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As a boy, the author lived almost across the river from these mills, which were concealed in a dense forest. He well remembers several occasions when there would be a tre- mendous explosion. All eyes would be turned at once toward the mills, where a great cloud of smoke could be seen rising toward heaven. Just think of the emotions of the families and friends of those men who worked there! It is true that each mill was occupied by only two or three men at a time, so that a disaster would be no greater. And yet at almost every
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"blow-up" two or more men whom we had known from child- hood had been blown to fragments. But pay was good and hours short ; the work was light, and there was never any dif- ficulty in getting others to take their places. There was a spirit of fatalism among the men. They believed that if their time had come it made no difference where they were, and that the chances were more than even that it would not come to them there. Remember the case of Mr. Howard Mayberry, who is spending his forty-eighth year at this plant.
The old stone mill of which we show you a picture is gone ; the old wheel mills, glaze mills, and refinery have been torn down. There is no explosive now manufactured at the plant. And yet, that large forest, which was closed to all but workmen when the author was a boy, looks as gloomy and forbidding as ever. It was the scene of many a terrible tragedy, mercifully concealed from the common gaze by those thick pines and the dark, forbidding stream of the Presump- scot, which proved the Styx to forty-five men in the glow and hope of sturdy manhood. Never can it be otherwise than gloomy and tragic to those of us who lost friend after friend in its forbidding shades.
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GREAT FALLS-A MANUFACTURING VILLAGE OF THE PAST
T THE first man to improve this power on the Windham side of the river was Zebulon Trickey, who, with his son of the same name, operated a saw mill before the begin- ning of the nineteenth century. It was located on or near the mill site later owned by the heirs of the late John M. White.
Shortly after 1800 Enoch White had a large saw mill on these falls. He first had a "gang of saws," a new thing in lumbering. He was very popular with his employees, made a fortune in this village, and retired in affluence. John White, brother of Enoch, purchased the privilege and conducted an extensive business for several years. He engaged in land speculations and, unlike many others, sold out when stocks were at the peak, and made a fortune thereby. He then retired and died soon after. His son, John M. White, the heir, being placed above the necessity for labor, did little on the falls.
In 1842 Walter Corey of Portland erected a chair factory on the south side of the road, near the Windham end of the bridge. Finding his business increasing from year to year, he enlarged the mill to double the capacity and gave employ- ment to a large number of men. The output of this plant included 20,000 chairs annually, besides other furniture. Because of failing health he sold the business in 1870. Two years later the mill burned, along with four large tenement houses and several other buildings. None of them was rebuilt.
About 1896 a power company got possession of the entire water power on both sides of the river. An immense dam was built that overflowed the land back of the original falls, along with the falls at Middle Jam. This power is transmitted to Portland by immense lines of wire. Only a few men are needed to tend such a plant, and the village is ruined for all time as a manufacturing community. This is now its situation.
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PLEASANT RIVER
T THIS beautiful stream rises in the town of Gray and enters Windham near Jackson's Falls. It pursues a westerly course, traversing an exceedingly fertile coun- try, and joins the Presumpscot at a point between Gambo and Loveitt's Falls. On this river are several mill privileges, all of which have been occupied at some time since the town was first settled.
In a previous sketch we have given some account of the Anderson mill and the great freshet that followed the project of cutting through the south end of Little Sebago to secure a larger supply of water. In the same sketch we made mention of the first mill on Jackson's Falls, and of Varney's mill at the "Oxbow."
About a mile above Anderson's Falls a small stream called the Ditch Brook flows into Pleasant River. On this there were recently two saw mills, one owned by Thomas Varney, the other by Joseph Elder. About 1814 Abijah Varney had a small saw mill near where the Elder mill stood. Both Varney and Elder did a good business.
Early in the nineteenth century Ebenezer Allen had a saw mill on what became known as Allen's Falls. His son Josiah tore down the old mill and erected a new one. Here he did a good business until he was washed out by the great freshet of 1861.
About a quarter of a mile above Allen's is the privilege known as Pope's. It is on the road leading from the site of the old Friends schoolhouse to Windham Hill. About 1800 Edward Cobb had a saw mill there. He sold the property to the late Nathan Pope, Senior, who was a clothier. Mr. Pope built a small mill to exercise that handicraft. This he carried on with good success for several years and retired with a good competency.
