The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-01
One VETERAN OF
MEXICAN WAR" IN
RICHMOND'S ROLL

Following is the fourth installment
Of the story of Richmond men in
service:
Lecel James Hale entered the serv-
ice May Is. 1918 as private and was
assigned to Company H, 36th Regi-
E1ent 18th Division. Infantry: dis
charged March Is, 1919.
Wilson Walter Taggart entered the
service Dec. 2. 1917 and was assigned
to 22nd Recruit Company, @. NJ. G.
National Army; embarked from Hobo
ken, April 16, 1918 and arrived IN
Brest, France, April %, 1918; sailed
for United States August II. 1919, ar
irving in Hoboken, Aug. 26, 1919; dis
charged Sept. 2, 1919, sergeant.
Frank Theodore Strayer entered the
service June 2S, 1918 as Chief Special
Mechanic and assigned to North Bomb
ing Squadron, U. S. N. R. F. Aviation;
in training at France and England;
received hospital treatment for broken
ribs while in France; landed in New
York, Dec. "a, 1918 and discharged
Jan. /, 1919, c. S. M.
Was Made Captain.
BENJAMIN Nicholson johnson enter
ed the service May IL, 1917 and assign
ed to Sixth Company, Ninth Provision.
al Training Regiment, Infantry; COM
missioned captain Aug. Is, 1917; en-
harked from New York, Oct. G.. 1918.
arriving in Liverpool. England, Oct:
IS, 1918; trained in England; arrived
back in United States, Dec. 10, 1918
and discharged Feb. %, 1919.
Clifford Ray Umpleby entered the
service Sept. 20, 1917 as private and
was assigned to 55th Company, l4th
Regiment, 159th Depot Brigade, lhian-
try National Army; was COMMISSION
ed second lieutenant, Aug. 26. 1918;
discharged Jan. %, 1919.
Gilbert M. Hudelson entered the
service Aug "a. 1918 and assigned 10
Company B, 379th Regiment, 95th D.
vision, Infantry; discharged Dec H.
1918.
Homer Leroy Miller entered the
service Oct 4, and was assigned 10
56th Company, 159th Regiment Depot
Brigade Infantry. Regular Army;
transferred to @. M. c., July "a. 1918;
discharged April 9, 1919, corporal.
Took Part in II Battles.
Lee Harry Beach entered the serv-
ice Nav 1, 1917 and was assigned 10
"A. C. Eastern Coast, Regular Army;
embarked from New York City, n. T.
Aug. 25, 1917, arriving in Liverpool
England, September II. 1917; battles
seventeen engagements on Cham-
paigne front, France: sailed for the
United States, Dec. %, 1918. arriving
in Newport News, Va, Jan. ), 1915
discharged Jan. "a. 1919.
John William Behnen entered the
service July 8, 1918, as fireman thlrd-
class; was trained at Great Lakes
Naval Station and Naval Operating
Base, Norfolk, Va; assigned TO U. .,
s. Connecticut from August IL, 1918
to June q, 1919; transport duty. max,
ing a number of trips across; released
from active service Aug. s. 1919 at
Pittsburgh; fireman second-class.
Has Long List of Battles.
Thomas Hedges Ferris entered the
service Sept. 20, 1917, as private, and
was assigned to Company B, lo3d
Field Signal Bn., 2Sth Division; en-
barked from New York June IL. 1918,
and arrived in Liverpool, England,
June %, 1918, and LaHavre, France,
June q, 1918; battles, Marine, Vesle,
Meuse, Argonne, Thiacourt; remained
in action until armistice was signed;
sailed for United States April "a, 1919.
arriving in Philadelphia May Z, 1919;
discharged May "a, 1919; Camp Sner-
man, Ohio.
Carl Armbruster entered the service
April 26, 1918 as private and was as
signed to Company A, S1st Division,
First Replacement Engineers; embark
ed from New York Sept. 1, 1918. and
arrived in Liverpool, England, Sept
10, 1918; battles, Somme Drive, on
Meuse, Nov. Z, 1918; Meuse-Argonne.
Nov. 9, 1918; sailed for United States
June 2, 1919, arriving in Charleston,
S. c.; discharged June "a. 1919.
He Fought Mexicans.
Leonard Ambrose Beach entered the
service June 5, 1917 as private and
was assigned to Company A. Ninth
Mounted Engineers, Regular Army.
Mexican border duty; several skirm-
ishes at Jaurez, Mexico, from June Is
June II, 1919; discharged Sept. 80.
1919, Camp Taylor, as corporal.
Roy Heath entered the service July
IL, 1917, as fireman third class, and
was assigned to U. S. s. Columbia,
convoy duty; last trip June I, 1919.
arriving New York, June 9, 1919; dis
charged July %, 1919, Pittsburgh, Pa,
coppersmith.
Logan Earl Keelor entered the ser
vice August 80, 1918, as private, and
was assigned to Training Unit of
Motor Mechanics; sent to Long Island.
N. Y, where he was a member of
NJ. S. Train for nine months; dis
charged Aug. S, 1919; corporal.