Batavia’s World War Volunteers and Early Ohio Troops
A Roll of Batavia World War personnel lists Brigadier General Julius A. Penn and officers of Ohio units, plus numerous volunteer soldiers and Navy volunteers. It notes Camp Upton service, Penn leading first Ohio troops in 1917, and the selection rule shifting men from local companies to the 42nd Rainbow Division, aiding early deployment to France and frontline action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Julius A. Penn
Percy M. Ashburn
Thomas Q. Ashburn
John C. Ashburn
Isaac T. Titus
Robert M. Blanchard
Edward D. Sinks
Ben Johnson
Frank White Weaver
Everett Hackett
James M. Patchell
Charlie Miller
Brice Hendrixson
James A. Martin
Clyde Maham
James Ungelhem
Howard Hawkins
Nelson Bradley
Ralph H. Titus
Harry Anderson
Clarence Rice
Paul Kramer
William Richards
Ray Ely
Edgar York
Irwin Kain
June Knight
Edward Shaw
John Weaver
Homer Wymer
Walley Edinger
Ed Fuller
Thomas Simpkins
Benjamin Henderson
Elton Hawkins
Allen Hauck
Louis
George Brown
Fred Pierce
Joseph M. Fitzwater
Percy M. Newberry
Edwin Russell Foster
Bud
Dalé Weaver
Gershom Lease
Clyde Toms
Gerald Isles
Charles H. Needham
Charles W. Sullivan
Walter Sullivan
Albert Skidmore
Thomas Faulkner
John W. Eaton
Kirk Hamilton
Navy
Harold Nichols
Edmund Parott
Robert Jamieson
Ray Beeker
Judge Advocate’s Department
Eli H. Speidel
Allen Davis Ashburn
Camp Upton
N. Y
General Penn
Ohio
Columbus
National Guard
France
Gen
Penn
James Patchell
42Nd
Rainbow
Menoher
Long military career of Brigadier General Ashburn detailed
The record lists Brigadier General Ashburn with service across the Philippines during the Boxer era, in Manila and Panama, then key roles in World War I including command of the 158th and 324th Field Artillery, engagement at Verdun and Meuse-Argonne, and later posts as surgeon general and hospital administrator, plus decorations such as the Silver Star and Legion of Honor. The document covers posts from 1900 through 1929, with emphasis on leadership in France and at Camp Zachary Taylor, Camp Sherman, and related military medical and transportation duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Rhine
Army of Occupation
Brest
France
New York
Camp Sherman
Ohio
Meuse
Meuse-Argonne
824Th Field Artillery
158 Field Artillery
War Claims Board
Transportation Department
Coast Artillery Corps
U. S
Rotterdam
Pocahontas
Pershing
Hines
Army Corps
Lassiter
Gascouin
French Army Corps
Legion OF Honor
Verdun
Ashburn
138Th Field Artillery
Surgeon General of the U S Army and World War I Medical Leader
This brief notes a surgeon who served at Fort Benjamin Harrison in 1917, earned a commission to treat German POWs in 1918, headed the Division of Preventive Medicine for the AEF, authored major works on military hygiene and medical history, contributed extensively to medical reference texts, received the Legion of Honor, and held leadership roles in major medical associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Berne
Switzerland
Medical Department
U. S. Army
Nelson
Dictionary of American Biography
Legion OF Honor
American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
American College of Physicians
Association of Hospital Superintendents of the
District of Columbia
Major General Thomas Ashburn Led 824th Field Artillery in WWI
Major General Thomas Quinn Ashburn served as Adjutant for the North Atlantic Coast Artillery District from May 15 1917 to August 22 1917 and as Colonel of Field Artillery in the National Army from August 5 1917. He organized and commanded the 824th Field Artillery, 83rd Division at Camp Sherman Ohio till June 1918, sailed for France in June 1918 via England, reached Armistice and then marched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Police
Manila
P. L
San Fabian
San Jacinto
Mt. Sansamon
Bacore
Liguan
Aguinaldo
Bangued
Minguan
Dolleres
San Gregino
Pidigan
Senate
San Jacinto P. 1
Department of the Lakes
McArthur
Department of Colorado
Coast Artillery Corps
Havana
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Department of the East
Department of California
Presidio of
San Francisco
Calif
Coast’ Artillery Corps
Seattle
Wash
Bay Corps
Quartermaster Department
Angel Island
Manila Bay
Fort Banks
Mass
North Atlantic Coast Artillery District
National Army
Camp Sherman
Ohio
324Th
Field Artillery
France
England
Germany
Rhine
Army of Occupation
Brest
New York
Meuse
Meuse-Argonne
824Th Field Artillery
Colonel Titus Promoted and Sailed for France in 1918
Colonel Isaac Edwin Titus receives promotion to major in March 1918 and assigned to the 62nd Coast Artillery. He sails from New York to France in July 1918, commands the 1st Battalion of the regiment, serves with the 62nd in France until November, is promoted to lieutenant colonel in early October 1918, and serves in the Inspector General's Department in Bourdeau France from December 1918 to August 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Army
62Nd Regiment of Coast Artillery
New York
France
62Nd
Inspector Generals Department
Bordeau France
Career timeline of Lt. Col in 38th Division to Vannes Hospital
Lieut Col served as Division Surgeon of the 38th Division on May 15 1917 and accompanied the unit to France. After the division was broken for replacements Col Blanchard commanded a hospital center at Vannes Brittany. Promoted to Colonel on July 16 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
France
Blanchard
Vannes
Brittany
Career Timeline of a Medical Officer in 1898–1934
The document lists a long military medical career from Contract Surgeon in 1898 through Assistant Surgeon and Captain ranks to Major, Lieut. Col., and Colonel in the Medical Corps. It records service periods, retirement, and later role as Medical Superintendent of Columbia Hospital starting September 20, 1934, with intermittent active duty end dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Hos
Military career highlights of an early 20th century officer
Born November 17 1874 at Batavia Ohio the officer entered the United States Military Academy in 1892. He advanced from 2nd Lieutenant to Captain during the Spanish American War and served in the Philippines and on Luzon in the early 1900s. He held roles from recruiting officer to military governor of Abra Province and organized provincial administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
U. S. Military Academy
Department of Dakota
Boston
U.S. Volunteer Infantry
Philippine Islands
U. 8S
Province of
Abra
Luzon
P. L
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jennie Penn
Karl Sentman
N. B. Dennison
Batavia, Ohio
Farm Bureau
D. W. McBride
Mt. Carmel
Milford
National Guard of
Kentucky
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Havre
Liverpool
Baron
Baroness Chabaud la Tour
Chateau Thauvenay
San Cerre
Landres Et St. George Argonne
A. E. F. Landres
Newport News
Cathip
Zachary -Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Louisville
Tinio
Pital For Women
Washington D. C
Santa Mesa Hospital
P. I
Santa Mesa
First Reserve
Board For Study of
Panama Canal
Letterman General Hospital
Walter Reed General Hospital
Medical Field Service School
Carlyle
Pennsylvania
Gorgas
Ireland
West Point
Army Medical Library
Republic of Liberia
Medical Department of
Houghton Mifflin Co
Loose Leaf
American College of Physiciany
Agnes Davis
Frank Travis
Batavia, O
Alien Davis Ashburn
Frank Davis Ashburn
Ann Virginia Rose
Col Percy Ashburn
Thomas Quinn Ashburn
Isaac Edwin Titus
Col
Robert Moore Blanchard
Uni
the Doctor
City Gas Service
Marlboro Universal Gas
Nir
Shane
Rural Natural Gas CO
Beechmont
Coolidge Ave
Mt. Washington, U
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