Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-08-08
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.ocesssry oocupadoa bsar the Pcrts
Z emharknuon q Amsnczn troopL
The tEo men we're intsetoi throuEh
b. local draft beard frun Group c
20 only for limited service They
m Audrains quota fer . special call
ron Provost Marshall General Crow
Ter.
Eden Truck, Of ST Louis. son q
he Rev. n. Z. Truck. and wsIl known
Mexico. has been accepted In the
laval aviation service Of the U. s.
Leonard GallOp. who has been in
visiting his parents. Mr.. and
Mn George GallOp. left Friday, for
Fort Bliss. Texas 10 resume his SER
vice with the United States troops.
A Musical Hobo Entertains.
Caught by local authorities bumm-
ing on the blinds" four v~agarants
we're lodged in the city jail Friday az
ternoon. In the evening p~assers-by
were greeted with a friendly "cOme-
in" and soon the musical "bo" was
rendering in a clear. welltrained voice
all Of the latest popular songs.
Well and Happy.
F. p. Kelso is in receipt Of a letter
from his son, Bryan KelsO, with U. S.
troops overseas. Mr.. Kelso writes
that he is well and happy and has
seen Foy Dean, a former Audrain
County boy. Bryan says it is wonder
full in what a good humor a man can
be when he has a full stomach, which
is the case with the troops overseas.
Corporal William Mann.
William T. Mann, formerly Of this
city, who left recently With a contin-
gent of Audrain County men for
Camp Dodge, Iowa, has been advan-
ced to corporal. The report that Mr..
Mann had been shot, is a mistake, his
many friends are glad to know.
IN the Ladies Home Journal, the
last issue, is a picture of American
soldiers in France, with a line under
it, "0ur boys over there are laughing"
In the group is Henry Clark, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clark of this
city. The picture is an excellent one
of Henry, who is easily recognizable.
Out of the United States troops at
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana,
Lieutenant Ralph Coatsworth of Mex
leo has been selected by high officials
there to go to Washington for special,
personal instructions in the personnel
work of the Army.
Mr.. Coatsworth is the son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Frank Coatsworth Of this
city and since his enlistment into the
U. S. Army he has already made a
splendid record. He received his Pc
liminary training at Camp Funston
Kansas, and because Of his excellent
work there was granted a commission
as second lieutenant. That was sew.
eral months ago. He was then trans.
ferred to Fort Benjamin Harrison al
an instructor.
Lieutenant Ralph Coatsworth is thu
only one Of the four sons Of Mr.. an.
Mrs. Coatsworth, who remain on thi'
side Of the Atlantic. William Coats
worth is a captain in the Infantry AM
' is stationed somewhere in France
, Leanord is a sergeant in the medica
corps and has also been in France 70
J some time. Alan is a private in tn
' engineers corps and has been owe
there for several months
Limited Service Men to Syracuse
George Vormund of MartinsburI
and Fred Jamerson Roberts Of Molin
y have been ordered by the local dra1
board to report this evening in thi
; city for entrainment to Syracuse, NeN
York, where they will act as dock fire
: men on the Government wharves. The
: fill Audrain's quota in limited ser
ice men, for this special call. The
' were selected from Group c.
Edward Ross of the Hoxsey moto
company has volunteered as a mech
!. anic in the United States Army an
will leave for Kansas City August !
= for a course in military training,
Hopkins Says They Are All Well.
A letter from Earl Hopkins of tn
354th Infantry states that himself an
all the Mexico boys with him are
the best of spirits and health. The
are stationed somewhere in Franc
behind the lines and are receiving il
! tensive training for participation
the battle from the front line trenche
., 1t will not be long until Jimm
and Jesse, twin sons Of Mr.. and Mr.
- H. H. Grafford of this city, will bot
- be in France fighting for the eau
of Democracy. Jimmie is atread
=, there. Jesse has volunteered for Sc
~ vice as a truck driver and leaves (,
= the Raye Auto School in Kansas Gil
on August 10.
The boys were born on a farm ne
Laddonia in 1897, and SO were n
included in the first draft. But Jill
mic was a youth who loved adventu
and when a bunch of Mexico bo
" decided to join the National Guar
and get into the big fuss over thel
he was one of the first to announce l
- intention of serving Uncle Sam. ]
volunteered IN the Fifth Nilsson
- Jnffre's Regiment, and was accept'
But Jesse after careful considt
alton decided to wait until he becar
of age to go to war, realizing that
opportunities of advancement wol
20 be greatly increased. Now he b
90 concluded that the time is ripe and
leaves next week for training.
In camp Jimmie won the rank
4, corporal, and was sent on his way
!, France. He got as far as New 70
~, but attacked by a severe form of
'N mumps he was detailed to a base h
pital and his regiment, the 1879
sailed without him. Today, Mond
his father received a letter stat
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