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In 1841 his sons, Isaiah and Joseph, formed a corpora- tion under the name of Isaiah Pope & Co. They erected a mill 50 x60 feet for the purpose of manufacturing woolen goods. To this company was later added a cousin, Robert Pope, a man possessed of considerable means, and for several years they did a safe and lucrative business. Next they built a corn and flour mill, which they fitted up with the best
OLD POPE DAM ON PLEASANT RIVER
machinery then obtainable and made a wild attempt to com- pete with western mills. Being unsuccessful in this venture, they sold the machinery and converted the building into a saw mill, with a grist mill and one set of stones attached. In this mill they employed several men in the manufacture of lumber of various kinds, the manufacture of coffins, doors, and other kinds of joiner work. They also engaged in the manufacture of clothing for Boston and New York parties, in which branch of business they made money rapidly. They were, at the same time, engaged in farming and were among
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the most influential people in town. They were members of the Friends denomination.
In 1859 or '60 two members of the firm, Oliver and Joseph Pope, purchased the mill privilege at the foot of Little Sebago, known as the Narrows, for lumbering pur- poses on a large scale. This pond is eight miles long and aver- ages half a mile in width. It lies partly in Gray and partly in Windham. Its waters are cool and clear, abounding in fish of various kinds. Its shores are diversified by gentle slopes of cultivated land and magnificent forests of pine, oak, and hemlock. At the foot was a small hamlet where a saw mill had stood time out of mind. The Popes purchased it of Samuel Garland and Charles Rogers. They built a new high dam at the outlet of the pond. The soil here is composed largely of sand and cobble stones, and the dam should have had a sure foundation made by driving heavy timbers far down into the subsoil. This was not done.
In the early spring after the dam was completed, the melting snow had filled the pond to high water mark. A period of long heavy rains followed, and all who were familiar with conditions knew that, sooner or later, a catas- trophe was sure to happen. Yet the owners seemed wholly unmindful of danger and sought to overcome the force of gravity by raising the height of the dam still more. The last days of April were marked by a tremendous rainfall. On the fifth and sixth of May there was a veritable flood from the skies. The water was ten to fifteen feet higher in the pond than ever before, and the tremendous pressure was too much for the frail dam to withstand. On May 7, 1861, it gave way, and "great was the fall thereof." As soon as possible after this event the owners, who lived three or four miles below at the village of Popeville, were notified, and in less than an hour the place was thronged with people from all parts of the town.
Samuel T. Dole was at the time an employee of the com- pany and, as an eye witness, relates what followed :
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"We implored the owners to remove what property they could to a place of safety. There were a cotton mill full of cloth and machinery, all the tools and machinery belonging to the joiner's mill, the saw mill, and the dye house. They laughed at us and said that the water could never reach the flooring of any of these buildings.
"About three hours after the arrival of the messenger who had reported the bursting of the dam at the Narrows, a low, sullen roar was heard like the roar of wind among the treetops, telling us that the hour of peril was at hand. In a few moments around the bend of the river came an immense wave, bearing on its crest a huge quantity of débris, consist- ing of stumps, fences, bridges, mill logs, cord wood, and whole trees torn up by the roots and borne along on the raging torrent.
"It first encountered a double boom, which checked its progress a moment. Then the boom snapped like a pipe stem, and the whole mass rushed upon the dam. There it remained stationary for some time. Suddenly the dam burst, and everything was hurled on the dye house and bridge. These, along with the saw mill, were annihilated in a moment. On the opposite side of the river stood the woolen factory filled with heavy machinery. This stood firm. The cotton and warp mill, attached to the woolen mill, was moved at least ten feet from its foundation. The water rose to the second story of these buildings, ruining goods and machinery.
"Below the factories was the village store full of gro- ceries. The mad rush of the torrent beat the river side of the foundation into fragments and bore them away, making a clean sweep through the basement.
"The Allen saw mill, a mile below, withstood the first rush of the waters for more than an hour, but, as the torrent rose higher and higher the mill was lifted off the foundations and floated out of sight with the chimney standing. Several rods below it struck the trees growing on the bank, and the entire structure was dashed into a thousand pieces.
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"In this general destruction every bridge from the Roose- velt Highway to the mouth of the river was swept away. The bridges at Gambo, Little Falls, and Horsebeef on the Presumpscot were carried off by the flood.
