The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-10-03
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Supply Sergeant John Greenan,
| who put in two years and four
months with company D of the 18th
infantry was discharged from Camp
Dodge, Iowa on Friday of last week
and made an undelayed trip to his
home here, arriving Monday morn
ing, Sept. 20.
He was one of Blackfoot's first
lads to volunteer, enlisting on May
Is, 1917 at Fort Douglas. From
there he was sent Immediately to
PRESIDED out of San Francisco, where
he trained for year and a half be-
fore being sent to Camp Mills to
leave, as was supposed for overseas,
but few hours delay kept them
from the boat long enough that word
of permanent detainment reached
them and even tho they had every
thing on the ship, ready for setting
sail, but themselves and the packs
on their backs, the signing of the
armistice kept them On American
soil.
From Camp Mills, Sgt. Greenan
was transferred to the army supply
base at Norfork, Va, where he saw
ten months duty before being trans
ferred for discharge.
Sgt. Greenan says The Republican
reached him regularly and that he
often felt peculiar disappointment
when he read news of Blackfoot boys
returning home, many of whom were
old cronies of his, who had been at
adjacent camps and he had missed
seeing them. Ted Cherry was the
only Blackfoot boy he had chance
to talk to until coming home and he |
says it put new life into things to get |
to visit with him for while.
Sgt. Greenan speaks very highly |
of the Red Cross, the Knights of Col
mbus and the Salvation Army and |
says that each organization was
loyal to the last minute.
When they were leaving the Virginia
camp the Salvation Army was on the
job with candy and other small
tokens of cheer.
John is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen Greenan. He plans to enter
high school now and complete his
course.
s-5 fTAuCe In FRANCE
Maine France, who served in
France with the forty-second division
thru the battles of Chateau Thierry,
where he was wounded, in the Cham
paigne sector, and in Alsace Lorraine
to his mother, Mrs. Dora
France Tuesday.
After he was wounded and put
,hru hospital Maine found himself
vt Paris, without an outfit. They
)ut him at work as an accident in
and there he remained.
His division came home early in the
Ipring, while he stayed on at Paris.
lie manged to enjoy life and there
le met Sgt. Donald Good and the
wo saw Paris together.
Maine enlisted at Idaho Falls early ,
n the war, was sent to Spokane and
hence to New York and France with
he forty-second division.
He Saw Europe
Wallace Walburn, who returned
he first of the week from U. s. naval
ervice during the period of the war,
ad q chance while in Europe to visit
.ondon, Paris, Marseilles, Brest,
Wales and Gibralter.
Wallace was, fireman on the
arge coal collier, Jupiter, which OPP
rated first on our eastern coast, then
etween Hoboken and Brest, and
nally was stationed in European
'aters for six months, operating
18th the feet over there.
On returning the collier made the
lip round to the Pacific coast, and
iallace secured his release at Brem-
ton, Wash. He is taking up work
, his fathers helper in the Empire
gar store, Dads place.