Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-26
WINDHAM

the United States during the world
war has been framed and hung in the
chapel and is the gift Of friend. A
similar roll containing the names of
all the men who went from the town
Will probably be purchased later and
placed in the library. Following are
the names of the men and their rec
ords as far as it has been able to OBJ |
tain them, the first seven being on the |
church roll:
Eden G. Cock, enlisted Oct. 2, 1918. |
Indicted Oct. %, 1918, at Colby coll |
lege, Waterville, Me Organization, 8. |
A. T c., infantry, Colby unit. Rank. |
private. Discharged through expira-
ton of service Dec. IL, 1918.
Ralph Eaton, enlisted Oct. IL, 1918, |
at Colby college, Waterville, Me. Or |
S. A. T. c., infantry, Colby |
unit. Rank, private. Discharged |
through expiration of service Dec. IL, |
1918,
Alfred Verie Eaton, enlisted as first
class private, Sig. r. c. A. S., at Balti- |
more, Md, Oct. 10, 1917. Ordered to
school of military aeronautics at
Princeton, n. j., Nov. II, 1917. Gradu-
ated from Princeton Jan. 26, 1918. Or
dered to Park field, Wilmington, Tenn,
Jan. 2s, 1918, where he received pri-
mary flying training. Passed reserve
military aviator's test April IS, 1918.
commissioned second lieutenant Sig.
r. c. A. S. April 90, 1918. Ordered to
concentration camp, Dallas, Tex, May
5, 1918. Ordered to Ellington field,
Houston, Tex, May Is, 1918. Here re-
ceived advanced training as bombing
pilot, transferred as second lieutenant,
A. S. S. G. Ordered to Taliafero field,
Fort Worth, Tex, Oct. 2, 1918. Here
received advanced course in aerial
gunnery. Ordered to Gerstner field
Lake Charles, La, Nov. 10, 1918.
Served as flying instructor until dis
charged Jan. 6, 1919. Transferred as
second lieutenant, A. S. M. A.
Clarence A. Fisher, entered U. S.
service at Willimantic Aug. 81, 1918
Ordered to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Or
dered to Fort Barrancas Ga, Oct. 20,
1918. Ordered to Fort Pickens, Fla,
Nov. 20, 1918. Ordered to Camp Dew
ems, Mass, Dec. %, 1918 Honorably
discharged Dec. 80, 1918.
Alan Clark Guild, enlisted Sept Q,
1918, New Haven, Conn, in U. S. ma
val reserve, rating at enlistment sec
ond class seaman. Promoted to sta
ton rating of first class boatswain.
Released from active duty Dec. 81,
1918.
Paul Everett Hopkins, enlisted at
New London July s, 1918, Called to
duty in y. S. naval reserve, Newport,
R. l., Aug. 6, 1918 Member of 9Th
Reg, LIST Co., transferred to 8th Reg,
It'll Co., transferred to 18th Reg, 6th
Co, transferred to Sd Reg, 4th Co,
transferred B annex, naval hospital,
transferred to 7th Reg, 9Th Co., trans
ferred to 7th Reg, 4th Co, transferred
to 18th Reg, 9Th Co, transferred to 1st
Reg, S. c., Jan. Is, 1919. Rank, third
class painter.
Russell w. Potter, enlisted as pri-
vate in medical department, U. S. A,
at Fort Slocum, n. Y, Dec. 8, 1917.
Transferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga,
Dec. 81, 1917. Assigned to Ambulance
Co. No. IS, section b. Camp Green
leaf, Fort OgIethorpe, Dec. "a, 1917
Appointed first class private Jan. 20,
1918. Promoted to corporal May Is,
1918. Transferred to Motor Co. No. II
June 5, 1918. Promoted to sergeant
July Is, 1918. Promoted to first class
sergeant Oct. 5, 1918. Transferred to
Ambulance Co No. 65 Nov. 20, 1918, as
first sergeant Honorably discharged
Jan. %, 1919.
at Willimantic Aug. Is, 1918. Assigned
to medical corps at Camp Green1eaf
Chicamauga Park, Fort Oglethorpe
| Ga. Rated as expert machinist
| Transferred to Camp Stuart, Newport
| News, Va. Clerical service in embark
alton hospital.
Elizabeth Able, entered service June
1918. Member of Smith college unit
working in France under direction OF
Y. M. c. A.
| Alvin D. Pearl, entered service al
Fort Slocum April rs, 1918. Ordered
to recruit camp, Admission, Ala Thiro
Co, 57th infantry brigade, May S, 1918
Ordered to Camp McClelland, Ala, Co
K, 18th infantry, May 20. Ordered
to Camp Merritt May %. Overseas
June, 1918. At the front September
(! 1918.
Harold N, LeffinawelI, enlisted in thu
fall of 1917. Ordered to Camp Upton
L. J., Jan. S, 1918. Member nth di-
vision, in motor truck corps of medica
dept, 307th field hospital, 302d sani
tary train. Sailed for France April Ia
1918. Landed at Liverpool, crossed
from Dover to Calais, trained in Elan
ders, drove through France with pa
tients and hospital supplies, In Ar
COME at the time armistice was sign
ed
Louis (Jack) Rathbun, entered ser
vice July, 1918. Private at Camp Dev
lens, Camp Merritt, n. j., embarkatiol
post for medical detachments a
Schuetzen Park, N. j., Camp Mills, n
j.
Samuel Pearl, entered service depe
brigade, Camp Devens, Aug. 8, 1915
Transferred to Co. d, engineeFin
corps, Camp DeVens. Honorably dis
charged Jan. %, 1918.
Kingsley l.. Brown, drafted and in
Quoted into service Jan. 10, 1918. Lei
| for Camp DeVens Jan. Is. Three week
in depot brigade. Transferred to Cam
Green in regular army, Member c
Co, B, 61st infantry, 9th brigade, st
division, Ordered to Camp Merit
April Z, 1918. Sailed for France Apr
/ IS. Trained tive months and went int
action in Vosges Mts. June IS. Serve
in trenches and made five night patrol
: during the summer. Made first elias
5 private in May, corporal in Angus
Began to serve as company clerk
! August. Night of Sept II went int
Y St. Mehiel drive, was up 1e days. F'rol
r Oct. II to Nov. ] / was in action hefor
Verdun q days. Promoted to ser
e geant in November. Went into billei
: Nov. 10 for five days, then moved fol-
: ward with the army of occupation I
Longwyn six days, then to Mont S
Alaitin Dec. LIST, in Duchy of Luxen
e bourg. Citations for brigade and d
|. vision in general orders No. Il, IS, Z
rs.
Albert L. Brown, enlisted in U.
navy April ~, 1917. On receiving shi