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Court at which delegates and alternates are elected according to the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE XXIV.
MEETINGS OF COUNCIL.
The Council shall meet in January, April, June, and October, at such time and place as they may appoint, either within or without the State of New Jersey. Five members shall con- stitute a quorum for all business.
The Council shall have the power to call special Courts of the Society and arrange for celebrations by the Society. They shall have control and management of the affairs and funds of the Society. They shall at no time be required to take any action or contract any debt for which they shall be liable. They may accept the resignation of any member of the Society.
They may submit to the Society annually a report of their proceedings during the past year. The Council shall have the power to drop from the roll the name of any member of the Society who shall be at least two years in arrears, and who shall fail to pay the same within sixty days after notice in writing. On being dropped, his membership shall cease; but he may be restored to membership at any time by the Council upon his written application and the payment of all arrears to the date of his restoration. The Council may suspend any officer for cause, which must be reported to the Society, and action taken on the same within thirty days by the Society.
ARTICLE XXV.
RESIGNATION.
The resignation of a member shall not become effective unless accepted by the Council. The Council may restore to membership, upon his written application, any person whose resignation has been accepted.
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ARTICLE XXVI.
DISQUALIFICATIONS.
No person enrolled as a member of this Society shall be permitted to continue in membership if proof of descent or of the service of his ancestor be found defective. The Council after thirty days' notice to such person to substantiate his claim, upon his failure satisfactorily so to do, may require the Secretary to erase his name from the membership list.
The said person shall have a right to appeal to the Society at its next Court. If the appeal be sustained by a two-thirds vote of the members present at the Court, the person's name shall be restored to the membership list.
ARTICLE XXVII.
EXPULSION, SUSPENSION, OR DROPPING FROM THE ROLL.
Any member for conduct detrimental or antagonistic to the interest or purposes of the Society, or for other just cause, may be suspended or expelled from the Society. But no mem- ber shall be expelled or suspended unless written charges be preferred against such member to or by direction of the Council.
The Council shall give thirty days' notice in writing of such charges, and afford such member reasonable opportunity to appear with counsel and be heard and refute the same. The Council, after hearing such charges and refutation, may, by a two-thirds vote, recommend to the Society the suspension or expulsion of such member, and if the recommendation of the Council be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Society present at such Court, he shall be so suspended or expelled. If expelled, the insignia of said member shall there- upon be returned to the Treasurer of the Society, and his rights therein shall be extinguished or suspended. In case of expul- sion, the Treasurer shall refund to the said member the amount paid for the said insignia.
Whenever, for any reason satisfactory to the Society-at- large, the resignation of any member shall be requested by resolution adopted by unanimous vote of all other members
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present at a meeting of the Society held upon notice specifying that such resolution will be offered, and such member shall fail or refuse to resign within thirty days after notice of the pas- sage of such resolution, the name of such member shall be dropped from the roll of the Society without the presentation of charges. In such case the insignia shall be returned and paid for as in case of expulsion.
ARTICLE XXVIII. SERVICE OF NOTICE.
It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary by written communication of his place of residence and of any change thereof, and of his post-office address. Service of any notice under the Constitution or By-laws, on any member, may be made by depositing the same in the mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such member.
ARTICLE XXIX.
ALTERATIONS OR AMENDMENTS.
No alterations of, or amendment to, this Constitution shall be made unless notice specifying the proposed alteration or amendment shall have been given in writing, signed by the member proposing the same, at a Court of the Society.
The Secretary shall send a copy of the proposed alteration or amendment to each member of the Society, and state the Court at which the same will be voted upon. No amendment or alteration of the said amendment shall be made unless adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members present at the Court voting upon the same.
ARTICLE XVII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS.
THE INSIGNIA OF THE SOCIETY.
