Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-21
SOLDIER BOYS

Word was received Saturday night at
Milo that Charles Mclaughlin who has
been attending the stanton Military
Academy at Staunton. Va. is quite i'll and
threatened with typhoid fever in hospi-
tai in that place. His father Cyrus Nc
Laughlin. left for Stanton Monday night
Benjamin Hadley, Jr., who is a member
of the Quartermaster's Department, and
has been stationed at Fort Mckinley at
Portland, is al his home in Bar Har-
Dor for few days vacation. He has
received notice that he is to be trans
ferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and
will leave the latter part of the week for
his new quarters. This makes four Bar
Harbor young men who will be located at
present at Fort oglethorpe. DR.. Ralph ".
Wakefield. Lieut. Philip Wood and Lieut..
William Cleaves.
Sergt. Major Perley Mcintyre, who
has been a member of the Canadian ex
peditionary forces, since the war began,
was the speaker at the Houltoh High
school auditorium Tuesday evening.
Sergt Mcintyre has recently returned
from the blood stained fields of Flanders
where he covered himself with glory and
comes back with honors CONFER ed by roy
atty. Very early in the campaign he
was awarded a Russian decoration for
bravery. A rather amusing incident oc-
CURED in connection with the decoration.
When told he had three days leave to go
to London TO receive the medal he said
that he was too busy to leave Just at that
time. He was afterwards wounded and
while convalescing in a London hospital
he was sent for by the King and went to
Windsor castle. While pinning the medal
the King smiling" said: You were the
man who was too busy to leave France
to be decorated" In addition to this he was
made kings corporal, a very unique honor
and means he cannot be reduced in rank
unless by an order signed personally by
the king. The remarks of Sergt. Mcintyre
were interesting and the audience had
most excellent opportunity to hear about
the great war from the standpoint of
soldier who has been in the thick Of the
fighting
News has been received at Portland that
Lieut. Chester L. Clarke of the United
states Army medical department. who is
now on duty at the battle front. has been
promoted to captain Capt. Clarke, who
is the son of DR.. F. A. Clarke oil Portland
is graduate from Portland High school.
and since he vent overseas he has for
the most OF the time been assigned to
duty with the British forces. He was for
while at a hospital in Aylesbury, Eng
iand. and few weeks ago went to
france, where he has been working close
10 the firing line. Capt Clarke's letters
from England and France have been
among the most interesting stories of
their kind. 1t will be remembered that
since he went to the trenches Capt. Clarke
mad a close call one morning when one
side of the house in which he was eatin.
ms breakfast was blown out by a German
she'll
A cabiegram was sent across the wa
ter this week to Capt. Harold Plum
mer. who is somewhere in France. of
the arrival of a baby girl in his home.
It being the first soldier baby of this
town.-Harrington letter Of Bangor
News.
1t has been rumored around Bath
that Wesley A. Beals. son Of Mrs.
George Beais Of that city. with tho
2Cth Division in France, has been