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He is a member of the Boston, Quincy and Newton Chambers of Commerce, the Charles River and La- conia Country Clubs, Home Market Club, Drysalters Club, Boston City Club, Middlesex Club, Massachu- setts Republican Club and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.
He married Miss Annie L. Marshall and they have two daughters, Mrs. Ruth B. Sawyer and Flora M. Bosson. His home is on The Ledges Road, Newton Centre.
EDWARD P. BOSSON
ALBERT M. LYON was born in Peru, Vermont, Au- gust 12, 1872, and is the son of Mark B. and Abbie M. (Rideout) Lyon. He was educated in the district school in Peru, the Burr and Burton Seminary at Manchester, Vermont, and graduated from Dartmouth College, with the degree of A.B. in the year 1894. He also graduated from Boston University with the de- gree of LL.B. in 1896 and since that time has prac- ticed law in Boston.
He served the city of Newton as a member of the school committee for eight years beginning in 1911, and was its chairman for two years. He is a member of the Newton Planning Board and trustee and clerk of the Boston Five Cent Savings Bank. Mr. Lyon is a member of the Brae Burn Country Club, the Boston City Club and the Congregational Club.
During the war Mr. Lyon was a member of the Newton Constabulary.
He married Miss Alice M. Elkins, and they have one son, Stanley H. Lyon, and one daughter, Eleanor Lyon. His home is on Walnut street, Newtonville.
ALBERT M. LYON
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JAMES RICHARD CARTER
JAMES RICHARD CARTER, for many years one of the most prominent men in this city, was born in Boston, January 4, 1849, and died September 13, 1923. He came of good old New England stock, his ancestor coming to this country in 1630. He was the son of Richard B. and Lucy Lazell ( Hobart) Carter. Edu- cated in the public schools of Boston, where he was a Franklin medal scholar, he graduated from the Eng- lish 1High School, but was obliged to abandon a college course on account of his health. Mr. Carter founded the business of Carter, Rice & Co. in 1871, and it was incorporated in 1883, and from that time until his death he was the general manager and treasurer of the company, one of the largest wholesale paper ware- houses in the country.
Mr. Carter married Miss Carrie Giles and there are four surviving children, Hubert L., Evelyn, Winthrop L., and Eliot Carter.
Mr. Carter never accepted public office, but his ac- tivities covered a wide range, and he filled many posi- tions of honor and trust, as the following list will indi- cate : president Boston Merchants' Association 1898, 1899 and 1900; president Boston Associated Board of Trade, 1900 to 1902; president Massachusetts New Church Union, 1897 to 1902: president Boston Paper Trade Association, 1895 and 1896; president Whitman Manufacturing Company, 1900 and 1901 ; member and secretary Mayors' Municipal Committee, Boston, 1898 and 1899; treasurer Rice-Kendall Company, 1899 to 1902; treasurer Newton Kindergarten School, 1894 to 1901; treasurer General Convention of New Jerusalem Church ; treasurer The Carter's Ink Company; director in New Church Theological School, Lynn Market House Company, Freeman's National Bank, Forestry Association Kings County, Elevated Railway Company, a member of the Commercial, Exchange, Neighbor- hood. Newton Boat, Brae Burn Golf and Waumbek Golf clubs, of the Boston Harbor Committee, chairman Committee Consular Reform of the National Board of Trade, president of the Newton Club, and trustee and executor of various estates.
CHARLES WHITTEMORE, during his lifetime, the president of the Whittemore Bros. Corporation, manufacturers of shoe polishes, was born in North Bridge- water, Mass., May 3, 1850, and died in Newton.
He was educated at the Highland Cadet school in Worcester, but resided in Newton for many years.
He was a member of the Hunnewell, Woodland Golf, Wellesley, Woods Hole and Y. M. C. A.
He married twice, his first wife being Ella H. Holmes and his second wife Nancy Ransom. There were two sons, David L., now deceased, and Carl T. Whittemore, a resident of Newton Centre.
