Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-08-27
BOYS in U. s. SERVICE

Donald Haskin, Co. l, 341st Infantry
has left Camp Grant for oversee ser.
| vice.
Homar d. Greed, who is in charge
OF bakery in Spencer, has been &C.
cepted for "Y" war work by the wal
council
Quartermaster Sergeant Frank A
Barden departed for Camp Grant again
Thursday, after furlough spent in
this city.
| Lieutenant G. A. Thielke has been
assigned to Camp Custer, Michigan
where he will be on duty in a base
hospital.
Corp. ]. N. Manson, Jr, has been
| transferred from the Depot Brigade
to Co. D, 332d Machine Gun Battalion
Camp Grant.
| Donald MacLennan, who has beer
in training school somewhere in
France" has been promoted to sec
ond lieutenant.
VIM. c. Schlaefer and Venner Peter.
son have joined the U. S. Navy ant
left for the Great Lakes Naval Station
on Tuesday evening.
The following are among the boys
who have recently arrived safely over.
seas: William H. Musch, Edward M
Fiber, August Abraham.
Arthur Achert of Merrill. who is
on the battle front in France, writes
home to his mother, that he will prob
ably eat Christmas dinner with her
That's cheering.
II
Ben H. Wegner, who is in Co. G
333rd Machine Gun Battalion, has lief
Camp Grant, and is now on his way
| to somewhere in France" He is il
the seth division.
JOS. Kessler of Camp Grant; Chester
H. Lamsey of Camp Custer and Adolpl
Bauer stationed in Chicago, were al
at their homes in Mosinee, on briet
Burroughs the past week.
William Niebergall has recently
been promoted to yeoman, petty officer
third class. He is stationed at the
navy yards at Puget Sound, Washing
ton, at the present time.
| Mrs. August Riemer of the town O
Halsey has received word from tn,
war department that her son, Alfred
has been wounded in the hip durjn,
the big drive the allies have made.
| Wellington c. Nichols, chief petit,
officer in the U. S. Navy, who ha,
been home for visit with his par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. F. C. Nichols, de
parted again for Washington, d. c.
Friday evening.
Leo Wojtkowicz, Burns street, thi
city, has been injured in France. 4
letter was received from him a weel
ago stating that he was in a hospita
having been wounded from shrapne
shell on July Is.
Mrs. G. H. Ingraham was notifies
the past. week that Mr.. Ingraham il
now enrOute to somewhere il
France" He will be engaged in Y. M
c. A. war work. He left an eastern
port last Thursday.
| H. E. Bruess, former member O
Company G, and now Somewhere il
France, has been wounded. Durinj
stay in the front lines he was sho
in the leg, just below the hip, ant
is now recovering in hospital.
| Lieut.. Harold Ingraham of Cam
Grant, departed with the seth Divi
sion on Wednesday evening for New
YORK City, with the expectation O
Joining the overseas forces in Europ,
and is quite elated over the Ion,
looked for desire.
Mrs. c. A. Christianson received ;
cablegram last Tuesday afternoon
bringing the happy news of the SAFE
arrival of her husband overseas. Mr.
Christensen enlisted in Y. M. c. A
war work some time ago, and will
now be actively engaged in war duties
Hilbert Mueller, who is located a
Camp Grant, received his commission
recently, and is now second lieutenant
He arrived in Wausau WEDNESDAY
morning for a short visit. He als(
visited relatives at Edgar and Marion
during his stay, and departed fol
camp again Sunday.
Charles Nutter of Ely, Mimi. ha.
been visiting his mother, Mrs. ElIer
Nutter, in this city. He was formerly
engineer for this city. Mr.. Nuttel
is captain of the home guard at Ely
and has passed the examination fol
engineering service in the u. S. army
and expects his call any time.
The many friends of Lieutenant
Frank N. Drake of this city were sur
prised last week to learn of his re-
turn to this country from France. He
is at present confined in a hospita
at New York City, recovering from
stomach illness. Before returnins
overseas again, he will visit his fam
lily and friends in Wausau.
Capt p TupaS ic now loooto 80
IN the southern part of France, away
from the front lines. The captain has
almost lost his hearing. He is moi
able to hear at all out of one ear. anC
only occasionally out of the other
he writes home, and describes the
part OF France he is in, telling of its
wonderful beauty, and that you woulf
not know from that section, that wal
was going on in that country.
Paddy Brown, a member of Company
U, is back in this country and tells
or some interesting and thrilling ex.
perlences, while serving in the trench.
es overseas. He was injured last May
having been shot in the leg and
shoulder, while taking part>in a battle
ana although everything possible was
done to save his leg, it was found
necessary to amprtate it below the
Knee Brown was also lost in No
Mans Land at one time with a marty
OF ten other soldiers, while carryine
1000 to the soldiers In the front lines
at which time six of their number
| We're killed OF wounded. The MANY
friends of Paddy Brown here are
| anXlOuSly looking forward IN his 70