Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-12-12

Mccoy Mutton, Of Winchester, who was
until recently commandant OF the mid
shipmen atthe NavalAcademy. Captain
Mutton was the navigating officer Of the
ship which Led the Atlantic feet from
Norfolk around Cape Horn to the Pa
ciic when il was sent on its memorable
trip around the world by President
Roosevelt.
Charles E. Cogle, a drafted man from
Loudoun county, was arrested recently
at Millville as a deserter from the u. S.
| Army. II is stated that he deserted
from his company at Fort Merritt, N
T.. lust before il sailed for France last
August. Cogle was turned over to the
military authorities at Fort Myer. TIL
arrest was made by the sheriff of Lou
doun county.
Mrs. Beula Lewis, OF Gerardstown,
Berkeley county, has been notified ov
the War Department that her husband.
Albert G. Lewis, was killed in action on
November lst in France. Corporal
Lewis was member of the 3l5th FIELD
Artillery and was trained at Camp Lee.
He was % years old and is survived by
his wife and two children.
Henry B. Gilkeson, the well known
LAWYER OF Romney, this State, has re-
ceiyed Official information of the death
of his son, Lieutenant Robert Cilkeson
who was killed in action in France on
October I'd. He enlisted in the Engi-
neer Corps early in the war and was
commissioned at Camp Lee.
In the list of casualties published OF
Tuesday was the name OF Martin Sny'
der, Of Shenandoah Junction, who was
reported as having died from disease
He was a colored man, who usually
went by the name of Martin Madden
and was one of the drafted men from
Jefferson county.
Captain Keller E. Hockey, son of Rev
and Mrs. c. H. Rockey, formerly OF
Shepherdstown, who is in the United
States Marine Corps, was in the thick
of the fierce fighting in France from
Chateau-Thierry to Sedan, but was
fortunate enough to escape without
scratch.
Word has been received by his rela-
tives that Howell G. Reel, formerly 81
Sharpsburg, died in France on Novem
Der 18th of bronchial pneumonit The |
deceased, who was % years old, was
member Of Company A, 18TH En-
gineers.
The government has recently pur-
chased 100000 pounds Of candy Tor |
the men of the Army and Navy, and
considerable part of it will be rushed |
to France in time for Christmas.
Private Harry Bittinger, a former |
resident of Martinsburg, died last |
Saturday at Fort Mcpherson, Georgia.
after long illness, aged Is years.
Private Robert Wolford, formerly OF |
Martinsburg, died recently in France.
where he was in a machine gun bat |
talon. He was % years old.
Hendricks Byers, who was in trainin
at Camp Lee, has been honorably dis
charged and Is home again.
We take the following item from
Philadelphia paper OF recent GATE. MISS
Hayden, referred 10, HaS iilShao "
Shepherdstown, where she has &C.
casionally visited.
The Emergency Aid yesterday learn
ed from Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson
chairman OF the French committee, that
Josephine Hayden, the young girl from
Overlook who is a member vt fhe
French committee serving in the Emer-
pency Aid station in Paris, helped to |
repair the automobile carrying the Ger |
man armistice ENJOYS when il broke
down a short distance from the Allied
lines. Armed with an electric welding
torch and escorted by French chat
feur, the young girl went to the rescue
OF the car, stalled at 2 O'Clock in the
morning in No Mans Land, and in a
few moments the car was whirling on
its way.