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EDWARD OLMSTED
Entered service of the U. S. on the President's Call July 16, 1917, under his commission as Lieutenant Colonel, Adjutant- General's Department, N. G. N. Y .; serving as Adjutant-Gen- eral N. Y. Division, afterwards the 27th Division. Commis- sioned Major N. G. in U. S. Service August 5, 1917, and Lieu- tenant-Colonel, Infantry, U. S. A., September 9, 1918. Served at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C., till September, 1917; at Army War College, Washington, D. C., 14th-25th Novem- ber, 1917; went overseas January 7, 1918; attached to 39th Division British Expeditionary Forces 8-13, February, 1918;
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Army General Staff College, France, 15 February to 31st May, 1918; assigned to Headquarters 27th Division, A. E. F., June 4, 1918, as Assistant Chief of Staff, and served with the Division throughout its operations and engagements in the Defensive Sec- tor; Scherpenberg-Dickebusch Lake, Ypres-Luys; engagement Vierstraat Ridge; Somme Offensive; Battles, Hindenburg Line, Le Selle River, The Knoll, Guillemont Farm, Quennemont Farm; Engagements St. Maurice River and Jonc de Mer Ridge. Gassed at St. Souplet, France, October 17, 1918.
Cited in orders by C. O. 27th Division, February 1I, 1919. "Special Orders No. 42 (Extract)
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18. The following named officer is commended for the meri- torious service hereinafter mentioned.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Olmsted, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-I For zeal, energy and skilled accomplishment while serv- ing as Assistant Chief of Staff G-I throughout the entire period of active operations of the Division in Belgium and France.
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By command of Major General O'Ryan." Cited by C. O., A. E. F .:
"Citation
Lieut. Colonel Edward Olmsted, General Staff, for excep- tionally meritorious and conspicuous service as Asst. Chief of Staff, G-1, 27th Division, France
American Expeditionary Forces
In testimony thereof, and as an expression of appreciation of these services, I award him this
Citation
JOHN J. PERSHING,
Commander-in-Chief."
Decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal pursuant to G. O. 22 W. D., April 8, 1920: "Edward Olmsted, Lieutenant- Colonel, United States Army. For exceptionally meritorious
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and conspicuous services. As assistant chief of staff, G-I, of the 27th Division, by his high military attainments, zeal, and keen perception of his manifold duties, the technical services of the division were so promptly and effectively coordinated and supervised that the front-line units were at all times completely supplied with all necessities. He has rendered services of par- ticular worth to the American Expeditionary Forces. Resi- dence at appointment : 700 North Broad Street, Elizabeth, N. J. * *
By order of the Secretary of War PEYTON C. MARCH, General, Chief of Staff."
Discharged May 10, 1919. Now Lt. Col. and Asst. Chief of Staff, N. Y. Div.
ARTHUR NEWTON PACK
Commissioned Ist Lieutenant, Ordnance Department, U. S. A., November 13, 1917; promoted Captain February 16, 1919. Served in Gun Division, Ordnance Department, Washington, D. C .; in Purchase and Supply Division, General Staff, Wash- ington, D. C .; and in Aircraft Armament Section, Aircraft Service Overseas in France and England. Discharged Febru- ary 19, 1920.
ROBERT IRVIN PARKE
Enlisted in Students Army Training Corps at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., October 7, 1918, and served there until dis- charged December 14, 1918.
DUDLEY F. PARKER
Enlisted in U. S. Naval Reserve Force, Class 2, as Machinist's Mate Ist Class, April 7, 1917; Commissioned Ensign March, 1918, and Lieutenant, Junior Grade, July 1, 1919. Served from May to September, 1917, with the Coast Patrol, and from March to November, 1918, with the Transport Service con- voying troop transports to France. Placed on inactive duty No- vember 27, 1918.
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PHILIP MACGREGOR PARKER
Enlisted July 30, 1917, at Fort Totten, N. Y., in U. S. Coast Artillery Corps; warranted Sergeant October 12, 1917. Served at Fort Totten and with 304th Trench Mortar Battery; went overseas with latter and was ordered to Artillery School at Saumur, France, and there graduated. Discharged April 5, 1919.
