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ident's Call.
Humrickhouse, Ira N .. . Apr. 30-17. .
Hurst, Herbert M. July 16-17.
Jacobs, Harvey. Aug. 3-17 .. . Reported S. D.
James, George. July 31-17. . Reported S. D.
James, Jesse. Aug. 1-17 .. . Reported S. D.
Johnson, Riley E. July 2-17.
Jordon, Marshall June 30-17. .
Keys, Thomas C. Aug. 4-17 .. . Reported S. D.
Kinman, Ransom E. . Apr. 30-17. .
Knight, Robert E. . July 2-17 . . .
Lampley, Frank R Aug. 2-17 .. . Reported S. D.
Little, Erva L June 20-16 ..
Lovino, Joe. Aug. 1-17 .. . Reported S. D.
McCollum, Lawrence S. July 27-17. . Reported S. D.
McCollum, Tillman [ .. . Aug. 5-17 .. . Reported S. D. McCormick, Roy July 21-17.
McGovern, Pete T .. .
. Aug. 1-17 ... Reported S. D.
McGovern, William P. . Aug. 1-17 .. . Reported S. D.
Mabry, William E. Aug. 2-17 .. . Reported S. D.
Malone, Claud. . July 26-17. . Reported S. D.
Mannen, Sidney W .. July 25-17. .
Meads, Joseph L .. . June 25-17. .
Melvin, Raymond J . ... June 22-16. .
Merritt, Dewey G .. . .
. July 30-17. . Reported S. D.
Miller, Leslie B. . Aug. 5-17 ... Reported S. D.
Millikan, Anthony B. . . Mar. 27-17
Millikan, John L .. June 19-16. .
Mitchell, Vern R. July 30-17. . Reported S. D.
Morgan, Cordell T June 22-16. .
Moore, Alva. June 5-17 ... Absent. A. W.
L. since July 30-17.
Moore, Charlie. June 5-17. .. Absent. A. W.
O. L. since July 30-17.
Mundell, Stanley W. . . . May 17-17. .
Neal, Horace. July 27-17 .. Absent.
Neel, James D.
July 22-17 . .
Park, Waldo Apr. 7-17.
Peters, Guy P June 23-16. .
Pigg, Sebel. June 26-17.
Pool, Willie E. Apr. 30-17 . .
Powell, Evan W June 10-17. .
Pulliam, Max B .. July 11-17.
Rakoczy, John July 25-17.
Reed, Leslie S. July 30-17. . Reported S. D.
Richardson, James O ... Aug. 1-17. . . Reported S. D.
Richardson, Archie E .. . July 23-17. . Rogers, Roy M. June 19-16. .
Sanders, Lebron June 30-17. .
Schwartz, Cecil E. Aug. 3-17 .. .
Scillian, Glen C .. July 24-17 . .
Secco, Joe. May 29-17 ..
Sharp, Asa P. July 27-17.
Shelton, Louis D.
July 25-17. .
Sigsbee, Arban E. . June 20-16. .
Sigsbee, Charles A. . June 25-16. .
Smith, Dan M. July 25-17. .
Stanewich, John July 25-17 ..
Stanewich, Tony Aug. 1-17 .. . Reported S. D.
Stanley, Mark A. May 1-17 ..
Stone, John M. July 27-17. . Reported S. D.
Sullivan, Barney July 20-17 . .
Summers, Neal. July 25-17 .
Sutton, Oscar O Aug. 1-17 .. . Reported S. D.
Taber, Harry. . May 8-17. .
Wayman, Alva. July 25-17 . .
Webber, William H ... May 8-17. . .
Whaley, Ivan R .. Aug. 1-17 ..
.Reported S. D.
Whittington, Arlie N. . . June 20-16. .
Williams, John M. . June 11-17 ..
Winding, John A .. June 11-17. .
Yates, Harry A July 24-17 . .
The foregoing is a correct list of the names as they appear on the original Muster Roll of Company F, 4th Regiment, Ill. N. G. of date July 25, 1917. Dated at Benton, Ill., Aug. 8, 1917.
