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CAPT. ALFRED I. SCOTT
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CAPTAIN WILLIAM L. SAYERS
Enlisted Ist Field Hospital, N. G. N. Y., 1906; served 6 years; F. and Hon. Disch. as
Sergeant.
Enlisted V. C. A., 1913.
Corporal.
Sergeant.
Commissary Sergeant. Sergeant-Major.
2nd Lieutenant.
Ist Lieutenant, 1917.
Ist Prov. Reg., Ist Lieutenant, Co. A, Aug. 22 to Sept. 5.
Transferred to 23rd Infantry, N. Y. G.
Captain, Machine Gun Co., 23rd Inf.
Aide on Staff of Governor, January 1, 1919.
Military Instructor, 1918, under Mil. Training Commission.
2nd LIEUTENANT GUSTAV SCHWAB
Enlisted V. C. A., June, 1917, Ist Battery.
Ist Prov. Reg., Pvt., Co. B, Kensico, Aug. 22 to 25; Actg. Corporal, Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 (last week, Outpost II). Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Corporal, November 19, 1917, Ist Co.
Sergeant, May 27, 1918 (Mess Sergeant).
2nd Lieutenant, December 3, 1918.
R. L., N. Y. G., November 15, 1919.
CAPTAIN ALFRED I. SCOTT
Enlisted V. C. A., July 25, 1916.
Corporal, May 8, 1917, Ist Battery.
Sergeant, June 7, 1917.
Ist Sergeant, July, 1917. Ist Prov. Reg., Sergeant, Co. A, Aug. 11 to 19.
Ist Lieutenant, September 4, 1917.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Captain, November 23, 1917, assigned to newly-organized 5th Company.
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CAPT. ADAM T. SHURICK
CAPT. FREDERIC K. SEWARD
2ND LIEUT. LESTER F. SCOTT
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MILITARY RECORDS 2nd LIEUTENANT LESTER F. SCOTT
Enlisted 9th C. A. C., April 11, 1918.
Corporal, May 27, 1918, Machine Gun Co. Sergeant, July 1, 1918. Ist Sergeant, September 6, 1918. 2nd Lieutenant, October 10, 1918.
2nd LIEUTENANT ROBERT SEDGWICK, DEC'D.
Enlisted V. C. A., April 23, 1917, 2nd Battery.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, Hq. Co.
2nd Lieutenant, October 23, 1918, attached to Staff. (For photograph, see page 394)
CAPTAIN FREDERIC K. SEWARD
Enlisted V. C. A., July 9, 1917, 8th Battery.
Ist Prov. Reg., Acting Supply Sergeant, Co. B, Kensico, August 15 to 21 and August 26. Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, 8th Co.
Sergeant, 1917.
Supply Sergeant, December 19, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant, May, 1918, assigned to command newly-organized 9th Company.
Captain, commanding 9th Co., August 28, 1918.
CAPTAIN ADAM T. SHURICK
Captain, V. C. A., July 2, 1917; commanding 8th Battery.
Ist Prov. Reg., Captain, commanding Co. B, Kensico (with Sector at Elmsford), August 7 to 23.
Ist Lieutenant, Eng. R. C., U. S. A., July 20, 1917; ordered to active duty, O. T. C., Washington, D. C., September 2, 1917.
Captain, Ist Regt. Replacement Engineers, December 11, 1917; assigned command Co. A, January 2, 1918.
Transferred to Camp Forrest, Ga., July 20, 1918.
Assigned to command Co. B, 211th Engineers, August 13, 1918.
Assigned command Co. D, 209th Engineers, August 27, 1918.
Later detailed to Camp Mills, N. Y., to prepare for overseas duty. Armistice having been signed, ordered to return to Camp Sheridan, Ill., November 21, 1918. Hon. Disch., January 16, 1919.
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CAPT. HENRY SILLCOCKS
CAPT. T. O'CONOR SLOANE, JR.
