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| | CAPT. JAMES G. HAYS
1555 Washington Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Captain Hays attended Officers’ Training School, at Fort Sheridan, and was assigned to the regiment and Battery B September 1. 1917, as Second Lieutenant. To 2nd Lieut. Hays is attributed the early training of Battery B. He was a stern disciplinarian and wholly military. He practically trained every man in Battery B into the rudiments of soldiery up to the time that we left for overseas, he having preceded us with the advance detachment sailing on the S. S. Canopic.
He attended the Specialists’ School, established at Camp Coetquidan, but had been promoted to Captain July 18th, prior to his sailing for France.
At Camp Coetquidan he was made Battery commander of Battery E on August 18th. On September 20, 1918, he was promoted to Adjutant of the First Battalion, under Colonel McKell, with whom he served as Chief Executive Officer during all of our activities in the lines.
He was an indefatigable worker and his responsibilities as Adjutant of our Battalion demonstrated his efficiency and the wisdom of his appointment as a member of the Colonel’s staff.
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