The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-07-15
DEATH CLAIMS 4
WORLD WAR HERO
Arthur Garvin. Volunteer; Or
Nine Battle Fronts, Cited
for Bravery, Passed
Away Friday.

Artbur Murrell Garvin die
from an attack Of meningitis a
4be M White Hospital in Lewiston
~ on the morning Of July 8. His i'll
ness no had extended over periot
If ia about two weeks. and prior t
hat time he had always been rug
ged and healthy.
His remains were brought t.
this city, his home, and his fun
oral was conducted from th'
Brethren church at 1890 a. m.
Monday. Rev. Geo. H. Ellis de
Z l;yered the funeral sermon to al
audience which packed thu
church, the business houses of tht
town having been closed that al
might attend and pay q final tri
butte of honor to the dead hero
From the church the remains
we're conducted to the cemetery
by a platoon of ex-service men in
Uniform which led the process
sion. and company of w. O. w
members. which followed the cars
carrying the relatives Of the de
ceased Following these were %
cars of friends. At the cemetery
the service was conducted by the
soldier comrades Of the deceased,
the nall bearers being Allen Nc
Cready, John O'Connor, Bascom
Billups, B. E. Laier, Percy Mac
kenzie and Chas. Morris, all over
seas men. The remains were
consigned to their final resting
place with due military honors,
including the salute by firing
squad and the blowing Of taps. !"
And in the great bank of flowers,
which comrades and admiring
friends had given as their token
Of love and esteem, the mortal re-
mains Of this young man, who
had followed his country s flag
faultlessly and unflinchingly thru
Chateau Thierry and the Ar
gonne, were reverently consigned
to Mother Earth to sleep the last
long sleep.
Arthur M. Garvin, the third son
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Garvin,
was born at Spencer, Iowa, Sep
tember 5th. 1896. He came west
with his parents in 1898, and had
been a resident Of Nezperce dur
ing the past 16 years.
With group Of ten other Nez-
perez boys, he enlisted in the
Grangeville company Of the Ida
no National Guard on April 2,
1917, Just prior to America IS en-
tering the war, and went to
France the following November,
where as a member Of the Second
Engineers he saw his first active
service at Toul. He was with his
command when it was with the
Marines into the epochsmaking
drive of the Americans at Chau-
teau Thierry and continued thru
all the terrific fighting to. the
bloody Argonne, where he was
when the Armistice was signed.
He fought on nine battle fronts
and sustained the very great
honor of being decorated with
seven battle stripes. just recent
ly he had received from the de-
partment at Washington the GER
tificate of his citation for bravery
displayed in carrying wounded
from a shell-swept field
On July 18, 1918, in the bitter
flghtin gfollowing the Chateau
Thierry battle. He went through
all this wreck and carnage with
out sustaining the slightest
wound and was never absent from
duty on account Of sickness. Al
te rthe Armistice. he went with
ms regiment from the Argonne to
the Rhine and was on duty there
Tor five months. He returned toI
The United States early in Au-
gust, 1919, and reached his home
here on the 22nd Of the same
month.
oitted against and stood the su-
oltled against and stood the su-
oreme test, he never mentioned |
lis exploits in the service except |
o homefolks and close friends
md only then in answer to point
a suestions. just a "kid' he
vas. but as big man and as glor-
ned in the service Of his coun-
Try as it is permitted Of men to
,e. To his kind the leading ma
Ion Of the world gladly doffs It's
lat.
Besides his father, the deceas-
d is survived by one brother,
.aarl, OF this city, and two sisters,
lrs. lngle Rekdahl, of Lewiston,
nd Miss Edith, of Nezperce.
shese have the sympathy of all
n their great loss, and will ever
'e buoyed up by the honor OF
aving had in their family circle
n ne Of the real heroes of the
World War.