The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-02-13
INDICATES COL. RAupp
A Missouri National Guard Officer
Proves His Ability After Two
Trials.

When troops were modified fol
the European War the regular Unit
ed States army officers began a sys
tematic wedding out OF Nationa
Guard officers.
In order to do this the regular Of
ficers would bring all sorts OF
charges against the National Guards
General Clark was discharged be-
cause OF lit fh1atttt1; General Don
nelly on the charge Of gambling
with an inferior officer. One OF
these officers proved too much for
the regulars. He is little red head
scrapper by the name of William A.
Raupp. former captain in the
Spanis h- American war in the same
regiment with the Jefferson City
boys. Col Raupp stood trials before
efficiency board and came out I'M
scratched and was in the army when
the arrlistice was signed preparing to
go to France.
On the eve of the armies demobili-
cation Col. Raupp was highly praised
by Guy Carleton, the Major General,
commanding and by Colonel J. F.
Gohn of the General Staff of the U.
S. A.
And here is the story of Col.
Raupp's vindication:
When the Missouri National
Guard was called into federal service
and reached Camp Doniphan an or
der was issued by General L. B.
Berry, United States Army, disband-
ing the Second Missouri Infantry
and organizing it into three machine
gun battalions. Colonel William A.
Raupp, who had served with it dur
ing the Spanish-American war and
on the Mexican border. was ordered
before an efficiency board The evil
dence in his favor was overwhelm-
ing. The report of the board was
forwarded to Washington and when
it came back General Berry at once
ordered Colonel Raupp before an
other efficiency board. The only evil
dence against him before the second |
board was that by General Berry
himself who, without giving any rea-
sons. demanded that the board find !
Col. Raupp inefficient. This the
board refused to do. He was then
ordered to an infantry school at San
Antonio, Texas; at the close of the
school he was submitted to a rigid
examination which he passed with
very high grade and SO retained his
commission. He was not returned
to his division but was sent to Camp
S. G. After a short stay
there General Carleton, veteran Of
Ficcr whose life has been spent ,erv-
ng with soldiers in the. field was SO
impressed with his ability tina, he
placed him in command OF the Doth
Pioneer Infantry. In addition toI
hat duty he was placed in command
If all the military police of the
amp and made chairman OF the Eff
iency Board. Under his able lead
rship he soon whipped a raw regi-
nent into state of such efficiency
hat it was ordered to France and
vas on the eve of embarkation when
he influenza struck the camp and
lis departure was delayed While
Waiting for the epidemic to subside
he arinistice was signed and this, OF
curse, put an end ito the hopes of
he officers and men for foreign SER
ice.
Colonel Raupp's trials have been
lany but he did not give up and his
omplete vindication and the high I
raise bestowed upon him by Gen I
RAJ Carleton and Colonel Coin is a
purse OF unbounded satisfaction to i
II Missouri soldiers who love and c
dnlire sure enough fighter j
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