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Hunt, Elden Reed - Ramsey
Helm, Edward - Loogootee Hinrichs, Theodore Frederick, Shobonier
Hoffman, Harry Burton, Vandalia Harris, Forrest S. _ Bingham Hawkey, Frank A. - Farina
Hage, Carl W. - Vandalia Hamrick, Benj., - Mt. Vernon Hunter, John Howard, Ramsey
Name P. O. Address Hooker, Aronld Rudy, Ramsey Hudson, Ray Clarence, St. Elmo Hendrickson, Nelson Francis, St. Elmo
Hunter, Claude E. Ramsey Hicks, Thomas Herschel,
Ramsey
Helm, Bee Vandalia
Hawkey, Rudolph - LaClede Hill, Vernie Albertus, Farina Hall, Charles W. - Vandalia Hopkins, Samuel Orval, Shobonier
Hartman, Criss W., St. Elmo Ireland, Eugene R. - Vandalia Ireland, David W. - Vandalia Ireland, James Peter - Avena Johnson, John Henry, Bingham Jones, Levi G. Farina
Jahraus, George W. Jr., Farina Jette, Leroy Vera Jenkins, James Lee - Farina Jerden, Vertal Hugh, Vandalia Jones, Charles Wesley,
Brownstown
Jay, Joseph Vandalia Jackson, James Thos., Ramsey Keen, Roy Farina Karr, James Alfred, Vandalia Koehler, Charles Edward, Brownstown
Klinghammer, Eddie Bayle City King, Winfred - Brownstown Knapp, Charles Henry, Beecher City Klinghammer, Chas. Bayle City King, Almy Bryant - Cowden Kelly, Roy Mckinley,
Beecher City King, John Wesley - Cowden King, Osborne Jr., Brownstown Kepner, Roy Wesley - St. Elmo
Kelley, Len Kelso - Farina Knapp, John - Beecher City
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Name P. O. Address
Keys, Elmer - Ramsey
Kirkman, Hugh - Vandalia
Kelly, Frank Gregory, Vandalia Kelley, Ward Dean - St. Elmo Kinney, Wm. Grover - Vernon
Keeling, George - Vandalia Koehler, Clyde H., Brownstown Lilley, William Edmon Lee,
Beecher City
Long, Harold Douglas - Vera Lancaster, Wm. Frederick, Beecher City Libell, John Frank, Shobonier Law, Elmer L. Vandalia
Lloyd, Gilbert Emanuel, Dayton, Ohio
Lape, Orville Dennis.
Brownstown Logsdon, Walter Emon. Vandalia Logue, Charles Henry, Sullivan
Low, Arlie T Vandalia Lemke, Herman Wm., Vandalia Little, Louis Clinton,
Beecher City
Lancaster, Pren Thomas, Beecher City
Landers, Glen Bingham
Landers, Ward D. - Herrick
Lemke, Albert John George, Vera
Logsdon, Orville - Vandalia
Lange, Walter - Shobonier
Low, Charley F. - Vandalia
Lockart, Virgil Francis, Vandalia
Ledbetter, Eley, Brownstown Linton, Clarence - Vernon Leonard, Walter Chas., Farina Little, Clyde L. . Ramsey Leever, Rolland H. ^ Vandalia
Logue, John W. - Avena Lipsey, John Walker, Vandalia
Name P. O. Address Landers, James R.,
Chattanooga Tenn Luckett, George Alfred, Beecher City
Lawler, Ralph Lane - Vandalia Lilly, Dotson Baine,
Beecher City
Lock, Fred Louis, Assumption Matheny, William Henry, Brownstown
Mosby, George E. Vera
Miller, John W. Ramsey
Mullens, James, Beecher City
McConiga, Fred Raymond, Beecher City
McCormick, Reuben - Farina Magnus, Reinhart - St. Peter Mathewson, Charles Absalom, Ramsey
Mast, Tony Barton - St. Elmo Mathews, George Washington, Mt. Olive
McCarty, John Wm., St. Elmo ' Mills, Fred Raymond, Vandalia. Mckinney, Levi Henry St. Elmo Mueller, Richard Frederick,
Ramsey
Metzger, Arthur Christ, Shobonier Mammen, Homer Clarence, Vandalia
Myers, Lawrence - St. Elmo Maske, George Robt., St. Peter Miller, George N. Jr., Vandalia Mills, Orville Emery . Avena Milne, William H. - Farina Miller, Cyrus Alvin - Ramsey Morrison, James Arthur, Beecher City Meyers, Fred A. - Vandalia McCord, David Frederick,
Vandalia
Mathias, Tim Ramsey
Meyer, Fred John - Shobonier Meyer, Otto A. P. - St. Peter
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Name P. O. Address
Metzger, Jacob John, Shobonier Meyer, John Herman August, Shobonier
McCormick, Jesse Roscoe, Brownstown
Miller, George Hartsel - Avena Moreland, Charles - Pontiac McCafferty, John Douglas, Vandalia
McCaslin, Herschel - Ramsey Mears, Leroy Earnest, Vandalia McConiga, Walter A. - Ramsey
Miller, Fred Ramsey McWilliams, Ross H., Vandalia Moore, Emery Vandalia Merriman, Hallie Franklin,
Ramsey
Meyers, Charles Albert, Vera McBride, John Willis, Ramsey Metzger, Jas. Blain, Shobonier Muck, Arthur Ramsey
McKensie, Hugh Bourton, Beecher City
Morris, Jesse Walter - Avena Muma, Olin Andrew - St. Elmo Marks, Clarence C. - Vandalia Musser, Sirilous, Beecher City Mattes, Clifford G. - Vandalia, Mattes, William Frank Jr. Vera Moreland, Charles - Pontiac Nixon, Walter Benton, Vandalia Nichols, Tony Ramsey Norman, Robert, Beecher City Nall, Lawrence Ramsey Odell, Alva Harrison, Loogootee Owen, James E. Avena Ober, Fred Shobonie e Otto, Charles Henry - Ramsey Oberlink, Frederick William, Brownstown
O'Connor, James Henry, Vandalia
Oglesby, Archie Arthur, Vandalia
Name P. O. Address Oldham, Elmer Glen, Shobonier Otto, George Edward, Ramsey Owen, George Irl, Brownstown Oldham, Selby Luther, Vandalia Owen, Daniel Elzie - Avena Owen, Benjamin F. - Avena Odell, Ward E. - Loogootee Oertwig, Bernhard H., St. Peter Pryor, Floyd Delos - Vandalia Pasley, Isaac J. - Vandalia Plinke, Charles Grover - Vera Paradee, Elbert S. - St. Elmo Pippin, Roy Loogootee
Probst, Henry
Bingham
Price, Verne A. - St. Elmo Pryor, Mason Henry, Vandalia Pyatt, Lester Washington,
St. Elmo
Porter, Eklus G. - Vandalia
Pierce, Samuel Rody _ Cowden Parks, Elza Harwell - St. Elmo
Porter, Rees W. - Vandalia Pasley, Burril Vandalia
Pryor, Fred M., Mulberry Grove Platt, Orville St. Peter Pyette, John Lesty Brownstown Pasley, George Lewis,
Brownstown
Pyatt, Roy St. Elnio
Perkins, William ยท Vernos. Pokorney, Frank - St. Peter Purcell, Loy Russell, Brownstown
Parkison, Robt. Melton, Farina Pedelupe, Harold Hess, Ramsey Pilger, Lawrence Ed - Ramsey Pruitt, William Walter,
Brownstown
Pummill, Harry
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Pruett, Franklin Leslie,
St. Peter
Porter, William Marion,
Brownstown
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Name P. O. Address
Rensmann, Carl Jr., Vandalia
Reece, Paul Melvin, Brownstown
Ritchie, Leo Altamont
Rader, Lewis Arthur, St. Elmo
Rubin, Ernest St. Peter
Rath, Albert St. Elmo
Richardson, Fred T. Jr.
Vandalia
Ritter, Glen A. - Vandalia
Rogers, Clarence Alfred,
Raffel, Ed F.
Ramsey
Roe, Kelly Vandalia
Reed, Joe Jr. Vandalia
Radcliff, Guy Vandalia
Rhodes, Joseph - Brownstown Richardson, Claud - Vandal'a Ryan, Ollie D. - Brownstown
Reeter, Fred Vandalia.
