. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . Western Railroad as afield engineer in the valuation department,which position he relinquished at the out-break of war to enter the First OfficersTraining Camp at Fort Sheridan. Receiv-ing his commission he was ordered over-seas as a casual officer, sailing on Sep-tember 1, 1917. Upon arrival in Francehe was ordered to the Engineers Schoolof the A. E. F., where he remained as act-ing adjutant for seven months, and w^asthen assigned to the 1st Engineers, join-ing that regiment on about the twentiethof May, 1918, at
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . Western Railroad as afield engineer in the valuation department,which position he relinquished at the out-break of war to enter the First OfficersTraining Camp at Fort Sheridan. Receiv-ing his commission he was ordered over-seas as a casual officer, sailing on Sep-tember 1, 1917. Upon arrival in Francehe was ordered to the Engineers Schoolof the A. E. F., where he remained as act-ing adjutant for seven months, and w^asthen assigned to the 1st Engineers, join-ing that regiment on about the twentiethof May, 1918, at Cantigny. LieutenantKendall was leading a detachment out inNo Mans Land on the night of May25, 1918. They lost their bearings, andthe lieutenant, striving to locate their posi-tion, became separated from the party,and was not heard of again until July,1919, when the Red Cross reported the location of his grave, according to Berlin advices. Lieutenant Kendall was unmarried. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Linnie Kendall, and a brother, Ralph E. Kendall, of Naperville, BORN DECEMBER 30, 1889DIED MAY 25, 1918 SECOND LIEUTENANT THOMAS GERALD KENNEDY 646th Aero Squadron. Killed in an accident near Tours, France,on September 14, 1918. * ^ 2nd Lt. Lieutenant Kennedy was born in Sand-wich, Ontario, on December 21, was educated in St. Marys School,Kansas, and then entered Detroit Uni-versity, specializing in the study of the outbreak of w^ar he applied for andwas admitted to the First Officers Train-ing Camp at Fort Sheridan, where he wascommissioned and assigned to the 328thField Artillery. He applied for a transferto the Aviation Section and was sent tothe Ground School at the University ofTexas, where he qualified as an artilleryobserver. In February, 1918, LieutenantKennedy sailed for France. Upon ar-rival overseas he was given further in-struction in aviation at the Second Avia-tion Training Camp near Tours. It waswhile on a practice flight here that hisplan
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