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diff --git a/40905-8.txt b/40905-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 2435f36..0000000 --- a/40905-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3900 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Defenders of Democracy, by Anonymous - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Defenders of Democracy - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: September 30, 2012 [EBook #40905] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY *** - - - - -Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images -generously made available by The Internet Archive.) - - - - - - - - - -DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY - - -[Illustration] - - -[Illustration] - - -_To the brave men and heroic women of Lanett, Shawmut, Langdale, Fairfax -and Riverview, who have gone forth to do battle for the democracy of the -world: and to the loved ones they have left behind, this book is -affectionately dedicated._ - - -This book is made possible by the generous co-operation of the officers of -the West Point Manufacturing Company and Lanett Cotton Mills. It is the -result of the combined efforts of the War Service Station in each mill -locality to pay at least a feeble tribute to the gallant doughboy who -enlisted in the cause of right and democracy. It is hoped that, as the -years pass by, these crusaders and their posterity may find an increasing -interest in this memorial to their heroism. - -Also, it has been thought advisable to preserve a record of the -accomplishments of all those patriotic forces which contributed their part -towards the successful termination of the greatest conflict in history. - -It would not be amiss to call particular attention to the War Service -Stations, under whose leadership was fostered practically all of the -patriotic work consummated by those at home. That these Stations were a -comfort to our boys--in their interest and solicitude for them--is -attested by the letters reproduced. - - - - -[Illustration: PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON _Commander-in-Chief_ UNITED STATES -ARMY] - - -The President's War Message - -Delivered before Congress April 2, 1917 - -I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are -serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, -which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should -assume the responsibility of making. - -On the third of February last, I officially laid before you the -extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and -after the first day of February it was its purpose to put aside all -restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every -vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and -Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by -the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. - -That had seemed to be the object of the German submarine warfare earlier -in the war; but since April of last year the Imperial Government had -somewhat restrained the commanders of its undersea craft in conformity -with its promise then given to us that passenger boats should not be sunk, -and that due warning would be given to all other vessels which its -submarines might seek to destroy, when no resistance was offered or escape -attempted, and care taken that their crews were given at least a fair -chance to save their lives in their open boats. - -The precautions taken were meager and haphazard enough, as was proved in -distressing instance after instance in the progress of the cruel and -unmanly business, but a certain degree of restraint was observed. - -The new policy has swept every restriction aside. Vessels of every kind, -whatever their flag, their character, their cargo, their destination, -their errand, have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and -without thought of help or mercy for those on board--the vessels of -friendly neutrals, along with belligerents. - -Even hospital ships and ships carrying relief to the sorely bereaved and -stricken people of Belgium, though the latter were provided with safe -conduct through the proscribed areas by the German Government itself and -were distinguished by unmistakable marks of identity, have been sunk with -the same reckless lack of compassion or of principle. - -I was for a little while unable to believe that such things would in fact -be done by any government that had hitherto subscribed to the humane -practices of civilized nations. - -International law had its origin in the attempt to set up some law which -would be respected and observed upon the seas, where no nation had right -of dominion and where lay the free highways of the world. - -By painful stage after stage has that law been built up, with meager -enough results, indeed, after all was accomplished that could be -accomplished, but always with a clear view, at least, of what the heart -and conscience of mankind demanded. - -This minimum of right the German Government has swept aside under the plea -of retaliation and necessity, and because it had no weapons which it could -use at sea except these which it is impossible to employ as it is -employing them without throwing to the winds all scruples of humanity or -of respect for the understandings that were supposed to underlie the -intercourse of the world. - -I am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and -serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of -the lives of non-combatants, men, women and children, engaged in pursuits -which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been -deemed innocent and legitimate. - -Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot -be. - -The present German submarine warfare against commerce is a warfare against -mankind. It is a war against all nations. - -American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has -stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other -neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters -in the same way. There has been no discrimination. - -The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it -will meet it. - -The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel -and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as -a nation. We must put excited feeling away. - -Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical -might of the Nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of -which we are only a single champion. - -When I addressed the Congress on the twenty-sixth of February last, I -thought that it would suffice to assert our neutral rights with arms, our -right to use the seas against unlawful interference, our right to keep our -people safe against unlawful violence. - -But armed neutrality, it now appears, is impracticable. Because submarines -are in effect outlaws when used as the German submarines have been used -against merchant shipping, it is impossible to defend ships against their -attacks as the law of nations has assumed that merchantmen would defend -themselves against privateers or cruisers, visible craft giving chase upon -the open sea. - -It is common prudence in such circumstances, grim necessity indeed, to -endeavor to destroy them before they have shown their own intention. They -must be dealt with upon sight, if dealt with at all. - -The German Government denies the right of neutrals to use arms at all -within the areas of the sea which it has proscribed, even in the defense -of rights which no modern publicist has ever before questioned their right -to defend. The intimation is conveyed that the armed guards which we have -placed on our merchant ships will be treated as beyond the pale of law and -subject to be dealt with as pirates would be. Armed neutrality is -ineffectual enough at best; in such circumstances and in the face of such -pretensions it is worse than ineffectual; it is likely only to produce -what it was meant to prevent; it is practically certain to draw us into -the war without either the rights or the effectiveness of belligerents. - -There is one choice we cannot make, we are incapable of making: we will -not choose the path of submission and suffer the most sacred rights of our -Nation and our people to be ignored or violated. The wrongs against which -we now array ourselves are no common wrongs; they cut to the very roots of -human life. - -With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the -step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but -in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise -that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German -Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and -people of the United States; that it formally accept the status of -belligerent which has thus been thrust upon it; and that it take immediate -steps not only to put the country in a more thorough state of defense, but -also to exert all its power and employ all its resources to bring the -Government of the German Empire to terms and end the war. - -What this will involve is clear. It will involve the utmost practicable -co-operation in counsel and action with the governments now at war with -Germany, and, as incident to that, the extension to those governments of -the most liberal financial credits in order that our resources may, so far -as possible, be added to theirs. It will involve the organization and -mobilization of all the material resources of the country to supply the -materials of war and serve the incidental needs of the Nation in the most -abundant and yet the most economical and efficient way possible. It will -involve the immediate full equipment of the Navy in all respects, but -particularly in supplying it with the best means of dealing with the -enemy's submarines. It will involve the immediate addition to the armed -forces of the United States already provided for by law in case of war at -least five hundred thousand men, who should, in my opinion, be chosen upon -the principle of universal liability to service, and also the -authorization of subsequent additional increments of equal force so soon -as they may be needed and can be handled in training. - -It will involve also, of course, the granting of adequate credits to the -Government, sustained, I hope, so far as they can equitably be sustained -by the present generation, by well-conceived taxation. I say sustained so -far as may be equitable by taxation because it seems to me that it would -be most unwise to base the credits which will now be necessary entirely on -money borrowed. It is our duty, I most respectfully urge, to protect our -people so far as we may, against the very serious hardships and evils -which would be likely to arise out of the inflation which would be -produced by vast loans. - -In carrying out the measures by which these things are to be accomplished -we should keep constantly in mind the wisdom of interfering as little as -possible in our own preparation and in the equipment of our own military -forces with the duty--for it will be a very practical duty--of supplying -the nations already at war with Germany with the materials which they can -obtain only from us or by our assistance. They are in the field and we -should help them in every way to be effective there. - -I shall take the liberty of suggesting, through the several executive -departments of the Government, for the consideration of your committees, -measures for the accomplishment of the several objects I have mentioned. I -hope that it will be your pleasure to deal with them as having been framed -after very careful thought by the branch of the Government upon which the -responsibility of conducting the war and safeguarding the Nation will most -directly fall. - -While we do these things, these deeply momentous things, let us be very -clear, and make very clear to all the world what our motives and our -objects are. My own thought has not been driven from its habitual and -normal course by the unhappy events of the last two months, and I do not -believe that the thought of the Nation has been altered or clouded by -them. - -I have exactly the same things in mind now that I had in mind when I -addressed the Senate on the twenty-second of January last; the same that I -had in mind when I addressed the Congress on the third of February and on -the twenty-sixth of February. - -Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and -justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power -and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the -world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure -the observance of those principles. - -Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world -is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace -and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by -organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not the will of -their people. We have seen the last of neutrality in such circumstances. - -We are at the beginning of an age in which it will be insisted that the -same standards of conduct and of responsibility for wrong done