The Minute men of '17 - a history of the service rendered during the recent world war by the Ninth Coast Artillery Corps, New York Guard and the Veteran Corps of Artillery, state of New York, Part 19

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Publication date: 1922
Publisher: [New York?] Published by Memorial and Property Committee of the Ninth Coast Artillery Corps
Number of Pages: 441


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ยท Promoted Captain, Jan. 30, 1919, vice Pomeroy, resigned.


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three squads and the various clubs of Brooklyn were visited and the Battery soon filled its ranks. Captain Praeger recommended Sergt .- Major Sayers as Lieutenant and second in command, and he was so commissioned.


The Battery drilled twice a week and drew into its ranks men from all professions and business walks of life. All of the men were earnest and felt that they were of some use to their country. It was not uncommon to hear of men of the 5th Battery drilling with "Boyce's Tigers" just for the additional instruction.


The Battery contributed largely to the general fund raised by the Vice-Com- mandant of the V.C.A. and also secured for themselves, through their own .officers, greatly assisted by several of the men, rifles and other equipment. Through the use of the range in the Armory, target practice was carried on, and although many of the men had not been accustomed to rifle shooting, such was the training received that later a team was made up and entered in several important matches and acquitted themselves well.


Through the efforts of the ladies of Brooklyn, a sum of money was raised and presented to Captain Praeger. A Lewis Machine-Gun was purchased for the Battery and named the "Beecher" Gun.


With the ranks of the 5th Battery overflowing and more men coming in, the 11th Battery was started, Captain Praeger supervising and commanding both.


The Brooklyn Batteries acted as escort to Lieutenant White and his famous band of Canadian Kilties (Ladies from Hell) on their visit to the Borough.


During August, 1917, both Batteries were ordered to entrain for City Island Camp, but hardly had the orders been issued when the general order for assembly at the 71st Regiment Armory was received, and the orders for the first call to duty to relieve the Federalized State forces on the water supply of the City were read.


A number of the men of the 5th and 11th volunteered at once, and were ordered on duty. Captain Praeger reported later at Headquarters that both his Batteries would go as a unit as soon as there was need for them, and received orders to divide the command in two details, one to proceed to Tuckahoe, to relieve Captain Gage, and the other to proceed to Yonkers to relieve Lieutenant Lane.


The stories of the duty on the Aqueduct have oft been told and once a year the men gather together at a dinner in Brooklyn and rehearse and exchange the experiences which they would not have missed for anything.


The list of the men of the 5th and 11th, who saw service on the Aqueduct, is set forth more fully elsewhere in this volume.


Upon the return from the service on the Aqueduct the Brooklyn Batteries resumed drill at the 23rd Armory. The State had formed the New York Guard and Major James Robb, now Brigadier-General, was in command of the 23rd Infantry, N. Y. Guard. Among the "Now it can be told" stories perhaps this one, so little known at the time, would be of interest to the V.C.A.


A representative from the Adjutant General's office, State of New York, visited


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Major Robb's quarters on one of our drill nights. The Adjutant General's represen- tative told him that the V.C.A. was to be disbanded as a unit. Major Robb invited him out on the gallery of the hall where the men of the Batteries were drilling, and said: "Do you think it fair to the State of New York and to the Borough of Brooklyn to disband a body of men like those you see before you?", at the same time expressing a desire for permission to offer to take them into the 23rd. The Adjutant General's representative had to admit that the proposed order would be a mistake, and soon after an order was issued changing the contemplated order of disbandment to one in which the members of the V.C.A. were given an option either to join the New York Guard in any regiment they desired, or remain in the V.C.A.


In October, 1917, Colonel Delafield, after witnessing the Brooklyn Batteries at drill, had them assembled in one of the rooms, and told them of the march of the New York Batteries of the V.C.A. from the 71st Regiment Armory to that of the 9th C.D.C .; that he had reserved rooms in their new Armory for the Brooklyn Batteries and hoped they would join his new Command. He then withdrew from the room, and Captain Praeger made a short speech, stating the matter was up to the men, that he and Lieut. Sayers agreed to go wherever the men voted to go. Captain Praeger and Lieutenant Sayers then joined Colonel Delafield outside.


The discussion in the room was short and all one way. During the few months the men, coming into military life from civil life, and a good percentage of them over the second draft age, and all with family or business ties that had kept them out of the United States Service, had learned what an excellent soldier and man of upright character Captain Praeger was, and they unanimously voted to ask him to take them into the 23rd.


