Kansas State Guard 1917-1919, 38th Battalion

COMPANY "A," 38TH BATTALION, Hays City.

Captain:
Charles W. Miller, Jr.

First Lieutenant:
Ward M. Jenkins.

Second Lieutenant:
Horace G. Chittenden.

Sergeants:
  Addison, Higham F.
  Harkness, Charles A.
  King, Charles C.
  Markwell, Robert S.
  Robinson, Charles H.
  Williams C. E.

Corporals:
  Binder, Albert.
  Felton, Pete.
  Henderson, John.
  Irwin, Joseph H.
  Kirkman, Harry S.
  Nickles, H. A.
  Schmoekel, Arthur.
  Ward, Walter W.

Privates:
  Addison, Joseph W.
  Archer, Fred N.
  Bear, George E.
  Binder, Roy.
  Biasing, Robert.
  Blackman, William H.
  Blakesley, Lee E.
  Brungardt, A. J.

Privates-Continued.
  Chittenden, Stanley S.
  Clark, Carl.
  Clark, Vernon A.
  Cole, Robert Wallace.
  Crissman, Harry E.
  Davis, E. R.
  Disney, Earl.
  Dorney, Wilfred.
  Early, Fred.
  Early, William H.
  Eastlack, Martin W.
  Ellis, Leslie.
  Enfield, S. M.
  Enright, John.
  Fellers, Harvey W.
  Fellers, Jay D.
  Felton, Harry.
  Furbeck, Boyd.
  Gassman, Nicholas P.
  Gillam, John T.
  Grass, Warren.
  Grout, Horner.
  Grout, Wesley.
  Havemann, Gustav.
  Hoffman, Ross E.
  Hudson, Chester H.
  Jewell, Elwood, Sr.
  Kelley, Everett.
  King, Ernest R.
  King, Frank.
  Levick, William.
  Luce, Milton.
  Miller, Louis E.
  Montgomery, Joe P.
  Moore, Newton C.
  Morrison, Clifford.

Privates-Concluded.
  Morrison, John T.
  McLain, Charles F.
  Nickles, Albert.
  Oldham, Herman J.
  Payne, Edward.
  Pearce, Henry E.
  Pelzl, Joe J.
  Peterson, Martin M.
  Reed, Thomas, Jr.
  Rhine, James M.
  Rhoades, Irwin D.
  Rogers, Edward O.
  Schukman, Paul J.
  Shade, William T.
  Staab, Ferdinand.
  Starr, George V.
  Stein, Lawrence J.
  Swires, George M.
  Swires, James A.
  Tillotson, Glen Ray.
  Tourtillott, James F.
  Tourtillott, John M.
  Tourtillott, Stephen H.
  Vogel, Vincent.
  Wagner, J. J. Jr.
  Wagner, William C.
  Walters, Edward W.
  Warm, Gilmore S.
  Wassinger, Lawrence E.
  Wiesner, Leo G.
  Wiest, Charles F.
  Williams, Walter.
  Wilson, Reuben A.
  Wirtz, Ed.
  Yapp, Lester R.
  Zeigler, Maurice.

ACTIVITIES.

Company A hold drills twice every week with a very good attendance until the time of the signing of the Armistice. Battalion drills were held in Ellis Wakeeney and Hays City, and in each case our company turned out the largest representation. The organization also attended the battalion drill at the Rooks county fair held at Stockton.

Members of the company took a very active part in all war activities, and turned out well to public celebrations of all kinds, in connection with Red Cross, War Saving Stamps, Liberty loans, Memorial Day services, Fourth of July, Home Coming and Armistice day celebrations.

A firing squad from this company has always been present at all funerals of Grand Army of the Republic veterans, members of the guard, and late war soldiers.

COMPANY "B," 38TH BATTALION, Hays.

Captain:
Otto A. Nennerich.

First Lieutenant:
H. A. Bartell.

Second Lieutenant:
E. A. Rea.

First Sergeant:
Simminger, Jacob H.

Sergeants:
  Crittenden, H. G.
  Graham, R. W.
  Philip, George, Jr.

Corporals:
  Holm, V.
  Karlin, Peter.
  McCarthy, D. F.
  Schueler, Alex.
  Schwaller, Fred.

