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Of the 42 divisions that reached France 29 took part in active combat service, while the others were used for replacements or were just arriving during the last month of hostilities. The battle record of the United States Army in this war is largely the history of these 29 combat divisions. Seven of them were Regular Army divisions, 11 were organized from the National Guard, and 11 were made up of National Army troops.
American combat divisions were in battle for 200 days, from the 25th of April, 1918, when the first Regular division after long training in quiet sectors, entered an active sector on the Picardy front, until the signing of the armistice. During these 200 days they were engaged in 13 major operations, of which 11 were joint enterprises with the French, British, and Italians, and 2 were distinctively American.
At the time of their greatest activity in the second week of October all 29 American divisions were in action. They then held 101 miles of front, or 23 per cent of the entire allied battle line. From the middle of August until the end of the war they held, during the greater part of the time, a front longer than that held by the British. Their strength tipped the balance of man power in favor of the Allies, so that from the middle of June, 1918, to the end of the war the allied forces were superior in number to those of the enemy.
The total battle advances of all the American divisions amounted to 782 kilometers, or 485 miles, an average advance for each division of 17 miles, nearly all of it against desperate enemy resistance. They captured 63,000 prisoners, 1,378 pieces of artillery, 708 trench mortars, and 9,650 machine guns. In June and July they helped to shatter the enemy advance toward Paris and to turn retreat into a triumphant offensive. At St. Mihiel they pinched off in a day an enemy salient which had been a constant menace to the French line for four years. In the Argonne and on the Meuse they carried lines which the enemy was determined to hold at any cost, and cut the enemy lines of communication and supply for half the western battle front.
ON EVERY STRETCH OF WESTERN FRONT
American troops saw service on practically every stretch of the western front from British lines in Belgium to inactive sectors in the Vosges. On Oct. 21, 1917, Americans entered the line in the quiet Toul sector. From that date to the armistice American units were somewhere in line almost continuously.
With the organization of the American First Army on August 10, under the personal command of Gen. Pershing, the history of the American Expeditionary Forces entered upon a new stage. The St. Mihiel (September 12-16) and Meuse-Argonne (September 26-November 11) offensives were major operations planned and executed by American generals and American troops.
In addition to the operations above mentioned, American troops participated in the Battle of Vittorio-Veneto (October 24 to November 4), which ended in the rout of the Austrian Army.
THE BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL
The first distinctly American offensive was the reduction of the St. Mihiel salient carried through from September 12 to September 15, largely by American troops and wholly under the orders of the American commander-in-chief.
In the attack the American troops were aided by French colonial troops. The Americans were also aided by French and British air squadrons.
The attack began at 5. a. m., after four hours of artillery preparation of great severity, and met with immediate success. Before noon about half the distance between the bases of the salient had been covered and the next morning troops of the First and Twenty-sixth Divisions met at Vigneulles, cutting off the salient within 24 hours from the beginning of the movement.
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Two comparisons between this operation and the Battle of Gettysburg emphasize the magni- tude of the action. About 550,000 Americans were engaged at St. Mihiel; the Union forces at Gettysburg numbered approximately 100,000. St. Mihiel set a record for concentration of artillery fire by a four-hour artillery preparation, consuming more than 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition. In three days at Gettysburg Union artillery fired 33,000 rounds.
The St. Mihiel offensive cost only about 7,000 casualties, less than one-third the Union losses at Gettysburg. There were captured 16,000 prisoners and 443 guns. A dangerous enemy salient was reduced, and American commanders and troops demonstrated their ability to plan and execute a big American operation.
THE BATTLE OF THE MEUSE-ARGONNE
The object of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, said Gen. Pershing in his report of November 20, 1918, was "to draw the best German divisions to our front and to consume them." This sentence expresses better than any long description not only the object but also the outcome of the battle. Every available American division was thrown against the enemy. Every avail- able German division was thrown in to meet them. At the end of 47 days of continuous battle our divisions had consumed the German divisions.
The goal of the American attack was the Sedan-Mezieres railroad, the main line of supply for the German forces on the major part of the western front. If this line were cut, a retire- ment on the whole front would be forced. This retirement would include, moreover, evacuation of the Briey iron fields, which the Germans had been using to great advantage to supplement their iron supply. The defense of the positions threatened was therefore of such importance as to warrant the most desperate measures for resistance. When the engagement was evidently impending the commander of the German Fifth Army sent word to his forces, calling on them for unyielding resistance and pointing out that defeat in this engagement might mean disaster for the fatherland.
