Milford chronicle., 1917-09-21
DELAWARE'S men FOR
NATIONAL ARMY LEAVE
Men From All Sections Of State
Given Rousing Send of In Viii
mington-Co. B HonOred By
Assignment In Parade.

Delaware's allotted number OF men
~ he sent to WrightstOwn, N j."
where they will start military tram
inc al Camp Dix, we're given sehu-
off which they will long remember as
tbav left the little Diamond stare
On Tuesday. in accordance with the
orders which they had received, they
LET their homes and proceeded 10
tbe towns in which their local Doarus
ore located. Sussex county men
went to Georgetown, Kents men 70
Dover. New Castle county's men 70
Newark. and the Wilmington men 10
tbeir respective districts in that CITY
Tho men were given excellent send
offs at their respective local DoaIu
towns. but the great big demonstra-
tion was held in Wilmington.
In that city thousands OF persons
1inad the streets as the conserlpts
left on their first lap toward the
trenches. Again in this demonstra'
tion Milford boys played a prOhlh-
ent mart. A detail of thirty-slx men
from Company B, under the command
Of Lieutenant John Kern, a MILFORD
how were sent to Wilmington, togeth-
az With the First Infantry Band, TO
act as a guard of honor to the drafted
men These troops added the mill
tarv aspect to the line of marching
civilisns. who on Wednesday were 70
re-arrange their entire mode OF liV-
ire, and take up the duties of soldiers. !
1Tba bie majority of the men leaving !
for Camp Dix were in excellent splr-
its, and stated that they would oeYoee
their best efforts to learning tnelr
new duties.
Following is a complete list OF all
the men ordered to report for service
in the United States Army from Sus-
sex and Kent counties, and VINO ieIt
last Wednesday tor mObillzatlon
camp. They have been eertlned 70
the adjutant general by the district
SUSSEX COUNTY.
John Stuot O'Day
James Otis Smart.
Paul Fleetwood.
Ferdinand Clark.
James H. Lynch.
Ira Smith.
Levin D. Morris.
Edwin Wiley.
Frank R. Derrickson.
John R. Steelman.
Raymond Macklin.
John Wesley HOlstOn.
Elmer Hastings.
Edwin Marshall Edgens.
Hildreth Samuel Fithian'
William M Downes.
Alfred H. Williams.
Charlie Wesley Hignutt.
William L. Hudson.
Lee T. West.
Robert Lee Lane.
Harry B Fleetwood.
Charles Williams Jenkins.
Harold Brooks CoulbOurn.
William Earl Marvel.
George W. West.
Thomas Edward Norwood.
Horace David Eskridge.
Anthony Summers
John s. Carey.
Lawrence Derrickson.
Lee S. Baker.
Dallas H. Thompson.
George Oscar Gordy.
Arthur ]. Tyndall.
Cassel Parker.
Raymond James.
Thomas Sylvester Dukes.
Winfield Scott, Jr.
Raymond Reynolds.
Samuel Locates.
James Paul Hastings.
Leonard Anderson.
Robert H. Brasure.
William H. Cleaver.
Samuel j. Millman.
Ernest E. Joseph.
Paul B. Phillips.
Erlest E. West.
Harry Jackson Pettyjohn.
S. Harlan Ellis.
Gaius Kilrein Wheatley.
Herman V. Hill.
Wilmer Joseph Boyce.
Harlan Leroy Tubbs.
c. John Jones.
Cyrus E. Clendaniel.
Cyrus Boston Niblett.
John o. Blake.
Hugh Francis Taylor.
Maurice Savage.
Ewell ]. Miller.
James Carlton Workman.
John E. Arvey.
Lenny Moses Riggin.
Claude E. Windsor.
George W. Hammond.
Arncey Wootten
John Kinney Cordrey. c
Isaiah j. Hearn. q
Harley Batman Steee.
Otis B. Harrington
Lynford o. Russell.
Harley 3. motifs.
William Levi Galloway.
Larry Baker.
John Henry Sheldon.
Clarence C. Smith. Q
Levin John English. t
Eskle Seabrease. a
William Toomey. S
John R. Richards.
Arthur E. Blake.
J Herman Parsons. o
Walter L. Warrington. {