Kansas State Guard 1917-1919, XX

HEADQUARTERS, 29TH BATTALION, Cheney.

Major:
Fred Zimmerman.

Captain and Adjutant:
Ralph M. Oldfather.

No activities reported.

COMPANY "A," 29TH BATTALION, Cheney.

First Lieutenant:
Paul A. Lindholm.

Second Lieutenant:
Floyd W. Walter.

First Sergeant:
Heath, M. W.

Quartermaster Sergeant:
Bennett, W. E.

Sergeants:
Morss, Lawrence.
McHenry, George.

Corporals:
  Gardner, L. E.
  Jones George.
  Millhorn, Roy.

Privates:
  Armstrong, George.
  Aucherman, Harvey.
  Beckett, Charles, Sr.
  Beckett, Charles, Jr.
  Bellew, S. E.
  Black, Lester.
  Bomholt, Ambrose.
  Bomholt, C. O.
  Butts, Fred.
  Clawson, Fred.
  Dewey, Roy E.
  Dibbens, Claude.
  Dibbens, Clyde.
  Englehart, Charles E.
  Fearey, Harry.
  Fitzgerald, Harvey.
  Garrison, J. L.
  Grett, John.
  Handkins, Edwin.
  Hartley, Earl.
  Hartley, Harry W.
  Hessel, Grover C.

Privates-Concluded.
  Howard, Fred.
  Kane, Mike.
  Koster, H. J. H.
  Lansdown, Ralph.
  Lansdown, Roy.
  Liggett, Raymond.
  Mason, Bill T.
  Morss, Clarence.
  Padgett, Harold.
  Parker, Alois R.
  Payne, Leland.
  Riggs, Earl.
  Rodman, Forrest.
  Rutherford, Ernest B.
  Schaar, William.
  Shiply, Charles.
  Sinsley, Frank.
  Thorp, William, Jr.
  Thresher, W. V.
  Trexler, P. H.
  Walker, Jess.
  Woods, Robert.
  Woodward, Merlin.

LOSSES.

Captain:
Rex G. Williams, resigned.

First Lieutenant:
Paul T. Blakey, resigned.

Sergeant:
Nester, Earl, died.

Privates:
  Bennett, Floyd, died.
  Flinn, James, discharged.
  Green, Earl, discharged.
  Hessel, Cicero J.,
    discharged.
  Metz Avery, discharged.
  Minges, Charles J.,
    discharged.

Privates-Concluded.
  Northcutt, T. L.,
    discharged.
  Pryer, Elmer, discharged.
  Sweet, Alva, discharged.
  Walker, John, discharged.
  Wolter, Herbert,
    discharged.

ACTIVITIES.

The company drilled five months as Home Guards with two drills a week, and over an hour at each drill.

Company A as State Guard, had uniforms, furnished by Major Zimmerman, and afterward paid for by the individual members.

Number of regular drills held by Company A, sixty-one, which consisted of close order, extended order, guard duty, bayonet exercise, and ceremonies. Number of battalion drills, three; held by Goddard, Wichita, and Cheney. At these close order, extended order, guard mount, and dress parade, also due honor paid to the band playing the National Anthem, and this was a thrilling treat to the spectators.

The company attended the funeral of Floyd Bennett, a member of the Cheney company, and conducted the funeral of Lieutenant Cunningham, United States army, with full military honors.

The company furnished guards for the town ten days after two grain elevators had been set afire on the same day. Guards were furnished the city for twenty-seven days after the marshal was shot by a burglar. The guards were out looking for auto thieves at night on two occasions.

The battalion major, without remuneration drilled the high-school students daily for a period of six months, and they became real snappy in the work. The school cadets aided in all the war drives. Five joined the army, although none were over eighteen years old.

COMPANY "B," 29TH BATTALION, Goddard.

Captain:
L. A. Adler.

First Lieutenant:
W. W. Jones.

Sergeants:
Reece, Mevill W.
Scholidon, Peter D.

Corporals:
  Coleman Delbert H.
  Coates, V. C.
  Rishel, Walter.
  Sherman, Harry C.
  Woolf, M. O.

