Show I THE rilE FOLSOM hOLSOM FAMILY p. In the Revolutionary War ar ar the lino line heg began n and each alternate generation since then has seen service fighting for tor their country countr Thome Thorne Dodge fought in the war of ot Independence In 1776 and established established estah- estah the Folsom family as Sons atthe of at the Revolution Skipping a generation we come to Edward Lawrence Folsom veteran of ot the Civil War Var who enlisted on Lincoln's Lincoln's Lincoln's Lin Lin- coln's first call and served his full term out of at three years Again skipping a generation we come como to the two boys of the Worlds World's War Var Alonzo and Enoch Folsom II ALONZO FOLSOM Lonnie sent us the piece of poetry appearing In our Issue of April 3rd I entitled Oh the English and the tho Irish and the Scotties too lone one verse of at which runs My My 1 word It when I the drive ud just begun begun begun- I o l seed the Yanks but ow fow they run fill The he only thing that bothered us a after ter seem th chase begin Was Vas ow In ell to stop em afore they got to Berlin 4 4 y Kr Lonnies Lonnie's running though has been not after Heinie Heinle but all over Russia Siberia into Manchuria and back into Siberia Lonnie says he can drink vodka with any Bollie or sip tea from a samovar and he Is no not sure but that he be may annex a Manchurian Man- Man maiden as a souvenir nir but never raise a queue for her to handle him with Travel wises agu aguy a aguy gu guy up dont don't it EN ENOCH OCIL L L. FOI FOLSOM SO Enoch was a member of the Division or Wild Vests Reg Reg- He w was s a machine gunner and In the St St. St Mihiel drive he be was in reserve but he was in the hot par part of i it in the Argonne from the o of Sept to the 3rd of October In that tha action there were 1400 dead am and wounded in his division After Arter tho Argonne he went up into Bel Bel- gium glum In all he saw nine months month service In France The chaplain of at his company waa was wa wasa a regular guy One Ono day when sh shwas she was hot and heavy the chaplain la laIn lay In a hole where two men were killed kille and three wounded and himself du duthe dug the graves for the two dead burled buried them erected crosses from their bayonets bayonets bayonets bay bay- and was with the wounded others giving first aid and cheer chee until succor came I the they were especially alert and nd t to a verity tho the eyes eye of oC the army Ono incident stands prominent in his mind Our bo boys had taken a hill and as much as possible had taken advantage of the natural slope for Cor protection they thought the they could get a big gun up to the same samo position and do effective e work with it As the themen themen the themen men and mules were placing it ft a aGerman aGerman aGerman German piano plane swooped down from fromon froman on an hl high h made three or four tour dips to observe the position of the gun accurately accurately ac ac- ac and almost Instantly a salvo of fire came from the Hun gunners that plane signalled registry and the artillery fire killed seventeen se of our men a lieutenant and captain be- be sides Ides killed all the animals and absolutely absolutely ab- ab ab prevented our gun from getting getting get- get ting ing into action From the Argonne Meuse Jack Jackent went ent up to Ypres his company was was among mong the first American soldiers to enter German territory on Dec and nd participated In the celebration of of f the tho American entrance of at occupied territory in northern German Germany |