M.C. Baucom of Raleigh Attended Monroe Armistice Day Celebration, Nov. 11, 1920

Mr. M.C. Baucom of Raleigh, who was in Monroe yesterday attending the armistice day celebration, has had a varied war experience. While in the 15th U.S. infantry between the years 1898 and 1902, Mr. Baucom served in Cuba, foungt in the Philippine insurrection, and was a member of the China relief expedition. Following the declaration of war in 1917, he entered the second officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, and received a commission in the fighting branch of the service. He was wounded in the Toul sector in October, 1918. (From the Monroe Journal, Nov. 12, 1920)