The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-09-13
WON A COMMISSION

range The announcement of hi.
.sccess reached this office through
4. Associated Press dispatches a
.rblished in the daily papers.
Coon after the declaration of wa
4, Young man responded to the cal
,hrourh inborn loyalty and an abso
lu,e belief in the justice of a cause
mr which he expressed a willingness!
!, risk his life, following his word!
by prompt action.
Under the advice and with thu
,,,onqest kind of recommendation
from the adjutant general of the state
i. applied for entrance into the frs
oacer's training camp established II
california. Failing of acceptance
through lack of political pull. or al
lsast II would SO appear, the young
man proved that he was not moved t6
ofer his services to his country
through a desire for an officers posi-.
hon BY entering the army as pri.
ute. Prior to that time, as civilian
ha daily went to Fort Lawton tc
hmiliarlze himself with the drill. Al
ter enlistment he was assigned tc
me ouartermaster's department, and
Ma superior officers at once appoint
"a him top sergeant, He was assign.
"A 10 the 41st Division, sent to Cali
hruia, from thence to North Carolina
then to Camp Mills, n. Y, and sailed
with the division to France in De-
cember.
From France he announced in pri-
rate letters that he could not remain
non. combatant while the country
needed every able bodied man at the
iront, no matter If his services were
needed In the department in which
he was serving. He expressed the de-
slre TO be at the front in charge of a
machine gun. Respecting his wishes
and recognizing his merits the Of
Acers under whom he served gave
him the highest possible credentials,
md selecting the field artillery he
vas sent to the training camp for
artillery officers at Sumar He en-
tered the school the first of May, and
devoted his time so closely to the
severe studies and training required
that he could write but few letters to
bis home people.
The last letter received from him
RM dated July Z, at which time he
had two more weeks to apply to
study and examination. Only in a
round about way did his family learn
Of bis subsequent misfortune. DR..
Whitaker, formerly of Republic, and
. college chum of young Dallam.
happened to be assigned to hospital
near Sumar He there learned that
&r. Dallam had been operated on for
appendicitis July 20. DR.. Whitaker
visited his friend four days after the
operation, and again on the Sth Of
August. He wrote to his wife at
Spokane Of the circumstance, and it
vas through that medium alone that
Information reached the young mans
parents in Oroville.
His silence shows the soldiery
qualities OF the young man. He did
not propose to cause any anxiety by
announcing the pending operation,
and no doubt now that he is well on
to recovery letters are on the way
making light of the experience.
1t was feared that owing to the
operation just at the time of exam
nation the young man would fail to
pass, and the press despatch is very
much of relief. indicating that his
strenuous efforts to make good have
Deen crowned with success. The kind
" mention of the wife of the young
man Is no more than her self-sacri-
ncing position deserves. She made
no protest against her husband enter
ing the service, because she comes
from loyal ancestors, and feeling that
OIL should aid in this trying time to
lne extent of their ability, studied,
look civil service examination pass
60 and was summoned to Washington
@ accept a clerical position in one
VI tne most important branches of the
war acticides. Trusting that we will
We pardoned for using so much space
OIL purely family matters we give the
despatch in full:
washington, Sept. 5.-Word comes
from overseas that Frank NJ Dallam
'r' formerly secretary to Governor
Mead and Governor Hay, as a gradu-
ae OF an officers training camp in
france is entering the field artillery
as an officer.
mere Is case which must appeal
a. involving genuine patriotic sacri-
nee AT the breaking out of the wal
w.t. Dallam, modestly ascribing tc
'i.inself no military capability, instead
" soing out after a commission, as
uos' ex-private secretaries would be
p'one to do, enlisted in the national
euard OF Washington and was drafted
h'o the federal service. AS a ser
seant In the quartermaster corps he
accompanied the 41st division t.
france last September, serving under
Malor Boles of Yakima, who has
"ti.ten back in highest praise of Dal
'a'n services. Those services have
hoW Won Dallam mis- commission.
~ the meantime, Mrs. Dallam, bacl
~ seattle, entered a business college
suailned herself as a stenographer
'ooK a civil service examination, wal
appointed to the government service
auu Ior number of months has beel
~ washington, employed in the pro
'O'. marshal generals office, helpinl
!" ngure out and assign state quotas
/" lhe successive calls for troops. Sh
:, regarded as one Of the most depend
y aoie and useful members of the civil
'aa stan in that big office.
10 one living here In Washington
aau observing the constant interpla,