Fordyce Barker Coe

Fordyce Coe completed the first Citizen's Training Camp at Plattsburg, NY. He served with the Company M 1st Kansas Infantry U.N.G. on the Mexican border at Eagle Pass and at San Antonio, TX. He was promoted to Corporal. During his service he was transferred to Company M 137th Infantry, 35th Division, 69th Brigade at Camp Domphan, Fort Sill, OK where he attended NCO school for the brigade in bombing and bayonet attack. He also attended the Divisional Training School for Officers and was returned to his former company. Fordyce also served with the 35th Division Casual Detachment on Telegraph Instructions from AGO, and at Camp Mills, MIneola, NY as a clerk and Supply Sergeant with the Casual Detachment. He ultimately accepted a commission as 2nd Lieutenant QMCNA (Quarter Master Corps National Army) an assigned to Troop Movement, office of Headquarters P. of S. Newport News, VA. Fordyce assisted in the handling of outgoing and incoming troops.