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��2nd Lt. WILLIAM M. FERRIS, JR.

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��SECOND LIEUTENANT WILLIAM M. FERRIS, JUNIOR

I 5th Field Artillery, Second Division. Died at Base Hospital, Bloise, France, on September 26, 1918, from pneumonia brought on by being gassed in action.

Lieutenant Ferris was born in Gales- burg. 111., on April 10, 1892. After a pub- lic school education he entered the em- ploy of the Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Mich., where he remained until admitted to the Second Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan. His previous military ex- perience consisted of a course at Platts- burg, N. Y., and Sparta, Wis. He also served v^^ith Company C of the Illinois State Militia. Upon receiving his com- mission at Fort Sheridan, Lieutenant Fer- ris was ordered overseas, sailing as a cas- ual officer in December, 1917. Upon arrival in France he \vas given a course in an artillery school and then assigned to the 1 5th Field Artillery. He -was in the Chateau Thierry fight and it was while the St. Mihiel drive was on that he -was overcome with gas. After recovering con- sciousness he remained in action for three days, until he collapsed and was con- veyed to the hospital at Bloise, where he died. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ferris, reside in Galesburg, 111.

��SECOND LIEUTENANT JASPER J. FFRENCH

Instructor, Aviation Service. Killed in an accident at Payne Field, West Point, Miss., on October 15, 1918.

��Lieutenant Ffrench was born in Brook- field, 111., on May 6, 1895. After a pub- lic school education he entered Armour Institute, later going to Notre Dame, where he graduated in 1914. He also took courses at Northwestern and Chicago Uni- versities. At the outbreak of war he was admitted to the First Officers' Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, and later trans- ferred to the aviation section and ordered to Kelly Field, Tex., where he received his training and won a commission. He was then promoted to an instructor, working both at Carruthers and Payne fields. On October 15, 1918, while instructing. Lieu- tenant Ffrench's plane caught on fire and in the ensuing accident he was killed, his pupil escaping serious injuries. He was unmarried. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ffrench, of Chicago, 111., survive.

��2nd Lt. JASPER J. FFRENCH

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