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After the Armistice, the interest in the work fell off and the usual weekly drills were discontinued.
The service officially ceased on July 28, 1919.
During the police strike in Boston in the fall of 1919. the Newton Constabulary formed the nucleus of a unit in the Massachusetts State Guard and under the command of Col. James G. White, rendered active service for three weeks in protecting the city of Bos- ton.
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MEMBERS OF THE NEWTON CONSTABULARY, HEADQUARTERS
Chief of Constabulary White, James G.
Deputy Chief Dudley, William N.
Adjutant Davis, Francis W.
Quartermaster Howard, J. D.
Judge Advocate Bishop, E. B.
Ordnance Officer Bigelow, Homer L.
Battalion Adjutants Clifford C. Emerson (Other adjutant to be appointed)
Surgeon Curtis, Francis George
Aide Beatey, Augustus T.
Inspectors Chandler, James R. Brown, Philip L.
NEWTON CONSTABULARY
CO. A, NEWTONVILLE
Captain Sly, H. Belden
1st Lieutenant Bryant, Joseph H.
2nd Lieutenant Keesler, W. F.
Sergeants
Hastings, Kenneth B., 1st Sgt.Gammons, J. Ellis
Duff, John W., Q.M.S.
Millen. F. . 1.
Ballard, Harlan H., Jr.
Remington, J. A.
Dame, Herbert E.
Wakefield. A. L.
Wyatt, Edward C.
Corporals
Collins, Roy V.
Malcolm, George F.
Angier, G. M.
Hewins, James,
Banton, C. W.
Hodgins, Frank
Baxter, W. F.
Holmes, Hector M.
Bellows, H. A.
Jackson, Charles A.
Bessey, E. E., Dr.
Jones, N. Manson
Borton, C. A.
Keever, D. T.
Bourne, A. C.
Lamb, William F.
Burnham, Arthur W.
Lane, H. R.
Cram, R. J.
LeClear, Gifford
Congden, Joseph
Marsh, F. G.
Cutler, Charles
Marvin, Nelson
Avery, Elisha L.
Crain, S. M., Jr.
Babcock. C. I.
Cram, E. H.
Barker, E. S.
Currier, Herbert E.
Dutch, D. M.
Millard, Harry S.
Barker, W. P.
Cushman, Townsend H.
Egerton, Wallace,
Miller, F. L.
Bowen, Robert S.
Delesdernier, E. H.
Elmer, Charles W.
Moore, R. W., Jr.
Boyer, R. P.
Derby, N. F.
Estes, Lewis A.
Morse, Edwin J.
Briggs, Raymond E. Dole, Charles S.
Evans, G. R.
Newbert, Walter Z.
Brown, Albion C.
Douglas, Robert
Ferris, C. Y.
North, Howard M.
Brown, Godwin M.
Dufour, F. O.
Fisher, Willis R.
Oakes, Wm. H.
Brown, Robert G.
Evans, Percival A.
Fletcher, Richard K.
Piser, Theo H.
Carson, Harry E.
Gammons, Roland F.
Gates, Ellis L.
Pond, L. W.
Carter, Richard B.
Gilpin, Leon E.
Phillips, Leroy
Chamberlain, A. W.
Gould. A. T.
Quinby, Theo E.
Chamberlain, E. W.
Harris, George W.
Gove, C. H.
Reinhardt, Geo. P.
Cheney, C. F.
Hatch, C. L.
Green, Arthur E.
Rice, Oscar R.
Gregson, H.
Hall, George H.
Hayes, H. W.
Richardson, C. A.
Richardson, N.
Richardson, W. D.
Kenney, B. F.
Kimball, R. H.
Leavens, Thomas C.
Little, Edward H.
Loring, R. T.
Lyon, Albert M.
Maxim, Maynard
Mckeon, J. L.
Miller, Benjamin D.
Miner, Alfred Newton, Jr.
Morrill, Harold W.
Morse, C. II.