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FRANK ASHLEY DAY
JOHN HOPEWELL, for many years a prominent busi- ness man of Boston, was born in Greenfield, Mass., February 2, 1845, and died in Newton.
He was educated in the district school and business college and in 1868 became a salesman for L. C. Chase & Co., manufacturers of plushes, robes, Chase leather, etc., of Sanford, Me. In 1885 he bought out the Chases and became the senior partner of L. C. Chase & Company.
Mr. Hopewell resided for many years in Cambridge, where he took a prominent part in its business and political affairs, serving as president of the Cambridge Board of Trade, as president of the Cambridge Club, and as a representative in the State legislature in 1892. Mr. Hopewell was a delegate to the Republican Na- tional Convention in 1896, and was a delegate for four years to the National Board of Trade. He was a mem- ber of the Boston Chamber of Commerce; one of the organizers and Vice Presidents of the Home Market Club of Boston ; one of the Managers of the American Protective Tariff League ; a member of the Algonquin Club ; Boston Athletic Assoc., Boston Art Club; Brae- Burn Country Club; American Guernsey Cattle Club; ex-president of the Cambridge Club and of the Hunne- well Club, and a member of the Hampden Lodge of Masons of Springfield.
He was Director and for many years Treasurer of the Sanford Mills, Sanford, Maine; ex-president and Director of the Reading Rubber Mfg. Co .; Director of the Troy Blanket Mills, Troy, New Hampshire; Direc- tor of the First National Bank of Boston.
Mr. Hopewell married Miss Sarah W. Blake and there are four surviving children, Charles F., Frank B and Henry C. Hopewell, and Mrs. C. W. Casselberry ( Mabel G.) of Newton.
FRANK ASHLEY DAY, one of the best known resi- dents of Newton during the last generation, was born in this city, January 17, 1852, and died at St. Augus- tine, Fla., January 16, 1914.
After receiving his education in the public schools of Newton he entered the Boston banking house of R. L. Day & Co. Of this firm which had been founded by his father, he was the head for the last twenty-five years of his life.
The progress of his business career was attended with an ever increasing interest in every charitable and philanthropic movement. He gave liberally of his time and means and few men have exerted a wider influence for good.
The Newton Y. M. C. A. in large measure, owes its splendid plant to his initiative and support, and he was a life long benefactor of the Newton Hospital. He was a prominent member of the Eliot Church and of the various organizations of the Congregational denomination.
He served the city of Newton as alderman from 1903 to 1909.
Mr. Day was twice married, his first wife, Miss Emma Ranney,-being survived by one daughter, the widow of the late General Carlo Montanari of Rome, Italy, and his second wife, Miss Mary A. Ellison, hav- ing two children, Frank Ashley Day, Jr., and Ellison Goddard Day.
JOHN HOPEWELL
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EDWARD HOOD BONELLI, head of the well-known real estate firm of Bonelli-Adams Co., developers of resi- dential properties, was born in Lynn, Mass., Novem- ber 15, 1882, and is the son of Louis Henry Bonelli and Ada ( Hood) Bonelli. He was educated in Prince and Boston Latin Schools and graduated from Har- vard in the class of 1906.
Besides being president of the Bonelli-Adams Co .. Mr. Bonelli is a trustee of various real estate trusts. including the Norfolk Realty Trust and the Faxon Land Trust.
During the war Mr. Bonelli served in an advisory capacity to the Housing Division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
He is a member of the Harvard Club of Boston. Harvard Club of New York, the University Club, the Brae Burn Country Club, the Neighborhood and Ivy Clubs, the Boston Real Estate Exchange. Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Squirrel Island Athletic Association.
Mr. Bonelli married Miss Emma Augusta White and they have one son, Edward H. Bonelli, Jr., and one daughter. Barbara D. Bonelli.
Mr. Bonelli's residence is on Colbert road. West Newton.
