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Title: World War I Service Record for Arthur Prudden Coleman, p. 10
Date: 1922-05-22
Text: WAR RECORD ________________ / 9/? , at hr“) W CG’MMJ - (date) (place) Entered service on ......... ._ (“Gila ' in the - ,. section of (infantry,
Show moreWAR RECORD ________________ / 9/? , at hr“) W CG’MMJ - (date) (place) Entered service on ......... ._ (“Gila ' in the - ,. section of (infantry, artillery, aviation, etc.) the {Leann/ob (regular Army, National Guard, Home Guard, National Army, Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps, or Allied Army) or in the . _ _ _ . V . . . . r . . . . . . . V . . . ._ (name civilian organization, such as Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., etc.) Assigned originally to .................. .i (company) (regiment) (division) (or) at .............. ., (ship) (place) Trained or stationed before going to Europe:— School, camp, station, ship From (date) to (date) I 9/? 397.3,“ 1m 30, / 9/; inertia? ........................... ............ ..1.,..../..2/..E .................... ._ Transferred to: — Company Regiment Division Ship Date New Location Promoted : — From (rank) to (rank) Date Embarked from on (port) (ship) and arrived at (date) (foreign port) (date) Proceeded from to ,,,,,,,,,, ,7 (date) From to (date) From to (date) Trained or stationed abroad:— Country Place From (date) to (date) NOTE—Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I Service Record for Arthur Prudden Coleman, p. 9
Date: 1922-05-22
Text: Note—This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please ﬁll it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by
Show moreNote—This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please ﬁll it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by typewriter. Leave blank space where nothing is to be entered. mpalpymt Huiuvraitg SERVICE RECORD Compiled by The Wesleyan Alumni Council, to be printed in book form, originals to be ﬁled in The Wesleyan Library as a permanent memorial of the deeds of Wesleyan men in the service of the United States or Allied governments during the World War. This questionnaire should be completed so far as possible and sent at once, with photographs and additional notes and letters, to The Wesleyan Alumni Council, Middletown, Conn. . .................................. .. Class./...£iz...0 Name in full .................................... .. / (99 ’7 (family name) (ﬁrst name) (middle names) Date of birth dad”, (ﬁrnth) (year) Place of birth ............... ., u .. .. .. .v .. .. .. ............... .. (county) (state) (country) Name of father..,_...... .. a. .. Birthplace e r v J. , p (country) Maiden name of mother .. r .. Birthplace ....... ......... ...... ..................................... _. (country) Relatives who are Wesleyan men, and class .......... a. a ., . . . . ..... .: ........... _________ __ Mo Prepared for college at. . ........ ......... ............... V: ............ .. . . . I I ( tory school) Entered collegeA‘ﬂJf)» ‘.. graduated (or left) ................................ ..................................... .. (date) ' (date) Fraternity 0 ; Class Societies Academic degrees Ob . ALI.) M [IL/(11“ ) l . (degree) (institutiw (date) Honors and distinctions after graduation Married ______________________ u to ______ h I Of oner ~ ~ ~ ~ 7 r (maiden name) (date) Children born (name) (date) Occupation before entry into service .............. employer Residence before entry into the service ............................................................. .. (street number) (town) (county) street number) Permanent address. ........ ....... 3' ..... i . ... __ 1’6 ...... .... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Title: World War I service record for Lew Allen, p. 3
Creator: Allen, Lew
Date: 1922-05-18
Text: WAR RECORD First went into action: Feb. 21, 1918 Chememin de Damme Sector. Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity: Quincy
Show moreWAR RECORD First went into action: Feb. 21, 1918 Chememin de Damme Sector. Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity: Quincy Bois, 2nd Lt., Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits including dates and places where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner: Nature of casualty Place Date Under medical care:- Name of hospital Location From(date) to(date) Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) Arrived at: on: Located at: engaged in: till: Located at engaged in till Discharged from service at: as a: (rank) (unit) RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE Occupation after the war: Chemist, Empire Nef(?) (?) If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupation. NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I service record for Lew Allen, p. 1
Creator: Allen, Lew
Date: 1922-05-18
Text: Note - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by
