. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . tered the employ of the Fred S. JamesCompany of Chicago as an engineer. Asa lifeguard for Chicago beaches, he wascredited with having rescued thirty-fivepeople while on duty. He was admittedto the First Officers Training receipt of his commission he wasordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., forfurther study in engineering. He sailedfor France with the Eighty-fifth Division inJuly, 1918. He was then ordered toRussia, reporting to the 3 1 0th Hill with his platoon went toSeltsoe, on the Dv
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . tered the employ of the Fred S. JamesCompany of Chicago as an engineer. Asa lifeguard for Chicago beaches, he wascredited with having rescued thirty-fivepeople while on duty. He was admittedto the First Officers Training receipt of his commission he wasordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., forfurther study in engineering. He sailedfor France with the Eighty-fifth Division inJuly, 1918. He was then ordered toRussia, reporting to the 3 1 0th Hill with his platoon went toSeltsoe, on the Dvina River, in were under constant shell fire foreleven days. For his brilliant work. Lieutenant Hill was rewarded v^ith theDistinguished Service Order by the Brit-ish Government. It was while attemptingto bring in a deserted Russsian tug thatHill and three of his men were drowned after their boat had been smashed tothey were attempting to wade ashore under heavy shell fire. He was unmar-parents, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hill, 6330 Kimbark avenue, Chicago, BORN AUGUST OCTOBER 8. FIRST LIEUTENANT EDWARD MINES, JR. 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Second Division. Died of pneumonia on June 4, 1918,at Base Hospital No. 1 5, Chaumont, France. Lieutenant Hines was born in Chicago,111., on July 24, 1896. He was educatedin the public schools and graduatedfrom Philips Academy. He then enteredYale University, taking up the SheffieldScientific Course, and was in his secondyear when he entered First OfficersTraining Camp at Fort Sheridan, wherehe was assigned to the Third receiving a commission as secondlieutenant he was ordered to the 4thMachine Gun Bittalion, Gettysburg,Pa., sailing with that outfit for Franceon December 24, 1917. After a fewmonths service overseas, LieutenantHines was promoted to a first May, 1918, he was taken ill, the sick-ness later developing into pneumonia. Hewas transferred to Base Hospital No. I 5,where he steadi
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