"A short time after this the Popes rebuilt the mills and repaired damages as best they could, but they met with reverses, and the property fell into other hands. A man named Garnier purchased the woolen mill and began to make repairs, when the building burned, along with the store, a dwelling house, and a store house. The saw mill was pur- chased by John Keene, who occupied it a few years. This too was destroyed by fire several years ago, and no trace of this once flourishing business remains. Popeville exists no more."
It is a melancholy fact that two of the great disasters to property in Windham have been associated with the greed of man. Nature never intended that Little Sebago should empty into Pleasant River. The attempt to change the laws of gravity in connection with this body of water has resulted in immense losses that were avoidable ; and, as always, the inno- cent suffered with the guilty. Modern engineering would have prevented both these freshets from happening.
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JOHN ALBION ANDREW -WAR GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
O N the crest of the hill, just east of the Maine Central depot at South Windham, on the south side of the road, stands a story-and-a-half house. In that house John Albion Andrew, later known as the "War Governor" of Massachusetts, was born May 31, 1818. His father was Jonathan Andrew, whose father John, with his wife Eliza- beth, had come from Salem, Mass., to Windham and settled on the River Road in the latter part of the eighteenth cen- tury. On June 14, 1817, Jonathan entered his intention of marriage with Miss Nancy G. Peirce of Bridgton, and, about the same time, purchased the house mentioned above of Dr. James Paine. There he lived until the death of his wife on March 7, 1832, shortly after which event he removed to Boxford, Mass.
Jonathan Andrew had a grist mill near where the present plant of the Androscoggin Paper & Pulp Co. is located. He also had a grocery business, first at the junction of the River Road and the road leading to the village, opposite the resi- dence of the late John Jackson Bodge. Later, he removed his business to the village and was the first trader in that place. His store was located where the present postoffice stands. He was very prosperous and retired with a good property.
John Albion Andrew, commonly called "Albion," fitted for college at Gorham Academy under the famous preceptor, Rev. Reuben Nason. He entered Bowdoin College and gradu- ated in the Class of 1837. While at Bowdoin he was a mem- ber of the Athenian Literary Society. He was a member of the Bowdoin Praying Circle and was disciplined by them for cutting a prayer meeting and going to a circus. He was excused from attending the services of the Congregational Church in favor of the Unitarian Church. His biographer
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BIRTHPLACE OF GOVERNOR ANDREW
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thinks there was no theological significance in this, but that the future governor wished to listen to shorter sermons.
On leaving college he studied law with Henry W. Fuller, Esq., of Boston, was admitted to the Suffolk bar, and settled in Boston. He was a tremendous worker and soon rose to the head of his profession. In 1859 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1860 he was elected Governor and filled this important office during the entire period of the war, retiring in 1866.
In his history of Bowdoin College, the author, Alpheus S. Packard, writes thus :
"In 1860 he was elected governor of the State at a critical emergency in State and nation, involving great respon- sibility and requiring vigorous, prompt action, and by his uncommon executive ability, his administrative faculty con- trolled by strong practical sense, by clear foresight of coming events, unflinching courage, and by what seemed strong religious faith, and by his superiority to ordinary ways of mere politicians, placed himself in the foremost rank of governors of States and by general consent acquired the title of 'the great war governor'."
Thus does his College, where he received that true Bow- doin training that fits for life today as well as a century ago, honor her son.
His last visit to Windham was on the occasion of the cen- tennial of the organization of the town under a charter, on July 4, 1862. He left the pressing duties of a war governor for a day, and delivered the principal address on that occa- sion. He was a son of whom Windham is justly proud.
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WINDHAM IN THE CIVIL WAR
T HE causes of the Civil War are fully explained in all good texts on American history. This war came on the Town of Windham, as on all other communities, like a thunderbolt. No one realized the magnitude of the conflict until after it had begun. The first volunteers were three- months men, and this goes to show that it was expected to be of short duration. The account of this war given in Smith's History of Windham is full of that spirit of bitterness that filled the hearts of all Yankees for many years after the struggle. It is safe to say that Smith could not have con- ceived of the spirit of tolerance for the South that now pre- vails. The lapse of time has softened the past, and there is much that we would willingly forget.
