Picture of State Guards — Kirwin, Kan. Sept. 13th, 1918.
Photo by H.M. Parrott and H'am
[Note: the picture available here is not part of the transcribed book.]

Front row left to right. #1 Harry Landis #2 Charles O. Townsend #5 U.S. Grant Willis #7 Harrison "Doc" Johnson

Second row left to right. #3 Charles Smith #4 Leslie Knowles #10 Mervin Stanley Smith #11 Will Claggett #12 Jim Ronan #13 Al McFadden #14 Ed Lala #17 Art Stagg #18 Orville McQueen #19 Frank Townsend #20 James Lemon #22 Lloyd Baughman #26 Ted Stuckman? #27 J.P. Johnson #28 Willis Hoag #27 Ira Porter #31 Ray Ewing

Third row left to right. #2 Earl Fuller #6 Stanley Cox #9 John Marple #10 Arthur Fischer #11 Jim Mcfadden #12 Dw Smith # 13 Harry King #17 Wynn Townsend #18 Forrest Elliott #19 Carl Camp #20 Jim Thompson #22 Chase or Lee Lemon #24 Gordon Logan #25 Melvin Nedrow # 26 Will Parsons #27 Gill Atchison #30 Geo. Palmer

Our thanks to Janet Weidner, whose grandfather is in the picture, for bringing this photo to our attention, and to Dolores Knowles of the Kirwin library board for making arrangements to get the photo into digital format for inclusion on this page.

A few of the men have been identified. If you can aid in the identification of the individuals in the picture, we would appreciate your assistance. Contact tcward@columbus-ks.com

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