20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War Transcribed by Maureen Reed on Sept 8, 1997 from a book by John A. Ostertag. This book contains additional historical information, photographs and original material. It is still available for purchase through John A. Ostertag, 3005 Charles, St. Joseph, MO 64501-3342, cost $15. --------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. --------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPANY K Captain Edmund Boltwood, First Lieutenant John F. Hall, Second Lieutenant Colin H. Ball. Wounded in action: Second Lieutenant Robert S. Parker, leg, Bacalor, May 24, 1899, returned to duty Aug 1, 1899. Enlisted men with company: First Sergeant Joseph Dewald; Quartermaster Sergeant Harold Reed; Sergeants John O. Morse, Walter P. Smith, George B. Dailey; Corporals William W. Schoffner, Lorillard Wickham, Ernest Kincaid, Fred Black, Frances M. Crane, Jesse D. Eggleston, Harry Keckler, Frank McQuaid, James Powers, Charles E. Steale, Ralph Weaver, Cook William E. Sullivan; Wagoner George Bolton; Musicians Aaron Jones John E. White; Privates John O. Alderman, Oscar Barney, Ray F. Beeler, Albert L. Baur, James W. Byrd, Elia Basel, Grant A. Crumley, Harold Chambers, Walter L. Ellis, Julius B. Gott, Roy Hawkins, Richard D. D. Holland, John F. Hopkins, George H. Hudson, Jacob Hartley, Milton W. Hogaboom, Alexander Halbrook, Harry F. Heck, Leslie J. Kincaid, Frank E. Lucas, Lee A. Limes, George Myer, James S. Nesbitt, Oscar Nesbitt, W. Walton, John W. White, Ernest Wagoner, Albert V. Whitejer, I. Rusk, Dwight L. Rainey, George M. Sponsier, and Isaac L. Table. Wounded, sent home on the Relief: First Sergeant Albert C. Hanson, shoulder, Caloocan, Feb 10, 1899; On Morgan City, Corporal Elvie Allison, foot, May 4, 1899, Santa Tomas; Private Frank A. Huling, knee, Caloocan, Feb 10, 1899; Private Walter A. Hubbard, ankle, Bagbag river, April 26, 1899; Private Edward E. Harris, leg, Calumpit, April 26, 1899. Sick, sent home: Artificer William H. Scheer, on Morgan City. Discharged, San Francisco, disability: Privates Raymond Bowman, Rolia W. Wagstaff, July, 1898; Corporals Raymond E. Elder, Allen M. Hoover, Privates Ernest Banhea, Robert S. Brooks, Newell R. Kirkham, Jacob Townsley, Leroy G. Taylor, Sept 1898; Privates George Brinker, William Cline, Charles L. Wiley, October 1898; Privates Charles D. Prather, John H. Williams, Dec 1898; Private M. Hartshorn, Jan 11, 1899; Sergeant John W. Engle, Privates Edgar Fultz, Walter B. M. Jones, Allen N. Simmons, in Nov 1898. Discharged to re-enlist: 36th U.S. Volunteer Infantry - Privates Will Cooper, Elijah Simpson, Arthur C. Snow; 37th U.S. Infantry, Private Joseph A. Johnston; 11th U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, First Sergeant Raymond S. Enslow, First Lieutenant; Quartermaster Sergeant Irvin V. Todd, Sergeant Frank Gaskill, Corporal Charles C. Crane, Privates Pearl B. Hampton, Christian Grossman, Harris O. Hiskin, Fountain M. Wilson, Donald Thorne and Lisel McElhinney. Discharged and remaining in Manila: Private Harry D. Cessna. Transferred to U.S. Signal Corps: Corporal Ernest L. Moore. Died of disease: Private Fred Maxfield, Feb 2, 1899, smallpox, buried Paco, No. 223. Killed in action: Corporal Oscar Mallicott, Caloocan, Feb 1899, buried Battery Knoll, No. 60. Wounded in action: First Sergeant Joseph Dewald, arm, Guiginto, March 29, 1899, returned to duty, April 13, 1899, then neck Bagbag river, April 25, not off duty; Sergeant John O. Morse, head, Caloocan, Feb 10, 1899, not off duty; Private Harry Keckley, leg, San Fernando, June 16, 1899, not off duty; Private George Myer, Stomach, Tulijan river, March 25, 1899, not off duty; Private Oscar Nesbitt, wrist, April 27, 1899, not off duty; Private Arthur C. Snow, arm, Bagbag river, April 25, 1899, returned to duty May 9, 1899. Slightly wounded, and not reported: Captain Edmund Boltwood, Feb 1899; First Sergeant Raymond S. Enslow, March 29, 1899; Private William W. Schoffner, March 29, 1899; Private Jesse D. Eggleston, Feb 4, 1899; Private Ralph Weaver, March 26, 1899; and Private Harold V. Chambers, April 27, 1899. Now on sick report: Private George Myer, Aug 1, 1899, hernia; Corporal W. W. Schoffner, Sept 1, 1899, malarial fever, convalescent; Private Harold V. Chambers, Sept 3, 1899, gastritis, serious; Wagoner George L. Bolton, Sept 11, 1899, gastritis, convalescent, entered general hospital, San Francisco; Corporal Frank McQuaid, Sept 17, 1899, diarrhea, convalescent entered general hospital, San Francisco. 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War Transcribed by Maureen Reed on Sept 8, 1997 from a book by John A. Ostertag. This book contains additional historical information, photographs and original material. It is still available for purchase through John A. Ostertag, 3005 Charles, St. Joseph, MO 64501-3342, cost $15. --------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ---------------------------------------------------------------------