One thing we would not forget, and that is the loyal patri- otism that inspired every Northerner, when his country was in danger. Windham had a most impressive record in war service. We have the following statistics: Number of men furnished by the town, as per report of the Secretary of War, 302; Number mustered into service, per report of the Adjutant General, 374; Bounties paid to soldiers, $50,125 ; State aid to soldiers' families, $7,596; Number of families aided, 169; Contributions for soldiers' relief, $2,450; Num- ber of Windham men who died in the service, 44.
These are the closing words in Smith's history :
"It is a matter of profound regret that wars should con- stitute so large a part of the history of nations and towns. They are the dark side of sacred and profane history. All wars, justifiable or unjustifiable, glorious or inglorious, have an appalling counterpart. This besom of destruction has been in the full tide of successful operation for more than three thousand years, and has been sanctioned by the highest Divine and civil authority. All wars are waged against
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humanity, philanthropy, peace on earth and good will toward men."
Any war disrupts business, as we learned again to our cost, eighteen years ago. Manufacturing in certain lines and agriculture receive an abnormal impetus. One industry in Windham had an immediate and enormous boom. This was the powder industry at Gambo, as we have already seen. Of course, along with the high prices received for home products came the equally high prices that were charged for goods manufactured elsewhere. Of real prosperity there was none for the average citizen ; and, as always, after the war came the inevitable depression.
A chapter on war is an unpleasant record, and we shall close this one here.
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WINDHAM IN THE WORLD WAR
T HE following list of persons, who enlisted in the United States Service, or who were inducted into the Service of the United States by means of the draft, is as com- plete as a thorough search of the Adjutant General's Roster can provide. In transcribing them, it has been necessary to use a great many abbreviations in order to consolidate the records into as small a space as possible. A complete list of abbreviations is given.
Any singling out of names of individuals for special men- tion is likely to be out of place ; but the names of the follow- ing who died in the Service may be recorded here :
Charles W. W. Field, killed in action July 19, 1918. Lieutenant Field was the first officer of the 103rd Regiment to be killed and was probably the first officer from Cumberland County to fall.
Lincoln W. Lamb, died of disease at Camp Devens, Mass., Sept. 29, 1918.
ABBREVIATIONS
AEF
American Expedition-
Ck
Cook
ary Forces
CL
Civil Life
Aero
Aeronautics
CM
Carpenter's Mate
AmTn
Ammunition Train
Co
Company
Arty
Artillery
Cp
Camp
B
Born
Cpl
Corporal
Bks
Barracks
CWS
Chemical Warfare
Bn
Battalion
Service
Brig
Brigade
1c
First Class
Btry
Battery
2c
Second Class
C
Corps
3c
Third Class
CA
Coast Artillery
Dep
Depot
CAC
Coast Artillery Corps
Dept
Department
Cand
Candidate
Det
Detachment
Cas
Casual
Disch
Discharged
Cav
Cavalry
Div
Division
CI
Class
Eng
Engagements
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Engrs Engineers
OTC
Officers' Training Corps
Enl Enlisted
Overseas Overseas Service
ERC
Enlisted Reserve Corps
Pion
Pioneer
FA
Field Artillery
Prov
Provisional
Ft Fort
Pvt Private
Gen
General
QmC Quartermaster Corps
R Residence
RA Regular Army
HDOD
Honorably Discharged on Demobilization
RAR
Regular Army Reserve
Regt Regiment
HDSCD
Honorably Discharged on Surgeon's Certifi- cate of Disability
RFS Reported for Federal
HFA
Heavy Field Artillery
Service
Hosp
Hospital
ROTC
Reserve Officers' Train-
Hq
Headquarters
ing Corps
Hs
Horseshoer
RS Receiving Ship
Ind
Inducted into Service
SATC Students' Army Train-
Inf
Infantry
ing Corps
Lt Lieutenant
SCD
Surgeon's Certificate of Disability
Med
Medical
MG
Machine Gun
Sdlr
Saddler
MGC
Machine Gun Company
Serv
Service
MP
Military Police
Sgt
Sergeant
MTrk
Motor Truck
Sig
Signal
MTC
Motor Transport Corps
Sq
Squadron
NA
National Army
Sup
Supply
NG National Guard
TrMBtry Trench Mortar Battery
NRF Naval Reserve Force
Tng Training
NTCp Naval Training Camp
TC Transportation Corps
NTS Naval Training Station
Trk Truck
ORC
Officers' Reserve Corps
Tn Train
Ord
Ordnance
Wag
Wagoner
Org Organization
All enlistments or inductions into service are Westbrook unless otherwise stated. When the place of birth or place of residence is not stated, Windhanı is understood.
