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

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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—

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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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' m T 5 i9i9:eg WINFIELD STARR BREESE, Ex- ' 13 Winfield Starr Breese, Lieutenant in Avia- tion, was killed in an airplane accident in France, December 19, 1918. He attended the first O. T. C. at Ft. Snelting and was trans- ferred to aviation. He finished the ground school at Columbus, Ohio, and was com- missioned at Kelly Field. His home was at Lincoln, Nebraska. CHARLES JAMES HYDE, Ex- ' 18 Lieut. Hyde was a Second Lieutenant in aviation service. He enlisted in October, 1917, and was killed in an airplane accident on August 28, 1918. at Love Field, Texas. At the time of his death, he was instructor In formation flying. He was a Law student and lived at Norfolk, Nebraska. Cd akb kor j HAROLD LA SALLE FISKE. ' 10 Lieut. Harold La Salle Fiske, after receiv- ing his commission, was assigned to a Ma- chine Gun Company at Camp Upton, New York. He then sailed for France late in the summer, being assigned to the 77th Di- vision. While fighting with this division in the Argonne Forest region, he was severely wounded and died October 8, 1918. His home was in Lincoln. Nebraska. i DOUGLAS HENRY READINGER Douglas Henry Readinger, ex-special stu- dent, died of wounds received in action in France. His name appeared in the casualty lists of November 8. His home was at West Point, Nebraska -11-