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A complete list of the names of the men who 
 entered the service of the United States from this 
 county during the war, is nowhere to be found. 
 Much effort has been made to perfect the list for 
 this history. It is important that whoever discov- 
 ers the name of a service man that has been omitted, 
 shall write such name in this book, in its proper 
 place, in the printed columns. Also write the name 
 on a postcard and mail to the undersigned, for in- 
 sertion in a possible second edition of this history. 
 H. J. B. WRIGHT, M. D., 
 Ryland Bldg., San Jose, California. 
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 
 
 „The Santa Clara County Historical Society earnestly desires to preserve the record of 
 the noble work done and the sacrifices made by the people of this county in support of our 
 nation during the world-war. This book is offered to our fellow citizens for that pur- 
 pose. The descriptive text— the first half of the book — was written by Edith Daley 
 while the war was in progress; the accuracy of her statements and the felicity of her 
 composition are important factors of this history. The remainder of the book has been 
 produced by the historical society at much cost of labor and without hope of pecuniary 
 reward. 
 
 H. J. B. WEIGHT, President. 
 Santa Clara County Historical Society. 
 San Jose, Dec. 22, 1919. 
 
 THE WAR HISTORY OF 
 SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 VjT he great volume of war work activities de- 
 ^■^ scribed in the following pages is the result of 
 many co-operating forces. Each patriotic worker 
 deemed his obligation equal with the soldier in the 
 trench, to do and sacrifice to the limit of power in 
 response to every call of the government. Every 
 War Work organization was imbued with this 
 splendid spirit of true Americanism and every 
 patriotic effort and sacrifice has made history for 
 Santa Clara County, that will be everlasting. 
 
 If we were to single out one of these as being 
 more important than the others the press is cer- 
 tainly that one. The numerous papers published 
 
 in this county have undoubtedly made possible the 
 marvelous organization of the War Work Council 
 with all its ramifications and detail, the Women 's 
 Molilized Army, the Red Cross ' wonderfully aug- 
 mented activities, and various other allied organi- 
 zations. And space is here taken to enter a recog- 
 nition of the power of the press in this work. 
 
 Let us not overlook the fact that churches, 
 schools, fraternal societies, social and scientific 
 organizations, business concerns, the widow with 
 her mite, and the boot-black with his brushes, all 
 united in one great heroic and patriotic effort to 
 resist the vicious Hun. 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Santa Clara County's part in the world war. 
 Things in the process of making rarely reveal 
 their true significance. We await completion be- 
 fore measuring values. During the hurry and 
 stress of war-time responsibilities when even the 
 average easy-going citizen was called upon to bear 
 unusual burdens, we did not realize that the activ- 
 ities in which we were engaged constituted the 
 making of history. Time mellows experience and 
 the story of yesterday's fighting on the home line 
 will be painted in softer colors by reason of the 
 interval and the perspective we have gained. 
 
 With the fifth liberty loan, the victory loan 
 campaign, a thing of the past and its files already 
 dusty, the state, the county and the city awaken to 
 the fact that various war activities were illumi- 
 nated pages in the great world war history. The 
 fighters in the home trenches had their battles and 
 their victories no less than did the sons of Old 
 Glory who followed the light of its stars overseas. 
 The war that had seemed very far away sud- 
 denly came near — so near that the cold steel of 
 the enemy touched warm American hearts. Ger- 
 many had started it. We suddenly knew that it 
 was up to us to finish it — at whatever cost. 
 
 On April 6, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson 
 signed the resolution of congress declaring the 
 "existence of a state of war" and asking that all 
 the resources of the United States be ' ' directed 
 to prosecute hostilities against the German govern- 
 ment to a successful termination. ' ' Resources 
 meant not only men but money — money for the 
 maintenance of our dwn army and navy, and 
 money to loan our allies against the coming of 
 that "successful termination." We were reminded 
 of what Napoleon once said, that the three essen- 
 tials to the prosecution of successful warfare were 
 money, money and money." Fifty years ago over 
 three billion dollars was raised to provide for the 
 expenses of the civil war. In 1917 the country's 
 wealth was eight times as great and the banking 
 resources 20 times as great. Whatever America 
 had to do she was able to do. 
 
 There were two ways of raising the amount 
 needed: Germany's method of taxation or the issu- 
 ance of bonds. Uncle Sam borrowed, giving his 
 interest bearing promissory note to every man. 
 
 More than 10,(\0ft loyal citizens led by City Man- 
 ager Thomas H. R«et3,rwbo jv^is ie!jpcn,siJ)l,e for the 
 day's success, marched through tte- oity'S. streets 
 while the Stars and Stripes waved above them and 
 bands played Dixie and America — and the thrill- 
 ing Marseillaise. Thousands of hearts swelling 
 and throats tightening queerly when the flag went 
 by I We began to realize that war encompassed 
 us all. 
 
 That night, at a great mass meeting in the 
 high school auditorium hundreds unanimously 
 pledged hearts and hands to the country's cause. 
 There we renewed our "allegiance to the flag and 
 to the high principles of liberty, humanity and 
 justice which it represents. ' ' 
 
 On May 3, 1917, the announcement was made 
 that the first offering of bonds authorized under 
 the finance law Would be $2,000,000,000. "Liberty 
 Loan" issue, open to popular subscription at par; 
 subscriptions to be received until June 15. Bonds 
 to be dated July 1 and ready for delivery then. 
 Bonds were attractively exempt from taxation — 
 except estate or inheritance taxes, and bore three 
 and one-half per cent interest. Denominations 
 were from $50 to $100,000 and payments arranged 
 on easy terms, two per cent payable on applica- 
 tion. The 12 Federal Reserve Banks were desig- 
 nated as the central agencies in their respective 
 districts. Santa Clara county's quota was approx- 
 imately $2,000,000, this amount being figured with 
 the bank deposits as a basis. 
 
 Boys were enlisting — volunteering. Adolph 
 B. Canelo Jr., offered his services to his country 
 and hurrieid home from Columbia university at 
 this time, being ordered to the Presidio at San 
 Francisco. L. M. Farrell was made a lieutenant 
 colonel and ordered to important duties in the San 
 Joaquin valley. We were watching this San Jos- 
 ean 's rapid military rise with neighborly interest 
 and pride. Katherine Burke, the dynamic Scottish 
 hospital worker who had seen experience on every 
 fighting front, Kvas here thrilling us with vivid 
 word pictures of things overseas. Colonel Theo- 
 dore Roosevelt was using his most strenuous 
 endeavor to gain permission to raise a regiment 
 for service in France. This touched us closely 
 through our own Dave Dobbins whose patriotism 
 
 woman and child who offered him their savings flamed to meet that of the First American. Dave 
 
 or their wealth. 
 
 Secretary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo, on 
 April 10 predicted the amount of the bond issue 
 that would be needed. Then we began to talk of 
 buying government bonds as we might have talked 
 of purchasing a commutation ticket previously. 
 Men talked it over. Bonds. A big issue. Not all 
 at once but as funds were needed. When Uncle 
 Sam asked for a "loan" it meant that real war 
 was ahead. People checked up their savings. 
 More and more flags fluttered out everywhere. 
 The sky was ablaze with them. A new tenseness 
 and seriousness pervaded business circles. Then 
 came the never-to-be-forgotten nation-wide observ- 
 ance of Preparedness Day — on April 12, 1917. 
 
 didn't go then. Roosevelt was rejected by his 
 country and this tragic disappointment Dave 
 Dobbins shared. Nothing daunted he went to 
 Canada and enlisted there. We glorified in his 
 determination when he returned to San Jose for 
 a few days some months ago in the natty uniform 
 of an English aeroplane instructor. 
 
 We began to hear of war gardens and food 
 conservation, of the council of defense and regis- 
 tration. There were frequent flag presentations 
 and we learned how to properly salute Old Glory. 
 Men who kept their hats on when the grandest 
 flag on earth "went by met strangely questioning 
 looks. We were absorbing the war spirit. It came 
 to us in larger measure when we who stayed at 
 
,WA.P^;lJlSTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 home realized that by buying bon^i ,we could fight 
 with our,',nft)he^.; ■•.,•■•.",•■ ; ; ,'/, , _' 
 
 Abotft'-thi's' <iime"'Jo6dp^'Sl. Parker, manager 
 of the Sperry Flour company, spoke prophetically. 
 The price of flour and other commodities had been 
 steadily climbing. Some one asked Parker what 
 he thought about the probable continuance of 
 high prices. 
 
 "Even if the war were finished today," said 
 Parker, "Europe will be left with millions of tired 
 men, shot and broken to pieces. Their tools and 
 implements have long been out of service and the 
 soil is ruined for tillage. It will be several years 
 before they can feed themselves. We will have 
 to feed them. With Europe looking to us for food 
 the price of foodstuffs \vill not come down. ' ' 
 
 On May 14, 1917, the details of the Liberty 
 Loan were telegraphed all over the country. Offi- 
 cers training camps opened. Men flocked to fill 
 them, Pacifists were abroad in the land, their 
 voices raised in protest against the country 's war 
 policy. The Espionage measure was passed May 
 14. We began to hear the ominous words "slack- 
 er," "disloyalty," and "sedition." The old easy 
 settled routine of things was sadly disturbed at 
 the time of the beginning of the first Liberty 
 Loan drive. 
 
 FIEST LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE 
 
 California was divided into two districts with 
 the Tehachapi the dividing line and Los Angeles 
 and San Francisco headquarters. The northern 
 district was divided into sixteen sub-districts with 
 a competent bond seller in charge of each. Before 
 the real campaign started voluntary local bond 
 subscriptions began to come in. The Knights 
 Templar and Observatory Parlor of the Native 
 Sons were the first Fraternal organizations to buy 
 bonds. Sen. Frank H. Benson and Judge Urban 
 A. Sontheimer are on record as having advocated 
 the early purchase of Liberty Bonds by the Native 
 Sons. 
 
 May 23, 1917, by telegraphic designation, the 
 Secretary of the Treasury and A. Kains, Governor 
 of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 
 appointed a local committee for handling the cam- 
 paign in Santa Clara county, particularly to receive 
 bond subscriptions. The following men were 
 named: John Brooke, Vice-President Safe Deposit 
 Bank, Chairman; W. K. Beans, president of Bank 
 of San Jose; W. E. Blauer, manager local branch 
 of Bank of Italy; W. S. Clayton, president First 
 National Bank; T. 8. Montegomery, president Gar- 
 den City Bank and Trust Company; Wilbur 
 Edwards, jjresident Security Savings Bank. 
 
 The opening of the Second Officers ' Training 
 Camp preceded the first Bond Drive. Very few 
 San Joseang ever knew that the work of inter- 
 viewing and examining all the applicants for 
 shoulder straps and military titles was done by a 
 working volunteer committee of three. W. S. 
 Clayton, A. B. Post and V. J. LaMotte did this 
 patriotic service rejecting the men they considered 
 
 unfit and sending the others to San Francisco for 
 acceptance or rejection by the ' ' higher powers. ' ' 
 
 The little old oak table in room 401 in the 
 First National Bank building could unfold an 
 interesting tale if it had a voice. Beside it the 
 commititee of three met the embryo officers and 
 here also the real work of the first liberty bond 
 drive had its beginning. On the evening of May 
 24, 1917, a few San Jose men gathered in this 
 room to talk over the task that confronted the 
 nation and the task that awaited them. 
 
 It was a poorly attended,meeting. No extra 
 chairs had to be brought in. Around the worn old 
 table were W. S. Clayton, Dr. W. C. Bailey, John 
 Kuster, E. K. Johnston, H. L. Baggerly, J. D. Far- 
 well and perhaps one or ^wo others whose names 
 are forgotten. No records were kept. Only the 
 little room and the oak table can tell the whole 
 story. It was an earnest gathering and the power 
 generated here won a smashing victory in Bonds 
 with which to back up the boys! 
 
 This office had no telephone so on May 26 
 these volunteers moved into rooms 701-702. This 
 was E. N. Richmond's office and he donated its 
 use during the entire period of the first and second 
 Bond drives. In the new headquarters there was 
 another small but significant meeting on the even- 
 ing of "moving day," May 26, 1917. At this 
 memorable time a complete working commiittee 
 was named. John D. Kuster, manager of the Pa- 
 cific Gas and Electric Company was made County 
 chairman and Dr. W. C. Bailey secretary. The 
 bank committee previously named by Kains and 
 McAdoo Svas supplemented by other appointments, 
 making the personnel of the original bond workers 
 as follows: 
 
 John D. Kuster, Dr. W. 0. Bailey, John F. 
 Brook, E. N. Richmond, J. D. Farwell, Howell D. 
 Melvin, H. L. Baggerly, Elton R. Shaw, Geo. N. 
 Herbert, Alfred B. Post, Wm. E. Blauer, E. K. 
 Johnston, Walter Mathewson, V. J. La Motte, W. 
 S. Clayton, G. R. Parkinson, Herbert Robinson, 
 H. G. Coykendall, Chas. R. Parkinson and Wilbur 
 J. Edwards. 
 
 A new and very grave responsibility had to 
 be faced. Each man realized that there was a 
 tremendous task ahead. There was no organiza- 
 tion, no plan. A way had to be found. Each man 
 only knew that Uncle Sam had touched him on the 
 shoulder and that he was expected to put that 
 shoulder to the wheel of national affairs and help 
 to win the war. Not a man faltered though it 
 meant the hardest kind of work and the neglect 
 of his private business interests. This was "big 
 business." San Jose and Santa Clara County 
 men of affairs would do their loyal part in com- 
 pany with the humblest citizen sons of Uncle Sam. 
 Each had the feeling that the eyes of his country- 
 men were upon him; that the empty hands "over 
 there" were outstretched to him in appeal. There 
 came a new thrill of brotherhood for our allies. 
 That thrill tightened the throats of stern business 
 men when news came that the Stars and Stripes 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 were floating high over Victoria Tower in Lon- 
 don — the first time in the history of a thousand 
 years that any flag other than the English had 
 been raised over the "Mother of Parliament." 
 
 Work began in earnest. Telephones and auto- 
 mobiles were requisitioned. The committee forgot 
 to look at the clock. On May 25, Senator James 
 D. Phelan telegraphed from Washington "We are 
 fighting for our liberty with the weapon nearest 
 our hand. The Liberty Bond is such a weapon." 
 Slogans met one everywhere. "Have you 
 bought your Liberty Bond?" "Fight or Pay;" 
 "Enlist or Contribute," shouted at the reader 
 from every page of the newspapers. Bonds were 
 urged as investments and suggested as ideal wed- 
 ding presents! 
 
 Sunday, May 27, congregations in San Jose 
 churches, listened to eloquent appeals to their loy- 
 alty and patriotism. In one church the pastor 
 changed "Jerusalem" to "America" with telling 
 effect, his text reading: "If I forgot thee, O 
 America, let my right hand forget its cunning." 
 The committee on public meetings consisted 
 of Elton B. Shaw, E. K. Johnston and E. N. Eich- 
 mond. They were to consult with Alexander 
 Sheriffs, Superintendent of Schools. On May 29, 
 the first big luncheon was held at the St. James 
 hotel. Invitations to attend this luncheon were 
 sent to the executive heads of all fraternal orders, 
 church societies, social clubs and to all preachers, 
 teachers, business and professional men. The 
 speech of the hour was made by Max Kuhl and 
 the spirit of the gathering was President Wilson 's 
 message: "The supreme test of the nation has 
 come. We must all act and serve together." 
 
 On Decoration Day hundreds gathered in St. 
 James park to hear Rev. J. W. Kramer's wonder- 
 ful tribute to his country and his dramatic appeal 
 for every loyal citizen 's loyal support in the hour 
 of America's need. "Old Glory," said the speaker, 
 ' ' May it wave and Vvave and never be furled until 
 it is folded over the grave of dethroned Prussian- 
 ism! May it wave and wave until war shall only 
 be a fit inscription for the gates of hell! And 
 wave and wave until all suffering humanitiy shall 
 feel the warmth of its loving embrace! 
 
 On this Decoration Day, C. E. Kratt, the first 
 pharmacist to enlist, left San Jose to join the 
 colors and J. D. Chase, Jr. Secretary of the County 
 Council of Defense since its organization, enlisted 
 as a private in the National Guard. 
 
 An evening in early June the committee mot 
 in Richmond 's office and Chairman Kuster an- 
 nounced that the Rotarians had been canvassed 
 and each promised to buy bonds. He had also 
 spoken to 37 Pacific Gas and Electriic employees 
 and 36 had replied favorably. That was a start. 
 Every bank in the county was alive to the 
 need and subscribing liberally. On the night of 
 June 6, City Manager Thomas H. Reed and Cyrus 
 Pierce of San Francisco addressed a mass meeting 
 at the Victory Theatre at which Judge W. A. 
 Beasly presided. E. N. Richmond acted as bond 
 
 seller and $44,650 was subscribed on the spot. 
 Only about 1000 attended this first mass meeting 
 but each of the 1000 men and women went away 
 fully determined that San Jose should do its 
 full duty. 
 
 Music for this meeting Vas furnished by W. 
 E. Johnson, assisted by Dr. Charles M. Richards 
 and the following quartet: Mrs. Charles Bras- 
 land, Mrs. J. C. Elder, Roy Thompson and Warren 
 French. When W. E. Johnson sang "The Battle 
 Hymn of the Republic," and "The Star Spangled 
 Banner" that night in June he little thought how 
 many times his appealing voice would wake San 
 Jose audiences to heights of patriotism in the 
 days to come — days that were to bring him heart- 
 breaking news in the casualty lists from his 
 "Mother England." 
 
 On June 8, 1917, led by Charles R. Parkinson, 
 the Rotarians started a "Shoe Leather Campaign" 
 of the residential and business districts with an 
 accompanying "boost" program of patriotic mass 
 meetings. That evening at the high school mem- 
 bers of the committee addressed the student body 
 numbering 1500. 
 
 Among other things, John Kuster said tersely: 
 "It's up to the United States to lick Germany. 
 If we don't do it Germany is going to lick us." 
 W. S. Clayton said in part. "You must do 
 your part if you intend to sustain the present civi- 
 lization under which you live." 
 
 E. N. Richmond characterized the present 
 crisis as ' ' one of the psychological moments of 
 history. Get together and organize. This is only 
 the first call." 
 
 Louis Campiglia, Rotarian president, heartily 
 sanctioned the "Shoe Leather Campaign." Fol- 
 lowing the meeting 100 high school boys under the 
 direction of John Lynch president of the student 
 body, formed a special committee to canvas the 
 residential district. There were committees ap- 
 pointed to interview all lawyers and, indirectly, 
 their clients. This committee consisted of F. H. 
 Bloomingdale, David M. Burnett, L. Petree and 
 L. B. Archer. All lines of business were segregated 
 and a committee appointed for each list. No 
 business house ^vas forgotten. For instance: 
 Elmer E. Chase was given cannerieis; Dr. David 
 A. Beattie, doctors and nurses; A. G. DuBrutz, 
 plumbers; Ferdinand G. Canelo drygoods and 
 department stores; Robert F. Benson, automobiles 
 and accessories. Barber shops fell to the lot of 
 Wm. L. Prussia. Jay McCabe, being known for 
 his amazing versatility, was handed a list which 
 designated priests, and Chinese and Japanese set- 
 telments. For Jay's assistance leaflets were 
 printed in Japanese, Chinese and Italian. Alex- 
 ander Sheriffs was to interview heads of type- 
 writer and ofKce supply houses, including "cash 
 registers." 
 
 Then masculine shoe heels began to ' ' run 
 over" and soles to wear through. Nobod"" shirked. 
 For a time it looked as if the hig) schoo" solicitors 
 were making a better record than the business 
 
WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 men. That caused Captain Charles Parkinson to 
 send a letter to each Rotarian which said in part: 
 ' ' Dear Rotarian — We have been drafted to do our 
 bit in this most serious crisis of our country's 
 history. No slackers in Rotary! ♦ • * We can't 
 afford to allow the high school of San Jose which 
 has been organized to solicit the residential sec- 
 tion to beat out a bunch of live business men at 
 their own game. Charles Parkinson, Captain." 
 That increased the speed! 
 
 Among speakers at the meetings held in the 
 various school houses Svere D. M. Burnett, Judge 
 U. A. Sontheimer, E. N. Richmond, Charles M. 
 O'Brien, Chauncey F. Tramutolo, Dr. F. H. Pat- 
 terson, George N. Herbert, Arthur M. Free, A. G. 
 DuBrutz, W. L. Atkinson, Elton R. Shaw, W. S. 
 Clayton and City Manager Thomas H. Reed. 
 
 Everybody was working and working hard. The 
 office of Secretary was no sinecure. Dr. W. C. 
 Bailey was a whole battery of big guns and Chair- 
 man John Kuster a regular vitalizing current of 
 energy. 
 
 The "Shoe Leather Campaign" opened at 10 
 a. m. June 11 with ear-splitting whistle blasts, a 
 clamor of auto horns and the clang of fire, church 
 and school bells. San Jose was not to be a slacker 
 city — not while this First Liberty Loan committee 
 had "shoe leather to burn" on the pavements! 
 
 Just here the "four minute men" made their 
 entrance in the campaign, speaking in the theatres. 
 The men who won applause and bond subscriptions 
 in four minutes were City Manager Thomas H. 
 Reed, Councilman W. L. Atkinson and Deputy Dis- 
 trict Attorney Fred L. Thomas. 
 
 A unique break in the routine of Probate pro- 
 ceedings occured in Judge P. F. Gosbey 's court 
 •when he gave permission to trustees of various 
 estates to use funds for the purchase of Liberty 
 Bonds. Thousands of dollars otherwise unavail- 
 able were loaned to Uncle Sam by this order 
 which the Judge expressed himself as "glad to 
 make. ' ' 
 
 By Wednesday, June 13, 1917, the San Josean 
 who appeared without a Liberty Loan button was 
 not popular. Banks remained open in the evenings 
 from 7 to 8 for the benefit of subscribers. Up to 
 this time only 361 out of 1628 subscribers had 
 bought bonds directly from the banks. Banks 
 were subscribing heavily, the large percentage of 
 the entire loan being taken by them. Many sig- 
 nificant subscriptions were made. The scholarship 
 fund at the High School purchased a $1000 bond. 
 The First Methodist Sunday school duplicated that 
 purchase following an address by the pastor. Rev. 
 William L. Stidger in which he said: "We are 
 fighting today for the same thing that Jesus Christ 
 fought for and at last died for — the conservation 
 of human liberty and freedom." 
 
 About this time John D. Kuster made another 
 cryptic speech: "If we do not come across, Ger- 
 many will!" The day that Kuster said that, little 
 Chester Olson, 12 year old newsboy, read a flam- 
 ing poster that said "Those that stay at home 
 
 must feed the boys at the front." Chester was 
 patriotic — and he had $10 in the bank. He "beat 
 it home" to ask father and mother something. 
 They consented. Proudly Chester Vent to the 
 First National Bank and negotiated for the pur- 
 chase of a $50 bond — $10 down and $2.50 a month. 
 He had made $1.43 in three days. Business was 
 good — and Uncle Sam needed the money. The 
 boy's heart was made of good American material. 
 Later Chester 's older brother donned a uniform 
 and the little newsie was gladder than ever to be 
 a bond owner. 
 
 The First Liberty Loan drive neared a close. 
 The amount of the quota was almost subscribed. 
 The banks would be closed at 11 a. m. June 15. 
 John D. Kuster, chairman. Dr. W. C. Bailey, sec- 
 retary and every committeeman united in a mighty 
 effort to "boost" San Jose "over the top." A 
 constant stream of bond buyers congested all the 
 banks in the last hour with subscriptions totaling 
 $161,000. Frances Craig of the "Come Out of the 
 Kitchen ' ' Company telegraphed a $500 subscrip- 
 tion. Then came eleven o'clock! At headquarters 
 tired business men shook hands and said to each 
 other "we are over the top!" The biggest thing 
 that the city and county had ever been called 
 upon to do was done creditably. Without exper- 
 ience, with no particular organization, by the 
 strength of patriotic citizenship and unselfish 
 effort, John D. Kuster, chairman. Dr. W. C. Bailey, 
 secretary, the tireless committee and each man, 
 woman and child who responded to the country's 
 call had helped record an accomplishment that is 
 pointed to with pride. It was done without the 
 aid of any particular spontaneity. There was no 
 groat intensity of war spirit but public spirited 
 citizens "put it over" with a final flourish of 
 oversubscription. 
 
 For San Jose the number of subscribers was 
 4774. For the county 2228 making a total of 7002. 
 The amount of the loan subscribed by San Jose 
 was $1,611,300 averaging per capita, $337. For 
 the county the subscription was $707,050 per capita 
 average $317. The total bond subscription for 
 city and county was $2,318,350 wiith a per capita 
 average of $331, and' only six and one half per 
 cent of the entire population subscribing. The 
 shoulders that Uncle Sam touched had been put 
 to the wheel! Santa Clara county and San Jose 
 ' ' took the loan. ' ' 
 
 Invaluable aid was given during this and the 
 Second Liberty Loan Drive by Fred Lewis Foster 
 able secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He 
 was combination patriotic assistant secretary, 
 counselor, solicitor and publicity man, working 
 quietly but efficiently doing a tremendous service. 
 On June 20, 1917, after the "smoke of battle" 
 had cleared away. Dr. W. C. Bailey, President of 
 the Chamber of Commerce and also Secretary of 
 the Liberty Loan Committee, issued the following 
 letter of sincere appreciation addressing it to 
 "The Citizens:" 
 
 "Now that the first installment of the Lib- 
 
WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 erty Loan has passed into history," wrote Dr. 
 Bailey, "as Secretary of the Liberty Loan Com- 
 mittee, anil in behalf of the committee, I wish to 
 congratulate you upon the wonderful success of 
 the issue and to rejoice with you in this great 
 exhibition of solid financial assistance to the gov- 
 ernment in time of need. We simply could not 
 fail. Returns are sufficient to show that this loan 
 knew no territorial divisions, no financial cliques, 
 no racial factions, but that it was a grand out- 
 pouring of the gold of the whole country by the 
 rich and poor for united American democracy. 
 We are proud of our local participation and we 
 take this opportunity to congratulate all those 
 who helped in any way to make this first install- 
 ment of the Liberty Loan so splendidly successful. 
 W. C. BAILEY, 
 Secretary Liberty Loan Committee. 
 COUNCIL OF DEFENSE 
 
 Council of Defense always sounded formid- 
 able. It made you think of a beleaguered castle 
 with foemen at the draV/bridge. It conjured up a 
 picture of invaded liomes and Israel Putnams 
 leaving horses hitched to various and several 
 plows while the plowmen hurried forthwith to 
 grab their guns. Our local Putnams did. At least, 
 under the guardianship of the council, they formed 
 a home guard and petitioned an obdurate state 
 government to send along the guns. The hearts 
 of the home guardsmen were in the right place; 
 but it developed that tlie Hunnish hordes were not 
 to be driven from the Alviso seaboard. Our home 
 defense organized itself along other lines. 
 
 Senator Frank H. Benson is the man who 
 introduced the original state council of defense 
 emergency measure requested by Governor William 
 D. Stephens, to the senate. This was done on 
 March 28, 1917, the measure passing without a 
 dissenting vote. This proposed state council of 
 defense, to be composed of 3 members appointed 
 by the governor, was to be empowered to investi- 
 gate and report on all of California's resources 
 and military needs. 
 
 Local members of the council appointed by 
 the governor were Judge P. F. Gosbey, chairman; 
 Henry M. Ayer, chairman board of supervisors; 
 Arthur B. Langford, sheriff; Arthur M. Free, dis- 
 trict attorney. Later Derol J. Chace was made 
 secretary, and George E. Hamilton of Santa Clara 
 and H. L. Haehl of Palo Alto were added to the 
 council 's membership. 
 
 Derol Chase made an unselfishly patriotic 
 secretary, giving not only his entire time, but the 
 use of his automobile to the work of the council. 
 Not every one was quite clear just what duties 
 belonged to this body of men, for the reason that 
 their work wa« of such a nature that much of it 
 was a secret shared only with their Uncle Sam. 
 The objects for which the nation-wide councils 
 were formed was to safeguard the welfare of the 
 people during the war, to increase food production 
 and promote conservation. To co-operate in carry- 
 on business and industrial pursuits in a manner as 
 
 near normal as possible. To classify all unofficial 
 military organizations and supervise their activ- 
 ities. In short, this council was to co-ordinate 
 patriotic effort. 
 
 San Jose citizens at this time were in a state 
 of apathy to the imminence of war and the newly 
 formed council seemed something quite unneces- 
 sary. 
 
 No — war didn't seem imminent. Of course 
 we were quite interested in that army camp at 
 Sixth and Santa Clara streets, where companies 
 B and M and a sanitary detachment were await- 
 ing orders. Lieutenant L. M. Farrell commanded 
 the real fighting contingents. Major F. H. Pater- 
 son headed the sanitary detachment and called for 
 volunteers. Don 't you remember how queer it 
 seemed for those boys to have to be uncomfortable 
 in tents on that corner lot when their homes were 
 right here? 
 
 Telegraphic reports grew disquieting and the 
 Sixth street camp was very real. It began to dis- 
 turb mothers and sisters, sweethearts and Wives. 
 Women didn 't want war — they protested. They 
 voiced that protest by a long, long petition 
 against war, a petition forwarded to Washington. 
 They were not disloyal — they just didn 't want 
 WAR! It is a way women have to want to keep 
 the loved ones safe at home. Then, unexpectedly, 
 that corner lot camp was broken up. Companies 
 B and M left April 2, 1917, under orders. Lieu- 
 tenant Farrell, who didn 't stay a lieutenant very 
 long, sent a parting shot to the petition signers. 
 Farrell was a two-fisted fighting man — and he Was 
 looking ahead. He announced in plain terms that 
 the ' ' time is upon us when unpreparedness is 
 madness. ' ' 
 
 The Council of Defense began to have meet- 
 ings. The war cloud on the horizon was no longer 
 the size of a man's hand. We heard talk of the 
 war, if it came, not being ' ' against the German 
 people but against the kaiser." Fine lines were 
 drawn that shells and shrapnel didn't ever 
 recognize. 
 
 Dominic DiFiori, University of Santa Clara 
 graduate, enlisted in the aviation corps and said 
 goodbye. Local regiments were forming. Major 
 Herbert L. Partridge, retired, was acting colonel 
 of one regiment. Captain Russell B. Tripp, N. G. 
 C, retired, acted as adjutant and Captain R. B. 
 Leland, formerly of the National Guard of Iowa, 
 served as quartermaster. Four local companies 
 were headed respectively by Lieutenant Argyll 
 Campbell, Lieutenant William L. Howe, Lieuten- 
 ant Byron W. Gray, all formerly of the N. G. C, 
 and Captain Clyde A. Bostwick, formerly of the 
 Missouri National Guard. 
 
 Then City Manager Reed began the organiza- 
 tion of the Home Guard which was to take the 
 place of departed companies B and M. A com- 
 mittee of patriotic citizens met at the chamber of 
 commerce — just 11 men — and decided to have a 
 city Loyalty Demonstration. Ten Spanish War 
 Veterans led by Captain B. B. Kavanaugh, pre- 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 sented themselves at this meeting and offered their 
 services as a nucleus for the Home Guard. This 
 was a memorable meeting. The San Joseans pres- 
 ent beside the war veterans were Thomas H. Reed, 
 Alexander H. Sheriffs, W. 6. Alexander, Howell 
 D. Melvin, D. M. Burnett, E. N. Richmond, Arthur 
 B. Langford, Chief of Police Black, Louis Cam- 
 piglia, A. B. Post and J. F. McHenry. 
 
 San Jose 's part in the great world war really 
 started in a civic way at this meeting. The fol- 
 lowing Tuesday there was a meeting of the cham- 
 ber of commerce. Dr. W. W. Campbell came down 
 from Mt. Hamilton to tell us about the stars which 
 we were in a way of forgetting. He reminded us 
 that ' ' the earth formed but a tiny part of the 
 great scheme of spheres and planets which strentch 
 from us into infinity. ' ' In the trying months to 
 come, months that tried the very soul fibre in a 
 man, Dr. Campbell could have told us about other 
 stars. There came a time when three blue ones 
 shone in the window of his mountain home. Ken- 
 neth, driving an ambulance on the fighting line in 
 Italy. Douglas, Captain Douglas Campbell later, 
 with the aviation corps in France, and Wallace 
 with the fighting engineers. 
 
 The local Knights of Columbus and many 
 other organizations adopted patriotic resolutions 
 to stand by the president in whatever policy he 
 determined should be ours. The Sons of Veterans 
 offered their loyal services and everybody was 
 asked to display the flag. 
 
 Not everyone knew that there were two Coun- 
 cils of Defense in our city. Those who chanced 
 to be down town on the morning of Saturday, 
 April 7, understood without having heard the 
 •declaration, that We were in a state of war. The 
 North Ninth street Council paraded! Led by 
 Captain Harry Vance, aged 13 years, came a guard 
 numbering 14. The contingent included a hos- 
 pital corps consisting of three white-paper-capped 
 Red Cross nurses, the crosses being artistically 
 done in red crayon. Captain Claire Declair who 
 owned to seven years led the nurses. The fighting 
 squad, beside the Captain, was oflScered by three 
 First Sergeants Ernest Delair, Ralph Guther and 
 Milton Dampier. The rest were ' ' just privates. ' ' 
 Recruites were asked for at headquarters, 141 
 North Ninth street and special inducements prom- 
 ised in the way of drum beating, flag raisings and 
 marching. 
 
 One tremendous task undertaken by the grown- 
 up Council was the listing of all farm equipment 
 available to assist in increased food production. 
 
 At the time of the first registration County 
 Clerk Henry Pfister took his place on the Council 
 with a plan for handling the big task. This was 
 done in response to an appeal from Sacramento — 
 sort of a "cry from Macedonia" to "come over 
 and help us!" "It's a big job you are putting 
 on me," was Pfister 's comment "but I can do it 
 and want to do it for the cause." June 5, 1917, 
 by the President's proclamation, was named 
 Registration Day for all men beflween the ages of 
 
 21 and 31. This was a matter of very great 
 importance and was responded to in a most patri- 
 otic manner. Upon designation of the day, the 
 Council of Defense launched a campaign of 
 publicity. Letters were sent to all school heads 
 and the chihlren were told to carry the news home 
 to "Daddy." Foreign speaking residents were 
 reached through the officers of their societies and 
 a speakers' committee. Sheriff Langford assisted 
 by Dan J. Flannery, ' ' covered Chinatown. ' ' 
 
 Finally a halt came. Postage stamps cost 
 money. Down in their pockets went the members 
 of the Council to the depth of $5 per member. 
 That meant a treasurer. Derol Chace gained the 
 treasureship by a unanimous vote. That was all 
 right with Derol. He was ready to do anything 
 for Uncle Sam — even to the buying of stamps. 
 Only — he was getting interested in another kind 
 of "Defense." On May 31, 1917, he resigned from 
 the Council and shouldered a real gun and marched 
 r^way. Fighting on the home lines couldn't hold 
 Derol — not with the greatest adventure in the 
 world promising glory overseas and his flag call- 
 ing for men. 
 
 Not every man who longed to go accompanied 
 him. Hearts young with patriotism were disguised 
 tvith thick coverings of years. John Brokenshire, 
 iged 59, and his 65 year old "pal," Mr. Peasley, 
 engineer at the Southern Pacific Roundhouse 
 wanted to fight for Old Glory. They went to San 
 Francisco to enlist as stationary engineers. Each 
 owned to being "45" — but there was a very dis- 
 agreeable young officer who said "no." There 
 was no use in argument and the "boys" took the 
 first train home. 
 
 W. C. Short of the firm of Short and Ryan 
 was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Derol 
 Chace 's enlistment. The Council almost went 
 dciwn for the third time in the struggle over regis- 
 tration and naming exemption boards — and war 
 gardens — and everything! Plans changed. It was 
 decided that Clerk Pfister should have charge of 
 all registration outside of San Jose and City Man- 
 ager Reed and City Clerk Louis Bailey all that 
 within the city limits. San Jose was entitled to 
 separate registration because of a population 
 over 30,000. 
 
 The Council wide-spread publicity campaign 
 missed somebody. One morning a lean, lanky 
 woodsman wandered into the municipal employ- 
 ment bureau looking for a job. Before leaving 
 town he connected with Uncle Sam's offer of $30 
 a month and board. This chap said he hadn't 
 heard a thing about any registration. He had 
 been chopping wood in the mountains not more 
 than 30 miles from San Jose — but the news hadn 't 
 reached his lonely cabin. 
 
 One patriotic endeavor for which great credit 
 is due the council, was the launching and helping 
 to bring to success the 1917 war garden campaign. 
 The council's efforts were successful in obtaining 
 lowered water rates and free water for many 
 vacant lot gardens in order to promote increased 
 
"WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 food production. During this movement, much of 
 the large amount of labor and detail involved was 
 taken up by various committees, and, as Kipling 
 is fond of saying, ' ' that is another story. ' ' 
 
 Meetings were held from time to time when- 
 ever matters of grave importance had to be dis- 
 cussed as war activities increased, more members 
 were added, until at the time of the November 16, 
 1918, meeting the personnel of the council was as 
 follows: Mrs. J. P. Shambeau, chairman of 
 women's committee; Mrs. W. H. Shockley, chair- 
 man of women's committee food conservation; 
 Mrs. John G. Jury, chairman largest group women 's 
 activities; George E. Hamilton, chairman commiti- 
 tee commercial economy; Miss Stella Huntington, 
 chairman collection books and periodicals; H. M. 
 Ayer, chairman fire protection; H. B. Martin, food 
 administrator; H. W. McComas, four minute men; 
 Byron Millard, city fuel administrator; E. A. 
 Wilcox, county fuel administrator; D. J. Flannery, 
 general speakers bureau; J. M. Parker, liberty 
 loans; Judge H. D. Tuttle, non-war construction; 
 E. N. Richmond, chairman Red Cross; Fred L. 
 Fehren, Stanislaus plan; W. S. Clayton, chairman 
 Hvar donations; Joseph E. Hancock, war gardens; 
 Prof. H. B. Leland, chairman war history; Dr. 
 James B. Bullitt, chairman war savings stamps; 
 C. S. Allen, war service league, and Mrs. L. T. 
 Smith, women's mobilized army. 
 
 At this meeting, November 16, 1918, reports 
 of the chairmen of the various war activities were 
 either read or filed. If you think San Jose didn 't 
 accomplish any war work, after you finish this 
 sketchy human interest story, just wade through 
 those reports! 
 
 By this time the name of the council was 
 changed to the Santa Clara County division of the 
 State Council of Defense and almost immediately 
 the council, as such, went out of existence, its 
 war-reason for being having ended. At the last 
 meeting held on January 4, 1919, Judge P. F. Oor • 
 bey presiding, with large generosity, "all the 
 duties heretofore delegated to this body in con- 
 nection with all war work ' ' were assigned and set 
 over to the community council, its " adniinist'Ht- 
 ors and assigns! " 
 
 (That wasn't quite the last thing. In a sort 
 of postscript to the minutes is this notation: A 
 motion was made and carried that ALL FUNDS 
 remaining in the hands of the secretary of this 
 organization be returned to the members pro rata 
 from whom they had been received.) 
 FIRST Y. M. C. A. DRIVE 
 
 Wherever a "hut" was emblazoned with the 
 ' ' Red Triangle, ' ' wherever the Young Men 's 
 Christian Association planted its standard, wheclier 
 in the mud back of the front line trenches, high 
 in the snow clad mountains, in navy camp or army 
 cantonment in the homeland — men read its mean 
 ing clearly. It stood unchangeably for human 
 integrity; for the best and highest and purest 
 things in the lives of temptation-tried men. In 
 America it approximated the "little house on the 
 
 hill" and the light in the window and the loved 
 ones who kept that light glowing. Overseas it 
 stood for everything — for home and love — and 
 God! The insignia of the Red Triangle on the 
 khaki coat sleeve of the " Y " volunteer, unarmed 
 except for his "sword of the spirit" Was the sign 
 and seal of knighthood, the emblem of .broad 
 humanity and a close bond of brotherhood. 
 
 The " Y " was ' ' there ' ' with chocolate and 
 comfort and care. It wrote letters home and held 
 hands growing cold in the hour of final sacrifice. 
 It kindled cheer in lonely hearts — and lighted 
 cigarettes. It didn't go about with a Bible in oae 
 hand and a gun in the other. Its hands were 
 ready for service — a whatsoever service that 
 reached from the common things of every-day to 
 the last earthly need. It was a messenger, a 
 ' ' runner ' ' from enlistment bureau to front line 
 trench, led by homely duty and upheld by the 
 strength of a righteous purpose. It was the men's 
 service for men — and the story of its war-tima 
 endeavor, even its local endeavor, will never ade- 
 quately be told. 
 
 On May 5, 1917, the Young Men 's Christian 
 Association started work on a national campaign 
 for $3,000,000 for war teork. Of this amount Santa 
 Clara county 's quota was $5000. This fund, to be 
 used for work among the soldiers and sailors of 
 the United States army, was raised at the request 
 of Uncle Sam. The request included a call for 
 1000 of the association's best trained secretaries 
 to work with the soldiers. 
 
 For this drive, California was divided into 
 nine sections with nine executive secretaries in 
 full charge of the financial features. The Santa 
 Clara county division with San Jose as head- 
 quarters, included Santa Clara, Monterey, Santa 
 Cruz and San Benito counties. 
 
 R. H. Gossom, a well known " Y " worker, 
 had complete charge of the district and John R. 
 Mott, general secretary, was at the head of the 
 national campaign. The San Jose campaign 
 received the hearty endorsement of the local "Y" 
 directors on May 9, 1917, at which time R. H. 
 Gossom was present at the meeting. Hiram A. 
 Blanchard, president of the San Jose association, 
 was delegated to select a district commititee to 
 operate the "drive," with the able assistance of 
 John D. Crummey, vice president, and George C. 
 Wilson, secretary. At a dinner on May 11, State 
 Senator Herbert C. Jones "boosted" tthe local 
 campaign with a full explanation of the associa- 
 tion's objective. It was stated that the plan of 
 mobolizing 1000 secretaries included extra equip- 
 ment, educational and for amusements, for the 
 benefit of the soldiers at every army post. This 
 equipment was to include 200 pianos, 200 build- 
 ings, 200 moving picture machines, 200 phono- 
 graphs, 40,000 pounds of ice per day, 1000 pens 
 and barrels of ink for the "home letters." There 
 were to be added 95 trucks and tons and tons of 
 reading matter. 
 
 Plans were completed and at a "Y" dinner 
 
WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 on May 22, Senator Herbert C. Jones presiding, 
 two "Generals" were chosen to head friendly 
 opposing teams in the campaign for the $5000. 
 These generals were District Attorney Arthur M. 
 Free and Senator Frank H. Benson, who was also 
 general chairman. 
 
 A.t Grace Baptist church on Sunday, May 20, 
 Frank D. Keene, who had left the College of the 
 Pacific to join the colors under the standard of 
 the machines, and Hector Sawyer, local high school 
 boy, also a "soldier of the sea," told an interested 
 congregation of what the "Y" meant to the 
 enlisted men. These San Jose boys wer& home on 
 their first shore leave and gladly enlisted their 
 time in the cause of the "Y. " 
 
 On the evening of May 22, the generals, cap- 
 tains and enthusiastic workers gathered for din- 
 ner at the Y. M. C. A. and the following morning. 
 May 23, the campaign for ' ' $5000 in two days ' ' 
 began with a rush. The two teams, headed respec- 
 tively by District Attorney Arthur M. Free and 
 Senator Frank H. Benson, had ten sub-teams, each 
 with a captain and two workers. Others were to 
 be added as needed. The captains of the Free 
 team were: E. N. Bichmond, Judge F. B. Brown, 
 A. S. Bacon, Eev. J. A. Sutherland, L. D. Bohnett, 
 J. D. Crider, C. E. Kelsey, Prof. C. M. Osenbaugh 
 and W. G. Bambo. Benson 's team was captained 
 as follows: E. B. Wagner, D. J. Denhart, H. M. 
 Barngrover, L. P. Edlwards, Rev. George I. Long, 
 J. D. Orummey, W. L. Atkinson, H. A. Blanchard, 
 A. G. Wilkins and C. F. Crothers. 
 
 With that "officering" and the personnel of 
 live San Joseans who lent their time and energy 
 to the drive one understands how we ' ' went over 
 the top" in this first war work campaign for 
 funds in two days! The first morning $1683.50 
 was subscribed. That same day the local workers 
 felt the personal touch of Uncle Sam 's call for 
 " Y " secretaries. District Secretary George H. 
 Gossom received a message that he had been 
 selected and that he must hold himself in readi- 
 ness for service in France. That message was an 
 incentive to endeabor. Men were needed and men 
 were being called to minister to the physical and 
 spiritual needs of ' ' our boys. ' ' From store to 
 store, up and down the city streets, went these 
 pioneer " Y " solicitors — and never were they 
 turned away. The "Y" had proven its usefulness 
 and now when it asked for help in so worthy a 
 cause there was no one to say ' ' no. ' ' 
 
 The dollars rolled into headquarters in a 
 steady stream. The evening of the second day, 
 May 24, the cheers of the campaigners almost 
 "raised the roof" of the "Y." They had the 
 requested $5000 with $500 over — our loyal city's 
 usual ' ' oversubscription "to a worthy cause. 
 Arthur M. Free's team reported $2331.50, but the 
 honors for amount went to Frank H. Benson's 
 workers when they turned in $3203.00. Cheer fol- 
 lowed cheer! Speech followed speech! The "Y" 
 president, Hiram A. Blanchard, Vice President 
 John D. Crummey, Prof. C. M. Osenbaugh and 
 
 Senator Herbert C. Jones all delighted in telling 
 the story of the two big days in local Y. M. C. A. 
 history. 
 
 After the money was counted and the work- 
 era "rested from their labors" the letter of thanks 
 came from District Manager Gossom, in which he 
 said: 
 
 ' ' I desire to personally express my apprecia- 
 tion to the people of San Jose for the splendid 
 way they have responded to the call of the Y. M. 
 C. A. for the support of its work among the 
 enlisted men. » » • j have no hesitancy in 
 assuring the public that its generosity has not 
 been misplaced and that San Joseans in assuming 
 their full portion of the war fund requirements in 
 the short period of two days have again set for 
 themselves a record of which they may justly be 
 proud. ' ' 
 
 A local editorial commenting on the quick 
 response of the city to this call said: "This 
 response is an indication of the high character of 
 the people and a fine manifestation of disinter- 
 ested consideration for a cause that has done great 
 things in the war for humanity. ' ' 
 
 This did not end our gift to the Y. M. C. A. 
 During the dark days overseas and the time of 
 dread and waiting here eight Y. M. C. A. secre- 
 taries left San Jose to minister to their soldier 
 brothers in a beautiful ' ' whatsoever way. The 
 men who left their homes and went forth on this 
 great errand of love that war made a perilous 
 adventure, Kvere George C. Wilson, local Y. M. 
 C. A. secretary; Rev. William L. Stidger, pastor 
 of the First Methodist church; Rev. O. P. Bell, 
 former pastor of the United Presbyterian church; 
 Senator Frank. H. Benson, John H. Tupper, Jesse 
 H. Hedger, Fred Evans, Charles A. Miller and 
 Rev. E. A. King. The intimate experiences of 
 these unarmed crusaders for human liberty are 
 chapters of history written by the white light of 
 unselfish service. 
 
 Other men came into the work particularly, 
 for overseas service, but in the person of George 
 C. Wilson, San Jose's Y. M. C. A. sent a "real" 
 secretary to the front. This was his life work, 
 the great endeavor that held his heart in its keep- 
 ing and to him came the gravest experience. For 
 more than seven months in the St. Mihiel and other 
 salients, he was constantly under airplane and 
 shell fire. One night on an errand of mercy to the 
 boys at the front, the truck in which he was rid- 
 ing through the blackness of the unlighted night 
 along a perilously shell-pitted road, collided with 
 another machine. In the terrific smash Wilson was 
 very severely injured. Wandering away in a delir- 
 ious condition he stumbled and fell into a shell 
 hole and was gassed. Some time passed before 
 he was rescued. Invalided to the south of France 
 he refused to be an invalid and soon returned to 
 the horror of actual fighting scenes to minister to 
 ' ' his boys. ' ' 
 
 Jesse Hedger, previously in active "Y" ser- 
 vice at home, just "had to go." When the call 
 
WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 came Kev. O. P. Bell found his work among the 
 Eussian soldiers in France. Home on a furlough 
 his heart is overseas and he expects to return to 
 carry the light of the Bed Triangle "where it may 
 be needed. Eev. E. A. King went to France after 
 the signing of the armistice to help Uncle Sam 
 carry out his educational campaign among the sol- 
 diers along the lines of sex hygiene, a subject 
 upon which this "Y" secretary is a recognized 
 authority. At the date of this writing, June, 1919, 
 Rev. King, Jesse Hedger and Charles A. Miller, 
 who is engaged in athletic work, are still overseas. 
 
 One interesting thing to the home folks is the 
 comparisons of impressions made by their war 
 service on the local "Y" secretaries. Rev. Wil- 
 liam L. Stidger, minister, and able writer, has 
 told us of his experiences and chronicled them for 
 all time in "Soldier Sihouettes. " He brought 
 back a picture of deep spiritual significance. The 
 sacrifice, the service, the prevalent spirit of broth- 
 erhood evidenced amid the suffering and devasta- 
 tion, sent him home with a broader vision and 
 deeper spirituality. Senator Frank H. Benson had 
 little to say of the glory of war upon his return. 
 To him the scenes of war were one vast horror 
 with all the abominations of bloodshed and deso- 
 lation. Brotherhood — yes. Beautiful sacrifice — 
 yes. But the awful price! Upon his brain were 
 indelibly printed pictures of "No Man's Land" 
 with its shell ploughed earth, shattered bodieis 
 and heaps of unburied dead. 
 
 During the local "drive" for funds the fol- 
 lowing men comprised Senator Frank H. Benson 's 
 team: Dr. E. H. Wagner, G. W. Curry, J. E. Ho- 
 bilt, D. J. Denhart, C. E. Irons, Dr. P. A. Jordan, 
 W. B. Denhart, H. M. Barngrover, C. W. Haman, 
 P. B. Wright, L. P. Edwards, Richard Bartle, 
 George I. Long, W. E. Grouser, Rev. W. L. Stidger, 
 Rev. E. A. King, J. D. Crummey, D. C. Crummey, 
 H. L. Austin, W. L. Atkinson, Victor Challen, E. 
 R. Shaw, H. A. Blanchard, C. S. Christian, George 
 C. Wilson, C. W. James, C. N. Cooper, A. G. Wil- 
 kins, R. J. Glendenning, C. W. Burtner, Dr. E. E. 
 Porter, Charles F. Crothers, A. B. Post and W. C. 
 Lean. 
 
 Arthur M. Free's campaigners were E. N. 
 Richmond, Judge F. B. Brown, A. C. Darby, G. W. 
 Borchers, A. 8. Bacon, A. M. Boulware, W. E. 
 Hazeltine, George D. Oilman, Alvin Long, A. B. 
 Ross, James A. Sutherland, James Falconer, F. W. 
 Lloyd, J. J. Exans, L. D. Bohnett, Frank Camp- 
 bell, T. H. Herschbach, J. W. Crider, W. R. 
 McQuoid, Jesse Hedger, C. E. Kelsey, H. T. Rey- 
 nolds, Harry Smith, C. M. Osenbaugh, E. A. Wil- 
 cox, W. G. Alexander, W. G. Eambo, Theodore 
 Keech and L. Gripenstraw. 
 
 FIRST RED CROSS DRIVE 
 
 In a war program of unpreparedness the Red 
 Cross was a notable exception. Far-visioned men 
 and women saw the possibility of the United 
 States becoming involved and the Red Cross began 
 to make extensive preparations for a possible 
 emergency. In April, 1917, when vision became 
 
 reality the local Elks ' club arranged a Bed Cross 
 benefit entertainment at the Victory theatre. It 
 was a tremendous undertaking, carried to wonder- 
 ful success by the united efforts of the generous 
 hearted and patriotic clubmen. The big program 
 embraced both local and outside talent. Every- 
 body was there — presenting themselves and their 
 dollars from the occupant of the last gallery seat 
 to Columbia and Uncle Sam occupying platform 
 places. More than $800 was dropped into the Red 
 Cross coffers by the Elks the following day. 
 
 At the big benefit some of the local "talent" 
 made reputations for themselves as candy sales- 
 men. These artful purveyors of sweets were Dan 
 Flannery, Louis Campiglia, George Rucker, Albert 
 Kayser, Guy Marshall, Charles Parkinson, Joseph 
 Millard, John Kocher and Arthur Holmes. That 
 reputation for "keeping the change" followed 
 them through all the other campaigns and led them 
 many times up and down the aisles of San Jose 's 
 theaters. 
 
 After the close of the program came Arthur 
 Free's patriotic speech in which he said: "This 
 is not a paper war we are facing. ' ' He faced one 
 right then! A perfect volley of serpintine was 
 thrown all over the place. Players, audience and 
 Free 's patriotism were inextricably mixed in the 
 memorable "battle!" That Elks' donation was 
 the real beginning of the San Jose Red Cross 
 chapter's bank account. After that, telegraphic 
 items and editorials regarding the work and 
 requests for funds and memberships started a 
 campaign of publicitiy. Chapters were already 
 carrying out unselfish programs of service, but no 
 concerted effort had been made. 
 
 On May 1 a local newspaper headed an 
 enlightening editorial with the pertinent question, 
 "Have You Joined the Red Cross f" People were 
 described as working side by side "who in ordi- 
 nery life would scarcely have met, or meeting, 
 would have had no common purpose. Threatened 
 by destructi,ve war, position and caste are sub- 
 merged in the vast sea of brotherhood upon whose 
 bosom moves a great ship of mercy with a Red 
 Cross emblazoned upon its sail." 
 
 By the president's proclamation, June 18-25 
 was made Red Cross week, and the nation-wide 
 campaign for $100,000,000 opened under the direc- 
 tion of Henry P. Davison, chairman of the war 
 council of the American Bed Cross. 
 
 Did San Jose hear that nation-wide appeal? 
 Through all the long months of war-red days that 
 followed she did her part with loyal hands and 
 heart brimming over with love for her own and 
 sympathy for all who suffered. At the time of the 
 opening of the first Red Cross campaign the offic- 
 ers of the local chapter were: Dr. M. E. Dailey, 
 chairman, (which position he had held continu- 
 ously since the chapter's organization); Mrs. W. 
 P. Dougherty, vice chairman; W. T. Rambo, sec- 
 retary, who shared the honors of continuity in 
 office with Dr. Dailey; V. J. LaMotte, treasurer. 
 Members of the executive committee were: Dr. 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 M. E. Dailey, Mrs. W. P. Dougherty, W. T. Rambo, 
 V. J. LaMotte, Henry Ayer, C. M. Osenburgh, 
 Walter Trinkler, Arthur Holmes, W. C. Andrews, 
 Mrs. W. T. Gross, Mrs. F. H. Paterson, Mrs. W. B. 
 Hobson, Mrs. A. A. Fowler, Mrs. Chas. A. Way- 
 land, Mrs. J. W. Paul, Mrs. W. T. Bonney, Mrs. 
 B. P. Weston, Mrs. Leonard P. Stocking and Miss 
 Dorothy White. 
 
 On May 9, 1917, the San Jose chapter of the 
 Bed Cross met at the chamber of commerce to 
 arrange for the coming drive. The chamber of 
 commerce, by Joseph T. Brooks, secretary, offered 
 the use of a room in the building for headquarters 
 and the services of the office force. 
 
 Headquarters opened May 16. The opening 
 day was determined by the arrival of the pins and 
 buttons. No real live campaign could be properly 
 started Without its coatlapel and dress-front 
 insignia! This same day word came that a divis- 
 ion of regular troops commanded by Major Gen- 
 eral John J. Pershing would be sent overseas in 
 answer to the plea of France. 
 
 Home interest in world affairs was increasing 
 every day. James A. Quihby won his lieutenancy 
 at the Presidio army school and in another San 
 Jose home the "blue star" companioned Old 
 Glory. Ed Kneass and Neil Petree were soon to 
 go with the second Stanford unit of American 
 ambulance field service to France. Good-byes were 
 altogether too frequent for hearts to beat happily. 
 Word reached the home folks that Clifton Flick- 
 inger, high school senior and captain of the 
 cadets when he joined the navy, was now drilling 
 a company in the hospital corps. 
 
 One of the first Red Cross benefits was a dance 
 and Bed Cross drill given on May 24 by the 6. C. 
 Review, No. 4, Ladies of the Macabees, Captain 
 Amy Thompson. A. D. Ferrari of the Italian- 
 American Progressive club came forward with a 
 suggestion for co-operation. 
 
 On May 27 Dr. M. E. Dailey received a tele- 
 gram from John J. Clyraer director of the Pacific 
 Division of the Red Cross, appointing a meeting 
 in San Francisco. Dr. Dailey, Dr. W. C. Bailey, 
 J. O. Hayes and W. C. Andrews attended this 
 meeting. The result of this conference was a 
 • meeting of the local chapter on June 6. At this 
 time Samuel G. Tompkins was appointed Chairman 
 for the Santa Clara County campaign and Arthur 
 M. Free was made campaign manager. Karl Stull 
 as chairman headed the activities of the following 
 publicity committee: Alvin Long, J. O. Hayes, 
 Jay McCabe, H. L. Baggerly, W. L. Prussia, S. R. 
 Walls, R. O. Bell, Judge W. A. Beasly, E. M. 
 Rosenthal, J. E. Hancock, Alexander Sheriffs, C. 
 M. Osenbaugh, Dr. M. E. Dailey and John D. 
 Kuster. 
 
 The Executive Committee included Samuel 
 G. Tompkins, Chairman, Arthur M. Free, campaign 
 manager, S. W. Waterhouse, Henry M. Ayer, D. J. 
 Flannery, Karl Stull, W. T. Rambo, Alexander 
 Sheriffs, Judge W. A. Beasly and A. P. Murgotten, 
 secretary. Heads of sub committees were Karl 
 
 Stull, publicity, Arthur Holmes, Round Up, Mrs. 
 W. B. Irish, musical entertainment, D. J. Flan- 
 nery, waste paper, H. A. Blanchard, cards, etc. 
 
 L. M. Simonson Treasurer and cashier; Com- 
 mittee on lodges and societies, W. G. Alexander, 
 W. F. Curry, Ed Distel. 
 
 Newspapers, Sheldon Wills, J. O. Hayes, H. 
 L. Baggerly, Buel Anderson, Stunts — Jay MeCabe, 
 R. O: Bell, Alvin Long. Outside Press — Alvin 
 Long. Pulpits — Arthur M. Free. Theaters — Gene 
 Rosenthal. Schools — J. E. Hancock, C. M. Osen- 
 baugh, M. E. Dailey, Alexander Sheriffs. 
 
 Then the publicity committee worked over 
 time. Full page ads appeared in all the papers. 
 A Red Cross poster accompanied every purchase 
 made in the San Jose stores. Victor Challen and 
 S. W. Waterhouse spent a day distributing them. 
 Catholic priests made appeals in their churches on 
 June 10 and June 17 was Red Cross day in the 
 Protestant churches. No one will ever forget 
 the immense Red Cross poster that lifted against 
 the sky on the top of the First National Bank 
 Building. With its statue of Liberty and perti- 
 nent question "Will you fight or give?" no one 
 could escape it. It veritably "shouted from the 
 housetops! " 
 
 Posters were predominant and Bed Cross 
 appeals found a place between reels in moviedom. 
 Then team captains were chosen. Those selected 
 for the work of raising the mercy fund were D. 
 M. Burnett, Henry G. Hill, John P. Fitzgerald, 
 Dr. Charles M. Richards, Charles M. O'Brien, S. 
 W. Waterhouse, Richard Bressani, John J. Jones, 
 Judge F. B. Brown and Herbert Jones. 
 
 Chauncey Tramutolo, president of the Italian 
 Progressive Club grew enthusiastic and said "It 
 is time to make people see that you might as well 
 try to dam up a flood with sand as to try to meet 
 the German peril in the 'let-George-do-it' way." 
 The publicity committee saw to it that everyone 
 understood that the care of the wounded soldiers 
 was absolutely the work of the Red Cross. 
 
 On June 16 at a luncheon at the St. James 
 Hotel plans were perfected. Samuel G. Tompkins, 
 campaign chairman, speaking with deep feeling 
 said, ' ' We would be slackers in every sense of the 
 word if we failed in this big duty to our fellow- 
 man. When one considers that these boys who 
 are going from our midst are facing the uncer- 
 tainties of war and that some will never come 
 back, it should be sufficient to stir every man and 
 woman into giving liberally — giving until giving 
 becomes a sacrifice and a hardship." 
 
 Hiram A. Blanchard with the assistance of 
 150 normal girls compiled a roster of 10,000 names 
 for the assistance of the campaigners. Arthur 
 Free struck in his usual straight-out-from-the- 
 shoulder way in his last minute instructions to the 
 workers. ' ' This is not a time for petty jealousies. 
 Let us bury our personalities in the great patri- 
 otic work of this campaign." 
 
 A Club women's committee under the direc- 
 tion of Mrs. W. B. Irish was appointed and Mrs. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Lillian Arnold made captain of the "women's 
 squad. ' ' Among the prominent Club women inter- 
 ested -were Mrs. W. B. Irish, Mrs. Hortense Over- 
 hulse, Miss Eleanor Brown, Mrs. B. E. Laughlin, 
 Laura Clark, Frances Clark, Mrs. Lillian Arnold, 
 Anita Arnold and Blanche Burbank. 
 
 Sunday, June 17, there were no pleasant out- 
 ings for the men interested in the drive. That 
 roster of 10,000 names had to be segregated and 
 arranged for the convenience of the workers. 
 
