Silver Grays Prepare For Any Service

The Marietta Daily Times, May 14, 1917

Organization of the Marietta Silver Grays, a company of Civil War veterans and other men of mature years who have enrolled for a military company, is proceeding apace. The organization has offered its services to President Wilson and Governor Cox and the latter has been asked to properly equip and uniform the Grays.

Below is a list of veterans who have enrolled in the new company, with the regiments in which they served in the Civil War and their ages, as well as the pledge of military service they have taken.

List of Veterans

We the undersigned Civil War veterans agree to form a military organization to be known as "The Marietta Silver Grays" and adopt rules and regulations for the proper government of such organization, elect officers and tender our services to the Governor of Ohio and to the President of the United States, to serve in any military service that they may see fit to call on us to perform, and request the Governor to properly equip and uniform the members of said organization. Said term to serve to be for one year or during the war with Germany.

Benjamin Bragg, 1st Lieut., Co. B, O.V.V.I; 76.

L. J. Cutter, Co. B, 77th O.V.V.I; 72.

John B. Erwin, Co. G and Co. I, 83 Indiana V.V.I; 78.

W. H. Styer, H Battery 1st Ohio Vol. Artillery; 73.

Daniel Espensheat, Co. B, 9th Ohio Vol. Cavalry; 74.

James Hyler, Co. H, 25th Ohio Vol. Infantry; 74.

L. P. Judd, Co. H, 36th O.V.I.; 79.

A. D. Kemp, Co. G, 36th O.V.I.; 76.

Capt. J. G. Barker, Co. A, 36th O.V.I.; 82.

Jerry Swain, Co. H, 116th O.V.I.; 72.

Isaac Ward, Co. H and J, 77th O.V.I.; 74.

W. W. Mickle, Co. I, 116th O.V.I.; 73.

Charles A. Miller, Co. H, 7th Ohio Vol. Cavalry; 75.

John Newton Riley, Co. H, 7th Ohio Cavalry; 74.

Jack Kinsman, Co. D, 78th Illinois Vol. Infantry; 70.

J. W. Taylor, Co. C, 18th O.V.I.; 70.

W. W. Savage, Co. F, 4th Virginia Vol. Infantry; 73.

Converse Flanders, Co. K, 148th O.V.I.

M. F. Gilman, Co. K, 42 Mass. Vol. Infantry; 72.

Samuel King, Co. I, 5th Ohio Vol. Cavalry; 69.

Wellington Brabham, Co. H, 1st Ohio Vol. Cav.; 72.

John S. Beach, Co. C, 2nd U. S. Infantry; 72.

Minor M. Dye, Co. K, 175th O.V.I.

Amor Wright, Co. F, 2nd W. Va. Cavalry.

Charles Newton, Co. K, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery; 75.

William W. Hanna, Co. F, 36th O.V.I.; 76.

Edward Miller, Co. C, 2nd O.V.I.; 77.

James A. Gilchrist, 138 Pennsylvania Signal Corps; 75.

James Dilley, Co. G, 10th O.V.I.; 84.

C. W. Kaneff, 7th Ohio Cavalry; 5.

Theobald Wagner, 1st W. Va. Light Artillery; 78.

G. W. Harvey, Co. C, 36th Ohio Veteran Vol. Infantry; 76.

W. H. Thorniley, 77th Ohio Veteran Vol. Infantry; 75.

George W. Bonnell, Co. I, 179th Ohio Veteran Vol Infantry; 75.

J. J. Hollister; 66.

H. L. Sibley, Co. B, 116th O.V.I.; 81.

S. L. Grosvenor, Co. B, 36th O.V.I.

Recruits Sign Up

We, the undersigned citizens of Marietta, Ohio, Washington County, sixty-five years of age and over, agree to join the organization known as "The Marietta Silver Grays" and do any military duty allotted to them and be a part of the organization. Term of service to be for one year or during the war with Germany. We further agree to assist in the election of officers and obey all orders and summons from the Governor of Ohio or the President of the United States and the officers of the organization.

D. B. Torpy, merchant and banker; 71.

Jacob Gephart, shoe merchant; 76.

John H. Riley, lawyer; 66.

C. R. Stevens, organ maker; 69.

R. B. Davis, painter; 66.

Arnold Neader, shoe maker; 66.

R. N. Cole, farmer; 77.

J. H. McGregor, farmer; 66.

I. E. McVey, ex-city clerk; 67.

W. H. Leeper, lawyer; 67.

A. L. Smith, lawyer; 67.

Charles H. Turner, merchant; 72.

The Marietta Daily Times, May 17, 1917:

Confederate Veteran Joins Silver Grays

Lieutenant Benjamin Bragg, though his sight is almost gone, has been hustling about town and has secured 28 new recruits for The Marietta Silver Grays. This brings the list up to 77. Among the Civil War Veterans he has secured Albert N. Dyar, of Co. E., 66th Georgia C. W. A., 83 years of age, thus proving again that this is a united people. The new recruiting list is as follows:

Veterans

Theodore F. Davis, 83 Indiana Vol. Infantry; 72.

Major Jewett Palmer, Major 36th Ohio Infantry; 77.

J. N. Hill, Co. I, 36th O.V.I.; 74.

M. Pitts, Co. H, First Cavalry; 68.

F. A. Young, Co. F, 89th O.V.I.; 70.

James W. Swords, Co. A, 36th O.V.I.; 74.

Ezra Mankins, Co. K, 148th OV.I.; 75.

R. L. Curtis, 2nd W. Va. Cavalry; 81.

T. J. Mellor, Co. A, 148th OV.I.; 81.

R. M. Fisby, Co. H, 122 O.V.I. & Cav., 129 O.V.I.; 75.

Adam Landsittle, Co. K, 18th O.V.I.; 79.

Henry Schockley, Co. A, 36th O.V.I.

Charles Bell, Co. D, 9th Ohio Vol. Cavalry; 73.

Henry Bacher, Co. F, 39th OV.I.; 78.

Frederick Schlicher, Co. D, 77th O.V.I.; 76.

L. McCammon, Co. K, 148th O.V.I.; 77.

John R. Sheets, Co. F, 77th Ohio Veteran Vol. Inf.; 71

James F. Briggs, Co. D, 174th O.V.I.; 77.

Albert N. Dyar, Co. E, 66th Georgia, C.S.A.; 83.

William O. Hale, Co. C, 36th O.V.I.; 69.

J. H. McGill, Co. H, 6th W. Va. Cavalry; 72.

Charles Coffman, Co. K, 148th O.V.I.; 79.

B. D. Reppert, First Virginia Light Artillery; 77.

Capt. B. B. Stone, Co. D, 92nd O.V.I., 75.

Recruits

John Bennet, Marietta, 67.

J. B. West, Marietta, 75.

John Haas, Marietta, 65.

John S. Ritter, Marietta, 80.

The Marietta Daily Times, May 28, 1917:

Plan Great Patriotic Celebration

The Marietta Silver Grays are going to be the guests of honor at a mammoth patriotic celebration to be held Sunday afternoon, June 3rd, at 2:00 P.M. A great program is being planned by the local committee. This committee was asked by the leaders of the Silver Grays to assist the in planning an organization meeting for their company. Preliminary plans were so spontaneously received by the citizens that it was decided to make the meeting a community celebration honoring in a big way these living Veterans who did their "bit" in '61.

Some surprises are in store, but the committee announces today that Chaplain George E. T. Stevenson of the United States Navy will make the opening prayer and that the Venerable J. H. Dodshon, Archdeacon of Ohio, will pronounce the benediction. Rev. C. C. Creegan will be chairman. H. C. Bayliss will eulogize the Silver Grays, and Rev. E. A. Coil and the Hon. A. D. Follett will make patriotic addresses.

Company "B" of the National Guard will attend in a body as will doubtless all the affiliated patriotic organizations, all of which have been invited.

High officers in the Army and Navy have consented to attend and all local and county officials connected with present war plans have been invited to seats of honor on the platform.

Beautiful programs have been printed as souvenirs of the occasion.

Coming as it does just before the Registration Day, this occasion will go down in history as the greatest patriotic meeting ever held in Southeastern Ohio.

The Marietta Daily Times, June 1, 1917:

Use Historic Table

An old pine table, which was used at Camp Tupper in 1861 to write up recruits for Civil War, is being used by Company B in their sub-station to recruit men to bring the company up to war strength.

This table was formerly owned by Lieut. Ben Bragg, and he presented it to the G.A.R. The G.A.R. loaned it to Company B for recruiting purposes.

The Honored Dead

The Marietta Register, April 11, 1872

Gen. Benjamin D. Fearing of Harmar, writing to his father, Capt. Henry Fearing, under date of March 10th, sends the following list of Soldiers of Washington County buried in the National Cemetery near Marietta, Georgia. Gen. Fearing says, "There are ten thousand and ninety-four soldiers buried here. These have been gathered from the battle-fields of Sherman's advance on Atlanta. From the banks of Costamanta, at Reesooka, to the banks of the Flint, at Jonesboro, below Atlanta, they have been carefully searched out and brought to this point. There are 114 Regiments from Ohio represented, by 1726 known and 29 unknown soldiers." Those from Washington County are:

Royal Fogle, Co. E, 92d O.

Adam Pitzer, E, 92d O.

Francis Davis, F, 92d O.

Jesse Craft, I. 92d O.

J. Porter, A, 39th O.

Daniel Lye, A, 39th O.

Enos J. Marshall, A, 36th O.

Jesse Johnston, A, 39th O.

J. Colgrove, A, 39th O.

David Dunn, A, 39th O.

B. F. Yardley, B, 39th O.

Thomas Richards, B, 39th O.

A. Parker, B, 39th O.

George Moore, B, 39th O.

A. P. McFarland, B, 39th O.

M. A. Smith, C, 39th O.

George J. Bennett, C, 39th, O.

Fred Cullison, C, 39th O.

N. D. Holland, C, 39th O.

George Drake, E, 39th O.

James Courtney, E, 39th O.

John C. Guthonel, C, 39th, O.

Daniel Hollgardner, E, 39th O.

B. Fouch, E, 36th O.

Frank Redman, E. 39th O.

J. Painter, E, 39th O.

A. Mimshotts, F, 39th O.

Peter Brown, F, 39th O.

S. Arnett, G, 39th O.

W. W. McCown, H, 39th O.

John V. Drake, H, 39th O.

B. F. Kilgore, I, 39th O.

S. A. Kelley, I, 39th O.

H. W. Knowles, K, 39th O.

Barney Heins, K, 39th O.

M. V. Chambers, K, 39th O.

Samuel Jennings, K, 39th O.

J. B. Shepherd, D, 39th O.

William Bush, D, 39th O.

Columbus Griffin, A, 63d O.

David Hines, B, 63d, O.

E. B. Seikel, B, 63d O.

Mathias Riley, B, 63 O.

David Weaver, B, 63d, O.

Eethel Heaton, C, 63d O.

Joseph Fitch, C, 63d O.

Phillip Findling, C, 63d O.

Phillip Schriver, C, 63d O.

Henry H. Smith, D, 63d O.

L. S. Sells, D, 63d, O.

I. W. Green, D, 63d, O

James Donaldson, D, 63d O

Sylvanus Burlingame, D, 63d O.

Charles Henderson, D, 63d O.

William A. Groves, D, 63d O.

M. C. Lowry, E, 39th O.

Ephraim Swank, E, 39th O.

Jacob Welch, F, 39th O.

Thompson Rose, F, 39th O.

Joseph Henry, F, 39th O.

J. M. Wilson, G, 39th O.

Francis Frost, G, 39th O.

H. H. Balcom, G, 39th O.

Solomon Spilter, H, 39th O.

Shadrack O'Connor, H, 39th O.

John T. Hartman, I, 63d O.

G. T. Gooding, I, 63d O.

John Jaggart, I, 63d O.

J. W. Lemmon, I, 63d O.

John Richie, I, 63d O.

Aaron Shoog, K, 63d O.

Asa Kelley, K, 63d O.

L. D. House, K, 63d O.

Joseph Harshberger, K, 63d O.

I. McKee, A, 1st Lt. Art.

T. B. Martingale, C, 1st Lt. Art.

H. C. Gurney, C, 1st Lt. Art.

Willard Bomes, C, 1st Lt. Art.

H. Gilbert, C, 1st Lt. Art.

John Shellhorn, D, 1st Lt. Art.

Andrew A. Poe, D, 1st Lt. Art.

Daniel Davidson, Sec. G, 1st Bat.

Robert Fox, Sec. H, 6th Bat.

Henry Woods, Sec I, 1st Bat.

W. B. Schnelleley, Co. B, 1st Cav.

A. Vandyke, Co. B, 1st Cav.

R. R. Vermillion, D, 1st Cav.

R. W. Maxon, L. 1st Cav.

Craig Bracken, H, 1st Cav.

John Smith, M, 1st Cav.

F. Redinger, F, 7th Cav.

W. Hanna, Co. __, 63d O.

Gen. Fearing says, "If there were other companies from Washington County in Sherman's advance on Atlanta, I can find out for any one interested where members were buried."

Post for Colored Veterans

The Marietta Daily Times, March 18, 1947

Preliminary steps for organization of an American Legion post for colored veterans of Washington County were taken at a meeting held Monday night in the court house assembly room.

Harold Butler, 713 Ninth Street, was chosen temporary chairman and James Burke temporary secretary. These two officers will preside at a meeting of all county veterans to be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Second Street. The chairman, plus Donald Mason and Dwight Butler, were named as a committee to round up potential members.

There are approximately 130 colored veterans of World Wars I and II in Washington County, it was announced at the meeting, all eligible for membership in the proposed Legion post. Former members of local Legion posts for colored veterans were present at the Monday night meeting and several local vets now members of organizations in other cities announced their intention to join the Washington County post.

E. W. Stephan, county veterans' service officer, was chairman of the organization meeting. He introduced Ed Smith, field representative of the American Legion, and Fred Nolan of local veteran organizations, who talked on Legion work and veteran activities.

"There is a definite place in the Legion for you veterans," Field Representative Smith said "and there is work for you to do in your own community. We were all in service for the same purpose and we all now have the same problems to solve. This can only be accomplished by organization."

H. A. Dye, commander of Marietta Post No. 64, assured the colored veterans their organization would have the support and cooperation of local Legionnaires. Fred Nolan made the same statement for the Disabled Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars. A large group of local Legionnaires attended the meeting. Later war pictures were shown by representatives of the local Army recruiting station.

Mariettan's Song Will Be Dedicated Tonight at Armory to Ohio Soldiers

The Marietta Daily Times, October 8, 1940

William H. H. Gantz of 521 Third Street has written the music for a beautiful poem, "There Is a Valley in Ohio," that was published in The Times recently, and that is suggestive of the romantic lore of the Muskingum Valley. The new song will be sung for the first time in public at the farewell party for the boys of Company A, 166th Infantry, at the Armory tonight, when Marietta Post No. 64, American Legion, sponsors the event.

William H. Schneider, past district commander of the American Legion, has made arrangements for the introduction of the song, the words of which were written by H. A. Burns of Baltimore, traveling agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, who jotted down the verses while traveling down the Muskingum Valley over the O. & L. K. Division of the B. & O. system. He expressed his appreciation of one of the finest and most beautiful parts of the world in a real classic.

Gantz, who writes music for pastime and pleasure, saw the lyric in The Times and obtained permission from Burns to set the words to music. The railroad official was in Marietta on Monday and heard the song played and sung and was much impressed.

The Jones Harmony Quartet will sing the song at the Company A party tonight, and there will be its dedication to the soldier boys of Ohio. Printed copies have been made by Hyde Brothers and they will be distributed at the party this evening.

H. A. Burns, who is a personal friend of Governor George White, gave the poem to Governor White as the lines were penned on the train. Governor White recognized their merit and he brought them to The Times.

Local Boy, Held A German Prisoner 3 Years, Released

 The Register-Leader, December 19, 1918

Private George Pfaff, for three years a prisoner in a German prison camp, has been repatriated according to word received the first of the week by brother Will Pfaff, 632 Fifth Street. The word was in the form of an official message from Ottawa, Canada, and stated that George Pfaff had arrived in Dover, England, December 9, from Camp Giessen, Germany.

George Pfaff is well known here where the greater part of his life has been spent. He was probably the first Mariettan to go into service, having enlisted in the Canadian army in October 1914. He served with Company C, 29th Battalion Infantry, and on April 20, 1916, he was taken prisoner by the Germans. 

In May of 1916, Will Pfaff received official word from the Canadian government that George was missing. The family at once got into communications with Canada in an effort to locate him, but they were unable to get information, their first knowledge that he was a prisoner coming when in July, they received a letter written in Camp Giessen, saying that he had been taken prisoner. Letters have been coming from him since his capture, but were so strictly censored that he could give very little news of himself.

It is expected that he will be home very soon and a warm welcome will be waiting for him. Before his entrance into the service, he worked as an iron moulder in this city.

Camp Giessen, German Prisoner of War Camp, WWI

From Imperial War Museums, UK

   

Washington County's War Loss Heavy

Marietta Daily Times, October 23, 1918

Twenty-six names of Washington County youths will be inscribed upon the county's honor roll of those who gave their lives for their country in the fight for Democracy against German autocracy. That number has thus far been reached on the book of death. These boys willingly gave their lives in defense of the country. They fought upon the bloody soil of France, in camps against disease, and one fought his last fight in Marietta.

Of this number, seven were killed in action and 19 died of illness. Marietta lost four lives on the battlefield and seven in camp, while the county is credited with three dying on the firing line and 12 passing away in camps. Williamstown has lost four men, one dying in action and three of sickness in camps.

Those killed from Washington County are:

Lieut. Gerald Kelly, 23, Marietta.
Pvt. Clarence G. McDonald, 22, Vincent.
Pvt. James I. Dodd, 19, Marietta.
Pvt. Carl F. Hinkelman, 19, New Matamoras.
Pvt. Harry Jenkins, 23, Marietta.
Pvt. Dale D. Scott, 30, Rinards Mills.
Pvt. Moses Justice, 23, Marietta.

Those dying of disease from Washington County were:

Corp. Nestor H. Steffey, 22, Coal Run.
Pvt. John E. Corum, 28, Flints Mills.
Pvt. Herman Albrecht, 25, Marietta.
Pvt. Howard Mounts, 20, Beavertown.
Pvt. Herman Strickler, 26, Marietta.
Pvt. W. B. Farnsworth, 26, Leith.
Pvt. Wilce Warfield, 22, Belpre.
Pvt. Ira B. Sauer, 21, Marietta.
Pvt. Enos Schneider, 31, Shay.
Pvt. F. McKinley Johnson, 21, Cutler.
Marine Guy D. Heslop, 20, Marietta.
Pvt. Patrick Doyle, 21, Dalzell.
Pvt. Edward H. Pught, 25, New Matamoras.
Seaman George Remmele, 21, Marietta.
Pvt. Emmett Roberts, 20, Grandview.
Pvt. Karl Epple, 24, Marietta.
Pvt. Max Williams, 18, Bartlett.
Pvt. Wade J. Wilhelm, 21, Marietta.
Pvt. Merritt H. Ellenwood, 27, Moores Junction.

Williamstown's honor list contains the following names:

Corp. William Griffin, 20.
Pvt. Clarence Gault, 25.
Pvt. William Obenhaus, 22.
Pvt. Dell H. Ralston, 21.

New Council to Furnish Post Quarters

The Marietta Daily Times, December 4, 1931

Further effort to provide financial aid by the city for members of the colored post of the American Legion will be left to Mayor Steadman and the City Council that will take office on January 1. This was decided at a regular meeting of City Council held Thursday evening. All members were present and the final report on the matter was offered by Gerald M. Schuff, chairman of a special committee to which the request of the Legionnaires was referred a month ago.

