LOCAL HISTORY: Tarring S. Davis, History of Blair County, Volume I, 1931, Blair County, PA - Chapter 21 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ html file: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/1picts/davis/tdavis1.htm _______________________________________________ A HISTORY OF BLAIR COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA UNDER EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF TARRING S. DAVIS LUCILE SHENK, ASSOCIATE EDITOR VOLUME I HARRISBURG: NATIONAL HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, INC., 1931 CHAPTER XXI THE WORLD WAR 292 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY THE events of the World War affected so many persons in so many different ways, and encompassed almost all the interests of a great majority of our people, that the Spanish-American War of a little more than three decades ago is over- shadowed. Blair County furnished two companies of men, Company C, Fifth Regiment, was made up of men from Blair, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Clearfield, Centre, Somerset, Indiana and Cambria Counties, with Colonel Theodore Burchfield, of Altoona, in command. John H. West was captain of Company C, and H. A. Miller, a Civil War veteran, was the first lieutenant, while William VanAllman served as second lieutenant. Captain C. S. W. Jones commanded the Sheridan Troop. He was assisted by T. M. Fleck, first lieutenant, and H. S. Fleck, second lieutenant. Both companies went to Mt. Gretna for training on April 27, 1898. Company C was transferred to Chickamauga, Georgia, and Camp Hamilton, Kentucky, before the men were discharged on September 17th. Sheridan Troop met different experiences. The members remained at Mt. Gretna only a short time before they were put under the command of General Nelson A. Miles in Porto Rico. There they became a part of the Pennsylvania Cavalry, and Captain Jones was promoted to the rank of major. Sheridan Troop returned on September 20th, and received elaborate receptions just as did Company C. Other citizens of this county fought in the Philippines, in China and on the Mexican Border. PRELIMINARY ORGANIZATION The declaration of war by the United States against Germany in April, 1917, and those against other Central Powers, that ensued, found citizens of Blair County willing and anxious to give their time and property to the interests of their country. Men, women and children participated in the activities of the years that followed, until the surviving soldiers, sailors and marines laid down their implements of war and turned their attentions to securing enduring peace. How many of our citizenry were identified with the various branches of United States service then, will probably never be definitely ascertained. The Armistice of November 11, 1918, came at a time when many troops were in France at the front, at ports on the seaboard, in hospitals, serving with troops of other Allies, in transports on the high seas, and in camps at home. There was no definite preparation for the Armistice, so that the change of orders and the countermanding that it necessitated, brought an almost unprecedented confusion. The gigantic organization, and rapid training of raw recruits, that succeeded the entrance of the United States into the World War, was also unprecedented. But it is possible to understand the difficulties met by the historian in establishing the number, names, or addresses of World War veterans when it is con- THE WORLD WAR 293 sidered that in many cases dates of discharge and the number of company or regiment, that appear on discharge papers and in the Pension Bureau at Washington are often at variance. There are other conditions that render it impossible to present a complete list of veterans. Some of these will appear later. Only the compiler who aims to get accurate data realizes how many men were "missing in action." Month after month privates and officers who were despaired of more than a decade ago, reappear in foreign capitols. Pennsylvanians who served in the World War are scattered from Archangel, Russia, to Sidney, in Australia, and over the length and breadth of the American continents. Surely no such opportunity for travel and "seeing the world" presented itself before or since the World War, and in the confusion of its sudden termination many persons took advantage of the opportunities thus afforded. The preparation for America's participation in the cause of the Allies began immediately after the declaration of war. Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania, began the organization of County Public Safety Committees throughout this state at once. In Blair County, J. Banks Kurtz, our present representative in Congress, became the chairman of the local unit, and Jesse C. Sell, secretary. Among the other original members were: Dr. A. L. Feltwell, John Lloyd, Jr., W. S. Aaron, and H. A. Davis, of Altoona; T. H. Greevy and W. D. Libby, of Williamsburg; John Elliott and J. D. Hartman, of Hollidaysburg, and Dr. A. L. Garver, of Roaring Spring. The first activities of this committee were directed toward organizing the resources of the county so that they might be used most effectively to further the interests of the country in the war. This was accomplished by arousing patriotic feelings and willingness to serve through a great public, patriotic demonstration that was held at Altoona on May 12, 1917. This will be referred to, in more detail, later. C. L. Brumbaugh, J. D. Hicks and Arthur D. Goldschmid worked with the committee to make the demonstration successful in every detail. On May 7th, Governor Brumbaugh enlarged the local Public Safety Committee by appointing the following persons to serve on it: William I. Woodcock, S. I. Stoner, J. V. Taylor, John L. Haberstroh, James P. Bartley, J. L. Minick, D. G. Myers, T. J. Forbes, J. H. McGrail, Joseph C. Foreman, Dr. Joseph D. Findley, William M. Stump, Honorable H. C. Barr, Peter C. Clare, Walter Greevy, J. W. Few, Charles Runk, W. C. Shuff, R. J. Fay, Frank Hastings, F. M. Hetrick, J. D. Miller, F. A. Bell, E. J. Harkness, E. E. Lewis, H. R. Whitehead, J. E. Smith, Dr. S. L. McCarthy, I. N. Atherton, George W. Creighton, Charles Hughes, C. W. Bush, R. J. Bremmer, C. Y. Hendrickson, R. O. Hart, G. C. Hiner, and N. W. Smith, all of Altoona; John L. Porter, Charles M. Waple, G. W. Strong, Harry Johnston, George Givler, and W. E. Hoffman, of Tyrone; J. M. Delozier, of Hollidaysburg; H. F. Cox and H. S. Henshey, of Bellwood. The permanent officers of the organization were elected on May 7th. They were: chairman, J. Banks Kurtz, of Altoona; vice-presidents, Dennis O'Leary, of Altoona; Dr. A. L. Garver, of Roaring Spring; D. Shelley Kloss, of Tyrone; 294 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY C. L. Nonemaker, of Altoona; William D. Libby, of Williamsburg; secretary, Jesse C. Sell, of Altoona; assistant secretaries, J. V. Taylor and Charles Kelley; treasurer, Frank Hastings, of Altoona; executive committee, J. B. Kurtz, H. A. Davis, John Lloyd, Jr., W. S. Aaron, and J. D. Hartman. After the patriotic demonstration on May 12th the chairman appointed fifteen units of the Public Safety Committee to make its work more effective. The directors with their respective units were: Oliver Rothert, Altoona, finance; A. D. Houck, Altoona, publicity and education; Harry A. Thompson, Tyrone, legislation; Dr. A. L. Feltwell, Altoona, allied bodies; Dr. J. D. Findley, Altoona, sanitation and medicine; William F. Gable, Altoona, civic relief; Dr. W. Frank Beck, Altoona, food; M. H. Canan, Altoona, material; Honorable J. L. Hartman, Hollidaysburg, industrial plants; L. C. Wolfe, Altoona, motor trucks; W. C. Westfall, Altoona, civilian service and labor; James P. Bartley, Altoona, military service; R. F. Bankert, Altoona, naval service; B. J. Clark, Altoona, guards, police and inspection; Noel W. Smith, Altoona, transportation. The latter unit included all types of transportation, and Mr. Smith was assisted by Joseph Slutzker, S. S. Crane and Harry G. Hinkle, who directed the various sub-divisions. Additional members were appointed to the executive committee. They were: Thomas H. Greevy, N. W. Smith, Dr. J. C. Nugent, H. K. McCauley, Honorable J. D. Hicks, Charles T. Derick, Mayor Charles E. Rhodes, R. Bruce Dunlap, all of Altoona; Richard Beaston, of Tyrone; John Woodcock, of Hollidaysburg; Ivan Garver, of Roaring Spring; Samuel March and Harry A. Sparr, of Williamsburg; M. R. Brumbaugh, of Martinsburg, and Dr. J. L. Brubaker, of Juniata. Little time elapsed after the declaration of war until men began to volunteer for military and naval service. Not until September, 1917, did the first quotas of drafted men leave for the camps. For this reason the names of enlisted men, gleaned from the columns of the Altoona Tribune and the Altoona Mirror, appear first. Mention should be made here of the Third Regiment. This division of the service was made up of local recruits who were stationed at a temporary camp, known as Camp Cresswell, on the Anderson Farm, north of Altoona. The men lived in tents there. After May 4, 1917, the camp was transferred to the Gwin Farm, at Juniata Gap. About fifty men of the engineer and supply companies of the Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, were quartered there for a time SOME RECRUITS More than 380,000 men served in the army, navy, marines and other branches of the war department, from Pennsylvania during the World War. The World War Historical Commission at Harrisburg is engaged in compiling the service records of these men. The task is enormous, and the director despairs of ever accurately completing it. The arrangement of names has been alphabetical, so that it would be an impossible task to go through the cards to discover how many, and which men are accredited to Blair County. Through the newspapers THE WORLD WAR 295 of the period, and the draft board records, an inadequate list has been prepared. Some of the men sent by the local draft boards were volunteers who entered the service after they had registered for conscription, before drafted men were prohibited from voluntary enlistment on December 12, 1917. Thus it is that the names of men who volunteered their services will appear among others who were sent by their communities. Among those men accredited to Altoona in the following lists are some persons who resided in what was then the borough of Juniata. The Altoona Tribune and the Altoona Mirror published the names of volunteers at the local recruiting offices before the draft boards were organized. It must be remembered however that many men who considered Blair County their home were at school, or holding positions in other parts of the state and nation, and enlisted at the most accessible recruiting offices. Then, too, various branches of the service had their own recruiting offices in the larger cities of the country, and frequently the men sought to enter special branches of the service through them. On May 2, 1917, the army recruits at the Altoona office were: Edwin A. Wert, Albert B. Fonner, Harry E. Eirhart, Myrle B. Lear, Harry A. Brumbaugh, Samuel Guido, Daniel L. Mong, James L. Lightner and Arthur W. Martin, all of Altoona; Samuel B. Hainley, of Hollidaysburg, and John E. Kane, of Williamsburg. On the same day William James Glasgow, of Altoona, entered the navy. On May 3, 1917, the army recruited Charles P. Irwin, Melvin E. Mitchell, and Fred F. Crosson, of Altoona; Nicholas W. Caster, Gilbert B. Stoner, Chester M. Prough, Joseph M. Bechtel, Luther R. Allender, Joseph P. Pitcher, George L. Kennedy, Paul C. Lytle, Herbert A. Smith and Isaac H. Sollenberger, of Williamsburg; Raymond M. Lyle, Paul W. Everhart, Ralph W. Barker and Martin L. Hetrick, Tyrone; John W. Woodle, of Hollidaysburg. William Nelson, of Tyrone, and Guy L. Bonner, of Martinsburg, entered the marines on the same day. Edward McMullen, George A. Nixon, Otis R. Dougherty, W. H. Estright, T. E. Long, James Lindsay, of Altoona, entered the service of the United States Army on May 5th. Charles G. Crumbaker enlisted in the navy on that day, too. Grant M. Valkin, Joseph Hoffman and Lloyd Estright, of Tyrone, entered the army at the same time. Ralph E. Smith, of Altoona, joined the Third Regiment on May 6th. Dr. Galen E. Moyer, of Altoona, was the first physician of this city to get a post in the service of the United States. Dr. Moyer was assigned to the naval medical school and hospital at Washington, D. C. Dr. J. E. W. Armstrong, of Hollidaysburg, entered the service at about the same time as a surgeon dentist. Regulations concerning recruiting changed on May 7th, after which recruits for the field artillery, infantry and hospital corps were the only persons received at the Altoona office. On that date Benjamin L. Hewit, Stewart B. Over, Frank Over, Jr., Frank Peck, Joseph Stultz, and Filmore Nickles, all of Hollidaysburg, entered the Officers' Reserve Corps. 296 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Recruits for the army at Altoona on May 7th were: Lewis A. Brumbaugh, R. J. Fiester, Melvin L. Griffith, Thomas J. Forbes, Jr., Edward Irvin, Byron C. Miller, Robert C. Andrews, Gerald M. Grist, Rudolph H. Farbaugh, Robert D. Munnell, Clarence O. Stoltz, Robert B. Crissman, Charles W. Huffard, Wilson B. Perry, and Russell R. Perry, of Altoona; Harry H. Smouse, George H. Myers, Walter A. Bossler, Charles S. Geist, James B. Ridenour, of Martinsburg; Harold B. Baird, of Eldorado; Ralph W. Homer, of Lakemont. William E. Findley entered the marine corps then, and George Warren Bradshaw enlisted in the navy. Both of them were residents of Altoona. On May 8, 1917, the army recruits were: Clyde R. Houston, Theodore Maleski, and William G. Beck, of Altoona; Joseph Incitti, of Bellwood; Jesse M. Rodkey, and Walter M. Hoover, of Williamsburg. Raymond E. Schmidt, Arthur C. Mock, Paul E. Drummond, and Charles J. White, of Altoona, and Willard W. Woods, of Williamsburg, entered the United States Army. William M. Montgomery, of Duncansville, entered the navy, and C. M. Banks enlisted in the United States Naval Coast Defense Reserve. The following men left Altoona on May 11, 1917, to enter the Officers' Reserve Corps at Fort Niagara: Archie Slutzker, F. F. Henneman, C. H. Hoffman, R. F. Love, A. C. Hawkins, H. Wallace, George Walton, Lennon Miller, Norman Lack, Lisle Airhart, Isadore Levine, Charles L. Miller, W. M. Hauser, John F. Stewart, H. D. Else, R. S. Schultz, A. D. Schultz, W. H. Slep, J. H. Little, D. K. Chase, John F. Walters, and Roy Meek, of Altoona; Frank Feltwell, of Ant Hills, Hollidaysburg; N. C. McConahy, Benjamin F. Jones, Robert Owens, J. L. Gaunt, W. B. Morey, and P. T. Winters. Mr. Jones had graduated from Princeton in the previous year, and had the distinction of being the youngest member of the class. On May 10, 1917, the men who enlisted in the army at Altoona were: Ralph L. Orr, George E. McIntire, Rupert J. White, William F. Myers, Donald Y. Yarnall, Paul A. Just, Raymond C. Cole, Leon B. Brubaker, Charles R. Conrad, G. Dewey Detwiler, Clarence A. McManamy, David J. Kirk, Clarence F. Kauffman, John E. Weilder, Frank G. Balt, E. M. Walter, Melvin R. Matchley, and Roy A. Coleman. Clarence S. Buck, of Altoona, and Frank H. Claar, of Newry, enlisted in the Third Regiment on May 11th. The citizens of the county worked untiringly for the best interests of the country, and on May 12, 1917, held a great patriotic demonstration at the Pennsylvania Field and the Cricket Field, near Altoona. A parade preceded the ceremonies at the fields. Edward Brinton lead the Third Regiment Band. In all, twenty bands of the county were in the parade, and about 20,000 persons representing every type of activity and organization imaginable. About 30,000 visitors witnessed the demonstration. Children from the public and parochial schools sang patriotic songs, and offered the pledge and salute to the flag. Mrs. Jean C. Milleisen lead the singing, while Rev. George F. Boggs, Ph.D., delivered the invocation. Honorable Charles E. Rhodes, Mayor of Altoona, served as THE WORLD WAR 297 chairman, and introduced the speakers who included Honorable Thomas J. Baldrige, Judge of the Blair County Courts; Honorable E. C. Bonniwell, of Philadelphia, and Colonel Hugh S. Taylor, of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the United States Volunteers. The Tyrone Band, led by John P. Potteiger, presented special musical selections, and 250 men of the Third Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry added military atmosphere to the event. This demonstration served to kindle the fires of patriotism in many of the young people of the county, and enlistments continued to increase. On May 14, 1917, John W. Skelly, Leo T. Herbert, Herman G. Fockler, Nicholas P. Frederick, Earl G. Simmons, Hugh C. Wilson and Harvey S. Long, of Altoona, entered the army through the local recruiting offices. Russell A. Morgart, of Henrietta, entered at the same time, while Christopher C. Kocher, Clyde F. Curry, and Andrew J. Patterson, of Altoona, and James A. C. O'Connor, of McKee, enlisted in the navy. Frank P. Wesley, of Bellwood, identified himself with the Third Regiment on the same day. Michael Sheedy, son of Dr. and Mrs. John M. Sheedy, was commissioned a captain in the Engineering Corps on May 16th. His brothers, Morgan J. Sheedy and Paul M. Sheedy, became identified with the Officers' Reserve Corps at Fort Niagara. The army recruits of May 16th were: Charles E. Kerr, Lawrence J. Hatch, Andrew J. Gray, John H. Wolf, and Ira E. Werner, of Altoona; Samuel S. Prough, of Hollidaysburg, and Paul L. Mowrey, of Tyrone. Charles A. Barr and Norman M. Lack enlisted in the Fifth Reserve Regiment of Engineers in the Regular Army, and Dr. Harry C. Metz entered the Medical Corps. Walter G. Gates, George D. Wands and Everett Shelow, all of Tyrone, entered the army on May 17th. On the following day Chester W. Orner, James McCulloch and George Livingston were recruited into the army. William Jennings Saylor and Adam L. Barr enlisted in the navy. They were all residents of Altoona. On May 19th, Claude G. Files and Cecil A. Kelley, of Altoona, entered the army. So did Ralph C. Wiley, of Juniata, and Edgar James, Lewis M. Hample, John F. Davidson and William DeLong from Tyrone. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company had been asked to enlist shopmen for work in France. In this way one of nine regiments of railroaders was recruited from local shopmen. More than one hundred persons volunteered on the first day after the call was made in May, 1917. On May 21st of that year, thirty mechanics from the Juniata and Altoona Machine Shops, and from the Altoona Car Shops departed for Philadelphia. Lewis J. Ehringer, Elmer E. Springer and Joseph Springer, of Altoona, entered the army of the United States on May 21st. Recruiting stations were opened at Tyrone and Hollidaysburg on May 26th. Sergeant Floyd R. Myers was placed in charge of the Hollidaysburg office. Donald J. Schenck, of Altoona, joined the ranks of the 3rd Regiment on May 22nd, and the following men 298 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY became attached to Company G, 10th Regiment, before May 26th: William L. Bowers, Samuel A. Marshall, Harry A. Schermerhorn, Nathan C. Woomer and Roy R. Rothrock, of Altoona; Charles E. Wileman, Williamsburg; Mac R. Saylor and John S. Frederick, Altoona; Earl Paul, Hollidaysburg; Gilbert E. Nale, Duncansville. On May 28th, Harry E. Bennett, of Altoona, entered the base hospital service, and Lloyd E. Ramey, of Roaring Spring, Ralph E. Young, of Duncansville, and Charles J. Yost, of Altoona, entered other branches of military service. Roy E. Dillon joined the mechanics of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on May 31st, and on the same day Stewart E. Duff left for Fort Niagara. Charles B. Wilson enlisted in the army on June 1st. In the days just preceding the registration date set for June 5th, the following men enlisted in Company G, 10th Infantry: Maurice B. Williams, Altoona R. F. D.; Herbert H. Hoffman, George H. Vance, George J. Metzgar, Harry A. Wagner, Gilbert L. Schaaf, William F. Imler, John L. Hoover, and Joseph F. Miller, of Altoona. On June 4th, John P. Williams, Harrison B. Spencer, Michael Coloprice, Pietro DelVecgino, Harry L. Attig, Ercilino Francesco and Metto Criscervio, of Altoona, enlisted in the army. Samuel L. Hoover joined the marine corps at the same time. Ralph W. Culpepper who had served with the marines for four years reenlisted on June 5th. On June 6th, about thirty members of the Ninth Regiment Engineers left for Philadelphia. The following Altoona residents were with the group: Edgar Fluke, G. H. Wolf, George Weber, William Barn, Robert Cooper and James Vaughn. Mechanics from the Pennsylvania Railroad shops continued to enlist. Among them were men employed as blacksmiths, machinists, helpers, stationary engineers, firemen, boilermakers, painters and carpenters. The branches of the Altoona recruiting station at Tyrone and Hollidaysburg were closed on June 7th. One had been established at Cresson, in Cambria County, and it was continued. On that same day Marcellus J. Yahner, William H. Harney and Roy B. Smith, of Altoona, enlisted in the army. Guy M. Lauver, of Bellwood, and George W. Glunt, of Newry, entered the service at the same time. By June 12th, Company G had its full quota of enlisted men. Among the last to join the company were: Albert L. Wilson, Henry Brandt, Clyde E. Wolfe, Martin O. Kitchin, Clair P. Nale and Joseph Policastro, of Altoona; Herbert A. Smith, of Williamsburg; Harvey H. S. Huston, of Hollidaysburg, and Robert A. Corl, of East Freedom. In September, 1917, 116 men were recruited in Altoona, and this city ranked second in the number of men recruited in the Harrisburg District. Recruiting in Blair County was rushed immediately before December 12, 1917. After that date drafted men could no longer enlist and choose the particular branch of the service that they preferred to enter. Accordingly, 127 men volunteered for the aviation, hospital and quartermaster corps of the army in the days preceding December 12th. Among those in the aviation group were: Charles W. Flickinger, Frank S. Jones and John Moran, of Altoona; Lester D. THE WORLD WAR 299 Dick, Roaring Spring; John A. Lydic, Collier; Peter E. Stufft, Imler; Roy A. Weaver, Bellwood; James L. Ingham, near Altoona; Eugene E. Clapper, Llyswen; Benjamin L. Landis, Mexico; Charles E. Corns, Alfred M. Ashburn and Frank W. Steinninger, of Altoona; Charles V. Suter, Williamsburg; John C. Rooney, Hollidaysburg; Harold G. Tobias, John I. Wyant, Zinas W. Sutter, William H. Conrad and Raymond C. Savage, Altoona; Chester L. Snyder, Petersburg; William E. Malone and George B. Rich, Altoona; Stanley R. Moore, Hollidaysburg; Emory F. Houseman, Paul R. Cherry and Ira J. Parsons, Altoona; William M. Miller, Hollidaysburg; John G. Kelley, John L. Shoup, Albert L. Fleck, and Eugene M. Banks, Altoona; William M. Haines, Juniata; Arthur Haupt, Altoona; George W. Rhodes, Hollidaysburg; Frank L. Foutz, Altoona; Roy J. Diehl, Claysburg; Leroy A. Lounsdale; Clarence E. Dunn, Altoona; William B. B. Gonter, Lakemont; James B. Grove, Harry W. Pheasant and Earl Stiffler, Altoona; Richard E. Skagerberg, Bellwood; Howard J. McCord, George R. Vance, Walter B. Yeatts, Marshall W. Rhea and Lloyd D. Lingenfelter, Altoona; William Nicholas, Morrisdale; Ralph E. Filer, John M. Plank, George W. McNally and Timothy L. Sheehan, Altoona; Ernest S. Wolfe, Lakemont; Robert H. Lindsey, Harry S. Rouzer and John A. Miller, Altoona; Robert E. Fleck, near Eldorado; Samuel C. Irvin, David S. Miles, John H. Krick, Arthur R. Mateer, Daniel C. Rosenberg, Anthony J. Sminsky, Walter F. Witaker, William B. Dively, John C. Colliflower, Harry E. Kelley, Jay E. Wunderlich, Walter M. Woodring, Harry E. McGregor, Charles F. McKee, Leonard J. Lonergan, Robert Davis, Harry M. Hart, Willard S. Bryon, Samuel G. McKee, Donald M. Peek, John B. Jarkadky, Charles A. McMullen, John L. English, Bruce Crum and Harry L. Nearhoof, Altoona; Frederick Ingham, near Altoona; Edwin A. Hart and George A. Stock, Hollidaysburg; Robert H. Seefield, near Eldorado; John D. Hill, Morrisdale; Charles L. Ketrow, Lakemont; Thomas Downs and John W. Fuge, Houtzdale; Ralph B. Kauffman, Roaring Spring; John P. Monash, Ganister. Those who entered the hospital corps included the following: Juan L. Carter, Carlisle; William C. McMullin, Peter P. Sprock, Luther K. Lotz and Albert R. Hamilton, Altoona. The quartermasters corps attracted the following recruits: Norton Gonsman, Rupert J. White, Raymond E. Noble, Paul R. Gearhart, Fay L. McClure, Charles A. Clare, Russell L. Bakely, Harry T. Morgan and Max Goldstein, Altoona. DRAFT BOARDS AND CONSCRIPTION While the Committee of Public Safety was engaged in rousing public sentiment and patriotic zeal the Congress of the United States prepared a conscription bill to put the man power of the country into military service. The country was organized in divisions, and part of the 4th and all of the 5th Division were allotted to Pennsylvania. In this state the sheriffs of all the counties, outside of Philadelphia, were called to a conference at Harrisburg to plan for the administration of the law. As a result the sheriff, president of the township commis- 300 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY sioners, and the county medical inspector formed the central board of registration in each county. This board was empowered to appoint registrars in every election district, except in such instances when cities of more than 30,000 population lay within the county. In those cities, of which Altoona was one, registrants were appointed in each election precinct of each city ward. In Blair County, Sheriff Harry Holland, County Commissioner R. F. Bankert, and County Medical Inspector Dr. J. D. Findley, made up the central board of registration. In the city of Altoona, T. C. Hare, Mayor C. E. Rhodes, and Dr. Edwin B. Miller formed a similar committee. This organization was effected on May 24, 1917. The day upon which all men between the ages of 21 and 31 years were to register was set for June 5th. Thus in less than two weeks the tremendous task of informing the public and organizing a clerical force was set in motion. In this work the newspapers deserve immeasurable credit. The Altoona papers particularly, gave much space to the activities of the central boards and the registration requirements. Sixty men were pressed into service to aid in registering the men in this city on June 5th. They were all volunteers. On the date set for registration more than 5,000 men were registered in Altoona. The county as a whole, including Altoona, had a registration of 10,727 men. The next task was to make copies of the registration records and prepare for medical examinations. Teachers of the county schools, and high school pupils, particularly those adept in stenography, rendered invaluable service in this work. Immediately after registration was completed four conscription boards were organized in this county. The duties of the members of these boards were arduous. Physical examinations of the registrants, exemption pleas, the organization of the quotas to be sent to camps specified by the federal war department, the induction into the service, and the care of innumerable details, all fell within the province of these men. A major part of the success of the United States in the great war is due to the thorough, accurate work of this small group of civilian officials. Indeed the only accurate and complete records of Pennsylvanians known to have been inducted into the service of the United States at the time of the World War are those of the draft boards of the various counties. What became of the men after they arrived at the camps to which they were directed is a different story, and one in which the difficulties previously described were unavoidable because unforeseen. In Blair County, Local Board, Division No. 1, was located at 3241 and 3242 Allegheny Street, Hollidaysburg. The officers, and those who assisted them in the work, were as follows: W. Lovell Baldrige, chairman; Robert W. Smith, secretary; Wayland R. Palmer, M.D., chief medical examiner; Roy Deck, M.D., member resigned to enter the United States service in July, 1917; Harry S. Holland, resigned to enter the service of the United States as a captain in the Remount Service in April, 1918, and was succeeded by Mr. Baldrige; J. Lee Plummer, government appeal attorney; Robert C. Irwin, M.D., and Frank R. Shoemaker, M.D., medical examiners; Elizabeth Wareham Smith, chief clerk; Laura Sophia Baldrige and Elizabeth Christy Stanley, clerks; Private Victor Paul Gearhart, sergeant-at-arms; James L. Lusardi, THE WORLD WAR 301 official interpreter; Edward E. Fuller, clerk to the medical examiners; J. Henry Albright, page; Corporal John Brenneman, messenger; Revs. E. E. Harter, William H. Orr and Julius F. Seebach, emergency workers during the influenza epidemic; Altoona Hospital, medical advisory board. Local Board for Division, No. 2, had its headquarters at Tyrone. William E. Nevitt was the chairman. The other officials and assistants were: Andrew F. Palmer, secretary; Dr. Luther F. Crawford, chief medical examiner and member of the board; R. H. Gilbert, government appeal agent; J. Van Taylor, chief clerk; Esther McCanus, Luella Fulton, Samuel Bressler, and J. Clarence Burns, clerks; Helen Schirm, Margaret J. Fulton, Virginia Stewart, Anna Wertz, Lester J. Palmer, Fred C. Buck, Jr., Roy Hampton, William Lowrie, Jr., and Lloyd Tyson, emergency clerks; Dr. Theodore Stine, dentist; Thomas Coleman, farm advisor; Drs. W. S. Musser, John Nason, R. L. Piper and W. L. Lowrie, emergency physicians; W. L. Pascoe, W. L. Hicks and R. H. Gilbert, legal advisory board; Albert Pascoe, Frank Troutwine, Joseph Maschke, W. A. Kennedy, August Miller, Joseph Smith, George Gibbs, W. L. Rich, Joseph Branstetter, Andrew McCamant, Robert H. Biddle, N. C. McConahy, Mr. and Mrs. Clark McLanahan, Prof. W. W. Raker, William Baird, B. E. Wentzel, George M. Meyers, Edwin B. Balthaser, Walker B. Seward, Robert H. Fay, Rolland A. White, Samuel H. Owens, J. R. Sloan, Russell M. Seward and George C. Kelchner, Jr., associate members of the legal advisory board. Board, No. 1, at Hollidaysburg had jurisdiction over 6,050 registrants in the county, of whom 706 were inducted into the service. Of this number, 403 were sent to the general supply camp at Camp Lee, Virginia; 49 to cantonments, camps, barracks, colleges and training stations; 20 to Vancouver Barracks, Washington, as soldiers in the Spruce Division; 6 to the military aeronautics camp at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas; 1 to the gas defense section at Washington, D. C.; 139 to college vocational divisions. The latter group was the largest number sent by any local board in the state. The townships and boroughs that fell within its jurisdiction were: Allegheny Township, Blair Township, Catharine Township, Duncansville Borough, Frankstown Township, Freedom Township, Gaysport Borough, Greenfield Township, Huston Township, Hollidaysburg Borough, Juniata Township, Martinsburg Borough, Newry Borough, North Woodbury Township, Roaring Spring Borough, Taylor Township, Hollidaysburg Borough, and Woodbury Township. The names of the men who were sent from Hollidaysburg from September 7, 1917, until the Armistice was signed in 1918, follow: James F. Stonerook, George Howard Kratzer, George Grover Obernour, John Joseph Beigle, Thomas Albert Lindsay, Jesse Rolfe Wike, John Frederick Wolf, Eugene James McCurdy, Russell Henderson Webb, Boyo Antonio, Thomas Baker, Frank Pusick, Howard Brumbaugh, Joseph Ryan Murphy, Andrew William Mockler, Roy Bush, Vincent A. Hazenstab, Alex Conrod, Ellis Martin Gates, George Albert Ross, Michael Aloysius Heilmeier, James Frank Hardy, Edward Benjamin Nash, James Samuel Isenberg, Aden Showalter, Walter A. Irving, Harry Earle Myers, George 302 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY E. Troxler, Cyril William Carl, William M. Hainsey, George W. Langham, Jim Steve, John Baker, James Clair Patterson, Oscar O. Hanson, William Austin Berkheimer, Filomeno Chiavelo, Frank Styer, Raphael Lowry Curran, Harry Reffner, Clinton Guy Dubbs, James Edgar Thompson, Calvin Luther Glass, Sherman Hanley, William Mountz White, Charles Emmet Lingenfelter, Thomas Stanley Helsel, Frank Lego, Wallace John White, John Martin Gildea, Clyde Floyd Dickey, Raymond Nale, George O. Lehman, James Ellsworth Dively, Samuel Calvin Swartz, Walter Clair Crownover, Joseph Donald Prahovic, James Sherman Dodson, Milton B. Hoover, Roy William McGinnis, Charles Lloyd Reighard, Charles Berkheimer, Frank Muccitelli, Claude Skinner, Cyril F. Hart, Thomas Manning Rentz, William Earl Bice, John Morrow Briggs, William Stephen Smith, Darwin Floyd Bardell, George Brown Replogle, John Mallott, Jesse Gray Treese, Edgar Malcolm Geesey, Gregario Fasio, Percy Elzie Crownover, Daniel Croyle Dilling, Harry Luther Felker, Frank Stombaugh, James Edward Helsel, George Blair Delaney, Sewell Lingenfelter, Thomas S. Van Dereau, John Charles Boland, Zerlo Francisco Guiseppe, Harry Franklin Harshburger, Harry Alfred Onkst, Homer Franklin Smith, Giovanni Pollito, Peter Jackamin, Omal Parks, Leo Frank Lanzendorfer, George Edgar Wagner, Elmer Blaine Myers, John Roskey, Earl H. Dilling, Elmer Croft, Pete Slezak, Benjamin Martin Nelson, Charles Ross Weyant, Lewis Susan, George W. Swartz, Herman E. Rhodes, Edgar Joseph Hunter, Mike Vicelia, Albert Dively, Oden Clair Hetrick, John Jackamin, Samuel Albert Lynn, Samuel Fluke Over, Haagen Corl, Joseph Burk, Leonard McCreary, Charles Frederick Mosel, Patrick Henry Pendleton, Gan Savaya, Charles Schwab Fluke, James William Buchanan, Frank Wood Suckling, Joseph H. Irvine, Homer Irwin Smith, Paul Humes Smith, Merle Calvin Stiffler, John Ross Smith, Joseph Thomas Shawley, Samuel James Grassmyer, George F. Koofer, Levi Ernest Acker, Daniel L. Metzler, Louis Clay Steel, Charles Josiah Burk, Arch. R. Lykens, Warren Detwiler, Benjamin Paul Hoover, Oscar Samels, Giuseppe Giorgianni, William Joseph O'Brien, Jacob Dively, Tony Ferrizzi, Alfonso Donadeo, George McClellan Aungst, C. Ray Dubbs, Austin Brady Bush, Warren Emerson Clapper, Homer Hart Hewitt, Joseph Friedlan Reiser, Harvey James Webb, G. Nevin Dively, Warren G. McCarty, Joseph Elmer Malone, Daniel Patrick Murphy, Elvin Barnett, Ralph Alexander Slippey, Daniel Ivan Stultz, James Watson Kephart, George Miles Miller, Acostina Genero, Reuben H. Myers, Clarence Nevin Burket, Ray Russell Miller, Mike Wapner, George Lee Kennedy, Alino Michelone, James Albert Stanley, William Ray Steel, Homer Grant Helsel, Sheldon Bertram Kauffman, Ralph Reed Riley, William Joseph Murphy, George Weyandt, Jesse James Croft, Alfonso Dillalogi, James Roy Taylor, Donald Gersner McIntyre, William Robert Kephart, William Bennett Montgomery, Lawrence Patrick Drass, Albert Roy Kuhn, Russell Franklin Gearhart, James Franklin Dunkle, Fred Johnston Wood, Clarence S. Albright, Charles Calvin Shoemaker, Joseph A. Rentz, Samuel Howard Shelly, John Joseph Deasy, Frank Stoner Crissman, Thomas Lloyd Boland, Irving Earl Metzker, John Franklin Adams, Chauncey F. Lingenfelter, John Melvin THE WORLD WAR 303 Shoemaker, James Englebert Lordeman, Albert Harrison Tipton, George Washington Bice, Regis Charles Rentz, Earl Edward Burk, Clinton Harrah Kegarise, Francis Patrick Madden, Anthony Filorimo, David H. Moyer, Tolbert Elder Lindsay, Joseph Stewart Shatzer, Joseph Elmer Over, George Ashel Harpster, Peter Eldon Hite, Knut Harold Anderson, Owen Daniel Feathers, Charles Franklin Mentzer, Mark Roush Felker, John Elliott Curry, Raymond Russell Weaver, Alfred Grant Brubaker, Foster Ralor Mort, Benjamin B. Cook, William Herbert Keim, Howard Worth Walls, Mearle D. Tipton, William M. Briney, Charles A. Close, Harvey C. Hoover, Howard Earl Yingling, Albert Robb Zimmers, Robert Sollenberger, Leslie L. Weyandt, John Aloysius Heininger, Lawrence E. Fisher, Verus Paul Shaw, James William Frank, John Vincent Conway, Vincent James Doyle, Abe Dodson, Samuel Wilson Claar, Roscoe Stanton Shoup, Edward J. Baroner, Francis Clare Carl, George Clarence McCurdy, Walter Francis Martz, Francis Patrick Gallagher, Clifford Campbell, William Dean McCormick, William Ross Flaugh, George Roy Weitzel, Henry Blaine Stephens, Jacob M. Yingling, Charles Edgar McIntosh, Jacob S. Barnhart, Harry Orville Mundorf, George Frederick Smouse, Clarence Edgar Dell, Samuel Diehl, Raymond Lawrence Gildea, Fred Yingling, Charles B. Weyant, Daniel H. Erb, Harry Hale Blyler, Henry A. Larson, Homer Nelson Me, John Nick Poropatic, David Steven Madden, Guiseppe Racconta, Clarence Grove Price, Joseph E. Miller, Michael John Chismar, Arthur Ferdinand Sylvester, George Lewis Frazier, Carmine DiBartolomeo, Bert Harrison Haman, Charles Sumner Stephens, Walter Scott Rhodes, Charles Oscar Garber, Edward Charles Riley, Anthony R. Wance, Russell C. Burger, Claud Edward Rupp, Raymond Plank Myers, Francis Ferdinand Garber, William Russell Morgan, Herbert Sanders Bolger, James Cleveland Helsel, Dean M. Eichholtz, Edgar Raymond Vipond, Walter Calvin Moore, Harry L. Gardner, Walter Seanor Gardner, Dean Slippey Reese, Maxwell Byron Robison, Arcangelo Morelli, George Patrick Whalen, Peter Paul Klein, Jacob Zayar, Wayne Knepper Isenberg, Martin A. Hart, Jr., James Maxwell Moore, James Lee Brannan, Charles William McPherson, Walter H. Slippey, Proctor Thayer Lykens, John Henry Walker, Perry Jackson Brown, Marshel Pattillo, Irwin Moses Brown, Paul L. Hammond, Warren Emory Miller, Frederick William Himmel, John Rolland Davis, Wildun Condon Delozier, Lloyd Edwin Wilt, James Lawrence Smith, Albert M. Strayer, Michele Demaria, Calvin Blair Goodman, Harry Roy Shannon, James Gorsuch, Chalmer John Shoeman, Harry George Himes, Henry Ross Brumbaugh, Thomas Ferdinand Doyle, David Roy Shoeman, Giovanni Bartochi, Clarence Gallitzin Haley, Bartilomeo Fabrizio, Leo Thomas Diehl, Elmer Ellsworth Croft, Edward LeRoy Kemberling, Charles Hoar Kephart, William Emory Berkhimer, George Albert Burgoon, Edwin Lawrence Mentzer, William E. Loose, Angelo Denocenzo, Albert Walter, William Berkhimer, Vincenzo Mondo, William James Nicodemus, Michael Cheslock, Roy James Delozier, Fred Lee Gunnett, Howard Joseph Curran, Orazio Dillalogi, Edward Maurice Campbell, Reese M. Rhodes, Edward Musselman, Frank Shingler, William Harrison Kunsman, Paul Saya, Wesley Weyant, David Ross Reighard, Bernard Lancelot Brumbaugh, 304 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Domenico Magazie, Isaac L. Snyder, Orville Isenberg, Lee Smith, George Steinbrunner, Cloyd Stanley Croft, Dean Bancroft Shaw, James Herbert Michaels, Herman Adolph Mengelbaurer, Levi Holmes, George Grant Forney, Lloyd Franklin Davis, George Glenn Zeilinger, James Edward Johnson, Elmer Lee Burket, Calvin Wesley Clapper, Orville Sparr, Albert Raymond Wyerman, Raymond Aloysius Beach, Lawrence William Frank, Blair Lewis McKillip, Ivan Edison Hayes, William A. Mountz, Calvin Hayes Noel, Paul R. Curran, Roy George Merritts, Guiseppe Mondo, John Irwin Ickes, Levi Oder Burket, William Henry Burket, Clarence Tipton, Wilfred Steward Ritchey, Andrew Schell, James Martin Beal, John George Lingenfelter, David Emmert Brumbaugh, Levi Courtney Bolger, J. Irvin Dively, Lee Sanford Kelly, Joseph Milton Cochran, Hugh Robert Riley, Joseph Oliver Stiffler, Roy Hazel Lauffer, John E. Leslie, Dean William Hileman, Franklin P. Keller, Charles E. Heimbaugh, Albert Mathias Quarry, Lloyd Holland, John Ellsworth Kephart, Steward E. Allison, Joseph Reed Gilliland, Harry Edward Bowser, Chester Hoover, James LeRoy Clapper, Harry T. Kensinger, Howard A. Brumbaugh, Rocco Polito, Cletus Henry Olt, Frank H. Glass, Wallace Irvin Knode, John William Smith, Alva Roy Long, Alvin B. Sollenberger, Ralph A. Miller, Jesse Homer Wysong, Emory Watson Burket, Vito Criscione, Malcolm David Ritchey, Arthur F. Hoover, Levi Harrison Smelser, Carl C. Bossler, Elvin H. Replogle, Frank G. Roseberry, Irvin J. Keith, Benjamin F. Fisher, Harry Joseph Boland, John Eldon Maddocks, Harry Francis Schilling, William Edmonson Kirk, John Wesley Trosley, William Roy Fry, Joseph Medil, George William Verbonitz, George Gorman, Earl E. Ross, Edwin Curtin Butler, Battista Frediga, Charles Aaron Diehl, Thomas Park Allison, Charles Murphy, John Eugene Barr, Oscar William Bridenbaugh, Edward Plowman, Charles Irwin Cox, George Leo Smith, Ralph E. Ickes, Richard Hoover, Edward James Kunsman, Millard Bentley Formhals, John Earl Hoenstine, Frank Nelson Boone, Robert Alexander Moeller, Carl Preston Grove, Harry Clair Bouslough, Irvin Baker, Henry Moss, John Alfred Musser, Ivan Edison Garver, John Edward Perry, Harry H. Salyards, James Bernard Fogel, Reuben McKinley Snare, William Henry Burch, Hobart Harry Longenecker, Robert Riley, John Henry Mauk, Victor John Krider, Abraham Daniel Bailey, Ray Morrison Piper, Charles Raymond Schock, Roy Robert Yingling, Christopher Joseph Frank, William Mock, John Cramer, Earl Dandois Replogle, LeRoy Chamberlain, Raymond Joseph Diamond, Paul Elwood Henderson, Charles Rufus Lindsay, Howard Chester Allender, Frank Wilbur Royer, Clarence Edward Eckard, Jacob Roy Creamer, Krider Reed Bice, Michael David Doyle, William Martin Lantz, Charles Kemberling Jones, Thomas Ferdinand Heilmeier, Charles Lorain Berkheimer, Karl William Hancuff, William Diehl, Wilson Reese Wertz, Arthur Hartzel Mundorf, Clarence Thompson, Roscoe Conkling McGray, John H. Robertson, Edwin John Eberly, Charles Edward Rhodes, Oliver Aaron Mosel, John Marshal Moore, Harry Abraham Bougher, Samuel Barnes, Myrel Hilarium Gildea, Edgar Dean Yingling, Roy Irwin Yeckley, James Howard Walter, John Alexander MacDonald, Gary Davis Weyandt, John Cornelius Hannigan, David Blair Grove, THE WORLD WAR 305 Harmon Daniel Malone, Henry Stanley Lingenfelter, Orville McKinley Wilt, Charles Raphael Curran, Roy Samuel Black, Jesse Marvin Griffith, Marvin Charles Kelly, William Joseph McDonnell, William McKinley Fowkes, Harry Waldo Berkheimer, Edward James Irwin, William Charles Albright, Edward John Schaffer, Melvin McKinley Hoover, Herman Joseph Frank, Roy Irwin Feather, LeRoy Stotler, William Luther Mock, Harry Leannell Ringler, John Earl McCoy, Herman Guyer Koontz, James Earl Lloyd, Clarence Hengst, William McIntosh Corbin, Allen L. Smith, W. B. Duganne, William Lewis Duncan, Wilbur Dean Leighty, King Thomas Rhodes, William Joseph Fleming, Darwin Ploy Bardell, John Henry Wiseman, William Clyde Replogle, Newton Jasper Dixon, Edward Albert Biddle, Taylor L. Dively, Harry Elmer Larkins, Raymond Clyde Sorrick, Ceno Carlo, Frank Brenner Pressler, James Henderson Deyarmin, Frank Carl Cunningham, William Francis Reynolds, Andrew Henry Schroeder, Samuel C. Weyandt, Clarence Raymond Slippey, John Sylvester Young, Harvey Milton Liebegott, Harry E. Demple, Harry Harrison Koch, William Gilbert McCreary, George Eugene Klein, Ferd Richard Bender, Forest Joseph Wilt, Aden Fay Fink, Gennaro DeLuzio, Roy Harrison Aurandt, William McKinley Strayer, Mike Delich, Francis Joseph Murray, Edward Wilhelm Keiser, Robert Scott Lindsay, Chester Roy Deyarmin, Allen Helsel, Pasquale Ferrante, Charles James Vaughn, James Oliver Westover, Irvin Roy Weyandt, James Roy Cox, John Albert Knee, Jr., Frank Calvin Smith, James William Hammel, Alvin Frederick Oster, Lester David Dick, Thomas Regis Webb, Ralph Myrle Ferguson, Otis Pheasant, Albert Weyandt, Thaddeus Feathers, Arthur Banks McManamy, William Edwin Moyer, Park DeWitt Ferry, Lyman Reffner, Paul Eugene Stiffler, Roy Sylvester Blackstone, Robert Roy Hainsey, Harvey Winfield Seymour, Charles Frederick Mosel, William Berkhimer, Hugh Edgar Earnest, Nathaniel Merrick, Eli Graham, Dossos Foster, Raymond Kaust Smith, John Stoner Lotz, Chalmer David Rice, Ross William Shaw, Ralph Gorsuch, Roy Hazel Lauffer, Millard Bentley Formhals, Clamour Calvin Beegle, Harry Lee Ormsby, Henry Clayton Barr, Charles Darwin Shriner, Chester Arthur Lingenfelter, Harry Clay Crist, Freeman Lester Coppersmith, James L. Reilly, Andrew E. Freidenbloom, Benjamin F. Creamer, Nelson Ceibert Parks, Ralph Wade Tate, Torrance A. Long, Anthony Figurelli, Donald Grant Lingenfelter, Harry Berkheimer, Blain Watson Lininger, Norman William Brown, George Harold Morgart, Sherwood Merrill Adams, William Crawford Morrow, Paul A. VanAllman, Frank Henry Rhodes, George Hatch, Ralph D. Skutchall, Albert Robert Zimmers, John Wilmer F. Harter, Daniel Raymond Mock, Charles Hale Marks, Joseph Sim Hammond, Clair Walter Curtis, Gemmill Cluggage Davis, Ralph Lamont Soyster, Jesse Lee Shoenfelt, Norman Don Wilt, Edwin Thomas Showalter, Matthew Simpson Hunter, Elvin Harold Liebegott, John Martin Brumbaugh, Andrew Long Rooney, John Hughes, John Calvin Fluke, Steele Blair Koch, Chalmer Eugene Shade, Willard Stadden Williams, Edwin John McGill, Charles Earl Herron, Frank Mickel Braddock, John Edwin Curfman, Samuel Paul Snyder, James Guido Hancuff, Jay Merrill Greaser, John Franklin McDermitt, 306 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY William Francis Curran, Arthur Clyde Kinkead, Robert Burns Winslow, Wallace Potter Hartigan, Ambrose Lear Carberry, Joseph E. Miller, Charles Hillary Reilly, James Blaine Mauk, Edgar Frank Kurtz, Fay Crawford Elliott, Elliott Clyde Johnston, Leland Elwood Holland, Ernest Randolph Pressler, Harry Martin McCall, William R. Eastep, John Adam Schmidt, David Calvin Helsel, William Harold Wyerman, Harry Shaffer Albright, John Robert Hunter, Jr., Emory Miller Diehl, Harry Mac Soyster, Collins Martin Reffner, John Brua Elliott, Chalmers Franklin Gordon, Vito Polce, Robert W. Mutzabaugh, Merrel J. Stonebrook, Charles Francis Hite, Kenneth Claude Burket, Harry Philip Brunner, Howard Franklin Hair, Walter E. Hess, Bert Oliver Vipond, and Dewey Sigsbee Hayes. Local Board, No. 2, for Blair County had jurisdiction over the following townships and boroughs: Antis Township, Bellwood Borough, Juniata Borough, Logan Township, Snyder Township, and Tyrone Borough. There were 778 men inducted into the service of the United States from this board. Of that number, 8i were rejected and returned from the camps, while 697 were accepted. They went to Camps Lee, Meade, Sevier, Dix, Devens, Joseph E. Johnston, Pike, Upton, Forest, Wheeler, Custer, Wadsworth, Greenleaf, Colt, Sherman, Greene, Vail, and Gordon; and to Forts Leavenworth, Oglethorpe, Slocum, Myer, Thomas, and Benjamin Harrison; Kelley Field, Watertown Arsenal, Vancouver Barracks, Columbus Barracks, Washington, D. C.; Frankport, Arizona; Laurel, Maryland; Raleigh, North Carolina; Syracuse, New York; Polish, National Allegiance Headquarters; and to colleges and universities throughout Pennsylvania and neighboring states, where they entered the S. A. T. C. units. The names of the men who were sent by the Tyrone Board follow: John G. Floresta, Henry H. Starattiff, Anthony L. Cook, James C. McConahy, Wilbur C. White, Paul T. Winter, Rudolph E. Rheinschmidt, Christian Schoellkopf, James A. Confer, Chalmers W. Gates, Benjamin A. Stevens, Fred Hull, Frank G. Garlock, Frank Peckovi, Lewis Gunsaulis, Richard Fisher, Harry H. Lerch, Ralph B. Piper, Horace L. Frantz, Lester R. Herman, Joseph W. McNeal, Chester E. Miller, Francis E. Renand, Samuel B. Hewitt, Charles S. Decker, Lewis Quaccia, Charles Hanna, Leonard H. McGee, Harvey E. Myers, Glenn H. Norman, John A. Baker, Leroy E. Mower, William Switzer, Earnest R. Otto, Samuel M. Figart, Andrew B. Ritter, George Butterbaugh, Max Furrier, Evan R. Rosevear, Charles H. Ross, Chester C. Calderwood, John A. Colbert, Frank McFalls, Martin L. Perkins, Charles T. Rush, Orlando M. Piper, Harry B. Kerlin, Albert J. Friday, Edward Swisher, James H. Waring, Robert I. Sellers, Elmer Cover, Herman B. Price, Leroy F. McMullen, Abraham Epstein, Winfield Eger, James H. Reeder, Frank B. Norton, William P. Arnold, McDonald B. Bressler, William H. Carles, Clair G. Boyles, Jonathan M. Yingling, Clarence Clouser, Arthur L. Lewis, Edward Johnsonbaugh, Millard F. Stull, William J. Clouser, William Stacy, John E. Shoenfelt, Albert Worndahl, Charles E. Henry, William H. Gunter, Frank S. Detwiler, Orlando H. Diggens, Ellis G. Frye, George W. Green, Reuben E. Lewis, Giovanni Delucce, Richard I. Moore, James THE WORLD WAR 307 B. Long, Robert L. Anderson, Arthur S. Consel, Albert A. Greiner, Frank A. Lunghofer, Charles E. Price, Boyd Vanscoyoc, Thomas S. Closson, Earle R. Smouse, Leroy E. Osman, Gottlieb Wesner, James J. Hoff, Harry L. Gohn, Louis Savino, Wilbur L. James, Linus Gill, David L. Hughes, Jr., Charles Yost, John M. Zeak, Bernard F. O'Conner, J. W. Skagerberg, George E. Delozier, Joseph W. Hand, William Bell, Salvatore Cannistraci, Benjamin B. Galbraith, Calvin E. Green, Charles L. Singer, George W. Port, Jr., James Andrew Nau, Allen D. McCartney, Ralph E. Rice, John E. Keith, Thomas Fleck, Harry W. Moore, Charles Keith, John G. Gibboney, Steve Kralk, Jacob Spotts, Harry G. Morrell, Stewart Shea, Charles R. Mingle, Jacob G. McMullen, Raymond McA. Strunk, Roy A. Dickens, Harry R. Gwinn, Leonard L. Fouse, Elwood G. Peters, Paul H. Miller, Raymond H. Seldere, Jesse Cameron, Lester D. Blair, Philip L. Elder, Calvin Snowberger, Russell C. Merryman, William Tanneyhill, Jr., Benjamin F. Kline, Joseph McAvoy, Jay M. Stevens, Clayton B. Kline, Harry A. Steindel, Charles R. Nearhoof, William R. Davis, William W. White, Walter Johnson, Arthur E. Jones, Eddie Anthony, Dave Roberts, John Harry Spriggs, Francis Prilu, Harry T. Spriggs, Herbert A. Spriggs, Preston G. Plowden, Walter Williams, Robert Hickson, Jesse Foster, John C. Smith, Willie Andrews, Edward Sweeney, George Haines, Karl N. Davis, Doran J. Hower, Senator Green, Oscar C. Henderson, Thomas E. Houston, John J. Haberstroh, Frank J. Arnold, Arthur J. Kane, Hamon Mummey, Allen Bell, William E. Hoffman, George D. Sprankle, Charles Williams, Theodore W. Fettinger, Frank A. Schoch, James C. Keatley, Charles B. Harris, Raymond L. Gardner, Clarence J. Burnes, Lee L. Long, Walter Carl Bice, William P. Shaefer, Millard C. Chestney, Fred McG. Davis, Gordon Brown, Bruce R. Hetrick, Abram Irvin, Oscar F. Hammond, Oram C. Riley, Lawrence L. Lewis, David J. Evans, Harry C. Albright, Foster R. Reader, Earnest Skipper, Roy E. Burns, Francis P. McGovern, William R. Fouse, Fred F. Irwin, Clarence E. Wogan, John A. Hiller, Walter C. Miller, Charles C. Shaefer, Paul M. Keinzle, John N. Hampton, Bernard H. Kuhn, John W. Mulholland, Hazle F. Cherry, Daniel Long, William P. Bennett, Harvey B. Estep, Harry H. Calderwood, Joseph L. Markey, Roy A. Slippey, Marion G. Evans, William T. Evans, Henry F. Buck, Harry E. Waite, Ralph M. Dysart, James C. Sitman, Earl R. Whitaker, John H. Cunningham, John M. Moser, Fred Benz, William T. Johnson, Carey H. Russell, John T. Wesley, James Henry Wertz, Luigi Villano, Milton B. Gardner, Charles A. Brumbaugh, John W. Mulhollen, John A. Mingle, Charles R. McDowell, John F. Andrews, Theo. L. Thompson, Harry F. Langham, William E. Davis, Charles W. Fonner, Robert E. Biddle, Frederick J. Aichelman, Lui Fatula, Thomas B. Truman, Archie Sharrow, John E. Royer, Robert W. Flenner, James M. MacIntyre, Albert L. Flenner, Omer S. Heberling, Francis H. Hagg, Charles A. McKee, Charles L. McGlinsey, Lester R. Snyder, Roy M. Ehrisman, Earl Daugherty, Everett P. Isenberg, Hamer H. Lewis, George Estep, Edward M. Kusterborder, George Thomas Ritz, Guiseppi Vallani, Thomas P. Dougherty, Joseph F. Carney, James F. Kelley, Alfonso J. Buchele, Joseph P. Rouser, Paul H. Ribblet, Frank H. Miller, Richard 308 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Y. Colclesser, William M. Ermine, Elmer C. Moyer, Clayton Ebersole, Michael A. Deihl, Donald R. Smith, George MacIntyre, William O. Russell, Carl O. Williams, James H. Cassiday, William Vetter, Steward A. McDowell, Henry R. Hewitt, Clair H. Oshell, Paul E. Rouzer, David M. Edmiston, Robert A. Everts, William R. Sanderson, Benjamin F. McCracken, William E. Gray, Adolphus W. Hayes, Frank N. Moser, Roy I. McGill, Elwood C. Miller, Merl A. Huey, Edward Walker, John R. Fetter, Frank O. Miller, Charles R. Hoff, Bert H. Boyles, Thomas W. Hirshbiel, James W. Plummer, Ernest E. Long, Jared Sharp, Charles E. Cashman, Alfred M. Confer, Alfred Snoberger, Canzie Padula, Frank R. Linsay, Ira F. LaPorte, Truman Grubs, Michael Hanley, David H. McGary, Francesco Dalione, George H. Rudolph, Jos. E. Morrison, Harry L. Otto, George W. Hunter, Chester A. Merritts, Walter C. Smith, Julias A. Rhaesa, Leonard M. Wissinger, Richard C. Startiff, Russell R. Perry, Lawrence W. Brannon, Raymond Edane, Matteo Ciavello, Norris Q. Lauver, William F. Heberling, Claire F. Baker, Paul A. Lenker, Earl R. Gearhart, Allan S. Myers, John T. Sovenske, Russell Shay, Roy J. Landis, George A. Heim, Harold Crommesser, Edwin Violet, Antonio Supino, Herbert Reed, Guiseppe Vitale, William Thomas, Perfisco Dominico, Neal C. Hanks, Harry N. Oakwood, James A. Howell, William A. Dunn, William Stoner, Paul Dolan, Howard Fleck, James Sunprosa, Sam Kasem, James O. Kennedy, William Kitts, Philip G. Apple, Hymen H. Ephstein, Luigi Ardozza, James Celmo, Alburtice L. Skipper, Ray Fagley, Antonio Lombardo, Antonio Ressi, Orris M. Sprakle, Ray H. Troxell, Joseph W. Hamer, George S. Rath, Herbert L. Weidley, Edward S. Scheeler, Raymond H. Kephart, Richard McCann, Roy R. Hendry, Lowery A. Grabill, Robert M. Rothrock, William Runyan, William C. Rutherford, Edward R. Musser, Jr., Cosalaquido Fransci, William Jordan Temple, Sylvester W. Riley, Edward B. Otto, Henry H. Bare, Levi S. Burket, William H. Alwine, Roy E. Hoover, John R. Holder, Sydney C. Bonsell, Adam Schomer, George Stevens, William R. Locke, Michael G. Simprosa, Raymond R. Wallace, Charles E. Myers, William E. Logan, Joseph Wachter, John G. Robison, John R. Reader, Merrill W. Horner, Iver S. Walton, Charles J. Fisher, Myrl F. Poorman, William M. Gates, Jos. DellaPorta, Frank A. Rumbarger, Lawrence E. Fink, John L. Galbraith, Herman B. Isenberg, Clyde J. Rogers, Walter C. Ross, Roy Hammer, Charles W. Biling, Robert E. Parker, Charles H. Griffith, Ira A. Riechey, George C. Pelter, John M. Keinzle, John E. Beard, Thomas G. Peoples, William F. Benz, William M. Aichelmann, George S. Berry, Willard E. Gilmore, Walter Smith, Martin H. Garland, Milton Reicher, Clark C. Ginter, Fred A. Puderbaugh, Samuel A. Bressler, Virgil C. LaPorte, John B. Keatley, Willis R. Irvin, Daniel H. Wesner, James Clair Dixon, Roy P. Mosel, Spencer W. Jewitt, Alfred E. Palomba, Albert L. Wiley, Walter M. Miller, Robert A. Oswald, Walter F. Green, Paul C. Ermine, John A. Shoop, Clarence J. Garrity, Charles Love, Budd H. Faust, Charles Schwarz, James French, Chester T. Ross, Ralph H. Hamilton, Charles W. Hoover, John W. Ross, Harry H. Lykens, Ira D. Confer, John Angermier, Charles A. Garber, Robert R. Smith, William H. Umholtz, James H. THE WORLD WAR 309 Ross, James J. Flanagan, Frank M. Rhodes, Percy L. Williams, William A. Davidson, John W. Denisar, George W. Evans, Raymond B. McCoy, John K. Livingston, William T. McDonald, Joseph F. Deihl, Arthur R. Rutledge, George H. Murtiff, Simeon H. Glasco, Frank Rusterholz, Robert E. Gutschall, William H. Young, David L. Bartlebaugh, Ciambotti Carlo, David M. Langham, Walter Hardy, Abe Solomon, Robert N. McNeal, Warren A. Burns, Edgar G. Detwiler, Joseph M. Smith, Howard G. Helley, Robert E. Wilson, David B. Rampling, Fred B. Burns, William Morgan, Homer A. Ale, Ralph M. Haupt, Harry T. Byrne, Ralph P. Noel, Benjamin H. Dollinger, Wilbur John Decker, Porte Riley, Charles W. Vanscoyoc, Zachery D. Golub, William C. Hamel, Phillip Patrick, Stephen C. Cooper, Albert Tartaglione, Albert J. Decker, William B. Miller, Herbert S. Isenberg, Robert Daley, Franklin E. Thompson, Wilbur C. Getz, Raymond Wyland, Charles A. Preston, Robert L. Ammerman, Harry T. Eckert, Jonah C. Walk, Henry O. Bonsell, Albert C. Kieferle, Wesley C. Saterfield, Charles W. Klee, Ralph E. Antis, Avery M. Irvin, James W. Downes, George D. Gorsuch, Frank F. Light, Phillip E. Mann, Blair A. Davison, John B. Cox, Herman Wertz, Charles M. White, James E. Gates, James Carrig, Wm. C. Osterle, Elmer R. Yohn, Ralph C. Plunket, Benj. W. Richardson, Philip E. Reilly, Antonio Leo, Wm. H. Neff, Clarence E. Johnson, James L. Reed, Wm. L. Mull, Marvin D. Bookhammer, Wilbur L. Irvin, Dorris W. Harris, Lawrence L. Grazier, Wm. B. Resides, Raymond J. Miller, Frank Zachesky, Alexander Bryant, Cuthbert Mathers, Lee E. Wertz, Wm. F. McGovern, Andrew Leogin, Frank Kephart, Charles White, Albert M. Slaughters, George Wooderd, Hampton Newman, Frank F. Taylor, Johnny Jones, George Ambrose, Robert B. Cowen, Fred G. Kish, Jesse F. Stillwell, Harry R. Lykens, George W. Evans, Wilbur J. Decker, Donald M. Gilmore, George D. Grazier, James E. Wills, Blair W. Dunn, Merrill M. Doran, August I. Schillig, Franklin L. McCanns, S. V. Wiley, Carl E. Saylor, Joseph W. Guida, James A. Moser, Forrest A. Wilt, William J. Elder, Walter M. Miller, Egbert Bendoza, William R. Halfpenny, John M. Amigh, William M. Goheen, Eugene E. Dayton, William W. Roland, George T. McClellan, Sylvester C. Martz, Jr., Jacob E. Ayle, Charles E. Walton, Hubert L. Koehane, Warren Getz, James E. Grey, Carl E. Batts, George W. Kahler, Clifford E. Clapper, William P. Bush, Francis A. Neff, William C. Ross, Leroy V. Haupt, Harry Myers, George W. Wertz, Clarence S. Burns, Gussie T. Carling, Charles F. Blair, Russell Sage McConahy, William F. Sawyer, James R. Lupfer, George Henry, Paul E. Hand, Joseph E. Biddle, Michael J. Lutz, Chester B. Hammers, Guy K. Jones, Frank A. McKinney, Paul W. Everhart, Cloyd C. Everhart, Wallace Q. Blatt, John D. Resig, Charles E. Updyke, Howard L. Brua, Zachariah Sprankle, Charles E. Sharp, John P. Neff, Charles R. Grant, Thomas E. Rooney, Jr., Russell C. Shaw, Charles J. Yohn, Antonio Morrelle, Charles F. Gonter, William A. Oswald, George Bierly, Frank J. Filer, Samuel L. Grimes, Conrad Schuster, John S. Homer, Joseph J. Hewel, Charles M. Harpster, Lewis R. McManamy, Henry S. Barto, Edgar McK. Bloom, Ernest Sweitzer, Roy M. Hampton, Roy K. Shellenberger, Mathew H. Cramer, Hobart McK. Vipond, 310 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Thomas V. Keohane, Henry J. Detemple, Elmer H. Bookhamer, James W. Woomer, Leo J. Buechele, Clarence W. Forsht, Calvin Glass Helley, Frederick A. Irwin, Clarence R. Singer, Charles W. Lilly, Paul S. Lehner, Arthur S. Flenner, John S. McKinney, Nicholas W. Hubert, Norman D. Heberling, Alvin D. Strobaugh, Harry V. Brumbaugh, William McK. Brown, Harry Endress, Leo A. Wilt, Paul Gillam, Frank J. Gunsallus, John W. College, Charles W. Kustoborder, Charles McK. McCartney, Stephen J. Kirsch, Ivan Minaris, Jr., Howard M. Stone, Charles D. Robison, Charles M. Hornberger, Thomas S. Filer, Vernon A. Sponsler, Charles H. McMasters, Herbert A. McKelvey, Charles M. Delozier, Harry N. Glass, Paul R. Walk, Thomas E. Smith, William E. Hoffman, Frank W. Fisher, Julius W. Heim, David McK. Langham, Clarence J. Burns, Abe Solomon, Eugenio A. DiStefano, Lester A. Gebhart, Clifford J. Bratton, Cloyd S. Shamp, Barnard F. Irvin, James R. Taylor, Joseph Frischkorn, Mahlon C. Port, George Mosely, Paul E. Hoffman, Harry L. Locke, Joseph N. Hedding, Samuel Orris, George E. Bland, George E. Schweitzer, Jesse L. Waite, Robert V. Hoy, Jr., Park L. Ray, Byron H. Hoy, Frederick M. Waring, Herman F. Walton, James I. Ross, Fred A. Cleeland, George Klellaman, Samuel W. Russell, Charles B. Gearhart, Milton V. Cherry, Paul F. Stephens, Lawrence F. Haupt, Ambrose R. Haberstroh, Ambrose G. LaPorte, Thomas D. Williams, Jr., George H. Moore, Harry A. Huntsman, Roy W. Wolfgang, Richard K. Lukenbach, Harry T. Smith, Gilbert T. Reed, Harry W. Kochenderfer, Harry P. Nelson, Thomas E. Bierly, Harry I. Emery, Denton M. Albright, Frank K. Troutwine, Ralph J. Stevens, Randall B. Luke, Howard B. Calderwood, Daniel B. Kloss, George R. Meyers, Alexander C. Gwin, Cornelius C. Beck, Richard K. Hutchison, Roy W. Goshorn, Daniel E. Sheehan, Thomas M. Williams, Charles N. Cohn, Jerome J. Sheehan, John E. Shannon, Jr., Samuel M. Simonton, Frank L. Matthews, Richard H. Haagen, William H. Phillips, Marshall E. Lenning, Roy B. Stine, Donald C. Miller, Paul B. Garland, Charles A. Elder, Arlie L. Hamer, Harold E. Beringer, John H. Kurts, Harvey Lambert, Millard R. Stonebraker, Lewis A. Schlehr, Harold E. Moffitt, Paul D. Thomas, William R. Brewer, Carl F. Miller, Frederick W. Sunderman, John G. Stewart, Virgil L. Crawford, Larue Braucher, Paul F. McCoy, Silas Curry, Alfred E. Dingeldein, Donovan R. Cook, James C. Trimble, Richard Ray, Yozo Kokan, Mack King, James L. Bannon, Chester L. Reeder, Josiah Markley, and John Rushehe. The city of Altoona had two conscription boards to draft the men into the service. The personnel of Local Board for Division, No. i, follows: Mayor Charles E. Rhodes, chairman; J. Virgil Taylor, secretary; Dr. A. S. Kech, medical examiner and member of the board; Miss Katherine Goetz, chief clerk; T. J. Lucas, chief clerk; C. H. A. Koons, clerk; Dr. L. E. McKee, extra examining physician; Thomas C. Hare, government appeal agent; Thomas H. Greevy, chairman, legal advisory board; Dr. O. H. Shaffer, chairman, medical advisory board; John F. Sullivan, industrial claim agent; Col. W. B. Allen, chairman, board of instruction; Irma Butler, Edna Holland, Kathleen Bertram, W. S. Taylor, S. Grossman, A. L. Kitchen, clerks; and John Halley, soldier clerk. THE WORLD WAR 311 R. F. Bankert was chairman for the Local Board, Division No. 2. The other officers were: F. A. Bell, secretary; J. D. Findley, M.D., physician, and member of the