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Arnold, Earl; Anderson, Douglas ; Allison, Earl M .; Alpers, Wm. H .; Ausemus, C. E .; Armstrong, John; Amick, Eugene Earl; Albin, Jesse Vigel; Alpers, John Wm .; Anderson, Hy.
Burger, Wm. Arthur; Boswell, Merritt H .; Boswell, Henry; Boggs, Thos. J .; Brown, Oliver Carl; Brent, Earl F .; Barnes, Paul; Burnham, Connie; Bell, Jas. V .; Burke, Jaine Martin; Banty, Earl James; Beatty, Jas .; Brown, Louis Alvin; Bradley, Arthur L .; Bower, Clark E .; Brock- man, John; Bowmer, Newton; Bishup, Oscar; Bowmer, Jas. R .; Butts, Orville Ray; Brandt, Leon Norrite; Brooks, John H .; Buckley, Carl A .; Berry, Franklin; Bonham, Alfred; Brown, Ervine W .; Bottom, Lawrence ; Banks, Coleman C .; Buchanan, Frank G .; Brengarth, Henry L .; Brown- field, Veit ; Burrell, Ben E .; Bauman, Lee Ernest ; Burger, Wallace Walker; Bradley, Frank R .; Bryan, Lloyd; Blackstone, Mack L .; Baker, Henry J .; Baugh, Harry; Burd, Charlie; Baker, Wm. Elmer; Berry, Harry Lon;
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Bell, Stanley Ira; Baker, Auburn C .; Burger, Joseph A .; Butler, Elaske ; Bruce, Amos; Byler, Robert H .; Buckner, Hallie; Burrus, John Milton; Byler, Garland; Brewster, Harry E .; Barnert, Edgar L .; Brown, Harvey E .; Binkley, Jas .; Baldwin, Ira C .; Blalock, Jas. T.
Carl, Edward G. J .; Cave, John; Coleman, Calvin; Cramar, Ray ; Con- way, Raborn Lee; Coleman, Jas. H .; Croft, Geo. W .; Coleman, Wayt J .; Clawson, John; Conway, John Richard; Conway, Jas. F .; Chase, John H .; Cornwell, Clarence; Copas, Wm. F .; Crawford, Willie; Clawson, Jas .; Crawford, John H .; Crump, Sherman; Coats, Wilbur; Cordry, Omer E .; Chamberlin, Leonadus; Crockett, Jas. F .; Coleman, Nelson; Campbell, Roy; Clay, Charlie; Cassell, Charlie; Cooper, Linn; Cardin, Dudley B .; Clark, Leonadus M .; Cochran, William J .; Cramar, Chas. D .; Coleman, Chas. C .; Cardin, Chas. E .; Cox, Allen ; Clark, John B .; Corum, Martene W .; Conway, John Robert; Cash, H. M .; Coleman, Chas. W .; Corder, F. F .; Cary, H. E .; Cramar, E. D .; Callegari, E .; Cole, F. L .; Chenault, Clarence D .; Cosgrove, D. W.
Diel, Wm. O .; Duncan, Herbert; Dohn, J. E .; Diel, Raymond F .; Davis. Samuel; Dunfield, Jos .; Diefendorf, John; Davis, Porter E .; Dick. John Henry; Derondinger, Emil E .; Deurmeyr, Harry; Diehl, Wm .; Draffen, Lot Elbert; Davison, Harry; Drew, Mckinley; Douglass, Ray- mond; Davis, Lewis C .; Diggs, Arthur E .; Decker, Ray H .; Dick, Lewis Wm .; Devine, Michael Thos .; Davis, Harland H .; Davis, Walter; Drew, Isaac; Diemler, Lewis G .; Daniels, Roy Oliver; Dumolt, Urban A .; Dix. Pearlie Lee; Davis, J. E .; Driver, Wm. Henry.