EDWARD HOOD BONELLI
LOUIS FABIAN BACHRACH, the well-known portrait photographer and president of Bachrach, Inc., was a native of Baltimore, and the son of David Bachrach. Jr .. and Frances Keyser Bachrach. He was educated in the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
He is a member of the Brae Burn Country Club, the Neighborhood Club, Boston Art Club, Boston City Club. Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston Rotary Club, and Dalhousie Lodge of Masons.
During the war he was a member of the Newton Constabulary.
He married Miss Dorothy DeLand Keyes and they have two sons and one daughter: Bradford Keyser Bachrach. Jeanne DeLand Bachrach, and Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr.
His home is on Highland street, West Newton.
LOUIS FABIAN BACHRACH
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HENRY JOSEPH NICHOLS, the financial manager for the Swift's interests in New England, was born in Groveland. Illinois, May 29, 1877, the son of Francis M. and Eliza A. (Jones ) Nichols and was educated in the schools of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Mr. Nichols is interested in many large business en- terprises and is the treasurer and director in the North Packing and Provision Company, John P. Squire & Company. National Leather Company, A. C. Lawrence Leather Company, National Calfskin Company, Con- solidated Rendering Company. John P. Squire & Com- pany of Rhode Island, Winchester Tannery Company, National Leather Manufacturing Company, Ashland Leather Company of Maine, National Car Company : a director in Springfield Provision Company. Essex Gelatine Company, Ashland Leather Company of Ken- tucky, The George E. Marsh Company and the First National Bank of West Newton; treasurer of The Sperry & Barnes Company. White, Pevey and Dexter Company, St. Joseph Tanning Company, Clinch River Extract Company ; a director and member of the exec- utive committee of the Newton Trust Company, and a director and member of the finance committee of the Dorchester Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Mr. Nichols is a member of Fraternity Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Newton Lodge of Elks, Brae Burn Country Club, Exchange Club of Boston, the Newton Club, West Newton Neighborhood Club, Massachu- setts Consistory, Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, and is president of the Albemarle Golf Club.
CHARLES ELMER JEFFREY, Jr.
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HENRY JOSEPH NICHOLS
During the war Mr. Nichols was chairman of the Red Cross Membership Drive and also chairman of the Red Cross and War Fund Campaign drives for funds in Newton, and likewise active on Liberty Loan cam- paigns in both Newton and Boston.
Mr. Nichols married Miss Nelle Hassett of Aurora, Ill., and they have one daughter, Marjorie, and reside on Burnham road, West Newton.
CHARLES ELMER JEFFREY, JR., was born in New- buryport, Mass., May 25, 1886, and is the son of Charles E. and Sarah Goodwin Jeffrey.
Mr. Jeffrey is in business as the Jeffrey-Nichols Motor Company, distributors of the well-known Hup- mobile for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Mr. Jeffrey is also interested in the Jeffrey-Nichols Realty Trust. He is a member of Pequossette Lodge of Masons of Watertown, the Elks Lodge of Boston, the Boston Athletic Association, the Woodland Golf Club and the Boston Yacht Club.
He married Miss Elsie Chadbourne Mills and they have two children, Barbara Haggart Jeffrey and Phil- lips Goodwin Jeffrey. Their home is on Common- wealth avenue, Newton Centre.
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GEORGE BREWSTER KIMBALL
WILLIAM J. KENNEDY was born in Brookline, Mass .. on October 14, 1891, the son of William and Martha (Dodds) Kennedy, and received his education in the Brookline schools.
Mr. Kennedy is connected with the Kennedy Com- pany of Boston, outfitters for men and boys.
He is a member of the Newton Chamber of Com- merce, Charles River Country Club, the Common- wealth Country Club, thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of Aleppo Temple and Boston Square and Compass Club.
During the war Mr. Kennedy served with the Coast Artillery.
He married Miss Audrey Kennedy of Brookline. The residence is on Commonwealth avenue, Chestnut Hill.
GEORGE BREWSTER KIMBALL, a member of the well- known firm. The Henley-Kimball Co., distributors of Iludson and Essex automobiles in this vicinity. was born in Buffalo, N. Y., October 18, 1875, the son of George F. Kimball and Ida E. Kimball.
