Ottawa University - Ottawan Yearbook (Ottawa, KS)

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- OTTAWA - UNIVERSITY - .L l r ! r , 2 Page 6 CHARLES BATTIN Commissioned First Lieutenant November 1917: Overseas with 88th Division, 119th Field Artillery Battery Ag Wounded early last summer at Altklrk in Alsaceg Sent back to Paris to serve as censor on account of his familiarity with French and German languagesg later allowed to return and fought with his company the last month of hghtingg Received medal for bravery and thoughtfulness. H. KENNETH CASSIDY Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Ft. Riley, August 19175 Overseas with Rainbow Division, August 29, 19175 Decorated with the Croix de Guerre and recom- mended for distinguished service cross, May, 19193 Wounded July 28th, 1918, in battle of Marne, Was cited for tenacity in remaining with his battalion three days and two nights after being wounded, Promoted to Captaincy, October, 1918. EILERT G. HEIKEN Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Ft. Riley, August 1917g Overseas 'with 89th Divisionj Decorated for extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne and St. Mihiel drives, September 23, November 9-103 Wounded at the beginning of the attack on Dom- martm Wood, but continued until his mission was successfully accomplished, First to cross the Meuse and patrol the enemy lines, again severely wounded in the battle of the Meuse. Promoted to first lieu- tenancy. CHRISTOPHER M. OTT Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Ft. Leavenworth, January, 1918, Overseas with the 76th Division, Field Artillery, Recommended for Distinguished Service during the Argonne-Meuse battle

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- - OTTAWA - UNIVERSITY' i ' ROBERT COLEBERD 1 v 2nd Class Seaman, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, May '18, Newport, R I , Transport Service. J. OSCAR COE, Captain ROSS H. CLAYTON Air Service, S. R. C., Ground School Austin, Texas, Jan. '18 Post Field, Ft. Sill, Ckla. STANLEY COUNER FRANK CRAIG, Lieutenant A ' I Oh , S. R. C., School Military Aero- na'LIi'ics, Texas, Jan. '18, Selfrxdge Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich. GEORGE W. COOK JOHN lvl. CROSS, Lieutenant Air Service, Fort Omaha, Nebr., Nov. '18, School Military Aeronautics, Austin ,Texas, Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, Barron Field, Everman, TCXZISQIAIY Service Depot, Long Island, N. Y., Ellington Field, Texas. CLAUDE COCHRAN, Lieutenant Ft. Sheridan, July '18, S. A. T. C., K. S. A. C., Man- hattan, Kansas. J. IVICKINLEY CHESTNUT, Serg't Camp Logan, Col., May '18, Ft. Lawton, Wash., Camp Dodge, Iowa, O. T. S., Camp Pike, Ark. GUY A. CARLANDER, Lieutenant Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md., Feb. '18, Poison Gas Plant of the Chemical Warfare Service, U. S. A. GLENN M. CORUM Musician, Camp Clark, June '17, Camp Doniphan, Camp Custer. RAY GRANT CORKE Camp Funston, July '18. JESSE DENNIS Camp Hoel, Kansas City ,Kansas, May '17, Camp Doniphan, Foreign Service, June 28, '18, Feb. 8, '19, Eattliz Vosges Sector, St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest, asse . ROLLO DUGAN Camp Hoel, Kansas City, Kansas, April '17, Camp Doniphan, Okla., Battles: Somrnc, Alsace-Lorraine Sector, Argonne, Meuse. I R. ERNEST DOUGHERTY ,Cadet Air Service, Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, Feb. '18-, School Military Aeronautics, University of Ohio, University of Texas, Austin, Aero Observers School of Fire, Fortress Monroe, Vir. IVAN DOWNEY Cadet Pilot, Air Service, Austin, Teaxs, '17, S. M. A., Camp Dick Ordnance Dept, Graduate U. S. Tech. School, Carney's Point, N. J., Chief Chemist at Smokeless Powder Plant, Nitro, West Virginia. RUFUS DEERING Electrician, Navy, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Oct. '17, Harvard Uni., Transport Duty, Torpedoed on Transport Cuban, Aug. '18. In life boat nine hours. THORNTON DOW, Sergeant Wireless Telegraphy,-Manhattan, Summer '18, In- structor Manhattan six months. LESLIE E. EDIVIONDS, Captain Ft. Riley, Kansas, May '17, Foreign Service, June 18 toJ'1n '19' Battles' St Mihiel Meuse Ar onn . . , , , Y g C. Gassed. ' ' ' HARRY EVANS Musician, later Mechanic, 35th D' . C N' ,h I K. C., lWarch '17, Can1p'Doniphari?'Fof'e'iig'I1 Sc'rvi'cEI lWay 18, Battles: St. Mihiel, Argonne, Meuse. JAMES GASAWAY First Class Seaman, Great Lakes Naval. Training Station, Jan. '18, U. S. S. New Orleans Cru1SCf9 COU- voy Service. VERNE D. GAIVIBLE, Lieutenant Aviation, Kelly Field, Texas. CHARLES GEIGER CHAUNCIE GIBSON Camp Funston, Kansas, May '18. ELIVIER GETTINGER RICHARD GILL HERBERT T. GUNN, Sergeant Camp Funston, 164 Depot Brigade, 40th Co., Oct. '17, Camp Hill, Veterinary Hospital, 301 A. E. D., Newport News, Virginia. HARRY GILLETTE HALLIE GILLIS ARTHUR F. GUNN, Lieutenant Camp Doniphan, April '17, Co. K., 139th Inf., 35th Div., Co. B, 307 Inf., 77th Div., Foreign Servlce, May '18, Battles: St. Ikiihiel, Argonne, Meuse. FLOYD GRIGGSBY ERNEST D. EDWARDS, Captain Medical Corps, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Sept. '17, Camp Greenleaf, Camp McClellan, Foreign Service, June '18, Battles: Argonne, Recommended for D. S. C. ARTHUR E. EATON CHARLES .EBENSTEIN Medical Corps, Ft. Riley. GLENN ELLIOTT Four months course Kansas University, July '18, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. JOHN W. FIELDS Gun Pointer, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Sept. '18, U. S. S. New Hampshire, Submarine En- gagements. JESSE FALKENSTEIN, Corporal Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, Pa., June '17, I-Idqr. Detachment 1st Reg. U. S. M. C. Service at Naval Station, Guantanain Bay, Cuba. WILEY GLENWOOD FLINT LLOYD FOGLEIVIAN Inf., Jefferson Barracks, July '18, Panarna,Service in 'Panama Canal Zone. FERGIE FERGUSON 35th Div., Camp .Doniphan, '17, Overseas, May '18, Battles: St. Mihiel, Argonne, Meuse, Wounded by shrapnel. ERNEST FRENCH SPENCER FRINK, Lieutenant WALLACE HARRINGTON, Sergt. Camp Funston, June '17, Camp Doniphan, Foreign Service since April '18. HARRY HANNON OSCAR HENDRIX Signal Corps, College Park, Md., May '18, Camp Vail, Foreign Service since Nov. '18. OTHO HENRY IVIAURICE H. HOBBS, Lieutenant Camp Funston, Aug. '18, Engineers Corps. FRANK HERRIOT, Lieutenant. CONN IE HERRON Camp -Doniphan, '17, 35th Div., Overseas, Battles, St. Mihrel, Argonne.