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
EDWIN GRANT BURROWS
_Permanent Address_ 1306 Washtenaw Terrace, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
_Business Address_ Department of Journalism, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
_Present Occupation_ Teacher of Journalism.
_Last heard from_ May, 1922.
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. R., November 27, 1917.
Sailed from Hoboken as Casual Officer, January 9, 1918, arriving at
Liverpool, January 23, and Le Havre, January 26. Attended Automatic
Weapons School and Infantry Specialists School, Langres, January
28 to February 25. Assigned to Mission Française aupres de l’Armée
Americaine, at Centre d’Instruction, 2nd Army (Army of Verdun),
February 25 to December 30, 1918. Duty as instructor on American Army
and American ways to French Officers detailed as tactical advisers
for American Troops. With the 38th French Infantry at the front in
the Argonne and Champagne (Meuse-Argonne Offensive), September 20
through October 5. Sailed from Brest, January 20, 1919, as Commanding
Officer Casual Company No. 229 arriving at Newport News, February 5.
Discharged at Camp Upton, February 20, 1919.
JOHN G. BUTLER
_Permanent Address_ Willowmead Farm, Roxbury, Connecticut.
_Business Address_ Same.
_Present Occupation_ Farmer.
_Last heard from_ May, 1922.
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. R., November 27, 1917.
Attached to 304th Infantry, Camp Devens, December 15, 1917 to July 8,
1918. Service overseas from July, 1918 to April 7, 1919. Promoted to
1st Lieutenant, Cavalry, October 29, 1918. Discharge date not given.
DANIEL J. CANTY
_Permanent Address_ United States Army, Care of the Adjutant
General, Washington, D. C.
_Business Address_ Same.
_Present Occupation_ Army Officer.
_Last heard from_ February, 1922.
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. N. A., November 27,
1917. Reported to 153rd Depot Brigade, Camp Dix, New Jersey, December
15, 1917. Transferred to Camp Travis, Texas, five days later. Left
for Camp Merritt, January 1, 1918. Sailed overseas on SS Madaiwaski,
January 11. Reported to 2nd Division Supply Train on February 3.
Served with this division in all its major operations, and in the
Army of Occupation until July 4, 1919. Gassed at Viersey, Soissons
Sector, July 19, 1918. Awarded two American citations for gallantry
in action. Awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Fourragère by the
French. Arrived in New York from overseas, July 27, 1919. Assigned
to duty at Northeastern Department, Boston. Transferred to Hawaiian
Department, February, 1920, serving as Motor Transport Officer on
staff of Major General Charles G. Morton. Accepted commission as
Captain, Quartermaster Corps, Regular Army. Transferred to Camp Dix,
July 5, 1921. Assigned in February, 1922, to Motor Transport Company
No. 85, Army Base, Brooklyn, New York.
JAMES H. CARROLL
_Permanent Address_ 497 Main Street, Lewiston, Maine.
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