Privates:
  Arnhold, F. W.
  Arnhold, N. F.
  Basgall, P. A.
  Beeby, C. A.
  Bessing, Ray.
  Bielmann, John A.
  Bielmann, Joseph A.
  Binder. Albert.
  Bird, J. S.
  Blakesley, Lee.
  Bruner, J. G.
  Cave, Reese.
  Davis, Ed.
  Dorney, Wilfred.
  Earley, Fred.
  Fellers, J. D.
  Felton, J. L.
  Flood, E. C.
  Frank, Joe M.
  Gassman, N. P.
  Gottschalk, C. V.
  Grass, Ed.
  Haffemeier, Fred.

Privates-Concluded.
  Hempell, A. D.
  Jacobs, Tony.
  Jameson. C. H.
  Jenkins, W. M.
  Jensen, Lucas.
  Keberlein, John.
  Koerner, F.
  Lenoch, Roy.
  Logan, A.
  Lordetsch, C. J.
  Oshant, Fred R.
  Penney, J. J.
  Rhine, J. H.
  Rogers, E. O.
  Staab, Ferdinand.
  Schyler, Nick.
  Schmidt, J. P.
  Weltz, Alex.
  Williams, ----
  Zimmerman, Tony.

No report of activities furnished.

COMPANY "C," 38TH BATTALION, Ellis.

Captain:
Clarence S. Marsh.

First Lieutenant:
William R. Congers.

Second Lieutenant:
Charles A. Sherwood.

No muster-out roll furnished.

COMPANY "D," 38TH BATTALION, Ogallah.

Captain:
John Pearson.

First Lieutenant:
Norman Mapes.

Second Lieutenant:
Holmstrom, Ira.

First Sergeant:
Blakley, Ross J.

Quartermaster Sergeant:
Burk, Ira.

Sergeants:
  Marquand, Guy.
  Rich, W. A.
  Sahlin, Edward.
  Wingerd, D. H.

Corporals:
  Kellog, Joseph.
  Marquand, Glen.
  Pugh, James W.
  Schuman, John.
  Sites, W. A.
  Wynn, Charles.

Cooks:
Cruson, C. E.
Wynn, Will.

Privates:
  Anderson, C. A. S.
  Barnes, J. F.
  Baugher, Charles A.
  Binder, C. T.
  Blakley, Roy W.
  Broadfoot, Clarence P.
  Bucholz, Fred.
  Cahoit, J. A.
  Caskey, W. D.
  Cook, Albert N.
  Cruson, B. A.
  Denies, Arnold.
  Denies, Palmer.
  Denny, Wesley.
  Derringer, Louis O.
  Edwards, W. M.
  Erichson, Herman.
  Hanson, W. P. N.
  Harvey, V. V.
  Harvey, W. W.
  Hendricks, N. H.
  Joseph, Esto.
  Keagy, Clark.
  Keagy, Frank.

Privates-Concluded.
  LaRue, Paul Jacob.
  Lindberg, Tinsman.
  Lofstead, Alfred.
  Lofstead, C. J.
  Marquand, Claude.
  Marquand, Lee.
  Moline, Leonard.
  McConnell, Charles W.
  Nixon, Lawrence.
  Olson, Emil.
  Olson, John A.
  Parson, Oliver.
  Powers, Miles H.
  Pugh, E. G.
  Ralph, Joseph.
  Reeves, C. F.
  Reynolds, D. H.
  Richard, Albert G.
  Saleen Alvin L.
  Turner, Charles F.
  Turner, David.
  Turner, George.
  Turner, Roy.
  Wahlburg, Goodwin.
  Wahlburg, Herman.
  Wahlburg, J. E.
  Watson, T. H.
  Wynn, Norman O.

LOSSES.

Sergeant:
Pugh, Floyd W.,
discharged.

Corporals:
  Marquand, Paul Brent.,
    discharged.
  Foster, Earl,
    discharged.

Privates:
  Harvey Bryan,
    discharged.
  Marquand, Claude,
    discharged.
  McConnell, Claude,
    discharged.

Privates-Concluded.
  Richards, Lawrence,
    discharged.
  Ridgeway, Ross,
    discharged.
  Turner, Ernest,
    discharged.

ACTIVITIES.

Company D, 38th Battalion, Kansas State Guard, was first organized as a Home Guard on January 21, 1918, and disbanded on March 15, 1918, at which time in compliance with excutive[sic] order No. 1, dated February 15, 1918, the unit reorganized as a state guard with thirty-four members and mustered in with sixty-eight members.

The company drilled regularly every Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m., and continued in this manner of drilling until the influenza epidemic and afterward irregularly until the present date. This company saw no active service, but participated in battalion drill several times.

COMPANY "E," 38TH BATTALION, Wakeeney.

Captain:
J. H. Heckman.

First Lieutenant:
S. J. Straw.

Second Lieutenant:
O. Bruce Goffe.

First Sergeant:
Woerner, I. A.

Quartermaster Sergeant:
Steel, Charles R.

Sergeants:
  Chalk, B. Frank.
  Groft, Earl M.
  Heyl, A. W.
  Pierson, R. S.

Corporals:
Courtney, E. A.
Harries, August J.

Corporals-Concluded.
  Hillman, E. H.
  Hinshaw, Lee W.
  Johnson, H. M.
  Kulp, W. J.
  Ufford, R. R.
  Wenner, Hugh R.

Artificer:
Pickering, R. I.

Privates:
  Basnett, Walter E.
  Blakely, Guy.
  Clevenger, Irvin H.
  Cue, Elmer E.
  Cypher, D. E.
  Engstrand, Eimer.
  Fellers, Christ.
  Frazier, Burl.
  Galloway, L. H.
  Hardman, C. L.
  Harlan Hudson.
  Hays, G. L.
  Hille, H. J.

Privates-Concluded.
  Horak, Rudolph.
  Huffman, J. A.
  Hutchison, C. M.
  Jones, G. G.
  Keraus, P. E.
  Krause, D. B.
  Kulp, Clemford.
  Maynard, T. W.
  Mussemann, E. H.
  Mussemann, Ferdinand.
  Novis, H. P.
  Poffenberger, C. H.
  Reddig, Paul.
  Rhoden, George.
  Saleen, J. A.
  Selbe, R. L.
  Shaw, Fred D.
  Shaw, Ray J.
  Shuler, O. J.
  Smith, Harry.
  Smith, H. M.
  Spena, Fred.
  Stephens, Chester.
  Wollner, F. C.

LOSSES.

Lieutenant:
George C. Kulp,
discharged.

Sergeant:
Powell, S. R., discharged.

Corporals:
  Hinshaw, Glenn P.,
    discharged.
  Hinshaw, Ren A.,
    discharged.

Musicians:
  Stevens, B. A., discharged.
  Wollner, Morgan,
    discharged.

Privates:
  Benson, Judd, discharged.
  Gibson, S. W., discharged.
  Greenwood, G. G.,
    discharged.
  Harries, H. C., discharged.
  Harries, Julius, Jr.,
    discharged.
  Hixon, Brom, discharged.
  Keraus, A. S., discharged.
  Keraus, E. A., discharged.
  Locker, Frank, transferred.
  Milholland, John H.,
    transferred.
  Monroe, Edward,
    discharged.
  McNair, Floyd S.,
    discharged.

Privates-Concluded.
  Paul, Charles A.,
    transferred.
  Perry, H. C., discharged.
  Rhoades, Charles L.,
    discharged.
  Rinker, Frank B.,
    discharged.
  Siverling, John D.,
    discharged.
  Stephens, Loyd, discharged.
  Warner, Milton J.,
    transferred.
  Wheeler, R. C., discharged.
  Williams, W. J.,
    discharged.

ACTIVITIES.

Company E took an active part in all war campaigns, and participated in exhibition and competitive drills at Hays, Colby, Wakeeney, Ellis, and Stockton.

Arrested and brought to trial, upon order received from S. M. Robertson, two Russellites, who were distributing anti-war literature.

Took part in both patriotic and memorial celebrations and services held here and in surrounding towns.

The organization acted as escort for all deceased service men buried in Trego county.

COMPANY "F," 38TH BATTALION, Collyer.

Captain:
Robert J. Tague.

No muster-out roll furnished.