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HISTORY OF
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Volume IV
THE UNIVERSITY
IN THE GREAT WAR
PART III
IN THE CAMPS AND
AT THE FRONT
By
Wilbur H. Siebert
Research Professor in History, EmeriUis
Except Chapters II to IX, inclusive
By
Professor Edgar Holmes McNeal
Illustrated
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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
COLUMBUS
1938
Copyright 1938
By The Ohio State University
In Memory
OF
THE Ohio State Men
WHO LOST their LIVES
IN the Great War
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
List of Military and Naval Abbreviations ix
I Ohio State Men in the Training Schools and Camps in the
United States 1
II Ohio State Men at the Front 27
III Campaigns of the American Army 43
IV American Divisions on Other Fronts 67
V Our Men in Air and Tank Service, and in Germany 75
VI Schools after the Armistice 83
VII Technical Services of Ohio State Men Overseas 85
VIII Ohio State Men in the Navy 95
IX Older Alumni in the A. E. F 101
X War Services of the Faculty and Administration 107
XI Exceptional Civilian Services of Ohio State Men 175
XII Unusual War Services of Some Ohio State Women 191
XIII Citations and Decorations 195
XIV Our Roll of Honor 258
Index 299
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Stars and Stripes Frontispiece
Facing Page
Officers' Training Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana 2
Parade of the Eighth Training Division at Fort Benjamin Harrison 2
A Group of New Recruits, Camp Sherman, Ohio 10
A Regimental Review at Camp Sherman 10
The Scioto Gazette, "Camp Sherman Edition" 11
Boys at Mess, Camp Sherman 14
Machine Gun Instructions at Camp Sherman 14
Working at the Trenches, Camp Sherman 15
Visitors Watching a Regimental Review at Camp Sherman 15
Gateway to Camp Pontanezan, Brest, France 36
Part of Camp Pontanezan 36
The Marine Camp and Tented Area, Camp Pontanezan 37
Main Delousing Plant at Camp Pontanezan 37
A Part of 82,000 Men at Mess Time, Camp Pontanezan 40
A German Prisoner Detail at Brest 40
Men Wounded in the Allied Somme Offensive, August, 1918 68
Twenty-four Red Cross Ambulances at St. Martin, France 68
A Destroyed Bridge over the Scheldt River at Tournai, Belgium. ... 70
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LIST OF ILLVSTRATIO'NS— Continued
Facing Page
A Street in Poelcapelle, Belgium, after a Battle in which part of the
37th Division participated 70
Ruins of the Cloth Hall and the Cathedral at Ypres, Belgium 71
The 332nd Infantry, 83rd Division, crossing the Piave River, Italy. . 72
The 332nd Infantry, 83rd Division, entering Brazzano, Austria 72
Leroy Bradford, Sgt., 146th Ambulance Company, 112th Sanitary
Train, 37th Division 73
Roy M. Brock, Capt., 332nd Infantry 73
Paul Philander Gusler, Corp., Machine Gun Company, Infantry. ... 73
Morse Foster Osborn, Capt., Field Hospital 146, 37th Division 73
Walter L. Avery, Lieut., 95th U. S. Area Squadron 76
Donald H. Charlton, 2nd Lieut., Air Service, Signal Corps 76
Harland H. Cowle, 1st Lieut., 90th Aero Squadron 76
Edwin D, James, 2nd Lieut., Air Service, Signal Corps 76
Vaughn R. McCormick, 2nd Lieut., 22nd Aero Squadron 77
Fred W. Norton, 1st Lieut., 27th Aero Squadron 77
Walter W. Randolph, 1st Lieut., 801st Aero Squadron 77
Linus E. Russell, 2nd Lieut., 91st Aero Squadron 77
General Pershing reviewing the 42nd Division at Romagen, Phenish,
Prussia 80
Men of the 42nd Division celebrating July 4, 1919, at Rubenach,
Germany 80
The U.S.S. Rambler, commanded by Earl G. Rose 96
James L. Clark wearing his Distinguished Service Medal 96
Seaman Russell H. Armond, U. S. Navy 97
Thomas W. Barrett, Landsman for Quartermaster, U. S. Navy.... 97
William E. Bingham, Ensign, U. S. Navy 97
Erwin I. Danford, Sgt., 47th Company, U. S. Marines 97
Adelbert M. Agler, 1st Lieut., 305th Machine Gun Battalion, Inf.,
77th Division 196
William P. Bancroft, 2nd Lieut., 19th Field Artillery, 5th Division. . 196
Alfred M. Barlow, 1st Lieut, Company L, 148th Infantry, 37th
Division 196
Cyril F. Carder, Capt., Company D, 16th Infantry 196
The Funeral of Ambulance Driver Carey R. Evans, near Compiegne,
France 197
The A.E.F. Cemetery at Brest, Brittany, France 197
Reuben Hilty, Maj., Veterinary Corps, 77th Division 266
Ralph W. Laughlin, 1st Lieut., Machine Gun Company, 108th
Infantry 266
Carl E. Secrist, Corp., Company B, 330th Infantry, 83rd Division. . . 266
Lawrence C. Yerges, Corp., Company B, 101st Machine Gun Bat-
talion, Inf 266
LIST OF
MILITARY AND NAVAL ABBREVIATIONS
A
Act Active
Actg Acting
A-A Anti-Aircraft
A.D.C Aide-de-camp
Aircr Aircraft
Adj Adjutant
Adj. O Adjutant's Office
Admin Administration
Adv Advance
A.E.F American Expeditionary Forces
Aer. Co. (Cons.) Aero Construction Company
Aer. Sq. (Cons.) Aero Squadron (Construction)
Aer. Sq. (Rep.) Aero Squadron (Repair)
Aer. Sq. (Sup.) Aero Squadron (Supply)
A.F.C Army Field Clerk
A.G Adjutant General
A.G.D Adjutant General's Department
A.G.O Adjutant General's Office
A.G.R.C Adjutant General's Reserve Corps
A.H.Q Army Headquarters
A.S.C Army Service Corps
Am Ammunition
Amb. Co Ambulance Company
Amb. Serv Ambulance Service
Am. Sup. Co Ammunition Supply Company
Am. Tn Ammunition Train
Ami. Trns. Dep Animal Transport Depot
A. Obsn. Grp Army Observation Group
Apmt Appointment
Aptd Appointed
Asgd Assigned
A.P.O Army Post Office
App Apprentice
Arty Artillery
Arty C Artillery Corps
A.S Air Service
A.S.A Air Service Military Aeronautics
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A.S.C Army Service Corps
Asgd Assigned
Asgmt Assignment
A.S. Mech. Regt Air Service, Mechanics' Regiment
A.S.P Air Service, Aircraft Production
A.S.R.C Air Service, Reserve Corps
A.S. Sch Air Service School
Asst Assistant
Asst. Bnd. Ldr Assistant Band Leader
Asst. Vet Assistant Engineer
Asst. Engr Assistant Veterinarian
A. Tank Hq Army Tank Headquarters
Atch Attached
A.T.S Army Transport Service
Aut. Repl. Draft Automatic Replacement Draft
Avia Aviation
A.W.C Army War College
Aux Auxiliary
B
B. Hosp Base Hospital
B. Vet. Hosp Base Veterinary Hospital
B.E.F British Expeditionary Forces
Bglr Bugler
B.H Base Hospital
Bks Barracks
Bin. Co Balloon Company
Bn Battalion
Bn. Adj Battalion Adjutant
Bn. Comdr Battalion Commander
Bnd. Corp Band Corporal
Bnd. Ldr Band Leader
Bnd. Mr Band Master
Bn. Sgt. Maj Battalion Sergeant Major
Bn. Sup. Sgt Battalion Supply Sergeant
Brig Brigade
Brig. Adj Brigade Adjutant
Brig. Comdr Brigade Commander
Brig. Gen Brigade General
Btry Battery
Bur Bureau
List of Illustrations ix
c
C Corps
C.A Coast Artillery
C.A.C Coast Artillery Corps
Cp. Hosp Camp Hospital
Capt Captain
Cas Casual
Cav Cavalry
C.E Corps of Engineers
Cfr Chauffeur
Chap .Chaplain
Ch. Mec Chief Mechanic
C.I.O.T.S Central Infantry Officers' Training School
C.I.P Corps of Intelligence Police
Ck Cook
Clk Clerk
C.O Commanding Officer
Co Company
Co. Comdr Company Commander
Col Colonel
Col. Sgt Color Sergeant
Comm Commission
Cons. Co Construction Company
Cont. Surg Contract Surgeon
Conv. Center Convalescent Center
Corp Corporal
C.O.T.C Central Officers' Training School
Conf Confirmed
Cp Camp
C.Q.M Chief Quartermaster
C.W.S Chemical Warfare Service
D
Dent. C Dental Corps
D.D.O Division Dental Officer
Def Defense
Demob. Sta Demobilization Station
Dent. O.R.C Dental Officers' Reserve Corps
Dent. Sec Dental Section
Dep Depot
Dep. Bn Depot Battalion
Dep. Brig Depot Brigade
Dept Department
Dept. Comdr Department Commander
Det Detachment
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Dev. Bn Development Battalion
D.H.Q Division Headquarters
Disch Discharged
Dist District
Div Division
Div. Adjt Division Adjutant
Dent. R.C Dental Reserve Corps
D.S.C Distinguished Service Cross
D.S.M Distinguished Service Medal
E
Elec Electrician
Emb. Serv Embarkation Service
Emerg Emergency
Enl Enlisted
Engr Engineer
Engr. Dept Engineer Department
Engr. R. C Engineer Reserve Corps
Engr. Tn Engineer Train
Engrs Engineers
Enr Enrolled
E.R.C Enlisted Reserve Corps
Evac. Amb. Co Evacuation Ambulance Company
Evac. Hosp Evacuation Hospital
F
F. A Field Artillery
F. A.R.C Field Artillery Reserve Corps
F.A.R.D Field Artillery Replacement Draft
F. Clk Field Clerk
Fed. Serv Pederal Service
F. Hosp Field Hospital
Fid Field
Icl. Gun First Class Gunner
1st. Lt First Lieutenant
F. Lab Field Laboratory
F. Rmt. Sq Field Remount Squadron
F. Sig. Bn Field Signal Battalion
Ft Fort
G
Gd Guard
Gd. Co Guard Company
Gen General
Gen. Hosp General Hospital
List of Abbreviations xi
G.H.Q General Headquarters
G.O General Order
G.S.I General Service Infantry
Gen. Serv General Service
H
H. Dept Hawaiian Department
H.I Hawaiian Islands
Hosp. C Hospital Corps
Hosp. Sgt Hospital Sergeant
Hosp. Ship Hospital Ship
Hosp. Tn Hospital Train
Hq Headquarters
Hq. Co Headquarters Company
Hq. Tr Headquarters Troop
Hv. Arty Heavy Artillery
Hv. F.A Heavy Field Artillery
Hv. Tank Bn Heavy Tank Battalion
I
Inf Infantry
Inf. Brig Infantry Brigade
Inf. Div Infantry Division
Inf. R.C Infantry Reserve Corps
Inf. Repl Infantry Replacement
Inspr Inspector
Instr Instruction or Instructor
Intpr Interpreter
J
J.A Judge Advocate
Jr. Gr. or J.G Junior Grade
L
Lab. U Laboratory Unit
Laun. Co Laundry Company
L.E.R Landsman for Electrician (Radio)
Light Arty Light Artillery
Lt Lieutenant
Lt. Col Lieutenant Colonel
Lt. Gen Lieutenant General
M
M Motor
M.C Medical Corps
M.D Medical Department
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M.E.R.C Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps
M.G. Co Machine Gun Company
M.G.O.T.S Machine Gun Officers' Training School
M.I.D Military Intelligence Department
M.O.T.C Medical Officers' Training Corps
M.P Military Police
M.R.C Medical Reserve Corps
M. Sup. Tn Motor Supply Train
M. Sup. Tng. U Motor Supply Training Unit
M.T.C Motor Transport Corps
M. Trk. Co Motor Truck Company
Mach. Mate Machinist's Mate
Maj Major
Maj. Gen Major General
Mar. C Marine Corps
Mar. C.R Marine Corps Reserve
Mec. Rep. Sh. U Mechanical Repair Shop Unit
Mech Mechanic
Med Medical
Med. Dep Medical Depot
Med. Lab Medical Laboratory
Med. Res Medical Reserve
Med. Sup. Co Medical Supply Company
Mob Mobile
Mr. Elec Master Electrician
Mr. Engr. Jr.Gr Master Engineer, Junior Grade
Mr. Gun Master Gunner
Mus Musician
N
N. A National Army
N.G National Guard
Nav. Rad. Sch Naval Radio School
Nav. U Naval Unit
O
Obsn Observation
Ofcr Officer
O.N.G Ohio National Guard
O.R.C Officers' Reserve Corps
Ord Ordnance
Ord. Enl. C Ordnance Enlisted Corps
O.S.U Ohio State University
O.T.S Officers' Training School
List of Abbreviations xiii
p
Perm Permanent
P.E.S Postal Express Service
P. Hosp Post Hospital '
Photo Photograph
P.I Philippine Islands
Pion. Inf Pioneer Regiment, Infantry
Pk Park
Plat Platoon
Pm Paymaster
Prov Provisional
Pvt Private
Q
Q.M Quartermaster
Q.M.C Quartermaster Corps
Q.M.E.R.C Quartermaster Enlisted Reserve Corps
Q.M. Gen Quartermaster General
Q.M.G.O Quartermaster General's Office
Qm. Sgt Quartermaster Sergeant
R
R.A Regular Army
Rad. Co Radio Company
Rad. Mec Radio Mechanic
Rad. Sec Radio Section
Railway T.C Railway Transport Corps
Ret Recruit
Rctg Recruiting
Reaptd Reappointed
Reed Received
Recvg Receiving
Regt Regiment
Regt. Engrs. (Cons.) Regiment Engineers — Construction
Regt. Engrs. (For.) Regiment Engineers — Forestry
Regt. Engrs. (Gen. Cons.) . . . .Regiment Engineers — General Construction
Regt. Engrs. (Sup. Serv.) . . . Regiment Engineers — Supply Service
Regtl Regimental
Regtl. Sgt. Maj Regimental Sergeant Major
Repl Replacement
Repl. & Salv. Co Replacement and Salvage Company
Rep. Sh Repair Shop
Rep. U Repair Unit
Res Reserves
Rmt Remount
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s
S,A Southern Army (i.e., Mexican Punitive
Expedition)
S.A.T.C Students' Army Training Corps
S.D Special duty
Salv. Co Salvage Company
Sch School
Sea Seaman
Serv Service
Sgt Sergeant
Sgt. Bglr Sergeant Bugler
Sgt. Maj Sergeant Major
Sig. C Signal Corps
Sig. R.C Signal Reserve Corps
Sn Sanitary
Sn. C Sanitary Corps
Sq Squadron
Sqd Squad
Sr. Gr Senior Grade
Stab Stable
Sup Supply
Surg Surgeon
Surg. Gen Surgeon General
Surg's. Certif Surgeon's Certificate
T
T.C Transportation Corps
T.M Trench Motor
Tank Bn Tank Battalion
Tank C Tank Corps
Tel. Bn Telegraph Battalion
Tel. & Tel. Det Telephone and Telegraph Detachment
Temp Temporary
Tn Train
Tng Training
Tng. C Training Corps
Tr Troop
Trk Truck
U
U Unit
Unasgd Unassigned
Univ University
U.S.A United States Army
List of Abbreviations xv
U.S.M.A United States Military Academy
U.S.Mar. C United States Marine Corps
U.S.N United States Navy
V
V.C Veterinary Corps
V.R.C Veterinary Reserve Corps
Vet Veterinarian
Vet. Sec Veterinary Section
Vet, Serv Veterinary Service
Vol Volunteer
W
W.D War Department
Wag Wagoner
Wag. Co Wagon Company
W. Tank Tn Water Tank Train
Y
Yeo Yeoman
IN THE CAMPS AND
AT THE FRONT
CHAPTER I
OHIO STATE MEN IN THE TRAINING SCHOOLS
AND CAMPS IN THE UNITED STATES
The Earliest Training Camps
The campaign for national preparedness had its small
beginnings in the holding of two training camps for students
at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the Presidio of Monterey,
California, the total attendance being 222. The establishment
of these experimental camps was proposed by Major General
Leonard Wood (then Chief of Staff), by direction of the Sec-
retary of War. In 1914 the number of such camps was doubled,
and the attendance rose to three times that of the two earlier
camps. With the war in progress in 1915, Plattsburg Barracks,
New York, was utilized for several encampments, one for stu-
dents and the others for business and professional men, while
camps were also conducted at other places, including one for
both students and business men at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
The year 1916 witnessed a further increase of encampments
and a combined enrollment of more than 16,000.
Meantime, the students of the first camps and the men of
the early encampments at Plattsburg and Fort Sheridan saw
the need of promoting the movement and formed the Military
Training Camps Association, whose officers, with the support
of the War Department, secured the enactment of Section 54
of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, which authorizes
the Secretary of War to hold training camps under such regu-
^ The material for this chapter has been gleaned from Col. Leonard
P. Ayres' The War with Gerrrutny, the Reports of the Secretary of War
and the Secretary of the Navy, the University's collection of service rec-
ords, The Ohio State Lantern, and The Ohio State University Monthly,
the camp newspapers named in the text, and National Service.
2 History of The Ohio State University
lations as he might prescribe and to furnish at Government
expense uniforms, subsistence, transportation, etc., to those
attending. Up to 1916 the men in training had paid their
own expenses of travel, uniforms, and subsistence. Now, how-
ever. Congress appropriated $2,000,000 for these and other
purposes involved in maintaining the camps; and in May, 1917,
it voted a much larger sum. But the need of an immense
number of officers for the huge army to be raised when the
United States entered the war caused the immediate substi-
tution of Reserve Officers' Training Camps for the civilian
camps hitherto held.
Ohio State Men in the Reserve Officers'
Training Camps
Already in the summer of 1916 Professor Edward Orton,
Jr., attended an encampment at Plattsburg Barracks, and in
the following summer a few of the younger University men,
including Lorin B. Thompson, son of President Thompson,
took training at the same place. In the middle of May, 1917,
sixteen training camps for reserve officers were opened, the
first of a series of four, at several of which numbers of Ohio
State boys received their commissions in various branches of
the service, especially at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana,
and in lesser numbers at Fort Sheridan, Illinois ; Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas ; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia ; and at other places
named in the following pages. In response to a letter sent out
by Major George L. Converse early in April, 1917, many
former cadet officers promptly joined the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps and passed their tests for admission to the
training camps.
Hundreds of our boys enrolled in the first Officers' Train-
ing Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison and received their com-
missions in the middle of August, 1917. J. Ruskind Dyer and
Robert Nevin were Y. M. C. A. secretaries at this encampment,
as they were also class-day orator and poet, respectively, of
the graduating class at the University. Both were therefore
released from the camp long enough to attend the exercises
Officei's' Training Camp, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
Parade of the Eighth Training Division at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 3
on the campus on June 4. Among the 260 Ohio State boys
who signed the college register in the Y. tent were Virgil Z.
Dorfmeier, '13, and Eckley G. Gossett, '13, two former cadet
colonels. On their marches in the morning, and even at their
lectures in the evening, the members of the University con-
tingent sang their favorite college songs. The second Sunday
in camp was recognized as "Ohio State Day," and the address
in the Y. tent was given by President Thompson. An inter-
esting photograph taken on this occasion shows 145 of the
boys in their uniforms arranged in three long rows, with the
President standing in the center of the group, and tents and
a leafy grove in the background. In August the Lantern
printed the names of 45 of those who had just received their
commissions. Three of this list had been made captains ; seven,
first lieutenants ; and the rest, second lieutenants. Most of the
445 commissions were in the Infantry, but 7 or 8 were in the
Field Artillery; 2, in the Cavalary; and 2, in the Quarter-
masters' Corps. Professor E. S. Manson of the Department of
Astronomy was appointed first lieutenant in the Statistical
Ssection at this time.
One of the boys attending the second Officers' Training
Camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison wrote that of Ohio's quota
of a thousand men several hundred were from Ohio State, and
that they were able to appreciate the excellent military train-
ing they had received while in college. On their marches they
made the Indiana hills "send back the cry" of the campus
football paean "Across the Field" and other favorite songs.
Ninety-six members of the clan were able to assemble between
the halves of the Indiana game and have their pictures taken
in company with President Thompson, who was again visiting
the camp.
This second encampment at Fort Benjamin Harrison, like
those of the same series held elsewhere, prepared the men to
obtain commissions in one or another of the various branches
of the service — Infantry, Cavalry, Engineer, Ordnance, Quar-
termaster, Signal, and Statistical. Thereafter separate spe-
cialized schools were conducted by various staff corps and
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departments — Statistical, Signal, etc., — for training their own
officers. These schools belonged to the third and fourth series
of Reserve Officers' Training Camps and were held at a score
or more of National Army and National Guard training fields.
After the opening of the fourth series, the staff schools were
separated from their divisions, and the candidates needed for
overseas duty at an early date were transferred to five Central
Officers' Training Schools at permanent replacement camps.
These new arrangements scattered student groups widely
among the camps and schools, as will appear later. Some of
the graduate officers of the first encampment at Fort Benjamin
Harrison were assigned to the 83rd Division, which was organ-
ized and trained at Camp Sherman, Ohio. The others were
attached to other divisions at their several training grounds.
The proportion of Ohio State candidates in the third and
fourth encampments at Fort Benjamin Harrison was consid-
erably smaller than in the earlier ones conducted there.
Small groups of the University's sons attended the suc-
cessive Officers' Training Camps at Fort Sheridan, IlHnois,
which is an old Army post near Lake Michigan. During June,
1918, an encampment was conducted here for the instruction
of men of draft age who had some previous military training,
but were not seeking officers' commissions. Major Converse
of the University, who had originated a method of keeping
and computing student records that was highly commended
by the Inspector General from Washington, D. C, was present
and taught his system of record-keeping to the camp officers
concerned. Twenty-seven of the Ohio State men who were at
Fort Sheridan remained for the following encampment, which
opened on July 18 for a 60-day session. Students were admitted
on condition of staying during the entire encampment and of
returning to their college work in the autumn. There were
not less than 75 Ohio State boys enrolled in this camp.
Ohio State candidates in the Engineer Corps were trained
at one or another of several Engineer Officers' Training
Schools, namely, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ; Leon Springs,
Texas; Camp Humphreys, Virginia; and Fort Oglethorpe,
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 5
Georgia. In August, 1917, a party of men from the campus
finished their course in Railway Engineering at Camp Forrest,
Fort Oglethorpe, and went to France together. This group,
comprising more than a dozen members, was one of the first
to be sent overseas. Among the personal items printed in the
Lantern and the Monthly during the war some give the names
of former students and graduates of the College of Engineer-
ing who attended these schools and were then sent to join
their Engineer regiments at various stations, including the
Engineer depots. Of the class graduated November 14, 1917,
at Leavenworth six men who had been in the University
together constituted what one of them described as "the real
gang out here,"
The University had many men in the Signal Corps, some
of whom had obtained part of their training as members of
the Reserve Officers' Training Corps on the campus. Others
who had been partly trained at various camps and cantonments
took courses in the special schools established by the Signal
Corps for the instruction of its personnel at Camp Alfred Vail,
New Jersey, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and in a training
unit for officer candidates at Yale University, New Haven,
Connecticut. The Signal Corps had a school of Meteorology
at College Station, Texas, in which the chief instructor was
Oliver L. Fassig, '82, meteorologist of the Maryland Weather
Service.
Scores of Ohio State boys entered the Air Service, a few
of them going to Toronto, Canada, for their training before
schools and flying fields were ready for them in the United
States, More of them took their "ground" work in the School
of Military Aeronautics on the campus than in any similar
school at any of the other seven universities where ground
schools were maintained. Singly or in small numbers they
were to be found in the other schools, as, for example, at
Princeton University in New Jersey, the University of Texas
at Austin, and the Air Service Radio School, Columbia Uni-
versity, New York City. One group of ten of atir men is
6 History of The Ohio State University
known to have attended the School of Aeronautics at the
University of Texas.
There was probably not an aviation field from coast to
coast where representatives of the "Scarlet and Gray" did
not make their practice flights as pilots. The drone of their
motors might have been heard high above Wilbur Wright and
McCook fields at Dayton, Ohio ; Post Field at Fort Sill, Okla-
homa; Chanute Field at Rantoul and Scott Field at Belleville,
Illinois; Payne Field at West Point, Mississippi; Tahaferro,
Kelly, and Love fields in Texas; and the aviation grounds of
Hempstead on Long Island, Omaha, Los Angeles, Vancouver,
and Pensacola. The names of other flying fields familiar to
various Ohio State men might be added to this list.
Occasional candidates from the University took the six-
weeks' course for armament officers in aviation and for men
destined to care for machine guns and bombs that opened at
Fairfield, Ohio, on April 2, 1918. A few also studied Aerial
Photography at the manufactory of the Eastman Kodak Com-
pany, Rochester, New York, and a few others, Map Compila-
tion and Interpretation in the Officers' School at Cornell Uni-
versity, Ithaca, New York. Similar courses were also taught
at the various aviation fields.
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, as noted on a previous page,
was the training ground of some of our University men who
attended the Engineer Officers' School there. Not a few of
their fellows seeking commissions in other branches of the
service were also sent to Oglethorpe. They came in especially
from Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, as "selects"
from among the enlisted men and as graduates of a college
with an approved military course from the 37th, or "Buckeye,"
Division, in time to attend the third Officers' Training Camp.
Others were amongs the group of 350 sent from Camp Sheri-
dan to a similar encampment at Leon Springs, Texas. Many
of our officers in the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary services
were trained in the series of special schools at Camp Greenleaf,
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. However, the first of the schools
at Greenleaf for the military and professional instruction of
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 7
dental officers and their authorized assistants was not estab-
lished until the middle of March, 1918. The course lasted two
months and was repeated at regular intervals. The Veterinary
section school at Camp Greenleaf first opened in February,
1918. Some Ohio State veterinarians who had graduated prior
to that time were sent there for a short training before taking
the examination for their commissions. Those who had been
permitted to complete their University course in June, 1918,
as members of the Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps, were as-
signed to Greenleaf for two months' instruction before being
appointed second lieutenants. By June 20th, 2 classes of Vet-
erinary officers had graduated, and thereafter a class gradu-
ated each month after completing 60 days' training.
The schools for medical officers and enlisted men were in
operation at Camp Greenleaf as early as June, 1917, and were
attended by some Ohio State members of the Ohio National
Guard, while others attended similar schools at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana, and Fort Riley, Kansas. A knowledge of
the equipment and work of these schools may be gained from
those at the Georgian camp, which had their field hospitals,
both horse and motor-driven, pack mules, ambulances, and all
the appliances required by the Medical Corps. Here were
formed sanitary companies, field and evacuation hospitals, and
other medical units for carrying on the work of the Army
surgeon. Towards the end of August, 1917, the men v/ho had
finished their course at these medical training camps were
distributed to a number of other camps to attend to sanitary
matters and get ready to handle the thousands of recruits soon
to arrive. Other Ohio State physicians, who had entered the
Army from civil life and gone directly into service at posts
and camps, were required, like their colleagues similarly situ-
ated, to undergo garrison training, including a prescribed
course of reading. Among the State University's men in the
Medical Officers' School at Camp Greenleaf in the spring of
1918 were Dr. John H. Nichols of the Department of Physical
Education and Dr. Gilbert W. Brehm, '14, the latter being an
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instructor, as well as commander, of the 5th Battalion of
medical officers, with the rank of major.
The schools for dental officers and privates, which were
conducted at Camp Greenleaf, were attended by a number of
men from our College of Dentistry. Lieutenant Colonel John
Howard Snapp, '11, was commandant of the officers' section
and Major George Ray Tressel, '15, of the enlisted men's sec-
tion, which contained at one time a score or more of represen-
tatives of our dental department. Many of their University
brethren from the practice were in service in numerous base
and post hospitals in the United States, in the Philippine and
Hawaiian Islands, and in the Canal Zone, not to mention those
who were with various hospital units overseas.
About 30 dental students who had not completed their
professional studies at the University were enabled to do so
by entering the Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps, from which
most of them were transferred to the dental section of the
Students' Army Training Corps early in October, 1918. The
same methods were applied in the case of the undergraduates
of the University's medical colleges, its veterinary college, and
certain other departments that educated specialists needed by
the Government in time of war. Hundreds of new students
just entering Ohio State in the fall of 1918 joined the Students'
Army Training Corps, with a view to preparing themselves
in one or another of the professional, technical, or military
branches of the service.
Without attempting to enumerate all of the Officers'
Training Camps in which former students of the University
secured their commissions, we must content ourselves with
adding that Ohio State had its representatives in the Infantry
Officers' Schools at Camp Custer, Michigan; Camp Dodge,
Iowa ; Camp Sheridan, Alabama ; and Camp McArthur, Texas ;
in the School of Fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; in the Coast
Artillery Officers' School at Fort Monroe, Virginia; in the
School for Line and Staff Corps at Fort Sam Houston, Texas ;
and in the Machine-Gun School at Camp Hancock, Georgia.
During the summer and autumn of 1918 the University had
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 9
an exceptional number of men in the Field Artillery Central
Officers' School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, and in
the Field Artillery Replacement Depot at Camp Jackson, South
Carolina.
Ohio State Men in the Camps and Cantonments
The National Guard units, which were filled and organ-
ized for service during the summer of 1917, were placed under
tents in 16 camps located in the Southern States. The National
Army divisions, however, being kept for the most part in the
Northern States, were housed in wooden buildings in 16 can-
tonments. The Regular Army divisions were trained in part
at one or another of these 32 stations, and in part as separate
units at various Army posts.
The wide distribution of the sons of the University in-
sured that few, if any, of these training stations should be
without a larger or smaller number of them within their
boundaries. Nevertheless, many more of our men were to be
found in Camp Mills, New York; Camp Sheridan, near Mont-
gomery, Alabama ; and Camp Sherman, near Chillicothe, Ohio,
than in any of the other training fields. At Camp Mills the
42nd or "Rainbow" Division, containing a considerable frac-
tion of Ohio National guardsmen, was assembled for early
transportation to France, without first spending a season at
some other training ground. With the exception of the Ohio
State men in the 146th Infantry and a few of their fellows in
the 167th Infantry, the representation of the University in
the Rainbow Division was chiefly confined to the 166th In-
fantry. The commanding officer of the last-named regiment
was Colonel Benson W. Hough, '09, of Columbus, and the next
in command was Lieutenant Colonel George Florence, '93, of
Circleville, while no less than nine companies were in charge
of Ohio State captains and first lieutenants. There were also
a few second lieutenants and a number of non-commissioned
officers and privates from the University in this regiment. At
Camp Sheridan the 37th or "Buckeye" Division, consisting
almost wholly of seasoned Ohio National Guard troops, was
10 History of The Ohio State University
organized and trained for foreign service. At this camp Paul
E. Nolan, Agr. '14, of Springfield, O., was a Y. M. C. A. sec-
retary. And, finally, at Camp Sherman, the 83rd Division,
which was a National Army unit drawn for the most part
from Ohio, was formed. It is needless to say that these three
divisions contained hundreds of former Ohio State students
among their officers and men.
The 83rd Division at Camp Sherman, Ohio
The 83'rd Division would have been an all-Ohio unit except
for the fact that a small proportion of its men was taken from
a few counties of western Pennsylvania. It was organized at
Camp Sherman under Major General Edwin F. Glenn, who
had previously been in command of Fort Benjamin Harrison
where the reserve oflficers from Ohio assigned to the 83rd had
been trained. This combination of circumstances brought to-
gether several hundred Ohio State men in the cantonment.
The graduate officers arrived late in August, 1917. Some days
later lines of Arniy trucks rumbled up the long rough road of
the camp filled with the drafted men, most of whom were in
their civilian clothes. As the warehouses were still unprovided
with anything but regulation hats, shoes, and a few other
articles, the "rookies" began their preliminary drills in mixed
apparel like newly formed Freshman squads on the University
campus.
Of 210 Ohio State men whose service records show unmis-
takably that they belonged to the 83rd Division, 76 were com-
missioned officers, and many more were sergeants and cor-
porals. The organizations among which these officers and their
feliow-collegians were distributed in larger or smaller groups
were as follows: the 28th, 30th, 127th, 324th, 326th, 329th,
830th, 331st, and 332nd Regiments of Infantry; the 322nd,
323rd, 324th, and 332nd Machine Gun Battalions; the 322nd,
323rd, and 324th Field Artillery Regiments; the 127th and
308th Battalions of Military Police; the 308th and 331st Am-
munition Trains; the 112th and 308th Supply Trains; the
308th Engineers; the 308th Field Signal Battalion; and the
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308th Sanitary Train. Of the Ohio State men who served as
officers of these various organizations, 14 became captains;
3, majors; and 2, Heutenant colonels. Frank A. Hunter, '11,
held the last named rank in the 33'Oth Infantry, and James C.
McDermott, '10, in the 329th Infantry. Charles J. Foster, '13,
Ormsby Keselring, '14, and Charles W. Montgomery, '04, were
the men who attained majorities.
Schools were soon established for giving instruction in
the use of the rifle and hand-grenades, in bayonet lighting,
signaling, machine gunnery, and other branches. British and
French instructors taught the latest methods of European
warfare. The winter and spring were spent in practice on
the three rifle ranges, with targets from 100 to 1,000 yards
distant, and in the system of trenches laid out near the camp.
The firing on the machine-gun range northeast of the training
field was made more realistic by the use of painted scenes from
the war zones.
By Thanksgiving an immense cruciform Community
House, erected by the Red Cross and other organizations and
containing a great assembly room, dining-room, lounge, audi-
torium, dancing floor, etc., was ready for the use of visitors
who came to see their relatives and friends among the soldiers.
Many of the young people indulged in dancing in the evenings,
except on Sunday.
"Huts" for the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus, the
Salvation Army, and other associations were built in various
parts of the cantonment. Until April, 1918 Dwight W. Weist,
'05, was general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in the camp and
manager of all its activities. He gathered a large staff of
workers whom he placed in charge of the various Y. huts,
besides teachers, directors, and others. Among these were
Professor Charles A. Bruce, '95, as an instructor in French;
Luke Cooperrider, '17, as assistant educational director; and
John W. Bricker, B.A. '16, LL.B. '20, Roy Brenholts, '07,
Harvey Evan Conrad, M.A., Dallas D. Dupre, '16, Oren Wes-
ton Hawkins, Grad. '17, the Rev. Ira G. McCormack, a Uni-
versity pastor, and Clyde Ray Terry, Arts '13, as secretaries
12 History of The Ohio State University
at several of the huts. There was also a Y. M. C. A. Hostess
House to extend hospitality to, and attend to the wants of, the
women relatives and friends of the men in camp. In the spring
of 1918 Dr. R. D. McKenzie, instructor in Sociology at the
University, was associate field director of the Red Cross in
charge of home service work for the soldiers.
In the previous December the Liberty Theater was erected
in the center of the cantonment, with a seating capacity of
1,300 and a stage large enough for any road production. Built
by the Commission on Training Camp Activities, it was oper-
ated by a civilian manager supplied by the Government. The
prices of admission to the plays, musical comedies, vaudeville
performances, and pictures given here were 25 and 50 cents.
In the spring and summer of 1918 two exchange moving-pic-
ture theaters were opened by the camp exchange officer at the
suggestion of General Glenn. The programs included the best
photoplays then being produced. The admission charge to
these shows was 10 cents. "Smileage" coupons were accepted
at all the theaters.
The task of supplying books, magazines, and newspapers
for the men in camp was undertaken by Mr. Burton E. Steven-
son, custodian of the Chillicothe Public Library and first
librarian at Camp Sherman. Early in July, 1917, he installed
a collection of about 300 volumes of fiction and a supply of
magazines in a Y. M. C. A. building. Soon thereafter a cam-
paign for additional books and periodicals was conducted
throughout Ohio by the War Council of the American Library
Association, the State Library Commission, and various li-
braries of Ohio. The University Library, with the co-operation
of the Faculty and students, was able to contribute many vol-
umes and magazines to the Camp Library; numerous other
libraries made loans of material from their shelves, and at
the end of December, 1917, a library building, erected by the
American Library Association, was opened with more than
15,000 volumes of the best fiction and technical books in its
keeping. Twenty-two branch libraries were operated in vari-
ous parts of the camp, trained attendants being supplied by
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 13
the public libraries of Ohio. Mr. C. Wells Reeder of the Uni-
versity Library was in charge of the central library during
January, 1918. By the end of that year the camp's collection
of books numbered some 40,000 volumes. In October, 1917,
The Scioto Gazette of Chillicothe, Ohio, issued a Camp Sher-
man edition of 20,000 copies, on the front page of which was
a picture of Major General Glenn, the Commandant of the
Camp. The paper also contained pictures of military activities
at Chillicothe at the time of the Civil War.
For the purpose of allaying homesickness among the men,
the Y. M. C. A. offered to act as a central agency in distributing
newspapers from their communities to convenient points in
the camp. Through the efforts of Mr. Stevenson some 500
dailies and as many more weeklies were regularly received at
the Y. headquarters. They were thence distributed to those
welfare buildings nearest the barracks of the men from each
locality.
Major General Glenn early suggested that the camp should
have its own newspaper, and this was made possible by the
financial and journalistic support of the enterprise by Mr.
Robert F. Wolfe, proprietor of The Columbus Evening Dis-
patch and The Ohio State Journal, whose presses printed the
paper for the cantonment. The first number of The Eighty-
Third Division News appeared on November 7, 1917. The new
journal was a four-column, eight-page weekly and ranged
from 5,000 to 20,000 copies per issue. On April 10, 1918, it
was enlarged to standard size, with double the number of
columns of the earlier issues. Five weeks later, in anticipation
of the departure of the 83rd Division for the Atlantic coast
on its way to France, the name of the paper was changed to
The Camp Sherman News.
It contained numerous articles regarding the various
units of the 83rd Division, interspersed with many personal
items and with reports of football, basketball, and baseball
games in which the camp teams figured. It chronicled, with
unmistakable zest, the series of victories won by the Division
eleven during the autumn of 1917, and, with the approach of
14 History of The Ohio State University
Thanksgiving Day, printed a cartoon by Dudley T. Fisher, Jr.,
'14, entitled "Over the Top," showing a tank in the form of a
football manned by the camp players passing through barbed-
wire entanglements and ready to surmount an embankment
labeled "Ohio State." This pictorial prophecy was not realized,
however, for the Division team was defeated 27 to 0 on Thanks-
giving Day by the University players, who were then the
Western Conference champions. It was not until after the
cessation of the influenza epidemic, in the fall of 1918, that
Ohio State was represented on the Camp Sherman eleven,
when Louis E. Pickerel, '16, played quarterback on the 95th
Division team.
On the evening after Thanksgiving Day, 1917, the Uni-
versity clan in camp, numbering several hundred men, cele-
brated Ohio State Day with a banquet at the Post Exchange,
and immediately afterward with a dance in the Community
House. Members of the Ross County Alumni Association pro-
moted the celebration, and the Rev. Ira G. McCormack served
on the committee of arrangements.
Together with nearly 20,000 of their comrades, the Ohio
State boys enjoyed the combined spectacle and concert given
in the space before the Community House on Christmas Eve
by 1500 singers from Chillicothe, Columbus, and other Ohio
towns. It was a splendid festival of "Song and Light," the
successive features of which illustrated in harmonies of tone
and color the story of "Merry Christmas." In the Y. huts
there were Christmas trees sparkling with multicolored elec-
tric lights and laden with gifts for all the men.
Before the end of December Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
visited Camp Sherman and made an address in which he com-
plimented the officers and enlisted men on the progress they
had made in military attainments and commended all the
camps as "the greatest existing universities for the training
of American citizenship."
In January, 1918, the War Records Committee of the Uni-
versity sent Professors George W. Rightmire, Wilbur H.
Siebert, Joseph R. Taylor, and Joseph S. Myers to get as
Boys at Mess, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio.
Machine Gun Instructions at Camp Sherman
Working at the Trenches, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio
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Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 15
complete a list as possible of the names and addresses of Ohio
State men in the cantonment. The visiting delegation collected
the desired data relating to several scores of members of the
83rd Division and arranged with the secretaries in the Y. M.
C. A. huts to obtain and send to the University the names,
military organizations, etc., of as many more as might be
secured. Hundreds of preliminary service records were thus
obtained.
Former President William H. Taft spent two or three
days in the cantonment in the latter part of February and
spoke on two successive evenings before capacity audiences in
the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium on the diplomatic causes of the
war. Three months later Major General James D. McLaughlin,
military attache of the British Embassy at Washington, and
Brigadier General G. A. Trotter, head of the British Military
Mission to the camps of the United States, paid a visit to
Camp Sherman.
Selected University and other candidates of the rank and
file were trained for commissions in the third Officers' Train-
ing Camp, which opened at Camp Sherman early in January,
1918, seven British and French officers giving the instruction
in the latest developments of European warfare. The course
lasted 15 weeks, and commissions were issued only as second
lieutenants were needed.
With the coming of spring after the very severe winter
of 1917, the score of units of the 83rd Division were filled by
the numbers of new men then arriving at the cantonment, and
late in May the Division moved to the seaboard to embark for
Europe. Thus the hundreds of Ohio State boys from Camp
Sherman became a part of the 300,000 fresh American troops
who were transported to France during the summer months
of 1918, and who participated in Marshal Foch's great move-
ment of September and the following months which was "to
force the Teutons to evacuate the line which they had spent
years in intrenching and fortifying" from Dixmude to the
Meuse.
About a fortnight after the departure of the 83rd Division
16 History of The Ohio State University
from Camp Sherman, the 84th, which contained comparatively
few of our men, came in from Camp Taylor, at Louisville,
Kentucky, and, after remaining until late in August, also left
for Europe. It may be noted in passing that the supervising
architect in the construction of Camp Taylor was Lewis H.
Sturm, C.E. '06, who was second in authority only to the con-
structing quartermaster in charge. Major Lampere. The
magnitude of such an undertaking reveals itself in the large
sum of money expended, the number of structures erected, and
so on. Major Lampere and his colleague expended between
$5,000,000 and $6,000,000, erected more than 1400 buildings,
laid 35 miles of water mains and laterals and 30 miles of
sewer, and constructed 10 miles of asphalt and macadam roads,
besides heating stations, electric-light lines, etc. While engaged
in all this work, Mr. Sturm had the pleasure of meeting an old
college mate, Captain John R. Tanner, '08, who was in com-
mand of the 109th Engineers at Camp Taylor.
While the 84th Division was in training at Camp Sher-
man, a fourth Officers' Training Camp was held there for
selected men. The number of Ohio State boys in the 84th was
comparatively small, and those who became candidates for
commissions in part remained at Sherman and in part were
sent to staff schools elsewhere, where they found themselves
in company with some of their college mates who had come
from other camps.
In September, 1918, some 600 men arrived at Camp Sher-
man from Camp Lee, Virginia, and Camp Pike, Arkansas, to
serve as non-commissioned officers in organizing the 95th Di-
vision. They were supplemented by 50 officers and 75 enlisted
men from overseas as instructors in European methods of
combat to the various corps being formed by the transfer of
groups of soldiers from other training grounds, East and West.
In October the influenza epidemic swept through the canton-
ment and suspended the further organization of the new Divis-
ion, besides rendering it necessary to put the place under
quarantine for three weeks. Of the thousands of men on the
sick list 1100 died. Scarcely had the dread contagion been
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 17
subdued when the signing of the Armistice caused general
rejoicing among the occupants of the camp, and the announce-
ment that discharges would begin on December 10. By the
end of another week all the members of the 95th Division had
been dismissed from the service.
The 37th ("Buckeye") Division at Camp Sheridan,
Alabama
Numbers of Ohio State men belonged to the regiments of
the Ohio National Guard, which mobilized under the call of
President Wilson in July, 1917, and were drafted into Gov-
ernment service in the following month. These regiments
began their Southward movement at once, but not all of the
constituent units of the 37th Division arrived at Camp Sheri-
dan, near Montgomery, Alabama, until in October, 1917. Eight
Infantry regiments, not including the 146th (the old Fourth
Ohio) , which became a part of the 42nd or "Rainbow" Division,
three regiments of Artillery, one regiment of Engineers with
an Engineer train, one Field Signal Battalion, an ammunition
and supply train, four field hospitals, three ambulance com-
panies, two companies of military police, and a headquarters
troop, constituted the "Buckeye" Division at Fort Sheridan.
Late in May, 1918, about 8,400 drafted men, principally from
the Southern States, were received at the camp to fill vacancies
in the different organizations.
Already in the early part of October, 1917, Camp Sheri-
dan had reached its maximum strength of 24,000 men. There
was not an organization in the 37th Division in which the
University was not represented by a smaller or larger group
of officers and private soldiers. The larger groups were to be
found in the 134th, 135th, and 136th Field Artillery regiments ;
in the 145th, 146th, and 147th regiments of Infantry, and
especially in the 112th Sanitaiy Train. Colonel Charles C.
Weybrecht, '90, was in charge of the 146th Infantry; Major
Russell L. Mundhenk, '16, a former major of cadets and later
an instructor in the University, was commander of the 112th
Field Signal Battalion; Harry H. Snively, '95, was lieutenant
18 History of The Ohio State University
colonel of the 112th Sanitary Train and director of field hos-
pitals; Simeon Nash, '04, was lieutenant and colonel of the
136th Field Artillery; Russell G. Barkalow, '18, Harry W.
Brown, '02, Dora V. Burkett, '97, Charles H. Hustor, '97,
Charles E. McClelland, '02, and Edward E. Smith, '10, were
majors in various units; more than a score of their college
mates were captains, while over 40 others were first and sec-
oond lieutenants. George M. Trautman, '14, an instructor of
Physical Education, was athletic director for the 37th Division.
Frank L. Westerman, '18, and Paul F. Haupert, '14, both
Columbus newspaper men, were members of the editorial staff
of five that published The Sheridan Reveille, the only daily
journal issued at any of the camps and cantonments.
Among the Y. M. C. A. secretaries at Camp Sheridan
were several University boys, including Howard R. Brent-
linger, Luther D. Evans, and Herbert C. Kimmel, Writing
from his hut in the fall of 1917, Kimmel stated that "over 50
of our boys have been in this building and signed their names
to our register for college men." He also spoke of having
called upon Mr. Fred S. Ball, '88, an attorney of Montgomery,
Alabama, who was much interested in the Ohio State contin-
gent in the camp.
The Sheridan Reveille made its first appearance on De-
cember 5, 1917, as a standard-size, four-page newspaper, which
was issued on Sundays as well as week days. It gave consider-
able space to general war news, without neglecting local per-
sonages and events. It marked the advent of May, 1918, with
a souvenir edition of 24 pages, containing a large front-page
portrait of the organizer of the "Buckeye" Division, Major
General Charles G. Treat, and smaller halftones in the later
pages of some of his subordinate officers, including Weybrecht,
Mundhenk, and Trautman.
With the approach of Christmas Day, plans were formed
by Trautman, in cooperation with the physical directors of
the Y. M. C. A., for a holiday program of athletics, while the
welcome announcement appeared in the Reveille that Governor
James M. Cox and a large party of Ohioans were arranging to
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 19
spend Christmas with the boys in their camp. The regimental
post offices were hard pushed to handle the heavy holiday
mails, which brought quantities of gifts from the families and
friends at home. On Sunday afternoon, December 23, the
Governor's train arrived at Montgomery in two sections, the
first bearing Mr. Cox and 250 of his fellow-citizens, and the
second consisting of 11 baggage cars filled to the roof with
boxes and packages containing more gifts for the members
of the "Buckeye" Division. On Christmas evening Governor
Cox addressed the men assembled in the Buckeye Coliseum
on "Ohio's Christmas Message," the occasion being the climax
of a memorable celebration in fulfilment of the Governor's
promise made to the boys the previous summer, when they
were leaving for Alabama, that he would be with them on
Christmas Day.
Former President William Howard Taft spent Sunday,
February 3, at Camp Sheridan and spoke in the coliseum on
the evening of that day. About three weeks later Secretary
of War Newton D. Baker and Major General Treat held a
review of the men in camp.
At the end of February Professor George W. Rightmire,
a member of the University War Records Committee, spent
several days at Fort Sheridan in gathering the addresses of
nearly 200 men for Ohio State's service roll. When he left the
camp on March 2 he had not secured all of the names, but
through the cooperation of the Y. secretaries many others
were added.
By the middle of December, 1917, Divisional Schools were
opened for the Infantry company officers, the Machine-Gun
battalion officers, the Supply battalion officers, the Staff, and
those in the other organizations, both officers and enlisted men.
Ohio State's former students were to be found in a number of
these schools, among whose instructors were several French
and British officers. Some of the University's sons were in-
cluded in the hundreds of candidates selected from among the
enlisted men and the graduates of colleges with approved mili-
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tary courses and sent in Januaiy to the third Officers' Training
Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and at Leon Springs, Texas.
Opportunities for reading and study were supplied by the
camp's free library, which was stocked with thousands of
books and magazines. In March, 1918, the custodian of the
Montgomery Public Library conducted a campaign for the
purpose of adding 3,000 volumes to the collection.
From time to time the arduous process of military train-
ing was relieved by minstrel shows, amateur performances,
and other entertainments which were held in the Buckeye
Coliseum; by athletic events, including boxing and wrestling,
in Y. building No. 57 ; by games of pushball which were greatly
enjoyed by the Infantry regiments, and by baseball matches
between the Division team and the Cincinnati Reds, the latter
club being in training on Soldiers' Field during the latter part
of March.
Besides the Ohio State contingent in the 37th Division,
there were a few of their college mates in the 9th Division
(one of the Regular Anny units), which was also at Camp
Sheridan before going overseas. Among the latter were two
captains and a first lieutenant of the 45th Infantry, a captain
of the 67th Infantry, and several other first and second lieu-
tenants of other companies.
The 37th Division sailed from France about the middle
of February, 1919, and was demobilized at Camp Sherman,
Ohio, in March.
Ohio State Men in the Other Camps and
Cantonments
The University had various numbers of its sons in all
the camps and cantonments and in all the divisions, with the
possible exception of two — the 93rd and 94th. It contributed
small groups of both officers and men to nearly all of the
Regular Army divisions, which were numbered from 1 to 20,
inclusive, although in the case of four of these it was repre-
sented by only a few officers and, so far as our records show,
hardly any men. With the exception of the 37th or "Buckeye"
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 21
Division and the 42nd or "Rainbow" Division, the same state-
ment applies to the National Guard divisions (Nos. 26 to 42, in-
clusive), as it does also to the National Army divisions (Nos.
76 to 95, inclusive), with the single exception of the 83rd.
Captains Alva K. Overturf, '04, Averill B. Pfeiffer, '17,
and Robert L. Tavenner, '08, were among our officers in the
1st Division ; and we had several lieutenants in the 17th Field
Artillery, besides other officers in various units of the 2nd
Division. It is worthy of mention also that a few of our men
served in the 5th and 6th Marines of this division. Both of
these divisions were sent overseas without being kept in train-
ing camps. Camp Greene, North Carolina, was the training
ground for both the 3rd and 4th Divisions, to which the Uni-
versity supplied jointly not less than 25 officers and probably
a lesser number of enlisted men. Major Edwin C. Kelton, '13,
of the 6th Engineers, and Major Charles G. Souder, '03, of the
76th Field Artillery, were the highest ranking officers in the
University contingent at this camp. The combination of the
5th, 15th, and 33rd Divisions at Camp Logan, Texas, made
this training field the temporary headquarters of a score or
more of our men, most of whom held officers' commissions.
Several Ohio State men served as Y. M. C. A. secretaries in
camps where the University was scarcely represented other-
wise, if at all. At Camp Buell, Kentucky, was Randolph Foster
Sellers, M.A. '17; at Camp Grant, Illinois, was Cecil Melville
Sims, B.A. '14; at Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C, Benjamin
Harrison Darrow, Arts '14; at Fort Bliss, Texas, Walter D.
Gray, Grad. '18; and at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, William Alfred
Mason, Arts-Med. '05.
The following table will show the camps and divisions in
which the University's sons were to be found :
Camp Divisions
France 1st Div. (R.A.)
France 2nd Div. (R.A.)
Greene, N. C 3rd Div. (R.A.) 4th Div. (R.A.)
Logan, Tex 5th Div. (R.A) 15th Div. (R.A.) 33rd Div. (N.G.)
McClellan, Ala 6th Div. (R.A.) 29th Div. (N.G.)
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Camp Divisions
MacArthur, Tex 7th Div. (R.A.) 32nd Div. (N.G.)
Fremont, Calif 8th Div. (R.A.) 41st Div. (N.G.)
Funston.Kan 10th Div. (R.A.) 89th Div. (N.G.) 92nd Div. (N.A.)
Meade, Md 11th Div. (R.A.) 79th Div. (N.A.)
Devens, Mass 12th Div. (R.A.) 26th Div. (N.G.) 76th Div. (N.A.)
Lewis, Wash 13th Div. (R.A.) 91st Div. (N.A.)
Custer, Mich 14th Div. (R.A.) 85th Div. (N.A.)
Kearny, Calif 16th Div. (R.A.) 40th Div. (N.G.)
Beauregard, La 17th Div. (R.A.) 39th Div. (N.G.)
Travis, Tex 18th Div. (R.A.) 90th Div. (N.A.)
Dodge, la 19th Div. (R.A.) 88th Div. (N.A.)
Sevier, S. C 20th Div. (R.A.) 30th Div. (N.G.)
Wadsworth, S. C. . . 27th Div. (N.G.)
Hancock, Ga 28th Div. (N.G.)
Wheeler, Ga 31st Div. (N.G.)
Cody, N. Mex 34th Div. (N.G.)
Doniphan, Okla 35th Div. (N.G.)
Bowie, Tex 36th Div. (N.G.)
Sheridan, Ala 37th or Buckeye Div. (N.G.)
Shelby, Miss 38th Div. (N.G.)
Mills, N. Y 42nd or Rainbow Div. (N.G.)
Upton, N. Y 77th Div. (N.A.)
Dix, N. J 78th Div. (N.A.)
Lee, Va 80th Div. (N.A.)
Jackson, S. C .81st Div. (N.A.)
Gordon, Ga 82nd Div. (N.A.)
Sherman, 0 83rd Div. (N.A.) 95th Div. (N.A.)
Zachary Taylor, Ky. 84th Div. (N.A.)
Grant, 111 86th Div. (N.A.)
Pike, Ark 87th Div. (N.A.)
In all this list of camps and divisions which included Ohio
State men among their members, none could compare in size
of groups with Camp Mills and its "Rainbow" Division, Camp
Sheridan and its "Buckeye" Division, and Camp Sherman and
its 83rd Division. Neither the 32nd Division at Camp Mac-
Arthur, Texas, nor the 84th Division at Camp Zachary Taylor,
Kentucky, could count half the number of our boys that be-
longed to either one of the three other divisions. Nevertheless,
they outranked any of the other divisions in this respect. The
34th Division at Camp Cody, New Mexico, had as its organizer
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 23
and commander Major General Augustus P. Blocksom, a for-
mer commandant of cadets at Ohio State.
Those of our men who entered the Motor Transport Corps
received their training at one of three mechanical repair shops,
namely, Normoyle (No. 304) at San Antonio, Texas; Holabird
(No. 306) at Baltimore, Maryland, and Jessup (No. 305) at
Atlanta, Georgia, but chiefly at the first two.
Four-fifths of all the troops were sent to Europe by way
of New York. Hence two camps of embarkation were provided
in its immediate neighborhood and were put in service in the
fall of 1917. One was Camp Mills at Mineola, Long Island, and
the other was Camp Merritt at Tenafly, New Jersey, each
having a capacity of 40,000 men. Later, space was provided
for 20,000 more at Camp Upton on Long Island. It was
through these three camps that most of the Ohio State men
passed on their way to their overseas service.
Ohio State Men in the Naval Training Stations
Men enrolling in the Naval Reserve Force were assigned
to Naval Training Stations, just as those entering the Army
were sent, according to circumstances, to Reserve Ofiicers'
Training Camps or to the camps and cantonments for the
divisions. At the opening of the war there were four regular
stations upon which the Navy mainly depended for the train-
ing of seamen and firemen, and to some extent of petty officers
and specialists. These permanent stations are located at New-
port, Rhode Island ; Great Lakes, Illinois ; San Francisco, Cali-
fornia; and the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia.
Many additional training stations were established for
the thousands of extra men needed in the Navy when the
United States entered the war. These included Officer-material
Schools and schools for naval specialists. A Reserve Officers'
class at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, and Officer-material
Schools in the various naval districts supplied most of the new
deck and engineer officers for combatant vessels, while a simi-
lar school at Pelham Bay Park, New York City, and its
adjuncts at Chicago, Cleveland, and Stevens Institute in Ho-
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boken produced the deck and engineer officers for the mer-
chant-type of ships. The curriculum of these schools included
not less than two months' sei^vice aboard ocean or Great Lakes
vessels "in an enlisted status but in a quasi-officer capacity."
Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts, conducted
a large Naval Radio School and smaller ones for other naval
specialties, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also
in Cambridge, maintained one of the Navy Aeronautical
Schools for prospective air pilots. There were also eight or
nine Naval Air Stations where the candidates learned to oper-
ate seaplanes, the largest being at Pensacola, Florida. Early
in October, 1918, units of the Students' Navy Training Corps
were established in more than 90 colleges and universities, but
these units were demobilized by the middle of the following
December.
The Marine Corps had its separate school for fliers and
mechanics at Massachusetts Institute, where they took a ten
weeks' course of instruction, and its own flying field at Miami,
Florida. It also had a school for mechanics, riggers, and
armorers at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois,
and a similar school at San Diego, California, the course cover-
ing eight weeks. Men enlisting in the Marine Corps were sent
for their preliminary training to the Marine Recruiting Sta-
tion on Paris Island, South Carolina.
Although the University had but few men in the Marine
Corps, it had scores of them scattered among the training
schools and stations of the Navy. First and last there must
have been more than a hundred of them in the Naval Training
Station at Great Lakes, which drew its constituency from the
whole Middle West. Here they prepared themselves to become
seamen, hospital apprentices, electricians, quartermasters, and
ensigns. Here, as in the other the other naval and military
training grounds, sports were encouraged by the officers in
charge, and it is interesting to note that during the autumn
of 1917 the University was represented on the Great Lakes
football team by Frank R. Willaman, '21, and Harry W.
Bliss, '21
Ohio State Men in Schools and Camps 25
The Naval Auxiliary Reserve School at Cleveland also
had -a considerable number of Ohio State boys, several of
whom increased their athletic reputations by their brilliant
playing on a team that went through the season of 1918 with-
out defeat, Gailord R. ("Pete") Stinchcomb, '20, was hailed
as a star for his generalship and open-field running. With him
were associated Arthur S. Kiefer, '15, and Mark Fuller, '20,
while Grant P. Ward, '15, helped to coach the team.
There were smaller numbers of the University boys at
Newport, Rhode Island, including electricians, musicians, and
seamen; in the aviation detachment at Massachusetts Insti-
tute; in the Radio School at Harvard; at the Submarine Base,
New London; at the Auxiliary Reserve School, Chicago; at
the Naval Academy; in the training stations at Hampton
Roads, Pelham Bay Park, and Norfolk; at the flying fields at
Pensacola and Miami, Florida, and so on. Practically all of
these men continued their training aboard receiving ships at
one or another of the various stations, and many of them got
no farther than this towards active service. At Norfolk there
was a Naval Hospital unit that was essentially an Ohio State
organization. Dozens of boys enrolled early in October, 1918,
in a Students' Navy Training unit on, the campus and were
demobilized in December after the sighing of the Armistice.
Ohio State had the distinction of being represented on
the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activi-
ties in the person of Thomas J. Howells, Engr. '97, of Pitts-
burgh. This Commission comprised nine members in addition
to its chairman, Raymond B. Fosdick, and was appointed by
President Wilson in April, 1917. It coordinated the admirable
efforts of the Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish
Welfare Board, the American Library Association, the Y. W.
C. A., and the Salvation Army in providing recreational facil-
ities, club life, libraries, and the other wholesome social oppor-
tunities of normal civilian life within the camps. It promoted
athletics, established a circuit of theatrical and other enter-
tainments, provided competent song leaders, and instituted a
system of lectures on social hygiene for the benefit of the sol-
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diers. Representatives of the commission cooperated with the
War Camp Community Service and other organizations to
prevent the sale of liquor to men in uniform and to suppress
vice near the camps within the zones of protection established
by the Government. To the end of maintaining the best condi-
tions in the communities adjacent to the training fields, the
Commission enlisted the services of the Playground and Recre-
ational Association of America in organizing the social and
recreational life of those communities so that the men on leave
from camp would find themselves in an environment at once
congenial and beneficial. To have served on a board that was
instrumental in making camp life far superior to what it ever
was before, and this for hundreds and hundreds of thousands
of men, is something that Mr. Howells and his University may
always be proud of. A similar commission performed a like
service for the naval training stations and schools.
CHAPTER II
OHIO STATE MEN AT THE FRONT
By Edgar Holmes McNeal
Character of Modern Warfare
To follow the story and appreciate the experiences of
Ohio State men in overseas forces, it will be necessary to recall
the military situation and the character of fighting on the
Western front. That line of battle, cutting across southern
Belgium and northern and eastern France to the frontier of
Switzerland, had remained almost unchanged from Septem-
ber 1914. There the major forces of both sides had been locked
in a prolonged and desperate grapple that swayed back and
forth, but never produced any material displacement of the
line.
The conditions of fighting along this line were different
from those of any previous war. The factor that revolution-
ized the methods of warfare was the immense number of
troops available for active service. Universal military service
produced armies numbering millions instead of hundreds of
thousands, and made it possible to maintain in strength a
battle-front hundreds of miles long. When the German armies
of invasion failed to break through to Paris in 1914, they fell
back on a line of natural and artificial defenses behind which
they guarded the territorial advantages gained in the first
rush ; the French and British forces on their side "dug in" to
hold the Germans in place and to prepare behind the line for
attack on the Gennan positions. The length of line which
could be held in force prevented turning or flanking move-
ments, for it rested on the sea at one end and on the Alps at
the other.
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The actual front consisted of parallel enemy trenches,
each protected by barbed-wire entanglements, and separated
from one another by a strip of land between, the familiar "No
Man's Land." Behind the system of front-line trenches were
second and third lines, the whole connected by communicating
trenches. Front line service meant for the soldier so many
days standing guard in the first line trenches, followed by so
many days rest back of the line. While on active duty the
troops were called on to repel enemy attacks, to take part in
scouting expeditions in No Man's Land, or in raids on the
enemy trenches for the purpose of sounding out his position
and securing information as to his strength and intentions.
Moreover, they were always being subjected to artillery bom-
bardment. These were the every-day occurrences; at critical
points the scene might be converted into raging battle in force
by the concentration of troops for attempts at breaking
through on either side.
During four years of this kind of warfare new instru-
ments of offence and defence were developed and old ones
revived. Hand grenades and trench helmets were antique
forms brought into use again by the circumstances of trench
warfare. The most disconcerting novelty was gas warfare,
beginning with the sudden launching of waves of chlorine gas
by the Germans against the British lines before Ypres in the
spring of 1915. Terrible and inhuman as it was, the Allies
were compelled to resort to it also, for no military command
would be justified in allowing its troops to be subjected to
attack by so powerful a weapon without providing them with
means for fighting back. The primitive process of releasing
gas waves to be borne by favoring winds to the enemy trenches
was later replaced by the more precise method of gas shells,
hollow projectiles filled with poisonous gas that could be
dropped accurately on desired spots, there to explode and re-
lease their deadly fumes. As new forms of attack always pro-
duce new forms of defense, so gas attacks led to the develop-
ment of gas masks, which became as constant a feature of
the soldier's equipment as his helmet or his rifle.
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Aeroplanes had not been tried out in war before 1914,
although their possibilities had been foreseen and studied.
They were destined to play a great part in this war. Their
greatest value was for the observation of enemy positions and
movements; aerial photography achieved a tremendous ad-
vance under the spur of military needs, while the new art of
camouflage developed to meet the new means of observation.
Combat planes were developed to protect the low-flying obser-
vation planes, and the immense advantage to the side that
could win control of the air ("put out the eyes of the enemy"),
by this means, produced an astonishing advance in fighting
planes. Single combats and squadron combats were constantly
going on overhead. As a weapon the aeroplane was used mainly
for bombing military positions back of the line, although at the
end of the war fighting planes sometimes participated in the
offensive, flying low and pouring fire from machine guns into
the trenches. All these types, observation planes, combat
planes, and bombing planes, were constantly improving during
the war and appearing in greater and greater numbers.
One of the latest weapons of attack was the tank, an
armored caterpillar tractor that could advance over shell holes,
barbed wire and even trenches, preceding or accompanying
the waves of infantry.
The Military Situation in 1917 and Early 1918
Although the American forces were not available for
action in any considerable numbers before 1918, there were
Americans (and Ohio State men) in the fighting of 1917. The
Allies faced that year with considerable optimism. The pre-
vious year had ended with the offensive in their hands, and
decisive results were looked for in 1917. In April the British
undertook a strong offensive in front of Arras, capturing the
famous Vimy Ridge. In June they took Messines Ridge, and
also advanced the line toward Lens. Later in the year they
carried out a prolonged attack on the German lines in the
region of Ypres, in which the important position of Passchen-
daele was taken in November. At the end of the year they
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made an attack on the German lines in front of Cambrai. The
French were also active on their part of the line. In August
an offensive at Verdun completed the recovery of ground
earlier lost to the Germans in the great assault of 1916. In
October they drove the Germans off the Chemin des Dames,
the heights north of the Aisne River. These names — Vimy
Ridge, Lens, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Chemin des Dames —
come into our story, for there were Ohio State men in all of
the actions.
Thus the Allies had maintained the offensive throughout
1917 on the Western front, but they had not been able any-
where to break through the German defense and their slightly
improved position had been gained at tremendous cost. More-
over, the year ended with events that threatened to spell dis-
aster for 1918; the withdrawal of Russia from the war, and
the collapse of the Italian front after Caporetto.
The transfer of troops and material from the Russian
front gave the Germans a decided preponderance over the
French and British forces in France and Belgium, and Luden-
dorf prepared the tremendous offensives by which he hoped
to win the war in 1918 on the Western front. These offensives
were directed at the most important parts of the Allied line;
in March, at the joint between the British and French armies
at Amiens; in April at the Channel ports by way of the Lys
River south of Ypres ; in May at Paris by way of the Marne
valley. It will be remembered how near they came to attaining
these objectives.
Early Instances of Ohio State Men at the Front
The story of Ohio State men in the war is a miniature of
the story of the American Army in the war, for we had men
in every branch of service and in every action.^ Our story
^ The account in this chapter is based primarily upon the file of
individual record cards of our men. This is not, of course, absolutely
complete, nor absolutely accurate; the original list of persons to whom
blanks were sent probably did not include every name; in some cases no
reply was received from the inquiry; and in other cases the information
given was inadequate. This will account for regrettable omissions. More-
Ohio State Men at the Front 31
begins, however, before the arrival of American troops on the
battle front. Especially interesting are the cases of men vv^ho
enlisted in the service of the Allies, because of their sympathy
for the cause, before the United States had abandoned its
neutrality.
The earliest case on our records of an Ohio State man in
action on the Western front is that of Herbert H. Beeson,
Arts '15, who enlisted in the French Army in June 1916 and
served until his discharge in December 1916. He was in the
Ambulance Service attached to the 181st Infantry, Fifth
French Army. He was in action on the Marne, and was
awarded the French Croix de Guerre, two citations, and the
Belgian Croix de Guerre. Returning to the United States, he
enlisted in the American Army in July 1917 and was in France
again with the 103d Sanitary Train, Twenty-Eighth Division.
Two other instances are those of Captain Frank H. Burr,
Pharm. '98, and Major Wilham E. Davis, B.A. '04, who
enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1916. Captain Burr had been
president and general manager of a real estate business in
Alberta, Canada. After the outbreak of the war in 1914, he
helped organize the "American Legion in Canada," composed
of Americans who volunteered for the war. It was intended
that the Legion should serve as a unit under that name and
with its own device, the Canadian maple leaf combined with
the Washington coat-of-arms ; the publicity which the move-
ment gained, however, embarrassed the American Government
as a neutral power, and at its request the Canadian Govern-
ment dissolved the Legion and absorbed its elements in Cana-
dian divisions. Burr went to England with the rank of captain,
but there at his own request reverted to lieutenant in order
to be able to get to the front sooner ; he was to win his grade
of captain again in the field. He served with the 38th Bat-
talion, Fourth Canadian Division, in the fierce fighting at Vimy
Ridge in April 1917, in the fighting around Lens where he was
over, individual instances are used in this chapter as examples of the
services and experiences of our men in war, and are not intended to be
complete lists. More than 6500 individual records are given in The
University in the Great War, Part II.
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wounded on June 26, and in the attack on Passchendaele, where
he was wounded again on October 30. He was then evacuated
to a hospital in England, and in January 1918 was sent home
on leave.
He gives an interesting touch in his account of his experi-
ences: "We went over at 7 a. m., and everything went splen-
didly. I got one Prussian Guardsman myself. He had a brother
in San Bernardino, California, and couldn't get over his sur-
prise that there were Americans in Canadian uniforms."
Major Davis enlisted in the American Legion in Canada
in March 1916, Engineering Corps, and was transferred to
the 11th Battalion, Railway Troops. He landed in France early
in 1917 and fought in the battle of Vimy Ridge in April, at
Passchendaele in June, and at Cambrai in November. He was
awarded the Distinguished Service Order. There were doubt-
less other and unrecorded cases of former students sei'ving in
French and British armies before we entered the war. In
fact, Captain Buit, on his visit to the campus early in 1918,
mentioned two other Ohio State men as serving in the Cana-
dian forces.
The first Ohio State man to lose his life in the service
overseas was Thomas Barrett, Agr. '19. He was in the first
Aviation unit to arrive in France, and went into training at
the flying field at Tours, June 2, 1917. On June 29 the plane
in which he and his instructor were flying, caught fire from
the explosition of the gasoline tank at 1000 feet and fell in
flames, killing them both.
Several of our men got into action early by volunteering
for ambulance work with the Allied armies. Professor Walter
Pierce, of the Department of Romance Languages, had been
in France in the summer of 1916 working in the Red Cross
Hospital at Neuilly, Paris; returning home in the autumn, he
communicated to others his enthusiasm for this service. In
June 1917 he returned to France on a year's leave, and was
accompanied by Professor Albert Chandler, of the Department
of Philosophy, James F.-J. Fullington, B.A. '16, Carl MacMil-
Ohio State Men at the Front 33
Ian, B.A. '21, Thomas Malone Magruder, B.A. '21, and William
McKinley Johnson, B.A. '14.
Professors Pierce and Chandler worked for a time as
orderlies in the Neuilly Hospital. Later Professor Pierce be-
came chief translator on General Pershing's Staff, with the
rank of lieutenant, while Professor Chandler went to Italy to
engage in civilian relief work for the Red Cross, with head-
quarters at Chioggia. The others were soon at work in the
French Army.
Magruder first volunteered in the French Army; in Sep-
tember 1917 he was taken into the Ambulance Service of the
American Army and attached as ambulance driver to the
French Army. In late August and September he worked at the
front in the great French drive on the Chemin des Dames, by
which this ridge along the Aisne was wrested from the Ger-
mans. The high hopes of the French Army at the end of 1917
are reflected in this paragraph from one of his letters :
"You no doubt read of our big attack on the Aisne, October
23 to 28. It was a wonderful success, but it was not surprising
after the terrible six-day bombardment by the French artil-
lery. The first wave went over at 5:15 Tuesday morning and
it was our men — the great Zouaves. For three days we were
going as hard as possible, night and day. The only time we
stopped was for gasoline, when the mechanics filled up while
we drank soup and coffee. It was a wonderful attack, but it
had its price; I have seen stacks of mangled dead bodies, my
ambulance dripping with blood, and wounded men crawling
along the road."
Fullington also saw hard and dangerous service in 1917.
He was in the American Ambulance Service with the French.
He describes his work on the French front in October at Ver-
dun, in letters home, which unfortunately there is not space
to quote at length. His unit in the course of three weeks' heavy
fighting carried 2200 wounded from the front to the field hos-
pitals. At the end of that time there was scarcely a car that
had not been injured or wrecked. He tells of driving with
wounded over roads that had just been "resurfaced" by the
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spray of dirt from shells landing near it ; of driving in pitch
dark with lights prohibited and having to repair tires and
damages under those conditions; of having to jump from his
machine to a shelter to escape concentrated shelling, and simi-
lar experiences. Like many who went through the experience
of shell fire he gives his impression of its effect, and it would
be difficult to find a more realistic description. Telling the inci-
dent in which he was forced to take shelter from the shelling,
he says :
"I can understand now very well why shell-fire demor-
alizes a man. We were in a safe dug-out, the shells were not
meant for us, and yet when we left the place our nerves were
badly shaken. An 'arrive', or shell coming in, has a peculiar
sound. It starts with a faint whine, growing louder, and then,
if it lands close, it shrieks right up to you and ends with a
bang. If it goes overhead the final shriek isn't so bad. The
final bang also varies, depending on its size and on what it
hits. A small 77 or 105 just bangs, or, if it hits soft dirt, goes
'splud'; a 150 or 220 gives a crash like dropping an iron rail
on a pile of rails ; and a 300 is indescribable. It makes a messy
explosion and sounds like the end of things."
Fullington was the first Ohio State man to receive the
Croix de Guerre, awarded in December 1917 for courage and
devotion on the days of November 24 and 25.
MacMillan also was in the American Ambulance Service
with the French Army in 1917. He then became civilian trans-
lator at G.H.Q., Chaumont, and still later was sent to England
to get his training for the Tank Corps ; he was to serve as tank
commander on the British front in the last phase of the war.
Johnson joined the Munitions Transportation Service of
the French Army, which included a section of American vol-
unteer drivers recruited from the colleges and universities.
Johnson was with the California University section. He served
with this organization from June to December 1917, and then
went to Italy in the American Ambulance Service with the
Italian Army, where he worked until May 1918. The rest of
Ohio State Men at the Front 35
his two years overseas he served in the 78th Light Artillery of
the Sixth Division.
Other Ohio State men in the Ambulance Service at the
front, in 1917, were Kenneth Norton, B.A. '16, in the French
Ambulance Service with the French Army at Verdun, in Sep-
tember and October, and then in the American Ambulance
Service, and Carey R. Evans, Arts '18, who was with the
French Army in the fall of 1917 and was to lose his life in that
service in April 1918.
Ohio State Men in the German Drive of March 1918
When the Germans opened their campaign of 1918 with
the great drive at Amiens, in March, there were no American
divisions ready for divisional action. There were, however,
some Americans engaged in this campaign, and among them
a few Ohio State men.
The drive began on March 21; it was directed at the
southern end of the British line between Arras and La Fere,
with the object of driving the point of the wedge in to Amiens,
and so severing the connection of the British and French
armies. In overwhelming force the Germans smashed through
the British first lines, drove forward over the old Somme bat-
tlefields, and advanced the point of the salient as far as Albert.
They were not able to reach Amiens, nor completely to sepa-
rate the British and French. A French Army, hastily formed
of reserves and pushed forward to the line south of Amiens,
prevented the front from being actually broken. By the begin-
ning of April the front had become fairly stable along a deeply
indented line running from Arras to Albert, to a little west of
Montdidier, and south of Noyon, both of which were in Ger-
man hands. This action, from March 21 to April 8, is known
as the Somme defensive.
The first Ohio State man to fall in battle on the Western
front was Stanley Mauck, Engr. '15, of the 6th Regiment, En-
gineers, who went into the trenches with his regiment before
Amiens on March 21, just as the German attack began, and
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was killed by a shell on March 30. Leland Biery, Engr. '18,
was also in the 6th Engineers in this engagement.
The second of our men to fall in action was Carey R.
Evans, Arts '18. He enlisted in the American Ambulance Ser-
vice in May 1917, and landed in France in September. In
March 1918 he was working with the French Army that was
sent up to help hold the line south of Amiens. These troops
were rushed in to support the British Third Corps, which was
being driven back on Noyon and Montdidier. The French
troops with the remnants of the British Third Corps were
forced to fall back beyond Noyon. Evans was driving his
ambulance in this terrific fighting around Noyon from March
23 ; on the night of April 5 he had brought his ambulance up
to an advanced station near the front at Passel to carry back
French wounded, when a German shell struck the car, killing
him and two of his stretcher bearers.
Other Ohio State men were in Ambulance Service in the
field in this action. E. Sterling Nichol, Arts '17, first lieu-
tenant, landed in France in January 1918; in March and April
his ambulance unit was in the Somme defensive about Noyon,
and was cited in the Division Orders of the Twelfth French
Division. Fullington, Magruder, and Kenneth Norton, already
noticed as engaged in this work in 1917, were also in the fight-
ing near Noyon in March and April 1918. Dr. Edwin Rose,
M.D. '17, captain in the Medical Corps, had been attached to
the Birmingham War Hospital of the British Army until
March 1918; in the Somme defensive he served in the Field
Ambulance of the 1st British Cavalry. Dr. William Fenker,
M.D. '14, captain in the Medical Corps, was attached to the
Royal Welsh Fusileers, and was gassed in this action.
Although this front was stabilized early in April, there
were sporadic outbreaks of fierce fighting for several weeks,
due to the efforts of one side or the other to improve local
positions. Sterling's ambulance unit was soon withdrawn to
take part in the Champagne defensive ; Fullington and Norton
remained on this front and participated in the French advance
Gateway to Camp Pontanezen, Brest, France. This camp received most
of the American Divisions, and from it they sailed for home.
Part of Camp Pontanezen.
The Marine Camp and Tented Area, Camp Pontanezen, Brest, France.
Main Delousing Plant at Camp Pontanezen.
Ohio State Men at the Front 37
which was to begin in August (the Noyon offensive) r Magru-
der, mentioned above for his service in 1917, was on this front
in May. On the night of May 6 he injured his knee, but kept
on driving his ambulance until his work was done. For this
conduct he received the Croix de Guerre. He was in the hos-
pital from May 8 to July 28, and returned to his unit in time
to serve in the Noyon offensive in August.
Arrival and Training of American Divisions'
The arrival of American troops in divisional strength
began in June 1917, when the First Division landed in France.
The Second, Twenty-Sixth, and Forty-Second arrived during
the succeeding months of 1917. As elements of divisions landed
they were sent forward to training camps. The general region
fixed upon by the French and American commanders for these
camps in France was the district west and south of Toul. This
region was chosen as most directly accessible from the prin-
cipal American debarkation ports of St. Nazaire, on the Loire,
and Bordeaux, on the Garonne; it could be reached by main
trunk lines without passing through Paris or other centers
already congested by the needs of French and British annies.
It was indicated also by the general plan of the American
campaign, which was to put the American armies eventually
in charge of the Lorraine front.
The first camp center was at Gondrecourt; as divisions
multiplied, the whole region was dotted with army camps until
by the end of the war twenty-one divisional camps were found
there. The G.H.Q. of the American army was at Chaumont, in
" The Noyon offensive was part of the general advance against the
German lines, in which British, French and American armies were all
engaged after the turn of the tide in July. Beginning early in August
from Montdidier to Noyon, the French drove the Germans back to their
old line. Noyon was recovered by the French on August 29.
^ The division is the unit commonly used, in the American as in
other armies, in estimating the numbers and describing the movements
of troops. The American division numbered about 1000 officers and 27,000
men. It comprised two infantry brigades of two regiments each, and the
necessary units of other arms such as artillery, engineers, pioneers, sig-
nal corps, etc.
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this area. Artillery camps, requiring firing ranges, were sepa-
rated from the Infantry training camps. The first Artillery
camp was at Le Valdahon, near Besancon; others established
later were at Coetquidon and Meucon, in Brittany, and at
Souge, near Bordeaux.
The general plan of preparation, used especially for early
divisions, was as follows : After training in camp for several
weeks, the division was sent forward to a quiet sector to get
an experience of front line action as a part of a British or
French Army coit)s. After a few weeks of this it was re-
grouped in camp for divisional maneuvers, and then sent to
occupy its regular sector of the front as a division. So, for
example, the First Division went into camp at Gondrecourt
in July 1917; in September it went forward to the Sommer-
villers sector, near Nancy, with the French Army; here it
remained until the end of November. Returning to camp at
Gondrecourt, it was polished off for action and in January
1918 took over a sector north of Toul (the southern Woevre
district), relieving a French Moroccan division. Here it re-
mained until April, when it was relieved by the Twenty-Sixth.
After a short rest it was moved up to an active front near
Amiens. Other early divisions, the Twenty-Sixth, Second, and
Forty-Second, underwent similar experiences. The character
of this early experience of action by divisions is illustrated by
a few examples from the individual records of our men.
The First Division was in the Sommervillers sector from
September to November 1917. Henry H. Copeland, B.A. '13,
first lieutenant in the 6th Field Artillery, claims for this regi-
ment the distinction of firing the first American shot in the
war. Paul W. Austin, B.A. '16, notes that he participated in
the burial of the first three American soldiers to fall on the
Western front. These casualties were the result of a raid
undertaken by the Germans on the American trenches, No-
vember 3, for the purpose of securing prisoners and informa-
tion. After preliminary bombardment a detachment of Ger-
man Infantry made an attack and there was hand-to-hand
fighting in our trenches, three Americans being killed, eleven
Ohio State Men at the Front 39
wounded, and eleven carried off as prisoners. These first three
American soldiers to fall in battle were buried with military
honors on November 6, the ceremonies being attended by a
guard of French infantrymen and by a detachment from the
American Division.
The Twenty-Sixth Division relieved the First in this sec-
tor on April 3. On April 17 it was involved in a bombardment
and raid by the Germans and made a counter-attack which
assumed the proportions of a battle. This appears in the rec-
ords as the battle of Seichepray. Boyd 0. Bach, Engr. '18,
of the Twenty-Sixth, and Captain Charles H. Keck, of the 51st
Coast Artillery, report participation in this battle, in which
Captain Keck was wounded by shell-fire on April 21. It may
be regarded as certain that others were present whose record
cards do not mention the action.*
The Forty-Second (Rainbow) Division was at the front
in the Vosges Mountains, at Luneville and Baccarat, from Feb-
ruary 21 to June 20, 1918. Colonel Benson W. Hough, LL.B.
'99, was in command of the 166th Regiment, which included
most of the Ohio State men in the division ; he was awarded
the Croix de Guerre in April after four weeks in the trenches,
Paul Keller, Engr. '18, was wounded on his first day in the
trenches, March 12. Early in May the division undertook a
local offensive, known as the Bois de Chien raid ; three of our
men mention this affair: First Lieutenant Leon W. Miesse,
Engr. '11, Second Lieutenant William F. Busch, Engr. '15, and
Private Harry Wolf, Engr. '08, who was wounded there.
Robert S. Postle, Pharm. '14, captain in the Medical Corps,
was gassed in the Baccarat sector on May 27. The story
is told of Harold Powell, B.A., LL.B. '12, that on a scouting
expedition in No Man's Land he ran into several German sol-
diers, took them prisoner, and made them march back in front
of him to his own line.
* Most of the Ohio State men in the Twenty-Sixth, a New England
division, were transferred to it later from the Eighty-Third, a replace-
ment division; this also accounts in part for the fact that the battle of
Seichepray does not figure in more of our records.
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Army Schools in France
An important element in the training of the American
Army was the organization of Army Schools and Officers'
Training Camps in France. From the statements on our rec-
ords it appears that some of our men went into such schools
immediately on arrival in France, but many were evidently
selected out after undergoing experience in the line and sent
to these schools to fit them for commissions and special serv-
ices. Most of these were able to get back into the fighting and
render valuable service in the great campaigns of September
and October.
The principal center of Army Schools was at Langres,
where were located the Army School of the Line, Army Can-
didates' School, Machine Gun School, Engineer School, Signal
School, and others. There was also an Infantry Candidates'
School at La Valbonne, opened in October for a three months'
course, but the end of the war came before the first class was
graduated.
Artillery Schools were located at Saumur; for Field Ar-
tillery, at Mailly and then at Angers ; for Heavy Artillery, at
Chatillon-sur-Seine ; for Coast and Tractor Artillery, at Vin-
cennes.
Schools for more specialized training mentioned in our
records were : Signal Corps School at St. Aignan, at Le Mans,
and at Chatillon-sur-Seine; Intelligence Schools at Chateaux-
Montaille and at La Milease ; Army Motor School at Le Blanc ;
Telephone School at Clermont-Ferrand ; Balloon School at Bor-
deaux ; Rifle School at St. Aubepierre, etc.
Officers' Training Schools were also maintained at the
training camps in which divisions were placed. There were
schools at Army Corps Headquarters in the general training
area already mentioned : First Corps Schools at Gondrecourt,
Second Corps School at Chatillon-sur-Seine, and Third Corps
School at Clamecy. Artillery Officers' Training Schools were
established at the artillery camps of Le Valdahon, Souge,
Meucon, and Coetquidon.
A Part of 82,000 Men at Mess Time, Camp Pontanezen, Brest, France.
A German Prisoner Detail at Brest.
Ohio State Men at the Front 41
Aviation Schools of many sorts were attended by Ohio
State men. Most of them were either at the Second Aviation
Instruction Center at Tours, or the Third Aviation Instruc-
tion Center at Issoudun. Other schools attended were : Bomb-
ing Training School at Clermont-Ferrand, Aerial Gunnery
School at Cazaux, Artillery Observation School at Chatillon-
sur-Seine, Bombing School (Caproni Squadron) at Foggia,
Italy; and the British School of Navigation and Bomb Drop-
ping at Andover, England.
A feature of the Army Schools in France in which the
University may justly take pride is the number of our men
used as instructors. The following list is believed to be fairly
complete :
Brigadier General Edward Siegerfoos, B.Ph. '91, was
director of the Army School of the Line at Langres from June
to September 1918. His death in the field after he took com-
mand of his brigade is told later. Harley E, Banks, Cert, in
Agr. '15, was instructor in this school for one month.
Lieutenant Robert Bohannon, Engr. '19, was graduated
with distinction from the Artillery School at Saumur and was
appointed motor instructor at the Heavy Artillery School at
Angers. He was ordered to the front, but the colonel in charge
of the school telegraphed headquarters asking authority to
hold him as instructor. Lieutenant William G. Kearney, Engr.
'17, of the Motor Transport Corps, was also instructor at
Angers.
Captain James S. Ervin, Engr. '10, was Assistant Direc-
tor of the Tractor Artillery School from January to May 1918.
Lieutenant Ralph Heinzen, Arts '15, was commandant
and senior instructor in the Intelligence School at Chauteaux-
Montaille.
Lieutenant Grayson W. Gill, Engr. '15, was instructor in
the Observers' School of the Second Aviation Instruction Cen-
ter at Tours.
Lieutenant Daniel P. Forst, Engr. '17, was instructor in
reconnaissance and orientation in the Observers' School at
Camp Le Valdahon.
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Major Edwin Kelton, Engr, '13, of the Regular Army,
was director of the Engineer School in the Second and Third
Corps Schools.
Sergeant Herman L. Freutz, Engr. '19, was on detached
duty as instructor in bombing and automatic weapons in the
First and Second Corps Schools.
Lieutenant Ellsworth Shriver, M.E. '14, was instructor
in military mining and military railroad engineering in the
Third Corps School.
Lieutenant Donald E. Leader, B.Sc. in Hort. '18, was in-
structor in musketry at the Third Corps School.
Lieutenant Harry B. Budd, Agr. '16, was instructor in
gas defense at the First Corps School.
Lieutenant Ray Gottschall, B.A. '16, was in charge of
aerial gunnery instruction at the Third Aviation Instruction
Center at Issoudun.
Lieutenant Harrison Barringer, B.A. '11, LL.B. '13, was
instructor in Stokes Mortars and 37 mm. guns at the Artillery
School at Chatillon-sur-Seine.
CHAPTER III
CAMPAIGNS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY
By Edgar Holmes McNeal
Battle of Cantigny, May 28
One result of the disaster to the AHied line in front of
Amiens, in March, was the unification of command. The Amer-
ican Government and the American commander had favored
this action from the first of ouf entrance into the war. Finally,
on March 27, agreement was reached between the British and
French authorities, and General Foch was named commander-
in-chief of the Allied Armies on the Western front. General
Pershing gave expression to the American approval of this
step by going to the G.H.Q. of General Foch on the following
day and placing all the American troops at his disposal. Gen-
eral Pershing, however, was strong in his opinion that Amer-
ican divisions should as far as possible be regarded as units
and, where several were engaged, should be placed side by
side ; he looked forward to the time when those divisions should
form an American Army, carrying out its own campaign as
part of the larger campaign of the Allied commander-in-chief.
Following this action of General Pershing in placing the
American troops at the disposal of the Allied commander, the
First Division^ was sent, on April 25, to the front of the Fifth
French Army, south of Amiens, where it took over a sector
near Montdidier, relieving two Moroccan divisions.
As already noted, the main German drive in this region
had come to a pause early in April and the front was fairly
^ The First Division was composed of four regiments of Regular
Army Infantry, the ranks of which had been filled up by voluntary enlist-
ment early in 1917.
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stable, although still subject to local outbreaks of activity from
either side. The French Army had taken over the front, the
British forces having been withdrawn to be sent north where
the second great drive of the Germans was taking place south
of Ypres.
The line held by the American First Division included the
section in front of the heights of Cantigny, from which the
Germans commanded the immediate region and from which
they kept up a troublesome fire. At the end of May the First
Division was instructed to take this important local position
and on May 28 carried out its instructions in dashing style.
The strongly held village of Cantigny was taken by the 28th
Regiment and the division line was consolidated to hold it.
The Germans counter-attacked with great fierceness and deter-
mination, but were not able to dislodge our troops.
There were, all told, at one time and another, 22 Ohio
State men in the First Division. Some of these were trans-
ferred to this division from troops that arrived later in the
year, but there must have been several of our men present at
Cantigny. Only two records mention the battle by name. Pri-
vate Fred Innis, Engr. '18, of the 28th Infantry, took part in
the capture of the village of Cantigny and notes that the regi-
ment was later given the distinction of the Fourragere by the
French commander for this action. First Lieutenant Henry
Copeland, of the 6th Field Artillery, also mentions partici-
pation in the engagement of Cantigny. Vernon P. Hine, B.Sc.
in Bus. Adm. '21, private in the First Division, was gassed
and burned by liquid fire in May on this front; and Captain
Averill Pfeifer, Arts '17, of the 18th Infantry, was slightly
wounded on May 15.
This engagement had more than a local significance.
Earlier contacts on sectors held by American troops had given
the Germans a taste of American fighting qualities. The battle
of Cantigny showed what they could do in a definite offensive.
The German High Command could no longer deny the evidence
that America was in the war and that Americans could fight.
Campaigns of the American Army 45
The Champagne Defensive — Chateau-Thierry,
June and July
The first of the great German drives had been aimed at
Amiens on March 21 ; the second at the Channel ports on April
9 — both of them at portions of the British line. Neither had
accomplished its object, but in each case a dangerous bulge
had been made in the line which was firmly held by the Ger-
mans and was capable of disastrous exploitation by them if
they could maintain their preponderance. The third drive was
aimed directly at Paris. Massing great numbers of troops
with machine guns and artillery back of their front along the
Aisne, the German High Command on May 26 launched a tre-
mendous blow at the French line along a thirty-mile front.
The German forces in vastly superior numbers swarmed over
the Chemin des Dames, crossed the Aisne, the Vesle, and the
Ourcq rivers, and reached the Marne at Chateau-Thierry.
Soissons on the right of the Germans fell into their hands;
Rheims on their left was not taken, but was dangerously sur-
rounded by the advance of the German line to the east and
the west of it.
The French, worn out by a week of terrible fighting, had
exhausted the reserves available in this region, and the rapid-
ity of the German advance created a critical situation; for
the point of the drive on May 31 was less than fifty miles from
Paris, with the open road of the Marne valley ahead. Under
these conditions the Americans were called on to throw in at
the point of the thrust such troops as could be brought into
action.
The Third Division, which had just completed its training
in the Chateau-Villain area and was on the point of being
sent forward to take over a sector, was hurried forward in-
stead to the front of Chateau-Thierry. Part of this division,
the motorized machine gun battalion, arrived at the front by
motor trucks on the night of May 31 and helped hold the
bridges of the Marne, The infantry regiments arrived on June
1, and on this and the succeeding days were engaged in fierce
fighting in and around Chateau-Thierry, keeping the Germans
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from advancing beyond the town. Several Ohio State men
were in the action of the Third Division at this point. Chnton
Allen, B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '21, was wounded here on June 3.
The Second Division distinguished itself at Chateau-
Thierry.- This division included two regiments of the Regular
AiTny, the 9th and 23d, and a brigade of Marines, the 5th and
6th Regiments. It had occupied a sector at Les Esparges, near
Verdun, in March and April, and was back in training camp
when it was ordered to the front at Chateau-Thierry. Arriving
on June 1 and 2, the division was placed across the road that
runs from Chateau-Thierry to Paris at the very point of the
German drive. Here the division not only blocked the German
advance, but began immediately a counter-attack. The Marines
on the right of the road were sent forward on June 6 to take
the strongly held position of Belleau Wood. On that day they
took the village of Bouresches and secured a foothold in Bel-
leau Wood. Willis W. Rummel, Agr. '16, private in the 5th
Marines, was wounded by a machine gun bullet in this day's
action. The Germans fought desperately to retain this impor-
tant position and the Marines had to go back again and again
through the difficult ground against machine gun nests and
artillery fire. By the end of June the wood was cleared of the
enemy and occupied by American troops.^ Lester Bowron.
Engr. '15, was gassed here on June 14. Erwin Danford, Arts
'17, sergeant in the 5th Marines, was mortally wounded in
Belleau Wood on June 25 and died in the hospital July 23.
Raymond Howell, Engr. '15, private in the 5th Marines, was
severely wounded on the same day and was in the hospital
three and a half months. There were also several Ohio State
men in the infantry regiments of the Third Division ; this
brigade also counter-attacked after holding the Germans on
" We had 23 men, according to our records, in the famous Second
Division. The majority were in the Marine Brigade.
■' General Orders of the Sixth French Army, June 30, state that in
consequence of the brilliant conduct of the Brigade of Marines, "the Gen-
eral in Command had decided that henceforth official documents concern-
ing this action shall replace the name Belleau Wood by that of the Wood
of the Marine Brigade."
Campaigns of the American Army 47
the Chateau-Thierry road, and took the village of Vaux on
July 1 in fine style. The Second Division was v^ithdrawn on
July 10, and relieved by the Twenty-Sixth.
On July 15 the Germans started a new offensive in this
region, which was destined to be their last. This was an at-
tempt to enlarge the Mame salient by an attack in force east
and west of Reims. East of Reims the Forty-Second Division
was in line with French troops. This division, the famous
"Rainbow Division," contained a considerable body of Ohio
State men; 62 record cards give this division. It had been in
the front line in the Luneville and Baccarat sectors from Feb-
ruary 21 to June 20. Arriving on the front east of Reims on
July 5, it was engaged on July 15 in repelling the German
drive. The complete failure of this offensive marked the turn-
ing point in the war. Several of our men in the Forty-Second
record participation in this critical action of July 15 to July 18.
Colonel Hough, as has been noted, was in command of the
166th Infantry; First Lieutenant (later Captain) Leon Miesse,
of the 166th, was also in this engagement. George Wegner, B.
Arch. Engr. '21, of the 149th Field Artillery, was wounded on
July 15, and Sergeant Hariy Wolf, of the 166th Infantry, was
wounded on July 17.
The Third Division, which had been engaged earlier at
Chateau-Thierry, was in line with the French west of Reims.
Early in July First Lieutenant Barrett Brown, Arts '18, was
cited in General Orders of the division for his conduct in action
on this front. On July 15 the Third Division found itself in
the direct line of this German offensive, and did its part in
the resistance which stopped the Germans in their tracks.
Russell Poince, Agr. '20, private in the 7th Infantry, was
killed in this action on July 15. Major (later Lieutenant Col-
onel) Fred L. Walker, M.E. '11, of the Regular Army, in the
30th Infantry, was given the D. S. C. for conduct in action on
July 15. Harrison E. Barringer, second lieutenant in the 3'Oth
Infantry, was made prisoner by the Germans in the beginning
of this drive on July 15, while leading a patrol in No Man's
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Land, and remained in German prison camp until the end of
the war.
These defensive actions from the first of June to the mid-
dle of July are usually known as the Champagne defensive.
It is impossible to make out from the records how many Ohio
State men were engaged. Only 40 cards mention the Cham-
pagne defensive or some part of it by name ; but a good many
more must have been present whose records do not give the
fact, for the divisions engaged contained all told at one time
or another about 140 of our men.
The "Second Marne," July 18 to September 6
The successful blocking of the last German offensive at
Reims was followed immediately by a powerful counter-offen-
sive. The object was the wiping out of the deep pocket which
the Germans in May had driven into the line toward Paris.
Starting on July 18, the objectives were virtually gained by
August 6 ; the Germans were driven out of the salient and the
line was straightened out along the Vesle and Aisne Rivers
from Soissons to Reims.
In this campaign the American weight made itself felt
in a serious way. Taking into account all the phases of this
action in July and August, nine American Divisions, totaling
over 250,000 men, were engaged. These divisions were incor-
porated in the Sixth and Tenth French Armies.
At the start of the offensive on July 18, the American
divisions were lined up around the salient from left to right
as follows : First and Second Divisions to advance east toward
Soissons; the Fourth to advance east along the Ourcq River;
the Twenty-Sixth and the Third, with the Twenty-Eighth in
reserve, to advance north from Chateau-Thierry.
The First and Second Divisions in their advance south of
Soissons (which appears in our records as the Battle of Sois-
sons, July 18 to 22) met fierce resistance, but drove forward
to the limit of their objectives.
Captain Frank Mason, B.A. '15, of the 9th Infantry, Sec-
ond Division, records these impressions of the start of this
Campaigns of the American Army 49
offensive : "This very nice paper I am writing on belonged to
a German soldier, but I got it today ten kilometers in the Ger-
man lines. After lying in the mud all night in the rain, I went
over the top with my regiment today at 5 a. m. Going over
the top in an affair like this is a very ordinary proceeding,
and I didn't feel any special sensations; the sensations came
when I learned about three days ago that I was to go. It was
a wonderful sight at 5 a. m. just before dawn. It stopped
raining for a few minutes ; the lines of Americans going across
the meadow, then changing into Indian file as they threaded
their way through the barbed wire, seen in glimpses by the
light of the flares and the phosphorous shells that burst in a
spray of fire. The air was a den of a thousand noises — shrieks,
groans and whistles of the shells and bullets (all the different
size weapons make different noises). There was absolutely
no chance to distinguish an arriving Boche shell in that bed-
lam. Our men were marvelous. They advanced just as if they
were in a maneuver with blank cartridges, instead of the real
thing. When we would hear the din-din-din of the Boche
machine gun — which makes one think of someone beating on
a tin pan with a stick — the men dropped until a few had put
the gun out of action."
In this action Captain Mason received a French citation
for conspicuous gallantry before Chateau-Thierry, was given
the Croix de Guerre, and promoted from first lieutenant to
captain.
Captain Samuel Anderson, B.Ch.E. '17, of the 23d In-
fantry, Second Division, and Private Sidney Goldstein, B.Sc.
in Agr. '20, of the 6th Marines, were wounded here on July 18.
Delmer Settle, Engr. '18, private in the 26th Infantry, First
Division, was mortally wounded on July 20, dying in the hos-
pital on August 16. Second Lieutenant Lawrence Andrews,
B.A. '20, and First Lieutenant Harry Haymes, B.Sc. in Agr.
'17, both of the First Division, were wounded near Soissons
on July 21. Captain Cyril J. Carder, Engr. '18, of the 16th
Infantry, First Division, was killed on July 22. The First,
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Second, and Fourth Divisions, having completed their advance,
were withdrawn on July 22.
The Twenty-Sixth and Third Divisions were to advance
north from the Marne. The Twenty-Sixth pushed forward
until July 25, when it was relieved by the Forty-Second. The
Third, starting from the Marne just below Chateau-Thierry
on the night of July 20, pushed the enemy back until it was
relieved on July 30. Anthony Shebanek, B.Sc. in Hort. '14,
second lieutenant, 38th Infantry, Third Division, was wounded
in this advance on July 22, and Captain John Hamilton, B.A.
'16, of the 10th Field Artillery, was gassed at Charteves about
the same time ; he received the Croix de Guerre for his conduct
in this action.
The Thirty-Second relieved the Third on July 30 and con-
tinued the advance until the Vesle River was reached and
Fismes captured ; it was then relieved on August 6. During
this advance John H. Millholen, Engr. '21, private in the 147th
Field Artillery, attached to the Thirty-Second, was badly
gassed in front of Fismes on August 13; he was cited for
"distinguished and exceptional gallantry."
The Forty-Second had relieved the Twenty-Sixth on July
25, and continued to advance until August 2, when it was
relieved. Colonel Benson W. Hough was in command of the
166th Infantry in this as in its other engagements. Dr.
Franklin Postle, Arts-Law '15, captain in the Medical
Corps, serving with this division, was gassed on July 19 before
the division got into action. Lee Hopper, sergeant, was gassed
in the attack on Sergy, July 28. Walter Elhardt, Agr. '18, with
the band of the 166th Infantry, was severely wounded on July
28. Private Owen Barr, Agr. '17, was mortally wounded at
Seringes on August 2, dying the next day. Harley F. Shaefer,
Agr. '18, top sergeant in the 166th, was wounded on August 3.
Sergeant Peter Weiss, Arts '19, was cited for his conduct in
this action. Second Lieutenant Karl S. McComb, B.Sc. in Agr.
'16, was killed on the night of August 12 by a German sniper.
The Fourth Division, which was sent back into action to
relieve the Forty-Second on August 2, advanced along side
Campaigns of the American Army 51
the Thirty-Second to the Vesle River. Donald W. Glenn, Arts
'20, private in the Fourth, was slightly wounded on the Vesle
River, August 3. These two divisions, the Fourth and Thirty-
Second, were relieved on the Vesle by the Seventy-Seventh and
Twenty-Eighth, which held this line until early in September,
when they advanced as part of a general forward movement
of the French line, which put the Germans definitely back of
the Aisne to about the line from which they had started their
drive in May.
At the end of August, the Thirty-Second, which had been
relieved on August 6, was again sent forward, this time to join
the Tenth French Army in an offensive against the German
lines north of Soissons ; here it was engaged in severe fighting
from August 27 to September 1. Several of our men report
participation in this action, which prepared for the recovery
of Soissons from the Germans later.
Other branches of the fighting forces were present in this
first large engagement of American troops, notably the Avia-
tion. The 27th Aero Squadron played an important part in
the campaign. Fred Norton, B.Sc, in For. '17, whose story will
be told later* was killed on July 23 in this region, while leading
his flight against a German squadron. Walter B. Wanamaker,
Law '17, of the 27th, was shot down in an air combat here; he
figured in the reports of July 28 as missing and probably killed,
but was later heard from in a German prison camp. Richard
C. Martin, Arts '17, of the 27th, was also engaged in combat
in the Chateau-Thierry region during this campaign. Walter
E. Avery, Arts '14, of the 95th Aero Squadron, brought down
the noted German ace. Captain Mendkopf, in his first aerial
combat of July 26, near Chateau-Thierry. Harry D. Sheets,
B.Sc. in For. '15, was with the French Escadrille 280 at
Chateau-Thierry until August 1.
This counter-offensive on the Mame was participated in
by two British divisions, on the right of the line between the
Marne and Reims. In one of these, a Highland Scots division.
* The story of our aviators at the front is given in a separate sec-
tion later.
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was an Ohio State man, John J. DeVereaux, Ph.G. '04 ; he was
captain in the Medical Corps and was attached to this Scots
division. He was gassed in this attack and was in the hospital
for some time, but returned to his work in time to take part
in the Somme offensive of the British Army in September, this
time with a Lowland Scots division.
The records of 78 of our men definitely mention this cam-
paign, but we may be sure that there were a good many more
engaged in it.
The St. Mihiel Campaign, September 12 to 16
By the victoiy on the Marne the offensive had passed into
the hands of the Allies ; they were never to relinquish it until
the end of the war. It was now the turn of the Allied High
Command to envisage the possibility of ending the war by
force of arms in 1918. The time had also come for the organi-
zation of a separate American Army ; for this purpose most of
the divisions which had seen active service, and also those
which were regarded as ready for action, were incorporated in
the First American Army, General Pershing commanding.
The first exploit of this army was the reduction of the
St. Mihiel salient, that provoking wedge which the Germans
had driven in south of Verdun in the fall of 1914, and which
they had maintained ever since. The plan of employing the
American forces for this purpose when they should be ready
for separate action had been agreed upon early in the discus-
sions between the American commander-in-chief and the com-
mander of the French armies.
Three army corps, including nine divisions and two in
reserve, constituted the American First Army in this enter-
prise. On the western flank of the salient, the Fourth and the
Twenty-Sixth Division, with one French division, were to
strike east; on the southern flank, seven divisions, from left
to right the First, Forty-Second, Eighty-Ninth, Second, Fifth,
Ninetieth, and Thirty-Second, were to advance north. The
Eighty-Second, at Pont-a-Mousson on the Moselle, was to act
as the pivot of the southern line, swinging around to face
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northeast as the general hne advanced. The Third Division
and the Seventy-Eighth were in reserve.
The assault was started at 5 a. m., September 12, and the
issue was decided on the first day. The enemy had been pre-
paring for a withdrawal from the salient, but was caught by
the sudden attack and forced to turn and fight. On the first
day the Twenty-Sixth from the west and the First from the
south met at their objective, the village of Vigneulles. Law-
rence Yerges, B.A. '16, who was later to fall in the Meuse-
Argonne campaign, was corporal in a machine gun battalion
of the Twenty-Sixth which carried its guns twelve miles
through the forest at 5 o'clock on the morning of September
12, in order to get ahead of the drive and help close the line
of escape by Vignuelles.
The Forty-Second pushed north through the town of Pan-
nes. Neil Merrill, Agr. '16, private in the 166th Infantry, was
wounded on the first day in this advance.
The Eighty-Ninth met fierce resistance in its advance
through Euvezin to the center of the salient. Colonel (later
Brigadier General) Charles E. Kilbourne, Engr. '93, was chief
of staff of the division in this engagement. Herbert E. Chris-
tiancy, Engr. '15, first lieutenant in the Eighty-Ninth, was
killed on September 12; he was cited for gallantry in action
and brilliant leadership on this occasion. Gideon Clark, Engr.
'11, second lieutenant, was twice wounded in this day's fight-
ing, and was in the hospital until November 11 ; he was cited
by his regimental commander. Others wounded in this advance
of the Eighty-Ninth, were Second Lieutenant Clarence Cross-
land, B.A. '20, and First Lieutenant Leon P. Shinn, Pharm.
Cert. '09, who received the D. S. C. and the Croix de Guerre.
The Second, Fifth, and Ninetieth pushed north past Thiau-
court into the heart of the salient during the first days of the
fight. Stanley Bowman, Agr. '17, sergeant in the 17th Machine
Gun Battalion, Fifth Division, who was later killed in the
Meuse-Argonne, was cited for his conduct in this advance.
His citation reads :
"He displayed great initiative and most exceptional
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bravery, saving a platoon to which he was attached from an-
nihilation. Seeing the platoon cut off by heavy machine gun
fire, he moved his guns forward, opened up and neutralized
the enemy fire, which enabled the platoon to withdraw."
William H. Rabe, Engr. '17, first lieutenant in the 14th
Machine Gun Battalion, Fifth Division, was cited for distin-
guished conduct in this action. William Bancroft, Arts '18,
second liteutenant in the 19th Field Artillery, was gassed here.
In addition to th men in divisions, there were other Ohio
State men present in the St. Mihiel. Evacuation Hospitals 11,
12, and 14, and Hospital Unit 59 are mentioned by our men
as participating in this action. The 96th Aero Squadron was
active here. In this squadron. Second Lieutenant Louis C.
Simon, Agr. '15, brought down his second enemy plane here;
Joseph Haskins, former instructor in Chemistry, was pilot on
a bombing plane serving here, and Captain Harold David
Young, Engr. '19, was also engaged here with this squadron.
Other Ohio State aviators engaged in the St. Mihiel were :
Walter W. Randolph, Arts '20, of the 93th Aero Squadron;
Doyen P. Wardwell, C. and J. '18, of the 185th Aero Squadron ;
and Harry D. Sheets, with the 135th Aero Squadron. The
Coast Artillery was in this action, supporting the attack with
its long range guns. Captain Keck, of the 51st, who had been
wounded at Seichepray and had served in the Second Marne,
was here in the St. Mihiel, as was also Max S. Howard, Agr.
'21, of the 52nd.
The records of 105 of our men mention the St. Mihiel
campaign, and as already noted this number is probably very
incomplete. The rapidity of the advance resulted in the cap-
ture of 16,000 prisoners and great quantities of material. The
salient was entirely wiped out and the American front
stretched in a straight line across the base of the triangle. It
was one of the most clean-cut operations of the war, and was
calculated to enhearten our Allies and dishearten the enemy
by its demonstration of the technical capacity of the American
command in all its branches, as well as of the fighting qualities
of the American soldier.
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The Meuse-Argonne Campaign, September 26
TO November 11
The great contribution of the American Army to the
general victory on the western front was the breaking of the
German line in the Meuse-Argonne region. This region is
defined by the valley of the Meuse River and the hilly wooded
district of the Argonne Forest. It possessed strong natural
defenses in the heights along the Meuse and in the rough
country of the Argonne. It had been strengthened to great
depth by artificial means, and was very strongly held by the
German forces. Closely linked with the American offensive
was the assault of the Fourth French Army on the German
line in the Champagne west of the Argonne; two American
divisions, the Second and the Thirty-Sixth, were engaged in
this Champagne offensive.
The various phases of the campaign are tied together by
the definite object at which it was directed, the driving of the
Germans back of the Meuse and the capture of Sedan. To
appreciate what it meant for those who took part in it, how-
ever, it is necessary to study it by sections.
The First Advance: Montfaucon — September 26 to 29
At the jump-off on September 26, the nine American
divisions which were to make the attack were lined up from
the Aisne to the Meuse as follows : the Seventy-Seventh,
Twenty-Eighth, and Thirty-Fifth, on the left; the Ninety-
First, Thirty-Seventh, Seventy-Ninth, in the center; the
Fourth, Eightieth, Thirty-Third, on the right, touching the
Meuse. East of the Meuse was the Seventeenth French Corps,
including one American division, the Twenty-Ninth; it acted
as the pivot of the line and was not to advance until later.
Liaison between the American Army and the Fourth French
Army advancing in the Champagne west of the Argonne was
maintained by some elements of the Ninety-Second (colored)
Division.
The advance began early on the morning of September
26, and continued through September 29, constituting the first
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phase of the campaign. On the extreme left the "fighting
Seventy-Seventh," a New York division, drove steadily for-
ward into the Argonne, which had been regarded as impene-
trable, the Twenty-Eighth keeping up with it on the right.
In the center, the Ninety-First, Thirty-Seventh, and Seventy-
Ninth advanced on Gesnes and Montfaucon. The Ninety-First
twice got into Gesnes and twice was forced to fall back by
German artillery fire and counter-attacks. The Seventy-Ninth
and Thirty-Seventh both got into Montfaucon, which fell into
our hands on September 29.
Most of the Ohio State men in this fighting were in the
Thirty-Seventh, the old Ohio National Guard. In the advance
on Montfaucon, Dr. Guthrie Burrell, '16, first lieutenant in
the 112th Sanitary Train, was killed on September 26 by a
German shell, while dressing the wounds of a member of his
regiment, and Samuel Covert, Pharm. '16, with the Medical
Detachment of the 146th Infantiy, was shot by a German
sniper on September 28, while performing the same service.
Lincoln Russell, Engr. '18, also with the 112th Sanitary Train,
was wounded in the first days of fighting. Sergeant Benjamin
Barnes, Pharm. '13', with the Medical Detachment of the 146th
Infantry, was cited for exceptional bravery and devotion to
duty near Montfaucon on September 27 ; he was wounded a
few days later on October 1. In the attack on Montfaucon,
September 29, Jesse Lane, B.Sc. in Agr. '17, 148th Infantry,
was cited for his conduct in action and promoted from corporal
to sergeant; Lester Abele, Agr. '15, first lieutenant in the
148th Infantry, was wounded by shrapnel and gassed near
Cierges; Kenneth French, Agr. '17, first lieutenant in the
145th Infantry, was wounded near Cierges; Corporal Benja-
min J. Shiffman, Law '20, 145th Machine Gun Battalion, and
First Lieutenant Alvin Waters, M.D. '96, Medical Detachment,
147th Infantry, were wounded; and Samuel Ackley, B.A. '18,
148th Infantry, received the D. S. C.
On the right, the Fourth, Eightieth, and Thirty-Third
advanced toward the Meuse, reaching the Forest of Brieulles.
The Thirty-Third, on the extreme right of the line, pivoted so
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as to face east along the river. In this advance, Joseph
LaCamera, Arts '20, in the Eightieth, and First Lieutenant
Austin Lloyd, in the Fourth, were wounded on September 27.
Alvin Seith, Pharm. '16, of the Eighty-Ninth (in reserve) was
killed by a shell on September 29.
By the end of September every American division had
reached its objective and the first and second German lines
had been taken. The front now ran from Apremont in the
Argonne, north of Cieges and Montfaucon, to the southern
edge of the Forest of Brieulles on the Meuse. Fresh divisions
had been brought up to relieve those that had suffered in the
first assault ; on September 30 the Thirty-Seventh was relieved
by the Thirty-Second, the Seventy-Ninth by the Third. The
First Division entered the line on October 1, and the Third on
October 4. The Ninety-First was withdrawn for rest on Octo-
ber 4, the Thirty-Second extending its line to take in that
section of the front.
Second Advance, Grand Pre, Romagne, — October 4 to 31
The second phase of the campaign began on October 4,
the front being held from left to right by the Seventy-Seventh
and Twenty-Eighth, still in line in the Argonne, the Thirty-
Fifth, First, Thirty-Second, Eightieth, Fourth, and Thirty-
Third, the last facing along the Meuse. The Seventy-Seventh
and Twenty-Eighth made a successful advance in the Argonne ;
by October 10 the Seventy-Seventh had taken Chevieres and
practically cleared the Argonne of the enemy. Second Lieu-
tenant James P. Schrider, B.A. '14, received a divisional cita-
tion for conduct in this section. On October 15 the Seventy-
Seventh, which had been in line since the beginning of the
campaign and had fought its way clear through the Argonne
Forest, was relieved by the Seventy-Eighth, This division
advanced to the attack on Grand Pre and took it on October
16 and secured a foothold in the Loges Wood to the north.
Vern P. Tester, Agr. '14, private in the 312th Infantry, was
gassed on October 16 at Grand Pre; Jesse Wagner, Engr. '10,
first lieutenant in the 308th Field Signal Battalion, was gassed
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and wounded in the fighting in Loges Wood, October 18 ; M. E.
Gatewood, Agr. '17, sergeant in the 309th Machine Gun Bat-
talion, was killed near Grand Pre, October 20.
The Eighty-Second Division came into line, relieving the
Thirty-Fifth on October 7; on that day Brigadier General
Edward Sigerfoos, B.Ph. '91, who had been director of the
Army School of the Line at Langres and had just been put in
command of the 56th Brigade, was mortally wounded less than
24 hours after taking over his command.
The advance of these divisions in the Argonne had been
made possible by the rapid progress of the First Division,
which protected their right flank. Corporal Howard Morrow,
Agr. '20, 16th Infantry, was cited for gallantry in action
during this action of the First Division. Richard Orth, B.C.E.
'20, sergeant in the 26th Infantry, was wounded on October 5,
and Ward C. Miller, Engr. '12, second lieutenant in the 18th
Infantry, was wounded on October 6. On October 9 the First
was relieved by the Forty-Second, which continued the advance
beyond Sommerance to the third and last defensive line of the
Germans. In the fighting around Sommerance, on October 26,
Paul Edwards, B.Sc. in Agr. '17, was wounded and gassed.
Captain John S. Stevenson, Engr. '17, 166th Infantry, was
wounded, and Second Lieutenant George Wegner, B.Arch.
Eng. '21, of the 149th Field Artillery, was gassed.
The Thirty-Second, advancing in the center against the
strongest part of the German line, broke through the defense
and captured Romagne on October 14. Second Lieutenant
Carl Crites, Agr. '19, with the 322d Machine Gun Battalion,
attached to the Thirty-Second Division, was killed in this
action on October 10, and Second Lieutenant Edgar Hillyer,
Engr. '19, in the 322d Field Artillery, was gassed on October
15. On the right of the Thirty-Second, the Third Division kept
level with the advance. First Lieutenant Harvey Smith, B.Sc.
in Agr. '17, was wounded on October 11; First Lieutenant
Barrett Brown, cited in the Champagne defensive, was badly
wounded here on October 12; and Corporal Carl Secrest, B.A.,
B.Sc. in Edu. '16, was mortally wounded here on October 13
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while on detached duty with the Third Division, and died
shortly after being admitted to the mobile hospital. First
Lieutenant Charles J. Roach, M.D. '17, of the 4th Infantry,
was wounded, October 16. Earl Rinnert, M.D. '16, first lieu-
tenant in the Medical Corps in this division, was severely
gassed during this campaign.
On the right of the line, the Fourth and Eightieth Divis-
ions pushed forward toward the Meuse River. Second Lieu-
tenant Thurman Flanagan, Arts '15, 58th Infantry, Fourth
Division, and Daniel Kampf, Agr. '19, private in the 59th In-
fantry, were both killed on October 4, at the beginning of the
offensive. Ralph Van Meter, B.Sc. in Hort. '17, sergeant in the
317th Field Signal Battalion, Eightieth Division, was cited
for gallantry in action on October 20. The Fifth Division
entered the line on October 10 to assist the Eightieth in the
attack on Cunel, and continued to press toward the Meuse.
Donald Slyh, Arts '19, first lieutenant in the 6th Infantry,
Fifth Division, was wounded on October 12, and Manton Har-
wood, Engr. '18, also first lieutenant in the 60th Infantry, was
severely wounded on October 14, and cited for exceptional
braveiy and coolness in action. Stanley Bowman, who had
been cited in the St. Mihiel, was killed in this action on
October 15.
In the Champagne with the Fourth French Army
While the main action was being undertaken between the
Meuse and the Argonne, American troops were also engaged
in other related actions. On the west of the Argonne, between
the Aisne River and Reims, the Fourth French Army advanced
against the German lines. This Army included two American
divisions, the Second and Thirty-Sixth, which participated in
the attack on the heights known as the Blanc-Monts and the
capture of the town of St. Etienne, the principal actions in
this region. The Second was withdrawn on October 10 to
recuperate and prepare for its part in the last phase of the
Meuse-Argonne ; the Thirty-Sixth remained in line with the
French Army until the end of October. Lester Bowron of the
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6th Marines, who had been gassed at Belleau Wood, in June,
was wounded at Blanc-Monts, October 4, and Sidney Goldstein,
of the 6th Marines, who had been wounded near Soissons in
July, was wounded again here, October 8. Bernard Herman,
Engr. '20, private in the 5th Marines, was also wounded on
October 8. William West, Agr. '09, the only Ohio State man
reported in the Thirty-Sixth,^ was killed at St. Etienne on
October 7.
East of the Meuse River
East of the Meuse the 17th French Corps included the
Twenty-Ninth and the Thirty-Third Divisions, the latter
having been transferred across the river from its former
place on the right of the American line. This corps began to
advance east of the river on October 8, with the object of
engaging the German forces in that region and protecting the
right flank of the main advance. Captain Joseph Chubb, C.E.,
'04, was on the staff of the 104th Engineers, Twenty-Ninth
Division, in this action. Captain George G. Hunter, M.D. '17,
in the 104th Sanitary Train, was cited for bravery and
devotion to duty.
On October 16 the Twenty-Sixth Division entered the line
and advanced to the attack of the strong German position on
the ridge of La Grande Montague; terrific fighting occurred
here in the Belleau Wood, which the Twenty-Sixth took on
October 27. Corporal Lawrence Yerges, already mentioned
in the St. Mihiel, was mortally wounded in this combat on
October 23 and died the next day. The medical officer of his
regiment, in a letter to Yerges' family, gave these facts about
his death :
"This battalion went into action on the early morning of
October 23, and during the early fighting was hard hit by a
terrific return fire of the enemy. Many of our boys were killed
or injured during the first few hours of the battle, and Cor-
poral Yerges was probably one of the early victims. The shell
fire was so terrific that for nearly two hours it was impossible
^ Except Lieutenant Colonel Hirsch, who was chief signal officer of
the 11th Field Signal Battalion in this division after the armistice.
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for our litter-bearers to get the wounded to me, as my dressing
station was in direct line and under direct fire, so that I was
obliged to abandon it entirely and establish a new station in
the open trench with the men." Yerges was placed in a shell
hole, where he was practically safe from further danger of
being hit, and where he was really safer than he would have
been on a dangerous journey of several hundred yards through
the heavy fire to the ambulance. When he was finally got to
the dressing station his wound proved to be more serious than
had appeared; he was rushed to the evacuation hospital near
Verdun, where he died.
The Seventy-Ninth Division entered the line east of the
Meuse at the end of October, relieving the Twenty-Ninth.
Frederick Powell, B.A. '09, chaplain in this division, was
wounded here on November 6.
The advance of these divisions east of the Meuse con-
tinued during the third phase of the campaign, and was going
strong when the Armistice put an end to the fighting.
Artillery units from the Eighty-Third, a depot division
used for replacement, played an important part in this fighting
north of Verdun. These units, the 322nd and 323rd Field
Artillery and the 324th Heavy Artillery, all contained Ohio
State men. Captain Don McGill, '17, of the 308th Trench
Mortar Battery, Eighty-Third Division, was awarded the
Croix de Guerre and the D. S. C. for heroism in action, in
bringing his battery close to the German lines in this action,
near Brabant-sur-Meuse, October 23.
The Last Stage, the Advance on Sedan —
November 1 to 11
The last phase of the campaign began on November 1.
The object now was to drive the Germans entirely beyond the
Meuse and capture Sedan. The defensive system having fallen
into our hands, the day of open fighting was at hand. The
struggle was not over, however; for the Germans, already
facing the necessity of suing for peace, were determined to
retain as good a military position as possible. They continued
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to resist bitterly the attacks of our troops, using machine gun
nests with deadly effects, and drenching the woods and broken
terrain through which our forces had to advance with poi-
sonous gases.
The line, running from north of Grand Pre to Brieulles
on the Meuse, was held on November 1, from left to right, by
the Seventy-Eighth, Seventy-Seventh (which had come back
into the fighting after a period of rest), Eightieth, Second
(which had been fighting earlier in the Champagne with the
Fourth French Army), Eighty-Ninth, Ninetieth, and Fifth
Divisions.
The Seventy-Eighth, Seventy-Seventh, and Eightieth,
forming the left wing, pushed north from Grand Pre at a
rapid pace. The French Fourth Army had in the meantime
made good its advance on the west of the Argonne, and the
French and American forces made contact at Chatillon-sur-
Bar. The Seventy-Eighth was relieved on November 6 by the
Forty-Second, sent back after its rest, and the Eightieth was
relieved by the First Division. The Seventy-Seventh continued
in line. On November 7 these divisions were on the Meuse in
front of Sedan. First Lieutenant Adelbert Agler, B.Sc. in For.
'12, with a machine gun battalion of the Seventy-Seventh, was
killed on November 5. Joseph Regelsburger, Agr. '20, sergeant
in a machine gun battalion of the First, was wounded near
Sedan on November 9.
In the center the Second and the Eighty-Ninth Divisions
advanced against the remaining positions of the German de-
fensive lines at St. Georges and Landres-et-St. Georges, and
on to Barricourt, which the Eighty-Ninth took on November 3.
Second Lieutenant Howard A. Bair, Agr. '18, in the 314th
Infantry, Eighty-Ninth, was killed at Barricourt, November 2.
On the night of November 2 some elements of the Second Di-
vision made a rapid march straight through the enemy ground
to near Beaumont, which was taken on November 5. Sergeant
Raymond Baldwin, Agr. '20, of the 5th Marines, was killed at
Landres-et-St. Georges, November 2. Captain Samuel Ander-
son, of the 5th Marines, who had been wounded at Soissons in
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July, was wounded again near Beaumont on November 5.
Otto V. Overholser, Engr. '13, of the 5th Marines, was wounded
on November 10, the day before the Armistice, and was in the
hospital for eight months afterwards.
On the right wing the Ninetieth and Fifth Divisions had
the task of driving the Germans across the Meuse. The Fifth
remained in position along the Meuse, until the Ninetieth,
swinging around on its left, should reach the river. On Novem-
ber 3 to 5, the Fifth was engaged in the difficult task of making
the crossing; by the 5th it had got across and taken the two
bridge-heads of Dun and Milly; then both divisions advanced
northeast, driving the enemy back from the river. The enemy
was now in full retreat, and the Fifth and Ninetieth made
rapid progress until the Armistice called a halt. First Lieu-
tenant Oliver Corwin, Arts-Law '15, 334th Machine Gun Bat-
talion, Ninetieth Division, was badly gassed in this action,
losing half his company and being cited for bravery. Captain
William Yeager, Arts '19, 357th Infantry, won the D. S. C.
for bravery in action on November 10.
East of Verdun to the Moselle
Clocely linked with the Meuse-Argonne was the offensive
east of Verdun. The line from Verdun to the Moselle at Pont-
a-Mousson had been straightened out by the St. Mihiel offen-
sive of September 12 to 16; after which it had been held as
part of the American front. Toward the end of October an
offensive was begun on the eastern end of this line extending
beyond the Moselle and aimed at the capture of Metz and
Mezieres. The divisions in this region constituted the newly
formed Second Army, under General Bullard.
One incident in this offensive appears in our records as
the Bois de Bonseil offensive, in which the 134th Field Artil-
lery of the Thirty-Seventh took part. The division, after its
engagement in the first part of the Meuse-Argonne, had been
sent to the Pannes sector, near St. Mihiel, for rest; the
infantry regiments had then been sent north to Belgium for
the Ypres-Lys offensive. The 13'4th Field Artillery remained
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in this sector and on October 20 took part in the assault on
the German Hnes east of Verdun. Aldace Philips, Agr. '18,
received two divisional citations for gallantry in this action.
The artillery of the Fifth Division was engaged in this
action on the Moselle near Pagny, while the infantry regi-
ments were fighting on the Meuse. First Lieutenant William
Bancroft, Arts '18, of the 19th Field Artillery, who had been
gassed at St. Mihiel and was to die after returning home
from disabilities received in the war, was cited in the General
Orders of the division :
"From about October 8 until November 11, he was ob-
serving officer for a battalion of artillery. His duties were
manifold and very exacting, as well as dangerous. His obser-
vation post was beyond the infantry lines. On November 3,
near Pagny, the infantry of the sector was subjected to a
severe gas attack and withdrew one and a half kilometers.
Lieutenant Bancroft refused to withdraw and for two days
occupied his observation post with six men, with the infantry
one and a half kilometers in the rear. Enemy patrols pene-
trated behind his position and were fired on by his party. He
was at all times very alert and aggressive, and was responsible
for all the artillery sweeping of the sector, which duties he
carried out exceptionally well."
The Ninety-Second Division, some elements of which had
been on the extreme left of the First Army in the Argonne,
was placed in late October on the front east of the Moselle,
and took part in the Second Army's advance toward Metz.
Captain Robert Stephens, Pharm. '10, was wounded in action
on October 30, Second Lieutenant Wayne Hopkins, B.A. '18,
was wounded near Jezainville on November 6, and Second
Lieutenant Henry Boger, B.Sc. in Agr. '16, was killed on
November 11.
Such were the various engagements of the Meuse-
Argonne, from September 26 to Armistice Day, November 11.
In all, twenty-three American Divisions were engaged in some
part of the campaign ; these divisions, including over 600,000
men, constituted the great bulk of the American forces ready
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for front line service. Of our own men 334 cards mention
specifically some action of the campaign, and this number is
undoubtedly far below the total of Ohio State men engaged.
Among the number are many in non-divisional elements, such
as aviation, tank corps, evacuation hospitals, engineering units,
and other branches. As indicated in the foregoing narrative,
our records show 16 Ohio State men killed in action in the
Meuse-Argonne, and 32 wounded or gassed.
CHAPTER IV
AMERICAN DIVISIONS ON OTHER FRONTS
By Edgar Holmes McNeal
With British Armies — the Somme Offensive
American troops, including Ohio State men, were engaged
in battles on other fronts than that held by the American
Army.
The Thirty-Third Division was sent north for training
with the British Army on July 1. It was incorporated in the
Australian Corps as part of General Rawlinson's Fourth Army.
Here it took part in the first offensive of the British in 1918,
the capture of Le Hamel in front of Amiens on July 4. Cor-
poral Randolph Hellwig, B.Sc. in For. '14, and Sergeant Lowell
Orville Price, Arts '19, were with the division in this action.
The Thirty-Third remained with the British Fourth Army
until August 15, playing its part in the advance which led to
the capture of Peronne; it was then withdrawn to be incor-
porated in the American First Army for the Meuse-Argonne
campaign.
The Twenty-Seventh and Thirtieth Divisions were in
training with the British Army in front of Ypres from early
in July until the beginning of September. In this region it
had a hand in the British counter-offensive of August 31 to
September 2 by which Mt. Kemmel was taken. Colonel Stanley
H. Ford, B.Ph. '98, of the Regular Army, who had been at-
tached in February to the British 39th Division, was made
chief of staff of the Twenty-Seventh and was present in the
attack on Vierstaat Ridge, near Mt. Kemmel, on September 2.
Second Lieutenant Karl W. Durnell, Engr. '17, was also pres-
ent in this offensive. These divisions, constituting the Second
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Army Corps under Major General Read, were sent south to
join General Rawlinson's Fourth British Army, which was
about to begin its attack on the strong part of the German line
from St. Quentin to Cambrai. A preliminary advance was
made by the American troops on September 27 to secure a
better starting place, and then on September 29 the general
assault began. The Twenty-Seventh had a terrible struggle
breaking through the line to Le Catelet, but succeeded in doing
so on September 29 and 30. Colonel Ford, as chief of staff,
participated in the fighting from September 27 to October 18.
Lieutenant Ralph Laughlin, Arts '17, of the 108th Machine
Gun Battalion, was killed on September 29. A letter from his
captain giving an account of his death indicates the character
of the fighting. The division had been fighting all the morning
of the 29th in the fog and smoke in front of the Hindenburg
line. The men of Lieutenant Laughlin's platoon had become
scattered in the confusion and he was rallying them together
when he was struck by a German bullet and instantly killed.
He was cited in Division Orders "for courage and inspiring
example repeatedly shown until he was killed in action."
Another Ohio State man to fall in action in this campaign
was Samuel Owings, Engr. '13, who enlisted in the Canadian
service and was with the 102nd Machine Gun Battalion of the
Canadian Volunteers. He was killed in the attack on Cambrai
on September 28.
Two graduates of the College of Homeopathic Medicine,
Dr. William H. Caine, '16, and Dr. Neil A. Dayton, '15, were
serving in field ambulances with the British Army in this cam-
paign and were given the British Military Cross for their
services at Cambrai.
John J. DeVereaux, who has already been mentioned as
captain in the Medical Corps attached to the British Army and
as gassed at Soissons in July, was in the Somme offensive with
the 46th Division, Lowland Scots. This division was issued life
belts and swam the Canal du Nord on September 29, breaking
through the Hindenburg line near St. Quentin. All the officers
Men Wounded in the Allied Somme Offensive, August, 1918, Waiting for
Ambulances. (Photo supplied by Professor James E. Pollard).
Twenty-four Red Cross Ambulances at St. Martin, France, Ready to
Move. (Photo supplied by Professor James E. Pollard),
American Divisions on Other Fronts 69
in the division were decorated with the Croix de Guerre for
this exploit.
A noteworthy feature of this campaign was the presence
of the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion, the only American heavy
tank unit to get into action. This battalion was equipped with
British heavy tanks, provided by the British Army on the con-
dition that they should be employed with the British forces in
France. The personnel of the battalion was trained in Eng-
land. These tanks preceded the infantry in the advance of
September 29. There were three Ohio State men in this bat-
talion. Carl MacMillan, who had been in ambulance work with
the French Army in 1917, and then at G.H.Q. as civilian trans-
lator, was sent to England in July for special training in the
operation, maintenance, and tactics of heavy tanks at Ware-
ham, and returned to France, with the rank of second lieu-
tenant as tank commander, in time to take part in this action.
Corporal Charles Layne, Engr. '19, and Private Alfred Lang,
Engr. '19, were also in this battalion.
With the French Army in Belgium — The Ypres-Lys
Campaign, October 30 to November 11
While the First and Second American Armies were push-
ing the Germans out of Lorraine back on Metz and Sedan, and
the French Armies in the Champagne were driving them back
beyond the Aisne, and the British Fourth Army was breaking
the Hindenburg line at Cambrai and St. Quentin, a vigorous
attack was also being made on the northern end of the line.
Here the Sixth French Army and the Second British Army
were engaged in freeing Belgium from its invaders. In the
middle of October General Foch asked for two American
divisions to increase the pressure in this region, and General
Pershing sent the Thirty-Seventh and Ninety-First Divisions
north to join the French Army. They were accompanied by
some of the artillery of the Twenty-Eighth. We had men in
all of these units, mostly in the Thirty-Seventh ; this campaign,
known as the Ypres-Lys offensive, is mentioned in 71 of our
records.
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When the American divisions arrived on the front of the
Sixth French Army on October 18, considerable progress had
been made in the advance from Ypres. The line then extended
along the Lys River, by which it had been retarded for a time.
The next step was the advance to the Scheldt (Escaut) River,
some 12 to 15 miles away.
The hardest fighting was on the days of October 31 to
November 3", when the American divisions got across the
Scheldt near Heurne; after carrying this position, which led
to the evacuation of Ghent by the Germans, the divisions
rested a few days, and then renewed the attack on November 9,
only to be stopped by the armistice. Many of our men had
experiences in the first attack.
The story of Lieutenant Alfred Barlow, Law '23, of the
148th Infantry, Thirty-Seventh Division, as told by his cap-
tain, illustrates the character of the fighting in the crossing of
the Scheldt.
"Lieutenant Barlow was in command of Co. L when he
was wounded leading his men in one of the worst artillery
barrages we ever saw. On the banks of the river hundreds of
machine guns on the German side were working on us. The
order came to cross the river, and Lieutenant Barlow and his
company sprang from their hasty dug-ins and began to con-
struct rafts and to fell trees. For hours they worked and one
after another was picked off. Lieutenant Barlow was wounded
in the leg by a piece of high explosive shell, but being the only
officer left with his command he refused to go to the rear. The
little band got across the river and dug in and held its position
until reinforcements arrived. He was later wounded in both
feet by shrapnel and was carried to the rear. No braver man
ever led his men in battle."
Lieutenant Barlow lost his right leg below the knee. He
was decorated with the American D. S. C. and the Belgian
Croix de Guerre with Palms.
Albert Hoster, Arts '19, in the 136th Field Artillery, was
gassed on October 28; Sergeant Herbert McDonald, Arts '18,
was wounded by an aeroplane bomb on the same day. Sergeant
A Destroyed Bridge over the Scheldt River at Tournai, Belgium,
by U. S. Army Signal Corps).
(Photo
A Street in Poelcapelle, Belgium, after a Battle in which part of the
37th Division took part, Dec. 19, 1918. (Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps).
Ruins of the Cloth Hall and the Cathedral at Ypres, Belgium, after the
Battle in which the 37th Division took part. (Photo by U.S. Army
Signal Corps).
American Divisions on Other Fronts 71
Paul Gusler, Agr. '20, of the 145th Machine Gun Battalion,
was killed on October 31. Jesse Lane, who had been cited in
the Meuse-Argonne, was wounded here on October 31, a few
hours before his regiment crossed the Scheldt. First Lieu-
tenant Neil J. Foster, Engr. '16, in command of Co. E, 145th
Infantry, was severely wounded October 31. Captain Robert
Tavenner, B.A. '08, 148th Infantry, was wounded near Olsene
on the Lys River, October 31 ; he was cited in Division Orders
and received the D. S. C. and the D. S. M. Arthur Redrup,
Engr. '22, of the Medical Detachment, 145th Infantry, was
wounded on October 31. Private Robert Gray, Arts '15, in the
Ambulance Service, 112th Sanitary Train, received a slight
wound at Olsene on the same day. First Lieutenant Ralph
Mork, B.Sc. in Agr. 1920, 148th Infantry, was wounded by
shrapnel near Heurne in the crossing of the Scheldt. Sergeant
Edward Williams, Engr. '17, of the 145th Infantry, was gassed
in this region and was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre.
Captain John W. Renner, M.D. '12, in the Medical Detach-
ment, 147th Infantry, was leaving the field on the night of
November 3, when he was struck by shrapnel and instantly
killed. His services were recognized by the conferring of the
Belgian Croix de Guerre.
Several other of our men received this Belgian decoration.
Lieutenant Colonel Harry Snively, B.A. '95, in command of
the 112th Sanitary Train, received the cross for working under
shell fire in the Ypres-Lys. Captain Paul Meek, B.A. '05, of
the 112th Field Signal Battalion, was decorated for gallantry
in action ; Captain Morse Osborne, Arts '09, Field Hospital 146,
Second Lieutenant Herbert H. Beeson, Arts '15, in the Supply
Co. of the 28th Division ; Sergeant LeRoy Bradford, LL.B. '14 ;
112th Sanitary Train; Corporal Charles W. Cook, Engr. '19,
112th Sanitary Train, were all given the Croix de Guerre. E.
Sterling Nichol, already noticed for his work in various fields,
was with his ambulance in the French Army here and received
the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. Walter Sapp,
Arts '19, in the Medical Detachment, 146th Infantry, received
a divisional citation for his work in this action. He had his
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ambulance shot up, but under great difficulties was able to get
it back with the wounded to the zone of safety.
With the Italian Army
An American regiment was sent to the Italian front in
July 1918. This was the 332nd Regiment of the Eighty-Third
Division. Twenty-eight of our men are recorded in this regi-
ment in Italy.
A serious situation had been created on the Italian front
in the fall of 1917. For three years the Italian Army had been
slowly advancing with heroic effort over the most difficult ter-
rain, in which the heights were all in the hands of the enemy.
They had climbed and fought and blasted their way forward
over the mountains until they were in a position to advance
into Austrian territory toward Trieste. The line, however,
was a long and complicated one with weak places in it. Sud-
denly in October 1917 the Austrians and Germans launched a
powerful drive at Caporetto on the upper Isonzo, and broke
through, threatening the line of retreat of the Italan forces.
The whole line was forced to fall back, losing in a few days all
that had been so laboriously gained in the preceding years.
The Italians made good their withdrawals, but when the line
was able to hold again it was far inside the Italian frontier.
This line of the Piave River held in the winter of 1917 and
spring of 1918, but behind it lay Venice, and the rich open
lands of the Lombard plain, a prize for the enemy if they could
win on the western front in France.
The concentration of German divisions on the front in
France relieved the pressure on the Italian front, and when
in June the Austrians made their long expected attack, they
were thrown back. The American regiment, arriving in July,
did not, of course, add materially to the strength of the Italian
Army, but it was an enheartening evidence of the sympathy
and support which America pledged to Italy. This regiment
participated in the advance of October and November which
drove the Austrians out of Italy and revenged Caporetto. Wal-
lace C. Sabine, B.A. '86, professor of physics in Harvard Uni-
The 332nd Infantry, 83rd Division, crossing the Piave River, Italy, by
pontoon bridge, Oct. 31, 1918. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps).
The 332nd Infantry, 83rd Division, entering Brazzano, Austria, Nov. 12,
1918. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps).
Le Roy Bradford, Sgt., 146th Amb.
Co., 112th Sn. Tn., 37th Div.
Croix de Guerre (Belgian).
Roy M. Brock, Capt., 332nd Inf.
Italian War Cross.
Paul Philander Gusler, Corp.,
M.G.Co.,Inf. Killed in action. Di-
visional Citation (Posthumous).
Morse Foster Osborn, Capt.,
M.C., F. Hosp. 146, 37th Div.
Croix de Guerre (Belgian).
American Divisions on Other Fronts 73
versity, flew over the Austrian front in an Italian bombing
plane and photographed the enemy terrain, thus revealing
some six or eight hangars and a few artillery placements
hitherto undiscovered by the Italians.
Our records mention the sections on the lower Piave River
and on the Tagliamento, the fight for the crossing of the Tag-
liamento to Ponte della Delizia, the crossing of the Piave, and
the decisive battle of Vittorio Venito, October 24 to November
4. The regiment went forward into Austrian territory and
remained there as part of the Italian Army of Occupation
until it was withdrawn in March 1919.
First Lieutenant Robert Copelan, C. and J. '20, received
the Italian War Cross (Merito di Guerra) for distinguished
conduct and courage displayed in moving ammunition to the
front line under heavy bombardment on the Piave River. This
decoration was also conferred upon Captain Garnett Brand,
Arts '14, regimental supply officer; Captain Ray Brock, B.Sc.
in For. '13, battalion adjutant, and Sergeant Albert G. Moff,
Agr. '19, in the Machine Gun Company.
Aside from the men in this regiment, there were others
of our men in the American Ambulance Service with the
Italian Army. John Harbourt, B.A. '21, was in that service
until August; he was later with the Thirty-Second Division at
St. Mihiel and the Argonne. Clarence W. Bates, Arts '18, was
in Italy from June 1918, on the Asiago Plateau, at Mte.
Grappa, on the Piave, and in the battle of Vittorio Venito ; he
received the Italian War Cross. David Bailey, Arts '18, was
also decorated for his service in Italy. Douglas Pickens, B.Sc.
in Agr. '15, sergeant in the Quartermaster Detachment of the
Ambulance Service, received the War Cross for his distin-
guished conduct in the battle of Vittorio Venito.
As noted this regiment was in the Italian Army of Occu-
pation in Austria. The companies were placed at various
points as occupying troops, at Fiume, at Cattaro Bay, and
other places in Dalmatia. Two of our men were in Co. F,
which was sent into Montenegro in January to put down local
insurrections.
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Captain Webb Vorys, J.D. '17, commanded the convoy of
the first food train into Vienna ; he also commanded the Presi-
dent's Guard on the occasion of the visit of President Wilson
to Rome in January 1919. Max Chenoweth, B.A. '14, was in
the regimental band which played at the dinner given in Rome
by Ambassador Page in honor of President Wilson and the
King of Italy, January 3.
CHAPTER V
OUR MEN IN AIR AND TANK SERVICE,
AND IN GERMANY
By Edgar Holmes McNeal
Ohio State Airmen at the Front
Air service at the front, so largely a matter of individual
skill and prowess, is best illustrated by the exploits of the
individual flyers. We had five flyers killed abroad, three in
air combats, one in a flight while undergoing training in
France, one in the performance of duty after the Armistice.
The death of Thomas Barrett, first Ohio State man to be
killed in foreign service, has already been told.
Murton C. Campbell, Engr. '18, first lieutenant in the
17th Aero Squadron, was a member of the first squadron
graduated from our University School of Military Aeronautics.
He had four enemy planes to his credit when he was reported
missing. It was later ascertained that he had been killed in
action, August 23. Lieutenant Campbell had won the British
Distinguished Flying Cross in August. His letters home give
a vivid picture of air fighting. He got his first enemy plane in
a fight between the American squadron and a flight of Fokker
planes, starting at 14,000 feet. He tells how he followed his
man down, keeping on his tail and firing all the time, until
within 1000 feet of the ground, when he saw the enemy plane
crash to the earth. He was then ten miles within the German
lines and separated from the squadron, but got back safely.
He got his fourth plane some twenty miles back of the German
front and had to fight his way back, with two German airmen
pursuing him.
Fred Norton, B.Sc. in For. '17, enlisted in the Aviation
Corps soon after graduation and went to France in January
1918, where he was assigned to the 27th Aero Squadron. He
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was mortally wounded in an air battle in the Second Marne in
July and died in the hospital, July 23. His record card tells the
story of his heroic death. "He was flight commander of the
27th Aero Squadron, and at one time led five planes against
the best aerial squadron the Germans had. On the first round
of firing his machine gun jammed and he was helpless for
thirty-five minutes, but all the time he flew about protecting
the other planes of his squadron. After getting over the Ger-
man lines he was shot down. He managed to land over the
American lines, but in a wood and after dark. He had been
shot through the lungs and died later of pneumonia."
Vaughn R. McCormick, Arts-Agr. '19, second lieutenant,
flight commander of the 22nd Aero Squadron, was killed in
action, September 12. He received his ground school training
at Ohio State and his flying training at Lee Side Camp, Can-
ada, and was then sent to the aerial gunnery school at Ft.
Worth, Texas. He was in active flying service at the front
from July until his death in action. He was credited with two
enemy planes and had been commended for his bravery and
ability. His last letter home, written shortly before his death,
reveals so well his fine spirit, in which buoyancy is touched
with seriousness and sense of responsibility, that it deserves
quoting at some length :
"I guess the folks have told you that I was made a Flight
Commander in the 22nd Squadron. I have some twenty men
and six officers more or less under my charge, so have to do
some looking after them. As none of the boys have been on
the front before I feel responsible for their safety. One doesn't
care so much as long as he has only himself to look after ; it's
the other fellows that cause me to worry.
"My engine went bad the other day and I had to come
home. Four of them went up to the lines and got separated
in the clouds. I certainly had a sickening feeling when only
three came back. The other boy shot down one Hun in flames
and saw him crash. A little later ten more attacked him and
he thinks he got two of these before he dove in a cloud. When
he ran out of gasoline he crashed on a mountain side. We
Walter L. Avery, Lt., 95th U.S.
Area Sq. Croix de Guerre
(French) ; Distinguished Service
Cross.
Donald Hopple Charlton, 2nd Lt.,
A.S., Sig. C. Killed in airplane
accident.
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U.S. Army Citation.
Edwin Donald James, 2nd Lt.,
A.S., Sig. C. Killed in airplane
accident.
Vaughn Raymond McCormick,
2nd Lt., 22nd Aero Sq. Killed
in action.
Fred William Norton, 1st Lt.,
27th Aero Sq. Mortally wounded
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Walter Watson Randolph, 1st
Lt., 801st Aero Sq. Meritorious
Services Citation Certificate;
Brevet Militaire (French).
Linus Ely Russell, 2nd Lt., 91st
Aero Sq. Died in airplane mes-
senger service.
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found him the next day in a hospital. It was five hours after
we knew he would be out of gasoline before we heard from
him, and we had given up hope of him being on this side of
the lines. You can imagine our joy when we got the telephone
message that he was slightly wounded in an American hospital.
It was just like taking a 110-pound weight off my shoulders.
"One would almost think we were in school instead of
war on a rainy day. We have our cots against the wall and
our trunk beside them. Our clothes are hanging around as if
we expected to stay all winter. We each have a little rug in
front of our bed and curtains at the windows. Out in the hall
we have a sink with running water and shelves for our toilet
articles. Every morning the orderly brings us hot water from
the kitchen to shave with, so you see it isn't such a hard war
after all."
Linus Russell, Arts '18, was in the observation section of
the Air Service. For two months after the Armistice he was
aerial photographer of German railways and strategic points
with the Army of Occupation. He was also special messenger
from the front to Paris. On May 16, 1919, while engaged on
this service he was killed in an aeroplane accident.
The character of the Air Service is also illustrated by the
records of our aviators who had the good fortune to survive
their dangers.
Walter A. Avery, who was a student at Ohio State in
1910-12, and finished at Harvard University, received his
training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in
France at the air school at Tours and the flying field of
Issoudon. First attached to the 471st French Escadrille, he
was later assigned to the 95th Aero Squadron. In his first air
combat on July 26 in the Chateau-Thierry region, he brought
down the famous German ace. Captain Mendkopf. He had
three German planes to his credit and had received the Croix
de Guerre for patrol work in the defence of Paris, and the Dis-
tinguished Sei^ice Cross. On October 2 he was in a squadron
of twenty commanded by Captain Rickenbacher on an obser-
vation expedition, when they were attacked by thirty German
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planes. Lieutenant Avery's engine was disabled by bullets;
badly injured in a forced landing, he was made prisoner, and
remained in German prison camps until the Armistice.
Louis C. Simon, Agr. '15, received his training with the
Royal Flying Corps at Toronto. He was lieutenant in the 141st
Aero Squadron. This squadron was one of the units of the
First Pursuit, the members of which were the first to go over
the lines. He was credited with four enemy planes, the first
brought down in the Toul sector, the second in the St. Mihiel
drive, and the other two in the Meuse-Argonne campaign. He
received the Distinguished Sei'vice Cross and the Croix de
Guerre. After his return he was notified of an additional
decoration, the bronze oak leaf, to be worn with the Distin-
guished Service Cross, for heroic conduct at Cierges (Meuse-
Argonne), where with two other pilots Lieutenant Simon
attacked nine Fokker planes which were protecting a German
observation plane.
Richard C. Martin, Arts '17, received his training at the
University of Toronto School of Military Aeronautics. He saw
service on the Toul front in May and at Chateau-Thierry in
July. In August he took part in a battle over the German
lines, and was severely wounded and forced to land in German
occupied territory, being at first reported as killed in action.
He was in a German prison camp at Karlsruhe until the
Armistice. A letter home, written after the Armistice from a
hospital in France, narrates his experience of the ending of
the war. "Last Thursday I heard that the able-bodied soldiers
in Karlsruhe were to start the following day for Switzerland.
I wasted no time in walking away from the hospital to the
officers' quarters on the other side of the city. Here I met
Wanamaker and Avery and also four other members of the
old 27th, two of whom were brought down in the same scrap
that did me. By pulling wires among the German officers I
arranged for my exchange through Switzerland with the rest.
It was rather a risky business for me, because of the exposure
involved, but fortunately I have come through it all right and
am suffering no ill consequences.
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"Both my shoulder and hand were X-rayed this morning
and I am classed "D," to be sent home as soon as possible. The
shoulder is still an open wound, and although the hand is
healed, the entire limb is totally useless. Perhaps I am fortu-
nate after all, however, as I learned yesterday that of the
formation I was in when shot down, only one machine got
back. Four were killed, I alone was wounded and two others
were shot down unwounded as prisoners of war in Germany."
Walter B. Wanamaker, Law '17, was another air man
with an adventurous record. On July 2 he participated in the
biggest American air battle up to that time. He was reported
as missing and probably killed in action, but was later heard
from in a German prison camp in Silesia, from which he was
released by the Armistice.
In a letter home he describes the combat in which he was
shot down: "We were on patrol about 17,000 feet above the
German lines when suddenly eleven Hun planes swooped down
on us from behind. I was at the rear of the formation which
was led by Fred Norton. The leading Hun swept by me, evi-
dently not seeing me, to attack those ahead. He had unknow-
ingly put me in a position for an easy shot. No sooner had he
been put out of action, than I became aware of my peril ; for
another Hun was on my tail." Seeing that he would be forced
to land, Wanamaker determined to wreck his machine, and
ended in a nose dive in which he received a broken leg and
other injuries.
Joseph Haskins, former instructor in Chemistry, 1915-16,
was first attached to a French escadrille and was then with
the 96th Aero Squadron. He was pilot of a bombing plane,
serving on French and American fronts at St. Quentin, St.
Mihiel, and the Argonne. He took part in twenty-two daylight
bombing expeditions, and received the Croix de Guerre for
low bombing in a rainstorm.
Walter W. Randolph, Arts '20, got his preliminary train-
ing at the Ohio State School of Military Aeronautics ; in France
he was in the flying schools at Tours and at Issoudun. He was
with the American Army at St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne,
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and was instructor in the American Advanced Flying School.
He was a member of the Aero Club of France, and held the
French Brevet Militaire.
Harold David Young, Engr. '19, was another American
flyer to win the Brevet Militaire and become a member of the
Aero Club. He was the first Ohio State man to enter the Air
Service, enlisting in February 1917. He was captain and
commander of the 96th Aero Squadron, and was in active
service in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne campaigns.
The Tank Corps
The plans of the American Command included the develop-
ment of a Tank Corps that would have played an important
part in the offensive, had the war lasted longer. It became
apparent, however, that American-made tanks would not
arrive in any considerable numbers before 1919 ; in fact, the
first to come did not reach France until after the Armistice.
Accordingly the British agreed to equip a battalion of heavy
tanks, and the French to equip two battalions of light tanks.
There were eight of our men in the Tank Corps, according
to our records. Three of these, MacMillan, Lang, and Layne,
were with the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion in the Somme
offensive of October, as already told. Homer Stine, B.A. '17,
was sergeant in the brigade of light tanks that participated
with the First American Army in the Meuse-Argonne. The
others were in battalions in training at Langres. The one
heavy tank battalion and the two light tank battalions men-
tioned were the only American-manned tanks to get into
action.
The Army of Occupation
The Armistice signed by Germany and effective Novem-
ber 11 provided, it will be remembered, for the withdrawal
of the German forces beyond the Rhine and the occupation
of the territory up to the Rhine and around the bridge-heads
at Cologne, Coblentz, and Mainz by the Allies. For this ad-
vance to the Rhine through Luxemburg and German territory
<I
General Pershing Reviewing the 42nd Division at Romagen, Rhenish
Prussia, Germany, March 16, 1919. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps).
Men of the 42nd I)ivision Celebrating July 4, 1919, at Rubenach, Germany.
(Photo supplied by Professor James E. Pollard).
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and for the occupation of the section on the Rhine assigned
to American forces (that around Coblentz), General Pershing
organized the American Third Army, made up almost entirely
of divisions which had seen action in the battles of the First
and Second Armies. Just 200 Ohio State men are reported as
being in the Army of Occupation.
The Third Army began its march to the Rhine on Novem-
ber 17, six days after the Armistice. Crossing the line of the
Armistice on that day, they advanced into Luxemburg and
entered the city of Luxemburg on November 21. December 1
they crossed the frontier into Germany and by December 10
were in occupation of Coblentz and the territory up to the
Rhine; on the 13th began the occupation of the zone around
Coblenz on the east bank of the Rhine.
Occupation of enemy territory involved a great deal of
administrative work beyond that which falls upon an army
organization under ordinary conditions. According to the
terms of the Armistice, the local government in occupied ter-
ritory was to continue its functions, but under the supervision
and control of the military command of the occupying army.
A letter of James E. Pollard, B.A. '16, M.A. '17, second
lieutenant with the 447th Infantry, Fourth Division, gives a
glimpse of conditions in the Army of Occupation :
"The universal topic is, of course: 'When do we go home?'
We have been in this little town for exactly three months now,
and there are no prospects of a change.
"The men are billeted in the German homes. A canvass
of the town was made soon after we arrived. With a popula-
tion of nearly 2000 natives, we have close to 1500 troops in
the town. We have had little or no trouble with the Germans.
One of the first things we did after we arrived was to have
them turn over to us all war material or weapons of any kind
that might be used against us. At that I sometimes suspect
that a house-to-house search might reveal a few more things.
For instance, we found about two dozen *77' shells, some of
them already fused, upon one of the hills day before yesterday,
carefully covered with brush.
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"Now and then we have some German hauled before an
inferior provost court and fined for selling cognac to the sol-
diers, but that is about the limit of their mischief.
"We are working as we never worked in the camps in the
States ; at least, this division is. Intensive target work is the
daily program for the next two or three months. An officer
on duty with a line company doesn't have a minute to himself.
The men have an hour of games or athletics in the afternoons
and then are free to do as they please on the afternoons when
they are not on the rifle range. Schools in reading and writing,
arithmetic, civics, history, grammar, and the like are held five
or six times a week. Those men who signed up for the work
are compelled to attend the schools, which are supervised by
the chaplain in each battalion. There are boxing shows and
movies, and more rarely a vaudeville show or other enter-
tainment, either by the men or by Y. M. C. A. representatives."
The references to the Army of Occupation are very brief,
but the following instances suggest the variety of services in
which Ohio State men were engaged:
One man was at the Third Army Headquarters at Coblenz
as assistant to the executive officer for civil affairs; another
served as town mayor of Andernach from April 1 to July 1 ;
another handled enemy war material at Trier; another was
attached to a superior provost court and acted as assistant to
the officer in charge of civil affairs at Prum; he served also
on the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission at Coblenz.
One taught in the army school at Trier three nights a week,
another conducted English classes in the battalion night school
of Gladbach, and another taught agriculture in the 2nd Divis-
ion army school at Rengsdorf . One man was a member of the
dramatic troupe of the Third Army.
The Third Army was gradually withdrawn and sent home
during the spring and summer of 1919, its place being taken
by elements of the Regular Army. Our records give dates of
withdrawal from April to July.
CHAPTER VI
SCHOOLS AFTER THE ARMISTICE
By Edgar Holmes McNeal
American Army Schools
The other American troops remained in France several
months after the Armistice, many of them until June or July.
To make this time more profitable and less tedious, the gov-
ernment organized schools for the men. There were elementary
and secondary schools at the posts, high schools and technical
schools at the division headquarters, and a university (the
American Expeditionary Forces University) providing train-
ing for the professions at Beaune. This educational work was
undertaken by the army and was organized under the Training
Section of the General Staff. The instruction in all grades was
largely provided from the army itself. In the A. E. F. Uni-
versity at Beaune, several of our men were used as instructors.
Among these were :
Ralph Bushey, B.Sc, in Agr. '17, instructor in Agriculture.
Russell Stoner, B.Sc. in Hort. '17, instructor in Science,
Levi 0. Gratz, Grad. 1916-17, instructor in Botany.
Raymond Peck, B.Sc. in Hort. '17, instructor in Agriculture.
Joseph L. Hefferman, Arts '16, instructor in Journalism.
Edward T. Kirdendall, B.Sc. in Agr. '14, M.Sc. '16.
Lloyd Foster, B.Sc. in Hort.
In Foreign Universities
Arrangements were also made by which members of the
A. E. F. could pursue advanced and graduate work in the uni-
versities of the Allied countries. Many of our men took ad-
vantage of this opportunity. Our records are probably incom-
plete in this matter, but the fact is noted on some thirty cards.
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Most of these naturally were enrolled in French universities.
Several attended the Sorbonne, University of Paris, but almost
as many seem to have attended the University of Toulouse. A
few were at Montpellier, famous from the Middle Age for its
course in Medicine, at Grenoble, Nancy, Dijon, Poitiers, Lyon,
and Caen. One reports special study at the Pasteur Institute,
Paris.
In London we had students at King's College, at the
School of Economics and Political Science, and at the Royal
Veterinary College. Several were at the University of Edin-
burg, and one or two at Birmingham and Aberdeen.
The work pursued at foreign universities is illustrated by
a few examples :
William Wabnitz, B.A. '16, spent four months at the Uni-
versity of Grenoble; while there he collaborated in the trans-
lation of a French work on economics, Creer, written by
Edouard Herriot, French minister of Public Works and Pro-
visionment during the war, and senator from Lyon. Wabnitz
also served, along with another Ohio State student, Lowell
Gladden, B.E.E. '17, on the staff of the American students'
college paper. The Alpine American.
Dr. Richard 0. Adams, '14, pursued graduate work in bone
surgery at the University of Montpellier. Franklin W. Gunther,
B.Cer.E. '20, studied Mechanics at King's College, London,
for four months. Harper Muff, Arts '18, studied French and
Spanish at the University of Lyon. Leroy Luke, B.C.E. studied
French at the University of Toulouse. Oscar Gunning, D.V.M.
'17, took graduate work in Veterinary Medicine at the Royal
Veterinary College, London. Arthur Edinger, B.Sc. in Agr.
'18, took a four months' course in Agriculture at the Univer-
sity of Aberdeen.
CHAPTER VII
TECHNICAL SERVICES OF OHIO STATE MEN
OVERSEAS
By Edgar Holmes McNeal
In the preceding chapters our object has been to get an
impression of the experiences of our men in battle, in the Army
of Occupation, and in schools and universities after the Armis-
tice. The purpose of the following pages is to arrive at an
estimate of the contribution of the University as an institution
of higher learning. For fifty years successive generations of
the youth of Ohio in ever increasing numbers have been pass-
ing through the University, receiving at its hands the general
and technical training that should fit them for intelligent and
helpful participation in modern life. From these generations
came the hundreds of its students who served in the Expedi-
tionary Force in the technical branches. The University takes
great pride in its part in the preparation of these men for the
faithful and distinguished service they were able to render to
the country in time of war.
The principal branches of the service in which technical
training was required were: Engineering, Signal, Medical,
Dental, Veterinary, Quarter Master, Ordnance, and Transpor-
tation Corps. Most of these were represented both at the front
and in the service of the rear. In front line action with divis-
ions and regiments were : the Engineering Regiments, Supply
Companies, Ammunition Trains, Field Signal Battalions, Med-
ical Detachments, Sanitary Trains, and Field Hospitals of the
Medical Corps, and the Dental and Veterinary Detachments.
The services of the rear were coordinated in this war by the
creation of a separate organization known as the Service of
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Supply (S. O. S.), with its own General Headquarters at
Tours, and its own commanding general and general staff.
The . Medical Corps
There were 258 Ohio State men in the Medical Corps, 146
of whom were at the front in the American Ambulance Service
or in Regimental Medical Detachments, Field Hospitals, and
Sanitary Trains. The others were mostly in American Base
Hospitals ; some, however, were in Base Hospitals of the Brit-
ish and French Armies.
The dangerous and heroic character of the ambulance and
field work of the Medical Corps has been amply shown in the
preceding story by the instances of men killed and wounded
and gassed in this work. The Roll of Honor for this branch
includes Carey R. Evans, ambulance driver. Dr. Guthrie Bur-
rell, Samuel Covert, and Dr. John Renner. Many more were
wounded or gassed. The experiences of Dr. Snively, of Ma-
gruder, Fullington, Nichol, Kenneth Norton, and others tell
the story of this branch of service.
To do justice to the variety and the extent of technical
service rendered by the medical men of Ohio State in base
hospital work would require giving the complete roster. All
that we can try to do in this section is to give an impression
of this service by citing a few cases of men in responsible
positions :
Captain Charlton D. Postle, M.D. '07, was chief of the
Eye and Ear Department in Base Hospital No. 131.
Major John W. Means, D.D.S. '06, acted as oral surgeon
and general surgeon in Base Hospital No. 22, and as chief of
surgical service in Base Hospital No. 3.
Captain Pope L. Marshall, D.D.S. '04, acted as surgeon
for Plastic and Oral Surgery and Fractures of the Jaw in
Evacuation Hospital No. 11.
Lieutenant Colonel George C. Schaeffer, '93, M.D. '96, was
first assigned to King George Hospital and Croydon Jaw Hos-
pital in London as plastic and oral surgeon, and was then
transferred to the American Red Cross Hospital (later the
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American Army Hospital No. 1) at Neuilly, where he was
assistant to the senior consultant in Maxillofacial Surgery.
After the Armistice he remained in France as senior con-
sultant in Maxillofacial Surgery.
Dr. Horace J. Whiteacre, B.Sc. '91, lieutenant colonel, was
chief of Surgical Science at the Beaune Base Hospital.
Major Walter C. Hill, Agr. '98, was chief radiographer
for England.
Special mention should be made of two Ohio State women
in the Medical Corps in France. Mary Alice Swope, B.Sc. in
Home Ec. '14, was dietician with Base Hospital No. 25, at
Allery, France. Margaret Knight, M.A. '15, went over as in-
terpreter and was made dietician for Base Hospital No. 12 at
Camiers. She was cited in the dispatches of Sir Douglas Haig
for especially meritorious service and was awarded the deco-
ration of the Military Order of the British Empire.
The Dental Corps
There were 37 of our men (mostly graduates of the Col-
lege of Dentistry) in the Dental Corps. Twenty -three of these
were in the field, attached to infantry and artillery regiments
and division headquarters ; the others were mostly in base and
evacuation hospitals.
The Veterinary Corps
Fifty graduates of the College of Veterinary Medicine are
recorded in the overseas service ; one of these. Dr. Oscar Gun-
ning, '17, was in the Canadian Army, and another. Dr. Peter
Wilson, '16, was in the English Army. About half of these
served in the field with divisions, in remount squadrons, or
attached to artillery regiments and ammunition trains. The
others were mainly in veterinary hospitals or in inspection
service.
David S. White, D.V.M. '90, former dean of the College
of Veterinary Medicine, was entrusted with the task of reor-
ganizing the Veterinary Corps of the A.E.F. and was made
chief veterinarian of the American Army with the rank of
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colonel. His distinguished services were also recognized by
the Allied governments; he was made officer of the French
Legion of Honor, commander of the Order of the Bath, and
commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.
Captain George R. Powell, D.V.M. '11, was assistant to
the chief veterinarian; he received the decoration of the
French Legion of Honor.
Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Reuben Hilty, D.V.M.
'07, was also made ChevckHer of the Legion of Honor.
The French government awarded only seven decorations
of the Legion of Honor to the Veterinary Corps, three of which
went to the above-mentioned Ohio State men.
Major William V. Lusk, D.V.M. '93, acted as general vet-
erinary inspector of the A. E. F.
Major Willard Guard, D.V.M. '12, was assistant chief
veterinary officer of the Advanced Section, S. 0. S.
First Lieutenant Armin A. Leibold, D.V.M. '11, built and
organized the only veterinary laboratory in the A. E. F., in
connection with Veterinary Hospital No. 6.
Captain Joseph F. Derivan, D.V.M. '14, was division vet-
erinarian for the Eighty-Eighth Division and instructor in
Veterinary Medicine in the A. E. F.
Engineering Branches
Graduates and former students of the College of Engi-
neering were to be found in considerable numbers not only in
the Engineering Corps, but also in other branches where engi-
neering training was of obvious advantage. Such branches
were the Signal Corps, Aviation, Railway Transportation, and
Motor Transport.
The Engineering Corps
As was the case with most of the technical branches, the
Engineering Coit)s included units attached directly to the
fighting arm (engineering regiments of divisions and army
corps), and units employed in the service of the rear. There
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were 151 of our men in this corps, 58 of them in front line
service, the others in the service of the rear.
The work of engineering regiments at the front was of
an active and dangerous character. It included repair and
maintenance of roads in the battle area, construction of
trenches, shelters, emplacements, and barbed wire entangle-
ments, placing of mines, and similar work. Brief notices in
our records enable us to see our engineers engaged in these
lines.
One man, Stanley Mauck, in the 6th Engineers, was killed
on March 30 in the German drive on Amiens, as already noted.
Ellsworth Shriver, M.E. '14, served as first lieutenant in
the 27th Engineers, a mining unit, in the Second Marne, and
was captain in command of Co. C in the Meuse-Argonne.
Corporal Boyd 0. Bach, Engr. '18, was in the 23rd Engi-
neers, a regiment composed of technical men for highway con-
struction, enrolled by voluntary enlistment entirely; it worked
at the front in the Second Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the
Meuse-Argonne.
Ernest F. McAfee, Engr. '20, private in an engineering
regiment of the Thirty-Seventh, reports his work as electri-
fying barbed wire entanglements and supplying electric
current.
The 29th Engineers was a flash and sound ranging unit
whose work involved the locating of enemy guns by calcula-
tions derived from the flash or sound observed from different
points. This regiment worked in the Toul sector and in the
St. Mihiel sector, in the latter during the period of the Meuse-
Argonne, where its services in detecting the location of enemy
artillery was of great value. In this regiment were : Constan-
tine Demos, B.C.E. '17, Walter A. Draudt, B.C.E. '16, Harold
M. Richards, Engr. '19, and Carl F. Oberhelmer, B.Sc. in
Agr. '13.
The 30th Engineers was a gas regiment and became later
the 1st Gas Regiment. It was in line early in March and April
and was involved in the German offensives of that time. First
Lieutenant Wilson H. Knox, C.E. '14, records participation in
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the Aisne defensive in March and April, in the Second Marne,
the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne. The work of this regi-
ment was the preparation and carrying out of gas wave attacks
by projectors. One battahon was in the north with the Cana-
dians in March and loosed on the city of Lens, held by the
Germans, the heaviest gas attack that had yet been undertaken.
The work of the Engineering Corps behind the front (in
the S. 0. S.) was of course of the very greatest importance for
the success of the offensive. The principal divisions were:
Construction and Forestry, Military Engineering and Sup-
plies, Light Railways and Roads.
The Ohio State man with highest rank in the Engineering
Corps was Major General William Langfitt, Engr. '80, of the
Regular Army. General Langfitt organized the 13th Regiment
of Engineers, and sailed for France in June 1917. He served
first on the General Staflf as chief of staff of all lines of railway
communication. Later he was chief of utilities and chief engi-
neering officer, in charge of light railways. He received the
D. S. M., and was made commander of the Legion of Honor,
commander of the Order of the Bath, and commander of the
Belgian Order of the Crown.
Major Bruce M. Mohler, B.Sc. in Pharm. '09, was in
charge of all engineer responsibility for water supply sanita-
tion along the front of the First Army.
Other men in responsible positions in the Engineering
Corps in service of the rear were : Captain Albert Galbreath,
Engr. '05, in the 12th Regiment, Light Railways; Captain
Walter Bradbeck, C.E. '06, in the 55th Regiment, Construction
and Forestry; First Lieutenant Ellsworth Shriver, already
noticed in the 27th Mining Engineers, who was later operating
officer of the Aubreyville-Decoville Military Railway.
Earl Braddock McKinley, Engr. '02, acted as architect,
assisting in plans for buildings for American troops and for
field fortifications behind the lines. He was later assigned to
go over the devastated areas in France to make drawings and
assist in reconstruction. After the Armistice he went with
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General Kilbourne's party assigned to make drawings of forts
throughout France, Italy, Turkey, the Dardanelles, and Malta.
The Signal Corps
The work of the Signal Corps was of an engineering char-
acter. This corps included Field Signal Battalions at the front,
whose work involved the organization of all methods of com-
munication between tactical units, especially telephonic, tele-
graphic, and radio communcation, and Signal Corps units in
the rear, which installed, maintained, and operated every sort
of electrical communication from the base ports up to the zone
of battle.
Forty of our men are recorded as belonging to the Signal
Corps ; of these 24 were in Field Signal Battalions at the front.
The foregoing story of campaigns has instanced cases of men
in this service who were wounded and gassed and cited for
action in the field ; for their work took them to the very front
lines during engagements.
The varied services which our men were able to render in
this important branch back of the line, because of their special
training, is evidenced by a few examples :
One older graduate. Major Louis Krumm, E.E. '98, was
in the Radio Section of the Signal Corps, in charge of a staff
of expert wireless telegraphy men, which was engaged in per-
fecting methods of wireless communication along the Allied
fronts.
Captain Harry Murray, M.E. '10, was in the office of the
chief signal officer of the A.E.F. until August, 1918, and was
then made chief signal officer of Base Section No. 4.
First Lieutenant Harry L. Kneisley, M.E. in E.E. '11, was
in charge of the construction, maintenance, and operation of
the telephones and telegraphs in the Intermediate Section,
maintaining a toll line of 60 miles to the front.
Sergeant Frank R. Thompson, B.Sc. in Agr. '16, with the
403rd Telephone Battalion, 83rd Division, constructed perma-
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After the Armistice he built a line from Paris to Etain, where
it was connected with the German lines to Coblenz.
Captain Frank L. Tyree, Engr. '17, served as corps radio
officer for the Second American Corps, which was with the
British Fourth Army in the Somme offensive. After the
Armistice he was corps radio officer with the American Army
of Occupation.
Transportation
In the Railway Transportation and the Motor Transport
Corps there were about twenty of our men. Among them the
most important position was held by Major David P. Beach,
C.E. '95, in the Railway Transportation Corps. He served at
the headquarters of the director general of transportation at
Tours as district engineer of construction on the staff of the
chief engineer of construction.
Air Service of the Rear
Many of our men went into the Air Service, 110 cards
giving this branch. Most of these were in Aero Squadrons at
the front or in training for the front, but there were also a
good many engaged in various necessary lines at the rear.
Such men were in Air Production Centers, in the Ordnance
Section, in the Armament Section, in repair and assembly
work, and in testing and inspection.
Quartermaster Corps
Upon the Quartermaster Corps lay the immense task of
securing and distributing the supplies needed by the Army.
In the A. E. F. supplies were either received on requisition
from the United States, or purchased abroad, and then dis-
tributed to the front. There were seven Base Sections in
France and England, where supplies were received and for-
warded or stored ; an Intermediate Section ; and an Advanced
Section, including the railheads where Regulating Stations
were established for systematizing distributions. Beyond
these, the supplies passed into the hands of Quartermaster
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officers with the Army, Army Corps, and Divisions, who com-
manded the services of the Supply Companies.
There were 70 of our men in the Quartermaster Corps
overseas, about half of whom were in the Supply Companies.
Those in the Service of Supply were engaged in many lines of
work; at Base Section Headquarters, at Regulating Stations,
as disbursing officers, in fuel service, garden service, graves'
registration service, etc.
Among men in responsible positions should be mentioned :
Major Ernest Coulter, Arts '93, in the office of the chief quar-
ter master at G.H.Q. ; Lieutenant Colonel William Frost, Engr.
'96, duty officer and base quartermaster at St. Nazaire; and
Captain William Dupre, B.A. '10, executive officer at the Regu-
lating Stations of Le Bourget and St. Dizier, who was engaged
here in the work of regulating the distribution of supplies to
the First Army during the campaigns of the Second Marne,
St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne. He received a personal cita-
tion for distinguished services at St. Dizier.
Ordnance
There are 44 of our men recorded in the Ordnance, most
of them in Ammunition Trains attached to Divisions at the
front.
Other Branches
There were Ohio State men in all of the smaller and more
specialized branches of service.
In Chemical Warfare Service abroad, which was only the
nucleus of what in another year would have been an important
arm overseas, we had ten men, some at G.H.Q., some attached
to divisions in Gas Defense.
There were about a dozen of our men employed in liaison,
interpreter, and intelligence work, as liaison officers, as inter-
preters, translators, and intelligence men.
Eight records mention work in the Judge Advocate's Di-
vision.
Three were chaplains in divisions : Frederick Powell, B.A.
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'09, with the Seventy-Ninth, who was wounded in the Ar-
gonne; Warren Powell, B.A. '07, M.A. '11, with the Twenty-
Seventh, and Harley W. Smith, Arts '11, with the Ninetieth.
Twelve men mention service in the Military Police.
There were a few also in each of these special lines:
Adjutant General's Office, The Stars and Strives, Postal Ex-
press Service, and the Rents, Requisitions and Claims De-
partment.
CHAPTER VIII
OHIO STATE MEN IN THE NAVY
By Edgar Holmes McNeal
A large number of our men entered the Navy and many
of them were in active service on the seas, both in home and
foreign waters.
A few of our men were in the Regular Navy before the
war. Commander Glenn S. Burrell, C.E. '04, enlisted in 1907 ;
Lieutenant Earl G. Rose, Engr. '11, commander of the Ram-
bler, enlisted in 1910; Lieutenant Byron Ralston, Engr. '11,
on the New York, Admiral Rodman's flagship, enlisted in
1910; Lieutenant Wentworth Osgood, Engr. '10, commander
of the destroyer Reid, was at Annapolis from 1907 to 1912.
Most of our men in the Navy, however, chose that service
when the call came for the war. The principal center of train-
ing in this region was the Great Lakes Training Station, near
Chicago ; from there the men went to receiving ships at Cleve-
land, Detroit, Waukegan, and other lake ports, or to Atlantic
ports and bases such as New York, Philadelphia, Pelham Bay,
Newport, Hampton Roads, and Norfolk.
Training stations for naval ofliicers were at Annapolis
Naval Academy, Newport News, Hampton Roads, Norfolk,
New London, League Island Navy Yard, etc. Our men also
attended officers' schools of various kinds : for Radio Officers
at Newport News, at Harvard University, at Minneapolis (the
Dunwoody Radio School) ; for Naval Aviation at Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, at Pensacola Bay and Miami,
Florida, and at various training stations; for Medical Officers
at Harvard University; Officers' Material School for the Pay
Corps at Princeton, Chicago, and New York ; Steam Engineers'
School at Stevens Institute, etc.
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Some of our men were used as instructors in these schools ;
for example, Lindley Van Fossan, B.A. '15, was commander
and instructor in Signals and Seamanship at Great Lakes
Training Station ; Vernon Headapohl, Engr. '20, was in-
structor in Machine Gunnery and Bombs at Great Lakes;
and John J. Paine, B.A. '12, was in charge of the Naval Theory
Radio School at Great Lakes.
Although the United States was already a great naval
power, the exigencies of this war required an immense exten-
sion of its equipment and resources. One feature of this ex-
pansion was in connection with submarine warfare. The
largest submarine base in the world was constructed at New
London, Conn., under the direction of Commander Burrell,
C.E. '04, of the Regular Navy. Ensign George H. Chamber-
lain, Engr. '15, was experimental engineer at this base, work-
ing on anti-submarine devices. Lieutenant Jonah W. Gwynne,
M.E, in E.E. '04, was engaged during the whole period of the
war in the work of building, equipping, and maintaining
submarine bases.
The departments at Washington and at other Navy De-
partment centers were correspondingly enlarged, and univer-
sity men with technical training were called into service. We
had men in such divisions as the Bureau of Steam Engineer-
ing, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Bureau of Codes and Ciphers,
Transport Sei-vice Office at Baltimore, and District Boards of
Inventory and Appraisal.
Interesting and important as these developments were,
the story of the Navy in action is obviously more dramatic.
It is proper to notice first in this connection the cases of the
men who lost their lives in the service. The Roll of Honor of
the Navy includes these men :^
Thomas 0. Jones, Arts '09, machinist, was killed in the
fall of a hydroplane at Pensacola Bay in September 1918.
Ensign William E. Bingham, Grad. 1914-1916, instructor
^ The names of those who died in the line of duty from pneumonia
and other diseases will be found in The Roll of Honor in this volume.
The U.S.S. Rambler, Commanded by Earl G. Rose, ready for the Sub-
marines. (Photo supplied by Professor James E. Pollard).
James L. Clark Wearing his Distinguished Service Medal after its
award by Colonel W. D. Webb, of the Medical Corps. (Photo by U. S.
Army Signal Corps).
Eussell Headley Armond, Sea. 2cl.,
U.S.N.R.F. Died of disease.
Thomas Winch Barrett, Lands-
man for Q.M. (Avia.), U.S.N.
Killed in airplane accident in line
of duty. First Ohio State man to
lose his life for the cause.
William E. Bingham, Ensign,
U.S.N. Drowned in harbor of
Tangiers, Africa.
Erwin Isaac Danford, Sgt., 47th
Co., 5th U.S. Marines. Mortally
wounded in action.
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in the Department of Philosophy, was on the Submarine
Chaser Lancaster; he was drowned off the coast of Tangiers
in the swamping of a small boat on December 6, 1918.
Lieutenant Hadley H. Teter, M.D. '16, assistant surgeon
on the Tampa, was lost at sea when the Tampa was torpedoed
in Bristol Channel on September 26, 1918.
The account of this disaster is given in Secretary of the
Navy Daniels' Official Report: "The most serious loss of life
due to enemy activity was the loss of the Coast Guard Cutter
Tampa, with all on board, in Bristol Channel, England, on the
night of September 26, 1918. The Tampa which was doing
escort duty, had gone ahead of the convoy. Vessels following
heard an explosion, but when they reached the vicinity there
were only bits of floating wreckage to show where the ship
had gone down. Not one of the 111 officers and men of her
crew was rescued, and, though it is believed she was sunk by
a torpedo from an enemy submarine, the exact manner in
which the vessel met its fate may never be known."
Harold A. Husband, Arts '19, on Submarine Chaser 325,
was washed overboard and drowned in the English Channel,
on August 12, 1918.
The principal kinds of service at sea in which our men
were engaged were : submarines, submarine chasers, and coast
guard vessels, convoys, troop transports, battleships, and other
war vessels. The technical branches in which our men were
most largely represented were : Medical Service, Radio Service,
and Naval Aviation. A few illustrations from their records
will indicate the character of these various services :
Two men served on submarines : Henry W. Kelly, Civ.
Engr. '23, gunner's mate on the O 1 for eight months, and
Lieutenant Charles W. Hickernell, Arts '16, on the 0 8, one of
ten submarines with the Atlantic Fleet in the Caribbean Sea.
Submarine chasers were engaged in defense of our coast
and adjacent waters, or in convoy duty, or in defense of for-
eign coasts and waters. We had several men in submarine
chasers in American waters, operating from Nantucket,
Hampton Roads, New London, the Bermudas, Panama Bay,
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Cuba, and other bases. We had several men also in anti-
submarine warfare in foreign waters. The deaths of Ensign
Bingham on the Lancaster in the harbor of Tangiers, and of
Harold Husband in a submarine chaser in the English Chan-
nel have been noted. Other men were on submarine chasers
out of English and French bases. A perilous duty was that
recorded by Frank Long, B.Sc. in Agr. '20, who was on the
four-masted schooner Whittemore, patrolling the Mediter-
ranean and the vicinity of the Azores and Bermudas as a
submarine decoy.
Of the two millions of American troops carried across the
Atlantic, about half were transported in British ships, and
about half in American ships. Not one American eastbound
transport was torpedoed or damaged by enemy action, and
only three were sunk on the return trip. We had men acting
in various capacities on several transports, such as the
Tjisondari, Mongolia, Scranton, Hancock, Suwanee, Mt. Ver-
non, and others. Clarence E. Murphy, Agr. '20, chief yeoman
on the Scranton, records sixteen trips across from New York
to Brest and Bordeaux. Wilbur Dyer, M.E. in E.E. '14, on the
Hancock, claims for that ship the speed record in crossing the
Atlantic in six days. Ensign Theodore Anthony, Arts '19, was
on the Mt. Vernon returning from Brest with 200 wounded
American soldiers when it was torpedoed in September with
the loss of 37 of the crew killed and 10 wounded, and forced to
put back to port.
The work of protecting American troopships from enemy
submarines and destroyers in the danger zones on this side
and in foreign waters was largely performed by American
men-of-war, especially by the destroyers. American vigilance
and marksmanship proved to be the most effective of anti-
submarine devices. Many of our men were engaged in this
convoy duty on destroyers and cruisers. Lieutenant Osgood,
commander of the destroyer Reid, was on convoy duty between
Gibraltar and Plymouth. Lieutenant Rose, commander of the
Rambler, was on convoy duty in the Bay of Biscay; he was
made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for rescuing 41 sur-
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vivors of the British ship Philomel, which had been sunk by
the enemy off L'Orient, France. Don F. McGinnis, Arts '21,
records sixteen trips to France on the Siboney as convoy. Ray
Lowry, E.E. '17, machinist's mate on the destroyer Preble, on
convoy duty out of New York, says that they fired on subma-
rines on several occasions and claims to have sunk three.
Lieutenant Don Hamilton, B.A. '17, on the Dochra, reports
that they were twice engaged with submarines and claims
to have sunk one. Other men report convoy duty in the Eng-
lish Channel, the Bay of Biscay, the Azores, and on the Irish
and French coasts.
We had men also on the American battleships, which were
stationed either on this side as the Atlantic Fleet, or in the
North Sea as part of the British Grand Fleet. The battleships
mentioned in our records are: the Pennsylvania, flagship of
the Atlantic Fleet, the New York, flagship of the American
Squadron of the British Grand Fleet, the Maine, New Mexico,
Nevada, Texas, Georgia, and Oklahoma. The American Squad-
ron of the British Grand Fleet was under command of Rear
Admiral Rodman; in December 1917 it was sent to join the
British fleet in the task of watching the German High Seas
Fleet and give battle if it should leave its place of refuge.
Lieutenant Ralston of the Regular AiTny had been on the
New York, Admiral Rodman's flagship, since 1914.
Russell A. Speckman, Arts '19, quartermaster on the
Black Hawk, was in the Mine Force in the North Sea. The
Black Hawk was the repair ship with the "Yankee Mining
Squadron," a fleet of ten mine-laying boats which worked with
the British mine layers in establishing the North Sea mine
barrage. This barrage stretched from near the coast of Nor-
way to near the Orkneys, a distance of 230 miles, and con-
tained 70,000 mines, 50,000 of which were made in the United
States. It proved to be a very effective instrumentality in
limiting German submarine activities. William A, Weber, Agr.
'21, was coxswain on a mine-sweeper engaged in clearing up
this barrage after the war, a work which gained for these
boats the name of the "Suicide Squadron."
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Our Medical Men in the Navy
Our medical men went into the Navy in considerable
numbers. Some were on ships at sea, some in Naval Base
Hospitals and Training Camp Hospitals. Dr. Arthur M.
Hauer, '06, was director of the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
Division of the Naval Hospital at Hampton Roads. Dr. Jona-
than Forman, B.A. '10, M.D. '13, assistant professor of Path-
ology, was assistant surgeon at the same hospital. Dr. Russell
Bussdicker, '17, was assistant surgeon with the Navy and
Marine Air Force at Paris. Dr. James A. Brown, '17, was on
the Hannibal, a submarine chaser in the English Channel. Dr.
Walter A. Anderson, '17, was on the transport Mt. Vernon.
Others in the Navy were: Dr. Charles D. Padan, '17, on the
Los Angeles; Dr. Dallas Pond, '17, on the Frederick; Dr.
George E. Kalter, '16, on the Porter at Queenstown, later
attached to Naval Aviation at Dunkirk and Pauillas, in the
Naval Hospital at Brest, and on the Kaiserin Augusta Vic-
toria; Dr. Philip J. Reel, D.V.M. '11, M.D. '15, at Hampton
Roads; Dr. William Parent '18, at Great Lakes Training Sta-
tion; Dr. Frank A. Williams, Engr. '12, M.D., University of
Chicago '17, on the Tonopah at Cape May and on cruise to
Constantinople; and Dr. Harold Timberlake '17, at Camp
Grant and Ft. Benjamin Harrison.
Our Men in Naval Aviation
Several men in Naval Aviation saw service abroad, the
interesting character of which is indicated by a few examples.
Rodney Willets, C.J. '18, was chief aerial photographer in the
Photographic Section of the Northern Bombing Group. Lieu-
tenant Parr H. Dole, Engr. '02, was on Admiral Sims' staff;
later he was loaned to the Balloon Section to undertake the
construction of a hydrogen plant at Paris, which was to be the
largest in the world, but which was not completed because of
the Armistice. Gaylord Folk, Edu. '20, served in the Repair
and Assembly Department of the Northern Bombing Group.
Edwin C. Blair, '19, was associate editor of The Pauillac Pilot,
the Navy Air Reserve newspaper.
CHAPTER IX
OLDER ALUMNI IN THE A. E. F.
By Edgar Holmes McNeal
Like the great body of American soldiers abroad, the Ohio
State men were mostly young men in the twenties. There was,
however, a considerable number of older graduates and former
students in active service in the Expeditionary Force, whose
presence is explained either by long-standing interest in mili-
tary affairs, or by special training acquired in professions for
which there was a demand in a modern army.
The University has always been well represented in the
Regular Army, and this accounts for the number of alumni,
who held high rank in the Regular Army and served overseas.
Major General William Langfitt, Engr. '80, enlisted in the
Regular Army in 1878 after two years in Engineering at Ohio
State. He graduated from the Military Academy at West
Point in 1883 as second lieutenant, being promoted to first
lieutenant in 1884, captain in 1885, major in 1903, and col-
onel in 1913. He became brigadier general and major general
in the National Army, reverting to his former grade after
the war. His services in the Engineering Corps have been
described.
