American Pageants In 1918

Two flag draped caskets rested in Lincoln Park containing Eugene Binger and Fred E. Painter’s bodies. Theirs was the first public tribute to those who had died in the war. The other bodies of men who gave their lives had been returned, but their funerals keep private because of the quarantine imposed during the influenza outbreak. A funeral procession left Lincoln Park and disbanded at Eighth and Pine. Included in the procession were the municipal band, colors and guard, military escort, firing squad and bugler, police and fire departments, clergy, city council, patriotic organization, caisson and pallbearers, mourners and members of deceased soldiers’ families. Painter (12/27/1890-9/12/1918) was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Glendora, following the cemetery. Albert David Schnapp (1/14/1892-10/11/1918) enlisted in the Coast Artillery Corps at Camp Dodge (Iowa) on April 6, 1917, and trained at Fort McArthur in San Pedro. In June 1918 he was sent overseas as private, first class, with Battery C, 2nd Anti-aircraft Battalion, C.A.C. He saw action at Fort de Stains, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. He was killed in action at Vigneulles,

A. Wattelet (1885 10/31/ 1918) who volunteered the day after America entered the war, suffered from shell shock following the Battle of the Argonne. After three weeks hospital treatment he insisted he be returned to join “his boys,” who, he kept saying, should not be left “without a leader.” He was returned to his company, the 364th Infantry, and three days later was killed in action. Wattelet had owned the Victoria, British Columbia, baseball club in the Northwester league and was a well-known athlete in Southern California. A member of his family had been represented in the French army since the days of Napoleon. Because of his knowledge of French he was sent overseas early in the war. Wattelet’s wife and 4-year-old son, Roswell came to Long Beach from Seattle, Washington, in August 1918 to be near his