1ST LIEUT. MALCOLM D. SIMPSON
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CAPTAIN T. O'CONOR SLOANE, JR.
Enlisted V. C. A., May 28, 1917, 4th Battery.
Corporal, May 30, 1917.
Ist Prov. Reg., Acting Sergeant, Co. B, Elmsford, August 7 to 15; Acting Ist Sergeant, August 16 to 29; September 5 to 15. (Kensico HQ.)
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, to 4th Co.
Ist Sergeant, November 30, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant, December 3, 1918.
Ist Lieutenant, 9th C. D. C., December, 1919.
Captain, 9th C. D. C., N. Y. N. G., August 4, 1920.
CAPTAIN HENRY SILLCOCKS
Seaman, Conn. Naval Militia, 1898-99.
Enlisted V. C. A., February, 1917.
Assigned to Ist Battery, March 27, 1917.
Corporal, April 19, 1917.
Sergeant, May 17, 1917. 2nd Lieutenant, June 4, 1917.
Ist Lieutenant, August 6, 1917.
Ist Prov. Reg., Ist Lieutenant, Co. A, August 15 to 18; 20 to 23, commanding Sector at Hq., Dobbs Ferry Road.
Captain, commanding Ist Battery, September 13, 1917.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, commanding Ist Co.
Transferred to R. L., N. Y. G., May 14, 1918, because of injuries (permanent) received in bayonet drill.
Ist LIEUTENANT MALCOLM D. SIMPSON
Enlisted 9th C. A. C., N. Y. G., December 5, 1918, 11th Co.
Sergeant, February 9, 1918; transferred to 12th Co. and appointed Ist Sergeant. 2nd Lieutenant, May 20, 1918. Ist Lieutenant, August 28, 1918.
On leave from Regiment, November 7, 1918, for civilian duty with American Com- mission to Negotiate Peace in Paris.
Commanding Officer, 24th Co., 9th C. D. C., April 1, 1919. Transferred to Hq., November 25, 1919.
R. L., N. Y. G., January 6, 1920.
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CAPT. CHANDLER SMITH
CAPT. BARRETT P. SMITH
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CAPTAIN BARRETT PUTNAM SMITH
Enlisted V. C. A., February, 1917.
Corporal, 1917.
Sergeant, 1917.
Ist Sergeant, 6th Battery, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant, 1917.
Ist Prov. Reg., 2nd Lieutenant, Co. A, Kensico, August 15 to 22.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Captain, commanding 6th Co., November, 1917.
Ist Lieutenant, A. S., U. S. A., August 3, 1918.
Transferred by request September 16, 1918, to U. S. Infantry, assigned to 71st Regiment, 11th (Lafayette) Division.
Captain, Infantry, 1918, commanding Co. H, 7Ist Infantry.
Hon. Disch., Camp Meade, Md., February 6, 1919.
CAPTAIN CHANDLER SMITH
Enlisted V. C. A., February 18, 1902.
Corporal, November 17, 1910.
Sergeant, November 15, 1911.
Ist Lieutenant, Paymaster, November 16, 1915.
Captain, Adjutant, March 26, 1917.
Rendered services to 1st Prov. Reg., guarding N. Y. City's Water Supply, August-Septebmer, 1917.
Captain, A. S., Sig. R. C., U. S. A., January 7, 1918.
Columbus, O., Adjutants' School Military Aeronautics, January 23 to March 23, 1918.
Adjutant.
Commanding 262nd Aero Squadron, Scott Field, Belleville, Ill., March 31 to September 1, 1918. Wing Commander, Survey Officer, Summary Court Officer. Commanding Co. B, Mil. Trg. Det., S. A. T. C., Valparaiso, Ind., September 3, 1918 to January 18, 1919.
Captain A. S. Sig. O. R. C., U. S. A., May 15, 1919.
Member, Council of Administration, V. C. A., January 8, 1920 to February, 1921.
