Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-07-18
Notes of Our Soldiers.


ed in line at the headquarters OF the
local draft board, and were marched to
the depot, headed by the Powhatan
Band. The party, which was in charge
OF Glenn Gardner, was composed OF the
following:
Glenn Gill Gardner, Leetown.
Edgar Earl Lancaster, Charles Town.
Joseph Vim. McSherry, kearneysvllle.
John Patrick Geary, Bakerton.
Edgar Strother Knott, Shepherdstown.
Roy Hamill Hoffmaster, Charles Town.
James B. Moler, Bakerton.
John Shirley, Shenandoah Junction.
John c. Fleming, Kearneysville.
William Franklin Bradley, Leetown.
Daniel Henry Sibert, Charles Town.
Edgar Franklin Jacobs, Kabletown.
Robert Stanley Watson, Charles Town.
Samuel G. Heinz, Kearneysville.
Jesse McGarry, Shenandoah Junction.
John Leonard Perry, Halltown.
Sergeant-Major William ]. Ceary, OF
the United States Marine Corps, who
was born at Harper's Ferry, 'and later
movedto Washington with his mother,
was killed in battle in France. His
mother, Mrs. Culdia E. Geary, was knit
ting a sweater for her boy when inform"
ed that he had made the supreme
sacrifice for the cause OF democracy
and liberty. Sergeant Geary was 70
years old and had been connected with
the Marine Corps headquarters in Wash
ington as a clerk and craftsman for
nine years. Recently he expressed a
wish to get in the fighting line and was
sent to France in June. He was i'm
mediately detailed TO the fighting line.
Sergeant ]. D. Licklider, son of Mrs.
Catherine Licklider, OF Martlnsburg,
was recently cited for bravery in con-
nection with the capture and defense
Of Cantigny, in France, May 27-3l.
The order is as follows: Sergeant
John d. Licklider, Company D, 18th
Infantry. His platoon leader having
been killed, took command Of the pla-
toon and consolidated his post under
heavy fire, his GOODNESS and energy be-
ing an inspiration to his men, Young
Lickider has been in the army five
years. He saw service in the Mexican
war, and sailed for France about year
ago.
Last Saturday nineteen Berkeley
county men left Martinsburg for the
training school at Richmond, Va, where
they will fit themselves for special SER
vice in the army. Those in the party
were Lawrence c. DeGrange, Earl ].
Melintz, Emory w. Kline, Harry G.
Jones, Albert L. Hockenberry, G. H.
Rhodes, Joseph L. Grove, Roy w. Bow
ers, John A. Taylor, Edward J. Blake,
Thomas Anostos, Augustus Julius, John
W. Beard, Henry L. Chaplain, Boyd F.
Shriver, John F. Watson, James B.
Cross, Clarence A. Miller and Roy E.
Keller.
James B. Osbourn, of the Duffields
neighborhood, was mighty glad TO have
a cablegram Tuesday afternoon from
his son, Lieutenant Cleon 5. Osbourn,
saying that he was just back from the
front and was all o. X. Lieutenant
Osbourn is an artilleryman and has
been right in the thick of the fighting
on the French battle front. His friends
here rejoice with the family that he is
still safe.
Bill Mitchell, of Shepherdstown, who
was last week sent to Camp Meade af-
ter having been transferred from Class
4 of the draft, is making the best of the
situation. 1t is said that he announced
with some pride that he had been pro-
NOTED from Glass 4 to Class /. We
are glad that Bill looks at it in this
way, but we doubt if there will be much
of a scramble for this sort Of promotion.
Clayton Myers, of the u. S. Navy,
spent the weekend in Shepherdstown
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. c.
Myers. He is on the transport Hender-
son, carrying men and supplies TO
France. A short time ago fire broke
out aboard the ship when it was
couple of days out of port, and it was
forced to return. Fortunately the
damage was not so very serious.
Four Shepherdstown men who left
for Camp Lee on June 10Th with the
Jefferson county contingent have been
honorably discharged on account OF
physical defects and have returned to
their homes here. They are Walter B.
Hodges, Llewellyn Potts, Charles
DOIIlST dllU w dltSI Navy iiSS 6Oh
back the latter part OF last week.
William B. Daniels, of this county,
who has been in a navigation training
school in Philadelphia preparatory to
entering the naval service, has been
given a certificate of proficiency by the
i. S. Department of Commerce Steam
boat Inspection Service. Mr. Daniels is
- he
VIM. A. Morgan, of this place, has
arrived safely in France, card to this
effect having been received by his
mother, Mrs. A. c. Morgan. He is a
member of the 37th Engineers, and
went across after brief period OF
training at Fort Myer, Va. He enlisted
about the middle of April.
Captain H. H. Williams, who mar
ried Miss Margaret Potts, of this place,
and who has been on duty in Washing
ton the past year, has been ordered to
France, and is now in New York ready
to sail. Mrs. Williams will come to her
old home at Shepherdstown for an in
definite time.
No further information has been re-
ceived by members of his family in this
county concerning the severe wound
ing of Major John P. Lucas, reported
last week from France. 1t is hoped
that no news is good news and that
Major Lucas is at least holding his own.
Henry J. Blackford, of Bardane, this
county, has been appointed second
lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Re-
serve Corps. He recently graduated
from the fourth Coast Artillery train
ing camp at Fort Monroe, Va.
Berkeley county will send 200 young
men to Camp Meade in the call that has
been made for Friday, July 10th. This
will be the biggest entrainment that has
yet been made from Berkeley county.
Harry Kretzer, of Bridgeport, and
Elmer Tenant, of Shepherdstown, have
arrived safely overseas, word to this
effect having been received by their
relatives here.
The Register has a card from Rev.