MILITARY NEWS

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Dr. C. M. Hutchinson, who was commissioned a captain on October 6, 1918, served at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, until his recent discharge.

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Dr. R. J. Ward (Med. Sch. '00) was commissioned a captain, Medical Corps, U. S. A., July 29, 1918, and was ordered to the M.O.T.C., Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, September 1. He was assigned to Base Hospital 137, Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia, October 26. After serving on detached duty with replacement troops for a month, he was ordered to proceed by airplane to Souther Field, Americus, Georgia, for temporary duty during the epidemic of influenza; since then he has been stationed with the A. R. C. Base Hospital at Camp Wheeler.

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Dr. F. R. Sanborn, who is a major in the Medical Corps and who has been in service at Camp Upton since the beginning of the war, is in charge of all the venereal work at camp and probably will not be discharged for some time.

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First Lieutenant W. B. Smith is Assistant Divisional Representative, American Red Cross, with the 90th Division in France.

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Major J. F. Drake, finance manager of the Pittsburg District, U. S. Ordnance Dept., spoke on the "College Man in the War' at the twelfth annual banquet of the Tufts' Alumni Association of Pittsburg on January 9.

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Lieutenant H. B. Johnson is in service in the office of the Chief Purchasing Officer, Ordnance Dept. U. S. A., in Paris.

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E. P. Kelley is Y. M. C. A. secretary for the Polish Army, A. P. O. 716, France.

L. W. Russell has been in the Procurement Division of the Ordnance Department at Washington since last June.

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W. E. Witham has been engaged since April, 1918, as Staff Assistant to Vice-President Coonley of the United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation. His special assignment has been to develop the reorganization plans of Mr. Schwab.

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C. P. Skillen is a physical director of the Y. M. C. A. in France.

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James Baldwin is in Y. M. C. A. service in France as a physical director.

A. B. Bucknam returned to the United States on January 5, was discharged from the service at Camp Devens, January 24, and has returned to his work in the Wilby High School at Waterbury, Conn.

H. C. Hutchins, who was assigned to Camp Taylor, Kentucky, after receiving his lieutenancy in Field Artillery, has been invalided to his home in California following a serious attack of pneumonia.

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First Lieutenant E. C. Castle, Company D, 123 rd Machine Gun Battalion, is now with the Army of Occupation at Epeldange, Luxemburg.

F. H. Harris was commissioned ensign, U. S. N. R. F., December 20, 1918, at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Previous to being commissioned he was Cadet Battalion Commander at the school. He is to be retained several months as a flying instructor.

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Lieutenant H. L. Armes, who was discharged from the Army Aviation Corps on January 3, sailed January 31 to assist in the supervision of Overseas Branches of the Community Motion Picture Bureau, maintained in England and France without profit for the benefit of all soldiers and sailors.

E. J. Bloom served from May to December, 1917, with the American Field Service attached to the French Army. He was honorably discharged on account of sickness and enlisted in the U. S. N. R. F. in April, 1918. On December 21 he was honorably discharged from the Officers' Training School at Pelham Bay, N Y., with half his course completed and with a permanent rating of quartermaster, third class.

Lieutenant L. W. Knight, whose engagement is announced to Miss Marion F. Foster of Somerville, has just returned to Boston from Texas where he has been a balloon observer in the Military Aeronautic Corps.

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Second Lieutenant G. L. Foster, who was Promoted to his commission in the Sanitary Corps in September, 1918, is at present in charge of the laboratory at U. S. Hospital No. 9.

S. K. Perry is with company C, G. H. No. 9, Lakewood, New Jersey.

Ensign M. S. Wright has recently been released from active duty at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida.

Captain H. H. Semmes has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Bar for bravery in action. His two citations are as follows:

"For extraordinary heroism in action near Xivray, France, 12 September, 1918: 'During the operations along the Rupt de Mad, Captain Semmes' tank fell into the water and was completely submerged. Upon escaping through the turret door and finding that his driver was still in the tank, Captain Semmes returned and rescued his driver under machine gun fire.'

"For extraordinary heroism in action near Vanquois, France, 26 September, 1918, Captain Semmes is awarded a Bar to be worn with the distinguished Service Cross: 'This officer left his tank under severe rifle fire and personally reconnoitered a passage for his tank across the German trenches, remaining dismounted until the last tank had passed. While so engaged, he was severely wounded.' "

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Lieutenant H. L. Borden of the Aviation Corps has received the Distinguished Service Cross from General Pershing for extraordinary heroism in action.

L P. Spore is a private, first class, in the Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Corps.

Sergeant O. A. Wylde is with the 12th Company, 3d Rec. Bn., 162d Depot Brigade, Camp Pike, Ark.

First Lieutenant Francis Pooler is with P. W. E., Company 230, Regiment 304, A. E. F.

First Lieutenant G. A. Sleeper is in the air service in France.

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Lieutenant F. E. Dennen is at Quarters No 7, Fort Crook, Neb.

First Lieutenant F. P. Lowe, 343d Field Artillery, A. E. F., is now in Germany with the Army of Occupation.

F. P. MacAndrews is a sergeant-major in the Machine Gun Company of the 304th Infantry, A. E. F.

W. D. Robinson, formerly of the 37th Aerial Photo Section, Call Field, Texas, has received his honorable discharge from the army.

R. A. Sawyer was inducted into the Signal Corps, Regular Army, June 1, 1918, and assigned to the Science and Research Section of the Signal Corps at Washington. On July 3 he was honorably discharged from the Signal Corps and on July 5 was commissioned an ensign, U. S. N. R. F., attached to the Bureau of Ordnance, and ordered to the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company, Rochester, New York, for work on optical design of fire control instruments, where he is still serving.

Lieutenant H. K. Davidson of the 101st Infantry has been awarded the Croix de Guerre and has been cited for bravery by General Pershing.

J. H. Woolverton, after completing a course in the Artillery School at Saumur, has been returned to his Ambulance Section, No. 639, A. A. S., as no commissions were given out to his class in the school.

H. W. Flood, who was wounded under heavy shell fire at Verdun on May 21, 1918, received on December 27 the Croix de Guerre for faithful service.

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P. C. Burnham, who was commissioned an ensign January 22, 1918, is now a lieutenant (junior grade) in the Naval Transport Service.

C. F. Durgin, who enlisted at Hartford, Conn., May 1, 1917, as a common seaman, and who has had constant active service in patrol, mine sweeping, and transport work, was commissioned a lieutenant (junior grade) September 22, 1918. He is now in the Transport Service assigned to the U. S. S. GeorgeWashington.

C. M. Rundlett is with Company B, 42nd Battalion of Engineers.

H. A. Eastman, who was commissioned a second lieutenant in the summer of 1918, went overseas in November and has been stationed at Brest. France, ever since.

Second Lieutenant A. F. Garcia, U. S. A. Q. M. C., who has been stationed at Washington as a Mail Courier, sailed for France in December.

Harry Goldman is a sergeant, first class, stationed at Dover, New. Jersey, with the Picatinny General Supply Ordnance Depot.

Corporal P. F. Goward, who went to France from Camp Devens last fall, returned in January and has received his honorable discharge.

Second Lieutenant C. W. Greenwood, who was wounded after a few months service at the front, has been sent back to the Q. M. C. at Brest for duty.

Lieutenant. (J. G.) P. G. Nordell, who was commissioned an ensign January 26, 1918, received his promotion in August and is now engaged in the Transport Service.

Ensign Max Spelke, U. S. N. R. F. Paymaster Corps, who has been stationed at the Naval Headquarters in Paris, returned to the United States for discharge on January 20.

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Second Lieutenant G. V. Baer, Jr., who has been with Clerical Company No. 1, K-22, Camp J. E. Johnston, Florida, was discharged from the service on December 13.

L. G. Banton, who enlisted as Hospital Apprentice, first class, December 8, 1917, was called to active duty October 31, 1918, and transferred to the 3d Naval District, New York City; he was released from active duty on December 17.

R. C. Boynton, who served as a secretary in the Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. at Newport, R. I., from June to September, 1918, enlisted as a private in the Infantry September 7. He received his discharge on December 21.

Second Lieutenant R. R. Britton, R. M. A., A. S. A., who was with Squadron 5, Camp Dick, Texas, received his discharge on December 20.

Second Lieutenant P. L. Burnham, who enlisted in the Ordnance Department in June, 1917, and received his commission March 1, 1918, went overseas with the 100th Division last June and is now located at Toul with the Second Army of Occupation.