Colored members of the Legion asked that the city give them the same sort of help that has been given to members of Marietta Post which has free rent for its quarters in the city building at Front and Butler streets. The colored post's headquarters are located in private property and the annual rental of $120 is said to be a burden, particularly in view of the fact that the post is a small one.

A partial report was given to City Council two weeks ago at which time there was discussion of authorizing an annual expenditure of any sum not in excess of $600. This was so much more than the Legionnaires had requested that unfavorable comment resulted. Now it has been decided to let the next administration, which must finance the program, work out the solution.

Chairman Schuff said Thursday evening that the city has a room in the building where the Chamber of Commerce, the city electric plant and Marietta Post American Legion are located and it is believed that this can be made available for the post. Mayor Steadman and Service Director Campbell have indicated that this can be done. Such a solution will provide quarters that are well located and at but small expense to the city, it is said.

The council approved the committee's recommendation to refer the whole matter for further investigation.

 

Fiddle Warns Youth Hiding in Woods

Marietta Daily Times, August 12, 1918

Nero, according to tradition, fiddled while Rome was burning. Mrs. James Beaver fiddled while officers waited Sunday night at her home on the Little Muskingum for the return of her nephew, Floyd Weddle, sought as a draft evader. Thus does history repeat itself.

Weddle, hiding in the thickets on the Beaver place, doubtless interpreted the more or less musical strains as a warning. Leastwise, Deputy Sheriff Frank F. Fleming had a three-hour wait in the darkened farm house before he was rewarded by the appearance of the young man, who is alleged to have come here last spring from his home at Newell, West Virginia, for the purpose of escaping registration with the 21-year-old military eligibles in June.

The young man, who was brought to the county jail at one o'clock Monday morning, is a son of Beaver's sister. He is said to have attired himself in knee-length trousers when he had occasion to go on errands to the store at Reno, about a mile from the Beaver home.

His habit of scurrying off into the thicket upon the arrival of strangers in the vicinity finally aroused suspicion. This was communicated to the officials in Marietta. An investigation disclosed that although the young many was born February 29, 1897, he had not registered for military service with the class of June 6.

Sheriff Posey and Deputy Fleming both were at the Beaver residence Sunday night. Before their arrival, Weddle had fled into the hills where he camouflaged his identity with a rank growth of rag weed, sassafras saplings and blackberry bushes. The officers were given the impression that the young man had permanently changed his abode.

Both James Beaver and his wife remained with the officers, neither retiring to bed. About midnight, when Beaver stepped out into the yard under some pretext, a sound like the plaintive call of a quail separated from its flock smote the ears of the county officers. They heard it answered from the hills.

The fiddle screeched on the porch no longer. Reluctantly the woman surrendered the bow, which was secreted by the sheriff. Posey then boarded his auto and returned to the city. Deputy Sheriff Fleming remained in the house. Within an hour he heard the sound of someone's tapping on the windows. The figure moved around the house.

Beaver, acting under the deputy's instructions, opened the front door. He said nothing, even when the deputy suggested his telling Weddle to come in. When the latter appeared opposite the doorway, Fleming, throwing the rays of a flashlight into his face, covered him with a pistol and took him in custody.

To the officer Weddle declared that he expected to register when he became of age. He said his mother maintains that he is not yet 21.

 

Formal Opening of New Armory New Year's Eve

The Register-Leader, December 23, 1915

Charity Ball Will Mark the Opening of Fine New Structure in This City.

The new armory building of Company B, of the Seventh Regiment, O.N.G., will formally open to the public on New Year's Eve, the opening being marked by the Charity Ball which will be held at the armory. Visitors will be shown through the building, and an informal reception will be held.

The new hardwood floor of the main drill hall has just been completed and this completed the construction work of the building.

Now that the armory is completed, it will take a prominent place in the life of the city, for in addition to being devoted to the use of Company B, the G.A.R. and W.R.C. will meet in the armory, and social and athletic affairs will also be held there.

 

Fort Harmar

Marietta Daily Leader, November 24, 1900

In the autumn of 1785, Colonel Joseph Harmar sent Major John Doughty with a battalion of his (Harmar's) regiment to build and garrison a fort near the junction of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers. It was, when completed, the first fort in the State of Ohio, with the exception of Fort Laurens, which was erected in the year 1778 on the right bank of the Tuscarawas, a little below Sandy Creek, by General McIntosh, in the heart of the Indian country, and was evacuated in the autumn of the following year.

The fort stood on what was called the "second bottom," being elevated above the ordinary floods of the Ohio, while between it and the banks of the rivers was a lower, or first, bottom. The outlines of the fort formed a pentagon, and the area embraced within its walls contained about three-quarters of an acre. 

The main walls of the fort were built of large timbers, placed horizontally and raised to the height of twelve or fourteen feet and were 120 feet in length. The bastions were of large timbers set upright in the ground, fourteen feet high, and fastened together by strips of timber. The outlines of these were also [pentagonal], the fifth side, or that opening into the area of the fort, being occupied by the dwelling houses or quarters of the officers.

In the rear of the garrison, on the ground which had supplies the materials for building the fort, were fine gardens, laid out by Major Doughty. These were cultivated by the soldiers who took great pride in them. Peaches were planted out as soon as the ground was cleared and in the second or third year produced crops of fine fruit. A variety of this is still cultivated around Marietta and is known as the "Doughty Peach."

The fort was named in honor of Colonel Josiah Harmar. It was occupied by the troops of the United States until September, 1790, when they were ordered to Fort Washington, now Cincinnati. During the Indian wars, the fort was occupied by one Captain Haskell, their chief duty being to help the settlements of Belpre, Marietta and Waterford against the Indians. The houses formerly used by the soldiers as quarters were occupied by the settlers living on the west side of the Muskingum. 

It does not appear that any regular batteries were built within the walls for mounting of cannon, as it was in no great danger of any attack from the enemies who had the use of cannon. One or two six-pound field pieces were mounted on carriages and usually kept on the bank just without the walls; with these they could command the boats on the river.

Between the walls of the fort and the bank of the Muskingum was sufficient space to muster a battalion of men; a part of this ground was occupied by three stout log cabins erected for the use of the artificers attached to the garrison. At this day not only the whole ground between it and the water is washed away, but also more than half of the site occupied by the fort.

In digging away the bank in 1840 to form a landing or road up from the river on the site of the old fort, several interesting relics were found which once belonged to the inmates of the garrison. Although no attack was ever made upon the fort by the Indians, yet they often appeared on the hill in its rear, which commanded a full view of its interior. From this elevation they often watched the inhabitants as they went out to work in the gardens and fields, and many of these were killed within gunshot of the fort.

