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From Geneva Daily Times 24 June 1916

Twenty-three additional recruits have been received by Company B during the past 24 hours, which brings the present strength up to 140 men. This most prompt response to the call to the colors is a great source of gratification to Captain S. H. Merrill and the other officers of the Company.

New men received into the company since yesterday are as follows:

Charles H. Reynolds, Geneva
Earl E. Fingar, Geneva
Wells J. Carey, Geneva
Duane N. Carroll, Penn Yan
Leo H. Breen, Canandaigua
George H. Kelleher, Geneva
Howard E. Jenkens, Geneva
Albert A. Urgan, Geneva
Clarence H. Watson, Seneca Falls
LeRoy P. Murphy, Geneva
Charles F. Rooney, Canandaigua
John Connolly, Geneva

Daniel J. Creedon, Geneva
Martin J. MacDuff, Geneva
Edward J. Allen, Geneva
Alfred L. Larson, Geneva
Edward F. Hagen, Geneva
Preston H. Gregor, Newark
August Mauer, Newark
Henry B. Edward, Dundee
Charles R. Mills, Geneva
Thomas F. Grady, Geneva
Alfred E. Sweeney, Geneva

The present muster roll of the company is as follows:

Captain - S. H. Merrill
First Lieutenant - T. J. Coursey
Second Lieutenant - E. F. Winnek
First Sergeant - C. W. Clark
Sergeants - T. W. C. Bleck, J. R. Fiero, F. D. Behrens, P. S. Church, and E. D. VanGeison
Corporals - C. D. Hilimire, J. H. McDonough, J. D. Post, E. R. Finzar, W. P. Loman, K. C. Hyde
Cooks - R. J. Engel, J. R. BrownArtificer - Joseph Hutchinson
Musicians - G. C. Easto and W. J. Cummings
Privates - R. W. Ames, H. W. Beatty, F. J. Beatty, W. C. Benedict, G. C. Benedict, H. S. Brennan, W. F. Buckley, F. L. Burr, F. J. Burns, F. R. Clark, F. K. Clark, D. B. Clayton, H. G. Campbell, E. E. Churchill, H. P. Coats, C. R. Codington, E. F. Collins, G. B. Corby, C. L. Chapman, A. R. DeBott, H. M. Daily, R. W. Evans, B. C. Gould, W. A. Goodwin, J. P. Gavin, P. H. Hawkins, Lawrence Hayes, D. I. Holburton, J. J. Howe, C. F. Hendricks, C. W. Hemingway, M. J. Humphrey, J. H. Johnson, E. C. Knapp, J. R. Lindsay, B. H. Merry, G. F. Mehnert, M. E. Mapes, S. H. McKane, A. C. Pinckney, J. D. Richardson, H. A. Secker, C. F. Saeger, J. M. Shane, E. A. Smith, D. M. Smith, R. T. Soule, A. M. Story, W. A. Sojka, W. D. Strawney, F. E. Tiller, W. B. Vogt, King Whitney, Alfred Wyman, F. F. Donahue, G. B. Warren, T. G. Leach, Ralph Hendershott, R. E. Stewart, W. H. Rielly, J. A. Kellow, J. F. O'Malley, W. H. Rhodes, Theodore Brower, T. J. Comiskey, Russel Vincent, Patrick McGhan, Charles Mauer, Vincent Beebe, K. M. Evarts, P. H. Tuttle, R. C. Chamberlain, W. H. Arnold, N. C. Reynolds, C. H. Reynolds, J. A. Cummings, R. H. Jacobs, F. A. Williamson, W. F. Dangle, J. H. Stewart, H. J. Hennessey, J. L. Steene, J. B. Sweeney, B. B. Tillman, A. H. Coleman, C. D. Wooster, Laverne Walbridge, C. T. Bowles, T. C. Veit, C. H. Watson, L. P. Murphy, C. F. Rooney, R. C. Rippey, John Connolly, D. J. Creedon, M. J. MacDuff, W. J. Carey, Frank Pike, R. S. Boyd, H. E. Jenkins, G. H. Kelleher, A. A. Urgan, L. H. Breen, D. N. Carroll, E. J. Allen, A. L. Larson, E. F. Hagen, P. H. Gregor, August Mauer, H. H. Edwards, C. R. Mills, A. E. Sweeney, T. F. Grady.

