Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-09-19
Notes Of Our Soldiers.

Lieutenant Randolph Fitzhugh Ma
son, eldest son of Rev. Landon r. Ma
son, of Richmond, Va, was recently
killed in battle in France. Rev. MI.
Mason was rector Of Trinity Episcopal
Church in Shepherdstown number OF
years ago, and his sons are remember
ed here as bright, spirited boys, popu-
| lar and lovable. Landon, another OF
Mr.. Mason's sons, is with the British
army in Mesopotamia. In a letter
written by Miss Lucy R. Mason, Lieu
tenant Mason's sister, to friend in
Shepherdstown, she says that her
father is standing the loss Of his son
courageously. 1--WE know" she writes,
shat Ranny does not want US to
| mourn for him-he was so glad to give
his life in cause which reused in him
whole-hearted devotion. We look upon
| il as promotion for him and are very
proud of him. He was one of the first
applicants for Fort Myer in the earliest
months of the war, and secured two
transfers last Spring in order to reach
the front quickly"
The Jefferson county draft board mas
a call for fifteen colored registrants lot
the three-day period from September
18th to 9th. They will be sent to Camp
Upton, Yaphank, Long Island. Those
who have been designated for this
service are:
William H. Payne, Jr, Charles loWn'
| Levi Beard, Charles Town.
Matthew Washby, Charles loWn'
Walter Mckinley Green, Bolivar.
Charles Peter Hall, Kabletown.
Freddie John Wesley Page, Duftields.
Armistead Mex. White, Harper's ferry.
lanes E. Thornton, Charles Town.
Isaac Junior Johnson, Summit Point.
George Twyman, Bolivar.
Roy Weaver, Summit Point.
Thompson Stephenson, Charles Town.
Samuel Charles Weaver, Kearneysville.
Charles F. Mcdaniel, Charles Town.
Word has been received by John K.
Rogers, of Martinsburg, to the enec'
that his brother, Private Patrick Rog-
ers, had been killed in France by a oomo
dropped by German aeroplane during
a raid over the camp in which the
Young soldier was CHARTERED. Private
Rogers was a member of Company Z,
Fifty-eighth Infantry, and was aboard
the transport Tuscania when that snip
was torpedoed by Hun submarine,
but escaped injury. Later he was IN
the fighting along the western from
with his regiment, but came throIsii
these actions without scratch. Inc
news of his death was contained IN
letter written by another soldier, Dut
has not as yet been confirmed by the
War Department.
In a letter to the Register written
from Marine Barracks, Paris Island,
South Carolina, Private Louis ). Hoh-
master, formerly of Bakerton, who is
in training at Paris Island, write us that
the spirit of the Marines is simply great
and they are longing for the day When
they can-and will-walk up the streets |
of Berlin and give the Kaiser greeting
which he will remember. Louis says
that Paris Island is the place of the best
training camp in the world and is send
ing some of the best men in the United |
States for service in France. They are |
going to strike for Liberty for the world. |
He adds: "Give my regards to the
people of dear old West Virginia, and |
especially to those of the Bakerton
neighborhood."
Two Jefferson county boys are report
ed in the casualty lists from the fight
ing 'front.' B. c. Sponseller, of Boil
var, who is in Company K, 3l7 Infantry,
was wounded in August, when frag-
ment of shell broke bone in his |
shoulder. He wrote to his sister, Mrs. |
Grace Littleton, assuring her that
while the injury is painful it will incon-
venience him only for short time. The
other wounded soldier is George Wilt,
of Manning's Ferry, who was shot in
the left arm. The wound will probably
unfit him for further military service
and he will most likely be sent home
He went from the county to Camp Lee
last fall.
Kirkland Mckee and George Knode,
of this place, who recently went to the
western part Of the State to teach
school, have decided to give up teach
ing and enter the Students Army
Training Corps at the West Virginia
University. Both were in the recent
draft. The corps will be established
October LIST. Those who join will re-
ceive $50 a month pay and subsistence,
and will carry on certain branches of
college work in addition to the military
training which will fit them for Of
fcers' commissions.
Charles G. Lemen, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. S. F. Lemen, Of Shepherdstown, is
now a full-hedged sailor. "Chis" en-
listed in the Navy some weeks ago and
went to Fortress Monroe, Va, where he
has since been in training. He has now
been assigned to duty on the battleship
Rhode Island, of which our distinguish
ed fellow-townsman, Captain Julian L. |
Latimer, is commander. We shall hope
to hear good reports of "Chis" when he |
gets his sea legs in working order.
Bill Morgan Lemen writes from Camp
Lee that he and his tent mates are
quarantined because of an attack of
Spanish influenza, and that it is mighty |
tiresome sitting around all day doing
nothing. He plaintively adds: "For |
Gods sake, father, please tell Mr.. Sny-
der to be sure to keep the Register COM
ing to me"
Some of the Jefferson county boys
who were in the Richmond Technical |
Training School at Richmond, Va, have |
been transferred to the tank" Corps |
at Gettysburg, among them being
Preston Engle, VIM. McSherry, Glen
Gardner and Roy Hoffmaster.
Lawrence R. Lee, of Leesburg, Va,
formerly of Shepherdstown, has offered
himself for service in the army Y. M.
c. A. work, anG expects to be sent to
France in the near future. Mr.. Lees
family will spend the winter in Wash
ington.
Word has been received here that
William L. Miller, son Of our townsman,
Vim. R. Miller, has reached the other
side safely. Garland Hendricks is also
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