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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17
Kenosha Man is Cited for
Distinguished Bravery on
the Battle Fields of
France.
FOR STEADFAsT DEVOTION
Commanding Major General su1nmerai
Cites Him for Exceptional Courage
in Capture Of Machine Gun De-
livering Terrific Fire.

Another Kenosha man won the dis
tinguished bravery mentioned IN the
reports from cover There as this
morning a formal order Of the Com
manding General reaches Kenosha am
nouncing that Corporal Robert Vol
liner, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Vol
liner of this city has been cited for
distinguished service to the nation at
war. The formal order which Cor
poral Vollmer has sent to- his father
in this city says:
Headquarters First Division,
American Expeditionary Forces,
France, August 9, 1918.
General Order No. 46:
The Division commander cites the
following officers and men for distin-
guished condnct during the operation Of
this division South of scissors, July
1922, 1918:
Corporal Robert Vollmer,
Company d 2Sth Infantry.
HHe showed his steadfast devotion
to duty and exceptional courage in the
face of danger in aiding in the cap
ture of machine gun delivering terri.
fc fire during the offensive operations
against Berzy-le-sec, July 20, 1882
By Command of
FL. K. Loughry,
Major F. A. N. A.
Division Adjutant.
Following the citation Of Corporal
Vollmer for bravery in action a Sec
ond order was issued raising him to
the rank Of Sergeant in the Regular
Army.
Sergeant Vo1lmer is one of Keno
sha,s veteran fighters in the battle
fields Of France. He was one Of the
members of the first American units to
be sent to France to hold the front I'M
til the great National Army could be
raised and transported over seas. He
enlisted in the regular army over in
gen just after the United States
became part Of the great armies fight
ing in Europe and he was sent to
France considerable over q year ago.
He was with the first American troops
sent into Alsace and he has been in
action almost continuously since that
time. The pioneer troops in France
are known to have seen action on many
fronts and Sergeant Vo1lnner has born
his full part in the fighting. So far
as has been learned be has performed
up to true form all the time and has
not been scratched by the bullets Of
the Hun.
The father of Sergeant Vollmer was
decidedly proud Of his decoration and
he was receiving the congratulations Of
his friends today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17
MARRIAGE LICENSE

Frank Demenchus, Kenosha, Wiscen-
sin, Magdalina Schultz, Kenosha, Wis
consin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Miss Ruby Rhode of English Court
is confined to her home with Spanish
influenza.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Miss Marie McCaffery is confined to
her home on South street with illness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Alderman Fred Pabst is i'll with pneu-
monia at his home, 1919 Salem avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17
NoTTCEl
Provisional Battalion and National
Army Men.

On account Of the orders of the
Health Department. prohibiting public
gatherings Of any kind, the drills of
the Battalion and National Army men
viii not be held this week. VIII pro-
badly resume drill next week, but
watch the papers
M. j. Mellu1n. Major.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brothers Of
Milwaukee, are spending few days
in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

rand then in the morning he would
wait outside the doors of the chlldren's
rooms and hope every minute that he
would hear them getting up and call.
ing him, and opening the door.
e"For on many of these wonderful
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Mrs. Ben. ]. Gannaway is spending
Saturday and Sunday in Chicago with
her aunt Mrs. William Leonard. From
Chicago Mrs. Gannaway will go to Ell
wood, Indiana, to spend few weeks
with her sister-in-law, Mrs. LATE
Troyer, formally of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Mr.. and Mrs. @. +. Trenary and son
Donald motored to Madison today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

James -Cavanagh Of Prairie avenue
is spending the day in Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17
Society and CJmb Life