Houghton Carr, who was promoted to a first lieutenancy on November 1, 1918, is now with the Ordnance Detachment, P. S. P. Camp Shelby, Miss.

First Lieutenant R. M. Chase, C. A. C., was transferred on November 29 to the Coast Defenses of Balboa, Canal Zone.

Second Lieutenant A. M. Cheney, who enlisted as a private in Company L, 373d Infantry, October 4, 1917, and who received his commission May 27, 1918, was on active duty at Camp Las Casas, Porto Rico, from that time until he was discharged on December 10.

Second Lieutenant G. E. Clark, who went overseas in August, 1917, is acting as assistant to the Commanding Officer at Ammunition Reclamation Depot No. 1, First Army A. P. O. 703, A. E. F.

R. B. Collerd, who enlisted in the Naval Aviation Service April 20, 1917, was discharged July 3, 1917, because of a deformity of the left ankle due to a serious auto accident. Since that time he has been engaged in submarine construction, and is now installing material on U. S. submarines of the S type.

Second Lieutenant L. J. Cone of the Signal Corps received his discharge at Camp Vail, New Jersey, on December 3.

T. L. Cotton, who served with the American Y. M. C. A. at Pskoff, Russia, from March to October of last year, was sent to Archangel, where he is stationed at a camp of the allies called Elope at the junction of the Dwina and a smaller river. H. E. Merrill works up one of these rivers; all supplies pass through Cotton's hands.

J. H. Crenner, who was in training at the F. A. C. O. T. S. at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, received his honorable discharge on November 30.

Second Lieutenant B. N. Davis, who has been in France with the Ordnance Department since September 2, 1917, received his commission on September 25, 1918.

Sergeant J. H. Dodge is with the Signal Battalion Corps, Company B, 301st Regiment, 76th Division, A. E. F., and has seen active service at the front.

Second Lieutenant A. O. Duhamel, Jr., Ordnance Department, who has been engaged in inspecting and equipping with ordnance troops or overseas service, was honorably discharged December 21.

Ensign E. C. Earle, after five months of service at the U. S. Naval Headquarters at London, was transferred to his home in the United States in January to await orders.

Second Lieutenant W. C. Eaton, who enlisted as a private in the Ordnance Department June 16 16, 1917, and who received his comrnission on October 1, 1918, is stationed at the Headquarters, Military Guard Section, Mays Landing, New Jersey.

Sergeant A. B. Edgerton, Ordnance Department, has been with the 5th Division, A. E. F„ since November, 1917.

Second Lieutenant S. B. Emerson, 2nd, A. S. A., who has been an instructor in balloon observation at the Army Balloon School, Lee Hall, Va., and later engaged in translation for the French High Commission at Washington, was discharged from the service on January 17.

First Lieutenant F. S. Emery, A. S. A., who received his rating as observer September 30, 1917, and as pilot June 17, 1918, served as flying instructor at Carruthers Field, Fort Worth, Texas, from May 7, 1918, until he was honorably discharged on January 9, 1919.

Second Lieutenant E. H. Englehorn, F. A., who graduated from the artillery school as an honor man, was discharged December 22, 1918.

Ensign J. S. Ferguson, who received his commission last February, is stationed at the U. S. Naval Base, Brest, France.

W. G. Ferguson was commissioned an ensign in the Paymasters Corps July 25, 1918.

First Lieutenant P. L. Gould, who served continuously from December 15, 1917, with the 18th Company, 5th Battalion, 151st Depot Brigade, Camp Devens, Mass., was honorably discharged from the service December 12, 1918.

D. W. Green is senior inspector of aeroplanes and aeroplane engines, . Bureau of Aircraft Production, stationed with the American Steel and Wire Company, Worcester, Mass.

Ensign John Guay is stationed at Headquarters, 6th Naval District, Charleston, S. C.

Second Lieutenant E. F. Hahn has been in active service since July 8, 1918, with the Signal Corps, Research and Inspection Division A. P. O. 702, A. E. F.

Captain D. L. Harris, 2nd, who went overseas August 1, 1917, with the First United States Engineers and who was wounded in the thigh at St. Mihiel, was returned to the United States as an instructor of replacement troops at Camp Humphreys, Va. He served in this capacity until his discharge on January 6 1918, ' '

Second Lieutenant M. T. Healy, Jr., received his honorable discharge at Camp Jackson, S. C., on December 21.

