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Langlade-Edward Cody, Antigo.
Lincoln-C. G. Torkelson, Merrill.
Manitowoc-William T. Darling. Two Rivers.
Marathon-H. E. Marquardt, Wausau.
Marinette-James Pedersen, Marinette; A. D. Redeman. Amberg; Niels Pederson, Athelstane: P. J. Love, Coleman: H. S. Duquaine, Crivitz: W. B. Godshall, Dunbar: G. H. Hedquist. Goodman; C. W. Prindle, Niagara; M. Dwyer, Pound; E. Orsett. Wagner; Charles R. German, Walsh; P. F. Melchior, Wausaukee.
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Milwaukee-H. Lippart, Charles Duerr, P. H. Drew, James Flaherty, J. J. Fleming, F. R. Fohey, P. F. Fritsche, Fred Heise, E. W. Heller, William Klockow, Howard Mitchell, George Mutter, H. A. Ohin, Henry Rumpel, Frank Schmitt, Max Schuerer, Milwaukee; G. E. Denison, Car- rollville; J. Heffron, Cudahy.
Monroe-C. H. Stevens, E. Bartels, Tomah; T. C. Longwell, Sparta.
Oconto-Robert Ammundson, Oconto.
Oneida-C. P. Crosby, Rhinelander.
Outagamie-William Deoneseus, Appleton.
Pierce-Frank Springer, Elmwood; R. N. Clapp, Ellsworth; Beverly White, Maiden Rock; Edward Longworth, Prescott; J. H. May, H. E. Haward, River Falls; J. H. Graslie, Spring Valley.
Portage- Leroy Murat, Stevens Point.
Racine-Warren H. Walker, G. A. Kanters, John Konnack, Russell S. Olson, Walter H. Reed, Frank Starbuck, D. E. Callendar, Racine.
Richland-Miss Paulman, Scott Barnes, Richland Center; L. J. Wood, Viola.
Rock-Charles J. Mann, Arthur G. Taylor, R. B. Way, Chris A. Hoen, Fred Brunsell, Beloit; William Hall, E. P. Starr, J. J. Cunningham, Janesville; Phillip Winch, Milton Junction.
Rusk-H. A. Dimock, Ladysmith.
Sawyer-L. C. Feldman, Hayward.
Sauk-C. Z. Hudson, Ironton; Harry Thornton, La Valle; H. N. Cross, Merrimack; J. B. Quimby, Reedsburg.
Sheboygan-Elmer Bacon, Emil F. Kohls, Sheboygan.
Trempealeau-M. H. Phillips, Galesville.
Vernon-Perry I. McHenry, Viroqua; Ray Dixon, La Farge.
Walworth-L. M. Fletcher, Lake Geneva; F. C. Densmore, Sharon.
Washburn-F. H. Newby, Birchwood; Fred Jenks, Minong; Ole Kjor- stad, Nobleton; G. W. Fan, Sarona; M. E. Albee, Shell Lake; William Cleary, Spooner; Robert Neuman, F. E. Tripp, Spring Brook.
Washington-Charles S. Hayden, West Bend.
Waukesha-W. Gilham, Waukesha.
Waushara-E. F. Kileen, Wautoma.
Winnebago -- M. E. Ockermann, Ross W. Lyns, Oshkosh; H. B. Patch, Omro.
Wood-Orestess Garrison, Grand Rapids; Frank Normington, Marsh- feld; Elbert Kellogg, Nekoosa; George Browne, Pittsville; A. J. Kujawa, Rudolph.
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BOYS WORKING RESERVE COUNTY DIRECTORS
County .
Director
Post Office
Adams.
Vernon L. Baggs.
Friendship
Ashland
W. P. Hagman.
Ashland
Bayfield
V. E. Brubecker
Washburn
Barron
H. J Steeps ..
Rice Lake
Brown
Louis J. Martell
Green Bay
Buffalo
H E. Niehaus
Alma
Burnett
J. E. Hofferman
Grantsburg
Calumet
Florence Billing.
Chippewa
J, W. Hicks
Clark
William F. Patey, George E. Crothers
Neillsville
Columbia
C. C. Bishop
Portage
Crawford
B. W. Weenink
Gays Mills
Dane
Albert E. Mann.
Madison
Dodge
A. T. Erickson
Beaver Dam
Door
R. G. Soukup
Sturgeon Bay
Douglas.
Ashley J. Conrad.
Superior
Dunn ...
E. W Waite
Menomonie
Eau Claire.
G. R. Ingalls.
Eau Claire
Florence.
L. H. Wochos
Florence
Fond du Lac.
N. M. Duel .
Fond du Lac
Forest ..
R. E. Brasure.
Crandon
Grant
E J. Young
Lancaster
Green.
John N. Burns.
Monroe Princeton
Green Lake
George V. Kelley
Iowa
W. H. Correll
Mineral Point
Iron
J. E. Murphy.
Hurley Merrillan
Jackson
Elmer B. Logue
John W. Porter
Cambridge
Juneau.
Rev. W. J. McCartney.
Mauston Kenosha
Kewaunee
Thomas Frawley.
Kewaunee
La Crosse
B. E. McCormick.
La Crosse
Lafayette.
F. J. McConnell.
Darlington
Langlade.
A. M. Arveson ...
Antigo Merrill
Manitowoc ..
Fred. Christiansen
Manitowoo
Marinette.
J. H. Stillman
Peshtigo
Marathon.
S. B. Tobey
Wausau
Marquette
J. J. Langdon .
Westfield
Milwaukee.
Bessie E. Buckley
Milwaukee
Monroe
William Miltimore. Ed. Shea.
Gillett
Oneida.
W. P. Colburn
Rhinelander
Outagamie
John E. Hale.
Kaukauna
Ozaukee
J. F. Barber.
Port Washington
Pepin.
L. U. St. Peter
Durand
Pierce.
W. H. Hunt ...
River Falls
Polk.
Gail Chadwick
Balsam Lake
Portage
A. E. Bourn. .
Stevens Point Phillips
Price
J. A. Van Natta.
Isabel Swantz ..
Union Grove
Racine Richland
L. C. Johnson.
Richland Center
Rock
George A Bassford.
Janesville
Rusk. St. Croix
G. M. Householder. Thomas M. Olson.
Hudson Reedsburg
Sauk . Sawyer
C. P. West.
Hayward Shawano
Shawano
M. J. Hoppert.
Sheboygan
Taylor
J. H. Wheelock
Medford
rempealeau.
R. F. Rotering
Arcadia
Vernon
Roy L. Hendel .
Viroqua
Grant Cook
Eagle River Delavan
Vilas. Walworth. Washburn
W. I White ..
Spooner West Bend
Washington.
Walter Schroeder
Wankesha
G. B. Rhoads.
R C. Bigford
Waukesha Manawa Plainfield Oshkosh
Winnebago
R. D. Thiel .. J. C. Fitzgerald. W. W. Clark.
Grand Rapids
Wood ..
Ladysmith
C. H. Dinsmore
W. J. Dolan
Sheboygan.
H. F. Tormohlen
Sparta
Oconto
G. N. Tremper
Kenosha
Lincoln .
H. W. Kircher.
Jefferson.
Chilton Chippewa Falls
Waupaca Waushara
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BUREAU FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ALREADY IN OPERATION IN WISCONSIN Organized December 18, 1918
Location
Name
Location
Name
Abbotsford
F. D. Wing
Tron Ridge.
F. Sette
Algoma.
John P. Thiard
Janesville
Fred Schmitt
Alma.
Ressel B. Smith
Jefferson
F. Bullwinkel
Antigo
Peter Krier
Johnson Creek
Paul F. Klausch
Appleton
George Schmidt
Juneau
F. W, Getshardt
Arcadia.
Emil Mauer
Kaukauna.
John Coppes
Ashland
Joseph Cross
Kenosha . C. J. Huber
Augusta .
