Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-01-14
BOYS IN q. s. SERVICE

! Dear Mr.. Flieth:
Received a notice from the examin-
ing board this noon that my applica-
ton for discharge had been approved
| by them. | took a physical examina-
| ton this afternoon and passed that
very easily. If nothing else happens
| will be home some time the first part
| of next week.
Men are still coming into camp every
day from other camps. We have six
| discharging units at camp now so the
| men can be handled very easily. Last
evening at the Y. M. C. A, the COM
manders of the twenty-frst and TWEEN
| ty-second companies gave very impress
sive farewell addresses to the men OF
their command.
Yours very truly,
w. H. SCHROEDER.
Mr.. Schroeder will be at home this
week and return to his old position in
the American National bank.
Corp. Leo Jonas, a member of Co.
G, 12Sth Infantry, Both division, ar
rived home Friday morning from
| Camp Sherman, Ohio, ON six days
furlough, to visit his relatives and
friends in this city. Corp. Jonas was
severely wounded in action in France,
Aug. 81, by machine guns, having been
hit in the hand and leg and has not
yet quite recovered from his injuries.
He was in hospital in Paris for
many weeks and from there was taken
to Newport News, Va, and then to
Camp Sherman, where he is to report
again at the expiration of his furlough
and for honorable discharge.
Lieut.. Harold Little of Stevens Point,
has returned from overseas to his
home on a furlough, when he will go
to Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, where he will
be mustered out of service. Lieut..
Little is son of o. o. Little, well
known in Wausau. The Lieutenant
was severely wounded in action in
France on August 9Th, and was a pa
tient in five hospitals before returning
home He will have to receive further
treatment before being fully dis
charged.
Capt. E. e. Johnson, former district
attorney of this county, who resigned
to go into the U. S. service, has re-
ceived mis- discharge. He has been at
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ca, for some
time. He goes to France in February
to assist in overseas work, and will
be absent about six months. He ar
rived in Wausau yesterday.
John Abel, who has been in the
Machine Gun school at Camp Hancock,
Ga, arrived at his home in Rothschilds
on Saturday. He left here on the 9th
of July, going from here to Columbus,
Ohio, and later to Camp Hancock. He
has received his discharge and will
return to work for the Marathon
Paper Mills company.
Private Arthur Kruger, son of
Henry Kruger of this city was killed
in battle in France on the 4th day
of November. He had been reported
as missing and again as being severely
wounded. Information was received
from the war department.
Clyde Norman arrived home from
Camp Greenleaf, Ca, on Wednesday,
having been sent up to Camp Grant,
where he received his discharge. Clyde
was in the Medical department He
left here on Sept 3rd.
Louis Laffine of Glandon, arrived in
the city Sunday from Camp Woods
worth, S. c., where he had been doing
provost guard duty for the U. S. gov
eminent, having been mustered out of
service.
]. e. Flanagan of the U. S. navy
and who has been operating on a sub
marine chaser, S.-3, left for Cincin-
natl Sunday evening, after visiting at
fhn Nf Nal
Word has been received that Oscar
L. Zochert, who was in the U. S. ser
vice in France, died October 9th
Deceased left here on the 23d of July
He was 20 years of age.
Arthur Omholt, who has been home
| on visit, returned to New York on
| Friday, to take up his work in the
U. S. medical department, on the
U. S. S. Kroonland
Ernest A. Dunn, Jr., who has been
in Granite City, ILL.,, in the U. S. army
| ordinance service, has been mustered
| out of service and returned to his
| home in Wausau.
Word has been received in Wausau
of the death of Arthur Kruger of
| this city, who was killed in action in
France few days before the armis-
| tice was signed.
c. A. Christianson, who has been in
France in Y. M. G. A. work, telegraphed
home that he had arrived safely in
this country and was on his way home
Ensign Hobart Edmonds who has
| been spending the holidays at his
| home in Wausau, returned to Pelham
Bay, N. Y, on Friday morning.
Good news was received by his
parents at Marathon that Ray Wegner
| had been released from German prison
and was now in France.
Private Julius Weinkauf arrived
home Sunday night from Jacksonville
Florida, having been discharged from
U. S. service.
| Jesse Smith has received his dis
| charge from the U. S. service and
arrived home from Camp Grant on
| Thursday.
Sergt. Walter A. Mueller, who has
been in Camp Hancock, Ga, arrived
home Thursday. He has received his
| discharge.
Walter Knippel has been mustered
| out of service and returned home
| from Camp Merritt, n. j., on Satur-
day.
Corp. Eric Gehrke has received his
discharge and returned home from
France on Friday,
Roman Deutsch, who is in the u. S
service, is expected to return home in
few days.
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