The two Batteries, 5th and 11th, V.C.A., were assimilated into three Companies of the 23rd Regiment, Infantry, N.Y.G., Lieut. Sayers was commissioned Captain and assigned to command the Machine Gun Company; Sergeant Candee and Sergeant Wilks, after passing the usual examinations and grades, commanding Companies K and I, respectively. Captain Praeger followed Major Robb through his promotions and was commissioned Colonel of the 23rd Infantry, N.Y.G. In appointing his staff and selecting officers for other Companies, he drew from the ranks of the old Brooklyn Batteries, and the following were duly commissioned on his staff:


Sergeant Wynkoop. Dr. Keyes Dr. O'Brien.


in addition to eighteen other gentlemen who were commissioned and assigned to the various Companies of the 23rd.


In January, 1918, the men of the Brooklyn Batteries felt further complimented when they heard that Sergt .- Major, now Captain "Billy" Sayers, had been appointed on the staff of the Governor of the State of New York.


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In looking back now we may feel that it was all play and far from the grimness of war, but who is there that would want to lose any of the friendships made, or the experiences passed through ?


The history of the connection of the Artillery Service Detachment, V.C.A., S.N.Y., with the 23rd Regiment, began with the consent of Colonel Frank S. Norton to the use of the drill floor of the 23rd Regiment Armory and the assignment of a room to the 5th Battery for Company quarters. This permission was granted in May, 1917.


As told in the historical sketch of the 5th and 11th Batteries, these batteries almost unanimously voted to join the 23rd Infantry, N.Y.G., which regiment had been authorized by G.O., A.G.O., Oct. 30, 1917. Companies I and K and M. G. Co., all members of the V.C.A., were mustered in the N.Y.G. Shortly after Lieutenant Sayers was placed in command of the M.G. Co. as Captain, and Lieutenants Wilks and Candee, as Lieutenants commanding Companies I and K, respectively.


Captain Praeger was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23rd Infantry on November 9, 1917. Colonel James Robb was in command of the Regiment at this time. It is a pleasure in this connection to recall to all members what a consistent and helpful friend Colonel Robb, now Brigadier-General, was to the 5th and 11th Batteries, and the then Commanding Officer.


Under General Orders of Nov. 19, 1917, Companies I and K were assigned to the 3rd Battalion under Major Ethelbert Green, a member of the 23rd N.G., N.Y., for many years. This assignment proved most pleasant and also satisfactory from a military standpoint.


In December, 1917, Colonel Robb was made Brigadier-General and placed in com- mand of the 2nd Brigade, N.Y.G. Lieutenant Colonel Praeger was commissioned Colonel on December 22, 1917.


The Regiment prospered from its reorganization both in numbers and efficiency. In February, 1918, the strength of the then V.C.A. units were as follows:


M.G. Co. 45


I


63


K


35 and of the Regt. 773


In May, 1919, increased to


M.G. Co. 65


I


75


K 75


and of the Regt. 1120


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The following members of the Artillery Service detachment, V.C.A., became Commissioned Officers in the 23rd Infantry, N.Y.G .:


Bedford, Henry E.


Nixon, John M.


Campbell, Wm. M.


O'Brien, Henry L., D.D.S .*


Candee, Willard C .*


Purdy, James G.


Chittenden, J. Brace


Praeger, Louis J .*


Conover, Henry S.


Quinn, Stanley J.


Disbrow, Joseph P.


Sayers, Wm. L.


France, Melville J.


Taft, Raymond L .*


Hadden, Howard S.


Terhune, H. K.


Keyes, James J., M.D.


Wilks, W. D.


Mickelborough, Geo. W .*


Wray, John.


Wynkoop, Hubert S .*


*Previously served in old 23rd Regt., N. G. N Y.


APPENDIX


L IST of officers and men who served in the Field and Staff and in the Provisional Batteries, VETERAN CORPS OF AR- TILLERY, S. N. Y., between April 6 and October 8, 1917, with a note of their subsequent service in the New York Guard and in the Army and Navy of the United States.


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This list has been compiled from the records made during the term of service of the Provisional Batteries. There were a number of men who had been elected to membership by the Council of Administration but who had failed to qualify by taking and filing the oath required. Where evidence shows this to have been an inadvertence, and an intention to serve was shown by actual service later, the name has been placed in the list.