From Geneva Daily Times 12 September 1917

Secretary A. D. Gates of the local exemption board of the Second District of Ontario County made public today a list containing the names of 31 men who are certified to the district board of Rochester as qualified and accepted for service. He also gave out a list of those discharged for physical reasons and on claims. All but three of the cases examined before this board have now been disposed of. In the list of those reported as qualified and accepted are the following:

Oliver Frisbie Crothers, Phelps; Nick Tandle, Geneva; Walter Danielski, Phelps; Leslie Jones Campbell, Stanley; William Louis Garling, Victor; Harry L. Herman, Manchester; Charles Eldridge Eacker, Clifton Springs; William George Wilkins, Victor; Henry D. Cornish, Naples; Stephen Blanchard, Naples; Clarence Marsh Munorow, Canandaigua; Leon G. Johnson, East Bloomfield; Torrance L. Rodney, Manchester; Frank B. Sheehan, East Bloomfield; Royal Leslie Hulbert, Victor; Salvatori Tarquine, Manchester; James William Anderson, Victor; Stewart Waddell, Geneva; Raymond S. Olmstead, Livonia; John Francis Barry, Shortsville; Charles Robson, Geneva; Hugh Welch, Geneva; Charles Wesley Wold Hendershot, Macedon; John Bernard Tischer, Victor; John Kenneth Hennessey, Phelps; William Segbers, Manchester; Frank Cole, Canandaigua; Murray H. Ingram, Phelps; William Matthew Barnes, Jersey Shore, Pa.; Harold King, Geneva; Arthur W. Goodman, Clifton Springs.

Those reported exempted or discharged are:

Ainsworth M. Bennett, Manchester; Ralph Edward Cook, Clifton Springs; Clarence Rouse, Phelps; Leon James Horton, West Bloomfield; William Arthur Barkley, Honeoye; Ora Francis Fanson, Geneva; Alfred Phillips, Phelps; George Frederick Walters, Clifton Springs; Clifton L. Colvin, Shortsville; Joseph Billsis, Victor; Frank J. Holleran, Phelps; Leonard Gabriel Williams, Shortsville; John Van Opdorp, Clifton Springs; Edwin Sanford, Phelps; William Honan, Honeoye; Jesse R. Potter, Manchester; Edney M. Skinner, Phelps; William Alexander Anable, Naples; William Joseph Sullivan, West Bloomfield; Atta Siegwald, Clifton Springs; Walter James Mosher, Shortsville; Berridge Lucas, Manchester; Charles Francis Moon, Shortsville; John McKay, Honeoye; Leslie Eugene Bennett, Holcomb; Rocco Commiso, Victor; Arthur Lennelle, Macedon; Richard Kilduff, Manchester; Arthur Penny, Manchester; Mike Poulas, Phelps; Arthur Eugene Brand, Canandaigua; Lawrence E. Becker, Clifton Springs; Albert William Webb, Holcomb; Herbert A. McCallum, Oaks Corners; George Jacob Wohlschlegel, Naples; Harrison Fremont Becker, Springwater; Peter Condame, Victor; Johan Willichad Oberg, Victor; Francis Raymond Davis, Honeoye; John Conover, Victor; Leroy F. Wallace, Naples; Leo Abbott, Manchester; Raymond F. Dolan, Naples; Claire V. Bennett, Phelps; Dwight Deyo Bottum, Shortsville; James Greenlees, East Victor; William Clohecy, East Bloomfield; Rocco DeVito, Clifton Springs; Claude Wilson Symonds, North Bloomfield; William Henry Cook, Victor; DiCarlo Sebastino, Victor; William B. Ward, Canandaigua; Frederick Burgh, Victor.

From Geneva Daily Times 17 April 1917

Hall, N. Y. - Arthur, eldest son of Fred Allen and grandson of the late Valentine Allen, a veteran in the war of the Rebellion, and great-grandson of the well-remembered Col. Allen of Hall vicinity, is perpetuating the family name for patriotism by his late enlistment in the navy, the first one to respond to the call from near Hall.

