| | CAPT. THOMAS A. BOGLE
3454 Macomb St., Cleveland Park or Portland Hotel
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Captain Thomas A. Bogle was assigned to the 328th F. A. at Custer, September 1, 1917. Of athletic appearance, holding a football record at the U. of M., he had the qualities of leadership and his radiant personality, combined with the profound appreciation of his men, engendered in them a great respect and liking. Captain Bogle, 1st Lieut. Harvey, 2nd Lieut. Hays, 2nd Lieut. DaPrado comprised the personnel of Battery B before the enlisted men arrived. They were the officers who trained and organized our unit at its inception. May 12th he was transferred from our Battery to Battery A as Battery Commander, where he was equally well liked. He was possessed of a rich imagination and had a remarkable vocabulary and power of expression. His was a broad personality which commanded the esteem of both officers and men. The Captain has kindly written for this book a summary of his history after he left the regiment:
“First, I was ordered from Blois to the Field artillery Replacement Camp at LeCorneau, arriving there November 4th. On November 7th, I received orders to report 494 replacement troops to the 3rd Division. Entrained November 8th for St. Dizier and reported to the Division November 11th, at Nancois-la-Petit. Was assigned November 16th to the 10th Field Artillery as regimental ammunition officer and marched to the Rhine in that capacity, arriving in Kruft, Germany, December 16th. Put in for immediate separation from the service and received orders sending me to Gondrecourt, January 6, 1919. I laid there till March 22nd, when I received orders sending me to the Second Army Educational Center, Lerouville, and there I was put in command of First Provisional Student Company, where I remained for about two months. “School broke up May 6th, and I was ordered to the Argonne Cemetery and placed in command of Co. F, 816th Pioneer Infantry. July 3rd, entrained with this outfit for Brest. July 21st, sailed for the United States on board the U. S. S. Antigone, landing at Newport News, Virginia, August 1, 1919. I was mustered out August 2, 1919. “I often think of the old Batteries A and B, and regret that I didn’t stick with them till the finish, but you know the various angles of army life that keeps one from doing just what pleases him. “Remember me to any of the boys who happen to be in Detroit. I hope that some day we will all have a reunion, where we can talk over a lot of things in a man-to-man way, unfettered by Army ‘regs.’ Page sixty |