Circulars have been addressed to all officers and men. Many were returned by the Post Office; several postals were received un- signed. These facts may explain deficiencies in the list. Great effort has been expended to make the list accurate and to give each man credit for his service.


In the answers to circulars, several have shown service in the New York Guard without indicating the organization. This service is shown by the letters "N. Y. G."


The following abbreviations have been used :


Col.


Colonel


Lt .- Col.


Lieutenant-Colonel


Maj.


Major


Capt.


Captain


Lt.


Lieutenant


Sgt .- Maj. .


Sergeant-Major


Sgt.


Sergeant


Corp.


Corporal


Pvt.


Private


Bvt.


Brevet


v. .


Vide (see)


Regiments in the New York Guard are designated as follows:


Ist F. A. .


First Field Artillery


7th Infy. .


Seventh Infantry


23rd Infy.


Twenty-third Infantry


8th C. A. C. .


Eighth Coast Artillery Corps


Ist Cav.


First Cavalry


Ist Prov. .


First Provisional Regiment


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ROSTER-V. C. A.


VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY STATE OF NEW YORK


FIELD AND STAFF


New York Guard National Forces


Col. Asa Bird Gardiner (dec'd) Bvt. Maj. General N.G.N.Y. Lieut. Col., retired, U.S.A. Commandant Civil War Services


Lieut. Col. John Ross Delafield, Col. 9th C.A.C. Rendered


Vice-Commandant Services to the 1st Prov.


Maj., Lieut. Col., Col., Ord., U.S.A., Chairman, Board of Contract Adjustment, War Dept .; D.S.M., U.S .; C.S.C., N. Y. Col., O.O.R.C.


Maj. Charles Elliot Warren, Brigade-Major


Maj., Lieut. Col., Ord., U.S.A. C.S.C., N. Y. Col., O.O.R.C.


Capt. Paul Gibert Thebaud, Capt., I. S. A. P. 9th C.A.C. Ordnance Officer Rendered services to the 1st Prov.


Capt. Howard Thayer Kings- Capt. (Supply Officer) 9th bury C.A.C. Maj., Lieut. Col. J.A.G.


Capt. Edmund Banks Smith, Chaplain


Chaplain at Governors Island


Capt. Henry W. Hodge (dec'd)


Maj., Lieut. Col., Col., Gen. Pershing's Staff, A.E.F.


Capt. Robert H. Wilder,


Member Board to study Anti-


Aircraft defense over seas


Bvt. Maj. N.Y.G .- Capt. 9th


C.A.C .; Acting Artillery


Engineer 9th. C.D.C.


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Capt. Chandler Smith, Adjutant


Rendered services to the 1st Capt. Air Services S.C., U.S.A. Prov.


C. O. 262nd Aero Squad, Wing Commander, Sum- mary Court Officer, Survey Officer, C. O. Co. B., S. A. T.C., Valparaiso Univ. Capt. Air Service, O.R.C. U.S.A. 1st Lieut. Infy., U.S.A. 1st Lieut. U.S.A., 77th Div.


Bn. Sgt. Maj. Lloyd R. Stark, 1st Prov.


Color Sgt. George P. Mont- gomery


Color Sgt Charles A. Van Ren- 1st Prov. sselaer


Color Sgt. George H. Shrady Color Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


Corps Sup. Sgt. Andrew Parker Sgt. 9th C.A.C. Nevin


Adviser Draft Board. Served with Friends of French Wounded over seas.


Mess Sgt. John G. Dater


Sgt. Alexander R. Thompson (Deceased)


Sgt., 2nd Lieut., Regt'l Hist- Legal Adviser, Draft Board. orian 9th C.A.C .- Rendered services to 1st Prov.


Corp. Paul Tillinghast Corp., Sgt., Bn. Sgt. Maj., Regt'l Sgt. Maj., 2nd Lieut. 1st Lieut., 9th C.A.C., Capt., 9th C.D.C., N.G.N.Y.


Pvt. Gordon, John 1st Lieut. Aviation, U.S.A.


Pvt. Sherman, P. Tecumseh Pvt. 9th C.A.C.


HEADQUARTERS COMPANY-FIELD MUSIC


Drum Maj. James A. Hogan


Band Sgt. Edwin N. Clapp


Band Sgt. Robert J. Thompson Sgt. 71st Infy. 1st Prov.