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CAPT. EDMUND BANKS SMITH
CAPT. HARMON SMITH
CAPT. STAFFORD B. SMITH, DEC'D.
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CAPTAIN HARMON SMITH, M. C. Captain, M. C., N. Y. G., assigned to 9th C. A. C., September, 1918, to May, 1919.
CAPTAIN STAFFORD B. SMITH, M. C., DEC'D.
Enlisted V. C. A., April 30, 1917, 6th Battery.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917. Ist Lieutenant, M. C., N. Y. G., assigned to 9th C. A. C., December 4, 1917. Captain, M. C., May 8, 1918.
Captain, U. S. Public Health Service.
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LT .- COL. FRANCIS R. STODDARD, JR.
1st LIEUT. HENRY G. STEINMEYER
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Ist LIEUTENANT WILLIAM M. SMITH
Enlisted V. C. A., July 10, 1917, 7th Battery.
Sergeant, July 26, 1917.
Ist Prov. Reg., Sergeant, Co. A, August 7 to 15; 17 to 23; 31 to September 6.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, 7th Co.
Ist Sergeant.
2nd Lieutenant, July 9, 1918. Ist Lieutenant.
Ist LIEUTENANT HENRY G. STEINMEYER
Enlisted V. C. A., March, 1917, 3rd Battery.
Ist Prov. Reg., Corporal, Co. A, September 5 to 6; Acting Sergeant, September 7 to 12. Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, 3rd Co. Ist Sergeant. Ist Lieutenant.
R. L., N. Y. G., December, 1920.
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LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FRANCIS RUSSELL STODDARD, JR.
Served with U. S. Vols. 1898 during Spanish War; and with National Guard on Mexican Border in 1916.
Captain, 1904. Enlisted V. C. A., December 4, 1912.
Captain, 1917, commanding 2nd Battery.
Major, May, 1917, commanding 2nd Battalion.
Served as observer of anti-aircraft defenses on French and British Fronts, 1917.
Graduated from Div. Staff School, Army War College, and served as Divisional Ordnance Officer, 17th Div., U. S. A., 1918-1919.
Commander, Art. Service Det., V. C. A., 1920-21. Lieutenant-Colonel, Ord. R. C., U. S. A.
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CAPT. WALTER L. SUYDAM
CAPT. J. G. PHELPS STOKES
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CAPT. JOSEPH F. SULGER
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CAPTAIN J. G. PHELPS STOKES
Captain and Commandant, Ist Div. Cadets, Berkeley School, N. Y. City, 1885- 1889.
Military Certificate, Yale University, 1891.
Enlisted, Squadron A, N. G. N. Y., April 9, 1896.
Volunteered for War with Spain, 1898.
Discharged September 18, 1901.
Enlisted V. C. A., August 15, 1917.
Rendered services to 1st Prov. Reg., guarding N. Y. City's Water Supply, August-September, 1917.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Sergeant (Ist Sergeant), February 25, 1918, 5th Co.
2nd Lieutenant, March 14, 1919.
Ist Lieutenant.
Captain, Adjutant, 9th C. D. C., N. Y. N. G. at present.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH F. SULGER
CAPTAIN WALTER LISPENARD SUYDAM
Enlisted V. C. A., December 1I, 1907.
Corporal, January 8, 1909.
Quartermaster-Sergeant, November 17, 1910.
Ist Lieutenant, Quartermaster, January 9, 19II.
Brigade Major, May 10, 1915.
Member, Council of Administration, 1917 and many prior years.
2nd Lieutenant, 9th C. A. C., N. Y. G., November 15, 1917, Assistant Supply Officer. Captain, Supply Officer, December 26, 1917. Treasurer, Regimental Fund, November 19, 1917.
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CAPT. PAUL G. THEBAUD
CAPT. WALTER D. TEAGUE
CAPT. RAYMOND L. TAFT
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MILITARY RECORDS CAPTAIN RAYMOND L. TAFT
Enlisted V. C. A., May, 1917.