On the first day, the 26th of September, and the next day or two after that, the lines were considerably advanced. Then the resistance became more stubborn. Each side threw in more and more of its man power until there were no more reserves. Many German divisions went into action twice, and not a few three times, until, through losses, they were far under strength. All through the month of October the attrition went on. Foot by foot American troops pushed back the best of the German divisions. On November 1 the last stage of the offensive began. The enemy power began to break. American troops forced their way to the east bank of the Meuse. Toward the north they made even more rapid progress, and in seven days reached the outskirts of Sedan and cut the Sedan-Mezieres railroad, making the German line untenable.
In the meantime (October 2 to 28) our Second and Thirty-sixth Divisions had been sent west to assist the French who were advancing in Champagne beside our drive in the Argonne. The liaison detachment between the two armies was for a time furnished by the Ninety-second Division.
RESEMBLED BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS
In some ways the Meuse-Argonne offers an interesting resemblance to the Battle of the Wilderness, fought from May 5 to 12, 1864, in the Civil War. Both were fought over a terrain covered with tangled woods and underbrush. The Wilderness was regarded as a long battle, marked by slow progress, against obstinate resistance, with very heavy casualties. Here the similarity ends. The Meuse-Argonne lasted six times as long as the Battle of the Wilderness. Twelve times as many American troops were engaged as were on the Union side. They used in the action ten times as many guns and fired about one hundred times as many rounds of artillery ammunition. The actual weight of the ammunition fired was greater than that used by the Union forces during the entire Civil War. Casualties were perhaps four times as heavy as among the Northern Troops in the Battle of the Wilderness.
THE BATTLE OF THE MEUSE-ARGONNE WAS BEYOND COMPARE THE GREATEST EVER FOUGHT BY AMERICAN TROOPS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN FEW, IF ANY, GREATER BATTLES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT STATISTICS OF THE ENGAGEMENT ARE PRE- SENTED HERE:
American data for the Meuse-Argonne Battle.
Days of battle.
47
American troops engaged
1,200,000
Guns employed in attack
2,417
Rounds of artillery ammunition fired
4,214,000
Airplanes used. 840
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Tons of explosives dropped by planes on enemy lines.
100
Tanks used
324
Miles of penetration of enemy line, maximum 34
Square kilometers of territory taken
1,550
Villages and towns liberated
150
Prisoners captured
16,059
Artillery pieces captured
468
Machine guns captured
2,864
Trench mortars captured
177
American casualties
120,000
Twenty-nine combat divisions achieved the successes and bore the losses of active operations. The story of their achievements cannot be told within the limits of this account.
STAGGERING STATISTICS
Of every 100 American soldiers and sailors, who served in the war with Germany, two were killed or died of disease during the period of hostilities.
The total battle deaths of all nations in this war were greater than all the deaths in all the wars in the previous 100 years.
Russian battle deaths were 34 times as heavy as those of the United States, those of Germany 32 times as great, the French 28 times, and the British 18 times as large.
The number of American lives lost was 122,500, of which about 10,000 were in the Navy, and the rest in the Army and the marines attached to it.
In the American Army the casualty rate in the Infantry was higher than in any other service, and that for officers was higher than for men.
For every man killed in battle seven were wounded.
Five out of every six men sent to hospitals on account of wounds were cured and returned to duty.
In the expeditionary forces battle losses were twice as large as deaths from disease.
In this war the death rate from disease was lower, and the death rate from battle was higher than in any other previous American war.
Inoculation, clean camps, and safe drinking water, practically eliminated typhoid fever among our troops in this war.
Pneumonia killed more soldiers than were killed in battle. Meningitis was the next most serious disease.
During the entire war available hospital facilities in the American Expeditionary Forces have been in excess of the needs.
A MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR
The total direct costs of the war amount to about $186,000,000,000, of which the United States expended approximately $22,000,000,000.
Germany, with $39,000,000,000, spent more than any other country; Great Britain is a close second, with $38,000,000,000; France is third, with $26,000,000,000, and the United States fourth. This country spent about one-eighth of the entire cost of the war, and something less than one-fifth of the expenditures of the allied side.