Earley, Arnold J .; Evans, Herman B .; Evans, Loney ; Embry, Sidney . E .; Enloe, Lewis M .; Eubank, Louis A .; Eichman, Milton R .; Eades Chas. H .; Edwards, Robert S .; Ernst, Otto W .; Enquist, Geo. S .; Embry, Roy H .; Edson, Henry; Embry, Virgil F .; Evans, Benj. F .; Edwards, Riley Bird; Ellis, Clay W.
Fry, John R .; Felton, Leo H .; Fetters, Ben ; Farris, Nuckols; Frandes, Wm. Carl; Fowler, Tyre B .; Fry, Elmer Leon; Fairchild, Wm. W .; Fried- erich, Herman B .; Friedrich, Carl; Fry, Jesse A .; Friedrich, Jacob W .; Felton, Francis Richard; Fairfax, Lon; Friedrich, Edward C .; Folkerts, Lewis J.
Griffin, Victor R .; Gargus, Geo. F .; Grose, Vanmeeter; Gooseberry, Ernest; Gantner, Walter E .; Gravell, Jos. Lewis; Golden, Addie; Groves, Oscar B .; Gronstedt, Wm .; Givens. Bryan B .; Gillum, Geo. C .; Gilson, Ira E .; Gantner, Urban A .; Gerke, John; Givens, Clarence A .; Gunn, J. P .; Givens, Clay Carl; Green, John W .; Golden, Hickman; Goode, Mack J .;
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Green, Julian Bact; Gantner, Earl Jerome; Good, Isaac N .; Grazier, Sher- man; Gerling, Jos. J .; Gilbreath, Hugh K .; Geiger, Lawrence; Gavisk, Morgan; Gronstedt, Martin; Griffin, Harry B .; Gibson, Robert Lercy; Gil- more, Finis Glen; Gensler, Thomas; Grotinger, Ferdinand; Geiger, John Wilbur; Gump, Roy. Jord; Gantner, Jos .; Grose, Jas. W .; Gray, Olaff ; Gar- land, Homer; Gibson, Wm. M.
Hirst, John R .; Hepler, Jesse J .; Harris, W. B .; Hogan, Lenwood; Hopkins, Chas. W .; Holmes, Wm .; Haller, Richard W .; Heisler, Herman V .; Hogan, Alfred; Henderson, Chas. C .; Hoellerich, Aug .; Harris, Loy E .; Holliday, Arthur L .; Hutchinson, P. T .; Haley, Joel ; Hull, Wm. S .; Haley, W. L .; Holmes, Barney ; Hilden, Herman P .; Hutchinson, Robt. M .; Harte, Houston; Harris, Chas. D .; Harris, Edgar W .; Hogan, Oliver A .; Huth, Wilbur L .; Hausser, Albert; Houcker, Geo. F .; Hupp, Chas. J .; Huff, Ray- mond P. L .; Hogan, Jas. Otey; Harned, Walter P .; Hardiman, Wm .; Howard, Claud; Holliday, Ernest; Hale, Frank O .; Hoff, Edward L .; Hec- tor, Herbert A .; Hedgpeth, Robt. Geo .; Huckaby, Samuel T .; Hotsenpiller, Irl H .; Hopkins, Jesse; Helmreich, Elbert E .; Hunt, Robert V .; Harris, Terry E .; Hill, Jasper L .; Hickam, Chas. S .; Hurt, Ewing; Hammonds, Ernest; Hale, John P .; Harris, Marion C .; Hurt, Porter Marion; Haunsen, Aaron W .; Haller, S. John; Harris, Wm. J .; Huckaby, Pearl; Hain, Geo. John; Howard, Joe; Harlan, Geo. C .; Hupp, Isaac Gill; Holliday, Virgil; Hedrick, Lon M .; Hoberecht, Ray.
Irvin, John T.
Johnson, Leslie Smith; Jones, Brent; Jones, Chas. Elmer; Jegglin. Wm. A .; Johnson, Johnny ; Jenry, Wm. H .; Jones, Richard C .; Jenry, John M .; Johnson, Ellis; Jackson, Walter; Johnson, Robt. Perry; Jegglin, Ulmont; Jenkins, Phillip; Jones, Roy E .; Johnson, Andrew D .; Johnson, Clyde Gail; Jones. Roy Lindsay ; Johns, Wm. Kelly ; Jaeger, Albert, Jr.
