, 111. Hdq. Co., 119 Inf., 30th Div. Born April 5, 1896, Macon Co.; son Alexander and Emma Bateman; farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 18th Co., Camp Taylor; trf. Hdq. Co., 119 Inf., 30 Div., Camp Sevier ; in training 3 months; sailed from N. Y. May llth; transport Ascania ; attacked by submarine May 26th; landed Liverpool May 27th; in trenches 3 mos.; Flanders front, Battle of Voormezeele, Somme front, broke Hindenburg line at Bellicourt and other minor engage- ments. Dis. C. Grant April 14, 1919. 5. BATES, CLYDE Private Lincoln, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 30th Div. Served throughout war with Co. H. 6 BATES, LUCIAN Private Lincoln, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 30th Div. Served throughout war with Co. H of Shelbyville, together with his brother, Clyde. 7. BATTOX", GEORGE Private Oconee, 111. Co. H. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Hrother of John Batton ; served through with Co. H at Camp Logan and overseas; discharged May 30, 1919, at Camp Grant. 8 BATTON, JOHN Corporal Oconee, 111.' Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Served through period of war with Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div., as Lewis automatic rifleman and sniper; was wound- ed. Dis. C. Grant, May 30, 1918. 9 BECK, TONY ARNOLD Private Windsor, 111. Third Corps School Born March 1, 1889, Bethel, Ohio; farmer; son W. W. Beck, Gays, 111.; enl. July 23, 1918, Eldora, Iowa ; as- signed Third Corps School; sailed Hoboken, N. J., Aug. 23. 1918; landed Liverpool. Dis. July 24, 1919, C. Dodge. One brother killed in action; one sister served as yeo- manette in navy, and one sister in Navy Department at Washington. 10. BECK, ANNIE MAY 3d CM. Yeomanette Windsor, 111. U. S. N. R. F. Daughter Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Beck; born Jan. 17, 1884, Bethel, Ohio; bookkeeper and stenographer, Hot Springs, Ark. ; enl. as yeomanette in navy, Washington, D. C., Oct. 8, 1918, for four years; assigned duty in Award Section, P.ureau of Supplies and Accts., Navy Dept. ; passed over- seas examination; waiting for orders for overseas duty when armistice was signed ; promoted 3d class yeomanette Feb. 1, 1919; two brothers and one sister in service; one brother, Wm. Ross Beck, killed in France; member of Betsy Ross Post, The American Legion. BENXER, ROSS E. Findlay, 111. Enl. with Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; served through with this outfit in France. Page One Hundred Ten 1. BECK. OSCAR C. 2d Lieut. Q. M. C. Herrick, 111. 319th Auxiliary Remount Sta. Enl. July, 1918, Jefferson Bks. ; trf. C. Taylor and com- missioned 2d Lieut. ; still in service. 2. BECHTEL. GRANT Private Cowden, 111. 37th Infantry Born Nov. 9, I89S, at Cowden; son Rev. M. and Mrs. Olive Bechtel; clerk; married Oct. 6, 1917, Edna Cutler, dau. Mr. Geo. W. Cutler; enl. May 23, 1918, Shelby ville ; assigned to 37th Infantry; served on the Mexican border as guard at Ft. Mclntosh, Laredo, Texas; was discharged there March 18, 1919. 3. BECKER, MILTON First Class Seaman Shelbyville, 111. U. S. Navy Born Apr. 28, 1896, E. St. Louis; son Mrs. Minnie Becker, Shelbyville; enl. June 24, 1917, St. Louis; navy; assigned Newport, R. I. ; trf. to Philadelphia receiving ship, trf. to New York receiving ship, then to Pauillac, France ; pro- moted from apprentice seaman to second class seaman and then to seaman ; in training four months ; sailed from Ho- boken Dec. 15, 1917; transport St. Louis; landed at Liver- pool Dec. 28, 1917; assigned Naval Aviation Force at Gujan Mestras, France ; in hospital. Dis. because of dis- ability, Nov. 22, 1918, at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va. Saw border service in 1916 with Co. H. 4. BELLES, HARRY W. 2d Lieut. Stewardson, 111. Battery B, 1st Regt., F. A. R. D. Born June 11, 1888, Cowden; son Mrs. Virginia Belles; hotel prop.; enl. Sept. 5, 1917, Shelbyville; army; assigned to 327 Field Art., Camp Taylor ; promoted to Corporal and to Sergeant at C. Taylor ; trf. to West Point April 25, 1918; attended 3rd O. T. C. ; com. 2d Lieut., June 1, 1918; assigned to Battery B, 1st Reg. 2nd Bn., Camp Jackson ; in training 16 mos. ; in hospital, influenza. Dis. Ft. Sill, Dec. 23, 1918. 5. BENEFIEL, CLARENCE Private Shelbyville, 111. 113th Engrs., 7th Div. Born May 24, 1893, at Shelbyville; son Geo. and Elizabeth Benefiel; miner; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 113th Eng., 38th Div., Camp Shelby; in training 4 mos.; sailed Newport News May 15, 1918; transport Finland, had collision with an American hospital transport on night of Sept. 25th; landed Brest, France, Sept. 28, 1918; was in the Toul sector; 113th Engrs. reassigned to 7th Div. and were in the Army of Occupation ; returned to U. S. with 7th Div. Dis. C. Grant June 26, 1919. <>. BENNETT, JACOB L. Wagoner Herrick, 111. Supply Co., 10 Inf., 14 Div. Born Nov. 9, 1893, Edgar Co. ; son Jacob and Emma Ben- nett; farmer; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Sup. Co. 10 Inf., 14 Div.; trf. from Ft. Thomas to Ft. Harrison May 30, 1918, to Custer July 29, 1918; promoted to wagoner Sept. 19, 1918; in training 11 mos. 22 days. Dis. C. Custer May 21, 1918. Brother, Russell, died of influenza at Camp Grant. 7. BETHARDS, CHESTEEN F. 1st Cl. Private Moweaqua, 111. Prisoners of War Escort No. 64 Born Nov. 24, 1887, son C. W. Bethards, Moweaqua; fireman: enl. May '27, 1918, Shelbyville; army; assigned to Co. B, 151 Inf., 38 Div., C. Shelby, Miss. ;" in training four mos.; sailed from Montreal, Can., Oct. 4, 1918; transport Northland; landed at Liverpool, Eng., Oct. 18, 1918; crossed English Channel Oct. 20; landed in France- trf. to 83 Div. Oct. 30, to P. W. E. No. 201 Nov. 24, to P. W. E. No. 64 Aug. 18, 1919; particular work, guarding Cierman prisoners. Uis. C. Dix Oct. 21, 1919. . BIGGS, FLOYD L. Private Shelbyville, 111. Ordnance Dept. Son Mrs. Nannie Biggs, Shelbyville; enl. Aug. 14, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Lewis Institute for training as mechanic; trf. Oct. 15 to Ordnance Dept. at Penniman, Va., muni- tions plant ; trf. Newport News and back to Penniman ; trf. Jan. 12 to Sparta, Wis., Camp Robinson, to store am- munition. Dis. Apr. 5, 1919, C. Robinson. 9. BIGLER, LLOYD LENOIR Corporal Sigel, 111. Co. G, 22nd Engrs. Born. Dec. 14, 1894, Sigel, 111.; son Alonzo and Mary C. Bigler; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville, 111.; army; assigned to 53rd Co., Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. to Co. G, 22nd Engrs., Fort Benj. Harrison, July 18, 1918; in train- ing for narrow gauge and construction engineers 6 wks. ; sailed from Montreal Aug. 22, 1918; transport II. M. T. Port Lincoln; landed at Liverpool, England, Sept. 16, 1918; Cherbourg Sept. 18, active service at once; 1st cl. private Nov. 1, 1918, at Abainville, Corporal May 29, 1919 at Paris; sailed St. Nazaire June 27, 1919; landed N Y. July 7. Dis. C. Grant July 16, 1919. 10. BIGLER, THEODORE CHRISTIAN Private Sigel, 111. Rail Head Detachment 306 Born Oct. 11, 1892, Sigel; son Alonzo and Mary C. Bigler; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville, 111.; army; assigned to 44th Co., Camp Custer, Mich.; trf. to Rail Head De- tachment 306, Johnston, Fla., Oct. 28, 1918; in training 3*/i mos. Dis. C. Grant Dec. 24, 1918. Page One Hundred Eleven 1. lilGLER, WALTKR G. Corporal Sigel, 111. Co. G, 22 Engineers Mail carrier; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Tay- lor; trf. Ft. Harrison and assigned Co. G, 22 Engineers ; promoted Corporal; sent to France Aug. 22, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, July 16, 1919. I1AKKR, EDWARD R. Seaman 2d C!. Shelbyville. 111. I". S. X. K. F. 4 Son J. II. Baker, Shelbyville ; served at Great Lakes; re- leased from active duty March 22, 1919. 2. 1HV1XS. SIDXEY VANE Private Shelbyville, III. Co. G, 22nd Engineers I'.orn Dec. 23, 1887, Shelbyville; son Mr. W. C. and Mrs. Marinda Bivins; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 53rd Co., 159 Depot Brigade, Camp Tavlor, Ky.; trf. July 20, 1918, to Co. G, 22nd Engrs., Ft. Benj. Harrison: in training 3 weeks; sailed Montreal. Canada, August 22, 1918; transport Valacia to Sidney. X. S. ; Ger- man spy discovered on ship and was taken to Sidney, thence back to Quebec, and sailed again on Port Lincoln ; landed Cherbourg, France, Sept. 18, 1918; in hospital at Gondocprt, influenza, Oct. 15 to Xov. 6, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, July 16, 1919. 3 ItlVIXS, VVARRKX SCOVIL Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Hdq. Co., 119th Inf., 30th Div. Born March 15, 1890, Shelbyville; son Dr. F. P. liivins ; farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 159 Depot Unmade; trf. from Camp Taylor to Camp Sevier, Hdq. Co., 119th Inf., March 22; trained 4 months as signalman; sailecl Hoboken, transport Ascania, May 11; attacked by submarines night of May 26; landed Liverpool May 27: Camp liailey, Belgium; to trenches July 20, 4 mos. at Vpres. Voormezeele, Cambria, on Somme, Hindenburg line; gassed at Bellicourt, Sept. 29; made Cpl. Oct. 15, 1918, liehencourt, France; returned with 39th Div. Dis. C. Grant, April 14, 1919. 4. BIXLER, PAUL L. Mode, 111. Private Co. K. 10 Inf., 14 Div. Enl. Shelbyville, May 29, 1918; sent Ft. Thomas; trf. shortly after to 10 Inf., at Ft. Benjamin Harrison and served with Co. K at C. Custer, Mich., until discharged 5. 1st Class Private 115 F. A., 30th Div. BLACKSTONE, GAY Shelbyville, 111. Born Apr. 12, 1890, Shelby county; farmer; son Daniel and Cassie Blackstone; enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor, assigned 327 F. A. ; trf. C. Sevier, S. C., March 1 1918; trf. June 1 to C. Mills; sailed New \ ork Tune 5- landed Liverpool; Battles St. Mihiel, Argonne, Meuse sector. Dis. April 11, 1919, C. Grant. 6. BLAIR, ROSS A. Sergeant Findlay, 111. Co. C, 113th Ammunition Tr. 38 Went into service May 27, 1918, at Camp Shelby ; arrived in France Oct. 17, 1918, with 38th Div.; home June 3, 1919. 7. BLAXD, JESS Herrick, 111. Private Co. K, 54 Inf., 6 Div. Born 1892; son Jesse Bland, Herrick; farmer; enl. May 10 1918, Shelbyville; sent F. Thomas, Ky. ; trained 2 mos.; sailed July 7, landed Glasgow; 17 days in trenches; battle Meuse-Argonne. Dis. June 21, 1919, C. Grant. 8. BLAXCETT, MILLARD P , ri ^ te Shelbyville, 111. M. G. Co., 318 Inf.. 80 Div. Born 1893, McLean Co., 111. ; son Mr. and Mrs. A. Blan- cett; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned .i3rd Co., 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. July 20, 1918 to M G. Co., 155 Inf., 39th Div., Camp Beaureguard, La.; trf. Oct. 17th to M. G. Co., 318 Inf., 80th Div., ^ St. Florent; sailed from Hoboken, X. J., August 22 transport Rijudam : landed Brest, France, Sept. 3. went to trenches Oct. 31, 1918; remained until Nov. 9, 1918; in Meuse Argonne sector. Dis. C. Grant June 11. 1919. 9 BLAXD, EDMOXD 1st Cl. Private ' Strasburg, 111. 326 F. A.. 84 Div. Born Dec. 26, 1890. Strasburg; farmer; enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Toledo, 111.; sent C. Taylor; assigned Medical Corps 326 F \ sailed Hoboken. X. J., Sept. 9, 1918; landed Glas- gow; finished training C. De Souge, France; armistice pre- vented active service. Dis. C. Grant March 1, 1919. 10. BODIXE, GEORGE E. Clerk Shelbyville, 111. 104 Trench Mortar Bn.. 25 Horn Xov. 22, 1892, Shelby county; son John and Ella Bodine, Shelbyville; enl. March 28. 1918. Detroit, Mich. : sent C. Custer; assigned 160 Depot Brigade: trf. C. Gor- don Co 1, 1 Inf. Renl. Bn. ; trf. C. McClellan. 104 T. M. Bn 29 Div. : sailed Hoboken, July 4, transport Aquitania ; landed Liverpool; finished training C. Mucon: in . Metz sector; clerical service. Dis. C. Custer March 21, 1919. Page One Huni/rcii T-^cli'c 1. DOLING, CLEM MORTON Ensign Windsor, 111. Officer- Material School, Harvard Enrolled in U. S. Naval Reserve Force March 12, 1918, as yeoman first class ; first assignment, reporter, General Court-Martial, Boston Navy Yard; made chief petty officer May I, 1918 ; commissioned Ensign July 25th ; under in- struction United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Mary- land, until Sept. 15th; assigned to Naval Base, Montreal, Canada, until Dec. 5th, helping fit out naval overseas trans- portation vessels; acted as Division Officer, receiving ship, Boston, during December and part of January, 1919; sup- ply Officer, Officer-Material School, Harvard College, from January 15th until discharge. 2. BOSWELL, CEDRIC H. Sergeant Shelbyville, III. Hdq. & .Supply Co., 5 Reg., 14 Bn. Born July 4, 1893, Owensboro, Ky. ; son Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bos well, Stanley, Ky. ; married Marie Wyrick June 8, 1918; enl June 29, 1918, Owensboro, Ky. ; "army ; as- signed to 23rd Co., 6 Tr. Bat., C. Taylor ; promoted to Sergeant Hdq. & Supply Co., 5th Reg., 14th Bn., C. Tay- lor, Sept. 23, 1918 ; in training 6 mos. 7 days. Dis. C. Taylor Jan. 3, 1919. 3. BOYD, HARRY TALMAGE 3rd Class Fireman Shelbyville, 111. Great Lakes Naval Training Sta. Born Sept. 21, 1896, Rantoul, 111.; son Chas. and Elizabeth Boyd ; farmer; enl. June 1, 1918, St. Louis, Mo.; navy; as- signed to public works duty at Great Lakes. Dis. April 1, 1919, Great Lakes, 111. 4. BOWMAN, WILLIAM R. Private Gays, 111. 312 Supply Co., 78th Div. Born Mar. 3, 1895, Gays ; son Chas. Bowman ; steno. ; enl. May 25, 1918, Shelbyville; army; assigned 137 M. G. Bn., 38 Div., Camp Shelby; trf. July 17 to Camp Mills, chauffeur 1st cl. ; sailed on Zelandia ; convoy attacked Aug. 16 ; Liverpool Aug. 1 7 ; rest camp Winchester, received advanced gas and M. G. training; to the lines Sept. 12, in St. Mihiel offensive which lasted until Sept. 15 ; to Winnal Downs and Laigle rest camps until Oct. 15 ; entered Meuse-Argonne drive and remained until Nov. 11; machine gunner; Dec. 1 trf. to 78 Casual Co. until April 24, 1919; assigned to Supply Co., 312 Inf. ; landed Brooklyn. Dis. C. Grant June 3, 1919. 5. BOYER, DALE F. Private Moweaqua, 111. Bat. D, 34 Reg., 131 Div. C. A. Son Mr. and Mrs. John W. Boyer, Moweaqua ; married Mary K. Portwood Sept. 1, 1917; one son Harold Marvin born Dec. 8, 1918; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 44 Co., 11 Bn. 160 D. B., Camp Custer; trf. Nov. 1 to Coast Artillery, Fort Totten, L. I., N. Y., week later to Camp Eustis, Va., to Bat. D, 34 Reg., 131 Div.; Dec. 16 trf. to Grant. Dis. there Dec. 27, 1918. 6. BRANT, JOHN Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. A, 3 Bn., 20th Engrs. Enl. Sept. 6, 1917, Battle Creek, Mich.; army; assigned to Battery A, 329 Field Artillery; trf. Nov. 26, Co. A, 3 Bn., 20th Engrs. ; went to France in Jan., 1918. Dis C. Custer Feb. 10, 1919. 7. BRAUER, SAMUEL C. Corps Observer Strasburg, 111. 2d Army Corps, 30th Div. Born April 4, 1890, Altamont ; son August Brauer Sr. ; married 1912 to Jennie Schwerdtfeger, dau. Herman and Mary Schwerdtfeger ; dau., Mary Karoline, born Nov. 19, 1917 ; Ev. Luth. parochial teacher ; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville ; assigned 159 Depot Brigade, C. Taylor ; trf. Mar. 22 to Camp Sevier, Co. M, 30th Div. ; promoted to Intelligence Dept. as observer, later to Corps Observer and interpreter ; trained 4 mos. ; sailed Boston May 12 ; trained with British at Ypres; in trenches from July 11 to Sept. 8 ; at Ypres, Vermoozeele, St. Quentin, Bellicourt, Busigny, St. Souplet, Selle River; reassigned to 2nd Army Corps as Corps Observer with Corps Intelligence Dept. ; also served as interpreter. Dis. C. Grant March 7, 1919. 8. BREWER, VIRGIL R. Private Findlay, 111. 53rd Co., 159 Depot Brigade Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; son Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brewer, Westervelt ; sent to Camp Taylor and assigned to 53rd Co., Depot Brigade ; in hospital Oct. 3 with pneumonia, there month and a half. Dis. Dec. 11, 1918, with rank of Act. Sgt. Trained in F. A. replacements as instrument sergeant. 9. BRIDGES, BOYD Private Trowbridge, 111. 119 Inf., 30th Div. Born Tune 9, 1895; son Thomas Bridges; farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 18 Co., 159 D. B., C. Taylor ; sailed with 30 Div. from Boston May 12 ; in trenches 4 J /2 mos.; at Ypres front, Bellicourt front, helped break Hindenhurg line ; St. Souplet. Dis. C. Grant April 14, 1919. 10. BRIDGES, HOWARD RALPH 1st Lieutenant Shelbyville, 111. Supply Co., 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born June 4, 1894, Windsor ; son Thomas E. and Cora Bridges ; married June 21, 1919, to Gladys Gehm, dan. Tacob and Emma Gehm ; farmer ; enl. June 10, 1915, in Co. H; called to U. S. service July 25, 1917, Shelbyville; made 1st Sgt. when sworn in govt. service, commissioned Nov. 17, 1917, at Camp Logan as 1st Lieut.; trained for Inf. commander 10 mos, ; sailed May 14, 1918 ; went to trenches July 2-0; Somme offensive, Meuse-Argonne, Troy- on ; brigaded on Albert, St. Mihiel, Verdun, Hamel, Toul, with British ; returned ' with Supply Co., 130th Inf. Dis. May 30, 1919, at C. Grant. Page One Hundred Thirteen 1. BRIDGMAN, GUY HAROLD Corporal Mowcaqua, 111. 302 Water Tank Train Horn March 17, 1893, Moweaqua; farmer; enl. June 14. 1918, Shelbyville, 111.; army; assigned to 302 Water Tank Train ; trf. from Rahes School, Co. L, to Camp Holabird, Co. F, August 13, 1918; sailed Hoboken Oct. 13, 1918; transport Mallory ; landed at Brest, Oct. 26th; finished training Commercy ; particular work, caring and handling motor trucks; in hospital with influenza; returned with 302 Water Tank Train Dis. C. Grant Aug. 5th. _'. liRIDGMAX, HOWARD Corporal Moweaqua, 111. 302 Water Tank Train Horn April 15, 1895, Moweaqua; son Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Bridgman; married May 9, 1918, to Fannie Powell; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 302 Water Tank T'r. (after training 6 weeks at Rahe's School), Camp Hola- bird, Md. ; made Corporal; sailed from Hoboken on Lev- iathan Sept. 29 ; landed at Brest Oct. 7 ; at Meuse Argonne 32 days. Dis. C. Grant Aug. 5, 1919. 3. BRIGGS, CLYDE Private Shelbyville, 111. 115 F. A., 30 Div. Born Aug. 27, 1886; son Geo. L. Briggs; enl. Oct. 3, 1917, Shelbyville; army; assigned 84 Div., 327 F. A., C. Taylor; trf. to Batt. C, 115 F. A., 30 Div., Camp Sevier Apr. 10; in training 9 mps. ; sailed from Hoboken June 4, 1918; transport Martinia; at St. Mihiel, Argonne, Valley Wover ; cited for bravery in bringing up ammunition under heavy lire. Dis. C. Grant March 10. 1919. 4. BRIGHT, JESSE B. Private Moweaqua, 111. Hdq. Co., 308 Field Art., 78 Div. Born Aug. 17, 1895, Boulder, III.; son Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bright; married Edna Lawler Tuly 5, 1919; enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to" 308 F. A., Hdq. Co., C. Dix; in training 3 weeks 4 days; sailed from X. Y. May 27, 1918; transport Cedric ; landed Liverpool June 7, 1918; in trenches 36 days; at Toul sector, St. Mihiel, Suipp to Moselle ; in hospital, kicked by horse. Dis. C. Grant May 27, 1919. 5. BROWN, B. A. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. L, 10th Inf., 14th Div. Fnl. May 29, Shelbyville; assigned to Co. L, 10 Inf.; trained at Ft. Benj. Harrison and at Camp Custer. Dis. in Jan. at C. Custer. 6. BROWN, FORREST J. Private Middlesworth, 111. Hdq. Co., 10th Inf. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Brown, Middlesworth ; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Ft. Thomas: served with Hdq. Co., 10th Inf., as private. Dis. Kentucky, Jan. 17, 1919. 7. BROWN, OLIVER CLINTON 1st Lieut. Charleston, 111. 129th Inf. M. C. Born Dec. 21, 1888, Cumberland Co., 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Brown, Mattoon, 111.; married Sept. 22, 1910, to Ethel Veo Nichols, dau. W. P. Nichols; one dau. Veo Louise Brown, born Sept. 11, 1911; physician; commis- sioned June 6. 1917 at Springfield, 111.; army; assigned to 130th U. S. Inf. M. C., formerly 4th 111. Infantry; Jan. 1, 1918, to March 8, 1918, at Base Hospital, Camp Logan, Texas; March 8, 1918, to April 21, 1918, 129th Inf. M. C. I)is. April 21, 1918; was discharged on account of physical disability, bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis. 8. BROWNLEE, ROMA TEMPLETON Mechanic Tower Hill, 111. 327 F. A., Bat. D, 84 Div. Born Oct. 30, 1893, Cold Spring Twp. ; son Robert and Mary M. Brownlee; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelby- ville ; assigned 327 F. A., Bat. D, 84 Div. ; army cook for 4 months, then attended mechanics' school 3 months at Peoria, and promoted to mechanic ; in training 1 yr. ; sailed Hoboken Sept. 18, 1918; transport Orduna : landed Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 21 ; finished training at Camp l)e Souge, France. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 29, 1919. 9. BROYLES, HEADEN Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf. Born May 17, 1899, Indianapolis, Ind. ; son Mrs. W. H. Carter; tailor; enl. May 17, 1917, Shelbyville, 111.; army; assigned to Co. H, 130th Inf.; in training 12 months, trained for rifleman; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed at Brest May 26, 1918; in trenches from July, 1918, Until armistice was signed; with Co. H in action ; particular work, runner ; in hospital, re- turned to U. S. with Casual Co. 457. Dis. Feb. 21, 1919, C. Grant, 111. 10. BRUNS, W. CHARLIE Private Stewardson, 111. Co. I, 168 Inf., 42 Div. Born Chicago; farmer; son Wm. Bruns, Stewardson; enl. May 27, 1917, Glennwood, la.; assigned Co. I, 168 Inf., 42 Div.; served overseas; in hospital with measles and pneumonia; returned' to U. S. with Co. E. 22 Inf. Dis. C. Wheeler, Ga., Dec. 21, 1919; married Cleo Waneta Wal- lace of Atwood on Jan. 15, 1919. Page One Hundred Fourteen 1. BRYANT, GEORGE ROBERT Private Herrick, 111. Co. G, 38th Inf., 3rd Div. Born .Tune 30, 1890, near Herrick; son W. M. Bryant; auto mechanic and farmer; enl. Dec. 11, 1917, Decatur ; assigned Co. G, 38th Inf., 3rd Div. ; trained Camp Han- cock 3 months; sailed Hoboken March 29, 1918; transport Mount Yernon ; landed Brest April 7 ; trained Chaumont area; went to trenches May 30, 1918, there 1 J^ mos. ; at Chateau Thierry and Marne ; wounded by high explosive shell near Mezy, 7 kilometers to right of Chateau Thierry, July 15th; in hospital, Base No. 13, Limoges; regimental flag decorated with French Croix de Guerre with Palm ; returned to U. S. with Co. I, 337th Inf., 85th Div. Dis. April 26th C. Grant. 2. BRYSON, BERTIE E. Private Shelbyville, 111. Battery E, 308 F. A. Born April 17, 1896; son Levi Bryson ; farmer; enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 308 F. A., Camp Dix ; sailed from X. Y. May 27, 1918; transport Cedric ; landed Liver- pool June 9 ; in trenches 2 mos. 22 days ; at Toul sector 15 days, St. Mihiel 4 days, Marne offensive 9 days, Grand Pre 14 days, Meuse Argonne 24 days. Dis. C. Grant May 24, 1919. 3. BrCKLER, PAUL Corporal Oakland, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enl. Shelbyville in Co. H, 130 Inf.; trained C. Logan; sailed May 15, 1918, Hoboken ; served through with Co. H in France and later trf. to 2d Bn. ; discharged C. Grant June, 1919. 4. BULLERMAN, CHARLES 1st Cl. Private Shumway, 111. Co. A, 132d Inf., 33d Div. Enl. June 4, 1917, Chicago; Co. A, 132 Inf., 33 or Prairie Div.; in training at C. Logan, Texas; sailed May 16, land- ed May 24, 1918; in active service July 15-Nov. 11; in foreign service one year; at Marne, Aisne-Marne, Vesle River and Meuse Argonne; in Army of Occupation from Nov. 11-March 10. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. 5. BULLERMAN, WALTER 1st Cl. Private Shumway, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33 Div. Served throughout war with Co. H as sniper. BURRUS, CECIL R. 1st Class Private Covvden, 111. Batt. B, 64 Regt., Coast Art. Corps Born March 19, 1897, Herrick; farmer; son Joseph and Sophia Burrus, Cowden, 111.; enl. May 1, 1917, Decatur; sent lefferson Bks. ; assigned 64 Regt. Coast Artillery, Batt. B; trf. Ft. Dade May 11, 1917; sailed Hoboken July 13, 1918; transport Kyber ; landed Liverpool; gunner; in hospital twice account sickness. Dis. C. Grant Apr. 12, 1919. 6. BURRUS, MARVIN Seaman Herrick, 111. U. S. Navy Born Oct. 31, 1896, Herrick, 111.; farmer; son Frank and Alta Burrus, Herrick; enl. Dec. 26, 1917, Chicago, in navy; sent Great Lakes; sailed Norfolk, Va., Aug. 18, 1918, U. S. S. Oklahoma, super-dreadnaught ; about 8 mos. on Irish coast watching for German ships. Dis. N. Y., Tan. 20, 1919. 7. BURGEN, JOE Private Pana, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enl. in 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf.; sent C. Logan Oct. 9 ; trf. at C. Logan to Med. Det. ; remained there until March 30th; trf. to Ft. Sheridan, 111., General Hospital No. 28 ; still in service. 8. BURNETT, GEORGE 2d Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enl. July 15, 1915, in Co. H; served 9 mos. on border in 1916-17;" left with Co. H, Oct. 9, 1917, for Camp Logan, Texas, as Sergeant; Nov. 17, com. 2nd Lieut.; trf. to Co. D, 130 Inf.; sailed May 15, 1918, on U. S. S. Agamemnon; landed France May 25 ; July 29 trf. back to Co. H ; Aug. 30 trf. to 5th Army Corps Hdqrs. ; with 26th Div. when they entered Argonne forest, was gassed, in hospital at Blois; left Brest Oct. 2, 1918. Dis. Nov. 16, 1919. 9. BURNETT, WM. S. Private Shelbyville, 111. 113th Engrs., 7th Div. Born April 16, 1891, Shelby Co., son Thomas and Emma Burnett; miner; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Co. D, 113 Engrs., 38th Div., Camp Shelby; sailed from Hoboken Sept. 15, 1918; transport Finland; landed at Brest Sept. 28, 1918; 113th never directly under fire, was at Verdun repairing roads, etc., when armistice was signed. Dis. C. Grant June 26, 1918. 10. BUTCHER, GEORGE Private Sigel, 111. Co. A, 58 Inf., 4 Div. Son Nancy Butcher, Sigel; enl. Shelbyville Sept. 19, 1917; assigned to 327 F, A., Camp Taylor; trf. to Camp Pike, then to Camp Green to 4th Div. ; served with them at Chateau Thierry, Vesle, Somme Off. ; wounded in the Arg-onne Forest and was erroneously reported killed ; went overseas on Moldavia on which 2 Shelby Co. men lost their lives when it was torpedoed. Page One Hundred Fifteen 1. BUTLER, CALVIX Corporal Oconec, III. 327 Field Art., 84 Div. Born Oct. 16, 1893, Oconee ; farmer; son A. L and Blanche Butler, Patia ; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; assigned Batt. D, 327 F. A.: trained West Point, Ky. ; promoted Cpl. ; sailed Xew York Sept. 19. 1917, on transport Orduna; landed Liverpool ; finished training at C. de Souge, France; returned U. S. with 327 F. A. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19, 1919. 2. BUTLER, FREDERICK DAIL Corporal Shelbyville, III. Co. H. 130th Inf.. 33rd Div. Born June 23, 1894, Sullivan; son Mrs. Theresa Butler; mechanic; married Aug. 25, 1918, to Evalyn C'larke, dau. Chas. and Viola C'larke; one dau., Betty lone Butler; enl. May 31, 1917, at Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33rd Div.; made Corporal at Camp Logan, Nov., 1917 ; in hospital. Dis. for disability Jan. 22, 1918, at Camp Logan. Drafted June 28, 1918, and sent C. Taylor; made Cpl., July 11, and served with 53d Co., 159 Depot Brigade until dis- charged Dec. 5, 1919. 3. BUTLER, JOHX Shelbyville, III. Co. H, 130 Inf. Born March 31, 1892, Sullivan, 111.; son Mrs. Theresa Butler; farmer; enl. June 15, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf.; sent C. Logan, Oct. 9, 1917; trf. to Medical Corps March 21, 1918; 1919; trf. Ft. Sheridan; still at returned invalid soldiers. 4. CAIN", ARTHUR B. Windsor, 111. stayed at C. Logan until Jan.. Ft. Sheridan caring for Private _ Batt. C. 5 Bn. Trench Art. Knl. in Coast Art. Corps at Mattoon, Feb. 1, 1915; sent Jefferson Bks., Mo.; after one month's training trf. Sandy Hook, X. J.; remained on coast until Sept. 19, 1918, then sent to France; furloughed to Reg. Army Reserve April 8, 1919. 5. CALVKRT, WM. R., JR. Private Westervelt, III. 416 Telegraph Bn. Born Dec. 30, 1899, Westervelt; son Wm. R. and Margaret Calvert ; telegrapher before enlistment, now carpenter; enl. May 30. 1918, Terre Haute; army; assigned to Co. F, 6th Depot Bn., Ft. Leavenworth, Signal Corps-; trained for buzzwe operator wireless, in training one month : sailed from Hoboken July 15th; transport Themistocles, attacked July 30th by submarines, sank three submarines: landed at Liverpool Aug. 1; under fire but not in trenches: served as operator with 416th Telegraph Bn. ; returned with Cas- ual Co. Xo. 4976 on U. S. S. Buford. Dis. June 24, 1919, C. Grant. 6. CAMFIELD, HARRY E. Sergeant Lakewood, 111. Co. D. 123 M. G. Bn. Born June 24, 1898, Findlay ; son Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Camfield; shipping clerk; enl. March 26, 1917, Danville, in Co. I, 5th 111. Inf.; trf. Dec. 12, 1918. to Co. D, 123 M. (i. Iln.: promoted to Cpl. Sept. 10, 1917; to Sgt. May 21, 1918; trained as machine gunner C. Logan 13 months; sailed Hoboken May 15th, transport Agamemnon; landed Brest, France, May 24, 1918; finished training in British sector; went to trenches July 19, 1918, there about 80 days; at Amiens sector, Flanders front, Verdun front, Boise de Forges, Boise de la Cote Lemont. Riaville, Marcheville, Meuse Argonne, Consonvoye. Boise de Chume, Fresner, Bethencourt ; severely gassed Boise de la Cote Lrmont. Oct. 5, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, May 30, 1919. CAMPBELL. CLAREXCE Private Bethany, HI. Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Served throughout war with Co. C, 130th Inf.. 33d Div. (old Sullivan Militia); one of four sons in service of Thos. and Mary Campbell of Bethany ; re-enlisted in Regulars and was sent to a station in Texas in summer of 1919; brothers, Walter, Karl S. and Win, and one sister also in . CAMPBELL, HARRY FREDERICK Corporal Mode, 111. 327th F. A., 84 Div. Knl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned 327 F. A.; made Cpl. Oct. 4, 1917, Camp Taylor; son Mr. and Mrs. L. XI. Campbell, Mode; married Rose Slifer Aug. 20, 1917; mail carrier; trained C. Taylor and West Point, Ky., 16 mos. ; left X. V. Sept. 8, 1918 on "Orduna"; landed Liverpool Sept. 21, 1918; trained C. De Souge. Dis. C. Grant. 8. CAMPBELL, JOHX J. 1st Cl. Private Tower Hill, 111. Med. Dept. 16 F. A., 4 Div. Born January 23, 1893, Tower Hill; son Wm. T. and Mary Campbell, Tower Hill; farmer; enl. Jan. 17, 1918, Shelby- ville ; trained 4 .mos. C. Greenleaf and C. Green ; sailed Hoboken, May 10, 1918; landed Brest; finished training Camp De Souge; on firing line 106 days; battles Aisne- Marne, Toul, St. Mihiel, Argonne. Dis. C. Grant Aug. 5, 1919. 9. CAMPBELL, WIN' Bethany, 111. Son Thomas and Mary Campbell, Bethany; brothers Clar- ence, Earl and Walter in service, also one sister; re- enlisted in regulars summer of 1919 and sent to station in Texas. 10. CAMPBKLL, WALTER Private Bethany, 111. Co. C, 130th Inf.. 33rd Div. Born Xov. 8, 1898; son Thomas and Mary Campbell of Bethany; enl. July 2, 1914, Sullivan, in 130th Inf.: in training 18 months; in trenches from July 4. 1918, until armistice was signed ; at Battle of Verdun and Albert front; gassed Xov. 8 at Verdun and in hospital. Dis. C. Custer Dec. 3. Brothers Earl S., Clarence, and Win, and one sister were in service. Page One Hundred Sixteen 1 CAMPBELL, HARRY Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf. Enlisted, Shelbyville, in Co. H, but was discharged before the outfit went overseas. 2. CARPENTER, WALTER S. Private Westervelt, 111. Co. H, 10th Infantry Born Sept. 21, 1895, near Westervelt; son Ira W. and Allie Carpenter of Tower Hill; asst. cashier Farmers Na- tional Bank, Westervelt; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; later assigned to Co. H, 10th Inf., Ft. Harrison; trf. to Camp Custer ; in training 7J4 mos. Dis. C. Custer Jan. 17, 1919. 3. CARPENTER, RAY W. Private Shelbyville, 111. 34th Co., Coast Art. Corps Born July 6, 1890, Beecher City ; son C. W. and Alice Carpenter of Shelbyville; dairyman; enl. Sept. 5, 191JS, Shelbyville; sent Camp Custer; five weeks later to Ft. Totten, N. Y. ; six days later to Camp Eustis; assigned to 34 Co., C. A. C. ; trained for cannoneer. Dis. C. Eustis, Va., Jan. 17, 1919. 4. CARROLL, JOHN H. Private Findlay, 111. Vet. Corps Born luly 15, 1891, Emery, 111.; son Thomas and Etta Carroll', Findlay; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918. Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; later assigned to Vet. Tr. School, Camp Lee; in training three months; sailed from Norfolk, Va., Oct. 13th; transport Koenig Wilhelm ; landed at Brest, France, Oct. 26th. Dis. C. Grant July 3, 1919. 5. CARROLL, LLOYD R. Private Shelbyville, 111. Marines Born July 1, 1899, Moweaqua, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. John D. Carroll, Westervelt, 111. ; enl. marine corps, St. Louis, June 16, 1917; went direct to Paris Island; drilled there 4 mos. ; trf. Boston Navy Yards, guard duty 2 mos. ; sailed Battleship Nebraska, on it 4 mos. ; then to Ouan- tico, Va., 2 mos.; to Washington, D. C., orderly Admiral Benton, until dis. Jan. 10, 1919; in April re-enlisted for overseas duty, now stationed at Coblenz. Brother Arthur died of pneumonia in France. . CARROLL, LAWRENCE LLOYD 1st Cl. Private Windsor, 111. 14 Photo Sec. Air Service Born Nov. 26, 1896, Lintner, 111. ; son M. P. Carroll, Windsor; farmer; enl. March 2, 1918, Mattoon ; assigned air service, truck driver; trained 15^ mos. Kelly Field, Tex.; sailed Hoboken, Aug. 30, 1918; landed Brest, Sept. 12; finished training St. Nazaire ; Meuse-Argonne front. Dis. C. Grant, June 11, 1919. 7. CARROLL, VERNE VIRGIL Corporal Windsor, 111. F. R. S. 346 Q. M. C. Born Sept. 27, 1893, Lintner, 111.; son M. P. and Thera Carroll: farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Sullivan; assigned to 15th Artillery, Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. Sept. 22, 1918, to F. R. S. 346' Q. M. C., Jacksonville, Fla. ; in training 12 months 14 days; sailed Hoboken Oct. 27, 1918; transport S. S. Orac; landed Liverpool, England, Nov. 8, 1918; finished training at Bordeaux ; in England, France, Italy and Germany ; promoted to Corporal, Lux, France, Jan. 14, 1919. Dis. C. Grant, July 14, 1919. 8. CARTMELL, SAMUEL H. Private Tower Hill, 111. 820th Aero Sqdn., Kelly Field Born Tan. 29, 1894, son Tliomas and Margaret C'artmell ; farmer; enl. Oct. 6, 1917, rejected Oct. llth; 2d time enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Rahe school, Kansas City; in school 2 mos.; assigned to 82-0 Aero Sqdn., Kelly Field, till discharge; in hospital with blood poison 8 days; developed leakage of heart while in service. Dis. Feb. 9, 1919, at Camp Pike, Ark. 9. CARTER, THOMAS HARVEY Private Bruce, 111. Btry. D, 3rd Regt. Born Oct. 22, 1892, Bruce, 111.; son S. A. Carter; married Sept, 26, 1917, to Ruby L. Dawdy, dau. J. C. Dawdy ; one son, Thomas H. Carter Jr., born March 27, 1919; farmer; enl. June 14, 1918; sent to Rahe auto and tractor school, Kansas City, Mo. ; made motor mechanic Nov. 12, 1918; transferred Aug. 18, 1918, to Btry. D, 3rd Regt., Camp Taylor; in hospital, measles. Dis. C. Taylor, Ky., Dec. 13, 1918. 10. CASSTEVENS, JAMES D. Private Fancher, 111. 133rd Inf. Enl. Sept. 20, 1917, at Marion, Iowa; farmer. Dis. Jan. 4, 1919, Camp Dodge, Iowa. CHANDLER, ROY Private Herrick, 111. Co. II, 3d Bn., 22d Engineers Enlisted June 24, 1918; sailed for France Aug. 22, 1918; served with C'o. H, 3d Bn., 22d Engineers; sent to hospi- tal with infected foot; returned to U. S. July 12, 1919. Dis. C. Grant Aug. 1, 1919, as member of 22d Engineers. Page One Hundred Seventeen , CASSTEVENS, FRANK Chief Gunner's Mate Kansas City, Mo. U. S. Navy Horn Jan. 1, 1887, Gays, III.; son Mrs. Anna Casstevens, (lays; married Dec. 3, 1912, to Florence R. Carl, dau. J. W. Carl ; clerk before enlistment, now mariner. Kansas City, Mo. ; enl. June 14, 1907, St. Louis, Mo. ; navy ; assigned to destroyers, went around the Morn with Fight- ing Hob Evans, 1907-1908; promoted Chief Gunner's Mate, March 9, 1919, highest rank in enlisted branch; instructor Seaman Gunner's School at Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I., May 1, 1918, to Jan. 17, 1919, instructing men in care and handling torpedoes, mines, etc. ; given letter of recom- mendation, good conduct meda!, Mexican campaign medal, recommended for Ensign June 2, 1917; April 6, 1917, was on the U. S. S. Perry and helped take crew from German ship Saxonia at Seattle, Wash. ; went to Atlantic through Panama Canal for patrol duty until trf. Newport, R. I. Dis. Boston, June 4, 1919; reenlisted Washington, June 6; now on recruiting duty, Kansas City. 2. CASSTEVENS, WILLIAM MICHAEL Boatswain Gays, 111. U. S. Navy Born July 31, 1884, Gays ; son Mrs. Anna Casstevens, Gays ; railroading before enlistment ; enl. Det. 3, 1907, Denver, Colo.; assigned U. S. S. South Dakota; promoted Boatswain at Hong Kong, China, Sept., 1917; was on U. S. S. Helena when war was declared ; was trf. to the Tjtsondari. a Holland ship, in Manila, in May, 1918, and sailed for New York via San Francisco and Panama Canal ; made several trips to France during the war carrying pro- visions over and troops back ; given expert rifleman's medal and good conduct medal ; still in navy. 3. CECIL, DWIGHT L. 2d Lieut. Seymour, 111. Veterinary Co. No. 1 Horn Sept. 3, 1893, Stewardson, 111.; son of Robert E. and Jennie H. Cecil, Windsor ; veterinarian ; enl. Jan. 8, 1918, Terre Haute, Ind. ; assigned Veterinary Co. No. 1, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. ; promoted rank of 2nd Lieut. Oct. 22, 1918. Dis. Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Fla., Feb. 19, 1919. Three brothers in service. 4. CECIL, EUGENE 2d Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. A. S. A. Born Aug. 20, 1889, Stewardson, 111.; son of Robert E. and lennie Cecil, Windsor, 111. ; locomotive fireman ; enl. Sept. 24, 1917, Chicago, HI.; assigned U. S. School of Mil. Aeronautics, Urban a, 111. ; commissioned 2nd Lieut., Kelly Field; went overseas Oct. 17, 1918; transport Olym- pic; returned to U. S. as casual. Dis. Feb. 23, 1919, C. Dix. Three brothers in service. 5. CECIL, IRL HICKS Private Champaign, 111. 66 Ry. Engineers Born June 22, 1891, Stewardson; son Robert E. Cecil, Windsor ; locomotive fireman ; enl. May 20, 1918, Cham- paign ; assigned 66th Ry. Engineers ; went overseas Tune 30, 1918, on Mongolia;" landed Brest July 13, 1918; re- turned with 187 Casual Co. Dis. May 6, 1919, C. Grant. Three brothers in service. 6. CECIL, WILLIAM C. Private Windsor, 111. 102 Balloon Co. Born Feb. 27, 1897, Piatt Co., 111.; son of Robert E. and Jennie Cecil, Windsor; farmer; enl. Feb. 24, 1918, Mat- toon ; went overseas June 29, 1918, on S. S. America ; landed Brest July 13, 1918; returned to U. S. with 102 Balloon Co. Dis. May 20, 1919. C. Grant. Three broth- ers in service. 7. CHAPMAN", RUSSELL Newtonia, Mo. 8. CHERRY, T'HOS. E. Captain Cowden, 111. Med Corps, 3 Div. Born Nov. 7, 1871, Shelby Co.; son Geo. W. and Minerva Cherry, Herrick ; doctor ; commissioned July 18, 1917 ; Base Hosp. 64, 79 Div. ; training one year ; overseas on Belgic. Aug. 3, 1918 ; served in Base Hosp. 64, assistant Chief -Surgical Service, Field Hosp. No. 91, with 79 at Vrnlun ; with 3 Div. in Army of Occupation. Dis. in fall of 1919, from 3 Div. 9. CHRISTNKR, DANIEL D. Private 1st Cl. Shelbyville, 111. 336 Supply Co. Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 15th Bn., Hdq. Co., Field Artillery; trans, to 336 Supply Co., Camp John- son, Fla. ; left there Oct. 8 for Hoboken ; sailed and landed in Liverpool Oct. 26 ; France Oct. 28 ; on guar*! duty in intermediate section in France 2 wks., then to Brest, worked in warehouse No. 2 as issuing clerk. Dis. Nov. 3, 1919, Camp Merritt, N. J. 10. CHRISTNER, JOE D. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. I. 139th Inf., 39th Div. Born Dec. 8, 1895, Gosheii, Ind.; son David J. and Lavina Christnci, Shelby ville, 111.; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, at Shelbyville ; army ; assigned to Camp Taylor and trf. to Co. I, 139th Inf., 39th Div., Camp Beauregard; in train- ing three weeks; sailed from Newport News July 2-0, 1918; landed at Brest Aug. 2, 1918 ; transferred to 6th Div. ; went to trenches Oct. 7, 1918; in trenches until Nov. llth; at Garadma sector, Meuse-Argonne offensive, Verdun, as machine gunner in 82nd Inf. ; particular work, machine gunner; in hospital two weeks after armistice was signed. Dis. C. Grant, June 6, 1919. Page One Hundred Eighteen 1. CHRISTIE, EDWARD GUY Private Shelby ville, 111. Hdq. Co., 15 Bn., F. A. Born Sept. 2, 1890, Lake City, 111. ; son Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Christie; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby ville ; army; assigned to Hdq. Co. 15th Bn. F. A., C. Taylor; in training 10 mos. 19 days; sailed from N. Y. Oct. 26, 1918; transport Lapland; landed at Liverpool, Eng., Nov. 9, 1918; finished training at Camp Hunt; in hospital, in- fluenza, two weeks. Dis. C. Grant, May 16, 1919. 2. CHRISTY, FLOYD ANCIL Private Cowden, 111. 47 Inf., 4 Div. Son J. H. Christy, Cowden; farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; army; assigned to 18 Co., 4 Bn., 159 D. I!., Camp Taylor ; trf. to 47 Inf., 4 Div. : sailed from Hoboken May 10, 1918; transport Princess Matoka; landed at Brest May 23, 1918; in trenches 26 days; at Chateau Thierry, Marne, Vesle, Ourcq ; gassed Aug. 12th; outfit cited; in hospital ; Sept. 22 sent to Blois as prisoner escore Co. 40 ; returned to 47th Jan. 10, Debruck, Germany. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 4, 1919. 5. CIHAK, WILLIS Corporal Cowden, 111. 5th Regt., Marines, 2d Div. Born Dec. 23, 1889; son John Cihak ; enl. April 1, 1918, in marines; assigned to 21st Co., Marine Barracks, Paris Island, S. C.; trf. to Quantico, Va., June 27; Sept. 10, trf. to 5th Regt. 2nd Div.; promoted to Cpl., Aug. 21, 1918; sailed on U. S. S. Henderson from Phila., Aug. 12, 1918; landed Brest; in trenches 3 months; at St. Mihiel, Meuse Argonne, Champagne, Mont Blanc, March to the lihiiie. Army of Occupation ; personal citation and Croix de Guerre ; regiment also awarded citation and Croix de Guerre. Dis. at Quantico, Aug. 13, 1919. 4. CLARK, HORACE JOHN Sergeant Moweaqua, 111. Medical Corps Born April 15, 1895, Moweaqua; son John Clark; student before enl.; enl. Jan. 26, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to medical corps attached to Air Service, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. ; trf. to Kelly Field, Texas, Feb. 8, 1918: trf. to Eberts Field, Ark., April 10, 1918; trf. to Post Field. Ft. Sill, Okla., May 19, 1918; promoted to Sergeant Aug. 1, 1919, Ft. Sill, Okla. ; still in army. 5. CLARK, ROY 1st Cl. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. C, 355 Inf., 89 Div. Son Mrs. G. R. Bridgeman; enl. April 26, 1918, White Lake, S. D.; assigned to Co. C, 355 Inf., 89th Div., Camp Funston ; trained 3 mos.; sailed from X. Y., June 4th; transport Adriatic; landed Liverpool June 16th; in trenches 90 days; at St. Mihiel and Argonne; machine gun bullet in left shoulder Nov. 4 at Argonne Forest, in hospital. Dis. C. Grant April 15, 1919. 6. CLARK, ROSCOE T. Private Herrick, III. Headquarters Co., 308 F. A. Born April 27, 1891, Moweaqua, 111.; asst. cashier State Bank of Herrick, 111., before enlistment; enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville, 111.; army; assigned to Headquarters Co. 308 F. A. 78th Div., Camp Dix, X. J.; in training 4 weeks; sailed from Xew York May 27th, 1918; transport Cedric ; landed at Liverpool, June 8, 1918; trained at Camp De Meucon, went to the front in August, 1918; entered hospital Sept. 3, 1918, appendicitis; returned with St. Aig- nan Casual Co. 1436. Dis. C. Grant, April 5, 1919. 7. CLAWSOX, CALVIN CLYDE Sergeant Cook Windsor, 111. Replacement Co. 39, 10 Reg. Born Sept. 4, 1890, Stewardson ; son C. and Capola Claw- son; wife deceased; one dau., Lela Elizabeth, born Jan. 23, 1908; enl. May 28, 1918, Effingham ; assigne:! to Replace- ment Co. 39, iO Replacement Regt. ; promoted to Instruc- tor Cook; went to cooks and bakers school; in training nine months. Dis. account of nervous breakdown Jan. 28, 1919. 8. CLAY, ERXEST P. Private Shelbyville, 111. Photographic Div., Aviation Born July 31, 1892, Dalton City ; son W. S. and Ethel R. Clay; photographer; enl. Dec. 11, 1917, Mattoon ; assigned to Photographic Div., Aviation, Camp Grant; trf. to Ft. Worth March 28, 1918, and back to Grant Feb. 8, 1919; in training 14 months. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 15, 1919. 9. CLOSSER, DAXIEL W. Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. D. 10th Inf. Enl. July 18, 1918, Mattoon; sent to Jefferson Bks. ; from there to Custer ; assigned to Co. D, 10 Inf.; in service 6 mos. Dis. Custer, Jan. 18, 1919. 10. COBURX, DALLAS D. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. H, 22nd Engrs. Enl. June 24, 1918, Vandalia; army; assigned to Co. H, 22nd Engrs. ; in training six weeks; sailed from Montreal, Aug. 20, 1918, transport Valacia ; returned after 13 days out and re-shipped on Port Lincoln : landed at Liverpool Sept. 16, 1918; detailed close to St. Mihiel front; in hos- pital. Dis. C. Grant July 20, 1919. Page One Hundred Nineteen 1. COCAGXE, JOSEPH ISADORE Private Assumption, 111. Battery F, 2 Keg., F. A. R. D. Horn July 18, 1895; son E. J. Cocagne ; farmer; enl. Tune 28, 1919, Shelbyville; assigned 53rd Co., 159 I). I!., Camp Taylor; trf. 17 Co., 159 D. Ii., with rank o( Cpl. ; trf. to Battery F, 2 Reg. F. A. R. I)., rank of private; in train- ing- nearly six months for truck driver in light artillery. His. Dec. 17, 1918. 2. COFFMAX, OTHIE E. Private Westervelt, HI. Spruce Oiv., A. S. O. P. Horn Sept. 4, 1895, Shelby Co. ; son Mrs. W. E. Coffman, Westervelt; farmer; June 23, 1918, entered limited service; assigned to Spruce Div. A. S. O. P., Spruce Mill at Ban- don. Ore.; discharged Vancouver Barracks Dec. 12, 1918; served entire time in gathering spruce for airplanes. 3. COHOOX, EARL E. Private Lakewood, 111. Co. D, 37th Regt. Born 1893, Lakewood; son Mr. and Mrs. James Cohoon ; miner; enl. Shelbyville and sent to Jeff Bks., May 23, 1918; in training 13 mos.; border service at Ft. Mclntosh, Tex., until discharge in Aug., 1919. 4. COLE, WALTER LUTHER Yeoman Westervelt, 111. U. S. Xavy Born Oct. 6, 1888, Redfield, S. Dak.; stenographer; enl. July 5, 1917, Peoria ; navy; enl. as second class seaman, but changed on June 1, 1918, to Yeoman third class, and six months later was promoted to yeoman second class; sailed Aug. 1 on transport Kittery from Phila. to Virgin Island; landed at St. Thomas about middle of Aug.; at St. Thomas, St. Croix, San Domingo and Cuba. l)is. at Great Lakes, Sept. 15, 1919. 5. COLLINS, TAMES W. Private Springfield, 111. Co., 4th Inf. Born May 28, 1895, St. Francisville, 111.; son W. W. Collins, Springfield; barber; enl. May 1, 1917, Windsor, in Coast Artillery ; was trf. to Co. I, 4th Inf. ; in training one year at Fort Wright, N. Y., Gettysburg, Pa., Charles- ton, S. C., Xewport News, Va. ; sailed from Newport Xews Tuly, 1918; transport Great Northern; landed Brest May 3. 1918; at Marne, Verdun, St. Mihiel, 2nd Battle of the Marne, Chateau Thierry; wounded in foot, Xov. 7, 1918, in battle of Verdun, in hospital; 3J*2 months later re- turned to outfit and sent on to Germany ; given one sharp- shooter medal. 6. <'<)MBS, CLAUDE E. 1st Cl. Sergeant Findlay, 111. 127 Engineers, Co. A. Son .Ur. and Mrs. E. S. Combs; born Oct. 15, 1896; enl. May 29, 1918, at St. Louis; army; assigned to 127 Enijrs. ; in training five mos.; sailed from X. Y. Oct. 20, 1918; transport Wegantic; landed at Liverpool Oct. 31, 1918; at C'amp Angers, France; made Sgt. 1st cl., April 1, 1919. Lis. C. Taylor July 25, 1919. 7. COMMERFERD, WILLIAM Private Pana, 111. Co. H, 133 Inf., 33 Div. Served with Co. H throughout service ; sent C. Logan Oct. 9, 1917; sailed May 15, 1918; returned U. S. May 22, 1919. Dis. C. Grant in June, 1919. 8. COXXOR, FRED Sergeant Beason, 111. Q. M. C. Born March 13, 1890; son Wm. and Elizabeth Connor; enl. Aug. 16, 1916, Ft. Sheridan; assigned Co. H, 4th 111. N. G.; trf. to 6th A. C. Hdq., Feb. 1, 1919; was in the same patrol with Roy Vanderpool when wounded and helped to rescue him and carry him back to lines ; was male Cpl. Aug. 1917, and Sgt" Aug. 1918; Q. M. Sgt., Feb. 1, 1919; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918; trans- port Agamemnon; landed at Brest May 24, 1918; in trenches from July 20-Xov. 1 1 ; at Albert, Amiens, Verdun, Meuse Argonne, St. Mihiel, Troyon sector, Marcheville; dis. C. Grant Tune 6, 1919. Served with Co. H on border, 1916-1917; mustered out Ft. Sheridan, March 15, 1917; called back in service July 25, 1917, and served with Co. H until Feb. 1, 1919. 9. COXXOR, OSCAR Private Clarksburg, 111. Co. L, 22nd Eng. Born Jan. 25, 1894, Pulaski Co.; son Jas. A. and Ella Connor; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville, 111.; army; assigned to Co. L, 22nd Eng., Camp Taylor; trf. to Ft. Harrison; trf. to Merritt; in training two months; sailed from Xew York Sept. 1, 1918; landed at Bordeaux Sept. 14, 1918; in training north of Toul ; at Tour front; in hospital, mumps, measles and push car accident; became a casual but later trf. back to original outfit. Dis. C. Tay- lor Tuly 3, 1919. 10 'COXRAD, RALPH E. Private Cowden, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Son Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Conrad; Oct. 25. 1916, enl. in Co. H, 4th 111. Xat. Guards, later made Co. 130 Inf., 33 Div. ; trf. to Hq. Co. 13-9 Inf.; sailed Hoboken May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed Brest May 26, 1918; at Meuse Argonne, Mt. Donninous Gercourt, Boise De Chame, Somme, Amiens, Albert sector,- with English at Verdun, Morlancourt; in hospital, pneumonia. Dis C. Grant May 31, 1919. CULBERSON, LOUIS H. Sergeant Pana, 111. Co. D, 3d Sup. Train Born Oct. mad 1918; U-au Thierry, St. Mihiel. Argonne-Meuse off., Army of Occupation; 13 drivers in Co. decorated by Div. Com. lis. C. Grant, Sept. 5, 1919. Page One Hundred Twenty 1. CORDRAY, GUY Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div. Born Dec. 1, 1894, Shelbyville, III.; son Noble and Susa Cordray, Findlay, 111.; carpenter; enl. June 5, 1917, Na- tional Guard; assigned to Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; in training 11 months 15 days; sailed from Hoboken May 6, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed at Brest May 24. 1918'. went to trenches Aug. 11, 1918, and remained until armistice was signed; at Argonne, St. Mi.hiel, Somme, Meuse Argonne; in hospital. Dis. C. Grant May 31, 1919. 2. CORLEY, JOHN SUTTON Corporal Herrick, 111. Co. C 5th Field Signal Bn., 3rd Div. Born March 11, 1887, Herrick; son Mrs. W. F. Corley ; enl. Aug. 13. 1917, Wichita, Kans. ; assigned Co. C 5th Field Signal Battalion, 3d regular army division ; promoted to Cpl. July 16, 1919, in Germany; in training at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., from Sept. 1917, to Feb. 1918; sailed Hoboken Feb. 27, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed Brest March 11, 1918; at Aisiie Def., Chateau Thierry, C'hampagne-.Marne, Aistie-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Ar- gonne, Army of Occupation ; operator and lineman in sig- nal corps. Dis. C. Dodge Aug. 31, 1919. 3. COSART, ERXEST B. Private 1st Cl. Cowden. 111. Co. D, 102 M. G. Bn. Knl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918 ; sent Camp Shelby ; landed in France early in October, 1918, and assigned to 102d Machine Gunners; returned April 17, 1919, to States and honorably discharged at C. Grant April 28, 1919. 