[5] He saw combat at "Chalons-Sur-Marne, Veale, Chateau-Thierry, St Mihiel, the Argonne, and Sedan with a headquarters company, and with the 149th Field Artillery.

"[5] Milton and his father before him were known as reformers who played important roles "in Chattanooga civic work and politics" and generally opposed the mayoralty of Ed Bass.

[7] Milton was a vociferous supporter of the New Deal generally,[3] and a major advocate for the Tennessee Valley Authority infrastructure projects in particular.

[4] W. E. B. DuBois wrote a letter praising his work on lynchings in the south in the 1930s (Milton had written the introduction to the commission's report).

[3] Milton opposed a federal anti-lynching law, instead advocating for drastic social and legal reforms by individual Southern states.