 San Jose had $100,000 to raise, 200 workers 
 to do it — and a week for the entire accomplish- 
 ment! Sleeves were rolled up! Nobody shirked! 
 It was the biggest drive in the history of Santa 
 Clara county. 
 
 On the morning of June 18, 1917, the Red 
 Cross worker appeared simultaneously with the 
 opening of the store! His talk was short and to 
 the point. It was for "our boys." They were 
 entitled to care when they went to fight for Old 
 Glory. Appeals and the appearance of pocket- 
 books and checkbooks Were also simultaneous. Few 
 refused. The Red Cross solicitor was omnipresent. 
 On the street, in the shops, in homes, there the 
 worker appeared with appeal and receipt book. 
 Frequently only the receipt book was needed. The 
 electrifying message came down from Mt. Hamil- 
 ton that the 53 residents on the "top of the moun- 
 tain" had subscribed $435.00! Later a recanvas 
 made that $535! They were 100 per cent loyal 
 and in sympathy with the boys who followed the 
 flag. When this word reached the 150 committee- 
 men and women lunching at the Hotel Montgomery 
 the hostelry echoed with cheer after cheer! The 
 sound of it must have reached the mountain and 
 waved the flag on the very crest in an ecstasj' of 
 patriotic pride. 
 
 Karl Stull chalked returns on a blackboard 
 that ran the entire length of a big banquet hall 
 and the first day's effort reached a total of $14,600. 
 It was decided to publish a daily "honor roll" 
 and belated givers began to sing ' ' When the roll 
 is called tomorrow I'll be there!" 
 
 Just then Jack Graham 's war song ' ' We '11 
 Fight for Yankee Doodle" made its appearance 
 and became a feature during the Red Cross drive, 
 being used by theatre orchestras and bands all 
 over the county. 
 
 On June 19, 1917, the grim reality of war 
 struck home to us when Lieut. Elmer C. Golds- 
 worthy, a member of the royal flying squad, home 
 on a furlough, told us of his experience. Horrors 
 and atrocities related by this returned soldier 
 sunk deep into public consciousness. 
 
 Many strong men had to turn away during 
 Lieut. Goldsworthy 's graphic recital of conditions 
 on the fighting front. "I'm not exaggerating a 
 
 d bit, "»he said with great vehemence, "I'll 
 
 tell you that much! If you want your boys taken 
 care of you'll have to help the Red Cross!" 
 
 Goldsworthy, one of ten survivors of the fam- 
 ous Princess Pat regiments, was just recovering 
 from wounds suffered in the trenches in the north 
 
 of France. After the loss of his regiment he 
 joined the royal flying squad, but was invalided 
 home on a furlough. At the conclusion of his first 
 San Jose talk Dr. W. C. Bailey stated, ' ' We need 
 no further plea for the Red Cross." 
 
 Not everything was tragedy. A few members 
 of the soliciting committee "got all stirred up" 
 because a certain woman had ordered them out of 
 her office! Such treatment was the rare excep- 
 tion. Lodges contributed liberally; there were all 
 kinds of benefits for the Red Cross. Mrs. B. E. 
 Laughliin wrote and personally supervised the 
 beautiful presentation of children's cantata, "An 
 Evening in Dreamland," which was given at the 
 high school for the benefit of the Red Cross. The 
 charms of the children's dreamland were enhanced 
 by pupils of Miss Hughes and Hilbert Hitching, 
 who gave a program of dances, and the pupils of 
 Mrs. Theressa Pixley and Prof. De Lorenzo who 
 gave voices of song to fairyland. 
 
 The never-to-be-forgotten pageant was a 
 gigantic Red Cross benefit staged by 1500 per- 
 formers and witnessed by more than 5000 spell- 
 bound people on evening of its premiere presenta- 
 tion, June 1. The pageant of history and allegory 
 was written by Miss Helen Stocking with music 
 by Miss Ruth Cornell and song verse by Clarence 
 Urmy. J. E. Hancock, president of the Drama 
 association, was responsible for the pageant, which 
 was given under the directing genius of Garnet 
 Holme. 
 
 Alexander P. Murgotten, secretary of his com- 
 mittee, donated needed office supplies and the 
 Argall brothers quartet volunteered their services 
 for the entire Red Cross campaign. No one will 
 ever forgot the night those brothers appeared at 
 the T. & D. theater just before they were called 
 to the colors. In uniform, against a realistic back- 
 ground of tents and stocked arms, the boys sang 
 the old-time songs. They touched the hearts of 
 the vast audience with "Tenting on the Old Camp 
 Ground" and "Goodbye, Little Girl, Goodbye." 
 Hearts had grown tender and the great grim fact 
 of war was welding them together in understand- 
 ing and a deep desire to help. 
 
 Reports from day to day contained patheti- 
 cally appealing incidents. One little American 
 mother gave 40 cents — -all she had to give — but 
 gave it gladly. She explained that there was 10 
 cents for each of her four boys. 
 
 Frank Sabatelli 's gift for the cause of human- 
 ity should not be forgotten. A Red Cross worker 
 approached Sabatelli. When he learned the nature 
 of the request the Italian 's face lighted with a 
 smile. Yes — he would give, gladly. His subscrip- 
 tion was $100! Investigation revealed that he 
 Iwas only earning $2 a day at common labor. His 
 gift was taken from hard earned savings. Born 
 in Cremono, Italy, he had been a soldier in "the 
 old country" and explained that he knew what 
 the ' ' Red Cross means to a soldier. ' ' 
 
 He was attending night school in order to get 
 an education. With fine simplicity this patriot 
 
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"WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 said "I will always be gald to give what I can!" 
 As the close of the drive approached, rivalry 
 was keen among the "teams." Charles M. O'Brien 
 was usually in the lead but for some days he was 
 troubled by talk of a "dark horse" which was 
 finally found to be Dave Burnett. The largest 
 single contribution of the drive is credited to Bur- 
 nett's team — $2500 given by the E. McLaughlin 
 estate. Over 400 solicitors were "combing" city 
 and county for subscriptions and meeting with a 
 splendid response. 
 
 Restrictions as to boundaries and lists were 
 removed. Arthur Free finally announced that 
 ' ' anybody was everybody 's prey. ' ' It was every 
 one 's humanitiarian campaign and speeding to a 
 whirlwind finish. 
 
 The Lyric Theater found a unique way to 
 help. The boy or girl bringing a bundle of waste 
 paper weighing 10 pounds or more was admitted 
 to the "movie" free! Never in the history of the 
 little playhouse had there been such crowds of 
 children! They followed the lure of the free 
 admittance as the children long ago followed the 
 Piper of Hamelin Town! 
 
 That brings back Dan Flannery's part in the 
 Eed Cross drive. 
 
 It had occurred to some thrifty soul that the 
 waste paper in the county could be turned into 
 money for the cause. Dan Flannery was put in 
 charge of the campaign to conserve What had been 
 before sheer waste. Dan never does things by 
 halves. He canvassed the entire county. He sent 
 appealing circulars to every school. Sheriff Arthur 
 B. Langford volunteered storage space in the gar- 
 age at the County Jail. Up and down the city 
 streets and county byways went Flannery on his 
 quest for waste paper. 
 
 He had an able first lieutenant in C. E. Stan- 
 ton, who donated himself and his auto truck in 
 the name of patriotism. The City Truck and Trans- 
 fer company enlisted a truck and Granger and De 
 Hart lent helping hands — several helping hands 
 and lots of ' ' horse power ' ' in the form of 
 machines. 
 
 Then it began to arrive. Trucks rolled up 
 from Gilroy and deposited their burden at the 
 county jail. Drays and auto loads came down the 
 perinsula. Schools accumulated tons and tons und 
 tons — and delivered it! No one had dreamed that 
 there was so much paper in the world! They 
 crammed it into the garage until the roof threat- 
 ened to come off. Then they piled it on the roof 
 and around the building. It overflowed into the 
 driveway and interfered v«ith things. There was 
 no room except under the California stars for the 
 Sheriff's automobiles. 
 
 Quite emphatically he called on Dan Flannery 
 to get with his waste paper — (somewhere) "out 
 of this!" This waste paper campaign was a huge 
 success — in tons and in money. It was a cumber- 
 some proposition, handled with credit by the ener- 
 getic Dan Flannery, and became a valuable asset 
 in the final computation of funds. This was really 
 
 the beginning of "salvage" in war work history." 
 The sensation of the meeting for reports on 
 June 20 came when the Women's Team under 
 Mrs. Lillian Arnold turned in over $2000 — and 
 that was only a beginning. It was "hard earned" 
 money, too, for the men had "thoughtfully" 
 given the women the house-to-house canvassing to 
 do. If you've ever tried that, even in your oldest 
 pair of shoes and with your fever of patriotism 
 at white heat — well, you can appreciate what that 
 team was up against. 
 
 They worked! They entreated and cajoled. 
 They walked and worried — and won! Their val- 
 iant effort was a real new-era wonder to the big 
 men of affairs. No Susan B. Anthony amendment 
 had passed the Senate at that time and we were 
 not under a W. C. T. U. form of government. "Ihe 
 men hadn't realized what mere women could do! 
 
 POn June 22, 1917, at the Victory theater, there 
 was held the most impressive mass meeting in the 
 history of San Jose. From orchestra pit to the 
 highest seat in the gallery the theater was oacked 
 with solemn, awe-inspired men and women wlio 
 were feeling their first keen sense of war 's actu- 
 alities. Lieutenant Goldsworthy, accompanied by 
 his mother and sister were seated on the platform 
 and it was this wounded soldier's story that 
 thrilled the great audience to almost sickening 
 realization of "our boys' " possible suffering and 
 the responsibility for their care resting upon us. 
 ' ' Men are being killed — murdered, over there, ' ' 
 said Goldsworthy, "but the war is being fought 
 right here." His graphic appeal was answered 
 that night by hundreds of dollars that were gladly 
 given to care for ' ' our boys. ' ' 
 
 The Chinese were willing contributors. In 
 fact there was no line of color, creed, caste or 
 nationality. We were all Americans under the 
 banner of the Eed Cross — the mercy emblem of 
 the world. During the drive in Chinatown, little 
 12-year-old Annie Lee, a Chinese girl, acted as the 
 committee 's amanuensis. Lee John and Mr. Wing 
 were escorts and able interpreters. 
 
 More and more boys were leaving for service. 
 Each leave-taking awakened more hearts to the 
 necessity of providing for our own. E. A. Portel, 
 son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Portel, left June 25 to 
 take a position with the United States govern- 
 ment as expert radio operator. 
 
 On the night of June 27 San Joseans were 
 astonished to see that the lights in the cross on 
 the tower of the First Methodist church had 
 turned from white to red! Rev. William L. Stid- 
 ger, the pastor, gave the following explanation: 
 "I consider that lighted cross turning its face 
 north, east, south and west, as the symbol not only 
 of that Christ who died for liberty and freedom, 
 but I also feel that it sym'bolizes in an especial 
 way the light that the whole Red Cross movement 
 ia spreading in the dark places of the world in 
 these cruel war times." 
 
 Paul D. Cambino, whose services for the 
 changing of these lights were lent by the Blake 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Electrical company, did his "bit" in this unique 
 transformation. Cambiona had never climbed a 
 tower. The wind was blowing, too, but he "swal- 
 lowed his fear, "climbed to the top and changed 
 
 sented an attractive program of dances; an or- 
 chestra composed of members of local union No. 
 153, under the direction of Carl Fitzgerald, volun- 
 teered their services; Joseph Blum, manager of the 
 
 24 white lights to 24 red ones — for the Bed Cross, Jose theater, lent two of his best acts; Judge E. 
 
 that its glowing emblem might be set as a sign 
 against the sky! 
 
 Mrs. W. B. Irish personally arranged a gigan- 
 tic benefit which was staged at the Victory theater 
 and in which all prominent San Joseans with a 
 talent for entertaining were programed. 
 
 Fred L. Thomas and M. J. GriflSth never had a 
 thing in the world to do when they were needed 
 for Red Cross speaking. Not only through this 
 campaign, but the entire war work list of benefits 
 they told the needs of "the boys" with eloquence 
 that loosened tightly held dollars — even if they 
 were fastened like abalones to a rock! 
 
 One amusing incident will be recalled by 
 those who attended the lunches every day in the 
 rooms now occupied by the Rotary club at the 
 Montgomery hotel. One day Alex Murgotten 
 waited for his lunch. The others were served. 
 Getting the attention of a hurrying waitress he 
 entered a protest. "Why don't I get my lunch?" 
 She answered with some asperity. "You didn't 
 have your set in!" That became a bj^vord. After 
 that everyone made a break for the table at the 
 first call to be sure of having their "set in" and 
 quick service. 
 
 A telephone call took a Red Cross campaigner 
 to a lititle cottage on the edge of town. He was 
 greeted by a woman with a paint brush in her 
 hand. She gave him $2 for the Red Cross. Then 
 she said, ' ' I am 78 years old and I wanted to help 
 but I haven 't much money. My kitchen needed 
 painting. I found out that the work would cost 
 me $2. I am doing it myself so that I can give 
 the money to the Red Cross." 
 
 Sunday morning, June 24, the final appeal of 
 the campaign was made. The amount of the quota 
 was nearly subscribed, but only one day remained 
 for a "whirlwind finish." San Jose's own Maude 
 Pilkington, whose clear brain and clever pen were 
 ever at the service of every good cause \vrote this 
 message: "Those who stay at home and make 
 the undramatic daily sacrifices, are none the less 
 heroes and the Red Cross is calling for this sort 
 of heroism. It is offering you an opportunity to 
 be a hero in your own heart by giving liberally 
 during the last few hours of the campaign, and 
 'as truly as the flower lays bare to the sun that 
 which is folded in the seed,' so will your sacrifice 
 be laid before the Great Master and its measure 
 be determined." 
 
 Spontaneously, patriotically, whole-heartedly 
 that last hour appeal was answered. All day Mon- 
 day the dollars were rolling in — rolling up a sum 
 prophetic of oversubscription. 
 
 Monday afternoon and evening Manager 
 Clover of the T. & D. gave the entire proceeds of 
 the theater to the Red Cross. W. E. Johnson and 
 the Argall brothers sang; Hilbert Kitehing pre- 
 
 M. Rosenthal acted as stage director. Jay Mc- 
 Cabe 's able committee sold candy. The only thing 
 they were not able to do was to make change! 
 These patriotically energetic salesmen who forgot 
 their arithmetic under Jay's direction were: W. 
 L. Prussiia, Ernest Lion, Henry Hirsch, Leroy 
 Parkinson, Dr. James Kramer, Dan Flannery, R. 
 O. Stewart, F. O. Reed, Karl Stull and Arthur 
 Holmes. 
 
 Karl Stull, publicity chairman, chalked the 
 return on the blackboard. His figures were closely 
 watched by "Big Bill" Jackson, patrolman, who 
 was waiting with a businesslike pair of handcuffs 
 intended for Arthur Free if the quota was not 
 reached. The handcuffs remained in "Big Bill's" 
 pocket. The amount necessary was not only 
 reached, but exceeded! The sought for $100,000 
 had marvelously become $135,000 — and returns 
 incomplete! San Jose and the county were on rec- 
 ord as standing not only patriotically, but finan- 
 cially and with warm hearted sentiment back of 
 ' ' our boys. ' ' 
 
 The Red Cross drive 'was a success. The men 
 who could not go across had "put it across." 
 They did it with tremendous sacrifice or personal 
 interests. No mere outline can tell the real inside 
 story of effort and accomplishment, of untiring 
 zeal and the great weariness that accompanied the 
 joy of achievement. There had been no division 
 of days into hours. Frequently the next day 's 
 campaign was being planned at 3 o'clock in the 
 morning. The day with the smallest subscription 
 totaled $11,620.15; the largest, $25,079.72. Charles 
 M. O 'Brien 's team led them all, with a subscrip- 
 tion list amounting to $15,229.61. 
 
 One of the heaviest burdens of the campaign, 
 the duties of which did not close with the sub- 
 scription lists, fell upon Louis Simonsen, expert 
 accountant and undersheriff, who acted as treas- 
 urer and cashier. This patriotic citizen devoted 
 all his time to the work which necessitated not 
 only caring for accounts, but keeping a set of 
 books for the tabulation of all installments for 
 the next four months. Receipts even had to be 
 made in triplicate — one for the subscriber, one to 
 remain with the records and one to be forwarded 
 to Washington. 
 
 Treasurer Simonsen and his corps of assistants 
 converted the sheriff 's office into live Red Cross 
 headquarters! _ Eleanor Brown, Dicey Baugh, 
 Marguerite Vella and Mrs. J. F. Charles won the 
 sincere gratitude of the treasurer and the entire 
 committee for their helpful volunteer service in 
 this busy Red Cross business office. 
 
 After the last subscription was listed Chair- 
 man Samuel G. Tompkins sent out a letter of 
 appreciation, which said in part: "Let it never 
 be said that the people are unresponsive to the 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 call of patriotism or of humanity or of duty. 
 Especial praise is due to the many men and women 
 who laid aside their personal affairs and devoted 
 their time to this patriotic service. * * » * 
 Hats off to Santa Clara county and its splendid 
 manhood and womanhood!" 
 
 Particular mention was made by Arthur M. 
 Free, the indefatigable campaign manager; the 
 assistance generously given by Nellie Farliepp, 
 stenographer in the district attorney's office; Bell 
 Gallagher, county official stenographer, and Mrs. 
 Floy Johnson, clerk in the district attorney 's 
 office. 
 
 In Free 's statement following the close of 
 the drive, he said: "The Eed Cross campaign has 
 opened to stay open. Already troops are within 
 car-shot of the guns at the front. It is only the 
 matter of a few days or weeks before they will 
 be facing the enemy's fire. We cannot let them 
 lie where they fall to die without giving them 
 aid." He called special attention to the splendid 
 spirit of helpfulness manifested, mentioning a cer- 
 tain millionaire who acted as chauffeur during the 
 Bed Cross drive. "That," said Free, "is the 
 caliber of the men who helped to bring this great 
 undertaking to a successful conclusion. ' ' By that 
 sincere tribute Arthur M. Free fixed the status 
 that his untiring effort won for him in the appre- 
 ciation of his townsmen. The heavier burden of 
 the campaign fell upon him and never for a day 
 did his zeal lessen or the emblazoned banner of 
 his patriotism fail to lead the host of men and 
 women who followed him from the home trenches 
 "over the top" for the Red Cross. 
 
 The first contingent of our boys reached 
 American lake on September 17, 1917. They 
 arrived in a sea of mud, but sang blithely as they 
 waded, "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!" 
 About that time Lloyd McReynolds with the 
 "first 500,000," wrote from an English camp. 
 Then we forgot all our little civic torments in the 
 Book Drive started by the War Service committee 
 of the American Library association. Not with 
 ' ' howitzers and shrapnel ' ' was the tedium and 
 loneliness of camp life to be destroyed; but with 
 "books, magazines and newspapers." The call 
 came for $1,000,000 for reading matter, the big- 
 gest move of the kind ever contemplated. 
 
 At five cents per capita, San Jose 's quota 
 'was $1750. Mrs. John E. Richards, president of 
 the board of library trustees, presided at a pre- 
 liminary meeting held at the city library to arrange 
 the campaign. Senator Frank H. Benson drew the 
 secretaryship. Charles F. Woods, recently ap- 
 pointed librarian, explained the purposes of the 
 drive. Among interested book lovers who dis- 
 cussed the matter were Mrs. Richards, Charles F. 
 Woods, County Superintendent of Schools D. T. 
 Bateman, Miss Clara Smith of the state normal 
 school, E. A. Wilcox, Mrs. E. A. Wilcox, Mrs. 
 Thomas H. Reed, City Superintendent of Schools 
 Alex R. Sheriffs, Rev. J. J. Evans, pastor of the 
 Christian church and president of the Pastors' 
 
 union; Father Blackmore of St. Joseph's church; 
 Mrs. Frank E. Fowler, T. A. Sloan and Grant E. 
 Bennett, library trustee, and George C. Wilson, 
 Y. M. C. A. secretary. 
 
 The active campaign commenced September 
 24, 1917, with Librarian Woods in charge. More 
 home boys said good-bye. That reminded us that 
 they would need books. Louis F. Col, son of Peter 
 E. Col of Walsh-Col Wholesale Co., and Bayard 
 Bowden, started on their great adventure in pat- 
 riotism. J. R. Pennington of the Bean Spray com- 
 pany received a cablegram that his son, Richard 
 I. Pennington, was safe with the aviation corps 
 "somewhere in France." Cables began to be 
 more frequent. 
 
 Librarian Woods, ably assisted by Miss Stella 
 Huntington, county librarian, explained that the 
 books were to equip a complete library system in 
 each of the 32 national training camps. These 
 camps had water, sewage, adequate housing — 
 everything but books! That was our job. 
 
 Over 200 posters in red, \vhite and blue pla- 
 carded the town. Each donation of $1.00 or more 
 entitled the giver to an engraved name plate in 
 one of the books purchased. "Send your name to 
 the front if you can 't go " was a drive slogan. 
 Librarian Woods was a busy man. He addressed 
 women's clubs, civic and educational bodies. Cath- 
 olic organizations, members of the Bar association 
 and the normal school student body. We were 
 proud to hear him say that the American army 
 ' ' is the most literate army in the world. It de- 
 manded a high class of books from the classics to 
 good detective stories." Side by side were the 
 brick layer and the banker, the hod-carriier and 
 the professor of psychology. There must be books 
 for everybody — books that would follow the boys 
 when they followed the flag to France. 
 
 We were interested! The chamber of com- 
 merce and the Rotary club had a conference. A 
 conference like that meant real money. Day by 
 day the amount increased. Then came Saturday, 
 September 27, 1917, — the last day of the week's 
 drive. Many of us remember the little tags to 
 which we were fastened by the mere loosening up 
 of our small change. It was a great "Tag Day." 
 A bevy of San Jose's pretty girls under the direc- 
 tion of a committee headed by Mrs. A. A. Fowler, 
 played "tag" all day. If you gave a dollar for a 
 book or merely for a smile, you were "it!" The 
 members of this committee were Mrs. A. A. 
 Fowler, Mrs. J. E. Richards, M-rs. Chas. P. Woods, 
 Mrs. G. W. Hommedieu and Mrs. Nina Moon. Tag 
 Day brought $300 and the end of the drive for 
 funds. Librarians Woods and Huntington, with 
 the assistance of the interested committees and 
 volunteer workers had ' ' put it across. ' ' 
 
 After that we had two "drives" for books — 
 all kinds of books! The boys clamored for them! 
 The motion made by the soldiers was heartily sec- 
 onded by Commanders Pershing and Sims. The 
 cry for something to read came from land and sea 
 — and we heard it. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 In August, 1918, book lovers began to have 
 troubled consciences. Day after day they heard 
 the call for books. Contributions were being 
 received at the city and county library. It was a 
 time of soul-searching and shelf -prowling. "Which 
 shall it be? I looked at John and John looked at 
 me," was applicable. Many took this for a time 
 of clearing the attic and the top shelves of printed 
 prehistoric acouirulations. It was a case of 
 "between love and duty" with the book lover. 
 That copy of Tennyson? O — she couldn't! He 
 gave it to her when they were first engaged! This 
 thumb-marked "Heroes and Hero Worship?" 
 Great Scott — no! Not that! He bought it when 
 his little tin gods were all bright and dollars 
 hard-earned and few! It brought back — no! 
 Not that book! But they did give. They sacri- 
 ficed. They gave beautiful books in wonderful 
 . bindings. One school teacher brought to head- 
 quarters an armful of good books, well bound. "I 
 have had them a long time," she said, "and I 
 love every one; but I want them to help a sol- 
 dier. " 
 
 One sad little ancient lady in a worn black 
 silk gown brought a Bible. It was a gold edged, 
 ' ' fine-print, ' ' very fat old-fashioned Bible, and it 
 was her only book. Don't you suppose its mes- 
 sage went right to a soldier boy's heart with mem- 
 ories of an almost forgotten grandmother? 
 
 "Stepping Heavenward" in blue and gold 
 was a notable contribution. That must have com- 
 forted a red-blooded fighting man who was step- 
 ping heavenward in khaki with every "liurst of a 
 shell! There were handbooks on Etiquette; Hints 
 to Young Mothers; an old Directory; and a Na- 
 tional Cloak and Suit Catalogue two years old. 
 Wasn 't that adding insult to injury when the sol- 
 dier couldn't order his clothes by mail? 
 
 There was a copy of Baedeker's German 
 Guide! That seemed funny until we learned that 
 Uncle Sam had asked for it. He wanted to recog- 
 nize all the sign posts on the road to Berlin. 
 
 Among the presentations were perfectly sweet 
 thin little daintily bound gift books of the days 
 of 1840. "From Friend to Friend," and "Love's 
 Emblem" (with a full blown rose in the corner) 
 might help with a quotation when a felloW wrote 
 home to "her" but they would fail dismally to 
 fill the need of a haunted hour after a week in the 
 trenches. 
 
 With a fine appreciation of the fitness of 
 things there were E. P. Roe's "The Earth Tremb- 
 led." and Eggleston's "The End of the World." 
 Some realist did that. "On the Way There" and 
 "Try Again," were misdirected. They probably 
 referred to the Paris drive and were intended for 
 "Bill, Berlin." 
 
 , ' ' Alice in Wonderland, ' ' was among those 
 present and the "Five Little Peppers" came to 
 add a dash of spice to the already rather full- 
 flavored soldier 's experience. This spirit of seem- 
 ing levity isn't "making fun." There were many 
 kindly donors who just heaped together every book 
 
 they had for "our boys" and in the varioius lots 
 there were bound to be some offerings not suitable. 
 Many, many wonderful books were given. 
 Whole sets of O. Henry and Brete Harte. There 
 were Zane Gray and Rex Beach and Jack London. 
 There were duplicates of Sherlock Holmes and 
 Anna Catherine Green and their detective con- 
 temporaries. The Rotary Club gave 75 splendid 
 books that have doubtless made 75 times 75 dough- 
 boys happy. 
 
 There was everything in fiction from Bertha 
 M. Clay to William Dean Howells — and that's 
 some distance! There were all the poets from the 
 early Victorian to Virile, two-fisted Kipling and 
 Service. There was history, biography, all the 
 sciences — and heaps of Bibles! San Jose gave and 
 gave and gave until asked to stop! 
 
 Nearly all our books went to Camp Fremont. 
 They were all transported by Sheriff Arthur Lang- 
 ford who turned his automobile into a truck and 
 made many trips with loads of books for "the 
 boys. ' ' 
 
 In every book was pasted a slip that read: 
 "Soldiers' Library. Given by the citizens of 
 Santa Clara County, California." 
 
 These slips were all pasted and much of the 
 tremendous task of assorting and listing the books 
 was done at the County Library by E. B. Hunting- 
 ton, father of Miss Stella Huntington, the County 
 Librarian. Others who gave generously of their 
 time to this work at the County headquarters were 
 Mrs. O. M. Regnart, Elizabeth Stevens, Miss E. A. 
 Beattie, Isabel Moore, Mrs. M. D. Simons and 
 Stella Huntington. 
 
 At the City Library the Book drives increased 
 every day's duties. This extra labor was patrioti- 
 cally shouldered by Librarian Charles F. Woods, 
 Ada Holland, Ivy Larmour, Grace .Cox, Roslyn 
 Boring, Clara Bassett, Velma Eastin and Clarisse 
 Priant. 
 
 San Jose proved two things by its response to 
 these appeals, its love for "the boys" and its love 
 for books! 
 
 WAR GARDENS 
 
 Early in the spring of 1917 Herbert Hoover 
 began to be very Hooverish. He picked out "con- 
 servation" from all the words in the dictionary 
 and made it a slogan. He sent two messages from 
 Belgium, where he headed the relief commission. 
 One was that word "conservation." The other 
 told that he was coming to take control of the 
 food problem. A call for increased food produc- 
 tion flashed across the country. That brought 
 about the war garden campaign of 1917. Back 
 yards, vacant lots, every acre of idle land must 
 do its bit. Never before had any communiity ex- 
 perienced such a zestful, helpful, patriotic wave 
 of "getting, down and digging" as went over us 
 then. We turned the old song about. We "hung 
 up the fiddle and the bow" and "took do^vn the 
 shovel and the hoe!" 
 
 On May the first, 1917, San Jose high school 
 students heard the war garden program outlined 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 by Prof. B. H. Crocheron of tlie department of 
 agriculture of the University of California. He 
 held the official appointment made by Dean Hunt 
 of the College of Agriculture to enlist the help of 
 all boys too young to enlist for other service. At 
 the time of his visit to San Jose, which was the 
 first one made in the state, he found that the high 
 school agricultural department had 114 pupils 
 interested in practical crop production. These 
 student-farmers constituted an Agricultural club, 
 under the direction of Prof. J. R. Case, Jr. This 
 first meeting resulted in the enlistment of 350 
 high school boys who pledged themselves to crop 
 production and to assist with the year's harvest. 
 
 Food production plans occupied the earnest 
 attention of the council of defense. A citizen 's 
 committee under the leadership of E. E. Chase 
 became interested. The Rotary club stood solidly 
 behind the campaign. By May 2, 1917, plans were 
 well under way to supervise intensive gardening. 
 The entire committee, chosen from all organiza- 
 tions interested numbered nine: George N. Her- 
 bert, chairman; S. E. Johnson, Alexander Sheriffs, 
 J. J. McDonald, Arthur Cann, W. L. Atkinson, 
 Elton R. Shaw, E. E. Chase and Charles M. 
 O 'Brien. Members of this able committee did not 
 constitute the entire body of enthusiasts. Every 
 man, woman and child who owned or could borrow 
 a bit of land made up a committee "of the whole." 
 Campiglia advised the Rotarians of the campaign 
 progress in other sections — and San Jose just rolled 
 up its sleeves and went to farming. 
 
 The response to the appeal for vacant lots was 
 an avalanche! All schools received visits from the 
 committee. By May 3 the Horace Mann children 
 had taken 30 lots, each having more than 4000 
 square feet. The Grant and Longfellow children 
 planned to cultivate their own back yards. School 
 heads agreed to farm lots themselves or in co- 
 operation with the children. Rotarians grabbed a 
 piece of land some distance from town and planted 
 50 acres of corn. They offered special inducements 
 to school children in the form of prizes. For the 
 best garden, $5. Then four prizes of $1 each — 
 altogether about $72 to be competed for. The one 
 specified thing was that 4000 square feet must be 
 planted. Arthur Cann offered a prize of $10 for 
 the best garden. For the second prize, $6 and $4 
 for the third. 
 
 Then work began in earnest. Weeds and dry 
 grass trembled and tin cans knew their hour of 
 doom had come. First of all, the vacant lots 
 must be well "soaked" or the ground would be 
 lumpy at the plowing. This watering was under- 
 taken by the Rotarians. The council of defense 
 and other interested organizations found the San 
 Jose Water company eager to help by reducing 
 rates for home gardens and donating "water for 
 vacant lots. The San Jose fire department, under 
 Chief Edward Haley and Assistant Chief Herman 
 Hobson volunteered to do the flooding of the lots. 
 The street department, directed by City Engineer 
 Walter H. Hunt, were to furnish teams and a plow 
 
 and do the needed work on as many lots as pos- 
 sible. The Bean Spray company offered a tractor 
 for plowing the larger lots and groups of lots. 
 
 Then the 100 Boy Scouts of the First Metho- 
 dist church, under the leadership of Rev. Frank 
 McLain each pledged himself to "feed a soldier." 
 They promised to forget vacation — and they kept 
 that promise. They put on an unexpected and 
 novel program. One evening in May, headed by 
 two stalwart policemen, and armed with rakes and 
 hoes for weapons, they marched through the down- 
 town streets. The scouts bubbled over with pat- 
 riotism. One little laddie said: "Maybe I'm too 
 little to carry a gun, but I can make a garden!" 
 For months Rev. Frank McLain, Mr. Farrier of 
 the First National bank, George Norris and Don- 
 ald Arguello had worked on the Boy Scout move- 
 ment in San Jose and their efforts found recog- 
 nition in the cheers that greeted this patriotic 
 parade of volunteer food producers. 
 
 The Rotarians did more than make speeches 
 and cheer. They dug in their individual gardens 
 and they dug down deep in their pockets and put 
 up several hundreds of dollars to finance the work 
 of getting the vacant lot gardens ready to plant. 
 They secured the services of C. H. Waterman, who 
 took charge of their planting campign for 30 days. 
 It was a unique campaign, for it was the first time 
 in the history of the city that its government 
 turned gardener! Firemen to do the flooding, police 
 department volunteering to transport the hose 
 from place to place and the city's teams to do the 
 plowing! 
 
 The firemen had the worst of it. Their work 
 was done between the hours of eight in the even- 
 ing and four the next morning — but not one of 
 them complained. There was diffieulty in finding 
 the lots. Frequently instead of one vacant lot 
 they found four and the middle of the night was 
 a mighty inconvenient time to flnd out which lot 
 to flood! All night, night after night, the fire 
 boys worked. They "dyked" the lots until each 
 one looked like a miniature Holland — then turned 
 on the water. From 10 to 12 lots were flooded 
 every night. Some lot owners forgot that there 
 was a limit to the hose and listed lots far from a 
 hydrant. The firemen's hours were beautifully 
 elastic but the hose wouldn't stretch. During all 
 San Jose's war work campaigns there was never 
 a more unselfish service than the work done by 
 our firemen during his garden activity. They 
 worked — and worked hard — while the rest of us 
 slept, and beside this service they cultivated some 
 wonderful gardens. 
 
 There came a call for more teams and plows 
 and men — and right at that critical time the civic 
 gardeners' plow struck a snag! Some one dis- 
 covered that if the city teams were used for plow- 
 ing that the city would have to run right square 
 over the majestic body of the LAW! There wasn't 
 any provision — by law — for this expenditure! The 
 Rotarians held a peppery meeting with Charles R. 
 Parkinson in charge. E. E. Chase explained that 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 while the city desired to put its civic hand to the 
 garden plow it was prevented by the cold injunc- 
 tion of the law! It all ended beautifully. They 
 talked it over and the Rotarians consulted the 
 depths of the various and several Botarian pockets 
 and just said that the campaign was going through 
 — law or no law! This plan would not be allowed 
 to slip between the handles of a mere plow. The 
 tempest stilled when Charles Parkinson presented 
 the Eotary club with a framed photograph of past 
 president John D. Kustcr to be hung on the club 
 walls. The light of John 's countenance restored 
 tranquility and the club farmers plowed straight 
 through luncheon! The tempest didn't amount to 
 a, "hill of beans" anyway! 
 
 A conference of all the local food production 
 experts was held at the High School cafeteria on 
 May 10, 1819, E. E. Chase, chairman of the origi- 
 nal food supply committee, presiding. Earl Mor- 
 ris, county horticultural commissioner, was made 
 chairman of the campaign committee and the per- 
 sonnel of those attending this conference was: 
 E. E. Chase, W. L. Atkinson, representing the 
 Eotary club. Alexander Sheriffs, city superintend- 
 ent of schools; Arthur M. Free, and J. D. Chace, 
 Jr., of the council of defense; Prof. J. B. Case, Jr., 
 of high school agriculture department, and C. H. 
 Waterman, general campaign supervisor; Karl 
 Hazeltine and Earnest L. Conant. Conant had 
 been appointed assistant to the county horticul- 
 tural commissioner, the appointment made by the 
 council of defense and necessitated by the extra 
 work of the campaign. Conant took entire charge 
 of the county operations and Earl Morris, assisted 
 by Waterman and Prof. Case, handled the city 
 plans. 
 
 Arthur M. Free, toured the schools and 
 enthused the entire county with accounts of what 
 San Jose was accomplishing. 
 
 J. J. McDonald heard the call for help. He 
 donated a plow. Teams were loaned by John R. 
 Chace and the Standard Oil company. Over 500 
 high school and normal girl students enlisted in 
 the Nvork. Those who did not actively engage in 
 gardening gave valuable service by listing lots and 
 keeping up a system of card indexing. 
 
 Some of us remember a certain Friday at high 
 noon when proud Botarians stood on the corner of 
 San Pedro street and Hawthorne way to watch the 
 Bean Spray company 's tractor break ground for 
 war gardens. In the first four days of the cam- 
 paign 40 lots were watered and 32 plowed. 
 
 Ernest L. Conant suggested what was best to 
 plant and high school boys from the agricultural 
 club whizzed busily around on motorsycles to 
 supervise the planting. We learned to look a seed 
 potato straight in the eye and formed the intimate 
 acquaintance with hitherto unheard of varieties of 
 beans. Children 's conversation became a mixture 
 of potato and bean-planting lore. We remembered 
 that William Jennings Bryan said during his 
 Chautauqua lecture in San Jose about this food 
 production campaign: "The value of this food 
 
 will be small compared to the value to the girls 
 and boys themselves." We were all digging to 
 learn thrift. 
 
 About 200 lots were cultivated approximating 
 30 acres, beside all the acres back yards that had 
 suffered a change of heart! The pupils of one 
 school gardened plots only 8x10 and grew wonder- 
 ful lettuce and radishes. One small boy found no 
 other "land available, so he pre-empted part or 
 the driveway and dug it up for his garden. It 
 stayed dug up and it was a good garden. 
 
 Some one remembered to go over on Sherman 
 street and take a look at A. P. Hill's back yard. 
 One visit became the incentive for greater garden 
 effort. On two lots Mr. Hill had (always does 
 have) a wonderful garden. Beside the lettuce and 
 Swiss chard, peas, beans, carrots and onions, there 
 were 18 fruit trees, 200 feet of berry vines and a 
 hedge of bamboo that supplied the trellis for the 
 Flaming Tokay grapes. When asked the secret of 
 his back-yard-garden success, Mr. Hill said: 
 "Nothing is wasted here — not even space!" His 
 accomplishment was an example of successful 
 intensive gardening that spurred many of the war 
 gardeners to emulative efforts. 
 
 Not every back yard or corner lot scored a 
 success. Vacation came and with hundreds of 
 young San Joseans working "in the fruit" and 
 helping with other harvests some of the well started 
 gardens were unattended. But taken as a whole, 
 the War Garden campaign was a wonderful suc- 
 cess. School heads reported that much of the 
 money obtained from the sale of vegetables was 
 invested in war savings stamps by the children. 
 Home consumers paid for the products at regular 
 market prices and accurate accounts were kept. 
 Then after the harvest came the awarding of 
 prizes! This hadn't been easy work for little 
 hands to do. Even grownup arms and backs had 
 ached from the hard and frequently unaccustomed 
 work, but no one complained. Gardens had been 
 well tended — unless it was the night when Mary 
 Pickford came to town. No one remembered a 
 garden then! 
 
 The winners of the first and second prizes 
 offered by the Botary club in the schools were: 
 Gardner school — ^Herbert Heyer, Jack Hewett. 
 Lowell school — Willie Jury, Harris Willson. 
 Washington school — Frank Guerra, Emilo Gag- 
 liaido. Hawthorne school — Mario and Frank 
 Duino, first; George Straight, second. Grant 
 school — Louis Arnone, first; Denward and Fred 
 Davis, second. Horace Mann school — Albert 
 Haehnlen and George Bliss, first; Vivian Thornton, 
 Thelma Lanz, Alves Davis, Ruby Withers, Thelma 
 McGary and Carol Ames, second. Longfellow 
 school — Byron and Thelma Hunt, first; Walter 
 Dooley, Emile Bicca and Cecil Morehead, second. 
 Lincoln school — Bay Nicholas, Jack Gilleran. 
 Awards were all made by Assistant Horticultural 
 Commissioner Ernest L. Conant. 
 
 No story of this 1917 garden activity would 
 be complete without special mention of Bev. J. H. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Wythe, who, during the entire period was deeply 
 interested in the movement and who aided its suc- 
 cess in every way, not only because of his govern- 
 ment appointment on this commission but because 
 of his love of gardens. During 1918 Prof. Joseph 
 E. Hancock was given the chairmanship of war 
 garden activities by C. C. Moore, chairman of the 
 state council of defense. Prof. Hancock had an 
 extensive campaign planned when the armistice 
 removed the pressing necessity for increased food 
 production. 
 
 It was a great campaign! It was everybody's 
 campaign — and everybody worked! What a joy 
 it was to know that while we made wildernesses 
 of back yards and vacant corner lots "blossom 
 like the rose ' ' we were helping to feed the men 
 who held the line in the smoke and battle over- 
 seas. It was grubbing — not glory — but patriotism 
 grew in every garden. 
 
 SECOND LOAN CAMPAIGN 
 
 By September, 1917, the actualities of war had 
 put a feeling of restriction around big American 
 hearts. Flanders Fields were crimsoned with a 
 stain redder than the crushed poppies. The con- 
 stant roll of the guns shook the world. Troop 
 trains filled with our own khaki-clad boys rolled 
 across the country. Good-byes were said with the 
 tears choked back and the heartaches camouflaged 
 with smiles. There were accusations of sedition 
 in high places. Colonel Roosevelt, in Kansas City, 
 was urging haste and denouncing La Follette, all 
 pacifists and the country 's unpreparedness with 
 scorching phillippics. Everywhere there ^vas talk 
 of only "six months more fighting weather" and 
 hope expressed that it might all be over before 
 winter. 
 
 September 25, Lieutenant J. A. Crozin and Ser- 
 geant A. D. MacKenzie of the Canadian contingent 
 known as "Toban's Tigers," came to tell us of 
 the horrors and atrocities overseas. None who 
 saw and heard him will ever forget MacKenzie, 
 who had suffered almost complete loss of his sight, 
 but whose heart still beat true for the cause of 
 liberty and justice. We were slow to believe 
 stories of atrocities — until witnesses like Sergeant 
 MacKenzie caine — straight from the grime and 
 smoke and horror of the front. 
 
 These British recruiting officers gave a demon- 
 stration of the gas mask and the use of the tri- 
 angle bandage at Jay McCabe's. By every pos- 
 sible method they appealed to us to help save 
 the children — and we heard and understood. Then 
 came the call for the second liberty loan. 
 
 Wednesday, September 26, 1917, San Jose bade 
 good-bye to Companies B and M, California vol- 
 unteers, trained at Fort Mason, who passed through 
 on their Way to "somewhere in France." That 
 same day J. D. Kuster, W. S. Clayton, V. J. La^ 
 Motte, Victor Palmer and Dr. W. C. Bailey went 
 to San Francisco to consult with the general exec- 
 utive committee. Friday the local meeting was 
 held to arrange for the opening of the loan cam- 
 paign October 1. The committee personnel 
 
 remained the same as in the first loan, John D. 
 Kuster, chairman, and Dr. W. C. Bailey secretary. 
 
 At this time President Wilson, in his farewell 
 to Henry Frank-Boullon, a member of the French 
 cabinet, who was in Washington on official busi- 
 ness, spoke the words that became the keynote of 
 second liberty loan endeavor. "To the last man, 
 to the last dollar, the whole force of the United 
 States is at your service. ' ' With that idea in 
 mind the committee commenced their second mon- 
 umental task. 
 
 The city was divided into four districts, each 
 with well defined street boundaries, and a com- 
 petent executive head named for each district. 
 Joseph M. Parker was made chairman of ward 
 number 1; Arthur M. Free, ward number 2; A. L. 
 Hubbard, ward number 3, and H. A. Harms, ward 
 number 4. Each chairman appointed a working 
 committee of from 50 to 100 in his district with 
 captains and lieutenants so as to quickly organ- 
 ize effective work. 
 
 Camp lists filled the papers, — camp lists that 
 later tragically changed to casualties. Governor 
 William D. Stephens issued a proclamation in 
 which he said: "At this solemn moment I call 
 upon the people of California in all public gath- 
 erings and assemblies to renew in their hearts 
 their pledge of patriotic devotion to our country 
 and flag. ' ' 
 
 John K. Lynch, governor of the Federal 
 Reserve bank, asked the co-operation of all mayors 
 and executive heads. 
 
 At this time the Eighth regiment, comprising 
 over a thousand men, Colonel George M. Weeks 
 commanding, arrived at Camp Fremont after a 
 two months' trip from the Philippine islands. The 
 famous California grizzlies were forming and 
 camped at Tanforan, prominent among them being 
 Major Robert I. Bentley, Captain Cedric R. Rich- 
 mond, Captain Ellsworth E. Chase and Lieutenant 
 Wilmer Gross. The cross above the hallowed 
 grave of Lieutenant Wilmer Gross "somewhere in 
 France ' ' casts its shadow on the hearts of the 
 home-folk for the continuance of whose liberty he 
 made the supreme sacrifice. 
 
 Sunday, September 30, 1917, the Argall 
 Brothers quartet made their last appearance as a 
 singing group at the Methodist church. Charles 
 was to leave for France in a few days. Heart- 
 breaking days Svere to intervene before San 
 Joseans listened again to the voices of these 
 brothers in the songs we had learned to love. 
 
 Joseph M. Parker's committee didn't waste 
 any time. They met Sunday at the Vendome hotel 
 and for each of the six precincts in the first ward 
 a chairman and his aides were named. Precinct 
 No. 1— Henry Ayer, chairman; William Watson, 
 Joseph Hartman, William I. Geoffrey, W. F. Curry 
 and Dr. A. A. Cavagnara. 
 
 Precinct No. 2 — Joseph Magistretti, chairman; 
 D. M. Denegri, J. Cailleau, Eugene Pezolo, F. W. 
 Hogan. Precinct 3— John V. Slavich, chairman; 
 A. P. Lepesh, August P. Minjoulet, Gus Wendt, 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 N. A. Pellerano. Precinct 4 — J. J. McLaurin, 
 chairman; Matt Glennon, W. P. Isham, A. R. 
 Kennedy. Precinct 5 — W. L. Atkinson, chairman; 
 Dan J. Flannery, George H. Anderson, George Mc- 
 Donald, J. R. Kocher, James Gillon, A. N. Losse. 
 Precinct 6 — Alexander Sheriffs, chairman; Harry 
 Morris, J. F. O'Keefe, Miss Lynch, Mrs. Fred 
 Keller, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. J. J. Conniff, Mrs. 
 Baggott. 
 
 Other war leaders hastened to perfect their 
 working force. Free learned that AI Hubbard was 
 coming over in his ward and appropriating some 
 of the best workers. Hubbard made approaches 
 to Billy Prussia, who was counted on by Free as a 
 soliciting prize winner. That would never do. 
 Free called a meeting at the chamber of commerce. 
 Hubbard called a meeting at the same time and 
 place! They compromised! It was the best com- 
 promise in the Xvorld. They simply agreed to com- 
 bine forces and fight side by side to a victorious 
 finish with the following committeemen: 
 
 Free 's workers — S. W. Waterhouse, James 
 Finley, C. A. Hall, Walter Lillick, Juanita Halsey, 
 Jennie Sheriffs, *R. R. Syer, E. M. Rosenthal, S. 
 Trapani, Jese Levy, Alexander Hart, Joe Millard, 
 Bert Gassett, Judge P. F. Gosbey, Elmer E. Chase, 
 Tom Bodley, Fannie Morrison, Mrs. C. A. Way- 
 land, Dr. William Simpson, Dr. J. J. Miller, Gus 
 Lion, Frank O'Connell, Alfred Madsen, Karl Stull, 
 Mrs. Fosgate, Dr. David A. Beattie, Tom Watson, 
 Mrs. T. L. Blanchard, Walter Chrisman, L. Mag- 
 gini, Sam E. Smith, Samuel Tompkins, R. C. Mc- 
 Comish, Captain Bailey, Captain Cambpell, Mrs. 
 Mae Faull, Mrs. Henry Lion, Mrs. S. Ogier, Robert 
 Borchers, A. C. Kuhns, Ralph Lowe. 
 
 That aggregation doesn 't sound as if Arthur 
 Free needed to be stingy with Al Hubbard! But 
 Hubbard had some first lieutenants of his very 
 own before that compromise, although conspiracy 
 is evidenced by some of the names appearing on 
 both lists. Hubbard claimed Karl Stull (Karl was 
 in demand), Charles R. Parkinson, E. P. Lion, 
 Sanford Bacon, W. L. Prussia, (Billy was a bone 
 of contention, too), Alexander Hart (that's two 
 for him). Jay McCabe (everybody claimed Jay), 
 Charles M. O 'Brien, J. H. Levy (another claim- 
 jump here), Joseph DuBrutz, Clove Pomeroy, Val- 
 entine Koch, Walter Trinkler, Harrison P. Smith, 
 J. W. Williams, William Boschken. 
 
 In ward 4 H. A. Harms, chairman, put his 
 sign and seal on the following gentlemanly solic- 
 itors, each to name other able assistants: C. W. 
 Davison, Judge Urban A. Sontheimer, E. P. Bonar., 
 J. B. Chiappe, F. A. Gunn, J. M. McKiernan, C. H. 
 James, Mrs. D. H. Roberts. 
 
 Word came that on the following Friday, 
 October 5, more than 700 Liberty Boys would pass 
 through San Jose on their way to Camp Lewis. 
 Those boys had a grand reception. Citizens, Red 
 Cross workers, everyone united to honor them. 
 The reception and supper given them in St. James 
 street next to the Park, followed the city 's good- 
 bye to 126 of the local boys, who left that day for 
 army camps. 
 
 October 6, John D. Kuster received a telegram 
 from Mrs. E. R. Brainard, chairman of the Woman 's 
 Liberty Loan committee for California, asking 
 that women be appointed for county work. Mrs. 
 C. A. Wayland was given the honor of the first 
 appointment as chairman and immediately began 
 to perfect an organization. The women entered 
 into the campaign with as much fervor as the 
 men. 
 
 Judge William A. Beasly headed the speakers ' 
 committee and secured Charles K. Field, editor of 
 Sunset Magazine, who addressed an immense 
 audience in the First Baptist church the next 
 Sunday evening. 
 
 Other speakers who gave their services during 
 the campaign under Judge Beasly 's direction were 
 J. S. Williams, Dr. J. W. Dinsmore, Arthur Free, 
 Victor LaMotte, Senator Herbert H. Jones, A. C. 
 Kuhn, Fred L. Thomas, M. E. Griffiths, Victor 
 Palmer, F. M. Coleman and Senator Frank H. 
 Benson. 
 
 On October 8 a telegram from W. G. McAdoo 
 reached Joseph M. Parker, president of the cham- 
 ber of commerce, "I am counting upon San Jose." 
 ran the message, "to overscribe its allotment to 
 the second liberty loan, and know that the patriot- 
 ism of your citizens can be relied upon to achieve 
 the desired result. The failure of one liberty loan 
 would be iWorse than a defeat upon the battlefield. 
 America can never permit such a defeat." 
 
 On October 9 the liberty loan committee met 
 and Chairman Kuster called for greater effort, 
 "We are all busy now," he said, "but let's get 
 busier, double our exertions and clean this thing 
 up inside of ten days." 
 
 Mrs. Charles C. Wayland 's committee of 
 women was co-operating with the men 's liberty 
 loan committee and the women 's council of 
 defense. 
 
 H. W. McComas was made chairman of the 
 four minute men — Arthur M. Free, Senator Jones 
 and Grant Bennett, Dr. James B. Bullitt was 
 added to the general executive committee and was 
 to spend all his time visiting the various local- 
 ities throughout the county to assist the commit- 
 tees with his energy and enthusiasm for the pat- 
 riotic jmrpose of the loan. Frank Hoyt was to 
 attend the showing of slides at the theatres. 
 Parkinson and Sheriffs were to arrange for a 
 gigantic school parade. F. J. McHenry was made 
 responsible for the appearance on hotel menu cards 
 of liberty loan ' ' reminders. ' ' He is the man to 
 blame for "Have you bought a Bond?" getting 
 mixed up with the roast beef and mashed potatoes. 
 He stirred up many a sleeping conscience and dis- 
 turbed placid indigestions! 
 
 About this time we began to hear of ' ' the 
 contemptible little army." Anti-loan plotters 
 were at work. Pro-German propagandists were 
 bending all their energies to defeat the loan. The 
 President issued a proclamation making October 
 24 Liberty day, and asking that the result of the 
 loan campaign be "so impressive and emphatic 
 that it will echo throughout the empire of our 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 enemy as an index of what America intends to do 
 to bring this war to a victorious conclusion," 
 
 When the middle of October passed with only 
 $500,000 out of the quota of $3,000,000 raised in 
 the county, a mass meeting was called at the Vic- 
 tory theatre. Hon. C. C. Moore, president P. P. 
 I. E. and Warren Gregory, a San Francisco law- 
 yer, made eloquent appeals particularly to the 
 farmers, stating that Santa Clara county was not 
 coming up to the expectations founded on its 
 agricultural wealth. "Isn't there a deuce of a 
 lot of theoretical patriotism here?" asked one 
 speaker. ' ' Isn 't there a large number of men who 
 have sacrificed nothing whatever of their con- 
 venience for their country in its struggle? They 
 say the farmers are holding back. Lord love 'em! 
 The government is going to get this money. If 
 they don't get it through loans they Kvill tax you 
 for it. Birds that can sing and won't sing ought 
 to be made to sing!" 
 
 That address made many "backward farm- 
 ers" sing to the tune of things, but a greater 
 volume of subscriptions began to come in. A 
 clearing house for the bonds was opened in room 
 711, across the hall from headquarters in Rich- 
 mond's office, with Mrs. Amanda Miller and Edith 
 Coalman in charge. 
 
 Friday, October 19, San Jose saw a wonder- 
 fully inspiring parade of school children. More 
 than 5000 were in line with banners and flags, 
 drum corps and bands. The parade, fifteen blocks 
 long, was led by City Manager Reed and Charles 
 Parkinson, head of the committee. 
 
 The grammar schools, the high school student 
 body, hundreds of Normal students and even the 
 ' ' little tots ' ' were in that parade. The Agnew state 
 band swelled the chorus of music. Effective ban- 
 ners appeared at interyals. One proud little boy 's 
 banner proclaimed, " My daddy has done his share. 
 Has yours? The colors of all nations blended with 
 the Stars and Stripes and were prophetic of the 
 years to come^the years of the new brotherhood 
 for Nvhich we were fighting. 
 
 Much of the success of the inspiring parade 
 was due to the efforts of Dr. M. E. Dailey, Agnes 
 B. Howe arid Alexander Sherriffs. 
 
 Many things beside spectacular parades weri^ 
 helping the liberty loan committee obtain their 
 quota. Letters were coming to the home folks 
 from absent boys — boys in faraway places. Neil 
 H. Petree, with the Stanford Ambulance unit, 
 wrote from Albania. The world seemed to have 
 lost its geographical divisions. Americans were 
 everywhere — and they had to be taken care of. 
 We hurried a bit with that loan. 
 
 The president 's proclamation had designated 
 October 24 as Liberty day and Joseph M. Parker, 
 Chas. R. Parkinson, Henry Ayer and Joseph T. 
 Brooks went to Camp Fremont to confer with 
 Captains Smiley, Keck and Creed about having the 
 troops take part in the day's demonstration. 
 
 Dr. James B. Bullitt, J. S. Williams and Victor 
 Palmer did valiant liberty loan work among the 
 Japanese and Portuguese residents of the county 
 
 and found them possessed of a fine spirit of patri- 
 otism and eager to co-operate. 
 
 "Billy" Emerson, San Jose's veteran Newsic, 
 was a live bond solicitor. He talked bonds to the 
 newsboys until they were all interested. Just as 
 soon as "Billy" got a prospective buyer ho 
 marched him over to the First National bank, where 
 W. S. Clayton completed the financial arrange- 
 ments. The First National stood firmly back of 
 these boys. No matter what kind of terms had to 
 be made they were satisfactory to the big bank. 
 The "newsies" got their bonds and Uncle Sam 
 found he had an able ally in "Billy" Emerson. 
 
 Clayton was bond booster and bond backer. 
 During the campaign he and Fred L. Thomas "put 
 over" a street carnival of their own. Thomas did 
 the "speeling" and Clayton sold the bonds. 
 Wherever they appeared they gained applause and 
 bond subscribers. 
 
 The churches devoted October 21 to rousing 
 enthusiasm for the campaign. The slogan of the 
 day was "Keep faith with the Soldiers." One 
 appealing minister pictured the Christ as "stand- 
 ing in the smoke of the greatest a'nd most terrific 
 battle in the life of the world and asking that the 
 red lust of murder be wiped out forever!" 
 
 Wednesday, October 24, news came of a vic- 
 torious smash by the French. The German line 
 north of the Aisne was broken and the foe routed 
 at Chavignon. In Flanders both the British and 
 French were holding the Ypres gains. It began to 
 look like business and the slight encouragement 
 gave new impetus to the liberty loan. 
 
 On October 22, six batteries of the Grizzlies' 
 Field Artillery passed through on their way to 
 "somewhere" — and we waved a last goodbye. 
 
 Then came Liberty Day with its jostling 
 crowds lining the streets while there passed such 
 a spectacular parade numbering more than 15,000 
 persons, as had never before thrilled the hearts of 
 San Joseans. The Eighth regiment came from 
 Camp Fremont with over 600 seasoned troopers. 
 There were seven bands, including the Eighth 
 Regiment band, beside numerous drum corps. 
 Catholic schools, Notre Dame, grammar and high 
 and normal schools, Santa Clara university and 
 the College of the Pacific; fraternal and civic 
 organizations, — all classes and creeds were in the 
 line of march. To be exact there were no classes 
 or creeds — there were just patriotic Americans, 
 from the grand marshal at the head to the small 
 boy on a dilapidated bicycle bringing up the rear. 
 Police Chief Black led the parade with Manager 
 Reed grand marshal and Sheriff Arthur B. Lang- 
 ford chief aid. Members of the Liberty Loan 
 committee acted as the grand marshal 's staff. In 
 St. James Park, following the parade, refreshments 
 were served to the Eighth Regiment after which 
 Arthur M. Free electrified the immense gathering 
 with his eloquent patriotism. 
 
 Deputy Distirct Attorney M. E. Griffith 
 addressed the crowd from an auto near the park, 
 again from the steps of the Garden City bank and 
 a third time at the corner of St. James and First 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 streets. 
 
 The men who gave their time and energy to 
 make this parade an unforgettable event were 
 Joseph M. Parker, committee chairman, Charles R. 
 Parkinson, John D. Kuster, A. E. Holmes, Thomas 
 H. Bead, Karl Stull, Howell D. Melvin, Dr. W. C. 
 Bailey, Joseph T. Brooks, Henry M. Ayer, Arthur 
 B. Langford. 
 
 The practical result of that Liberty Day 
 demonstration was $1,581,750 subscribed to bonds. 
 
 Two days more — and a final tremedous effort! 
 San Jose had it to do — San Jose would not fail! 
 Dr. W. C. Bailey had a wonderful idea. No one 
 had thouglit of the Boy Scouts. Late Thursday 
 afternoon Dr. Bailey communicated with F. F. 
 McLain, Scout Master, asking that 100 Boy Scouts 
 meet the committee at 6:15 at the Montgomery 
 hotel. Every boy was there! That was some sup- 
 perl Bailey, Kuster, Reed, Clayton, Bullitt, Rich- 
 man and McLain all addressed the boys and asked 
 their help for the last two days of the campaign. 
 Scouts know how to yell. They greeted each 
 speaker in a way that was new to him — very com- 
 plimentary but disconcerting. They cheered E. N. 
 Richmond as the "Prune King." They gave 
 cheers for the "boy grown tall' individually and 
 collectively and threw in a number of wild yells 
 for good measure. The committee "chipped in" 
 on the spot and bought a bond for the Scouts. 
 The Scouts ^were enlisted — full of patriotism and 
 ' ' pep. ' ' 
 
 Portable booths, constructed under the direc- 
 tion of Karl Stull sprung up like mushrooms over 
 night. Friday morning two Red Eross nursese and 
 two business men were on duty in each booth. The 
 Boy Scouts were everywhere. When a man or 
 woman appeared without a Liberty Loan button 
 a small police khaki-clad boy asked " where 's your 
 button 1 ' ' They added something potent about 
 the appeal of those clean American boys. They 
 added thousands of dollars to the list of subscrip- 
 tions. Wild enthusiasm broke up all the com- 
 mitteemen 's dignity when Boy Scout Joe Carter 
 reported at headquarters a subscription of $30,000 
 which he had secured from Pyle & Sons cannery. 
 One small Boy Scout and a $30,000 subscription! 
 It was a big day! Saturday night the records 
 showed over $37,000 in subscriptions credited to 
 the Boy Scouts and returns incomplete. 
 
 The second Liberty Loan campaign ended 
 Saturday night, October 27, with a subscription cf 
 $3,346,200. When the books closed the following 
 Wednesday the total amount subscribed was 
 $3,365,100 — another overscription! Of this amount 
 $63,000 was secured by the Woman's committee. 
 The Liberty Loan committee, by Chairman John 
 Kuster and Dr. W. C. Bailey, secretary, in a grace- 
 ful letter of thanks voiced their appreciaton of the 
 enthusiastic interest in the campaign taken by all 
 those who were called upon to help. 
 
 This letter of appreciation was in part as 
 follows: 
 
 "The cheers of 1300 homesick Santa Clara 
 county boys are heard across the Atlantic and from 
 
 every training camp, grateful that patriotism, duty 
 and personal sacrifice are appreciated and mani- 
 fested in a substantial way by those left at home. 
 * . * * For all this and more, believing that these 
 examples of loyalty inspire every heart with a 
 greater love for country, a greater devotion to 
 duty and a solemn pledge of personal sacrifice until 
 the end, we are profoundly grateful." 
 
 Liberty Loan committee, by 
 
 John D. Kuster, Chairman, 
 W. C. Bailey, Secretary. 
 
 San Jose 's number of subscribers in this second 
 loan was 4,722. County subscribers, 3250, making 
 a total of 7972, an increase of 970 over the first 
 loan. San Jose's subscription was $2,305,650.. The 
 county total $1,059,459, making a total of $3,365,- 
 100. The average subscription per capita for the 
 city was $488. For the county, $326, with an 
 average of $422. In this loan seven and two-fifths 
 of the population subscribed a slight increase over 
 the percentage of those subscribing to the first 
 loan. 
 