O'Connell, Daniel
Odell, James E., Jr.
Osborne, William S.
Owens, Harry B.
Parks, A. H.
Van Tassel, E. D.
Patey, H. P.
Vose, Alfred E.
Willcox, H. H.
Quimby, A. D.
Wright, George W.
Wyatt, W. A.
Ziegler, A. M.
Ziegler, Percy R.
CO. B, WABAN
Captain Fulton, Creed W.
Ist Lieutenant Cardell, Lester B.
2nd Lieutenant Sawyer, Adrian
Sergeants
Buffum, William, Ist Sergt. Ambrose, David Garrison, Rhoades, Q.M.S. Erhard, H. A.
Gould, Amasa C., Ord. Sgt. Evans, A. A. Robbins, D. G.
Corporals
Allen, Lawrence
Mason, Robert
Blaney, C. C.
Newman, A. P.
Brown, A. II.
Parker, J. Earl
Smith, E. W.
Lance Corporals
Arnold, L. W.
Linscott, L. A.
Folsom, L. B.
Rhodes, G. H.
Willing, James
Privates
Cryan, J. P.
McMahon, John P.
Kennery, Martin J.
Sumner, Herbert G.
Leonard. William E.
Lowery, William H.
Wilson. C. J. A. Zoller, William II.
Bugler Loring, Richard T., Jr.
Privates
Allen, W. H.
Cotton, Charles A.
Arnold, William B.
Crain, S. M.
Davis, E. R.
Massur, F. A.
Davis, Harcourt
Meadows, W. J.
Clark, Augustus Owen Cobb, C. H. Conant, Arthur S.
Hayden. S. D.
Heath, George H. Jenkins, George G.
Keith, Walter B. Kelly, R. P. Kelley, Walter T.
Righter, Lincoln
Ripley, H. G.
Rust, Donald E.
Rust, F. W. Sallinger, A. D.
Sargent, Winthrop B.
Seavey, Albert G.
Shelton, W. N. Sisson, Albert T.
Stafford, James A. Stafford, Morgan H.
Steele, F. L. Tennant, Frederick A.
Thompson, R. C.
Thurston, A. Tucker, Raymond
Pierce, Frank L.
Rand, Monroe C.
Reed, Arthur G.
Rivinius, Geo. F. Roberts, Geo. N. Robert, H. J.
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Gardiner, Edwin L. Harding, L. L.
Dennison, Adna
Saville, Wm. Schmeltz, W. Sherman Sharp, James C. Snyder, Arthur E. Souther, George W. St. Lawrence, Clarence A. Stephen, A. L. Stetson, H. O. Stevens, Charles M.
Street, E. C., Jr. Symonds, Henry A. Tilton, H. I ..
Tilton, Louis O.
U'pham, E. P.
Walker, H. C. Wiley, Sterling Price
Williams, Geo. F.
Wilson, A. H.
CO. C, NEWTON CENTRE
Captain Harwood, A. Leslie, Jr.
1st Lieutenant Baird, Fred H.
2nd Lieutenant Holmes, George A.
Sergeants
Clark, C. Peter, Q.M.S. Paul, Irving C. McCabe, Robert W., 1st Sgt. Perry, Frank B.
Armington, A. Warren Perry, Frederick C. Rising, William D.
Corporals
Bancroft, Willis G.
Banfield, F. E., Jr.
Daniels, John A. Juthe, Kristian A.
Bond, Fred D. Claflin, Adams D.
Mumford, Charles M. Snow, William G.
Privates
Alley, E. V. Alvord, Alfred E.
Kimball, Clarence H.
Mitchell, S. Hardy
Appleton, W. Cornell
Neal, Rinaldo
Argersinger, Roy E.
North, Isaac F.
Bacon, Anselm L.
Paul, Samuel B.
Barton, Stanley F.
Pratt, N. F.
Bill, Edward H.
Rathburn, L. A.
Bird, Charles L.
Rice, Abbott B.
Bishop, Joseph T.
Rice, William H.
Bixby, Bertram C.
Rising, Frederick C.
Bosson, Edward P.
Rohlsen, Henry E.
Bundy, William H.
Ross, H. Wilson
Burbank, Charles O.
Russ, Ernest F.
Butts, Frederick H.
Ryall, Charles S.
Sawin, Charles A.
Hewitt, J. M. Oliver
Sweatt, Horace W.
Schirmer, C. T.
Collins, B. R. T.
Schirmer, Frank A.
Copeland, Charles
Seaverns, Daniel
Donovan, W. N.
Stevens, M. L.
Earle, Henry C.
Stratton, Edward B.
Farwell, Parris T.
Thulbon, George E.
Faxon, E. H.
Toby, M. J.
Hurd, W. B.
Wlider, H. B. Winn. Walter
Goding, Edward N.
Underhill, William P.
Gordon, Charles B.
Ward, Charles F.
Gray, Burton Payne
Ward, Frederick A.
Greeley, W. H.
Wheeler, A. D. (Staff Ordnance Sgt.)
Hahn, William
Hayward, H. W. Holbrook, J. E.
Jackson, Henry D.
Keer, W. P.
CO. D, NEWTON HIGHLANDS
Captain Mason, John E., Jr.
2nd Lieutenant Mitchell Charles
Sergeants
Hawkes, Charles W.
Barton, F. MacDonald Hills, Robert E.
Hunting, Raymond D.
Drowne, Edwin S.
Marcy, Grosvenor D.
Bail, II. W.
Chapple, Will II. Coan, W. F. Fulton, A. O. Mckay, Donald Dana
Nichols, Chester W. Nichols, Wallace Richardson, Frank L. Thompson, S. A. True, R. S., Jr.
Privates
Kingman, James
Levi, Francis E. P.
Allingham, Thomas J.
Lewis, E. C.
Lichtenthaler, Frank E.
Armstrong, Watson H.
Banker, Lyman V.
Barker, George W.
Barnes, R. H.
Loud, George R.
MacDonald, Ernest A.
Blue, Malcolm
Boothby. Charles W.
Bowen, Harold V.
Mason, Benjamin Hammond
McAdams, Wm. M. L.
Bradbury, L. W.
Brown, Wilmot M.
Burdick, F. A.
Caddy, Henry P.
Cady, Edwin T.
Carr, H. William
Chapman, Walter
Moore, Joseph W.
Clement, Sumner
Colby, H. W.
Cummings, Henry H.
Deary, G. H.
Newcomb, Hugh Ross
Dennie, Herbert T.
Newell, Perrin C.
Nichols, Stephen A.
Noble, Chas T.
Dodge, John E.
Dow, Clifford W.
Eagles, H. A.
Parsons, Louis A.
Elder, A. H.
Elliott, Frederick J.
Elliott, Luther F.
Ellms, Frank B.
Elwell, J. H.
Robbins, W. C. B.
Foster, Paul P.
Romaszkiewicz, John
Glover, William
Sardito, J. L.
Gray. Harris P.
Green, Thomas F.
Griswold, M. M., Jr.
Schiefner, Frank H.
Hickox, C. R.
Hilton, L. H.
Turley, Vincent M.
Hiltz, Howard S.
Turnbull, James H.
Hubbard. Robert A.
Van Gelder, F. H.
Hunt, Harry I. Hansen, Edwin H.
Hunton, James I.
White, Charles E.
Fessenden, C. H., Dr. Foote, E. T.
Tucker, H. H.
Ingram, Robert S.
Winslow, Everett C.
Woolaver, Harry B.
Kilmer, Ralph G.
Wooley, George H. Young, John R.
CO. E, WEST NEWTON
Captain Koops, R. F.
1st Lieutenant Rogers, Leon B.
2nd Lieutenant Pierce, Herbert F.
Sergeants Blunt, Albert C., Jr. 1st Sgt. Whidden, Stephen H. Chase, William F. Witherbee, Frank B.
