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Last Name Byrne First and Middle Name William Hale Hometown East Falls Church, Virginia VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Reserve, Infantry Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 1st Lieutenant Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Byrne, William Hale Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1907 Person An individual. Last Name Cadoza First and Middle Name C. C. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1907 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Seaman Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Navy Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cadoza, C. C. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1918 Person An individual. Last Name Caffee First and Middle Name George VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1918 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/a Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Naval Reserve Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Merchent Marine School Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caffee, George https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a9290679286cea946be9ab9df9af74ca.jpg f6b930930285ff455d0556a643bbe0a4 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a9c1bb379ee2cf9be35ccc680e0da1b8.jpg c07fa1f674d7a31e9a6949e6de198842 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a5bf720f0e467bc110906ee45357a019.jpg b4f7b702c9a1406f373da7835247befd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Caffee First and Middle Name John Stuab Nicknames or Other Names "Mate", "John" Birth Date 3/23/1893 Birthplace New Berne, N.C. 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Title A name given to the resource Caffee, John Stuab https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/bf2410545d66c98aa6cee3eccf9549c2.jpg 8953970f5200436cf66eddadab9267af https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/8e459fa2343927d10079a5a96fd09729.jpg 513d83f61d034d70b4f8c7e8495594b4 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/c3b9ee522a18fa0f395249962ce31d3a.jpg 5c5fccf271a12bb3ed22a0944a77ada5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Cale First and Middle Name Frank Brownly Nicknames or Other Names "Frank" Birth Date 6/27/1895 Birthplace Portsmouth, VA Hometown Prospect, VA VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Y 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Y Rank What military rank did this individual hold? N/A Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? N/a Death Date 10/1/1958 Cause of Death N/a - unintelligible handwriting Place of Death Richmond, VA Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? National Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 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Last Name Callaway First and Middle Name William Aylett Hometown Norwood, Virginia County and/or State Nelson County, Virginia Birth Date 9 December 1894 Birthplace Norwood, Virginia Death Date 12 May 1958 Place of Death Charleston, South Carolina Buried in Arlington National Cemetery Spouse(s) Mary Perrin Cothran VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1913 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Civil Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant in World War I, but retired from the US Army as a Colonel Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Colonel Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Served in World War 1 and World War II 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Callaway, William Aylett Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1914 Person An individual. Last Name Camp First and Middle Name Koiner Lunsford Hometown Roanoke, Virginia Birth Date 9 April 1893 Birthplace Roanoke, Virginia Death Date 24 January 1936 Place of Death Roanoke, Virginia Parents Andrew Jackson Camp Jr. and Georgia Ann Lunsford Spouse(s) Ruth C. Beachy VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1914 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but attended VPI in the 1910-1911 school year. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Aviation Service Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Unknown Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? <ul> <li>Roanoke World News, Volume 29, Number 115, 14 May 1917 indicates that Koiner Camp entered the US Army</li> <li>Roanoke World News, Volume 31, Number 52, 1 March 1918 indicates that Koiner Camp was called it the Aviation Service</li> </ul> 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Bibliography <ul> <li>US Veterans Administration Master index idicates that Koiner Camp was a vetran</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Camp, Koiner Lunsford https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/a171bd1f723290c9e3ae7110ab64ee15.jpg 0be280709e6e960b220d7ede344c0df5 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/197aee939084df9cd44f4e3c46b84906.jpg 8b8e7436df0314aa81fe8878efc90e12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1913 Person An individual. Last Name Campbell First and Middle Name Patterson Fitzgerald VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1913 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Other Events What other significant events, outside of the military, occurred in this individual's life? Training May 1917 Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army, Reserve Officers Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? 6th Regiment Field Artillery at Camp Lee Hometown Wytheville, Virginia Birth Date 5 June 1892 Death Date 5 June 1966 Parents Archibald A. Campbell and Susie Stuart Campbell Spouse(s) Austin Campbell Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Agriculture (Two year agriculture program) Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes, began at VPI in 1912. 