 SECOND Y. M. C. A. DEIVE 
 
 National War Work councils were ablebodiedl 
 They were strong on recommendations, receiving 
 encouragement, doubtless, from the overwhelming 
 response to every call. On November 9, 1917, the 
 National War Work council of the Y. M. C. A., 
 recommended the raising of a fund of $35,000,000 
 to serve not only the men of the United States 
 army and navy, but the soldiers of the allies and 
 all prisoners of war, throughout the war zones. 
 Everywhere one heard hearty endoresments of the 
 practical work of the " Y. " T. A. Wright wrote 
 from Camp Lewis to his friend, Ray McMahon, 
 saying in part: "Summing up the whole thing 
 you might say that the Y. M. C. A., is to the boys 
 here as sugar is to your coffee!" 
 
 On Saturday, November 9, 1917, 50 represent- 
 ative business men sat down to luncheon in the 
 Y. M. C. A. auditorium to talk over the big call 
 and formulate plans for the local campaign. 
 Senator Herbert C. Jones outlined the plan and 
 suggested that gifts be measured ' ' only by the 
 ability to give, ' ' since the Y. M. C. A., was doing 
 a wonderful work for "these boys of ours." 
 Judge W. A. Beasly spoke of the thousands of let- 
 ters written on red triangle stationery that were 
 coming to the home folks — evidence of the far- 
 reaching influence of the association. "If we wanl 
 to keep the home ties from breaking," said the 
 judge, ' ' we want to keep the home fires burning 
 in the hearts of the boys and that is what the 
 Y. M. C. A. is doing for them. ' ' Other speakers 
 told of the fund being endorsed by General Persh- 
 ing and President Wilson, who were asking each 
 one to "help the 'Y' help your boy." 
 
 The campaign was scheduled for the week of 
 November 11 to 19 with a local quota of $25,000. 
 That sounded tremendous, especially with so many 
 other calls being made. Christmas cheer for the 
 boys was taking lots of ready cash. The Elks were 
 preparing their empty stocking fund entertain- 
 ment because "with so many daddies in the trenches 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 there were going to be lots of pitifully empty 
 stockings. The Y. W. C. A. and the K. of C. drives 
 \vere programmed. San Joseans had become so used 
 to that little word "campaign" that they could 
 spell it backward. We were in the war ' ' to the 
 last man and the last dollar" and this appeal, 
 voiced by an old mother when she said to a Y. M. 
 G. A. secretary, "take care of my boy — he's all 
 I 've got, ' ' found something warmly human stir- 
 ring the heartstrings. ' ' God bless 'em, ' ' said a 
 bereft father in speaking of the "Y" workers, 
 "they're the fathers of thousands of boysl" 
 
 Sunday, November 11, 1917, was Y. M. C. A. 
 day in the churches of the county and early Mon- 
 day morning 20 teams of purposeful business men 
 opened the big drive. One generous hearted man 
 of affairs thought he started the ball rolling with 
 a subscription of $50.0 but a little stenographer 
 was ahead of him with her proportionate gift of 
 $5. For the first hour the registering thermometer 
 just kept jumping — jumping steadily toward the 
 $25,000. There Were two subscriptions of $1000 
 each; 12 of $500 each and 25 of $100 each; but it 
 was the ' ' mites ' ' that brought up the total. 
 
 At the daily luncheons reports encouraged the 
 workers. On Thursday during a particularly thril- 
 ling speech a little boy, a cripple, slipped in and 
 listened to the eloquent appeal. After the meet- 
 ing closed he went quietly to George Wilson, sec- 
 retary, and asked timidly if "a little bit would 
 help?" He gave his bit — 50 cents in niekles and 
 pennies — and limped away with a happy smile on 
 his thin little face. That stenographer 's first $5 
 and the little cripple's 50 cents were pure gold! 
 
 The high school boys' committee were enthus- 
 iastic workers. They subscribed $970 in $10 gifts 
 that were to be " earned and given. ' ' Nine San 
 Jose girls made ' ' earn and give ' ' pledges of $10 
 each. These girls were Malva Beatty, Grace Lim- 
 erick, Julia Holdredge, Hazel Dickinson, Georginc 
 Fink, Beth Crummey, Lilah Seeley and Lola Bur- 
 dick. The children in the kindergarten wanted to 
 help and a special fund took care of their pennies 
 and dimes. 
 
 Small wonder that the schools were interested 
 with 45 high school boys in service and more than 
 3000 gone from the county. Leland Prussia and 
 Laurene Jackson left November 16 to join the 
 naval reserve, having qualified as wireless teleg- 
 raphers. With a blue star shining in the window 
 of a lonely home for each departed lad, fathers and 
 mothers remembered to be thankful that there 
 were "Y" huts everywhere. The red triangle 
 marked a hut at the foot of Mount Sinia, where 
 the Apostle Paul preached the gospel to Alexandria 
 and there was the same kind of hut ani? the same 
 insignia at Camp Fremont. Remembrance of what 
 it all stood for — clean manhood — rolled up the sub- 
 scriptions and sent the thermometer nearer the 
 top. 
 
 Two things happened simultaneously. The 
 Hoover dress made its initial appearance and the 
 Western Pacific railroad struck a "bumper" at 
 Willow Glen! We accepted the dress — but abso- 
 
 lutely refused the railroad! 
 
 Half the county quota was raised by Saturday 
 night, November 17 — and only two more days to 
 finish the campaign! Could we do it? Those two 
 days were a time of strenuous house-to-house can- 
 vassing. "Y" campaigners had addressed every 
 San Jose church congregation on Sunday, and the 
 people were well prepared to meet the last appeal. 
 On the evening of November 20 Senator Herbert 
 C. Jones announced to 150 wildly enthusiastic 
 campaigners gathered at the Y. M. C. A. building, 
 that San Jose was "over the top," having raised 
 not only the quota of $25,000 but $5000 more! It 
 was a memorable occasion and the joy in each tired 
 committeeman's heart found voice in the eloquence 
 of Arthur M. Free, E. H. Gosson, Senator Frank 
 H. Benson and others. Much had been asked — 
 and much generously given that the home ties 
 might not be broken or the light of the home fires 
 die in the hearts of our boys. 
 
 During the great world war, for the first time 
 in the history of the Y. M. C. A. organization, 
 their forces were augumented and their work given 
 the real touch of home atmosphere by women. 
 The "Y" selected patriotically unselfish women 
 for overseas service where the light of a woman 's 
 smile and the inspiration of a real American 
 woman 's presence did more to keep the home fires 
 burning in the soldier-hearts than anything else 
 could do. For this service the local Y. M. C. A. 
 selected Miss Ona M. Rounds, who was the only 
 woman " Y " worker to go overseas from this 
 county. Miss Rounds entered the service in Octo- 
 ber, 1918. 
 
 More than 350 committeemen helped to carry 
 the secopd "Y" drive to successful completion. 
 These men constituted more than 20 teams, of 
 which the following is a partial list: Team 1 — Dr. 
 E. H. Wagner, captain; D. J. Denhart, G. W. 
 Curry, Dr. Newhall, Dale Holland. Team 2— H. A. 
 Blanchard, captain; J. W. Nixon, Rev. C. Irons, 
 E. W. Jack, C. H. Waterman. Team 3— Judge F. 
 B. Brown, captain; A. C. Darby, Louis Oneal, C. L. 
 Snyder, A. D. Campbell. Team 4 — Geo. D. Oilman, 
 captain; L. D. Bohnett, J. R. Crossby, L. P. Ed- 
 ward, Warren Reilly. Team 5 — A. S. Bacon, 
 captain; D. C. Crummey, Rev. E. A. King, M. A. 
 Boulware, W. E. Hazeltine. Team 6 — A. M. Free, 
 captain; Louis Campiglia, Floyd Stull, Mr. Chap- 
 man, Frazier Reed. Team 7 — Faber Johnston, 
 captain; Dr. C. M. Richards, E. A. Wiilcox, Dr. S. 
 B. VanDalsem, R. J. Glendenning, Harry Smith. 
 Team 8 — L. M. Fehren, captain; Judge W. A. 
 Beasly, A. L. Hubbard, Arthur Holmes, J. W. 
 Grimes. Team 9 — J. E. Hancock, captain; A. G. 
 Wilkins, Alex Murgotten, J. V. Haley. Team 10 — 
 Alexander Sherriffs, captain; Judge P. F. Gosbey, 
 Dan Flannery, W. L. Prussia, J. S. Williams. 
 Team 11 — Victor Challen, captain; W. L. Atkin- 
 son, W. J. Lean, H. P. Kessler, DeWitt Rucker. 
 Team 12 — H. L. Austin, captain; J. E. Hoblit, 
 Frank Howarth, G. W. Borchers, Mrs. Dastel. 
 Team 13 — A. B. Langford, captain; Dr. L. T. 
 Smith, Irving J. Lee, Jos. Napoli. Team 14 — J. T. 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Brooks, captain; Joe M. Parker, Howell Melviii. 
 Team 15 — Chester Herold, captain; Henry Garcia, 
 Bay Rugg, Frank Towner, Dr. H. S. Chandler. 
 WOMEN'S MOBILIZED ARMY 
 
 In every time of stress and trouble since the 
 world began, women have been looked to for sym- 
 pathy, for the comfort of broken hearts and the 
 binding up of grievous wounds. There her service 
 ended. The great "world war changed the character 
 of her ministry. She was asked for more than 
 sympathy. She answered the call for practical, 
 efficient service, — answered it fully and unmistak- 
 ably. Neglecting none of the old duties she as- 
 sumed heavier burdens and carried them with 
 squared shoulders and well poised head. Losing 
 no tenderness she developed business efficiency, and 
 rare capability for organization. It can be said 
 to the credit of the women of Santa Clara county 
 and of San Jose particularly, that their compre- 
 hensive organization for war work preceded that 
 of the men. 
 
 The W6men's Mobilized Army proved its abi'- 
 ity as a power for accomplishment through cam- 
 paign after campaign for war funds and strenuous 
 bond drives. Many do not know that the organi- 
 zation was really the outgrdwth of the December, 
 1917, Y. W. C. A. campaign for $16,000. When 
 that call came there seemed no way to meet it 
 The demand looked like a deluge about to break 
 over boasted feminine patriotism and completely 
 engulf it! Women of ability and proven qualities 
 necessary to "put things over" met and talked 
 it over. Mrs. Thomas H. Reed brought the story 
 of the Berkeley women's mobilized army, and on 
 that plan the local organization was finally per- 
 fected. Mrs. L. T. Smith outlined an arrangement 
 of school districts and outside towns and listed the 
 names of San Jose women who never failed in any 
 emergency. The plan was a tremendous one. It 
 couldn't be made effective for the Y. W. C. A. 
 drive, but plans for this county work formed t' 
 basis of the organization. Then came the day 
 when a morning paper announced that ' ' the women 
 of the county were to mobilize" and — they did! 
 This call came from the Santa Clara County Coun- 
 cil of Defense, of which Brs. S. W. Gilchrist waa 
 chairman. November 19, 1917, became a memor- 
 able day. Hundreds of loyal -women heard the call 
 and Schofield hall at the Y. W. G. A. was crowded 
 to the doors with those eager for service. Among 
 them were a few who visioned what it all meant — 
 and these women Mrs. Gilchrist called upon to 
 lead in whatever tasks awaited. 
 
 Mrs. L. T. Smith became colonel of the Wo- 
 men's Mobilized Army for Santa Clara county, 
 and Mrs. D. A. Beattie shouldered a lieutenant 
 colonel's responsibility for the city of San Jose. 
 Eleven other workers were appointed to lead the 
 activities in the various districts of the county. 
 Those appointed were Mrs. W. B. Allen, Palo Alto; 
 Mrs. S. L. Berry, Mountain View; Mrs. James 
 Glendenning, Santa Clara; Mrs. A. A. Halsey, 
 Cupertino; Mrs. George Parse, Campbell; Mrs. W. 
 G. Tomlinson, Saratoga; Mrs. Z. L. Riggs, Los 
 
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 Gatos; Mrs. O. H. Barnhart, Morgan Hill; Mrs. 
 W. B. Holsclaw, Gilroy; Mrs. J. P. Shambo, Ever- 
 green, and Miss Nellie Evans, Milpitas. 
 
 This permanent organization effected for the 
 period of the war, included beside the colonel and 
 twelve lieutenant-colonels, a major for each school 
 district. Each major appointed captains and un- 
 der each captain were several lieutenants. The 
 cities, divided according to precincts, were given 
 a captain for each precinct and a lieutenant for 
 each block. To the lieutenants fell the task of 
 house-to-house canvassing. In San Jose the majors 
 named by Mrs. D. A. Beattie were Mrs. P. F. Gos- 
 bey, Mrs. N. H. Booker, Mrs. J. J. Byl, Mrs. J. E. 
 Hancock, Mrs. F. A. VonDorsten, Mrs. C. C. Little, 
 Miss Wehner, Mrs. Nicholas Bowden, Mrs. Willis 
 Clayton, Mrs. A. B. Brown, Mrs. George B. Seeley, 
 Mrs. Charles Parkinson and Mrs. S. D. Farrington. 
 
 This magnificent organization, perfected in a 
 short time, numbered 1400 women banded together 
 to answer with unselfish service every appeal made 
 to them. They were valiant soldiers in the cause 
 of humanity in a world upheaval that broke hearts 
 and devastated homes. 
 
 From that day in November, 1917, through a" 
 the long months of war, this Women's Mobilized 
 Army fought shoulder to shoulder with the Men's 
 War Work Council and their efforts were untiring 
 in answering every call for service. Many of tlio 
 members of the War Work Council unhesitatingly 
 give to the Women's Army the laurels of victory 
 in strenuous campaigns. They faltered before no 
 personal sacrifice, they shirked no duty. Their 
 slogan was "Service First" and their badges 'of 
 red, white and blue covered intensely loyal hearts. 
 
 Nine tremendous war activities called for their 
 best endeavor. The December, 1917, Red Cross 
 membership drive was the Mobilized Army's init- 
 ial service. Mrs. A. A. Fowler was chairman of 
 this activity. 
 
 The second campaign came in 1918, when they 
 helped to carry out the successful Thrift and War 
 Savings Stamp drive under the chairmanship of 
 Mrs. F. M. Eley. 
 
 The third Liberty Loan, April, 1918, proved 
 the quality of women's service under the guidance 
 of Mrs. C. A. Wayland, chairman. The Red Cross 
 campaign in May, 1918, War Savings Stamp drive 
 in June, 1918, and the registration of all children 
 under six years of age, also in June, were directed 
 by members of the Women 's Army. In October, 
 1918, came the Fourth Liberty Loan, and no one 
 will ever forget the Volunteer Day preceding it on 
 September 7. On this day members of the Women 's 
 Mobilized Array served in the regular polling places 
 throughout the county, more than 850 volunteering 
 for this work in San Jose. The result of efficient 
 organization became apparent when a "check up" 
 of the day 's returns showed that about 65 per cent 
 of Santa Clara county's quota had been volun- 
 teered in one day. The United War Work cam- 
 paign in November, 1918, and the Liberty Loan 
 drive closed the book of the Women's Mobilized 
 
WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Army history — a history of accomplishment briefly 
 sketched. No tabulation of campaign returns or 
 bare record of work done can ever tell the story 
 in its entirety. The members of this army made 
 every sacrifice, some of them even the sacrifice of 
 health itself in the patriotic endeavor to leave 
 nothing undone that would speed the coming of 
 the day when peace should dawn on a war-torn 
 world and their own return to them again. 
 
 Through the heat of summer and the rains of 
 winter these loyal women tramped from house to 
 house as the path of duty led. Frequently many 
 visits Were made to the same house. They were 
 not doing this thing for themselves. They were 
 accredited agents of the government and dared 
 not fail. At first they met frequent opposition, but 
 in the end their quiet patient persistence won. 
 They endured hardships and accepted rebuffs, they 
 worked and planned and sacrificed and did it over 
 and over in the light of the courage that women 
 know. 
 
 These women selling bonds and thrift stamps, 
 asking subscriptions to every war activity, taking 
 a census, distributing window cards and flags and 
 food pledges, holding quiet conferences or arous- 
 ing flagging enthusiasm by great mass meetings, — 
 these women gave to their country a service that 
 can never be measured or adequately told. The 
 army of uncomplaining women who tramped from 
 house to house, always with a smile, deserve all the 
 medals and decorations for valor within the gift 
 of a beneficient government to bestow! They 
 fought with the boys for every trench and field 
 and hamlet — fought with clear heads and hearts 
 tender with the tears that fell into them from eyes 
 that bravely refused to let tears fall. They were 
 the tireless soldiers who fought the war ,3000 miles 
 from the front — and won it! 
 
 Among the thousands of appealing incidents 
 during the work of the Women 's Army are two 
 particularly worthy of special mention. In San 
 Jose precinct number 10, Mrs. E. H. Baker made 
 no changes in the personnel of her workers duriu" 
 the entire war period. The faithful coterie of 
 women who worked in every campign were: Mrs. 
 E. H. Baker, Mrs. L. L. Lamar, Mrs. C. E. Parsons. 
 Miss M. Blomdohl, Mrs. C. O. Neale and Mrs. E. 
 Perkins. 
 
 The other instance of valiant service is that 
 of Mrs. J. M. Church Walker, in charge of a 
 mountain district above Los Gatos. This little 
 woman having no other way to accomplish her 
 work, walked every step of the necessary 16 miles 
 to organize her district! The women whose dis- 
 trict included large foreign speaking population, 
 found evening and Sunday work obligatory — but 
 none of them faltered. 
 
 Soldiers — every one of theml And soldier-led 
 by Mrs. L. T. Smith and Mrs. D. A. Beattie — ^led 
 not only from victory in war work activities but 
 led into new ways of better human understanding 
 and a sisterhood that crowns the days of peace 
 with a new beauty. The power of Women's Mo- 
 bilized Army reaches into the distance, envisioninj; 
 
 against the tarnished background of war, a future 
 bright with mutual helpfulness. 
 
 Y. W. C. A. DEIVE 
 During the latter part of the memorial year, 
 1917, San Jose emulated Jehu of ancient Biblical 
 fame and "drove furiously!" Life was one grand 
 succession of ' ' drives. ' ' The days were aflutter 
 with checks and jingling of coin of the realm, gen- 
 erously donated to keep the home fires burning and 
 light the best substitutes for them across the sea. 
 The first week in December the National War 
 Work Council of the Young Women 's Christian 
 Association issued a call for $4,000,000 for the 
 purpose of establishing social and rest centers for 
 heroic nurses at the front, one such center to bo 
 located near each base hospital. The fund also 
 provided for bettering the conditions surrounding 
 cantonments and the munition factories employing 
 women. Santa Clara county's quota was $16,000. 
 This call found a sympathetic response in the 
 hearts of San Jose's women. They visioned the 
 actualities and knew the need — a real woman-need 
 — of a place to rest, a place to be by one's self 
 sometimes; but could they raise $16,000 after all 
 the calls that had been made? The movement was 
 sponsored by competent women: Mrs. Charles D. 
 Blaney, Mrs. Peter J. Dunne, Mrs. Ray Lyman 
 Wilbur, Mrs. George Hamilton, Mrs. J. O. Hayes, 
 Mrs. Thomas H. Reed, Mrs. S. W. Gilchrist, Mrs. 
 S. W. Waterhouse, Mrs. Nicholas Bowden, Mrs. 
 Fremont Older and Miss Ethel Clayton. It was a 
 big proposition — and there was no county organi- 
 zation. Patriotic women were appealed to, among 
 them Mrs. L. T. Smith and Mrs. D. A. Beattie, who 
 received appointements from Mrs. S. W. Gilchrist 
 of the Council of National Defense to handle the 
 campaign. Mrs. Smith supervised the entire county 
 work and Mrs. Beattie led the city teams. 
 
 At a Y. W. C. A. luncheon, December 4, 1917, 
 Mrs. Charles B. Hare, president of the board of 
 directors, introduced Mrs. R. S. M. Emerich, a mis- 
 sionary, recently returned from the fighting front 
 in Turkey. Mrs. Emerich graphically portrayed 
 conditions surrounding the women who were risk- 
 ing their lives at the front, making an appeal that 
 stirred every heart and registered determination in 
 every face. The next day Mrs. Beattie followed 
 this appeal by saying to the workers, ' ' there are 
 20,000 nurses ready for service at the front. Are 
 we going to let them give out for lack of a place 
 to rest? Are we going to let them be sent back 
 unable to stand the terrible strain simply because 
 we don 't like to raise the money to take care of 
 them?" That question was answered within 
 ten days. 
 
 At this December 5th meeting, Mrs. L. T. 
 Smith made her appointments for the county, and 
 Mrs. D. A. Beattie named the following team cap- 
 tains for the work in San Jose: Mrs. Robert 
 Syer, Miss Maud Blackford, Mrs. Peter Dunne, 
 Miss Bertha Fair, Mrs. C. C. Little, Mrs. Stephen 
 Maynard. Each captain selected 10 to 12 women 
 for patriotic service. 
 
 Two days before the campaign opened the first 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 donation was made. A young woman walked into 
 the' Y. W. C. A. office and gave the secretary $10 
 with the remark that she didn't have to be solic- 
 ited—she "wanted to help." The day after that 
 one of the "Y" members was out in her back yan! 
 ■when a little old neighbor lady leaned over the 
 fence and handed her a worn $1 bill. "This is my 
 own money" she said with a flush in her dear old 
 face. ' ' It was given to me for Christmas — but I 
 want it to go to help the brave women who are 
 caring for our boys at the front!" 
 
 The real work of the drive started the morn- 
 ing of December 5 and from the first minute there 
 was the keenest rivalry between the ' ' teams. ' ' 
 Towns in the county vied with each other in the 
 race to be first over the top. The big thermometer 
 on the Bank of San Jose building marked a rapi.i 
 increase in "temperature" from day to da;-. 
 Workers met each other at the "Y" for luncheon 
 and the reports inspired to renewed endeavor. 
 Almost every day the business girls' team, under 
 the leadership of Miss Bertha Fair, was near the 
 top and these girls only had their noon hour and 
 the evenings in which to gather subscriptions. 
 
 Mrs. L. T. Smith "stumped" the county, ex- 
 plaining the reasons for the call and rousing every 
 outside town to a fervor of patriotic endeavor. 
 Gifts ranged all the way from a penny to $500, but 
 most of the contributions were small. It was not 
 a "Y. W. C. A. campaign." It was the work of 
 the United States and the particular business of 
 every woman \vithin reach of their sisters' call. 
 Besponses were freely made — with rare exceptions. 
 One worker gasped for breath when an irate 
 individual told her that if she would stay at home 
 and save her energy and her gasoline and stop 
 annoying people that she would save so much she 
 wouldn 't need to ' ' ask folks for money ! ' ' 
 
 Another son of Uncle Sam just wholeheartedly 
 "cussed" everything connected with the govern- 
 ment — but made a generous donation in apprecia 
 tion of the solicitor 's ' ' oratory. ' ' 
 
 San Jose responded as San Jose always does — 
 with an oversubscription. Not only San Jose but 
 the county. On the night of December 5, Scofiehl 
 hall at the Y. W. C. A. rang with cheers and echoed 
 with songs that greeted the final returns. County 
 reports 'were as enthusiastically received as the 
 city ones. Altogether we had reached the quota 
 with $4,000 to spare! If you think women can't 
 cheer you should have heard the noise as that rec- 
 ord of $20,000 was announced. Then, when it was 
 all over, Mrs. L. T. Smith confessed that when the 
 call first came she feared the quota would not be 
 met. Some said far-seeing business men had been 
 of the same opinion. Patriotism, not the tinsel 
 variety, but patriotism backed up with good hard 
 shoulder to shoulder team work had "put it 
 across. ' ' 
 
 In the final checking up Mrs. Stephen May- 
 nard 's team won first place with subscriptions 
 totaling $2386.75. Bertha Fair's business girls' 
 team came second with $1,693. Mrs. Charles Lit- 
 tle 's team scored third place with $1,278.35, and 
 
 Mrs. Peter Dunne's Kvorkers turned in the sum of 
 $1,118.00. 
 
 Mrs. Charles B. Hare and Mrs. D. A. Beattie 
 expressed deep appreciation of the efficient assist- 
 ance given during the campaign by Miss Ada B. 
 Hillman, general secretary of the Y. W. C. A., 
 Mrs. Shearer, the "house mother" and Caroline 
 Underwood. The local association, backed by 
 every patriotic citizen of Santa Clara county, had 
 helped to put the ' ' Blue Triangle ' ' beside the Red 
 Triangle and the Red Cross on every field of bat- 
 tle and in every army camp. It helped to secure 
 to our women overseas and all women giving their 
 service in making munitions to feed the guns, a bit 
 of home and a place in which to rest. 
 
 During the summer of 1918 the local Y. W. C. 
 A. made a gift beyond price to the cause of suf- 
 fering humanity when Miss Mary Helen Post 
 offered herself through the association for overseas 
 service. She is conducting a hostess house at Bor- 
 deaux, France, and has been the comfort, help and 
 inspiration of all who have met her in the homo 
 atmosphere she has created in a far land, under the 
 insignia of the Blue Triangle. 
 
 K. OF C. DRIVE 
 
 The Knights of Columbus and the Y. M. C. A., 
 received appointments at the same time from 
 President Wilson to raise funds for supplying the 
 special needs of the soldiers. The big task before 
 these organizations was to assist in keeping up the 
 morale of the men by supplying places for rest and 
 recreation. The Knights of Columbus undertook 
 to raise $5,000,000 for the entire country, San 
 Jose 's share of the war camp fund being $10,(J00. 
 The call came early in December, 1917, but very 
 graciously the local K. of C, postponed their cam- 
 paign, once for the Y. M. C. A., and again for the 
 Y. W. C. A. drive. 
 
 The beneficient purpose of this war fund was 
 not only to help the United States men in camp 
 and field, but to give assistance to the soldiers of 
 the allies, with whom our boys would soon be fight- 
 ing shoulder to shoulder. It was to be a fund for 
 all, a work for all, regardless of creed or fraternal 
 affiliation. This Catholic hospitality and helpful- 
 ness was to be just that — Catholic in every sense. 
 Although the original plan included the navy as 
 well as the army, permission for the erection of 
 recreation centers on the Atlantic and Pacific sea- 
 boards was not received until the fall of 1917. 
 
 Early in December, 1917, plans for the coming 
 campaign were discussed at a luncheon held at the 
 Vendome hotel, at which time Rev. Edward J. 
 Hanna, the guest of honor, expressed his pleasure 
 in the co-operation of different organizations. 
 
 ' ' For the first time in its history, ' ' said Bishop 
 Hanna, "the country has placed the moral and 
 physical welfare of its soldiers in the hands of the 
 religious men of the nation. The best way to make 
 good soldiers is to educate men to high ideals. 
 
 "Patriotism is best served," he said, "by 
 those who realize that there is a God of nations 
 and that the eternal things are the things of value 
 in the world." 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Bev. Father Gleason told of the needs of the 
 boys and predicted that the Y. M. C. A., and the 
 K. of C, would find plenty of work to do before 
 the final dawn of peace. He described the recent 
 opening of the K. of C. hall at Camp Fremont with 
 more than 1700 soldiers present to voice their ap- 
 preciation of the offered recreational and educa- 
 tional features. Father O'Connell of St. Patrick's 
 told of a visit to Camp Fremont and expressed in 
 no uncertain terms his enthusiasm for the type of 
 men in the United States army. 
 
 The drive, scheduled originally for December 
 19, opened at that time in the residential districts 
 only, the business district not to be canvassed 
 until after Chirstmas. Charles M. O'Brien led the 
 K. of C. forces as chairman of an able and inter- 
 ested committee consisting of J. F. Brooke, D. M. 
 Burnett, Jay McCabe, F. G. Canelo, F. J. Somers, 
 Robert Benson, W. F. Benson, J. S. Williams, John 
 J. Jones, Dr. B. L. Wise, Frank Martin, F. J. 
 Reidy, R. Bressani, N. A. Pellerano, M. E. Griffith 
 and D. J. Flannery. Peter Dunne was assigned to 
 the Alameda; Joseph A. Bihn and James Hancock 
 led the campaigners in the Willows; J. 8. Cunan, 
 E. S., San Jose, Joseph Solari and C. O. Wendt 
 were committeemen to cover ' ' the city. ' ' 
 
 Christmas time, several other drives in progress 
 —and $10,000 to raise! That meant $1000 every 
 day for ten days! There wasn't a question of 
 failure. The Knights of Columbus had it to do 
 and they did it splendidly, patriotically. Every 
 bank in the county contributed. Protestants 
 seemed to vie with Catholics in giving. We were 
 learning the larger brotherhood and really forming 
 the more intimate acquaintance with this organi- 
 zation which not many outside its membership had 
 understood. The tremendous vaudeville show for 
 the Camp Fremont boys had just been given by 
 the Knights of C61umbus and stimulated interest 
 in the drive. Then the war fund received a 
 Christmas gift from Manager James Beatty of the 
 Liberty theater. This gift was 2000 theater tickets 
 to be sold for the benefit of the campaign. 
 
 The day after Christmas the drive began in 
 earnest. The workers grouped themselves into 
 teams of three men each and each carried out their 
 campaign program in record time before the Christ- 
 mas spirit had evaporated. In order to gain great- 
 est efficiency, lines of business were segregated, 
 each division being canvassed by a certain team. 
 Judge W. A. Beasly, C. C. Coolidge and John J. 
 Jones called upon all the attorneys. Doctors and 
 dentists received visits from Drs. Philip Wise, 
 Arthur T. McGinty and Dr. Murray. John F. 
 Brooke, J. B. Ryland and David Burnett visited 
 all fruit canners. 
 
 Frank J. Somers, Will Prussia and F. J. Mc- 
 Henry claimed the territory on the east side of 
 First street from Santa Clara. The west side of 
 the street was canvassed by F. G. Canelo, Jay Mc- 
 Cabe and Henry Hoff. Santa Clara street was 
 assigned to Charles L. Barrington, P. J. Foley and 
 H. J. Dougherty, Second street between San An- 
 tonio and San Fernando was claimed by Joe Solari, 
 
 Frank Reidy and W. J. Benson. John S. Williams, 
 N. A. Pellerano and Richard Bressani covered 
 Market street. 
 
 Contributions were willing and generous. 
 Many sacrificed to give who knew of the good work 
 being done and done quietly by the Knights of 
 Columbus. One woman sent $2 with a note telling 
 the committee that she had a brother at the front 
 and she wanted him to have " K. of C. care. ' ' 
 Many did not wait to be solicited. They cut the 
 coupons from the paper and mailed their subscrip- 
 tions. One teacher (retired) whose means are 
 known to be very small, sent a note with $10. She 
 had been ' ' staying awake nights thinking of the 
 boys over there ' ' and wanted to ' ' help the K. of 
 C. help those boys." 
 
 Friday, December 28, there remained $4000 to 
 raise and two days in which to raise it. Many boys 
 belonging to companies B and M were home for 
 the holidays and the sight of their uniforms sent 
 San Jose dollars rolling committeeward. 
 
 Daily luncheons with encouraging reports 
 spurred to greater endeavor and on Monday, De- 
 cember 30, when Chairman Charles M. O 'Brien an- 
 nounced that the quota had been reached with a 
 generous margin there was a burst of enthusiasm. 
 This K. of C drive was a quietly earnest one and 
 unique in achievement owing to the repeated cam- 
 paigns, postponements and the holiday season. 
 The patriotic Knights remembered through it all 
 that the soldier can't stop after his second or third 
 fight and that there could be no lessening of the 
 efforts at home to back him up. Led by Charles 
 M. O'Brien's efficiency the local Knights of Colum- 
 bus made an enviable record of achievement. 
 Their successful war fund campaign assured to 
 thousands of homesick lads the cheering words 
 over thousands of K. of C. shelters "Everybody 
 Welcome!" That "Everybody" meant everything 
 — and unto the uppermost. It meant physical and 
 spiritual needs supplied without "money and 
 without price." It meant that for all time the 
 world would know that Catholicism and patriotism 
 and brotherly kindness were interwoven as the 
 colors of the flag. 
 
 This gift of $10,000 to the war fund did not 
 end the local offer of Catholic helpfulness. Father 
 Walsh and Father Cox of Santa Clara College fol- 
 lowed the flag overseas to lovingly minister to the 
 men of every nation in every need. Father T. C. 
 O 'Connell, pastor of St. Patrick 's church, spent 
 more than a year on the fighting front, offering 
 his earnest chaplaincy with all its wealth of broth- 
 erhood in the service of the boys — our boys — under 
 the cross-emblazoned banner of patroitic Catholic- 
 ism open seasame of "Everybody Welcome." 
 CHRISTMAS CHEER 
 
 Christmas 1917! The first Christmas when the 
 blue stars shown darkly in the white light of the 
 Great Star! The first lonely Christmas without 
 the boys! The only cheer possible at home was 
 the cheer we might send to follow our hearts that 
 were away in camps and cantonments or overseas. 
 The first idea of Christmas Cheer came to Eleanor 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 A. Brown and she talked it over with five other 
 San Jose girls: Marion Goldsmith, Marion Cassin, 
 Maude Thomas, Evelyn Johnson and Luita Arnold. 
 It was one of those wonderful ideas that grow and 
 grow into something beautiful. There was no need 
 of newspaper publicity — ^vhereve^ a heart beat 
 true 'with tenderness and there was the pulse of 
 patriotism or Christmas spirit the idea of ' ' Cheer 
 for the boys" took root and developed instan- 
 taneously. 
 
 At the Chamber of Commerce on November 1. 
 1917, there was a meeting. Eleanor Brown and 
 her five girl friends met with representatives of 
 the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the 
 Bed Cross, Y. W. C. A., Y. M. C. A., and the 
 Woman 's Club and other organizations to make 
 plans and perfect some kind of working com- 
 mittee. J. J. McDonald was made chairman and 
 Luita Arnold secretary. Others present were Mrs. 
 Charles Osenbaugh, Brownie Schillingsburg, Mrs. 
 W. B. Irish, Mrs. Arthur Langford, Mrs. Claude 
 Winans, Dr. M. E. Dailey, Charles R. Parkinson, 
 W. T. Rambo and Joseph T. Brooks. There was no 
 difficulty in ascertaining the object of that meet- 
 ing. The intention was just to lovingly send to 
 each boy in trench or camp, a Christmas remem- 
 brance "from the folks at home." Committee 
 leaders were quickly selected. Finance, Eleanor 
 Br6wn; publicitiy, Mrs. A. B. Langford; to secure 
 the names of the boys, Mrs. W. B. Irish; supplies, 
 Mrs. Claude A. Winans; box packing committee, 
 Mrs. N. J. Gray. Later Mrs. E. J. Loel, Mrs. S. 
 L. Cunningham, Mrs. W. M. Beggs, Mrs. J. J. Mc- 
 Donald, Judge W. A. Beasly and Jay McCabe 
 were added to the general committee. More and 
 more were added until San Jose simply became a 
 committee of the whole to see to it that not one 
 boy from home — Kvherever he might be in the 
 wide, wide world, was forgotten! 
 
 Mrs. Claude A. Winans shared her committee- 
 ship with Mrs. Bert Goldsmith, Mrs. J. E. Han- 
 cock, Mrs. D. L. Smith and Mrs. A. D. Grant. 
 That gave the Woman 's club a place of prominence 
 in the supply department and the club recognized 
 its Christmas honors by offering to pack the 
 boxes. 
 
 The matter of getting the names of the boys 
 was a difficult task. Judge Beasly and Miss Stella 
 Huntington was added to the committee headed 
 by Mrs. Irish. For a time it seemed that no ade- 
 quate list could be secured. ' Even the state of 
 California could not furnish such a list. Boys from 
 here had enlisted everywhere. They were widely 
 scattered. Appeals were made in every way and 
 gradually the Christmas list lengthened and Miss 
 Huntington was kept busy cataloging them. 
 
 Mrs. W. B. Hobson, secretary of the San Jose 
 branch of the Needlework guild came forward with 
 an offer of the guild 's gifts that had been collected 
 during more than two months. City Manager 
 Thomas H. Reed wrote a Christmas greeting and 
 a copy of it accompanied each box. 
 
 Jay McCabe and J. J. McDonald started a 
 campaign for 500 pounds of stuffed prunes and 
 
 that 500 became 700. Attractive boxes placed in 
 the Hotels Montgomery, St. James and Vendome, in 
 each of the six city banks and in Jay McCabe 's 
 store, each with a picture of a soldier and a 
 Christmas tree on one side and a sailor and a 
 Christmas tree on the other, mutely but eloquently 
 invited contributions toward "Cheer." 
 
 At the high school there was another litl'" 
 box into which the coins fell with a happy clink. 
 Everybody wanted to help. The Silver Links club 
 of the Y. W. C. A. offered to crack all the nuts for 
 stuffing the prunes. E. E. Chase offered the use 
 of his packing house for the preparation of the 
 delectable goodies. A. L. Hubbard brought four 
 Christmas trees down from the Santa Cruz moun- 
 tains to decorate the street corners as reminders 
 to every passerby that the Christmas Cheer cam- 
 paign was on! 
 
 Books couldn't go into those boxes but stories 
 could. So under the direction of Mrs. W. B. Irish 
 continued stories from the magazines were selected 
 and bound. There was to be a Tag Day and the 
 Boy Scouts and normal school girls all offered to 
 help with this. The Scouts planned to "tag" 
 the automobiles While a committee of 40 girls 
 "tagged" the people. More than 10,000 tags were 
 printed and donated by Mrs. Mae Wright and the 
 American Can company gave all the tin ' ' money 
 boxes" into which the coins fairly jumped on Tag 
 Day — Saturday, November 10, 1917. This day, 
 under the direction of Mrs. J. J. McDonald, 
 Brownie Schillingsburg captained the blue team, 
 Luita Arnold led the red team and Frank McLain 
 marshalled the forces of the Boy Scouts under a 
 white banner. Lieutenants were Maude Thomas, 
 Mary Goldsmith and Marion Cassin. Forty nor- 
 mal school girls and 20 Boy Scouts accompished 
 wonders! All day the coins jingled into the con- 
 tainers with a silvery promise of cheer! All day 
 responses were more than willing. It was almost 
 Christmas and hearts at home were lonely — and 
 very tender. When night came and the tired 
 "taggers" counted the money there was $1175.80. 
 What did being tired matter? Think how many 
 Christ.Tias boxes that money made possible! That 
 very day the packing had commenced and love 
 was in every touch, folded in every paper Wrap- 
 ping and tied closely in each dainty red ribbon. 
 
 Volunteers were called for and on the morning 
 of November 16, 1917, 45 women armed with big 
 aprons, fruit knives and unlimited energy gath- 
 ered around the long tables at the Golden Gate 
 Packing company's plant and began the stuffing 
 of 700 pounds of prunes! This work under Mrs. 
 Claude Winan 's direction progressed rapidly — and 
 stickily! As fast as the pound cartons were filled 
 they were packed for delivery to the Woman 's 
 club where the Christmas cheer boxes were pre- 
 pared for shipment. 
 
 The original plan called for 500 boxes. There 
 at least 900 altogether! They went to every state 
 in the union, 150 to France and 25 boxes to Hono- 
 lulu. In addition to the boxes about 300 pounds 
 of candy was sent to the boys whose names arrived 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 late. Tlie 30 women who did the packing watched 
 the last tin-lined box tied on December 1 and only 
 they knew how much beside the gifts and ' ' good 
 cheer" was tucked away under each cover that 
 a kindly little Boy Scout fastened securely as his 
 labor of love for the big brother" somewhere. 
 There were raisins, nuts, candy, stuffed prunes, 
 gum, a songbook, cakes, socks, toilet articles, local 
 papers, Jack Graham's Songs "We'll Fight for 
 Yankee Doodle" and "Where the Cherry Blos- 
 soms Bloom," s'.ories and the city's Christmas 
 greeting. There were many things you couldn 't 
 see. These seven-pound boxes were boxes of love 
 and cartons of longing. They held pride — and 
 prayers. 
 
 The first thing to catch the recipent's atten- 
 tion would be the city's greeting. Its warm- 
 heartedness must have seemed like a handclasp 
 across the distance — the handclasp of a friend! 
 
 "San Jose bids her soldier boys, wherever 
 they may be, a Merry Christmas. We would like 
 to have you think of San Jose not as a collection 
 of houses and stores, a mere hive of busy people, 
 but as a living personality Vhose heart warms to 
 you who have left home to defend our beloved 
 country in this time of danger. We would convey 
 to you a bright reflection of our Christmas cheer. 
 We miss you from our firesides and amid the 
 rejoicing of the holiday season we are at once sad 
 and proud that you are absent. We call upon you 
 the blessing of Him in whose name the Christmas 
 feast is spread. Christ was born to bring peace 
 and goodwill unto all the world. You have given 
 yourselves to the same cause; for peace and good- 
 will cannot thrive in the same world with Kaiser- 
 ism. As on Christmas day your thoughts turn 
 lovingly toward home, our hearts ' best wishes go 
 forth to you. Thomas H. Eeed, City Manager of 
 San Jose. ' ' 
 
 It is small wondefr that there were many more 
 Boxes than originally planned. One day a letter 
 reached the committee — a letter that Went straight 
 to tender hearts with its appeal. 
 
 "Dear Friend: — I wonder if our boy's name 
 could be included in your list for a Christmas box? 
 He volunteered the week after the war broke out. 
 We hope our boy will not be over-looked as we 
 are too poor to send anything ourselves. William 
 was attending high school and we had great hopes 
 of some day having his assistance to carry us 
 along through life. He was just 21 when he 
 enlisted. I cannot say at this time just where he 
 is located. His grandfather fought in the civil 
 War and when war was declared William wanted 
 to follow his grandfather's example. As I have 
 stated before we can do very little toward sending 
 him a Christmas gift, but I can bake and send him 
 a piece of mother's cake. Will you please let me 
 know if you can include my boy with the rest of 
 the San Jose boys?" 
 
 Bless the dear mother's heart! William had 
 a beautiful box — lovelier because it was all sprin- 
 kled with tears. William belonged to us, too. 
 He was the son of every member of that big- 
 
 hearted committee. 
 
 That Christmas Cheer idea that started in the 
 heart of Eleanor Brown grew till it reached all 
 through the army and navy and found every lonely 
 home-town boy even if the only address to start 
 'with was "God's Crusader — Somewhere!" 
 THIRD LIBERTY LOAN 
 
 In preparation for the Third Liberty Loan 
 Governor Lynch of the 18th Federal reserve dis- 
 trict called a meeting at the Palace Hotel in San 
 Francisco of the active workers in all the western 
 states. The committee from San Jose consisted of 
 J. D. Kuster, W. S. Clayton, Victor LaMotte, A. 
 
 B. Post, W. C. Bailey, John Brooke. Mr. Lynch 
 asked each group to nominate its own chairman 
 to be confirmed by Secretary McAdoo and Dr. W. 
 
 C. Bailey was made chairman for Santa Clara 
 county as John D. Kuster declined to serve again. 
 Returning home the committee started active 
 work for the .'ird Liberty Loan campaign. By this 
 time it had become apparent that loan drives were 
 liable to continue and so at the first meeting early 
 in February at lunch at O'Brien's about twenty 
 men being present and it was unanimously decided 
 that a permanent organization should be formed 
 to continue during the war. It was a memorable. 
 meeting for its deliberations brought into being 
 the Santa Clara County War Work Council with 
 an organization that reached into every city and 
 hamlet and farthest school district in the county. 
 The citizens of Campbell under J. C. Ainsley had 
 already perfected a working organization modeled 
 after the women's mobilized army and this plan 
 became the outline which Was followed and de- 
 veloped into the War Work Council. Dr. Jas. B. 
 Bullitt helped materially in gathering together the 
 leaders in the country districts and the organiza- 
 tion perfected for the Third Liberty Loan later 
 became the Santa Clara County War Work Council 
 and was made permanent at a luncheon at the 
 Montgomery Hotel with Dr. W. C. Bailey, chair- 
 man and A. D. Curtner, secretary. No mere 
 recital of results tell the story of the tremendous 
 effort put into the preliminary organization cam- 
 paign. The chart gotten out by the Third Liberty 
 Loan committee served as a model for many other 
 county and state organizations and those returning 
 from Washington, D. C. told of seeing this plan 
 on the walls of secretary McAdoo 's ofiice. 
 
 Dr. Bullitt, Judge P. E. Gosbey, Joe Brooks of 
 the chamber of commerce, a chorus of normal 
 school girls 40-voices-strong, and numbers of pat- 
 riotic citizens carried out an educational campaign 
 that covered the county. No meeting ended in 
 discouragement or giving up. Districts were 
 visited and revisited until the proper spirit of 
 enthusiasm awakened every loyal citizen of Santa 
 Clara county to the needs of permanent organi- 
 zation. 
 
 War Work Council headquarters opened Feb- 
 ruary 8, 1918, at 53 South First street. From that 
 day until the end of the war that stairway in the 
 Pomeroy block was the proudest pathway in town! 
 It thrilled with the honor of upholding the men 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 and women who walked up and down with the pur- 
 poseful patriotism that "put things over" for 
 Santa Clara county! 
 
 On February 10 came the news of the first 
 San Jose soldier wounded in the fighting overseas. 
 This man, Frank Chaves, member of the infantry, 
 was a brother of George Chaves, the aviator, who 
 was a survivor of the Tuscania. The war cloud 
 that had hung far in the east began to lower over 
 the valley. An educational campaign instigated 
 by the War Work Council started on Sunday, 
 March 17, 1918, when more than 3000 men and 
 women listened to the thrilling but quietly told 
 story of Sergeant ' ' Doc ' ' Wells who had been the 
 first British Columbia man to enlist for overseas 
 service. No one privileged to hear him during 
 the 18 meetings he addressed in one week, will 
 ever forget the earnest Ypres soldier hero who 
 had suffered the amputation of an arm without the 
 use of an anasthetic while a prisoner in a German 
 camp, and who treasured as a priceless possession 
 the little medal given him by a Belgian Sister of 
 Mercy. 
 
 Sergeant Wells brought the war home to us 
 with a sense of reality and responsibility that 
 gripped hearts and steadied determination. Part 
 of the preliminary educational Liberty Loan work 
 consisted of securing war pledges of the Whatso- 
 ever kind. Every member of the War Work Coun- 
 cil took such a pledge. Howell D. Melvin visited 
 all lodges and fraternal organizations and found 
 men everywhere ready and willing to pledge them- 
 selves to ' ' the last man and the last dollar. ' ' 
 Melvin secured these patriotic pledges with the 
 able assistance of Joseph Hancock, Judge P. F. 
 Gosbey, S. 6. Tompkins, Arthur M. Free and 
 Alexander Sherriffs, speakers of powerful convic- 
 tion. 
 
 Daniel J. Flannery's speakers' committee con- 
 sisted of the indefatigable Dan, chairman; A. V. 
 Shubert, Victor Challen, Arthur Curtner and Judge 
 Urban A. Sontheimer. This committee had a large 
 and never ending responsibility and carried it 
 creditably to the end of the war. We listened 
 •with thrills of horror to returned soldiers; we 
 cheered patriotic utterances to the echo; we 
 laughed when laughter was due; we melted to 
 tears during recitals of the suffering of women and 
 children overseas. Speaker followed speaker, 
 entertainers were always eagerly willing to help 
 every cause — and few of us knew that the sway- 
 ing of our impulses and emotions happened to be 
 under the domination of Dan Flannery 's tireless 
 speakers ' committee. They were very responsible 
 for our civic tears and cheers — and loosened purse- 
 strings. 
 
 H. W. McComas, chairman of the Four Minute 
 Men, marshalled his force of 25 able speakers 
 early in the educational campaign. He cornered 
 Santa Clara county's eloquence and profiteered for 
 the country in patriotism! 
 
 The Women 's Mobilized Army with its power- 
 ful working organization of more than 1400 under 
 Colonel Mrs. L. T. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel Mrs. 
 
 D. A. Beattie, and Liberty Loan Chairman Mrs. 
 C. A. Wayland, combined with the War Work 
 Council. On March 25, 1918, the 105 officers and 
 directors of the two organizations met at the 
 chamber of commerce, to perfect plans for the 
 Third Loan campaign. High school students and 
 teachers to the number of 400 volunteered for 
 "whatever" service. The teachers not only vol- 
 unteered — they signed a pledge consecrating them- 
 selves to the service of their country. The Boy 
 Scouts enlisted for every duty from running 
 errands to selling bonds. 
 
 Sunday morning, March 24, 1918, the com- 
 pleted chart of the War Work Council covered a 
 full page in a local paper. On another page we 
 read the news that Paris was under fire by long- 
 range guns! The thunder of those guns shook our 
 sympathetic nation to its foundation. 
 
 Then Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wooley of Holly- 
 wood avenue received the message of their son, 
 Fred's, death in an army camp at Philadelphia — 
 Fred,, who so gallantly went away with his com- 
 rades in the Stanford Second Hospital Unit! A 
 blue star in a San Jose home turned to gold! The 
 sacrifice should not be in vain. The county slogan 
 ' ' First to Organize ' ' was followed by the Bond 
 Slogan "First Over the Top!" 
 
 Another war hero, blind Signaler Tom Skey- 
 hill, spoke at the chamber of commerce luncheon 
 Thursday, March 28 — just three days before 
 Easter. Men and women who heard him and looked 
 into those sightless eyes went very quietly about 
 the business of gathering the 3000 calla lillies for 
 the great Camp Fremont Easter cross that beauti- 
 fully pointed the way for the hundreds of soldier- 
 lads gathered about it on Sunday, March 31, 1918. 
 
 At the Home of Benevolence they dedicated a 
 service fiag with eight stars. Each star stood for 
 a boy who had once belonged to the Home and 
 who still ' ' belonged ' ' by right of the sturdy man- 
 hood now offered to his country. These boys were 
 Arthur Mathews, James Bell, Lyons Marsh, Evert 
 Low, Merle Bently, Roy Stark, Roy Kitching and 
 Paul Mitchell. 
 
 On April 5, 1918, the entire county waited in 
 readiness for the third loan campaign — ready even 
 to a card system catalogue devised by Under Sher- 
 iff Louis Simonsen and kept strictly "to date." 
 
 Saturday, April 6, 1918, designated "Liberty 
 Day ' ' opened the third liberty loan drive with one 
 of the grandest educational military demonstra- 
 tions at Luna park that was ever staged in Santa 
 Clara county. Opened by a big down town parade 
 with four uniformed companies in line, the spec- 
 tacle comprised drills, bayonet charges, an exhi- 
 bition of trench warfare and a very realistic sol- 
 dier city of tents. As a result of the military 
 demonstration and a luncheon addressed by the 
 Anzac hero, Tom Skeyhill, almost $1,000,000 of 
 Santa Clara county's quota of $2,605,000 was raised 
 during the day. 
 
 The committee in charge of admissions for the 
 Luna Park spectacle was a "bank committee" 
 consisting of George Campbell, cashier of the 
 
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 WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 ISeeurity State bank, chairman; J. H. Russell, 
 Ir. H. Pearce, D. S. Glendenning and C. A. Baronp, 
 |Bank of Italy; A. D. Baker, W. E. Drew, First 
 iNational bank; Waldo E. Lowe and M. B. Davis, 
 iBank of San Jose; Lester Hyde and Percy Thomp- 
 Ison, Garden City bank ; Harold Ahlman and George 
 IPierson, Security State bank. Red Cross arrange- 
 Iments made by Secretary R. T. Rambo had one 
 Ivcry popular "number." Ice cream and cake — 
 Ireal home-made cake — was served to all the soldiers 
 [taking part in the demonstration. This practical 
 [service was "all in the day's work" for 20 uni- 
 Iformed women of the National Defenders' league. 
 The following morning, April 7, 1918, all the 
 [military equipment had marched away on the stal- 
 Iwart backs of the Camp Fremont soldiers, but San 
 iJoseans found front door reminders that the Boy 
 IScouts never slept. Swung from every doornob a 
 [liberty bell proclaimed its message, asking us to 
 I" ring it 'again!" The bells prepared by the Camp 
 [Fire Girls of the Y. W. C. A., directed by Jessie 
 iBachelor, were distributed by 75 scouts, under the 
 Idirection of Frank McLain, scoutmaster. East 
 ISan Jose Scouts followed the leadership of Ed 
 •Wilson. Father Heneghan of St. Patrick's church 
 Bmarshalled 30 of them and the Burbank Scouts 
 Iclaimed Mr. Nash for their guide. These loyal 
 fBoy Scouts distributed the programs at Luna park; 
 [distributed all the liberty loan posters and tire- 
 ilessly ran errands for the counciil headquarters 
 Sthrough the entire campaign. 
 
 Monday, April 8, 1918, the women's mobilized 
 ['army met at the high school and the war work 
 council committees at headquarters. Final instruc- 
 tions were given and at 10 o'clock the "house to 
 house" canvass began. There were to be honor 
 flags for full quotas; a blue star added for every 
 100 jier cent oversubscription. Saratoga claimed 
 two blue stars on the first morning with a 200 per 
 cent oversubscription! 
 
 A huge chart, erected on the First National 
 bank marked With soldier figures each advance on 
 the ' ' home lines. ' ' Returns flashed on a screen 
 over headquarters, returns interspersed with pic- 
 tures. Mr. Claytor of the P. G. & E. company 
 gladly did the electrical work and all materials 
 were patriotiically donated. 
 
 Foreign societies went to work with a right 
 good will, liberty loan committees being appointed 
 by the French, Italian, Slavonian, Japanese and 
 Australian organizations. The Slavonian-American 
 Benevolent society made a notably early invest- 
 ment in bonds. Booths, appropriately decorated 
 sprung up on the street corners. They were in 
 charge of prominent lawyers under the leadership 
 of Brooks Tompkins and vounteer nurses led by 
 Mrs. Bert Bacon. Tompkins' "legal" bond sell- 
 ers who became "curb brokers" for Uncle Sam 
 were Fred Estes, John J. Jones, Leland Walker, 
 Faber Johnston and R. J. Glendenning. Mrs. 
 Bacon 's volunteer brigade of nurses and others 
 consisted of May Atkinson, Miss Z. V. Jacobson, 
 Louise Groth, Grace Tomlinson, Lou Lewis, Maud 
 Cushman, May De Villa, Marie Carlson, Bessie 
 
 Davis, Mary Hughes, Mrs. W. E. Albee, Mrs. Eliz- 
 abeth Page, Hilda Berg, Adele Bracker, Miss 
 Fleming, Mrs. Dave Walsh, Grace Foote, Elizabeth 
 Sacry, Elizabeth Devitt, Mary Knoepple, Mrs. 
 Castle and Miss E. Blais. More than $2500 worth 
 of bonds were bought at these street booths dur- 
 ing the week's campaign. 
 
 Tuesday, Apriil 9, 1918, was a great day! The 
 War Work council proved that its organization 
 covered a heart — and "Bill" Farnum came to 
 town! The council evidenced its humanity by 
 sending flowers to blind Signaler Tom Skeyhill, 
 who was ill in a San Francisco hospital. Hidden 
 in the flowers the soldier found a message from 
 San Jose that warm-heartedly promised remember- 
 ing care. He had roused us by his message. We 
 touched him deeply by ours. 
 
 ' ' Bill ' ' Farnum came as per schedule to speak 
 in the interest of the bonds — ^but he didn't bring 
 his voice! He had worn it out and came to us at 
 the Liberty theater with only the ghost of a 
 whisper — but it carried far. Long before the 
 hour of "Bill's" arrival the theater was over- 
 flowing and Market street crowded from curb to 
 curb. Sand piles having to do with street con- 
 struction offered points of vantage. Fortunate was 
 the individual who found a foothold ankle-deep in 
 sand and caught a glimpse of virile Bill Farnum 
 and heard the ghost of his voice. That whisper 
 «pld bonds in five figures. 
 
 The burden of the campaign fell to the lot of 
 ten committeemen under the Liberty loan leaders. 
 These committeemen "were John D. Crummey, Alex- 
 ander Sherriffs, Arthur D. Curtner, Louis Cam- 
 piglia, Henry M. Ayer, Charles M. O'Brien, Charles 
 R. Parkinson, Elton R. Shaw, E. N. Richmond, 
 Alexander Hart, Walter G. Mathewson, Howell D. 
 Melvin. Under these leaders every man and 
 woman listed by the W. W. C, and the women 's 
 army mobilized for service. Henry Hirsch became 
 special inspector of the San Jose district to see 
 that plans were effectively carried out. 
 
 There were divisions and subdivisions. Elton 
 R. Shaw 's committee handled all railroad em- 
 ployees. Walter G. Mathewson acted as chairman 
 of 138 men co-operating with the labor unions. 
 Shop windows did their bit with posters and clever 
 patriotic displays. Pomeroy Brothers donated the 
 use of their big wind(iw which was decorated by 
 the San Jose Paint & Paper company. The out- 
 standing features of this bond-selling window were 
 the poster "Fight or Buy Bonds" and a big pic- 
 ture of George Washington. On this window the 
 ' ' honor lists ' ' were posted and every day the lists 
 grew longer as more and more San Joseans has- 
 tened to be "among those present." 
 
 Not every one purchased bonds voluntarily. 
 Everywhere workers met concrete evidences of 
 insidious German propaganda. These evidences 
 became alarmingly frequent. The list of those 
 refusing to buy bonds increased to such an extent 
 that the Santa Clara County War Work council 
 investigating and educational committee, with 
 John D. Kuster chairman, came into the campaign. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Other members of this organization perfected for 
 a peculiarly difficult task were J. W. Grimes, Al- 
 bert Kayser, V. H. Wylie, A. A. Halsey, A. M. 
 Free, F. J. McHcnry, Fred L. Fehren, A. G. Du- 
 Brutz, Judge P. F. Gosbey, Samuel G. Tompkins 
 and Herbert C. Jones. 
 
 These men did not shirk their unwelcome task. 
 They made over 900 investigations in the spirit of 
 true Americanism going about the business of 
 "slacker hunting" quietly and efficiently and with 
 due consideration for those Kvho had either to 
 establish the fact of an "alibi" or prove their 
 willingness to do it. This educational committee 
 proved the worth of rational methods as contrasted 
 with methods of violence. By the card system 
 used at W. W. C. headquarters the financial ability 
 and the response of each man, woman and child 
 to the country's need was on record. Those who 
 failed in their patriotic duty found the avenue of 
 escape cut off rather firmly by this far-reaching 
 committee. Stinginess was uncovered; ugly in- 
 stances of absolute disloyalty dragged into the 
 light; German propaganda exploded; boasted anti- 
 English and pro-German sentiments underwent at 
 least surface changes; no one under suspicion 
 escaped the investigatory ministration of the Edu- 
 cational Committee. Its services in bond selling 
 and in the increase of a more comprehensive 
 patriotism were invaluable. Nothing "personal" 
 ever entered into the committee's considerations. 
 These earnest men were consciously wearing the 
 invisible uniform of ' ' Uncle Sam ' ' and went 
 about this business "under orders." 
 
 On April 16, 1918, the home town was electri- 
 fied by the ndws that Lieutenant Douglas Camp- 
 bell had won the French war cross for bringing 
 down a German 'plane and capturing the pilot. 
 Pride in this aviator's achievement may have 
 speeded up the women 's mobilized army, for on 
 the next day it developed that "to date" they had 
 turned in to the banks $125,000 in bond subscrip- 
 tions. Neither men or women campaigners reck- 
 oned the hours. They worked all day and as long 
 as any one could be interviewed at night. Liberty 
 loan headquarters hummed with industry. Volun- 
 teers, among them teachers from all the schools, 
 under the capable and kindly direction of E. H. 
 Foster compiled records and reports, answered 
 constantly ringing telephone bells and did two or 
 three different things effectively — and all at once! 
 Just what Mr. Foster's office management meant 
 to liberty loan headquarters during this and fol- 
 lowing campaigns will never be adequately told. 
 His was a patriotic service that kept him ever- 
 lastingly on the job and prepared for each day 's 
 •work with an energy and readiness that was a 
 source of wonder and pride to his fellow workers. 
 
 As the country plunged more deeply into the 
 responsibilities of war, the fires of patriotism 
 flamed at the touch of pro-Germanism. Copies of 
 a poster signed by the knights of liberty placarded 
 shop windows one morning late in April. "Atten- 
 tion Americans!" ran the text of this surprising 
 message. ' ' As members of the knights of liberty 
 
 we are pledged to stamp out all disloyalty and pro- 
 Germanism. As clear-headed Americans we decide 
 on a course of action, whatever it may be, and 
 carry it out in a determined manner. Our boys in 
 the trenches in France or elsewhere are fighting 
 for us here at home and it is our sacred duty to 
 clear the lines in the rear of all dangerous ele- 
 ments and give our fighting boys a chance to win 
 the war." 
 
 On the night of May 1, 1918, members of the 
 knights of liberty of San Jose and Oakland, heads 
 covered with black cowles, held a weird trial in 
 the light of the automobile lamps at the intersec- 
 tion of the Penetencia and Piedmont roads. The 
 following morning a San Josean, George Koetzer, 
 alleged to have been guilty of unpatriotic utter- 
 ances, was found tarred and feathered and chained 
 to the cannon at the foot of the McKinley monu- 
 ment in St. James park. 
 
 By the president 's proclamation, Friday, April 
 26, 1918, was to be Liberty day, but San Jose had 
 previously named Wednesday, April 24, to mark 
 the ' ' high tide ' ' of the campaign with the biggest 
 and most novel parade ever seen in the county. 
 Arthur D. Curtner, general chairman of the parade 
 committee, ably assisted by Jack Shea and John 
 D. Chace and others, worked tirelessly and by the 
 tremendous success of the undertaking proved the 
 high order of his executive ability. One unusual 
 thing about this great day was that while the 
 stores closed the banks stayed open — for bond sub- 
 scriptions. Looking forward to the parade, which 
 was not to start until 5 o'clock gave added inter- 
 est to the day and speeded endeavor all along the 
 line. Street booths sold bonds and gave away 
 music. In Mrs. Doerr 's booth at First and Santa 
 Clara streets a phonograph acted as a hat remover 
 by its repeated strains of ' ' The Star Spangled 
 Banner. ' ' At First and San Fernando streets a 
 piano on the side^v•alk did its bit under the urging 
 fingers of Tillie Brohaska, who played patriotic airs 
 for hours to the accompaniment of Willie Petree 's 
 violin. Eyes lifted frequently toward the big 
 chart with its soldier figures climbing close to the 
 top. Ears strained to catch the expected ' ' over 
 the top ' ' cheers from liberty loan headquarters. 
 Shortly after noon the wonderful message came, 
 the soldiers climbed to the top of the chart and 
 the honor flag flew from its proud standard at 
 First and Santa Clai;a streets! 
 
 At 5 o'clock, while an aeroplane circled above 
 the city, throngs in the downtown streets witnessed 
 the most thrilling parade in the county 's history. 
 Every town and hamlet was represented. Hon- 
 ored over all, closely following the flag their boys 
 had followed, came 142 "war mothers." At the 
 sight of these mothers throats tightened queerly 
 and hats came off. Tears that rose quickly had to 
 be held in check to make room for the cheers! . 
 
 At the head of the almost interminable line 
 walked Mrs. S. F. Thompson of Sunnyvale, whose 
 three sons were in the service. Mrs. Mollie Nees 
 of Sunnyvale walked next with four service stars 
 on her coat— four boys fighting for her — some- 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 where. Next came Mrs. Charles Frost of Edenvale 
 with three sons in the army — the youngest one in 
 France. War Work Council members walked and 
 proved a gallant spirit. Autos were at their diH- 
 posal — but what man of them could ride when 
 these mothers of brave men trudged along the 
 street to show their patriotism? 
 
 Every organization had a representation — 
 every nationality, every creed. Newsies led by a 
 10 year old bond-holder added their picturesque 
 dishcvclment to the parade. Girls employees of 
 the American Can company wore their overalls and 
 carried a banner that proclaimed: "We put on 
 pants to aid the boys in France. What have you 
 done?" The Labor Unions' immense Liberty Bell 
 float did not go out of existence with this parade. 
 The Bell found its place on a dctwn town corner 
 with its American appeal to be rung again. 
 Foreign faces in the line of march were many; 
 but each foreign exterior covered a heart beating 
 true for America. Floats entered by the Japanese 
 and Chinese were unique and beautiful. Telephone 
 girls came in for cheers. They had put $7150 into 
 Third Liberty Loan Bonds — and many of them 
 working for only $10 a week! Boy Scouts marched 
 proudly. Scout Wayne Waddell had sold 10 bonds 
 while acting as a messenger for the Bed Lino 
 Messenger Co. Scout Henry Down received credit 
 for selling 10 bonds and Scout James tied the 
 score. It was a proud hour for these little soldiers 
 who couldn 't march away to battle when they 
 received medals and kindly thanks for faithful 
 service from Dr. W. C. Bailey War Work Council 
 chairman, and Scoutmaster Frank MeLain. 
 
 It was a great campaign that ended ofiicially 
 on May 4, 1918, with not only the full quota of 
 bonds subscribed and the population requirements 
 met, but an amount credited to Santa Clara County 
 for more than $800,000 above the allotment and 
 12,136 more investors than during the Second 
 Loan. The most sanguine hopes that came into 
 existence with the organiation of the War Work 
 Council in March, 1918, had been realized. Each 
 member of the Council gave to the members of the 
 Women 's Mobilized Army the fullest credit for 
 the splendid results. The Kvomen had worked 
 shoulder to shoulder with the Council, sharing bur- 
 dens and responsibilities — and honors. To the 
 work of the Women 's Army was credited 1.353 
 subscriptions aggregating more than $173,000. 
 
 During the strenuous campaign an advisory 
 committee met every day at the War Work Coun- 
 cil headquarters to "talk things over and devise 
 ways and means." Of the following faithful 
 members of this committee many gave at least 
 fifty per cent of their time to the work and others, 
 finding that business interfered with their patriot- 
 ism simply gave up their business, devoting all 
 their. time and energy to the interests of "backing 
 up the boys:" Byron Millard, A. B. Post, Judge 
 W. A. Beasly, Dr. James B. Bullitt, S. G. Tomp- 
 kins, W. S. Clayton, W. E. Bauer, V. J. La Motte, 
 Louis Campigia, Arthur M. Free, H. L. Baggerly. 
 Wilbur J. Edwards, E. K. Johnston, H. G. Coyken- 
 
 dal, W. G. Alexander, Prank J. Somers, George N. 
 Herbert, John D. Kuster and D. T. Bateman. 
 Chairman of all districts committees were also ex- 
 officio members of this advistory board. 
 
 Special committeemen who helped with every- 
 thing relative to speakers, advertising, publicity, 
 transportation, demonstrations and everything 
 under the shining sun catalogued and uncatalogued 
 who worked for sheer love of helping since their 
 job didn 't bring any glory, were Thomas H. Reed, 
 Karl M. Stull, Victor Palmer, Alvin Long, Sheldon 
 R. Wills, F. A. Nikirk, Frank L. Baker, D. J. Flan- 
 nery, Victor Challen, Judge Urban A. Sontheimer, 
 Arthur B. Langford, Brooks Tompkins, F. E. 
 Ghapin and Wilson E. Albee. 
 
 The Third Liberty Loan passed into history. 
 It marked not only the full subscription of the 
 Bond quota for city and county but the remark- 
 ably eflScient development and 'working out of the 
 permanent War Work Council. "Drives" were 
 no longer simple. To start a campaign and bring 
 it to successful termination meant great responsi- 
 bility and unceasing effort. The Santa Clara 
 County War Work Council, under its Chairman and 
 vice chairman, its committeemen and every enlisted 
 man and woman worker, had solved the problem 
 of how to carry a great undertaking to unqualified 
 success. 
 
 FOURTH LOAN DRIVE 
 
 Undaunted by the unprecedented six-inch rain 
 storm that caused a loss of millions of dollars, San 
 Jose and Santa Clara county prepared for the 
 fourth liberty loan drjve in September, 1918, 
 Working organizations were ready for a smashing 
 victory and all plans for volunteer day practically 
 complete when the ' ' rains descended and the floods 
 came" and washed away the prune crop. This 
 disaster discovered the fact that the structure of 
 local patriotism was not built on the sand. Loss 
 left it unshaken. Suggestions of a reduced quota 
 gained no popularity. The war work council and 
 the women 's mobilized army determined to go 
 through to the last bond, crop or no crop. They 
 remembered Begium and Servia and refused to 
 compromise responsibilities. 
 
 One or two changes altered the war work 
 council chart. Dr. W. C. Bailey became chairman 
 of the Santa Clara County War Work council; 
 Joseph M. Parker, chairman of the Santa Clara 
 County fourth liberty loan committee; Louis Cam- 
 piglia, chairman San Jose War Work council; E. 
 H. Foster, secretary; Arthur H. Curtner, treasurer; 
 Dr. James B. Bullitt, statistician. 
 
 The camp.aign did not open officially until 
 September 28, 1918, but long before the "big day" 
 everyone was at 'work. A cause became necessary. 
 Within two days the women 's army completed it, 
 giving not only names of adult residents of the 
 city, but listing all children over 12 years of age. 
 The 750 men of the war work council and the 1400 
 workers of the women 's army comprised the Vol- 
 unteer day force to take charge of the "voting 
 booths" in every precinct and polling place 
 throughout the county. Arthur Curtner gave a 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 "get-acquainted" dinner to all district leaders at 
 the Montgomery hotel on the evening of Septem- 
 ber 20. Part of Joe Parker's speech made at that 
 dinner should be a matter of history, particularly 
 in the light of the handicaps suffered later by the 
 valiant committeemen: 
 
 "This quota is a question of optimism and 
 enthusiasm," said Parker. "It can and will be 
 raised. It requires a strong will; it has to be done 
 and the doing will be all the more wonderful in 
 the face of the fact that Santa Clara county has 
 just suffered a disaster. ' ' 
 
 On Saturday, September 21, under the leader- 
 ship of H. W. McComas, jhairman of the four- 
 minute men, the campaign was opened in the 
 theaters by Nicholas Bowden, John G. Jury and 
 Judge Thomas R. Dougherty. ' ' For your boy and 
 my boy ' ' became the campaign slogan and ap- 
 pealed to every theater audience through the voice 
 of William E. Johnson. Students of Heald 's Busi- 
 ness college gave invaluable assistance to the loan 
 by preliminary work in making triplicate copies 
 of the entire census of San Jose and vicinity. This 
 task they completed in one day. 
 
 Stickers appeared on windows and automo- 
 biles. Every street ear had a banner. Literature 
 reached every home. Papers carried pages of 
 official government advertising. Window displays 
 and posters that were marvels of artistry called 
 for T)ond subscriptions. Never had there been 
 such far reaching publicity. Ignorance about the 
 loan would be a poor excuse. 
 
 Who wiill ever forget the trophy train in 
 charge of Cyrus Pierce that halted here Monday 
 evening September 23, with its five cars of Persh- 
 ing souvenirs of the first great battles in which 
 America took i)art ? Thousands visited the train — 
 and registered a determination to buy bonds. 
 Later Arthur M. Free joined the official staff of 
 the trophy train and almost wore out his voice by 
 weeks of patriotic appeal for the country's sup- 
 port of ' ' the boys. ' ' Henry Hirsch took charge 
 of getting a volunteer brigade of autos for use on 
 Volunteer day. Those offering this service were 
 to call up Mrs. C. A. Wayland at the never-to-be- 
 forgotten number "4810." Mrs. Wayland through 
 all these strenuous times was always ' ' on the 
 job ' ' and ready for any service. 
 
 "Blind Al Herr, " newsboy, bought the first 
 bond. On Monday morning of September 23, 1918, 
 his cane thumped against the steps and guided 
 him to liberty loan headquarters. Some throats 
 choked a bit when "Blind Al" eagerly asked for 
 a bond and held out that $50 for some unseen han<l 
 to take. The loan slogan 
 
 "Buy Bonds, Buy Bonds. 
 For Your Boy and My Boy" 
 had appealed to "Al." He bought gladly for 
 "your boy." 
 
 On Tuesday, September 24, Senator Frank H. 
 Benson returned from France with a story of 
 experience at Chateau Thierry that gave the home 
 folks a keener realization of responsibility. 
 
 The camouflaged "tank," a reproduction of 
 
 those in use by the allied armies, made its appear- 
 ance with Philip Morehead in charge and traveled 
 its awkward way about the county with a realistic 
 boost for bonds. More and more home ties reached 
 to the "western front" with its littered battle- 
 fields. A letter came from Margaret Beattie on 
 September 25 — the first letter home since she left 
 to do her bit in Red Cross work as lal>oratory as- 
 sistant with army base hospital No. 50. That let- 
 ter to her parents. Dr. and Mrs. D. A. Beattie, just 
 dated " Somewhere " \vas another strong tie. 
 
 At liberty loan headquarters scores of school 
 teachers and others handled mail and circulars and 
 worked the telephones in preparation for the drive. 
 There will never be a fitting tribute paid the 
 teachers for their loyal support of every war ac- 
 tivity. Their 's was no idle pledge. They bought 
 bonds and gave generously to everything and as 
 if that were not enough they forgot the meaning of 
 " vacation. " Weeks outside the school room 
 meant only so much more time to give to war work. 
 No history of any liberty loan drive would be 
 complete without acknowledgment of the tre- 
 mendous impetus given to patriotic endeavor by 
 the loyalty and unselfish service of the teachers. 
 
 Volunteer day, September 27, 1918, will go down 
 in history as one of the greatest days in the chron- 
 icles of the county. On that day, practtically with- 
 out any solicitation, the county subscribed $3,258,- 
 650 to the fourth liberty loan bonds, $1,701,250 of 
 that amount belonged to San Jose. The honor flag 
 offered for the largest number of subscriptions in 
 a precint in proportion to the population went to 
 precinct No. 37 in charge of F. A. Van I'orsten, 
 director, and Charles M. O'Brien, vice chairman. Out 
 of 373 registered voters 62 per cent made l)ond 
 subscriptions. This precinct at Wilson 's garage, 
 ,''|<.| South Fifteenth street, listed among its work- 
 ers Joseph T. Brook.^, Edward Johnson Ben Brown. 
 H. Trephagen, Mrs. W. 6. Alexander, May Hoff- 
 man, Hfittie Hoffrian, Misi Jones, Mrs. H H. 
 Madsen, Mrs. L. F Edwards, Mrs. IV D. During, 
 ilrs. C. B. Maton and Mrs. .V. K Bailey 
 
 The honor flag for the largest :i;ncunt if «ub- 
 icriptioi'S totaliiJ ...'8,850. wa.s proud'y car-ied 
 away by Craiulalhiil" precinct .Nc 2 in ci'ar};c if 
 Alexander Sherri-^fs, vice chai'i"iwi., a.ul W. J. 
 Lean, director. Other workers were W. B. Irish, 
 Daisy Cozzens, Reta Angus, Hattie Prindiviille, 
 Mrs. R. H. Topham, Anna Mathews and Bessie 
 Crowfoot. 
 
 All day the volunteer subscriptions poured in. 
 D. M. Denegri did yoeman service among the Ital- 
 ian-speaking population, obtaining notable results 
 from the employees of the Greco cannery. All can- 
 ners and their hundreds of workers stood solidly 
 behind the loan. The day had its lights and shad- 
 ows. One small boy came proudly to "vote" for a 
 $50 bond, but withdrew his subscriptioin when he 
 learned that there were no more volunteer tags. 
 Aw — what was the use if you couldn't wear a tag? 
 Nothin ' doing'! 
 
 A very early morning bond buyer was Percy A. 
 Merriam, chief electrician of the Unitied States 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 army, retired, in charge of the local naval recruit- 
 ing station. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wideman, 159 
 South Tenth street, visited a booth and announced 
 that every member of the family had bought bonds. 
 Then they remembered "Billy." H« was sent for 
 and they witnessed the "X" of his signature. 
 Billy couldn't write for he was the family cat. 
 Nevertheless "Billy's" bond subscription was ac- 
 cepted with cheers. The widow of a civil war vet- 
 eran gladly voted all she could spare for bonds. 
 She was "glad to loan the government" what a' - 
 had saved from the pension paid to her for over 20 
 years. 
 
 The brightness of the day had a shadow in the 
 sorrow at the home of Mr. and Hra. J. C. Hi 
 495 South Fifteenth street. The body of their son, 
 Walter A. Hilden, arrived for burial, accompanied 
 by a soldier comrade. Walter Hilden, a member of 
 the fifth aerial squadron and one of the first San 
 Jose boys to enlist, met death in a fall at Kelly 
 field, Texas. He gave his life — we were only asked 
 to buy bonds. A million and a half American boy 
 were pushing back the Hun out of northern Bel- 
 gium and France toward the Ehine. They were 
 paying with their lives — our Volunteer day gave 
 us the opportunity to pay with our dollars. 
 
 J. H. Levy, for years proprietor of the Model 
 clothing store "volunteered" generously. His sub- 
 scription of thousands of dollars was to be divided 
 as gifts among relatives in the service of Old 
 Glory. 
 
 Although the dream of raising the entire quota 
 on volunteer day did not come true, yet the plan 
 was a tremendous "boost" not only in subscrip- 
 tions, but in starting the official campaign wit'- 
 enthusiasm. 
 
 On the morning of September 28, 1918, Joseph M 
 Parker and the combined war work council and 
 women 's army began the intensive drive to put Sail 
 Jose and the counuty over the top and write tlr 
 county 's name once more high on the roll of hon 
 Liberty loan headquarters became tthe most im 
 portant place in town. Things commenced to re- 
 volve around "Joe". He was the right man for 
 the right place and demonstrated it every hour i 
 the day in his handling of never-ending problems 
 Not once during the strenuous day did he or other 
 members of the war work council fail to make it 
 clear that without the volunteer workers and the 
 members of the women 's army they couldn 't ' ' put 
 it across." Mrs. L. T. Smith not only headed the 
 work for the county, but acted as an ably qualified 
 member of the speakers ' committee, tireless in her 
 efforts to make clear explanations and obtain re- 
 sults. Mrs. Smith, D. A. Beattie, leader of the army 
 for San Jose and Mrs. W. C. Wayland, liberty loan 
 chairman for the drive, deserved the ' ' croix de 
 guerre ' ' for meritorious service. Everybody 
 worked. 
 
 William Halla covered Chinatown and found 
 bond subscriptions piling up after the news came 
 that young Sing Kee, son of Chunug Kee, had becu 
 awarded the distinguished service cross. Sing Kcc, 
 the only Chinese soldier in company G. 306th in- 
 
 fantry, deserved that decoration and the croix do 
 gue.rre that came to him later. He stooil for 48 hours 
 at an advance post with wireless apparatus sending 
 messages back to his commander after the post had 
 been abandoned by the entire company. Sing Kee 
 fought in many battles and spent a month in th- 
 hospital at Tours following a severe experience 
 with mustard gas during a Hun attack. A letter 
 of congratulation went to Sing Kee from his fel- 
 low townsmen of the war work council. In sharp 
 contrast with this heroism came the accusation of 
 ' ' slacker ' ' against Gustave George Olson, who, 
 after taking out his first citizenshij) papers, re- 
 nounced all rights of citizenship, declaring himse'f 
 a native of S'vveden in order to be free of military 
 obligation to his adopted country, even later re- 
 pentance was poor reparatioin. 
 
 Day by day the bond figures mounted higher, ) 
 not rapidly enough. "mopping up" campaign be- 
 gan. The first week in October more than $1,00' 
 000 remained to be raised. A commititee on theater 
 subscriptions consisting of C. C. Pomeroy, I. Mar- 
 cus, I. O. Trousdale and Mrs. Elmer Emerson, as- 
 sisted by scores of society maids and matrons, 
 raised $19,000 in one evening. Over $10,000 of this 
 amount was raised at the Theater Jose. The 
 speeches calling forth this subscription were made 
 by E. H. DeSelms, Frank H. Benson, Judge F. B. 
 Brown and J. W. Kramer. 
 
 Unquestioinably the ruined prune crop delayed 
 the loan. It became a sheer necessity for sub- 
 scribers to resubscribe in order to make up for 
 those who were unable to do what they had planned. 
 Prunes — spoiled prunes were tainting the atmo- 
 phere. As they fermented strange things happened. 
 At a ranch on the San Francisco road some chickens 
 acted in a queer manner. When kept shut up an 
 quite away from the discarded prunes they were a " 
 right. It developed that they were simply drunk on 
 fermented prune juice. That same night, Septem- 
 ber 30, by order of the board of supervisors, 13 
 saloons sold their last bit of liquor and closed their 
 doors. Then the city council authorized the city 
 manager to sell the meteor and the bond drive went 
 on. 
 
 The Japanese subscribed almost $50,000 through 
 M. Matsui and T. Kimura of the Japanese liberty 
 loan committee. Howell D. Melvin and Elton E. 
 Shaw handled this department of the drive. 
 
 Governor William D. Stephens spoke in the inter- 
 est of the bonds at the Victory Theater on the 
 evening of October 4, being introduced by Mr. 
 Parker. The governor said that ' ' no one could 
 find any fault with Santa Clara county. No loss 
 will hold her back, but she will go over the top in 
 this time of the nation 's need. ' ' The audience evi- 
 denced that same feeling by the applause that 
 greeted Parker, Campiglia, Benson and Bailey 
 when they took their places with the governor on 
 the platform. They would "put it across." 
 
 The service flag dedicated at St. Joseph 's on 
 October 6, 1918, held almost one-third of the San 
 Jose stars. About 1163 boys in service and 370 
 blue stars in the St. Joseph's flagl 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 On Saturday niglit, October 5, came the memor- 
 able result of Hun propaganda, the news of Ger- 
 many's "peace offensive," well calculated to d 
 feat the loan. Whistles blew and bells clangnl — 
 and the hearts of the liberty loan workers missed 
 several beats. It was insiduous and unmeasurab'y 
 hurtful — but failed of its purpose. Another se- 
 rious handiciap faced the dauntless Chairman, Joe 
 Parker. Influenza spread its banner of disease and 
 death and began taking toil in army camps and at 
 home. The closing days of the fourth liberty loan 
 campaign were a fight — every step of the way. 
 
 How Joe Parker and the headquarters company 
 loved to stop in the midst of the day's work and 
 work to do some kindly thing! Karl Stull was an 
 indefatigable worker, on his "special committee". 
 When that committee had a rather difficult task to 
 do (and usually their work didn't draw applause), 
 they called on Karl. He was always "there" 
 whether it was a bit of publicity to be handled or 
 a banner to be made and hung high above the busy 
 street. His fellow workers appreciated Karl and 
 just before he entered on his ' ' limited service ' ' in 
 the spruce forests of the north they presented him 
 with a wrist watch as a token of that apprecia- 
 tion. 
 
 Toward the close of the time officially alloted 
 for the loan came San Jose's zero hour. The city 
 must go over behind the boys — forward to victory 
 — but how? There was no disguising tlie anxieity 
 at headquarters. Then John E. Cliace offered his 
 suggestion of a $900,000 club. Each of the twelve 
 war work council directors was to shoulder the re- 
 sponsibility of getting $75,000 in subscriptions. Re- 
 subscriptions were the only alternative. John 
 Chace followed up his own plan. He and W. S. 
 Clayton became a pair of swashbuckling piratical 
 loan sharks. They obtained $250,000 in bond sub- 
 scriptions by their personal efforts and each won 
 well merited gratitude and an honor flag from 
 Chairman Parker. 
 
 A patriotic service beyond measure was Dan J. 
 Flannery 's management of Sapper John Moriaity's 
 speaking campaign. Through Mr. Flannery 's tiie- 
 less efforts Moriarity 's war message reached over 
 20,000 people in Santa Clara county with a direct 
 result in bond subscriptions that could not be com- 
 imted. It is easy to see how much Flannery '3 ef- 
 fort meant to the cause not only in this inst.anee 
 but duuring the entire period of the war as chair- 
 niEii of the speaker's committee. 
 
 San Jose merchants vied with each other in pa 
 triotic window displays. Stull & Souuiiksen ar- 
 ranged u very realistic battle scene in the front line' 
 trenches with wire entaglements and fighting sol 
 diers shown in detail. In another sectioin of the 
 window was shown a woman knitting for the sol- 
 diers. This firm took first prize for its window 
 display at the time of the first Red Cross drive, 
 when a striking representation of the poster ' ' The 
 Greatest Mother in the World" was realistically 
 carried out with wax figures. The Baker drug 
 store window held a trophy exhibit, with gas 
 masks, fuses made from large shells and cases made 
 
 by French soldiers from brass shells. Canelo 
 Brothers & Stackhouse gave an entire 'window for 
 a liberty bond bridge which showed American 
 soldiers crossing to Europe on the "Roail to Vic- 
 tory. ' ' Frank E. Smith 's window held a flag flown 
 in Waltham, Massachusetts during the Civil ,war 
 and a copper stew pan carried through the Revo- 
 lutionary war by Robert Simms. This was the 
 property of M. Enna Ringo, a San Jose school 
 teacher. Bacon 's window featured a hemet picked 
 up on the battlefield by Bruce Bacon and also pre- 
 sented a representation of Bartholdi's statue of 
 liberty. P. W. Gross & Son arranged a particularly 
 attractive display of the national colors draped 
 about a striking liberty loan poster. The First 
 National bank not only took its full quota in bonds 
 and held $750,000 of the government's treasury cer- 
 tificates. W. S. Clayton, its president, put every 
 ounce of enthusiasm and the last minute of time 
 into the campaign and then caused the entire First 
 National bank building to simply flower in flags 
 of the allies and the Stars and Stripes! Hundreds 
 of flags tossed their colors from every side of the 
 big building that held the fourth liberty loan honor 
 flag at the crest of the proudest flagstaff in town! 
 
 The situation in the city became exceedingly dif- 
 ficult. Influenza closed schools and churches. Peo- 
 ple stayed at home or Went about necessary busi- 
 ness safeguarded by masks. Putting through the 
 loan in the face of the combined difficulties and 
 discouragements was a phenomenal feat of patriot- 
 ism. But put it through, Joe Parker did, with the 
 never-failing shoulder-to-shoulder team work of the 
 War Work council and the Women 's army. Even 
 the prune trees blossomed out of season as an 
 omen for the superstitious! 
 
 On Saturday, October 19, 1918, bells, horns and 
 whistles noisily announced victory. Joe Parker 
 shook hands with everybody, turned a handspring 
 on the roof of the First National bank, saluted Old 
 Glory and the Honor Flag. Then he settled down 
 with a very tired sigh behind the big bouquet of 
 carnations presented to him by his "comrades in 
 arms" at headquarters. Santa Clara county was 
 credited with an oversubscription of $826,650 — an 
 over-subscription obtained in the face of almost un- 
 believable difficulties and discouragements. 
 
 They talked it over. They remembered the day 
 when they went to San Francisco to try for a re- 
 duced quot|i. It couldn't be reduced — but they 
 were told to do the "best they could" in view of 
 the county's great financial loss. If the quota 
 could not be reached an explanatory statement 
 'would be issued by those in authority. The San 
 Jose "boys" came home. But on the way they 
 confided one to another that they could put it 
 across with an oversubscription. They did! And 
 the half of the story of brave endeavor, of their 
 splendid spirit, of never giving, cannot be told. Jo- 
 seph M. Parker's personality, his patriotism, his 
 optimism, his kindly methods of handling "touchy 
 problems," his unshaken belief in what would be 
 the final answer to the nation's call, these things 
 were deciding factors in the Fourth Liberty Loan 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 campaign. 
 
 Judge P. F. Gosbey of the Council of DefeiiH,' 
 made the following acknowledgment of Parker 's 
 able leadership: "I wish to express the apprecia- 
 tioin of the Santa Clara county division of 11.' 
 Council of Defense for the excellent work done by 
 J. M. Parker during the Fourth Liberty Loan cam- 
 paign. It was largely due to his efforts and to 
 those of his able assistants that the campaign was 
 carried through in this city and county to such 
 great success. The result Svill always stand as a 
 monument to Joseph M. Parker 's ability and loy- 
 alty. 
 
 In the Fourth Loan San Jose had 20,075 sub- 
 scribers. The total bond subscription was $3,595,- 
 000, per capita average of $179. For the county, 
 subscribers 11,662, amount $1,899,700 per capita 
 $163. City and county subscribers, 31,735; amount 
 $5,494,700, per capita $173. In this loan 29 anu 
 two-fifths of the population subscribed as against 
 19 per cent subscribing for the Third Loan. 
 
 The twelve vice chairmen charged with the re- 
 sponsibility of raising the last $900,000 v 
 Charles M. O'Brien, Alexander Hart, Fred Law- 
 rence Foster, D. L. Smith, E. N. Richmond, A. O. 
 Mathews, J. B. Clayton, Bert Shatterdahl J. D. 
 Crummey, Walter G. Mathewson, H. D. Melvin and 
 Alexander Sherriffs. 
 
 "7-IN-l" DRIVE 
 
 While priest and protestaut clergymen ministered 
 to the men of all nationalities and creeds on the 
 battlefields where all differences were forgotten in 
 a common cause, in the homeland there developed a 
 new bond of brotherhood. A splendid demonstra- 
 tion of this broader understanding was the ' ' Seven 
 in One" campaign in November, 1918, 'when seven 
 great war work organizations united under one 
 banner. Each planned a separate campaign, but 
 following the President's suggestion, the "zero 
 hour ' ' was met at home as it was met overseas — 
 all together. 
 
 Santa Clara county sounded an unanimous ca'l 
 for Arthur D. Curtner to be its drive leader. Tliis 
 intensely patriotic American was an outstanding 
 figure because of his magnificent service in all war 
 work undertaken by the community. Assistiiif!; 
 committee represented each local organization. 
 
 Y. M. C. A., Herbert C. Jones; Natioinal Catho- 
 lic War Council, including Knights of Columbus, 
 M. E. Griffith; War Camp v^ommunity Service, K. 
 N. Kichmond; Y. W. C. A., Mrs L. T. Smith; Jew- 
 ish Welfare Board, U. S. army and navy, J. H. 
 Levy; Salvation Army, J. M. Parker; American 
 Library Association, Stella Huntington. 
 
 "Morale," said Napoleon" is to other factors in 
 the war as three to one." Preserving the morale 
 of the allied armies was the ' ' reason for being ' ' of 
 these seven great organizations. They represented 
 more than 15,000 unifirmed workers; operated 3600 
 buildings; shipped 500 tons of supplies to "the 
 boys" every week. Their weekly shipment oi fif- 
 teen miles of film meant a soldier and sailor at- 
 tendance at the movies of over 2,500,000 homesick, 
 war-weary boys. 
 
 The mercy emblems of the ' ' Big Seven ' ' dotted 
 every camp and cantonment and field of battle 
 They were not only behind the lines — they wer 
 at the front where the guns thundered and death 
 reaped its bloody harvest. Morale? What horror 
 upon horror it would have been without the light 
 •of the home fires that the war work organizations 
 never allowed to die! 
 
 Early in November the mercy ship commanded 
 by Arthur Curlner, set sail on the seven seas of 
 patriotic endeavor. With that firm hand at the 
 helm and a crew of purposeful men and women the 
 emblazoned ship was sure of a full cargo and a safe 
 return to the home harbor. 
 
 Every one hailed it arid each hail meant an added 
 hoard of dollars! Each member of a labor union 
 promised a day's wages. Each employee in factory 
 or shop gave a day 's pay. The Grammar Schools 
 organized as Victory Girls and Victory Boys with 
 a Ca]itain in each room. Alexander Sherriffs and 
 Miss Nell O 'Brien led the school campaign. High 
 School and college forces combined as the "Stu- 
 dents' Goal" under Joseph E. Hancock's leatler- 
 ship and County Superintendent D. T. Bateman 
 planned and 'worked and helped to heap up the dol- 
 lars for the comfort of the boys. 
 
 Genevieve Ehle of the Washington school was the 
 first Victory Girl to sign a $5 Earn-and-Give pledge. 
 A like pledge gave Henry Bell of the Jefferson 
 school the honor of leading the Victory Boys. 
 With the schools closed because of the dread influ- 
 enza the campaign was not an easy one. Miss 
 O'Brien mailed more than 5000 pledge cards. Thr 
 brought results. Little Elwood H. Hunter's letter 
 is a sample of the interesting communications that 
 heaped every teacher's desk: 
 
 20 West Jerome street, San Jose. 
 
 Dear Teacher: — Enclosed please find $5 for the 
 Victory Boys' campaign which I earned my own 
 self. Hoping it will reach you safely, I am your 
 pupil, ELWOOD B. HUNTER. 
 
 The entire War Work Council with experienced 
 workers and all its machinery of office stood 
 solidly behind this drive. The advisory commit- 
 tee issued a proclamation of commendation early in 
 the campaigp and then started out to follow up 
 their own pronouncement with hard work. 
 
 A huge banner appeared at First and Santa Clara 
 streets. This historic corner had watched many 
 banners insistently call attention to ^va^ needs but 
 never had the wind buffeted a banner so huge as 
 this one with its tremendous message, "Seven in 
 One, to a Single End — For Our Boys Over There!" 
 
 Over that slogan, — God! Under it, — Brother- 
 hood! Its message and practical part in the cam- 
 paign were worked out by R. H. Knox of the pub- 
 licity committee. Jay McCabe and S. S. Bryant, 
 local managers of a billboard concern, saw to it 
 that posters did their bit. 
 
 Helen and Alice Schwitzgabel, Clarise Pfeffer 
 and Thelma Pennington donned overalls, armed 
 themselves with buckets of paste and bundles of 
 posters and decorated the billboards with a striking 
 poster — ' * For Every Fighter, a Woman Worker. ' ' 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 The Women 's Mobolizeil Army marshalled their 
 forces under their ' ' tried and true ' ' leaders, Mrs. 
 D. A. Beattie and Mrs. L. T. Smith. The "majors" 
 who shouldered the campaign responsibility were 
 Mesdames P. F. Gosbey, J. J. Byl, F. Van Dalsam, 
 J. E. Hancock, C. C. Little, W. S. Clayton,, Chas. B. 
 Parkinson, Nicholas Bowden, George Seeley, N. H. 
 Booker and Miss Ida Wehner. 
 
 Shop windows blazed with the brilliancy of red, 
 white and blue, and appealed by posters and slo- 
 gans. Among the most striking window decora- 
 tions were those of the Owl Drug company, Frank 
 J. Somers, Pacific Gas & Electric company, Sherman 
 Clay & Co., Trinkler Dohrman & Co., Prussia's, 
 Eeich & Lievre, D. M. Denegri's pharmacy, Tho 
 Arcade, A. S. Bacon & Son, Appleton & Co., F. W. 
 Gross & Son, L. H. Hart & Son, M. Blum Co., StuM 
 & Sonniksen and the Phil Herold Shoe company. 
 
 Hearts were in this campaign, — hearts hurt by 
 war and oppressed l)y the influenza epidemic's 
 death toll, — but beating tremulously with the hope 
 of peace. Eumor and fluttering hope turned to fact 
 with the signing of the armistice on November 11. 
 There were prayers and tears, the stillness of dcat'.i 
 in the hearts of those whose loved ones would 
 never come home — and shouts that lifted to the 
 stars I 
 
 With the time limit fixed, the world had waited 
 for the signing of the armistice and the silencing of 
 the guns. Almost everyone went to sleep, while 
 waiting! John G. Robinson, San Jose's Examiner 
 representative, was "on the job". He grew tired 
 and yawned — but waited. A little before midnight 
 John ordered "dinner" at a South First street 
 restaurant. While waiting for the dinner he tele- 
 phoned to the San Francisco Examiner. There 
 .might be "something doing, you know!" Therf 
 was! John never ate that meal. Neither did ho 
 ^vait for an elevator at the Hotel Montgomery, He 
 took the stairs in a leap and pounded on Jay Mc- 
 Cab'e's door. Not a soul was in sight on the streets. 
 Jay and John, with shotguns, broke the village 
 slumbers into smithereens and a fire alarm did the 
 rest. San Joseans hurried from everywhere. They 
 built a huge bonfire and actually "burned" the 
 pavement in front of "Jay's" First street store. 
 Alexander Sherriffs mounted to the top of the 
 Garden City Bank building and led a community 
 sing with "The Star Spangled Banner." Jitney 
 Bill — otherwise William Wallace — in an exuberance 
 of armstice-joy, threw his coat and hat into the fire. 
 The sedate tovv-n went wild in its midnight celebra- 
 tion of hysteria that hid tears. Whistles, bells, 
 auto sirenp, every noise making contrivance addec' 
 to the din. Influenza was forgotten. 
 
 November 12, declared a holiday by the city man- 
 ager, s.aw great throngs of rejoicing people, massed 
 down town to watch the great ' ' armistice parade, ' ' 
 That parade, three miles long, took an hour and a 
 half to pass a given point. Schools, all fraterna: 
 and other organizations, boy scouts, cadets, — hun- 
 dreds of rejoieiing men and women needed no urg- 
 ing to "get in line." This parade, with a tumult of 
 sound, perhaps the most unforgettable in county 
 
 history, simply formed itself! 
 
 Rejoicing did not make all the home folks forget 
 the still existant need of the boys. Without the 
 work of fighting the soldier 's need increased. The 
 campaign workers rallied to that need against the 
 time mobolization Which might be two years. Each 
 organization had a ' ' day ' ' of campaign week for its 
 own. This meant effort along an individual line 
 and a dollar-compelling program at the street 
 ' ' Hut ' ' which was ' ' Coal Carried ' ' from Santa 
 Clara to San Fernando street. 
 
 The drive held touches of pathos. One poor 
 woman, who does washing for a living, thought, 
 just at first that she couldn't give anything. As 
 thi' worker turned away the woman piud eagerly, 
 "Oh. wait a minute! I have saved a dollar! I wrs 
 going to send it to him for Christmas — but it is 
 better to give it this way. ' ' 
 
 An aged man, dependeni upon county bounty, 
 gave his blessed mite — ten cents. Five little mem- 
 bers of one family formed a weed pulling, lawn 
 mowing corporatiion ' ' earned and gave, ' ' — $5. 
 They didn't work an hour and ask father for the 
 money. They worked every daylight hour of three 
 days. Another woman with tear-filled eyes offeteil 
 her gift — a few thrift stamps. "It is all I have 
 saved, ' ' she said, ' ' but I have a boy in France — 
 and maybe this will help him. ' ' 
 
 The Salvation Army under the leadership of Joe 
 Parker, pulled at the very heartstrings of a gener- 
 ous community. The Salvation Army has earned 
 its high place — earned it for all time^-in the honor 
 of a remembering and grateful iworld. It was a 
 great day when the Salvationists dispensed real 
 "front trench" holeless doughnuts and coffee at 
 the "Hut." Joe Parker delighted to don the red 
 banded army cap and hear the dollars thump on 
 the old bass drum in response to the appeal of tho 
 Lads and Lassies. Capt. and Mrs. William M. 
 Bamford of the local Salvation Army, with their 
 four children and a corps of other Salvationists, 
 presided at the hut, furnished music and worked 
 tirelessly during the campaign. 
 
 Society women, members of the Defenders' club, 
 donned Hoover uniforms and became street venders 
 and entertainers for the " Seven-in-One. " Tlie 
 Knights of Columbus, with only 280 members and 
 75 per cent of them with the colors, were a who'c 
 army corps of valiant service. The publicity com- 
 mittee, silenced in many ways by the prevailing 
 epidemic, painted slogans on sidewalks, signs on 
 billboards, desecrated shop windows with flaming 
 posters, and flung to the winds insistent banners 
 and flags. Merle Grey, James Fellom, Alvin Long, 
 Harry Knox, M. E. Griffith, Herbert Jones and Jay 
 McCabe taught the campaigners ao spell "public- 
 ity" with capital letters and to doff their bonnets 
 before their power! 
 
 The harbor of success was not reached unevent- 
 fully. That "mercy ship" tossed sometimes in 
 troubled waters. Hearts beat sympathetically, 
 but there became apparent an insiduous forgetful- 
 ness of existing needs after the signing of the arm- 
 istice. This had to be overcome by hard work and 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 educational propaganda. How completely indiffer- 
 ence owned defeat showed in results — the quota for 
 city and county raised with an oversubscription of 
 $25,000! 
 
 The success of the 8even-in-One campaign is a 
 monument to the leadership of Arthur T) Curt- 
 ner, a remarkable tribute to his high idealism ar 
 spendid Americanism. Eager for patriotic service 
 of a practical kind, Arthur Curtner came into t!i< 
 War Work Council during its formative period am! 
 donated his entire time to the war interests of the 
 romnuuiity. Serving as special secretary ,tc the 
 country districts during bond e.o.mpaisfns; a-^ting in 
 the cupacity of War Work Council seeretury; chair- 
 man, and later treasurer, of the great ' ' Seven-in- 
 One ' ' drive, Arthur Curtner won a high place in the 
 esteem of his fellow workers and in the hearts of 
 all who honor unselfish service and loyally patriotic 
 and unswerving Americanism. Throughout the 
 strenuous days of this last big war drive, Arthur 
 Curtner looked to the goal with clear vision, firm 
 in his faith that the people would do their share — 
 and a little more. That was Arthur Curtner 's 
 "quota" of service — always his share^with full 
 measure, heaped up and running over! 
 THE VICTORY LOAN 
 
 The first Liberty Loan campaign in June, 191.', 
 was notable in achievement owing to the lack of 
 organization. The Victory Loan drive, fifth and 
 last of the government's call for funds, aided by a'.! 
 the well-oiled machinery of the War Work Council, 
 was carried to success against the great handicap of 
 prevalent indifference. With the war over, hun- 
 dreds of perfectly loyal Americans took the atti- 
 tude of ' ' let George do it. ' ' From this ' ' cold wave 
 of unconcern the War Work Council and the Vic- 
 tory Loan committee, led by intrepid J. M. Parker, 
 brought the vital issue into the warmth of success. 
 They did this by the power of able leadershiip and 
 the " never-say-die " patriotism of the Council's 
 and the Womans' Mobilized Army personnel of 
 Nvorkers. 
 
 Each line drawn on the charts of these two won- 
 derful county organizations, connecting 53 South 
 First street with town or remote hamlet, was a red 
 line of heart's blood, and each name representing 
 a district became at a touch a dynamic battery of 
 purposeful effort. 
 
 Whoever conducts a "drive" becomes of neces- 
 sity pastmaster in all ancient and modern strategic 
 military and civilian arts, in fact, a finished diplo- 
 mat! Just how finished is not to be determined by 
 full quota or oversubscription but rather by the 
 red-blooded quality of the service. 
 
 J. M. Parker was drive-leader diplomat par ex- 
 cellence! Backing up a dominant personality 
 with splendid unselfishness of patriotism, he led 
 his "hosts to victory" — victories not only of name 
 and cold figures; but victories of magnificent un- 
 written battles whose history can only be known 
 to those who watched and waited and worked side 
 by side with the leader who recognized no other de- 
 mand than his country's need. 
 
 Early in April 1919, the preliminary campaign. 
 
 directed by the War Work Council, Womans' Army, 
 the Four-Miniute-Men, Dan Plannery's speak, 
 committee, bands and whippet tanks, turned public 
 attention to the payment of war's tremendous 
 "charge account." Whosoever dances must pay 
 the piper. Who fights must also pay! Before the 
 drive W. S. Clayton spoke of the phenomenal rec- 
 ord of the United States in paying its debts. "It 
 will be harder to float this loan because many peo- 
 ple will adopt the policy of ' ' letting George do it. ' ' 
 
 "But," he added, "we must bring our boys who 
 are across the Atlantic back to their home land. We 
 must uphold their belief that America is behind 
 them. This became the compelling slogan of the 
 Victory Loan campaign — 'help bring the boys 
 home." 
 
 The leaders faced a "labor" shortage. School 
 teachers who had served previously with such 
 wonderful volunteer spirit could not give theiv 
 time. Much of the organization had "drifted 
 away." Appeals for campaigners, oft repeated, ol; 
 tained results. The unique advertising stunt of 
 drive was the Volunteer Day "air circus," staged 
 by James B. Leaman, F. E. Chapin and Arthur E. 
 Holmes. Airplanes from Mather Field circled 
 above the county scattering from the clouds more 
 than 15,000 Victory Loan dodgers. One dodger in 
 each thousand bore the red-lettered word ' ' helmet. ' ' 
 The fortunate one who secured this fluttering bit 
 of paper per airplane, exchanged it at war work 
 headquarters for a cajjtured German helmet. The 
 first one was claimed by Mrs. Elizabeth Page, 468 
 North Third street. 
 
 More than $1,000,000 of the county's $3,600,0 ' 
 quota was "voted" on Volunteer Day, April 21, 
 1919 After that the entire Loan organization set- 
 tled down to a steady whirr of wheels within wheels 
 and a determined buzz of industry. During the 
 first great week the city's interests were three- 
 fold; Victory Loan campaign, teachers' institute 
 and the State Conference of Social Service 
 Agencies. Through all this condition of eloquence 
 the government's appeal continued to be heard. 
 The drive gained impetus when a thrill ran from 
 the Ferry Building to the confines of Santa Clara 
 county with the news of the return of the boys! 
 The 347th field artillery and 363rd infantry brought 
 dozens of the boys home. Many proud San Joseans 
 wore arm bands of infantry blue or artillery red 
 and crowded against the ropes between Beale and 
 Spear streets in San Francisco to greet loved ones. 
 The happy ones marked homecomings by buying 
 bonds. Those who still alwaited someone 's coming 
 hastened the glad day by subscriptions. 
 
 Edwin E. Lordge, over four years steward of the 
 Moose club, came back with the 363rd. Jack Shea, 
 Gus Wendt and Bert Marquardt constituted a com- 
 mittee that brought Lorde back and installed him 
 in his old job — with double pay. 
 
 ' ' Reconstruction ' ' and the program of jobs for 
 returned soldiers occupied press and people. Bonds 
 had to speak a little louder in order to be hea 
 but the patient house-to-house, store-to-factory army 
 of Victory Bond getters spoke clearly — and elo- 
 
WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 quently. 
 
 The first week, "Honor Week," — names of sub- 
 scribers were posted on the windows of the Rail- 
 road Administration office with small subscribers 
 in the minority. It had been the $50 and $100 buy- 
 ers who constituted the deciding factor in other 
 drives. Business classification was under direction 
 of Louis Campiglia, the undaunted chairman of the 
 San Jose War Work council. 
 
 Long before the reception day, May 1, 1919, the 
 town began to voice its welcome to the boys. 
 Buildings blossomed with flags and bunting. Ban- 
 ners with words of greeting flung themselves across 
 the streets. Unsightly posts and electroliers dis- 
 appeared under masses of greenery. Ropes of red, 
 white and blue electric lights swung across spaces 
 and linked street with street. W. L. Prussia, Jack 
 Shea and J. L. Squires, who had the decorations of 
 a city in their charge, called on the hills and down 
 came carloads of garlands! Everything was in at- 
 tire and every heart attuned to joy! Colonel L. M. 
 Farrell and Lieutenant Louis Van Dalsem, with 1 
 boys of Companies B and M, found a San Jose? 
 committee waiting to greet them in Oroville, with 
 an invitation to the May Day reception. Never- 
 theless, the greatest preparation for the glad day 
 of homecoming for the men from camp and trench 
 was the little "V" button on the coat lapel. Every 
 day more and more coats were decorated. 
 
 Not in the spectacular way, but quietly and effi- 
 ciently the Victory Loan leaders sped the three 
 American warships on their goal-making course 
 from San Francisco to New York by way of Pana- 
 ma canal. 
 
 Who will ever forget the May Day, 1919, recep- 
 tion and parade? Members of the War Wor- 
 council, every service man — army, navy, canton- 
 ment or overseas — every organization. Red Cross, 
 Defenders ' club. Woman 's Army, Boy Scouts, Stu- 
 dent Army Training Corps, schools, bands, G. A. ■ 
 Women 's Relief Corps, — proud fathers and mothers, 
 sisters, sweethearts and wives, — the city and cour 
 marched or lined the streets to honor ' ' our boys ' 
 with tears and cheers, with hearty hand clasp and 
 scattered rose petals! Proudest of all were those 
 who wore the insignia of the little " V. " That was 
 practical welcome — it helped to bring the loved 
 ones back. At the Normal ' ' quad ' ' City Manager 
 Bailey and Alexander Sherriffs eloquently voiced 
 the universal welcome. Then the loan committee 
 with invigorated purpose went back to war work 
 headquarters and began a "whirlwind" finish ci 
 their tremendous task. 
 
 W. S. Clayton and John R. Chace broke their own 
 record by securing $318,000 in bond subscriptions 
 in four days. These free-lance campaigners deserved 
 the sincere gratitude of their fellow-iworkers. The 
 bestowal of special honor flags was an inadequate 
 expression of appreciation. W. S. Clayton enlisted 
 in the war at its beginning and fought on every 
 campaign front until the last echo of the last ( 
 drifted to silence. His patriotism had the back- 
 ing not only of "Will's" personality but of his 
 bank — the First National They were in the fight 
 
 together — and to the limit of responsibility. Bond 
 subscriptions listed at the First Natioinal showed 
 a creditable percentage of the totals. At the time 
 of the second loan the bank numbered 1045 sub- 
 scribers; third loan 3016 subscribers out of 20,530, 
 and the fourth loan 4595 subscribers out of 31,725 — • 
 about 19 per cent; the Victory Loan showed a 
 proud record of total subscriptions, including al- 
 lotments of $725,000! No wonder the big banK 
 liked to bloom, with flags and bunting in honor cf 
 oversubscriptions! 
 
 The five San Joes banks — Garden City Bank and 
 Trust Company, Bank of Italy, Bank of San Jose, 
 Security Savings Bank and the First National Bank 
 put very substantial shoulders to each wheel of ef- 
 fort. They carried not only the heavy burdens of 
 ' ' loan quotas ' ' but helped by every possible meth- 
 od to maike the way easy for the individual sub- 
 scriber. Bonds wouldn 't have been bought without 
 the loyalty of the Banks. Back of them stood the 
 loyalty and unsSverving determination of the Santa 
 Clara County War Work Council, under the guid- 
 ance of Dr. W. C. Bailey, who patriotically shoul- 
 dered the tremendous responsibilitiy of leadership 
 at the commencement of war activities. His strength 
 of purpose, sturdily capable Americanism and un- 
 flagging zeal won the whole-hearted gratitude of 
 every loyal citizen. Through the long months, 
 whether things went well or ill, when plans were 
 brought to quick consummation or program went 
 awry. Dr. Bailey never failed an issife or permitted 
 his idealism to fall below the highest measure of 
 accomplishment. 
 
 On the night of May 10, 1919, the Victory Loan 
 passed into history — with the usual record of over- 
 subscription. Much had been asked — and more 
 given — given with the spirit of generous patriotisim 
 that marked every Santa Clara County, every San 
 Jose wartime endeavor. The men and women at 
 home backed up the fighting lads in the reeking 
 trenches with every atom of energy, Svith the full 
 strength of honest effort; to ' ' the last man and the 
 last dollar" — not alone for the glory and the honor 
 and the permanence of these United States, but 
 that Liberty might not perish from the earth. 
 NATIONAL DEFENDERS CLUB, SAN JOSE 
 
 With the establishment of Camp Fremont, only 20 
 miles away, and soldiers coming to San Jose by 
 hundreds, a place had to be provided where they 
 might rest, read and write — and eat. The Chamber 
 of Commerce lost no time. Its president, Dr. W. C. 
 Bailey, immediately appointed Charles R. Parkin- 
 son chairman of a committee to provide a soldiers ' 
 Recreation Fund. A discussion of ways and means 
 caused someone to remember an old fund left over 
 from the time when San Jose had a Rose Carnival. 
 This fund, amounting to several hundred dollars, 
 with accrued interest, was in the hands of the Rose 
 Carnival treasurer, Alexander Hart. Turned over 
 to the recreation committee, this fund made possible 
 the opening of the rest rooms for soldiers and sail- 
 ors in the Chamber of Commerce building. 
 
 The boys kept coming and the needs increased. 
 If this place was to approximate home to the boys 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 in uniform the Chamber of Commerce must have 
 help. Accordingly a committee of eight was a]i- 
 pointed by the Women's National Council of De- 
 fense to co-operate with the Chamber of Commerce. 
 Members of this important committee were Mru 
 Nicholas Bowden, Mrs. D. A. Beattie, Mrs. Lester 
 Morse, Mrs. J. W. Davey, Mrs. W. L. Woodrow, Mrs. 
 J. E. Hancock, Mrs. Louis Sonniksen, Mrs. B. R. 
 Johnston and Mrs. Charles R. Parkinson, chairman. 
 
 Women 's hands touched with magic the big con- 
 vention hall at the Chamber of Commerce, trans- 
 forming it into a club riJom bright with chintz, at- 
 tractive with flowers, inviting to rest with great 
 cushion-heaped couches and easy chairs. Piano, 
 Vietrola, pool and billiard tables and games were 
 there to help lift the shadow from lonely hours. 
 An adjoining room offered books, magazines and 
 newspapers. Here an abundance of writing mate- 
 rials made possible the letters to mother and father 
 — and the sweetheart — back home. Remembering 
 that while the soldier might ' ' live without books ' ' 
 no civilized doughboy could ' ' live without cooks, ' ' 
 another room turned into a very modern kitchen — 
 and the canteen opened for service in November, 
 1917, — a service of a (whatsoever kind. The open- 
 ing reception was attended by 200 boys from Camp 
 Fremont. 
 
 Forty women made themselves responsible for the 
 club. Each of these women, provided with six help- 
 ers, served one day a month. Women enrolled for 
 this practical service numbered 200. Mrs. W. L. 
 Woodrow was appointed chairman of the canteen; 
 Mrs. Frank Lieb, secretary; Mrs. S. A. Appleton, 
 treasurer; Mrs. Charles B. Parkinson, director of 
 service. 
 
 The War Camp Community Service created by 
 the War Department to direct community activities 
 near all army camps had given over the establishing 
 of these needed soldier-clubs to the National League 
 for Women 's Service. These activities became 
 standardized under the name of "National Defend- 
 ers' Club". Under this n^me hundreds of soldiers 
 daily learned to know and love them. With tin 
 name came the dignified and becoming uniform, 
 giving the plainest of evidence that the women 'were 
 there for service and not to patronize the men of 
 the army. Certain high standards were adopted for 
 the women serving as well as for the men using the 
 club. 
 
 Every visitor commented on the atmosphere of 
 the room. There was an intangible something tliat 
 made the men feel that this was their club, where 
 they might follow their own inclination. Each one 
 of them proved himself to be both soldier and gen- 
 tleman. The club grew from 216 men to over 2200. 
 The whole community became interested. Long 
 lists of women workers were added to help on tlu 
 busy Wednesday and Saturday camp half -holiday t 
 and on Sunday when the clubroom overflowed. 
 
 And the food! Just like mother used to make! 
 No matter how many hungry boys came there was 
 no limit to the supply of real home-made cakes an ' 
 pies, salads, and strawberry shortcake — with 
 whipped cream! Whole chests of berries, great 
 
 heaping boxes of peaches, pears and apricots came 
 from the busy ranchers who were not too busy to 
 remember the boys. 
 
 The soldiers didn 't write all the letters that bore 
 the stamp of their club. Many letters were written 
 that they never knew about — fwritten by the moth- 
 erly women here to cheer the hearts of the waiting 
 mothers in far-away homes. 
 
 With its unique organization, the Defenders' Club 
 gave many patriotic services. There were special 
 suppers served to members of band, members who 
 came to attend special patriotic demonstrations. 
 Groups of loyal women served luncheons to the War 
 Work Council, a committee serving in conjuction 
 with the Red Cross chairman. Another group can- 
 ned and preserved fruits for use at the canteen and 
 the base hospital. When the dread influenza epi- 
 demic closed the canteen to the soldiers, the Rf 
 Cross and charitable organizations appealed for 
 help. The canteen became the cooking and dis- 
 tributing center for the relief of influenza sufferers 
 among the poor. For seven weeks -this work was 
 carried on, giving assistance to over 200 families, 
 representing about 600 influenza sufferers. At one 
 time seven "soup routes" were maintained that the 
 sick migiht regularly be supplied with nourishing 
 food. Medical supplies Hvere donated and automo- 
 biles supplied to assist the nurses in going quickly 
 from case to ease. 
 
 Upon the abandoning of Camp Fremont the Na- 
 tional Defenders ' Club was closed — dishes and fur- 
 nishings were given to worthy charities and to the 
 center for women in industry, established by the 
 Y. W. C. A.. Only the 300 or more women who 
 never stopped working for a day or a night can tell 
 what patriotism and love burned with a constant 
 flame to keep the home fires bright for the lonely 
 homesick boys — and only the 20,000 or more men 
 who visited the canteen can tell what it meant to 
 them. 
 NATIONAL DEFENDERS' CLUB, PALO ALTO 
 
 Perhaps the one department of war work under 
 the direction of the Women's Committee that may 
 have reached a little farther than some of the ot' 
 Iwas the canteen. With the establishment of Camp 
 Fremont, at Palo Alto, not only the community but 
 the entire county awakened to the immediate need 
 of a place approximating home to the soldier. The 
 canteen answered that need. The Palo Alto De- 
 fenders ' Club, of which Mrs. J. G. Sharp was presi- 
 dent, quickly transformed the big hall over the 
 postoffice (100x95 feet) into an ideal soldiers' club. 
 Opened April 2, 1918, it became the fourth largest 
 club, serving more than 102,000 men during its year 
 of activity. 
 
 Patriotic women active in the canteen 's founding 
 and success were Mrs. Parker S. Maddux, county 
 chairman of the National League for Women's 
 Service, aided by Mrs. Howard Waterman and an 
 advisory board consisting of Mrs. David Starr Jor- 
 dan, Mrs. R. L. Wilbur, Mrs. John M. Mitchell, 
 Mrs. H. Clay Miller, Mrs. H. J. Moule, Mrs. David 
 Marx and Mrs. Horatio Stebbins. 
 
 The club chairman to whose efforts the canteen 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 owes much of its success, was Mrs. James G. Sharp, 
 who found an able lieutenant in the secretary, Mrs. 
 B. Gallegos. The canteen was run by Mrs. Payson 
 Treat and Miss Effie McGilvray, aided by the fol- 
 lowing captains: Mrs. Frederick Wheeler, Mrs. 
 Flett, Mrs. H. J. Moule, Mrs. W. B. Allen, Mrs. Otis 
 Briggs, Mrs. E. J. Hughes, Mrs. Theopilus Allen, 
 Mrs. J. P. Tatlock and Mrs. J. Conover. A special 
 group from Los Gatoa fvvas headed by Mrs. Editli 
 Cameron and Mrs. Dolores Willtins Kent. 
 
 The War Camp Community Service Commission 
 had expended $2000 on improvements to the loft 
 used; but the furniture was all donated by inter- 
 ested citizens. This furniture was all painted and 
 upholstered by a committee under the leadership of 
 Mrs. H. Stark. The club had many activities. There 
 was a well equipped auto corps; a canning corps; an 
 entertainment corps, and a fruit conservation corps 
 under Mrs. Parker S. Maddux and Mrs. E. J. 
 Thomas. This fruit conservation committee, with 
 centers in San Jose, Mountain View, Los Altos, 
 Campbell, Los Gatos and Palo Alto, collected and 
 saved over a ton of fruit. The Palo Alto Canteen, 
 like the one in San Jose, became the center for re- 
 lief during the influenza epidemic. 
 
 This Palo Alto Canteen, to which more than 
 102,000 soldiers came for a glimpse of home, made it 
 a home in which there was no lack of entertainment. 
 In addition to the books, the music, the billiard 
 tables, magazines, writing facilities and every ap- 
 pointment of a perfect club, there were splendid 
 concerts once or twice a week and many interesting 
 receptions to noted Belgian, French and Russian 
 deputations. 
 
 Departmental heads whose faithful service con- 
 tributed to the success of this soldiers' club were: 
 Clerking, Mrs. Howard Morrow; information, Mrs. 
 William Houston; cigars and tobacco, Mrs. G. G. 
 Williamson; treasurer, Mrs. Sam Vandervoort; 
 service lists. Miss Margaret Evans; entertainment, 
 Mrs. John Dunker; library. Miss Patterson. 
 
 Other activities included in the Santa Clara 
 County record of service to the soldier are the 
 Hostess House of the Y. W. C. A., which was main- 
 tained at Camp Fremont, and the Hospitality Center 
 in Palo Alto, under the direction of the same organ- 
 ization. The Hostess House, the place where wife, 
 mother, sister, sweetheart or friend met the soldier, 
 scene of meetings and partings, of marriages and 
 Enunciations, carried on its wonderful work under 
 the direction of the following committee: Mrs. 
 Parker S. Maddux, chairman; Mrs. H. L. Terwilliger, 
 Mrs. Frederic Fowler, Mrs. Bay Lyman Wibur and 
 Mrs. Joseph Sloss. Mrs. Selah Chamberlain of 
 San Mateo county served as a member of this com- 
 mittee. 
 
 Following the evacuation of Camp Fremont, the 
 Hostess House was moved to Palo Alto, becoming 
 the city 's community center. 
 
 The Hospitality Center of the Y. W. C. A. War 
 Council, at 166 University avenue (in the same 
 building with the War Camp Community Service); 
 did some notably fine work with its employment 
 bureau, its temporary and permanent housing lists, 
 
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 especially for soldiers' families. The hospitality 
 of the center extended to the giving of teas anu" 
 sewing bees as friendly greetings to lonelj' women. 
 Serving on this committee were Mrs. Jerome 
 Thomas, Mrs. Jack Prior, Mrs. Joseph Taff, Mrs. 
 Gertrude Jones, Mrs. H. M. Simpkins, Miss Harriet 
 Bradford and Mrs. Kate Parrott Gorringe. 
 
 No list of names, no bare recital of facts can tell 
 the story of the immeasurable service given by the 
 canteen to the soldier and sailor. Into this service 
 poured the patriotism of loyal hearts. Into its silent 
 building of character and the strengthening of 
 morale went the unstinted labor of women's hands. 
 
 This Palo Alto canteen, witK its wonderful record 
 of service, was but the outward expression of the 
 patriotism that thrilled the hearts of America's 
 V'omen and prompted them to bring to camp ana 
 cantonment the protection and inspiration of home. 
 BED CROSS 
 Like a dominantly sympathetic melody running 
 through tlie intricasies of wonderful music the 
 warm heartbeat of the Bed Cross, palpitant with 
 love; throbbed through all war activities, it was 
 first, last and tenderest, best. In this service was 
 more of sacrifice, more of tears, of prayers of pain 
 that met in other fields of endeavor. It was an 
 every day service, too. It met every need — "to the 
 most common needs of sun and candlelight." There 
 was nothing so small that it was overlooked; noth- 
 ing too great to attempt — for "our boys" and the 
 cause of humanity everywhere. 
 
 Great emblazoned Red Cross mercy emblems 
 against the murk of battle smoke 1 It was a great 
 light shining against the darkness of death and de- 
 vastation and horror! And it shone from the rooms 
 where the surgical dressings and garments Were 
 made here to the battlefields of France. 
 
 The chapter of war work that is written in 
 heart's blood and glorified by sacrifice is that of 
 local Bed Cross accomplishment. 
 
 From May 27, 1917, when Dr. M. E. Dailey re- 
 ceived a telegram from John J. Clymer, director of 
 the Pacific Division of the Bed Cross, appointing a- 
 meeting in San Francisco to arrange the war pro- 
 gram, until months after the guns were silenced 
 every "quota" requested of the local chapter was 
 met — met with a measure ' ' full and running over. ' ' 
 
 At the beginning of the war the San Jose Bed 
 Cross Chapter's officers were Dr. M. E. Dailey, 
 chairman; Mrs. W. P. Dougherty, vice chairman; 
 V. J. LaMotte, treasurer, and W. T. Bambo, secre- 
 tary. Dr. Dailey and W. T. Bambo shared the hon- 
 ors of continuity in Red Cross service from the time 
 of the first local organization until press of many 
 duties forced Dr. Dailey to resign the chairmanship 
 in July 1918. E. N. Bichmond accepted the chair- . 
 manship and Dr. James B. Bullitt general manager 
 at that time and the tremendous success of every 
 Red Cross undertaking is largely due to the untir- 
 ing zeal in the great work of merciful relief. 
 
