Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-05-02

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Merrill C. Bradshaw, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Bradshaw of Her
angton. has been appointed steno-
grapher to Major General Wood al
Camp Funston. He has been Denver
court reporter for two years.
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r. II. Forney today received a teie-
gram from his brother, Sergeant A.
II. Forney, who instructed that his
mail after this be addressed to the
AMERICAN Expeditionary Forces. II
Is the supposition that Sergeant For
ney Is Somewhere in France prepar-
ing for active service.
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A train of drafted men passed
thru Abilene last evening. They were
from either Arizona or New Mexico
and they certainly made some noise
when they passed thru the town.
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ia now leader OF the 10sth regimental
engineers band. The band is com
posed of 20 pieces. Albert played a
trombone in the Abilene band for a
time. He and his men are now I'm
New York City.
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William Etherington, in letter to
his mother, Mrs. George Etherington,
states that he is now in Buffalo, N.
Y. He left Camp Doniphan Satur-
day and arrived in Buffalo April %.
He enjoyed the trip immensely and
is feeling fine now. In a letter, he
stated that the Red Cross furnished
che men with cigarettes, candy and
nearly everything that a soldier de-
sires. William is a member of the
mounted police.
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DIR. E. B. Briney and Dr. r. B.
Briney, Jr., have enlisted in the vet
Urinary reserve corps and expect to
go to Fl Oglethorpe, Ga, soon. They
will locate here for the present, how
ever. Both graduated with honors
Tuesday evening from the Kansas
City veterinary college.
Lieut.. Ralph NALL Of Herington, I
has been transferred from the Allan
tic coast navy service to the Pacific !
and will be on ship stationed off the l
China coast. i
Lieut.. Paul Gleissner at latest re- |
ports had been assigned to no active Z
duty but was in Southern France
awaiting duty call. Frank Tyler, II
formerly of Abilene high school, is {
with him but other Abilene boys are Il
an other parts of France. 81
Charles Jaeger was notified by the =
local draft board that he must be
here from Baton Rouge in certain :
time. He arrived here 0 hours ahead =
of time, visited his parents in Hope :,
and then returned here.
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Professor d. II. Simpson, formerly >,
of the science department of the high
school here, has been called for the !,
draft Mr.. Simpson intends to be
transferred to the chemical depart !,
ment later.
Herbert ROhrer in France II
A cablegram from Lieut. Herbert 81
Rohrer to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. II
John Rohrer state that he arrived F
safely in France. Lieut.. Rohrer was d
stationed at FIT. Oglethorpe, Ca, be- a
fore going to France. n
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The following letter is from La h
Vern Wilcox of this city. He recently b.
enlisted in the coast artillery. Fort Il
Maine, April 21.-Last a,
Tuesday night one of the sentinels IL
guarding battery was knocked in N
the head by providers. Five or six 81
sentinels have been killed at this ii
post Consequently, Wednesday, four n
men were picked out of our com W
pany to form a Cossack post near p
the battery. These men were picked d
on their craftsmanship. They are q
called the Kansas sharpshooters, as W
three of them came from my state. b.
was unlucky enough to be picked.
All we have to do is to conceal our d
selves among the rocks at dusk, lc
where we can keep a sharp lookout r,
Here we stay until midnight. rain or Fl
shine. The second night we were If
out, two men in uniform entered the A
post, passing about twenty feet from Y
where l was posted. Our orders a,
were to challenge no one but if any n
one entered the post to send in the tr