Knabe, Herman H .; Kallian, Chas .; Kraus, Frederick A .; Kirschman, Lester L .; Klenklen, Wm. T .; Knorp, John G .; Krohn, Frederick H .; Kos- field, Herman Henry ; Kaiser, Wm. Theodore ; Kimlin, Fred A .; Kaiser, Geo. F .; Kibler, Wm. Walter; Kistenmacher, Karl; King, Lawson Lander; Knipp, Peter J., Jr .; Klenklen, Victor S .; Klein, Elmer Henry ; King, Judd ; Kinney, Dorsey ; Koontz, Frank L .; Kahle, Herman F .; Kinney, Jewel M .; Korte, Homer E.
Langlotz, Verner C .; Long, John T .; Loesing, Geo. Henry; Layne, John W .; Long, Chas. Clifford ; Langkep, Walter; Lusk, Marshall B .; Lyle, Chas. F .; Lovick, Wm. A .; Lewis, Edward; Lance, Geo .; Lacy, Geo. Whit; Lawson, Barney E .; Lee, Wm .; Lawson, Roy; Lewis, Harry; Leuckert,.
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C. D .; Langkop, Edward Chas .; Logan, Urbie Jas .; Lamm, Oscar Irving ; Lee, Nelson; Lamm, Jas. Forrest; Lee, Harrison G.
Miller, Roy F .; Miles, Homer; Mckinley, Lenwood; Mersey, Elmer E .; Moore, Jeff T .; Miles, Eugene; Mersey, Wm. H .; Minor, Hogan; Mayer, Chas. H .; Meller, Thos. E .; Manning, Floyd H .; Miller, Geo. L .; Mallory, Gilbert ; McIlveny, John; Meredith, Wm. Owen; Moore, LeRoy; Meredith, Geo. H .; Morris, Clay; Moore, Hilliard H .; Miller, H. J .; Miller, John L .; Madison, Ernest; Myer, Henry Robert; Morris, Warren Cole; McDonnell, Paul Brooks; McCleary, James; Meyer, August; Mochel, Wm. F .; Moehle, Geo. E .; McDowell, Sid; Marshall, Rudolph; Minor, J. W .; Morrison, Paul; Moore, Hugh Shelborn; Miller, Archie; Montgomery, Wm .; Meyers. For- rest; Mize, Richard B .; Meisenheimer, R. D .; Muessig, Robert; Myers, Fred Wm., Jr .; Morrow, Silas A.
Needy, Forrest ; Nichols, Willis; Nookerman, John A .; Nelson, Wm .; Neef, Henry Carl; Nelson, Ruben C .; Niederwimmer, H .; Nelson, Wm .; Newbauer, Emil; Neale, Monroe, Lee.
Oerly, Frank J .; Ohlendorf, Henry F .; Odneal, Hugh B .; Oak, Walter S .; Odil, Jan Anderson ; Odom, Radford F .; O'Neal, Samuel Amos ; Odneal, J. Geo. Poindexter; Owings, William T .; Orendorf, Robert Lee; Oak, W. W.
Pepper, Herman ; Peeples, Harold; Palmer, Frank D .; Pare, Oscar H .; Piatt, Wm. B .; Paxton, John H .; Phillips, Paul W .; Plater, Calvin ; Porter, Willie ; Poindexter, Alfred; Pulley, Clarence; Parkhurst, Geo. A .; Pearson, Carl C .; Powers, Elmore ; Philpott, James E .; Phipps, Geo. Wm .; Parrish, James; Poindexter, Arthur L .; Phipps, Marion Lee; Patterson, Jas. W .; Poindexter, John William; Pulley, Leonard B .; Putnam, Thos. B .; Park- hurst, Fred A .; Potter, A. Zabe H .; Poindexter, Chas. F .; Poole, Ellis : Poertner, Ernest J .; Powell, Earl; Pethan, Oscar W. H .; Perry, Elmer J .; Phillip, Noah; Potter, Lilburn A .; Perry, Hiram ; Porter, Chas.