Personals
Tom Scott motored to Milwaukee to-
day.
Judge G. E. Randall motored to Mil
waukee today.
John Ruffalo of Brocket street, spent
today in Chicago.
Z II. Neidner Of Milwaukee is a Ken
osha visitor today.
Charles Kerwin of Silver Lake spent
the day in Kenosha.
Miss Emma Simons of Market street
spent Sunday in Chicago.
Mrs. Julia Johnson Of Market street,
is spending today in Chicago.
w. B. Allyn Of Glen Ellyn spent
Monday with friends in Kenosha.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Jones Of Union
Grove, spent Monday in Kenosha.
James Cavanagh Of Prairie avenue
is spending the day in Racine.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. I. Trenary and son
Donald motored to Madison today.
Alderman Fred Pabst is i'll with pneu-
monia at his home, 1919 Salem avenue.
Miss Marie McCaffery is confined to
her home on South street with illness.
Miss Ruby Rhode of English Court
is confined to her home with Spanish
influenza.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brothers Of
Milwaukee, are spending few days
in Kenosha.
Lester Schaeffer Of Westcott street,
is slowly recovering from an attack
Of pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tillotson of
Lyman avenue spent the weekend in
Libertyville, Illinois.
Bryce Mathews is home from camp
on short furlough, visiting relatives
and friends in Kenosha. !
Miss Celia Schmorrow, Of So North
Main street, is recovering from an at
tack of Spanish influenza.
Miss Edith McKenna has been called
to Beloit on account of the illness of
her sister, Mrs. J. 9. Murray.
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Corporal Arthur Y. Werner, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Werner Of Middle
street has arrived safely overseas.
Mrs. Arthur J. Albrecht, who has
been very i'll at the Kenosha Hospital,
was reported as much improved today.
"A large company of Kenosha people
went to Chicago this afternoon to at
tend the funeral of the late Charles
Bisno
Joseph Dorey of Marinette was sent
with the local quota to Madison this
morning to be enlisted for army serv-
ice there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt seibert and son
Gerald Of Russell, Illinois, motored to
Kenosha this morning, and spent the
day in town.
Word has been received that w.
Wesley LaViolette, who has. been in
valided home from France, has arrived
in New York.
Albert Tanck is in Kenosha on few
days furlough from Syracuse, N. Y,
visiting his sister Mrs. John Cantwell
on Ridge street.
Everett Gascoyne, the accommodating
salesman at G. Fl. Ernst & Co., has en-
listed in the motor truck service of
the government and will shortly leave
for camp to begin his term Of train
ing.
George Kreuseher, long prominent IN
the town Of Paris, and former chair
man of the Kenosha County Board, is
planning to remove to remove to Keno
sha to make his home in the near
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

George Kreuscher, long prominent IN
the town Of Paris, and former chair
man of the Kenosha County Board, is
planning to remove to remove to Keno
sha to make his home in the near
future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

lester Schaeffer Of Westcott street,
is slowly recovering from an attack
Of pneumonia.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Everett Gascoyne, the accommodating
salesman at 9. Fl. Ernst s Co., has en-
listed in the motor truck service of
the government and will shortly leave
for camp to begin his term Of train
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Mr.. and Mrs. d. M. Jones Of Union
Grove, spent Monday in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Albert Tancl is in Kenosha on few
days furlough from Syracuse, N. Y,
visiting his sister Mrs. John Cantwell
on Ridge street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Word has been received that w.
Wesley LaViolette, who has been in
valided home from France, has arrived
in New York.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Mrs. Arthur J. Albrecht, who has
been very i'll at the Kenosha Hospital,
was reported as much improved today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Joseph Dorey of Marinette was sent
with the local quota to Madison this
morning to be enlisted for army serv-
ice there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tillotson of
Lyman avenue spent the weekend in
Libertyville, Illinois.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Seibert and son
Gerald of Russell, Illinois, motored to
Kenosha this morning, and spent the
day in town.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Corporal Arthur Y. Werner, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Werner Of Middle
street has arrived safely overseas.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

A large company Of Kenosha people
went to Chicago this afternoon to at
tend the funeral of the late Charles
Bisno.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Miss Edith McKenna has been called
to Beloit on account of the illness Of
her sister, Mrs. J. 9. Murray.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Bryce Mathews is home from camp
on q short furlough, visiting relatives
and friends in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-10-17