Brigadier General Sigerfoos, B.Ph. '91, entered the Regu-
lar Army as second lieutenant in 1891. He saw service in
Cuba in the Spanish war, and in the Philippines. For four
years he was commandant at the University of Minnesota,
where he took advantage of the opportunity to gain the de-
grees of LL.B. and LL.M. in 1908 and 1909. He was for a
time in the War College at Washington, was with General
Pershing on the Mexican border, and was sent to China. At
the outbreak of the war he had the rank of colonel. From
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June to September 1918 he was director of the Army School
of the Line at Langres ; he was then reheved to assume com-
mand of the 56th Brigade, Eighty-Second Division, for the
attack on Argonne Forest. His death in the field has been told.
Brigadier General Charles E. Kilbourne, Engr. '93, en-
listed in the Regular Army in June 1898 ; he saw service in
the Spanish War, in the Moro insurrection in the Philippines,
and in the relief of Peking. In France he served with the
British at Lens and the French at the Chemin-des-Dames, and
in the American Army with the Eighty-Ninth Division. He
was in command of the 3rd Brigade, Second Division, in the
march to the Rhine and the occupation. He was wounded while
on an inspection tour of the front with General Leonard Wood.
Colonel Patrick H. Mullay, Engr. '93, enlisted in the Reg-
ular Army in 1894. He saw service in the Spanish War, in the
Philippines, and in the Boxer Rebellion in China. He was
made lieutenant colonel in the National Anny in August 1917,
and colonel in February 1918. He was in France, attached to
the General Staff, from April to October, and then returned
to the United States to do instructional work.
Colonel Stanley H. Ford, B.Ph. '98, entered the Regular
Army as second lieutenant in July 1898. He was made lieu-
tenant colonel in the National Army in August 1917 and
attached to the British 39th Division. In August 1918 he was
made colonel and chief of staff of the Twenty-Seventh Division,
which fought with the British Army at Mt. Kemmel and later
in the Somme offensive, as already told.
Colonel George D. Freeman, M.E. in E.E. '98, entered the
Regular Army in April 1899 as second lieutenant, having pre-
viously served in the Spanish War with the 4th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He was made lieutenant colonel and later colonel in
the National Army for the war. In France he was with the
First Division in the Toul sector and with the Eightieth Di-
vision in Picardy as part of the British forces. He returned in
command of the 159th Brigade of the Eightieth.
Major William V. Lusk, D.V.M. '93, enlisted in the Regu-
lar Army in 1894 as sergeant major and rose to the rank of
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major in the Veterinary Corps; he served in France as general
veterinary inspector.
Others of our older alumni were prepared for distin-
guished service with the army abroad by their connection with
the Ohio National Guard, or other military organizations.
Colonel Benson W. Hough, adjutant general of Ohio, who
was in command of the 166th Infantry, had been in the Ohio
National Guard since 1892, and was in command of the 4th
Ohio on the Mexican border. He was with the Rainbow Di-
vision in all its campaign in this war.
Colonel Charles C. Weybrecht, '90, former adjutant gen-
eral of Ohio, was on the Mexican border in 1916 with the 8th
Ohio National Guard. He was commissioned colonel in the
National Army in command of his old regiment, which became
the 146th Infantry of the Thirty-Seventh Division. After the
battle of Chateau-Thierry in the Second Marne he was put in
charge of the salvaging of the wreckage of the battle. His
successful carrying out of this task led to his being put in
command of the troops arriving at the port of Nantes, where
he had charge of the unloading and shipping of millions of
tons of supplies, the construction of new dockage and ware-
houses, and the establishment of a base hospital. Colonel Wey-
brecht died at Alliance, Ohio, August 26, 1919.
Major Roy V. Myers, C.E. '93, of the 114th Field Artil-
lery, Thirtieth Division, served in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-
Argonne campaigns until October, when he was sent to the
Langres School of the Line.
Many of our older alumni were overseas with the A. E. F.
because the technical training they had received at the Uni-
versity, or in the exercise of their professions, enabled them to
render valuable service in the technical branches of the Army.
As most of these have been mentioned in the course of the
narrative, it is sufficient here to give the list, for the general
impression of the contribution of older Ohio State men.
Colonel David S. White, D.V.M. '90, chief veterinarian
of the A. E. F.
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In the Medical Corps: Dr. Harry H. Snively, B.A. '95,
lieutenant colonel; Dr. George C. Schaeffer, M.D. '96, lieu-
tenant colonel; Dr. Horace J. Whitacre, M.D. '91, lieutenant
colonel; Dr. Charles E. McClelland, M.D. '02, major; and Dr.
Sylvester Goodman, G. Pharm. '96, major.
Major David P. Beach, E.E. '95, Railway Transportation;
Major Louis R. Krumm, E.E. '98, Radio Section, Signal Corps;
Lieutenant Colonel William Korst, Engr. '96, Quartermaster
Corps; and Major John A. McGrew, C.E. '95, Engineering
Corps.
In France two Ohio State men did a marked service in
furnishing current information and entertainment to their
fellows in the ranks by issuing a sprightly, weekly newspaper
called The Stars and Stripes. This newspaper was an excellent
morale builder and was sent to the trenches, where the dough-
boys were eager to get it. The two men were Philip A. Von
Blon, Law '13, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was the managing
editor, and Archie Melvin Ryder, B.A. '15, of Steubenville,
Ohio, who was the editor. The Stars and Stripes was first
issued in France on February 8, 1918 and the front page of
this number bears a likeness of General Pershing and his com-
mendation of the paper. The last number issued abroad is
dated June 13, 1919, after which it was issued for seven
months or more in Washington, D. C.
Conclusion
The foregoing narrative tells its own story of the deeds
and services of Ohio State men overseas. We had men in every
one of the divisions that figured in engagements, except in the
Thirty-Fifth. The numbers ranged from one or two or three
in some divisions to 236 in the Thirty-Seventh Division. We
had men in all ranks and branches of technical service, 258
in the Medical Corps, 151 in the Engineering Corps, 110 in
Aviation, 69 in the Quartermaster Corps, 51 in the Veterinary
Corps, 44 in Ordnance, and smaller numbers in the other
branches.
There are exactly 1300 record cards in the official file
that report service overseas, not counting the men in the
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Navy ; and in spite of the earnest efforts to make the list com-
plete, there must be a certain number among the great body
of graduates and former students whose names were never
received. Of the men recorded, 84 per cent were of the classes
from 1913 on ; that is, five out of six were of the age of 27 or
younger; seventy per cent came from the classes after 1915;
that is, more than two-thirds were twenty-five or younger;
over one-third were of the classes of 1919 and after, young
men from 18 to 20 in the midst of their college course. These
general proportions hold, no doubt, for the two millions of
Americans overseas.
The pride which the University may justly take in the
record of its men in foreign service rests not only upon the
results of the technical training it afforded them; we may
believe that the fine spirit, the high purpose, the readiness to
serve, which they shared with all the young Americans of the
Army, were stimulated by the introduction to wider and higher
views which university life offered. Neither from them nor
from us would come any boast that they were better than their
fellows in the American Army; we may only feel that they
justified by their services the advantages that had been theirs.
In respect especially of one characteristic of the American
soldier, the influence of the University is fairly predicable.
Whatever the particular grievances driving the United States
into war with Germany, the most striking general fact about
our tremendous effort in Europe is its disinterestedness. This
disinterestedness was embodied in the American soldier, in his
belief, held clearly or vaguely, that he was fighting for high
matters concerning the future of humanity. The general
American consciousness that we were fighting against a power
whose success would perpetuate an old and evil order in gov-
ernment and in world politics, that we were fighting in the
cause of freedom and the cause of a better world order — that
consciousness was peculiarly present to the soldier, sharpened
by hardship and danger. In the formation of that conscious-
ness, as far as it existed among its own men, the University
must surely have had its part.
CHAPTER X
WAR SERVICES OF THE FACULTY AND
ADMINISTRATION
Practically all of the faculty members of the College of
Agriculture and its Extension Service were engaged in pro-
moting increased food production and conservation during the
war and will not be included in the following list. It is also
true that substantially all members of the University Faculty
and the Administration who were not in military or naval
service took part in the drives to sell Liberty and Victory
bonds during the war period. Another considerable group that
limitations of space exclude from the list are about sixty
Ohio State scientists who were engaged in our University Field
Station, Chemical Warfare Service, of the Bureau of Mines,
in solving problems connected with the manufacture of toxic
gases and gas masks. Our list is confined to the roster of
those members of the Faculty and Administration who were
in military and naval service and a few others who rendered
civilian service of an exceptional sort.
Adams, John J., former Dean, Law School; former Acting President.
Arranged for special academic instruction, housing, meals, adminis-
trative offices, and drill grounds for 1200 cadets of S.A.T.C; Instr.,
Law of Evidence, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Officers, O.S.U.
Allen, F. Elwood, former Asst. Prof., Horticulture and Forestry.
Pvt. Sn. C. 2nd Lt., Sn. C. Hosp., Ft. Myer, Va.; Reconstr. Work, U.
S. Gen. Hosp. 8, Otisville, N. Y. Disch. Aug. 20. 1919.
Allen, Frederick L., former Supervisor, Farmers' Institutes and Exten-
sion Schs., Agr. Extens. Serv.
N.A. Aug. 28, 1918. Pvt. Cas. Det., 13th Tng. Btry., F.A., C.O.T.S.,
Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky., to disch. Disch. Nov. 27, 1918
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Allgyer, Roy J, Agr. '19, former Local Leader, Clark Co. Boys and Girls
Club Work, Agr. Extens. Serv.
N.A. May 29, 1918. Pvt. 33rd Co., 9th Tng. Bn., 159th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Zachary Taylor, Ky., to June 23, 1918; 159th Conscientious Objectors'
Det. to disch. A.E.F., Jan. 13, 1919 to disch. Disch. Apr. 10, 1919.
Almy, Emory Frederick, Ph.D., '29, Assoc. Prof., Agricultural Chemistry.
Enl. Sept. 18, 1917, Lincoln, Neb. Pvt. Hq. Co., 355th Inf., Sept. 18,
1917 to Oct. 2, 1917; 1st Bin. Sch. Sq., A.S., Sig. C, Oct. 16, 1917 to
Mch. 16, 1918; 62nd Bin. Co., Mch. 17 to Sept. 8, 1918; Gas Defense
Dev. Div., 131st St. and Taft Ave., Cleveland, O., Sept. 9-11, 1918;
Dev. Div., C.W.S., Sept. 12, 1918 to Feb. 11, 1919. Corp., Apr. 5, 1918;
Sgt., July 19, 1918. Disch. Feb. 20, 1919, Cp. Dodge, la.
Anderson, Albert Edward, Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf., O.R.C., Nov. 27, 1917, from 4th Co., Prov. Tng. Regt.,
Officers' Reserve Tng. Cp., Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y. 153rd Dep.
Brig, to Jan. 22, 1918. Instr. in Milit. Tactics, Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics, O.S.U., to Sept. 3, 1918; Post Instr. in Milit. Studies, Univ.
of Illinois, Urbana, 111., to disch. 1st Lt., A.S., Oct. 18, 1918. Disch.
Dec. 6, 1918.
Anderson, Earl W., Research Associate, Bur. of Educational Research;
Prof., Education.
U.S. Nav. R.C. July 22, 1918. Sea. 2cl. to Mch. 1, 1919. Ensign (D)
to Apr. 24, 1919. Disch. Apr. 24, 1919.
Andrews, Clarence Edward, former Asst. Prof., English.
Aeronautical Engr., Sept. 1, 1917, Office of Ch. Sig. Ofcr.; 1st Lt.,
A.S., Oct. 8, 1917, Washington, D. C, in chg. Observation Tng.; later
in chg. Navigation. A.E.F., Aug., 1918 to Oct. 15, 1919. Information
Ofcr., Hq., Ch. of A.S.; Hq., A.S., 1st Army, at the front; later atchd.
to Balkan Div., U.S. Comm. to negotiate peace, Feb. to May, 1919;
Ofcr., Amer. Relief Admin., in Servia; organized food relief in Mace-
donia, summer of 1919. Disch. Oct. 15, 1919. Published, summer of
1918, vol. of French poetry entitled From the Front (D. Appleton &
Co., New York) .
Anibal, Claude E., Prof., Romance Languages.
Md.N.G. Aug. 21, 1917. Btry. D, F.A., Md.N.G., (Batry. E, 110th
F.A.), in Fed. Serv. On dtchd. serv., 3rd O.T.C., Cp. McClellan, Ala.,
Jan. 6, 1918. Sgt., Apr. 20, 1918. Disch. May 11, 1918, to accept
comm. 2nd Lt., F.A., N.G., May 12, 1918. Asgd. to Btry. D, 112th
F.A., and left for Cp. Mills, N. Y., June 20, 1918, and for serv. over-
seas June 28, 1918 on Transport Militia. Ai-rived at Havre, France,
July 12, 1918. Asgd. to Hq. Co., 112th F.A., Dec. 16, 1918. Returned
to U. S. May 21, 1919 on Transport Orizaba. Disch. at Cp. Upton,
N. Y., June 16. 1919.
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Armstrong, Emerson A., Columbus, O.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Armstrong, George, Sgt., Milit. Staff, O.S.U.
R.A. Aug. 6, 1902, at Ashland, Wis. Asgd. to Co. A, 20th Inf. Disch.
July 21, 1905. Re-enl. July 22, 1905, at Presidio of San Francisco,
Calif., and asgd. to 4th Inf. Disch. Mch. 7, 1907. Reenl. Sept. 14,
1908, at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, and asgd. to 13th Rec. Co., G.S.I.
Disch. Sept. 13, 1911 by expiration of serv. Reenl. Sept. 14, 1911 and
asgd. to Rec. Co., G.S.I. Disch. Sept. 13, 1914. Reenl. Sept. 24, 1914
and asgd. to Columbus Barracks, Ohio; tranf. as Sgt., Inf., unasgd.,
to Nov. 29, 1916; detailed to duty at O.S.U. Candidate, Citizens Tng.
Cp., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind. Disch. Aug. 14, 1917, to accept comm.
Capt., Inf., O.R.C. 309th Tr. and M.P. to Oct. 18, 1918; 127th Bn.,
M.P.C., to July 22, 1919; Casual Ofcrs' Det., Cp. Sherman, 0., to
disch. Maj., Inf., O.R.C, Dec. 27, 1917. Overseas serv. June 14, 1918
to July 22, 1919. Disch. Aug. 19, 1919.
Arnold, Clayton Ray, Engr. '12, Ilion, N. Y.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Arps, George Frederick, former Dean, College of Education; Prof., Psy-
chology; Dean of Graduate School.
Capt., Sn. C, Feb. 11, 1918. Cp. Greenleaf, Ga., Feb. to Apr., 1918;
Ch. Psych. Exmnr., Cp. Sherman, O., Apr. to Nov., 1918; Ch. Cp.
Morale Ofcr., Cp. Sherman, 0.; Spl. Psych. Exmnr. of R.O.T.C, Cp.
Custer, Mich., to Dec. 10, 1918; Ch. Educational Ofcr., U.S. Gen.
Hosp. 36, Detroit, Mich., in chg. rehabilitation of disabled soldiers;
Ch. Hosp. Morale Ofcr.; Chm., Hosp. Welfare Bd.; Suprvsr., Detroit
Azutver, the Hosp. newspaper; Chm., Bd. of Recommendations; Hosp.
Publicity Ofcr., U.S. Gen. Hosp. 36. Disch. Aug. 14, 1919.
Ashcraft, Derwin Willoughby, D.V.M. '23, M.Sc. '28, Ph.D. '32, Asst.
Prof., Veterinary Medicine.
Enl. Oct. 6, 1917. 324th Hv. Fid. Arty. Pvt. Mitchell Fid., N. Y.
Disch. May 29, 1919.
Atwell, Norbert Smith, B.M.E. '16, Chillicothe, O.
Instr., Airplanes and Laboratory in Rigging, Sch. for Adjutants,
Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. E.R.C., Columbus, O., Nov. 30, 1917. Avia.
Sec, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U. E.R.C. to disch. Pvt. Icl.,
Nov. 22, 1917. Disch. Dec. 16, 1918.
Atcherson, Lucille, (Mrs. George Morris Curtis), former Clk., President's
Office; former Clk., Graduate School Office.
Reconstr. Worker with Com. in chg. of Amer. Relief for Devastated
France, Hq. at Blerancourt, France.
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Axtell, William Dayton, Jr., B.Sc. in Agr. '16, former Dairy Fid. Instr.,
Nutwood, 0., Agr. Extens. Serv.
N.A. May 25, 1918. Pvt. 157th Dep. Brig, to Oct. 16, 1918; 27th Co.,
C.O.T.S., Cp. Gordon, Ga., to disch. Corp., June 15, 1918; Sgt., Sept.
5, 1918; 1st Sgt., Sept. 5, 1918. Disch. Nov. 29, 1918.
Barry, Paul A., Adjutant, O.S.U. Brig, of Cadets.
2nd Lt., Inf., Oct. 1, 1899. Trsfd. to Arty. C. Mch. 17, 1902. 1st Lt.,
Arty. C, May 8, 1901. Retired Aug. 24, 1905 and aptd. Capt. (Re-
tired) June 3, 1916. Also served as Capt., Inf., Colorado N.G., Nov.
19, 1909, and Maj., Inf., Colorado N.G., Nov. 20, 1909 to May 31, 1911.
Prof., Milit. Science and Tactics, Western Milit. Academy, Alton, 111.,
1911-1919.
Bateman, J. Fremont, Clinical Prof., Medicine (Psychiatry), College of
Medicine.
Enl. July 18, 1918, Ft. Sheridan, 111. 2nd Lt., Inf., U.S.A., Sept. 17,
1918. Spl. Shippers' course, Cp. Perry, O. Instr., Small Arms Firing,
S.A.T.C, Univ. of Cincinnati, 0. Disch. Dec. 11, 1918.
Batersole, Dwight E., B.M.E. '16, former Instr., Engineering Drawing.
Instr., Engines, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., May 21, 1917 to
June 25, 1918. E.R.C. Dec. 7, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Co. 1, Engr. O.T.S., to
disch. Called to act. duty Oct. 11, 1918. Disch. Dec. 19, 1918.
Bauer, William Waldo, B.A. '17, M.Sc. '18, former Asst., Chemistry.
2nd Lt., C.W.S., Oct. 15, 1918. C.W.S. to disch. Columbus, 0.; Wash-
ington, D. C. Disch. Jan. 18, 1919.
Baumiller, George Nicholas, M.A. '17, Nutwood, O.
Instr., Aerial Observation, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
Bayes, Cecil W., former Herdsman, Animal Husbandry.
N.A. May 31, 1918. Pvt. 23rd Co., 6th Tng. Bn., 157th Dep. Brig., to
June 12, 1918; 54th Co., 5th Inf. Repl. Regt., Cp. Gordon, Ga., to July
12, 1918; 50th Co., 5th Inf. Repl. Regt., Cp. Gordon, Ga., to July 17,
1918; Aut. Repl. Draft to Aug. 12, 1918; Co. C, 163rd Inf., to Aug.
28, 1918; Co. A, 23rd Inf., to disch. A.E.F., July 27, 1918 to Mch. 18,
1919. Meuse-Argonne; St. Mihiel. Wounded severely in action Oct.
4, 1918. Disch. Apr. 18, 1919.
Beach, Frank Haines, former Instr., Horticulture, Agr. Extens. Serv.
N.A. Oct. 21, 1918. Pvt., 8th Co. and 2nd Co., Delaware C.A.C. Ft.
Dupont, Del.; 3rd Co., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O. Disch. Dec.
22, 1918.
Beatty, Harry Millard, M.A. '17, Asst. Prof., Mathematics.
Essent. Teacher, Mathematics, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
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Beatty, Hugh Gibson, Cert, of Pharm. Chem. '04, M.D. '10, Prof., Oto-
Laryngology, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., Oct. 5, 1918. M.C. to disch. Cp. Dodge, la.; Ft. Ogle-
thorpe, Ga. Disch. June 27, 1919.
Beckman, Theodore Naum, B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '20, M.A. '22, Ph.D. '24,
Prof., Marketing.
R.A. June 5, 1917. Pvt. 13th Amb. Co., M.D.; 6th Amb. Co., M.D., to
Jan. 5, 1918; 1st Co., R.O.T.C, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., to Apr. 23, 1918;
6th Amb. Co., M.D., to disch. Disch. Aug. 16, 1918 to accept comm.
2nd Lt., Inf. 310th Inf. to disch. Cp. Gordon, Ga.; Cp. Dix, N. J.
78th Div. A.E.F., Sept. 15, 1918 to June 5, 1919. Disch. June 6, 1919.
Beechy, L. P., former Asst. Prof., Veterinary Medicine, Agr. Extens.
Serv.
Essent. Teacher, Vet. Medicine, O.S.U. during war period.
Belding, Hiram H., Jr., 2nd Lt., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U,
E.R.C. Sept. 7, 1917. Asgd. to act. duty Oct. 16, 1917. Sch. of Milit.
Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Dec. 12, 1917; Hq., Det. of Flying Cadets,
Kelly Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to disch. Pvt. IcL, Sept. 7, 1917. Disch.
Mch. 1, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S.S.C. Sig. C. Avia. Sch.,
Kelly Fid., Tex., to Mch. 16, 1918; Instr., Airplanes, Sch. of Milit
Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Sept. 3, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, 111., to Nov. 22, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex., to disch. Disch. Dec. 17, 1918.
Bender, Hugh D., B.E.E. '17, Aultman, O.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. Apr. 8, 1918. Pvt. Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., Columbus, O., to Aug. 13, 1918; 5th
Btry., F.A., C.O.T.S., Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky., to disch. Disch. Nov.
26, 1918.
Benson, Casper H., M.D. '24, Prof., Medicine (Tuberculosis), College of
Medicine.
Member of Amer. Tuberculosis Comm. to Italy, with rank of Capt.,
Amer. Red Cross. In Italy was lent to Ital. Govt, for its work and
then returned to orig. asgmt. In chg. of Amer. Hosp. in Rome for one
month. Was then asgd. to bring home his Maj., Dr. John Lowman of
Cleveland, O., who was ill. Entered U. S. Public Health Serv.
Berdie, Harry W., Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
Capt., Inf., O.R.C., Aug. 15, 1917 from 9th Co., 2nd Prov. Tng. Regt.,
Ofcrs'. Reserve Tng. Cp., Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y. Asst. Adj., Cp.
Wadsworth, S. C, to Jan. 23, 1918; Instr., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
O.S.U., to June 3, 1918; Asst. Adj., Hq., 96th Div., to disch. Disch.
Dec. 19, 1918.
112 History of The Ohio State University
Berry, Charles Scott, Dirctr., Bur. of Spl, and Adult Education; Prof.,
Psychology.
Capt., Sn. C, N.A., Nov. 26, 1917. Surg. Gen's. Office, Div. of Psy-
chology, Washington, D. C, Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, 1917. Spl. detail, Cp.
Dix, Wrightstown, N. J., Dec. 3-9, 1917. Surg. Gen's. Office, Div. of
Psychology, Dec. 10, 1917 to July 9, 1918. Ch. Psychological Exmnr.,
Cp. Dix, N. J., July 10 to Aug. 14, 1918. Surg. Gen's. Office, Div. of
Psychology, Aug. 15 to Nov. 22, 1918. Maj., Sn. C, Oct. 24, 1918.
Surg. Gen's, Office, Div. of Physical Reconstrn., Nov. 23 to Dec. 3,
1918. Spl. detail to Med. Ofcrs'. Tng. Cp., Cp. Greenleaf, Ft. Ogle-
thorpe, Ga., Dec. 3-8, 1918. Surg. Gen's. Office, Div. of Physical Re-
constrcn., Dec. 9, 1918 to Jan. 18, 1919. Trsfd. to B. Hosp., Ft. Riley,
Kan., Jan. 18, 1918. Ch. of Educational Serv., Div. of Physical Recon-
strcn., B. Hosp., Ft. Riley, Kan., Jan. 24 to Aug. 19, 1919. Trsfd. to
U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. 26, Ft. Des Moines, la., Aug. 19, 1919 in same
capacity. Disch. Oct. 1, 1919.
Bevan, Arthur C, former Instr., Geology.
Helped prepare war maps and miniature arty, range for teaching
Aerial Observation; Instr., Aerial Observation, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Billingsley, Verl R., former Secy., Athletic Dept.
R.A. Dec. 7, 1917. Pvt. 131st Aer. Sq., Kelly Fid., Tex., to Dec. 29,
1917. 323rd Aer. Sq. to Apr. 23, 1918; 681st Aer. Sq. to disch. Cfr.,
May 1, 1918; Sgt., Oct. 16, 1918; Sgt. Icl., Apr. 2, 1919. Kelly Fid.,
Tex. Disch. June 26, 1919.
Birch, Leland Watts, B.E.E. '17, Columbus, O.
Instr., Machine Guns, Sch. of Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U. ; Hd. Instr., Lewis
Gun, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. E.R.C. Dec. 4, 1917. Pvt. Dep., A.S.
Ofcrs., Chicago, 111., to Oct. 17, 1918. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
O.S.U., to Oct. 18, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Princeton, N. J.,
to disch. Pvt. Icl., Dec. 4, 1917. Disch. Oct. 10, 1918 to accept comm.
1st Lt., A.S., Oct. 20, 1918. A.S. to disch. Disch. Dec. 7, 1918.
Bird, Ossian C, former Asst., Physical Education,
Instr., Suprvsd. Recreation, Milit. Schs., O.S.U.
Blair, Edward, 2nd Lt., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
R.A. Jan. 2, 1901. Disch. Jan. 1, 1904 as Bn. Sgt. Maj., F.S. and
B.D., 26th Inf. Reenl. Jan, 12, 1907 at Jefferson Barracks, Mo, Disch,
Jan, 11, 1910 as Pvt., Co. E, 15th Inf. Reenl. Jan. 12, 1910 at Ft.
Logan, Colo. Disch. Jan. 11, 1913 as Sgt., Co. L, 15th Inf. Reenl.
Jan. 12, 1913 at Tientsin, China. Disch. Jan, 11, 1917 as Sgt., Sup.
Co., 15th Inf. Reenl. Jan. 12, 1917 at Tientsin, China. Disch. Aug.
13, 1917 as Reg. Sup. Sgt., Sup. Co., 15th Inf., to accept comm. 2nd
Lt., Inf., from R.A. Co. G, 363rd Inf., to Feb. 19, 1918; Sch. of
Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Oct. 5, 1918 (detailed as an Instr. in
War Services of Faculty and Staff 113
Admin, from Student Apr. 18, 1918; also served as Asst. to Disburs-
ing Officer and as Suprvsr. of Mess) ; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Cor-
nell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., to Apr. 17, 1919. Cp. Adj., Cp. Mills, L. I.,
N. Y., to Sept. 23, 1919; Admin, and Exec. Ofcr., Hq., Port of Em-
barkation, Hoboken, N. J., to disch. 1st Lt., Inf., N.A., Aug. 15, 1917;
1st Lt., Avia. Sec, Sig. C, Feb. 8, 1918; Capt., A.S., Aug. 20, 1918.
Disch. July 14, 1920.
Blake, Frederic Columbus, Prof., Physics.
Pres., Academic Bd. in chg. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., Dec.
1, 1917 to its termination, Aug. 31, 1918; Investigator, Nat. Research
01., Washington, D. C, to Dec, 1918.
Blakey, Halbert B., former Asst. Prof., Medicine, College of Medicine.
Contr. Surg., July 30, 1917 to Aug. 31, 1917; Capt., M.C., July 25,
1918 from O.R.C. M.D. to disch. Columbus Barracks, O.; Cp. Greene,
N. C; Washington, D. C. Disch. Jan. 24, 1919.
Bliss, Sidney William, B.Sc. in Agr. '17, Agricultural Experiment Sta.,
Wooster, O.
R.A. Reserve May 6, 1917. Pvt. B. Hosp. 4 to Dec. 10, 1917; U.S.A.
Lab. 1, A.E.F., to Apr. 6, 1918; Central M.D. Lab. to disch. Pvt. Icl.,
June 16, 1917; Sgt., Nov. 1, 1917. A.E.F., May 8, 1917 to disch.
Disch. May 7, 1918 to accept, comm. 1st Lt., Sn. C, May 8, 1918. Sn.
C. to disch. Cp. Devens, Mass. Disch. May 3, 1919.
Blocksom, Augustus P., former Commandant, O.S.U. Corps of Cadets
and Prof., Milit. Science and Tactics.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1873; 2nd Lt., 6th Cav.,
R.A., June 13, 1877; 1st Lt., Jan. 15, 1884; Capt., Cav., Nov. 10, 1894;
Maj., Feb. 17, 1903; Ins. Gen., Apr. 20, 1905 to Apr. 19, 1909; Lt.
Col., Mch. 3, 1911; Col., Jan. 1, 1913; Brig. Gen., May 15, 1917, asgd.
to Southern Dept. with Hq. at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; Maj. Gen.,
N.A., Aug. 5, 1917. Disch. Apr. 18, 1918. Retired Nov. 7, 1918.
Bolon, Dallas Sinclaire, B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '21, Lecturer, Accounting.
R.A., May 15, 1918. 4th R.O.T.C, Cp. Custer, Mich., to disch. Pvt.
Icl., May 15, 1918. Disch. Aug. 25, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf.,
Aug. 26, 1918. Small Arms Firing Sch., Cp. Perry, O. Disch. Dec
5, 1918.
Booth, W. L., Columbus, O.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. of Pilots, O.S.U.
Boothe, Viva B., Prof., Business Research; Asst. Ed., Publications of
Bur. of Business Research; Prof., Sociology.
Statistician, U.S. Food Admin., 1917-18; Statistician, War Industries
Bd., 1918-19.
114 History of The Ohio State University
Bottenhorn, Irwin A., D.D.S. '06, M.D. '09, former Instr., Dental Path-
ology.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, M.E.R.C, O.S.U., Sept. 23 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Bowers, Gary Weldon, B.A. '17, LL.B. '21, Asst. Prof., Business Organ-
ization.
F.A. Tng. Cp., Ft. Sheridan, Ala., June 3 to Sept. 15, 1918. 2nd Lt.,
F.A., Sept. 16, 1918. F.A. to disch. Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky. Disch.
Dec. 14, 1918.
Bowers, Edison Louis, M.A, '23, Ph.D. '28, Assoc. Prof., Economics.
Pvt. S.A.T.C, Heidelberg College, Tiffin, 0., Oct., Nov., and Dec, 1918.
Bowser, Stanley W., B.M.E. '17, former Asst., Mechanical Engineering.
N.A. June 24, 1918. Pvt. 31st Co., 8th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Sherman, 0., to July 24, 1918; 4th Engr. O.T.C., Cp. Humphreys,
Va., to disch. Disch Nov. 1, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Engrs.,
Nov. 2, 1918. Engrs. Repl. Tr., Cp. Humphreys, Va., to Nov. 15,
1918; 1st Forestry Repl. Bn., Cp. Forrest, Ga., to disch. Disch. Jan.
9, 1919.
Boyd, James Ellsworth, B.Sc. '91, Prof., Mechanics.
Member, CI. for Nat. Defense Conference, Washington, D. C, July
1917. Tested spruce airplane struts. Bur. of Standards, Washington,
D. C, summer, 1917. Asst., Exec. Dept., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
Dec, 1917 and 1st three months of 1918.
Bradford, Joseph N., M.E. '83, Univ. Architect, emeritus.
Built barracks and hosp. for use of Sch, of Milit. Aeronautics and
S.A.T.C., O.S.U. Also built large Aeronautical Lab., which was later
fitted up as mess-hall for S.A.T.C.
Brant, Arthur Marshall, B.Ch.E. '17, M.Sc. '23, Ph.D. '28, Assoc Prof.,
Mineralogy.
Mr. Engr. (Jr.Gr.), G.W.S., Edgewood Arsenal, Md., May, 1918 to
Jan., 1919.
Brehm, Gilbert Wayne, M.D. '14, former Instr., College of Medicine.
N.A. Mch. 24, 1917. 1st Lt., M.C., June 18, 1917, from O.R.C.; Capt.,
Nov. 14, 1917; Maj., Mch. 15, 1918. Instr. and Comdr., 5th Bn., M.O.
T.C., Cp. Greenleaf, Ga. M.C. to disch. Disch. Dec. 24, 1918.
Brewer, Harry W., Pharm. Cert. '10, former Clk., Stores and Receiving
Dept., Chemistry.
N.A. July 23, 1918. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0., to disch.
Corp., Sept. 23, 1918. Disch. Jan. 15, 1918.
Bridges, James W., former Instr., Psychology.
Psych. Exmnr., M.D., Sept. 20, 1917. Cp. Taylor, Ky.; Hq., Surg.
Gen's. Office, Washington, D. C, Dec 15, 1917 to Oct. 31, 1918; also
War Services of Faculty and Staff 115
Cp. Lee, Va. Spl. duty with Neuro-psyehiatric Bd., Newport News,
Va., Apr. and May, 1918; Milwaukee, Wis.; Suprvsr., personnel meth-
ods, S.A.T.C, War Plans Div., Gen. Staff, Dist. 10, Com. on Education
and Spl. Tng., Nov. 1 to disch. Disch. Dec. 31, 1918.
Brim, Orville Gilbert, Prof., Education.
Y.M.C.A. Worker. Sailed for France in Jan., 1918. Was in Neuf-
chateau area to July 1, 1918, and in Italy thereafter, returning to
U. S. in Dec, 1919.
Brown, Aubrey Ingerson, M.E. '12, Prof., Heating and Ventilating,
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Brown, Carleton Lyman, B.M.E., '15, Columbus, O,
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. Apr. 9, 1918. Pvt. Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Sept. 23, 1918; Sch. of Milit, Aero-
nautics, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., to Oct. 24, 1918; Det. 7, A.S.,
Aircraft Prod., Dayton, 0., to disch. Corp., Nov. 1, 1918; Sgt. Icl.,
Dec. 20, 1918. Disch. Mch. 31, 1919.
Brown, Howard Dexter, Prof., Vegetable Gardening.
2nd Lt., Q.M.C., Urbana, 111., Oct. 17, 1918. Introductory Survey
Course, Cp. Meigs, Washington, D. C, Oct. 23-29, 1918. Overseas. In
chg. Casualty Co. 510. Ten days at St. Nazaire; duty also at Chateau
de Loire, Tours, and "garden" of 170 acres at Le Mans. Sailed for
U. S. June 25, 1919. Disch. July 23, 1919, Cp. Grant, Rockford, 111.
Brown, Roy A., M.E. in E.E. '10, former Instr., Electrical Engineering.
Hd., Signalling and Radio Dept., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.,
May, 1917 to Dec, 1918.
Bruce, Charles A., B.A. '95, Prof., Romance Languages.
(See Roll of Honor, 264.)
Bruder, Gustave, Bandmaster, O.S.U. Brig. Band.
Served during war period.
Bruder, Victor W., former Instr., Economics and Sociology.
N.A. Feb. 8, 1918. Pvt. M.D., Cp. Greenleaf, Ga., to May 28, 1918;
M.D., Cp. Sherman, O., to Dec. 21, 1918; Med. Sch., Ft. Snelling, Min-
neapolis, Minn., to disch. Corp., Apr. 25, 1918; Sgt., Oct. 5, 1918.
Disch. June 3, 1919.
Brumley, Oscar Victor, Vet. Surg.'s Cert., '97, Dean, College of Veteri-
nary Medicine; Prof., Veterinary Medicine.
Acting Dean during absence of Dean David S. White; also Essent.
Teacher, Vet. Medicine, during war period.
Burckes, Martin H., Capt, F.A., U.S.A., Asst. Prof., Military Science
and Tactics.
Indue at Waltham, Mass., Nov. 8, 1918. Asgd. to Inf. O.T.C., Cp.
Fremont, Calif. All calls were canceled on Nov. 11, 1918. No act. serv.
116 History of The Ohio State University
Burrett, Claude A., former Dean, College of Homeopathic Medicine.
Member, State Com., CI. for Nat. Defense; Contr. Surg., S.A.T.C,
O.S.U. Contract annulled.
Burtt, Harold Ernest, Prof., Psychology.
Chm., Psychology Sub-Com. on Avia., Nat Research CI., giving tests
to cadets at Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Mass. Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Mass. Capt., A.S., Aeronautics, Oct. 22, 1918. Persnl. U.,
Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Princeton Univ., Princeton, N. J. Disch.
Dec. 24, 1918.
Caine, William Hatfield, former House Physician, Homeopathic Hospital.
{See Citations and Decorations List, 205.)
Campbell, Frank L., Assoc, Prof., Zoology and Entomology.
N.A. Oct., 1918. Pvt., S.A.T.C, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Pa., to disch. Disch. in Dec, 1918.
Campbell, Lois Ruth, former Principal, Nurses' Tng. Sch., Homeopathic
Hospital,
Nurse, Jan. 28, 1918. B. Hosp., Cp. Custer, Mich., to Aug. 17, 1918;
Cp. Hosp. 12 to Apr. 1, 1919; Cas. to disch. A.E.F., Sept. 8, 1918 to
Apr. 23, 1918. Reserve Nurse relieved from act. duty June 4, 1919.
Cannon, Nan C, B.Ph. '01, former Act. Secy., O.S.U., Assoc. Ed., O.S.U,
Monthly, Mch., 1917 to Dec, 1918.
Member, Univ. War Records Com. Sailed for France Dec. 21, 1918
to become Secy, and Guide, Y.M.C.A., Paris, France. Compiler of
statistics. Army Education C, French Univs., Historical Sec, Paris;
Agt., Refugee Serv. ; Hostess, Verdun Canteen Serv. ; Fid. Agt.,
Coblentz, Germany.
Carlson, Fred Albert, Prof., Geography.
Enl. M.C., Apr., 1918. Asgd. to Harvard Med. School, Boston, Mass.
Unatchd. Disch. Dec, 1918.
Carman, J. Ernest, Prof., Geology and Curator of Geological Museum.
Prepared for Y.M.C.A. Mfork at Lake Geneva, Wis. Athletic Secy.,
Hosp. 8, on Loire River, France, Sept. 25 to Dec. 10, 1918. Lecturer,
Educational Br., Y.M.C.A., France and Germany, Dec, 1918 to June,
1919,
Carruthers, John Litster, B.Cer. E. '21; Cer.E., '34, Prof., Ceramic
Engineering.
A.S., Sig. C, Feb. 28, 1918, Selfridge Fid., Mt. Clemens, Mich.; Sch,
of Milit. Aeronautics, Univ. of 111., Urbana, 111., Aug. 17 to Nov. 9,
1918. Cp. Dick, Dallas, Tex., Nov. 21, 1918 to disch. Flying Cadet,
A.S., 380th Aer. Sq. Disch. Dec. 4, 1918.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 117
Carter, Marion Amber, B.Arch. '17, Univ. Architect's Office.
E.R.C. Jan. 12, 1918. Pvt. Icl. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to
disch. Disch, Nov. 29, 1918.
Case, Allando A., former Instr., Industrial Arts.
Capt., M.T.C, Oct. 29, 1918, Tng. Br.; trasf. Nov. 1, 1918 to Main-
tenance Div. ; Engr. Shop 306, Dec. 13, 1918. Made complete lay-out
of all overhead work for all repair units. Engr. Ofcr., Apr. 23, 1919,
serving as one of bd. of three men to establish advncd. courses of tng.
for M.T.C. Ofcrs. at Sch. of Technology, Ga. Ordered to Cp. Hola-
bird, Baltimore, Md., May 31, 1919, to establish M.T. Tng. Sch. for
enl. men. Educational Dirctr. and Constructive Engr., M.T. Tng.
Sch., Cp. Holabird, Baltimore, Md.; Maj., July 22, 1919; Hd., Engi-
neering Dept., M.T. Tng. Sch.; Actg. Dirctr. of Education for M.T,
Tng. Sch., Sept. 16, 1919; also sat with Civil Serv. Bd. at Washing-
ton, D. C, for M.T. Tng. Sch. Instrs. Ordered Nov. 1, 1919 to Cp.
Jessup, Atlanta, Ga., to organize M.T. Tng. Sch. there.
Cassidy, Holland M., 2nd Lt., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
R.A. July 31, 1917; 70th Aer. Sq. to Sept. 3, 1917; 112th Aer. Sq. to
Nov. 12, 1917; Avia. Sch., Kelly Fid., Tex., to Jan. 9, 1918; Sch. of
Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to disch. to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S.S.C.
Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, to July 16, 1918; Milit. Aeronautics, Wash-
ington, D. C, to disch. Sgt., Sept. 16, 1917; Pvt. Icl., Nov. 20, 1917;
2nd Lt., Jan. 26, 1918; 1st Lt., A.S., Aug. 23, 1918. Disch. July 10,
1919.
Castleman, Frank R., Prof., Physical Education.
Instr., Suprvsd. Recreation and Organized Sport., Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics, O.S.U. Attended Bayonet Tng. Sch., Princeton, N. J., Nov.,
1918.
Chandler, Albert Richard, Asst. Prof., Philosophy.
Red Cross Orderly, Amer. Amb. Hosp., Neuilly, France, July 1 to
Oct. 20, 1917; Fid. Delegate, Bur. of Refugees, Red Cross, Paris, to
Oct. 30, 1917; Fid. Delegate, Rome and Milan, Italy, Nov. 1, 1917 to
Jan., 1918; Dirctr., Canteen, Chioggia, Italy, Jan. to Nov. 26, 1918;
Relief Worker, Venice and Fiume, Italy, Nov. 27, 1918 to Mch. 1,
1919. Capt., Feb. 1, 1919. Trsf. to Paris as Member, Amer. Red
Cross Comm. for Europe, Apr. 1, 1919. Disch. June 22, 1919.
Chaney, James E., Maj., Sig. C, R.A. ; Commandant, Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics, 0. S. U.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., Westpoint, N. Y., June 16, 1904; 2nd Lt., Inf., Feb.
14, 1908; 1st Lt., June 20, 1914; Capt., Mch. 22, 1917; Maj., Sig. C.
(Temp.), Aug. 5, 1917; Commandant, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
O.S.U., Nov., 1917 to June, 1918; Maj. (Temp.), Jan. 24, 1918. Still
118 History of The Ohio State University
Charlton, Paul Hazlett, B.A. '16, M.D. '21, M.Sc. '23, Instr., Surgery,
College of Medicine.
1st Lt., Q.M.C., from N.G.; Capt., May 12, 1918; Maj., Feb. 21, 1919.
Q.M.C. to disch. Columbus, 0.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; A.E.F., June 28,
1918 to Mch. 23, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector.
Disch. June 12, 1919.
Christensen, Erwin 0., former Instr., Art.
N.A. June 3, 1918. Pvt. A.S., Sig. C, Madison Barracks, N. Y., June
6, 1918 to June 30, 1918; Sch. of Aerial Photography, Rochester, N.
Y., July to Sept. 4, 1918; Sch. of Aerial Photography, Cornell Univ.,
Ithaca, N. Y., to Nov. 11, 1918; 9th Co., Aerial Photographic U., Sec.
84, Cp. McClelland, Ala. Disch. Jan. 16, 1919.
Chubb, Charles St. John, C.E. in Arch., '04, Prof., Architecture.
Instr., Aerial Observation, Sch, for Pilots, O.S.U. ; Co-inventor and
builder of miniature revolving fld. for shell spotting and aerial obser-
vation for instr. of cadets in Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U. ; Resi-
dent Architect for erection of Govt, warehouses, Bexley, 0.
Clayton, George W., 1st Lt. ; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
R.A. Mch. 6, 1915; Co. G, 17th Inf., to disch. to accept comm. 1st Lt.
(Temp.), Sig. C. Sig. C, Washington, D. C, to Mch. 9, 1918; Instr.,
Army Paper Work, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Pilots, Sch. for Bin.
Officers; Instr., in Army Paper Work and Office Administrator, Sch.
for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Officers, O.S.U., to June 5, 1918; 4t4h
Co., 3rd Motor Mechanics, A.S.S.C, to disch. Capt., A.S., May 19,
1919. Overseas serv. from June 23, 1918 to June 28, 1919. Disch.
July 30, 1919.
Cloud, Charles William, B.Arch. '17, former Draughtsman, Univ. Archi-
tect's Office.
N.A. July 23, 1918. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O., to Aug.
8, 1918; Co. B, 309th Engrs., to disch. Corp.; Sgt., Apr. 14, 1919.
A.E.F., Sept. 8, 1918 to May 12, 1919. Disch. May 12, 1919 to accept
comm. 2nd Lt., Engrs., May 12, 1919. 309th Engrs. to disch. Cp.
Taylor, Ky.; Cp. Merritt, N. J.; Washington, D. C. A.E.F., May 12,
1919 to July 18, 1919. Disch. July 23, 1919.
Cobb, Samuel Henry, M.A. '27, Asst. Prof., Physical Education.
Asst. Athletic Dirctr., Cp. Dix, N. J., Dec, 1917 to July, 1918. U.S.
Nav. Res., South Orange, N. J., July 20, 1918; Pelham Bay, N. Y.,
Nav. Tng. Sta. to disch. Q.M. 3cl. Disch. in 1930.
Cockins, Edith D., B.A. '94, Registrar; Secretary, University Faculty.
Co-operated in sending questionnaire to alumni and former students
about their qualifications for war serv.; promoted making Univer-
sity's great service flag; Chm., University's War Records Committee.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 119
Coddington, Edwin F., C.E. '96, M.Sc. '97, former Actg. Dean, College of
Engineering; Prof., Geodetic Engineering.
Member, Faculty Bd. of Admin, for S.A.T.C, Oct. 1 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Coddington, Oscar L., B.A. '22, M.D, '26, Asst., Dispensary, College of
Medicine.
N.A. Oct. 3, 1918. Pvt. Co. B, S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to disch. Actg. Sgt. in
chg. of drug room, Milit. Hosp., O.SU., during period of serv. Disch.
Dec. 12, 1918.
Cole, Alfred Dodge, former Prof., Physics.
Author, part of manual on wireless telegraphy for use in milit. cps.
and schs.
Coleman, Thomas C, former Asst., Industrial Arts.
N.A. Apr. 28, 1918. Pvt. 5th Co., Inf. 151st Dep. Brig.; Co. H, 303rd
Regt.; Co. D, 29th Regt., Engrs., Cp. Devens, Mass., Apr. 28 to July
5, 1918. A.E.F., July 17, 1918 to Feb. 28, 1919. France: Angers; Ft.
St.-Menge; Toul; St.-Nazaire. Disch. Mch. 25, 1919.
Colvin, Ernest Stewart, Member, Med. Examining Board, School of Milit.
Aeronautics, O.S.U.
1st Lt., Med. Reserve C, Nov. 23, 1917, from O.R.C.; Member, Phys-
ical Examining U., A.S.S.C, Emory Univ., Atlanta, Ga., to Mch. 6,
1918; Post Hosp., Avia. Sec, Sig. C. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Geor-
gia School of Technology, to Apr. 27, 1918; Member, Med. Examining
Bd., and Instr., First Aid, Sch. for Bin. Officers, Sch. for Pilots,
O.S.U., to Sept. 17, 1918; Med. Dept., A.S. Mechanics Sch., St. Paul,
Minn., to disch. Disch. Jan. 6, 1918. No overseas serv.
Converse, George Leroy, '78, Prof., Milit. Science and Tactics and Com-
mandant, Univ. Brigade of Cadets.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1775; 2nd Lt., 3rd Cav.,
June 12, 1880; 1st Lt., Feb. 15, 1884; Capt., Aug. 8, 1895; Capt., Co.
G, 1st Ohio Cav., May 11, 1898, in Spanish-Amer. War. Disch. Oct.
22, 1898. Wounded in line of duty. Maj. (retired), June 3, 1916;
Commandant, O.S.U. Brig, of Cadets, 1900-1918; relieved of com-
mand on campus, Nov., 1918; Inspctr., 6th Dist., S.A.T.C, with Hq. at
Columbus, 0., 1918-19; Ch. Enlistment Ofcr., Northern Ind., and sec.
from Richmond, Ind., to Urbana, 111., June to Nov., 1919. Worked for
Nat. Defense Act of June 3, 1916.
Coons, Jacob Jones, Emeritus Prof., Medicine, College of Medicine.
Contr. Surg. July 30, 1917. M.D. to disch. Columbus, 0. Contract
annulled Aug. 31, 1917.
Corry, Homer Campbell, former Asst. Prof., Law.
Instr., Milit. Law, Sch. for Bin. Officers, O.S.U., to July, 1918. N.A.
July 5, 1918. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp, Sherman, O., to Sept. 7,
120 History of The Ohio State University
1918; Adjt's. Det. to disch. Sgt., Sept. 7, 1918. Disch. Nov. 4, 1918
to accept comm. 1st Lt., Judge Advocate Gen's. Dept., Nov. 5, 1918.
Cp. Logan, Tex.; Cp. Sherman, 0.; Washington, D. C. Disch. July
5, 1919.
Cottingham, Harold Charles, Arts '23, Columbus, 0.
Telegrapher, Dept. of Aerial Observation, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
O.S.U.
Cottingham, Kenneth Charles, B.A. '13, M.A. '14, former Instr., Geology.
Helped prepare war maps and miniature arty, range for teaching
shell spotting and aerial observation; Instr., Aerial Observation, Sch.
for Pilots, O.S.U. ; 2nd Lt., A.S., May 25, 1918, from O.R.C. A.S. to
disch. Columbus, O.; Cp. Dick, Tex.; Kelly Fid., Tex. Disch. Dec.
27, 1918.
Cottrell, Edwin A., former Prof., Political Science.
Liaison Officer, S.A.T.C, O.S.U., Oct., 1918 to Jan., 1919.
Cottrell, Harvey V., D.D.S. '00, former Prof., Prosthetic Dentistry and
Sec'y. of the College of Dentistry.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, O.S.U., Sept. 23, 1918 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Cowell, Charles C, Assoc Prof., Health Education, Univ. Schools.
U.S. Navy, Seaman 2cl., May, 1917. Ch. Q.M. (Avia.), Nov., 1917.
Ensign, Nav. Aviator, Aug., 1918. Navigation Ofcr. and Patrol Pilot,
U.S. Nav. Air Sta„ Cape May, N. J., Sept., 1918 to June, 1919.
Craig, J. Forest, B.A. '07, M.A. '13, Asst. Prof., English.
Essent. Teacher, English; taught English to cadets of S.A.T.C,
O.S.U.
Cram, Ralph H., 1st Lt. ; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
R.A. Nov. 20, 1914. Served with Det., O.M.C. Recruit Dep., Ft. Slo-
cum, N. Y., to Aug. 28, 1917; 2nd Co., Plattsburg Barracks, N.G.
Camp, N. Y., to disch. Pvt. Icl., Sept. 24, 1915; Corp., Apr. 14, 1917.
Disch. Nov. 26, 1917 to accept comm. 1st Lt., A.S.S.C. (Con.), Nov.
27, 1917. Served with Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Univ. of Illinois,
Urbana, 111., to Jan. 22, 1918; Instr., Office Admin.. Customs of the
Service, Duties of Adj. P. and S. Comdr., Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for
Bin. Ofcrs. ; Army Paper Work, and Army Regulations, Sch. for Ad-
jutants, Sch. for Bin. Officers, O.S.U., to June 29, 1918; Sch. for Radio
Operators, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex., to disch. No overseas serv.
Disch. Jan. 10, 1919.
Crane, George Blair, B.Sc. in Agr. '13, M.Sc. '31, Assist. Dirctr. and
Secy., Agr. Extens. Serv.
R.A. Dec. 11, 1917. Pvt. A.S. Spruce Prod. Div., 460th Aer. Sq., to
disch. Disch. Mch. 14, 1918 on acct. of phys. disab.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 121
Crane, Harry W., former Instr., Psychology.
Investigator, true and false testimony, for Com. on Personnel, U.S.A.
Crane, Mabel E. Goudge (Mrs. Harry W. Crane), former Instr., Psy-
chology.
Investigator, true and false testimony for Com. on Personnel, U.S.A.
Cunningham, Jay S., Capt.; Staff Officer, S.A.T.C, O. S. U.
Capt., U.S.A.; Adj., S.A.T.C, O.S.U., Oct. 1, 1918 to its disbandment
Dec. 12, 1918.
Cunningham, Omer C, former Asst. Prof., Dairying.
N.A. Apr. 25, 1918. Pvt. Co. E, 317th Engrs., to disch. Pvt. Icl., Aug.
31, 1918. A.E.F., June 9, 1918 to Mch. 6, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; De-
fensive Sector. Disch. Mch. 31, 1919.
Curtis, George Morris, Prof., Surgery and Research Surgery, College of
Medicine.
M.E.R.C. Jan. 16, 1918. Asgd. to duty as Med. Student at Vanderbilt
Univ. Med. Sch., Nashville, Tenn., and later at Rush Med. College,
Chicago, 111. Disch. Dec. 26, 1918, Chicago, 111.
Curtis, Mrs. George Morris (See Atcherson, Lucille).
Dagger, Golden N., B.Sc. in Agr. '00, former Demonstrator, Farm Man-
agement, Agr. Extens. Serv.
N.A. Oct. 6, 1917. Pvt. Btry F, 324th F.A., to disch. Sgt., Apr. 22,
1918. Disch. July 11, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., F.A., July 12,
1918. 3rd O.T.S., Cp. Sherman, O.; 140th F.A. to disch. 83rd Div.
A.E.F., May 23, 1918 to June 6, 1919. Disch. June 20, 1919.
Daily, Rena E., former Nurse, Homeopathic Hospital.
Nurse Nov. 14, 1918. Debarkation Hosp. 3, New York City, to disch.
Reserve Nurse relieved from act. duty Mch. 23, 1919.
Dale, Edgar, Research Associate, Bur. of Educational Research and
Assoc. Prof., Education.
Pvt., S.A.T.C, Univ. of North Dakota, Grank Forks, N. D.
Dapp, Walter Ernest, M.D. '16, former Interne, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C, Jan. 22, 1918, from O.R.C Ft. Riley, Kan., Jan. 22 to
Mch. 9, 1918. M.C. to disch. Ft. Sill, Okla.; West Point, Ky.; Fair-
field, O. Disch. Dec. 8, 1920.
Daugherty, John E., 2nd Lt. ; Instr., School of Milit, Aeronautics, O. S. U.
R.A. Sept. 19, 1917. Served with Co. A, 315th Engrs., to Nov. 30,
1917; A.S., Kelly Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to Jan. 23, 1918; Sch. for
Adjutants and Sch. for Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Feb. 18, 1918.
Pvt. Icl., Nov. 1, 1917. Disch. Feb. 18, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt.,
Avia. Sec, Sig. R.C Instr. in Army Paper Work and Allotments, Sch.
for Adjutants and Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Aug. 29,
122 History of The Ohio State University
1918; Dept. of A.S., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., to Dec. 19, 1918; A.S.,
Kelly Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to disch. No overseas serv. Disch.
Feb. 5, 1919.
Davis, Harvey H., Prof., Education.
339th F.A., Cp. Dodge, la., Feb. 22, 1918; 56th Engrs., Washington
Barracks, Washington, D. C, Mch. 25, 1918; Trsf. to Cp. Lee, Va.,
June 1, 1918 and thence to Cp. Humphreys, 111., July 10, 1918 and
finally to Cp. Dodge, la., Jan. 10, 1919. Color Sgt. Disch. Jan. 10,
1919.
Davis, William Edgar, former Instr., Mathematics.
{See Citations and Decorations List) .
DeForrest, John, 1st Lt. ; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
R.A. Apr. 28, 1914; Co. D, 28th Inf., to Sept. 2, 1917; Ground Ofcrs'.
Tng. Sch., Kelly Fid., Tex., to disch. to accept comm. 1st Lt., Avia.
Sec, Sig. R.C.; A.S., unasgd., Kelly Fid., Tex., to Jan. 8, 1918; Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., as Instr. in Army and Fid. Serv. Regu-
lations, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., Sch. for Pilots; Fid.
Serv. Regulations, Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U.; also Athletic Ofcr., to
Sept. 21, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.
Y., to Oct. 5, 1918; Aero Sup. Dep. and Concentration Cp., Garden
City, L. L, N. Y., to Oct. 24, 1918; Hq., A.S., A.E.F., to Aug. 16, 1919;
Office of Dirctr. of A.S., Washington, D. C, to Aug. 31, 1919; Ofcr.,
M.T.C., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex., to Sept. 5, 1919; Hq., Staff, Kelly
Fid., Tex., to disch. Capt., A.S., Oct. 5, 1918. Overseas serv. from
Oct. 26, 1918 to Aug. 16, 1919. Disch. Oct. 25, 1919.
DeLong, Dwight Moore, M.Sc. '16, Ph.D. '22, Director, Franz Theodore
Stone Laboratory and Prof., Zoology and Entomology.
Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0., to Sept. 11, 1918; M.D., Yale
Univ., New Haven, Conn., Sept. 9 to Dec. 20, 19TB. Lab. Technician
in Bacteriology, B. Hosp., Cp. Devens, Mass., to disch. Disch. Feb.
18, 1919.
Demorest, Dana James, B.Sc. in Ch.E, '07, Prof., Metallurgy.
1st Lt., Ord. C, Jan. 31, 1918 from O.R.C.; Capt., June 28, 1918;
Maj., July 13, 1918. C.W.S. to disch. Washington, D. C; Edgewood
Arsenal, Md. Supervised constr. of huge plant for manufacture of
toxic gases at Edgewood. Comndg. Ofcr., Toxic Gas Plant, Edgewood
Arsenal, 1918. Disch. Jan. 20, 1919.
Demorest, Don Louis, B.A. '15, M.A. '12, Ph.D. '27, Prof., Romance Lan-
guages.
Prison Relief Worker, Internat. Com., Y.M.C.A., France, Jan. to Apr.,
1917. (See Pt. II, p. 123, for milit. record.)
War Services of Faculty and Staff 123
Denney, Joseph Villiers, former Dean, College of Arts and Sciences;
Prof., English.
Member, Faculty Bd. of Admin., S.A.T.C, Oct. 1 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Devers, John R., 2nd Lt, School of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
R.A. Jan. 18, 1912. Disch. Jan. 17, 1915 as Sgt., Q.M.C. Reenl. in
R.A. Jan. 18, 1915. Furloughed to R.A. Reserve, Feb. 16, 1917, Det.,
Q.M.C, Ft. Rosecrans, Calif. Reported for act. duty May 22, 1917.
Q.M.C, Cp. Robinson, Wis., to Nov. 19, 1917; Avia. Schs., Kelly Fid.,
San Antonio, Tex., to disch. to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S.; Asst. Dis-
bursing Ofcr. and Suprvsr. of Mess, Schs. for Air Ofcrs., O.S.U., to
Aug. 20, 1918; also Instr., Army Paper Work, Mess Organization,
Duties of Disbursing Ofcr., Duties of Supply Ofcr., Sch. for Adju-
tants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs: ; Office Admin., Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U. ;
Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, 111., to Dec. 22,
1918. Office Dirctr. of Milit. Aeronautics, Washington, D. C, to Feb.
26, 1919. A.S., Park Fid., Ellington, Tenn., to Apr. 3, 1919; A.S., Post
Fid., Ft. Sill, Okla., to disch. Disch. Jan. 1, 1920.
Dickerson, William E., Assoc. Prof., Accounting.
N.A. Oct., 1918. S.A.T.C, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Disch. Nov., 1918.
Dieter, Howard Lee, Arts '21, Columbus, O.
Telegrapher, Aerial Observation Dept., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
O.S.U.
Doan, Charles A., Prof., Medicine; Dirctr., Med. Research, College of
Medicine.
Enl. M.C, U.S.A. M.C to disch. Sgt. in chg. of Bacteriological Lab.,
Nov., 1917 to June, 1919.
Dockeray, Floyd C, Prof., Psychology.
Capt., Sig. C Res., Milit. Avia., A.S., Med. Research Lab., in chg. of
Psychology Dept.; 3rd Avia. Instr. Center, Issoundun, France, 1918;
in Ch. Surgeon's Office, Advanced Gen. Hq., Trier, Germany, 1919.
Dodd, Verne Adams, M.D. '03, Prof., Surgery, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.R.C, U.S.A., Mch. 5, 1912. Ordered to act. duty as Med.
Exmnr., Columbus Barracks, 0., Apr. 19, 1917; Capt, May 10, 1917.
Resigned Aug. 21, 1917 to accept comm. in U.S.N.R. Lt. Comdr., M.C,
U.S. Nav. Res. Force. Organized a Naval Base Hosp. U.; called to
act. duty at Hampton Roads, Va., Oct. 15, 1917; trsf. to U.S.S.
Agamemnon Feb. 8, 1919. Inact. duty from Apr. 12, 1919.
Donham, Charles R., Prof., Veterinary Medicine.
Enl. Sept., 1918. Inf. O.T.C, Cp. Pike, Ark., U.S.A. Disch. Dec, 1918.
Downey, Ivan E., Lt., Dental Corps, U.S.A.
Dent Surg., S.A.T.C, O.S.U., Nov. 1918 and later.
124 History of The Ohio State University
Draffin, Jasper 0., former Asst., Mechanics.
Experimenter, Concrete Ships for U.S. Shipping Bd., summer of 1918.
Drain, Brooks D., B.Sc. in Hort. '17, former Asst., Horticulture.
R.A. May 20, 1918. Pvt. O.T.S., Cp. Custer, Mich., to June 28, 1918;
F.A., C.O.T.S., Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky., to disch. Disch. Nov. 26,
1918.
Drake, Edward S., Mgr., Ohio Union, O.S.U.
Provided for numerous meetings of students engaged in War activ-
ities; promoted food produc. by oversight of plats of ground used for
raising vegetables; Aide, Milit. Hosp., O.S.U., during influenza epi-
demic; cared for cadets of Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics in mess hall,
May to Dec, 1918.
Dreese, Edwin Ernest, Prof., Electrical Engineering.
Pvt, Sig. C, 1917; 2nd Lt.; 1st Lt. Engaged in work at Sig. C. Lab.,
Bur. of Standards, Washington, D. C. Trsfd. to Office, Ch. Sig. Ofcr.,
War Dept., Washington, D. C, as Suprvsr. of distribution of Sig.
Tng. equipment to all Air Fids., Posts, Cps., Cantonments, and Schs.
Was aptd. Co. Comdr., Sig. Ofcrs' Tng. Cp.
Drucquer, H. L., Columbus, O.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Duffee, Walter Edwin, G.Ph. '09, M.D. '17, Asst. Prof., Physical Educa-
tion; Med. Exmr. and Consultant, Student Med. Serv.
1st Lt., Med. C, July 4, 1918. Med. Det. to disch. Cp. Greenleaf, Ga.
Disch. Dec. 17, 1918.
Dumble, Wilson R., B.Sc. in Edu. '28, M.A. '29, Instr., English.
N.A. Apr. 29, 1918, Cp. Sherman, 0. Embarked for France in Co. A.,
308th M.P. Regt., June 5, 1918. Trsfd. to Hq. Co., 330th Inf., Oct. 15,
1928. On detchd. serv. in France, most of time with the Intelligence
C, with Hq. at Le Mans, Tours, and Paris. Embarked for U. S. Jan.
17, 1919. Disch. Feb. 13, 1919, Cp. Sherman, 0.
Dunbar, Charles M., former Clk., Operation and Maintenance.
N.A. May 10, 1918. Pvt. C.W.S. to disch. Sgt., Sept. 1, 1918. Disch.
Dec. 19, 1918.
Dupre, John Huntley, B.A. '14, LL.B. '16, M.A. '27, Ph.D. '32, former Jr.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Prof., History, State Univ. of
Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
R.A. Feb. 15, 1918. (Enl. in Paris, France). Pvt. Co. C, 26th Inf.,
to Apr. 4, 1918; Army Candidate Sch. to disch., July 8, 1918, to accept
comm. 2nd Lt., Inf. 2nd Lt., C.W.S., July 9, 1918; 1st Lt., Nov. 13,
1918. C.W.S. to disch. 42nd (Rainbow) Div. A.E.F., Feb. 15, 1918 to
Feb. 12, 1919. Oise-Aisne. Disch. Feb. 14, 1919.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 125
Dye, Clair Albert, G.Ph. '91, Dean, College of Pharmacy; Prof., Phar-
macy.
In chg. Dent. U., M.E.R.C. and S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Eagle, Lloyd K., former Instr., Engineering Drawing.
E.R.C. Pvt. ; Sgt. A.E.F. Helped construct roads in France prepara-
tory to Argonne offensive. Disch. Apr. 8, 1919.
Eckelberry, George W., B.A. '14, M.A. '16, former Instr., Economics and
Sociology; Asst. to the President, O.S.U.
N.A. Feb. 44, 1918. Pvt. 816th Dep. Aer. Sq. to disch. Avia. Sec,
Financial Div., Airplane Div., accounting and cost serv. Disch. Jan.
29, 1919.
Edelman, Samuel David, M.D. '14, Asst. Prof., Clinical Pediatrics and
Dispensary, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., July 16, 1917, from O.R.C. M.D., Ret. Dep., Columbus,
0., to Aug. 5, 1917; M.O.T.C, Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., to Oct. 3,
1917; Fid. Hosp. 334, 309th Sn. Tn., to Aug. 15, 1918; M.C., Justice
Hosp. Grp., to Sept. 7, 1918; Adv. Sch. Det., A.E.F., to Sept. 15, 1918;
Army Sn. Sch., A.E.F., to Sept. 18, 1918; Am. Gas Hosp. 1 to Oct.
22, 1918; Army Sn. Sch. to Oct. 31, 1918; F. Hosp. Co. 334, 309th Sn.
Tn., to Nov. 13, 1918; Med. Repl., Cp. Thesee, to Nov. 23, 1918; B.
Hosp. 218 to Feb. 4, 1919; B. Hosp. 100 to July 5, 1919; Cas. Ofcr.
Det., Cp. Dix, N. J., to disch. A.E.F., Sept. 2, 1918 to July 5, 1919.
Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Disch. July 24, 1919.
Edvi^ards, Linden Forest, B.A. '22, M.Sc. '23, Ph.D. '28, Assoc. Prof.,
Anatomy, College of Medicine.
N.A. Oct. 8, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C. to disch. Disch. Dec. 11, 1918.
Eich, Charles Peter, Engr. 20, Youngstown, 0.
E.R.C. May 11, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Co. A, 19th F. Sig. Bn., E.R.C, to
disch. Disch. Oct. 15, 1917 to accept comm. 1st Lt., Avia. Sec, Sig.
R.C., Oct. 15, 1917. Instr., Signaling and Radio, Sch. for Pilots, Sch.
for Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U. A.S. (Avia.) to disch. Cornell Univ., Ithaca,
N. Y.; Cp. Devens, Mass. Disch. Apr. 7, 1919.
Eikenberry, Dan Harrison, Prof., Education.
N.A., Cp. Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., Apr. 26, 1918. Trsfd. to
Ord. Tng. Sch., Cp. Hancock, Augusta, Ga., May 22, 1918 and to F.A.
Tng. Sch., Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky., Oct. 13, 1918. Asgd. to 23rd Tng,
Btry., F.A., C.O.T.S. Disch. Nov. 28, 1918.
Eisenhauer, Harry D., Instr., Signaling and Radio, Sch. for Pilots, Sch.
for Bin. Officers, O.S.U.
Eisenlohr, Berthold August, B.Ph. '87, M.A. '05, Emeritus Prof., German.
Aptd. Asst., Amer. Legation, The Hague, Holland, by Secretary of
State. Left for his post Aug. 14, 1918 and remained to Apr., 1919.
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Then was sent as one of three members of Amer. Mission to Ger-
many. Returned to U. S. in July, 1919.
Elam, Arthur M., former Asst., Dentistry.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, Sept. 23 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Elwood, Philip Homer, Jr., former Asst. Prof., Landscape Architecture.
N.A. Aug. 25, 1917. Pvt. 2nd O.T.S., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., to
Nov. 27, 1917. Capt., F.A., Nov. 27, 1917. Reported for duty, 90th
Div., Dec. 15, 1917. Atchd. to Sig. C. from Jan. 2 to May 1, 1918,
Kelly Fid., Tex., as head of faculty, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics; later
Exec. Ofcr., Sch. for Aerial Observers, Langley Fid., Va., to May 5,
1918 and in command of 14th Tng. Bn., Cp. Jackson, S. C. ; asgd. to
3rd Corps Pk., Cp. Wadsworth, S. C, July, 1918. A.E.F., Aug., 1918
to disch. Ordered to Argonne front early in Oct., 1918. Co. A, 3rd
Corps Arty. Pk., Western Sector, Amer. Front. Atchd. to Grp. 4, 1st
Army, on salvage and ordnance demolition work; trsf. in Mch., 1919
to M.T.C. as Comdg. Ofcr., Prov. Bn., 3rd Corps Arty. Pk., Bourges,
France; then as M.T. Ofcr., Amer. Hq., "Verdun, to May 1, 1919;
trsf. with Co. A to Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, where he was in chg.
of engineering, landscape planning, and constr. of Amer. Cemetery
where 21,000 men are buried; also operated all passenger transporta-
tion at Cp. Romagne to July 4, 1919. Disch., Cp. Devens, N, Y.,
Aug. 29, 1919.
English, Horace B., Prof., Psychology.
Enl. Sept. 19, 1917, Cp. Devens, Mass. 1st Lt., Sn. C, Sept. 26, 1917.
Ordered to act. serv. at B. Hosp., Cp. Devens, Mass., as Psychological
Exmnr. Trsf. to Med. Ofcrs'. Tng. Sch., Psychological Sec, Cp.
Greenleaf, Ga., Feb. 3, 1918. Trsf. to Cp. Lewis, Wash., as Psycho-
logical Exmnr. Apr. 6, 1918. Capt., Sn. C, Nov. 7, 1918; Ch. Edu-
cational Serv. and Hosp. Morale Ofcr., Cp. Lewis, Wash., Jan. 9,
1919. Relieved of act. duty Aug. 20, 1919. Disch. Aug. 26, 1919, Cp.
Devens, Mass.
Enswiler, Herbert Dodd, B.A. '17, M.D. '26, Instr., Oto-Laryngology and
Dispensary, College of Medicine.
2nd Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917 from O.R.C. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.,
Aug. 27 to Nov. 27, 1917. 63rd Inf.; 158th Dep. Brig, to disch. Cp.
Sherman, 0.; Cp. Perry, O. Disch. Dec. 17, 1918.
Erskine, Wallace S., former Member, Staff, Dept. of Military Science
and Tactics.
R.A. May 16, 1918. Pvt. F.A., C.O.T.S., Cp. Taylor, Ky., to disch.
Disch. Aug. 30, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., F.A., Aug. 31, 1918.
9th F.A. to disch. Ft. Sill, Okla. Disch. Sept. 30, 1920.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 127
Esper, Erwin A., B.A. '17, former Asst., English.
N.A. May 16, 1918. Pvt. Rep. Shop U. 301 to Nov. 11, 1918; Inf.
C.O.T.S., Cp. Lee, Va., to disch. Disch. Nov. 23, 1918.
Evans, Daniel Luther, B.A. '17, M.A. '20, Ph.D. '23, Jr. Dean, College of
Arts and Sciences.
O.N.G. Nov. 22, 1917. Pvt. Med. Det., 134th F.A., to disch. 37th Div.
A.E.F., June 27, 1918 to Mch. 24, 1919. Defensive Sector. Disch.
Apr. 10, 1919.
Evans, William Lloyd, B.Sc. '92, M.Sc. '96, Prof.; Chairman. Dept. of
Chemistry.
Member, War Chemical Assoc, O.S.U., June 7, 1917. Capt., Ord.
Dept., Aug. 27, 1917, O.R.C. Did research in Washington, D. C, from
Aug. to latter part of Nov., 1917. Asgd. to duty, Nov. 21, 1917, of
building, equipping, organizing personnel, and directing chem. lab.
at Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md, Organized several provisional
labs, early in 1918 to work on toxic gases, the manufacture of which
had been decided upon Dec. 1, 1917. In chg. of experimental work at
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Md., and O.S.U. from Apr. 9, 1918.
The construe, of the lab. at Edgewood was begun on Apr. 7, 1918 and
its scope was extended to include toxic gases. It comprised, finally,
12 subdivisions. Chem. work began in it on June 18, 1918 under Capt.
Evans' direction as Ch., Lab. and Inspec. Sec, C.W.S. On July 21,
1918 he was promoted to Maj. The lab. ran day and night to Thanks-
giving Day, 1918. Then invoicing and checking lasted until Christ-
mas. Maj. Evans was discharged on Jan. 4, 1918. Trsf. to C.W.S. in
July, 1918.
Everitt, William Littell, Ph.D. '33, Prof., Electrical Engineering.
U.S.M.C. Oct. 6, 1918. Pvt. Parris Island, S. C. Disch. Feb. 28, 1919.
Eyer, John R., former Asst,, Zoology and Entomology.
N.A. Oct. 3, 1917. Pvt. Co. H, 329th Inf., to Nov. 5, 1917; Sn. Det,
329th Inf., to Dec. 31, 1917; M.D., B. Hosp., Cp. Sherman, O., to
disch. Pvt. Icl., Mch. 6, 1918; Corp., Aug. 25, 1918; Sgt., Dec. 3,
1918. Disch. May 21, 1919.
Faehnle, Carl George, C.E. '14, former Instr., Civil Engineering.
Instr., Surveying and Map-making, S.A.T.C, O.S.U. N.A., Apr. 25,
1918. Pvt. Ret. Sq., Avia. Cp., Waco, Tex., to May 24, 1918; Sch. of
Meteorology, Sig. C, College Station, Tex., to July 19, 1918; 32nd
Serv. Co., Sig. C, Washington, D. C, to Sept. 11, 1918; 17th Serv.
Co., Sig. C, Washington, D. C, to Nov. 12, 1918; 6th Serv. Co., Sig.
C, Chicago, 111., to disch. Sgt., Nov. 1, 1918; Sgt. IcL, Dec 16, 1918.
Disch. Apr. 25, 1919.
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Fanning, Ralph S., Prof., Fine Arts.
Went to France with a Quaker Relief U. in 1917 before the draft was
called, giving civilian relief for most part. Occasionally pressed into
Amb. Serv. Was in French Fid. Serv, for about two years as Chef
du Service de Travail de la Societe des Amis, working under the com-
bined Amer., French, and Brit. Red Cross in reconstr. of the dev-
astated region of the Marne and Meuse (Argonne and Verdun Sec-
tors) after the Armistice until invalided home in 1919.
Farmer, Troi Overholdt, M.E. in E.E. '13, former Asst., Electrical
Engineering.
Enl. May 16, 1918. Pvt. Co. B, 48th Engrs., to June 28, 1918; 17th
Serv. Co., Sig. C, to Aug. 1, 1918; Det.l, Bur. of Aircr. Prod., Wash-
ingrton, D. C, to disch. Engaged in electrical research, Bur. of
Standards, Washington, D. C. Sgt, Nov. 10, 1918. Disch. Dec. 17,
1918.
P'aulder, George Benjamin, former Asst. Prof., Gynecology, College of
Medicine.
1st Lt., M.D., Dec. 11, 1917, from O.R.C.; Capt., Feb. 28, 1919. M.D.,
Evac. Hosp., to disch. Cp. Greenleaf, Ga. A.E.F. Apr. 8, 1918 to
Apr. 18, 1919. Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne, Disch.
May 6, 1919.
Fawcett, Harold P., Asst. Prof., Mathematics Education, Univ. Schools.
Enl. Oct., 1917, San Francisco, Calif. Pvt. 23rd Engrs. (Railway).
Ft. McDowell, Angell Is., San Francisco Harbor; Cp. Devens, Ayer,
Mass. Arrived in France Oct, 31, 1917. Hq., In-sur-Tille, near Dijon.
Built lines for transportation of soldiers to the front. Trsf. to Sau-
mur Arty. Sch. for F.A. course Mch. 29, 1918. 2nd Lt., F.A., July
10, 1918 and Instr. of visual signalling at Saumur Arty. Sch. Sent
to Gondrecourt, France, Nov. 18, 1918. Returned to U. S. in Feb.,
1919. Disch. Mch. 14, 1919, Cp. Meade, Md.
Felton, James Briggs, 1st Lt., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
1st Lt., Sig. R.C., Nov. 27, 1917 from Tng. Cp., Plattsburg Barracks,
N. Y. On Staff, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana,
111., to Jan. 22, 1918; Instr., Army Regulations, Sch. for Adjutants.
Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U., to July 8, 1918; Office of Dirctr. of Milit.
Aeronautics, Washington, D. C, to Oct. 22, 1918; A.S., unasgd., to
disch. Capt., A.S., Oct. 14, 1918. Disch. Dec. 4, 1918.
Ferree, Judson A., former Prof., Homeopathic Medicine, College of
Homeopathic Medicine.
Contr. Surg., Sept. 28, 1918. Columbus, O. Disch. Dec. 20, 1918. Con-
tract annulled.
Ferris, George M., 2nd Lt., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
2nd Lt., Inf., O.R.C., Nov. 22, 1917 from 2nd Ofcrs' Tng. Cp., Platts-
War Services of Faculty and Staff 129
burg Barracks, N. Y. Avia. Schs., Kelly Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to
Feb. 26, 1918; Instr., Army Regulations, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for
Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U., to June 4, 1918; Office of Dirctr. of Aircr. Pro-
duction, Washington, D. C, to disch. 1st Lt., A.S., Aug. 15, 1918;
Capt., A.S., Nov. 5, 1918. Disch. Mch. 15, 1919.
Fidler, Roswell S., B.A. '21, M.D. '25, Instr., Pathology, College of
Medicine.
N.A. Oct. 3, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to disch. Disch. Dec. 13,
1918.
Fikret, H. Halauk, Grad. '16, Constantinople, Turkey.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Findlay, Charles E., former Secy, to Dean, College of Medicine.
Enr. June 24, 1918. Yeo. Icl., U.S.N.R.F., Hampton Roads, Va. Disch.
Oct. 8, 1918.
Fish, Norman S., former Draftsman, Agricultural Engineering.
N.A. Feb. 3, 1918. Pvt. Engrs. Div. Office, Ch. of Ord., Washington,
D. C, to June 10, 1919; Ord. Det., Cleveland Dist. Ord. Office, Cleve-
land, O., to disch. Disch. Jan. 10, 1919.
Fitch, Girdler B., Ph.D. '37, Instr., Romance Languages.
Pvt. S.A.T.C, Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., to disch. Disch.
Dec. 20, 1918.
Fletcher, Fred., Prof., Gynecology, College of Medicine.
Maj., M.C., June 15, 1918, from O.R.C.; 1st Lt. Col., May 4, 1919.
Gen. Hosp. 6 to Sept. 15, 1918; Evac. Hosp. 31 to disch. New York,
N. Y.; Ft. McPherson, Ga.; Cp. Hancock, Ga. A.E.F., Nov. 12, 1918
to July 20, 1919. Disch. Aug. 1, 1919.
Flowers, Alan Estis, former Prof., Electrical Engineering.
Capt., Sig. C, Apr. 3, 1918. Radio Development Sec, Washington, D.
C, Apr. 3, 1918 to disch. In chg. power supply equipment for all
Army radio sets under development. Disch. Mch. 8, 1919.
Foley, Louis A., M.A. '16, former Secy., College of Arts and Sciences.
Dirctr., Amer. Mission of 30 workers. Near East Relief, Kharput,
Turkey. Left New York City in Aug., 1919; began relief work Jan.
1, 1920 for 6000 Armenian orphans. In chg. of industries where older
orphans learned trades, employment bureau to secure work for them,
and Y.M.C.A. night school and recreational dept., which had attend-
ance of more than 200. Mrs. Foley was co-dirctr. of the work with
her husband. In serv. about one and one-half years.
Folk, Samuel Byron, B.C.E. '20, Assoc. Prof., Mechanics.
Instr., Instruments and Compasses, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. ; Instr.,
Aerial Navigation, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
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Foote, Charles L., 2nd Lt. ; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
Enl. in E.R.C. Nov. 6, 1917. Asgd. to act. duty Dec. 4, 1917. Avia.
Schs., Kelly Fid. No. 2, San Antonio, Tex., to Jan. 23, 1918; Sch. of
Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to disch. to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S.R.C.,
Feb. 20, 1918. Instr., Hygiene and Sanitation, Sch. for Adjutants,
Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., Sch. for Pilots; First Aid, Sch. for Pilots,
O.S.U., to Aug. 27, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Cornell Univ.,
Ithaca, N. Y., to disch. No overseas serv. Disch. Jan. 3, 1919.
Forman, Jonathan, Arts '10, Lecturer, Medicine, College of Medicine.
Enrol, in Amer. Red Cross as Pathologist, Nav. Sta. Hosp. U. No. 5.
Asgd. with it to U.S. Nav. Hosp. Lt. (Prov.), M.C., U.S. Navy, Aug.
7, 1917; Lt. (Jr.Gr.), M.C., U.S. Navy, Sept. 28, 1917, Asst. Surg.,
U.S. Nav. Hosp., Nav. Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va., Oct. 5,
1917. Released from act. duty Jan. 24, 1919.
Foure, Helene, former Instr., Romance Language?.
Interpreter and Lecturer for Brit. Y.M.C.A. in Amiens, Somme,
France, Aug., 1916 to Mch., 1918; Research Worker for Col. H. Gib-
bon, Prof., Balliol College, Oxford, Eng., in compiling his study of
Ger. atrocities in Picardy, 1917; Hd. of French Dept., Amer. Army
Educational Center, Savenay, Brittany, France, Apr., 1918 to June,
1919.
Foure, Robert, former Asst. Prof., Romance Languages,
(See Citations and Decorations List, 215.)
Foust, Jacob A., Instr,, Forging, Heat Treating, and Welding.
Inspctr. of Forging, Avia, Serv., U.S. Govt., July 5 to Nov, 30, 1918,
French, Walter, B.A. '12, M.A. '15, Ph.D. '18, former Asst. in German.
N.A., May 31, 1918. Pvt. 58th Co., 5th Repl. Regt., Cp. Gordon, Ga.,
to July 9, 1918; 59th Co., 5th Repl. Regt., to Sept. 15, 1918; 1st C.
Sch. to disch. Sgt., July 17, 1918. A.E.F., July 24, 1918 to June 14,
1919. Disch. June 24, 1919.
Frost, Albert Dalbey, Prof., Ophthalmology, College of Medicine.
320th Regt., Co. I, 80th Div., early Sept., 1917. Cp. Lee, Va, Disch.
early Nov., 1917. Then enl. in M.E.R.C.
Fullington, James Fitz-James, B.A. '16, M.S. '23, Ph,D, '30, Prof., Eng-
lish; Chairman, Department of English.
(See Citations and Decorations List, 215.)
Fumas, Aubery R., Columbus, 0.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. Apr. 6, 1918, Pvt, Sch,
of Milit, Aeronautics, O.S.U,, to Sept, 244, 1918; 814th Aer, Sq. to
disch. Disch. Dec. 30, 1918.
Ganschow, Lloyd Wheaton, B.M.E. '15, Columbus, O.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. May 1, 1918. Pvt. Sch.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 131
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., Columbus, O., to Sept. 11, 1918; 30th
Co., F.A., C.O.T.S., Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky., to Oct. 30, 1918; 159th
Dep. Brig, to disch. Sgt., Dec. 1, 1918; Col. Sgt., Dec. 21, 1918. Disch.
Dec. 29, 1918.
Getzlos, Lester, Asst. Prof., Journalism.
N.A., Pvt. Icl., Fid. Hosp. 127, 32nd Div., May 28, 1917 to July 23,
1919. A.E.F. Overseas Feb., 1918 to July, 1919. Alsace; Defensive
Sector; Aisne-Marne offensive; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne; Army
of Occupation. Sarbonne Univ., Feb.-July, 1919.
Giesy, Paul Miller, B.A. '10, B.Sc. in Ch.E. '12, M.A. '12, New York, N. Y.
Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., May 14 to Aug. 14, 1917. Capt., Inf.,
O.R.C., May 20 to Aug. 14, 1917; Capt., Ord. C, Aug. 15, 1917 from
O.R.C.; Capt., C.W.S., July 19, 1918. Ord. Dept., C.W.S., to disch.
Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y.; Washington, D. C. ; Commandant, O.S.U.
Fid. Sta., C.W.S., of Bur. of Mines to disch. Disch. Jan. 18, 1919.
Gilbert, Charles T., 2nd Lt.; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O. S. U.
EnL in E.R.C. Aug. 21, 1917. Asgd. to act. duty Nov. 19, 1917. Sig.
C. Avia. Schs., Kelly Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to disch. to accept
comm. 2nd Lt., A.S.R.C, Jan. 19, 1918. Served with Avia. Sec, Sig.
R.C., Kelly Fid., Tex., to Feb. 27, 1918. Instr., Duties of Adj. P. and
S. Comdr., Sch. for Adjutants; Milit. Discipline and Courtesy, Inte-
rior Guard Duty, U.S.A. Organization and Admin., Sch. for Pilots,
O.S.U., to June 14, 1918; Office of Dirctr. of Aircr. Produc, Wash-
ington, D. C, to disch. 1st Lt., A.S., Aug. 22, 1918. Disch. Dec. 25,
1918.
Gilman, Esther Alice, Asst. Prof., Physical Education.
Reconstruction Aide, Med. Dept., U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. 3, Rahway, N.
J. Relieved from further duty Sept. 2, 1919. Disch. Sept. 10, 1919.
Gordon, Elijah J., M.D. '09, Prof., Medicine; Dirctr., Dispensaries, Col-
lege of Medicine.
Maj., N.G., in serv. of U.S. Aptd. Maj., M.C., Aug. 5, 1917 from
N.G.; 1st F.A., O.N.G. (134th F.A.), M.D., 315th Inf., to disch. Cp.
Sheridan, Ala. A.E.F. , June 28, 1918 to June 24, 1919. Marbache and
Pannes Sectors; Woevre offensive. Ch., Tuberculosis Bd., Demob.
Grp., Cp. Sherman, O. Disch. Sept. 25, 1919.
Graham, William C, Prof., Preventive Dentistry and Dental Medicine.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, O.S.U., Sept. 23, 1918 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Gross, W. E., Columbus, O.
Instr., Marlin Gun, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Grosvenor, Fred Browne, former Prof., Clinical Diagnosis, College of
Homeopathic Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., Apr. 27, 1918 from O.R.C.; Capt, M.C., Mch. 6, 1919.
132 History of The Ohio State University
In chg. Dept. of Internal Medicine, B. Hosp. 48, to disch. Cp. Devens,
Mass. A.E.F., July 5, 1918 to Apr, 17, 1919. Disch. Apr. 23, 1919.
Guard, Willard P., D.V.M. '12, Prof., Veterinary Surgery; Dirctr., Clinics
in Veterinary Surgery.
2nd Lt, V.R.C., Dec. 17, 1917. Called to act. duty Jan. 28, 1918. Cp.
Lee, Va., Feb. 3, 1918; Port of Debarkation, Newport News, Va., Apr.
1, 1918. Arrived at St. Nazaire, France, May 14, 1918. Short Serv.
at Arty Cp. near Besan^on. Asgd. to Hq., Comdg. Gen., Advanced
Sec. Capt., Oct. 4, 1918. Soon moved with Hq. to Neufchateau.
Formed Vet. Hosp. for 3000 men at Verdun immediately after sign-
ing of Armistice. Maj., May 8, 1919. Returned to U. S. and was
called to Surg. Gen's. Office, Washington, D. C, for consultation on
overseas serv. Disch. June 25, 1919, Washington, D. C.
^rurney, Edwin G., former Physician, Athletic Department.
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. 17th Co., 5th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, 0., to disch. Corp., June 30, 1918; Sgt., Aug. 9, 1918.
Disch. Dec. 7, 1918.
Haber, Tom Burns, M.A. '25, Ph.D. '25, Instr., English.
N.A. Sept. 15, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, 0.
Disch. Dec. 20, 1918.
Hagerty, James Edward, Prof., Social Administration and former Dean,
College of Commerce and Journalism.
Deputy Food Administrator, U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio; Chm., Div.
of Marketing, U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio; Member, Exec. Com., Co-
lumbus Chap, of Red Cross; Chm., Civilian Relief, Columbus Chap,
of Red Cross; Chm., Home Serv. sub-committee; Dirctr. of 3 Red
Cross Institutes at O.S.U. to train Home Serv. Workers; Member in
Columbus, CI. of Nat. Defense.
Haines, Thomas H., former Prof., Medicine, College of Medicine.
Contr. Surg., M.C., May 6, 1918. Disch. May 29, 1918. Contract an-
nulled. Member, Nat. Comm. for Mental Hygiene.
Halstead, Griffin, Asst. Prof., Milit. Science and Tactics, O.S.U.
Capt., Ord. R.C., Jan. 24, 1918. Called to act. duty Feb. 25, 1918.
Served with Holt Mfg. Co., Peoria, 111., to Apr. 30, 1918; Nash Motor
Co., Kenosha, Wis., to May 1, 1918; Ord. Motor Instr. Sch., Rock Is-
land, 111., to June 13, 1918; Raritan Arsenal, Nixon, N. J., to June 13,
1918; 133rd Fid. Arty. Motorized Regt., Ft. Worth, Tex., to Oct. 21,
1918; Cas. Ofcr. en route to U.S., to Jan. 3, 1919; Ord. Dept., Wash-
ington, D. C, to Feb. 3, 1919; Asst. Prof, of Milit. Science and Tac-
tics, O.S.U., to disch. Overseas serv. from July 31, 1918 to Jan. 3,
1919. Disch. Oct. 25, 1918.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 133
Hammond, Matthew Brown, former Prof., Economics and Sociology.
Organizer and Suprvsr., Employment Offices in southern Ohio, Apr.
23 to June 15, 1917, Ohio Br., CI. of Nat. Defense; made survey of
mining condits. in eastern Ohio for 01. of Nat. Defense; Secy., Gov.
James M. Cox's Spl. Coal Comm. until estabt. of U.S. Fuel Admin,
in July, 1917. In Washington, D. C, to Oct. 1, 1917, preparing report
on British Labor Conditions and Legislation during the War for
Carnegie Endowment for Internat. Peace; in Washington again in
Dec. and completed report by Nov. 1, 1918 (335 pp., pubd. in Feb.,
1919). Early in 1918 he sat in Washington with Advsry. Com., U.S.
Dept. of Labor, to plan organization of U.S. Employment Serv. Be-
came Member, War Labor Policies Bd., June 14, 1918, by invitation
of Herbert Hoover to formulate uniform labor policy for Depts. of
Govt, employing labor; was also Labor Advsr. to Food Admin, to
Dec. 31, 1918; helped U.S. Employment Serv. form plan for conduct-
ing Normal Tng. courses for selected exmnrs., to Feb. 1, 1919.
Harris, Isaac B., M.D. '00, Prof., Clinical Surgery, College of Medicine.
Essent. Teacher, Surgery, O.S.U., during war period.
Harris, Wilmer C, former Asst. Prof., European History.
Pvt., Inf., Cp. Gordon, Ga. Disch. Jan. 4, 1919.
Harrison, Maj. George R., Commandant, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y., June 15, 1902; 2nd Lt., June 14,
1907; 1st Lt., Dec. 21, 1913; Capt., Jan. 21, 1917; Maj. (Temp.), Jan.
22, 1918; Commandant, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., June 15
to Dec. 1, 1918; Lt. Col., A.S., U.S.A., Aug. 20, 1918. Still in serv.
Harrop, Carl B., E.M. '02, former Asst. Prof., Ceramic Engineering.
Designer, U.S. Bur. of Standards, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 21 to Sept.
15, 1917. Designed and built factory, kilns, furnaces, etc., for Govt.
use in making fld. glasses, range-finders, and other instruments.
Haskett, Frank H., Prof., Photography.
Instr., Indiv. and Sqd. Photography, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin.
Officers, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. Made series of photographs of war
activities on the campus.
Hatcher, Harlan Henthorne, B.A. '22, M.A. '23, Ph.D. '27, Prof., English.
N.A. Oct. 1, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, Miami Univ., Oxford, O., to disch.
Disch. Dec. 23, 1918.
Hatfield, Solomon Augustus, Asst. Clinical Prof., Medicine, College of
Medicine.
Essent. Teacher, Medicine, during war period.
Hauck, Charles Wesley, B.Sc. in Ent. '16, M.Sc. '27, Asst. Prof., Rural
Economics.
Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., Aug. 27 to Nov. 27, 1917. 1st Lt., F.A.,
134 History of The Ohio State University
Nov. 27, 1917. 42nd F.A. to disch. Cp. Sherman, 0.; Cp. Custer,
Mich. Disch. Apr. 4, 1919.
Hauer, Arthur Merl, Med. '06, former Instr., Laryngology, College of
Medicine.
Enrol. Aug. 6, 1917. Lt (Jr.Gr.), M.C., U.S.N.R.F.; Asst. Surg.,
U.S. Nav. Coast Defense U. 5, Nav. Hosp., Nav. Operating Base,
Hampton Roads, Va. Placed on inact. duty Dec. 30, 1918. Disch.
Jan. 11, 1919.
Havens, George, Prof., Romance Languages.
Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., July to Sept., 1918; Cp. Taylor, Ky.,
Sept. to Dec, 1918. Disch. as 2nd Lt., U.S.R.F., Dec, 1918.
Hawker, Clifford F., Engr. '17, Dayton, 0.
Instr., Machine Gun, Sch. for Bin. Officers, O.S.U. E.R.C. Dec 13,
1917. Called to act. duty Sept. 19, 1918. Pvt. Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. Pvt. Icl., Oct. 13, 1918. Disch.
Dec. 12, 1918.
Hawler, C. F., Columbus, O.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Hayes, George H., 2nd Lt.; Instr., S.A.T.C, 0. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf., Sept. 16, 1918 from Ofcrs'. Tng. Cp., Ft. Sheridan, 111.;
in command Co. F, S.A.T.C, O.S.U. His company issued book For-
ward March, containing cartoons, illustrations, articles on athletic
activities, short stories, and jokes, also the company's history and en-
rollment, and dedicated it to Lt. Hayes. Disch. Dec. 28, 1918.
Hayhurst, Emery Roe, former Asst. Prof., Industrial Hygiene and Chief
of Dispensary Staff, College of Medicine.
Instr., Hygiene, Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U.
Hawker, Clifford Frederick, B.E.E. '17, Dayton, 0.
Instr., Machine Guns, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U.
Hawley, Frederick W., 2nd Lt.; Instr., S.A.T.C, O. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf., Sept. 16, 1918 from Ofcrs'. Tng. Cp., Ft. Sheridan, 111.;
Instr., S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to disch. Disch. Jan. 3, 1919.
Hayman, George C, former Clk., Laboratory Supply Store.
N.A. Apr. 18, 1918. Pvt. M.D. to disch. Sgt., Mch. 1, 1918. Disch.
Aug. 23, 1919.
Hebble, Clyde H., Asst. Prof., Operative Dentistry.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, O.S.U., Sept. 23, 1918 to Dec 1, 1918.
Heck, Archie Oliver, Ph.D. '24, Prof., Education.
R.A., Cp. Taylor, Ky., May 15, 1918. Pvt. Icl. 1st Btry., 4th O.T.S.,
Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky., to June 20, 1918; 4th Btry., F.A., C.O.T.S.,
Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky., to disch. to accept comm. 2nd Lt., F.A.,
War Services of Faculty and Staff 135
U.S.A., Aug. 17, 1918. 12th Regt., F.A. Repl. Dep., Cp. Jackson, S.
C, to disch. Disch. Dec. 12, 1918.
Heckert, J. Brooks, Assoc. Prof., Accounting.
1st Lt., Inf., U.S.A., May 10, 1917. 158th Inf., 40th Div., to disch.
Disch. May 17, 1919. Nine months in France.
Heist, Robert K., 2nd Lt.; Instr., S.A.T.C, O. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf., Sept. 16, 1918 from Ofcrs'. Tng. Cp., Ft. Sheridan, 111.;
Instr., S.A.T.C, O.S.U. Disch. Jan. 3, 1919.
Helbig, Elmer J., B.Sc. in Agr. '17, former Asst., Dairying.
E.R.C. Jan. 5, 1918. Pvt. Unasgd. to May 3, 1918; Sch. of Milit.
Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Aug. 17, 1918; A.S., Cp. Dick, Tex., to Sept.
19, 1918; A.S., Chanute Fid., 111., to disch. Pvt. Icl., Jan. 5, 1918.
Disch. Nov. 30, 1918.
Held, Felix Emil, Prof., Economics and Business Admin, and Secy., Col-
lege of Commerce and Administration.
Office Mgr. and Asst. Exec. Secy, for U.S. Food Administration in
Ohio, 1918.
Henderschott, Ralph A., D.V.M. '17, former Asst., Veterinary Medicine.
Essent. Teacher, Vet. Medicine, during absence of Dr. Russell L.
Mundhenk. E.M.R.C. July 31, 1918. Pvt. Never called to act. serv.
Disch. Jan. 4, 1919.
Henning, George F., B.Sc. in Agr. '20, M.Sc. '25, Ph.D. '33, Assoc. Prof.,
Rural Economics.
N.A. Sept. 4, 1918. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0., to Oct. 23,
1918; 29th Engrs. to disch. Corp., Nov. 1, 1918; Sgt., Dec. 1, 1918.
Disch. Dec. 27, 1918.
Higgy, Robert Charles, B.E.E. '25, Dirctr., Broadcasting Sta., WOSU
Communication Laboratory.
Instr., Signalling and Radio, Sch. for Pilots, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs.,
O.S.U.
Hills, Thomas M., former Prof., Geology.
Head, Dept. of Aerial Observation; Instr., Miniature Range, Map
Reading, Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U.; Co-inventor and Builder, Re-
volving Miniature Range for Aerial Observation and Shell Spotting,
O.S.U.
Hindman, Samuel, former Instr., Medicine, College of Medicine.
Capt., M.C., Aug. 2, 1917, from O.R.C. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Nov. 15,
1917 to Jan. 15, 1918. M.C. to disch. Syracuse, N. Y.; Walter Reed
Hosp., "Washington, D. C; Cp. Wheeler, Ga. Disch. Mch. 15, 1919.
Hobbs, Walter Romeo, Prof., Veterinary Medicine and Secy., College of
Veterinary Medicine.
Essent. Teacher, Vet. Medicine, O.S.U.
136 History of The Ohio State University
Hockett, Homer C, Prof., History.
Essent. Teacher, War Aims, O.S.U., Sept., 1918 to Feb., 1919.
Hodges, Willis H., former Asst., Medicine, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., Oct. 20, 1918. M.C, to disch. Cp. McArthur, Tex. Disch.
July 31, 1919.
Hodgeman, Arthur W., Lowell, Mass., Emeritus Prof., Latin.
Taught French to S.A.T.C. cadets, O.S.U.
Holmes, Wayne Moore, E.E. '17, Columbus, 0.
Instr., Gunnery, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., May, 1917 to Mch., 1918;
2nd Lt, A.S. Sig. C, Mch. 27, 1918 from E.R.C. A.S., Sig. C, to
disch. Washington, D. C; Alcott, Tex.; Rockwell Fid., Calif.; Fair-
field, 0. Disch. Dec. 16, 1918.
Hopkins, James R., Prof., Fine Arts.
F.A., C.O.T.S., Cp. Taylor, Ky., Sept. 1, 1918. Disch. Nov. 20, 1918.
Hopper, Lee P., former Member, Administrative Staff, 0. S. U.
O.N.G. Feb. 19, 1916. Pvt. Co. G, 4th Inf., O.N.G. (Co. G, 166th
Inf.), to disch. Corp., July 31, 1917; Sgt., Aug. 8, 1918. A.E.F., Oct.
8, 1917 to May 27, 1919. Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St.
Mihiel; Meuse- Argonne; Defensive Sector. Disch. June 6, 1919.
Hoppin, Bayard C, Capt. ; Sr. Military Instr., School of Milit. Aero-
nautics, O. S. U.
Capt., Avia. Sec, Sig. C, Nov. 20, 1917 from Ofcrs'. Tng. Cp., Platts-
burg Barracks, N. Y. Served with Office of Ch. Sig. Ofcr., Washing-
ton, D. C, to Dec. 18, 1917; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Cornell Univ.,
Ithaca, N. Y. Sr. Milit. Instr., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to
July 24, 1918. Inf. and Replacement Cp., Cp. Lee, Va., to Sept. 14,
1918; Hq., Small Arms Firing Sch., Cp. Perry, O., to Sept. 25, 1918;
Hq., 380th Inf., to disch. Disch. Dec. 5, 1918.
Hough, Lewis W., 2nd Lt.; Instr., S.A.T.C, O. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf. O.R.C., Nov. 27, 1917 from 15th Prov. Tng. Regt., Ft.
Snelling Tng. Cp. 42nd Inf. to Dec. 18, 1917. Instr., R.O.T.C, Platts-
burg Barracks, N. Y., to Sept. 19, 1918; in command 1st Bn., S.A.
T.C., O.S.U., to Nov. 16, 1918; Instr., S.A.T.C, Western Reserve
Univ., Cleveland, 0., to disch. Capt, Inf., Sept 7, 1918. Disch. Feb.
13, 1919.
Howe, Jesse B., 1st Lt. ; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
R.A. Apr. 23, 1902. Disch. Apr. 22, 1905 as Sgt, Co. I, 29th Inf.
Reenl. Apr. 23, 1905. Disch. Apr. 22, 1908 as Sgt., Co. C, 15th Inf.
Reenl. Apr. 23, 1908. Disch. Apr. 22, 1911 as 1st Sgt, Co. L, 15th Inf.
Reenl. May 13, 1911. Disch. May 12, 1914. Reenl. July 2, 1914. Disch.
Apr. 24, 1916 as Corp., Co. H, 4th Inf. Reenl. Apr. 25, 1916. Co. H,
14th Inf., to June 11, 1917; Sup. Co., 44th Inf., to disch. Sgt., July
War Services of Faculty and Staff 137
27, 1916; Regtl. Sup. Sgt., June 16, 1917. Disch. Jan. 11, 1918 to
accept comm. 1st Lt., Sig. C, from R.A. 44th Inf., Cp. Lewis, Wash-
ington, to Jan. 14, 1918. Instr. in Army Paper Work, Sch. for Adju-
tants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs. ; Duties of Supply Ofcr., Sch. for Bin.
Ofcrs., O.S.U., to June 25, 1918; Sup. Ofcr., Sch. for Radio Operators,
Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex., to July 3, 1919. Avia. Gen. Sup. Dep.,
San Antonio, Tex., to disch. Disch. Nov. 13, 1920.
Hewlett, Freeman S., Asst. Prof., Horticulture.
N.A. Sept., 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., to
disch. Disch. Dec, 1918.
Hoy, Carl Decosta, former Instr., College of Medicine.
Capt., M.R.C., July 22, 1918 from O.R.C. M.R.C. to disch. Cp. Dix,
N. J.; New York, N. Y.; Ft. Monroe, Va. Disch. Dec. 17, 1918.
Hudson, N. Paul, Prof., Chm., Dept. of Bacteriology.
N.A. Mch., 1918. Asgd. to Lab. Tng. Sch., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Pvt.; Sgt.; Corp.; 2nd Lt., Sn. C, U.S.A. Hosp. Lab. Serv. as Bacteri-
ologist. Served at Hosp. Center, Beaume, Cote d'Or, France, and B.
Hosp. 91, Commercy, France. Ordered back to U. S. in July, 1919.
Disch. as 2nd Lt., Sn. C, Aug., 1919, at Cp. Grant, Rockford, 111.
Hugger, Carl Claron, M.D. '16, former Asst., Pathology, College of
Medicine.
Lt. (Jr.Gr.), U.S. Navy, Aug. 6, 1917. Lt., M.C., U.S. Navy. Nav.
Hosp., Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va. Resigned Sept.
2, 1920.
Hughes, Donald Dodd, former Asst., Rural Economics, Dayton, O. Agr.
Extens. Serv.
R.A. May 15, 1918. Pvt. Central M.G.O.T.S., Cp. Hancock, Ga., to
disch. Pvt. Icl., May 28, 1918. Disch. Sept. 16 1918 to accept comm.
2nd Lt., Inf., Sept. 16, 1918. 53rd M.G. Bn. to disch. Cp. Hancock,
Ga.; Cp. Travis, S. C. Disch. Jan. 9, 1919.
Hughes, Elmer H., 2nd Lt.; Personnel Adj., S.A.T.C, O. S. U.
2nd Lt., Sept. 16, 1918 from R.O.T.C, Ft. Sheridan, 111. Spl. Per-
sonnel Sch., Ft. Sheridan, 111., to Sept. 26, 1918. Personnel Adj.,
S.A.T.C, O.S.U. Disch. Jan. 3, 1919.
Humphrey, Sylvester Sherman, B.Sc. in Agr. '21, M.Sc. '23, Instr.,
Botany.
Indue. June 24, 1918. Pvt. Icl., M.C, U.S.A. Med. Det., 327th M.G.
Bn., 84th Div.; also Cp. Hosp. 33, Brest, France. A.E.F., Sept. 2,
1918 to disch. Disch. Nov. 11, 1919, Cp. Dix, N. J.
Hunter, Paul Joseph, former Bookkeeper, Ohio Union.
N.A. Sept. 21, 1917. Pvt. Btry. F, 324th F.A., to Jan. 25, 1919; Btry.
D, 322nd F.A., to disch. Corp., Oct. 18, 1917; Sgt., Jan. 4, 1918.
138 History of The Ohio State University
Disch. Apr. 17, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., F.A., Apr. 17, 1918.
322nd F.A. to disch. Cp. Merritt, N. J.; Cp. Sherman, O. A.E.F.,
June 12, 1918 to May 22, 1919. Disch. June 5, 1919.
Hunter, Robert Miller, J. D. '22, Assoc. Prof., Law.
Enl. May 22, 1917 in 2nd Ohio Fid. Hosp. Co. 2nd Ohio Fid. Hosp.
Co. to Aug. 5, 1917; Med. Det., 166th Inf., 42nd (Rainbow) Div.,
Sept. 6, 1917 to disch. Engagements: Luneville Sector, Feb. 22 to
Mch. 21, 1918; Baccarat Sector, Mch. 30 to June 19, 1918; Cham-
pagne-Marne defensive, July 15-18, 1918; Aisne-Marne offensive,
July 26 to Aug. 6, 1918; St. Mihiel offensive, Sept. 12-16, 1918; on
detchd. serv. with French Tank C, Sept. 10 to Oct. 4, 1918; Meuse-
Argonne offensive, Sept. 25 to Nov. 8, 1918; with Army of Occupa-
tion, Dec. 17, 1918 to Apr. 1, 1919. Disch. May 17, 1919.
Hutchison, John Luther, former Instr., Agricultural Chemistry and Soils.
N.A. Feb. 28, 1918. Pvt. Ord. Dept. to disch. Sgt., June 13, 1918.
Disch. Nov. 8, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., C.W.S., Nov. 9, 1918.
3rd Bn., C.W.S., to disch. Edgewood Arsenal, Md. Disch. Dec. 17,
1918.
Jackson, Lyman E., Jr. Dean, College of Agriculture.
Enl. Oct. 22, 1918. Pvt. 4th Co., C.A.C. New Orleans, La., Disch.
Dec. 17, 1918, Cp. Dodge, la.
Janeway, William Ralph, B.A. and M.A. '25, Asst. Reference Librarian,
O. S. U.
Asst. Fid. Drctr., Red Cross, Cp. Sherman, O., Sept., 1918; Assoc.
Fid. Drctr., Oct., 1918. Trsf. to Fed. Bd. Office, Cincinnati, O., as
Red Cross Liaison Ofcr., May, 1919, serving until Aug., 1919; Asst.
Drctr., Civilian Relief, Red Cross, Lake Div., Cleveland, 0., Aug.,
1919 to Aug., 1920.
Jenkins, Byron L., Columbus, O.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. Oct. 4, 1918. Pvt. S.A.
T.C., Denison Univ., Granville, O., to disch. Disch. Dec. 20, 1918.
Johnson, Andrew B., 1st Lt., Inf., and Instr., School of Milit. Aero-
nautics, O. S. U.
1st Lt., Inf., U.S.R., Nov. 27, 1917 from Ofcrs. Tng. Cp., Plattsburg
Barracks, N. Y. Unasgd., Cp. Dix, N. J., to Jan. 21, 1918. Instr.,
Interior Guard Duty, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U.,
to May 15, 1918; A.S. Cas. Ofcr. en route to A.E.F. to June 30, 1918.
2nd Avia. Instr. Center, A.E.F., to Apr. 24, 1919; Hq., A.S., S.O.S.,
Tours, France, to June 6, 1919. Unasgd., A.S., to June 19, 1919; Of-
fice of Dirctr. of A.S., Washington, D. C, to disch. to accept comm.
1st Lt., A.S., Sig. R.C., Feb. 19, 1919. Capt., A.S., Feb. 20, 1919.
Overseas serv. from May 22, 1918 to June 19, 1919. Disch. July 14,
1919.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 139
Johnson, Olga Josephine, former Nurse, Homeopathic Hospital.
Nurse Aug. 1, 1918. Walter Reed Gen. Hosp., Washington, D. C, to
Sept. 16, 1918; B. Hosp. 68 to Dec. 11, 1918; Prov. B. Hosp. 1 to June
19; Demob. Sta., New York, N. Y., to disch; A.E.F., Sept. 16, 1918 to
July 19, 1919. Reserve Nurse relieved from act. duty July 10, 1919.
Johnson, Victor H., 2nd Lt., Sig. R.C., and Instr., School of Milit. Aero-
nautics, 0. S. U.
R.A. Aug. 14, 1917 from E.R.C. 82nd Aer. Sq. to Oct. 28, 1917; 144th
Aer. Sq. to Nov. 7, 1917; Ground Ofcrs. Tng. Sch., Kelly Fid., Tex., to
disch. Pvt. Icl., Dec. 1, 1917. Disch. Jan. 14, 1918 to accept comm.
2nd Lt., Sig. R.C., A.S., Jan. 15, 1918; Instr., Army Regulations, Sch.
for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U., to June 14, 1918. Bur. of
Aircraft Production, Washington, D. C, to disch. Disch. Dec. 4, 1918.
Johnston, Herrick L., Assoc. Prof., Chemistry.
4th Co. of southern New York, later organized as Btry. A, C.A. Ft.
Hamilton, N. Y., to Mch., 1918. Corp.; Sgt. Sailed for France in
Mch., 1918. In tng. in southern France to Aug., 1918. Actg. Mr. Gun-
ner and Orienteur Ofcr., Hq. Co., 1st Bn., 59th C.A. Rgt. St. Mihiel
and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Saumur Arty. Sch. Nov. 1, 1918 to
Feb. 1, 1919; Bordeaux Embarkation Cp. Feb. 1 to July, 1919. 2nd
Lt., F.A., Apr., 1919. Disch. Sept., 1919, Cp. Dix, N. J.
Jones, John D., 1st Lt., C.A.C., and Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics,
O. S. U.
R.A. July 7, 1905. Asgd. to Trp. G, 11th U.S. Cav.; trsf. Mch. 1, 1906
to Trp. M, 11th U.S. Cav.; trsf. Feb. 12, 1906 to Band, 11th U.S. Cav.
Disch. as Sgt. July 6, 1908 on expiration of serv. During this enlstmt.
he held the ranks of Pvt., Corp., and Sgt. Served in Cuba from Oct.
23, 1906 to Aug. 7, 1907 and from Sept. 20, 1907 to June 22, 1908.
Again enl. Mch. 4, 1909. Asgd. to 118th Co., U.S.C.A.C. Trsf.. July
Ft. Myer, Va., to Nov. 28, 1917; Office, Ch., Personnel Sec, A.S.S.C,
A.C. ; disch as Pvt. Mch. 14, 1912 on expir. of term of serv. Reenl.
Mch. 15, 1912; asgd. to 58th Co., U.S.C.A.C. Disch. Mch. 14, 1915;
reenl. Mch. 15, 1915 and asgd. to Non-Commissioned Staff, C.A.C., Ft.
H. S. Wright, New York, to disch. Disch. Nov. 7, 1917 to accept
comm. 1st Lt., Avia. Sec, Sig. R.C, from R.A. Unasgd., Tng. Cp.,
Ft. Myer, Va., to Nov. 28, 1917; Office, Ch. Personnel Sec, A.S.S.C,
Washington, D. C, to Feb. 23, 1918. Instr. in Army Paper Work, Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Apr. 23, 1918. Office of Ch. Sig. Of-
ficer, Washington, D. C, to May 10, 1918; Army Bin. Sch., Ft. Omaha,
Neb., to June 26, 1918; Army Bin. Sch., Lee Hall, Va., to June 19,
1919; Army Serv., Aeronautics, Hazelhurst Fid., Mineola, L. I., N. Y.,
to Oct. 14, 1919; 5th Bin. Co., Brooks Fid., to disch. Capt., A.S. Oct.
8, 1918. Disch. Nov. 30, 1920.
140 History of The Ohio State University
Jones, Lee B., 2nd Lt. ; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O. S. U.
R.A. Sept. 19, 1917. Co. C, 345th Inf., to Nov. 24, 1917; Avia. Sec,
Sig. C, Ft. Omaha, Neb., to Feb. 13, 1918; Aero Sec, Bin. Sch., San
Antonio, Tex., to Mch. 9, 1918; 2nd Flying Cadet Co., Ft. Omaha,
Neb., to disch. Mch. 14, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Avia. Sec, Sig.
R.C. ; Instr., Army Paper Work Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin.
Ofcrs., O.S.U., to June 14, 1918; Asst. Fid. Bin. Ofcr., Ft. Omaha,
Neb., to Sept. 23, 1918; 67th Bin. Co., Cp. John Wise, Tex., to Dec. G,
1918; U.S.A. Bin. Sch., Arcadia, Calif., to disch. Disch. Feb. 6, 1919.
Jones, Earl G., former Asst., Dentistry.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, O.S.U., Sept. 23, 1918 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Keiser, Jay Gould, Arts '16, former Instr., Surgery, College of Homeo-
pathic Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., Mch. 25, 1918. Cp. Greenleaf, Ga., Mch. 27 to May 1,
1918. Capt., Feb. 26, 1919. M.C. to disch. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.; Cp.
Jackson, S. C; Cp. Sevier, S. C. 81st Div. A.E.F., July 31, 1918 to
June 20, 1919. Disch. June 25, 1919.
Kelley, Charles D., Asst. Prof., Milit. Science and Tactics, 0. S. U.
Called to Fed. Serv., N.G., Aug. 5, 1917 as Capt., Inf. 125th Inf. to
Sept. 23, 1917; Sup. Co., 119th F.A., to Aug. 14, 1918; 32nd F.A. to
Sept. 20, 1918. Adj., 172nd F.A., to Dec 23, 1918. Sch. of Fire, Ft.
Sill, Okla., to Mch. 26, 1919. Asst. Prof., Milit. Science and Tactics,
O.S.U,, to Aug. 23, 1919. Cas. Ofcrs.' Det., Demob. Grp., Cp. Sherman,
0., to disch. Maj., F.A., July 30, 1918. Overseas serv. from Feb. 26
to Sept. 9, 1918. Aisne-Marne offensive; Defensive Sectors — Alsace,
Lorraine. Disch. Aug. 27, 1919.
Kennestrick, Harold George, B.Sc in Agr. '19, Ph.D. '36, Asst. Prof.,
Agricultural Education.
Enl. May 15, 1918. C.O.T.S., Cp. Custer, Mich., to disch. Pvt. Icl.,
May 15, 1918. Disch. Oct. 3, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf., Oct.
4, 1918, from U.S.A. Inf. Repl. and Tng. Tr. to disch. Cp. Grant, 111.
Disch. Dec 6, 1918.
Kennedy, Clarence Hamilton, Prof., Zoology and Entomology.
Signed in last draft just before Armistice. Instr., S.A.T.C., Cornell
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., summer of 1918; Instr., Zoology, S.A.T.C, North
Carolina State Agricultural College, Raleigh, N. C, autumn of 1918.
Kettering, Charles F., M.E. in E.E. '14, Dayton, O., former Trustee,
0. S. U.
Inventor of means of communication bet. aeroplanes and land sta., by
which aeroplanes encircling enemy cp. could keep in touch with Army
base; also perfected the Liberty motor.
Kibler, John Thomas, former Instr., Physical Education.
(See Citations and Decorations List, 223.)
War Services of Faculty and Staff 141
Kibler, Thomas Latimer, Drectr., Commerce Extens. ; Prof., Economics.
Capt., Ord. Dept., July, 1918. Finance Ofcr., Picatinny Arsenal,
Dover, N. J. Later Gen. Administrative Ofcr. and then Ch. of Staff,
same post. Disch. in Sept., 1918.
Kilbourne, Charles Evans, former Prof., Military Science and Tactics;
Commandant, O. S. U. Corps of Cadets.
(See Citations and Decorations List.)
Klein, Arthur J., Dean, College of Education; Prof., Education.
Capt., A.G.D., in chg. of organization of War Dept. Pub. Information
Servs., Washington, D. C, Oct., 1918 to Jan. 1, 1919; Executive, Re-
search and Development Serv., U.S.A. Education and Recreation Div.,
Cp. Grant, Rockford, 111., 1920-21; Educational Advsr., U.S.A. Cor-
respondence Coursess on milit. subjects, 1921-24; Lt. Col., O.R.C.,
Staff Specialist on act. duty in Education and Schools Sec, Gen. Staff,
U.S.A., Sept. 1, 1924 to Dec. 31, 1925. Has developed methods of
training for reserve officers and other elements of civilian milit. forces
of U.S.
Knight, George Wells, former Prof., Amer. History; former Dean, Col-
lege of Education.
Chm., Com. of Instrs. in War Aims for S.A.T.C.
Knight, William Abner, M.E. '00, Emeritus Prof., Industrial Engineering.
Visited Royal Flying C, Toronto, Can., May 5 to 24, 1917, to study
organization of Sch. of Aeronautics; Head, Depts. of Gunnery and
Airplanes, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.; Instr., Airplanes, Sch.
for Adjutants, O.S.U., May, 1917 to Sept., 1918.
Knipfing, John R., former Instr., European History.
Attache, Amer. Legation, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Translator,
German newspapers for U.S. Consul Gen. at Copenhagen early in the
war; Essent. Teacher, War Aims, S.A.T.C, O.S.U. ; Lecturer, Ohio
Br., Council of Nat. Defense and U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio.
Knouff, Ralph Albert, B.A. '15, M.A, '16, Prof., Anatomy, College of
Medicine.
N.A. Apr. 6, 1918. Pvt. M.D., Walter Reed Gen. Hosp., Washington,
D. C, to May 20, 1918; Instr., Laboratory, Army Med. Museum,
Washington, D. C; Corp., Aug. 20, 1918; Sgt., Nov. 29, 1918. Disch.
Dec. 21, 1918.
Kotz, Theodore Franklin, Grad., '20, former Instr., German.
O.N.G. June 11, 1915. Pvt. 2nd Amb. Co., O.N.G. (Amb. Co. 146,
112th Sn. Tn.), to May 30, 1918; M.D., Hq. Det., 37th Div., to disch.
Sgt., May 31, 1917. Cp. Sheridan, Ala. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to Mch.
23, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Disch. Apr. 12, 1919.
142 History of The Ohio State University
Kunkel, Fred E., 2nd Lt. ; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
E.A. Nov. 2, 1917; Co. M, 316th Inf., to Jan. 1, 1918; Sig. C. Avia.
Sch., San Antonio, Tex., to Jan. 26, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
O.S.U., to disch. to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Avia. Sec, Sig. R.C., Apr.
1, 1918. Instr. in War Dept, Correspondence Files. Sch. for Adju-
tants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U., to June 14, 1918. Office of Dirctr.
of Milit. Aeronautics, Washington, D. C, to disch. Disch. Jan. 17,
1919.
Lambert, Fonsa Allen, D.V.M. '10, former Asst. Prof., Veterinary Medi-
cine.
2nd Lt., V.C., Mch. 7, 1918, from O.R.C.; 1st Lt., July 18, 1918; Capt.,
Oct. 18, 1918. V.C. to disch. Kansas City, Mo.; Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
Disch. Jan. 16, 1919.
Large, George E., Assoc. Prof., Civil Engineering.
N.A. Oct. 11, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to disch. Disch. Dec. 11,
1918.
Lattin, Norman D., Prof., Law.
Cadet, Co. 8, 1st Prov. Tng. Regt., Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., May
to Aug., 1917; 2nd Lt., Inf.; 2nd Lt., 303rd Inf., 76th Div., Cp.
Devens, Mass., Sept. to Dec, 1917; 1st Lt. after Dec, 1917. Over-
seas (France) from July, 1918 to Sept., 1919. 76th Div., which was
later the 3rd Dep. Div., training troops for combat. Commanded
Prisoners of War Escort Co. 40 (later changed to No. 229) from Dec,
1918 to Sept., 1919.
Laylin, Clarence Dewey, B.A. '04, LL.B. '06, former Prof., Law.
Instr., Milit Law, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., O. S. U.
Leidigh, Donald John, B.A. '20, former Accession Asst., O.S.U. Library.
Asst., Library War Serv., Cp. Sherman, O., 1917-18.
Leist, Joseph W., former Instr., Medicine, College of Medicine.
Contr. Surg., July 30, 1917. M.C. to disch. Columbus, O. Disch. Aug.
31, 1918. Contract annulled.
Lentz, Monabelle( Mrs. R. Stanley Kerr), B.Sc in Edu. '17, former Clk.,
Registrar's Office.
Instr., Occupational Therapy, Walter Reed Gen. Hosp., Washington,
D. C, Dec, 1918 and later. Prepared for this work at Albright Art
School, Buffalo, N. Y.
Leonard, Charles F., Lt. Col., U.S.A., former Prof., Milit. Science and
Tactics and Commandant, O. S. U. Brigade.
Pvt. and Corp., Co. K. 21st Inf., R.A., Feb. 18, 1899 to Aug. 17, 1900;
2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 18, 1900; 1st Lt., Jan. 28, 1904; Graduate, Inf. and
Cav. Sch., 1904; Graduate, Army Sig. Sch., 1910; 1st Lt., Sig. C,
Sept. 17, 1911 to Dec 2, 1912; Capt., Inf., July 2, 1914; Maj. (Temp.),
War Services of Faculty and Staff 143
Aug. 5, 1917; Sig. C. Dec. 10, 1917; Lt. Col., Sig. C, N.A., June 14,
1918.
Le Sage, Isaac R., 1st Lt. on Staff of S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
1st Lt., Med. C, Aug. 9, 1918. 4th Prov. Bat., M.P., to Sept. 24, 1918;
in chg. S.A.T.C. Hosp., O.S.U., Sept. 27, 1918 to Nov. 12, 1918; on
staff of S.A.T.C, Colgate Univ., Hamilton, N. Y., to disch. Disch.
Dec. 26, 1918.
Lewis, Robert Donald, Assoc. Prof., Agronomy.
N.A. Sept., 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, Pennsylvania State College, State
College, Pa., to disch. Disch. Dec, 1918.
Linder, Grace, former Instr., Home Economics.
Suprvsr. for one month of food preparation, S.A.T.C. Hosp., O.S.U.
Lindquist, Rudolph D., former Dirctr., University Schools.
N.A. Oct., 1917, Berkeley, Calif. Co. B, 363rd Inf., 91st Div., Cp.
Lewis, Wash. Sgt. Maj., 1st Bn., 91st Div. Sailed for France July
5, 1918. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sector. Wounded in
Meuse-Argonne action. Disch. at Presidio, San Francisco, Calif.,
July 16, 1919, as Sgt., Co. B, 363rd Inf.
Lord, Henry C, Arts '88, Prof., Astronomy.
Visited Royal Flying C, Toronto, Can., as representative of O.S.U.,
May 5 to 17, 1917, to study organization, etc., of Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics there. Instr., Theory of Flight, Instruments, and Compasses,
Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Lord, James Osborn, B.Ch.E. '15, Assoc. Prof., Metallurgy.
N.A. Dec. 13, 1917. Pvt. 10th Co., 161st Dep. Brig., Cp. Grant. 111.;
Engr. Bur. Office, Ch. of Ordnance, Washington, D. C; C.W.S., Ni-
agara Falls, N. Y. Sgt., May 10, 1918. Disch. Aug. 21, 1918 to accept
comm. 2nd Lt., C.W.S., N.A. Disch. Dec. 17, 1918.
Ludwig, Edward Charles, M.D. '09, former Instr., Medicine, College of
Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C, Apr. 19, 1917, from O.R.C Capt., Aug. 11, 1917; Maj.,
May 2, 1919. B. Hosp. 86 to disch. Columbus Barracks, 0. A.E.F.,
Sept. 1, 1918 to June 30, 1919. Disch. July 16, 1919.
Madden, John F., Regtl. Q.M. Sgt., Dept. of Milit. Science and Tactics,
0. S. U.
Regtl. Q.M. Sgt., U.S.A., retired. Was detailed Dec. 21, 1916 to act.
duty in the Dept. of Milit. Science and Tactics, O.S.U. Relieved from
act. duty June 10, 1919.
Madden, Joseph W., former Prof., Law.
Instr., Milit. Law, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs.; Moot Court, Sch. for Ad-
jutants, O.S.U.
144 History of The Ohio State University
Maddox, Notley Sinclair, B.Sc. in Edu. '22, M.A. '25, Asst. in English;
former Secy., College of Education and Instr., Education.
N.A. Sept. 20, 1918. Pvt., Co. C, Inf., S.A.T.C, Univ. of 111., Urbana,
111., to disch. Disch. Dec, 20, 1918.
Magruder, William Thomas, former Prof., Mechanical Engineering.
Visited Royal Flying C, Toronto, Can., as representative of O.S.U.,
May 5 to 27, 1917, to study organization, etc., of Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics there. Instr., Engines, Duties of Engr. Ofcr., Sch. for Ad-
jutants; Duties of Engr. Ofcr., Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs. ; Head, Dept. of
Engines, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
Maguire, Fred V., 2nd Lt., Inf., and Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics,
0. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf., O.R.C., Nov. 27, 1917 from Ofcrs. Tng. Cp., Ft. Sheri-
dan, 111. 155th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0., to Jan. 25, 1918. Instr.,
Milit. Discipline and Courtesy, Interior Guard Duty, and U.S.A. Or-
ganization, Sch. for Pilots; Customs of Service, Mess Organization,
and Duties of Disbursing Ofcr., Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U., to June
4, 1918; Asst. Cp. Adj., Cp. Upton, N. Y., to Oct. 25, 1918. Milit. In-
telligence Div., Washington, D. C, to Nov. 16, 1918. Asst. Intelligence
Ofcr., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., to disch. 1st Lt., Inf., Sept. 11, 1918.
Disch. Jan. 21, 1919.
Maloney, Daniel, Engr. '18, Leonardsburg, O.
Instr., Airplanes, Airplane Parts, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., May 10,
1917 to Oct., 1918. E.R.C. Dec. 4, 1917. Called to act. duty Sept. 28,
1918. Pvt. Icl. E.R.C. to Oct. 1, 1918; Engr. O.T.S., Cp. Humphreys,
Va., to disch. Disch. Nov. 27, 1918.
Manson, Edmund Sewall, Prof., Astronomy,
O.T.S., Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., summer of 1916; O.T.S., Ft. Benj.
Harrison, Ind., May 16 to Aug. 15, 1917. 1st Lt., A.G.D., Aug. 15,
1917; Capt., Oct. 12, 1918; Statistical Secy, to disch. Cp. Sherman,
0,; Cp, Meigs, D. C; Washington, D. C. Disch. Sept. 6, 1919.
Marino, Anthony, former Asst., History and Philosophy of Education.
N.A. Oct. 16, 1917. Pvt. Co. C, 332nd Inf., to Feb. 23, 1918; Co. C,
11th Inf., to disch. A.E.F., Apr. 24 to Dec. 23, 1918. Wounded se-
verely in action Sept. 14, 1918. Disch. June 24, 1919.
Martindale, Edwin W., former Instr., Dentistry.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, Sept. 23 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Mathews, Robert Elden, Prof., Law.
(See Citations and Decorations List, 229.)
Matson, Louis L., E.E. '17, Conneaut, O.
Instr., Gunnery, Sch, for Adjutants; Marlin Gun, Sch, for Pilots,
0,S.U.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 145
May, John T. Lomax, former Instr., Mechanical Engineering.
1st Lt., C.W.S., Aug. 7, 1918. C.W.S. to disch. Edgewood Arsenal,
Md. Disch. Dec. 7, 1918.
Maynard, Harold Howard, Prof., Marketing.
N.A., Pvt. Icl., Q.M.C., Chicago, 111., Dec. 27, 1917. Sgt., Apr. 10,
1918. Cp. Joseph E. Johnson, Fla. 2nd Lt., Q.M.C., July 19, 1918. In
chg. Spl. Sec, Ofcrs. Tng. Cp., to Dec. 1, 1918. Trsf. to San Fran-
cisco, Calif., and Manila, P. I., Q.M.C. Deps., to install standard sys-
tem for Property Accounting. Disch. June 5, 1919, Washington, D. C.
McCampbell, Eugene Franklin, Arts Spl. '04, former Dean, College of
Medicine.
Capt., M.C., Apr. 10, 1917, from O.R.C.; Maj., Dec. 14, 1917; Lt. Col.,
June 28, 1918. M.C. to disch. Columbus, O.; Washington, D. C. Cp.
Surg., Cp. Custer, Mich.; Cp. Pike, Ark.; Cp. McArthur, Tex. Asst.
Div. Surg., 87th Div.; Inspctr., Surg. Gen's. Office. Disch. May 15,
1919.
McCombs, Nelson W., Arts '15, former Asst., 0. S. U. Library.
N.A. Apr. 13, 1918. Pvt. Motor Sup. Dep., Newport News, Va., to
June 11, 1918; M.D., Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., to Jan. 7, 1919;
M.D., Washington, D. C, to disch. Sgt., May 18, 1918. Disch. Apr.
18, 1919.
McConagha, Arthur B., M.D. '09, Asst., Ophthalmology, College of Med-
icine.
Enl. June, 1917. Called to act. duty at Cp. Upton, N. Y., Nov. 15,
1918. No act. serv. on acct. of signing of Armistice.
McCracken, Charles Chester, former Prof., School Administration and
Acting Dean, College of Education.
Assisted Capt. C. S. Ritshel to establish Sch. at Cp. Sherman, O., for
men without education.
McCurdy, Sidney M., Lecturer, Medicine, College of Medicine.
{See Citations and Decorations List, 230.)
McDowell, M. F., Operator, Broadcasting Sta., WOSU Communication
Laboratory.
Instr., Signalling and Radio, Sch. for Pilots, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs.,
O.S.U.
McGraw, Le Roy E., 1st Lt. and Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics,
O. S. u.
1st Lt., Avia. Sec, Sig. C, Nov. 27, 1918. Attended Tng. Cp. at Ft.
Snelling, Minn.; A.S., Kelly Fid., Tex., to Jan. 14, 1918; 613th Aer.
Sq. to Jan. 25, 1918. Member of Hq. Staff and Instr., Duties of Adj.
P. and S. Comdr., Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs.; Milit. Dis-
cipline and Courtesy, Interior Guard Duty, U.S.A. Organization, Sch.
146 History of The Ohio State University
for Pilots, O.S.U., to July 3, 1918; A.S. Radio Sch., Univ. of Texas,
Austin, Tex., to Oct. 10, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, St. Paul,
Minn., to Jan. 29, 1919; Engine and Plane Maintenance Sec, Wash-
ington, D. C, to Dec. 9, 1919; Avia. Gen. Sup. Dep., Fairfield, 0., to
vacating emergency comm. Sept. 7, 1920 to accept comm. in Perma-
nent Estabt.
McKay, Thomas W., Columbus, 0.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. June 6, 1918. Pvt. Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Sept. 23, 1918; 816th Dep. Aer. Sq.,
A.S. Sig. C, to disch. Disch. Dec. 18, 1918.
McKenzie, Roderick D., former Instr., Economics and Sociology.
Assoc. Fid. Dirctr. in chg. of Home Serv., Red Cross, Cp. Sherman,
O., Feb. 1 to Apr. 1, 1917.
McMorrow, William F., 2nd Lt. and Student Ofcr., School of Milit. Aero-
nautics, 0. S. U.
2nd Lt., Sig. C, Nov. 27, 1917 from Ofcrs. Tng. Cp., Plattsburg Bar-
racks, N. Y. Served with Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Univ. of Illinois,
Urbana, 111., to Jan. 17, 1918. Student Ofcr. and Instr. in Drill, Sch.
for Adjutants; Methods of Mod. Warfare, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.,
(detailed as Instr. from Mch. 21 to Sept. 7, 1918) ; Sch. of Milit.
Aeronautics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, III., to Feb. 17, 1919; A.S.,
Park Fid., Ellington, Tenn., to disch. 1st Lt., A.S., Oct. 8, 1918.
Disch. June 27, 1919.
McNeal, Edgar Holmes, Prof., History.
Chm., Com. on Syllabus for War Aims course; Essent. Teacher. War
Aims, S.A.T.C, Sept., 1918 to Feb., 1919.
McNeal, Isabel, Arts '10, former Asst., Registrar's Office.
Ch. Statistician, Bur. of Claims and Adjustments, Red Cross, Bor-
deaux and Paris, France.
McPherson, William, B.Sc. '87, M.Sc. '90, D.Sc. '95, Emeritus Dean, Grad-
uate School and Prof., Chemistry; Acting President.
In chg. of produc. of toxic gases on semi-commercial scale for U.S.
Govt., Washington, D. C, summer of 1917. Capt., Ord. C, Aug. 22,
1917, from O.R.C.; Maj., Jan. 23, 1918; Lt. Col., C.W.S., Aug. 1, 1918.
Washington, D. C. ; Edgew^ood Arsenal, Md. Overseas Oct. 11, 1918 to
Dec. 11, 1918 for C.W.S.; attended Inter-Allied Confrnce. on Gas In-
vestigations, Paris, France. Returned to Edgewood Arsenal. Disch.
Mch. 24, 1919.
McQuigg, Charles Ellison, E.M. '09, Dean, College of Engineering.
Capt., Ord., O.R.C., June 23, 1917. Called to act. duty Aug. 1, 1917.
Office, Ch. of Ord., Washington, D. C; Dist. Ord. Ofcr., Nev^r Haven,
Conn.; Ord. Ofcr., Bridgeport, Conn. Disch. Mch. 5, 1919.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 147
Means, John William, D.D.S. '16, Assoc. Prof., Surgery, College of Med-
icine.
1st Lt., M.C., Nov. 5, 1917, from O.R.C.; Capt., Aug., 1917; Maj., Apr.
24, 1918. B. Hosp. 22 to disch. Columbus Barracks, O.; Philadelphia,
Pa.; Milwaukee, Wis. A.E.F., June 4, 1918 to Apr. 2, 1919. Oral
Surg, and Gen. Surg., U.S. B. Hosp.; Ch., Surgical Serv., U.S.A. B.
Hosp. 3 in France. Disch. Apr. 23, 1919.
Means, Russell Garrett, B.Sc. '17, M.D. '19, Instr., Oto-Laryngology ;
College of Medicine.
N.A. Oct. 15, 1917, E.R.C., Med. Sec. Trsf. to S.A.T.C. in Oct., 1918.
Disch. Dec. 10, 1918.
Merrill, Andrew Jackson, Capt., U.S.A.; Instr., Dept. of Milit. Science
and Tactics.
Capt., A.S. (Avia.), Sept. 10, 1917, from O.R.C. A.S. (Avia.) Gen.
Sup. Dep. to disch. Columbus, 0.; Little Rock, Ark. Disch. Mch. 4,
1919.
Meyer, Florence A., former Instr., Physical Education.
Aide, Reconstr. Dept., M.C., Walter Reed Gen. Hosp., Washington D.
C. ; Parker Hill Hosp., Boston, Mass.; U.S. Gen. Hosp. 3, Colonia, N. J.
Miller, Floyd I., 2nd Lt., School of Milit Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
2nd Lt., F.A., O.R.C, Nov. 27, 1917. Attended Ofcrs. Tng. Cp., Platts-
burg Barracks, N. Y. Unasgd., Leon Springs, Tex., to Dec. 23, 1917;
1st Tng. Brig., Recruit Div., Kelly Fid., Tex., to Apr. 12, 1918; Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to June 21, 1918. Overseas serv. from
July 21 to Dec. 12, 1918. Cas. Officer en route to U.S. to Dec. 12,
1918. A.S. Dep., Garden City, L. I., N. Y., to disch. Disch. Mch. 24,
1919.
Miller, Gail E., former Stenographer, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., from N.G.; Capt., Feb. 26, 1919. 2nd Inf. and 136th
F.A., to disch. Spencerville, 0.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Upton, N. Y.;
Cp. Sherman, 0. A.E.F., June 28, 1918 to Mch. 24, 1919. Defensive
Sector. Disch. Apr. 9, 1919.
Miller, Guy Weyer, B.Sc. in Agr. '19, Assoc. Prof., Rural Economics.
2nd O.T.C., Ft. Benj Harrison, Ind., Aug. 26 to Nov. 27, 1917. 1st
Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917. 340th Inf., Nov. 27, 1917 to Feb. 18, 1918;
160th Dep. Brig., Feb. 18, 1918 to disch. Disch. Mch. 15, 1919, Cp.
Custer, Mich.
Miller, Harold W., Pharm. Cert. '12, Clk., Pharmacist, Laboratory Sup-
ply Store.
N.A. July 23, 1918. Pvt. 23rd Co., 6th Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Sherman, 0., to Dec. 11, 1918; Med. Det., 3rd Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
to Jan. 24, 1919; Med. Det., Convalescent Center, to disch. Pvt. Icl.,
Oct. 25, 1918. Disch. May 2, 1919.
148 History of The Ohio State University
Miller, Hermann Clinton, B.A. '16, M.A. '17, Prof., Accounting.
Ensign, Sup. C, U.S.N., June 20, 1917. Called to act. duty Aug. 3,
1917; Sup. O.T.S., Washington, D. C, Aug. 3, 1917 to Sept. 30, 1917.
Lt. (Jr.Gr.), Sup. C. (Temp.), July 1, 1917; Nav. Pay Ofcrs. Sch.,
Washington, D. C, to Sept. 29, 1917. Asst. to Sup. Ofcr., Navy Yard,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1917 to Aug. 1, 1918; Lt., Sup. C, U.S.N.,
Feb. 1, 1918; Sup. Ofcr., U.S.S. Pastores (Transport) to June 30,
1919; Disbursing Ofcr., 6th Div. of Destroyers, Sq. 3, Atlantic Fleet,
on board U.S.S. Sigourney. Resigned from U.S.N. Jan. 13, 1920.
Miller, Richard Christian, Prof., Agricultural Engineering.
N.A. Jan. 22, 1918. Pvt. 313th M.P. to May 1, 1918; Engr. O.T.C.,
Cp. Lee, Va., to disch. Disch. July 7, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt.,
Engrs., July 8, 1918. 18th Co., T.C., 14th Grp. Div., to disch. Cp.
Humphreys, Va.; Cp. Merritt, N. J. A.E.F., Aug. 31, 1918 to June 9,
1919. Disch. June 13, 1919.
Miller, Stanley H., Columbus, 0.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Millfelt, Edmund Richard, former Stenographer, Service Building.
N.A. Sept. 9, 1918. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O., to disch.
Pvt. Icl., Dec. 13, 1918; Corp., Mch. 14, 1919. Disch. Apr. 1, 1919 to
accept comm. Army Fid. Clk., Adj. Gen's. Dept., Apr. 2, 1919. Adj.
Gen's. Dept. to disch. Cp. Sherman, 0.; Cp. Meade, Md. Disch. Sept.
30, 1919.
Minnium, Byron B., Cincinnati, O.
Instr., Signalling and Radio, Sch. for Pilots, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs.,
O.S.U. N.A. Apr. 20, 1917. Pvt. Sig. E.R.C., Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics, O.S.U. to disch. Disch. Dec. 14, 1918.
Mitchell, Howard P., B.Sc. '21, M.D. '23, Asst., Dispensary, College of
Medicine.
Enl. in Med. Dept., O.N.G., Jan. 14, 1914. Sgt. Icl., July 19, 1916.
Mexican Punitive Exped., July 10, 1916 to Jan. 4, 1917. 2nd Lt., F.A.,
U.S.A., Aug. 30, 1918. Disch. Dec. 10, 1918, Cp. Jackson, S. C.
Mitchell, Ray E., Lt., U.S.A.
In command Naval U., S.A.T.C, O.S.U., Nov. 21, 1918 and later.
Mobberly, Ollie 0., D.D.S. '13, Examiner, Dental Clinics.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, Sept. 23, 1928 to Dec. 1, 1928.
Monroe, Robert E., Prof., Romance Languages.
Spl. Agent, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C, for two years
investigating charges of sedition, espionage, selective serv. irregu-
larities, etc.; Directeur des Sports, French wing of Army Y.M.C.A.
Montz, John M., Assoc. Prof., Civil Engineering.
Enl. May 10, 1917. Pvt. 19th Engrs. (Railway). Trsfd. June 10,
War Services of Faculty and Staff 149
1917 to 17th Engrs. (Railway). Sent overseas in latter part of July,
1917. B. Sec. I, A.E.F., constructing standard gauge railway and
port facilities. Pvt.; Corp.; Sgt. Icl.; 2nd Lt.; 1st Lt.; Capt. Re-
turned to U.S. in Apr., 1919. Disch. latter part of Apr., 1919 at Cp.
Gordon, Ga., as Capt., Co. C, 17th Engrs. (Railway).
Moore, Alexander P., former Instr., Romance Languages.
N.A. Feb. 4, 1918. Interpreter, Co. M, 35th Engrs., Astoria, L. I.,
N. Y. A.E.F., Apr., 1918 to Jan., 1919. Mimes, France. Disch. Feb.
22, 1919.
Moore, Benjamin Arthur, M.A. '33, Asst., Education.
N.A. Oct. 2, 1917. Sent to Cp. Sherman, Chillicothe, O. Co. E, 329th
Inf., Oct. 3, 1917 to Feb. 15, 1919. Sgt. A.E.F., France, June 12, 191S
to Jan. 31, 1919. Disch. Feb. 15, 1919, Cp. Sherman, O.
Moore, Olin Harris, Prof., Romance Languages.
Interpreter and Dirctr., Mechanotherapy, Hospital Militaire 326is at
the Chateau de Passy, Passy par Veron, Yonne, France, summer of
1915.
Morrey, Charles Bradfield, B.A. '90, M.D. '96, Emeritus Prof., Bacteri-
ology and Chairman, Dept. of Bacteriology.
Essent. Teacher, Bacteriology. Prepared a number of laboratory as-
sistants for base and other hospitals.
Morrill, James Lewis, B.A. '13, former Alumni Secy, and Editor, Ohio
State University Monthly; Vice President of the University.
Publicity Dirctr., U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, Sept. 1, 1917 to May 1,
1918; Exec. Secy., U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, May 1, 1918 to Feb.
22, 1919.
Morris, Clyde Tucker, C.E. '98, Prof., Civil Engineering.
Instr., Surveying and Map-making, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Morse, James J., 2nd Lt. on Staff of S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
2nd Lt., Inf., Sept. 20, 1918. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to Nov. 18, 1918. Dist.
Milit. Inspctr., District 6, Columbus, 0., to disch. Disch. Feb. 1, 1919.
Mueller, William August, E. M. '11, Special Instr., Metallurgy.
1st Lt., Ord. C, Feb. 20, 1918; 1st Lt., C.W.S., July 27, 1918; Capt.,
Oct. 29, 1918. Ord. C, C.W.S., to disch. Washington, D. C; Edge-
wood Arsenal, Md. Disch. Jan. 6, 1919.
Mundhenk, Russell Lowell, D.V.M. '16, former Instr., Veterinary Med-
icine.
{See Citations and Decorations List, 233.)
Murbach, Roy John, Middletown, O.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. Aug. 8, 1918. Pvt. Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Sept. 24, 1918; 816th Dep. Aer. Sq.
150 History of The Ohio State University
(814th Dep. Aer. Sq.), Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., to disch. Corp.,
Oct. 10, 1918. Disch. Dec. 30, 1918.
Murray, Paul, Maj., Inf., U.S.A.; former Member, Staff, Dept. of Milit.
Science and Tactics.
2nd Lt, Inf., Nov. 30, 1912; 1st Lt., July 1, 1916; Capt., May 15, 1917;
Maj., Inf., N.A., June 17, 1918.
Myers, Joseph Simmons, B.A. '87, Emeritus Prof., Journalism and Direc-
tor, School of Journalism.
Chm., Com, to enroll graduate nurses, summer of 1918 (over 200
nurses and 126 prospective nurses enrolled). Columbus, 0.; Member,
O.S.U. War Records Com.
Neilson, Wilhelm, former Instr., Civil Engineering.
Instr., Surveying and Map-making, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Nichols, John Herbert, Grad. '17, former Prof., Physical Education.
O.R.C. Sept. 28, 1917. 1st Lt., M.C., Jan. 11, 1918, from O.R.C. M.C.
to disch. U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. 1, New York, N Y.; Cp. Taylor, Ky.;
Cp. Upton, N. Y. 2nd and 36th Divs., 1st Army. A.E.F., Aug. 29,
1918 to July 8, 1919. Meuse-Argonne. Evac. Hosp. 18, Apr., 1919;
trsf. to Cp. Surg's. Office. Cp. Pontanezen, Brest, France. Disch.
July 26, 1919.
Nold, Harry Ellsworth, E.M. '10, Prof., Mine Engineering,
Essent. Teacher, Mine Engineering, also of Metallurgy of Iron and
Steel, in abs. of Prof. Dana J. Demorest. Design and valuation work,
Gauley Mountain Coal Co., summer of 1918.
Norman, Carl Adolph, Prof., Machine Design.
Engr. and Consulting Engr., General Electric Co., 1918; also worked
for International Harvester Co., 1918, in war undertakings.
North, Cecil Clare, Prof., Sociology.
Organizer, War Community Serv., including downtown soldiers' clubs,
recreational centers, hospitality commitees, etc. El Paso, Tex., sum-
mer of 1917; Louisville, Ky., Sept., 1917 to May, 1918; Detroit, Mich.,
May to Aug., 1918.
O'Brien, Charles E., Columbus, 0.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Olin, Hubert Leonard, former Asst. Prof., Analytical Chemistry.
Capt., Ord. Dept., June 8, 1918; Capt., C.W.S., Sept. 3, 1918. Ord.
Dept. to Sept. 3, 1918; C.W.S. to disch. Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Disch. Dec, 1918.
Oliver, Norris S., Maj.; former Commandant, S.A.T.C, O. S. U,
Maj., 1st O.T.C., Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y.; Commandant, S.A.T.C,
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., to Oct. 21, 1918;
War Services of Faculty and Staff 151
Commandant, S.A.T.C, O.S.U., Oct. 22, 1918 to disch. Disch, Mch. 1,
1919.
Olsen, Henry Conrad, B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '23, M.A. '30, former Instr.,
Physical Education.
Instr., Suprvsd. Recreation, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U. N.A.
Aug. 26, 1918. Pvt., Btry. E, 70th F.A., to disch. Disch. Feb. 6, 1919.
Oman, Galen Francis, B.Arch., B.Arch.E. '20, Asst. Prof., Architecture.
N.A. Oct. 3, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to Oct 17, 1918; O.T.C., Ft.
Monroe, Va., to disch. Jan. 2, 1919 to accept comm., 2nd Lt. No act.
serv. as an officer during World War. Disch. Jan. 3, 1919.
O'Rourke, Edward V., B.E.M. '19, Assoc. Prof., Mine Engineering.
E.R.C. July 22, 1918. Pvt. Called to act. duty Sept. 10, 1918, O.S.U.
Trsf. to S.A.T.C. in Aug., 1918. Disch. Dec. 10, 1918.
Orton, Edward, Jr., E.M. '84, former Prof., Ceramics; former Dean, Col-
lege of Engineering.
Influential in securing enactment by Congress of Nat. Defense Act
of June 3, 1916; made possible employment of student assistants in
O.S.U. Brigade; co-operated in sending questionnaire to thousands of
alumni and former students as to what they were fitted to do in
wartime.
(See Citations and Decorations List, 235.)
Osborn, Herbert, Emeritus Prof., Zoology and Entomology and former
Dirctr., Ohio Biological Survey.
Entomological Expert, Food Production, summer of 1917 and later.
Osburn, Raymond C, B.Sc. '98, M.Sc. '00, Prof., Zoology and Entomology
and former Dirctr, Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory.
Essent. Teacher in biological subjects, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Ott, Percy Wright, M.Sc. '30, Prof., Mechanics.
Ofcrs. Tng. Cp., Ft. Sheridan, 111., May to Aug., 1917. 2nd Lt., Engr.
O.R.C, Aug. 15, 1917. Asgd. to 342nd Inf., Cp. Grant, Rockford, 111.
Instr., Engrs. Tng. Cp., Ft. Leavenworth, 111., Sept. to Dec, 1917;
Capt., Engrs., Dec. 28, 1917. Asgd. to 305th Engrs., Cp. Lee, Va.,
Jan., 1918. Instr., Engrs. Tng. Cp., Cp. Lee, Va., to Mch., 1918.
Trsfd. to 603rd Engrs., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind. Adj., 1st Bn., 603rd
Engrs.; spl. duty as Comdg. Ofcr., 63rd Engrs., to July, 1918; Regtl.
Adj., 603rd Engrs., July, 1918. A.E.F. overseas in Aug., 1918. In 1st
and 2nd phases of Meuse-Argonne offensive. Defensive Sector. After
Armistice asgd. to 2nd Engrs. (never joined the Regt.) On spl. duty
with Army Sch. Det., Univ. of Toulouse, France; Certificate in
Science, Univ. of Toulouse, Toulouse, Hte. Garronne, R.F., 1919. Re-
turned to U.S. July 29, 1919. Disch. at Cp. Shelby, Mass., Aug. 18,
1919.
152 History of The Ohio State University
Overholt, Virgil, B.Sc. in Agr. '15, Instr., Agricultural Engineering,
Agr. Extens. Serv.
N.A. Oct. 6, 1917. Pvt. Btry. F, 324th F.A., to disch. Sgt., Apr. 22,
1918. Disch. July 11, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., F.A., July 12,
1918; 1st Lt., May 23, 1918. 80th F.A. to disch. Cp. Sherman, 0. 7th
Div. A.E.F., May 23, 1918 to June 20, 1919. Disch. June 27, 1919.
Paffenbarger, Ralph Seal, B.E.E. '15, B.I.E. '28, M.Sc. '30, Prof., Engi-
neering Drawing.
N.A. Jan. 5, 1918. Co. C, 1st Inf., 3rd O.T.S., Cp. Sherman, 0. Pvt.
Icl., Mch. 22, 1918 to Apr. 19, 1918; Co. A, 231st Inf., to disch. Sgt.,
Apr. 22, 1918. 83rd Div. Trsf. to Cp. Lee, Va. Disch. May 31, 1918
to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf., U.S.A., May 31, 1918. Co. A, 5th Bn.,
Inf. Repl. Trps., to disch. Ssmall Arms Firing Sch., Cp. Perry, O.,
July, 1918. In chg. rifle instr., 5th Bn., Inf. Repl. Trps., Cp. Lee, Va.,
Aug. 1, 1918 to disch. Disch. Dec. 5, 1918.
Pahlow, Edwin W., Prof., Education.
In Education Serv., Amer. Y.M.C.A., in British Isles, 1918. With
Col. F. F. Longley, U.S.A., in chg. of British Det., Army Education
C, A.E.F., 1919.
Palomo, Jose Roberto, M.A., '28, Instr., Romance Languages.
N.A. Oct. 1, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, Carnegie Institute of Technology,
Pittsburg, Pa. Disch. Dec. 18, 1918.
Park, Joseph Andrew, B.A. '20, Dean of Men.
Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., May 12 to July 5, 1917. N.A. Sept. 7, 1917.
Pvt. Co. A, 331st Inf.; Corp., Sept. 18, 1917; Sgt., Oct. 13, 1917. 2nd
Co., O.T.S., Cp. Sherman, 0., to Apr. 19, 1918; Co. A, 331st Inf., to
disch. Disch. May 31, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf. Cp. Lee,
Va.; Cp. Custer, Mich. Disch. Jan. 3, 1919.
Parker, Edwin P., Jr., Lt. Col., F.A., Dept. of Milit. Science and Tactics,
O. S. U.
2nd Lt., F.A., Nov. 20, 1912; 1st Lt., July 1, 1916; Capt., May 15,
1917; Maj., F.A., N.A., July 3, 1918; Lt. Col., F.A., U.S.A., Oct. 24,
1918. Asgd. to take chg. Arty. U., R.O.TC, O.S.U. in May, 1919.
Parker, Paul W., Sgt., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
R.A. Dec. 16, 1912; Recruiting Sta., U.S.A., Atlanta, Ga., to Aug. 16,
1917; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Georgia Sc^. of Technology, At-
lanta, Ga., to Feb. 7, 1918; 815th Dep. Aer. Sq. to May 23, 1918;
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., to Sept. 24, 1918; Sch. of
Milit. Aeronautics, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N, Y., to Jan. 8, 1919;
608th Aer. Sup. Sq. to Feb. 3, 1919; 312th Avia. Sq. to Apr. 1, 1919,
when furloughed to R.A. Res. Sgt., Feb. 1, 1918; Pvt., May 21, 1918;
Sgt., Aug. 28, 1918; Sgt. Icl., Jan. 9, 1919. Disch. Dec. 15, 1919 on
expir. of serv.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 153
Paterson, Robert G., B.A. '05, Asst. Prof., Public Health and Sanitation,
College of Medicine.
Member, Tuberculosis Comm., Amer. Red Cross, Italy and France.
Arrived in Rome Oct. 6, 1918, with Tuberculosis U. which became
Tuberculosis Dept. of Amer. Red Cross Comm. for Italy. Helped to
organize med. and pub. health serv. in Italy and adjacent islands. U.
discontinued its labors May 14, 1919. Trsfd. to Hq., Paris, Amer. Red
Cross Comm. Disch. in June, 1919.
Peattie, Roderick, Prof., Geography.
(See Citations and Decorations List, 236.)
Peirce, Walter T., former Asst. Prof., Romance Languages.
Speaker on Relief Work of Amer. Red Cross, autumn, 1916; gave
more than 60 addresses in Ohio cities and towns, established Red
Cross chapters, and induced clubs to furnish money and supplies for
overseas hosp. ; Red Cross Orderly, Amer. Amb. Hosp., Neuilly,
France, summers of 1915, 1916, and 1917; Fid. Delegate, Bur. of
Refugees, northern France, Amer. Red Cross, Paris. 1st Lt., Nov.
10, 1917. Interpreters' C, A.E.F. Capt., Mch. 3, 1919. Gen. Hq.,
A.E.F., Chaumont, France, Sept., 1917 to Sept. 14, 1918; St. Mihiel,
Meuse-Argonne, Sept. to Nov., 1918. Ch. Interpreter for U. S. Dele-
gation at Peace Conference, Versailles, Dec, 1918 to disch. Disch.
Aug. 30, 1919. Later with Reparations Comm., Paris.
Perkins, Clarence, former Prof., European History.
Essent. Teacher, War Aims, S.A.T.C.
Peters, John S., Asst. Prof., Milit. Science and Tactics, O. S. U.
R.A. Aug. 6, 1911. Disch. Aug. 5, 1914 from Btry. C, 3rd F.A. Re-
enl. Aug. 20, 1914 at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. Trp. E, 3rd Cav., to July
4, 1915; G.S.L, Columbus Barracks, O., to Nov. 29, 1916; Inf., unasgd.;
detailed for duty as Asst. Prof, of Milit. Science and Tactics at
O.S.U. to May., 1917; 1st O.T.C., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., to disch.
to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917 from R.A. 46th Inf. to
Dec. 4, 1917; 11th Cav. to Nov. 12, 1919; 14th Cav. to disch. 2nd Lt.,
Cav., Nov. 13, 1917; 1st Lt, Cav. (Temp.), Mch. 20, 1918. Disch.
Apr. 12, 1920.
Pflueger, Oto W., former Instr., Forestry.
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O., to June
15, 1918; Hq. Det., 55th Engrs., to disch. Pvt. Icl., Nov. 1, 1918;
Wag., Dec. 2, 1918; Sgt., Feb. 15, 1919. A.E.F., July 2, 1918 to June
16, 1919. Disch. June 21, 1919.
Phillips, Thomas Guthrie, former Asst. Prof., Agricultural Chemistry
and Soils.
N.A. Apr. 6, 1918. Pvt, Ord. C, Edgewood Arsenal, Md.; Prov.
Works Lab., Columbus, 0., to July 2, 1918; Aux, Lab. 1 to Aug. 24,
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1918; Yale Army Lab. Sch., New Haven, Conn., to disch. Disch. Oct.
25, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Sn. C, U.S.A., Oct. 25, 1918. Sn.
C, B. Hosp. 162, to disch. Cp. Crane, Pa. Disch. Dec. 19, 1918.
Pintner, Rudolph, former Prof., Psychology.
Civilian Psych. Exmnr., Surg. Gen's. Office, Cp. Lee, Va., Sept. to
Dec, 1917; Psych. Exmnr., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., spring,
1918; Member, Trade Test Div., Com. on Classification of Personnel,
Adj. Gen's. Office, Washington, D. C, May to Sept., 1918; Carnegie
Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa., June to Sept., 1918.
Platter, Herbert M., M.D. '92, Lecturer, Medicine, College of Medicine.
Secy., State Med. Bd. of Ohio during war period and since.
Pollard, James Edward, B.A. '16, M.A. '17, Dirctr., School of Jour-
nalism; Assoc. Prof., Journalism.
N.A. May 25, 1917. Pvt. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., to July 7, 1917.
Hq. Det., 83rd Div., to May, 1918. Cp. Sherman, 0. (Cp. Sherman
Correspondent, Associated Press). A.E.F., June, 1918 to July, 1919.
O.T.S., Langres, France, Sept. and Oct., 1918. 2nd Lt., Inf., Intelli-
gence Sec, Hq., 83rd Div. Asgd. to 47th Inf., 4th Div., Nov. 1, 1918.
Actg. Bn. Adj., Army of Occupation, Germany, Nov., 1918 to July,
1919; Regtl. Billeting Ofcr.; Actg. Regtl. Operations Ofcr.; Bn. Intel-
ligence Ofcr. Disch. Aug., 1919. Author, The Forty-Seventh U. S.
Infantry — A History (183 pp.)
Pollard, Robert Thomas, B.A. '22, former Instr., Political Science.
R.A. Dec. 13, 1917. Pvt. Sn. Co. 1, M.O.T.C, Chickamauga Pk., Ga.,
to May 5, 1918; Sn. Co., M.O.T.C, Cp. Greenleaf, Ga., to May 21,
1918; Co. 5, Cp. Greenleaf, A.E.F., June 7, 1918 to June 22, 1919.
May Aut. Repl. Draft, to July 6, 1918; M.D., Rest Cp. 1, B. Sec 2,
S.O.S., to July 19, 1918; Med. Sup. Det., St. Sulspice, France, to Aug.
8, 1918; Office, B. Surg., B. Sec 2, A.P.O. 705, to Jan. 21, 1919; M.D.,
Cp. Hosp. 103, to June 23, 1919; Demob. Grp., Cp. Sherman, O., to
disch. Pvt. Icl., Feb. 20, 1919. Disch. July 10, 1919.
Pontius, John W., former Exec Secy., O. S. U. Y.M.C.A. 1912-1913; Ex-
Officio Head, O. S. U. Y.M.C.A. after 1913.
Wartime State Secy., Y.M.C.A. in Ohio, to Apr., 1918; Assoc Ch.
Exec. Ofcr., Y.M.C.A., from Apr., 1918, in chg. Y.M.C.A. work
(A.E.F.) in United Kingdom to Sept., 1918. Then served along entire
front from French Sector to Italian. Returned to U.S. in Nov., 1918
to assist in Y.M.C.A. War Work Campaign for $200,000,000. Resigned
in Dec, 1918.
Postle, Harold Vieman, former Interne, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., Aug. 7, 1917, from O.R.C. M.C. to disch. Columbus
Barracks, 0.; Ft. Riley, Kan. A.E.F., Aug. 15, 1918 to Sept. 15, 1919.
St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Disch. Oct. 1, 1919.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 155
Powell, Earl Clair, McCutcheonsville, O.
Instr., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O. S. U.
Price, John Worthington, B.Sc. in Agr. '21, M.Sc. '23, Ph.D. '30, Assoc.
Prof., Zoology and Entomology.
N.A. Oct., 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to disch. Disch. Dec, 1918.
Prinkey, John Ward, B.M.E. '15, former Instr., Mechanical Engineering.
E.R.C, Aug. 6, 1917. Pvt. Called to act. duty Oct, 22, 1918. Sch. of
Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.; A.S., Mec. Det., St. Paul, Minn., to disch.
Pvt. Icl., Aug. 6, 1917; Sgt., Nov. 28, 1918. Disch. Jan. 10, 1918.
Prior, John Clinton, C.E. '29, Prof., Civil and Sanitary Engineering.
Ch. Cost Engr. for U.S. Housing Corporation, 1918-19.
Pugh, Ednah Helen, Arts '15, former Secy., Entrance Board, O. S. U.
In autumn of 1917 she took tng. at Barnard College, New York City.
Nurse, Milit. Hosp., O.S.U., during influenza epidemic, Oct., 1918;
Y.M.C.A. Hostess, Canteen Serv., St. Nazaire, France, Feb., 1919 and
later.
Ramsey, Raymond Arthur, B.A. '08, former Instr., College of Medicine.
Contr. Surg. July 30, 1917, Columbus, 0. Contract annulled Aug. 31,
1917.
Ramsower, Harry C, B.Sc. in Agr., '06, Dirctr., Agr. Extens. Serv.
Mgr., Univ. Employment Bur., which placed students in farm work;
Mgr., Ohio campaign to encourage high school pupils to help in food
production.
Randall, Emilius Oviatt, LL.B. '92, former Prof., Law.
Member, Ohio War Records Comm. aptd. by Gov. James M. Cox.
Ray, Franklin Arnold, E.M. '87, former Prof., Mining Engineering.
Asst., U.S. Fuel Admin., Feb. to June, 1917; Member, Conservation
Advisory Bd., Fuel Admin, in Ohio; Dist. Conservation Engr. for
central Ohio; Investigator, coal deposits in Russia for Amer. steel
industries July, 1917 to Feb., 1918. Promoted increased coal produc-
tion.
Rebrassier, Russell Edmond, D.V.M. '14, M.Sc. '25, former Prof., Vet-
erinary Parasitology.
N.A. Oct., 1917. 2nd Lt., Vet. O.R.C., inact. duty. Disch. Apr. 6, 1919.
Reed, Carlos Isaac, B.A. '15, former Instr., Physiology.
E.R.C. Oct. 17, 1917. Pvt. Called to act. duty June 25, 1918. Det.,
Sn. C, N.A., Washington, D. C, to Aug. 1, 1918; C.W.S., Washington,
D. C, to disch. Disch. Sept. 11, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., C.W.S.,
Sept. 20, 1918. Disch. Dec. 18, 1918.
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Reeder, Charles Wells, B.A. '06, M.A. '09, former Member, Staff, O. S. U.
Library; Jr. Dean, College of Commerce and Administration;
Assoc. Prof., Marketing.
Librarian, Library War Serv., Amer. Library Assoc, Cp. Sherman,
O., Jan. 10, 1917 to Feb. 10, 1918; Instr., War Dept. Correspondence
Files, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs., O.S.U., Feb. 11 to June
30, 1918; Representative, Amer. Library Assoc, Columbus Dist., for
United War Works Campaign, Nov., 1918. Dirctr., Library Publicity,
U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, July 9, 1918 to Feb. 15, 1919.
Reel, Phillip John, D.V.M. '11, M.D. '15, Assoc. Prof., Gynecology, College
of Medicine.
Lt. (Jr.Gr.), M.C., U.S. Navy, Aug. 6, 1917. Nav. Hosp., Nav. Oper-
ating B., Hampton Roads, Va., Sept. 28, 1917. Placed on inact. duty
Jan. 10, 1919. Disch. Aug. 9, 1921.
Reichard, Henry Francis, B.Arch. '13, former Ch. Draftsman, Univ.
Architect's Office.
N.A. Oct. 6, 1917. Pvt. Btry. F, 324th F.A., to disch.. May 31, 1918,
to accept comm. 2nd Lt., F.A., June 1, 1918. 42nd F.A. to disch. Cp.
Jackson, S. C; Cp. Custer, Mich. Disch. Jan. 25, 1919.
Reif, Louis Everett, Instr., Operative Dentistry.
1st Lt., Dent. C, Sept. 13, 1917, from O.R.C.; Capt., Feb. 17, 1919.
310th Tng. and M.P. Co.; 108th M.G. Bn. to disch. Battle Creek,
Mich. 28th Div. A.E.F., July 22, 1918 to June 23, 1919. Disch. Sept.
23, 1919.
Richardson, A. G. G., former Prof., Veterinary Medicine.
Essent. teacher, Vet. Medicine, 1917, 1918.
Rickly, Oscar De Witt, B.M.E. '21, M.Sc '23, Asst. Prof., Industrial
Engineering.
U.S. Stores Inspctr., Ord. Dept., U.S.A., Feb. 11, 1918 to Feb. 11,
1919 as Pvt. On detchd. serv. at plant of Amer. Brakeshoe & Foun-
dry Co., Erie, Pa., which manufactured shells and hovi^itzers.
Rightmire, George W., B.Ph. '95, Law '97, M.A. '98, former Prof., Law;
President, Ohio State University.
Instr., Milit. Law, Moot Court, Sch. for Adjutants; Member, Univ.
Com. to collect War Serv. Records of Ohio State men.
Roach, Charles J., M.D. '17, former Interne, College of Medicine.
E.R.C. Aug. 21, 1917. 1st Lt., M.D., Dec 12, 1917, from O.R.C. Flight
Surg. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. M.D., 4th Inf., to disch. 3rd Div. A.E.F.,
Apr. 5, 1918 to Aug. 23, 1919. Aisne; Aisne-Marne; Champagne-
Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Slightly wounded in Meuse-Ar-
gonne offensive, Oct. 13, 1918. Disch. Sept. 15, 1919.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 157
Rogers, A. Sophie, M.D. '30, Assoc. Prof., Psychology.
Engaged in occupational trerapeutic work, Cp. Merritt, N. J., sum-
mer, 1918.
Rogers, Andrews, B.Ph. '96, Prof., Obstetrics, College of Medicine.
Essent. Teacher during war period.
Ronan, Wilbert Cathmore, C.E. in Arch. '10, Prof., Architecture.
Helped to build and paint two miniature ranges for instr. in Shell
Spotting and Aerial Observation; Instr., Aerial Observation, Map
Reading, and Wireless Signaling, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. Aug. 29,
1918. Pvt. A.S., Sch. for Aerial Photography, Cornell Univ., Ithaca,
N. Y., to disch, Disch. Dec. 20, 1918.
Rose, William Horace, LL.B. '24, M.A. '29, Prof., Law.
O.N.G. May 29, 1917. Pvt. Btry. C, 2nd F.A., O.N.G. (Btry. C, 135th
F.A.), to May 16, 1918; Cp. Sheridan, Ala. Sgt., Aug. 3, 1917. CO.
T.S., Cp, Taylor, Ky., to disch. Disch. Aug. 16, 1918 to accept comm.
2nd Lt., F.A., Aug. 17, 1918. F.A. Repl. Dep., Cp. Jackson, Columbia,
S. C; F.A. Ofcrs. Sch. of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla.; Btry. E, 34th F.A.,
12th Brig., Cp. McClellan, Anveston, Ala. Disch. Jan. 28, 1918, Cp.
Taylor, Ky.
Roseboom, Eugene Holloway, B.A. '14, M.A. '16, Asst. Prof., History.
N.A. July 23, 1918. 23rd Co., 6th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Sherman, O., July 24, 1918; Co. G, 334th Inf., 84th Div., Aug. 10,
1918. Sailed overseas Sept. 2, 1918. In tng. in southern France.
Trsf. to Co. C, 138th Inf., 35th Div., Oct. 13, 1918 and to Co. B, 140th
Inf., Oct. 19, 1918. At Verdun front Oct. 15 to Nov. 7, 1918. Sailed
for U.S. Apr. 16, 1919. Pvt. Id., Apr., 1919. Disch. May 9, 1919, Cp.
Sherman, O.
Ruggles, Clyde 0., former Prof., Economics and Sociology.
Expert, Rate Investigation Div., U.S. Shipping Bd., Washington, D.
C, Aug., 1918 to Feb., 1919; Author, Terminal Charges at U. S. Ports
(181 pp.). May, 1919, being report to Shipping Bd.
Ruhlen, George, Col., U.S.A.; former Prof., Military Science and Tactics
and Commandant, 0. S. U. Corps of Cadets.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., Westpoint, N. Y., July 1, 1868; 2nd Lt., 17th Inf.,
June 14, 1872; 1st Lt., Sept. 18, 1876; Prof., Milit. Science and Tac-
tics and Commandant, Corps of Cadets, O.S.U., Sept. 1881 to July,
1884; Capt., Aug. 14, 1890; Maj., Jan. 6, 1900; Lt. Col., Aug. 2, 1903;
Col., Feb. 25, 1908; retired Sept. 21, 1911; recalled by dirctn. of Pres.
Wilson July 7, 1917; Col., Inf., and Q.M. in chg. of Purchasing and
Supply Dep., Q.M.C., Seattle, Wash., July 7, 1917 to Oct. 16, 1918.
Again retired.
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Sage, Harry M., Grad., '18, Instr., Ophthalmology and Oto-Lyryngology.
1st Lt., M.C., July 10, 1918, from O.R.C. M.D., B. Hosp., Cp. Jackson,
S. C, to disch. Disch. Apr. 16, 1919.
Sanborn, Frank E., former Prof., Industrial Arts and Secy, of College
of Engineering.
Capt., M.D., Aug. 30, 1918. Sn. C. to disch. Reconstr. Serv., Carlisle,
Pa.; Ch., Engineering, Agricultural and Commercial Depts., Walter
Reed Gen. Hosp., Washington, D, C; Gen. Hosp. 19, Oteen, N. C.
Disch. Dec. 31, 1920.
Schaeffer, George Christian, Arts '92, former Instr., Ophthalmology,
College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., Apr. 10, 1917; Capt., June 17, 1917; Maj., Dec. 10, 1917;
Lt. Col., Sept. 11, 1919. Hosp. Ret. Dep., Columbus Barracks, O., to
Feb. 14, 1918; M.D., U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. 2, to Mch. 31, 1918; M.D.,
unasgd., to May 8, 1918; M.D., Croydon (Eng.) Jaw Hosp., B. Sec. 3,
to July 4, 1918; Amer. R.C. Hosp. 1 to Sept. 3, 1918; Hq., Med. and
Surg. Consultants, Neuf chateau, France, to Jan. 2, 1919; M.C.,
unasgd., to Jan. 26, 1919; M.D., U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. 2, to Oct. 11, 1919;
M.C., unasgd., to disch. A.E.F., Apr. 6, 1918 to Jan. 21, 1919. St.
Mihiel; Aisne-Marne; Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sector. Disch. Oct.
25, 1919.
Scherer, Norman William, Asst. Prof., Horticulture and Forestry.
Instr., Surveying and Map-making, S.A.T.C., O.S.U.
Schilling, Samuel James, D.V.M. '17, M.Sc. '26, Instr., Veterinary Med-
icine.
2nd Lt., Vet. C, O.R.C, Aug. 25, 1917. Never called to act. serv.
Essent. Teacher, Vet. Medicine, O.S.U. Resigned July 18, 1919.
Schlegel, Leo Grant, B.E.E. '17, Columbus, O.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. E.R.C. June 29, 1917. Called
to act. duty Aug. 23, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Avia. Sec, Sig. C, E.R.C, to
disch. Disch. June 13, 1918 to accept comm. 1st Lt., A.S., Sig. C,
June 14, 1918. A.E.F., Oct. 27, 1917 to Dec. 11, 1918. Disch. Dec. 30,
1918.
Schleisinger, Arthur Meyer, B.A. '07, former Asst. Prof., Amer. History.
Chm., Ohio Comm. to collect vi^ar records aptd. by Gov. James M. Cox;
Essent. Teacher, War Aims, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Schlesinger, George F., CE. '07, former Asst. Prof., Civil Engineering.
Instr., Surveying and Map-making, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Schmidt, Francis A., Prof., Physical Education; Dirctr., Football.
Neb. N.G. and Univ. of Nebraska Cadets before the World War. Enl.
Apr. 30, 1917. 1st O.T.C, Ft. Roots, Ark., to Aug. 15, 1917. 1st Lt.,
Aug. 15, 1917. 1st Inf. Sch. of Arms, Ft. Sill, Okla. Capt., Inf., July
18, 1918. 87th Div. Bayonet Instruction. Asgd. to Co. M, 347th Inf.,
War Services of Faculty and Staff 159
87th Div., Sept., 1917. Moved to Cp. Dix, N. J., June 20, 1918; trsfd.
to Hq. Co., 347th Inf., 87th Div., Sept., 1918. Sailed for France in
Aug., 1918. Returned to U.S., Feb., 1919, Cp. Dix, N. J. Took com-
mand of 50th Inf., Cp. Dix, N. J., Mch., 1919. Disch. at Cp. Pike,
Ark., Sept. 29, 1919.
Schmidt, Jacob Philip, B.Sc. in Agr. '16, Suprvsr., Farmers' Institutes,
A-gr. Extens. Serv.
E.R.C. May 15, 1918. O.T.S., Cp. Custer, Mich., to June 28, 1918;
Inf. C.O.T.C, Cp. Lee, Va., to disch. Pvt. Icl., May 16, 1918. Disch.
Aug. 25, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 26, 1918. Cp. Lee,
Va., May 15, 1918 to Aug. 26, 1918. Inf. Small Arms Firing Sch. to
disch. Cp. Perry, O.; Cp. McClellan, Ala. Disch. Dec. 9, 1918.
Schott, Robert Carl, B.E.E. '15, former Asst., Electrical Engineering.
E.R.C. Mch. 5, 1918. Pvt. Called to act. duty June 10, 1918. U.S.
Radio Sch., College Pk., Ind., to July 3, 1918; 17th Serv. Co., Sig. C,
to disch. Corp., Aug. 1, 1918; Sgt., Sept. 11, 1918. Disch. May 3, 1919.
Schutz, Alexander H., Assoc. Prof., Romance Languages.
Enl. Oct. 5, 1917, 343rd Inf., Cp. Grant, 111. Telephone Co., 311th Fid.
Sig. Bn. ; 28th Engrs., Cp. Meade, Md., Dec, 1917. Sailed overseas as
Pvt. Icl. Feb. 10, 1918. On dtchd, serv. to Univ. of Montpelier,
France, from late Feb. to end of June, 1919 as Interpreter of telephony
lectures delivered to Sig. C. personnel by French Mission. Sailed for
U.S. July 22, 1919. Disch. July 28, 1919.
Sears, Paul Bigelow, Spl. Grad. '19, former Instr., Botany.
N.A. Sept. 6, 1917. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0., to Nov.
26, 1917; Motor Sec, 308th Am. Tn., to Feb. 4, 1918; A.S., Sig. C,
O.S.U., to disch. Bn. Sgt. Maj., Oct. 3, 1917; Pvt., Nov. 24, 1917; Bn.
Sgt. Maj., Nov. 24, 1917; Pvt. Icl., Jan. 19, 1918. Disch. Apr. 8, 1918
to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S., Apr. 8, 1918 from N.A. Avia. Sec,
Sig. C, Self ridge Fid., Mich., to Apr. 16, 1918; A.S., Aeronautics,
Dorr Fid., Fla., to disch. Disch. Dec 17, 1918.
Seegar, Grover Cleveland, B.C.E. '17, Instr., Civil Engineering.
N.A. Apr. 27, 1918. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0., to May
22, 1918; Co. B, 322nd M.G. Bn., to July 28, 1918; Co. G, 329th Inf.,
to Dec. 25, 1918; Rents, Requisitions, and Claims Serv., A.P.O. 762,
to disch. Pvt. Icl., July 1, 1918; Corp., Apr. 15, 1919; Sgt., July 9,
1919. 83rd Div. A.E.F., June 11, 1918 to Oct. 28, 1919. Disch. Oct.
30, 1919.
Semans, Harry Merrick, Dean, College of Dentistry; Prof., Operative
Dentistry and Dental Anatomy.
Member, Dent. Sec, CI. of Nat. Defense, Washington, D. C, May,
1917; Exmnr. of applicants for membership in O.R.C., June 1 to Sept.
1, 1917; Essent, Teacher, Dentistry, O.S.U., Sept. 23 to Dec. 1, 1918.
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Member, Com. on Mobilization of Dental Educat. Activities, Sept. to
Nov., 1918.
Service, Jerry Hall, Jr., M.Sc. '17, Ph.D. '28, former Instr., Physics.
Instr., Theory of Flight and Meteorology, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Shafer, Oliver George, Civ. Engr. '08, Caldwell, O.
Instr., Gunnery, Sch. for Adjutants; Machine Gun, Sch. for Bin.
Ofcrs.; Marlin Gun, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Shank, Jacob Ralph, Prof., Civil Engineering and Actg. Asst. Dirctr.,
Engineering Experiment Station.
Instr., Surveying and Map-making, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Sheetz, John William, former Asst., Medicine, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., Aug. 30, 1917, from O.R.C. Capt., June 30, 1918; Maj.,
Mch. 24, 1919. Evac. Hosp. 18 to disch. Cp. Sherman, O.; Cp. Taylor,
Ky.; Cp. Upton, N. Y.; Cp. Dix, N. J. A.E.F., Aug. 30, 1918 to Aug.
20, 1919. Disch. Sept. 16, 1919.
Shepard, Walter James, former Dean, College of Arts and Sciences.
1st Lt., Ord., Jan. 3, 1918. Civilian Personnel Sec, Ord. Dept., Wash-
ington, D. C, to Apr. 2, 1918; Ord. Dept., Chicago, 111., to disch. Capt.,
Ord., May 9, 1919. Disch. Aug. 1, 1919.
Sheppard, Harry Edwin, B.A, '16, former Asst., Economics and Sociology.
N.A. June 24, 1918. Pvt. Co. K, 33rd Inf., to Oct. 6, 1918; Co. C,
363rd Inf., to disch. A.E.F., Sept. 5, 1918 to May 8, 1919. Disch. May
23, 1919.
Sherman, Christopher E., C.E. '94, Prof., Civil Engineering.
Instr., Surveying and Map-making, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Sherrard, Robert G., Capt., Inf., U.S.A. and Asst. to Commandant,
R.O.T.C, 0. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf., R.A., Sept. 17, 1910; 1st Lt., July 1, 1916; Asst. to Com-
mandant, R.O.T.C, O.S.U., Sept., 1916 to May, 1918; Capt., May 15,
1917, Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.; Maj., Inf., N.A., June 7, 1918. Still
in serv.
Shively, Charles Francis, M.D. '16, former Interne, College of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C, Apr. 10, 1918, from O.R.C. Gen. Hosp. 6 to disch. Ft.
McPherson, Ga. ; Columbus Barracks, O. Disch. Sept. 3, 1919.
Shoemaker, John N., Emeritus Prof., Veterinary Medicine.
Essent. Teacher, Vet. Medicine, O.S.U., 1917-18.
Shonting, Daniel M., B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '21, M.A. '23, Asst. Prof.,
Accounting.
O.N.G. July 4, 1915. Hq. Co., 4th Inf., O.N.G. (Hq. Co., 166th Inf.),
to disch. Mus. 3cl., July 4, 1917. Mexican Punitive Exped., 1916-17.
Mus. 2cl., Oct. 17, 1918. 166th Inf. Bnd. 42nd (Rainbow) Div. A.E.F.,
War Services of Faculty and Staff 161
Oct, 18, 1917 to May 5, 1919. Champagne-Marne ; Aisne-Marne; St.
Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Army of Occupation (six months). Disch.
June 21, 1919.
Shumway, Herbert S., D.D.S. '07, Instr., Prosthetic Dentistry.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, Sept. 23 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Siebert, George Henry, B.A. '21, Mgr., Univ. Bookstore, Univ. Press;
Asst., Purchasing Dept., Business Office.
Enrol. Nov. 26, 1917. L.E.R. U.S.N.R.F., Radio Sec. U.S.S. Penn-
sylvania and U.S.S. Neiv Mexico, May 22, 1918 to Mch., 1919. Releas.
Mch. 3, 1919.
Siebert, Wilbur Henry, B.A. '88, Emeritus Research Prof., History.
Member. Univ. War Records Com.; Member, Ohio Comm. for collect-
ing war records aptd. by Gov. James M. Cox.; Essent. Teacher, War
Aims, S.A.T.C; helped obtain supplies for Milit. Hosp., O.S.U., dur-
ing influenza epidemic, Oct., 1918; author. The University in the
Great War (Parts I, II, and III.)
Simms, Henry Harrison, Asst. Prof., History.
Indue. Sept. 5, 1918. C.O.T.S., Cp. Lee, Va., to disch. Pvt. Disch.
Nov. 23, 1918.
Sleeth, Earle Campbell, M.Sc. '17, former Agt., Ashtabula Co., 0., Agr.
Extens. Serv.
N.A. Nov. 27, 1917. Pvt. Q.M.C. Hq., Rep. U. 302, M.T.C., to disch.
A.E.F., Jan. 11, 1918 to July 17, 1919. Disch. July 25, 1919.
Sloane, Roscoe Chester, Prof., Highway Engineering.
Instr., Surveying and Map-making, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Small, Edson I., Capt., Inf., R.A., and Commandant, S.A.T.C, O. S. U.
Pvt., Corp., Sgt., Q.M. Sgt., and 1st Sgt., Co. D, 11th Inf., Aug. 14,
1895 to Sept. 29, 1902; 2nd Lt., Philippine Scouts, Sept. 30, 1902; 1st
Lt., Nov. 4, 1907; Capt., Sept. 19, 1908. Resigned Aug. 31, 1911;
Capt., Philippine Scouts. Retired June 4, 1916. Commandant
(Temp.), S.A.T.C, O.S.U., Sept. to Nov. 2, 1918.
Smith, Earl Clement, former Instr., Metallurgy.
Expert, Steel manufactories, Portsmouth, O., in making shells:
Inspctr., Sig. C, Inspec. Dept. Trsf. in Aug., 1917 to Bur. of Aircr.
Prod., Pittsburgh, Pa. Disch. in Jan., 1919.
Smith, Forrest Leo, former Asst., Univ. Architect's Office.
R.A. Aug. 1, 1917. Pvt. 50th Aer. Sq. to Nov. 12, 1917; 188th Aer.
Sq. to Jan. 29, 1918; 349th Aer. Sq. to disch. Corp., Sept. 10, 1917;
Sgt., Nov. 1, 1917. A.E.F., May 19, 1918 to Dec. 11, 1918. Disch. Dec.
29, 1918.
162 History of The Ohio State University
Smith, Guy-Harold, Assoc. Prof., Geography.
N.A. Sept. 5, 1918. Pvt. Inf., Cp. Grant, 111. Corp.; Sgt.; 2nd Lt.
Disch. Dec. 3, 1918.
Smith, Philip H., Columbus, O.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. N.A. June 6, 1918. Pvt. Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to disch. Disch. Dec. 18, 1918.
Snook, James H., former Asst. Prof., Veterinary Medicine.
Instr., Trap, Pistol, and Rifle Shooting; also Machine Guns, Sch. for
Pilots, O.S.U.
Snow, Royall H., Assoc. Prof., English.
N.A. Oct. 14, 1918. Pvt. Co. F, S.A.T.C, Harvard Univ., Cambridge,
Mass., to disch. Disch. Dec. 6, 1918.
Snyder, Dick Pearl, D.D.S. '18, Prof., Oral Surgery.
Essent, Teacher, Dentistry, Sept. 23, 1918 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Snyder, Lawrence Edward, M.A. '27, Instr., English.
U.S.N. Dec, 1917. Gt. Lakes Nav. Tng. Sta. to Mch., 1918; Harvard
Nav. Radio Sch., Cambridge, Mass., to Aug., 1918; U.S.S. Lynchburg
(in foreign waters) to Mch., 1919; at Nav. Sta., Norfolk, Va., and on
Goat Is., San Francisco, to June, 1919. Disch in June, 1919, Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
Spaeth, Louise Marie, Instr., Sociology.
Vol. Nurse, influenza epidemic among soldiers from Cp. Mabry, Aus-
tin, Tex., and nurses at Seton Infirmary, Oct. to Nov. 1, 1918, when
she became ill.
Spencer, Eugene Tritless, Lt. Col., F.A., U.S.A.
Pvt. and Corp., 1st Inf., Mo. N.G., 1907-1909; Cadet, U.S.M.A., 1909-
1913. Served as 2nd and 1st Lt., 1st U.S. Cav., 1913-1916; 1st Lt. and
Capt., 5th and 18th U.S.F.A., 1916-1918; Capt., 18th F.A., 3rd Div.,
A.E.F., in France, May, 1918 to Aug., 1918; Maj. and Lt. Col., 103rd
F.A., 26th Div., in France, Aug., 1918 to Apr., 1919; Maj. U.S.F.A.,
1919-1935; Lt. Col., F.A., 1935; joined R.O.T.C. Unit, O.S.U., Aug.,
1936.
Spencer, Henry Russell, Prof., Political Science; Chairman, Dept. of
Political Science.
Volunteer, Y.M.C.A. (Foyer du Soldat) with 4th Fr. Army, A.E.F.
C.A.C., Mailly and Paris, France, Dec, 1917 to Feb., 1918; Regional
Dirctr., Y.M.C.A., with 3rd Ital. Army, Bologna, Mogliano, and
Trieste, Italy, Feb. to Dec, 1918.
Stankard, Lloyd T., former Instr., Astronomy.
Instr., Instruments and Compasses, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. R.A. June
10, 1918. Pvt. C.O.T.S., Cp. Taylor, Ky., to disch. Disch. Aug. 16,
1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., F.A., Aug. 17, 1918. 159th Dep. Brig.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 163
to Aug. 25, 1918; F.A. Repl. Dep. to disch. Morale Ofcr., Cp. Zackary
Taylor, Ky. Diseh. May 14, 1918.
Stanton, Frederick M., former Asst., Surgery and Gynecology, College
of Medicine.
Contr. Surg, from Sept. 28, 1918 to disch. Columbus, O. Disch. Dec.
16, 1918.
Starin, William Alfred, Prof., Bacteriology.
Essent. Teacher, Milit. Hygiene, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Starr, Frank Cleveland, D.D.S. '15, Asst. Prof., Crown and Bridge Work
and Metallurgy.
1st Lt., D.C., Aug. 24, 1917 from O.R.C.; Capt., Feb. 17, 1919; Maj.,
May 19, 1919. A.E.F., Amer. Red Cross Milit. Hosp. 2, Sept. 17, 1917
to June 7, 1919. Disch. June 11, 1919.
Stedem, Edwin J., Instr., Surgery, College of Medicine.
E.R.C. Jan. 12, 1918. Called to act. duty Nov. 16, 1918. S.A.T.C,
Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, 0., to disch. Pvt. Disch. Dec. 19,
1918.
Steeb, Carl Eckart, P.Ph. '99, Secy., Bd. of Trustees; Bus. Mgr. and
Bursar, Ohio State University.
Maj., Q.M.C., Oct. 5, 1918; Persnl., Tng., and Morale Brs., Q.M.C.,
Gen. Staff, Washington, D. C; Cp. Meigs, D. C, Cp. Johnston, Fla.
Disch. Dec. 13, 1918.
Steele, Henry G., 2nd Lt. and Instr., Milit. Department, 0. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917, from O.T.C., Ft. Sheridan, 111. 329th Inf.
to Jan. 23, 1918; atchd. to Hq. Staff and Instrs., Milit. Dept. of
O.S.U., to June 5, 1918; Instr., Army Regulations, Sch. for Pilots,
O.S.U. 152nd Dep. Brig, to Nov. 19, 1918; 380th Inf. to disch. Disch.
Dec. 21, 1918.
