Wilbur H. Siebert
Published: 2015-08-05
Total Pages: 670
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Excerpt from History of the Ohio State University, Vol. 4: The University in Great War; Part II, Our Men in Military and Naval Service At Commencement in June, 1917, an alumnus mentioned to the President of the Ohio State University Association the desirability of having complete records of the military and naval service of the students, former students, and graduates of the University. Acting at once upon the suggestion, he took up the matter with President Thompson, who soon appointed a committee consisting of Edith D. Cockins, '94, Nan Cannon, '01, George W. Rightmire, '95, Joseph S. Myers, '87, William L. Graves, '93, and Wilbur H. Siebert, '88, to formulate plans, draw up a blank form for the desired data, and collect the records. The committee operated in large part through the Registrar's office, where two assistants were assigned to the work. Many names came in from the departments of the University, as also from the fraternity chapters, the clubs, and the other student organizations. Items in The Ohio State Lantern, The Ohio State University Monthly, other campus publications, and the press at large furnished additional names. But the committee made a systematic effort to secure the records of the men at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama; the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Waukegan, Wisconsin; and Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan. Representatives of the committee visited these camps and obtained many registrations. In February, 1918, its delegation spent two days at Camp Sherman in the "huts" maintained by the Young Men's Christian Association and the Knights of Columbus, starting the work there in a substantial way. The commanding officer was requested to issue an order directing all Ohio State University men in the camp to appear on certain days at the huts for registration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.