shall be -observed among nations and their governments that are observed among the -individual citizens of civilized states. - -We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling toward them -but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that -their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their -previous knowledge or approval. - -It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the -old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and -wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little -groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as -pawns and tools. - -Self-governed nations do not fill their neighbor states with spies or set -the course of intrigue to bring about some critical posture of affairs -which will give them an opportunity to strike and make conquest. Such -designs can be successfully worked out only under cover and where no one -has the right to ask questions. - -Cunningly contrived plans of deception or aggression, carried, it may be, -from generation to generation, can be worked out and kept from the light -only within the privacy of courts or behind the carefully guarded -confidences of a narrow and privileged class. They are happily impossible -where public opinion commands and insists upon full information concerning -all the nation's affairs. - -A steadfast concert for peace can never be maintained except by a -partnership of democratic nations. No autocratic government could be -trusted to keep faith within it or observe its covenants. It must be a -league of honor, a partnership of opinion. - -Intrigue would eat its vitals away; the plottings of inner circles who -could plan what they would and render account to no one would be a -corruption seated at its very heart. Only free peoples can hold their -purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interests of -mankind to any narrow interest of their own. - -Does not every American feel that assurance has been added to our hope for -the future peace of the world by the wonderful and heartening things that -have been happening within the last few weeks in Russia? - -Russia was known by those who knew it best to have been always in fact -democratic at heart, in all the vital habits of her thought, in all the -intimate relationships of her people that spoke their natural instinct, -their habitual attitude toward life. - -The autocracy that crowned the summit of her political structure, long as -it has stood and terrible as was the reality of its power, was not in fact -Russian in origin, character or purpose; and now it has been shaken off -and the great, generous Russian people have been added in all their native -majesty and might to the forces that are fighting for freedom in the -world, for justice, and for peace. Here is a fit partner for a League of -Honor. - -One of the things that has served to convince us that the Prussian -autocracy was not and could never be our friend is that from the very -outset of the present war it has filled our unsuspecting communities and -even our offices of Government with spies and set criminal intrigues -everywhere afoot against our national unity of council, our peace within -and without, our industries and our commerce. - -Indeed, it is now evident that its spies were here even before the war -began; and it unhappily is not a matter of conjecture, but a fact proved -in our courts of justice, that the intrigues which have more than once -come perilously near to disturbing the peace and dislocating the -industries of the country have been carried on at the instigation, with -the support, and even under the personal direction of official agents of -the Imperial Government accredited to the Government of the United States. - -Even in checking these things and trying to extirpate them we have sought -to put the most generous interpretation possible upon them because we knew -that their source lay, not in any hostile feeling or purpose of the German -people toward us (who were, no doubt, as ignorant of them as we ourselves -were), but only in the selfish designs of a Government that did what it -pleased and told its people nothing. But they have played their part in -serving to convince us at last that that Government entertains no real -friendship for us and means to act against our peace and security at its -convenience. That it means to stir up enemies against us at our very -doors, the intercepted note to the German Minister at Mexico City is -eloquent evidence. - -We are accepting this challenge of hostile purpose because we know that in -such a Government, following such methods, we can never have a friend; and -that in the presence of its organized power, always lying in wait to -accomplish we know not what purpose, there can be no assured security for -the democratic governments of the world. - -We are now about to accept gauge of battle with this natural foe to -liberty and shall, if necessary, spend the whole force of the Nation to -check and nullify its pretensions and its power. We are glad, now that we -see the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to fight for the -ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the -German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the -privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. -The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon -the tested foundations of political liberty. - -We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We -seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the -sacrifices we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the -rights of mankind. We shall be satisfied when those rights have been made -as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them. - -Just because we fight without rancor, without selfish object, seeking -nothing for ourselves but what we shall wish to share with all free -peoples, we shall, I feel confident, conduct our operations as -belligerents without passion and ourselves observe with proud punctilio -the principles of right and of fair play we profess to be fighting for. - -I have said nothing of the governments allied with the Imperial Government -of Germany because they have not made war upon us or challenged us to -defend our right and our honor. The Austro-Hungarian Government has, -indeed, avowed its unqualified indorsement and acceptance of the reckless -and lawless submarine warfare adopted now without disguise by the Imperial -German Government, and it has therefore not been possible for this -Government to receive Count Tarnowski, the Ambassador recently accredited -to this Government by the Imperial and Royal Government of -Austria-Hungary; but that Government has not actually engaged in warfare -against citizens of the United States on the seas, and I take the liberty, -for the present at least, of postponing a discussion of our relations with -the authorities at Vienna. We enter this war only where we are clearly -forced into it because there are no other means of defending our rights. - -It will be all the easier for us to conduct ourselves as belligerents in a -high spirit of right and fairness because we act without animus, not in -enmity toward a people nor with the desire to bring any injury or -disadvantage upon them, but only in armed opposition to an irresponsible -Government which has thrown aside all considerations of humanity and of -right and is running amuck. - -We are, let me say again, the sincere friends of the German people, and -shall desire nothing so much as the early re-establishment of intimate -relations of mutual advantage between us--however hard it may be for them, -for the time being, to believe that this is spoken from our hearts. We -have borne with their present Government through all these bitter months -because of that friendship--exercising a patience and forbearance which -would otherwise have been impossible. We shall, happily, still have an -opportunity to prove that friendship in our daily attitude and actions -toward the millions of men and women of German birth and native sympathy -who live amongst us and share our life, and we shall be proud to prove it -toward all who are in fact loyal to their neighbors and to the Government -in the hour of test. They are, most of them, as true and loyal Americans -as if they had never known any other fealty or allegiance. - -They will be prompt to stand with us in rebuking and restraining the few -who may be of a different mind and purpose. - -If there should be disloyalty, it will be dealt with with a firm hand of -stern repression; but, if it lifts its head at all, it will lift it only -here and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant -few. - -It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of the Congress, which -I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months -of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead -this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous -of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the -right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which -we have always carried nearest our hearts--for democracy, for the right of -those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, -for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of -right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to -all nations and make the world itself at last free. - -To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that -we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that -the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her -might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace -which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other. - -Woodrow Wilson - - - - -[Illustration: GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING _Commander-in-Chief_ AMERICAN -EXPEDITIONARY FORCES] - -[Illustration: ADMIRAL SIMS _Commander-in-Chief_ UNITED STATES NAVAL -FORCES] - - - - -_Lanett_ - - -[Illustration: =Corp. Joe F. Adams= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. George Alexander= Company E 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Loyd Allen= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Will T. Anderson= Company C 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Clyde Andrews= Company B 3d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Chas. H. Barnett= Battery C 6th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Harry Bachelor= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Claude Barnett= Bakery Co. 357] - -[Illustration: =Sailor George Bankston= U.S.S. Rhode Island] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jesse Berry= Company C 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Earl Beal= Battery F 53d Artillery C.A.C.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Edgar Blakely= Medical Corps] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. James Blackmon= 19th Division Supply Train] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Mark B. Blackmon= Company C 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Willie H. Brewer= Company G 2d Training Reg.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Earnest G. Brewster= Company 39 157th Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Eddie E. Buchannan= 1st Company 1st Army Corps School -Det.] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Thos. H. Cason= Company C 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. George Caldwell= Company B 324th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Merritt E. Carlisle= Company L 327th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Henry Carlisle= Battery E 21st Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Jno. G. Chapman= Quartermaster Corps] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. T. G. Clements= 2d Provisional Depot Battalion] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Maj. Guy Coffee= Hdqtrs. Company 384th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Tipton Coffee= Y. M. C. A.] - -[Illustration: =Wendell Coffee= Ph. M.1 U.S.S. Kentucky] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Ewell Coffee= Company B 17th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Harvey R. Collins= Company B 6th Repl. Reg. Inf.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. A. Fennimore Cox= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jesse W. Coleman= Company B 151st Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Hoyt Crowder= 3d Company Developing Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Lester D. Crowder= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Cook O. W. Culpepper= Company I M.T.C.R.U. 307] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Leroy Daniel= Hdqtrs. Company 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Elijah Daniel= 6th Company Development Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Robert Dailey= Battery E 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Winfred L. Deloach= Battery C 7th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Huburt Denham= Battery D 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Radney Dobson= Company H 161st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Gay Dunn= Company B 48th Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. A. E. Fincher= 2d Provisional R.R.C.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. George Fincher= Company B 359th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Isac Free= Mach. Gun Company 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. William E. Freeman= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Wesley Foster= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Will H. Gill= Company C 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Tolbert H. Gray= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Ben W. Griffeth= Company B 34th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Allie Griffin= Company E 123d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. J. B. Grier= Company G 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Alver Gunn= Company E 7th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John B. Gunn= Battery F 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Richard Hadaway= Company E 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Brinton Hall= Company H 161st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Will H. Hammock= 20th Company 156th Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Robert Hammock= 65th Company 6th Group M.T.D.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. L. Clyde Harmon= Bakery Co. 326] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Grady Harmon= Company 7 Infantry Repl. Unit] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Hobson H. Harmon= Supply Battery 56th Field -Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Phillip H. Heard= Company D 66th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. James Heard= Company A 59th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Roland Shaefer Heard= Yeoman 3 c. 8 U.S. Navy Yard -Charleston, S.C.] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Buford Heggood= 118th Infantry Band 59th Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Hobson Heggood= Post Military Band Edgewood Arsenal] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. F. M. Heggood= 118th Infantry Band] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Emmit Henderson= Company G 165th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. S. Calloway Herring= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Charles Frank Hill= Battery C 3d Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Corp. John J. Seymore= Company C 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Musc. David Holloway= 167th Infantry Band] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Minor Hood= Company D 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jack Howard= Company 17 5th Reg. U.S. Marine Corps] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jno. M. Howarth= S.A.T.C. Auburn, Ala.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Reuben J. Jennings= S.A.T.C. Marion Inst.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John Johnson= Company A 106th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Frank P. Jones= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Oscar King= Company C 54th Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Belah King= 5th Company Coast Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Marion W. Knight= Quartermaster Corps] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe W. Knight= Marine Guard Naval Radio Station] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John C. Leonard= Casual Co. 63 162d Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Hobson Lewis= Company E 3d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Evans McGhee= Company C 3d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Gip. L. McGhee= 23d. Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. James McGlon= Company H 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jesse McGlon= 64th Engineers R.O.T.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Curtis McNaron= Company L 115th U.S.G.N.A.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Brant F. Maguire= 13th Company 5th Platoon] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. J. T. Manley= Battery D 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Luther Martin= 39th Company 10th Training Btn. 157th -Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Earnest R. Mitchell= Hdqtrs. Company 152d Depot -Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Lofton Mitchell= Company E 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Cluster Morgan= Company M 70th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Edd L. Newby= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter Newsome= Company A 168th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Eugene Oliver= Company H 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Calvin Parker= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Henry M. Parker= Quartermaster Corps] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Watson Phillips= Quartermaster Corps] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. George C. Pryor= Medical Dept. 6th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Corp. William C. Raines= Headquarters Band 116th Field -Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Willie Rogers= Company A 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Charles E. Sanders= Motor Truck Co. 332] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Charles Sedinger= Company D 6th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jimmie Seymour= Company A 101st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Thomas M. Simms= Company E 307th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Grady Smith= Medical Dept. 157th Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe Smith= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Ollie Smith= Company C 321st Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John W. Stewart= Company H 43d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. James Stearns= Battery C 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Harvey D. Stephens= Company C 321st Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Eugene Stiff= Company G 122d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Charles Tally= Hdqtrs. Troops 314th Cavalry] - -[Illustration: =Horseshoer Thomas Tally= Battery D 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Lomas Thomaston= Company A 1st Infantry Regl. and -Trn. Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Thomas Thomaston= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Hugh Turner= Company D 19th Btn. U.S.G.N.A.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. James Ward= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Quincer W. Whittle= Company B 116th Supply Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Ocie T. Wilbanks= Company E 20th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Colvin Wilbanks= 71st Company 6th Group M.T.D.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Robert Williams= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Jesse Von Williams= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Sailor Charles Winningham= U.S.S. Camden Detail League -Island Navy Yard] - -[Illustration: =Charles H. Yarbrough= Ph. M.3 Bay Ridge Rec. Ship] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Dan H. Hart= Company H 123d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Carl Smith= Company H 123d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. William D. Purcell= Company A 306 Ammunition Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter Geter= Company 21 R.R.D.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Chester D. May= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Eugene Herring= Company C 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Robert Hollis= Company K 16th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. James E. Robinson= 8th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Hobson Cummings= S.A.T.C. Auburn, Ala.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter Peppers= Company 39 New Receiving Camp] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jim B. Morris= Hdqtrs. Company 115th Field -Artillery] - - -Roll of Honor - - ¦_Killed in action_ - +_Died of disease_ - *_Photo_ - - *ADAMS, J. F. - ALLEN, MARSHALL - ALEXANDER, BEN - *ALEXANDER, GEORGE - *ALLEN, LOYD - *ANDERSON, WILL - +*ANDREWS, CLYDE - ANDREWS, J. C. - AUGHTMAN, JOHN - - ¦*BACHELOR, HARRY - BAKER, WILLIAM - *BANKSTON, GEORGE - BARNETT, CLAUDE - BARNETT, CHARLES H. - BARTON, TEBE - *BEAL, EARL - *BERRY, JESSE - *BLACKMON, JAMES - *BLACKMON, MARK - *BLAKELY, EDGAR - BOGGS, JAMES G. - BOWLING, I. L. - *BREWER, WILLIE H. - BREWSTER, EARNEST G. - BROWN, JESSE - BRUMALOE, C. C. - *BUCHANNAN, EDWARD E. - - *CALDWELL, GEORGE - *CARLISLE, HENRY - ¦*CARLISLE, MERRITT - CARMICHAEL, GEORGE - CARMICHAEL, JIM - *CASON, THOMAS - *CHAPMAN, JOHN - *CLEMENTS, T. G. - *COFFEE, EWELL - *COFFEE, GUY - *COFFEE, TIPTON - *COFFEE, WENDELL - *COLEMAN, J. W. - *COLLINS, HARVEY R. - ¦*COX, FENNIMORE - *CROWDER, HOYT - ¦*CROWDER, LESTER D. - *CULPEPPER, OREIN W. - CUMMINGS, HOBSON - - *DAILEY, ROBERT - *DANIEL, ELIJAH - *DANIEL, LEROY - *DELOACH, WINFRED L. - *DENHAM, HUBURT - *DOBSON, RADNEY - *DUNN, LONNIE G. - - EAST, ALBERT - - *FREE, ISAC - *FREEMAN, WILLIAM E. - *FINCHER, EUGENE - *FINCHER, GEORGE - ¦*FOSTER, WESLEY - - *GETER, WALTER - *GILL, WILL - *GRAY, TOLBERT H. - *GRIER, JOE B. - *GRIFFETH, BEN W. - *GRIFFIN, ALLIE - *GUNN, ALVER T. - *GUNN, JOHN B. - - *HADAWAY, RICHARD - *HALL, BRINTON - *HAMMOCK, ROBERT L. - *HAMMOCK, WILL H. - *HARMON, CLYDE - *HARMON, GRADY - *HARMON, HOBSON - *HART, DAN - *HEARD, PHILLIP - *HEARD, JAMES E. - *HEARD, SHAEFER - *HEGGOOD, BUFORD - *HEGGOOD, F. M. - *HEGGOOD, HOBSON - *HENDERSON, EMMIT - *HERRING, EUGENE - *HERRING, S. CALLOWAY - *HILL, CHARLES FRANK - HILL, CHARLIE - *HOLLIS, ROBERT - *HOLLOWAY, DAVID - *HOOD, MINOR - *HOWARD, JACK - *HOWARTH, JOHN M. - - JENKINS, HAMP - *JENNINGS, RUBE J. - *JOHNSON, JOHN - *JONES, FRANK P. - - KENDRICK, JOHN - *KING, BELAH - *KING, OSCAR - *KNIGHT, MARION - *KNIGHT, JOE - KNIGHT, HORACE - KYNARD, O. D. - - *LEONARD, JOHN C. - *LEWIS, HOBSON J. - LEWIS, EDD - - MANNING, E. - MARTIN, CLARENCE - *MAY, CHESTER D. - *MITCHELL, EARNEST - *MITCHELL, LOFTON - *MORGAN, CLUSTER - *MORRIS, JIM B. - *MAGUIRE, BRANT F. - *MANLEY, J. T. - *MARTIN, LUTHER - *MCGHEE, EVANS - MCGHEE, GIP L. - *MCGLON, JESSE - *MCGLON, JAMES - *MCNARON, CURTIS - - NEESE, KENNY - *NEWBY, EDD L. - *NEWSOME, WALTER - NORMAN, RAEMON - - *OLIVER, EUGENE - - *PARKER, CALVIN - *PARKER, MOSE HENRY - PEPPERS, WALTER - *PHILLIPS, WATSON - *PRYOR, GEORGE C. - *PURCELL, WILLIAM D. - - *RAINES, WILLIAM C. - ROBINSON, JAMES E. - ROBINSON, OSCAR - *ROGERS, WILLIAM - - *SANDERS, C. E. - SANDS, L. C. - *SEDINGER, CHARLES - *SEYMORE, JAMES - *SEYMORE, JOHN J. - *SIMS, THOMAS M. - *SMITH, CARL - *SMITH, GRADY - *SMITH, JOE - *SMITH, OLLIE - *STEARNS, JAMES - *STEVENS, HARVEY D. - STEVENS, OTIS - *STEWART, JOHN W. - *STIFF, EUGENE - - *TALLY, CHARLIE - *TALLY, ROBERT - ¦*THOMASTON, THOMAS - *THOMASTON, WILLIAM L. - *TURNER, HUGH - - *WARD, JAMES - *WHITTLE, QUINCER - *WILBANKS, COLVIN - *WILBANKS, OCIE T. - *WILLIAMS, JESSE VON - *WILLIAMS, ROBERT - *WINNINGHAM, CHARLES - WINSLETT, R. D. - - *YARBROUGH, CHARLES H. - - -Colored - - ASKEW, FRANK - - BROCK, BILL - - COLLINS, JIM - COLLINS, JOHN - CHAPPEL, DOCK - CHEERY, ABRAHAM - - DALLIS, WILLIE - DUNCAN, JAMES D. - DUNCAN, JOHN - DUNCAN, WILL - DUNCAN, LINDSEY - - FITSPATRICK, HENRY - - GATES, RICHARD - GIPSON, CHARLIE - GORDON, W. M. - GOSS, JIM - GOSS, NAPOLEON - GREENWOOD, ENOCH - GREER, WILLIAM A., JR. - - HARRIS, HOSEA - HILL, CLARENCE - HILL, STANLEY - HUGULEY, DOCK - - JORDON, EDD - - MCKINLEY, JEFF - - OLIVER, WESLEY - ONEAL, ALVA - - ROBERSON, EARLY - - SCOTT, LEE - SMITH, ELIJAH - - TOWLES, WILLIE - TRAMMEL, LUTHER - - WATKINS, ROBERT - WESTON, GILBERT - WESTON, WILLIE - WINSTON, JEFF - WINSTON, ZACK - - -Extracts of Appreciation - -"To know that the people at home are squarely back of us just doubles our -determination to lick the Boche.... Our first Battalion was the first -American troops to capture prisoners without the aid of the French or -British." - - DAVID HOLLOWAY - -July 8, 1918 - -"I beg to inform you that there are boys here from the largest cities in -the country who have been here a long time and never have received as much -as a card from the numerous organizations in their home cities while I -have had letters from Lanett Service Station and only been here a month. -The boys all admit that they have to take off their hats to Lanett for the -spirit the folks at home show in backing up the boys." - - HOBSON G. HEGGOOD - -"And if it so be I will stand on the vine clad hills of sunny France and -give my life for a cause that is just and right." - - EVANS MCGHEE - -June 14, 1918. _Eagle Pass, Texas_ - -"Our motto is 'Over the Top and give them H--' and you can take it from me -that is just what they are doing. Our boys are fighting like our -grandfathers fought back in the sixties and they are making for themselves -a name which will never be forgotten." - - DAVE HOLLOWAY. - -September 21, 1918. _Musician, 167th Inf. Band, Somewhere in France_ - -"And I am glad that I have such a patriotic town to back me while I do a -little to help beat the Beast of Berlin." - - SGT. EUGENE C. STIFF. - -July 23, 1918. _Company 9, 122d Infantry_ - -"I wish to thank you for the interest the Service Station is taking in me -and I am sure all the boys from dear old Lanett feel the same as -myself.... We had three battles with the 'Subs' on my last trip and I am -proud to say we got three 'Subs' out of three battles." - - CHAS. H. YARBROUGH. - -_On Board U. S. S. Zeelandia_ - -"We drove the enemy out of places that looked impossible for it to be -done, tunnels and under hills and mountains several hundred feet deep, but -believe me we went in after them without any mercy and finally got them -going so fast we had to put doughboys in motor trucks and hook the -kitchens on behind to keep up with them." - - THOMAS M. SIMS. - -November 30, 1918. _Company E, 307th Engineers_ - -"Again I offer you a rising and unanimous vote of thanks for your kind -letters. Number 10 reached me this week and did me more good than a check -for $50.00 would.... You will have to admit that when the world wanted -Germany licked they sent over the A. E. F. (After England Failed) and -three days after I reached the front the second time, the Kaiser packed -his trick clothes, threw his crown into the garbage pail, put on his -rubber boots and let himself out the back door." - - CORP. W. D. PURCELL - -November 21, 1918 - -"You have no idea how we love to hear from home and to feel that you -remember us. We can fight a _heap_ better when we're reminded once in a -while that our loved ones are helping us by keeping us in touch with home -and sacrificing in numerous ways that we may be more comfortable." - - GEORGE BANKSTON - -July 16, 1918. _The Rhode Island_ - -"It is just beginning to seem like 1919 to me and it will be a happy year -I am sure because it means that I am coming back to the only country on -earth with all my feet and hands still attached to me. - -"Don't close the station until all of us are out of France. I would miss -your letters and I want to see all the folks at the station and thank them -for their backing and the interest taken in the boys." - - CORP. WM. D. PURCELL - -January, 1919. _Somewhere in France_ - -"My chum called to me and we counted two hundred air planes going over to -Germany and they were all in sight at one time and they made me think of a -flock of wild geese back in the States." - - ALVER GUNN - -October, 1918. _Somewhere in France_ - -"I thank God I am an American and will go down with my comrades if the -good Lord so wills that I go that way." - -Extract from letter dated August 27, 1918, from Thomas Thomaston, Company -F, 167th Infantry, who was killed before his letter reached the Service -Station. - -"Yesterday was Christmas and believe me we had some dinner--turkey, pies, -California cake, dressing, mashed potatoes, celery, tangerines, cigarettes -and one cigar and a few other things I did not know any name for--and that -makes me think, I thank you many, many times for the Christmas box. You -could not have sent anything that would have pleased me more and I assure -you it was appreciated by myself and friends." - - CORP. WM. D. PURCELL - -December 26, 1918. _Co. A, 306th Am. Train_ - - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE, _Lanett_ - - J. I. WARNER, CHAIRMAN - LILLIAN WARNER, SECRETARY - J. L. WELDON - J. H. HORRARTH - J. A. SIMMONS] - -[Illustration: RECEPTION ROOM. WAR SERVICE STATION. _Lanett_] - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE STATION, _Lanett_] - -[Illustration: RED CROSS WORK ROOM, _Lanett_] - - -Managing Committee of Lanett - - GEO. H. LANIER - GEO. S. HARRIS - R. W. JENNINGS - J. H. HOWARTH - J. J. JORDAN - -TEAM NO. 1 - - GEO. S. HARRIS, _Captain_ - J. D. ANDERSON - JOHN KNOWLES - EDGAR MITCHELL - W. W. WALLIS - JOHN KING - JOHN SIMMONS - -TEAM NO. 2 - - R. W. JENNINGS, _Captain_ - JOHN I. WARNER - W. H. GRAY - BRITT VEAZEY - GEO. HEARD - -TEAM NO. 3 - - D. A. JOLLY, _Captain_ - TOM SWAN - P. SORRELL - W. HOLLIS - GEO. CROMER - B. PENNINGTON - -TEAM NO. 4 - - W. S. LEATHERWOOD, _Captain_ - C. E. LUNCEFORD - H. E. MATHEWS - A. J. WELDON - J. N. BARROW - -TEAM NO. 5 - - TIPTON COFFEE, _Captain_ - REV. D. M. JOINER - G. F. PARTRIDGE - E. J. GILBERT - R. D. KING - -TEAM NO. 6 - - D. J. CROWDER, _Captain_ - J. T. AUGHTMAN - H. C. HAMILTON - C. E. DELOACH - SAM JONES - -TEAM NO. 7 - - LEWIS WRIGHT, _Captain_ - C. M. BRADY - G. B. AVERY - CLYDE BLAKELY - GEO. LANIER - -TEAM NO. 8 - - SAMUEL HAYES, _Captain_ - K. KITCHENS - PATRICK SULLIVAN - KEIL HOWELL - NEAL HOLSTUN - -TEAM NO. 9 - - W. F. SIMS, _Captain_ - E. R. CUMMINGS - JOHN BREWER - JNO. STRICKLAND - SMITH LANIER - -TEAM NO. 10 - - DAWSON SWINT, _Captain_ - W. W. WHITSON - SAM GOODMAN - RAY COFFEE - ARTHUR HAGEDORN - L. S. PHILIPS - -TEAM NO. 11 - - J. J. JORDAN, _Captain_ - W. H. KNIGHT - J. H. STEVENS - TOM MCCLENDON - U. S. WATERS - -TEAM NO. 12 - - JOHN HAGEDORN, _Captain_ - C. C. WILBANKS - LEE HEYMAN - C. W. MILFORD - W. R. HARRISON - -TEAM NO. 13 - - DR. J. L. WELDON, _Captain_ - DR. WHATLEY - J. H. ALLEN - CARL CROUCH - H. M. GAY - -TEAM NO. 14 - - T. L. CROUCH, _Captain_ - V. M. WOOD - AMOS PRIESTER - J. A. WHEELER - O. K. WAITES - -TEAM NO. 15 - - O. A. BONNER, _Captain_ - HARVEY WELDON - LUTHER BOYD - WM. Z. TAYLOR - O. C. MCCLENDON - -TEAM NO. 16 - - R. C. STANFIELD, _Captain_ - J. T. WINNINGHAM - A. C. LYNN - S. T. JONES - -TEAM NO. 17 - - JAMES WALLACE, _Captain_ - EMORY COFFEE - W. H. WRIGHT - E. P. RUTLAND - PARKER HORN - A. L. SMITH - -TEAM NO. 18 - - J. C. BERRY, _Captain_ - JESSE LAUDERMILK - DR. MCCULLOH - HOMER WILBANKS - BOB HARRISON - -TEAM NO. 19 - - W. L. OSBORNE, _Captain_ - ED RAINEY - W. H. HARVEY - J. E. RIDGEWAY - JOHN HARRISON - - -Committee of Ladies - -TEAM NO. 20 - - MRS. GEO. HARRIS, _Captain_ - MRS. C. W. WARNER - MRS. J. L. WELDON - MRS. DAWSON SWINT - MRS. BRITT VEAZEY - -TEAM NO. 21 - - MRS. J. H. HOWARTH, _Captain_ - MRS. PATRICK SULLIVAN - MRS. WILLIE GREY - MRS. D. A. JOLLY - MRS. C. E. DELOACH - -TEAM NO. 22 - - MRS. CHAS. STEVENS, _Captain_ - MISS CORDELIA MICOU - MISS ESTELLE HEARD - MRS. HOMER WILBANKS - MISS RUBY PEARCE - -TEAM NO. 23 - - MRS. GEO. H. LANIER, _Captain_ - MRS. JOHN HAGEDORN - MRS. LEE HEYMAN - MRS. MORRIS DARDEN - MISS KATIE SMITH - MRS. JAMIE JOHNSON - -TEAM NO. 24 - - MRS. JOHN KING, _Captain_ - MISS FLORA CLYDE WARNER - MISS HELEN HOWARTH - MISS FLORENCE WELDON - MISS HATTY KNOWLES - -TEAM NO. 25 - - MRS. S. L. HAYES, _Captain_ - MRS. ADAH STEVENS - MISS GERTRUDE CROWDER - MISS GRACE STEVENS - MISS FRANCES WALLACE - - -Committee Report - - Second Liberty Loan $1,650.00 - Third Liberty Loan 53,700.00 - Fourth Liberty Loan 55,850.00 - Victory Liberty Loan 30,300.00 - ---------- - Total $141,500.00 - - United War Work Fund $2,451.00 - First Red Cross War Fund $1,822.56 - Second Red Cross War Fund $5,294.00 - War Stamps $104,707.00 - Salvation Army Drive $313.40 - - -From Lanett Red Cross - - Sweaters 38 - Sox, pairs 23 - Pajamas, pairs 21 - Towels 44 - Bed shirts 78 - Bandages 65 - Comfort kits 5 - Convalescent robes 6 - Refugee garments 1006 - - - Letters written to boys in Service 1972 - Letters received from boys in Service 423 - Other letters written 291 - Number of packages forwarded 57 - Number of visitors at War Service Station 2515 - Total now in Service: white 164, colored 37 201 - Number of Bulletins mailed 2648 - Killed in action 6 - Died of disease 1 - Wounded 16 - - - - -_Shawmut_ - - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Curtis Avery= Amer. Military Com. Q.M.C.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Herbert Avery= S.A.T.C.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John J. Baker= Company C 39th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. J. C. Barnes= Company I 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. D. H. Barnes= 5th Aero Squadron Rep.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Floyd Blackwelder= S.A.T.C.] - -[Illustration: =Capt. J. I. Bowles= Company E 106th Supply Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. James Bridges= Company H 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Hoyt A. Canady= Company K 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John Carmack= 7th Co. 13th M.P.C. Embarkation Center] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Elige Champion= Battery E 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Claudius H. Cole= (Marine) Balloon Det. H.A.F.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. J. W. Conway= Company C 151st Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Cliff Conway= Company F 103d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Marion L. Connell= Company A 48th Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Geo. Cottle= Battery D 18th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Roy D. Coulter= Marine] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Jones S. Davis= Base Hospital 21] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jakie S. Edge= Company K 1st Pioneers Inf.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. H. H. Elloit= 20th Co. 5th Tr. Btn. 156th Depot -Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Howard S. Fling= Company I 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Kenon Foster= 11th Infantry Nov. Repl.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. G. W. Hollis= Cas. Company 43 162d Depot Brigade Tent -Area 4] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. John F. Hollis= Squadron 488 Const.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Clyde Huff= Company I 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Floyd Hughey= U.S.N.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Reuben Howell= Company I Development Battalion] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. T. B. James= 40th Co. 10th Tr. Btn. 157th Depot -Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. J. M. Jarrell= Battery D 129th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter Jarrell= 4th Prov. Company] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Adolphus Johnson= Oversea Casual Co. 24th Camp Pike. -A.R.D.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Burl D. Jones= Company E 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Wag. R. L. Jones= H.S. Company 106th San. Tr.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Hiram A. Keel= Company B 52d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Geo. Kemp= Battery C 6th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Mac Lackey= 4th Provisional Co.] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. T. B. Lanier= Bakery Co. 366 Quartermaster Corps] - -[Illustration: =Corp. C. M. Lawhorn= Company H 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. J. C. Lyons= Company I 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. W. F. McCarley= Company I 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Wm. P. Mangrum= Company H 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Wilfred O. Mangrum= Company D 17th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Rance A. Milam= Company I 327th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Otis B. Newman= Company M 331st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. N. D. Phillips= 243d M.P. Co.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Frank Pitts= Company H 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Horace L. Pratt= 801. 343 Q.M.C.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Harold Pritchard= S.A.T.C.] - -[Illustration: =Lee Ruff= U.S. Navy U.S.S. Von Stubin] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. J. C. Sewell= Company E 106th Supply Train] - -[Illustration: =Corp. J. R. Sharpe= Company B 102d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =T. A. Simms= U.S. Navy U.S.S. Mt. Vernon] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Alva Smith= 17th Co. 5th Tr. Btn. 157th Depot -Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. L. C. Smith= S.A.T.C.] - -[Illustration: =1st Lieut. A. C. Smith= 301st E. Remount Sqd.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. E. L. Spivey= 22d Co. 6th Tr. Btn. 157th Depot -Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Corp. J. H. Stephens= Bakery Company 2 Q.M.C. Det.] - -[Illustration: =J. S. Sledge= U.S. Navy U.S.S. Louisiana] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Thomas H. Still= Company C 161st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Bugler C. T. Terrell= Company I 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Thomas M. Aikens= Battery D 18th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Bennie Thomas= Marine] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Thomas G. Tyson= Company I 6th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Wag. John T. Wallace= Supply Company 11th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =W. L. Warren= U.S. Navy U.S.S. Oklahoma] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Sam J. Warren= Cas. Company 63 162d Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Kyle Waters= 327th Field Hospital 307th San. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Roy Watkins= Machine Gun Co. 56th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Clinton Waters= U.S. Navy U.S.S. Rathhurn] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John D. Whatley= A. & B. School Camp Sevier, S.C.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John Deward White= Hdqtrs. Company 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Olin Whitlaw= Cas. Company 33 Cas. Detachment 162d -Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Corp. Paul W. Smith= Company G 1st Pioneers Infantry 2d -Btn. H.Q.I.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Floyd White= Company D 23d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe Word= 122d A.C. 106th San. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Bernard Manley= Company A 113th F.A.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. N. B. Murphy= Student Marine Training Corps] - -[Illustration: =Private A. E. Beaird= Company I 327th Infantry] - - -Roll of Honor - - ¦_Killed in action_ - +_Died of disease_ - *_Photo_ - - ADCOCK, COY - *AIKENS, THOMAS - *AVERY, CURTIS - *AVERY, HERBERT - - *BAKER, JOHN J. - *BARNES, D. H. - *BARNES, J. C. - ¦BEARD, A. E. - *BLACKWELDER, FLOYD - *BOWLES, J. T. - ¦*BRIDGES, JIM - - *CANADY, HOYT A. - *CARMACK, JOHN - *CHAMPION, LIGE - *COLE, CLAUDIUS H. - *CONNELL, MARION L. - *CONWAY, CLIFFORD - *CONWAY, J. W. - *COTTLE, GEORGE - *COULTER, ROY D. - CROWDER, LEE - - ¦DABBS, H. L. - *DAVIS, J. S. - DELOACH, BIRDIE E. - DELOACH, O. D. - - *EDGE, J. S. - *ELLOIT, HOMER H. - - *FLING, H. S. - *FOSTER, KENON - FOSTER, RUFUS M. - - GARRETT, CARL - - HESTLEY, DAN M. - *HOLLIS, G. W. - *HOLLIS, J. F. - *HOWELL, REUBEN - *HUFF, CLYDE - *HUGHEY, T. F. - HUMPHREY, JEWELL - - *JAMES, T. B. - *JARRELL, J. M. - *JARRELL, WALTER - *JOHNSON, ALDOLPHUS - *JONES, BURL D. - *JONES, ROBT. L. - - *KEEL, HIRAM H. - *KEMP, GEORGE - KENNINGTON, GRADY - KENNINGTON, JAKE - - *LACKEY, MAC - *LANIER, T. B. - *LAWHORNE, C. M. - LINDSEY, O. L. - *LYONS, J. C. - - *MANGRUM, WILFORD - ¦*MANGRUM, WM. P. - MANLEY, BERNARD - *MILAM, RANCE - MURPHY, N. B. - *MCCARLEY, W. F. - - *NEWMAN, OTIS B. - - *PHILLIPS, DENSON - *PITTS, FRANK - *PRATT, HORACE L. - *PRITCHARD, HAROLD - - *RUFF, LEE - - *SEWELL, J. C. - SHARPE, A. E. - *SHARPE, J. R. - *SIMMS, A. T. - *SLEDGE, J. S. - *SMITH, ALVA - *SMITH, A. C. - *SMITH, COOPER - SMITH, ELISH - SMITH, ERNEST - *SMITH, PAUL W. - SMITH, JOHN WILL - *SPIVEY, E. L. - SPIVEY, FORREST - *STEPHENS, J. H. - *STILL, T. H. - - TAUNTON, JESSE - TAYLOR, C. Z. - *TERRELL, C. T. - ¦*THOMAS, BENNIE - *TYSON, THOMAS - - *WALLACE, JOHN T. - *WARREN, SAM - *WARREN, W. L. - *WATERS, CLINTON - *WATERS, KYLE - *WATKINS, ROY W. - ¦*WHATLEY, JOHN D. - *WHITE, FLOYD - *WHITE, JOHN D. - *WHITLOW, OLIN - *WORD, JOE - - -Colored - - BOYD, CHARLIE - BOYD, OCIE - BROOKS, AMOS - BROOKS, JESSIE - BROOKS, WILLIE LEE - - CHAMBERS, JOHN - COOPER, JEFF - COPELAND, GEORGE - - GIBSON, B. C. - - ¦HAFFNER, RICHARD - - LITTLEFIELD, B. K. - - MASON, JOHN - MITTS, JOHN - - OLIVER, WESLEY - - REESE, JOHN T. - - -Extracts of Appreciation - -"The people here are different from any other section of France. Their -customs and dress are very peculiar, in fact, reminds me very much of the -people of Holland. They wear wooden shoes and have a dialect all their -own. French people from the more up-to-date parts of France have -difficulty in speaking to and understanding them. The country is flat and -marshy, and windmills like those of Holland can be seen. It is very -pleasant in summer but in the winter I think it must be very cold, for -already it is getting very cold at night and in the morning. I do not -think we will be here long, though I do not know where we will go from -here. Perhaps where the big guns roar and the bombs drop from the skies. -Well, we have been anxious to go up front, and no doubt our chance will -come some day. We have been doing some mighty important work back here in -the S. O. S. but it is the nature of an American to want to be where the -excitement is thickest." - - J. F. H. - -October 8, 1918 - -"This helmet was picked up on the morning of October 16th as we were -returning to the rear from a convoy in the heart of the Argonne, near the -village of Cheppy. The wearer who had fallen earlier in the day was an old -soldier perhaps sixty-five years old and belonged to the 419th Division of -the Saxon Bombardiers. More than a hundred German and American Troops lay -dead within sight. - -"The probable cause of his death was high explosive, as he was torn up -very badly. - -"In an area of two square miles many hundred of these could have been -gathered. I took an interest in this one on account of its high polish for -camouflage purposes, something new to us at that time." - - A. C. S. - -"We spent quite a different life from this in the English waters where we -put in many monotonous months waiting for the Hun to come out. We were -sorry he came out the way he did for we were just aching to exchange -broadsides with him. - -"My ship convoyed one-half million troops through what is called the -'Submarines' Graveyard,' off the coast of Ireland, during the months of -September and October." - - W. W. - -January 1, 1919 - -"The boys in the outfit I belong to were the first to cross the Meuse -River and were in the first lines when the guns stopped firing at 11 -o'clock on the 11th day on the 11th month in the year 1918." - - J. T. W. - -December 21, 1918 - -"I now belong to the Army of Occupation. We are going through what is to -my thinking the prettiest country yet. My battery has hiked some four -hundred and twenty-five kilometers since we fired our last barrage--and -believe me, that was some barrage--'The Million Dollar One'. It will take -a long time before I forget it. I stood on a hill and watched and -listened. IT WAS GREAT. I guess about ten or twelve regiments of the -American Artillery and I don't know how many of the French took part. The -best of old Heinie's guns were being used. If he knew the sound of them as -well as we did, he knew that we were firing his OWN guns at him. They have -a very peculiar and creepy sound, see?" - - G. F. K. - -December 4, 1918 - -"I had the pictures struck yesterday. And to show you how much speed there -is here in France--for this is an instance of real speed-- - -"The guy who runs the shop pounded me on the back and said, 'Bon, -bon-apres un mayr photo finie'. Anybody that has to put up with that kind -of lingo and fight this war has sure got some job. Well, after tearing out -about all of my hair and using three different Franco-American -dictionaries I finally managed to get this out of the scraps, 'Good, good, -after one month, picture finished'. - -"Remember that was only yesterday." - - C. H. - -October 25, 1918 - -"If this letter reaches you safely you can say it came through from the -infernal regions, for if there was ever a 'Hell's Half Acre' this must be -it. Put your finger on the biggest forest in France and say I'm there. Six -weeks like a rat, three of which is like a whirlwind sweeping through -Hades day or night, no rest, but forever watching, waiting, working by -candle light deep down in a dug-out, or no light at all. This certainly -cannot last much longer. It does us good to know there is one place where -everything is like it used to be. I certainly am glad SHAWMUT is still -natural and hope someday soon to get back there and take up my work where -I left off." - - A. C. S. - -"I wish to express my sincere appreciation of the personal letter service -which has been rendered me. It is the wonderful and unselfish spirit of -the folks back home, which has made the men of the A. E. F. willing and -eager to 'carry on'." - - J. S. D. - -December 22, 1918 - -"I was sitting on my bunk trying to write these few lines, when my bunkie -jumped up all at once and said a few words (I can't tell you what he -said). At first I thought that he was shot but I found out what the -trouble was, only a 'cootie bite'." - - D. H. B. - -September 23, 1918 - -"If there is one thing that stands out preeminently in a soldier's daily -schedule across the sea, as to helpfulness it is 'that letter' or little -bit of news from home (America). If you good people who are carrying on -the work of the 'Home Guards' could see the eager faces of the Yanks at -mail time, as they congregate for mail distributions, I am sure you would -agree that time spent in writing to 'Over There' boys, is at least -appreciated to the fullest." - - J. H. S. - -September 22, 1918 - -"I appreciate having my name on the list at the War Service Station very -much. I enjoy the Bulletin from the first to the last and hope I'll never -miss one as long as the war lasts." - - H. A. - -October 6, 1918 - -"I was indeed surprised, a few days since, to receive a letter from you -good people of my old home town reminding me that you still remember me -and appreciate the effort that we boys are making to do our 'bit' for the -just and righteous cause in which we are all enlisted. - -"Your promise to write us from time to time of the items of interest at -home especially gratifying, for local news nowadays, possesses far more -interest and diversion for us than does the doings and happenings of the -remainder of the 'great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world'." - - C. T. T. - -July 10, 1918 - -"It makes one feel good to know that he is remembered back home, not only -by his parents, but by his friends as well. You don't know, you can't -know, just how much good you are doing and just how it makes us feel when -stationed at a remote camp, where we know no one, to get a letter from -friends at home, who are interested in us. It makes us feel as though -nothing on earth could prevent us from winning this war--and _we shall -win_." - - R. D. C. - -June 21, 1918 - -"We leave this port the tenth of December and proceed nine hundred miles -off this coast and meet President Wilson and his party, who are coming -over to the Peace Conference on the George Washington, convoyed by the -super-dreadnaught, Pennsylvania, and six destroyers. - -"There are nine big dreadnaughts in our fleet lying here who will go out -and convoy them to Brest, France." - - W. L. W. - -December 8, 1918 - - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE STATION, _Shawmut_] - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE, _Shawmut_ - - G. C. WAGNON - C. A. SINGLETERRY - J. T. HOLLIS - GEO. W. MURPHY - MRS. JACK PLAUT, ASS'T SEC'Y - J. R. EDWARDS - MRS. MARY M. BUGG, SEC'Y] - -[Illustration: RED CROSS WORK ROOM, _Shawmut_] - -[Illustration: RECEPTION ROOM, WAR SERVICE STATION, _Shawmut_] - - -Committees - -Y. M. C. A. DRIVE - -Subscription, $338.35 - - -RED CROSS CHRISTMAS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE - - EDWARDS, J. R. - MURPHY, G. W. - WHITEHEAD, J. L. - -Subscription, $100.00 - - -RED CROSS WAR FUND DRIVE - - BUGG, MRS. - EDWARDS, J. R. - WAGNON, MRS. - WHITEHEAD, J. L. - -Subscription, $1,186.00 - - -RED CROSS CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL - - BUGG, MRS. M. M. - JONES, T. T. - KEMP, MRS. F. S. - -Subscription, $150.00 - - -UNITED WAR FUND DRIVE - - COLE, LOYD - CROWDER, J. J. - CROWDER, WALT - HERRING, DR. - HOLLIS, J. T. - JOHNSON, E. J. - JONES, T. T. - KEMP, F. S. - MURPHY, G. W. - PRITCHARD, MRS. P. - SINGLETERRY, C. A. - UNDERWOOD, W. L. - WAGNON, G. C. - WALLS, J. S. - -Subscription, $1,944.10 - - -ARMENIAN RELIEF FUND - -Subscription, $101.50 - - -SALVATION ARMY DRIVE - -Subscription, $100.70 - - -SECOND LIBERTY LOAN - - JONES, T. T. - MURPHY, G. W. - MURPHY, O. G. - SINGLETERRY, C. A. - WAGNON, G. C. - -Subscription, $1,750.00 - - -THIRD LIBERTY LOAN - - CROWDER, J. J. - EDWARDS, J. R. - HOLLIS, J. T. - JOHNSON, E. J. - JONES, T. T. - KEMP, F. S. - KEMP, MISS GRACE - MURPHY, G. W. - MURPHY, O. G. - SINGLETERRY, C. A. - WAGNON, G. C. - WALLS, J. S. - UNDERWOOD, W. L. - -Subscription, $24,350.00 - - -FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN - - CROWDER, J. J. - EDWARDS, J. R. - HOLLIS, J. T. - JOHNSON, E. J. - JONES, MRS. T. T. - JONES, T. T. - KEMP, F. S. - MURPHY, G. W. - MURPHY, O. G. - PRITCHARD, DR. P. - SINGLETERRY, C. A. - UNDERWOOD, W. L. - WAGNON, G. C. - WALLS, J. S. - WHITEHEAD, J. W. - -Subscription, $25,200.00 - - -VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN - -Subscription, $10,500.00 - - -WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - -Subscription, $10,500.00 - - Total - - Liberty and Victory Loans $61,800.00 - War Saving Stamps 10,500.00 - United War Fund 1,944.10 - Membership and Subscription Red Cross 1,436.00 - Y. M. C. A. 338.35 - Salvation Army 100.70 - Armenian Relief 101.50 - - -Committee Report - - Number of boys who left for Service from Shawmut 111 - Number of colored boys 14 - Number of boys discharged before War Service Station started 5 - Number of boys whose address was unlocated 10 - ---- - 29 - - Number of boys on writing list 82 - Number of boys who died in Service 7 - Number of boys known to be wounded 20 - Number of boys who have written to War Service Station 61 - Number of visitors to Station 2950 - Number of letters sent to boys in Service 1267 - Number of other letters mailed 464 - Number of Bulletins mailed 1650 - Number of packages forwarded 125 - Number of letters received from boys in Service 283 - Number of pieces of mail sent out from War Service Station 3188 - - -From Shawmut Red Cross - - T bandages 91 - Bed shirts 48 - Triangular bandages 103 - Abdominal bandages 79 - Sweaters 116 - Sox, pairs 11 - Refugee aprons 20 - Helpless case shirts 12 - Pajamas, pairs 20 - Refugee dresses 10 - Comfort bags 5 - Refugee shirts 5 - Convalescent robes 10 - Garments to Belgian and French refugees 482 - Towels in shower 125 - Influenza masks for influenza epidemic 1000 - Garments in Christmas box 160 - Inspection of boys' Christmas boxes. - - -Junior Red Cross - - Collected 1917-1918 $60.00 - Collected 1918-1919 50.00 - Sweaters 6 - Hospital blanket 1 - Sox, pairs 15 - Utility bags 10 - Monthly hospital booklets. - - - - -_Langdale_ - - -[Illustration: =Grady Allen= U.S.S. Susquehanna] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. William F. Bailey= Battery E 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Charles Bailey= Battery D 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. James Arthur Bates= 38th Co. 10th Tr. Btn. 157th -Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. William A. Blanks= Hdqtrs. Military Police] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter Blackwell= 57th Company M.T.C.] - -[Illustration: =Lieut. J. Mem Bohannon= Company I 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter T. Bohannon= Cavalry Camp Remount] - -[Illustration: =Bugler Henry J. Brannon= Battery F 50th Artillery C.A.C.] - -[Illustration: =Douglas Brittingham= U.S.S. Pennsylvania] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Poet Canady= Company C 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Alsberry Carlisle= 9th Company 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Johnnie E. Carriker= Truck Company 2 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Cook Eddie L. Crawford= Hdqtrs. Troop 4th Division] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Robert R. Crawford= Company A 29th Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. J. Ben Crenshaw= 57th Company M.T.D.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Amos M. Crenshaw= Cas. Company 465] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Roy Culberson= Company H 328th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Ocie Lee Deloach= F.R.S. 327] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Richmond Earles= Company 5 H.Q.R.S.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Joseph A. Fobus= Battery E 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Rufus M. Foster= 327th Field Hospital 307th San. -Train] - -[Illustration: =Luther Frazier= Sub Chaser 204] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. W. A. Fuller= Supply Co. 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Jessee L. Glass= A.P.O. 927] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Keener Gray= 3d Prov. Company O.A.R.D.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Austin M. Hornsby= Hdqtrs. Company 17th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Ronald E. James= Battery D 114th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Olin Johnson= Company D 89th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. James Lee Johnson= 21st Company R.R.D.] - -[Illustration: =Cook Ellis Joseph= Base Hospital] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Oscar W. Kent= 260th Company 130th Btn. M.P.C.] - -[Illustration: =Hugh S. Bates= Naval Training Station] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Ocie Laney= Supply Company 10th F.A., A.P.O. 740] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Thomas Landreth= Company F 17th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. S. H. Lauderdale= 69th Company 6th Group] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Homer McClendon= Company B U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. 36] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Sam McDonald= Company F 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Benjamin F. McGarr= Battery F 7th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. William C. Manning= Company B 47th Reg. T.C.] - -[Illustration: =Eulos Moon= U.S. Naval Air Station] - -[Illustration: =Clarence Morris= U.S.S. Cincinnati] - -[Illustration: =James M. Newton= U.S.S. Anniston] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Will O'Neal= Cas. Company 61 162d Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Amos Orrick= Troop A 14th Cavalry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Fred Perryman= Company M 49th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Luther Shelnut= Cas. Company 43 162d Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter Lee Smith= 4th Company O.A.R.D. Automatic] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Douglas M. Smith= Hdqtrs. Company 57th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. G. F. Tankersley= Battery E 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Zachery Thompson= 71st Company 6th Group M.T.D.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. J. O. Threadgill= 17th Company 162d Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =Ellis Waller= Naval Training Station Reg. 4 Sec. 9] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Luke Wesson= Supply Company 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter H. Whatley= 3d Ordnance Guard Co.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Johnnie Williams= Bakery Company 358] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Tommy Young= Company G 2d Training Regiment] - - -Roll of Honor - - +_Died of disease_ - ¦_Killed in action_ - - ALLEN, GRADY - - BAILEY, CHARLES - BAILEY, WILLIAM F. - BASSETT, BRYANT - BATES, HUGH S. - BATES, JAMES ARTHUR - BLACKWELL, WALTER - BLANKS, WILLIAM A. - ¦BOHANNON, J. MEM - +BOHANNON, WALTER T. - BOON, GRADY - BRANNON, HENRY J. - BRITTINGHAM, DOUGLAS - - CANADY, POET - CARLISLE, ALSBERRY - CARRIKER, JOHNNIE E. - CRAWFORD, EDDIE L. - CRAWFORD, ROBERT R. - CRENSHAW, AMOS M. - CRENSHAW, J. BEN - CROWDER, OTIS - CULBERSON, ROY - - DANIEL, EUGENE R. - DELOACH, OCIE LEE - - EARLES, RICHMOND - EARLES, SCHUSLER - - FOBUS, JOSEPH ADIE - FOSTER, RUFUS M. - FOSTER, WALTER LEE - FRAZIER, LUTHER - FULLER, W. A. - - GLASS, JESSEE L. - GRAY, KEENER - - HORNSBY, AUSTIN M. - - JAMES, RONALD E. - ¦JOHNSON, JAMES LEE - JOHNSON, OLIN - JOSEPH, ELLIS - - KENT, OSCAR W. - - LANDRETH, THOMAS - LANEY, OCIE - ¦LAUDERDALE, S. H. - - MANNING, WILLIAM C. - MOON, EULOS - MORRIS, CLARENCE - MCCLENDON, HOMER - MCDONALD, SAM - MCGARR, BENJAMIN F. - - NEWTON, JAMES M. - - O'NEAL, WILL - ORRICK, AMOS - - ¦PERRYMAN, FRED - - ROBERTS, ANDREW - - SHELNUT, LUTHER - SMITH, CHARLES M. - SMITH, DOUGLAS M. - SMITH, WALTER LEE - ¦STANFIELD, CHARLIE D. - STEPHENS, ALBERT E. - - TANKERSLEY, GEORGE F. - THOMPSON, ZACHARY - THREADGILL, J. O. - TYSON, FRED - - WALLER, ELLIS - WESSON, LUKE - WHATLEY, WALTER H. - WILLIAMS, JOHNNIE - - YOUNG, TOMMY - - -Colored - - BROOKS, JESS - FINLEY, ALTON - ISON, GUSS - TAYLOR, GUY - TAYLOR, MANUAL - WINSTON, FRANK - - -Extracts of Appreciation - -"I appreciate all the letters which you have written to me and it -certainly livens a fellow up and makes him feel good to receive all the -news from home and know just what is being done." - -"I am proud to be represented in the service flag." - -"Am glad to hear from you and to know that you are doing such wonderful -work for the boys." - -"Thanking you all for the joy that comes with your ever welcome letters." - -"I want you to tell your fellow members in the War Service Station that as -a man in the service I can heartily appreciate the work you are doing for -the benefit of the men in the service and I think it is a splendid thing." - -"Please accept my sincere thanks for all the letters, magazines and other -things you have sent." - -"Thanking you for remembering me and wishing you much success with your -work." - -"Am sure this system will prove a success as the boys will all appreciate -the work of the Service Station." - -"I am grateful to you and proud of our War Service Station." - -"I am sure the good work that the Langdale War Service Station is doing -for the boys in the service is very much appreciated. No one has an idea -what it means until they are in the Service and are remembered as we are -by the Service Station." - -"Can assure you that your letters and all good work is more than -appreciated." - -"My best wishes for a prosperous Station, but then how could it be -otherwise when it is for the good of Democracy and especially for the -Liberty of these dear old 'United States'." - -"I am not going to try to thank you for all the good news and letters I -received when I reached port, this time. It was just grand." - -"If you could visit this place once, my dear friends, you would know what -a good place the U. S. A. is. Everything is out of date, even the women -are all curious looking." - -"It may be six or eight months before I get back to dear old Langdale. Of -course it seems very hard to stay, but if my country needs me I am -willing." - - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE, _Langdale_ - - W. H. ENLOE, CHAIRMAN - W. T. DRAPER - A. C. BOYD - C. M. MOORE - W. L. CLARK - MISS OLLIE GARDNER, SECRETARY] - -[Illustration: RED CROSS WORK ROOM, _Langdale_] - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE STATION, _Langdale_] - -[Illustration: INTERIOR WAR SERVICE STATION, _Langdale_] - - -Committees - -Subscriptions to First Liberty Loan were through the bank and we have no -record of them. - - -SECOND LIBERTY LOAN - -Subscription, $5,000.00 - - -THIRD LIBERTY LOAN - - L. LANIER, _V.-Chairman of Chambers Co._ - W. H. ENLOE, _Chairman of Langdale_ - -Subscription, $40,600.00 - - -FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN - - L. LANIER, _V.-Chairman of Chambers Co._ - CARL. M. MOORE, _Chairman of Langdale_ - -Subscription, $14,900.00 - - -UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN - - A. C. BOYD, _Chairman of Langdale_ - -Subscription, $1,797.75 - - -Y. M. C. A. - -Subscription, $625.00 - - -VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN - - W. H. ENLOE, _Chairman_ - -Subscription, $10,100.00 - - -FIRST RED CROSS WAR FUND - - W. H. ENLOE, _Chairman of Langdale_ - -Subscription, $2,353.02 - - -SECOND RED CROSS WAR FUND - - L. LANIER, _Chairman of Chambers Co._ - W. H. ENLOE, _Chairman of Langdale_ - -Subscription, $2,390.03 - - -WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - - A. C. BOYD, _Chairman of Chambers Co._ - GEO. T. JOHNSON, _Chairman of Langdale_ - -Subscription, $32,000.00 - - -LANGDALE CHAPTER RED CROSS - - MRS. L. LANIER, _Chairman_ - - -FOUR-MINUTE-MEN - - CARL M. MOORE, _Chairman_ - A. C. BOYD - W. H. ENLOE - W. L. CLARK - W. T. DRAPER - - -SALVATION ARMY DRIVE - - CARL MOORE, _Chairman_ - -Subscription, $160.00 - - - Total - - Liberty and Victory Loans $70,600.00 - Membership and Subscription Red Cross 4,743.05 - Y. M. C. A. 625.00 - Salvation Army 160.00 - United War Fund 1,797.75 - War Saving Stamps 32,000.00 - - -Committee Report - - Letters written boys in Service 894 - Letters from boys in Service 263 - Miscellaneous letters written 564 - Number of parcels or packages forwarded 363 - Number of visitors at Station 1623 - Boys leaving during month for Service - Total number in Service 74 - Number of Bulletins mailed 1153 - Killed in action 4 - Died of wounds 1 - Died of disease 1 - Wounded 2 - - -From Langdale Red Cross - - Sweaters 56 - Sox, pairs 166 - Triangular bandages 326 - T bandages 292 - Abdominal bandages 255 - Bed shirts 92 - Hospital shirts 10 - Refugee aprons 45 - Refugee dresses 20 - Pajamas, pairs 24 - Operating robes 12 - Refugee garments 1202 - Bath towels 100 - Shoes, pairs 13 - - -Junior Red Cross - - Triangular bandages 50 - Refugee garments 167 - Cash $5.00 - Scrap books 30 - Barrels of nuts collected 4 - Pounds of tinfoil collected 15 - Property bags 20 - - - - -_Fairfax_ - - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Edwin Abernathy= Company F 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Young T. Abernathy= Company B 46th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Albert Carl Austin= Company F 3d Training Regiment] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Sam A. Bradshaw= 325th Ambulance Co. 307th Sanitary -Train] - -[Illustration: =Corp. James P. Bradfield= Company C 1st Gas Regiment] - -[Illustration: =Ensign Frank L. Branson= Naval Flying Corps] - -[Illustration: =Seaman Alvin F. Bradfield= U.S.S. Shaw] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Calvin G. Bradfield= Company E 1st Regiment -Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Herbert Bradshaw= Detached Infantry Adj. Gen. Office -Georgia] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John W. Brittain= Company C 45th Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Thomas A. Broome= 2d Battery R.A.R.R.