The war cost the United States something more than $1,000,000 an hour for over two years.
The total cost to the United States was nearly enough to pay the entire cost of running the Government from 1791 up to the outbreak of the European War.
Our expenditures in this war were sufficient to have carried on the Revolutionary War con- tinuously for more than 1,000 years, at the rate of expenditure which that war actually involved.
In addition to this huge expenditure, nearly $10,000,000,000 have been loaned by the United States to the Allies.
The army expenditures have been over $14,000,000,000 or nearly two-thirds of our total war costs.
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BATTLE DEATHS IN HISTORY'S BLOODIEST WAR
Statistics compiled by the War Department show that in four years of the war there were nearly a million and a half more men killed in battle than lost their lives in all the wars from 1793 to 1914. The United States stands twelfth on the list, our losses being less than half those of Bulgaria. The table follows:
Russia
1,700,000
Germany
1,600,000
France
1,385,300
Great Britain.
900,000
Austria
800,000
Italy
330,000
Turkey
250,000
Serbia and Montenegro
125,000
Belgium
102,000
Rumania
100,000
Bulgaria
100,000
United States
48,900
Greece
7,000
Portugal
2,000
Total
7,450,200
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BITS OF THE OLD WORLD-THRU THE EYE OF A SOLDIER'S KODAK
Pictures by C. W. H. Johnston, Pittsfield, Ill.
1. A Medieval Castle.
2. Serbian Soldiers.
3. Promenade at Chatillon-sur-Seine, Second Corps School, France.
Headquarters
4. Chatean-Thierry; forever linked with sacred mem- ories in America.
5. Placid Peasant's Life in "Sunny" France.
"To Live in Hearts We Leave Behind is Not to Die"
"And I want to say, in closing, if anything should happen to me, let's have no mourning in spirit or in dress. Like a Liberty Bond, it is an investment, not a loss, when a man dies for his country. It is an honor to his family, and is that a time for weeping? I would rather leave my family rich in pleasant memories of my life than numbed in sorrow at my death."-Extract from a letter from Lieutenant Ely, of W'innetka, who was killed in the Toul sector in France, April 21, 1918.
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In memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice, we solemnly bow.
ALBERT ELLIOTT COLE, Donnellson, Ill.
Sergeant, Co. A, 148th Regiment. Born Nov. 1, 1876; son of Rev. L. E. and Mrs. S. C. Cole, of Bentley, Alberta, Canada. Joined the colors in September. 1917. Reported killed in France, Sept. 27, 1918. No particulars.
JOHN GILMARTIN, Nokomis.
Was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky., for military training. Died of Spanish Influenza.
WILLIAM E. KNIGHT, Litchfield.
Private, Co. H, 5th Training Regiment. Born July 6, 1886. Married and lived in Litchfield. Joined the colors Sept. 4, 1918; sent to Camp Grant for military training. Died of pneumonia in Camp, October 3, 1918.
EARL E. MILLER.
Sergeant, 23rd Infantry, Machine Gun Company. Born May 31, 1895, Roundtree Township, III. Son of George A. and Sophia Miller, Raymond. Joined the colors April 17, 1917. Fought at Ver- dun, Soissons, Chateau Thierry. Killed in action on St. Mihiel front, Sept. 13. 1918.
SHIRLEY MONCRAVIE, Irving, III.
Corporal, Co. B, 64th Regulars. He was in Mexico with the American Forces and was wounded while hunting Villa. Was among the first American troops to reach France when the World War broke, and took an active part in the great drive that pushed the enemy back across the river. Shirley was cited. June 9th. for gallant conduct. He was killed in action near Paris, on or about July 19, 1918. Shirley was born March 13. 1893, the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Moncravie, now living in the 76th year of her age. She lost two sons and five nephews in the World War. Her husband, who died recently, was a veteran of the war between the States.
JAMES MONCRAVIE, Irving, 111.
Sergeant, 30th Reg., Co. 1. 3rd Div. Had served in the Spanish-American war; also a prior en- listment in the U. S. Army. He re-enlisted Dec. 7, 1917; went across in April. 1918: was in some of the hardest fighting of the war and made the supreme sacrifice in the Argonne Forest, Oct. 13, 1918. James was the eldest son of Mrs. Elizabeth Moncravie, and was born Nov. 30, 1878.