Quint, Wm .; Quinley, Henry Vernon; Quigley, Wm. Oliver; Quint, Geo.
Read, Chas .; Ronan, Lee Albert; Reavis, Henry F .; Rassmussen, Arthur; Rawlins, Howard M .; Roth, Louis G .; Richey, Charlie ; Redmon, Chas .; Richey, Alphus N .; Runkle, Wm. K .; Ross, James A .; Reynolds, H. W .; Richardson, Clarence ; Reynolds, Geo. S .; Robinson, Press; Richter, John H .; Robinson, Carter; Rucker, Ray; Roberts, Roy Daniel; Redd, Roy; Rentschler, Samuel D .; Ries, Herman; Reed, John Wm .; Rolfe, Sidney R .; Riggs, Geo. E .; Roberts, Cecil C .; Riggs, Oscar; Rau, Frank Joseph.
Schuster, Wilbur J .; Smith, Edgar E .; Schilb, Francis Oscar; Stretz, Wilbur F .; Sims, Roy B .; Spillers, Guy E .; Simms, John W .; Schmidt,
PATRIOTIC PARADE IN BOONVILLE, APRIL 13, 1917, WHEN WAR WAS DECLARED AGAINST GERMANY
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Edward Joseph; Simmers, Luther; Sanders, Thos. P .; Stegner, Lloyd E .; -Stephens, Ralph; Smith, Walter R .; Schupp, Wm .; Stacy, King George; Sevier, Walker; Smith, P. L .; Schupp, R .; Stephens, Lon V .; Sanders, Jas .; Stuart, Jesse E .; Stephens, Clyde; Smalley, Joe B .; Soph, Raymond ; Sharp, John W .; Smallwood, Joe; Schwartz, Joseph H .; Stephens, Joseph L .; Scott, Willie M .; Skith, Henry A .; Shaw, Robert J .; Schoen, Frank S .; Shackleford, John; Schlup, Ovey; Simmons, Chas. C .; Salmon, Thos. J .; Straub, John F .; Sweeny, David, Jr .; Smith, Russell B .; Schultz, Frank; Steinmetz, Samuel T .; Smith, Thomas B .; Schwartz, John C .; Sanders, Lester J .; Simms, Morrison C .; Schneibner, Carl F .; Schmidt, Harry L .; Stephens, Whitney A .; Sullins, Elsa Victor; Schrader, Wm. H .; Selck, Hilliard ; Schilb, Alva E .; Snyder, Lee F .; Stretz, Norbert; Stephens, Reid; Sparks, Daniel; Sombart, Harry E .; Sieckmann, Wilhelm; Schupp, Con- rad; Smith, Arthur; Schupp, Fritz; Sutton, Lewis H .; Scholle, Albro; Snider, Alex; Sanders, Timothy; Strickfadden, Geo .; Simon, Russell; Schilb, Enslie Irvin; Stapleton, Winston; Schlotzhauer, Hallie C .; Sim- mons, Roy E .; Shinn, Henry ; Schoen, Charles; Sites, William Lee; Smith, Douglass ; Stephens, Walter; Smith, J. A .; Schwartz, Jacob John; Simms, Thomas A .; Simpson, Sylvester; Stephens, James; Speaker, Neal F .; Shafer, William O .; Shemwell, George; Stockard, Frank L .; Smith, Edward B.
