Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-02
NEWS OF INTEREST CONCERNING
OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE


| he was on German soil in AIsace,
where Wisconsin and Michigan boys
are stationed. Mr.. Monien was mem
Der of Company G of this city, and
twenty-five years of age. Besides his
parents, his death is mourned by two
brothers, julius and John Monien of
the town of Mosinee, and two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Tighe of Mosinee and Mrs.
Harry Manos of Wausau
Sergeant T. j. Winner, who has
been home on furlough during the
past week, will return to Camp Grant
again this week. He is a member of
Co. 5, 161 Depot Brigade.
Corporal Ben H. Wegner of Co. S,
161 Depot Brigade, Camp Grant, re-
turned to his military duties Wednes-
day morning, after a furlough of five
days.
Corporal Harry NJ Bibby of Battery
b, End Anti-aircraft battalion, has ar
rived safely in France, according to
notice received by his sister, Mrs.
George Forcey.
Among the Marathon county boys,
who have arrived safely overseas, and
who have been heard from of late are
Otto Zitzerow, Reinhold G.. Block, Gust
Lehman, Walter Raduechel, Charles
Rood, George Kutchera and William
Paulus.
Wells Turner has been promoted
from first class yeoman to chief petty
| officer in the navy department He
is stationed in the Cost Inspectors
| office OF the Standard Ship Building
corporation, Marine Harbor, Staten
| Island, N. Y.
w. w. Thayer of Hogarty recently
sent an application to the government
| asking that his son, Chester ID. Thayer,
who is in the U. S. navy, be given a
| months furlough to assist in getting
| the crops in on his fathers farm. The
| Through has been granted by the gov
| eminent, and Chester is expected
home on the 4th of July to help with
| the farm work for a month.
Elvin M. Hartlett, who is with the
| 10th English Medical Corps and driv-
ing an ambulance in France, has been
promoted to first class private.
c. II. Ingraham departed last
| Wednesday evening for Chicago, and
| from that city went on to New York.
the Y. M. c. A. Mr.. Ingraham has
| enlisted for "Y" work in France. and
will soon be taking active part in
oversee duty.
Henry Wolff and Theodore Rylick
have arrived safely somewhere
abroad
James Alvin Torgerson of Galloway,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Torgerson
OF the town of Franzen, was killed
While in action in France during the
| past week, according to government
notice. Mr.. TOrgerson registered
June 5, 1917, and if he had waited for
MS number to be drawn, he would
not have been called yet. He enlisted
last summer in the marine corps, and
II is thought that he was with the
marines that have been making such
wonderful strides of late,
| 1t has been reported that Wagner
Jack zimmerman of this city and Ed
| ward Hanson of Ringle have reached
| their destination across the Atlantic
| safely.
| Claude Taugher, son of DR.. and Mrs.
t. j. Taugher, who is somewhere in
France" has notified his parents that
| he has been promoted to first lieuten-
ant.
Floyd Sullivan has returned to the
| naval reserve officers training school
at the Municipal Pier at Chicago, after
pass spent in this city. Mr.. Sui
Ivan has just recovered from an at
| tack OF pneumonia. ~
P. T. Stone, one of Wausau's well
known lawyers, enlisted Friday in the
| U. S. navy as machinist mate for avia-
| ton. He went to Milwaukee Sunday
| evening to take an examination. and
| will remain here and await his call.
William G. Michel enlisted in the
| U. 5. navy as musician the past week,
and departed Friday evening for Mil
| waukee to take his examination. He
returned to the city Sunday noon, and
| will remain here until ordered to
Great Lakes.
Lieutenant Guy A. Davis, who has
been in the city on furlough, visit
| ing his mother, Mrs. Daniel Manning
| departed Saturday morning for Seattle.
| Wash, having received orders to re-
port at that place.
Edward Schultz, son of Mr.. and Mrs
| Herman Schultz, Wausau, r. r. 4, has
arrived safely overseas.
A. Weisner arrived in the city Sat-
| urday morning from Camp Grant for
| a short visit with relatives and friends.
he Will return to camp again tomor-
row.
William Brod, son of Mrs. Fannie
Brod of the town of Mosinee. has
been home on a fifteen day furlough.
He is in the transport service of the
navy as fireman, and has made two
| trips "over there" and back. While
| on the other side he was given shore
leave and had chance to see things
closely. The boat on which he was
| serving was in the same convoy with
the transport Lincoln, which it will
oe remembered was torpedoed not
| long ago. Mr.. Brod departs again
| tomorrow for duty at Newport News.
| Lieutenant Karl Schmidt of Camp
| Custer, Mich, arrived home yester-
day morning on a five days furlough
tor a visit with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Schmidt, and friends.
| Harry Ziegler is home from Great
Lakes on visit to relatives and
friends. He passed the necessary ex-
ANIMATION in the radio school at Camp
Perry, and from there will go to
| harvard to study further in this war
service work.
| Sam Halaska of Rothschild who be-
longs to the Marathon county selects,
and who is now serving his country
IN France, would like to receive mail.
| his address is: Sam Halaska, Co. B,
z4th Engineers, American Expedition
airy Force, France"
W. K. Mitchell has arrived safely
in France according to word re-
ceived in this city. Mr.. Mitchell is
with the Y. NJ. C. A. war service
department.
victor Stole, who was home on
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