C. A. Cox
Kewaunee.
Edward Wanek
Balsam Lake
J. H. Tower
Kewaskum
John Klessing
Baraboo ..
W. E. Rowland
Kiel ..
Jacob Laun
Barron.
J. E. Bowen
Kimberly Mary Baker
Bayfield.
D. Knight
Kilbourn James Daugherty
Bear Creek
C. O. Davis
La Crosse.
Mayor Bently
Beloit
F. R. O'Neal
Ladysmith M. R. Boll
Berlin.
H. O. Spoor
Lake Geneva Mayor A. Peacock
Black Creek
August Brandt
Lake Mills.
W. F. Jones
Black River Falls
F. B. Dell
Lancaster
F. J. Glanville
Beaver Dam.
H. A. Bird
Lodi
Ben Posta
Boscobel
H. F. G. Kemp
Luxemburg H. Poncher
Brandon.
Ed. Williams
Madison
F. H. McClain
Brillion
Albert F. Paustian
Manawa.
G. L. Belot
Butternut
W. G. Fordyce
Manitowoc
E. F. Brunette
Burlington
Albert Zechel
Marion.
Dr. F. Mulvaney
Cambria
A. G. Hopkins
Marinette
Harry VanCamp
Cambellsport
T. M. Curren
Markesan
E. W. Loper
Cedarburg.
Fred Armbruster
Marshfield.
F. B. Warner
Chetek
Amos Babcock
Mattoon
J. F. Lorrig
Chilton.
Dr. Royal Klofanda
Mauston
Judge M. L. Bunnel
Chippewa Falls
and Bloomer ...
Jobn F. Doran
Mazomanie
H. L. Swan
Clinton ..
A. V. Peters
Medford .
R. A. Kolb
Clintonville.
Joe D. Cotton
Menomonie
H. C. Inenfeldt
Columbus.
G. L. Andrus
Merrill
A. C. Ebert Fred French
Crandon
L. A. Rogers
Mineral Point.
A. F. Bishop
Cumberland.
H. S. Comstock
Mondovi
J. P. Coyle
Darlington.
John T. Doyle
Monroe
J. P. Luchsinger
Delavan.
H. S. Saylor
Montello.
Dr. W. McNamara
Denmark
George De Broux
Montreal
Frank Goodman
Depere,
Herbert Smith
Mosinee
George Robicheau
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Dodgeville
G. E. Jones
Mount Horeb
J. B. Johnson
Durand. :
K K. Brainard
Necedah .
C. E. Babcock Edward Blake
Eden
Mat McCarthy C. H. Hoen
Neillsville .
William Campman
Elkhorn.
Mr. Harrington
New Lisbon
Ellsworth:
J. E. Foley
New London ..
M. Boland
Elroy.
Mayor L. S. Marslı
T. J. McNally
Evansville.
Fred W. Gillman Wm. Roach
N. Fond du Lac .. Oshkosh
Murt Malone
Fountain City
Oconomowoc
H. A, Ernst
Fond du Lac. Friendship.
Oconto
P. J. Meeusen Frank Cota
Galesville.
J. Berg
A, J. Marble
Ft. Atkinson Gillett
James Sorenson
Park Falls
J E. Simerson
James Jenson
Phillips F. H. Sargent
Platteville
R. E. Davis
Goodman
John Ryan
Plymouth.
George Mooney
Grand Rapid-
Green Bay
Grantsburg
E. H. Pomanville Wenzel Wiesner George Briggs John H. George .J. C. Davis
Port Washington. Prairie du Chien. Princeton.
Pulaski.
Racine
H. G, Presser
Hortonville
Hudson
E. J. Jacquot F. O. Grary Frank Marta
Iola .
Dr. T. E. Loope
Reeceville Rice Lake Richland Center ..
E. J. Thompson H. J. Youman C. A. Pollard
A. T. Rundell
T. C. Hanley John Kaiser W. R. Graves O. G. Olman Frank Sczezechouski
Hartford
Havward
Horicon.
Chas. Hawks
Red Granite.
Hurley
Oscar Gunderson T. J. Wilcox
Neller.
Eau Claire
Neenah-Mena ha
C. B. Clark
Edgerton
New Holstein
Louis Hipke F. B. Clow
New Richmond ... Niagara ..
Mary Hulburt
Fennimore.
John Horsen
Florence
Edward Elmer
Chas. Kirshner W. R. Loscher
Oconto Falls .. Omro. Owen.
J. W. Gates
J. J. Sovety
Glenwood City Glidden ..
M. J. Hart
Portage .
Andrew Bachhuber
Cornell.
R. J. Dickinson
Milwaukee
Eagle River
Mayville.
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BUREAU FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ALREADY IN OPERATION IN WISCONSIN .- Continued
Organized. December 18, 1918
Location
Name
Location
Name
Rhinelander
Ray Marshall
Tomah
Dr. A. R. Garman
Rib Lake.
John J. Voemanstik
Tomahawk
C. A. Gessel
River Falls
E P. Sanderson
Two Rivers
Chas. B Wagner
Ripon ..
Chas. Graham
Viroqua.
Paul Gram
Seymour.
John Kitzenberger
Washburn
V. E. Brubaker
Schleisingerville .. St. Croix Falls. Shawano ..
G H. Thompson
Watertown
rd. T Hayhurst
P. F. Dolan
Waukesha
Mrs. L. Y. Cannon
Sheboygan
E A. Hickey
Waupaca
Injejert Ovrum
Sheboygan Falls Shell Lake
Archie Cameron
Wausau.
G. L. Ward
Spooner
M. O'Rourke
Wautoma
G. Jone's
Sparta
J. Jorferson
West Bend
John F. Huller
Stevens Point
A. C Bourne
Weyauwega
C. F. Crane
Spring Green
Anton Schlosser
Whitehall.
O. J. Eggum
Stanley .
George Chapman
Whitewater
Martin Jenson
Stoughton
J. A Davidson
Winneconne
H. C. Riley
Sturgeon Bay
Dr. T. C. Proctor
Wittenberg
Dr. Rotham
Sun Prairie
C. A. Lewis
Wrightstown
Nicholas B. Remmel
Superior
R. D. Scoon
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE WAR
THE UNIVERSITY
By Grant M. Hyde
(Assistant Professor of Journalism)
The history of the University of Wisconsin during the war is a story of the efforts of a great educational institution, founded for the peaceful task of gathering and disseminating knowledge, to turn its energies to aiding the nation in preparing for and waging war, without sacrificing the educational purpose for which a university stands. Although it is too soon to present a comprehensive summary, the university's war ef- fort appears to have been directed mainly in five different fields: direct service of students and faculty; emergency training of students; war work throughout the state; special expert service; and soldier training. 1) In the way of direct service, the university has an honor roll of almost 8,000 men who entered military service through or from the Institution. It contributed about 2,825 students and alumni to the army, 520 to the navy, 140 to unclassified service, besides training 4,411 other soldiers in the S. A. T. C. Some 1,200 students received commissions, and more than 100 are recorded as having given their lives. Of its faculty, about 150 entered the army or navy, and at least 100 others were in non-combatant government service. The university and its members subscribed more than $700,000 to Liberty Loans, gave almost $10,000 to the Red Cross, $38,472 to the United War Work Drive, and smaller amounts to other causes. In the spring of 1917, it released with credit 448 men who were needed on the farms and sent 31 agricultural staff members to serve as emergency county agents. Through a "No Idlers"
John Van Ourwerkerk
Waupun
F. S. Jacobs
Dr. Wm. Kauth
Waterloo.
E. H. Hagel
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campaign in June, 1917, it placed 1,650 students in summer war work, and in the fall granted 2,500 Wisconsin War Service buttons to students who had engaged in helpful service.
2) For the emergency training of students, the university developed a total of about fifty special war courses. It trained army officers, telegraphers, wireless operators, aviation engineers, sanitary engineers, army doctors, poison gas experts, quartermasters, army artisans, nurses, Red Cross relief workers, county farm and home agent and many other special war and reconstruction workers. To encourage the entrance of students into war service, the university granted credits for war service, bestowed diplomas on candidates for graduation absent in war service, granted honor war certificates to alumni in service, besides appointing special committees to advise students and holding numerous patriotic massmeetings. It encouraged students to create a huge Students' Pa- triotic League, a Student Council of Defense, and a Women's War Work Council, and it conducted a war work census of all alumni since 1901. Throughout the war it kept up enthusiasm through a semi-weekly lec- ture course on the war which was attended by thousands. All of its service, direct or otherwise, was supervised by a faculty war council including eight sub-committees, and much of it was developed through a survey of the university's resources conducted in May, 1917, to discover the ways in which it might aid the State Council of Defense.
3) Through 551 patriotic addresses, 400,000 war pamphlets, 8,000 War Books, a series of 20 war articles sent in plate form to 400 English and 40 German newspapers in the state, and a weekly series of newspaper articles on "What Our Boys are Fighting For," the university explained the war's causes and issues throughout the state. Through food crop drives, one of which included 1,226,000 bulletins, circulars, newspaper articles, and posters, its College of Agriculture urged the state to the highest food production. Its Home Economics department studied and taught emergency methods of preserving foods, substitutes for food and clothing, and supplied a stream of recipes for wheatless and meatless days. Part of the Extension Division's work included: aiding Red Cross, Liberty bond, and other drives through 22 field men and a great mass of publicity, films, slides, and literature; conducting 17 patriotic summer chautauquas; holding social service classes in 18 cities; preach- ing fuel saving and impressing its lessons in 40 special industrial classes; organizing the Boys' Working Reserve; developing more than 250 Liberty Choruses; aiding the success of the Baby Year campaign; and urging all emergency activities such as war gardening, preserving food, feeding of garbage to hogs, and similar conservation measures.
4) The expert service rendered to the government by its specially trained men and women, its laboratories and shops, constitute a record which many consider its greatest-crowned by the invention by Prof. Max Mason of a submarine detector which played a vital part in the war. The work was carried on under a University War Research Coun- cil, associated with the National Research Council, and every scientist or engineer whose work had a bearing on war problems was set to work. Among the tasks they undertook were special problems in aero- nautics, both of aeroplanes and balloons, innovations in wireless on land, from ships, and in the air, poison gas attack and defense, special chemical and surgical problems. Most of the research was suggested by the government and carried on by men selected as best fitted as part of America's plan of giving Germany some of her own scientific medicine. Second to the submarine detector in significance was the gas defense work, engaging 15 men and involving investigations of gas warfare abroad, methods of manufacture of gases in quantity, the physiological effects of gases, remedies, and gas mask protection. The wireless ex- perimenting and training of operators was so extensive as to require two stations. The Medical school, both faculty and students, enlisted in a body and served in whatever capacity the government directed. The
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chemistry department gave a score of men for research. Geologists aided in inventorying and organizing natural resources.
Aside from the expert service of engineers and scientists, many other faculty men helped solve government problems. Historians, economists, lawyers, political science experts served on emergency boards in Wash- ington, aided the Committee on Public Information, or took up special tasks. Buildings and men were loaned to the Forest Products labora- tory for the conduct of its important war work.
5) Soldier training at the university, which involved nearly 5,000 men, was carried on along four branches: The first phase, the Intensive Military Course, which was established in April, 1917, trained some 450 students as candidates for officers' camps, and anticipated the establish- ment of government officers' training camps and the college R. O. T. C. which was installed in the university in October, 1917.
The second, the training of men on reserve, continued from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1, 1918, and included about 300 men as follows: 100 in the naval reserve; 80 in the medical reserve; 35 in the engineers' reserve; 15 in the wireless reserve; 45 in the advanced R. O. T. C., and a number of aviation reservists.
