Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-03-04
BOYS IN U. S. SERVICE


is in Addy, Wash, but who at one time
lived in this county, is in the city,
visiting with relatives. He was with
the 91st division overseas, and was
wounded by shrapnel shell hitting him
in the back and side in the battles at
Verdun. He received treatment in diff
ferent hospitals and when able was
ordered back to the states, and landed
at Hampton, Va, Dec. 10th. After
several weeks in a hospital there, he
was sent to Camp Custer, from which
camp he was mustered out of the
service on Feb. 18th. He was given
a fifty per cent casualty rating. He will
return west in a short time. While in
the city he was guest at the homes
of Mrs. Celia Braun and Mrs. Water
house, also visited with his aunt, Miss
Margaret Metz, and his grandfather,
Jos. Heinemann.
Willard Babcock, U. S. navy, was
discharged last week at Great Lakes,
ILL.,, and returned to Wausau Sunday.
He enlisted in the navy while working
in Alaska, for which place he had left
Wausau, several years ago. On the
Pacific coast for a long period, Mr..
Babcock's last voyage was to France,
returning to states via the Azor
Islands, Cuba, Nicarauga, Panama can
al and San Pedro, CAL, the port of
Los Angeles, where he left his ship.
Mr.. Babcock will remain in Wausau
the remainder of the spring.
Private John White of Ashland,
brother of Fred White, patient of Rib
View SanatOrium, related his exper-
fences to large and intensely inter-
ested audience at the Rib View Sana-
forum, Sunday evening. He was a
member of the famous 32nd Division
and was twice wounded at Chateau
Thlerry. After receiving treatment in
the hospitals over there for five months
he was invalided back to this country.
He was given twenty per cent casu-
atty rating.
Cpl. Milton G. Whiting, 44th Artil-
lery, c. A. c., spent several days with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Whit
ing last week. Mr.. Whiting served
eighteen months in the United States
army, practically the entire period
being served in France, where he par
ticipated in four different battles. He
enlisted at Duluth, in May, 1917. Mr..
Whiting expects to return to Virginia,
Mimi, to work for the Virginia and
Rainy Lake Lumber Co.
Another brave soldier boy from
Marathon, Henry Lemmer, son of ].
N. Lemmer, returned home from
France week ago today. He went to
France in. February, 1918, and was
sent to the front and continued in
service until Oct. 28th, when he was
gassed in the Argonne forest He par
ticipated in the fights at Chateau
Thierry and in the Argonne district
Marathon Times.
w. X. Mitchell cabled to his wife,
who is at Oberlin, Ohio, on the 22nd
OF February, that he was enroute for
the United States, and is now or will
be within day or so in this country
Mr.. Mitchell previous to going into the
Y. M. c. A. army work, was in charge
of the University Extension work of
this district, with headquarters in
Wausau.
c. A. Halla of Mosinee, spent We'd
| nesday and Wednesday night in
Wausau. Mr.. Halla was in the United
States army, serving in France six
| months. Though now discharged, he
| is still feeling the effects of being
| gassed. He was released twenty-five
per cent less efficient physically than
when he enlisted.
Major o. A. Miller of Amigo, was
a WauSau visitor Wednesday. For
long period the major was in COM
| mand of the third battalion of heavy
fro or~ftl lrx,.x
months with the 32nd Division in
| France. The major landed at Hobok-
en-, N. j., Jan. IS. He has been dis
| charged. The "Croix de Guerre' was
awarded him for valiant service.
Cpl. Henry Empey, gassed in action
| was discharged from the army last
week and returned to Wausau Satur-
day. He was a member of Co. G, and
| has been in the service two years.
| Mrs. K. E. Lucas, his sister, and Alec
| Empey, his brother, are in the city
| for reunion.
Lieut.. Newman H. Bells departed
| Wednesday, for Camp Dodge, Iowa,
near DesMoines. The lieutenant has
had sixty day leave to recuperate.
He is in excellent health now and
| expects to receive his discharge short
| ly to return to Wausau.
Mrs. P. L. Goerling received a let
| ter from her son, the first one in
three months who was in a camp
in southern France the first part
of February. This leads his parents
to believe that he will land in the
states shortly.
Sgt. Chas. E. Pond, seth Division,
arrived home Thursday, discharged
from the United States army. Mr..
Pond served sixteen months, enlisting
IN Milwaukee, in September, 1917. He
was overseas over seven months.
Two Wausau men, Cpls. Oscar E..
Brandt and F. c. Ulrich, of the S2nd
Field Artillery, have been mustered
out of the service and returned to the
city Saturday. They spent five months
in France near Bordeaux.
Ray Malone, with the United States
Army OF Occupation, does not expect
to start for home for some time to
come, according to Thomas Malone,
chief of police, who heard from him
last week.
| Otto Strehlow, 44th Infantry, ma
chine gun company, has been dis
charged and returned to Wausau, We'd
nesday. He was stationed at the
Preside, San Francisco, Cal.
Corp. Art. Rifleman, who has been
in military service the past seven
months, received his honorable dis
charge from service and arrived home
Monday night.-Stratford Journal.
Leo B. Guenther, who had been in
the Medical detachment at Camp
| Dodge, Iowa, returned home Thursday
having received his discharge. He has
been in service the past six months.