Spanish American War, 1914
Company D, Fourth Regiment, United
States Volunteers.
When the United States declared war
against Spain, Harrison County responded promptly. Company D,
Fourth Regiment, under Capt. J. F. Slinger, left Bethany for
service on May 10, 1898. This company spent several months in
various military cantonments, although it never saw any service
out of the United States.
Tuesday, May 10, 1898, is a daylong
remembered in the history of Bethany for it was the day when
Company D, Fourth Regiment Missouri National Guards started for
the Missouri troops rendezvous at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis.
The Saturday before Captain Slinger had received orders to have
his company ready to entrain on Tuesday, and immediately plans
were laid to give the boys a pleasant send-off. A dinner was
prepared by the Bethany ladies and served in the armory.
Promptly at noon Company D assembled at the bugle call and Chief
Marshall R. H. Wren and his aides, John M. McPherson, Jere
Weidner and Joseph Newland, formed the procession to escort the
company to the depot. It is said that in that day there had
never before been such a crowd in Bethany.
Below are the names and addresses of the
members of the company:
Field and Staff
J. F. Slinger, Captain, Bethany
H. L. Stark First Lieutenant, Bethany
R. J. Ramer, Second Lieutenant, Bethany
Bert Wren, First Sergeant, Bethany
Freeman Frost, Second Sergeant, Bethany
M. G. Morgan, Third Sergeant, Bethany
C. R. Lawrence, Fourth Sergeant, Bethany
J. W. Bradley, Musician, Bethany
J. M. Addison, Cainsville.
Lawrence Arney, Bethany.
Fred Arrasmith, Bethany.
Harry Baker, Mt. Moriah.
C. L. Bartlett, Bethany.
E. M. Berkhimer, Gilman City.
Jay C. Barber, Eagleville.
J. W. Cook, Bethany.
C. 0. Cumming, Bethany.
Dan T. Davis, Bethany.
G. T. Dill, Bethany.
Roy Dunkle, Martinsville.
Joseph Fades, Bethany.
E. E. Easton, Andover.
Charles Epperson, Bethany.
George W. Foster, New
Hampton.
J. R. Friend, Bethany.
Fred Fruit, Bethany.
C. S. Glenn, Martinsville.
W. P. Glenn, Martinsville.
E. Hall, Cainsville.
William Heaston, Bethany.
E. W. Hendren, Bethany.
A. T. Hogan, Bethany.
Maurice Hook, Bethany.
R. C. Hughes, Bethany.
Jacob Jennings, Bethany.
D. L. King, Mt. Moriah.
J. V. King, Mt. Moriah.
J. W. King, Gardner.
R. G. Lawrence, Bethany.
B. V. Lewis, Bethany. |
A. A. Long, Mt. Moriah.
M. Long, Mt. Moriah.
R. E. Medworth, Bethany.
F. C. Misner, Mt. Moriah.
J. D. Milligan, Bethany.
A. V. Madden, New Hampton.
Clyde Neville, Bethany.
O. P. Noah, Bethany.
J. M. Osborn, Blue Ridge.
A. Perkins, Ridgeway.
A. L. Piburn, Bethany.
H. G. Potter, Blue Ridge.
H. M. Poynter, Bethany.
Elmer Pryor, Ridgeway.
W. M. Reed, Bethany.
Harry Robinson, Bethany.
J. W. Rupe, Martinsville.
C. S. Smith, Andover.
G. H. Smith, Martinsville.
W. H. Smith, Blythedale.
Samuel C. Spence, Gardner.
G. C. Stevens, Andover.
Albert Stewart, Trenton.
Fred Sutton, Bethany.
Charles Taylor, Bethany.
Ed Taylor, Bethany.
James Taylor, Bethany.
L. E. Terry, Bethany.
C. O. Toombs, New Hampton.
Lewis Walter, Gilman City.
William Weese, Bethany.
E. A. Whitaker, Bethany. |
Harrison County|
AHGP
Missouri
Source: History of Harrison County,
Missouri, by Geo. W. Wanamaker, Historical Publishing Company,
Topeka, 1921
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