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HISTORY OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY
William F. Krautz Joseph Kressin William Kreutzer
George E. Lamb Walter A. Lambert Roy Lambkin
Ralph Earl Larew
William John Kersten
Earl M. Lawson Lewis LeGrande
Eddie Kimble
Edward P. Leonard
Ora E. Kinnaman
Harry T. Lewis
James Arthur Keating
Henry Liebenow
Otto August Kasten
Alphonse Lienhart
Frank Kiser Albert L. Koerner
Martin Lippert
William Keys
Stanley W. Lloyd
Arthur S. Klemp
John Loar
Clarence Kennedy
John A. L. Lockhart
Fred Kreutzer
Ray Love
Carl Krekler
John R. Lowe
Walter E. Klinkenberg William Kelly
George Gary Ludwig
George V. Lingenfelser
Henry Kempin
James Carothers Lysle
Michael William Knapp
Otis Calvin Lytten
Stephen George Kramer
John M. Langley
Louis Harold Kane
Clarence L. Langley
Alva King
I. R. Lurker Miner Lott Earl Long
Mack Lawrence
John Langly
Joseph C. Klasinski
Squire Logan
Virgil Charles Lurker
Matt Kersten John Krautz Frank Joseph Killillay
Jerome Levy George Lippert
Harold Joseph Kueny Henry L. Klamet
John G. Lozenski, Jr.
Herman V. Lichtenfel John O. Latta 7
William C. LaCaille John Lada John J. Laird
Raymond L. Lord John Larkin Abe E. Laird
Arthur Klamm Fred Christ Kruse Walter Kaster Kenneth C. Knight
Charley Lina
Edward Kleinschmidt Albert Alexander Kihm
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Dan Love James F. Lahiff Adolf Lowenstein Emmit Logan David T. Lidsay Foster Laming Joseph Lozenski Eugene A. Longgood Ralph Lewis Samuel Langford George Lawrence Leonhard Lewis Earnest Lohman Lester Carr Lewis Charles C. Laming Dan J. Lyons Benedict Lingenfelser Sidney Guy Long George Adolf Linck George N. Lawrence Ormand Warren Leavel Ralph F. Lewis
John Henry Majors George F. Majors Edward Monahan Charles Leo Mann Frederick B. Manatt Bertell L. Matthews
Harry Edward Matthey Victor Mayer James C. McCaffrey Ralph McClain Elwood McLain Thomas McCarty Thomas Robert McCarty John McConnell John B. McCool Thomas F. McDonald (16)
William H. McGlynn Henry McGraw Alexander Meade George Meeker Edward Mainert Ray Allen Melvin Albert Meister
Charles Henry Merchant
R. A. Meyer John J. Michalak Frank Miller Edward Lewis Miller
Joseph Mischefsky
Samuel Jefferson Mitchell
Thomas J. Monahan
John Moore Essie Moore Randell Morton
William A. Moses
Charles Murphy William Murray
William A. Mueller Oliver Meyers Joseph A. Meyers Byron Henry Mehl James Sherman Medill Robert McCarty Joseph McCarty, Jr. Arthur McClurg John Charles Madden Sidney Baker Mitchell Will Murray Anthony Michefsky, Jr. James Andrew McCarren James Cassies Moore William T. Moore Michael McCheskey Luther May
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Floyd Morris
James O. McFarland
Samuel H. Markley
Natus J. Milkowski
Ralph Charles Matzeder
Ralph Arthur McRill
Noble Hayes Mayfield
Bennie Matthews
Height Majors
Edgar McRill Thomas L. Medill
Joseph Frank Mandel
Walter Morris
King Edward Marks
Bryan Murphy
William Valentine Majors
Nicholas N. Navinsky
Wilfred J. Maloy Joseph John Michalak
Arthur Noack
Edward Mosher
Glenn Norris
Francis Rudolph McEvoy Henry August Meyer
Charles Leon Nuhn
Thomas James McCaffrey
Sidney E. Norris
Wallace Emora Matthews
Charles Henry Norris
Stephen Nowowiezski
Wilson Robert Meyers
Gene Alfred McCone