Thompson, Herman; Turley, John C .; Trester, John ; Toler, Frank G .; Toley, William B .; Taylor, Julius ; Thompson, Clem Arnold ; Toler, Joseph A .; Toennis, John Gustave; Theiss, Lawrence; Thomas, Lewis; Turner, William C .; Todd, Frank; Turner, Henry; Tolbert, Floyd A .; Twenter, Albert H .; Tuirtcis, Paungistis; Taliaferro, Louis G .; Tompkins, John Cheatham; Thomas, George M .; Tuttle, Joseph Morton ; Thoma, Frank J .; Teele, Burke; Thompson, Joseph; Templemire, Edward; Trester, Harry Peter; Tumy, William H .; Thomas, John L .; Terrell, Arthur.
Utz, Winfield Roy.
Varnum, F. R .; Vieth, August William; Varner, Robert E .; Verts, Joseph L .; Verts, Harry Lee; Verts, Chalos Isaac; Varnum, George W .; Vaugn, Roy R.
Westerman, Ernest; Wolfe, Lewis E .; Wiemholt, Fred A .; Williams, Lawrence; Whitlow, Henry C .; Windsor, Wilbur C .; Wright, Harry ; Woodhouse, Henry; Willson, Willis; Wallace, Roscoe A .; Woodhouse, Albert; Walterscheid, Peter M .; Williams, Howard; Wolfe, Oral W .; Wil- liams, Grover C .; Windsor, Edward H .; Williams, Charles; Wilhite, John
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F .; Widel, John B .; Watkins, Theodore; Wright, Clarence; Wall, William Arthur; Wilson, Charles W .; Wolfe, William M .; Weyland, Morgan L .; Windsor, John H .; Williams, Roy; Williams, Edwin A .; Wendleton, John E .; Williams, Charles A .; Witt, Jeroid Lee; Wisner, John B .; Whitlow, Elliot W .; Windsor, John Leonard; Wassman, Orion F .; Wilhite, Elea S .; Wallje, Ernest B .; White, Arthur F .; White, Walter C.
Yeager, Frederick W. L .; Young, Rudolph H.
Zimmerman, Robert.
The following names we give as those that appear upon the list that . was prepared by the ladies of Boonville that do not appear upon the above list prepared by us.
Biltz, Rolla; Blank, Albert; Bonen, Leo Albert; Brandes, William Carl; Bryan, Charles Virgil; Burke, John Joseph; Barr, David Albert; Bamby, Earl James.
Cash, Horace Miller; Campbell, Arthur Harrie; Cannon, James Nel- son ; Cramer, Ernest Dewitt; Cole, Charles Betteridge; Collegan, Ernest. Deimber, Albert.
Gooseberry, Ernest; Gabriel, Samuel Emery.
Hutchison, William Thomas; Huffman, Paul Bush.
Kreeger, Heo. H .; Kelly. Dr. R. Q.
Larrimore, William H.
Meeker, Hiram; Meagher, Leo. James; McElroy, Charles Willey ; Matheny, William.
Pfeiffer. John.
Reed, Nolan Potter; Reynolds, Virgil Lee.
Stegner, Joseph William; Skinner, Elvie Elmer; Stewart, Wilbur; Schmitt, Urban Frank; Stephens, Robert; Smith, Samuel.
Tuff, Henry G.
Wilson, Fred W .; Watson, George; Williams, Douglas Kyril; Waller, Elliott.
Company B, Third Regiment Infantry, N. G., Boonville, Mo., was called into Federal service March 25, 1917, and drafted into Federal service August 5, 1917 and consolidated with Co. B, 6th Mo. Infantry and desig- nated Co. B, 140th Infantry.
