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Title: The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Bicknell, Thomas Williams, 1834-1925. cn
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Publisher: New York, The American Historical Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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d States May 5, 1919, andwas discharged from the service at Camp Upton, LongIsland, May 12, 1919. Colonel Buxton was three timescited for gallantry and distinguished service during histour of duty on the western front, his personal dis-tinctions forming a part of the splendid record of theiregiment and division with which he had been identi-ified since August, 1917. There can be no greater re-ward of service than to see the forces one has helped!shape from an awkward, uncertain crowd, into well Idisciplined and trained troops, justify under fire thehopes and faith of its officers; and no outfit inFrance, regular army or national guard, performed ;its appointed task more successfully than the Three!Hundred and Twenty-eighth Infantry. Colonel Bux-;ton is the author and editor of the Official Historyof S^nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces(Bobbs-Merrill Company, publishers). Colonel Buxton has worked diligently in the Ameri-can Legion since his return to civilian life, having been
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^^.^^f^-.^ BIOGRAPHICAL 447 one of the incorporators, national committeeman forRhode Island, and the first chairman of ProvidencePost of the American I-egion. He believes firmly inits principles and its aims and has contributed largelyto its success and permanence. Colonel Buxton belongs to the Masonic order, andis a member of Harmony Lodge, No. g, Free and Ac-cepted Masons, and Providence Chapter, No. I, RoyalArch Masons. His clubs are the Hope, Agawam Hunt,Art, Turks Head, and Pen and Pencil. He is a direc-tor of the District Nursing Association, and has beenprominent in Boy Scout work, aiding Colonel CharlesS. Mulhearn in the organization of the Boy Scouts ofRhode Island. His civic activity is along progressivelines, and although he is in no way a radical, he findsit easy to leave the beaten track to meet new needsand emergencies. He has a wide acquaintance in hisState among its people in all walks of life, his demo-cratic friendliness also contributing to his large fol-lowing. In

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