. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . BORN AUGUST fO. 1889DIED OCTOBER 19, 1918 48 THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION FIRST LIEUTENANT ELDEN SPRAGUE BETTS Machine Gun Company, I 6th Infantry, First Division. Killed in action at Hill 240,Argonne Forest, on October 9, 1918. m^ 1st Lt. ELDEN S. BETTS. ilHM Lieutenant Belts was born in Alton, 111.,on October 18, 1892. He was educatedin the Alton grade and high schools,graduating in 1910. He then became pur-chasing agent for the Illinois TerminalRailroad, which position he gave up toenter the First Officers Trai
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . BORN AUGUST fO. 1889DIED OCTOBER 19, 1918 48 THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION FIRST LIEUTENANT ELDEN SPRAGUE BETTS Machine Gun Company, I 6th Infantry, First Division. Killed in action at Hill 240,Argonne Forest, on October 9, 1918. m^ 1st Lt. ELDEN S. BETTS. ilHM Lieutenant Belts was born in Alton, 111.,on October 18, 1892. He was educatedin the Alton grade and high schools,graduating in 1910. He then became pur-chasing agent for the Illinois TerminalRailroad, which position he gave up toenter the First Officers Training Campat Fort Sheridan, where he was assignedto the I 0th Company. Upon receipt ofhis commission he was ordered overseas,sailing in August, 1917. Upon arrival inFrance, Lieutenant Betts was sent to aFrench school for further military instruc-tion, upon the completion of whichcourse, he was assigned to the 1 8th In-fantry Machine Gun Company. Afterserving as battalion adjutant for sometime he was transferred to the MachineGun Company of the 1 6th Infantry, withwhich outfit he met instant death while incharge of the company. He had beenrecommended for promotion at the timedeath overtook him. Lieutenant Bettsv/as unmarried. Besides his parents, Mrs. P. L. Betts, he is survived by asister. Miss Edith M. Betts, all of who
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