Captain R. L. Holbrook, 30th Infantry, U. S. A., who received his promotion on October 17, and who was in the battles of Chauteau-Thierry, the Marne, the Vesle and St. Mihiel, is now with the Army of Occupation near Coblentz, Germany.

Sergeant F. R. Husk, who was in training at the F. A. C. O. T. S., Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, received his discharge on December 2.

First Lieutenant A. B. Jopson, Company B, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd Division, went overseas in December, 1917. He saw active service in the fight at Soissons in May, but was stricken with influenza during the battle. Later he was operated on for appendicitis, and so missed the summer fighting. Having returned to duty in September, he was shell shocked in the Champaign sector about October 1. He is still a casualty, in Class D, which means that he will not be discharged from the hospital until after his return to the United States.

Second Lieutenant W. T. King, Jr., Aviation Service, is now stationed at Issoudun, France.

S. M. Kingsbury, U. S. N. R. F., was placed on the inactive list December 18.

Lieutenant (J. G.) W. D. Kipp is now assigned to the Austrian battleship "Czerine".

A. H. Knowlton is with the Headquarters, Sanitary Detachment, 156th Depot Brigade, Camp Jackson, South Carolina, serving as an individual examiner on the Psychological Board.

Lieutenant (J. G.) S. C- Lonnquest, U. S. N. R. F., is stationed at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Chatham, Mass.

Ensign R. C. MacGown is assigned to U. S. S. C. No. 35.

Quartermaster (First Class) R. A. McKenney is on the U. S. S. Israel; when last heard from (December 25, 1918) he was at Spalato, Dalmatia.

R. W. Marr, who has been a boatswain's mate, first class, on a submarine chaser, was released from active service January 13.

M.. E. Maynard is with Company B, 301st Field Service Battalion, A. E. F.

Second Lieutenant Roger Merrill, F. A., was discharged from the service December 20 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Second Lieutenant R. N. Miller, A. S. A., was discharged from the service December 9 at Langley Field, Va.

First Lieutenant C. W. Norby is with the Headquarters, Ist Army Corps, A. P. O. 759, A. E. F.

Second Lieutenant L. G. Nourse was discharged from the service, New York District Ordnance Office, January IS.

L. E. Olds, who enlisted October 6, 1917, was commissioned a second lieutenant January 25, 1918, and went overseas in June. He was assigned to a British Aero Squadron at the front on November 8, but was recalled upon the signing of the armistice and is now with the Aircraft Armament Section, A. P. O. 702, A. E. F.

H. E. Merrill, who has been engaged in Y. M. C. A. work in Russia since the fall of 1917, has been recommended for suitable recognition for his cool behavior during a surprise attack on the forces Tie was serving by the General commanding the American and Allied Expedition in Northern Russia. Mr. Crawford Wheeler, in charge of the Y. M. C. A. work at Archangel, cabled the Y. M. C. A. National War Work Council Offices in New York on January 11 as follows: "The enemy have shelled and occupied for two days one Red Triangle hut on the river front. For his behavior during the surprise attack re cently made, the General has recommende Merrill. We have opened twenty huts along the front of 400 miles and six huts are now being constructed."

Ensign B. O. Gerrish, who enlisted in U. S. Navy, April 28, 1917, as a quartermaster, 2nd class, received his commission in September of the same year and was assigned to the U. S. S. Minnesota, was placed on the inactive list December 10, 1918.

Lieutenant E. K. Hammond, who was in service in France with the 104th Infantry, Division, from September 25, 1917, to eP tember 27, 1918, and who was a member of that regiment when it was decorated with the French Croix de Guerre at the battle of Apremont, was made a first lieutenant on his return to America and assigned for instruction to the 102nd Division at Camp Dix, New Jersey. He received his honorable discharge on December 20, 1918.

Lieutenant H. C. Jenks, who after four months abroad as an officer attached to the 5th Regiment, U. S. Marines, was returned to this country as an instructor at the Infantry School of Arms at Fort Sill, Okla., and Columbus, Georgia, was discharged from the service on December 9.

