. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . ember 8, 1889. Hereceived his education in the publicschools of Cripple Creek, Colo., gradu-ating from high school in 1907. He thenentered the tunnel contracting businesswith his father. He was admitted to theSecond Officers Training Camp at FortSheridan, where he received his commis-sion and was ordered overseas as a casualsailing in February, 1918. After a periodof instruction he was transferred to theAir Service construction section and or-dered to England, where he had charge ofhospital construction work at Rom
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . ember 8, 1889. Hereceived his education in the publicschools of Cripple Creek, Colo., gradu-ating from high school in 1907. He thenentered the tunnel contracting businesswith his father. He was admitted to theSecond Officers Training Camp at FortSheridan, where he received his commis-sion and was ordered overseas as a casualsailing in February, 1918. After a periodof instruction he was transferred to theAir Service construction section and or-dered to England, where he had charge ofhospital construction work at Romsey, 75miles from London. Following the armis-tice he was ordered home. While on theway he was taken down with the influenza,and died en November 24th, after onedays sickness. Lieutenant Mcllwee w^asmarried to Miss Eda M. Tibbetts of Liv-ermore, Colo., in 1911, who, with threechildren, Ellen May, aged seven; JamesJohn, Jr., aged four; and William S.,aged two years, survive. His parents,Mr. and Mrs. James A. Mcllwee of Den-ver, Colo., also are living. 1st Lt. JAMES J. McILWEE. BORN DECEMBER 8, 1889DIED NOVEMBER 24. 1918 THE ROLL OP HONOR 125 SECOND LIEUTENANT HARRY McKENNA Regimental Intelligence Officer, I I 7th Infantry, Thirtieth Division. Died at U. Hospital, Biltmore, N. C, on August 4, 1919, after an illness of one year. 2nd Lt. HARRY McKENNA Lieutenant McKenna was born in AuSable, Mich., on June 19, 1894. He re-ceived his education in the Au SableHigh School. Previous to his enlistment,Lieutenant McKenna was employed in thecapacity of salesman for the Speaker-Hines Printing Company. He then en-tered the Second Officers* Training Campat Fort Sheridan, and was assigned to the1 2th Company. Upon receiving his com-mission, he was ordered overseas, sailingon January I, 1918, as a casual his arrival in France, he vvras assignedto the Specialists Army School, Langres,until April II, 1918, when he was as-signed to the 306th Regiment, Seventy-seventh Division.
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