Show moreNote - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by typewriter. Leave blank space where nothing is to be entered. Wesleyan University Service Record Compiled by the Wesleyan Alumni Council, to be printed in book form, originals to be filed in The Wesleyan Library as a permanent memorial of the deeds of Wesleyan men in the service of the United States or Allied governments during the World War. This questionnaire should be completed so far as possible and sent at once, with photographs and additional notes and letters, to the Wesleyan Alumni Council, Middletown, Conn. Name in full: Allen (family name) Lew (first name) (middle names) Class: 1908 Date of birth: May 16, 1886 Place of birth: Meriden (town) New Haven (county) Connecticut (state) U.S.A. (country) Name of father: Lew Allen Birthplace: United Sates Maiden name of mother: Amelia Uhrig Birthplace: United States Relatives who are Wesleyan men, and class: Prepared for college at: Meriden High School. Entered college: 1904; graduated (or left): 1908 Fraternity: Chi Psi; Class Societies: XC (?), Corpse & Coffin S. & S. Academic degrees: A.B. (degree) Wesleyan (insitution) 1908 (date) Honors and distinctions after graduation: Married: to (maiden name) of on (date) Children: (name) born (date) Occupation before entry into service: Newspaper Reporter.; employer: Hartford Times. Residence before entry into the service: Hartford, Conn. Present address: Gainesville, Texas. Permanent address: 197 Haumer (?) St., Meriden, Conn. NOTE - Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: 01.001.013 World War I service record for Lew Allen
Creator: Allen, Lew
Date: 1922-05-18

Title: World War I service record for Lew Allen, p. 2
Creator: Allen, Lew
Date: 1922-05-18
Text: WAR RECORD Entered service on: May 12, 1917, at: Plattsburg, N.Y. , as a: Candidate for Commision in the: cavalry section of the: Officers'
Show moreWAR RECORD Entered service on: May 12, 1917, at: Plattsburg, N.Y. , as a: Candidate for Commision in the: cavalry section of the: Officers' Training Camp. or in the: Assigned originally to: Co. A, (company) 104th Reg't. (regiment) 26th Div. (division) (or) at: Trained or stationed before going to Europe: - School, camp, station, ship Westfield, Mass. From: Aug. 1917 (date) to: Sept. 1917 (date) Transferred to: - Company Regiment Division Ship Date New Location Instructor Training Camp, Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 1918 Promoted:- From (?) Lt. Cav. To 1st Lt. (?) Date: 1919 Embarked from: Montreal, Canada on: S.S. Scotia (British) Sept. 1917 and arrived at: Liverpool, England, 1917 Proceeded from: England to: France, Le Havre, 1917 From: to: 1917 From: to: 1917 Trained or stationed abroad:- Country Place From(date) to(date) France. Sarte, Oct. 1917, Feb. 1918 NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I service record for Lew Allen, p. 4
Creator: Allen, Lew
Date: 1922-05-18
Text: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? Regretable but necessary and not
Show moreADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? Regretable but necessary and not without appeal. What were the mental and physical effects of your army experience on yourself? Excellent physical effects; bad otherwise. What elements of your college life and work were most valuable to you in service? 1. Social 2. athletic 3. mental What is your present feeling regarding universal military training, etc.? Favor it, but distrust result of West Point (?) applied to average youth. If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience? Realization of small value of individual human life. Photographs-If possible, enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated - also interesting snapshots taken in camps or overseas. Additional data, Signed at: Gainesville, Texas on: May 18 1992 Lew Allen 1st Lt. (?) The information contained in the record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources: NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: 03.003.044 World War I Service Record for George Arthur Small
Date: 1922-05-16

Title: World War I service record for Arlon Taylor Adams, p. 3
Creator: Adams, Arlon Taylor
Date: 1922-05-12
Text: WAR RECORD First went into action: Never participated in fighting Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or
Show moreWAR RECORD First went into action: Never participated in fighting Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits including dates and places where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner: Nature of casualty Place Date Under medical care:- Name of hospital Location From(date) to(date) Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) Arrived at: on: Located at: engaged in: Located at engaged in till Discharged from service at: Fort Sheridan, Illinois, September 3. 1918 as a: Private (rank) S.A.T.C. Camp (unit) RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE Occupation after the war: Assistant Professor of English, Hamline University If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupation. No change NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: 01.006.015 World War I Service Record for Jason Fremont Defandorf
Date: 1922-05-12

Title: World War I Service Record for Jason Fremont Defandorf, p. 2
Date: 1922-05-12
Text: WAR RECORD Entered service on: September 2, 1918 at Washington, District of Columbus , as a: Major in the: Judge Advocate General's Department
Show moreWAR RECORD Entered service on: September 2, 1918 at Washington, District of Columbus , as a: Major in the: Judge Advocate General's Department section of the: or in the: Assigned originally to: (or) Trained or stationed before going to Europe: - School, camp, station, ship From: (date) to: (date) Transferred to: - Company Regiment Division Ship Date New Location Promoted to:- From To Date: Embarked from: on: and arrived at: Proceeded from: to: From: to: From: to: Trained or stationed abroad:- Country Place From(date) to(date) NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I service record for Arlon Taylor Adams, p. 4
