Hi, good question. My father also was in the first WW and he was in the navy, ended up on a ship in NY, the USS SanDiego. I know no more - and he of course is not alive, he would be 104 if he were. I will check his military records that I have. My mother had several uncles from Montana in WWI and they took their training at Fort Lewis, in WA. Also a book I have on Morrow County tells of the men who went from here, and mentions Fort Lewis also. MJB (Heppner) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:49 AM Subject: [OREGON] World War I and Oregon Soldiers > My Grandfather Charled Edward Leach was born 3-16-1897 in La Grande, Union Co., OR. His Mother was Pearl Daphne Wright, who had arrived in La Grande in a covered wagon in 1881 from Iowa. > Charles Leach was about 17 yrs. old when the GREAT WAR called him to duty. He was living in Portland, Or. at that time and was among the first Oregon boys to ship out. > I would like to know, at that time, where would all the boys go for training? I have read newspaper articles from Oregon at that time, and they mention Camp Merrill, NJ. Is this correct? I imagine they would be rounded up and put on a train to NJ then after short training course, then ship out. > Anyone out there know about Oregon soldiers in WWI? I would love to know more details of their enlisting and transport procedure. Lillian Kathleen Martin. > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > Oregon Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Thank you for the reply, I will see what I can dig up from Fort Lewis. Lillian Kathleen Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlene" <marjbar@oregontrail.net> To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [OREGON] World War I and Oregon Soldiers > Hi, good question. My father also was in the first WW and he was in the > navy, ended up on a ship in NY, the USS SanDiego. I know no more - and he > of course is not alive, he would be 104 if he were. I will check his > military records that I have. My mother had several uncles from Montana in > WWI and they took their training at Fort Lewis, in WA. Also a book I have > on Morrow County tells of the men who went from here, and mentions Fort > Lewis also. MJB (Heppner) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> > To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:49 AM > Subject: [OREGON] World War I and Oregon Soldiers > > > > My Grandfather Charled Edward Leach was born 3-16-1897 in La Grande, Union > Co., OR. His Mother was Pearl Daphne Wright, who had arrived in La Grande > in a covered wagon in 1881 from Iowa. > > Charles Leach was about 17 yrs. old when the GREAT WAR called him to duty. > He was living in Portland, Or. at that time and was among the first Oregon > boys to ship out. > > I would like to know, at that time, where would all the boys go for > training? I have read newspaper articles from Oregon at that time, and they > mention Camp Merrill, NJ. Is this correct? I imagine they would be rounded > up and put on a train to NJ then after short training course, then ship out. > > Anyone out there know about Oregon soldiers in WWI? I would love to know > more details of their enlisting and transport procedure. Lillian Kathleen > Martin. > > > > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > Oregon Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >