The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-03-26
IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY.
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Lieut.. Milton Stanley MINIS, OF
st. Louis, Mo-, who is stationed al
Camp Zachary Taylor, was the week
end guest of his cousin, Mrs. Ru-
dolph Davis, and Mr.. Davis, at their
home on East Seventh street.
Mr. VIM. A. Lenihan, of Paris, whu
is a member of the infantry division
at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala
bama, is a guest of his mother and
sister, in this city.
Mr.. Flournoy Hagan, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. K. Hagan, of North
Middletown, has enlisted in the
u. S. Army. Mr.. Hagan has been
assigned to the SD Engineering
Corps, stationed at Camp Devens,
near Ayers, Mass.
Landrum Payne, son of Postmaster
j. Walter Payne, of Paris, who has
been in the service at Camp Zachary
Taylor, has been advanced to a po-
sition in the officers reserve corps in
training there. Mr.. Payne will take
service in the aviation corps.
Richard ("TaP') Clarke, of Paris,
son of Mrs. Kate Clark, who has
been on duty in the Philippine ser
vice for two years, has received pro-
motion to the rank of Major. Major
Clark, before being assigned to the
Philippine service, was stationed in
an army camp in California, and later
on the Texan-Mexican border as g
member of the dental surgeons staff.
Cornelius C"Buddy") James, of
Paris, who has made several round
trips to France on a troop transport,
wired his mother, Mrs. Mollie James,
Friday night that he had arrived at
New York for a short furlough. He
is a member of the gun crew on the
u. S. Transport Covington. His fur
Tough being limited to Tuesday will
not permit him to visit Paris.
Private Leavitt Roberts, who has
been a guest of his parents at North
Middletown, returned to Camp Zach
airy Taylor, Saturday. Private VIM.
Boardman, of the same vicinity, who
has been a guest of relatives at his
old home, has returned to Ft.
Thomas. Private Boardman had been
in quarantine at FIT. Thomas for sew
eral months, this being his first visit
q home.
Mr.. Ben Leach, formerly an at
tache of THE NEWS and the Ken
tuckian-Citizen arrived Saturday on
a furlough to visit relatives and
friends. He is a member of the
mechanical department in the Public
Works branch of the service at Camp
Dewey, Great Lakes, Ill. He has
gained twenty pounds since begin
ming training in the camp. All the
Bourbon county boys are doing well
in the service there and are well
contented. About 10000 men are in
training at the camp.
Teddy Templin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. T. Templin, of Paris, who
recently enlisted in the Navy, has
gone to Newport, R. l., where he was
instructed to report for duty at the
Naval Training Station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. H. Buchanan
have received a letter from their son,
Mr.. Clarence Buchanan, at Camp
Shelby, Hattiesburg, stating that he
had been acquitted of the charge of
desertion from the army. Buchanan
is member of Co. B., 149th In
fantry. He was arrested here in De-
cember, 1917, with a comrade, King
Culbertson, also of Paris, on a deser-
ton charge and taken to FIT. Thomas,
near Newport, where they remained
nearly three months. Buchanan
was stenographer for Co. B., and he
and Culbertson, concluded to pay
Christmas visit to their parents in
Paris. Their eXoneration was COM
plete in every respect, including a
restoration of rank and privileges.