Miss Celia Schmorrow, Of So North
Main street, is recovering from an at
tack of Spanish influenza.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

the 10th Infantry, who was killed in
action August 81, lived with his par
ents, Mr.: and Mrs. Carl Roedelsperger.
at 500 West 136th Street He was for,
merly clerk in an automobile SUNNY
house oNpp'S
Private Joseph Mulligan, Of Companv
"A, 10th Infantry. who was seyerelv
wounded August q, is twenty-seven
years old. His home is at 1929 Park
Avenue. He has three brothers in the
army. One OF them, John H., a mem
per PEI; o1 the ieoth Infantry, is recover
ing from his third wound in a basc
hospital in France. "'o
fr'vate Daniel J. Fitzgerald a mem
per of the old 18th Regiment, who died
rom wounds August 27, lived with his
la1her at 221 East Eighty-first Street.
Ran Away to Fight; Killed
Private Joseph Pike, of the 3ostb
Machine Gun Battalion, who was re.
ported severely wounded, received his
wounds August "a, and the next dav
wrote to ms parents, who live at 36S
East 169th Street, The Bronx. savino
that he had been hit by shrapnel While
engaged in hand-to-hand fighting.
Private Arthur l.. O'Neill of the
machlne gym company of the 306th In.
1antrv. was killed in action August a.
uidtner was killed at the bat
tie of Lookout Mountain. His home
was at 512 East 165th Street. Thf
Bronx.
Private Fred Engbarth of Comnanv
Z, 306th Machine Gun Battalion. who
was severely wounded, received his in
Iuries August 23. He is the son Of
Mrs. Caroline Engbarth, of 1876 Clav
Avenue. The Bronx. She RECENTLY va.
ceived letter from nurse in a base
hospital saying that her sons wounds
we're such that he could not write. but
that he was doing well.
Private Gavin Lucatoto, of Mount
vernon, N. Y, who was killed in action,
was only eighteen years old. He ran
away from home to enlist, adopting the
name Of "Tony Richard" His ident;tv i,.,
was not discovered until after his
death when his commendinr of1icer
searched his effects.
Arthur Beatty, sergeant in the 30sth
infantry, was killed in action on Az.
gust %: Word to that effect was re.
ce celIed by. Mrs. Beatty at her home
1852 Bassford Avenue, The Bronx and
she immediately notified her husband s
father. Lieutenant Samuel BEATTY Of
the west Forty-seventh Street police
statlon. Previous to entering the army
Sergeant Beatty, who was twenty-three
years old, was stenographer.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

sey and Connecticut. with the quotas
assigned to each, follow:
New Jersey ESQ; Stevens
Institute of Technology, Hoboken, 200
New York-Colgate University. Ham
ilton, so; College of the City Of New
York, 200; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
30; Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute.
Troy, 100; Syracuse University $50:
University of Buffalo, so: Columbia
University. 300; Cornell University,
$50; Fordham University, New York
City 80.
Connecticut-Yale. 600
Men who now hold or nlav hereafter
be given deferred classification on &C
count of dependency will be permitted
to enlist in the navy. inasmuch as the
higher pay given is expected to do away
with the possibility of hardships 10 the
dependents. Those who have had previ-
Gus service in the navy also will be per
mitted to reenlist. In no case, however.
not even from the draft. will the navy
accept men who cannot read, write and
speak the English language; nor will
it accept men not citizens of the United
States or conscientious objectors.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Casualties Show
n. Y. Division in
Thick of Fighting
Men Of Old National Guard
Reported Among Killed
and Wounded