No trace of the fort is left, except a small marble monument and a fine school building; this showing that the site on which formerly stood an edifice of war is now occupied by an edifice of learning.

J. O.

    

Armory Site Is Offered State

Marietta Daily Times, December 8, 1909

Council Adopts Resolution Setting Aside Section of Ice Harbor Lot

A tract of land extending south 185 feet from the federal property to a point near the road leading to the Phoenix mill, and running back to the Muskingum river, will be given to the State of Ohio as a site for a National Guard armory. A resolution giving, granting and releasing to the state this property for the purpose set forth was adopted by the City Council at an adjourned session Tuesday evening. As it is said the Ministerial Trustees will give their consent to the transfer, the matter is apparently settled.

According to the best information obtainable, the State Armory board will have plans prepared and will let contracts for a $25,000 armory here as soon as possible after its funds are made available by the legislature at its coming session. It is presumed that the site offered will be accepted as suitable, inasmuch as Adjutant General Weybrecht viewed recently and thought it an ideal spot for such a purpose.

All members of Council except Dr. Donaldson were present at the session. Councilman Baker reported for the Finance committee that Colonel Knox had expressed himself as satisfied to recommend to the state board a tract fronting 185 feet on Front street, instead of 205 feet that had originally been asked for. He recommended the adoption of a resolution offering the smaller tract.

The resolution was passed to its second and third readings by title only and adopted by unanimous vote of the six members present.

 

New Registrants Listed by Two County Draft Boards

The Marietta Daily Times, July 11, 1941

Starting below is the list of new registrants who now are among the potential U. S. Army draftees of Washington County. These young men reached their 21st birthday after the first registration day, October 16, 1940, and so registered on "R" Day No. 2, July 1, 1941.

After the national lottery, tentatively scheduled for July 17, has been completed in Washington, D. C., each registrant can tell by the serial number that accompanies his name just where he fits into the sequence of induction. When this sequence has been determined by the lottery, each registrant will exchange his serial number for a permanent order of induction number.

In the following list, the first name after each serial number is the registrant for Board No. 2 (which includes Marietta) and the second is the registrant for Board No. 1. All these names and serial numbers are posted on the bulletin boards at the Marietta Armory.

S-1, Roy Eugene Radabaugh, 211 Market Street, and Richard Ishmael Armstrong, Coal Run.

S-2, James Harold Delaney, Box No. 343, Marietta, and Ralph Arthur Hall, Beverly.

S-3, Ernest Earl Masters, Marietta Route 6, and Bruce Clark Richards, Beverly.

S-4, Walter Harold Archer, Jr., 422 Seventh Street, and Hershel Eugene Thorne, Beverly.

S-5, Bryan Moorehead, Fayerweather Hall, and Ormond Ranson Lucas, Little Hocking.

S-6, Delmar Eugene Addlesburger, Reno, and Thomas Wesley Hinzman, Lowell Route 4.

S-7, James Allen Schafer, 325 Fourth Street, and Edwin Charles Duncan,Watertown.

S-8, Ross Edward Greene, 506-1/2 Lancaster Street, and Harold Richard Matthews, Marietta Route 6.

S-9, William Everett Epler, 733 Glendale Street, and William Joseph Burkhart, Marietta Route 3.

S-10, John Harris, Jr., 632 Pearl Street, and John Chester Thompson, Vincent.

S-11, William Harvey Lawrence, Marietta Y.M.C.A., and Delbert Earl Theis, Lowell Route 2.

S-12, Howard Glenn McIlyar, 111 Scammel Street, and Richard Neil Christy, Marietta Route 2.

S-13, Frederick Joseph Kremer, 407 Fourth Street, and John Quincy Perry, Lowell Route 3.

S-14, Ira Milo Pinney, Matamoras Route 3, and Adrian Lloyd Devol, Lowell Route 1.

S-15, George Washington Knowlton, Matamoras, and John Wylie Davis, Lowell.

S-16, Dean Robert Wark, 1149 Third Street, and Emmett Bishop Patterson, Marietta Route 4.

S-17, Ray Alfred Allender, 211 Ohio Street, and Roy Edward Cooper, Marietta Route 2.

S-18, Waldo Vilas Siegfried, 120 High Street, and Harold Edwin Cunningham, Stockport Rural Route (Washington County).

S-19, Robert Ellsworth Ralph, 422 Third Street, and Robert Neal Milner, Waterford.

S-20, Henry Clay Hookey, 519-1/2 Pike Street, and James Palmer Reed, Stockport Route 3.

S-21, Clyde Stanley Duvall, 121 Warner Street, and Guy Harold Stephens, 316 Walnut Street.

S-22, Vilas Donald Johnson, 434 Maple Street, and Austin Ralph Heslop, Gosset Fork.

S-23, Carl Frederick Kathary, Marietta, and Roy Dale Bennett, Bartlett.

S-24, Dale Courtney, Matamoras Route 3, and Gerald Dean Watson, Vincent Rural Route.

S-25, Richard Paul Robinson, 522 Front Street, and Lawrence Jefferson Carrol, Marietta Route 2.

S-26, Gerald Thelin Swaney, 813 Quarry Street, and Marion Kenneth Russell, Stockport Route 3.

S-27, Gordon Hogue Edwards, Rinard's Mill Route 3, and Clarence Brewer, Belpre Route 1.

S-28, Philip Edgar Allen, 104 South Third Street, and Harold Thomas Nice, Stockport Route 1.

S-29, Frank Detlor Flanders, 306 Washington Street, and Clesson Devaun Moore, Lowell.

S-30, Donald Stewart Smith, 533 Fifth Street, and Howard Webster Mayle, Cutler.

S-31, Richard Lang Meister, 605 Wooster Street, and Edwin Day Erbse, Whipple Route 2.

S-32, Paul Howard Bailey, Matamoras Route 3, and Gerald Donley Cozzens, Waterford Route 1.

S-33, Henry Victor Price, Matamoras Route 5, and Randal Ray Schmidt, Lowell Route 2.

S-34, Wilbur Everett Caseman, 132 South Fourth Street, and Ray Arthur Harra, Waterford Route 2.

S-35, Richard Rodell Gee, 112 Porter Street, and Ray Oliver Wallace, Waterford.

S-36, Paul Edgar Dye, 111 Highland Street, and John Boyd Story, Waterford.

S-37, Clyde Athey Brannan, 117-1/2 Wells Street, and Earl William Sams, 120 Main Street, Belpre.

S-38, Raymond Joseph Bostaph, Rinard's Mill Route 2, and Clark Floyd Lincicome, Marietta Route 4.

S-39, Donald Allison Beaver, Matamoras, and Austin Propst, Marietta Route 4.

S-40, Richard Raymond Porter, 834 Front Street, and Doy Ray Stollar, Watertown.

S-41, Leon Roger Edwards, Rinard's Mill Route 2, and Francis Raymond Burchett, Beverly.

S-42, Edgar William Beardmore, 315 Gilman Avenue, and Daniel Thompson Orndoff, Waterford.

S-43, Clinton Harvey West, 201 South Fifth Street, and Vincent Andrew Arnold, Lowell Route 4.

S-44, Loren Alexander Nolan, 614 Eighth Street, and William Barnett Mason, Waterford.
 
S-45, Albert Oscar Burke, 733 Eighth Street, and Leroy Cline Ford, Vincent Route 1.

S-46, John Minch Taber, 605 Cutler Street, and George Edwin Payne, Waterford Route 1.

S-47, Virgil John Binegar, Matamoras Route 4, and Chester Almon Payne, Waterford Route 1.

S-48, Daniel Arnold Thompson O'Neill, 113 Vine Street, and George Raymond Arnold, Marietta Route 2.

S-49, Kermit Franklin Callihan, 210 Franklin Street, and Lawrence Kellis George, Little Hocking.

S-50, John Boughton Henthorn, Marietta Route 1, and Lyle Franklin Ryan, Rockland.

S-51, Harry Edward Hall, 221 Second Street, and Ralph Elbert Wiley, Rockland.

S-52, William Jennings Dennis, Jr., Marietta Route 1, and Wayne Chester Binegar, Dart.

S-53, Warren G. Petty, Marietta Route 1, and Harry Austin Kidder, Belpre Route 1.

S-54, John Douglas Richards, 521 Fort Street, and John William Buck, Belpre Route 1.

S-55, Neil Franklin Green, 125 North Hart Street, and Lyle Frederick Huffman, Elba, Route 1.

S-56, James Clayton Carpenter, 132 South Fourth Street, and Orlan Louis Newell, Rockland.

S-57, Roy Harvey Boley, 228 Ingleside Avenue, and Herbert Anson Roe, Marietta Route 4.

S-58, Charles Wesley Swaney, Star Route, Reno, and Leonard Leroy McGill, Cutler Route 2.

S-59, Eugene Edward Vadakin, 330-1/2 Fourth Street, and Howard Clifton Spencer, 216 Main Street, Belpre.

S-60, Charles Daniel Barth, Star Route, Reno, and Franklin George Campbell, Little Hocking Route 1.

S-61, Lewis Edgar Canary, Marietta Route 1, and Kenneth Ray Christopher, Fleming Route 1.

S-62, Elmer Riggs, Jr., Newport, and Albert Thomas Ray, Marietta Route 3.

S-63, Robert Leroy Sutton, Marietta Route 3, and Raleigh McCarl Mitchem, Fleming Route 1.

S-64, Earl William Ruble, Matamoras Route 4, and Harold Raymond Lowther, Jr., 606 Main Street, Belpre.

S-65, Albert Harry Prunty, 714 Eighth Street, and Lawrence Alfred Church, 702 Main Street, Belpre.

S-66, Robert Eugene Fouss, 123 North Hart Street, and William Graydon Kearns, Waterford.

S-67, Frank Leroy Milligan, 412 Greene Street, and Denzle Forest VanFossen, Rockland.

S-68, William Woodrow Pettit, 132 South Fourth Street, and Carl Heck, 310 Maple Street, Belpre.

S-69, Louis Robert Moore, Matamoras Route 1, and Wilbert Leslie Sloter, Cutler Route 1.

S-70, James William Brown, 108 Market Street, and Acel McDonald, Belpre.

S-71, Arthur Gurdon Eggleston, 725 Second Street, and Clyde Simers, Center Belpre.

S-72, Wilbur Willard Casto, 745 Glendale Street, and Harvey James Ritchie, Constitution.

S-73, Ishmael Earl Williams, Rinard's Mill Route 2, and Ray Elwood Morris, Fleming.

S-74, Delbert William Weber, 629 Seventh Street, and Robert Dale Stille, Lower Salem Route 1.

S-75, Derald Ballard Brown, Marietta Route 6, and Stanley Henry Morrow, Lower Salem Route 1.

S-76, Frank Weber, Jr., Marietta Route 3, and Emerson Waldo Sweet, belpre Route 1.

S-77, Richard Eugene Lancaster, 313 Franklin Street, and Harvey Edward Doman, 308 Fourth Street, Belpre.

S-78, Charles Francis Covey, Marietta Route 3, and Bernard Gale Goddard, 709 Charles Street (may be transferred to Board No. 2).

S-79, Orville Harrison Winland, Wingett Run, and Robert Miller Overmyer, 203 Maple Street, Belpre.

S-80, Charles Richard Nealis, Matamoras Route 4, and Philip Leon Mayle, Vincent.

S-81, Robert Eugene Giffen, 1242 Third Street, and Carl Harold Brethauer, Little Hocking.

S-82, Jack Edward Saffell, Marietta Route 6, and Richard Paul Shutts, Rockland.

S-83, Louis Henry Smith, 145 Harmar Street, and Randall Roger Bailey, Belpre.

S-84, Wilbur Freeman Miller, 108 New Street, and Herman Gregory Kern, Waterford Route 1.

S-85, Richard Scott Hartung, 408 Prospect Street, and Walter Regis Moore, Little Hocking.

S-86, Raymond Cornell Ritchey, 311 Elm Terrace.

S-87, Charles Eugene Staats, 735 Eighth Street.

S-88, Robert Earl Walters, 909 Phillips Street.

S-89, Otis Francis, Newport.

S-90, Raymond Emerson Pfeiffer, 206 Meigs Street.

S-91, Robert Uel Shuman, Marietta Y.M.C.A.

S-92, Henry Edward Albrecht, 708 Fourth Street.

S-93, Earl Pershing Kuhn, 601 Virginia Street.

S-94, Henry Gillin Castin, Jr., 218 Greene Street.

 



 

Dickson Armory Bill Passed With A Rush

The Marietta Times, February 6, 1914

Goes Through the House and Without Loss of Any Time.

Something of a record for speedy enactment was made by the Dickson Bill, adopted by the senate at Columbus, Wednesday, which authorizes the state armory board to accept a part of the Ice Harbor lot in this city as a site for an armory and to build an armory on the ground. That it went through in a hurry and at a time when the assembly was hard pressed for time was due to the efforts of Rep. W. M. Dickson of this county.

The measure was planned, drawn and adopted in less than a week. On January 29, Rep. Dickson conferred with Gov. Cox in regard to the measure, and Adj. Gen. Wood was called into the conference. The governor said that if Rep. Dickson had a bill drafted that would pass muster at the attorney general's office, he would message it over to the house. Rep. Dickson called A. D. Follett on the phone and the local attorney wrote the bill, with exception of the description of the site, which was secured by Dr. Dickson at the armory board's officers.

Dr. Dickson then drafted the bill and had it approved by the attorney general. He introduced it in the house Monday evening, had the rules suspended and the measure passed to second reading. Tuesday morning under a suspension of the rules the bill was passed by the house and sent to the senate. This body approved it Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.

As a result Marietta will soon have an O. N. G. armory.

Text of the Bill

The text of the Dickson Bill follows:

Whereas, the state armory board desires to erect an armory building in the city of Marietta, Ohio, and has caused plans and specifications for such building to be made, and land in said city suitable for the erection of such armory building has been offered to the state of Ohio and said state armory board as a gift, and a deed conveying said land to the state of Ohio has been duly executed and tendered to the state of Ohio and said state armory board, which deed conveys to the state of Ohio, the full unencumbered fee simple title to said land except that, under legislation which can not be modified by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, said land can not be used except for public purposes, and any building erected thereon must be occupied and used for some public purpose, such as the proposed purpose of a state armory building, for which reason the state armory board has not yet accepted said deed, and desires that the General Assembly of the state of Ohio act upon the matter of the acceptance of said deed therefor.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

Section 1. The state armory board is hereby authorized to accept, as the site for an armory building to be erected by it on behalf of the state of Ohio in the city of Marietta, Ohio, and to erect and maintain on such site said armory building, the following described land situate in the city of Marietta, county of Washington and state of Ohio, bounded and described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at a point on Front Street where the southerly line of the lot deeded to the United States for the purpose of a Lock Tender's house intersects Front Street; thence from said point southerly along the westerly line of Front Street one hundred and eighty-five (185) feet; thence westerly on a line at right angles to Front Street to the Muskingum River; thence northerly along the east bank of the Muskingum River to a point where the southerly line of the property deeded to the United States for a Lock Tender's house intersects the Muskingum River; thence along the southerly line of said United States property to the place of beginning.

Provided, however, that the deed conveying such site to the state of Ohio shall first be approved by the Attorney General as conveying to the state of Ohio a sufficient title to the land included in such site for the purpose of using such land for any and all public purposes, including the erection and maintenance of an armory building.

Speech in the House

In support of the bill, Rep. J. J. Stanley of Portage County, chairman of the committee on military affairs, said on the floor of the house:

"The mere mention of that name 'Marietta' should cause every fibre within us to tingle with pride, and rouse every impulse of reverence, patriotism and devotion. What Plymouth Rock is to the nation at large, Marietta is to Ohio and the vast empire states carved out of the Northwest Territory.

"Around the name cluster memories of a period of history-making incidents and events unequalled in the annals of the world, which pass before us in mental review the valorous conquerors in the French and Indian wars side by side with revolutionary heroes; and close in the wake of the white-winged dove of peace we follow the course down the beautiful river, of the redoubtable Rufus Putnam, and his [forty]-seven intrepid companions to that ideal site at the conjunction of the Muskingum, where they planted the first white settlement in what is now our proud boast, the Grand Old Buckeye State.

"With public attention attracted and centered on the marvelous growths and developments in other portions of the state, Marietta's claims have been sadly overlooked, and she petitions us today for this slight recognition of her just desserts.

"She should have this armory as a fitting monument to her sacred past, as a pantheon for the holy relics of early days, and as an assembling place for the rapidly thinning county contingent of the dear old Boys in Blue.

"We are a long time dead, and to some of us approaching the shadows of life's sunset, it is comforting to think that future generations will bless our memories for bestowing this gift on Marietta, the birthplace of our glorious commonwealth."

  
 

County Boys Leave Camp Knox Today

The Marietta Register, July 31, 1924

After a month of intensive training in military tactics, the twenty-six young men from Washington county who attended the citizens' military training cantonment at Camp Knox, Ky., have started for home.  A large number of them will arrive here tonight, but several of the boys will remain in Cincinnati for a short sight-seeing trip.

Of the twenty-six Washington county youths who attended the camp, thirteen of them are from this city.  Three Marietta men, Major Robert Cole, Captain S. A. Coffman and Lieutenant Walter K. Payne, are in the officers' training school at Camp Knox.  They are expected to return the first of the week after eighteen days' instruction in military strategy and advanced tactics.

Marietta's delegation to camp Knox played no small part in the affairs of the camp.  Twelve of the thirteen boys from here were corporals, six of them in the First Ohio regiment.  Three Marietta boys, Edward Spence, Marvin Wellman and Robert Ford, were in the Camp Knox band, the largest military band in the country.  Spence was assisting director.

Those from Marietta who attended the camp are:

John E. Rennard, 528 Front street; Walter D. Sauer, Rathbone Addition; George A. Cooke, 308 Montgomery street; Robert R. Ford, 405 Franklin street; Howard M. Scott, 422 Bellevue street; James Sprague, 316 Third street; Ralph B. Klintworth, 618 Ninth street; John Philip Seeley, 806 Front street; Marvin F. Wellman, 415 Third street; Melvin A. Leppin, 411 Fort street; Edward D. Spence, and Ray C. Spence, 208 Putnam avenue; Albert R. Schuff, Rathbone Addition, and Edward J. Chamberlain, Elmwood street.

Those from out of Marietta who went to Camp Knox are:

Arthur W. Ellix, Main street, New Matamoras; Perry A. DeLong, and Howard C. Knapp, Newport; Cecil W. Beaver, R.F.D. No. 3, New Matamoras; Joseph C. Eddy, R.F.D. No. 3, Newport; Virgil R. Swift, Swift; Clarence M. Lager, R.F.D. No. 3, New Matamoras; Orland P. Clark, Newport; William G. Nixon, Waterford; Howard H. Nowland, Fay; Carl F. Edwards, Newport; Harold W. Sweeney, Lowell; Darryl W. Travis, Waterford.

Washington County, Ohio - World War I Draftees

Marietta Daily Journal, June 19, 1918

Complete List of Draft Contingent Announced Today By Local Board.

One Hundred and Fifty-One Selects, Comprising The County's Next Quota, Will Entrain For Camp Sherman On Wednesday Morning, June 26.

The complete list of the 151 selects, who will comprise Washington County's next quota in the selective draft, was announced today by the local draft and exemption board and is printed herewith.  The men will leave on next Wednesday, June 26, for Chillicothe, O., where they will enter Camp Sherman for training in the National Army.  The contingent is the largest single quota yet furnished by Washington County.

The men will report at the office of the local board on Tuesday afternoon, June 25, and will receive final instructions at that time.  Leaders for the group will also be selected.  The selects will leave early Wednesday morning for Camp Sherman and will report there some time Wednesday afternoon.

Following is the complete list of those who will comprise the quota together with the names of ten alternates:

Arthur Herman Abbott, Belpre.
William Edward Abbott, Marietta.
Raymond Charles Abicht, Newport.
John Adams, Rinards Mills.
Jesse Raymond Allison, Wade.
Raymond Henry Altvater, Marietta.
Ralph H. Angert, Marietta.
Francis Sebastian Archer, Marietta.
Dow Athey, Dell.
Joseph Barnhart, Lowell.
Louis Henry Baum, Marietta.
Otheal L. Beebe, Waterford.
Noah R. Best, Lowell.
Fred Berga, Newport.
Clarence Jacob Best, Lowell.
Walter W. Berry, New Matamoras, R.D. 5.
Herbert W. Beidel, Watertown.
Clyde Ellsworth Blair, Marietta.
Charles Brown, New Matamoras.
D. R. Bradfield, New Matamoras.
Ottis Butts, Marietta.
Leroy Ivan Buck, Belpre.
Leonard Burkhart, New Matamoras.
John S. Carpenter, Marietta.
Wallace Carpenter, Marietta.
Robert R. Carle, Wingett's Run.
Walter Julius Chamberlain, Marietta.
Allie Chamberlain, Belpre.
Clyde Thorpe Clark, Marietta.
Lewis Franklin Clark, Glass.
Fred H. Cook, Rockland.
Wylie Cochran, Grandview.
Jay Devol Cober, Marietta.
Chester Dean Cooke, Marietta.
Edward Williamson Collins, New Matamoras.
Earl Craig, Marietta.
Darrell Vernon Cutshaw, Marietta.
Jesse Carl Davis, Marietta.
Jeff H. Davis, Marietta.
Roy Davis, Marietta.
John Dexter, Belpre.
Wilber F. Delong, Macksburg.
David Dunn, New Matamoras.
John Coggsshall Dutton, Little Hocking.
Herbert Edwards, Rinards Mills.
Roy Richard Engle, Lowell.
Karl William Epple, Marietta.
David Allen Epler, Whipple.
William B. Farnsworth, Leith.
John J. Farnsworth, Deucher.
James Leroy Farley, Marietta.
John Henry Farrell, Waterford.
Forest Thurman Felock, Swift.
Winona Forshey, Rinards Mills.
Ralph Foster, Marietta.
Raymond Tilton Gorham, Qualey.
J. Wesley Gray, Marietta.
William Joseph Griffith, Marietta.
Robert Arthur Grimes, Marietta.
Arthur Leo Hasley, Newport.
George Washington Haynes, Newport.
Albert Herman Hart, Marietta.
William Raymond Hart, Marietta.
Melvin J. Haire, Marietta.
Hugh Charles Haynes, Newport.
Lonnie Beach Hesson, Marietta.
Earl Hickman, Roxbury.
Edgar Dean Holdren, Lower Salem.
John William Hughey, Macksburg.
Vernon Winfield Hull, Belpre.
Orville Hunter, Marietta.
Lawrence William Jacobs, Warner.
Russell Lewis Jockson, Belpre.
Howard Johnson, Marietta.
Yewis A. Koon, Dalzell.
Carl F. Lee, Marietta.
Heber W. Leak, Lowell.
Harvey Lee, New Matamoras.
Roy Linza Lee, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Delva Lightfritz, Marietta.
Orville Franklin Longley, Little Hocking.
Wilfred Long, Lowell.
Earl Clifford Mars, Little Hocking.
Clyde Malone, Marietta.
Earl DeWitt Marquis, Marietta.
Lewis L. Malone, Deucher.
John H. Merrow, Marietta.
Lorentz Frederic Meister, Marietta.
Karl R. Meredith, Marietta.
Herman F. Miller, Stanleyville.
Benjamin Frank Milton, Belpre.
Charles M. Mulligan, Belpre.
Earl Fred Mueller, Marietta.
Harry McAtee, Cutler.
Walter W. McClure, Marietta.
Holly McCoy, Marietta.
Rollie E. McFarland, Lowell.
Peter Terrence McGillian, Leith.
Frank Newman, New Matamoras.
Marcus Jefferson Newell, Cutler.
Lemuel A. Newlen, Lowell.
Frederic Noland, Marietta.
Thomas O'Brien, Marietta.
Fred H. Ogle, Elba.
Roy B. Parsons, Broadwell.
Randall Girlie Peters, Marietta.
Harold Orton Perkins, Marietta.
Ben P. Pinkerton, Marietta.
George Washington Pickens, Marietta.
Joseph L. Reed, Marietta.
Obed S. Ripley, Warner.
Arthur Lee Robinson, Marietta.
Chas. Lafayette Robinson, Fifteen.
Albert Reno Rowland, Marietta.
U. T. Rowland, Newport.
Edward Raymond Schmidt, Marietta.
Robert Scott, Shay.
Greggory J. Schwenderman, Waterford.
Wallace Wolfram Schau, Whipple.
George Sersian, Marietta.
Pearl Victor Shafer, Marietta.
James G. Shapely, Grandview.
Walter Sheppard, Archers Fork.
Lewis Shears, Marietta.
Eugene Bruce Shuster, Wade.
Filmore Simpson, Marietta.
A. G. Sleek, Roxbury.
Reece Smith, Vincent.
Perry Leland Snow, Waterford.
Thomas H. Starkey, Marietta.
Roland Frederic Stewart, Marietta.
Philip Stengel, Coal Run.
Homer G. Stephens, Center Belpre.
Herman Strickler, Marietta.
Elmer Louis Suder, Marietta.
A. W. Templeton, Murphy.
Lyman Jackson Thomas, Marietta.
Jimmie Thomas, Marietta.
Con Gale Thomas, Dell.
David Valentine, Murphy.
Wheeler Voshel, Coal Run.
Charles Ferguson Wall, Marietta.
Clarence John Wenzel, Whipple.
Arthur Jacob Weber, Marietta.
Pearl Whitehair, Marietta.
Henry Nesbit Wilkin, Hillsboro, O.
William Wulfert, Marietta.
Harry S. Zoller, Marietta.

Alternates:

Herbert Stanley Beird, Marietta.
Ralph Bernard Schlicher, Marietta.
Joseph Powell, Marietta.
Paul Schwenderman, Lowell.
John A. Shears, Marietta.
George F. Hanes, Marietta.
Floyd Fred Law, Cutler.
Guy Marshall Mendenhall, Dell.
Leo Andrew Weber, Marietta.
Herman Beren, Marietta.