naires of 1166 registrants were forwarded to the District Board. Two appeals were made from the decisions of the Local and District Boards to the President, and both claims were there rejected. A total of 948 men were put in class one by the Local Board. Of these 895 were physically examined and 760 passed for general military service, while 111 were held for special or limited service; the remaining 24 were classed as remedial defectives. (Quite a number of limited service men were sent to training camps to do non-combatant duty.) Of the men in class one, 49 were conscientious objectors (C. O's) and thirty were on the emergency fleet list. (The ship-building program was held to be of such great importance that men of draft age who became employed in the shipyards were not disturbed by the draft.) In Class two there were 228 men of which 4 were in Division A, 21 in B, 166 in C, and 37 in D. Eight were C. O's. In Class three there were 67 men, 25 in Division B, 6 in C, 2 in D, 2 in E, 1 in G, 27 in J, 3 in K, 1 in L. Two were C. O's. In Class four there were 1464 men, 1460 in Division A, 4 in C. In Class five there were 430 men, 6 in Division B, 5 in C, 229 in D, 28 in E, 68 in F, 86 in G and 8 in H. Of the men in Class one, 77 were married, and 894 were unmarried. In deferred classes, 1056 were married and 660 unmarried. The total number married was 1583 and the total number unmarried was 1554. There were, in all, 971 men in Class one, and 2166 in deferred classes. Of the 3137 men, 2886 were native born, 10 naturalized, 43 declarant aliens, and 198 non-declarant aliens. Second Registration, June 5th, 1918 and August 24, 1918—A total of 329 men registered, 326 whites, 2 colored, 1 oriental. Of those in Class one, 98 were ordered to entrain, all reached camp, and 96 were accepted. There were no delinquents. 140 Questionnaires were sent to the District Board. No cases were appealed to the President. 188 men were placed in Class one, 173 were examined physically, 137 passed for general service, 31 for special or limited service, and 5 were classed as remediable defectives. Of the 82 men in Class 2, 5 were in Division B, 62 in C, and 15 in D. Of the 5 men in Class three, 4 were in Division B and 1 in C. Of the 22 men in Class four, 21 were in Division A and 1 in C. Of the 42 men in Class five, 14 were in Division B, 5 in E, 9 in F, and 14 in G. Of the Class one men, 14 were married and 161 unmarried. Of those in deferred classes, 39 were married and 112 unmarried. There were 306 native born citizens, 3 naturalized, 4 declarant aliens and 16 non-declarant aliens. When the armistice was signed, the Local Board was sending ques tionnaires to men aged from 37 to 45. This was ordered discontinued. The classification of the men between the ages of 18 and 36 was well under way. This work was completed by the Local Board, as one of its last tasks. The office of the Local Draft Board, for eighteen months, had jurisdiction over the flower of the county's manhood. Its task, that of selecting the men needed for army service, was a most difficult and delicate one, but nowhere in Ohio, or, for that matter, in the nation, was there a Board which handled the problem better. Over eight thousand men were within the Board's jurisdiction, each one's liability for service being dependent upon the decisions of this Board and the District Board at Canton. The Board gained a reputation for fairness and fearlessness, for granting no favors, and discharging its duties strictly in compliance with instructions from State and Federal army authorities. No persons in the county whooped louder on November 11th, 1918 or with more sincere appreciation of what the end of the war meant than the members of the Local Draft Board for Wayne County. Because of the fact that the men who went from Wayne County were transferred to this unit and to that, to the infantry, the artillery, the signal corps, the aviation department, the engineers, and all other branches of the service, so that no considerable number remained together, the Historian makes no attempt to deal with any unit's work Overseas. The 83rd division proper, in which there were more Wayne County boys than any other, did not get to the battle lines, but a great many men were transferred, even after going overseas, from the 83rd division, who did get into the thick of the fighting. The draftees who saw real action on the battlefields of France were not confined wholly to those who left in the first contingents, for a considerable number were in France within two months after they left their homes. Numerous Wayne County men trained together in U. S. cantonments for many months, were then split up, vacancies filled by men with absolutely no training, and the organizations sailed for France where they went into action within only a few weeks of additional training. The principle upon which the war department worked in thus distributing the men through various units was to equalize the casualties. Warfare in France, as it had been conducted, meant the possible annihilation of certain units, and military leaders, in order that no single community should bear disproportionate losses, scattered the men through many different organizations. Wayne County's drafted soldiers went into the war determined to finish up the job. They were averse to fighting from the start, but were not afraid to fight. The war was not of their making, but they shouldered the task of doing their part to bring the victory. If fight it must be, they reasoned, the only thing to do is fight harder than the other fellow. There is no blemish on the record of Wayne County's