Steinfeld, Alexander M., former Asst. Prof., Medicine, College of Medi-
cine,
EnL June 14, 1918. Capt., M.C., July 15, 1918. M.C. to disch. Cp.
Dix, N. J.; Cp. Meade, Md.; Ft. McHenry, Md, Disch. Mch. 14, 1919.
Stinson, Karl Willson, B.M.E. '16, M.E. '24, Prof., Automotive Engi-
neering.
Instr., Engines and Engine Lab., Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U. E.R.C.
Aug. 6, 1917. Pvt. Icl. A.S. Ofcr., Central Dep., Chicago, 111., to disch.
Sept. 8, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S., Sept. 9, 1918. A.S. to
disch. Columbus, 0. Instr., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Princeton
Univ., Princeton, N. J. No act. serv. as enl. man. Disch. Dec. 7, 1918.
Stevens, William S., B.Sc. in Pharm. '17, Instr., Pharmacy.
Indue. Apr. 25, 1918. Cp. Sherman, 0. Analytical Chemist, Labora-
164 History of The Ohio State University
tory, B. Hosp. Performed spl. serv. at Water Works. Atchd. to Util-
ities Div., Cp. Q.M.C. Sgt., Q.M.C., Mch. 14, 1919. Disch. May 8, 1919.
St. John, Lynn Wilbur, Prof., Physical Education.
Dirctr. in chg. of Dept. of Suprvsd. Recreation and Organized Sport,
Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
Stockdale, Paris B., Assoc. Prof., Geology.
Instr., Topographic Mapping, S.A.T.C, Indiana Univ., Bloomington,
Ind., autumn, 1918.
Stouffer, Samuel M., 2nd Lt., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O. S. U.
R.A. Aug. 8, 1917. Asgd. to 73rd Aer. Sq., S.C; trsf. to 144th Aer.
Sq. ; disch. Jan. 15, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S. Res. C, Jan.
16, 1918. Asgd. to act. duty with 1st Tng. Brig., Kelly Fid., Tex., to
Apr. 11, 1918. Instr., First Aid, Hygiene, and Sanitation, Sch. for
Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs.; First Aid, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., to
June 13, 1918; Avia. Sec, Kelly Fid., Tex., to July 11, 1918; Spruce
Produc. Serv., Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to disch. Disch. Dec. 28,
1918.
Stout, Wilbur, B.E. '15, Cer.E. '31, State Geologist; former Lecturer,
Geology.
Collected production figures on oil and gas for U.S. Govt.
Stratemeyer, George E., Maj., Inf., U.S.A., and former Dirctr. of Milit.
Instruction, School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y., Mch. 1, 1910; 2nd Lt., Inf., June
12, 1915; 2nd Lt., Oct. 6, 1915; 1st Lt., July 1, 1916; Avia. Sec, Sig.
C, May 3, 1917; Capt., May 15, 1917; Dirctr., Milit. Instruction, Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., May 31, 1917 to June 15, 1918; Maj.,
Inf., July 30, 1918. Still in serv.
Strosnider, Charles W., D.D.S. '12, Asst. Prof., Operative Dentistry.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, Sept. 23, 1918 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Swartzel, Karl Dale, B.Sc. '97, former Prof., Mathematics.
Asst. Educational Dirctr. for Ohio, Ind., and W. Va., Nat. Com. on
Education and Spl. Tng., 1917-18.
Sweeney, Orland Russell, B.Sc in Ch.E. '09, M.A. '10, former Instr.,
Chemistry.
1st Lt., Aug. 1917, C.W.S., Ord. Dept.; Capt., Ord. Dept., Nov. 23,
1917, from O.R.C.; Maj., C.W.S., July 13, 1918 to disch. Atchd. to
Capt. William McPherson's Staff, Washington, D. C. Assisted in
designing, erecting, and operating Chloropicrin plant, Edgewood
Arsenal, Md. Disch. Feb. 12, 1919.
Tavenner, Robert Lester, Capt., U.S.A., former Instr., Inf., O. S. U.
Corps of Cadets.
(See Citations and Decorations List, 248.)
War Services of Faculty and Staff 165
Taylor, Emerson L., 2nd Lt. ; Instr., School of Military Aeronautics,
0. S. U.
2nd Lt., A.S., Sig. O.R.C., Nov. 27, 1917, from O.T.C., Cp. Benj. Har-
rison, Ind. A.S., Kelly Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to Feb. 26, 1918.
Instr., Army Regulations, Sch. for Adjutants, Sch. for Bin. Ofcrs.;
Milit. Discipline and Courtesy, U.S.A. Organization, U.S.A. Admin.,
Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., to Aug. 29, 1918; A.S., Wilbur Wright Fid.,
Fairfield, O., to Sept. 14, 1918; Tech. Sec, Div. of Milit. Aeronautics,
Dayton, 0., to disch. Disch. Feb. 15, 1919.
Taylor, William Neely, M.D. '15, Asst., Genito-Urinary Surgery, College
of Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., Dec. 1, 1917, from O.R.C. M.C. to disch. New York,
N. Y.; Cp. Meade, Md.; Cp. Johnston, Fla.; Aberdeen, Md. Disch.
Mch. 21, 1919.
Theiss, Theodore T., B.M.E. '16, former Instr., Mechanical Engineering.
E.R.C. Sept. 4, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Called to act. duty Oct. 10, 1918. Instr.,
Engines, Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U. A.S. to disch. Co. I, Engr.
O.T.S., Cp. Humphreys, Va. Disch. Dec. 19, 1918.
Thomas, Francis W., M.D. '12, Asst., Ophthalmology.
Lt., Med. C, Feb. 8, 1918. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., to Apr. 8, 1918. Ft.
Oglethorpe, Ga., to Apr. 8, 1918. Ophthalmologist, Med. Research,
Apr. 8, 1918 to Feb. 11, 1919, at following posts: Hazelhurst Fid.,
Mineola, L. I., N. Y.; Ft. Worth, Tex.; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.;
Kelly Fid., Tex. Disch. Feb. 11, 1919.
Thompson, William Oxley, LL.D. '30, former President, Ohio State Uni-
versity.
Promoted passage of Nat. Defense Act of June 3, 1916. Sent tele-
gram to Pres. Woodrow Wilson when U. S. entered the war, offering
resources of Univ. to Govt. As Chm., Exec. Com., Assoc, of Agr. Col-
leges, promoted agr. production and conservation throughout the
country. Atnd. Conf. of college presidents, Washington, D. C, May 1,
1917, to promote agr. preparedness. This Conf. also launched plan for
U. S. Schs. of Milit. Aeronautics. Served as Pres., Academic Bd. in
chg. of Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., May 21 to Dec. 1, 1918.
Member, Com. on Engineering and Education of Advisory Com., CI.
of Nat. Defense; Member, Ohio Br., CI. of Nat. Defense, which regu-
lated state industrial activities; Member, State Speakers' Bur. aptd.
by Gov. James M. Cox in Nov., 1917 to promote patriotism in Ohio.
Visited O.S.U. boys at Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., and Cp. Sherman, 0.
Sent by Secy, of Agr. David R. Houston, in Mch., 1918, on speaking
tour through states of Northwest in behalf of increased food produc-
tion and conservation; urged increased acreage of spring wheat and
held confs. with state officials and others. Reed, great O.S.U. serv.
166 History of The Ohio State University
flag with patriotic address, May 27, 1918, in front of Library. Rec-
ommended selected students for commissions in Army. Was aptd.
Chm., U.S. Agr. Com., in Aug., 1918, by Secy, of Agr. Houston to
visit England and France to promote agr. reclamation of devastated
areas in France. Toured east and west counties of England Sept. 9
to 23, 1918; then visited battle front in France and crossed areas
devastated in 1914. Spent three wks. in France studying agr. condi-
tions. On return to U.S. in Nov. 1918, submitted report of findings of
Comm. to Dept. of Agriculture. On Nov. 13, 1918, by invitation of
Faculty, addressed the Univ. on his observations abroad. Conducted
War Thanksgiving serv. in Univ. Chapel Nov. 28, 1918. Delivered
several addresses urging ratification of League of Nations. At Univ.
Day celebration, Feb. 22, 1919, made eloquent plea for the free peoples
of the world.
Thorpe, Truman D., Lt., C.A.C., U.S.A., former Member, Milit. Staff,
O. S. U.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y., June 16, 1902; 2nd Lt., C.A.C.,
June 14, 1907; 1st Lt., July 27, 1907. Retired Jan. 27, 1909; 2nd Of-
ficer, Staff, O.S.U. Corps of Cadets, Sept., 1914 to June 8, 1916. Capt.,
N.A., June 8, 1918.
Thrash, Charles Leroy, B.Sc. in Agr. '17, M.Sc. '20, former Asst., Agri-
cultural Chemistry.
N.A. May 28, 1918. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O., to July
9, 1918; C.W.S., Edgewood Arsenal, Md., to disch. Pvt. Icl., Oct. 1,
1918; Sgt., Nov. 15, 1918. Disch. Dec. 9, 1918.
Tilford, Capt. James D., Maj., Cav., U.S.A., and on Staff, Sch. of Milit.
Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
2nd Lt., Inf., Apr. 10, 1899; trsf. to Cav. May 10, 1899; 1st Lt., Feb.
2, 1901; Graduate, Inf. and Cav. Sch., 1905; Capt., Oct. 1, 1906; Q.M.,
Aug. 2, 1910; Maj., Cav., May 15, 1917; Member, Staff, Sch. of Milit.
Aeronautics, O.S.U. , May 21, 1917 to June 15, 1918; Asst. to Comdg,
Ofcr., R.O.T.C, O.S.U.
Titchener, John B., Assoc. Prof.; Chm., Dept. of Classical Languages.
Sailed for France as Vol., Amer. Amb. Serv., June 9, 1917. Served
through summer of 1917 at Amer. Hosp., Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris,
France. Enl. in U.S.A. Amb. Serv. Sept. 8, 1917 and was asgd. later
to Amb. Sec. 647. Pvt. Icl. St. Mihiel and Argonne offensives. At
Armistice Amb. Sec. 647 was loaned to the Fr. Army and served
through winter of 1918 near Mayence, Germany, bringing back
wounded Allied prisoners from Ger. Hosps. Disch. May 9, 1919, St.
Aignan, France.
Tobin, Russell A., B.M.E. '17, former Asst., Mechanical Engineering.
E.R.C. Aug. 6, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Never called to act. duty. Disch. Dec.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 167
1.5, 1918. Instr., Airplane Parts, Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U. ; helped
G/evelop courses of instr. on Airplanes for Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics,
O.S.U.
Toops, Herbert Anderson, B.A., B.Sc. in Edu. '16, M.A. '17, Prof., Psy-
chology,
Member, Trade Test Div. (Civilian), Com. on Classification of Per-
sonnel, Mch., 1917 to Nov., 1918. Trade Test Standardizer and later
Trade Test Assembler of examinations used in Army Cps. for classi-
fying recruits. Pittsburgh, Pa.; Cleveland, O. ; Newark, N. J. Mem-
ber, U.S. Employment Serv., U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C,
Nov., 1918 to Apr., 1919. Prepared trade examinations of Army for
use of U.S. Employment Serv. in demobilization. Title: Trade Inter-
view Specialist. New York, N. Y.; Cleveland, O.
Torr, John, Jr., former Clk., Veterinary Clinic Building.
N.A. Sept. 21, 1917. Pvt. Btry. F, 324th F.A., to Dec. 26, 1917; Rep.
U. 320, M.T.C., to disch. Pvt. Icl., June 10, 1919. A.E.F., Jan. 3, 1918
to Aug. 3, 1919. Disch. Sept. 30, 1919.
Townsend, Grosvenor Lowrey, Prof., Military Science and Tactics; Com-
mandant, O. S. U. Brigade of Cadets.
Capt., 201st N.Y. Vol. Inf., July 22, 1898. Mustered out Apr. 3, 1899.
2nd Lt., Inf., Apr. 10, 1899; accepted Apr. 28, 1899; 1st Lt., Feb. 2,
1901; Capt., Dec. 28, 1907; Distinguished Graduate, Army Sch. of
the Line, 1909; Graduate, Army Staff College, 1910; Maj., May 15,
1917; Lt. Col., Inf., N.A., Aug. 5, 1917; accepted Aug. 21, 1917; Col.,
Inf., U.S.A., July 30, 1918; accepted Aug. 3, 1918. Served in Philip-
pine Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, France, and Germany. Lt.
Col., July 1, 1920; Col., Nov. 10, 1923.
Tracy, Stanley Bannon, B.A. '16, former Asst., Economics and Sociology.
E.R.C. Dec. 15, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Called to act. duty Feb. 9, 1918. Sch.
of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Apr. 26, 1918; A.S., Flying Sch.,
Chanute Fid., 111., to disch. Disch. Aug. 7, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd
Lt., A.S., Aug. 8, 1918. A.S. to disch. Garden City, L. L, N. Y. Disch.
Dec. 10, 1918.
Trautman, George McNiel, B.Sc. '14, former Prof., Physical Education.
Y.M.C.A. Divisional Dirctr., Athletics, Cp. Sheridan, Ala., Aug., 1917
to Feb., 1919, Attended Army Sch, for Instrs. in Physical and Bay-
onet Tng, Capt,, Inf„ O.R.C., May 21, 1919. Comm, expired May 20,
1924.
Treyens, Clifford Raymond, B.Arch. '17, former Draughtsman, Univ.
Architect's Office.
E.R.C. June 27, 1918. Called to act. duty same date. Pvt. Co. B, 17th
Rcvg. Engrs., to disch. Pvt. Icl., June 1, 1918; Corp., Nov. 1, 1918.
A.E.F., July 28, 1918 to Mch. 28, 1919. Disch. Apr. 12, 1919,
168 History of The Ohio State University
Tucker, LeRoy, Asst. Prof., Mechanics.
Enl. May 16, 1917, 1st Engr. O.T.C., Ft. Riley, Kan.; Ft. Leaven-
worth, Kan. Asgd. to 314th Engrs., 89th Div., Cp. Funston, Kan.,
Aug. 17, 1917. 2nd Lt., Co. A, 314th Engrs. Trsfd. to 533rd Engrs.
May 29, 1918, Cp. Pike, Ark. 1st Lt., May 29, 1918. Sailed for France
in Aug., 1918. Co. Cmdr., Co. A, 533rd Engrs. (Co. A became 25th
Serv. Co., 20th Engrs.) Logging in Vosges Mts. and road reconstr.
back of Verdun. Capt., Feb., 1919. Returned to U.S. in July, 1919.
Disch. Aug. 3, 1919, Cp. Pike, Ark.
Tunell, Winifred A., former Secy., Univ. Y.W.C.A,
Welfare Wrkr. among the nurses at B. Hosp., War Zone, France,
Mch., 1918 to end of war. At Hostess House, Tours, France, summer,
1918 and later.
Turpin, Paul R., 1st Lt.; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, O. S. U.
R.A. Oct. 27, 1909. Disch. Oct. 26, 1912. Re-enl. Oct. 29, 1912. Disch.
Oct. 29, 1915. Re-enl. Oct. 30, 1915. Trp. F, 6th Cav., to July 8,
1916; Trp. F, 16th Cav., to Mch. 15, 1917; 3rd Aer. Sq. to May 11,
1917; 4th Aer. Sq. to Sept. 22, 1917; Ground Ofcrs. Tng. Sch., Kelly
Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to disch, to accept comm. Corp., Apr. 16,
1917; Sgt., May 16, 1917; Sgt. Icl., June 16, 1917; 1st Lt., Avia. Sec,
Sig. R.C., Dec. 7, 1917; 1st Lt. (Temp.), Sig. C, R.A., Feb. 25, 1918;
Capt., A.S., Aug. 29, 1918. U.S. Avia. Schs., Kelly Fid, Tex, to Jan.
15, 1918. Instr. in Duties of Sup. Ofcr., Sch. for Adjutants; Army
Paper Work, Insurance, and Morale, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., to Aug.
27, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Princeton Univ., Princeton, N.
J., to Dec. 18, 1918; Aero Sup. and Disbursing Ofcr., Gerstner Fid.,
Lake Charles, La., to June 29, 1919; list Aer. Sq. Airdome, El Paso,
Tex., to Nov. 24, 1919; 12th Aer. Sq. to Sept. 17, 1920, when emerg.
comm. was vacated and apt. as 1st Lt., A.S., R.A., was accepted,
Tuttle, Alonzo Hubert, LL.B. '04, Prof., Law.
Instr., Milit. Law, Moot Court, Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U. Specialist,
Orders and Regulations, Methods of Control Div., Q.M. Gen's. Office,
Washington, D. C; Asst. Ch., Tng. Br., Methods of Control Div.,
Washington, D, C.
Twiss, George Ranson, B.Sc. '85, Emeritus Prof,, Principles and Practice
of Education.
Dist. Suprvsr., Personnel Methods of S.A.T.C; Member, Com. on
Education and Spl. Tng., War. Dept., War Plans Div., Gen. Staff,
Washington, D. C, Oct. 15 to Dec. 31, 1918.
Upham, John Hull Janeway, Dean, College of Medicine and Prof., Med-
icine.
Contr. Surg. July 30, 1917. Called to act. duty Aug. 2, 1917. M.C. to
disch, Columbus, O, Disch, Aug, 31, 1917.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 169
Upp, Charles B., Engr. '19, Greenfield, O.
Asst., Airplane Lab., Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Upp, Clarence R., Wauseon, O.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U. Helped develop courses of
instr. on airplanes for Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U. N.A. Oct.
22, 1918. Pvt. M.T.C., Washington, D. C, to disch. Disch. Nov. 18,
1918.
Van Cleef, Eugene, Prof., Geography.
Served as Climatologist and in other capacities. House Inquiry, June
to Dec, 1918. Hq. of this organization was Amer. Geographical Soc,
N. Y. City. Organized by Col. Edward Mandell HoUse at request of
Pres. Woodrow Wilson to bring together data desirable for U. S.
Govt, to have at Peace Conference.
Vanneman, Harry W., Prof., Law.
Prof., Law, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, S. D., during war
period and later. Performed Amer. Red Cross serv. in Vermillion,
S. D.; also Instr., Milit. Law, S.A.T.C.
Vanneter, J. Clyde, Instr., Obstetrics and Dispensary, College of Medicine.
N.A. Oct. 8, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, Hiram College, O., to disch. Disch.
Dec. 18, 1918.
Virtue, Delphus Roy, B.A. '19, Iberia, 0.
N.A. Jan. 28, 1918. Pvt. Co. I, 3rd Bn., C.W.S., Edgewood Arsenal,
Md. Disch. Dec. 17, 1918.
Vivian, Alfred, Emeritus Dean, College of Agriculture, and former Prof.,
Agricultural Chemistry.
Aided State Grange in greater crop produc. campaign, June ,1917;
Agr. Adviser, U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, spring, 1918; Member, Fac-
ulty Bd. of Admin., S.A.T.C, Oct. 1 to Dec. 1, 1918; Dirctr., Agr.
Div., CI. of Nat. Defense, Washington, D. C
Vogel, Harry J., 1st Lt. ; Instr., School of Military Aeronautics, O. S. U.
R.A., Co. H, 18th Inf., Oct. 7, 1905. Disch. June 10, 1907. Re-enl.
June 10, 1907. Disch. June 9, 1913. Re-enl. June 10, 1913. Disch.
June 10, 1917. Co. I, 13th Inf., to disch. Disch. Aug. 13, 1917 to
accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 14, 1917. Co. B, 346th M.G. Bn., Cp.
Lewis, Wash, to Feb. 7, 1918. Student Ofcr. under instruc. at Sch.
for Adjutants, O.S.U.; detailed as Instr. in Gas Defense, Gas Defense
Drill, Duties of Adj. P. and S. Comdr., Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U.,
and Gas Defense, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., Apr. 22 to Aug. 27, 1918.
Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Princeton Univ., Princeton, N. J., to Jan.
17, 1919. Dirctr. of Milit. Aeronautics, Washington, D. C, to Oct. 26.
1919. A.S., Brooks Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to disch. 1st Lt., Inf.,
Aug. 18, 1917; 1st Lt., A.S.S.C, Feb. 8, 1918; Capt., A.S., Oct. 8,
1918. Disch. Dec. 16, 1920.
170 History of The Ohio State University
Wall, Claude Hutchinson, B.C.E. '20, Assoc. Prof., Civil Engineering.
E.R.C., O.S.U., Jan, 19 to Dec. 10, 1918. Teacher, Milit. Mapping,
S.A.T.C, during above period. Disch. Dec. 10, 1918.
Ward, Grant Plibern, B.A. '15, LL.B. '24, former Asst. Coach, Dept. of
Phys, Education.
Enrol. Apr. 23, 1918. Called to act. duty July 15, 1918. Sea. 2cl.
U.S.N.R.F. Nav. Aux. Res. Sch., Chicago, 111., to Aug. 15, 1918; Nav.
Aux. Res., Cleveland, O., to Nov. 11, 1918. Q.M. 3cl.; Ensign (D)
(Prov.), Jan. 31, 1919. U.S.S. Newport News. Placed on inact. duty
July 8, 1919.
Ward, Martin L., Jr., Instr., Marlin Gun, School for Pilots, O. S. U.
Enl. R.C. July 2, 1917. Asgd. to act. duty July 15, 1917. Sch. of Milit.
Aeronautics, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif., to disch. Jan. 7,
1918 to accept comm. 1st Lt., A.S., Jan. 8, 1918. Unasgd., Rockwell
Fid., San Diego, Calif., to Jan. 8, 1918. Instr., Marlin Gun, Sch. for
Pilots, O.S.U., to Feb. 13, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Princeton
Univ., Princeton, N. J., to disch. Disch. Dec. 7, 1918.
Warder, Byron Marshall, Engr. '21, former Asst., Engineering Drawing.
N.A. Aug. 29, 1918. Sgt. Icl. M.D., U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. 28. Disch.
Warner, William E., Assoc. Prof., Education.
Cadet Ofcr., 44th F.A., O.T.S., Louisville, Ky. Disch. Dec. 1, 1918.
Warren, James Halford, B.A. '11, M.D. '15, former Asst. Prof., Anatomy,
College of Medicine.
E.R.C. Aug. 15, 1917. 1st Lt., M.C., Dec. 8, 1917, from O.R.C. B.
Hosp. (Temp.) to disch. Cp. Greenleaf, Ga.; New York, N. Y.; Cp.
Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. Disch. Jan. 10, 1919.
Warrick, Woodward A., former Asst., Mechanical Engineering.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., May 21, 1917 to June 15, 1918.
Washburne, George Adrian, B.A. '07, Prof., History.
Essent. Teacher, War Aims, S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Wasson, Roland Henry, B.M.E. '17, former Asst., Mechanical Engi-
neering.
Instr., Engines, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., May 21, 1917 to June 15,
1918. E.R.C. Aug. 17, 1917. Called to act. duty Oct. 9, 1918. Pvt.,
1st Co., Engr. O.T.S., Cp. Humphrey, Va., to disch. Disch. Nov. 27,
1918.
Weldishofer, William M., D.V.M. '17, former Asst., Veterinary Medicine.
2nd Lt., V.C, June 20, 1918, from O.R.C; 1st Lt., Sept. 11, 1918;
Capt., May 3, 1919, Vet. Hosp. 92; Fid. Rmt. Sq. 322 to disch. Cp.
Greenleaf, Ga.; Cp. Lee, Va. A.E.F., Oct. 14, 1918 to Oct. 28, 1919.
Defensive Sector. Dich. Oct. 30, 1919.
War Services of Faculty and Staff 171
Wertz, Virgil Roe, Economist, Farm Management, Agr. Extens. Serv.
Pvt., Co. C, Med. Dept., Madison, Wis., July 22, 1918. Sent to Cp.
Greenleaf, Ga., and there disch. as Sgt. Icl. Jan. 18, 1919.
Wheeler, Clark S., former Dirctr., Agr. Extens. Serv.
Exec. Secy., Agr. Div., Council of Nat. Defense, Washington, D. C. ;
Agr. Advsr., U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio; Member, Ohio Br., Council
of Nat. Defense.
White, David Stuart, D.V.M. '90, former Dean, College of Veterinary
Medicine.
(See Citations and Decorations List, 253.)
White, Edna Noble, former Prof., Home Economics.
Chm., Nat. Dietitians' Comm. ; Dirctr., Home Economics, U.S. Food
Admin, in Ohio, Sept. 13, 1917 to Feb. 15, 1919; State Chm., Food
Div., Woman's Com., CI. of Nat. Defense, Apr. 1, 1917 to Feb. 1,
1919. Addressed 4th Dist. Conf., Woman's Com., Ohio Br., CI. of Nat.
Defense, on "Food," Aug. 2, 1918, at O.S.U.
Wilce, John W., M.D. '19, Dirctr. and Prof., Univ. Health Service.
E.R.C. Jan. 5, 1918. Pvt. Called to act. duty Nov. 1, 1918. S.A.T.C,
O.S.U., to disch. Disch. Dec. 10, 1918.
Wilder, Myles S., 1st Lt. and Student Ofcr., School of Milit. Aeronautics,
0. S. U.
1st Lt., Avia. Sec, Sig. R.C., Nov. 27, 1917. Attended O.T.C., Platts-
burg Barracks, N. Y. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Univ. of Hlinois,
Urbana, 111., to Jan. 22, 1918; Sch, for Adjutants, O.S.U., to Sept.
10, 1918. Detailed from student O.T.C. Apr. 1, 1918 as Instr. in Army
Regulations and Fid. Serv. in Sch. for Adjutants and Sch. for Bin.
Ofcrs., O.S.U. Asst. Commandant of Student Ofcrs., Call Fid., Wich-
ita, Tex., to Nov. 1, 1918. 344th Handley-Page Repl. Det., Garden
City, L. I., N. Y., to Dec. 9, 1918; Adjt's. Office, Dorr Fid., Arcadia,
Fla., to disch. Disch. Oct. 27, 1919.
Wilkinson, John Anderson, B.Sc. '03, former Instr., Chemistry.
Capt., C.W.S., in chg. experimental work on toxic gases, O.S.U. Fid.
Sta., C.W.S., of Bur. of Mines, Feb. 15, 1918 to May 15, 1918.
Willets, Ernest E., 2nd Lt.; Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
Enl. R.C. Dec. 8, 1917. Asgd. to act. duty Dec. 19, 1917. Avia. Sch.,
Kelly Fid., San Antonio, Tex., to Jan. 26, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aero-
nautics, O.S.U., to Mch. 22, 1918. Pvt. Icl., Dec. 8, 1917. Disch. Mch.
22, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S.S.R.C. Mch. 23, 1918. Instr.,
War Dept. Correspondence Files, Sch. for Adjutants, O.S.U., to Apr.
25, 1918. Personnel Sec, Office of Drctr. of A.S., Washington, D. C,
to disch. Disch. Apr. 3, 1919.
172 History of The Ohio State University
Willaman, Samuel S., M.E. in E.E. '14, former Dirctr. of Football and
Prof, of Physical Education for Men.
Instr., Suprvsd. Recreation, Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
"Williams, T. Rees, M.D. '12, Asst. Prof. Oto-Laryngology, College of
Medicine.
1st Lt., M.C., U.S.A., Oct. 23, 1918. M.D. to disch. Cp. Greenleaf,
Ga. Disch. Jan. 30, 1919.
Wilson, Edward Harlan, Asst. Prof., Orthopedic Surgery.
M.E.R.C, Harvard Medical Sch., Boston, Mass. Disch. Dec, 1918.
Wilson, Philip Duncan, Arts '09, former Instr., Surgery, College of
Medicine,
Capt., M.C., June 21, 1917; Maj., Feb. 27, 1919. M.C. to disch. Wash-
ington, D. C; New York, N. Y.; Cp. Dix, N. J. A.E.F., July 28,
1917 to Mch. 28, 1919. Disch. July 3, 1919.
Wilson, Russell Brown, Grad. '17, former Asst., Psychology.
E.R.C. Sept. 12, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Univ. of
Texas, Austin, Tex. to Nov. 12, 1917; Garden City, L. I., N. Y. 16th
Foreign Det., A.S., to May 14, 1918. A.S. Det., Vosges, France, to
disch. June 12, 1918, to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S. 369th Aer. Sq.,
Sig. C.A.S. Milit. Aeronautics, to disch. Cp. Devens, Mass.; Mitchell
Fid., N. Y. A.E.F., Nov. 23, 1917 to Apr. 17, 1919. Disch. Sept. 6,
1919.
Wiltberger, Roland Benjamin, Asst. Prof., Porcelain, Dental Anatomy,
and Metallurgy.
Essent. Teacher, Dentistry, Sept. 23, 1918 to Dec. 1, 1918,
Winter, Alden Raymond, M.Sc. '21, Ph.D. '29, Assoc. Prof., Poultry Hus-
bandry.
N.A. Oct. 2, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, West Virginia Univ. Trsf. to 47th
Tng. Btry., F.A., Cp. Taylor, Ky., Oct. 10, 1918. Disch. Dec. 3, 1918.
Wireman, Kinner, Instr., School of Milit. Aeronautics, 0. S. U.
R.A. Aug. 11, 1917, 109th Aer. Sq. to Oct. 26, 1917; 124th Aer. Sup.
Sq. to Dec. 13, 1917; 328th Aer. Sq. to Jan. 21, 1918; Aerial Gunnery
Instr. Sch., Ellington Fid., Tex., to Mch. 14, 1918. Instr. in Gunnery,
Sch. for Adjutants; in Machine Gun, Sch, for Bin. Ofcrs. ; and in
Marlin Gun, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U., to Sept. 24, 1918. Avia, Concen-
tration Cp., Cp. Dick, Dallas, Tex., to disch. Sgt., Nov. 1, 1917.
Disch. Jan. 8, 1919. Prior serv.: Enl. in Ky, N,G, Aug. 30, 1916.
Disch. May 15, 1917 on acct. of dependent relatives.
Withrow, James Renwick, Prof., Chemical Engineering.
Capt., C.W.S., Sept., 1917, Consultg. Chem. Engr., C.W.S., Research
Div., Trench Warfare, Ord. Dept. Spent part of each week at Amer,
Univ., Washington, D. C, from Sept., 1917 to June, 1918. Gave full
War Services of Faculty and Staff 173
time from June 1, 1918. Member, Naval Consultg. Bd.; Dirctr., In-
dustrial Preparedness for Ohio. Disch. Jan. 9, 1919.
Withrow, Samuel S., former Asst., Engineering Drawing.
Asst. Engr. and Ballastic Engr. on Browning Machine Gune Testing,
Ord. Dept., Frankfort Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wittke, Carl P., B.A. '13, former Prof, and Chm., Dept. of History.
Essent. Teacher, War Aims, S.A.T.C, O.S.U., Sept. to Dec, 1918.
Wolcott, Roy C, B.Ph. '95, former Prof., Medicine, College of Homeo-
pathic Medicine.
Member, M.E.R.C, O.S.U.
Wolfe, Albert Benedict, Prof., Economics.
Statistical Expert, War Trade License Bd., Washington, D. C, early
summer, 1917; Hd., Information Serv., Industrial Relations Div.,
Emergency Fleet Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., June, 1917 to Jan., 1919.
Wood, George A., former Instr., American History.
Essent. Teacher, War Aims, S.A.T.C, O.S.U., Sept. to Dec, 1918.
Woodruff, Charles H., former Mechanic, Industrial Arts.
Mechanic, Airplane Dept., Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.
Wright, Alfred J., Asst. Prof., Geography.
Enl. June 3, 1918. Sgt., Q.M.C., U.S.A., Feb. 13, 1919; 2nd Lt.,
Q.M.C., U.S.A., O.R.C. Disch. June. 11, 1919, Ft. Hancock, N. J.
Wright, Clement H., Capt., Inf., R.A., and former Member, Staff, Dept.
of Milit. Science and Tactics, 0. S. U.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y., June 19, 1900; 2nd Lt., Inf.,
June 15, 1904; 1st Lt., Mch. 11, 1911; Capt., July 1, 1916. Asgd. to
O.S.U. Maj., Inf., Aug. 5, 1917. Still in serv.
Yoder, Clarence H., Arts '17, Bellefontaine, O.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, O.S.U.
Yoder, Edward J., Bellefontaine, 0.
Instr., Airplanes, Sch. for Pilots, 0. S. U.
Younger, John, Prof., Industrial Engineering.
(See Citations and Decorations List, 256.)
Zumstein, Robert V., Asst. Prof., Physics.
Enl. in Depot Bn., C.E.F., May, 1918. Served in France and England
with 19th Bn. Disch. July 1, 1919, Hamilton, Ont.
CHAPTER XI
EXCEPTIONAL CIVILIAN SERVICES OF
OHIO STATE MEN
Builders and Supervisors of Training Camps
Six of these men are known among our civilian workers,
as follows :
Howells, Thomas Jonathan, E.M. '07, Pittsburgh, Fa.
Member, Nat. Com. on Tng. Cp. Activities.
Mac Dowell, Rollin F., C.E. '09, Cleveland, 0.
Resident Engr., for the Project Engr., in chg. of engineering work
at Cp. Sherman, 0. Later did some work on the Shipping Board's
housing project at Lorain, 0.
Newton, Samuel Donald, C.E. '95, Sarasota, Fla.
Engr. at Cp. Greene, N. C.
Sheidler, Paul K., C.E. '09, New York, N. Y.
Engr. engaged in road construction at Tng. Cps., 1917-18.
Strom, Lewis H., C.E. '06, Chicago, 111.
Supervising Engr. for constrcn. of Tng Cps.
Wemy, Daniel W., B.Arch.E. '18, Columbus, O.
In Engineering Serv., Constrcn. Div., Washington, D. C.
Promoters of Aircraft Production
The University had not less than fifteen of its graduates
and former students who were concerned with Aircraft pro-
duction in various capacities, as shown by the following list:
Bennett, Robert J., D.D.S. '18, Akron, 0.
Member of Dent. Clinic, B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, O., caring for
35,000 employees and that Company's Gas Defense and Bin. services,
July 5, 1918 to Jan. 15, 1919.
Cosier, Vaile Arthur, Arts '16, Akron, O.
Chemist, Chem. Serv. Sec, B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, O.
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176 History of The Ohio State University
Crise, Wilford Paul, B.M.E. '18, Dayton, O.
Asst. Engr., Aero Research Div., McCook Fid, Dayton, O.
Dunham, Charles Franklin, Jr., B.Arch. '16, Tampa, Fla.
Aeronautical Engr. and Designer, League Island Navy Yard, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Fullerton, James Blaine, B.Sc. in For. '16, Portsmouth, 0.
Inspctr., Airplane, Sig. C. at large, Buffalo, N. Y.
Kidd, Horace M., Agr. '19, Dayton, 0.
In Bur. of Aircraft Production, Dayton, 0.
Landis, Carmey, B.A. '21, Eaton, 0,
In Bur. of Aircraft Prodctn., Dayton, 0.
Leatherman, Earl Wilbert, B.C.E. '16, Akron, 0.
Engr., Bin. Mfg. Sec, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, O.
Markey, Roscoe Irvin, Engr. '19, West Alexandria, O.
Apprentice, Aeroplane Engr. Serv., with Curtiss Aeroplane and
Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y.
McConney, Merle Stevenson, Arts '18, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mech. Supt., Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.
Pouchot, Walter J., B.M.E. '16, Akron, 0.
Mgr., Bin. Sch., Flying Fid., Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, 0.
Tappenden, Richard Perkins, B.Sc. in For. '17, Cleveland, O.
Inspctr., U.S. Bur. of Aircraft Prodctn., Dayton, O.
Wellons, Charles McCartney, M.E. '15, Barnesville, O.
Mech. Engr., with Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., Buffalo, N. Y.
Wolcott, Perry Elliott, B.M.E. '17, Dayton, O.
Asst. Engr., Aero Research Div., McCook Fid., Dayton, 0.
Wolfe, Jay Austin, B.M.E. '16, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mech. Engr., Div. of Maintenance, Nav. Aircraft Factory, League
Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
Producers and Inspectors of Munitions
At least a dozen of the University's graduates were en-
gaged in the production of munitions and four in their inspec-
tion. These were as follows:
Bennett, Charles Russell, M.A., Columbus, O.
Ord. Dept., Inspection Div., Mt. Union, Pa.
Crary, Harry Stoddart, M.E. '14, Sewickley, Pa.
Asst. Gen. Mgr., Munitions Plant, Sewickley, Pa.
Civilian Services of Ohio State Men 177
Deibel, Durus John, C.E. '12, Columbus, O.
Engr. of Tests, Large Gun Forgings, Ord. Dept., Civilian Br., Siming-
ton-Anderson Plant, Rochester, N. Y., Apr., 1918 to Feb., 1919,
Dunning, Raymond Percy, B.E.E., Newark, O.
Designer and Builder, Gun and Shell Furnace, Schenectady, N. Y.
Fawcett, Lewis T., C.E. '08, Youngstown, O.
In Govt, work, U. S. Steel Co., Nevil Island Munitions Plant.
Fritz, Howard Earl, Engr. '13, Barberton, O.
Employee, Munitions Factory, Kingsport, Tenn.
GiflFord, Carl E., Grad. '17, Middletown, O.
Ch. Army Chemist, Ord. Dept.; Inspctr., Powder and Explosives,
Penn's Grove, Pa.
Gordon, John J., Jr., B.M.E., Columbus, O.
Mech. Engr., Ord. Office, War Dept., Washington, D. C.
Heimberger, William Wengard, B.M.E. '16, Columbus, 0.
In chg. of manufacture of steel for Fid. Artillery and for armor-
piercing alloyed steel shells.
Levy, Benjamin Bernard, B.A. '17, Cleveland, 0.
Inspctr., Explosives, Ord. Dept., Beloeil Sta., Canada.
Long, Herbert Janny, C.E. '13, Columbus, O,
Served in Ord. Dept., Washington, D. C.
Martin, Percy, M.E. in E.E. '92, Kenilworth, Eng.
Managing Dirctr., Brit. Small Arms Co.; Member, Brit. War Board;
Member, Brit. Air Board.
Schaad, Fred Neddemeyer, B.Ch.E. '17, Columbus, 0.
U.S.A. Inspctr. of Munitions Plants at Houghton and Ishpenning,
Mich., and Sheffield, Ala.
Schaefer, Ernest Frederick, B.M.E. '18, Akron, O.
Inspctr., Metal Sec, Inspection Div., Ord. Dept., Detroit, Mich.
Shore, Ben Edwards, B.A. '11, Bay City Mich.
Supt., Du Pont Powder Go's. Plant, Bay City, Mich,
Smith, Earle Clement, E.M. '13, New Brighton, Pa.
Inspctr., Shells and Aeroplanes for U. S. Govt.
Smith, Sydney Scott, Arch '10, Washington, D. C.
Mech. Draughtsman, Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D. C.
Withrow, Albert William, Arts '11, Philadelphia, Pa.
Specialist, Research Serv., Remington Arms Co., Bridgeport, Conn.
Zeller, Howard Patterson, E.M. '06, Buffalo, N. Y.
In Ord. Dept., Prodctn. Div., Explosives Br., Washington, D. C.
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Other Inspectors
A few other graduates were inspectors in other branches
of war work, as follows :
Martin, George, B.M.E. '97, Columbus, 0.
Spl. Inspctr., National Tube Co.
Melick, Neal A., C.E. '00, Washington, D. C.
Inspctr., later Ch. Engr., of ships under constrctn. for Submarine
Boat Corp., Newark, N. J., Apr., 1918 to Oct., 1921.
Miles, Raymond Andrews, B.E.E. *15, Columbus, O.
Asst. Inspctr., Bur. of Steam Engineering, U.S.N., Schenectady, N. Y.
Root, Wallace Fenn, C.E. '09, Kent, 0.
Inspctr., Bur. of Yards and Docks, League Island Navy Yard, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Springer, George F., D.V.M. '15, North Augusta, S. C.
Inspctr. of Meat, Cp. Hancock, Ga.
Manufacturers of Benzol-Tuluol and Nitrates
Two graduates in Civil Engineering were engaged in the
manufacture of Benzol-Tuluol, which is used in the production
of the high explosive T.N.T. They are :
Doerres, John H., C.E. '08, St. Louis, Mo.
With Laclede Gas Light Co., St. Louis, Mo., which manufactured said
product for U. S. Govt.
Marquard, Frank F., C.E. '96, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Engr. engaged in manufacture of the above chemical for French
Govt., 1915 to 1918.
Two other University men were engaged in the manufac-
ture of Nitrates for the Government, as follows :
Crehore, Robert H., B.Sc. in Agr. '19, Elyria, O.
Chemist, U. S. Nitrate Plant, Perryville, Ind.
Richt, F. H., Engr. '98, Cuyahoga Falls, 0.
Engr. for Air Nitrates Corp., Cincinnati, O., for four months; trsfd.
to Univ. of Cincinnati, O., as Instr. in Topographical Mapping and
Surveying.
Civilian Services of Ohio State Men 179
A Producer of By-Product Plants
Urban, Harry Marshall, C.E. '98, Birmingham, Ala,
Builder and Operator, by-product coke ovens and other by-product
plants for U. S. Steel Corp., Birmingham, Ala. Retained as an essent.
operator during World War.
Men Dealing with the Food Problem
About a dozen of the graduates of the University are
known to have been connected with the food problem during
the war, as follows :
Banks, Thomas Dent, M.E. '10, New Comerstown, O.
Investigator, U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, Aug. 8, 1918 to Feb. 15, 1919.
Brown, Ralph Henry, B.A. '16, Hamilton, O.
Fid. Grain Suprvsr., U.S. Bur. of Markets, Food Admin., Washing-
ton, D. C, Mch., 1918 and later.
Cameron, Virgil K., C. & J. '17, Marysville, 0.
Statistical Clk., U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, May 6 to Sept. 23, 1918.
Cockerham, Kirby Lee, M.Sc. '17, Ocean Springs, Miss.
Agt., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Dunlap, Renick, Agr. '95, Kingston, O.
Supt, Cattle and Hog Dept., Southern Cattle Feeding Co.
Frank, William L., B.Sc. in Agr. '17, Cincinnati, 0.
Scientific Asst., Grain Div., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington,
D. C, July., 1917 to July., 1920.
Harris, George Gary, Grad. '17, Belton, S. C.
Investigator, U.S. Agricultural Board, Eagle Pass, Tex.
Hoover, Stewart Anderson, B.A. '09, LL.B. '11, Columbus, 0.
Asst., Law Enforcement Div., U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, Dec, 1917
to Feb. 15, 1919.
O'Brien, Charles F., Arts '03, New York, N. Y.
Author of Food Preparedness for the United States (pubd. in July,
1917 by Little, Brown & Co.). Endorsed by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood.
Rankin, Allen Rathmell, LL.B. '17, Columbus, 0.
Asst. to U.S. Food Administrator in Ohio to Jan., 1918.
Rose, Lyman Curtis, B.Sc. in Edu. '10, Columbus, O.
Asst., Sugar Div., U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, Sept. 16 to Dec. 15,
1918.
Shaw, Norman Ewing, B.Sc. in Hort., Nice, 0.
Agricultural Advsr., U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio.
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Surface, Frank Macy, B.A. '04, M.A. '05, New York, N. Y.
Member, U.S. Food Admin.; later Drctr., Statistical work, Amer.
Relief Comm., Paris, France.
Westwater, James G., LL.B., '92, Columbus, O.
Chief, Law Enforcement Div., U.S. Food Admin, in Ohio, Nov. 1,
1918, to Feb. 15, 1919.
Men Dealing with the Fuel Problem
Our list of University men outside the Faculty who were
connnected with the fuel problem during hostilities is meager
but interesting:
Barrington, Walter D., Civ. Engr. '09, Fairmount, W. Va.
Asst. Administrator, U.S. Fuel Admin, in W. Va.
Greaves, Walker, A. F., Cer. Engr. '06, New York, N. Y.
Administrator, U.S. Fuel Admin., Washington, D. C. Suprvsd. use
of all fuel in U. S., except that used in firing steam boilers. Had a
large field force under hie chg.
Hawkins, Floyd L., C.E. '10, Martinsburg, W. Va.
Engr. in chg. of essent. war work in coal mines of W, Va.
Wyer, Samuel S., M.E. '03, Columbus, 0.
Consultg. Engr., Bur. of Standards, U.S. Fuel Admin, Washington,
D. C.
CIVILIANS Connected with the Navy and Shipping
Sixteen University men, mostly holders of degrees, are
listed under this heading. They are :
Bebout, George Burnette, C.E. '05, Zanesville, 0.
Asst. Engr. in chg. of river and harbor work. War Dept., Washing-
ton, D. C, under direction of Chief of Engrs., U.S.A.
Buehner, John Frederick, B.M.E. '15, Miamisburg, O.
Engr., Bur. of Steam Engineering, U.S.N., Detroit, Mich.
Cratty, John Mason, B.Sc. '97, Philadelphia, Pa.
Asst. Supt, U.S. Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.
French, Edward Huston, Min. Engr. '97, Kingsport, Tenn,
Civilian Worker, U.S.N. Post 2.
Gamper, Herman, M.E. '99, Columbus, 0.
Power Engr., Emergency Fleet Corp., Hq. at Philadelphia, Pa.
Civilian Services of Ohio State Men 181
Gerwick, Ben C, C.E. '06, San Francisco, Calif.
Engr. in chg. of constrctn. of shipways at Liberty Ship Yard and of
Govt, work at two Bethlehem Steel Plants.
Graham, George Nelson, B.A. '17, M.A. '22, Columbus, O.
In Recruiting Serv., U.S. Shipping Board, Stewards' Dept. Was
trained on U.S.S. Calvin Austin at Federal Wharf, Boston, Mass.
Made trips to Panama, South America, and France on U.S.S. Tia--
rialba and U.S.S. Sobriel.
Kinkel, Rolder Julius, B.Sc. in Hort. '16, Buffalo, N. Y,
Dep. Statistician and Mgr., Shipping Dept. for overseas shipping,
Norfolk, Va.
Lamme, Benjamin Garver, M.E. '88, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Consultg. Engr., Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., serving as Chm., In-
ventions and Spl. Problems Com., Naval Consultg. Board, which di-
rected investigations and passed on hundreds of schemes for detection
and destruction of submarines.
Leslie, Harold D., Arts '15, Dayton, O.
Member, U.S. Shipping Board, Washington, D. C.
Marriott, Robert Henry, B.Sc. '$1, Bremerton, Wash.
Radio Expert, U.S. N. Yard, Puget Sound, Wash.
Osborn, Howard W., C.E. '11, Columbus, O.
Designer, steel freight boats for Emergency Fleet Corp.
Park, Charles A., E.E. '07, East Detroit, Mich.
Supt. of Lighthouses, 11th Dist., Detroit, Mich. Served under direc-
tion of Commandant, 9th Naval Dist., at Great Lakes, 111., Apr. 14,
1917 to July 1, 1919 by transfer. Performed lighthouse and naval
duties and exercised control of vessels trsfd. to Navy for lighthouse
serv.
Schubert, Paul Oscar, C.E. '14, Chattanooga, Tenn.
U.S.N., Bur. of Yards and Docks, Washington, D. C. Engineering
Draftsman (power plants), Apr. 11, 1918 to Feb. 24, 1919.
Sidle, George E., Edu. '20, Richwood, 0.
Clk., U.S. Ship Building Dept., Detroit, Mich.
Stewart, John Gilbert, M.E. in E.E. '08, Seattle, Wash.
Suprvsg. Engr., Pub. Works Dept., U.S.N. Yard, Puget Sound,
Wash; later Lt. Comdr., Civil Engr. Corps, U.S.N.R.F. (spl, volun-
teer serv.)
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Men Connected with American Railroads
At least four of our graduates in Civil Engineering were
in essential war service with American railroads :
Freeman, Carlyle Bancroft, C.E. '08, Cleveland, O.
Engaged in construction of Pennsylvania R. R, terminal, Detroit,
Mich., 1917-18.
Kahle, Frederick, Jr., C.E. '14, Chillicothe, 0.
Asst. Trainmaster, Baltimore and Ohio R.R.
Yandamant, Harley L., C.E, '10, Huntington, W. Va.
Civ. Engr., Chesapeake and Ohio R.R.
Wise, James Garfield, C.E. '06, New York, N. Y.
Asst. Engr., constrctn. on New York Central R.R.
A Foundry Engineer and An Expert on Pig Iron
In view of the manifold uses of iron and steel in the war
it is strange that we have only two University men recorded
as being concerned with the production of these essential
articles. They are:
Chambers, William Royal, M.E. '04, Damascus, 0.
Engr., Amer. Steel Foundries Co., engaged in war work.
Stephenson, Bertram Shearer, Arts '01, Cleveland, 0.
Expert in pig iron. War Industries Board, Washington, D. C, winter
of 1918-19.
An Engineer for Army Trucks
The University Faculty supplied several engineers who
were occupied in the production of army trucks. We have the
record of only one of our graduates who was employed in the
same field, namely:
Neil, Edmund Brush, B.M.E. '15, Buff"alo, N. Y.
Engr., Army Truck Factory, Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
Men Connected with Government Storage Plants
The U. S. Government accumulated war supplies in great
storage buildings in various parts of the country. The Uni-
versity furnished a small quota of men who served in various
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capacities in providing or conducting these warehouses,
namely :
Cornell, Charles Brown, Mech. Engr. '02, Youngstown, O.
Supt. of Constrctn., U.S. Interior Storage Dep., Bexley, 0.; also of
U.S. War Storage Dep., Cumberland, Md.
Dildine, Seth C, D.V.M., Lithopolis, O.
Civilian Employee, Zone Supply and Port Storage Cp., U.S. Army,
Baltimore, Md.
Greegor, Ralph Harold, C.E. '08, Columbus, 0.
Ch. Draftsman, Kinnear Mfg. Co., Columbus, 0., which built the fold-
ing doors for piers and supply bases at Boston, Mass., Brooklyn, N.
Y., Norfolk, Va., and Charleston, S. C.
Hawkins, Ned Elmer, C.E. '07, Youngstown, O.
Civilian Asst. to Capt. Gardner, in chg. of estimating cost of Army
Supply B., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Kercher, Henry, C.E. '10, Shaker Heights, 0.
Engr. engaged in building warehouses, airplane hangars, etc., for
U.S. Govt.
Pinney, Harry E., Arts '20, Dublin, 0.
Clk., Commissary Dept., U.S. Interior Storage Dep., Bexley, O.
Putnam, Wilfred B., Civ. Engr. '13, Wilmot, 0.
Vice-Pres. and Treas., Asher Fire-Proofing Co., furnishing tile and
concrete work for U.S. Govt, storage depots.
Rietz, Henry Lewis, B.Ph. '93, Iowa City, la.
Head of Statistical Div. of Storage and Traffic, Q.M.C., under Gen.
Goethals, Washington, D. C, 1918 and later.
Three Telephone Engineers and A Radio
Superintendent
Two of the graduates of the University had the distinc-
tion of greatly expanding the telephone service in Washing-
ton, D. C, to meet the needs of Government Departments
during the war, and another rendered important service for
the Bell Telephone Co. in its great New York laboratory. A
fourth graduate did a similar service in the radio field. Their
records are as follows :
Cooper, Charles Proctor, M.E. in E.E. '07, Albany, N. Y.
Plant Supt., Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., a Bell Telephone
unit handling communication in Dist. of Columbia, Nov., 1917 to end
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of World War. Helped to establish new operating unit in Washington,
D. C, to supply adequate telephone serv. to U. S. Govt.
Craft, Francis Marion, M.E. in E.E. '05, Atlanta, Ga.
Organizer and Dirctr., Engineering Dept., Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co., a Bell Telephone unit. Established new operating unit
in Washington, D. C, Nov., 1917 and later. Handled the engineering
work and placed new central office in serv., besides engineering and
manufacturing two others for installation; also made large additions
to six existing central offices, which in two cases required additions
to the buildings. Installed private branch exchange switchboards for
the Govt. Depts., five for the War Dept. alone. The last of these was
the largest private branch exchange in the world and required sev-
enty-five operators.
Gray, George Francis, M.E. in E.E. '09, New York, N. Y.
Supt., Radio development work done for Sig. C. by various manufac-
turers, June, 1918 to Nov., 1919.
Hubbell, James Davis, Jr., M.E. in E.E. '13, East Orange, N. J.
Engr., Bell Telephone Co. Lab., New York, N. Y.
Investigators in Several Fields
Of these we have only three to note :
Bleininger, R. Victor, '01, Cleveland, O.
In Nat. Research Council, U.S. Bur. of Standards, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Kiplinger, Willard Monroe, B.A. '12, LL.D. '37, Washington, D. C.
In Secret Serv., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C.
Skinner, Charles E., M.E. '89, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dirctr., Research Work on War Problems, Westinghouse Elec. and
Mfg. Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa.
A Builder of an Optical Glass Factory
Optical glass was a war necessity and the University sup-
plied an engineer to provide it. He was :
Williams, Arthur E., Cer. Engr. '09, Cleveland, O.
Engr. who developed an Optical Glass Factory, Bur. of Standards,
Pittsburgh, Pa., for making glass used by U.S. Govt, in field glasses,
range-finders, etc.
Civilian Services of Ohio State Men 185
A Veterinary Agent in Virus Serum Control Work
Only one is listed, and he is :
Pinkerton, Harry E., D.V.M. '05, Sioux City, la.
Agt., Virus Serum Control Work, U.S. Bur. of Animal Industry,
Sioux City, la.
A Producer of War Films
The war was inteii)reted to the public through the medium
of special films, which were produced under the direction of
one of Ohio State's men. He was:
Hart, Charles Spencer, Arts '05, Bronxville, N. Y.
Dirctr., Div. of Films, Nat. Comm. on Pub. Information. Hart was
responsible for the picture "Pershing's Ci'usaders' " among others.
An Organizer of Rehabilitation for Disabled Soldiers
The return of numbers of crippled American soldiers to
the United States who could be rehabilitated found an Ohio
State graduate equal to the emergency in :
Greener, George Courtright, E.M. in Cer. '07, Boston, Mass.
Organizer, Div. of Rehabilitation of Disabled Soldiers.
The Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
Washington, D. C, was supplied by the University in the
person of William B. Colver, Law '91, and
A Member of an English Lumbering Unit
was Edgar Clarkson Hirst, B.A. '07, Concord, N. H. This unit
operated both in England and Scotland. The importance of
Hirst's services is attested by the fact that he was made an
Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish and Royal English
Arboricultural Societies.
Men in Y. M. C. a. and Red Cross Service Overseas
Numerous Ohio State men entered Red Cross and Y. M.
C. A, service. Our list is necessarily limited and will be con-
fined to those whose work was rendered overseas.
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Atkins, Gaius Glenn, B.A. '88, Prof., Homiletics, Theological Seminary,
Auburn, N. Y.
Sailed for France May 5, 1918; 1st Regional Secy., Americaine Foyer
de Soldat (Y.M.C.A.), with French Army, summer, 1918, Montdidier
Sector, in chg. of cantonments half way between Beauvais and
Amiens, with Hq, at Maisoncelle-Tuillerie. Trsf. in Sept., 1918 to
Amer. Army with direction of Religious Work Dept. of Y.M.C.A. in
1st Region, Hq. at Brest. Served in Pontanazen Hosp. during influ-
enza epidemic; later for brief time with 26th Div. in Verdun combat
area. Returned to U.S. Nov. 5, 1918.
Cooperrider, Luke, B.Sc. in Agr. '17, Columbus, 0.
As Civilian in Y.M.C.A. work, received milit. tng. at Cp. Perry, 0.,
and was recommended for Captaincy. Secy., Y.M.C.A. Hut, Small
Arms Firing Sch., Ft. Beiming, Columbus, Ga.
Dickinson, Thomas Herbert, B.Ph. '99, Madison, Wis.
Secy., Y.M.C.A., Americaine Foyer de Soldat, France.
Doney, Carl Gregg, B.Sc. '91, LL.B. '93, Ph.D. '02, former Pres., W. Va.
Wesleyan College Buckhannon, W. Va. ; Pres. Evieritus, Willa-
mette Univ., Salem, Ore.
Red Crbss Speaker, A.E.F.; Liaison Officer, France, Somme and Ver-
dun offensives.
Dupre, John Huntley, B.A. '14, LL.B. '16, M.A. '27, Ph.D. '32, former Jr.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Prof., History, State Univer-
sity of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.
Prison Relief Worker, Internat. Com., Y.M.C.A., France, Jan. to Apr.,
1917; Amer. Army, Y.M.C.A., Paris, Apr. to June, 1917; Organizer,
Y.M.C.A., at St. Nazaire, France, for 1st Div., June 5 to July 9, 1917;
Organizer, Y.M.C.A., Nevers, France, July, 1917; Organizer, Y.M.
C.A., Avord, France, for Lafayette Escadrille with French Army,
Aug., 1917. Co-organizer, Y.M.C.A., Neufchateau and Bourmont Area
for 26th and 3rd Divs., Amer. Army. First American sent to French
front with French Y.M.C.A., 6th French Army, Aisne, Oct., 1917 to
Jan., 1918; with French Y.M.C.A., Villers-la-Fosse and Crecy-au-
Mont, 11th Army Corps of 6th French Army. {See also Faculty and
Administration List.)
Dyer, John Ruskin, Arts-Edu. '17 (deceased).
Fid. Secy., Y.M.C.A., Arty. Cp. de Mailly, France, Aug. to Dec, 1917.
Trsf. in Dec, 1917 to French Y.M.C.A. work on French front.
Hatfield, Clifford Christian, B.Sc. in Agr. '04, Urbana, 111.
Entered Y.M.C.A. serv. in Dec, 1917. Member, Y.M.C.A. Agricul-
tural Exped. to Volga River, Russia, 1918; Member, similar exped. to
Siberia in Apr., 1919; later in Y.M.C.A. serv. in China, Japan, Ger-
many, and Sweden. Releas. in Sept., 1922.
Civilian Services of Ohio State Men 187
Lewis, James Blakesley, Civ. Engr. '20, Cleveland, 0.
In Red Cross transport serv., France.
Miller, Clyde Raymond, B.A. '11, Cleveland, O.
Dirctr., Publicity, Y.M.C.A., Army Educational Comm., Paris, France,
Nov., 1918 and later.
McMillan, Carl Henry, B.A. '21, LaGrange, O.
Driver, Amer. Red Cross Ambulance, Paris and Verdun, France,
1917. Joined A.E.F. at Chaumont, France, Nov. 1, 1917, as civilian
employee.
Morris, Amos Reno, B.A. '07, Columbus, 0.
Fid. Secy., Y.M.C.A., France.
Morris, James Relle, B.A. '12, London, Eng.
Vol. worker. Eagle Hut, Amer. Y.M.C.A., Hq., London, Eng.
Peal, Allen Sanders, B.A. '95, Chicago, 111.
Fid. Secy., Y.M.C.A. Recreation and Social Serv., France. Returned
to U.S. Feb. 25, 1919.
Pearl, Allen Saxton, Elec. Engr. '95, Berlin Heights, O.
Fid. Secy., Y.M.C.A. Canteen Serv., France.
Sayre, Charles Boyd, B.A. '00, M.A. '04, Columbus, 0.
Fid. Secy., Y.M.C.A., France.
Sellenings, Oscar H., Pharm. '99, Columbus, O.
Relief Worker, Amer. Red Cross, Children's Bur., Rome, and Turin,
Italy; Paris and Marseilles, France.
Talbott, John Sherman, Spl. '16, New Concord, O.
Fid. Secy,, Y.M.C.A. Educational Serv., France.
Thatcher, Harvey Shephard, B.A. '09, Utica, 0.
Red Cross Orderly, Hosp. Serv., Marne Sector, France.
Ward, Philip Emerson, B.Ph. '99, Willoughby, O.
Y.M.C.A. Educational Advsr. and Asst. Supt., Advisory Sec, S.O.S.,
France. Went overseas June 16, 1918.
Weist, Dwight Wilson, B.Sc. in Agr. '05, Cleveland, O.
Fid. Secy., Y.M.C.A., Le Mans, France.
Williams, Herbert 0., B.A. '94, M.A. '04, Pomona, Calif.
Fid. Secy., Y.M.C.A., France.
Wright, William Edward, Arts-Law '12, Toledo, 0.
Fid. Secy., Y.M.C.A., with 19th Fr. Inf., 6th Fr. Army, at Soissons
and vicinity, Dec, 1917 to Aug., 1918.
{See also Citations and Decorations List.)
188 History of The Ohio State University
A Founder of Columbia University Hospital Unit
Dr. Francis Carter Wood, B.Sc. '91, D.Sc. '31, who is pro-
fessor and director of the Institute of Cancer Research at
Columbia University, New York City, was a founder of the
Columbia Univ. Hosp. Unit, which became the U.S.A. Hosp.
No. 1 and consisted of 38 portable buildings, with accommo-
dations for 500 patients. It was first used as a tng. cp. for
nurses and a gen. hosp. for patients from Long Island and
New Jersey tng. cps.
The Supervisor of War Activities At
State College, Pennsylvania
Former President Edwin Earle Sparks, B.A. '94, of State
College, Pa., was the supervisor of war activities at Pennsyl-
vania State College and promoted preparations for war in
Pennsylvania.
The Supervisor of War Camp Community Service
IN Columbus, Ohio
As Secretary of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce,
Herbert S. Warwick, B.A. '06, now a resident of Youngstown,
0., was general chairman of the War Camp Community Serv-
ice to September 18, 1918 in Columbus, which supervised the
work done by the Hospitality Committee, the Patriotic League,
the Khaki Club, and the Music Committee. He was also a
member of the Department of Statistics of the U. S. Housing
Corporation from September to December, 1918, which made
surveys of the housing facilities for war workers in industrial
centers and of the potentialities of industries for conversion
into war-supply manufactories.
Two Members of the Commission for the Prevention
OF Tuberculosis in France
Warren H. Booker, C.E. '08, of Charlotte, N. C, was a
sanitary engineer and public health worker among the civilian
population in France as a member of the Commission in
Civilian Services of Ohio State Men 189
France for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, serving from July,
1918 to May, 1919. This commission acted under the auspices
of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Wallace C. Sabine, B.A. '86, also served the Rockefeller
Foundation in like capacity in 1916-17 and made a compre-
hensive report to the foundation containing recommendations
which led to important improvements in the situation.
A Superintendent of Schools in France
William S. Coy, B.A. '03, of Columbus, O., was the super-
intendent of schools in the Artillery Tng. Cp., la Valdahom,
Dist. of Doubs, Jura Mountain region, France, from October,
1918 to July, 1919.
CHAPTER XII
UNUSUAL WAR SERVICES OF SOME
OHIO STATE WOMEN
Laboratory Technicians
Of course, the camps and cantonments had their base
hospitals, with medical staffs, nurses, dietitians, and labora-
tory technicians. That Ohio State supplied a number of these
technicians will appear from the following list:
Alban, Kathryn L., B.A. '20, Cp. Wadsworth, S. C.
Dalton, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. P. J. McSweeney), B.Sc. in H.E. '14, Cp.
Jackson, Columbia, S. C. (Sept. to Dec. 13, 1918) ; Gen. Hosp. 23,
Hot Springs, N. C. (to Jan., 1919).
Darrah, Florence Belle, B.Sc. in Agr. '18, Cp. Sherman, 0.
Durant, Amy Alice, Home Ec. '19, Cp. Sherman, 0.
Evans, Dorothy M., M.A. '19, Gen. Hosp. 18, Waynesville, N. C.
Fields, Margaret, B.Sc. in H.E., '18, Ft. Riley, Kan.
Holtcamp, Bertha (Mrs. Paul W. Austin), B.S. in H.E. '18, Cp. Jackson,
Columbia, S. C.
Mclntyre, Mary H., Med. '20, Cp. Sherman, 0.
Merion, Mary Martha (Mrs. Geo. L. Pedlar), B.Sc. in H.E. '17, Cp.
McClellan, Ala.
Neutse, Charlotte M., B.Sc. in H.E. '20, Cp. Pike, Ark.
Poulson, Aidee Opal (Mrs. Chas. Von Neal), B.Sc. in Edu. '18, Cp. Lee,
Va.
Rasor, Mary M., Edu. '18, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.
Whysall, Ruth Margaret, Grad. '18, Cp. Sheridan, 111.
Williams, Evelyn F., Edu. '21, Cp. Sherman, 0.
Williams, Ruth E., Edu. '19, Gen. Hosp. 17, Markleton, Pa.
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Hospital Dietitians
We have the name of but two hospital dietitians, namely :
Grunewald, Frances A. Nichol, Home Ec. '15, Ft. Sill, Okla.
Sellers, Sarah, B.Sc. in Dom. Sc. '13, Red Cross Hosp. 22, France.
A Hospital Nurse
Only one nurse appears in our list, which cannot be
assumed to be at all exhaustive:
Swope, Mary Alice, B.Sc. in H.E. '14, B.A. '14.
Trained in Army Hosp. 1, New York City, May 1 to June 15, 1918;
Nurse, U.S. Base Hosp. 25, A.E.F., AUerey, Saone River, France,
Aug., 1918 to Feb., 1919. Disch. Apr. 30, 1919.
Red Cross Workers
Numbers of Ohio State women did Red Cross work at the
University and in the communities wherever they happened
to live. Only a few who performed unusual service can be
listed here:
Fisher, Mrs. Dorothy Canfield, Ph.B. '99, Arlington, Vt.
In chg. of Red Cross Relief Sta. and Med. Dispensary, Meudon-val-
Fleury, France; Hostess, Foyer du Soldat, Soissons, France. Served
three years overseas.
Kelly, Mary Agnes (Mrs. Earl T. Dutton), B.A. '06, Winona, Minn.
Interpreter, Red Cross, Italy, Oct., 1918 and later.
Seeds, Charme Marie (Mrs. Chas. Speaks), B.Sc. in Edu. '15.
Sailed Mch. 26, 1919; later Gen. Publicity Director, Red Cross, Bal-
kan States, to Mch., 1920.
Teachnor, Margaret V. (Mrs. Elam Miller), B.A. '18, Columbus, 0.
Aide, Personnel Div., Red Cross, France. Shared in welcome to Pres.
Woodrow Wilson and party at Brest, France, Dec. 13, 1918. Hostess,
Canteen, Brest. In Apr., 1919, accompanied Army of Occupation to
Coblenz, Germany, as Red Cross Fid. Agt.
Women in Naval Service
A few of our University women took service as Yeomen
in the Navy and in the Naval Reserve Force. The names and
records available are as follows:
Hogan, Ruth Louise, Arts '21, Bexley, O.
Yeo., U.S.N.R.F., Nav. Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va.
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Johnson, Margaret, B.A. '22, B.Sc. in Edu. '22, Cambridge, 0.
Yeo., U.S.N., Newport News, Va.
McManigal, Mrs. Elizabeth HoflFan, Arts '20, Columbus, O.
U.S.N.R.F. Aug. 28, 1918. Landsman for Yeo. Navy Dept. Personnel,
Washington, D. C, to disch. Disch. Aug. 27, 1920.
McNaughton, Margaret P., Arts '21, Pleasantville, 0.
Yeo., U.S.N., Newport News, Va.
Meyer, Agnes May, B.A. '11, Westerville, O.
Enrol. June 22, 1918. Ch. Yeo., Cable Censor's Office, U.S.N. Disch.
July 31, 1919.
Ward, Helen McCormick, B.Sc. '21, Wellston, O.
U.S.N.R.F. Aug. 24, 1918. Called to act. duty Sept. 5, 1918. Yeo. 3cl.
Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., to Nov. 11, 1918. Yeo. Icl. Disch. Dec. 12,
1918.
Women in Y. M. C. A. Service Overseas
A few Ohio State women went to France in the service of
the Y. M. C. A. The following examples will illustrate the
kinds of service they performed :
Gilliam, Florence (Mrs. Arthur Moss), B.A. '09, Paris, France.
Entertainer, Columbus Barracks and Cp. Sherman, O., to Feb. 15,
1919; Interpreter, Y.M.C.A., France, Mch., 1919 and later.
Mallon, Mrs. Guy (Hannah Neil Mallon), Arts '89, Cincinnati, O.
Hostess, Y.M.C.A. Canteen, Saumur, Prance.
Morris, Mary Elizabeth, Arts '06, Columbus, O.
Hostess, Y.M.C.A. Canteens, Le Mans, Paris, and Bourbon-les-Bains,
France.
Morris, Marguerite, B.A. '13, Columbus, O.
In war work, France, Nov., 1918 and later. (It is not definitely known
that she was in the service of the Y.M.C.A.)
Other Women Workers in France
Among the University women who sailed overseas for
service an occasional one is found driving an ambulance in
France, although in the case of Miss Boylan she soon gave up
her ambulance driving for other work.
Boylan, Lucille Agnes, B.A. '16, Columbus, O.
Member, Com. on Spl. War Activities, Nat. Catholic War Council;
Ambulance Driver, France, for same organization; Director, Girls'
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Industrial Clubs, France, Nov., 1918 to Feb., 1919; Reconstruction
Worker, Hq. at Liege, Belgium, Feb., 1919.
Hughes, Minnie, Arts '13, Columbus, 0.
In Ambulance Serv., France, Nov., 1918 and later.
A Woman Worker in Spain and France
Only one Ohio State woman engaged in war work in
Madrid, serving later in Paris in another capacity. She was:
Bigger, Esther (Mrs. Bernard J. Jenkins), B.A. '15, San Diego, Calif.
Asst., War Work, Office of Naval Attache, Amer. Embassy, Madrid,
Spain, Summer, 1918 to Summer, 1919; Asst., Paris Office, Amer.
Com. for the Devastated Regions of France, summer, 1919 to Feb.,
1921.
Near East Relief Workers
The University can boast of having had several of its
people in Near East Relief work. These were:
Foley, Louis, M.A. '16, and his wife, Bess Vandervoort Foley, Arts '17
to '19, Harpoot, Turkey.
Cared for 6000 Armenian orphans in Harpoot and neighboring vil-
lages during a year and a half; also in Syria for a year and a half;
also in Syria for a year and a half.
McQuiston, William Carleton, B.Sc. in Agr. '14, M.Sc. '15, University of
Cairo, Egypt.
Relief Worker, Near East Relief, Syria and Palestine, with Hq. at
Jerusalem and assimilated rank of 1st Lt.
Women Workers in Washington, D. C.
There must have been a considerable number of Ohio
State women who did their war work in the City of Washing-
ton. Only two of them need be mentioned here :
Ivulthan, Wilhelmina, Arts '19, Delaware, 0.
Clk., Office of Secy, of War Newton D. Baker, Washington, D. C.
Lyons, Thelma Lenore, B.A. '17, Pickerington, O.
Clk., Exec. Div., Milit. Intelligence Br., War Dept., Washington, D. C.
CHAPTER XIII
CITATIONS AND DECORATIONS
George Edward Ackley, Arts '21, Pomeroy, O.
Distinguished Service Cross
SgL, Co. L, 148th Inf., 37th Div., France.
Pomeroy, O., High School; College of Arts.
O.N.G. Apr. 10, 1917. Pvt. Co. C, 7th Inf., to Oct. 28, 1917; Co. L,
148th Inf., to disch. Sgt., Aug. 5, 1917. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 22, 1918
to Mch. 28, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Slightly wounded
in action Sept. 28, 1918. Disch. Apr. 21, 1919.
D.S.C. awarded under G.O. 59, W.D., 1919 (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, Sept.
27, 1918. While leading his platoon he stormed and destroyed two ma-
chine-gun nests. Later he again displayed utter disregard for his personal
safety when he extricated his platoon from a perilous position, forcing a
passage through the enemy and joining the remainder of his company."
Adelbert McMillen Agler, B.Sc. in For. '12, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation
(See Roll of Honor, 258.)
Lawrence G. Andrews, B.A. '20, Chicago, 111.
Divisional Citation; Purple Heart; Silver Star;
Distinguisher Service Cross.
2nd Lt., Co. A, 28th Inf., 1st Div., France.
Wauseon, 0., High School; College of Arts.
1st O.T.C., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., May to Aug., 1917. 2nd Lt.,
Inf., Aug. 14, 1917. Sailed for France Sept. 7, 1917; 6 weeks in Brit. 5th
Army Inf. Sch., near Amiens, France. Asgnd. to Co. A, 28th Inf., 1st
Div., Nov. 13, 1917. Toul; Cantigny; Montdidier-Noyon ; Soissons;
Aisne-Marne. Wounded in action July 21, 1918 at Berzy-le-Sec, France.
In Hosp. at Neuilly, France, July 23 to Nov. 12, 1918. Returned to U.S.
Dec. 1, 1918. Disch. May 21, 1919.
Cited in G.O. No. 46 Aug. 9, 1918 by Comdr. of 1st Div., Maj. Gen.
Summeral. (Extract) :
"For distinguished conduct during the operations of this Division south
of Soissons, July 18-22, 1918: — Second Lieutenant L. G. Andrews, U.S.A.,
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28th Infantry, showed utter disregard for personal danger in leading his
men in the assault on Berzy-le-Sec. After being wounded, he, with his
men, captured a number of prisoners and organized the positions he had
taken."
Walter Lindsey Avery, Arts-Engr. '14, Columbus, O.
Distinguished Service Cross; Croix de Guerre with Palm
(French)
1st Lt., U.S.A.S., 471st French EscadrUle and 95th U.S. Aer. Sq.
East High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Engineering; College of
Arts. Delta Upsilon. Degree from Harvard, 1917.
E.R.C. June 13, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Called to act. serv. June 14, 1917.
A.S., Sig. C, to Aug. 18, 1917; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Mass. Insti-
tute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., to Dec. 24, 1917; 3rd Avia. Instr.
Center to disch. Disch. Mch. 11, 1918 to accept comm. 1st Lt., A.S. A.E.
F., Sept. 8, 1917 to Mch. 11, 1919. Tng. Cps. at Tours and Issoudoun,
France; 471st French Escadrille; 95th Aer. Sq. to disch. Aisne-Marne;
St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Severely wounded in action and taken pris-
oner Oct. 3, 1918. Prior to capture was credited with three German
planes. After Armistice was released from Villingen Prison Cp. and
returned to France. Disch. Mch. 26, 1919.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 121, Dec. 5, 1918. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action north of Chateau Thierry, France,
July 25, 1918. While on his first patrol over the enemy's lines he attacked
an enemy two seater bi-plane. While thus occupied he was vigorously
attacked by another enemy plane, but by a quick turn, skillful maneu-
vering, and accurate shooting, he drove the second plane to the American
side of the lines, where it crashed into the woods. Lt. Avery's motor had
been badly damaged by bullets, but he made a successful landing back of
our lines, where he learned that the enemy pilot who had been made pris-
oner was a German ace credited with sixteen victories. Lt. Avery's con-
duct was especially commendable because his plane had been seriously
damaged at the beginning of the combat." (The German ace referred to
was Capt. Mendkopf).
On July 15, 1918 he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre under
following citation:
"Avery, 1st Lt., pilot, 471st French Escadrille: A skillful and ener-
getic pilot. He had many patrols over the front lines and in the course
of one of them, in spite of the violent infantry and artillery fire of the
enemy, he repeatedly riddled with machine-gun fire the German trenches
facing a sector occupied by an American Division."
David Ford Bailey, Arts '18, Madison, O.
Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italian).
Fvt., U.S.A. Amb. Sei-v., Italy.
Madison, O., High School; College of Arts.
E.R.C. Aug. 2, 1917. Pvt. U.S.A. Amb. Serv., Allentown, Pa., to
Mch. 1, 1918; Hq., U.S.A. Amb. Serv. vdth Italian Army to disch. Pvt.
Adelbert McMillen Agler, 1st Lt.,
305th M.G. Bn., Inf., 77th Div.
Divisional Citation. Killed in
action.
William Paul Bancroft, 2nd Lt.,
19th F.A., 5th Div. U.S. Army
Citation. Died of disease.
Alfred Marion Barlow, 1st Lt.,
Co. L, 148th Inf., 37th Div. Dis-
tinguished Service Cross; Croix
de Guerre with Palm (French).
Cyril Frederick Carder, Capt.,
Co. D, 16th Inf. Mortally wounded
in action. Distinguished Service
Cross (Posthumous).
The Funeral of Ambulance Driver Carey R. Evans, near Compiegne,
France, early in April, 1918.
The A.E.F. Cemetery at Brest, Brittany, France, Typical of Several in
which Ohio State Men are Buried. (Photo supplied by Professor James
E. Pollard).
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Icl., Nov. 1, 1917; Pvt., Mch. 1, 1918; Pvt. Icl., Apr. 1, 1918; Mec, Nov.
1, 1918. A.E.F., June 13, 1918 to Apr. 23, 199. Disch. May 6, 919.
Decoration awarded Nov. 22, 1919. Citation not available.
George William Bailey, App. Opt. '16, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Distinguished Service Cross; Marine Corps Citation.
Pharmacists' Mate 2cl., U.S.N. , atchd. to 5th Regt. U.S. Mar. C, France.
Ogdensburg, N. Y., Free Academy; College of Engineering.
U.S.N. May 10, 1917. Hosp. App. 2cl. Nav. Tng. Sta., Newport, R.
I., to Aug. 31, 1917; Rcvg. Ship, Philadelphia, Pa., to Sept. 30, 1917;
Nav. Hosp., League Island, Pa., to Oct. 22, 1917; Nav. Hosp., New York,
N. Y., to Dec. 13, 1917; Nav. Med. Sch., Washington, D. C, to Jan. 2,
1918; Mar. Barracks, Quantico, Va., to Feb. 8, 1918; 11th Regt., U.S.
Marines, Quantico, Va., to Apr. 21, 1918; 5th Regt., U.S. Marines, A.E.F.,
to Mch. 24, 1919; Mar. Rifle U., A.E.F., to Mch. 27, 1919; Cas. Co. 3914,
A.E.F., to Apr. 9, 1919; Mar. Barracks, Quantico, Va., to Aug. 4, 1919;
Rcvg. Ship, New York, N. Y., to disch. Hosp. App. Icl., Sept. 1, 1917;
Pharm. Mate 3cl., Feb. 1, 1918; Pharm. Mate 2cl., Dec. 10, 1918. A.E.F.,
Apr. 22, 1918 to Apr. 10, 1919. Chateau-Thierry; Belleau Woods; Meuse-
Argonne; St. Mihiel, including Blanc Mont Ridge; Army of Occupation.
Disch. Aug. 29, 1919.
Awarded D.S.C. for extraordinary heroism in action against the
enemy near St. Etienne, France, Oct. 4, 1918, under G.O. 35, W.D., 1919.
(Extract) :
"He voluntarily went out in front of the most advanced positions of our
troops in order to render first aid to a number of wounded soldiers. He
continued to work until all the wounded had been given first aid and
evacuated.
Also cited by Maj. Gen. LeJeune, commanding U.S. Mar. C, in G.O.
88, Dec. 31, 1918. (Extract) :
"Displayed extreme courage and ability in caring for and evacuating
wounded under heavy shell and machine gun fire. Showed exceptional
bravery and disregard for personal safety in going out under heavy shell
and machine gun fire to carry wounded comrades to a safe place from
which they might be evacuated."
Howard Allen Bair, Agr. '18, Rittman, O.
Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumous).
{See Roll of Honor, 259.)
William Paul Bancroft, Arts '18, Columbus, 0.
U. S. Army Citation.
{See Roll of Honor, 260.)
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Harley Edmund Banks, Arts '17, Columbus, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross.
1st Lt., Co. M., 167th Inf., 42nd (Rainbow) Div., France.
College of Arts. Acacia.
2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt., Nov. 8, 1918. Ft. Benj. Harri-
son, Inf., May 15 to Aug. 15, 1917. Co. M, 167th Inf., to disch. Cp. Mills,
N. Y.; Hoboken, N. J. 42nd (Rainbow) Div. A.E.F., Sept. 2, 1917 to
July 3, 1919. Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sec-
tor. Disch. July 22, 1919.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 3, W.D., 1929. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action during the attack on Cote-de-
Chatillon, France, Oct. 14-16, 1918. Lieutenant Banks led his platoon in
repeated attacks on the strongly fortified enemy position. When his com-
pany commander was wounded Lieutenant Banks assumed command of
the company and by personal observation, under fire of enemy snipers
and machine gunners, obtained valuable information relative to the
enemy's lines. He led his company across an open field in the final attack,
under heavy enemy machine-gun and rifle fire and was among the first
to reach the objective. After consolidating his position Lieutenant Banks,
under a heavy hostile barrage, again formed his company to resist the
counterattack and by his skill and bravery was mainly responsible for its
repulse. Throughout the three days Lieutenant Banks demonstrated
great leadership and utter disregard for his own personal safety, thereby
setting a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty to the men
of his command."
Alfred Marion Barlow, LL.B. '22, Gallipolis, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross; Croix de Guerre with Palm
(French).
1st Lt., Co. L, H8th Inf., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Acad. High School, Gallipolis, 0.; Rio Grande College; College of
Arts; College of Law. Sigma Chi.
O.N.G. July 15, 1917. 7th Inf., O.N.G., to Sept. 15, 1917; 148th Inf.
to disch. Cp. Sheridan, Ala. Disch. Dec. 20, 1917 to accept comm. 2nd
Lt. 148th Inf. to disch. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 23, 1918 to Jan. 19, 1919.
Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys. Severely wounded at Heurme, Belgium,
Nov. 3, 1918; lost his right leg below the knee; three times gassed. After
return to U.S., was a patient at Walter Reed Gen. Hosp., Washington,
D. C. Disch. Feb. 28, 1920.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 37, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Heurme, Belgium, Nov.
3, 1918. Although suffering from a shrapnel wound in the leg, he led his
company with excellent leadership and command, over the river, and not
until he had received wounds in both legs would he give his consent to be
taken to a dressing station."
Croix de Guerre awarded under Order No. 13,092 "D," Jan. 25, 1919,
G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"On Nov. 2, 1918 he crossed the Escant at Heurme, Belgium.
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Wounded in a leg by a shrapnel bullet, he remained at the head of his
company until wounded again in both legs. Was rendered incapable of
moving or of exercising command."
Arriving at a river bank with German machine-guns planted on the
other side of the river, the men were ordered to cross and take the Ger-
man position. Barlow and his men left cover and began to fell trees to
make rafts. They worked for hours, many being picked off by German
fire. As related above Lt. Barlow was wounded but, retaining his com-
mand, succeeded in crossing the river and taking and holding the
objective.
Benjamin Franklin Barnes, Pharm. '14, Akron, O.
Battalion Citation.
1st Sgt., M.C. 1st Bn., 146th Inf., 37th Div., France.
Tennessee Milit. Acad. ; Pharmacy Course, Starling-Ohio Medical
College (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.).
O.N.G. Mch. 6, 1916. Sn. Det., 8th Inf., O.N.G. (Med. Det., 146th
Inf.), to disch. Sgt. Icl., June 17, 1916. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., June
20, 1917 to Sept. 21, 1917; Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 15.
1918 to Feb. 2, 1919. Meuse-Argonne. Wounded Sept. 30, 1918. Disch.
Feb. 17, 1919.
Cited by his Bn. Com.dr. Oct. 13, 1918 for
"unusual conduct of bravery and devotion to duty," displayed on Sept.
27, 1918, when he and an officer "went forward into the valley between
the lines north of Montfaucon and southeast of Gerges to the assistance
of a lieutenant and some fifteen enlisted men who were badly wounded
and lying in a shell hole between the enemy and our lines." Sergeant
Barnes and his comrade made the journey "under heavy artillery bom-
bardment, constant and direct fire, sniping and one pounder fire. Despite
this they reached their objective, rendered valuable and efficient first aid
to these wounded men, secured valuable maps and papers which were
turned over to the R.I.C. of the 146th Inf., by the aid of which he was
able to give the artillery information as to the location of the enemy's
batteries." The Battalion Commander recommended that Sergeant Barnes
and his companion "be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross."
Karl Herman Barth, M.D. '17, Chatfield, O.
Divisional Citation with Silver Star.
1st Lt., 3rd Bn., 28th Inf., 1st Div., France.
College of Medicine. Alpha Mu Pi Omega.
1st Lt., M.C, Mch. 25, 1918, from O.R.C. M.O.T.C, Cp. Greenleaf,
Ga., Jan., 1918 to Mch., 1918. Amb. Co. 2, 1st Div.; 3rd Bn., 28th Inf., to
disch. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. 1st Div. A.E.F., July 13, 1918 to June 30,
1919. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Disch. July 2, 1919.
Cited for distinguished conduct and awarded a Silver Star under
G.O. 93, Hq., 1st Div., A.E.F., Dec. 9, 1918. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary bravery and disregard of personal safety.
Worked during the entire attack in the front line and under constant
and heavy shell fire, his fearlessness and skill in dressing and evacuating
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the wounded preventing much suffering among the troops and adding to
the morale of the men under him."
Clarence Wiluam Bates, Arts '18, Madison, O.
Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italian).
Pvt., U.S.A., Amb. Serv. Sec. 579, Italy.
Madison, O., High School; Univ. of Akron, 0.; College of Arts.
R.A. July 23, 1917. Pvt. Sec. 615, U.S.A. Amb. Serv., to Feb. 25,
]918; Mob. Operating U., Div. of Surgery, Cp. Crane, Allentovirn, Pa., to
May 2, 1918; Sec. 579, U.S.A. Amb. Serv., to disch. Pvt. Icl., Aug. 1,
1917; Mec, Feb. 1, 1918; Pvt. Icl., Mch. 1, 1918; Pvt., May 2, 1919.
A.E.F., May 22, 1918 to Apr. 23, 1919. Italy: Asiago; Mte. Grappa; Vit-
torio-Veneto. Citation not available.
Herbert Hampton Beeson, Arts '15, Jacksonville, Fla.
Croix de Guerre vs^ith Gilt Star (French) ; Croix de Guerre
(Belgian) ; Two Citations.
2nd Lt., Q.M.C., M. Slip. Tn. U27, 28th Div., France; Belgium.
East High School, Columbus, 0. ; College of Arts. Beta Theta Pi.
Served with French Army from June to Dec, 1916 in Amb. Serv.,
being with 181st Inf., 5th French Army, at the Marne.
Enl. N.G. July 13, 1917. Pvt. Co. 6, M. Sup. Tn., Pa. N.G. (Co. 6,
103rd Sup. Tn.); M. Trk. Co. 395; Co. C, 1st Regt., Div. M. Sup. Tn.;
O.T.C., Q.M.C. Cp. Hancock, Ga.; Cp. Johnston, Fla. Sgt, July 8, 1918.
Disch. July 8, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Q.M.C, N.A. M. Sup. Tn.
427. 28th Div. A.E.F., Sept. 30, 1918 to Feb. 7, 1919. Meuse-Argonne.
Disch. Feb. 18, 1919.
Awarded Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star under Order No. 15, 349
"D," Apr. 3, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East: (Extract) :
"He distinguished himself during the combats of Oct. 8, 1918 near
Saint Etienne-a-Arnes, in unceasingly caring for the wounded. Due to
his devotion and skill, many human lives were saved."
The Belgian citation is not available.
Arthur Vernon Berthold, B.Mech.E. '23, Van Wert, O.
Divisional Citation.
1st Lt., Co. B, U5th Inf. 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Van Wert, 0., High School; College of Engineering. Tau Beta Pi;
Amer. Legion, Univ. Chapter; Zero Hour Club.
2nd Lt., Inf., from O.N.G.; 1st Lt., Mch. 21, 1918. 145th Inf. to disch.
Van Wert, 0.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to
Apr. 20, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. Severely
wounded in action at Olscene, Belgium, Nov. 3, 1918. Disch. Aug. 14,
1919.
Cited in G.O. 86, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918, with other officers and
enlisted men who "by their splendid conduct and devotion to duty have
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especially contributed to the successful operation of the Division in
France and Belgium, against the enemy."
Claude Hale Birdseye, Engr. '04, Oberlin, O.
Certificat de l'Ordre de l'Universite with Palm ;
Officer de l'Instruction Publique with Gilt Palms.
Lt. Col., Ch. of Arty., 1st Army, France.
Oberlin College, O.; College of Engineering. Kappa Sigma.
Capt., Engrs., June 18, 1917, from O.R.C.; Maj., Aug. 7, 1917; Lt.
Col., Aug. 10, 1918. 1st Brig., C.A.C., to Jan. 17, 1918; Ch. of Arty., 1st
Army, to Jan. 24, 1919; C.A.C. to disch. Washington, D. C. A.E.F., Aug.
13, 1917 to Jan. 23, 1919. Cambrai; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; De-
fensive Sector. Disch. June 23, 1919.
His decorations are non-military and are not awarded under
citations.
Milton E. Bolasny, Arts '24, Cleveland, O.
Croix de Guerre (French).
Pvt. Id, A.S., R.A., 2Uh Aer. Sq., France.
Y.M.C.A. High School, East Cleveland, 0.; College of Arts. 2nd Lt.,
O.S.U. Brig, of Cadets.
R.A. Nov. 27, 1917. 167th Aer. Sq. to Aug. 15, 1918; 1102nd Aer.
Repl. Sq., A.S. Repl. Concentration Barracks 3, to Sept. 21, 1918; 369th
Aer. Sq. to Apr. 5, 1919; 1104th Aer. Sq., Aer. Repl. Sq., A.P.O. 724, to
May 22, 1919; 1101st Aer. Repl. Sq., 1st Air Dep., to June 1, 1919; 24th
Aer. Sq. to disch. Pvt. Icl. A.E.F., Jan. 31, 1918 to Aug. 1, 1919. Disch.
Aug. 16, 1919. Citation not available.
Howard Ellsworth Boucher, M.D., '10, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation.
Maj., M.C., 146th Amb. Co., 112th Sn. Tn., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Normal College, Fayette, O.; Tri-State College, Angola, Ind. ; Ohio
Medical College (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.) . Alpha Kappa Kappa.
1st Lt., M.C., Sept. 3, 1917; Capt., Apr. 30, 1918; Ft. Benj. Harrison,
Ind., June 24 to Sept. 3, 1917; spl. courses in surgery and fractures at
Bellevue Hosp., New York, N. Y., Jan. and Feb., 1918. Cp. Sheridan,
Ala. Amb. Co. 146th, 112th Sn. Tn., part of the time its Cmdg. Ofcr.;
816th Pion. Inf. Cp. Surg., Cp. Romagne, during constr. of the Argonne
Cemetery. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 27, 1918 to Aug. 1, 1919. Disch. Aug.
25, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 86, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918, with other officers and
enlisted men who, "by their splendid conduct and devotion to duty, have
especially contributed to the successful operation of the Division in
France and Belgium, against the enemy."
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Stanley Stimmel Bowman, Agr. '17, Canton, 0.
Two Divisional Citations.
(See Roll of Honor, 262.)
LeRoy Bradford, LL.B. '14, Columbus, O.
Croix de Guerre (Belgian).
Sgt., 146th Amb. Co., 112th Sn. Tn., 37th Div., France and Belgium.
North High School, Columbus, 0. ; College of Arts. Phi Kappa Psi.
College of Law. Phi Kappa Psi; Sigma Delta Chi; Sphinx; Varsity "0";
Mgr., Varsity Basketball Team; Sun Dial Staff; Athletic Ed., Lantern;
Mandolin and Guitar Club; Pres., Freshman Pan-Hellenic Council.
O.N.G. May 16, 1917. Pvt. 2nd Amb. Co., O.N.G. (Amb. Co. 146th,
112th Sn. Tn.), to disch. Pvt. Icl., July 2, 1917; Corp., May 20, 1918;
Sgt., June 3, 1918. Cp. Sheridan, Ala. Attended 3rd O.T.C., Cp. Stanley,
Tex., but was disqualified by color blindness from receiving a comm. Re-
turned to his old company to serve as a stretcher-bearer. 37th Div.
A.E.F., June 28, 1918 to July 22, 1919. Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; De-
fensive Sector. DiscTi. July 26, 1919.
Awarded Croix de Guerre as of Jan. 22, 1919 by Belgian Royal De-
cree No. 6624 of Jan. 22, 1920. (Extract) :
"He particularly distinguished himself by his courage during the
victorious offensive in Flanders."
Garnett W. Brand, Arts '14, Urbana, 0.
Croce al Merito di Guerre.
Capt., 332nd Inf., 83rd Div., Italy.
Born Urbana, 0., July 30, 1891; Urbana, 0., High School; College
of Arts and Sciences.
1st Lt., Inf., Aug. 27, 1917 from O.R.C. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.
Capt., Mch. 24, 1919. 332nd Inf. to disch. Cp. Perry, 0.; Cp. Sherman,
O. 83rd Div. A.E.F., June 4, 1918 to Apr. 14, 1919. Italy: Vittorio-Ve-
neto; Defensive Sector. Disch. May 21, 1919. Citation not available.
Ray M. Brock, B.Sc. in For. '13, Dayton, O.
Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italian).
Capt., Co. C, 332nd Inf., 83rd Div., France.
Steele High School, Dayton, 0.; Denison Univ., Granville, 0.; Col-
lege of Agriculture.
1st Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917; Capt., Mch. 25, 1919. 1st O.T.C., Ft.
Benj. Harrison, Ind., June 10 to Aug. 15, 1917. 332nd Inf. to disch. Cp.
Sherman, O. 83rd Div. A.E.F., June 8, 1918 to Apr. 14, 1919. Italy: Vit-
torio-Veneto; Defensive Sector. Disch. May 2, 1919.
Decorated with Italian War Cross by Gen. Diaz "for assistance ren-
dered the commanding officer of the advance guard of the Third Italian
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Army in the presence of the enemy locating several lost units and main-
taining communication."
Harold Hayes Brooks, B.M.E. '16, Columbus, 0.
Croix de Guerre (French).
2nd Lt., Hq. Co., 332 F.A., 83rd Div., France; Germany.
North High School, Columbus, O.; College of Engineering.
2nd Lt., F.A., Aug. 15, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., May to Aug.
1917. 332nd F.A. to disch. Cp. Sherman, O. 83rd Div. A.E.F., June 12,
1918 to May 16, 1919. Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sector. His Brigade
(the 158th) accompanied the 32nd Div. to Germany. Disch. June 17,
1919.