Morris Morgan
Charles Percival Matthews
John A. McLoughlin
Henry Gustus Meinert
John Herman Meinken
Edward George O'Leary
Ira Llewlyn Matthews
Clarence Morton
James Joseph Olson Arthur Olson
George Tabor Medill
Frank William Mayer
Benjamin J. Olson
William T. Orlowski
Andrew B. Matzeder
Paul A. Morton Roy Herbert Martin Thomas F. Murray Edward Marcott
Joseph E. Merrifield
Selden I. Munson
Lewis Frederick Mehl
Porter H. McCartney
Otto Orlowski Ralph O'Neil Homer T. Orick John Edwin Ortman
George L. Ortel
Frank Underwood Orr
John William O'Connor Charles Michael O'Brien
Stephen A. Naeher
John Wesley Nuhn
John Northrop Joseph Alfred O'Brien
Adam William Ochs
Leo Frederick Ode
Richard Nywenning
William Harold Medill
John Joseph Nirschl
Joseph Thomas McEvoy Paul Domby Mckenzie Robert Earl Moody Sherwin Mella
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Francis O'Heron Edwin G. Oliver Michael O'Keefe Frank O'Hara Hugo A. Okoniewski Herman Amor Ochs Edgar Harold Oswalt John Joseph O'Donnell Julius Peters Ochs
Albert Panek Joseph Panek Chester L. Parks Orville Lee Paronto John Parsons Harry Pasewark Frank E. Paul Stanley Panek John G. Pellman Groutcher Peet Paul Peterson Gilbert L. Phillips Clarence J. Piechowaik Eddie Pierce Charles F. Pike Lucien B. Pike Virgil Poynter George F. Post James E. Potter Glenn L. Preston Antone Price Emil Psotta Willard W. Putnam Bernard R. Phillips Alois Podlesny George F. Palmer Andrew O. Potter Freddie Pennington
John Pappenhausen Charles Aaron Pouppirt Sherman Palmer
Alphonse John Payeur Audrey Lavery Purcell Harry C. Peterson Homer Calvert Peters Leo Harrison Pearson
Robert Emmett Pike
Malcolm Bradley Parlin William Peck Ralph N. Phenicie
Harry Peterson
Ben Harrison Pullins
Jason Penrod
Paul Russell Parker
Peter Paul Popowitz
Eugene Page
William H. Perkins
Arthur Price Frank F. Payne
Claude H. Porter
Seymour N. Perkins
Clarence Price
Jack Patton
Robert Coleman Powers
Caryl Wright Parks Tom Peet
Albert Phillips
Peter Paul Panek Lucien Parlin
Paul Dewey Parker
David H. Putney
Herman Poggemeyer
William C. Quackenbush Amos Lawrence Quinlan Howard D. Quinlan
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Virgil Briscoe Ragsdale Otto Mar Radloff Neish Montgomery Randall Frank M. Rardon Herry Rayser Al Otto Redmond Frederick S. Reetz Edwin Reinhardt Alvin George Peu Herbert E. Rhodes
Eddie Richards George D. Richeson Frank D. Picketson Francis T. Reiger
Louis William Ringlesby Robert W. Rivers
Joseph Poach
Benjamin Robertson Frederick Rodenburg
LeRoy Rogers Clarence L. Rogers
John P. Roe
Claude A. Robinson
W. H. Rockey
Joseph C. Ruggaber
Frank John P.yan
Thomas John Pokoske
Herman Frank Radloff John H. Rothezberger John Floyd Rath# Robert F. P.obinson Herman Francis Rapp
Walter S. Robobl: Jim Reynolds James Robinson E. L. Riley Lucien Baker Rutherford Carl Frederick Reif
Chester H. Richardson Isaac Rosenkrantz William Joseph Richardson Leo Eugene Roth Frederick Bryan Retter Walter Rader Carl Rubenhausen Charles A. Ross
Glenn Alexander Renoe
Harry Richeson
Reynold Rodenburg
Joel Hurbert Ratliff
John Frederick Saillier
Austin W. Schalker
Herman W. Schalker
Henry Scherar
Frank A. Schelle
Peter Schlonga
Jacob Otto Schmeckel
Herman Charles Schulz
Charles C. Schroeder
Clarence Schroeder
Carl August Schroeder Stanislaus Jos. Schmania
Frank A. Schultes
William F. Schultz
Carl Fred Schwandt C. L. Schwaizer
Carl Scotten
Edward C. Seichpine Fred Seigert Laurence Scott
Elmer Scott Richard Scotten
Albert L. Simmons
William B. Simmons A. E. Simmons
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Albert J. Singer John Shaughnessey Leo Shepherd Lowell E. Shields Walter H. Shirk Alexander Sughrue Harry D. Skaggs Charles W. Slocum James Snopkowski Martin Slomski Joseph Snopkowski Cecil Bryan Southwell Dee Spain Paul Spaethe
Doc Sparks Grover C. Spencer John Spencer Peter Stadsholt Robert C. Staniford Leonard Stanwix Collin Starnes Henry Stein
Walter D. Steinhauer Earl Stigers Joseph Ray Stucker Peter Paul Stuchr Victor Swiderski Fred C. Schrieber Andrew L. Schlonga Joseph Schmidt
David J. Schweizer Paul H. Suberkrup Hillel Samisch Frank C. Salisbury Lawrence Stucker Edward Springer Frank Spencer Scott Fritz Schillo
Edward John Suydam Lee E. Sacks Charles Albert Sihler William J. Stevenson Rex Slocum Reginald O. Shepherd Vincent Straub Charles N. Sharpe
Roy William Shouse
Leonard O. Schapley
Andrew Ward Stewart Emile Sommerla Lonie L. Sample Paul Sanders
Charles Henry Smith
Arthur W. Schonitzius
George Smith
Carl S. Scott
Guy Sharp Franz Stump
Lysle Michael Sellers
Willard E. Smith Lawrence J. Savage
Frank Scott William Splride Luther Self Charles Scott
Henry Hampton Springs
Otto Henry Schulz
August E. Schwanz Alfred Strather Roy Chester Shaver Andrew F. Starnes John Alvan Schroeder August E. Schanze Archie Henry Seifert Lloyd Dwight Schlag Julius Strong
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Earl N. Stewart Paul Hyde Savage
Frank B. Stacey
Edwin Arnold Schalker Albert Luther Short
LeRoy Shepherd Russell A. Stephenson
Charley N. Schroyer
Daniel Russell Simmons
Morrill Self
Arthur Wm. Stemmerman O. M. Schultes
Davis Ernest Theel William Adolph Teets Roy Cornelius Tinberg Randall Trackwell Carl Franklin Turner
Louis F. Terwilliger
Charles W. Thornburg
Corlett Umholtz Charles Nicholas Ulrich
Andrew C. Vlaehos
John H. Voight
Paul A. Voight
Joseph E. Voorhees
Luther B. Vigus
John Frederick Vosmer
Andrew Stacey Van Emman
George Charles Vickers
Harry Edward Van Tuyl
Michael Visocsky
Eddie C. Vormehr William T. Van Veighton
William N. Todd Louis Toffler
Carl Wagner
Clement Wahler
Tony Wahler
Richard Wahler
Thomas Wahler
Plummer Walker
Robert Wallace
Albert E. Walsh
Robert L. Watson Jesse B. Warren
Charles R. Warren
Herman C. Watson Clement J. Weber Harry Welch
George T. Taylor
George T. L. Taylor Vessey T. Taylor Ernest Theel
Henry Theel
James Jeremiah Thompson
Edward P. Tillquist
Walter T. Timmons Joe Titolski Henry Todd
Albert H. Tornedon
Frank Towns Clifford Townsend
Anton Titolski Frank Tonar
Clyde Mills Theur
Joseph A. Thorpe Ralph Tierney Frank Joseph Tonar Joseph Patrick Turner Thomas A. Tabb Deamont Thomas John R. Thayer
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Lloyd Welch Joseph A. Wellman August L. Werly Fred Carl Werner Edward F. Wettig George Whitelaw Lawrence Whitney Ernest Wilkes David Roy Williams Jesse Ed Williams Otto W. Witt Edward Wikelsky Ira Wittelschofer Herman Willhardt Mosby Dan Woodson
William Wright George Wright W. Wallace Wright Floyd Wuerth Harold Raymond Wood
Amos E. Wilson, Jr.
