The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-03
FROM UNIVERSITY STUDENT To
CHIEF IF STAFF IS RECORD Of
COL. K.:A. JOYCE Of WHEELING

charge Of mastering them into the fed
crHl' service
In 1915 he was promoted to the rank
Of captain and upon the outbreak OF the
war with Germany. was mad" a major
on the general staff and assigned as AS
SiS,:lnt CHIEF Of staff 10 tho SIth d.
vision AT Camp rikc. Colonel Sweeney.
chief III staff. WAS in France at the
time 81 Major Joyce organized the
division.
When General SturEiSs, the division
commander. came to France. he brought
Major JOYCE: with him FOR d tour or OBJ
Scrvatiou OF the various battle fronts.
during which sour they served with
tn. 37,h British Division at the YpreS
Salient and with the 55th French diri-
sion in the Champagne district. 1t was
on the closing day Of this tour with
the French division tbs nc. with Cen
eral Leonard Wood and Colonel Kill
bourne was severely wounded. His arm
Vas badly wounded by the explosion Of
Il trench mortar in the midst Of the
group. Two French officers in tho
party and five French soldiers were
killed ut the Same time. This wound
k"rt Major joyce in the French hospital
near Chateau Thi"rry for two months.
after which he was moved to Paris.
whore nc was confined in 4 U. S. hos
rltaI for two moro. months He was
then sent to the States 10 be confined
for thrc" additional months in hos
pItni there.
ON the first Of July hr Was made 4
lieutenant colonel and on September Is
was promoted to the rank of full colo
mel. On August 20 he was dismissed
from the hospital at Washington. D. c..
ana was pronounced unfit for "ovcr:eas
service" This was bitter disappoint-
m"nt. but he would not give up. In
stead Of that he went Immediately to
General GorSas. Surgeon General Of the
United States Army. and begged for
permission to return to France. This
permission was reluctantly granted.
lie WAS assigned as Liason officer Of
the general staff at Washington, D. G..
hut managed to again sail for France
within about one months time. This
time lie was assigned. as Chief OF Staff
of the 3lst division. commanded by Ma
jrr General Leroy S. Lyon. He and the
commanding general preceded the di-
vision over and after landing on the
seventh If October. proceeded straight
10 Tho front. arriving in the midst of tn"
hitter fighting of the Argonne within
thirteen days after sailing from the
United states. Th'y returned later from
that from; and tho 3lst division was
broken up and used for requirements.
II was then that Colonel Joyce was
detailed es Chief OF Staff OF the famous
&3rd division commanded by General =.
Edwin r. Glenn. When General Glenn
was selected by General headquarters
TO command tn" Great Second Replace
m"nt depot. he kept Colonel Joyce rs
his chief OF staff Now General Glenn
has been designated as commander OF
tho American Embarkation Center which
handle, hundreds Of thousands OF sol
dicrs per month on their way homo. and
hc has sccr TT 70 obtain Colonel Joyc"
as the staffs chief This is the highest
tribute that could he paid as General
Glenn has the reputation 10th Mt Wash
lnGt0n and General Pcrshings head
quarters IN Franco. Of being !nfallihlc in
his selection or capable mon As his
aides.
Colonnl Joyce has brother, Charles
s. joyce. who Is captain In I'll"
United States navy. Ms. Joyce Is re-
siding in Wheeling. ". Va