Besides his interest in The Henley-Kimball Co .. of which he is president. Mr. Kimball is president of the Harrington Hudson Co. of Hartford, Conn .. and pres- ident of the Ojai Improvement Co. of Ojai, California.
He is a member of the Eastern Yacht Club, the Nor- folk Hunt Club, the New Riding Club, the Algonquin Club. the Groton Hunt and the Winchester Country Clubs.
He married Miss Jean Stearns and they have two daughters, Elizabeth J. and Alice C. Kimball, and re- side on Chestnut street and Commonwealth avenue. West Newton.
WILLIAM J. KENNEDY
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PERCY E. WOODWARD
HARRY FLETCHER MORSE, New England Manager of The Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation. Limited, of London, England, was born at Lowell, Mass., on July 17, 1860. He graduated from the Wa- tertown High School at the age of 16, and after pre- paring for college, decided to enter business life. Mr. Morse is recognized as one of the most prominent and successful underwriters of Workmen's Compensation, Liability and Casualty Insurance in this country.
He is a member of the Algonquin Club, Brae Burn Country Club, Weston Golf Club, Wianno Club, the Men's Club of West Newton and the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Morse's temporary residence is at the Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton.
PERCY E. WOODWARD, president of Waldorf System Incorporated, of Boston, Massachusetts, was born at Turners Falls, Massachusetts, January 21, 1871.
Mr. Woodward received his education at the public schools at Northampton, following which he was em- ployed as a traveling salesman for a number of years working throughout New England. Later he asso- ciated himself with Mr. O. F. Kinney and they to- gether bought a half interest with Mr. Harry S. Kel- sey in the first Waldorf Lunch in Springfield, Massa- chusetts in March 1905. This was the beginning of the present Waldorf System Incorporated which today comprises 122 lunch places scattered throughout 38 important cities of the northeastern section of the United States. In 1920 Mr. Woodward was elected president of the company, which position he now occu- pies, devoting his entire time and attention to his duties as chief executive thereof, although he is a director in several other corporations.
Mr. Woodward is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Boston Athletic Association, the Newton Club, the Rotary Club, Executives Club of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce of Boston and Newton, and the Brae Burn and Charles River Country Clubs. During the World War Mr. Wood- ward traveled through New York State speaking to different restaurant associations explaining the desires of the food administration in the conservation of wheat, meats, etc., for the good of the Allies. He also participated in all patriotic drives. Mr. Woodward is married and has two children. His business address is 169 High street. Boston, and his residence is in Newtonville.
HARRY FLETCHER MORSE
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ALBERT P. CARTER was born in Newtonville, Decem- ber 13, 1873, and fitted for college in the Newton schools. He graduated from Harvard College in 1894 and from the Harvard Law School in 1897 and has been practising law in Boston since his admission to the bar that same year.
Mr. Carter served as a member of the board of aldermen of Newton for six years and was president of the board during the last two years of that service. He has been a member of the Playground Commission of the city for some years and is now the chairman. He is a trustee of the Franklin Savings Bank of Bos- ton, a director in the Newton Trust Co., treasurer of the Stone Institute and Newton Home for Aged People, and is a member of the Brae Burn Country Club, the Newton Boat Club, and the Harvard, Algon- quin and Exchange clubs of Boston, and Harvard Club of New York.
Mr. Carter married Miss Elizabeth C. Cheney and they reside on Highland avenue, Newtonville. There are two daughters, Mrs. Robert C. Miner, of Wilkes- barre, Pennsylvania, and Miss Martha A. Carter of Newtonville.
ALBERT P. CARTER
GEORGE A. STUART, one of Boston's most prominent business men, was born in Newton, Mass., March 22. 1882, and is the son of George E. Stuart, present Street Commissioner of Newton, and the late Mary Lawler Stuart.
