The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-28
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Messages have been received here
by relatives of the safe arrival in
France of Lieut.. Clay Ward, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Miller Ward, Of near
Paris. Lieut. Ward sailed with his
company about three weeks ago. He
was stationed at FIT. Oglethorpe, Ca,
during the winter
Russell T. Stephens, of near
Hutchinson, has returned from Camp
Zachary Taylor, where he went re-
Gently with detachment of Bourbon
county draftees. Stephens was
granted an honorable discharge from
the service on account of physical
defects which would preclude his
taking active service.
Recruiting officer Sharp, who has
his headquarters at the Windsor
Hotel, in this city, secured another
recruit for the army service Friday,
when Eden Norman, of Sadieville,
Scott county, came to Paris, and vol
unteered in the service of Uncle
Sam. Norman reported at Fl
Thomas, Saturday, and was assigned
to the infantry branch of the service.
Vance Huffman, formerly of Paris,
who was dangerously injured by a
kicking mule at Camp Shelby, Hat
tiesburg, Miss, some time ago, and
| whose life hung in the balance for a
time, is recovering rapidly at the
| Base Hospital, at Camp Sheridan,
! near Montgomery, Alabama, and will
| be able to come home soon to recu-
| perate.
Mr.. Alvin Thompson, who is a
member of the DR.. Barrow Base Hos
| pital Unit No. 40, at Camp Zachary
Taylor. spent Sunday and Monday in
| Paris as a guest of relatives. The
Unit has received orders to move and
will leave soon for some Atlantic
port, preparatory to embarkation. for
France. Several Bourbon county
boys are In the Unit. 1T
-rs- 80 80,
! Mr.. Andrew Jackson Turney, Of
Paris, left Monday for Louisville,
where he went as vanguard for the
| Bourbon county draftees, who will
leave for Camp Zachary Taylor,
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Turney
will visit relatives in Louisville and
| join the Bourbon county men at
their place of detrainment near Lou
isville, and proceed to Camp Taylor
with them.
| Troop trains have been passing
through Paris recently in sections.
On Saturday night four trains passed
through, loaded to the guards with
troops. On Sunday night three trains
passed through, all destined for
Southern contonments. The troops
were for the most part new recruits,
being transferred from the recruiting
stations in Ohio, Indiana and Ken
lucky to the Southern camps.
Sergt. Allen HuddlestOn and Corp.
Walter Mcpherson, Bourbon county
boys from Camp Zachary Taylor,
spent Sunday and Monday in this
this city with relatives. They are
greatly pleased with conditions in the
camp, and say Uncle Sam is the best
provider in the world. Both men are
in perfect health and fit and ready to
show their ability as first-class fight
ing men.
Bourbon county boys who go to
the army camps now do not seem to
have much time to linger. OF the
number who went from here a few
days ago several have already been
transferred to other points. Rela-
tives in this city have received infor
nation from Frank Roche, who left
with the Lexington delegation, that
he had been transferred to an army
j post in Texas. Private Lapsley Has
kins, who went from Paris with the
last delegation from the county
writes that he has been transferred
to Chester, Pa, on duty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Mitchell have
received a letter from their son
Corp. JOS. G.. Mitchell, somewhere
in France Corp. Mitchell stated
that he had been riding for three
days on a train, after leaving the
transport, which brought him anC
: the other Kentucky boys over. He
said the road was double-tracked
and the roadbed as good as any in
: Kentucky. He spent one Sunday in
| beautiful city in France and had a;
good food as heart could desire
James Ellis, the Mastin, and John.
son boys from Bourbon county, were
still with him. He had not been sick
a day since he left, and was feeling
fine.
Lucien Arnsparger, of Paris, who
has been with an ambulance corps at
Camp Sherman, near Columbus, o.,
and who accompanied another divis-
4 ion of the service to Camp Sheridan,
near Montgomery, Ala, several
months ago, is now on his way over
j seas. He sent a long distance tele-
i phone message of parting to his
mother, Mrs. Ruby Arnsparger, In
this city, a few days ago, stating
i that he was on his way to an army
! camp in Virginia, from where they
| would be sent overseas. Mr.. Reveli
/ Whitridge, son of Mrs. Sallie Wilson
Whitridge, formerly of Paris. is In