Webster, Lawrence Burns
Major, Ordnance Department, U.S. Army
Letter of Commendation. War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Washington, January 26, 1920: For especially meritorious service in a position of great responsibility as inspection manager of the Baltimore Ordnance District. To his energy, tact, and ability is due in large measure the successful production and inspection of Ordnance material under manufacture in the Baltimore Ordnance District, during the World War. C.C. Williams, Major General, U.S. Army, Chief of Ordnance.
Record. Born October 29, 1884, Marion; son of George and Marie (Daugherty) Webster. Railroad executive, Cleveland, Ohio and Marion. Entered service August 8, 1917, a captain, Ordnance Reserve Corps, Washington, D.C. Assigned to Inspection Section, Gun Division, Ordnance department; stationed at Lowell, MA, August 8 - December 27, 1917; transferred to Baltimore, MD, December 27, 1917 - summer, 1918; commanded Baltimore inspection district (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina) containing about 150 munition plants, summer, 1918, to June, 1919, when liquidation of Ordnance contracts were completed. Assisted in work of organizing the Claims Board in the Baltimore district. Major, July 25, 1918. Discharged June 4, 1919. Columbus, Ohio