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 THE ROLL OF HONOR

��FIRST LIEUTENANT HENRY G. ARENDS

Company C, I 1 9th Infantry, Thirtieth Division. DieH October 25, 1918, from wounds received in action in Flanders.

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��1st Lt. HENRY G. ARENDS

��Lieutenant Arends was a graduate of the public schools of Quincy, 111., and of Missouri State University. At the out- break of war he was practicing law in Chicago, entered the First Officers' Train- ing Camp and also was a candidate during the Second Camp. Upon receipt of his commission he was ordered overseas, leav- ing in January, 1918. Attended military schools throughout A. E. F., then assigned to Thirtieth Division. Receiving serious wounds on October 19, I 9 I 8, he Viras con- veyed to General Hospital No. 8 of the British Expeditionary Forces, at which place he breathed his last. He was un- married, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Arends of Quincy, 111.

��CAPTAIN JAMES BUCHANAN AUSTIN

Company H, 38th Infantry, Third Division. Died in Mobile Hospital No. 2, on October 9, 1918, from wounds received in action in the Argonne Offensive.

��Capt. JAMES B. AUSTIN

��Captain Austin v^as born in Kansas City, Mo., on June 22, 1886. After a public school education he entered the University of Utah and then the College of Mines of the University of Michigan, where he studied for two years. He then entered the employ of the U. S. Light and Heat Corporation as western sales man- ager, with headquarters in Chicago, w^hich position he relinquished to enter the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, v^rhere he was assigned to the 20th Company. Upon completion of the course he was commissioned a first lieu- tenant and ordered to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C, sailing for France in March, 1 91 8, with the Third Division. He ■was promoted to a captaincy and later rec- ommended for a majority, but declined the honor. While leading his company dur- ing the Argonne drive he was v^^ounded on October 8th, dying the next day. Captain Austin was married to Miss Ermine I. Calvin of Salt Lake City, on July 8, 1916. Besides his widow^ he leaves tw^o children,

Frances Jane Austin, three years, and Frederick C. Austin, aged two years, all of whom reside in Omaha, Neb. His parents. Mi and Mrs. James B. Austin, of Salt Lake City, Utah, also survive.

���BORN JUNE 22, DIED OCTOBER 9,

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