Title: Wisconsin. Department of Veterans Affairs. Bureau of Administrative Services: World War I Military Service and Bonus Summary
Inclusive Dates: 1914-1920

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Department of Veterans Affairs. Bureau of Administrative Services.

Call Number: Series 2200

Quantity: 88 reels of microfilm (16 mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Series of cards compiled and used by the Wisconsin Adjutant General's Office between 1914 and 1920 for verification of military service, needed to administer the cash and educational bonus during the early 1920s. The records were later used to verify military service, as part of counseling regarding federal benefits, medical assistance, and educational and vocational opportunities. In 1965, the records were transferred to the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. The records provide summary information of Wisconsin residents' military service in the U.S. Army, Navy and Marines between 1914 and 1920.

Language: English

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In response to widespread agitation for a bonus to returned soldiers at the close of the First World War, the Wisconsin state legislature enacted two soldiers' bonus surtax laws. The first of these laws, passed in 1919, provided for the payment of a cash bonus to every resident of Wisconsin who served in the war as a soldier, sailor, marine or nurse, at a rate of ten dollars per month from the date of enlistment to the date of discharge.

At a special session held in June, 1920, the legislature provided for a soldier's educational bonus in the amount of $30 a month for each soldier attending an institution of higher learning upon their return from the war.

The state bonus was funded by a tax of 3 mills on the dollar and an income tax, sufficient to raise an aggregate sum of approximately fifteen million dollars. Distribution of cash bonuses to Wisconsin's veterans, or their beneficiaries, began in March, 1920.

The series is arranged by branch of service, thereunder alphabetical by surname. Army Nurses are in a separate A-Z sequence following other Army individuals.

Army (Including Army Nurses and the appropriate Wisconsin National Guard units)

This subseries contains bonus cards, and for some individuals records of discharge, distinguished bravery, and military death.

Bonus cards include name, serial number, race, residence, date and location of induction, place of birth, age, organizations served in, assignments and transfers, grades/ranks with dates of appointment, engagements, wounds and/or injuries received in action, period of service overseas, date of discharge, remarks, degree of disability, and the bonus paid to the veteran by the state.

Discharge cards include name, serial number, age, eyes, hair, complexion, height, date and place of birth, organization, occupation, marital status, address, date and location of both enlistment and discharge, reason for discharge, and promotions.

Records for distinguished service and death include name, race, residence, date of birth, promotions, appointments, organizations and assignments, training camp, principal station, engagements, dates of service overseas, date and location of death, burial site, person notified of death, that individual's address, and remarks.

Navy

Navy records in this subseries contain discharge cards only. The amount of the individual's bonus is not recorded. Navy discharge records include name, service number, location and date of enrollment, age at entrance, rate at entrance, home address, dates and location of service, rates of service, number of days in service, remarks, and date and rating at discharge.

Marine Corps

Marine Corps records in this subseries contain discharge cards only. The amount of the individual's bonus in not recorded. Discharge records for the Marine Corps include name, residence, date and location of enlistment, birthdate, birthplace, assignmnets, transfers, engagements, wounds and injuries received in action, dates of service overseas, date of discharge, comments on character at discharge, and remarks.

Series 2200	Series: Army
Reel   1	Aaberg, Ellsworth J. - Anderson, A. E.
Reel   2	Anderson, A. J. - Arndt, E. H.
Reel   3	Arndt, Elmer D. - Banks. Robert L.
Reel   4	Banks, William D. - Becher, Frank M.
Reel   5	Becher, Jacob - Berger, Elmer
Reel   6	Berger, Ernest - Bleasdale, Victor F.
Reel   7	Blech, Armin - Borton, Fred
Reel   8	Bortz - Breivogal
Reel   9	Brekke, Arthur - Buch, Reinhard
Reel   10	Buch, William J. - Byrne, Edward E.
Reel   11	Byrne, Frank - Cattin, Marcel
Reel   12	Cattid, Isidore R. - Clark, William E.
Reel   13	Clark, William F. - Corr, William
Reel   14	Corrado, Theodore - Dale, Norval C.
Reel   15	Czarneck, Frank - Dekoski, Frank
Reel   16	Dekoski, John F. - Dodge, Victor V.
Reel   17	Dodge, William F. - Dumas, Hallie
Reel   18	Dumas, Joseph G. - Ellis, Clyde
Reel   19	Ellis, Clyde C. - Falde, Adolph
Reel   20	Falde, Henry - Fisher, Gerald W.
Reel   21	Fisher, Gilbert - Frazier, Robert
Reel   22	Frazier, Robert L. - Gardner, Jessie W.
Reel   23	Gardner, John E. - Gilbert, William J.
Reel   24	Gilberts, Arnold - Grabher, Ernest
Reel   25	Grabhorn, Frank H. - Grunes, James W.
Reel   26	Grunewald, Albert - Haller, Hugo W.
Reel   27	Haller, Jesse A. - Harmon, Westley G.
Reel   28	Harmon, William R. - Hegge, Lewis
Reel   29	Hegge, Orlando - Heuer, Fred
Reel   30	Heuer, Fred E. - Hodlen, Einar
Reel   31	Holden, Eugene D. - Huebner, Clarence D.
Reel   32	Huebner, Edward - Jaeger, John J.
Reel   33	Jaeger, Michael M. - Johnson, Alfred H.
Reel   34	Johnson, Alfred J. - Jones, John P.
Reel   35	Jones, John R. - Kaster, Bernard C.
Reel   36	Kaster, Clement - Kiley, John Felix
Reel   37	Kiley, Leo Henry - Knedle, Steve J.
Reel   38	Kneebone, Wm. - Koriner, Joseph V.
Reel   39	Koringer, Frank - Krocyak, Walter
Reel   40	Kroeck, John P. - Kuzba, Leo
Reel   41	Kuzel, Frank John - Larson, Archie C.
Reel   42	Larson, Arthur - Leis, Edward J.
Reel   43	Leisch, Anton - Linsley. Wade J.
Reel   44	Linsmeyer, George - Lund, Axel
Reel   45	Lund, Axel - McIntyre, William James
Reel   46	McIver, Frazier D. - Malone, William J.
Reel   47	Maloney, Arthur A. - Masters, Willaim C.
Reel   48	Masterson, George Howard - Metzke, Robert
Reel   49	Metzkun, David J. - Miner, Grant L.
Reel   50	Miner, Hiram J. - Mortenson, Aage A.
Reel   51	Mortenson, Eric - Nazzel, James
Reel   52	Neacy, Clarence B. - Nickel, Leopold
Reel   53	Nickel, Paul - Odegaard, George L.
Reel   54	Odegaard, Herman - Oriaski, Frank O.
Reel   55	Orlikoske, Ben - Paul, James J.
Reel   56	Paul, Joe - Peterson, Eugene
Reel   57	Peterson, Evald L. - Player, Howard W.
Reel   58	Playman, Harold L. - Proost, John R.
Reel   59	Proost, William C. - Raue, E. Frederick
Reel   60	Raue, Herman Ct. - Richards, Ora
Reel   61	Richards, Paul - Rohde, Walter F.
Reel   62	Rohde, William - Rutkowskie, Bennie
Reel   63	Rutkowski, Bernard F. - Schalk, Gustav F.
Reel   64	Schalk, Walter John V. - Schneider, Fred
Reel   65	Schneider, Fred Chase - Schumann, Leonard A.W.
Reel   66	Schumann, Max - Sharafinski, Joseph S.
Reel   67	Sharapata, Peter J. - Skalmoski, Frank
Reel   68	Skalski, Peter Paul - Solberg, Victor
Reel   69	Sol Braa, Burney A. - Staszak, John
Reel   70	Staszak, Joseph - Stover, Leo
Reel   71	Stovren, Carl - Switzer, Stanley
Reel   72	Swoboda, Adolph J. - Thompson, Alvin
Reel   73	Thompson, Alvin E. - Treiber, Arthur P.
Reel   74	Treiber, Emil F. - Van Holde, Leonard
Reel   75	Van Holten, E. - Wagner, William O.
Reel   76	Wagner, William R. - Webster, Edward Arthur
Reel   77	Webster, Edward H. - Weys, John Arthur
Reel   78	Whalen, Edmand Leo - Wilson, James S.
Reel   79	Wilson, James Walter - Wotnosky, Edward
Reel   80	Wotoszym, Mike - Ziemer, Albert A.
Reel   81	Ziemer, Arthur G. - Zymny, Joseph
	Series: Nurses	⇧
Reel   81	Ahlstrom, Alma J. - Zwieg, Ella E.
	Series: Marine Corps	⇧
Reel   82	Ableman, Burr W. - Zischke, Herman A.
	Series: Navy	⇧
Reel   83	Aaberg, Casper G. - Dickie, Lester L.
Reel   84	Dickman, Walter A. - Hoeffel, Kenneth M.
Reel   85	Hoeffs, Louis E. - Mahoney, Denver C.
Reel   86	Mahoney, Frank J. - Raue, Alfred E.
Reel   87	Raue, Eugene F. - Tufts, Charles G.
Reel   88	Tufts, William B. - Zyniecki, Joseph I.