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��Capt. LLOYD E. THRUSH

��CAPTAIN LLOYD ELMER THRUSH

Military Intelligence Branch, Executive Division, Office Chief of Staff, Washington, D. C. Died at Camp Mills on October 12, 1918, after an illness of one week.

Captain Thrush was born in Omaha, Neb., on September 18, 1892. He re- ceived his education in various public schools throughout the country, gradu- ating from Lowell High School of Chi- cago in 1912. He then took up news- paper wfork, being employed by the Asso- ciated Press and the Chicago American. He was admitted to the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he received a commission as second lieu- tenant in the Q. M. C, and was assigned to Camp Grant and detailed for duty as an assistant to the intelligence officer of the Eighty-sixth Division. On December 13, 1917, he was ordered to Camp John- ston, Florida, and made assistant camp intelligence officer. On March 1 9th he was ordered to report to the Acting Quartermaster General for duty and de- tailed for work in Washington, D. C. He was promoted to a first lieutenant on April 30th, and to a captain on August 23, 1918. Captain Thrush was severely injured in September by an automobile accident and confined for some time to While stationed at Camp Mills he was taken He was unmarried. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Katherine P. Ralston of Redwood City, Cal., one brother, one sister and one half-brother. His father, Richard U. Thrush, resides in Omaha, Neb. DIED OCTOBER 12,

��Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C. ill on October 5th, and died a week later.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT ARTHUR TILGHMAN

5th Marines, Second Division. Died on February 12, 1 9 1 9, at Tours, France, from cerebro-spinal meningitis.

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��2nd Lt. ARTHUR TILGHMAN

��Lieutenant Tilghman w^as born in San Antonio, Texas, on September 1 5, 1 886. After a public school education he en- tered the employ of the Union Insulating Company of Chicago as office manager. Previous to his admittance to the Sec- ond Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sher- idan, where he was assigned to the 1 8th Company, he had served four years in the Navy. Upon receiving his commission he was ordered overseas, sailing on Jan- uary 5, 1918. Arriving in France, he received further instruction, on the com- pletion of which he ■was assigned to the 5th Marines. Lieutenant Tilghman was severely vv^ounded during the Chateau Thierry fighting. On July, 1918, he was gassed and his left arm shattered by shrapnel. After three months in the hospital he -was placed in charge of Ger- man prisoners, being commander of C. P. W. E. No. I. On January 30, 1919, he was taken sick v^^ith influenza, w^hich, developing into spinal meningitis, caused his death after an illness of two weeks. He was recommended for promotion in November, 1918. Lieutenant Tilghman was married on February 21, 1 9 I 4, to Miss Helen Shevlin, who resides at 3717 Ward street, Chicago. His parents, residing in Houston, Tex., also survive.

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��BORN SEPTEMBER 15, DIED FEBRUARY 12,

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