 Among the financial achievements of the l0'3al 
 chapter are the two big drives for funds, the first 
 in June, 1917, under the direction of Samuel G. 
 Tompkins. The second in May, 1918, immediately 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 followed the Third Liberty Loan campaign and was 
 conducted by the combined machinery of the Wo- 
 man's Army and the War Work Council. For this 
 second drive with W. G. Bailey chairman, the or- 
 gaiii/atioii was j-orfected within two days and witu 
 the co-operation of the entire county the fund of 
 $410,000 v/ith an oversubscription of $22,667 rolled 
 into the Red Cross coffers between May 20 and 27. 
 More than $300,000 was raised in these two cam- 
 paigns. Nor was it all in large amounts. 
 
 At a certain institution a dear old gentleman in- 
 quired timidly if one could give "less than $100?'" 
 Upon being assured that any gift was a welcome 
 one he took 40 cents and an almost empty tobacco 
 pouch from his pocket. After a smilingly whim- 
 sical look at the depleted pouch he returned it to 
 his pocket and gave all that he had — 40 cents — to 
 the Bed Gross. He gave up the solace of his pipe — 
 and it was a very real sacrifice. 
 
 A whitehaired, sweet-faced old lady held a whis- 
 pered consultation with the campaigner. " I 've 
 just received a check for $100," she whispered. "1 
 don't need it — they give me plenty to eat and 1 
 haven't any wants — I'll just endorse it and turn it 
 right over to the Red Gross! " No wants! She just 
 forget them — to help some one else. That $100 
 must have saved a boy 's life — over there. In this 
 certain institution there were just 33 old people. 
 The youngest was 68, the oldest 97. Their hearts 
 beat young with the love for humanity and throb- 
 bed in time to martial music — for each gave some- 
 thing. In the window of the Pratt Home hung the 
 proudest honor flag in town. 
 
 With its members numbering 100, the first Red 
 Cross membership drive in April, 1917, was con- 
 ducted by Mrs. A. A. Fowler. The Red Gross Christ- 
 mas Boll Call that commenced December 11, 1917, 
 under the direction of the Woman's Army added 
 more than 17,300 names. By this time the little 
 Bed Cross button was more honored than all the 
 royal insigna in the world. 
 
 The first year of Red Cross work — sewing and 
 knitting — was not an easy one. The work was new. 
 Patterns were hard to obtain — but rules were many 
 — and couldn't be broken. It "was difficult for 
 women to understand that this work had to be 
 "just so." We coudn't understand why we were 
 not allowed "to take it home and do it our way.'' 
 The Red Gross became quite insistent upon its way 
 — and that way proved best. Women learned their 
 lessons in soldierly discipline and at every "for- 
 ward" order took trench after trench with knitting 
 needles and whirring machines. 
 
 Early in April came the plea for funds with 
 which to purchase material for the making of hos- 
 pital garments. These appeals alternated with the 
 ones for old inen, old muslin, bedspreads, and turk- 
 ish towels. Three rooms in the New Century build- 
 ing at the corner of Second and Santa Glara streets, 
 were donated by the De Saisset estate for the surg- 
 ical dressing department of the Red Gross. In these 
 rooms the first little coterie of loyal women gath- 
 ered to do " whatsoever their hands found to do " 
 for those who suffered across the sea. 
 
 On June 12 the garment rooms opened at 41 South 
 Second street, their use being kindly donated by the 
 Phelan estate through Mr. A. C. Darby. 
 
 On June 19 came the first call for comfort bags 
 for the boys of Companies B and M, then stationed 
 in Nevada. The W. C. T. U. assisted in preparing 
 125 comfort bags. Though shipped immediately 
 through some inadventenee they failed to reach the 
 boys until almost a year later when a letter of 
 thanks arrived. It came from Captain L. La Hue, 
 and was written before sailing for France. 
 
 The first work under the direction of Mrs. Hob- 
 son was prepared by Mrs. David Burnett, Mrs. 8. 
 Van Dalsem, Mrs. W. B. Wilson, Mrs. Fillipello, 
 Mrs. R. Syer, Mrs. A. D. DuBrutz, the Misses Do- 
 rothy White, Ida Wehner, Sybil Hayes, Miriam 
 Hayes, Geeille Brooke and Miss Chapman. 
 
 The first cutting of garments was done by Mcs- 
 dames W. Gross W. Van Dalsem, P. F. Gosbey, 8. 
 W. Gilchrist, Arthur Langford, Charles Wayland, 
 Walter Murray, W. G. Alexander, George Muirson, 
 Ernest Conant, L. Blackford and other willing vol- 
 unteers whose names failed to be recorded. 
 
 The first society to volunteer as a society was 
 the P. E. O.. organization. These ladies offered 
 their services through Mrs. W. G. Bailey and worked 
 through the entire war period later taking charge 
 of the knitting rooms at the Theatre building. 
 
 Work increased, more and more women knitted 
 and sewed; auxiliaries formed throughout the 
 county and late in the fall of 1917 the production 
 and garment rooms were moved from South Sec- 
 ond street to a suite of fiye rooms in the Theatre 
 building. 
 
 San Jose had many busy Bed Gross circles, each 
 doing its valiant best under a capable chairman 
 to keep us up with the quotas alloted — quotas of 
 hospital garments, knitted garments and surgical 
 dressings. Among those circles were St. Vincent's 
 circle, Mrs. W. P. Dougherty, chairman, Eastera 
 Star circle, Mrs. A. B. Langford chairman; College 
 Park circle, Mrs. M. Gandee, chairman; Morelaud 
 circle, Mrs. LeRoy Anderson chairman; Hester cir- 
 cle, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, chairman; Y. W. C. A. 
 circle, Mrs. Mary Bolan chairman; Normal Training 
 school. Miss Margaret Gleason, chairman; School 
 Women's club. Miss Edith O'Brien, chairman; La- 
 dies of Macabees, Mrs. Nellie Thompson, chairman; 
 Bachael Fox Union circle at Burbank, Mrs. Maude 
 P. Boynton, chairman; Glen Eyrie W. G. T. U. cir- 
 cle, Mrs. A. C. Saunders, chairman. 
 
 Of these circles St. Vincent's, organized by a 
 score of Catholic societies, with Mrs. W. P. Dough- 
 erty president, and Mrs. G. F. Brattan first vice 
 president, had the distinction of being the largest 
 auxiliary. With more than 3000 Sisters of Charity, 
 beside the hundreds of Fathers of the church admin- 
 istering in every war-tome country, St. Vincent's 
 circle had a deep incentive fot its never flagging 
 zeal of patriotic endeavor under the banner of the 
 Red Cross. 
 
 This "pioneer" year in war work was filled with 
 difficulties, but it perfected an organization, and 
 when the report came in for the first year's work, 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 accomplished under the guidance of Mrs. W. B. 
 Hobson, it was a document of which to be prouiT. 
 The 1917 total receipts were $20,401.61. Disburse- 
 ments only $926.30. Twenty-six boxes of finished 
 boxes hail been shipped. Total number of articles 
 completed by the San Jose chapter, 22,287. Every 
 garment with buttonholes that started on its jour- 
 ney to "somewhere" was a silent tribute to the 
 thoughtfulness of the Ormsby Shirt company — for 
 they made every buttonhole. 
 
 In July, 1917, a group of San Jose women eager 
 for practical service remembered that 2700 men of 
 the marine corps would soon be going to the trenches 
 and that all sailormen needed warm knitted gar- 
 ments. These women formed a branch of the Navy 
 League, opened headquarters at 14 East San An- 
 tonio street. Here they turned gray yarn into 
 socks and sweaters, wristlets, helmets and scarfs, 
 keeping steadily at their self-imposed task until 
 midsummer of 1918, when their organization 
 merged into the Ked Cross. During this period 
 more than 1800 knitted garments were finished 
 through the efforts of the following small coterie 
 of loyal women: Mrs. Wilmer J. Gross, Mrs. Thomas 
 Blanehard, Mrs. Dave Burnett, Miss Prances Schal- 
 lenberger, Mrs. W. D. Carter, Mrs. Floyd Stull, 
 Miss Carrie Fosgate, Miss Mary Bean, Marge Gil- 
 christ, Florence Clayton, Mrs. Chas. B. Parkinson, 
 Mrs. Thomas H. Reed, Mrs. William McCormick, 
 Mrs. Douglas Sim, Miriam Hayes and Miss Eugenia 
 Burns, who acted as chairman. 
 
 Following the resignation of Mrs. W. B. Hobson 
 the Red Cross burden of responsibility for 1918 
 came into the bravely firm hands of Mrs. Arthur 
 Langford. The new leader "took the helm" Janu- 
 ary 30, 1918, and very soon afterward the rooms in 
 the New Century building were closed and all de- 
 partments centered at the Theater building. Miss ' 
 Ida Wehner took charge of the knitting rooms. Miss 
 Branham filled the post of instructor in the surg- 
 ical supply rooms with Miss Florence Carter sub- 
 chairman. Miss Dora Burns supervised the sewing 
 department and the packing for shipment came un- 
 der the direction of Miss Emma M. Buck and Mrs. 
 Mary L. Standon. Mrs. J. B. Roberts took charge 
 of the information bureau. 
 
 Miss Emma M. Buck and Mrs. Mary L. Stanton 
 deserve a decoration — the highest and best it would 
 be possible to give. These two splendidly patriotic 
 and capable San Jose women volunteered their serv- 
 ices with the first call for workers and "stayed 
 with the job" until the Ked Cross rooms finally 
 closed. Through heat and cold, whether they were 
 well or ill, at whatever sacrifice of time and com- 
 fort, they were always at their posts of duty, a' 
 ways to be depended upon, and many are the sin- 
 cere tributes paid to their loyalty by those who 
 had the work in charge. 
 
 The Junior Ked Cross, under the leadership at 
 first of Miss Q. A. Rogers and later of Frances 
 Schallenberger, Vvas organized in December, 1917, 
 and entered actively into the work of mercy with 
 the opening of 1918. No enumeration of garments 
 knitted, of garments made, can estimate the work 
 
 of the Junior Red Cross. Its members made no 
 "junior" sacrifice. They equalled in service every- 
 thing accomplished by the chapters of older folk. 
 Their work was beautifully done and not for a day 
 did their efforts lessen. Even with the closing 
 of the war, with the nailing up and shipping of the 
 last box of "war relief" their work did not cease. 
 The Junior Ked Cross remembered that people over- 
 seas still suffered for lack of what willing hands 
 could supply and the making of garments, the sac- 
 rificing to secure funds went right on. 
 
 During 1917 the Red Cross work rooms were only 
 open upon certain days. After the beginning of 
 1918 they were open all day, every day — with ever 
 the call for more women to help. 
 
 There was no more evading the gravity of the 
 world's need. Armagedon was on — and our boys 
 were there. From the man-made inferno of reek- 
 ing horror and bloody wounds and death those boys 
 looked to us for help — for life itself. Tirelessly, 
 day after day, inspired by Mrs. Langford 's splendid 
 spirit of self-sacrifice the Red Cross met every de- 
 mand. During 1918 the department of Red Cross 
 military relief was administered by Colonel Phil 
 Hersey. That of civilian relief came under the di' 
 rection of Prof. C. M.. Osenbaugh, and later Henry 
 G. Hill, with Miss Margaret Gilchrist, secretary 
 supported by the following named committee — Miiss 
 Nellie Evans, Mrs. Frank Reidy, Miss Dorothy 
 Donovan, Mrs. A. D. Grant, Miss Anita Colombet 
 and Miss Bernice Tompkins. 
 
 The disbursement of funds for civilian relief fre- 
 quently amounted to more than $500 per month, 
 and as the assistance extended to the families of 
 men in service. There was everything to do from 
 supplying food to arranging funerals. There were 
 wives and mothers and children in dire need be- 
 cause of delayed allotmentns and for every need 
 the civilian and military relief departments of the 
 Red Cross had generous help to give. 
 
 During this year the Christian Science comforts 
 forward station opened headquarters on North 
 First street, and from this quiet center great quan- 
 tities of clothing, knitted garments and warm bed- 
 ding found their way overseas. The idea of salvage 
 spread rapidly after the starting of the first salv- 
 age and shop in Los Angeles. San Jose's salvage 
 and shop opened June 15, 1918, with H. M. War- 
 ren, manager. With the slogan ' ' trash makes cash ' ' 
 the venture was a success from the beginning. Mrs. 
 Louis Sonniksen and Mrs. W. B. Hobson served as 
 "pricing committee." Florence Clayton acted as 
 city organizer and Mrs. James C. Higbee took 
 charge of the county branch of collectors. Mrs. E. 
 A. Francis volunteered for office manager and Mrs. 
 E. O. Pieper constituted the "motor corps" and 
 served faithfully as "truck driver" in the cause of 
 humanity until the shop closed. Things that seemed 
 ^f no value turned into Trash veritably became 
 "cash." Everything from boots to books wasn't 
 enough. A fruit canning department turned out 
 delicious sweet pickles and jelly and jam and can- 
 ned fruit. It sold, too.. The supply failed to meet 
 the demand. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Following Mr. Warren, Charles L. Snyder took 
 charge of the salvage and shop and Mrs. Louie King 
 became a capable manager, serving as a patriotic 
 volunteer wifh her corps of "enlisted women" un- 
 til the need for this branch of Red Cross activity 
 ceased. Enormous amounts of "salvage" came to 
 the shop and through the able administration o' 
 this Red Cross department by the volunteer work- 
 ers the receipts from the day of opening until Juno 
 2, 1919, amounted to $11,593.80. With expenditures 
 of only $384.48 the salvage and shop added a net 
 profit of $11,593.32 to the great Red Cross mercy 
 fund. 
 
 Everything was grist that came to this mill — and 
 every bit of grist passed through the mill. This 
 unique shop had no "dead stock." One day a well- 
 kndwn man had some business to transact for the 
 Red Cross. The day was warm and he removed his 
 perfectly good coat. When he went to look for it, 
 it was nowhere to be found. Someone had bouglit 
 it! That man was a patriot! He went home coat- 
 less — but with a smile! 
 
 Mrs. Arthur Langford 's Red Cross leadership ex- 
 tended from January 1, 1918, to October 1, 1918. 
 Her's was a beautiful service performed as only an 
 unselfishly patriotic American woman could per- 
 form it — with every bit of energy, both of mind 
 and body. It was a hard service, a wearing one, but 
 it paid for all Mrs. Langford 's earnest effort in 
 wonderful results. 
 
 Slipping from Mrs. Langford 's tired shoulders the 
 heavy burden came to Mrs. Louis Sonniksen, who 
 carried it from October, 1918, to May 20, 1919, 
 when the last quota was met, the last box packed 
 and shipped, the production and surgical dressing 
 rooms closed — and the last clickink knitting needle 
 laid aside with the fervent prayer that never again 
 would the needs of war urge to their task the hands 
 of mothers and wives, sisters and sweethearts — and 
 blessed gray grandmothers. 
 
 During Mrs. Sonniksen 's direction of chapter 
 production, Miss Dora Burns acted as supervisor of 
 the sewing rooms. Miss Florence Carter, Mrs. Wil- 
 liam Osterman and Mrs. Leon Hirsch supervised 
 the improtant work of the surgical dressing rooms. 
 Mrs. W. H. Davison had charge of the knitting, and 
 Mrs. H. R. Tripp supervised the cutting. 
 
 This final period of Bed Cross activity, following 
 the signing of the armistice called for tremendous 
 energy and enthusiasm. With the firing of the last 
 gun a feeling that the great need no longer existed 
 was prevalent. Women were worn almost beyond 
 the point of endurance. They had knitted am 
 sewed — they had fastened on the white uniforms 
 and white head dresses day after day and passed 
 the hours in the surgical dressing rooms where 
 everything suggested wounds and horror and death. 
 It became increasingly difficult to hold them to 
 the task- — but Mrs. Sonniksen 'a leadership recog- 
 nized nothing less than whole-hearted service nor 
 any goal nearer than the last call, whatever it might 
 be and whenever it might come. To the responsi- 
 bility of Red Cross work came the burdens added 
 by the city's time of stress during the influenza 
 
 epidemic. This, too, was Red Cross work — and for 
 our very own. Masks had to be made by the 
 thousand and every day came renewed calls for 
 pneumonia jackets. Clear-visioned, splendidly 
 poised, always doing herself all and more than she 
 ever asked of others, this beautifully loyal and ef- 
 ficient woman kindled enthusiasm and kept the 
 Bed Cross to its task through the days when the 
 fighting was over and energy flagged. At the 
 canteen Mrs. Sonniksen was always in her place — 
 always on dut}'. No train carrying soldiers could 
 creep through San Jose even in the night hours, 
 without finding Mrs. Sonniksen with the members 
 of her canteen committee waiting to meet it. There 
 were not always great gifts to give — candy, gum, 
 cigarettes — but more than these things was the 
 word of welcome and the cheery smile. It never 
 failed. 
 
 The real story of the final days lives only in the 
 heart of the leader the faithful Red Cross workers 
 learned to love — the heart of Mrs. Louis Sonniksen. 
 She alone can tell the difficulties of completing the 
 task. To the intrepid women Iwho carried the re- . 
 sponsibility, to the chapter officers, to the band of 
 women who received medals for more than 800 
 hours of work, to the members of societies who 
 came day after day to serve in a " whatsoever way 
 — to the loyalty. and unswerving purpose of these 
 volunteers San Jose owes the page in its war liis- 
 tory that is made beautiful with sacrifice. 
 
 There were instances of service deserving more 
 than casual mention. Each of the three women who 
 guided the destinies of the Bed Cross names Miss 
 Emma Buck and Mrs. Stanton. These two women 
 worked from the first day to the last. Mrs. Her- 
 bert Tripp and her mother, Mrs. Butler, and a dear 
 elderly woman named Mrs. Caldwell, came four or 
 five afternoons each week to work at the Red Gross 
 rooms. Mrs. Elizabeth Shaffer, Mrs. Arbing, Mrs. 
 Arthur, Mrs. Jack Hardy, Mrs. W. Lathrop, Mrs. 
 Frank Eley are all mentioned lovingly by those who 
 learned that they ' ' could always be depended 
 upon. 
 
 One notable service was Mrs. Stockton's. She 
 knitted dozens of pairs of socks and donated every 
 one of them. Mrs. DuBrutz, mother of A. G. Du 
 Brutz, gave faithful service at the surgical dressing 
 and garment rooms. Although well along in years 
 no physical disability kept this truly patriotic 
 American woman from shirking any duty that her 
 country called upon her to do. Some months ago 
 Mrs. DuBrutz passed into the shadowland — the land 
 where clear records of good deeds are kept on the 
 pages that God turns. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah Morehead, well past three-score and 
 ten years, although not able to come to the Rnl 
 Cross rooms, knitted beautifully warm garments for 
 "our boys." She "called up" for materials and 
 , instructions and perhaps she never has known how 
 those who carried grave responsibilities came to de- 
 pend upon her faithfulness. 
 
 Mrs. Jack Hardy cared for an invalid husband — 
 and was one of the willing burden bearers for the 
 Red Cross. Another dear old lady walked 17 blocks 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 every day to the sewing rooms in order to save tt'r 
 onrfare for Belgian relief. Day after day, month 
 after month, doing the only service that her tremb- 
 ling hands were able to accomplish — a necessary 
 service, too — Mrs. Geofgiana Newman pulled the 
 bastings from hundreds of garments. She did not 
 ehoose her work nor complain that it grew tin- 
 some. It was just ' ' her bit. ' ' 
 
 Many of the 800-hour workers spent many more 
 hours than that number of hours. Among them was 
 Hrs. Mary Brown, whose only fear was that she 
 would not do quite all her part in the great work 
 of mercy. Always at her task, whether at the Red 
 Cross rooms, sewing and knitting or home or help- 
 ing at the canteen, at any time and place where a 
 call came for volunteers, this one faithfully patri- 
 otic woman was an inspiration to all those whose 
 lives touched hers. 
 
 Names, names, names! What a roll of honor 
 could be compiled by the Red Cross! How inesti- 
 mable its service to humanity! How incomparable 
 its gracious bringing together into closer harmony 
 and sympathetic understanding all women whose 
 hearts had been beating in tune all through the pre- 
 war days only they hadn 't known it. 
 
 Statistics are not often interesting; but the Red 
 Cross figures of accomplishment should be emblaz- 
 oned in letters of flame. 
 
 From May, 1917, to May, 1918, the sewing rooms 
 completed 8133 pairs of pajamas. Of knitted gar- 
 ments: socks, sweaters, wristlets, helmets, mufflers, 
 shawls and stockings — a total of 190,025. There 
 were in this quota 12,806 socks and 3662 heaters. 
 
 For the same period the production of the surgical 
 dressing rooms amounted to 228,264 articles, inclu<i- 
 ing 5-yard rolls, pads, pneumonia jackets, masks, 
 compresses, drains, tampons, bandages, front lino 
 parcels, heel rings and sponges. Of compresses alone 
 there were 183, 723 made. 
 
 Refugee work comprised 3032 garments. Among 
 them were house gowns, undershirts (8 years), 
 chemise (8 years), and new garments. 
 
 Of miscellaneous garments there were 26,30" 
 completed. This list included aviators jackets, 
 pillow cases, bed socks, helpless case shirts, pajama 
 trousers, boys' suit, boys' trousers, drawers, under- 
 shirts, underdrawers, bed shirts, ambulance covers, 
 ambulance pillows, ice bag covers, eonvalescen' 
 covers, bed jackets hot water bag covers, girls ' pet- 
 ticoats, girls' dresses, napkins, scrub cloths, wash 
 cloths, handkerchiefs, tray cloths, quilt, comfort 
 bags, operating leggins, sheets, unhemmed squares. 
 
 For local use the production rooms completed 266 
 pneumonia jackets and 2800 masks. 
 
 From May, 1917, to May, 1918, the garments and 
 surgical dressings numbered 152,487. From May, 
 1918, to May, 1919, the production totaled 153,338. 
 For the entire period dressings and garments num- 
 beerd 287,825. 
 
 Nor was the Junior Red Cross doing "junior" 
 work along the lines of production. With a junior 
 membership of 13,120 the garments produced were 
 2316. 
 
 The Home Service Department of the Red Cross 
 
 assisted 1452 families during the months from May, 
 1918, to April 30, 1919. The money expended 
 amounted to $6,488.88, and of this disbursement 
 $2,178.33 was returned. 
 
 At the close of the war activities the officers of 
 the local Red Cross chapter were E. N. Richmond, 
 chairman; 8. G. Tompkins, vice chairman; W. T. 
 Ram bo, secretary; V. J. LaMotte, treasurer; James 
 
 B. Bullitt, manager; chapter production, Mrs. Louis 
 Sonniksen; civilian relief, Henry G. Hill; publicity, 
 Maude C. Pilkington; finance, Arthur E. Holmes; 
 chapter school, C. S. Allen; canteen, Charles R. 
 Parkinson; salvage and shop, Charles L. Snyder. 
 
 Names and figures are cold things. If you write 
 them in the color of warm human blood and read 
 them by the light of sacrifice, you will find the 
 mercy emblem of the Red Cross lifted high above 
 everything. Its story lives in heart throbs as it 
 lived all through the dark days of waiting and 
 watching and praying and working. We count t'"' 
 garments and the hours. God has caught in his 
 chalice of His everlasting memory all the tears — 
 and the heartaches — and the loss. It was San Jose 's 
 acceptable service for God— and country — and hu- 
 manity. 
 
 BELGIAN BELIEF 
 
 Long before the Stars and Stripes unfurled in the 
 camp of the allies, the United States heard — and 
 answered — a poignant cry of pain from overseas. 
 From the fall of 1914, through all the dreary daj's 
 of war, side by side with the crimson thread of the 
 Red Cross ran the silver one of Belgian Relief. 
 Even with the thundering guns silenced by the 
 signing of the armistice this warm-hearted response 
 to the needs of a suffering people did not cease. 
 
 San Jose did her part from the first day to the 
 last under the leadership of a rarely capable woman 
 who worked so quietly but with such rare sym- 
 pathy and with integrity of purpose that San Jose's 
 part in Belgian Relief makes one of the proudest 
 chapters in local war history. 
 
 Early in October, 1914, Mrs. J. W. Davy was 
 asked by the San Francisco committee to take 
 charge of the Belgian Relief here and when the 
 work commenced later with a complete organization 
 this valiant little patriot took upon her shoulders 
 the load of tremendous responsibility and carried 
 it with colors flying, day after day, month after 
 
 WAR HISTORY THIRTY NINE 
 
 month, until Belgium's people were succored and re- 
 stored to a place where they refused to accept fur- 
 ther aid except in the way of funds loaned to their 
 .government. 
 
 November, 1914, they were asking across the sea, 
 "is there .a man in all England, a citizen of a neu- 
 tral country, in whose hands we may place the 
 humanitarian cause of Belgian Relief?" That man 
 was Herbert Hoover. Sympathy is a quick bridge 
 builder and in San Jose, in January, 1915, Dr. W. 
 
 C. Bailey, president of the Chamber of Commerce, 
 call-^d an important meeting. That meeting resulted 
 in $2600 worth of foodstuffs being sent to Belgium. 
 This drive for funds, the first made directly for 
 Belgian Relief, was engineered entirely by the 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 /Chamber of Commerce with publieitiy furnished by*? 
 Fred Lewis Foster. 
 
 The real organization was perfected in the fall of 
 1915, and headquarters established in a room in the 
 Chamber of Commerce building. 
 
 The first work under the new organization, witH 
 Mrs. J. W. Davy chairman, was the raising of a 
 voluntary subscription of $2400 for the purchase of 
 new clothing. After the big mass meeting which 
 resulted in the shipment of warm new clothing, the 
 monthly pledges became a feature of the relief. 
 These pledges, voluntarily signed, were the means 
 of sending from San Jose $400 a month in the be- 
 ginning; that increased to $600 and the last month 's 
 gift of loving kindness amounted to $1300. Ap- 
 proximately $15,000 totaled the local subscriptions 
 to this relief fund and that amount does not include 
 the first funds of $2600 for foodstuffs and $2400 
 for new clothing, which were forwarded through 
 the Stanford Fund before the San Jose organization 
 \vas complete. 
 
 In all there were four drives for clothing. Two 
 of them were made in conjunction with the National 
 Bed Cross. More than 25 tons of clothing were 
 shipped overseas as the result of appeals made 
 during these four drives. One remarkable record 
 of helpfulness was made by the Comforts Forward- 
 ing Committee of the Christian Science Church, who 
 gathered at their North First street headquarters 
 one-tenth of all the clothing sent to Belgium during 
 the last drive. ' : ! I 
 
 From the Home of Truth on North Fifth street 
 there has been issued no record of the unlimited 
 amount of money and clothing they have sent across 
 the sea. Working independently they have for- 
 warded hundreds of dollars and box after box of 
 clothing directly to Madame de Ilemptine, a Belgian 
 woman who conducts a refugee house at Calais. 
 Only this far away woman whose heart responds to 
 every kindness offered to the suffering Women and 
 children of her stricken country has kept a record 
 for the Home of Truth — a record blotted with 
 warmly grateful tears. 
 
 Money for Belgian Relief came from many 
 sources. There were entertainments and card par- 
 ties in private homes; there were sacrifices made 
 that no one will ever know about; there were Moth- 
 er 's Clubs and through organization of the schools. 
 The needs of the children were paramount and not 
 a boy or girl failed to respond in the schools vjhevL' 
 Old (5 lory waves. In one year the school children 
 gave $1500 for those other children who called to 
 them for food and clothing — for life itself. It was 
 verj' largely "children's work for children" and 
 the sacrifices of pleasure made by the little folkf! 
 illuminated a path through the world's darkne 
 like a moonpath across midnight Waves. 
 
 From first to last no money was used for admin 
 istration of this great mercy fund. Every cent co 
 lected for Belgian Belief went to Belgium, sent b; 
 Jack Russell, of the Bank of Italy, who acted as 
 treasurer. 
 
 The committee who served with Mrs. J. W. Davy 
 in this great humanitarian work were Miss Idr.. 
 
 Wehnor, Mrs. W. A. Beasly, Mrs. S. G. Tompkins, 
 Mrs. Charles R. Parkinson, Mrs. Thomas Blanchard, 
 Mrs. iidwin A. Wilcox, Mrs. Everett Bailey, Mrs. 
 3l). A. Beattie, Mrs. J. E. Bell, Mrs. W. A. Johnson, 
 [Mrs. A. P. Post, Mrs. W. P. Lyon, Mrs. H. L. Bag- 
 goriy, Mrs. George Herbert, Mrs. Nichola-i Bowden, 
 Mrs. Havid Burnett, Mrs. Edward Sterling, Mrs. 
 Paul Clark, Mrs. Louis Sonniksen, Mrs. Willard C. 
 Bailey. Mrs. Leonard Stocking, Mts. Robert S/er, 
 Mra. E. 0. Singletary, Mrs. Cieorgo B. McKee, Mrs. 
 Glendenning, Mrs. E. C. Richmond, Mrs. Jaj' E'der, 
 Mrs. M. E. FauU, Mrs. Charles B. Wayland, Mrs. 
 Arthur Field, Mrs T. H. Reed, Mrs. W. L. Woodrow, 
 Mrs. W. P. Dougherty, Mrs. W. A. Waterhouse and 
 Mrc W. W. Campbell. In the scnools Miss Mary 
 Helen Post was in charge of the Work at the Nor- 
 mal, Mrs. Mary Smith, Washington School, and Miss 
 Eliz.ibeth McSw^in at the high school. 
 
 Two ardent workers in the cause of Belgian Belief 
 were Judge and Mrs. W. A. Beaslj, whose hearts 
 beat with love for children everywhere. When the 
 first call from a devastated country where Women 
 and children suffered unspeakable things, the 
 Beaslys enlisted in the cause of humanity. In 1917 
 they were named ' ' California representatives of the 
 National Association for the orphans of the war," 
 and what they gave and what they did for Belgian 
 and French orphans reads like a story of a "fairy 
 godmother." These deeply patriotic Ameri- 
 cans served so quietly that few knew of their 
 far-reaching service. Theirs was a volunteer ser- 
 vice of love that gave time and the strength of 
 tenderness to succor even "the least little ones." 
 
 Workers for Belgian Relief flaunted no banners, 
 crashed no symbals. It was- an effort that had root 
 in sympathy and each seed in its great garden where 
 mercy grew was wet With tears. Its self-sacrificing 
 committee chairman and those who worked with her 
 never thought of themselves. They sought no glory, 
 no gratitude, no recompense except the soul satis- 
 faction of having not failed when the clear call 
 came to them. 
 
 As one Belgian Relief worker expressed it — "it 
 was all like a thought thrown out into the night. 
 We were weavers who worked on the wrong side of 
 the fabric and never saw the pattern." 
 
 What they never saw, God's eyes looked upon — 
 and He called it beautiful — the fabric of Belgian 
 Belief wrought of mercy and dyed with tears. 
 ALLIED RELIEF 
 
 All unofficial war activities, wherever and what- 
 ever the need, met instant response. In each school 
 a "war chest" cared for the various funds, the 
 money for the unofficial relief kept separate from 
 Bed Cross funds and being administered on a pro 
 rata basis. Armenian, Serbian and Belgian Belief 
 found a constant source of helpfulness in these 
 school war chests which Were kept filled by pro- 
 ceeds from entertainments, sale of candy and money 
 cheerfully sacrificed by many who had little to give 
 — but gave it all. 
 
 Serbian Relief, administered by Dr. Henry Meade 
 Bland, supervisor of English at the State Normal 
 School, who headed the committee, and Miss Helen 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 M. Sprague, serving in the double capacity of sec- 
 retary and treasurer, had one strikingly picturesque 
 feature. Dr. Bland bought a flock of young tur- 
 keys and "herded" them on the Normal Scho'^' 
 grounds. For months those who walked that way 
 were greatly intrigued by the sight of the Doctor 
 "feeding his flock." At Thanksgiving time, 1918, 
 these turkeys, auctioned for Serbian Relief, emptied 
 a substantial sum in the Normal School war chest. 
 It was a very rare bit of practical humanity. 
 
 Headquarters were 'opened on East San Antonio 
 street and money came from many sources. Sev- 
 eral prominent Serbians gave their subscriptions 
 through this agency and in the late fall of 1918 
 several hundreds' of dollars were forwarded to the 
 committee in San Francisco to be used for educa- 
 tional purposes. 
 
 Thousands of dollars went from San Jose for 
 Armenian and Serbian Relief. During two intens- 
 ive drives for the suffering and starving people 
 across the sea the local response amounted to more 
 than $38,000.00. 
 
 When the appealing needs of the Armenians be- 
 came urgent, a meeting at the Y. W. C. A., on 
 March 11, 1918, started the first big drive. Judge 
 F. B. Brown led this campaign and J. D. Crummey 
 took the treasurership. The amount apportioned 
 locally was $12,000 with $3000 to come from the 
 county outside of San Jose. The one fact of this 
 relief fund being administered by a New York 
 man who paid all expense so that every cent col- 
 lected might go to Armenia was a feature of the 
 drive. The entire quota was met under the effic- 
 ient leadership of Judge Brown and Mr. Crummey 
 aided by the following Executive committee, Cap- 
 tains and assistants at headquarters: 
 
 Executive committee: Judge F. B. Brown, Mrs. 
 W. A. Alexander, Rev. R. S. Emrich, Rev. E. A. 
 King, Hon. H. Jones and Mrs. D. A. Beattie. 
 
 At headquarters: Mrs. Flickinger, Mrs.. Hull and 
 Miss Bishop who represented Mr. Crummey. 
 
 Captains: Mrs. F. M. Eley, Mrs. D. W. Gil- 
 christ, Mrs. J. W. Lewis, Mrs. M. V. MeCurdy, 
 Mrs. Charles Crothers, Mrs. A. T. Hermann, Mrs. 
 E. A. Wilcox, Mrs. L. Richards, E. V. Busch, A. G. 
 Wilkins and George N. Herbert. 
 
 During this humanitarian campaign one unique 
 gift was a solid gold chain to be sold for the relief 
 of starving women and children James Beatty, 
 manager of the Liberty Theatre presented the com- 
 mittee through George N. Herbert's team with 200 
 theatre tickets for each month of the year, a gift 
 that supported 10 children for the entire period. 
 The crest of giving came on Saturday, March 6. 
 1918, with a response of $4,222.00 San Jose's entire 
 Armenian subscription during this "Judge Brown 
 drive" took care of 1598 children, 1000 men and 
 1000 women in the destitute country that looked 
 to us for help and did not look in vain. 
 
 The second drive for allied relief, headed by 
 Charles M. O'Brien, chairman, and carried out with 
 the machinery of the War Work council began 
 January 14, 1919. With a quota of $22,000 asked, 
 over $23,000 was given. The armistice silenced 
 
 the guns, out in that silence the cry for help from 
 the people reaching empty hands to America came 
 with clear insistence. San Jose met the appeal 
 with splendid generosity. Charles M. O'Brien led 
 his humanitarian campaigners straight over the 
 top to a swift victory in a righteous cause, recog- 
 nizing no goal, but a full quota flying the honor 
 flag of oversubscription. 
 
 From the beginning of the war the tragedy that 
 was France never appealed to America in vain. 
 Hearts ached for France — and money that went 
 to her swift relief was blessed with tears and an 
 agony of prayer. The Joffre club. Club La France, 
 the San Jose branch of civil and military relief, 
 under the direction of Mrs. Victor Cauhapc, at 
 Twelfth and Virginia streets, sent hundreds of 
 dollars and tons and tons of clothing and supplies. 
 Societies and individuals adopted French orphans. 
 The quaint, precise English of the letters of thanks 
 that came from time to time did not disguise f'r 
 intensity of feeling and tlie depth of understand- 
 ing with which the French received the relief. 
 
 Every interval of time between bond and relief 
 drives seemed to be occupied by war savings 
 stamps, thrift stamps, sales of Smileage Books, 
 and collection of money for "mess funds." Noth- 
 ing was too big to attempt for our own or for 
 others, nothing too small to receive grave attention 
 if it were for "relief." 
 
 No history of local participation in the world- 
 war is complete without a sincere triVjute to the 
 men who served on the three draft boards of the 
 county and the physicians who made the physical 
 examinations of the men and also the attorneys 
 and laymen who labored late and early assisting 
 the men to fill out their questionairs. It was a 
 grilling work and held no glow or promise of glory. 
 Day after day, to the utter neglect of private 
 business interests, these men and women kept the 
 nation 's intricate machinery of war running with- 
 out friction. Draft boards, called also examina- 
 tion boards, were made up as follows: The city 
 board — David Burnett, Everett Bailey, and Dr. J. 
 U. Hull. Examiners — Drs. C. M. Richards, M. D. 
 Baker, J. C. Blair, A. T. McGinty, L. V. Saph, E. 
 E. Porter, S. B. Van Dalsem, E. A. Filepello, A. 
 W. Conner, and H. J. B. Wright. County board 
 No. 1 — G. L. Downing, J. S. Mockbee and B. G. 
 Allen; with Drs. D. A. Beattie, N. H. Bullock and 
 W. L. Newell examiners. County board No. 2 — 
 Dr. A. E. Osborne, Faul F. Clark and F. T. Wat- 
 kins. Examiners — Drs. L. Cothrain, C. A. Way- 
 land, Geo. W. Fowler, E. E. Holbrook, E. H. Dur- 
 gin and W. Adams. 
 
 Almost every attorney in Santa Clara county 
 assisted in the work of filling out the questionairs 
 and the following persons — layman — worked, under 
 the persistent, faithful, intelligent, heroistic guid- 
 ance of Mr. Martin Murphy, from 8 o'clock a. m. 
 in the three shifts to 10 p. m. for many, many 
 days, in fact for a month, assisting in this arduous 
 work: 
 
 Kate Devine, Cecelia O'Neil, Genevieve Home, 
 Belldon Gallagher, Maxene Cox, Olive F. Francis, 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Bertha Odell, Bess K. Beverson, Adelaide E. Gra- 
 ham, Clara Ulrick, Jessie Webber, Flora S. Math- 
 ews, Alice V. Beckwith, Emma Holtz, Mrs. V. A. 
 Benson, Victoria Shiliue, Mettie Pierce, Adelaide 
 Valine, Ruth Spinelli, 0. Kate Holt, Nora E. T. 
 Coffin, Marie Rowan, Ruth De La Rosa, Mrs. Rich- 
 ard Healey, Frank A. Leslie, E. B. Huntington, C. 
 W. Cutler, G. Marguardt. 
 
 From the first heart throb to the last tear it was 
 all humanity — all a war to preserve the best things 
 in the world and that by personal sacrifice. 
 
 Santa Clara county gave her sons and grieved 
 with those who were nearest when blue stars 
 turned to gold to mark the ultimate sacrifice. She 
 gave of gold — abundantly and with full measure — 
 heaped up and running over. Not in pride cf 
 possession is the heritiage that San Jose gives to 
 those who will hold the destiny of her future. 
 Her glory lies in the things she gave up, in the 
 sacrifices voluntarily made, in the beauty of the 
 close brotherhood of her dark days, in the un- 
 questioning and whole-heartedness of her response 
 
 to the world 's needs in the great world war. 
 
 * » « 
 
 THE WINB BEFOEE THE DAWN 
 (Edith Daley) 
 
 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet 
 of him that bringeth good tidings, that jjublishes 
 
 peace. — Isaiah 52:7. 
 
 « « * 
 
 Since the cherubim o'er Eden flashed the menace 
 
 of the sword 
 Upon sacrificial altars hath the blood of martyrs 
 
 poured. 
 Through long ages, dark with midnight, though 
 
 its beams fell faint and far, 
 God's own hand within the shadow kept alight 
 
 Hopes guiding star, 
 While the slaves of greed and power, God — endowed 
 
 to think and feel, 
 
 Sought their heritage of Freedom in war's thund- 
 rous appeal. 
 
 But at last the boasted power of the inborn right 
 of kings 
 
 Vanisheth before the sunlight that the dawn of 
 Freedom brings! 
 
 There 'a clang of breaking fetters and the crash of 
 falling thrones. 
 
 For a strange new note is sounding in the war 's 
 chaotic tones: 
 
 In the throes of deadly conflict, crowns and king- 
 doms pass away, — 
 
 Like a storm before the coming of a new and per- 
 fect day. 
 
 Lust of pewer and possession, all oppression 's 
 
 hellish spawn 
 Flee before the vibrant whisper of the wind before 
 
 the dawn! 
 For a great world power waketh that shall bid the 
 
 strife to cease. 
 And intone war 's benediction in a sacred hymn of 
 
 Peace! 
 Beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him 
 
 that brings 
 To the serf and bondman, Freedom, gives them 
 
 Liberty from Kings! 
 
 Soon the lifting smoke of battle shall America 
 
 reveal 
 As the Bearer of the Message and the Keeper of 
 
 the Seal; 
 For the call across the waters hath a mighty 
 
 nation heard, 
 And they rise as men and brothers! They shall 
 
 speak the final word 
 Under Freedom 's starry banner, men of brain and 
 
 men of brawn, — 
 For the power of the Nation is the wind before the 
 
 dawn! . 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Following are the names of men from Santa Clara 
 County who entered the United States service in its 
 various branches and departments during the war: 
 
 Abarr, Earl 
 Abbott, Elmer J. 
 Abbott, Herbert 
 Abinante, Leonard 
 Abreo, Henry 
 Abro, Lawrence 
 Ackman, Earl 
 Aekman, Perry 
 Acton, John Edward 
 Acton, Edward 
 Acquistapace, C. A. 
 Acquistapace, Paul 
 Acquistapace, Columbus 
 Adair, Clarence 
 Adams, Lawrence A. 
 Adams, V. S. 
 Adams, L. C. 
 Adams, B. E. 
 Adams, Carl 
 Adams, James 
 Adams, Joe 
 Adams, W. F. 
 Adoradio, Emery 
 Adrean, Giles 
 Adams, Sydney 
 Adams, Miner 
 Ahern, Balph 
 Airla, Henry J. 
 Aitkeen, Malcolm D. 
 Albanese, Eoscio 
 Albert, Joseph 
 Albertini, George F. 
 Albertson, Galen L. 
 Allen, William M. 
 Allen, James M. 
 Allen, Marion C. 
 Allison, Raymond 
 AUenby, J. Leslie 
 Alexander, Egbert 
 Alexander, Clyde 
 Alexander, M. W. 
 Alexander, Samuel 
 Alexander, John 
 Allen, Frank 
 Allen, J. W. 
 Alameda, John 
 Albertin, Richard 
 Alvcs, Maning 
 Albright, Leslie 
 Alvarez, Clarence Z. 
 Amaval, Frank 
 Ambrose, Ladner 
 Amos, Earl H. 
 Amasalian, Garabed 
 Anderson, John 
 Andreen, Melvin 
 Anderson, Henry H. 
 Anderson, George L. 
 Anderson, Axel P. 
 
 Anderson, Harry L. 
 Anderson, A. P. 
 Anderson, El Rey 
 Anderson, J. M. 
 Andrew, A. 
 Angelo, A. 6. 
 Angelo, B. 
 Angell, Charles 
 Anthes, Albert J. 
 Antrim, Chester 
 Angell, Thomas B. 
 Anderson, Harry L. 
 Anzini, Dan 
 Andreen, M. 
 Anthes, A. G. 
 Andrade, M. L. 
 Andlovic, Fred 
 Anderson, Henry H. 
 Anderson, Earl A. 
 Anderson, L. C. 
 Angelo, Jos M. 
 Anderson, Dewey 
 Andlovic, Frank 
 Annani, Joe 
 Andrade, George 
 Ancino, Milo 
 Anthony, C. C. 
 Appel, J. Monroe 
 Appleby, Wm. 
 Armentta, Anthony L. 
 Archibard, Robert 
 Arata, Joe 
 Arbing, B. H. 
 Artana, Frank 
 Arguello, Donald 
 Archibald, H. 
 Archibald, Robert 
 Archibald, E. 
 Argall, Charles G. 
 Argall, Frank 
 Argall, Clarence 
 Armstrong, G. L. 
 Armetta, Vincent 
 Arnold, Robert H. 
 Arnott, John D. 
 Argall, Marsden 
 Argall, Claude 
 Aschman, Ernest G. 
 Ashpaugh, Cecil 
 Ash, Percy F. 
 Ashpaugh, Arthur C. 
 Aten, Boyce 
 Atkinson, David 
 Auzerais, John L. 
 Avata, A. E. 
 Ayer, Joe 
 Ayer, Ray H. 
 Aylesworth, Wm. 
 Ayers, Elliott 
 Azavedo, J. P. 
 
 Azevedo, Joseph C. 
 
 B 
 Bacigalupi, Eeno J. 
 Batten, William J. 
 Bachrodt, Walter L. 
 Barnwell, Will J. 
 Barnwell, Jay J. 
 Barnwell, Dwight H. 
 Baird, Carl 
 Bailey, Curtis S. 
 Bacigalupi, James 
 Bargetto, Peter 
 Barnes, Howard 
 Barnett, Lloyd 
 Barstow, Richmond 
 Barton, Bruce R. 
 Basile, Joe 
 Battinich, Nicholas 
 Bayhon, W. D. 
 Bachmurski, Joseph 
 Bacigalupi, James 
 Bacigaupi, Reno J. 
 Baggs, C. A. 
 Ballantyne, Frank 
 Bailey, H. S. 
 Baker, Edward L. 
 Baker, Geo. Conrad 
 Baker, Herbert C. 
 Baker, William E. 
 Balcom, Antone 
 Baldwin, Willis 
 Ballard, J. H. 
 Ballantyne, Earl James 
 Barbano, Joe 
 Baldwin, John 
 Bartley, H. M. 
 Bardwell, Chas. E. 
 Bailey, Cecil 
 Bartley, Oliver 
 Batineh, Miho 
 Bardalick, Obren 
 Balj, Spasoje 
 Bacon, Lloyd 
 Banks, Charles 
 Bartle, J. Bennett 
 Barge, R. J. 
 Barnes, Frederick 
 Banard, John 
 Bardwell, Chas. E., Jr. 
 Bagnatori, G. 
 Bagnatori, S. 
 Baker, Herbert C. 
 Barshinger, Lee 
 Barry, Frank P., Jr. 
 Bascom, Carl C. 
 Bailey, James 
 Bachman, Fred W. 
 Barclay, Jack 
 Balcon, Antone 
 Barcellona, Joseph 
 Baker, Conrad 
 Bates, W. H. 
 Bailey, S. H. 
 Baldwin, Howard 
 
 Barrow, Henry 
 Bayhon, W. D. 
 Batten, W. J. 
 Beattie, J. 1. 
 Beck, Thomas 
 Beck, Allen 
 Beck, P. L. 
 Beckwith, Paul 
 Berry, Cyrus 
 Berry, John 
 Berry, Boy 
 Beecroft, E. L. 
 Berg, Arthur O. 
 Becker, Earnest 
 Beggs, Merle B. 
 Berry, Clifford Bell 
 Bellamy, Clarence 
 Berryman, F. W. 
 Bell, Everett 
 Bell, Clifford E. 
 Bell, Arch H. 
 Bell, Kenneth 
 Beach, Philo 
 Beck, Evans T. 
 Bennett, Robert J. 
 Bellomo, William 
 Berryessa, Arthur 
 Bewick, David 
 Beecroft, H. 8. 
 Bettencourt, Manuel 
 Bertsch, Lester 
 Bensberg, Ben 
 Bensberg, Carl 
 Becker, Geo. 
 Bersac, Eugene B. 
 Beard, Paul V. 
 Benson, Harry 
 Benson, Paul 
 Bennett, Albert A. 
 Bellamy, Clarence G. 
 Beaver, George L. 
 Bernheesal, R. F. 
 Benson, Frank H. 
 Bean, James 
 Bear, J. B. 
 Beale, Francis E. 
 Bean, J. Edwin 
 Beard, Walter B. 
 Beatty, Al 
 Beatty, Wm. J. 
 Beaudikofer, Herman J. 
 Beaudoin, Wm. E. 
 Becker, Edward N. 
 Becker, Ernest 
 Becker, George L. 
 Beecroft 
 Beggs, Phil B. 
 Bello, Enos 
 Bellbain, William 
 Bennett, E. A. 
 Bennett, Del G. 
 Berdrow, Louis 
 Berger, Earle O. 
 Berger, Edward G. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Berger, Win. 
 Berggren, Mauritz 
 Beall, Albert Wm. 
 Bernal, Bill 
 Bernal, A. F. 
 Bernal, Thos. P; 
 Berryessa, A. E. 
 Bertucei, Andrew 
 Benck, Henry E. 
 Benck, John 
 Betts, M. Clifford 
 Betts, C. R. 
 Benson, Louis R. 
 Bertoli, W. G. 
 Bensberg, Carl 
 Bigler, Montell 
 Bille, Max H. 
 Binkley, Robert 
 Bielings, Wall M. 
 Bigger, Clyde 
 Bigars, John 
 Binder, Rudolph 
 Bingham, J. H. 
 Binkley, E. T. 
 Blabon, Walter 
 Blabon, Irwin 
 Blakeley, Theroli M. 
 Blanehfield, Michael L. 
 Bland, Wallace B. 
 Blaisdell, Harry L. 
 Blissett, Walter 
 Blondin, Fred P. 
 Blackmar, Frank 
 Blois, Stanley Lee 
 Block, F. R. 
 Blake, Clarence T. 
 Blanch, Chas. B. 
 Blair, Wm. F. 
 Blaisdell, Leland S. 
 Blabon, Irving H. 
 Blabon, W. L. 
 Blackmar, Frank W. 
 Blake, Clarence T. 
 Blake, Boy T>. 
 Blanch, Chas. R. 
 Blodgett, Burnell 
 Blood, Chas. R. 
 Blood, Dan H. 
 Bonar, Gerald C. 
 Bondi, Joseph 
 Boggiano, J. 
 Boezinger, Frank 
 Boone, Fred 
 Boulware, C. L. 
 Bowie, Adrian 
 Bowie, Allen 
 Bowie, Francis 
 Bowie, Philip 
 Bowden, Archer 
 Boxill, Chas. 
 Booher, David 
 Bothwell, L. 
 Boujetti, Chester 
 Booker, Alfred C. 
 
 Bonelli, Earl L. 
 Bonton, Lester F. 
 Boys, Wallace 
 Booksin, Hubert A. 
 Bowler, Frank L. 
 Bonetti, Alfonso 
 Boyd, Thos. J. 
 Bocks, Fred W. 
 Bowden, Jas. L. 
 Boxill, Allman 
 Bossotti, John 
 Bois, Stanley Lee 
 Boydston, Ralph E. 
 Boehle, Wilbert 
 Boehmne, Heinie B. 
 Bojorgues, Alexander D. 
 Boker, Edward 
 Bondie, Nuncio 
 Bondi, Salvadore 
 Boosey, F. O. 
 Bosques, Stephen 
 Botelho, Wm. 
 Bothwell, Bruce S. 
 Boulware, Lester 
 Bowden, Bayard 
 Bowden, C. K. 
 Bowden, Pierce 
 Boyd, George 
 Boyd, Max L. 
 Bowman, Edwin L. 
 Brandon, Elmer 
 Braden, Ross J. 
 Bray, Geo. G. 
 Brannaman, James 
 Bracker, Jos. M. 
 Brownell, Norman E. 
 Bressani, Richard 
 Brown, Leo 
 Brown, Walter G. 
 Bryant, Albert 
 Brown, Byron 
 Brownlee, William M. 
 Brokenshire, Wesley J. 
 Brett, Henry C. 
 Brooks, William 
 Bresani, Richard V. 
 Brazi, Manuel 
 Brown, H. E. 
 Bradley, E. G. 
 Britton, Lewis H. 
 Bracchi, Ernest 
 Braekett, Ray E. 
 Brunhoffer, Alvin 
 Brown, Edward E. 
 Browning, H. D. 
 Bradley, C. D. 
 Branner, Geo. 
 Brickley, Edward M. 
 Britten, Chas. E. 
 Branner, John 
 Brown, Marte M. 
 Bravo, Ralph 
 Brinkman, F. H. 
 Bradford Winslow E. 
 
 Briggs, Ottis Emmons 
 Bradley, Wm. 
 Brownell, J. R. 
 Bradley, L. 
 Brandis, Fred 
 Brandon, Elmer 
 Bramman, Sidney 
 Bravo, Ralph 
 Brister, Edward H. 
 Breed, — 
 Brent, Lee C. 
 Britton, L. H. 
 Brooks, Eddie 
 Brown, Ashley 
 Brown, Lanier 
 Brown, Clarence 
 Brown, Edward A., Jr. 
 Brog, Hoy W. 
 Brown, Geo. W. 
 Brown, Harry J. 
 Brown, Walter G. 
 Brown, Edward A., Jr. 
 Brown, Milton J.. 
 Brown, Raymond 
 Brown, Donald 
 Brown, Russell C. 
 Browning, Herman E. 
 Brokenshire, Mark G. 
 Brokenshire, John 
 Brown, Wallace A. 
 Brownell, Herbert 
 Brophy, James 
 Brubaker, O. D. 
 Bryan, Stanley E. 
 Bryant, Geo. 
 Bryant, Geo. A. 
 Bryant, Oren 
 Browne, Ashley C. 
 Bussini, Frank 
 Bundesen, W. T. 
 Butterfield, Roland 
 Buhrz, Hermann W. 
 Buero, James 
 
 Buchser, Emil 
 
 Burlingame, B. L. 
 
 Burns, Geo T. 
 
 Butcher, Roller M. 
 
 Buchan, Dean W. 
 
 Buckley, Milton 
 
 Butterfield, Irvis 
 
 Buchout, R. B. 
 
 Buck, John W. 
 
 Buck, Earl R. 
 
 Buck, John N. 
 
 Buck, Keith 
 
 Burviett, Paul 
 
 Burkhart, Buryl 
 
 Burkhart, O. C. 
 
 Burke, Harvey 
 
 Bubb, John D. 
 
 Bunch, Chas. A. 
 
 Burke, Will 
 
 Burns, William 
 
 Burtner, Edwin R. 
 
 Bushnell, Floyd 
 Bubb, John 
 Butler, Otis 
 Bugge, Janes 
 Burlingame, Donald L. 
 Burrell, Ralph 
 Burns, H. H. 
 Byers, G. Allen 
 Byington, Preston 
 
 
 Casimano, Nuncio Joe 
 Carroll, H. G. 
 Case, Calvin H. 
 Cantua, Frank T. 
 Call, Clyde C. 
 Casema, Joseph G. 
 Casey, Raymond W. 
 Carey, Jack 
 Campbell, Bert 
 Caldwell, E. F. 
 Campbell, Douglas 
 Campbell, J. A. H. 
 Campbell, Wallace 
 Campbell, William 
 Cancillo, Angelo 
 Canelo, Adolph B. 
 Cantando, James 
 Cantell, John F. 
 Cantele, Vincent 
 Cantelow, Holland W. 
 Cantua, George T. 
 Carmean, Clyde 
 Cardona, Chas. 
 Carlile, Shirley F. 
 Carlson, Edwin B. 
 Carlson, Walter 
 Carrera, Frank 
 Carson, A. J. 
 Carter, Boy 
 Carter, Geo. E. 
 Carvelli, Paskey 
 Cassclli, P. 
 Castro, Francis A. 
 
 Cauthern, Henry J. 
 
 Carroll, Ed 
 
 Cantell, John F. 
 
 Camp, H. 
 
 Carter, Bae 
 
 Carter, Irving 
 
 Carlyle, Claire 
 
 Carlyle, Cecil 
 
 Campbell, Allen R. 
 
 Card, J. Lockhart 
 
 Card, Robert J. 
 
 Carey, George 
 
 Cashel, John 
 
 Castellie, Edward 
 
 Castellie, Antonio 
 
 Cattell, William A. 
 
 Calton, Joseph 
 
 Calabro, Jos. F. 
 
 Cardoza, Joseph 
 
 Carrera, Frank 
 
 Carrera, A. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Casella, Peter 
 Casella, John 
 Casella, Chas. 
 Carlton, Fred 
 Campbell, Harold M. 
 Castlehun, Fred J. 
 Cavellero, Alfred E. 
 Carroll, Edmund 
 Casaletto, Lawrence 
 Cady, Larus V. 
 Cady, Theron 
 Case, Lawrence G. 
 Carpenter, William B. 
 Carman, Hugh 
 Caldwell, Elmer E. 
 Caldwell, Earl A. 
 Cather, Thomas 
 Caldwell, H. 
 Callender, E. G. 
 Callender, Earl G. 
 Campbell, Kenneth 
 Call, George H. 
 Castro, C. J. 
 Carabel, Alfred 
 Castro, Francis 
 Castro, Chrisanto 
 Cascaron, August 
 Carter, William H. 
 Casey, Raymond W. 
 Christian, Alvin E. 
 Cheney, Adelbert 
 Chew, Geo. A. 
 Cheney, Charlton 
 Childs, Lerory 
 Chiles, Arthur C. 
 Chaver, Frank 
 Christa, Frank 
 Cherrington, Reed B. 
 Chace, John Derrol 
 Chargin, Joseph A. 
 Chaboya, Abell 
 Chaboya, Geo. R. 
 Chappell, Gordan 
 Chappell, Jerome 
 Chappell, Chester 
 Cheney, Harold 
 Chaboya, Elmer Julius 
 Chaboya, Randolph 
 Challen, Sylvan E. 
 Chapman, Louis 
 Chase, Edward H. 
 Chase, E. E. 
 Chesbro, L. H. 
 Chesbro, Otto 
 Chester, E. W. 
 Chew, Geo. 
 Chrisman, Harry J. 
 Christierson, A. von 
 Church, Harlan 
 Churchill, Allen 
 Churchill, Frank 
 Chrisman, Claud R. 
 Chrisman, Harold 
 Clark, Bruce 
 
 Close, Sahiuel 
 Close, Allen J. 
 Clute, Bert 
 Clegg, Alvin E. 
 Clesi, B. J. 
 Clesi, P. J. 
 Clark, A. W. 
 Clevenger, Howard 
 Clary, Hugh L. 
 Clark, Ben 
 Clark, Paul M. 
 Clark, James E. 
 Clarke, Birge 
 Clark, Wallace S. 
 Clark, Walter 
 Clark, Donald 
 Clarke, Ernest 
 Clunie, Thomas J. 
 Coe, Carl M. 
 Cochrell, Beverley R. 
 Cohn, Robert C. 
 Colburn, Alfred F. 
 Colburn, Elbert F. 
 Collins, Chas W. . 
 Collins, Geo. 
 Compton, James E. 
 Cook, Clyde S. 
 Cooley, Edward S. 
 Cooper, Vern 
 Corno, Chas. . 
 Cottrell, Clifton C. 
 Coryell, Frank 
 Cooper, Donald 
 Cougyro, Samuel 
 Cochran, W. 
 Cole, Franklin 
 Cole, Chauncey 
 Coltrin, Joseph 
 Cole, Alpheus D. 
 Conti, Antone 
 Cox, Ralph 
 Cox, Leslie 
 Costay, Frank B. 
 Copeland, F. W. 
 Covin, Wm F. 
 Coxson, R. S. 
 Cook, Harry R. 
 Costagan, Geo. 
 Cox, Donald 
 Cox, Philip 
 Cook, Dewey 
 Condon, Leo 
 Condossa, J. 
 Coyle, Albert Freeman 
 Consolacio, E. 
 Coreia, J. 
 Correa, Manuel 
 Cordrey, Felix S. 
 Cox, A. E. 
 Covin, Mark A. 
 Cowgill, Geo. E. 
 Cox, Ben 
 Cox, Frank J. 
 Cox, Mark 
 
 Cox, Raph F. 
 Coyle, Dan 
 Condon, Herbert F. 
 Cobb, Howard 
 Cole, Alpheus D. 
 Cole, Frank 
 Collier, Philip 
 Collier, Ray 
 Collier, William 
 Compton, Howard 
 Condon, Leon 
 Connelly, Tristram 
 Costa, E. J. 
 Conover, John S. 
 Costa, John 
 Cotter, James 
 Couch, Albert 
 Couch, John 
 Couch, William 
 Cozzens, Robert 
 Crall, Henry C. 
 Crall, Herbert 
 Crosby, Archie L. 
 Crawford W. L. 
 Crabb, Irving M. 
 Crane, John J. 
 Crane, Frank 
 Creek, Paul 
 Crescini, Santo 
 Cribari, Pasquale 
 Crook, Ernest E. 
 Crosby, Archie 
 Craig, Roy 
 Crair, Arthur 
 Crews, Emmett 
 Crow, Harold 
 Crosby, Clarence A. 
 Crossetti, John 
 Cronin, Vincent 
 Criban, Angelo 
 Crosby, Clarence A. 
 Crothers, Wesley E. 
 Crow, Clinton M. 
 Crow, Walter M. 
 Cruise, Chas. C. 
 Cruise, Joseph J. 
 Cushman, Reuben 
 Cushman, Arthur 
 Cullen, W. L. 
 Cullen, Thomas 
 Cullen, John 
 Cummings, — 
 Cullen, E. J. 
 Gushing, James B. 
 Curtis, Glen 
 Cuneo, J. T. 
 Curtis, Rowen 
 Curtis, Paul 
 Curtis, Paul E. 
 Cuddenback, Leon D. 
 Curtis, Ernest 
 Curran, John J. 
 Curtis, Wallace B. 
 Curtis, E. J. 
 
 Cusack, James B. 
 Cutter, Richard 
 Gushing, Miles G. 
 Cunningham, Felix 
 Cutter, Allan 
 Currier, Donald 
 Cussigh, Joseph 
 
 D 
 Dahlgren, Henry A. 
 Daily, Lawrence H. 
 Dallas, Andrew 
 Daves, Willis 
 Dawson, Frank 
 Davison, R. N. 
 Daley, Armel 
 Daly, Roy 
 Daly, Thos. E. 
 Daly, P. A. 
 Davis, Roy L. 
 Davy, Boy 
 Dahl, John S. 
 Dalton, Earl L. 
 Davidson, Elliott E. 
 Davidson, Carlisle 
 Davis, Frank S. 
 Davis, Harold 
 Davis, Philip 
 Davis, Peter 
 Davis, George G. 
 Davenhill, William 
 Daves, Frank D. 
 Daves, Willis E. 
 Davis, Victor 
 Davis, Asa D. 
 Davis, Cecil 
 Davis, Chas. B. 
 Davis, Frank C. 
 Dawley, Sibley M. 
 Dallas, Andrew 
 Dampier, F. O. 
 Davis, F. C. 
 Danjat, A. 
 Daley, John P. 
 De Loe, Henry 
 Delano, Preston B. 
 De Vries, L. P. 
 Dennis, C. M. 
 Denhart, Harry 
 Dewitt, Frank 
 Delanini, G. 
 Deitz, William 
 Dempsey, James 
 Denhart, R. E. 
 Delaney, Patrick J. 
 Dellosso, Louis A. 
 Del Ponte, Wm. J. 
 Dempey, J. 
 Derby, Howard 
 De Rose, Jenaro 
 De Fiore, Domenic A. 
 Dent, Melville 
 Dent, Vernon V. B. 
 Deardoff, Francis 
 Derraody, Geo. S. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 De Cartoni, John M. 
 De Bernardi, Louis 
 De Marco, James 
 Pelaney, Clem 
 Dias, Anthony R. 
 Dickson, Albert 
 Distel, Emil J. 
 ■;)itto, Frank's. 
 Dinapoli, Frank 
 Dias, Tony 
 Dies, Thos. M. 
 Dietve, Adolph L. 
 Dietz, Charles H. 
 Difani, Frank 
 Difani, George 
 Dingley, Robert 
 Dimond, W. N. 
 Distel, E. J. 
 Dicarlo, Salvator 
 Diaz, Tom 
 
 Dickinson, Aimer Edwin 
 Dean, Kenneth W 
 rodd, Ormal 
 Domeney, Pierre 
 Donahue, Dan F. 
 Domico, J. 
 Donaldson, Chas. 
 P'jnant, Mareua 
 Dooley, Walter T. 
 Dorr, Arthur 
 Dove, Lane 
 Dose, Samuel E. 
 Donat, Mark J. 
 Dougherty, Francis X. 
 Douglas, HaroU D. 
 Dow, Howard 
 Doyer, Alfred H. 
 Dodd, Jack 
 Dolbow, Floyd 
 Donaldson, William J. 
 Dobbins, David W. 
 Dean, Earl 
 Doan, Harrold 
 Dodson, S. W. 
 Dolan, Bert O. 
 Donald, Willii'-m M. 
 Dow, Elwood 
 Dowd, A. J. 
 Dow, Neal 
 Dowling, Arthur 
 Dowley, Sibley 
 Draper, Henry L. 
 Dreischmeyer, Elmer 8.. 
 Drouet, L. 
 Dubendorf, H. H. 
 Dubendorf, John 
 Dunlap, A. K. 
 Duden, Lou 
 Duana, Leonard 
 Duarte, Manuel N. 
 Duff, Ellis H. 
 Duffy, Leslie 
 Duke, Harry 
 ]''unham, Lowell 
 
 Dugdale, L. B. 
 Dugdale, R. 
 Dunsford, Roy 
 Dunn, Otis E. 
 Dutcher, Russell 
 Dutcher, Cecil E. 
 Dyer, Kenneth H. 
 Dyche, Justin 
 Dyer, DeWitt 
 Dyer, Zeb 
 Dyer, George 
 E 
 Eaton, Alfred 
 Eaton, WeeluR! iT. 
 Eastman, Burton N. 
 Eastland, Joseph L. 
 Easton, Weelum 
 Eberhardt, F. 8. 
 Eekman, Victor 
 Kiimans, Arthur L. 
 Eddy, L. E. 
 Edmons, Arthur 
 Edwards, Samuel 
 Edmondston, Arthur B. 
 Edgerton, Frank 
 Edwards, Parker 
 Edwards, Geo. D. 
 Ehlers, Harry 
 Ehrhart, Alfred E. 
 Ekman, Ivar C. 
 Elliott, Wm. G. 
 Ely, Leonard W 
 l';ly, William 
 Elsey, Geo. W. 
 Elliott, Clay B. 
 Elmer, Ray 
 Ellis, Glen Lyle 
 JiUis, Reginald A. 
 Elkins, Ben F. 
 Emery, Chas. 
 ICmig, Carl R. 
 Emig, Carl 
 Emig, Oscar L. 
 Emlen, DreW- 
 Emmerson, Vernon 
 Emerson, Roy P. 
 Enos, M. S. 
 Engels, Emile 
 Fntriken, Roy I.-. 
 Ennis, Joe 
 Engle, W. F. 
 English, Floyd 
 Enright, E. 
 Epp, Fred F. 
 Erbentraut, Edwin Otis 
 Ernst, Albert A. 
 Estrada, Alfred 
 Espinosa, T. J. 
 Espinoza, L. J. 
 Estruth, John Owoii 
 Estrada, George 
 Escobar, Chas. 
 Eton, Gerald M. 
 Eubanks, R. 8. 
 
 Eustice, Ellsworth 
 Eustice, Lelani 
 Evans, Arthur M. 
 Evens, Harvey A. 
 Evans, Chas. 
 F 
 Fahey, Albert 
 Pahey, Herbert 
 Fabretti, — 
 Fairchild, Rollins A. 
 Fair, Frank 
 Falk, Victor 
 Fallon, Geo. T. 
 Fallo, Philip 
 Fahner, Emil 
 Farnsworth, Paul 
 Farnsworth, Waldo 8. 
 Farnsworth, Walter 
 Faulds, John 
 Fale, Schyler 
 Fallows, Chas. S. 
 Farris,, Fauna 
 Faso, Joseph 
 Fatjo, Tuco 
 Farrell, L. M. 
 Fallon, Geo. 
 Fatjo, Antonio A. 
 Fabretti, Frank A. 
 Farotts, G. 
 Feliciano, F. 
 Feeney, Luke A. 
 Fereira, Alivan 
 Ferreira, Frank 
 Fehrenbaeker, Florine 
 Felix, William 
 Feathers, Clifford 
 Fernish, Chas. A. 
 Fereria, Frank 
 Fellen, William 
 Feathers, Clifford P. 
 Ferreira, Frank R. 
 Ferioli, Florindo 
 Feiring, Chas. 
 Felmeth, Thomas H. 
 Fellmeth, Geo. R. 
 Ferrari, Joseph Giuseppe 
 Fisher, Alonzo 
 Fisher, J. M. 
 Fitzgerald, Arthur 
 Findlay, Thos. J. 
 Finello, Angelo 
 Fischer, Clyde 
 Fisher, Joe 
 Fltzpatrick, J. H. 
 Fleiz, G. B. 
 Fiman, Edward F. 
 Finfrock, Allen 
 Finfrock, Robert 
 Fiscus, Vent W. 
 Fischer, William 
 Fisher, H. B.., Jr. 
 Fitzgerald, D. W. 
 Fitzgerald, R. E. 
 Fitzpatrick, Jos. M. 
 
 Fickert, Archie 
 Finn, James G. 
 Fisher, Raymond W. 
 Fitinghoff, Ludwig L. 
 Flanagan, William J. 
 Flannelly, James 
 Fletcher, Hal 
 Flinn, Ben 
 Fletcher, Floyd B. 
 Fletcher, Wm. D. 
 Flower, Roswell 
 Flint, Theodore S. 
 Flint, Donovan 
 Flugel, Ewald 
 Flickinger, Clifton B. 
 Flockhart, Louis 
 Flores, Tom 
 Flask, R. H. 
 Flynn, Daniel 
 Flynn, John P. 
 Fortago, John 
 Foucade, Ben 
 Forward, Arthur 
 Font, Edmund E. 
 Fosterling, Roy E. 
 Forward, Arthur 
 Ford, Edward B. 
 Ford, Truman A. 
 Force, Archie 
 Forgee, Chas. C. 
 Forgee, Wm. B. 
 Foster, Tony 
 Fox, R. E. 
 Foster, William L. 
 Fouch, Homer K. 
 Fought, W. C. 
 Fowler, Mel 
 Fowler, Fred H. 
 Fowler, Ray 
 Franklin, Milton 
 Francis, Walter C. 
 Fredrieks, Lloyd 
 Fredrickson, B. 8. 
 Fredrickson, Harry 
 Fredrick, Wallace 
 Fromment, Rudolph 
 Frollie, Wm. 
 Frost, Cyril Chas. 
 Frost, Harold 
 Frank, Walter 
 Fraper, Leslie 
 Freeman, Leland 
 Freitas, Louis 
 Fritz, Bob 
 Freudenthal, Leslie 
 Frederickson, J. C. 
 Freshhour, Everett 
 Frost, Andley L. 
 French, Clarence 
 Frantz, Harry W. 
 Franks, Geo. D. 
 Freeman, Elmer S. 
 Freyschag, Carl 
 Freysehlag, F. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Freyschlag, Herman F. 
 Freyschlag, Oscar 
 Fritsc'h, Jimmie 
 Furtado, Manuel 
 Furtado, M. S. 
 Fuller, Thomas B. 
 Fuller, H. C. 
 
 a 
 
 Gale, Harold 
 Garren, S. J. 
 Garliepp, Adolph 
 Garliepp, Wm. Jr. 
 Garliepp, Fred 
 Gaddie, Luman C. 
 Gardner, Jacob A. 
 Gallardin, Harry 
 Galloway, Jay B. 
 Galiotto, Nick J. 
 Gardener, Balph 
 Galliotte, — 
 Garlieppi, Adolf D. 
 Garrett, Robert L. 
 Gates, Byron 
 Gaiv, Henry W. 
 Garren, S. J. 
 Garcia, Ben 
 Garcia, Joe 
 Gardner, Wm. Floyd 
 Garglione, Joe 
 Galart, A. 
 Gaston, C. B. 
 Gardner, E. V. 
 George, Jos. T. 
 George, Lawrence 
 George, Chas. B. 
 George, Keuben L. 
 George, Anthony 
 George, Joseph 
 Gerrells, Elton 
 Gerrity, John M. 
 Geddstone, Dwight B. 
 Geoffroy, Georgeg 
 Genovese, Arcangelo 
 Gehrig, Wm. 
 Gemmell, Wm. 
 Georvy, Fred 
 Gemmel, Wm. 
 Gennia, Joe 
 (iebbani, P. 
 Gerlach, Frederick J. 
 (iertridge, Clyde 
 Ghersi, Frank C. 
 Gianiparsi, A. 
 Gibson, Paul B. 
 Gilbert, J. R. 
 Giacommazzi, John E. 
 Gibson, Elmer 
 Gillespie, H. 
 Gillespie, Thomas 
 Ginnini, Nick 
 Gilbert, Normal 
 Oilman, Daniel A. 
 Gillesie, Dr. W. B. 
 Gilbert, Clarence 
 
 Givens, H. D. 
 Glendenning, Geo. M. 
 Glendenning, Allen D. 
 Gnesa, Joe 
 Gomez, Alonzo 
 Goodwin, Bay 
 Gorham, Harvey E. 
 Gorman, Raymond 
 Gould, Elmer T. 
 'idijlding, Joseph 
 Goltman, Dave 
 Gorham, Henry M. 
 (ioldsworthy, Paui 
 Godsman, Chas. 
 Gomes, Tony 
 Gonzalis, Frank 
 Gonzalis, M. 
 Gonzales, Frank L. 
 Gonzales, Steve 
 Gould, Benjamin F. 
 Gross, Edward L. 
 Gross, Wilmer J. 
 Groesbeck, Earl 
 Gray, John H, 
 Gray, Gerald 
 Gree, Bisto 
 Graves, Roy E. 
 Graham, Hugh 
 Graham, Granville 
 Graham, Chalmers 
 Graham, Howard 
 Green, Charles 
 Green, George 
 Green, Raymond 
 Greene, Merrill C. 
 Greene, Waldron 
 Greer, John 
 Gribner, J. T. 
 Graham, Emmit 
 Griffith, M. A. 
 Granger, Farley E. 
 Granicher, Walter O. 
 Graham, Geo. 
 Graul, William 
 Graves, Raymond S. 
 Green, Geo. G. 
 Green, Pettis E. 
 Greenbaum, — ■ 
 Griffin, Robert A. 
 (iriifo, Tony 
 Gri3'.7old, John W. 
 Griswold, Oscar W. 
 Graeb, Walter 
 Granicker, Walter Otto 
 Grilli, Cheleste 
 Green, M. D., Maxwell T. 
 Griffin, Chas. M. 
 Grigg, Steve 
 Gunter, Fred H. 
 Gustafson, Elmer C. 
 Guerrier, Edson M. 
 Guera, Tony 
 Gulttomsen, Alfred G. 
 Guttormsen, Alfred 
 
 Gullic, William E. 
 Gurries, Alfonzo 
 Gurries, Frank 
 Gurries, Henry 
 Gunn, Wilbur 
 Gwyther, Lionel 
 
 H 
 Harris, Clarence 
 Haub, Elmer F. 
 Hafley, Stanley G. 
 Hartman, Albert H. 
 Hayes, Harold Keith 
 Hawkinson, Lawrence A. 
 Hayes, Harold C. 
 Harter, Edwin Bea 
 Hathaway, Otto 
 Hanks, Robert L. 
 Haw, Chas. 
 Hayford, Donald D. 
 Hartley, Horace C. 
 Hazleton, Harold E. 
 Hazen, John S. 
 Hajost, Walter 
 Hall, Evans E. 
 Hall, D. B. 
 Hall, Wm. H. 
 Hall, Jack 
 Hall, H. Russell 
 Hahn, Ernest B. 
 Han, James T. 
 Halbeck, Arthur 
 Haller, Edwin 
 Hamlin, Howard 
 Hageman, Warren 
 Hansen, C. A. 
 Hanson, N. O. 
 Harris, Leslie 
 Hatch, L. 
 Hatch, W. 
 Hatch, Elton 
 Hatch, Elmer 
 Haines, Geo. R. 
 Hagel, Carl J. 
 Hansen, Paul 
 Hardeman, Fabian 
 Harris, Chas. S. 
 Hartman, Milton 
 Harvie, Irwin C. 
 Hayes, Phil 
 Hays, Sam E. 
 Hanson, Arthur 
 Hannah, Sidney R. 
 Hastings, Harry 
 Haworth, Floyd 
 Hackett, B. G. 
 Harkers, James 
 Hansen, John S. 
 Harkness, Thomas 
 Haselback, H. C. 
 Halmeyer, Frank 
 Harris, Joe 
 Healy, Edwin C. 
 Hedlund, Stuart 
 Hegarty, Harry 
 
 Herring, Norman 
 Hewitt, Joseph B. 
 Heald, Elmer W. 
 Heath, Ronald 
 Helman, Stuart 
 Herdman, Jean P. 
 Herriford, Floyd 
 Heintz, Jack E. 
 Henderson, Roy F. 
 Heyden, Walter J. 
 Henwood, Russell H. 
 Hedlum, Oscar 
 Healls, Will 
 Headley, Roy E. • 
 Heiser, Edwin 
 Heller, Allen 
 Hendricks, Lawrence 
 Henning, Geo. Ellis 
 Kenning, Harry 
 Herbert, Van P. 
 Herman, Fernando 
 Herman, Fred Weld 
 Herrington, Clarence O. 
 Her'rington, Louis O. 
 Hershey, Elmer C. 
 Hester, Robert J. 
 Hestwood, Robert 
 Hendricks, Henry P Jr. 
 Henderson S. E. 
 Hester, W. E. 
 Hestwood, Jas. G. 
 Henderson, Lloyd 
 Hernandez, T. 
 Hicks, Raymond A. 
 Hicka, Leo R. 
 Hicks, Harry E. 
 Hicks, Raymond W. 
 Higgins, Barney 
 Higgins, Thos. J. 
 Hill, Horace 
 Hill, Rowland 
 Hill, Frank 
 Hill R. D. 
 Higgins, Ira 
 Hines, John 
 Hines, W. 6. 
 Hobson, Frank B. 
 Hoffman, Harry E. 
 Hograve, Wm. 
 Hollenbeck, Paul M. 
 Holthouse, L. E. 
 Holloway, L. B. 
 Holzhauer, O. F. 
 Hoerler, H. Ernest 
 Hooper, Linden A. 
 •Hoover, Wesley L. 
 Horton, Thomas 
 Home, John C. 
 Hough, W. C. 
 Hough, W. E. 
 Howland, Cecil 
 Howard, P. C. 
 Hoxie, Guy D. 
 Holden, Harvey L. 
 
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WAE HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Howard, Glenn 
 Hoge, Frank G. 
 Howes, R. S. 
 Hopping, Floyd 
 House, Ed 
 Howell, Alfred V. 
 Hosang, Casper 
 Hosang, George 
 Hosang, Joseph 
 Holtzhauer, W. G. 
 House, A. 
 Howes, Bay 
 Hornlein, Hugo 
 Honzicker, Louis 
 Hograve, William 
 Houser, Paul 
 Houser, Harry A. 
 Holthouse, Leo 
 Howland, Cecil 
 Hocking, Thomas 
 Hoffman, Eobin 
 Hoover, Fenton 
 Howard, Graeme 
 Howe, Harold 
 Hubbard, Eugene C. 
 Hubbard, Geo. 
 Hubbard, Gordail 
 Hubbell, Irving 
 Hubbell, Willis 
 Humphries, Errol T. 
 Humphries, Bolfe 
 Humphries, Geo. B. 
 Humphries, John H. 
 Humphries, Laurence 
 Hutchinson, A. J. L. 
 Hutchinson, James S. 
 Hutchinson, W. N. L. 
 Huttmann, Emil 
 Huttmann, Heinrich 
 Hurley, B. A. 
 Hughes, Frank M. 
 Hubley, Gilbert F. 
 Hubley, Phil 
 Hughes, Chas. P. 
 Hughes, Stanley 
 Hughson, Frank W. 
 Humburg, Walter 
 Hunter, J. V. 
 Hunter, John 
 Hunter, M. J. 
 Hunter, Max 
 Huckaby, Vernon 
 Hurley, B. W. 
 Hurley, H. A. 
 Hyde, J. L. 
 
 I 
 Ickler, George 
 Ingleson, Al 
 Ingraham, Mark 
 Ingram, B. D, 
 Innus, A. C. 
 Irvine, Wm. 
 Isabel, George T. 
 Isasca, Vincent 
 
 Isabel, Arthur 
 Isabel, A. L. 
 Ivancovich, Geo. 
 Ivancovich, John 
 Ivancovich, J. J. 
 
 J 
 Jaohnson, Shirley 
 Jackson, Wm. T. 
 Jaeger, B. 
 Jaeger, Eugine 
 Jackson, Byron 
 Jackson, Loraine 
 James, Daniel W. 
 Jamison, A. 
 January, T. G. 
 Janssens, Gus 
 James, Stanley 
 Jahnsen, C. B. 
 Jacito, Stevens 
 Jacobs, Nicholas J. 
 Jayet, W. E. B. 
 Jaccard, Victor A. 
 Jahnsen, Emil C. 
 Jenkinson, Ellis L. 
 Jenkins, Harold 
 Jensen, Anton 
 Jefferson, J. A. 
 Jenkins, Albert J. 
 Jensen, Henry 
 Jenkinson, Frank L. 
 Jensen, James 0. 
 Jelavich, Steve 
 Jewett, Harold W. 
 Jepsen, Ingward 
 Jepsen, Dan 
 Jesink, August 
 Jesink, Harold 
 Jesink, Geo. 
 Jesink, Gus C. 
 Job, Merle 
 Jope, Clifford H. 
 Johnson, Lester M. 
 Johnson, Charles E. 
 Johnson, Harry T. 
 .Tohansen, Carl 
 Johnson, J. Howard 
 Johnson, William 
 Johnson, Harry 
 Johnson, Lloyd 
 Johnson, Oliver M. 
 Johnson, Leslie N. 
 Johnson, Ralph W. 
 Johnson, Oscar I. 
 Johnson, Milton H. 
 Johnson, Eustice Craig 
 •Johnson, Stanley B. 
 Johnson, Harold C. 
 Johnson, B. P. 
 Johnson, Clair B. 
 Johnson, Lewis D. 
 Johnson, W. H. 
 Johnson, Andy 
 Johnson, Dwight 
 Johnson, Donald 
 
 Jayet, Ernest J. 
 Johnson, E. K. 
 Johnson, Foster 
 Johnson, Ira P. 
 Johnson, Balph 
 Jones, Arthur E. 
 Jones, Llewellyn 
 Jones, Henry I. 
 Jones, Marion 
 Jones, Ivor 
 Jones, Baljih W. 
 Jones, M. H. 
 Jones, Marion 
 Jones, Earl B. 
 Jones, John 
 Jordan, Knight 
 Johns, H. M. 
 Johns, Percy R. 
 Johns, Stanley 
 Juarez, Edward 
 Jury J. G. 
 
 K 
 Karson, E. F. 
 Kebby, Maurice 
 Kearney, Raymond VV 
 Kannely, C. 
 Kassonn, Eugene F. 
 Kavanaugh, Bert B 
 Keene, Frank D. 
 Keesling, Hayes 
 Keesling, Joe S. 
 Kelly, F. W. 
 Kelley, Vivian 
 Kelly, Jos F. 
 Kelley, Maurice 
 Kemling, Chas. W. 
 Kenney, Edward L. 
 Keesling, Russell 
 Kennedy, Hugh J. 
 Keaton, Lester 
 Kennedy, Scott J. 
 Keep, Malcolm C. 
 Kensler, Clarence 
 Kelsey, Willis 
 Kent, Albert 
 Kerr, Chester W. 
 Kent, Chas. 
 Kelly, Wm. 
 Kelly, John 
 Keahey, Ernest W. 
 Keeler, P. B. 
 Kelley, E.., Jr. 
 Keahey, Frank B. 
 Keopke, Elmer 
 Keller, Chas. J. 
 Keaton, Chas. Henry 
 Keaton, Charles H. 
 Killam, W. H, 
 Kimber, John 
 Kimler, Charles 
 Kimber, Arthur G. 
 Kirksey, Morris M. 
 Kirksey, F. B. 
 Kimball, Porter 
 
 Kirksey, Chas. G. 
 Kifer, John F. 
 Kiely, William 
 Kimberlin, James 
 Klein, Emile 
 King, Horace 
 Kimberlin, James L. 
 Kinney, Baymond H. 
 Kilburn, Gregg 
 King, Leslie P. 
 Kinnear, Floyd F. 
 Kirk, Ormiston B. 
 Kifer, Jack F. 
 King, W. H. 
 Klechner, Thomas 
 Klein, Bichard R. 
 Knoth, David. 
 Kneass, Ed 
 Knight, Bemi G. 
 Knoth, Frederick A 
 Knowles, W. A. 
 Knath, Frank 
 Knickerbocker, Boy R. 
 Knox, Harry G. 
 Knoilin, Ernesto R. 
 Knudsen, Fred 
 Kohner, Oscar 
 Koehle, George 
 Koch, Ed 
 Kokes, Jos. E. 
 Kottinger, Harvey L. 
 Kroeber, L. 
 Krafft, William H. 
 KroU, Rudolph 
 Krakown, John 
 Kratt, Carl E. 
 Kraiiss, Lister 
 Kreps, J. F. 
 Kreps, John 
 Krapp, Harrison 
 Kuester, Jules 
 Kuhlman, Havey F. 
 Kunze, Burnell 
 Kuhlman, C. Albert 
 
 L 
 Laine, Frank 
 Lacerda, Manuel 
 Langley, Selwyn G. 
 Landels, Edw. D. 
 Lawlor, Milton V. 
 Lake, Will H. 
 La Bare, Wm. Ernest 
 LaFayette, J. S. 
 Lachmund, Otto 
 Lachmund, Harry 
 La Piere, George 
 Lantz, Lyman A. 
 Lane, Boy A. 
 Lathrop, Harry J. 
 La Hue, Lawrence L. 
 Lavid, Cecil 
 Lake, F. W. 
 Lamb, Bernard B. 
 Lam, Lawrence E. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Laiinin, Frank T. 
 Lamb, Harold N. 
 La Piere, Arnaud 
 Lamb, John W. 
 Lamb, Paul 
 Lancaster, Gus 
 Landers, Wm. H. 
 Landon, Raymond E. 
 Lannin, Ed 
 Lathrop, Elmer C. 
 Lathrop, J. W. 
 Lansten, Roy 
 Lamb, Bernard B. 
 Laughlin, Burt 
 Lavery, Edward 
 Lawlor, Frank 
 Lawnizake, Albert 
 Lawson, John T. 
 Lawson, Troy 
 Layton, J. Harry 
 Ladner, Frank 
 I.adner, Jacob 
 T,a>Iarra, Anthony 
 T^adner, J. A. 
 LaBare, Wm. Ernest 
 Lapum, Milton N. 
 Lapum, Loren 
 liang, John 
 Lapsley, Robert 
 Larkey, John H. 
 Landels, Wm. D. 
 Lake, French 
 Lasley, Clinton 
 Lavirno, Paul 
 La Vaque, Geo. 
 Lawlor, Frank, Jr. 
 J^ayton, Harry 
 LuFovre, Martin Lyons 
 Lester, Milton Morris 
 Le Gue, Bennett F. 
 Lewis, Joe 
 LeFevre, Le Roy 
 Leach, C. N. 
 Leal, Joe H. 
 Lewis, Tony 
 LeBoyd, Max 
 Lee, Chas. A. 
 Lee, F. Bert 
 Lefevre, Clifford 
 Lehman, Fred 
 Lema, Frank 
 Leveieni, James 
 Lewis, Francis C. 
 Lenox, L. T. 
 Lehrberger, John J. 
 Leggett, Ralph V. 
 Leard, Frank J. 
 Leith, Geo. 
 Levy, David 
 Lehrberger, Sam 
 Lewis, James A. 
 Lewis, Alfred O. 
 Learnard, Tracy 
 Learnard, Harry 
 
 L?e, Mvlo 
 Lenoard, Ignatius 
 LeFourn, L. 
 Lewis, Lawrence 
 Le Vecque, Norman 
 Lemon, Richard 
 Leaman, Geo. B. 
 Liedenburg, E. D. 
 Lindsey, Earl 
 Lindstrom, Walter 
 Lingua, Hervey 
 Lingua, S. 
 Little, Deal A. 
 Liggett, Arthur G. 
 Linesay, James R. 
 Lindsay, George 
 Lindsay, Alvin Earl 
 Lindoroth, Elmer V. 
 Lindroth, Carl 
 Lignori, Joe 
 Lima, Frank 
 Lindroth, Alvin 
 Lima, Wm. 
 Linderoth, Carl A. 
 Locurto, Joseph 
 Lovett, E. R. 
 Loucks, Earnest 
 Logue, James 
 Loucks, Ray S. 
 Loder, Arthur 
 Loucks, Charles 
 Loder, Edward 
 Looney, Jerry 
 Lotts, Charles 
 Lorenzini, Max J. 
 Logue, James 
 Lobrie, Philip 
 Lockwood, Louis 
 Lodge, Ed E. 
 Logan, Joseph P. 
 Lopez, Andreas C. 
 Lopez, Frank 6. 
 Lowden, F. E. 
 Lowden, H. M. 
 Lord, Alfred 
 Lobdcll, Jesse 
 Loganecker, Mervyn 
 Lopez, Frank 
 Loomis, S. M. 
 Ijong, Chas. R. 
 Loomis, Clarence 
 Lowe, Robert M. 
 Lyons, Carl Albin 
 Lopes, Louis 
 Little, Arch W. 
 Lorquin, Wm. H. 
 Love, Alroyd 
 Lueddeman, Hillmau 
 Lukanitsch, A. J. 
 Lukanitsch, A. 
 Lupton, Edward 
 Lundin, Aimer B. 
 Lusk, Murray D. 
 Lynch, John J. 
 
 Lynton, Edward D. 
 Lyons, Wm. A. 
 Lyn, George 
 Lyons, Heber G. 
 Lyndon, Percy 
 Lynn, Leo F. 
 M 
 Martin, M. P. 
 Martin, D. E. 
 Maynard, Harry 
 Mandell, J. O. 
 Mayock, Wilburn 
 Mayock, Robert 
 Mathiesen, Spencer 
 Martin, George H. 
 Mathisen, Lee 
 Mallet, Richard 
 Mainero, Angelo 
 Martin, J. M. 
 Martin, Philip 
 Mars, Julius 
 Mattos, Daniell F. 
 Matteis, M. C. 
 Maekey, Thomas E. 
 Marcus, Eliag 
 Marenco, Fred 
 Marenco, Phillip 
 MacGowan, Frank 
 Mauchle, John P. 
 Margolate, D. 
 Martin, Karl W. 
 Martin, James C. Jr. 
 Matson, Ralph J. 
 Marten, Berg L. 
 Marckres, C. C. 
 Matzek, Anton E. 
 Mallory, Sumner D. 
 Maynard, J. H. 
 Mariante, Joseph 
 Marselli, Joe 
 Maloney, John 
 Malcolm, Vernon G. 
 Markin, Donald A. 
 Markin, A. 
 Maloney, H. W. 
 Maloney, Oliver J. 
 Martin, E. W. 
 Martin, Justin 
 Martin, Philip 
 Matheson, James 
 Mathison, John G. 
 Mather, B. 
 Mattos, Manuel 
 Maurer, Edward 
 Maryhoffer, L. F. 
 Mannix, W. F. 
 Martin, Douglas E. 
 Mahan, J. 
 Muddox, Albert E. 
 Matheson, George E. 
 Marriott, Joe 
 Martin, Roy 
 Martin, Joseph G. 
 MacGregor, Owen 
 
 Madsen, Herbert H. 
 Maegly, C. F. 
 Maingueneau, Faustin 
 Maloni, John 
 Maisoneuve, Joseph A. 
 Malla, Andrew 
 Maloof, Fritz 
 Maloy, Arthur H. 
 Malvine, Antone 
 Malvine, Vincent . 
 Manchester, Howard 
 Mann, Frank W. 
 Mansfield, Archie 
 Marvins, John 
 Marquardt, Harry 
 Marquardt, Robert 
 Matheis, M. C. 
 Marshall, Levi H. 
 Marshman, Donald M. 
 Martin, Donald 
 Martin, John 
 Martin, Manuel W. 
 Martinez, Fredie 
 Marvin, Harold C. 
 Mark, Arthur M. 
 Matteis, Michael 
 Matts, Manuel 
 Maulbecker, Joseph 
 Maynard, Jack H. 
 Maxwell, Wm. E. 
 Mayo, Geo. 
 Martell, Alfred Jr. 
 Mason, Alvin 
 Maekey, Walter 
 Mason, Leo 
 Machado, Joe 
 Macabee, Raymond 
 Mead, Hudson S. 
 Merritt, Russell 
 Mendoza, M. J. 
 Merion, George 
 Megua, Salvator J. 
 Merzel, Robert 
 Mendoza, Frank 
 Mesa, Albert 
 Meador, James 
 Melanson, R. A. 
 Melathy, Toney 
 Mello, Rossell 
 Meisel, Carl G. 
 Melvin, Chas. 
 Menzel, Wm. 
 Meredith, Hal 
 Melsome, W. H. 
 Merz, John R. 
 Mersing, Henry L. 
 Mettler, Ernest 
 Meyer, Luther 
 Meynier, Lester A. 
 Mezzacapper, M. A. 
 Mitchell, F. Wilbur 
 Mitchell, Ralph O. 
 Miller, Walter Geo. 
 Minshall, P. E. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Mitchell, Clarence L. 
 
 Minion,, Earl D. 
 
 Millar, George 
 
 Miller, E. R. 
 
 Miller, Chester 
 
 Miller, James 
 
 MiUartl, Walter 
 
 Miller, Earl W. 
 
 Miller, Harvey E. 
 
 Millet, Harry C. 
 
 Mills, James F. 
 
 Mills, Samuel L. 
 
 Mills, Victor V. 
 
 Mishard, Lesley 
 
 Mitchell, Arthur 
 
 Mitchell, Paul A. 
 
 Miller, Leslie 
 
 Mills, Frank 
 
 Mitchell, Harold 
 
 Mitchell, Douglass C. 
 Midar, Miho 
 
 Misita, Zioks 
 Micholson, Charles 
 Mitchell, Mowatt 
 Mine, Henry 
 Miner, L. B. 
 Minor, Ernest 
 Miller, W. H. 
 Morrison, Boy 
 Mulcahy, Francis 
 Morgan, R. E. 
 Morhardtt, R. 
 Myers, Wm. Dean 
 Afoores, Walter 
 Moores, Earnest 
 Moore, Roseo 
 Mulch, Chas. 
 Mulch, Ed 
 Munroe, Chas. 
 Mooney, Walter 
 Motsch, Albert 
 Montgomery, James 
 Montoy, Alendin 
 Morgan, John 
 Morgan, Percy 
 Mosher, Harold 
 Morrison, J. L. 
 Morrison, Clarence 
 Morrison, Bruce S. 
 Moore, Harold C. 
 Morgan, Bobley T. 
 Mosher, Austin W. 
 Moore, Russell P. 
 Morettini, Peter F. 
 Moore, Herbert B. S. 
 Mourier, Edward E 
 Moon, S. A. 
 Monahan, Jimmie 
 Moore, Clarence V. 
 Moore, Roseoe 
 Mooers, Ernest 
 Moorefield, J. P. 
 Montgomery, Bialto 
 Morahow, James 
 
 Morillo, A. A. 
 
 Morris, Eugene F. 
 
 Mortenson, R. H. 
 
 Mortimer, Cecil 
 
 Mortimer, Wm. C. 
 
 Morton, Everett A. 
 
 Motsch, Albert 
 
 Morell, Chas. R. 
 
 Mork, Donald 
 
 Moore, Wm. T. 
 
 Morgan, Wm. 
 
 Moore, Henry J. 
 
 Moore, Grant 
 
 Moore, William 
 
 Moore, William L. 
 
 Moore, Elvert 
 
 Morgan, John H. 
 
 Montgomery, S. J. 
 
 Mock, George 
 
 Morgan, F. E. 
 
 Mork, Knut J. 
 Morse, Herbert 
 Mosher, Rubin 
 Moule, Axtell 
 Mostavas, Spiro 
 Moore, Wm. L. 
 Morton, Victor J. 
 Montoy, Albert 
 Murray, Francis 
 Murry, Frederick 
 Murphy, Edward A. 
 Murphy, Wm. H. 
 Murphy, Wm. J. 
 Murphy, Wm. H. 
 Musachia, Joseph 
 Murphy, W. J. 
 Murrin, Frank J. 
 Muckle, James 
 Musso, Vincent E. 
 Mullen, Earl J. 
 Muller, Victor R. 
 Mullis, W. E. 
 Murphy, H. Wayne 
 Murphy, S. F. 
 Murray, Robert H. 
 Musachia, Joe A. 
 Musser, H. L. 
 Munford, Gaddy B. 
 Murphy, H. J. 
 Mc. 
 McAbbee, Nestor J. 
 McAbee, Leland G. 
 McAfee, Herbert 
 McAllister, J. J. 
 McBride, D. W. 
 McCarthy, Dan F. 
 McCaffrey, Wm. 
 McCann, James 
 McClellan, Lotice 
 McConnel, Frederick 
 McCreight, Boy 
 McCutcheon, Preston L. 
 McCartie, D. 
 McCallum, Bobert 
 
 McCallum, R. E. 
 McCarthy, Neal 
 McCauley, John Leo 
 McCartney, Allan G. 
 McCauley, Leo J. 
 McChesney, H. A. 
 McChesney ,R. C. 
 McCombs, John 
 McCracken, David 
 McCarthy, Charles R. 
 McClellan, Paul 
 McComb, Henry 
 McCuUough, Gilbert 
 McDonald L. 
 McDermott, Jonis 
 McDowell, Wm. 
 McDonald, Bruce, Jr. 
 McDonald, Jerome 
 McDonald, Sidney J. 
 McElroy, Gerald 
 McEwen, D. 
 McGrady, Neal 
 McGlashan, Arthur 
 
 McGorray, Leland G. 
 
 McGuire, Arthur 
 
 McGill, Clive H. 
 
 McGill, R. B, 
 
 McGilvray, Malcolm 
 
 McGettigan, W. H. 
 
 McHatton, F'orrest 
 
 McKellips, Earl R. 
 
 McKinney, Verne 
 
 McKenzie, Fred 
 
 McKnight, Edwin J. 
 
 McLaren, James 
 
 McLean, Mauriice C. 
 
 McLachlan, George 
 
 McManus, Chas. 
 
 McMillan, Percy W. 
 
 McMurtry, Amos M. 
 
 McNair, Donald 
 
 McPheeters, J. 1. 
 
 McQuerney, Arthur. 
 
 McReynolds, L. J. 
 
 MeVey, Archie 
 
 McVey, Clarence 
 
 McWilliams, Clarence 
 
 McWhorter, Walter 8. 
 N 
 
 Naas, August 
 
 Naas, Henry 
 
 Nayler, S. F. 
 
 Naylor, Frank 
 
 Nathanson, Norman J. 
 
 Napolitano, Joe 
 
 Napoliano, William G. 
 
 Nason, James C. 
 
 Navarra, Joseph 
 
 Narvaes, William J. 
 
 Narvaez, Ray 
 
 Narvaez, August 
 
 Narvaez, Arthur 
 
 Narvaez, Daniel 
 
 Narvaez, John 
 
 Narvaez, Stanley 
 
 Navoni, Luciano 
 
 Neasham, Edward 
 
 Neasham, William 
 
 Newman, Chas. 
 
 Newman, A. 
 
 Nelson, Frank C. 
 
 Newes, John 
 
 Neiders, Herman J. 
 
 Nelson, Gilbert 
 
 Nelson, Louis 
 
 Newcomb, Gilbert B. 
 
 Nelson, Oscar M. F. 
 
 Neising, Alfred J. 
 
 Nei, Frank J. 
 
 Nelson, Philip 
 
 Nefson, Alvin T. 
 
 Newlin, Albert 
 
 Nelson, Alvin T. 
 
 Needham, Boy 
 
 Neilson, Harry J. 
 
 Neilson, Carl 
 
 Nelson, Norman 
 
 Nicholas, C. W. 
 Nicholas, Camilla 
 Nicholas, Alfred 
 Nicholas, Frank 
 Nieble, H. L. 
 Nichols, Jack 
 Nino, Clement 
 Nino, Edward 
 Nino, Oliver 
 Nichols, Alan 
 Nicholson, Lester 
 Nicholson, George A. 
 Nino, Edw. G. 
 Nickerson, W. 
 Nissen, Herman 
 North, John, Jr. 
 Noddin, Hector M. 
 Nordcn, Wm. E. 
 Nunes, Frank 
 Norton, John K. 
 Nola, — 
 
 Nunes, Manuel J. 
 Null, Wallace 
 Nye, Chester 
 Nye, George 
 O 
 Gates, Thomas 
 Odlin, Cyril 
 Offield, Olin 
 Ogelvie, Clarence 
 dander, Edward 
 Olinder, Lawrence G. 
 Oliver, Loney B. 
 Oliver, Joe B. 
 Oliver, Frank 
 Oliver, John 
 Olsen-Seffer, Thor 
 Oldham, W. 
 Olsen, Chester 
 Olsen, Harry 
 Olsen, John 
 
 56 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Olsen, C. J. 
 Oliver, Wm. 
 Olino, Thomas 
 Olaine, Grant 
 Oliver, Manual 
 Oliver, A. J. 
 Oliver, William 
 Oliva, Oscar L. 
 Olsom, Chester 
 Oppenheimer, Balph E. 
 Orlando, Dick 
 Orr, Chas. 
 Orselli, Renaldo 
 Ortega, Bennie E. 
 Osborne, Lawrence 
 Ostenburg, U. 
 Ostrander, Frank 
 Otrich, Sumral Oscar 
 Owen, R. Lewis 
 Owen, W. W. 
 Owen, Harold E. 
 Owen, John 
 O'Brein, Frank J. 
 O'Brien, Lester E. 
 O'Connell, Daniel 
 O'Connell, Frank 
 O'Connell, A. F. 
 O'Connor, Francis 
 O'Connor, Frank 
 O 'Connor, Percy 
 O'Neill, James 
 O'Connor, Bhody 
 O'Leary, Tim 
 O'Leary, J. A. 
 O'Neale, Lester G. 
 O'Shaunessy, Richard J. 
 O'Brien, Ed 
 O 'Neill, — 
 O'Neel, Roy 
 Osbourne, Allan 
 
 P 
 Park, Roy E. 
 Parks, Ray 
 Parkinson, Robert 
 Paul, W. Glae 
 Paul, William 
 Paul, W. Glae 
 Paulsen, Jaspar 
 Paulsen, Jasper 
 Parkinson, Robert 
 Panke, Herman E. 
 Palmer, Robert P. 
 Pangelina, Attic 
 Patheal, Mark H. 
 Parmenter, A. 
 Padley, Robert 
 Patterson, Chas. E. 
 Padley, Robert C. 
 Page, Jack 
 Pau, Pablo M. 
 Panagetti, Gildo 
 Paredes, Antonio 
 Parkenson, Chester 
 Parmenter, Arthur 
 
 Parker, George K. 
 Parker, Genne 
 Parr, Al 
 
 Pashote, John E. 
 Parton, Lucas H. 
 Paul, — 
 
 Payne, Edgar L. 
 Paulson, Nels 
 Passatino, Salvatore C. 
 Paulman, Arthur T. 
 Papovich, Nikola 
 Parker, Stanley 8. 
 Parker, Clifton F. 
 Parr, Elmer 
 Paul, Leland 
 Payne, Alan 
 Patron, Jr., Lucas 
 Pankoskii, Joe 
 Pareire, George A. 
 Parker, Clifford 
 Parsons, W. C. 
 Paulson, Sante 
 Payton, Guy 
 Parra, Louie 
 Parmelee, John 
 Petersen, Chas. W. 
 Peck, Clinton B. 
 Peck, Alan 
 Pearce, Clarence 
 Pederson, John J. 
 Peel, Humphrey 
 Pelton, Loyd 
 Penion, — 
 Penney, B. W. 
 Pennington, Richard L. 
 Perry, Chester M. 
 Perry, Nelson 
 Perry, Raymond J. 
 Perry, Howard B. 
 Perry, Manuel 
 Perry, Joseph 
 Perry, Milton 
 Perry, Oscar B. 
 Perry, Earl 
 Pestarino, Fortunato 
 Pestariao, Frank D. 
 Pestonia, Earl 
 Pettitt, Thomas P. 
 Petree, Neil H. 
 Perham, Don 
 Perham, Philip 
 Peterson, Morris 
 Peterson, Chas L. 
 Peterson, Frank B. 
 Peterson, George 
 Perks, Edward L. 
 Pearson, Roy 
 Pearson, Perry 
 Pearson, Elmer A. 
 Pellissier, Edouard 
 Pettit, James Asa 
 Pedemond, Charles 
 Peary, Milton 
 Pereira, George 
 
 Petlier, Victor M. 
 Pendo, Dusan 
 Pederson, Chris 
 Pceinelli, Romolo 
 Percy, John 
 Percy, W. J. 
 Percy, J. M. 
 Percy, Johnson 
 Peabody, P. T. 
 Pfeffer, Raymond J. 
 Pfeifle, Fredric 
 Pfau, L. J. 
 Phelan, Elzear C. 
 Phelps, Thomas 
 Phillips, Bertram 
 Phillip, B. 
 Phillips, Claude W. 
 Pinard, Edward 
 Pitman, Hayden 
 Pimental, Thomas 
 Pimentill, John 
 Pinard, Lloyd E. 
 Pierce, Harold 
 Picetti, Leodardo 
 Pilhashy, Milton 
 Pierson, Geo. E. 
 Pichetti, Attillo 
 Pichetti, Hector 
 Pierson, Dwight W. 
 Pidaucet, Peter F. 
 Pieracci, luigi 
 Pierini, E. 
 Pierson, F. 
 Pinn, John 
 Pizzo, J. 
 Plaven, Louis 
 Plummer, Arthur 
 Plaskett, Ralph B. 
 Plummer, Frank N. 
 Potts, Reginald F. 
 Potts, Thomas 8. 
 Power, H. 
 Poncet, Robt. J. 
 Poll, Edward 
 Poll, Albert 
 Porter, Marion E. 
 Potter, John Godsil 
 Poulson, Edward L. 
 Powers, Edward 
 Pourroy, John 
 Poppleton, Glenmore 
 Powelson, Russell 
 Poncelet, William 
 Pope, W. W. 
 Prosser, Marshall 
 Pratt, Melvin 
 Preisker, William H. 
 Preston, B. C. 
 Price, Longonerville 
 Price, Melvin 
 Price, Edgar H. 
 Price, W. W. 
 Proseus, Paul 
 Prisk, Joseph 
 
 Prader, Dave 
 Presho, Stanley I. 
 Priest, Ray 
 Proseus, Raymond 
 Provan, Howard 
 Prouse, J. 
 Prouse, Francis J. 
 Prussia, Leland 
 Prior, Roy J. 
 Priestly, Vivian H. 
 Presho, Harold B. 
 Presho, Harry C. 
 Pratt, Harold Osmond 
 Purviance, Dorsey 
 Puhara, Mitchel 
 Puterbaugh, William B. 
 Purviance, Dorsey 
 Pury, Frank 
 Pyne, Geo. 
 
 Q 
 
 Quale, Fred 
 
 B 
 Rameri, Leo C. 
 Bamazini, Sylvester 
 Rausa, Frank 
 Rawle, Nelson M. 
 Rayburn, Geo. L. 
 Ramezane, M. J. 
 Radolovich, Gjuro 
 Badolovich, Petar 
 Baineri, Leo C. 
 Rankin, Earnest 
 Balph, B. M. 
 Ray, James C. 
 Ramsey, Frank 
 Radulovich, Spiro S. 
 Kaines, Herbert 
 Ramke, Henry 
 Raberio, Joseph 
 Restive, Pete 
 Beams, Samuel 
 Reese, Merle 
 Reihon, Otto A. 
 Reid, C. Belmont 
 Beinhold, Henry 
 Renn, Levi 
 Renter, Jack 
 Revallier, Martes E. 
 Reinhold, William Jr. 
 Tledwine, Clyde 
 Bea, John A. 
 Rea, Harold 
 Reynold, H. B. 
 Reams, Sam 
 Regnart, Vie. 
 Reinhold, Henry 
 Rheinholt, H. 
 Rhodes, Loring 
 Rhodes, W. H. 
 Rhodes, W. G. 
 Rianda, Roy 
 Bice, Gregory 
 Bice, Virgie 
 Bice, Clarence D. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Eice, Raymond E. 
 Eice, Roland 
 Richman, Dan 
 Riando, George 
 ]?i:3k8, Thomas 
 Eideout, B. Ransome 
 Richmond, Cedrie 
 Richmond, George B. 
 Richmond, Russell T. 
 Riley, Heribert 
 Rines, Ernest H. 
 Ring, Ross 
 Eichards, B. A. 
 Eiordan, Harold J. 
 Eichards, Glen F. 
 Eiese, Paul Ernest 
 Eichard, Ernest Leroy 
 Eispand, J. A. 
 Eiggs, M. G. 
 Eiggs, Murray H. 
 Eisling, Ernest 
 Eisling, Jay 
 Eizzuti, Joe 
 Eosin, A. P. 
 Eose, Frank 
 Rowland, W. J. 
 Rockwell, Harrold 
 Roll, John H. 
 EoUs, Walace P. 
 Robinson, John H. 
 Robles, Bicard 
 Rocca, John 
 Robinson, George 
 Robershotle, Merle 
 Roleri, Louie 
 Rose, A. E. 
 Rodriguez, Leo 
 Roth, Shirley 
 Hobbiano, Peter 
 Rowe, Robt. 
 Rowler, Felinore 
 Robertson, Norman M. 
 Roberts, Edwin M. 
 Robertson, R. F. 
 Roberts, Henry L. 
 Rock, William P. 
 Rockwell, Fred M. 
 Eodgers, F. H. 
 Eodoni, Samuel 
 Rodoni, Walter 
 Eodriquez, Edward 
 Sogers, Frederick E. 
 Eoland, Donald 
 Eomano, Charles 
 Eomano, Tony 
 Rouk, Frank S. 
 Rose, Joe 
 Rose, Joe C. 
 Eose, Delos H. 
 Bounds, Eugene H. 
 Eouillot, J. 
 Rouillot, Victor P. 
 Eowan, John P. 
 Rogers, Hiram E. 
 
 Roberts, Joseph L. 
 Rockwell, Harold A. 
 Boll, Bert 
 Eoberts, E. W. 
 Boots, Thomas P. 
 Bodman, H. P. 
 Eossi, Louis A. 
 Eenaldo, John 
 Robart, August T. 
 itobart, Eugene 
 Eobart, Leon 
 Bobertson, B. T. 
 Eockwell, John 
 Eohner, Arnold 
 Eose, Thomas J. 
 Ross, John Stanley 
 Roy David J. 
 Rosselli, Olympic E. 
 Bowe, Earnest W. 
 Bowe, Howard 
 Bowland, U. J. 
 Eowley, Ray 
 Roy, David G. 
 Eulon, Chas. E. 
 Bulon George C. 
 Butan, George C. 
 Rummelsburg, Arthur 
 Eupp, F. Alex. 
 Bussell, J. H. 
 Russell, Duncan C. 
 Russell, James 
 Russell, William A. 
 Rumbold, Wm. 
 Bucker, Chas. B. 
 Eudelph, Allen 
 Ryan, Thomas G. 
 Ryan, T. 
 Ryan, R. 
 Ryan, Michael 
 
 S 
 Sakota, Nick 
 Salazar, Manuel 
 Saldivia, J. L. 
 Salaraon, Cark E. 
 Sanchez, Fred S. 
 Sanchez, Manuel R. 
 Sanders, Claude K. 
 Sanseri, Peter 
 Sarro, Mike 
 Savery, Ernest H. 
 Savstrom, William 
 Sawyer, Hector A. 
 Sanders, B. W. 
 Sawyer, Carl A. 
 Sams, Claud 
 Sassenrath, Julius J. 
 Saldivia, Joe 
 Saldivia, Fred 
 Sayre, P. L. 
 Saulan, Nick P. 
 Sanford Herbert B. 
 Sawyer, Ralph 
 Sawyer, C. A. 
 Sawyer, R. W. 
 
 Sakots, Nichola 
 
 Sanders, Fredrick 
 
 Saunders, Ray 
 
 Saunders, Ward 
 
 Sanders, Julian 
 
 Sanders, Fred 
 
 Samis, Milton P. 
 
 Sanford, Burnett 
 
 Sawyer, Dwight L. 
 
 Saures, M. B. 
 
 Santos, John 
 
 Sebbers, Joe 
 
 Sells, Alva 
 
 Sedge, Emil 
 
 Sehmitt, Herman 
 
 Sehmitt, Prank 
 
 Schultz, Kurt 
 
 Schroeder, Herbert 
 
 Scaletta, Paul 
 
 Schaffner, Arthur 
 
 Schaufel, Wm. E. 
 
 Schausten, Otto J. 
 
 Sehausten, Rudelph A. 
 
 Schnauer, Roy 
 
 Schnitzler, Austin P. 
 
 Scalini, D. 
 
 Schener, W. 
 
 Schemmel, Prank P. 
 Schramm, Bennett L. 
 Scott, Eugene L. 
 Schrader, Hall S. 
 Schwartz, J. E. 
 Scorsur, John 
 Scott, P. 6. 
 Schultz, Carl 
 Schaupp, Karl 
 Schilling, Carl 
 Schilling, John W. 
 Schlageter, H. 
 Schnetzler, Stanley S. 
 Schroeder, Dexter W. 
 Schultheis, Prank P. 
 Schutte, Leo 
 Scofield, W. L. • 
 
 Scarpa, Arestie B. 
 Scott, Walter 
 Scott, Quito 
 Schaffner, Geo 
 Schramm, Bennett L. 
 Schraus, Paul 
 Schultz, Fred 
 Scholten, Harry 
 Schultz, Wm. 
 Schein, Sidney 
 Schutte, Leo Arthur 
 Scheideuberger, C. J. 
 Schaffner, Fred 
 Schuman, James E. 
 Schleuter, Edward 
 Seavey, Levi W. 
 Seibert, Arthur J, 
 Sears, Bernard 6. 
 Sebrian, Lawrence G. 
 Sedgwick, Copley 
 
 Selaya, Fred 
 Sell, Edward 
 Sellers, Henry 
 Semind, A. S. 
 Semondi, 6. 
 Semoiidi, John J. 
 Serpa, L. Bobt. 
 Sevetman, Manoah N. 
 Sepulveda, Wm. M. 
 Semino, Angelo 
 Seward, S. S. 
 Sedgewick, Darrell 
 Seibert, Walter A. 
 Sereno, Rifine G. 
 Semas, Jose 
 Seller, Elmo M. 
 Sherbondy, Howard 
 Shofer, Loyd N. 
 Shoemaker, J. Philo 
 Shafer, Harold 
 Shannon, E. D. 
 Shannon, Wm. Ford 
 Shaw, E. J. 
 Shaw, J. W. 
 Sheldon, Howard 
 Sheppard, Chas. E. 
 Sheppard, Gerrald R. 
 Shields, Lester 
 Shirley, Elser I. 
 Shirley, Chas A. 
 Shrier, Clair C. 
 Short, Maxwell 
 Shorrocks, Rollin A. 
 Shepard, Fred 
 Sheldon, Joe W. 
 Shefosish, Stanley 
 Shepherd, P. H. 
 Sherman, Alfred 
 Shedd, W. A. 
 Sherman, Richard 
 Shone, Bert 
 Shone, Wynn 
 Show, Joseph H. 
 Show, Joseph 
 Sheppard, B. J. 
 Shelton, Geo. 
 Shepard, Eevesell 
 Shaw, E. E. Jr. 
 Shannon, Ernest 
 Sherbondy, Howard L. 
 Sherman, Arthur P. 
 Silva, Ernest 
 Silva, A. B. 
 Silva, John 
 Silva, John P. 
 Silva, Prank E. 
 Sillman, John C. 
 Sills, Brock 
 Siilveira, Manuel M. 
 Simkins, E. E. J. 
 Sisich, Gjuro 
 Sisich, Todov 
 Sing, Louis 
 Sitacci, Walter 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Siemas, Jos. F. 
 Siemas, M. F. 
 Silva, Clarence 
 Silva, Frank 
 Silva, George 
 Silva, Joseph J. 
 Silveira, Manuel F. 
 Silveira, John G. 
 Simas, Manuel M. 
 
 Simon, Cecil 
 
 Simmons, L. E. 
 
 Sinclair, Roy 
 
 Simonds, E. 
 
 Simonoli, George 
 
 Simonoli, John 
 
 Simonsen, Chas. 
 
 Simonsen, Geo. 
 
 Simpson, Carl M. 
 
 Singleton, James 
 
 Singleton, Paul 
 
 Silacci, Silvo 
 
 Siclen, Glen Van 
 
 Siclen, Robt. Van 
 
 Silva, Joseph J. 
 
 Simmons, Clarence W. 
 
 Shank, Cecil 
 
 Siedenburg, E. D. 
 
 Skelton, Clarence 
 
 Sloss, John W. 
 
 Blade, Frankin 
 
 Slocum, G. R. 
 
 Slatore, Lee Roy 
 
 Slater, Kenneth 
 
 Slater, Marion 
 
 Smith, Melville 
 
 Smith Roscoe 
 
 Smith, Virgil 
 
 Slocum, L. H. 
 
 Smith, Earl 
 
 Smith, Fred 
 
 Smith, Jules 
 Smith, Stewart 
 Smith, Walter 
 Smith, Samuel M. 
 Smith, Harold E. 
 Smith, Clinton 
 Smith, Harry 
 Smith, Earl 
 Smith, Wm. R. 
 Smith, Earl W. 
 Smith, Gilbert 
 Smith, Chauneey D. 
 Smith, Howard 
 Smith, Guy 
 Smith, Roy D. 
 Smith, Burton 
 Smith, Alger T. 
 Smith, Leon L. 
 Smith, Ralph L. 
 Smith, C. V. 
 Smith, George 
 Smith, Guy W. 
 Smith Ira M. 
 Smith, John Clark 
 
 Smith, Geo. L. 
 
 Smith, Melville L. 
 
 Smith, Henry O. 
 
 Smith, Alvin 
 
 Smith, Burton B. 
 
 Smithy, J. F. 
 
 Smoot, Ignacio B. 
 
 Smithson Edgar 
 
 Small, James 
 
 Snyder, Alonzo J. 
 
 Snell, Kenneth 
 
 Snell, Geo. Cliifford 
 
 Snell, Ed. L. 
 
 Sohm, Carl W. 
 
 Soiffer, Morris 
 
 Solari, Anthony H. 
 
 Soto, James 
 
 Southin, Driver H. 
 
 Souza, Joe 
 
 Scares, Samie 
 
 South, Chas. D. Jr. 
 
 Sonnichsen, Andrew 
 
 Sonnichsen, Chris 
 
 Soper, Ralph 
 
 Souza, le, Joe Antonio 
 
 Sousa, — 
 Soso, Milton 
 Spagnoli, Antonio 
 Spatz, Harry 
 Sperring, Axel A. 
 Spieer C. R. 
 Spingola, Joseph 
 Sprenger, Harry B. 
 Spreitz, C. A. 
 Spring, Stanley W. 
 Sporleder, Roy 
 Sporleder, William 
 Spedding, Jos. W. 
 Spencer, Hume F. 
 Spencer, Hume Francis 
 Spegemann, Will 
 Spegemann, Walter 
 Sprague, Fred 
 Spear, Leslie 
 Sproles, Harris B. 
 Spydam, Clinton 
 Spencer, Roy 
 Spry, J. Warren 
 Stevens, Lawrence O. 
 Stevens ,Thad W. 
 Stewart, M. M. 
 Stewart, B. G. 
 Stewart, Robt W. 
 • Stoke, David J. D. 
 Stokes, Olbert 
 Storie, Norman 
 Strong, Alfred 
 Storm, Hans O. 
 Stout, Henry C. 
 Stuart, Lester V. 
 Stocking, Clyde H. 
 Stenger, E. 
 Streicher. » 
 
 Steinagel, C. C. 
 
 Steinagel, Harry 
 
 Stenger Eugene M. 
 
 Stevens, Everett M. 
 
 Stevens, Harley L. 
 
 Stevens, Henry D. 
 
 Stepka, Frank J. 
 
 Stelling, John Floyd 
 
 Stephenson, B. 
 
 Staats, Albert 
 
 Staats, E. 
 
 Stenger, Eugene 
 
 Stevens, C. H. 
 
 Steinhart, Stuart M. 
 
 Stone, S. W. 
 
 Starr, Robert 
 
 Starr, Arthur 
 
 Stern, R. M. 
 
 Strueher, John 
 
 Stanley, Camillus 
 
 Stanley, Edward J. Jr. 
 
 Stanley, George 
 
 Stanley, Herbert 
 
 Stanton, James 
 
 Staniford, Paul 
 
 Stevens, Archie 
 
 Stevens, Blaine 
 
 Stewart, Floyd 
 
 Stewart, Vernon F. 
 Stillson, Fredrich 
 Stolz, H. R. 
 Stuart, Arch B. 
 Stuart, Floyd W. 
 Stephens, W. H. 
 Sturla, Fred 
 Stau, Clarence 
 Stau, Elbert 
 Sterne, Warrern 
 Storie, Robt. M. 
 Stumble, Stephen 
 Studendorf, Harry 
 Sturla, Louis 
 Sturla, John G. 
 Stocking, Clyde 
 Sturla, Fred 
 St. Goar, — 
 Staack, Fred 
 Stafford, Charles 
 Sturla, John 
 Sund, Noble 
 Sullivan, Arthur 
 Sullivan, Andrew H. 
 Sullivan, Theodore 
 Suttich, John W. 
 Sulivan, W. F. 
 Snares, Manuel B. 
 Sweet, F. W. 
 Sweet, D. H. 
 Sweet, Gerald 
 Swank, Wm. H. 
 Sweari gen, Kenneth M. 
 Shannoi , Ernest 
 Swansoii, Albert L. 
 Swarner C. O. 
 Sweeney W. J. 
 