The third phase, the training of 2,161 vocational soldiers, continued from April 15 to Dec. 10, 1918, and included four two-month detach- ments, as follows: April-May, 401; June-July, 510; August-September, 550; October-November, 700. The kinds of artisans trained were roughly as follows: 660 gas engine men; 292 electricians; 60 sheet metal work- ers; 226 woodworkers; 182 carpenters; 200 gunsmiths; 200 machinists; 80 wireless experts; 60 concrete foremen; 100 blacksmiths; 30 surveyors, and 60 topographical draughtsmen. Just before these disbanded, 150 others arrived for a 13-week course in wireless.
The fourth phase, the Students' Army Training corps, Section A., for the training of candidates for officers' camps and non-commissioned officers' schools, began on Oct. 1, 1918 and continued until Dec. 10. Some 2,624 men were enrolled at the beginning and 2,250 were carried through. This training involved the complete reorganization of the university on the three-quarter year plan, with a special outlay and rearrangement of courses. For all of these men, as well as for the vocational soldiers, the university provided barracks and subsistence as well as instruction.
As a climax of its war effort, the university was represented at the Peace Conference in Paris by four professors-one historian, one politi- cal scientist, and two geologists-and three former professors included among the 23 members of the advisory commission.
THE NORMAL SCHOOLS
Like the University, the Normal Schools took an active part in the war and war work. The nine state normal schools gave 43 faculty mem- bers who entered some branch of the service, 1915 students and alumni, and 767 S. A. T. C. men were trained in eight of the schools.
Those members of the faculties and students who remained in school contributed generously to all the war funds and subscribed for more than $300,000 worth of liberty bonds, while a great amount of Red Cross work was done in each school.
When the call was, issued in the summer of 1918 for educational in- stitutions to train the boys in the S. A. T. C., the Normal Regents im- mediately offered all of the state normal schools to the government for that purpose. Governor Philipp called a special session of the legis- lature when $195,000 was appropriated for the construction of barracks, mess halls and other equipment in the various state institutions, but only $82,082 of this amount was required for the normal schools, where dormitories were used for barracks, etc.
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The following table shows the number of members of the various faculties, and students entering the service from the normal schools, the number of S. A. T. C. men trained in each and the amount expended by the state for equipment for the care of the S. A. T. C. men:
Normal
Members of faculty in service
Students entering ·service
S. A. T. C. men given instruction
Cost of S. A. T. C. buildings
Eau Claire,
6
45
La Crosse
11
*455
120
$17,160
Milwaukee.
9
314
147
29,864
Oshkosh ...
3
*256
92
2,750
Platteville
2
309
102
5,648
River Falls.
4
*171
98
17.160
Stevens Point.
4
*157
62
Superior
2
*158
90
9,500
Whitewater.
2
200
56
Total
43
2,065
767
$82,082
*Including Alumni.
OTHER INSTITUTIONS
Eight other institutions in Wisconsin trained men in the S. A. T. C. Stout Institute, Beloit, Carroll, Lawrence, Milton, Racine and Ripon col- leges and Marquette University.
These schools, like every other institution took very active parts in all war work, gave generously of their faculty, students and alumni into the service, subscribed heavily to the liberty loans and contributed immense sums to the various war funds.
The service records follow:
School
Location
Members of faculty in service
Students entering service
S. A. T. C. men given instruction
Beloit College
Beloit ..
5
*520
611
Carroll College
Waukesha
2
46
100
Lawrence College.
Appleton.
5
*500
403
Milton College.
Milton.
3
24
55
Northwestern College.
Watertown
1
17
110
Ripon College
Ripon
2
*250
175
Marquette University
Milwaukee
30
326
814
Stout Institute.
Menomonie
1
187
94
Total.
49
1,870
2,362
Racine College.
Racine
*Including Alumni.
+No record.
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MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN WAR VETERANS
A meeting of Service men from all parts of the state of Wisconsin was held in the Capitol on the evening of February 14, 1919, for the purpose of taking preliminary steps toward the state wide organization of soldiers, sailors and marines to be known as American War Veterans.
