The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-11-19

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. IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR .
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! Letters have been received here
from Hord Lowell, who is in France,
stating that he is in fine health, and
likes the country and the people very
much.
Private Robt., o. Hertig has re-
turned to his army duties at Camp
Sheridan, in Alabama, after a fif-
! teen-days' visit in Paris on furlough.
He was called here by the death and
burial of his two brothers, who both
died of influenza.
49,
Raymond Connell, Fithian Arkle
and Lawrence Soper, all of Paris,
members of the Army Training School
Corps at Camp Buell., Lexington, are
recovering from recent severe at
tacks of the Spanish influenza. Re
ports from the Camp yesterday show
ed improvement in the influenza sit
uatiOn.
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! Capt. j. T. Brown, who has been
stationed at Camp Greene, near Char
lotte, South Carolina, in the medical
branch of the service, is in Paris on
"a furlough. Capt. Brown is MEM
Der of the medical staff in the Base
Hospital, at Camp Greene, having
volunteered for that duty early in the
summer.
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In letter to his wife, at George
town, Mr.. Matt Turney, formerly of
Paris, who is now driving an army
auto-truck in France, he tells of the
great work the Y. M. G. A. is doing
;there for the boys in the army, and
with what heartiness and cheer the
Y. M. c.. A.. workers are greeted ev-
erywhere along the lines.
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, Lieut.. Lawrence LAWN is at home
: on a short furlough from Camp Cor
{ don, in Georgia, for visit to his
, parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. LAWN,
and family, ON Walker avenue.
Lieut.. LAWN is bayonet instructor at
jCamp Gordon, and is expecting Or
ders soon to go, overseas for intensive
work in the army lines.
The suggestion has been made that
instead of having a third peace cele-
, bration that would cost several hum
dred dollars. that a movement be
started at once to raise a fund of
s1,OO contributions for the erection
lin the court house yard of a suitable
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: names of the Bourbon county sailors
and soldiers who have made the su-
8 preme sacrifice"
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Capt. JOS. E. Terrence, OF Cynthf-
D ana, who went to, France at the same
3 time as did Lieut.. Reuben Hutch
? craft. of Paris, has returned to the
, Base Hospital, at Cape May, N. j., af-
e ter a visit: to his wife in Cynthiana.
: Capt. Terrence was severely wounded
in the battle Of scissors, on July II,
|, and returned from overseas about SIX
weeks ago. He thinks another opera
: ton will be necessary on his shatter-
H ed arm to give him control and use
U of his hand.
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Hi Seaman A. o. Robertson, or MIL
y lersburg. is in Bourbon county on
:: furlough, visiting relatives. Robert
\ lson. who has been in France for some
y time. has been transferred to Nor
!: folk. Va, on special duty. He was
II Ion the transport Covington, when 1t
" was torpedoed by a German subma-
n lrine last July. He had made SIX
Y trips overseas before that event.
! Robertson says "Buddie" James, who
n was also on the Covington, is making
III La sure-enough salt sea sailor.
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III Postmaster ]. Walter Payne has
u received the following bulletin from
!: Adiutant-General Heistand, with the
Nj request that it be given the widest
u! possible publicly. Postmaster Payne
J: accordingly turned it over to THE
MI NEWS, with request that 1t be pub
"! lished in the GIN The Service" col
y. d. umn. because, you know, everybod!
HI reads that. The bulletin follows:
", y. "The Infantry Of1cerss Training
m School which was to be held at CAM
Hi Fremont, California, beginning DE
!: cember 1. 1918, is cancelled.
mn "The advertising matter, ETC., re
Gently sent you with reference to tina
:: camp, should be torn down anu OF
MI stroyed, and you are requested to in
MI form applicants seeking informatiol
:; that the school has been called OF
hi and the candidates are no longer dc
Hh sired. -
=: "H. o. s. HEISTAND,
III "Adiutant General, Department Ad
VII jutant."
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MI Hugh Campbell, formerly of Paris
:: where he was in the employ OF IN
{: power Grocery Co., and later with I