 Sweet, Howard 
 Swall, Leo 
 Sweitzer, Erwin F. 
 Swensen, Oscar M. 
 Sweigert, Cloyd J. 
 Swords, William J. 
 Swanson, Senus 
 Swanson, Lenna * 
 
 Swetnam, M. N. 
 Sweeney, Carl 
 Sweeney, Roy 
 Swank, Henry 
 Sweeney, Tom 
 Swinkoski, Fred 
 Swain, C. A. 
 Sylvester, Joseph 
 Sylva, Joseph 
 T 
 Talbot, G. C. 
 Taft, Loyd 
 Taft, Loyd H. 
 Taranto, John 
 Tarleton, Loyd 
 Taspo, L. Robert 
 Taff, Leverett 
 Talboy, Irwin 
 Talboy, William 
 Taylor, Frank J. 
 Taylor, Leroy E. 
 Taylor, Quimby 
 Tavares, Joe 
 Tubash, I'^ank 
 Talia, Nick A. 
 Tabash, Gustavo 
 Tarleton, Geo. Eber 
 Tapie, Ernest 
 Taylor, Chester 
 Tansley, J. 
 Tabash, Frank 
 Taft, George 
 Teggert, James 
 Telfer, Warren J. 
 Telfer, Waldo 
 Tegges, Wm. G. 
 Teixeira, George 
 Terry, Forest 
 Tevis, Roland 
 Templin, Ernest 
 Thompson, Fred G. 
 Thompson, Jr., Jarvis 
 Thornton, Walter 
 Thompson, Ray F. 
 Thayer, Milton E. 
 Thayer, Howard F. 
 Thayer, Henry 
 Theren, Robert E. 
 Thomas, Arthur C. 
 Thomas, Kenneth 
 Thomas, Walter 
 Thompson, Fred 
 Thompson, Alfred G. 
 Thompson, Everett 
 Thompson, Leslie C. 
 Thompson, L. C. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Thompson, William 
 Thompson, Glenn W. 
 Thomson, Fred 6. 
 Thomas, O. H. 
 Thomas, Jerome B. 
 Thompson, Jr., F. A. 
 Thomas, Wm. A. 
 Thomas, Clayton 
 Thompson O. M. 
 Thorn, Arthuur 
 Thompson, Elwin V. 
 Tilley, Homer J. 
 Timlen, William 
 Tillson, Warren 
 Tinney, Francis 
 Timlig, Thomas 
 Tonkin, Chester 
 Tomlinson, Alfred 
 Tophom, Eoy Beeves 
 Todd, T. 
 Tost, Frank 
 Tobey, Adrian V. 
 Tombling, L. K. 
 Tomlinson, Walter 
 Topping, Harry 
 Todd, Bert 
 Todd, Percy 
 Tollner, Alfred 
 Towner, F. A. 
 Toy, C. W. 
 Trimble, Teviis M. 
 Tramutolo, Tony 
 Tripp, Roy B. 
 Trainer, Bert 
 Trench, V. 
 Trimbell, Tevis 
 Traynor, Lee J. 
 Triguera, Frank T. 
 1'ruax, Ralph A. 
 Trogden, Arthur E. 
 Trimble, C. 
 Tripp, Russell B. 
 Trap, Ward 
 Trone, Willard V. 
 Trap, James 
 True, Alfred 
 True, Raymond 
 Trulsen, Elsworth 
 Troxell, Harold C. 
 Trainer, Elmer 
 Truesdale, Clarence 
 Tuluier, C. 
 Tustin, John L. 
 Turner, Floyd A. 
 Tupper, John H. 
 TuUy, Geo. H. 
 Tully, Sil 
 Tuebner, Ernest 
 Tucker, Perry 
 Tupper, Clyde 
 Turner, E. C. 
 Tustin, E. 
 Turn, Lorence A. 
 Tyler, W. B. 
 
 XI 
 
 Uhrenholt, Soren T. 
 Uomini, Frank D. 
 Urzi, Lewiis 
 Urban, Joe 
 Urban, William 
 
 Urban, Josh C. 
 
 Utzerath, Fred A. 
 V 
 
 Vath, Herman S. 
 
 Van Dalsera, FF. V. 
 
 Valkers, Paul 
 
 Vaearella, Nick J. 
 
 Valente, Joe 
 
 Van, Herbert P. 
 
 Van Dolsen, L. J. 
 
 Vanderhurst, W. L. 
 
 Van Gundy, Ross 
 
 Vasquez, Fred 
 
 Vatuone, Romeo F. 
 
 Van Boden, — 
 
 Van Damme, Maurino 
 
 Van Dorn, Louis 
 
 Vandervoort, C. T. 
 
 Van Etten, Perry H. 
 
 Vernova, John 
 
 Ventley, B. 
 
 Ventuleth, Jack 
 
 Viekery, Robert 
 
 Vierra, Wm. George 
 
 Vieira, Alfred J. 
 
 Vincent, Stanley B. 
 
 Vining, Arch Hoffman 
 
 Vodden, Wesley N. 
 
 Vodden, John M. 
 
 Vogelsang, C. 
 
 Voigt, H. G. 
 
 Volente, George E. 
 Volk, Gus F. 
 Volk, Heinle 
 Volkers, Clarence 
 Volkers, Henry E. 
 Von Geldern, C. E. 
 Vujinovich, Marko 
 
 W 
 Warnock, Archibald 
 Walters, Warren 
 Watson, Archie 
 Waltenberger Jacob 
 Waltenberger, Norton 
 Wayne, John A. 
 Walker, J. C, 
 Ward, Harold 
 Walker, Louis 
 Walsh, Thomas J. 
 Walter, Elton L. 
 Walrach, Earl 
 Walbridge, Banfield 
 Wagner, Fred 
 Watkins, Clyde H. 
 Washburn, Lowell M. 
 Walter, C. E. 
 Waalkes, Ralph 
 Wadams, Wilbur E. 
 
 Wagner, Walter 
 
 Walker, Albert C. 
 
 Walker, James H. 
 
 Walker, Elbert 
 
 Wallace, W. 
 
 Walker, Willard 
 
 Wallis, William A. 
 
 Watson, Wesley C. 
 
 Wats(iii, Harry 
 
 Walh, Alexander H. 
 
 Walton, Wilbur 
 
 Warner, Geo. W. 
 
 Waterhouse, Clark B. 
 
 Watson, E. 
 
 Watson, Paul A. 
 
 Watson, E. A. 
 
 Watts, Manuel G. 
 
 Walkington, A. B. 
 
 Wagner, Clarence W. 
 
 Walker, Percy 
 
 Walker, Paul 
 
 Walker, Harold B. 
 
 Walker, Cecil 
 
 Wallace, W. H. 
 
 Waterhouse, Mills N. 
 
 Wallace, James 
 
 Wadams, Wilbur 
 Watson, Frank H. 
 Warner, James 
 Walter, Edwin 
 Walter, C. E. 
 Walter, Chas. H. (M. D. 
 Walsh, Harry A. 
 Walt, Harry 
 Walsh, Matt 
 Weaver, Landis O. 
 Weaver, William 
 Wells, Beret 
 Westrich, Charles 
 Weldon, Theo. E, 
 Weichert, Ralph P. 
 Weeks, Henry 
 Wentworth, Allen 
 Wehner, Bichard H. 
 Welde, Lloyd 
 Webber, C. 
 Wedelsind, Frank E. 
 Weber, Chas. 
 Wedelsind, Henry 
 Weitz, Ben 
 Welsh, Lee J. 
 Weld, Loyd W. 
 Weld, Virden C. 
 Weller, Bob 
 Weller, Harrold 
 Welsh, Leo 
 Wentworth,, Allen B. 
 Westing, Adolph C. 
 Wetmore, Ralph 
 Webley, Boy 
 Webley, Harry 
 Weston, Wm. B. 
 Weaver, L. E. 
 Weed, Orrin 
 
 Weltz, Ei-nest 
 
 Wellington, Harold 
 
 Wellington, Fred 
 
 Wehner, Chas. O. 
 
 Wellington, Harold H. 
 
 Webb, Theodore 
 
 Weltz, Edward 
 
 White, C. E. 
 
 White, Bill 
 
 White, Loris M. 
 
 White, Thomas 
 
 White, Walter 
 
 Whitcome, Loren E. 
 
 Whittemore, Edgar 
 
 V/hiteside, E. E. 
 
 Whiteside, Boy 
 
 Whitaker, John 
 
 Whitford, William L. 
 
 Whistler, Emsley 
 
 Whalley, Chas. V. 
 
 Whalley, Eoy F. 
 
 Winning, C. D. 
 
 Wines, Howawrd H. 
 
 Widden, Ira P. 
 
 Wilson, Theodore 
 
 Wilson, St. John 
 
 Wilber, Charles 
 
 Wilde, Henry J. 
 Wilde, Mark 
 Wilde, Chas. 
 William, James Heath 
 WilliSttns, E. 
 Williams, William 
 Williams, Frank B. 
 Williams, Collis 
 Williams, T. M. 
 Williams, Baymond N. 
 Wiilliams, Buford 
 Williams, Sidney 
 Williams, F. B. 
 Williams, Wilber W. 
 Williams, Ernest C. 
 Williams, Earnest 
 Williams, Daniel P. 
 Williams, Daniel 
 Williams, Donald P. 
 Williams, Balph L. 
 Williams, Kenneth L. 
 Williamson, George E. 
 Williamson, Winifred 
 Willard, Lockhart 
 Wilson, Everett 
 Wilson, C. Myrle 
 Wilson, Francis Q. 
 Wilson, Glen W. 
 Wilson, Theodore 
 Wilson, Tom 
 Wingfield, W. J. 
 Wimmer, Earle 
 Winn, Jesse O. V. 
 Winning, C. P. 
 Wise, Herman 
 Witt, Bichard 
 Wilson, Chester S. 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Wildhagen, Christian 
 Wilkes, James D. 
 AVise, Paul E. 
 Withrow, Lester E. 
 Wimberly, Floyd 
 Wilson, G. C. 
 Wilson, Chester 
 Witt, Richard 
 Withrow, Earl B. 
 Wilson, James 
 Wilkes, Evans 
 Wing, C. B. 
 Wing, Sumner 
 Wing, Winchester 
 Wickner Shirley 
 White, William 
 Wills, J. R 
 Wilcox, Philip E. 
 
 Wilkins, Ralph B. 
 Wood, Stanley D. 
 Woodward, 0. G. 
 Woodward, Joseph 
 Woodworth, Claud 
 Woodbury, W. W. 
 Woodward, Frank E. 
 Woodward, Geo. A. 
 Woolley, A. Fred 
 Woodworth, Carl 
 Worsfold, Arthur H. 
 Worsfold, Arthur H. 
 Worden, Lionel J. 
 Wool, Ernest Otis 
 Wolfe, Leigh S. 
 Woolf, Nathan 
 Woodruff, W. L. 
 Woodbury, W. W. 
 
 Wright, Lawrence 
 Wright, Harold 
 Wright, Milton E. 
 Wright, Leslie 
 Wright, Bernard J. 
 Wright, James 
 Wright, John W. 
 Wright, Eugene 
 Wright, T. 
 Wyman, Arthur B. 
 Wyman, Arthur B. 
 Wythe, Joseph H. 
 Wythe, Joe 
 
 Y 
 Yarger, Edwini 
 Yarrington, Ottis 
 Yocco, Edward 
 York, Edgar 
 
 York, Harold X>. 
 Young, Herbert 
 Young, H. A. 
 Young, H. S. 
 Young, Wesley 
 
 Z 
 Zattera, Joseph 
 Zaro, George L. 
 Zamzow, Fred 
 Zarcone, W. 
 Znrbone, W. P. 
 Ziegler, Paul A. 
 Zimmerman, W. H. 
 Zoelinger, C. C. 
 ZoUezzi, Paul 
 Zutta, Lawrence 
 Zureher, Fred P. 
 
 Santa Clara County War Work Council 
 
 W. C. BAILEY, Chairman. 
 
 A. D. CUBTNER, Secretary. 
 
 E. H. FOSTER, Executive Secretary. 
 
 ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
 
 J. B. Bullitt 
 A. B. Post 
 S. G. Tompkins 
 W. E. Blauer 
 A. M. Free 
 Wilbur J. Edwards 
 H. G. Coykendall 
 Frank J. Somers 
 John D. Kuster 
 W. T. Rambo 
 Dr. M. E. Dailey 
 
 Byron Millard 
 W. A. Beasly 
 W. S. Clayton 
 V. J. LaMotte 
 H. L. Baggerly 
 E. K. Johnston 
 W. G. Alexander 
 Geo. N. Herbert 
 D. T. Bateman 
 V. H. Wylie 
 Albert O. Kayser 
 
 SPECIAL COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 D. J. Flannery 
 Victor Palmer 
 Sheldon Wills • 
 T. H. Reed 
 Victor Challen 
 A. V. Schubert 
 Brooks Tompkins 
 W. E. Albee 
 H. Ray Fry 
 Merle Gray 
 R. H. Knox 
 L. M. Kimberlin 
 Arthur Holmes 
 
 Karl StuU 
 Alvin Long 
 F. A. Nikirk 
 Frank L. Baker 
 Urban A. Sontheimer 
 Arthur Langford 
 F. E. Chapin 
 Buell Anderson 
 Fred L. Fehren 
 Herbert C. Jones 
 M. E. Griffith 
 Chas. R. Parkinson 
 C. H. Claytor 
 
 In addition to the above list were the Chairmen 
 of all District Committees. 
 
 J. M. PARKER (and later LOUIS CAMPIGLIA) 
 Chairmen San Jose Groups. 
 
 aRoup 1 
 
 J. D. CBUMMEY, Vice Chairman 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 J. B. Leaman 
 J. F. O 'Keef e 
 
 H. L. Austin 
 Chester Herold 
 J. W. Nixon 
 
 T. H. Herschbach 
 J. E. Hoblitt 
 Harry Knapp 
 J. W. Scott 
 H. M. Garcia 
 Chas. L. Flindt 
 P. E. Tomaselli 
 
 K. Ogate 
 W. S. Allender 
 H. A. Blanchard 
 E. E. Gummer 
 E. Schlaudt 
 Warren D. Allen 
 Harvey R. Herold 
 Dr. E. B. Wagner 
 
 GROUP 2 
 A. D. CURTNER (and later FRED L. FOSTER) 
 Vice Chairman. 
 DIRECTORS 
 Dr. B. C. Ledyard H. N. Fitch 
 
 Earle L. Bothwell J. S. Munson 
 
 Dr. S. B. Van Dalsem 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 Jr. 
 
 J. M. Costere 
 Frank Estrade 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 C. L. Southgate 
 H. I. Mabury 
 
 J. N. McCullough 
 
 F. B. Campen 
 C. E. Howes 
 Al Barker 
 Dr. H. 8. Chandler 
 Dr. J. W. Davey 
 Dr. F. F. Frazer 
 Dr. P. T. Snow 
 Dr. C. O. Jewell 
 Dr. D. M. Baker 
 Dr. H. J. B. Wright 
 Geo. H. Hegewith 
 Dr. A. Don Hines 
 Dr. C. N. Moates 
 Dr. Edw. Newell 
 W. I. Stone 
 W. Travis 
 L. L. Wagner 
 
 GROUP 3 
 LOUIS CAMPIGLIA (and later A. O. MATHEWS 
 and WM. HALLA) Vice Chairman. 
 DIRECTORS 
 Wm. A. McDonald John S. Mise 
 
 Geo. D. Oilman Elmer E. Chase 
 
 J. R. Chace 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 G. B. Stirling W. J. Bernhardt 
 
 D. C. Ahlers 
 
 Wm. F. Horwarth 
 
 Edward O. Webb, 
 
 Louis Doerr 
 
 Frank Fleming 
 
 W. C. Lean 
 
 John R. Kocher 
 
 Dr. P. A. Jordan 
 
 Dr. A. Jayet 
 
 Dr. N. H. Bullock 
 
 Dr. W. D. Gordon 
 
 Dr. M. F. Hopkins 
 
 B. K. Kerr 
 
 Dr. A. T. McGinty 
 
 Dr. R. E. Reese 
 
 Dr. Paul Sanford 
 
 Dr. W. S. Van Dalsem 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Geo. H. Anderson 
 
 A. G. Col 
 
 Fred Stern 
 
 L. Oneal 
 
 E. J. Danielson 
 
 J. G. Reid 
 
 L. L. King 
 J. J. Schmidt 
 E. W. Jack 
 J. M. Concklin 
 Dr. B. Lendrum 
 H. T. Pyle 
 GROUP 4 
 HENRY M. AYER (and later J. BRADLEY CLAY- 
 TON) Vice Chairman. 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 John Russo W. J. Benson 
 
 Dewitt C. Rucker Frank Marten 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 Dick Bressani 
 W. F. Curry 
 C. H. Eccleston 
 J. W. Grimes 
 J. J. Jones 
 T. D. Webster 
 Page Kessler 
 Brooks Tompkins 
 Geo. Lenzen 
 
 R. H. Powell 
 P. Mogenson 
 J. A. Solari 
 Geo. Singletary 
 Henry Mockbee 
 Sam Martin 
 
 E. R. Williams 
 
 F. L. Johnston 
 T. C. Barnett 
 
 GROUl' 5 
 CHAS. M. O'BRIEN, Vice Chairman. 
 DIRECTORS 
 day Mc.fabe A. G. DuBrutz 
 
 > .1. Halsey Arthur E. Holmes 
 
 "".'m. L. Biebrach Robt. F. Benson 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 James Beatty 
 Jos. M. McKiernan 
 Henry C. Artana 
 W. L. Prussia 
 A. L. Appleton 
 F. A. Von Dorsten 
 Earl Lamb 
 Thomas Monahan 
 Paul L. Cavalla 
 Frank Burrell 
 Max Blum 
 8. H. Chase 
 P. Maloney 
 C. C. Pomeroy 
 W. L. Ryder 
 Walter Trinkler 
 Wallace Isham 
 
 GROUP 6 
 
 CHAS. R. PARKINSON (and later BERT 
 DELDAHL and LOUIS NORMANDIN) Vice 
 man. 
 
 DIRECTORS 
 W. W. PauU Frank L. Hoyt 
 
 A. T. Huston R. H. Borchers 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 Chas. L. Snyder 
 DeLancey Lewis 
 T. J. Delmas 
 Dr. A. M. Barker 
 F. M. Chapman 
 S. E. Johnson 
 Ben Brown 
 J. T. Brooks 
 Victor A. Challen 
 H. S. Kittredge 
 Sanford Bacon 
 C. J. Cornell 
 J. P. McNally 
 W. B. Reilly 
 Floyd Stull 
 E. D. Ward 
 
 SLEr- 
 Chair- 
 
 V. J. Palmer 
 C. W. Montgomery 
 W. W. Williams 
 Dr. R. A. Whiffen 
 E. C. Hamlin 
 A. G. Ramstad 
 James Trengrove 
 W. A. Setta 
 
 J. B. Lamb 
 W. J. Moore 
 F. T. Edmans 
 Chas. Thomas 
 J. A. Wagner 
 Preston H. Boomer 
 J. V. Haley 
 O. 8. Eelph 
 
 J. D. Melehan E. M. Fallis 
 
 A. Mills T. B. Hubbard 
 
 GROUP 7 
 ELTON R. SHAW (and later D. L. SMITH and 
 GUY MARSHALL) Vice Chairman. 
 DIRECTORS 
 J. Q. Patton Bert G. Gassett 
 
 W. F. Lillick G. E. Marshall 
 
 J. A. Desimone 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 Arthur Cann , 
 F. W. Angier 
 F. J. McHenry 
 Joseph Napoli 
 C. E. Schlaudt 
 W. F. Tennant 
 Edward Brunhouse 
 
 A. T. Brennan 
 Samuel Crader 
 R. G. Kennard 
 E. G. Shoup 
 L. J. Squires 
 Upton W. Smith 
 
 B. H. Von Boden 
 
 H. C. Lewis 
 F. M. Eley 
 C. A. Nace 
 
 A. L. Hascall 
 Ray R. Rugg 
 
 F. J. Millard 
 E. O. Webb 
 Harold G. Hunt 
 Ernest Lion 
 
 H. W. Craig 
 
 G. D. Cotton 
 
 B. W. Dower 
 Thos. Foley 
 
 A. A. Hapgood 
 GROUP 8 
 
 ALEXANDER HART, Vice Chairman 
 DIRECTORS 
 Albert O. Kayser J. S. Williams 
 
 Jesse H. Levy Valentine Koch 
 
 Geo. A. Howes 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 C. J. Vath 
 Ferdinand Canelo 
 Henry W. McComas 
 Walter L. Chrisman 
 Isadore Marcus 
 W. E. Austin 
 Wm. Boschken 
 E. Shillingsburg 
 Bert Goldsmith 
 V. H. Wylie 
 E. W. Green 
 
 H. M. Spring 
 Henry Wendt 
 L. Jacobs 
 M. E. Arnerich 
 Walter Raley 
 W. Sontheimer 
 S. Moreland 
 Fred Figel 
 Earl Alderman 
 J. L. Cook 
 
 GROUP 9 
 
 W. G. MATHEWSON, Vice Chairman 
 DIRECTORS 
 S. W. Smith Dexter McClellan 
 
 H. I. Munton Jos. Cambiano 
 
 Thos. Graham Fred Arbing 
 
 Edw. Hafley Harry J. Young 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 B. Antrim William Walsh 
 W. A. Ashworth Thos. Callahan 
 M. Anderson C. W. Cook 
 
 T. J. Atkinson T. J. Collins 
 
 Frank Andrada A. B. Cox 
 
 John Boothe Fred Clute 
 
 H. A. Bridges M. P. Coffe 
 
 C. E. Baker P. A. Davis 
 John Borella A. S. DuCavic 
 H. C. Blackwood 8. G. Downton 
 Geo. Batchelor M. L. Emerson 
 W. M. Caldwell M. W. Eaton 
 
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 Fred Freioli A. A. Franklin 
 
 J. J. Flannery W. B. Gilbert 
 
 Lester Folsom J. M. Graham 
 
 C. D. Ferguson J. E. Gustafson 
 
 Ira T. Fox Geo. Gardiser 
 
 J. Hanel John Harding 
 
 T. Haach Geo. Jackson 
 
 J. Hart H. Jorgensen 
 
 C. Harrison D. W. James 
 
 F. J. Hepp L. G. Jones 
 Ed Hubback C. H. Jones 
 Dan R. Hayes V. A. Kammerer 
 J. C. Hamilton Fred Lisle 
 
 H. P. Musser A. Lowe 
 
 Carl Marsh J. Lavigne 
 
 J. P. Malpass John Lingren 
 
 A. A. Morrison A. G. Lee 
 
 A. McPherson D. E. Lanham 
 
 G. McQuarrie Harry R. Lawrence 
 H. A. McKenna Marion Overhulse 
 Jas. Newell J. Perry 
 
 V. E. Nelson A. H. Perry 
 
 C. E. Newton Antone Peterson 
 
 J. 6. Nisius Harry Peckham 
 
 C. C. Quinn W. J. Pascoe 
 
 C. J. Raymond G. Sims 
 
 Wm. Robinson E. J. Stoppleworth 
 
 Geo. Rasmussen Jos. Sweeney 
 
 C. Rosenhahn 0. Shannon 
 
 F. E. Rose J. J. Sinnott 
 
 J. E. Robidoux S. W. Smith 
 
 M. Rhodes Frank Trone 
 
 N. Russo J. Taggart 
 
 Ed Riffe D. S. Thompson 
 
 H. A. Rake G. W. Wilkinson 
 
 Dave Walsh M. C. Woodruff 
 
 Hiram Wells Rollie Williams 
 
 Frank Wood Mrs. L. Wheeler 
 
 C. Weaver L. E. Yates 
 GROUP 10 
 E. N. RICHMOND, Vice Chairman. 
 DIRECTORS 
 
 Geo. H. Osen L. R. Nash 
 
 C. C. Coolidge E. Mathews 
 
 John Miller C. S. Allen 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 
 John Somavia W. J. Byers 
 Henry Lion C. Northrup 
 
 Fred L. Thomas J. R. Camp 
 H. S. Bridges F. P. Mead 
 
 M. E. Griffith D. J. Nolan 
 
 C. C. Coolidge J. P. Dempsey 
 
 J. E. Fisher M. DeWitt 
 
 Geo. McDonald J. C. Barrett 
 
 F. D. McCormick Roy L. Clark 
 
 Claude Stutsman J. L. Magee 
 
 E. H. Warner Al Hubbard 
 
 F. D. Wolf Wm. Curtner r 
 
 OROUP 11 
 ALEX SHERIFFFS, Vice Chairman. 
 DIRECTORS 
 Chas D. Ferguson Geo. McDonald 
 
 Henry B. Martin N. A. Pellerano 
 
 L. A. Harms E. R. Bailey 
 
 John B. Shea Chas. R. Harker 
 
 Chas. W. Davison 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 C. H. James Samuel Love 
 
 P. M. Weddel Harry Morris 
 
 Ernest Shelburn Wm. H. Pabst 
 
 B. B. Kavanaugh A. P. Lepesh 
 W. J. Lean Jos. Magistretti 
 
 J. Calice George Prindiville 
 
 Frank D. Curtis Geo. D. Smith 
 
 Harvey Guilbert J. V. Christy 
 
 Aug. Turrell A. S. Tyler 
 
 U. A. Sontheimer Henry Berrar 
 
 C. H. James A. G. Wilkins 
 Geo. S. Kidder C. L. Burdick 
 Frank N. Arnerich F. B. McCormick 
 W. F. Curry E. M. Cunningham 
 
 QBOUP 12 
 HOWELL D. MELVIN, Vice Chairman. 
 DIRECTORS 
 Judge F. B. Brown M. E. Griffith 
 
 H. A. Harms T. M. Wright 
 
 F. Okagaki Judge P. F. Gosbey 
 
 A. V. Rogers Jos. E. Hancock 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 Jos. V. Cardoza T. Kimura 
 
 John N. Valine K. Katakeyama 
 
 M. J. Marshall S. Arita 
 
 AI.VISO GEOUP 
 GEO. E. NICHOLSON, Chairman. 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 W. F. Robidoux J. M. Fords 
 
 D. B. Wade Geo. T. Gallagher 
 W. F. Zankers H. J. Richards 
 A. Standish 
 
 CAMPBELL GEOUP 
 J. C. AINSLEY, Chairman. 
 
 VICE CHAIRMEN 
 Wm. Eckles John F. Duncan 
 
 J. E. Weisendanger Geo. L. Parso 
 
 W. T. Hobson Earl Snapp 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 J. L. Hagelin H. E. Brandenburg 
 
 Hiram Hutton B. O. Curry 
 
 A. C. Keesling Dr. C. M. Cooper 
 
 W. H. Lloyd Wm. Coupland 
 
 Geo. Payne E. A. Colby 
 
 Sam G. Rodeck Frank Dunucan 
 
 Harry H. Smith C. E. Hanger 
 
 C. H. Whitman 
 
 CUPERTINO GEOUP 
 W. B. CALVERT, Vice Chairman. 
 
 VICE CHAIRMEN 
 John Ludy Dr. F. M. Coleman 
 
 Paul Goodloe Anton Pichetti 
 
 Chas. Lowe C. L. Rich 
 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 G. A. Blair A. H. Jepsen 
 
 C. D. Bambauer A. T. King 
 
 W. A. Buick Q. S. Mclntyre 
 
 Grant Barton J. A. McDonald 
 
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 I. A. Ball 
 F. A. Ball 
 Paul Coolidge 
 M. L. Dow 
 K. A. Friedrich 
 C. R. Forge 
 E. H. Freeman 
 J. Frost 
 Paul Jones 
 W. Jellyman 
 
 H. H. Mosher 
 E. J. Parrish 
 W. Pasly 
 Jas. Petterson 
 
 E. N. Pettit 
 
 F. M. Peiffer 
 Chas. Rostand 
 F. A. Taft 
 
 O. B. Woods 
 C. E. Warren 
 
 EVEBOBEEN GBOUP 
 
 J. P. S8HAMBEAU, Chairman. 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 Albert A. Anderson Frank H. Kampfen 
 
 Peter Bennett Theo. Klein 
 
 A. H. Burk A. L. Leal 
 
 R. H. Beck Fred May 
 
 H. L. Coates Fred Martin 
 
 W. L. Edwards N. Macher 
 
 John A. Fair L. Monferino 
 
 I. Gover A. R. McClay 
 
 Fred Hassler August Nelson 
 
 Henry I. Hart F. W. Osterman 
 
 M. J. Haley Manuel Pereira 
 
 John 8. Hensell Wm. Provan 
 
 J. O. Hansen Francis Smith 
 
 Henry Krehe Michael Tierney 
 
 W. A. Kammerer Fred Weld 
 
 Clem A. Kettman E. B. Williams 
 
 aiLEOY OEOUP 
 E. D. CRAWFORD, Chairman. 
 COMMITTEEMEN 
 John Abincino H. S. Hersman 
 
 A. S. Baldwin Chas. Lester 
 
 Dan Burr Tracy Learned 
 
 A. W. Cox A. A. Martin 
 
 H. Carl R. M. Martin 
 
 Percy Dexter . Fay McQuilkin 
 
 C. H. Emien H. E. Robinson 
 
 W. G. Fitzgerald Wm. Sawyer 
 
 H. Hecker G. A. Wentz 
 
 LOS QATOS QBOUP 
 
 J. D. FARWELL, Chairman. 
 J. A. Case C. F. Hamsher 
 
 J. W. Crider Z. S. Riggo 
 
 L. E. Johns C. H. Squire 
 
 H. L. Lloyd Dr. H. E. Smith 
 
 Ed Howes J. B. Stewart 
 
 J. C. Walker 
 
 MOBGAN HILL GBOUP 
 
 C. F. DREWRY, Chairman. 
 John Acton Luther Cunningham 
 
 Wm. H. Adams F. V. Edwards 
 
 J. C. Ahem E. F. Eastman 
 
 Robt. Britton R. H. Patchell 
 
 B. Bosqui Irwin E. Payne 
 
 Chas. Beck H. A. Pepen 
 
 D. H. Bechis C. P. Simpson 
 
 Burnett — Sub Group 
 
 PETER RAGGIO, Chairman. 
 P. H. Kirby E. L. Norton 
 
 P. A. Walsh 
 
 Enclnal — Sub Group 
 FRANK STEVENS, Chairman. 
 H. A. Peppin Peter Ramelli 
 
 Rurt Stevens 
 
 Llagas — Sub Group 
 T. A. HESTER, Chairman. 
 M'. H. Adams C. P. Simpson 
 
 Harry Wright 
 
 Machado — Sub Group 
 R. K. PATCHELL, Chairman. 
 Robert Britton D. W. Strickenberg 
 
 San Martin — Sub Group 
 R. S. ROBINSON, Chairman. 
 Chas. Beck M. T. Gwinn 
 
 H. Robinson 
 
 Uvas — Sub Group 
 GILES BRADLEY, Chairman. 
 Ben Bosqui Ed Eastman 
 
 MILPITAS GBOUP 
 E. P. GIACOMAZZI, Chairman. 
 G. E. Abell Lawrence Hansen 
 
 Lawrena Barker Dr. B. J. Smith 
 
 A. L. Crabb A. M. Silva, Jr. 
 
 MOUNTAIN VIEW GBOUP 
 
 W. L. CAMP, Chairman. 
 Dr. C. E. Adams J. E. Johnson 
 
 F. B. Abbott Jas. Logue 
 
 W. F. Bubb Chas. N. Lake 
 
 A. M. Crittenden F. Marcov 
 Geo. Chickorich J. S. Mockbee 
 
 C. H. Clark Chas. E. Marcum 
 
 H. 6. Childs P. D. Newman 
 
 H. G. Copeland F. S. Oliver 
 
 L. Drake Geo. S. Parkinson 
 
 T. J. Evans A. S. Robinson 
 
 Edwin Earl H. A. Rengstroff 
 
 Hans Ehlers P. M. Smith 
 
 M. Farrell ' Geo. Swall 
 
 Chas. A. Gray Guy Shoup 
 
 Fred P. Hauck J. J. Taylor 
 
 W. F. Hyde L. H. Watson 
 
 B. W. Hollman O. W. Whaley 
 Barney Job R. O. Winnegar 
 A. Jurian S. A. Winnegar 
 Frank Jackson Chas. W. Wright 
 W. N. Jess Wm. P. Wright 
 P. Klein R. H. Walker 
 
 BEBBYESSA GBOUP 
 HARRY CURRY, Chairman. 
 Albert Foster Joe Rodrigues 
 
 Floyd Lundy J. W. Smith 
 
 W. E. Moore 
 
 EAGLE GBOUP 
 L. F. GRAHAM, Chairman. 
 
 C. A. Borchers John P. Vennum 
 James T. Murphy 
 
 OBCHABD GBOUP 
 J. J. O'BRIEN, Chairman. 
 W. B. Clark Richard McCarthy 
 
 Frank A. Leis 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 MT. HAMILTON GROUP 
 DB. WM. W. CAMPBELL, Chairman. 
 
 Dr. B. C. Aitkeii E. H. Robison 
 
 Mr. Beach Lester Hubbard 
 
 R. H. Tucker Paul Gerber 
 
 J. Hoover F. Knobloch 
 Dr. J. H. Moore 
 
 PALO ALTO GROUP 
 G. B. PARKINSON, Chairman. 
 
 B. G. Allen J. E. Hesston 
 W. H. Adams C. A. Huston 
 J. B. Andrus W. O. Horabin 
 L. E. Bassett A. M. Hackett 
 James D. Basye J. Jury 
 
 W. J. Biehl F. K. Kasson 
 
 L. S. Bean W. H. Kelly 
 
 Ira G. Betts Miss Mary I. Lockey 
 
 J. H. Borden Kee Leung 
 
 M. A. Buchan P. M. Lansdale 
 
 L. L. Burlingame Egerton Lakin 
 
 J. D. Byxbee, Jr. J. B. Larkin 
 
 Geo. F. Brown G. Laumeister 
 
 Geo. J. Carey George Lillie 
 
 Ed Cashel R. N. Malone 
 
 A. M. Cathcart Miss Maud Manaton 
 
 C. E. Childs C. D. Marx 
 
 A. B. Clark W. E. Mendenhall 
 
 B. W. Crandall G. E. Mercer 
 H. F. Congdon F. J. M. Miles 
 
 C. P. Cooley J. P. Mitchell 
 W. A. Cooper W. E. Miller 
 
 D. C. Craig H. J. Moule 
 William Transton A. L. Murry 
 J. L. Dixon A. K. Macoon 
 J. Dudfield J. E. McDowell 
 I. J. Dollingo W. H. Nichols 
 Eev. David Evans Louis Olsen 
 
 O. M. Easterday E. T. Pennock 
 
 Chas. EUett Prof. G. F. Pierce 
 
 Alfred Engle Capt. 8. M. Parker 
 
 J. F. Farrell G. C. Price 
 
 B. S. Faxon W. W. Price 
 Mrs. Fred Fowler J. F. Pryor 
 Mrs. Marion H. Fowler Robt. C. Ray 
 James Frazer O. O. Rhodes 
 
 Dr. D. Chas. Gardner Roger M. Roberts 
 
 C. H. Gilbert F. Schneider 
 Rev. J. M. Gleason A. Seale 
 
 J. E. Greene H. W. Simkins 
 
 R. L. Green . J. R. Slonaker 
 
 N. W. Gleaser N. B. Smitih 
 
 F. W. Heckett J. O. Snyder 
 
 V. V. Harrier W. E. Southwood 
 
 Theo. J. Hoover Mrs. Maud A. Stratton 
 
 T. Hopkins R. E. Swain 
 
 Rev. Walter Hays E. C. Thoits 
 
 E. A. Hettinger Ray Saylor 
 
 T. Goshida 
 J. C. Thiele 
 M. H. Tichnor 
 Monroe Thomas 
 S. D. Townley 
 Louis Taylor 
 T. Uchizono 
 S. M. Vandervoort 
 D. 8. Watson 
 
 R. J. Wells 
 Bay Lyman Wilbur 
 Geo. Williams 
 E. L Irving 
 Herbert Wilson 
 Chas. Weeks 
 W. K. Woolery 
 A. E. Worthy 
 R. H. Wiley 
 
 PALA GROUP 
 
 CHARLES TURNER, Chairman. 
 J. W. Anderson Andrew Patton 
 
 Edward I. Field J. F. Pyle 
 
 J. P. Lacerda 
 
 SARATOGA GROUP 
 DR. I. G. HOGG, Chairman. 
 Rev. B. Z. Bazata S. P. Patterson 
 
 L. C. Dick J. L. Richards 
 
 SUNNYVALE GROUP 
 C. C. SPAULDIN6, Chairman. 
 F. X. Boden C. W. Shepard 
 
 J. M. Brown 0. W. Spalding 
 
 F. E. Cornell Leoo. H. Vishoot 
 
 Frank Farry J. H. Hendy 
 
 F. B. Hughes F. C. Wilson 
 
 W. A. Larman J. C Sutherland 
 
 Bev. C. G. Marshall J. F. Holthouse 
 
 Bev. H. J. Roberts A. P. Freeman 
 
 W. R. Roberts 
 
 VALLEY VIEW GROUP 
 J. L. MOSHER, Chairman. 
 Nelson Barton Fred P. Hauck 
 
 Oscar Benson Harry Johnson 
 
 Jerry Cannon Jack Mayne 
 
 SANTA CLARA GROUP 
 DR. A. E. OSBORNE, Chairman. 
 P. A. Brangier Geo. A. Penniman 
 
 Alfred L. Brown Kobert Porter 
 
 W. T. Brown Henry R. Roth 
 
 Jos. Boschken Chas. D. South 
 
 Robert Fatjo F. R. Shatter 
 
 Chas. Grimmer W. S. Sullivan 
 
 P. Hayes Dr. L. Stockton 
 
 Geo. Hamilton F. A. Wilcox 
 
 Ralph Martin B. F. Weston 
 
 J. B. O'Brien I. A. Wilcox 
 
 I. A. Pomeroy 
 
 FRANKLIN GROUP 
 S. W. PFEIFLE, Chairman. 
 John Barry J. Jepson 
 
 F. H. Buck Fred G. Wool 
 
 OAK GROVE GROUP 
 O. Christofer, Chairman. 
 0. W. Aby A. C. Robertson 
 
 Chas. Frost, Jr. J. H. Swickard 
 
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WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Santa Clara County Women's Mobilized Army 
 
 CITY OF SAN JOSE 
 
 MES. L. T. SMITH, Colonel. 
 
 MRS. D. A. BEATTIE, Lt.-Colonel. 
 
 MAJOBS 
 
 Mrs. P. F. Gosbey 
 Mrs. H. N. Booker 
 Mrs. J. J. Byl 
 Mrs. J. E. Hancock 
 Mrs. F. A. Von Dorsten 
 Mrs. C. C. Little 
 Mrs. Nicholas Bowden 
 
 CAPTAINS 
 
 Mrs. Chas. E. Parkinson 
 Miss Ida Wehner 
 Mrs. Willis Clayton 
 Mrs. A. B. Brown 
 Mrs. Geo. B. Seeley 
 Mrs. S. D. Farrington 
 
 Mrs. E. M. Wright 
 Miss M. Arbogast 
 Miss Lucy Washburn 
 Miss Pearl Pierson 
 Miss Florence Clayton 
 Mrs. F. J. Keller 
 Mrs. W. Simpson 
 Mrs. Ella Eowell 
 Mrs. L. McCrone 
 Mrs. E. H. Baker 
 Mrs. J. H. Ogier 
 Miss M. Simons 
 Mrs. H. A. Stacy 
 Mrs. J. C. Hobson 
 Mrs. B. H. Borchers 
 Mrs. Olive Overhulser 
 Mrs. J. W. Lewis 
 Mrs. W. E. Grouser 
 Mrs. W. H. Cassidy 
 Mrs. S Tompkins 
 Mrs. J. H. Booker 
 Mrs. M. Lundy 
 Miss J. Harris 
 Mrs. C. Hablutzel 
 Mrs. H. McKee 
 Miss Jessie Williamson 
 Mrs. B. F. Laughlin 
 Mrs. W. A. Coulter 
 Mrs. E. A. Nichols 
 Mrs. N. S. Wretman 
 Mrs. D. Eeiser 
 Mrs. L. B. Wilson 
 Mrs. C. W. Eyan 
 Mrs. F. M. Ury 
 Mrs. B. J. Langford 
 Mrs. F. A. Nikirk 
 Mrs. W. G. Alexander 
 Mrs. T Plummer 
 Mrs. A. T. Herrmann 
 Mrs. W. N. Avery 
 Mrs. F. C. Pyle 
 Mrs. M. J. Nye 
 Mrs. Chas. O'Brien 
 Mrs. B. A. Lee 
 Miss Lucy Botsf ord 
 
 Mrs. D. J. Gairaud 
 Mrs. F. B. Brown 
 Miss M. Thephagen 
 Mrs. E. A. Sutherland 
 Mrs. E. Moore 
 Mrs. F. L. Trone 
 Mrs. W. G. Jones 
 Mrs. B. Brown 
 Mrs. N. Davison 
 Mrs. E. F. Distal 
 Mrs. S. Barker 
 Mrs. H. M. Sears 
 Mrs. J. B. Shea 
 Mrs. N. Ouimet 
 Mrs. S. Johnson 
 Mrs. J. H. Murphy 
 Mrs. W. I. Teters 
 Mrs. F. Gunn 
 Mrs. M. B. Simpkins 
 Miss I. Martin 
 Miss A. E. Weir 
 Miss Xess Henshaw 
 Mrs. P. F. Dunne 
 Mrs. W. Blauer 
 Mrs. J. E. Fisher 
 Mrs. C. H. Johnstone 
 Mrs. A. T. Smith 
 Mrs. L. Cothran 
 Mrs. J. B. Clayton 
 Mrs. M. E. Barstow 
 Mrs. E. O. Pieper 
 Mrs. Paul Clark 
 Mrs. H. A. White 
 Miss D. Cousins 
 Mrs. A. D. Chase 
 Mrs. E. A. Burgess 
 Mrs. M. E. Compton 
 Mrs. B. Cliff 
 Mrs. O. Braslan 
 Mrs. N. H. Bullock 
 Mrs. C. A. Payne 
 Miss M. Candee 
 Mrs. E. Muirson 
 Mrs. A. Easmussen 
 Mrs. V. Stray 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Jameson 
 
 LIEUTENANTS 
 Miss Allen Mrs. C. Appell 
 
 Mrs. Elsie Abel Miss Edith Ayres 
 
 Mrs. W. Appleton Mrs. G. P. Aurich 
 
 Miss Olive Alexander 
 Miss E. M. Ac worth 
 Mrs. H. L. Austin 
 Mrs. Leonora Arnold 
 Mrs. Josephine Ayres 
 Mrs. Alvarez 
 Mrs. L. M. Andrews 
 Miss L. Appleby 
 Mrs. Mary E. Anderson 
 Mrs. Miller Atkinson 
 Miss Eita Angus 
 Miiss Eita Angus 
 Mrs. A. Atkinson 
 Miss A. Abaria 
 Mrs. J. H. Allen 
 Mrs. C. S. Allen 
 Mrs. S. Alexander 
 Mrs. W. H. Arnold 
 Miss Lena Bossana 
 Mrs. Geo. Barton 
 Mrs. M. Bloomingdale 
 Mrs. Edith Brisbin 
 Mrs. O. O. Blesh 
 Mrs. C. W. Brown 
 Mrs. C. C. Burton 
 Mrs. Emma Barnwell 
 Miss Flora Bailey 
 Mrs. Laura P. Bailey 
 Mrs. E. Burlingame 
 Mrs. Geo. Blakesly 
 Mrs. H. E. Bennett 
 Mrs. E. Baker 
 Mrs. H. Buffington 
 Mrs. W. Bean 
 Mrs. Wm. Binder 
 Miss Jessie Blanchard 
 Mrs. W. N. Brown 
 Mrs. Evelyn Barateau 
 Mrs. J. Brennan 
 Mrs. Walter Bean 
 Mrs. Fannie Bogart 
 Mrs. Ida Beattie 
 Miss Maud Blackford 
 Mrs. Ethel Bridgman 
 Mrs. H. H. Berner 
 Mrs. C. Brittel 
 Mrs. Brown 
 Miss Beba Bland 
 Mrs. Max Blum 
 Miss Euth Bacon 
 Mrs. W. C. Bailey 
 Mrs. E. J. Butler 
 Mrs. M. Baughman 
 Mrs. C. Bramhall 
 Mrs. C. Baggerly 
 Mrs. J. E. Bailey 
 Miss E. Bailey 
 Mrs. J. E. Bennett 
 Mrs. D. J. Byron 
 Mrs. Mabel Blodgett 
 Miss Nellie Blodgett 
 Mrs. H. A. Bridges 
 
 Mrs. I. D. Bostwick 
 Mrs. Laura Bennett 
 Miss Tillie Brohaska 
 Mrs. Geo. Bratton 
 Mrs. M. F. Ball 
 Mrs. W. H. Brown 
 Mrs. Erna Bobritz 
 Mrs. Ivan Briscoe 
 Mrs. Gertrude Brush 
 Mrs. Ben Brown 
 Mrs. Lloyd Baker 
 Miss Julia Bellingall 
 Mrs. C. H. Bauer 
 Mrs. Dr. Bearby 
 Mrs. Clara Baker 
 Mrs. J. W. Briggs 
 Mrs. C. A. Bates 
 Miss Bee 
 
 Mrs. A. F. Benton 
 Miss Bayliss 
 Mrs. E. Billuviller 
 Mrs. L. D. Bohnett 
 Mrs. Archer Bowden 
 Mrs. G. A. Bean 
 Miss Mildred Bean 
 Miss B. Berdrow 
 Mrs. Charles Boyce 
 Mrs. A. D. Burnett 
 Mrs. Booksin 
 Mrs. Chas. Beach 
 Mrs. E. A. Brown 
 Mrs. B. J. Blois 
 Mrs. Frederick Boes 
 Mrs. F. B. Bishop 
 Mrs. Abby Brown 
 Mrs. Mary Boomer 
 Mrs. H. Butler 
 Mrs. J. Brokenshire 
 Mrs. S. Bates 
 Mrs. F. Britton 
 Mrs. Idabel Barnes 
 Mrs. J. E. Baker 
 Mrs. Ellis Boynton 
 Miss Mary Bergan 
 Mrs. J. F. Bellow 
 Mrs. Daniel Bennett 
 Mrs. A. Barker 
 Miss Meta Blomdahl 
 Miss Clara Burrell 
 Mrs. Bergh 
 Miss Mabel Bassett 
 Mrs. Wm. Beasly 
 Miss M. Beal 
 Mrs. Howard Bill 
 Mrs. Thos. Chisholm 
 Miss Linda Carlson 
 Mrs. Sam Crader 
 Mrs. Martha Conniff 
 Miss B. Coyner 
 Mrs. Carey 
 Mrs. Hugh Collins 
 Mrs. Jos. Christy 
 
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 Mrs. Coffin 
 Mrs. Minette Carey 
 Miss Anna Colombet 
 Miiss Coleman 
 Miss Beth Crummey 
 Mrs. F. E. Crummey 
 Mrs. E. Cureton 
 Mrs. W. H. Cassidy 
 Mrs. L. P. Cianciarullo 
 Mrs. F. A. Curtiss 
 Mrs. Carmichael 
 Mrs. F. M. Chapman 
 Miss Mary Carroll 
 Mrs. F. E. Carlton 
 Mrs. W. A. Coulter 
 Mrs. Mabel Couch 
 Mrs. Chas. Crothers 
 Mrs. Annie Cummins 
 Mrs. Julia Charles 
 Mrs. Cora Cramer 
 Mrs. W. H. Concklin 
 Miss E. Chase 
 Mrs. J. Chase 
 Mrs. Alice Crider 
 Mrs. J. S. Cunningham 
 Mrs. Mabel Campbell 
 Mrs. J. H. Clark 
 Mrs. U. S. Clark 
 Mrs. Inez Cottrell 
 Miss Bernice Corkery 
 Mrs. W. H. Carmichael 
 Miss Margaret Chiappe 
 Miss Marcia Cather 
 Mrs. Clearwater 
 Mrs. Carlson 
 Mrs. Crew 
 Mrs. Cassidy 
 Mrs. R. S. Chandler 
 Miss L. Canty 
 Mrs. J. Curtis 
 Mrs. Cline 
 Mrs. F. E. Caton 
 Mrs. D. Cerutti 
 Miss Crofoot 
 Mrs. C. C. Coolidge 
 Miiss Florence Campbell 
 Miss Mary Candee 
 Miss Hazel Corey 
 Miss Edna Corey 
 Mrs. G. T. Coleman 
 Mrs. A. J. Compton 
 Mrs. B. Careaga 
 Mrs. Wm. Campbell 
 Miss Ethel Clayton 
 Mrs. K. Compton 
 Mrs. P. E. Chandler 
 Mrs. J. H. Capien 
 Mrs. L. H. Cook 
 Miss Aline Delmas 
 Mrs. Stella T. Davis 
 Mrs. Fred Doerr 
 Mrs. J. R. Doyle 
 Mrs. H. R. Drew 
 Mrs. John Drew 
 
 Mrs. Harvey Dana 
 
 Mrs. Paul Furst 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Hqllingsworth 
 
 Mrs. J. H. DuBois 
 
 Mrs. Mae Faull 
 
 Mrs. C. G. Holmes 
 
 Miss L. Devine 
 
 Mrs. J. W. French 
 
 Mrs. F. Hermann 
 
 Miss May Draper 
 
 Mrs. J. V. Finnemore 
 
 Mrs. W. S. Hazeltine 
 
 Mrs. Lucas Downing 
 
 Miss A. French 
 
 Miss May Hoffman 
 
 Mrs. F. Dreischmeyer 
 
 Miss Lena Fate 
 
 Miss Hattie Hoffman 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Davison 
 
 Cornelia M. Farley 
 
 Mrs. A. T. Herrmann 
 
 Mrs. R. Davison 
 
 Mrs. P. F. Gosbey 
 
 Mrs. B. D. Hull 
 
 Miss Eleanor Drake 
 
 Mrs. N. J. Gray 
 
 Mrs. Ella Haskin 
 
 Mrs. S. F. Carter 
 
 Miss Cora Gillespie 
 
 Mrs. Zina Hunt 
 
 Miss Faith Crummey 
 
 Mrs. D. J. Gairaud 
 
 Mrs. L. Hollister 
 
 Mrs. K. C. Carruthers 
 
 Mrs. S. A. Gunn 
 
 Mrs. Ed Hamlin 
 
 Mrs. A. J. Cox 
 
 Miss Kathryn Glubetich 
 
 Mrs. A. J. Henry 
 
 Mrs. M. Costello 
 
 Mrs. Wilmer Gross 
 
 Miss Juanita Halsey 
 
 Mrs. E. R. Chapman 
 
 Mrs. C. R. Grant 
 
 Mrs. E. H. Hines 
 
 Miss Cunningham 
 
 Mrs. G. B. Gassett 
 
 Mrs. Belle Healey 
 
 Mrs. Carpenter 
 
 Mrs. Pearl Grundeland 
 
 Mrs. Hazel Haub 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Emmons 
 
 Mrs. A. T. Griffin 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Hancock 
 
 Mrs. Joe Evans 
 
 Mrs. A. S. Gilson 
 
 Mrs. O. A. Harlan 
 
 Mrs. E. Or. Emerson 
 
 Mrs. W. L. Gillham 
 
 Mrs. Ernest Hammer 
 
 Mrs. L. P. Edwards 
 
 Mrs. R. Griffin 
 
 Miss Helen Harmes 
 
 Mrs. F. Erhart 
 
 Mrs. M. E. Griffith 
 
 Mrs. V. S. Hillis 
 
 Mrs. H. L. Emerson 
 
 Miss Cora Gillespie 
 
 Miss Tess Henshaw 
 
 Mrs. Geo. Evans 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Gemmel 
 
 Mrs. M. V. Hubbard 
 
 Mrs. Jennie Ebling 
 
 Mrs. Ella Graham 
 
 Mrs. Charles Hapgood 
 
 Mrs. Alice Ebling 
 
 Miss Gladys Gagliardo 
 
 Mrs. L. E. Hart 
 
 Mrs. Kate Epping 
 
 Mrs. C. Goldworthy 
 
 Mrs. E. F. Holbrook 
 
 Mrs. F. M. Eley 
 
 Mrs. Felix Gunn 
 
 Mrs. Hajle 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Eachus 
 
 Miss lone Griffith 
 
 Mrs. Iris Hillman 
 
 Miss Edith Eachus 
 
 Mrs. F. W. Gross 
 
 Mrs. Hansen 
 
 Mrs. E. E. Evans 
 
 Mrs. Mary George 
 
 Mrs F. E. Hines 
 
 Miss Lena Edwards 
 
 Mrs. N. J. Grey 
 
 Mrs. J. K. Henwood 
 
 Mrs. C. F. Edmonds 
 
 Mrs. James Goodman 
 
 Mrs. F. P. Hayes 
 
 Mrs. C. H. Eccleston 
 
 Mrs. William Gavin 
 
 Mrs. C. J. Hends 
 
 Mrs. J. Enright 
 
 Mrs. S. W. Gilchrist 
 
 Mrs. H. Hayman 
 
 Mrs. G. A. Eddy 
 
 Mrs. J. W. Gregg 
 
 Miss Kate Henry 
 
 Miss Mabel Ernst 
 
 Mrs. Thorn Henderson 
 
 Mrs. J. O. Hestwood 
 
 Miss Winifred Estabrook 
 
 Mrs. R. D. Horton 
 
 Mrs. Jack Hatton 
 
 Mrs. C. C. Ford 
 
 Mrs. Edith Hambly 
 
 Miss Edith Hanson 
 
 Miss Mildred Fleming 
 
 Mrs. Grace Humburg 
 
 Miss Pearl Harris 
 
 Miss Florence Fisher 
 
 Miss Arleen Hocking 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Holland 
 
 Mrs. H. B. Fisher 
 
 Mrs. W. B. Hobson 
 
 Mrs. Maurice Holmes 
 
 Mrs. F. L. Fehren 
 
 Mrs. Frances Hervey 
 
 Miss Clara Innes 
 
 Miss C. G. Fischer 
 
 Miss Dorinda Hayes 
 
 Mrs. S. Inman 
 
 Mrs. Libbie Farley 
 
 Mrs. W. D. Hatch 
 
 Mrs. R. Inglcstadt 
 
 Miss Fosgate 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Hull 
 
 Miss Mabel Jorgensen 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Eraser 
 
 Miss Marion Hestwood 
 
 Mrs. Jones 
 
 Mrs. Mabel Franklin 
 
 Mrs. J. G. Hobson 
 
 Mrs. W. S. Jackson 
 
 Miss M. G. Foster 
 
 Mrs. G. W. Healy 
 
 Mrs. W. A. Johnston 
 
 Mrs. Jane Fisher 
 
 Mrs. Herndon 
 
 Mrs. H. R. Johnson 
 
 Mrs. Eunice Frenn 
 
 Mrs. W. L. Howe 
 
 Mrs. F. S. Johnson 
 
 Miss Beatric Fleming 
 
 Mrs. N. L. Hannah 
 
 Mrs. C. P. Johnson 
 
 Mrs. Ritchie Field 
 
 Mrs. Rose Harker 
 
 Mrs. A. G. Johns 
 
 Mrs. Gus Fischer 
 
 Miss Julia Harris 
 
 Mrs. Frank Jameson 
 
 Mrs. F. L. Fowwler 
 
 Miss Percy Harris 
 
 Mrs. W. E. Jenkinson 
 
 Miss E. Fleming 
 
 Mrs. C. E. Hablutzel 
 
 Mrs. F. P. Jordan 
 
 Mrs. Mary Ferguson 
 
 Mrs. Laura Hickman 
 
 Mrs. W. G. Jones 
 
 Mrs. Ferguson 
 
 Mrs. Clara Howe 
 
 Mrs. W H James 
 
 Mrs. J. Frank 
 
 Mrs. Geo. N. Herbert 
 
 Mrs. Sidney Johnson 
 
 Mrs. E. Flanders 
 
 Mrs. A. E. Holmes 
 
 Miss Mabel Johnson 
 
 Mrs. Fowler 
 
 Mrs. Howatsen 
 
 Mrs. F. Johnson 
 
 Mrs. W. J. Fretwell 
 
 Mrs. J. V. Haley 
 
 Mrs. Henry Johnson 
 
 Miss Marjorie Fisher 
 
 Mrs. F. R. Hayward 
 
 Mrs. Edith Jensen 
 
 Mrs. J. A. Frazier 
 
 Miss Orinda Hildreth 
 
 Miss R. Johnson 
 
 67 
 
WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Mrs. Cora H. Johnston 
 Mrs. Augustus Jones 
 Mrs. P. A. Jordan 
 Mrs. G. E. Johnson 
 Mrs. Grace N. Jordan 
 Mrs. L. O. Jack 
 Mrs. W. L. Koerber 
 Mrs. F. J. Kellar 
 Mrs. L. L. Kennedy 
 Mrs. H. Kendall 
 Mrs. "W. G. Kays 
 Mrs. S. W. Keaton 
 Mrs. M. W. Kapp 
 Mrs. William King 
 Mrs. Geo. Keep 
 Mrs. B. B. Kavanaugh 
 Mrs. Herman Keyser 
 Mrs. Walter Klotzbaugh 
 Mrs. M. Kirkpatrick 
 Mrs. H. P. Kessler 
 Miss Kocher 
 Emma Kleen 
 Mrs. Kearn 
 Mrs. Walter King 
 Mrs. Lucille Kooser 
 Miiss Lena Lamar 
 Mrs. Hannah Learner 
 Mrs. Kitty Lee 
 Mrs. J. W. Lewis 
 Miss Lewis 
 Miss Grace Larson 
 Mrs. J. B. Lannigan 
 Mrs. Guy Latta 
 Miss Maud Lundy 
 Miss Hazel Lundy 
 Miss Clara Levy 
 Mrs. D. Lore 
 Mrs. B. E. Laughlin 
 Miss Gladys Laughlin 
 Miss Roberta Laughlift 
 Mrs. Landon 
 Mrs. Addie Lumbard 
 Mrs. E. J. Langford 
 Mrs. W. Lathrop 
 Mrs. Geo. Lenzen 
 Mrs. E. A. Lee 
 Mrs. H. E. Laughlin 
 Mrs. C. A. Leddy 
 Mrs. Grace Lane 
 Mrs. W. A. Lehorn 
 Miss Leiter 
 Mrs. C. A. Little 
 Mrs. E. A. Low 
 Mrs. Minnie Lawrey 
 Miss Maud Lamb 
 Mrs. E. Lion 
 Mrs. E. Lake 
 Mrs. C. A. Long 
 Mrs. Lunsford 
 Mrs. Nellie Moody 
 Mrs. G. Mthews 
 Mrs. Delia Magistretti 
 Miss Margaret Marshall 
 Mrs. Duncan McKinley 
 
 Mrs. Walter Murray 
 Miss E. Morrison 
 Mrs. Laura MuUer 
 Mrs. D. G. Morgan 
 Mrs. T. P. Mitchell 
 Mrs. E. J. Maley 
 Mrs. W. H. Metz 
 Mrs. Jessie Miller 
 Mrs. B. L. Maxwell 
 Mrs. Milnes 
 Mrs. P. Metcalf 
 Miss Mary Maloy 
 Mrs. Harriet Moore 
 Mrs. Wm. Moon 
 Mrs. H. H. Madsen 
 Mrs. C. B. Mason 
 Mrs. A. L. Moyer 
 Mrs. J. E. Markley 
 Mrs. A. O. Mathews 
 Mrs. J. W. Mitchell 
 Miss P. Mitchell 
 Mrs. Stephen Maynard 
 Mrs. May Myers 
 Mrs. H. C. Muller 
 Mrs. Ella Moore 
 Mrs. Jack Murray 
 Mrs. M. E. Martinelli 
 Mrs. May 
 
 Mrs. Chas. A. Mischo 
 Miss May Mule 
 Mrs. P. Mehan 
 Mrs. J. H. Murphy 
 Miss Lillie Martin 
 Mrs. Chas. Merritt 
 Mrs. Floyd Maynard 
 Mrs. Mignon 
 Mrs. Birdie Moore 
 Mrs. Geo. Muirson 
 Mrs. K. Ma<;Chesney 
 Mrs. F. H. Mead 
 Mrs. Chas. H. Miller 
 Mrs. B. Myers 
 Mrs. M. Maynard 
 Mrs. E. Muirson 
 Mrs. A. Madsen 
 Mrs. E. Muirson 
 Mrs. Chas. J. Moore 
 Mrs. Jas. Mooney 
 Mrs. W. O. Miller 
 Mrs. E. A. Mansfield 
 Mrs. F. Munz 
 Miss Etta Mathews 
 Mrs. J. J. Mora 
 Mrs. Morgan 
 Mrs. Edna Mills 
 Miss Violet McCarthy 
 Mrs. Lian McCrone 
 Miss Mary McKiernan 
 Mrs. McMahan 
 Mrs. F. McCormack 
 Mrs. Bruce McDonald 
 Miss Lucile McClay 
 Mrs. Geo. McCracken 
 Miss M. McDonald 
 
 Mrs. V. McWhorter 
 Mrs. W. E. McCurdy 
 Mrs. McDonald 
 Mrs. F. D. McCormic 
 Miss McCarthy 
 Miss Isabel McKenzie 
 Mrs. Eobt. McArthur 
 Miss E. McGeoghegan 
 Mrs. H .McKee 
 Mrs. G. T. McLaughlin 
 Mrs. Noonan 
 Mrs. Eoy Newberry 
 Mrs. Edward Newell 
 Mrs. H. Nichols 
 Mrs. F. A. Nikirk 
 Mrs. M. J. Nye 
 Mrs. A. J. Newton 
 Mrs. Peter Narvaez 
 Mrs. G. E. Nelson 
 Mrs. W. A. Nicholson 
 Mrs. C. F. Northrup 
 Miss Olga C. Nelson 
 Miss C. M. Newman 
 Mrs. Chas. O'Brien 
 Mrs. Alice O'Eourke 
 Mrs. Louise O 'Connor 
 Mrs. N. Ouimet 
 Miss Frances Osen 
 Miss Mary 'Eourke 
 Miss Lila O'Neale 
 Miss C. O 'Connell 
 Mrs. C. M. Osenbaugh 
 Miss Pearl Pierson 
 Mrs. Francis Pellier 
 Mrs. Eobt. Parker 
 Mrs. P. L. Perkins 
 Mrs. J. K. Pickering 
 Mrs. M. V. Powers 
 Mrs. Lucy Powers 
 Mrs. Lucy Perkins 
 Miss Callie Parsons 
 Mrs. Pearl 
 Mrs. Olga Peterson 
 Miss Belle Paul 
 Mrs. Eva Paul 
 Mrs. Pillott 
 Mrs. M. E. Pieper 
 Miss M. Perry 
 Mrs. Postlethwaite 
 Mrs. Laura Presho 
 Miss Nellie Page 
 Miss May L. Proseus 
 Mrs. Tilda Plummer 
 Mrs. E. S. Purdy 
 Mrs. Ed Patterson 
 Mrs. F. G. Pyle 
 Mrs. W. 8. Perren 
 Mrs. W. S. Powars 
 Mrs. Chas. Page 
 Mrs. W. Page 
 Mrs. Ed Pelton 
 Mrs. N. G. Pyler 
 Mrs. Eussell Patrick 
 Mrs. J. Parker 
 
 Mrs. Praetorius 
 Mrs. Poulain 
 Mrs. Pritchard 
 Miss Palmer 
 Mrs. J. M. Parker 
 Mrs. Dora Probst 
 Mrs. E. O. Pieper 
 Mrs. J. E. Phelps 
 Mrs. Chas. Parkinson 
 Mrs. Mary Pender 
 Mrs. A. B. Post 
 Mrs. C. E. Payne 
 Miss A. Piazza 
 Mrs. T. M. Price 
 Mrs. L. Pierce 
 Miss Ida Pelton 
 Miss Elizabeth Quinn 
 Mrs. Frazier Beed 
 Mrs. Mary Eyan 
 Miss Myrtle Ricketts 
 Mrs. Ella Powell 
 Mrs. L. E. Eeidy 
 Mrs. Florence Eiley 
 Mrs. Eatz 
 
 Miss Margaret Eiehl 
 Mrs. E. L. Bay 
 Mrs. Edith Eobinson 
 Mrs. J. B. Pines 
 Mrs. C. E. Eandall 
 Miss E. Eiebsam 
 Mrs. I. Reiser 
 Miss Celia Richards 
 Mrs. G. W. Ryan 
 Mrs. A. G. Eamstad 
 Mrs. Augustus Eichards 
 Mrs. F. H. Eyan 
 Mrs. M. Sophie Ryan 
 Mrs. Nellie Eothe 
 Mrs; J. E. Russell 
 Mrs. Ross 
 Mrs. Rasmussen 
 Mrs. Rodriguez 
 Miss Thelma Roberts 
 Miss A. M. Rodgers 
 Mrs. Chas. Richards 
 Mrs. Eaymer 
 Mrs. H. Easmussen 
 Mrs. Ed Eichmond 
 Mrs. E. Roberts 
 Mrs. Wm. Rambo 
 Mrs. Warren Reilly 
 Mrs. O. F. Relph 
 Mrs. L. Richards 
 Miss Irene Ryan 
 Mrs. V. R. Hideout 
 Mrs. H. Rich 
 Mrs. Rogers 
 Miss Susie Reed 
 Miss Julia Rogers 
 Mrs. Rhodes 
 Miss Reed 
 Mrs. V. J. Ruh 
 Mrs. MoUie Rose 
 Mrs. Easmussen 
 
 68 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Mrs. PI. W. Stackpole 
 Mrs. Catherine Slavich 
 Mrs. Ruth Spinelli 
 Miss Doris Spitzer 
 Mrs. L. Souniksen 
 Mrs. D. Lesesne Smith 
 Mrs. F. N. Schiegener 
 Mrs. William Simpson 
 Mary Sullivan 
 Mrs. Hilda Summerhayes 
 Mrs. M. Saph 
 Mrs. H. H. Stacy 
 Mrs. Jessie Sonne 
 Mrs. M. Smith 
 Mrs. P. Sherburn 
 Mrs. S. Sawyer 
 Mrs. B. Scheen 
 Miss M. Sherriffs 
 Miss Elizabeth Shannon 
 Mrs. Geo. S. Sterges 
 Mrs. Eva Stahl 
 Mrs. Lillie McK. Smith 
 Miss Mary Smith 
 Mrs. J. W. Stackhouse 
 Miss E. H. Steam 
 Mrs. J. "W. Stough 
 Mrs. James Shaw 
 Mrs. Herbert Stockton 
 Mrs. C. E. Sain 
 Miss Esther Sullivan 
 Mrs. W. H. Summers 
 Mrs. Paul Sanford 
 Mrs. Alice Selby 
 Mrs. L. P. Seheickert 
 Mrs. Helen Schwitzgabel 
 Miss May Sullivan 
 Mrs. E. E. Sutherland 
 Mrs. Leonore Squires 
 Mrs. Geo. Stillwell 
 Mrs. Grace Soares 
 Mrs. Helen Sears 
 Mrs. Jack Shea 
 Miss Swain 
 Mrs. O. Steinbach 
 Mrs. Edwin Simpkins 
 Mrs. Sprague 
 Mrs. W. H. Stray 
 Miss May Spencer 
 Mrs. William Steves 
 Mrs. M. Shattuck 
 Mrs. Douglas Sim 
 Mrs. Geo. Singletary 
 Mrs. Hamilton Sim 
 Miss L. Shafter 
 Miss H. Spring 
 Mrs. G. B. Seeley 
 Mrs. W. H. Smith 
 Mrs. John L. Stubb 
 Miss Myrtle Shafer 
 Mrs. M. 8. Shafer 
 Miss Katherine Sinnott 
 Mrs. F. B. Snow 
 Mrs. Joseph Sloss 
 Mrs. Luella Smith 
 
 Mrs. W. E. Sentell 
 Mrs. Seeley 
 Mrs. H. Schroeder 
 Mrs. Sheflin 
 Mrs. Steele 
 Miss Agnes Sullivan 
 Miss Dorothy Stacy 
 Miss M. B. Simonds 
 Miss Nell Spencer 
 Mrs. R. C. Storie 
 Mrs. C. K. Seely 
 Miss Lotta Tonkin 
 Miss Norma Tombs 
 Katherine Tormey 
 Mrs. Ella Tyler 
 Mrs. A. Topp 
 Mrs. Sam Tompkins 
 Mrs. J. F. Thompson 
 Mrs. Walter Trinkler 
 Mrs. C. E. Townsend 
 Miss Anais Torr 
 Mrs. G. Telfer 
 Miss Maud Trephagcn 
 Mrs. Lou Tripp 
 Mrs. F. E. Trone 
 Mrs. N. G. Tyler 
 Mrs. W. J. Temple 
 Mrs. E. Trengrove 
 Mrs. Terry 
 Mrs. Fred Turner 
 Mrs. W. I. Teters 
 Mrs. R. H. Topham 
 Miss Gertrude Trace 
 Miss Marion Thompson 
 Mrs. Laura Taylor 
 Mrs. S. M. Temple 
 Miss E. Taylor 
 Miss Jewel Trephagen 
 Mrs. John Taylor 
 Mrs. Edna M. Toy 
 Mrs. Charles W. Toy 
 Emily Tiexeira 
 Alice Von Dorsten 
 Mrs. Harry Vance 
 Miss Lucile Vining 
 Mrs. S. Van Dalsem 
 Mrs. Ida Veit 
 Mrs. J. F. Valpey 
 Mrs. Ralph Volkers 
 Mrs. F. Van Dorsten 
 Mrs. J. A. Van Tyne 
 Miss Jane Vincent 
 Mrs. Elmer Ware 
 Mrs. F. P. Willot 
 Mrs. Philip Wise 
 Mrs. Chas. Wright 
 Mrs. Emma Warner 
 Miss Catherine Wood 
 Mrs. E. E. Weldon 
 Miss Alice Weir 
 Mrs. Wright 
 Mrs. Edwin Wilcox 
 Miss E. Weisendanger 
 Mrs. Alice Winans 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. A. White 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 0. Waite 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Georgia Willey 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 J. Williams 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 H. B. Wright 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 N. H. Weaver 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 R. B. Wright 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Margaret Werner 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 T. D. Webster 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Williams 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Ida Wehner 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 E. Wislocke 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 8. B. Wills 
 
 Miss 
 
 Anna Wilcox 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. A. Wiry 
 
 M. E 
 
 !. B. Weddell 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 8. W. Waterhouse 
 
 Miss 
 
 Onida Welsh 
 
 Miss A. Weaver 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 M. C. Woodruff 
 
 Miss 
 
 S. Whitehurst 
 
 Miss 
 
 Marian Yernini 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 F. D. Wolfe 
 
 Miss 
 
 Stella Zumwalt 
 
 Mrs. 
 
