Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-25
Rejected Men Returned From
Fl. Thomas Sunday
Morning.
LIEUT.. BUTLER IN CHARGE
Much Regret Is Expressed at
the Failure Of Lieut.. But ;
Ter to Pass.


Forty-fve brave Hopkinsville boys,
who left with Company D for Fort
Thomas and have been in camp there
since their departure, arrived back
home at ten O'Clock Sunday morning,
glad to see their parents and friends,
but seriously unhappy because they
were not allowed to fulfill their patri-
otto intentions of accompany the Third
Regiment to the border and were
rejected on account of minor physical
defects.
The boys were plucky, brave lot
of fellows that Hopkinsville may well
be proud Of They looked healthy
and strong enough to make any
Greaser run, but the army regulations
are necessarily stringent and the boys
who returned realized that they were
not turned down because of any fault
of their own. Many of the reflections
came from bad teeth or under weight
Tor height. Some Of the men who
were rejected will try TO get them
selves up to the standard and re-
enlist.
Lieut.. Riley Butler was in charge
of the special car that brought the
soldiers back. Lieut.. Butler was re-
Ijected because he was under weight.
He is considered one OF the best
soldiers in the regiment. He will in
crease his weight and try to get up to
the required standard before the reg
liment entrains for the border. He
has the opportunity of joining an en-
cheering or artillery force should
these be added to the Kentucky Bri-
lgade.
| Every effort was made to retain
Lieut.. Butler. The officers of the
regiment and brigade made strong
solicitation to the War Department
and failed only because so many 9TH
er officers, who were rejected, were
also striving TO retain their places in
the service. 1t is believed that Lieut..
Butler will be given regimental
commission Immediately, should he
be able to increase his weight enough
to permit his re-enlistment. His place
: will be filled by a member of the
company. First Sergeant Cecil Arm
strong is in line for the place by or.
. der of succession and it is understood
that he will be the company's choice.
!; Lieut.. Butler comes of fighting
stock, the noted Butler family that
through its different branches gave a
General to each side in the Civil War.
His ancestors come to Kentucky from
the Carolinas and he is closely relat,
ed to Gen. M. c. Butler, of South
Carolina, whose son, Col. M. C. But
Ter, was murdered at Alpine, Texas,
. last week. Lieut.. Butler was born
Mar. 2, 1867, in Hopkins county, KY,
| and attended military schools for SIX
, years and has for the last ten years
= been in the State Guards. For ls
| months during the night rider trouble
| he was on active duty as scout.
Lieut. Butler is in excellent physical
condition, an accepted risk Of several
; old line insurance companies, and
his light weight is the only obstacle
, to bis acceptance. He is an accom-
plished soldier, an expert marksman
, and highly intelligent officer. He
is a graduate engineer and would be
useful in many ways in the event OF
war.
The following company d men who
were rejected returned:
Riley B. Butler, second lieutenant.
VIII w. Johnson, cook.
Ray Boyd, articifer.
Kenneth West, musician. ;
Privates: Benny L. Adcock, Ernest
j. Alder, Richard Beard, James E.
: Biven, Gaines Boyd, Lyman Billiard,
} Herbert Crabtree, Clarence Croft
Corbett Denton, Charley Dulin, Peter
, Fox, Harrison N. Fuller, Guy Graves,
IOtho Gresham, Charley Hale, Richard