The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-04-30
BOURBON COUNTY DRAFTEEs
LEAVE FOR CAMP TAYLOR

} ooh county who were called to th,
Colores recently, met at the cour
mouse in this city Sunday afternoon
received their final instructions am
prepared for the trip to Camp Zach
aIy Iaylor, where they will entel
Tue service of the United States.
=, Inc colored contingent met a
three o'clock, and were made. ac
qualnted with what their future ar
langment would be, and their duties
explained to them. The men were
presented with tobacco. cigarettes
and other camp necessities, and were
addressed by a speaker along patri-
otlc line. At night the men were
Treated to a. generous dining arrang-
Gu IN their honor by Mr.. A. B. Han.
COCK. Among the number were two
volunteers, Homer Nutter and Benz
Harrison Brown.
AT four o'clock, the white contin-
gent of twenty-three men, supple-
,nented by the addition of two others,
oliver Hazlerigg, James Claypole who
volunteered Sunday afternoon. were
addressed in the same room, by the
members of the Exemption Board
and pledged their allegiance to the
service of Uncle Sam in his big new
army. They were also presented
with camp necessities, and were ad-
dressed in an appropriate speech by
Hon. E. M. Dickson, of Paris.
On Sunday evening at $3.50, the
white draftees were guests of Mr.. A.
p. Hancock at a dining given in their
honor at the Stout Cafe. Addresses
were made by Rev. w. E. Ellis, Mr..
Hancock and Mr.. Emmett M. Dick.
son. Toasts to the future health
and welfare of the men were propos-
cd and responded to. The following
were guests at the dining: Rev. w.
e. Ellis, E. M. Dickson, C.. A. Nc
MILAN, Pearce Patton, DR.. Silas
Evans, Mayor E. B. January, VIM. G.
McClintock, n. Ford Brent, DR.. M. H.
Daley, J. o. Marshall, Newsum KEEL
Ter, A. B. Hancock, Samuel Clay,
James Caldwell, B. A. Frank, John
Collins, M. Peale Collier, Edward
Burke, w. D. Mcintyre, VIM. Rem
ington, Louis Lilleston, Swift
Champ.
Most of the men spent the night
in the city, some of them going to
their homes in the county, for the
final leave-taking. All were on hand
early yesterday morning, assembling
at the court house at seven O'Clock.
A line of march was formed and at
7:15 the column proceeded to the L.
& N. passenger station, in the fol-
lowing order: Mayor January and
DR.. Silas E. Evans. of the Exemption
Board, in automobiles, piled high
with the soldiers baggage; Paris
Drum Corps, (white) followed by the
white draftees; citizens in line of
march; colored drum corps, followed
by the cOlOred contingent; flag-bear-
ers carrying a huge American flag,
borne by six colOred men; citizens in
automobiles. The march to the pas
senger station was made up Main
street, into Tenth to the station,
where the men were entrained in
a coach which was attached to a
special train bearing men from Mays
vile, Flemingsburg, Carlisle, and
other places along the line of the L.
& N. A crowd estimated at about
two thousand people gathered to bid
the boys good bye and good luck
AS the train pulled out a volume of
cheers that seemed to split the heav-
ems rang out, and Bourbon's delega-
ton had passed from their old haunts
to take up the new duties. The
white men were under the command
of John Ardery, and the colored
men were captained by Homer Nut
ter, one of the volunteers.
WHITE.
319-John Breckenridge Ardery.
364-Virgil Harvey.
399-Russell T. Stephens.
410-Jesse Grover Fuller.
428-Claude Linville.
4 59-Rodney Withers Martin.
479-Lee Kerr.
Taylor.
499-Virgil Peterson.
507-Reuben Lee Clinkenbeard.
54O-Allen Mason.
549--Clyde Shanks.
550-Ed Mitchell.
553-JOe B. Snapp.
Mahorney.
605-Hiram w. Bedding.
S14-Ben Howard.
Rigg.
Small.
P. Johnson.
S56-John Webb.
,72-Milton Prebble.
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Barton.
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48-Lewis Rankins. t<-' In
60--Robert Henry Miller Madden.
62-John McMiller. ~ +:
63-Jesse Richardson. In
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