Ist Lieutenant, commanding 9th Battery, August 6, 1917.
Ist Prov. Reg., Ist Lieutenant, Co. A, August 7 to September 17. Hq. of Sector, Fort Hill Road.
Sergeant, 23rd Infantry, N. Y. G.
Captain, commanding Co. F, 23rd Regiment.
CAPTAIN WALTER D. TEAGUE
Enlisted V. C. A., July 6, 1917, 8th Battery.
Ist Prov. Reg., Acting Sergeant, Co. B, Post 10, August 15 to 17; Hq., Kensico, August 20 to 22. Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, to 8th Co.
Ist Lieutenant, November 23, 1917.
Captain, January 30, 1919.
CAPTAIN PAUL GIBERT THEBAUD
Enlisted V. C. A., 1890. Captain, Ordnance Officer, 1917.
Rendered services to 1st Prov. Reg., guarding N. Y. City's Water Supply, August-September, 1917. t
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, to Staff.
Captain, I. S. A. P., October 8, 1917.
2nd LIEUTENANT ALEXANDER R. THOMPSON, Dec'd.
Enlisted V. C. A., March 10, 1911.
Private Hq. Company, May 12, 1917.
Sergeant, July 12, 1917.
Rendered services to 1st Prov. Reg., guarding N. Y. City's Water Supply, August-September, 1917.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Sergeant, Supply Co., November 19, 1917. 2nd Lieutenant, Asst. Supply Officer, February 28, 1918.
Regimental Historian, March 11, 1918.
Retired for age, March 29, 1918; same date detailed for active duty with 9th C. A. C., N. Y. G. R. L. N. Y. G., October 3, 1918.
(For photograph, see page_225)
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COLONEL CABOT WARD
CAPTAIN PAUL TILLINGHAST
CAPT. HENRY B. DE VILLIERS-SCHWAB
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MILITARY RECORDS CAPTAIN PAUL TILLINGHAST
Enlisted V. C. A., May 21, 1917, 4th Battery.
Corporal, August 13, 1917, detailed to Hq.
Rendered services to 1st Prov. Reg., guarding N. Y. City's Water Supply, August-September, 1917.
Sergeant, September 18, 1917.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Sergeant-Major, November 21, 1917, Ist Battalion.
Sergeant-Major, February 8, 1918, Regimental.
2nd Lieutenant, June 6, 1918, assigned to 10th Co.
Ist Lieutenant, October 25, 1918.
Captain, 9th C. D. C., N. Y. N. G., February 9, 1920, to date.
CAPTAIN HENRY B. de VILLIERS-SCHWAB
Enlisted 9th C. A. C., January 28, 1918, Ist Co.
Corporal, March 17, 1918.
Sergeant, June 7, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant, July 19, 1918.
Ist Lieutenant, October 2, 1918.
Assigned to command 2nd Co., October 6, 1918.
Captain, October 9, 1918.
Leave of absence granted, July 1, 1920.
R. L., N. Y. G., January 18, 1921.
COLONEL CABOT WARD, D. S. M.
Enlisted V. C. A., March 22, 1917.
Corporal, Ist Battery, April 26, 1917.
Sergeant, May 17, 1917.
Ist Lieutenant, Battalion Adjutant, July 30, 1917.
Appointed member Anti-Aircraft Commission, August 25, 1917.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917 as Captain, N. Y. G.
Major, A. S., Sig. Corps, U. S. A.
Lieutenant-Colonel, Asst. C. of S. and Chief Intelligence Section, S. O. S., U. S. A. General Staff.
Member Staff, C. in C., A. E. F.
Asst. C. of S., G. 2, S. O. S. Chief, 2nd Section, G. S.
Colonel.
