The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-16
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The Third division which arrived In !
France on April 4. 1918, included Rob- |
ert Firth, e. NJ. Pollard. Paul Ed
wards, Wiley Glass and Woodland w
Ladd from Wayne county. The first
action of this division was In the
Chateau-Thierry sector from May 81
to July 80 The battle operations at
this time were from May 81 to June
4, and July IL to July 80. In the st.
Mfhiel with the reserve corps, the
Third division fought from September
10 to IA. The men Of this division
also took part in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive September 80 to october 81.
They marched on to the Rhine on
November II.
Prisoners captured were thtrty-one
officers, 2,209 enlisted men; ffty-one
pieces of artillery, and 1,501 machine
guns. A forty-one kilometer advance
on the front lines was also the record
of the division.
Guarding the Rhine and stationed III
Gutenberg and Germany were the fol
lowing Wayne county men. many OF
whom are still overseas: Robert Dick
inson, Fred Hugo, Harry Long (now
home), Frank Long, Westcott Haines,
Leo Weiss (now home), Leroy Mob
ley, Ferdinand Smyser,' Wiley GLASS;
Elmer Vinton. Frank Kilgus, ]. B.
Meyers, Glen Ferguson, Charles Hoey.
Archie L. Bogue, Albert Kuhlenbeck,
Charles Chappell, Ray Keck, Harry
Morrow, Leroy Harding, Ray Pilgrim,
Donald B. Hunt, Leonard Lambert,
S. C. Gift, Paul Bundy. Benjamin E,
Edwards, Clarence Beatty, George
Chappell, Eber X. Williams, Kenneth
Toler, Joseph N. Brennan, Otto P.
Hiatt, Peter Lichtenfels, Goldie Knoll,
Norvin Roach, Charles Bowen, Eu-
gene Gaylor, John F. Cross, L. E.
Gauspohl. Herbert Cotton, Glenn Fer
guson, Lester Phenis, Paul Edwards
and Woodland w Ladd.
Divisional Identification is not secur-
able in the cases of some Wayne coun-
ty men About some of these men the
following can be briefly told:
Some Brief Histories.
Wilbur Fox and William Frame were
with the First army and saw heavy
fighting Harold Hiatt was with the
Eighty-ffth hospital Unit. He was
under fire. George B. Hunt was with
the Second army In action, and Charles
Baker was in action with the Second
engineers Matt Schroeder likewise
saw action with the Fourth army.
Frank M. Eaton was at the front with
the Seventy-fourth Engineers. He OPP
Grated flash ranging system at St
Mihiel Ralph Bessleman passed
through heavy action with the Forty
third Balloon company His death
later was the result of influenza John
Rhodes with the Fifty-second Infantry
band, led his division into battle in
the Argonne sector. Arthur Roach
was member of Evacuation Hospital
| No. IA, and later with a motor ambu-
| lance corps at the front. Paul Knoll
| went over as a casual, He is now in
P W. e. company SO as cook. 1t
is understood that Edward Brinker.
Floyd Gross, Raymond Mather, Julius
H. Hammond, Paul Sauers, Roy c.
White and Frank M. Metzger were in
the Forty-third Balloon company and
in some action. Glen Black Of the
One Hundred and sixty-third Infantry
saw concerted action. Gordon Brown
was on the front from April to Novem
Der, he wrote. Rife Pyle of combat
division was in France nine months
Glenn Ferguson, a wireless operator
was in the Third army in heavy fight
ing. Donald B. Hunt was also in the
Third army. Frank Erwin was with
the Fifty-ninth Engineers. Charles
Hoey. was a member of the first crew
to enter Metz. Ray R. Witherby was
in the Seventh Trench motor battery
George B. Hunt operated railroad
at the front, taking great amounts Of
material and supplies to the American
forces.
O'Conner Not Killed
William O'Conner Of Company c
Fffty-second Ammunition Train, wa!
fundamentally reported killed in &C
ton. Another man Of the same name
in his division was the victim. F. C
Gift was with Battery E, 322nd Fielt
Artillery. He was in constant actor
for several months. Huber B. Reigl
was in the sanitary department In Al
SAGE before the armistice was signed
Maglon Dalzelle was at the front
, Harry M. Marshall was in the Eight
, Field Artillery. Leslie Keever sa!
active service. George E. Reid say
action with Co. c, 301st Battery Am
munition Tanks. John Stitch was il
Co. M, 327th Infantry. Ernest Rock
, hill went over the top. George Char
pell was on the firing line. Eber
I Williams was member of Field Hos
, pital No. SO. Henry Benge was wit
, the 9Th Regiment, Battery B, G. A.
, James Raiden saw action In France
Joseph Cook was in an ammunition
, machine gun company. William Yode
with the Eighteenth Field Artillery
say heavy action. T. H. Crafts say
action.
Brothers Serve Together
Lee and Lester Beach, brothers, say
service together in France. Charlie
, Locke was with Twenty-first Frenc
= division. Harry Shafer, with an aer
squadron, brought down a Germa
, plane. He was an aviation observe
:. Fred Hugo was with the Third Div
= sion and in heavy action. Chester n
Edwards was at the front for som
. time. Carl Mcbride was at the from
> Leroy F. Harding, with Base Hospits
. No. 50, was at the front and later
Metz. Peter Doherty was at the fron
. in heavy action. Jesse Hoover sa'
: several months active service. Elme
Ribkee was reported killed in actor
\ but arrived home safely short tim
I ago. He was with the Eighteenth Ii
: fantry. Harry M. Clark was at tn