The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-08

Cnupak was transfer. ed to the casual detachment, and when the fact was made known to him he hit upon a scheme to beat the provisions of the order. Hop- ing to sneak back into camp during the excitement of entraining for an embari<a- tion point and joining his company until after the train had pulled out the Cam den corporal took French leave from the cantonment and loafed around Pied mont and Jacksonville, two small towns in the northern part of thes county. On the fourth day he was told that the 114th was moving out and at once proceeded to the camp. Upon returnin to the company street he found everything just as orderly and quiet as when he left four days before, and the first sergeant immediately ordered him into arrest.
 Two days later the Russian soldier was left behind and he had the painful ex- periance of seeing nearly all of his Jer- sey friends pull out and leave him De- hind He Is still with the casual de- tachment on the reservation, but just as anxious as ever to get at the Boche on the other side. Chupak has been in America for the past 1S years. He was born 8 years ago at kiel and two or ms sisters are married and live in America, Mrs Mary Kiastok, Camden, and Mrs. Barbara Kessenchi. at Clifton. N J.
 
 Mason, until recently a member Of Com pany l. 116th infantry, and whose nome is in Norfolk, Va, figuratively Jumped out of the frying pan into the nre when he went to the base hospital at camp Mcclellan and let his original orsaniza- ton depart for the front without gong with his comrades.
 Before the war Mason was married in
 Virginia The union was an unhappy one and for the past three years he and his wife have lived apart. Using the name of Clarence F. Mason he was mar ried last March here to Mrs. Efie Patter- son, who, like himself. was then living apart from an undivorced partner Of oth- CT days.
 The Virginia soldiers commanding or ficer became cosniZant of the unlawful
 V edding in which the soldier who then held the rank of sergeant, had made use of in order to wed the Alabama widow, and preferred charges against him. Mason was given a three months sentence, fined s10 and reduced to ranks, Since the departure of his organization for overseas duty, and after being dis- charged from the hospital Mason has been attached to Casual Company No at Camp Mcclellan. and at every op- portunity he has visited the illegal Wife, and this visitation on his part has 1 landed them in jail.
 | The soldier and his illegal Wife were arrested by special agents of the depart ment of justice and cases charging big 1 amy have been made against them. They will be given d trial in the civil courts of the county, and both of them seeming l ly take their incarceration as matter 1 of course
 l The soldier claims that the lawyer | whom he employed several years ago tc secure a divorce from his first wife Is ! now in France, and that he had been told 1 that the decree had already been grant | ed The Patterson woman is the daugh-
 ter of George Fornwalt, a farmer whc 1 lives near Ohatchee. and makes no de nial of the fact that she had not secured 1 a decree of divorce from her husband
 before he went into the service of ths | United States.
 1 In selecting name under which tc 1 purcha SC the marriage license Mason l used one which was as nearly similar to the real thing as it is possible tC make names appear, and after buying I the license a few months ago he and tht | Patterson woman were married at ths county courthouse here. the ceremony being performed by Chief Clerk John F 1 Williams.
 | Mason has wired his relatives in Vir 1 ginia and hopes to secure settlemen, | Of the case pending against him befor. 1 it comes 70 a trial in the state courts ] As consequence it is charged, of will full misstatement of ages, the number of women in the British census groups are l 20 to 5 and B to %, are disproportion-
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