. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . t cityand graduated from the University of Wis-consin in 1913. He entered the employof the Detroit, Mich., branch of the Good-year Tire & Rubber Co., becoming man-ager of the adjusting department, whichposition he relinquished to enter the Sec-ond Officers Training Camp at Fort Sher-idan. Receiving his commission, he Vi^asordered overseas, sailing in January, in France, Lieutenant Murphy re-ceived further instruction in A. E. F. andBritish schools and was then assigned toCompany L of the 307th Infantr
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . t cityand graduated from the University of Wis-consin in 1913. He entered the employof the Detroit, Mich., branch of the Good-year Tire & Rubber Co., becoming man-ager of the adjusting department, whichposition he relinquished to enter the Sec-ond Officers Training Camp at Fort Sher-idan. Receiving his commission, he Vi^asordered overseas, sailing in January, in France, Lieutenant Murphy re-ceived further instruction in A. E. F. andBritish schools and was then assigned toCompany L of the 307th Infantry of theSeventy-seventh Division, later being trans-ferred to Company I of the 369th Infantry,which was attached to the French FourthArmy. During the Champagne Offensiveon October 8, 1918, Lieutenant Murphybecame ill with influenza, but remainedwith his platoon until he became deliriousand was conveyed to the Vitry-la-Francaishospital, where he died on October 1 3,1918. He was unmarried. One brother,Francis C. Murphy, of Elkhorn, Wis., sur-vives. 2nd Lt. WALTER H. MURPHY. BORN APRIL 2, 1891DIED OCTOBER 13. 1918 THE ROLL OF HONOR 123 CAPTAIN CLARE PARSONS McCASKEY Company K, 120th Infantry, Thirtieth Division. Killed in action near Bohain,France, on October 10, 1918. Captain McCaskey was born in Eldo-rado, Kan., on December 9, 1 886. He waseducated in a Chicago high school andthe University of Illinois. After gradu-ating from the University, he enteredthe employ of the Commonwealth EdisonCompany as commercial salesman, whichposition he relinquished to enter the Sec-ond Officers Training Camp at Fort Sher-idan, 2 I st Company. Upon receivinghis commission as first lieutenant he wasordered overseas, sailing in January, a period of further military trainingand instruction work in A. E. F. schoolshe was assigned to Company L, threemonths, and Company K, one month, ofthe 120th Infantry. He was promotedto the rank of captain and w^as in com-mand of Companies L and K, 1 20th
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