PIKE COUNTY ILLNOIS World War I Honor Roll

With The Colors From Pike County Honor Roll Containing a Pictorial Record of the gallant and courageous men from Pike County, Illinois, U.S.A., who served in the Great War 1917 1918 1919 Published by "The Barry Record" W.M. Hailey (editor) This book is a descriptive roll of the people in Pike Co IL who participated in World War I. Most individuals listed in this book have a short biography indicating their service, birth date, place and parents, when and where they enlisted and when and where they were discharged. These bio's are based on information the individual and/or family provided for publication in this book. Not all bio's include all information. A good number of these bio's also have an accompanying photo. All names that had accompanying photos are listed below. There are many more names included in this book that I have not yet had a chance to note in this index. Rosemary Reeves and myself, Christine Walters, will be working on this page for months. If you have any questions we'll try and help. Just bear with us. it will look wonderful when we get it finished.

FORWARD To the four millions of our young manhood who formed the nation's fighting forces in its time of peril, the undying gratitude of each lover ofhome and country - both now and for generations to come -- will be given. Leaving their homes, parents and friends, and all that life held dear, they went forth cheerfully into the unknown adventure, little knowing what might be their lot in the days to come. Whether they fought the Hun on the French battlefields, sailed the seas to keep open the lines of traffic to France, built railroads and hauled supplies behind the fighting troops, guarded lines of communication, or spent their time in the training camps in the United States, theirs was service to the Flag, regardless of what manner in which each dividual played his respective part. Many lie today beneath the sod of France and England. We will ever honor and revere their memory. Many more have returned wounded. To them we will always endeaver to show our gratitude for their sacrifices to the cause of Liberty and Right. Lest we should too soon forget those soul-trying days of 1917 and 1918, and the coming generations have no tangible evidence of the part Pike County played in the great struggle for Humanity, this book "With the Colors from Pike County" is published, with the sole purpose of gathering together on the printed page the splendid record of the county's participation in the World War. W. M. Hailey

Men of Illinois, I Welcome You Home You entered the service of your country knowing something of the trials, dangers and sufferings that were ahead of you. Some of you crossed the sea to meet those dangers in the trenches, on no man's land and on the battlefields of Europe. You saw your comrades fall, but you kept on. You saw them borne away on stretches or in ambulances, never expecting to see them again. But you and many of those who left you wounded and sick have come back. With the men who spent months in camps in the United States and had none of the excitement anddangers of battle; yet, who nevertheless served their country to the best of their ability, you have come home. You know what that word means now, if you did not know before. Home in Illinois, America, the best country in the world. It has always been worth fighting for. Your comrades now sleeping on foreign battlefields have proven it is worth dying for and you have shown it is worthy of the great risks you have taken. Now, men of Illinois, weary of war, longing for home and the quiet pursuits of peace, you ahve a new task before you. It is the preservation of the liberties for which you risked your all. It is the resumption of peaceful relations. Great problems lie ahead of us and you must aid in their solution. I am sure you will prove equal to that task as thoroughly as you met the demands of the last two trying years. Frank O. Lowden Springfield, ILL June 9, 1919 - Governor of Illinois

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