Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-20
Notes of Our Soldiers.

Jonn l. forterheld, was unable 10 &c,
into the Marine Corps, as he had
hoped, when he offered himself for this
branch of the service week or two
ago, because he was over the age in
which men are accepted. He has now
applied as volunteer in the Field Ar.
tillery, and has been directed to take q
course Of study at home, with the
promise that if he masters the in
tricacies Of trigonometry and other
necessary requirements he will be &C
cepted. If all goes we'll he will be
sent to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to a
special school for this branch OF the
service. Until he is called away def
nitely for army service Mr.. Porter
field will continue to fill the Office OF
prosecuting attorney and will also at
tend to his legal practice as usual.
There will be between fifteen and
eighteen Shepherdstown men in the con-
tingent of draftees who will be called
to army service from Jefferson county
next week, and the ladies OF the Red
Cross will arrange for an entertain
ment for them before they 60. Next
Monday evening has been set as the
time, when reception will be held at
the old college building. All Of the
men who are to 60 on the following
Wednesday are expected to be present,
and the members of their families and
intimate friends are also invited. The
gathering will be an informal one, and
no set programme has been prepared,
but it is hoped to make it enjoyable for
all who attend. Each man will be pre-
sented with comfort kit and refresh
ments will be served.
Frank L. Johnson, of Statesville, N.
c., formerly of Shepherdstown, who was
recently accepted for service in the I:
M. C. A. Army work, has been ordered
to New York, and will report there on
Monday next, ready to sail for France
at once. Mr.. Johnson doesn't know
lust where he will be located, but ne
says that he is going to try mighty hard
to link UP with some Of the Shepherds
town boys. May good fortune attend
him.
Mrs. Robert Gibson left this morn
ing for an extended visit TO her daugh-
tiers, and expects to be away the BAL
ance of the summer. She will first 60
TO Albany to spend some time with Mrs.
Treadwell and later will go TO Detroit
to Mrs. Mitchell.
William L. Miller, son Of VIM. K.
Miller, has resigned his position with
the West Virginia Printing Company at
Fairmont, and returned to Shepherds
town. He is among the drafted men
called to report for army service at
Charles Town next Wednesday, and is
ready to perform his duty. Mr.. Miller,
who has been in Fairmont for several
years past, is graduate of the Register
office, and was one of our best young
printers. We shall wish for him the
best of luck, wherever he may be.
Under orders from headquarters,
sixty men from Jefferson county will
assemble in Charles Town next Wed
nesday, June Goth, ready TO proceed to
Camp Lee to begin their military SER
vice. The names of the men were pub
lished in a recent issue of the Register.
They will leave Charles Town on the
B. & o. train passing there at GA p.
m. This is the largest contingent that
has yet left this county, and it is an
ticipated that lage crowd Will be
present to see the boys off.
Rev. John w. Link, camp pastor at
Camp Sewer, Greenville, S. c., spoke
last Sunday evening in the Lutheran
and Southern Methodist churches in
Shepherdstown, and talked most inter-
estingly about the work among the SOL
dierS from his personal experiences.
Mr.. Link returned to duty today. He
has applied for assignment TO duty
overseas, and it is quite likely that he
will be sent to France before long.
A good many changes are being made
by local draft boards under orders
from the government, in reclaSsifylng
registrants. In Jefferson county some
men who were in Class one have been
put in lower classes by the new regula-
tons, while in other instances men in
the lower classification have been NOV
ed up to Glass one.
J. Edward Barnhart has been ac-
copied for the Army Medical School in
Washington and has been assigned to
work. He and Wilmer Miller were
good deal surprised few days ago to
find themselves in the same line when
they presented themselves for inocula-
ton. Neither knew that the other was
in the school.
Walter E. Herr, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter L. Herr, of this place, went to
Baltimore the first of the week and en-.
listed in the Navy. He is now at home
again, waiting the call to appear for
duty. Walter is one of the boys who is
always about, and he will be greatly
missed by the young folks of our COM
munity.
The 3l4th Field Artillery, which was
one Of the organizations at Camp Lee
made I'D almost entirely of West Wiz
GINA men, has landed safely in France.
1t is believed that the 3l3th and the
3l5th are also near the other side, but
there has as yet been no official infor-
nation given out.
Allen R. Emmert, the well-known
young Martinsburg merchant, who last
December enlisted in the Navy, has
been transferred to the Naval Aviation
Service and will go into training at
go to Pensacola, where he will be taught
actual flying.
Twenty-six colored men from JEFF
ferson county will leave Charles Town
tomorrow friday afternoon for Camp
Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. Includ-
ed in the number are Raymond Devon
shire, Alex Clarke and James Davis, of
Shepherdstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward o. Mckee have
gotten a card from their son George
that he has landed safely in France. He
went across in hurry, as he has been
in the service only since the I'd of
April. He sailed from Newport News,
Va.
Robert Crowl is home from McKees-
port, Pa. He is in the draft and has
been called TO enter the service with
the boys from Jefferson county who
leave next Wednesday.
Edward Folk, son Of Rev. and Mrs