Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07

ne Will enter the lying Oranen OF the
service.
Ray Neighbors, who is stationed
with the U. S. engineers at Fort Mey-
er, Va, is home on a furlough. Ray is
wearing a sharp-shooters' medal and
looks the picture Of health.
RAY MILLER TO URBANA, ILL.
Ray E. Miller departed Thursday
night for Urbana, H., where he is to
enter the ground school course of the
U. S. Aviation Corps, Saturday. Ray
has been a~nxiously waiting his call
for some time. His many Mexico
friends extend their best wishes for
his success and good luck.
Lieut.. Bryan Wilson is recovering
from a slight injury received aceiden-
tally. He was hurt with a bayonet in
the hands Of another man during bay
onet practice.
BENZ. Oney to IT. ~Leayenworth
Benjamin Oney volunteered his SER
vices to the U. S. Army before time
for his call in the draft and was sent
to Call No. l Land Division, Signal
Corps, Fl. Leavenworth, Kansas, Sat
urday. Mr.. oney was an operator at
Hthe Wabash depot
Private Leslie II. Bull, son Of j. II.
Bull, Of this city, who resides on N.
Washington street, was wounded in
action in France according TO press re-
ports from General Pershing. |. is
thought Bull was a victim of a Ger
man gas attack.
According to adviees from the Wes-
tern front, Private Bull was wounded
in an action that took place February
! 26, when one man was severely hurt
and twenty-five others slightly iniur-
ed.
Mrs. Robert E. Hook, a sister Of
Bull, said Saturday that he had en-
listed in the U. S. Army in this city
last April. He was q years old at
the time. He left for France in June
and his family had heard nothing
from him since. The first they knew
of his having been wounded was when
they read it in the newspapers.
Private Bull is the second man from
this county to be wounded in action at
the front. The other was Arthur
Snedeker, formerly a student in
Mcmillan High School, whose home
was in Laddonia.
WRITES FROM CAMP JOHNSTON.
Charles Niece, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. G. McGee, of this city, writes
| the following interesting letter home
from Camp Joseph Johnston, Florida:
Dear Folks:
, February &c, 1918. - Just a few
, lines tonight. Have been assigned To
"a" Company, known as the office
' workers company No. 7. will start tC
school March /. ! understand | will
, get 8 wees school and then be as.
signed to some cantonment in this
country in the clerical department.
was very fortunate to get in on this
as there were about 5000 more clerk
here than they needed and hundred.
. Of them were being transferred ever.
day to laborers companies and null
q packers. Papa can tell you what
mule packer is. 1t is to pack mule
with supplies to go through the hill
and mountains where wagons canno
reach the soldiers with supplies.
J. This camp is to be used for the Ma
7 tional Army men Of OF about the 15tl
of March. All men who have no
# been assigned to a permanent com
pany by that time will likely be trans
ferred to some other place. AS even
.s CHARLES MCGEE.
p MORRIS WILKINS PROMOTED
g Morris A. wilkins, Of 0klahom
. City, formerly of this city, has bee,
|. promoted from assistant sales man
ager of the Oklahoma City Mill an
Elevator Company. This is tn
largest flour mill in Oklahoma.
2. Emory L. Gooch has resigned hi
position as principal Of the Excelsio
Springs High School and will spen
a few days at home in Middletown be
fore going to the Ordnance Trainin
School at the University Of Chicago
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