Lawrence Lockwood enlisted in the O. E. R. C. of the United States Army on June IS, 1917, but was honorably discharged August 1 to accept an ensign's commission in the Paymaster's Corps, U. S. Navy. After attending the Paymasters School at Catholic University, Washington, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant (junior grade), and assigned to the U S. S. Agamemnon as assistant to the supply officer. He saw nine months service on the Agamemnon, making six trips to France and one trip to England. July 1, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and ordered to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of the Navy Department, Washington, and was thence transfered for duty in Hampton Roads, Virginia, In connection with fuelling equipment and harbor floating equipment of the navy. At present he is commissary officer there for harbor floating equipment and personnel officer for director of tugs of the 5th Naval District.

Sergt. E. R. McCarthy, who enlisted in the Medical Corps, May 2, 1917, and was transferred to the Chemical Warfare Service on August 10, 1918, received his discharge from Camp Devens on December 19.

Corp. E. W. McGowan, who enlisted April 18, 1917, and who went to France May 10, 1918, was wounded in the left forearm in action at Le Catelet, September 29, and has spent his time since in hospitals at Rouen in France, and Brighton, Portsmouth, Southampton, and Liverpool in England. He is now awaiting his discharge from the service at U. S. General Hospital No. 39, Long Island, New York.

E. J. O'Leary, seaman, second class, U. S. Navy, was discharged from the service December 18.

Lieutenant Charles Wolff, 23d Balloon Company, was seriously wounded in the right leg "on October 12.

First Lieutenant E. B. Robinson is in service in France.

Lieutenant J. W. Saladine, Company D, 23 Infantry, 2nd Division, U. S. A., has returned to the United States. He brings with him as a souvenir a German machine gun bullet, which is lodged in his ribs just below the right lung. He received the wound while leading his company in an advance in front of Chalons last September. He sailed for France in September of 1917 and was made a first lieutenant in March, 1918, after a battle near Verdun. He had been recommended for a captaincy just before he was wounded.

S. G. Whiton of the Ambulance Section of the Medical Corps was decorated with a regimental croix de guerre last April.

Sergeant F. W. Gee is with the Army of Occupation at Saarbruchen, Germany.

Lieutenant F. C. Huntress was wounded in action on October 9. Although entirely recovered, he has not yet been sent home, but expects to be soon.

P. G. Evans, who enlisted in April, 1917, is with Company A, 14th Railway Engineers, A. E. F.

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C. E. Hilliker, who was blinded by mustard gas in action last July, after five months in base hospitals in France, has been returned to Camp Dodge in lowa. He is rapidly making complete recovery from his wounds and expects soon to be discharged from the service.

Ensign L. H. Lee of the Aviation Service of the United States Navy, who for the last nine months has been patrolling the coast of England, has returned to this country.

Lieutenant W. P. Ponder of the Aviation Corps has received the Distinguished Service Cross from General Pershing for extraordinary heroism in action,

Lieutenant J. H, Chipman, who went to France in the spring of 1917 with the Ambulance Service, served for six months as a camion driver in France and for six months as an ambulance driver in Italy. He then enlisted in the French Army, receiving a lieutenant's commission after four months at the French Officers Training School at Fontainebleau, and was assigned to the 232 nd Regiment, 25th Batterie, Field Artillery.

P. E. Moyer went to Washington last summer to become assistant to the Chief Economist of the National War Labor Board. In October he was promoted to the position of examiner for the National War Labor Board, and in that capacity is administering the award of the board in the case of the Bethlehem Steel Company.

L. T. Dodge is at the Officers Material School, Pelham Bay, New York.

Lieutenant E. C. Rautenberg of the Coast Artillery has returned to America.

R. A. Clark, J. C. Cavanaugh, and D. A. McCaslin are at the Officers Material School, Pelham Bay, New York.

F. P. Clements, Company D, 106th Machine Gun Battalion, who was wounded in action, is now in a hospital in New York; he still carries a cane, but is making good recovery.

Lieutenant C. H. Guy, who served for six months in the French Army, but who is now in this country, was married in December to Miss Frances A. Hum, Greenville, Penn.

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G. R. Loehr, who served for a year as a driver with the American Red Cross in France, is now in the 38th Regiment of Artillery in the French Army, stationed at Nimes, France. He was made an aspirant on December 30.

B. O. McLeran is at the Officers Material School, Pelham Bay, N. Y.

W. M. Smith, who after a year as a driver with the American Red Cross enlisted in the French Artillery, was made an aspirant on December 30 in the 115th Regiment, A. L., of the French Army.