In another portion of the same letter Private Loughran wrote: "Oh, boy, won't it be great to get back home again after going through all the trials that I had. If any one told me a few years ago that I could go through what I have and still be as healthy as I am, I would not believe them. I am as healthy as an ox and weigh 180 pounds." Thus it is that thoughts of departed comrades stir emotions too deep for words; emotions that flood the heart with memorials that will live on as silent tributes to the worth of those who gave up their lives while in the service of their country. CHAPTER XXVII. FIRST BATTERY D STAFF. *Officers.* Captain Albert L. Smith 1st Lieut. Arthur H. McGill 2nd Lieut. Hugh M. Clarke 2nd Lieut. Robert S. Campbell 2nd Lieut. Frank F. Yeager 2nd Lieut. Berkley Courtney 2nd Lieut. Frank J. Hamilton *Non-Commissioned Officers.* 1st Sgt. William C. Thompson Supply Sgt. Merrill C. Liebensberger [A]Mess Sgt. Joseph A. Loughran [A]Instrument Sgt. Lloyd E. Brown Signal Sgt. John M. Harman *Sergeants.* Hugh A. Coll William E. Ritter James M. Duffy James J. Farrell Abraham Kahn Earl B. Schleppy *Corporals.* Joseph Conlon John C. Demcik Gerald F. Farrell Edward J. Kane Harry T. Kenvin David B. Koenig John Koslap Frank McCabe Arthur D. Roderick Joseph Yeselski *Cooks.* Edward Campbell George A. Musial Charles A. Trostel August H. Genetti [Footnote A: Deceased.] [Illustration: PVT. HORACE J. FARDON Died in France with Influenza. Buried in the American Military Cemetery at Camp La Courtine.] [Illustration: GRAVE OF PVT. WM. REYNOLDS Section of the American Military Cemetery at Camp La Courtine. Pvt. Reynolds Was Killed by Gun Explosion.] [Illustration: BARRACK AT CAMP LA COURTINE FRANCE Battery D was Quartered in This Building While Under Intensive Training at Range Practice Among the Hills of Creuse Department.] CHAPTER XXVIII. BATTERY D OFFICERS. The following officers were associated with Battery D during its career, either as a unit of the New National Army, or as part of the United States Army, the classification of the combined regular and selected divisions: Captain Albert L. Smith, Philadelphia. Pa. Captain Perry E. Hall, Springfield. N. J. First Lieutenant Hugh M. Clarke, Pittsburgh. Pa. [A]First Lieutenant Arthur H. McGill. New Castle, Pa. First Lieutenant Robert Lowndes, Elkridge, Md. First Lieutenant C. D. Bailey, Summit. N. J. First Lieutenant J. S. Waterfield, Portsmouth, Va. Second Lieutenant Frank F. Yeager. Philadelphia, Pa. Second Lieutenant Sidney F. Bennett, Ottawa, Canada. Second Lieutenant Berkley Courtney, Fullerton, Md. Second Lieutenant Leo C. Julian, Lakeland. Fla. Second Lieutenant Robert S. Campbell, Pittsburgh. Pa. [Footnote A: Deceased.] CHAPTER XXIX. ROSTER OF BATTERY D.