Awarded decoration under citation by the Ch. of Arty., 17th French
Corps. (Extract) :
"For exceptional coolness and gallantry in action in laying and main-
taining telephone lines between his battalion and infantry P.C. near
Haumons-pres-Samogneux on Oct. 13, 1918. He personally led his men
in the establishing of other lines, working in close proximity to the enemy
lines and under continuous and heavy shell fire and inspiring his men
by his coolness and courage."
Barrett Francis Brown, Arts '18, Law Cert. '21, Warren, O.
Divisional Citation.
Jst Lt., 7th Inf., 3rd Div., France.
Wheeling, W. Va., High School; College of Arts; College of Law.
Delta Theta Phi.
2nd Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917; 1st Lt., Dec. 19, 1918. Ft. Benj. Harri-
son, Ind., Aug. 27 to Nov. 27, 1917. 7th Inf. to disch. Cp. Greene, N. C.
3rd Div. A.E.F., Apr. 6, 1918 to Aug. 25, 1919. In tng. at Chatillon,
France. Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne;
Defensive Sector. Severely wounded in action in the Argonne Forest
Oct. 4, 1918; five months in hosp. Disch. Sept. 12, 1919.
Cited by Comdg. Ofcr. of 3rd Div., in G.O. 2"2, July 8, 1919. (Ex-
tract) :
"Near Fossoy, France, July 15, 1918 with his half company moving
to their new position after having been relieved from the front line, was
caught in the enemy's barrage. This officer showed extraordinary cool-
ness in the danger to which he was exposed while personally finding
shelter for his men. He made three trips to the nearest dressing station
two hundred yards away, each time carrying a wounded man on his back,
and returning immediately to his post."
Harry Wilbur Brown, D.V.M. '02, Black Lick, O.
Divisional Citation.
Maj., V.C., 37th Div., France and Belgium.
Central High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Alpha Psi; Acacia.
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O.N.G. Apr., 1917. 1st Lt., F.A., O.N.G.; Capt, Dec. 11, 1917; Maj.,
June 14, 1918. 135th F.A., V.C, to disch. Cleveland, O.; Cp. Sheridan,
Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to Mch. 23, 1919. Meuse-Argonne ;
Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. Disch. Apr. 8, 1919.
Cited in G.O, 86, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918, with other officers and
enlisted men, who "by their splendid conduct and devotion to duty, have
especially contributed to the successful operation of the Division in
France and Belgium, against the enemy."
George Arthur Burrell, Ch.E. '18, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Distinguished Service Medal.
Col, Ch. of Research Div., C.W.S., Washington, D. C.
South High School, Cleveland, 0.; College of Engineering, 1902-04.
Acacia. Professional degree, June, 1918. D.Sc. conferred by Ohio Wes-
leyan Univ., Delaware, O.
Chemist, U.S. Geological Survey, under Profs. N. W. Lord and E. E.
Somermeier, O.S.U., in their laboratory at the World's Fair, St. Louis,
Mo. In chg. gas investigations, U.S. Bur. of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
1908-1916. Civilian serv., Mch. 1917 to July, 1917, as head of research
work for Army and Navy on toxic gases in Bur. of Mines. Col., July 25,
1917. Organizer and Ch. of Research Sec, C.W.S., American Univ.,
Washington, D. C. (This was the largest research group in the world,
comprising 2,000 selected scientists, technologists, and mechanicians.)
He located the supply of helium gas in Texas, on which the Govt, spent
$10,000,000. Disch. Jan. 1, 1919.
Awarded D.S.M. under G.O. 77, June 14, 1919. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service in research
work pertaining to gas warfare. Col. Burrell was in charge of the Re-
search Division, and its organization was doubtless the greatest of its
kind ever formed. It accomplished remarkable results of the greatest
importance to our military forces."
Gail Knorr Butt, M.D. '17, Columbus, O.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
1st Lt., M.C., 332nd F.A., 83rd Div., France.
Johnston, O., High School; Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, O. ; College of
Medicine. Alpha Kappa Kappa; Pres., Soph. Class.
1st Lt., M.C., Sept. 25, 1917. Cp. Sherman, 0. M.D., 332nd F.A.
83rd Div. A.E.F., June 12, 1918 to May 16, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Army
of Occupation. Severely wounded in action Nov. 11, 1918. Disch. June
11, 1919.
Awarded Croix de Guerre with Silver Star under citation by
the Commandant of Arty., 17th French Army Corps, Oct. 31, 1918.
(Extract) :
" — showed great courage in his service at the first aid post, while
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caring for the wounded under heavy bombardment during the night of
Oct. 22, 1918, when all his assistants had been killed or wounded."
William Hatfield Caine, M.D. (Hom.) '16, Willoughby, O.
Military Cross (British).
Capt., Med. Serv., 1st 4th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 52nd Div., France.
Preparatory School, Mt. Hermon, Mass.; Central Institute, Cleve-
land, O.; Cleveland Pulte Medical College; College of Homeopathic Med-
icine. Phi Alpha Gamma, Cosmopolitan Club, Hahnemann Society.
1st Lt., M.C., Mch. 19, 1918; Capt., Feb. 26, 1919. M.C. to disch.
Washington, D. C. A.E.F., Apr. 7, 1918 to July 5, 1919. Sent to England
and atchd. to the Lowland Fid. Amb., 52nd Div., B.E.F. Went to France
with this Div.; later trsf. to 1st 4th Royal Scots Fusiliers and served
with them at BuUecourt, Henin, Queant, Merves, on the Drocourt-Queant
switch-line of the Hindenburg Line, and at Cambrai. Later trsf. to
148th F.A., U.S.A., with which he served at Lens, Valenciennes, St.
Armand, and Maubeuge. Disch. July 20, 1919.
Awarded Military Cross under following citation, List No. 35, Jan.
31, 1919, British War Office. (Extract) :
"For courage and devotion to duty near Cambrai on the 1st of Octo-
ber, 1918. During the attack on the Faubourg de Paris on the evening
of the 1st of October, 1918, this medical officer showed the greatest gal-
lantry in going forward into the open and dressing the wounded, the
battalion having lost heavily during the advance. He personally directed
the stretcher-bearers in collection of the wounded, being under very
heavy shell fire, rifle, and machine-gun fire throughout. He showed the
utmost disregard for personal safety and was the means of saving many
lives."
MuRTON Llwellyn Campbell, Engr. '18, Wakeman, O.
British Royal Air Force Citation;
Distinguished Flying Cross (British) ;
U. S. Army Citation with Silver Star.
(See Roll of Honor, 264.)
Cyril Frederick Carder, Engr. '18, Corning, N. Y.
Distinguished Service Cross; Silver Star (Posthumous.)
(See Roll of Honor, 265.)
Don Monroe Casto, C. and J. '19, Columbus, 0.
Croix de Guerre with Two Silver Stars (French).
Pvt., S.S.U. 523, U.S.A. Amb. Serv., 35th French Div., France; Germany.
North High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Arts; College of Com-
merce and Journalism.
E.R.C. May 26, 1917. Pvt. Called to act. duty June 5, 1917. U.S.A.
Amb. Serv., S.S.U. 523, to Apr. 9, 1919. Allentown, Pa. Pvt. Icl., Sept.
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24, 1917. A.E.F., Sept. 17, 1917 to Mch. 22, 1919. Champagne Sector;
Oise Sector; Noyon defensive; Aisne; Argonne; Somme, Serre; Army of
Occupation. Slightly wounded in action at Fluquieres Sept. 1, 1918.
Awarded French Crox de Guerre with two Silver Stars under Order
No. 157, 35th French Div. (Extract) :
"Casto, Don M., Volunteer Ambulance Driver, on all occasions very
brave, has shown the greatest conscientiousness in his service of evacua-
tion despite barrage fire and the uninterrupted shelling of the roads;"
and Order No. 12779 "D," G.H.Q., French Armies of the East (Extract) :
"A driver whose devotion and intrepidity are above all praise, he
has particularly distinguished himself in the fighting at Mont Renaud,
and Soissons, in May and June, 1918. In spite of the most violent bom-
bardment, never hesitating to go to the very firing line. In August and
September 1918 at St. Quentin he served continuously for many days in
the evacuation of wounded from the first lines. Himself wounded, he
declined to be evacuted and transported the doctor, who was severely
wounded at his side, and continued to do his evacuations."
John J. Chester, Jr., Arts-Law, '21, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation.
Sgt., Hq. Tr., 37th Div., France and Belgium.
Maine Milit. Institute; East High School, Columbus, 0.; Kenyon
College, Gambler, 0.; Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.; College of Arts;
College of Law (Spl.).
O.N.G. Aug. 3, 1917. Pvt. Hq. Tr., 37th Div., to disch. Sgt., Sept.
19, 1917; Pvt., Apr. 1, 1919. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to Mch. 22,
1919. Meuse- Argonne; Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. Disch. Apr. 11,
1919.
Cited in G.O. 86, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918, with officers and other
enlisted men who, "by their splendid conduct and devotion to duty, have
especially contributed to the successful operation of the Division in
France and Belgium, against the enemy."
Herbert Edwin Christiancy, Engr. '15, Warren, 0.
U, S. Army Citation with Silver Star.
(See Roll of Honor, 266.)
Gideon Thomas Clark, Jr., Engr. '11, London, O.
Regimental Citation.
2nd Lt., 353rd Inf., 89th Div., France.
Born London, O., Sept. 22, 1889; London, O., High School; College
of Engineering.
2nd Lt., Inf., Dec. 15, 1917 from O.R.C. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.
353rd Inf. to disch. Cp. Funston, Kan. 89th Div. A.E.F., June 4 to Dec.
24, 1918. St. Mihiel. Severely wounded in action Sept. 12, 1918. Disch.
Nov. 10, 1919, 10 per cent disabled. Citation not available.
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James Lawrence Clark, B.Sc. in Agr, '23, Homerville, O.
Distinguished Service Cross; Navy Cross; Divisional
Citation; Croix de Guerre w^ith Silver Star (French).
PvL, 47th Co., 5th Regt. of U.S. Marines.
Peebles, O., High School; College of Agriculture; Graduate School,
summers of 1925 and 1926.
Mar. C. Apr. 17, 1917. Pvt. Port Royal, S.C. 47th Co., 5th Regt. 2nd
Div. A.E.F., June 27, 1917 to Feb. 12, 1919. Repl. Bn., June 25, 1918.
Toulon Sector; Aisne Defensive; Chateau-Thierry Sector. Wounded in
action at Belleau Wood June 6, 1918. 440th Cas. Co., Quantico, Va., Feb.
28, 1919; 171st Co., Mch. 7, 1919. Disch. May 26, 1919.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 99, W.D., 1919. (Extract):
"Although wounded in the attack on Boisde Belleau, France, he
crossed through enemy territory to convey a message."
Navy Cross awarded under same citation.
Citation for Croix de Guerre. (Extract).
"Au cours d'une attaque, quoique blesse, a continue son service
d'agent de liaison, parcourent ainsi 2 kilometres juspu au P.C. de son
bataillon sur un terrain occupe par I'ennemi, est alors tombe equise et
sans connaissance."
Cited by the Comdg. Ofcr. of the 2nd Div. in G.O. 40, July 5, 1918.
(Extract) :
"During an attack, although wounded, he delivered a message to
battalion headquarters over a mile distance through enemy territory, and
fell unconscious." This in the Bois de Belleau, June 6, 1918."
Charles Wesley Cook, Agr. '19, Milford, 0.
Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star (French).
Corp., U7th Amb. Co., 112th Sn. Tn., 37th Div., Belgium; France.
Milford, O., High School; College of Agriculture. Alpha Zeta,
O.N.G. May 8, 1917. Pvt. 3rd Amb. Co., O.N.G. (147th Amb. Co.,
112th Sn. Tn.), to disch. Pvt. Icl., Nov. 2, 1917; Corp., Dec. 15, 1917.
37th Div. A.E.F., June 28, 1918 to Mch. 24, 1919. Ypres-Lys; Meuse-
Argonne. Disch. Apr. 12, 1919.
Decoration awarded under Order No. 13.106 "D," January 26, 1919,
G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"On the night of November 4, 1918, at Ruysbroeck, Belgium, during
an infantry relief he voluntarily went out in advance of the litter-bearer
zone of operation in order to evacuate the wounded who had fallen in the
lines. He succeeded in his enterprise in spite of the fire of enemy
machine-guns."
Robert William Copelan, C. and J. '20, Cincinnati, O.
Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italian).
1st Lt., Co. C, 332nd Inf., 83rd Div., France; Itahj.
Hughes High School, Cincinnati, 0.; College of Commerce and Jour-
nalism. Acacia.
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2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 29, 1917; 1st Lt., Dec. 31, 1917. 1st O.T.C., Ft.
Benj. Harrison, Ind., May 15 to Aug. 29, 1917. Cp. Sherman, O.; Cp.
Merritt, N. J. Co. C, 332nd Inf., to disch. 83rd Div. A.E.F., June 8, 1918
to Aug. 9, 1919. Mandres, France, to June 25, 1918; Italy to June, 1919;
Tours, France, to Aug., 1919. Italy: Vittorio-Veneto. Claims Officer for
Italy and settled all claims arising between the Ital. and Amer. Govts.,
including those arising from occupation throughout the country. Disch.
Sept. 2, 1919.
Italy awarded him the Croce al Merito di Guerra, Circular 3317,
Mch. 5, 1919. (Extract) :
"for distinguished conduct and courage displayed while in command
of a platoon in moving ammunition to the front lines during a heavy
bombardment on the Piave River on the night of Oct. 9, 1918."
Oliver Paul J. Corwin, Law '16, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation with Silver Star.
1st Lt., Co. C, 3Hth M.G. Bn., 90th Div., France; Belgium; Germany.
Russia.
North High School, Columbus, 0.; Doane Acad., Granville, O.; Col-
lege of Arts ; College of Law.
Served in Mexican Punitive Exped. with Cav. Tr. C, O.N.G. 2nd Lt.,
Cav., June 6, 1917; 1st Lt., Jan. 4, 1918. O.T.C., Leon Springs, Tex., and
Cp. Trairs, Tex., Apr. to June, 1917. 357th Inf. to Sept. 19, 1917; 344th
M.G. Bn. to Apr. 20, 1919; 339th Inf. to disch. 90th Div. A.E.F., June
20, 1918 to July 12, 1919. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector;
Army of Occupation. Trained as Brig. Gas Officer and served as such at
St. Mihiel. Gassed at St. Mihiel and spent a month in B. Hosp. 3, near
Paris, and in other hosps. Asgd. to estimating damages in Belgium for
the Peace Conference until Mch., 1919. Was then sent to England from
whence, with a number of other officers, he was sent to Russia, Apr. 1,
1919, with Michigan troops. Served six weeks at Archangel and on the
Dwina River, fighting the "Reds." In June they returned to the U. S.,
via Brest, France. Disch. Aug. 1, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 146. (Extract) :
"Lt. Corwin showed great heroism and disregard of personal danger
by aiding in the carrying of wounded while under heavy fire . . . when
his battalion attacked Stenway on Nov. 10, 1918."
Samuel John Covert, Pharm. '16, Loudonville, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumous).
(See Roll of Honor, 266.)
Harland Henry Cowle, B.E.E. '15, Conneaut, O.
U. S. Army (Air Service) Citation.
(See Roll of Honor, 267.)
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Kossuth Tinker Crossed, M.D. '00, Albany, O.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
(See Roll of Honor, 268.)
William Edgar Davis, B.A. '04, former Instr., Mathematics.
Distinguished Service Order (British).
Maj., 11th Bn., Canadian Railway Troops, France.
Scio College; College of Arts. Instr., Mathematics.
Enl. Mch. 7, 1916 in Canada. Rockcliffe Sch. of Musketry, 8 mos.;
212th Inf. Bn.; 11th Bn., Can. Railvi^ay Troops. Capt., Feb. 11, 1917;
Maj., Nov., 1917. C.E.F., Feb. 22, 1917 to Feb. 18, 1919; Somme; Vimy
Ridge; Passchendaele; 1st Battle of Cambrai; consolidating troops on
Sayse River, east of Anas, spring of 1917, and participated in advance of
Australian troops east of Querrier and in attack on Logeast Wood the
following summer.
Awarded decoration by Brit. War Office July 18, 1919, which was
conferred by the Prince of Wales in Winnipeg, Sept., 1919. (Extract) :
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on August 21, 1918,
whilst in charge of a detachment near Bucquoy. He made reconnais-
sances of the lines in forward areas to be constructed under shell and
machine-gun fire, and carried out this work under very diificult condi-
tions. Prior to the operations he superintended the reconstruction of the
main light railway lines through to Bucquoy, after making skillful sur-
veys_ almost up to the front-line trenches. He rendered most valuable
service, and at all times has shown complete disregard for personal
safety."
Dudley T. Dawson, M.D. '10, Columbus, 0.
Croix de Guerre with Two Bronze Stars (French).
Maj. M.C., Med. Det., 146th Inf. 37th Div., France and Belgium.
Chrisman, 111., High School; Starling Medical College (now College
of Medicine, O.S.U.). Pres., Phi Delta (now Phi Rho Sigma).
1st Lt., M.C., O.N.G., Aug. 2, 1914; Capt., June 10, 1916. Attended
Army Med. Sch., 1914. Comdg. Officer, Amb. Co. 2, O.N.G., in Mexican
Punitive Exped., 1916. Called to act. serv. in World War as Capt., M.C.
Maj., Mch. 13, 1919. Amb. Co. 146, 112th Sn. Tn., to Oct. 6, 1918; M.D.,
146th Inf., to Jan. 24, 1919; 357th F. Hosp. to Feb. 11, 1919; 315th F.
Sig. Bn. to disch. Columbus, 0.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th, 90th, and 4th
Divs. A.E.F., June 27, 1918 to Aug. 3, 1919. Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne;
Army of Occupation. Surg., Composite Regt., on strike duty, Gary, Ind.,
Sept. 1920 to Dec. 1920; U.S. Gen. Hosp. 28, Ft. Sheridan, 111., Jan. 1,
1920. Disch. Sept. 7, 1920, on Surg's. cert, of disab. Lt. Col., M.R.C.,
Aug. 25, 1924.
Awarded the Croix de Guerre with Two Bronze Stars under Order
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No. 13.106 "D," January 26, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East.
(Extract) :
"On November 4, 1918, at Eyne, Belgium, while under machine-gun
fire and airplane bombardment he took care of the wounded heedless of
his personal safety until they all were evacuated."
Order No. 13.319 "D," February 8, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of
the East. (Extract) :
"During the entire offensive in Flanders he always remained at his
post going out under violent artillery and machine-gun fire to administer
aid to the wounded of his regiment."
Karl Scholsmire Day, B.A. '16, Norwood, 0.
U. S. Navy Cross.
Capt., U.S. Mar. C, France.
Norwood, 0., High School; College of Engineering; College of Arts.
Delta Tau Delta; Track Team.
2nd Lt. Mar. C. R., May 21, 1917; 2nd Lt. (Prov.), U.S. Mar. C,
Sept. 11, 1917; 1st Lt. (Temp.), Oct. 18, 1917; Capt. (Temp.), Sept. 6,
1918. Winthrop, Md.; Quantico, Va. ; Philadelphia, Pa.; Mineola, L. I.,
N. Y.; Lake Charles, La.; Miami, Fla.; Norfolk, Va. A.E.F., Aug. 1,
1918 to Dec. 6, 1918. Aviator Sq. Comdr., Northern Bombing Group.
Disch. Mch. 17, 1919.
Awarded Navy Cross under following citation:
"For distinguished and heroic service as an aviator in an aeroplane
engaged in active operations cooperating with the allied Armies on the
Belgian Front during September, October, and November, 1918, bombing
enemy bases, ammunition dumps, railroad junctions, etc. Attached to the
Northern Bombing Group.
For the President.
(Signed) Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy.
Neil Avon Dayton, M.D. (Horn.) '15, Burton, O.
Military Cross (British).
Capt., M.C., atchd. to 96th F. Amb., 30th Div., B.E.F., France and
Belgium.
East High School, Cleveland, 0.; Pulte Medical College, Cleveland,
0.; College of Homeopathic Medicine. Pi Upsilon Rho; Cleveland Club;
Hahnemann Soc.
1st Lt., M.R.C., June 22, 1917. Called to act. duty as 1st Lt., M.C.,
Sept. 29, 1917; Capt., Feb. 17, 1919. M.C. to disch. Ft. Riley, Kan.;
Hoboken, N. J. A.E.F., Jan. 25, 1918 to July 5, 1919. Asgd. to B.E.F.
4 mos. in Tng. Centers and Hosps. in England. To France with 96th
Amb. Co., 30th Div., B.E.F. As Stretcher-Bearer Ofcr. had chg. of clear-
ing wounded from all battalions in the attacks of Aug. 19, Sept. 28-30,
and Oct. 14-20, 1918. Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. Disch. July 31, 1919.
Citations and Decorations 211
Decorated under G.O., Oct. 12, 1918. (Extract) :
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty between the periods
9-10-18, and 22-10-18, firstly in the Wervicq-Comines Sector and later in
the rapid advance to the River Scheldt. This Officer's services were par-
ticularly noticeable on 12-10-18, when he personally supervised the clear-
ing of a large number of gassed cases from an area saturated with gas.
During the operation on 14-10-18 he went forward of the 90th Brigade
Regimental Aid Posts and patrolled a road approximately 800 yards in
length, attending to the collection of the wounded. During the time he
was subjected to the most harrassing shell and machine-gun fire; he con-
tinued working here until all the wounded, some 30 in number, were
cleared. During the rapid advance 17-10-18 — 20-10-18 he was untiring in
his efforts and was always in touch with the Battalions whose wounded
it was his duty to clear. It was largely due to him that, though under
the greatest difficulties, the wounded were so successfully cleared. His
untiring energy and his contempt for danger gave a fine example to those
working under him."
Cyril Paul Deibel, B.E.E. '16, Youngstown, O.
Bronze Medailie d'Honneur des Epidemies (French).
1st Sgt., M. Serv., B. Hosp. 31, France.
Rayen High School, Youngstown, 0. ; College of Engineering. Chi
Phi; Kappa Nu; Glee Club; Zarzoliers; Choral Union; Newman Club
(later Phi Kappa) ; Youngstown Club.
R.C. May 20, 1917. Trained at Allentown, Pa., 4 mos. Sgt., Feb. 4,
1918; Sgt. Icl., Oct. 16, 1918. A.E.F., Dec. 15, 1917 to Apr. 30, 1919. B.
Hosp. 31, Contrexville, France. Disch. May 13, 1919.
Decorated in Paris Mch. 18, 1919 by President Poincare as a "recom-
pense pours belles actions" in connection with contagious diseases in the
French Army.
John Joseph DeVereaux, Pharm. Grad. '04, Mechanicsburg, 0.
Croix de Guerre (French).
Cavt., M.C. atchd. to 15 and A5th Divs., B.E.F., France.
Mechanicsburg, O., High School; Ohio Medical College (now College
of Medicine, O.S.U.
1st Lt., M.O.R.C, Aug. 4, 1917. In tng.. Ft. Kiley, Kan., May 11 to
Aug. 4, 1917. Called to act. duty Oct. 15, 1917. Capt., M.C, U.S.A., Mch.
24, 1919. M.C. to disch. B. Hosp., Cp. Sherman, O., to Mch., 1918; Cp.
Greenleaf, Ga. to May, 1918; Cp. Dix, N. J.; Cp. Dodge, la. A.E.F., June
8, 1918 to June 15, 1919. Asgd. to B.E.F., serving with 15th Div. (Scotch
Highlanders) at Arras, Vimy Ridge, Soissons, Chateau-Thierry, and in
the Somme offensive; later with the 45th Div. (Lowland Scots) at Villa
Bretenace and Bellenglese, where they broke through the Hindenburg
Line by swimming the Canal du Nord with life-belts issued to them on
the night of Sept. 28, 1918, the canal being too deep for wading and the
bridges having been destroyed by their own barrage before the attack.
Continuing pursuit, they were near the Belgian border on the morning
of the Armistice.
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For his work in rescuing wounded from drowning, Capt. DeVereaux
was awarded the Croix de Guerre about Oct. 28, 1918, on the field at
Fresnay le Grand. Citation not available.
Clark Roger Draper, Agr. 20, Cleveland, O.
Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star (French).
Pvt., Hq. Co., 73rd Inf. Brig., 37th Div., France and Belgmm.
West Techn. High School, Cleveland, 0.; College of Agriculture.
Delta Chi.
O.N.G. June 3, 1917. Pvt. Hq. Co., 3rd Inf., O.N.G. (Hq. Co., 73rd
Inf.), to disch. Pvt. Icl., July 14, 1917; Mec, Oct. 11, 1917; Pvt., Nov.
20, 1917; Pvt. Icl., May 18, 1918. Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Lee, Va. 37th
Div. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to Mch. 31, 1919. Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne.
Disch. Apr. 9, 1919.
Awarded Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star under Order No. 13.528
"D," Feb. 6, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"On November 10, 1918, at Syngem, Belgium, on duty as motor-
cyclist he carried very important messages from the brigade post of com-
mand to the post of command of the 146th Infantry over a road subjected
to a violent bombardment. Although knocked off his motorcycle and
severely injured in falling, he nevertheless executed his mission on foot
and delivered his message to the commander of the 146th Infantry.
William Kent Dupre, Jr., B.A. '10, Portsmouth, 0.
Meritorios Services Citation Certificate.
Capt., 4th Sec, Gen. Staff, G.H.Q., A.E.F., France.
Portsmouth, O., High School; College of Arts. Delta Tau Delta.
2nd Lt., Q.M.C., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt., Oct. 20, 1918; Capt., Feb. 21,
1919. 1st O.T.C., Madison Barracks, N. Y., May 14 to Aug. 15, 1917.
Cp. Johnston, Fla.; Cp. Meigs, Washington, D. C; Cp. Meade, Md.
A.E.F., Apr. 29, 1918 to July 2, 1919. Ofcrs. Quarters No. 5, U.S.Q.M.C;
Exec. Ofcr., Amer. Regulating Sta., Le Bourget and St. Dizier, France.
Regulated for the 1st Army during the Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, and
Meuse-Argonne offensives. Asgd. to 4th Sec, Gen. Staff, G.H.Q., A.E.F.,
Feb. 1, 1919. Disch. July 8, 1919.
Awarded Citation Certificate under following citation by Gen. Persh-
ing, June 20, 1919: "for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous serv-
ices as Assistant to the American Regulating Officer at St. Dizier,
France, American Expeditionary Forces. In testimony thereof, and as
an expression of appreciation of these services, I award him this cita-
tion."
Robert Lawrence Eichelberger, Arts '07, Cleveland, O.
Distinguished Service Cross; Distinguished Service Medal.
Lt. Col., Asst. Ch. of Staff, G.-2, A.E.F., Washington, D. C; Siberia.
Urbana, O., High School; College of Arts.
Cadet, U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y., June 15, 1905; 2nd Lt., Inf.,
Citations and Decorations 213
R.A., June 11, 1909; 1st Lt., July 1, 1916; Capt., May 15, 1917; MaJ.
(Temp.), June 3, 1918; Maj., Inf., N.A., June 7, 1918; Lt. Col., Inf.,
U.S.A., Mch. 30, 1919. 43rd Inf. to Mch. 4, 1918; Gen. Staff, Washing-
ton, D. C, to Aug., 1918; Gen. Staff, Siberia, to Feb. 28, 1920; Asst. Ch.
of Staff, Philippine Dept., to disch. Ft. Douglas, Utah; Cp. Pike, Ark.;
Cp. Fremont, Calif. A.E.F., Aug. 24, 1918 to disch. Defensive Sector.
Disch. from emerg. comm. only June 30, 1920. Reverted to R.A. status.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. No. 9, W.D., 1923. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action June 28-July 3, 1919, while
serving as assistant chief of staff, G-2, American Expeditionary Forces,
Siberia. On July 2, 1919, after the capture, by American troops, of No-
vitskaya, an American platoon detailed to clear hostile patrols from a
commanding ridge was halted by enemy enfilading fire, seriously wound-
ing the members of the patrol. Col. Eichelberger, without regard to his
own safety and armed with a rifle, voluntarily covered the withdrawal
of the platoon. On June 28, at the imminent danger of his own life, he
entered the partisan lines and effected the release of one American oflftcer
and three enlisted men in exchange for a Russian prisoner. On July 3,
an American column being fired upon when debouching from a mountain
pass, Colonel Eichelberger voluntarily assisted in establishing the firing
line, prevented confusion, and, by his total disregard for his own safety,
raised the morale of the American forces to a high pitch."
D.S.M. awarded under G.O. 56, W.D., 1922. (Extract) :
"As assistant chief of staff, G-2, with the American Expeditionary
Forces in Siberia, he organized and directed the intelligence service of
the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia in a most able manner
and under most trying circumstances. By his keen foresight, discrimi-
nating judgment, and brilliant professional attainments, exercised
through his efficiently established organization, he was able to keep his
commanding general well and fully informed at all times. His tireless
energy and his keen insight into local conditions gave him a masterful
grasp of the situation, which contributed materially to the success of
the forces in Siberia. He rendered most conspicuous services of inesti-
mable value to the Government in a position of great responsibility."
Louis August Elsesser, B.A. '18, Tiffin, O.
Brigade Citation,
Pvt., Co. K, 18th Inf., France; Germany.
Tifiin, 0., High School; Heidelberg Univ., Tiffin, 0.; College of Arts;
Graduate School. French Club.
N.A. May 25, 1918. Pvt. 4th O.T.S., Cp. Sherman, O., to July 2,
1918. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O., to Aug. 20, 1918; Co. L, 334th
Inf., to Oct. 5, 1918; Co. K, 18th Inf., to disch. A.E.F., Aug. 31, 1918 to
Sept. 4, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector; Army of Occupation.
Disch. Sept. 24, 1919.
Cited by Brig. Comdr. in G.O. 5, Hq., 1st Inf. Brig., June 1, 1919.
(Extract) :
"For gallant conduct and self-sacrificing spirit displayed during the
battles of . . . Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The success of these engage-
ments was due to the efforts and spirit of these officers and enlisted men."
214 History of The Ohio State University
Carey Richard Evans, Arts '18, Columbus, O,
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French, Posthumous).
{See Roll of Honor.)
William Heeb Eyler, Engr. '12, Paulding, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross (French, Posthumous).
(See Roll of Honor, 271.)
Stanley Hamer Ford, B.Ph. '98, Washington, D. C.
Distinguished Service Medal; Divisional Citation;
Officer, Legion of Honor (French).
CoL, Inf., Ch. of Staff, 27th Div., France and Belgium.
Preparatory Department, O.S.U. ; College of Arts. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
2nd Lt., Inf., R.A., July 28, 1898; 1st Lt., 1899; Capt, Apr. 6, 1917;
Maj., May 15, 1917; Lt. Col., Inf., N.A., Aug. 26, 1917; Col., Inf., U.S.A.,
Aug. 5, 1918. Graduate, Gen. Serv. and Staff College, Ft. Leavenw^orth,
Kan. Philippine Insurrection; Cuban Pacification Exped.; Adj., China
Exped., 1914-17. 5th Inf.; 15th Inf. Asst. Ch. of Staff, 84th Div., Cp.
Taylor, Ky., Oct. 10 to Dec. 29, 1917. A.E.F., Jan., 1918 to June, 1919.
Atchd. to 39th Div., B.E.F., Feb., 1918 to Aug., 1918. Ch. of Staff, 27th
(N. Y.) Div., to Nov. 25, 1918. Vierstaat Ridge; Hindenburg Line; La-
Salle River; Jonc de Mer Ridge; St. Maurice River; Ypres-Lys; Somme
offensive. After the Armistice Col. Ford served as Ch. of Embarkation
Bur., B. Sec. 2, Bordeaux, France, and was with the Food Comm., U.S.
Relief (Hoover) Admin, in Northwestern Europe, to July 23, 1919; B.
Sec. 5, Aug. 8, 1918. Gen. Staff College, Washington, D. C, to disch.
Disch. from emerg. comm. only Aug. 31, 1918. Reverted to R.A. status
of Maj.
Awarded D.S.M. under G.O. 78, W.D., June 16, 1919. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. As chief
of staff of the 27th Division, he rendered valuable services in the opera-
tions of this Division. By tireless energy, good judgment, and keen fore-
sight he proved to be an important factor in the brilliant military oper-
ations of the 27th Division."
Also cited in Special Orders 33, Hq., 27th Div., Feb. 2, 1919. (Ex-
tract) :
"For zeal and devotion to duty while serving as Chief of Staff of
the Division during its operations in Belgium and in France. At all
times this officer rendered loyal and intelligent support to the Division
Commander, and in battle demonstrated high qualities of personal cour-
age."
Under decree of the President of the French Republic, dated August
16, 1923, Col. Ford was made Officer of the Legion of Honor. No specific
citation of record.
Citations and Decorations 215
Robert Foure, formei- Asst. Prof., Romance Languages.
Chevalier, Legion of Honor.
Sgt., 54th French Inf., Aug., 1914. At the front, 1914; Champagne,
1915; Argonne, Verdun, 1916. 2nd Lt., 1st Lt., Capt., Co. 12, 54th French
Inf. Taken prisoner at Ft. Vaux (Verdun) June 21, 1916. Interned at
Citadel, Mayence, Germany, June, 1916 to Feb., 1917 and at Reprisals
Cp., Treves (Moselle) Feb., 1917 to Armistice, Nov., 1918. Repatriated
to France Nov., 1918. On sick leave for three months. Asgd. to A.E.F.
(Educational Center, Savenay) as Liaison Officer.
Cited for bravery in battle of Les Eparges (Meuse) Feb. 16, 1915.
Awarded Cross of Chevalier, Legion of Honor.
Roy Bireley Foureman, B.Sc in Agr. '22, Grad. Sch., Greenville, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross;
Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star (French).
rncZ Lt., 308th T. M. Btry., 158th F.A. Brig., 83rd Div., France.
Franklin Twp., 0., High School; Miami Univ., Oxford, 0.; Ohio
Univ., Athens, O. ; College of Agriculture; Graduate School.
2nd Lt., F.A., Aug. 15, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., May 17 to
Aug. 14, 1917. 324th F.A.; 308th T. M. Btry. to disch. Cp. Sherman, 0.;
Cp. Mills, N. Y. A.E.F. , June 13, 1918 to July 5, 1919. Meuse-Argonne.
Disch. July 10, 1919.
Awarded D.S.C. under Gen. Orders No. 21, 1919. (Extract) :
"During the offensive action in Bossois Bois, the 4 trench mortars
operated by his platoon were put out of action. Under an enemy barrage
Lieutenant Foureman went from gun to gun, encouraging his men to
continued effort, until his last gun was out of action, when he turned his
attention to assisting the wounded."
The French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star was awarded under Or-
der No. 13.039 "D," dated Jan. 22, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the
East, with following citation:
"He displayed exemplary zeal and energy during the offensive opera-
tions in the Bossois Wood near Brabant-sur-Meuse on October 23, 1918.
On the morning of the 23d, he gave a splendid example of calmness and
courage under the intense fire of machine guns and field artillery. The
four trench mortars of his platoon were disabled, two of them had been
blown to pieces. Under the enemy barrage he went from piece to piece in
his platoon, inspiring his men by his bravery and encouraging them to
continual efforts until the last pieces were put out of action. He then
occupied himself in the care of the wounded."
James Fitz-James Fullington, B.A. '16, M.A. '23, Ph.D. '30, Chairman,
Dept. of English; Prof., English.
Croix de Guerre with Bronze and Silver Stars (French).
Sgt., Amer. Fid. Serv., S.S.U. 32 (S.S.U. 6U, U.S.A. Amb. Serv.); atchd.
to 37th French Div., France.
East High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Arts; Graduate School;
216 History of The Ohio State University
Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Kappa, Glee Club, Varsity Quartette, String Sex-
tette, Pan-Hellenic Council. Faculty Member, Dept. of English.
Volunteered as Amb. Driver in the Amer. Fid. Serv., a vol. organi-
zation. Sailed for France July 10, 1917. Amer. Fid. Serv., Sec. 32 (S.
S.U. 32), atchd. to 37th French Div. Enl. Sept. 22, 1917, when A.E.F.
took over the Amer. Fid. Serv, Pvt. Remained with his orig. U., which
now became S.S.U. 644, U.S.A. Amb. Serv., and was still atchd. to 37th
French Div. Pvt. Icl., Nov. 20, 1917; Corp., Apr. 6, 1918; Sgt., Dec. 6,
1918. Overseas July 10, 1917 to May 28, 1919. Montdidier-Noyon ; Somme
offensive; Oise-Aisne. Disch. June 9, 1919.
Awarded Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star under Order No. 14,
Dec. 9, 1917, 37th French Div. (Extract) :
"A cool and zealous driver who always volunteered for the perilous
evacuations. Displayed courage and coolness during the combats of No-
vember 24, 25, 1917.
A Silver Star, to be worn with the Croix de Guerre, was awarded
under Order No. 12, 822 "D," Jan. 12, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of
the East. (Extract) :
"Most meritorious, always displayed the greatest zeal. He particu-
larly distinguished himself in directing the evacuation of the wounded
during the combats of October 26 and November 4-11, 1918."
Fullington was the first O.S.U. student to win the Croix de Guerre.
Lee Connel Gatewood, B.A. '07, M.A. '09, Chicago, 111.
Meritorious Services Citation Certificate.
Maj., M.C., B. Hosp. 13, France and Germany.
Fogg High School, Nashville, Tenn.; College of Arts. Maj., Univ.
Regt. of Cadets.
1st Lt., M.C., May 31, 1917; Capt., Nov. 1917; Maj., Feb. 17, 1919.
Ft. Riley, Kan., to Sept., 1917; Instr., M.O.T.C, Ft. Des Moines, la., to
Nov. 20, 1917; Ft. Riley, Kan., to Dec. 15, 1917; B. Hosp. 13, Ft. Mc-
Pherson, Ga., to May, 1918. A.E.F., May, 1918 to Mch., 1919. B. Hosp.
13, Limoges, France, to Sept., 1918; Hosp. 114, near Toul, France, during
St. Mihiel offensive; Rcvg. and Evac. Ofcr. for Toul Hosp. Center to
Nov., 1918; Asst. to Ch. Surg., Army of Occupation, to Mch., 1918; B.
Hosp. 13 to disch. Disch. Mch. 28, 1919.
Awarded Citation Certificate under date of March 15, 1920. (Ex-
tract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services as Assistant
to Chief Surgeon, 3rd Army, A.E.F." In testimony thereof, and as an
expression of appreciation of these services, I award him this citation.
(Signed) John J. Pershing,
Commander-in-Chief.
Citations and Decorations 217
Ralph Burnham Gibson, Pharm. '17, Caldwell, O.
Brigade Citation with Silver Star.
2nd Lt., Inf., 12th M.G. Bn., 59th Inf., 4th Div., France.
Caldwell, O., High School; College of Pharmacy.
2nd Lt, Inf., O.R.C., Aug. 15, 1917; 2nd Lt., Inf., R.A. (Prov.), Nov.
9, 1917; 1st Lt., (Temp.), June 20, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., May
12 to Aug. 12, 1917. 59th Inf.; 12th M.G. Bn.; 40th Inf. to disch. Gettys-
burg, Pa.; Cp. Greene, N. C. 4th Div. A.E.F., May 7, 1918 to July 2,
1919. Somme offensive; Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector.
Wounded slightly in action Oct. 4, 1918. Disch. Sept. 1, 1919.
Awarded Silver Star for his part in the Aisne-Marne offensive, July
19, 1918. (Extract) :
"Near Hautvesnes, France, he led his men over the top, giving them
an example of high courage and coolness by his conduct. He was slightly
wounded in the wrist by a shell splinter, but carried on until relieved
four days later. The Company Commander, having become separated
from the company, Lieut. Gibson reorganized the remaining squads and
handled them skillfully and effectively under the direction of the French
Commanders of the sector.
"In the action of his company on the Vesle River near St. Thibant,
France, on August 4, 1918, he again took command of the company in
the absence of the Company Commander who had been wounded, and
carried it through a terrific bombardment of gas and high explosives, at
all times inspiring all those under him to deeds of valor and effective
action against the enemy. From a very exposed position he personally
directed the destructive machine gun barrage against the Chateau-du-
Diable. The position was constantly under a smashing fare of heavy
artillery, but he consummated his mission."
Paul Philander Gusler, Agr. '20, Haviland, 0.
Divisional Citation (Posthumous).
(See Roll of Honor, 274.)
Manton Evans Harwood, Engr. '18, Springfield, 0.
Divisional Citation.
1st Lt., Co. F, 60th Inf., 5th Div., France.
Born Springfield, 0., July 7, 1893; Staunton Milit. Academy, Staun-
ton, Va. ; College of Engineering, Spl., Industrial Arts, 1914-16).
2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt., Oct. 4, 1918. Ft. Benj. Harri-
son, Ind., May 15 to Aug. 15, 1917. Co. F, 60th Inf., to disch. Gettys-
burg, Pa.; Greed, N. C. ; Cp. Merritt, N. J. 5th Div. A.E.F., Apr. 16 to
Dec. 24, 1918. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Severely
wounded in action Oct. 14, 1918. Disch. Mch. 21, 1919. 50 per cent
disabled.
Cited for exceptional bravery and coolness in action in advance
towards the Meuse River. Citation not available.
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Joseph Frederick Haskins, M.Sc. '20, Ph.D. '23, Granville, 0.
L'Ordre DE l'Escadrille (French).
1st Lt., A.S., atchd. to Escadrille Brequet 13i, French A.C., France,
Doane Academy and Denison Univ., Granville, 0.; Graduate School.
Former Instr., Chemistry, 1915-16. Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Beta Kappa;
Sigma Xi.
R.C. July 19, 1917. Called to act. duty July 11, 1917. Sch. of Milit.
Aeronautics, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex., to Oct., 1917; Aero Tng, Sch.,
San Diego, Calif., to Feb., 1918. 1st Lt., A.S., Jan. 10, 1918. A.S., Sig.
C, to disch. Hoboken, N. J. A.E.F., Mch. 4, 1918 to Feb. 11, 1919. In
tng. at Clermont and Ferraud, France, to June, 1918. Atchd. to Esca-
drille Brequet 134, French A.S.; later with 96th U.S. Aer. Sq. Flevir over
whole French front, St. Mihiel and Argonne Sectors. Took part in 22
daylight bombing flights.
Awarded decoration under French Order 41, Sept. 27, 1918. (Ex-
tract) :
"Excellent Officer Pilot, impressing all by his calm courage. On
Aug. 12, 1918, in spite of very unfavorable atmospheric conditions, he
showed remarkable endurance while managing his expedition to advan-
tage. He returned often with numerous rents in his clothing. He ac-
complished many successful bombardments and volley charges at low
altitude."
Bernard White Hermann, Jr., Engr. '20, Worthington, 0.
Navy Cross; Croix de Guerre with Bronze and Silver Stars
(French).
Hosp. App. IcL, U.S.N., atchd. to 6th Regt., U.S. Mar. C, France.
Worthington, 0., High School; College of Engineering.
U.S.N. May 7, 1917. Hosp. App. 2cl. Nav. Tng. Sta., Newport, R. I.,
to Dec. 24, 1917; Nav. Hosp., Parris Island, S. C, to Apr. 17, 1918; Mar.
Barracks, Quantico, Va., to Apr. 21, 1918; Co. C, 6th Regt. of Marines,
Quantico, Va., to Apr. 23, 1918; Co. C, 6th Regt. of Marines, A.E.F., to
Oct. 7, 1918; Nav. Hosp., Norfolk, Va., to disch. Bois de Belleau and
Bouresche; 1st offensive, 1st Amer. Army, St. Mihiel Sector; Franco-
Amer. offensive, Champagne Sector. Wounded in action in latter Oct. 8,
1918. Hosp. App. Icl. Disch. July 16, 1919 on acct. of phys. disab.
Awarded Croix de Guerre with Silver and Bronze Stars under order
No. 14, 945, "D," March 25, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East.
(Extract) :
"On July 19, 1918, near Vierzy, he displayed courage and coolness
in caring for the wounded on open ground under a violent enemy artil-
lery fire. During the morning of October 3, 1918, he displayed the
greatest courage and the greatest self-denial in the accomplishment of
Citations and Decorations 219
his duty in dressing wounded in a place swept by violent artillery and
machine gun fire."
Also commended for this conduct by Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels.
William Morse Hicks, Med. '15, Amelia, 0.
Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star (French).
Car>t., M.C., H6th Inf., 37th Div., France.
Ohio Medical Univ. (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.).
E.R.C. June 13, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., to Sept. 14, 1917. 1st
Lt., M.C., Sept. 14, 1917; 145th F. Hosp., 112th Sn. Tn.; M.D., 146th Inf.,
to disch. Capt., June 23, 1918. Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Lee, Va. 37th
Div. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to Mch. 31, 1919. Meuse-Argonne ; Ypres-
Lys; Defensive Sector. Disch. Apr. 29, 1919.
Was awarded Croix de Guerre with Silver Star under Order No.
13.319 "D," February 8, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Ex-
tract) :
"During the entire offensive in Flanders he always remained at his
post going out under violent artillery and machine gun fire to administer
aid to the wounded of his regiment."
Reuben Hilty, Vet. Cert. '07, Toledo, O.
Chevalier, Legion of Honor (French),
Maj., V.C., 77th Div., France.
Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, 0.; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Alpha Psi.
Maj., V.C, Oct. 6, 1917; Lt. Col., May 6, 1919. Div. Veterinarian,
77th Div., Cp. Upton, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1917 to Jan. 2, 1918. Organizer of
Vet. Hosp. 2. Cp. Hill, Va.; Cp. Dix, N. J. A.E.F., Mch. 28, 1918 to May
28, 1919. Vet. Hosp. 2, building Hosp. at Treveray, near St. Hihiel, to
Sept. 5, 1918; Ch. Veterinarian, Adv. Sec; Cas. Ofcr., V.C, to disch.
Disch. May 29, 1919.
Was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by decree of the
Pres. of the French Republic, Apr. 4, 1919. No specific citation of record.
Louis Sebald Hinckle, Arts '18, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation.
Pvt. IcL, H6th Amb. Co., 37th Div., France and Belgium.
Middletown, 0., High School; College of Arts.
O.N.G. May 24, 1917. Pvt. M.D., 2nd Amb. Co., O.N.G., (146th Amb.
Co.), to disch. Pvt. Icl., Oct. 1, 1917. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 28, 1918 to
220 History of The Ohio State University
Mch. 20, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. Disch.
Apr. 12, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 36, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918. (Extract) :
"By splendid conduct and devotion to duty he especially contributed
to the successful operation of the Division in France and Belgium
against the enemy."
Vernon Parker Hine, B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '21, Columbus, O.
Divisional Citation.
Pvt., Co. H, ISth Inf., 1st Div., France.
North High School, Columbus, O. ; College of Arts; College of Com-
merce and Journalism. Phi Sigma Epsilon.
R.A. Sept. 12, 1917. Pvt. Co. G, 60th Inf., to Oct. 20, 1917; Co. H,
18th Inf., to Aug. 16, 1918; Co. H, 160th Inf., to disch. 1st Div. A.E.F.,
Oct. 13, 1917 to Mch. 19, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Gassed
and burned by liquid fire May 3, 1918; slightly w^ounded in action Oct.
14, 1918. Disch. Apr. 15, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 1, Hq., 1st Div., Jan. 1, 1920. (Extract) :
"For gallantry in action and especially meritorious services."
Benson Walker Hough, LL.B. '99, Columbus, 0.
Distinguished Service Medal; Croix de Guerre wiith Silver Star.
(French) ; Officer, Legion of Honor (French).
Col., 166th Inf., 42nd (Rainbow) Div., France; Gerntany.
East High School and Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaw^are, O.; College
of Law. Phi Gamma Delta.
Served in O.N.G. for many years. Resigned as Adj. Gen. of Ohio to
resume comm. as Lt. Col., 4th Inf., O.N.G., when that regt. took part in
Mexican Punitive Exped., 1916. Began World War serv. as Lt. Col., 4th
Inf. O.N.G. (166th Inf.), Mch. 3, 1917; Col., Apr. 6, 1917. Cp. Perry, O.;
Cp. Mills, N. Y. 42nd (Rainbow) Div. A.E.F., Oct. 18, 1917 to Apr. 25,
1919. Luneville and Baccarat Sectors; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne;
St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector; Army of Occupation.
Disch. June 4, 1919.
Awarded D.S.M. under G.O. 47, W.D., 1921. (Extract) :
"As regimental commander in the military operations of the 42nd
Division in the Baccarat Sector, Mar. 24, to June 21, 1918; the 2nd Bat-
tle of the Marne, in which the 42nd Division participated in defense of
the line east of Chalons, June 28 to July 21, 1918; and in the offensive
against Reims, Chateau-Thierry, Soissons salient, July 24 to Aug. 3,
1918."
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star was awarded under G.O. 8, Mch.
22, 1918, 14th French Div. (Extract) :
Citations and Decorations 221
"He made his regiment a fine combat weapon which during the
period of occupation in the sector demonstrated substantial qualities of
spirit, tenacity and courage."
On July 14, 1923 Col. Hough was made an Officer of the Legion of
Honor by Henri Joseph Gourard during the an. convent, of the Rainbow
Veterans' Assoc, at Indianapolis, Ind.
William Philip Howe, Engr. '21, Granville, 0.
Divisional Citation; Two Citations in French Orders.
Pvt., Btry. C, 12th F.A., 2nd Div., France; Germany.
Granville, 0., High School; College of Engineering.
O.N.G. Nov. 22, 1917. Pvt. Btry. A, 137th F.A., to June 9, 1918;
Btry. C, 12th F.A., to disch. Pvt. Icl., Nov. 25, 1918. 2nd Div. A.E.F.,
June 10, 1918 to Aug. 6, 1919. Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne;
Champagne; Defensive Sector; Army of Occupation. Disch. Aug. 14,
1919.
Cited in G.O. 64, Hq., 2nd Div., June 25, 1919. (Extract) :
"for gallantry in action against the enemy in the Champagne Sec-
tor at Blanc Mont."
Entitled to wear the French Fourragere in Croix de Guerre colors,
as an individual decoration, for having been twice cited in French Orders.
George Golden Hunter, M.D. '17, Cincinnati, 0.
Divisional Citation.
1st Lt., 116th Amb. Co., lOUh Sn. Tn., 29th Div., France.
Ironton, O., High School; College of Medicine. Alpha Mu Pi Omega.
1st Lt., M.C., Feb. 24, 1919. M.O.T.C, Cp. Greenleaf, Ga., to Mch.
31, 1918; 116th Amb. Co., 104th Sn. Tn., to disch. Cp. McClellan, Ala.
29th Div. A.E.F., July 4, 1918 to May 23, 1919. Meuse-Argonne. Disch.
May 29, 1919.
Cited by the Div. Comdr. in G.O. 14, Hq., 29th Div., Apr. 20, 1919.
(Extract) :
"Displayed remarkable courage and devotion to duty Oct. 11-19, 1918,
north of Haumont, when he performed his duty under heavy fire and vol-
untarily made several trips to the front lines and, by his fearless conduct,
gave great encouragement both to the wounded and the men under him."
Robert Miller Hunter, J.D. '22, North Lewisburg, O.
Divisional Citation with Silver Star.
Pvt., Med. Det., 166th Inf., It2nd (Rainbow) Div., France.
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, 0.; College of Law.
O.N.G. May 22, 1917. 2nd F. Hosp. Co., O.N.G.; M.D., 166th Inf.,
to disch. Pvt. Icl., July 13, 1917. 42nd (Rainbow) Div. A.E.F., Oct. 18,
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1917 to Apr. 23, 1919. Champagne-Marne ; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel;
Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Disch. May 17, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 22, Hq., 42nd Div., 1919, and awarded a Silver Star.
(Extract) :
"Your conduct on occasion of the action against enemy forces near
Fere-en-Tardenois, July 28 to August 1, 1918, when you, after having
been on duty without sleep for over twenty-four hours at Regimental Aid
Station, 166th Infantry, at Chateau-de-la-Foret (July 28-29, 1918), vol-
unteered with two other men of Medical Department to go forward
across the River Ourcq, with the 2nd Battalion of your Regiment, and
served without relief or rest in the succeeding five days in the Battalion
Aid Stations at Fontaine-sous-Pierre and Seringes, being under almost
constant shell fire and making many trips without regard for personal
safety over the open fields under direct machine gun, rifle and shell fire,
in dressing and assisting in carrying in the wounded, has been brought
to his (the Division Commander's) personal attention, and he considers
your conduct worthy of the highest commendation. He regards your
action in the face of the enemy, gallant, an example to your comrades in
arms and characteristic of that splendid standard upon which the tradi-
tions of our Military Establishment are founded."
Latimer Johns, M.A. '12, Randolph, Wis.
Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumous).
(See Roll of Honor, 276.)
Harold Armstrong Jones, LL.B. '23, Jackson, 0.
Navy Cross.
2nd Lt., Aviator, U.S. Mar. C, Belgian Front.
Jackson, O., High School; College of Arts; B.A., Yale Univ.; College
of Law. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
2nd Lt., U.S. Mar. C. R., June 2, 1918. Miami, Fla.; Norfolk, Va.
A.E.F., Aug. 1, 1918 to Dec. 6, 1918. Northern Bombing Group. Trsf.
to inact. status Feb. 1, 1919.
Awarded Navy Cross for services as follows, (Extract) :
"for distinguished and heroic services as an aviator in an aeroplane
engaged in active operations cooperating with the Allied Armies on the
Belgian Front during September, October and November, 1918, bombing
enemy bases, aerodromes, submarine bases, ammunition dumps, railroad
junctions, etc. Attached to the Northern Bombing Group,"
Edmund Pirrung Kelly, B.A. '14, Columbus, O.
Divisional Citation.
Sgt., Q.M.C., Hq. Co., 37th Div., France and Belgium.
East High School, Columbus, O.; College of Arts. Phi Kappa Psi;
Theta Nu Epsilon; Soph. Football Team; Commercial Club.
O.N.G. May 14, 1917. Amb. Co. 146, 112th Sn. Tn., to May 1, 1918;
Q.M.C., Hq. Co., 37th Div. Sgt., June 4, 1917. Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th
Citations and Decorations 223
Div. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to Mch. 6, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys,
Disch. Mch. 13, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 36, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918. (Extract) :
"By splendid conduct and devotion to duty, he especially contributed
to the successful operation of the Division in France and Belgium against
the enemy."
John Thomas Kibler, former Instr., Physical Education. O.S.U., Ches-
tertown, Md.
Distinguished Service Cross.
1st Lt., Co, A, 23rd Inf., 2nd Div., France.
1st Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917; Capt., Nov. 1, 1918. Ft. Meyer, Va. 2nd
Div. A.E.F., Sept. 2, 1917 to Aug. 4, 1919. Inf. O.T.S., Valreas, France,
Sept. 20, 1917; Co. A, 23rd Inf., Nov. 17, 1917. Troyon Sector; Aisne;
Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Slightly w^ounded in action
Mch. 18, 1918 and severely Oct. 5," 1918. Disch. Sept. 13, 1919.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. No. 49, W.D., 1922. (Extract) :
"Although severely gassed by a shell which burst in the trench be-
side him. Lieutenant Kibler retained command of his company and led
it forward in a difficult night attack, penetrating the enemy's line to a
depth of two kilometers. Throughout the night he and his men were
subjected to a deadly cross fire from enemy machine-guns and at day-
break a strong counter-attack was launched against him. Heroically lead-
ing a small force against the flank of the attacking party, Lieutenant
Kibler succeeded in routing a greatly superior force. He courageously
continued to lead his men until so weakened by the effects of the gas
that he lost consciousness."
Charles Evans Kilbourne, Engr. '95, Lexington, Va.
Distinguished Service Cross; Distinguished Service Medal;
Croix de Guerre with Palm (French) ; Officer, Legion of Honor
(French) ; Commander, 2nd Class, Royal Order of St. Olav.
(Norwegian).
Col., Ch. of Staff, 89th Div.; later. Brig. Gen., 3rd Brig., 2nd Div., France;
Germany; England; Italy; Atistria; Malta; Turkey.
Columbus, O., High School; Engineering Course, O.S.U. Sigma Chi.
Graduate, Virginia Milit. Institute, 1894.
2nd Lt., Sig. C. Vols., May 20, 1898; 1st Lt., July 1, 1898; 2nd Lt.,
Inf., R.A., Sept. 2, 1899; 1st Lt., May 8, 1901; Capt., July 17, 1905; Maj.,
C.A.C., July 1, 1916; Lt. Col., F.A., N.A. (emerg. comm.), Aug. 5, 1917;
Col., May 18, 1918; Brig. Gen., U.S.A., Oct. 1, 1918. Disch. from emerg.
comm. June 1, 1919, reverting to R.A. comm. as Maj. Lt. Col., July 1,
1920; Col., Nov. 16, 1924. Brig. Gen., Sept. 1, 1928. Served in the field
during Spanish-Amer. War, Philippine Insurrection, China Relief Exped.,
and World War. During the last was Ch. of Staff, Southeastern Dept.;
Ch. of Staff, 89th Div., and Comdg. Gen., 36th Arty. Brig. After the
224 History of The Ohio State University
Armistice was asgd. to 3rd Inf. Brig., 2nd Div., which he commanded on
the march to the Rhine and the occupation of the bridgehead east of the
Rhine till Feb. 15, 1929. Important peace asgmts. : Gen. Staff, Apr., 1911
to Feb., 1913 and June, 1915 to April, 1917. Pres. of Bd. of Officers which
inspected the coast defenses of England, France, Italy, Austria, Malta,
and Turkey in spring of 1919. On Faculty Bd., Army War College,
1919-24.
Decorated and cited as follows: D.S.C., under G.O. 143, W.D., 1918.
(Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action, near Thiacourt, France, Sept.
12, 1918. As Chief of Staff he exposed himself to artillery and machine
gun fire during the advance of his division, exercising cool judgment and
strong determination in reorganizing the lines and getting troops for-
ward to the objective."
D.S.M. under G.O. 89, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service. As Chief
of Staff, 89th Division, he displayed military ability of the highest order,
contributing to the success achieved by the division during the St. Mihiel
offensive. Later, upon his promotion to the grade of Brigadier General,
he continued to render valuable service in command of the 36th Artillery
Brigade during the remainder of the campaign."
French Croix de Guerre with Palm. (Extract) :
"By his high intelligence and his valor he has contributed to making
the 89th Division of Infantry, American Army, a unit of the first order.
He has produced in the staff of that division an organization capable of
meeting all circumstances of war, inspiring an absolute confidence among
the troops of that unit. Under many circumstances he has executed
reconnaissances under violent bombardments."
Previously awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for distinguished
gallantry in action as 1st Lt., Vol. Sig. C, in the Philippines during
Philippine Insurrection ; also awarded Philippine Congressional Medal,
Victory Medal, and is entitled to wear the Service-in-Action badges for
Spanish Campaign, Filipino Insurrection and China Relief Expedition.
He is a Commander, 2nd Class, Royal Order of St. Olav and an Officer
of the Legion of Honor. No specific citations of record.
Margaret Amanda Knight, M.A. '15, Tuscon, Ariz.
Military Order of the British Empire
Interpreter and Dietitian, U.S. B. Hosp. 12, 2nd Corpn, France.
North High School, Columbus, 0.; B.A., Vassar College, Pough-
keepsie, N. Y. ; Graduate School. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Dietitian, U.S. Red Cross, Mch., 1917. Atchd. to Hosp. U. organized
and equipped at Northwestern Univ., Evanston, 111. Enl. Red Cross May
19, 1917; sailed for Europe immediately as intrprtr. and dietitian with
U.S. B. Hosp. 12, 2nd Corps. Later served as U.S.A. Dietitian with same
unit at Camiers, France, atchd. to the British to Apr. 29, 1919. Disch.
May 23, 1919.
Awarded her decoration "in recognition of meritorious services ren-
dered the Allied Cause."
Citations and Decorations 225
Mentioned in dispatch from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, dated
8th November, 1918, for gallant and distinguished services in the Field:
"I have it in command from the King to record His Majesty's high appre-
ciation of the services rendered." (Secretary of State for War, War
Office, Whiteshall S.W. 1st March, 1919.)
Wilson Homer Knox, C.E. '14, Columbus, 0.
Silver Star Citation.
1st Lt., C.W.S., 30th Engrs., France.
College of Engineering.
2nd Lt., Engrs., Sept. 5, 1917, from O.R.C.; 2nd Lt., C.W.S., Aug.
16, 1918; 1st Lt., C.W.S., Oct. 11, 1918. Engrs. Tng. Cp., Ft. Leaven-
worth, Kan., to Dec. 5, 1917; Co. B, 30th Engrs., to Apr. 2, 1918; Co. B,
30th Engrs. (1st Gas Regt.), to disch. American Univ., Washington, D.
C. A.E.F., Dec. 26, 1917 to Feb. 2, 1919. Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel;
Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sector. Disch. Feb. 10, 1919.
Cited in G.O. No. 3, Paragraph 1, G.H.Q., A.E.F., June 3, 1919, for
which he was awarded Silver Star. (Extract) :
"For gallantry in action during the Meuse-Argonne offensive,
France, 26 September to 11 November, 1918, and for his brilliant leader-
ship."
Louis Ralph Krumm, M.E. in E.E. '98, New York, N. Y.
Distinguished Service Medal; Chevalier, Legion of Honor
(French).
Lt. Col., Sig. C, Radio Sec, France.
Columbus, 0., High School; Preparatory Dept. and Engineering
Course, O.S.U. Varsity Baseball Team; Sub-Varsity Football Team.
Capt., Sig. C. R. C, Apr., 1917; Maj., R.A. (Temp.), Aug. 15, 1917;
Lt. Col., Sept. 27, 1918. Called to act. duty May 20, 1917. Rctg. Serv.,
New York, organizing Radio Units, Sig. C; O.T.S., Cp. Alfred Vail, N.
J., June 15, 1917 to July 1, 1917; Ch. Sig. Ofcr., Port of Embarkation,
Hoboken, N. J., to Sept. 27, 1917. A.E.F., Sept. 27, 1917 to Mch. 27, 1919.
Staff of Ch. Sig. Officer, A.E.F., in chg. Radio Div. and Operations.
Studied radio field apparatus and methods with 1st Brit, and 10th Fr.
Armies. Supervised the Radio Intelligence Serv. At various times was
in practically every section of the lines. Disch. Apr., 1919.
Awarded D.S.M. under G.O. 59, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. As super-
visor of Radio Service of the Signal Corps in France, he organized and
placed in satisfactory operation this important branch. The excellent
results obtained by our telephonic interception stations are due to his
masterful ability and exact scientific knowledge."
Also was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
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Jesse Benton Lane, B.S. in Agr. '17, Stockport, O.
Battalion Citation.
Sgt. Maj., 3rd Bn., lJ,8th Inf., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Stockport, O., High School; College of Agriculture; Graduate School.
O.N.G. June 30, 1917. Pvt. 13th Co., 4th Tng. Bn., 62nd Dep. Brig.,
to Oct. 25, 1917; Co. D, 148th Inf., to disch. Corp., Oct. 1, 1917; Sgt.,
Oct. 27, 1918; Bn. Sgt. Maj., Jan. 8, 1919. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 22, 1918
to Mch. 23, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector.
Wounded in action Oct. 31, 1918 near Olsene, Belgium, in the first Ypres-
Lys offensive. Brit. B. Hbsp. 2 to Nov. 30, 1918.
Cited by his Bn. Comdr. Oct. 26, 1918. (Extract) :
"On the night of 26-27 Sept., 1918, when the battalion was holding
the ridge west of Montfoucon, some 1500 meters in advance of the gen-
eral line, communication was desired with Col. Pickering, the Division
Reserve Commander. Several runners were sent out, but all returned
and reported that they were unable to locate the Colonel's P.C., either
on account of darkness or because they hesitated to go through the Ger-
man shell fire, in the valley to the rear, which was destroying our com-
munications by wire, or through the short bursts of machine-gun fire
which swept down from the valley from Montfoucon. Corporal Lane
volunteered to go through with the message, and did, making several
round trips through shell fire, darkness and rain."
William Campbell Langfitt, Engr. '83, Flushing, N. Y.
Distinguished Service Medal; Knight Commander, Legion of
Honor; Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath;
Commander, Order of the Crown of Belgium.
Maj. Gen. and Ch. Engineer, A.E.F.
Preparatory Dept., O.S.U. ; Engineering Course, O.S.U. Phi Kappa
Psi; Class Treasurer; Baseball Team.
Aptd. to U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y. July 1, 1878. Attended there
to July, 1879 and from July, 1880 to June, 1883, graduating as 2nd Lt.,
Engrs. ; 1st Lt., Sept. 30, 1884; Graduate, Engr. Sch. of Application,
1886; Capt, Mch. 31, 1895. Served in Spanish-Amer. War as Maj., 2nd
U.S. Engrs., June 7, 1898; mustered out May 16, 1899. Called into act.
serv. as Maj., Engrs., R.A., Apr. 21, 1913; Brig. Gen., N.A., Aug. 5,
1917; Maj. Gen., Feb. 9, 1918; Engr. Officer for Dist. of Columbia,
1886-8; in chg. of river and harbor improvements, Galveston, Tex.,
1888-93; improvement of Ohio River and tributaries, 1893-95; in com-
mand U.S. forces, Hawaii, 1898-9; Ch. Engr., Cuban Army of Pacifica-
tion, 1906-7; in command Engr. Sch. and Dep., Washington Barracks, D.
C, 1907-10; in chg. river and harbor improvements and water supply,
Washington, D. C, 1910-14; river and harbor improvements. Southeast-
ern Div., 1914-16; Ch. Engr. Officer, Southern Dept., including railway
operations, 1916-17; organized 13th Engrs., May to Aug., 1917 A.E.F. ,
Aug., 1917 to Aug., 1919. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Somme offensive;
Citations and Decorations 227
Defensive Sector. Mgr. of Light. Rwys., Sept. 14, 1917; in chg. of all
Amer. forces on duty with the British, Oct. 15, 1917; Ch. of Utilities, in
chg. of transportation, Depts. of Construction and Forestry, Light Rail-
ways and Roads, and Motor Transportation, Mch. 12, 1918; Ch. Engr.,
A.E.F., July 10, 1918. Disch. from emerg. comm. only Aug., 1919. Re-
verted to R.A. status of Col.
Awarded D.S.M. under G.O. 12, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service. As Direc-
tor of light railways and roads, and later as chief of utilities he displayed
great ability and marked breadth of vision. As chief engineer of the
American Expeditionary Forces, his brilliant professional attainments,
untiring energy, and devotion to duty placed his department in a state
of efficiency and enabled it to perform its important function in a most
satisfactory manner."
In recognition of his services to the Allied Cause and for distin-
guished service in the campaign, he was made a Knight Commander of
the Legion of Honor, Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium,
and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath (British), and
Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium.
Ralph Watt Laughlin, Arts '17, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation (Posthumous).
(See Roll of Honor, 280.)
James Irving Mabee, M.D. '94, Rockwood, Mich.
Distinguished Service Medal; Croix de Guerre with Palm
(French) ; Officer, Legion of Honor (French).
Col., M.C., Hq., 1st Div., France.
Public Schools, Jasper, Mich.; Fayette, 0., Normal School; Starling
Medical College (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.).
Asst. Surg., R.A., May 18, 1903; Capt., M.C., Apr. 23, 1908; Maj.,
July 1, 1916; Lt. Col., May 15, 1917; Col., M.C., N.A., Feb. 6, 1918. Grad-
uate, Army Med. Sch., 1904. Med. Dept., Univ. of Buffalo, Buffalo, N. Y.,
to June 6, 1917; Hq., 1st Div., A.E.F., to Feb. 7, 1919; Med. Dept., Hq.,
3rd Army C, to June 16, 1919; M.C., unasgd., to Aug. 4, 1919; Med.
Dept., Presidio of Monterey, Calif., to disch. Disch. Mch. 25, 1920 from
emerg. comm. only. Reverted to R.A. status of Lt. Col. Since retired.
Awarded D.S.M. under G.O. 9, W.D., Mch. 23, 1923. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. He served
with the 1st Division as sanitary inspector from June 6, 1917, to July,
1918, and as division surgeon from July 4, 1918, to Feb. 10, 1919, and
then as chief surgeon, 3rd Corps. By his high professional attainments,
his ability for organization and for securing cooperation of his subordi-
nates, and his tireless efforts, he effected the successful evacuation of
many casualties suffered by the 1st Division in the Soissons, St. Mihiel,
Meuse-Argonne, and Sedan attacks. At all times he rendered services of
great value to the American Expeditionary Forces in positions of great
responsibility.
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Croix de Guerre with Palm awarded under Order No. 14.141 "D,"
March 9, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"As chief of the medical service of an attack division he displayed
untiring zeal and exceptional skill in the accomplishments of his mission.
He organized the evacuation of the wounded in a complete and perfect
manner in difficult circumstances, and most particularly distinguished
himself from July 18-22, and from October 1-12, 1918, in making fre-
quent inspections of the first-aid stations, exposing himself bravely to
the most violent bombardments and giving an example of zeal to his
personnel."
Was also made an Officer of the Legion of Honor.
Thomas Malone Magruder, B.A. '21, B.M.E. '22, Columbus, 0.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
Pvt., U.S.A. Amb. Serv., France and Germany.
Kent School, Kent, Conn.; College of Arts; College of Engineering.
Sgt., O.S.U. Corps of Cadets; Beta Theta Pi; Tau Beta Pi.
Went to France June 25, 1917 with Prof. Walter Pierce of Romance
Languages Dept., O.S.U. Enl. as driver in Vol. Amer. Fid. Amb. Serv.,
with the French Armies, to Sept. 7, 1917. This serv. was then taken over
by the U.S.A. and became the U.S.A. Amb. Serv. Magruder's unit be-
came S.S.U. 634 and was reasgd. to the French Armies. Overseas June
25, 1917 to Apr. 23, 1919. Pvt. Icl., May 7, 1918. Chemin des Dames;
Verdun; Hill 304; Deadman's Hill; Avocourt Sector; Argonne; Somme;
Champagne, Meuse-Argonne; Army of Occupation. Disch. Apr. 29, 1919.
Awarded decoration under French Divisional Orders No. 230, 3rd
Div., Inf., May 25, 1918. (Extract) :
"Driver Thomas Magruder of the S.S.U. 634 has shown qualities of
energy and courage, his motor giving out on a road severely shelled, in
the course of the night of May 6 and 7, he repaired it and succeeded in
bringing in three wounded men he was carrying, in spite of a sprained
knee which necessitated his entering a hospital."
Frank Earl Mason, B.A. '15, New York, N. Y.
Meritorious Services Citation Certificate;
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
Capt., 9th Inf., 2nd Div., and Milit. Intelligence, France; Germany.
East Div. High School, Milwaukee, Wis.; College of Arts. Sigma
Delta Chi; Capt. and Adj., O.S.U. Bn. of Cadets; Sphinx; Ed., Lantern;
Assoc. Ed., Makio; Vice-Pres., Student Council; Phi Beta Kappa,
2nd Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917. O.T.C., Ft. Sheridan, 111., Aug. to Nov.,
1917. 1st Lt., Inf., U.S.A., Oct. 16, 1918; Capt., Nov. 13, 1918. Hoboken,
N. J. 9th Inf.; Instr., Army Intelligence Sch., Langres, France; Milit.
Intelligence, 3rd Army; Ch. Censor, Milit. Intelligence, Adv. G.H.Q.,
Treves, Germany; Liaison Officer, U.S. Milit. Mission, Berlin, Germany.
A.E.F., Jan. 17, 1918 to disch. Toulon-Troyon ; Chateau-Thierry. Disch.
Citations and Decorations 229
Oct. 22, 1919 at Paris, France. Later Milit. Attache, The Hague, Hol-
land, and Representative of Internat. News Serv. at Berlin.
Awarded Certificate by Comdg. Gen., A.E.F., for services in Army
Intelligence Sec. (Extract):
"Captain Frank E. Mason, Infantry, has distinguished himself by
exceptionally meritorious sei'vice to the Government in a duty of great
responsibility in connection with military operations against an armed
enemy of the United States. His unceasing devotion and untiring ef-
forts have, without doubt, contributed in a large measure to the success-
ful training of many officers, and the application of this training in the
field has had its share in breaking down determined resistance of the
enemy, also the saving of the lives of many thousands of our soldiers."
Also awarded Croix de Guerre with Silver Star under Order No.
14.675 "D," Mch. 21, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Ex-
tract) :
"An officer of absolute devotion, who has proved his great courage
and coolness in March, 1918, on Troyon sector in investigating and re-
porting valuable intelligence concerning a violent enemy attack. For a
long time he patrolled the first lines under heavy bombardment, giving
thus a fine example of contempt of danger."
The following extract from a letter of appreciation sent to Capt.
Mason by Brig. Gen. Nolan, A.C. of S., G-2, G.H.Q., A.E.F., is the basis
of the award of the Meritorious Services Citation Certificate:
"Your work as Intelligence Officer of the 9th Infantry at Chateau-
Thierry was such as to mark you as the most capable and efficient Regi-
mental Intelligence Officer in the A.E.F. As such you were called to the
Intelligence School as Instructor to train other Intelligence Officers to
perform what you had found out for yourself should be done. This work,
however, did not interfere with your being permitted to rejoin the 9th
Infantry during the St. Mihiel offensive, where you again performed
gallant military service.
"Since the Armistice you have been in charge of the letter censorship
at Advanced General Headquarters, Treves, Germany, and of the Third
Army. In conclusion, you have carried out, successfully, several impor-
tant missions for your country in unoccupied Germany. No officer of
your age and rank has come to my notice with a record for duty well
done equal to yours, or who is so generally regarded with the affection
and respect of his superiors, equals and subordinates."
Robert Elden Mathew^s, Prof., Law.
Divisional Citation with Silver Star; U. S. Army Citation;
Purple Heart.
Capt., A.G.D., 33rd Div., France.
Entered Cav. Ofcrs. Tng. Cp., Ft, Sheridan, 111., May 15, 1917.
Asgd. to Hq., 33rd Div., Cp. Logan, Houston, Tex., Aug., 1917 as 2nd Lt.,
A.G.D. 1st Lt., Jan. 17, 1918. A.E.F. overseas May 16, 1918 to June 11,
1919. Somme offensive, July 1918; Meuse-Argonne offensive, Sept.-Oct.,
1918. Tsfd. to G.H.Q., A.E.F., and promoted Capt, A.G.D., Nov. 9,
1918. Disch. June 12, 1919.
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Awarded Purple Heart; Silver Star.
Cited under G.O. No. 48, W.D., Hq., 33rd Div., Apr. 9, 1919, with
other officers and enlisted men of Hq. 33rd Div. and of Hq. Troops "for
gallantry in action against the enemy and each officer and enlisted man
will be entitled to wear a silver star upon the service ribbon for Victory
Medal."
Also given U.S. Army Citation June 4, 1919 "for exceptional, meri-
torious, and conspicuous services in the Statistical Division, A.G.O.,
G.H.Q., American Expeditionary Forces.
(Signed) John J. Pershing,
Commander-in-Chief.
Raymond Charles Mauger, M.D. '14, Condit, 0.
Military Cross (British).
Capt., M.C. 138th Fid. Amb. Co., France.
College of Medicine. Phi Rho Sigma; Starling-Loving Med. Soc.
1st Lt., M.C, Apr. 13, 1918, from O.R.C.; Capt., May 17, 1919. Ft.
Oglethorpe, Ga. 138th Fid. Amb. Co. to disch. A.E.F., Aug. 6, 1918 to
May 26, 1919. Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. Disch. May 2, 1919.
Awarded the Military Cross, List 40, British War Office, July 18,
1919, "in recognition of meritorious services rendered the Allied Cause."
Charles Edward McClelland, M.D, '02, Columbus, 0,
Divisional Citation.
{See Roll of Honor, 283.)
Sidney M. McCurdy, Lecturer, Medicine, College of Medicine.
Regimental Citation; Brigade Citation;
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
Capt., Bn. Surg., 2nd Bn., 18th Inf., 1st Div., France.
Aptd. Capt., Med. C, Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., June 30, 1917. Asgd.
to B. Hosp. 31, Youngstown, 0., Sept. 7, 1917 as Adj. Gen. and Det.
Comdr. Overseas with same U., Dec. 14, 1917, to Contrixville le Vosges,
France. Tsfd. May 15, 1918 to 1st Div., R.A., as Bn. Surg., 2nd Bn.,
18th Inf. Battle of Cantigny, Aisne-Marne offensive; St. Mihiel; Meuse-
Argonne; Sazerais; Defensive Sector. Invalided to rear Nov. 2, 1918.
Returned to U. S. Feb. 14, 1919. Disch. from Hosp., New Haven, Conn.,
Apr. 9, 1919.
The 18th U.S. Infantry was cited in G.O. No. 41, Hq., 1st Div.,
A.E.F., Aug. 2, 1918. (Extract) :
"For distinguished conduct in advancing rapidly and capturing and
holding, promptly and surely, all objectives assigned to it while sustain-
ing heavy losses, during the advance from July 18-22, inclusive.
"Throughout the battle of the Marne Salient, July 18-22, 1918, the
18th Infantry was always the leading regiment, and on the night of
Citations and Decorations 231
July 22-23, this regiment, when relieved, left its line further advanced
into hostile territory than any regiment on its right or left.
"For those qualities which keep and have kept the 18th Infantry
ever to the fore, the Regimental Commander cites the following officers:
Captain Sidney McCurdy, M.O.R.C, Bn. Surgeon, 18th Infantry" [and
others].
Also cited under Order No. 15.170 "D," G.H.Q., French Armies of
the East, by Marshal Petain, Commander-in-Chief of the said Armies,
Mch. 31, 1919, with the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief of the
A.E.F. in France (Extract) :
"Captain Sidney McCurdy, M.C., Battalion Surgeon, unusually sat-
isfactory. Worked without thought of self in the performance of his
duties. On the battle field, under violent bombardments, he obtained ap-
preciable results, especially in the Argonne."
Don Robson McGill, LL.B. '17, Columbus, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross;
Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star (French).
Capt., F.A., 308th Trench Mortar Btry, 158th F.A. Brig., 83rd Div.,
France.
Nelsonville, O., High School; College of Arts; College of Law. De-
gree granted in absentia, for he had already been three weeks at Ft.
Benj. Harrison, Ind.
2nd Lt., F.A., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt., Mch. 9, 1918; Capt, May 14,
1918. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., May 15 to Aug. 15, 1917. Cp. Sherman,
O.; Cp. Mills, N. Y. 308th French Mortar Btry., 158th F.A. Brig., to
disch. 83rd Div A.E.F., June 13, 1918 to Apr. 19, 1919. Disch. Oct. 2,
1919.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 32, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Brabant, France, Oct.
23, 1918. Due to the untiring energy and determination of Capt. McGill,
eight 6-inch mortars and ammunition were transported to within 800
meters of the enemy lines, greatly aiding in the preparatory artillery
bombardment. Although 15 of the 55 men engaged were killed, 13
wounded, and 4 gassed, the mortars were kept in action until the last
one was destroyed by enemy fire."
Capt. McGill and his Unit were awarded the French Croix de Guerre
with Gilt Star under Order No. 13.107 "D," Jan. 26, 1919, G.H.Q..
French Armies of the East, (Extract) :
"On October 23, 1918, under the command of Captain Don R. McGill,
this battery displayed maneuvering qualities of the first order in exe-
cuting by night the occupation of a delicate position on ground particu-
larly difficult and registered by the enemy. At dawn, when caught under
a violent concentrated fire of the enemy artillery and subjected to the
steady fire of machine-guns, it gave a superb example of devotion and
heroism in continuing in spite of heavy losses in men and mortars to fire
until the personnel was completely exhausted."
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Paul Deady Meek, B.A. '05, Columbus, 0.
Croix de Guerre (Belgian).
Capt., Sig. C, 112th Fid. Sig. Bn., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
North High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Arts. Phi Gamma
Delta.
1st Lt., Sig. C, Apr., 1917, from O.N.G.; Capt., Dec. 20, 1917; Maj.,
Feb. 22, 1919. Army Sig. Sch., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; 112th Fid, Sig.
Bn. to disch. Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Lee, Va. ; Newport News, Va. 37th
Div. A.E.F., June 23, 1918 to Mch. 25, 1919. Baccarat Sector; Avon-
court Sector; Meuse-Argonne; Pannes Sector; Ypres-Lys.
Awarded decoration Dec. 17, 1918. "for exceptionally gallant con-
duct in action during the operations of the 37th Division, U.S.A., in
Belgium."
Ward Charles Miller, Engr. '12, Chillicothe, 0.
Divisional Citation.
2nd Lt., 18th Inf., 1st Div., France.
Chillicothe, O., High School; Dorchester, Mass., High School; Col-
lege of Engineering.
R.A. June 4, 1917. Co. B, 46th Inf., to disch. Sgt. Disch. June 4,
1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf. Co. E, 18th Inf.; 338th Inf. 1st Div.
A.E.F., July 30, 1918 to Aug. 12, 1919. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; De-
fensive Sector. Wounded in action Oct. 5, 1918. Disch. Aug. 30, 1919.
Cited in G.O., Hq., 1st Div., Jan. 1, 1920, "for gallantry in action and
especially meritorious services."
John Henry Millholen, Engr. '20, Napoleon, O.
Divisional Citation with Silver Star.
Pvt., Hq. Co., U7th F.A., 88th Div., France.
Napoleon, 0., High School; College of Engineering; College of Arts;
College of Law.
O.N.G. Nov. 22, 1917. Pvt. Btry. A, 137th F.A., to Oct. 31, 1918; Hq.
Co., 147th F.A., to disch. Cp. Shelby, Miss. 88th Div. A.E.F., June 12,
1918 to Mch. 23, 1919. Aisne-Marne; Tismes; Dravegny; Meuse-Ar-
gonne; Defensive Sector. Gassed near Courville. B. Hosp. 119, Savigny,
France. Cp. Sherman, O.; Gen. Hosp. 12 to disch., Aug. 14, 1918. Disch.
Aug. 15, 1919. Surg's. certificate of disabl. in line of duty.
Cited in G.O. 18, Hq., 88th Div., Apr. 7, 1919. (Extract) :
(With other soldiers) "on August 10, 1918, near Dravegny, France,
[he] patrolled the telephone line from the second battalion headquarters
to the battalion observation post and established communication under
severe fire."
Citations and Decorations 233
Albert Gladstone Moff, Agr. '19, Calla, O.
Croce al Merito di Guerre (Italian).
Sgt., M.G. Co., 332nd Inf., 83rd Div., Italy.
Born Calla, O., June 14, 1893; Canfield, 0., High School; College of
Agriculture.
N.A. Sept. 19, 1917. Pvt. M.G. Co., 332nd Inf., to disch. Pvt. Icl.,
Jan. 7, 1918; Corp., May 15, 1918; Sgt., June 1, 1918. 83rd Div. A.E.F.,
June 8, 1918 to Apr. 18, 1919. Italy: Vittorio-Veneto ; Ponto della
Delizia; Defensive sector. Disch. May 5, 1919. Citation not available.
Howard Newton Morrow, Agr. '20, Hillsboro, O.
Brigade Citation.
Corp., Co. M, 16th Inf., 1st Div., France; Germany.
Hillsboro, O., High School; College of Agriculture. Alpha Zeta.
N.A. June 26, 1918. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O., to July
18, 1918; Co. C, 334th Inf., to Oct. 17, 1918; Co. M, 16th Inf., to disch.
Corp., Aug. 16, 1918. 1st Div. A.E.F., Sept. 2, 1918 to Sept. 2, 1919.
Meuse-Argonne; Army of Occupation. Disch. Sept. 25, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 5, Hq., 1st Inf., June 1, 1919. "For gallant and cour-
ageous conduct during participation in one of the four Major Operations
of this Division."
Russell Lowell Mundhenk, D.V.M. '16, former Instructor, Veterinary
Medicine.
Meritorious Services Citation Certificate;
Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star (French).
Lt. Col, 112th F. Sig. Bn., 37th Div., France.
Arcanum, O., High School; Philadelphia Pharmacy College; College
of Veterinary Medicine. Acacia; Alpha Psi; Phi Sigma; Pi Theta
Sigma; Maj., O.S.U. Corps of Cadets; Scabbard and Blade; Asst., Vet.
Medicine and Physiology.
Maj., Sig. C, Aug. 5, 1917, from O.N.G.; Lt. Col., Feb. 22, 1919.
112th Am. Tn.; 112th F. Sig. Bn. Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Lee, Va.;
Newport News, Va.; Cp. Merritt, N. J.; Cp. Meade, Md. 37th Div.
A.E.F., June 23, 1918 to Mch. 25, 1919. Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys. In
chg. Pigeon Sec, 37th Div. Disch. July 16, 1919.
Awarded Citation Certif. by Gen. Pershing May 16, 1919. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services as Com-
manding Officer, 112th Field Signal Battalion, 37th Division, American
Expeditionary Forces, in testimony thereof, and as an expression of
appreciation of these services I award him this citation."
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The Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star was awarded under Order No.
13.102 "D," Jan. 24, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"During the period from Oct. 31 to November 4, 1918, he directed
the establishment of the telephone lines, keeping up constantly with the
second wave, thus giving an example of courage and boldness. In spite
of the bombardment and the losses of many of his personnel, he succeeded
in effecting uninterrupted communication with the advanced elements.
During the night of November 1-2 he personally directed the construc-
tion of a telephone line under a violent fire of artillery."
Edward Sterling Nichol, Arts '20, Columbus, 0.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star (French).
1st Lt., U.S.A. Amb. Serv., S.S.U. 53i, England and France.
North High School, Columbus, O. ; College of Arts. Phi Kappa Psi.
E.R.C. June 15, 1917. Pvt. Called to act. duty July 4, 1917. Sec.
Ill, U.S.A. Amb. Serv., to disch. Disch. Nov. 20, 1917 to accept comm.
1st Lt. Sec. 534 (S.S.U. 534), U.S.A. Amb. Serv., to disch. Allentown,
Pa. A.E.F., Jan. 8, 1918 to May 28, 1919. England; France: Aisne;
Marne; Oise- Aisne; Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. Disch. June 4, 1919.
Lt. Nichol and his unit were decorated with the French Croix de
Guerre with Gilt Star under Order No. 12,787, "D," dated Jan. 10, 1919,
G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"Already cited in the orders of the division after the battle of the
Somme, March-April, 1918, this unit under the energetic leadership of
its commander, Lt. Nichol, has continued to display the finest spirit and
greatest endurance in the recent combats. Advancing beyond the regi-
mental aid stations many times, it was able to accomplish under the most
violent enemy fire, the rapid removal of the wounded of the Division."
Previously awarded the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star under
Order No. 11,931 "D," dated Nov. 25, 1918, G.H.Q., French Armies of
the East. (Extract) :
"A most distinguished ofiicer who was always ready for action dur-
ing the combats of Aug., 1918, he displayed great courage and untiring
zeal in supervising the loading of the wounded at the first aid stations
exposed to the fire of the enemy."
Fred William Norton, Jr., B.Sc in For. '17, Columbus, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumous) ;
Croix de Guerre with Palm (French).
Honor and Merit Medal of the Aero Club of America.
(All posthumous).
{See Roll of Honor, 286.)
Kenneth Bain Norton, B.A. '16, Columbus, O.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
Corp., U.S.A. Amb. Serv., S.S.U. 6U, France.
Citations and Decorations 235
East High School, Columbus, O., College of Arts; Graduate School.
Sigma Nu; Alpha Tau Omega.
Volunteered as Amb. Driver in Amer. Fid. Serv., a vol. organization.
Sailed for France July 10, 1917. Amer. Fid. Serv., Sect. 32 (S.S.U. 32),
atchd. to the 37th French Div. Enl. Sept. 22, 1917, when A.E.F. took
over the Amer. Fid. Serv. Pvt. Remained with his original U., which
now became S.S.U. 644, U.S.A. Amb. Serv., and was still atchd. to 37th
French Div. Pvt. Icl., Nov. 20, 1917; Corp., Apr. 6, 1918. Montdidier-
Noyon; Somme offensive; Oise-Aisne. Disch. June 9, 1919.
Awarded decorations under Order No. 12,779 "D," Jan. 8, 1919,
G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"A very zealous driver who displayed fine conduct under fire. He
was particularly conspicuous on Aug. 28 and 29, 1918, in directing the
evacuations of the wounded under a violent bombardment."
Richard L. Orth, B.C.E. '20, Dunkirk, O.
DiivisioNAL Citation.
Sgt., Co. I, 26th Inf., 1st Div., France.
Manual Tng. School, Denver, Colo.; College of Engineering.
N.A. Sept. 20, 1917. Pvt. Co. I, 329th Inf., to Aug. 5, 1918; Co. I,
26th Inf., to Jan. 22, 1919; Co. K, 26th Inf., to disch. Corp., Oct. 8, 1917;
Sgt., May 22, 1918. 1st Div. A.E.F., June 11, 1918 to Sept. 2, 1919. St.
Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action Oct. 6,
1918. Disch. Sept. 25, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 1, Hq., 1st Div., Jan. 1, 1920, "For gallantry in action
and especially meritorious services."
Edward Orton, Jr., E.M. '84, former Prof., Ceramics; former Dean,
College of Engineering.
Distinguished Service Medal.
Lt. Col, M.T.C.
Preparatory Department, O.S.U. ; Mine Engineering Course, O.S.U.
Phi Gamma Delta; Sigma Xi; Horton Lit. Soc. ; 2nd Lt., O.S.U. Corps
of Cadets. Dean, College of Engineering.
O.N.G., 1878-80; Army Tng. Cp., Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., 1916.
Maj., Q.M.C., Jan. 5, 1917; Lt. Col., Sept. 6, 1918. Called to act. serv.
May 9, 1917. Operating Div., Gen. Staff, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; Per-
sonnel Ofcr. and Asst. to Cmdg. Ofcr., M.T. Rep. Shops, San Antonio,
Tex., to June, 1917; Asst. in chg. of tests and reports on motor equip-
ment, Transp. Div., Office of Dept. Q.M., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; Asst.
to Cmdg. Ofcr., M. Trk. Group, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. In chg. Engr.
Sec, M.T. Div., Q.M.C., Aug. 25, 1917, to design and build in large quan-
tities several standardized milit. trks. for Army use. Under Maj. Orton's
direction designs, construction, and tests were completed in six months,
which ordinarily would have required about four years. Trsf. to Main-
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tenance Div. Feb. 26, 1918, with duties, chiefly executive, in connection
with designing, procuring, and building equipment for transportation
rep. shops of large size. The M.T. Div., Q.M.C., was supplanted by M.T.
Serv. May 26, 1918. Maj. Orton was made Ch. of Overseas Liaison
Branch of the new organization. The M.T. Serv. was supplanted by the
M.T.C. Aug. 20, 1918, Maj. Orton being aptd. Ch. of Serv. Div., M.T.C.,
collecting statistical data, making inventory of the property of the M.T.
C, serving as Morale Officer, and gathering and instructing necessary
ofcrs. and elks. After the Armistice Orton, now Lt. Col., organized the
Inventory Sec, supervised preparation of inventory, and with aid of
other ofcrs. and several civilians, wrote the history of the M.T.C. Disch.
June 1, 1919, with comm. of Col., Q.M.C., O.R.C.
Awarded D.S.M. under G.O. 69, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service. His untir-
ing energy and splendid judgment were displayed in the efficient organi-
zation of the Engineering Division of the Motor Transport Corps, in
bringing about standardization of equipment and supplies, and in effi-
ciently directing the forces of motor industry to the mutual advantage of
the Army and the industry itself." He was breveted Brig. Gen.
After him has been named the General Orton Chapter, Reserve Offi-
cers' Assn. of the U. S.
Morse Foster Osborn, Arts '09, M.D. '12, Columbus, 0.
Croix de Guerre (Belgian).
Capt., M.C., F. Hof^p. U6, 37th Div., France; Belgium.
North High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Arts; Starling-Ohio
Medical College (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.).
With O.N.G. on Mexican Punitive Exped., 191Q. 1st Lt., M.C., from
O.N.G.; Capt., Mch. 22, 1918. F. Hosp. 146 to disch. Columbus Bar-
racks, O.; Cp. Sherman, O.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June
22 to Dec. 31, 1918. Baccarat Sector; Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. In
hosp., Cp. Sherman, O., due to an injury. Disch. July 2, 1919.
Awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre "in recognition of faithful and
meritorious services rendered the Allied Cause in the advance to the
Lys."
Roderick Peattie, Prof., Geography.
U. S. Army Citation.
Mr. Engr. (Sr.Gr.), Co. D, 7Uh Engrs., France.
Enr. Harvard Univ. R.O.T.C. June, 1917. Trsfd. as Topographic
Aide, Milit. Mar. Div., U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C, July,
1917. Enl. Co. E, 25th Engrs., Oct. 26, 1917. Trsfd. to Co. B, 29th
Engrs., as 1st Sgt. Sailed for France Jan. 30, 1918. Mr. Engr. (Sr.Gr.).
St. Mihiel; Chateau-Thierry. Instr., Flash and Ground Ranging Div. of
Army Engineering Sch., Langres, France. Disch. Mch. 26, 1918.
U. S. Army Citation, June 29, 1919. (Extract) :
Citations and Decorations 237
"Master Engineer, Junior Grade, Roderick Peattie, Company D, 74th
Engineers, for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services in
Sound and Flash Ranging Service, France, American Expeditionary
Forces."
(Signed) John J. Pershing,
Commander-in-Chief.
William John Perry, Vet. Med. '20, Wakeman, 0.
U. S. Army Citation with Silver Star.
Sgt, Hq. Co., 145th Inf., 37th Div., France.
Wakeman, O., High School; College of Veterinary Medicine.
O.N.G. June 1, 1917. Pvt. Co. G. 5th Inf., O.N.G. (Hq. Co., 145th
Inf.), to disch. Pvt. Icl., Nov. 13, 1917; Sgt., May 12, 1919. 37th Div.
A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to Mch. 27, 1919. Ypres-Lys; St. Mihiel; Meuse-
Argonne; Defensive Sector. Disch. May 1, 1919.
Entitled to wear Silver Star on his Victory Medal ribbon under cita-
tion in G.O. 56, W.D., Dec. 30, 1922. (Extract) :
"For gallantry in action near Eyne, Belgium, November 3, 1918, in
securing valuable information under heavy fire."
