* * * * Transcriber’s Note: The 1919 edition of the Freeport High School yearbook, the Polaris, was dedicated to Freeport High School alumni who served in World War I. Short descriptions of the veterans’ war service were provided. Many of these veterans were also listed in the Honor Roll of the Great War (for) Stephenson County, Illinois, 1917 – 1919, which I have transcribed elsewhere on this website. Because the Honor Roll gives more complete descriptions of their service, we have provided links to it from this page. The 1919 Polaris uses acronyms which are no longer familiar to most people. Here are their meanings: A. E. F. means American Expeditionary Force C. A. C. means Coastal Artillery Corps. D. S. C. means Distinguished Service Cross. F. A. R. D. means Field Artillery Replacement Depot H. A. means Hospital Apprentice H. F. A. means Heavy Field Artillery L. F. A. means Light Field Artillery O. T. C. means Officers Training Corps Q. M. C. means Quartermaster Corps. S. A. C. O. T. S. means Student Army Corps Officer Training School S. A. T. C. means Student Army Training Corps U. S. N. R. F. means United States Naval Reserve Force * * * *

Ensign Max Antrim, Class of 1913. U.S. Merchant Marine Atlantic Service Honor Roll Frederick Ardern, Class of 1914. Machine Gun Gattalion, “Over Seas.” Honor Roll Ralph Aspinwall, Class of 1916. S. A. T. C., Beloit. Discharged. Honor Roll Milo Atkins, Class of 1914. U. S. Army, Private. Clerical Work Honor Roll Serg. William Barnds, Class of 1914. France Honor Roll Lieut. John Barrett, Class of 1912. Quartermaster’s Dept. Camp Johnston, Jacksonville, Florida. Discharged. Honor Roll Ensign Charles E. Beck, Class of 1911. Naval Officers’ Training Camp. Enlisted April 1918. Honor Roll Morris Beddoes, Class of 1917. S. A. T. C. Now enlisted in the Navy. Honor Roll Fred T. Best, Class of 1912. May 1918 ----, Signal Corps, Camp Shelby, Miss. Gen’l Headquarters A. E. F. Cheaumont. “Overseas.” Transcriber’s Note: The original text names him Fred F. Best, but he signed his WWI Draft Registration Card Fred T. Best, and he is Fred T. Best in the Honor Roll of the Great War. Honor Roll Louis Beuscher, Class of 1918. S. A. T. C. Serg. Henry Biersach, Class of 1912. April 1918 ----, General Hospital No. 1, New York. Rockefeller Institute, Yale University, Base Hospital, Camp Pike, Ark. Honor Roll Herbert Biersach, Class of 1917. S. A. T. C. Beloit. Died of Influenza. Honor Roll Jerald Bigelow, Class of 1915. Sergeant, Camp Merritt, New Jersey. Discharged. Honor Roll Raymond, Billerbeck, Class of 1917. S. A. T. C. University of Illinois. Honor Roll Donald Billig, Class of 1917. S. A. T. C. Beloit. Discharged. Honor Roll Ray Bolender, Class of 1916. U. S. Aviator Station, Paneelas, France. Honor Roll Sergt. Henry J. Brau, Class of 1914. May 1918 – March 1919. Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Florida, Camp Henry Knox. Appointed Q. M. C. Detachment. Discharged March 21, 1919. Honor Roll Raymond L. Britt, Class of 1913. June 1917 – December 1918. U. S. Navy – Hospital Corps, Naval Aviation, Chief Quartermaster. Honor Roll Ed. Brockhausen, Class of 1911. June 1918 ----- 306 Ammo Train, 81st Division “Wildcats” Camp Jackson, S. Carolina. France. Honor Roll Clark Brubaker, Class of 1916. Ordinance Department, Camp Hancock. Discharged. Honor Roll Lynn Buchta, Class of 1918. S. A. T. C., Carthage. Honor Roll Edward Burwell, Class of 1917. S. A. T. C. Northwestern University. Honor Roll Charles Malcolm Byerly, Class of 1913. March 1917 – December 1, 1918. 2nd Batt., 4th Co. Infantry Officer’s Training School. Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. Honor Roll Lieut. Frederick Byerly, Class of 1908. Aviation Instructor, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. Discharged. Honor Roll