ROLL OF HONOR - WWI - 1918

This portion of the Veterans section is transcribed from the first Roll of Honor until the end of the war. I included it because it graphically shows the ebb of men from the county gradually speeding up in the number of men taken for the war effort. Being a mother of boys, I can imagine how the women felt. We know how the story ended for each and every one of them by the wars end. These mothers and wives could only wait and pray that they would come back.

This is a tribute to the men who went and those left behind to carry on.


Roll Call - July 4, 1918

Roll Call - July 18, 1918

Roll Call - July 25, 1918


ALL FIRST CLASS MEN ARE CALLED
Notices Sent to Remainder of List to Report for Army Duty July 22

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All registered men remaining in first class were notified by the local board last Saturday to hold themselves in readiness to leave for Camp Lewis July 22, when the county must furnish 22 (?) soldiers. There are 71 names on this list, so not many can be excused for the local board must see that the county furnishes its full quota.

In addition to the new men called the county also will be required to replace soon, those rejected after final physical examination. There were nine such rejections from the 50 who left June 24, and three from an earlier call, making 12 already to be replaced.

It seems that the army examiners at the camps are more strict in their requirements than some months ago. No man is accepted now unless he is in perfect condition, able to stand hard drilling and go overseas at an early date. Formerly many were passed who had minor defects which could be corrected.

On the cards of the rejected men was the notation that they were to be used for domestic service only, so they are not relieved from doing some part, then a place shall be found for them. Tomorrow, 35 men are to leave for Fort McDowell, Cal. These will be substantially the men whose names were given last week, with such changes as will have to be made at the eleventh hour.

The men notified to report for departure to Camp Lewis on July 22 are:
Elwin Matheny, Lewiston, Idaho
Carl Foreman, Palmer Junction
Bert M. Sprague, Imnaha
Clyde Harsin, Imnaha
Lester Golden Quesenberry, Enterprise
Clayton LeRoy Knodell, Enterprise
Ray Clifford Morgan, Portland
Joseph W. Toney, Joseph
Harvey Joe Foster, Nehalem, Wash.
George Elmer Tremain, Wallowa
Clifford Mark McGinnis, Barber, Ida.
Orange Ray Bishop, Los Molinos, California
Wayman B. Larkin, Minam
Clarence William Otto, Enterprise
William Lester Jackson, Wallowa
Jasper Hylton, Powwatka
Sanford Manson Wood, Powwatka
Harvey Edward Adams, Imnaha
Robert Otis Clark, Elgin
George Wesley Maynard, Pendleton
Robert Henry Pettry, Zada, W. Va.
John H. Avery, Lostine
Eldon Roscoe Bellows, Walla Walla
Warner Joseph Beem, Wallowa
Loyd Quinn, Joseph
Guy Ellison Skaggs, Enterprise
Lacey D. Reece, Enterprise
Vollie Lee Ward, Enterprise
Clayton Vawter, Flora
Guy Allison Tulley, Wallowa
Gottfried Julius Carlson, Zumwalt
Roy Andrew Galbraith, Joseph
Anthony Lee Evans, Clarkston
John Wesley Berry Jr., Wallowa
Arthur R. Murphey, Lebanon
George Winchester, Enterprise
John Johnson, Wallowa
Archie Benjamin Marks, Imnaha
Everett Ray Keagle, La Grande
William H. Murphy, Flora
Oscar Frederick Gustafson, Zumwalt
Frank Elsworth Wood, Enterprise
Elbert Marks, Joseph
George Glenn Brooks, Powwatka
Earl J. Woods, Lostine
Joseph H. Sasser, Enterprise
William Clark Akins, Enterprise
Arthur Benjamin Mullen, Duluth, Minn.
Elva Lee Parks, Enterprise
Walter Thomas Brandon, Wallowa
Louis Ray Daggett, Joseph
Clownie Thompson, Imnaha
John B. Allen Dakan, Enterprise
Owen Hansard Campbell, Spokane, Wash.
James Ellsworth Butler, Fruita
Otto Morath, Joseph
Joseph Hylton, Wallowa
Oscar Willis Puderbaugh, Imnaha
Frank Beaudoin, Joseph
Lester Bloom Emmons, Joseph
Nelson Leonard Wood, Powwatka
William Roderick McLean, Prescott, Wash.
Samuel Patterson, Union
Wilber Otis Brines, Portland
Robert Edward Crawford, Enterprise
Dan Goertzen, Aurora
John Isaac Weaver, Enterprise
Frank Paul Reed, Enterprise
Fred Arthur Fisher, Enterprise
Ernest Carbonneau, Valentine, Nebraska
Charles Oman Powers, Portland

