Page:The history and achievements of the Fort Sheridan officers' training camps.djvu/144

 I4;i

��THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION

��MAJOR JAMES DOUGLAS RIVET

��3rd Battalion, 61st Infantry, Fifth Division. Killed in action at Bois du Rappy, Argonne, on October 15, 1918.

mm

Maj. JAMES D. RIVET

��Major Rivet was born in Frederickton, New Brunswick, Can., on May 23, I 882. He ■was educated in the public schools of Lowell, Mass., after which he took up the profession of civil engineering. He en- tered the army in 1910, serving two years in the Philippines, eight months of which were spent on a mapping detail; t^vo years at Presidio, Monterey, Cal. ; sta- tioned at Nogales and Douglas, Ariz., for three years, being one of the original offi- cers of the 35th Infantry when it was or- ganized at Douglas, Ariz.; instructor at First Officers' Training Camp, Leon Springs, Tex., and commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Second Officers' Train- ing Camp at Fort Sheridan. His promo- tion dates found him as second lieutenant with the I 2th Infantry, first lieutenant with the 35th Infantry, and captain and major with the 6 I st Infantry. On March 5, 1918, Major Rivet sailed for France ahead of his regiment. Upon arrival \^^ "'ED OCTOBER 15, 1918 of the 6 1 st overseas, he was placed in

command of the 3rd Battalion. On Oc- tober I 5th, while leading his men in the Argonne Drive, he was instantly killed by a machine gun bullet. Major Rivet was married on October 5, I 9 1 I, to Miss Mary Helen Stout of Traverse City, Mich., who, with two children, James Douglas, Jr., aged six, and Barbara, aged four years, survives, residing at 226 South Grove avenue, Oak Park, III. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Rivet, of Lowell, Mass., also are living.

���BORN MAY 23. DIED OCTOBER I

��CAPTAIN DAVID McNEIL ROBERTSON

Company E, 140th Infantry, Thirty-fifth Division. Killed in action near Montfaucon,

France, on September 30, 1918.

��Captain Robertson was born in Custer County, Colo., on June 1 0, 1 886. He was educated in the public schools of Florence, Colo., later entering the Univer- sity of Missouri, from w^hich he graduated in 1910. He then took up farming, work- ing for the government two or three years on the Tuba, Ariz., Experiment Farm, later joining his father in agricultural pur- suits. He wras admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, v^rhere he v\ras commissioned a first lieu- tenant upon completion of the course. In April, 1918, he w^as promoteJ to captain and sailed for France in command of Company E of the I 40th Infantry. While leading his company during the Argonne offensive. Captain Robertson was instantly killed by enemy fire. He fell close to a little village named Very, in the Montfau- con region. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Robertson, of Doniphan, Mo., survive.

��fiV-fr

�� �