The insignia of the Society shall consist of a badge, pendant by a gold crown and ring from a watered silk ribbon one inch and a half wide, of red, bordered with white and edged with
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red. The badge shall be surrounded by a laurel wreath in gold and shall consist of :
Obverse: A white enameled star of nine points bordered with red enamel, having between the points nine shields, each dis- playing an emblem of one of the nine original colonies; and, within a blue enameled garter bearing the motto: "Fortiter Pro Patria," an Indian's head in gold relievo.
Reverse: The star above described, but with gold edge, each shield between the points displaying a mullet, and in the center, within an annulet of blue, bearing the title "Society of Colonial Wars, 1607-1775," the figure of a colonial soldier in gold relievo. The reverse of the crown of each badge shall bear an engraved number, corresponding to that of the registered num- ber of the member to whom such insignia have been issued.
The insignia shall be worn by the members on any occasion when they assemble for a stated purpose or celebration, and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony. It shall be worn conspicuously on the left breast. Members who are or have been officers of a State Society, including Gentlemen of the Council, may wear the badge with three jewels in the crown suspended from a regulation ribbon around the neck. Mem- bers who are or have been officers of the General Society may wear a sash (ribbon) of the Society's colors, three and one- half inches in width, extending from the right shoulder to the left hip, with the badge pendant at the intersection of its ends over the hip. The insignia shall be worn only as prescribed in this Article, and in accordance with regulations adopted from time to time by the General Council.
A rosette or button of the size now in use, or of a miniature size, of red watered silk with white thread edging may be worn on occasions other than formal in the upper buttonhole of the left lapel of the coat, provided it be not worn with other insignia of the Society.
The Regulations of the General Society of Colonial Wars governing the wearing of the Insignia of the Society are
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printed on pages 59-69 of the 1917 Book of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, to which the reader is referred for details. A pamphlet containing the regulations may be had on application to the Secretary General. For the dignity of the Society it is recommended that gentlemen of the Society observe the regulations scrupulously.
COST OF INSIGNIA.
Insignia in gold (with ribbon) .... Thirty-one dollars and
seventy-five cents.
Insignia in silver gilt (with ribbon) Sixteen dollars.
When either of the above is jew-
eled an additional charge of ..... Seven dollars.
Neck ribbon with gold suspend-
ing ring (for State Officers) .... Four dollars and fifty cents. Broad ribbon with standard finish
( for General Officers ) Six dollars.
Rosettes are issued to State Secre-
taries or State Treasurers at the
rate of five for one dollar and are to be issued to members by State Secretaries or State Treasurers, each at Twenty-five cents.
Miniature rosettes are issued to
State Secretaries or State Treas-
urers at the rate of five for one dollar and are to be issued to members by State Secretaries or State Treasurers, each at .... . Twenty-five cents.
Members may obtain rosettes of either pattern from the Treasurer.
Members may secure the member's ribbon, the insignia in gold, the insignia in silver gilt, or the miniature insignia from the Treasurer General through the Treasurer.
The jewels which may be added to the badge when used by
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE.
officers of State Societies are a ruby, a diamond, and a sapphire set in the order named (from right to left of the wearer).
Officers of State Societies may secure the neck ribbon from the Treasurer General through the Treasurer.
Officers of the General Society may secure the broad ribbon from the Treasurer General through the Secretary General.
No article of decoration above listed can be obtained from the jewelers except upon written order signed by the Treasurer General.
Under no circumstances can orders from individual mem- bers be filled by the Treasurer General. In all cases applica- tions must be made to the Treasurer of the State Society (to the Secretary General in the case of General Officers) who will make requisition upon the Treasurer General for the article desired.
The State Treasurer will enclose cheques payable to the order of the Treasurer General when ordering any of the Society's decorations, and when insignia are ordered the applicant's State enrollment number must be given, accompanied by his signed pledge.
"The General Council respectfully points out that the pres- tige and influence of the Society much depends upon the en- thusiastic loyalty of the members everywhere to those great principles which look for origin to American Colonial history. In the multiplication of patriotic societies, representing other periods and having different aims from those for which we stand, it is deemed peculiarly important that every member should possess and should use on all suitable occasions the emblems and insignia of this Society. It is hoped that mem- bers who may not have procured insignia already will do so. It is desirable that care be exercised and effort made by all members to see to it, that in whatever makes for public recog- nition this Society shall stand second to none."
Extract from Circular of Information on the Insignia: issued by the late Edward Shippen, Treasurer General 1895-1904.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE UPON THE PRES- ENTATION OF WAR INSIGNIA AND CERTIFI- CATES OF MERIT TO MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORLD WAR IN MILITARY OR CIVIL
CAPACITY.
At three o'clock on the afternoon of October 9th, 1920, the Society assembled at the Montclair Open Air Theatre in Mont- clair, New Jersey, for the purpose of honoring those of its members who, by enlistment in the armed forces, or by other valuable services, assisted the United States of America in the successful prosecution of the World War.
Invitations to the ceremony had been issued to the General Officers of the Society of Colonial Wars, to the members of the New York and the Pennsylvania societies, and to the mein- bers of the New Jersey Societies of Colonial Dames, Mayflower Descendants, Order of Founders and Patriots, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, the Cincinnati, Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Revolution, Sons of the Revolution, Daughters of the War of 1812, American Wars, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Grand Army of the Republic, and the American Legion.
Governor Robert M. Boyd received the officers and the colors of the visiting societies :
Colonel William Whitehead Ladd, Governor General, Society of Colonial Wars.
Arthur Lovell, Esq., Vice President, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Jersey.
William Frederick Dix, Esq., Governor, New Jersey Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America. Miss Agnes Blackfan, President, New Jersey Society of the Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America.
Mrs. Charles A. Latham, Regent, New Jersey Society of the Daughters of the Revolution.
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CERTIFICATE OF MERIT
THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS has caused these presents to be issued to
a member of the Society in recognition of the faithful,loyal and patriotic service rendered by him tothe United Statesof'S Ine rieu in the World'llar 1917-1919
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the lead of the General Society of Catomical "as is hereto afford on this fourta uthday of Jesse" in the year of our Lord, One thousand, nine hundred and nineteen and of the Independence of the United States the our hundred and forty-third
ww Ladd Anterior General Gernerad hiciety of Ciolomind Hours
Estaward Maskin Dy, Sierretary General General Society of Bohemiat Have
Mrs. Henry D. Fitts, Regent, New Jersey Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen, President, New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Marshal W. Greene, Esq., Commander of the New Jersey Commandery of the Society of American Wars.
Colonel Thomas D. Landon, Commander of the New Jersey Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
Mrs. Robert Chester Maxwell, President of the New Jersey Society of the U. S. Daughters of 1812.
Mrs. Holmes Condict Jackson, Regent of the Nova Cæsarea Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Other distinguished guests of the occasion included : Charles A. Ditmar, Esq., President of the Kings County Historical Society; Assemblyman Elroy Headley of New Jersey; Hon. Howard F. McConnell, Mayor of Montclair; and Don C. Bliss, Esq., Superintendent of the Public Schools of Montclair.
Governor General Ladd presented thirty-one War Insignia of the Society, the recipients appearing in their uniforms. Thirty-nine Certificates of Merit were distributed by the Gov- ernor General.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN LENORD MERRILL, Chairman MAJOR W. I. LINCOLN ADAMS LIEUT. CHAUNCEY RYDER MCPHERSON HON. CHARLES WOLCOTT PARKER Committee.
