University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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m ROSCOE B. RHODES, Ex- ' 19 Sgt. Roscoe B. Rhodes left school last April to enlist in the army. On the first day of IVIay, he went to Camp Funston, where he was appointed sergeant. He was placed in a division that was all ready to leave for overseas and was in France within one month after he enlisted. On November 27, an official telegram was received, saying Dusty had been killed in action on October 25th. Dusty ' s home was at Ansley, Nebrasl a. LIEUT. GROSVENOR P. GATHER, Ex ' -08 Lieut. Gather received his commission at the first Officers ' Training Gamp and was immediately sent to France. After train- ing there for several months, he tooi his post at the front. On the morning of May 28, 1918, he received citation for bravery and later in the day was l iiled in action at the battle of Cantigny. His home was at Bladen, Nebraska. ANDREW EIVIMETT ANDERSON, B. Sc, ' 12 Andrew Emmett Anderson, at the time he was called into the service, was managing a 7,000-acre farm near Jacksonville, Florida. He was sent to Jefferson Barracks. October 1, 1918, and ten days later he died of in- fluenza. His home formerly was at Lin- coln, Nebraska. EDWARD ALFRED ROGERS, A. B., ' 15 After failing to pass the physical examina- tion for the first R. O. T. G., Edward Alfred Rogers was accepted in the draft in Septem- ber, 1918, and stationed at Camp Grant. Here he became sick with influenza and died In October. His home was at Lincoln, Nebraska.

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ARTHUR E. ALLYN, A. B., ' 14 Capt. Arthur E. Allyn enlisted early in the war and received his commission as cap- tain at Madison Barracl s. New York. In June, 1918, he went overseas in command of his company of the 312th Infantry. While fighting to hold a position that meant much to his division and for which he received high praise from his colonel, he received fatal wounds, which resulted in his death on October 23, 1918. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Allyn, of Hastings. ARTHUR H. MARSH, A. B., ' 05 Lt. Arthur H. Marsh, a graduate of Nebras- Wa In 1905, and later one of her Rhodes schol- ars, entered the service as chaplain and was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 18th Infantry, on October 7, 1918. While aiding the wounded on a battlefield, he was hit by a piece of shrapnel. At the time of his enlistment, he was living in Omaha, being the minister in the St. Paul Episcopal Church. i m HOWARD PAUL BITTINGER, Ex- ' 16 Lieut. Howard Paul Bittlnger enlisted in the Quartermaster Corps one month after war was declared. The latter part of 1917 he was transferred to Aviation, in which branch he received his commission in February, 1918. While at Aviation school he was severely wounded by a fail from an aeroplane. As soon as he was able, he was sent to France. On August 26th, he wrote to his mother, stating that he was going up again in the afternoon and nothing has been heard from him since that time. At the time of his en- listment, Howard Bittlnger was living In New York City. JOHN BLAINE KUHN, A. B., ' 18. Among the first of the Nebraska men to give their lives for the service was Blaine Kuhn, who died at Camp Green, North Carolina, March 2b, 1918. Blaine Kuhn entered service February 16, 1918, and was sent immediately to Camp Greene. —8—

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Tfig l919 I MERLE W. HUNTINGTON, Ex- ' 16 Lieut. Merle Huntington received his com- mission as Lieutenant in the first Training Camp at Ft. Snelling In May, then being assigned to Camp Dodge. From the re, he went to Camp Joseph E. Sherman, where he sailed for France on December 17, 1917. At first, he was assigned to the Quartermas- ter Corps, but after the armistice was signed, he transferred to the Motor Transport Corps. While stationed at Bar Sur Aube, France, he died of influenza, on February 16, 1919. His home was at Liberty, Nebraska. JOSEPH CORNELIUS FLAHERTY, Ex- ' 18 Lieut. Joseph Flaherty enlisted In aviation in May, 1917. After receiving his commis- sion, he was stationed at San Antonio, Texas. While home on a furlough, he be- came sick and died of influenza on October 18, 1918. His home was at Dixon, Nebraska. j CdtHkuisket ' JAMES HOWARD BOGGS, Ex- ' 14 James Howard Boggs entered the service at Lorelia, Oregon, on September 18, 1917. After several months in a training camp on the west coast, he was sent to Camp Mills to a regular Army Infantry Division, which was stationed there at that time. He went to France in February, 1918. While passing through a heavy machine gun barrage, in July, 1918, he was killed. His home was at Lincoln, Nebraska. FLETCHER L. FARLEY, LL. B., ' 13. Enlisted in the U. S. Marines, February 1, 1918, and was sent first to Paris Island. South Carolina. Later he was transferred to Quan- tico, Virginia, from where he sailed for France, May 27, 1918. On June 24, while mak- ing an attempt to aid his captain who had been previously wounded, he received a wound which resulted In his death on June 27. His home was at Bancroft, Nebraska. -10—