board; P. F. Pershing, M.D., and Charles F. McBurney, M.D., additional examining physicians; J. D. Hicks, government appeal agent; H. A. Davis, Isaiah Scheeline and R. A. Henderson, legal advisory board; E. P. McCabe, chief clerk; W. I. Sickles, W. H. Hannum, G. T. Heckman, W. C. Stultz, O. C. Wood, C. R. Carroll, C. W. Goodman, C. E. Jefferies, L. C. Simpson, D. E. Finegan, Romans Stultz, William Bigham, A. L. Lykens, G. L. Freet, A. H. Anderson and Miss Jennie Danemark, clerks; and Charles L. Sherer, inducted clerk. Local Board, No. 1, for the city of Altoona had jurisdiction over the following city wards: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, I I, and 12. From this division, 641 men were inducted into the service, of whom 50 were rejected and 591 accepted. The Board sent men to the following camps, arsenals, barracks, colleges and other posts: Camps Lee, Dix, Greene, Meade; Watertown Arsenal; Syracuse, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Camp Colt, Vancouver Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kelly Field, Columbus Barracks, Laurel, Fort Johnston, State College, Frankford Arsenal, Washington Barracks, Fort Myer, Camp Upton, Fort Sherman, Fort Thomas, Camp Wadsworth, Crane, Rochester, College Park, University of Pittsburgh, College Station, Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Custer, Fort Wayne, Fort Gordon, Fort Humphreys, New York, Delaware College, Newark, Guetes, Fort Jay, Lehigh University, Spring Garden Institute, Erie School Board, Lafayette College, Fort Jackson, Camp Taylor, Camp Greenleaf, St. Mary's, Fort Monroe, Ashland, Philadelphia (navy mobilization), Bethany College, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Indiana State Normal School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Howard University, Davis and Elkins College, Millersville State Normal School, University of Pennsylvania, Franklin and Marshall College, Vail, Pennsylvania College (Gettysburg), Hampton Institute and Princeton University. Some of the men who were sent to these points were rejected after undergoing physical examinations upon their arrival at the specified posts. They were all inducted into the service before leaving the jurisdiction of the local board however, so that they can be considered as having been in the service. The men sent from Local Board, No. 1, Altoona, were as follows: Herbert W. Kelly, William McK. Dearment, George F. Burke, Joseph P. Raible, Luvey J. Herring, James H. Ritter, Philip Mazza, Wactac Krinzielski, Roy G. Bendheim, John C. Miller, Daniel C. Hammond, Herman L. Resig, John A. Young, Raymond R. Adams, Charles B. Campbell, Rasheed S. Jakour, Donald S. Miller, George E. Ehredt, Arthur A. Knauer, Walter J. Sponeybarger, Donald J. Howard, Gerald J. McGarry, Charles 0. McConnell, Mac R. Saylor, Joseph M. Williams, Thomas F. Tobin, Morris Wayne, John A. Woolis, Clement J. Sanders, Otto Romagna, George W. Bunn, Edgar F. Miller, Chester L. Tharpe, William S. McConnell, John M. Sisk, Walter E. Ball, William E. Noll, Ralph T. Beezer, Patrick J. Donnelly, William T. Haverty, John S. Waite, Robert S. Wagner, William G. Fluke, Dennis M. Conlin, Frank R. Brinser, William F. Wilkins, Frank Brousseau, Harry J. Taylor, John W. Burkholder, Edwin J. Bower, Joseph Settle, Franklin M. Richard, Joseph A. 312 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Brown, James A. Spencer, Francis H. Wittbaugh, Harry E. Mitchell, Levi H. Krebs, Charles L. Arble, Joseph Skupieu, Harry J. Felton, Ralph W. Stouch, Earl W. Norton, Francis B. Hoffman, Dallas P. Nail, David M. Williams, John F. Vaughn, Lynn K. Fasnacht, Wilbur Cuff, Joseph W. Burchhill, William E. Mitchell, Samuel W. Hileman, William Weible, Dominico Terainano, Paul H. Yarnall, Carey A. Beck, John Cording, Clifford R. Hersch, Elmer H. Boring, William M. Wilson, James B. Allen, Lewis H. Renaud, Luther K. Lotz, Edgar J. Sunderland, Ernest W. Kreps, James H. Young, Thomas E. Weamer, Robert B. Wolfe, Ralph Herr, Harry Thomas, James C. Slack, Roy H. Wagner, James 1. White, David J. Magdovitz, Michael A. Clark, John S. Kiesel, Arcanangela Antico, William A. Baker, Clarence A. Shiro, Lewis A. Brumbaugh, George E. Tharp, Arnold F. Ryan, Jerry Donnelly, Charles J. Newcomer, James F. Moore, George W. Reed, Austin R. Bell, John G. Fultz, Moses S. Grossman, Joseph G. Wise, Paul W. Landers, Edgar D. Lafferty, Arthur P. Williams, Philip Papadopulo, Chester E. Dunlap, John A. Mathews, John G. Weidmann, Park W. Steininger, Merle C. Runyon, William S. Sausser, Maurice G. Weisel, Andrew L. Stanley, Zerbe Ivory, Charles H. Hammond, Clifford L. Beck, Raymond Herbert, Chester T. McCartney; Walter J. Fay, Harman H. Burke, John E. Oswald, Carl A. Daus, Thomas McNamara, Edward E. Stouch, Jacob Parish, Walter H. Snyder, Henry H. Pensyl, Abraham Kutner, Angelos Sampson, Alvin G. Thompson, John Henshey, Reuben Shab, Dewitt P. Murray, Chester W. Orner, Jesse F. Wicker, Walter F. Whitaker, Thomas Henderson, Samuel T. Harper, George O. Boatman, Granville L. Brown, Roy A. Swope, Ira J. Parsons, Reamer E. Price, Charles S. Griffith, George C. Zimmers, David M. Figart, Herman D. Boldt, Raymond V. Kearns, Stanislaus F. Sharko, Samuel Bradensky, Edward Leary, William L. R. Tressler, Emory J. Ritchey, Cletus J. Conlon, Leo P. McDonald, Carr A. Raison, Edmund L. Zeek, William K. Karides, Ralph A. Stalb, Edward W. Schettig, Earnest F. Harry, Lovell A. Malone, Harry J. Parker, Gustave A. Johnson, Amos P. Huber, James Pinnen, Harry B. Tinges, Andrew Kelly, Charles A. Pratt, Richard T. Singleton, Leon E. Lake, Harry N. Stiffler, Philip Krouse, Leonard Mottram, John B. McCullough, Clarence R. Stone, Frank S. Simpson, Charles A. Stewart, Samuel C. Hall, Fred S. Rosengrant, Clarence A. Forney, Carniunantoria Russo, Charles Boldt, William H. Strohmyer, Charles W. Bothwell, Arthur P. Wood, Edward J. Donnelly, Lewis G. Roberts, William H. Conley, Earnest B. Adams, Charles S. Shelow, James L. Rupert, Clair R. Wolf, William R. Charles, Charles T. Rudasill, Ralph A. Mullen, Raymond Kimlin, Wilson S. Greiner, Bernard L. Weisel, James C. Cassidy, Kenne Stewart, John D. Price, Harper A. Price, Ralph E. Swartz, Harry F. Hetrick, Robert J. Flanagan, William H. Brown, Samuel Gindes, Fred S. Cornelius, Walter J Sutton, Frank A. Lind, Eugene C. Behm, Charles R. Gross, Frederick Harrison, Patrick J. Donnelly, Nathan Kohler, J. Earl McGregor, Jacob B. Tarr, Harry E. Gaylor, David B. Mullen, Edgar G. Cole, Clinton I. Fleegle, William E. Nelson, Daniel D. Carey, George A. Pennebecker, Homer W. Ivory, Henry E. Smeal, Alvin S. Wambaugh, William R. Olson, Leonard A. Fay, Arthur H. THE WORLD WAR 313 Tabb, Albert M. Bradley, Charles F. Sanders, Leo T. Herbert, Edgar A. Nowag, Orville B. Mann, Lewis A. Sieber, Lewis P. Fineberg, Orville S. Daugherty, Clarence F. Weible, Chalmers Hare, Frank B. Mallory, Michael Garfinkle, Philo F. Gunsallus, Michael Simms, Lewis B. Ensminger, Howard Ayer, John C. Behe, Peter Stanus, Philip G. Weible, John H. Hemphill, Fred J. Gabriel, William J. Snyder, William J. Storm, Cloyd G. Shue, Paul W. Wilbur, Clyde Manspeaker, Melvin T. Green, Frank J. Stanley, Maurice Levine, Carl M. Grove, William G. Manley, Howard E. Mengle, Thomas Eiber, Donald M. Yarnall, Arthur R. Mateer, John A. Sunderland, Tony Pinizzatto, Frank J. Baum, Gelbert H. Shearer, Thomas J. Singer, William B. Gibboney, Frank Manley, Jake Brooks, Samuel Kelm, Stewart E. Duff, Paul J. Fultz, Earnest B. Butler, John B. Speacht, Walter R. Hannah, Andrew F. Dillon, George W. Starnes, John W. Pitzer, James M. Loy, William J. Harney, Joseph C. Brown, Edward Snyder, Ralph C. Durborrow, Michael J. Donnelly, Harrison M. Long, Jesse C. Burns, Nevin J. Wagner, Leo E. Roy, James J. Skelly, Arthur Wilson, Charles Gindes, Paul J. Luckett, Harry W. Ickes, Ralph E. Guyer, Charles E. Maglaughlin, Frank X. Heberle, Demetrius A. McCulloch, Alex. Robinson, Burward Head, George G. Kalway, James W. Reeder, William M. Cashman, Frank McDonald, Charley Steward, James C. Hennen, George E. Webster, Alfred R. Russell, Glen W. Hess, Lee R. Stull, Leo A. Weamer, Foster C. Ross, Edward F. Gibson, James Tanneyhill, Hiram Young, Chester M. Gilliford, Thomas R. Kepple, Richard T. Wolf, John H. Plank, Jerome A. Warner, George A. Knighton, William M. Short, James B. Leonard, Walter Kinsel, George Raffool, Raymond G. Yon, Howard A. Clare, Vernon F. Morris, Lebron Hunter, John R. Brogan, Bernard D. Stehle, Earl F. Strohmeyer, Stephen S. Conlon, Wahl S. Ammerman, David V. Cassidy, George W. Tate, Joseph F. Miller, Roy E. VanOrmer, Gustave R. Helbrung, Charles S. Baker, Joseph R. Giarth, William Salmond, John T. Shade, John E. Reese, Howard W. Strunk, John M. McDonough, Peter Regas, Frank H. McGregor, Juiseppe Tarnaton, James C. Robertson, Albert E. Mitchell, David C. Rouser, Carl L. Fleck, William B. Davis, George Ajay, Joseph E. McLaughlin, John Belmont, Joseph Henderson, Benjamin Ware, Frank J. Lane, Harry Wolfberg, Ray E. Earnest, Charles D. Estep, Roy F. Lang, Harold B. Lockard, Louis Lenson, John W. Bullock, Dugold E. Wilson, Edgar D. Cawley, Charles H. Rife, Frank E. Lingenfelter, Thomas J. Tiernan, Joseph E. Shaffer, Guy W. Stoltz, Richard Farrell, James R. Pressel, Cecil A. Westley, Christ Petropoulis, Lafayette F. Burchhill, Alexander Kisielniki, Frank C. Warsing, Charles W. Frick, Thomas R. Piper, Henry Vreen, John J. Uhrich, Paul A. Luse, Paul C. Beighel, James Corrigan, Clair L. Calhoun, William M. Menton, Chester G. Smith, Paul E. Adams, Chester G. Lantz, John P. Smith, Howard R. Grabill, Patrick O. Conrad, Calvin R. Knisely, John H. Weller, Salem Shahabledin, Bernard L. Kelly, John L. Graffius, Justin R. O'Brien, Jacob Dewitt, William J. Russell, George W. Hall, Robert W. Pearson, John S. Whitehead, Leo E. Flick, Ross P. Sellers, Samuel B. Rickabaugh, James Wertz, Edward J. Hoover, James Brogan, Ralph E. Nagle, W. Carl Nugent, Alfonso Domeco, Howard M. 314 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Brown, Harry D. Thompson, Frank C. Fisher, Paul A. Fleck, Anthony L. Condrin, Charles W. White, Fred Cam, William Wetter, Panagertis Hararas, Raymond D. Hoffheim, Peter Kapaloski, Charles Hoover, Gust T. Mostes, Charles V. Carter, Ralph I. Baum, John T. Byrne, Maurice M. Bagley, Andrew J. Reighter, Paul J. McGraw, Ralph G. Yeager, John G. Wehrley, Charles F. Brede, Victor P. Gearhart, William Phillips, Robert E. Wilt, Clarence E. Hershey, James R. Wilson, Fairleen F. Ferguson, John C. Irvine, Ralph T. Gibboney, Samuel J. Constance, Harold E. O'Neill, Samuel P. Taylor, William E. Bathurst, Russell M. Smiley, Austin F. Tiernan, Nathan H. Freedman, James W. Reese, Gus Hoffman, Luther J. M. Smith, Dee C. Brown, John Shopp, Bernard J. Plunkett, George L. Geesey, Henry McNeal, Arthur S. Snyder, Leo M. Warner, Henry J. Cherry, Stephen Matalay, Archie Slutzker, Harry A. Lang, John Otto, Curtis O'Shell, George Fonner, Ammon F. Parker, Francis M. Weisel, Hugh M. Butler, Bernard E. Carl, Harry L. Page, Carl E. Landstorm, Charles G. Ray, Edwin E. Arbuckle, Curtis E. Wagner, Henry C. Shoenfelt, Horace Frisby, Nunzio DiLeo, John E. Shaffer, Joseph Hess, Milton A. Ritchey, George A. Potter, Thomas A. Bald, James F. Baird, Allison L. Price, Willie Oliphant, Jr., Louis A. Carl, Walter E. Buehler, William R. McCormick, George H. Cole, William S. Marks, Morgan J. Doyle, David C. Vipond, Robert J. Ebling, Leonard J. Clark, Samuel Minich, Lowry P. Norris, Samuel Levels, John J. Cantz, John Halley, Nathan Wolfberg, Homer R. Boring, Dominico Parisi, Earl B. Wendell, Joseph E. Bender, John T. Mitchell, Jr., Harry C. Bookman, David Williams, Elvin Knee, Russell L. Forsyth, William E. Fasnacht, Otto A. Johnson, William R. Detwiler, Hugh E. West, William H. Murray, Samuel E. Heberly, George M. Kuhn, Chester R. Swigart, Wilbur R. Burke, Sylvester C. Fagan, Samuel L. Cherry, Paul A. Smith, George A. Garegeotes, Raphael J. Halligan, Delroy F. Donnelly, William B. Smith, Eugene Heinbaugh, Earl S. Grimm, John J. Goss, Ralph Burkholder, Paul K. Moran, Thomas A. Wertz, William J. Yeager, Russell Miller, Warren W. Adams, Barton D. Love, Herman J. Wilson, Louis S. Herr, Charles C. Lingenfelter, Jr., Albert A. Frees, Ralph S. Burke, Park F. Piper, Charles A. Fornwalt, Robert F. Hare, Joseph F. McGuire, Herbert T. Wolf, Clarence J. Leasure, Odis Sherne, Raymond E. Schmidt, Clarence E. Davis, Arthur D. Cashman, Charles E. Kuhn, Benjamin A. Hartz, Lewis P. Glover, Albert C. Weyandt, Thomas R. Canty, Romig McCurdy, John I. Gregg, Daniel C. Houseman, Max A. Wolfberg, Frank C. Hawkins, Thomas R. Dobson, Herbert J. Kleine, Roland C. Musser, Harold A. Davis, John A. McNelis, Joseph S. Eckenrode, Harold Sawtelle, Charles S. Downs, Fred W. Oeffinger, Charles R. Cassidy, Edward B. Felty, William K. Whitmore, David M. Broudy, Robert S. Ximmers, Andrew J. Schultz, Clark P. Lebo, Carl E. Foutz, Harry M. Shaeffer, Lloyd S. Ammerman, Isaac Saltzman, Roy L. Miller, Reon H. Washington, Chester R. Lingenfelter, William E. Barr, Edward F. Gehret, Claire Hoopes, George L. Saylor, William L. Wilson, Milton R. Morrow, John D. Clark, Harold C. Strobel, Cyril K. Nagel, Howard E. Way, Armour S. Benton, William K. Patterson, Harold F. Taylor, Harold G. McNeal, Roy C. Gearhart, Charles E. Stout, Harold L. Carter, Howell T. Cover, THE WORLD WAR 315 Paul B. Brunner, Isaac A. Karam, Robert A. Smith, Ralph W. Lind, Albert D. Goetz, Talmadge L. Ray, Paul T. Burns, Robert G. Metz, William S. Stoner, Raymond Crumbaker, Benjamin F. Anthony, James W. Morgan, Alexander Kanter, Homer M. Replogle, John G. Magree, Philip Wallis, William T. Alexander, John W. Allen, Thomas C. O'Neill, Donald E. Calbert, Wesley E. Smith, Leonard C. Moffitt, and Joseph M. Achterman. Board, No. 2, for the city of Altoona had jurisdiction over the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and loth wards. From this section 702 men were inducted into the service in the period between the registration date of June 5, 1917, and the Armistice of November 11, 1918. They were sent to the same camps as were those from Board, No. 1. The names of the men who were inducted and entrained for the various camps follow: Charles Henry Luckenbaugh, Thomas Gerry Young, Edward Aloysius Brennan, Edward Andrew Furrer, Wolf Cohn, John Walter Wilson, Howard Carson Reighter, Charles Julius Voltz, John Albert Greiner, Anthony Minori, Ernest Moir, James Arthur Woganost, Howard William Good, Miles William Mock, Walter Blair Shade, Albert Schaffer Staerk, John Lee Parrish, Charles Elwood Weaver, Norbert Beck, Myer Abelson, George Carl Werner, Elmer Roy Shields, Charles Wilbur Burk, Thomas James McConnel, Edward Raphael Maier, Benjamin Clair Williams, Lewis Richard Minori, James Arthur Geissinger, Loyd Jacob Rupert, Charles Morgan, Vincent Maroney, Walter Weilt, George Karl Vogel, Francisco Cancella, George A. Confer, Roy C. Kaum, Paul Findley Lloyd, Vincenzo Pulcini, Joseph Miller, Harry Franklin Cramer, Joseph William Koenig, Edward Charles McGregar, Erman Guy Hostettler, George Warren Hare, Clarence Albert Crist, George Otto Blase, William Lloyd Merrits, Floyd Earl Benton, Michael Dibassi, John Spirdigiozzi, Paul Alonzo Epright, Oscar Reed, Earl Byron Miller, Frank A. Wertz, Lee Roy Lockard, Alden Emerick Coffman, Herbert Sidney Mitchell, Rex Beatty Wilson, William Raymond Lightfoot, Joseph Snyder, David Lampe Fleck, Frederick Joseph Hanlon, William John Thompson, Arthur Ward Mattern, Lisle Leon Ferguson, Lawrence William Dibert, Clarence Ellsworth Buchanan, Harry Frank Kimmel, Herman Hees, Charles Edgar Shultzaberger, Aaron J. Fleck, George Washington Sipes, Harry Morley Booth, Joseph William Bradley, James Henry Hay, Robert Alexander Hay, Harry Fiore, John Hirst Houck, Lawrence R. Dowing, Raymond Earl Dencler, Cyril Joseph Conrod, George Frederick Stover, Ralph Harrison Stiffler, Scott Eugene Wagner, Paul Raymond Reynolds, Thomas Marsden Lee, Charles Samuel Berney, Michele Faretta, Foster Ross Albright, James Bell Bruner, Foster William Duffield, Walter Bartley Irwin, Charles Edgar Paul, Charles William Gassenhuber, Joseph Ray Harkness, John Dalbert Fitzgerald, William John McGarvey, Harry Joseph McCormick, Frank Beck, John Anthony Gibbons, Luther Davis Harris, James Henry Crook, Raymond J. Seidel, Charles John Maier, Alvin John Isenberg, Antonio Danella, James Mirante, Herbert William Kelly, Matthew Albert Detterbeck, Frank Xavier Izzo, Raffaele Preziosa, Elmer Gilbert Williams, Edward Matthew O'Donnel, James Grimovald Fusco, George D. Showers, Edward James Gassenhuber, Paul Wilson, 316 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Willoughby Bitner Brandt, Joseph Lee Smith, Clair Bowser Miller, Edgar Jacob Rickenbaugh, John Gay, Paul Clinton Rupe, Leo A. Schmidhammer, Isaac Mallet Lafferty, Heber Law Wilfong, Harry Lewis McMinn, Harry Clair Killian, Charles Sidler, Frank Michael Amrhein, Thomas Reed Hay, Thomas Patrick Meehan, John Beale Kirk, James Kiser, Edgar George Wiesinger, Roy E. Houseman, Amos Martin Westover, Charles Sietenspinner, Thomas Samuel Baumgardner, John P. Chase, Edwin Harold James, Paul Wilson Reed, William M. Parmer, William A. Sherry, Myreen Henry Neaffer, Jr., Guy Blair Mills, George Edward Musselman, Harry Allen Moore, George Edwin Fleck, Edward Hutchinson Cornelius, Chester Goshan, Alvin Ray Arnold, Henry H. Zimmerman, Earl Emanuel Miller, Walter Thompson, Thomas Wilson Beattie, Pasquale Pirro, Angelo Manno, Charles B. Werner, Carl Anton Keller, Calvin Joseph Siard, William Leonard Reismeier, Charles E. Carner, Oliver Goldsmith Langer, Frank B. Gerhardt, George Sellers Rollins, John M. Schlegel, Harry L. Shapley, John Russell Yohn, Charles Edward Wolford, Elwood Rabold Buck, Andrew Santella, Rudolph Henry Farbaugh, Jr., John William Siegrist, Thomas Clair Benton, Charles Fred Rock, Luigi Mattioli, Herbert Lewis Witts, Leonardo G. Mascia, Percy E. Probst, Clyde Miller Harper, Frank George Karls, Lawrence Fagan Myers, Andrew Rudolph Greiner, Eugene Clarkson Wagner, Carl C. Elber, David Walter, Thomas Nido, Harry Edward Galbraith, Ugo Lavarini, Edward Leroy Weaver, Thomas Paul Dunn, Herbert Raymond Kettl, Julius Louis Enzbrenner, G. B. Castrechini, Luigi Perticcari, Edward Joseph Meindel, Luigi Caffaso, Gottlieb Harliman, Robert James McCormick, Eugene Percival Speacht, Harry Elijah Reese, James Harris McCracken, William Joseph Cochrane, I. Remaley, Eugene E. Weaver, William Latta, John R. Hurd, Michael Roberto, Clair Vincent Inlow, Philip Francis Rogers, Pietro Roscia, Adam Philip Muri, Gennaro Vadacchino, William Chalmer McMullin, John Edward Vogt, George Wendelin Brodbeck, Frank Masterson, Ira David McCartney, Harry Thomas Morgan, Frank J. A. Gamber, John Stillman Clark, Frank Zierer, Jesse L. Bosserman, Andrew Amrhein, Robert Lee Schraf, Michael F. Steinheiser, Charles Alexander Stewart, Engelbert M. Cassatta, Fred John Lehle, David Elmer Fickes, Harry D. Chichester, Samuel Ralph Stephens, Joseph Abraham Wagner, Silvis Temofonte, John P. Schultz, Joseph F. Seidel, Harrison John Donnelson, Joseph M. Seigrist, Zopiro Casole, George Edward Raichle, Frank Oellig, George G. Russell, Edward Augustine Smeltzer, William Wray Shugarts, Fred Apple, Michael Herbert Stine, Philip Manelli, Joseph Francis Filtz, John M. Keller, Frank Vandevendor Barrick, John Herbert Drass, Lewis Frederick Stonebraker, Lawrence Ward Glenn, George T. Berrang, George Edward Shock, Charles Walter Potter, John Frank Einodshofer, Chester G. McGlathery, Clarence R. Keith, Alessandro Catalogno, Norman Howard Mazurie, Calvin J. Johnston, George A. Dorman, Joseph E. Heintel, Richard K. Vaughn, Charles H. Pentz, Fred Canan Wray, Paul C. Akers, Walter Christ Schmelzlen, Carl Elton Reed, Joseph Lee Wentzel, Charles Francis Hoffman, Edgar G. Kimmel, Glenn M. Musser, John William Rolun, Francis Joseph Bradley, James Henry Jones, THE WORLD WAR 317 George Edgar Stiver, Arnold Sylvester Coppersmith, Antonio Liberatore, Ferdinand J. Dreisbach, Lewis Achatz, Elmer Lewis Reinhold, Frank Saad Assay, Frank Ralph Williams, Chester Charles Heiner, Louis Cappucci, Samuel O. Reed, Luigi Battisti, Barardino Biasone, Carlo Rocci, Roy Albert Raichle, Joseph Levine, Edward John Killian, John Joseph Langguth, George Joseph Seidel, Chester F. Meck, Oliver Rothrock Stitt, Harry Harshbarger, William Joseph Pfeffer, John Christian Haller, Miles Elton Dean, Oscar Valentine Gamber, John Irvin Morrison, Joseph Leo Boyle, Frederick Leopold Kreitner, Charles Blair Yon, Stephen Earl Rupe, Jacob Ripley Ameigh, John Adam Miller, Thomas Patrick Corless, Michael Amrhein, Joseph E. Smith, Albert W. Beattie, Jr., William L. Osche, Charles T. McGarvey, Anthony R. Frischkorn, Paul Peter Karl, Henry Rohrl, George Chester Hart, Luigi Antonio Biancho, John Griffith Connor, John Alvin Wolf, John Orr, Ray J. Kerlin, Harry Payne Gillespie, Herbert Gray Burd, Albert Paul Dively, Harry Edgar Moore, Howard Lawrence Christ, James Melvin Hughes, Joseph Belford Chatham, Luigi Galassi, Recco Luciano, Francesco Pizzino, Victor F. Nichols, James Roy Fry, Earl George Rhodes, John Earl Young, Grant Edward Kelly, Marion C. Lukens, Charles E. Kensinger, Charles Raymond Hutchinson, Carl Oldenwalter, Gregario Robertazzi, Reynolds Bessinger, James Richard Rankey, Joseph Conrad Beck, Charles Jacob Furrer, Ira Daniel Parsons, Angelo Colliste, Michele Petta, Raymond Robert Reese, George Parmer, David M. Conrad, James W. Bragonier, Francis S. Hoyer, Lester C. Glenn, William Kauffman Heiler, Stewart H. Barwiss, William J. Brady, Edward H. Foster, Raymond A. Costlow, Emory Owen Parks, Stanley Irwin Dean, Harry Edward Slep, Dallas Lee Miller, Michael Joseph Houraney, Earl Myers Curry, Blaine McKelvey, Harvey Ross Walter, Clarence Trust Appleman, Ferdinand A. Hasentab, Charles Roesch, Abraham Walker Bookhamer, William Ignatius Morgan, Homer Joe Bearr, William Leonard Watts, Urban Eugene Dumm, Gilbert Harry Lehman, Carl Fred Landeck, Samuel Edmiston, Rosario Romeo, Jacob Cecil Cohn, James Clyde Palmer, Edgar Cloke Barnard, Charles William Siegrist, Daniel Kime Fry, Vincent Andrew Guagliardo, Chalmer Decloy, John Luther Dively, Salvatore Pincheri, Dave Henry Taylor, Joseph Collarusso, Clyde Monroe Blair, Henry B. Spencer, Edward Herman Heller, Fred Raymond Guyer, George A. S. Haigh, Frank Joseph Greiner, George Henderson Barry, Joseph C. Crawford, William Frederick Hirt, James Daniel Fenelli, Clyde Gerald Levan, Jesse Hartman Baker, Raphael Lee Seidel, Russell Claude Boose, Frank Joseph Bauman, Joseph William Malley, James Paul Finnegan, Miles M. Condrin, John Raymond Kay, John H. Stehle, Cletus George Maloney, William John Farrell, Alvin Earl Murphy, Charles Maximillian Grathwohl, Henry Baker Reed, Joseph I. Paxson, William Freeborn Baker, Guiseppe Battisti, William Edgar Troutman, Domenick A. D'Agostino, Wilfred C. Selwitz, Michael Thomas Gibbons, Hays McKelvery, Henry Lawrence Leasure, Carl Joseph Ensbrenner, John Carl Forney, Earnest DeBernardis, Carl Frederick Houser, Fred Arnsperger, Earnest G. Fornbacher, George Harry Sterns, Matthew Haller, Franklin Pierce Roelofs, Elmer Kenneth Miller, David Vincent Mardon, 318 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Munzie Santi DiBlasi, Adam Sigrist, Frederick Clarkson Robb, Harrison Merton Malone, Edward Joseph Muri, Oscar C. Schmidhammar, William Miller, Chester Frederick Troutman, Francesco Romagnoli, Winfield Scott Peters, Edgar Barr, Givo B. Carnicella, Allen Edward Kay, Henry Leroy Stover, Bernardino Ferdinandi, George Frederick Schuler, Fedela Carso, Jacob M. Khoury, Joseph Bassel Dennely, Glen Robert Orr, Frank Gressler, William Clarence McKinney, William Oscar Hammond, Walter Freemont Lenhaer, Santo Gualano, Frank Paul Schreiner, George William Motley, Joseph Haster Condrin, Antonio Soriano, Allen John Patterson, Carl George Meyer, Guido Saderio, Ralph Earl Crozier, Martin Wetherill Trout, Edgar Thomas Miller, Edmund Strayer, Thomas Spencer Fess, Joseph Crissman Espenlaub, Louis Anthony Schmerbeck, Edward Johnson, Columbus Christopher, Russell Edward Whitehead, James William Green, Paul Charles Stalter, Charles H. Ackerman, James Croft, Charles Miller Way, William Martin Roberts, Charles Newton McCarl, William Cullen Bailey, Frank Louis Koelle, Harry John Kanan, Louis Neugebauer, Harvey Musselman, Ralph Edwin Megehan, Edgar Alvin Weyandt, David Ira Dibert, Christ George Hauser, Oliver Earl Forsht, Edgar Charles Weaver, Chester Benjamin Harrison, Charles Sullivan Burns, Francis Eugene Burns, Samuel J. G. Edgar, John Westley Hetrick, Clyde Edwin Stover, Andrew William Banks, Ralph Henchey Norton, Charles Ernest Becker, George Nickola, Jr., Lawrence Anthony Kimmel, Oresta Guiseppe, John A. M. Hoar, Joseph Riccio, William