The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-31

~ men ROSE ITO
RANK IN RICHMOND
LIST OF SOLDIERS

| Following h the third installment or
the records Of Richmond men In the
world war. The fourth will follow
soon.
Merle Williams entered the navy
May 26. 1918. as apprentice seaman;
trained at Great Lakes naval training
station; service in the United States,
fireman on u. 8. 8. Indiana on Attain
tic coast, service on seas, engineer
ing unit on U.s. 8. Indiana. and U. s.
s. George Washington. AIN shipkeep-
tr's detail on ex-Austrian battleships
in Adriatic sea; sailed for United
states Oct. 30, 1919, arriving In Char
lesion, s. G. Nov. rs, 1918: discharged
nov. %, 1919. fireman.
Bert Walker Ellison entered the
service March 4. 1913, as private and
was assigned to Company F., 5%h Reg
iment fourth division: embarked from
New York May /, 1918, and arrived In
Southampton, England, May 3, 1913;
battles. Chateau-Thierry, st. Mihlel;
sailed for United States April Ii, 1919,
arriving in Hoboken, N. j.. May 1,
1919, and discharged May II, 1913.
In "Yellow-Leg" Outfit.
Carl Anthony Kilgus entered the
service April 4, 1917 as private and
as dSSlSnbu IL lIOop IA 81 AAioA
ana Cavalry; trained at FIT. Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana and Camp Shelby,
Miss: discharged Feb. 4, 1919, corpor-
al @. NJ. c.
Julius Johnston Grosvenor entered
the service Sept. 27, 1917. and was
commissioned first lieutenant; assign
cd to Tuberculosis section, Medical
Reserve corps, regular army; ordered
TO Camp Devens, Mass, April A, 1918,
as a member of special examining
board :Jordered to Camp Humphreys,
Va, Nov l, 1913, as member of spe.
cial examining board; ordered to
Edgewood Arsenal, Md. Dec. 10. 1918
as member OF special tuberculosis
examining board; discharged Feb. 3
1919, first lieutenant.
Warren Clements entered the serv'
ice Jan s.. 1913, as ensign United
States naval aviation: embarked from
New York July q. 1918. arriving in
Southampton, England. Aug. 3, 1918;
trained in Paris F. stleigh, England ;
sailed for United States Dec. 4. 1919,
arriving Dec Is, 1919: placed on in.
active service Jan. 10, 1919.
Became Gunnery Expert.
John Walter Clements entered the
service March %, 1918. and was com
missioned first lieutenant Gun Section
production division, Ordnance Depart
ment; discharged Dec. %, 1919, Louis
vile, KY.
Ray Henry Weisbrod entered the
service Dec Is. 1917. and was assign
ed to Recruit Depot, Paris Island, S
G. u. S. Marine corps: promoted to
drum major Oct. 1918; discharged
Jan. az. 1919. - t...
Donald Emerson Warfel entered the
s' =. Nov. 81, 1917. and was assigned
- ! Aero Service Squadron, later
= = S slero Replacement Squadron
% e fmy; embarked from Halifax
g SEtia, March 25, 1918, arriving
zgow, Scotland April 8, 1918;
Il in England (Stamford-Cam
.e-London) So weeks; sailed from
pool April IL, 1919 and arrived
ken, N. j., April 80, 1919; dis
May 20, 1919, sergeant frs
eoth Hands Wounded.
{liam Albert Yoder entered the
ice Sept. 90, 1918, and was as
ned to Company A, 151st Infantry
9Th Division; embarked from Hobok
IN, N. j., June II, 1918. and arrived IL
liverpool, England, June %, 1918
battles, Marine drive July, 1918, Battl,
of Scissors July, 1918; wounded Jul.
10, 1918, losing index finger on RICH
hand by shrapnel, two machine gun