He received his early education in the Newton public schools and after completing his course of study in college, he entered business. Beginning at the foot of the ladder, Mr. Stuart, by dint of his intelligence, in- dustry and integrity, advanced rapidly from one posi- tion to another, overcoming all obstacles. He soon reached a high position in the commercial life of Massachusetts.
Mr. Stuart was married on April 19. 1906, to Miss Alice Mullen of Newton, Mass., a graduate of Notre Dame Academy, as well as an accomplished organist and musician. Three very attractive children have blessed their union, George Stuart Jr., Miss Mary Stuart and Miss Alice Stuart, the latter one of the most brilliant and daring riders known to the Horse Show public.
GEORGE A. STUART
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WILLIAM M. L. MCADAMS was born in Newtonville. His father was James McAdams and his mother Sarah C. Mc.Adams,
He was educated in the Newton schools and has been engaged for many years in Boston as a stationer, a printer and a blank book manufacturer.
He is a member of the Newton Club, the Charles River Country Club and the Boston Chamber of Com- merce,
He married Miss Florence I. Anderson and they have four sons and two daughters, William R., Dor- othy F., Muriel L., John L., Philip M. and Russell P. McAdams.
Mr. McAdams resides at 1624 Centre street, New- ton Highlands.
WILLIAM M. L. McADAMS
ALBERT FITCH BANCROFT, treasurer and general manager of the shoe manufacturing firm of Bancroft Walker Company, was born in New Bedford, Mass .. and was educated in the Highland Military Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Bancroft is also vice-president of the Bancroft Belting Company and vice-president of the Perry & Elliott Company.
He is a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. of the Woodland Golf Club, of the Brae-Burn Country Club, the University Club, and is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of the Aleppo Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
He married Miss Ruth Merritt and they have one daughter, Marjorie, and reside at 45 Sylvan avenue, West Newton.
ALBERT FITCH BANCROFT
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FRED SUMNER CARR
HARRY EDMUND DAVIDSON was born in Boston, Mass .. November 2, 1871. and was educated in Brim- mer School, English High and by private tutors. In business Mr. Davidson is an architect and the head of the firm of Harry E. Davidson & Son, engaged in the general practise of architectural construction through- out New England. This firm has planned many of the best residences in this vicinity and such churches as St. Luke's, Allston: the Church of Our Saviour at Roslindale, and numerous mercantile alterations.
Mr. Davidson is a member of Dalhousie Lodge of Masons, Newton Royal Arch Chapter, Gethsemane Commandery, K. T., Aleppo Temple, Order Mystic Shrine, Boston Lodge of Elks, the Episcopalian Club, Newton Chamber of Commerce and is a member of St. Paul's Parish.
He married Grace Remmonds and they have two sons and one daughter, Bertram E., Stanley E., and Dorothy.
FRED SUMNER CARR was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts, on April 22, 1857. the son of Horatio F. and Ruth E. Carr. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and Atkinson Academy, Atkinson, N. H.
He is President of the following companies: Carr Fastener Company of Cambridge, Mass., with branch factories in Canada and England; F. S. Carr Company, with factory at Framingham, Mass .; G. W. J. Mur- phy Company, with factory at Amesbury, Mass. These companies manufacture different lines of auto- motive products. Mr. Carr is a Director of the Cen- tral Trust Company, Cambridge, Mass., and a mem- ber of the Congressional Country Club, Washington, D. C., also the Commonwealth Country Club.
Mr. Carr has married twice: His first wife, Miss Sarah J. Emery and his second wife, Miss Ida M. Nason. There are two children, Moses F. Carr and Miss Adelaide F. Carr. The family home is at Waban Hill Road, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
HARRY EDMUND DAVIDSON
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SAM T. EMERY
JOSEPH S. DONOVAN was born in Toronto, Canada, on May 5. 1880, the son of Joseph A. and Julia (Duffy) Donovan. He received his education in the public schools.
Mr. Donovan was formerly president of the Dono- van Motor Car Company of Boston, the Boston dis- tributors of the Studebaker motor cars. On Janu- ary 1st. 1926. he retired from active business. having attained the goal of a million dollars, which he had set for himself when a boy. The retirement from busi- ness was the achievement of a promise made to him- self more than twenty years ago.