Band Corp. John Clapp


Musician, Edward M. Dunham N.Y.G.


U.S.R.R., Adm.


Musician, Philip H. Eckardt


Musician, Victor Dorsh


Musician, John Gillespie


Musician, William Pritchett


Musician, John Auer


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ROSTER-V. C. A. SUPPLY COMPANY


Capt. Benjamin Rush Lummis, Rendered services to the 1st Commissary Prov.


Capt. Norman Bentley Gardi- ner, Quartermaster


1st Sgt. Mortimer Delano (de- ceased)


Corps Sup. Sgt. H. Schieffelin Sayers


Corps Sup. Sgt. William R. Corwine


Corps Sup. Sgt. Alexander H. Spencer


Chairman, Draft Board.


Sgt. of Artificers Thomas Riley 1st Prov. Murray


Service in Civil War


Mess Sgt. Raymond Newton Hyde


Ist Prov. Regt. Sup. Sgt., 1st Sgt., 9th C.A.C .; 2nd Lieut., 9th C.D.C.


Pvt. Candler, Duncan Rendered services to the 1st Prov.


Pvt. McCahill, Thomas J.


Pvt. Marvin, Charles I.


MEDICAL DEPARTMENT


Capt. Jerome Kingsbury, Surgeon


1st Prov .- Capt. 9th C.A.C. Capt., M.C .- U.S.A.


1st Lieut. Charles Alexander 1st Prov .- Maj. M. C. 9th Clinton, 'Asst. Surgeon C.A.C .- C. O. Field Hosp. 2- 1st Prov.


1st Lieut. Stafford B. Smith (de- Capt. M. C .- 9th C.A.C. Capt., M.C., U.S.A. ceased), Asst. Surgeon


Sgt. Theodore R. Pell 1st Prov.


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Maj. Edward Coleman Dela- field


Maj., Lieut. Col. 9th C.A.C .- Rendered services to 1st Prov. Capt., Lieut .- Col., Col. 9th Cross of Legion of Honor- C.A.C .- Lieut. Col. I. G. D. France, Comm. Crown of Italy; C.S.C., N.Y.


Capt. George W. Burleigh, Bn. Adj.


Div. Staff N. Y. G .- Lieut. Col. J.A.G. Div. Staff 27th Div .- Rendered services to 1st Prov.


Col., J.A.G. Dept., O.R.C.


-


FIRST BATTERY


Lieut. Comdr. U.S.N.R.F.


1st Prov. Capt. 9th C.A.C.


Capt., Maj., 7th Infy .; Maj,


Home Defense.


1st Lieut. Alfred I. Scott


1st Prov. 1st Lieut .- Capt. 9th


C.A.C.


2nd Lieut. Ethelbert I. Low 1st Prov. 2nd Lieut .- 1st Pvt. F. A. Camp Zachary Tay- Lieut., Capt. 9th C.A.C. lor, R.O.T.C., Capt., F.A., U.S.R.C.


Sup. Sgt. Norman F. Cushman 1st Prov. Pvt., Corp., Sgt. 69th Infy.


Sgt. Raymond F. Barnes


1st Prov.


Served Q.M.D., U.S.A., Civil- ian Capacity-Rec'd thanks Brig. Gen. Littell.


Sgt. Francis Johnstone Hopson 1st Prov. Sgt. 9th C.A.C. 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut., Capt. 1st F. A.


Sgt. Harvey Klapp Lines


1st Prov. 1st Lieut., Bn. Adjt.


9th C.A.C.


Sgt. Walter L. Richard


1st Prov. Sgt., 2nd Lieut. 9th


C.A.C.


Sgt. Louis Watjen


1st Prov. Sgt., 1st Sgt., 2nd


Lieut., 1st Lieut., Capt.,


Adjt. 9th C.A.C.


Corp. John W. F. Bennett


Maj. Const. Div., Q.M.C., U.S.A.


Corp. Alfred J. Chatillon


1st Prov. Corp. 9th C.A.C.


Lieut. Chemical Warfare Ser- vice, U.S.A.


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Capt. Arthur T. Chester Capt. Henry Sillcocks 1st Lieut. Clarence H. Eagle


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Corp. Howard K Coolidge 1st Prov. 1st Sgt., 1st Lieut., Commissioned 1st Lieut. Capt. 9th C.A.C.


