Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-10-01
Jefferson County War News.

Mrs. Frank Drish has received card
announcing that her husband has ar
rived safely overseas.
D. Fairfax Milbourne who went to
Camp Lee with the last contingent
from the county is reported to be i'll,
suffering from pneumonia. His moth
er, Mrs. L. r. Milbourne, one of the
teachers in the Charles Town Graded
school was called to camp Lee by a
telegram on Thursday.
A call for one recruit to entrain for
Columbus Barracks, Ohio has been is
sued to the County Board. Oscar
Hooe who has been employed at Pur-
cellville, Va, for some time has been
notified to fill the quota. He will go
to Columbus, September 30.
Lieut.. Francis w. Daniel has been
transferred from Pittsburg where he
had been instructing the students in
Carnegie Institute to Chicago. He
will be commanding officer of the
Students Army Training Corps at
Loyola University in the Windy City.
Mrs. Sarah Hardy, of the Millville
neighborhood has a number of letters
from her two sons, Elmer and Clar-
ence both of whom have been in
France since July. Elmer is in the
First Infantry training regiment. A
neighbor Clarence Grove who went to
camp with Elmer from this county
May 26, and has been in the company
with him since going to France has re-
Gently been separated from him, much
to the sorrow of both boys. The
Hardy boys write the most cheering
letters, and both anticipate coming
bonna af an aa1,lu date
Ben Higgs is home for a few days
before going to State College Pa, to
enter the Students training corps
Ben spent two months at Plattsburg
New York, this summer and came
away with a commission as lieutenant
Norval II. Davis, son of Mr.. A. O.
Davis west of town had orders to re-
port Monday at the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology to begin training
in the aviation branch of the Navy
Mr.. Davis enlisted in the aviation SER
vice early in the summer.
William White, Jr. a Halltown
colored boy, who has been in the
transport service since the beginning
of the war is in Philadelphia hospit-
al convalescing from an attack of
typhoid. Before going to the hospital
he had returned from his fourth voy-
age through the submarine zone. On
its last trip Williams boat encoun-
tered submarine which landed one
torpedo on it and sank another boat
nearby. The boat William was on es-
capped sinking by the timely arrival of
American and British destroyers.
Rev. P. n. Mcdonald who has been
In training school for army chaplains
at Camp Taylor, KY, for some time
has been accepted for service overseas
He is expected here next week to
make farewell visit to his mother
sisters and brothers at Media farm be-
fore sailing for France.
Miss Mary Champion, of Mansfield
illinois, who is a guest of her uncle
Mr.. Rumsey Smithson, in Charles
Town, received a cable message Mon
day from her brother, Capt. Edward
Champion, announcing his safe arrival
overseas. Capt. Champion had been
in training at Camp Grant Illinois.
Corporal r. N. Martin who is in Co.
A, 334 Battalion at Camp Colt, Gettys-
burg, Pa, has been promoted to Ser
geant. He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Martin, in Ransom.
Third Sergeant Granville A. Mock
VINO is IN the Infantry at Camp Lee
has been promoted to First Sergeant.
If promotions can be won in a training
camp, what could such an officer do on
the firing line where Granville is eager
to go?
Private John Hughson Barnes was
up from Camp Meade on Saturday.
going out to Middleway to visit the
home folks. For some time after. he
went to Meade he was a member of
the mounted police force of the camp.
He is now in the machine gun unit.
A severe wound was sustained in
battle in France few days ago bv
Charles Fenton, a brother of Mrs.
Scott, the wife of Rev. Walter G.
Scott, of the Charles Town Baptist
Church. Young Fenton was in the
infantry, and was member of the
National Guards of the District of
Columbia when war was declared. In
previous fighting he had been gassed
the injury then sustained compelled
him to take treatment in hospital for
some time. He viii be brought home
for convalescence.