Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
FIFTY MORE
IN SERVICE
National Army Boys Who Left We'd
nesday-SecOnd Registration Boys
Who Have Enlisted-U. S. Khaki
the Style For Young Men This
Season-Want to Be In at the Vic
tory That Means Peace.


registered men left Wednesday morn
the colors overseas, at Camp Jackson,
S. c.; and with the forty-eight 1917
men went two 1918 men; they are
Just in the circle of eligibles and they
were afraid the war would end before
they would get the chance to wear
Uncle Sans khaki. These two were
Laurence P. Crime of Archbold, and
Clyde Mckinley Shelter of Swanton.
These boys asked the local board to
put them in the place of some fell
lows who were more needed at home
than themselves. The board granted
their request and they started out
with the July contingent Wednesday
morning. We hope that they will be
ready in time to join that victorious
army that shall forever put an end
to war that is for the purpose of
gratifying human lust for power, con-
quest and material wealth; whether it
marches on to Berlin or whether it
receives the unconditional surrender
of the arch-conspirators against the
peace of the world on the battle
SCARED fields of France
But Crime and Shelter were not the
only 1918 men who are ready to go
into service at the very first oppor-
tunity; 13 others of the 1918 men
who passed the first physical exami-
nation hastened to volunteer for i'm
mediate enlistment. There were
chances for only a thousand men
from the whole state of Ohio: 500
men wanted for the auto mechanics
training school at Cincinnati, and 500
more for a similar school at Kansas
City, Mo. Howard Cochran of Ches-
terfield, Carl Mercer Fleming, Har-
old George Clifton, Emerson McKin-
Icy, George and William o. Echard of
Delta, and Kenneth King and Howard
Proudfoot applied for enlistment at
Cincinnati.
Howard Leu of Archbold, Mckinley
Seigle of Pettisville, and Henry H
Gorsuch, Howard Ray Ham, John Om-
lor, and Edward Weber of Wauseon
volunteered for places at Kansas City
Another recruit volunteer is Johr
Wilton of Lyons, who is in class 4
: but desires to enlist in the Spruce
production division of the air service
and will probably be called to Van.
couver Barracks, Ore.
There is another call for men tt
entrain during the period, August 5tl
to 9th, inclusive, but not many are
/ likely to be called from Fulton coun
ty, as the total apportionment fo1
Ohio is only $500.
But khaki is the prevailing fashion
for young men and there are SOM
e men who can scarcely be called youn,
5 who are mighty anxious to follow tn
e style; and why not? It's the styl
f that real heroes are wearing nova
e days in Europe.
q Wednesday morning the throng o
: friends, relatives, neighbors, bushes
e men, and old soldiers covered tn
e New York Central railroad ground
v to give the fifty men who were start
: ing for Camp Jackson an appropriat
r send-off.
d The Wauseon Boy Scouts delaye
It their start for Wolf Lake in order t
: act as escort and to help in the Ell
% tertainment.
Mr.. J. M. Longnecker spoke to tt
r boys, urging each of them to tax
is out insurance, to the full amount {
n $4,000 as soon as possible after a,
S irving in camp. He said that the |,
Is cal board had called fifty men ar
to fifty-one had responded with a smil
he complimented the boys upon the
unhesitating loyalty and assure
5y them that the board was confdel
le that they would keep up the splel
m did record in service established
ut the Fulton county men who have pr
Id ceded them.
o. Prof. C. D. Perry followed M
st Longnecker, giving a splendid and i
ir spring talk to the boys; sending the
d. away with the assurance that t
nd county will stand back of them fina
u cially and morally, and urging the
n to keep good courage and good che
n and to resist moral temptation
III they resist the Huns; that tn
1g might come back as clean as tn
in leave. The boys left the town wa
ing their hats and with smiles on tn,
faces. Our hearts and our hopes q
- with them, and again we turn to O
m. task of keeping the Home Fin
: Burning, and helping to keep all t
= boys who have gone supplied w
= those things essential to their heal
- comfort and efficiency.