Corp William C. Dornin


1st Prov. Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


Corp. Reginald C. Knicker- bocker


1st Prov. Sgt., Sup. Sgt., 1st Sgt., 2nd Lieut. 9th C.A.C .- Capt. 1st F. A .- Capt. 1st M. G. Bn. Sgt. Mess Sgt. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov.


Corp. L. Alexander Mack Corp. Archibald Douglas Corp. Harold W. Slauson Pvt. Adams, Dunbar W. 1st Prov.


Pvt. Aubeck, Peter Pvt. Baldwin, L. P.


9th C.A.C.


1st Prov.


Capt., Q.M.C., U.S.A.


Pvt. Booth, Walter Cowles


Pvt. Brugler, Rev'd Charles E. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Case, Charles E.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Cavanaugh, Clarence F. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C .- 1st Lieut. 1st F.A.


Pvt. Chapin, Robert S. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Claiborne, Robert W.


Pvt. Class, John L.


Pvt. Coryell, Charles Mayer


1st Prov. Corp. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Darlington, Clinton P.


Troop A, Squad A, 1st Lieut., Capt., S. C. Riding Instruc- tion, Camp Greenleaf, Sig- nal Officer, Ft. Oglethorpe.


Pvt. Darte, George L. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Davis, William H. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Dean, Philip S. 1st Prov.


Pvt. de Forest, Louis E.


Pvt. Dickinson, W.V. 1st Prov.


Pvt. Dupignac, Dudley


1st Prov. N.Y.G.


Pvt. Durand, John S.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


U.S.N. Sgt. Ambulance Co., No. 34.


Capt. Military Intelligence Div., G.S.C., Capt., O.R.C.


Ordnance Member, Legal Ad- viser, Claims Board War Dept. Capt., O.M.C., 87th Div.


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Sgt., 61st Pioneer Infy., R.O. T.S., Camp Gordon.


Pvt. Barnewall, A. V. R.


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Pvt. Dwight, Henry R.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Easton, Gerald


Pvt. Emmet, Richard S.


Pvt. Fleming, William J.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Squad A, 1st Class Pvt., 105th M.G. Bn.


1st Prov. Corp., Sgt., Bn. Sgt. Maj., 1st Lieut., Bn. Adjt., Capt., Adjt., 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Gardiner, Bentley


Pvt. Gould, Ormond V.


Pvt. Greenfield, Sidney


Pvt. Harrold, Bishop S.


Gas Defense Services, U.S.A., State Dept. Service.


Sgt. Squad. A.


2nd Lieut., F.A., A.E.F. 1st Lieut., Capt., Ord., U.S.A.,


1st Prov.


Pvt. Irwin, John V.


Pvt. Jones, Samuel B.


Pvt. Kimball, Ingalls


Pvt. Kissam. Coleman E.


1st Prov. Sgt., Sup. Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Lane, Alfred I. 1st Prov. Sgt., 1st Sgt., 1st Lieut. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Lewis, Charles A.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C. U.S.N.R.F.


Pvt. Lorentzen. Julius C., Jr.


Bn. Sup. Sgt., 1st Lieut. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Ludwig, Alfred Pvt. Mackenzie, Herbert C.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Mann, Walter L.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Manning, Clarence A.


Pvt. Mapes, S. Herbert


U.S.N.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Fish, Rutgers Pvt. Gallaher, H. Palmer


9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Seaman, Quartermaster, En- sign, U.S.N.R.F.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Holmes, Lester A. Pvt. Holzworth. John M.


Pvt. Howard, George R. Pvt. Huntting. Gilbert N.


9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C. 42nd Infy., U.S.A., Div. of Military Intelligence, Sgt. Corps of Intelligence Police. Capt. Air Service, C. O. Squad's 380, 66, 132, Adj., Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas.


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Pvt. Mason, John F.


Pvt. Mattox, E. Tilden


1st Prov. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Montgomery, James Morti- mer


Pvt. Montgomery, William J. 1st Prov.


Pvt. Neary, Edward J. 1st Prov.


Pvt. Olyphant, Donald


Pvt. Oswald, John Clyde


1st Prov. Corp., Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Parker, Morris K.


Pvt. Parsons, Frederic T.


1st Prov. Corp., Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


Lieut. (J.G.) U.S.N.R.F. 2nd Lieut. Air Service, U.S.A.


Squad A, N.G.N.Y.


Capt., Ord., U.S.A.