AIKEN REICHNER
Enlisted October 25, 1918, as Private in U. S. A. in Students' Artillery Training Corps at Princeton University, N. J., and served there until discharged, December 10, 1918. Received Victory Medal.
LOUIS IRVING REICHNER
Commissioned Captain, Ordnance Department, U. S. A., and assigned to duty in the Administration Division, Ordnance De- partment, October 23, 1918. Served as Head of Field Service Branch, Civilian Personnel Section, Administration Division, Ordnance Department, U. S. A., at Washington, D. C. Dis- charged May 5, 1919.
HERBERT LEVAN RICHARDS
Enlisted in Troop C, Ist Cavalry, N. G., N. J., May 23, 1917; mustered into U. S. Service in August, 1917. Served at Camp Edge, N. J., Camp McClellan, Ala., and overseas with A. E. F., taking part in Alsace Defensive and Meuse-Argonne Of- fensive. Discharged July 12, 1919.
JOHN RUTHERFURD
Commissioned 2d Lieutenant, Field Artillery, U. S. A., Novem- ber, 1917; promoted Ist Lieutenant August, 1918. Served over- seas with 308th Field Artillery, 133d Brigade, 78th Division, A. E. F., taking part in engagements at St. Mihiel, the Moselle, Meuse, and Argonne, Ist and 2d phases, and serving at Grand Pré, in the advance on Sedan, at Verdun, and Cote D'Or. Dis- charged May 25, 1919.
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WILLIAM GRAY SCHAUFFLER
Commissioned Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, U. S. A., August 5th, 1917; promoted Colonel May 27, 1919. Served as Sanitary Inspector 39th Division, August, 1917, at Camp Beauregard, La., and St. Florent-Cher, France, till November 27, 1918; at Chief Investigation Department, Advance General Headquarters, Treves, Germany, till July 18, 1919; Member Interallied High Rhineland Commission at Treves till Sep- tember Ist, 1919. Attached to Office, Chief Surgeon A. E. F., in Germany at Coblenz till October 16, 1919.
Cited by C. O., A. E. F.
"Citation Lieut .- Colonel William G. Schauffler, Medical Corps, for Exceptionally Meritorious and Conspicuous Services as In- terpreter, Translator, and Investigator, France, American Ex- peditionary Forces in testimony thereof, and as an expression of appreciation of these services, I award him this Citation. Awarded on June 20th, 1919.
John J. Pershing, Commander in Chief."
WILLIAM G. SCHAUFFLER, JR.
Commissioned Ist Lieutenant, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, U. S. A., March 17, 1917; placed on active duty April 2, 1917; promoted Captain October 3, 1918, and Major, April 9, 1919; served with 3d Aero Squadron at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; overseas with Ist Aero Squadron; in command of 90th Aero Squadron and of 3d Corps Observation Group; as Informa- tion Officer, Air Service First Army; as Assistant Chief of Staff and as Chief of Staff, Ist Army Air Service Commander; and as C. O. Provisional Battalion 259; served overseas on the front lines in St. Mihiel Drive, in Meuse-Argonne Drive.
Decorated with the French Croix de Guerre, and cited in the order awarding it as follows: "Capitaine William G. Schauffler, Jr., Commandant L'Escadrille, 90 U. S. Commandant d'Esca- drille d'une haute valeur, entraînement ses observateurs et ses pilots par son example. Le 1er Octobre, 1918, attaqué par une
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patrouille de 8 avions ennemis, a brillamment accepté et soutenu le combat au cours du quel un de ses adversaires est tombé désemparé. L'attaque repoussée, a terminé sa mission en rap- portant des reseignements complets sur la situation. Le Maréchal de France, Cdt. en Chef.
PÉTAIN."
Cited in Orders by the C. O. A. E. F., as follows :
"Captain William G. Schauffler, Jr., Chief of Staff, Ist Army Air Service, for distinguished and exceptional gallantry at Verdun Sector on 1 Oct., 1918, in the operations of the American Expeditionary Forces, in testimony thereof, and as an expression of appreciation of his valor, I award him this citation.
JOHN J. PERSHING,
Commander-in-Chief."
and again cited by the same as follows:
"Received citation date June 3, 1919, G. H. Q., A. E. F., Citation Orders No. 4.