Corporals
Callaway, H. R. Glazier, C. M.
Linnell, H. F.
Ross, Joseph B.
Abbott, Joseph A. Adams, Raleigh B.
Alvord, Ralph
Lingham, Clarence H.
Logan, Arthur R.
Logan. Charles S.
Bell, A. W. Blue, D. D.
Macleod, Allen M.
Malaney. J. H.
Marshall, Louis H.
Bradley Theo J.
McGill, Fred T. Mc Mullin, C. Gordon
McMullin, E. R.
Mc Mullin, Wm. B.
Melcher, MI. W.
Mellen, A. H.I.
Murley, William
Nelson, Harry M.
Ness, T. W.
Dilloway, C. Warren
Doane, Charles E.
Nye. I. C. Parmenter, W. A.
Patterson, Frank F.
Polley, B. W.
Prait, Theydon P.
Reynolds, Geo W.
Silveira, John J. Small, F. J. Stevens, Richie H.
Callow hill, Sidney T. Capron, John F. Cole, J. Albert
Sweeney, John R.
Vito, Patsey G.
Watt, Thomas J.
Troccoli, Giovanni Battista
Hurter, Frank O.
Johnson, S. G. Jordan, Franklin I.
Williams, Francis H.
WVing, Charles S. Wood, W. W. Woods, F. S.
Atwood, I. M., 1st Sergt. Colby, Arthur D. Hayward, F. R. Johnson, Edwin C.
Corporals
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Travis, T. W.
Upham, Everett L.
Privates
Bachrach, Louis F.
Hayes, Arthur P. Helion, Patrick J.
Beal, Francis G. Beardsley, Maurice E.
Hoyt, F. S. Jepsen, George H.
Best, William H. Chandler, James H. Chandler, Daniel M.
Jordan, Alvah L.
Cole, H. M.
Cook, Arthur D.
Kidder, William J.
Dow, Ernest F. Dyer, Sears U.
Ladd. A. Shirley
Eager, Sumner W.
Lovejoy, Ernest F.
Eddy, Clifford R.
Fenneberg, Peter H.
Fogwill, Clarence K.
Newhall, Francis
Peabody, Ellery
Pierce, Henry C.
French, Sydney P.
Pratt, Chester B.
French, Henry C. Fullerton, K. B., Jr.
Geilatly, William
Gibbs, Harry F.
Reed, Chester N.
Richardson, William A.
Grevatt, Henry T.
Rindge, Wellington
Hambleton, William G.
Smith, C. M.
Harlow, Harry A.
Smith, Wilfred D.
1Iartel, A., Jr.
Hartwell, Swan
Thomas, Sidney B.
Hatch, George P.
Whittlesey, Henry L.
Wilson, Archie A.
Yelland, F. W.
CO. F, AUBURNDALE
Captain MacNutt, Lowell D.
Ist Lieutenant Forknall, E. E.
Sergeants
Robbins, Raymond A., Q.M.S.Fisher, Robert H.
Rockefeller, John D., 1st Sgt. Floyd, Charles B.
Conn, Chauncey B.
Morse, Herbert B.
Crosby, P. F. Denty, Edwin
Ordway, E. II.
Valentine, C. E.
Corporals
Almy, Charles E.
Gordon, John H.
Ansley, Charles D.
Hardy, llenry Lewis
Baxter, George S.
Hollis. Arthur W.
Spaulding, Wickliffe J.
Williams, Donald 1).
Lance Corpora! Gore, Lyman W.
Privates
Allen, Robert E. S.
Estabrook, Rufus
Ashenden, E. H.
Ferreira, Edawrd A.
Ashenden, Frank S.
Fitzpatrick, John E.
Becker, A. D.
Fletcher, John R. Fox, Ralph L.
Bourne, Henry C.
Forsyth, Leonard
Franey, Thomas A.
Furbish, J. Arthur
Burnett, George H.