 Sheldon Wills 
 
 
 
 PALO ALTO OEOUP 
 
 MBS. W. B. ALLEN, Lt.-Colonel 
 MAJORS. 
 Mrs. Arthur Boiler Mrs. E. J. Roberts 
 
 Mrs. F. M. McFarland 
 
 Mrs. R. W. Ames 
 Mrs. T. Allen 
 Kate L. Applegate 
 Mrs. J. H. Borden 
 Ethel Boulware 
 Miss B. Beeny 
 Mrs. 0. G. Baldwin 
 Mrs. Robert Compton 
 Mrs. Robert Cody 
 Mrs. C. P. Cooley 
 Mrs. L. E. Cutter 
 Mrs. Cottle 
 Miss A. Corey 
 Miss P. Corey 
 Mrs. C. A. Chaguette 
 Mrs. Cokley 
 Miss Martha Downing 
 Miss Herva Dunshee 
 Mrs. R. Doane 
 Mrs. J. Dunker 
 Mrs. E. Eckley 
 Miss Polly Echals 
 Miss Margaret Evans 
 Mrs. D. C. Grant 
 Miss R. Green 
 Mrs. E. G. Greene 
 Augusta Gillespie 
 Mrs. C. E. Henry 
 Mrs. R. Hubbs 
 Mrs. G. W. Harms 
 Miss A. Howard 
 Mrs. Harry Haehl 
 Mrs. W. Huston 
 Mrs. G. Krause 
 
 Palo Alto 
 
 Mrs. B. H. Malone 
 Mrs. G. Montell 
 Mrs. 6. C. Miller 
 Mrs. Parker Maddux 
 Miss Abbie Paulson 
 Mrs. Prior 
 Mrs. L. L. Place 
 Mrs. Preisker 
 Frances Patterson 
 Mrs. A. Quinn 
 Mrs. C. Quinn 
 Mrs. O. Bhodes 
 Mrs. M. B. Boiler 
 Mrs. Fred Roller 
 Mrs. E. D. Ritchey 
 Mrs. F. J. Snow 
 Mrs. J. C. Spencer 
 Mrs. J. P. Smith 
 Mrs. Sproat 
 Mrs. F. W. Sherman 
 Mrs. H. M. Smith 
 Miss Ruth Squire 
 Mrs. M. K. Swearingen 
 Mrs. A. M. Umphreys 
 Mrs. W. C. Uberry 
 Mrs. A. Worshing 
 Miss Myra Waterman 
 Mrs. M. Wattenberger 
 Mrs. H. M. Weir 
 Zelma 6. Wilson 
 Estelle Whitehurst 
 Mrs. W. C. Werry 
 Mrs. A. V. Williams 
 
 Mrs. A. H. Brooks 
 Mrs. Ethel Brown 
 Mrs. L. L. Burlingame 
 Miss Esther B. Clark 
 Mrs. A. L. Green 
 Miss Alice N. Hays 
 
 Mrs. Q. E. Beall 
 
 Stanford 
 
 Mrs. Eliot Jones 
 Mrs. E. P. Leslie 
 Miss I. McKracken 
 Mrs. 6. C. Price 
 Mrs. H. W. Stuart 
 Mrs. B. Willis 
 Mayfleld 
 
 Mrs. Ida Beall 
 
 69 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 
 Geo. Bittrick 
 G. O. Call 
 Henry Grabb 
 Florence Coburn 
 Leslie Hight 
 Bert Holston 
 Jos. Jury 
 Fred Lewis 
 Monte Matheson 
 Ynez Morgan 
 Alice Morrell 
 Frank D. Minaker 
 Hulda Mount 
 
 Mrs. Thos. Nichols 
 Mrs. James Oct 
 Mrs. W. Palamountain 
 Mrs. Allen Prior 
 Mrs. Allison Peacock 
 Mrs. T. J. Palameter 
 Mrs. Joe Ponce 
 Mrs. Alex Peers 
 Mrs. W. O. Shreve 
 Miss Emlis Simpson 
 Mrs. F. Streeter 
 Mrs. Monroe Simpson 
 Mrs. Frankie Southwick 
 LOS GATOS GROUP 
 MES. Z. S. RI6GS, Lt.-Colonel 
 MAJORS. 
 P. J. Fretwell Mrs. F. Battee 
 
 T. J. Morris Mrs. J. M. C. Walker 
 
 H. S. Beckwith 
 Oscar Benson 
 Olga Benson 
 Gertrude Davis 
 Elsie Davis 
 J. E. Ellis 
 P. J. FretTi^ell 
 Annie Graham 
 G. L. Gunn 
 Hoover 
 C. Higuera 
 B. Holthouse 
 T. E. Johns 
 J. Jensen 
 M. Jorgensen 
 
 Miss Lily Malley 
 Miss Eita Nevill 
 Mrs. W. A. Piatt 
 Mrs. G. E. Plock 
 Mrs. Zedd S. Eiggs 
 Miss Eossiter 
 Mrs. D. E. Bounds 
 Miss Sara Eobinson 
 Mrs. G. B. Stewart 
 Mrs. Albert Swanson 
 Mrs'. H. G. Shirley 
 Miss Emily Smith 
 Miss Endora Scott 
 Mrs. L. H. Wright 
 Mrs. Ella Yocco 
 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 T. P. Morris 
 
 SUNNYVALE GROUP 
 
 MRS. S. L. BEEBY, Lt.-Colonel 
 
 MAJORS. 
 
 F. E. Cornell Mrs. H. A. Eingstorff 
 
 M. Farrell Mrs. F. Skinner 
 
 H. A. Lillick 
 
 B. Andrus 
 V. Austin 
 
 E. H. Burton 
 W. C. Beach 
 S. X. Bodin 
 
 C. Benner 
 
 Mrs. August Landen 
 Mrs. Ora Lyndon 
 Mrs. Bertha Palmer 
 Mrs. Gertrude Parks 
 Mrs. Wm. Ramsey 
 Miss H. G. Stelling 
 
 Nellie Clemence * Mrs. J. C. Sutherland 
 
 E. Correa 
 R. F. Davison 
 W. Frey 
 Fred Hughes 
 K. 8. Hazeltine 
 D. Hayes 
 W. Hewitt 
 
 MOUNTAIN VIEW 
 
 Mrs. C. H. Spaulding 
 Mrs. J. B. Sloan 
 Mrs. B. Spedding 
 Mrs. D. C. Van Eaton 
 Mrs. Frank Willson 
 Mrs. Adolph Zolezzi 
 
 J. Dale 
 
 J. E. Kleeekner 
 B. W. Holman 
 J. S. Mockbee 
 E. Minton 
 G. Parkinson 
 
 Mrs. L. E. Walters 
 Mrs. H. Ehlers 
 Mrs. G. Leven 
 Mrs. J. McCleary 
 Mrs. Labrucherie 
 Mrs. C. Wright 
 
 SARATOGA— Booker Group 
 MRS. W. G. TOMLINSON, Lt.-Colonel. 
 
 Mrs. B. G. Bazata 
 
 Miss Mary Hourecan 
 
 Mrs. S. D. Bruna 
 
 Mrs. J. G. Kennedy 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Bell 
 
 Mrs. J. King 
 
 Miss F. Cunningham 
 
 Mrs. Robert Knapp 
 
 Miss S. Cunningham 
 
 Mrs. J. M. Lipscomb 
 
 Miss G. Currier 
 
 Mrs. W. A. Rice 
 
 Mrs. H. A. Clark 
 
 Miss Jessie Russell 
 
 Mrs. H. P. Dyer 
 
 Mrs. L. W. Scott 
 
 Mrs. J. A. Emerick 
 
 Mrs. F. Sanders 
 
 Mrs. Lilian Elberg 
 
 Miss Ruth Wood 
 
 Mrs. E. L. Floyd 
 
 Miss Eva Wakefield 
 
 CAMPBELL GROUP 
 
 MRS. GEO. 
 
 PASSO, Lt.-Colonel. 
 
 
 MAJORS 
 
 Mrs. G. Pace 
 
 Mrs. A. C. Keesling 
 
 Mrs. I. Saunders 
 
 Mrs. E. Wiesendanger 
 
 Mrs. J. C. Ainsley 
 
 Mrs. J. Hyatt 
 
 Mrs. M. Arnott 
 
 Mrs. M. Boss 
 
 Mrs. Roy Archibald 
 Mrs. S. Brandenberg 
 Mrs. J. A. Crawford 
 Mrs. V. Cutting 
 Mrs. H. Cooley 
 Mrs. H. Collins 
 Mrs. Mabel Davidson 
 Mrs. W. E. Eckles 
 Mrs. A. J. Farley 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Smith 
 Mrs. M. Smith 
 Mrs. L. Skelly 
 Mrs. E. Smith 
 Miss J. Thompson 
 Miss Florence Wade 
 Mrs. A. Butts 
 Mrs. A. Conant 
 Mrs. S. J. Dodd 
 
 Mrs. E. K. Glendenning Miss M. Chappell 
 
 Mrs. Ralph Hyde 
 Mrs. Henry 
 Miss Anna Haeglin 
 Mrs. Johnson 
 Mrs. Eobert Kennedy 
 Mrs. J. Kalas 
 Mrs. W. I. Merrill 
 Mrs. T. Mendel 
 Mrs. Lena Moulton 
 Miss Ada Nelson 
 Mrs. J. C. Olds 
 Mrs. Geo. Page 
 Mrs. M. Purmort 
 Mrs. Ellis Preston 
 Mrs. W. L. Pitman 
 Mrs. F. M. Eighter 
 Miss Mary Eodeek 
 Mrs. J. H. Stubbs 
 Mrs. Sutter 
 Mrs. Harriet Smith 
 Mrs. Leigh Saunders 
 
 Mrs. H. Gates 
 Mrs. E. Houghwort 
 Mrs. L. Moulton 
 Mrs. C. B. Crosby 
 Mrs. A. E. Earl 
 Mrs. L. Erlberg 
 Miss G. Payne 
 Mrs. A. Vanarsdel 
 Mrs. D. Wiesendanger 
 Mrs. F. Duncan 
 Miss A. Duncan 
 Mrs. H. Cooley 
 Miss V. Cutting 
 Mrs. E. Hanger 
 Mrs. W. L. Pitman 
 Mrs. I. Shelly 
 Mrs. S. Brandenburg 
 Mrs. H. Collins 
 Mrs. E. Smith 
 Mrs. F. Hutten 
 Mrs. J. Thompson 
 
 LINCOLN, COLLINS, SAN ANTONIO, DOYLE, 
 MONTABELLA GROUP 
 
 MRS. A. A. HALSEY, Lt.-Colonel. 
 MAJORS. 
 Mrs. D. Blabon Mrs. I. A. Ball 
 
 Mrs. Arch Wilson Miss L. Bear 
 
 Mrs. C. Warren 
 
 Miss F. Anderson 
 Miss M. Barber 
 Mrs. C. D. Barnbauer 
 
 Miss C. Hansen 
 Mrs. E. Hanrahan 
 Mrs. W. Hyde 
 
 70 
 
WAR HISTORY OP SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Miss C. Lannis 
 Mrs. C. Lowe 
 Mrs. H. H. Mosher 
 Mrs. A. W. Johnson 
 Mrs. 0. W. Proctor 
 Mrs. D. C. Braid 
 Miss E. Bocks 
 Mrs. H. Burtner 
 Mrs. A. B. Crane 
 Mrsr. W. C. Calvert 
 Mrs. A. W. Cutts 
 Miss E. Christiansen 
 Mrs. E. H. Burgin 
 Mrs. C. R. Ford 
 Mrs. A. Hall 
 Mrs. D. C. Howard 
 Mrs. A. G. Lyle 
 Mrs. K. Miner 
 Mrs. C. N. Miller 
 Mrs. E. J. Parish 
 
 Mrs. E. Auld 
 Miss E. P. Eastman 
 Mrs. P. Goodlove 
 Mrs. J. A. Haskins 
 Mrs. R. Haines 
 Mrs. S. H. Kifer 
 Mrs. J. A. McDonald 
 Miss F. North 
 Mrs. R. Billou 
 Mrs. I. Bollinger 
 Mrs. M. Bollinger 
 Miss M. Holburn 
 Mrs. J. K. Jackson 
 Mrs. J. Lundy 
 Miss L. Nelson 
 Mrs. V. E. Parish 
 Miss H. Pettit 
 Mrs. Pope 
 
 Mrs. A. A. Schoenheit 
 Mrs. A. Streeter 
 
 Mrs. F A. Taft 
 
 MIIPITAS GROUP 
 
 MISS N. EVANS, Lt.-Colonel. 
 
 MAJORS 
 Mrs. E. P. Giacomazzi Mrs. John Ogier 
 Dr. Amy Bowen Hittell Mrs. J. Laffey 
 
 Miss G. Abel 
 Mrs. A. L. Crabb 
 Mrs. Joe Evans 
 Mary Farney 
 Miss Mabel Hansen 
 Mrs. Nellie C. O'Brien 
 Miss Annie Rose 
 Mrs. J. C. Smith 
 Mrs. A. M. Standish 
 Miss Elizabeth Weller 
 Mrs. A. J. Amann 
 Miss N. Anderson 
 Miss O. Anderson 
 Mrs. K. Beck 
 Miss D. Burk 
 Mrs. H. Burk 
 Mrs. G. Brown 
 Miss E. Foster 
 Miss B. Metzger 
 Miss H. Moody 
 Mrs. W. Moore 
 Mrs. H. A. Tomason 
 Miss M. Topham 
 Mrs. Dyer 
 Miss S P.lickinger 
 Mrs. L. P. Graham 
 Mrs. C. Swickard 
 Mrs. J. Vennum 
 Mrs. Abbott 
 Mrs. W. A. Ashwortli 
 
 Mrs. W. S. Gage 
 Miss M. Overfelt 
 Mrs. G. 6. Siguard 
 Miss E. Snell 
 Mrs. T. Aquiar 
 Miss M. Beverson 
 Mrs. C. Beverson 
 Mrs. E. Correa 
 Mrs. J. Correa 
 Mrs. E. Lynn 
 Miss G. McCarthy 
 Mrs. J. Ogier 
 Mrs. J. J. O'Brien 
 Mrs. E. Reed 
 Miss P. Shallenberger 
 Mrs. M. Weston 
 Mrs. Davee 
 Miss A. Davee 
 Miss Harper 
 Mrs. Lord 
 Miss Shirley 
 Mrs. W. Zanker 
 Mrs. W. F. Zanker 
 Miss E. Evans 
 Miss A. Rose 
 Miss M. Curtner 
 Miss M. Hanson 
 Mrs. C. Brundago 
 Mrs. C. Turner 
 Mrs. W. Wade 
 
 MORGAN HILL OROXJP 
 
 MRS. O. H. BARNHART, Lt.-Colonel. 
 
 MAJORS 
 
 Mrs C. D. Robertson Mrs. J. E. Robertson 
 
 Mrs. Nelson Barton 
 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mts. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 Miss 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 L. Bowtell 
 Brownlee 
 Barton 
 R. Davis 
 E. Dassel 
 W. Dow 
 C. Dowell 
 Dickerson 
 
 A. Enyart 
 
 C. Hatch 
 
 G. Hamilton 
 G. Headley 
 E. Johnson 
 M. Kenworthy 
 J. Miller 
 J. Nelson 
 J. Percell 
 N. Stone 
 L. Vogle 
 
 D. Weichart 
 R. Weichart 
 W. H. Britton 
 
 C. Duniface 
 
 D. Liston 
 R. Patchel 
 J. Juessen 
 
 E. Juessen 
 Barton 
 Brown 
 
 J. W. Marks 
 H. A. Peppin 
 P. Ramelli 
 
 B. Stevens 
 
 F. Stevens 
 J. Shepherd 
 M. Kirby 
 P. J. Kirby 
 N. Kirby 
 Mast 
 Misner 
 
 D. T. Norton 
 
 Mrs. C. Sawyer 
 Mrs. C. Stone 
 Mrs. G. Bradley 
 Mrs. H. L. Allen 
 Mrs. O. Benson 
 Miss O. Benson 
 Mrs. B. Castle 
 Miss A. Graham 
 Miss M. Jorgensen 
 Mrs. F. Millard 
 Mrs. J. Manchiso 
 Mrs. F. Manchiso , 
 Miss G. Blake 
 Mrs. G. Rjuret 
 Miss F. Dudley 
 Miss B. Holthouse 
 Mrs. G. Malech 
 Mrs. J. P. Schcuer 
 Mrs. O. F. Van Dorsten 
 Mrs. C. Fraus 
 Mrs. R. L. Gunn 
 Miss S. Hoover 
 Miss C. Higuera 
 Mrs. F. Hauck 
 Mrs. P. S. Hawry 
 Miss Catherin Rogan 
 Mrs. Rhodes 
 Mrs. T. T. Tourtellotte 
 Mrs. C. Baum 
 Mrs. W. Cobb 
 Mrs. O. Christopher 
 Mrs. E. Carraher 
 Mrs. L. Frost 
 Mrs. C. Frost, Jr. 
 Mrs. R. Good 
 Mrs. H. Johnson 
 Mrs. A. Nelson 
 Mrs. A. C. Robertson 
 Mrs. J. H. Swickart 
 Mrs. W. Sherriffs 
 Mrs. A. Wild 
 
 P. Raggio 
 
 GILBOY GROUP 
 
 MRS. W. B. HOLESCLAW, Lt-Colonel 
 
 MAJORS 
 E. Duckemin Mrs. L. F. Howe 
 
 M. L. Ingham Mrs. H. Brown 
 
 J. Kilgore Mrs. Calt 
 
 C. Winans Mrs. Nettie Wilson 
 
 O. Burr 
 E. Casey 
 
 E. D. Crawford 
 R. O. Cook 
 
 F. Congable 
 Clevere 
 
 A. Feeney 
 K. Fancy 
 W. C. Hays 
 R. Leherpfer 
 K. Peers 
 P. Peabody 
 J. Princevalle 
 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 O. Rivard 
 
 F. Rice 
 
 G, Reeve 
 
 B. Selvester 
 
 C. Thornton 
 G. Wood 
 
 C. Wenty 
 B. Wenty 
 J. L. Carlyle 
 A. A. Fowler 
 R. Howes 
 Bergewitz 
 J. Shepherd 
 
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Mrs. E. Callkin 
 Miss Easton 
 Miss DeRose 
 Mrs. A. Baldwin 
 
 WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Miss F. Martin 
 Mrs. R. Dexter 
 Miss C. Dexter 
 Mrs. A. Bryant 
 
 Mckinley, EVEEaREEN, highland, jack 
 
 SON, MT. PLEASANT, MT. HAMILTON, 
 
 HALLS VALLEY HARNEY, 
 
 FRANKLIN GROUP 
 
 MRS. J. P. 8HAMBEAU, Lt.-Colonel. 
 
 MAJORS 
 
 Mrs. R. G. Aitken 
 Mrs. John Jepson 
 
 Mrs. A. F. Davis 
 Miss D. Powell 
 Miss E. Roffinella 
 Mrs. R. G. Aitken 
 Mrs. Robinson 
 Mrs. P. Longwell 
 Mrs. F. Anderson 
 Mrs. C. Christensen 
 Mrs. H. DeLacy 
 Mrs. W. F. Pfeifle 
 Mrs. J. Gomez 
 Mrs. J. Jepson 
 Mrs. R. Lawry 
 Mrs. A. V. Lawrence 
 Mrs. A. Pearson 
 Miss F. Reid 
 Mrs. H. C. Stevens 
 Mrs. W. Stevens 
 Mrs. Weishart 
 
 Mrs. A. R. McClay 
 Mrs. A. Washburn 
 
 ^ 
 
 Mrs. T. Amaya 
 
 Mrs. N. E. Emanuel 
 
 Mrs. J. Fair 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Hensell 
 
 Mrs. D. Quinn 
 
 Miss N. Quinn 
 
 Mrs. J. L. Beed 
 
 Mrs. L. Tedevy 
 
 Miss C. Hassler 
 
 Miss L. Hassler 
 
 Mrs. H. R. Hart 
 
 Mrs. A. Haentze 
 
 Miss M. Kelliher 
 
 Mrs. H. Mirasso 
 
 Miss L. McClay 
 
 Mrs. A. Sund 
 
 Mrs. C. Krickeberg 
 
 Mrs. O. Larson 
 
 Mrs. J. S. Nelson 
 
 Mrs. A. Tetrict 
 
 SANTA CLARA 
 
 MRS. JAMES GLENDENNING, Lt.-Colonel. 
 
 Santa Clara No. 1. 
 
 MRS. W. C. HAMAN, Major. 
 
 Mrs. H. Eberhard ' Mrs. L. A. Dow 
 
 Mrs. H. Menzel Mrs. Ruff 
 
 Mrs. C. W. Townsend Mrs. Weston 
 Mrs. Slavens 
 Miss B. Tully 
 Mrs. F. Fowler 
 Miss R. Sousa 
 Miss I. Lauck 
 Mrs. F. Jenkins 
 Miss C. Collingsworth 
 Miss M. Smith 
 Miss Parker 
 Miss E. McNab 
 Mrs. Dougherty 
 Mrs. S. Maybe 
 Mrs. M. Mello 
 Mrs. E. Hirsch 
 Mrs. Wealty 
 Mrs. T. F. Williams 
 Mrs. A. D. Plummer 
 
 Mrs. D. Eckstein 
 
 Mrs. H. H. Johnsen 
 
 Mrs. M. Hazeltine 
 
 Mrs. F. Dreischmeyer 
 Miss B. Downing 
 
 Mrs. M. Burrell 
 
 Miss P. Shaw 
 
 Miss E. Lindroth 
 
 Miss C. Boll 
 
 Mrs. K. McKinnon 
 
 Miss I. Eckstein 
 
 Miss V. Eckstein 
 
 Mrs. D. M. Brock * 
 
 Miss Enright 
 
 Miss A. Johnsen 
 
 Miss S. Dickenson 
 
 Mrs. N. Linderoth 
 
 Santa Clara No. 2. 
 
 MRS. G. HAMILTON, Major. 
 Mrs. L. S. Rogers Mrs. C. A. Mclntyre 
 
 Mrs. D. N. Wallace Mrs. Green 
 
 Mrs. A. E. Graham Miss E. Scott 
 
 Mrs. F. M. Jordan 
 Mrs. O. N. Yerkes 
 Mrs. S. Brown 
 Mrs. C. E. Newton 
 Miss E. Nace 
 Mrs. J. Brown 
 Mrs. C. L. Rich 
 Mrs. I. Harlen 
 Mrs. M. D. Antone 
 Miss B. Eaton 
 Mrs. F. McAdams 
 Mrs. W. C. Smith 
 Mrs. C. Gallup 
 Mrs. O. H. Benjamin 
 Mrs. G. Gibbs 
 
 Mrs. I. Thomas 
 Mrs. S. Maynard 
 Mrs. M. Warren 
 Miss Colonica 
 Mrs. N. Austin 
 Mrs. C. Percival 
 Mrs. J. Steinhart 
 Mrs. C. Jackson 
 Mrs. J. Kersell 
 Mrs. M. Johns 
 Mrs. W. Kenyon 
 Mrs. A. R. Morrison 
 Mrs. J. Enos 
 Miss M. Grubb 
 Miss N. Stewart 
 Santa Clara No. 3. 
 MRS. V. FERNISH, Major. 
 
 Mrs. A. L. Adams 
 Mrs. W. E. Wadams 
 Mrs. Wald 
 Mrs. B. Morse 
 Mrs. H. Roth 
 Mrs. N. Jackson 
 Mrs. R. Withrow 
 Mrs. A. J. Morrison 
 Miss M. Oaks 
 Mrs. L. Higgins 
 Mrs. John 
 Mrs. L. Gardner 
 Mrs. Van Netta 
 Mrs. Nordholt 
 Mrs. J. Lovell 
 Mrs. B. Alderman 
 Miss N. Fassett 
 Mrs. Graham 
 Mrs. C. A. Thompson 
 Mrs. Will Higgins 
 Miss Mary Roth 
 
 Mrs. L. Oswald 
 Mrs. J. Karr 
 Mrs. Murphy 
 Mrs. C. Perles 
 Mrs. C. N. Berrell 
 Mrs. V. Boynton 
 Mrs. N. Clark 
 Mrs. F. McQuoid 
 Miss F. Thompson 
 Mrs. C. Morrison 
 Miss L. Miller 
 Miss R. Kohner 
 Mrs. M. Sole 
 Miss A. Bray 
 Miss I. Oaks 
 Miss D. Withrow 
 Miss Phelps 
 Miss B. Warren 
 Mrs. J. McPherson 
 Mrs. A. Elliott 
 Mrs. F. Williams 
 
 Santa Clara No. 4. 
 
 MRS. G. SULLIVAN, Major. 
 
 Mrs. R. Fatjo 
 Miss E. Flannery 
 Miss K. Plunkett 
 Miss M. Haight 
 Mrs. R. Saunders 
 Miss N. Graham 
 Mrs. N. Miller 
 Mrs. Bergman 
 Mrs. J. Nisius 
 Mrs. M. Jones 
 Miss Jones 
 Miss J. Keller 
 Mrs. M. Smith 
 
 Mrs. C. Elliott 
 Mrs. I. V. Crow 
 Mrs. M. Rabie 
 Mrs. P. Phillips 
 Miss A. Pipes 
 Miss M. Colonica 
 Mrs. Day 
 Miss M. Mello 
 Mrs. M. S.'Sullivan 
 Miss M. Mastinelli 
 Mrs. M. Bergman 
 Mrs. J. French 
 
 Meridian. 
 MBS. F. NEWTON, Major. 
 
 Mrs. F. O. Farris 
 Mrs. E. Berry 
 Miss E. Jorgenson 
 Mrs. J. C. Hansen 
 
 Mrs. W. I. Brown 
 Mrs. C. L. Grimmer 
 Mrs. V. T. McCurdy 
 
 Jefferson. 
 
 MRS. I. WILCOX, Major. 
 
 Mrs. 6. Bray 
 
 Mrs. B. Kennedy 
 
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WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Miss E. Brown 
 Mrs. W. F. Wilcox 
 Mrs. L. Wilcox 
 Mrs. C. Bracher 
 Miss H. Westou 
 Miss F. Oaks 
 
 Mrs. F. A. Wilcox 
 Miss E. Brown 
 Miss N. Phillips 
 Mrs. J. Parker 
 Mrs. W. J. Mathewson 
 
 Mrs. A. Von Briken 
 Mrs. R. H. Jamison 
 Mrs. H. McComas 
 Mrs. A. E. Brown 
 
 Agnew. 
 MRS. L. STOCKING, Major. 
 
 Mrs. G. Hunter 
 Mrs. Frith 
 Miss Espanca 
 Mrs. Liguori 
 
 Mllllken. 
 MRS. I. POMEROY, Major. 
 
 Mrs. J. L. Sharp Mrs. B. F. Johnson 
 
 Mrs. F. A. Sherman Mrs. W. S. Bennett 
 
 Mrs. J. Leonard Mrs. M. Grimes 
 
 NURSES 
 
 Nurses from Santa Clara County who served with 
 
 The American Expeditionary Forces: 
 Mrs. Mayme E. Barry, R. N. 
 Miss Adelaide Lamareaux, R. N. 
 Miss Harrie Larmer, R. N. 
 Miss Caroline Roberti, R. N. 
 Miss Ethel Rahm, R. N. 
 Miss Judith Sarauelson, R. N. 
 Miss Esther Tucker, R. N. 
 Miss Hazel Thompson, R. N. 
 Miss Josephine Vandergon, R. N. 
 Miss Ann Vargas, R. N. 
 Miss Marie Vandergon, R. N. 
 
 Nurses from Santa Clara County who served in the 
 Hospitals of the Army and Navy of the U. S. A. 
 
 Miss Hilda N. Berg, R. N. 
 
 Miss Muriel Chesbro, R. N. 
 
 Miss Grace M. Clark, R. N. 
 
 Miss Marguerite Clemmena, R. N. 
 
 Miss Muriel I. Eddy, R. N. 
 
 Miss Olive M. Fleming, R. N. 
 
 Miss Mabel J. Hanner, R. N. 
 
 Miss Ella M. Hess, R. N. 
 
 Miss Selma V. Jacobson, R. N. 
 
 Miss Flora R. Kreiss, R. N. 
 
 Miss Mary Melissa Murphy, R. N. 
 
 Mrs. Ermina J. Maggini, R. N. 
 
 Mrs. Mary L. McCall, R. N. 
 
 Miss Eleanor Montgomery, R. N. 
 
 Miss Florence B. Mills, R. N. 
 
 Miss Mary E. Rothrock, R. N. 
 
 Miss Effie M. Rowe, R. N. 
 
 Miss Ruth Rowley, R. N. 
 
 Miss Anna May Smith, R. N. 
 
 Miss Gladys Stebbins, R. N. 
 
 Miss Georgie M. Tremaine, B. N. 
 
 Miss Helen E. Woodmansee, B. N. 
 
 Miss Thelma B. Whitehurst, B. N. 
 
 Miss Florence C. Weichert, R. N. 
 Note: R. N. Registered Nurse. 
 
 PHYSICIANS, 
 
 Physicians and Surgeons who entered the United 
 States Service during the World War: 
 
 M. D. Baker 
 Ray K. Barry 
 Geo. L. Barry 
 J. I. Beattie 
 
 E. J. Chesbro 
 S. E. Dickinson 
 J. M. Fisher 
 
 B. Gattucio 
 
 F. J. Gerlach 
 J. U. Hall 
 
 C. E. Hablutzel 
 C. B. Hare 
 
 E. L. Hogg 
 
 A. S. J. Smith 
 J. S. Staub 
 
 F. M. Siebert 
 J. B. Thomas 
 
 B. Thomas 
 
 P. A. Jordan 
 
 M. W. Kapp 
 
 Miss Viola Lantz 
 
 Miss C. D. Mosher 
 
 Miss Ethel D. Owen 
 
 W. I. Merrill 
 
 F. Paterson 
 
 P. Rice 
 
 C. M. Richards 
 
 L. M. Rose 
 
 H. B. Reynolds 
 
 F. S. Ryan 
 
 J. C. Silliman 
 
 C. H. Walter 
 
 C. A. Wayland 
 R. A. Whiffen 
 
 D. R. Wilson 
 
 Bay Lyman Wilbur 
 
 Van Dalsep^ \ P. L. Wise 
 
 JTISTS 
 
 ^ R Van Dalsem \ 
 
 The following named Dentists joined the United 
 
 States Service during the War: 
 C. D. Bradley Chas. L Hamilton 
 
 J. R. Conner C. C. Markres 
 
 M. T. Green Cyril- Shot)(te)ihamer 
 
 VOLUNTEERS 
 
 Those who Volunteered Services at Headquarters 
 
 doing Clerical and other Work: 
 
 TEACHERS 
 
 Adeline Coyle 
 Lorraine Connor 
 Mary P. Carroll 
 
 Edith Ayer 
 Olive Alexander 
 Luella Alexander 
 Anna Alexander 
 Camille Allison 
 Annie Acworth 
 Mrs. C. A. Appel 
 Emma Basse 
 Lucy Botsford 
 Marcella Barry 
 Lola A Balis 
 Julia Bellingall 
 O. D. Baker 
 Sadie Bean 
 Lucy A. Barker 
 Crevola Bronson 
 Louise C. Bruch 
 Lotta Bland 
 Emma Blauer 
 Cecelia Carmichael 
 Mrs. Elva Cureton 
 Kate J. Curley 
 Bessie V. Cowden 
 Miss Bessie I. Cole 
 Mrs. Ella M. Cox 
 Sarah Conroy 
 May F. Coolidge 
 Caroline Canelo 
 
 Mary E. Darling 
 
 Anna Darling 
 
 Hazel Davis 
 
 Kate Devine 
 
 Maud Drexler 
 
 Elizabi^th Donovan; 
 
 Mrs. Janie Eachus 
 
 J. C. Elder 
 
 Clara Eberhard 
 
 Mrs. Carrie P. Fowler 
 
 Mary Farney 
 
 Ida Fullager 
 
 Miss C. M. Farley 
 
 Frances Gondring 
 
 C. B. Gleason 
 
 Glenn H. Hill 
 
 B. A. Hicks 
 
 Kate Henry 
 
 Camilla Heald 
 
 Pearl Harris 
 
 Ida Harmon 
 
 Irene Hewitt 
 
 Lucille Hardy 
 
 MoUie A. Indra 
 
 Elma Ingalls 
 
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WAB HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Loma E. Jordan 
 F. P. Jeffers 
 Edith Jarman 
 Anna M. Kullak 
 Jessie E. Luschinger 
 Agnes C. Lynn 
 Jennie Leh 
 Lottie J. Lake 
 Maybelle Murphy 
 Mrs. Louisa Murphy 
 Mary Malloy 
 Frank Huff 
 Laura Hickman 
 M. S. Hickman 
 Stella Herndon 
 Genevieve Home 
 Etta Hunt 
 Hattie Hoffman 
 Mrs. Eva B. Morrison 
 Hazel I. Macaulay 
 Annette Mitchell 
 Bsssie McCaustland 
 Marguerite McDermott 
 Mary McDonald 
 Ida P. McMillan 
 Eliabeth McKiernan 
 Georgia McCrone 
 Gala McCracken 
 Miss E. A. McSwain 
 Miss Anna Nicholson 
 Mrs. Selma B. Olinder 
 Minnie O'Hara 
 Cecelia O'Neil 
 
 H. E. Oliver 
 Mrs. Fred Pinard 
 ■Jean Provan 
 Mrs. Mary Pillot 
 Velicia Perkins 
 Alice M. Page 
 Miss Pearl Pitcher 
 Marguerite Bitchie 
 Elizabeth Eiebsam 
 Henrietta Biebsam 
 M Enna Bingo 
 Minnie E. Rohrback 
 Imogene Reed 
 Kathryn Boss 
 Annette Bipley 
 Mrs. A. C. Sterett 
 Lyle Stevens 
 Clara Seiter 
 Lena Schaefer 
 Luella G. Smith 
 Francis Schallenberger 
 Mary G. Tormey 
 Elsie B. Tatham ., 
 Edith. L. Talberti^ 
 Alice E. Weir 
 Jessie Williamson 
 Carrie F. Williams 
 Alice Williston 
 Virginia Williams 
 Anna B. Wilson 
 E. L. Zahn 
 Miss Christine Zoffman 
 
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 OTHER VOLUNTEERS 
 
 Mabel Alieson 
 Mrs. W. E. Albee 
 Mary E. Armstrong 
 Mrs. Warren Allen 
 Mrs. Isabelle Barnes 
 J. E. Baker 
 Laura F. Bennett 
 Elizabeth Bullitt 
 Elizabeth Bergler 
 Anna Blauer 
 Mrs. Laura B. Bailey 
 Georgia Bingham 
 Mrs. M. E. Bennett 
 Mrs. J. E. Baker 
 Grace Barstow 
 Mrs. F. R. Barker 
 Mrs. Pearl Bennett 
 Mrs. C. E. Copeland 
 Miss Lettie Carter 
 Mrs. E. J. Chaboya 
 Alberta Curtner 
 Mrs. Amy Curtner 
 Mary P. Corkery 
 Dorothy Curtner 
 Mrs. Arthur Curtner 
 Mr. I. H. DuBois 
 Mrs. L H. Dubois 
 Mrs. C. P. Dampier 
 Tessie Devine 
 
 Vivien Dickinson 
 Grace Dalesandro 
 S. J. Dodd 
 Velma Eastin 
 Fern Elder 
 Dr. Franklin 
 Mrs. Freelyn Fox 
 Nellie Flickinger 
 Mrs. C. O. Gates 
 E. B. Huntington 
 Mrs. A. Hood 
 Margaret Hanson 
 Mrs. Chester Herold 
 Mary P. Hanson 
 Miss Edith Henshaw 
 E. P. Haley 
 Helen Harms 
 Henry Hirsch 
 Mrs. Carrie Haley 
 M. H. Kunzie 
 Nina C. Kyle 
 Lillian Kaiser 
 Mrs. Lou E. Kerr 
 Mrs. R. J. Langford 
 Mrs. J. B. Lamar 
 Mrs. E. H. Leitch 
 Mrs. Cora Vale 
 Mrs. L. 6. Waldron 
 Miss E. Wright 
 
 Mrs. P. M. Weddell 
 Mrs. A. G. Wilkins 
 Georgia Willey 
 Phoebe Mitchell 
 Mrs. E. G. Miller 
 Mrs. Mack 
 Geo. I. Miller 
 P. Morshead 
 Mrs. A. McKee 
 Mrs. J. M. Noonan 
 Mrs. Roland Neal 
 Mrs. W. R. Payne 
 Marian Quinlan 
 
 Isabell C. Rodgers 
 Mrs. P. Rhyne 
 Mrs. S. B. Roberts 
 Emma Richards 
 Helen Smith 
 E. K. Stafford 
 Bertha Stackhouse 
 Mrs. Nell Spencer 
 Miss F. Troughton 
 Mrs. W. B. Thomas 
 Mrs. J. M. Thompson 
 Mrs. W. Turnbull 
 
 Monthly Canteen Captains and Committees 
 
 National Defenders Club, San Jose 
 FIRST DAY 
 
 MBS. D. MacKINLAY, Captain. 
 Mrs. Geo. W. Ferine Mrs. J. U. Hall 
 
 Mrs. J. Irving Beattie 
 Mrs. Douglas Sim 
 Miss Mabel Adell 
 Miss Elizabeth Bullitt 
 
 Mrs. Frank King 
 Mrs. Ed Havens 
 Mrs. Walter Field 
 ,\ Mrs. Wm. Fosgate 
 Miss Caroline Fosgate 
 
 SECOND DAY 
 MRS. M. W. KAPP and MBS. ANNA CUMMINS, 
 
 Captains. 
 Mrs. Geo. S. Parkinson Mrs. R. B. Pawcett 
 Miss W. Lathrop 
 Mrs. H. P. Fleming 
 Mrs. W. A. Coulter 
 Mrs. Chester Herold 
 
 Mrs. D. R. Wood 
 Mrs. Earl Parrish 
 Mrs. Lesense Smith 
 Mrs. C. H. Hervey 
 
 THIRD DAY 
 
 MRS. CHARLES R. PARKINSON, Captain. 
 Mrs. Belle Bangs Mrs. Wm. McCormick 
 
 Mrs. D. Cerrutti Mrs. H. A. Nichols 
 
 Mrs. F. A. Curtiss Mrs. Ada Wright 
 
 Mrs. Leonard Edwards 
 
 FOURTH DAY 
 MRS. PETER DUNNE, Captain. 
 Mrs. M. Haywards Mrs. Lola Tait 
 
 Miss Edna Lotta Mrs. Nicholas Bowden 
 
 Miss Marjorie Moore Mrs. N. E. Yoacum 
 FIFTH DAY 
 MRS. KARL PLATTE, Captain. 
 
 Miss Florence Park 
 Miss Hazel Park 
 Mrs. Edwin Schneider 
 Mrs. David Burnett 
 
 Mrs. Paul Purst 
 Mrs. Chas. Kuhn 
 Mrs. S. Waterhouse 
 Miss Florence Selby 
 Mrs. James Bullitt 
 
 SIXTH DAY 
 MRS. DAVID BEATTIE, Captain. 
 Mrs. F. W. Angier Mrs. Ella von Havenburg 
 
 Mrs. Ida Beattie Miss Edith Mclntyre 
 
 Mrs. Geo. L. Downing Mrs. Ann McSwain Tones 
 Mrs. Ella Tata Miss Edna Bocks 
 
 SEVENTH DAY 
 Mrs. S. H. Y. OGIEB, Captain. 
 Mrs. Geo. Borchers Miss Florence Carder 
 
 Mrs. Carleton Crane Miss Ida Wehner 
 
 Mrs. S. D. Farrington Mrs. J. Lee Ogiei- 
 
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 Miss Elizabeth Evans 
 Mrs. Frank Kelly 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Gray 
 Miss Belle Eaton 
 Mrs. Mildred Evans 
 
 EIGHTH DAY 
 MRS. ELMER CHASE, Captain. 
 Mrs. A. S. Appleton Mrs. C. N. Osenbaugh 
 
 Mrs. C. A. Randall Mrs. Philip Wise 
 
 Mrs. Charles O'Brien Mrs. Frank Johnston 
 Mrs. Walter Johnston 
 
 NINTH DAY 
 MRS. LOUIS SONNIKSEN, Captain. 
 Mrs. N. B. Kooser Mrs. Al Jarman 
 
 Mrs. Walter Wood Mrs. Susie Gregg 
 
 Mrs. Floyd Stull Mrs. Kate Sheaff 
 
 Mrs. L. H. D. Faaer 
 
 TENTH DAY 
 MRS. PAUL WILLIAMS, Captain. 
 Mrs. G. Sanders Mrs. A. E. Holmes 
 
 Miss Alice Putman Mrs. Ed Peterson 
 
 Mrs. P. Metcalf Mrs. E. R. Morgan 
 
 Mrs. R. B. Leland 
 
 ELEVENTH DAY 
 MRS. FRANK LEIB, Captain. 
 Mrs. Leon Hirseh Mrs. Harry Postlethwaite 
 
 Mrs. Charles O'Brien Miss M. Postlethwaite 
 TWELFTH DAY. 
 MRS. P. F. GOSBEY, Captain. 
 Mrs. H. H. Madsen Mrs. Wm. Van Dalsem 
 
 Mrs. J. R. Kocher Mrs. S. B. Van Dalsem 
 
 Mrs. Louis Oneal Mrs. M. M. Warren 
 
 Mrs. Chas. M. Richards Miss Clara Smith 
 THIRTEENTH DAY 
 J. W. DAVY, Captain. 
 Mrs. N. H. Bullock Mrs. H. E. Thompson 
 
 Mrs. S. B. Blanehard Mrs. Wilmer Gross 
 Mrs. Wm. Beasly Miss Ann KuUack 
 
 Mrs. S. Tompkins Mrs. A. E. Wilcox 
 
 FOXJHTEENTH DAY 
 MRS. NICHOLAS BOWDEN, Captain. 
 Mrs. Archer Bowden Mrs. Ann McSwain Jones 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Fisher Miss A. Nicholson 
 
 Mrs. J. H. Pierce Miss Elizabeth Evans 
 
 Mrs. Fred Moore Miss Martha Trimble 
 
 Mrs. Arthur Field Miss Isabel Mackenzie 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln Cothran Miss Katherine Sinnott 
 Mrs. Peter Dunne 
 
 FIFTEENTH DAY 
 MRS. MARY RHODES BARSTOW, Captain. 
 Miss Grace Barstow Mrs. Blaney Maynard 
 
 Mrs. W. T. Rambo Mrs. Stephen Maynard 
 
 Mrs. M. Waite Mrs. Maurice Connell 
 
 SIXTEENTH DAY 
 MRS. WILLIS CLAYTON, Captain. 
 Mrs. Clyde Alexander Mrs. David Low 
 Mrs. H. Booksin, Jr. Mrs. Ida McArthur 
 
 Mrs. S. H. Chase Mrs. M. E. Earle 
 
 Mrs. J. B. Clayton Mrs. M. E. Faulle 
 
 Mrs. Hugh Center Mrs. A. D. Chase 
 
 Mrs. O. A. Harlan 
 
 SEVENTEENTH DAY. 
 MISS ETHEL CLAYTON, Captain. 
 Mrs. George Hamilton Miss Grace Terwilliger 
 
 Miss Florence Clayton Mrs. S. Butler 
 
 Mrs. Bert Goldsmith Mrs. Chas. K. Fleming 
 
 Mrs. Geo. F. Sturgess 
 
 EIGHTEENTH DAY 
 MRS. E. T. STERLING, Captain. 
 Mrs. David Burnett Mrs. F. W. Gross 
 
 Mrs. J. R. Chace Mrs. V. B. Law 
 
 Mrs. H. B. Martin Mrs. Frances Wilder 
 
 Mrs. Geo. Muirson 
 
 NINETEENTH DAY 
 MRS. W. E. BLAUER, Captain 
 Mrs. W. L. Woodrow Mrs. Arthur Butcher 
 
 Miss Grace Woodrow Mrs. Oscar Eberhard 
 Miss Virginia Williams Mrs. J. C. Blair 
 TWENTIETH DAY 
 MRS. WM. ALEXANDER, Captain 
 Mrs. J. W. Edmundson Miss Gertrude Payne 
 Mrs. E. N. Richmond Miss M. Gleason 
 Mrs. George Richmond Mrs. C. J. Holmes 
 TWENTY-FIRST DAY 
 MRS. M. E. FAULLE, Captain. 
 Mrs. W. S. Clayton Mrs. Clyde Alexander 
 
 Mrs. M. E. Earle Miss Liza Stock 
 
 Mrs. V. Law Mrs. Samuel Tompkins 
 
 TWENTY-SECOND DAY 
 MRS. A. C. DARBY and MRS. J. R. ROBERTS, 
 
 Captains. 
 Mrs. C. K. Fleming Mrs. Chas. E. Howes 
 
 Mrs. F. Cain Mrs. George Wakefield 
 
 Mrs. Mary Brown Mrs. Annie Wilcox 
 
 Mrs. R. Greenleaf Mrs. H. A. Johnston 
 
 TWENTY-THIRD DAY 
 MRS. C. E. HABLUTZEL, Captain. 
 Mrs. G. A. Velser Miss Bessie Cole 
 
 Miss Ida Lameraux Mrs. S. Bogart 
 
 Miss Christine Zoffman Mrs. Charles Crothers 
 TWENTY-FOURTH DAY 
 MRS. W. P. LYON, Captain. 
 Mrs. J. O. Hayes Miss Sibyl Hayes 
 
 Mrs. A. C. Hayes Miss Lyetta Hayes 
 
 Mrs. E. A. Hayes Miss Miriam Hayes 
 
 Mrs. H. E. Owen Miss Katherine Gather 
 
 Miss Florence Carder Miss Lena C. Linderman 
 Miss Edith Bogart 
 
 TWENTY-FIFTH DAY 
 MRS. J. E. HANCOCK, Captain. 
 Mrs. Fred Brown Miss Edith Henshaw 
 
 Mrs. R. J. Langford Mrs. Ed Peterson 
 
 Mrs. E. O. Pieper Miss Anita Colombet 
 
 Mrs. Robert Wright 
 
 TWENTY-SIXTH DAY 
 MRS. HARRY POSTLETHWAITE, Captain. 
 Mrs. Alexander Boomer Mrs. Ray Wilson 
 Mrs. H. W. Coe Mrs. Coffin 
 
 Mrs. L. E. Petrie Miss M. Postlethwaite 
 
 Mrs. E. B. Laughlin Mrs. Frank Leib 
 
 TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY 
 MRS. P. A. JORDAN, Captain. 
 .\Trs. W. C. Bailey Mrs. Wm. Lean 
 
 Mrs. W. C. Bogen Mrs. Frank Patterson 
 
 Mrs. Arthur Curtner Mrs. F. E. Ferrell 
 
 Mrs. F. L. Fehren 
 
 75 
 
WAR HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY 
 
 Mrs. A. S. Williams 
 Mrs. J. W. Lewis 
 Mrs. Miri«in KiehmoiiH 
 Miss Charlotte Shafter 
 
 TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY 
 
 MRS. EARNEST LION, Captain. 
 Mrs. Frank Temple 
 Mrs. W. L. \Voodrow 
 Miss Grace vVoodrow 
 Miss Virginia Williams 
 Mrs. Wm. Posgate 
 
 TWENTY-NINTH DAY 
 MRS. LESTER MORSE, Captain. 
 Mrs. G. Bascom Miss Katherine Sinnott 
 
 Mrs. Clarence Coolidge Miss Bertha Giles 
 Mrs. J. E. Fisher Miss Laura Bailey 
 
 Mrs. Lester Pierca Mrs. George Muirson 
 
 THIRTIETH DAY 
 MRS. I. A. FRAZER, Captain. 
 
 Mrs. Arthur M. Free 
 Mrs. Charles Turner 
 Mrs. C. Hatch Johnston 
 Mrs. Frazer Reed 
 
 Mrs. Wm. Simpson 
 Mrs. W. N. Avery 
 Mrs. Belle Machfert 
 Mrs. Helen Quilty 
 Mrs. Albert Haentze 
 
 THIRTY-riEST DAY 
 MRS. BLANEY MAYNARD, Captain. 
 Mrs. M. D. Baker Mrs. H. J. Beal 
 
 Mrs. Stephen Maynard Mrs. Maurice Connell 
 Mrs. H. F. Coykendal Mrs. V. E. Parrish 
 FIRST SUNDAY 
 MISS FRANCES SCHALLENBERGER, Captain. 
 Miss Stella Campbell Mrs. George Green 
 Miss Josephone DanielsonMiss Delma Phelps 
 Miss Genevieve GoodacreMiss Mabel Kimball 
 Mrs. H. E. Landon Miss Ona Rounds 
 
 Mrs. George Worswiek 
 Mrs. X. E. Burns 
 
 Miss Edith Sloane 
 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 
 SECOND SUNDAY 
 
 MRS. R. R. JOHNSTON, Captain. 
 
 W. P. Dougherty Mrs. Charles Cassin 
 
 Louis King 
 Frank Reidy 
 Frank Mayhew 
 Evelyn Murphy 
 
 Miss Ann Collins 
 Mrs. Ervin Frasse 
 Mrs. J. E. Goodwin 
 Mrs. J. R. Chace 
 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 Miss 
 Miss 
 Mrs. 
 Mrs. 
 
 THIRD SUNDAY 
 
 MRS. LEONARD STOCKING, Captain. 
 
 Leo Archer Mrs. E. W. Mullen 
 
 Ella Brown Mrs. Alice Roedel 
 
 Teckla Pieper Mrs. Walter Wilcox 
 
 Olga Braslan Mrs. E. O. Pieper 
 
 W. B. Hobson Miss Lolita Arnold 
 
 FOURTH SUNDAY 
 MRS. MAURICE CONNELL, Captain. 
 A. T. Herrmann Mrs. Mary Barstow 
 Miss Grace Barstow 
 Miss Virginia Williams 
 Mrs. George May 
 Mrs. George Wakefield 
 
 Henrietta Willey 
 Agnes Lynn 
 Cora Ripley 
 E. H. Thompson 
 Alexander Boomer 
 
 FIFTH SUNDAY 
 MRS. FRANK LEIB and MRS. CHARLES. R 
 
 PARKINSON, Captains. 
 Miss Hazel Park Mrs. Albert Jarman 
 
 Mrs. Louis Sonniksen Mrs. Henrietta Willey 
 Miss Florence Park Miss Bernice Downing 
 
 Mrs. Frank King 
 
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IN 
 
 MEMORIAM 
 
 Following 
 
 are the 
 
 names of" our men 
 
 who made the 
 
 Supreme Sacrifice 
 
 
 «e«SBSKBta»»» 
 
 Ellas Ananstasion 
 
 
 Bruno Montorosso 
 
 Joseph F. Andrade 
 
 
 Frank J. Murrin 
 
 Harvey C. Bames 
 
 
 Salvatore Muro 
 
 Joseph Basseile 
 
 
 Daniel J. Narvies 
 
 Eohert J. Bennett 
 
 
 Allan H. Nichols 
 
 Barnard M. Bustard 
 
 
 Frank H. Nichols 
 
 Antonio Camastro 
 
 
 Frank J. Nunes 
 
 Joseph L. CancUla 
 
 
 Mervln Neugrass 
 
 Louis V. Castro 
 
 
 Charles H. Pappassi 
 
 Hugh L. Carney 
 
 
 Antone Parades 
 
 Harrison J. Cleaver 
 
 
 Joe Prader 
 
 Charles C. Crews 
 
 
 John E. Pashote 
 
 Arthur C. Chiles 
 
 
 Albert G. Perkins 
 
 Charles C. Cook 
 
 
 Manuel Q. Perry 
 
 William Couch 
 
 
 A. E. Preston 
 
 William F. Covill 
 
 
 John F. Pereira 
 
 Thomas J. Clunie 
 
 
 Paul J. Plnnola 
 
 WilUam M. de la EocheUe 
 
 Angelo R. Pinto 
 
 Frank Devoney 
 
 
 John Pourroy 
 
 John J. Dorsey 
 
 
 John Regan 
 
 Robbecole Disappa 
 
 
 Ernest R. Rines 
 
 Bay F. Dugdale 
 
 
 Leon Roberts 
 
 Norman Dunhar 
 
 
 Joseph L. Rose 
 
 Elmer H. Flagg 
 
 
 Manuel R. Rose 
 
 Elmer L. Fresher 
 
 
 J. S. Rumsey 
 
 James G. Ferguson 
 
 
 Seeley T. Shaw 
 
 Hiram B. Fisher 
 
 
 Fredrick E. Sanders 
 
 Ben Garcia 
 
 
 Elvyn B. Sedam 
 
 Toney P. Gomes 
 
 
 Gilbert Spencer 
 
 Lome A. Goode 
 
 
 Harry N. Schneider 
 
 Wilbur J. Gross 
 
 
 Lawrence W. Schrier 
 
 Fred A. Hall 
 
 
 Ira M. Smith 
 
 Carl J. Hagel 
 
 
 Anton Sigurd 
 
 Frank J. Hagen, Jr. 
 
 
 Sidney W. Simpson 
 
 Walter Hartman 
 
 
 Thomas Short 
 
 Walter A. Hllden 
 
 
 John G. Sturlo 
 
 Mervyn J. Hoadley 
 
 
 Joseph V. Splngola 
 
 Maltria Hugeback 
 
 
 Verne I. Taylor 
 
 Jarvis J. Johnson 
 
 
 John L. Timosci 
 
 Joseph F. Kelly 
 
 
 Frank B. Tost 
 
 Arthur C. Kimber 
 
 
 Nick J. Vaccarello 
 
 Ralph V. Leggett 
 
 
 Manuel J. Vargas 
 
 Walter Logan 
 
 
 John J. Voss 
 
 Leo J. McCauley 
 
 
 Clark B. Waterhouse 
 
 Maurice F. Manha 
 
 
 Harold Woolf 
 
 Lester J. McKinley 
 
 
 Albert F. Wooley 
 
 David E. McComel 
 
 
 Earl C. Young 
 

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