. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . 1894. Aftera public school education he entered YaleUniversity, graduating in 1917 with high-est honors and winning the Francis Gor-don Brown Prize. He was a member ofYale Battery and later the ConnecticutNational Guard in 1916. He was ad-mitted to the First Officers Training Campat Fort Sheridan, 2nd Battery, where hereceived a commission as provisional sec-ond lieutenant in the Field Artillery. OnDecember 12, I 9 I 7, he sailed for Francewith the 15th Field Artillery. After aperiod of training at Besancon, France
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . 1894. Aftera public school education he entered YaleUniversity, graduating in 1917 with high-est honors and winning the Francis Gor-don Brown Prize. He was a member ofYale Battery and later the ConnecticutNational Guard in 1916. He was ad-mitted to the First Officers Training Campat Fort Sheridan, 2nd Battery, where hereceived a commission as provisional sec-ond lieutenant in the Field Artillery. OnDecember 12, I 9 I 7, he sailed for Francewith the 15th Field Artillery. After aperiod of training at Besancon, France,the I 5th moved up to the Woevre, andlater took part in the actions at ChateauThierry, Vaux and Belleau Woods, andthe St. Mihiel drive, where Captain Cun-ningham met his death on his twenty-fourth birthday. Captain Cunninghamwas twice promoted. He was also awardedthe Distinguished Service Cross. He wasunmarried and the only son of Mr. andMrs. Frank Simpson Cunningham, 1318Forest Avenue, Evanston. His father ispresident of Butler Brothers, Chicago. Capt. OLIVER B. CUNNINGHAM. BORN SEPTEMBER 17. 1894DIED SEPTEMBER 17. 1918 68 THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION 1st Lt. HOMER W. DAHRINGER FIRST LIEUTENANT HOMER W. DAHRINGER Observer, 1st Aero Squadron, Aviation Service. Missing in action on September17, 1918; later reported as Dead by a message dropped from Boche Plane. ^_ Lieutenant Dahringer was born in Lud- ington, Mich., on May 28, 1890. He waseducated in the public schools and grad-uated from the University of Illinois in1913, after which he entered into theconfectionery business for himself. Hewas admitted to the First Officers Train-ing Camp, and received a commission assecond lieutenant. After leaving FortSheridan he was ordered to Camp Grant,111., and finally transferred to the AviationSchool at Austin, Tex., from which placehe was ordered to France as a casual of-ficer, sailing in March, 1918. After tak-ing further instruction in the artilleryschool at Samur, France, Lieutena
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