Eugene Wilson
William Edward Wright James Marshall Wirtz
Leo Walz Elvin Williams Whitney Bastion Wagner Ora Withrow Gusta Wash Harry Omer Westergeren John Elmer Wilson Willis Edward Wood Ben Warren Harry B. Weeks Elmer Whitten Wirt Dudley Walton William R. Wheeler
James Williams Willie Floyd Williams Chris Wyrick
Elliott Edward Winnig Fred Wake Jesse M. Wilson
George A. Weaver Vernon LeRoy Wake
George F. Wilson
Joseph W. White
Anton Weber John C. Ware
John Wizzard
John E. Walker
William E. Williams
Chester De Witt Worley
Ralph Welch Amiel Worner Leonard C. Williams Roy Elwood Wells Jesse Earl Wardwell John Phillip Wilhardt William Ernest Winter
Edward Martin Willets
Norman Earl Wiley
Blair C. Watson
Paul P. Younger Parker C. Young Mahlon A. Young Frank Thomas Young
Elmer Zook Raymond George Zeitz Anthony Zienlinsky Walter Frank Zoellner Benjamin E. Zoll
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The following is a list of Leavenworth County soldiers wounded:
Wounded in Action .- Major George Pulsifer, Capt. Arthur O'Keefe, Lieut. William D. Bly, Sgt. Don P. Coleman, Sgt. E. E. Wilcox, Lieut. Per- cival Wilson, Sgt. Arthur Warner, Sgt. F. Walters, Sgt. Sam Loar, Sgt. Walter Cochran, Sgt. W. E. Burwell, Corp. Groucher Peet, Corp. J. J. Olson, Corp. Roy A. Nitsche, Corp. W. J. Peters, Corp. J. D. Brown, Corp. William J. Kersten, Aerial Gunner Tracy Hand, Privates Merle Ridgeway, Corlett Umholtz, Burt Leonard, F. G. Pottorf, H. P. Hinks, J. W. Calvert, Walter Sullivan, J. F. Conway, H. R. Jewett, Wilson Meyers, Charles Moorehead, Alfred Balz, E. M. January, W. E. Biene, John Roe, Joe Totol- ski, John Herkens, H. Skaggs, A. L. Sclonga, Oscar Douglas, A. Mischef- sky, Henry Liebenow, Ernest Trackwell, Clarence Piechowiak, Bert Mc- Kelvey, William J. Douglas, Neal Flom, Sidney Mitchell, Claude Erwin, Robert Downing, Joseph Inkman, C. A. Hitzeman, Thomas Hedges, A. J. Fellman, Ranza Moler, William Eberth, Charles Eberth, Lloyd Welch, King Hunting, James Wilson, Len Kerr, Ray Anderson, Walter Tuninious, Lam- bert Heitlinger, Andrew Clarke.
Gassed-Lt. Paul Radford, Pvt. A. L. Jewett, Pvt. Edw. Dooley, Pvt. Oscar Meyers.
Shell Shocked-Pvt. Walter F. Timmons, Pvt. Elsner Hammann.
Necrology of Leavenworth County Soldiers in the World War:
Bagwell, Ernst M., Bugler, Tonganoxie; killed in action.
Baker, Charles S., Corporal, Leavenworth; died.
Bannister, James H., Captain, Leavenworth.
Blanchard, Anthony, Sergeant, Leavenworth; died.
Blockberger, Edward R., Corporal, Leavenworth; killed in action. Burns, William E., Corporal, Tonganoxie; killed in action.
Crockett, David H., First Lieutenant, Leavenworth; died.
Cunningham, Riley D., Private, Ft. Leavenworth; killed in action.
Curtis, Frank, Private, Leavenworth; killed in action.
Defrees, Albert C., Corporal, Acherland; died of wounds. Ewing, George T., Private, Leavenworth; died.
Fellman, Alphonse J., Private, Leavenworth; killed in action.
