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 | Application file for WA State WW I Veterans Compensation Fund: Hector Cato Peabody 1921
Washington State passed the Veterans Equalized Compensation Act 2 Nov, 1920. The Act offered to US citizens who were verified residents of the state of Washington, $15.00 for every month or major fraction thereof of active duty service in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States in World War I, performed subsequent to April 6, 1917, and prior to November 11, 1919. Hector applied for compensation in Sep 1921. His application provides detail on his parentage, marital status, occupation in 1921, and history of service:
Born 17 Apr 1887, Fort Kalamath, to Carlton A. Peabody, deceased and Edith G. Wood (surname following 2nd marriage to John B. Wood.)
Residence in 1921: Box 81, Winslow, WA
Occupation: machinist, though unemployed at time of application
Married at enlistment to Vivian Peabody
Military service: U Navy Reserve, Aviation
Date of enrollment: 15 Jul 1918, San Francisco, CA
Military Service No: 1524900
Reported for duty: 22 Jul 1918, US Naval Air Station, San Diego, CA
Released from active duty: 21 Feb 1919,
Rank at reporting: M. M. 2 C. (machinist 2nd class); rank at discharge: same
Compensation to be mailed to Vivian Peabody, Box 81, Winslow, WA
Fred Grow signed affidavit attesting to the accuracy of Hector's application
That Hector enlisted in Evanston Illinois and was living in Oakland, CA when enrolled raised question over whether he was in fact a Washington resident during his time of active duty service (see page 6). To address this concern the file contains an affidavit from Hector explaining the timeline and two certificates of Washington State residency. In his affidavit Hector states he "enlisted in the Naval Reserve forces, Aviation, at San Francisco, California, on July, 1918, he at that time having gone to San Francisco from Evanston, Illinois, where he had gone for the purpose of getting married, That at the time of registering for the draft he was in Evanston, Illinois, and therefore registered at that city. That after his marriage he went to San Francisco for a vacation trip, and joined the Navy at that city. That since he was eight months old he has lived practically continuously in Winslow, Kitsap County, Washington and that Winslow, Washington is his bonafide residence, and has been for nearly thirty years." ...Which is a lot of BS. Hector married Vivian De Vere Williams in Lake Co., IN in 1915 not 1917. He and Vivian stayed in the Midwest through at least Mar 1918, having two daughters, Vivian, born and died after three days in Jan 1917 in Evanston, IL, and June, born in Mar 1918 in Cleveland, OH. The Compensation Fund bought the lie. The file includes a record awarding Hector $105 for seven months active duty service. |
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