The war record of the Fifth Company, New England Regiment, Second Plattsburg Training CampAnonymous
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The war record of the Fifth Company, New England Regiment, Second Plattsburg Training Camp
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Military Training Camp for Business and Professional Men (Plattsburgh, N.Y.); World War, 1914-1918 -- Registers
Commissioned Provisional 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, November 27, 1917.
Assigned to Company L, 59th Infantry, Camp Greene, North Carolina,
from January 18, 1918 to May 5, 1918. Attended Infantry School of
Arms, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as Student in Bayonet Course, February,
1918. Sailed overseas May 5 with 59th Infantry, 4th Division.
Champagne-Marne Defensive, July 12 to 14, as observer. Aisne-Marne
Offensive, July 18 to August 12, as Company Commander. Promoted to
1st Lieutenant. Saint Mihiel Offensive, September 5 to September
15, as Platoon Commander. Meuse-Argonne, September 26 to October 1,
as Platoon Commander. Ordered to United States as Liaison Officer
and attached to the 11th Division, Camp Meade, until November 16.
Ordered to Central Officers Training School, Camp Lee, Virginia, as
Instructor until April, 1919. Ordered to Port of Embarkation, Newport
News, Virginia, as Athletic Officer of the Port until October 10,
1919. Discharged at Camp Dix, New Jersey, October 28, 1919. Retained
Reserve Commission as Captain, Infantry. Recommissioned in Regular
Army as Lieutenant. Student in school at Camp Benning, Georgia,
March, 1922.
WINTHROP W. KENNEY
_Permanent Address_ Weston, Massachusetts.
_Business Address_ Kenney Brothers & Wolkins, 224 Congress Street,
Boston.
_Present Occupation_ With above firm.
_Last heard from_ April, 1922.
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. R., November 17, 1917.
Attached to Trench Mortar Platoon, Headquarters Company, 304th
Infantry, Camp Devens, Massachusetts, December 15, 1917 to June
27, 1918. First Corps School, Gondrecourt, France, Trench Mortar
and 37 Millimeter Course, July 15 to August 15. 304th Infantry,
Chateauneuf-sur-Cher, until October 27, 1918. 163rd Infantry, Bourre,
until January 15, 1919. 162nd Infantry, Contre, until February 24.
Headquarters Troop, 41st Division, Saint Aignan, until May 22.
Detached service Gievres until August 16, 1919. Discharged at Camp
Devens, September 15, 1919.
JOHN C. KETCHAM
_Permanent Address_ Presque Isle, Maine.
_Business Address_ 102 Walnut Place, Syracuse, New York.
_Present Occupation_ Student at Syracuse University.
_Last heard from_ About January, 1921.
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps. Resigned, January
10, 1918, for purpose of enlistment. Enlisted February 2 and
assigned 22nd Company, 20th Engineers (Forestry). Reported for duty
Camp American University, Washington, D. C., February 4. Appointed
Corporal and Company Clerk, February 12. Sailed overseas February 27,
landing at Brest, March 11. Stationed at Le Gavre for duty in Forest
Exploitation. Ordered to Headquarters 8th Battalion at Orleans,
April 14. Appointed Battalion Supply Sergeant, June 1, and Battalion
Sergeant Major, August 14. Traveled in Base Sections 3, 5, and 7;
intermediate Section; and the Advance Section near Paris. Returned to
the United States, June 15, 1919, landing at Newport News, June 26.
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