Captain, Carl F. Scheibner; 1st Lieutenant, Warren T. Davis; 2d Lieutenant, William F. Short; 1st Sergeant, Merl Joseph Barnert; Mess Sergeant, Juneious C. Davis; Suply Sergeant, Carl A. Miller; Sergeants, John P. Logan, Jr., Forest E. Callahan; Corporals, William Lachney, Joseph C. White, Ewell K. Walden; Cooks, Morrison C. Simms, George
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Langhans; Buglers, Monte C. Coulter, Edward T. Willard; Privates, Robert Annly, Stephen Y. Bagby, Daniel Becker, Wayne R. Berry, Rolla Biltz, Burke E. Bledsoe, Rolla T. Bottom, John W. Buchanan, Arthur L. Campbell, Frank W. Cash, John Cauthon, John Cochran, Charles B. Cor- nett, Wyatt Cramer, Oscar Crum, Jesse H. Davis, Oscar J. Dewell, James L. Donohew, John C. Edwards, Jewell Fenical, Paul R. Goode, Monte H. Haller, Rutherford B. Hayes, George Hayes, James J. Haley, Roy P. Haley, Tom A. Hickcox, Harry R. Holmer, Henry J. Hilscamp, Ewing Hurt, Charles H. Huber, Cecil Jenkins, Eugene E. Johnston, Eugene F. Kleasner, James L. Kreeger, George Leininger, Edgar C. Lohse, Sylvanus W. Malott, Andrew L. Mayfield, John H. McMellon, Emett H. McRoberts, Carl W. Mock, Sam A. Mock, Charles S. Moore, Kemper Moore, Riley W. Murphy, Claude L. Muncy, Walker Oswald, Raymond R. Partee, Phillip Peeples, David H. Pfeifer, Otto E. Poertner, George Potter, Robert C. Renfrow, Earl W. Russell, Albert Schell, William Scotten, Rodney E. Simmons, Web- ster Joseph Simmons, Ernest N. Simpson, Fred Sims, Jo B. Smalley, Ernest F. Spaete, Robert H. Stephens, Jesse O. Stillwell, Curtis Stiner, Stanley M. Thatcher, William R. Thomas, Ralph A. Tuckley, Robert Von Oertzen, Dewey F. Wells, Lon H. Weyland, James White, Roger E. White, Richard N. Windsor, Grady T. Wood, William H. Yontz.
Casualty List .- Through the kindness of Floyd C. Shoemaker, sec- retary of the State Historical Society of Missouri, we herein give the casualty list of the Cooper County boys. Mr. Shoemaker, at considerable trouble, has compiled this list and it is barely possible that it does not contain all the casualties, yet in the main it is correct :
Annley, Robert, private, Boonville, wounded slightly.
Barnes, Lucien Nelson, private, Blackwater, wounded slightly.
Berry, Wayne R., private, Speed, wounded (degree undetermined).
Bietz, Rolland, private, Bunceton, wounded slightly.
Blackstone, McLawrence, private, Pilot Grove, died of disease (U. S. A.).
Coleman, Wayt J., private, Woodridge, wounded slightly.
Coulter, Monte C., corporal, Boonville, wounded severely.
Cramar, Ray, private, Blackwater, wounded severely.
Dickinson, Jonathan O., lieutenant, Boonville, wounded slightly.
Diel, Raymond Felix, private, Pilot Grove, wounded (degree unde- termined).
Diel, O. William, private, Pilot Grove, died of disease (U. S. A.).
Dishion, Pierce J., private, Bunceton, wounded slightly.
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Duncan, Herbert, private, Overton, wounded slightly.
Embry, Sidney E., private, Cooper County, killed in action.
Fairfax, Lon S., private, Otterville, died of disease.
Fowler, Tyre Boon, private, Boonville, wounded (degree undeter- mined).
Haller, Richard William, private, Boonville, died of disease.
Harlan, George Clark (navy), died of disease.
Harris, William, lieutenant, Boonville. wounded (degree undeter- mined).
Johns, William Kelley, private, Boonville, killed in action. Johnson, Everett Hale, Blackwater, killed in action.
Junkerman, Albert F., private, Blackwater, died of disease.
Klien, George J., private, Blackwater, missing in action.
Knabe, Henry Herman, private, Boonville, wounded (degree unde- termined).
Knoep, Elmer T., private, Prairie Home, wounded severely.
Kreeger, George H., corporal, Boonville, prisoner, wounded.
Langkop, Walter T., private, Bunceton, died of disease.
Logan, John P., sergeant, Boonville, wounded severely. Long, Charles C., private, Pilot Grove, wounded slightly.
