The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-08-17
SPRINGDALE BOYS WIN
COlling Myers and John Summons Get
Commissioners From School

opfllSQdle ndO Two students IN the
school, Collin Myers and John Sam
mons, and both were awarded commits
sions as second lieutenant of infantry
Roy Stockburger of Fayetteville won
a commission as capital of infantry
Others from this section who were
awarded commissionswere the fol-
lowing:
First lieutenant infantry, VIM. P.
Warner, Fayetteville.
Second lieutenant infantry, Scott
D. Hamilton, Russell c. Gregg, Allan
Zoll, John E. Richardson. F. P. Hall,
Jr Fayetteville, and Charles g. Giles,
Sloan Springs.
These officers will be assigned to
duty with the new national army rails
ed by selective draft.
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m. and knew he couldn't make it on a
train in time. He was on the first
call and looks like he would make a
good soldier. At least long marches
wont hurt him.-Bentonvlle Record
rs
Acting on instructions of the Pro-
vost Marshal General at Washington,
the Washington County draft board
has selected A lien q. Flowers as spec
ial representative Of the government
in investigating all claims for exemp-
ton and preparing answer for the
government for all such claims, the
claims being automatically appealed
to the district board Mr. Flowers
was also recently appointed as as
assistant clerk of the locaal board and
the duties of the two Offices are ex-
pected to work to better advantage
being held by one man than would be
the case were the Offices separated
Fayetteville Democrat.
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News reached here Thursday after
noon that Millard Goodman, had
killed himself Thursday morning, at
his home on Cellar creek in the east
part of the county. Young Goodman
was before the exemption board here
Wednesday, and passed the physical
examination required for army ser
vice before leaving for his home
was heard to remark that he chopped
his family would be taken care Of"
The supposition is that Goodman
brooded over the thought that he
might have to go to war, and rather
than do that, if called, ended his life
Marshall Mountain Wave.
According to word received at
Bentonville Wednesday, Sherman
Whitfield committed suicide Tuesday
by blowing out his brains with revol-
yer. Whitfield formerly lived here
and went with the guards to Deming,
New Mex, last year in company with
his brothers. He deserted while
there and early this summer went to
the Kansas wheat fields where he was
working in the harvest at the time of
his suicide. Evidently he sought to
avert the penalty for desertion by
death at his own hands. His father,
Dorsey Whitfield who used to live
west of town moved to Denver, Colo,
where he now resides One of the
brothers went to Kansas to get the
body.-Bentoville Sun.
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Harry Rice was notified latter part
of last week that he had been accept
ed for entrance at the second Off
GERS training camp at Leon Springs,
Texas. On account of the fact that
he has accepted new work from the
Frisco railraod company since he took
the examination for the training camp
the probabilities are that he will de-
cline the appointment He is now
with the freight claims department,
with headquarters at Springfield, Mo,
His work, however takes him to va
rious points on the system Others
from this section who were accepted
for the second training camp were the
following: A. B. Armstrong, A. F.
Lee, r. B. Willis, Fayetteville; w. L.
Ammons, L. L. Lannier, D. W. Peel,
Jr. Bentonvilie; S. S. Baker, D. B.
Woods, Rogers; w. c. Barnhart, ST.
loan Springs; L. l.. Park, G. G.. Will
liams, Eureka Springs. They are
ordered to report at Leon Springs
August &c.