Gadow, Hans, Sergeant, Leavenworth; died.
Gallivan, Daniel J., Sergeant, Ft. Leavenworth ; died.
Gouck, Kenneth S., Private, Leavenworth; died.
Hageman, Harry D., Corporal, Leavenworth; killed in action.
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Hamil, Lester D., Sergeant, Tonganoxie; killed in action. Harding, Gilman C., Private, Leavenworth; died. Joyce, Harry F., Corporal, Leavenworth; killed in action. Hicks, Frank B., Corporal, Linwood; died of wounds. Kahn, Eugene M., Captain, Ft. Leavenworth; died. Kelsey, Floyd J., Private, Tonganoxie; killed in action. Kelsey, Harry B., First Sergeant, Easton; killed in action. Korakowski, John, Private, Leavenworth; killed in action. Leahy, John L., Private; killed in action.
McCarren, Andrew J., Private, Leavenworth; died of wounds. Medill, James S., First Lieutenant ; died.
Mehl, Byron H., First Lieutenant, Leavenworth; killed in action. Mischefsky, Peter P., Private, Leavenworth; died.
Mitchum, Zachariah H., Major, Ft. Leavenworth ; died. Moore, Charles A., Private, Leavenworth ; died. Palmer, Sherman, Private, Leavenworth; died. Pogue, Charley E., Private, Leavenworth; died. Rosencranz, Ike, Private, Leavenworth; killed in action. Sample, Louie L., Private, Leavenworth ; died. Schwandt, Carl F., Private, Leavenworth; killed in action.
Seichpine, Edward, Private, Piper; killed in action. Shepherd, Reginald O., Private, Leavenworth; died. Slowski, Martin, Private, Tonganoxie; killed in action. Smelley, Duck, Corporal, Leavenworth; died. Smith, Mearil, Private, Loring; killed in action. Summerla, Emile, Private, Leavenworth; died of wounds. Souhrada, John, First Lieutenant, Leavenworth; died.
Swiderski, Victor, Corporal, Leavenworth; killed in action. Thompson, William E., Private, Leavenworth; died. Titolski, Joe, Private, Leavenworth; died of wounds. Titolski, Julius, Private, Leavenworth; died.
Warren, Ben C., Private, Lenwood; died of wounds.
Williams, David R., Sergeant, Tonganoxie; killed in action. Wright, William E., Private, Leavenworth; killed in action. Corporal H. A. Cline, unaccounted for.
Private Emery Nobles, unaccounted for.
Private James Haskins, unaccounted for.
Private O. D. Roach, unaccounted for.
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Private Thomas Owens, unaccounted for.
Private Homer Hughey, unaccounted for. Bugler Victor J. Johnson, unaccounted for. Mechanic R. Knowles, unaccounted for. Private Paul Schmidt, unaccounted for. Corporal L. L. Peters, missing in action. Private M. L. Meyers, missing in action.
Private M. W. Mails, missing in action. Whitney Wagner, Seaman; died. Jess W. Bridges, Seaman, died.
Thomas Duff Cole, First Sergeant, died.
Archie Phillips, Private, died.
V. W. Lobb, Private, died.
B. H. Doen, Sergeant, died.
E. S. Brown, Private, died.
J. D. Wright, Private, died. Anton Holtney, Seaman, died.
Charles Goettings, died.
Summary of the War with Germany .- The following is taken from report of Col. Leonard P. Ayers, authorized by the War Department:
Five out of every 100 Americans took up arms in the defense of the country.
During the Civil War ten out of every 100 inhabitants of the North- ern States served as soldiers or sailors; 2,400,000 served in the Northern Army and Navy.
Between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, when the armistice went into effect, 4,800,000 men constituted our land and naval forces.
The British sent forth in her first year of the war more men than did the United States during her first year of the war. On the other hand it took England three years to reach a strength of 2,000,000 men in France, while the United States was able to place this number in the field and across the seas in half the time.
Organization and equipment and transportation of an immense army as that of the United States across the ocean has never been equaled in the history of the world.
Two out of every three American soldiers who reached France took part in battle; 2,084,000 reached France and 1,300,000 took part at the front.