Malott, Sylvanus W., private, Pilot Grove, wounded slightly. Mayer, Charles H., private, Boonville, wounded severely.
McAllister, Arthur T., private, Boonville, died of wounds.
Meyer, Henry R., recruit, Prairie Home, died of disease (U. S. A.).
Miller, Carl A., private, Boonville, wounded severely.
Miller, George True, private, LaMine, wounded (degree undeter- mined).
Miller, John L., private, Speed, wounded slightly.
Miller, Roy F. (navy), Boonville, died of disease (U. S. A.).
Mock, Samuel A., lieutenant, Boonville, wounded severely.
Odneal, Hugh B., private, Prairie Home, wounded severely. Ohlendorf, Henry E., private, Boonville, wounded severely. Poertner, Otto Ernest, private, Boonville, killed in action. Robey, William M., private, LaMine, wounded severely.
Ross, James Alfred, private, Boonville, wounded severely. Sanders, Thomas P., private, Boonville, wounded slightly. Salmon, Thomas J., private, Otterville, wounded severely. Sears, Ernest Cecil, private (marine), Blackwater, wounded severely.
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Simmons, Charles C., corporal, Boonville, wounded slightly.
Simmons, Henry T., private, Boonville, wounded severely.
Simmons, Rodney E., private, Boonville, wounded slightly.
Simmons, Webster J., sergeant, Boonville, wounded slightly.
Smith, Edward B., private, Cooper County, missing in action. Smith, Perry D., private, Blackwater, died of disease.
Speaker, Neal F., sergeant, Otterville, wounded (degree undetermined).
Spray, Walker, corporal, Boonville, wounded slightly.
Stephens, Clyde P., private, Bunceton, wounded slightly.
Stephens, Robert, corporal, Bunceton, wounded severely.
Stock, August W., corporal, Overton, wounded slightly.
Stoner, Curtis, private, Pilot Grove, wounded (degree undetermined).
Straub, John Franklin, bugler, Pleasant Green, wounded (undeter- mined).
Taylor, George Estel, private, Boonville, died of disease.
Thoma, Leonard E., mechanic, Boonville, died of wounds.
Thomas, William, private, Pilot Grove, wounded severely.
Vaughn, Harley P., corporal, Boonville, wounded severely.
Watson, George W., mechanic, Blackwater, wounded severely.
Whitton, Henry C., private, Blackwater, wounded severely.
Wilson, Arthur C., private (marine), Pleasant Green, wounded se- verely.
Zoeller, Frank S., corporal, Pilot Grove, wounded (degree undeter- mined).
Summary .- From "Statistical Summary of the War with Germany" prepared by Col. Leonard P. Ayres authorized by the War Department is extracted the following, which, of course, is of interest to our readers:
Among each 100 Americans five took up arms in defense of the country.
During the Civil War 10 out of every 100 inhabitants of the North- ern States served as soldiers or sailors. In that struggle 2,400,000 men served in the Northern army and the navy.
Between April 6, 1917, and Nov. 11, 1918, when the armistice went into effect 4,800,000 men constituted our land and naval forces. Yet a force proportional to that put forth by the North during the Civil War would have produced nearly 10,000,000 American fighting men.
The British sent to France in their first year of the war more men than did the United States in the first twelve months. On the other
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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 that number across the seas in one-half that time.
The organization of an immense army as that of the United States, its equipment and transportation 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. The number that reached France was 2,084,000 and of these 1,300,000 were engaged at the front.
American divisions were in battle for 200 days and engaged in 13 major operations from the middle of August until the armistice.
The American divisions held during the greater part of the time a front longer than that held by the British in October. The American divisions held 101 miles of line or 23 per cent of the entire western front.
In the battle of Saint Milhiel 550,000 Americans were engaged, as compared with 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 concentration of artillery fire recorded in the history of the world.
The Meuse-Argonne battle lasted 47 days, during which 1,200,000 American troops were engaged.
