. Lansdowne school and the world war. Kennard Skilling was drafted February 23, 1918. Hewent to Camp Meade February 25th and joined the 304th TrainsHeadquarters, Military Police, in the 79th Division. He sailedfor France July 10th, landing July 21st. He served in theArgonne Sector, 304; in the Troyon Sector and the Grande Mon-tagne Sector of the Argonne-Meuse. He came home and wasdischarged June 5, 1919, without a scratch. 72^. Alphonzo Sproul, Jr., enlisted May 5, 1912, in CompanyC, 1st Pennsylvania Infantry. He was discharged May 5, 1915,but two weeks later re-enlisted. He attended an office
. Lansdowne school and the world war. Kennard Skilling was drafted February 23, 1918. Hewent to Camp Meade February 25th and joined the 304th TrainsHeadquarters, Military Police, in the 79th Division. He sailedfor France July 10th, landing July 21st. He served in theArgonne Sector, 304; in the Troyon Sector and the Grande Mon-tagne Sector of the Argonne-Meuse. He came home and wasdischarged June 5, 1919, without a scratch. 72^. Alphonzo Sproul, Jr., enlisted May 5, 1912, in CompanyC, 1st Pennsylvania Infantry. He was discharged May 5, 1915,but two weeks later re-enlisted. He attended an officers train-ing camp at Fort Niagara from May until August, 1917, inclu-sive. In August he was discharged to accept his commission assecond lieutenant, and served in a machine gun company of the316th Infantry, 79th Division, U. S. A. Lieutenant Sproul was at Camp Meade from September,1917, until July, 1918, when he went overseas. He spent eightmonths in Europe and was in the Argonne-Meuse offensive,where he was both gassed and shell-shocked. As a sergeant, Lieutenant Sproul served with the First Penn-sylvania Infantry on the Mexican border in 1916, and at the out-break of the World War was placed in charge of the training ofrecruits in Philadelphia. 74
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