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Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1917 Description An account of the resource This collection contains the profiles of all World War One veterans from the VPI Class of 1917. Person An individual. Last Name Campbell First and Middle Name Paxton Stuart Nicknames or Other Names "Pack Birth Date 6/8/1894 Birthplace Lynchburg, VA Hometown Lynchburg, VA VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1917 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Mechanical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Y 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Y Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Retired Rank What military rank did this individual hold upon retirement? Retired a Colonel Death Date 10/1/1958 Cause of Death N/a Place of Death Richmond, VA Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Retired 1/31/1948 Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Continued to serve Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? N/a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Campbell, Paxton Stuart https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/26131388d10c4f9938e5d33ff525732b.jpg d1055bec2ba2106f53598c5bcc836d16 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/7412a66485afb30f343b7843bbfb4015.jpg f73f4d96183610c77b792c967edacebe https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/6e89601662de830dc8385fc81991e3ff.jpg 71c2abda326294ea26c69b66de94e947 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/bed70a1aecf28b4469f62cf617159548.JPG 72971c7dcb83073239b1b53b24913868 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1909 Person An individual. Last Name Campbell First and Middle Name Theodorick Pryor Jr. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1909 Birth Date April 29, 1890 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Second Lieutenant Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Signal Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Aviation Hometown Blacksburg, Virginia Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Metallurgy Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? <ul> <li>Noted in The Virginia Tech, as being a student aviator solo flyer in Memphis, Tennessee as of 31 January 1918.</li> <li>Stationed at Park Field in Memphis, Tennessee. Apparently suffered a "slight attack of pleurisy" sometime in early 1918. (The Virginia Tech, 28 March 1918)</li> </ul> Bibliography <ul> <li>Articles in The Virginia Tech: 31 January 1918 and 28 March 1918</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Campbell, Theodorick Pryor Jr. https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/edddf724c0e99344c54ac0596544200d.jpg e9ebbd3b7aec7383ab7dbdecd8c3bb90 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/f19437e9a23792fb7ffd22fd2e06b02e.jpg aaa13423d8751662e6ebba987a5a4652 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/da480d82bb43cf456efe7e81cf0cb0c4.jpg 92eca096684cf658400c5cb08c3c736a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Campbell First and Middle Name Warren Maxwell Hometown Monterey, Virginia Birth Date 1 April 1893 Birthplace Monterey, Virginia Death Date 1 May 1974 Place of Death Richmond, Virginia Parents Oscar James Campbell and Annie Louella Slaven Spouse(s) Ollie Virginia Hickman VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but did attend VPI during the 1912-1913 school year. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private First Class Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Served overseas from 15 June 1918 to 20 May 1919 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Bibliography <ul> <li><a href="https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/62834e04-4638-49b8-ae9a-9baa914ad090" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Bugle, 1913 yearbook, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia), pg. 121.</a></li> <li>Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947 for Warren M Campbell (see attacehed file)</li> <li>Letter from Warren M. Campbell to his mother published in the Recorder, Volume 41, Number 3, 17 January 1919 (see attached file)</li> <li>Letter from Warren M. Campbell to his mother published in the Recorder, Volume 41, Number 6, 7 February 1919 (see attached file)</li> </ul> Additional Notes Transcription of Letter from Warren M. Campbell to his mother published in the Recorder, Volume 41, Number 3, 17 January 1919 "Dear Mother: This is sure one dreary old day it has been raining here for about two weeks and does not look as if it were ever going to quit. This weather makes a fellow blue. Now that the war is over, everyone wants to go home, but none of us have any idea when that will be. As long as the war was on I did not think of going home, because I knew I had a duty to perform, but now it is different We have licked the "Huns" 'and are longing for home and the dear old States. We get a service stripe in a few days, but if I were going home I would let the service stripe go. I would be the happiest soldier alive if I thought I were going to eat Christmas dinner at home. I am not going to send any gifts home now, because it may not reach you, as not half of my letters have reached you. But I will try and bring all of you a souvenir when I come home. I did not send any Christmas label, be cause we were in the trenches fighting like "Sam Hill" at the time when they were issued and when we were relieved I thought it would be too late, as they had to be in by Sep. 1st. But never mind, mother, dear; I will know that all of you are thinking of and praying for me and that will be present enough. We have gotten used to doing without things by now. This town. I am now in is a very good sized town and looks just exactly like the hundreds of other villages we have been in. The people seem to be very nice, but the stores surely rob us. The first three months we were over here we were in Alsace-Loranne [sp]. This is right on the border between France and Germany and there were many German people lived in the towns . in fact in the town where regimental headquarters -was while the men were in the trenches, the people spoke German almost altogether. The people in that part of France were not very friendly toward us. My pal and I have gotten a room from a French lady and are living fine, we pay half a franc a night, which is about ten cts apiece. This particular boy and myself have been buddies for a long time. We have pulled through some close shaves togather, we have shared our last piece of bread and also our blanket. We have read the Bible to one another when we could scarcely hear one another's voice for the screaming and bursting of shells. We slept for 3 nights in a little wooden shack and shells bursting so close that it rocked like a ship at sea. A piece of shrapnel came through the wall and tore a can of molasses to pieces. The fourth night we left it and went to another place and that night it was blown off the map. We have lain in the rain and unable to raise our heads for the snippers and machine gunners. We helped to capture the first prisoners in our last offensive. These are a few of the adventures we shared together it would take too long to tell all, but it is all over now and I am just as safe as if I were at home, so don't i worry about me. I must quit now, give my love to all. May God bless you and give you a happy Christmas. Lovingly, Your Son, Warren Campbell." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Campbell, Warren Maxwell https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/ee638213e86ea1bda3fc522bd65ce4f4.jpg 14491e3f8f56fb4ab552c7c36685b7cb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1921 Person An individual. Last Name Carlson First and Middle Name Anthony Valfred VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1921 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Cause of Death Died of Spanish Flu in training with the Students Army Training Corps at VPI Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army SATC Birth Date 13 October 1899 Death Date 7 October 1918 Birthplace Surry County, Virginia Place of Death Blacksburg, Virginia Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, died of disease in training at VPI. Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Students Army Training Corps at VPI 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? Yes Additional Notes Name listed on Virginia Tech Pylons Bibliography <ul> <li>"Died in the Service of their Country." The Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, Virginia. 31 October 1918, pg. 6. (see file attached)</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carlson, Anthony Valfred died in service https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/0b465b5904a1e25eb088f22ceb514746.jpg ca75b930790c3cad47c4b2d251b2754e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1916 Person An individual. Last Name Carper First and Middle Name Alfred Eugene Hometown Radford, Virginia County and/or State Montgomery County, Virginia Birth Date 3 January 1895 Birthplace Pearisburg, Virginia Death Date 21 June 928 Parents John Williams Carper and Olivia Wall Carper VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1916 Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? No, but did attend VPI during the 1912-1913 school year. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army, Air Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? <ul> <li>Company M, 2nd Infantry Virginia National Guard to 12 December 1917 (became Company M, 116th Infantry)</li> <li>607th Aero Squadron to 11 July 1918</li> <li>Headquarters, 1st Provisional REgiment at Camp Greene, North Carolina to 21 July 1918</li> <li>Aero Squadron Supply Depot and Construction Camp and Camp Garden City, New York to discharge</li> </ul> Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Sergeant 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Bibliography <ul> <li>Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947 for Alfred E Carper (see attached file)</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carper, Alfred Eugene https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/8c05a63924e668bcb06220fb91364439.jpg 71c2abda326294ea26c69b66de94e947 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/d6054a2d3356c5f88a7bfe1fa78e7d02.jpg fd03387b930dd7df70e337fad5af68bc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1915 Person An individual. Last Name Carrington First and Middle Name Abram Cabell VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1915 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Captain Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? US Army, Signal Corps Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Aviation Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Entered service on 15 August 1917 at Ithica NY as a Private in the Signal Corps. Listed as being at Clermont, France on 29 April 1918. Listed as 1st Lieutenant on 12 April 1918 at Clermont, France. Noted in The Virginia Tech as being a member of the Royal Flying Corps in England as of 31 January 1918. Discharged on 18 October 1919 at Camp Dodge Iowa. Hometown Fredericksburg, Virginia Birth Date 26 January 1894 Birthplace Lynchburg, Virginia Death Date 23 June 1976 Place of Death Menlo Park, California Parents Clement Read Carrington and Elanor Patton Crutchfield Carrington Spouse(s) Josephine R. Betts Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carrington, Abram Cabell https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/369933aee2e5426d281f130180c4c040.jpg 673cd7410c8161c378a7f3e6f24a9770 https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/2f658d54317e85fd0d8b54899c17ffcf.jpg a8d18251146349d1bd0ed968085c2146 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1914 Person An individual. Last Name Carrington First and Middle Name Alfred Randolph Hometown Lynchburg, Virginia Birth Date 24 February 1893 Birthplace Lynchburg, Virginia Death Date 15 March 1968 Place of Death Baltimore, Maryland Parents Alfred Randolph Carrington and Ella Moon Gordon Spouse(s) Glady Louise Watkins (divorced in 1941), remarried Margaret L. Barnaby Children Alfred Randolph Carrington Jr., John Watkins Carrington VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1914 Undergraduate Major What did this individual major in while at VPI? Electrical Engineering Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Navy Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Chief Machinist's Mate Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Served between March 1918 and September 1921 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Bibliography <ul> <li>U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 for Alfred R Carrington</li> </ul> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carrington, Alfred Randolph https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/b258050eb75bef12e4cce366595d2183.jpg dcd24b73dac07bac0e72439b8c00b0ee https://www.vpiworldwarone.vtlibraries.net/files/original/9dbb1456ba1f7e585505b3562d75dc27.jpg 15a9b5ef616a51226a9a4d29047288dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Unknown Graduating Classes and Employees Person An individual. Last Name Carson First and Middle Name Clifford Carleton Biographical Text Colonel Clifford Carson and Virginia Tech’s Connection to Tractor Artillery Transport in the First World War In January 1917 Virginia Polytechnic Institute welcomed 41-year-old Captain Clifford C. Carson as Commandant and Professor of Military Science. Captain Carson was born in Ohio in 1876 and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1900. After graduating Carson spent the next 17 years as a field artillery officer; spending time at different Army installations and schools from the Philippines to Fort Monroe, Virginia. Captain Carson’s tenure as VPI’s Commandant was cut short by America’s entry into the First World War. In need of qualified officers for the United States Army, Carson was pulled back to regular service in June 1917 to become the director of the field artillery training camp at Fort Monroe. His talent at organizing instruction of artillery officers at Fort Monroe was noticed by Army leaders. Carson was promoted to Major and sent to France, where he was tasked to create and direct tractor artillery training centers for the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). Even before the First World War militaries began to see the advantages of transitioning from horse-drawn artillery to mechanized artillery transport. Among the new technologies used to transport artillery were continuous track caterpillar tractors. Continuous track tractors are propelled by a continuous band of treads or track plates which run around two or more wheels. The treads could be made of different materials, but the most common type of continuous track used during the First World War were tracks of steel plates which were called caterpillar tread – hence the name caterpillar tractors. These tractors became a commercial success in the first decade of the 1900s and were mainly used for agricultural purposes prior to war. Their ability to transport heavy loads and traverse difficult terrain, otherwise impossible for horses, convinced military leaders to adapt them for war. The largest manufacturers of these types of tractors were both located in the United States – the Holt Caterpillar Company located in California and Illinois and the C. L. Best Tractor Company also located in California. Both companies later merged in 1925 to form the Caterpillar Tractor Company which still exists today. Prior to 1914 both companies conducted brisk business in Europe and sold thousands of tractors to Allied and Central Powers. After 1914, largely due to Britain’s naval blockade of Germany, nearly all their international manufacturing exports went to the Allied nations – chiefly Britain and France. Germany was perhaps the first warring nation to widely use caterpillar tractors, many of which were requisitioned from German farmers, to haul their heavy artillery pieces to both fronts. The German Army began the war with a clear advantage in the numbers of heavy large-caliber artillery and it was an advantage that they would maintain through most of the war. Britain and France began the war with an artillery disadvantage. Most Allied artillery consisted of smaller field pieces with a shorter range, compared to the Germans, which required them to be placed closer to the front and thus more vulnerable to artillery counterfire and infantry fire. Further, smaller Allied artillery did not have the punching power to penetrate reinforced and underground fortifications. While the Allies did use caterpillar tractors from the beginning of the war, they mainly used them to construct, haul, and transport. By 1916 both Allied and Central Powers were commonly using caterpillar tractors to move heavy guns to and across the front. Some tractors were even modified and fitted with basic armor to protect against bullets and shrapnel– a modification that was an inspiration for the development of the tank. Tractor-drawn artillery held distinct advantages over horse-drawn artillery. Tractor-drawn artillery was able to move across difficult terrain in a variety of weather conditions and across ground disturbed by artillery shelling, vehicles, horses and mules, and infantry. As one journalist noted, unlike horses, tractors could “push down trees,” “ignore fallen logs,” and could “waddle over the roughest kind of terrain and [go] through what have before been the most discouraging obstacles.” Tractors could also haul more tonnage and one tractor alone could have more horsepower than a typical team of men and horses. As one engineer wrote after the war, one tractor per 155mm gun “is the equivalent of 10 horses, and yet it is so compact that when packed it occupies but 360 cu. ft.” He further wrote that tractors did not require land to graze or supplies of fodder, noting that “The horses in a[n entire] regiment equipped with this [155mm] caliber of gun consume daily 36,000 lb. of forage, whether the animals are at work or idle. The same regiment with its [tractor] equipment consumes but 29,000 lb. of fuel, oils and greases, when moving 50 miles…” Finally, he wrote that tractors were easier to camouflage than horses and that shrapnel bursts, which could kill entire teams of horses, often left armored tractors “uninjured.” While many smaller guns, like the famous French 75mm, continued to be transported by man and horse by all sides throughout the war, machines steadily replaced animals between 1914 and 1918. A transition only accelerated as armies confronted shortages of horses and mules due to appallingly high mortality rates for these animals during the war. In a war dominated by artillery (88% of all battlefield casualties sustained by the American Expeditionary Force alone in the war were from artillery fire) the mobility of artillery pieces