Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-11
Notes of Our Soldiers.

classes were before the Jefferson coun
ty draft board on Tuesday to sho'
cause why they. should not be changes
and put in Glass | or Class 2. Thos'
who were not employed in essentia
work were moved up, and others Wer'
given brief time in which to cnang
their occupation. Several county mel
have announced their intention to nn'
employment in the shipyards, wher'
there is a strong demand for workmen
who are exempted from military. ser
vice il they work diligently. Undel
instructions from the government, tint
draft board is sitting out the men wn(
are not engaged in essential work, ans
wherever these are found they VII
either be sent into the army or required
to find real mans job.
Jefferson county so far has contriou
ted 372 to fight in the present war, anc
these men are now in France or II
training camps preparing for duty oVel
there. Fifteen more men will 60 &c
the Richmond training school nex'
week. Of the 372 already in the service
2OS are selected men, and lo4 are vol
unteers. Eighty Of the volunteers en-
tered the service before the selectlve
draft law became effective, and "a al
terward. Counting the fifteen already
ordered to Richmond and the 81 tc
Camp Meade in July, the county mas 81
white men and sc colored men left III
Glass l. almost enough to supply oul
quota to a new national army OF more
than a half million men.
All of the young men of Jefferson
county who were registered for army
service under the call for those VINO De-
came 81 years of age during the past
wear have been summoned TO appear
before the draft board for Jefferson
county, beginning next Tuesday, July
10th. Ii is Intended to have them all
examined by August LIST, and they are
liable to be called any time after that.
General Crowder has instructed all
boards to proceed with the work OF
examination as rapidly as possible, so
as to have all Class men ready by the
first of August. 1t is unoficially stated
that the War Department wants to call
out 100000 men during July and Au-
gust.
Among the casualties reported by
General Pershing the first of the week
was the announcement of the death
from wounds received in battle OF Lieu
tenant Stephen McGroarty, OF rails
Church, Va. He was fine young fel-
low, just 3 years old, and was BROTH
er-in-law of Mrs. Neal McCroarty, who
was formerly Miss Edna Mundey, OF
ShepherdstoWn. He was graduate OF
the University of Virginia, class OF
1916. He was clean-cut young Of
ficer, and il is sad that he has so soon
been called TO make the supreme sacrl-
flee.
Elzey L. Gray, who enlisted in the
Navy from this county last December,
arrived in Philadelphia few days ago
from a practice cruise on the battleship
Louisiana. He has acquired some
reputation already as a marksman. Inc
gun crew of which he is a member was
given a cash prize of Sl6O for their
craftsmanship.
Mrs. Wilmer Shell has received word
that her son Robert has reached france
in safety. Robert was one of the very
first of the Shepherdstown men to en-
list, having joined a Maryland regiment
when a detail from that organization
came to guard the bridge at Shepherds
town. He is now member Of the ll5th
Infantry.
1t is reported that five or six of the
men from this neighborhood who were
sent to Camp Lee couple of weeks ago
with the Jefferson county contingentwill
be returned home on account OF phySl-
cal disability. None of them, however,
has yet arrived here, and we do not
vouch for the rumorS.
Orland E. Hoffman and William
Mitchell, of Shepherdstown, and James
Thomas Hardin, of Halltown, were
called to Charles Town Tuesday, and
after examination by the local draft
board were sent to Camp Meade to
begin their military training.
George M. Baumgardner, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George D. Baumgardner,
of Charles Town, has enlisted in the
aviation corps. He has already passed
the required examination and is await
ing a call to training camp. He is
only Is years old.
E. Hayward Bowly, Of Harper's Fer
ry, formerly of this place, has received
word that his son, Vaughan Bowly, has
arrived safely in France with the
American Expeditionary Forces. He
is in the Ordnance Department.
The 3l5th and 3l6th regiments of
infantry, which are composed largely OF
West Virginia troops who have been in
training at Camp Lee, left that canton
ment last Sunday on the first stage OF
their journey to France.
Jesse Daley, son of Mrs. Annie
Daley, of Harper's Ferry, is recover
ing from an operation in the Charles
Town Hospital, which he underwent to
make himself eft" for enlistment in
the Navy.
Nv. Undertook, of Moundsville, this
State, a nephew of M. G. Bast and Mrs.
c. w. Show, of Shepherdstown, has
been promoted to the rank of sergeant
in the 2l4th Regiment at Camp Lee, Va,
Fayette Souders, of Charles Town,
who enlisted with the Fourth Maryland
Regiment at Harper's Ferry last sum-
mer, has arrived in France. He is a
member of the ll5th Infantry.
Prosecuting Attorney John T. Por-
terfield has gone to Columbus Barracks,
Ohio, where he will take training in the
field artillery, he having enlisted in that
branch of the service.
R. B. M. Reno, of this place, has
received word that his son Robert has
arrived safely in France with the Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces.
Colored CONTINGENT All Right.