The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-01-15


Tillman H. Smith Of Company T., Sec
,ond Lieut.. William o. stevenson of
Company A, Second Lieut.. William M.
Jones Of Headquarters Company and
Second Lieut.. Charles Roehrig Of Com
pany l..
Those wounded or gassed were Maj.
Hayward Mahon, Jr, commanding the
First Battalion; Maj. j. II. Howell,
commanding the Third Battalion;
Lieut.. Paul e. Bradshaw, adjutant,
First Battalion; Lieut. S. NJ Willis OF
Company A, Capt Louis l.. Ligon Of
Company B, who commanded the First
Battalion after Major Mahon was
wounded; Capt Arthur Lee Of Com
pany d, who commanded the First Bat
talon after Capt Ligon was wound
ed; Capt. J. II. Crawford Of Company
c, Capt. Samuel w. Parks Of Company
G, who was succeeded in turn as they
were wounded by Lieutenant Dozier
and First Scrgt. Frederick Minis i
Lieut.. j. II. Wigs Of Company Fl, Capt.
Hiram Hutchison OF Company X, Capt
Robert w. Hudgens Of Headquarters
Company and Lieut. George O. Bailey,
commanding the machine gun COM
pany.
! Othcrs wounded by shell fire, rifle
Lieut.. Richard S. GcsSinrd Of Com
pany J, First Lieut.. James Anderson,
intelligence officer Of Third Battalion;
First Lieut.. Harry r. Wickcs Of Com
pany l., First Lieut.. Henry e. Ruhl Of
Headquarters Company. First Lieut..
Sam j. Royal OF Headquarters Com
pany, First Lieut.. James G.. Dozier Of
Company G. First Lieut.. James E.
Schwing Of Headquarters company,
First Lieut.. G.. A. Ncuffcr, Machine Gun
Company; Second Lieut. John B. How
ard Of Company II, Second Lieut.. ID. II.
Smith Of Company G, Second Lieut..
,Zcbulon b. ThOrnburg Of Company f,
Second Lieut.. Paul +. Newell Of Com
pany G, Second Lieut.. Edgar l.. Nc
Neil, Machine Gun Company; Second
Lieut. Jess NJ. Barton Of Headquarters
Company, Second Lieut. Jerry B. Fen
ton of Company ID, Second Lieut.. Carl
n. Prause Of Company ], Capt. e.
Steward, adjutant, Signal Battalion;
First Lieut. w. w. Wingo, IIcadquar-
tcrs Company; First Lieut.. Paul c.
Bradshaw, adjutant, First Battalion;
First Lieut.. Hary G. Kcsscnich Head
quarters Company; First Lieut.. Joe r.
n I
Henry p. I.cdford, NJ. r. e.; First
Lieut.. Burman f.. Moore, M. II. e.;
First Lieut.. John II. Wigs Of Com
pany II, Second Lieut.. Alfred O'Ncal
of Company II, Second Lieut. Atlas NJ.
Pickett Of Company ID, Second Lieut..
Robert M. MaXcy Of Company l., Capt.
l.. l.. Ligon, First Battalion; First
Lieut.. Edwin l.. Hughes Of Company
"A, First Lieut. Sweany /. Blackmar
OF Company b. First Lieut.. George c.
Bailey, Machine Gun Company; First
Lieut.. Wallace d. Wilkinson of Ma
chine Gun Company; First Lieut.. Da-
vid f.. Penland OF Company F, and
First Lieut.: Job B. Koon Of Company
e.
Company e was commanded by
Capt Richard a. Fulp during the first
fight and later by Lieut.. Lawlor, Cap
tain I'ulp having been sent to the
staff school to take a special course
in staff work. This is the only com
bat company that did not lose its com
imandng officer and the Second Bat
TALON, commanded by Mai. Lindsay
McFaddcn Of Rock Hill, is the only
battalion that did not lose both its
major and adjutant. Captain Gillespie
succeeded Major Howell in command
Of the Third Battalion and was recon-
mcndcd for promotion to be major:
Capt. l.. IT, 1Iigon succeeded Major
MahOn in command Of the First Bat
talon and when he was gasscd was
succeeded by Capt. Arthur Lee. Capt.
w. D. Workman, who had been made
a major and acted as brigade adju-
Itant Of the Sixtieth Brigade, was later
assigned to command this battalion
Capt. Ralph J. Ramcr Of Anderson,
the popular and efficient commander OF
the machine gun company, was de-
tailed as special instructor in the
army school Of the line and the ma
chine gun company was commanded by
Lieut.. George G. Bailey The Head