The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-12-04
RECEIVES HIS DISCHARGE

Capt. H. H. Peavey wired accept
ance Tuesday afternoon of the hon
orable discharge from the United
States Army and 4 few days will
receive the official document discharg-
ing him from his duties in Uncle
Sans army. Since Capt. Peavey re-
turned to the United States from
France on account Of illness there
has been some question as to whether
he would be sent back to France and
have another chance to get in the
trenches, and as this was his earnest
desire he naturally held out for this
decision, but it seems that the war
department officials desired to have
him stay here, and rather than be
stationed in some training camp here
drilling new men, and feeling certain
that the war will be over in three or
the discharge. He received telegram
Tuesday asking if he would accept
an honorable discharge and he wired
back that he would.
In the spring of 1917 Capt. Peavey
believing that his country called him
to duty and feeling that he could be
of service in the organization of
company, he started out single handed
with paper and was not long in Sc
curing sufficient number of signers
among the young men of this city to
assure the success of military COM
pany, and then branched out, taking
in young men from all over the coun-
ty, with the result that within a few
weeks he had signed up a fine bunch
of the pick of the land which deve-
went overseas. The Bayfield, coun-
ty company was mustered into service
on May 5th, in this city, Capt. Peavey
already having received his commits
sion as Captain of Infantry, and the
boys went to Camp Douglas to receive
their first training as soldiers in I'm
Gle Sans army. On August 9Th the
company was mustered into Federal
service at Camp Douglas, and shortly
afterwards sent to Camp Macarthur,
Waco, Texas. The company that
left this camp for Camp Douglas was
composed of Is officers and privates
Capt. Peavey and company were sent
from Camp Macarthur to Camp Mer-
| rift, N. j. Jan. II, 1918, from where
they were to embark for overseas
the first contingent leaving there on
Jan. 21st and from that on until Feb.
9Th when Capt. Peavey left the total
number to go being SO men, this
company being designated as Co. B.,
10Th Military Police. The boys went
into the trenches on May Fad, where
they are now doing duty and where
Capt. Peavey would be if illness had
not interviewed. He was taken ill
! with malaria the latter part of April
and for several days at time was
quite poorly, but hung to his post IN
til June Fl, when he was compelled to
go to the field hospital. His condi-
ton did not improve and indications
were that it would take months to
restore him to health back ii eli
mate where conditions were more
favorable, so he was sent to Savenay,
France, from which port he embarked
for the United States, arriving at
New York on July 9th. He was
then sent to the base hospital at Des-
moines, Ia, and was permitted to
come home on couple furloughs, and
is gradually regaining his old-time
strength and vigor. He will now
remain at his home here and take
good care of himself until returning
strength permits him to engage &C
lively in business again when he will
resume his old-time place in the
business interests Of the city and
state. While war conditions had
seriously upset business and made
many unexpected changes, Mr.. Peavey
enjoyed large and growing land