. Transactions. lectric Steel Works, Heroult, Shasta Co.,Cal.; Mammoth Copper Mining , Cal.; St. Joseph Lead Co.,Herculaneum, Mo.; Granby Smelt-ing & Mining Co., Neodesha, Kans.;The Phosphate Mining Co., While with the last company,he volunteered, in April, 1917, forservice in the engineering corps of theU. S. Army. He passed an excellentexamination, was accepted and calledto Washington and placed in DivisionT. of the Ordnance Departmentwhere he was engaged in researchwork pertaining to nitrogen. He wasthen ordered to Sheffield, Ala., wherehe was second in command of th
. Transactions. lectric Steel Works, Heroult, Shasta Co.,Cal.; Mammoth Copper Mining , Cal.; St. Joseph Lead Co.,Herculaneum, Mo.; Granby Smelt-ing & Mining Co., Neodesha, Kans.;The Phosphate Mining Co., While with the last company,he volunteered, in April, 1917, forservice in the engineering corps of theU. S. Army. He passed an excellentexamination, was accepted and calledto Washington and placed in DivisionT. of the Ordnance Departmentwhere he was engaged in researchwork pertaining to nitrogen. He wasthen ordered to Sheffield, Ala., wherehe was second in command of theconstruction of the Governmentnitrogen plants at Muscle the completion of the plants, he was ordered to Buffalo, N. Y.,on Sept. 28, 1918, to inspect and report on a government plant. Aftercompleting this work, he was called back to Sheffield. He left Buffaloon Oct. 6, but delayed trains caused him to miss connections in Cincin-nati where he had to wait 12 hours. He had not beentfeeling well for. Lieut. Norman Lloyd Ohnsorg. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES 743 several days before leaving Buffalo; influenza developed, and when histrain reached Nashville, Tenn., he was too ill to continue his journeyand was taken to the Kissam Hall Hospital, Vanderbilt University, wherehe died of pneumonia. He was a young man of unusual ability and high moral character,always bright, happy and kind, faithful and honorable in all things;loved by both his associates and those under his authority. His lifeand character cannot be better described than by the following quotationfrom one of his superior officers: Lieutenant Ohnsorg was a man lovedby all of us, always cheerful, just and kind, with unusual executive can never expect to find a man who has his ability and fine tempera-ment and his position can never be filled as he filled it. He was happily married and leaves to mourn his loss a wife, ConstanceE. (Rogers) Ohnsorg and a baby girl born since his death, Nov. 29, 1918,a father, W.
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