OSCAR C. SMITH,
Captain, Commanding the Organization. GEORGE W. BUSHONG, 1st Lieut., 5th Ill. Inf.,
Asst. Inspecting and Mustering Officer. F. S. DICKSON, The Adjutant General, Chief of Staff.
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Review of Company "F"
and the 33rd Division in the World War.
A FTER the company was mobilized at the Franklin County Fairgrounds at Benton, on July 25th, 1917, with Captain O. C. Smith in command, preliminary train- ing was given the officers and men and the Company was recruited to the full strength of 150 men as permitted by the orders at that time. The organization was mustered into the Federal Service August 8th, 1917, with a full strength of one hundred and fifty men and three officers. On August 24th, Captain Smith received orders to proceed in person to Camp Logan, Houston Texas, where he was assigned to duty as Assistant Division Judge Advocate of the 33rd Divi- sion; leaving 1st Lieut. Stanley B. Brown in command of the Company. The Com- pany continued with this training at the fairgrounds until October 9th, 1917, when it was entrained for Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, under the command of 2nd Lieut. Barney B. Neal-1st Lieut. Stanley B. Brown being at that time in attendance on a Court Martial at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. The Company was en- camped immediately and went into intensive training under the command of Lieut. Stanley B. Brown.
Company "F", of the 130th Infantry, was assigned to the 33rd Division which had for its nucleus the former National Guard of the State of Illinois.
On October 29th, 1917, Captain Fred B. Givens, who had been an instructor in the National Army cantonments, training offi- cers, was assigned to Company "F" and assumed command.
During the first week of January, 1918, after orders had been received that local officers were not to be in command of their companies for overseas service, many trans- fers were made: Ist Lieut. H. M. Brown, who had been Battalion Adjutant and had received commission as Captain was trans- ferred to Company B, and Ist Lieut. Stanley B. Brown was transferred also to Company B, as well as Sergeant Ben Stewart who had been promoted to 2nd Lieut .; 2nd Lieut.
Barney B. Neal was assigned to Division Headquarters as Intelligence Officer.
The Lieutenants of Company K were assigned to Company "F". The officers were: Ist Lieut. Michael D. Driscoll, 1st Lieut. Horace Conkright, Ist Lieut. Law- rence Jaques, 2nd Lieut. Virgil A. Miller, 2nd Lieut. Robt. L. Nesbit.
On January 13th, Company "F" engaged in a competitive drill, winning first place, and was designated as the model company of the 33rd Division.
The Company was then filled up to war strength of 250 men and received their overseas equipment.
On May 4th, the Company left Camp Logan, for port of embarkation and arrived at Hoboken May 8th, and moved out to Camp Upton for actual sailing orders. On the trip across the United States the Com- pany and regiment made parades at Paris, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; and Goldsboro, Penn. The town of Goldsboro is a small place on the map but it holds a large place in the hearts of the boys of this company and regiment.
A week was spent in Camp Upton, drilling very little and on the morning of the 15th, entrainment was made for Hoboken and embarkation on the good ship Agamemnon, sailing the next day. Many things far too touching to write about stirred the hearts of the men as they passed the Goddess of Liberty with the City of New York slowly fading from view on the horizon. The boys were eager for adventure and desire tc fight the Hun, so the regrets on leaving the States soon changed to pictures of what the future had in store for them.
The Agamemnon was a former German liner, Kaiser Wilhelm, the second largest vessel taken over by the Allies during the war. On the trip across there were 7,500 on board besides the crew.
The crowded condition on board caused vengeful thoughts to arise in the minds of the boys, as there were no Germans handy to wreak vengeance on, their thoughts had
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to be expressed in some other way. The Captain of the ship was much surprised at their desires to meet submarines and said the Division would make excellent soldiers at the front as they were the roughest bunch he had ever seen.
