Williamsburg County, South Carolina - Chapter 38: Throbbing War Drums Call, 1923

The Spanish- American War in 1898 did not arouse so much enthusiasm in Williamsburg as in some parts of the United States. This County, however, furnished a number of volunteers for this short, decisive conflict. Among those who served may be mentioned Surgeon John Boyd, Navy; Artificer J. C. Kinder, Fifteenth United States Infantry; Leroy Lee, Cosmo E. Brockinton, and Franklin L. McCullough, Heavy Artillery, South Caro¬ lina Volunteers; R. H. Tisdale, B. M. Mitchum, A. L. Epps, H. A. Strong, John West, Walter McElveen, Arthur Graham, Edward Shirer, Richard J. Ferdon, Charles E. Epps, W. O. Thomas, Robert Cox, R. L. Wise, John McCullough, and Willie Holleman, Second South Caro¬ lina Volunteer Infantry.

When the United States entered the World War on April 6, 1917, several men immediately volunteered their services, among whom were : Constant Miller, Eugene King, G. H. Wilkins, Clarence Allsbrook, Sam Caldwell, A. W. McIntosh, J. H. Oliver, W. J. Britton, J. D. Brit¬ ton, J. H. Scott, S. D. McGill, Will McCullough, Tom Phillips, T. M. Chandler, W. G. Gamble, Deems Baylor, Motte Hanna, Desmore Tisdale, William Crawford, Jack McCullough, Charlie Blakeley, Earl Cook, Ed Vause, Xeal Dufford, Carlyle My rick, Isham Boykin, Joseph H. Fer¬ don, Laurie Lewis, Ozzie Lovett, Julius P. Gamble, Thad McCullough, Herbert Haselden, Bartow Burgess, Bennie Frierson, J. M. McDaniel, Navy; David Wilmotte Hanna; Walter Battiste, Navy; Edward C. Thompson, Navy; Hazel Strong; Clarence Brunson, Navy; B. H. Lesesne, Marines; A. D. Brown, Navy, on the Florida as sailmaker; John B. Ferdon, C. B. Ferdon, Jr. Nearly all of these men were veterans of the Mexican Border campaign of 1916.

Almost as soon as the United States entered the World War, Congress enacted legislation calling into the mili¬ tary service of the nation all men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one years of age and providing ways and means of recruiting these men. In every county in every state in the Union there was created a commis¬ sion, known as the Local Board, and composed of three men, one of them an active, influential physician and the other two vigorous, substantial citizens. These local boards were charged with the registration, examination, and induction of every man into the military service. Under the law, certain classes of men, married men with dependent families, others regarded as more valuable in the industrial and commercial life of the nation than they could have been in military service, and yet other classes, were exempt from the military service. These local boards were charged with the duty of determining individuals for military service and those exempt under the law. These boards were popularly known as "Exemption boards." It has been often said that no man serving the country during the World War had more difficult duty to perform than the members of these local boards, nor did any governmental agency function more wisely and well than they. All the world wonders at the work they per¬ formed.

The Local Board for the County of Williamsburg was originally composed of J. D. O'Bryan, chairman, H. O. Britton, and Dr. T. S. Hemingway. Mr. O'Bryan re¬ signed when he learned that he was within the "draft age" and volunteered. L. W. Gilland succeeded him. During the summer of 1917, Mr. Gilland was stricken with a serious illness which required his resignation. Le¬ roy Lee was appointed as his successor and served until the end of the War. It is hardly possible for anyone who did not serve as a member of one of these County Local

There were many officers from Williamsburg in the World War. Following will be found something about them and their records in the military service.

John H. Woodberry was born near Hemingway Febru¬ ary 22, 1890, was appointed cadet, United States Military Academy, West Point, March 1, 1910, graduated June 12, 1914, and was appointed Second Lieutenant, Eighth Cavalry. He was promoted Captain May 15, 1917 ; Major, Ordnance Department, January 12, 1918; and Lieutenant Colonel, Ordnance Department, August 2, 1919. After the War, he resumed his rank as Major of Ordnance, United States Army, where he now serves.