drafted soldiers. They fought with valor when called upon, and conducted themselves as gentlemen, always. CHAPTER IV THE STUDENTS ARMY TRAINING CORPS October 1st had a peculiar significance for more than 500 colleges and universities throughout the United States. It witnessed the organization of a new and powerful institution for winning the war-the S. A. T. C. This day will be remembered in American History. On that day all units of the S. A. T. C. throughout the nation, consisting of 150,000 men were assembled simultaneously and stood at attention in recognition of their new duties as soldiers of the United States. The S. A. T. C. was administered by the committee on education and special training of the War Department, Washington D. C. The primary purpose of the S. A. T. C. was to utilize the executive and teaching personnel, and the physical equipment of the educational institutions to assist in the training of our new army, especially useful for the training of officer candidates and technical experts of all kinds to meet the needs of the service. The guiding principle was to place each man where he could render his maximum service, consistent with the needs of the army at the time of his transfer. In addition to military training, the course of study consisted of the ordinary college or technical courses, grouped and modified in such ways as are necessary to meet the needs of the War Department. Registrants who were graduates of standard four year secondary schools or had the equivalent educational qualifications were eligible for induction at institutions, provided, they had physical qualifications for general of limited service. Members of the S. A. T. C. were soldiers in every sense of the word, and the commanding officer had all the authority of military law over them. The routine of the life in each institution was regulated by bugle calls. Each assembly was a military formation, a roll call, and an accounting for absentees. Eleven hours per week was alloted for military work. The training sought to develop: A. Discipline B. Physical hardihood C. Confidence in power of the rifle D. Offensive spirit These were developed by practical instruction in close order during, bayonet exercise, musketry and physical exercise. Charles P. Schwartz formerly an Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, enlisted in the service on August 27th, 1917 at Ft. Sheridan, Illinois. He received a commission as Second Lieutenant Infantry U. S. A. on November 27th, 1917, and was ordered to Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan. On June 10th, 1918 Lt. Schwartz was ordered to Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Public Schools Training Detachment; on August 16th, 1918, Lt. Schwartz was ordered to Lincoln, Nebraska, with the University of Nebraska Training Detachment, and on September 25th, 1918, Lt. Schwartz was ordered to Wooster, Ohio, to be commanding officer, and to organize the S. A. T. C., College of Wooster. Upon arrival here he took charge of nearly three hundred men who had been doing preliminary military training under the direction of Prof. Martin Remp. The following officers were ordered for duty at Wooster, Ohio, to assist Lt. Schwartz. AARON J. HALLORAN, Springfield, Ohio W. RAY WINEGAR, Burmingham, Mich. The S. A. T. C. College of Wooster, was alloted 500 men, and finally consisted of 266 men. There were two companies, and the roster of the companies with acting non-commissioned officers were as follows: S. A. T. C. COLLEGE OF WOOSTER CHARLES P. SCHWARTZ, 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, Commanding Officer. W. RAY WINEGAR, 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, Adjutant. FRANCIS X. MCCULLOCH, 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, Supply Officer. COMPANY "A" AARON J. HALLORAN, 2nd Lt. Infantry Commanding Officer SERGEANTS Baird, Richard H., 2036 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, Penna. Dickson, Robert A., Martins Ferry, Ohio Enders, Robert K., 920 College Avenue, Wooster, Ohio Fulmer, Raymond S., 1817 Allandale Suite No. 3, East Cleveland, Ohio Green, Stephen N., Wooster, Ohio Logee, Robert D., Nappanee, Indiana Logan, Ralph K., 1008 East Cherry St., Massillon, Ohio Potts, George, 563 N. Market St., Wooster, Ohio Taylor, Francis P., R. D. No. 1, Dell Roy, Ohio Watkins, Samuel J., R. D. No. 4, New Philadelphia, Ohio CORPORALS Buchanan, Walter F., 904 Bealle Ave., Wooster, Ohio Campbell, Harold F., 237 Highland Ave., Wellsville, Ohio Campbell, Howard N., 335 N. Broadway St., New Philadelphia, Ohio Chamberlin, Robert S., 91 W. Taggart St., East Palestine, Ohio Dickason, Donald E., R. D. No. 1, Wooster, Ohio Duncan, Randall E., 78 N. Fifth St., Newark, Ohio Frey, Frederick E., 172 Vennum Ave., Mansfield, Ohio Harter, Allan P., 674 S. Elizabeth St., Lima, Ohio Hartman, Charles H., 239 West Ray St., New Philadelphia, Ohio Hays, Ralph L., 437 N. Buckeye St., Wooster, Ohio Heinisch, Harry H., 2558 Lawrence Ave., Toledo, Ohio Kirk, James W., Winchester, Ohio Leavitt, Robert M., 646 College Ave., Wooster, Ohio PRIVATES Adams, Benjamin N., R. D., Wooster, Ohio Alspach, Daniel J., Bluffton, Ohio Andrews, Lloyd F., Sugar Creek, Ohio Arnold, Howard M., 109 W. Clark St., East Palestine, Ohio Ayliffe, Kenneth J., 164 N. Front St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Becker, Daniel D., 904 W. Market St., Orrville, Ohio Bower, Fred A., Bowerston, Ohio Bowman, Harold J., 318 S. Main St., Orrville, Ohio Bowman, Whyndham E., 408 Front St., Brownsville, Penna. Brown, Joseph D., 464 W. Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio |