The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1917-03-23
QUIZ SOLDIER BOYS.

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% fscfsss Of cur fk5ss are expecting a
Christmas visit home that the lucky
mothers and. fathers are arrang
ing festivities for the big Christmas
dinper and are preparing to kill-the
proyerbial fatted calf instead OF pack
ing the gift box from home. MI.
and Mrs. W. R. Webster are expect
ing their SON. Private Dan Webster,
396 Trench Mortar. Camp Jackson,
Columbia. and from the same camp
will come Privates Joel Brevard.
Howard Tanner and Jimmie Hester.
We all hope to see Private Joe Tenn
pie. Of Camp Sewer. where the meas
les have been raging, and trust that
one OF Private Joe's long steps have
not taken him over the quaratine
line, or dead line" as IL is called
there. so that he will have to remain
in quarantine all the holidays. Frank
Harpole. in the quartermasters corps
at the same camp. is expected home
u} MS aunt, AAfo. <AlOc AAdt yOhSs
Harry Duncan, OF the New Hamp-
shire. and Jimmie Faircloth. OF the
Naval Training School, Michigan,
may roll in any minute and when
they do come 1t viii be rolling, as
they have been walking on decks so
long. The Harris twins will find a
rousing welcome waiting them here,
as will Privates Sam and Fletcher
Moss, j. p. Morris and Pierce Pardue,
of Fort Greble. R. l.
Reports that Lieutenant George
Miles, of Camp Macon, Ga, and Cav
alryman John Bell, OF Camp Annis-
ton, Ala, leave for France In jan
uary are being circulated If they
do go France will have received no
finer boys, and our hearts are with
them.
The record of Captain Adiutant |
Waller b. Caldwell. in the Macon.
Ca, camp, shows, as many Of our
soldier boys records have shown.
what earnest effort and application
will do toward promotion. Captain
Caldwell was a scholar and student.
He has the love Of application to
rules in him and 1t has helped him.
Military training Is full of red tape
and very, very hard no doubt, but
we have learned from the records of
our boys that we don't realize what
STUFF people really are made of until
they are called.
Samburg and Hornbcak will vel
come back for Christmas their best
and finest young blood. These two
districts gave their full quota for
volunteers.
DR.. Ira Park will enter the third
officers training camp at Oglethorpe
as a medical reserve. He is the first
medical doctor from Obion County to
so in training for reserve. DR..
Yonngblood has veterinarians COM
mission.
The interesting news from our
boys In France that Privates Melvin
Watson and Curtis verhine. Of diff
Ierent aero squadrons, ran unexpect-
edy upon each other on the same
transport after the vessel was three
days out at sea, shows what large
number OF soldiers even one trans
port must carry.
Private Morgan Wells, one Of our
best colored boys. writes that he is
doing we'll In supply corps at Camp
Meade, Md.
The one hundred young citizens
who have been mustered into service
as home guards represent the finest
and most protective manhood Of the
which must furnish milf
tary service and protection for our
homes while others, Independent,
have had to answer the call Of the
army. Under Captain Claud An
drews. formerly OF Company D. Ken !
lucky National Guarda, these hun
dred men, who have had to remain
At home thru the dependent claims
laid upon them or because the draft !
has not called them. are seeking !
enough military training to be use
ful In case Of emergency here at i
home. The company Is made up :
mostly Of young married. men Of
family who are TO be praised for i
their patriotism. Captain Andrews
has had enough military training to i
know that his men must be we'll dis
cipiined.