Rothe, William St. Peter
Rebbe, Edward Louis Wm.
Shobonier
Richardson, Owen - Dressor Rich, Levert Cowde. Rich, William Franklin, Cowden
Rhodes, Wesley - Bingham Reed, Harry Joseph - Vandalia Rhodes, Otis Eugene,
Brownstown
Roberts, Lacey J.
Farina
Rhodes, Jesse Bingham
Rogers, Joseph Vera
Royer, Morris F. Vandalia
Reiss, Michael Ramsey
Rush, Orville Bain, Loogootee Richardson, Everett Hiram, Vandalia
Revis, Charles Bingham
Roberts, Clyde M. - Ramsey
Riley, John Marion, > Holliday Rude, Carl J. Ramsey
Riley, Irwin Roscoe,
Beecher City
Name P. O. Address
Reiss, Nicholas Ramsey
Rogers, Herschel
Ramsey
Ritter, Clarence Edwin,
Vandalia
Randall, Orville Ramsev Rhodes, Chester Arnold, Ramsey
Reiss, John E. - St. Peter
Rush, Ezra Earl, Brownstown Ragel, Arthur Lee - St. Elmo Rhodes, William Marion,
Edinburg
Beecher City
Ray, Edgar Harold Brownstown Rubin, Carl Fred - Shobonier Ray, Clifford -
Vera
Rexwinkle, Raymond Henry, St. Elmo
Radliff, Wilson, - Brownstown Rich, George Martin - Cowden Sharp, Lawrence Vera
Smith, Charley Evert,
Brownstown Styles, James Thomas, Vandalia Severns, William Glen,
Brownstown
Sperry, Herman Vera
Sachteleben, Herman Shobonier Sperry, George Stoddard, Dressor
Smitley, Clem C., Brownstown Smitley, Ben _ Brownstown Shepard, George Lewis.
St. Elmo
Smith, Horatio James, Tamalco Strobel, Ed Vandalia Schatz, Charles C. - Farina Stock, Joseph J. - Farina Sidwell, John Wm. Brownstown Schaal, John Henry Shobonier Summerlott, Other Harrison, Brownstown
Stout, Freddie
-
Bingham
Steininger, Wm. Dieckmann,
Vandalia
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Name P. O. Address
Steinhauer, Wallace, Brownstown
Simmons, Delbert A. Mulberry Grove
Spangler, Roy I.
- Loogootee
Scheer, Fred
-
Mt. Pulaski
Schaub, Wm. E.
-
St. Elmo
Stokes, Rufus Prater,
Bayle City
Sutter, John Sam - Vandalia Shepard, Clarence - St. Elmo Strullmyer, Edward F., Farina
Sweet, Harry Jauncey Jr., Vandalia
Sapp, Adolph W., East Chicago, Ind. Schwarm, Henry - St. James Sexton, James Walter, Brownstown
Severns, Joseph Lycurgus, Brownstown Satterlee, Wilson Rush, St. Elmo
Schaal, Martin August, Shoboner
Storck, Louis John Herman, St. Peter
Schaal, August Peter Jacob,
Shobonier
Schatz, Leo A. Farina Sutter, George Walter Vandalia Sachteleben, Louis Rudolph William Shobonier
Stock, Otto Farina
Sprinkle, Arlie Shobonier
Storck, Henry Fred Richard, Shobonier Schroeder, Lewis - St. Peter Stapp, Eugene Frank, Vandali? Shields, Floyd William, Cowden Sachteleben, William H. R., Shobonier
Specker, Hallet A., Brownstown Swarm, Earl - St. Elmo Strullmyer, Albert H., Farina
Name
P. O. Address
Schaal, Emanuel Chas. Henry, Shobonier
Sporleder, Albert H., St. Peter Smith, Jesse Franklin, Brownstown
Strullmyer Otto A. - Farina Segrist, Charles Edward, Vandalia
Stolte, August Henry - Avena Sidwell, Truman Wm., Chicago Sell, Frederick - Brownstown Sachan, Emil Henry Christian, Shobonier
Sarver William H. - Ramsey Sasse, William - Romley, Colo Sachan, Fred Henry, Shobonier Seitz, John O. - Kinmundy Shippy, Ben - Herrick
.Sefton, George H. Brownstown Sanders, Brady Ramsey
