1. Will Hamilton 2. Richard Gallier 3. Harold Kersteter 4. Fred Scholl 5. Arthur Soderquist 6. Wallace Bomber 7. Guy Koepp 8. Russell Carr
Colfax Soldiers 1920
Our Soldiers From the 1920 Colfax High School Annual Lavid L. Gillan David Murphy Corp. Fred Scholl Albert Kerber Sgt. Herman E. Brown Bernie Crump Harry Mitchell Ivo Darr James Embrey John F. Weymer Carl P. Wilson Ovean Hite W.H. Hite Shirley C. Scott Shirley D. Judd William S. McClellan Clyde Cornell Paul Clark John Reinhart Michael Murphy Carl Bobblett William D. Ridgeway Oscar Moore Corp. Chas. E. Downey Ulysses Hatch Lonnie Parker Lt. Scott Gomien Ivo McClellan Elza Bechtel Edsell B. Downey Harry Moorefield Bryce M. Knight Lee Garner Dwight Douglass James Austin Thomas Bowman Hugh Dorland Richard Leary Cecil Arnett Sgt. Reid B. Horney Ed McReynolds Alvin Decker Willis B. Dorsett Owen Howley Jesse Cornell Ben Rose Corp. J.A. Vaughn Floyd Jones Oley L. Howell Claire Fielding Erasmus Turpin Elmer Crump Clarence Lowe Chas. Keller Dawl Mooney Clifton Parmele Roy Williams Roy Yeager Lieut. Roy Clark Ed Winterland Glen Phillips Merle Parmele Jesse Turnipseed Fred White John Ohandlen Chester C. Cruse Alvin Phillips James W. Arnett Henry Roesch George Stretch Earl Centers Oscar Moorefield Charles Burton Lieut. Jesse D. Mitchell Albert Huth
Below is the letter written home from a soldier right before the War began. Camp Kelly, San Antonio June 18, 1917 Dear Bro and Sis! Recd your welcome letter & will now take the time to ans. How is everything on the farm? I am feeling fine & dandy. We are getting along fine and dandy but the weather is pretty hot at times. I'm as brown as an indian, look more like a mexican than anything else. They are getting this camp in better shape all the time. They just completed the YMCA building & I guess they are going to build barracks for five or six thousand men. I guess they are going to get ready for the drafted men. They tell us that we are going to be shipped out before long. At first they told us we were going to Dayton, Ohio & now they tell us we are under sealed orders & there's no telling where we go. We won't know until we get on the train & get started. I don't care much where they send us but I do wish they would pay us. I've only got $4.50 from the government since I joined the army. I don't know if they ever intend to pay us or not. It sure is tough when a fellow can't have a little spending money once in a while. All I got to spend is canteen checks & they are only good here at the camp. I had Polly send me some stamps so I could write home once in a while. You ask me if I had a ride in an aeroplane, no I haven't & I don't suppose I'll get one for several days but I'm going to go up the first chance I get. Believe me they sure do give some of the new fellows a ride. They take them up about 5 thousand feet & then they loop the loop 5 or 6 times & dive right straight down till they get about two hundred feet from the ground. They claim that after a fellow does that three or four times, he don't need any cascaret.* Some of the fellows think we stand a pretty good show of going to France some time next fall. I don't know how I'd like that. If I was ___ we would get over there and back again (this section is unreadable)______ their torpedoes. That would not be real healthy for us to tackle it. One thing I know for sure is if they say go, we sure will have to go. I've been thinking for a half hour what to write & I can't think of anything so I guess I'll close. Be sure and answer soon. Fred * cascaret was a laxative at that time Fred did get his ride on an aeroplane and sent a picture home. To see it, follow the link at the bottom of the page. Homer McClellan Sidney McClure Roy Mitchell (deceased) Harry Edison Walter Parmele Roland Roe Lt. Elzy Reynolds Lt. Warren Horney Harold Wonderlin Lyman Canady John Dougherty Ralph Blair Harold Walden W.F. Cotner Henry Martin Verne Bradford Emmett Lain Ray Casper James Getty Otis Phillips Floyd Arnold Earl Sticklen Oren Phillips Frank Gomien Henry Burton James R. McIntosh John Brokate Otis Hamilton Arnold Winterland Elton Bane Joe Brown Vernon Moore Allen Helm Pete Lorig Harold Roe Jacob Helmers Harry Schleeter George Schuler James Thompson Roger Blumenshine Homer Munster Earl Thompson Jesse Morris Bruce Greenlee Bertram Stretch Hartzell Langstaff Carroll Williams William McHatton Clarence Hobbs Fred Lorig Robert Clark W.A. Lewis Harrison Hobbs Alva Ulmer (deceased) Stefano Alfano Earnest Betsburg
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