Philip H. Stoll resigned as Solicitor of this Judicial District, volunteered for military service and was com¬ missioned Major in the Judge Advocate General's Depart¬ ment September 4, 1917. He was assigned to duty as Judge Advocate of the Twelfth Division, Camp Devens, Massachusetts. He was promoted Lieutenant Colonel and Judge Advocate October 10, 1918, serving until honorably discharged from the military service, February 6, 1919. Colonel Stoll was chosen, at a special election in 1919, member of the United States House of Representatives, and reelected in 1920, serving until March 4, 1923. He was a member of the Military Committee and favored Ford's Muscle Shoals project. Colonel Stoll was chairman of the Williamsburg Democratic Executive Committee from 1908 until 1918, was one of the organizers of the Bank of Williamsburg. He is a trustee and steward of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kingstree. He married Miss Evelyn Cunningham and they have four children.

Edward Chauncey Register was graduated from the Citadel in 1905, attended the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Va., from which he was graduated in 1908. He was an interne at Roper Hospital, Charleston, S. C., until June 1909. He practiced medicine in North Caro¬ lina until March 19, 1910, when he entered the Medical Corps, United States Army. He was graduated from the Army Medical School in March 1911 and was sent to the Texas border. He married Miss Jeannie DuBose Hey¬ ward of Charleston, S. C., on June 1, 1911. From July 16, 1911 to April 26, 1913, he was stationed at Fort Mc¬ Pherson, Ga. ; from June 3, 1913 until October 15, 1915, on foreign service in the Philippine Islands and China. On his return to the United States in November 1915, he was stationed at Fortress Monroe and Fort Screven, Ga., until March 11, 1916, when he was ordered into Mex¬ ico with Pershing's Expedition. He remained in Mexico until February 1917, was taken ill in March 1917, and was on sick report until February 1918, when he was ordered to Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, and Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C., with the medical department of the Air Service for a few months at each place. In August 1918, he was ordered to Washington for duty in the Surgeon General's office and had charge of the Medical Department of the Student Army Training Corps. In December 1918, he was ordered to Charleston, S. C., where he was in charge of the Med¬ ical Department of the debarkation of troops from Europe. In July 1919, he was ordered to France and assisted with the rehabilitation of the German prisoners. He assisted with the closing of the American hospitals in France and the disposing of the property to the French Govern¬ ment. In September 1919, he volunteered to join the American Polish Relief Expedition, organized for the purpose of fighting typhus fever, which was threatening to wipe out the entire population. He reported to War¬ saw to Colonel Gilchrist and volunteered to go to Tarnopol, the very worst place in the whole country, to es¬ tablish hospitals and disinfecting stations. With only an interpreter, he set out for Tarnopol. He found there a frightful condition but, in spite of almost overpower¬ ing obstacles, he established three hospitals and many disinfecting stations. Refugees poured through Tarnopol by the thousands and each one had to be examined. When he volunteered for the duty, he knew that forty-five doc¬ tors had alreadv sacrificed their lives there. He was the only American there. He was taken ill with typhus fever on December 18, 1919, and died on January 3, 1920. He was given the Distinguished Service Medal by the United States. The Polish Government awarded him two decorations, one "The Polish Cross,- " the other "The Cross of the Valiant. " He is buried in the Churchyard of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Charleston, S. C. He is sur¬ vived by his widow and one daughter, Jane DuBose Regis¬ ter, born April 29, 1912. He was First Lieutenant from 1910 to 1914; Captain from 1914 to 1918; Major from Feb¬ ruary 1918 to July 1918, when he was made Lieutenant Colonel, which rank he held at the time of his death.

Clarence D. Jacobs, M. D., was commissioned First Lieutenant of the Medical Reserve Corps June 5, 1917, and ordered into active service at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, August 4, 1917. He was transferred to Camp Lee, Virginia, October 1917. He was assigned to the Med¬ ical Detachment of the Five Hundred Eleventh Engineer Battalion in January 1918, when this organization was formed, and went to France with this battalion. He was commissioned Captain Medical Corps, United States Army, August 20, 1918, and promoted Major, May 2, 1919. He returned to the United States with the Five Hundred Eleventh Engineer Battalion in June 1919, and was then honorably discharged from the military service. Major Jacobs married Miss Banna L. Wilkins. They have three sons.