4. COUI.TAS, JESSE W. Private Moweaqua, 111 53rd Co., 14 Bn., 159 D. Brig. Was inducted in the military service of. the United States on the 28th day of June, 1918; assigned to 53rd Co., 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. Dis. Dec. 21st. 5. COURTRIGHT, HARRY Coast Defense Master Shelbyville, 111. Gunner, Sandy Hook, X. I. Born Feb. 11, 1887, Shelbyville; son Mrs. Maggie Court- right: city letter carrier; enl. Nov. 16, 1917, Mattoon, in Coast Artillery, Sandy Hook, N. J. ; promoted to Regi- mental Master Gunner, Jan. 11, 1918, to First Class Gun- ner Feb. 10, to Sergeant Feb. 19, 1918; served as instruc- tor in mathematics in Y. M. C. A. at Fort Hancock for six months; in hospital, influenza. Dis. Ft. Hancock, Sandy Hook, N. J., Dec. 11, 1918. 6. COURTRIGHT, VANCE Captain Co. H and Co. Shelbyville, 111. D, 130th Inf., & Postal Exp. Serv. Postal employee, Shelbyville ; wife, Charity Wilson Court- right ; pvt., 14th Regt., Ohio Nat. Guard, 1894-97 ; Sgt. and Color Sgt., 4th Regt., 111. Nat. Guard, 1903-05; 1st Lieut., Co. H, 4th 111. N. G., 1905-11 ; 2d Lieut., Bn. Q. M. and Commissary 4th I. N. C.., 1911-12; 1st Lieut., Bn. Adjt.. 4th I. N. G., 1912-17; Mexican border service, June 19, 1916-Mar. 15, 1917, as part of 12th Div., Capt. Co. H, Apr. 20, 1917-Jan., 1917; trf. to Co. D, 130th Inf., Ian. 1, 1918; served to Aug. 23, 1918, with 33 Div. on Somme defensive, Amiens and part of Somme offensive ; trf. Postal Exp. Service, and assigned to duty at Gievres, France, in charge A. P. (). Nos. 713 and 713A; charge of registry div. Central Post Office, A. P. O. 902, Bourges, France, Mar. 1-31, 1919; assigned as C. O. Special Casual Co. 4259, arriving in U. S. Sept. 10, 1919. Honorably dis- charged Sept. 12, 1919. 7. COX, ARTHUR C. Corporal Shelbyville, 111. 301 Clothing Unit, 91st Div. Born Jan. 27, 1897, Shelbyville, student; son Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cox. Shelbyville; enl. May 29, 1918, St. Louis; sent Jefferson Bks. ; trf. C. Joseph E. Johnston, Fla. ; assigned 331 Unit, 91 Div. ; made Cpl. at C. Johnston ; trained 2 mos. ; sailed Newport News, Aug. 15, 1918, on "Patricia"; under fire 25 days; active service at St. Mihiel, Argonne, Hindenburg line; trf. in Belgium, was on detached service with Co. A, 316 Amm. Tr. Dis. C. Grant May 2, 1919. 8. COX, JACK Private Shelbyville, III. 137 F. A., 63 Brigade, 38 Div. Enl. May 27, 1918, Ilillsboro ; assigned 137 F. A., 38 Div.; sailed Oct. 6, 1918. Dis. Jan. 17, 1919. 9. COX, LESLIE EMERSON Cook Decatur, 111. Hdq. Det. 63rd Field A. B. Born June 26, 1890, Moweaqua; son Geo. E. Cox; cook; called into service May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Hqs. Detachment 63rd Field Artillery Brigade, Camp Shel- by, Miss.; promoted to 1st class private in Nov.; to cook in Dec.; sailed Hoboken, N. J., Oct. 6, 1918; transport Emjiress of Britain; landed Liverpool, England, Oct. 17, 1918; had just gone into training at Camp De Mencon, France, when armistice was signed: sailed Dec. 17, 1918; landed X. Y. Dec. 24, 1918. Dis. Ft. Harrison, Ind., Jan. 18, 1919. 10. CROW, ALFRED Farrier Oconee, 111. 5th Vet. Replacement Unit. Farmer: son Tames Crow, formerly of Oconee; enl. June 27, 1918. Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor, 53rd Co. 159th D. B. : trf. in July to Camp Lee, Va., 8th Co. Vet. Train- ing School; Aug. 17 trf. 13th Vet. Hosp. Unit; taken sick with influenza and thus prevented from going across; trf. after leaving hospital to 5th Vet. Repl. Unit ; sent to Camp Merritt early in Xov. ; armistice signed before unit sailed. Dis. Jan. 17, 1919, C. Taylor. Page One Hundred Twenty-One 1. CRESS, GUSTAV H. Corporal Strasburg, 111. Co. M, 119 Inf., 30 Div. Born April 17, 1894, Strasburg, 111.; son of John Cress Sr. ; farmer: enl. Feb. 22, 1918; army; assigned to !8th Co., S4th Div., Camp Taylor; trf. March 21, 1918. to Sevier, to 30th Div., Co. M, 119th Inf.; promoted to Cpl. Oct. 15, 1918; sailed from Boston May 12, 1918; transport Loam- adon ; ship ran into transport in English Channel : landed at Calais, France, May 28, 1919; in trenches about six weeks; at Ypres, Bellecourt. Dis. C. Grant April 14, 1919. _'. CRESS, ROBERT Private Strasburg, fll. 9 Amm. Trait, Born lulv 5, 1892; son Mr. and Mrs. John Cress; married I.ydia Fullride Apr. 20, 1919; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent to 53d Co., Camp Taylor and assigned to 9th Amm. Tr. at McClellan Sept. 17th; in training 7 '/i mos. His. C. Grant Feb. 13, 1919. 3. CROTCH, LESTER V. Sergeant Findlay, 111. Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn March 26, 1894; enl. July 27, 1917. Sullivan, in Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; made Cpl., Sullivan, Aug., 1917, Sgt. in France, June 24, 1918; trained 9 mos. at C'amp Logan; sailed from X. Y., May 16, 1917; landed May 24, 1^17, Brest: at Verdun, St. Mihiel, Chippilly Ridge. Meuse Argonne, Ilamel and other outpost fights; gassed at Meuse, in hospital 60 days; honor guard for Gen. Persh- ing. His. C. Grant. 4. CROTCH. STANLEY F. Findlay, 111. Sergeant Co. C, 130th Inf., 33 Div. Born Sept. 3, 1895, Willisburg, Ky. : son J. II. Crouch; carpenter; enl. June 3, 1917, in Co. C, 4th Inf.; outfit af- terwards made C'o. C, 130th Inf.: promoted to Cpl. at Sullivan, to Sgt. at Houston, Texas, Oct. 5, 1917: in training one year; sailed May 16, 1918, from New York ; transport Agamemnon: landed at Brest May 24, 1918; in trenches 3 mos. with British, French and American armies; at Albert. Argonne, Meuse, Ilamel. Troyon : outfit was awarded 118 American medals, 32 British, 47 French, 1 Belgian. Dis. C. Grant, May 31, 1919. CRTITT, JAMES Shelbyville, III. Wagoner Supply Co., 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Aug. 1, 1894, Duval ; farmer; enl. May 31, 1917, Shelbyville, in 130th Inf., 33rd Div.; trained at Camp Logan; in training 10 months; sailed from X. Y. May 16th; landed at Brest May 24. 1918: with outfit in all engagements; particular work, mechanic; in hospital, con- tused hand. Dis. C. Grant, May 30, 1919. 6. CTLBERSOX, D. R. Private Pana, 111. Co. H, 22nd Engineers Enl. June 26, 1918, Taylorville, 111.; farmer; sailed from T. S., Aug. 22, 1918; returned July 12, 1919. Dis. C. Grant July 21, 1919. 7. CTI.BERSOX. HARRY T. Private Shelbyville, 111. Bat. D, 327 F. A.. 84 Div. Born Jan. 6. 1892; son Mrs. Alice M. Culberson. Shelby- ville; married Ruby Winson Feb. 14, 1919; farmer; enl. Oct. 3, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Bat. D, 327 F. A.. X-tth Div., Camp Taylor, Ky. Dis. Xov. 6, 1917, on ac- count of weak lungs. X. CTRRY, BRUCE Corporal Strasburg, 111. First Corps Artillery Park. Born July 23, 1889, Windsor; son Silas C. and Mattie F. Curry. Strasburg; clerk; enl. Dec. 15, 1917, Jefferson Bar- racks, Mo.: assigned First Corps Artillery Park; made cpl. April 1, 1918; trained Camp Jackson, S. C. 4 months; sailed Hoboken May 22, 1918; transport Great Northern; landed Brest May 31, 1918; at Aisne-Marne offensive, Oise-Aisne offensive, Chateau Thierry sector, Verdun sec- tor, Meuse-Argonne offensive, Army of Occupation; truck driver. Dis. Camp Grant, Aug. 11, 1919. 9. CTRRY, HAROLD X. Private Gays, 111. 47th Art. C. A. C. Enl. at Mattoon May 30, 1918; assigned to 47th Art. C. A. C. ; in service at Ft. Caswell, X. C., and Eustis Va. ; went to France Oct. 1, 1918. Dis. at C. Grant, March J7, 1919. HI. CTRRY, LESTER O. Private. Assumption, 111. Co. M. 160 D. B. Born April 3, 1890, Macon, Ga. ; son Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Curry: enl. Sept. 4, 1918; sent Camp Custer : assigned Co. M. 160 Depot Br. ; in training SVi mos.: in hospital 2 weeks. Dis. Dec. 10, 1918; Camp Custer, Mich. Page One Hundred T-mcuty-Two 1. CURRY, ODA E. Corporal Gays, 111. Battery F. 327 F. A. Born Oct. 6, 1887, Gays; son D. S. Curry; May 19, 1916, married Mayme A. Wetherell, dau. of Chas. Wetherell ; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Sullivan; assigned Btry F. 327 F. A.; in training at C. Taylor and West Point 18 mos. ; made cpl. July 6, 1918; sailed Hoboken Sept. 9, 1918, transport Orduna : landed Liverpool Sept. 21, at Camp De Souge, France. Dis. at C. Grant Feb. 20, 1919. Twin brother died in France. 2. CUSHMAN, WALTER A. Corporal Mode, 111. Hdq. Co., 119th Inf. 30th Div. Born Sept. 4, 1895, Mode; son Lyman A. Cushman ; rail- road brakeman; enl. Feb. 22, 1918; sent C. Taylor; trf. Camp Sevier, S. C. ; assigned Hdq. Co. 119th Inf. 30th Div. as 1 pound gunner; sailed from Philadelphia, trans- port Calcutta, June 28, landing Winchester, Eng., July 17; in trenches 3 months, at Ypres, St. Quentin, Vormee- sel, major operations of Somme, Hellicourt, Prement, Vu- signy, Escafut, St. Benin, St. Souplet, Ribeauville. Ma- zengheim ; mustard gas burns St. Souplet, Oct. 17; in hospital 2 mos. ; returned to outfit as ammunition car- rier ; made corporal Feb. 4, 1919, Beaumont, France. Dis. Camp Grant, April 14, 1919. 3. CUTLER, PHILIP LESTER Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Guard and Fire Co. Born July 2, 1884, Shelbyville; son Mrs. Julia Cutler; married July 3, 1918, to Pearl Kircher, dau. Louis and Elizabeth Kircher ; tailor before enlistment, now grocer ; enl. July 30, 1918. Shelbyville; assigned Syracuse Rect. Camp, N. Y. to Guard and Fire Co., Q. M. C. at Camp Merritt; made Mess Sgt. Oct. 28, 1918; in training 5 months; was member of Co. H. on border in 1916. Dis. at Camp Grant Jan. 4, 1919. 4. DARST, JAMES IRI. 2nd Lieut. Pana, 111. Infantry Born Feb. 3, 1896, Tower Hill; salesman; son B. M. Darst, Pana; enl. Shelbyville, Feb. 22, 1918; assigned 18 Co. 159 Depot B., C. Taylor; promoted cpl. March 1; en- tered 4th 0. T. C. June 2, 1918, C. Sherman; received commission 2nd Lieut. Aug. 26 ; assigned Co. E. casual B. X., C. Merritt. Dis. C. Merritt, May 10, 1919. DAVIES, W. GRIFFITH Windsor, III. DAVIS, BERT Moweaqua, 111. 5. DAVIS, EVERETT L. Private Stewardson, 111. 137 F. A. 38th Div. Enlisted May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; to Camp Shelby, Miss.; sailed for France Oct. 6 with 38th Div.; returned Dec. 15, 1918. Dis. at Camp Merritt, Jan. 21, 1919. 6. DAVIS, JOSEPH BROWNING Yeoman 3d Class Shelbyville, 111. Co. D. 24th Regt. Born July 29, 1896, Clarksburg; brakeman; son David C. and Eunice S. Davis, Shelbyville: enl. Great Lakes, Tuly 29, 1918; assigned Co. 480, 8th Reg. Camp Decatur ; pro- moted yeoman 3d class. Great Lakes, Feb. 4, 1919. Dis. C. Berry, Mar. 28, 1919. Hospital with pneumonia and influenza Sept. 14-Jan. 11. 7. DAVIS, NEWTON C., Aerial Gunner Findlay, 111. Naval Aviation Corps Born Nov. 21, 1896, Findlay; son John M. Davis; enl. in land aviation; sent Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich., then to Tex. ; trfd. naval aviation, Great Lakes ; trfd. flying sta- tion, Pensacola, Fla. ; aerial gunner; one of five occupants of seaplane which dropped 1,000 ft. into Gulf of Mexico 150 miles from shore; rescued by tugboat. Dis. Pensacola, Fla., Mch., 1919. 8. DAVIS, RAYMOND I. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. II. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enl. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; sent Camp Logan, Tex., Oct. 10, 1917; trained 7 mos.; sailed Hoboken, May 14, 1918; active service Meuse-Argonne, Somme, Amiens, Verdun, Albert Front, Marcheville, Army of Occupation. Dis. C. Grant, June, 1919. 9. DAVIS, REASON J. Corporal Windsor, 111. Co. A, 17 Battalion Born May 16, 1896, Moultrie Co. ; son C. W. Davis, Wind- sor, 111.; farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville, army to C. Taylor, then C. Sevier, S. C. ; assigned to Co. A, 17th Bn.: made Corp. Jan. 6, 1919; trnsf. from Sevier to Ft. McPherson, from McPherson to Green, N. C. Dis. at Camp Grant, 111., Jan. 14. 1919. 10. DAVIS, SAMUEL C. 1st Lieut. Beecher City, 111. Co. C, 131 Inf., 33 Div. Enl. in Co. H; sent C. Logan, Tex., Supply Sgt., Oct. 10, 1917; trained 7 mos.; commissioned 2d Lieut. Nov. 19, 1917; later 1st Lieut.; sailed Hoboken, May 14, 1918; trfd. Co. C, 131 Inf.; over top 5 times; active service Meuse-Argonne, Troyon Sector, Chipilly Ridge, Army of Occupation ; Regtl. Intelligence Officer. Dis. C Grant, June, 1919. Page Otic Hundred Twenty-Three 1. DAY, HARRY WARREX, E. 2 C. (Ro.) Champaign, 111. U. S. Navy Born Tune 15, 189-t, Shelby villc ; instructor U. of I.; enl. Feb. 18, 1918, Peoria ; assigned Radio School, Great Lakes, as L. E. R. ; promoted to E 2 C. (Ro) Nov. 1, 1918, at Cambridge, Mass.; in training one year. Released from active service at Seattle, Wash., Feb. 11, 1919. 2. DEAL, GROVER CLEVELAND Private Cowclen, 111. 10th Infantry, 14 Div. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent C. Custer. Mich.; served with 10th Infantry until discharged in 1919. 3. DEARING, I1RADFORD FRENCH 1st Lieut. M. C. Shi-Ihyvillc, 111. li. H. Xo. 56 Horn March 1, 1890, Shelbyville; physician ; son of Brad- ford P. and Addie F. Dearing, Shelbyville ; enl. Nov., 1917, St. Louis; trained as med. officer Base llosp.. Camp Jackson, S. C. ; commissioned 1st Lt. Med. Corps Dec., 1917; sailed for France from Hoboken, Aug. 3, 1918, landed Brest; assigned li. H. Xo. 56. Dis. Camp Dix, May 5, 1919. 4. DEWEESE, FRANK Wagoner Shelbyville, 111. Supply Co. 130th Inf. 33rd Div. liorn March 15, 1889, Shelby Co.; son Hiram and Bettie Deweese ; laborer; enl. June 2, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130th Inf. 33rd Div.; made Sgt. at Camp Logan; in training 1 1 ^ mos. ; sailed from Iloboken May 16, 1918, transport Agamemnon; landed Brest May 24, 1918; in trenches from July 4, 1918, to Xov. 12, 1918; at Argonne, St. Mihiel, Somme, Verdun, Troyon, Army of Occupa- tion. Dis. at Camp Grant, May 30, 1919. 5. DEWEESE, PEARLIE Private (cook) Shelbyville, 111. Co. II, 130th Inf., 33 Div. liorn July 6, 1894, Edgewood, 111.; farmer; enl. Tune 4, 1917, Shelbyviile, in Co. H, 130th Inf.; was cook at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, from Sept. 17th to May, 1918; sailed from X. Y . in May, transport Agamemnon; landed at Brest, May 24, 1918; at Meuse, Argonne, Cha- teau, Marcheville; cook. Dis. at Camp Grant, May 30, 1919. 6. DICKINSON. IIARLAND Private Shelbyville, 111. 45th Co., 12th Bn., 160 Depot Brig. liorn March 21, 1894, Strasburg, 111.; son R. H. and Jen- nie Dickinson, Shelbyville, 111.; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville, 111.; army; assigned to 45 Co, 12th Bn., 160th Depot Brigade, Camp Custer, Mich. ; in training 4 1 /! mos.; particular work, chauffeur in aviation corps; trfd. from Custer to Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Oct. 25, 1918; to Taylor Field, Montgomery, Ala., Xov. 4, 1918. Dis. Jan. 28, 1919, at Taylor Field, Ala. 7. DIEPHOLZ, ARNOLD Private Strasburg, 111. 20th Infantry. Born July 1, 1896, Strasburg; son Mr. and Mrs. Henry Diepholz, Jr.; farmer; called to service Aug. 29, 1918, at Madison, S. D. ; assigned to 20th Infantry, Camp Funs- ton, Kans., Tan. 3; trfd. to Fort Brady, Mich., for guard duty. Dis. at Fort Brady, Feb. 17, 19~19. 8. DIEPHOLZ, EDMAX HENRY Private First Class Strasburg, 111. Supply Co., 87th Inf. Born March 18, 1894, Strasburg, 111.; son Henry and Emma Diepholz; farmer; called to service July 21, 1918, at Madison, S. D. ; army; assigned to 163rd Depot Brig- ;i'lr. Camp Dodge, Iowa; promoted to first class private Xov. 25, 1918; regimental warehouse clerk 6 months and 6 days; trfd. Xov. 13, 1918, to Supply Co. 87th Inf., Camp Dodge, Iowa; in hospital 10 days with influenza. Dis. at Camp Dodge, Jan. 27, 1919. 9. DIETZ, W. JOHX Mechanic Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div. Born June 15. 1890, Shelby Co.; son Charles and Alice Dietz; mechanic; enl. Sept. 10, 1917, Shelbyville; army; assigned Co. II, 130th Inf., 33rd Div.; made mechanic Dec. 10, 1917; in training at Camp Logan 8 mos.; sailed from X. Y. Tune 23, 1918; transport, King of Italy; landed Brest, July 6, 1918; to trenches July 8, 1918; in trenches 6 mos. ; Meuse-Argonne, Somme sector, Troyon sector. Army of Occupation; name on Roll of Honor of 33rd l)iv. ; also given silver star; went out of trench across open field in front of Germans to take message to Co. E, 130th Inf., under machine gun fire at Marcheville on Xov. 10, 1918; in hospital in X. Y., rheumatism. Dis. at Grant. 10. DILDINE, THURMAX Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. K, 125th Inf., 32 Div. Born Sept. 12, 1688, Shelbyville, 111.; son Pierie Dildine. Lancaster, Ohio; farmer; called into service Tune 27. 1918, Shelbyville, 111.; army; assigned to Co. K, 125th Inf., 32d Div.; in training 2 mos.; sailed from Xewport Xews, Va., Aug., 1918; transport Zealander ; landed at Brest, France, Aug. 18, 1918; in trenches 21 days; at Meuse-Argonne offensive; particular work, automatic gunner. Dis. May 27, 1919, at Camp Grant. Page One Hnndrcd Twenty-Four 1. DIHEL, XORRIS O. Private Cowclen, 111. 817 Aero Scidn. Born Feb. 9, 1891, Shelby County; {armer ; son of Lee and Hattie Dihel, Shelby ville ; enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 23, 1918; assigned Co. 16, 3rd Div., Jefferson Bks., Mo.; trfd. Kelly Field Xo. 1, 3d Co., 72 Div., Nov. 1, 1918, to Ft. Sam Houston, 817 Aero Sqdn., Dec. 1, 1918. Dis. Camp Grant, Dec. 30, 1918. Married Miss Lenore Har- den, Feb. 22, 1919. One brother in service. 2. DIHEL, SAMUEL S. Shelbyville, 111. Private. E.' Co., 354 Inf., 89 Div. Born Jan. 13, 1889, Shelbyville; Pvt. Sec. to sales mgr. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.; son of Lee and Hattie Dihel, Shelbyville; enl. Sept. 5, 1917, St. Louis, Mo.; as- signed E Co., 354 Inf., 89 Div. Dis. Base Hosp., Ft Riley, June 11, 1918, disability. One brother in service. 3. DILL, ARCH E. Corporal. Shelbyville, 111. 159th Depot Brigade. Born 1892, Shelbyville; machinist; son of Wm. and Xel- lie Dill, Shelbyville; enl. Shelbyville, Feb. 23, 1918; as- signed 18th Co., Depot Brig., Camp Taylor; promoted Corp. March 1, 1918. Dis. Camp Taylor, Jan. 14, 1919. One brother in service. Service in Depot Brigade train- ing recruits. 4. DILL, HARRY LANCE Private Shelbyville, 111. Hdq. Co., 10 Inf. Born 1896, Shelbyville; clerk; son of Wm. and Xellie Dill, Shelbyville; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed Hdq. Co., 10 Inf. Camp Custer. Dis. on disability, Camp Custer, Sept. 12, 1918. One brother in service. DITZLER, DECIE Private Middlesworth, 111. Co. B, 37th Infantry Enl. Shelbyville May 23, 1918; sent to Jeff. Bks.; assigned Co. B, 37th Infantry. Dis. in Feb., 19~19. 5. DOBBS, THOMAS W. Private Herrick, III. Co. C, 125 Inf. Born Oct. 27, 1893, Shelby Co., 111.; school teacher; son of A. B. Dobbs, Herrick; sent to C. Taylor June 27, 1918; assigned 53 Co., 159 Depot Brigade; trfd. C. Beau- regard, 39 Div., July 8, 1918; sailed France, Aug. 6, 1918, from Xewport Xews ; landed Brest; firing line, Sept. 26 to Xov, 11, 1918; Meuse-Argpnne offensive; Army of Occupation to Apr. 21, 1919. Division awarded Croix de Guerre; honorably Dis. C. Grant, May 20, 1919. DOBSOX, JAMES E. Windsor, 111. 6. DODSOX, ELMER Private Windsor, 111. Co. B, 53 Engineers. Fon of Bettie Dodson, Windsor; enl. Shelbyville, April 30, 1918; sent C. Dix ; sailed for France, June 12, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, July 12, 1919. DODSOX, JAMES E. Windsor, 111. 7. DOEDIXG, ED WILLIAM Private Strasburg, 111. Co. B, 9 Ammunition Train Born Jan. 30, 1896, Strasburg; farmer; son Fred Deeding, Sr., Strasburg; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent 53 Co., 157 Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trfd. to Co. B, 9 Amm. Tr., C. McCIellan, Annison, Ala; sent to C. Grant and discharged early in 1919. 8. DOEHRIXG, EDGAR W. Private Strasburg, 111. Batt. D, 26 F. A., 9 Div. Born Mar. 24, 1895, Strasburg; farmer; son of Anna Doehring, Strasburg; enl. Tune 27, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed 53 Co., 159 D. B., C. Taylor, Ky. ; trfd. Aug. 18, 1918, to C. McClelland, Ala., Batt. D., 26 F. A., 9 Div. Dis. at C. Grant Feb. 6, 1919. 9. DOEHRIXG, HERMAX Private First Class Strasburg, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf. 33rd P.orn Dec. 14, 1897, Strasburg, 111.; son Herman and Caroline Doehring; farmer; enl. Oct. 1, 1917, Shelby- ville; army; assigned to Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div.; in training Camp Logan, Texas, 8 months ; sailed from Ho- boken May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed at Brest, May 24, 1918, with Co. H; in trenches at Meuse- Argonne, Albert, St. Mihiel, Verdun; in hospital, gassed. Dis. May 31, 1919, at Camp Grant. 10. DOXXELL, JEHU B. Corporal Findlay, 111. Battery D, 327th Field Artillery. Born Oct. 9, 1894, Findlay; son Harley E. and Ella Donnell; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; as- signed to Battery D, 327th Field Artillery ; promoted Cpl. in France, Feb. 3, 1919; trained for signalman at Camp Taylor and West Point, Ky. ; sailed Hoboken, N. J., Sept. 9, 1918; transport, Orduiia; landed Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 21, 1918; finished training Camp De Louge, France; in hospital, influenza and mumps. Dis. at Camp Grant, Feb. 19, 1919. DONOVAN, HOWARD Enlisted through Local Board. Page One Hundred Twenty-Fire Windsor, 111. DAVIDSON, JOHN" C. Corporal Stcwanlson. III. 34 Inf., 7 Div. Born Apr. 10, 1893; Stewardson ; laborer; son Wm. and Cynthia Davidson, Stewardson; enl. Mattoon May 24, 1917; to lefferson Hks., Pvt. ; to Ft. Bliss, promoted Cpl.. Co. G, 34 Inf., 7 Div.; sailed Iloboken AUK., 1918; landed at lirest; firing line Sept. 10, 1918, one month, St. Mihiel sector; returned as Cpl. Honorably discharged C. (Irani, June 27, 1919. One brother in service. DK.VIKR, RAYMOND Chauffeur Westervelt, 111. 45 Co. Av. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Denier, Findlay ; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelby ville; sent to C. Custer ; trf. to Ft. Wayne Oct. 26, 1918; trf. to Taylor Field, Ala., Nov. 5, 1918. Dis. as Chauffeur at Taylor Field, Jan. 21, 1919. 1. DOMAS, JUSTIN A. Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Camp Mills Son of Dumas Domas ; enl. at C. Grant, rejected, disabil- ity; enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; sent to C. Shelby, Miss. ; trfd. to C. Mills. Dis. at C. Grant. Contracted influenza which prevented sailing for France. 2. DOMAS, LEMUEL Ensign Shelbyville, 111. U. S. Navy Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dumas Domas; enl. at Great Lakes in 1917; trfd. to N. Y . and commissioned ensign; was dis- charged and is now supercargo on ship between N. Y. and Liverpool. 3. DOMAS, ORONZO Shelbyville, 111. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dumas Domas: enl. in Marines in Chicago, but was discharged on account of light weight. 4. -DOUTHIT, EVERETT E. Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Depot Brigade Born July 26, 1895, Shelbyville; farmer; son of Wm. E. and Ida M. Douthit, Shelbyville; enl. at Shelbyville, May 16, 1918; assigned Tr. Detcht. Lewis Institute; trfd. to C. Meade; promoted Corp.; received honorable discharge, C. Grant, Dec. 30, 1918. Married to Edith M. Rodgers. Aug. 20, 1919. 5. DOWD, GEO P. Sergeant Moweaqua, 111. Batt. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div. Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; sent to C. Taylor; as- signed Baft. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div.; sailed for France, Aug. 8, 1918; sent to C. Grant and discharged Feb. 19, 1919. 6. DOWDY, ORAL LEE Private Tower Hill, 111. 2d "Handley Paige" Born Aug. 21, 1898, Goreville, III.; telegrapher; son of F. G. and Minnie Dowdy, Tower Hill; enl. Decatur, Dec. 13, 1917, air service; assigned 14 Recruit Co., Jef- ferson Barracks; trained C. Custer, Everman Flying Field, Mitchell Field, N". Y. ; sailed for France, N Y., Aug. 1, 1918; one ship torpedoed in convoy; landed Til- bury, Eng. ; honorably Dis. C. Grant Dec. 29, 1918. DOWELL, I1EXJ. T. Shelbyville, 111. Corporal 127 Inf. Western Div. Born Tune 10. 1892, Shelby Co.; son Alonzo Dowell, Shel- byville; moved Stockton, Cal., 1914; enl. Nov., 1917; sent C. Lewis, Wash. ; sailed New York Dec. 12 ; landed Brest; remained Brest several mos.; 16 mos. in service; on firing line day armistice was signed ; never wounded ; in Army of Occupation. Dis. June, 1919, C. Lewis, Wash. 8 DOWELL. MARTIN A. Seaman Herrick, III. U. S. Navy Born Mch. 27, 1900, Herrick, 111.; son Ray Dowell, Her- rick- enl July 8, 1918, St. Louis; sent to Great Lakes; trfd. C. Logan; trfd. to Norfolk, to U. S. S. Kentucky; trfd. to receiving ship at New York, then trfd. to^U. S. S. Kentuckian, transport service; then trfd. to U. S. S. American ; 8 trips on U. S. S. American to Brest, France ; sent from New York to St. Louis and discharged Sept. 26, 1919. Sergeant Hq. Co. 53 Artillery 9. DOWNEY, CHAS. E. Tower Hill, 111. Born Sept. 12, 1884, Wellington, Kan.; coal miner; son W. W. and E. E. Downe ; enl. Apr. 13, 1917, Chicago; assigned Coast Artillery Corps; promoted Cpl. June 16, 1917; Sgt. Jan. 17, 1918; Master Gunner Mar. 21. 1918; trained Ft. Caswell, N. C. ; sailed N. Y. Aug., 1917; on Friday, Sept. 13, convoy of 13 ships met 13 destroyers; landed Liverpool; firing line Nov. 7, 1917, until finish; Oise Sector, Champagne, Toul Sector, St. Mihiel, Ar- gonne, Verdun, Lorraine; Reg. cited in general orders three times ; hospital record ; honorable Dis. C. Grant, April 3, 1919; married Artie M. Dilley, April 7, 1919. Two brothers in service. 10 DOYLE, HOWARD M. First Class Private Findlay, 111. H- Co. 327 F. A. Enl Shelbyville; assigned C. Taylor, 327 Field Art.; sailed France Sept. 9, 1918. Dis. at C. Merritt, N. T., Ume 26, 1919. Re-enlisted at C. Merritt. -\. J., at date of discharge. Page One Hundred Twenty-Sir 4. DUCKETT, J. B. Westervelt, 111. 1. DOWN'S, HARRY E. First Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. Co. D, 130 Inf. 33 Div. Son W. H. Downs, Shelbyville ; electrician ; married Olga Givan July, 1917; was 2nd Lieut. Co. H; went border Co. H, July 3, 1916; served border 9 mos. ; sent C. Logan Oct. 9; promoted at C. Logan to 1st Lieut.; trfd. to Co. D, 130th Inf.; sailed May 15, 1918; battles Meuse-Ar- gonne, Somme, Chateau D, Alnois ; returned U. S. May . 22, 1919. Dis. C. Grant, June 19, 1919. 2. DOWNS, RUFUS HOLMES Shelbyville, 111. Born Sept. 25, 1886, Henton ; R. R. operator; son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Downs, Shelbyville; enl. July 1, 1915, Calif. ; served in Italy doing clerical work in Q. M. Dept. ; trfd. to France, spring 1919. Married Suzanne Paillord at Brest, France, Aug. 4, 1919. 3. DUCKETT, ERVIL E. Oconee, 111. Son of H. Duckett, Shelbyville; enl. Shelbyville, Aug. 30, 1918; assigned Armour Inst. Dis. in 2 weeks from dis- ability. Private Co. C, 37 Inf. Born Xov. 27, 1895, Lakewood ; farmer; son of T. T. Duckett, Westervelt; enl. Shelbyville, May 23, 1918; as- signed Co. C, 37 Inf.; trained C. Ft. Mclntosh, Tex. Dis. Ft. Mclntosh, Mar. 23, 1919. Served as border guard. 5. DUNSCOMB, JOSEPH HARMOX Cadet Windsor, 111. Ensign School Born Xov. 3, 1896, Windsor; student; son of George Emery and Rosa B. Dunscomb, Windsor; enl. Peoria, July 2, 1918; called to active service Xov. 13,^ 1918; trained U. S. Naval Auxiliary Reserve (Ensign School) at Great Lakes; released Feb. 26, 1919. DUSH, HAXSEL E. Private Cowden, 111. Infantry Replacements Born Sept. 26, 1895, Cowden; farmer; son Harrison and Minnie Dush, Cowden; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C. Custer : trf. C. Custer Inf. Repl. Honorable dis- charge C. Grant, Jan. 6, 1919. 6. DUSH, RAY E. First Class Private Decatur, 111. Hq. Co. 119 Inf. 30 Div. Born Sept. 13, 1895, Cowden; teacher; son of Walter and Laura Dush; enl. Shelbyville, Feb. 22, 1918; assigned C. Taylor, 159 Depot Brigade; to 5 Co, 84 Div.; trfd. to Sevier, Hqt. Co., 119th Inf, Div. 30; sailed Hobokeii, May 11, 1918; attacked by submarine May 26, 1918; landed Liverpool, Eng ; firing line, Ypres and Vermoo- zelle, July 24, Sept. 2 ; on Somme between Cambria, at St. Quentin, Sept. 27, October 19 ; honorable Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 14, 1919. 7. DUVALL, WILLIAM Private Herrick, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf. Enlisted Shelbyville; went to Camp Logan with Co. H, Oct. 9, 1917; discharged March, 1918; disability, Camp Logan. 8. EDDY, WILLIAM CHAFEE Private Shelbyville, 111. 817 Depot Aerial Squadron Born July 27, 1895, Shelbyville, 111.; son Wm. J. and Carrie Eddy; student; rejected at Ft. Sheridan, army; at Jacksonville, Fla., navy ; rejected from Co. H ; called into limited service Sept. 15, 1918; trfd. from Jeff. B. to Kelly Field, Oct. 23, 1918; kept there 10 days; trfd. to 817 Depot Aerial Sqdn., Ft. Sam Houston. Dis. at C. Grant, Jan. 2, 1919. 9. EDWARDS, JAMES MARTIN Sergeant 1st CI. Windsor, 111. 93 Aero Squadron Son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Edwards, Windsor, 111. ; born Aug. 9, 1896, at Windsor; Big Four R. R. clerk; enl. Aug. 10, 1917, Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; air service; appointed Sgt. Sept. 8, 1917; Sgt. 1st Cl. May 30, 1919; Maj. 43rd Aero Squadron June 23, 1918, to March 31, 1919, and casual det. since March 31, 1919; went overseas Oct. 13, 1917, S. S. Pannomia; landed Liverpool Oct. 29, 1917; 4 months aviation camps Eng; 4 months Office of Aviation Officer, London ; remainder of time in France ; 93 Aero Sqdn, 3rd Pursuit Gr., 1st army air service; St. Mihiel. Argonne-Meuse offensives; 93 Aero Sqdn. cred- ited destruction of 32 enemy planes and one balloon. Dis. May 31, 1919. 10. EDWARDS, ROY L. First Sergeant. Windsor, 111. Aviation Sec. Sig. Corps. Served from 1908 to 1911 in Reg. Army in Hawaiian and Philippine Islands; re-enlisted 1911 and served until 1915 in Reg. Army in U. S. ; re-enlisted 1916 and served on Mexican border until June, 1917; re-enlisted Feb., 1918, for Aviation Section, S. C., Wash., D. C. ; sent C. Hancock; assigned Casual Co. 1330; trfd Camp Green, Mar., 1918; sailed from Halifax in June; landed La Havre: sickness prevented active service, though under fire; returned U. S. Jan., 1919. Dis. Feb. 24 Camp Grant. Page One Hundred Twenty-Seven 1. EILEK, VKRXER Private Shelby ville, III. 95th Aero Sqdn., 1st Pursuit Group Horn April 20, 1891, Tower Hill; Real Estate and Ins.; son Thomas C. and Beulah L. Eiler, Shelbyville : enl. Shelbyville, Apr. 10, 1918; sent Bradley School. Peoria, and trfd. C. Hancock; assigned 95 Aero S(|dn. 1st Pur- suit Group; sailed Newport News, Tuly 31, 1918; landed Brest, Aug. 11, 1918; battles, St. Mihiel sector, Argonne, Verdun ; returned with 95th Aero Sqdn. Dis. at C. Grant, -March 27. 1919. KASII, JOSEPH Shelbyville, 111. Conscientious objector. EDWARDS, LUTE H. Windsor, 111. 2. ELAM, ROY Mulberry Grove, 111. Survfd in the U. S. Army during the war one year. 3. ELBEX, LINCOLN Sergeant. Herrick, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. lull. Aug., 1917, Shelbyville; service C. Logan; did not go to France on account of operation on foot. Dis. Jan., 1919, Camp Grant. ELI! EX, ULESS Sergeant Herrick, Illinois. 9th Co., Coast Art. C. Son Mrs. Austin Bland, Herrick; enl. Jeff Bks., Feb. 28, 1915; sailed July 14, 1918; landing Liverpool, July 26, 1918; service in France to Jan. 5, 1919; still in service at Ft. Winfield Scott, San Francisco. 4. ELBEX, ROSS E. Cook Shelbyville, 111. Battery I). 21 F. A.. 5 Div. Bridge carpenter; enl. Jeff Bks., St. Louis, Tan. 1, 1918; assigned Batt. D, 21 F. A., C. McArthur, Tex. ; sailed Montreal, May 24, 1918, on Burma; landed Liverpool, lune 8; battery in action from July 16 to Xov. 11 at St. Mihiel, Meuse- Argonne, St. Die Sector; son Wm. R. and Matilda Elben, Shelbyville. Dis. C. Grant, July 27, 1919. 5. ELLIOTT, HARRY E. Private Stewardson, 111. Bat. D, 308 Field Art. 78 Div. Born April 19, 1890, Coatsburg, III.; son S. R. and -Mice Elliott, Stewardson; enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed Bat. D, 308 Field Artillery, 78th Div.; trained at Camp Dix ; sailed Xew York, May 27th; transport Cedric ; landed at La Havre; trained at De Meucon ; at T'oul. St. Mihiel, Meuse- Argonne, Grand Pre. Dis. Camp Grant, May 27, 1919. 6. ELLIOTT, ORIX E. Private Stewardson, 111. Co. L, 10 Inf., 14 Div. Enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; trained 12 mos. C. Custer. Dis. May 21, 1919, C. Custer. 7. ELLIOTT, RALPH W. Cook Mode, 111. Co. B, 9 Div. Motor Tr. Co. Born July 13, 1889; farmer; son Tohn Elliott, deceased; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; to C. Taylor, 53 Co., 158 D. B. ; trf. to C. McClellan, Aug. 10, 1918; cook; trained 7'/i months. Dis. Feb. 13, 1919, C. Grant. 8. ELLIOTT, SAM Corporal Stewardson, 111. 13 U. S. Cavalry, Troop D Enl. Apr. 23, 1917, Mattoon, 111.; trained El Paso, Tex. Dis. Sept. 18, 1919, C. Clark, Tex. EI.LISOX, LE ROY E. Tower Hill. 111. Enl. April 17, 1918 ;_ sent Camp Grant; assigned 311 Field Signal Battalion. Coal miner before enlistment. 9. ELPERS, CHARLES Private Logansport, Intl. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Went C. Logan, Tex., Oct. 9, 1917, with Co. H; sailed May 15, 1918; trf. to 129 Inf. after reaching France; re- turned May 22. Dis. C. Grant, June, 1919. 10. EXCEL, CHARLES CYRUS Sergeant Stewardson, 111. Base Hosp. Detachment, C. Custer Born Aug. 24, 1892, Illinois; undertaker; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Base Hospital Detachment, Camp Custer, Mich. Dis. Xov. 26, 1919, C. Custer. One brother in service. Page One Hundred Tzt'Ciity-Eigltt 1. EXCEL, EDWIN W. Sergeant Stewardson, 111. Co. 11, 3 Bn., 159 D. I!. Lumber dealer ; son of F. T. Engel, Stewardson, 111. ; enl. .Jan. 10, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent Camp Taylor; assigned Co. 9, 3 Bn., 159 D. B. Dis. Camp Taylor Jan. 10, 1919. Married Virginia Voris, daughter late Geo. W. Yoris, Feb. 14, 1919. 2. ERNST, FRANK E. Flint, .Mich. Sergeant Co. C, 47th Inf., 4th Div. Born May 16, 1894, Shelbyville; son late Amelia Ernst; machinist; enl. Jan. 8, 1918, Flint, Mich.; assigned Co. C, 47th Inf. (Reg.), 4th Div. ; prom. 1st cl. private April 21, 1918, to Cpl. April 24, 1918, at Camp Greene, N. C., to Sgt., July 24, 1918, France; trained 4 mos., gas and bomber; sailed May 9, 1918; landed Brest, May 24, 1918; to trenches July 27, 1918; at Chateau Thierry front twice, over top four times ; wounded at Chateau Thierry Aug. 8, 1918, shrapnel in left wrist, over left eye and machine gun bullet right cheek; hospital, operation for wounds; became casual, never returned to old Co., trf. to prisoners of war escort Co. and was duty Sgt. in that until return with 409 casual Co. His. C. Sherman, Chillicothe, .O., Jan. 24, 1919 3. ETHRIDGE, TONY E. Private Cowden, 111. Co. K, 54th Inf., 6th Div. Born April 23, 1894, Christian Co. ; son N. J. and Emma Ethridge, Cowden; farmer; married Oct. 17, 1915, one son William Donald born Nov. 5, 1917; enl. May 10, 1918; assigned Co. K, 54th Inf., 6th Div., Camp Wadsworth, S. C. ; in training 5 mos.; sailed June 10th; finished training at Breau ; went to trenches in Sept.; at Vosges as rifleman. Dis. C. Grant June 21, 1919. 4. EVERSOLE, ORLIE LESTER Private Westervelt, 111. 564 Service Bn. Born May 3, 1893, Westervelt; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Moose Heart, 111.; in training 3 mos.; trf. C. Shelby, Miss., Nov. 15. Dis. C. Taylor Dec. 19, 1918. 5. EYERSOLE, ORVILLE Private Shelbyville, 111. A Co., 76th Engrs. Born July 11, 1896, Shelby Co.; son David and Hope Eversole, Westervelt; farmer; enl. Aug. 15, 1918, Evans- ton, 111.; army; assigned to Co. A, Tr. Detachment, North- western Univ.; trf. Nov. 3, 1918, Co. A, 76th Engrs., Ft. Meyer, Va. ; trf. Camp Leach, D. C., Nov. 22, 1918; pro- moted 1st class private, Camp Leach, D. C., Dec. 1, 1918; in training 4 mos. 20 days in general construction unit of 76th Engrs. Dis. C. Taylor, Jan. 6, 1919. 6. EVEY, CHAS. FREDERICK C. M. M. (a) Tower Hill, 111. U. S. Navy Born Nov. 31, 1888, Liverpool, Kans. ; son Mrs. Martha A. Evey, Tower Hill; married June 20, 1917, to Cecile M. Clegg, dau. Mrs. Mary E. Clegs ; enl. Dec. 15, 1917, St. Louis, Mo.; assigned 16th Reg., C. Decatur, Great Lakes ; promoted May 1, 1918, to M. M. 2 C., Tune 20, 1918, to M. M. 1st C., Aug. 1 to C. M. M. (a). 'Dis. Great Lake-3 Jan. 3, 1919. 7. EVEY, JOHN M. Major Rockford, 111. Div. Dental Surgeon, 33 Div. Born Dec. 28, 1875, Tower Hill, mar. Feb. 16, 1918, Alice J. Powell; dentist; was captain 6th 111. Inf. N. G. ; entered Federal service March 25, 1917, as Capt. Inf. and served in 6th 111. Inf. N. G. and 123rd F. A. until March 12, 1918; trf. to Dental Corps as 1st Lt. same date and assigned to 108 Sanitary Train; made Capt. Feb. 25, 1919; Major May 2, 1919; sailed N. Y. June 4, 1918; transport Adriatic; landed Liverpool, June 14, 1918; with British on Somme; in trenches from June 23, 1918, to Nov. 11, 1918, excepting 18 days; at Amiens defense, Somme offensive, Meuse Ar- gonne off. and Meuse Troyon off. ; given mention for meri- torious conduct under fire ; made Div. Dental Surgeon May 7, 1919; returned to U. S. with 33rd Div. 8. EVEY, WINFIELD Bugler Tower Hill, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div Born Aug. 6, 1900, Tower Hill; son Mrs. M. A. Evey, Tower Hill; student ; enl. June 2, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H., Bugler; in training at Houston, Texas, 11 months; sailed May 16, 1918; in training near Amiens; in trenches 5 mos. ; in hospital from Nov. 20 to Dec. 25 ; returned with Co. H. Dis. C. Grant May 31, 1919, with rank of Bugler. 9. EWICK, TAYLOR LLOYD Private Westervelt, 111. Co. D, 9 Amm. Tr. Born March 15, 1894, Brunswick, 111.; son Mrs. J. S. Ewick; farmer; enl. June 25, 1918, at Shelbyville; as- signed 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. to Co. D, 9 Amm. Tr., McClellan, Ala., Aug. 15, 1918; trf. to Taylor Feb. 15, 1919. Dis. Taylor Feb. 20, 1919. 10. FASTER, EDWIN H. 1st Lieut. Strasburg, 111. Q. M. R C. Born Dec. 2, 1892, Strasburg, 111.; son Henry~and Amalia Faster, Strasburg; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Ft. Thomas; trf. Co. M, 10 Inf., Ft. Benj. Harrison, then to Hq. Co. 10 Inf. and made Cpl. ; trf. Sept. 16 to C. Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla., to Q. M. Training Camp; commissioned 1st Lieut. Dec. 2, and placed in re- serve. Dis. Dec. 2, 1918, at C. Joseph E. Johnston, Fla. Now in general insurance business. Page One Hundred Twenty-Nine 1. FARRIS, THOS. J. Private Bethany, 111. Hq. Co. 308 F. A.. 78 Div. Horn Feb. 17, 1891, Todd's Point; son J. H. and Martha Farris, Bethany; farmer; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville: sent C. Dix, X. J.; assigned Hq. Co. 308 F. A.; sailed Hoboken, May 27, transport Cedric ; finished training in France; in Toul sector, St. Mihiel, Suippes to Moselle, Meuse-Argonne, Grand Pre. Dis. C. Grant May 27, 1919. 2. FARRIS, JOHN W. Private liethany, I'll. 327th F. A. and Mil. Police Born Dec. 27, 1889; enl. Oct. 2, 1917; assigned to 327 F. A., C'. Taylor; trf. West Point, Ky.. April. 1918; trf. hack to C. Taylor; assigned M. P. Dis. C. Taylor, May 28, 1919. 3. FEI.DMAX, FRED Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Feb. 23, 1899, Aurora, 111.; farmer; enl. May 7, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Co. H, 130 Inf., 3 Div.: trained one year; sailed Hoboken, May 16, 1918; landed Brest; in active duty in France 4 mos. ; battles Argonne, St. Mihiel, Verdun, Troyon sector, Somme, Amiens. Dis. C. Grant, May 31, 1919. -t. FINKS, ARTHUR JAMES 1st Class Private Rhineback, la. 125 Inf.. 32 Div. Born Jan. 14, 1894, Shelby Co.; son Silas Finks, Shelby- ville; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor: assigned 159 D. B.; trf. C. Beauregard, La., 154 Inf., 39 Div. ; sailed Newport News, Aug. 5, transport Italian; landed Brest; in trenches 23 days; battles Meuse and Argonne Forest. Dis. May 20, 1919, C. Grant. 5. FISHER, EARL Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div. Born Jan. 15, 1891, Shelbyville; son Wesley Fisher, Shel- byville; enl. June 4, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H; made Cpl. in Shelbyville, Sgt. Camp Logan ; trained for Platoon Leader; 10 mos. in training; sailed Hoboken May 16th; landed lircst; with Co. II until Oct. 20th; at Hamel, Al- bert, Meuse-Argonne, Verdun; in hospital Oct. 20th to Jan. 27th with influenza; leaving hospital, went to 85th Div., then to M. Police School but never on duty ; re- turned as casual. Dis. C. Grant June 28, 1919. 6. FISHEL, ROY E. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. E, F. A., 9 Div. Born Jan. 12, 1896, Shelby county; farmer; son Janiel and C'aroline Fishel, Shelbyville; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby- ville; sent C. Taylor; trf. C. McClellan ; cannoneer. Dis. C'. Grant, Feb. 14, 1919. 7. FLAHERTY, JOHN G. Wagoner Assumption, 111. Cyclone Div. Born Dccatur, March 1, 1896; moved Shelby Co. when 2 yrs. old; enl. June, 1918, Taylorville, as mechanic; sent Rahe's Army School, Kansas City; assigned instructor live motor room; trf. 38th Div., 113 Trench Mortar Bait, as wagoner ; trf. New York, sailed on Adriatic : attacked by submarine, sub. sunk, transport escaped ; landed Liverpool, crossed Channel to Cherbourg, France ; sent to the Marne and ordered to the front Nov. 15, but armistice was signed. Dis. C. Shelby, January, 1919. 8. FLAXDERS, RALPH EDWIX Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. G, 22nd Engrs. Born Sept. 18, 1895, Shelby Co.; son Dexter C. and Lydia M. Flanders; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918; assigned to Co. G, 22nd Engrs.; in training about 7 weeks in engineering at Taylor, Indianapolis, New York ; sailed from Montreal, Canada, Aug. 25; transport Port Lincoln; landed at Brest, Sept. 17th; worked just behind artillery, was under fire several times. Dis. C. Grant July 28, 1919. 9. FLEMING, BRUCE Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div. Born April 22, 1896, Shelbyville; son Wm. and Erne Fleming; cement finisher; enl. April 26, 1917, in Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; made 1st class private June, 1918, Hame- court, France; in training 10 mos. as runner; sailed from Hoboken; served with Co. II in Albert front; left Aug. 8th, general debility, gassed in casual clearing station Aug. 11, 1918; trf. to various hospitals in France and England; returned U. S. Xov. 9. Staten Island Debarka- tion Hospital No. 2; trf. Denver Gen. Hospital 21. Dis. there Sept. 6, 1919, 100% disability account of gas, lung trouble. 10. FLEMING, JAMES E. Mess Sergeant DuQuoin, 111. Co. I, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enl. Co. H, 130 Inf.; sent C. Logan, Oct. 9, 1917; 3 mos. afterward trf. Co. I, Mess Sgt.; sailed May 15. 1918; trf. in France to 130th Inf. Band. Dis. C. Grant June 19, 1919. Page One Hundred Thirty 1. FLEMING, ROSS WILSON Sergeant Ashgrove Twp., Shelby C'o. Btry. B, 7 Reft. F.A.R.l). Born Jan. 18, 1887, Lerna, 111.: son A. L. and Catherine Fit-Tiling, Xeoga, 111.; electrician; enl. June 27, 1918, Shel- byville, 111. ; army ; assigned to Btry. B, 7th Reg. F. A., (.'amp Taylor, Ky. ; promoted to Corporal Aug. 1st, to Sergeant Sept. 1, at Camp Taylor; in training 5 months and 23 days. Dis. Pec. 20, 1918, at C. Taylor. 2. FLEXXIKEX, R. H. 2nd Lieut. Cowden, 111. Hq. Intermediate Section S. O. S. Enl. Chicago, Jan. 2, 1916, in Signal Corps; March 28. 1919, went to Mexican border, served 18 mos. with Co. I, S. C. and Co. E, 2nd Bn. S. C. ; trf. July 1, 1917, Co. A. 7 F. Bn. S. C. ; promoted Cpl., then to Sgt., then to 1st Cl. Sgt.; sent C. Samuel F. B. Morse and placed in 4th S. O. T. C. ; reed, commission as 2d Lieut, in Signal Corps Apr. 20, 1918; sailed C. Upton, X. Y., July 15, 1918; served in France until fall of 1919; returned to L". S. and dis. Sept. 29, 1919. 3. FLOWERS, DELBERT L. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div. Horn March 29, 1896, Shelbyville; son Otto Flowers; baker before enlistment, at present chauffeur; enl. May 16, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div.; went to Camp Logan Oct. 9, 1917; sailed Hobokeii May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed Brest May 24, 1918: finished training at Darganies; trenches from Aug. 5, 1918, until after Nov. 11, 1918; at Argonne, Meuse, Toul, Amiens, St. Mihiel ; gassed at Albert; in hospital, gas and pneumonia, 4 months, 5 days ; particular work, sniper. Dis. C. Grant June 30, 1919. 4. FLOWERS, ELMER D. Private 1st Class Shelbyville, 111. Co. G, 18 Inf., 1st Div. Enl. Mattoon, Apr. 3, 1917; miner; son Otto E. Flowers; sailed Iloboken June 14, 1917, on Mallory; trained De Souge: went to trenches Oct. 29, 1917; was there 14 months; at Picardy front, Cantigny, Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau Thierry, Soissons (4 days open warfare with shock troops) as automatic rifleman; wounded July 21, 1918, 4 machine gun bullets in left knee, bayonet wound left hip: 15 operations in 3 hospitals in France; evacuated to U. S. Ev. Hosp., Staten Is. ; later Ft. Harrison ; then to Ft. Sheridan. Brother Delbert in C'o. H. The 18th Inf. only combat outfit given shoulder cord (Fouraguerre) by French Legion of Honor; fought at Cantigny 5 days without food, cut off by a box barrage ; 4 of original Co. left ; still in hospital. 5. FOELSIXG, ALBIN AUGUST Private Strasburg, 111. 9th A mm. Tr., Camp McCIellan Horn May 1, 1896, Strasburg, III.; son of Charles Foelsing, Strasburg: farmer; enl. June 27, Shelbyville; army; as- signed to 9th Amm. Train, Camp McCIellan, Ala., serving 7 y> months. FOROUER. AI.VA Beechcr City, 111. Private Co. B, 308 F. A., 78 Div. 7. FORTNER, FRANK C. Private Beecher City, 111. Co. F, 316 Amm. Tr.. 91 Div. Enl. Apr. 27, 1918, Fort Benton, Mont.; vocation gas tractor engineer; with 91 Div. in France. Dis. Tan. 27, 1919, C. Grant, 111. -8. FOUGHT, ELLSWORTH Sergeant Shelbyville, HI. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born July 30, 1896, Shelbyville; cigar maker; son R. F. Fought; enl. Apr. 27, 1914, Co. H, I. N. G. ; re-enlisted May 3, 1917, Shelbyville, Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; pro- moted Cpl., then Sgt.; sent C. Logan; sailed Hoboken, May 16, 1918; landed Brest; served all way through with Co. H. Dis. C. Grant, May 30, 1919. Was on border with Co. H, in 1916-17. Bn. Sergeant Major Camp Hq. Detachment 9. FOUGHT, JASON L. Shelbyville, "ill. Born Sept. 14, 1895, Kay Co., Okla. ; stenographer, De- troit, Mich.; son J. H. Fought, Shelbyville; enl. Aug. 30, 1918, Shelbyville: sent C. Dodge, la. Dis. June 9, 1919, C. Dodge, la. Service was in headquarters as Bn. Sgt. Major. 10. FOUGHT, JOHN PALMER Private Shelbyville, 111. 138 M. G. Bn., 26th Div. Born Shelbyville, June 10, 1890; son John Fought, Shelby- ville; enl. Shelbyville May 24, 1918; sent C. Shelby; went overseas Oct. 2; fought with 138 M. G. Bn., 26th Div. as private; under fire 10 days. Dis. C. Grant April 26, 1919; re-enlisted for foreign service in marines June 13, 1919; discharged a month later, because he could not be sent across; re-enlisted for second time in Motor Trans. Corps for 1 yr. I'ugc One Hundred Thirty-One I. FOUGHT, JOSEPH WILLIAM Private' Shelbyville, 111. Co. C, 2 Dev. Bn. Born Apr. 24, 1896, Shelby Co.; farmer; enl. May 23, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Jefferson ISks. ; trf. Ft. Mclntosh, Tex. ; trfd. Ft. McArthur, Co. C, 2 Dev. Bn. His. Ft. Mc- Arthur, Nov. 12, 1918. FOl'ST, ARTHUR E. Private Clarksburg, 111. 308 Field Artillery Knl. Shelbyville April 30, 1918; sent to Camp Dix; as- signed to 308 F. A. ; served overseas. 2. FOUSTE, GEORGE A. Served in 6th Inf. overseas. Strasburg, 111. 3. FOWLER, HOMER G., Private Cowden, 111. Batt. I), 308 F. A., 78 Div. Morn Jan. 22, 1896, Cowden ; farmer ; son Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fowler, Holliday ; enl. Apr, 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Dix, X. J.; sailed May 27, transport Cedric; fin- ished training C. De Meucon, France ; 2^ mos. in trenches ; in Toul sector, St. Mihiel offensive. Moselle, Meuse-Argonne, Grand Pre offensive. Dis. C. Grant, May 27, 1919. FOWLER, RALPH Cowden, 111. 4. FOX, EDWARD F. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. 18, 159 Depot Brigade Born July 20, 1894, Shelbyville; farmer; son Tohn and Kate Fox, Shelbyville; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 159 D. B.; in training 27 days. Dis. C. Taylor, disability. 5. FRAILEY, EMERT Wagoner Findlay, 111. Co. C, 105 Amm. Tr., 30 Div. Born May 2, 1896, Findlay; farmer; son W. A. Frailey : enl. Feb. 22, 1918; sent C. Taylor; assigned later 30 Div., Camp Sevier; sailed Montreal, Canada, May 26, 1918, on transport Port Lucian ; sank submarine on way; under tire St. Mihiel, Meuse Argonne, offensive of Woevre, de- fensive of Toul sector, Woevre Sec. defensive, outfit reed. 4 citations. Dis. C. Taylor, May 15, 1919. Truck driver with 30th and 33d Divisions. 6. FRAILEY, HARRY Private Herrick, 111. Co. G, 22 Engineers Born 1889; son Frank and Sallie Frailey, Herrick; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; trf. Ft. Benj. Harrison July 28; assigned Co. C, 22 Eng. ; sailed for France Aug. 22, 1918, from Xew York on transport Lincoln: landed Liverpool; service in France engineering work; arrived at Camp Merritt July 7. Dis. C. Grant July 16, 1919. 7. FRAILEY, LOGAN Private Herrick, 111. Co. G, 22 Eng. Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; trf. Ft. Benj.' Harrison; sailed for France Aug. 22, 1918. Dis. June 1919, C. Grant. 8. FRAXCISCO, CECIL B. Sergeant Findlay, 111. Co. 12. Non. Com. School Born Dec. 30, 1894, Findlay ; son Samuel and Eva Fran- cisco, Findlay; teacher; enl. Shelbyville, Aug. 30, 1918; sent C. Custer ; assigned Co. 12, Xon. Com. O. T. S. ; trf. C. Grant, Sept. 24. Dis. C. Grant Jan. 29, 1919. FRAXIER, CLAREXCE LEROY Oconee. 111. Enl. June 28, 1918, at Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor; in service in France. 9. FRAZIER, JOSEPH DOXALD Sgt. 1st Cl. Shelbyville, 111. Q. M. Dept., S. O. S. Born Aug. 3, 1887, Windsor; tailor; son Dow and An- tonia Frazier, Shelbyville; enl. Dec. 13, 1917. Jefferson Bks. ; assigned Q. M. Dept. ; made Sgt. ; sailed Hoboken Jan. 14, 1918; transport Cedric: landed Liverpool; placed in charge at Tours of factories as foreman ; then to Paris, there engaged in salvage work ; while in Paris met Lu- cienne van De Mutter, whom he married, June 12, 1919. Dis. Hoboken, July 17, 1919. 10. FRAZIER, REXXIE L. Private Shelhyville, 111. Batt. D, 21 F. A., 5th Div. Born Dec. 6, 1889, Windsor; son Dow and Jane Frazier; printer; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville. 111.; assigned Batt. D, 327th F. A., 84th Div., Camp Taylor; trf. Bat. D, 21 F. A., 5th Div., Leon Springs, Feb. 6, 1918; trf. Mac- Arthur March 1, 1918, same outfit; trained as machine gunner 8 mos.; sailed Montreal May 24, 1918; transport Burma, Glasgow; landed Liverpool June 8, 1918; in trenehes July 16th until Nov. llth; at St. Mihiel, Argonne- Meuse, St. Die sector; .made Mil. Police Feb. 28, 1919, at Luxemburg; returned with 5th Div. Dis. C. Grant July 27, 1919. Page One Hundred Thirty-Two 1. FRAZFR, BERXARD J. Sgt. Major Shelbyville, III. Hq. Co. 327 F. A.. 84 Div. Born Xov. 22, 1895, Windsor; school teacher'; son Lee W. and Viola F. Frazer, Shelbyville; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Springfield; sent C. Taylor, Ky. ; assigned liatt. C, 327 F. A.; promoted Cpl., later to Sgt. Major; training 12 mos. : sailed Iloboken Sept. 8; landed Liverpool; finished training C'. De Souge, France. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19, 1919. Signing of armistice prevented this outfit going into action. 2. FREDE, GLEXX Seaman 1st Class Stewardson, 111. U. S. Xavy Born Dec. 2. 1897, Stewardson; student U. of I.; son Wm. and Minnie Frcde, Stewardson; enl. Apr. 27, 1917, Xew York City ; navy ; assigned U. S. S. Alloha ; released from active service Pelham Bay, Oct. 1, 1917, and sent to Univ. of 111. for training; sister was R. C. nurse. 3. FRIKSXKR. JOHX HARVEY Private Strasburg, 111. Co. A, 141 M. G. Jin., 39 Div. Born Jan. 29, 1887, Yantisville ; farmer; son Henry Fries- ner, Strasburg; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyyille; sent C. Taylor ; trf. C. Beauregard, La. ; trf. C. Steward, Va. ; sailed Xewport Xews Aug. 6, 1918; landed Brest, France; in France promoted M. G. Anti-Air Craft Service. Dis. C. Taylor, Jan. 18, 1919. 4. FREYBARGER, FLOYD Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33 Div. Enl. and sent Camp Logan Oct. 9, 1917; went overseas and served through with Co. H ; wounded by shrapnel in back of head in Argonne ; returned with Co. H. Dis. latter part of May, 1919, C. Grant. 5. FRITZ. DAX Corporal Altamont, III. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Member Co H, 130 Inf.; sent C. Logan, Oct. 9, 1917; sailed May 15, 1918; served through with Co. H; had charge 01 runners at 2d Bn. H<|rs. Dis. C. Grant June, 1919. 1st Class Private Batt. A, 16 F. A., 4 Div. 6. FRIZZELL, FRAXK Windsor, 111. Born Aug. 9. 1895, Shelby Co.; son Wm. II. and Almeda Frizzell, Windsor; enl. May 1, 1917, Mattoon ; sent Jef- ferson liks. : assigned C. A. C. Co. 9, trf. C. Robinson ; trf. Plattsburg; sailed Hoboken, May 10, 1918; attacked by submarines, but escaped: landed Brest, finished train- ing C. De Souge ; in trenches 15 days; Yesle sector; wounded Aug. 11, high explosive; two ribs removed; re- turned as casual. Dis. C. Grant Apr. 2, 1919. 7. FKYK. EDGAR M. 1st Class Sgt. Cowden, 111. Hq. Motor Command 43, Q. M. C. Born Sept. 27, 1898, Cowden; teacher; son Charles and Anna Frye : enl. May 27, 1918, Springfield; sent Jeffer- son liks.. assigned O. M. C. ; trf. C. Meigs; trf. Xewport News, \"a. ; assigned pay roll elk. Motor Command 43. Dis. Xewport Xews, July 8, 1919. 8. Fl'RR, GEO. FRANKLIX Private Shelbyville, 111. Composite Regt., Pershing's Own Born Sept. 19, 1894, Rose Twp. ; son Wm. and Christina Furr. Shelbyville; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; army; assigned to Bat. D, 327th F. A., Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. to Camp Pike Xov. 16, 1917; trf. April 14, 1918, to Camp Greene and assigned to Co. I, 58th Inf., 4th Div.; promoted to 1st class private June 5, 1918. in France; in training for rifleman 8 mos. ; sailed from Iloboken May 7, 1918; transport City of Brisbane; landed at Folkstone. England. May 24; landed in France May 25, 1918; went to trenches July 17, 1918; at Somme offensive, Aisne- Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse- Argonne, 4 major operations and several minor operations; trf. May 10 to Composite Regt. Pershing's Own, paraded in Paris July 4 and 14, London July 19, Xew York Sept. 11, Washington Sept. 17, 1919; in hospital 23 days with rheumatism; in Army of Occupation from Jan. 10 to May 10, stationed at Meden and Coblenz, Germany. Dis. C. Grant Sept. 27, 1919. Died at Shelbyville Dec. 30, 1919. 9. GADDIS, GEORGE H. 1st Class Private Windsor, 111. Base Hospital Born Oct. 16, 1892, Shelby Co.; son M. W. Caddis; farmer: enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 5, 1918; sent Camp Custer ; sailed Long Island Xov. 10, 1918; landed Xov. 17; re- turned U. S. with Casual Co. 199. Dis. C. Grant, May 26, 1919. 10. GARRETT, HUBERT C. Cook Cowden, 111. 869 Transportation Co., Q- M. Horn Jan. 2, 1895, Cowden; son Alonzo Garrett ; shipping clerk: enl. Dec. 12, 1917, Indianapolis; quartermaster; in training 5 mos., Jacksonville, Fla. ; sailed Xewport Xews May 31, 1918, transport Monticello; landed La Pallicc June 21: did clerical work; in hospital 20 days. Dis. C. Grant July 26, 1919. Page One Hundred Thirty Three 1. GARRETT, NORVELL Corporal -Mattoon, III. 28th Infantry, 1st l)iv. Son Peter Garrett, Windsor; enl. Shelbyville, Feb 23 1918; sent C. Taylor, 18th Co., 159 Depot Brigade; trf. to 335 Inf., 84 Div. ; made Cpl. ; sailed Sept. 3, landing Sept. 17; trf. to 28th Inf., 1st Div., as Cpl., and went to front in Oct.; in reserve 13 days; went over top Xov. 7th; wounded by machine gun bullet few hours later- landed in U. S. March 3. Dis. March 24. Brother killed at Cantigny. 2. GARRETT, OTTO Private Findlay, 111. Sup. Co., 323, Q. M. C. Horn Oct. 2, 1894; son Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garrett, l.ovington; married Jan. 2, 1918, Mary E. Harbert, dau. C. A. Harbert; one son Otto Garrett; enl. Shelbyville; trained 2 mos. at Kansas City in Motor Transport Corps ; sailed Hoboken Sept. 26, 1918; landed Liverpool Oct. 8, 1918; assigned to Q. M. C. with Supply Co. No. 323. Dis. C'. Grant, summer, 1919. 3. GATCHELL, CARL H. Sergeant Stewardson, 111. Medical Corps Horn Jan. 17, 1890, Clinton, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gatchell; mar. Jan. 6, 1999, Edith Bailey, dau. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bailey; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; army ; assigned Med. Dept., 159 Depot Br., C. Taylor; made Sgt. at C'. Taylor; in training 6 mos.; sailed from Ho- boken Aug. 27, 1918; landed at Brest Sept. 9; in action from Sept. 19, until armistice was signed; at Meuse Ar- gonne ; gassed and shrapnel wound Oct. 30, in hospital ; assigned to 146 French Field Artillery; assigned to the Faculty Medicine and Pharmacy Uni. of Toulouse. Tou- louse, France., grad. June, 1919; school strictly French, not attached to the U. S. Army. Dis. July 30, 1919, at C. Grant because of disability, gas. 4. GAYLOR, EVERETT R. Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. 2 Reg. Air Service Horn Frankfort, Ind.; son Mrs. S. A. Dowell, Shelbyville; enl. Dec. 15, 1917, Mattoon; sent Jefferson Bks. ; trf. Camp Hancock, Ga. ; sailed Iloboken Apr. 8, 1918; transport Covington ; landed Brest ; returned U. S. 2 Reg. Air Ser- vice. Dis. C. Grant July 2, 1919. One step-brother, Hennie Dowell, in overseas service. 5. GEARHART, ROY E. Corpora! Tower Hill, III. Co. I, 354 Inf., 89 Div. Horn Xov. 3, 1894. Mattoon, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Gearhart; married Xov. 3, 1917, Zula Fowler, dau. Mr. and .Mrs. Chas. Fowler; stenographer; enl. Apr. 29, 1918, St. Louis, Mp. : army ; assigned to Co. I, 354 Inf.. 89 Div.; made Cpl. March 24, 1919, Germany; sailed Mon- treal, Canada, June 4, 1918; landed in Eng. June 22, 1918; at Lucy sector, St. Mihiel off., Euviqin sector, Meuse Ar- gonne off. Dis. C. Funston June 3, 1919. 6. GERMAIX, EVERETT E. 2d Lieut. DuBois, Neb. Co. H, 130th Inf. Enl. Co. H, 130th Inf.; sent Camp Logan Oct. 9, 1917; sailed May 15, 1918; trf. Tuly 25, to O. T. C. ; commis- sioned 2nd Lt. Sept. 15, 1918; assigned 59th Inf., 4th Div. Sept. 25, 1918. Dis. Oct. 15. 1919. 7. GIER, EARL T. Cook Shelbyville, 111. 10 Inf., 14Div. Enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 10 Inf., 14 Div. ; in service at Ft. Harrison and Camp Custer as cook. Dis. Jan. 28, 1919, C. Custer. 8. GILES, SCOTT E. Sergeant Holland, 111. Hq. Co. 119 Inf., 30 Div. Born Xov. 26, 1894; son Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Giles, Beecher City: farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; army; assigned to Hq. C'o. 119 Inf., 30 Div., Camp Tay- lor; trf. to C. Sevier, S. C. ; sailed from Hoboken May 11, landed at Liverpool May 27 ; in trenches 3 mos. ; at Ypres, St. O.uentin, Voormezeele, major operation of Somme, Hel- licourt, Prement, Vusigny, Escafut, St. Benin, St. Souulet. Dis. C. Grant April 14, 1919. 9. GILL, HARLEY Private Strasburg, 111. Co. K, 119 Inf.. 30 Div. Horn Feb. 10, 1894; son G. W. Gill; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville: assigned 159 Depot Brigade, C. Taylor; trf. to Co. K, 119 Inf., 30 Div.; trf. C. Sevier March 24. to Merritt May 6; in training 2 mos.; sailed from Boston May 21, landed at Liverpool; in trenches 3 weeks; at Ypres, St. Ouentin; in hospital, shell shocked. Dis. C. Grant April 14, 1919. 10. GILL, HORACE J. Corporal Trowbridge, III. Battery F, 148 Field A. Enl. May 3, 1917, Cheyenne, Wyo. ; assigned to Battery F. 148th F. A.; in training at Ft. Russell, C. Greene, Mills, Merritt; went to France Jan. 22, 1918; live mos. under tire; at Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne off., St. Mihiel off., Argonne Meuse off.; returned to U. S. June 25, 1919. Dis. C. Grant July 7, 1919. Page One Hundred Thirty-Four 1. GILLELAND, ART 3d Lieut. Shelby ville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 IHv. Born Aug. 13, 1895, Mt. Vcrnon ; son Gco. Gillelancl ; mechanic; enl. May 1, 1917, Shelbyville, Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. ; promoted Cpl., Shelbyville, to Sgt., C. Logan, to 2nd Lieut, in France ; in Officers Tr. School at Longres, France; sailed Hoboken May 16, 1918; transport Agamem- non; landed Brest May 24; in trenches with Co. II ; at Somme def., St. Mihiel, Meuse Argonne off. ; in hospital ; returned with 3rd Army Composite Regt. as 2nd Lieut. 2 GILLELAN'D, RALPH Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. II, 130th Inf. Son Mrs. Klla Gilleland, Shelbyville; enl. 1916 and served on border with Co. H; re-enlisted 1917; went Camp Logan with Co. II; went overseas May 15, 1918; served through with Co. H; returned with Co. H. Dis. May 30, 1919, C. Grant. 3. GTLLESPEY, IRA E. Sergeant Stewardson, 111. Hdq. Co., 28 Inf., 1 Div. Son Mrs. Charity Gillespey, Stewardson ; enl. July, 1908, served 3 years, re-enlisted for 3 years; out 1 year and re- enlisted, serving nearly 3 years on Mexican border ; served in Alaska at Ft. Seward about 2 years, guarding gold mines; went to France in June, 1917: in trenches 6 mos. ; at Cantigny, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel; wounded July 18, 1918, shrapnel; returned to outfit in Oct.; with outfit in Germany ; enlistment out in May, making 10 years of service. 4. GILLESPEY, ORVILLE Private Stewardson, 111. Co. G, 22 Engrs., 3 Bn. Son John T. Gillespey, Stewardson; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville: assigned C. Taylor; trf. Ft. Harrison; from there C. Upton ; landed England; went to France Feb., 1919; served with Co. G, 22 Engrs. GILLISPKY, EDDIE Private Stewardson, 111. Hat. I!. 75 C. A. I'. Enl. Dec. 11, 1917, Terre Haute, Ind. ; assigned to Hat. I!, 75th C. A. C., Ft. Moultrie, S. C. : went to France Oct. 5. 1918. Discharged at C. Taylor, Ky., March 29, 1919. 5. GILMORE, CHARLES J. Private Moweaqua, 111. Bat. A, 78 F. A.. 6 Div. Horn Nov. 22, 1898, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Gilmore, Corydon, Ind.; farmer; enl. May 17, 1918, Decatur ; sent Jeff^ Bks. ; assigned Bat. A, 78 F. A., 6 Div. ; trf. C. Don- aphon, trf. to Mills; sailed Hoboken July 14. 1918; landed Liverpool Inly 27; finished training Valdahon ; driver in artillery. Dis. C. Grant July 11, 1919. One brother, Wm. Gilmore, in service. 6. GINGER. ELZA FRANKLIN Cowden, 111. Private 38th Division Regt. Supply Sgt. 3 Inf., 33 Division Enl. May 27, 1918,^ Shelbyville; assigned to C. Shelby; went to France in Sept. Dis. C. Taylor, Jan. 11, 1919. 7. GODDARD, DON Corporal Windsor, 111. Coast Artillery Corps Horn July 22, 1898, Windsor, 111.: son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Goddard, Windsor; enl. May 1, 1917, Mattoon, 111.; Coast Artillery Corps : promoted to Cpl. ; in training 20 mos. at Ft. Dade, Fla., and Newport News, Eustis Br., Va. ; ready to sail when stricken with influenza and his company sailed without him. Dis. Dec. 27, 1918, C. Grant; killed "by Big Four train in Shelbyville, May 6. 1919. 8. GODDARD, HOMER A. Windsor, 111. 130 Enl. Shelbyville, July 1, 1917; attended horsemanship school C. Logan, Tex.; British sector, July 20 to Sept. 16, 1918; American sector E. bank of Meuse, Consenvoye, Camplor, Savek ; Army of Occupation. Luxembourg, Dec. 6, 1918, to March 3, 1919; Univ. of Bordeaux March 5, 1919, to July 1, 1919. Dis. C. Grant July 30, 1919. 9. GOFF, ROY T. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. M, 5 Inf., Prov. Inf. Brig. Born Sept. 17, 1898; son Geo. E. Goff, Shelbyville; enl. March. 1918; sent to Jeff. Bks.; trf Camp Travis, Tex., March 15, 1918; remained there until armistice; discharged San Antonio, Tex., summer of 1919; re-enlisted and saile 1 Oct. 15, 1919; landed Brest Oct. 29; sent Germany second Army of Occupation. 10. GLEASON, LAURENCE LESTER Sgt. Major Windsor, III. Medical Corps Born Nov. 22. 1895, Windsor; son Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Gleason ; stenographer; enl. Jan. 7, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed Medical Corps, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. ; made Cpl. March. Sgt. in May, 1st Cl. Sgt. July 21, Sgt. Major Sept. 1, 1918; stenographer. Dis. Ft. Oglethorpe Tan. 25, 1919. l\igc Otic Hundred Thirty-Five 1. GOOD, JOHN' L. 1st Lieut., A. S. C. Shelby ville, 111. 48J Aero Squadron Knl. July 31, 1917, Jefferson Bks., Mo.; assigned to 483 Aero Squadron, Kelly Field, Texas; went to France March 4. 1918. Dis. C. Grant July 19, 1919, rank of 1st Lieut. * 'ne brother died in service in States. 2. GOODRICK, LAWRENCE Seaman Shelbyville, III. U. S. Navy Knl. May, 1917, Peoria; navy; trained at Great Lakes; one year in transportation service on U. S. S. Seattle ; made 8 trips across from N. Y. to Brest. Dis. Great Lakes, Aug. 20th. 3. GOODWIX, EARL Cook Moweaqua, III. Field Artillery Horn 1896, Moweaqua; son Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Good- win; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Hq. Co. 84 F. A., Camp Taylor; trf. Oct. 19, 191X, to Sheridan; in training 6 mos. ; in hospital, influenza. Dis. Dec. 10, 1918, C. Taylor. 4. GORDOX, CHARLES H. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. C, 22d Engineers Son Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gordon, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C. Taylor; trf. month later Co. G, 22 Engrs., Ft. Harrison; sailed from Mon- treal, Can., August; landed at Liverpool Sept. 15; under shell fire several days at Verdun doing Kngr. work ; re- turned with outfit. Dis. C. Grant July 15, 1919. 5. GORDOX, LAWREXCE B. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. G, 22d Engineers Son Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gordon, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; army; sent Camp Taylor, trf. month later Co. G, 22nd Engrs., Ft. lienj. Harrison ; sailed from Montreal, Can., in Aug. ; landed Liverpool Sept. 15; under shell fire several days at Verdun doing Kngr. work; in hospital in France with influenza; re- turned with Casual Co. Dis. Ft. Sheridan July, 1919, account lung trouble. 6. GORDOX, GEORGE WAYXE Sgt., M. C. Windsor, 111. Base Hosp., Ft. Sam Houston Horn June 2, 1892, Windsor; son Geo. A. Gordon, Wind- sor; married Jan. 1, 1919, Viola Robinson, dau. Ransom A. Robinson; enl. May 30, 1917, Detroit, Mich.; assigned Base Hospital, Ft. Sam Houston; made Cpl. March 1, 1918, Sgt. Sept. 16th; served entire enlistment at Houston except 2 mos. at Gen. Hospital, Corpus Christi, Texas, to regain health. Dis. Feb. 24, 1919. 7. GORDOX, ROCHE Private Windsor, 111. 59th Artillery Horn Jan. 18, 1894, Strasburg; son Mrs. Ludie Gordon. Windsor; married Apr. 16, 1919, Floss Moberley, dau. II. F. Moberley, Windsor; enl. Jan. 4, 1918, Shelbyville; Medical Dept. ; assigned to 59th Artillery; in training 3 mos., Ft. Oglethorpe, Ft. Hamilton : sailed from Hoboken March 28, 1918; landed Brest Apr. 4, 1918; at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne. Dis. C. Taylor Feb. 10, 1919. 8. GRABXER, WM. Private Pana, 111. Railway Engineers Born Sept. 3-9, 1889, Dayton, O. ; son Mrs. Anna Vander- pool, Pana; coal miner; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 53 Co., 159 Depot Brigade; in training at Tay- lor 3 weeks; trf. to Ry, Engrs., Ft. Benj. Harrison, there 5 mos. Dis. Dec. 15. 1918. 9. GRAHAM, ERXEST E. Private Tower Hill, 111. Bat. E, 139 F. A., 38 Div. Born Dec 26, 1895, Lincoln; son Samuel Graham; farmer: enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Bat. E, 139 F. A., 38 Div., C. Shelby; in training 2 mos. 10 days; sailed Hoboken Aug. 6, 1918; transport Cedric ; landed Liverpool Aug. 17, 1918; truck driver; in hospital. Dis. Jan. 16, 1919, Ft. Harrison. 10. GRAHAM, EDWIX F. Private Stewardson, 111. Batt. A, 78 F. A.. 6 Div. Horn May 30, 1899, Stewardson; son Wm. B. Graham; student; enl. April 22, 1917, Mattoon ; assigned Troop B, 13th Cavalry, Ft. Riley ; trf. 20th Cav., June, 1917. to Batt. A, 78 F. A., 6th Div., Camp Logan, Xov., 1917; in training 15 mos. in U. S. ; sailed X. Y., July 14, 1918; landed Liverpool July 26, 1918; in training at C. Valdahon. Lis. C. Grant July 10, 1919. GRAHAM, ROY Moweaqua, 111. GRIFFIN, ERNEST RAY Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. E, 22d Inf. Adopted son Oscar Johnson, Tower Hill ; served in United States in Co. K. 22d Infantry. Page One Hundred Thirty-Si* 1. GREEN, DR. JOHN W. 1st Lieut. Tower Hill, 111. Dental Corps Born Aug. 19, 1892, Arcola, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. J. 1'. Green: married April 18, 1918, Ruth Poor. dau. Mrs. Lucy Foor; dental student; enl. Nov. 29, 1917, Chicago, III.; assigned to Dental Co. No. 1, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. ; promoted 1st Lieut. Oct., 1918; in training 5 mos. for dental surgeon. Dis. Dec. 16, 1918, C. Greenleaf, Ga. GARMAX. RAY GASKILL, LIEUT. I'.cthany, 111. Windsor, 111. GETZ, 10IIX Tower Hill, 111. Q. M. C. Enl. Shelhyville, Sept. 5, 1918; sent to C. C'ustcr: assigned to 45 Co.. ItO Depot Brigade: trf. to O. M. at Camp los. E. Johnston, Fla. Dis. early in 1919. 2. GREEN, MELVIX G. Private Moweaqua, 111. Bat. I), 123 F. A., 33 Div. Son Hugh A. Green, Moweaqua; enl. Tuly 17, 1916, Mon- mouth. 111.. Co. II, 6th 111. N. C,., Rock Island; trf. Aug. 13, 1917. to Springfield, to 123 F. A., 33 Div.; C. Logan Sept.. 1917, to Merrit, May 14, 1918; in training 14 mos.; sailed Hoboken May 27, '1918; landed Liverpool June 8, 1918; went to trenches Aug. 27, 1918; relieved few days before armistice was signed ; at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Army of Occupation; personal citation by general twice; outlit cited three times; in hospital, tonsilitis. Dis. C. Grant, June 7, 1919. 3. GREGORY, CHARLES SUMNER 1st Lieut. Fimllay, 111. Medical Corps Born Dec. 9, 1874, Farmington ; son Dr. and Mrs. John Gregor> : physician; enl. Aug. 8, 1918, Springfield, 111.: Medical Corps, U. S. Army; M. (>. T. C., Camp Green- leaf; commissioned Sept. 17, 1918, 1st Lieut. M. C. ; trf. to C. Taylor, Oct. 15, 1918. Dis. C. Taylor Dec. 17. 1918. 4. GREGORY, WALTER Major Moweaqua, 111. 91st Division Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gregory, Moweaqua; attorney ; enl. from Salt Lake City, 1917, 91st Div., formerly Capt. of X. G. Dis. in April, 1919; two brothers in service, Howard Blaine and Wallace. 5. GREGORY, WALLACE Fireman Moweaqua. 111. U. S. Navy Born Sept. 29, 1894, Moweaqua; son Frank Gregory; farmer: enl. June 1, 1917, Peoria ; navy; assigned Gt. Lakes: sailed from Ilohoken March 13, 1918, French liner La Tourraine. landed Bordeaux March 24; at Moutchie (naval aviation) 10 mos., to Paulliac ; came back on trans- port Pocahontas : landed Hampton Rds. ; made 3 trips to Franci- : went to Great Lakes and was transferred. Dis. July 15. 1919. 6. GREGORY, HOWARD BLAIXE 1st Lieut. Moweaqua. 111. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gregory, Moweaqua ; in ser- vice in France; school teacher; 1st Lt., 33 Div., 130 Inf.; en!, with Co. C' at Sullivan; made Lt. in France. l)is. June 1. 1919, C. Grant; later re-enlisted and was made Capt. in Chicago; 2 brothers in service, Mai. Walter and Wallace. 7. GRIFFIN, LESTER Sergeant Windsor, 111. Enl. May 4, 1917, at Jeff. Bks., Mo.; was made Cpl., May 8. 1918; Sgt., Dec. 13, 1918; A. E. F. at Lunneville, 3 days. Uellecourt 3 days, St. Mihiel 4 days, Recicourt 4 days, Argonne Sept., 1918; with A. E. F., Aug. 18, 1917, to Jan. 3, 1919. Dis. C. Grant, Jan. 25, 1919. 8. GRIFFIN, BARNEY 1EFFERSON Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Born I!ec. 4, 1899, Shelbyville ; son Jas. Griffin; enl. Apr. 5, 1917. Shelhyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; went C. Logan Oct. 9. 1917, to Upton May 4, 1918; in training 13 mos.: sailed Hobokeii May 16, 1918; Agamemnon; landed Brest May 24: went trenches July 17, 1918; there until Nov. llth; at Argonne, St. Mihiel, Somme, Troyon sector, Meuse-Argonne. Dis. C. Grant May 31, 1919. 9. GRIFFIN. CLARENCE ISAAC Private Ileecher City, III. 45th Co., 160 Depot Brigade Born 1S91. Shelby Co.: son Hampton Griffin; farmer; enl. Sept. 5. 1918. Shelbyville: assigned 45th Co., 160 Depot Brigade, C. Custer; trf. C. Johnston, Fla.. Nov. 1, 1918; sent Grant and dis. Dec. 22, 1918; in training 3J/2 mos. as cook: in hospital, influenza, 2 weeks. 10. GRIFFITH, FOREST Private Shelbyville. 111. 326 Inf., M. G. Co.. 82 Div. Born 1893, Shelbyville; son Abe Griffith; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 139 M. G. Bn.. 38 Div., Camp Shelby; in training 5 mos.; sailed Ilohoken Oct. 6: trans- port Corona: landed Liverpool Oct. 19; trf. 326 Inf., M. G. Co.. 82 Div. as replacement. Dis. C. Grant June 7, 1919. His division moving to front when armistice signed. Page One Hundred Tliirly-Sci-cn GARRETT, DEAN' Engineman 1st Cl. Windsor, 111. Navy Son Mrs. Eudora Garrett, Windsor; enl. March 5, 1914, .Minneapolis; sent to Gt. Lakes; trf. AUK. 1. Boston Xavy Yard ; served on U. S. S. Celtic to April 1, 1918, making 2 trips across: trf. to Battleship New Mexico; trf. 2 mos. later to Xaval Hosp., N. Y., pleurisy ; duty on U. S. S. Ohioan, Sept. 1, 1918; served 2 mos.; made one trip to France ; returned to N. Y. Hosp. ; duty on U. S. S. Yanklon Dec. 22 to Jan. 10, 1919; trf. U. S. S. Comfort for return to States for medical treatment at X. Y. ; Feb. 1, duty on mine sweeper Seagull. Dis. June 25, 1919; re- enlisted Dec. 14, 1917, while on Celtic. 1. GRIFFITH, ALBERT RAYMOXD Corporal Altamont, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn Xov. 27, 1899, Windsor; son John Griffith; student; enl. Inly 12. 1917, Shelhyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33 Div.; made Cpl., C. Logan Dec. 30, 1917; sailed Hoboken May 16; landed May 24, Brest; went to trenches in Aug; at Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Marcheville. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. 2. GRIFFITH, GEORGE Private Altamont, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf. Enl. 1917, Shelbyville; went Camp Logan with Co. H; overseas May 15, 1918; served through with Co. II, 130th Inf.; returned with Co. H. Dis. May 31, 1919, C. Grant. 3. GRITZMACHER, ARTHUR G. Private Enlisted summer of 1917; sent to Camp Logan: fur- loughed home because of disability. Dis. early in spring of 1919; later re-enlisted in aviation service. 4. GROOMS. FLOYD H. Farrier Moweaqua, 111. 15th Yet. Corps Horn June 24, 1893, Moweaqua; son Mrs. Mary Ellen Grooms; farmer; enl. Tune 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 159 D. B. 53rd Co., C. Taylor; July 17 trf. C. Lee, Va., to Vet. Tr. School ; promoted Sept. 1 to Farrier ; sailed Xewport Xews Oct. 27, 1918; landed Brest Xov. S; in camp at De Souge. Dis. C. Grant July 23, 1919. 5. GROVE, EVERETT O. Stewardson, 111. Mobile Hosp. Unit 100 Enl. June 11, 1918, at Jeff. Bks., Mo.; sent to C. Crane. Pa., tuly 6; trained in Med. Dept., later assigned Mobile IIosp'. Unit 100; sailed Xov. 13, 1918; landed Xov. 27; in service in France until March 4, 1919. Dis. C. Grant March 24, 1919. 6. GUIXXEE, REYXOLDS ROY Tower Hill, III. Horn Xov. 8, 1896, Cowden ; son M. F. Guinnee; tele- graph operator; enl. April 22, 1918, Mattoon. in Med. Corps; clerk personnel office, Post Hq., Jeff. Bks.. Mo.; worked there until -Aug.; trf. C. Crane, to C. Merritt; sailed Sept. 20, Iloboken, on Agamemnon; landed Brest Sept. 30; at Thesse 12 days; sent with Amb. Co. to Leschislette, then to Argonne woods, jitter bearer: se- lected to take charge of Infirmary in prison of war camp near Perrifetti, France ; two brothers, Francis Ray anil Reynolds Roy, enlisted together and were never separated during service. 7. GCIXXEE, FRAXCIS RAY Tower Hill. 111. Born March 7, 1900, Maroa; son M. F. Guinnee; clerk; enl. Mattoon, Apr. 22, 1918, in Med. Corps; clerk per- sonnel office, Post Hq., Jeff. Bks., Mo. ; there until Aug. ; trf. to C. Crane, to C. Merritt; sailed Sept. 20, Hoboken, on Agamemnon; landed Brest Sept. 30; at Thesse 12 days; sent with Amb. Co. to Leschislette, then to Argonne woods, litter bearer; selected with brother Roy to take charge of Infirmary in prison of war camp near Perri- fetti, France. 8. GUTIIRIE, OBA L. Private Herrick, III. Co. H, 77 Inf., 14 Div. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Co. II. 77 Inf., 14 Div., Camp Custer, Mich. Dis. C. Custer Jan. 31. 1919. Private Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. 9. GUYOT. FERXAXD Tower Hill, 111. Horn Feb. 17, 1899, Belgium; son Frank Guyot : miner: enl. Sept. 7, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, training at C'. Logan in O. M., Motor Transport Co. 349. Dis. C. Logan March 15, "1919. 10. IIAGAX. CHESTER C. Private Shelbyville, 111. 318 Inf. M. G. Co.. 80 Div. Horn May 17, 1895, Shelbyville; farmer; son John Hasan, Shelbyville; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 53 Co., 159 D. H., C'. Taylor; trained 2 mos.; sailed Hoboken, Aug. 22, 1918, on "Ryndam" ; subs, sighted, lired on trans- port but missed; landed Brest, Sept. 3, 1918; trenches Xov. 11, 1918; under fire 11 days; Argonne; trf. to 80 Piv. St. Flornet, France, Oct. 15, 1918. Dis. June 10, 1919, C. Grant. Page One Hundred Thirty-Eight 1. HAIXES, VERNON L. Private Pana, 111. Camp Devens, Mass. Bprn Jan. 25_^ 1895, Rosejnond ; enl. June 26, 1918, Shelby- 159 O. B.; trained 6 C. Devens, Dec. 20, lie; to C. Taylor, 53 Co., 14 Bn., Plattsburg Bks. Dis. mos. ; trf. 1918. 2. HAMPTON, COLONEL G. Foreign Service Windsor, 111. Regular Army Son Frank Hampton, Windsor; enl. Mattoon, Jan. 3, 1911; sent Jefferson Bks., Co. L, 6 Inf.; 18 months service in Philippine Is.; dis. Presidio, Cal., Jan. 2, 1914; re-enlisted June 23, 1914, Sioux City, la.; assigned Co. C, 30 Inf., sent to Plattsburg, N. Y. ; Mexican border June 8, 1915; trf. Co. C, 37 Inf.; dis. May 12, 1919, to re-enlist for overseas service; re-enlisted May 14, 1919; landed in France July 4, 1919, with D. M. C. ; 7 years service in regular army ; still in France. 3. HANCOCK, MORRIS Private Windsor, 111. Supply Co., 10th U. S. Inf. Enl. May 29, 1918, at Shelby ville ; horse dealer. Dis. Feb. 25, 1919, C. Custer, Mich. HAXNON, LEE Private Shelbyville, III. Tr. Driver, Kelley Field Born March 3, 1891, Clarksdale; truck driver; son Sarah L. Morgan, Shelbyville; married Sarah Hill, March 21, 1919; enl. March 8', 1918, Shelbyville, to Kelley Field, June 5, 1918: served 2 enl. in regular army; enl. Jan. 31, 1913, Co. F, 2nd Bn. Engrs. ; dis. 1916; border service with Co. H; dis. Dec. 26, 1916. 4. HARDEN, ROBERT Private Shelbyville, 111. 306 Co., Railhead Supply Det. Born Nov. 20, 1893, Arcola ; farmer; son Chas. E. Harden, Shelbyville: married Ethel Roessler, March 30, 1918; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 45 Co., 160 D. B., C. Custer; trf. to Camp Tos. E. Tohnston, Fla.. 306 Co., Railhead Supply Det. Dis. Dec. 24, 1918, C. Grant. Sgt. M. T. C. M., R. S. U. 309 5. HARRIGAN, BEN Shelbyville, 111. Born Dec. 5, 1890, Shelbyville; plumber; son Mrs. Gep. K. Roberts, Shelbyville; enl. Tune 29, 1918, Peoria ; assigned O. M. R. S. No. 304; made Sgt. Nov. 18, 1918; trained 7 weeks Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; sailed N. Y. Sept. 16, 1918, in "Empress of Russia;" landed Liverpool, Sept. 29, 1918; St. Mihiel. Dis. July 21, 1919. 6. HARTMAN, EDWARD Private Strasburg, 111. 45 Co., 160 Depot Brigade Born Apr. 6, 1894, Stewardson ; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hartman ; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 45 Co., 12 Bn., C. Custer; trf. C. Tos. E. Johnston, Fla., 29 Co., 14 Div. Dis. C. Taylor Dec. 22. 7. HATFIELD, RALPH Private Posey ville, Ind. Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Enl. Shelbyville in Co. H, 130 Inf.; sent C. Logan Oct., 1917; sailed June 27, 1918, Hoboken ; served with Co. H in France. 8. HAUTER. LEE V. Private 1st Cl. Tower Hill, 111. Batt. O, 344 F. A., 90 Div. Born Feb. 18, 1897, Foosland, 111.; farmer: son Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Hauler, Tower Hill; enl. Dec. 12, 1917, Decatur ; received 1 mo. trailing Camp Grant; assigned 263 Aero Squadron, Scott Field, 111.; trf. Batt. I), 344 F. A., 90 Div.; sailed Boston June 30, 1918, on "Runic"; one ship of convoy torpedoed and sank in harbor of Liver- pool; in C. Hunt, France; in reserve until Nov. 11. 1918; in Army of Occupation 5 mos. Dis. June 30, 1919, C. Grant. 9. HAVERSTOCK, ARTHUR First Cl. Private Stewardson, 111. 19 F. A., 5th Div. Born Aug. 24, 1894, Stewardson; auto mechanic: son Ira Haverstock, Stewardson; enl. June 12, 1917, Dec.itur; assigned to 19 F. A.; trained 12 mos., Camp Stanley, Tex.; sailed N. Y. May 17, 1918, on "Tuniton." sank 2 subs on trip; trained in La Valdahon, France; in trenches 4 mos.; in action Vosges Mts., St. Die, Frapedell drive, St. Mihiel, Purenelle, Forest, Moselle, Army of Occupation ; slightly wounded, Toul sector; shell shocked, St. Mihiel. Dis. July 30, 1919, C. Grant; returned with S. P. U. 323 Motor Trans. Corps. 10. HAWK, CHARLES ELMER Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born March 29, 1897, Shelbyville; farmer; son Hardin Hawk, Shelbyville; married Delia Smith Sept. 18, 1919; enl. Aug. 21, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H. 130 Inf.: trained 9 mos., C. Logan, Tex.; sailed Hoboken May 18, 19_18, on "Kaiser Wilhelm,;" active service Albert, Amiens, Ver- dun, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Coiisonvoye, Marcheville, Forges Woods; gassed at Marcheville. Dis. Tune 1, 1919, C. Grant. Page One Hundred Thirty-^ine HAKDIX, IRVIX O. M. Corps Shelbyvillc. 111. Camp Jos. K. Johnston Kill. Slielhvville, Sept. 5: sent C. C'uster : tr(. (_). M. Corps, C. Johnston, Fla. Dis. early in 1919. 1. HAYWARD, TRUMAN A. Mechanic Shelliyville, 111. 18 Co., 5 Bn.. 159 I). V. Born Feh. 27, 1888, Shelbyville; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. liasil Hayward; married Marian Dixon lime 4, 1919; enl. !'o days under fire; active service at St. Mihiel, Argonne, Argonne-Meuse : truck driver; returned with 314 Amm. Tr. Dis. C. Grant June 6, 1919. Page One Hundred Fot'ly HEI.TOX, KARL Sliclbyvillc, 111. Private Co. C, 42 M. G. Bn., 1). 1!. Born May 16, 1894, Middlesworth ; farmer; son Wm. Hel- ton, Martinville, Ind. : married Florence Ordell, Feb. 12, 1919; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Co. C'. 42 M. G. Bn., IX B., C. Ouster; trained 5 mos. Dis. Jan. 27, 1919, C. Custer. 2. IIEMPHILL, CECIL Wagoner Xokomis, 111. Hq. Co., 31 Inf. Son F.liza Hemphill, Tower Hill; miner; enl. Shelbyville, May 23, 1918; sent Jeff. Bks. ; trf. C. Mclntosb, Tex.; assigned Hq. Co., 37 Inf.; service guard duty on border. Dis. F. Mclntosh, Aug. 19, 1919. 3. 1IEXDERSOX, CI.ETE EMERY 2nd Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. Hq. Co., 26 Inf., I Div. Born Sept. 30, 1889, Shelbyville; tailor; son Mrs. Eva McFndden, Shelbyville; enl. July 1, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; sailed Ilobokeii, May 16, 1918; landed Brest; trf. O. T. C., Langres, Fr., Sept. 15, 1918; commissioned 2nd Lieut., Oct. 3, 1918; assigned Apr. 31, 1918, to Co. I, 78 Div.; trf. Xov. 6, 1918, Hq. Co., 26 Inf., I Division; firing line, July, 1918; Argonne ; transportation and supply officer; regt. awarded Croix de Guerre. Dis. Ft. Sheridan, Oct. 10, 1919; married Fay Spears, Oct. 19, 1919; served on border in 1916. 4. HEXDERSOX, HERMAN G. 2nd Lieut. Findlay, 111. Co. E, 161 Inf., 41 Div. Enl. 1917; commissioned 2nd Lieut, in 41 Div.; was in convoy service in France. 5. IIEXDERSHOT, ROBERT G. Private Stewardson, 111. Co. G, 327 Inf. Enl. luly 10, 1917, Kokomo, Ind., in Co. E. 152 Inf., C. Shelby; 'sent to Fr. Oct., 1918; trf. Co. G, 327 Inf. Dis. C. Sherman, Ohio, July 17, 1919. 6. HEXDRICKS, LUTHER Private Shelbyville, 111. 9th Ammunition Train Born March 9, 1888, Shelbyville; son Wm. Hendricks, Shelbyville: farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed to 9th Ammunition Train ; trained at Camp Taylor and (.'amp McClellan, Ala. Dis. C. Grant. 7. IIEXRY, ROSS W. Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Water Tank Train 302 C. F. Horn March 2, 1891, Shelbyville; son Wm. Henry Jr.; farmer; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Rabe Army School, Kansas City ; assigned Water Tank Train 302, Co. F; prompted Cpl., May 23, 1919, in France; trained for truck driving, Kansas City and later Baltimore, Md. ; sailed 'Ilobokeu Sept. 29, 1918, transport Leviathan; landed Brest Oct. 7, 1918; in reserve in Meuse Argonne offensive. Dis. Aug. 5, 1919, C. Grant. After armistice organization temporarily assigned Graves Registration service, trans- porting dead from battle fields to Argonne Cemetery. 8. HERROX, MURPHY A. Supply Sgt. Shelbyville, 111. 18 Co., 5 Bat., 159 Depot. Brig. Born Tune 29, 1887, Shelbyville; grocer; son D. C. and Mary E. Herron, Shelbyville; enl. Shelbyville, Feb. 22. 1918; sent C. Taylor; promoted Cpl., March 8th; promoted Sup. Sgt., Apr. 19, 1918. Dis. C. Taylor, Jan. 1, 1919. 9. 1st Lieut., M. C. HEUCK, IIEXRY H. C. Sigel, 111. Born Feb. 13, 1884, Lowell, Ind. ; son Maria Arp, Orange. Calif.; father, Hans Heuck, died Apr. 16, 1910; in 1915 Maria Heuck (mother), married Fred Arp; physician and surgeon; enl. Sept. 9, 1918, Springfield, 111.; commissioned 1st Lieut. Medical Corps, Oct. 22, 1918; assumed duties at Mo. T. C. Ft. Riley, Kans., Xov. 5, 1918. Dis. Nov. 29, 1918, Ft. Riley, Kans. 10. HIATT, LYMAX RAY 2nd Lieut. . Chicago, 111. Inf. Replacements Born March 20, 1891, Kingman ; Y. M. C. A. sec.; son W. P. Hiatt, Strasburg; enl. Dec. 1, 1917, Governor's Island, X. Y. ; assigned Hqrs. Eastern Dept. ; trf. C. Upton, A. P. D. 302, March 15, 1918; trf. C. Lee, Va., C. O. T. S., Aug. 15, 1918; promoted 1st Cl. Private, Cpl., Sgt.; commissioned 2nd Lieut., Dec. 1, 1918. Dis. C. Lee, Va., Dec. 1, 1918; sailed Seattle, June 19, 1919, for Vladivostock, Siberia, auspices Natl. War Work Coun- cil, Y. M. C. A. See record in War Work Section. HICKMAX, FRED C. Windsor, 111. HOUSTOX, THOMAS Acting Top Sgt. Shelbyville, 111. 164 Depot Brig. Born Aug. 17, 1890, Shelbyville; son of Aaron and Hattie Houston ; mechanic ; enl. Albequerque, X. Mex., Aug. 1 , 1918; assigned 164 Depot Brigade, Camp Funston. Dis. Nov. 30, 1918, Camp Funston. Pugc Otic Hundred Forty-One 1. HICKMAN, NILE W Private Clarksburg, 111. Co. L, 127 Inf. Born Aug. 6th, 1895, Clarksburg; teacher; son Mr. and Mrs. John Hickman, Clarksburg; enl. Tune 28th, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 53d Co, 14th lin., 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor, Ky ; trained 6 weeks; trfd. to Co. 1. 154th Inf., Camp Beauregard, La.; sailed Newport News, Aug., 1918; trfd. in Sept., 1918, to Co. L, !_'7th Inf., 32nd Diy ; under fire 25 days; active service Argonne- Meuse offensive; in the Army of Occupation 4 mos. ])is. Camp Grant May 18th, 1919. 2. HILL, FRAXK Cook Private Mode, 111. Co. C, 118 Engrs. Born Feb. 9, 1887, Columbus, O. ; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918: assigned to Co. C, 118 Engrs; trained 3 mos.; sailed C. Upton, X. Y., Sept. 20, 1918, on I.ithia; cook for 5 mos. ; returned with 144 Engrs. Dis. C. Grant, Oct. 29. 1919. 3. MILLIARD, MARRY Private Merrick, 111. 160 Depot Brig. Born July 3, 1886. Oconee, 111.; son of J. M. and C'. A. Milliard; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to recruit training camp 45, Co. 12 BIT., 160 I). Brig.. Camp Custer, Mich.; trfd. Ft. Totten, X. Y.. Xov. 1; trfd. Camp Eustis, Va., Mar. 8, ISatt. C 34 ; trfd. to Camp Lee Dec. 10, 1918. Dis. Jan. 6, 1919, C. Grant. 4 IIILSABECK, HAROLD ARCHIE Private, 1st Cl. Windsor, 111. 415 R. R. Tel. Bn. Signal Corps Born Dec. 10, 1888, Windsor; ry. telegraph operator and registry mail clerk, Chicago Post Office; enl. Xov. 27, 1917, Chicago; assigned Co. E, 415 R. R. Tel. Bn. Signal C'orps; trfd. 36th Service Co. Sept. 16, 1918; trfd. 416 R. R. Tel. Bn. S. C. Oct., 1918; trained Ry. Tel. Opr. Armory, W. Madison St., Chicago ; sailed New Work March 22, 1918, transport St. Paul; landed Liverpool Mar. 31, 1918; LeHavre, France, April 4, 1918; built telephone lines in France until Sept. 15, 1918; trfd. 36 Service Co., later to 416 R. R. Tel. Bn. ; worked as Ry. operator on Paris-Orleans Ry. until May 1, 1919. Dis. June 20, 1919, Camp Grant. 5. HILSAHECK, P. ORLEY Private Tower Mill, 111. 349 Butcher Co. Born Apr. 25, 1896, Tower Mill; miner; son Wm. Ililsa- beck. Tower Mill; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed 349 Butcher Co. G. M. C. ; trained 2 mos. Arsenal Tech. School, Indpls., Ind., and C. Jos. E. Johnston, Fin.; sailed Moboken, Sept. 29, 1918, on Caroiiia. Dis. C. Grant. luly 22, 1919. 6. HINTON, DAVID F. Private, First Class Oconee, 111. Hdq. Co., 21 F. A., 5 Div. Born Tuly 22, 1895; farmer; son X; P. and Xettie Min- ton; enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Batt. 1), 327th F. A., C. Taylor, Ky. ; trfd. C. McArthur, Feb., 1918; sailed X. Y., May 26, 1918; landed England, lime 14; under tire 107 days; Grant, July 29, 1919. 7. HINTON, EDGAR Oconee, 111. returned July 22, 1919. Dis. C. Private Co. G., 22 Engrs. Son Mrs. Chas. Minton, Oconee; enl. June 28, 1918, to C. Taylor; trfd. C. Benjamin Harrison, then to C. Upton, X. Y. ; sailed Montreal, Canada, Sept.; active service Verdun. Dis. C. Grant, Tuly 15. 1919. 8. HIXTOX, MILES ANTHONY Army Field Clerk Oconee, 111. Demob. Group, C. Taylor, Ky. Born Sept. 17, 1892, Oconee, 111.; son of Anthony W. and Xettie Ilendricks Hinton, Oconee, 111.; clerk; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 18th Co. 5th Bn. 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor; appointed Corporal Mar. 14, 1918, and promoted to Sergeant Tan. 11, 1919; trfd. to 3 Co. 1 Bn. 159 I). B. Dec. 6, 1918; trfd. to Hq. Co. 159 D. B. April 18. 1919; trained as company clerk, also demobilization work. Dis. May 19, 1919, Camp Tay- lor, Ky., to receive appointment as Army Field Clerk, May 20, 1919, and assigned to Demobilization Group; trfd. to Camp Personnel Office Sept. 30, 1919. Dis. Oct. 15, 1919, C. Taylor, Ky. One brother in service. 9. HIXTOX", ORVILLE W. Private Oconee, 111. Hq. Co. 119 Inf. 30 Div. Born Dec. 6, 1894, Oconee; bank clerk; son A. W. and Xettie Hinton, Oconee; enl. Feb. 22. 1918, Shelbyville; assigned C. Taylor, 159 Depot Brig. Co. 18; trfd. C. Se- vier, Hq. Co., 119 Inf., 30 Div., March 24, 1918; sailed X. Y., May 11, 1918, H. M. S. Ascania ; landed Liverpool, May 27, 1918; firing line 6 wks ; Ypres, St. Quentin ; operated 37 m. m. gun; sailed from St. Xazaire, March 21, 1919; landed Charleston, S. C., April 3. 1919 (on U. S. S. Huron); in hospital at Camp Sevier with measles, and also in hospital in France at Trouville. Dis. C Grant. Apr. 14, 1919. One brother in service. 10. HITE, P.IRXEY SIXCLAIR Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Hq. Co., 327 F. A. 84 Div. Born Aug. 2, 1889, Shelbyville; agent Am. Ex. Co.; son late K. A. and Sadie Hite ; enl. Shelbyville, Oct. 2, 1917; assigned C. Taylor; trfd. Kelly Field, Aviation Sec., Dec. 5, 1917; returned C. Taylor, 327 F. A. Hand. 84 Div., Feb. 19, 1918; promoted Corp. Xov. 26, 1917; Sergt., Feb. 19, 1918; sailed X. Y., Sept. 7, 1918; landed Liver- pool; honorable Dis. at C. Grant, Feb. 19, 1919; the regi- ment was ordered to Argonne, but armistice was signed before they went into action. Married Rose Mae Kull Dec. 1, 19'l7, at Louisville, Ky. Pugc One Hundred Forty-Two 1. HITT, GARLAND, B. Private Kingman, 111. 140 F. A., 39 Div. Born Tune 19, 1894, Kingman; farmer; son Anderson and Martha Hite, Kingman; enl. Shelbyville, June _28, 1918; sent C. Taylor; trfd. C. Beauregard ; sailed X. Y. ; landed Brest. Dis". C. Grant, June 29, 1918. HOAG, EDWARD LEE Private Mmvcaqua, 111. Ildq. Co., 168 Inf., 42 Div. Born Oct. 16, 1893, Sandoval, 111.; miner; son John Hoag, Moweaqua; enl. Le Mar, Iowa, June 24, 1916; assigned Co K, 2nd Iowa Inf.; trf. C. Logan Hdq. Co., 168 Inf., 42 Div.; sailed Hoboken, Oct. 18, 1917; landed Liverpool; firing line 10 mos., Alsace-Lorraine, Champagne, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, Argonne ; wounded May 26, 1918, on Alsace-Lorraine front; gassed at Badinville ; wounded July 15. near Suippe, gas: one pound gunner. Honorable dis- C". Dodge. April 3, 1919; 18 mos. overseas. 2. I10FMAX, EDWARD CLEM Corporal Sigel, 111. A. S. C. 147 Born Sept. 23, 1895, Illinois; farmer; son John and Fran- cis Hofman, Sigel; enl. Aug. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Grant; assigned A. S. C. ; sailed Hoboken, Nov. 1, 1918; landed Liverpool; served 4 mos. with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Dis. C. Grant, March 24. 1919. 3. HOLDING, JAS. F. Private Findlay, 111. 324 Sup. Co. Born Tuly 7, 1896, Findlay; salesman; son J. G. and Sarah R. Holding, Findlay; enl. Mattoon, June 1, 1918; assigned 27 Receiving Co. Jeff Bks. ; trfd. C. Johnson; sailed Newport News, Aug. 14, 1918; landed Brest; supply Dept. near Issur-Tille. Dis. C. Grant, Sept. 3, 1919. 4. HOOD, HARRY A. First Class Private Windsor, 111 Co. C., 308 M. G. Bn. 78 Div. Born March 2, 1896, Shelby Co.; farmer; son Chas. H. and Bertha S. Hood; enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; as- signed Co. A, 138 M. G. Bn. 38 Div., C. Shelley; sailed X. Y. Oct. 6, 1918; landed Liverpool. Dis. C. Dix, May 12, 1919. S HOOVER, WALTER SENN Sergeant First Class Shelbyville, 111. Medical Dept. Born Xov. 25, 1891, Lovington ; vocational director; son Dr. W. K. and Mrs. E. S. Hoover, Lovington; enl. Shel- byville. Sept. 3, 1919; assigned C. Grant, Co. II, 161 De- pot Brigade; promoted Supply Sgt. Oct. 8, 1918; 1st Sgt. Xov. 21, 1918; Sgt. Icl. Med. Dept. March 26, 1919; at- tended O. T. C. C. Greenleaf, Ga. Dis. C. Grant Sept. 18, 1919. First Sgt. in charge 22 hospital trains handling all wounded, returning through port of X. Y. 6. HORN, GROVER C. Canteen Service Windsor, 111. 10 Infantry Enl. Shelbyville, May 29, 1918; sent Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; trfd. to Ft. Benjamin Harrison; assigned 10 Inf.; trfd. with this outfit to C. Custer ; served in canteen. Dis. early in 1919. 7. HORX, JACK Private Windsor,' 111. Supply Co., 327 F. A., 84 Div. Born March 8. 1893, Windsor; son Frank and Dora Horn, Windsor; tailor; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned 327 F. A. 84 Div. C. Taylor; trfd. West Point; trfd. Long Island; sailed Long Island Sept. 19, 1918; landed Liverpool, Oct. 1, 1918; at C. Muzuse. Dis. Feb. 19. 1918, C. Grant. 8. HORN, RALPH Private Windsor, 111. Hq. Co., 119 Inf., 30 Div. Born Ian. 11, 1895, Windsor; butcher; son Frank and Dora Horn: enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned C. Taylor; trfd. C. Sevier, Mar. 21, 1918; sailed Hoboken, May 11, 1918; submarine sunk on voyage May 25: landed Liverpool; on or near firing line 6 mos; Ypres, Yoorme- zeele, Bcllecourt, St. Souplet, Ribeaucourt, Mazenhein ; gunner ; slightly gassed at Bellecourt. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 1. 1919. 9. HOTT, FRED Corporal Tower Hill, 111. 327 Field Artillery, 84 Div. Born March 31, 1896, Shelby Co.; son T. M. and Mary Hott. Tower Hill; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelby- ville ; assigned Battery D, 327 Field Art. 84 Div. ; trained West Point; promoted Corp. June, 1918; landed Liver- pool, Sept. 21, 1918, C. De Souge. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19, 1919. Armistice signed before 327 went into action. 10. HOTT, GEORGE Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. K, Div. Bn. 3 Born Apr. 29, 1894, Shelby Co.; farmer; son J. M. and May Hott, Tower Hill; enl. Sept. 4, 1918, Shelbyville: sent C. Custer, Co. K. Dev. Bn. Xo. 3. Dis. C. Custer, Xov. 25, 1918. /'(/,;,'( One Hundred Forty-Three 1. HOWARD, WALTER ALOXZO Lieut. M. C. Ilcnton, 111. 31 F. H. 8th San. Trn.. Sth Div. Horn June 30, 1883, Henton, III.; son Alonzo Howard and wife: physician: enl. May 14, 1918; ordered M. O. T. C. Ft. Riley, Kans., Aug. 31, 1918; assigned 31 F. II. Kth San Trn., Palo Alto, Cal., Oct. 17, 1918; left C. Fre- mont, Cal., Oct. 23, 1918, for overseas; back to C. -Mills after the armistice was signed. Dis. C. Lee, \ a.. Ian. 25, 1919. 2. HOWE, CLYDE E. Provost Marshal Dept. Cowden, Illinois. Co. A, 6th Military Police Horn Cowden, III., Dec. 20, 1887, son of Grace and S. A. I). Howe; school teacher; enl. May 10, 1918: assigned to Co. A, 6th M. P. ; trained for provost work. Camp Wadsworth, S. C. ; trfd. to First Army Hdq. Sept. 26th, 1918; assigned to Co. I), 1st Army M. P. Bn. : trfd. to 295th M. P. Co. Apr. 20, 1919; sailed from New York, July 17th, 1918; landed at Lellarve, France, lulv 22, 1918; served in Alsace until Sept. 26, 1918; in Meuse- Argonne from Sept. 26 until close of war; work in Argonne consisting of traffic, stragglers and prison cages. Dis. July 1.0, 1919, Camp Grant. 3. HOY, HARLEY WESLEY Private Assumption, 111. Batt. D 138 F. A. Born Apr. -I, 1896, Ohed ; farmer; son Wesley Hoy. As- sumption^: enl. May 26, 1918, Shelhyville; assigned I'.att. I). l.iS F. A.; served overseas; landed Brest; returned U. S. Dis. C. Taylor, Jan. 11, 1919. 4. HOY, TRACY M. Military Police Moweauqua, 111. 233 M. P. Horn 1893, Moweaqua; son D. W. Hoy; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelhyville; sent C. Taylor; assigned to 327 F. A.; trfd. to Med. Dept. 327 F. A. Dec. 1. 1917; trfd. to 233rd Co. Military Police Dec. 1 ; trfd. in France to M. P. at Bordeaux; landed Liverpool Sept. 21, 1918. Dis. July 12, 1919, Camp Grant. 5. HUIiER, RALPH H. Private First Class Shelbyville, 111. Co. G, 22 Engineers Born Tan. 8, 1896, Shelby Co.; farmer; son Henry and Lydia Huber, Shelbyville; enl. Shelbyville, June 28/1918; sent C. Taylor; S3 Co, 159 Depot Brig.; trfd. Ft. Benja- min Harrison, Co. G, 22 Eng. ; promoted 1st class pri- \ate; permanent prison guard; missed overseas service account of sickness. Dis. C. Benj. Harrison, Dec. 22, 1918. 6. IIUBXER, WILLIAM ALBERT Private Shelbyville, HI. llq. Co., 308 F. A. 78th Div. Horn April 19, 1894, Shelby Co. 111.; son Mrs. Emma Hubner; bridge carpenter; enl. Apr. 30, 1918; assigned to 308 F. A. H. O. Co. ; trained for field artilleryman, Camp Dix, X. J. ; sailed from Xew York May 27. 19J8, on transport Cedric ; landed Liverpool June 8, 1918: hring line 2*/2 months; Toul Sector, St. Mihiel, Suippe-Moselle, Mense-Argonne, Grand Pre. Dis. June 1, 1919, Camp Grant. 7. IIUDSOX, AXDY M. First Class Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H. 130 Inf. 33 Div. Horn Oct. 28, 1883, Xebraska City, Xebr. ; miner; son Wm. Hudson, Shelbyville; enl. June 19, 1916, Shclbyville, Co. H; sent C. Logan Oct. 9, 1918; sailed Hoboken, May 24, 1918; landed Brest; Albert, Verdun, Meuse- Ar- gonne, Somnie, St. Mihiel, Hanill. Dis. C. Grant May 3, 1919. Served on border in 1916. 8. HUDSOX, AXDREW P. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div. Born 1883, Shelbyville twp. ; son Mrs. Cynthia Hudson ; laborer: enl. lune 19, 1916, Shelbyville; Co. H, 130th Inf. 33rd Div.; sent C. Logan Oct. 9, 1918; sailed Ho- boken, May 16, 1918, on transport Agamemnon: landed Brest May 24, 1918; brigaded with English; went to trenches July 9, 1918; served about 6 mos. on line. Meuse- Argonne, St. Mihiel, .Albert, Verdun, Hamel. Dis. June 1, 1919, Camp Grant. Was on border in 1916. 9. IIUDSOX, XELSOX Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Son of Cynthia Hudson ; enl. Co. H, Shelbyville, summer of 1917 and went to C. Logan; trfd. to Q. M. Mainte- nance Dept. and served until discharge in spring of 1919. 10. IIUDSOX, ELMER C. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Inf., 33rd Div. Born Sept. 24, 1888, Shelbyville; son Willard Hudson; laborer; enl. May 31, 1917, Shelbyville; Co. H, 130th Inf.; went to Camp Logan Oct. 9, 1918; sailed May 15, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; went to trenches July 9,_ 1918; served at Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Albert, Verdun, Hamel: in hospital Trieve Jan. 25 to Jan. 30; trfd. hos- pital Base Xo. 60. Dis. from hospital June 24 and sent home as a patient to Ft. Sheridan. Dis. Camp Grant June 24, 1919. One brother in Co. H. Page One Hundred Forty-Four 1. HUDSON, CECIL SNYDKR. First Class Private Moweaqua, III. 302 Water Tank Tram liorn April 8, 1896, Moweaqua; hdw. and furniture; son Frank Hudson, Moweaqua; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelby- ville; assigned Rahe Auto School, K. C. ; promoted 1st Cl. Private Feb. 1919; trfd. 302 W. T. T. ; sailed Ho- boken Sept. 3, 1918; landed Hrest ; Meuse-Argonne offen- sive as driver. Dis. C. (Irani, Aug. 5, 1919. 2. HUDSON', DAVID K. Private Cowden, 111. Field Artillery Repl. Horn July 22, 1893. Cowden ; son George and Jennie Hudson; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby ville ; trained for Instrument Sgt., Camp Taylor; sailed Xew York, Oct. 27, 1918; landed Liverpool Xov. 8, 1918, Camp Hunt. Dis. May 12, 1919, Camp Mills, Long Island. HUDSON, JAMES Moweaqua, 3. HfLICK, CHARLES HKNRY 1st I.icut. Shelby ville, III. Medical Corps, 96 Div. Horn 1888, Illinois; physician and surgeon; son Mathias Ilulick, Camden, 111.; commissioned 1st Lieut. M. C. Oct. 12, 1918; 11 (). T. C. C. Greenleaf, Ga., and Wadsworth. S. C., 2 mos. Dis. C. Wadsworth, Dec. .12, 1918. 4. IIULETT, IRWIX Private Windsor, 111. 102 Inf. II. D. Attach. Horn July 13, 1895, Moweaqua; son John I. and Lilly 11. Hulett, Findlay; grocery clerk; enl. May 27, 1918, Shel- byville; assigned 152 Ambulance Co. 38th Div. Camp Shelby; trfd. Camp Mills Sept. 17, 1918; sailed Xew York Oct. 5, 1918, transport Zelandia ; called on deck by fire alarm ; dropped depth bombs for pursuing sub- marines ; landed Liverpool Oct 17, 1918; went to trenches Oct. 25, 1918; served on Yerdun Front, Toul Sector; orderly on ambulance. Dis. April 26, 1919, Camp Grant. HUMPHRKY, KARL Moweaqua, 111. Member of Rainbow Division; returned home May 15, 1919. 5. HUNT, GLENN H. Corpora! Beecher City, 111. lied. Corps Horn Dec. 11, 1893, lieecher City; farmer; son Oscar and Emma Hunt, Heecher City; enl. Jan. 10, 1918, She! by ville ; assigned lied. Corps, C. Greenleaf, Ga. ; trfd. C". lohnston, Feb., 1919; promoted Corp. Feb. 12, 1919. Dis. C. Johnston, Feb. 26, 1919. 6. HYLAXI), LESTER C. Sergeant Windsor, 111. Co. F, 41st Inf. Horn Aug. 31, 1898, Moultrie Co.; son of J. E. and Maud Ilyland, Windsor, III.; railroading, asst. agent; enl. Mat- toon, July 10, 1917; sent Jefferson Barracks; trfd. Ft. Snelling, Minn., Ft. Wayne. Detroit, Ft. Hrady, Sault Ste Marie; promoted from Corporal to Sergeant April 14. 1919. Dis. Camp Funston. Re-enlisted and sent to Cam;. Upton, N. Y. 7. JACKSON, LEWIS ALBERT Regtl. Sgt. Maj. Shelbyville, 111. Hq. Co., 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn Feb. 12, 1894, Lakewood ; bank elk., Shelbyville; married Ruby C. Roessler Apr. 20, 1918; enl. May 17, 1917, Springfield; assigned lied. Dept. 130 Inf.; made Pvt. 1st Cl. Nov. 7, Hn. Sgt. Maj. Dec 28; Regtl. Sgt. Maj. Feb. 25, 1918; trained at Logan; sailed with 33 Div., serving as Regtl. Sgt. Maj. 130 Inf. throughout; Heuse-Argonne, Somme- Amiens, Yerdun, T'ryon, Chateau de Alnois, llarcheville, Riaville, St. Hilaire, Army of Oc- cupation. Dis. C. Grant May 31, 1919. 