Gardner, James H.
Braithwaite, Ernest
Giles, H. B.
Gleason, Harry L. Godfrey, Henry W.
Goldberger, Herman
Coulson, William
Gordon, William C.
Cox, Wallace Leslie
Gratto, Everett H.
Crotty, Joseph E.
Greenleaf, Harry W. Hall, Roscoe Vernon
Hancock, Edward Arthur
Harwood. Clark
Ililliard, Ernest C.
Hyatt, Charles H. Jackson, Percy E.
Johnson, C. H. Kelley, Harold B.
Osborn, William I .. Palmateer, Albert
Kimball, Edward H.
Perrine, Lester
Kimball, Everett A.
Peters, Ralph W.
Knowlton, Harold W.
Poole, Owen C.
Proctor, Charles Waters
Leland, Franklin E.
Riley, Bernard W.
Rodgers, William C.
MacNaughton, James H.
Kellar, George Kellar, William
McConnell, I. W. McDonald, John
McDonald, Joseph A.
Kilburn, Warren S.
Miller, Fred R.
Tange, Hans L.
Taylor, Ernest Alexander
Moody, G. Platt
Urquhart, J. A.
Van Wormer, Fred
Vose, Thomas
Wagner, W. S. Wales, Edward
Winslow, E. James
CO. G, NEWTON
Captain Curtiss, H. P.
Ist Lieutenant Howard, Robert G.
2nd Lieutenant Benbow, John
Sergeants
Nichols, Philip, 1st Sergt. Dana, F. W.
Angier, George Strohmeier, Bertram A.
Corporals Partridge, Albert S.
Fish, James E.
Ware, Bruce R.
Lance Corporals Peckham, F. I. Proctor, Percy M.
Privates
Barney, Charles H.
Hodgson, Edgar W.
Bartlett, Ralph W.
Holmes, Otis W.
Blakeslee, Harry E. Holt, R. D.
Bossardt, Charles
Hughes, James
Brimblecom, John C.
Jackson, Howard
Byfield, Phillips
Kent, Everett E.
Calkins, Grosvenor
Leeds, Edmund I.
Claflin, Charles A.
Loveland, Fred H. Magoley, John J.
Craig, William V.
McAssey, Everett
Dexter, H. L.
Nourse. Walter L.
Dillingham, I. S., Jr.
Parker, George L. Stewart, D. M.
Edwards, Frank
Strum, Clarence E.
Emery, R. C.
Swett, Vernon B.
Ferry, William R.
Townsend, Irving U.
Forknall, Reuben
Trussell, W. E.
Gibbs, L. D. Weed, Alonzo R.
Gleason, Charles B.
Wilson, G. F.
Higgins, W. J.
Wing. Alfred
Wing, Daniel
CO. H, CHESTNUT HILL
Captain Hinckley, Freeman
1st Lieutenant Weld, A. Winsor
2nd Lieutenant Hovey, Chandler
Sergeants Niles, Nathaniel W., 1st Sgt. Driscoll, Patrick Bigelow, Prescott, Jr. (Supply Sgt.) Page, George A. Putnam, W'm. Edward
Hopkins, Roland G.
Dunham, Ellery A. Dunton, John F. Eaton, Edwin Choate
Goodman, Henry L ..
Chandler, Willmond K. Childs, B. D. Connelly, J. F. Corcoran, Thomas J.
Curtis, S. Clarence Delaney, John F. Dunlop, James
Leighton, William A.
Lewis, Edward A.
Smith, M. S. P. Scott, Thomas B.
Stewart, Frank O.
Stickney, John H.
Miller, Roy Lee
Mann, Albert Mead, Abbott C.
Nash, Wilmar H.
Nason, Frank L. H.
Noyes, Herman M. Nudd, George F.
Fogwill, W. U. French, F. M.
Prescott, Charles C.
Puffer, William L.
Putnam, Reginald F.
Gill, William E.