Pvt. Pell, S. H. P.


S.S.N. 696, U.S.A.A.S., Oct. 5- 17, June 13-19. Before Oct. 5 in Ambulance Service French Army, Croix de Guerre (Army Corps cita- tion.)


Pvt. Perry, Egbert B.


Pvt. Pierrepont, Robert L.


9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. Corp., Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Reed, Dayton F.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Rhinelander, T. J. Oakley


1st Prov. Color Sgt., 2nd Lieut. 9th C.A.C. Capt., Maj., 9th C.D.C.


Pvt. Richardson, C. Tiffany 9th C.A.C. Pvt. Root, Louis D. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Govt. Service, Washington, D. C.


Pvt. Sampson, Walter C.


Pvt. Schwab, Gustav


1st Prov. Bugler 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. Corp., Sgt., Mess Sgt., 2nd Lieut. 9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. N.Y.G.


Pvt. Sewall, Frederick B. Pvt. Slauson, Kinsley W. Pvt. Spalding, H. Boardman


1st Prov. Corp., Sgt., 1st Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Stokes, J. G. Phelps


Sgt., 1st Sgt., 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut. 9th C.A.C. Capt. Adjt. 9th C.D.C .- Rendered services to 1st Prov.


Pvt. Story, Allen L. 9th C.A.C. 1st Lieut. Ord., U.S.A.


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Pvt. Tatham, Edwin


1st Prov. Corp., Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Taylor, John


Pvt. Terhune, Ten Broeck Munroe


1st Prov.


Pvt. Thacher, Lothrop 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Vibbert, Aubrey D. (de- Corp., Sgt. 9th C.A.C. ceased)


Pvt. Wade, John O.


1st Prov.


Pvt. Ward, Chester D.


1st Lieut. Aviation, A.E.F. Capt., Ord., U.S.A.


Pvt. to 1st Lieut., Remount Service, Field Remount, Squad 326, A.E.F.


Pvt. Wardrop, James J. 1st Prov. Pvt. Wainwright, William P. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Wemple, William L. 1st Prov.


Pvt. Westervelt, Leonidas 1st Prov.


Pvt. Wood, Joseph LuVerne 1st Prov.


Pvt. Yalden, Percy A. 1st Prov. Sup. Sgt., M.G. Co., 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Zabriskie, George A. 1st Prov. Chairman, Sugar Board.


Capt. Orrin L. Brodie 1st Lieut. George S. Richards, Jr. Sgt. Arthur Oakley Ford


Sgt. Thomas P. Cummings Sgt. Oscar W. G. Ericson


Sgt. Edmund L. Judson, Jr. Sgt. Clarence Luce, Jr. Sgt. Alan B. Thomas


Corp. Roland Gerry Brown


Corp. Leon V. Duchemin Corp. John B. Eccleston, Jr.


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1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. 1st Lieut. 9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. 1st Sgt., 1st Lieut. Capt. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov.


1st Prov. Sgt., 1st Sgt., 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut., Capt. 9th C.A.C., Capt., 9th C.D.C., N.G.N.Y. Sgt., 2nd Lieut. 9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


2nd Lieut., Motor Transport Reserve.


Corp., 21st Engineers, U.S.A., A.E.F.


1st Prov.


Co. C, 105th M. G. Bn., 27th Div.


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Corp. Edward L. Godfrey


Corp. John A. Guion Corp. George Laing, Jr.


1st Prov. Corp. 9th C.A.C. 2nd Lieut., C.O.C., 326th Bn., U. S. Tank Corps.


Corp. John Leroy Mann Corp. Arthur H. Pogson 1st Prov. Corp., Regt'l Sgt. Maj. 9th C.A.C. Corp. George S. Scofield 1st Prov. Corp., Sgt. 9th C.A.C. Corp. Henry G. Steinmeyer 1st Prov. Corp., Sgt., 1st Sgt., 1st Lieut., 9th C.A.C.


Corp. Herbert S. Tenney Corp. Arthur G. Thompson


Corp. Gerard Van der Zee


Corp. J. Russell White


Pvt. Andreson, Elliot G. Pvt. Baeszler, William


Pvt. Baldwin, Ernest L. Pvt. Bale, William W. Pvt. Barker, Confred W.


Pvt. Barker, Frederick W. Pvt. Batz, George W. Pvt. Bayne, Howard R.