ROSTER OF WINDHAM IN THE WORLD WAR
AIKINS, FREDERICK H., Ind : 6/17/18. Pvt; Cpl 10/5/18. Org: Med Dept Gen Hosp No. 16, New Haven, Conn., to disch. HDOD: 7/9/19.
AIKINS, LINCOLN J., Ind: 10/12/18. Pvt; Org: SATC Bates College to disch. HDOD : 12/10/18.
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Govt
Government
HD
Honorably Discharged
Repl
Replacement
Res Reserve
AIKINS, WILLIAM E., R. New London, Conn., Enl: NG Portland 9/21/15. RFS: 7/25/17. Pvt; Pvt 1st Cl 10/26/17; Sdlr 2/27/18. Org: 5th Co CAC Me NG to 8/23/17; Sup Co 103rd FA to disch. Eng: Champagne- Marne ; Aisne-Marne ; St. Mihiel ; Meuse-Argonne. Over- seas : 12/15/17 to 4/10/19. HD: 4/29/19.
AXELSEN, EDWARD, R. Westbrook, Ind: 7/26/18. Pvt; Pvt 1st Cl 1/1/19. Org: 151st Dep Brig to 8/15/18; Co H 42nd Inf to disch. HD: 1/24/19.
BARROWS, WILLIS J., Ind: 6/25/18. Pvt; HD SCD : 6/29/18.
CARNEY, FRED W., B. Queens Co., Lower Jemseg, N. B., Enl: NA Ft Slocum, N. Y., 7/29/18. Sgt 11/6/18. Org: QMC Cp Meigs, Washington, D. C., to 8/21/18; QMC Det Hoboken, N. J., to 1/20/19 ; Utilities Det 15, Jersey City, N. J., to disch. HDOD : 3/6/19.
CHESSEY, LOUIS J., B. Hiram, Enl: NG 6/29/17. RFS: 7/25/17. Pvt; Hs 8/20/17; Ck 1/15/18; Pvt 6/3/18; Hs 6/5/18. Org: Btry B 1st Reg Me HFA NG (Co B 56 Pion Inf) to 6/3/18; Sup Co 56th Pion Inf to disch. Eng: Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Overseas : 9/4/18 to 6/25/19. HDOD: 7/2/19.
CLARK, CLARENCE E., B. Bath, Enl: NG Bath 2/4/17. RFS: 7/25/17. Pvt; Pvt 1st Cl 4/8/17; Cpl 6/3/17; Pvt 7/17/17; Ck 8/23/17. Org: 29th Co CAC Port- land, Me., to 10/10/17; 23rd Co CAC Portland to S/26/18; Btry F 48th Arty CAC to 9/5/18; Btry E 48th Arty CAC to disch. Overseas : 10/7/18 to 3/24/19. HDOD: 4/11/19.
DAY, JAMES H., B. Nobleboro, Ind: 10/23/18. Pvt; Org: SATC Northeastern College, Boston, to disch. HDOD: 12/6/18.
EDWARDS, ROYAL L., B. Yarmouth, Enl : NG 6/2/17. RFS: 7/25/17. Pvt; Org: 12th Co CA Me NG to 6/1/18; Btry A 72nd Arty CAC to 10/23/18; Ord Det 72nd
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Arty CAC to disch. Overseas: S/S/18 to 3/14/19. HDOD: 3/25/19.
ESTES, LUTHER A., Ind : 9/4/18. Pvt; Org: 152 Dep Brig to 10/16/18; 4 Co CAC Ft Dupont, Del., to 12/4/18; S Co CAC Ft Dupont, Del., to disch. HDOD : 12/18/18. EVANS, WESTON S., B. Standish, Enl: RA Cp Lee, Va., 5/16/18. Pvt; Pvt 1st Cl 5/20/18. Org: Co 1 Engrs Off Tng Sch to disch: HD to acpt com: 10/28/18. Aptd: 2nd Lt Engrs 10/29/18. Org: 125th Engrs to disch. HD for convenience of Govt: 1/3/19.
FARNSWORTH, EUGENE, B. Islesboro, Ind: 6/25/18. Pvt; Org: 151 Dep Brig to 7/24/18; Co B 69 Engrs to 8/19/18; Co C 69 Engrs to 12/27/18; 136 TC to disch. Overseas : 9/23/18 to 7/16/19. HDOD: 7/24/19.
FIELD, CHARLES W. W., Aptd: 2nd Lt Cav 8/15/17 from CL Plattsburgh Bks, N. Y. Org: Co C 103rd MG Bn to death. Cited for bravery. Overseas: 10/3/17 to death. Killed in action 7/19/18.
FIELD, SANFORD W., R. Portland, Ind: Portland 7/25/18. Pvt; Pvt 1st Cl 8/20/18. Org: 151 Dep Brig to disch. HDOD: 12/5/18.
FREEMAN, GARDNER R., Ind : 7/26/18. Pvt; Org: 45 Co 1st Bn 151 Dep Brig. DSCD: 8/1/18.
FREEMAN, STEPHEN W., Ind: 8/29/18. Pvt; Org: 14th Co 4th Bn 151 Dep Brig. DSCD : 9/3/18.
GORDON, ADELBERT P., Ind : 7/26/18. Pvt; Org: 151 Dep Brig to 8/2/18 ; Co A 73 Inf to disch. HDOD : 1/17/19. HARPER, FRED C., R. Waterville, Enl: ERC Portland 8/13/17. Pvt; Pvt 1st Cl 11/17/17; Ck 11/10/17 ; Pvt 1st Cl 1/6/18; Cpl 8/15/18; Sgt 10/15/18. Org: Co E Ft Ethan Allen, Vt., to 10/3/17; Med Dept Cp Greene, N. C., to disch. HDOD: 2/6/19.
HASKELL, HERMAN P., Ind : 9/4/18. Pvt; Org: 152 Dep Brig to disch. HDOD: 12/3/18.
HASTY, BERNARD C., R. Auburn, Enl: ERC Portland 1/12/18. Pvt; Pvt 1st Cl 1/12/18. Org: US Sch Mil
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Aero Princeton, N. J., to 8/27/18; 5th Cadet Sq Elling- ton Field, Tex., to disch. HDOD : 12/12/18. HAWKES, GROL, R. Cumberland, Enl : RA Ft Slocum, N. Y., 8/22/17. Pvt; Pvt 1st Cl 5/22/18; Cpl 7/1/18; Sgt 8/29/18. Org: 124 Aero Sup Sq to 10/22/17; 103 Aero Sq Sig Co to 1/27/18; 32 Aero Sq to disch. Overseas: 11/23/17 to 4/4/19. HDOD: 4/17/19.
HAWKES, HOWARD G., Enl: 10/3/17. Pvt; Sgt 11/1/17. Org: Btry E 303 FA. Overseas: 7/16/18 to 3/20/19. HD: 4/17/19.
HAWKES, PHILIP W., Ind: 7/26/18. Pvt; Org: 151 Dep Brig to 8/21/18; Co A 72 Inf to disch. HDOD: 1/17/19.
HAWKES, WYMAN E., Ind: 10/5/18. Pvt; Org: SATC Univ. of Me., Orono, to disch. HDOD: 11/23/18.
HILL, ARTHUR H., B. Providence, R. I., Enl : Providence, R. I., 4/30/17. Pvt; Cpl 9/18/17; Sgt 3/4/18; 1st Sgt 7/20/18. Org: 9 Co CAC; 27 Co CAC; 66 Co CAC Ft Adams, Newport, R. I., to disch. HDOD: 12/13/18. JORGENSEN, JOHN H., Ind: 7/26/18. Pvt; Org: Co A 73 Inf to disch. HDOD: 1/29/19.
JORGENSEN, NILS C., B. Blue Bell, N. B., Canada, Ind : 7/26/18. Pvt; Org: 42 Inf. HDOD: 6/12/19.
JOY, HAROLD W., B. Portland, Enl: NG 10/18/15. RFS: 7/25/17. Cpl; Sgt; Mess Sgt; Sgt 12/18/17. Org: 2 Co CA Me NG (22 Co CAC Portland) to 12/27/17; ROTC to 5/1/18; Co I 5 Inf Repl Regt to disch. HD to accept commission 6/5/18. Aptd: 2nd Lt from NG 6/6/18. Org: 5 Inf Repl Regt to 4 Bn Repl Tng Center to disch. HD.
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