Four Norwich Soldiers - 1916

Doing Duty as Soldiers

Four Norwich Boys Who Are with Company M, First Regiment

Utica Saturday Globe, July 1916

Left to Right:  Alpheus D. Freer, Harold Benedict, Floyd Pudney, David Grant

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Four Norwich boys enlisted at Mohawk as members of Company M, First Regiment and are now with the troops at Camp Whitman.  The Norwich lads are Alpheus D. Freer, son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Freer, of Silver street; Harold Benedict, son of Mrs. Benedict, of Waith street; Floyd Pudney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pudney, of North Broad street, and David Grant, son of Mrs. Charles Grant, of the east river road.

Reports from the boys indicate that they are enjoying camp life previous to the possibility of seeing some real service in case they are sent to the border.  Mr. and Mrs. Freer left on Thursday for a visit to their son in camp and to bid him good-by in the event of the regiment being detailed to go to Texas.