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SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE WAR

by William H. Mason
Records of Service Men


Continued from Volume 22 Issue 2
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GREGORY, Wayne Leslie.  Hartford.  Born April 25, 1900, at Hartford.  Son of Harry T. and Jennie E. GREGORY.  Enlisted in the Navy June 22, 1917, less than two months after his seventeenth birthday.  He was stationed at Bremerton until January 18, 1918, when he was assigned to the U. S. S. Great Northern.  On February 9th, at New York, he was transferred to the U. S. S. Huntington, on which he served until July 18th.  He was then transferred to the U. S. S. Pueblo, and remained aboard that ship until December 19, 1918, when he was sent to Pelham Bay for discharge.  On January 7, 1919, he was taken ill with pneumonia, and died at Pelham Bay January 29, 1919.  Interment was made at Machias.  Seaman GREGORY made eight trips across the Atlantic on convoy duty, one trip to Brazil and one to the Danish West Indies.  His high school education was received at Lake Stevens.

McCAULLEY, Fred F.  Snohomish District.  Born at Arlington.  Entered the service from Snohomish June 29, 1918, at the age of 32 years.  He served in the Army at Camp MacArthur, California, and was discharged at Camp Lewis January 3, 1919, through the 47th Co., 166th D. B. 3,426,703.

DARLING, Delbert.  Everett.  Born April 8, 1899, at Granite Falls.  Brother of Mrs. H. F. BERRY, 2424 Baker Ave.  Enlisted April 9, 1917, in 12th Co., and went to Fort Casey on August 1st.  He served in Butte on guard duty with the 7th Co. Wash. C. A., and after returning to Fort Casey was transferred to Batt. F, 65th Art. on December 27, 1917.  While in France with the 65th, he was in the St. Mihiel drive, from September 9th to 16th; Argonne Forest, from September 26th to October 6th; north of Verdun, from October 8th to 12th, and in the Mousson sector, from November 1th to 11th.  Discharged February 28, 1919.  Private DARLING attended the O & T Center No. 2 for Tractor Artillery at Limoges in August, 1918, and completed the course in caterpillar tractor driving.  Graduated from the Everett high school in 1917.

RANDALL, Irving.  Marysville.  Born at Rochester.  Entered the service through Arlington October 3, 1917, at the age of 24 years.  He served in the 166th D. B., at Camp Lewis until November 17th; and was then transferred to the 3d Co., Cas. Detach., A. S. A. P., at Vancouver Barracks.  Discharged there January 28, 1919. 869,858.

WARNER, Ellis Edwin.  Sultan.  Served in the U. S. N. R. F.  Released from active duty December 9, 1919 at the U. S. Naval Training Camp at Seattle.

POWERS, Quartermaster Richard James.  Marysville.  Born September 11, 1900, at Tawas, Michigan.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick POWERS, Marysville.  Enlisted March 29, 1918, in the Navy, and served as a quartermaster on Subchaser 276.




"A Rest on the Battlefield"
American Infantrymen resting at the end of a successful day in the St. Mihiel salient. The dark patches of fresh earth are shell holes and shelters hastily dug by the men in the course of their advance. (Photo by U. S. Signal Corps)

INGOLD, Paul S.  Snohomish District.  Born at Snohomish.  Private INGOLD entered the service July 25, 1918, at the age of 26 years and 11 months.  He served in Co. A, Casual Camp, Camp Fremont, and was discharged December 24, 1918. 5,652,549.

POPE, James H.  Marysville.  Born August 10, 1899, at Mt. Vernon.  Son of Mrs. Bertha POPE, Marysville.  Enlisted in the Marines November 7, 1916 and went to France as a member of 8th Co., 5th Regt., of the 2d Division.  During the time he was in action with the 2d Division, he was in the hospital four times from the effects of gas and shell shocks.

OSBORN, Machinist’s Mate Russell G.  Snohomish.  Served in the U. S. N. R. F.  Released from active duty at the U. S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, February 21, 1919.

WILLARD, W. Eddy.  Gold Bar.  Served in the U. S. N. R. F.  Released from active duty at the U. S. Naval Radio School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 23, 1918.

GIANNINI, Lester A.  Everett.  Born at Stockton, California.  Entered the service April 18, 1918, at the age of 21 years and 11 months.  Discharged at Camp Lewis December 27, 1918. 2,782,404.

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HALVERSON, Sidney.  Everett.  Born November 6, 1896, at Chester, Iowa.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. HALVERSON.  He entered the Medical Corps and served at Fort Bliss and Bisbee, Arizona.  Was a member of Unit No. 305.  Attended the Everett high school two years.  Brother of Eugene K. HALVERSON, 13th San. Tr.

HALVERSON, Eugene K.  Everett.  Born at Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. HALVERSON, Everett.  Enlisted June 29, 1918, at Fort Lawton, and was transferred to Fort D. A. Russell on July 16.  On August 12th he was transferred to Base Hospital 93, and on September 5, was transferred to Ambulance Co. 251, 13th San. Tr., Camp Lewis, with which he served until discharged February 25, 1919. 3,424,097.  Brother of Sidney HALVERSON, Medical Corps.

CALDWELL, Hamer W.  Everett.  Born 1897, at Cumberland, Maryland.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. CALDWELL, 2011 Everett Ave.  Entered Camp Lewis September 5, 1918, and was placed in 51st Co., 166th D. B. to the medical corps.  Discharged April 1, 1919.  Private CALDWELL is a graduate of the Monroe high school. 4,712,705.

LOMAS, Frederick H.  Everett.  Born April 5, 1895 at Hamilton, Ontario.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. BIRCHARD, 3230 Norton.  Enlisted in 12th Co. in April, 1917, and went to Fort Casey August 1.  He was at Butte on guard duty from October 12, 1917 to January 29, 1918.  He was a member of the 7th Co. Washington C. A. C.  On August 13 he was transferred to Camp Lewis in the Medical Corps, and from there was sent overseas, serving a year in the A. E. F.

ORNE, Stanley M.  Everett.  Born at Fairbault, Minnesota.  Served 3 months in the U. S. N. R. F. with the University of Washington Unit, Seattle.  Released to inactive duty December 17, 1918.  Brother of Harold H. ORNE.

ORNE, Harold H.  Everett.  Born March 30, 1893, at Fairbault, Minnesota.  Wife, Ethel Pauline ORNE.  Private ORNE served several months in Co. M, 3d Wash. Inf., N. G., before entering Camp Lewis, where he was a member of the 13th Infirmary for seven months.

SIMMONS, Richard C.  Gold Bar.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. SIMMONS, Gold Bar.  Served as a seaman in the U. S. N. R. F.  Released from active duty December 21, 1919, at the Naval Tr. Sta., Seattle.

OLMSTEAD, Benjamin G.  Everett.  Son of Mrs. Belle WATSON, 1914 Grand Ave.  Private OLMSTEAD was born in Puyallup, and was raised in Seattle.  He started to France as a member of Co. D, 20th Engrs., on the Tuscania.  He was one of those who lost their lives when this boat was torpedoed by the Germans February 5, 1918.

DeBELLIS, Vito M.  Everett.  Born in Montrone, Italy.  Entered the service October 23, 1918, at Seattle, at the age of 21 years and 4 months.  He was a member of the October Automatic Replacement Draft at Fort Worden.  Discharged December 17, 1918, at Fort Worden. 4,578,586.





CAIRNS, Roy Edward
.  Everett.  Born September 15, 1894, at Snohomish.  Son of Mrs. Peter STOKES, 3113 Oakes Ave., Everett.  Enlisted December 10, 1917, in the Signal Section of the Aviation Corps at Fort Lawton.  He was transferred to Kelly Field and from there to Fort Omaha, and finally to Camp Morrison, Virginia.  He was a member of the 18th Balloon Co.  Private CAIRNS died October 16, 1918, at Camp Morrison while in the service from pneumonia.  Private CAIRNS graduated from the Snohomish high school in 1912.



 

ALVERSON, Lieut. Ross D.  Everett.  Born January 7, 1889 at Warren, Wisconsin.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. ALVERSON, 2120 Rockefeller Ave.  Lieutenant ALVERSON enlisted in 5th Co. February 5, 1917, and went to Fort Casey with the company as a duty sergeant.  After receiving a commission as second lieutenant he was assigned to the 69th Artillery, C. A. C. and went to France with that regiment.  He was in the A. E. F. from August 6, 1918, until February 18, 1919.  Upon his discharge from the army he accepted a position in Sedro-Woolley.

WRIGHT, Francis Elton.  Index.  Born November 2, 1899, at South Bend.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton C. WRIGHT, Glendale, Oregon.  Enlisted March 26, 1917, from Index, in the Navy.  From Bremerton he was sent to San Francisco on the U. S. S. South Dakota in April, and remained there for six months on the U. S. S. Saratoga.  He then sailed to New York via the Panama Canal and was transferred to the U. S. S. Rochester for convoy duty.  This ship was Admiral PLUNKETT’s flagship at the Azores in May, 1919, when Lt. Commander READ made his flight across the Atlantic in the NC-4.  Seaman WRIGHT was the first newsboy in Index for the Everett Daily Herald.

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EMBREE, Harry R.  Everett.  Born April 2, 1888, at Boisvain, British Columbia.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. EMBREE, 3415 Oakes Ave.  Wife, Helen M. EMBREE.  Private EMBREE was inducted into service at Everett July 20, 1918, and was sent to Fort Leavenworth in the Signal Corps.  He served in the 2d Instruction Co., Signal Corps Buzzer School; and from Fort Leavenworth was transferred to Camp Meade.  He was discharged February 3, 1919.  Brother-in-law of Charles A. MIX, 65th Artillery, C. A. C.  For the past 18 years Private EMBREE has been associated with clothiers in Everett; and in September, 1919, he became interested in a clothing store of his own in the Realty Building, under the firm name of BAILEY and EMBREE.

JOHNSTONE, Lieut. Malcolm Maclaren.  Arlington.  Born September 3, 1892, at Savannah, Georgia.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. JOHNSTONE, Arlington.  First Lieutenant JOHNSTONE was one of the popular young men of Snohomish county who lost their lives in France.  He was killed while serving with Co. D, 2d Engineers, 2d Division, in the Château-Thierry front on June 3, 1918.  His company moved into action on June 2d, and on the following day a fragment of a high explosive shell instantly killed Lieutenant JOHNSTONE.  Captain CHISHOLM, his commanding officer, was with him at the time, but escaped injury.  In speaking of the Snohomish county officer, Captain CHISHOLM said: “No officer of our splendid regiment was more popular with both officers and men.”  Lieutenant JOHNSTONE enlisted in the Army August 15, 1917.  He graduated from the Stadium high school at Tacoma, in 1912, and was a student at the University of Oregon and Columbia University.

JOHNSTONE, Corp. Allan J. A.  Arlington.  Born May 4, 1896, at Arrow Head, British Columbia.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. JOHNSTONE, Arlington.  Private JOHNSTONE enlisted in the Air Service in July, 1918, and had completed his training for overseas and was at Pensacola, Florida, when the armistice was signed.  A thorough search of all records gathered in ten months’ work reveals the fact that only one other family in Snohomish County had five sons in the service.  That was the MORSE family in Snohomish.  In addition to having five sons in the service, Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSTONE’s son-in-law, E. Kennedy MILLER, of Salem, Oregon, was a Y. M. C. A. secretary at Rome, Italy.  Both Mr. and Mrs. JOHNSTONE were ardent war-workers during the period of hostilities.

BOURGETT, Peter.  Everett.  Born at Montreal, Canada.  Private BOURGETT entered the service September 19, 1917, at the age of 26 years.  He served in Co. E, 20th Infantry, and while in action with his regiment in France received a wound in the back of the head from a hand grenade.  He was discharged at Camp Lewis January 27, 1919. 53, 394.

BRETT, Donald W.  Everett.  Private BRETT entered the service November 5, 1917, and became a member of Co. M, 158th Infantry.  Discharged at Camp Kearny March 27, 1918.

CARBONO, Frank J.  Everett.  Born September 11, 1889 at Merrill, Wisconsin.  Son of Mrs. Margaret CARBONO of Long Beach, California.  Private CARBONO enlisted in 12th Co. March 27, 1917.  He was transferred to Battery E, 65th Artillery, at Fort Casey and served in France with that regiment.  He was discharged February 28, 1919 at Camp Lewis.  Private CARBONO is a brother-in-law of James CREIGHTON of Everett.

BOYD, Ralph S.  Everett.  Born July 20, 1899, at Everett.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. BOYD, 1716 Rainier Ave.  Private BOYD entered the Army at Fort Lawton August 1, 1918.  On August 9th he was transferred to Camp Zachary Taylor and assigned to Batt. A, 16th Bn., F. A. R. D.  His next transfer was to the 4th Batt., O. A. R. D.; then to Batt. E, 6th Regt.; and finally to Batt. A, 6th Regt., F. A. R. D.  He was discharged December 24, 1919. 3,424,509.  Private BOYD is a former student of the Everett high school.

TARBELL, Lieut. Ed. G.  Everett.  Born at Buffalo, New York, February 9, 1881.  Son of Mrs. Catherine E. TARBELL, Buffalo, New York.  Wife, Marie F. TARBELL.  Lieutenant TARBELL enlisted in the Engineers at Seattle the first part of July, 1917, and from there was sent to American Lake.  He went overseas in August, 1917, with Co. F, 18th Engineers, landing at Liverpool.  After a couple days spent at the rest camp at Aldershot, the regiment went to Southampton and then to Le Havre.  The regiment went into camp at Camp Genicart, building this camp, which was the first one established in that part of France.  It was located about 10 miles from Bordeaux.  They were there until December, when they moved to Bassens, from which point they operated in building the Bassens Dock, the largest piece of American dock engineering done in France.  The entire regiment was at Bassens except Company C, which was at Talence building base hospitals, and remained there until May, 1918.  Company B then went to St. Sulpice, at which place construction work and warehouses were built for all supplies for the ordnance and quartermaster departments for the Bordeaux base port.

In August, 1918, the regiment was split up, and Companies A and F went to Talmont.  Lieutenant TARBELL had been made a corporal in April, 1918, and Sergeant in June; and on September 1, received a commission as second lieutenant of infantry.  He was at Talmont for about three weeks, and then received orders to report to the 35th Division, and was with this division for two weeks on detached service, including their operations in the St. Mihiel salient.  He was then sent to Tours and orders given for an assignment to the 18th Infantry, 1st Division.  They were changed, however, and he was sent to Paris and was in the Postal Express Service from November 12, 1918, until February 16, 1919.  Discharged at Camp Mills, August 3, 1919.  Lieutenant TARBELL, Major A. B. CUTTER and Lieutenant Russell D. FARIS were the first Everett men to reach France.

VORCE, Reginald A.  Everett.  Born June 11, 1890 at Jefferson City, Missouri.  Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. VORCE, 1710 Pacific.  Private VORCE entered Camp Lewis September 6, 1918 and served in the 13th Division as a member of Battery E, 37th Artillery.  Discharged at Camp Lewis December 11, 1918.



   
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