Privates:
  Aaron, Joseph M.
  Bahull, James.
  Brown, Ray.
  Callahan, A. B.
  Carpenter, W. D.
  Clark, Leslie.
  Edwards, George.
  Garnett, Ernest W.
  Garnett, T. E.
  Gosney, W. H.
  Hagerty, N. E.
  Halderman, Robert H.
  Harvey, George W.
  Havens, Frank.
  Hendrixson, Joe.
  Hutchinson, S.

Privates-Concluded.
  Jeffrey, Charles.
  Limebur, O. N.
  Miller, R. E.
  Mitchell, L. S.
  Mooberry, E. M.
  McClallan, George S.
  McGlynn, John B.
  McGlynn, Pat.
  Nelson, Albert E.
  Parks, Loyd E.
  Riley, Ott.
  Setzer, C. W.
  Stemple, John B.
  Wood, R. C.

LOSSES.

Sergeant:
Gregory, R. W.,
transferred.

Privates:
  Burhns, John, discharged.
  Duggan, George M.,
    transferred.

Privates-Concluded.
  Sallberg, Eric.,
    transferred.
  Stroebel, Charles, died.

ACTIVITIES.

Company B participated in all Liberty loan and Red Cross campaigns.

COMPANY "C," 29TH BATTALION, Clearwater.

Captain:
Warren Matthews.

First Lieutenant:
J. A. Charles.

Second Lieutenant:
J. A. Giesendorf.

First Sergeant:
Finley, L. Lee.

Quartermaster Sergeant:
Colver, R. O.

Sergeants:
Dale, Frank M.
Hammers, Robert.

Corporals:
  Carpenter, M.
  Hall, Fred.
  Richards, Frank.
  Rochette, Will.
  Tjaden, Jacob.

Privates:
  Abel, Herman.
  Bencer, J.
  Bodle, Edward.
  Carr, Fred.
  Carr, Harry.
  Cassidy, Joseph.
  Chambers, Hobart.
  Chambers, J. C.
  Chambers, Worth.
  Calvet, Merl.
  Cook, Claud.
  Daran, Hairy.
  Duncan, Dewey.
  Duncan, L. B.
  English, H.
  Geisendorf, Leon.
  Graham, Wallace.
  Gregory, Lon.
  Hammers, L. A.
  Harrington, Walter.
  Hope, A. B.
  Hope, Clifford.
  Jent, Cecil.
  Jent, Sam.
  Johnson, Carl.
  Johnson, George.

Privates-Concluded.
  Kimmel, Don.
  Kraft, Stephen.
  Kuhl, J. D.
  Laebel, Joseph.
  Lobel, Joseph.
  Lehman, Fred.
  Long, Lawrence.
  Lucas, Robert.
  Lupton, Claud.
  Magill, Clyde.
  Mathews, Kenneth.
  Matthews, Fred.
  McCapperity, Lee
  McLaughlin, Harold.
  Popp, Albert.
  Richiy, V. P.
  Sautter, Louis.
  Small, Edward.
  Smith, Josh.
  Snonely, Hebert.
  Snyder, R. V.
  Tallman, Sam.
  Twiggs, D. E.
  Whittaker, C. A.
  Winn, Charles.
  Winn, Roy.

LOSSES.

Second Lieutenant:
Harry Burchell, discharged.

Corporal:
Webb, Frank, discharged.

Privates:
  Carter, Ernest, discharged.
  Moon, S. A., discharged.
  Riggs, Ralf, discharged.

ACTIVITIES.

Company C attended all battalion drills, and maintained weekly drill. Participated in the Liberty loan parade at Wichita, April 10, 1918. Maintained order at a Red Cross picnic at Peck, Kan., July 4, 1918. Guarded and maintained order at the city park during the week of August 18 to 23, 1918; took charge of the local ceIebration November 11. Equipped and kept up company at expense of the members of the organization.

The organization furnished firing squad and had charge of exercises May 30, 1918. Gave military funeral with full honors to Lorenzo Wolf, aviation department, United States army, October 16, 1918.

COMPANY "D," 29TH BATTALION, Viola.

