Troy University - Palladium Yearbook (Troy, AL)

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Page Ihrce -. I l ,,, , 1 iee. p,:a'fHE pfxufiniuiifie jf-.MES ASBURY BOSWELI. Class of l9ll james Asbury Boswell was horn in Pilce County. Alabama, Nlareh 5, H5883 received his early education in the common schools, graduated from Troy Slate Normal School in l9l l. lle taught successfully in the schools at Brewton, Monte- vallo and Eufaula, resigning his position at the latter place in l9I7 to enter the army. He was commissioned as lfirst Lieutenant alter a period of training at Fort Oglethorpe, and was assigned to the camp at Columbia, S. C., for sometime as instructor. From there, with Company A, Wlst lnfnntry, he went to France. Later he was transferred to Company D, and was in charge ot that company, as Captain in the Champagne offensive, when, in an attack on the Bussy Farm, he received wounds which caused his death, September 25, l9I8. lle was buried near Yer, dun, Crave No. 345. P. L. Miller, Colonel, 57lsl Inf., U. S. .-X., in writing ot Captain Boswell's death, said: He was a splendid leader and never failed to inspire courage in his ofheers and men by his personal disregard of danger.

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F k 5, 7'E72 fl ni pn ' 3 1 UICADO SOLEMNLY and reverently we dedicate this issue of our palladium to those gal- lant men among our former students who dur- ing the past year have given their lives for human liloertj on the fields of Europe. Some went after weeks of suffering from wounds or disease, some suddenly in the tumult and fury of the fight, and some in the perilous flight of the battle plane-all alilre entitled to the admiration and gratitude of the world. Far from their home, far from their native shore, They sleep in death and dream of wars no more

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-4 p , t-rits .mLL,x.o.i.uiifi lm-.- -......--.- -...-. N- - W ----- -..-...-.?...k -vs . ---YN 5-7, 3 FRANK RAVENSCROFT lViCCAl.l.. Class of l9l-I Frank Ravenscroft McCall was born at Union Springs, Alabama, March l. l890. His education was begun in New York City and completed at the Troy State Normal School in May, l9l-4. ln the following August he enlisted in the U. S. Army and was at once assigned to Columbus Barracks. Ohio, where he was entered in the school for clerical training. lmmediately thereafter he was attached to the Coast Artillery Corps and sent to Fort Moultrie, S. C. For about a year he was in the Canal Zone, during which time he qualified as an expert radio operator. Later at Fortress Monroe he further pursued his radio studies and sailed for France in july, l9I7. He received rapid promotion and was recognized as one of the most forecful and elhcicnt of the younger officers, A few days after the armistice was signed Lieutenant McCall was stricken with influenza, which developed into pneumonia. and he died December Ci, I9I8. Page four P Q ' i i I 44.1