The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-21
REWARDS IN Q. M.
Officers and Enlisted Men Are
Promoted.
Three Lieutenants Become Cap
tains i'm Detachment.
LONGEST LIST YET ADVANCED
New Quartermaster Sergeants,
Senior Grade, Named.
HOnOred Soldiers Work for
Bigger Results.
fFrur, Trench and camp.l

(Frocl Trench and Campo
A week of rewards for efficient work
that is the proper designation OF the
mast week in the sub-depot quarter
master detachment and in the CAM
utilities detachment of Camp Funston.
THE week was the richest yet expert
enced in promotions for officers ana
men since the opening OF this camp SO
tar as the quartermaSter orsanlZa-
tons are concerned. Three first lieu-
tenants of the sub-depot quarter
master detachment were advanced to
the rank of captain, and large num-
Der of enlisted men were promoted TO
various on-commissioned omces, IN
GLIDING that of quartermaster SER
geant senior grade.
The following first lieutenants re-
ce:yed captaincies: w. L. Rucker, c.
Burson and H. r. Larrieu.
Ouartcrmaster sergeants, senior
grade the highest non-commiSsioned
rank in the quartermaster corps, We're
made as follows: A. J.. krumm. l.. Il.
Stegner and L. W SchmoIl. each of
whom had been quartermaster ser
geants in the sub-depot quarter master
detachment. In the camp utilities de-
tachment. H. e. Brill and George Irv-
ing were promoted to be quarter
master sergeants. senior grade.
Captain Rucker received news of
his promotion while on leave OF alb
in various capacities in the quarter
master organizat ion here, having start
ed as o second lieutenant. Captain
Rucker at one time was head of the
finance division, and has since been
serving in the Office of the sub-depot
quartermaster. Besides his work at
Funston, he has>made valuable con-
tribution for the service by devoting
much of his spare time Sundays to the
delivery of patriotic addresses and SER
mons at many Kansas churches, where
he is still in great demand as speaker
At the time of his promotion Cap
tain Larrieu was in charge of the
camp laundry, one of the largest
1aundries in the world, and it has since
been announced that he will become
head OF the conservation and recla-
nation division, succeeding Captain
Robinson, who goes to another camp
in that work.
Captain Burson is in charge of the
finance division, and is an officer who
is very popular with his men. He, as
well as the other two new captains,
started at Funston as a second lieu
tenant. Captain Burson is really
famous among enlisted men as
maker of first class sergeants.
The subsistence division, which now
is in charge of Capt. Fred c., Runkle,
made Quartermaster Sergeant 4Krumm
a quartermaster sergeant, senior
grade, and promoted many other men.
The subsistence men, who have gladly
attained relatively greater efficiency
than fellow workers in the quarter
master corps, are unusually happy
over the promotions.
Promotions in the b-quartermas-
ter detachment below the rank of
senior grade sergeant were as follows:
70 he quarter master sergeants: Sergts.
J.. J. ~Siegfried.
To be sergeants first class: Corp. David
~ ArmttO, Corp. Thomas w. EdmOndS
Corn. Frank A. Hoffman,, Pvt. First Glass
E E@FI II c5qm yt First pwtet Class B
Class Joseph II. Carigren, Pvt First Class
Elmer W. Gnenther; Pvt. First Class Emil
Nfcolay, Sergt- W. L. Wasem. Sergt John
IL. COZ Sergt ). +; Spencer, Sergt. J. D.
o aprf e ssrg ne GTesn S sagt l.
6, Potter. Sergt. il. i, oDrain. sergt. J.
stewart, Sergt. G. Fl. Archer. Sergt. NJ
II. Gait, Sergt. Harold ]. Plack and Pvt.
Edward L. Moore.
I'vt First Glass ]; o. Elicit, Corp. H. G.
Pvt. p. F. Wilson, Corp. II. H. Rucker
PVT PVT William w, Werner Pvt Guy 4 Cogs-
Rix. Pvt. william o. Montsgn. NV Pyt. john
J. Connolly. Pvt. William w. Lake. Corp.
NJ. H: Herson, Pvt. Herbert +. Boettler and
Pvt Emmett Carr.
To be cooks: Pvt. Willie w Watson
and Pvt Arthur F.. Mills.
In the camp utilities detachment, other
promotions were follows:
Office and Drafting ROom-To be sergeant
stenographers: Corp, W. King, Corp. Ed
T Tafa conrhn ond GhnedeT n PIT
To be sergeant first class. chief drafts
man; Sergt G; A. Kortz. To be sergeant
first class craftsman: Sergt. Z. H. Paul
son. To be sergeant craftsmen: Pvt Emil
Schreier. Pvt Glen II. Thomas, Pvt L. NJ
Kre ii w. 'i"S' - eu'"oer'' i'' arthur
Water supply and Sewers Brnnch-To be
sergeant first class chief operating engineer:
first class general foreman: sergt Fred A.
Rathert; To be sergeant clerk: Pvt. Oliver
n Rumbel. To be sergeant operating engi-
sergeant plumbers: Pvt Thos. 7. Flahive
and Pvt. Claude I. McGavock To be cor
Paral oilers: Pvt. Clyde f. French and
Light Power and Ice Branch-To be
sergeant foreman: Pvt. r. P. Shaw and
fN V; II. Stewart. To be sergeant inspec-
tor; Pvt. w. p. Neves. To be sergeant
operating engineer; Pvt D. A. Jones. To
Pvt H. Hennessy. Pvt. +. G. Benisch. Pvt
". w. Meier and Pvt. C. J. Shoemaker. 10
be sergeant outside wireman: PVT. WIN
Il. SULLIVAN To be corporal troublemsn.
Pvt f. f. Lawson. Pvt. Geo J. Williams
10 be sergeant first class operating engf-
sergeants operating engineers: Pvt +
Sweeney, Pvt. f. Weaver and Pvt. William
Svatos; To be corporal assistant engineers:
and Pvt F. F. Sherwin.
Heating Branch-To be sergeant chief of
1iremen: Pvt. Chas G. Epling, Pvt Archie
+. Bolas and Pvt. Geo. F. Squires To be
sergeant hoilermakers: Pvt Onto N. Bich-
ies and Pvt. JOS. A. Koenig. To be sergeant
bricklayer: Pvt Chester f. South. To he
corporal clerks: Pvt. Gerald W. DIVER
VT; Jessie oiliffsand Pvt. Il. p. SchwGner
70 De corporal shop ana stoekman: Pvt
Ernest Wall 49,
roads and Drainage Braucf-To be ser-
Geant foreman: Pvt. first class T.
Haker Pvt. first class F. NJ Hickman. TO
be corporal assistant foreman. PVT first
Giass H. +. Haugum. Pvt first class III. d.
ttiouse. Pvt. first class Elisha Lawson. PVT
mrst class Ernest Roberts, Pvt first class
ralph Shorter and Pvt G. T.. Sheriff
building and Grounds Branch-To he
Iuhftermaster sergeant assistant general
foreman; Sergt. First Glass Edyr
Aasieiewski, To De sergeant first class
general foremen: Sergt c. r. Conrad