The ship was carrying more than its capacity and the men had to sleep by turns, one half by day and the other half by night Life preservers were worn at all times, which did not add to the peace of mind, although it was absolutely necessary. A morning boat drill was a part of the daily routine.
The 7th day out, convcys were met which consisted of six destroyers, and on the morn ..
CAPT. FRED. B. GIVENS WHO COMMANDED CO. F" DURING THE WAR RESPECTED AND ADMIRED BY HIS MEN
ing of the 24th, land was sighted at 10:30 A. M. and the ship pulled into harbor at Brest, France. There were fourteen ships in the harbor loaded with United States soldiers. The Division stayed on board two days, and on the Sunday morning of the 26th landed and hiked from the city of Brest to a rest camp about one mile outside of the city limits. There they pitched pup tents and four days were spent here drilling and getting acquainted with the French habits.
On the 13th, the Company hiked to Brest and entrained for the interior, using the small French cars (8 chevaux, or 40 hommes the inscription on each car, meaning 8 horses or forty men). The regiment was loaded on one train of these small cars, whereas four trains were used to transport the same regiment from Camp Logan to Camp Upton. Orders had been received for the American Sector but en route later orders were received for the British Sector, where pre-
parations for a great German drive were under way.
Four days were taken for the trip from Brest. On the third day, as the train passed through Rouen, an air raid was in progress and the regiment experienced the first touch of war. The next day, Oisemont was reached, where the regiment detrained, marched to a rest camp and ate their dinner. A Scotch band met the train, thereby honoring the first American troops in this Sector. Here the regiment was divided, each Battalion be- ing sent to a different training field where the trench and other intensive training was given by English instructors. The next month was consumed by different styles of training in several camps, part of the time in supporting trenches. In Molliens Woods, near Amiens, it was necessary to dig holes and pitch pup tents over them as protection against air raids, making undistinguishable targets.
On July 18th, orders were received for the Somme front, where the British and Aus- tralians were repelling the great German drive. The trenches occupied at the front were about three miles from Corbie. Here the next four weeks were spent patroling and scouting. During the stay at Amiens, the regiment was under shell fire, and with their own guns in the rear firing over them, re- ceived the first real thrill of warfare.
On the 9th, a hike was made to Corbie Woods and the next night to the front in Morlancourt in support of the British and Australians, who were making an advance. Here they found the grounds covered with dead, a platoon of Co. "F" buried sixty-four Germans and four or five British and Australians. On the 11th, return was made to Corbie Woods and then back to Molliens- au-Bois.
During these operations the 33rd Division occupied a line of trenches of probably ten miles and many companies took part in the attack during this drive. Company C and E of the 131st Infantry and A and G of the 132nd Infantry took part in the attack on Hamel. This was on July 4th, and it was the first time that the Americans had fought with the British in an action of any magnitude. The Americans charged to the shout of the "Lusitania." After this battle the story was widely circulated throughout the British Army and in England that the Australians remarked to some of the Amer-
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ican soldiers: "You'll do me, Yank, but you chaps are a bit rough!" When four of the American companies were returning to their commands the day after the engage- ment, they were met by an Australian Colonel who started to address them in formal fashion but blurted out, "Yanks, you are fighting fools but I'm for you!" Although of minor importance from a military stand- point, these operations in which our Company "F" and other companies com- manded by Company "F's" old officers were first in action, exercised an uncalculable influence. Amiens at that time was con- sidered the dangerous spot on the British front and a great German drive was expected. The British knew that the American Regulars would fight but up to that time they had no proof of the efficiency of other American troops. Hamel demonstrated con- clusively that, in all the American troops, they possessed allies upon whom thorough dependence could be placed in any military operation, no matter how difficult.
In token of his appreciation, on August 12th, King George visited the headquarters of the 33rd Division at Molliens-au-Bois and personally bestowed upon four officers and 15 men of the 33rd Division various British decorations such as the Military Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal-pinning the decorations on each recipient and con- gratulating him for his gallantry.