Captain:
Charles A. Thrift.

First Lieutenant:
Ernest L. Clark.

Second Lieutenant:
John R. Small.

First Sergeant:
Grimsley, William N.

Sergeants:
Dobbin, Thomas M.
Porter, Joseph C.

Corporals:
  Dalbom, Leonard.
  Porter, Walter G.
  Spitler, Orville O.

Artificer:
Miller, Edwin B.

Cook:
Thompson, Thomas G.

Privates:
  Coates, Ernest B.
  Dalbom, Carl M.
  Dobbin, Stewart.
  Elliott, Robert.
  Ewing, Glenn G.
  Ewing, William R.
  Faulkner, Carl.
  Faulkner, John.
  Foster, Philip E.
  Goll, William J.
  Grier, Andrew S.
  Grimsley, James E.
  Grimsley, John A.
  Hare, Lawrence W.

Privates-Concluded:
  Hart, Ora.
  Johnson, Herman G.
  Kimel, Chester L.
  Lindsay, James E.
  Miller, John C.
  More, Leroy J.
  Nighswonger, Jay.
  Nighswonger, Percy P.
  Porter, George E.
  Poschen, Joe.
  Rairden, Ralph H.
  Robinson, Thomas D.
  Robinson, William J.
  Sisson, Alva R.
  Stinson Max W.
  Swaney Harold F.
  Taylor, Calvin R.
  Thomas, Charles W.
  Wasson, Roy H.
  Wise, Dewey H.

LOSSES.

Privates:
  Dobbins, Blair E.,
    discharged.
  Dobbins, Glenn,
    discharged.

Privates-Continued.
Ewing Charles A.,
discharged.

Privates-Concluded.
More, Harry,
discharged.

ACTIVITIES.

Company D participated in Decoration Day exercises at two places, and in Thanksgiving services in 1918.

Individual members of the organization assisted in the Liberty loan, Red Cross, Five-in-One, and American relief drives.

COMPANY "E," 29TH BATTALION, Mount Hope.

Captain:
Samuel Mullin.

First Lieutenant:
Christopher R. Rankin.

Second Lieutenant:
Albert Larsen.

First Sergeant:
Bardshar, Harry.

Sergeants:
  Adams, Harry O.
  Stamback, Roy.
  Wright, Aris L.

Corporals:
  Adams, Carl D.
  Black, Cloyd W.
  French, Clark.
  Porter, Edward M.

Privates:
  Adams, Grover D.
  Anderson, Ola F.
  Baird, Fred C.
  Baird, Robert.
  Beltz, Lewis.
  Bense, Pearl F.
  Brewer, Charles E.
  Brewer, Robert G.
  Callias, Eugene.
  Caple, Orvil R.
  Congdon, Morrison W.
  Dow, Fred.
  Dow, Lloyd.
  Frazee, Charles.
  Grier, Cyrus N.
  Hazlett, William E.
  Hoover, Frank.
  Horseman, Delmar.
  Horseman, Jay R.
  Ives, Walter R.
  Johnson, Sydney R.
  Keller, Oscar F.

Privates-Concluded.
  Kissick, Claud.
  Kissick, Dewey.
  Koch Fred H.
  Koch, John A.
  Lauterbach, Christopher.
  Matzek, Lewis.
  Moore, Charles H.
  McCormick, Harvey.
  McCormick, Stewart C.
  Osborne, Otha.
  Porter, John A.
  Rimbey, Leonard C.
  Salome, William C., Sr.
  Salome, William C., Jr.
  Schneider, Floyd R.
  Smith, Lewis S.
  Smith, Stewart J.
  Snively, William F.
  Wilkinson, Francis H.

LOSSES.

Sergeant:
Allen, John L., discharged.

Privates:
  Astle, William H.,
    discharged.
  Cauble, Wilbur L.,
    discharged.
  Hill, Chester, died.

Privates-Concluded.
  Hunsberger, Howard G.,
    discharged.
  Kissick, Harold, discharged.
  Lauterback, Bernard,
    discharged.

ACTIVITIES.

Company E participated in all Liberty loan and Red Cross campaigns.