Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
lied and Wounded in Ser
4 Country m Worlds
8 Greatest War.
&ING ENEMY DEFEAT.
Deeds of Local Lads on
"a and in the Air Fac
tor in Victory.
{ population in the neigh

mat x bNE = III hAAG SCI v fGt az
77 ted themselves to the credit
,onpr OF their native city can
- more plainly proven than by
re -ence to the official casualty
SITS of the war department Be
ri Feen one and two hundred of the
Ii rocal boys who entered the service
II n their country sacrificed their
ives or we're wounded -many Of
1 Them being wounded several times.
In the four registrations here
there were a total Of ! ,552 men reg
4 istered OF this number .325 were
i placed in the service. it is estimat-
s ed by the local exemption board,
between six and seven hundred
II went overseas. Added to this total
must be the roll of the company =
boys and all volunteers which.
& when combined. is consrrvatiyely
estimated at between four and five
d hundred men. the majority Of the
u latter actually getting into the
fighting in France or in active duty
at sea in the service Of the navy.
Rock Islanders in Every Drive.
In none of The American often
ElNE1 was EEOLH 4SldBQ WITHOUT z II
active Representative and in the
major operation OF the mid-sUm-
mer and fall the local boys took 4
giants share in the fighting Rock
Island boys were ueube7ss of The
marine forces that gained so much
justly earned fame when they we've
thrown into the gap against the
Germans, when the latter were
driving toward Paris late in the
spring. Rock Island boys were al
so members Of the famous Rain
bow" division. which was in the
Thick of the most Of the heaviest
fighting Of the last year of the war.
Rock Islands soldiers took part in
the major operations at BelleaI
wood, at Chateau-Thierrv. on the
Name, al scissors. on the front
northwest Of Verdun, on the Ar
GONE front and St Mihiel salient
In fact there were some of the
ciTs youths on nearly every sec
tor Of the western front one time
o-another
In All Branches Of Service.
he sectors and various opera
tons in which the Rock Island
BOYS were active covered no great
er range than did the branches Of
the eountry's service that they rep
resented. There were boys in the
marines, infantry, field and heavy
artillery, quartermaster' corps,
signal corps, air service. ordnance
department, ana navy. In the navy
the local lads served on destrOyers.
transports. merchant marine and in
fact everything from sub-chasers
TO treadnaUghts
brief record Of some OF the acts
Of bravery and experiences OF the
citys soldier heroes which are in
themselves a thrilling and inter-
esting story OF the battlefield, is
given below:
Elmer {. Anderson Took part
in great American and allied drive
OF late sumner, fighting with
y forces which attacked and over
came the Germans IL the ArgOnne
forest, northwest of Nerdun. in
which action he was wounded
Brmher OF Mrs. Robert j. Gossman,
Bl2FOurth avenue.
George Baird After serving IN
der fire Of German heayies he
vent over the top" with the ma
rms and was wounded. q Hun bull
let piercing his foot son OF Mrs.
Robert Baird, 3026 Tenth avenue.
Clarence BraShar Serving as a
member o. the medical corps he
vas wounded Oct. q when a Ger
han she'll burst 10 feet away. He
was buried under d shower Of earth
eaused BY the explosion and shell
fragments lodged i'm his body be
'owthe heart. The same shell Kill
ed bne soldier nearby and took off
ood legs of another Son of Mr. /
andMrs 4. F. Brashar. Of Milan.
Aabert Barlang Arrived over F
sea Sept p and went into action
rev days later and during an al .
Ecl Oct % the bones Of his left .
ieggere fractured and he was shot .
arsugh the foot. Son OF Mr.. and I
Ars John Barlang. Fifth street and .
Ihity-fourth avenue.
Inward Carls0n-Iu all battles 4
n Which Americans took part. first 4
"a lorraine sector. then in drive at
ooissOns later az ST Mihiel and .
tae Argonne drive promoted from .
secUd lieutenant to first Iieuten-
ant during last drive. taking his
eau in a d1gout Son Of AKel
Il ~~AB -p-H T Jul At-tl II anu y ihlL
streH.
AHhHr d. CbaIfant Served with
hgEeers on French ammunition !
qaa and was wounded when I
suSk in spine by piece Of shrap-
nei furing German air raid. AS
coha4ctor on train be hauled am
mutton from the rear * the /
Ereleh armies a. he front and on
Issqn trips carried captured Ger
amA4 having taken 1850 Hun cap
syet 20 rear in "a hours Son Of
Al4A. Chalfant, Washington. d. c.
Afs Ciine-As member Of the
Latnfs "RaIubow7 division he took
p1Hlin the battle Of Chateau Thier-
~ the HaTne drive. in the st.
- drive and in the Argonne
10y Campo On In the ST. Nihiel
-fs ne was among the Americans
Il 80 earried their obiectives ahead
u NJ saeeuied time and pushed or.
u Is oeing the iTberat5rs Of the
sa towns and popuIace who
-, lore than four years had been
80. 6ern9an oppression. He as
go y freeing many If The towns
As forward drive on the very