, 1921-06-29

Many OF the employees ! n h var
ious parts OF the Trbupe plant are
former service men. and some Of
them have such interesting service
records that The Tribune is i'm
PEELED TO make a brief summary OF
the heroes now on the payroll OF
the plant. The experiences OF D.
A. Smith, Associated Press opera
-er: J. A Malone. oil statistician,
and II. S. Cameron are h most in
~teresting.
The men who saw service and a
brief record OF this service is con
taincd in the following paragraphs;
In the mechanical department;
George Peck. served with h
Eighth heavy artillery and spent
seven months in France His unit
was held at Brest and Angaulene
the greater part Of this time
Arthur +. Vogel. VIII eeam a
sergeant in service, " with an
unattached light artillery unit
awaiting orders at Camp Taylor
when the armistice was signed
Russell Finch. a member Of the
aviation corps. spent II months IN
France. His unit landed In Eng
land after leaving the United States
and was active at Issoudun. Npres
and Malcolm Peach.
Harold Barthel served with IN
l3Oth field artillery in France He
saw service at St. Mihiel. and in the
Argonne and was on a defensive
sector in Alsace for n long time.
Mr.. Barthel spent Is months OF his
service period with the American
expeditionary forces in France.
Leonard Hanway served with the
4isth railway telegraph battalion
for is months. Their duties took
them to many parts Of France. The
work consisted of establishing lines
Of communication. his particular
unit having been assigned the work
of maintaining S. o. S. and advance
communication lines.
r. w. Noble served in the quar-
termaster department Of the navy
He was abroad the Transport Free
dom while Il was taking Nanks TO
France. He made six trips across
the water stopping at Brest, ST.
Nazaire and Bordeaux
J.. f.. Minnick enlisted in service
and after he had been in service for
eight days. spending the time at
Fort Logan. Colo. he was rejected
and returned to his home.
Thomas j. Gilroy was in the gen
eral headquarters printing office at
Chaumont. spending IL months
lacross the water.
John w. Berlage, . Company A..
l4ist machine gun battalion OF the
18th division. saw service at St
MIhiel and Argonne-Meuse. He
spent II months across the water.
To II. s. Cameron. linotype ma
chinist in rho Tribune plant. goes
the record for length Of service
Mr.. Cameron served with the Can
adian forces for a period of five
years and saw active service in
every important engagement that
was fought during the world war.
He volunteered in Canadian serv-
ice September. 1914. and was re
turned from Europe in December,
1913.
Upon volunteering he was as
signed to the Ninth field artillery OF
the Canadian field artillery. His or
ganization landed in England De
cember 81. 1914, and arrived In
Franco February l. the following
year. What was left of the organ
ization left rance five years to the
day later.
His service record shows hat he
participated in the first and sec
ond battle 1T Ypres; the first and
second at vimy Ridge; the three
battles of the Somme river and also
that he participated in the heavy
fighting at Albert and Lille.
Six years ago this month the
world was astounded by the intro
duction Of gas into modern warfare.
Mr.. Cameron says it was hell.
81 saw 35 1000 Canadians go unex-
pectedly into the gas and only 5000
of them returned. The first a
attack came June 6, 1915, in h
battle of Ypres."
In the office forces:
r. NJ. Grant enlisted May II,
1917. in the navy and served 10