D. S. M., U. S. Legion d'honneur, France. D. C. M., Great Britain.
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COL. CHARLES ELLIOT WARREN
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MILITARY RECORDS COLONEL CHARLES ELLIOT WARREN, D. S. M.
Enlisted 7th Infantry, N. G. N. Y., 1883; served in all grades and ranks up to Lieutenant-Colonel, State Forces-12th Infantry; 5th Brigade Staff; Division Staff.
Captain, Staff 3rd N. Y. Vol. Brig., Spanish War Campaign, 1898.
V. C. A., 1906-1916.
Brigade Major, V. C. A., 1917.
Plattsburg, 1915, 1916.
Major, O. R. C., U. S. A., January, 1917.
Assigned to Staff of Chief of Ordnance, U. S. A., May 1, 1917.
Lieutenant-Colonel, January 2, 1918; assigned to duty with Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.
Relieved from active duty, January 7, 1919.
D. S. M., August 14, 1919.
Colonel, O. R. C., U. S. A., August 27, 1919.
Conspicuous Service Cross, S. N. Y., January 2, 1921.
Decorations :- Distinguished Service Medal, U. S. Conspicuous Service Cross, N. Y.
Victory Medal, U. S. Spanish-American War Medal, N. Y. World War Medal, N. Y. Long Service Medal-20 years, N. Y.
Long and Faithful Service? and War Service Decoration, 7th (107th) Infantry.
Diploma of Honor and Decoration Aerial League of America World War.
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BVP. MAJ. ROBERT H. WILDER
CAPT. H. PUSHAE WILLIAMS
CAPT. LOUIS WATJEN
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MILITARY RECORDS CAPTAIN LOUIS WATJEN
M. T. C., Plattsburg, August 10 to September 6, 1916. Enlisted V. C. A., May 26, 1917.
Corporal, Ist Battery, July, 1917. Ist Prov. Reg., Acting Sergeant, Co. B, Kensico Hq., August 22 to September 5.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Ist Sergeant, Ist Co., November 13, 1917.
2nd Lieutenant, December 4, 1917. Ist Lieutenant, May 20, 1918.
Captain, commanding Ist Co., October 2, 1918.
Regimental Adjutant, March 4, 1919.
Captain, R. L., N. Y. G., October 6, 1919.
CAPTAIN BURT WILCOX
Enlisted 9th C. A. C., November 23, 1917, 11th Co. Sergeant, February 8, 1918. Ist Sergeant, February 18, 1918. 2nd Lieutenant, May 20, 1918. Ist Lieutenant, August 28, 1918.
Captain, February 1I, 1919.
BREVET-MAJOR ROBERT H. WILDER
Enlisted V. C. A., August 6, 1917.
Captain, August 6, 1917.
Served on Commission to study Anti-Aircraft Defense overseas.
Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Captain, 9th C. A. C., N. Y. G., October 8, 1917.
Brevetted Major by the Governor of the State of New York for "distinguished service under fire in the face of the enemy."
CAPTAIN H. PUSHAE WILLIAMS
2nd Lieutenant, V. C. A., July, 1917, 7th Battery.
Ist Prov. Reg., 2nd Lieutenant, "Transportation Officer," August-September, at- tached to Ist Battalion. Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917.
Captain, November, 1917, commanding 12th Co. Captain, C. M. G. O. T. S., U. S. A.
Captain, commanding 20th Co., 9th C. D. C.
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1ST LIEUT. WILLIAM H. YOUNG
1ST LIEUT. ROGER H. WILLIAMS
CAPT. WALTER D. WOOD
2ND LIEUT. FRANCIS I. WOODBURN
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Ist LIEUTENANT ROGER H. WILLIAMS
Military Instruction, Cornell University, 2 years. Enlisted 9th C. A. C., December 10, 1917, 6th Co. Sergeant, May 27, 1918. Ist Lieutenant, March 14, 1919.
