The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-26
FIFTY MEN LEAVE
THIS AFTERNOON
FORCAMP LEE VA.
Wendell Holmes Hess Was
Placed in Command of
Contingent.
ONLY ONE DELINQUENT
Board Establishes New Re-
cord for Putting Man
In Ranks.

Ill OolIhSs
Forty.six more National army men,
all of Fairmont, and four others trans
ferred to the local board, entrained at
the local Baltimore and Ohio railroad
station at LAS p. m. this afternoon,
representing Fairmont's quota in the
June draft The contingent will 90 TO
Camp Lee. Va, where most Of the 9th
er Fairmont draftees have gone. arriv-
ing at that camp at 5:45 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
Wendell Holmes Hess was leader Of
the contingent leaving today with four
assistant leaders as follows: Clyde
Blair Morgan, first assistant leader;
Edward Everett Hale, second assistant
leader; Harry Dillow, third assistant
leader. and Frank Bernardo, fourth as.
sistant leader.
The men who left are:
Order No.
450a William NJ yelling.
$40 William Andrew Bowman Zen.
trained at Knoxville, TENN.
S94 Frank Patton.
900 Bert r. HestOn.
9l7 Steve Sampson.
922 Perry Frank Sapp.
$50 Berevly Brock Garrett.
9i2 William A. @. Dyer.
947 Harold Mckinley GaskinI.
$50 Alpha A. Turner.
96l Ezra BalchOwsky.
972 Ray HutsOn.
995 Lawrence Earl Ballengee.
500 John Edward Harker.
1902 PasQuale CantaTelli.
1912 Clyde Blair Morgan.
1915 CabastinO COatO.
1923 Luigi Mainelli.
1891 Joseph Earl Durham
1882 Wendell Holmes Hes,
lO4S James Otis Reed.
1851 Harry DillOw.
1857 COsmo NOtte.
1858 Frank Delligatti.
1865 Annunziato Cociaro.
1866 Alex Hunter Cooper.
1868 Archie T. Vaughan.
1915 Edward Everett Hale,
1876 Antonio Neri.
1879 Bruce p. Bungard.
1888 James Feltz
1893 George Edgar Henderson.
1895 Angelo Cappabianca.
Ills Amalio Meale.
1923 Luigi Oliverio.
1928 Dorsey Herbert Love.
1887 Frank Bernardo
1854 William Henry Lytton
1855, Giorgie MartucciO.
1862 Charles Fox.
1855 William BrGnson Sine.
1l75 Frank B. Gregory.
1850 Marshall Merle Hamilton
1881 Roland Belt.
1890 Norval Lewis Parker.
1914 Henry Cecil Miller.
1916 Loren Vane Summers.
Transferred.
II. Glen Leke, captain.
JOHN Haddi
Herbert G. J. Boyce
Antonio Goneno.
All of the men reported at the office
OF the local draft board this morning
at 10 o'clock to receive their prelimi
nary instructions with the exception
Of Charles Fox and NaEzareno Afficani.
Fox had ben in Clarksburg and had
missed his 10 o'clock car making 1t i'm.
possible for him TO be here on time,
leaving Afficani IS the only delin.
gent. He will be classified as a de.
serter unless he has a good excuse for
his absence.
Because Of the voluntary lnductions
Of Edgar r. WOrthington, Charles Wat.
kins, George E. Miller and others II
was necessary TO call upon six alter.
mates to 90 to camp this afternoon as
follows: William Branson Sine.
Frank B. Gregory. Marshall Merle
Hamilton, Roland Belt, Norval Lewis
Parker.
Henry Cecil Miller. Order Number
1915 and Loren V. Summers. Order
Number 1916 we're not drafted this
time but asked that they be taken out
OF their order, which request was
granted.
William Andrew Bowman. one OF the
men who was supposed to leave with
the local contingent, Is in Knoxville.
Tcnr.. and is leaving that city today
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