8. TACKSON, SAM Private Shelbyville, 111. Hq. Co., 308 F. A. Born Apr. 16, 1888, Shelbyville; son late Hose and Me- lissa Jackson; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Dix. X. J. ; assigned Ilq. Co., 308 F. A.; sickness prevented overseas service ; remained C. Dix as canteen worker in C. 16, 153 1). B. Dis. C. Dix, Xov. 13, 1918; disability. 9. TACKSOX, WILL A. Cook Findlay, 111. Co. C, 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Born Aug. 15, 1895, Moweaqua; farmer; son John and Lydia Jackson; enl. Aug. 19, 1917, Sullivan; sent C. Lo- gan; sailed Hoboken, May 16, 1918; transport Agamem- non ; landed Hrest ; engagements at Tryon Sector, Somme, Argonne, St. Mihiel, Verdun, battle of llarcheville; ac- tive service from Aug., 1918, until armistice; gassed sev- eral times and in hospital ; eyes badly injured by gas. Dis. C. Grant, May 26, 1919. 10. JARXAGIN, ROBERT L. 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. U. S. Marines Son B. E. and Julia F. Jarnagin, Shelbyville; lawyer; enl. May 19, 1917, St. Louis; sent Paris Island; promoted Corp, then Sgt., then 1st Sgt.; went to Quantico, Ya., and attended O. T. C. ; commissioned 2nd Lieut. June, 1918; made 1st Lieut. 2 mos. later; went overseas in Sept.. 1918; served in Judge Advocate's office in France; landed in U. S. in December, 1919. Page One Hundred Forty-Fk'e 10 1. JESSE, MERL F. 1st Class Private Fimllay, 111. 11 K. A., llattcry F, 6 Div. Horn. Mch 16, 1900, Macon Co.; son Wm. Jesse. Find- lay; enl. Decatur, May 16, 1918; sent Jefferson liks. ; as- signed 11 F. A.; in ten days sent C. Doniphan, < >kla. : trfd. C. Mills; sent overseas; landed France, July 13, 1918; sent to firing line Sept. 12; slightly wounded; hospital 10 days; front lines until armistice; Army of Occupation; returned U. S. summer of 1919. 2. JESTER. HOWARD Wll.SON Tower Hill, 111. Sergeant 46 Co. Marines Horn Oct. 24, 1895, Pana. 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. I.. W. Jester, Tower Hill; miner; enl. Aug. 1, 1917, St. Louis, in Marines; sent Paris Island, S. C. ; assigned Kxp. Co., Guantanamo Hay, Cuba ; promoted Cpl. then Sgt. at Guantanamo Hay ; returned I". S. on U. S. S. Shawmut ; mine layer. Dis. Norfolk Navy Yard. Apr. 29, 1919. JOIIXSOX, LEOX Moweaqua, III. Sergeant Co. G. 23 Inf. and 41 Div. Horn Xov. 12, 1892, Moweaqua; son Frank and Kvn fohnson ; farmer; served with Montana Guards on Mex- ican border 1916; enl. Apr. 30, 1917, Ft. Wm. Henry Harrison, Helena. Mont.; assigned Co. I!, 163 Inf., 41 I'iv. ; promoted Cpl., then Sgt.; sailed Dec. 14, Camf Mills, Long Island, transport Yaterland; landed Havre, France; to I.angress, then Montrichard ; drilled recruits several mos. ; trfd. to Co. G, 23 Inf. June at Chateau Thier citation for hravery November. 1919 -I. fOHNSON, CHARLES VERNE Private Moweaqua, 111. 328 F. A.. 91 Div. Horn Mch. 27, 1891, Moweaqua; son Frank and Eva Johnson, Moweaqua; enl. April 23, 1918, Ryegate, Mont.; assigned 166 D. I!., C. Lewis, Wash.; sailed C. Mills, July, 1918; landed England; sent Havre, France; in trenches 15 days; landed hack in U. S. Apr. 12, 1919, at Camp Mills, Long Island. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 23, 1919. 5. IOHXSOX, EARL Mechanic Fimllay, 111. Batt. D, 327 F. A. 84 Div. Horn 1893, Dalton City, III.; son Frank li. Johnson, Findlay; brakeman C. & E. I.; enl. Oct. 3, 1917, Shelby- ville; sent C. Taylor; assigned Halt. D, 327 F. A.; at- tended Motor Instruction School, Kenosha, \\ is. ; instruc- tor at West Point, Ky. ; sailed Iloboken, Sept. 9, 1918; landed Liverpool ; sent C. De Souge, France ; served as mechanic. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19. 1919. 6. IOHXSOX, EDLER E. Private Trowbridge, III. Co. K, 119 Inf., 30 Div. Horn Apr. 18. 1889, Strasburg ; son Augusta and Andrew P. lohnson; farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelby ville ; sent C. Taylor; assigned Co. 18, 159 D. B.; trfd. C. Sevier, S. C. ; sailed Boston, May 12; transport attacked by sub- marine; landed Liverpool, May 28, 1918; served on west- ern front; returned U. S. as casual, after operation at hospital. Dis. Feb. 1, 1919, C. Grant. 7. JOHXSOX, ERNEST II. Private Findlay, III. 22 Engineers Born Oct. 16, 1892, Findlay; son J. W. Johnson. Findlay; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelby ville ; sent C. Taylor; there 3 wks. ; trfd. Ft. Benjamin Harrison ; trfd. C. Up- ton ; sailed Montreal, Aug. 22, on Port Lincoln; landed Liverpool; in action 2 mos.: Meuse-Argonne and St. Mi- hiel sectors as engineer. Dis. July 16, 1919, C. Grant. 8. JOHNSON, GLEN Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. A, 9th Ammunition Train Horn Mch. 4, 1893, Shelbyville; farmer; son Oliver John- son; enl. Shelbyville, June 28, 1918; sent C. Taylor; trfd. C. McClelland, Ala.; in training 6'/> .mos. Dis. C. McClelland, Aug. 20, 1918. 9. JOHXSOX, LLOYD A. First Class Private Stewardson, 111. Co. G, 346 Inf., 87 Div. Horn Aug. 22, 1891, Stewardson; son J. A. Johnson, Enid, Okla. ; painter; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; assigned Batt. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div.; trfd. C. I'ik'e Xov. 16; trfd. C. Merritt June 19, 1918: sailed June 19, Iloboken, transport Delta; attacked by submarine: landed Liverpool; on front at Meuse-Argonne Oct. 6- Xov. 1 1 : outfit cited ; returned U. S. with 406 Service Park unit. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 26, 1918. 10 JOHXSOX, WM. GLEX Private Cowden, 111. Co. D, 147 Eng. Born, Xov. 16, 1895, Cowden; brakeman, Clover Leaf R. R. ; son Asa and Margaret Johnson, Cowden ; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Custer, Mich.; assigned Co. D. 147 Eng. Dis. Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Dec. 10, 1918. Page One Hundred Forty-Si.r 1 JOHNSON, GEORGE ROY Private Shelbyville, 111. 6 Regt., Co. 86, Marines Son Tames W. Johnson, Shelby ville; enl. Chicago few days after war was declared; sent Paris Island, S. C. ; assigned separate Bn. 6 Regt. 86 Co. ; sent hospital for operation which prevented overseas service. Dis. Paris Island, Jan.. 1919. JOHNSON, GROVER C. Private Herrick, 111. 147 Engineers Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelby ville : sent C. Custer ; assigned 45 Co.. 12 Bn.. 160 D. li. ; trf. Ft. Benj. Harrison, 147 Kngineers. Dis. early in 1919. 2. TOIINSOX. JAMES P.. 1st Class Private Shelbyville, 111. Mobile Vet. Section 33d Div. Born Jan. 25, 1887, Shelbyville; son J. W. Johnson, baker; enl. July 20, 1917, Co. II, Shelbyville; trfd. Dec. 26, Mobile Vet. Sec., C. Logan; sailed Hoboken May 21, transport Leviathan ; attacked by submarine just out of Brest; landed Brest; under fire at Albert, Argonne-Meuse and Sommc ; veterinary work ; returned casual Mch. 30, 1919; sent St. Mary's hospital, Hoboken, then Greenhut Hosp., then Gen. IIosp. No. 21, Denver, for lung treat- ment. Dis. Denver, Sept. 3, 1919; 25 per cent disability. 3. TOHNSON, ROBERT W. Private Shelbyville, 111. 110 Mobile Vet. Sec., 33 Div. Born Feb. 22, 1897, Shelbyville; son Tames W. Johnson: enf. with Co. H, Shelbyville, Mch. 22, 1917; sent C. Logan, Oct. 9, 1918; trfd. Mobile Vet. Sec. 110; sailed Hoboken. May 22, 1918; transport Leviathan; attacked by 7 sub- marines 2 hrs. from Brest; transport sank 3 of subs; landed Brest May 30; on Metz front as veterinarian; cared for sick and wounded horses; outfit cited 3 times. Verdun, Metz and Argonne. Dis. C. Grant, June 12, 1919. 4. JOHNSON, ROY WINTON 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. Medical Corps, Evac. Hosp. 60 Born June 2, 1882, McLean Co, 111. ; physician and sur- geon ; son Wm. and Elizabeth Johnson, Gibson City, 111.; enl. June 24, 1918, Chicago, 111.; commissioned 1st Lieut. Medical Corps Tuly 15, 1918; assigned Evacuation Hos- pital 60, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. Dis. Dec. 28, 1918. 5. JONES, BYRON H. Sergeant Windsor, 111. Co. C, 307 Field Signal Bn. Born July 16, 1896, Windsor; son Henry and Myrtle Jones, Windsor; enl. July 14, 1917, Ft. Benjamin Harri- son ; assigned Co. B. 23 Bn. ; trfd. C. Gordon ; sailed Brooklyn. May 19, 1918; Toul sector, July 23 to Aug. 8; Marbache sector Aug. 19 to Sept. 17; St. Mihiel offen- sive Sept. 12 to 16; Meuse-Argonne Sept. 28-Oct 6; Meuse-Argonne Oct. 6 to 31. 6. JONES, DELBERT W. 1st Class Private Strasburg, 111. Medical Corps Born Jan. 20, 1893, Cowden ; teacher; son Nelson and Martha Tones, Strasburg; enl. Tan. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Greenleaf, Ga. ; trfd. Ft. Logan H. Root, Ark., Jan. 21, 1918; then to C. Wadsworth, S. C., June 17, 1919. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. IS, 1919. 7. JONES, HENRY W. Radio Operator 1st Class Windsor, 111. 2nd Regt. U. S. M. C. Born Sept. 23, 1899, Logan, Ohio: son R. C. Jones, Price, Utah; enl. Mch. 27, 1918, St. Louis; sent Paris Is- land, S. C. ; assigned 23 Co., Marines; promoted Sgt. ; trained as radio opr. ; sailed Charleston, S. C., Dec. 13, 1918, on U. S. S. Kittery; landed Port au Prince, Hayti, Dec. 24, 1918; took part in several engagements of sec- ond Haytian campaign; wounded; returned U. S. with 2 Regt. U. S. M. C. Dis. Philadelphia Navy Yard, Sept. 10. 1919. 8. JONES, WM. E. Private Windsor, 111. Hq. Troop, 14 Div. Born Aug. 30, 1891, Effingham, Co.; carpenter; son Har- rison and Mary Jones, Windsor; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shel- byville; sent C. Custer; remained there until discharged Feb. 18, 1919. 9. TONES, WM. FLOYD. Private Herrick, 111. Mobile Vet. Hospital No. 1 Born Feb. 20, 1895, Lovington ; son Riley Jones, dec'd. ; gardener; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; trfd. C. Lee, Va., Oct. 1; sailed Norfolk Oct. 13; attacked by submarine ; landed Brest Oct. 26 ; returned U. S. on hospital ship. Dis. Ft. Sheridan, Aug. 27, 1919. 10. JONES, WM. JULIUS Sergeant Tower Hill, 111. Co. M, 5 Eng. T'r. Regt. Born, Aug. 16, 1897, Herrick; son Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Jones, Tower Hill; R. R. brakeman ; enl. June 11, 1918, St. Louis ; sent Jefferson Bks. ; promoted Cpl. Sept. 8 ; promoted Sgt. Oct. 14, 1918; appointed company gas in- structor Oct. 15, 1918; trfd. C. Humphreys, Va., June 22. Dis. C. Dodge, la., Jan. 8, 1919. Page One Hundred Forty-Seven 1. JORDAN, WM. Private- Findlay, III. Railhead Supply Dept. Horn Mch. 12, 1893, Raleigh, Mo.; farmer; son Sarah Cleaver, Oakside, Mo.; employed near Findlav : ml. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Custer; assigned o. M i ., Railhead Sp. Del.; trfd. C. Johnston, Fla., (Jet. 10. Dis. C. (Irani, Dec. 24, 1918. Had previous service in In- fantry in island possessions. Corporal Q. M. C. Utilities 2. KAISER, LOUIS E. Oconee, III. Horn March 18, 1894, Oconee; son Henrv Kaiser, Oconee; i-nl. lime 28, 1918, Shelby ville ; assigned p. M. C. Utili- ties, C. Taylor. Dis. C. Taylor, March 7, 1919. i. KKU.KY. LEO HARPER Corporal Shelhyville, 111. D. Batt. 149 F. A. Rainbow Div. Horn Dec. 29, 1896, Shelhyville; salesman; son Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kelley, Shelbyville; enl. Apr. 7, 1917. Chi- cago; assigned 149 F. A., formerly 1st 111., F. A.; trained 5 mos. Ft. Sheridan; sailed Hohoken Oct. 18, 1917, on U. S. S. Pres. Lincoln; landed St. Xazaire ; under fire 3 mos. ; active service Luneville and Baccarat sectors ; Rain- how Div. cited in many French and American general or- ders; returned with Casual Det. 85 Div. Dis. C. Grant. Apr. 23, 1919. Detailed on special duty as instructor of tiring of 75 M. M. gun at Camp de Cottquidan, France. One brother in service. Corporal Gas. Def. Chem. War. Ser. 4. KELLEY, WM. L. Shelbyville, 111. Born Tuly 27, 1887, Shelbyville; lawyer; son Mr. and Mrs. W. C." Kelley, Shelhyville; enl. July 31, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Gas Defense Plant, Chemical Warfare Service, Long Island; promoted Corp. Nov. 1, 1918; trained 1' mo. at Syracuse Recruiting Camp, X. Y . ; Lakehurst Proving Ground, .\". J. Dis. C. Grant, Jan. 27, 1919. 5. KELLY, TIMOTHY MILTON Sergeant Findlay, 111. Engineers Born Dec. 6, 1882, Findlay; carpenter; son Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Kelly, Findlay ; married Ruth Frazier, Sept. 3, 1903; seven children; enl. June 19, 1918, Chicago; as- signed Engrs. Camp Humphreys, Va. ; promoted Sgt. C. Humphreys, July 18, 1918; trained 6 mos. Dis. C. Tay- lor, Dec. "23, 19i8. 6. KELLER. VICTOR Corporal Stewardson, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf. 33 Div. Horn Sept. 26, 1896, Stewardson; farmer; son Jacob Keller, Stewardson; enl. Aug. 13, 1917, Shelbyville; in Co. H. ; trfd. Supply Co. 130 Inf. C. Logan, Tex.; trained 9 mos.; promoted Wagoner and Cpl. ; sailed N. Y. May 16, 1918, on Agamemnon ; active service Albert Front, Verdun, Meuse-Argonne, Boise de Forbes, Trovon Sur Meuse. Dis. C. Grant, May 31, 1919. 7. KENS1L, John T. Ic. Private Shelbyville," 111. Batt. A, 103 F. A., 26 Div. Horn March 27, 1895, Shelbyville; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kensil, Shelbyville; married Edith Luke, Feb. 17, 1918; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Rahe Motor School, Kansas C. Mo.; trained 4 mos.; sailed Ho- boken Oct. 26, 1918, on Teiresias ; broke down and drifted 3 days and nights; assigned to Batt. A, 103 F. A.. 26 Div. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 26, 1918. 8. KIMMEL, CLARENCE ELMER Corporal Shelhyville, 111. 17 Co. 159 D. B. Born Nov. 2, 1895, Shelbyville; farmer; son Samuel Kimmel, Shelbyville ; enl. lune 28, Shelbyville ; assigned 53 Co. 14 Bn. "159 D. B.; trfd 17 Co. 159 D. B., C. Tay- lor; promoted Cpl. Aug. 2, 1918; trained 5^ mos. at C. Taylor. Dis. C. Taylor Dec. 5, 1918. Previously served with Co. II on Mexican border. 9. KINDEL, HARLAN Mess Sgt. Strasburg, 111. 76 F. A. Born Jan. 15, 1887, Clarksville ; son Mr. and Mrs. Tip- ton Kindel, Strasburg; enl. Apr. 30, 1917, Mattoon : as- signed 18 Cavalry; trfd. 76 F. A. June 10, 1917; promo- tions, Cook, Cpl., Sgt., Mess Sgt.; trained 12 mos; sailed Apr. 23, 1918: 16 mos. overseas; active service Cham- pagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne; in training at Gondrecourt Ares Madres, France ; St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Army of Occupation; ret. with 3 Div. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 31, 1919. One brother in service. 10. KINDEL, LAWRENCE Private Strasburg, 111. Co. B, 118 Engrs. Born Mar. 19, 1889, Clarksville; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. Tipton Kindel, Strasburg; assigned Co. H, 118 Kngrs. ; trained 3 mos.; sailed X. Y. Sept. 30, 1918, on Ulysses; two surgical operations in France; carried off a wrecked transport on return home off Fire Island, Jan. 1. 1919: in hospital in Brest with pneumonia. Dis. C. Grant, Mar. 29, 1919. One brother in service. Page One Hundred Forty Eight 1. KING, ARTHUR EDWARD Acting Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. Co. G, C. I. O., T. C. Born Feb. 6, 1887, Shelbyville; salesman; enl. May 24, 1918; sent Teff. liks., Mo.; assigned Co. E, 37 Inf., C. Mclntosh ; attended C. I. (). T. C. at C. McArtlnir, Waco, Tex. ; trained 6 mos. Dis. C. Me. \rthur, Oct. 28, 1918. 2. KINGSTON*, RAY Private Shelbyville, 111. Hq. Co., 119 Infantry, 30 Div. School teacher; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor, Ky. ; one month later sent C. Sevier, S. C., and assigned Hq. Co., 119 Inf., 30 Div., as buzzer phone oper- ator; sailed Hoboken May 11; landed Liverpool; brigaded with British 2nd .Army Corps May 30, for signal training, support N pres sector, June, 1918; fought at Vpres, Yoor- mezeele. Bellicourt, broke Ilindenburg line Sept. 29, Mazincourt, Busigny, St. Souplet, Mazingham, Ribeville ; wounded shrapnel, Sept. 29, gassed ; had 24 days' leave in Itritish Isles. His. April 13, 1919, Camp Grant. KIXXEY, EYERETT Private Moueaqtia, III. Co. E, 393 Engrs., 78 Uiv. Son Mrs. Elmer Kinney. Moweaqua; enl. July 29, 1918. Storm Lake, la. ; Co. E, 303 Engrs., 78 Div., C. Forrest. Ga. ; sailed Oct. 28. Dis. June 13, 1919, C. Dodge, la. Two brothers in service. Sergeant Batt. I!, 12 F. A., 2 Div. 3. KIXXEY, WALTER Moweaqua, 111. Son Mrs. Elmer Kinney, Moweaqua; enl. Aug. 18, 1916, Batt. B. 12 F. A., 2 Div., Laredo, Tex.; trf. Ft. Meyers, Ya. : trf. Camp Travis, Tex.; sailed Jan. 16, 1918: under fire 4 mos. ; gassed ; active service, Verdun, Ton!, Troyon, Chateau Thierry, Soissons, Marne, Marbache, St. Mihiel. Champagne, Meuse-Argonne, Mt. Blanc, Army of Occupa- tion. Two brothers in service. 4. KIXXEY, WM. Wagoner Moweaqua, 111. Co. C., 52 Amm. Train, C. A. C. Enl. Decatur, 111., Dec. 1, 1917; assigned Co. C, 522 Amm. Train, C. A. C. ; sent Ft. McArthur, Los Angeles Coast Defense: sailed May 26, 1918; was under fire 84 hours; 8 mos. overseas ; on Meuse-Argonne 3 mos. Dis. C. Dodge, la., Feb. 16, 1919. Two brothers in service. 5. KIRCHER. CHRIS M. Private Strasburg, 111. 45 Co. 160 I). B. Horn June 7, 1893, Strasburg; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Kircher, Strasburg; married Louise Loeding, Apr. 22, 1919: enl. Sept. 5, Shelbyville; assigned 4 Recruit Sqdn.. Air Service, Ft. Wayne; trained 4'/' mos. Dis. Jan. 23. 1919, Detroit. 6. KIRCHER. GWEX Private Windsor. 111. Co. 82, U. S. Marines Enl. Jan. 5, 1918, St. Louis; landed in France May 6, 1918; wounded by shrapnel and machine gun July 19, 1918; in service 15 mos.; in France 10 mos. Dis. March 19, Ouantico, Ya. 7. KLAUSER, ARTHUR RUFF Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. I, 23 Engineers Horn Sept. 22, 1897, Shelbyville; clerical work; son Gus Klauser; enl. Xov. 28, 1917, Columbus Bar, Ohio; as- signed Co. I, Engrs 1st Army; trained 3 mos.; sailed Hoboken. Mar. 3, 1918; made Cpl. in France; at front 3 mos.: active service, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; outfit cited by Chief Engr. during Meuse-Argonne, and St. Mi- hiel Off. Dis. C. Grant, June 18, 1919. KLAUSER, CHAS. C. Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. 45 Co. 12 Bn. 160 I). B. 9. KI.AUSER, WILLIAM Captain Shelbyville, 111. Infantry U. S. Army. Son G. Klauser, Shelbyville; wife. Carrie Ernst; 10. KLEIMEIER, ERW'IX J. Yeo. 2 C. Strasburg, 111. U. S. Navy. Enl. Peoria, May 31, 1918, in navy; in service U. S. S. Peoria and U. S. N. T. S. Great Lakes. Dis. Sept. 9, 1919, X. T. S. Great Lakes. Page One Hundred Fort\-Nine 1. KXELLER, GEORGE Private Shelbyville, 111. Bradley Polytechnic Inst. Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 13, '1918; sent C. Bradley for training. Dis. a few weeks after armistice was signed. 2. KOESTER, WM. J. II. Private Sigel, 111. 45 Co. 160 D. I'.. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 45 Co., C. Cas- ter, Mich.; trained ZYi mos. Dis. C. Grant, Dec. 26, 1918. 3. KRIEBU-:, GUY E. Corporal Stewardson, 111. Hd<|. Co. 308 F. A., 78 Div. Born Sept. 18, 1891, Lovington ; telegraph operator; son Xoah Krieble. Stewardson; enl. Apr. 30, 1918. Shelby- ville; assigned Ildq. Co. 308 F. A., 78 Div., C. Dix X. J.; made Cpl. in Fr. ; sailed Hoboken, May 26, 1918, on Cedric : trained C'. Meucon; under fire 2 mos.; active service Toul sector. St. Mihiel, Suppe to Moselle, Meuse- Areonne, Grand Pre ; gassed. Dis. C. Grant, May 27, 1919. KRUGER, LOUIS J. Wagoner Stewardson, 111. Headquarters Co. 37 Inf. Born April 22, 1890, Stewardson; brakeman : son Mr. and Mrs. August Kruger, Stewardson; inducted May 23, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Jefferson Barracks; trfd. Ft. Mclntosh; trained 15 mo. Dis. Aug. 26, 1919, Ft. Mclntosh; two brothers in service. 4. KRUGER, WILLIAM F. Mechanic Stewardson, 111. Co. K, 19th Infantry Born Aug. 6, 1892, Stewardson; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. August Kruger, Stewardson; enl. Mattoon. May 23, 1917; assigned Jefferson Bks., Mo.; trfd. Ft. Sam Hous- ton; trained 12 mos. Dis. C. Grant, Jan. 31, 1919; served K mos. on Mexican border; under fire several times at Ei Paso ; two brothers in service. 5. KULL, ARTHUR F. Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Motor Transport Corps Born Aug. 5, 1892, Shelbyville; merchant; son Jacob Kull, Shelbyville; enl. June 27, 1918, Hillsboro ; assigned 159 I). B.. C. Taylor, Ky. ; promoted Sgt. Dec. 6. 1918; trfd. Army Reserve Depot, Xew Cumberland. Pa. Dis. May 1, 1919, at Xew Cumberland, Pa.; two brothers in service. 6. KULL, CARL A. Shelbyville, 111. Corporal 23 Kngrs. Wagon Co. 4 Morn Sept. 12, 1896, Shelbyville: student; son Tacob Kull, Shelbyville; enl. Nov. 17, 1917, Chicago; assigned 23 Engrs., Wagon Co. Xo. 4 ; made Cpl. in Fr. ; trained 7 mos.; sailed Iloboken, March 30, 1918; under lire 15 days; active service Argonne, St. Mihiel; road building work. Dis. C. Grant, June 27, 1919; two brothers in service. KULL. EMU. Strasburg, III. In service overseas ; returned to U. S. and assigned to Camp Upton. X. Y., where he was discharged in spring of 1919. 7. KULL, PAUL II. Mess Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Aug. 1, 1894, Shelbyville; metal polisher; son Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kull, Shelbyville; enl. May 21, 1917, Shelbyville; in Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. ;' trained C. .Logan, Tex.; sailed Iloboken, May 16, 1918, on Agamem- non; went to front July, 1918: active service Meuse-Ar- gonne, Albert front. Dis. C. Grant, May 31, 1919; two brothers in service. 8. KULL, ROY 1st Sgt. Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Born Feb. 22, 1894, Shelbyville; farmer; son John Kull. Shelbyville: enl. May 22, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. II. 130 Inf., 33 Div.; promoted C'pl. at Shelbyville: Sgt. at C. Logan, Tex.; 1st Sgt. at Argonne; attended 3rd O. T. C. ; trained 13 mos.; active service Meuse- Argonne, Albert. Dis. Apr. 30, 1918, at St. Aignan , 'lid Y. M. C. A. work in Paris and I.e Mans. Dis. July 26, 1919, Paris, France. 9. KULL, GEORGE E. Private Strasburg, III. Motor Trans. Corps. Morn Oct. 16, 1896, Strasburg; bookkeeper: son J. J. Kull. Strasburg; enl. May 30, 1918, Detroit; assigned Motor Transport Corps, Columbus, Ohio; trfd. C. Johns- ton; trained 3 mos.; sailed Xewport Xews, Aug. 3'), 191H. on Caserta ; M. T. work with Hq. at Bordeaux. Dis. Camp Sherman, July, 1919. 10. KUHL, JOHN CARY Corporal Windsor, "ill. Ilq. Co., 10 Inf., 14 Div. Enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Ft. Thomas, Ga. ; trfd. Ft. Benj. Harrison, 10 Inf.; promoted Cpl. Dis. C. Custer. May 6, 1919. Page One Hundred Fifty 1. LAMP,, ORYILLE Private Shelbyville, 111. Med. Del., 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Mch. 27, 1898, Shelbyville ; card writer and window decorator; son Chas. F. and Jennie Lamb, Shelbyville; enl. .Shelbyville, July 13, 1917; assigned Co. H., 130 Inf.; sent C. Logan; sailed Iloboken. .May 14, 1918; landed Brest; firing line 69 days; Somme offensive; Meuse-Ar- gonne offensive. Dis. C. Grant, May 30, 1919. 2. I.AMSOX, PHILIP E. Corporal Cowden, 111. Hq. Co., 308 F. A. Born Xov. 21, 1891, Cowden; Western Union Inspector; son Mrs. (). Lamson. Cowden; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelby- ville; assigned Hq. Co., 308 F. A., Camp Dix. ; promoted Cpl. Mch. 12, 1919; sailed Iloboken, May 27, 1918; land- ed Liverpool ; firing line Aug. 28 to Xov. 1 1 ; Toul sec- tor. St. Mihiel offensive. Moselle offensive, Meuse-Ar- gonne offensive, Grand Pre ; telephone detail. Dis. C. Grant, May 27, 1919. 3. LARGEXT, ALPHA E. 1st Class Private Clarksburg, 111. Supply Co., 327 F. A., 84 Div. Born Feb. 18, 1890; Strasburg; farmer; son Daniel V. and Mary E. Largent, Clarksburg; enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 18, 1917; sent C. Taylor; assigned 327 F. A., 84 Div.; trfd. West Point; promoted wagoner; sailed C. Mills, Sept. 9, 1918; landed Liverpool; trained at De Souge. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19, 1919. 4. LARIMORE, ROLLIE W. Beecher City, 111. Born 1st Class Private Batt. C, 308 F. A. 5. LAUER, REV. CARL FREDERICK Capt.-Chap. Logan, Ohio. Intelligence Officer, 33 Div. Minister; born Oppelspohn, Wurtemburg, Germany. lanilt'd in U. S. when 5 mos: old; married Florence M. Gottschall ; 3 children ; commissioned Shelbyville, Feb. 3, 1916; served on border 1917; trained C. Logan as chaplain and sailed with 33 Div. ; overseas service mainly on 33 Div. staff as Intelligence Officer; only Chaplain in history of army to be detailed to General Staff ; at Cham- pagne, St. Mihiel, Verdun, Troyon sectors, Somme, Meuse-Argonne offensives; cited for gallantry. Dis. May 28, 1919, C. Grant, as Chaplain and Captain of 130 Inf. 6. LAVER, HOMER I.. Wagoner Stewardson, 111. 122 M. G. Co Born Tan. 28, 1896, Stewardson; farmer; son Adams and Stella Laver, Stewardson; enl. May 30, 1917, Co. K, 5 Inf., while at Shelbyville; sent C. Logan; assigned 12J M. G. C'o. ; promoted truck driver; sailed New York, May 10, 1918; landed Brest: firing line 10 days: Baden line, Aisne, Verdun, Meuse-Argonne, Bois de Forges. Bois de Chaume, Bois de Plat, Troyon sur Mense. Dis. C'. Grant May 29, 1919. 7. LAWIIORX, TAS. F. Battery Saddler Cowden, 111. " Batt. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div. Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; sent C. Taylor; assigned Batt. I), 327 F. A., 84 Div.; sailed Sept. 8, 1918; pro- moted battery saddler, C. De Souge, Fr. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 18, 1919. 8. LEE, ALOXZO Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Feb. 9, 1898, Mode; farmer; enl. July 10, 1917, Shelbyville, Co. II, 130 Inf.; sent C. Logan, Oct. 9; sailed Iloboken, May 15, 1919; with Co. H at Amiens Road and Albert front; trfd. Labor I!n. in Sept. 1918. Dis. Aug. 6 at Upton and re-enlisted in Air Service at Mineola. Aug. 6. 9. LEE, TAS. E. Private Findlay. 111. 77 Inf., 14 Div. Born Jan. 13, 1894, Marion, 111.: farmer; son B. F. l.ee, Findlay; enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 5, 1918; sent C. Custer ; assigned 77 Inf., 14 Div. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 5, 1919: brother of Elza Lee, who died in France. LEES. HARRY II. Enlisted through local hoard. LEEDS, FRED M. LEEDS, HARRY D. Oconee, 111. Windsor. 111. Windsor, 111. 10. LESLEY, WILLIAM FRAXKLIX Gunner Findlay, 111. I'. S. Xavy Born March 27, 1898, Shelby Co.; farmer; son A. M. anil Sarah E. Lesley, Findlay; enl. May 31, 1918, Dc- catur ; navy ; gunner ; sailed from Ellis Island, transport Xew Orleans; made three voyages. Dis. Xew York. l\igc One Hundred Fifty-One 1. LEFFLER, FRED S. Windsor, 111. Son Mrs. J. Spurlin, Windsor; served during period of war in army. LEFFLER, WM. FARMER Windsor. 111. Cook Co. H, 125 M. C. I'.n. Horn Sept. 16, 1884, Windsor; farmer; son Mrs. J. Spur- lin, Windsor; enl. Tune 4, 1917, Webster City, la.; sent C. Cody; assigned Co. B, 125 M. G. Bn. ; sailed Hoboken. Sept. 16, 1918 ; landed Liverpool ; returned U. S. Casual Co. 118. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 11, 1919. 3. LEMONS, FRED E. Private Windsor, 111. Son of Mrs. Laura A. Lemons, Windsor; enl. Shelbyvillr May 27, 1918; sent Camp Shelby. Dis. in April, 19'l9. 4. LEMONS, HOWARD E. Regimental Bugler Windsor, 111. Hq. Co. 327 F. A. Kill. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned Hq. Co. 327 F. A. ; served through with 327th as Regtl. Bugler and member of band ; was in charge of all regtl. buglers for 3 mos. LEWAV, OSCAR A. Tower Hill, 111. Enl. Shelbyville Aug. 30, 1918; assigned to C. Grant, 111. LILLY, ALFRED S. Windsor, 111. Private Engineer Corps Born Sept. 27, 1896, Windsor; asst. cashier; son Hugh 5. and Mabel S. Lilly, Windsor; volunteered 3 times but rejected account physical condition : then volunteered for limited service; called Oct. 12, 1918, Chicago, as topo- graphical map maker, Engineer Corps. Dis. Oct. 23, 1918, Columbus Bks., Ohio; one brother in service. 6. LILLY, HOWARD S. 1st Class Private Windsor, 111. 6 M. C.. Hn., 2 Div. Horn Feb. 23, 1899, Windsor; student; son Hugh S. and Mabel S. Lilly; enl. Jan. 2, 1918, St. Louis, in Marines: sent Paris Island, S. C. ; promoted 1st Class Pvt., Jan., 1919: sailed Philadelphia, Apr. 22, 1918; landed I'.fest ; tiring line 6 mos. ; Chateau-Thierry, Soissons, Mont-a- Mousson, St. Mihiel, Champagne, Meuse-Argonne : outfit cited three times; Army of Occupation until July 18, 1919. Released Aug. 15, 1919, Quantico, Va. 7. LINDLEY, CLYDE ELMER Corporal Indianapolis, Ind. Co. K, 334 Inf., 84 Div. Born Ian. 18, 1890, Shelby Co.; teacher and farmer; son Mrs. W. W. Warren, Windsor; enl. Sept. 21, 1917, In- dianapolis, Ind. ; assigned C. Taylor, Co. K. 334 Inf., 84 I)iv. : promoted Cpl. ; trf. Ft. Thomas, Apr. 30, 1918, 31 Co. Dis. May 20, 1919, Ft. Thomas. LIXDSEY, CLAUDE Served in France in .Air Service II<|. UVI.XGSTON, HARRY W. 1st Cl. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn Xoy. 19, 1895, Moweaqua; chauffeur; son X. B. and Louisa Livingston, Moweaqua ; enl. Sullivan, July 28, 1917: assigned Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div., Camp Logan; particular work, hand-grenade, automatic-rifle, wireless school. Dis. C'. Logan April 21, 1918. LITTLE, BAYLISS Moweaqua, HI. 8. LOVINS, LAWRENCE Cook Shelbyville, 111. Co. I, 34 Inf., 7 Div. Born Sept. 17, 1891, Windsor; painter; son A. E. and Nancy Lovins, Shelbyville; enl. May 19, 1917, Jefferson Bks.; assigned Ft. Bliss, June 1, 1917, Co. I, 34 Inf., 7 Div.: trf. C. McArthur; promoted cook in France; sailed Hoboken, Aug. 18, 1918; landed Brest: firing line 45 days; St. Mihiel. Dis. C. Grant, July 5, 1919. 9. LOWARY, HOWARD Cook Shelbyville, 111. 25 Reg. Supply Co., F. A. Born 1894, Shelbyville; barber; son Daniel and Susan Lowary, Shelbyville; enl. Springfield, Tune 25, 1918; sent C. Taylor; trf. C. McClellan ; trf. C. Mills; promoted cook. Dis. Feb. 5, 1919, C. Taylor. 10. LOWERY, ORIS P. Sergeant Strxvardson, 111. 494 Aero Squadron Sun Mrs. J. S. Lowery : enl. July .21, 1917, Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; signal corps; trf. Kelly Field, Tex., 82 Aero Sqdn.; sailed Nov., 1917; trf. 494 Aero Sqdn.; promoted Sgt. Arrived New York, May 3, 1919. Page One Hundred Fifty-Tu'o I.OFLAND, CLYDE KARL Mode. 111. Knl. June 28, 1918, Shelliyville ; assigned to C. Taylor. I. (IXC,. JESSE Moweaqua, 111. LORTON. JOSEPH Cowden. Ill Enl. through local board ; assigned to C. A. C., Teff. liks., March 14, 1918. 1. LOWE. EARL Private Tower Hill, 111. Engineers Horn Nov. 17, 1889, Tower Hill; farmer: son Tolln and Elizabeth Lowe, Tower Hill; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelby- ville: sent C. Taylor; assigned Engineers; was overseas. LOWE. WAYNE Private Moweaqua. III. Co. M. 113 Inf.. 29 Div. Enl. Decatur, lime 1, 1918; assigned to Co. M, 113 Inf., 29 Div.: sailed Oct. 1. 1918; tiring line 2 weeks. Dis. C. <:rant. May 30, 1919. LOWERY, RAY C. Private Stewardson, III. Signal Corps Son Mrs. .1. S. I.owery ; enl. Ft. Thomas, Ky., July 21, 1917: Signal Corps. Dis. account disability. Aug. 15, 1917. 2. LUCAS, RKNZO I). Private Windsor, 111. Co. F. 67 Inf., 67 Div. Born June 10, 1896; son Martha Lucas, Hardensburg, Ky. ; enl. Aug. 7, 1918, Breckenridge C'o., Ky. ; assigned Ft. Thomas. C'o. F, 67 Inf., 67 Div.; trf. C". Sheridan, Supply C'o. : trf. C'. Taylor, Co. F, 67 Inf., 67 Div. Dis. C'. Tay- lor. Nov. 15, 1918: brother Wm. Lucas killed in France. 3. LUnWIG. WM. A. Private Sigel. 111. M. T. C. Transport Unit Son Elizabeth Ludwig, Sigel; enl. May 29. 1918, Shelby- ville : sent Ft. Thomas; trf. Ft. Benjamin Harrison: trf. C'. C'uster ; trf. C. Beauregard : assigned M. T. C'. Trans- port Unit. Dis. C'. Beauregard. 4. LUGAR. KARL KKXNKTII 1st Class Private Sigel. 111. Bat. D, 327 F. A. Horn Oct. 11, 1895, Sigel; farmer: son Giles and Rhodi Lugar. Sigel: enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 18, 1917; sent C. Taylor: assigned Hat. I), 327 F. A.; sailed Xew York, Sept. 9. 1918: landed Liverpool. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19, 1919. 5. LUMP!', HENRY S. Private Findlay. 111. Batt. C, 326 F. A., 84 Div. Horn Dec. 24, 1894, Shelby Co.; farmer; son A. T. Lump]). Findlay: enl. Shelbyville. June 28. 1918; assigned C. Tay- lor. 53 Co., 159 D. n. ; trf. West Point, liatt. C'. 326 F. A., 84 Div.; sailed New York, Sept. 8, 1918; landed Glasgow: telephone operator. Dis. C'. Grant, March 1, 1919. 6. LYONS. GEO. E. Private Herrick. III. C'o. G, 22 Engineers Enl. Shelbyville, lune 28, 1918; sent C. Taylor; assigned Co. G. 22 Engineers; sailed Aug. 22, 1918. Dis. C. Grant. July 16, 1919. 7. MACKLIN. WM. S. Findlay, 111. Horn June 10, 1895, Find Joseph Macklin. Findlay : enl. First Class Private Co. B. 37 Inf. farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. May 23, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Jefferson Bks., then Ft. Mclntosh, Tex. ; assigned Co. H, 37 Inf.: served on Mexican border; trained 8 mos. Dis. Ft. Mclntosh, Laredo, Tex., Feb. 4, 1919. 8. MALONE, JOHN J. Private Shelbyville, 111. Bat. I), 1st Reg. F. A. R. D. Horn March 21, 1893. Bement, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. John J. Malone, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville : assigned to 53 Co., Depot Brigade, C. Tay- lor; trf. to Bat. D, 1st Reg. F. A. R. D. ; training for wagoner at C. Taylor 6 mos; in hospital, influenza and pneumonia. Dis. C. Taylor Dec. 11, 1918. 9. MANNING, CHAS. Henton, 111. 10. MANNING, FORREST W. Shelbyville, 111. Son Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Manning. Shelbyville; enl. June 14, 1918: sent Rahe Auto School, Kansas City. I'age One Hundred Fifty-Three 1. MANNING, NEIL I'rivau- Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enl. Co. H, 130 Inf.. Shelbyville; sent C. Logan, Oct., 1918: sent overseas May 15, 1919, from Hoboken while in France trf. to Supply Co., 130 Inf. Dis. C. Grant sum- mer of 1919. 2. MARMOR, FORREST S. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. F, 18 Inf. Enl. Apr. 6, 1917, Decatur, 111.; Co. F, 18 Inf., Douglas, Arizona: sailed for France June 14, 1917; served in Army of ( Jccupation in Germany for a period of seven months, making a little over 25 mos. in Europe. Dis. C Grant Aug. 8, 1919. 3. MARSH, WM. HOWARD Private Fancher, 111. Co. B, 37 Engineers ICnl. Chicago, March 25, 1918; assigned Co. B, 37 Engrs., Ft. Myers, Va. ; sailed June 29, 1918. Dis. C. Grant Mav 7. 1919. 4. MARS. CHARLES W. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. G, 22 Engineers I'.orn May 23, 1895, Clarksburg; farmer; son Mrs. Eliza- beth Mars. Shelbyville; enl. June 27, 1918. Shelb> ville - assigned Co. G, 22 Kngrs., C. Taylor; trf. Ft. Benjamin Harrison with 22 Engrs.; trf. C. Upton, X. Y. Dis. Jan. 23, 1919, C'. Grant; one brother died in service. MAKTI.V, DR. FKAXKI.IX Tower Hill. 111. Major Medical Corps Horn Sept. 26, 1874, son Mrs. Caroline W. Martin Tower Hill; married Sept. 27, 1899. to Olive McCuIlotlgh, dau. Mrs. Nancy J. McCuIlough; 4 children; physician and surgeon; enl. July 17, 1917, Springfield, in M'. O. T. C., Ft. Oglethorpe, com. 1st Lieut., Aug. 11, 1917; promoted I apt., then Major; trf. to Base Hosp. at Camp Lewis; in training 11 mos. 15 days; sailed Hoboken Sept. 26, 1918; transport La France; landed Brest Oct. 5; assigned to I!. Hosp. Xo. 208; trf. to Bordeaux to relieve Base Xo. 6; on duty Ft. Sheridan, July 24-Aug. 20, 1919, when dis. 6. MARTIX, FRED Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Sent C. Logan, Oct. 9, 1918; trained 9 mos.; sailed Ho- boken. May 15. 1918, on transport Agamemnon: under lire 69 days: active service Meuse-Argonne, Somme Al- bert. His. May, 1919, C. Grant. MARTIX. FRED M. 111. ;. MAKXMAXX, EDMTXD I.. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. L, 154 Inf., 39 Div. Horn 1893, Shelby county; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Taylor; trf. July 20. 1918, to Co. L, 15-1 Inf., 39 Div., Beaureguard ; in training 10 mos.; sailed from Xewport News, Va., Aug. 6, 1918; landtil at Drest Aug. 18, 1918; in hospital, influenza. Dis. C. Grant April 17, 1919. 8. MATIIIAS. ALVIX FRED Corporal Tower Hill, 111. 27 Co., C. A. C. Morn March 4, 1899, Shelby Co.; son Mrs. E. A. Mathias, Tower Hill: farmer; enl. May 1, 1918, Mattoon : Coast Artillery C'orps ; at Jeff. Bks., 2 weeks; sent to Ft. Tutten, Long Island: assigned to 27th Co.; trained for gunner 9 mos., 15 days. Dis. C. (Irani Feb. 14, 1919. 9. MATHIAS, C. L. Tower Hill. III. Sergeant 1st C!. 402 Telegraph Bn. I'.orn Aug. 19, 1883, Shelby Co.: son Mrs. E. A. Mathias, Tower Hill; married Oct. 12, 1917, Elizabeth Jones, dau. L. F. Jones, Middletown, Ky. ; enl. June 4, 1917, Louis- ville, Ky. ; assigned 402 Telegraph Bn., Camp lackson, S. C. : promoted Cpl., Dec. 16, 1917; Sgt., Jan. 18, 1918; First Class Sgt., Dec. 1, 1918; in training 8 mos.: sailed Xewport Xews June 30, 1918; landed Brest July 13, 1918; began work of constructing telephone and telegraph lines immediately upon arrival. Dis. C. Taylor July 5, 1919. in. MATHIAS, EARL STANLEY Corporal Tower Hill, 111. 58th Inf.. 4 Div. Horn Sept. 9, 1895, Shelby Co.; son Mrs. E. A. Mathias; farmer; enl. May 4, 1917, at Red Woods Falls. Minn.; assigned to Co. L, 136 Inf., C. Cody; trf. June 27. C. Merritt. 58 Inf.. 4 Div.; in training 13 mos.; sailed from Hoboken; landed Liverpool July 15, 1918; 87 days in action; at Aisne-Marne, Somme, St. Mihiel, Meusc-Ar- gonne ; made Cpl. in France. Dis. Aug. 8, C. Dodge, la. MATTHEWS, JOHN Herrick. 111. KnI. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; sent to Camp Shelby. MATSOX. EDWARD KnI. through local board from Detroit, Mich. Page One Hundred Fifty-Four 1. MAUZEY, WILLIAM BRYAN 2d Lieut. Fimllay, 111. Infantry Born Feb. 21, 1897, Findlay ; son Dr. George W. Mauzey, Findlay ; bookkeeper; enlisted May 12, 1917. Jeff. Bks. : assigned Hq. Co., 16 Inf.; sailed June 14, 1917; landed St. Xazaire, June 26, 1917; made (."pi., July 12, 1917; com. 2nd Lt. Inf., May 13, 1918; attended First Army Candidates School, I.angres, Fr. ; in action at 1-imeville sector, Gommercourt woods, Aisne-Marne off., St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Verdun, Vesle River, with Hiirs. Co., 16th Inf. and Co. A, llth M. G. Bn. ; wounded Sept. 28, 1918, in Meuse-Argonne off., gun shot right thigh ; in hospital until Xov. 2, 1918; assigned to duty with Railway Trans. Corps after discharge from hospital ; served with R. T. C. until June 13, 1919. Dis. July 7, 1919. C.,I>ix, X. J. 2. MAN'. JOHN" SYLVESTER Sigel, 111. Born Sept. 27, 1896, Sigel; son Geo. May; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby ville ; assigned to 54 Co., C. Taylor; trf. Aug. 9 to Remount Station 319. Dis. April 8, 1919. 3. MKLTOX, LESTER Corporal Stonington, 111. Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Farmer; son Elsie Melton, Stonington; enl. Sept. 25, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf.; sent C. Logan, Tex., Oct. 9, 1918: sailed Hoboken May 15, transport Agamemnon; landed Brest; active service on front 6 mos. ; Amiens, Argonne Woods, Chippily Ridge. Dis. C. Grant, May 28, 1919. 4. MEREDITH, CIIAS. LESTER 1st Cl. Private Pana, 111. 119 Inf., 30 Div. Born Tuly 19, 1894, Odin, 111. ; son Nola and Frank Mere- dith, Odin; farmer: enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; trf. C. Sevier, S. C., March 28, 1918; sailed Boston May 12: attacked by submarine; vessel collided with another in English Channel ; on front about 3 mos.; at Ypres, Bellicourt, St. Souplet, with 119 Inf. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 14, 1919. 5. METZGER, JOIIX A. Private Pana, 111. 26 Personnel Hq. Dept. Born Apr. 2, 1896, Pana; son Adam G. Metzgar; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C'. Forrest, Ga. ; as signed S Engineers. Dis. C. Forrest, Jan. 4, 1919. 6. METZGAR, ORVAL C. Private Pana, 111. Camp Sevier, S. C. Born 1893. Shelby Co.; son Albert G. Metzgar, Pana; farmer; enl. Feb. 23, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; trf. about March 25 to C. Sevier, S. C. ; remained there until sent to C. Taylor for discharge, Apr. 5, 1919. 7. MIETZXER, CIIAS., JR. Private Stewardson, 111. 308 F. A.. 78 Div. Born Oct. 26, 1889, Stewardson ; son Wm. C. and Eliza- beth Meitzner, Stewardson; enl. Apr. 29, 1918, Shelby- ville; sent C. Dix, X. I.; assigned 308 F. A., 78 Div.; sailed Xew York May 27, 1918; landed Liverpool; fin- ished training C. De Meucon, France ; active duty Aug. 18 to Xov. 11; engagements Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel offensive, Suippe Moselle, Toul sector, Grand Pre offen- sive. Dis. C. Grant May 27, 1919. 8. MILFORD, LESLIE E. Corporal Herrick, 111. 52 Co., 159 Depot Brigade Farmer: son George E. and Marietta Milford; married Dec. 26. 1918, Mary M. Jones, Herrick; enl., Shelbyville, Feb. 22, 1918; sent C. Taylor and assigned 18 Co., 159 I), II. : made C'pl. March 1, 1918; trf. successively to 39, 52, 59 and 23 Companies, 159 I). B. ; duties mainly train- ing recruits. Dis. C. Taylor Dec. 5, 1918. 9. MILLER, GEO. W. Master Signal Electrician Shelbyville, 111. 5 Aero Squadron Son Wm. Miller, Pana, 111. ; married Georgia Stansberry, Shelbyville; enl. Sept. 18, 1917; sent to France Feb. 8, 1918; served with signal electrician corps of 5 Aero Squadron ; active service on Champagne and Chateau Thierry fronts; gassed Champagne, May 26, 1918. Dis. C. Grant Feb., 1919. 10. MILLER, J. GLEN 1st Lieut.-Bn. Adjt. Shelbyville, 111. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Shelbyville, Aug. 23, 1888; son Mrs. Eva M. Miller: abstractor; enl. March 23, 1908, Co. H, 4th I. X. G. : Cpl., March 23, 1909; Sgt., Feb. 9, 1910; 2nd Lieut., Aug 11. 1911; 1st Lieut., May 20, 1913; served on border, 1916: served as Bn. Adjt. with 2nd Bn., 130 Inf., in France al Amiens, Somme off., Albert, Morlaincourt, Meuse-Argonne. Bois de Chaume, Verdun, Troyon, Marcheville, Army of Occupation, Dec. 12 to Apr. 12, 1919; wounded, !eft arm. shell fragment, Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 7 ; received divisional citation. Dis. with 130 Inf., C. Grant. June 1, 1919. Firsl Post Adjt., Roy Vanderpool Post, American Legion. Page O:ic Hundred Fifty-Fk-c 1. MII.I.KK, IAS. K. Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. F, 25 Kngrs., 1st Army Knl. Dec. 12, 1917, Spokane, Wash.; assigned Co. F, 25 Engineers; sailed Feb. 23, 1918; first under fire at Aisne : from Sept. 28 to armistice in the Argonne ; 6 mos. con- struction of warehouses at St. Suplice. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 24, 1919. J. MILLER, LLOYD 0. Private Shelhyville, III. Co. F, 125 Inf., 32 Div. Horn 1895; son C'has. Miller, Shelhyville: farmer; enl. him- 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor, 54 Co., 159 1). 1!.; trf. C. Heauregard, La., July 17, 1918, Co. F, 154 Inf., 39 l)iv. ; sailed Newport Xews, Aug. 6, 1918; landed Hrest, Aug. 18; battles of Verdun, Fismes, Meuse-Ar- gonne. Dis. C. Grant, May 20, 1919. 3. Mll.l.IGAX, LIXDEK First Class Private Tower Hill, III. Halt, B, 114 F. A., 30 Div. Horn March 10, 1888, Tower Hill; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. lacob Milligan. Tower Hill; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shel- byville; assigned Halt. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div., C. Taylor: trf. C'. Sevier, Halt. I!, 114 F. A., 30 Div.; trained 8 mos.; sailed Iloboken, May 26, 1918; under fire 21/2 mos.; active service St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Toul- Woevre. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 10, 1919. 4. MILLS. CHARLES E. Private Tower Hill. III. 66 F. A. Horn May 9, 1892, Tower Hill.; son of Ed Mills, Tower Hill: enl. May 24, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Jefferson Bks. ; assigned 66 F. A. : trf. Camp Kearney, Cal. ; trained 8 mos. Dis. Dec. 23, 1918, C. Grant. 5. MILLS, ORA Private 1st Class Herrick, 111. Co. H. 130 Inf. Born Dec. 17, 1895, Herrick; farmer; son Mr. Daniel Mills, Herrick; enl. Sept. 13, 1917, Shelbyville, Co. H; sent Camp Logan, Tex., Oct. 9, 1917; trained 7 mos.; sailed Iloboken, X. J., May 15, 1918; active service, Meuse-Argonne, Somme, Amiens, Verdun, Troyon. Marchc- villc, Army of Occupation. Dis. C. Grant, May 31, 1919. 6. MIXER, CHARLES LUFKIX Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Ry. Transport Corps Horn Xpv. 9, 1891. Windsor, 111.: son of Mr. and Mrs. C'has. Miner, Windsor, III.; traveling salesman; enl. Chi- cago, Nov. 28, 1917; assigned to Camp Johnston, Fla. ; training 6 mos. ; sailed Newport News, June 2, 1918; land- ed La Pallice, lune 20, 1918; trf. Ry. Trans. Corps Jan. 4, 1919; promoted Cpl., Feb. 9, 1919; sailed Hrest Aug. 6. 1919; landed X. Y ., Aug. 17, 1919. Dis. C. Grant. Aug. 26, 1919. 7. MIXFK. LESTER WARD 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. 38 Inf., 3d Div. Horn Aug. 3, 1891 ; son Thomas and Minnie Miner. Shelby- ville; enl. Aug. 27, 1917, Ft. Sheridan; 2nd (). T. C., commissioned 1st Lieut., Inf., Xov. 27, 1917; assigned 38 Inf.. 3 Div., C'. Greene, S. C. ; sailed Halifax, Canada, March 22, 1918: battles of Aisne-Marne defensive. Cham- pagne- Marne defensive, Chateau-Thierry sector. May 30- Jnly 15, 1918: high explosive wound, face and upper right arm, 2d battle of Marne, July 15, 1918; Hase Hospital Xo. 34, Xantes, France, seven weeks; C, O. 1st Prov. Gd. Co.; 5. O. 116 Tr. Ht|. and M. P. 1st Replacement Depot; A. P. M., Montrichard, Pontlevoy, St. George; instructor agriculture, A. E. F. University, Heaume, Cote D'or ; agricultural lecturer 3d Army, Coblenz. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 15, 1919. Signal Q. M- U. S. Navy navy; sent Great 8. MITCHELL, DOXALD J. Cowden, III. Enl. Oct. 28. 1915, Des Moines, la., Lakes; assigned to U. S. S. San Francisco, mine layer; in Cuba during revolution of 1917, guarding Santiago; trf. to "Haltimore" as Staff Signalman; trf. to "Pres. Grant" as Signal Q. M. ; trf. "Wadsworth"; sent Queens- town. Ireland, May 4, 1917; 20 months active service; wounded at Metz; returned Jan. 8, 1919. 9. MITTEXDORF, LOUIS J. Private Xeoga, III. A. R. D. 319 Enl. lune 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Aux. Remount I'epot 319, Camp Taylor," Ky. Dis. May 17, 1919, C. Taylor, Ky. 10. MOHERI.EV, GRIDER II. Private Shelbyville, III. liatt. I), 327 F. A. Horn Nov. 11, 1895, Windsor; grain dealer; son Fred Moberley, Shelbyville; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Halt. I), 327 F. A., Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. West Point; sailed New York Sept. 8, 1918, on Orduna ; trained Camp De Souge, Fr. Dis. C. Grant Feb. 19, 1919. Page One Httndrctl Fifty-Si.v 1. MOBEKI.EY, LAWRENCE M. Private Windsor, III. 1 Marines A. F. Horn June 2, 1897, Windsor; postal clerk; son Mr. B. F. Moherley, Windsor; enl. Jan. 2, 1918, St. Louis, in Marine corps; assigned 1st Marines Aviation Force, Paris Island, S. C. ; trf. to Curtis Field, 1st M. A. F. ; trained 3 mos. ; sailed Ilohoken July 18, 1918, on "lie Kalb" ; sank sub- marine on way over; trained Bois En Ardres; served 4 mi. behind trenches. Released Miami, Fla., Feb. 20, 1919; one brother in service. 2. MOXROK. HENRY EVKRETT Captain, M. C. Shclhyvillc, 111. I. C. 0. T. S., C. Grant, 111. Horn July 15, 1875, Falmouth, Ky. ; son Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Monroe, Falmouth, Ky. ; married June 4, 1902, Irma E. Tackett. daughter Jno. A. and Mrs. Flora C. Tackett, Shelby ville ; one daughter, Florence Rachael, one son, Henry Tackett; enl. Aug., 1918, Springfield, 111.; Medical Corps : assigned as Surgeon Infantry Central Officers Training School, C. Grant; com. Capt. M. C., Sept. 11, 1918; on Dec. 18, was reassigned to 5th Bn., discharge unit, C. Grant, as surgeon of same. Dis. March 5, 1919, C. Grant. 3. MONTOOTH, ARNOLD E. Corporal Cowden, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born May 2, 1894, Cowden; son Scott Montooth; farmer; enl. July 24, 1917, Shelbyville. in Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; promoted Cpl. ; sailed Hoboken May 16, 1918; landed May 24, Brest; in trenches Aug. 8-.\"ov. 11, 1918; at Argonne-Meuse, Somme, St. Mihiel, Argonne, Marche- ville. Dis. C'. Grant, May 30, 1919. 4. MOON, DR. GEO. 1st Lieut. Ilerrick, 111. Veterinary Corps Born July 17, 1886, Herrick ; son T. T. Moon; married Dec. 10/1914, Alice E. Gill, dau. Mrs. W. F. Gill; veterinarian; enl. July 25, 1917, Leavenworth, Kans. ; as- signed Purchasing O. M. (horses), Kansas City, Mo.; trf. May 5, 1918, C. Dodge, 338th F. A., 88 Div.; com. 2nd Lt., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt., July 17, 1918; vet. service at C. Dodge; sailed Aug. 17, 1918; in training at De Souge ; returned with Vet. Evac. IIosp. No. 8. Dis. Ft. D. A. Russel, Wyo., June 23, 1919. 5. MOON, TAMES BURL Private Ilerrick, 111. 161 Depot Brigade Born Tune 7, 1893, Ilerrick; son T. J. Moon; farmer: enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 161 I). B., Camp Custer, Mich.; trf. Sept. 19, C. Grant; 2 mos. in non-com, school at Grant. Dis. Jan. 25, 1919; one brother in service. 6. MOORE, TAMES C. Private Ilerrick, ll'l. Co. E, 52 Inf., 6 Div. Born Oct. 24, 1895, Cowden; son J. B. Moore; farmer; enl. Tune 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 54th Co., 159 Depot I!., Camp Taylor; trf. Co. E, 154 Inf., 39 Div., Camp Beaureguard ; in training 5 weeks ; sailed Newport News, Aug. 6, 1918; landed Brest Aug. 18, 1918; trf. to C'o. E, 52 Inf., 6 Div.; in trenches 3 weeks; at Alsace Lorraine, one skirmish, in Argonne about Nov. 8th ; in hospital, pneumonia. Dis. Gen. Hospital No. 42, Spartan- burg, S. C., April 15, 1919. 7. MOORE, LOREN BRUCE Cook Shelbyville, 111. Base Hosp. No. 131 Born Aug. 13, 1897, Wayne City; son Frank Moore, Shel- byville; real estate; enl. May 28, 1918, Jefferson Bks., Mo.; assigned Base Hospital No. 131; trf. C. L'pton, promoted to cook, Oct. 5, 1918; sailed Oct. 12th; landed Liverpool Oct. 24, 1918; went to Cherbourg, France, from there to Mars Sur Alliers, permanent camp until return ; sailed May 23, 1919; arr. N. V. June 2nd. Dis. June 12, 1919, C". Grant. 8. MORGAN. SIDNEY Mechanic Tower Hill, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Tan. 18, 1897, Tower Hill; son O. Morgan; farmer; enl. Sept. 3, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf.; pro- moted to Mechanic, C. Logan, Jan. 1, 1918; in" training 7 mos.; sailed May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed Brest May 24 ; in trenches 3 mos. ; at Meuse- Argonne, Somme, Amiens sector, Troyon sector, Army of Occupation; mention on Roll of Honor of the 33 Div. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. 9. MORRELL, THEODORE 1st Cl. Private Moweaqua, 111. 159 F. A., Brigade Hqs., 84 Div. Enl. Sept. 5, 1917; sent C. Taylor; sailed Sept. 8, 1918; in active service 3 weeks; never wounded. Dis. March 1, 1919. 10. MOWRY, LESTER Corporal Findlay, 111. 302 Water Tank Train Horn April 2, 1896, Oakley, 111.; son Henry C. and Hattie Mowry, Findlay; farmer; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Rahe Auto School. Kansas City; assigned M. T. C. 302; sailed Hoboken, Sept. 28, 1918; transport Leviathan; landed Brest, Oct. 7: Meuse-Argonne front; truck driver. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 5, 1919. Page One Hundred Fifty Scrcn MII.LKR, ORAX Shclhyville, 111. Son Bud Miller: served in Q. M. Corps on Texas border during period of the war. MOORE, XOBLE Herrick, 111. Private 46 Co., 160 1). 1'.. lull. Shelbyville. Sept. 5; sent to C. Custer ; assigned to 46 Co., 160 Depot Brigade; served through enlistment with this outlit. Dis. soon after armistice. 1. MORRIS, CLAREXCE X. Sergeant Beecher City, III. Co. II, 3-14 M. (.. I'.n. Kill. Oct., 1917; sent San Antonio, Tex.; remained C. Travis, San Antonio, until June, 1918; sent overseas; over top Sept. 12; in St. Mihiel drive; in battle 72 days; at front when armistice was signed ; sent into Germany with Army of Occupation. 