[Illustration: =Pvt. W. Evin Martin= Company I 327th Infantry]
[Illustration: =Corp. T. E. Middleton= 106th Trench Mortar Battery]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Johnnie Moore= 19th Company 5th Training Btn. 157th
Depot Brigade]
[Illustration: =1st Lt. J. C. Morgan= 233d Amb. Company 9th Sanitary
Train]
[Illustration: =Sailor Carl Newton= U.S.S. Orion]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Walter Nichols= 7th Regiment M.P. School]
[Illustration: =Pvt. George W. Norrel= Battery D 18th Field Artillery]
[Illustration: =1st Cl. Fmn. C. Oliver= U.S.S. Patterson]
[Illustration: =Yeoman T. M. Piper= U.S.S. Baltimore]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Rubin Powell= Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Geo. W. Reaves= Company A 51st Infantry]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Wm. D. Satterwhite= Company D 20th Mach. Gun Btn.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Tom W. Smith= Field Remount Sqd. 33]
[Illustration: =Pvt. John T. Smith= Field Remount Sqd. 330]
[Illustration: =Pvt. John L. Smith= Company D 321st Infantry]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Fred L. Stalnaker= 76th Group 6th M.T.D.]
[Illustration: =Corp. W. L. Stalnaker= Company D 161st Infantry]
[Illustration: =Pvt. C. D. Stalnaker= 64th Company 16th Receiving Btn.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Henry Taunton= Company D 5th Mach. Gun Btn.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Jesse Taunton= Company M 182d Infantry]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Dewey Taylor= Company C 20th Mach. Gun Btn.]
[Illustration: =Sgt. Henry Guy Taylor= Supply Company 2d Infantry]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Cephas Taylor= Company B 3d Regiment]
[Illustration: =Pvt. William C. Taylor= Battery B 149th Field Artillery]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Homer E. Thomas= Company G 161st Infantry]
[Illustration: =Pvt. T. Howard Turner= Company B Development Btn.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Emmett Welch= 5th Company Air Service]
[Illustration: =Sgt. Harvey A. Welch= 106th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe Wessinger= Battery F 114th Field Artillery]
[Illustration: =William M. Whittington= Company I 167th Reg. 42nd Div.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. A. C. Williams= Aero Squadron Roosevelt Field]
[Illustration: =Corp. James E. Williams= Battery E 117th Field Artillery]
[Illustration: =Pvt. G. Harold Williams= Company B 17th Engineers]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Oscar L. Williams= Headquarters Company 321st
Infantry Band]
[Illustration: =Pvt. John O. Williams= Company C 1st Division Battalion]
Roll of Honor
¦_Killed in action_
ABERNATHY, EDWIN
ABERNATHY, YOUNG T.
AUSTIN, ALBERT CARL
BOZEMAN, HUGH
BRADFIELD, ALVIN F.
BRADFIELD, CALVIN G.
BRADFIELD, JAMES P.
BRADSHAW, HERBERT
BRADSHAW, SAM A.
BRANSON, FRANK L.
BRITTAIN, JOHN W.
BROOME, THOMAS A.
BRYAN, C. JESSE
CARTER, CLAUDE L.
CARTER, LEONARD
CAUSEY, R. M.
CHAMBLEY, HOMER D.
CHAMBLEY, Y. TOXIE
CHAPMAN, LEONARD M.
COMBS, ELISHA T.
COMBS, JAMES E.
DAVIS, FOREST
DIXON, I. GRADY
DIXON, NELLO M.
DUFFEY, LEON
¦DUNN, TERRY A.
ENNIS, ROBERT
FRANKLIN, J. T.
GILLILAND, WILLIAM P.
GAUNTT, CURTIS R.
GLASS, CHARLES W.
HAERENBORGH, JOHN V.
HALL, EDGAR
HAMER, ERNEST
HERRON, R. A.
HILL, A. L.
HODNETT, HENRY
HOLLIS, ARTHUR
JACKSON, ERBY L.
KINNEY, THOMAS E.
KIRKPATRICK, HAROLD B.
LANDERS, JESSE E.
LASTER, WILLIE
LILLY, POLIE L.
MARTIN, B. FRANK
MARTIN, W. EVIN
MIDDLETON, THOMAS E.
MILLS, GEORGE J.
MOORE, JOHNNIE
MORGAN, JAMES C.