CAPTAIN WALTER D. WOOD
Enlisted 9th C. A. C., N. Y. G., October 8, 1917, 4th Co. Transferred to newly-organized 9th Co., June 4, 1918. Sergeant, June 11, 1918, Supply Sergeant.
Ist Sergeant, August 1, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant, February, 1919, assigned to 9th Co.
Ist Lieutenant, 9th C. D. C., February, 1920; assigned to 21st Co.
Ist Lieutenant, 9th C. D. C., N. Y. N. G., December 10, 1920.
Captain, 9th C. D. C., N. Y. N. G., 1922.
2nd LIEUTENANT FRANCIS I. WOODBURN
Sergeant, Plattsburg Training Camp, 1916.
Enlisted V. C. A., March 19, 1917.
Corporal, April 19, 1917.
Sergeant, May 17, 1917, 2nd Battery; Ist Sergeant.
Ist Prov. Reg., Ist Sergeant, Co. A, August 7 to 27; 30 to September 17; Co. B, Elmsford, August 28 to 29. Transferred to 9th C. A. C., October 8, 1917, as Ist Sergeant, 2nd Co. 2nd Lieutenant, January 31, 1918.
2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. A.
2nd Lieutenant, Infantry R. C., U. S. A.
Ist LIEUTENANT WILLIAM H. YOUNG
Enlisted 9th C. A. C., April 8, 1918, M. G. Co. Sergeant, May 27, 1918. Ist Sergeant, September 6, 1918. Ist Lieutenant.
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LIEUT. ROBERT SEDGWICK, DEC'D.
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ACCOUNTS-SPECIAL FUND
REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY LIEUT .- COL. JOHN R. DELAFIELD ON COSTS OF EQUIPMENT.
"April 10, 1917.
Necessary expenditures for Arms and Equipment to Dec. 31, 1917.
12 Machine Guns, Lewis Type @ $750.00 $ 9,000.00
12 3-Pounder Guns @ $4,000.00. 48,000,00
12 Chassis for Transporting Acetylene Lights @ $400.00 4,800.00
Mounting and Special Body Work for 12 Searchlights @ $50.00. ... 600.00
12 Chassis for Transporting 3-Pounders and Lewis Guns @ $1,750.00 21,000.00 Mounting and Special Work for 12 3-Pounders @ $300.00 3,600.00
2 Chassis for Wireless and Apparatus @ $1,000.00 2,000.00
12 Acetylene Searchlights, Tanks and Accessories @ $75.00
900.00
150 Lockers @ $9.00 1,350.00
200 Rifles @ $7.00. 1,400.00
I Armorer for Six Months @ $150.00 a Month.
900.00
I Assistant Armorer for Six Months @ $125.00 a Month
750.00
2 Gasoline, Oil, Repairs or per Car per month $35.00.
26 Cars @ $35.00, 910 per Month-Six Months. 5,460.00
No ammunition included in this estimate.
Total $99,760.00
Respectfully Submitted,
(Signed) James C. McGuire, Major Engineers Officers Reserve Corps, U. S. A. (Signed) Thatcher T. C. Luquer, Captain Engineers Officers Reserve Corps, U. S. A.
Fund called "VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY, SPECIAL- JOHN ROSS DELAFIELD, VICE-COMMANDANT"
February 26th, 1917 to December 31st, 1917 STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS RECEIPTS
Subscriptions and Donations. $22,885.00
Special Subscriptions for Lewis Machine Gun to be used in Brooklyn .... 750.00
(Conditional liability for refund on this item)
Interest on bank balances. 68.65
Deposit on rifles and equipment-3rd Battery. 414.20
Deposit on rifles and equipment-5th Battery 414.20
$24,532.05
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Payments for loan of rifles and equipment-1790 Rifle Club, including 55,000 rounds of ball cartridges. $ 3,181.87
Arms, ammunition, etc., purchased :
Ammunition, (part of which has already been expended) gun slings, bayonets and general equipment $ 1,555.92
30% Payment to Bethlehem Steel Co. for mount for 3-inch Anti-Aircraft gun-1917 Model 2,010.00
(Liability thereon $4,690.00 still unpaid)
Payment to Savage Arms Corporation on ac- count of 24 Lewis Machine Guns. 5,000.00
(Liability thereon $13,000.00 still unpaid)
8,565.92
Other equipment purchased (blankets, cots, chairs, lockers, etc.) 3,759.79
(A large part of this equipment is said to be stored at City Island and not now available)
Expenses of City Island Camp.