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American divisions were in battle for 200 days and engaged in thir- teen major operations from the middle of August till the armistice.
American divisions held during the greater part of the time a front longer than that held by the British in October. They held 101 miles of the line or twenty-three per cent of the entire western front.
In the battle of Saint Mihiel 550,000 Americans were engaged as com- pared to 100,000 on the north side in the battle of Gettysburg.
The artillery fired more than 1,000,000 shells in four hours, which is the most intense artillery fire recorded in the history of the world.
The Meuse-Argonne battle lasted forty-seven days, during which 1,200,000 Americans were engaged.
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 deaths were twice as many as deaths from disease.
The number of American lives lost was 122,500, of which 10,000 were in the navy and the rest in the army and marines attached to it.
The war cost America $21,850,000,000, or approximately $1,000,000 per hour.
The greatest number of men sent over seas in a single month was 306,000 and the largest number returned in any one month was 333,000.
The supplies shipped from the United States to France was 7,500,000 tons in nineteen months.
The registration of men for the draft was 24,234,021 and of these 2,810,296 were inducted into service. The largest number inducted into service in a single month was 400,000.
CHAPTER XIX
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
COMPANY C, TWENTIETH KANSAS REGIMENT U. S. V. IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. -
During the Spanish-American War Leavenworth was called upon to furnish a company of volunteers for active service in our war against Spain. So it was that this company was organized and afterward be- came C Company of the famous Fighting Twentieth Kansas Regiment.
C Company was organized principally through the efforts of William S. Albright, who afterward became its captain, and Reverend Bright, pastor of the Methodist Church. Both of the above gentlemen organized companies. These two companies were consolidated and finally became C Company of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment.
Of the services of the Twentieth Kansas Regiment in the Philippine Islands, Elihu Root, Secretary of War, makes the following comment: "The records of the War Department show that the Twentieth Regiment of Kansas Volunteers sailed from San Francisco on the steamship "In- diana" on the 27th of October, 1898, and on the steamship "Newport" on the 9th of November, 1898, arriving at Manilla on the first and sixth days of December following; that the regiment was engaged in actual battle, sustaining losses by death or wounds, on each of the following days, viz .: The 4th, 5th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 23d, 24th, 26th and 28th of February, 1899; the 11th, 12th, 13th, 23d, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 29th and 31st of March; the 25th and 26th of April; the 4th and 24th of May, and the 16th and 22d of June. Their participation in engagements is specially mentioned in cablegrams from General Otis on the 8th of February, the 28th of April and the 25th of May, 1899."
The greater part of the engagements above mentioned were fought, and most of the losses of life were incurred, at a time when there was
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no obligation for further service resting upon the members of the regi- ment, except that which was self-imposed upon them by their own love of country and their determination to maintain the rightful sovereignty of the United States and the honor of its flag.
The officers and enlisted men of the regiment exhibited high quality of bravery and efficiency.
I beg to join with the people of Kansas in welcoming to their homes these citizen soldiers, so worthy of the heroic origin and patriotic history of their state."
C Company took part in every engagement participated in by the Twentieth Kansas Regiment. Two members of the company, Private Raymond B. Dawes and Private Charles Graves, contracted and died of typhoid fever at Honolulu, Hawaii. The following is a list of officers and enlisted men who were wounded in action: Captain William S. Al- bright, Privates Arthur C. Howe, William Laudenschlager, James E. Riley, Henry L. Johnson, Frank I. Sample, Thaddeus J. A. Weigant, Ben- jamin Couchman.
