Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-08-01
Notes of Our Soldiers.

Lieutenant Cleon S. Osbourn, who
has been on the firing line in France
| for many months past, gave his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Osbourn, something
of a shock last Saturday afternoon when
he calmly walked in on them at the OLD
home near Shenandoah Junction. He
had not notified them of his coming,
and when they saw him walk up the
ward they thought at first il must be
his ghost. But il was really the lieu
tenant. in flesh and blood-and what a
happy reunion there was! He has been
sent back to the United States as an
instructor for the men in training, and
will be here for an indefinite time. He
objected to leaving the battle front, and
asked TO be excused, but orders would
not be changed and he and IS other
officers were sent over 10 do the i'm
portant work assigned them. Lieu.
tenant Osbourn is looking well, and
vet he shows that he has been through
tremendous experiences. He has been
in the thick of the fighting over there,
and at times has been under the
hercest she'll fire for as much as forty
hours at stretch. He is in the field
artillery, and mis- battery has been en-
gagged almost constantly in duels with
the German guns. Lieutenant Osbourn
had to leave for New York Sunday
evening, but hopes that he will get a
brief furlough before he is assigned to
an instruction camp.
Mrs. Raymond Baby has just received
news of the safe arrival lover there"
of her son, Lieutenant Walter Bryant
Pierce, of the u. S. Marine Aviation
Force, Paris, France. Lieutenant Pierce
Joined the Naval Reserve Flying Corps
last July, but was only called for train
ing the early part OF October, going TO
the u. S. Aviation School at the Boston
Tech, where he remained until January.
He then went to Key West, Florida, for
actual flying training. In April he was
transferred to the Marine Scout Squad
ron of Regulars, at Miami, where he
soon became proficient enough to in
struct while still cadet in acrobatic
flying, the marine machines being single
seated single fighting planes, Thomas
flyers, modelled after the famous Nieu-
porte in which the French ace Quincy
mere met his death. Owing to his
youth, Lieutenant Pierce's relatives and
friends cannot but feel proud OF his
having received his commission as a
pilot flyer, for he is only nineteen years
old-thuS proving that the lack of age
is no drawback to success.
Seven Shepherdstown colored men
are among the registrants who are call
ed to leave next Monday for Michigan.
One of them is Ben Whiting, favorite
local character, who was quite proud
when he received what he called his
"license" to begin duty for Uncle Sam.
Dwight E. Miller, of Fairmont,
son Of President Thos. c. Miller, of
Shepherd College, has enlisted in the
army, and is now a sergeant in the
Field Artillery at Camp Zachary Taylor,
Louisville, Ky.
Mayo Snyder, of the Shenandoah
Junction neighborhoot, who went to
Baltimore last week to enlist in the
Navy, was rejected. He was not up TO
the standard weight.
Jack Britner, son OF Vim. j. Britner,
of this place, has sailed for France with
the American Expeditionary Forces
from Newport News, according 10 at-
vices received here.