2,098.60
Expenses incidental to Guard Duty on New York City Aqueduct 1,414.96
Balance of advance for expenses of Capt. Wilder on trip to Europe to study anti-aircraft methods, etc. 1,000.00
(Unexpended balance to be refunded)
McLain-Hadden-Simpers Co. services and expenses in connec- tion with subscription campaign. 1,173.95
Sundry administrative and incidental expenses (printing, stationery, telegrams, and sundry office expenses for pro- visional batteries and 1790 Rifle Club) 2,689.70 23,884.79
Balance in Bank, December 31st, 1917 $ 647.26
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Fund called "VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY, SPECIAL- JOHN ROSS DELAFIELD, VICE-COMMANDANT" December 31st, 1917 to November 25th, 1919 STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS JOHN ROSS DELAFIELD-SPECIAL ACCOUNT
Balance in bank, December 31st, 1917, per last report. ....
$
647.26
RECEIPTS
Sales of Lockers
$ 1,048.55
Sales of Rifles
40.50
Sale of Pistol and Holster
21.00
Sale of Belts
364.65
Refund on advances to Capt. Wilder on trip to Europe to study anti-aircraft methods
150.00
Refund of deposit on Anti-Aircraft Gun Mounts.
2,010.00
Refund on Aqueduct Expenses
48.83
23rd Regiment-N. Y. Guard Fund
100.00
Contribution
25.00
Interest on bank balance
2.03
Transferred from "John Ross Delafield Armament" account
7.87 3,818.43
$ 4,465.69
DISBURSEMENTS
Rifles and Miscellaneous Equipment.
$ 642.37
Ammunition
733.16
Payments to Savage Arms Corporation on account of Machine Guns
2,500.00
Expenses of City Island Camp
146.22
Sundry Incidental Expenses (Printing, Stationery, Tele- phone, Telegraph, etc., etc.). 395.11
Transferred to "John Ross Delafield-Armament" Account .. 48.83
$ 4,465.69
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JOHN ROSS DELAFIELD-ARMAMENT ACCOUNT RECEIPTS
Transferred from "John Ross Delafield-Special" Account .. $ 48.83
Loan-John Ross Delafield 600.00
Sale of 6 Machine Guns
7,500.00
Donation-for purchase of Machine Guns.
3,000.00
Donations-for purchase of Machine Gun Trucks
1,021.29
Interest on bank balance. 1.00 $12,171.12
DISBURSEMENTS
Refund of Deposit of 5th Battery for Rifles and Equipment .. $ 414.20
Ammunition
87.50
Payments to Savage Arms Corporation on account of Ma- chine Guns
10,500.00
Machine Gun Trucks purchased
996.00
City Island Camp Expenses
18.60
Transferred to "John Ross Delafield-Special" Account
7.87
12,024.17
Balance in Bank November 25, 1919.
$146.95
Note: The Fund still owes Col. John Ross Delafield $600.00 on account of Loan made by him.
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CONTRIBUTORS-SPECIAL FUND LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO SPECIAL FUND
399
C. L. Adams
J. E. Aldred Mrs. John Anderson Joseph Anderson, Sr. George F. Archer
Mrs. George W. Burleigh L. C. Butler Mrs. Howard Carroll
George M. Chaffee Robert S. Chapin
P. Aubeck
Mrs. Alfred J. Chatillon
Henry D. Babcock
George R. Christian
George F. Baker, Jr.
