The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-24

propriately observed by both white
and colored people.
enlist in the service, the previous at
tempts having been unsuccessful on
account Of his being under the re-
quired age at the time.
In a letter to THE NEWS from
John H. Turner, formerly of Paris,
who is now stationed at the Great
Lakes Training Station, near Chi
cago, he says: Il am here with the
colors and am feeling fine, except
from the effects of having recently
had a shot in the arm" and l still
have to take three more. L am
to be here for twenty-one days, and
then have no idea to where l will be
sent. l am at Camp Farragut, with
about 10000 others, and we are sure
having some time. We are all
well pleased with the service, we are
well taken care of, have plenty of
good food, and the physical training
is just what is needed for us.
haven't had a chance to see any of
the Bourbon county boys yet, as l am
in one camp, and they are in another,
and / can't leave the camp under any
consideration. 80. Would like to see
THE NEWS occasionally" Turner
gives his address as John H. Turner,
Co. 148, Barracks 952, Camp Farra-
gut, Great Lakes, Ill.
Lieut.. Colliver c. Dawes, formerly
connected with the Bourbon County
NJ To-
master and Drillmaster of the Boy
Scouts of that institution, is rapidly
coming into prominence at Camp
Zachary Taylor in connection with
athletic affairs. Lieut. Dawes is
athletic director of the 336th Regi-
ment at the camp, and the Louisville
papers compliment his work very
highly. A recent issue OF the Court
er-Journal publishes an excellent
| half-tone photo of Lieut.. Dawes, with
the following comment:
Lieut.. c. c. Dawes is the regimen
tai athletic officer of that unit, and
is a man who is always on the alert
to see that his prOteges get all that
is coming to them in an athletic way.
He has been very successful in slim
ulating interest in sports among the
members. Recently Lieut.. Dawes
took a detail of men from Camp
| Zachary Taylor to Camp Dodge,
where they participated in a dual
boxing and wrestling tourney, re-
turn date for which is now being ar
ranged in favor of the local camp"
Mrs. Mollie James, Of this city, is
in receipt of letter from her son,
Sergt-Maj. Lawrence James, at
Camp Bowie, Texas, in which he de-
tails in a graphic manner the acct
dent in which several men were kill
ed in the camp by the accidental ex-
plosion of a large shell. James says,
in part:
Il was unlucky enough to have
been an eyewitness to the awful &C
cident you read Of. 1t happened the
Afternoon of the day on which we
were to leave the trenches! -. -. Il
was watching the firing of the shells
from an observation post in the third
line trenches, about five hundred
yards from the mortar positions.
These mortars are very frail looking
affairs, anyway, looking like joint
and half of stove pipe. The leading
gunner thought the mortar had been
fired and dropped in a second shell,
| the jar causing the first shell to be
prematurely exploded. When the
smoke cleared away the men were
seen slowly sinking to the ground as
| if their legs were made Of rubber.
The mortars were nowhere in sight,
both having been blown into thous-
and pieces" Only three Of the inJur-
ed men moved, J. We are going to
leave here soon, know, for things
are tightening as if there was some
thing like a net around one, with a
draw string to it, a condition that is
always in evidence just before
/ move. Whether it is a trip over the
] waters or trip to the border l
know not, though l think this border
stuff is all blind to conceal the real
movement. L hardly think that
In would care to go into the railroad
branch of the service, as it is non
combatant branch, and I want to De
right I'D in front with either a Wick
ers or a Browning and plenty OF am
munition. where William" shows
himself plenty of times. Then bin
hiff-biff' to the tune of six hundred
\ shots a minute, and there's no more
Boches on that spot"