1st Sergeant Co. A, 6 A. A. M. C,. tin. 2. MORRIS, SAMUEL 1 Beecher City, 111. Enl. Chicago. Aug. 28, 1918; sent to Spartanburg, S. C., C'. Wadsworth ; in camp 4 l /i mos. Dis. C. Grant, Jan. 10, 1919. 3. MOSK. LEWIS R. Private Tower Hill, III. 34 Regt., C. A. C. Horn Dec. 24, 1889, Shelby Co.; farmer; son Geo. W. and Abbie A. Mose, Tower Hill; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelby- ville; sent C. Custer; trf. 34 Regt., C. A. C., Ft. Totten. X. Y. ; trf. C. Kustis, Va., Xov. 5; in training 4 mos. His. C. Grant Dec. 28, 1918. 4. MOSE, RAVMOXI) F. Private Shelbyville, 111. 147 Engineers Born Feb. 16, 1897, Tower Hill; son Mr. and Mrs. John VV. Mose; elk. C. & E. I. R. R. ; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelby- ville; sent C. Custer; assigned 45 Co., 12 Bn., HO D. B.; trf. Ft. Benjamin Harrison, 147 Engineers. Dis. Dec. 14, 1918, Ft. Benjamin Harrison. MOSE, ROLI.IE EDGAR Private Assumption. 111. 45 Co., 160 Depot Brigade Enl. Shelbyville Jan. 10, 1918; sent to Ft. Oglethorpe ; assigned to limited service and trf. to 45 Co., 160 Depot I'.rigade, C. Custer. Dis. Dec. 1, 1918. 5. MOSS, CHAS. A. 1st Lieut. Moweaqua, 111. Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn May 21, 1893, Moweaqua; son Wm. II. Moss, Mo- weaqua; enl. June 26, 1916, Sullivan, Co. C, 4 Regt.. I. X. G. ; promoted Cpl., then Sgt. ; commissioned 2nd Lieut., Aug. 13, 1918; sent C. Logan, Oct., 1917; sailed Hoboken May 10, 1918, transport Covington : in active service on front May 25-Oct. 6, 1918; Somme offensive, Corbe-Fouilli. Albert, Meuse, Argonne ; shrapnel wound in hip; commissioned 1st Lieut., Sept. 1, 1918, at Argonne; gassed, mustard gas; returned U. S. casual. Dis. C. Grant, June 3, 1919. 6. MOSS, XELSOX W. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. D, 8 Bn., U. S. Guards Born March 11, 1891, Moweaqua; son Mr. and Mrs. William H. Moss, Moweaqua; farmer; enl. Feb. 28, 1918: sent C. Taylor, Ky. ; assigned Co. D, 8 Bn., U. S. Guards; trf. Springfield, Mass. ; denied overseas service account disability. Dis. Dec. 28, 1918. 7. MUELLER, HEXRY G. Private 1st Cl. Stewardson, III. 150th Inf., 38 Div. Enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Co. H, 150th Inf., 38th Div., Camp Shelby, Miss. ; sailed for France Oct. 6, 1918; overseas 10 months. Dis. Aug. 11, 1919, C. Grant. 8. MUELLER, MARTIX Private 1st Cl. Strasburg, 111. 45 Co., 12 Bat., 160 D. B. Born June 16, 1894, near Strasburg; son of Louis and Dorothy Mueller, Strasburg; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Bugler 45 Co., 12 Bat., 160 D. B. Dis. Dec. 11, 1918, C. Custer. 9. MUELLER, WM., JR. Private Strasburg, 111. Artillery Ammunition TV. Born Nov. 24, 1891, Strasburg: son of Wm. and Mary Mueller, Strasburg; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby- ville; Camp Taylor, artillery ammunition train; trf. to C. VcClellan, 9th Amm. Train. Dis. Feb. 26, 1919, C. Grant. 10. MUNCEY, ROSS Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born 1898, Shelby Co.; son of Hiram L. and Laura Mun- cey, Tower Hill; farmer; enl. Sept. 17, 1917, Shelbyville, with Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; went to Camp Logan Oct. 9, 1918; sailed May 16, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; 94 days in trenches, Meuse- Argonne offensive, Somme sec- tor, Troyon sector; returned with 33rd Div. Dis. May 31, 1919, C. Grant. Page One Hundred Fifty-Eight 1. MULI.IXIX, VURN Private Shelbyville, 111. . Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn Sept. 11, 1897, Shelbyville; son of Mrs. Jane Young, St. Louis, Mo.; paper hanger; enl. July 25, 1917, Shelby- ville. with Co. H; sailed from Hoboken May 15, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; Somme sector, Meuse-Ar- gonne : Troyon sector and Army of Occupation ; returned witli Co. II and was discharged May 31, 1919, C. Grant. Married Zelma Franklin, Ian. 29, 1918, at Sullivan. 2. Mcr.KIDK, 1)A\ TAMKS Yeoman 2nd C. Shelbyville, III. I". S. Navy Horn Nov. 29. 1X96, W. Salem; son Ed. McHride, Shelby- vilk-; ry. clerk; enl. May 28, 1918, Chicago; navy. Seaman Branch; promoted from Seaman 2nd C. to Yt-oman 3rd C., Nov. 1. 1918: promoted to Yeoman 2nd C., Feb. 1, 1919; sailed July 15, 1918, I". S. S. .Northern Pacific: landed Brest July 22. 1918; in charge of supplying 17 Naval Aviation Stations in France with gasoline and oil. I>is. luiu- 15. 1919, Great Lakes, 111. One brother in service. 3. McBKIDE, KDDI1-: Shelbyville, III. lirothcr of Dan: ry. clerk; enl. at Chicago, Nov. 17, 1917; assigned 22d Engineers ; sailed March 30, 1918; at Ar- gonne, St. -Mihiel. His. C. Grant summer of 1919. 4. McBROOM. ALBERT Private I'ana. 111. 130 Inf., 33 Div., Co. II Horn Dec. 23, 1897, Pana ; son Sam and Flavia McBroom, Pana: laborer; enl. August 20, 1917, Shelbyville; with Co. H; sailed from Hoboken May 15, 1918, on transport Agamemnon: Meuse-Argonne, Somme, Albert. Dis. Tune, 1919, C. Grant. 5. McCLORY, GUY T. Private. 1st Cl. Trowbridge, III. 22nd Engineers P.orn Aug. 22, 1894, Trowbridge; son of Michael IX and Anna McClorv, Trowbridge: teacher and farmer; enl. Tune 27, 191S. Shelbyville; sent Camp Taylor; trf. 22d Engrs., Ft. lienj. Harrison, July 19; trf. to Upton, X. Y. ; sailed from Montreal, Can., Aug. 22, 1918; landed Liverpool, Sept. 16; did carpenter work. Dis. July 9, 1919, C. Mills. N. Y. McCLORY. RKG1S K. Private Trowbridge, 111. 473 Aero Sqdn. Horn Nov. 16. 1893, Pittsburgh, Pa.; son of John and Elizabeth McClory, Trowbridge; teacher; enl. Aug. 19, 1917, Mattoon, 111.; aviation; assigned 473 Aero Construc- tion Sqdn., Kelly Field, Texas; sailed from Morrison, Va., Dec., 1917, on transport Mallory ; landed Brest, Jan., 1918; fuarded German prisoners and constructed barracks. Dis. >ec. 28, 1918, C. Grant. 6. McCOY, ESTER E. Private Middlesworth. 111. 15th D. 11. Horn Feb. 14, 1893, Shelby Co., 111.; son of William and Julia McCoy; farmer; enl. June 26, 1918, Shelbyville: assigned to 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor; sailed from Newport News Aug. 6, 1918: landed Brest August 19; Alsace-Lorraine and Verdun. Dis. June 23, C. Grant. Sergeant 5th Marines, 47 Co. 7. McCOY, GUY Xokomis, 111. Son of Mrs. Xorah B. McCoy ; enl. St. Louis shortly after war declared ; sailed May 26 as replacement ; assigned 5th Marines of 2nd Div.; Soissons, Chateau Thierry; wounded St. Mihiel, shrapnel, gassed in Argonne in October; re- turned as casual. Dis. in March, 1919. 8. McCOY, JOHN A. Corporal Shelbyville, III. Hdq. Co., 308 F. A.. 78 Div. Born March 9, 1896, Ramsey, 111.; son of Xora B. McCoy, Shelbyville; enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Hdq. Co., 308 F. A.. 7S Div.: promoted Cpl., in France, April 10, 1919: sailed from X. Y. May 26, 1918, on transport Cedric; landed Liverpool June 8', 1918; St. Mihiel. Ar- gonne, Suippe, Grand Pre. Dis. May 14, 1919, C. Grant. 9. McDAXIEL, CLAREXCE Private, 1st Cl. Shelbyville, 111. 12 Artillery Brigade Horn Nov. 11, 1894, Casey, III.; son of Orion and May McDaniel, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Slu-lby- ville; assigned Camp Taylor, 53 Co., 159 D. B. ; trf. to Camp McClellan, Ala., 12 Brig., Motorized Artillery. Dis. Jan. 27, 1919, C. McClellan. Ala. 10. McGEE, ROGER W. Sergeant Moweaqua, 111. Co. D, 2d Engrs. Born Feb. 7, 1896, Blue Mound, 111.; son Mrs. Eliza J. McGee, Moweaqua; electrician; enl. May 18, 1917, Deca- tur; assigned Co. D, 2d Engrs.; promoted' Sgt., June, 1919; trf. Jefferson Bks., to El Paso, Tex.; sailed Sept. 10, 1917; landed Glasgow, Scotland ; direct from there to Le Havre, France, Nov. 11; Verdun, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne. Toulon, Aisne, Chateau Thierry, Aisne-Marne, Soissons; miscellaneous engineer; returned with 2d Engrs. Dis. Aug. 15; 1919, C. Grant. Page One Hundred Fifty-\ine 1. McIXTIRE, FRANK Moweaqua, 111. Aviation, Section 2, Long Island. McKIXXEY, EMERY Mowea.iua, 111. Corporal 6th Trench Mortar Bn. 2. McKITTRICK, CHAS. C. Ilerrick, III. Horn July 11, 1884, Cold Spring Twp. ; son Wm. McKit- trick, Pana ; farmer; enl. May 29, 1918, Decatur; assigned 2nd C'o. Coast Artillery ; trf. 6th Trench Mortar Bn., Hat. It; promoted Cpl., Sept. 27, Ft. Caswell, X. C. ; sailed from llohoken Xov. 2, 1918; landed Brest Xov. 9, two days before armistice was signed ; returned with 6th Trench Mortar Hn. Dis. Feh. 1, 1919, C. Grant. McKITTRICK. CEO. G. Tower Hill, III. In service in United States Xavy. 3. McMAHAX, RALPH THEORAX Private Cowden, 111. 82 Div., 327 Amb. Co. Horn Oct. 10, 1898, Shelbyville; son of Jas. and Lulu McMahan, Cowden, 111.; lineman; enl. Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; assigned to 82 Div., 327 Ambulance Co., 307 San. Train, Kt. lienj. Harrison; sailed from a Xew Jersey port in July, 1918; landed Liverpool July 28; in trenches from August to Xov.; Marbash, St. Mihiel, Meuse, Argonne. Dis. May 23, 1919, C. Sherman, Ohio. 4. McMULLIX, FOSTER Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn Sept. 9, 1892, Lake City, III.; farmer; enl. May 8, 1917, with Co. H; went to Camp Logan Oct. 9, 1918; sailed May 15, 1918; 69 days on firing line; Meuse-Ar- gonne, Somme, Albert. Dis. June, 1919, C. Grant. McNTTT, ALSEY Shelbyville, 111. In service with 26th Engineers. 26 Engrs. 5. XAXCE, JASPER W. Sergeant, 1st Cl., Q. M. C. Herrick, 111. Cooks and Bakers School Horn Mar 28, 1895, Ilerrick, 111.; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. Newt. W. Nance, Herrick; enl. lune 27, 1918, Shel- byville; assigned D. H. Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. Upton, X. Y., Cooks and Bakers School; trained 12^ mos. Dis. C. Grant, July 16, 1919. 6 NANCE. MERRITT Herrick, 111. Born July 25, 1894, Ilerrick Ervin Nance, Herrick; enl. assigned Bn. Hq. 308 F. A., 1st Cl. Private Bn. Ilq., 308 F. A., 78 Div. ; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; 78 Biv., Camp Dix ; trained " . . . 3 weeks; sailed Hoboken May 24, 1918, on "Cedric" ; under lire 3 mos.; active service St. Mihiel, Argonne, T'oul, Souppe, Meuse. Dis. C. Grant, May 28, 1919. One brother in service. 7. XAYIS, RALPH E. Private Stewardson, 111. Motor Truck Repair Unit Born Mar. 12, 1895, Herborn, 111.; farmer; son Mrs. Minnie Maxson, Peoria ; enl. Sept. 3, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Camp Grant, Co. II, 5 Training Regiment, 161 D. B. ; trf. Camp Holabird, Md., M. T. R. U. ; trained 6 mos. Dis. C'. Taylor, Feb. 28, 1919. 8. NEAL, CHARLES M. Private Shelbyville, 111. Batt. D, 327 F. A.. 84 Div. Born Sept. 5, 1894, Shelbyville; painter; son Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Neal. Shelbyville; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Batt. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div., Camp Taylor. Dis. Camp Taylor Xov. 19, 1917, on account of physical dis- ability ; went to Chanute, Kan. ; enlisted in new Co. of K. X. G. ; Govt. guard at Nitro, W. Va. ; one brother in Corporal Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33 Div. 9. XEAL, FRAXK X. Shelbyville, 111. Born Aug. 12, 1893, Shelbyville: son Hiram and Emma Neal; miner; enl. June 5, 1917, Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; promoted Cpl., Camp Logan, fall, 1917; trained for sniper 10 mos.; sailed May 16, 1918; landed Brest May J4th ; brigaded with British on Albert front; wounded by ex- plosion of bomb thrown by Germans, 31 killed and wound- ed, sent to Gen. Hosp. Xo. 16; returned Co. H, Xov. 9 returned to Hosp. Nov. 17 for operation; returned Co. H in Dec., in Luxemburg; returned U. S. and discharged with Co. H. Mother received report he was dead and missing in action. 10. NEES, JOHX WILLIAM Private Shelbyville, 111. Bradley Poly. Co. B Born Oct. 25, 1896; son Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Xees. Shelby- ville; expressman; enl. Oct. 15. 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed to Co. B, Bradley Poly., Peoria, 111.; in training 3 weeks for gunsmith; rejected Xov. 7, 1918, and dis- charged at Peoria on physical grounds. Page One Hundred i'u-fv NEW. A. W. Moweaqua, 111. 1. NEW BERRY, VERNIE E. Private Stewardson, 111. 125 Inf., 32 Div. Born Aug. 27, 1895, Stewardson ; son Amos Newberry, Stewardson; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville ; as- signed Depot Brig., C. Taylor; trf. C. Beaureguard, Co. F. 154 Reg., 39 Div.; trf. in France to 125 Inf., 32 Div.; sailed Aug. 6, 1918; landed Brest Aug. 18, 1918; in train- ing at Ouincy, Fr. ; in trenches 3 weeks; at Argonne Forest; wounded Aug. 11, shot through foot; in hospital l'/2 mos. ; returned Casual Co. Dis. C. Grant, Mch 24. 2. NICHOLS, CHAS. O. Mode. 111. Born 1884, Shelby Co. ; son Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Nichols, Mode; farmer; enl. Jeff. Bks., March 17, 1915; served in Hawaiian Islands; returned U. S. April, 1919. Dis. April 23, 1919; re-enlisted April 23, 1919, for overseas service; sailed Hoboken June 13, 1919. NICHOLS, HARRY L. Windsor, 111. 3. NICHOLS, WILLIS EDGAR Sergeant Mode, 111. Co. A, 9th Infantry Born Feb. 25, 1892, Mode; son A. E. Nichols; farmer; enl. July 2, 1915, Jeff. Bks., Mo.; assigned Co. A, 9th Inf., Laredo, Tex.; made Cpl., lune 1, 1917; Sgt., in Fr., Aug. 27, 1918; sailed May 8, 19"l8; landed May _23, Brest; in trenches 60 days; at Marne, Vesle River, St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest; in hospital, gun shot wound left hand at Argonne Forest; reg. received 2 citations for bravery; assigned Prisoner of War Escort Co. 103 at Blots; re- lieved in one mo.; returned as casual, Feb. 2, 1919. 4. NICHOLS, KARL W. Wagoner Oconee, 111. Evacuation Ambulance Co. 67 Born Aug. 29, 1893, Litchfield, 111. ; son Mrs. Dora Nich- ols, Oconee; married Sept. 23, 1914, to Bertha Christner, dau. Mr. and Mrs. David C. ; bank elk.; enl. Aug. 14, 1918, Shelbyville; army; assigned Lewis Inst. Tr. I)etc.h.. Chicago ; hospital 5 weeks, severe burns from gas engine explosion; trf. Oct. 15 to Eyac. Amb. No. 67, C. Crane; promoted to wagoner ; in training 3 mos. ; sailed Hoboken Nov. 13, transport Cedric ; Liverpool Nov. 23; La Havre Nov. 25 ; worked as amb. driver, stationed most of time ; hospital 28 days, mumps; returned with Casual Co. Dis. C. Grant June 7, 1919. 5. NICHOLS, ROBT. E. Private Cowden, 111. Med. Dept. Air Service Born July 14, 1887, Cowden; son G. F. Nichols. Herrick ; mechanic; enl. Ian. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Med. Dept., Air Service, Ft. Oglethorpe ; trf. Feb. 10, 1918, Kelly Field; trf. Apr. 9, 1918, Ellington Field, Tex.; worked in hospital during influenza and pneumonia epi- demic; in training 19 mos. Dis. July 5, 1919, Ellington Field, Tex. 6. NIPPE, MARTIN J. Private Strasburg, 111. 34 Reg.. 14th Div. Born Nov. 23, 1892, Strasburg; son Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nippe ; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Sheltn -ville ; army; as- signed to C. Custer, Depot Brig.; trf. Nov. 1, 1918, to C. Eustis, to 34 Reg., 14 Div.; trf. to C. Grant, Dec. 17, 1918; in training \ l /i mos.; in hospital, influenza. Dis. C. Grant, Jan. 23, 1919. NOLING, RAYMOND Moweaqua, 111. 29th R. II. Det. Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 5, 1918; sent to C. Custer; trfd. to 29 R. H. Det., Camp Johnston, Fla. XOLTNG. RICHARD N. Moweaqua, 111. 29 R. H. Det. Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 5, 1918; sent to Camp Custer; trfd. to 29 R. H. Det., Camp Johnston, Fla. 7. NORBERG, WALTER E. Sergeant Stewardson, 111. Q. M. Corps Born May 31, 1888, Chicago; son Louis and Margreta Norberg; farmer; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor, assigned 327 F. A.; trf. C. Pike, Ark., Nov. 16, 1917; trf. March 25, 1918, to Brooklyn; trf. Aug. 20 to Syracuse; promoted Sgt., Aug. 26; promoted Supply Sgt., O. M. C. ; trf. Camp Mills, Aug. 26, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, Jan. 24, 1919. 8. NORRIS, RALPH A. Seaman Ashmore, 111. U. S. Navy Born at Patoka ; son Mrs. E. M. Norris, formerly of Stras- burg; enl. in Navy June 10, 1918; sent to Great Lakes; trf. first of Sept. to Navy Yards at Philadelphia ; trf. in Jan. to U. S. S. Pocahontas, engaged in bringing home troops. 9. NUTT, HAROLD Cook Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born May 20, 1898, Shelbyville; son Isaac and Margaret Nutt, Shelbyville; enl. July, 1917, Shelbyville, Co. H, 130 Inf., sent C. Logan, Oct. 9; sailed May 15, 1918, Hoboken, transport .Agamemnon ; served in France all way through with Co. H. Dis. C. Grant, June, 1919. 10. O'BRIEN, ROY Musician Shelbyville, 111. 327 F. A.. *4 Div. Specially inducted in May, 1918, at Camp Taylor and assigned to 327 F. A. Regimental band. Dis. in February, 1919. Page One Hundred Sixty-One 11 (MIL, HEKMAX Moweaqua, 111. 1. OLMSTEAD, CARL D. 2d Lieut. Finillay, III. 36th Division Horn Oct. 15, 1894, Findlay, 111.; son Fred and Emma (Hmstead, Findlay; electrician; enl. Aug. 5, 1917, Shelby- ville, with Co. H, 130 Inf., 4th III. Keg.; Cpl. Sept. 'l , 1917; Sgt., Dec. 1, 1917; Supply Sgt.. June, 1918; 2d Lieut., Apr. 8, 1919; trf. from C. Logan to C. Stanley, 0. T. C'. Rep. Div., Jan. 9, 1918, then to Co. H, 130 Inf., April 1, 1918: sailed Hoboken .May 16, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; Albert, Argonne Meuse; trf. 1st repl. depot (>. T. C. La Valbonne, Oct. 17, 1918; assigned 36 Div.. May 15. 1919, attached Hq. Co., lllth Eng.; returned with 36 Div., landing June 11, 1919. Dis. July 3, C. Grant. One brother in service. OLSIIASKIE, LUTHER Pana, 111. Knl. Shelbyville, June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor. 2. O'XIEL, JOHN R. Private 1st Cl. Decatur, 111. 21st Infantry Born 1892, St. Jacob, 111. ; son of Thos. O'Xiel. St. Louis, Mo.; auto mechanic; enl. May 23, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 21st Inf.; trained at Camp Taliaferro and Camp Kearney, Cal. and Ft. Russell, Wyo. Dis. Aug. 4, 1919, C'. Grant. One brother in service. C'orporal Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. 3. OXIOX, CHARLES Windsor, III. Horn Dec. 26, 1891, Corydon, Ind. ; son Thomas and -Anna Onion, Windsor; farmer; enl. July 21,^1917, Shelbyville; with Co. H, 130th Inf.; promoted Cpl. at Daryenies, France; trained as sniper, C. Logan; sailed May 17, 1918; landed Hrest May 26, 1918; Meuse Argonne offensive, Somme, Amiens sector, Troyon sector and Army of Occu- pation ; returned with Co. H. Dis. May 30, 1919, C. Grant. 4. ORHERG, RUSSELL THORSELL Bn. Sgt. Major Shelbyville, 111. 160 Depot Brigade Born Nov. 10, 1897, Chicago; son Peter and Hilma Or- berg, Shelbyville; stenographer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918; as- signed 16'9th Depot Brigade, C'amp Custer, Mich. ; pro- moted Cpl., Dec. 16, 1918, then Sgt., March 4, 1919, then Bn. Sgt. Major, March 15, 1919. J)is. March 31, 1919, C. Custer. Brother, Oscar, died in France. 5. ORDEL, HOWARD Private Windsor, III. 4th Repl. Sqd. Born 1895, Champaign; son Samuel Ordel, Windsor: farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 4th Repl. Squadron, Camp Custer; mechanic; trf. Ft. Wayne. Feb. 20. Dis. Jan. 23, 1919, Ft. Wayne, Detroit. 6. ORR, FRED 7. ORR, MINDIK Bethany, III. S f>is."'Ft."Mc'lnYo'sh,"' Tex. 8. OSBORNE, HARRY PIXXELL Kgtl. Sgt. Major Janesville, 111. Co. II, 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Born Dec. 4, 1896, Decatur; son Mrs. L. P.. Osborne, Janesville, III.; student; enl. May 30, 1917, Mattoon ; Co. II, 130 Inf.; promoted Cpl. to Sgt., then Regtl. Sgt. Major; in training Camp Logan; sailed May 16, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; 47 days on firing line; Meuse- Argonne, Somme, Albert; returned with 33d Div. Dis. May 30, 1919, C. Grant. 9. OSTERDAY, JASPER C. Sgt. 1st Cl. Windsor, 111. Co. H. 150 Inf. Born Tuly 3, 1886, Lafayette, Ind.; son of Milton and Laura Osterday, Lafayette; baker; enl. May 27, 1918, Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to Co. H, 150 Inf.; trf. to Bakery No."364 *-*- ' '"'" ----' - =---- Cooks and Bake.-, Demobilization Unit No. 1, Oct. 1919, C. Gordon, Ga. Shelbyville, 111. 1st Cl. Private Co. B, 37 Inf. ion of W. D. Orr, Findlay; enl. May 23, 1918; sent Jef- ferson Bks. ; trf. Camp Mclntosh, Tex., Co. B, 37 Inf. on Tuly 11, 1918, attached to School for :rs, Feb. 13, 1919; trf. to Camp Gordon. 1919. Dis. Oct 11, 10. OSTERMEIER, EDWARD H. Private Strasburg, 111. Co. C, M. G., 38 Div. Born Sept. 26, 1893, Strasburg; farmer; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Co. C', M. G.. 38th Div.; trained in Camp Shelby; sailed from Hoboken Oct. 3, 1918; landed Liverpool, Oct. 14; returned with 145 Inf., Co. B. Dis. Oct. 15, 1919, C. Grant. Two brothers and one sister in service. OWINGS. GEO. Private Ilerrick, 111. Co. B, 36 Engineers Knl. Silverwood, Ind., March 28, 1918; assigned Co. B. 36 Kngrs. ; sailed June 7, 1918. Dis. C. Grant Tuly 10, 1919. OWIXC.S. LUTHER Ilerrick, 111. Page One Hundred Si.rty-T^o 1. OWENS, GEORGE Private Shelbyville, 111. 115 F. A., 30 Div. Born 1892, Findlav ; farmer; son Wm. Owens, Shelbyville; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Batt. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div., C. Taylor; trf. C. Sevier, S. C., 30 Div., F. A.; sailed New York June 4, 1918; under fire 3 mos.: active service, St. Mihiel, Argonne. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 10, 1919; one brother in service. 2. OWENS, WM. L. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 150 Inf., 38 Div. Born Sept. 25, 1886, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Co. H, 150 Inf., 38 Div.; trf. Pioneer Co., 130 Inf., 33 Div., C. Shelby; trained 6 mos,; sailed Hoboken, Oct. 6, 1918; returned to U. S. with casual Co. Dis. C. Grant, May 27, 1919. 3. PAGE, THOMAS Cook Moweau.ua, 111. Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born March 29, 1888, Shelbyville; farmer; son Mrs. Kath- erine Page. Moweaqua; enl. Sullivan June 25, 1916, Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; cook; trained C. Logan, Tex.; sailed Hoboken May 14, 1918; landed Brest May 26, 1918; in trenches May 28 to Nov. 11, 1918; Meuse-Argonne, Albert front. Dis. C. Grant May 31, 1918; one brother in service. 4. PARKER, THOS. HENRY Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. II, 130 Inf. Born Apr. 25, 1899, Shelbyville; blacksmith; son John and Minnie Parker; trained C. Logan 10 mos.; automatic rifle- man (Lewis gunner); sailed Hoboken May 16, 1918; land- ed Bay of Biscay, May 24, 1918; to trenches July 9, 1918; on line 3 mos. ; Argonne-Meuse, St. Mihiel, Morlancourt, Hamel ; in hospital, trench feet and gas. Dis. C. Grant. Feb. 27, 1919; 100% disability. 5. PARR, FLOYD Seaman 2nd Class Findlay, 111. U. S. Navy Born Jan. 25, 1897, Monticello ; farmer; son Samuel and Sadie Parr, Findlay; enl. June 2, 1918, Decatur ; navy; trained 9 J /2 mos., Great Lakes. Dis. March 6, 1919, Great Lakes. 6. PARISH, BENJ. F. Private Shelbyville, III. 316 F. A.. 81 Div. Born Oct. 28, 1890, Pana; printer; son C. A. and Mary Jane Parish, Shelbyville; enl. Dec. 5, 1917, Jefferson Bks.; to Printers' Co. No. 1, C. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. ; trained 8 mos.; trf. Field Art.; sailed C. Mills, Aug. 5, 1918, on "Aquitania"; landed Liverpool Aug. 12, 1918; finished training La Valdahon. Dis. C. Taylor Tune 20, 1919. 7. PATE, CLYDE Private Shelbyville, III. M. G. Co., 45 Inf., 9th Div. Born Feb. 3, 1899, Shelbyville; student; son L. F. Pate, Shelbyville; enl. Chicago; trained C. Sheridan, Ala., 6 mos. Dis. C. Grant Dec. 23, 1918. 8. PATTERSON, SAM 1st C. Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. K, 22 Engineers Son Henry Patterson, Tower Hill; enl. June 26, Shelby- ville; C. Taylor; later Ft. Benj. Harrison, Engineers; sailed Sept. 1, 1918; under fire 18 hours. Dis. July 3, 1919, C. Taylor. 9. PAfLEY, JOHN First Cl. Private Pana, III. 53 Engineers Born Oct. 2, 1889, Pana; locomotive fireman; son James Pauley ; married Gertrude Pope, Aug. 23, 1919; enl. Apr. 25, 1918, Mattoon; trained C. Dix 36 days; sailed Ho- boken June 10, 1918, on "Orizaba"; landed Brest, June 19; returned with 89 Co. Transportation Det. Dis. C. Grant July 12, 1919. 10. PEA, ALOXZO Private Henton, III. Batt. E, 125 F. A., Div. 34 Trained C. Cody, N. M. ; went to France Sept. 24, 1918. Dis. Jan. 22, 1919, C. Dodge, la. Windsor, III. Sergeant B 341, Tank Corps Tower Hill. 111. Brother Earl in army. Son PETERSON, THOMAS CLARK PIIELPS, A. G. PITZER, LLOYD Served as Ensign in navy. of John Pitzer, Tower Hill. POGUE, DELMAR Motor Transport Corps Son Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pogue. Dis. from Vancouver Bks., M. T. C., in Jan., 1919. PRUITT-, JOHN Sergeant Windsor. 111. Enl. California, Oct. 19, 1918, and left at once for France, where he served with a supply company in the A. E. F. ; in France 10 mos. ; returned to U. S. and is at C. Grant ; t-nlistment will not end until Sept., 1920. Served 10 years in I". S. Army. /'kla. : assigned 142 Inf., 36 Div., 71 Brig.; prompted Cpl.; sailed Hoboken Aug. 1, 1918; landed Brest; firing line 3 days; Champagne, Argonne; taken prisoner by Germans on Ar- gonne ; prisoner Oct. 9 to Dec. 10; Rostat Baden, Ger- many; French failed to support; 12 prisoners were taken. Dis." C. Hill, June 18, 1919. 3. KODEXBERGER, KEXT 1st Sergeant Windsor, 111. Q. M. C. Knl. Dec. 26, 1917; son M. M. Rodenberger; called in April ; in training at Aviation School ; went to France in spring 1917 with Quartermaster Corps and for quite a while was with a railroad transportaion unit; stationed while in I". S. at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla. 4. ROESSLER, CHARLES A. Private Shelbyville. Co. E, 78 Inf., 14 Div. Horn Feb. 25, 1887, Shelbyville; farmer; son Philip and .Mary M. Roessler, Shelbyville; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelby- ville; sent C. Custer ; assigned Co. E, 78 Inf., 14 Div. 5. ROMIXGER, WILLIAM EDGAR 2nd Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. 14 Machine Gun Co. (Repl.) Printer; law student; son Elizabeth Brown; married Feb. _'l, 1918. Elizabeth Stewardson ; drafted Local Board, Shel- hyville, Feb. 22, 1918; assigned 18 Co., 159 Depot Brig- ade. Camp Taylor, Ky. ; Cpl. few days later; trfd. 54 Co. tune, 1918, as Co. Clerk and Acting 1st Sgt. ; trfd. 14 Co.. C. M. (1. O. T. S., Camp Hancock, Aug. 19; com- missioned 2nd Lieut. Xov. 25, 1918, Reserve Corps. Dis. Sgt., Hancock. Xov. 25, 1918; Bus. Mgr. Shelby Co. War Historians; chairman Shelby Co. Veterans' Assn.: dele- gate first convention American Legion, May 9, 1918; Le- gion organizer Shelby Co. in 1919; delegate and secretary Roy Vanderpool Post, 1919. 6. ROWLEY, WM. W. 1st Class Seaman Witt, 111. U. S. Xavy orn July 1, 1893, Spring Valley, 111.; son Thomas Row- y. Pana ; married May 31, 1913. Alta A. Hoover, dau. ndrew Hoover, Pana ; three children, Marion, F., Walter . and Herman E. ; miner; enl. July 2, 1918, Chicago; avy ; assigned U. S. X. R. F., Seaman 2nd Class ; pro- loted 1st Class Seaman upon grad. from Coxswain school, so recommended as coxswain ; in training 5 mo. 6 days, eleased at Great Lakes Dec. 8, 1918. R 7. RUBLE, CLAUDE B. Bugler Windsor. Co. B., 4th U. S. Inf. Horn May 12, 1888, Windsor; son Charles and Callie Ru- ble, Windsor; restaurant manager: enl. Xov. 21, 1917, Chicago; assigned Co. B, 4th U. S. Inf.; trained Camp Green and Camp Stuart as Bugler; sailed Xewport Xews April 15, 1918; landed St. Xazaire April 28; in trenches 3 mos. at Chateau Thierry, Verdun, Toul, Argonne, Meuse; trfd. 353 Inf. 89 Div. in Sept. 1918; in hospital, Nov., influenza. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 11, 1919. S. RUBLE, WM. A. Wagoner Windsor. 308 Amb. Co.. 77 Div. Horn Feb. 16, 1890, Lancaster. Ohio; son C. H. and Cal- lie Ruble, Windsor; painter; enl. June 20, 1917, Pontiac, Mich.; assigned Amb. Co. Xo. 20, Ft. Oglethorpe ; trfd. Amh. Co. Xo. 21 ; trfd. Amb. Co. Xo. 308, 77 Div.. Camp Upton; promoted in France to Wagoner: in training 10 mos.; sailed Hoboken Apr. 1918; landed Brest Ma/ 6, 1918; to trenches June 21, 1918, until Xov. 11; at Bac- carat Sector, Vesle Sector, Oisne-Aisne, Meuse-Argonne. Dis. C. Custer, June 4, 1919. 9. RUCH, LUCIEX Private Shelbyville. Q. M. C. Remount 319 Horn March, 1896, Shelbyville: son Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ruch, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville: assigned to 54 Co., D. B. ; later to Wagon Train Co. Xo. 3 of O. M. C. Remount 319 at Camp Taylor. Ky. : in training 11 mos. Dis. C. Taylor May 17, 1919. 10. RUCKREIGEL, HERBERT Private Shelbyville. U. S. (luards r.orn Aug. 18, 1889, Shelbyville; son Mrs. Anna Ruckrie- gel, Shelbyville; enl. Sept. 5, 1917, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to Bty. D, 327 F. A.; trfd. Camp Pike, Ark., 346 Inf., Xov. 1917; sent as Replacement Mar. 1918, to Camp Green, Charlotte. X. C. and then to Ft. Xiagra. Youngstown, X. T. : in Tune, 1918, to Guard Co. (U. S. Guards), then to Hayonne, X. J., Aug. 1918, guarding oil tanks; there three mos.; sent to Metuchen. X. '/.., guarding Amm. plant; sent to Camp Dix, then to Grant and Dis. Jan. ?.S, 1919. Page One Hundred Sc:i-nty 1. RUFF. HARMON 7 L. Captain Shelbyville, 111. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Xov. 27, 1889, Shelbyville; son George and Sophia Ruff, Shelbyville; mar. Aug. 11, 1917, Bertha Herron : stenographer and accountant; enl. Springfield, 111., June 26, 1916, 4th 111. Inf. National Guard; assigned to Co. H. ; promoted Bn. Sgt. Maj. July 1, 1916, Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Tex.; Regt. Sgt. Maj. Mar. 1, 1917, Fort Sheri- dan; attended 1st O. T. C. ; com. 1st Lt. Inf. 111. N. G. July 15, 1917; assigned to Co. A; Capt. Aug. 8, 1918, in France : Platoon and Co. Commander, C. Logan, Tex. ; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918, transport Agemem- non; landed Brest May 24, 1918; in training in British area; to trenches June 16, 1918; in trenches 5 mos ; at British Front, Somme Off., 16 days; American Front; Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel (Troyon Sector) ; awarded certificate of meritorious service by 33 Div. Com.; Regt!. Adjt., 130 Inf., from July 21, 1918, to June 16, 1919. Dis. C. Grant June 17, 1919. 2. RUFF, NELSON EDWARD 1st Class Private Strasburg Co. C., 124 M. G. Bn., 33 Div. Born April 19, 1899, Strasburg; son Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ruff, Strasburg; farmer; enl. June 13, 1917, Spring- field; army; assigned to Co. C, 5th III, Inf.; training in machine gun work in Camp Logan 11 months; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918; transport Mt. Vernon ; landed Brest May 24, 1918; in trenches from July 2-Nov. 11, 1918; at Somme, Argonne, St. Mihiel, Troyon, Verdun, Meuse ; in hospital, appenditicis ; sent to U. S. with Cas- ual Co. Dis. C. Grant May 16, 1919; promoted to 1st Class Private Sept. 15, 1917. 3. RUNKEL, ARTHUR ORLANDO Coxswain Shelbyville U. S. Navy Born Sept. 14, 1896, Shelbyville; son Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Runkel, Shelbyville; bookkeeper; enl. June 20, 1918. De- catur ; navy; stationed in the 5th Reg. Camp Perry, Great Lakes, 111., throughout 7 l /2 months of service; enl. as Seaman Second Class ; promoted Seaman ; later to Cox- swain ; appointed Assistant Company Commander (tem- porary rating) ; held appointment until released. 4. RUSSELL, HARRY EVERETT Private Trowbridge, 111. Development Bn. No. 3 Born Jan. 19, 1892, Tuscola ; son John Russell, Trow- bridge; fanner; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Camp Taylor; assigned to 54th Co., 159 Depot Brigade; trfd. Aug. 31, 1918, to Development Bn. No. 3, Camp Beaure- gard ; in training 5 months. Dis. April 7, 1919; in hos- pital, influenza. 5. RUWE, EDWIN Strasburg, 111. Born June 29, 1894, Strasburg; son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ruwe, Strasburg; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville: sent to 54 Co., D. B., Camp Taylor. Dis. C. Taylor, May 17, 1919. 6. SALMONS, GEORGE Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born 1896, Shelby Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Salmons; farmer; enl. June 7, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; promoted to Cpl., Camp Logan, and Sergeant at Brest ; in training at Logan 7 mos. ; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed Brest May 26, 1918; in trenches from July, 1918, until Nov. 1 1 ; in hospital, mumps. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. 7. SAMMONS, CLARENCE WESLEY Private Pana, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Nov. 12, 1898, Pana; son Geo. Sammons, Pana; miner; enl. Sept. 4, 1917, Shelbyville; Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; in training 8 mos., Camp Logan; sailed May 16, 1918; landed May 26; in trenches 4 mos.; at Meuse-Ar- gonne Off., Somme, Troyon Sector, Army of Occupation ; runner and messenger. Dis. at C. Grant May 31, 1919. 8. SAMPSON, MAYNARD 1st Cl. Private Stonington, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Served as runner in Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; in training at C. Logan; sailed May 16, 1918, from Hoboken; trans- port Agamemnon; landed May 26, 1918, at Brest; in ac- tive service with Co. H. ; returned to U. S. and Dis. at C. Grant in May, 1919. 9. SANNER, WM. A. Private Moweaqua, 111. 46 Co., 12 Bn., 160 Depot Brig. Born Feb. 7, 1896, Moweaqua; son Wm. P. Sanner ; married May 29, 1917, Jessie Ann Wooters, dau. Frank Wooters; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed to 46 Co., 12 Bn., 169 Depot Brigade, C. Custer, Mich.; in training 3 mos. in infantry at C. Custer; in hos- pital, influenza. Dis. C. Custer Nov. 26, 1918. 10. SARVER, CHARLES EDGAR Seaman Hentoii, 111. U. S. Navy Born Dec. 28, 1899, Chicago; son Ed. Sarver ; farmer; enl. May 10, 1918, Chicago; Navy; assigned U. S. S. Kentucky for training ; in training 2 mos. ; sailed from N. Y., L T . S. S. West Lianga (transport) ; crossed 4 times. Dis. Gt. Lakes N. Tr. Station July 3, 1919; sub- ject to recall. Brother died in service. Page One Hundred Seventy-One 1. SAPP, FRANK LAWSON Seaman Cowden, 111. U. S. Navy Born July 8, 1900, Cowden, 111. son Mrs. G. R. Sapp, Cowden ; student; enl. Aug. 1, 1918, at St. Louis; went in training at Mare Island, California; Navy: promoted from Apprentice Seaman to Seaman: in West Coast Ser- vice on tug 6'A mos. Dis. Great Lakes Feb. 20, 1919. SAPP, RALPH F. Cowden, 111. Seaman V. S. Navy Horn Jan. 3, 1899, Cowden ; son Mrs. G. R. Sapp, Cowden ; lineman ; enl. Aug. 1, 1918, St. Louis, Mo. ; Xavy ; as- , . , . signed to Mare Island, Cal. ; in training 6 mos. JO days; trfd. to Great Lakes, III., Feb. 16, 1919. Dis. Feb. "21, 1919, at Gt. Lakes. 3. SCARBOROUGH, WALTER E. Captain Chicago, 111. Camp Grant-Camp Custer Son E. J. Scarborough, Shelby ville ; physician; commis- sioned Captain 1st <>. T. C. Ft. Sheridan, summer of 1917: served lity. commander and instructor in (). T. C. at Camp Grant and C'amp Custer. Dis. early in summer of 1919. 4. SCIIABBING, JOSEPH H. Private Sigel. 111. Aux. Remount 319 Sent to C'. Taylor from Shelby ville June 28, 1918, and assigned to 54 Co., 159 Depot Brigade; few weeks later trfd. to Aux. Remount Station 319 and served there until discharged. SCHNEIDER, CARROLL F. Private Strasburg, 111. Co. G, 4th Div., Amn. T'r. Enlisted at Jefferson liarracks, June 27, 1917; assigned to C. Robinson. Wis. ; driver of field artillery and extra gun ner; sailed June 20, 1918; arrived in France June 30. 1918; trfd. to Co. G, 4th Div., Amn. Tr. ; was slightly wounded: left France April 12, 1919; arrived in U. S. A. April 19th. Dis. C. Grant May 6, 1919. 5. SCUM ITT, OTTO H. Corporal Strasburg, III. Remount Station 319 Horn Oct. 17, 1893, Shumway ; son Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schmitt, Strasburg; farmer; assigned June 27, 1918, to 54 Co., 159 D. B., Camp Taylor, later" trfd. to Remount Station 319; promoted to Corporal; in training 11 mos. when discharged. SCRIBNER, JOHN Findlay, 111. Private A, 59th Inf. :d Enl. Sept. 19, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C. Taylor: served in Co. A, 59 Inf. overseas ; wounded at Chateau Thierry ; never returned to outfit ; served in S. O. S. and ~ home in spring of 1919. came 7. SCIIUI.TZ, EDWARD L. Corporal Stewardson, 111. 3rd Anti-Air Craft Horn March 13, 1884, Stewardson; son Henry Schultz ; roller in steel mill; enl. Feb. 7, 1918. Anderson, Ind. : assigned to Co. 2, 159 Depot lirig. ; trfd. to Co. D, 141 Machine Gun, Camp Beauregard ; training 4 mos. ; sailed June 4, 1918; transport Kirsk ; landed Brest June 19; in trenches 4 mos. ; at Switzerland Front in every battle un- til after armistice ; 2 days before going to front trfd. to 3rd Anti-Air Craft. Dis. Taylor Jan. 28, 1919. 8. SCHWARTZ, RALPH 1st Class Private Findlay, 111. Q. M. Corps Born Nov. 23, 1899, Findlay; son Mrs. C. Schwartz; mar- ried Aug. 31, 1914, Evelyn F. Renshaw, dau. Mrs. Fanny Renshaw, Chicago ; merchant; enl. July 25, 1918, N. V. City; assigned Quartermaster Corps; promoted to 1st Cl. Private; clerical work; in hospital, influenza. Dis. N. V. City Feb. 18, 1919. 9. SCIIWENKER, ROY Shelbyville, 111. E. Acting Sergeant Remount Station 319 Born Jan. 23, 1896, near Shelbyville; son Ed A. Schwen- ker ; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; Army; as- signed to 54 Co., 159 Depot Brigade, C. Taylor; in train- ing 10 mos. 15 days; served most of time in Remount Sta- tion 319, C'. Taylor. Dis. C. Taylor April 15, 1919. 10. SCHWERDT, ADOLPH G. 1st Cl. Private Sigel, 111. Bat. D, 137 F. A., 38 Div. Enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Camp Shelby, Bat. I). 137. F. A., 38 Div.; sailed Hoboken Oct. 6, 1918; landed Liverpool Oct. 17, 1918; left Brest, France, on I". S. S. Geo. Washington, Dec. 15, 1918; arrived in Ho- boken, N. L, Dec. 23, 1918. Dis. Ft. Harrison, Ind., Jan. 14, 1919. Page One Hundred Seventy-Two 1. SCHWERDT, HARRY Private Sigel, 111. Co. 18, 1st M. & M. Regt. Kill. Sept. 5, 1917, St. Louis, Mo.; assigned Co. 18. 1st M. and M. Regt., Camp Funston ; trfd C. Hancock; from there C. Merritt; from there sailed Feb. 9, 1917. Dis. at Camp Dodge, la., June 30, 1919. 2. SCRIBXER, MAURICE Horse Shoer Moweaqua, 111. 26 Co. 20 Engrs. Called into service from Moweaqua, 111.; served in 26 Co. 20th Engrs., overseas as a horse shoer. Dis. at C. Grant, 111. 3. SCROGGIXS, EVERETT Private Findlay, 111. Aviation Field, Detroit Horn July 23, 1893, Macon Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. John Scroggins; farmer; elll. Sept. 6, 1918, Shelhyville ; as- signed to 160th Depot Brigade, C. Custer ; trfd. Oct. 25, to Ft. Wayne, Detroit, Mich., into Signal Corps; 9 days later Aviation Field at Detroit. Dis. there Jan. 23, 1918. 4. SCROGGIXS, LUTHER Private Herrick, 111. Co. B, 21st M. G. Bn. Enl. May 10th, Oakley, 111.; assigned to Co. B, 21 Ma- chine Gun Bn., letT. I!ks. ; went to France Nov. 8, 1918. Dis. June 27 at C. Grant. 5. SILLARS, AXGUS Corporal Tower Hill, 111. 187 Co. 15 Reg. Marine C. Born March 22, 1888, in Xew Jersey; son James Sillars ; farmer; enl. June 7, 1917, at Pana ; Marines ; promoted Cpl. at Ouantico, Va. ; in training at Paris Island, S. C. ; sharpshooter; assigned 1 M. Mobile Art. Force; went to sharpshooter; assigned San Domingo in Feb. 1919. Field Artillery 7th M. (',. SELLERS, RAY Windsor, 111. Entered service from South Dakota; in service overseas in Field Artillery ; one brother Otho also in service overseas. SEXERUS. F. Cowden, 111. Served with 7th M. G. Bn. 6. SEVERE, LAWREXCE ROY Private Shelbyville, 111. 11 Co. Marine Corps Born Jan. 21, 1893, Shelby Co.; mar. July 15, 1917, Urexie McGilligan, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. July 26, 1917, Springfield; Marines; assigned 11 Co., Marine ]!ks., Paris Island, S. C. ; in training 6 mos. ; sailed Charleston, S. C., Jan. 17, 1918; transport U. S. S. Kittery ; landed Guanta- namo Bay, Cuba, Jan. 21; guard duty; returned for spe- cial discharge to Xorfolk, Va. Dis. May 24, 1919. 7. SEVERE, WALTER S. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. E, 139 F. A Enl. Shelbyville; assigned to Co. E, 139 Field Artillery, C. Shelby ; went to France Oct. 5, 1918. Dis. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Indiana. 8. SEWARD, ROLL Corporal Stewardson, 111. Co. A, 22nd Engrs., 4th Bn. Born Jan. 2, 1894, Stewardson; son Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Seward, Stewardson; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby- ville; assigned to 54 Co., 159 Depot Brig., C. Taylor; trfd. to Co. K. 22 Engrs., Ft. Bcnj. Harrison, Ind. ; sailed C. Merritt, Sept. 1, 1918; landed Liverpool Sept. 13; wounded Jan. 20, 1919, at Labenville, Fr. ; injured back; in hospital ; work, building railroad ; returned as casual, June 6, 1919, at Camp Merritt and trfd. to Ft. Sheridan, 111., June 16, 1919; still in hospital at Ft. Sheridan. 9. SEXSOX, CHARLES H. Shelbyville, 111. Kill. Shelbyville, Sept. 3, 1918; sent to Grant; in Co. II, L. S. R., 5th Prov. Tr. Dis. C. Grant Sept. 18, 1918. 10. SEXSOX, HARRY Private Gays, 111. O. M. Corps Born Xov. 6, 1894, Windsor, 111. : son Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Sexson, Gays, 111.; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelby- ville: assigned to 46 Co., 12 Bn., 160 Depot Brig., C. Custer; in training 4Yi mos.; trfd. Oct. 30 to Tohnston, Fla. ; Dec. 16 to C. Taylor. Dis. C. Taylor Dec. 22, 1918. SEXSOX, WARREX E. Shelbyville, 111. Served with 327 F. A. as Radio Sergeant. SHARP, LAWRENCE Vera, 111. SHARP, TICK Private First Class Windsor, III. 105th Field Signal Bn. Lineman; born Aug. 8, 1890; son late F. G. Sharp, Wind- sor; married Edith, dau. T. II. Peterson, Windsor, April 30, 1919; enl. at Mattoon July 16, 1917; assigned 314 Field Signal I'n.. 89 Div., Camp Funston, Kan. ; trained 8 mos ; trf. April 30 to 30 Div.; sailed May 27, 1918; at Voor- mezeele, Canal sector, Ypres, Hindenburg line, St. Qtien- tin, Tunnel; gassed Sept. 26. Dis. C. Grant April 17, 1919. Page One Hundred Seventy Three I. SHARP, VIRGIL Private Windsor, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enl. June 22, 1916, Shelbyville, Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; in training at C. Logan; sailed from Iloboken, transport Agamemnon, May 16, 1918 ; in active service with Co. from last of luly until armistice ; returned and Dis. C. (".rant May 31, 1919. J. SIIARROCK. DAVID Sergeant Stonington, 111. Co. H. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Member of Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. ; in training at C'. Logan, Texas; sailed from Iloboken May 16, 1918; landed I'rest May 24, 1918; in active service overseas with Co.; served as Automatic Rifle Sgt., and Platoon Comdr. Dis. in spring 1919 at C. Grant. 3. SIIARROCK, ROY Corporal Stonington, 111. Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Member Co. H, 1 30 Inf., 33 Div. ; in training C". Logan. Tex. ; sailed May 16, 1918, from Iloboken ; transport Agamemnon ; in active service with C'o. as sniper ; re- turned to L'. S. and Dis. at C. Grant in spring 1919. Private 119th Inf.. 30 Div. son Mr. and Mrs. 1918, 4. SHAW, GEORGE T. Tower Hill, 111. Horn Aug. 30, 1895, Shelby Co. ; George Shaw. Tower Hill; farmer: called Feb. 22, Shelbyville; assigned to Co. 18, 159 Depot lirig., C. Tay- lor; trfd. March 24 to C. Sevier, S. C., Hq. Co. 119 Inf.. 30 Div.; in training 3J4 mos. as 37 M. M. gunner; sailed X. Y. May 11, 1918, on Ascania ; landed Liverpool May 27 ; trained at Lenlingham ; in trenches at Voormezeele, Ypres, St. Qucntin, major operations on Somme, Belli- court ; wounded, gassed at Hetlicourt ; in hospital at Trouville, France ; returned with 30 Div. Dis. C. Grant April 14. 5. SHAW, HARRY P. Seaman 2d Class Shelbyville, 111. V. S. Xavy Born Aug. 30, 1899, Shelbyville; son Emmett Shaw, Shelbyville : enl. June 6, 1917, Peoria, 111.; assigned U. S. S. Vermont Nov. 5, 1917; made trip to Valpariaso, Chile, and returned to Hampton Roads; trfd. Phila. Navy Yard and then to Hampton Roads; sailed Jan. 9, 1919, from Norfolk to Brest, France; transport duty; made 4 trips to Brest and return. Dis. Great Lakes, July 9, 1919. SHEPPARI), CLAYTON Moweaqua, 111. SHE1.LEBARGER, JAMES M. Herrick, III. Enl. May 29, 1918, at New Orleans, G'a. ; vocation auto mechanic : discharged on acct. physical disability Nov. 13, 1918, at C. Gordon. 6. SHELLENBERGER, WALTER R. Tower Hill, 111. Enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1919; sent to Camp Taylor, 54 Co.. 159 I). B. 7. SHERWOOD, GUY E. Private Tower Hill, 111. 327 F. A., 84 Div. Horn Sept. 1, 1889, Tower Hill ; son James Sherwood; farmer; enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned to Hq. Co., 327 F. A., C. Taylor; trfd. to West Point, Ky. ; in training 1 yr. ; sailed from N. Y. Sept. 8, 1919; transport Orduna ; landed at Liverpool Sept. 21, 1918; in training at De Souge. Dis. C. Grant Feb. 19, 1919. 8. SHEWMAKE, WALTER Private Windsor, III. Co. H, 130 Inf. 33 Div. Enl. June 4, 1917, Shelbyville; in Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div.; in training at C'. Logan; sailed from N. Y. May 16, 1918; landed at Bordeaux May 24 ; in Meuse-Argonne Off., Somme-Amiens Sector, Troyon Sector, Army of Occupa- tion; sailed from Brest May 12, 1919. Dis. C. Grant May 31. 9. SHIPLEY, GEORGE E. Bugler Lakewood, 111. Hq. Co., 327 F. A. Horn Dec. 24, 1897; son Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Shipley, Lakewood; clerk; enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyville; as- signed to 327 F. A., C. Taylor; promoted to Bugler at C. Taylor ; trfd. to West Point, to C. Mills ; in tr. 1 yr. ; sailed from N. Y. City Sept. 8, 1918; transport Orduna; landed Liverpool Sept. 22, 1918; in training De Souge, France. Dis. C. Grant Feb. 19, 1919. 10. SHIPLEY. OTTO E. Bugle Instructor Lakewood, 111. Born May 29, 1894, Louisville, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. Harsel E. Shipley, Lakewood; trainman; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned to Battery D. 327 Field Ar- tillery, C. Taylor; promoted to Corporal Oct. 1917; to Bugle Instructor Nov. 1917; trfd. to West Point June 28, 1918; in training 16 mos.; sailed Hoboken Sept. 8, 1918: transport Orduna; landed Liverpool Sept. 22, 1918; in Camp de Souge. Dis. C. Taylor Feb. 2, 1919. Page One Hundred Seventy-Four 1. SHOAF, EARL Cook Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Knl. May 3, 1917, Shelbyville; Co. H., 130 Inf., 33 Div.; vocation, waiter; at Meuse-Argonne Off., Somme- Amiens Sector, Troyon Sector, Army of Occupation. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. 2. SIIKIDE, NOAH Findlay, III. Born Feb. 13, 1894; fanner: en!. Feb. 23, W. Bugler. Hq. Co., 329 Inf., 83 Div. son Mr. and Mrs. Milo Sliride ; 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Depot llrignde, C'. Taylor; promoted to Bugler ; in training 2 mos. ; sailed from X. Y. July 12, 1918; landed Liverpool Aug. 1, 1918; in trenches 34 days; at Argonne with Hq. Co.. 329 Inf., 83 Div. ; wounded twice, shrapnel shell in back and finger; in hospital, wounds and measles. Dis. <'. Grant Feb. 23. 1919. 3. SHUTT, VERI. Bat. Sgt. Major Shelbyville, 111. Camp Hq. C. Taylor Horn July 6, 1895, Vermillion Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Shutt: bookkeeper; enl. June 25, 1918, Springfield; as- signed 33 Co., 9 Bat., 159 Depot Brigade; trfd. mo. later to Ilq. F. A. Replacement Depot; Jan. 15, 1919, to Camp Hq. ; promoted to Cpl., to Sgt., to Bat. Sgt. Major; in hospital, mumps. Dis. C. Taylor May 23, 1919. 4. SIDEXER, HARRISOX G. Private Pana, 111. 214 Engrs., Co. D, 14 Div. Horn Oct. 29, 1888, Rochester, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. J. C,. Sidcner, Pana; married July 3, 1918. Edith Ger- trude Welch; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed 214 Engrs., Co. D, 14 Div., C. Custer ; in trenches 43-5 mos.; in hospital, influenza. Dis. Jan. 23, 1919, at C. Custer. 5. SILLS, GEORGE 1st Cl. Private Shelbyville, 111. 327 F. A. Bat. D. Born Xov. 5, 1886, Greensburg, Ind. ; son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sills, Shelbyville; railroad conductor; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Taylorville; Army; assigned 327 F. A., Bat. B, 84 Div.; promoted 1st Cl. Private; trained for (uumer 17 mos.; sailed from X. V. Sept. 8, 1918; landed Liverpool Sept. 21 ; in Camp de Souge. Dis. Camp Grant Feb. 19, 1919. 6. SILLS, ROY Shelbyville, 111. Private Bat. F, 308 F. A. Born Aug. 31, 1891, Shelby Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sills, Shelbyville; R. R. brakeman ; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Hq. Co. 308 F. A.; trfd. to Bat. F, 308 F. A. in France; in trenches about 3 fr J . . , . . n rance; n trences aout mos; sailed from Hoboken May 27, 1918; Cedric ; landed Liverpool une 8. 1918; at front about 70 days; at St. Mihiel. euse-Argonne; reg. received 3 citations. Dis. C. Grant May 27, 1919. 7. SIMPSOX, LUTHER F. 2nd Lieut. Moweaqua, 111. C. A. C. Ft. Monroe Born Oct. 18, 1888, Fincastle, Va. ; son Mrs. J. B. Simp- son, Moweaqua; married Ivan Faye Tate Nov. 28 1917; "before enlistment was instr. in airplane eng. U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, U. of 111.; enl. July 11, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Coast Artillery School Troop; com- missioned 2nd Lt. Nov. 22, 1918, at Ft. Monroe, Va. ; in trenches 12 weeks; particular work, instr. in motot trucks; in hospital, influenza. Dis. Nov. 22, 1918, at Ft. Monroe. 8. SIMS, IRA GLEN Petty Officer Shelbyville, 111. Great Lakes Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sims; enl. June, 1918, Shelby- ville; assigned Great Lakes; Petty Officer. Dis. Feb. 1919, Great Lakes. 9. SKAGGS, FRED 1st Cl. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born 1896, Louisville, Ky. ; son Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Skaggs. Shelbyville; painter; enl. Oct. 3, 1917, Shelby- ville; Co. H; in training at C. Logan; sailed from Ho- boken May 16; landed Brest May 24; served as grenadier with Co. ; in hospital ; returned with Casual Co. Dis. at C. Grant. 10. SKIDMORE, ELI W. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. K, 22 Engrs. Born Feb. 27, 1893, Moultrie Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. Perry Skidmore, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. June 28. 1918, Shelby vijle: assigned to 54 Co., 159 D. B., C. Taylor; trfd. 3 weeks later to Co. K, 22 Engrs., Ft. Benj. Harri- son, Ind. ; in training 2 mos. ; sailed from Hoboken Sept. 1, 1918; landed Liverpool Sept. 13, 1918; went to Brest, St. Aignan, then to Toul Sector, operating and maintain- ing narrow gauge railway ; under fire but not in trenches ; in hospital 6 weeks, influenza and pneumonia following gas in dugout. Dis. C. Grant Jan. 20, 1919. Page One Hundred Seventy-Five SIIIPMAX, OSCAR O. 1st Cl. Fireman Shelbyville, 111. U. S. Xavy Born Feb. 9, 1885, Shelbyville; son Mr. L. N. Shipman. Clarkton, Mo.; mar. 1917, Ethel Lang; one son; farmer: enl. May 1, 1917, Peoria ; navy; assigned to U. S. S. Bridge; served on ship all time until discharged Aug. 14, 1918, at Great Lakes; in hospital 10 days; promoted from 3 Cl. Fireman to 2nd Cl. to 1st Cl. 1. SLATER. CECIL WILMER 1st Cl. Private Oconee, 111. Co. A, 154 Inf., 39 Div. Born Dec. 6, 1892, Oconee; son Otis and Catherine Sla- ter; auto business; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville: as- signed Co. A, 154 Inf., 39 Div.; in training 6 weeks; sailed Sept. 8, 1918; landed Brest Sept. 22; leg wound by steel rooting fall working on deck in Brest. Dis. C. Grant Feb. 27, 1919, as 1st Class Private. 2. SLATER CLAUDE J. Private Oconee, 111. Armour Institute Born Apr. 6, 1896, Oconee, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. Otis Slater, Oconee; mar. Ethel Lawson Mar. 1918; one son born Jan. 8, 1919; auto dealer; enl. Sept. 1918, Shelby- ville: assigned to Armour Inst., Technical Auto Training EUR. Dept. ; in tr. 2 weeks. Dis. Oct. 1, 1918. 