604th Engineer Roster
604TH ENGINEERS US ARMY WORLD WAR 1 1918
These digital photographs were made possible by Chris Ferrenz. His grandfather kept a wonderful scrap book during his service and Chris has inherited it and generously shares it!
(The entire roster was photographed using a high end digital SLR camera - a Sigma SD10 w/18mm lens.
Each page was divided into quarters, which means four .jpg files per page; each file is approximately 1.5MB for a total of about 65MB. The .jpg files were copied to a DVD and then I saved them as a jpg on my hard drive and linked them to the 604th web page )
604th photos index: University of Tulsa
Special Collections at University Archives of McFarlin Library University of Tulsa has a set of photos like mine ( of Frank Smiths see photo link )
Here is text index to photos :
Fredrick William Marqueling
I was very happy to find your website on the 604
Engineers. I just returned from visiting the gravesite of my Great Uncle in
Newman, California. While I had visited his gravesite before today and knew
that he had served in WWI, I hadn’t written down the fact that he served as a
Private with the 604 Engineers, which was on the gravestone. His name was
Fredrick William Marqueling. I’d like to
add his name to the list of soldiers on your site that served with the 604
Engineers.
Fred Baxter
Cheryl writes about her her great great grandfather Fred Baxter...
Thank you for responding so quickly. I was in a hurry this morning when I sent you
the information on my great great grandfather Fred Baxter because I was late
for work. But I just started doing a little research on Fred and when searching
for his regiment/squadron I found your website.
What a neat site! I'm going to
spend some more time today reading about the 604th. If your interested in more information on
Fred (birth, death, parents, children) I can send you that also.
I decided I needed to send a request for his files to the
National Archives in St. Louis but needed more information to fill out the
request. That is what started my
investigation into Fred Baxter. Discovered
I know nothing about World War I! So as
I was looking for something to read before going to bed last night I discovered
I have an article in an "American Heritage" magazine about The Battle
of Argonne. What an awful experience
that must have been for our grandfathers!
The article says it was the worst battle in American history. The little biography I found on Fred
correlates with this article. The
American soldiers, 600,000 of them, were thrown into this huge battle with
little or no training in 1918. Fred
enlisted in May, overseas in Aug, and was injured by Nov., all in one year,
1918. But he was one of the lucky ones
to survive this ordeal. I know this is
all stuff you already know, but I guess I just felt the need to let you know
that I am also inspired by our grandfather's bravery and service to our
country.
By the way, I forgot to send you the source for the
picture and article I sent you on Fred Baxter.
I don't know if I am citing the source correctly, you can correct it any
way you feel the need.
Title: Williamson
County Illinois in the World War 1917-1918
Author: Hal W.
Trovillion
Publisher: The
Williamson County War History Society
Publisher Location:
Marion, Herrin, Johnston City, Carterville, Hurst, Creal Springs,
Williamson County, Illinois
Publisher Date:
1919
Call Number:
977.3993 B16w
Repository: Internet Archive
Pages: 156 &
157
Louis J. Patch
David writes ... My grandfather,
from Hiram Rapids Ohio was a Private in Company C of the 604th Engineers.
Only “history” I can share is the story about his return from France. Louie was married to my grandmother Frieda shortly before he was deployed and she lived at home with her parents while he was overseas.
Due to slow mail and poor communications, he arrived home before any news of his return reached her. He simply showed up on her parent’s doorstep late one evening out of the blue. She apparently forgave him for the shock since I remember going to their 50th wedding anniversary in the late 60’s photo of his grave marker in Hiram Rapids.
from Hiram Rapids Ohio was a Private in Company C of the 604th Engineers.Only “history” I can share is the story about his return from France. Louie was married to my grandmother Frieda shortly before he was deployed and she lived at home with her parents while he was overseas.
Due to slow mail and poor communications, he arrived home before any news of his return reached her. He simply showed up on her parent’s doorstep late one evening out of the blue. She apparently forgave him for the shock since I remember going to their 50th wedding anniversary in the late 60’s photo of his grave marker in Hiram Rapids.
Pvt. Edgar Lee West
Michael R. Grauer
Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs/Curator of Art
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
writes ... We have in our collection here nearly the entire
“rig” of Pvt. Edgar Lee West (1893-1948) who served in Company B, 604th
Engineers.
Campaign hat (Smokey Bear hat)
Dog
tags
Uniform coat and pants with all pins and etc.
Leggings
Garrison cap
U.S. Army Shaving kit
Ditty bag (non-regulation)
Gas
mask
Map
of France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Rhine
Binoculars
** photos coming soon !
Andrew G. Aldrin
Katherine , Andrew Aldrin's grand daughter writes...
Born in Stjarnsfors, Varmland, Sweden 8-29-1889, Aldrin emigrated to the United States in 1911.
He settled in Minneapolis, MN where he became a US citizen. He was drafted and sent via Baltimore to fight in France. I must rely on "family legend" because I do not have much specific information about his time in the army. I do not know the date he joined the army, nor the date he was discharged. I do know that he was in Baltimore in August 1918 getting ready to ship out when my grandmother, Mabel Esther Lindberg, took the train to Baltimore and they were married.
My mother was born the next May, while he was still overseas.He appears in the 1920 census in Minneapolis, Minn, living with wife, baby daughter and mother-in-law. Aldrin; had three children and nine grandchildren. His daughter, Betty Hench Bentley, is still living and has possession of an album he made with postcards depicting life in the trenches. My aunt mailed me several snapshots of the album, and they depict the regimental colors of the 604th, a Col. Shultz, Lt. Col. Taylor and Major Young, headquarters at Camp Leach, Horses at Camp Leach, digging trenches, rifle range, pontoon bridge building and a Lt. Geary and his army.
Aldrin was mustard gassed in France and spent (I think) from 1920-1922 recuperating in Prescott, Arizona, where my Aunt Betty was born. He later moved his family to Los Angeles where he attended Otis Institute of Art and devoted the rest of his life to fine art. You can view his paintings at his website http://www.aldrin.org/ or at the gallery in Santa Barbara that carries his estate: http://www.sullivangoss.com/.
Also of interest is his cousin, Buzz Aldrin, second man to walk on the moon.
He settled in Minneapolis, MN where he became a US citizen. He was drafted and sent via Baltimore to fight in France. I must rely on "family legend" because I do not have much specific information about his time in the army. I do not know the date he joined the army, nor the date he was discharged. I do know that he was in Baltimore in August 1918 getting ready to ship out when my grandmother, Mabel Esther Lindberg, took the train to Baltimore and they were married.
My mother was born the next May, while he was still overseas.He appears in the 1920 census in Minneapolis, Minn, living with wife, baby daughter and mother-in-law. Aldrin; had three children and nine grandchildren. His daughter, Betty Hench Bentley, is still living and has possession of an album he made with postcards depicting life in the trenches. My aunt mailed me several snapshots of the album, and they depict the regimental colors of the 604th, a Col. Shultz, Lt. Col. Taylor and Major Young, headquarters at Camp Leach, Horses at Camp Leach, digging trenches, rifle range, pontoon bridge building and a Lt. Geary and his army.
Aldrin was mustard gassed in France and spent (I think) from 1920-1922 recuperating in Prescott, Arizona, where my Aunt Betty was born. He later moved his family to Los Angeles where he attended Otis Institute of Art and devoted the rest of his life to fine art. You can view his paintings at his website http://www.aldrin.org/ or at the gallery in Santa Barbara that carries his estate: http://www.sullivangoss.com/.
Also of interest is his cousin, Buzz Aldrin, second man to walk on the moon.
USS New Hampshire Troop Transport ( home )
USS New Hampshire (BB-25)
The USS New Hampshire off New York City
Career (US)
Laid down: 1
May 1905
Launched: 30
June 1906
Commissioned: 19
March 1908
Decommissioned: 21
May 1921
Fate: sold for
scrap
General characteristics [1]
Displacement: 16,000
tons (14,500 tonnes)
Length: 456.3
ft (139.1 m)
Beam: 76.9 ft
(23.4 m)
Draft: 24.5 ft
(7.5 m)
Speed: 18 kn (21
mph; 33 km/h)
Complement: 850
officers and men
Armament:
4 × 12 in (300
mm)/45 cal Mark 5 guns
8 × 8 in (200
mm)/45 cal guns
12 × 7 in (180
mm)/45 cal guns
20 × 3 in (76
mm)/50 cal guns
2 × 1 pounders
(37 mm, 1.47 in)
4 × 21 in (530
mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:
Belt: 6–11 in
(152–279 mm)
Barbettes: 6–10
in (152–254 mm)
Turret Main:
8–12 in (203–305 mm)
Turret
secondary: 7 in (178 mm)
Conning tower:
9 in (229 mm)
Firing a broadside circa 1918
The second United States Navy New Hampshire (BB-25) was a
Connecticut-class battleship. New Hampshire was the last American
pre-dreadnought battleship, though she was commissioned two years after HMS
Dreadnought.
She was laid down on 1 May 1905 by New York Shipbuilding
Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 30 June 1906; sponsored by Mrs.
John A.(Hazel E. McLane) Clark, daughter of Governor John McLane of New
Hampshire; and commissioned on 19 March 1908, Captain Cameron M. Winslow in
command.