JOSEPH SPINNER, Hillsboro.
Sergeant, Bat. B. 327th F. A. Son of Mrs. Mary Spinner, Hillsboro. Entered the service July 1917; promoted to Sergeant November, 1917; died of pneumonia at Camp Taylor. Kentucky, April 13, 1918.
HENRY GERHARD SUTTER, Harvel.
Co. E, 18th Infantry. Son of Mr. and Mrs. August Sutter. Harvel. Joined the colors April 7.
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WALTER FRANK HICKS-(1)
Co. F, 303d Amm. Train, France. Born Aug. 31, 1892. Son of Alexander J. and Isabelle Hicks, No- komis. Joined the colors April 29, 1918. Gassed at battle of Argonne and died in hospital 25, France, October 23, 1918.
CHARLIE LOEW-(2)
Private. Co. H, 52nd Inf. Son of Wm. and Rachel Loew, Walshville. Joined the colors June 27, 1918. Married June 26, 1918, to Miss Velma Vogel, daugh- ter of George and Cora Vogel of Walshville. Died Camp Grant, Rockford, July 8, 1919.
BERT HARRISON KESSINGER-(3)
Private, Batry. C, 137th F. A. Born July 30, 1898. Son of Charles H. and Laura Jane Kessinger, Soren- to. Joined the colors May 27, 1918. Died Base Hos- pital Brest, France, Jan. 9, 1919.
HUGH R. CASSIDY-(4)
Private, 127th Inf., Co. M, 32d Div. Born Nov. 4, 1892. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Barnard Cassidy, Irving. Joined the colors June 28, 1918. Fought on Meuse front. wounded in battle and died at Brienne Le Cha- teau Aube, France, Oct. 12, 1918.
HERMAN GEHARDS-(5)
Co. E. 127th Inf. Born May 22, 1895, Nokomis. Son of John and Hannah M. Gehards, Nekomis. Joined the colors June 27th. Died in France Oct. 13, 1918.
RAY M. CHANDLER-(6)
Private. Co. A, 122nd M. G. Bta. 53rd Div. Born Sept. 25, 1893. Son of Martin B. Chandler, and Sarah A. Chandler, Hillsboro. Joined the colors July 16. 1917. Died Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, March 1, 1918. First Hillsboro boy to make the supreme sacrifice.
FRED E. BAUER-(7)
Private. Co. I. 119th Inf. Born in Christian County. Son of R. D. and Caroline Elmes Bauer. Nokomis. Joined the colors Feb. 22, 1918. Wounded at battle of Hindenberg Line, Sept. 29, 1918. News of his death in action confirmed by war department in July. 1919.
FRED R. JANSSEN-(8)
Private, Co. E. 127th Reg., 32nd Div. Born Feb. 12. 1893. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ubbe Janssen, Nokomis. Joined the colors June 28, 1918. Wounded at battle in Argonne Forest, Oct. 4, 1918. Died Oct. 6, 1918. Buried Mt. Foucon, Meuse, France.
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EVERETT C. BURTON-(1)
Private, Co. K, 127th Infantry, 32nd Div .; born April 13, 1895. Son of Walter W. and Belle Burton, Wag- goner. Joined the colors June 27, 1918, Hillsboro, Camp Taylor, Camp Beauregard, La., then to New- port News. Wounded Oct. 17, 1918 (gassed), hattle of Argonne Forest. Died Oct. 24, 1918, Rarecourt, France.
WILSON H. COLE-(2)
Private, 122nd Machine Gun Battalion. Born Dec. 30, 1896. Son of Luke and Agnes Cole, Nokomis. Joined the colors May 23, 1917. Killed at battle of Argonne Forest Oct. 10, 1918.
WILLIAM E. BRAY-(3)
Private, 304th Tank Corps. Born Sept. 31, 1889. Son of William Bray, Sr., Litchfield. Joined the colors Aug. 15, 1918. Sent to Jefferson Barracks; trans- ferred to Military Police and sent to Camp Colt at Gettysburg; then to Camp Dix, N. J. Discharged Dec. 7, 1918. Died shortly after his return home of double pneumonia.