MCINTYRE, WILL
NEWTON, CARL
NICHOLS, WALTER
NORREL, GEORGE W.
OLIVER, CLAUDE
POWELL, RUBIN
PIPER, TALLY W.
REAVES, GEORGE W.
ROBERTS, JAMES B.
SATTERWHITE, WM. D.
SMITH, JOHN T.
SMITH, JOHN L.
SMITH, THOMAS W.
STALNAKER, CHARLES D.
STALNAKER, FRED L.
STALNAKER, WILLIE L.
TAYLOR, CEPHAS
TAYLOR, DEWEY
TAYLOR, HENRY GUY
TAYLOR, WILLIAM C.
TAUNTON, HENRY
TAUNTON, JESSE
THOMAS, HOMER E.
TURNER, THADIUS H.
WELCH, EMMETT
WELCH, HARVEY A.
WESSINGER, JOE
WHITTINGTON, WM. M.
WILLIAMS, A. C.
WILLIAMS, G. HAROLD
WILLIAMS, JOHN O.
WILLIAMS, JAMES E.
WILLIAMS, OSCAR L.
WILSON, ROBERT L.
Colored
ALEXANDER, JOHN, JR.
BURDETTE, WALTER
BURTON, BOB
DUKES, ABE
FORD, OTTO
FORD, ROBERT
GATES, G. G.
HEARD, FISHER
HEART, ERNEST
HEEL, LEWIS
HOWARD, JEFF
HUTCHINSON, WILLIE
MOODY, BOB
PETTILLO, J. L.
ROSS, JIM
WARE, ERLEY
WILKINS, SAM
Extracts of Appreciation
"It's a tough proposition; it's a terrible thing, but we know that some
blood has to be spilled and we are willing to let it flow for the cause
and the best country on earth."
"I am always overjoyed to hear or receive news from my dear friends at
home."
"The French people go wild over the U. S. boys. One can't get lonesome or
homesick, they treat you too good."
"I am still on the destroyer, _Shaw_, and we hunt 'subs' most every day."
"'Tis needless to say that the letters and Bulletins which I received
today brought one grand little message and a feeling of comradeship into
my heart. I appreciate them very, very much and I enjoy them more and
more."
"I don't want to quit until the job is finished."
"Your encouragement, our bullets, and it's all over."
"I am happy that it fell my lot to serve for our grand and noble country
in her fight for Democracy."
"I hear that we are going to France. I am just 'crazy' to go."
"Your letters have given me a great deal of pleasure and I can imagine the
joy they cause the fellows who have gone across."
"I have been living under the ground since I have been on the front. Don't
know how I would feel if I could get into a house again."
"If it wasn't for the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and the Service Station,
I don't see how we could get along."
"I have been in action and I feel more than ever that there must be no
peace without victory and every soldier I have met shares that feeling."
"You would feel a deep new tender feeling for France and her people if you
could see them carry the Stars and Stripes so proudly, and note the
feeling toward the American soldier."
"Well, they say that we have had a war in France and that it has come to
an abrupt close. Isn't it strange how easily and how swiftly we put a
serious crimp into the great German mass? I can't realize it--it seems a
long dream."
"I have been in England, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and on the line of
Germany since I have been in Europe."
"Since the Armistice we have been on quite a long hike; followed the great
and final retreat of the Kaiser's _grand army_. We are stationed now a few
kilometers beyond the River Rhine, on a hill overlooking the city of
Coblenz."
"Sorry that the other boys didn't get to see France; they missed the real
fun, a trip that they wouldn't ever forget."
[Illustration: WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE, _Fairfax_
P. C. RAMSEY
J. L. BOWLES
A. G. POPE
R. E. SMITH, CHAIRMAN
OZELLA BRADSHAW, SECRETARY
P. T. SPARKS]
[Illustration: RED CROSS WORK ROOM, _Fairfax_]
[Illustration: WAR SERVICE STATION, _Fairfax_]
[Illustration: INTERIOR WAR SERVICE STATION, _Fairfax_]
Committees
FIRST LIBERTY LOAN
Some subscribed, but no organized work done.
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_
C. KIRKPATRICK
P. C. RAMSEY
LON COMBS
J. E. HOWELL
Subscription, $1,500.00
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_
R. E. SMITH
P. C. RAMSEY
C. KIRKPATRICK
J. E. B. MARTIN
VANA COMBS
Subscription, $33,700.00
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_
C. KIRKPATRICK
P. C. RAMSEY
J. E. B. MARTIN
LON COMBS
F. P. BRADFIELD
Subscription, $25,700.00
FIRST RED CROSS FUND
F. L. BRANSON, _Chairman_
P. C. RAMSEY
LON COMBS
J. E. B. MARTIN
MISS MAUD JAMES
Subscription, $1,200.00
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE
T. G. STANFIELD
MISS MAUD JAMES
Subscription, $140.00
SECOND RED CROSS FUND
R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_
P. C. RAMSEY
J. E. B. MARTIN
C. KIRKPATRICK
LON COMBS
F. P. BRADFIELD
Subscription, $2,150.00
Y. M. C. A.
C. KIRKPATRICK, _Chairman_
R. E. SMITH
J. E. B. MARTIN
VANA COMBS
J. E. HOWELL
Subscription, $572.75
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
R. E. SMITH, _Chairman_
F. P. BRADFIELD
VANA COMBS
J. E. B. MARTIN
P. C. RAMSEY
Subscription, $1,740.00
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
J. E. B. MARTIN, _Chairman_
J. M. BROWN
J. L. BOWLES
D. W. SIMMS
R. E. SMITH
P. C. RAMSEY
A. G. POPE
Subscriptions, $17,700.00
VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN
F. L. BRANSON
D. W. SIMS
JACK DAVIS
J. C. DAWE
Subscription, $14,800.00
Total
Liberty and Victory Loans $75,700.00
United War Fund 1,740.00
Membership and Subscription Red Cross 3,350.00
Salvation Army Drive 140.00
War Saving Stamps 17,700.00
Y. M. C. A. 572.75
Committee Report
Total number of letters written to boys in Service 1158
Total number of letters received from boys in Service 205
Total number of other letters written 447
Total number of packages or parcels forwarded 326
Total number of visitors at War Service Station 1232
Total number of boys in Service 101
Total number of Bulletins mailed 1496
Total number killed in action 1
Died of disease or wounds 1
Total number wounded 6
From the Fairfax Red Cross
Bed shirts 36
Helpless case shirts 40
Convalescent robes 4
Pajamas, American 5
Triangular bandages 48
T bandages 8
Abdominal bandages 4
Comfort bags 5
Pillow cases 12
Sheets 24
Hand towels 206
Bath towels 100
Wash cloths 24
Table doilies 60
Tray cloths 24
Aprons, women's refugee 12
Dresses, children's refugee 22
Housegowns, women's refugee 6
Morning blouses, women's refugee 6
Petticoats, women's refugee 12
Helmets 3
Mufflers 5
Sweaters, sleeveless 24
Socks for soldiers 52
Influenza masks for home use 600
Total weight of garments donated for refugee boxes, pounds 881
Total number of Christmas boxes packed for soldiers 28
Junior Red Cross
Triangular bandages 36
Towels 72
Wristlets 6
Riverview
[Illustration: =Pvt. W. C. Anthony= Headquarters Company 321st F.A. Band
American Ex. F]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Roy B. Anthony= 28th Company 157th Depot Brigade Camp
Gordon, Ga.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Marvin Baker= 82d Field Artillery Battery A Fort
Bliss, Tex.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Fonzy O. Barnett= Company B 46th Engineers American
Ex. Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Archie L. Blackmon= Hdqtrs. Troop 8th Cavalry Marfa,
Texas]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe Chappell= M.G. Repl. Co. 1 Amer. Ex. Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. John Gay= Company I 123rd Infantry Amer. Ex. Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Tyler Grant= Base Hospital Ward 19 Camp Sevier,
S.C.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Fred Hunt= U.S.A. Training Det. Auburn, Ala.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Crew Hunt= U.S.A. Training Det. Auburn, Ala.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Elbert E. Lewis= Company B 30th U.S. Infantry Amer.
Ex. Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Jasper J. Lewis= Hdqtrs. Company 56th Infantry Amer.
Ex. Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Joe McCann= Battery D 118th Field Artillery Amer. Ex.
Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Levi McKinney= Company E 12th Infantry Camp Hill,
Va.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. James D. Milner= Company 5 Depot Brigade Camp
Wheeler, Ga.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Jesse B. Milner= Company 8 Repl. Camp Camp Wheeler,
Ga.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Glenn Milner= Company C 321st Infantry Amer. Ex.
Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. R. O. Ogletree= 32d Div. M.P. Amer. Ex. Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Nute Paschal= Battery C 54th Field Artillery Camp
Travis, Texas]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Henry Paschal= Company I 148th Infantry Amer. Ex.
Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. William G. Prather= Battery E 117th Field Artillery
Amer. Ex. Forces]
[Illustration: =Sgt. Maj. L. L. Scales= 1st Battalion 328th Infantry]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Dock Smith= Company H 107th Infantry Amer. Ex.
Forces]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Arnold Waller= 53d H.A. Batt. D Field Artillery Camp
Travis, Texas]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Logan Ware= 19th Co. 5th Tr. Btn. 157th Depot Brigade
Camp McClellan, Ala.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Watson Ware= Development Det. Camp Sheridan
Montgomery, Ala.]
[Illustration: =Pvt. Luther E. Williams= 36th Company 3d Gr. M.T.D., M.G.,
T.C. Camp Hancock, Ga.]
Roll of Honor
ANTHONY, ROY B.
ANTHONY, WAYMON C.
BAKER, MARVIN
BARNETT, FONZY O.
BLACKMON, ARCHIE
CHAPPELL, JOE
GAY, JOHN
GRANT, TYLER
HUNT, CREW
HUNT, FRED
LEWIS, ELBERT E.
LEWIS, JASPER
MILNER, GLENN
MILNER, JAMES D.
MILNER, JESSE B.
MCCANN, JOSEPH
MCKINNEY, LEVI
OGLETREE, RAYMOND O.
PASCHAL, HENRY
PASCHAL, NUTE
PRATHER, WILLIAM G.
SCALES, SGT. MAJ. LUTHER L.
SMITH, DOCK
WALLER, ARNOLD
WARE, LOGAN
WARE, WATSON
WILLIAMS, LUTHER E.
Extracts of Appreciation
"They can have England, France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany, I have
seen them all and spent some time in each, but give me the old United
States."
RAYMOND O. OGLETREE
"I will tell you of my first experience in a dugout. When we arrived here
it was raining, so I crawled into a dugout for the night. In the meantime
shells were landing regularly. I unrolled my pack and went to bed and I
had no more than got settled when Fritz sent some large ones over. As I
was a new man at the trade it was hard for me to get to sleep, but finally
I did and sometime in the night he sent a large one over which made a
direct hit on my dugout. I jumped almost out of bed. It rained so much
during the night that I was almost floating when I awoke the next morning
and it took me nearly all day to dry out all of my stuff."
RAYMOND O. OGLETREE
"Speaking of Christmas, we had a pleasant one considering the place and
times. There are twenty-seven children in the town where we are now, the
same place we were during the holidays. We had a Christmas Tree for them,
so I suppose we made several little hearts happy."
GLENN MILNER
"I don't know whether I will get the first German helmet or not, but I am
going to do my bit over there. I shall take it all like a man and fight my
best for Old Glory."
JOE MCCANN
"I wish I were in good health and could do my bit over there along with
the other boys."
TYLER GRANT
"It's very nice of the Riverview War Service Station to offer a prize to
the first boy who captures a German helmet. I'd like to have a chance at
the Kaiser and get the one he wears."
MARVIN BAKER
"I don't know how to start to thank the good people of Riverview for the
hearty Christmas greetings through the Bulletin. I will say this much,
they are the best ever. I send my best regards to everyone."
ARCHIE BLACKMON
"You don't know how much I appreciate the kindness of the Riverview people
while we are over here chasing the Germans as fast as we possibly can.
You, no doubt have heard of the big American drive that is now going. I
must say that the old U. S. boys are making it hot for those Dutchmen just
now. I have been transferred to the band, so I am hoping to play a piece
for the boys to march through Berlin soon."
WAYMON C. ANTHONY
"I want to say that if all the boys in the Service appreciate, as I do,
what the folks of Riverview are doing for our benefit, the work is a great
success. The letters you send certainly are interesting to me. They keep
me in very close touch with what is going on at home."
WAYMON C. ANTHONY
"I think this is one of the grandest lives a boy can live if he will do
his best. I am proud to be a soldier and I hope that it won't be long
before I can go over sea to do my part. I feel like we are fighting for a
cause that God would have us fight for. I had much rather go over the top
than have it always said of me, 'He was a slacker'. That's enough said
about that for we are going to get the Kaiser some old way."