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Claude L. Carter= Company H 26th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Leonard Carter= Company D 307th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Y. Toxie Chambley= Company C 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. James E. Combs= S.A.T.C. Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Homer D. Chambley= Battery D 70th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Leonard M. Chapman= Mach. Gun Company 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. E. T. Combs= Quartermaster Corps Naval Aviation T.C.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Forest Davis= Company 39 Recruiting Camp] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Nello M. Dixon= Company H 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. I. Grady Dixon= Hdqtrs. Troops 82d Division] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Leon Duffey= Company A 165th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Terry Aubrey Dunn= Company H 167th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Robert Ennis= Hdqtrs. Company 55th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. J. T. Franklin= Bakery Company 365] - -[Illustration: =Cook Curtis R. Gauntt= Battery B 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Wm. P. Gilliland= Company E 106th Am. Train] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Charles W. Glass= Company F 151st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jno. V. Haerenborgh= R.R.D. No. 3] - -[Illustration: =Sailor Jos. E. Hall= U.S.S. ----] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. R. E. Wilson= 634 Aero Squadron] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Henry Hodnett= Company 17 5th Receiving Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Arthur Hollis= Battery D 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Thomas E. Kinney= Company E 106th Sup. Train] - -[Illustration: =2d Lt. H. B. Kirkpatrick= 21st Company Infantry Reserve -Corps] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jessie E. Landers= Company E 1st Development Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Polie L. Lilly= Battery D 114th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Will McIntyre= 21st Company R.R.D.] - -[Illustration: =2d Cl. Fmn. B. F. Martin= U.S.S. Newton] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. W. Evin Martin= Company I 327th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Corp. T. E. Middleton= 106th Trench Mortar Battery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Johnnie Moore= 19th Company 5th Training Btn. 157th -Depot Brigade] - -[Illustration: =1st Lt. J. C. Morgan= 233d Amb. Company 9th Sanitary -Train] - -[Illustration: =Sailor Carl Newton= U.S.S. Orion] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter Nichols= 7th Regiment M.P. School] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. George W. Norrel= Battery D 18th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =1st Cl. Fmn. C. Oliver= U.S.S. Patterson] - -[Illustration: =Yeoman T. M. Piper= U.S.S. Baltimore] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Rubin Powell= Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Geo. W. Reaves= Company A 51st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Wm. D. Satterwhite= Company D 20th Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Tom W. Smith= Field Remount Sqd. 33] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John T. Smith= Field Remount Sqd. 330] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John L. Smith= Company D 321st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Fred L. Stalnaker= 76th Group 6th M.T.D.] - -[Illustration: =Corp. W. L. Stalnaker= Company D 161st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. C. D. Stalnaker= 64th Company 16th Receiving Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Henry Taunton= Company D 5th Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jesse Taunton= Company M 182d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Dewey Taylor= Company C 20th Mach. Gun Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Henry Guy Taylor= Supply Company 2d Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Cephas Taylor= Company B 3d Regiment] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. William C. Taylor= Battery B 149th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Homer E. Thomas= Company G 161st Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. T. Howard Turner= Company B Development Btn.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Emmett Welch= 5th Company Air Service] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Harvey A. Welch= 106th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe Wessinger= Battery F 114th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =William M. Whittington= Company I 167th Reg. 42nd Div.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. A. C. Williams= Aero Squadron Roosevelt Field] - -[Illustration: =Corp. James E. Williams= Battery E 117th Field Artillery] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. G. Harold Williams= Company B 17th Engineers] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Oscar L. Williams= Headquarters Company 321st -Infantry Band] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John O. Williams= Company C 1st Division Battalion] - - -Roll of Honor - - ¦_Killed in action_ - - ABERNATHY, EDWIN - ABERNATHY, YOUNG T. - AUSTIN, ALBERT CARL - - BOZEMAN, HUGH - BRADFIELD, ALVIN F. - BRADFIELD, CALVIN G. - BRADFIELD, JAMES P. - BRADSHAW, HERBERT - BRADSHAW, SAM A. - BRANSON, FRANK L. - BRITTAIN, JOHN W. - BROOME, THOMAS A. - BRYAN, C. JESSE - - CARTER, CLAUDE L. - CARTER, LEONARD - CAUSEY, R. M. - CHAMBLEY, HOMER D. - CHAMBLEY, Y. TOXIE - CHAPMAN, LEONARD M. - COMBS, ELISHA T. - COMBS, JAMES E. - - DAVIS, FOREST - DIXON, I. GRADY - DIXON, NELLO M. - DUFFEY, LEON - ¦DUNN, TERRY A. - - ENNIS, ROBERT - - FRANKLIN, J. T. - - GILLILAND, WILLIAM P. - GAUNTT, CURTIS R. - GLASS, CHARLES W. - - HAERENBORGH, JOHN V. - HALL, EDGAR - HAMER, ERNEST - HERRON, R. A. - HILL, A. L. - HODNETT, HENRY - HOLLIS, ARTHUR - - JACKSON, ERBY L. - - KINNEY, THOMAS E. - KIRKPATRICK, HAROLD B. - - LANDERS, JESSE E. - LASTER, WILLIE - LILLY, POLIE L. - - MARTIN, B. FRANK - MARTIN, W. EVIN - MIDDLETON, THOMAS E. - MILLS, GEORGE J. - MOORE, JOHNNIE - MORGAN, JAMES C. - MCINTYRE, WILL - - NEWTON, CARL - NICHOLS, WALTER - NORREL, GEORGE W. - - OLIVER, CLAUDE - - POWELL, RUBIN - PIPER, TALLY W. - - REAVES, GEORGE W. - ROBERTS, JAMES B. - - SATTERWHITE, WM. D. - SMITH, JOHN T. - SMITH, JOHN L. - SMITH, THOMAS W. - STALNAKER, CHARLES D. - STALNAKER, FRED L. - STALNAKER, WILLIE L. - - TAYLOR, CEPHAS - TAYLOR, DEWEY - TAYLOR, HENRY GUY - TAYLOR, WILLIAM C. - TAUNTON, HENRY - TAUNTON, JESSE - THOMAS, HOMER E. - TURNER, THADIUS H. - - WELCH, EMMETT - WELCH, HARVEY A. - WESSINGER, JOE - WHITTINGTON, WM. M. - WILLIAMS, A. C. - WILLIAMS, G. HAROLD - WILLIAMS, JOHN O. - WILLIAMS, JAMES E. - WILLIAMS, OSCAR L. - WILSON, ROBERT L. - - -Colored - - ALEXANDER, JOHN, JR. - - BURDETTE, WALTER - BURTON, BOB - - DUKES, ABE - - FORD, OTTO - FORD, ROBERT - - GATES, G. G. - - HEARD, FISHER - HEART, ERNEST - HEEL, LEWIS - HOWARD, JEFF - HUTCHINSON, WILLIE - - MOODY, BOB - - PETTILLO, J. L. - - ROSS, JIM - - WARE, ERLEY - WILKINS, SAM - - -Extracts of Appreciation - -"It's a tough proposition; it's a terrible thing, but we know that some -blood has to be spilled and we are willing to let it flow for the cause -and the best country on earth." - -"I am always overjoyed to hear or receive news from my dear friends at -home." - -"The French people go wild over the U. S. boys. One can't get lonesome or -homesick, they treat you too good." - -"I am still on the destroyer, _Shaw_, and we hunt 'subs' most every day." - -"'Tis needless to say that the letters and Bulletins which I received -today brought one grand little message and a feeling of comradeship into -my heart. I appreciate them very, very much and I enjoy them more and -more." - -"I don't want to quit until the job is finished." - -"Your encouragement, our bullets, and it's all over." - -"I am happy that it fell my lot to serve for our grand and noble country -in her fight for Democracy." - -"I hear that we are going to France. I am just 'crazy' to go." - -"Your letters have given me a great deal of pleasure and I can imagine the -joy they cause the fellows who have gone across." - -"I have been living under the ground since I have been on the front. Don't -know how I would feel if I could get into a house again." - -"If it wasn't for the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and the Service Station, -I don't see how we could get along." - -"I have been in action and I feel more than ever that there must be no -peace without victory and every soldier I have met shares that feeling." - -"You would feel a deep new tender feeling for France and her people if you -could see them carry the Stars and Stripes so proudly, and note the -feeling toward the American soldier." - -"Well, they say that we have had a war in France and that it has come to -an abrupt close. Isn't it strange how easily and how swiftly we put a -serious crimp into the great German mass? I can't realize it--it seems a -long dream." - -"I have been in England, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and on the line of -Germany since I have been in Europe." - -"Since the Armistice we have been on quite a long hike; followed the great -and final retreat of the Kaiser's _grand army_. We are stationed now a few -kilometers beyond the River Rhine, on a hill overlooking the city of -Coblenz." - -"Sorry that the other boys didn't get to see France; they missed the real -fun, a trip that they wouldn't ever forget." - - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE, _Fairfax_ - - P. C. RAMSEY - J. L. BOWLES - A. G. POPE - R. E. SMITH, CHAIRMAN - OZELLA BRADSHAW, SECRETARY - P. T. SPARKS] - -[Illustration: RED CROSS WORK ROOM, _Fairfax_] - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE STATION, _Fairfax_] - -[Illustration: INTERIOR WAR SERVICE STATION, _Fairfax_] - - -Committees - -FIRST LIBERTY LOAN - -Some subscribed, but no organized work done. - - -SECOND LIBERTY LOAN - - F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_ - C. KIRKPATRICK - P. C. RAMSEY - LON COMBS - J. E. HOWELL - -Subscription, $1,500.00 - - -THIRD LIBERTY LOAN - - F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_ - R. E. SMITH - P. C. RAMSEY - C. KIRKPATRICK - J. E. B. MARTIN - VANA COMBS - -Subscription, $33,700.00 - - -FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN - - R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_ - C. KIRKPATRICK - P. C. RAMSEY - J. E. B. MARTIN - LON COMBS - F. P. BRADFIELD - -Subscription, $25,700.00 - - -FIRST RED CROSS FUND - - F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_ - P. C. RAMSEY - LON COMBS - J. E. B. MARTIN - MISS MAUD JAMES - -Subscription, $1,200.00 - - -SALVATION ARMY DRIVE - - T. G. STANFIELD - MISS MAUD JAMES - -Subscription, $140.00 - - -SECOND RED CROSS FUND - - R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_ - P. C. RAMSEY - J. E. B. MARTIN - C. KIRKPATRICK - LON COMBS - F. P. BRADFIELD - -Subscription, $2,150.00 - - -Y. M. C. A. - - C. KIRKPATRICK, _Chairman_ - R. E. SMITH - J. E. B. MARTIN - VANA COMBS - J. E. HOWELL - -Subscription, $572.75 - - -UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN - - R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_ - F. P. BRADFIELD - VANA COMBS - J. E. B. MARTIN - P. C. RAMSEY - -Subscription, $1,740.00 - - -WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - - J. E. B. MARTIN, _Chairman_ - J. M. BROWN - J. L. BOWLES - D. W. SIMMS - R. E. SMITH - P. C. RAMSEY - A. G. POPE - -Subscriptions, $17,700.00 - - -VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN - - F. L. BRANSON - D. W. SIMS - JACK DAVIS - J. C. DAWE - -Subscription, $14,800.00 - - - Total - - Liberty and Victory Loans $75,700.00 - United War Fund 1,740.00 - Membership and Subscription Red Cross 3,350.00 - Salvation Army Drive 140.00 - War Saving Stamps 17,700.00 - Y. M. C. A. 572.75 - - -Committee Report - - - Total number of letters written to boys in Service 1158 - Total number of letters received from boys in Service 205 - Total number of other letters written 447 - Total number of packages or parcels forwarded 326 - Total number of visitors at War Service Station 1232 - Total number of boys in Service 101 - Total number of Bulletins mailed 1496 - Total number killed in action 1 - Died of disease or wounds 1 - Total number wounded 6 - - -From the Fairfax Red Cross - - Bed shirts 36 - Helpless case shirts 40 - Convalescent robes 4 - Pajamas, American 5 - Triangular bandages 48 - T bandages 8 - Abdominal bandages 4 - Comfort bags 5 - Pillow cases 12 - Sheets 24 - Hand towels 206 - Bath towels 100 - Wash cloths 24 - Table doilies 60 - Tray cloths 24 - Aprons, women's refugee 12 - Dresses, children's refugee 22 - Housegowns, women's refugee 6 - Morning blouses, women's refugee 6 - Petticoats, women's refugee 12 - Helmets 3 - Mufflers 5 - Sweaters, sleeveless 24 - Socks for soldiers 52 - Influenza masks for home use 600 - Total weight of garments donated for refugee boxes, pounds 881 - Total number of Christmas boxes packed for soldiers 28 - - -Junior Red Cross - - Triangular bandages 36 - Towels 72 - Wristlets 6 - - - - -Riverview - - -[Illustration: =Pvt. W. C. Anthony= Headquarters Company 321st F.A. Band -American Ex. F] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Roy B. Anthony= 28th Company 157th Depot Brigade Camp -Gordon, Ga.