- 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
edit- 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)
- Template "Captain Peaslee in France With U.S. Forces". Morning Union. Grass Valley and Nevada City, California. July 14, 1918. p. 2 (col. 2, top). Retrieved July 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 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
- Template 2 "Scouring the Country in Search for Two Negros Who Murdered Farmer and Son". Paris Morning News. Vol. 51, no. 304. North Texas Publishing Company. July 3, 1920. p. front page (top right). OCLC 14201756. Retrieved July 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
- 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.
- April 29, 1918, to June 6, 1918: Private, 11th Company, 3rd Battalion, 165th Depot Brigade (Camp Travis – a World War I training camp that existed in San Antonio from 1917 to 1924)
- June 6, 1918, to July 14, 1919: Company A, 537th 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.
- 537th
- Company A: Personnel No: 224?
- Company B
- Company C
- Company D
- Headquarters
Notes
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- 537 Engineers
- Company A (all black, Texans)
- Company D (all black, Texans)
- "Lists of Incoming Passengers, 1917–1938" (searching: "Herman Arthur") (textual records, 360 Boxes. National Archives Index "NAI:" 6234465). Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. National Archives at College Park. Lists of Outgoing Passengers, 1917–1938. Textual records. 255 Boxes. NAI: 6234477. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. National Archives at College Park. (accessible via Ancestry.com, Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910–1939 [online]. Lehi, Utah)
- "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917–1940" (database), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCG-PRH6 : 17 October 2019), Herman (aka Hermon) Arthur, June 14, 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
- Affiliate Publication Number: 76193916
- Affiliate Publication Title: Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917–1940
- Affiliate Film Number: 7A
- Digital Folder Number: 105102689
- Image Number: 04335
- Record Number: 0
- "Texas, World War I Records, 1917–1920" (database with images), FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-8L51 : 13 March 2018), Herman Arther [sic], April 29, 1918; citing Military Service, Mount Pleasant, Texas, Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin. OCLC 946607820
- Digital Folder Number: 005420699
- Image Number: 01078
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- Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers United States Army. Vol. 1 (of 3). U.S. War Department, Document 943, Office of the Chief of Engineers (Major General William Murray Black). 1919. p. 41. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Part 1, by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers