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 * Brown, Howard (born 1892) – Fort Worth	115 W. Linda St	22 May 1892	Weatherford TX	Pvt, Co. A, 537th Engineers	20 Apr 1918	14 Jul 1918	5 Jul 1919	14 Jul 1919					537	A
 * Ellison, John	(born 1888) – Fort Worth 411 E. Elm St	4 Jul 1888	Lockhart TX	Pvt, Co. A, 537th Engineers	30 Apr 1918	15 Jul 1918	5 Jul 1919	14 Jul 1919					537	A
 * Mosely, Reeder (born 1888) – Fort Worth	415 Arizona St	6 Aug 1888	Palestine TX	PFC, Co. A, 537th Engineers	29 Apr 1918	14 Jul 1918	5 Jul 1919	15 Jul 1919					537	A
 * Phillips, Nathaniel P. (born 1889) – Fort Worth	410 Bradner St	16 May 1889	Muskogee OK	Cpl, Co. A, 537th Engineers	29 Apr 1918	10 Jul 1918	5 Jul 1919	16 Jul 1919					537	A
 * Wattley, Cornelius (1892–1972) – Fort Worth	77 Refugio St	29 Jan 1892	Kerns TX	Pvt, Co. A, 537th Engineers	27 Apr 1918	15 Jul 1918	5 Jul 1919	14 Jul 1919				died 18 Oct 1972; buried Dallas TX	537	A

Members of Company A

 * Capt. Peaslee
 * "Captain Peaslee in France With U.S. Forces." Morning Union (Grass Valley and Nevada City, California). July 14, 1918, p. 2, col. 2 (top) (accessible via Newspapers.com; subscription required)


 * LCCN sn93053278




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 * Template  (LCCN sn93053278)


 * Scouring the Country in Search for Two Negros Who Murdered Farmer and Son, Paris Morning News, Vol. 51, No. 304, July 3, 1920, front page
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 * Template 2


 * Note: Around April 1920, The Paris Morning News was sold by Sayers James Boyd (1879–1934) to the North Texas Publishing Company, whose principal shareholders were Paris business people. Harry Thomas Warner (1870–1925), former managing editor of the Houston Post, became editor.


 * "Paris News Sold"


 * Editor & Publisher, Vol. 52, No. 45, April 10, 1920, Part 2, p. 36, col. 2 (of 4)


 * Company A was initially commanded by Captain Willis Dhu Aine Peaslee (1887–1960), who in 1910 graduated from Stanford with a bachelor of electrical engineering. Before the War, Capt. Peaslee had been teaching electrical engineering at Oregon State University. In 1957, Peaslee became president of the now defunct Valparaiso Technical Institute.


 * 1) April 29, 1918, to June 6, 1918: Private, 11$th$ Company, 3$rd$ Battalion, 165$th$ Depot Brigade (Camp Travis – a World War I training camp that existed in San Antonio from 1917 to 1924)
 * 2) June 6, 1918, to July 14, 1919: Company A, 537$th$ Engineers Service Battalion. The entire Battalion was composed of about 1,008 African American men. Company A was composed mostly of Texans and some Louisianians. Arthur returned to the U.S. aboard the USS Mount Vernon, departing Brest, France, June 28, 1919, arriving in Hoboken, New Jersey, July 5, 1919. Private Arthur was honorably discharged July 14, 1919, on demobilization.


 * 537$th$
 * Company A: Personnel No: 224?
 * Company B
 * Company C
 * Company D
 * Headquarters