3. SLIFER. MARION E. Private- Assumption, 111. 41st F. Artillery Born Nov. 25, 1895, Shelby Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. John Slifer, Tower Hill; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby- ville: assigned to C. Taylor; assigned to Field Artillery Replacement of 41 Div.; in training 4 mos. at C. Taylor: sailed from X. V. Oct. 28, 1918; transport Kirsk : landed Brest Xov. 11, 1918; in C. Hunt; returned with Casual Co. Dis. C. Grant May 26, 1919. 4. SLIFER, WILSE ELMER 1st Cl. Private IK-rrick, 111. Co. K, 22nd Engrs. Born Oct. 13, 1895, Fancher ; son Lewis Slifer; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C. Taylor; as- signed 54 Co., 159 Depot Brigade; trfd. luly 20 to Co. K, 22 Engrs., Ft. Benj. Harrison; sailed Sept. 1. 1918. Hritish transport; landed Liverpool Sept. 13; at Melise- Argonne. Dis. C. Taylor July 3, 1919. 5. SLIFER, THOMAS T. 1st Cl. Private Shelbyville, III. Co. H, 130 Inf. Horn 1880, Cowdcn ; farmer; enl. June 6, 1917, Shelby- ville ; in Co. H ; in training with Co. H for I'D mos. ; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon: landed Brest May 24; served with Co. H until shortly before armistice signed, then trfd. to 33 Div. 108th M. P.; made 1st Class Private Xov. 14; slightly gassed. Dis. at Grant June 2. 1919. 6. SLOAN, R. C. Private Moweaqua, 111. 13th Bet. Hospital Born Tan. 13, 1895, Moweaqua; son Mrs. Salome Sloan, Assumption; farmer; enl. Tune 27, 1918, at Shelbyville; assigned 54 Co. 24th Tr. Bat. 159 Depot Brigade, C. Tay- lor; trfd. Tuly 11, 1918. to 13 Vet. Hosp., C. Lee. Va. : in training 11 mos.; sailed Oct. 28, 1918; landed Brest Xov. 9, 1918; in overseas camp at St. Aignan ; in hospital, in- fluenza. Dis. May 28, 1919, at Garden City, L. I., X. V. 7. SMITH. AM ACE EARL Stable Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Hosp. Del. C. Sevier. Born June 16, 1838, Shelbyville; son Mr. Hollie Smith, Shelbyville; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville: assigned to 18 Co., 159 D. B.. C. Taylor; trfd. in March to 30 Div. C. Sevier: rejected for overseas first time; made stable sergeant June, 1918; hospital Det., a driver in charge of stable at Sevier; in hospital several short periods, gen. debility. Dis. C. Taylor Jan. 1, 1919. 8. SMITH, CHARLES D. Private Crow Agency, Mont. Co. H, 130th Inf. Born Tan. 21, 1898, Pana, III.; machinist; son Charles and Anna Smith, Pana. Enlisted 1917; sent to Camp Logan with Co. H, 130 Inf. Dis. at Camp Logan. Co. H, 13'0th Infantry 33d Division 9. SMITH, LAWREXCE Xokomis, 111. Enl. in Co. H, June 5, 1917, at Shelbyville, and served through with the Co. except a short time in hospital in France. On roll of honor of 33d Div. for gallantry in performance of duty at Marcheville on Xov. 10. 1918. Dis. as Corporal with Co. H. 10 SMITH, OLIVER STANLEY Corporal Tower Hill, 111. 2nd Co., 6 Onl. Bn. Born Oct 12, 1894, Tower Hill; son Russell Smith; farmer; enl. Tan. 4, 1918, Chicago; assigned Ordnance Tr Sch. U. of C., Chicago; trfd. to Ord. Sup. Sch.. C. lackson; trfd. to 2nd Co. 6 Ord. Bn., Camp Hancock; from C. Hancock to C. Merritt; in tr. 8 mos.; sailed Aug. 31,. 1918: landed Glasgow, Sept. 13, 1918; with Ilq. 2nd Army at Toul sector; with Chief Ord. Officer of 2nd Army at Meuse-Argonne. Dis. C. Grant July 28, 1! Page One Hundred Scrciity-Si.r 1. SMITH, WALLACE CLIFTON Sergeant Pana, 111. 70th Engineers Horn Oct. 12, 1892, Shelby Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. Mi- chael Smith, Shelbyville; truck driver; enl. Tune 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 54 Co., 159 D. lirig., C. Taylor; trfd. July 21, 1918, 21 Eng. Ft. Benj. Harrison; Aug. 2, 1918, to 70 Engrs., Salt Lake City; made Cpl. at C. Taylor; Sgt. Ft. Harrison ; in tr. 7 mos. Dis. Jan. 7, 1919, at C. Grant. Border service in 1916. 2. SMITH, WILLIAM H. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. A. 154 Inf., 39 Div. Born March 5, 1895, Shelbyville; son - Wm. H. Smith, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed Depot Brig., C. Taylor; trfd. to Co. A, 154 Inf., 39 Div., C. lieauregarcl, then to C. Hill; in tr. 2'/2 mos; sailed Sept. 15, 1918; landed Brest Sept. 28, 1918. Dis. June 12, 1919. at C. Grant. 3. SMYSOR, LAWRENCE II. 1st Cl. Private Windsor, 111. 5th Trench Mortar Born. Feb. 16, 1898, Windsor; son Mr. Jacob Smysor ; student, clerk; enl. May 10, 1918, Indianapolis, Ind. ; as- signed 5th Trench Mortar; in tr. 6 weeks; sailed from Iloboken July 21, 1918; landed Liverpool Aug. 3, 1918; trenches Oct. 21, 1918, until armistice; at Meuse-Ar- gonne; promoted to 1st Class Private. Dis. Apr. 4 at C. Sherman. 4. SXAPP, ROSCOE RAYMOND Captain Findlay, 111. Bat. B, 112 Field Art. Horn Dec. 13, 1889, near Findlay; son Charles Snapp ; married Sept. 22, 1917, Kdith Hamilton; instr. Uni. of Illinois; enl. Nov. 8, 1915, Urbana ; 1st 111. F. A., Battery F (National Guard) ; on border summer of 1916; attended 1st O. T. C. Ft. Sheridan; commissioned Capt. F. A. Aug. 15, 1917; sailed June 28, 1918; landed Liverpool July 10, 1918; at Toul Sector; no important battles; particular work, Comdg. B Battery, 112 F. A.; returned to U. S. in July, 1919, as casual. Dis. Aug. 16, 1919, C. Grant. 5. SNYDER, MISS MINNIE Nurse Moweaqua, 111. Army Nurse Corps Born 1891, Moweaqua; dau. Mrs. M. E. Snyder, Mo- weaqua; nurse; enl. Aug. 1, 1918, at St. Louis; Army Nurse Corps; assigned Base No. 70 at Camp Logan; sailed Nov. 28, 1918, from Iloboken; transport Mongo- lia; landed Brest Dec. 10, 1918; had charge of surgical ward in Allerey and spinal meningitis at Toul ; returned with Casual Co. Dis. June 19, 1919, New York. 6. SOLAND, CLARENCE O. Private Windsor, 111. 328 Bn. Tank Corps Born Dec. 12, 1886, Boody, 111.; married Oct. 15, 1913, Nelle E. Gleason ; enl. May 25, 1918, Decatur ; assigned 332 Bn. Tank Corps; trfd. 328 Bn. Tank Corps; in tr. C. Colt, Gettysburg, Pa. ; Camp Tobyhama, Tobyhama, Pa.; sailed Sept. 25, 1918; transport Oxfordshire; landed Liverpool Oct. 8 ; overseas camp, Chamberlain, Langres, Fr. ; served as Bugler. Dis. C. Grant Apr. 11, 1919. 7. SPRACKLEN, CLARENCE Carpenters Mate 1st Cl. Cowden. 111. United States Navy Born Oct. 17, 1889; son Robert Spracklen, Cowden; wife dead; one dau., Violetta ; farmer; enl. Dec. 12, 1917, St. Louis; Navy; assigned Great Lakes; trfd. May 18 to Phila. Naval Station ; trfd. May 22, Hoboken ; sailed to Brest on Leviathan; to Naval Base No. 19; assigned to Mine Sweeper U. S. S. Courtney, then to Lewes; trfd. May 1, 1919, to Jupiter (Collier); sailed Aug. 5, 1919; arrived Norfolk Aug. 18 ; shipped through Panama to Frisco and Seattle; sent to St. Louis and dis. Oct. 3, 1919, as Carpenters Mate 1st Class; Leviathan was attacked bv five subs, three of them sunk. 8. SPRAGUE, ORVAL T. Private Shelbyville, 111. 139th M. G. Bn., 38 Div. Born Dec. 7, 1894, at Falmouth ; son Isaac Sprague ; ma- chinist; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Camp Shelby; assigned 139 M. G. Bn. 38 Div.; sailed Hoboken Oct. 3, 1918; transport Karoa ; landed Liverpool Oct. 14; work, M. G. Instructor; returned with 159 Inf. 40 Div. Dis. C. Grant Apr. 1919. 9. SPRAGUE, RALPH Corporal Shelbyville, III. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Apr. 4, 1893, Falmouth; son Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sprague, Shelbyville; bridge worker; enl. May 24, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H; promoted to Cpl. Dec. 1917, at Logan: in training 10 mos; Squad Leader (rifleman); sailed from Iloboken on Agamemnon; landed Brest May 24 ; in trenches 3 mos ; at Verdun, Hamel, Albert Front, Somme ; wounded at Verdun Oct. 2 by high explosive in shoulder and back, 40% disability; in hospital Oct. 2 to Jan. 29. Dis.. Grant Feb. 27 ; awarded total disability at St. Louis July, 1919. 10. STAAB, MELVIN A. Wagoner Moweaqua, III. 6 Infantry Enl. Shelbyville Jan. 8, 1918; sent to C. Taylor; Feb. 15 trfd. C. Forrest, Ga. ; assigned 6th Inf., U. S. Reg.: April 10 sailed from Hoboken for Brest; served as motorcycle courier; after armistice in Army of Occupation until July 5, 1919, when returned to U. S. Dis. C. Grant Julv 30, 1919. Page One Hundred Seventy-Seven 12 1. STAEIILI, FRED WM. Private Strasburg, III. Aux. Remount Station Horn Feb. 27, 1891; son Mr. and -Mrs. Fred Staehli : farmer; ml. June 27, 1918, Shelby ville ; sent to C. Taylor: assigned to A. R. I). Quartermaster C'orps ; in training as carpenter 11 mos. ; in hospital. Dis. May 17, 1919, at C. Taylor. 2. STAN'S KERRY, KARI. FRANKLIN' Sergeant Shi-lbyville, III. Hq. Co. 10 Inf., 14 Div. Born Dec. 24, 1892, Shelby ville ; son Mr. and Mrs. Har- rison Stansberry ; telegrapher; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelby- ville; sent to Ft. Thomas. Ky. ; trfd. June 6 to Ft. Ilenj. Harrison; July 26 trfd. to C. Custer; assigned to Hq. Co., 10 Inf., 14 Div.: made C'pl. Aug. 16, 1918; Sgt. Oct. 17, 1918; in tr. 7 mos. 2 weeks 4 days in radio work. Dis. C. Custer Jan. 18, 1919. .?. STARR. XORMAX S. Moweaqua, 111. Horn Sept. 28, 1888, Pari 1st Lieut. Medical Corps Horn Sept. 28, 1888, Paris; son X. Starr, Charleston; married June 24, 1916, Fern Baxter, dau. W. W. Baxter, Iloopston, 111.; son born while father was in service; physician; commissioned June 28, 1917, 1st Lieut.. Springfield: assigned to O. T. C. Ft. Harrison; trfd. Nov. 31 to Ft. Oglethorpe as Instructor; Feb. 9, 1919, trfd. to C. C'aswell to S. C. A. C'. 5-8 Anti-Aircraft Bat- tery; sailed from Hoboken June 10, 1918; transport Mt. Vemon ; landed Brest June 19; at Soissons in July; field work, medical. Dis. C. Devens, Mass., Jan. 28, 1919; first Post Commander Moweaqua Chapter of American Legion. 4. STEPHEN'S, WILLIS H. 2nd Lieut. Fincllay, 111. Co. G, 346 Inf. Enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelby ville ; sent to Camp Taylor: trfd. to C. Pike, Ark. ; assigned to Co. C, 346th Inf. ; went overseas with 87 Div.; made Sgt. and then Lieut. in France ; married French girl. STEWARDSOX, DOUC.I.AS Fincllay, III. Private 214 Engrs., 14 Div. Born 1889 near Strasburg; son Mr. anil Mrs. Fred Stew- ardson, Shelby ville ; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelby- ville ; assigned to 160 Depot Brigade, C. Custer, Mich.: later to 214 Engrs. Tr. 14 Div.; in training 5 mos. Dis. Feb. 5, 1919, at C. Grant. 6. STIVIXSOX, GAIL W. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. A, 22nd Infantry Born June 3, 1893, Moweaqua; farmer; enl. Dec. 15, 1917, at Decatur, 111.; Army; assigned to Q. M. at Jeff. l!ks. : trfd. to C. Custer; to Camp Meigs, Washington, I). C. ; to Co. A, 22nd Inf. Sept. 1918; Ft. Meyer, Va. ; to Potomac Park, Washington, D. C. ; to Greenwich Park. Pbila. Dis. Greenwich Park, Phila, Feb. 18, 1919. 7. STOCKDALE, JOHN 1st Class Private Shelbyville, III. Co. H, 130 Inf. 33 Div. Born 1897 in Shelby Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. John Stock- dale; farmer; enl. June 7, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf.: in training at C. Logan; made 1st Cl. Private at C. Logan; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon; landed Brest May 26, 1918; went to trenches July, 1918; there until armistice; part, work, sniping: in hospital, mumps. Dis. C. Grant May 31, 1919. 8. STODDARD, DF.LBERT Private Windsor, III. Aux. Remount Depot 319 Born Sept. 27, 1895, Goodland, Kans. ; son W. O. Stod- dard, Windsor; married Jan. 2, 1919, Xettie H. Bcnce, dau. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bence ; farmer: enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C'.. Taylor: assigned to A. R. D. 319; in hospital, influenza and mumps. Dis. March 29, 1919, at C. Taylor. 9. STONE, CHARLES W. Shelbyville, 111. STOXEK, MULLIX STORM, BERXIE R. Gays, 111. 10. STORM, CLAIR I. 1st Sergeant Shelbyville. 111. Mach. Shop Truck I'nit 340 Horn March 6, 1889, Windsor, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Storm, Shelbyville; clerk; enl. Dec. 10, 1917, St. Louis; Army (Q. M. C.) at Jeff. Bks. Mo.; served at Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C. ; Camp Gordon. Atlanta, Ga. ; in Mach. Shop Truck Unit Xo. 340; promoted to Top Sgt. at C. Gordon ; in training one year. STORM, ROBERT Son Walter E. Storm ; in service overseas. Page One Hundred Scfetity-Eight J. STORM, GARLAND J. Corporal Trowbridgc, 111. 327 F. A. Born May 29, 1896, Trowbridge ; son Mr. and Mrs. Del- bert Storm, Trowbridge; farmer; enl. Oct. 3, 1917, Shel- byville; assigned to Camp Taylor: 327 Field Artillery; trfd. to West Point, Ky.; in training 11 mos. ; sailed from Hoboken, Sept. 8, 1918; transport Orduna ; landed Liverpool Sept. 21 ; in camp overseas at l)e Souge, France. ])is. C. Grant, Feb. 16, 1919. 2. STORM, GROVER ' Private Trowbridge, 111. Bat. C, 308 F. A., 78 Div. r.orn Dec. 13, 1892. Trowbridge; son J. II. Storm; farmer: enl. April 29, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent to Camp Dix : assigned to Bt. C, 308 F. A., 78 Div.; in training 25 days; sailed May 26, 1918; landed June 12; at Camp De Melicon ; to trenches late in Aug. ; there almost 3 mos.; at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne : trfd. Nov. 15, 76 F. A. 3rd Div.; crossed the Moselle R. into Germany Dec. 1 and left Germany Aug. 8, 1919. Dis. C. Grant Aug. 31, 1919. 3. STORM, LEDGER M. Cook Stewardson, 111. Co. L, 10 Inf., 14 Div. Born April 11, 1893, Stewardson; son Jesse B. Storm; farmer; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Ft. Thomas. Ky. ; trfd. June 3rd to Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., to 4 Det. Co. 10 Inf.; July 29 trfd. to C. Custer to Co. L. 10 Inf., 14 Div.; promoted to 1st Cl. Private Aug. 1918; to cook Feb. 1, 1919. Dis. C. Custer May 22,. 1919. 4. STORM, REVERDIA Private Trowbridge. 111. Q. M. C. Remount, C. Taylor Born July 10, 1894, near Strasburg; son W. D. Storm; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Depot Brigade. C'. Taylor; trfd to Q. M. C. Remount; in train- ing 11 mos.; in hospital, influenza. Dis. C. Taylor May 27, 1919. STORM. TRUMAN W. Windsor. 111. In service overseas seven months in a machinist Co. ; en- gaged in making repairs on cannon, heavy trucks, trac- tors, etc. 5. STRETCH, GEORGE F. 2nd Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. 130 Inf. 33 Div. Salesman; son Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Stretch; enl. May 25, 1917: Co. II ; made Cpl. May 31; Sgt. Sept. 21; 1st Sgt. Dec. IS; training C. Logan 10 mos; overseas May 16; brigaded with British at Albert front; American action, Verdun, Meuse-Argonne; commissioned 2nd Lieut. April 9, 1919. and assigned Co. G, 130 Inf. Dis. Grant May 31. 1919. 6 STRETCH, JOHN LEONARD Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. B. 37 Inf. Merchant; son Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Stretch; enl. Shelby- ville May 23, 1918; sent Jeff Bks., and later assigned Co. B, 37 Inf. Ft. Mclntosh, Laredo, Texas: border pa- trol duty from June 28, 1918, to Feb. 18, 1919, when hon- orably discharged at Ft. Mclntosh. 7. STROHL, AMBROSE L. Private Tower Hill, 111. 319 Aux. Remount Station Born Jan. 25, 1894, Pana ; son Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Strohl; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to Remount Station. 8. STROHL, CHARLES HENRY Private Clarksburg, 111. Co. C. 28 Bn. U. S. Guards Born Tan. 21, 1889, Strasburg; son W. W. Strohl, Clarks- burg: farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned to Bat. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div., C. Taylor; trfd. C. Pike. Ark. Nov. 16; to C. Green, N. C. ; to Ft. McPherson, Ga. ; to Brunswick, Ga., as member of Co. C, 28 Bn. U. S. Guards: sent Camp Grant and discharged Jan. 8, 1919; domestic service man, eligible only for guard duty in U. S. 9. STROHL, ROY Private Clarksburg, 111. 54 Co. 14 Bn. 159 D. B. Born Aug. 9, 1893, Prairie Twp., Shelby Co.; school teacher: son W. W. Strohl, Clarksburg; enl. Tune 28, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 54 Co, 14 Bn. 159 I). B., Camp Taylor. Ky. : was Supt. of 5th Regiment schools, Camp Taylor. Dis. Jan. 25, 1919, Camp Taylor, Ky. ; one brother in service. STRUSE, LOUIS J. Windsor, 111. 10. STUCKER, WM. EARL Private Shelbyville, III. Co. G, 310 Inf., 78 Div. Son Mr. and Mrs. Wash Stucker, Shelbyville; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 150 Inf., 38 Div.; Camp Shelby, Miss; trained 4 mos.; sailed Montreal, Can., Oct. 3, 1918; in trenches 3 days; sent as Replacement to 78 Div.; returned with Co. G., 310 Inf., 78 Div. Dis. C. Grant June 11, 1919. Page One Hundred St';'enty-\nie STEAGALL, RABORX E. Chief Boatswain's Mate C'owden, 111. U. S. Xavy Born Jan. 10, 1893, Cowden; son Mrs. M. A. Steagall, Cowden; miner; enl. July 27, 1917, at St. Louis, navy; with tugboat Lykens 3 mos.; U. S. S. Moccasin 9 mos.; U. S. S. Pequot 3 mos.; U. S. S. Western until discharged Aug. 24, 1918, at Brooklyn, X. Y. ; furloughed to inactive duty: promoted from 1st Class Seaman to Chief Boatswain's Mate. STEEL. J. H. 1st C!. Private Mode, 111. 32nd Artillery Horn March 1, 1885, Shelbyville: son Mr. and Mrs. E. Z. Steel, Mode; farmer; enl. April 26, 1918, at Decatur. 111.; army; sent to Jeff. Bar.; in tr. 13 months at Jeff. Bar., Ft. Caesy, Washington, Camp Lee, Va., and C. Taylor ; part. work, cook. Dis. May 9, 1919, at C. Taylor. 1. SUDCAMP, ADOLPH SUDCAMP, JOSEPH H. Sigel, 111. Sigel, Illinois. Private Co. M, 3 Bn. 160 I). V.. Born Jan. 10, 1889, Sigel; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. John Sudcamp, Sigel; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelhyville: assigned 12 Bn., 160 D. B., Camp Custer, -Mich.; trained 3 mos. His. C. Custer Dec. 10. 1918. 3. SUDCAMP, LEWIS B. Private 1st Class Sigel, 111. O. M. C. A. R. 1). 319 Born Dec. 21, 1895, Sigel; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, C. Taylor, Ky. ; assigned O. M. C". Aux. Remount Depot 319. Camp Taylor. Dis. C. "Taylor May 17, 1919; one brother in service. 4. SULLIVAN', DAXXIE Corporal Shelhyville, 111. Co. I. 54 Inf. 6 Div. Born Feb. 20, 1896, Mattoon ; son Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sullivan. Shelbyville; assigned 54 Inf., Co. I, 6 Div., Camp Wadsworth, S. C. ; trained 2 mos.; sailed N. Y. July 1, 1918; in trenches 25 days; active service Alsace Lorraine, Vosges Mts. ; wounded by hand grenade Sept. J5. 1918, in Vosges Mts.; returned with Casual Co. Dis. C. Grant Jan. 29, 1919; two brothers in service. 5. SULLIVAX, JOHX L. Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. K, 36 Inf., 12 Div. Horn Sept. 24, 1894, Mattoon; shipping clerk; son Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sullivan, Shelbyville; enl. May 19. 1918, Sullivan, Ind. ; assigned Co. F, 36 Inf., Ft. Snelling, Minn.; trained 10 mo., trfd. C. Devens, Mass.; trfd. Ft. Ethan Allen. Dis. C'. Taylor, Ky., Mar. 11, 1919; two brothers in service. 6. SUI.I.IYAX. MAURICE A. Exchange Steward Shelbyville, 111. Co. K, 10th Inf. Born Dec. 23, 1893, Mattoon; salesman; son Mr. anil Mrs. lerry Sullivan, Shelbyville; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville: assigned Co. K, 10 Inf., Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; trfd. Ft. Harrison ; trfd. Camp Custer, Mich. ; Exchange Steward. Dis. C. Custer, Mich., Jan. 20, 1919; two brothers in service. 7. SUMMERS, CLARENCE H. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. D, 52 Inf., 6 Div. Born May 26, 1889, Shelbyville; farmer; son James Sum- mers; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 54 Co., 159 D. B., Camp Taylor; training 2 l /i mos.; trfd. C. Beauregard, Co. F, 154 Inf., 39 Div.; sailed Xewport Xews Aug. 6, 1918; in trenches 22 days; active service Vosges Mts., Argonne. Dis. C. Grant, June 21, 1919. Pharmacist Mate 1 C Naval Hospital 8. SUPRUNOWSKI, HAROLD Mode, 111. Son J. X. and Florence Suprunowski ; born Xoy. 18, 1898, Mode; student; enl. May 7, 1916, Peoria ; assigned Med. Dept., Great Lakes; promoted Pharmacist Mate 1st Cl. ; training 8 mos.; sailed Xew York Dec. 1916: served Xaval Base Hospital Xo. 2, Scotland, 1 1 mos. ; served 7 mo. at aviation camp in Eng. ; on transport duty on Pres. Lin- coln until torpedoed June, 1918; picked up by naval de- stroyers; on life raft 18 hours: on duty in Xaval Hospital. Gibraltar, until June, 1919; still in service. 9. SUTTLES, CLAREXCE Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Canteen Service Born lola; garage man; enl. May 29, 1918; sent Ft. Thomas, Ky. : assigned Co. L, 10 Inf. ; trfd. Ft. Uenj. Harrison. Ind.: trfd. C. Custer, Mich.; in charge of can- teen; formerly with Co. H on Mexican border; one brother died in service. 10. SWIXEY, ELGIX T. 1st Lieut. Windsor, 111. Field Artillery Born Apr. 27, 1891, Dalton City; salesman: son Frank Swiney. Windsor; enl. Sept. 18, 1917. Shelbyville: as- signed 327 F. A. 84 Div.; promoted Sgt. Oct. 15: at- tended C'entral F. A. O. C. ; commissioned 2nd Lieut. Sept. 1. 1918; later 1st Lieut.; trained 15 mo. Dis. C. Jackson Dec. 19, 1918. SYLVESTER, JOIIX Sigel, 111. Page One Hundred Eighty STANTON, ALBERT J. Windsor, 111. Enlisted through Local Hoard. ST'EGER, JACOB F. Xeoga. 111. Served in Marine Corps. 1. SWAXSOX, ARTHUR HARMON Private 1st Cl. Trowbridge, 111. U. S. A. Gen. IIosp. Xo. 6 Born June 9, 1895, Trowbridge; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Swanson, Trowbridge; enl. Jan. 5, 1918, Shelby ville; assigned Med. Dept. Ft. Oglethorpe, (ia. : trfd. Ft. Logan H. Roots, Ark.; trfd. Ft. McPherson, Ga. ; served First Aid Work 8 mo., Ft. I.. II. Roots, Ark.; re-enlisted for 1 yr., Apr. 19, 1919; stationed at U. S. A. General Hospital Xo. 6, Ft. McPherson, Ga. ; two brothers 2. SWAXSOX, TOHX H. Private Trowbridge, 111. Bat. F, 34 C. A. C. Born May 24, 1893, Trowbridge; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swanson, Trowbridge; married Zelma Gar- rett, June 15, 1918; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville ; as- signed 161 I). I!., Camp Custer, Mich.: trfd. Ft. Totten, X. V.; trfd. Camp Abraham Austin, Va., , Bat. F, 34 C. A. C. I)is. C. Grant Dec. 28, 1919; two brothers in ser- vice. 3. SWAXSOX, OTTO L. Private 1st Class Trowbridge, 111. 105 M. O. R. S., 30 Div. Born June 1, 1891, Trowbridge; motorcycle dealer; son Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Swanson, Trowbridge ; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned D. B., Camp Taylor; trfd. Camp Sevier, 30 Div., 119 Inf.; trfd. 105 M. O. R. S'., 30 Div.; trained 2 mos. ; sailed Montreal, Can., May 26 1918; active service Toul Sector, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Ar- gonne, Woevre Sector. Dis. C. Taylor Apr. 22, 1919; two brothers in service. 4. TABMERT, ELMER E. Private Stewardson, 111. 327 Field Art., 84 Div. Son Mr. and Mrs. Win. Tabbert, Herborn, 111.; born Oct. 3, 1894; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned 327 F. A., 84 Div.; went overseas Apr. 18, 1918; landed May 17, 1918; battles of St. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry, Ar- gonne Forest ; wounded on right leg and on side of head Oct. 5, 1918, by shrapnel; returned as casual. Dis. Camp Cape May, X. J., June 19, 1919; disability caused from wounds : one brother in service. 5. TABBERT. WALLACE O. Private Kingman, 111. O. M. Corps. Remount Depot Born Aug. 2, 1890, Kingman, 111.; farmer: son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tabbert, Herborn, III.; enlisted June 27, 1918. Shelbyville; assigned to O. M. C. Remount Depot; in training 11 mo. Dis. CT Taylor May 27, 1919; one brother in service. 6. TAI.COTT, REO A. Sergeant Stewardson, 111. Co. B, 3 Am. Tr. 3 Div. Grandson of Mrs. Wm. Carr, Stewardson; born June 18, 1894, Stewardson; bookkeeper; enlisted Aug. 7, 1917. Jeff. Bks., St. Louis; assigned to Co. I, 11 Inf.; trfd. Co. B, ,inl . \mm. Tr. 3rd Div., Camp Forrest, Ga., Dec. 23. 1917; promoted Sgt. Apr. 15, 1918; went overseas on Carpathia, Mar. 16; landed Liverpool Mar. 29; firing line July 2 to Xov. 11, 1918; Champagne, Marne Def., Aisne. Marne Off.. St. Mihiel, Meuse, Argonne, Army of Occu- pation Xov. 14 to Aug. 10, 1918. Dis. C. Grant Sept. 3, 1919: one brother in service. 7. TAI.COTT, WILLIAM OLEN Stewardson, 111. Grandson of Mrs. W. V. Carr of Stewardson, 111. ; serve:! in army. 8. TA1.LMAX, I. LEVERETT Corporal Shelbyville, Ifl. Ordnance Born Ian. 14, 1894. Ilerrick, 111.; automobile salesman: son Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Tallman, Shelbyville; enl. Apr. 10, 1918. Shelbyville, 111.; assigned Ordnance; promoted Cpl. of Ord. Aug. 22, 1918; trfd. from Bradley College, Camp Hancock, Ga., to Camp Grant. Dis. Jan. 17, 1919; one brother in service. 9. TALLMAN, MRS. J. LEVERETT Student Nurse Shelbyville, 111. Walter Reed Hosp. Bom Stewardson, III., 1895 ; dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Frede, Stewardson; newspaper reporter; enl. June, 1918; Yassar Training Camp for Nurses, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; assigned Walter Reed Gen. Hospital, Washington, D. C. Dis. Walter Reed Feb. 20, 1919; one brother in service. 10. TALLMAN, EMERY Private Shelbyville, 111. Co H, 130th Inf. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Tallman, Shelbyville; auto mechanic: enl. Sept. 4, 1917; assigned to Camp Logan; Dispatch Rider Hq. Co., 130 Inf., 33 Div. Dis. Dec. 27, 1917, on account of fiat feet; one brother in service. Page One Hundred Eighty-One 1. TANIGES, JOHN F. Private Herrick, 111. Bat. D, 21 F. Artillery Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taniges, Herrick ; enl. Sept. 19, 1917; assigned Battery D, 21 Field A., Camp Taylor; trf. Camp McArthur; sent overseas: landed Winchester, Eng.. June 14, 1918; served with 5th Div. Dis. Tuly 29, 1919, C. Grant. _'. TAPP. CART, Cook Taylorville, 111. Co. II, 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Enl. and sent Camp Logan, Oct. 9, 1917; cook, Co. H, 130 Inf.; went overseas May 15, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; served as cook, Co. H, through entire period overseas. I)is. C. Grant, May, 1919. TKKI.. IOIIX F. Tower Hill. Sergeant Chauffeur, 1st Class Horn May 21, 1889, Wayne City, 111.; electrical engineer; son Mr. Wm. Teel ; enl. June 30, 1917, Dexter, Mo.; as- signed to 6th Missouri: went overseas Apr. 1917: landed April 28; firing line A l /i months; at St. Mihiel. Verdun, Argonne, Vosges Mountains; Co. A, 110th Amm. I). S. C. ; honorable discharge Camp Funston, Kan., May 5, 1919; one brother in service; Otis Rusher, half brother, died mid-ocean Oct. 11, 1918, First Class Seaman. 3. TERRY, GAYLORI) G. Private Shelby ville, III. Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn 1895, Shelbyyille; enl. 1916, Shelbyville, for border service; assigned Co. II, 130 Inf.; went overseas May 15, 1918: landed Brest May 24, 1918; served in France with Co. H and returned with Co. Dis. May 31, 1919, Camp Grant. 4. TETRICK, JOHN HANSON Corporal Oconee, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33 I)iv. Farmer; enl. Aug. 5, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Co. II, 140 Inf.; sent C. Logan, Oct. 9, 1917; overseas May 15, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; firing line at Meuse, Marcheville raid; wounds, gas inhalation, mustard. Mis- ability discharge Feb. 20, 1919. C. Grant. 5. THEOBALD, PAUL K. Corporal Clinton, 111. Co. A, 10th Inf., 14 Div. Born Nov. 15, 1893, Auburn, 111.; prin. H. S., Shelbyville, son Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Theobald, Illiopolis, 111.; enl. May _>7, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Co. A, 10th Inf.; trf. from Ft. Thomas, Ky., to Co. A, 10 Inf., Rock Island Arsenal; trf. to Camp Custer, Tuly 25, 1918. Dis. March 11, 1919. h. THOM, STEWARD McLF.AN 1st Cl. Yeoman Shelbyville. 111. U. S. Navy Born Aug. 6, 1894. Shelbyville; son Henry A. and Flora F. Thorn, Shelbyville; salesman; enl. Dec. 31, 1917. at St. Louis, Mo.; navy; assigned to Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Cal. ; promoted to Yeoman, third class, Sept. 1st: to Yeo., 2nd class, Oct. 1st, and Yeo., 1st class. Tec. 16, 1918; went aboard "The Oregon" on May 25, 1918. and served until May 27, 1919. Dis. June 9, 1919, at St. Louis. 7. THOMAS, CORNELIA See record, page 66. Shelbyville, 111. THOMAS, OSCAR Windsor, 111. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Cus- ter. Mich. X. THOMAS, WM. H. Private Slu-lhyville, 111. 124 Engrs. Born June 2, 1892, Cowden ; son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Thomas, Cowden; married July 25, 1917, Josephine Plow- man, dau. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Plowman, Ilerrick; two daughters, Mildred Irene and Melba Madline ;_ farmer : enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Forrest. Ga. ; ,-issigned to 124 Engrs.; in training 4'/2 mos. ; trf. to C. Grant and discharged there Jan. 25, 1919. One brother in service. 9 THOMPSON, CURT H. Findlay, 111. Private . ,, .... Aux. Remount Depot Born lune 23, 1892, Shelby Co.; son Bert Thompson, Findlay; married Feb. 9, 1918, Rosa Ana Conner; one son, Wm. Hubert, born Jan. 4, 1919; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918 Shelbyville; sent to Camp Custer; assigned to 320 Aux. Remount Depot. Dis. March 13, 1919. 10. THOMPSON, RAYMOND Private Mode, 111. Co. B, 10 Inf., 14 Div. Fnl May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; assigned" to Co. B, 10 Inf., 14 Div., at Camp Custer, Mich. Dis. there Jan. 17, 1919. Page One Hundred Eighty-Two 1. THOMPSON, THEO. 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. -Medical Corps Born Nov. 1, 1872, Prairie Home, Shelby Co. ; married Sept. 18, 1895, Harriet L. Carnahan ; physician and sur- geon ; enl. Aug. 8, 1918, at Springfield; assigned to O. T. C. at Camp Greenleaf, Ga. ; com. 1st Lt., Sept. 26, 1918; trf. Oct. 14, 1918, to Hoboken, N. J., to port of embarka- tion ; sailed Nov. 3, 1918, transport S. S. Ascanius ; was senior medical officer and transport surgeon on British S. S. Ascanius between Brooklyn, N. Y., and Liverpool ; landed Liverpool Nov. 17, 1918. Dis. Hoboken Jan. 21, 1919, with rank of 1st Lieut. 2. THOMPSON, HENRY 1st Cl. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H. 130 Inf. Born June 1. 1897, Shelbyville ; son Wm. Thompson ; tailor; enl, Aug. 2, 1914, in Co. H, 4th III. Inf., Shelby- ville; Bugler; in training at Camp Logan; sailed Hoboken May 24, 1918 ; landed Brest May 26, 1918 ; went to trenches July 24, 1918; at Albert front, Argonne, St. Mihiel ; wounded Aug. 10, at Albert front, grenade wound ; Oct. 13, at Argonne, broken shoulder ; in hospi- tal ; returned to U. S. with casual Co. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 27, 1919. One brother in service. Border service in 1916. 3. THOMPSON, WILLIAM Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Nov. 29, 1899, Shelbyville; son William and Esther Thompson ; blacksmith ; in training at C. Logan with Co. TI; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918 ; in trenches 4 mos. ; at Somme front, Albert front, Verdun, Meuse- Argonne, St. Mihiel, Marcheville ; promoted to Cpl. in France. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. One brother in service. 4. THROCKMORTON, CHARLES O. 1st Sergeant Strasburg, 111. 5th Co., 1 Bn., C. O. T. S. Born Jan. 15, 1895, Champaign ; son J. A. and Buena Throckmorton ; teacher ; enl. June 20, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent Bradley Institute; trf. to C. Grant to 5th Co., 1st Bn., C. O. T. S. ; promoted to 1st Sergeant at Camp Grant Sept., 1918; in training 6 mos. Dis. C. Grant Dec. 20, 1918. 5. TIDD. MAHLOX Private Bement, HI. Co. C, 138 M. G. Bn., 38 Div. Born Dec. 26, 1893, Fayette Co., 111.; enl. May 27, 191S. at Shelbyville ; sent to C'amp Shelby, Miss. ; assigned to Co. C, 138 M. G. Bn., 38 Div.; sent to Camp Mills, X. Y., Sept. 13, 1918; sailed Oct. 1, 1918; landed at Southampton, Eng., Oct. 9; crossed English Channel to Havre, Fr., Oct. 4; sent to Nantes, Fr., Oct. 13; started to trenches Nov. 1 ; sent to hospital Nov. 1 5, mumps ; discharged from hosp. Dec. 7 ; sent to classification camp at Revigny, Fr. ; again sent to hosp. Dec. 16, bronchitis ; discharged from hosp. Feb. 8, 1919; assigned Q. M. Corps, Paris; trf. to Ilq. Det. at St. Aignan, Fr., Mar. 7; trf. to St. Aignan Casual C'o. 7401, Tune 17; returned to U. S. A. with same, July 17; dis. C. (Irani, July 24, 1919; re-enlisted for one year ; assigned to 6 Field Signal Bn., 6 1 Hv. 6. TIEMAN, MARTIN Private Strasburg, 111. Air Service liprn Aug. 31, 1889, Strasburg: son William and Dora Tieman ; farmer ; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville ; assigned to Camp Custer ; trf. to Ft. Wayne; trained in air service 5 months. 7. TIEMAN, PHILIP II. Corporal Strasburg, 111. O. M. C., Aux. Remount Depot Born Feb. 19, 1894, Strasburg; son Wm. and Dora Tieman, Strasburg; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C'amp Taylor ; assigned to Q. M. C., Aux. Remount De- pot ; promoted to Cpl.; in training 11 mos. Dis. May 26, 1919, C. Taylor. 8. TILLEY, MAX A. 1st Cl. Private Tower Htll, 111. Ev. Amb. Co. No. 7 Born Aug. 10, 1896, Tower Hill; clerk; enl. April 23, 1918, at Jeff. Bks. ; assigned to 18th Rect. Co. ; trf. to Amb. Unit No. 7, Camp Crane, Sept. 10; trf. to Merrill Sept. 15; in training 5 mos. ; sailed from Hoboken Sept. 20, 1918; landed Brest Sept. 28; to trenches Oct. 15; there until armistice ; at Meuse- Argonne, Oct. 15 to Nov. 1 1 . Dis. C. Grant July 30, 1919. 9. TIMPERLEY, JOHN Stewardson, 111. Was assigned to Camp Grant for limited service but was excused; was in service in Honolulu, Jan. 21, 1915-June, 1916. Dis. on account of disability. 10. TOLLEY, GLENN CORNELIUS Sergeant Moweaqua, 111. Co. G, 18 Inf., I Div. Horn Feb. 15, 1896, Moweat|ua, farmer, son Wm. and Mag- gie Tolley, Moweaqua ; enl. Apr. 15, 1917, Decatur ; as- signed Co. G, 18 Inf.. I Div.; sailed Hoboken, June 14. 1917 ; landed St. Nazaire ; finished training Gondrecourt ; in aclive service II mos.; Luneville front, Toul front, bat- tles Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Meuse- Argonne ; reed. D. S. O. ; returned U. S. as casual; promoted Cpl. on Ton! front, promoted Sgt. last day of Chateau-Thierry drive ; attended O. T. C., Langres. France, but armistice signed before receiving commission. Dis. C. Grant, March 18, 1919. Page One Hundred Eighty-Three TIIIBEAl.T, ERNEST ShelbyviUe, 111. THOMPSON. THOMAS R Windsor, 111. 1st Cl. Private Co. C, 326 F. S. I'.n. Kill. Feb. 16. 1918, Dade City, Fla. ; assigned to Co. C .126 F. S. Bn. j went to France AUK. 14, 1918; went tu hospital Oct. 21, with influenza: spent 7 months of time in France in hospitals. Dis. C. Grant April 29, 1919. 1. TOOTH MAN, LEONARD CLAY Private ShelbyviUe, 111. Co. B, Bradley Poly. Inst. Morn Nov. 7, 1896, ShelbyviUe; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. A. Toothman: enl. Oct. 15, 1918, ShelbyviUe; assigned Mechanical School, Bradley Poly. Inst., Camp Bradley. Peoria : in training 2 mos. Dis. Dec. 13, 1918, (.'amp Bradley, Peoria ; one brother in service. 2. TOOTHMAN, EDWIN See S. A. T. C. section. ShelbyviUe, 111. 3. TOWERS, JOHN ANDREW Sergeant Glamour, Ky. Batt. D, 327 Field Artillery Born Oct. 14, 1895, Murphysboro; son Wm. Towers, Ben- ton; miner; enl. Oct. 3, 1917, ShelbyviUe; assigned 327 r. A., Batt. D, 84 Div. ; promoted Sgt. Tan. 21, 1918; trf. to 236 M. P. Co., Dec., 1918; served 3 years previous with Xth and 15th U. S. Cavalry, Philippine Islands Apr. 1, 1913-Apr. 24, 1916; overseas Sept. 9, 1918, landed Sept. 21. 1918. Dis. Aug. 25, 1919, C. Upton. 4. TOWERS, RALPH Corporal Findlay, III. Co. L, 128 Infantry Born March 22, 1896, Argenta: son S. F. Towers, Dan- ville; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918; assigned 54 Co., 159 1'eppt Brigade, Camp Taylor, Ky. ; promoted Cpl., Oct. 13. in France; overseas Aug. 22, 1918; returned with Co L, 128 Inf. Dis. C. Grant. TRIECE, HARRY Houston, Texas Private 44 Artillery Band, Ft. Wortli Born Feb. 13, 1893, ShelbyviUe; bookkeeper; son Noah rind Anna Triece, ShelbyviUe; enl. May 30, 1918, Chicago: assigned JefTerson Bks.. 315 Cavalry Hand; trf. 44th Artil- lery Band, Ft. Worth, Tex. Dis. Jan. 9, 1919. TRIECE. LAWRENCE In service overseas. I,. TRIGG, DANIEL WESLEY Private Findlay, III. Quartermaster Corps Born July 20, 1892, Findlay; farmer; son Reason and Nancy Trigg, Findlay; enl. June 27, 1918, ShelbyviUe; assigned 54 Co., 159 D. B. ; later to Q. M. C. ; in training 11 mos. Dis. May 27, 1919, C. Taylor, Ky. 7. TRUEBLOOD, ELZA I. Sergeant Tower Hill, 111. 865 Squadron Air Service Enl. Dec. 12, 1917, Decatur ; assigned 865 Squadron, Air Service. Camp Love Field, Texas; promoted Sgt. Dis. April 1, 1919, Love Field, Tex, S. TUCKER, DELMER L. Private Beecher City, 111. Co. D. 37th Infantry Enl. May 23, 1918, ShelbyviUe; assigned Co. D, 37 Inf., Ft. Mclntosh, Tex. Dis. early in summer of 1919. 9. TUCKER, JAMES Private Strasburg, 111. 2nd Rect Co., Engrs. Farmer; adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Ileiiry Altag, Stras- burg; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, ShelbyviUe; assigned 2nd Rect. Co., Engineers, Camp Forrest, Ga. ; in hospital 3 mos., pneumonia. Honorable dis. Jan. 23, 1919; certificate of disability. 10. TULL, HARRY L. Windsor. 111. TULL, LLOYD C. Aviation Shelbyville, 111. Son Mr. and Mrs. Jose Tull of Lithia Springs; discharged in Feb., 1919; enl. in aviation July, 1917; went France in Oct.; overseas 15 months. TURNER, ROY 1st Lieut. ShelbyviUe, III. 148 Field Art. Made home with uncle, Wm. Furr, Shelbyville: regular: commissioned and sent to X. G. outfit; extensive service in France. Page One Hundred Eighty-Four 1. TULL, EARL BRYAN Private Windsor, 111. Co. B, Camp Forrest, Ga. En!. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Camp Forrest, Ga. ; assigned Co. B. Dis. Feb. 5, 1919, C. Grant. 2. TULL, ARTHUR Private Shelbyville, 111. Machine Gun Co.. 37 Inf. Enl. May 23, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Jefferson Bks. ; trf. Machine Gun Co., 37 Inf., Ft. Mclntosh, Tex. Dis. Sept.. 1919, C. Grant. 3. TULL, TOM L. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. II, 130th Inf. Born March 13, 1894, Shelbyville; farmer; son S. C. and Francis Tull ; enl. June 18, 1916, Shelbyville; assigned Co. H, 130 Inf.; overseas Hoboken May 16, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; served through with Co. H; shrapnel wound in left leg, gassed ; returned with Co. H. Dis. May 30, 1919, C. Grant. Border service in 1916. 4. TURNER, CARL A. Private Herrick, 111. Co. A, Bradley Poly. Born Aug. 11, 1898, Oconee; mechanic; son Marion and Susan Turner, Herrick, 111.; enl. Oct. 15, 1918, Shelby- ville; assigned Motor Transport, Co. A. Dis. Dec. 7, 1918, Peoria. 5. TWISS, ALBERT EARL Private, 46th Sqdn. Tower Hill, 111. Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, N. Y. Born Aug. 19, 1896, Shelbyville; mechanic; son Chas. II. and Alice Twiss, Tower Hill; enl. March 6, 1918, Decatur ; assigned 1st Training Brig., Kelly Field; trf. Ellington Field, 303 Prov. Sqdn., May 22, 1918; trf. Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, N. Y., 46 Aero Sqdn., Oct. 18, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, Jan. 27, 1919. 6. TWISS, CHARLES LEE First Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Nov. 6, 1893, St. Louis, Mo.; linotype operator; son Harry I). Twiss, Shelbyville; enl. Co. H, 4th I. N. G., March 1, 1911; served as Cpl. and Sgt. ; was 2nd Lt. on border, 1916; made 1st Lt., Apr. 20, 1917; went Camp Logan with Co. H ; was 33d Div. bayonet instructor ; later assigned command Co. E, 130 Inf. ; landed Brest May 22, 1918; brigaded with British; June 23, 1918, was on night patrol with Australian and British officers, received 14 wounds from German hand grenades; in hospitals at Rouen, Fr., and London : trf. Am. Rest Camp, Winnal Downs, Winchester, Eng., there until return in command of M. T. Co. 794. Dis. at The Presidio, San Francisco. May 20, '19. 7. ULMER, JAKE D. Corporal Strasburg, 111. Aux. Remount Depot 319, Q. M. C. Born Apr. 6, 1895; farmer; son John and Augusta Ulmer, Strasburg; enl. Tune 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 54 Co., 15> D. B.: later to Aux. Remount Depot 319 Q. M. C. ; promoted Cpl. Q. M. C. Aux. Remt. Depot 319, Apr. 14, 1919. Dis. May 26, '19, C. Taylor; one brother in service. 8. ULMER, MARTIN G. Wagoner Strasburg, 111. 327 Field Artillery Born March 13, 1892, Springfield; farmer; son John and Augusta Ulmer, Strasburg; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelby- ville: assigned 327th F. A.; went overseas Sept. 8, 1918; landed Sept. 20, 1918; returned as casual. Honorable dis. March 11, 1919, C. Grant; one brother in service. 9. UXRUH, ARTHUR Private Strasburg, 111. Quartermaster Corps Born June 21, 1895, Herborn, Neb.; farmer; son of Fred Unruh, Strasburg; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville ; assigned Camp C'uster; trf. Johnston, Fla., to Q. M. C. ; trf. Camp Taylor, Ky. Dis. Dec. 22, 1918, C. Taylor. 10. VEXXUM, ERNEST MARSH 2nd Lieut. Findlay, 111. Quartermaster Corps Born Sept. 5, 1880, Fisher, 111.; banker; son of F. B. and Saide A. Vennum, Champaign, 111.; enl. July 6, 1918, Columbus, O. ; assigned 437 Engineers ; promoted 2nd Lt. Q. M. C., Oct. 23, 1918. Dis. Dec. 1, 1918, Washington, WARD. OXAS MARION 2nd Lieut. Dalton City, 111. 107 Aerial Born Oct. 3, 1888, Dalton City, 111.; son of Wm. M. and Lunette Florence Ward; photographer; enl. Feb. 16, 1918, Sebastopool, Cal. ; assigned 107 Aerial; trfd. to 1 1 1 Aerial: promoted to Corporal in France, to 2nd Lieutenant in France in Coast Artillery ; sailed from Philadelphia July 14. 1918; when about 3 hours off coast of Ireland, fiv subs attacked convoy; two subs sank: lauded Barry, Wales, Inly 31, 191X; returned with 311 F. A. 79 Di'v. Dis. June 11, 1919, Camp Dix. Page One Ilinidrcil Eighty-Fire 1. VEXTERS, ROY W. Private Shelbyville, 111. U. S. Military Mission Enl. -\r a y 10, 1918; sailed July 5, 1918; battles Vosges, Meuse-Argonne; returned to U. S. July 19. 1919. bis. July 26, 1919, C. Grant. 2. VEST, WALTER Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. E, 102 Inf., 26 Div. Horn Apr. 2, 1895, Sexson Corner; son T. W. and Cordelia Vest, Shelbyville; enl. July 26, 1918, Webster City, la.; assigned Co. E, 102 Inf., 26 Div. ; promoted Cpl., Aug. 1, 1918, Camp Gordon, Ga. ; sailed Iloboken Aug. 5, 1918; landed Liverpool, Aug. 16, 1918; battles, Verdun and Ar- gonne ; gassed, machine gun and shrapnel wounds ; re- turned as casual. Dis. C. Grant, March 18. 1919. 3. VIRDEX. CHRISTOPHER Cook Moweaqua, 111. Ambulance Co. Xo. 40 Son of Mrs. Sarah Virden, Moweaqua, 111.; enl. through local board ; assigned Cook Ambulance Co. Xo. 40. 6th Div.; overseas July, 1918. 4. VLSEUR, SADIE CARXOT Private Okmulgee, Okla. 150 Inf., 83 Div. Born May 19, 1896, Assumption; pipe fitter; son Mrs. Proserpine Viseur, Okmulgee, Okla.; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 150 Inf., 38 Div., Camp Shelby; sailed Hoboken Aug. 5, 1918; landed Liverpool; returned as casual. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 7, 1919; one brother in service. 5. VOILES, RAVMOXI) Private St. Louis, Mo. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born May 12, 1895, Shelbyville; machinist; son late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph II. Voiles, Shelbyville; enl. June 21, 1916, in Co. H, 4th III. X. G., made Cpl. July 5, 1917, Sgt., Sept. 5, 1917; sailed Iloboken May 16, 1918: landed Brest May 28, 1918; firing line July 2, 1918, to Xoy. 11, 1918, Albert, Amiens, Meuse-Argonne; trf. after armistice to 272 Military Police. Dis. June 25, 1919, C. Taylor, Ky. Served on border with Co. H in 1916. One brother in service. 6. VOX HEIIREX. THEODORE A. Private Strasburg, 111. Aux. Remount Depot 319 Born luly 18, 1885, Strasburg; farmer; son William V. ami Minnie Von Behren ; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 54 Co., 159 Depot Brigade; trf. to Aux. Rem. Depot 319, O. M. C., Aug. 10, 1918. Dis. March 31, 1919, Louisville. Ky. 7. WADE. IIF.XRY EDWARD Private Strasburg, 111. Aux. Remount 319 Born 1891, Strasburg, 111.; son of John and Katherine Wade; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 54 Co., 159 Depot Brig.: later to quartermaster, Cam;> Taylor. Dis. May 26, 1919, C. Taylor. S. WADE, ORRIE RAY Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Tan. 11, 1895, Lakewood twp. ; son Willis and Mary Wade; farmer; enl. June 4. 1917, Co. H, 130 Inf.: trained Camp Logan as gunner and bomber; sailed May 24, 1918; separated from Co. H June 17 and sent to Replacement Bn., 2nd Army Corps ; was company commander of cas- uals : sent to Co. G of 106th Inf., 27th Div., on Oct. 3. joining them in front line: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Verdun, Meuse River; backed 30th on Hindenburg line; wounded at St. Souplet Oct. 20, slight ankle wound (shrap- nel) and gassed; returned to 27th Dec. 16, but detached and placed in charge of Illinois casuals. Dis. April 5, 1919, C. Grant. 9. WAFFORD, JOHX Private Pana, 111. Co. H Enl. in Shelbyville with Co. II; went to Camp Logan Oct. 9. His. Xovember, 1917; under age. 10. WAGGOXER, CARL NORTON Private, Marines Shelbyville, 111. Co. 80, 6th Reg., 2nd Div. Born Dec. 14. 1898, Shelbyville; son Edw. and Melia Waggoner; traction engineer; enl. Aug. 1, 1918; sent Paris Island, Marines: assigned Co. 80, 6th Reg.. 2nd Div.; sailed Iloboken Oct. 20, 1918; landed Brest Nov. 3. 1918; in trenches from Xov. 4 to Nov. 11, 1918; Army of Occu- pation. Dis. Aug. 13, 1919, Quantico, Va. WAGGOXER. CURTIS Private Mmveaqua, 111. Co. B. 124 M. G. Bn. 33 Div. Enl. Shelbyville; assigned to Co. B.. 124 Machine Gun Bn. 33 Div.: went to France May, 1918; under tire 34 days. Dis. Camp Grant. Page One Hundred Eigllty-Si.r 1. WAKEFIELD, EVERETT H. Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Born Dec. 15, 1896, Cowden ; son of C. C. and Carrie Wakefiehl, Detroit, Mich.; student; enl. May 25, 1917, Shelbyville, with Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div. ; made Cpl. Dec. 1. 1917, Camp Logan; promoted to Sergeant May 2, 1919, in France; sailed May 16, 1918; landed Brest, May 24, 1918; tiring line from Aug. 11 to Xov. 11, 1918; Argonne, St. Mihiel, Somme, Troyon ; returned with Co. H. Dis. May 30, 1919, C. Grant. 2. WALDEX, HAIRD Private Tower Hill, 111. 2nd Caisson Co., 108 Amm. Tr. Enl. Shelbyville with Co. H, in July, 1917; trf. at C'amp Logan in Nov., 1917, to 2nd Caisson Co., 108 Amm. Tr. ; served with 33rd Div. ; Meuse-Argonne, Troyon. Dis. in June, 1919, C. Grant; slightly gassed. 3. WALKER, MARK II. 2nd Lieutenant Windsor, 111. 127 Aerial Sqdn. Born Sept. 1, 1889, Windsor; son of S. A. and Jennie C. Walker; hanker; enl. Mattoon Aug. 12, 1917; assigned to 127 Aero Squadron, Kelly Field; made 1st Sgt. at Kelly Field: commissioned 2nd Lieut., Sept. 8, 1918, Quarter- master Dept. ; sailed from Hoboken Jan. 13, 1918; landed Brest Jan. 24, 1918; returned as casual and dis. July 9, 1919, C. Dix. 4. WALKER. ROSCOE I!. Private Windsor, III. Co. I, 119 Inf., 30 Div. Born Feb. 27, 1891, Windsor; son II. L. Walker; farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Co. 1. 11') Inf., 3-9 Div., Camp Sevier, S. C. ; sailed Boston. May 12. 1918; landed Liverpool May 27; between Dover, Eng.. and Calais, France, collided with Russian steamer, 1 killed, 4 injured; four months in trenches; Ypres, St. Quentin : wounded by shrapnel at Bellicourt, France ; still in hos- pital at Ft. Sheridan. 5. WALLACE, MORRIS CLARK Mechanic Windsor, 111. Battery D, 327 F. A. Born April 11, 1890, Windsor; son T. C. Wallace. Wind- sor; farmer; enl. Sept, 19, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Battery I). 327 F. A.; sailed from Xew York Sept. 8; landed Liverpool. Eng.. Sept. 21 ; returned with 327 F. A. Feb. 19, 1919. Dis. C. Grant. 6. WALLACE, .NORMAN" R. Private 1st Class Shelbyville, 111. 4th Div., Co. M, 59 Inf. Born Feb. 6, 1894, Shelbyville; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; promoted private 1st class, C'amp Greene, X. C., April, 1918; trf. from Camp Taylor to C'amp Pike, to C'amp Greene, assigned 4th Div., Co. M, 59 Inf.; sailed from Hoboken May 5, 1918; landed Southampton, May 12, 1918; went to trenches July 10, 1918, and under fire prac- tically all the time until Xov. 11; Chateau Thierry, Yesle River, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Metz; rifleman. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 12, 1919. 7. WALLACE, WEXDELL Sergeant Windsor, 111. Co. E, 217 Engineers Born May 19, 1897, Findlay ; son Wm. B. Wallace, Wind- sor; grain dealer; enl. June 13, 1918, St. Louis; assigned to Co. E, 217 Engineers; promoted to Sgt., Camp Hum phreys, Aug. 15. Dis. Feb. 12, C. Pike, Ark. 8. WARD, CLAYTON ARTHUR Shelbyville. 111. Son Chas. Ward; enl. Shelbyville, June 27, 1918; sent 54 Co., 159 Depot Brigade, C'amp Taylor; later trf. to Q. M. C'., C'amp Jos. E. Johnston, Fla., and then overseas. Dis. in summer of 1919. One brother. Dell, also overseas. WARD, DELL Shelbyville, 111. Son Charles Ward, Shelbyville ; saw service overseas. WALKER, VERNOX Windsor, 111. Son of George Walker of Brimdage, Texas, formerly of Windsor ; saw much overseas service as a member o! regular army. 9. WARD, EDWARD S. Machinist Mate 1st Clas, Miami, Fla. U. S. Xavy Born Jan. 18, 1894, Findlay; grandson Bud Ward, Shelby- ville: enl. Key West in navy, Dec. 15, 1917; served on a subchaser doing coast patrol on the coast of Florida. Dis. Feb. 5, 1919. 10. WATERS, RALPH CLAUDE Private 1st Clas, Findlay, 111. Co. C, 138 M. G. I'.n. Born Oct. 8, 1890, Ashmore ; son Frank L. and Rebecca C'. Waters; grocery clerk; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville: assigned Co. C', 138 Machine dun Bn., C'amp Shelby; sailed Xew York Oct. 2, 1918; landed Southampton, Oct. 11. 1918; returned as casual. Dis. July 30, 1919, C. Grant WILSOX, CHARLES 1st Cl. Private Moweaqua. Truck Co. E. A. A. P. C. A. C. First Army Enl. March 13, 1918, at Roundup. Mont.; assigned to Truck Co. E, A. A. P. C. A. C. First Army; went tn France Sept. 1, 1918. Dis. as 1st Class Private at Ft. Russell, Wyoming, July 24, 1919. Page One Hundred Eighty Scrcn 1. WAYMIRE. GLENN BEAULA H. Seaman 1st C. Strasburg. 111. U. S. Navy Born Oct. 23, 1899, Strasburg, III. ; son Isaac R. and Nancy Waymire, Strasburg; farmer; enl. June 11, 1918, Peoria ; navy ; Great Lakes Training Station ; promoted to Seaman 1st class, June, 1919; gunner; on Massachusetts, Aug., 1918; then to Rochester, Feb., 1919; transport ser- vice ; five trips Brest to New York ; last trip was in the Transatlantic Flight, only ship to go the entire trip. Dis. Aug. 13, Great Lakes. 2. WEAK LEY, HADLEY E. Private 1st Cl. Assumption, 111. 78th I)iv., 307 F. A. Horn Nov. 12, 1895, Shelby county; son Rossea Weakley, St. Elmo; electrician; enl. April 29, 1918, Vandalia; as- signed 307 Field Artillery; sailed Hoboken May .24, 1918; landed Liverpool June 7; on front '93 days; St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne ; telephone work; returned with 78 Div., 307 F. A. Dis. May 21, C. Grant. 3. WEATHERS, GROVER C. Sergeant Findlay, 111. Co. H. 54 Inf. Born April 19, 1894, Findlay; son John Weathers; me- chanic; enl. May 10, 1918, Shelby ville; assigned Co. H, 54 Inf.; trf. Co. A, 6 Amm. Train; Sgt. on June 25; Chief Expert Mechanic in France, Nov. 18; sailed from Newport News, June; landed Liverpool, then to Le Havre; Alsace front, 58 days in action; Argonne defense 15 days, rntil armistice. Dis. from Co. A, 6th Amm. Train, C. Grant. 4. WEBB, JOSEPH OMER Tailor Gays. 111. 163 Coast Artillery Born Aug. 1, 1894, Douglas Co., 111.; son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph II. Webb, Gays; enl. Jan., 1915, Mattoon, 111.; assigned to 163 C'oast Artillery; private 1st class to Me- chanic, April, 1919, to Cpl., Aug., 1919, as company tailor; sailed September, boat hit by unknown vessel, number of dead about 15; landed Brest; in heavy artillery school when armistice signed ; still in army with 54 Artillery, C'. A. C. 5. WEBER, EMERT M. Private Strasburg, 111. 14 Div. Born Jan. 24, 1895, Strasburg; son of John and Marv Weber; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelby ville ; trained for infantry in Camp Custer ; trf. to Camp los. E. Tohnston, Fla., 30 Co., 14 Div.; trf. to Camp Taylor, 10 Co. Dis. C. Taylor, Dec. 22, 1918. 6. WEBER. MARTIN HENRY Private Strasburg, 111. 51 Pioneers Born July 24, 1892, Richland twp. ; son Mr. and Mrs. John T. Weber, Strasburg; farmer; enl. May 2, 1918; assigned Camp Wadsworth, S. C. ; sailed July 26, 1918; landed Brest; in two engagements; trained as rifleman; returned with 51st Pioneers. Dis. in July, C. Grant. One brother in service. 7. WELSH, WALTER O. Private Clarksburg, 111. 327 Field Artillery Born July 8, 1895, Clarksburg; son Silas and Zelda Welsh; farmer; enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyyille ; assigned to 327 F. A., Camp Taylor; trf. to West Point, April 1. 1918. then to Cam]) Mills; sailed from Iloboken Sept. 8, 1918; landed Liverpool, Sept. 22, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19, 1919. 8. WEMPEN, RAY Private Moweaqua, 111. 1105 Aero Sqdn. Born July 6, 1896, Moweaqua; son Ed. Wempen ; auto mechanic; enl. Jan. 19, 1918, Decatur ; air service; as- signed 1 5th Recruit Co., Jefferson Bks., Mo. ; trf. Camp Sevier, S. C., 9th Co., Feb. 3, 1918; trf. Camp Merritt, N. L. 3rd Repl. Squadron, April 5; sailed April 23, 1918; landed St. Nazaire, May 11, 1918; stationed avia- tion field near Clermont-Ferrand; returned with 1105 Aero Sqdn. Dis. June 2, 1919, Camp Mills, L. I. Flying Sgt., 1st Cl. Aviation 9. WALLACE. BERT EARL Shelbyville, 111. Born Nov. 1, 1898, Shelbyville; son W. O. and Mae E. Wallace; enl. Feb., 1918, Rantoul, Chanute Field; assigned aviation section, 268 Aerial Sqdn., enl. Flyer Dec. 12, 1918, promoted Sgt., March 6, 1919, Sgt. 1st Cl. June 17, 1919; trf. St. Paul Aviation Mach. Training School May 3, 1918; to St. Charles, La., Field, Sept. 10, 1918; to Kelly Field, Texas, Sept. 23, 1918; to Hazelhurst Field, New York, Oct. 28, 1918. Dis. there April 25, 1919, and re-enlisted, aeroplane tester, Curtis Company. 10. WALLACE, OGDEN Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Hq. Co., 15 U. S. Inf. Born Sept. 8, 1896, Shelbyville; son W. O. and Mae Wal- lace, Shelbyville; clerk; enl. Dec. 13, 1916, Houston. Tex.; assigned C'o. L, 15 U. S. Inf., Tienstin, China;, stationed at Amer. Legation there; was there during period of war. Served with Co. H on border, 1916. WILSON. ANSON McD. Moweaqua, 111. Knl. Shelbyville. May 23, 1918; sent to Jeff. Bks.. Mo. Page One Hundred Eighty Eight WALKER, RALPH H. Musician Herrick, III. Enl. Dec. 17. 1917, Great Lakes: went aboard U. S. S. Pennsylvania Flag Ship May 11, 1918; Band Sergeant with "Sousa's" 1 T . S. X. R. F. Band ; our last trip to France was with the first trip of the president in De- cember, 1918. Dis. Xew York Jan. 22, 1919. 1. WARD, RAYMOND L. Mode. 111. Enlisted Shelbyville, Sept. 5, 1918, Camp Custer ; son of A. L. Ward, Mode, 111.; trf. Ry. Engrs., Ft. Benj. Harri- son. Dis. Dec., 1918. 2. WARXER. WILEY Cook Sigel, 111. Bat. D, 21 F. A. Born Sigel; son C. W. Warner; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917. Shelbyville; assigned 327 F. A., Camp Taylor; trf. Camp Wilson, Texas, Batt. I), 21 F. A., Jan. 26, 1918; sailed Montreal, May 26, 1918; landed Liverpool, June 11; firing line 107 days; St. Die, St. Mihiel, Argonne, Army of Occupation. Dis. Sept. 6, C. Grant. 3. WEAKLEY, C. TEDDY Corporal Moweaqua, 111. Co. I, 119th Inf., 30 Div. Born Sept. II, 1889, Moweaqua; son Jacob and Mary Weakley, Assumption; merchant; enl. Feb. 23, 1918, Shel- byville; assigned to 159 D. B., Camp Taylor, Ky.; trf. Camp Sevier, Co. I, 119 Inf., 30 Div., March 23, 1918; sailed Mav 12. landed Liverpool May 27, 1918; Ypres, Cammel Hill, Hindenburg offensive; returned with 30th Div., M. P. Co. Dis. April 22, 1919, C. Grant. 4. WEBB, J. M. Private Moweaqua. 111. Bradley Polytechnic School Enlisted Shelbyville, Sept., 1918, and sent to the Bradley School, Peoria, for training. Dis. about 2 months later. 5. WESTENHAVER, BCRLEY Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Infantry Born May 9, 1889, Shelbyville; son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Westenhaver: clerk; enl. July 23, 1917, Shelbyville; in- fantry; discharged Dec. 13, 19|7, C. Logan; disability. Called to Camp Grant for limited service, Aug., 1918; rejected. 6. WESTEXHAVER, MARION Mechanic Shelbyville, 111. Sup. Co., 130th Inf., 33 Div. Born April 17, 1897, Shelbyville; son Jerome Westenhaver; shoemaker; enl. April 21, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H. 130 Inf., 33 Div.; sailed from Hoboken May 15, 1918; landed Brest ; Somme sector, Meuse- Argonne, Troyon sector air.t Army of Occupation ; returned with Co. H and was dis- charged May 31, 1919, C. Grant. 7. WESTERVELT, FLOYD C. Sergeant Q. M. C'. Findlay, 111. Army Transport Service Born April 10, 1891, Shelbyville; son of Dr. J. C. and Mary L. Westervelt : banker; enl. July 25. 1918, Xew York City ; assigned Army Transport Service, Port of Embarkation; appointed Cpl., Aug. 19, 1918; Sgt. Oct. 4, 1918, at Xew York. Dis. March 19, 1919, Xew York City. Finance and Accounting Branch of A. T. S. of Port of Embarkation, paid troops going overseas and returning and had charge of all hospital payments. 8. WHEAT, JOHX L. Private Clarksburg, 111. Aux. Remount Depot 319 Born Aug. 28, 1893, Clarksburg; son Wm. and Mary Wheat; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigne 1 to Quartermaster Corps; teamster wagon train Xo. 3, Aux. Remount 319, Camp Taylor. Dis. April 9, 1919, C. Taylor. 9. WHITT'ACRE, BEXJAMIX CLYDE 2d Lieut. Stewardson, 111. Motor Trans. Corps, 4 Div. Born July 4, 1886, Stewardson; son Johnson and Ida Whittacre; clerk and teacher; enl. Aug. 13, 1913, Chicago; assigned Motor Trans. Corps; made Sgt. Dec., 1917; Sgt. 1st class, Feb., 1918; Top Sgt., March, 1918; 2nd Lieut., April 29, 1919; sailed Feb. 28, 1918; landed Brest. March 3, 1918 ; Champagne, Marne, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel of- fensive, Argonne-Meuse ; was in all major operations with Rainbow Division; after 42nd Div. returned, was placed in command of Service Park Unit 360, M. T. C. and joined 4th Div. Dis. Aug. 28, 1919, C. Grant. Private 14th Inf. Taylor ; spring WIREY, LEOXARD F. Derrick, 111. Enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to Camp trfd. in Inly to Beauregard ; in hospital. Dis. in 1919. WILSOX, WALTER Stewardson, 10. WEAKLEY, HOWARD G. Private 1st Class Shelbyville, 111. 19th Co., 157 D. B. Left for Camp Gordon. Ga., June 24, 1918; assigned to 19th Co.. 5th Training lin., 157 Depot Brigade: trf. to Medical Detachment, Base Hospital, Camp Gordon, July 10. Dis. March 5. 1919. Page One Hundred Eiglit\'-\iijc 1. WHITACRE, EARI, Millersville, 111. Private 1st Class Co. H. 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enlisted with Co. H, and served through with them as Wagoner. WEI.TV, ORION R. Private Findlay, 111. Co. A, 37 Inf. Enlisted Shelbyvilte May 23, 1918; sent to Jefferson Bar- racks; assigned to Co. A, 37th Inf. Dis. in .August. 2. WHITAKER, HORACE BAIRD Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Water Tank Tr. 302, Co. C Horn May 13, 1896, Sullivan; son Wm. H. and Docle Whitaker; student; enl. June 13, 1918, Shelbyville; as- signed Water Tank Train 302; made Cpl., Sept. 10. 1918; trf. from Training School l)et. Co. I, Kansas City, to Holabird Ilclq., Aug. 13, 1918; trf. Camp Merritt Hdq., Sept. 13, 1918; sailed Oct. 25, 1918; landed Liverpool Nov. 8, 1918; served from Nov. 14, 1918, to July 4, 1919, in Argonne Forest; no battles; returned to Camp Grant. Ilis. Aug. 5, 1919. WHITACRE, JESSE A. Sergeant Strasburg, III. 2nd Amm. Train Enl. at Jefferson Barracks April 23, 1914; served three years in Orient as member of 8th and 13th Cavalry; was trfd. to 2nd I)iv. to help organize 2nd Amm. Train at Chickamauga Park, da. ; sailed from New York Jan. 8, 1918: landed Liverpool Jan. 24, 1918; in trenches from March 28, 1918, until Nov. 11; Verdun offensive, Belleau Wood, Soissons, Marne, St. Millie], Mont Blanc. Cham- pagne-Marne; gassed; returned with 2nd Amm. Train. Dis Aug. 28, 1919, San Antonio. Texas; re-enlisted; 2nd Div. captured 228 officers, 11,938 men, 343 big guns, 1,350 machine guns ; total advance 60 kilometers. 3. WHITE, ALMA 1st Sergeant Tower Hill, 111. Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Enlisted Shelbyville with Co. H ; served through with them; Meuse-Argonne, Troyon sector, Albert, St. Mihiel. l)is. C. Grant, June, 1919. 4 WHITE, WALTER LAWRENCE 1st Lieut. D. C. Shelbyville, 111. 210 Field Signal Bn., 10 Div. Born Ian. 11, 1894, Greenville; son Walter C. and Mary Frances White; dentist; com. Sept. 4, 1917. Springfield. 111.; assigned to active duty July 6, 1918, 210 Field Signal Bn., 10th Div., Camp Funston, Kans., as 1st Lieut. Dental Reserve Corps. Dis. Dec. 10, 1918, C. Funston, Kans. 5. WHITTINGTON, RAY M. Private Herrick, 111. 319 Aux. Remount Depot Born May 7, 1893, Herrick; son W. H. Whittington ; farmer; enl. Gillman, 111., June 27, 1918; assigned 54 Co., 159 Depot Brigade. Dis. C. Taylor Remount Depot, April 10, 1919. 6 WHITLATCH, EDGAR LEOX Private 1st Cl. Stewardson, 111. Batt. D, 327 F. A.. 84 Div. Born June 27, 1894, Strasburg; son of Belle Whitlatch : farmer; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Halt. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div., Camp Taylor; trf. 49 Co., 13 Bn., 159 D. B., then to 1st Co., 1st Dev. Bn., 159 D. B., then to Camp Hq. Co. Dis. March 11. 1919, C. Taylor. 7 WHITROCK, JOE Mode, 111. Private . Co. B, 124 Engineers Enlisted Shelbyville, Sept. 3, 1918; assigned Co. B, 124 Engineers, Camp Forest Lytle, Ga. Dis. Dec. 28, 1919, C. Custer. 8. Corporal Co. L, 58th Inf., 4 Div. WICKER, ALVIS L. Bethany, 111. Born Aug. 10, 1898, Taylorville; son Chas. Wicker. Beth- any; farmer; enl. Sept. " 19, 1917, Taylorville; assigned F. A Co D, 327 Regt.; made Cpl., Feb., 1918, Camp Pike. Ark.; sailed from Hoboken, May, 1918; landed Liverpool, May, 1918; saw active service until armistice was signed. 9 WICKER, JOHN W. Private 1st Cl. Bethany, 111. Co. D, F. A., 327 Regt. Born Nov. 12, 1895, Taylorville ; son Chas. and Rose Wicker, Bethany; farmer; enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; assigned Co. I), F A., 327 Regt. ; promoted M. P. at West Point, Ky., in April, 1918; sailed from Hoboken Sept. 5, 1918; assigned to M. P. duty at Bordeaux, France, when the 327th sailed for home. 10. WILBURN. JOHN Shelbyville, 111. Color Sergeant Co. H. 130 Inf. Born May 1, 1874, Moultrie Co.; member of Co. H since Feb 17, 1903; served in Co. continuously in various capaci- ties, Corporal, Sergeant and Color Sergeant of regiment: served 9 months on border in 1916-17 as Sergeant. Dis. March 5, 1918, as Color Sergeant of 130 Inf., on account of disability. Page -One Hundred A'ntrfv 1. WILEY, CLINTON Sergeant Toledo, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf. Member of Co. H, in training at Camp Logan ; sailed May 16, 1918, from Hoboken on Agamemnon; landed Brest May 24, 1918; served throughout with Co. Dis. C. Grant spring of 1919. 2. WILEY, WM. R. Corporal Beecher City, 111. Co. A, 312 Mil. Police Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; sent C. Taylor; trf. C. Pike, Ark. ; made Cpl. in Jan. ; later made military police and continued as police throughout war ; trf. to C. Dix in June and sailed Sept. 25 for France; in hospital in France; returned to U. S. on hospital ship "Mercy"; sent to Ft. Riley, Kans. Dis. latter part of Feb., 1919. 3. WILLIAMS, CHARLES I). Private Trowbridge, III. 102 M. C... 26 Div. Born Dec. 15, 1895, Pierson Station; son II. M. Williams, Trowbridge: farmer; eril. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Shelby, Miss. ; assigned to' Co. C, 138 M. G., 38 Div. ; in training 4 mos. ; sailed Hoboken Oct. 2, 1918; landed Southampton, Oct. 9; joined 26 Div. at Verdun on Xov. 13, 1918. Dis. C. Grant April 26, 1919. 4. WILLIAMS, GEORGE W. Private Shclhyville, 111. Co. H, 363 Inf., 91 Div. Born Jan. 6, 1893, Shelbyville; son Asa Williams; painter ; enl. June 15, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, for training as gunsmith; Aug. 15 trf. Co. It, 335 Inf., 84 Div., C. Sherman; in training 2J/2 .mos. ; sailed Quebec, Canada, Sept. 2, 1918; landed Liver- pool. Sept. 16; in camp near Bordeaux; in trenches 12 days, Belgian front ; regiment captured Audenorde ; in hospital 2 weeks with influenza during which time trf. to 91 Div. Dis. C. Grant April 25, 1919. 5. WILLIAMS, ROY Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. M, 160 Depot Brig. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Custer, Mich.; assigned to Co. M, 160 Depot Brigade. Dis. C. Custer. 6. WILSON, CHARLES Sergeant Altamont Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Member of Co. II, in training at C. Logan ; sailed from Hoboken May 16; landed Brest May 24; served as Sgt. with Co. H throughout overseas service; wounded by shrapnel on night Xov. 10. Returned and discharged with Co. at C. Grant in spring, 1919. 7. WILSON, CHARLES 1st Cl. Private Strasburg, 111. Bat. C, 308 F. A.. 78 Div. Born July 14, 1890, Strasburg; son Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson, deed.; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Dix; assigned to Bat. C, 308 F. A.. 78 Div.: in training 26 days; sailed from Iloboken May 26, 1918; transport, Cedric ; landed Liverpool, June 7, 1918; to trendies Aug. 16, there until Xov. 11; at St. Mihiel, Ar- gonne, Suippe, Grand Pre : lead driver on caisson. Dis. C. Grant, May 27, 1919. 8. WILSON, JOHX W. Private Shelbyville, 111. 144 F-ngineers Born 1891, Shelbyville; son Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Wilson, Shelbyville; farmer; married June, 1918, Muriel Johnson: enl. Sept. 13, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Armour Inst., Chicago; trf. Oct. 27 to 144 Engrs., at C. Shelby, Miss.; sent C. Taylor and dis. Dec. 14. 1918. 9. WIREY. JOHX H. Private Tower Hill, 111. Field Remount Squadron Born Sept. 23, 1890, Tower Hill; son W. H. Wirey ; farmer; enl. Shelbyville, June 27, 1918; sent Camp Tay- lor: assigned F. A. R. D. ; trf. C. Joseph E. Tohnston, Co. 1, A. R. D., Oct., 1918; trf. to C. Merritt, Oct., 1918; in training 3 mos.; sailed from Xewport News Xov. 9, 1918; overseas camp, St. Xazaire : taking care of horses; in hospital, influenza; returned with Field Remount Sqdn. Dis. C. Taylor, July 7, 1919. 10. WOMACK, EARL J. Ensign Windsor, 111. U. S. Xavy Enl. May 18, 1917, Peoria, 111.; navy; assigned to Great Lakes, 111. Dis. April 22, 1919, at Pelham Bay, X. Y. \V< il. FT. RALPH R. Private Stewardson, 111. 21 Inf. 16 Div. Born April 26, 1890, Stewardson ; son Henry Wolff, Stew- ardson : painter; enl. June 1, 1918, at Chicago: army; as- signed to 21 Inf., 16 Div., Jeff. Bks. ; trfd. to Balboa Park, June 11. 1918; to C. Kearney Sept. 14, 1918; to Ft. D. A. Russell. Feb. 17, 1919; to Camp Grant June 28, 1919; in training 14 months. Dis. C. Grant July 30. 1919; one brother in service. WIXXIXGS, LESTER H. Gays, 111. Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 5, 1918; assigned to C. Custer; served through here and discharged Feb. 3, 1919. WIAXDT, KEXXETH Private Strasburg. 111. 7th Div. F'nl. Clinton, 111.; assigned to 7th Div.; went overseas; shell shocked. Page One Hundred \'incty-Onc 1. WOOD, HARLEY First Lieut. Windsor, III. 19 Div.. Vet. C. Horn 1888; son Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Wood, Effingham, 111; married June 6, 1917, to Xelle Hancock, dau. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hancock, Windsor; veterinary surgeon ; enl. July 19, 1917, St. Louis, Mo. ; army; received com. as 2nd I.ieut., Aug. 8, 1917; placed in reserve and reported for duty June 17, 1918, at Medical Officers Training Camp at C'amp Greenleaf, Cia. ; trf. to Camp Dodge to 19 Div., Sept. 2, with rank of 2d I.ieut. Vet. Corps; promoted to 1st I.ieut., Sept. 21, at Camp Dodge. Dis. C. Dodge, Feb. 1. 1919. 2. WOODS, A. HARRY Private Findlay, 111. Co. I, 119 Inf., 30 Div. Salesman ; son Mrs. Martha Woods, Findlay ; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor, assigned 159 Depot Brigade; trf. Co. I, 119 Inf., 30 Div., C. Sevier; in training 2 mos. ; sailed Boston May 12, 1918; transport, Knglish Leomeam ; landed Eng., May 27, France May 28; at Ypres salient, in front line trenches from July 31 to Aug. 9, 1918; over top last Sunday in August; much time in Aug. in shell-swept area behind front lines; Belliconrt on Hindenburg line, France, Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 ; Busigny, Oct. 10 and 11; St. Souplet, Oct. 19; on duty with Hq. 119 Inf. in Hindenburg drive; slight shell wound. Dis. April 14, 1919, C. Grant. 3. WOODWORTH, RAY C. Private Decatur, 111. 46 Co., 160 Depot Brigade Horn 1894, Mt. Vernon ; son Mrs. Mary B. Woodworth, Shelbyville; salesman; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Camp Custer; assigned 46th Co., 160 Depot Brigade; in training 3 mos. 13 days. Dis. Dec. 18, 1918. 4. WOOI.ARD, EDGAR Private Oconcc, 111. Hq. Co., 13 F. A. Born July 9, 1886, Oconee ; son Wm. A Woolard; fore- man; enl. July 24, 1918, Toledo, Ohio; assigned 15 Bat- tery F. A. R. I)., Camp Tackson, S. C. ; in training 15 days; sailed Aug. 23, 1918; landed Brest, Sept. 3, 1918; in Camp Hunt, France; in trenches 31 days, at Meuse- Argonne off.. Army of Occupation ; scout and signalman ; in hospital for operation; returned casual patient. Dis. Aug. 16, 1919, Ft. Sheridan. 5. WOOI.ARD, HOWARD M. Private Oconee. 111. 102 Engrs., 27 Div. Born March 29, 1892, Oconee; son Wm. A. and Louise Woolard; farmer; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville: assigned Rahe Auto School, Kansas City; Aug. 15 trf. Washington Bks. ; trf. Dec. 19 from 2nd Co., O. A. R. D.. to 102 Kngrs., 27 Div.; in training 4 months; sailed Oct. 20, 1918; landed Liverpool Oct. 31; in training at Angers, France. Dis. C. Grant April 5, 1919; one brother in service. 6. WOOLARD, JAMES C. Seaman Herrick, 111. U. S. Navy Son Brusha and Ida Woolard; born Oconee, Feb. 11. 1897; enl. U. S. Navy at St. Louis, Mo., July 8, 1918; served at Great Lakes, Hampton Roads, Ya., and on battleship U. S. S. Illinois, in the engineering division. Released at Philadelphia, Pa., April 15, 1919. 7. WORLEY, EDMOXD A. First Lieut. Shelbyville, 111. Inf. Replacement Camp Born Shelbyville, Nov. 3, 1893; son Charles T. Worley ; lield clerk, Indian Service, Oklahoma; enl. Xowata, Okla., Sept. 5, 1917: assigned Co. E, 358 Inf., 90 Div., C. Travis; trf. C. Lee, Va. : promoted Cpl., Oct. 1 ; Sgt.. Xov. 1. 1917; attended O. T. C. at C. Travis; July 1, 1918, com- missioned 2nd Lieut.; Aug. 15, 1918, made 1st Lieut. Dis. C. Lee, March, 1919. 8. WORLEY, RAYMOXD M. Mechanic Shelhyville, 111. Co. H, 130 Inf.. 33 Div. Born Feb. 4, 1893, Shelbyville; son Henry Worley; me- chanic; enl. April, 1917, Shelbyville, Co. H; made Co. mechanic Oct., 1917, at Camp Logan, Texas; in training 10 months; sailed from Hoboken May 16; transport Aga- memnon ; landed Brest May 24 ; served with Co. H throughout service ; at Hamel, Morlancourt, Albert, Ver- dun, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel ; runner. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. 9. WORTMAX, HUGH M. 1st CI. Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. C, 76 Engineers Born July 5, 1896, Clarksburg; son Albert Wortman, Shel- byville; farmer; enl. Aug. 14, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to X. W. Univ. for training and then Xov. 4 to Ft. Meyer, Va.. and assigned to Co. C, 76 Engrs., trf. to Camp Leach, D. C., to Co. B, same Regt. ; construction work. Dis. C. Grant Dec. 27. 1918. 10. WRIGHT, CLOYD Sergeant Cowden, 111. Med. Del., 327 Field Artillery Born Feb. 4, 1890, Cowden; son W. W. Wright: married 1917, Edith Grace Lockart ; one dau., Clarissa Mae. born March 16, 1919; teacher; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Bat. D, 327 Field Artillery; in training 11 mos.; sailed Hoboken Sept. 8, 1918; transport Orduna ; landed Liverpool Sept. 21; promoted to Sgt. M. D., at Camp De Souge, France; work, Supply Sergeant. Dis. C. Grant Feb. 19, 1919. Page Ottc Hundred \insty-Tu'o 1. WRIGHT, WILLIAM B. Private Oconee, 111. Co. E, 32 Div. Knl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to Co. E, 32 Div. ; went to France in Aug. ; under tire 6 weeks ; gassed. Dis. in April at C. Grant. 2. VAKEY, JAMES MURVIN Corporal Shelbyville, 111. Co. II, 130 Inf., 33 Div. Horn 1892, Shelbyville; school teacher; son Grant Yakey. Mode; cnl. June 5, 1917, Shelbyville, in Co. H, 130 Inf.; promoted Cpl. June 13, 1918; went overseas May 15, 1918; tiring line July 11 ; 1918, to Xov. 11, 1918; Somme sector, Meuse-Argonne, Troyon sector, and Army of Occupation ; returned with Co. II. Dis. May 30, 1919, C. Grant. VAXTIS, .MISS ETHEL Nurse Moweaqua, 111. Graduated about six years ago from the Post Graduate Hospital, Chicago; enl. 2 years ago, serving at C. Grant for some time ; trfd. to Fort Sheridan, where she re- mains. 3. YOAKUM, HERMAN J. Sergeant Springfield, 111. Air Service Born Nov. 10, 1892, Sangamon Co., 111.; mechanic; son T. F. and Lora T. Yoakum, Findlay ; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned 327 F. A.; trf. Dec. 3, 1917, to air service, Kelly Field; promoted Sgt., May 20, 1918. Dis. Jan. 22, 1919, Centner Field, La. 4. YORK, ROBERT STANLEY Private Cowden, 111. Co. D, 52 Inf., 6 Div. Born Feb. 11, 1894, Lerna, 111.; farmer; son Chas. V. York, Cowden; enl. lune 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 54 Co., 159 D. B., Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. Co. F, 154 Inf., 39 Div. ; went overseas Aug. 6 ; landed Brest Aug. 19; trf. to 6th Div., 52 Inf., Co. D, in Alsace-Lorraine; in reserve in Argonne with 6th. Dis. June 20, 1919, C. Grant. 5. YOUNG, CHAS. H. Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Co. II. 130th Inf. Born Aug. 12, 1896, Greenfield; son Wm. R. and Mary E. Young, Shelbyville; enl. Aug. 11, 1914; served with Co. H on border duty, 1916; went overseas May 16, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; battles Somme front, Meuse- Argonne offensive; promoted to Cpl., Aug. 1, 1917, to Sgt., Sept. 1, 1917; returned as casual. Dis. Mar. 18, 1919, C. Grant. 6. YOUNG, GORDON V. Corporal Oconee, 111. 124 M. G. Bn.. 33 Div. Born Oct. 2, 1896, Oconee; school teacher; son P. W. and Flora E. Young; enl. July 28, 1917, Decatur ; assigned Co. L, 5th 111. Inf.; promoted Cpl. in France; went over- seas May 16, 1918; landed Brest May 24, 1918; tiring line July 11, 1918; Albert, Verdun, St. Mihiel salient, Somme and Meuse-Argonne off.; trf. to M. G., Oct. 12, 1917, and Co. Clerk after Nov. 11, 1918; returned with Co. A, 124 M. G. Bn. Dis. May 30, 1919, C. Grant. YOUNG, CLARENCE Corporal Shelbyville, 111. 654 U. S. Aero Sqdn. Enl. previous to declaration of war; served in 654 U. S. Aero Sqdn. YOUNG, GARRETT H. Private Neoga, 111. Co. A. 37th Inf. Inducted May 23, at Shelbyville, 111. Unassigned 37 Inf., May 26, 1918 to Aug. 11, 1918; Co. A, 37 Inf., Aug. 12, 1918, until discharged. Dis. March 22, 1919; rank Private 1st Class. 7. YOUNG, RAY Corporal Neoga, 111. 327th F. A. Born Oct. 8, 1895, Neoga; farmer; son James H. Young, Neoga; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned to 327th F. A.; promoted Cpl., Feb. 4, 1918; went overseas Sept. 8, 1918; landed Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 21; returned with 327th F. A. Honorable dis. Feb. 19, 1919. One brother in service. 8. YARBROUGH, CHAS. S. Stewardson, HI. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Headquarters Co., Camp Custer; rejected Sept. 7, 1918. One brother in 2d Div. 9. YARBROUGH, HARRY S. See record, first page of Honor Roll. ZIXDELL, HERMAN F. Private Moweaqua, 111. Enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 54th Co., Camp Taylor, Ky. 10. DOBBS, ROBERT J. Private Herrick, 111. Depot Brigade. Son of A. B. Dobbs, Herrick; enl. Sept. 5, 1918; assigned Camp Custer; trfd. Camp Sherman. Dis. early in 1919 as Private in Depot Brigade. Pngc Otic Hundred Ninety-Three 13 r G. E. Agney H. Anderson E. Allen L. C. Habcock C. Banks C. Barton E. Batson G. E. Bayless rn July 20, 1885, Decatur; electrician; s, Moweaqua; enl. Sullivan Oct. 8, 19 1st Sergeant 130 Inf., 33 Div. son Charles O. Ad- ADAMS, IBRA A. Moweaqua, 111. Born . ams, Moweaqua; enl. Sullivan Oct. 8, 1917., Co. C, 130 Inf., 33 Div. ; Corporal ; trained 9 mos., C. Logan ; sailed Hoboken May 16, 1918; landed Brest: firing line Aug. 3 to Nov. 11: Albert, Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel, Verdun sector; wounded slightly ; regiment twice cited by British, once by French ; Div. cited by Pershing; returned as casual. Dis. C. Grant March 18, 1919. ADAMS, RALPH Moweaqua, 111. ADKINS, AMOX Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. M, 3 Inf. Born Feb. 16, 1897, Hardin Springs, Ky. ; farmer; son of Jake and Belle Adkins, Big Clifty, Ky. ; enl. June 1, 1918, Decatur, 111. ; in training 16 mos., Jefferson Barracks and Eagle Pass. Dis. Sept. 19, 1919. AGNEY, GEORGE E. Private Holland, 111. Hdq. Co., 119 Inf., 30 Div. Enl. Feb. 22, 1918; sent C. Taylor; trf. Hdq. Co. 119 Inf., C. Sevier, S. C. ; overseas May 11; brigaded with British July 27 at Ypres; both battles Ypres, Voormezeele, Bellicourt, Fremont, Busigny, Escaufort, St. Brenin, St. Souplet, Ribeaucourt, Ma- zenhein ; was in trenches until Oct. 20 continuously. Outfit broke Hindenburg line at Bellicourt. AGNER, ALBERT LAWRENCE Pana, 111. Enl. through Local Board, 1917. AXDERSON, HENRY Corporal Sigel, 111. 49th Aero Squadron Born April 12, 1896, Hjorring, Denmark; son Jens Anderson, Hjorring, Denmark; dairyman; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville ; sent 327 F. A., Camp Taylor, Ky. ; trf. Kelly Field ; trained 7 mos. ; sailed New York May 2 ; landed Liverpool ; at Toul, St. Mihiel, Verdun. Dis. March 27, 1919. See page 50. ALLEX, ELMER Private Shelbyville, 111. Co. N, 127 Inf., 32 Div. Born Dec., 1889, Shelby Co.; son James Allen, Shelbyville; miner; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; trained one month, C. Taylor and C. Beauregard; sailed Xewport News, Aug. 6, 1918: landed Brest; firing line 2 mos.; Meuse-Argonne ; outfit cited by Pershing. Dis. C. Grant, May 19, 1919. ALLGOOD, ROY E. Windsor. 111. En!. Shelbyyille, HI., May 27, 1918; sent Camp Shelby, Hat- tiesburg. Miss.; was in 151 Inf. Hdq. Co. about 3 mos. and trfd. to Quartermaster about 6 mos. Dis. Feb. 7, 1919, at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. BABCOCK, LESTER CLYDE Oconee, III. 53 Co., 159 Depot Brig. Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor, 53rd Co., 159th Depot Brigade. BANKS, CHARLES C. Windsor, 111. Son Mr. and Mrs. Tolin Banks, Windsor; farmer; went to Camp Taylor June 28, 1918; there until fall, trf. to Ft. Porter, Buf- falo, N. Y., where he cared for returned wounded soldiers. Dis. Oct.. 1919. BARTON, CHESTER R. Private 1st Class Shelbyville, 111. Co. H, 130th Infantry Enl. June 2, 1917, Shelbyville; at Meuse-Argonne offensive, Somme, Amiens sector, Troyon sector, Army of Occupation. Dis. C. Grant, May 30, 1919. BATSON, EDDIE Corporal Windsor, III. 159th Depot Brigade Enl. Shelbyville, Feb. 23; assigned to 18 Co., 159 Depot Bri- gade; sickness prevented overseas service; made Cpl. at Taylor: trf. fall of 1918, to Engineers at Ft. Benj. Harrison, Indiana, and discharged in spring of 1919. BAYLESS. GEORGE E. Moweaqua, 111. Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; was sent to C. Taylor; trf. C. Pike, Nov. 16 and to C. Green as replacement, March 10, 1918; served at C. Green. BEARD, PRESS Windsor. 111. Went with the draft of May 27 to Hattiesburg, Miss., and was assigned to 38 Division, C. Shelby. BECHTEL, REX HENRY Panama, 111. Son Fuller Bechtel, Cowden; miner; enl. Shelbyville, May 27; sent C. Shelby; saw active service overseas. Dis. summer, 1919. BECHTEL, BRYAN Cowden, 111. Son of Fuller Bechtel, Cowden ; saw active service in France. BRIDGES, FRED Neoga, 111. Went to C. Taylor, June 28, 1918, and was assigned to 53 Co., 159 D. B. BROWN, CHARLES Findlay, 111. Enlisted Oct. 3, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C. Tayjor; arrived overseas June 1, 1919; in several engagements with the 115 Field Artillery, 30 Div. Dis. C. Grant, April 11, 1919. BROWX, LEWIS 1st Class Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. M, 119 Inf., 30 Div. Enl. Shelbyville, Feb. 23, 1918; sent C. Taylor, Ky. ; trf. in March to C. Sevier, S. C., and assigned Co. M, 119 Inf.; sailed May 11, 1918: was at Ypres, Voormezeele, Bellicourt, Escau- fort, St. Bremin, St. Souplet, Ribeauville. Mazenheim. BROWNBACK, ROBT. L. Tower Hill, 111. Enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; sent C. Shelby, Miss.; went overseas with 38 Division. Dis. in summer of 1919. BRUNER ALONZO ORLEY Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. E, 22nd Engrs. Born April 14, 1889, Kenna, 111.; son Wm. Bruner, Tower Hill; miner; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 53rd Co., 159 D. B., Camp Taylor; trf. July 15, 1918, Co. E, 22nd Engrs., Camp Leach, Washington, D. C. ; sailed Sept. 1 ; landed at Glas- gow ; in trenches 5 weeks; at St. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry, Ar- gonne offensive; returned to U. S. with 29th Div. as casual. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. STEPHEN J. BUSHUR Sigel, 111. Enl. Shelbyville. June 27, 1918; was sent C. Taylor to 53 Co., 159 Depot Brigade. P. Ileanl R. H. Bechtel F. Bridges C. Brown L. Brown R. L. Brownback A. Bruner S. J. Bushur Page One Hundred Ninety-Four C.W.Cameron E.S.Campbell L. C. Cannon 1 . J. Chapman J. Chappell 15. Cheatham I,. T. Clark A. R. Clow CALVIX, RALPH V. 1st. Cl. Private Windsor, 111. San. Squad Xo. 6, Med. Dept. Enl. at Mattoon Dec. 8. 1917; went to France Feb. 8, 1918, and spent 14 mos. overseas; landed in U. S. April 20, 1919. Dis. at Camp Grant May 3, 1919. CAMEROX, CHAS. W. Private Stewardson, 111. Co. F, 113th Engineers Enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918 ; sent Camp Shelby, Miss., and assigned Co. F, 113 Engrs.; in France from Sept. 15, 1918, to June 19, 1919. Dis. C. Grant June 26, 1919. CAMPBELL, EARL S. Danville, 111. 113 Field Signal Bn. Sent with Shelby Co. quota to Camp Shelby on May 27, 1919; son Thomas and Mary Campbell, Bethany ; served overseas with 113th Field Signal Bn. Three brothers in service; one sister. CAXXOX, LESTER C. Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. C, 138 M. G. Co. Born Sept. 15, 1891, Tower Hill, 111.; son late Robert and Julia Cannon; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Shelby; trained 6 weeks; sailed Hoboken, July 7, 1918; landed Brest July 18, trf.. Postal Exp. Service in R. R. mail branch from Tour to Chaumont R. P. O. ; returned U. S. as casual with 77 Div. Dis. May 20, 1919.. CHAPMAX, JESSE J. Private Moweaqua, 111. Pop. Casual Det. Co. Enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville; army; assigned to L941932 Pop. Casual Detachment Co., Amatol, X. J. ; discharged at Amatol, X. J., March 29, 1919. Private Post Hdq. Co. Dis. Dec. 22, 1918, CHAPPELL, JOHX Moweaqua, 111. Enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; farmer. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind. CHEATHAM, EARL E. Corporal Moweaqua, 111. 150th Infantry Born Oct. 5, 1890, Cerro Gordo, III.; son Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Cheatham; clerk; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; army; as- signed to 15_0th Inf., made Cpl., Camp Shelby, Sept. 1, 1918; in training 5 mos. ; sailed from Hoboken Oct. 5, 1918; landed in Liverpool Oct. 17, 1918; in hospital, influenza; returned with Casual Co. Dis. C, Grant March 20. 1919. CHRISTY, JAMES R. Private Assumption, 111. Co. M, 3rd Bn. 160 Depot Br. Born Oct. 25, 1894; son Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Christy; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; Army; assigned to Co. M, 3rd Bn. 160 Depot Br., Camp Custer, Mich.; in training 3 mos.; in hospital, influenza. Dis. at Custer, Dec. 10, 1918. CLARK, LOGAX J. 1st Class Private Herrick, III. Co. M, 52 Inf., 6 Div. Born July 10, 1895, Cowden ; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby- ville ; "assigned Co. I, 154 Inf., 39 Div.; trf. from C. Taylor to Beaureguard, July 18, 1918; trf. Xewport News July 24, 1918; in training 3 weeks; sailed from Xewport Xews Aug. 6, 1918; landed at Brest Aug. 18; in trenches 10 days; at Meuse-Ar- gonne, Geardmour sector ; in hospital ; trf. to Co. M, 52 Inf., 6 Div.; returned with them and dis. C. Grant June 20, 1919. CLOW, ARTHUR R. Private liarnhill, 111. Co. K, 77 Inf., 14 Div. Enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; army; sent to Ft. Thomas; as- signed to Co. K, 77 Inf., 14 Div., Camp Custer. Dis. Jan. 28, 1919. CLUCAS, WM. Private Oconee, 111. 26th Co., Engrs., Misc. Personnel Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; farmer. Dis. Jan. 8, 1919, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. CLUROE, JOSEPH Moweaqua, II!. Enlisted through Local Board at Terre Haute. COBURX, ROY H. Moweaqua, 111. Private 14th Vet. Hosp. Unit Enl. June 24, 1918, Vandalia ; Army; assigned to 14th Vet. Hosp. Unit, Camp Taylor; in training 3J4 mos.; sailed from Xewport Xews Oct. 14, 1918; transport Huron; landed at Brest Oct. 26, 1918. Dis. at Grant July 9, 1919. COMPTOX, CLYDE L. Shelbyville, 111. Enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; sent C. Shelby, Miss.; rejected. COMPTOX, LAWREXCE Shelbyville, 111. Served with 90th Div. overseas. COWLIXG, ROY V. Findlay, 111. Formerly a telegrapher at Findlay ; enl. Shelbyville, June 28, 1918; sent C. Taylor. CREDI, PETE Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. L, 10 Inf., 14 Div. Enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Custer, Mich.; assigned Co. L, 10th Inf. CULLEX, FRAXK Gays, 111. CUMMIXGS, JOHX W. 327 Field Art. Tower Hill, 111. Enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918, and sent to Camp Shelby, ejected. where he was reje CURRY, WM. OTTO Strasburg, 111. Private 22nd Tr. Bat. F. A. C. O. T. S. Enl. Feb. 22, 1918, at Shelbyville, 111.; farmer. Dis. Jan. 11, 1919, at C. Taylor, Ky. CURTIS, FRED C. Cook Cowden, 111. Battery D, 327 F. A. Enl. Shelbyville, Oct. 3, 1917; sent C. Taylor; served through with 327 F. A., 84 Division. CURTIS, HEXRY T. CUTLER, PETE G. A. Mode, III. Gays, 111. Private Co. E, 9th Infantry Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; sent to C. Taylor; trf. to C. Pike, Ark., Xov. 16; assigned to Co. F, 346 Inf., 87 Div.; June 5, 1918, trf. C. Merritt, X. J. ; sailed with Casual Co., June 20; England July 15; France July 22; assigned to Co. E, 9th Inf., 2d Div.; on four active fronts and two quiet sectors; returned to U. S. Aug. 1, 1919. Dis. C. Grant Aug. 14. Win. Clucas C. L. Compton R. V. Cowling I'. Credi J. W. C'umminKS \V. O. Cvrrv Page One Hundred Ninety-Five F. C. Curtis P. G. A. Cutler W. J. DaURherty G. Delaney C. Denier F.. Hill O. Dilley C. Pobso-i [". ! 'odson S. Fouste DAUGHERTY, WM. J. Moweaqua, 111. Enlisted May 27, 1918, at Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Shelby. DELANEY, GILBERT Corporal Tower Hill, III. Bat. D, 327 F. A. Enlisted Shelbyville, Oct. 3, 1917; sent to Camp Taylor; served throughout enlistment with 84 Div., Bat. D, 327 F. A. ; pro- moted to Corporal. DENIER, CLYDE Findlay, 111. Enl. Shelbyville, June 28, 1918; C. Taylor; trf. Ft. McClellan, Anniston, Ala., to 9th Division. DILL, ESCO Sergeant Cowden, 111. Hdq. Co., 37 Inf. Born Jan. 25, 1896, Cowden, 111.; lineman: son of Frank and Lucinda Dill, Cowden; enl. Shelbyville, May 23, 1918, and assigned Hdq. Co., 37 Inf. ; promoted Sgt. Dis. Ft. Mclntosh, Aug. 27, 1918. Particular work, signalman. DILLEY, ORRIE Sergeant Tower Hill, 111. Bat. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div. Enl. Sept. 5, 1917, Shelbyville; sent to C. Taylor; assigned to Bat. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div.; served through war with this outfit; previously served in 1st Art. before war was declared. DOBSON, CONRAD Windsor, 111. Enlisted Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; assigned to Camp Shelby. DODSON, ELZA Private Windsor, III. 327 F. A., 84 Div. Enl. Shelbyville, Oct. 3, 1918; sent C. Taylor; rejected and sent home in about 6 weeks. DUNCAN, EZEKIEL R. DUST, LEO B. Sigel, 111. Windsor, 111. 336 Company Enl. July 31, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 336 Co., Camp Mer- ritt, N. J. Dis. Jan. 4, 1919, at Camp Grant. FAUSTE, ARTHUR R. Private Villa Grove, 111. Bat. C, 78 F. A., 6 Div. Born Dec. 8, 1891, Atwood, 111.; son George Fauste, Clarks- burg; ry. brakeman ; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Dix, N. J. ; sailed from Philadelphia Aug. 14, 1918, on a British cattle boat ; landed Liverpool ; trf. 78 F. A., 6th Div. in France. Dis. C. Grant, July 1, 1919. FOUSTE, SYLVESTER J. Private Strasburg, 111, 9th Ammunition Train Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C. Taylor; trf. to C. McClellan ; served with 9th Amm. Train ; dis. C. Grant in Feb. FIELD, CHESTER C. Cook Windsor, 111. Battery F, 21 F. A., 5 Div. Enl. Feb. 9, 1918, St. Joseph, Mo.; sailed May 26, 1918, from Montreal, Canada; landed Liverpool June 12; battles at St. Die Sector, Frapelle Offensive, St. Mihiel Offensive, Puvenille Sec- tor, Army of Occupation. Dis. Aug. 6, 1919, C. Taylor, Ky. FISHER. PAUL Field Clerk Champaign, 111. 53 Co., 5 Reg., 159 D. B. Farm hand, southern Shelby Co. ; enl. June 28, 1918. Shelby- ville ; sent C. Taylor; served as duty Cpl. until appointment as Field Clk. ; assisted in discharge of men at C. Taylor until dis- charge, Sept. 10, 1919. FLESCH. CHARLES W. Private Oconee, 111. Co. E, 37th Inf. Enl. Shelbyville May 23, 1918; sent to Jeff. Bks., Mo.; served as private in Co. E, 37 Inf. Dis. in Aug., 1919. FLESCH, LEONARD R. Private Oconee, 111. Co. A, 9th Amm. Tr., F. A. Farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville, 111.; sent C. Taylor; left Camp Taylor Aug. 15, 1918, for Camp McClellan, Ala.; sent to Camp Grant Jan. 30, 1919. Dis. Feb. 13, 1919. FLETCHER, R. FRANK Private Cowden, 111. Vet. Co., No. 1, Vet. Corps, Med. Dept. Veterinary surgeon; enl. Dec. 20, 1917, Chicago, 111. Dis. Dec. 14, 1918, C. Greenleaf, Ga. Now at Platteville, Wis. FLOSKI, FRANK Moweaqua, 111. FLOSKI, JOHN Moweaqua, 111. Enl. Shelbyville, May 29, 1918; assigned to Ft. Thomas. FLUGA, JOHN" L. Stewardson, 111. Mess Sergeant Battery D, 327 F. A. Enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyville; sent to C. Taylor; served as Mess Sgt. in Bat. D, 327 F. A. FRITZ, ELMER E. Private Strasburg, 111. 21st Field Art. Enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor; trf. to 21st F. A. Dis. on account of disability. FRITZ, WILLIAM H. Private Strasburg, 111. 10th Inf. Camp Custer Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 5; sent Camp Custer; assigned to 45th Co., 12th Bn., 160 Depot Brig., from Sept. 5. 1918, to Nov. 9, 1918, and to Co. H, 77 Inf., Nov. 9, 1918, to Jan. 20, 1919, and to Hq. Demob. Det., 3d Bn., 160th D. Brig., Jan. 20 to March 10, 1919. Dis. March 18, 1919. FROST, JOHN EMERY Herrick, 111. Enlisted Feb. 23, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor; later to Camp Sevier and Ft. McPherson. Dis. summer of 1919. FULLER, ORVILLE Moweaqua, 111. GILL, JESSE Private Shelbyville, 111. Depot Brigade Born 1889, son R. A. Gill, Shelbyville; school teacher; enl. Sept. 3, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Depot Brigade, C. Grant. Dis. Sept. 18 because of disability. GILL, ROBERT Private Shelbyville, 111. Depot Brigade Born March 15, 1895, Kansas, III.; son R. A. Gill: school teacher; enl. Sept. 3, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Depot Brigade. Dis. Sept. 18, 1918, on account of disability. A. Fouste P. Fisher L. R. Flesch J. Floski ' E. E. Frit T. E. Frost J. Gill R. Gill Page One Hundred \inety-Si.r I f" ; B. A. Godwin L. L. Gregory Lloyd Gregory R. J. Gregory T. E. Gregory L. E. Griffin X. Hamilton II. C. Hastings GADDIS, GEORGE Windsor, 111. GIBF.RSOX, TRUMAX E. Tower Hill, 111. Enl. in Marines at Mattoon, Jan. 31, 1918; sent to Port Royal, GLASSCOCK, BEXTOX C.ODWIX, BATSIE A. Tower Hill, 111. Gays, 111. Corporal Hq. Co., 327 F. A. Enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelby villc; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to Hq. Co., 327 F. A. and served through war with this outfit. GREGORY, LAWRENCE L. Private Moweaqua, III. Band Hq. Co., 326 F. A. Born Oct. 20, 1889, Moweaqua; son Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gregory; clerk; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby ville; assigned to Band Hq. Co.. 326 Field Artillery; in training 7 weeks in band work. Dis. Aug. 17, 1918, C. Taylor, because of disability. GREGORY, LLOYD Musician Moweaqua, 111. 326 F. A., 84 Div. Born July 5, 1890, Moweaqua, 111.; son Thomas J. Gregory; mail carrier: enl. Tune 27, 1918, Shelbyville : assigned to 53 Co., 159 Depot Brigade, C. Taylor; trf. to 326 F. A., 84 Div., West Point; 10 mos. in training; sailed from Hoboken Sept. 9, 1918; landed Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 21 ; at Camp De Souge. Dis. C. Taylor, March 8, 1919. GREGORY, RICHARD 2d Lieut. Moweaqua, 111. Born May 10, 1893, Moweaqua, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gregory; school teacher; enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Ft. Thomas; trf. to Hq. Co., 10th Inf., Ft. Harrison; trf. to Camp Gordon, to 17th Co., then to 13th Co.; in O. T. C. at C. Gordon, commissioned 2nd Lieut. ; in training 6 mos. Dis. Dec. 2 at C. Gordon. GREGORY, THOMAS E. Private Moweaqua, III. Bat. D, 150 F. A., Rainbow Division Son T. Jefferson Gregory; enl. Shelbyville Sept. 19, sent to Taylor; trf. Nov. 16 to C. Pike; March 10 to C. Green; later assigned to Bat. D, 150 F. A., Rainbow Division; in service overseas. Dis. March, 1919, at C. Grant; one brother, Lloyd Gregory, in service. GRIFFIX, LEXIEL E. Private Strasburg, 111. 319 Remount Sta. Born Ian. 12, 1896, Windsor; son Leniel Griffin; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 53 Co., 159 Depot Brigade, C. Taylor: trf. Xov. 22, 1918, to Remount Sta.; in canteen service 9 mos. Dis. C. Taylor, March 29, 1919. HALL, JAMES CARL Tower Hill, 111. Enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor. HAMILTOX, XOAH Private Tower Hill, 111. Battery F, 4th Regt., F. A. R. D. Enl. June 27, 1918, at Shelbyville; farmer; dis. Dec. 17, 1918, C. Taylor, Ky. ; served there as replacement. HASTIXGS, HOWARD C. Sergeant Moweaqua, 111. Hq. 327 F. A., 84 Div. Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; assigned Hq. Co.; 327 F. A.; served as Sgt. ; landed Liverpool, Sept. 21, 1918; trained at Camp De Souge ; but signing of armistice prevented 327th from going into action. Dis. Feb. 19, 1919, C. Grant. HAWLEY, ROBERT RILEY Westervelt, 111. Enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Shelby. HAYES, WM. H. Moweaqua, 111. Enlisted Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; assigned to Camp Shelby. HEDGES, JAMES E. Moweaqua, 111. Enl. Shelbyville, June 27, 1918; served C. Taylor. HOCHA, EDWARD E. Oconee, 111. HORX, ALBERT V. Private Windsor, 111. 328 Inf.. 82 Div. Born April 21, 1893, Windsor; laborer; son D. V. and Luella Horn, Windsor; enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; assigned 152 Inf., 38 Div., Camp Shelby; trf. 328 Inf., 82 Div.; sailed N. Y. Oct. 5, 1918; landed Liverpool; trained as automatic rifleman. Dis. C. Grant May 30, 1919. HOEHX, EDWARD W. Private Oconee, 111. Sup. Tr. Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 6, 1918; sent to C. Custer. Dis. C. Grant March 27, 1919, from Provost Guard Co. HOKE, CLAUDE Findlay, 111. Served with Co. C, 131 Inf., 33 Div. HORX, LAWREXCE Private Windsor, HI. Hdq. Co., 308 F. A. Enl. Shelbyville, April 30, 1918; sent C. Dix ; assigned Hdq. Co., 308 F. A. Dis. May 29, 1919. HILL, DAVID BENXETT Moweaqua, 111. Enl. Jan. 10, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Ft. Oglethorpe, Medical Det. HOLIX, E. WALLACE Cowden, 111. Enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Shelby. HOLLEY, CARL Private Beecher City, 111. Bat. D, 327 F. A.. 84 Div. Enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyville; sent Camp Taylor; assigned to Bat. D, 327 F. A., with which he served through war. HUFFMASTER, CLIFFORD Stewardson, 111. Son Wiley Huffmaster; enl. in 1917, navy; taking vocational training at Xormal University, Xormal, 111. HUMPHREY, WILLIE O. Private Moweaqua, 111. 46 Co., 160 Depot Brig. Son Nate Humphrey, Moweaqua; enl. Sept. 6, 1918, Shelby- ville: assigned C. Custer, 46 Co, 160 Depot Brig. Dis. Jan., 1919. JENSEN, GROVER, WM. Corporal Strasburg, 111. Hq. Co., 166 D. B. Born Feb. 20, 1890, Strasburg; son Chris and Caroline Jensen, dec'd ; pub. school principal, Idaho Falls, Idaho; enl. July 26, 1918, Idaho Falls; assigned Hq. Co., 166 D. B. ; promoted Cpl. Dec. 21, 1918. Dis. C. Lewis, Wash., June 10, 1919. R. R. Hawley W. H. Hayes J. E. Hedges A. V. Horn D. B. Hill E. W. Holin C. Holley ge OiU: Hundred Xtncty-Scven L. Horn B. C. Holthaus H. Holthaus C. Hosteller M. Jarrell E. Jones J. Kaufman W. d. Kronlein L. J. Kruger HOLTHAUS, BARNEY C. Servant Oconee, 111. Bat. D, 327 F. A. Enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelby ville ; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to Bat. D, 327 F. A. ; went overseas with this outfit and served through with it. HOLTHAUS, HENRY Oconee, 111. Private 2nd Reg., F. A. R. D. Enl. Shelbyvillc June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to 53 Co., 159 Depot Brigade; trf. to 2 Reg., F. A. R. D. ; in service overseas. HOSTETLER, CHANCY M. Shelbyville, 111. Conscientious objector; drafted June 28, 1918; served in Spruce Division. JARRELL, MELTON Mulberry, Ark. Farm hand ; worked at Findlay when registered ; enl. Apr. 30, 1918; sent C. Dix, N. J. ; left in hospital at C. Dix when 78 Div. sailed. JOHNSON, BEN Private 147 Engineers Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Custer ; assigned 45 Co., 12 Bn., 160 D. B. ; trfd. Ft. Benj. Harrison, 147 Engineers. Dis. shortly after armistice. JOHNSON, ROY Shelbyville, 111. Engineer Truck Co. 457 Son Mrs. Sarah Stanley, Shelbyville ; served in France with Eng. Truck Co. 457. JONES, ESCO C. Private Cowden, III. Battery C, 308 F. A., 78 Div. Born Dec. 30, 1890, Cowden, 111.; truck driver; son J. G. and Julia Jones, Cowden; enl. April 29, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Dix, N. J.; sailed Hoboken May 27, 1918; transport Cedric ; landed Liverpool; active service Aug. 1 to Nov. 11, 1918; St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Verdun ; returned U. S. as convales- cent. Dis. C. Grant May 28, 1919. 1st Class Electrician TONES, HOWARD Tower Hill, III. Born Jan. 7, 1897, Shelby Co.; carpenter; son John T. Jones, Tower Hill; enl. Nov., 1918, Pana ; assigned U. S. S. Meade ; in training 6 mos. KAUFMAN, JOSEPH E. Sigel, 111. Enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Taylor. KAUTZ, RAY Moweaqua, 111. KAUTZ, WILL W. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. H, 23 Engrs. Enl. Nov., 1917, Seattle Wash.; assigned Co. H, 23 Engrs, C. Meade; sailed April, 1918; under fire 3 mos. Dis. Aug., 1919, C. Grant. KENNEY MARK Windsor. 111. Enl. July 8, 1918, in Navy; U. S. N. R. F. On following ships and stations: U. T. S. Great Lakes, R. S. Puget Sound, R. S. N. Y., U. S. S. Eastern Light, U. S. S. Von Steuben ; in Eng- land, Holland, through Panama Canal and along Pacific Coast. Dis. Oct. 15, 1919. KELLEY, WALTER KROENLIN, WALTER GUST Herrick, 111. Shumway, 111. Co. Mech. 53 Co., 14 Bn., 159 D. B. Enlisted June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 53 Co., 14 Bn., 159 D. B., Camp Taylor; trained 5 1 A mos. Dis. C. Taylor, Dec. 15, 1918. KRONINGER, JOHN T. Private Cowden, 111. Co. F, 339 Inf. Enl. Feb. 23, 1918, Taylorville, 111.; trained 5 mos.; sailed July 22, 1918; served in Russia; battle of Ketskal, Russia; gun shot wound near Vestula, Russia, March 17, 1919; returned Tuly 7, 1919. Dis. C. Grant July 16, 1919. KRUGER, LOUIS J. 1st Class Private Stewardson, 111. Headquarters Co., 37 Inf. Born Apr. 22, 1890, Stewardson; brakeman ; son August Kruger, Stewardson; enl. May 23, 1918, Shelbyville; sent Jefferson Bks. ; trf. Ft. Mclntosh; trained 15 mos. Dis. Aug. 26, 1919, Ft. Mc- Intosh ; 2 brothers in service. LUGAR, CLAUDE D. Stewardson, HI. Son Mrs. W. B. Lugar, Stewardson ; enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; sent Camp Shelby, Miss.; rejected. LAMB, JOSEPH Private Moweaqua, III. Bat. F. 21 F. A. Enlisted Shelbyville, Oct. 3, 1917; sent Camp Taylor; later as- signed Bat. F, 21st F. A., 5 Div. LARGENT, BENJAMIN F. Private Henton, 111. 308 F. A., 78 Div. Son Daniel Largent, Henton; enl. Shelbyville, April 30, 1918; sent Camp Dix ; assigned 308 F. A., 78 Div., and served over- seas with it. LARGENT. ELMER G. Strasburg, 111. 36 F. A. Enlisted June 28, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Taylor; later to 36 F. A. LARGENT, EMERY E. Private Henton, 111. 308 F. A.. 78 Div. Son Daniel Largent, Henton; enl. Shelbyville April 30, 1918; sent Camp Dix ; assigned 308 F. A. and served overseas. LEAF, CURTIS T. Supply Sergeant Moweaqua. 111. 