On August 23rd the Division was trans- ported by rail to the French Sector, detrain- ing in the rear, resting a few days, then marching up in support of the St. Mihiel drive. The troops of the First American Army being concentrated in the Toul Sector to organize for the great offensive on August 26th. It was concentrated in the region of Tronville-en-Barrios.
On September 5th the start was made for Verdun where the 120th French Division and the right Division of the 127th French Division was relieved on the nights of Sep- tember 7, 8, and 9th. The 33rd Division was therefore the first American Division to hold a portion of the front line on that historical battlefield.
In the attack of September 26th, 1918, which marked the beginning of the desperate Meuse-Argonne battle, the 33rd formed the right of the Third American Corps. The two most powerful posts between the Meuse and Argonne were Montfaucon and
the Bois-de-Forges. Both were deemed by the Germans impregnable, and yet three hours and thirty-three minutes after jumping off, the 66th Brigade, composed of the 131st and 132nd, and a Battalion of 130th (Major Harry M. Brown in command,) and the 124th Machine Gun Battalion, had turned the position and captured with very small loss this formidable wood, a veritable fortress of machine gun nests. The first Battalion of the 130th was the pivot in this attack. This maneuver was conceded to be the most strategical maneuver of the American Army during the War and secured for Colonel Wm. K. Naylor promotion to the rank of Brigadier General.
The troops of the 33rd Division taking part in this action were the only ones that reached their objective on time. Company "F" was in support but on the 27th was ordered to relieve Company D, of the 80th, which had practically been annihilated- the Captain and one man left out of the entire company. This location, about three- fourths mile distant and the objective, was reached by (leap frog method of attack) Company "F" gaining a few yards, then leaped by Company B and in this manner a line was established. Here the first man from Company "F" was killed, Corporal Harry L. Riddle, by a large shrapnel shell. For ten days Company "F" laid in the woods and held the position until relieved by Company F of the 132nd.
On October 6th, the "33rd" was trans- ferred to the French 17th Army Corps, Company "F" was stationed on "Whiz Bang Hill" (this hill was named from the constant bombarding by the Germans with Whiz Bang shells) on the banks of the Meuse with the Germans on the other side; Company "F" occupied trenches and dug outs and did out-post and patrol duty. On the second day, just before daylight on October 14th, Corporal Pete McGovern, while bringing in an outpost of four men, was hit by a shrapnel and killed-three of the four men were wounded. Two or three days later another man was killed, while cutting kindling to build a fire in the dug out. On the 15th, Lucien Compton was badly gassed by mustard gas while carrying a message to headquarters-he managed to deliver the message after which he collapsed. On the night of the 15th, the Company was ordered to march in support of the French
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17th Corps, making an attack on the East side of the Meuse where the 108th Engineers had finished the difficult operation of build- ing under direct observation and constant enemy fire, two bridges, one at Brabaut, 120 feet long in 12 feet of water and another 156 feet in length at Consenvoye in 16 feet of water. This difficult task was accom- plished before time set for the Infantry to cross; and the crossing by the troops was made under the same conditions; certainly wonderful courage was shown by the troops as they crossed over in plain view of the enemy. After two days in the trenches at Consenvoye, Company "F" was ordered to Bois-de-Chaume, where the troops had been ordered to retire on account of the inability of the 58th Infantry, 29th Division, to keep pace with them. Here new lines were established and on the 22nd the Company was relieved, by Company D of the French Colonial Troops, and marched to German- ville for one day and then on to an aban- doned German camp which the boys called "Cootie Valley" toward Marcheville, behind Saule, to the trenches taken from the Germans. Company G was holding Saule as outpost. On the night of the 7th of November, orders were received by Com- pany "F" to make an attack on Chateau et Fine de Aul Nois and Marcheville- certainly a real order for one company-but the attack was held up by heavy machine gun fire and the Company returned to Saul.