An echo of the fighting that New
York's 9th Division saw in July and
August was contained yesterday in the
casualty list, in which were names of
men from the 10th Infantry 9th
Regment), the 1o6th Infantry, also a
former National Guard regiment, and
the old list and 18th regiments. The
big show" was described by Oscar G.
Simony, Of 604 East 168th Street, The
Bronx, a member of the old list. in a
letter. received by his parents. His
name was among those Of men severely
wounded in yesterdays list He was
gassed July 1S and his letter was
written August 13.
while we were at the big show" he
wrote. 81 am feeling pretty good and
expect to be up and at 'em in a few
weeks. There is no cause for worry,
l got away lucky.
More Hospitals Bombed by Huns
THE Germans use all machine guns.
SO you can imagine attacking a big
woods full of machine gun nests. The
scenes around the towns we took were
horrible and sickening. While was
gcing to the rear to the dressing sta
tion l noticed that the Germans were
trying to hit it with their high explo-
sives, and they did. They killed some
wounded that were in it.
while travelling around l have no
ticed hospitals that were bombed by
the Goths. They also use the explo-
sive bullet. When it hits you it ex-
plodes and makes Just terrible
wound. They are on their last pins
and don't care what they do. They
also come up to you crying "Com-
rade!" and then throw a grenade at
you.
Before we made the attack we were
tcld to take no prisoners, and blame
few we took"
Sergeant John J. Ryan. of Company
II, 106th Infantry, was killed in action
August %. He WAS twenty-fo four wears
old lie lived at 500 Prospect Place,
Brooklyn. He enlisted IN the 23d
Regiment in May, 1917.
TO Avenge Cousins Death
A cousin, Sergeant Randolph Bige
low, who is in another company of
the 1O6th, wrote to Sergeant Ryan's
mother yen
u promised Jack as he lay dead. with
the same old smile on his face and as
knelt beside the stretcher and kissed
nm, to avenge his death when 7 ret
INTO the battle that is coming on verv
for Jack Inv "e''
Corporal Carl Emil Roedelspcrger of
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Some Puzzles Of the Draft
Explained by Legal Board
Series of Typical Questions Asked by New Regsrants
Are Answered Plainly, Leaving No Room for
Doubt in Lay Minds

Maxwell Lustig, q member Of the
legal advisory board for drafted men,
has compiled series of questions on
the new draft, taken from hundreds of
typical queries which have poured into
his office. and the answers to them.
Mr.. Lustig recently conferred with
Provost Marshal General Crowder on
some of the more perplexing problems
and obtained new understanding of the
fundamentals and governing principles
Of the selective service acts operation.
The questions he selected as the most
frequently asked cover largely the
status Of aliens and the bases of de-
fcrrcd classification claims.
Regarding the number of claims for
exemption which a registrant may
make, Mr.. Lustig dispeis a popular be-
lief that regstrants who have grounds
for one claim cannot make a claim in
right to make as many claims for de-
ferred classification as the circum-
stances of his individual case reveal.
according to Mr.. Lustig's interpreta-
ton.
Deferred Classification
Mr.. Lustig selected as typical the
following query of registrant under
the new draft:
What claims should skilled. nee
trial enterprise who is the sole sup
port of wife and two children make
for deferred classification 2"
According to Mr.. Lustig, he should
ask for a rating of 2-D on his indus
trial claim and "A on the ground Of
dependency. In this instance he would
oe passed up when the ed men were
called, to await the summoning of the
men of Class 4-A.
Some of the other constantly recur-
ring questions follow:
Q.-What is the status of aliens who
have taken out their first citizenship
papers?
A.-The selective service regulations
specifically provide that. for the pur-
poses of the draft. declarant shall be
regarded in the same manner as citi-
zen.
Q.-Can registrant base claim
for exemption on the ground that he
has a dependent mother or father or
children living in some other country?
A-Absolutely not. All dependents
recognized by the local boards in grant
ing claims for deferred classification
must live in the United States.
Married Men NltnOut SuiiuTeH
Q.-Are naturalized American citi-
zens of German. Austrian or Turkish
birth amenable to the military service.
even though some of them have been
rejected in quests for commissions and
in some instances enlistments on this
ground?
A.-They can be compulsorily in
Quoted into the service. The govern
ment has the right, in carrying out its
fixed policies. to decline to accept en-
listments of men so situated, but that
in itself does not justify the belief
that such men cannot be drafted into
the army.
Q.-Why is a registrant, married
man without children, but one who was
married long before the draft or the
var, placed in Glass | and 2-B not
withstanding the fact that he has been
mainly or partially supporting his
wife?
A.-The government has found, through
actual experience, that in many cases
the wives are we'll able, by reason Of
their own financial means, to support
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
300 Enter Tank Corps
Recruiting Office Gets This
Number in Less Than 2 Week.

