Two small groups of “Irish” struck my fancy—one with Scandinavian names like Drivdahl, Malmquist, and Larsen; and a few of the Vans; Van Pelt, Vanderdonck, Van Wye and Van Benschoten.
One way of estimating the character of the regiment would be to examine the lists of the dead, to find what names preponderate in them. In those lists we find seven men named Kelly; five McCarthy; four O’Neill, O’Brien, and Brennan; three Baker, Brown, Campbell, Cook, Cronin, Daly, Kane, Lynch, McDonald, McKeon, McLoughlin, Martin, Murphy, O’Connor, O’Rourke, Scanlan, Smith, Sullivan and Wynne; two Adkins, Allen, Ames, Boyle, Byrnes, Collins, Coneys, Connelly, Conway, Curtin, Dolan, Dunnigan, Donovan, Dougherty, Farrell, Fitzpatrick, Ford, Gavin, Geary, Gordon, Gray, Gunnell, Hamilton, Hart, Higgins, Johnson, Lane, Leonard McMillan, McKay, McKenna, McSherry, Mahoney, Minogue, Mitchell, Morrissey, Naughton, Peterson, Philips, Quinn, Reilly, Riordon, Robinson, Rooney, Ryan, Scott, Slattery, Thomson, Williams and Walsh.
OFFICERS OF THE NEW YORK CHAPTER RAINBOW DIVISION VETERANS
President, William J. Donovan.
1st Vice Pres., George J. Lawrence,
2nd Vice Pres., T. W. Ferguson,
3rd Vice Pres., John Farrell,
Secretary, Daniel B. J. O’Connell,
Treasurer, Timothy J. Moynahan,
Financial Secretary, John McNamara,
Historian, Francis P. Duffy,
Chaplain, James M. Hanley.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 165TH INFANTRY
| Morgan J. O’Brien, Chairman, | (former Presiding Justice of the appellate division.) |
| Daniel M. Brady, Vice Chairman, | (President of Brady Brass Co.) |
| John Whelan, Treasurer, | (former Corporation Counsel) |
| Joseph P. Grace, | (President W. R. Grace & Co.) |
| Victor J. Dowling, | (Supreme Court Justice) |
| John D. Ryan, | (Chairman Anaconda Copper Co.) |
| James A. Farrell, | (President U. S. Steel Corp.) |
| Thomas E. Murray, | (1st V.P. New York Edison Co.) |
| James A. McKenna, | (Public Accountant) |
| George McDonald, | (Contractor) |
| Major Thomas T. Reilley, | (165th Inf.) |
| Nicholas F. Brady, | (Chairman Brooklyn Rapid Tr. Co.) |
| Clarence H. Mackay, | (Pres. Postal Telegraph Co.) |
| John J. O’Keefe, | (H. L. Horton & Co.) |
| Louis D. Conley, | (former Col. old 69th) |
| Bryan L. Kennelly, | (Real Estate Operator) |
WOMEN’S AUXILIARY TO 165TH INFANTRY
U. S. A. Inc.
| President. | Mrs. George R. Leslie |
| Vice Pres. | Miss Catherine A. Archer |
| Rec. Sec. | Miss Elizabeth M. Hughes |
| Cor. Sec. | Miss Louise Reilley |
| Fin. Sec. | Miss Margaret Casey |
| Treas. | Miss Nora A. Thynne |
| Trustees | Mrs. Theresa Hughes |
| Mrs. William J. Grady | |
| Miss May A. O’Neill | |
| Miss Mary Duffy | |
| Mrs. V. Merle-Smith |