Benton McQueen Montgomery, M. I)., volunteered and was commissioned First Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps, August 18, 1917, and assigned to duty with the One

Hundred Seventh Ambulance Company and later with the One Hundred Fifth Infantry. He served in the Dichebusch sector, Belgium, during summer of 1918, and in the battles breaking the Hindenberg line along the La Salle River, Jonc de Mer Ridge, and St. Maurice River September and October 1918. His duties required that he work farthest to the front" in first line dressing sta¬ tions and often he was attending wounded under shell fire. He was honorably discharged April 2, 1919. Dr. Montgomery married Miss Mayna Claffy of Orangeburg, S. C., and they have two children.

Delos D. McKenzie was discharged as a sergeant in the Marine Corps in July 13, 1917, to receive commission as First Lieutenant of Marines. His discharge as an enlisted man in the Marines shows that his service therein was of the highest degree. It shows him: "An expert rifleman ; gun pointer of the first class ; military efficiency, excellent; obedience, excellent; sobriety, excellent; ser¬ vice, honest and faithful; battles, Chateau-Thierry front, June 1 to July 6, 1918." After being commissioned, Lieu¬ tenant McKenzie was assigned to the Sixth Regiment of Marines and participated in battles of Marne counter offensive, Soissons front, July 18-19; was wounded July 19, by machine gun bullets and high explosive shell, and sent to hospital for ten weeks. Lie rejoined his organi¬ zation September 20, and fought about Blanc Mont; Meuse Argonne offensive October 30 to November 11, 1918. From November 17 to December 13, he marched three hundred forty-two kilometres into Germany, occupying area of Coblenz Bridgehead.

Walter H. Harper, M. D., was commissioned first Lieu¬ tenant in the Medical Corps of the Naval Reserve Force in New York City August 12, 1918, and sent to duty at the Naval Proving Grounds, Indian Head, Maryland, where he started the Medical Hospital and remained in

Junius M. McIntosh entered service as a civilian in the First Officers Training Camp, Fort Oglethorpe, May 15, 1917, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Quartermasters Corps, August 15, 1917. He served at Camp Jackson and Camp Joseph E. Johnson until June 28, 1918. He sailed for France with the American Expe¬ ditionary Forces, July 6, 1918; on duty with them until July 9, 1919. On duty with Motor Truck Company 438, Motor Supply Train 414, Headquarters First Army Corps and Headquarters First Army. On duty in the following sectors and engagements: 1 Yesle Sector, Chateau Thierry Salient, August 11-13; 2 Toul Sector, August 20 to September 12 ; 3 St. Miheil offensive, September 12-16; 4 Verdun Sector, September 26; 5 Meuse Argonne Offensive, September 26 to November 11, 1918. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, May 3, 1919, and Captain on May 6, 1919. He was commanding officer of Motor Truck Company 441, when this organization re¬ turned to the United States on July 5, 1919. He was hon¬ orably discharged July 9, 1919, at Camp Upton, New York.

William Gadsden Gamble, Jr., was the first volunteer from Williamsburg when the call to the Colors was made in 1916 for service on the Mexican Border. He was then eighteen. He served as musician in the Second South Carolina Infantry, doing outpost duty on the Rio Grande River during the fall and winter of 1916. Honorably dis¬ charged as Sergeant Company D, Second South Carolina Infantry, July 16, 1917, and recalled July 25, 1917, being sent to Camp Jackson. From Camp Jackson he was trans¬ ferred to the One Hundred Fifth Ammunition Train at Camp Sevier and later to the Ordnance Corps and made Ordnance Sergeant October 4, 1917. Later he was pro¬ moted to Chief Ordnance Sergeant. He sailed from the United States to France May 26, 1918, and served at the front from August 15 to November 11, 1918, participat¬ ing in St. Mihiel offensive, Meuse Argonne offensive, Woevere offensive, Defense of Toul Sector and of the Woevere. He served in the Army of Occupation from November 11,

J. D. O'Bryan entered second Training School, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., August 1917, and after having served one month was discharged on account of underweight. He was inducted into service April 1918 and sent to Camp Jackson. In Mav 1918 he entered the Fourth Officers Traine/ ing School at Camp Sevier when in July 1918 he was trans¬ ferred to Machine Gun Training School, Camp Hancock, Ga. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Infantry in October 1918 and assigned to Company Twenty-Eight, Fourth Group, Motor Train Detachment, Camp Hancock, Ga. In November of 1918 he was transferred to Company Twenty-Seven, Fourth Group, Motor Train Detachment, and placed in command of Company, remaining there until discharged January 9, 1919. He married Mrs. Marian McCabe and they have two children.

