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Lieutenant John L. Fox
Abeel | William H | Private | Saratoga Springs, NY |
Adams | John J | Corporal | Albany, NY |
Ames | Benton O | Sergeant | Raybrook, NY |
Anson | George B | Corporal | Ausable Fork, NY |
Bartlett | George | Corporal | Detroit, MI |
Barton | Jerome J | Corporal | Cambridge, NY |
Batchelder | Lynn J | Corporal | Mechanicsville, NY |
Beiermeister | J M | Sergeant (later 2nd Lt Inf) | Troy, NY |
Bellen | Joseph S A | Corporal | Canajoharie, NY |
Benard | Leon E | Corporal | Glens Falls, NY |
Blumberg | Abie M | Private 1st class | Syracuse, NY |
Boufford | Alfred M | Private | Linwood, MA |
Bovie | Sanford H | Corporal | Hoosick Falls, NY |
Bradt | Eldon | Corporal | |
Bramer | Clarence F | Corporal | Amsterdam, NY |
Brennon | Bernard T | Corporal | Lowell, MA |
Brown | Earl A | Corporal | Pamona, CA |
Brown | Ralph T | Private | Rutland, VT |
Bundy | Loren A | Sergeant | Chazy, NY |
Bunnell | Henry A | Corporal | Frankfort, NY |
Burby | Edward C | Corporal | Watervliet, NY |
Burdick | Percy H | Corporal | Glens Falls, NY |
Burkhart | August J | Private | Astoria, NY |
Busch | John J | Corporal | Glens Falls, NY |
Carden | Charles R | Corporal (later 2nd Lt MG) | |
Carrigan | Francis J | Private | Worcester, MA |
Chandler | Floyd V | Sergeant | Rensselaer, NY |
Churchill | Lincoln J | Private | |
Clark | Harry A | Sergeant | Plattsburg, NY |
Cole | Harold E | Sergeant 1st class | Brockton, MA |
Collins | Olaf | Private (died from influenza at St Amand) | Brockton, MA |
Covey | William E | Corporal (died from influenza at Le Havre) | Webb, NY |
DeFelice | Pasquale | Private | |
Doroughty | Thomas P | Corporal | Hudson, NY |
Dowd | John P | Private | Worcester, MA |
Farber | Raymond B | Corporal | Newport, NY |
Fassnacht | Carl A | Corporal | Chattanooga, TN |
Fox | John L | Lieutenant | Pittsburg, PA |
French | Enoch L | Private 1st class | Sand Lake, NY |
Galligan | Bernard E | Corporal | Waterbury, CT |
Gerko | Andrew | Corporal (died from influenza at Le Havre) | Brockton, MA |
Giguere | William | Corporal | |
Gleissner | Silvan J | Corporal | Danbury, CT |
Goodwin | Morton J | Corporal | Schenectady, NY |
Greenblatt | Isreal | Private | Waterbury, CT |
Grimmonis | Tony | Cook | Lowell, MA |
Harte | Walter J | Private | South Natick, MA |
Harvey Jr | William L | Private 1st class | Saranac, NY |
Huiest | Bert C K | Corporal | Rexford, NY |
Hunter | James | Private 1st class | Hudson, NY |
Jandron | Charles | Private | Hudson, MA |
Johnson | Carlos | Private 1st class | East Sebago, ME |
Johnson | Erwin | Private | Sabbatus, ME |
Jones | William J | Corporal | Albany, NY |
Kinney | Byron E | Private 1st class | Castleton, VT |
Knapp | Leon B | Private 1st class | Dolgeville, NY |
Larockue | Isreal | Private | Lowell, MA |
Lestor | William H | Corporal | Cohoes, NY |
Martino | Vincent | Private | Bridgeport, CT |
Meekin | Donald H | Private 1st class | North Pownal, VT |
Molloy | Michael A | Private 1st class | Lowell, MA |
Newell | Linwood S | Sergeant | Lynn, MA |
Nickerson | George A | Corporal | Attleboro, MA |
Russell | Herbert A | Private | Campello, MA |
Sawyer | Louis C | Private | Camden, ME |
Seigal | Leonard A | Corporal | Lowell, MA |
Simpson | John F | Corporal | Bridgeport, CT |
Simpson | Reginald P | Sergeant (died in motorcycle accident) | Bridgeport, CT |
Valentine | Frederick A | Private | |
Watcke | Henry N | Corporal | Bridgeport, CT |
Webber | John | Private | |
Whalen | Thomas | Cook (died from influenza at Le Havre) | Brockton, MA |
Wilder | Warren | Private | Bridgeport, CT |
Williams | Harrison | Private | Groveland, MA |
Wunsch | William F | Corporal | Bristol, CT |
Zumpf | Clifford N | Corporal | Washington Depot, CT |
Ten o'clock pass: Like the others, Company B arranged a dance for the benefit of the company fund during the winter of 1917 to 1918. The dance was to be held in Fitchburg, MA and a week previous to the dance several of the men had been furnished with a 10 o'clock pass to sell tickets in Fitchburg. Thinking that a good time might be in store for them the men were pre-cautious enough to arrange matters with men in charge of the quarters, in order that they might be reported present in case they hadn't returned at taps.
It was a correct assumption and it was after midnight when they reached camp. For several weeks the guards at the main gate had been lax at examining passes, and the men were able to get into camp without close scrutiny.
Walking up the main road past the Hostess House and over to the Supply Train barracks one man remarked, "Why haven't we done this before?" They all were in high spirits, when, without warning, a sentry stepped into the street about a hundred feet ahead of them, immediately giving the command to halt. One man whispered to the rest to keep "mum," and continue walking. They were within a few paces of the guard and again he demanded them to halt. This time in a tone and manner which to say the least was vicious. Suddenly one of the lead men boomed out in a voice, which sounded exactly like an officer's, "Are you out of your head, or are you just a rookie? The idea, trying to halt American soldiers, right here on the company street." The guard stepped to one side without a word and the men could see a sheepish look on his face as they all marched by.
Major June's bandits: Company B, like the rest of the bandits, showed its rustling prowess upon occasion. Lieutenant Fox remembers accidentally marching his company over a pile of digging tools. Possibly forty picks, shovels, etc,. and looking back a minute later to find the ground bare and not a smile showing.
Corporal William Covey, died December 3, 1918 from influenza, 9 days before his 23rd birthday. Photo submitted by Bruce Steltzer