Captain William G. Schauffler, Jr., Chief of Staff, Ist Army A. S.
For Gallantry in action near Dannevoux, France, I October, 1918, while on an important mission.
By command of General Pershing :
JAMES G. HARBORD,
Chief of Staff."
Cited by the Army Air Service Commander Ist Army as follows:
"France, 25th January, 1919.
General Orders, Number 5.
EXTRACT
Par. 3. The Army Air Service Commander, First Army, cites the following officer for exceptional devotion to duty :
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Captain W. G. Schauffler, Jr., A. S., U. S. A., Headquarters, Air Service, First Army, Assistant Chief of Staff and Operations Officer, served with the greatest degree of efficiency. Prior to the cessation of hostilities, this officer was in command of the Observation Group, Third Army Corps, and through his un- tiring efforts, skill, and bravery attained for his Group the highest state of morale and efficiency, which placed it among the foremost of any of the First Army.
Captain Schauffler was one of the first American officers to fly over the lines, and through his excellent work in the Spring of 1918, he was afterwards given command of the 90th Aero Squadron.
In the summer months of 1918, he was admitted to the hos- pital, but when news of the proposed American offensive at St. Mihiel reached him, he left the hospital, although still in an unfit physical condition and joined his squadron in time to par- ticipate in that offensive.
This officer through his own personal bravery, flying continu- ously over the lines while acting as Squadron Commander, was awarded the French Croix de Guerre and was recommended for the American Distinguished Service Cross.
The Army Air Service Commander takes great pleasure in thanking this officer for the great help and assistance he con- tributed to the success of the Air Service, not only as a Squad- ron Commander, and Group Commander, but also as a Staff Officer at these headquarters.
By order of Colonel Milling,
R. L. WALSH, Major, A. S., U. S. A. Chief of Staff."
Commended by same in orders October 23, 1918, as follows: "GENERAL HEADQUARTERS American Expeditionary Forces Office of the Chief Air Service
France, 30 January, 1919.
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I. Desire to invite attention to the services of Captain Wil- liam G. Schauffler, Jr., Air Service, who, while commanding the 90th Aero Squadron under my orders, signally distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism and consistent bravery and devotion to duty in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States.
2. On October Ist, 1918, while carrying out an important reconnaissance mission over enemy territory in the region of Dannevoux, north of Verdun, Captain Schauffler's plane was attacked by a formation of eight hostile pursuit planes. Captain Schauffler unhesitatingly accepted combat and by an admirable display of skill and coolness not only succeeded in beating off his assailants but destroyed one of them. In the course of the combat this officer's plane was riddled with bullets and partially disabled. Notwithstanding the disabled condition of his plane, which rendered further flight extremely hazardous, Captain Schauffler resumed his mission which he successfully ac- complished, returning to the airdrome with information of great tactical value. In the performance of his duties as Command- ing Officer of the 90th Aero Squadron, Air Service of the Third Corps, First Army, this officer at all times distinguished himself by his qualities as a leader and an executive. The example he set in volunteering for and accomplishing at frequent intervals airplane missions of the most hazardous and difficult nature held the morale of the pilots and observers under his command con- stantly at a high level. In untiring energy, military zeal, and most complete devotion to duty Captain Schauffler set the pace and marked the standard of efficiency, completely dominating, and winning the respect and admiration of all whom he com- manded."
"Headquarters Air Service First Army American Expeditionary Forces. France, October 23, 1918.
General Orders No. 20.
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EXTRACT
13. First Lieutenant W. G. Schauffler, Jr., and first Lieu- tenant Morton B. Adams, 90th Aero Squadron, 3rd Corps Ob- servation Group, are hereby credited with the destruction, in combat, of an enemy Fokker, in the region of Dannevoux, at 500 meters altitude, on October Ist, 1918, at 5:00 o'clock.
By order of Col. Milling, W. G. SHERMAN, Lt. Col., G. S., P. S. A. Chief of Staff."
Commended and recommended for Distinguished Service Cross by Chief of Air Service, A. E. F., as follows:
"3. Recommend the award of the Distinguished Service Cross to this officer in recognition of his extraordinary services and signal gallantry. Captain Schauffler has been awarded the Croix de Guerre. Next of kin-Mrs. William G. Schauf- fler, mother, 400 Madison Ave., Lakewood, N. J., Captain Schauffler is now serving as Chief of Staff, First Army Air Ser- vice, A. E. F.
(Signed) K. P. LITTAUER." April 1, 1921.
RICHARD STOCKTON, JR.
Commissioned Major, Infantry, U. S. A., May 7, 1917. Served with 317th Infantry; on Staff Duty here at Camp Lee and Fort Myer, Va .; Hoboken; and overseas in France, taking part in engagements at Gomme-Court, Hereturne, Serre, and elsewhere. In the service September 7, 1920.
WILLIAM RICHARD TOWNLEY
Entered U. S. Service as Private 2nd Infantry, N. G., N. J., on The President's Call in 1917; promoted Private Ist Class Sep- tember, 1917; served with IIIth Machine Gun Battalion, 29th Division; at Ist Army Headquarters and with 23Ist Co. Mili- tary Police. Served at Newton and Camden, N. J .; at Camp
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Anniston, Ala .; Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C .; Camp Mer- ritt, N. J .; overseas at St. Nazaire, France, Montoir, and else- where. Discharged August 5, 1919.
WILLIAM WARD VERNON
Enlisted May 3d, 1917, in U. S. Naval Reserve Force at New- port, R. I., and thence transferred to New London in Anti- Submarine Device School; was promoted Quartermaster, 2d Class; was mustered out at Philadelphia in December, 1918.
GEORGE VAN WICKLE VOORHEES
Mustered into U. S. Service as Captain Co. M, 2d Infantry, N. G., N. J., March 30, 1917; transferred November 6, 1917, to Headquarters Co. 115th Infantry, 29th Division. Discharged January II, 1918, and commissioned Ist Lieutenant, Dental Corps, U. S. A., October 1, 1918. Discharged February 14, 1919.
GOULDING K. WIGHT
Enlisted July 2d, 1917, as Private in 7th Infantry, N. G., N. Y., afterwards 107th U. S. Infantry ; commissioned Lieutenant Oc- tober 26, 1917, and assigned to 22d U. S. Infantry. Resigned May 9, 1919.
RUSHMORE WOOD
Commissioned 2d Lieutenant Air Service, U. S. A., March 21, 1918. Served overseas at St. Jean de Monts, Vendée, France, Aerial Gunnery School. Discharged April 15, 1919.
Service other than Military or Naval
ARTHUR ADAMS
Services as Registrar for Selective Service Draft in Hartford, Conn., and in aiding and assisting the American Library As- sociation in collecting and forwarding books for the Army at home and overseas.
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LEWIS PADDOCK ADDOMS, M.D.
Served from September 1, 1917, to end of the War on Medical Advisory Board, Greenpoint Hospital Division, Selective Serv- ice Draft.
SYLVESTER HALSEY MOORE AGENS
Services as Member of Committee of Electrical Industry in all Liberty Loan Drives and in Victory Loan Campaign.
YORKE ALLEN
Services as Chairman Legal Advisory Board, Selective Service Draft, at South Orange, N. J.
WILLIAM GARRETT BIBB
Services from June 15, 1918, to January 19, 1919, as member Am. Red Cross with rank of Captain, serving overseas at U. S. Base Hospital No. 66, near Neufchateau, France.
O. OTIS BOWMAN, 2ND
Served at Trenton, N. J., on all Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross drives, and all four Liberty Loan, the Victory Loan, United War Work, and Knights of Columbus drive Committees dur- ing the War Period.
ROBERT MUNRO BOYD, JR.
Services as Chairman Montclair Branch National Security League; as member American Protective League; as member Legal Advisory Board, Selective Service Draft, for Montclair District; as member Montclair Council of Defense and of the Executive Committee thereof.
ALEXANDER BAYARD CLARK
Chairman for Anson County, N. C., of the "Victory Boys Divi- sion," United War Work Campaign; Vice-Chairman Y. M. C. A. Campaign in 1917 for Anson County, speaker in Red Cross Campaign, 1917, in that County, and in charge there of Boy Scouts, Liberty Bonds Campaign; Chairman Board of In- struction, Anson County, in connection with Selective Service Draft; and organizer of "Bickett Battery," afterwards a part 112th Field Artillery, U. S. A.