D. W. Register was commissioned a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the Navy in May 1917, served during the World War, and resigned in 1922. He was graduated in 1914 from College of Physicians and Sur¬ geons, Atlanta, in 1914, and settled in Atlanta to practice his profession after his service in the Navy.

McBride McFadden enlisted at Fort Screven, Ga., on April 23, 1918. On May 1, 1918 he was sent to Camp Oglethorpe with the Seventeenth Infantry. He was trans¬ ferred on May 15 to Fort McPherson, Ga. On July 15 of the same year he went to Camp Meade, Maryland, where he was appointed First Sergeant of Company C, Seventy- Second Infantry, about the eighteenth day of July. Soon afterward, he was transferred to Field Artillery Central Officers Training School, Camp Taylor, Kentucky, and commissioned Second Lieutenant of Artillery on October 9 ; was instructor in the Fifty-Fifth Training Battery until November twenty-third, when he went to School of Fire, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he was graduated February 1, 1919. He joined the Second Field Artillery at Camp Taylor and remained there until discharged in August 1919, Second Lieutenant of Battery D.

Clinton A. Clarkson and Julius P. Gamble attended officers training camps and were commissioned as Second Lieutenants of Infantry. They served until the end of the War, when Lieutenant Gamble was honorably discharged from the military service, but Lieutenant Clarkson ac¬ cepted a transfer to the Officers Reserve Corps, United States Army, electing to remain ready on call. Loraine Funk was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry and served during the war.

Leroy Watson Smith was born near Cades April 21, 1895. He entered the military service September 21, 1917, and became a Sergeant of Company F, 118th Infantry, Thirtieth Division. Shortly after his arrival in France, he was placed in charge of Battalion Scouts and was held responsible for their instruction. He developed this group of men into an effective force. He participated in the Ypres-Lys offensive and the Somme offensive, Ypres trench sector, Bellicourt, Montbrehain, Bohain, Branscourt, and St. Martins. Sergeant Smith was awarded by the United States government the Distinguished Ser¬ vice Cross for Valor under Fire, and the British Empire its medal "For Bravery in the Field." General Orders No. 6, paragraph 23, February 8, 1918, American Army in France, thus cites Sergeant Smith : "During the attack at St. Martin's Reviere, 17th October, 1918, this non-com¬ missioned officer, soon after the jump off, collapsed from gas, but realizing that he possessed the only compass and that it would be impossible for his company to advance properly through the smoke and fog without its assistance, struggled along by his company commander, indicating the proper direction with his hands, being unable to speak. He declined to go to the rear, though violently ill at the time, and assisted in organizing those lost in the fog, and later led a patrol to establish liaison with the right flank under heavy machine gun fire. His bravery and devotion to duty was an inspiration to all of his comrades."

There were five men of Williamsburg killed in battle during the World War: Four white - Deems Baylor, October 14, 1918; William P. Camlin, October 17, 1918; David Wilmot Hanna, October 1, 1918; Thomas G. Nor¬ ton, October 8, 1918; and one colored - Walter Paul, Sep¬ tember 29, 1918.

The following white soldiers died of disease during the War: Edwin A. Cribb, July 11, 1918; Isaac E. Davis, November 9, 1918; Dewey H. Douglass, March 29, 1918; Henry Gilliard, October 5, 1918; Joe E. Jordan, Sep¬ tember 22, 1918; Henry L. McCants, October 11, 1918; Herbert J. McCutchen, November 16, 1918; Henry C. Myrick, January 7, 1918; Ashton T. Nelson, October 2, 1918; Thomas T. Pope, October 12, 1918; John H. Scott, November 16, 1918; Daniel E. St. Louis, March 14, 1918; and James A. Thompson, October 6, 1918 ; Henry C. Wil¬ liamson, February 10, 1918; John A. Ross, who died of pneumonia two days after being discharged from the service in 1919.

Nearly all of the unmarried men, white and colored, between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one years, in Williamsburg went into the military service during the summer and fall of 1917. The Local Board sent all doubt¬ ful cases to higher authority and there were practically none excused for industrial reasons. There were some representatives from almost every family in the mili¬ tary service on January 1, 1918. While in the beginning there was no special interest manifest in this County in the World War, there very soon grew that intense patri¬ otic feeling always characteristic of Williamsburg.

The County was organized for the American Red Cross at the very beginning of the War with Dr. D. P. Frier¬ son as County Chairman. Dr. Frierson had the misfor¬ tune to lose his dwelling house and all its contents by fire just about this time and the good people of the County decided that he was entirely justified in resigning. The Reverend G. T. Harmon was elected to succeed him. Mr. Harmon was peculiarly fitted by personality and interest for this work. He served during the War. Mrs. D. C. Scott was vice-chairman; C. W. Boswell, treasurer; Mrs.

P. O. Arrowsmith, secretary. The executive committee was composed of the officers and the following committee chairmen : Mrs. W. G. Gamble, extension ; Mrs. W. W. Holliday, membership; Mrs. L. W. Gilland, publicity; Mrs. W. L. Taylor, junior membership; M. A. Shuler, finance; Mrs. D. C. Scott, woman's work; Mrs. W. E. Brockinton, civilian relief ; Mrs. R. L. Bass, military relief. The standing committees were composed of the respective chairmen above named and the following: Finance, C. 0. Burgess, current expenses, and G. A. McElveen, war fund; extension, W. E. Nesmith, Mrs. G. T. Harmon, Mrs. A. C. Hinds, and Miss Florence Jacobs; publicity, W. F. Tolley, F. E. Bradham, Mrs. J. W. Swittenberg; civil¬ ian relief, J. F. McFadden, Miss Selma Thorne, Thomas McCutchen, W. H. Welch; membership, Miss Mamie Jacobs, chairman, Miss Amanda Edwards, Miss Ossie Epps, Mrs. LeRoy Lee; junior membership, Miss Belle Harper, Miss Martha Jenkinson ; woman's work, Mrs. W. T. Wilkins, purchasing and shipping, Mrs. T. E. Arrowsmith, hospital garments, Mrs. M. F. Heller, knitting, Mrs. W. E. Nesmith, surgical dressings, Mrs. J. B. Steele work room.

The Williamsburg Herald said : "The extension com¬ mittee, working constantly, has organized twelve auxil¬ iaries. Much praise is due to the chairman, Mrs. W. G. Gamble, and to W. E. Nesmith, first lieutenant." Auxil¬ iaries to the Kingstree chapter were organized all over the County. At Lane, R. L. Bass was chairman; Cades, Dr. W. J. Haselden; Bethel, R. C. McElveen; Hebron, J. W. DuBose; Trio, W. T. Rowell; Salters, Reverend J. E. Clark; Mouzon, W. O. Fulton; Sandy Bay, J. N. McKen¬ zie; Concord, Hugh Boyd; Cedar Swamp, J. G. McCul¬ lough; Greelyville, W. M. O'Bryan; Kingstree (colored), Reverend J. Holman; St. Mary's (colored), Sampson Reardon. Other auxiliaries were organized at Goodwill, St. Johns, Bethlehem, Oak Grove, Bethesda and Piney

Grove. All of the individuals on these committees gave loving and loyal service to their work. The chapter, however, passed special resolutions of appreciation for that done by Mesdames P. O. Arrowsmith, W. L. Taylor, and D. C. Scott.

