Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-05-16

George Marion Grove, Harper's Ferry.
Hammond Tabler Staley, Shepherds
town.
AlternateS:
lanes Edward Bagent, Harper's Ferry.
Edgar Drew Roderick, Kabletown.
The local board reports one volun-
teer for this call, James Lawrence
GRAY, and this call is still open for
another volunteer.
There was one registrant to enroll in
the national want call, Henry Thomas
Carter, who will be sent to Fort Wayne,
Michigan, May 18th.
In the call for ten men to go to Rich
mond, Va, on May 18th for instructions
there were five volunteers and five Sc
lected men. as follows:
Volunteers:
Willard Clyde Russell.
Harvey Frank Davis.
John David Cockrell.
Roger Manuel.
Samuel G. Williamson.
Selected:
Joseph w. Rightstine.
Fred Mason Riddleberger
Frank Hammond Drish.
Walter Franklin Scarlet
Marion Border Bell.
These men will receive training as
automobile mechanics, chauffeurS, ma
chiniStS, backsmthS, sheet metal work.
erS, general mechanics, carpenters,
electricians, radio operators, concrete
workers and telegrapherS. They will
be unassigned until after the compile
ton of their course in training. West
Virginia furnishes 900 men in this call,
800 of whom go to the State fair
grounds at Richmond, Va, and 100 to
the University of Akron, Ohio.
The local board received the follow
ing instructions concerning the call:
During the fve-day period begin
ming May 10Th, all local boards in this
State will complete entrainment of all
white registrantS included in their Sec
ond general quota, and some three
weeks later will complete the entrain-
ment of colored registrants assigned to
them for the second general quota
Therefore, the call to the colors OF
registrants engaged in the planting and
cultivation of crops must not be defer
red past these dates. All men who
have been so deferred must I've called
to the colors in the entertainment spe-
Gifted above"
Clarence Wood, former resident of
the vicinity of Shenandoah Junction,
has written to his mother, Mrs. Nettie |
Wood, cheerful letter from prison.
erS' camp in Germany, where he is now
informed. In September, 1915, young
Wood, who is 20 years old, enlisted in
the Canadian Expeditionary Forces and
left for France, where he was soon in |
the thick of the fighting. He was cap
tured by the Huns some time ago and
taken into the interior of Germany, |
where he has since been confined. In |
his letter to his mother he says that he |
is quite we'll and stated that where he |
was the ground was covered with snow.
His letter says: "You remember what |
a bookworm used TO be. have lots |
of time to read now. have studied |
French and Spanish for some time, and |
you can judge how | occupy my time.
We also knit gloves, socks and sweaters |
to pass the time away. Give my best |
regards 10 all the folks and KEEP |
SMILING" The Wood family is pa
triotic, all right One brother, William,
in now in France with the u. S. Ma |
rines, and another, Lewis, is training |
for aviation work at Seaside, Oregon.
Mrs. Selvey received a letter day |
or two ago from her son, William Sell
vey, saying that he was we'll and get
ting along nicely lover there" He |
said that he was seaSick but one day |
going across, but this may have been |
because the incidents of the voyage |
were too exciting for more time to be
lost in this ignominiouS way. He says |
that submarines were about them on |
several occasions and he saw the de- |
Stroyers chasing them off and discharg-
ing depth bombs at lively rate.
The United States wants 5000 doc
tors for the army service, and 100 of |
these are allotted to West Virginia. |
Physicians between the ages of p and |
SIS years are expected to volunteer.
Doctors over the age of SIS are eX-
pected to offer their services in the |
volunteer medical service corps. There |
is nothing that keeps up the morale Of |
the army as for the soldiers to know |
that there is an able and adequate |
corps of physicians and surgeons to
look after their needs during the battle.
In last Sundays casualty list ap-
peared the name of Captain Charles |
Porterfeld, Jr., as one of those slight
ly wounded. Captain Porterfeld is
grandson of Col George A. Porter
field, the well-known Mexican war vet
eran of Jefferson county. He entered |
the service several years ago from St. |
Paul, MINI. Captain Porterfeld is
but p years of age.
Nine Berkeley county men left on
Monday last for Fort Thomas, Kentucky,
where they will go into training for
army service. They were Harry S.
Sperow, Lawrence L. Broy, Owen Rob-
ert Roe, Raymond McC. Snyder, Mar
shall Gregory, Carl M. Knipple, Chas
G. Light, Graichen H. Baker, Isaac M.
Greenfield.
Lieut.. Frank Yates had a ten DAYS
furlough the past week, which he spent
with his relatives in this county, also
visiting friends in Shepherdstown. He
is at present at Camp Gordon, near
Atlanta, Ga, and is member Of the
45th regulars.
Corporal Robert NJ. Knott, of this
vicinity, a member of the 10lst Ord
nance Depot Company at Camp Meade,
has been promoted to be sergeant Of
ordnance.
Gordon R. Bready, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs G. R. Bready, of Harper's Ferry,
is now on his way to France with the
American Army.