Frederick G. Clapp
Henry B. Barnes
Caroline S. Coeltz
R. D. Bartlett
William Colgate
Andrew Baxter Bayard & Company Miss Eunice C. Beecher
William Conroy Charles E. Cowan
Colonel Alexander B. Crane
Mrs. William C. Beecher
Dr. Louis F. Criado
W. L. Benedict
A. M. Crosby
W. E. Benjamin W. E. Benner George L. Bergen
Daniel N. Crouse
Cruikshank Company
Guernsey Currin
William E. Curtis
Curtiss Aeroplane Corporation
George L. Darte Katherine K. Dashiell
Robert Pendelton Bowler
Frank E. Davidson
J. Clarence Davies Fellowes Davis
W. B. Bowne Robert E. Boyd Mrs. Cornelia R. Boyle John Boyle & Co., Inc. Ira H. Brainerd E. C. Bridgman John I. D. Bristol George T. Brokaw
G. H. Dean Ezra De Forest Edward C. Delafield
John Ross Delafield
Charles F. Dellinger
Edward R. DeWitt
Dillworth, Lockwood & Co.
Brooklyn Trust Company Alfred T. Brown Mrs. Mary A. Brown Mrs. S. Edwin Buchanan Charles R. Buckley (deceased) Miss Theodora Buckley Jonathan Bulkly Charles C. Bull
Charles A. Ditmas A. J. Doan & Son Robert P. Dodd Carl F. Doerr
L. W. Dominick A. Lispenard Doremus John V. N. Dorr
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Miss Susan Dwight Bliss M. Block Miss May Benson William B. Boulton
400
THE MINUTE MEN OF '17
Michael Dreicer Henry R. Drowne Helen S. Du Bois William B. Dudley Cleveland A. Dunn Gano Dunn Harris A. Dunn John A. Eckert George Simpson Eddy Herman L. R. Edgar
Otto M. Eidlitz Thomas L. Elder Frederick L. Eldridge Ludwig Elling William Elliott William D. Ellis William Fahnestock H. W. Farnum
William J. Farrell Mrs. E. Fleitmann Mrs. H. C. Fleitmann
W. E. Frank I. T. Frankel
G. C. Frelinghuysen Henry J. Fuller Edwin Louis Garvin Charles R. Gibson Mary Gilpin William Gilpin John L. Goodbody William J. Graham Dr. James C. Greenway William E. S. Griswold Fred Gross Carl F. Ginshaber Charles A. Halstead William Hample, Jr. William F. Hanse Charles J. Hardy Charles Hart
Mrs. Eugene W. Harter James Mott Hartshorne William F. Hause
Frederick B. Hawley
W. N. Hedges Harold Herrick George Hewlett
Charles M. Higgins
Francis L. Hine
George W. Hoadley
Miss May V. Hoffman
Home Title Insurance Co.
Sheldon Hopkins
Robert LeC. Hovey
Walter C. Hubbard
Mrs. George F. Hummel
Hungerford Brass Co.
Henry Hyams
A. M. Hyatt
George Edward Ide (deceased)
Charles Isham (deceased)
Lawrence Jacob
Edwin C. Jameson
Robert A. Keasbey Co.
Alan D. Kenyon
Charles D. Kerley
Dr. Edward L. Keyes
H. D. Kingsbury
Charles W. Knight
Francis La Bau James L. Laidlaw
Alfred P. Laighton
Mrs. Isabel L. Lane Lewis H. Lapham
Lawrence Belting Co. Mrs. Warner M. Leeds Albert J. Leon
Henry Lindemeyer & Sons
Francis G. Lloyd
Arthur H. Lockitt
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CONTRIBUTORS-SPECIAL FUND
401
Herbert W. Lockwood J. D. Loizeaux Lumber Co. Edmund B. Lombard John B. Lord Ethelbert I. Low William G. Low
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