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As Told by Official Orders

Copy Telegram Received:
Washington, D.C.,
Aug. 8,1917.

Commanding Officer Training Camp,
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Inform those concerned that the following appointments have been made from
8th Company, 9th Provisional Training Regiment to date from August Fifteenth,
Nineteen Seventeen period to be 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry section Officers
Reserve Corps, Paul Taylor Funkhouser. Telegraph acceptance at once affective
on date of appointment naming only those who decline.
McCAIN.

Headquarters Citizens Training Camps.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.,
Aug. 13, 1917.
Special Orders No. 87. (Extract).

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Par. 5. In compliance with instructions contained in telegram A.G.O., dated
Washington, D.C., August 13, 1917, the following named officers of the
Officers Reserve Corps are placed in active service to date from August 15, 1917:

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Second Lieutenant Paul T. Funkhouser, Infantry.

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By command of Brigadier General Glenn:
J. Supham, Captain 3d Infantry, Adjutant.

Headquarters Training Camps.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana,
Aug. 14th, 1917.
Special Orders, No. 88. (Extract).

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3. Pursuant to instructions contained in telegram A.G.O., War Department,
Washington, D. C., dated August 13, 1917, the following named officers of
the Officers' Reserve Corps will proceed to stations indicated and report to
their respective commanding officers not later than August 29th, 1917:

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To 59th Infantry, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 2nd Lieut. Paul T. Funkhouser, Inf.

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By command of Brigadier General Glenn:
J. Supham, Captain, 3rd Infantry, Adjutant.

Headquarters 59th U. S. Infantry.
Gettysburg National Park,
Aug. 25, 1917.
Special Orders No. 60. (Extract).

1. The following named officers of the Officers Reserve Corps, having been
attached to the regiment pursuant to Telegram A. G. O., dated August 13, 1917,
published by Special Orders No. 88, Headquarters Citizens' Training Camp,
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, are attached to companies indicated:

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2nd Lieut. Paul T. Funkhouser, Inf. Co. C.

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By order of Colonel Atkinson:
Theo. W. Sidman, 1st Lieut. 59th Infantry,
Acting - Adjutant.

Headquarters 59th Infantry.
Gettysburg, Pa.,
Sept. 28, 1917.

MEMORANDUM:
1. The following named officers are selected from this regiment to undergo
a course of training in musketry under the supervision of Captain C. C.
Drake, 58th Infantry:

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Lieut. Paul T. Funkhouser

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These officers will report to Captain Drake at the Y.M.C.A. tent on the
Emmittsburg Road, east of camp, at 8:00 A.M. Saturday, September 29.

By order of Colonel Atkinson:
Albert E. Brown, Captain, 59th Infantry, Adjutant.

Headquarters U. S. Troops,
Gettysburg, Pa.,
October 28, 1917.

From: Commanding Officer.
To: Commanding Officer 59th Infantry.
Subject: Report on Course in Musketry.

Captain Charles C. Drake, 58th Infantry, reports that the following named
officers have completed the course in Musketry Small Arm, with exception
of the combat firing course, and are qualified to carry on this musketry
training as instructors:

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2nd Lieut. P. T. Funkhouser.

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By order of Colonel Jones
Theo. K. Spencer, Captain 7th Infantry, Adjutant.

Headquarters,
Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N.C.,
Dec. 7, 1917.
Special Orders No. 42. (Extract).

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15. Leave of absence for ten (10) days, under exceptional circumstances,
is granted 2nd Lieutenant Paul T. Funkhouser, 59th Infantry, effective on or
about December 20, 1917.

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By command of Major General Dickman:
M. S. Eddy, Captain Infantry, Adjutant.

Headquarters,
Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N.C.,
December 8, 1917.
Special Orders No. 43. (Extract).

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42. The following officers are appointed, and will convene, as a General
Court, for trial of such persons as may be properly brought before it:

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Second Lieut. Paul T. Funkhouser, 59th Inf.

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By command of Major General Dickman:
M. S. Eddy, Captain Infantry, Adjutant.

Headquarters, 7th Machine Gun Battalion,
Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N.C.,
Jan. 5, 1918.
Special Orders No. 16.

2nd Lieutenant Paul T. Funkhouser. 7th Machine Gun Battalion, is hereby
detailed to attend the Division "Liaison" School, to be held daily,
(Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays excepted), from 2:00 P.M. to
3:00 P. M., at Harris House, near Camp Headquarters. He will report to Lieut.
Colonel McCormack, Signal Corps, U. S. Army, on Monday, January 7, 1918.

By order of Major Davidson:
E. J. Hoover, 2nd Lieut., 7th M. G. Bn., Assistant Adjutant.

Headquarters, 7th Machine Gun Battalion,

Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N. C.,
Jan. 5, 1918.
Special Orders No. 17.

The following assignment of officers of this Battalion, as signed by S.O.
No. 2, Headquarters, Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C., dated January 1, 1918,
is made:

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2nd Lieut. Paul T. Funkhouser, to Company D.

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They will report to their respective company commanders for duty.

By order of Major Davidson:

E, J. Hoover, 2nd Lieut., 7th M. G. Bn.,
Assistant Adjutant.

1st Ind.
Headquarters 59th Infantry,

Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N.C.,
February 12, 1918.
To Commanding Officer, 7th Machine Gun Battalion, 3rd Division. Forwarded.
Lieut. Funkhouser is now a member of your Command.
By order of Colonel Atkinson:

Albert E. Brown, Captain, 59th Infantry, Adjutant.
Headquarters, 7th Machine Gun Battalion

American Expeditionary Forces, France,
May 11, 1918.
Special Orders No. 74.

2. A Special Court Martial is hereby detailed to convene at these headquarters,
4:00 P. M., 13th May, 1918, for the purpose of trying such persons as may
be brought before it:

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Detail for the Court.

2nd Lieut. Paul T. Funkhouser, 7th M.G. Bn., Judge Advocate.

By order of Major Taylor:
E. J. Hoover, 1st Lieut., N. A., 7th M. G. Bn., Adjutant.

Adj. Gen. E. H. Packer, U.S.A.,
Washington, D. C.

It is with profound regret that I confirm the recent telegram of the Adjutant
General announcing the death of 2nd Lt. Paul Taylor Funkhouser, Company B,
7th Machine Gun Battalion, who was killed in action October 20th, 1918.

For further information and details concerning his death, you should write
to his Commanding Officer, addressing him as follows:

Commanding Officer,
Company B, 7th Machine Gun Battalion,
American Expeditionary Force.

The remains of all Americans dying abroad will eventually be returned to the
United States for internment at public expense.

This office has received no report of a mishap of any character to:

2nd Lieutenant Albert C. Funkhouser,
Company H, 144th Infantry,
American Expeditionary Force.

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Source:
Funkhouser Memorial
c. 1920
pp. 109-112

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