[161-67] DANIEL WEBSTER ANDERS, b June 10, 1877; s Nathaniel H. and Regina G. (Schultz) Anders [161-29]; m Apr. 16, 1906, ALICE AMELIA NAGLE, b Sept. 12, 1882; dau John 8. B. Nagle. Contracting Engineer, with Johns-Manville Co., Phila. (1920.) Novisswe. Res., 245 E. Johnson St., Germantown, Phila., Pa.
D. Webster Anders enlisted in the U. S. A. during the World War, and was commissioned Captain (E.O. R. C.). On September 1, 1917, he was ordered into active service, and was assigned commander of Company D, 502nd Engineers on October 1, 1917. With his company he left for overseas on Nov. 12, 1917, and upon arrival in France the Company was attached to the 17th Engineers, A. E. F. While in France Major Anders served as mayor of a French town.
Capt. Anders served in various capacities and localities—France, Italy, England, and Northern Africa being among the countries where he was stationed. On August 5, 1918, Capt. Anders was promoted to Major and was assigned to duty as Base Ordnance Officer in France. He returned to the United States on June 5, 1919, and was appointed Commanding Officer of the Nitro General Ordnance Depotat Nitre, W.Va. Major Anders was honorably discharged at Camp Dix, October 19, 1919, just prior to his promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel, Ordnance Dept., U.S. A.
Parents’ family: [161-29] Nathaniel H. Anders and Regina Gerhard Schultz