Creator: Adams, Arlon Taylor
Date: 1922-05-12
Text: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? I volunteered for this service
Show moreADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? I volunteered for this service What were the mental and physical effects of your army experience on yourself? Mental: The undue subordination of the individual to the machine and the tendency to brutalize the soldier in some degree created resentment. Physical: Beneficial but not appreciable as I had always engaged in various sports. What elements of your college life and work were most valuable to you in service? I hardly know as my service was so short. Perhaps ability to see beyond the temporary inconvenience and the necessary evil What is your present feeling regarding universal military training, etc.? Strongly opposed to it in any form especially in schools and colleges If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience? I did not participate Photographs-If possible, enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated - also interesting snapshots taken in camps or overseas. Additional data, Not a part of my military record but possibly of interest. While I was in Switzerland in 1914-15, I was employed in the office of the American Consul General in Zurich from August to March. Signed at: St. Paul, Minnesota on: May 12, 1922 Arlon Taylor Adams The information contained in the record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources: NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I service record for Arlon Taylor Adams, p. 1
Creator: Adams, Arlon Taylor
Date: 1922-05-12
Text: Note - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by
Show moreNote - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by typewriter. Leave blank space where nothing is to be entered. Wesleyan University Service Record Compiled by the Wesleyan Alumni Council, to be printed in book form, originals to be filed in The Wesleyan Library as a permanent memorial of the deeds of Wesleyan men in the service of the United States or Allied governments during the World War. This questionnaire should be completed so far as possible and sent at once, with photographs and additional notes and letters, to the Wesleyan Alumni Council, Middletown, Conn. Name in full: Adams (family name) Arlon (first name) Taylor (middle names) Class: 1903 Date of birth: May 26 1881 Place of birth: Amherst (town) Hampshire (county) Massachusetts (state) U.S.A. (country) Name of father: Dwight Ward Adams Birthplace: U.S.A. Maiden name of mother: Emma Maria Taylor Birthplace: U.S.A. Relatives who are Wesleyan men, and class: No near relatives. J.G. Bagg 1903 is a remote cousin Prepared for college at: Rockville, Connecticut, High School Entered college: 1899; graduated (or left): 1903 Fraternity: CC ; Class Societies: Academic degrees: B.A. (degree) Wesleyan (institution) 1903 (date) M.A. (degree) Wesleyan (institution) 1904 (date) Honors and distinctions after graduation: Stephen Greene Traveling Fellow in Greek from Drew Theological Seminary 1914-15. Studied at University of Zurich. Married: to (maiden name) of on (date) Children: (name) born (date) Occupation before entry into service: student; employer: Assistant Professor of English in Hamline University, St. Paul; employer: Hamline University Residence before entry into the service: 1443 Capitol Avenue, St. Paul Ramsey Present address: 1443 Capitol Avenue, St. Paul Ramsey Minnesota Permanent address: Same NOTE - Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I Service Record for Jason Fremont Defandorf, p. 3
Date: 1922-05-12
Text: WAR RECORD First went into action Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for
Show moreWAR RECORD First went into action Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits including dates and places where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner: Nature of casualty Place Date Under medical care:- Name of hospital Location From (date) to (date) Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) Arrived at: on Located at: engaged in: Located at engaged in till Discharged from service at: as a: (rank) (unit) RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE Occupation after the war: Entered Regular Army as a Major, Judge Advocated General's Department If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupation. NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I Service Record for Jason Fremont Defandorf, p. 1
Date: 1922-05-12
Text: Note - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by