On the 8th, a patrol led by Lieut. Loren C. Clayton, of Company G who had been attached to Company "F", Lieut. Nesbit of Company "F" and twelve men were attacked by heavy machine gun fire. A charge was made on the machine gun nest and twelve Germans were killed and one prisoner cap- tured, whose home was at Collinsville, Illinois, and had previous to the war con- ducted a bakery shop at that place. Hearing the heavy fire the company was ordered forward and escorted the patrol back with the prisoner. Sgt. John E. Dougherty captured the prisoner and later was decor- ated with the D. S. C. for the achievement.
The Company returned to Saul and on the morning of the 9th was ordered to attack and hold at all costs a near-by wood full of machine guns. The enemy was driven out with eight dead left-Company "F" had only three men wounded in this action. The position was held as an outpost. During the
night orders were received to take a trench just beyond the woods which was found to be unoccupied and the Company was ordered back to Saul with orders to attack Marche- ville, one and one-half miles away, at 5:45 the next morning. The march was made to the river where preparations for the "zero hour" were made. Promptly at 5:45 the barrage was started and the boys went over-every five minutes the barrage was lifted and an advance of 100 yards made in the face of heavy machine-gun fire. Marche- ville was reached at 10:45, when it was necessary to get into communication with Company G on the right; First Sgt. Curtis Crisp received orders from the Captain but instead of ordering any of his men to deliver the message as was customary, he delivered it himself. Upon returning through the trenches that had not been "mopped up" a German sniper fired on him. Creeping up the Sergeant shot the sniper, who later proved to be the German who had wounded Capt. Givens, a short time before. Continuing to where he left the Captain he found the Captain was not there and part of the 4th platoon retreating. Ordering them back in line he again started to hunt the Captain and he was shell-shocked and gassed by a shell bursting nearby. Continuing his search, not conscious of where he was going he crawled into a dugout and found the Captain wounded, and the Ser- geant later was found in another trench by Lieut. Nesbit. Sgt. Crisp, for the action of delivering the message to Company G instead of sending one of his men or a detail, later received the D. S. C. and Croix de Guerre. On account of Company G re- treating, the enemy was permitted to make a flank movement on the right which caused Company "F" to fall back to the edge of town, where it was reorganized and a re-attack made and the town was again captured by Company "F", "mopped up" and held until the Company was relieved by the 129th, and then Company "F" was ordered to make another attack near Join- ville when the armistice was signed. Total casualties 156, 14 of whom were killed.
During the engagement leading up to and during the "big push" of the American troops, Company B, which was commanded by the old Company "F" officers as pre- viously noted, was in the thickest of the fighting. Part of the Company's history,
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during these engagements, as written by a member of the Company, says: "On the night of the 25th of September we went into trenches east of Cumiers Road, near Dead Man's Hill. That night the big offensive started with a heavy barrage, the "Dough Boys" went over the next morning, Corporal Bolch and Pvt. Johnson were killed. We spent that night and the next day in this system, moving the next day to Bethlincourt. We were there one day and night, relieving the 320th Infantry the next morning. September 29th, in Dannevoux wood, Ernest Coulter was killed and Don Way badly wounded. The same day, Germans tried a daylight raid on one of our outposts, resulting in the death of three Germans and one of our men-Pvt. Duncan. On the 12th, we relieved the 129th Infantry at Consenvoye-Sgt. Ed Moschenrose was killed here. After a week in these trenches, we were relieved by the French, and hiked two nights back to Rupt-en-Woevre. We
were here three days after which we went into the line at Fresnes, spending three days in support and then moving to the front line-the 29th. That night "Jerry" almost demobilized Company B, by sending over a gas barrage, resulting in 72 casualties in two days. On the morning of November 11th, with only 21 men left for duty, we were ordered over the top. When 11:00 A. M. came and the firing ceased we fell back to our original line."
On the next day the troops were ordered back to the original lines where they cleaned up and received new equipment. Early in December the Division became a part of the Army of Occupation and marched into Luxemberg on April 24th, entrained for Brest, France, embarked for the United States on the 12th and seven days later landed in New York, and was sent to Camp Mills for four days and then to Camp Grant where the Company was discharged and sent to their respective homes.
