Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-09-26
Notes of Our Soldiers

a new edition of revised select;ve CO,
Eice regulations issued Saturdsv -.
ioVost Marshal General CrowSsr sy
boara s' oth as the date from which draft
uoaras shall disregard marriages Of
nen VINO registered on September 18th
as ground for exemption. The 60
S 9liea stacker marriage provision saws =.
me TACT OF dependency resulting fro,,
.ise marriage of registrant of the class
oi september, 1918, who has married
SINCE the date of the introduction in
congress OF the act recurring bie
registration, to wit, August 5. 1918. will
DC aisregarded as ground for deferred
Classification
IN the first page of the Register this
week may be found a touching and
interesting letter from Lieutenant Ran
ooiph r. Mason, who has Joined the
immortals after having done his best for
inc cause of humanity and democracy
II was written the day before his death
Lieutenant Mason, who was son ~
Kew. Dr.. Landon r. Mason, was form
cry greatly-loved Shepherdstown
boy. We also print beautiful littl,
poem written by his sister, Mrs
Burke. -''
Lieutenant Frank Yates, of this coun.
", was at his old home on a furlopph
the past week. He has been promoted
to a first lieutenancy and has been ar
tacned to the staff of the Adjutant-
General, Lieutenant Yates has been in
the service for some time, having been
among the first to attend an officers
training camp after our country went
into the war. He has been located at
camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama.
Stanley Fulton. one of our soldier
boys who has been in the aviation sec
tlon of the army, has passed his prelim-
mary examinations as a flyer at Kelly
Fleld, Texas, and as soon as he gets
some practical experience he expects to
De full-fedged aviator. If Stanley
can handle an airship as we'll as he did
that old tin Lizzie in Shepherdstown he
is Just bound TO be success.
Mrs. A. B. Moler, of Florida avenue.
Nartnsourg, received a cable announc-
ing the safe arrival of her son, Butler
i1enShaw Moler, who was one of the
lirSt to enlist from Martinsburg to at
tend the Technical Training School at
Richmond, Va. Mr.. Moler is a Jeffer-
son county boy, though he has resided
in MartipSburg the last two years.
Lieutenant Cleon S. Osbourn, of this
county, has been promoted to be first
lieutenant-he well deserves it. He is
now with the 10th Field Artillery, at
Camp Mcclellan, Alabama, and is in
the 18th Division now being formed
there. He expects to go over to France
again with this division in the near
future.
The registrants of Shepherdstown
district are receiving their questionaires
and with the assistance of volunteer
members of the advisory board are
having them filled out and returned tC
the local draft board. The work is one
of considerable magnitude and takes {
good deal of time.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Banks had letter
a few days ago from their son, Sergeant
Grove Banks, who is now with the
American forces in France, and he is
well and getting along all right. He says
that he gets the Register, and it is
almost worth a trip home to read its
pages.
Harry F. Byrd, of Winchester, has
resigned as State Fuel Administrators
for Virginia and will join the army He
already has two brothers in the service.
Mr.. Byrd, who is 30 years old, is pub.
Usher of the Winchester Star and is
one of the wealthiest men in that Sec
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Winters have
received a letter from their son, Paul
Eugene Winters, that he was slightly |
wounded in the foot while fighting in
France. A fragment of shell struck
him, but did no serious damage, though |
it put him out of action.
Henry Washington, a colored soldier
from Charles Town, was killed in |
battle in France some time last month.
He was member of Company A, 505th |
Engineers, and was in the first quota |
of colored men that left this county last |
fall.
Jim Thompson, a former popular
student of Shepherd College, is now
with the American army in France.
He writes to one of his friends here that |
he likes France so we'll he thinks he |
will stay there permanently.
Charles and Robert Lewis, two form
er ShenherdStown boys, are now with |
the American army in France. They are |
sons of the late G. K. Lewis and brothers
of Mrs. 6 F CHM of this vicinity
Lieutenant Marvin Porterfield, of
Berkeley county, graduate of Shep-
herd College, was in Shepherdstown
yesterday, having stopped off here to
see his friends.
Mrs. A. c. Morgan has received al
card from her son, Sergeant Major Vim.
A. Morgan, saying that he has arrived
safely in France and is we'll and getting
along fine.