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SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PRESENTATION CEREMONIES Montclair Open Air Theatre, Montclair October 9th, 1920
PROGRAM
INVOCATION . Rev. Dr. Charles E. Hutchison Chaplain of the Society
DOXOLOGY
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
NATIONAL ANTHEM
PURPOSES OF SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE
OF NEW JERSEY . Horace Franklin Nixon, Esq. Secretary of the Society
ADDRESS OF WELCOME . Robert Munro Boyd, Jr., Esq. Governor of the Society
ADDRESS Colonel Wm. Whitehead Ladd Governor General of the General Society of Colonial Wars
DECORATION OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY who served with the Military or Naval Forces of the United States in the World War
"THE ARMY AND NAVY FOREVER"
PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF MERIT to Members of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jer- sey who, in other capacities, assisted the Government in the successful prosecution of the World War "THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC"
BENEDICTION
By the Chaplain "AMERICA"
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Honor Roll Society of Colonial Wars IN THE State of New Jersey Services of Members of the Society During the World War 1917-1918
Military or Naval Service
CHARLES FRANKLIN ADAMS
Commissioned Ist Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, U. S. A., April 5, 1917; promoted Captain February 12, 1918; Major, March 11, 1918. Served at Base Hospital Camp Greene, N. C., as Chief of Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Department; President Aviation Examining Board and member of Board for Examina- tion of Officers ordered overseas. Discharged, March 20, 1919.
EDWIN PLIMPTON ADAMS
Commissioned June 27, 1917, Lieutenant in the Royal Engi- neers British Army; promoted Captain November 12, 1917; served with the 3d Field Survey Battalion Royal Engineers on the 3d British Army Front in France. Decorated with the Order of the British Empire. Discharged March 30, 1919.
WASHINGTON IRVING LINCOLN ADAMS
Commissioned Major, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. A., January 8, 1917. Served at U. S. Army Building, New York City; at Governors Island, N. Y .; and at Bush Terminal, having charge of Employment Bureau in N. Y. City, and finance and accounts elsewhere. Discharged August 20, 1918.
LEWIS BACON BALLANTYNE
Entered service, May 4, 1904, National Guards of New Jersey ; served as Corporal, 1904; and Lieut. Cav., 1913; Ist Lieut. Cav., 1916; Capt. Cav., 1918; Maj. Cav., 1920; and Col. Cav., 1921, in Ist N. J. Cavalry, 104th Military Police, Headquar- ters Troop, 29th Division. With A. E. F. in defense sector Haute Alsace, 1918, and Meuse-Argonne offensive, 1918. Served on Mexican Border, 1916. Demobilized from Federal Service, July 1, 1919. Present station, Newark, N. J., com- manding 102nd Reg. Cavalry, N. J. N. G.
HERBERT BARRY
Commissioned Major, Infantry, U. S. A., May, 1918. Served with 105th Infantry, with Headquarters 27th Division, with 2nd British Army Headquarters, and with Headquarters 2nd
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Army of the A. E. F. Served in Spartanburg, S. C .; France, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Discharged in July, 1919.
FRANCIS LIVINGSTON BERGEN
Enlisted in Air Service, U. S. A., July 19, 1917. Commissioned Ist Lieutenant, May 17, 1918; served overseas from October 26, 1917; assigned as Staff Pilot 2nd Aviation Instruction Centre at Tours. Discharged September 2, 1919.
BACHE HAMILTON BROWN
Corporal of Troop B, Squadron A, New York Cavalry, at the beginning of the War; mustered into Federal Service in May, 1917; commissioned Ist Lieutenant, Signal Corps, U. S. A., September 17, 1917 (Aviation Section). Served as Adjutant in 78th Aero Squadron, Air Service Concentration Barracks III, Base Section 1, First Army Air Service Headquarters. In service at Air Service Camp, Mineola, Long Island; Win- chester, England; St. Maixent, and Colombey Les Belles, France. Served as Statistical, Personnel Officer, and Provost Marshal on the Staff of General Foulois. Took part in the engagements at St. Mihiel and the Argonne as Staff Officer to the Chief, Air Service, Zone of Advance, and Assistant Chief, Air Service, Zone of Advance. Sailed for France, November 22, 1917; relieved of duty and ordered home, November 30, 1919; honorably discharged at Camp Meade, Maryland, Feb- ruary 22, 1919.
PRESCOTT LE BRETON GARDNER
Enlisted April 16, 1917, as Oiler in U. S. Naval Reserve Force; promoted 2d Class Machinist's Mate, March 15, 1918. Served in Mechanical branch of Naval Aviation at Pelham Bay, at Rockaway Naval Station, and at Detroit. Placed on inactive duty.
JOHN BARNARD GEST, 2ND
Commissioned 2d Lieutenant, Engineer Reserve Corps, U. S. A. July 5, 1917. Placed on active duty September 2, 1917. Served with 303d Engineers, 117th Engineers, 116th Engineers, and 302d Engineers, taking part in engagements in the Baccarat De-
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fensive Sector and Meuse-Argonne Drive in France. Discharged May 15, 1919.
HENRY ARTHUR GRIFFIN, M. D.
Entered the service of the U. S. October 10, 1918, as Captain, Medical Corps, U. S. A. Served at U. S. Base Hospital, Camp Jackson, S. C., in the position of Sanitary Inspector, and at General Hospital, No. 36, Detroit, Mich., in general medical service ; at General Hospital No. 31 at Carlisle, Pa., as Ex- ecutive Officer. Discharged September 13, 1920.
GEORGE WILSON GROVE.
Graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in the Class of 1915, having been appointed a Mid- shipman July 8, 1911. Lieutenant, Junior Grade, U. S. N., June 5, 1918, having served under temporary appointment as Lieutenant, Junior Grade, from July 1, 1917, and as Lieu- tenant from October 15, 1917. Served on U. S. Ships Massa- chusetts, Idaho, Ohio, Connecticut, Michigan, Ericsson, Laub, Upsher, Barker, and Harding. Served as Junior Officer of the 5th Connecticut Landing Force, Haitian Campaign. En- gineer Officer, U. S. S. Ericsson (56), Queenstown Flotilla, U. S. Naval Forces operating in European Waters, December 29, 1917, to August 1, 1918. Received Haitian Campaign Medal, and World War (Destroyer) Medal. From Novem- ber, 1918, to November, 1920, served with Atlantic Fleet, Pacific Fleet, and Air Forces on Destroyer service. Resigna- tion accepted November 16, 1920.
LESLIE STYER GROVE.
Trained for the United States Army Ambulance Service at Allentown, Pennsylvania, entering the service May 28, 1917. Left the United States August 23, 1917, and arrived overseas September 15, 1917. Served in France and Belgium. Took part in the engagements at the Noyon Sector, the Verdun Sector, Montdidier-Noyon Defensive, Compiegne Sector, Aisne-Marne Offensive, the Oise-Aisne Offensive, and the
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Ypres Offensive October 29, 1917, to November 10, 1918. Received the Croix de Guerre, divisional citation, Order No. 12,822, IIth French Division. Left Brest, May 23, 1919, and reached the United States June 4, 1919. Discharged June 7, 1919.
EDWARD BURD GRUBB
Enlisted October 14, 1917, as Private, Philadelphia City Troop, E .; promoted second Lieutenant November 5, 1918; served over- seas with 103rd Train, Headquarters 28th Division; took part in Argonne Offensive and Defensive; gassed July 26 at Chateau Thierry; discharged April 27, 1918.
WASHINGTON IRVING.
Having served in the Navy as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade, he entered the service in the same capacity in the Fleet Re- serve, March 17, 1917. He was made a Lieutenant, Fleet Reserve, June 30, 1918, and Lieutenant Commander, Septem- ber 17, 1919. He was first ordered to the Naval Training Station San Pedro, and assigned duty as Head of the Depart- ment of Navigation and Seamanship, Head of the Academic Board, and Commander of Cadets. Service afloat refused, the application being returned endorsed "This officer is of greater value to the Navy in his present assignment than his individual services afloat would be." On the signing of the Armistice he became Aide to Commandant, District Staff Headquarters, Twelfth Naval District, serving as such until released from active duty March 1, 1922.