AvERiLL Braxton Pfeifer, Engr. '17, Cleveland, 0.
Regimental Citation.
Capt., 18th Inf., A.E.F., France.
Wheeling, W. Va., High School; College of Arts; College of Engi-
neering. Sigma Pi.
O.N.G. July 6, 1915. Pvt. 2nd Amb. Co., O.N.G., to May 14, 1917;
O.T.C., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., to disch. Pvt. Icl. Disch. Aug. 14, 1917
to accept comm. 1st Lt, Inf. Capt., July 30, 1918. 18th Inf. A.E.F.,
Sept. 5, 1917 to Sept. 10, 1918. Montdidier-Noyon ; Aisne-Marne; De-
fensive Sector. Wounded slightly in action May 4, 1918. Disch. Mch. 21,
1919.
Cited in G.O. 15, Hq., 18th Inf., Aug. 11, 1918. (Extract) :
"For gallant and efficient leadership during the battle of Soissons,
July 18-22. Throughout this battle the 18th Infantry led the attack and
on the night of July 22-23 turned over its line on its last objective on the
plateau of Brozancy further to the front than any regiment on its right
or left. The success of this brilliant attack which continued for four
successive days is due to the efforts of the officers and men of the 18th
Infantry,"
Paul Willard Pheley, B.A. '21, Perrysburg, 0.
British Citation.
Pvt., 56th (Anti- Air craft) Engrs., atchd. to Royal Engrs., British 5th
Army, France; Belgium.
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Scott High School, Dayton, 0.; College of Wooster, 0.; College of
Engineering.
R.A. Apr. 16, 1918. Pvt. 56th Engrs. (Anti-Aircraft) to June 7,
1918; 603rd Engrs. to Feb. 17, 1919; Co. F, 56th Engrs., to disch. A.E.F.,
July 9, 1918 to Jan. 18, 1919. Atchd. in France to Royal Engrs., Brit.
5th Army. After nearly a month in France was sent to the Flanders
front and was in operations at Bethune, Brugy, St. Venant, Merville,
Estaires, Isbergue, and Lille. Was badly gassed. Returned to U. S. in
latter part of Jan., 1919. Disch. Feb. 25, 1919.
As his serv. was with the British, including Australians, Scots, and
Portuguese, was cited in Brit. Orders. Citation not available.
Douglas Elliot Pickens, B.Sc. in Agr. '15, Ripley, 0.
Crock al Merito di Guerra (Italian).
1st Sgt., U.S.A. Amb. Serv, with Italian Army.
Ripley, 0., High School; College of Agriculture. Alpha Zeta.
N.A. Mch. 16, 1918. Pvt. 7th Co., Cp. Meigs, Washington, D. C, to
May 26, 1918. Trsf. to U.S.A. Amb. Serv. in June, 1918. Allentown,
Pa. Corp., July 15, 1918; Sgt., Jan. 18, 1919. A.E.F., June 13, 1918 to
July 17, 1919. Hq., U.S.A. Amb. Serv., with Italian Army. Cp. Lido
d'Albaro, Genoa, Italy, to Sept. 1, 1918; Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy,
to Apr. 1, 1919; Villa Torre del' Amore, Genoa, Italy, to July, 1919.
Disch. July 28, 1919. The U.S.A. Amb. Serv. with the Italian Army con-
sisted of about 1200 men — students from various Amer. Univs. They
were sent to Italy at request of the Ital. Govt, and were atchd. directly
to the Royal Ital. Army. The Amb. Sees, comprising the contingent were
stationed on the Austrian-Ital. Front and took the place of Ital. Amb.
Sees, removed from duty.
Awarded decoration Apr. 15, 1919. No specific citation of record.
Aldace John Phillips, Agr. '18, Tontogany, 0.
Two Divisional Citations.
Pvt. Id, Btry. C, 13Uh F.A., 37th Div., France.
Born Tontogany, O., Nov. 19, 1893; High School, Bowling Green, O.;
College of Agriculture.
O.N.G. Oct. 30, 1917. Pvt. Btry C, 134th F.A., to disch. Pvt. Icl.,
Aug. 1, 1918. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 28, 1918 to Apr. 2, 1919. Marbache
sector; Bois de Bonsiel; Pannes Sector. Disch. Apr. 16, 1919.
Received his citations for gallantry in assault on the German lines
east of Verdun about end of Oct., 1918. Citations not available.
Citations and Decorations 239
George Rolland Powell, D.V.M. '11, Lakewood, O.
Chevalier, Legion of Honor (French) ;
Officer, French Ordre du Merite Agricole.
Maj., V.C., Office of the Ch. Surg. Gen., France.
North High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Alpha Psi; Veterinary Med. Soc.
2nd Lt, V.C, July 19, 1917, from O.R.C.; Capt., Sept. 27, 1918;
Maj., Jan. 16, 1919. V.C, 3rd Cav., to Aug. 24, 1918; Asst. Ch. Veteri-
narian, Office of Ch. Surg. Gen,, to disch. Disch. Oct. 25, 1919.
Was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and awarded the
Ordre du Merite Agricole, being decorated by Marechal Petain Apr. 11,
1919. No specific citations available.
Hazleton Albanius Purvis, B.Sc. in Agr. '19, M.Sc. '28, New Bremen, O.
Croix de Guerre (French).
Sgt., Garden Serv. 1, Q.M.C., France.
Bremen, O., High School; College of Agriculture. Pres., Buckeye
Club.
R.A. July 6, 1917. Pvt. Co. M, 9th Inf., to Jan. 25, 1918; Hq. Co.,
9th Inf., to May 2, 1918; Garden Serv. C. 1, Q.M.C., to disch. Corp., Aug.
20, 1917; Bn. Sgt., Jan. 25, 1918; Pvt., Apr. 27, 1918; Sgt., July 1, 1918;
Sgt. Icl., Sept. 16, 1918. A.E.F., Sept. 18, 1917 to Apr. 26, 1919. De-
fensive Sector. Twice wounded in action. Disch. May 8, 1919.
Awarded French Croix de Guerre. Citation not available.
William Henry Rare, Engr. Spl. '13-'14, New Bremen, 0.
Brigade Citation with Silver Star.
1st Lt., nth M.G. Bn., 5th Div., France.
New Bremen, O., High School; U.S. Nav. Acad., Annapolis, Md. ;
College of Engineering.
1st Lt, Inf., Aug. 15, 1917. 1st O.T.C., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.,
May 15 to Aug. 15, 1917. Cp. Sherman, 0. 14th M.G. Bn. to disch. 5th
Div. A.E.F., June 12, 1918 to July 22, 1919. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne ;
Defensive Sector. Disch. Aug. 14, 1919.
Entitled to wear Silver Star on his Victory Medal ribbon under
citation in G.O. 11, Dec. 31, 1918. (Extract) :
"Near Regnieville, France, early in the morning of Sept. 12, 1918,
at the beginning of the St. Mihiel offensive, finding his company com-
mander missing with all data for the attack, this officer exercised the
highest determination and coolness, and in spite of these very trying
circumstances, led his company in such a manner, that what threatened
to be chaos resulted in a very successful attack."
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Walter Watson Randolph, B.A. '18, M.D. '23, Columbus, O.
Meritorious Services Citation Certificate;
Brevet Militaire (French) and Honorary Member of Aero Club
OF France.
1st Lt. 801st Aero Sq., France.
West High School, Columbus, O.; College of Arts; College of Medi-
cine. Phi Delta Theta; Alpha Kappa Kappa; Phi Sigma; Pan-Hellenic
Council.
E.R.C. Aug. 15, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.,
to Oct. 13, 1917. A.E.F., Det. 1, Flying Cadets, to disch. Disch. June
4, 1918 to accept comm. 1st Lt., A.S. 3rd Avia. Instr. Center, A.E.F.,
to Sept. 28, 1918; 801st Aer. Sq. to Dec. 9, 1918; Hq. Det., 3rd Avia.
Instr. Center, A.E.F., to Feb. 1, 1919; A.S. Dep., Garden City, L. I., N.
Y., to disch. A.E.F., Oct. 27, 1917 to Feb. 12, 1919. Instr., Amer. Ad-
vanced Flying School. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Disch. Feb. 17, 1919.
Awarded Citation Certificate "for conspicuous and meritorious serv-
ice in the face of the enemy by disregarding risk to own life in rescuing
an occupant (his observer) from his burning plane, which had caught on
fire in the air and was wrecked in landing."
Also given Brevet Militaire because of his attendance at French
Aviation Schools and association at the front with French Aviation
Squadrons. This award carried no specific citation of record, but an
honorary membership in the Aero Club of France.
John Edward Rauschkolb, B.A. '20, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation.
Sgt., Id, llf6th F. Hosp., 112th Sn. Tn., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
South High School, Columbus, O. ; Univ. of Cincinnati, 0.; College
of Engineering; College of Arts.
O.N.G. Mch. 10, 1914. 2nd F. Hosp. Co., O.N.G. (M.D., F. Hosp. Co.
146th, 112th Sn. Tn.), to disch. Pvt. Icl, Sept. 14, 1914; Sgt., July 3,
1915; Sgt. Icl., Aug. 22, 1916. A.E.F., June 28, 1918, to Mch. 24, 1919.
Y'pres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Disch. Apr. 12, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 86, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918 as one who "by splen-
did conduct and devotion to duty, . . . especially contributed to the suc-
cessful operation of the Division in France and Belgium, against the
enemy."
Oliver Leslie Reiser, B.A. '21, M.A. '22, Ph.D. '24, Columbus, O.
Divisional Citation.
Pvt., Ilt7th Amh. Co., 112th Sn. Tn., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
South High School, Columbus, O., College of Arts; Graduate School.
O.N.G. May 13, 1917. 2nd F. Hosp. Co., O.N.G. (Amb. Co. 147,
112th Sn. Tn.), to disch. Pvt. In tng. at Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div.
A.E.F., June 28, 1918 to Mch. 24, 1919. Arrived in France in June,
1918; underwent addit. tng. in various cps. Baccarat Sector; Avocourt;
Citations and Decorations 241
Meuse-Argonne offensive; Pannes Sector; Ypres- Lys offensive, Belgium.
Returned to U.S. Disch. Apr. 12, 1919.
Cited in G.O. No. 86, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918, which states that
certain officers and enlisted men of the 37th Division, including Private
Oliver L. Reiser, "by their splendid conduct and devotion to duty, have
especially contributed to the successful operations of the Division in
France and Belgium against the enemy."
John Walter Renner, M.D. '12, Hilliards, O.
Croix de Guerre (Belgian) ;
War Cross (British). Both posthumous).
(See Roll of Honor, 289.)
Earl Griffith Rose, Engr. '11, Washington, D. C.
Chevalier, Legion of Honor (French) ;
Navy Cross.
Lt. (Jr.Gr.), U.S. Coast Guard, France.
Madison Township High School, Pickaway Co., O.; College of En-
gineering.
Aptd. Cadet, U.S. Coast Guard Acad., New London, Conn., May 3,
1910; Ensign, June 7, 1913; Lt. (Jr.Gr.), June 7, 1918; Lt., Jan. 12,
1923; Lt. Cmdr., Apr. 21, 1924. In command U.S.S. Rambler (a nav.
patrol vessel) in European waters, Sept. 13, 1917 to Feb. 19, 1919; Hq.,
Washington, D. C, to May 24, 1921. Still in serv.
During Lt. Rose's command the Rambler rescued 41 survivors of
the British S.S. Philomel, which had been sunk by the enemy off L'Orient,
France. For this Lt. Rose was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
by decree of the Pres. of the French Republic, Apr. 9, 1919.
Pres. Wilson awarded Lt. Rose the Navy Cross Nov. 11, 1920. (Ex-
tract) :
"For distinguished service in the line of his profession as command-
ing officer of the U.S.S. Rambler, engaged in the important, exacting, and
hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to Eu-
ropean ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and
mines."
Coleman Brand Ross, Engr. '09, Urbana, O.
Officer, Order of the Crown of Belgium.
Capt., 7Uh Inf., Brig., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Acad, of Urbana Univ, Urbana, 0.; College of Engineering.
2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 5, 1917, from O.N.G.; 1st Lt., Dec. 22, 1917;
Capt., Nov. 1, 1918. 184th Inf.; 74th Inf. Brig. Cp. Sherman, O.; Cp.
Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 23, 1918 to Mch. 28, 1919. Ypres-
Lys; Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sector. Disch. May 8, 1919.
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Awarded decoration under Royal Decree of King of Belgium dated
December 22, 1919. No specific citation of record.
Willis Weisell Rummel, B.Sc. in Agr. '23, Shelbyville, Ky.
Purple Heart.
Pvt., 20th Co., 5th U.S. Mariyies, France.
Awarded Purple Heart after being wouncjed in action June 6, 1918.
Citation not available. (See Part II, p. 478, for his milit. record.)
Archie Melvin Ryder, B.A. '15, Steubenville, O.
Meritorious Services Citation Certificate.
Regtl. Sgt. Maj.; Ed., The Stms and Stripes, France.
Steubenville, O., High School; College of Arts. Alpha Tau Omega;
Sigma Delta Chi; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet, '15; Sphinx; Toastmasters' Club;
La Boheme; Pres., Junior Class; Ed., Lantern; Asst. Ed., Makio; Asst.
Ed., Sun Dial; Pan-Hellenic Council.
N.A. Nov. 26, 1917. War Risk Insurance Sec, S.O.S., A. P.O. 717,
to May 16, 1918; 1st Censor and Press Co. to disch. Ed., The Stars and
Stripes (an A.E.F. weekly newspaper. Bus. Office in Paris). Sgt., Dec.
24, 1917; Regtl. Sgt. Maj., Feb. 15, 1918. A.E.F., Dec. 13, 1917 to Apr.
1919. Disch. May 1, 1919.
Gen. Pershing awarded the Certif. Apr. 19, 1919. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services at Paris,
France, American Expeditionary Forces, in testimony thereof, and as
an expression of appreciation of these services I award him this citation."
Clarence Mason Sallee, B.Sc. in Hort. '16, Pittsburgh, Pa.
U. S. Army Citation with Silver Star; Divisional Citation.
Sgt., 38th Inf., 3rd Div., France.
Pittsburgh Acad., Pa.; College of Agriculture. Alpha Zeta; Horti-
cultural Soc.
R.A. Dec. 14, 1917. Pvt. Co. E, 38th Inf.; 1st Bn., Army Candidate
Sch., A.P.O. 714, France. Cp. Greene, N. C; Cp. Dix, N. J. A.E.F.,
Mch. 29, 1918 to Aug. 23, 1919. Aisne; Chateau-Thierry; Champagne-
Marne; Aisne-Marne; Vesle Sector; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Disch.
Aug. 29, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 8, G.H.Q., Washington, D. C, Mch. 1, 1920. (Extract) :
"For gallantry in action near Moulins, France, July 15, 1918, while
commanding a platoon that counter-attacked the enemy and held the posi-
tion against further enemy attack."
G.O. 22, Hq., 3rd Div., A.E.F., July 18, 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action, July 15-18 near Moulins,
France. His platoon leader being in command of the company and the
rest of the sergeants being put out of action, he took command of his
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platoon and in a counter-attack the night of the 15th of July succeeded
in breaking the enemy's resistance. He established a line and disposed
of his troops under heavy machine-gun fire."
Walter Parsons Sapp, B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '21, Mt. Vernon, 0.
Divisional Citation.
Pvt. Id., M.D., IJfOth Amb. Co., 112th Sn. Tn., Belgium and France.
Born Mt. Vernon, O., Oct. 22, 1895; Mt. Vernon, 0., High School;
College of Commerce and Journalism.
O.N.G. Aug. 23, 1917. Pvt. 2nd Amb. Co., O.N.G. (M.D., Amb. Co.
146, 112th Sn. Tn), to disch. Pvt. Icl., Jan. 14, 1918. A.E.F., June 28,
1918 to Mch. 24, 1919. Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne. Disch. Apr. 12, 1919.
Citation given for his distinguished conduct in Ypres-Lys offensive.
Citation not available.
James Phillip Schrider, B.A. '14, Bryan, 0.
U. S. Army Citation with Silver Star; Divisional Citation.
2nd Lt., Co. K, 308th Inf., 77th Div., France.
Bryan, O., High School; College of Arts. Alpha Sigma Phi.
2nd Lt, Inf., Nov. 27, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., Aug. 27 to
Nov. 27, 1917. Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky.; Cp. Gordon, Ga. 46th Inf. to
May 25, 1918; 308th Inf. to disch, 77th Div. A.E.F., July 21, 1918 to
Apr. 28, 1919. Meuse-Argonne ;_Defensive Sector. Disch. June 3, 1919.
Entitled to ^e&r Silver Star on his Victory Medal ribbon under
G.O. 4, G.H.Q., A.E.F., June 3, 1919, "for gallantry in action near St.
Juvin, France, October 15, 1918, while in command of a flanking party."
Also cited in G.O. 2, Hq., 77th Div., A.E.F., Jan. 10, 1919. (Ex-
tract) :
"On or about October 15, 1918, on the north side of the Aire River,
near St. Juvin, Lt. Schrider, while in command of a flanking party of
8 men, crawled out into the open under extremely heavy machine gun
fire after one man had been killed and two wounded and for a period of
nearly two hours, kept up incessant and extremely accurate rifle fire
against machine gun nests along the St. Juvin-Grand Pre Road until the
37 mm. cannon could be brought up. This action was done absolutely
without cover of any sort, and by drawing the fire upon themselves
greatly aided the companies of this Battalion who had taken position on
the hill commanding the St. Juvin-Grand Pre Road."
John Seymour Shetler, Engr. '10, Columbus, O.
Meritorous Services Citation Certificate;
Divisional Citation.
Lt. Col., Q.M.C., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
North High School, Columbus, O. ; College of Engineering.
Lt. Col., Q.M.C, Aug. 5, 1917, from O.N.G. Q.M., 37th Div. Staff, to
disch. Columbus, 0.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Lee, Va. 37th Div. A.E.F.,
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June 15, 1918 to Mch. 22, 1919. Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive
Sector. Disch. Apr. 8, 1919.
Received Certif. from Gen. John J. Pershing May 15, 1919. (Ex-
tract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services as Division
Quartermaster, 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in tes-
timony thereof and as an expression of appreciation of these services I
award him this citation.
Also cited in G.O. 86, Hq., 37th Div., A.E.F., Dec. 24, 1919. (Ex-
tract) :
"By splendid conduct and devotion to duty, [he] especially contrib-
uted to the successful operation of the Division in France and Belgium
against the enemy."
Leon Powell Shinn, Pharm. Cert. '09, Newark, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross;
Croix de Guerre with Gilt Stab (French).
1st Lt., 356th Inf., 89th Div., France.
Huron, 0., High School; College of Pharmacy. Phi Delta Chi.
1st Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., Aug. 27 to
Nov. 27, 1917. 356th Inf. to disch. 89th Div. A.E.F., June 4, 1918 to May
28, 1919. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded in
action at Flirey, France, Sept. 14, 1918. Disch. July 11, 1919.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 37, Mch. 11, 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Flirey, France, Sept. 12,
1918. He continued to lead his platoon until the third objective had been
reached, after being wounded in the leg during the first 20 minutes of
the advance."
French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star was awarded under citation
dated Apr. 23, 1919. (Extract) :
"Although wounded in the leg at the beginning of the advance, he
led his platoon to the third objective."
Edward Sigerfoos, B.Ph. '91, Greenville, O.
Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumous).
(See Roll of Honor, 293.)
Ralph William Simmons, Cer. Engr. '14, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation.
2nd Lt., 77th F.A., Ath Div., France.
North High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Engineering. Ceramic
Soc.
2nd Lt., F.A., Nov. 27, 1917. O.T.C., Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Aug. to
Nov., 1917. Btrys. A, C, and F, 77th F.A. Cp. Shelby, Miss.; Cp. Greene,
N. C; Cp. Merritt, N. J. 4th Div. A.E.F., May 19, 1918 to Aug. 10, 1919.
Citations and Decorations 245
Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Vesle Sector; Rupt Sector.
Disch. Oct. 10, 1919.
Cited in G.O. No. 28, Hq., 4th Div., A.E.F., June 2, 1918. (Ex-
tract) :
"The Division Commander cites with pride the conduct in battle of
. . . Ralph W, Simmons, 2nd Lt., 77th Field Artillery, Sept. 29, 1918.
Septsarges Woods. During a heavy bombardment and under the most
severe and dangerous conditions he rendered first-aid treatment to a
brother officer when no other medical assistance was available."
Louis Charles Simon, Jr., Agr. '15, Columbus, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross with Bronze Oak-Leaf Cluster
Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star (French).
1st Lt., 147th Aero Sq., F^rayice.
East High School, Columbus, O; College of Agriculture.
E.R.C. Sept. 4, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Called to act. duty Sept. 18, 1917.
A.S., Sig. E.R.S., to disch. Disch. Feb. 1, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt.
A.S. Sig. C; 1st Lt., Nov. 9, 1918. 147th Aero Sq. (in which Eddie
Rickenbacker, Fred Norton, and Quentin Roosevelt served, and which
Avas one of the 4 squadrons constituting the 1st Pursuit Group, the units
of which were the first to go over the lines with the Royal Flying Corps
of Toronto, Can.). Ft. Worth Tex.; Garden City, L. I., N. Y. A.E.F.,
Mch. 6, 1918 to Mch. 6, 1919. Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne;
Defensive Sector. Disch. Mch. 26, 1919. 1st Lt., A.S., R.A., July 1, 1920.
Lt. Simon brought down four German planes, one at Toul, one dur-
ing the St. Mihiel offensive, and the other two in the Argonne.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 44, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action in the region of Hadonville
Les Lachausse, France, Sept. 16, 1918. While on a protection patrol for
American Observation planes from the 99th Squadron Lt. Simon was
fired upon by three Halberstadt biplane fighters. Regardless of his per-
sonal danger, he immediately engaged the enemy, although alone, draw-
ing them down and away from the observation planes, which continued
their important work unmolested. Lt. Simon continued fighting the Hal-
berstadts fiercely in spite of the odds against him. He finally succeeded
in getting on the tail of one; and after a short burst at close range, the
enemy plane fell out of control. The remaining two planes quickly broke
off the combat and headed for the east with motors full on."
The Bronze Oak-Leaf Cluster was awarded Mch. 19, 1919, under
following citation. (Extract) :
"For the following acts of extraordinary heroism in action near
Gierges, France, Sept. 28, 1918, Lt. Simon is awarded an oak-leaf cluster
to be worn with the distinguished service cross; Lt. Simon and two other
pilots encountered nine (Fokker type) enemy planes, which were pro-
tecting an observation plane (Rumpley type). He attacked the lower
formation of four planes alone and drove them off. He next dived at the
observation plane and sent it crashing to the ground in flames."
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Awarded Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star under Order No. 12,058
"D," Nov. 29, 1918, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"An excellent pursuit pilot who displayed the finest qualities of
courage and enthusiasm. On July 19, 1918, on two occasions at low alti-
tude he attacked balloons energetically defended by the anti-aircraft de-
fense. On July 20, he attacked a group of three enemy one-seaters
single-handed, forced one to land and put the other two to flight. During
a patrol against which there was a violent cannonade by the anti-aircraft
defense, he made a dive to within 100 meters of the ground to fire upon
an enemy battery."
Harry Hamilton Snively, B.A. '95, M.D. '02, M.A. '03, Columbus, O.
Croix de Guerre (Belgian) ; Kezyz Waliezjch (Cross of the Brave)
(Polish) ; Medal of the Amer. Jewish Relief Committee.
Lt. Col., M.D., 112th Sn. Tn., 37th Div., France, Belgium, Russia, Persia,
Poland.
Preparatory Department and Arts Course, O.S.U.; Ohio Medical
Univ. (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.) ; Graduate School. Kappa
Sigma; Alpha Mu Pi Omega; Phi Beta Kappa.
Long in O.N.G. On Mexican Punitive Exped. with O.N.G., Ft. Bliss,
Tex., Sept., 1916 to Apr., 1917. Maj., M.C., July 15, 1917, from O.N.G.
Lt. Col., Feb. 17, 1919. 112th Sn. Tn. Columbus, O.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala.
Cp. Upton, N. Y. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 27, 1918 to disch. Ypres-Lys
Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. During act. serv. of 37th Div., Maj.
Snively commanded Hosp. Sec, 112th Sn. Tn., part of time the entire
train. The Hosp. Sec. composed the 145th F. Hosp. (made up of college
students from Cincinnati), the 146th F. Hosp. (students from O.S.U.,
Denison Univ., Kenyon College, and the College of Wooster, 0.), the
147th F. Hosp. (students from Ohio Wesleyan Univ.), and the 148th F.
Hosp. (college men from Toledo). After the Armistice Maj. Snively was
Port Suprvsr. of bathing and delousing, Bordeaux, France, and there
prepared 250,000 soldiers for their return embarkation. Dirctr. in Ch.,
Amer. Red Cross in Russia, with rank of Brig. Gen.; in command of B.
and Evac. Hosps. at Kief, Russia, and Khoi, Persia, successively. Disch.
Oct. 31, 1919.
Awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre "for exceptionally gallant conduct
in action during the operations of the 37th Division, United States Army,
in Belgium."
From autumn of 1919 to Aug., 1920, Dr. Snively was in Poland as
Ch. of Staff, Amer. Exped. to combat typhus fever; inspected and equip-
ped hospitals; had Polish refugees moved from Odessa, Russia, to Po-
land; helped to organize the Polish Red Cross and served with it in the
campaign against Kiev; served in the contagion hospitals at Vilma and
during the retreat from Vilna, also in the Amer. Red Cross Orphanage
at Bialystock, and during the siege of Warsaw.
While in Warsaw in 1920 Dr. Snively was awarded the Polish Cross
of the Brave by the Polish Minister of Public Health. Later he received
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a Medal from Amer. Jewish Relief Committee for his work among the
Jewish people in Russia and Poland.
Ira Glenn Spade, B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '23, Wauseon, 0.
U. S. Army Citation with Silver Star;
Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star (French).
Sgt., IJfSth Amb. Co., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Wauseon, O., High School; College of Arts; College of Commerce
and Journalism.
O.N.G. June 8, 1915. Pvt. 1st Amb. Co., O.N.G. (148th Amb. Co.),
to disch. Pvt. Icl., June 19, 1916; Sgt., June 4, 1917; Sgt. Icl., May 18,
1918. Cp. Perry, 0.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 28, 1918
to Dec. 26, 1918. Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Severely
wounded in action Nov. 2, 1918. Disch. Feb. 11, 1919.
Entitled to wear Silver Star on his Victory Medal ribbon under G.O.
4. G.H.Q., A.E.F., June 3, 1919. (Extract) :
"For gallantry in action near Lede, Belgium, Nov. 1, 1918; after
being wounded, he persisted in caring for the wounded under shell fire,
until ordered to the rear."
Also awarded Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star under Order No.
13,102 "D," January 24, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Ex-
tract) :
"On Nov. 1, 1918, near Lede, Belgium, having received multiple
wounds from airplane bombs, he continued nevertheless to perform his
duty under the fire of the enemy, occupying himself with the safety of
those who were under his orders and remaining at his post until the fol-
lowing day when he was ordered to go to the hospital."
John C. Speaks, Jr., Agr. '15, Columbus, O.
Distinguished Flying Gross (British).
North High School, Columbus, 0. ; College of Agriculture.
2nd Lt. (Temp.), Royal Flying Corps, Canadian Air Force, Nov. 1,
1917; Flying Officer, Nov. 5, 1917; Lt., Royal Air Force, Apr. 1, 1918.
Stationed in Canada, 42nd and 28th Tng. Sqs., 2nd Fighting Sch., to Aug.
5, 1918; B.E.F., France, Aug. 14, 1918; Acting Capt., R.A.F., Oct. 22,
1918; relinquished rank of Acting Capt. May 1, 1919; trsf. to unem-
ployed list Nov. 12, 1919; relinquished Temp. R.A.F. comm., but permit-
ted to retain rank, Sept. 1, 1921. 56th Sq., France, Sept. 28, 1919; Home
Establishment, Feb. 7, 1919; No. 3 Group, Northeastern Ofcrs. Pool,
Apr. 4, 1919.
Awarded decoration under following citation. (Extract, London
Gazette, Feb. 8, 1919) :
"A gallant and courageous officer. On 8th October he attacked, from
a height of 100 feet, an enemy balloon on the ground, nine miles over
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the line, and set it on fire. Later, seeing a train, he descended to fifty
feet and fired at it till it stopped. He then attacked and scattered horse
transport, causing great confusion; and before finishing his patrol Lieu-
tenant Speaks bombed a hostile town.
Robert Lester Tavenner, B.A. '08, Mt. Vernon, O.
Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Service Cross.
Capt., IJfSth Inf., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Springfield, O., High School; College of Arts. Capt., O.S.U. Co. of
Cadets; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Pres., Junior Class; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet;
Athenean Club; Pres., Deutscher Verein; Political Sc. Club.
2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 5, 1917, from O.N.G.; 1st Lt., Dec. 19, 1917;
Capt., Dec. 14, 1918. 148th Inf. to Feb., 1919; 16th Inf. to Sept. 29, 1920.
Cp. Sherman, 0.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Lee, Va. ; Cp. Zachary Taylor,
Ky.; Cp. Dix, N. J. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 21, 1918 to Sept. 5, 1919.
Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded Oct. 31, 1918,
near Olsene, on the Lys River. Slightly wounded in action Nov. 6, 1918
at Cruyschauten, Belgium. In hosp. in England to Dec. 12, 1918. Disch.
from emerg. Comm. Sept. 29, 1920, being aptd. to R.A.
Awarded D.S.M. and D.S.C. under following citations, respectively:
G.O. 1, 1st Div., Jan. 1, 1920. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, Sept.
29, 1918, and near Olsene, Belgium, Oct. 31, 1918. Without regard for
his own safety Capt. Tavenner personally conducted a tank in an attack
on a machine gun nest. After several of the tanks had been put out of
action and the others had withdrawn, he walked up and down the firing
line under heavy machine gun fire, cheering his men, who, despite severe
losses, fought till all of their ammunition was exhausted. On Oct. 31, he
was severely wounded while making a personal reconnaissance of the
enemy's position."
G.O. 4, 37th Div., Apr. 1, 1919. (Extract) :
"During the attack on Cierges, France, Sept. 29, 1918, while in com-
mand of Company B, without regard to his own safety, he personally
conducted a tank to a machine gun nest and after several of the tanks
were put out of commission and the rest withdrawn, he walked up and
down the firing line, exposed to heavy machine gun fire, cheering his men,
who fought with severe losses until all of their ammunition was ex-
pended."
"Again at Olsene, Belgium, on Oct. 31, 1918, he fearlessly and cour-
ageously made a personal reconnaissance of the enemy's position, first
getting his men under cover, and while engaged in the hazardous task,
was severely wounded."
Capt. Tavenner died Apr. 10, 1926, while serving as Instr. in Depart,
of Military Science and Tactics, O.S.U.
Harry Aubrey Toulmin, Jr., J.D. '13, Dayton, O.
Distinguished Service Medal.
Lt. Col., Asst. Ch. of Staff, A.S., A.E.F., France, England, Italy.
Citations and Decorations 249
Wittenberg Acad, and College, Springfield, O.; B.A. (Gold Medalist),
Univ. of Virginia, Charlotteville, Va. ; College of Law. Sigma Delta Chi ;
Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa (Univ. of Virginia),
Capt., Ord. C, Aug. 21, 1917, from O.R.C.; Maj., Jan. 22, 1918; Lt.
Col., A.S., July 2, 1918. Ord. Dept. to July 2, 1918; A.S., Milit Aero-
nautics, to disch. Washington, D. C. ; Hoboken, N. J.; Newport News,
Va. A.E.F., Feb. 4, 1918 to Dec. 16, 1918. Disch. Dec. 17, 1918.
Asst. Secy, to Gen, Munitions Bd., Council of Nat. Defense, in chg.
organization work; Secy., Clearance Comm. ; Exec. Asst., organizing Gun
Div. (10,000 men handling ordnance, engineering, and production work),
Ord. Dept., Organized Aircraft Armament Div., A.E.F., of which he was
Acting Ch.; Asst. Ch. of Staff and Cmdg. Ofcr., all Aircraft Armament
Troops with Amer. Armies in France, England, and Italy; in chg. man-
ufacturing and converting of machine-guns sights, bomb racks, etc.; in
chg. engr. problems of supply, shipment, and care of armament with
squadrons active at the front; Ch. of Co-ordination Staff,
Awarded D.S.M, Sept, 22, 1922, under G,0, 38. (Extract) :
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. As head
of the Co-ordination Section of the Staff of the Chief of the Air Service,
American Expeditionary Forces, he was charged with the responsibility
for outlining and developing an organization to handle the many and
grave problems of administration, mobilization, supply and armament.
In the performance of his duty he displayed rare intelligence, great in-
itiative, broad vision and ability to obtain results, thus contributing ma-
terially to the success of the American Expeditionary Forces."
Ralph Albert Van Meter, B.Sc. in Hort. '17, Columbus, O,
U. S. Army Corps Citation.
Sgt., Co. C, 317th F. Sig. Bn. 5th Army Corps, 80th Div., France.
Columbus Grove, 0., High School; College of Agriculture.
N.A. May 31, 1918. Pvt. 151st Dep. Brig, to June 19, 1918; Co. C,
317th F. Sig. Bn., to disch, Pvt, Icl., Sept, 1, 1918; Sgt, Nov, 1, 1918;
Sgt, Icl,, Mch, 1, 1919. 80th Div. A.E.F., July 9, 1918 to July 1, 1919.
St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Disch. July 10, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 26, Hq., 5th Army Corps, A.E.F., Nov. 20, 1918. (Ex-
tract) :
[He] "acted in a zealous and courageous manner while under enemy
fire in the vicinity of Gesnes on October 20, 1918."
Jerome Edwards Wagner, Agr. Spl. '19, Osgood, Ind.
Distinguished Service Cross;
Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star (French).
Pvt., Co. I, 166th Inf., 42nd (Rainbow) Div., France.
College of Agriculture. Vocation Student.
O.N.G. June 13, 1917. 3rd Inf., O.N.G., to Aug. 16, 1917; Co. I, 4th
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Inf., O.N.G. 166th Inf., 42nd (Rainbow) Div. A.E.F. Oct. 29, 1917 to
Apr. 26, 1919. Pvt. Champagne; Chateau-Thierry; St. Mihiel; Argonne
Forest; Sedan. Severely wounded in action Sept. 12, 1918. Disch. July
31, 1919.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 44, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Seicheprey, France, Sept.
12, 1918, when concentrated machine-gun fire was encountered, he ma-
neuvered his squad to a point near the nests, and although severely
wounded continued to direct his men in silencing the guns."
Awarded Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star under Order No. 16.099
"D," Apr. 16, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the East, (Extract) :
"He led his squad up close to a machine-gun nest and, although
severely wounded, he continued to command his men until they had cap-
tured the weapons."
Fred Livingood Walker, M.E. '11, Kirkersville, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross.
Lt. Col., 30th Inf., 3rd Div., R.A., France.
East High School, Columbus, O. ; College of Engineering.
2nd Lt., Inf., R.A., Feb. 27, 1911; 1st Lt., July 1, 1916; Capt., May
15, 1917; Maj., N.A., June 7, 1918; Lt. Col., Nov. 12, 1918. 13th, 17th,
and 30th Inf. Philippines; Mexican Punitive Exped.; Ft. McPherson,
Ga.; Charleston, S. C; Nogales, Ariz. 3rd Div. A.E.F., Apr. 2, 1918 to
Aug. 17, 1919. Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel;
Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Disch. June 30, 1920 from emerg.
comm. only. Reverted to R.A. status of Capt.
Awarded D.S.C. under G.O. 89, July 15, 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism near the Marne River, France, July 15,
1918. Holding a front of more than 4^^ kilometers along the Marne
River, Major Walker commanded a front line battalion, which received
the principal shock of the German attack on the French Army Corps
front, but inflicted great losses on the enemy as the latter crossed the
river. Those who succeeded in crossing were thrown into such confusion
that they were unable to follow the barrage; and, through the effective
leadership of this officer no German remained in his sector south of the
river at the end of the day's action. When 1 platoon had been cut off by
an entire enemy battalion near the river, he sent other units to its relief
and captured the entire German battalion, numbering 200 soldiers and 5
officers, including the battalion commander."
Vernon Champlin Ward, Jr., M.E. '03, Evanston, 111.
U. S. Army Corps Citation.
Capt., Q.M.C., 5th Army Corps, 26th Div., France.
Central High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Engineering.
Capt., Q.M.C., May 8, 1917; Maj., Mch. 1, 1919. Asst. Q.M. and Act.
Paymaster, Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind. ; Cas. Co. 132, Hoboken, N. J.; Q.M.,
Disbursing Office, Asst. to Corps Q.M., 5th Army Corps, A.E.F. 26th
Citations and Decorations 251
Div., A.E.F., Apr. 23, 1918 to Apr. 11, 1919. Vosges Sector; St. Mihiel;
Meuse-Argonne. Disch. Apr. 12, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 26, Hq., 5th Army Corps, A.E.F., Nov. 20, 1918. (Ex-
tract) :
"For faithful and conscientious performance of duty during the
operations of the 5th Army Corps in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne
operations."
Also commended by his superior officer, Colonel H. M. Merriam,
Q.M., 5th Army Corps, as follows:
"Served under my direction as Disbursing Officer, 5th Army Corps,
from August 6, 1918 to Dec. 13, 1918. Captain Ward has been accurate
in his work and proved himself to be an energetic and efficient officer
under the exacting conditions of active field service."
Ralph Bowen Weaver, Arts '19, Puyallup, Wash.
Divisional Citation.
Mr. Sig. Electrician, 316th F. Sig. Bn., 91st Div., France; Belgium.
Acad., College of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash.; College of Arts.
E. Sig. R.C. Aug. 13, 1917. Mr. Sig. Elec, 316th F. Sig. Bn., to disch.
Sgt., Nov. 19, 1918. Cp. Lewis, Wash. 91st Div. A.E.F, July 6, 1918 to
Apr. 16, 1919. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys. Disch. May 1,
1919:
Cited in G.O. 30, Hq., 91st Div. Oct. 18, 1918. (Extract) :
"For conspicuous service, conscientious and painstaking work, and
devotion to duty under enemy artillery fire during the recent action in
this Division from September 26 to Oct. 4, 1918."
Peter Jaeger Weiss, B.A. '22, Cleveland, O.
U. S. Army Citation with Silver Star; Divisional Citation.
1st Sgt., Co. G, 166th Inf., 42nd (Rainbow) Div., France.
West High School, Cleveland, 0.; College of Arts. Delta Sigma Phi;
Football Team.
O.N.G. June 23, 1916. Pvt. Co. G, 4th Inf., O.N.G. (Co. G, 166th
Inf.), to disch. Corp., Aug. 14, 1917; Sgt., Mch. 14, 1918; 1st Sgt., Aug.
8, 1918. 42nd (Rainbow) Div. A.E.F. , Oct. 17, 1917 to Mch. 1, 1919. Lor-
raine; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Defensive Sector.
Disch. Mch. 15, 1919.
Entitled to wear Silver Star on his Victory Medal ribbon under CO.
5, G.H.Q., A.E.F., June 3, 1919. (Extract) :
"For gallantry in action near Seringes, France, 27 July-2 August,
1918, in assuming command, reorganizing and brilliantly leading his
platoon."
Also cited in G.O. 22, Hq., 42nd Div., A.E.F., Mch. 29, 1919:
(This citation was originally a letter of commendation from the
Div. Comdr. to Sgt. Weiss, but all such letters were later officially an-
nounced as constituting citations) : "I am directed by the Division Com-
mander to inform you that your conduct in action against enemy forces
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during the period of July 30-August 2, 1918 at and near Seringes-et-
Nesles, northeast of Chateau Thierry, when under shell fire on July 30,
1918 after your lieutenant had been wounded and the men had become
demoralized' by the loss, you restored the morale and acted as commander,
efficiently handling your platoon with coolness and precision and also
during the advance on August 2, 1918 when your Commanding Officer
was killed you showed great presence of mind by leading the platoon to
a place of safety behind a stone wall and ordering them to dig in, has
been brought to his personal attention and he considers your performance
of duty on these occasions worthy of the highest commendation. He
regards your actions in the face of the enemy, gallant, an example to
your comrades in arms, and characteristic of that splendid standard upon
which the traditions of our military establishment are founded."
Wencelaus Leonard Wellman, C. and J. -Arts '23, Ft. Recovery, 0.
Divisional Citation.
Pvt., Hq. Co., 16th Inf., 1st Div., France.
Washington Twp., 0., High School; College of Commerce and Jour-
nalism; College of Arts.
N.A. Apr. 27, 1918. Pvt. 10th Co., 3rd Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Sherman, O., to May 13, 1918; Co. M, 329th Inf., to Aug. 17, 1918; Co.
T, 16th Inf., to Sept. 26, 1918; Hq. Co., 16th Inf., to disch. Mus. 3cl., Sept.
25, 1918. 1st Div. A.E.F., June 12, 1918 to Mch. 12, 1919. St. Mihiel;
Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Wounded in action Oct. 2, 1918.
Disch. May 29, 1919.
Cited in G.O. 1, 1st Div., Jan. 1, 1920, "for gallantry in action and
especially meritorious services."
William Greenfield West, Agr. '09, Durant, Okla.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French), (Posthumous).
(See Roll of Honor, 295.)
Charles Christopher Weybrecht, Arts '90, Alliance, O.
Officer, Legion of Honor (French).
CoL, 146th Inf., 37th Div., France, Holland.
Alliance, 0., High School; College of Arts. Football Team; Alcyone
Literary Soc.
Many years in O.N.G.; Adj. Gen. of Ohio. 8th Inf., O.N.G., in Mexi-
can Punitive Exped. to May 4, 1917. Col., 10th Inf., O.N.G., Apr. 6, 1917;
8th Inf., O.N.G. (146th Inf.), to Aug. 22, 1918; in chg. Hq. Bn., B. Sec,
Nantes, France, to Mch. 23, 1919; in chg. Amer. Sup. Dep., Rotterdam,
Holland, to July 5, 1919; Cas., unasgd., to disch. Youngstown, O.; Cp.
Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Lee, Va.; Alliance, O.; Cp. Dix, N. J. 37th Div. A.
E.F., June 15, 1918 to July 22, 1919. Alsace; Baccarat Sector; Chateau-
Thierry. Disch. Aug. 8, 1919.
After Chateau-Thierry Col. Weybrecht was summoned to Tours to
Citations and Decorations 253
submit a plan for salvaging wreckage. This plan he carried out in
less than three weeks. At Nantes he supervised the building of new
docks, warehouses, and fully equipped a B. Hosp., unloading and shipping
great quantities of supplies.
Col. Weybrecht was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor.
Died at Alliance, 0., Aug. 26, 1919, from disease and is buried in the
Alliance City Cemetery. The Amer. Legion Post at Alliance is named
in his honor.
David Stuart White, D.V.M. '90, Columbus, 0.
Officer, Legion of Honor (French) ;
Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (British).
Col., V.C, Ch. Veterinarian, A.E.F., Frayice; England.
Preparatory Department, and Veterinary Medicine Course, O.S.U.
Sigma Xi; Alpha Psi; Omega Tau Sigma; Honorary Member, Veterinary
Medical Soc. ; former Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine.
1st Lt., V.C, Aug. 1, 1917; Maj., Oct. 4, 1917; Lt. Col., July 13, 1918;
Col., Nov. 25, 1918. Surg. Gen's. Office, Washington, D. C, to July 29,
1918, organizing and equipping the V.C. Ch. Veterinarian, A.E.F.; Hq.,
S.O.S.; V.C. to disch. A.E.F., July 30, 1918 to Feb. 9, 1919. Inspected
Veterinary Serv. in England. Disch. Feb. 11, 1919.
The French Govt, made Col. White an Officer of the Legion of Honor
and the Brit. Govt, made him a Commander of the Order of St. Michael
and St. George. He was also appointed an Associate of the Royal College
of Veterinary Surgeons of Great Britain.
Edward L. Williams, Engr. '17, Zanesville, 0.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
Sgt., Hq. Co., 14^5th Inf., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Washington Court House, O., High School; College of Engineering.
O.N.G. May 7, 1917. Pvt. Hq. Co., 7th Inf., O.N.G. (Hq. Co., 145th
Inf.), to disch. Pvt. Icl., July 16, 1917; Corp., Dec. 10, 1917; Sgt., Sept.
2, 1918; Pvt., Nov. 27, 1918; Sgt., Dec. 18, 1918. New Lexington, O.; Cp.
Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Sherman, O. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to Mch.
27, 1918. Avocourt; Baccarat; Pannes; Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne; De-
fensive Sector. Disch May 1, 1919.
Awarded decorations under Order No. 13.101 "D," Jan, 25, 1919,
G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"A very brave and spirited soldier. On November 2, 1918, near Eyne,
Belgium, he led a detachment of signalmen to the other bank of the
Escaut on improvised foot bridges under an intense fire of artillery and
machine-guns and established the telephonic communications between the
battalion post of command and that of the regiment, thus assuring liaison
between the command and the troops who had crossed the river."
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Shirley Townsend Wing, B.A., '07, Columbus, O. (deceased).
Medaille d'Honneur des Affaires Etrangeres (Silver) (French).
tnd Lt.; Liaison Officer; French 8th Milit. Region.
North High School, Columbus, O.; College of Arts. Phi Gamma
Delta. Rhodes Scholar, Oxford Univ., England, A.B. '10, M.A. '13.
2nd Lt., Inf., Sept. 24, 1918, while resident in Paris, France. A.E.F.
to Sept. 16, 1919. Liaison Officer atchd. to Staff of Comdg. Gen., French
8th Milit. Region. All communications betw^een the Amer. and Fr. forces
of the region were transmitted through the Liaison Office, which pro-
moted friendly relations between the two armies. In summer of 1919 Lt.
Wing was a member of the Milit. Mission of the Hon. Edward R. Stet-
tinius. Atchd. to Office of the Financial Requisition Ofcr. to disch. Disch.
Oct. 13, 1919.
On Oct. 3, 1919, the Pres. of the French Republic, on recommendation
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, decreed the award to Lt. Wing of the
Silver Medal of Honor of the Diplomatic Serv.
William Edward Wright, Arts-Law '12, Toledo, O.
Croix de Guerre (French).
Member of 19th Regt., Inf., 6th French Army, Foyer du Soldat, France,
Toledo, O., High School; College of Arts; College of Law. Delta
Chi; Gamma Phi; Bucket and Dipper; Bus. Mgr., Makio, 1911; Football
Team; Varsity "0"; Track Team; Law Council.
19th Regt., Inf., 6th Fr. Army, Foyer du Soldat, on Chemin des
Dames front, Jan. to May 27, 1918. Retreated to Chateau-Thierry under
German offensive. May 27-31, 1918. Regt. then asgd. to Vosges Mts. Sec-
tor, near Thann, June to Aug., 1918. Returned to U.S. to enter N.A. as
Pvt. F.A., C.O.T.S., Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky., Sept. 14, 1918. Disch.
Nov. 30, 1918.
Awarded decoration under date of Aug. 4, 1918, Regtl. Orders 48,
19th Regt., Inf., 11th Army Corps, 22nd Div., French Army. (Extract) :
"Lors de I'attaque du 27 Mai, (Chemin des Dames) n'a quitte son
Poste qu'il avait installe pres du P.C. du Commandant du Bataillon, qu'au
moment ou I'ennemi y avait pris pied. Se joignit a nos arrieres-gardes,
et en assura le ravitaillement, sous des bombardements parfois violents
et dans des circonstances difficiles, et suivit ensuite le Regiment dans tous
ses deplacements, donnant a tous I'exemple de I'endurance et de la bonne
humeur."
William Peter Yeager, B.Sc. in Bus. Adm. '28, M.A. '29, Columbus, 0.
U. S. Army Citation with Siilver Star; Divisional Citation;
Distinguished Service Cross.
Capt., 357th Inf., 90th Div., France; Germany.
South High School, Columbus, O.; College of Arts; College of Com-
merce and Journalism; Graduate School.
l.st O.T.C., Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., May 15 to Aug. 15, 1917. 2nd
Citations and Decorations 255
Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt., Dec. 31, 1917; Capt., Nov. 5, 1918. Cp.
Travis, Tex. 357th Inf.; 165th Dep. Brig, to disch. 90th Div. A.E.F.,
June 19, 1918 to June 7, 1919. St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sec.
tor; Army of Occupation. Disch. July 1, 1919.
Cited in CO., 90th Div., May 25, 1919, for having distinguished him-
self on Nov. 10, 1918, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, in
handling a platoon of Company L, 357th Infantry, when that company
reduced a strong machine-gun position of the enemy on the heights over-
looking the town of Baalon, France. (Extract) :
"So withering was this artillery and machine-gun fire that all means
of liaison between the battalion and the companies, including L Company,
were completely destroyed for about one hour, during which time Lt.
Yeager, under the observation of the enemy infantry observers, gallantly
led his platoon against strongly organized positions and assisted in the
capture of 43 prisoners, including a major and a captain, and with his
platoon of approximately 25 men entered Baalon and in conjunction with
other units of L Company temporarily organized a defensive position in
that town." The destruction of the battalion staff by high explosives
prevented the sending of proper reinforcements, but Lt. Yeager and his
platoon held their position for nearly 45 minutes until forced to retire to
their original positions by the counter-attack of the vastly superior num-
bers. This service "was the means of reducing the number of dangerous
enemy positions in the immediate front of the battalion, saving the lives
of a large number of men who were exposed to machine-gun fire from
three directions." This brought Capt. Yeager the D.S.C.
Also cited in W.D. Orders and awarded a Silver Star. (Extract) :
"For gallantry in action near Baalon, France, Nov. 10, 1918, while
directing his company in an attack against strongly defended enemy
positions."
David Harold Young, Engr. Spl. '15, Columbus, 0.
U. S. ^RMY Citation with Silver Star; Two Air Service Cita-
tions; Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star (French) ; Brevet Mili-
taire and Honorary Member of Aero Club of France.
Capt. and Comdr., 96th Aero Sq., A.E.F., France.
East High School, Columbus ,0.; College of Engineering. Phrenocon
(now Phi Kappa Tau.)
E.R.C. Feb. 19, 1917. Called to act. duty Mch. 6, 1917. Sig. E.R.C.
to disch. Sgt. Disch. July 20, 1917 to accept comm. 1st Lt., A.S.; Capt.,
Oct. 15, 1918. 35th Aer. Sq.; 96th Aer. Sq. Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.;
Washington, D. C; March Fid., Calif. A.E.F., Aug. 21, 1917 to May 1,
1918. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector, 4 months in Paris,
France, equipping Amer. airplanes; Ch. Flying Ofcr., 96th Bombing Sq.
Wounded in action Aug. 25, 1918. Disch. July 31, 1920.
Cited in G.O. No. 10, G.H.Q., A.E.F., Aug. 31, 1920. (Extract) :
"For gallantry in action near Conflans, France, Sept. 14, 1918, while
in command of a bombing group which encountered superior numbers of
the enemy."
In G.O. 23, Hq., A.S., 1st Army, A.E.F., Nov. 5, 1918. (Extract) :
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"The 96th Aero Squadron, 1st Day Bombardment Group, is hereby
credited with the destruction of an enemy Pfalz, in the region of Labeu-
ville, on Sept. 3, 1918, the following officers having participated in the
combat: . . . First Lieutenants . . . D. H. Young."
In G.O. 27, Hq., A.S., 1st Army, A.E.F., Nov. 17, 1918. (Extract) :
"Captain D. H. Young and First Lieutenants . . . 96th Aero Squad-
ron, 1st Day Bombardment Group, are hereby credited with the destruc-
tion, in combat of an enemy Fokker, in the region south of Montmedy,
at 3600 meters altitude, on Nov. 4, 1918, at 5:40 o'clock."
Awarded Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star under French Order
No. 293 (Collective). (Extract) :
"American Officers who, during the period when their squadron was
placed at the disposal of the French Army, displayed great qualities of
courage and skill, successfully accomplishing numerous bombing raids
and engaging in many combats during which they shot down 12 enemy
airplanes."
John Younger, Prof., Industrial Engineering.
Distinguished Service Medal.
As Ch. Engr., Trk. Div., Fierce-Arrow Motor Car Co., was respon-
sible for design, inspection, and test of all milit. trks. bought from the
company and used in France, Britain, Belgium, and Russia. Called to
Washington, D. C, at begin, of Mexican Punitive Exped. as Consltg.
Engr. (Civilian) on design of milit. vehicles for Q.M.C. Also served as
Consltg. Engr. in World War and helped design Liberty or "B" type
general trks. Was consulted on Liberty airplane engine. Ch., Engineer-
ing Div., U.S.M.T.C, Feb., 1918, to Feb., 1919, supervising design, con-
struction, and inspection of milit. ambulances, supply trks., etc., with
large staff of officers and civilians under his direction. Also Chm., Com.
which recommended to Comdg. Gen. the types of motor vehicles best
suited for warfare, concentrating on a final half-dozen makes.
Citation for D.S.M. (Extract) :
"This is to certify that the President of the United States has
awarded to John Younger the Distinguished Service Medal for excep-
tionally meritorious and distinguished services in the performance of
duties of great responsibility as Advisory Engineer in the designing
and production of standard motor vehicles adopted by the United States
of America in the World War. 8th day of April, 1926."
SUMMARY OF CITATIONS AND DECORATIONS
AWARDED TO OHIO STATE MEN
Number of men who received Citations and Decorations 143.
Air Service Citations 3
Battalion Citations 2
Brevet Militaire French) 2
Brigade Citations 5
Citations and Decorations 257
British Citations 1
Bronze Medaille d'Honneur des Epidemies (French) 1
Bronze Oak-Leaf Cluster (French) 1
Bronze Stars 8
Certificate de I'Ordre de I'Universite (French) 1
Citations 4
Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italian War Cross) 9
Croix de Guerre (Belgian) 6
Croix de Guerre (French) 38
Distinguished Flying Crosses (British) 2
Distinguished Service Crosses 22
Distinguished Service Medals 13
Distinguished Service Order (British) 1
Divisional Citations 41
Gilt Palms (French) 2
Gilt Stars 9
Kezyz Waliezjch (Cross of the Brave) (Polish) 1
Legion of Honor, Knight Commander of (French) 1
Legion of Honor, Chevaliers of (French) 5
Legion of Honor, Officers of (French) 6
Medaille d'Honneur des Affaires Estrangeres (Silver) (French) .... 1
Medal of the Aero Club of America 1
Medal of the American Jev^^ish Relief Committee 1
Meritorious Services Citation Certificates 7
Military Crosses (British) 3
Military Order of the British Empire 1
Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Companion of the (British) 1
Navy Crosses 5
Officer de I'lnstruction Publique (French) 1
Officer de I'Ordre du Merite Agricole (French) 1
Order of the Crow^n of Belgium, Commander of 1
Order of the Crown of Belgium, Officer of 1
Order of St. Michael and St. George, Commander of (British) 1
Ordre de I'Escadrille (French Air Service) 1
Palms (French) 4
Purple Hearts 4
Regimental Citations 3
Royal Order of St. Olaf, Commander of, 2nd Class (Norwegian) 1
Silver Stars 34
War Cross (British) 1
U. S. Army Citations 10
U. S. Army Corps Citations 2
U. S. Marine Corps Citation 1
Total 270
CHAPTER XIV
OUR ROLL OF HONOR
Adelbert McMillen Agler, B.Sc. in For. '12, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation.
1st Lt., 305th M.G. Bn., 77th Div., France.
Born Columbus, O., Mch. 3, 1890; East High School, Columbus, 0.,
'07; College of Arts; College of Agriculture. Phi Kappa Psi; Pres., For-
estry Society; Pres., Student Council; Bus. Mgr., French Play.
O.R.C. May 15, 1917. Pvt. Co. B, 305th M.G. Bn., Plattsburg Bar-
racks, N. Y., to Aug. 15, 1917. 2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt., Aug.
25, 1918. Harvard Trench Sch., Cambridge, Mass.; Cp. Upton, N. Y.;
Yaphank, L. L, N. Y. 305th M.G. Bn. to death. A.E.F., Mch. 29, 1918 to
death. Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne. Killed in action at Cendriers,
Ardennes, France, Nov. 5, 1918. Buried in Meuse-Argonne Amer. Ceme-
tery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Grave 30, Row 8, Block F.
Lt. Agler was cited in the 77th Division as follows :
"Having brought his company transport over difficult roads up to
the company which was attached to a leading battalion, he was with the
advance element when heavy shelling by the enemy began. He was struck
by a fragment of shell resulting in his death."
Edgar Mosher Allen, B.A. '08, Chillicothe, 0.
Med. Examining Board, Los Angeles, Calif.
Born Washington C. H., Ohio, Sept. 12, 1884; Chillicothe, 0., High
School '03; College of Arts. Alpha Zeta; Student Council. M.D., Univ.
of Chicago.
On Med. Examining Bd. at Los Angeles, Calif.; in Red Cross work
among the families of service men. Died of disease "in line of duty" at
Los Angeles, Calif., in 1918. Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale,
Calif.
Ira Guy Allen, M.D. '18, Bergholz, 0.
l8t Lt., M.C., O.R.C., New York, N. Y.
Born Bergholz, 0., May 20, 1893. Bergholz, O., and Minerva, 0.,
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High Schools; College of Agriculture; College of Medicine. Alpha Kappa
Kappa; Asst. in Anatomy.
M.E.R.C. Mch. 20, 1918. Pvt. O.S.U. to June, 1918. Roosevelt Hosp.,
New York, N. Y., to death. Died of disease in Roosevelt Hosp., Oct. 27,
1918. Buried in Bergholz, 0., Cemetery.
Russell Headley Armold, Agr. '21, Pataskala, O.
Sea. 2cl., U.S.N.R.F., Munitoivac, Wis.
Born Westerville, O., June 29, 1897. Pataskala, 0., High School,
1917; College of Agriculture. Alpha Gamma Rho.
U.S.N.R.F. July 10, 1918. Sea. 2cl. Nav. Tng. Sta., Great Lakes,
HI., to Aug. 6, 1918; U.S.S. Blue Ridge to Oct. 22, 1918; Holy Family
Hosp., Manitowac, Wis., to death. Died of disease in Holy Family Hosp.,
Manitowac, Wis., Oct. 24, 1918.
Howard Allen Bair, Agr. '18, Columbus, O.
Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumous).
2nd Lt., SSJtth Inf., 89th Div., France.
Born Sterling, 0., May 5, 1893. Wooster, 0., High School, 1913; Col-
lege of Agriculture. Townshend Agr. Soc.
R.A. June 27, 1917. Pvt. Co. K, 4th Inf., to Jan. 12, 1918; Hq. Co.,
4th Inf., to disch. Corp., Aug. 18, 1917; Sgt., Jan. 12, 1918. Disch. Sept.
30, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf. Co. M, 354th Inf. A.E.F., Feb.
27, 1918 to death. Meuse-Argonne; St. Mihiel; Defensive Sector. Killed
in action near Barricourt, France, Nov. 2, 1918. Buried in Meuse-Ar-
gonne Amer. Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Grave 9, Row
25, Block A.
Lt. Bair was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
under G.O. 44, W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Barricourt, France, Nov.
2, 1918. Calling on his platoon to follow, he pushed forward and attacked
enemy machine-gun nests. After killing two of the enemy, he himself
was killed by a hand grenade while accepting the surrender of another
enemy."
Raymond Hiram Baldwin, Agr. '20, Cleveland, 0.
Sgt., 67th Co., 5th Regt., U.S. Mar. C, France.
Born Cleveland, O., Dec. 7, 1896. East Technical High School, Cleve-
land, 0.; College of Agriculture. Alpha Gamma Rho; Football Squad.
M.C. Jan. 21, 1918. Pvt. Parris Island, S. C; 145th Co., Quantico,
Va.; 67th Co., 5th Regt. A.E.F., April 25, 1918 to death. Chateau-
Thierry; Aisne-Marne; Soissons; Marbache; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne;
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Champagne. Was at Belleau Wood and in the Argonne Forest. On Nov.
2, 1918, Pvt. Baldwin, his captain, and 56 other men composed a recon-
naissance party. They were shot from ambush near Landres and the
entire party annihilated. Of his original company but two returned to
the United States. Baldwin's body was returned to U. S. on S.S. Can-
tigny Aug., 1921.
William Paul Bancroft, Arts '18, Columbus, 0.
U. S. Army Citation.
2nd Lt., 19th F.A., 5th Div., France; Gerynany.
Born Columbus, 0., Oct. 6, 1896. East High School, Columbus, 0.;
College of Arts. Phi Delta Theta; Bucket and Dipper (Jr. Honorary) ;
Sphinx (Sr. Honorary) ; Toast Masters; Makio Staff; Classical Club.
Harvard Law School.
2nd Lt., F.A., Dec. 15, 1917, from O.R.C. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.,
May, 1917 to Dec, 1917. 19th F.A. to disch. Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.
A.E.F., May 27, 1918 to May 10, 1919. Vosges Sector; Moselle River
Sector; St. Mihiel; Defensive Sector; Army of Occupation. Gassed dur-
ing St. Mihiel offensive. Disch. June 25, 1919, 25 per cent disabled. Died
at Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 22, 1919, of disease resulting from war in-
iuries. Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, O.
Cited in G.O. 25. (Extract) :
"From about Oct. 8, 1918, until Nov. 11, 1918, he was observing
officer for a battalion of Artillery. His duties were manifold and exact-
ing, as well as dangerous. His observation post was beyond the infantry
outpost lines. On Nov. 3, 1918 near Pagny, France, the infantry of the
sector was subjected to a severe gas attack and withdrew one and one-
half kilometers (0.92 miles). Lieutenant Bancroft refused to withdraw
and for two days occupied his observation post with six men, with the
infantry one and one-half kilometers in the rear. Enemy patrols pene-
trated behind his position and were fired upon by his party. He was at
all times very alert and aggressive and was responsible for all the artil-
lery sweeping of the sector, which duties he carried out exceptionally
well."
Owen Worthington Barr, Agr. Cert. '17, East Monroe, 0.
Fvt., Co. G, 166th Inf., 42nd (Rainbow) Div., France.
Born East Monroe, 0., Apr. 29, 1896. East Monroe, O., High School;
College of Agriculture. Agr. Literary Soc.
O.N.G. June 5, 1917. Pvt. Co. G, 4th Inf., O.N.G. (Co. G, 166th Inf.),
to Aug. 3, 1918. Cp. Sherman, O. 42nd (Rainbow Div.). A.E.F., Oct. 18,
1917 to death. Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne. Died of wounds re-
ceived in action Aug. 3, 1918.
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Thomas Winch Barrett, Agr. '19, Mentor, O.
Landsman for Q.M. (Avia.), U.S.N. , Frayice.
Born Cleveland, O., Feb. 2, 1896. Shaw High School, Cleveland, O.,
1914; College of Agriculture. Sigma Pi; Horticulture Soc.
U.S.N. Apr. 5, 1917. Landsman for Q.M. (Avia.). Nav. Aeronau-
tics Sta., Pensacola Bay, Fla., to May 15, 1917; U.S.S. Jupiter to June 9,
1917; Nav. Avia. Det. 7, Tours, France, to death.
Barrett vi^as the first O.S.U. man to give his life in the Great War.
His was the first Aviation U. to arrive in France. While flying with an
instr. June 28, 1917, Barrett's plane fell 1000 feet in flames at Tours,
France, following the explosion of the gas tank.
William Edward Bingham, Grad. '14-16, Headcorn, Kent, England.
Ensign, U.S.N. , U.S.S. Lansdale, Tangiers, Africa.
Born Headcorn, Kent, England, Aug. 22, 1884. B.D., Madrielle
Theological Seminary, Meadville, Pa., 1913; M.A., Univ. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Mich.; Graduate School, O.S.U.
U.S.N.R.F. Apr. 23, 1917. Sea. Fed. Rendezvous, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
to Jan. 9, 1918. Ensign 4cl., Jan. 9, 1918; Ensign (Temp.), U.S.N., June
8, 1918. Nav. Tng. Cp., Pelham Bay Pk., N. Y., to Feb. 8, 1918; U.S.
Nav. Acad., Annapolis, Md., to May 20, 1918; U.S.S. Illinois to Sept. 5,
1918; Rcvg. Ship, New York, N. Y., to Sept. 18, 1918; Fore River Ship-
building Co., Quincy, Mass., in connection with fitting out the U.S.S.
Lansdale; U.S.S. Lansdale to death. Drowned in the harbor of Tangiers,
Africa, Dec. 6, 1918, when the boat in which he was returning to the
Lansdale capsized. Buried in Nouveau Cimetiere Catholique, Tangiers,
Africa.
Henry Hall Boger, B.Sc. in Agr. '16, Aurora, HI.
2nd Lt., Co. D, 365th Inf., 92nd Div., France.
Born Aurora, HI., Sept. 13, 1887. Aurora, HI., High School; College
of Agriculture.
2nd Lt., Inf., Oct. 15, 1917, from O.R.C. Called to act. duty Nov. 1,
1917. Co. D, 365th Inf., to death. Cp. Grant, 111. A.E.F., June 10, 1918
to death. Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sector. Killed in action Nov. 11,
1918. Buried in St. Mihiel Amer. Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-
Moselle, Grave 25, Row 28, Block B.
August Henry Bornhorst, M.E. '11, Port Orchard, Wash.
1st Lt., A.S., Sedro Woolley, Wash.
Born St. Marys, 0., Aug. 1, 1888. St. Marys, 0., High School, 1906;
College of Engineering. Maj., Univ. Bn. of Cadets. Newman Club (later
Phi Kappa).
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N.G., Seattle, Wash., June 23, 1916. Pvt. A.S., Presidio Tng. Cp.,
Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., to disch. Mr. Elec, Aug. 18, 1916.
Disch. Nov. 13, 1917 to accept comm. 1st Lt., A.S., Sig. R.C. 402nd Sq.,
Presidio of San Francisco, to Nov. 20, 1917; Sig. C. Cantonment; Prov.
Regt., Spruce Prod. Div.; 406th Aero. Sq.; 418th Sq.; 35th Spruce Sq.;
39th Spruce Sq. Vancouver Barracks, Wash.; Arlington, Wash.; Asa,
Wash.; Hamilton, Wash.; Sedro Woolley, Wash.; Delvan, Wash. Died of
disease at Civilian Hosp., Sedro Woolley, Wash., Dec. 7, 1918. Buried in
cemetery at St. Marys, O.
John Clinton Bowman, B.Sc. in Pharm. '14, M.D. '18, Canton, O,
Lt., U.S.N.R.F., Philadelphia, Pa.
Born Thornville, O., May 14, 1890. Thornville, 0., High School; Col-
lege of Pharmacy; College of Medicine. Alpha Kappa Kappa.
U.S.N.R.F. Jan. 15, 1918. Hosp. App. Icl. No. act. duty as enlisted
man. Lt (Jr.Gr.) (M.C.) (Prov.), U.S.N.R.F., May 3, 1918. Nav. Hosp.,
Philadelphia, Pa., to death. Died of disease in Nav. Hosp., Philadelphia,
Pa., Oct. 2, 1918. Buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Canton, O.
Stanley Stimmel Bowman, Agr. '17, Canton, 0.
Two Divisional Citations.
Sgt., Co. A, loth M.G. Bn., 5th Div., France.
Born North Industry, 0., Nov, 27, 1893. Canton, 0., High School,
1911; College of Agriculture.
N.A. Oct. 6, 1917. Pvt. 44th Co., 11th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, O., to Feb. 25, 1918; 10th Inf. Brig.; Co. A, 15th M.G. Bn.,
to death. Pvt. Icl., Oct. 15, 1917; Corp., Jan. 3, 1918; Pvt., Feb. 25, 1918;
Corp., Aug. 6, 1918; Sgt., Sept. 26, 1918. 5th Div. A.E.F., Apr. 24, 1918
to death. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Died of wounds received in action
in the Argonne Oct. 15, 1918. Buried in Melcheimer Cemetery, Canton, O.
Twice cited in Divisional Orders, as follows: G.O. 61, Hq., 5th Div.,
A.E.F., Oct. 9, 1918. (Extract) :
"On September 12, 1918, during the advance near Vieville-en-Haye,
he showed great courage, dash and liravery by leading his squad forward
to the assistance of an infantry platoon which had been caught in heavy
machine-gun fire from the enemy. He led his squad to within one hun-
dred fifty meters of the enemy machine-gun nest, mounted his gun and
delivered fire on the enemy machine-gunners, keeping down their fire and
thereby enabling the infantry platoon to withdraw."
G.O. 18, Hq., 5th Div., A.E.F., June 17, 1919. (Extract) :
"During the St. Mihiel drive, near Vieville, he displayed great ini-
tiative and most exceptional bravery saving a platoon of infantry to
which he was attached from annihilation. Seeing this platoon cut off by
heavy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Bowman moved his guns forward,
opened up and neutralized the enemy fire, thus enabling the infantry to
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withdraw with little loss. In the Argonne while performing his duty
loyally, always keeping his platoon well organized and in splendid
morale, he was killed. Sergeant Bowman had proved he was a soldier
of the highest excellence, courage, and devotion."
Howard Clay Braddock, Engr. '13, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
Capt., Sup. Co., 110th Inf., 28th Div., France.
Born Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Jan. 23, 1889, Pennsylvania State College,
State College, Pa. ; College of Engineering.
2nd Lt., Inf., Pa. N.G., May 3, 1917; 1st Lt., Inf., N.A., Dec. 5, 1917;
Capt., Oct. 7, 1918. Sup. Co., 10th Inf., Pa. N.G. (Sup. Co., 110th Inf.,
28th Div.), to death. Greensburg, Pa.; Cp. Hancock, Ga. 28th Div.
A.E.F., May 13, 1918 to death. Chateau-Thierry; Fismes; Clermont;
Thiacourt; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; Oise-Aisne; Meuse- Ar-
gonne. Died of disease in 111th Fid. Hosp., 103rd Sn. Tn., 28th Div., at
Bernecourt, France, Oct. 24, 1918. Buried in Cemetery at Bernecourt,
France.
The high regard in which Capt. Braddock was held by his superior
officers is attested by the fact that at the time of his death he was sched-
uled for early promotion to the rank of Maj., and by the following ex-
tracts from letters written to his family:
"One of the most efficient and dependable officers in the "Keystone"
Division. He maintained a strong organization and was always able to
handle every situation of difficulty or danger successfully, and in a
strong, quiet, dependable way. He had the utmost esteem and respect,
not only of the men under his command, but also of his superior officers
in the service. I always felt proud to refer to his work as a model of
efficiency and cooperation in this Department." — Lt. Col. Fred Taylor
Pusey.
"He was indeed a real soldier. We had no better officer in the Regi-
ment."—Joseph H. Thompson, Lt. Col., 110th Reg. 28th Div., A.E.F.
"Capt. Braddock was one of the finest and most conscientious officers
of our entire regiment, and had the good will of all the men under him
and the confidence of his superiors." — Edward Martin, Col., 110th Regi-
ment, 28th Div.
"He has made an enviable name, and it will go down in the history
of the regiment as one of the boys who was not afraid, and who did what
he was supposed to do and did it cheerfully. He had the reputation of
being the best supply officer in the Division." — Maj. Gerard S. Bryce,
Supply Co., 10th Regt., 28th Div.
William Edgar Brown, Agr. '17, Hebron, 0.
Pvt., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0.
Born Kirkersville, 0., Feb. 15, 1895. East High School, Columbus,
O., 1912; College of Agriculture,
N.A. July 22, 1918. ' Pvt. 1st Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sher-
man, 0., to death. Died of disease Oct. 4, 1918 at Cp. Sherman, 0.
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Charles A. Bruce, B.A. '95, Prof., Romance Languages, O.S.U.
Professor of French, Cp. Sherman, O., Feb. and Mch., 1918.
Born Chesterville, O., 1872. Chesterville, 0., High School; College
of Arts. Phi Beta Kappa.
Died of disease, Columbus, 0., Apr. 3, 1918, following influenza con-
tracted at Cp. Sherman, O. Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, 0.
Guthrie Olaf Burrell, M.D. '16, New Lexington, 0,
1st Lt., M.C., llfSth Inf., 37th Div., France.
Born New Lexington, O., Sept. 9, 1892. New Lexington, O., High
School, 1911; College of Engineering; Starling-Ohio Medical College
(College of Medicine, O.S.U.) . Acacia; Phi Rho Sigma; Treas., Starling-
Loving Med. Soc. Asst., Pathology, Anatomy, and Physiology, O.S.U.
1st Lt., M.C., July 15, 1917, from O.N.G. 112th Sn. Tn. to Feb. 8,
1918; M.D., 148th Inf., to death. Delaware, O.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th
Div. A.E.F., June 21, 1918 to death. Died at Blerecourt, France, Sept,
26, 1918 of wounds received in action in the Argonne Forest. Buried in
Grave 34, Cemetery at Blerecourt, France.
Delbert Dean Burris, Vet. Med. '22, Sabina, O.
Pvt., S.A.T.C., O.S.U.
Born Sabina, O., June 26, 1899. Sabina, 0., High School, 1917; Col-
lege of Veterinary Medicine.
N.A. Oct. 12, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to death. Died of disease
Nov. 16, 1918 in Milit. Hosp., O.S.U. Buried at Sabina, Ohio.
Albert Leo Burwell, Arts '21, Linden Heights, O.
Pvt., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0.
Born Linden Heights (now part of Columbus), 0., Feb. 12, 1897.
North High School, Columbus, 0., 1917; College of Arts.
N.A. Sept. 2, 1918. Pvt. 7th Co., 2nd Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Sherman, 0., to death. Died of disease at Cp. Sherman, Oct. 7, 1918.
Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sunbury Pike, not far from Columbus, O.
MuRTON Llewellyn Campbell, Engr. '18, Wakeman, 0.
U. S. Army Citation with Silver Star; British Royal Air Force
Citation ; British Distinguished Flying Cross.
1st Lt., 17th Aero Sq., England; France; Belgium.
Born Toledo, O., Aug. 31, 1893. Wakeman, O., High School, 1911;
Norwalk Business College; College of Engineering. Alpha Sigma Phi.
E.R.C. July 2, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to
Our Roll of Honor 265
Sept. 6, 1917 (in 1st squad graduated). A.S., Sig. E.R.C., to disch.
Disch. Mch. 8, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S. 81st Aer Sq. ; 54th Aer.
Sq. ; 17th Aer. Sqq. to death. A.E.F. to death. England; France; Bel-
gium. Somme defensive; Somme offensive; Defensive Sector. Killed in
action Aug. 23, 1918 on the Somme front near Baupum, 150 yards south
of the Warlencourt-Py Road.
Cited by Gen. Pershing Mch. 27, 1918, "For distinguished and excep-
tional gallantry at Varssenaere, Belgium, on Aug. 13, 1918." This was
for bringing down a German plane while attacking the aerodrome at the
place mentioned.
Was one of 5 Amer. airmen awarded the Brit. Distinguished Flying
Cross for having together brought down seventy-five German planes in
Aug., 1918. At the time of his death he had four enemy planes to his
credit.
Cited in Special Order, Brit. Royal Air Force, Sept. 11, 1918. (Ex-
tract) :
"On 13-8-18, Lieutenant Campbell took part in an operation against
Varssenaere aerodrome. He dropped four bombs from 200 feet on to
some aeroplane hangars, which were afterwards observed to burst into
flames. He then made several circuits of the aerodrome, machine-gun-
ning huts, billets, enemy airplanes on the ground and also the headquar-
ters of the aerodrome Staff, which was situated in the Chateau. On his
way home, 20 miles over enemy country, he machine-gunned, from ground
level, several anti-aircraft batteries. In addition this officer destroyed
two enemy airplanes on 7-8-18. These enemy irplanes were observed to
crash by other pilots, and Lieutenant Campbell followed his second victim
down to 100 feet although many miles to the side of the enemy's lines.
On 3-8-18 he destroyed one enemy machine gun. His dash and pluck are
a splendid example to the rest of his squadron."
Cyril Frederick Carder, Engr. '18, Corning, N. Y.
Distinguished Service Cross; Silver Star (Both posthumous),
CapL, Co. D, 16th Inf., 1st Div., France.
Born Kingwinford, Eng., June 6, 1893. Peeskill Milit. Acad., Peek-
skill, N. Y.; College of Engineering. Delta Upsilon.
2nd Lt., Inf., O.R.C., Aug. 15, 1917. R.O.T.C, Madison Barracks, N,
Y,, May to Aug., 1917. Co. D, 16th Inf., to death. Madison Barracks,
N. Y.; Cp. Dix, N. J. A.E.F., Nov. 22, 1917 to death. Mortally wounded
in action at Chateau-Thierry (Soissons offensive) July 22, 1918; died
the same day in a milit. hosp.
Posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Cross in G.O. 37, W.D.,
1919. (Extract):
"For extraordinary heroism in action, near Soissons, France, July
21, 1918. Having been wounded in the back and arm, Lt. Carder refused
to be evacuated, but continued to lead his platoon forward in the face of
intense machine-gun fire, repeatedly exposing himself with total disre-
gard for personal safety until he was killed by machine-gun fire."
Also given Silver Star citation in G.O. 1, 1st Div., Jan. 1, 1920, no
specific act being cited.
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Donald Hopple Charlton, C. and J. '18, Bucyrus, 0.
2nd Lt., A.S., Sig. C, Taliaferro Field, Tex.
Born Sulphur Springs, O., June 16, 1894. Bucyrus, 0., High School,
1913; College of Commerce and Journalism. Sigma Nu.
E.R.C. July 22, 1917. Pvt. A.S., Sig. C. 82nd Aer. Sq.; 183rd Aer.
Sq. Toronto, Can.; Everman Fid., Tex.; Hicks Fid., Tex, 2nd Lt„ A.S.,
Sig. C, Mch. 11, 1918. A.S., unasgd., Taliaferro Fid., Tex., to death.
Killed in aeroplane accident at Taliaferro Fid., Tex., July 22, 1918.
Buried in Cemetery at Bucyrus, 0.
Herbert Edwin Christiancy, Spl. '11, Warren, 0.
U. S. Army Citation with Silver Star (Posthumous).
1st Lt., Co. B, 353rd Inf., 89th Div., France.
Born Mansfield, O., Jan, 3, 1892. College of Engineering.
1st Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind., Aug. 28, 1917
to Nov. 27, 1917. Co. B, 353rd Inf., to death. Cp. Funston, Kan. Instr.
in Small Arms. 89th Div. A.E.F., June 4, 1918 to death. St. Mihiel; De-
fensive Sector, Killed in action Sept. 12, 1918 at Limay de Meurthe et
Moselle, France. Buried in 4 c-cem., c 115, Limay, France.
Posthumously cited in Army Orders and awarded a Silver Star under
Citation Orders 1, G.H.Q., A.E.F., June 3, 1919, "For gallantry in action
during the St. Mihiel offensive, 12 September, 1918, and for his brilliant
leadership."
Harold Joseph Courtney, B.A. '18, Columbus, 0.
Sea. 2cl., U.S.N.R.F., U.S.S. Louisville on way to France.
Born Columbus, 0., June 26, 1896. East High School, Columbus, O.,
1914; College of Arts, Delta Upsilon; Bucket and Dipper (Jr, Hon-
orary); Sphinx (Sr. Honorary); Capt., Football Team, 1917; All West-
ern Tackle, 1917; Varsity "0"; Pres., Junior Class.
U.S.N.R.F. Feb. 25, 1918. Sea. 2cl. U.S.S. Gopher, Chicago, 111.;
Nav. Aux. Res., Chicago, 111., to May 27, 1918; Nav. Aux. Res., Cleve-
land, 0., to Aug. 1, 1918; Nav. Aux. Res., Chicago, 111., to Aug. 13, 1918;
Rcvg. Ship, Philadelphia, Pa., to Sept. 11, 1918. U.S.S, Louisville to
death. Died of disease Sept, 21, 1918 on board U.S.S, Louisville on way
to France. Buried in Greenlav^^n Cemetery, Columbus, 0.
Samuel John Covert, Pharm. '16, Loudonville, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumous).
Pvt., Sn. Det., 146th Inf., 37th Div., France.
Born Perrysville, O,, July, 1894. Loudonville, O., High School, 1912;
College of Pharmacy. Sigma Pi ; Pharmaceutical Assn.
O.N.G. June 3, 1917. Pvt. Sn. Det., 8th Inf., O.N.G. (Sn. Det, 146th
Reuben Hilty, Maj., V.C, 77th
Div. Chevalier, Legion of Honor
(French).
Ralph Watt Laughlin, 1st Lt.,
M.G. Co., iqSth Inf. Killed in
action. Divisional Citation (Post-
humous).
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330th Inf., 83rd Div. Mortally
wounded in action.
Lawrence Crothers Yerges,Corp.,
Co. B, 101st M.G.Bn., Inf.
Mortally wounded in action.
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Inf.), to death. Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 15, 1918 to
death. Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sector. Killed in action Sept. 28,
1918 while giving first aid under fire.
Posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Cross under G.O. No.
50, W.D., 1919. (Extract):
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, on
September 28, 1918. Voluntarily leaving cover, he went through intense
machine-gun and artillery fire to the assistance of a wounded soldier and
was himself killed while administering first aid to the latter."
Harland Henry Cowle, B.E.E. '15, Conneaut, 0.
U. S. Army Air Service Citation.
1st Lt., A.S., Pilot, Flight Commander, 90th Aero Sq., France.
Born LeRoy, O., Sept. 18, 1892. Conneaut, O., High School, 1911;
College of Engineering. Eta Kappa Nu.
E.R.C. Apr. 18, 1917. Called to act. duty May 5, 1917. 4th Avia.
Sch. Sq., Memphis, Tenn.; 16th Aer. Sq., Rantoul, HI., and Garden City,
L. L, N. Y.; 3rd Aero Instr. Center, A.E.F. Sgt. A.E.F., Nov. 14, 1917
to disch. Jan. 8, 1918 to accept comm. 1st Lt., A.S. Flight Comdr., 90th
Aer. Sq., to death. A.E.F. , to death. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; De-
fensive Sector. Killed in action.
Cited in G.O. 43, Office, 1st Army A.S. Comdr., A.E.F., Dec. 18,
1918. (Extract) :
"First Lieutenant Harland H. Cowle, A.S., U.S.A., Pilot, Flight
Commander, 90th Aero Squadron, by his spirit, initiative and ability,
was an inspiration to service among oflficers and enlisted men. His ex-
cellent character fitted him to exercise independent command."
Cowle Post, Amer. Legion, was established at Conneaut, O., in mem-
ory of Harland Cowle and his twin brother, Wayland.
Wayland William Cowle, B.E.E. '15, Conneaut, O.
2nd Lt., Co. D, 513th Engrs., Denver, Colo.
Born LeRoy, 0., Sept. 18, 1892. Conneaut, 0., High School, 1911;
College of Engineering. Eta Kappa Nu,
2nd Lt., Engrs., Aug. 20, 1917, from O.R.C. Co. D, 513th Engrs., to
death. Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; San Antonio, Tex, A.E.F., Apr. 29, 1918
to June 25, 1919. U.S.B. Hosp. 21, Denver, Colo., to death. Died of dis-
ease at Denver, Colo., Oct. 12, 1919.
Cowle Post, Amer. Legion, was established at Conneaut, 0., in mem-
ory of Wayland Cowle and his twin brother Harland.
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Carl Eaymond Crites, Agr. '19, Lakeside, O.
Pvt. IcL, Co. A, 2nd M.G. Bn., 1st Div., France.
Born Allen, Kan., Nov. 26, 1892. Lakeside, 0., High School, 1911;
College of Agriculture. Phi Gamma Delta.
N.A. Apr. 26, 1918. Pvt. 30th Co., 8th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, O., to May 9, 1918; Prov. Co., 332nd Inf., to May 19, 1918;
Co. A, 322nd M.G. Bn., to July 29, 1918; Co. A, 2nd M.G, Bn., to death.
Pvt. Icl., July 21, 1918. 83rd Div. A.E.F., June 14, 1918 to death. St.
Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne ; Defensive Sector. Died Oct. 10, 1918 of wounds
received during Meuse-Argonne offensive. Buried in Meuse-Argonne
Amer. Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Grave 19, Row 27,
Block G.
Kossuth Tinker Crossen, M.D. '00, Albany, O.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French).
Capt., Co. K, 102nd Inf., 26th Div., France.
Born Albany, O., Jan. 23, 1878. Albany, 0., High School; Starling
Medical College (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.).
1st Lt., Inf., O.R.C., Aug. 15, 1917, from O.N.G.; Ft. Benj. Harrison,
Ind., R.O.T.C, May 11 to Aug. 14, 1917. Capt., June 17, 1918. Co. H and
Co. K, 102nd Inf., to death. Hoboken, N. J. A.E.F., Sept. 11, 1917 to
death. Champagne-Marne; Chemin des Dames; Toul-Boucq; Pas Fini;
Aisne-Marne. Died of wounds received in action July 24, 1918 at F.
Hosp. 103. Buried in Cemetery La Ferte sur Jouarre 241, Grave 304.
Awarded French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star under Order No.
217, Mch. 19, 1918, 21st French Div. (Extract) :
"An officer of admirable courage and energy. Having insisted upon
taking part in a French raid, he led his detachment in a difficult situation
with decision and skill."
Erwin Isaac Danford, Agr. '17, Cincinnati, O.
Sgt., 47th Co., 5th Regt., U.S. Mar. C, France.
Bom Caldwell, 0., Dec. 11, 1891. North High School, Columbus, 0.,
1911; College of Agriculture.
U.S. Mar. C. Apr. 17, 1917. Pvt. Parris Island, S. C, to June 5,
1917; 47th Co., 5th Regt., Philadelphia, Pa., to June 27, 1917. Corp.,
Apr. 1, 1918; Sgt., Apr. 23, 1918. A.E.F., June 27, 1917 to death. 47th
Co., 5th Regt., to death. Provost duty, St. Nazaire, France, summer,
1917. Toulon; Aisne; Chateau-Thierry region, including capture of
Bouresches and Belleau Wood. Died July 23, 1918 at B. Hosp. 101, St.
Nazaire, France, of wounds received in action on the Chateau-Thierry
Road, June 25, 1918. Buried in Oise-Aisne Amer. Cemetery, Seringe-et-
Nesles, Aisne, Grave 18, Row 20, Block C.
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Sgt. Danford was wounded in the action which brought the follow-
ing letter of commendation from Gen. Pershing:
"Please congratulate, in my name, those officers and men who took
part in the action in the Chateau-Thierry region on the afternoon of
June 25, when 240 prisoners and 19 machine-guns were captured from
the enemy,"
Almar Hunt Detchon, B.Sc. in Agr. '17, Youngstown, O.
Pvt., C.W.S., Long Island, N. Y.
Born Poland, O., Mch. 19, 1892. Poland, O., High School, 1911; Mt.
Union College, Alliance, O.; College of Agriculture. Sigma Nu; Man-
hattan Club.
N.A. May 28, 1918. Pvt. 22nd Co., 2nd Inf. Repl. Regt., Cp. Gordon,
Ga., to June 15, 1918; 26th Co., 7th Tng. Bn., 157th Dep. Brig., to Sept.
12, 1918; 11th Co., 3rd Rcvg. Bn., 157th Dep. Brig., to Oct. 23, 1918. Cp.
Gordon, Ga.; Cp. McClellan, Ala. C.W.S., Det. 100, Gas Defense Div.,
Boston, Mass., to Dec. 12, 1918; Fid. Testing Sec, Long Island, N. Y, to
death. Died of disease Feb. 1, 1919. Buried in Cemetery at Poland, 0.
George Edward Dignam, Agr. '18, Salem, 0.
Pvt., M.T. Co. 3, Q.M.C., France.
Born Osborn, O., Apr. 30, 1895. Beaver Creek Township, O., High
School, 1913; College of Agriculture.
N.A. Sept. 18, 1917. Pvt. Co. F, 330th Inf., to Oct. 31, 1917; M.T.
Co. 3, Q.M.C., to death. Cp. Sherman, O.; Cp. Merritt, N. J. A.E.F., Jan.
4, 1918 to death. Died of disease Oct. 22, 1918. Buried at Rheincourt;
body later returned to U. S. and re-interred at Byron, 0.
Andrew Charles Donohoe, Engr. '22, South Charleston, O.
Pvt., S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Born Piketon, O., Apr. 8, 1899. South Charleston, 0., High School,
1918; College of Engineering.
N.A. Oct. 17, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to death. Died of disease
in Milit. Hosp., O.S.U. Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, South Charles-
ton, O.
John Cotter Dugan, Law Grad. 'lO-'ll, Kenton, 0.
Pvt., F.A.C.O.T.S., Cp. Taylor, Ky.
Born Belief ontaine, 0., Oct. 18, 1886. Celina, 0., High School, 1904;
LL.B., Georgetown Univ., 1910. College of Law (post-graduate) 1910-
1911. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
N.A. Oct. 16, 1918. Pvt. 50th Tng. Bn., F.A.C.O.T.S., Cp. Taylor,
Ky., to death. Died of disease at Cp. Taylor, Ky., Jan. 11, 1919.
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Jay Norton Dyer, Agr. '20, Galena, 0.
Ch. Q.M. (Avia.), U.S.N.R.F., Pensacola, Fla.
Born Galena, 0., Apr. 4, 1898. Galena, O., High School, 1914; Miss-
issippi State College, Starkville, Miss.; College of Agriculture. Sigma
Nu.
U.S.N.R.F. July 30, 1918. Ch. Q.M. (Avia.) Called to act. duty
Sept. 16, 1918. Dunwoody Nav. Tng. Sch., Minneapolis, Minn.; Nav.
Avia. Sta., Seaplane Sch., Pensacola, Fla., to death. Killed instantly
when his plane crashed into Pensacola Bay, Fla., May 17, 1919. Buried
in Cemetery at Galena, 0.
Charles Maurice Elder, Pharm. Cert. '15, New Lexington, 0.
Pvt., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0.
Born New Lexington, O., Oct. 18, 1894. New Lexington, 0., High
School, 1913; College of Pharmacy. Newman Club (later Phi Kappa);
Pharmaceutical Assn.
N.A. July 21, 1918. Pvt. 3rd Co., 1st Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, O., to death. At time of death his transfer to C.W.S. was
pending. Died of disease Oct. 7, 1918 at Cp. Sherman, O.
Edward Patrick Elliott, E.M. '13, Dundee, Scotland.
Lt., 2nd Bn., Canadian Engrs., France.
Born July 3, 1886, Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundee Gov-
ernment School, Scotland ; College of Engineering.
Lt., Canadian Engrs., C.E.F., July 1, 1917. To England Dec. 17,
1917; to France July 20, 1918. 2nd Bn., Canadian Engrs., to death.
Killed in action near Cherisy, France, Sept. 1, 1918.
"While leading his Sub-Section forward to build a road, during an
attack in the neighborhood of Cherisy on the 1st Sept., 1918, he was
instantly killed by a splinter from an enemy shell which exploded nearby."
Buried in Sun Quarry Brit. Cemetery, Cherisy, 7 miles southeast of
Arras, France, Plot 1, Row A, Grave 25.
Carey Richard Evans, Arts '18, Columbus, 0.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French, Posthumous).
Pvt., S.S.U. 523, U.S. Amb. Serv., France.
Born Columbus, 0., October 21, 1896. North High School, Columbus,
0.; Columbus Acad., Columbus, O., 1914; College of Arts (Pre-Law).
Phi Kappa Psi.
E.R.C. May 26, 1917. Pvt. U.S.A. Amb. Serv., Cp. Crane, Allen-
town, Pa., to June 5, 1917. U.S.A. Amb. Serv., S.S.U. 523, to death.
A.E.F., Aug. 23, 1917 to death. Det. served with 35th French Div.
Champagne; Defensive Sector; Plains of Picardy (German offensive).
Our Roll of Honor 271
Killed in action at Passel, France, Apr. 5, 1918. Buried at Ribecourt,
France.
Posthumously awarded French Crox de Guerre with Silver Star.
William Heeb Eyler, Engr. '12, Paulding, 0.
Distinguished Service Cross (French, Posthumous).
1st Lt., 166th Inf., Jf2nd (Rainbow) Div., France.
Born Chillicothe, 0., Mch. 4, 1890. Chillicothe, 0., High School,
1908; College of Engineering.
2nd Lt., Inf., from O.N.G.; 1st Lt., Nov. 3, 1917. 166th Inf. to death.
Cp. Sherman, 0.; Cp. Perry, 0.; Garden City, L. I., N. Y. 42nd (Rain-
bow) Div. A.E.F., Oct. 18, 1917 to death. Champagne-Marne; Aisne-
Marne. Killed in action northeast of Chateau-Thierry Aug. 2, 1918.
Buried in Oise-Aisne Amer. Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France,
Grave 32, Row 10, Block A.
Posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Cross under G.O. 132,
W.D., 1918. (Extract) :
"Never faltering in his advance during the attack on the hill com-
manding Marcuil-en-Dole, and disregarding all personal danger, he led
his company forward through heavy fire until he was killed."
Thurman G. Flanagan, Arts '15, Kenton, 0.
2nd Lt., Co. L, 58th Inf., Ath Div., France; Belgiuvi.
Born Kenton, 0., Aug. 30, 1889. Kenton, 0., High School, 1907;
College of Arts. Phi Kappa Psi.
2nd Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917. Ft. Sheridan, 111., Aug. 27, 1917 to Nov.
27, 1917. Co. L, 58th Inf., to death. 4th Div. A.E.F., Jan.., 1918 to death.
Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Died Oct.
5, 1918 of wounds received in action in the Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Kenton, 0.
When wounded, Lt. Flanagan was leading his men in an assault.
His Capt. wrote: "I considered him an excellent officer. He had a hold
on his men and they had a real affection for him. He was always cheer-
ful, no matter how scant the rations nor how deep the mud of Flanders."
Alexander George Eraser, D.V.M. '09, Taylor, Tex.
Capt., V.C., Cp. Veterinarian, Cp. Logan, Tex.
Born Concordia, Argentine Republic, S. A., Aug. 3, 1886. North
High School, Columbus, 0.; College of Veterinary Medicine. Cosmopoli-
tan Club.
Vet. Inspctr., Bur. of Animal Husbandry, U.S. Dept of Agr., Jan.
15, 1912 to date of resignation Aug. 12, 1914. Asst. Veterinarian, R.A.,
with rank of 2nd Lt., Apr. 4, 1917; 1st Lt., V.C, N.A., Dec. 6, 1917;
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Capt., Mch. 24, 1918. Rmt. Sta. 3, Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.; Cp. Travis,
Tex., to Sept. 30, 1917; Leon Springs, Tex., to May 19, 1918; Cp. Veteri-
narian, Cp. Logan, Tex., to Aug. 20, 1918; en route to and at Walter
Reed Gen. Hosp., Washington, D. C. (sick), to Dec. 17, 1918; Gen. Hosp.
2, Ft. McHenry, Md., to death. Died of disease May 23, 1919 at Gen.
Hosp. 2, Ft. McHenry, Md. Buried in Union Cemetery, Columbus, 0.
Hector Fraser, D.V.M. '13, Columbus, O.
Vetrinary Inspctr., Bur. of Animal Husbandry, U.S. Dept. of Agr., Ft.
Worth, Tex.
Born Argentine Republic, S. A., Sept. 13, 1888. North High School,
Columbus, O. ; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Vet. Inspctr., Bur. of Animal Husbandry, U.S. Dept. of Agr., Sept.
3, 1918. Served to death. Died of disease Oct. 17, 1918 at Ft. Worth,
Tex. Buried in Cemetery at Ft. Worth, Tex.
Phiup Bruck Fleming, Engr. '20, Columbus, O.
Corp., Co. B, 112th F. Sig. Bn., 37th Div., France.
Born Columbus, O., Mch. 9, 1898. West High School, Columbus, O.,
1916; College of Engineering.
O.N.G. Apr. 28, 1917. Pvt. Co. B„ 1st F. Sig. Bn., O.N.G. (Co. B,
112th F. Sig. Bn.), to death. Pvt. Icl., Sept 1, 1917; Corp., June 3, 1918.
Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 22, 1918 to death. Meuse-
Argonne; Defensive Sector. Died of disease in France Oct. 4, 1918.
Buried in Cemetery at Vittel, France.
Harry Henry Foreman, B.A. '16, B.Sc. in Edu. '16, Oak Harbor, O.
Pvt., Adj's. Detail, Cp. Sherman, O.
Born Oak Harbor, O., Nov. 8, 1891. Oak Harbor, 0., High School,
1911; College of Arts; College of Education. Deutscher Verein; School-
masters' Club.
N.A. May 25, 1918. Pvt. 12th Co., 3rd Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
to Sept. 6, 1918. Adj's. Det., Cp. Hq., Cp. Sherman, 0., to death. Pvt.
Icl., Sept. 7, 1918. Died of disease Oct. 7, 1918 at Cp. Sherman, O.
Buried in Union Cemetery, Oak Harbor, O.
Glenn Miller Friebely, Engr. '22, Groveport, O.
Pvt., S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Born Ashville, 0., Sept. 1, 1898. Groveport, 0., High School, 1917;
College of Engineering.
N.A. Oct. 16, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to death. Died of disease
Dec. 6, 1918 in Milit. Hosp., O.S.U. Buried in Cemetery at Groveport, 0.
Our Roll of Honor 273
Daniel Olivine Gasell, Pharm. Art. '13, Akron, O.
1st Sgt., Med. Det., B. Hosp., Cp. Sherynan, O.
Born Arcanum, 0., Jan. 4, 1891. Arcanum, O., High School, 1911;
College of Pharmacy. Pharmaceutical Assn.
N.A. Nov. 8, 1917. Pvt. Co. B, 324th M.G. Bn., to Dec, 1917; M.D.,
B. Hosp., Cp. Sherman, 0., to death. Pvt. Icl., Jan, 7, 1918; Sgt., Feb. 6,
1918; Sgt., Icl., Nov. 1, 1918. Died of disease Mch. 28, 1919 at Cp. Sher-
man, O. Buried in Cemetery at Abbotsville, O.
Major Edvi^ard Gatewood, Agr. '17, Crown City, 0.
Sgt., Co. C, 309th M.G. Bn., 78th Div., France.
Born Crown City, O., Aug. 23, 1895. Crown City, 0., High School;
College of Agriculture.
R.A. Apr. 19, 1917. Pvt. Co. H, 4th Inf.; Co. C, 309th M.G. Bn.
Brownsville, Tex.; Gettysburg, Pa.; Cp. Dix, N. J. Corp., Aug. 24, 1917;
Sgt., Oct. 22, 1917. 78th Div. A.E.F., May 27, 1918 to death. Limey; St.
Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Killed in action Oct. 21, 1918
near Grand Pre, France. Buried in Lorraine Cemetery, France.
Carl Anthony Geiger, Arts '20, New Washington, O.
Landsman for Machinist's Mate (Avia.), U.S.N.R.F., Great Lakes, III.
Born New Washington, 0., Sept. 22, 1896. New Washington, O.,
High School, 1915; College of Arts.
U.S.N.R.F. July 9, 1918. Landsman for Machinist's Mate (Avia.).
Nav. Tng. Sta., Great Lakes, 111., to Sept. 18, 1918; Nav. Hosp., Great
Lakes, 111., to death. Died of disease in Nav. Hosp., Great Lakes, 111.,
Sept. 18, 1918. Buried in Cemetery at New Washington, O.
John Samuel Gibbs, Agr. '17, Cleveland, O.
2nd Lt., Q.M.C., Cp. Sherman, O.
Born Warrensville, O., Nov. 30, 1892. South High School, Cleveland,
O., 1911; College of Engineering; College of Agriculture.
2nd Lt., Q.M.C., Aug. 29, 1917. O.T.C., Ft. Sheridan, 111., Apr. to
May, 1917. Q.M.C., Cp. Sherman, O., to death. Died of disease at B.
Hosp., Cp. Sherman, 0., Oct. 13, 1917. Buried in Lake View Cemetery,
Cleveland, O.
Melvin Dayton Gladman, Arts '21, Marysville, O.
Pvt., S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Born Adelphia, O., Oct. 15, 1897. Marysville, O., High School, 1918;
College of Arts. Kappa Sigma.
N.A. Oct. 7, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C. O.S.U., to death. Died of disease
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Oct. 18, 1918 in Grant Hosp., Columbus, 0. Buried in Cemetery at
Marysville, 0.
James Emile Graham, Engr. '22, Marysville, O.
Pvt., S.A.T.C., O.S.U.
Born Union Co., O., Nov. 15, 1898. Ostrander, 0., High School, 1917;
College of Engineering. Sigma Pi.
N.A. Oct. 7, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to death. Died of disease
at Columbus, O., Oct. 24, 1918. Buried in Mill Creek Cemetery, near
Ostrander, O.
AzRiEL Greenough, D.V.M. '16, Ashtabula, 0.
2nd Lt., V.C., Cp. Greenleaf, Ga.
Born Perry, O., Jan. 18, 1888. Y.M.C.A. School, Cleveland, 0.; Col-
lege of Veterinary Medicine.
2nd Lt., V.C, Sept. 15, 1918. V.C, Cp. Greenleaf, Ga., to death. Died
of disease Oct. 11, 1918, at Hypostatic Gen. Hosp. 14, Cp. Greenleaf, Ga.
Buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, 0.
Paul Philander Gusler, Agr. '20, Haviland, 0,
Divisional Citation (Posthumous).
Corp., M.G. Co., 145th Inf., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Born Grover Hill, 0., June 29, 1895. Haviland, 0., High School;
College of Agriculture. Townshend Agr. Soc.
O.N.G. July 17, 1917. Pvt. Co. B, 2nd Inf., O.N.G. (M.G. Co., 145th
Inf.), to death. Corp. Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 15,
1918 to death. Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys; Defensive Sector. Killed in
action Nov. 1, 1918. Buried in Flanders Field Cemetery, Weareghem,
Belgium, Grave 18, Row 2, Block A.
Posthumously cited in G.O. 86, Hq., 37th Div., A.E.F., Dec. 24, 1918,
as one who "by splendid conduct and devotion to duty . . . especially con-
tributed to the successful operation of the Division in France and Bel-
gium against the enemy."
Carlyle Kimball Hammond, Engr. '19, Conneaut, 0.
Pvt., S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Born Conneaut, O., Oct. 20, 1897. Conneaut, 0., High School, 1914;
College of Engineering. Phi Delta Kappa; Varsity Cross-Country Team;
Varsity Track Team; Lt., Cadet Corps.
N.A. Oct. 3, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to death. Died of disease
Oct. 31, 1918 in Milit. Hosp., O.S.U. Buried in Cemetery at Conneaut, O.
Our Roll of Honor 275
Horace Kostomlatsky Havlicek, B.Sc. in Agr. '16, Berea, O.
CapL, 6th Cav., Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.
Born Cleveland, 0., Mch. 30, 1895. West High School, Cleveland, O.,
1912; College of Agriculture. Maj., Cadet Regt. ; Scabbard and Blade
(Milit. Honorary) ; Officers' Club; Jeffersonian Literary Soc.
2nd Lt, Cav., R.A., Mch. 23, 1917; 1st Lt., June 9, 1917; Capt.
(Temp.), Aug. 19, 1917. 6th Cav. to death. Candelaria, Tex.; Ft. Sam
Houston, Tex. Died of disease Dec. 1, 1917 at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.
Fred Smith Haynie, B.A. '10, LL.B. '12, Columbus, O.
Sgt., Atnb. Co. 330, 308th Sn. Tn., 83rd Div., France.
Born New Vienna, O., Dec, 1888. East High School, Columbus, 0.,
1906; College of Arts; College of Law. Delta Sigma Rho (Honorary
Forensic); Toastmasters; Dirctr. of Orchestra; Makio Board; Law
Council; Debating Team.
N.A. Apr. 27, 1918, Pvt. Amb. Co. 330, 308th Sn. Tn., to disch. Sgt.,
Nov. 23, 1918. 83rd Div. A.E.F., June 14, 1918 to Apr. 24, 1919. Disch.
May 10, 1919. Died July 2, 1919 of disease resulting from army serv.
Harry Aldridge Heifner, Pharm. Cert. '16, Columbus, 0.
Pvt., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O.
Born Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 10, 1893. New Philadelphia, 0., High
School; College of Pharmacy. Acacia, Pharmaceutical Assn.
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. 13th Co., 4th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., to
June 10, 1918; 36th Co., 9th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., to July 6, 1918;
Co. D, Dev. Bn. 2, 158th Dep. Brig., to death. Cp. Sherman, O., to death.
Died of disease Oct. 4, 1918 at Cp. Sherman, O.
Harold Long Hissem, Engr. '20, Loudonville, 0.
Sgt., 147th Amb. Co., 112th Bn. Tn., 37 Div., France.
Born Canton, 0., Sept. 8, 1895. Loudonville, 0., High School, 1913;
College of Engineering. Sigma Pi.
O.N.G. May 11, 1917. Pvt. 2nd F. Hosp. Co., O.N.G., to June 1, 1917;
State Adm. Staff to July 14, 1917; Amb. Co. 3, O.N.G. (147th Amb. Co.,
112th Sn. Tn.), to death. Pvt. Icl., Feb. 21, 1918; Corp., Mch. 31, 1918;
Sgt., June 1, 1918. Cp. Perry, O.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala. 37th Div. A.E.F.,
June 28, 1918 to Dec. 24, 1918. Defensive Sector. Severely wounded in
action Aug. 23, 1918 and in Nov., 1918. Died of disease June 8, 1919 at
Cp. Sherman, 0.
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Harold Sherman Huffman, B.A. '14, M.A. '15, Columbus, O.
Pvt., C.W.S., Edgewood Arseyial, Md.
Born Columbus, 0., June 24, 1893. East High School, Columbus, 0.,
1910; College of Arts; Graduate School,
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. 1st Co., Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Sherman, 0., to July 24, 1918; C.W.S. to Aug. 23, 1918; Co. O, 3rd Bn.,
C.W.S., Edgewood Arsenal, Md., to death. Died of disease Oct. 11, 1918.
Harold Arthur Husband, Agr. '19, Cleveland, O.
Q.M. IcL, U.S.N., Submarine Chaser 325, at sea.
Born Toronto, Can., June 2, 1895. Shaw High School, Cleveland, 0.,
1915; College of Agriculture. Phi Kappa Psi.
U.S.N. May 18, 1917. Sea. 2cl. Nav. Tng. Cp., Newport, R. I., to
July 18, 1917; New London, Conn., to Oct. 16, 1917; Hq., 3rd Nav. Dist.,
New York, N. Y., to Nov. 5, 1917; U.S. Stibmarine Chaser 325 to death.
Q.M. Icl. Drowned at sea in line of duty Aug. 12, 1918.
Edwin Donald James, Arts '18, Toledo, O.
2nd Lt., A.S., Sig. R.C., Ellington Fid., Tex.
Born East Liberty, O., Jan. 19, 1895. Scott High School, Toledo, 0.,
1914; College of Arts. Phi Kappa Psi.
E.R.C. July 18, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Called to act. duty Aug. 29, 1917.
Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.; A.S., Fairfield, 0.; Sig. C, Avia. Sch.,
Scott Fid., Belleville, III.; Sig. C, A.S., Wilbur Wright Field, O.; Elling-
ton Fid., Tex. Disch. Jan. 25, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S., O.R.C.
Ellington Fid., Houston, Tex., to death. Killed Jan. 31, 1918 in aeroplane
accident at Ellington Fid., Tex. Buried in Cemetery at East Liberty, 0.
Latimer Johns, M.A. '12, Randolph, Wis.
DisiTiNGUiSHED SERVICE Cross (Posthumous) .
2nd Lt., Btry. D, 122nd F.A., France.
Born Cotter, la., Sept. 1, 1892. Randolph, Wis., High School; B.A.,
Ripon College, Wis. Graduate School, O.S.U. Phi Beta Kappa. Ordained
as Presbyterian Minister. Rhodes Scholar, Oxford Univ., England.
R.A. May 23, 1917. Pvt. Btry. E, 7th F.A. Ft. Sam Houston, Tex.
Corp., July 20, 1917; Sgt., Aug. 27, 1917. A.E.F., July 28, 1917 to disch.
May 2, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., F.A., O.R.C, May 3, 1918. Btry. D,
122nd F.A. A.E.F. to death. Sommerviller; Meuse-Argonne. Killed in
action near Gesnes, France, Sept. 30, 1918. Buried in Argonne Ceme-
tery, France.
Posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Cross under G.O. 21,
W.D., 1925. (Extract) :
Our Roll of Honor 277
"For extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, Sept. 30,
1918. Lt. Johns was in command of a platoon in support of an assaulting
battalion of infantry. During the attack he went far ahead of the in-
fantry to establish an observation post, where he directed fire from his
guns, thereby rendering valuable assistance to the advancing battalion.
After several attempts, he went through a heavy barrage and enfilading
machine gun fire, but when returning to his post he was killed."
Oscar Joseph Johnson, D.V.M. '11, Wheatland, Wye.
Pvt., M.E.R.C.
Born Wheatland, Wyo., May 2, 1883. Wheatland, Wyo., High School,
1907; Iowa State College; College of Veterinary Medicine, O.S.U.
Acacia.
Pvt., M.E.R.C. Died of disease Dec, 1918. Burial in Cemetery at
Wheatland, Wyo.
Thomas Purley Johnston, M.D. '10, Mt. Gilead, O.
1st Lt., Cas. Officer, M.C., France,
Born McArthur, 0., Oct. 11, 1883. Ohio Medical Univ., later Star-
ling-Ohio Medical College (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.) . Alpha
Mu Pi Omega.
1st Lt., M.C., July 23, 1918. M.O.T.C, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., to Sept.
16, 1918; Cas. Officer, M.C., to death. A.E.F., Sept. 22, 1918 to death.
Died of disease Oct 8, 1918 at B. Hosp. lOT, France. Buried in Arlington
Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
Alexander H. Jones, D.D.S. '11, Youngstown, O.
1st Lt., Dent. C, France.
Born Youngstown, O., May 31, 1887. Rayen High School, Youngs-
town, O. ; Starling-Ohio Medical College, Dept. of Dentistry, now College
of Dentistry, O.S.U, Pst Omega. Post Graduate, Dewey School of Ortho-
dontia, Kansas City, Mo.; Member of Faculty, Dental Dept., Tulane
Univ., New Orleans, La.
1st Lt., Dent. C, Aug. 24, 1917. Dent., unasgd., to Dec. 5, 1917;
M.D., 2nd Avia. Instr. Center; Dent. C, Army Sch., A.P.O. 714, France,
to death. A.E.F., Sept. 7, 1917 to death. Died of disease Oct. 1, 1918 at
A.P.O. 714, France. Buried in Amer. Sec, Langres Cemetery, Langres,
France.
Grandville Reynard Jones, C.E. '04, Milford, Mass.
Capt., Sn. C, Cp. Sanitary Engr., Cp. Benning, Ga.
Born Nov. 26, 1883. Camden, O., High School; College of Engi-
neering.
Capt., Sn. C, Nov. 9, 1918. Cp. Greenleaf, Ga., to Dec. 9, 1918; Cp.
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Sn. Engrs., Cp. Benning, Ga., to death. Died of disease Dec. 22, 1918 at
Cp. Benning, Ga. Buried in Cemetery at Milford, Mass.
Thomas Owen Jones, Arts '09, Indianapolis, Ind.
Ch. Q.M., U.S.N.R.F., Pensacola, Fla.
Born Utica, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1887. East High School, Columbus, 0.,
1905; College of Arts.
U.S.N.R.F. Apr. 1, 1918. Sea 2cl. Called to act. duty May 15, 1918.
Mass. Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., to Aug. 17, 1918; Rcvg.
Ship, Pensacola, Fla., to death. Ch. Q.M., May 15, 1918. Killed Sept.
24, 1918 in hydroplane accident at Pensacola Bay, Fla. Buried in Forest
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N. Y.
Albert Green Joyce, Preparatory Dept., O.S.U,
Pvt., Cp. Meigs, Washington, D. C.
Born Columbus, O. Preparatory Dept., O.S.U., 1888-9.
In tng. at Cp. Meigs, Washington, D. C, at time of death. Papers
had been prepared for commissioning Joyce and asgng. him to the Office
of the Dirctr. of Storage, but his death occurred before he was actually
commissioned. Died of disease at Washington, D. C, Nov. 6, 1918. Buried
in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Columbus, 0.
Daniel Elliotte Kampf, Agr. '19, Rome, O.
Pvt., Co. G, 59th Inf., Jfth Div., France.
Born Rome, 0., June 19, 1895. New Lyme Institute, 1913; College
of Agriculture.
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. 24th Co., 2nd Inf. Repl. Regt., to Aug. 18,
1918; Co. G, 59th Inf., to death. Cp. Gordon, Ga.; Cp. Greene, N. C. 4th
Div. A.E.F., July 21, 1918 to death. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; De-
fensive Sector, Died of wounds received in action Oct. 4, 1918. Body
returned to the U.S. on S.S. Cantigny in Sept., 1921.
Frederick Earnest Kardatzke, Agr. '19, Rocky Ridge, O.
Pvt., Co. I, 332nd Inf., Italy.
Born Oak Harbor, O., Jan. 31, 1896. Oak Harbor, 0., High School,
1915; College of Agriculture. Elmont Club.
N.A. Apr. 26, 1918. Pvt. 30th Co., 8th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, 0., to May 2, 1918; Co. I, 332nd Inf., to death. A.E.F.,
June 8, 1918 to death. Italy: Vittorio-Veneto ; Defensive Sector. Died of
disease Nov. 21, 1918. Buried in Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
Our Roll of Honor 279
Clyde H. Keller, Phar. '22, Wauseon, O.
Pvt., S.A.T.C., O.S.U.
Born Wauseon, 0., Mch. 25, 1899. Wauseon, O., High School, 1918;
College of Pharmacy.
N.A. Oct. 11, 1918. Pvt. Sn. C, S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to death. Died of
disease Oct. 29, 1918 in Milit. Hosp., O.S.U. Buried in Cemetery at
Wauseon, O
Vincent Welty Kelser, Arts '22, Lorain, O.
Pvt., S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Born Dalton, O., June 9, 1899. Lorain, O., High School; Oberlin
Business College, Oberlin, O. ; College of Arts.
N.A. Oct., 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U. Died of disease at Grant
Hosp., Columbus, 0., Oct. 10, 1918 before actual training began. Buried
in Elmvi^ood Cemetery, Lorain, O.
Forrest Easton Kirby, Agr. '20, Delaware, 0.
Pvt., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, O.
Born Watkins, O., Nov. 15, 1894. Delaware, 0., High School, 1916;
College of Agriculture.
N.A. Sept. 2, 1918. Pvt. 34th Co., 9th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, O., to death. Died of disease Oct. 22, 1918 at Cp. Sherman,
O. Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, 0.
Oscar Louis Kotheimer, Engr. '19, Youngstown, 0.
Pvt. Id, 319th F. Sig. Bn., France.
Born Youngstown, O., June 16, 1890. Rayen High School, Youngs-
town, O.; College of Engineering, O.S.U. (Spl. Student, Architecture).
Downing Club; Horticultural Soc.
N.A. Sept. 19, 1917. Pvt. 38th Co., 10th Tng. Bn., 42nd Co., 11th
Tng. Bn. and Hq. Co. 15, 4th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman,
0., to Jan. 22, 1918; M.D., 319th F. Sig. Bn., to death. Pvt. Icl., Oct. 26,
1917. A.E.F., May 8, 1918 to death. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Died
of disease Dec. 8, 1918. Buried in Amer. Cemetery, Froidos, on the
Meuse River, France. Later re-interred in Calvary Cemetery, Youngs-
town, 0.
Hugh Austen La Dow, Agr. Cert. '17, Kent, 0.
Corp., Co. E, 5th Arty., A.E.F.
Born Fullerton, 0., June 8, 1893. Hiram, 0., High School, 1911;
College of Agriculture. 3rd-yr. Agr. Literary Soc; Orchestra; Capt.,
3rd-yr. Agr. Basket Ball Team.
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N.A. July 24, 1918. Pvt. Co. I, 2nd Prov. Regt., 156th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Jackson, S. C, to July 29, 1918; Btry. D, 1st Regt., Feb. Aut. Repl.
Draft, Cp. Jackson, S. C, to Aug. 19, 1918; Co. E, 5th Arty., to death.
Corp., Sept. 15, 1918. A.E.F., Sept. 23, 1918 to death. Died of disease
Oct. 6, 1918.
Robert Dickson Lane, Pharm. '18, Circleville, O.
Pvt., R.A., B. Hosp., Chateauroux, France.
Born Circleville, 0., Dec. 1, 1894. Everts High School, Circleville,
0., 1913; College of Pharmacy.
R.A. June 25, 1917. Pvt. B. Hosp. 9 to death. New York, N. Y.
A.E.F., Aug. 7, 1917 to death. Died of disease July 19, 1918 at B. Hosp.
9, Chateauroux, France. Buried in Amer. Cemetery, Chateauroux, Dis-
trict of the Indre, France, until Oct. 14, 1920. Body then returned to
U.S.; re-interred in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, O.
Ralph Watt Laughlin, B.A. '17, Wellston, O.
Divisional Citation (Posthumous).
1st Lt., M.G. Co., 108th Inf., 27th Div., France; Belgium.
Born New Straitsville, 0., Dec. 24, 1894. Newark, 0., High School,
1913; College of Arts. Delta Chi; Pi Kappa Alpha; Bucket and Dipper
(Jr. Honorary) ; Sphinx (Sr. Honorary) ; Varsity "0"; Varsity Debat-
ing Team; Ed., Makio; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet; Mystic Chain; Student Coun-
cil; Zarzoliers; Toastmasters' Club; Mgr., Freshman Basketball Team.
2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt. Apr. 17, 1918. Ft. Benj. Harri-
son, Ind., May 14, 1917 to Aug. 14, 1917. 331st Inf.; M.G. Co., 108th Inf.,
to death. Cp. Sherman, O.; Cp. Merritt, N. J. A.E.F. , June 6, 1918 to
death. Somme offensive; Ypres-Lys. Killed in action Sept. 29, 1918.
Posthumously cited in Special Order 39, Hq., 27th Div., A.E.F., Feb.
8, 1919. (Extract) :
"For courage and inspiring example repeatedly shown until killed
in action; this in the battle of the Hindenburg Line, France, Sept. 29,
1918." He was killed at Catlet, St. Quentin Sector, France, and is buried
in Sec. 3 of the Cemetery at Bony, France.
John Kinghorn Lawson, Pharm. Cert. '12, M.D. '16, Gallipolis, O.
1st Lt., M.C., Evac. Hosp. 10, France.
Born Gallipolis, O., Nov. 16, 1893. Gallipolis, 0., High School, 1910;
College of Pharmacy; College of Medicine. Alpha Kappa Kappa; Phi
Delta Chi; Pres., Senior Med. Class; Pharmaceutical Assn.
1st Lt., M.C., Feb. 6, 1918. Orthopedic Surgical Hosp., Chicago, 111.;
Orthopedic Surgical Hosp., New York, N. Y.; Evac. Hosp., Cp. Dix, N.
J.; Evac. Hosp. 10 to death. A.E.F., Aug. 15, 1918 to death. Meuse-
Our Roll of Honor 281
Argonne. Died of disease May 28, 1919 at Romage, France. Buried in
the Argonne Forest, France.
David William Lewis, B.A. '15, Scottown, O.
Pvt., 158th Dep. Bng., Cp. Sherman, O.
Born Federal Creek, O., July 12, 1887. Central High School, Colum-
bus, O., 1906; College of Engineering; College of Arts.
N.A. Sept. 4, 1918. Pvt. 25th Co., 7th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, O., to death. DFed of disease at Cp. Sherman, 0., Oct. 6,
1918.
Maynard Mount Lippincott, B.C.E. '16, Marion, O.
Pvt. Id., Co. F, 309th Engrs., SUh Div., France.
Born Marion, O., Sept. 13, 1894. Marion, O., High School, 1911;
College of Wooster, 0., College of Engineering.
N.A. June 24, 1918. Pvt. 12th Co., 3rd Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
to July 17, 1918; Co. F, 309th Engrs., to death. Cp. Sherman, O. Pvt.
Icl., Sept. 20, 1918. 84th Div. A.E.F., Sept. 9, 1918 to death. Died of
disease near St. Germaine, France, Oct. 16, 1918. Buried in Cemetery
at St. Germaine, France; re-interred in Cemetery at Marion, O., Dec.
13, 1920.
Morris Lubeach, Engr. '22, Circleville, 0.
Pvt., S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Born Supozkin, Russia, Oct. 17, 1898. Circleville, 0., High School;
College of Engineering.
N.A. Oct. 11, 1918. Pvt., S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to death. Died of disease
Dec. 4, 1918 at Columbus, O.
Robert Jeremiah Madden, Engr. '21, Columbus, O.
Pvt., Mar. C, League Island, Philadelphia, Pa.
Born Columbus, O., July 29, 1897. North High School, Columbus,
O., 1917; College of Engineering. Sgt., Cadet Corps.
Mar. C. May 8, 1918. Pvt. Parris Island, S. C, to July 2, 1918; Bin.
Co., Quantico, Va., to Feb. 18, 1919; Det., 1st Regt., Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, to June 10, 1919; Nav. Hosp., League Island, Philadelphia, Pa., to
death. Died July 21, 1919, at Nav. Hosp., League Island, Philadelphia,
Pa., after injury received while swimming at Guantanamo, Cuba. Buried
in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Columbus, O.
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Walter Winfield Marshall, B.A. '13, Sugar Grove, O.
Pvt., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0.
Born Sugar Grove, 0., Aug. 21, 1889. Lancaster, O., High School,
1909; College of Arts. Biological Club; Natural History Soc. ; Pres.,
Socialist Club; Commons Club; Student Asst., Zoology and Entomology.
N.A. May 28, 1918. Pvt. 2nd Co., 1st Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Sherman, O., to Aug. 5, 1918; M.D., B. Hosp., Cp. Sherman, O., to death.
Died of disease Oct. 4, 1918 at Cp. Sherman, O.
Alba Forde Martin, Agr. '19, Geneva, O.
Pvt., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0.
Born Geneva, O., Mch. 18, 1897. Geneva, 0., High School, 1915;
College of Agriculture.
N.A. Sept. 7, 1918. Pvt. 5th Co., 2nd Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Sherman, 0., to death. Died of disease Oct. 9, 1918 at Cp. Sherman, 0.
BuRNHAM Burl Matthews, Arts '17, Dayton, O.
2nd Lt., A.S., 3rd Avia. Instr. Center, France.
Born Dayton, O., Feb. 15, 1893. Lima, 0., High School, 1911; Col-
lege of Arts. Kappa Sigma.
E.R.C. July 21, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Called to act. duty Sept. 12, 1917.
Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U., to Nov. 13, 1917; Foreign Det. 16,
A.S., to May 23, 1918; Amer. Avia. Det., Voves, France, to disch. June
16, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S. Amer. Avia. Det., Voves, France,
to Aug. 20, 1918; Amer. Avia. Det., Avord, France, to Sept. 26, 1918;
3rd Avia. Instr. Center to death. A.E.F., Nov. 23, 1917 to death. Died of
disease Nov. 26, 1918. Buried in France.
Stanley William Mauck, Agr. '18, Burton, O.
Pvt., Co. D, 6th Engrs., 3rd Div., France.
Born Houghton, Mich., Oct. 6, 1892. Painesville, 0., High School,
1913; College of Agriculture.
R.A. June 5, 1917. Pvt. Co. D, 6th Engrs., to death. 3rd Div.
A.E.F., Dec. 5, 1917 to death. Somme Defensive. Killed in action at
Amiens, France, Mch. 30, 1918. Buried in Cemetery at Warfasee, Aban-
court, France.
Ralph John May, Arts '21, Shelby, 0.
Pvt., S.A.T.C, O.S.U.
Born Shelby, O., May 15, 1899. Shelby, O., High School, 1917; Col-
lege of Arts. Alpha Sigma Phi.
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N.A. Oct. 11, 1918. Pvt. S.A.T.C, O.S.U., to death. Died of disease
Nov. 24, 1918 at Columbus, O. Buried in Cemetery at Shelby, O.
Charles Edward McClelland, M.D. '02, Columbus, 0.
Divisional Citation.
Maj., M.C., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Born Cumberland, O., Aug. 13, 1878. McArthur, 0., High School;
Ohio Medical Univ. (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.). Alpha Mu Pi
Omega.
Capt., M.C., from O.N.G.; Maj., May 13, 1918. Med. Sup. Officer,
37th Div., to disch. Columbus, O. ; Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Hoboken, N, J.;
Cp. Mills, N. Y. 37th Div. A.E.F., June 6, 1918 to Mch. 23, 1919. Ypres-
Lys; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Slightly wounded in action Nov,
10, 1918. Disch. Apr. 29, 1919, 45 per cent disabled. Maj. McClelland
died in Columbus, O., Mch. 27, 1926, having been in ill health ever since
the war. Buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, O.
Cited in G.O. 86, Hq., 37th Div., Dec. 24, 1918. (Extract) :
"By splendid conduct and devotion to duty [he] especially contributed
to the successful operation of the Division in France and Belgium,
against the enemy."
Karl Stuart McComb, B.Sc. in Agr. '16, Columbus, 0.
2nd Lt., 60th Inf., France.
Born Napoleon, 0., June 1, 1887. Napoleon, O., High School; Col-
lege of Agriculture. Gamma Phi; Maj., Cadet Corps; Capt., Prize Co.;
Scabbard and Blade; Makio; Saddle and Sirloin Club; Univ. Grange;
Varsity "0"; Townshend Literary Soc; Agr. Soc. ; Northwestern Club;
Choral Union; Gymnasium Aide.
O.N.G. July 13, 1914. Pvt. Co. G, 4th Inf., O.N.G., in Fed. Serv. as
166th Inf., to disch. Disch. May 2, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., Inf.
60th Inf., to death. A.E.F., Oct. 18, 1917 to death. Defensive Sector.
Lt. McComb was leading a patrol in "No Man's Land" Aug. 12,
1918, when it was surprised by a German patrol. Lt. McComb promptly
ordered his men to cover, but was himself shot and instantly killed.
Buried in Meuse-Argonne Amer. Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon,
Meuse, France, Grave 14, Row 30, Block F.
Vaughn Raymond McCormick, Arts-Engr. '19, Columbus, 0.
2nd Lt., A.S., Flight Comdr., 22nd Aer. Sq., France.
Born Ray, O., Feb. 22, 1896. East High School, Columbus, O.; Col-
lege of Arts. Pi Kappa Alpha; Varsity Track Team.
E.R.C. July 20, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Avia. Sec, Sig. C, to disch. Sch. of
Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U. ; Flying Sch., Toronto, Can. Disch. Jan. 9,
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1918 to accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S. 139th Aer. Sq. to Jan. 22, 1918; Sq.
D, 22nd Aer. Sq., to death. Ft. Worth, Tex.; Garden City, L. I., N. Y.;
Brooks Fid., Tex. A.E.F., Feb. 26, 1918 to death. St. Mihiel; Defensive
Sector. Killed in action Sept. 12, 1918. Buried in Amer. Cemetery at
Thiacourt, Muerthe-et-Moselle, France, Grave 19, Row 27, Block D.
Eugene Raymond McGlaughlin, B.Sc. in For. '16, Youngstown, 0.
Corp., Co. E, 20th Engrs., Washington, D. C.
Born Springfield, O., Feb. 26, 1893. North Lima, 0., High School;
College of Agriculture. Buckeye Club; Western Reserve Club; Univ.
Grange; Jefferson Literary Soc.
N.A. Sept. 22, 1917. Pvt. Co. E, 20th Engrs., to death. Amer. Univ.,
Washington, D. C. Corp., Nov. 8, 1917. A.E.F., Nov. 12, 1917 to death.
Died of disease Sept. 15, 1918. Buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngs-
tow^n, 0.
Arthur Stanley Miller, Agr. '12, Thurston, 0.
Pvt., M.G. Co., 52nd Inf., France.
Born Millersport, O., Mch. 28, 1887. Walnut Tovi^nship, O., High
School, 1906; Ohio University, Athens, O. ; College of Agriculture.
N.A. May 13, 1918. Pvt. M.G. Co., 52nd Inf., to death. Ft. Thomas,
Ky.; Cp. Forrest, Ga.; Cp. Upton, N. J.; A.E.F., July 6, 1918 to death.
Died of disease Aug. 4, 1918 in B. Hosp. 9, Chateau Villain, France.
Buried in Catholic Cemetery, Chateau Villain, France; re-interred in
Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Thurston, O., in 1921.
The Amer. Legion Post at Millersport, O., was named in honor of
Private Miller.
Stanley Christian Miller, B.A. '15, Toledo, 0.
2nd Lt., A.S., 20th Aero Sq., France.
Born Toledo, O., Dec. 9, 1890. Toledo, O., High School, 1910; College
of Pharmacy; College of Arts. Phrenocon (now Phi Kappa Tau) ; Capt.
in O.S.U. Cadet Regt. ; Varsity Cross Country Team; Choral Union;
Treas., Soph, and Jr. Classes.
N.A. Sept. 6, 1917. Pvt. 158th Dep. Brig., Cp. Sherman, 0., to Feb.
8, 1918; Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, 111., to Apr.
18, 1918; 5th Cadet Sq., Cp. Dick, Tex., to June 5, 1918; A.S., Selfridge
Fid., Mich., to July 18, 1918; A.S., Garden City, L. I., N. Y., to disch.
Corp., Sept. 28, 1917; Pvt. Icl., Feb. 7, 1918. Disch. July 30, 1918 to
accept comm. 2nd Lt., A.S. 20th Aer. Sq. to death. Garden City, L. I.,
N. Y.; Mitchell Fid., N. Y.; Hazelhurst Fid., N. Y. A.E.F., Aug. 22,
1918 to Feb. 9, 1919. Meuse-Argonne. Killed in aeroplane accident at
Evanston, Wyo., Oct. 15, 1919. Buried in Cemetery at Toledo, 0.
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Joseph Charles Monnier, B.A. '13, Louisville, O.
1st Lt., M.R.C., Louisville, O.
Born Louisville, O., Aug. 21, 1890. Mt. Union Acad, and Mt. Union
College, Alliance, O. ; College of Arts. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. M.D.,
Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, O., 1917.
1st Lt„ M.R.C., July 5, 1918. M.D. to death. Cp. Meade, Md. Died
of disease Oct. 1, 1918 while on furlough at his home in Louisville, O.
Buried in Cemetery at Louisville, O,
William Roy Mounts, Engr. '13, Batavia, O.
1st Sgt., Railway Arty. Repl. Bn., France.
Born Blanchester, O., Jan. 5, 1891. Blanchester, O., High School,
1909; College of Engineering.
N.A. July 24, 1918. Pvt. Co. A, 3rd Prov. Regt., 156th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Jackson, S. C, to July 30, 1918; Btry. D, 3rd Regt., F.A. Repl. Draft.,
to Aug. 10, 1918; Hq. Co., 23rd Bn., F.A. Repl. Draft, to Aug. 14, 1918;
19th Btry., Aug. Aut. Repl. Draft., to Oct. 12, 1918; Btry. F, 54th C.A.C.;
Railway Arty. Repl. Bn. to death. A.E.F., Aug. 22, 1918, to death. Died
of disease Oct. 26, 1918 in France. Buried in St. Mihiel Amer. Cemetery,
Thiacourt, Meurthe-y-Moselle, France, Grave 31, Row 1, Block A.
Roy Rorick Murphy, Dent. '18, Columbus, 0.
Pharmacist's Mate Id., U.S.N.R.F., U.S.S. Nokomis, Verdun, France.
Born Fayette Co., O., June 10, 1895. East High School, Columbus,
O., 1914; College of Dentistry.
U.S.N.R.F. Feb. 10, 1917. Hosp. App. Called to act. serv. Apr. 6,
1917. Nav. Hosp., New York, N. Y., to Aug. 13, 1917; U.S.S. Hancock
to Jan. 30, 1918; U.S.S. Nokomis, S.P. 609, to death, Pharm. Mate 3cl.;
Pharm. Mat6 2cl.; Pharm. Mate Icl. Died of disease May 25, 1918 on
U.S.S. Nokomis at Verdun, France. Buried in Cemetery at Pauillac,
France, until Nov., 1920, when his body was returned to U.S.; re-interred
in Cemetery at Morenci, Mich.
Harry James Myers, Engr. '18, Bucyrus, 0.
Pvt., Sng. E.R.C., Ft. Worth, Tex.
Bom Bucyrus, O., May 17, 1893. Bucyrus, O., High School, 1913;
Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, O.; College of Engineering. Alpha Tau
Omega.
E.R.C. July 20, 1917. Pvt. Sig. E.R.C., Det., Flying Cadets, Talia-
ferro Fid., Tex.; Cp. Hicks, Ft. Worth, Tex., May 1, 1918 to death. Pvt.
Icl. Killed in aeroplane accident at Cp. Hicks, Ft. Worth, Tex., May 10
1918. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Bucyrus, O.
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Leroy William Myers, Arts '19, Akron, O.
Corp., Btry. F., 70th F.A.
Born Akron, O., Nov. 24, 1896. Central High School, Akron, O.
University of Akron, Ohio; College of Arts and Sciences.
N.A. Aug. 27, 1918. Pvt. 50th Co., 13th Bn., 159th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Zachary Taylor, Ky., to Sept. 28, 1918; Btry F, 70th F.A., to death.
Pvt. Icl., Oct. 2, 1918; Corp., Oct. 4, 1918. Died of disease Oct. 12, 1918.
Buried in Cemetery at Akron, O.
Charles Arthur Navin, Arts, C. and J. '20, Norwalk, O.
Pvt., F.A., C.O.T.S. Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Born Norwalk, O., Oct. 22, 1897. Norwalk, O., High School, 1916;
College of Arts; College of Commerce and Journalism. Phi Delta Theta;
Varsity Track Team; Newman Club (later Phi Kappa).
N.A. Oct. 25, 1918. Pvt. Obsn. Btry., F.A., C.O.T.S., Cp. Zachary
Taylor, Ky., to death. Died of disease Nov. 25, 1918 at Cp. Zachary
Taylor, Ky. Buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Norwalk, O.
Henry Turner Nelson, Agr. '12, London, O.
Born Smith Co., Tex., Nov. 7, 1892. Monroe Twp. (Madison Co., 0.)
High School, 1910; College of Agriculture.
Nelson is believed to have served in the Merchant Marine. No rec-
ord of service can be located. The Merchant Marine was constituted a
part of the Navy for the war period. Died of disease Mch. 16, 1918 at
Ft. Stanton, N. Mex. Buried in Cemetery at Ft. Stanton, New Mexico.
Fred William Norton, Jr., B.Sc. in For. '17, Columbus, O.
Distinguished Service Cross;
Croix de Guerre with Palm (French) ;
Honor and Merit Medal of the Aero Club of America.
(All Posthumous).
1st Lt., A.S., Flight Comdr., 27th Aero Sq., France.
Born Marblehead, O., Feb., 1894. Lakeside, O., High School, 1912;
College of Arts; College of Agriculture. Newman Club (now Phi Kappa),
Alpha Pi Upsilon, Bucket and Dipper (Jr. Honorary) ; Sphinx (Sr. Hon-
orary) ; Varsity "0"; Football Team; Capt., Basketball Team; Baseball
Team; Run-Maker's Cup, 1917.
Enl. R.C. July 11, 1917. Pvt. Icl. Sch. of Milit. Aeronautics, O.S.U.,
to July 31, 1917; Avia. Sec, Cadet Instr. Center, Toronto, Can., to disch.
Disch. Dec. 22, 1917 to accept comm. 1st Lt., Sig. C. 27th Aer. Sq. to
death. Kelly Fid., Ft. Worth, Tex. A.E.F., Feb. 26, 1918 to death.
Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; Defensive Sector. Died July 23, 1918
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of wounds received in action July 20, 1918. Buried in Oise-Aisne Amer.
Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France, Grave 5, Row 30, Block B.
Posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Cross under G.O. 123,
W.D., 1919. (Extract) :
"For extraordinary heroism in action in the Toul sector, France, on
July 2, 1918. Lieutenant Norton, as a flight commander, led a patrol of
eight machines, the first large American formation to encounter a large
German patrol. His command gave battle to nine enemy battle planes
driven by some of the leading aces of the German Army. Although both
of his guns jammed at the beginning of the fight and v/ere therefore use-
less, he stayed with the formation, skillfully maneuvering his machine to
the best advantage. He was attacked by enemy planes at four different
times, but skillfully avoided or dived at them. His continued presence
was a great moral help to his comrades, who destroyed two of the enemy
planes. On July 23, 1918, this officer died of wounds received in action
July 20, 1918."
Received award of French Croix de Guerre with Palm under Order
No. 12.027 "D," G.H.Q., French Armies of the East. (Extract) :
"Lt. Fred W. Norton, 27th Aero Squadron, July 2, 1918, leading a
patrol, met nine Pfalz (planes), and, although his gun jammed at the
beginning of the fight, he continued to lead his patrol and put the enemy
to flight. He was killed in aerial combat, July 20, 1918." He was cited
for this award by Marshall Retain, Commander-in-Chief of the French
Armies of the East, with the approval of Gen. Pershing.
On the night of July 20, 1918, returning with his squadron of eight
planes fi'om a flight over the German lines, twenty enemy planes wei'C
encountered. In the ensuing battle Lt. Norton was shot, but landed his
plane safely within the American lines where he was found next morn-
ing, shot through the chest. He died two days later in a field hospital.
Also received posthumous award of the Honor and Merit Medal of
the Aero Club of America.
Norton Field of the Army Reserve Airdrome at Columbus, O., is
named in honor of Fred Norton. It was dedicated June 30, 1923, with
addresses by prominent men from different parts of the country, the
unveiling of a bronze tablet erected by the Columbus Aero Club, and
Fred W. Norton Post of the Amer. Legion, and several Ohio State Univ.
athletic and fraternity organizations. A flight of fifty-five airplanes was
in attendance.
Alva Kendall Overturf, B.A. '04, LL.B. 'OG, Columbus, 0.
Capt., Srd M.G. Bn., Inf., Cp. Taylor, Ky.
Born Portsmouth, 0., Dec. 25, 1884. North High School, Ports-
mouth, 0.; College of Arts; College of Law. Phi Gamma Delta.
Capt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind. Co. A, 324th
M.G. Bn., to Feb. 26, 1918; Srd M.G. Bn. to death. Cp. Sherman, O.;
Cp. Taylor, Ky. A.E.F., June 1, 1918 to Sept. 5, 1919. Died of disease
Feb. 5, 1920 at Cp. Taylor, Ky. Buried in the Cemetery at Portsmouth, O.
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Samuel Franklin Owings, Engr. '13, Weirton, W. Va.
Pvt., 102nd Bn., Canadian Inf., France.
Born Lamar, Mo., July 28, 1888. Steubenville, 0., High School;
College of Engineering.
Enl. Canadian Mounted Rifles June 11, 1917. Pvt. Trsf. to 102nd
Bn., Canadian Inf., C.E.F. Machine Gunner. 102nd Bn. to death. Died
Sept. 28, 1918 at No. 22 Casualty Clearing Sta. of wounds received in
action the same day near Bourlon Wood, France. Buried on Bucquoy
Road, Brit. Cemetery, Ficheux, France, Grave 20, Row B, Plot 4.
Albert E. Petzke, Law Cert. '16, Cleveland, O.
Pvt., Co. F, 106th Inf., .!t2nd (Rainbow) Div., France.
Born Cleveland, 0., Feb. 4, 1894. East High School, Columbus, 0.,
1912; College of Law.
O.N.G. June 26, 1916. Pvt. Co. F, 3rd Inf., O.N.G. (Co. F, 166th
Inf.), to disch. Corp., Aug. 25, 1917; Sgt., Sept. 5, 1917; Pvt., Apr. 2,
1918. 42nd (Rainbow) Div. A.E.F., Oct. 15, 1917 to Apr. 25, 1919. Aisne-
Marne; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. Severely wounded in action
Aug. 2, 1918. Disch. Nov. 14, 1919 with Surg's. certif. of disability 100
per cent. Died of shell-shock Aug. 8, 1920.
Egbert Heber Pierson, Arts '11-'12, Engr., Law, Painesville, O.
S(/t. Id., 4(!Jrd M. Trk. Co., J,17tli M.Trk. Scrv., France.
Born Kirtland, O., Mch. 1, 1888. Painesville, 0., High School, 1906;
College of Engineering, College of Arts.
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. Serv. Co. 2, Cp. Johnston, Fla., to Aug, 7,
1918; 463rd M. Trk. Co., 417th M.T. Serv., to death. Sgt. Icl., Aug. 3,
1918. A.E.F., Aug. 22, 1918, to death. Died of disease Sept. 23, 1918 in
France.
Russell Lee Poince, Agr. '20, Tippecanoe City, O.
Pvt., Co. D, 7th Inf., 3rd Div., France.
Born Tippecanoe City, 0., May 1, 1895. West Milton, O., High
School, 1913; College of Agriculture.
R.A. Dec. 14, 1917. Pvt. A.S.; Motor Mech. Regt.; Co. B, 7th Inf.,
to death. 3rd Div. A.E.F., Apr. 6, 1918 to death. Chateau-Thierry; De-
fensive Sector. Killed in action July 15, 1918 during the Chateau-Thierry
offensive.
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John Walter Renner, M.D. '12, Hilliards, O.
Croix de Guerre (Belgian) ; War Cross (British).
(Both posthumous).
Capt., M.C., 147th Inf., 37th Div., France; Belgium.
Born Hilliards, 0., May 10, 1890. Hilliards, O., High School, 1907;
Starling Medical College (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.).
1st Lt., M.C., from O.N.G. 112th Am. Tn. to Nov. 5, 1917; 147th
Inf. to death. Columbus, O.; Cp. Sheridan, Ala.; Cp. Lee, Va. 37th Div.
A.E.F., June 22, 1918 to death. Baccarat; Ypres-Lys; Meuse-Argonne;
St. Mihiel. Killed in action Nov. 4, 1918 at Wannegem, Lede, East Flan-
ders, Belgium. Buried in Churchyard at Wannegem, Belgium.
Posthumously awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre under Royal
Decree 6624, Jan. 22, 1920, as of Jan. 22, 1919. (Extract) :
"He particularly distinguished himself by his courage during the
victorious offensive in Flanders."
The Brit. War Cross was conferred upon Lt. Renner for "excep-
tionally gallant conduct in action."
Orin Werret Robe, M.D. '91, Portsmouth, O.
Capt., M.C., France; Ellis Island, N. Y.
Born Berea, Ky., Dec. 26, 1868. North Liberty Normal School,
Cherry Fork, O.; Miami Medical College; Starling Medical College (now
College of Medicine, O.S.U.).
Capt., M.C., Mch. 1, 1918. M.D., M.O.T.C, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., to
Apr. 15, 1918; Repl. Hosp. A; M.D., Convalescent Cp. Hosp. Center,
Allerey, to Aug. 3, 1918; Det. of Patients, unasgd., to death. A.E.F.,
May 19, 1918 to Oct. 21, 1918. Died of disease Oct. 24, 1918 at Ellig
Island, N. Y.
Alvin Rankin Roberts, Engr. '12, Western Port, Md.
Sgt., 4.3 5th Aero Sq., France.
Born Franklin Mines, Md., Feb. 27, 1889. Western Port, Md., High
School, 1906; Western Maryland College; College of Engineering. Delta
Tau Delta.
R.A. Aug. 31, 1917. Pvt. 48th Aer. Constr. Sq.; 435th Aer. Sq. to
death. Corp.; Sgt. A.E.F., Oct. 13, 1917 to death. Died of disease Jan.
19, 1918. Buried in Amer. Cemetery 32, Issoudon, France.
Laird Kemp Roberts, Law '19, Defiance, O.
Yeo. 2cl., U.S.N.R.F., France.
Born Toledo, O., Dec. 6, 1896. Defiance, O., High School, 1913; Col-
lege of Law. Acacia.
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U.S.N.R.F., Feb. 6, 1918. Yeo. 3cl. U.S.S. Triton to Aug. 23, 1918;
Rcvg. Ship, Philadelphia, Pa., to Sept. 5, 1918; Nav. Air Sta., Brest,
France, to death. Yeo 2cl. Died of disease Jan. 15, 1919 at Brest, France.
Buried in Kerfautres Cemetery, near Brest, France.
Marshall Elbert Roberts, Engr. '19, Columbus, 0.
Pvt., Dev. Bn. 2, Cp. Sherman, O.
Born White Cottage, O., June 8, 1895. Zanesville, O., High School,
1914; Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.; College of Engineering. Sgt.,
O.S.U. Corps of Cadets.
N.A. Apr. 27, 1918. Pvt. 1st Co., 1st Tng. Bn.; 34th Co., 9th Tng.
Bn.; and 35th Co., 9th Tng. Bn. 158th Dep. Brig.; Co. D, Dev. Bn. 2. Cp.
Sherman, 0. Died of disease Oct. 3, 1918 at Cp. Sherman, O.
Linus Ely Russell, Arts '18, Welshfield, O.
2nd Lt., 91st Aero Sq., Observation Sec, A.S.; later Spl. Messenger;
France, Germany.
Born Welshfield, O., Sept. 12, 1896. Warren, O., High School, 1914;
College of Engineering; College of Arts.
O.N.G. Nov. 25, 1914. Pvt. 2nd F. Hosp., O.N.G., to June 14, 1917;
Sn. Det., 1st Cav., O.N.G. (Amb. Co., 147th Inf.), to disch. Corp., Mch.
2, 1916; Sgt., Apr. 2, 1916. Disch. July 11, 1918 to accept comm. 2nd
Lt., F.A. 91st Aer. Sq. to death. A.E.F., Apr. 30, 1918 to death. Meuse-
Argonne; Defensive Sector. Aerial Photographer of Ger. railways and
strategic points with Army of Occupation ; later Spl. Messenger from the
front to Paris. Died in France May 16, 1919 in airplane messenger serv-
ice. Buried in Grave 37, Amer. Cemetery (Cimitiere de Militaire), be-
tween Colombery-les-Belles and Bariezey-la-Cote, France.
Wallace Clement Sabine, B.A. '86, Prof., Physics, Harvard Univ.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Relief Worker, France and Switzerland, for Rockefeller Foundation; Ad-
viser on Airplane Instruments, A.S., Washington, D, C.
Born Richwood, O., June 13, 1868. Preparatory Department and
Arts Course, O.S.U. Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.
Went to Paris, France, in July, 1916, as Harvard Exchange Prof, in
Physics. Engaged in relief work in France and Switzerland during sum-
mer of 1916. Was attacked during the autumn by a malady which
nearly ended his life. Upon his recovery in the spring he was consulted
by Information Bureau of U.S. Navy in Paris on detection of subma-
rines, and by French Bureau des Inventions on submarine and aeroplane
problems. Was placed on staff of Bureau of Research of A.S., A.E.F.,
and consulted by Brit. Munitions Inventions Bureau about some of its
Our Roll of Honor 291
problems. By invitation of the Italian authorities he visited Italy to
confer about some of their troublesome questions, viras in the last great
Italian offensive on the Isonzo, and made flights in bombarding aero-
planes over the Adriatic Sea and Trieste and the Alps and from Genoa
in a hydro-aeroplane. He took photographs from the air of the Austrian
lines, which revealed a number of unsuspected hangars.
He was also unofficial liaison agent between the French, English,
and Italian Commands in matters of great military importance.
He returned to U.S. in autumn of 1917 and became general advisor
and information expert to Director of Milit. Aeronautics, Washington,
D. C. ; was also Editor-in-chief of Specifications Sec. of Experimental
Engineering Dept., Washington, D. C, and so continued to the end of
the war.
He underwent a surgical operation, long delayed to carry on his
work, in Boston, Mass., in Jan., 1919, and died Jan. 10, 1919. Buried in
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Ralph Thomas Saunders, M.D. '17, Sandusky, O.
1st Lt., M.C., Regtl. Surg., 48th Arty., C.A.C., Cp. Fustic, Va.
Born West Independence, O., Feb. 28, 1893. Findlay, 0., High
School, 1910; College of Medicine. Beta Theta Pi; Alpha Mu Pi Omega.
2nd Asst. Surg., Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Sandusky, O. ; 1st
Lt., M.C., Apr. 5, 1918. M.O.T.S., Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., to July 2, 1918;
Regtl. Surg., 48th Arty., C.A.C., Cp. Eustis, Va., to death. Died of dis-
ease Oct. 12, 1918 at B. Hosp., Cp. Eustis, Va.
George Adolph Scheid, Engr, '20, Monroeville, 0.
Sea. 2cl., U.S.N.R.F., Nav. Tng. Sta., Great Lakes, III.
Born Monroeville, 0., Feb. 15, 1898. Monroeville, O., High School,
1916; College of Engineering.
U.S.N.R.F. June 26, 1918. Sea 2cl. Called to act. duty Nov. 14,
1918. Nav. Tng. Sta., Great Lakes, 111., to death. Died of disease Dec.
10, 1918 at Nav. Tng. Sta., Great Lakes, 111.
Frederick Fenner Searle, B.Sc in Agr. '15, Plymouth, 0.
Pvt., Btry. E, 318th F.A., France.
Born Marlboro, Mass., Oct. 12, 1892. Plymouth, O., High School,
1911; College of Agriculture. Phrenocon (now Phi Kappa Tau) ; Officers'
Club; Western Reserve Club.
N.A. June 26, 1918. Pvt. 26th Co., 156th Dep. Brig.; Btry. E, 318th
F.A. Cp. Jackson, S. C; Ft. Myers, Fla. Pvt. Icl., Aug. 19, 1918. A.E.F.,
Aug. 8, 1918 to death. Died of disease in France Oct. 12, 1918.
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Carl Edison Sbcrist, B.A. '16, B.Sc. in Edu. '16, Bell Valley, 0.
Corp., Co. B, 330th Inf., 83rd Div., France.
Born Hoskinsville, 0., Mch. 28, 1890. Ohio Northern Acad, and
Univ., Ada, O. ; College of Arts; College of Education.
N.A. Oct. 3, 1917. Pvt. Co. I, 330th Inf., to July 20, 1918; Co. B,
330th Inf., to death. Corp., Nov. 13, 1917. Cp. Sherman, 0. A.E.F., 83rd
Div., June 12, 1918 to death. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sec-
tor. Died Oct. 13, 1918 of wounds received in action. Body returned to
U.S. on U.S.S. Wheaton Aug., 1921.
Alvin Norman Seith, Pharm. '16, Cleveland, O.
2nd Lt., 353rd Inf., 89th Div., France.
Born Cleveland, 0., July 5, 1887. Central High School, Cleveland,
0., 1909; Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, 0.; College of Phar-
macy. Pharmaceutical Assn.
2nd Lt., Inf., Nov. 27, 1917. Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.; 353rd Inf. to
death. Cp. Funston, Kan.; Cp. Mills, N. Y. 89th Div. A.E.F., June 4,
1918 to death. Killed in action Sept. 29, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne.
Buried in St. Mihiel Amer. Cemetery, Thiacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle,
France, Grave 29, Row 15, Block D.
Delmar Atkinson Settle, Engr. '18, Malta, 0.
Pvt., Co. C, 26th Inf., 1st Div., France.
Born Malta, 0., July 6, 1896. Malta, O., High School, 1914; College
of Engineering.
R.A. May 16, 1917. Pvt. Co. C, 26th Inf., to death. A.E.F. in France.
Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; Defensive Sector. Mortally wounded
in action July 20, 1918. Died Aug. 16, 1918. Buried in Cemetery at
Ploisny, Aisne, France.
Milton Kirk Sharp, B.Sc. in For. '16, East Cleveland, 0.
Corp., Btry. A, 13Jfth F.A., Cp. Sheridan, Ala.
Born Salem, 0., June 15, 1891. East High School, Cleveland, 0.,
1912; College of Agriculture.
O.N.G. June 8, 1917. Pvt. Btry. A, 134th F.A., to death. Pvt. Icl.,
July 3, 1917; Corp., Nov. 8, 1917. Cp. Sheridan, Ala. Killed Dec. 5,
1917 in accident at Cp. Sheridan, Ala.
Corp. Sharp sacrificed his own life to save the lives of others in a
runaway at Camp Sheridan, Ala. In attempting to stop the team. Sharp
was thrown under the wagon wheels and instantly killed.
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Edward Sigerfoos, B.Ph. '91, Greenville, 0.
Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumous).
Brig. Gen., 56th Inf. Brig., France.
Born Potsdam, 0., Dec. 14, 1868. Preparatory Department and Arts
Course, O.S.U. Beta Theta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa.
2nd Lt., Inf., R.A., Aug. 1, 1891; 5th Inf.; Honor Graduate, U.S.
Inf. and Cav. Sch., Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1895; 1st Lt., Apr., 1898. To
Cuba as Commissary under Gen. Leonard Wood, one year; Philippine
Islands, four years. Capt., Feb. 2, 1901; Adj., Sept., 1901; Prof., Milit.
Science and Tactics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., 1905-1909;
Maj., Sept. 5, 1913; Honor Graduate, U.S. War College, Washington, D.
C, 1915; one year there as Prof, of War Games; with Gen. John J.
Pershing on Mexican border, 1916; to China as Comdr. of Amer. forces;
in chg. Red Cross relief during floods at Tientsin, China; returned to
U.S., 1917; Lt. Col., Sept. 4, 1917; a few months at Cp. Upton, N. Y.;
Col., N.A., Nov. 5, 1917; Col., R.A., Feb. 26, 1918; Brig. Gen., Oct. 4,
1918. 15th Inf.; 56th Inf. Brig, to death. A.E.F., Mch. 29, 1918 to death.
Meuse-Argonne. Organized Army Sch. of the Line, Langres, France;
was its commandant. Mortally wounded about Sept. 30, 1918 in action,
east of Argonne Forest, La Forge Farm, France. Died Oct. 7, 1918 at
Evac. Hosp. 7 of wounds received in action. Buried in Amer. Cemetery,
Grave 104 A-2, Souilly 534, Meuse, France.
Posthumously awarded Distinguished Service Medal under G.O. 103.
(Extract) :
"He organized the Army School of the Line at Langres, and as its
commandant displayed unceasing energy and marked military and exec-
utive ability in directing its activities. Through the thorough instruction
furnished by this school, he contributed materially to the combat effi-
ciency of line troops, thereby rendering services of inestimable value to
the American Expeditionary Forces."
Errett Skinner, Engr. '20, Chillicothe, O.
Applicant, U.S.A., Columbus, 0.
Born Jackson, O., Nov. 10, 1898. Chillicothe, O., High School, 1916;
College of Engineering. Sigma Chi.
In his eagerness to serve his country Skinner submitted to an opera-
tion to remove a defect which disqualified him for milit. serv., and suc-
cumbed soon after. Died May 22, 1918 at Mt. Carmel Hosp., Columbus,
0. Burial in Cemetery at Byer, O.
Carl Cleveland Smith, M.D. '11, Akron, 0.
1st Lt., M.C., France.
Born Cadiz, 0., Mch. 7, 1886. Ohio Medical College, later Starling-
Ohio Medical College (now College of Medicine, O.S.U.) . Alpha Mu Pi
Omega.
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1st Lt., M.C, Aug. 5, 1917, from O.N.G. M.C. to death. Cp. Sher-
man, O.; Cp. Upton, N Y. A.E.F., July, 1918 to death. Died of disease
in France Feb. 17, 1919. Buried in Cemetery at Le Mans, France.
John Dale Smith, Agr, 14, Edgerton, 0.
Pvt., Co. I, lOlst Inf., France.
Born Edgerton, 0., Jan. 11, 1891. Edgerton, O., High School, 1908;
Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, 0. ; College of Agriculture.
N.A. Apr. 28, 1918. Pvt. 11th Co., 3rd Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, O.; Co. F, 329th Inf., to July 30, 1918; Co. I, 101st Inf.,
to death. A.E.F., June 12, 1918 to death. St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne ;
Defensive Sector. Died Oct. 24, 1918 of wounds received in action. Buried
in France; body removed to Cemetery at Edgerton, O., in 1921.
Carl Roland Stebbins, C.E. '13, Massillon, 0.
Ch. Mach. Mate, U.S.N.R.F., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Born Creston, O., Jan. 3, 1888. Wooster Preparatory School, O. ;
College of Engineering. Acacia; Capt., O.S.U. Co. of Cadets; Triangle
Club.
U.S.N.R.F. June 19, 1918. Mach. Mate 2cl. Called to act. duty July
9, 1918. Nav. Aux. Res., Cleveland, O., to July 16, 1918; Pelham Bay
Pk., N. Y., to Aug. 8, 1918; Nav. Steam Engr. Sch., Stevens Institute,
Hqboken, N. J., to Oct. 4, 1918; St. Vinvent's Hosp., Brooklyn, N. Y., to
death. Ch. Mach. Mate. Died of disease Oct. 12, 1918 at St. Vincent's
Hosp., Brooklyn, N. Y. Buried in Cemetery at Lisbon, 0.
Clarence W. Tanner, Agr. Spl. '17, Medina, 0.
Pvt., Hq. Co. 71st F.A., Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Born Chatham, 0., Oct. 18, 1893. Sharon Center 0., Schools;
Wooster Normal School, 0.; College of Agriculture.
N.A. Aug. 28, 1918. Pvt. 52nd Co., 13th Bn., 159th Dep. Brig., Cp.
Zachary Taylor, Ky., to Sept. 30, 1918; Hq. Co., 71st F.A., to death. Cp.
Knox, Ky.; Cp. Zachary Taylor, Ky. Died of disease Oct. 12, 1918 at Cp.
Zachary Taylor, Ky. Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, O.
Hadley Howard Teter, M.D. '16, Cleveland, O.
Lt., M.C, U.S.N. , Bristol Channel, England.
Born West View, 0., Sept. 3, 1891. Oberlin College, 0.; College of
Medicine. Phi Rho Sigma; Ed., Makio; Mgr., Medic. Basketball Team;
V. Pres., Starling-Loving Med. Soc; former Demonstrator in Anatomy.
Ensign, U.S.N.R.F., Apr. 12, 1917. Called to act. duty June 2, 1917.
Nav. Rctg. Sta., Salt Lake City, Utah, to Apr. 25, 1918. Lt. (Jr.Gr.),
Our Roll of Honor 295
Asst. Surg., U.S.N., Jan. 19, 1918. U.S.C.G. Cutter Tampa to death. The
Tampa was sunk in Bristol Channel Sept. 26, 1918, carrying Dr. Teter
down with it.
Leland Earl Thornberry, B.Sc. in Agr. '16, Jerusalem, O.
Sgt. IcL, Co. C, 5J!t2nd Engrs., France.
Born Jerusalem, O., Aug. 14, 1892. Woodsfield, 0., High School,
1911; College of Agriculture; College of Education, summer, 1917.
N.A. Oct. 4, 1917. Pvt. Co. F, 308th Engrs., to Oct. 13, 1917; 308th
Engr. Tn. to May 3, 1918; Co. 6, Engr. O.T.C., Cp. Lee, Va., to June 24,
1918; Co. C, 3rd Engrs. Tng. Regt. to Aug. 24, 1918; Co. C, 542nd
Engrs., to death. Sgt., Oct. 29, 1917; Stable Sgt., Oct. 29, 1917; Sgt.,
Jan. 26, 1918; Pvt., June 24, 1918; Sgt., June 26, 1918; Sgt. Icl., Sept. 4,
1918. Cp. Sherman, O.; Cp. Humphreys, Va.; Cp. Lee, Va. A.E.F., Sept.
20, 1918 to death. Died of disease Oct. 10, 1918 at a B. Hosp. soon after
landing in France.
Drew Selby Webster, Arts-Engr. '15, Pomeroy, O.
1st Lt., Co. B, 331st Inf., 83rd Div., France.
Born Syracuse, O., Oct. 18, 1890. Pomeroy, 0., High School, 1909;
College of Arts; College of Engineering. Phi Kappa Psi.
2nd Lt., Inf., Aug. 15, 1917; 1st Lt., Apr. 19, 1918. Ft. Benj. Harri-
son, Ind. Co. B, 331st Inf., to death. 83rd Div. A.E.F., June 5, 1918 to
death. Killed in automobile accident in France July 6, 1918.
William Greenfield West, Agr. '09, Durant, Okla.
Croix de Guerre with Silver Star (French) (Posthumous).
Pvt., Co. B, lJf2nd Inf., 36th Div., France.
Born Fairfield Twp., 0., Nov. 26, 1888. North Fairfield, 0., High
School, 1906; College of Agriculture.
N.A. June 1918. Pvt. Co. B, 142nd Inf., Cp. Bowie, Tex., to July 15,
1918; Cp. Mills, N. Y., to Aug. 1, 1918. 36th Div. A.E.F., Aug., 1918 to
death. Tng. Cp., Bar-sur-Aube, France, to Sept., 1918. Killed in action
near St. Etienne-a-Arnes, France, Oct. 7, 1918. Buried in a Cemetery
near St. Etienne, together with 8 officers and 161 enlisted men of the
142nd Inf.
Posthumously awarded French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star
under Order No. 15.511 "D," Apr. 6, 1919, G.H.Q., French Armies of the
East. (Extract) :
"During the combats near St.-Etienne-a-Arnes on Oct. 8-10, 1918, he
displayed extraordinary herism. Was killed in the course of the action."
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Jasper William White, Law '15, Columbus, 0.
Corp., Hq. Det., 309th Am. Tn., 84th Div., on way to France.
Born Uhrichsville, 0., Feb. 16, 1889. North High School, Columbus,
O., 1911; College of Law.
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. 14th Co., 4th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
Cp. Sherman, 0., to July 4, 1918; Hq. Det., 309th Am. Tn. to death.
Corp., Aug. 15, 1918. 84th Div. A.E.F., Sept. 17, 1918 to death. Died of
disease Sept. 30, 1918 on U.S. Transport Nestor going to France. Buried
in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, 0.
WiLUAM Albert Wirth, B.Ch.E. '17, Columbus, 0.
Pvt., C.W.S., Washington, D. C.
Born East Palestine, O., Mch. 28, 1892. East Palestine, O., High
School, 1910; College of Engineering. Phi Sigma Epsilon (now Theta
Chi).
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. Co. F, 2nd Inf. Tng. Regt., Repl. and Tng.
Cp., Cp. Pike, Ark., to Sept. 18, 1918; C.W.S., Washington, D. C, to
death. Died of disease Oct. 8, 1918 in Walter Reed Gen. Hosp., Wash-
ington, D. C.
Leonard Henry Wolpert, Arts '18, Hilliards, O.
Pvt., Co. K, 331st Inf., 83rd Div., France.
Born Norwich Twp., 0., Feb. 9, 1896. Washington Twp., 0., High
School, 1914; College of Arts,
N.A. May 27, 1918. Pvt. 14th Co., 4th Tng. Bn., 158th Dep. Brig.,
to July 17, 1918; Co. A, 309th Milit. Police; Co. K, 331st Inf., to death.
Cp. Sherman, O., Cp. Mills, N. Y. 83rd Div. A.E.F., Sept. 9, 1918 to
death. Died of disease Jan. 17, 1919 at Brest, France.
Halstead Robert Wright, D.D.S. '95, M.D. '10, Columbus, 0.
Capt., M.C., Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.
Born Coshocton, O., May 10, 1875. Central High School, Columbus,
O.; Mt. Union College, Alliance, O. ; Ohio Medical Univ. (later Starling-
Ohio Medical College, now College of Medicine, O.S.U.). Alpha Kappa
Kappa.
Capt., M.C., Sept. 9, 1918. Cp. Greenleaf, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., to
death. Died of disease Oct. 17, 1918 at U.S. Gen. Hosp. 14, Ft. Ogle-
thorpe, Ga.
Lawrence Crothers Yerges, B.A. '15, Columbus, 0.
Corp., Co. B, 101st M.G. Bn., 26th Div., France.
Born Columbus, 0., Jan. 25, 1893. North High School, Columbus, O.,
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1911; College of Arts. Delta Upsilon; Sigma Delta Chi; Sphinx (Sr.
Honorary) ; Toastmasters' Club; Ed. and Mgr., Makio. Circulation Mgr.,
Lantern; Assoc. Mgr., Sun Dial.
R.A. Aug. 25, 1917. Pvt. Co. B, 101st M.G. Bn., to death. Niantic,
Conn.; Montreal, Can. Pvt. Icl., Feb. 1, 1918; Corp., Oct. 17, 1918. 26th
Div. A.E.F., Oct. 10, 1917 to death. Champagne-Marne ; Aisne-Marne;
St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Chemin des Dames; Toul-Coucq; Pas Fini;
Rupt; Troyon. Mortally wounded in action in Brabant Woods, north of
Verdun, Oct. 23, 1918. Died Oct. 24, 1918 in hosp. at Glorieux. Buried
in Amer. Cemetery, Glorieux, France.
SUMMARY OF OHIO STATE'S WAR DEAD
Army Officers 44
Non-Commissioned Oflficers 19
Privates 52
Naval Officers 3
Naval Petty Officers 3
Seamen, etc 8
Marines 1
In Civilian Service 4
Applicant, U. S. A 1
Total 135
Causes of Death
Killed in accidents 10
Killed in action 22
Died of wounds received in action 16
Died of disease 82
Died after operation 1
Died of injury received in swimming 1
Drowned 3
Total 135
INDEX
ABBREVIATIONS, military and
naval, ix-xvii
Administration, war services of,
107-173
A.E.F., older alumni in, 101-104
Aeroplanes, novelty in war, 29
Aero squadrons, 27th and 95th in
"Second Marne," 51
Aircraft production, promoters of,
175-176
Air Service, training for, at To-
ronto, Can., 5; Ohio State men
in, 75-80
Ambulance Service, Ohio State
men in, 32-37; with Italian
Army, 73
American Army, trained in France,
40; First, in St. Mihiel cam-
paign, 52-54; Schools in France
after Armistice, 83
American Divisions, list of, con-
taining Ohio State men, 21-22;
arrival and training in France,
37-39; 42nd at Camp Mills, N.
Y., 9; 37th at Camp Sheridan,
Ala., 9-10; 83rd at Camp Sher-
man, O., 10; moved to seaboard,
15-16; 84th at Camp Sherman,
0., 16; removed from Camp Tay-
lor, Ky., 16; 95th organized at
Camp Sherman, O., 16; 42nd,
146th Infantry becomes part of,
17; 37th at Camp Sheridan, Ala.,
17-20; regiments in 37th: 134th,
135th, and 136th Field Artillery,
17; 145th, 146th, and 147th In-
fantry, 17, 112th Sanitary Train,
17; one regiment of Engineers,
17; one Field Signal Battalion,
17; one Ammunition and Supply
Train, 17; four Field Hospitals,
17; three Ambulance Companies,
17; two Military Police Com-
panies, 17; one Headquarters
Troop, 17; Ohio State officers in
37th, 17-18; 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
15th, 33rd, Ohio State men in.
21; 1st, 2nd, 26th, and 42nd ar-
rive in France, 37-38; 26th in
action, Apr., 1917, 39; 42nd in
France, Feb. 21-June 20, 1918,
39; 1st in battle of Cantigny,
44; 3rd at Chateau-Thierry, 45-
46; 2nd at Chateau-Thierry, 46-
47; 26th at Chateau-Thierry, 46-
47; 42nd east of Reims, 47; 3rd
west of Reims, 47; incorporated
in French Armies, 48; 1st and
2nd advanced toward Soissons,
48; 4th advances along Ourcq
River, 48; 26th, 3rd, and 28th
advance north from Chateau-
Thierry, 48, 50; 32nd advance to
Vesle River, 50; 42nd continues
advance, 50; 4th and 32nd in
"Second Marne," relieved by 27th
and 28th, 51; 32nd joins 10th
French Army, 51 ; 4th, 26th, 1st,
42nd, 89th, 2nd, 5th, 90th, and
32nd in St. Mihiel campaign, 52-
54; 77th, 28th, 35th, 91st, 37th,
79th, 4th, 80th, 33rd, and 29th in
Meuse-Argonne campaign, 55-
59; 2nd and 36th in the Cham-
pagne, 59; 29th, 32nd, and 79th
east of Meuse River, 60-61 ; 78th,
77th, 80th, 42nd, 1st, 2nd, 89th,
90th, and 5th in advance on Se-
dan, 62-63; 37th, artillery of 5th,
and 92nd in advance, 63-64; di-
visions on other fronts, 67-74;
33rd, 27th, and 30th in Somme
offensive, 67, 69; 37th, 91st, and
artillery of 28th in Belgium, 70 ;
number of Ohio State men in
37th, 104
"American Legion in Canada,"
formed and dissolved, 31
American Library Assoc, erects
buildings at Camp Sherman, 12-
13; efforts of, 25
Amiens, German drive at, 35
Ammunition Trains: 308th, 10;
331st, 10
299
300
History of The Ohio State University
Armistice, mentioned, 17; Nov. 11,
1918, 64
Army Motor School, in France, 40
Army of Occupation, account of,
80-82
Army trucks, engineer for, 182
Arras, British before, 29
Artillery Schools, in France, 40
Athletics, at Camp Sheridan, Ala.,
19
Atlanta, Ga., motor repair shop at,
23
Austria, Italian Army advances
into, 72
Aviation, schools in France, 41 ;
Ohio State men in naval, 100;
number of Ohio State men in,
104
BALLOON School, in France, 40
Baltimore, Md., motor repair shop
at, 23
Belgium, battle line across south-
ern, 27; preponderance of French
and British in, 30; Ypres-Lys
offensive in, 63, 69-72
Benzol-Tuluol, manufacturers of,
178
British, capture Vimy Ridge, 29;
in Belgium, 30; 3rd Corps forced
back, 36; Hindenburg line broken
by 4th Army of, 69
By-Product plants, producer of,
179
CAMBRAI, British before, 30
Campaigns, of American Army,
43-54:
Battle of Cantigny, 43-44;
Champagne Defensive (Chateau-
Thierry), 45-48;
"Second Marne," 48-52;
St. Mihiel, 52-54;
Meuse-Argonne, 55;
First Advance (Montfaucon),
55-57;
Second Advance (Grand Pre, Ro-
magne), 57-59;
in the Champagne, 59-60;
east of the Meuse, 60-61:
advance on Sedan, 61-63;
east of Verdun, 63-65
Camps: earliest in U. S., 1-2; Re-
serve Officers', 2-9 ; containing
Ohio State men, 21-22; builders
and supervisors of, 175; names
of — Dodge, la.. Inf. Officers'
School at, 8; Cody, N. M., 34th
Division at, 22-23; Custer, Mich.,
Inf. Officers' School at, 8; Greene,
N. C, 3rd and 4th Divisions at,
21; Greenleaf, Ga., Medical,
Dental, and Veterinary schools
at, 6-7; Hancock, Ga., Machine-
Gun School at, 8; Jackson, S. C,
Field Artillery Depot at, 9; Lee,
Va., men from, 16; Logan, 111.,
Ohio State men at, 21; McAr-
thur, Tex., Inf. Officers' School
at, 8; 32nd Division at, 22; Mer-
ritt, N. J., embarkation from,
23; Mills, N. Y., many Ohio
State men at, 9, 22; 42nd Di-
vision at, 9 ; embarkation from,
23; Pike, Ark., men from, 16;
Sheridan, Ala., Inf. Officers'
School at, 8 ; many Ohio State
men at, 9, 22; athletics at, 18,
20; newspaper at, 18; Christmas
at, 19 ; visitors at, 19 ; schools at,
19, 20; 9th Division at, 20; 37th
Division at, 17-20; Sherman, O. ;
many Ohio State men at, 9, 22;
83rd Division at, 10-17; Com-
munity House and "Huts" at, 11;
Hostell House at, 12; Liberty
Theater at, 12; library service at,
12-13; Christmas Eve celebration
at, 14; visitors at, 14-15; men
from Camps Lee and Pike at,
16; 37th Division demobilized at,
20; Taylor, Ky., Field Artillery
Officers' School at, 9; 84th Di-
vision at, 22; Upton, L. I., N. Y„
embarkation from, 23; Vail, N.
J., mentioned, 5
Camp Sherrfian Neivs, successor of
earlier newspaper, 13
Canada, Ohio State men enlist in,
31-32
Canal Zone, hospitals in, 8
Cantigny, battle of, 43-44
Caporetto, Italian front collapses
after, 30; German drive on, 72
Cavalry, Ohio State men in, 3
Central Officers' Training Schools,
candidates transferred to, 5
Champagne Defensive, June and
July, 1918, 45-48; Ohio State
men in, 47-48
Chanute Field, 111., Ohio State
pilots at, 6
Index
301
Chaplains, Ohio State men as, 93-
94
Chemical Warfare Service, number
of Ohio State men in, 93
Chemin des Dames, Germans driven
from, 30
Chicago, 111., Naval Officers' School
at, 23; Auxiliary Reserve School
at, 25
Chillicothe Public Library, supplies
books, 12
Citations and Decorations, list of,
195-256; summary of, 256-257
Civilian service, of Ohio State
men, 175-189
Cleveland, O., Naval Oflftcers' School
at, 23
Coast Artillery Officers' School, at
Ft. Monroe, 8
Columbia University, Radio School
at, 5; hospital unit of, 188
Cohrrnbiis Evening Dispatch, helps
print Camp Sherman newspaper,
13
Commission on Training Camp Ac-
tivities, builds theater at Camp
Sherman, 12; scope of, 25.
Cornell University, teaches map
compilation, 6; Officers' School
at, 6
DENTAL Corps, Ohio State men
in, 87
Divisions: see American Divisions
EASTMAN Kodak Co., teaches
aerial photography, 6
Eighty-Third Division Ne7vs, is-
sued at Camp Sherman, 13
Engineer Corps, Ohio State candi-
dates in, 4; Ohio State men in,
88-91, 104
Engineer Officers' Training Schools,
locations of, 4-6
Engineering branches, Ohio State
men in, 88
FACULTY, v^rar services, of, 107-
173
Fairlield, O., Aviation Officers'
School at, 6
Federal Trade Commission, chair-
man of, 185
Field Artillery, Ohio State men
in, 3
Field Artillery Officers' School, at
Camp Taylor, Ky., 9
Field Artillery Replacement Dept.,
at Camp Jackson, S. C, 9
Field Signal Battalion: 308th, 10
Food problem, Ohio State men deal-
ing vi^ith, 179-180
Football, at Camp Sherman, 14
Forts:
Benjamin Harrison, Ind., en-
campments at, 2-5; Medical
Officers' School at, 7; Leaven-
worth, Kan., mentioned, 2; Engi-
neer Officers' Training School
at, 4 ; Ohio State graduates
from, 5; instruction for Signal
Corps at, 5
Monroe, Va., Artillery Officers'
School at, 8
Oglethorpe, Ga., mentioned, 2;
Engineer Officers' School at, 4;
Railway Engineering School at,
5;
Officers' Training Camp at, 20
Riley, Kan., Officers' Medical
School at, 7
Sam Houston, Tex., School for
Line and Staff Corps at, 8
Sheridan, 111., mentioned, 2; Offi-
cers' Training Camp at, 5
Sill, Okla., School of Fire at, 8
Foundry, engineer of, 182
France, battle line across southern
and eastern, 27 ; preponderance
of French and British in, 30;
Military Schools in, 40; unifica-
tion of command in, 43; mem-
bers of Commission for Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis in, 188-
189; superintendent of schools
in, 189; Ohio State women work-
ers in, 192-194
French Army, Ohio State men en-
list in, 31, 34; resists drive south
of Amiens, 35; Tenth, in "Sec-
ond Marne," 51; Fourth, in
Meuse-Argonne campaign, 55;
Fourth, in the Champagne, 59-
60
French Escadrille 280, at Chateau-
Thierry, 51
Fuel problem, Ohio State men deal-
ing with, 180
302
History of The Ohio State University
GAS warfare, novelty of, 28
German drive, March, 1918, Ohio
State men oppose, 35; blocked at
Reims, 48
Germany, Army of Occupation in,
80-82
Government storage plants, Ohio
State men connected with, 182-
183
Gettysburg, Pa., Training Camp
at, 1
Great Lakes, 111., Naval Training
Station at, 23-24; football team
at, 24
HAMPTON Roads, Va., Naval
Training Station at, 25
Hand grenades, revived, 28
Hawaiian Islands, hospitals in, 8
Helmets, revived, 28
Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., Ohio State
men at, 6
Hindenburg line, broken by British
4th Army, 69
Hospitals, Ohio State men sewing
in, 8
Hospital unit, of Columbia Univer-
sity, 188
Hospital dietitians, Ohio State
women as, 192
Hospital nurse, Ohio State woman
as, 192
INFANTRY, commissions for Ohio
State men, 3
Infantry Officers' Schools, locations
of,
Influenza, at Camp Sherman, 16
Inspectors, of munitions, 176-177;
other, 178
Intelligence Schools, in France, 40
Investigators, Ohio State men as,
184
Italian Army, Ohio State men with,
72-74
Italian front, collapse of, 30
JEWISH Welfare Board, efforts
of, 25
Judge Advocate's Division, number
of Ohio State men in, 93
KELLY Field, Tex., Ohio State
pilots at, 6
Knights of Columbus, efforts of, 25
LABORATORY technicians, Ohio
State women as, 191
Langres, as principal center of
Army Schools in France, 40
Lens, Ohio State men at, 30
Leon Springs, Tex., Engineer Of-
ficers' School at, 4; Officers'
Training Camp, at 20
Lorraine front, American Armies
in charge of, 37
Los Angeles, Calif., Ohio State
pilots at, 6
Love Field, Tex., Ohio State pilots
at, 6
MACHINE Gun School, at Camp
Hancock, Ga., 8
Machine-Gun Battalions: 323rd,
10; 324th, 10
Marine Corps, School for Flyers
and Mechanics at Massachusetts
Institute, 24 ; recruiting station
at Paris Island, S. C, 24
Marines, Ohio State officers in, 21
Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nology, Ohio State men in Naval
Training Station at, 25
McCook Field, Dayton, O., Ohio
State pilots at, 6
Medical Corps, equipment for, 7;
Ohio State men in, 86-87, 104
Medical Enlisted Reserve Corps, at
Camp Greenleaf, Ga., 7; Ohio
State dental students in, 8
Medical Officers' School, Camp
Greenleaf, Ga., Ohio State men
in, 7, 8
Messines Ridge, captured by Brit-
ish, 29
Meuse-Argonne campaign, account
of, 55-59
Military Police, number of Ohio
State men in, 94; Battalions:
127th, 10; 308th, 10
Military situation, 1917 and early
1918, 29-30
Military Training Camps Associa-
tion, mentioned, 1
Motor Transport Corps, Ohio State
men in, 23
Munitions, producers and inspec-
tors of, 176-178
NATIONAL Army, Ohio State
men in, 103-104
National Defense Act, June 3
1916, 1-2
Index
303
Naval Auxiliary Reserve School,
Cleveland, O., Ohio State men
in, 25
Naval aviation, Ohio State men
in, 100
Naval Officers' Schools, in naval
districts, 23
Naval Radio School, at Harvard,
24-25; at Massachusetts Insti-
tute, 24
Naval service, Ohio State women
in, 192-19"3
Naval Training Stations, locations
of, 23-24, 95-96
Navy, Ohio State men in, 95-99;
Ohio State medical men in, 100;
civilians connected with, 180-182;
Aeronautical School at Massa-
chusetts Institute, 24
Newport, R. I., Naval Training
Station at, 23; Ohio State men
at, 25
Nitrates, Ohio State men as manu-
facturers of, 178
Norfolk, Va., Naval Training Sta-
tion at, 23, 25; Naval Operating
Base at, 23; Naval Hospital at,
25
Northern states, number of camps
in, 9
OFFICERS' School, at Cornell
University, 6
Officers' Training Schools, in
France, 40
Ohio State Day, at Camp Sherman,
14; at Ft. Benjamin Harrison,
2-3
Ohio State Journal, helps print
Camp Sherman newspaper, 13
Ohio State Library Commission,
supplies books, 12
Ohio State men, in U. S. Training
Schools and Camps, 1-26; in Na-
val Training Stations, 23-26; at
the front, 27-35; early enlist-
ments of, 30-35; as directors and
instructors in France, 41-42; in
battle of Cantigny, 44; in "Sec-
ond Marne," 49-52; in St. Mihiel
campaign, 53-54; in Meuse-Ar-
gonne campaign, 56-59 ; in the
Champagne, 59-60 in campaign
east of Meuse River, 60-61; in
advance on Sedan, 62-63 ; in cam-
paign east of Verdun, 64-65; in
Ypres-Lys attack, 70-72; with
Italian Army, 72-74; in air serv-
ice at the front, 75-80; in Tank
Corps, 80; as instructors in
Army Schools in France, 83
Ohio State University, Reserve Of-
ficers' Training Corps at, 5; Li-
brary supplies books, 12; War
Record Committee, 14-15
Omaha, Neb., Ohio State pilots at,
6
Optical glass factory, built, 184
Ordnance, number of Ohio State
men in, 93, 104
PASSCHENDAELE, France, Ohio
State men at, 30
Pauillac Pilot, Navy Air Reserve
newspaper, 100
Payne Field, Miss., Ohio State pi-
lots at, 6
Pelham Bay Park, N. Y., Officers'
School at, 23, 25
Pensacola, Fla., Ohio State pilots
at, 6 ; Naval Air Station at, 24
Photography (aerial), studied at
Eastman Kodak Co., 6
Pig iron, expert on, 182
Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., train-
ing camp at, 1
Playground and Recreational As-
soc, of America, efforts of, 26
Post Field, Ft. Sill, Okla., Ohio
State pilots at, 6
Presidio of Monterey, Calif., train-
ing camp at, 1
Princeton University, School of
Aeronautics at, 5
Prisoners, number captured in St.
Mihiel campaign, 54
QUARTERMASTERS' Corps,
Ohio State men in, 3, 93, 104;
Base Sections abroad, 92
RADIO, superintendent, 183-184
Railway Engineering, School in, 5
Red Cross overseas, Ohio State
men in, 185-187; Ohio State
women in, 192
Regiments, in 83rd Division: 28th
Infantry, 10; 30th Infantry, 10;
127th Infantry, 10; 308th Engi-
neers, 10; 324th Infantry, 10;
326th Infantry, 10; 329th In-
fantry, 10-11; 330th Infantry,
304
History of The Ohio State University
10-11; 331st Infantry, 10; 332nd
Infantry, 10; 322nd Field Artil-
lery, 10; 323rd Field Artillery,
10; 324th Field Artillery, 10
Ohio State men in 146th Infan-
try, 9, 17; 167th Infantry, 9
166th Infantry, 9; 332nd Infan
try in Italy and Austria, 72-74
29th Engineers on Toul Sector,
89; 30th Engineers in German
offensive, 89
Regular Army, Ohio State men in,
101-103.
Rehabilitation, for disabled sol-
diers, organizer of, 185
Reserve Officers' Training Corps,
Ohio State men in, 2-9
Rifle School, in France, 40
Roll of Honor, 258-297; summary
of, 297
Russia withdraws from war, 30
SALVATION Army, efforts of, 25
San Antonio, Tex., motor repair
shop at, 23
San Diego, Calif., Naval Training
School at, 24
San Francisco, Calif., Naval Train-
ing Station at, 23
Sanitary Train: 308th, 10
St. Mihiel campaign, account of,
52-54
School, for Dental Officers, 8; for
Line and Staff Corps, 8; of Fire,
8
Scioto Gazette, issues Camp Sher-
man edition, 13
Scott Field, Belleville, 111., Ohio
State pilots at, 6
"Second Marne," account of, 48-52
Sedan, advance on, 61-63
Shipping, civilians connected with,
180-182
Ships, Submarines, Transports,
etc.: U.S.S. Dochra, 99; U.S.S.
Georgia, 99; U.S.S. Hancock, 98;
U.S.S. Frederick, 100; U.S.S.
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 100;
U.S.S. Los Angeles, 100; U.S.S.
Maine, 99; U.S.S. New Mexico,
99; U.S.S. Nevada, 99; U.S.S.
Oklahoma, 99; U.S.S. Pennsyl-
vania, 99; U.S.S. Porter, at
Queenstown, 100; U.S. Rambler,
on guard duty, 98; U.S.S. Si-
honey, as convoy, 99; U.S.S.
Tampa, torpedoed, 97; U.S.S.
Texas, 99; U.S.S. Tonopah, at
Cape May and on cruise, 100
Submarine chasers: 325, 97;
Hanyiibal, in English Channel,
100; Lancaster, 97; service of,
97-98
Submarines, in Caribbean Sea,
97
Transports; U.S.S. Hancock,
98; U.S.S. Mongolia, 98; U.S.S.
Mt. Vernon, 98, 100; U.S.S.
Scranton, 98; U.S.S. Suwanee,
98; U.S.S. Tjisondari, 98
Destroyer Reid, on convoy
duty, 98
Mine-sweeper, in North Sea,
99
Repair ship Black Hawk, in
North Sea, 99
Signal Corps, instruction for, 5;
School of Meteorology, 4; at Col-
lege Station, Tex., 5; schools in
France, 40; Ohio State men in,
91-92
Somme offensive, account of, 67-69
Spain, Ohio State woman worker
in, 194
Storage plants: see Government
storage plants
Southern states, number of camps
in, 9
Stars and Stripes, A.E.F. newspa-
per, 94; Ohio State editors of,
104
Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J.,
Merchant Ships Officers' School
at, 23-24
Student Navy Training Corps, in
colleges and universities, 24
Student Navy Training Unit, at
Ohio State University, demobil-
ized, 25
Submarine base, at New London,
Conn., 25
Supply Trains: 112th, 10; 308th,
10
TALIAFERRO Field, Tex., Ohio
State pilots at, 6
Tank Corps, Ohio State men in, 80
Tanks, new in warfare, 29
Technical services overseas,
branches of, 85-86;
Chemical Warfare Service, 93-94;
Dental Corps, 87;
Index
305
Engineering branches, 88;
Engineering Corps, 89-91 ;
Medical Corps, 86-87;
Military Police, 94;
Ordnance, 93 ;
Quartermaster Corps, 92-93 ;
Service of the Rear, 92;
Signal Corps, 91-92;
Transportation, 92
Telephone, engineers, 183-184;
School in France, 40
Training Camps, earliest, 1-2
Tuberculosis, members of Commis-
sion for prevention of, in France,
188-189
UNIFICATION of command, in
France, 43
Universities, foreign, Ohio State
men in, 83-84
University of Texas, School of
Aeronautics at, 5-6
U. S. Naval Academy, Reserve Of-
ficers' School at, 23, 25
VANCOUVER, Wash., Ohio State
pilots at, 6
Verdun, offensive at, 30; campaign
east of, 63-65
Veterinary Corps, Ohio State men
in, 87-88, 104
Vimy Ridge, captured by British,
29
Virus serum control, agent for,
185
WAR activities, at State College,
Pa., supervisor of, 188
War Camp Community Service, ef-
forts of, 26 ; supervisor in Co-
lumbus, O., 188
War Council of American Library
Assoc, supplies books, 12
Warfare, European, taught by for-
eign instructors, 1, 15, 19, 27-29
War films, producer of, 185
War service, of Ohio State women,
191-194
Washington, D. C, Ohio State
women workers in, 194
Western front, Allies maintain of-
fensive on, 30
Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, 0.,
Ohio State pilots at, 6
YALE University, instruction for
Signal Corps at, 5
Y.M.C.A., secretaries at, Ft. Ben-
jamin Harrison, 2; at Camp
Sheridan, 18; at Camps Buell,
Grant, Meigs and Forts Bliss
and Des Moines, 21; efforts of,
25; Ohio State men in, overseas,
185-187; Ohio State women in,
overseas, 193
Ypres, gas warfare before, 28 ;
British in region of, 29 ; second
German drive south of, 44
Ypres-Lys campaign, account of,
69-72
Y.W.C.A., efforts of, 25
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