6th F. Bat. Enl. Shelbyville, Sept. 19, 1917; sent Camp Taylor; assigned 6th F. Batt. ; promoted Supply Sergeant. Dis. C. Taylor, Nov. 26, 1918. LOCKARD, WILLIAM OTIS Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. F, 311 Reg., 78 Div. Son Laura A. Lockard, Tower Hill; enl. Shelbyville May 27, 1918; sent Camp Shelby, Miss.; sailed Oct. 6, 1918. Dis. June 1, 1919, C. Grant. LEE, VERNON C. 1st Class Private Windsor, 111. Hq. Co., 308 F. A. Son Mrs. E. A. Dpdson, Windsor; enl. Shelbyville, April 30, 1918; sent Camp Dix; promoted 1st class private; assigned Hq. Co., 308 F. A. Dis. May 29, 1919; served overseas. C. J. Lugar J. Lamb B. F. Largent E. G. Largent E. E. Largent C. T. Leaf W. O. Lockard V. C. Lee Page One Hundred \incty-Eight T. Mauzey G. E. Mayberry I.. H. Mayberry .T. W. Mays C. L. Miller F. II. Miller .T. D. Miller I!. .T. Moberly MAUZEY, HUGH JOHN Findlay, 111. Born Oct. 22, 1894, Findlay, son W. H. Mauzey; clerk; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville ; assigned to 4th Tr. Del. Co. A, Indianapolis, Ind. ; trf. Aug. 28, 1918, to Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., to Co. A, 6th Tr. Bn., Signal Corps; Sept. 9, 1918, trf. C. Funston to 4th Co., 164 Depot Brigade; trf. to C. Upton, L. I.; assigned to Co. A, Army Service Corps for "service overseas" ; armistice signed, returned to C. Grant, dis. Dec. 2, 1918. MAYBERRY, GEORGE E. Findlay, III. Private 22 Eng., Co. K, 4th Bn. Enl. June 28, 1919; sent to C. Taylor, Ky., where remained three weeks ; then sent to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., where re- mained a month ; from there overseas ; was in Meuse-Argonne off. when armistice was signed; was overseas 10 months. Dis. C. Taylor, July 3, 1919. MAYBERRY, LLOYD HARPER Findlay, III. Co. Private K, 22 Engineers Enl. June 28 ; sent to C. Taylor, Ky., with his brother, George ; they served clear through together. MAYS, JESSE W. Tower Hill. III. Enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918 ; sent to Camp Shelby. MILLER, CLARENCE L. Private Windsor, 111. Hq. Co., 308 F. A.. 78 Div. Born Apr. 9, 1892; son T. J. Miller, Windsor; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Dix, N. J. ; sailed Hoboken, May 27, 1918; landed Liverpool; finished training C. De Mucon ; active service Aug. 27-Nov. 11; St. Mihiel, Suippe-Moselle, Argonne, Grand Pre ; was runner Brig. Hqs. Dis. C. Grant, May 27, 1919. MILLER, FRED H. Moweaqua, 111. Enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; sent to Camp Shelby. MILLER, JOHN D. Herrick, 111. Corporal Co, K, 22 Engrs. Enlisted June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor; trf. Ft. Benja- min Harrison, Ind.; Co. K, 22 Eng.; sailed Sept. 1, 1918; under fire from Sept. 26 to Nov. 11, 1918. Dis. C. Taylor, Ky. MOXTOXYE, CHARLES L. Shelbyville, III. Private Co. D, 42 Machine Gun Bn. Enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Ft. Thomas: trfd. to Ft. Benj. Harrison; trfd. to C. Custer to Co. D, 42 M. G. Bn. Dis. at C. Custer Jan. 28, 1919. MOBERLEY, BERNARD J. Windsor, 111. Private 14 Recruit Co. Son B. F. Moberley, Windsor; postal clerk; enl. May 27, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned 14 Recruit Co., Camp Shelby, Hatties- burg, Miss.; dis. June 11, 1918, on account of physical disabil- ity. One brother in service. MOORE, CARL LEON Cowden, 111. Fireman 2nd CI. U. S. Navy Born Oct. 16, 1897, Cowden ; son Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Moore, Cowden; farmer; enl. July 26, 1918, Peoria ; Navy; as- signed to Great Lakes ; trfd. to receiving ship Philadelphia ; trfd. to Cape May, N. J. ; promoted from Apprentice Seaman to Fireman 2nd Class ; in training eight months. Dis. at Great Lakes, III., March 15, 1919. MOORE, CLAUDE HARRISON Private Cowden, 111. Veterinary Hosp. No. 7 Son Mrs. Laura Moore; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sailed July 26, 1918; in active service with A. E. F., for sev- eral months. Dis. July 2, 1919, C. Grant. MOORE, OSCAR E. Private Moweaqua, 111. Hospital Ward Master Born Nov. 19, 1886, Moweaqua; son W. H. Moore; clerk; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Depot Brigade, C. Tay- lor; was hospital ward master; in training 4 mos. Dis. Nov. 28, 1918, C. Taylor. MOORE, WILLIAM F. Tower Hill, 111. 1st Class Private Co. A, 37th Infantry Born June 12, 1895, Middlesworth ; son M. E. Moore, Tower Hill; farmer; enl. May 23, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Jeff. Bks., Mo.; trf. to Co. A, 37th Inf., Ft. Mclntosh; promoted to 1st class private; in training 15 mos., as rifleman; on out- post duty on Rio Grande. Dis. in Aug., 1919. Brother killed in France. MORFORD, GUY Private Windsor, 111. 335 Inf., 84 Div. Born March 24, 1889, Windsor; son E. W. Morford ; married June 1, 1919, to Nancy Ryherd, dau. Grant Ryherd ; switchman; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Depot Brigade, C. Taylor; trf. in March to 335 Inf., 84 Div.; in training 6 mos.; sailed from Hoboken Sept. 3; landed Liverpool Sept. 16th; in hospital, bronchitis. Dis. C. Grant June 4, 1919. MOSLEY, AUSTIN Findlay, 111. Enl. C. Taylor, Sept. 19, 1917; trf. C. Pike, Nov. 16; trf. C. Greene, March 10. 1918. McCLANAHAN, ED Cowden, III. Enl. Shelbyville, June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor. MCCLELLAND, EVERETT Moweaqua, in. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C. Custer; trfd. to Grant Non-Corn. School. Dis. Jan. 1. 1919. McDAVID, B. Windsor, 111. Served with 70 Engineers. 70 Engrs. Sergeant McGARVEY, CLEA Shelbyville, 111. Gov. Clerk, Washington, D. C. ; enl. in 1917, three weeks later going to France ; at present has a position in Chicago. .McINTOSH, CHARLES THOMAS Stewardson. 111. Enl. Shelbyville, May 27, 1918; sent to Camp Shelby. Dis. on account of disability. McKENNY, CLAUDE A. Private Moweaqua, 111. 90th Div. Born June 6, 1891, Moweaqua; son of Dave and Ella McKenny ; farmer; enl. June 26, 1918, Shelbyville; trf. from Camp Taylor to 39th Div., Camp Beauregard ; to 90th Div., July 18. 1918; trf. to Camp Merritt Aug. 4, 1918; sailed Hoboken Aug. 8, 1918; landed Hrest Aug. 26; in trenches from Sept. 30 to Nov. 1 1 ; Meuse-Argonne, St. Mihiel ; bridge work. Dis. June 26, 1919, C. Grant. C. Montonye O. E. Moore W. F. Moore G. Morford A. Mosley E. McClannahan C. T. Mclntosh C. A. McDaniel Pugc One Hundred Xincty-Niiie C. D. Newberry I. P. Nichols T. W. North J. A. Page C. E. Phipps T. Pollman V. C. Powell L. Olshaskie NEWBERRY, CLAUDE D. Stewardson, III. Enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor. NICHOLS, IRA P. 1st Class Private Tower Hill, III. Hq. Co., 10th Inf., 14 Div. Son Mrs. Henry Nichols, Millersville ; enl. May 28, 1918. Shel- byville: assigned to Ft. Thomas; trf. to Ft. Benj. Harrison, then to C. Custer ; served in Hq. Co., 10th Inf., 14 Div. Dis. C. Custer, Jr>-. 18, 1919. NORTH, JOHN W. Herrick, 111. Enl. June 28, 1918; sent C. Taylor; trf. C. Beauregard ; sent overseas, Sept., 1918. PAGE, JAMES A. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. B, 325 Inf., 82 Div. Born Feb. 11, 1891, Middlesworth ; poultry dealer; son Andrew and Catherine Page, Moweaqua; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; trained 4J4 mos., C. Shelby, Miss.; sailed Hoboken, Nov. 5, 1918; landed Liverpool, Nov. 17, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, May 22, 1919; one brother in service. PHIPPS, CLAUDE F. Sergeant Cowden, 111. Battery D, 327 F. A. Born Ian. 14, 1895, Trilla, 111.; son S. E. Phipps, Cowden; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; assigned Batt. D, 327 F. A.; trf. West Point, April 1, 1918; sailed Hoboken, Sept. 9, 1918; finished training C. De Souge, France. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19. 1919. POLLMAN, JOHN Oconee, 111. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Custer, Mich. POWELL, VERN C. Stewardson, 111. Corporal Co. H. 150 Inf.. 38 Div. Enl. May 27, 1918. Shelbyville; sent C. Shelby, Miss.; sailed Oct. 6, 1918. Dis. C. Grant, July 19, 1919. PRESNELL, ERNEST L. Oconee. 111. Enl. Shelbyville, June 27, 1918; sent C. Taylor, Ky. PURCELL, ROY R. Corporal Moweaqua, 111. Battery D, 21 F. A.. 5 Div. Served in France with Battery D, 21 F. A., 5 Div. as Corporal. Dis. July 26, 1919. RAKER, JOHN G. Corporal Oconee, 111. Co. A, 119 Inf., 30 Div. Son G. Raker, Oconee; enl. Shelbyville, Feb. 23, 1918; sent to C. Taylor; later assigned to Co. A, 119 Inf., Camp Sevier ; served through with 30 Div. REYNOLDS, EARL WALTER Westervelt. 111. Son Daniel K. Reynolds, Westervelt; enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to C. Taylor. REYNOLDS, HARLEY EARL Oconee. III. Son A. C. Reynolds, Oconee; enl. Shelbyville May 27, 1918; sent to C. Shelby. ROBY, JAMES F. Bethany, 111. Son Henry Roby, Bethany; enl. Shelbyville May 27, 1918; sent to C. Shelby, Miss. ROSE, HERMAN O. Co. C, 130 Regiment Windsor, III. 33d Div. Arrived home early in 1919; was with Co. C, 130 Regiment for 22 months; in hospital six days with slight attack of flu. ROSE, MURWYN B. Windsor, 111. Corporal 326 M. G. Bn., 84 Div. ROSENBERG, HAROLD E. Findlay, 111. Enl. Shelbyville June 15, 1918; assigned 326 M. G. Bn., 84 Piv. ; in service at Camp Bradley and Camp Sherman ; went to France Sept. 1, 1918; in personnel work in France following armistice. Dis. C. Grant Apr. 30, 1919. ROSINE, CHARLES 1st Cl. Private Strasburg, 111. 327 F. A.. 84 Div. Born Mar. 14, 1895. Strasburg; son Harmon Rosine, Strasburg; farmer; enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned 327 F. A., 84 Div., Camp Taylor; trld. Apr. 1, 1918, to West Point; trfd. Sept. 5, 1918, to C. Mills; in training nearly a year; sailed Sept. 11, 1918; landed Liverpool Sept. 22, 1918; in training at La Havre ; returned with 236 Military Police Corps. Dis. C. Grant Aug. 5, 1919. ROBY, FRANK Bethany, Illinois Son Henry Roby, Bethany; enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to C. Taylor. ROZENE, IRWIN W. Corporal Stewardson, 111. Demobilization Detch., Camp Custer Born Aug. 22, 1896, Stewardson; son Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ro- zene, Stewardson; asst. cash. 1st Nat'l Bank; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Custer; assigned to Demobilization Detch. ; promoted to Corporal ; in training 8 mos. Dis. C. Cus- ter Mar. 21, 1918. RUSSELL, RAY Privatt Trowbridge, 111. 63rd Inf Born Jan. 3, 1893, Strasburg; son Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Rus- sell, Strasburg; farmer; enl. May 30, 1918, at Gold Beach, Ore. ; Army ; assigned to 63 Inf., Ft. McDowell, California ; in training 11 mo. 10 days. Dis. Washington, D. C., May 9, 1919. RUST, ALBERT Tower Hill, 111. Saw service overseas as a Sergeant ; was also in Army of Oc- cupation. SATTERTHWAIT, CHESTER Pana, 111. 383 Infantry SHEPPARD, CLAYTON Moweaqua, III. SMITH, CLAIR Windsor, III. Enl. through Local Board for aviation at Rantoul ; rejected few days later. SMITH, RAYMOND Lieut. Regular Army Son of Mrs. Mary Lucas of Sullivan, formerly of Windsor; in service in the Hawaiian Islands, Philippines and France; one brother, Owen Smith, also in overseas service. SMITH, RAYMOND A. Shelbyville, 111. SMITH, W. H. Private Windsor, III. 142 Infantry Enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Taylor. R. Purcell I. G. Raker 1C. W. Reynolds H. E. Reynolds H. A. Rozene I. F. Roby ('. Rosine F. Roby Page Tico Hiitid W. H. Smith T. Rudd E. A. Smith .T. D. Sarver R. H. Satterwaite E. C. Schoch C. Schutte C. Scott ROZEXE, HENRY Stewardson. III. Enlisted Shelbyville May 27, 1918; sent to Camp Shelby; went overseas. Dis. early in summer 1919. RUDD, THOMAS Shelbyville, Illinois Enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor. SMITH, EARL A. Private Oconee. III. Bat. D, 21 F. A., 5 Div. Enl. Sept. 18, 1917; assigned to 84 Div., C. Taylor; later to Bat. D, 21 F. A., 5th Div., Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas; went to France May 26, 1918; under fire 108 days. Dis. C. Grant July 29, 1919. SARVER, JOHN DICKERSON Corporal Herrick, Illinois Bat. C, 308 F. A., 78 Div. Enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Dix ; assigned to Bat. C, 308 F. A., 78 Div. ; served overseas ; at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne. Brother William died in service. SATTERTHWAITE, ROY H. Private Pana, 111. Co. L, 10 Inf. Enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; trfd. to Ft. Benj. Harrison ; trfd. to C. Custer and assigned to Co. L, 10th Inf., serving through period of enlistment there. SCHOCH. EDWARD C. Private Tower Hill, 111. U. S. Engrs. Born Sept. 4, 1891, Tower Hill; son Mr. and Mrs. George Schock, Tower Hill; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Forrest, Ga. ; assigned to U. S. Engrs. ; in train- ing 4 months. Dis. Dec. 26, 1918, at Camp Forrest. SCHUTTE, CLIFFORD Sigel, Illinois Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor. SCOTT, CLARENCE Private Hudson, Ky. Co. K, 22nd Engrs. Enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor; later assigned to Co. K, 22nd Engrs.; sailed for France Sept. 1, 1918. Dis. Sept. 2, 1919, at Hot Springs, Ark. SHROCK, IRV. J. Shelbyville, 111. Enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Taylor and served in 327th F. A. SILER, NEWTON Findlay, III. Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Taylor. SIMPSON, JOHN A. Moweaqua, 111. Enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned to Camp Taylor; later to Bat. D, 21st F. A., 5 Div.; active service overseas with 21 F. A. SLOAN, EDWARD M. Private Beecher City, 111. Co. K, 22nd Engrs. Enl. June 27, 1918, at Shelbyville; vocation farmer; left U. S. Sept. 1, 1918; in service with Co. K, 22nd Engrs.; returned to U. S. June 23, 1919. Dis. July 3, 1919, at C. Taylor. SMITH, FRED Windsor, 111. SMITH, HAROLD E. Sergeant Shelbyville, 111. Air Service Vocation, Clerk; enl. Dec. 14, 1917, at Jeff. Bks., Mo.; served Dec. 14, 1917, to Apr. 18, 1918, in 872 Dpt. Repr. Sgn. St. Paul, Minn.; April 18, 1918, to July 16, 1919, Air Service, Flying School, Chanute Field, Rantoul, 111. Dis. July 16, 1919, at Rantoul. rank of Sergeant. SMITH, OLIVER Moweaqua, 111. SMITH, OSCAR Son Mrs. Mollie Smith ; served in France under fire. Wagoner 7th Engrs. Sergeant rge D. SNELL, DWIGHT N. Moweaqua, 111. 46 Co., 160 D. B. Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 5, 1918; sent to C. Custer; assigned to 46 Co., 160 Depot Brigade. Dis. from this outfit with rank of Sergeant. SNYDER, CLARK Moweaqua, 111. SNYDER, GLEN D. Private Moweaqua, 111. 75 Aero Sqdn. Born Jan. 10, 1891, Moweaqua; son Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sny- der, Moweaqua; married Dec. 23, 1918, Hazel Blakemore, daughter Henry Blakemore; garage man; enl. Nov. 18, 1917, at St. Louis, Mo., in Air Service; Nov. 26, 1917, trfd. to 196 Aero Sqdn., Kelly Field, from Jeff. Bks.; to Gerstner Field Dec. 6, 1917; Sept. 8, 1918, to Flying Field No. 2, Garden City, L. I.; Oct. 18, 1918, to Brindley Field, Commack, L. I.; in training 15 mos. Dis. at C. Grant Jan. 27, 1919. SNYDER, LLOYD Moweaqua, 111. SMITH. DANIEL A. Tower Hill, 111. SPATES, BERT O. Private Findlay, 111. 308 F. A., 78 Div. Son Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Spates of Findlay ; enl. Shelbyville April 30, 1918; assigned to Camp Dix; trfd. to 308 Field Ar- tillery ; in service overseas. Dis. Camp Grant. STALCUP, ISAM GRANSOR 1st Class Private Moweaqua, 111. Bat. B, 21st F. A., 5 Div. Enl. Shelbyville Oct. 3, 1917; sent to C. Taylor; assigned to Bat. B, 21 F. A., Camp McArthur, Texas; sailed for France May 26, 1918; under fire 5 months. Dis. C. Grant July 29, 1919. STAMPER, ROBIN 1st Class Private Cowden, HI. Hq. Co., 308 F. A. Enl. Shelbyville Apr. 30, 1918; sent to C. Dix; assigned to Hq. Co. 308 F. A.; in hospital when outfit sailed; assigned to Cooks and Bakers School ; graduated ; assigned Bakers Co. 354; went across Oct. 20; served as baker at St. Aignan. Dis. July 17, 1919. STAPLETON, JOHN E. Mechanic Herrick, 111. Co. D. 327 F. Art. Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 18, 1917; sent to C. Taylor; assigned to Co. D, 327 Field Art., with which he served overseas as chief mechanic. Dis. C. Grant Feb. 1919. I. J. Schrock N. Siler J. A. Simpson Page Tii'o Hundred One I. G. Stalcup R. Stamper J. E. Stapleton W. R. Stephens F. H. Storm H. E. Storm J. Stringer E. Taylor A. S. Tu R. Tull W. F. Tull SIGI.ER, GEORGE Moweaqua, III. Enl. Jan. 10, 1918, Shelbyville ; assigned to Ft. Oglethorpe. SIMS, JOHN ESTEL. Seaman Moweaqua, 111. U. S. Navy Born Jan. 21, 1887, Assumption; son Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sims, Moweaqua: mar. Nov. 28. 1917, Ruby Rice, dau. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rice, Shelbyville: salesman: enl. May 3, 1918, Peoria ; navy: assigned to Great Lakes: trfd. to League Island May 30, 1918: to Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 19, 1918; was in Radio Ser- vice: in school at Philadelphia 7 mos. Dis. at Cambridge Jan. 23, 1919. SIMPSON, GEORGE A. 56 B. C. Pana, 111. SKIDMORE, JOSEPH B. Westervelt. 111. Was once reported missing in action. SLOAN, CLARENCE A. 1st Cl. Sergeant Herrick. 111. Medical Corps. Born 1897, Herrick; son Otis Sloan, Herrick; merchant; enl. May 31, 1918, at Jeff. liks. : Medical Corps: assigned to Base Hospital, Jeff. Bks. ; promoted to Corporal, to Sgt., to First Class Sgt. ; in tr. 4 mos. ; trfd. to C. Crane : sailed from Ho- boken Sept. 18, 1918; transport, Louisville; landed Brest Sept. 24. Dis. C. Taylor July 18, 1919. SPARKS, CHARLES F.. Shelbyville, 111. Son Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sparks; served with Supply Co., 138 Inf. in France. STEPHENS, WARREN R. Oconee, 111. Enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to C. Dix : served overseas as Supply Sergeant, Hq. Co. 308 F. A. Dis. May 29, 1919. Supply Sergeant Hq. Co., 308 Field Artillery STORM, FOSTER B. Sergeant Neoga, 111. 327 Field Artillery Enl. Oct. 3, 1917, Shelbyville: sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to 327 F. A.; went to France Sept. 1918. Dis. Camp Grant Feb. 1919 with rank of Sgt. STORM, HARRY E. Private Trowbridge, 111. 308 F. Art. Enl. April 30, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to C. Dix, 308 F. Artillery ; trfd. after armistice to 76 F. A., 6 Div. STRINGER, JAS. H. Private Moweaqua, 111. 327 Field Artillery Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 5, 1917; assigned to Camp Taylor; served in 327 Field Artillery. TAYLOR, EMANUEL L. Private S. Pekin, 111. 308 F. A., 78 Div. Car repairer; born Oct. 30, 1891; son John and Ida Taylor, Holliday; married Mary Logue, Beecher City, Mar. 21, 1917; one daughter, Delia Charlene ; enl. Shelbyville Apr. 30, 1918; sent C. Dix; assigned 308 F. A., Hq. Co.; sailed May 26, 1918; at Verdun, Argonne, Metz, Grand Pre, St. Mihiel. Dis. C. Grant May 27, 1919. TULL. ADLEY S. 32 Division Windsor, 111. Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor: served overseas in 32 Div. TULL, ROY Private Shelbyville, 111. 54 Co.. 159 D. B. Enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to C. Taylor; assigned to 54 Co, 159 Depot Brigade; later to service overseas in 32 Div. TULL, WM. F. Windsor. Enl. Shelbyville Aug. 30, 1918; sent to Camp Grant. Dis. Sept. 18, 1918. TURNER, ELDON GLYNN Sergeant Windsor, Illinois 6 Reg. F. A. Repl. D. Born April 17, 1893, Windsor: son G. R. and Mollie A. Tur- ner, Windsor; farmer: enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville: sent to Camp Taylor; assigned 6 Reg. F. A. Replacement Depot; pro- moted to Sgt ; in service 6 mo. in charge of stables. Dis. C. Taylor Dec. 16, 1918. TURNER, HUBERT Private Shelbyville, Illinois 42 Aero Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 5 ; sent to C. Forrest, Ga. ; served with 42 Aero. VERMILLION, EARL Private Findlay, Illinois Remount Station, C. Taylor Enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to Remount Station, C. Taylor. Dis. summer of 1919. WALKER, DON C. Hq. Co., 308 F. A. Stewardson, 111. 78th Division Enl. Shelbyville and sent to Camp Dix April 30. Dis. May 29, 1919. WHEAT, THOMAS F. Strasburg, 111. Enl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor. Dis. Jan. 10. WHITROCK, WM. Private Shelbyville, III. Aberdeen Prov. Gds. Enl. Shelbyville April 30, 1918; trfd. from Camp Dix, N. J., to Aberdeen, Maryland. Dis. from Camp Taylor. WALTRIP, HARRY E. Windsor, 111. Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 1918; assigned 12th Casual Co. Camp Forrest, Ga. ; was ready to sail when armistice was signed. Dis. at Camp Forrest, Ga., December 1918. WEST, J. W. R. Shelbyville. 111. WEST, OTTO O. Stewardson, 111. Enl. Feb. 23, 1918; sent to Camp Taylor; trfd. to 30th Div., Camp Sevier, S. C. Dis. there on disability a few weeks later. WILEY, ELMER Wagoner Clarksburg, 111. 327th Motor Transport Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 19, 1917; sent to Camp Taylor; went to France with 327 F. A. ; trfd. to motor transport work as wag- oner; returned in March. E. G. Turner Tl. Turner E. Vermilion D. C. Walker T. F. Wheat W. Whitrock H. E. Waltrip E. Wiley Page Two Hundred Two C. Wanus W. L. Waters R. Williams J. C. Winnings W. H. Wirey S. W. West F. L. Several WANUS, CECIL Private Cowden, 111. 37th Inf. Enlisted Jefferson Barracks May 23, 1918, son of Sarah Wa- nus, Cowden. Dis. in August, 1919. WATER, WM. L. Battery D, 308 F. A. Tower Hill, 111. 78 Division Enl. Shelbyville April 30; assigned Bat. D, 308 F. A., Camp Dix. Dis. May 29, 1919; served overseas. WILLIAMS, RALPH Private Stewardson, 111. 149 M. G., 38 Div. Born Sept. 18, 1894, Stewardson; son Frank Williams, Stew- ardson; clerk; enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Shelby ; assigned to 149 Machine Gun Bn., 38 Div. ; in train- ing 5 mo.; sailed Oct. 2, 1918; landed Oct. 9, 1918; crossed channel to Le Harve, then to Nantes, proceeded to Clarmont and there when armistice was signed ; back to Tonnerrk area where stationed until embarked for U. S. Dis. C. Grant June 13, 1919. WINNINGS, JAMES C. Gays, 111. Enl. Shelbyville May 27, 1918; assigned to Camp Shelby, Miss. WIREY, WILLIS H. Private Herrick, Illinois Bat. D, 327 F. A. Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 19, 1917; sent to Camp Taylor; assigned to and served through with Bat. D, 327 F. A. WOOTERS, IRA MORGAN Private Herrick, Illinois. 22nd Engrs. Enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Taylor; trfd. to 22nd Engrs. at Ft. Benj. Harrison. Dis. in June 1919. WEST, SAMEUL W. Moweaqua, 111. Private Sup. C., 327th F. A. Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 5, 1917; sent to Camp Taylor to 84th Div. SEVERN'S, FRED LEONARD 1st Class Private Cowden, 111. Co. C, 308 F. A. Born Dec. 30, 1887, Cowden ; son Schaznan Severn, Cowden ; iron worker; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned Co. C, 308 F. A., 78 Div., C. Dix.; tr. 10 days; sailed Hoboken May 7, 1918; landed Liverpool May 26; went to trenches Sept. 12; at St. Mihiel, Argonne, Meuse, Champagne, Army of Occupa- tion; Co. cited by Col. Bucker; in hospital, fever; returned with Co. A, 7 M. G., 3d Div. Dis. at C. Grant Sept. 4, 1919. ALLEN, JOHN Private Shelby County 53 Co. 159 D. B. Enl. Shelbyville, June 28, 1918; assigned 53d Co., 159 Depot Brigade, Camp Taylor, Ky. ALWARD, THOMAS E. Bethany, 111. Son A. L. Alward, Bethany, 111.; farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, C. Custer ; rejected. ASHEXBRENNER, WM. J. Shumway, III. Enl. through Local Board, Shelbyville, Sept. 5, 1918, and was sent to Camp Custer. AUFFENORDE. HEXRV J. Trowbridge, 111. Served overseas; gassed, wounded and suffered shell shock. Dis. in April, 1919. BOLD, ARTHUR L. Strasburg, 111. Private Co. 10, 3 Bn., 159 D. B. Farmer; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Custer. Dis. Dec. 22, 1918, C. Taylor. BOLT, WELLING Herrick, 111. Corporal 30th R. O. D., 2 Reg. Knl. Sept. 13, 1919, Shelbyville; assigned to 30th R. O. D., _' Reg., Camp Hancock, Ga. Dis. at Erie Proving Grounds, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1919. BOND, FRANK Middlesworth, 111. Went overseas with 326 Field Artillery with 84 Division. Dis. in spring of 1919. BRinOKWATER, MILTOX H. Moweaqua, 111. Son Albert Bridgewater; enl. Sept. 5, 1918; assigned to Camp Custer; rejected at camp three days later. BROPHV, WALTER Shelbyville, 111. Enl. May 29, 1918, Shelbyville, 111.: assigned to Custer. BROUGHTON, CHAS. E. Stewardson, 111. 23 Inf., M. G. Co. Born Sept. 14, 1897, at Camargo, 111. ; enl. Danville, 111. ; sent to Mexican border; trfd. Syracuse, N. Y. ; sent from there to France ; wounded several times and in hospital ; returned to U. S. and was in hospital in Xew York City, owing to wound in shoulder; brother of Wilbur Broughton who died in ser- vice. (Chas. Broughton killed at Vandalia, 111., in Dec., 1919.) BRAZLE, CHARLES A. Lakewood. 111. Son Mrs. Annie Brazle, Lakewood; enl. and sent to Camp Dodge, la., Sept. 21, 1917; trfd. to C. Upton; Apr. 25, 1918, sailed; cited submarine; landed Liverpool May 7; May 8 to France ; under aero bombing at Chepy : under fire June 23 and many of the big drives ; captured by Germans and held at C. Rastaat until Dec. 8; sent to Basle, then through Germany, Switzerland and France, rejoining company Dec. 30 ; two broth- ers, Clessie and Harry, in the service. BROWN, EARL Cook Moweaqua, 111. Co. C. 130 Inf. Born Oct. 15, 1894, Decatur ; son Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Brown; enl. July 27, 1918, Sullivan; army; assigned to Co. C, 130 Inf.: in training 22 mos. ; sailed from Hoboken May 16, 1918; transport Agamemnon : landed at Brest May 26 ; in trenches 6 mos. ; at Verdun, Argonne, St. Mihiel, Metz, Albert ; cook Bn. Hdq. Dis. at Grant May 31. 1919. BROWX, ERNEST EARL Mode, III. Son Annabelle Brown, Mode; enl. Sept. 5, Shelbyville; sent to C. Custer; trfd. to Ry. Engrs. Ft. Harrison. BROWN, FRANK E. Sent Camp Custer Sept. 5 ; was later trfd. to Ft. Benjamin Harrison to engineers. Dis. from Ft. Benjamin Harrison early in 1919. BULLAR, EDWARD J. Home in Southern Shelby County : was enl. through Local Board at Effingham, 111. BUMGER, W. H. Moweaqua, 111. BURNS, WILL Windsor, 111. Son J. H. Burns, Windsor; now living in Decatur; served ill France in Quartermaster Corps. BURRUS, ROLLIE Private Tower Hill, 111. Co. H., 130 Inf., 30 Div. Enl. Co. H, Shelbyville; sent to C. Logan, Oct. 9, 1917; sent overseas May 15, 1918; served through with Co. H: after ar- mistice trfd. to Battalion Hqs. as orderly. Dis. C. Grant May 30. BUZZARD, MARY Cowden, 111. Served as nurse overseas in 1917-18; at Base Hosp. No. 66, close to Paris. BESING, EMIL 2d Cl. Carpenter M. Stewardson, 111. U. S. Navy Enl. Dec. 10, 1917, at Peoria, 111.; U. S. Navy; went to France June 30, 1918. Dis. at Great Lakes July 31, 1919. BALL, GEORGE E. Stewardson, III. BANNING, HOMER E. Private Cowden, 111. 40th Infantry Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 5th ; sent Camp Custer and served with 40th Infantry. BARDING, THOMAS F. Herrick, 111. Enl. Shelbyville Sept. 5th; sent to Camp Custer. BELL, WM. R. Windsor, 111. BLAND, GENE Findlay, 111. Enl. summer of 1918 in Coast Artillery; sent Jefferson Bar- racks. Dis. from there Dec., 1918. Page Hundred Three BOBLETT, DAN P. Enl. Shelbyville, June 27, 1918: sent C. Taylor. BIRLEY, EARNEST Moweaqua, III. Served in Navy during war. BIRLEY, EARL Moweaqua, 111. Served in Navy during war. BINGAMAN, ALFRED Mode, 111. CLARK, GLEN, Moweaqua, 111. Enl. Peoria Nov., 1917; Navy; in training at Great Lakes; clerical work in Admn. Building. Dis. in Sept., 1919; one brother in service, Horace J. Clark; sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark of Moweaqua. CARTER, JOHN E. Gays, 111. CLARK, WILLIAM A. Private Moweaqua, 111. Co. D, llth Regt. Marines Laborer; born Feb. 17, 1899; mother, Mrs. G. R. Bridgman, Moweaqua; enl. Akron, Ohio, July 27, 1918; Marines; assigned Co. D, llth Regt., Paris Island, S. C. ; sailed Sept. 29; trained as rifleman. Dis. at Hampton Roads, Va., Aug. 11, 1919. CLOSSER, ARTHUR BLISS Enl. through the Local Board. CAIN, FRED N. Tower Hill, 111. Windsor, 111. U. S. Navy COCHRAN, VIRGIL Cowden, III. Enl. through Local Board at Decatur July 25, 1918; served through the war in the Navy ; son D. E. Cochran, Cowden. COFFMAN, VERNA HOWARD 1st Cl. Private Moweaqua, 111. Dental Assistant Enl. Shelbyville, III., Jan. 23, 1918. Dis. June 1, 1919, at El- lington Aviation Field, Houston, Texas ; dental assistant, First Class Private. COMERFORD, VINCENT Pana, III. COOLEY, JOHN W. CORRINGTON, PAUL 307 Field Art Moweaqua, 111. Moweaqua, III. COSART, LEONARD T. Fireman 1st Cl. Cowden, III. U. S. Navy Enl. at Peoria, July 30, 1918; promoted to Fireman First Class; served on Atlantic Ocean until Sept. 23, 1919; honorably dis- charged at N. Y. Sept. 23, 1919, grade of Fireman First Class. Moweaqua, 111. CRAVEN, FRANK CRAYS, CURTIS R. CUNDIFF, J. HENRY Enl. through Local Board. KOONTZ, ALTA KIDWELL, LEON Windsor, III. Pana, III. Stewardson, 111. Shelbyville, 111. KRUGER, EDWARD A. 1st Class Private Stewardson, 111. Batt. F, 18 F. A.. 3 Div. Born Oct. 9, 1896, Stewardson; farmer; son Mr. and Mrs. August Kruger, Stewardson; enl. Mattoon May 17, 1917; as- signed Batt. F, 18 F. A., 3 Div.; trained Jeff. Bks. and Ft. Bliss 10 mos. ; sailed Hoboken April, 1918; trained Genre, France; under fire 3J4 mos.; active service Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne ; regiment cited, Croix de Guerre ; First Army Defense Sector Sept. 1-Nov. 11, 1918; Army of Occupation Dec. S, 1918-Aug. 5, 1919. Dis. C. Grant Aug. 27, 1919; two brothers in service. MCDONALD, HARRY c. Private Lakewood, 111. 45 Co. 12 Bn., 160 D. B. Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned 45th Co., 12 Bn., 160 D. B., Camp Custer, Mich. ; trfd. 29 Co, 1st Labor Regt. Rec. Group and Service Co. No. 5, Camp Johnston, Fla. Dis. Jan. 3, 1919, Camp Taylor, Ky. McGTLLIGAN, STANLEY P. First Lieut. Urbana, 111. Dental Corps Dentist; born July 15, 1888; son late John McGilligan ; trained 7 weeks in M. O. T. C., Greenleaf, Ga., and commissioned fall of 1917 as 1st Lieut, Dental Corps, and sent to McPherson, Ga. ; trfd. Mar. 3, 1919, Walter Reed Hosp., then to Ft. Me- Henry, and Dis. there Apr. 22, 1919. McGRATH, JOHN D. Private Moweaqua, 111. Depot Brigade 45 Born July 24, 1890, Moweaqua, 111. ; son of John and Margaret McGrath, Moweaqua; farmer; enl. Sept. 6, 1918, Shelbyville; assigned to 161 D. B., 45th Co., Camp Custer; trfd. to 12th Co., Inf. Rep.; Non-Corn. School at Camp Grant Sept. 18; on Dec. 6 trfd. to Headquarters Convalescent Center, personnel office. Dis. May 10, 1919, C. Grant. WELCH, JAMES A. Sigel, 111. Knl. Shelbyville June 28, 1918, and sent to Camp Taylor. WHITE, ERMON L. Tower Hill, 111. Son R. A. White, Tower Hill; enl. at age of 17, on July 6, 1917. Dis. fall of 1919. WILEY, JOYCE M. Private Moweaqua, 111. Field Evac. No. 5 Born Sept. 18, 1891, at Brook, Ind. ; son Jesse H. Wiley of Moweaqua; barber; enl. Jan. 29, 1918, Springfield; assigned Hq. Co. Hosp. Bat. No. 14, Camp Greenleaf; trfd. Mar. 4 to Field Evac. No. 5, C. Crane; in training 3 mo.; sailed from Iloboken May 10, 1918; transport Caserta ; landed Brest May 23, 1918; Field Evacuation, Crepey, Chateau Thierry, Soissons, Champagne, Flanders fronts ; Stretcher Bearer. Dis. C. Grant March 20, 1919. WILLIAMS, RICHARD Strasburg, III. In service overseas. WIREY, WILLIS Herrick, 111. 84 Division Served in 84th Division overseas. WOOTERS, HERBERT S. 2d Lieut. Moweaqua, 111. V. C. 15 Div. Trains Vet. Unit Enl. Chicago, 111., June 11, 1917; called to report at Ft. Ogle- thorpe, Ga., June 20, 1918; trfd. to Camp Logan, Texas, Sept. 3. Dis. C. Logan Jan. 22, 1919. WORKMAN, CHARLES O. Corporal Moweaqua, 111. Co. A. 308 M. G., 78 Div. Born July 22, 1887, Christian Co.; son Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Workman, Moweaqua; poultry dealer; enl. May 26, 1918, Shelbyville; sent to Camp Shelby: assigned Co. A, 308 M. G., 78 Div. ; made Corporal ; in training 4 mos. ; sailed from N. Y. Oct. 6, 1918; transport Galendia ; landed Liverpool Oct. 17, 1918; in training at Nanties. Dis. C. Grant May 22, 1919; one brother in service. WRIGHT, ROBERT Shumway, 111. MAKES LONG TRIP TO SERVE To Verne Frazee of Moweaqua perhaps belongs the distinction of having made the longest trip for the purpose of getting into military service, of any Shelby County lad. Frazee was in India when summoned by the Shelby County Exemption Board. He was called for the last contingent for which the war department made requisition, the call that later was cancelled because of the armistice. Before learning of the cancellation, however, young Frazee sailed for home, and eventually arrived there, only to be officially informed that his services would not be required. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Frazee of Moweaqua. We are indebted to the editors of "Over Here" for the use of several plates in this book. "Over Here" is a semi- monthly publication, devoted to cement- ing the friendships formed "Over There," and is published at Room 404, 20 E. Jack- son Blvd., Chicago. The subscription price is $3.00 per year. HE HEAKS THE WILSOH REPLY RECORD Page Two Hundred Four STRASBURG LEGIONNAIRES The American Legion ( By W. E. Rominger) The American Legion today is an established fact. It is the concrete realization of "some sort of organ- ization after the war." which was talked of in every cantonment in America, on board every ship in the navy and in every unit in the A. E. E. It is the crys- tallization of the wish of every soldier, sailor and marine to organize after the war. "In union there is strength." and in this particular union will be found the bulwark of Americanism. The Legion has grown and its spirit has spread because it is worthy. In every test at the outset it repelled selfishness, narrowness, partisanship and clung to the underlying theme democracy. It is the peace-born offspring of our citizen army. Devoted to honest and unselfish national service, it should ac- complish much for the good of the country. THE LEGION ITS OBJECT "For God and Country, we associate ourselves together for the following purposes : "To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent. Americanism ; to preserve the memo- ries and incidents of our association in the Great War; to incul- clate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state, and nation ; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses ; to make right the master of might ; to promote peace and good will on earth ; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy ; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness." This organization shall include the following definite pur- poses: 1. To inculcate the duty and obligation of citizenship. 2. To preserve the history and incidents of our participa- tion in this war. 3. To cement the ties of comradeship formed in service. 4. To protect, assist and promote the general welfare of all soldiers, sailors and marines and those dependent upon them. 5. To encourage the maintenance of individual and na- tional efficiency to the end that the American people shall never fail in their obligation to humanity. 6. To maintain the sacred doctrine of undivided and un- compromising loyalty to every principle for which the American nation stands in the belief that that doctrine should be the guiding principle of the everyday life of each citizen. IX SHELBY COUNTY Shelby County war veterans were among the first in the United States to take definite steps toward forming a service men's organization. On April 24, 1919, the men who were in Shelbyville to participate in the Victory Loan celebration gath- ered at the circuit court room, and elected Lieutenant W. E. Rominger of Shelbyville chairman, and Sergeant Cloyd Wright of Cowden secretary. Already there were a number of organizations of veterans forming in the country, and at this meeting the men decided to postpone affiliation until time could prove which would be the lasting organization. Five delegates were elected to attend the first caucus of the American Legion, at St. Louis, May 9, 1919. They were : Lieutenant George Burnett, 33d Division. Private Ray Kingston, 30th Division. Sergeant Murphy A. Herron, Camp Taylor, Ky. Corporal W. L. Kelley, Chemical Warfare Division. Lieutenant E. H. Faster, Q. M. C. Funds for the trip were furnished by the Shelbyville Com- Page Two Hundred Fire mercial Club. The county was represented in the St. Louis Caucus by Private Ray Kingston, Lieutenant Burnett, Corporal Kelley and Lieutenant Rominger. Corporal Kelley later was named district organizer, having several counties in Central Illi- nois. Lieutenant Rominger, with Burnett and Kingston as as- sistants, was detailed to organize Shelby County. On July 13 Organizer Kelley called a meeting of the service men of Shelbyville, and in this and following meetings ROY VAXDERPOOL POST NO. 81, AMERICAN' LEGION, was formed, with Lieutenant Howard Bridges as chairman and Lieutenant W. E. Rominger as secretary. ^ How this post has prospered is shown by the membership. Following ts a roster of the members in the order in which they joined : Monroe, H. E. Klauser, Wm. Rominger, W. E. Ilulick, C. H. Ruff, H. L. Kelley, W. L. Johnson, Roy W. Kensil, John T. Herron, Murphy A. Briggs, Clyde Thompson, Wm. Frazer, Bernard Wilburn, John Pate, Clyde Fought, Jos. W. Parish, Ben F. Auld, F. P. Miner, L. W. Strohl, Roy Wortman, Hugh Ruch, Lucian Fisher, Earl Hayward, Truman Lamb, Orville Parker, Torn H. Price, James Stretch, J. Leonard Stretch, Geo. Hudson, Andy M. Bridges, Howard R. Martin, Fred Thompson, Theodore Aichele, Wm. F. Worley, Raymond Sills, Roy Moberly, Grider Eiler, Verner Miller, Lloyd O. Bales, Glen, Pascola, Mo. Davis, Browning Douthit, Everett Jackson, Lewis Albert Kelley, Leo Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, Charlie H. Nees, Wm. Kingston, Ray Lauer, C. F. Wade. Orrie R. Cox, Arthur Hite, B. S. Kimmel, Clarence E. Skidmore, EH W. Barker, Dewey White, W. L. Andes, Chas. Miller, J. Glen Whitaker, Baird Pike, Hubert Barton, Ray Goddard, II. A., Windsor Courtright, Harry Westervelt, Floyd, New York Neal, Frank Hudson, Andrew P. Twiss, Chas. L. Osbpriie, H. P., Chicago Davis, Sam C., Beecher City Powell, J. Ray Henry, Ross Garrett, Otto, Findlay Green, Dr. J. W., Tower Hill Flowers, Delbert Klauser, Arthur Dildine. Thurman Mose, Raymond F. Johnson, Jas. B. Shaw, Harry Renner, Clarence S., Westervelt Price, Earl Frazier, Rennie Hudson, Nelson Sprague, Ralph Westenhaver, Marion Dearing, B. F., San Francisco Westenhaver, Burley Eddy, Wm. C. Austin, Glen Fleming, Bruce Deweese, Frank Wallace, Norman Cutler, Lester Smith, A. Earl Wilson, John W. SHfer, Thos. J. Welch, Walter O. Becker, Milton A. Burnett, Wm. Barrett, Chas., Tower Hill Salmons, Geo. A. Toothman, Clay Hagan, Chester C. Terry, Gaylord Shoatf, Earl McMullin, Foster McCoy, John A. Meinecke, Windsor A. Tull, Tom Lovins, Lawrence Johnson, Glen Soland, Clarence, Windsor Frizzell, Frank, Windsor Benefiel, Clarence Summers, Clarence H. Sullivan, John Calvert, William, Westervelt Griffith, George N., Altamont Yakey, James M. Bivins, Sidney V. Tallman, J. Leverett 1'ietz, John Stockdale, John Malone, John J. Kuckreigel, Herbert I > ail lie, Hugh R., Champaign Jackson. Sam Hill, Harry Lance Waggoner, Carl N. Boswell, Cedric II. Gilleland, Art Thompson, Henry Flanders. Ralph K. Dickinson, Harland Allen, Elmer Court right, Vance Kull. Paul Metzger, John Skaggs, Fred Burnett, George Moon, James B. Hudson, Elmer C. Biggs, Floyd Price, Ed Perryman, Carlos Tallman, Emery Schwenker, Roy Risser. Susa Williams, George Stucker, William Moore. Loren B. Freyharger, Floyd Klauser, Chas. C. Hauler, Lee Sprague, Orville J. Laugel, Frank J. Cordray, Guy Worley, Edmund King, Arthur Hawk, Elmer Coffman, Othie E. Stanslu'rry, Earl Mlackstone, Gay Smith, Wm. H. Storm, Clair Helton, Bert H. Brown, F, J. Tabhert, Wallace O., Herborn Mueller, Wm., Strasburg llowman, Wm. R., Windsor Hood. Harry A., Windsor Jester, Howard W., Tower Hill Johnson, Edler E., Trowbridge Carpenter, Walter S., Tower Hill Cartmell, Samuel H., Tower Hill Higler, Walter G., Slgel Lumpp, Henry, Findlay Smith, O. S., Tower Hill Metzger, O. C., Pana Crouch, Lester, Findlay Eversole, Orville Blancett, Millard Shutt. Verl X. Roberts. Michael Woodworth, Ray, Decatur Shipley, Otto E., Lakewood Baptist, Geo. T. Eyey, Chas. F., Tower Hill Nichols, Earl W., Oconee Denier, Raymond, Westervelt Bond, Frank L. Reeder, Ernest B., Tower Hill Wallace, Wendell, Windsor Moberly. Lawrence, Windsor Christy, Floyd A., Cowden Gregory, Dr. Chas. S., Findlay Cosart, Ernest II., Cowden Furr, George F. died 12-30-' 19 Morgan, Sidney, Tower Hill THE PERMANENT OFFICERS Commander William Klauser. Vice-Commander Bruce Fleming. Adjutant J. Glen Miller. Chaplain Wm. F. Aichele. Historian Wm. E. Rominger. Sergeant-at-Arms George Burnett. GEORGE FRANKLIN FURR George Franklin Furr was the first member of Roy Yander- pool Post, American Legion, to die. He passed away Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1919, after a period of decline covering several weeks. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Furr, and a native of Rose township. Shelby county, where he was born Sept. 9, 1894. He is survived by his parents, five brothers and three sisters. In September, 1917, he went to Camp Taylor, Ky., for mili- tary training, then was transferred to Camp Pike, Ark., where he stayed until he was ordered across seas. He was one of seven of his company who were not wounded when the Hindenburg line was broken, and was one of 34 of the company who returned from that engagement. He was chosen as a member of Persh- ing's Composite regiment. The funeral of Comrade Furr was held from the Methodist church in Shelby ville, Dec. 31. The pallbearers, color bearer, bugler and firing squad were from Roy Yanderpool Post, and were in uniform. The Post attended in a body. Burial was in Glen wood cemetery. AT MOWEAQUA Moweaqua has the Remann H. Harlan Post, American Legion, which was organized in October, 1919. by County Organizer W. E. Rominger of Shel- byville. The Post was named for Remann H. Har- lan, who died from disease contracted while in the army. Dr. Xornian S. Starr was elected temporary chair- man, and Haldon B. Ayars was elected temporary secretary. Permanent officers, elected in Xovember, are as follows: Post Commander Dr. X. S. Starr. Vice Commander Ira Adams. Adjutant Earl Brown. Treasurer Haldon B. Ayars. Board of Directors Dr. H. S. Wooters, Thomas Page and Joyce Wiley. Interest was keen from the start, and increased with the holding of meetings. On Nov. 11 the Post celebrated the signing of the armistice, and from the receipts from a supper, a football game and other entertainment, cleared $500 for the treasury of the Post. The amount cleared made it possible to open club rooms, which consist of reading room, billiard, pool and card room, and athletic . room. The club rooms are open at all times to members of tflie Legion, a hearty invitation being extended to all visiting members. Already the membership has reached nearly 100. and the roster of members follows: Adams, Chas. L. Adams, Ibra A. Adams, Waldon Ralph Adams. Glen Adamson, Glen S. Ayars, Buck Haldon Marbre, Horace Oscar Bethards, Floyd Chester Birley, Joseph IJoyer, F. Dale Bridgman, Howard Hrookshire, Atwell II. Brown, Earl Campbell, L. Robert Cassidy, Arthur Cheatham, Karl E. Clark, Abner William Clifford, Hamelton Coburn, Dalton Dallas Coffman, Vern M. Corrington, Lester Paul Daughtry, William J. Faliski, Frank Gilmore, Joseph Charles Gregory, Lloyd Gregory, Earl Richard Gregory, Wallace Gregory, Edward Thomas Gregory, Lawrence Green, Glenn Melvin Grooms, Haynie Floyd Hedges, Earl James Hejtmeyer, Oliver Benjamin Heitmeyer, E. Lawrence Hill, David B. Hudson, Edward Jamie Hudson, S. Cecil Jackson, A. Willie Jesse, Merle Johnson, A. Wheeler Kinney, William Long, R. Jesse Lowe, Wayne McGraft, Dan McGee, Wendel Roger Me In tyre, Frank McKinney, J. Emry McKinney, Claude A. McClelland, Everett B. Moss, Xelson W. Xoling, Raymond W. Xoling, Richard Ohl, Herman Page, Tom Page, James A. Partelow, Ivan Phelan, Lemar George Port wood, Steven R. Potsick, Andy Poole, Hampton Charles Reynolds, Amos Riley, Ellsworth Harry Richardson, Roy Robbins, Deloss A. Roby, Frank Roby, James Rose, Homer Segloski, Frank Sheppard, Jasper C. Sigler, George Simpson, John A. Simpson, Luther F. Snyder, Glen Stabb, Albert Melvin Stabb, Frank E. ' Starr, Smith X'orman Stivison, William Gail Stombaugh, Harley Stringer, Harry James Stroh, Edward Paul Tolly, Cornelius Glenn Weakly, Charles Ted Wempen, Ray West, Sam Wetzel, Zanta Bane Wetzel, Gail Wiley, Joice Wilkinson, Ernest Wilson, Anson Workman, Chas. O. Wooters. Herbert AT STRASBURG The Liberty Post of the American Legion was organized in Strasburg Oct. 11, 1919. Harley Gill was sent as a delegate to the state convention in Peoria. The officers and members of the Strasburg Liberty Post of the American Legion are as follows: President Edwin H. Faster. Secretary and Treasurer William J. Hellman. Ilarley Gill Henry Popendieker Charles Wilson Fred Popendieker Charles O. T'hrockmorton Charles R. Rosine George E. Kull Martin Mueller Martin Tiemann Edward Doeding Nelson E. Ruff Herman F. Doehring Martin Nippe Theodore Von Rehren Arthur Vnruh Members Charles D. Williams Glen B. Waymire Edwin H. Ruwe Albin A. Foelsing Lawrence Kendall Martin G. Ulmer Gustave H. Cress Edward H. Ostermeier Phillip IT. Tiemann Otto G. Arnold Edward J. Hartman Arthur G. Gritzmaker Itruce Curry Chris M. Kircher L Harvey Friesner Carl H. Gatchell Posts of the American Legion are in process of organization at Findlay and Oconee and "several other Shelby county communities. Page Tu'o Hundred Six Beem Metzger Roberts Fritz Whaley Rollins Uodenberger Grays Scovil Cook Sayers Student Army Training Corps Thirty-one boys of Shelby county, potential sol- diers and sailors, were enlisted in the Student Army Training Corps established by the government to fit the younger men of the nation to step into the active fighting ranks as they attained age and need for them arose. Most of the boys were inducted into the S. A. T. C. through the Shelby County Local Board, and went into student camps established at Institutions of learning in Illinois, while a few entered camps in other states, where they took the particular course which appealed to them. The names of the Shelby county lads, together with the names given by them as nearest relatives and the records of such as responded to the request of the Shelby County War Historians for such data, are as follows: BAUM, WM. WELLS, Shelbyville ; first lieutenant; born Mil- waukee, Wis., May 6, 1899: son Wm. Baum, Shelbyville; enl. Oct. 1, 1918, at St. Louis, Inf.; assigned to Washington Univ. Med. School; attended O. T. C. Fort Sheridan; first lieutenant Oct. 15; honorably dis. December 16. 1918; now at Washington Univ., St. Louis. BEEM, ARNOLD HUMPHRIS, Shelbyville; son Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Beem, Shelbyville; in training at Indiana Dental College, Indianapolis, Ind. BRADEX, CHARLES EUGENE, Findlay ; sergeant; born at Findlay, 111., March 6, 1898; son G. E. Braden and wife; farmer; enl. Oct. 1, 1918, Decatur, 111.; in training three months at Camp Millikin, Decatur. CRAVS, DWIGHT, formerly of Windsor, now of East Chicago, Ind. ; son Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Crays. DAVIES, RAYMOND OLIVER, Windsor. 111. DUNSCOMB, GEORGE BAKER, Windsor, 111.; born Wind- sor March 3, 1899, son Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Dunscomb, Windsor; enl. Oct. 1, 1918, at Champaign, where he was a student in the U. of. I.; assigned U. S. N. R. F. Cham- paign ; trained there three months in preparation for En- gineering Officers School ; was in hospital with influenza ; honorably dis. Dec. 21. 1918. EVERSOLE, EDGAR BENNETT, Westervelt, 111.; born Westervelt Feb. 8, 1898, son Grant and Mattie Eversole. Westervelt; farmer; enl. Octi IS, 1918, Decatur. 111.; in training Camp Millikin two months, five days ; honorably dis. Dec. 20, 1918. FRITTS, EDWIN, Shelbyville; son J. W. and Bessie Susan Fritts; enl. Urbana, 111., Sept. 20, 1918; assigned to Co. 4 at U. of I.; in training three months; honorably dis. Dec. 21, 1918. FRITTS, J. RALPH, Shelbyville; son .T. W. and Bessie Susan Fritts, Shelbyville, 111. ; born Sept. 4. 1899, at Cow- den, 111.; enl. Urbana, Sept. 20, 1918; assigned to Co. 4 at U, of I.; in training three mos. ; honorably dis. Dec. 21, 1918. FUGUA, CLARENCE NATHON, Bethany, 111; nearest rel- ative William Fugua, Bethany, 111., R. F. D. 2. GAMMILL, LAWRENCE, Gays, 111; corporal; born at Gays, Jan. 7. 1899, son Mack and Olive Gammill, Gays; enl. at U. of I. Oct. 7, 1918; assigned to aviation corps; honorably dis. Dec. 21, 1918; now emp. in office at Staley's De- catur, 111. HILSABACK, HUGH RUDOLPH, Windsor, 111.; born at Windsor, Dec. 24, 1885; was school teacher and senior stu- dent in E. I. S. N. School, at Charleston: enl. Oct. 15, De- catur; assigned to S. A. T. C. at Millikin Univ.; in train- ing three mos.; honorably dis. Dec. 20, 1918; now teach- ing ; one brother in service. HUDSON, RALPH KARL, Moweaqua, 111.; nearest relative, Viola Hudson, Moweaqua. JARVIS, RALPH U., Moweaqua, 111.; born Moweaqua, Sept. 6, 1900, son T. T. and Olive Tarvis, Moweaqua; was boss A. D. T. oper. ; enl. Sept. 23, 1918; assigned to Camp Mil- likin, Decatur; training three months for tank corps; in hospital, influenza; honorably dis. Dec. 21, 1918. JONES, HAROLD VERNON, Cowden, 111.; born June 13, 1899; son Jas. W. and Luella M. Jones, Cowden; was asst. pharmacist; enl. Chicago Oct. 23, 1918; assigned to S. A. T. C. med. section U. of I., Chicago, Co. 1 ; honorably dis. there Dec. 11, 1918; now student U. of I. School of Phar- macy, Chicago. LEAF, HAROLD F., Moweaqua, 111. ; nearest relative Francis Leaf, Moweaqua; enl. Decatur Oct. 15, 1918; assigned to Camp Millikin; honorably dis. Dec. 20, 1918. LUMPP, HERMAN C., Findlay, 111.; private; born June 26, 1898, Shelbyville, 111.; son Andrew J. and Viola B. Lumpp ; was student; enl. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 14, 1918, S. A. T. C., Indiana Dental College ; dis. at Indianapolis Dec. 14, 1918. METZLER, LELAND, Shelbyville, 111.; nearest relative, Mrs. H. D. Metzler, Shelbyville. NALBACH, JOHN R., Moweaqua; born Aug. 4, 1899; son Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Nalbach, Moweaqua ; enl. Sept. 25, 1918, Akron, O., in S. A. T. C.. Univ. of Akron ; trained three months; dis. Dec. 25, 1918. NICHOLS, NOBLE DEWEY, Cowden. III.; nearest relative, John Nichols, Cowden. ROBERTS, DEWEY, Lakewood, 111.; son Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Roberts; enl. S. A. T. C., U. of I., Urbana, 111. RODENBERGER, RALPTH, Windsor, 111.; student; son Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Rodenberger; enl. Oct. 26, 1918, Decatur; assigned to S. A. T. C. at Millikin University ; honorably dis. Dec. 20, 1918. ROLLINS, PAUL D., Moweaqua, 111. ; born there Sept. 3, 1899, son Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rollins; student I. S. N. Univ., Normal, 111.; enl. Fort Sheridan Aug. 11, 1918; as- signed to Co. 11, S. A. T. C. ; trfd. A Co., Millikin Univ., Decatur, Sept. 28 ; prom. Sgt., Oct. 1 ; honorably dis. Dec. 21, 1918. Piigc Two Hundred Scrcn Jarvis Hraden Eversole Wilson Dunscomb Wakefield Gammill Hilsabeck Lufflpp SAVERS, JOHN" EUGEXE, Cowden, 111.; nearest relative, Porter M. Sayers, Cowden. SCOVIL, HOMER SYDNEY, Cowden, 111.; nearest relative, S. S. Scovil, Cowden. SNYDER, RALPH KENNETH, Moweaqua, 111.; nearest relative, K. R. Snyder, Moweaqua, 111. TOOTHMAN, F.nWIX C., Washington, n. C. ; born March 29, 1900, Shelby ville; stenographer: son Mr. and Mrs. Austin Toothman, Shelbyville ; enl. (let. 19, 1918; assigned Co. D, S. A. T. C. Via. Dec. 14, 1918. One brother in service. TORRENCE, CALE, Herrick, III.; nearest relative, Katie Torrence, Herrick. WAKEFIELD, DEAN HAMMOND, Cowden, 111.; nearest relative, John Wakefield, Cowden. WHALEY, GEORGE WILMER, Tower Hill., 111.; born Nov. 7, 1898, son G. E. Whaley ; enl. Sept., 1918; trained at Mil- likin Univ., Decatur ; honorably dis. Dec. 20, 1918. WILSON, CARLOS DOUTHIT, Shelbyville, 111.; navy; nearest relative, Carrie D. Wilson, Shelbyville, 111., R. F. D. 6. THE MOTHER Out of the bitter, the sweet; Out of the pain, the joy; Out of the mists, the morning star; Out of my travail, my boy. Out of old flesh, new flesh; Out of old bone, new bone; Out of my side, my treasure and pride; My breast his earliest throne. Stiff in the trenches, and stark; Dead, 'ere the battle was won; For that which is Right, for Love and Light. Freely I gave my son. After the bitter, the sweet; After the pain, the joy I will not falter, nor flinch, nor faint; Proudly I give my boy. "Seranus.' WE THANK YOU In closing this history of the war work done by Shelby County people, the editors desire to express sincere thanks to the scores of men and women and hundreds of soldiers and sailors, who through their ready co-operation made possible the compilation of the data herein contained. We are in- debted for valuable assistance to too many to make it feasible to attempt to name them here. At the same time we regret deeply that the natural diffi- dence of some service men impelled them to refuse their records, necessitat- ing our mentioning them only by name. We have sought to make Shelby County in the World's War a creditable work, and trust that you will find it in some degree meritorious. THE EDITORS. Page Two Hundred Eight UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBAN*