The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-23

IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR .
- COUNTRY. .
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Harking back to familiar scenes.
Private Archie Lucas is spending a
ten-days' vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Squire Lucas, on the
Jackstown pike, near Paris. He is
stationed at Camp Meade, Md.
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About three hundred civilians
from Louisville and other parts of
Kentucky, and from Indiana, many
of whom are well-known here, enter
ed the Field Artillery Central Off,
GERS Training School at Camp Zach
airy Taylor yesterday.
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Instructions have been received by
Sergeant r. o. Moore, the Marine
Corps recruiting officer in Lexington,
ordering him to re-enlist men who
have had previous service in the
Army or Marine Corps, provided they
can get a release from their local
boards if they are in the draft quotas.
49,
DR.. H. M. Hamilton, veterinary
surgeon of Paris, who recently enlist
ed in the Veterinary Department in
the Government Service, has been
honorably discharged, due to defect
in his eyes. 1t is understood DR..
Hamilton will appeal his case to
Washington.
Troops are being rapidly moved
from various training camps through
out the country to concentration
camp and embarkation ports in the
East and South. Trains bearing en-
listed men have been passing through
Paris recently at intervals. The
men seemed fit and ready for any
kind of service.
49,
Mr.. S. Lee McGohan, former legis-
lator and well-known newspaper
man, of Ewing, is now in the service,
having been accepted for service
overseas as one of the Y. M. G.. A.
war work secretaries from Kentucky.
Mr.. McGohan is at present at Camp
Zachary Taylor, in the preliminary
instruction class for Y. M. c. A.
work.
$500 -.@s
Sergt. John Talbot Redmon, of the
first class in the Medical Department
and Chief Clerk to the Camp Sur
geon at Camp Hancock, is spending
a ten-days' furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. King Redmon,
near Paris. His brother. Mr.. Ruth
erford Redmon, is member of the
Naval Aviation Section at Camp
Dewey, Great Lakes, Ill.
800
The names of men contained in
the list of civilians who have been
accepted for the Central Training
School at Camp Gordon, Ca, have
been made public at the camp.
Among the number are Andrew Carl
Caywood and Woodford Buckner,
both of Bourbon county. The pre-
scribed course of training is for four
months. The candidates will take
up their work Immediately upon ar
rival.
49,
Mr.. Wayne Cottingham, formerly
of Paris, now a member of the
reportorial staff of the Lexington
Leader, went to Frankfort, Wednes-
day, and obtained permission from
Major Henry Rhodes for the Lexing-
ton draft board to place him with
the men leaving Lexington on Aug.
%. Mr.. Cottingham would not
have been called for some time, but |
to leave before he was
called, as he is anxious to get in the
service.
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Although they may reside in other
places, Paris still claims allegiance
from former residents. A case in
point is that of Private Ernest Behe- |
Ter, who, with his father, Mr.. W. A. |
gagged in the bottling business in |
the service some time, having been |
stationed successfully at FIT. Thomas, |
Neb., and at present in the |
Aero Camp at Newport News, Va. |
He is spending a ten-days' furlough |
with friends in Paris and Lexington.
800
At the regular meeting of the |
Medical Advisory Board, held in Lex !
ington, Wednesday, fifteen men from |
Cynthiana and Paris were examined. |
Ten of the number, from Paris, were |
rated as follows. ..-..
Emel S. Raines, disqualified; Orrin |
L. Estes, disqualified; Edward w. |
Fithian, qualified for military ser
vice; Clarence p. WATSON, general |
service; Eli Friedman, gen
eral military service: Alex M. Keller. |