Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-09-15
REMAINS OF A
.BARABOO WORLD
WAR VET, HERE
lFrom Saturdays Daily.l


evening and were taken to the home
iof Mr.. and Mrs. David Roach, where
! Mrs. Cummings makes her home. A
number of ex-service men acted as
pallbearers and formed an escort from
the station to the home.
Edwin Cummings was born Feb. g.
1900, in Baraboo. He attended the
Baraboo public schools and spent his
boyhood here. He enlisted early in
July. 1917, Co. A, First Wis, INF.
while this organization was stationed
at Camp Douglas. When Co. A. of
ReedsburgN and Co. G. Of Madison
were selected to go south TO prepare
the camp at Waco for the coming OF
the division, he and his brother Rex
went with them. With the organiza-
tion OF the division, he was transfer
red to Co. A. 12Sth Inf, which was
designated as part of the S2nd
division He trained at Waco and IN
February left with MS organization
for Camp Merritt, N. J. His organ
ization sailed almost at once but due
to quarantine, he left later in a de-
tachment in charge Of Sgt Rollin B.
Curtis Of this city, on board the Levi
THAN They landed at Liverpool,
March 4th, 1918, and crossed from
Dover to Havre and from there pro-
ceeded to join their organization in
the Tenth TIaining Area, around
Prothroy. He served two months in
the Alsace sector, was present dur
ing the Aisne- -Marne offensive and SER
we'd we'll during the Oise-Aisne at
Juvigny, and climaxed his services
with his death in the Meuse-Argonne.
| On the Meuse river he, with his
companions, Carlson and Bennett, Of
Reedsburg, and Masters, Of Neills-
vile, volunteered to wipe out ma
chine gun nest. He and Bennett were
killed and Masters wounded They
succeeded in Wiping out the nest,
however, and for this service as well
as many others similar, received the
citation Of the Distinguished Service
Cross
His brother Rex was a sergeant in
the same company and was twice
wounded. He is now in the regular
army service, stationed on the Pa
cifio coast
(From Mondays daily)
Funeral services for Edwin Cum
mings deceased World war veteran
who was killed overseas were held
this morning from st. Joseph's church
FIR. E. C. O'Reilly of1ciated and the
church was filed with many friends
Of the late veteran. The services were
in the form of military funeral, the
remains being accompanied by ex-
soldiers, members of the American
Legion, to 'the church and then to
the grave.
Services at the grave were conduct
ed by Fr. O'Reilly, Chaplin E. G. Hen
ke and w. w. Kradwell, commander
of the American Legion. Mrs. Cath
crime Cummings, mother of the de-
ceased was presented with the Amer
ican flag covering the coffin.
( The firing squad and bugler render
ed last rites over the grave before
it was lowered. Pallbearers included
Henry Buelow, Leo Buelow, Orie
Smith, Rudolph Linderburg, Hugo
Oehlers, and Tom Burns, all of Reeds
burg, former members Of the Baraboo-
Reedsburg Company A, of which the
deceased was member.
Friends and relatives from aWay in
cluded: Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Cummings,
Adams; Mrs. Loretta Peat and son
Minneapolis; Mrs. Burr Apker, Mr.
and Mrs John Roach, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Bradley and Mr.. and Mrs.@Wm
Bradley all of Merrimack.
The remains were inferred in the
Baraboo cemetery.
Many of the local business houses
were closed this morning during the
services from 80 until 1890,