The following is a list of the officers and non-commissioned officers, together with the enlisted personnel of Company C:
William S. Albright, captain; Samuel H. Hopkins, 1st lieutenant; Harry H. Seckler, 1st lieutenant; John W. Hauserman, 2nd lieutenant ; John G. Waste, 2nd lieutenant; Ralph Leavitt, 1st sergeant; John C. Murphy, 1st sergeant; James P. Richardson, 1st sergeant; William Cor- natzer, quartermaster sergeant; Joseph Besser, sergeant; Aubrey S. Ed- wards, sergeant; George S. Few, sergeant; Ernest Mordaunt, sergeant; Charles I. Sparks, sergeant; Frederick Boeppler, corporal; Frederick D. Carpenter, corporal; John S. Crook, corporal; Silas E. Davis, corporal; Carl H. Delfs, corporal; Jacob Dervies, corporal; Frank I. Dittman, cor- poral; Elmer Elkins, corporal; Lewis B. Howard, corporal; Arthur Mays, corporal; Clarence F. Meyers, corporal; Albion C. Nelson, corporal; Frank I. Sample, corporal; William Suberkrup, corporal; Jay Thomas, corporal; Jacob Vogler, corporal; Richard Flannigan, artificer; John Kennedy, arti- ficer; Thomas D. Cole, musician; James B. Hines, musician; George B. Clark, wagoner; privates, William W. Baker, Frank Barbour, Thomas J. Bell, William Bickford, Walter M. Birdsall, Frederick W. Buckmaster, Robert C. Churchill, William S. Clark, William A. Conklin, Clare O. Coe, Charles M. Crane, Claude Croft, Benjamin Couchman Raymond B. Dawes, William L. Dawson, Eli C. Dresser, John Eckert, Edwin E. Ferris, Emmit
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Fleming, Taylor Foster, Frederick Frank, George Frost, Ralph Gehrett, Charles Graves, Perry C. Goff, Arthur Ginger, Francis E. Head, Adolph Hensle, Arthur C. Howe, Charles A. Hund, Harry Jansen, Henry L. John- son, Robert Keifer, Edward Killilay, William P. King, William Lauden- schlager, William J. Lawson, William E. Ledger, Martin W. Layman, Isaac N. Lewis, Jonathan Loar, George W. Lucas, Edward L. McClure, William McCormick, Ralph E. McDowell, James C. McPherson, William J. Maloney, Owen Meredith, Robert L. Mitchell, Walter S. Moonlight, James F. Pinzon, Malden E. Purvis, James T. Quackenbush, Joseph S. Reyburn, Roy B. Richards, James E. Riley, Stephan E. Ryan, George Schmania, Harvey T. Sherman, Maurice Sherman, Charles E. Singleton, Frank Slaybough, Faret A. Snell, William B. Sprague, Hiram W. Stevenson, Frederick Stewart, Miles A. Sweeney, William W. Taylor, Oliver Tillquist, Park C. Trueblood, John E. Watson, Albert Welday, Thaddeus J. A. Wiegant, Arthur Wrigley.
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CHAPTER XX
MISCELLANEOUS
"KICKAPOO CANNON"-KICKAPOO RANGERS-TARRING AND FEATHERING OF WILLIAM PHILLIPS-FLOOD OF 1903-KILLING OF MALCOM CLARK-LANSING, SKELETON-BIG STRANGER, ITS MILLS AND BRIDGES-ABRAHAM LINCOLN- SUICIDE OF JAMES H. LANE-MILWOOD RAID.
Kickapoo Cannon .- This famous old bit of artillery occupied no little niche in the early day history of the territory of Kansas as well as Leav- enworth County. It was a relic that had been taken into the Mexican War by General Kearney. It has been said that at one time this cannon was given by the military authorities at Santa Fe, New Mexico, to some traders who were to make a trip eastward over the Santa Fe Trail to serve them against any possible attacking parties and that they had to abandon the cannon near where the Santa Fe Trail crossed the Arkansas River; that it was subsequently brought to Weston, Missouri, by some citizens that happened to be returning to the eastward over the trail, and was later turned over to the military authorities at Fort Leavenworth, who refused to accept same. Subsequent to this it was again taken to Weston, Missouri, where it remained for a number of years. During its stay at Weston it was often pressed into service to salute steamboats upon their arrival.
It is definitely known that during the year 1856 when the "Kickapoo Rangers" were planning their raid on Lawrence that the old cannon was stolen from Weston and taken across the river to Kickapoo. After the raid on Lawrence the cannon was returned to Kickapoo, where it remained until a party of Free State men from Leavenworth went out to Kickapoo one night and stole it. At one time it was pressed into use by pro-slavery men to threaten the owners of the old Planters Hotel into turning over
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