Pvt. Bernasconi, Adolph Pvt. Bohn, Charles A. Pvt. Bradford, William J. Pvt. Bramall, Rowland


Pvt. Bugbird, Herbert C. Pvt. Butcher, Walter F. Pvt. Clapp, Faber F.


9th C.A.C.


Pvt., Co. I, 2nd Pioneer Infy., U.S.A.


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1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


9th C.A.C.


1st Prov.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Board of Contract Adjust- ment, War Dept.


1st Prov.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. Corp. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. Co. Clk. 3rd Co. 9th C.A.C.


Co. I, 2nd Pioneer Infy., A. E. F., Special Service, Camp Pantanezan, France.


Naval Militia, N.Y.


Pvt. Clarke, John D. Pvt. Clauson, Andrew G., Jr. Pvt. Coffenberg, Peter Pvt. Creager, R. C. Pvt. Crystal, Francis J. Pvt. Curtis, John W. Pvt. Dix, Samuel M. Pvt. Dougherty, Henry H. Pvt. Dupont, Charles P.


Pvt. Dusold, Charles Pvt. Eaton, John P. Pvt. Eglington, A. Lincoln Pvt. Elmore, J. B. Pvt. Evans, Walter L. 1st Prov. Pvt. Eyre, Beverly Montague 1st Prov.


1st Prov.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C. 9th C.A.C.


9th C.A.C.


9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. Corp., Sgt. 9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. 1st Prov .- 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. Corp. Mess Sgt. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. Corp. Sgt. 9th C.A.C. Sgt. 1st Class, U.S.A., Chemi- cal Warfare Service.


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Pvt. Eyre, Henry N.


Pvt. Farrar, Percy S.


Pvt. Fetherston, William T.


Pvt. Fredericks, Walter Pvt. Funk, Charles E.


Pvt. Gardner, Robert W.


Pvt. Goldsborough, Robert L.


Pvt. Guilbert, Georges Pvt. Guidin, Louis A. Pvt. Harding, Edward Pvt. Harding, John A. Pvt. Harson, Harry Pvt. Hartung, Louis W.


1st Prov.


1st Prov.


1st Prov.


Pvt. Haskins, Bradley


Pvt. Hine, Charles Gilbert Pvt. Jackson, Edward W. Pvt. Jackson, William H. Pvt. Jensen, Oswald Pvt. Jones, H. Miller Pvt. Kaufmann, Louis W. Pvt. Kane, Michael J. Pvt. Kimmerer, George F. Pvt. King, Eric T.


Pvt. Lejeune, Ernest Pvt. Lunn, Morris A. Pvt. McCleary, William


Pvt. McMaster, William S.


Pvt. Magruder, Herbert T. 1st Prov.


Pvt. Magruder, Robert, Jr. Pvt. Mecke, Henry E.


Pvt. Medway, Albert E.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Ord. Sgt. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. 1st Prov.


Pvt. 1st Cl. Med. Corp.


Pvt., 3rd Class, Electrician, Radio, U.S.N.R.


9th C.A.C.


1st Prov.


1st Prov. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. Corp. 9th C.A.C.


9th Coast Arty, U.S.A.


Troop A, 1st Cav., N.Y.N.Y. Capt., Eng. Res., U.S.A., Can- tonment D. W. Maj. Con- struction Div., U.S.A.


1st Prov.


1st Prov. Corp., Sgt., Sup. Sgt., 1st Sgt. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


Corp., Co. I, 1st Pioneer Infy, U.S.A. Appointed to C.O.T.S., Camp Zachary Taylor. C.O.T.S., Camp Lee, Va.


1st Prov. Corp. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. Corp. 9th C.A.C.


Pvt. Mooney, W. H. Pvt. Nellis, Ray A. Pvt. Nelson, Alexander Pvt. Nicol, Norman Pvt. Noble, Charles J. Pvt. Origet, Charles Pvt. Origet, Maurice Pvt. Palmele, Edward A.


Pvt. Pearson, Hugh W. Pvt. Peteler, E. W. Pvt. Rabey, Harry Pvt. Randall, Kennedy Pvt. Reardon, Michael F. Pvt. Rice, Philip Pvt. Richards, George E.


1st Prov.


1st Prov.


1st Prov. Corp., Sgt. 9th C.A.C. 1st Prov. 9th C.A.C.


1st Prov. Corp. 9th C.A.C.


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