Show moreNote - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by typewriter. Leave blank space where nothing is to be entered. Wesleyan University Service Record Compiled by the Wesleyan Alumni Council, to be printed in book form, originals to be filed in The Wesleyan Library as a permanent memorial of the deeds of Wesleyan men in the service of the United States or Allied governments during the World War. This questionnaire should be completed so far as possible and sent at once, with photographs and additional notes and letters, to the Wesleyan Alumni Council, Middletown, Conn. Name in full: Defandorf (family name) Jason (first name) Fremont (middle names) Class: '87' Date of birth: July 16, 1863 Place of birth: Hyndsville (town) Schoharie (county) New York (state) (country) Name of father: Birthplace: Maiden name of mother: Birthplace: Relatives who are Wesleyan men, and class: Prepared for college at: Entered college: ; graduated (or left): Fraternity: ; Class Societies: Academic degrees: (degree) (institution) (date) Honors and distinctions after graduation Married: to (maiden name) of on (date) Children: (name) born (date) Occupation before entry into service: ; employer: Residence before entry into the service: (street number) (town) (county) Present address: (street number) (town) (county) (state) Permanent address: (street number) (town) (county) (state) NOTE - Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: 01.001.007 World War I service record for Arlon Taylor Adams
Creator: Adams, Arlon Taylor
Date: 1922-05-12

Title: World War I Service Record for Jason Fremont Defandorf, p. 4
Date: 1922-05-12
Text: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? What were the mental and physical
Show moreADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? What were the mental and physical effects of your army experience on yourself? What elements of your college life and work were most valuable to you in service? What is your present feeling regarding universal military training, etc.? If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience? Photographs-If possible, enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated - also interesting snapshots taken in camps or overseas. Additional data, Signed at: Garrett Park, Maryland on: May 12, 1922 Jason Fremont Defandorf, Major, Judge Advocate General's Dept., U.S.A. The information contained in the record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources: NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I service record for Arlon Taylor Adams, p. 2
Creator: Adams, Arlon Taylor
Date: 1922-05-12
Text: WAR RECORD Entered service on: July 18, 1918, at: Fort Sheridan, Illinois , as a: Private in the: S.A.T.C. Camp section of the: or in the: Assigned
Show moreWAR RECORD Entered service on: July 18, 1918, at: Fort Sheridan, Illinois , as a: Private in the: S.A.T.C. Camp section of the: or in the: Assigned originally to: Company 20, S.A.T.C. CAMP, Fort Sheridan, Ill. (or) Trained or stationed before going to Europe: - School, camp, station, ship From: (date) to: (date) Did not serve in Europe Transferred to: - Company Regiment Division Ship Date New Location Promoted:- From To Date: Embarked from: on: and arrived at: Proceeded from: to: From: to: From: to: Trained or stationed abroad:- Country Place From(date) to(date) NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I Service Record for Edgar Fauver, p. 3
Date: 1922-05-11
Text: WAR RECORD First went into action Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for
Show moreWAR RECORD First went into action Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits including dates and places where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner: Nature of casualty Place Date Under medical care:- Name of hospital Location From (date) to (date) Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) Arrived at: on Located at: engaged in: Located at engaged in till Discharged from service at: December 19118 Middletown, Conn. as a: (rank) (unit) RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE Occupation after the war: Prof. Physical Education and College Physician If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupation. NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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Title: World War I Service Record for Edgar Fauver, p. 1
Date: 1922-05-11
Text: Note - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by
Show moreNote - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by typewriter. Leave blank space where nothing is to be entered. Wesleyan University Service Record Compiled by the Wesleyan Alumni Council, to be printed in book form, originals to be filed in The Wesleyan Library as a permanent memorial of the deeds of Wesleyan men in the service of the United States or Allied governments during the World War. This questionnaire should be completed so far as possible and sent at once, with photographs and additional notes and letters, to the Wesleyan Alumni Council, Middletown, Conn. Name in full: Fauver (family name) Edgar (first name) (middle names) Class: Date of birth: May 7, 1875 Place of birth: North Eaton (town) Lorain (county) Ohio (state) U.S.A. (country) Name of father: Birthplace: Maiden name of mother: Birthplace: Relatives who are Wesleyan men, and class: Prepared for college at: Entered college: ; graduated (or left): Fraternity: ; Class Societies: Academic degrees: (degree) (institution) (date) Honors and distinctions after graduation Married: to (maiden name) of on (date) Children: (name) born (date) Occupation before entry into service: ; employer: Residence before entry into the service: (street number) (town) (county) Present address: (street number) (town) (county) (state) Permanent address: (street number) (town) (county) (state) NOTE - Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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