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(1) ARNETT, Pvt. THOS. PICKNEY; (Chris- topher) miner; age 27; b. Pickneyville; married Grace Phillips. Enlisted Aug. 22, St. Louis, Mo .; overseas Dec. 10. Killed in action; attached Co. 66, 5th Reg.
(2) BOLIN, Pvt. DORSIE JACKSON; (Ben- ton) farmer; age 25; b. Benton; son of Sadie Weston, Benton. Entrained May 29, '18, Benton; overseas July 26, '18; died of wounds Oct. 15, '18; buried in French Military Cemetery, France.
(3) BAUER, Pvt. WALSTON; (Macedonia) farmer and teacher; age 22; b. Franklin County; son of John R. and Virdie Bauer, Benton; mar- ried Ella Moss; child, June Walston. Entrained May 29, '18, Benton; died of pneumonia at Camp Gordon, Ga .; attached Co. A, 5th Repl.
(4) BARNES, Pvt. WILSON BROWNLEW; (San Francisco, Cal.) student; age 28; b. Jeffer- son County; son of W. J. Barnes and Sarah Jane Page. Entrained May, '17; overseas Sept., '18; battles Argonne Forest. Killed Oct. 3, 1919; at- tached 363-rd Reg., 91st Div.
(5) BERTINO, Pvt. FRANK; (Orient) miner; age 29; b. Salassa Canavese, Italy; son of Frank and Margaret Bertino, Italy. Entrained April 27, '18, Benton; overseas May, '18; killed Sept. 26, '18, Argonne Front; attached Co. 18, 5th Bn.
(6) BATES, Pvt. DEMPSEY T .; (Sesser) farmer; age 24; b. near Sesser; son of Kelley and Malinda Bates, Sesser. Entrained May 29, '18, Benton; overseas July 26, '18; attached Co. E, 16th Inf .; killed Oct. 9, '18, by high explo- sive.
(7) CONNOR, Pvt. MELVIN HORACE; (Ben- ton) age 18; b. Broughton County; son of Thomas and Naomi Connor. Enlisted Aug. 5, '17, Ben- ton; killed during raid on Marchville, France, about Nov. 10, '18; attached Co. F, 130th Reg., 33rd Div.
(8) CARDWELL, Pvt. SHERIDAN; (Thomp- sonville) farmer; age 30; b. Thompsonville; son of M. G. Cardwell and Mary Knight. Enlisted '08, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis; overseas June 13, '17; mortally wounded July 18, '18, and died of wounds while on the battlefield; attached Co. F, 16th Inf.
(9) COWEN, Pvt. EARL; (West Frankfort) miner; age 26; b. Pana; son of Isaac and Sarah Cowen. Entrained April 27, '18, Benton; over- seas June, '18; wounded Sept. 28, '18, died Oct. 4, '18, near Verdun, France; attached Co. B, 147th Reg., 37th Div.
(10) DARNELL, Pvt. LESLIE; (Thompson- ville) age 21; b. Thompsonville; son of Frank and Laura Darnell. Entrained May 29, '18, Ben- ton; battles St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; killed in action; attached Co. F, 16th Reg., 1st Div.
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(11) FERRELL, Corp. CLIFFORD; (West Frankfort) bookkeeper; age 31; b. Elizabeth- town; son of John H. and Sallie R. Ferrell. En- trained Oct. 5, '17, Elizabethtown; overseas April, '18; battles St. Mihiel; wounded at St. Mihiel; died Sept. 21, '18; attached Co. G, 6th Inf.
(12) GLAZEBROOK, Pvt. HARLEY; (Salem, Ohio) glass-cutter; age 23; b. Ina; son of Oscar Glazebrook (deceased) and Nora Kirk, Benton; married Edith Sommers. Entrained April 27, '18, Salem, Ohio; overseas May; killed in action Oct. 3, '18; atached Co. M, 330th Inf.
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