Contents
Pre-World War I
After fitting out at New York, New Hampshire carried a
Marine Expeditionary Regiment to Colón, Panama on 20–26 June 1908, then made
ceremonial visits to Quebec, Portsmouth, New York, and Bridgeport. Overhaul at
New York and Caribbean exercises were followed by participation in the Naval
Review by President Theodore Roosevelt in Hampton Roads on 22 February 1909,
welcoming home the "Great White Fleet".
Through the next 18 months, she exercised along the east
coast and in the Caribbean, then departed Hampton Roads on 1 November 1910 with
Battleship Division 2 (BatDiv 2) for Cherbourg, France and Weymouth, England.
Leaving England on 30 December, she returned to the Caribbean until arriving in
Norfolk, Virginia on 10 March 1911 to prepare for a second European cruise
which took her to Scandinavian, Russian, and German ports. The squadron
returned to New England waters on 13 July.
New Hampshire trained United States Naval Academy
midshipmen off New England in the next two summers, and patrolled off
strife-torn Hispaniola in December 1912. From 14 June-29 December 1913, she
similarly protected United States' interests along the Mexican coast, to which
she returned on 15 April 1914 to support the occupation of Veracruz. New
Hampshire sailed north on 21 June, was overhauled at Norfolk, and exercised
along the east coast and in the Caribbean until returning to Veracruz in August
1915.
World War I
Arriving Norfolk on 30 September 1915, New Hampshire
operated in northern waters until 2 December 1916, when she sailed for Santo
Domingo, where her commanding officer took part in the government of the
revolt-torn country. She returned to Norfolk in February 1917 for overhaul,
where she lay when the United States entered World War I. For the next 18
months, she trained gunners and engineers in northern coastal waters, and on 15
September began the first of two convoy escort missions, guarding transports
from New York to a rendezvous point off the French coast. On 24 December 1918,
she sailed on the first of four voyages bringing veterans home from France to
east coast ports. This duty completed on 22 June 1919, she was overhauled at
Philadelphia, then on 5 June 1920 sailed with Academy midshipmen embarked for a
cruise through the Panama Canal to Hawaii and west coast ports. She returned to
Philadelphia on 11 September.
Inter-war period
RMS Carmania Troop transport New York- Liverpool, England
Name: RMS Carmania
Owner: Cunard
Line
Port of registry: United
Kingdom
Builder: John
Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number: 366
[1]
Launched: 21
February 1905
Fate: Scrapped
in 1932 at Blyth, Northumberland
General characteristics
Tonnage: 19,524
gross tons
Length: 650.4
ft (198.2 m)
Beam: 72.2 ft
(22.0 m)
Installed power: Steam
turbines
Propulsion: three
propellers
Speed: 18 knots
Capacity: 2,650,
reduced to 1,440 in 1923
RMS Carmania was a British ocean liner designed by
Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company for the Cunard Line. In
World War I the Carmania was converted to an armed merchant cruiser.[2]
History
When launched, the Carmania and her sister ship, the
Caronia, were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet and two of the fastest in
the world,[3] since they had been designed to compete with the Germans for the
Blue Riband. The Carmania had steam turbines, and the Caronia had
quadruple-expansion engines.[4] Another feature that differentiated the two
liners was that Carmania had two tall forward deck ventilator cowls while they
were absent on Caronia. The Carmania traveled the New York-Liverpool route from
1905 to 1910. In the spring of 1906 it carried H.G. Wells to America for the
first time; he noted in a book about his travels that "This Carmania isn't
the largest ship nor the finest, nor is to be the last. Greater ships are to
follow and greater."[5] The Carmania suffered one major fire in June 1910.
In October 1913, while eastward bound, she responded to a distress call from
the Volturno to pick up survivors in a storm, resulting in many awards for
gallantry being presented to various members of her crew and Captain James
Clayton Barr.[6]
Following the outbreak of World War I, the Carmania was
converted into an armed merchant cruiser, equipped with eight 4.7 inch guns,
and put under the command of Captain Noel Grant. She sailed from Liverpool to
Shell Bay in Bermuda. She subsequently engaged and sank the German merchant
cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar during the Battle of Trindade.[7] The ship suffered
extensive damage herself and several casualties to her crew. Ironically, the
two ships had been disguised as each other. After repairs in Gibraltar she
patrolled the coast of Portugal and the Atlantic islands for the next two years.
In 1916 she was summoned to assist in the Gallipoli campaign. From May 1916 she
was used as a troop ship. After the War she transported Canadian troops back
from Europe.
In early 1920, she returned to passenger liner service,
being refitted in 1923. In 1932, she was sold to Hughes Bolckow & Co., and
scrapped at Blyth.[8]
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