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Marvin Baker= 82d Field Artillery Battery A Fort -Bliss, Tex.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Fonzy O. Barnett= Company B 46th Engineers American -Ex. Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Archie L. Blackmon= Hdqtrs. Troop 8th Cavalry Marfa, -Texas] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe Chappell= M.G. Repl. Co. 1 Amer. Ex. Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. John Gay= Company I 123rd Infantry Amer. Ex. Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Tyler Grant= Base Hospital Ward 19 Camp Sevier, -S.C.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Fred Hunt= U.S.A. Training Det. Auburn, Ala.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Crew Hunt= U.S.A. Training Det. Auburn, Ala.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Elbert E. Lewis= Company B 30th U.S. Infantry Amer. -Ex. Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jasper J. Lewis= Hdqtrs. Company 56th Infantry Amer. -Ex. Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe McCann= Battery D 118th Field Artillery Amer. Ex. -Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Levi McKinney= Company E 12th Infantry Camp Hill, -Va.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. James D. Milner= Company 5 Depot Brigade Camp -Wheeler, Ga.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Jesse B. Milner= Company 8 Repl. Camp Camp Wheeler, -Ga.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Glenn Milner= Company C 321st Infantry Amer. Ex. -Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. R. O. Ogletree= 32d Div. M.P. Amer. Ex. Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Nute Paschal= Battery C 54th Field Artillery Camp -Travis, Texas] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Henry Paschal= Company I 148th Infantry Amer. Ex. -Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. William G. Prather= Battery E 117th Field Artillery -Amer. Ex. Forces] - -[Illustration: =Sgt. Maj. L. L. Scales= 1st Battalion 328th Infantry] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Dock Smith= Company H 107th Infantry Amer. Ex. -Forces] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Arnold Waller= 53d H.A. Batt. D Field Artillery Camp -Travis, Texas] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Logan Ware= 19th Co. 5th Tr. Btn. 157th Depot Brigade -Camp McClellan, Ala.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Watson Ware= Development Det. Camp Sheridan -Montgomery, Ala.] - -[Illustration: =Pvt. Luther E. Williams= 36th Company 3d Gr. M.T.D., M.G., -T.C. Camp Hancock, Ga.] - - -Roll of Honor - - ANTHONY, ROY B. - ANTHONY, WAYMON C. - - BAKER, MARVIN - BARNETT, FONZY O. - BLACKMON, ARCHIE - - CHAPPELL, JOE - - GAY, JOHN - GRANT, TYLER - - HUNT, CREW - HUNT, FRED - - LEWIS, ELBERT E. - LEWIS, JASPER - - MILNER, GLENN - MILNER, JAMES D. - MILNER, JESSE B. - - MCCANN, JOSEPH - MCKINNEY, LEVI - - OGLETREE, RAYMOND O. - - PASCHAL, HENRY - PASCHAL, NUTE - PRATHER, WILLIAM G. - - SCALES, SGT. MAJ. LUTHER L. - SMITH, DOCK - - WALLER, ARNOLD - WARE, LOGAN - WARE, WATSON - WILLIAMS, LUTHER E. - - -Extracts of Appreciation - -"They can have England, France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany, I have -seen them all and spent some time in each, but give me the old United -States." - - RAYMOND O. OGLETREE - -"I will tell you of my first experience in a dugout. When we arrived here -it was raining, so I crawled into a dugout for the night. In the meantime -shells were landing regularly. I unrolled my pack and went to bed and I -had no more than got settled when Fritz sent some large ones over. As I -was a new man at the trade it was hard for me to get to sleep, but finally -I did and sometime in the night he sent a large one over which made a -direct hit on my dugout. I jumped almost out of bed. It rained so much -during the night that I was almost floating when I awoke the next morning -and it took me nearly all day to dry out all of my stuff." - - RAYMOND O. OGLETREE - -"Speaking of Christmas, we had a pleasant one considering the place and -times. There are twenty-seven children in the town where we are now, the -same place we were during the holidays. We had a Christmas Tree for them, -so I suppose we made several little hearts happy." - - GLENN MILNER - -"I don't know whether I will get the first German helmet or not, but I am -going to do my bit over there. I shall take it all like a man and fight my -best for Old Glory." - - JOE MCCANN - -"I wish I were in good health and could do my bit over there along with -the other boys." - - TYLER GRANT - -"It's very nice of the Riverview War Service Station to offer a prize to -the first boy who captures a German helmet. I'd like to have a chance at -the Kaiser and get the one he wears." - - MARVIN BAKER - -"I don't know how to start to thank the good people of Riverview for the -hearty Christmas greetings through the Bulletin. I will say this much, -they are the best ever. I send my best regards to everyone." - - ARCHIE BLACKMON - -"You don't know how much I appreciate the kindness of the Riverview people -while we are over here chasing the Germans as fast as we possibly can. -You, no doubt have heard of the big American drive that is now going. I -must say that the old U. S. boys are making it hot for those Dutchmen just -now. I have been transferred to the band, so I am hoping to play a piece -for the boys to march through Berlin soon." - - WAYMON C. ANTHONY - -"I want to say that if all the boys in the Service appreciate, as I do, -what the folks of Riverview are doing for our benefit, the work is a great -success. The letters you send certainly are interesting to me. They keep -me in very close touch with what is going on at home." - - WAYMON C. ANTHONY - -"I think this is one of the grandest lives a boy can live if he will do -his best. I am proud to be a soldier and I hope that it won't be long -before I can go over sea to do my part. I feel like we are fighting for a -cause that God would have us fight for. I had much rather go over the top -than have it always said of me, 'He was a slacker'. That's enough said -about that for we are going to get the Kaiser some old way." - - ROY B. ANTHONY - -"I am sorry I didn't get over to help the boys. I don't feel like I have -been in the Service at all, but I have done the best I could. I think -those who went oversea are the ones that should have all the praise for -winning this war." - - ROY B. ANTHONY - -"We are here training to fight for the old flag and we will not give up -until the last one is dead." - - WATSON WARE - -"A German garden was captured by our boys a few days ago, so we are living -high on cabbage, turnips, etc. You should see what fine homes the Germans -had in their dugouts: electric lights, bath rooms, pianos and all such to -make life pleasant. I want to tell you, however, that they are not -spending much of their time playing pianos and taking baths now, for our -boys are giving them all the music they are looking for, and then some." - - WAYMON C. ANTHONY - -"For the sake of my country, I am anxious for the day to come when I shall -have the opportunity of going over the top to capture the helmet that you -mentioned in your last letter, not for the $50.00 reward, but for the sake -of my country and the people who are dear to me. I trust that when the war -is all over I can go back home and truly say, 'I have done my all'." - - -Committees - -WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - - R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_ - E. I. OLIVER - B. B. MCGINTY - ARTHUR T. GOGGANS - -Subscription, $7,000.00 - - -RED CROSS DRIVE - - B. B. MCGINTY, _Chairman_ - MISS AMBER LILES - MISS MARION WEBSTER - -Subscription, $2,712.00 - - -Y. M. C. A. - -Subscription, $700.00 - - -UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN - - R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_ - MISS AMBER LILES - -Subscription, $1,183.00 - - -FIRST LIBERTY LOAN - -No subscription - - -SALVATION ARMY DRIVE - - B. B. MCGINTY, _Chairman_ - -Subscription, $105.00 - - -SECOND LIBERTY LOAN - - R. H. BLEDSOE, _Chairman_ - B. B. MCGINTY - C. L. GIBSON - J. M. MILNER - W. W. WILLIAMS - W. R. WILLIAMS - W. J. BRADFIELD - C. A. GOGGANS - -Subscription, $1,800.00 - - -THIRD LIBERTY LOAN - - E. I. OLIVER, _Chairman_ - M. A. SMITH - T. J. GOGGANS - R. H. BLEDSOE, JR. - B. B. MCGINTY - -Subscription, $18,000.00 - - -FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN - - R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_ - -Subscription, $7,000.00 - - -VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN - - R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_ - -Subscription, $7,000.00 - - - Total - - Liberty and Victory Loans $33,800.00 - United War Fund 1,183.00 - Membership and Subscription Red Cross 2,712.00 - Y. M. C. A. 700.00 - Salvation Army 105.00 - War Saving Stamps 7,000.00 - - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE, _Riverview_ - - C. A. GOGGANS - C. L. GIBSON - R. H. BLEDSOE, CHAIRMAN - B. B. MCGINTY - J. T. SMITH - MISS AMBER LILES, SEC.] - -[Illustration: WAR SERVICE STATION, _Riverview_] - -[Illustration: RED CROSS WORK ROOM, _Riverview_] - -[Illustration: INTERIOR WAR SERVICE STATION, _Riverview_] - - -Committee Report - - Number of letters written to boys in Service 382 - Number of other letters written 243 - Number of Bulletins mailed 508 - ---- - Total 1133 - - Number of letters received from boys in Service 138 - Number of packages or parcels forwarded 27 - Number of visitors to Station 532 - Number of packages or parcels forwarded 78 - Killed in action None - Died of disease or wounds None - Wounded 1 - - -From the Riverview Red Cross - - Abdominal bandages 70 - T bandages 50 - Triangular bandages 51 - Shirts 14 - Sox, pairs 13 - Sweaters 29 - Belgian aprons 14 - Little aprons 14 - Comfort kits 10 - Petticoats 5 - Pajamas, pairs 20 - Boxes of refugee clothing 3 - Towels 75 - - - - -[Illustration: GEORGE H. LANIER _Vice-President and General Manager_ WEST -POINT MANUFACTURING COMPANY LANETT COTTON MILLS - -"_Whose deep and abiding interest made the War Service Stations and this -memorial possible_"] - -[Illustration: R. W. JENNINGS "_Chairman of the Executive Committee War -Service Stations during the greater part of their existence._"] - -[Illustration: WM. H. HUFF _Founder of the War Service Stations_] - - - _My country, 'tis of thee, - Sweet land of liberty, - Of thee I sing. - Land where my fathers died! - Land of the Pilgrim's pride! - From ev'ry mountain side - Let freedom ring!_ - - _My native country, thee, - Land of the noble free, - Thy name I love. - I love thy rocks and rills, - Thy woods and templed hills; - My heart with rapture thrills - Like that above._ - - _Let music swell the breeze, - And ring from all the trees - Sweet freedom's song. - Let mortal tongues awake; - Let all that breathe partake; - Let rocks their silence break,-- - The sound prolong._ - - _Our father's God, to Thee, - Author of liberty, - To Thee we sing. - Long may our land be bright - With freedom's holy light; - Protect us by Thy might, - Great God, our King!_ - - _God save our noble men, - Send them safe home again, - God save our men. - Chivalrous, glorious, - From work laborious, - Send them victorious, - God save our men._ - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: - - _They came from town and city, - From factory, mill and field, - At duty's call, they gave their all - America to shield._] - - - - -Transcriber's Notes: - -Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. - -Passages in bold are indicated by =bold=. - - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Defenders of Democracy, by Anonymous - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY *** - -***** This file should be named 40905-8.txt or 40905-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/9/0/40905/ - -Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images -generously made available by The Internet Archive.) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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