Enterprise Record Chieftain
Thursday July 4, 1918

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NEW REGISTRANTS RECEIVE NUMBERS
Men of 1918 Will Be Classified as Questionnaires are Studied by Board

Draft order numbers have been given to the 54 1918 registrants, from the master list received last week. Questionnaires were sent to these young men a few weeks ago and have been returned, and the local board is now classifying them. Physical examinations of those placed in first class will be conducted at the earliest possible day.

The new registered men will be placed, in the order of their draft numbers, at the foot of each of the old classes. As they are all 21 years old, few are married or in occupations which would throw them into deferred classes. So it is expected that a good proportion of them will be in the first class.

In the next call the local board has been notified each county in the nation will be asked to supply men in proportion to the number in the first class. Hence the call will fall heaviest on the counties with the largest new registration and with the largest number of changes from lower to higher classes. This will equalize the number of men taken, considering all calls. As this is kept up from time to time, the counties which had the greatest proportion of their men in class one at first will furnish fewer in the future. In the end the quota for each will rest on the number of men qualified for military service.

The 1918 men put into first class may expect to see service in a few months, for there are to be calls all the fall, and the American army is to be increased steadily until it is enough to finish the great work the boys overseas have been doing this week.

The new men, in their order are as follows:
1 - Joe Pagant, Enterprise
2 - William Richard Bird, Joseph
3 - Samuel Martin Horrell, Enterprise
4 - Charley Elza Bafford, Enterprise
5 - Willie Thompson, Wallowa
6 - Ehrman Bland Beck, Paradise
7 - Clarence Wisdom, Imnaha
8 - Marion Eugene Jordon, Enterprise
9 - Harry George Kalivas, Elgin
10 - Frank Edward Fisher, Wallowa
11 - Robert Wesley Rounsavell, Wallowa
12 - Harold Emmett Edgmand, Chico
13 - Verner Lawrence Moore, Bartlett
14 - Howard Collins, Wallowa
15 - Gale Shelton Johnson, Flora
16 - Charles Frederick Bell, Troy
17 - Philip Nelson, Enterprise
18 - Leo King Couch, Wallowa
19 - Bill Steve Pappas, Elgin
20 - Commodore Walter Cole, Enterprise
21 - Francis Brayton Davis, Troy
22 - Archie Reginald Glassey, Wallowa
23 - Omer Bryan Nicoson, Flora
24 - Charles Robert Goebel, Wallowa
25 - Henry Herman Sommerhause, Lostine
26 - Chauncey Guy Turner, Joseph
27 - Erville Clinton Fordice, Flora
28 - Cecil Clay Patten, Enterprise
29 - Earl Haney, Promise
30 - William McKinley Downing, Wallowa
31 - Pearl Perdue Cloe, Lostine
32 - Ermete Colombart, Vincent
33 - James William Apperson, Enterprise
34 - James Wallace Monteith, Wallowa
35 - Harry Edward Coleman, Wallowa
36 - Newton Hammack, Lewis
37 - Burlin Claud Christy, Joseph
38 - Roy Down, Joseph
39 - Chester Hammack, Enterprise
40 - Evert Aldon Shuman, Flora
41 - Chester Lee Shirley, Enterprise
42 - William Aaron Doak, Enterprise
43 - Otis Edward Bailey, Enterprise
44 - John Wesley Sasser, Enterprise
45 - Carl Dallas, Promise
46 - Charles S. Clark, Troy
47 - Raymond Corago, Enterprise
48 - Clarence Orlando Prout, Enterprise
49 - James Elmer Renfrow, Troy
50 - Truman Mullins, Enterprise
51 - Axel Hakanson, Enterprise
52 - Thomas Singleton O'Malley, Joseph
53 - Joe Shelton, Paradise
54 - George Nathan Wright, Enterprise.

Enterprise Record Chieftain
Thursday July 18, 1918

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SOLDIERS CHEER AS TRAIN LEAVES
Fifty-Two Men Depart For Camp Lewis After A Cordial Sendoff

Fifty-two soldiers departed from Enterprise for Camp Lewis on Monday's train, cheering and waving hats and hands as they leaned from the windows and door of the last car. They received a fitting sendoff, as the station grounds were packed with their friends and neighbors who wrung their hands and promised to back them up at home. The county has sent out more than 100 prospective soldiers in July, its part of an army of a million.

Of the 52 men who left, 47 were Wallowa county registrants and 5 were sent for other places. The county's quota on the call was 62, of whom 13 had left the county and so were sent from elsewhere. According to the records of the local board, the county filed its quota, as it always has done.

Before the men left they had dinner on the court house grounds. This was prepared and served by a committee; which left nothing to be desired in the way of good home food. The committee consisted of Mrs. W.C. Hinterman, Mrs. Ben Weathers, Mrs. Fred L. Colvig, Mrs. O.M. Corkins, J.J. Bauer and O.M. Heacock. The beautiful flowers on the long table were furnished by Mrs. John Oberg.

Following the dinner there were talks by A.W. Hawkins, Frank A. Clarke and J.A. Burleigh. The Joseph band played and headed the procession to the station in which the militia company also was conspicuous.

The 47 Wallowa county men who took the train were:
Ord Wortman, Enterprise
Adam Clayton Garland, Enterprise
Clyde Harsin, Imnaha
Lester Golden Quesenberry, Enterprise
Clayton LeRoy Knodell, Enterprise
Joseph W. Toney, Joseph
George Elmer Tremain, Wallowa
Clifford Mark McGinnis, Powwatka
Wayman B. Larkin, Minam
Clarence W. Otto, Enterprise
William Lester Jackson, Wallowa
Sanford Manon Wood, Powwatka
Jasper Hylton, Powwatka
Harvey Edward Adams, Imnaha
Robert Otis Clark, Elgin
John H. Avery, Lostine
Warner Joseph Beem, Wallowa
James Robert Henderson, Joseph
Loyd Quinn, Joseph
Guy E. Skaggs, Enterprise
Lacy D. Reece, Enterprise
Vollie Lee Ward, Enterprise
Clayton Vawter, Flora
Guy Allison Tulley, Wallowa
John Wesley Berry, Wallowa
George Winchester, Enterprise
John Johnson, Wallowa
Archie Benjamin Marks, Imnaha
William H. Murphy, Flora
Frank Ellsworth Wood, Enterprise
George Glenn Brooks, Powwatka
Joseph H. Sasser, Enterprise
William Clark Akins, Enterprise
Elva Lee Parks, Enterprise
Walter Thomas Brandon, Wallowa
Clownie Thompson, Imnaha
John B. Allen Dakan, Enterprise
Owen Hansird Campbell, Spokane, Washington
James Ellsworth Butler, Fruita
Otto Morath, Joseph
Joseph Hylton, Wallowa
Frank Beaudoin, Joseph
Lester Bloom Emmons, Joseph
Samuel Patterson, Union
Robert Edward Crawford, Enterprise
John Isaac Weaver, Enterprise
Charles Oman Powers, Portland

The 15 Wallowa county men sent from other places follow:
Ray Clifford Morgan, Portland
Harry Joe Foster, Tillamook
Orange Ray Bishop, Red Bluff, Cal.
George Wesley Maynard, Pendleton
George Henry Pettry, Camp Meade, Maryland
Eldon Roscoe Bellows, Walla Walla
Anthony Lee Evans, Lewiston, Ida.
Arthur R. Murphy, Albany
Everett Ray Keagle, La Grande
Earl J. Wood, La Grande
Arthur Benjamin Mullen, Superior, Wisconsin
William Roderick McLean, Walla Walla, Washington
Wilbur Otis Brines, Portland
Dan Goertzen, Aurora
Ernest Carbonneau, Valentine, Neb.

Five men sent by the local board for other counties were Frank Paul Reed, John P. Haglund, Robert L. Chapman, Charles Edgar Bullock and Charles E. Davis.

Enterprise Record Chieftain
Thursday July 25, 1918

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