The American Red Cross asked Williamsburg for $6000.00 in its second War Fund campaign. M. F. Heller was appointed chairman of the executive committee for securing this amount, and with him W. H. Carr and C. W. Stoll, and these special officers, Mrs. P. O. Arrowsmith, secretary, F. W. Fairey, cashier, Mrs. L. W. Gilland, publicity, S. J. Deery, speakers, Mrs. T. E. Arrowsmith, captain of women's team, W. R. Scott, captain of men's team, and the following auxiliary team captains; C. A. Heins, Miss Mellie Ferrell, J. N. McKenzie, Mrs. Garfield McKenzie, John Burgess, Mrs. Bishop Burgess, Mrs. Y. G. Arnette, W. M. O'Bryan, Mrs. J. P. Gamble, Willie Cooper, Miss Pet Hanna, Alex Tisdale, Miss Beth McGill, W. D. Bryan, Mrs. B. A. Brown, W. T. Rowell, Miss Gertrude Anderson, W. O. Camlin, Miss Flossie Kellahan, Reverend J. C. Everett, Miss Emmie Ferrell, J. R. Barrow, Mrs. J. R. Barrow, W. M. Bradham, T. W. Boyle, Mrs. E. O. Taylor, W. D. Fulton, Mrs. T. Ful¬ ton, J. B. Wallace, Miss Olive Smith, S. L. Parsons, Miss Helen Hinnant, R. L. Bass, Mrs. W. McClarv, G. W. Cam¬ lin, W. I. Hodges, H. P. Brown, Thomas McCutchen, S. A. Guerry, Mrs. T. M. Cooper, Elmer Rodgers, J. W. Register, and W. J. Smiley.

President Woodrow Wilson set apart by proclamation the week beginning May 20, 1918, as Red Cross week for all the United States. Since May tenth has always been since 1865 "big day" in Kingstree, special authority was obtained from the National Red Cross to begin here on that day. Chairman Heller and his associates prepared a programme for that day that brought a large number of people to Kingstree and $6400.00 was obtained, $400.00 more than had been asked. When the executive committee gathered together that evening, every one was pleased. 0. W. Stoll arose immediately after the $6400.00 had been counted and said: "We have more money than the Red Cross asked us to give, but this campaign begins May 20. Let us work this whole county for funds for the Red Cross." And it was done. Mrs. L. W. Gilland, publicity chairman, kept writing articles for the county newspapers. S. J. Deery, speakers chairman, arranged for community meetings in every church and school house, white and colored, in the County and sent three good "four minute speakers" to each assembly. Among these speakers were M. A. Shuler, G. O. Epps, M. F. Montgomery, A. C. Hinds, J. Y. McGill, E. C. Epps, G. M. Beasley, L. W. Gilland, Hugh McCutchen, W. E. Nesmith, G. A. McElveen, W. E. Snowden, T. Olin Epps, Reverend G. T. Harmon, J. J. M. Graham, W. I). Bryan, F. E. Bradham, R. L. Bass, Reverend W. I. Sinnott, Thomas McCutchen, H. E. Mont¬ gomery, J. Monroe McKenzie, D. E. McCutchen, J. G. McCullough, R. C. McElveen, and Reverend E. A. Mc¬ Dowell. These speakers and the publicity newspaper work done by Mrs. Gilland aroused such beautiful sen¬ timent that having been asigned a quota of six thousand dollars for the Red Cross the people of Williamsburg actually contributed more than thirty-six thousand dol¬ lars. Chairman Heller was given a vote of thanks for his effective work. Among the negroes who were espec¬ ially active in Red Cross work in the County may be men¬ tioned: Mrs. Flora Nesmith, Dr. W. L. Sellers, J. C. James, G. T. Martin, Samuel Fulton, H. P. Pressley, T. J. Pendergrass, Julius Holman, J. A. Salters, and David Frierson. The negroes contributed their full share of the amount donated to the Red Cross in this County and responded promptly whenever called upon for work.

ernment was required among the soldiers' families. The service which the Red Cross rendered in maintaining commucation between the soldiers in Europe and their families in this country was especially good. Thousands of comfortable things were made by the women of Wil¬ liamsburg and sent through the Red Cross to the soldiers in the field. After the close of the War, Reverend E. A. McDowell became chairman of the Red Cross in the County. He was succeeded by S. J. Deerv, who assumed charge about the time that the returned soldiers needed so much help in straightening out their accounts with the Government as well as securing certain benefits coming to them. A great many soldiers realized the results of being gassed and wounded more seriously after they had returned to their homes and begun their work than they had before they began to labor. It was during this time that the Red Cross employed Miss Daisy Yarn, a trained Red Cross worker, as Home Secretary, and for two years the Red Cross rendered very effective service for returned soldiers. Mr. Deery declined re-election in November 1921 and Thomas McCutchen was chosen to succeed him.