was an important component of a successful assault. In order for infantry to maneuver, artillery barrages were required prior to an assault. To keep ground gained through a successful infantry assault, artillery needed to be moved forward to provide close support. Across battlefields wrecked by men, machines, and artillery, caterpillar tractors were a reliable way to move artillery forward. Entering rather late in the war, training thousands of new American volunteers and draftees to operate and maintain caterpillar tractors once they arrived in France was a logistical challenge for the AEF. Major Clifford Carson, who was promoted to Colonel in July 1918, oversaw the construction of the AEF’s tractor artillery training centers in France. The main centers were located around Clermont-Ferrand, Gien, Libourne, and Limoges. As director of these centers Carson oversaw their operation throughout the entirety of the war and helped create the curriculum soldiers received at the centers – essentially helping to form the changing doctrine of artillery transport for the United States Army. Students at the tractor artillery training centers completed abbreviated two to six-week courses of study during which they learned how to maintain and repair multiple types of tractors and learned how to operate them hauling different types of loads and over varied terrain. One soldier, 2nd Lieutenant Clayton Williams from Texas, who studied under Colonel Carson at one of the training centers, wrote home about a training exercise where he and other students moved four artillery pieces 15 kilometers over rough terrain: “It was snowing and raining, and it was thus a test under difficulties. We started out at 7 AM and pulled out the 15 kilometers, put the guns in place, which latter task required some road building and work with blocks and tackles among the big trees and sand drives… it was good work to pull 4 guns, each weighing 15 tons, out and back 30 kilometers, place them in and out of position under such difficulties, all done by tractors handled by us alone.” Thousands of officers and men studied at Colonel Carson’s tractor artillery centers. Among those who trained at his centers were seven former Virginia Polytechnic cadets who served with the 60th Artillery Regiment and received training at a tractor artillery center near Libourne, France – Charles Logan (’17), Charles Diggs (’14), Allen Grumm (’16), John Hindle (’17), Joseph Holmes (’12), Everett Barton (’17), and William Epes (’15). For his efforts Colonel Carson received the Distinguished Service Medal for his exceptional ability organizing and commanding the AEF’s tractor artillery training centers. Colonel Carson played a vital role in changing the nature of American artillery transport in the months between 1917 and 1919; no doubt playing a small part in the success of the AEF in the field and helping to craft a new doctrine of artillery transport which would be perfected by military thinkers in the decades after the war. The First World War was a period rapid military innovation. During the war new technologies emerged that changed the face of warfare. While other technologies, like the caterpillar tractor, were modified and adapted to new wartime uses. One of the lasting effects of the First World War was the development of motorized transport for artillery by military leaders and thinkers like Colonel Carson. Motorized artillery transport which began in the First World War was perfected during the interwar years and by the Second World War trucks, tractors, and tanks virtually replaced the use of horses and mules in military capacities. The First World War was a fulcrum point in warfare and two decades later the Second World War was a war fought with track, tread, and gasoline. Birth Date April 4, 1876 Birthplace Ohio Death Date April 5, 1958 Place of Death Lake, Florida Spouse(s) Frances Custis Mapp Children Elizabeth Custis Carson Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point 33rd in his class in 1900. Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? United States Army Rank What military rank did this individual hold? He was promoted to 1st lieutenant in 1901, captain in 1907, major in 1917, and colonel in July 1918. Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 7th Artillery on June 13, 1900 and served in variety of Army bases in the United States (including Fort Monroe, Virginia at the Coast Artillery School) and in the Philippines. Carson became the Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in January 1917, with the rank of Captain at the time. A post he only held until June 1917 when he left to direct the 1st Training Camp at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He was promoted to Major within the Coast Artillery Corps on July 3, 1917 and sailed for France that same month. Upon his arrival in France he was appointed Director of all Tractor Artillery Schools for the entire American Expeditionary Force and was quickly promoted to full Colonel by July 12, 1918. For his exceptional ability organizing and commanding the training centers of officers for the AEF Tractor Artillery he received the Distinguished Service Medal. Decorations or Citations For his exceptional ability organizing and commanding the training centers of officers for the AEF Tractor Artillery he received the Distinguished Service Medal. Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Organized tractor artillery schools in France for the American Expeditionary Force. Occupation Served as Commandant of Cadets at VPI in Spring 1917. 1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet Did this individual appear in the 1927 booklet "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the World War"? If so what page? No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carson, Clifford Carleton Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VPI Class of 1911 Person An individual. Last Name Carson First and Middle Name J.R. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? 1911 Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Virginia National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Troop "D" First Virginia Cavalry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carson, J.R.