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WILLIAM M. CLEVENGER
Services as Associate Member of Legal Advisory Board, Selec- tive Service Draft, for Atlantic City, N. J., during operation of the Draft Act.
WILLIAM D. DISSTON
Chairman, Board No. 5, Federal Community Labor Board of Penna. of the U. S. Employment Service of Federal Dept. of Labor. Chairman, Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Penna. Boards comprising County and City of Phila., called the Associated Community Labor Boards of Phila. County. Time of service from Oct. 15 to Dec. 15, 1918.
WILLIAM FREDERICK DIX
Services in organizing in 1918 a battalion of Police Reserves in New York City and as Colonel of the same; in organizing and serving as Company Commander of the East Orange Rifles, a Home Guard of about one thousand men.
ALDEN FREEMAN
Services in donating to the War Department in August, 1918, and thereafter his house in East Orange for a Convalescent Hos- pital and in maintaining at his cost this Hospital in which fully 1000 invalid soldiers were cared for and treated; this service continuing through 1919 into September, 1920.
HENRY ARTHUR GRIFFIN, M. D.
Services from January 16, 1918, to April 15, 1918, as Addi- tional Examining Physician for Local Board Division 159, New York City, in the Selective Service Draft.
EDWARD PACKARD HOLDEN
Services during the period of the War at Madison and Newark, N. J., and at New York City as Captain of a team in all Lib- erty Loan Drives, in Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. drives, and in United War Work Campaigns.
CHARLES E. HUTCHISON
Services from September, 1917, to November, 1918, in Second Federal Reserve District Speakers' Bureau as Speaker in Bond
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Drives and as a Four Minute Man speaking for the Committee on Public Information.
GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE KEIM
Services as Member Chain Stores Committee, Philadelphia Dis- trict, in the four Liberty Loan Drives and the War Chest Cam- paign; donor of Ambulance Motor to the Philadelphia Branch of the Navy League.
ARCHIE HARWOOD LOOMIS
Services as one of the organizers of the Montclair Council of Defense, as a member of the Mayor's Committee, and as a Member U. S. Public Service Reserve, Department of Labor.
JASPER LYNCH
Services as Chairman for Ocean County, N. J., for United War Work Campaign, September-December, 1918.
ROLPH THAYER MARSH
Entered Reserve Officers' Training Camp at Yale University in October, 1917. Served in summer, 1918, as Instructor of drafted men at Camp Jackson, and while so serving was in- jured and in hospital. Ordered to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., for training in Reserve Officers' Training Camp just prior to the time it was closed.
ROBERT CHESTER MAXWELL
Services from August, 1917, to January, 1919, at Washington, D. C., as Chief of the Advertising Department of the U. S. Food Administration, rendering volunteer service.
GRAHAM BRADFORD MCGREGOR
Services as member of Committee in 1917, that organized in Newark, N. J., a Civilian Police of Spanish and Foreign War Veterans armed with rifles, of regularly equipped policemen on foot, mounted men, motorcycle men, and a machine gun Com- pany, upwards of 1,500 men in all; and services with this organization in all Liberty Loan drives and on other occasions, including services at Morgan at the time of the explosion.
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JOHN LENORD MERRILL
Services in 1917 and 1918 at Washington, D. C., and New York City, as Special Agent of the Department of State of the U. S., commissioned by the Secretary of State.
CHARLES LEE MEYERS
Services as Member Executive Committee, American Red Cross, for Hudson County, N. J., and in all five Liberty Loan Drives.
WILLIAM FELLOWES MORGAN
Services as Regional Adviser for the War Industries Board for the District comprising Southern New York, Northern New Jersey, and all of Long Island.
HORACE FRANKLIN NIXON
Services as Associate Member of Legal Advisory Board for Gloucester County, N. J., in Selective Service Draft, from November 12, 1917, to end of draft period.
EDWARD OLMSTED
Services during the year, 1917, as Member of Committee of Safety of Elizabeth, N. J., appointed by the Mayor of that City by authority of the Governor of the State and as member of Committee of 3 which organized the Home Guard of Eliza- beth, N. J .; also served in organization of the movement in Elizabeth, N. J., to stimulate enrollment in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, presiding at a Public meeting held in that behalf.
RAYMOND TOWNLEY PARROT
Member Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Nov. 4, 1918-December 7, 1918.
LEIGH MORGAN PEARSALL
Services from July 4th, 1918, to the end of the War at Wash- ington as a Dollar a Year Man in organizing and carrying on the Purchase, Storage, and Traffic Division of the War De- partment.
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THOMAS LYNCH RAYMOND
Services as President of the New Jersey State Council of National Defense during the entire period of the War.
LOUIS IRVING REICHNER
Volunteer Registrar appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia in the 12th Division, 8th Ward, Phila., under Selective Draft Law on June 5, 1917, and September 12, 1918. Member of E. T. Stotesbury's Committee of 120 in the Philadelphia Red Cross Drive, fall of 1917. Captain of 12th Division, 8th Ward, Philadelphia Men's Committee, Third Liberty Loan Drive, 1918. Captain of American Protective League. Member of National Security League. Member of Navy League.
MORRIS RUTHERFURD
Services during the period of the war as member of Committee at Warwick, N. Y., in Liberty Loan and Victory Bond Drives; as Vice-President of the Home Defense League; as member of American Protective League; and member Executive Committee and Chairman Home Service Committee of Red Cross. RUFUS WILLIAM SPRAGUE, JR.
Services December II, 1917, to April, 1919, as Special Assist- ant to the Attorney-General for War Work having special charge of the drafting and enforcement of statutes and regu- lations concerning the registration of Alien Enemies and the War Zone and Water Front Regulations; served at Wash- ington, D. C., and at New York City in charge of the Port Alien Enemy Bureau covering the Port and City of New York and Northeastern New Jersey.
IRVING KURTZ TAYLOR
Services from January 25 to November, 1918, as Deputy Com- missioner American Red Cross with relative rank of Major stationed at Turin, Italy; engaged in Military and Civil relief work in Piedmont.
JAMES PROVOOST THOMAS
Quartermaster with the rank of Lieutenant, Home Guard of Elizabeth, N. J., for the duration of the War. Member of
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Executive Committee of Elizabeth, N. J., for promoting sale of War Savings Stamps, in charge of sales to clubs and fra- ternal organizations. Services in Liberty Loan Drives in organizing the sale of bonds among various trades in New York City, for example, the silk trade with a quota of $18,000,000.
PHILIP BEARDSLEY TOWNLEY
Services in 1918 as member of Princeton University Quartet under Entertainment Committee of Y. M. C. A. in Paris, British Area, Alsace, and elsewhere.
JOHN VAN BUREN WICOFF
Federal Food Administrator for Mercer County, N. J., from 1918, to June 30, 1919; Member Legal Advisory Board for Mercer County in Selective Service Draft; Member Legal Ad- visory Board for Middlesex County in Selective Service Draft; Chairman War Service Stamp Committee for Plainsboro, N. J., in 1918. Chairman Y. M. C. A. War Fund Drive Committee for Plainsboro in 1918.
FARNHAM YARDLEY
Services as Chairman for West Orange for Ist Liberty Loan and Vice Chairman for same for each succeeding Liberty Loan ; Federal Food Administrator for the Oranges from June 29, 1918, until administration ended; Chairman for West Orange of War Savings Stamps Committee; member of the Defense Committee of Citizens War Committee of the Oranges; mem- ber Executive Committee of Hardware, Metals, and Allied Trades of New York City in connection with Liberty Loans and Red Cross Campaigns.
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THREE UNPUBLISHED HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO NEW JERSEY.
The first of the three records is the Minutes of the session of the Assembly of West New Jersey for May, 1686. Through some accident doubtless, these were omitted from Leaming and Spicer's "Grants and Concessions." A transcript of the record was very kindly supplied for our publication by the Director of the Public Record Office of the State of New Jersey, Dr. Carlos E. Godfrey. Though the Minutes contain the record of no great transactions, they are of no small in- terest, and the fact that they have not heretofore been pub- lished amply justifies their inclusion here.
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