The newly opened recruiting Office y.
the tank corps. 10 West Fortv-fourth
Street, has signed up just 800 recruits
IN less than two weeks. The preference
of New Workers for this particularly
thrilling and dangerous branch of tho
service has been made clear bv the
daily influx of applicants. all member.
OF the new draft. They will he in
Quoted into the corps after thew bav.
been classified by their local boards
and will entrain for Camp Colt about
ten days after their classification. ac.
cording to Sergeant Keller, of the of4ico
The detail of twenty men staged or
informal reception to their commander
Captain Arthur Gardener, who wore thc
single silver bar Of first lieutenant
until yesterday morning, when a mott.
iication of his promotion was received
Captain Gardener is senior ranking of.
fcer of the tank corps recruiting de-.
tails Of the country.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

/ themselves. In other instances, and es-
pecially in recent marriages, the wives
arc we'll qualified to perform employ
ment, so that they will be enabled to
support themselves decently and with
out suffering or hardship. The test has
been: will the induction into the
army of such registrant invoke real
hardship on the wife,"
Q.-1s the mere employment of a
reglstrant in some essential or reces-
sary industry sufficient ground for de-
ferred classification claims?
A.-Recently the War Industries
Board classified all industries in the
United States into four divisions
or classes 1. 2, 3 and d. according to
the urgency and Importance of the
thing which such industries produce
and accordingly in consideration of the
employment which each man holds in
such industry will his claim for de-
ferred classification be based.
Q.-Do conscientious objectors re-
ceive deferred classification if their
objection is shown to antedate the war
and to be based on certain religious or
moral principles2
AIN some instances, left entirely
to the discretion of the local boards.
Q.-What is the attitude of local
boards toward the granting of tenn
porary releases of younger registrants
who wish to enter schools or colleges
to fit themselves for commissions in the
military or naval service?
A.-The local boards will give every
encouragement and assistance to such
men. granting them the necessary time
to complete a course which would en-
hance their war efficiency.
Convicts Wholly Exempt
O. What is the status of man
who has been convicted Of felony?
A.-lle will be placed in Class 3-H
as one morally unfit to be soldier Of
the United States. This places him in
the completely exempt class.
Q.-What deferred classification is
granted to aliens from friendly
powers?
An every instance. except in the
case Of men from Great Britain. they
are placed in Glass 5-F. They may
waive exemption, however, and be GER
titled for military service. BY con-
vention with Great Britain, all English
men and Canadians will be treated as
American citizens by the local boards
after September 26. incidentally.
American citizens now on British soil
army.
Irishmen and Australians
Q.-Does this affect 1rishmen and
Australians, British subjects, but from
places where a conscription act is not
operative?
Alt does not. Irishmen and
Australians cannot be inducted into
the American military service unless
they waive exemption
Q-Are school teachers entitled to
deferred classification at present?
A.-No. but strong movement is on
loot to secure this for them. on the
ground that the education of the young
is essential to efficiency of the nation.
Q.-How are trained policemen and
flremen rated in the draft?
A.---Provost Marshal General Crowder
has decided to leave this within the
latitude OF the local draft boards. If
the unlcipality will certify, through
the head Of the police or fire Ndepart-
lnent. that the registrant is essential
TO the welfare of the safety of com
munlty, ne will be placed in the third
class. There is no fixed rule covering
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Navy Will Select
Skilled Men From
"Rur, of the Draft
New Recruiting Programme
Provides for Obtaining
$4,000 a Month


WASHINGTON, Sept 22-The pro-
grammc under which the navy and the
Marine Corps will obtain the men here
after needed was announced to-day by
Secretary Daniels after conferences
with representatives Of his depart
ment, the Marine Corps and the provost
marshal generals Office. The navy is
to have an average of $4,000 men
monthly. and the Marine Corps will get
5000 monthly for four months and
l 800 each month thereafter
Of the navy's allotment of $4,000, it
may enlist or enroll men who have spe-
cial qualifications for certain navy
work AL! the remainder will come
from "the run of the draft" navy Off
cials cutting out skilled men to meet
as far as possible the special needs of
the service.
Naval Courses at Colleges
Between 1000 and 10000 men Of
draft age will receive special naval
instruction at So institutions having
Students Army Training Corps units,
the Navy Department announced to-
day. Quotas for each of the institu-
tions have been fixed and naval repre-
sentatives will be present October / at
all the schools to pass on the applica-
tion Of students who prefer the navy
to the army.
The schools in New York, New Jer-