Mr. Donovan is a veteran of the Spanish war, hav- ing served as a sergeant in Company E. Ist Maryland regiment, in that conflict.
He is a member of the Commonwealth Country Club, Woodland Golf Club, and the Boston Athletic Association.
He married Miss Grace E. Brown and they have one daughter, Grace Adelaide Donovan. The family home is on Commonwealth avenue, Newton Centre.
SAM T. EMERY was born in Biddeford, Maine, but came to Boston after graduation from the public schools there, entering the employ of the Neptune Fire & Marine Insurance Co. of Boston. After this com- pany sold out its business he went into the office of a Boston insurance agency, finally becoming a partner in the agency of J. J. E. Rothery & Co., changing later to Rothery. Emery & Perkins. In 1914 this firm joined two other firms in organizing Gilmour, Rothery & Co., in which Mr. Emery is now an active partner. This agency has grown until it is now one of the largest general insurance offices in Boston.
Mr. Emery moved to Newton Centre in 1903 and now resides at 35 Marshall street, Newton Centre.
He is a member of the Boston Board of Fire Under- writers and vice-president of the Massachusetts Asso- ciation of Insurance Agents, member of Dalhousie Lodge of Masons, Newton Royal Arch Chapter and Gethsemane Commandery, Knights Templar.
He is interested in church and philanthropic activi- ties, being a director of the Newton Y. M. C. A., vice- president of the New England Deaconess Association, and treasurer of the Trustees of the Newton Centre Methodist Episcopal Church.
JOSEPH S. DONOVAN
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WILLIAM FRYE GARCELON was born in Lewiston. Maine, October 24, 1868, and is the son of William F. and Lucy Tatterson Garcelon. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and graduated from Bates College in 1890 with the degree of A.B. and from Harvard Law School in 1895 with the degree of LL. B. Since that time he has practised law in Boston.
Mr. Garcelon is a director in the Armstrong Com- pany, the York Manufacturing Company, the United States Trust Company, the White-Smith Music Pub- lishing Company. He is secretary-treasurer of the Arkwright Club and a member of the Board of Fel- lows of Bates College.
For three years beginning in 1907 he served as a representative from Newton to the Legislature.
At the entrance of this country to the World War Mr. Garcelon organized and served as chairman of the Newton Public Safety Committee.
He is a member of the Beacon Society, the Algon- quin. Hunnewell. Boston Athletic Association, Har- vard Club of Boston, the Harvard Club of New York, the Racquet and Metropolitan Clubs of Washington. D. C., the Commonwealth Country Club, the Charles River Country and the Unicorn Country Clubs. He has also served as president and secretary of the Massachusetts Golf Association and president of the New England Golf Association.
He married Miss Grace F. Merrill and they have one son, Merrill, and a daughter, Miss Grace Garcelon.
The family home is on Church and Park streets, Newton.
HENRY DANA CORMERAIS
WILLIAM FRYE GARCELON
HENRY DANA CORMERAIS, a veteran of the World War and prominent in military circles for many years. was born in Brookline, Mass .. August 23, 1879. the son of Henry Kidder Cormerais and Helen Dana (Chap- man), and was educated in the public schools of that town.
Colonel Cormerais has a fine military record, cover- ing a period of thirty years. He commanded Com- pany C, Fifth Massachusetts Infantry, on March 15. 1915. and was in command of that company during its service on the Mexican border. from July to October. 1916. As Captain commanding Co. C. 101st Infantry. he recruited it to war strength and led it into the United States service in July, 1917, serving with it until October, 1917, when he was detached for staff duty. His World War service extended from August 5th. 1917, to September 30, 1919. He was A. D. C. to Major General Clarence R. Edwards from January 4 to September 30. 1919, and was wounded in action at Bernecourt June 16. 1918. He is Inspector General with the title of Lieutenant Colonel of the Massachu- setts National Guard.
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