Following is a list of the men honorably discharged from Company B because they have dependents: Corydon W. Clark, 1st sergeant; John L. Brown, cook; Grover C. Easton, bugler; Joseph Hutchinson, mechanic. Sergeants: Theodore W. C. Bleck, Jay R. Fiero, Earl D. VanGeison, Charles D. Hilmire. Corporals: William P. Loman, Floyd E. Tiller, George T. O'Connor, Henry W. Beatty, George O. Warren, Walter W. Hoskin, George F. Mehnert. 1st Class Privates: Edward F. Hagan, John A. Johnson, Robert C. Rippey. Privates: Francis J. Beatty, Vincent Beebe, Henry G. Connolly, Camp E. Cowan, Daniel J. Creedon, Kedzie M. Evarts, John K. Flynn, Charles H. Green, Howard J. Hennessey, Charles F. Hendricks, George Hunter, Roy H. Jacobs, William Jacobs, Ernest A. Lang, Alfred L. Larsen, Patrick McGhan, Frank Perry, Roy Roche, Claude F. Saeger, Howard C. Seabrook, Harry A. Seeker, Edward A. Smith, Raymond F. Soule, James J. Tracey, Clarence H. Watson and Frederick A. Williamson.

From Geneva Daily Times 25 April 1917

Melvin Hill, N. Y. - George Sweet of Melvin Hill and Elmer Cairns, formerly of Melvin Hill but now of Rochester, enlisted Monday in the New York Infantry and leave Saturday morning for Fort Slocum to enter training.

From Livonia Gazette 3 August 1917

Following are the names of the young men in Richmond who have been drafted to appear for examination to enter the service: Stuart J. Mitchell, Kenneth Abbey, John J. Mechan, George G. Abbey, Ralph W. Paul, Murray H. Wilson, Carl J. Fox, William F. Morrow, William O. Alger, Clayton M. Smith, Truman J. White, Floyd W. Barrett, Oakley Mastin, Olin C. Wemott, Frank Rouse, Clarence M. Watkins, George E. Gallipo, William A. Barkley. William Ronan, John McKay.

From Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 23 November 1917

Clifton Springs, N. Y. - William T. Sheehan, Parmer Peachey and Edward Wilck, of this village, were among those to leave today for training at Camp Dix. They left Canandaigua over the Pennsylvania at 12:01 o'clock.

From Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 21 January 1918

Canandaigua, N. Y., Jan. 20 - Twenty-six men in the First Exemption District and sixteen in the Second District were announced Saturday as having been classified in class one and are consequently liable for military service at any call. Those of district one are:

Canandaigua - James St. Angelo, Ray Borden, Samuel Zappanella, Clifford Jones, Stuart M. Kerr, Louis Vecchi, David H. Haskell, Marian DeFrancial.

Geneva - Thomas E. Cass, Clarence Charles DeBolt, Abraham Stephen Rogers, Guiseppe DeClamanti, Stanton McClellan Sellers, Samuel P. Rowland, Alfred Henry Lewis, Paul James Weller, John Henry Frautz, Hoffa S. Rogers, Charles Edward Denison, Maramo Damico, Ward Beecher Button, Joseph Damick, Tracy D. Morse.

Stanley - Morris James Kennedy, William Otis Kean.

Hall - Roy Leon Carr.

Those of district two are:

Canandaigua - Morimoud H. Remery.

Holcomb - Frank Barks McWilliams.

Phelps - Seeley B. Parrish, Murry H. Ingram, George F. Peachey.

Geneva - Robert Loveland Waddell, Sinclair A. Tullett, Harey DeMell.

Clifton Springs - George J. Pegelow.

Naples - William Porter.

West Bloomfield - Leon James Horton, William Joseph Sullivan, Walter H. Dixon, James Francis Rigney.

Victor - William George Wilkins.

From Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 12 February 1918

Clifton Springs, N. Y., Feb. 11 - According to telegraphic reports, it seems that the only member of the ill-fated expeditionary force from this village or vicinity, was Thomas W. Love, of this village, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Love. He was aboard the Tuscanta at the time of the recent disaster. Mr. Love was graduated from Syracuse University last June and he entered the first officers' training camp at Madison barracks, and later the Forestry Division of Engineers. Word has been received here which would indicate that the young man was among those rescued.