Sheppard, Walter E. - Melvin Stubblefield, Fred - Vandalia Sessions, John V. - Shobonier
Sasse, Herman - Shobonier Spreckelmeyer, Orville Richard Vandalia
Spires, Wm. Franklin - Ramsey Stech, Floyd St. Louis Stapp, Marion Gordon Vanda'ia Stine, Chester Bryan, Vandalia Taylor, Bert Lee - Vandalia Turner, Clinton Weber, Brownstown
Taylor Joseph W., Mulberry G. Tate, George Washington, Burton View
Telger, George Henry, Vandalia Tevis, Leonard - Vandalia Troike, Edward H. A., Vandalia Torbeck, George Herman, Shobonier
Torbeck, Otto John Christ, Shobonier
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Name P. O. Address
Tucker, John Arville, Brownstown
Taylor, Andrew
-
Vandalia
Tedrick, Virgil Everett, Vandalia
. Tucker, Alfred Putman, St. Elmo
Thompson, George W., Bayle City
Torkalson, Herman - Vandalia
Turney, Henry
-
Vandalia
Tate, Edward
-
Vera
Tipsword, Levi, Beecher City
Tedrick, Clarence - Vandalia
Troutman, Ernest W.,
Beecher City
Tosch, Frederick Fredward, Vera
Underwood, Geo. Washington, Loogootee
Ulbricht, Zack - Vera
Ulbricht, Louis
Vera
Vincent, Clifford P.
-
Farina
Van Zandt, Bertie - Vandalia
Vincent, Elmer B. B. - Farina
Vogel, Leo Altamont
Vincent, Frank M. - Farina VanZandt, Clem - Vandalia Van Winkle, Virgil T., Vandalia
Wright, Roy C. - Ramsey
Wood, Eugene D. - Vera
Williams, George Washington, Ramsey
Washburn, Frank Albert, Beecher City Wehe, Virgil C. Farina Williams, Thomas R., Ramsey Wiseman, Louis K. - St. Elmo Wodtka, Emil - St. Peter
Wyant, Rollin Vernon
Wright, John O! - Vandalia Wollin, Carl E. St. Peter Wachholz, Ewald J. Jr., Farina Womack, Alva W. - Bingha A
Name P. O. Address
Williams, Robert G. - Vera
Weaver, Walter St. Charles, M. Weakly, Hadley Earl - St. Elmo Whitten, George Albert, Fillmore
Wollin, John St. Peter Wodtke, Frank - St. Peter Wollerman, Arthur Vera Walton, Charles Richard,
Vandalia
Winter, George Owen, Vandalia
Wodtka, Henry - St. Peter
Wilson, Charles F., Brownstown Wever, Martin Frank, St. Peter Wachholz, Walter F. - Farina Williams, John T. - Avena Wakefield, Fred Carl, Dressor Wodtka, Michael - St. Peter Wright, Ramal E. - Vandalia Workman, Orval, Beecher City Williams, Raymond E., Macon Weddle, Benjamin M., Vandalia Wall, Floyd Patoka
Walter, Glen O. - Vandalia Wilson, Louis Edward Vandalia Whitehead, Loren N., Logootee Wuehle, Carl August Kinmundy Watson, Claude V., Shobonier Webber, Roy Avena
Williams, Hughie Jefferson,
Ramsey
Watson, Arthur Samuel, Avena Williams, Guy Franklin, Loogootee Wright, Charles K., Mulberry Grove Wasmuth, E. J. - Shobonier Witherbee, Benjamin F., Mulberry Grove Wells, Clarence Edwin, Mulberry Grove
Weakley, John Pinkston, St. Elmo
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Name P. O. Address Name P. O. Address
Wodtka, Edd John - St. Peter
Wasmuth, Harry Jacob, Shobonier
Wright, Floyd H. - Vandalia
Yates, Charles - Brownstown Zimmermann, Ben, Shobonier
SELECTIVE SERVICE MEN REJECTED AT CAMP
Name P. O. Address
Bulka, Goldie B. - Bingham
Bolt, William - Ramsey
Blankenship, Granville R. Vandalia
Little, Cletis J. Ramsey Mast, Charles Clifton, St. Elmo Miller, Clyde E. - Vandalia Mckay, Joseph Roy,
Buchholz, Clarence E.
Brownstown
Miller, John Vandalia
Carrell, William H. - Ramsey
Durbin, Sandow Ramsey
Pierce, Robert Hanson
Duckworth, William Douglas
Porter, Rollin Don - Vandalia Patterson, Oral Franklin,
Mulberry Grove
Fair, Henry Irvin, Brownstown
Fair, Hessie - Brownstown
Green, Arthur H., Brownstown
Gordon, Orville L. -
Farina
Guffey, Chester E. - Vandalia
Gibson, Andrew Marvin,
Ramsey
Sapp, Mervin E. - St. Elmo Smith, Clark C. - Springfield Schaub, Charles Lee, St. Elmo Snyder, Irl Vandalia
Hoffman, Fred Charles, Vandalia Harville, Wm. Garland, LaClede Helmig, John Fred - St. Paul
Harris, Isaac Vandalia
Hopkins, Adam Vernon Kinney, Ira Edward - Vernon
Lofland, Frank Vandalia
Lipple, Carlton - Vandalia
Leever, Wm. Raymond,
Vandalia
Wakefield, Fred Carl, Dressor Williams, Freddie Herschel, Ramsey
Brownstown
Reynolds, Wm. E. - LaClede
Rensmann, Fred - Vandalia
Sarver, Oscar P. Ramsey
Shepard, James Ira
- Patoka
Snyder, Fred Vandalia
Schert, George David, Vandalia Sefton, Orva Elden, St. Elmo Tealby, Wm. Albert, Shobonier Williams, Marion Joseph, Beecher City
DIED AT CAMP BEFORE BEING EXAMINED Lawler, Howard Glen, Vandalia
Name P. O. Address
Beecher City
Olmstead, Elvan Patoka
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STUDENTS' ARMY TRAINING CORPS
Name
College
Bolds, Elden E. -
Boyer, Raymond Frederick
Buxton, Arthur Henry -
Brasel, Vance Leon
Bond, Ellsworth
Milton College
Bennyhoff, Harry Franklin Chandler, Robert G.
Crowell, Remus
Cahill, William Houston -
Chandler, James Willard Jr.
Dillon, Edward Richardson
- University of Illinois
Dippold, William Dewey
University of Illinois McKendree College
Ebelmesser, Richard C. - Emmel, Fred Bernard Lynch - James Millikin University Fristoe, Dewey F. -
Fulton College
Ferrill, Floyd Fay -
Milton College
Gibbons, Dorsey W.
McKendree College
Ginger, Kelley William
University of Illinois St. Louis University McKendree College
Hasler, Glen Merlin James Millikin University Haynes, Harrington Clanahan, James Millikin University Hunt, Frank Emmertte - James Millikin University Hedgpeth, Archie Elisha - James Millikin University University of Illinois
Humphrey, Allan
Milton College
Hildibrand, Charles Michael Irish, Arnold Oliver Johnston, Leonard E. Klasing, George Virgil Leigh, Joe Claud 1
James Millikin University McKendree College James Millikin University James Millikin University University of Illinois McKendree College
Leever, Frank Marvin Moschenross, Clarence R. Murray, Lowell R.
McKendree College
Metzger, John George
University of Illinois
Metzger, Albert Ulrich - University of Illinois St. Louis University
Mabry, Newell
Osborne, Walter Lee
Milton College
Scaife, William A.
McKendree College
Sandifer, Durward Valdamir, James Millikin University Steinhauer, Daniel E. James Millikin University
Turner, John Hiram
James Millikin University
Van Vranken, Ed
James 'Millikin University
Widger, Floyd Elam
St. Louis University
McKendree College University of Illinois St. Louis University Milton College
University of Illinois
Carthage College McKendree College James Millikin University University of Illinois
Greer, Miller -
Hanbaum, Winfield L.
