Served as Army Y. M. C. A. Secretary from June 8, 1917, until Aug. 7, 1917, at Birmingham, Ala., and then at Camp Sheridan until enlisted in U. S. Navy Reserve Forces May 28, 1918. Served as second-class seaman, then sent to Charleston Navy Yard and was then detailed to hospital duty and then served as an assistant physical officer until discharged from actual duty Aug. 7, 1919, now Physical Director Concord, N.C., Y. M. C. A.