Eisel, Jr., Earl Christian Housner, John Winning, Arthur Davis Reifsnyder, Harry Henry Clare, George Edgar Platt, Robert John Noonan, Thomas Eugene Noonan, Joseph Hershey Miller, Jr., William Paul Wolf, William Edward Kelly, James Paul Shugarts, Arthur A. Wendt, Raymond C. J. Schmidhammer, John Fanale, Cicone Santo, Walter Henry Koelle, Owen Clyde Nearhoof, Mark Kerr Mackey, Bernard Henry Burke, Alfred Charles Gorn, James William Cummings, Seward Earl Biddle, Thomas Russel Brown, Rudolph Eugene Mack, George William Neugebauer, Harry Sherman Pine, Jr., Edward Philip Metzgar, Emil C. H. Fimfschilling, Robert Wigton Bailey, Walter Aloysius Hoyer, Edgar James Stackhouse, Charles Ralph L. Clemmens, John Edgar McCommons, George Blaine Baird, Silas Joseph Burk, Joseph Allnisher Long, Joseph Bernard Kellar, Edgar Monroe Wharton, Melvin Robert Smith, Paul Augustine Foster, Charles Crist Brenner, Azar Abraham, Bennedette Ardire, William Andrew Landeck, Edward William Nash, Anthony Smucinski, James Stultz Bell, Frederick R. Myers, Wade Rittner McKiernan, Harvey Orr Wilson, David Crawford Irwin, Harry Elwood Rohrback, Roy Charles Stehman, Fred Frank Gehl, William Robert Booth, George Lester Robison, Joseph Charles Schwartz, Francis Leroy Wilt, Arthur Samuel Sprankle, Paul David Heess, Paul Hunter Corrigan, John Robert Pennington, Francesco Ruscio, Thomas Kenneth Watson, Park Grant Bollinger, Francis Edward Gouty, Charles J. Sherer, Earl Clifford Wilt, Albert Porta, Milton D. Papadeas, Harry J. Lafferty, John J. Kabella, Jr., Elmer F. Rishe, Bernard A. Finnegan, John A. Colliflower, Blair Dean Harris, Thomas W. Young, Charles W. Miller, Albert C. Greenwich, Percy J. Williams, Donato Mollica, George J. THE WORLD WAR. 319 Epple, Arthur J. Creiger, Archibald McFarland Griffin, Joseph N. Gamble, Joseph Edgar Willoughby, Edwin Joseph Parrish, Herbert Bertram Burkhart, Charles James White, Ralph Leroy Stiffler, Francis E. Rutter, Charles E. A. Jefferies, Bruce Carrot McKague, William H. Roelofs, Charles E. Fleming, Robert A. Leman, Carl George Wickum, George R. Beckel, Richard D. Kennedy, John Robert Moore, Morris Edward Lowder, Lawrence W. Boorland, Albert Dick Heacox, Howard Calvin Thompson, James Meshon, Roy Logan Biddle, Herman Burns Crichfield, John Albert Butts, John D. McCaleb, Harold Bruce Hahn, Frank Sylvester Clark, Herman Fred Myer, Arthur Williams, Enrice Cicceni, Paul Vincent Snyder, Dennis C. Flynn, Marks Henry Miller, Austin Earley Crownever, Joseph Nason Maddocks, Paul Milton Hayward, Fred Arnold Brupbacher, Edward Bruce Fields, Paul Anthony Gleichert, Harry Robinson Gamble, Roscoe G. Fagan, Joseph John Burgeon, Donald Joseph Hickey, Roy Benton Stover, Charles Edward Fawber, Thomas Harnish Buchanan, George Joseph Wyrough, Donald B. Miller, John E. Snyder, Clair Edward Murphy, Philip Nicholas Sanders, Donald Cornelius Norton, William Corle Smith, Joseph M. Hazey, Edgar Lawrence Little, John Albert Hess, William James Lilly, Edward Ellsworth Rutherford, Doyle Lewis Mierley, Dewey McKinley Laufer, Alfred Judson Dolloway, Linden Elwood Orner, James Gerald Howell, Paul Bruner Hoffman, Walter G. Roth, Charles Frederick Just, Patrick J. Healy, Daniel A. O'Donnell, Norman Joseph Eckenrode, Regis J. Conrad, Francis J. McGarvey, Charles Edgar Shope, Alfred J. Coates, Charles Reuben Whitehead, and Orville Daniel McCartney. OTHER ACTIVITIES In May, 1917, the Altoona Chamber of Commerce launched a program to boost agricultural production. Their motto, "Put the Plow Behind the Flag," quickly caught the imagination of the populace. Community gardening was encouraged and many vacant lots in the city soon became thriving, miniature, truck farms. The public schools assisted in this work by granting credits to boys who engaged in farm work. Some of the public-spirited citizens, business and social organizations donated unused land for gardening. The Tyrone Brick and Tile Company granted the use of 125 acres of land to the citizens. Near Altoona, Thomas H. Greevy donated about 100 acres of ground for war gardens, and the Hebrew Reformed Congregation turned over five additional ones. Everywhere people were unselfishly putting forth their efforts to bring about effective campaigns. The presence of Marshal Joffre and members of the French Commission in this country inspired confidence. On the morning of May 9th, this group passed through Altoona. The Juniata Y. M. C. A. under the leadership of William Stahl, local secretary, held a reception for the soldiers from Camp Cresswell. Plans were made to extend the association's services to the camp. The First Liberty Loan Campaign in the county met with decided success. Altoona citizens subscribed $999,600, while Blair County subscribed $1,554,450. 320 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY Jacob Gemmill Davis, prominent banker, guided the various Liberty Loan Campaigns here throughout the war. Samuel S. Metz, another local banker, was also very active in these campaigns. Robert C. Wilson, cashier of the First National Bank of Altoona, served as chairman of the United War Work Campaign. Membership in the Red Cross increased rapidly during the county campaign which was launched in the autumn of 1917. Originally there were 4,696 members, and by December 13,849 additional ones contributed to that organization. Others joined the Red Cross later. On September 30, 1917, Theodore Roosevelt, the former president, addressed a large audience at a Red Cross Rally held at Johnstown. More than 2,500 citizens of Blair County were in attendance, and Judge Thomas Baldrige also delivered an address. The splendid results of the membership campaign that followed, received an impetus at this meeting. C. T. Derick, of Bellwood, Mrs. Nason, of Roaring Spring, Mrs. W. W. Woods, of Williamsburg, E. F. Giles, Dr. J. D. Findley, Rev. F. Dean Miller, Harry Davis, W. C. Snyder, and Mrs. Mae Wilson, of Altoona, were active Red Cross workers. A chapter was organized at Hollidaysburg on October 3, 1917. The officers elected then were: J. King McLanahan, Jr., chairman; Miss Lysle Smith, vice-chairman; Mrs. Julian Millard, secretary; Miss Edith Baldrige, treasurer; Thomas H. Suckling, chairman of the administration committee; Frank J. Over, Sr., chairman of the military committee; John N. Drass, chairman of the civilian relief committee. The Grace Methodist Church in Altoona formed an auxiliary of the Blair County Red Cross on September 30, 1917. Mrs. L. B. Stroble was chairman; Mrs. Nellie Walters, assistant chairman: Mrs. Ira Miller, secretary, and Mrs. A. J. Bradley, treasurer. Other branches of the Red Cross were organized throughout the county. Much of its work will probably never receive mention. In addition to preparing hospital supplies and knitting garments, money was collected for the relief of Belgian and French sufferers, and families of local men who were in the service of the United States were looked after and their difficulties straightened out. Their activities did not cease with the cessation of hostilities. The men had to come home, secure positions, and meet the very difficult problems of adjusting themselves to the ways of peace. Mrs. J. E. McAleer, head of the canteen department of the Red Cross in this county, reported that 1,000 men had been fed in the headquarters at Altoona during February, 1919. John N. Drass, of the civilian relief committee, found it necessary to place three civilian relief workers in each city ward after March 4, 1919. Pupils of the Sacred Heart School made 100 small coats, and a similar number of small waists for needy war orphans in February, 1919. Mrs. Jessie E. Findley, supervisor of refugee work and hospital garments, reported that 1,449 articles for hospital use had been prepared in that month. To list the names of all the workers in this great movement would be an impossible task for this volume. Suffice it to say that they were legion, and from their hearts and purses flowed the love and the wealth of a great people. The children of Blair County took part in the events that aided in bringing a successful termination to the great conflict. William O'Brien, William West- THE WORLD WAR 321 fall and Howard L. Fetters, Altoona boys, made too trench candles which they gave to the Emergency Aid on December 8, 1917. Other lads between the ages of 16 and 21 joined the Boys' Working Reserve of Blair County for the purpose of contributing their services in industrial and commercial work of a non-military nature. O. B. Furrer, of Altoona, was the director. With the approach of Christmas, 1917, some of the service men were in France, while many others were scattered in camps throughout this country. One local organization sent 70 boxes of chocolate almond bars to the men of Company G, 110th Pennsylvania Infantry at Camp Hancock, Georgia. The employees of the Schwarzenbach-Huber Silk Company made cash contributions for gifts for the soldiers in camps. These are only examples of the efforts made to brighten the lives of the men in the service. The Y. M. C. A. became the headquarters to which such contributions as books, magazines, and victrola records for the use of the soldiers en route to camp, could be brought. In the third week of February, 1919, Welcome Home Headquarters were established in Altoona. Within the two weeks that ensued 400 personal letters were written, 200 personal interviews were held, and 14 men were given assistance. Others were directed to various organizations of the city. The secretaries called at 165 homes, and the War Mothers' Association presented potted plants, ferns and curtains to make the rooms at the headquarters attractive. While Sergeant William F. Crawford of the 17th United States Cavalry was in France he wrote to his father, William F. Crawford, Sr., of South Altoona, concerning a memorable experience. His letter appeared in an issue of the Altoona Tribune. It follows in part: "* * * * * Am going to swank a little now: President Poincare, General Petain and General Pershing and Staff, with the minister of war, inspected our quarters. I had the honor to escort them through the quarters, being asked to do so by General Pershing, and I'll venture that President Poincare never saw an American soldier any straighter than I.* * * * Oramel Harter, son of Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Harter, of Hollidaysburg, served in the Canadian Navy during the war. He was stationed on the warship "Niobe" in the harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia, when the munitions ship "Mont Blanc" blew up. Mr. Harter reported that his vessel was within 500 yards of the "Mont Blanc," and that, although he was temporarily deafened, he suffered only minor injuries. These are only two of many experiences of Blair County soldiers. Honorable Henry W. Shoemaker, United States Minister to Bulgaria, was identified with many of the greatest national organizations for the successful propagation of the war. He was a member of the State Council of National Defence, and of the Pennsylvania Reserve Militia. The Pennsylvania National Guard sent him to Europe as its special representative, and the federal government placed him in the Military Intelligence Division of the General Staff at Washington. He contributed to the success of financial and journalistic campaigns of all types in Blair County. With Mr. Reuben Long and others, he was responsible for the erection of a flag staff and the floating of the American flag 322 BLAIR COUNTY HISTORY on Mr. Long's farm near Blue Knob. Near this point the highest peak in Pennsylvania is said to be located. Nearly thirteen years have passed since that great day in November, 1918, when a warring world found itself facing a new era. President Hoover has just presented his debt moratorium that is said by some to be the greatest achievement since the Armistice. The world suffered much in the holocaust. The names of Blair County's soldier dead are engravened in tablets of bronze, and in the hearts of our citizens. The poet Brooke wrote of foreign soil that is forever England." May that French soil that is forever America, be a constant reminder of the awfulness of war, and an inspiration to Blair County citizens to continue in the arts of peace, and maintain in the future as they have in the past, their high standards of service for the good causes of society.