CLIFFORD L. ANDERSON-(4)
Private, Co. D, 102nd Infantry. Born May 28, 1896. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Anderson, Litchfield. Joined the colors Sept. 25, 1918. Was in several of the fiercest engagements prior to the signing of the armistice. Returned to rest billet and died of pneu- monia, brought on by exposure in the trenches, at Limoges, France, Nov. 12, 1918.
JOHN ALLEN-(5)
Cook. 58th Co., 15th Bat., 159th D. B. Born Dec. 18, 1892, Nokomis. Son of Mrs. Mary J. Allen, Smithboro. Joined the colors June 28, 1913; promoted to Cook. then instructor of a class in cooking Sept. 10. 1918. Died Camp Beauregard, La .. Oct. 7, 1918.
FREDERICK P. JAMES-(6)
Private; born Sept. 18, 1899. Son of W. C. and Julia James, Litchfield. Joined the aviation Jan .. 1918, in California. Was sent to Ellington Field. Texas. In April he was sent to Payne Field, West Point, Miss .. where he remained until he was killed in an aero- plane accident, Dec. 16, 1918.
EDWARD A. KNIERY-(7)
Corporal, Co. 1, 129th Infantry. Born April 4, 1891. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Kniery, Litchfield. Joined the colors Oct. 5, 1917. sent to Camp Taylor, and to Camp Logan. Wounded at battle of Argonne Forest, Oct. 10, 1918. Died Oct. 11, 1913, American Senon- court Meuse.
LUTHER OLIVER MeLAIN-(8)
Private, 148th Co. D, Inf. Born Jan. 8, 1893. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton MeLain (mother dead) Well- ington, Kans. Reared by his annt, Mrs. Jas. Han- ilton, Hillsboro. Joined the colors April 30, 1918. Killed in action in the Argonne Forest, France, Sept. 28, 1918.
RALPH C. CANNON-(9)
Private, Co. F. U. S. M. C. Born Ang. 15, 1893. Son of Jessie Cannon Smith, and grandson of N. J. Rob- erts, in whose home he was reared, Coffeen, III. Joined the colors at Jefferson Barracks, sent to Port Royal, S. C., for training. There he contracted a cold which developed a bronchial condition Irom which he never fully recovered. Discharged June 23, 1918. Died of influenza at Springfield, Jan. 14, 1919.
JOSEPH CECIL SMITH-10
Private, Co. H, 52nd Inf. Born July 9, 1894. Son of John M. and Maude A. Smith, Barnett. Joined the colors at Hillsboro, June 31, 1918. Overseas in Sept.
Entered trenches Oct. 10. Participated in a number of battles. Was taken to Base Hospital 31 where he died Oct. 30, 1918, of lobular pneumonia. Buried at Contrexville, France, A. E. F. cemetery.
DAVID SAATHOFF-(11)
Ist Class Private, Co. B, 10th Inf. Born Feb. 19, 1895. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Saathoff, Litchfield. Joined the colors May 29, 1918, sent to Rock Island Arsenal; to Camp Custer and died at Camp Custer March 2, 1919, of sleeping sickness.
GEORGE F. PEEBLES-(12)
Corporal, Depot Co. H, U. S. Signal Corps. Born Feb. 19, 1888, Harvel. Son of Lewis A. and Jose- phine Peebles. Coffeen. Joined the colors June 6, 1917. Promoted in Inf. Oct. 11, 1917; Corporal in Signal Corps Mar. 11, 1918, transferred from Inf. to Signal Corps Oct. 20, 1917. Died Fort Wood, New York, March 24, 1918.
WM. H. ZIMMERMAN-(13)
Private. Born March 2, 1888. Son of Charles and Augusta Zimmerman, Walshville. Joined the colors April 30, 1918. Killed in action Nov. 2, 1918, battle of Argonne Forest.
ROY WESTLEY HOLLIDAY-(14)
Co. C. 138th M. G. Btn. Born Nov. 15, 1894. Son of John and Ida Holliday, Litchfield. Joined the col- ors May 27, 1918, at Hillsboro; to Camp Shelby, Miss., for training: to . Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed overseas and landed at Portsmouth, Eng. Died of influenza at Plymouth Oct. 10, 1918. and was buried at Winchester, England. He was married.
WILLIAM H. KARHOFF-(15)
Private, Co. L. 28th Inf .. Ist Div. Born Oct. 14. 1894. Son of William and Anna Karhoff, Nokomis. Joined the colors Feb. 22. 1918. Sent to Camp Taylor. then to Camp Sherman; thence to France in August. Wounded at battle of Argonne Woods. Nov. 7. Died Nov. 14, 1918. Buried in large cemetery Ro- magne, France. No. 187 Sec. 39, Plot 4.
RAY M. WAPLES-(16)
50 Aero Squadron. Born May 31, 1894. Son of J. W. and Clara Waples, Nokomis. Died Canadian Mili- tary Ilospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Jan. 17, 1918.
WILLIAM MULRANEY-(17)
Private, 61st Inf. Born March 24. 1886. Witt, Ill. Son of Patrick and Mary Mulraney, 47 Lime St., Wigan Lanes, England. Joined the colors Sept. 10. 1917. Killed at battle of Argonne, Oct. 13, 1918.
JOEL F. WeDAVID-(18)
Ist Lieut., U. S. Air Service, Paris, Technical Section. Born August 25, 1892. Son of Wm. J. and Barcie S. McDavid, Irving. Joined the colors May, 1917. Offi- cers' Training, Fort Sheridan. Promoted to Ist Lient. Feb .. 1918. Killed at Paris, aeroplane accident, Oct. 12, 1918.
HOLLY F. MeCASLIN-(19)
Co. A. 11th Inf. Born Jan. 4, 1897. Son of B. F. and Lydia MeCaslin (both dead), Ramsey. Joined the colors April 4, 1917. Killed in action, Sept. 14, 1918, in France. Nearest relative, Bert McCaslin. Taylor Springs.
WALTER H. BAKEMAN-(20)
Musician. Private, 327th Field Artillery Band, Co. E. Born Harvel, June 29, 1893. Son of Mrs. Joseph R. Allen, Litchfield. Joined the colors Sept. 18, 1917, Camp Taylor. Ky .; to West Point. Died Oct. 8, 1918, Camp Taylor, Ky.
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ARTHUR BUTLER-(1)
Private. Born May 27, 1893. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Butler, 5 miles S. W. Hillsboro. Joined the colors June 28, 1918, and left for Camp Taylor with a contingent of 350 boys. Died of pneumonia fol- lowing Spanish influenza, Camp Taylor, Ky., Dec. 7, 1918.
OTTO J. EGELHOFF-(2)
Private, Co. F, 127th Inf., France. Born March 1. 1892. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Egelhoff, Ray- mond. Joined the colors June 28, 1918. Killed at battle of Argonne Forest, Oct. 7. 1918.
FRANK H. BEIERMANN (3)
Private, 145th Aero Squadron. Born March 14, 1891. Son of Bernard and Mary G. Beiermann, Raymond. Joined the colors Dec. 6, 1917. Died at San Antonio, Tex., Kelly Field No. 1. Oct. 31, 1918.
WALTER HAVRON-(4)
Sergeant, Ist Div. Inf. Born Jan. 10, 1896, Sorento. Son of Jess A. and Mary S. Havron ( mother dead). Panama. Joined the colors June 20, 1915, and reached France early in the fighting. Cited for conspicuous gallantry. Wounded Oct. 5, 1918; reported missing and later dead. Death confirmed July 18, 1918.
JOHN H. EPLEY-(5)
Private, 10th Co., 3rd Btn., 160th D. B. Born Witt Township. Son of John and Angusta Epley, Nokomis. Joined the colors Sept. 5, 1918. Died at Camp Cus- ter, Battle Creek, Mich., Oct. 18. 1918.
DEAN DAMMANN-(6)
Munition Plant, Pittsburg, Pa. Born Dec. 22, 1896. Son of Geo. and Katherine Dammann, Hillsboro. Joined the colors May 15, 1918. Died Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 27, 1918.
FRED JESTER KARNES-(7)
Private, U. S. M. C. Born Dec. 12, 1893. Son of Alexander O. and Belle Karnes, Hillsboro. Joined the colors June 1, 1915. Fought at San Domingo (La Pena and Santiago), June 1916. Died New Orleans, La., Oct. 8, 1918.
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