WILLIAM LIBBEY
Commissioned Major, Ordnance Department, U. S. A., Febru- ary 20, 1918; promoted Lieutenant Colonel September 18, 1918. Served as Inspector of Rifle Work in Camps from February 20, to May 13, 1918; Assistant Chief Inspector Small Arms Firing School, Camp Perry, Ohio, May 14th to October 1, 1918; Chief Rifle Demonstrator, Ordnance Department, Washington, D. C., October 1, 1918, to March 26, 1919, when discharged.
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ROBERT J. F. McCOWAN
Enlisted May 30, 1917, as Private, 3d New Jersey Infantry ; went to Camp Edgar, Sea Girt, New Jersey; mustered into Federal Service August 5th, 1917; discharged August 6th, 1917, on account of badly knit broken shoulders.
CHAUNCEY RYDER McPHERSON
Commissioned 2d Lieutenant, Cavalry, U. S. A., October 26, 1917; promoted Ist Lieutenant March 11, 1918; served with IIth Cavalry as Intelligence Officer, Provost Marshal, and Per- sonnel Officer. Served at Fort Meyer, Va., Fort Oglethorpe, Ga .; and at Chattanooga, Tenn. Resignation accepted February 13, 1919.
FRANK WORTHINGTON MELVIN
Commissioned First Lieutenant of Infantry, O. R. C., May II, 1917. Was a member of Company I, Sixth Training Regi- ment at Plattsburg in 1916, and of the R. O. T. C., Fort Niagara, in 1917. Served with the 26th Infantry, D. S., with 2nd Division, Ad. Sec. Lines in Communication and Graves Registration Service. Served for twenty months in France, and took part in engagements at Cambrai, the Meuse- Argonne, and the Defensive Sector. Discharged May 24, 1919, at Camp Dix. Awarded Victory Medal and Expert Rifleman's Medal.
JESSE METCALF
Enlisted in May, 1917, in U. S. Naval Reserve Force and war- ranted Boatswain, same month; promoted Ensign June, 1918. Served on U. S. S. Sachem and Sierra. Placed on inactive duty in March, 1919.
JAMES STEPHENS MONTGOMERY
Enlisted as a Private in the Students' Army Training Corps at Princeton University, October 16, 1918. Served as a Y. M. C. A. overseas entertainer from June 15, 1918, to October 4, 1918, singing as a member of the Princeton Quartet in Camps, Hospitals, and Front Line Trenches in France. Discharged December 10, 1918, at Princeton, New Jersey.
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JOHN THORNLEY NEFF, JR.
Entered U. S. Service as Ist Class Petty Officer, U. S. Naval Reserve Force; promoted Chief Petty Officer in August, 1917. Served from May to September, 1917, with Cable Censor ; from September to December, 1917, at Headquarters 3d Naval Dis- trict ; and from December, 1917, on board mine layer and on transport service. Placed on inactive duty February 11, 1918.
ROLLIN GRAY NEFF
Commissioned Ensign, U. S. Naval Reserve Force, May 2, 1917, and served as Censor at Mexican Telegraph Co.'s Station in New York and later as Censor at the Western Union Tele- graph Station in New York. Discharged.
FRANK JOHN NEWBURY, JR.
Commissioned First Lieutenant, Aviation Section, U. S. Army, April 16, 1918. Member of First Squadron, U. S. School of Military Aeronautics, Princeton ; under instruction at Issou- dun, Clermont Ferrand, and Cazau. Entered Foreign Service September 25, 1917, and was stationed at Amanty and Moulin. Was in service at the Front from April 17, 1918, to October 19, 1918, taking part in the St. Mihiel Drive and the Meuse- Argonne and Argonne Offensives. Returned to the United States November 3, 1918, and was discharged at Ellington Field, January 15, 1919.
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