Group of men who were delegates to Washington, D.C., from the New York Shipbuilding company. Martin Horting, marked in the back row with an x, was from Lancaster. He worked as a blacksmith for the company during World War I and helped to build the U. S. S. Idaho, then the Navy's largest battleship. Photo was taken on the White House lawn and shows Horting with other delegates and government officials. A newspaper article about Horting and the event is taped to the back of the photograph.
Rodney Peaco was a member of Lancaster's Mt. Horeb Lodge when he entered the military in 1914 and served in the Quartermaster Corps. He is shown here, kneeling at far right, with fellow soldiers wearing Masonic aprons over their military uniforms. Peaco served with General Pershing in the 1916 - 1917 search for Mexican outlaw Pancho Villa.