The object of the organization is to commemorate the heroic actions of their brothers in arms who laid down their lives upon the altar of democracy, the keeping alive of American doctrines and American ideals, to insure the future of the United States of America for Ameri- cans, to secure for the members a contented future, a peaceful life, and aid and protect the widows and orphans of the brothers in arms who have died on the fields of battle and in the various camps, and to care for the dependent families of these men or the members of the society.
The temporary organization perfected on Feb. 14, 1919, will continue as such until the return of all soldiers to their home state. When these men have returned a permanent organization will be effected and offi- cers elected. The temporary organization is being conducted by an executive committee consisting of the following Veterans:
Colonel John Turner, Mauston, Chairman.
Colonel John G. Salsman, Madison, Secretary.
Colonel Marshall Cousins, Eau Claire, Treasurer.
General Charles R. Boardman, Oshkosh.
General Randolph A. Richards, Sparta.
Major Percy C. Atkinson, Eau Claire. Arnold A. Horlick, Milwaukee.
Captain Hubert H. Peavey, Washburn.
Lieutenant Edwin F. Ackley, Chippewa Falls. Major O. A. Miller. Antigo.
Within two months, on April 15, thirty-three local organizations, called "stations," had been perfected throughout the state and a great deal of good had been done in aiding and caring for the returned and returning service men and in assisting them in securing employment.
LIBERTY WAR VETERANS OF THE WORLD-1914-1919.
What is believed to have been the first permanent organization in the United States of Veterans of the World War was founded, named and organized December 22, 1918, at Berlin, Wisconsin by George W. Morton, a Civil War Veteran, Commander of John H. Williams Post No. 4 G. A. R. the oldest G. A. R. post in the country.
The new organization was named "LIBERTY WAR VETERANS OF THE WORLD-1914-1919." The Berlin organization was named Max Krause Trench No. 1, in honor of the first man killed in battle from Berlin, Wis.
The charter members of the organization were: Fred G. Bassett, Edward E. Hess, Charles F. Adams, Harry Hibitzki, John J. Hiland, Benjamin Allen Carey, Harry C. Schissler, Charles Prahl, Jr., Peter Swiderski, John F. Hoppa, Harold A. Porter, John J. Bombinski, Edwin S. Kolb, Cassimir Hoinacki, Walter Ralph Marks, Walter Spiegelberg, Bernard J. Wiecke, H. F. Schwandt, Walter Parsons, Arthur E. Soren- son, Guy Maciejewski, Herman F. Gehrke, Frank Damahowski.
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WISCONSIN'S WAR ACTIVITIES
WISCONSIN LOYALTY LEGION
(By George F. Kull.)
The Wisconsin . Defense League was probably the first war organiza- tion in the field, as it was called into existence before the United States had entered the war, .
It was not the device of any individual or set of individuals. It came as a spontaneous result of a mass-meeting held March 17, 1917 to protest aganst a pro-German and Socialist meeting held Feb. 25.
So many calls for assistance were directed to the Citizens' committee that organized this mass meeting that wider organization, the Wis- consin Defense League, was formed March 24. At this meeting Wheeler P. Bloodgood was elected chairman; August H. Vogel, vice- chairman; Charles E. Palmer, secretary; and Clarence J. Allen, Treas- urer. An executive committee was appointed, consisting of Willet M. Spooner, Guy D. Goff, Ellis B. Usher, A. W. Berresford, Thaddeus M. Wilde, Walter Davidson, John Cudahy, Frank M. Hoyt, John M. Callahan and Herbert C. Noonan, A. M. Simons was later placed in charge of state organization work.
The League immediately undertook a large number of lines of pa- triotic work, but devoted itself especially to assisting recruiting. It circulated hundreds of thousands of blanks, securing statistics con- cerning men willing to volunteer. It placed its entire facilities at the disposal of the army, navy and marine recruiting officers and for some time performed most of the clerical work for these offices.
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