The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-22
Colonel Palmer,
Soldier S Soldier
Service Record Reeds Like
Chapter From Old Time
Pdper-Bdcks

Glamor still lives in the L. S. Army,
The service record Of Colonel r. =.
Palmer, A. G.. D., reads like a chap
ter from one Of the best old-time
thrillers.
Colonel Palmer has just concluded
his fouryear tour of duty as assist
ant to the Chief Of Staff, G-1, Of the
Fifth Corps Area. He will take new
station at Headquarters Eighth Corps
Area, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sep
tenber |.
A "soldier's soldier Colonel Pal
mer has had 45 years Of military ser
vice
A "buck private" in the Iowa Natl
onal Guard in 1895-98, he next was
with Iowa Volunteers in the Spanish
American War and the Philippine In
surrection. Returned from the island
in 1899, he was still young in years
but a seasoned fighter of foreign bar
| barians
Then he attended Knox College, But
the Army had him" SO, again, for
the third time in less than eight years,
he enlisted. This time it was on Janu-
ary 81, 1908 in the Regular Army.
Less than six months had passed
before he had been commissioned from
the ranks as Second Lieutenant in
the 9th U. S. Infantry. Young, per-
sistent Potter" Palmer then was real
ly on his way to an outstanding Army
career
Included in Colonel Palmer's inter
csting Army career are three tours
Of duty in the Philippine Islands and
one in the Panama Canal Zone He has
served with distinction on special de-
tails in the War Department, in Corps
Area Department Headquarters, and
Army posts scattered we'll over the
United States
Determination to obtain an educa-
tion matched his unquenchable desire
to earn distinction in the Army. That
he succeeded is evidenced by the fact
that he served as Professor of Mill
tary Science and Tactics in a we'll
known university, aide-de-camp, post
quartermaster, adjutant general and
a commander Of various units.
One time he served as Army obser-
Yer with the United States fleet on
maneuvers. The pioneer blood of his
Iowa ancestors not to be denied, he
helped map Yellowstone National
Park, Glacier National Park, and
Blackfoot National Park. During the
World War, he served with the Fight
ing Fourth Division in France. On the
Mexican Border, he had command in
the Second Infantry.
Erudte, he is a graduate of the
Army War College and of the Army
Staff College in Washington. He is
member Of the Phi Gamma Delta,
the American Legion, the Military
Order of the World War and the Epis-
copal Church.
During the past four years, while
he has served as Assistant Chief of
Staff of the Fifth Corps Area, Col
onel Palmer has made thousands of
civilian and military friends in the
States Of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and
West Virginia. Prior to his departure
he said that he hated to leave US. The
| thousands who have felt the impress
of his character will regret to lose
this distinguished officer and sincere
friend.
And so moves on another of the
I. S. Army's natures nobleman to
carry on new responsibilities in an
other Corps Area.
Just before leaving, Colonel Pal
mer said, "At this time, perhaps the
gravest moment Of our nations his
tory, | hope that young men living
in the four great states, will accept
my personal invitation to join the
colors. l urge all who can qualify,
TO enlist in the T. S. Army"