ROY B. ANTHONY
"I am sorry I didn't get over to help the boys. I don't feel like I have
been in the Service at all, but I have done the best I could. I think
those who went oversea are the ones that should have all the praise for
winning this war."
ROY B. ANTHONY
"We are here training to fight for the old flag and we will not give up
until the last one is dead."
WATSON WARE
"A German garden was captured by our boys a few days ago, so we are living
high on cabbage, turnips, etc. You should see what fine homes the Germans
had in their dugouts: electric lights, bath rooms, pianos and all such to
make life pleasant. I want to tell you, however, that they are not
spending much of their time playing pianos and taking baths now, for our
boys are giving them all the music they are looking for, and then some."
WAYMON C. ANTHONY
"For the sake of my country, I am anxious for the day to come when I shall
have the opportunity of going over the top to capture the helmet that you
mentioned in your last letter, not for the $50.00 reward, but for the sake
of my country and the people who are dear to me. I trust that when the war
is all over I can go back home and truly say, 'I have done my all'."
Committees
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_
E. I. OLIVER
B. B. MCGINTY
ARTHUR T. GOGGANS
Subscription, $7,000.00
RED CROSS DRIVE
B. B. MCGINTY, _Chairman_
MISS AMBER LILES
MISS MARION WEBSTER
Subscription, $2,712.00
Y. M. C. A.
Subscription, $700.00
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_
MISS AMBER LILES
Subscription, $1,183.00
FIRST LIBERTY LOAN
No subscription
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE
B. B. MCGINTY, _Chairman_
Subscription, $105.00
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
R. H. BLEDSOE, _Chairman_
B. B. MCGINTY
C. L. GIBSON
J. M. MILNER
W. W. WILLIAMS
W. R. WILLIAMS
W. J. BRADFIELD
C. A. GOGGANS
Subscription, $1,800.00
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
E. I. OLIVER, _Chairman_
M. A. SMITH
T. J. GOGGANS
R. H. BLEDSOE, JR.
B. B. MCGINTY
Subscription, $18,000.00
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_
Subscription, $7,000.00
VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN
R. H. BLEDSOE, JR., _Chairman_
Subscription, $7,000.00
Total
Liberty and Victory Loans $33,800.00
United War Fund 1,183.00
Membership and Subscription Red Cross 2,712.00
Y. M. C. A. 700.00
Salvation Army 105.00
War Saving Stamps 7,000.00
[Illustration: WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE, _Riverview_
C. A. GOGGANS
C. L. GIBSON
R. H. BLEDSOE, CHAIRMAN
B. B. MCGINTY
J. T. SMITH
MISS AMBER LILES, SEC.]
[Illustration: WAR SERVICE STATION, _Riverview_]
[Illustration: RED CROSS WORK ROOM, _Riverview_]
[Illustration: INTERIOR WAR SERVICE STATION, _Riverview_]
Committee Report
Number of letters written to boys in Service 382
Number of other letters written 243
Number of Bulletins mailed 508
----
Total 1133
Number of letters received from boys in Service 138
Number of packages or parcels forwarded 27
Number of visitors to Station 532
Number of packages or parcels forwarded 78
Killed in action None
Died of disease or wounds None
Wounded 1
From the Riverview Red Cross
Abdominal bandages 70
T bandages 50
Triangular bandages 51
Shirts 14
Sox, pairs 13
Sweaters 29
Belgian aprons 14
Little aprons 14
Comfort kits 10
Petticoats 5
Pajamas, pairs 20
Boxes of refugee clothing 3
Towels 75
[Illustration: GEORGE H. LANIER _Vice-President and General Manager_ WEST
POINT MANUFACTURING COMPANY LANETT COTTON MILLS
"_Whose deep and abiding interest made the War Service Stations and this
memorial possible_"]
[Illustration: R. W. JENNINGS "_Chairman of the Executive Committee War
Service Stations during the greater part of their existence._"]
[Illustration: WM. H. HUFF _Founder of the War Service Stations_]
_My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the Pilgrim's pride!
From ev'ry mountain side
Let freedom ring!_
_My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above._
_Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song.
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,--
The sound prolong._
_Our father's God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!_
_God save our noble men,
Send them safe home again,
God save our men.
Chivalrous, glorious,
From work laborious,
Send them victorious,
God save our men._
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
[Illustration:
_They came from town and city,
From factory, mill and field,
At duty's call, they gave their all
America to shield._]
Transcriber's Notes:
Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_.
Passages in bold are indicated by =bold=.