Victor, N. Y., Feb. 11 - Captain M. Ernest Hopkins, a former Victor boy, who was among the first to answer Uncle Sam's call for troops, is now on his way to Camp Fremont, California. He was for some time in officers training camp at Madison Barracks and was later transferred to Camp Hancock, Ga., where for the past five months he has been drilling new recruits, with Company D, 111th Infantry. He is to join eight new cavalry regiments which are being formed there.

From Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 16 February 1918

Canandaigua, N. Y., Feb. 15 - Only seven enemy aliens registered at the police station and at the Canandaigua Postoffice during the ten-day period when all enemy aliens of German extraction were ordered to register. It is believed that others are living in this vicinity. Those who registered were Charles Seiler and Alwin Richard Sene, both of whom visited the police station to register; Juline Schulz, Emil Schulz, Fred Berg, Johann Huas, all of the town of Canandaigua; and Louis Kuntz, of Gorham.

From Geneva Daily Times 20 March 1918

Phelps, N. Y. - David DeBoover, who has been at Camp Greene, South Carolina, for the last three months, has been released from military service for the summer in order to engage in farm work.

From Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 18 May 1918

Clifton Springs, N. Y., May 17 - John F. Sommers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Sommers, of this village, who recently enlisted in the navy aviation corps, has reported for service in Boston, Mass. For several months past the young man has been employed in the drafting department of the Selden motor truck plant at Rochester.

Lieutenant William T. Owens, son of the late Morris Owens of this village, who for several yrs past has resided in Toronto, Canada; and who is a member of the British Royal Naval Aerial Service, is home on a furlough, and has been spending the past few days among friends in this village and in Geneva.

Shortsville, N. Y., May 17 - The youngest man from this section to enter the service of the United States during the present war is James Richard Robinson, son of Rev. and Mrs. J. Forbes Robinson, who has just passed his seventeenth birthday. He enlisted at Rochester on Wednesday in the Marine Corps, passing every test with flying colors, will report at Buffalo on Monday, and then go to Paris Island, South Carolina, for training. Mr. Robinson is an expert telephone man, both as operator and line man, and is also a core maker.

Canandaigua, N. Y., May 17 - Four young men of this county were forwarded to three army camps this evening under the induction rule allowing draftees to volunteer for special work in the army. Ralph O. Crediford left for Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana, to serve as an airbrake inspector; Charles Carson Buchanan left for Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., to serve as a carpenter; Thomas D. Guinan and Slocum Henry Gamber, both of Geneva, left for Washington Barracks, Washington, D. C., to serve in special work.

From Geneva Daily Times 3 August 1918

Canandaigua, N. Y. - Ontario county is called on to furnish more men for the national army under orders received from the adjutant general's office by the two exemption boards yesterday afternoon. Men called by the First District Board are as follows: Richard Lewis McDade of Hall; John William Harrington of Manchester; Howard Eugene Warren of Canandaigua; John Earl Dakin of Geneva; Gordon McCoy Ridenour of Canandaigua; Charles M. House of Moravia, formerly of Canandaigua; Martin Charles Finnerty of Geneva; Leonard M. Clark of Rochester; Frank John Toole of Altoona, Pa.; Caspar W. Stahmann of Geneva; William Edward Maher of Canandaigua; Leroy Hakes of Geneva; Michael J. Legott of Geneva; James Dukelow of Canandaigua and Howard L. Pruner of Canandaigua.

Only 16 men were called by the Second District board. Those notified to go on August 8th are: Royal Leslie Hulbert of Victor; Francis Eugene Knauss of Clifton Springs; Michael Aequicto of Orleans; James T. Craig, Pocatello, Idaho; Frank Reisenberger of Naples; Philip Van Auken, of Kirkville, N. Y.; Irving C. Blanchard of Naples; Robert Post of Manchester; Ferro Sarnj of Rochester; Charles W. Crandall of West Bloomfield; George L. Bryant of Geneva; Howard S. Elliott of Victor; Monroe D. House of Syracuse; Timothy J. McNally of Manchester; Thomas W. Little of Manchester; Curtis Brown of Phelps.

From Geneva Daily Times 24 October 1918

Twenty-five of 45 men examined by the first District Board yesterday qualified for general military service. Six men were held for limited service, six found to be disqualified, seven referred to the medical advisory board and one found to have remedial defects. Men who qualified for full military service are: James Dewey Burd, Henry Edward Ellis, Frederick Banmann, Edward John Dempsey, Harold Francis Bender, Francis Lee Yerkes, Herbert William Meath, George Joseph VanVooren, Olin Wilson Powell, John Johnson, all of Canandaigua; Thomas John Hefferon of Rochester; Frederick Leonard Hartman, Victor Mickelsen, Frederick F. DeSio, William Henry Chilson, John Henry Jennings, Harold Kenneth Hibbard, Gordon Creighton Pendell, Victor Myron Beach, Anthony William Jennings, William Martin, Charles Wendell Phillips, all of Geneva; Guy William Cooper, Chapin; Ray Morton Hall, Raymond William Crosier, all of Hall. Those totally disqualified are: Frank Morton Gosper, Valdin Berg Smith, John Karskie, William Joseph Needham, all of Canandaigua; William Tracy Myers of Geneva; Arthur M. W. Scharrett of Stanley. Men held for limited service were: Joseph Wiley, Fred Ivan Ayers, James Collins, all of Geneva; Willis Hemstead Castle, Fred Chapin Huntington, George Livingston Hyde, all of Canandaigua.

Those to be re-examined by the medical advisory board are: James McKenna, Jean Louis Levy, Daniel Francis Kennelly, Arthur Gifford Wicks, Lewis Adelbert Rates, James Adelbert Norton, Abner Harold Gilbert, all of Canandaigua. Robert Oakley Beaumont of Canandaigua was found to have remediable defects.

From Geneva Daily Times 16 December 1918

Professor Legnini, who is organizing an Italian band in this city, has just received a letter from a patriotic citizen, who refers to a matter which the members of the band have had under consideration. He say: "Geneva, December 3d, 1918 - Professor Legnini - I see by the paper that the citizens of Geneva are planning a big reception for the men of Company B when they come home, but I hope the Italian citizens will not forget the four Geneva young men that have been in the American Ambulance Corps with the Italian Army since last June. They work in the thick of the battle and working hard, and on their return home would be delighted to see that the Italian people of Geneva appreciated what they had done for the soldiers in their beloved country. It is not known just when these boys will return, but when they do, I hope the Italian band will serenade them when the train pulls in. The names of those young men are William J. Bolin of Sherrill street, who, by the way, was the first American soldier to fire a gun over the Plave River and was complimented by the Italian officers, and Leon Dumont, Harry Daily and Ralph Brown of Jefferson avenue."

Patsey Maruccia of Exchange street, who has been honorably discharged from the service, came home this morning. He has been in the service about 8 months. He formerly worked as a barber for John Michaelson. He plays the clarinet and will be one of the members of the new band.

From Ontario County Journal 14 March 1919

Rushville, N. Y. - George Ford, Sr., received a telegram from his son, George Ford, Jr., on Saturday, saying that he had arrived safely in New York on the Mauritania. Glen Johnson has also notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson, that he arrived on the same day. Both boys are members of Company B and may be expected home after the big demonstration in New York on March 29.

From Geneva Daily Times 9 April 1919

Phelps, N. Y. - Private Leland Rhodes, who has been in military service in France since last summer, arrived yesterday at his home in Phelps, having been honorably discharged from the army.

From Ontario County Journal 25 April 1919

Naples, N. Y. - Private Wilbert J. Arnold, who had been home on a thirty-day furlough, left on Saturday for the hospital at Oswego, where he will be until able to be discharged.

From Ontario County Journal 16 May 1919

Naples, N. Y. - Privates Charles Swingle and Howard Boone and Corporal David Wolfanger arrived home on Saturday, after over a year's service in France. They were members of Company I, 307th Infantry, 77th Division, and consequently saw active service in the Argonne Forest, on the Veale river and the Oise-Aisne Front and other sectors. Private Swingle was severely wounded in the arm; Corporal Wolfanger had typhoid and diphtheria; but Private Boone came through without a day's illness. A sad part of it was that Private Boone reached home the day before his mother's funeral, which was held in Cohocton on Sunday.

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