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| | SERGT. LESTER D.. WATERS
Serial No. 2,026,615
22119 N. Lafayette St., Saginaw, Mich.
Inducted at Camp Custer, September 22. 1917.
Promoted to Corporal June 13, 1918.
Corporal Waters, with Corporal Dunn, had the arduous task of training under pressure just before we were to go overseas, the last lot of raw recruits. He devoted himself to this work from early morning until late in the evening. The boys will remember both of these with kindness when they think of the exactions of their work end how faithfully and patiently they labored to transform them into soldiers.
We contested, on July 2nd, in gunnery practice at Camp Custer, which was to be our last work in that line at Custer. Corporals Dunn and Waters were both complimented by Captain (now Major) Zimmerman for their accuracy and speed. Both of these corporals were gunners on the three-inch English field pieces.
At Camp Coetquidan he was made Section Chief of No. 4 gun and participated in this capacity, and was Section Chief during our activities at the front.
He received the nickname of “Stormy,” from his ability to box; could put up a good fight and take an awful lot of punishment.
He was unassuming though independent by nature, a loyal friend and an exceptionally good soldier.
Waters was a member of the Battery B quartette.
He was always on the square, had a subtle control of others and unusually popular with his comrades.
At Camp Mills he was promoted to Sergeant, which was a source of satisfaction to the men, as he had discharged the duties of Sergeant all through out activities.
REMEMBER THIS?
When Gas School was started, with Lieut. Morgan in charge. The first students sent from the Battery being Sergts. Schmuck and Reddaway.
AND THIS?
When we moved from Building No. 399 to Building No. 1220. The Battery had furnished the Regimental Guard that day, and with depleted numbers, had to carry Battery stuff two miles.
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