Steadman, Alvah
Hay, Edgar P.
Colton, W. W.
Chase, John H.
Drury, Herbert L.
Durgin, A. D.
Berry, Leonard B.
Brophy, George P. Burbank, T. F.
Collins, Henry
Case, Herbert E. B. Coleman, Jeremiah A.
Drummers
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Corporals
Baldwin, James C. T. Baldwin, H. T.
Lowell, James A. Morgan, S. St. J.
Butterfield, Charles B.
Nesbitt, H. E.
Henderson, Alexander
West, George S. Wheeler, James W.
Privates
Anderson, Oscar F.
Badger, Arthur C.
Baker, George B.
Barrie, George N. Mackey, William J.
Surgeon, Francis George Curtis
Barton, Charles C., Jr.
Beals, Gardner Bemis, Harry H. Bradlee, Arthur T.
Maloney, Daniel V. Manning, Roger McCarthy, Eugene Mckean, Bert McKenzie, Kenneth D.
Brennan, J. C. Browne, Alexander S. Burke, Henry S.
Meserve, Albert J. Miles, Arthur E.
Burr, Allston
Murphy, Patrick J.
Co. A (Newtonville)
Capt. Joseph A. Bryant Ist Lt. E. C. Wyatt
2nd Lt. A. L. Wakefield
Curtiss, Malolm T.
Neall, N. J. Newcomb, Frank W. O'Leary, Timothy M. Parks, Francis R.
Co. E (West Newton)
Dever, Harvey C.
Pratt, Louis M.
Prince, George
Capt. R. F. Koops 1st Lt. Leon B. Rogers 2nd Lt. Herbert F. Pierce
Co. G (Newton) Capt. R. G. Howard 1st Lt. John Benbow 2nd Lt. Philip Nichols
Fay, Edgar E. Fessenden, Sewall H. Fitch, Conover Gibson, James G.
Richie, A. E. Rogers, Lucian W. Rust, Edgar C.
Co. B (Waban)
Co. D (Newton Highlands) Capt. Charles Mitchell
Gleason, James F.
Sagendorph, George A.
Goodhue, F. Abbott
Sayles, Robert W.
Goravin, William
Saltonstall, Endicott P.
Gould, George A., Jr.
Greene, W. K. Harding, Frank A.
Harding, Louis B.
Harris, Arthur T. Hickey, M. F. P.
Hickey, Leo
Ware, Edward W. Waldo, C. S.
Hood, Arthur N. Hunt, John J. Johnson, Charles G. Jones, A. Marshall
Waterman, Charles B. Webster, Edwin S.
Wickens, Ernest F. Wynee, Joseph
The roster at the time the service ceased on July 28, 1919. included these officers :
Chief, James G. White Deputy Chief, William N. Dudley Adjutant, Francis W. Davis Quartermaster, J. Dwight Howard Judge Advocate, E. B. Bishop Ordnance Officer, Homer 1 .. Bigelow
Aide, Augustus T. Beatty Inspectors, James R. Chandler Philip L. Brown Battalion Adjutants, Clifford C. Emerson Henry P. Curtiss
Burrage, George D. Carter, R. H. A. Colt, James D.
Murphy, William H. Murray, John E.
Co. C (Newton Centre) Capt. F. H. Baird Ist Lt. W. D. Rising 2nd Lt. W. G. Bancroft
Dale, Samuel M. Davis, Patrick J.
Gibson, Octo
Safely, Charles H.
Capt. Creed W. Fulton 1st Lt. Lester B. Cardell 2nd Lt. Adrian Sawyer
1st Lt. Arthur D. Colby 2nd Lt. Henry W. Bail
Co. F (Auburndale)
Smith, Henry Dutton Spaulding, William A. Taylor, John F. Tilton, Barclay Tucker, Randolph F.
Capt. L. D. MacNutt 1st Lt. E. R. Forknall 2nd Lt. Charles B. Floyd
Co. H (Chestnut Hill) Capt. Freeman Hinckley Ist Lt. Chandler Hovey 2nd Lt. Nathaniel W. Niles
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Kearney, Michael Kittredge, Wheaton Mackenzie, James
"They gave the last full measure of devotion"
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AWAY
I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead-He is just away.
With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand. He has wandered into an unknown land.
And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you-O you who the wildest yearn For the old time step and the glad return-
Think of him faring on, as dear In the love of There as the love of Here :
And loyal still, as he gave the blows Of his warrior-strength to his country's foes,-
Mild and gentle as he was brave When the sweetest love of his life he gave
To simple things :- Where the violets grew Blue as the eyes they were likened to.
The touches of his hands have strayed As reverently as his lips have prayed :
When the little brown thrush that harshly chirped Was dear to him as the mocking bird ;
And he pitied as much as a man in pain A writhing honey-bee wet with rain-
Think of him still as the same. I say : He is not dead-he is just away.
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GARDNER C. ABBOTT
Enlisted in the navy April 14, 1917, as a seaman and at the time of his death, September 12, 1918, was senior quartermaster, second class, of the U. S. S. Wachusett. Mr. Abbott was 21 years of age and was educated at the Forster Grammar School of Somerville and the Morris Heights Preparatory School at Provi- dence, R. I. He died of pneumonia at the Naval Hospital in Chelsea.
CLARK ALVORD
Clark Alvord, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Alvord of Auburndale, enlisted at Allentown, Pa., December 14, 1917, in section 604, U. S. Army Am- bulance Service. He served in Italy and France and died February 23, 1919, at Donjeux, France.
ALBERT EDGAR ANGIER
The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded posthumously to Albert Edgar Angier, for the courage that he showed in the last moments of his life. But the whole record of his military service is inspiring, and there are few whose story shines with a brighter lustre.
He was born on January 20, 1897, at Waban, Massa- chusetts, the son of George McNeil Angier and Emma J. (Gill) Angier. After graduating from the Newton High School in 1914, he went for two years to the Thacher School, at Ojai, California. In his freshman year at Harvard he was manager of the Gore Hall football team, and a member of the Freshman Red Book Committee and of the Crimson staff. He en- rolled in the R. O. T. C. and spent the period from May 7 to August 15, 1917, in camp; he was recom- mended for a commission as first lieutenant of infantry in the National Army when he should reach the required age.
On January 5, 1918, he enlisted as a private in the National Army and was sent to the Third Officers' Training School at Camp Upton.
In a company of four hundred men, Angier ranked in military efficiency twenty-fourth. At the end of March the 77th Division received its overseas orders ; the college men in the School, not having previously belonged to the division, were summoned one by one to the commandant's office and given the choice of staying in America with the probability of soon re- ceiving a commission, or of going overseas with the division as privates, with great uncertainty as to when, if ever, they would receive commissions. Angier volunteered for overseas service at once.
He arrived in France at the end of April and for two months and a half was in billets, getting his final training, except for brief periods when he was sent up to the front line for more direct object lessons.
On July 13 the much-hoped-for commission as second lieutenant arrived : The appointment read "as of June 1." Angier was assigned to Company L, 308th Infantry. This regiment was at the front practically all the time during August and September and went
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through hard and continuous fighting along the Vesle River and near Fismes.
The promotion to first lieutenant was awarded to him in recognition of his extraordinary service and bravery in action. At Ville Savoie there was a large cave in which several hundred men could take shelter. One day when fifteen or twenty officers and men were standing in front of it, the enemy artillery suddenly opened up on them, killing six officers and men and wounding as many more. Angier, who happened to be inside, rushed out and with great risk to himself helped the wounded to safety.
With his promotion came his assignment to Company M. 308th Infantry.
On September 14 the battalion, much reduced by its losses, attacked Revillon, a well-organized and heavily defended point which had repulsed all previous attempts of the Americans. In the charge, Captain L. W. Miles led, closely followed by Angier. Captain Miles was wounded and fell, leaving Angier in com- mand of the company. A soldier carrying a chauchat machine gun was struck; Angier picked up the gun and advanced, firing it and encouraging his men. A moment later he was wounded, but he continued to advance. Then he received a mortal wound; Sergeant Wahl, who had been following just behind him, took him in his arms. "Lay me down and look after the other men," said Angier. He died within a few moments.
On January 10, 1919, the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces awarded Angier the Distinguished Service Cross.
He was buried on September 15, 1918, in the churchyard at Blanzy, with military honors. Later the remains were removed to the American Cemetery at Seringes-et-Nesles, Department of Aisne.
The "war degree" of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on him in 1920 by Harvard.
A memorial service was held in the Church of the Good Shepherd. Waban, on January 5, 1919.
RICHARD ASHLEY BLODGETT
Son of Edward E. and Mabel (Fuller) Blodgett ; was born in Brookline, Mass., June 27th, 1897. He attended the Newton High School and Lawrenceville. N. J., where he was prominent in athletics. He entered Williams College in the class of 1919, and during his freshman year played on his class football team and was captain of the hockey team; the following year was on the 'Varsity football squad. He was an admirable musician and played on several instruments ; he was a member of the Sigma Phi Fraternity.
In 1916 he attended the Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg, and when war was declared he volunteered for six months' ambulance service abroad, leaving college in his sophomore year. He sailed for France May 5th, 1917, and when on arrival he found the ambulance service over-crowded, he signed for six months' duty as a munitions truck-driver, during which time he won a commendation from the French Commander, "for courage and coolness displayed under violent bombardment, July 28, 1917."
Before the time of his camion service had expired, he was transferred to Aviation training at Tours,
Issoudon, and graduated from the School of Acro- batics. He was an able and enthusiastic flyer, and it was believed he would surely become an Ace. When the 95th Pursuit Squadron was formed, he was as- signed to it and accompanied it to the Toul sector ; and about March 1st he was one of a famous trio that went over the lines patrolling without guns between Epernay and Rheims at 5500 metres.
He was killed in action on May 17. 1918.
Memorial services were held in St. Bernard's Church, West Newton, on May 29, 1918.
STAFFORD LEIGHTON BROWN
Lieutenant Stafford Leighton Brown crossed on the Rochambeau March 12, 1917, as an ambulance dri- ver. After spending some weeks at work near Paris, he was sent in charge of nineteen others to Bordeaux to bring back twenty Ford cars to Paris, 600 kilometers in 21/2 days.
He served five months, largely in the vicinity of
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Verdun where there was much desperate fighting at that time. He was given a large White car to operate, capable of carrying ten blessés, sitting up. The large cars were always marked by the enemy as carrying something worthwhile-as food, gas, ammunition, etc. One day while hurrying to deliver 400 litres gasoline, a well directed shell blew the White's rear end away and Stafford could save but two cans of gas before the flames surrounded the car, and it all blew up. These five months were replete with narrow escapes from death by shell explosions, the danger of dropping into shell holes in the roads when driving at night without lights and many other risks, daily and hourly, taken.
Stafford transferred to the Lafayette Escadrille, receiving his training at Tours under Major Gros and at Issoudun. He had almost finished formation flying in the 7th class when a defect in the Spad which he was driving to the front, caused his death by a fall, Saturday, September 28, 1918, at 3.45 P. M.
CHAUNCEY DAVIS BRYANT
Chauncey Davis Bryant was born in Chicopee, Mass., December 16, 1891, and graduated from Chicopee High School. In 1910, he entered the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology and graduated in 1914 in the course of Sanitary Engineering. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity.
At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in the 101st Engineers, Co. E ( formerly the First Corps of Cadets) and went overseas with that organization in September, 1917. After serving three months with the regiment, he died of pneumonia in La Roche, France, on January 5, 1918. He was the son of Mrs. Sarah Bryant of Newton.
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