1 20 30 http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/b258050eb75bef12e4cce366595d2183.jpg dcd24b73dac07bac0e72439b8c00b0ee http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/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/. 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Last Name Newton First and Middle Name Albert Chatman Hometown Fork Union, Virginia County and/or State Virginia Birth Date July 13, 1895 Death Date December 11, 1945 Place of Death Roanoke, Virginia Parents Joseph and Annie Newton VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? Unknown 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? Company A, 318th Regiment, 80th Division Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Was under medical care at Base Hospital 33 in Brest, France from June 3, 1918 - July 25, 1918; likely for tuberculosis which he again received treatment for after the war Reported that he suffered from a "physical breakdown" one month after returning from France and he also indicated that he had not fully recovered from his wound as late as October 1921. Wounded by shrapnel in the Bois de Fays during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on October 5, 1918 Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Arras Sector, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne Offensive Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Attended Virginia Tech after the war Bibliography <ul> <li><a href="https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990006708240205756&context=L&vid=01LVA_INST:01LVA&lang=en&search_scope=MyInstitution_noAER&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,newton&sortby=title&offset=10">Albert Newton's Virginia World War I History Survey</a></li> <li><a href="https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4854215.html">History of the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division, 1917-1919</a></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 Newton, Albert Chatman questionnaire wounded 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 Nunn First and Middle Name W. G. 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? Served in the USS Huron Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? 15 months in a War Zone 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 Nunn, W. G. 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 Moore First and Middle Name R. E. 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? Ambulance Co. 534 Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? Overseas 16 months 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 Moore, R. E. 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 Towell First and Middle Name J. D. 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 Department, 80th Division 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 Towell, J. D. 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 Munsick First and Middle Name Donald B. 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? 305th Trench Mortar Battery, 80th Division Rank What military rank did this individual hold? 2nd Lieutenant Additional Notes <ul> <li>Served as the assitant VPI football coach from 1913-1914</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 Munsick, Donald B. 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 McKelway First and Middle Name Benjamin M. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? Unknown 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? 160th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 80th Division 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 McKelway, Benjamin M. http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/files/original/4297e002c2a7dd6a9d903aa555b75c02.jpg c911a31308d538e1c072b258317163b2 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 Cubbage First and Middle Name Benjamin Cook Hometown Pennsylvania Birth Date October 1, 1895 Birthplace Pennsylvania Death Date May 7, 1961 Place of Death Birmingham, Alabama VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? No graduating class, graduated from Penn State in 1917 and became head football coach at VPI in 1921 and served in that war until 1925. Graduated Yes or no, did this individual graduate from VPI? Yes, but not from VPI, graduated from Penn State. Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army (US Army, attached in support of the Italian Army) Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Section 529, Army Ambulance Service, Italian Army Military Events What significant military events occurred in this individual's life? History of Section 529, Army Ambulance Service Taken from: The History of the Army Ambulance Service, Appendix C: Service in Italy - accessed June 15, 2018 at http://www.ourstory.info/library/2-ww1/Smucker/usaac11.html Recruited May 31 and June 1, 1917 at the Pennsylvania State College by Lt. W. J. Whitehouse, M.R.C., assisted by Dr. F. Kennedy of the College of Health Service. Fifty-five men, mostly under-graduates, were mustered in at the college Armory building on June 1, 1917. Pvt. John C. Herr took charge of the men and proceeded to the Concentration Camp, Allentown, Pa., on June 9th. As the number of men was well over the normal size of the ambulance units, they were divided into two sections, Numbers 29 and 30. They joined in the regular camp life, becoming a part of Major Metcalfe's Battalion. On August 7th, they went to the encampment at Betzwood, Pa. and hiked around Valley Forge. Some of the men took part in the movie being made by Lobin Studios. Then came the march to Oakland Park, Martin's Creek, Wind Gap and Broadhead. On the return to Camp Crane, Section 529 was released to the President of the Pennsylvania State College to assist the Military Department at the college in the instruction of the cadet regiment. Living and eating at the Athletic Association boarding house was quite a welcome change from our stalls and mess hall at the camp. Their assignment lasted from November 19, 1917 to January 10, 1918. Following came the Liberty Loan jaunt into Lancaster and Bucks County for six days. Nothing more having been heard of Section 530 we must assume their remnants came over to 529 or went into other sections and thus dissolved. The big date in the life of Section 529 was May 14, 1918, when the sections were picked for the Italian Contingent, and in the excitement 529 somehow got in the group. From then until arrival overseas and really until leaving the camp at Lido, section interests were sunk in contingent history, the preparation for work in Italy, learning some Italian and forgetting their French, the farewell to Allentown, life on the Giuseppe Verdi and the first two months on the beaches at the camp near Genoa. August 28, the Section under the command of Captain Edwin B. Lawyer, was ordered to Mantua, part in groups as guards to freight cars carrying government property. The rest of the Section drove the motor equipment north on September 6, in charge of Captain Shaffer. On October 6, the entire section moved to Casello d'Asolo for duty with the 27th Army Corps, then a part of the 8th Italian Field Army. Their work was mostly in a defensive zone along the Piave River. They evacuated to hospitals at Caerona, Posmon and Altivole. Outposts were later at Bosco on the river below Montello. During the great offensive beginning October 27, six ambulances worked with the 60th Div. with stations at Villa d'Villa, Brebano, Sedico, Landris and Ponto d'Muda. The other six ambulances were kept busy between dressing stations at Bosco, Caerona and Montebelluno, and later across the river with the 50th Div., through Col Sanmartino, Cambai, Miani and Follina. At this last point, the Section found an abandoned Austrian Hospital with 250 deserted patients which had to be evacuated to places where they could be given necessary medical attention. This followed the offensive victory at Vittorio-Veneto. After the signing of the Armistice on Nov. 4, 1918, the Section accompanied the 27th Italian Army Corps, with the Section headquarters moved to Follina. Six cars worked out of Brebano and two at Lago. On December 8, the Army Corps headquarters having been transferred to the Fourth Italian Army, moved to Belluno. Three ambulances stayed there, and the three at Lago moved with the medical detachment with which they were working to Ponte Nella Alpi. The Section received the citation of the Croce di Guerra on December 24, 1918. They continued evacuation work until ordered to Genoa where they embarked for home on the Italian Liner, Duca degli Abruzzi. The Section 529 could have been called the Section of Athletes. Beck, O'Donnell, Cubbage and Wear, all played on the famous USAAC Football Team of 1917. Adam, Jester and Wear were on the Basketball Team. The Camp Crane Heavyweight Boxing Champion was Clarence Beck. Another boxer of note was Joe Cappellino. Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Served in Italy in support of Italian Army Postwar Life What did this individual do after the war? Became head football coach at VPI between 1921 and 1925. he was also head basketball coach at VPI between 1923 and 1924. 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Last Name Bishop First and Middle Name Arthur Shelor Hometown Christiansburg County and/or State Montgomery, VA Birth Date February 22, 1899 Birthplace Christiansburg Parents Henry Bishop and Lane Alperes Service Branch What branch of the military did this individual serve in? Army National Guard Unit What unit or ship did this individual serve in or on? Company M, 116th regiment, 29th division Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Private first class Battles or Engagements What battles or engagements was this individual involved in during World War One? Meuse Argonne Occupation Farmer Additional Notes Gassed on October 18, 1918 Contributing Researchers Connor Skelly 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/. 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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 Phlegar First and Middle Name F.P. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? Unknown 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? Company "E" 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 Phlegar, F.P. 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 Maury First and Middle Name Lewis VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? Unknown Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Sargeant 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? Infantry 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 Maury, Lewis 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 Maury First and Middle Name Lewis VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? Unknown Rank What military rank did this individual hold? Sergeant 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? 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 Maury, Lewis 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 Lohr First and Middle Name T. J. B. VPI Graduating Class In what VPI class did this individual graduate or what class should they have graduated from? Unknown Rank What military rank did this individual hold? First Sergeant 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? Infantry 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 Lohr, T. J. B.