Background
SAVILLE, Mathew Edward was born on May 13, 1869 in Missouri, United States. Son of Dr. Mathew and Emily (O’Neill) Saville.
SAVILLE, Mathew Edward was born on May 13, 1869 in Missouri, United States. Son of Dr. Mathew and Emily (O’Neill) Saville.
High School; United States Military Academy. Technical School, Longres, France.
Commissioned Second Lieutenant, United States Army. Promoted through the grades to Colonel. In charge of antiseditious activities in Northwest.
Served in St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Defensive Sector, Ypres-Lys-Scheldt, Siberia. Organizer and Chief of Motor Transport Embarkation Center, American Expeditionary Forces, also of Philippines and Orient. Collaborator in Historical, of Motor Transport in and before the war.
Distinguished for traffic handling without accidents.
Member: 32° Masons; Military Society. Military Order of Foreign Wars. Society of Santiago; 91 Division.
Association; Spanish War Veterans. Chamber of Commerce. Clubs: Rotary, Union League, Army and Navy.
Spouse Cora E. Gordon, 1896, Missouri.