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FAYETTE COUNTY:
FAYETTE COUNTY OFFICERS
ADJUTANT GENERAL FRANK S. DICKSON
Fayette County may well feel honored to claim as her son one of so splendid a military record as Adju- tant General Frank S. Dickson. Adjutant General Dickson began his military career, as did most of our Fayette county officers, in Company I, 4th Infantry in which organization he enlisted in 1896. After his en- listment General Dickson advanced rapidly holding in turn the rank of regimental commissary sergeant; Captain Quartermaster 4th Inf .; Captain Adjutant; Captain aide-de-camp; Staff commander-in-chief ; Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General and Brigadier General, Adjutant General, Chief of Staff.
General Dickson, who is a native of Ramsey, saw service in Cuba during the Spanish-American War with Company I and there first demonstrated his military ability. But it was during the great World War that he rendered his state and nation service second to none when, as Adjutant General, he had complete charge of the selective service in Illinois. The same thorough- ness and efficiency that has characterized him in all of his activities was very evident in the manner in which the draft machinery throughout the state was manip- ulated.
General Dickson has had the distinction of serv- ing as Adjutant General of the state of Illinois under four governors. He was first appointed to the position by Governor Charles S. Deneen Jan. 1, 1910, and con- tinued to hold his office during the administrations of Governor Dunne, Governor Lowden, and until Feb. 4, 1922, under Governor Small, on which date he tendered his resignation which was accepted.
Although the services of General Dickson during the Great War entitle him to the everlasting gratitude. of the people of the state and nation, the services which he has rendered the state of Illinois in peace are no less great. Few have been so successful as General Dick- son in the handling of internal strife within the state.
ADJUTANT GENERAL FRANK S. DICKSON
MAJOR ELIJAH P. CLAYTON LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN J. BULLINGTON CAPTAIN MARK GREER MAJOR CHAS. A. CLARK
CAPTAIN FRED G. W. EASTERDAY
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When other states were guarding factory districts with troops during strikes, as in the recent Steel Strike, Illi- nois with far greater involvement than neighboring states, under the able direction of General Dickson re- fused to resort to military control of the districts in- volved, leaving it to local officers to maintain order, and with the result that Illinois factory districts were almost entirely free from violence while others were experiencing the greatest difficulties.
The esteem in which Gen. Dickson is held by the people of this and adjoining counties was evidenced by his election from this, the 23rd District to the 59th Congress, previous to his appointment as Adjutant General.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN J. BULLINGTON
Lieutenant Colonel John J. Bullington was born in Otego township, Fayette County, Illinois, in 1879, a son of John and Ailcy Bullington. His perents were na- tives of Virginia and came to Illinois at the close of the Civil War. His father was a sergeant in the Confed- erate Army, serving through the entire war and re- ceiving several wounds.
The military career of Col. Bullington began in 1901 when he enlisted as a Private in Company "I" 4th Illinois Inf. He served as a Private until July 5, 1907, when he was commissioned Captain of the same Com- pany. He was Captain of this Company until 1913 when he became a Regimental Staff Officer of the 4th Ill. inf. He was Quarter Master of this Regiment dur- ing Mexican Border service in 1916.
In May 1917, he was promoted to Major, and placed in command of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Inf. This Regiment was called into service in August 1917, and sent to Camp Logan, Huston, Texas, for training for duty in the World War.
In March 1918, Col. Bullington was transferred to the 132nd Infantry, and placed in command of the 3rd Battalion. He commanded this Battalion until the Armistice was signed. He was then promoted to Lieut. Col. and assigned to the 130th Inft., which was the old
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4th Ill. Inft.
In Feb. 1919, he was sent as a member of the American Military Mission to Berlin, and was the Inter- Allied representative in northern Germany for six months, and assisted in the repatriation of the Russian prisoners of war then in the German Prison Camps.
He was mustered out of the service October 9, 1919, and returned to Taylorville, Illinois, where he resumed the practice of law.
His Battalion saw much front-line service and was engaged in many battles. He was wounded and gassed.
He received citations from his Division Command- er and from General Pershing, and was also awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre by the Belgian Govern- ment for meritorious conduct in battle.
In civil life Col. Bullington was a school teacher and afterwards a lawyer. He was City Attorney of Vandalia, reporter for the Illinois Supreme Court, Pri- vate Secretary to Justice Farmer of the Illinois Su- preme Court, Private Secretary for Congressman Dick- son, and member of the 50th General Assembly of Illinois.
CHAS. A. CLARK, MAJOR, Q. M. C.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Clark, of Vandalia. Graduate of Vandalia High School. Graduated from University of Illinois in 1898, receiving degree of B. S. in Electrical Engineering. Secretary and Gen'l. Mgr. of Vandalia Light & Fuel Company 1899 to time of enter- ing Regular Army. Alderman 1st Ward two terms.
Enlisted in Company I, 4th Illinois National Guard July 3rd, 1893. Was a member of Company I, and saw service and strike duty at Mounds Junction and Spanish American War. Was Captain Company I, 1899, un- til he entered the Regular Army in 1901.
Accepted commission as Second Lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps Regular Army, September 23, 1901. Served at Fort Worden, Washington as District Quar- termaster, District Ordnance Officer and District Artil- lery Engineer.
Transferred in 1905 to Ft. Totten, New York and served as Commanding Officer 101st Company, Coast
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Artillery ; then District Ordnance Officer, District Quar- termaster and Constructing Quartermaster until Aug- ust 1909.
Attended the Coast Artillery School at Fortress Monroe in 1909, graduating in 1910. Sent to Ft. Ruger, H. I. 1910, as District Quartermaster, which position he held for one year, being then appointed District Ord- nance Officer, District Artillery Engineer and Chief Sig- nal Officer of the Hawaiian Department. In these ca- pacities he had supervision of the mounting of the guns in the Coast Defenses in those Islands and installation of the fire control system, also built the Army Wire- less, located in those Islands.
Returned to the United States in November 1915. Was stationed at Ft. Winfield Scott, San Francisco in command of the 157th Company, Coast Artillery (Sub- marine Mine Company). While in command of this Company, had charge of mine explosions and demoli- tion, which position he held until the beginning of the Great War.
Was then made Assistant to the Commanding Offi- cer of the National Guard District, which controlled all of the Guards on Railroads and Utilities in the area extending from Hanford, Cal., to the Oregon Line, and from San Francisco to Salt Lake City.
In August 1917, reported to Camp Pike, Little Rock, Arkansas as Brigade Adjutant of the 163rd Bri- gade. Later became General Staff Officer acting as G-2 with the 87th Division. Graduated from short intelli- gence course at War College, Washington, and in De- cember 1917, was ordered overseas for instruction pur- poses. In January and February of 1918, was in Eypes Salient, New Zealand Division, going from there to the General Staff College at Longre, France, graduating in June 1918, and returned to the United States and joined his Division which was then at Camp Dix, pre- paratory to embarking for France. Was promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel May 1918.
Returned to France with the Division as G-1, later becoming Chief of Staff of the Division which was brought home and demobilized by him in Feb. 1919.
After the Division was demobilized, he was de- tailed for four years in the Quartermaster Corps and ordered to duty at the 7th Zone, Chicago, Illinois. In
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July, 1920, was transferred from Coast Artillery to the Quartermaster Corps and has remained stationed at the General Intermediate Depot, Chicago, Illinois, ever since.
MAJOR ELIJAH P. CLAYTON
Major E. P. Clayton, as did his fellow officers, be- gan his military career in Company I, 4th Illinois U. S. Vol., in which organization he enlisted as a private June 22, 1886. June 22nd, 1891, he became corporal and a year later was commissioned 1st Lieutenant. He resigned July 1, 1893, but re-enlisted in the 4th Ill. U. S. Volunteers June 1, 1894. He was immediately elect- ed 1st sergeant, and 1st Lieutenant July 6, 1897. Three years later, November 1900, he was elected Captain and Adjutant and was promoted to the rank of Major, 4th Ill. U. S. Volunteers June 1904. He was re-elected July 1914, to rank from June 1904. May 18, 1917, he
was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 4th Ill. U. S. Volunteers. Major Clayton served in the Spanish American War and saw active service in Cuba. After being mustered into Federal Service in June 1916, his battalion served on the Mexican border with the 4th Ill. Infantry. He was mustered out of Federal Service March 15, 1917, and was again mustered into Federal Service as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th In- fantry, Aug. 4th, 1917. He was honorably discharged Sept. 26, 1918. A month later, Oct. 30, 1918, he was appointed Major, United States Guards, and was hon- orably discharged March 10, 1919.
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