During the period of hostilities two out of every 100 American sol- diers were killed or died of disease. The total battle death of all nations in this war was greater than the total of all the deaths of all the wars in the previous 100 years.
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 death from disease.
The number of American lives lost was 122,500, of which about 10,000 were in the navy and the rest in the army and marines attached to it.
The war cost of America was $21,850,000,000, or approximately $1,000,000 an hour. The greatest number of men sent over seas in a single month was 306,000 and the largest returned home in a single month at the time of the report was 333,000.
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The supplies shipped from the United States to France was 7,500,000 tons in nineteen months.
ยท 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 the service in a single month was 400,000.
CHAPTER XXIII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MEXICAN BORDER TROUBLE-GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC-UNITED VET- ERANS OF THE CONFEDERACY-OTTERVILLE TRAIN ROBBERY-SHERIFF CRAMER MURDERED-A. B. THORNTON KILLED-THE PROHIBITION QUES- TION.
Mexican Border Trouble .- Company B, 3rd Infantry, National Guard of Missouri, was called with other National Guard units for service on the Mexican border on June 18, 1916. Capt. R. A. Johnston, who was in com- mand, left Boonville with sitxy-seven men for the mobilization camp at the government reservation near Nevada, Mo.
The departure of this organization caused much sorrow among the relatives and friends of the men. The citizens turned out in masse, escorted the company to the train, and gave the men a rousing send-off. After being in camp at Nevada a few days the citizens sent a committee headed by the Mayor and presented the company a beautiful silk United States standard.
On June 30, 1916, the men were examined physically and formally mustered into the service of the United States. There were now near ninety men in the company as Lt. Carl F. Scheibner had been left in Boon- ville when the company departed and had gathered in several recruits. Also several men recruited in other places had been assigned to Com- pany B.
The physical examination was most rigid and several were disqualified and sent back home, among them the captain of Company B.
The list of those accepted and mustered in the service of the United States follows:
Company B, 3d Infantry, Missouri National Guard. Called into Fed-
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eral service June 18, 1916. Mustered into Federal service June 30, 1916.
Captain, Rea A. Johnston; 1st Lt., William F. Short; 2nd Lt., Carl F. Scheibner; 1st Sgt., John S. Cobb; Mess Sgt., Carl A. Miller; Sgts., War- ren T. Davis, Martene Corum, John Parker Logan, Juneious C. Davis, Wil- liam Bell. Corps .: Forrest Callahan, Fred A. Kimlin, Charles Henry Huber, James A. Ross, Merl J. Barnert. Cooks: Morrison C. Sims, Paul R. Goode. Artificer: George Potter. Buglers: Ralph Brumbaugh, Monte Coulter. Privates: Bailey, Curtis F .; Bottom, Rolla T .; Campbell, James W .; Cauthon, John; Cochran, John; Cordes, Dewey E .; Culp, Henry ; Deuel, Oscar J .; Finn, William W .; Fowler, Ira O .; Haley, James J .; Haller, Manfred H .; Howard, Wallace E .; Hutchison, Presley T .; Johnston, Eugene E .; Kane, John D .; Kidwell, John H .; King, Judd; Kohn, William P .; Kratzer, Leroy; Kreeger, James; Lachner, William G .; Langhans, George; Lohse, Edgar C .; Long, William; McAllister, William; McRoberts, Emmett F .; Mock, Samuel A .; Moore, Charles S .; Pack, Hardie; Paxton,. John; Peeples, Phillip; Potter, Henry V .; Potter, John R., Jr .; Renfrow,. Robert C .; Schroeder, Albert W .; Shea, John E., Jr .; Sim, Fred; Simmons, Webster J .; Smalley, Joe B .; Spaete, Ernest F .; Stillwell, Jesse O .; Sum- merskill, Marshal J .; Tezon, William; Von Oertzen, Robert; Walden, Ewell K .; Webster, James H .; White, Roger E .; White, Joseph C .; Wilhite, James F .; Wilmesher, Herman; Yontz, William H.
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