Newspaper item mentioning Will: 5/31/1917
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An item in The Calhoun Chronicle in Grantsville, West Virginia. Gearing up for participation in World War I.
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I'm happily imagining the men in checkered suits coming to tell Will and the rest how wonderful Huntington and Point Pleasant are.
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Officers Ready for Inspection.
For the purpose of making an inspection of Kanawha City, near here, as a site for the establishment of a divisional camp for the training of Ohio and West Virginia soldiers, a board of United States army officers, pursuant to orders from the Central Department, Chicago, is in Charleston. In the party are Colonel Carl Reichman and Major William Wallace, line officers; Major Stokey, engineering corps; Captain W. B. Borden, medical corps, and Captain Walter C. Pifer, quartermaster corps. A large delegation also came here from Huntington and another from Point Pleasant, seeking to interest the board in sites which those cities have to offer for training camps.
For the purpose of making an inspection of Kanawha City, near here, as a site for the establishment of a divisional camp for the training of Ohio and West Virginia soldiers, a board of United States army officers, pursuant to orders from the Central Department, Chicago, is in Charleston. In the party are Colonel Carl Reichman and Major William Wallace, line officers; Major Stokey, engineering corps; Captain W. B. Borden, medical corps, and Captain Walter C. Pifer, quartermaster corps. A large delegation also came here from Huntington and another from Point Pleasant, seeking to interest the board in sites which those cities have to offer for training camps.
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This is one of a series of newspaper and magazine items over the years about Will's work for the Army Corps of Engineers.
You can find the whole list here:
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This must be the beginning of Will's work trip that took him through Athens and Elkins to Martinsburg, and then to Columbus, Ohio - see:
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In the party are Colonel Carl Reichman and Major William Wallace, line officers; Major Stokey, engineering corps; Captain W. B. Borden, medical corps, and Captain Walter C. Pifer, quartermaster corps.
Will is the only one whose first name is not mentioned. Is that because he's already quite familiar to people in the area? Or were they simply unable to get the full name?
This is one of a series of newspaper and magazine items over the years about Will's work for the Army Corps of Engineers.
- The previous document in the series is: 1917-05-11&13 NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FEATURING WILL
- The next document in the series is: 1918-02-05 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE EXCERPT MENTIONING WILL
You can find the whole list here:
2.
This must be the beginning of Will's work trip that took him through Athens and Elkins to Martinsburg, and then to Columbus, Ohio - see:
3.
In the party are Colonel Carl Reichman and Major William Wallace, line officers; Major Stokey, engineering corps; Captain W. B. Borden, medical corps, and Captain Walter C. Pifer, quartermaster corps.
Will is the only one whose first name is not mentioned. Is that because he's already quite familiar to people in the area? Or were they simply unable to get the full name?
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