Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-12-26
Notes of Our Soldiers.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Banks have re-
ceived a letter from their son, Grove
Banks, of Battery A, 3l3th Field Artil
lery, who says that after a months
strenuous fighting in France they were
rejoicing in the fact that the war was
over and that he and the other Shep
herdstown men, Will Mcdonald and
Stuart VanMetre, had escaped withou
scratch. Grove, who has been pro-
NOTED to be top sergeant, says that the
shells fell around them pretty thick
times, but none struck them. AT the
time OF writing the letter they were in
a rest camp, and though they had no
idea when they would be sent home,
they are-all ready to leave on an hours
notice.
Lieutenant Samuel G. Williamson.
has just finished the course in the Field
Artillery Training School at Camp
Taylor, Kentucky, is spending this week
with his friends in Shepherdstown. AT
hrst it was not certain that those who
had been in training for a commission
would receive the prize, but 1t was de-
cided that they would be commissions
as lieutenants in the Officers Reserve
Corps. Mr.. Williamson, therefore, i.
proud to hold the rank Of second lieu
tenant.
Lieutenant George M. Beethoven,
who has been in the Army since last
year, has been released from service
and arrived at his former home in Shep-
herdstown this morning. He has re-
Gently been military instructor in the
students army training corps at the
State Agricultural College atManhat.an
Kansas. This body has recently beer
mustered out of service, as have beer
practically all similar organizations.
Bryan Houser, of Bakerton, who is
in the naval service at Camp Dewey
Great Lakes, is home on furlough, and
is enjoying a respite from his duties
He is thriving on his work and looks
well and feels well. He hopes to have
a chance to 60 abroad before he is dis
charged from the service, but this is
charged from the service, but this
uhSSi taiu. oly yam ID SOlpOldl II
Company B, Third Regiment.
Rev. and Mrs. |. D. Woman receive
word on Tuesday from their son
Charles Woman, that he had arrived
safely from England, and is now in the
camp at Garden City, Long Island
After he has been in quarantine the
proper length of time and has been
fumigated accordingly to regulations
he will be honorably discharged anc
sent home.
Private Homer Lemaster, q young
soldier from Berkeley county, was kill.
ed while fighting in France on Novem-
Der 7th, just four days before the war
ended. He was a resident OF tho Bed
ington neighborhood, and was son OF
the late S. A. Lemaster. He is sur
vived by his wife, his mother and one
sister. His age was "a years,
DR.. c. E. Clay, a well-known Mar
tinsburg physician, who volunteered il
the medical department of the u. S.
Army some time ago, has been pro-
NOTED from captain to major and dec
Grated by the French Medical Secretary
for distinguished services in Frence.
DR.. Clay married Miss Lizzie Hughes
of Charles Town.
David Folk has been home the past
week on a furlough from Hampto.
Roads, Va, where he has been in train
ing in the U. S. Navy. He hasn't had a
chance to get seasick yet, inasmuch as
he has not been sent out on salt water,
and life is so monotonous that he is 60
ing to try to get back home.
We havereceived postcard from D.
Shirley Nichols, of Harper's Ferry, with
the American forces in France, giving
a view of one of the demolished bridges
across the river Marine. Shirley says
that he is receiving the Register reg
ularly, and it sure is good to get it,"
Private Joseph Edward Walker, for
merly Of Martinsburg, a soldier with
the American Army, died on board
ship while returning home from France |
a few days ago. He was 81 years old
and is survived by his wife and two
children.
Secretary Baker says that soldiers are
being discharged from the camps in
this country at the rate of 10000 daily.
Even this seems hardly enough, fol
many a man who wanted to be home
for Christmas is still in camp.
Lieutenant Cleon S. Osbourn, who
has been on duty for some months
past at Camp McClelland, Alabama.
has a ten-days furlough which he is
spending at his old home at Duffields.
Corporal Karl Hill was home from
Camp Holabird, Md, to spend Christ
mas with his parents.