Williams news., 1918-12-20
INJURED SOLDIER G|v- EN PROMPT ATTENTION

Asoldier, enroute from Camp Kearny to Camp Grant, was se- verely injured while getting off from a swiftly moving passen- ger train at Ash Fork, Sunday night. Aid was quickly render ed thru the Williams chapter of the American Red Cross, and the young man is now reported to be safely on the way to a quick and complete recovery.
 Number 10 was thirty min utes late in reaching Ash Fork Sunday night, while number s was on time. Consequently number nine arrived at that point first. Both trains stop for lunch at Ash Fork and iii order to allow the passengers on num- Der ten an opportunity to step into the Harvey House for lunch, number nine had been cut in two. Lloyd George Ow- ems, a soldier on his way from Camp Kearney to Camp Grant, took advantage of the oppor- tunity to get a warm meal.
 Number nine was first to couple up and prepare to pull out. When MT. Owens stepped out of the eating house he saw this train ready to depart, and mistaking it for his own, he hurriedly boarded it. The train had gone about a quarter of mile before he discovered the mistake. Apparently thinking the train was moving more slowly than it really was, he opened the door and jumped off.
 It appears that the porter saw the soldier get off and re- ported the same to the conduc- tor. The agent at Ash Fork re- ceived a message from thecon- ductor when the latter reached Sellgman, advising him to look for the man.
 Santa Fe officer. c. s. Patter- son adn Harry Wilson, of Ash Fork, went out to look for the soldier. They found him about quarter of a mile out, near the first semiphore signal, lying at the side of the road, uncon- Nsclous. MT. Patterson admins tered first aid while MT. Wilson returned to the station for a Stretcher.
 The injured man was taken to the Arizona Rooming House where a room was provided and a nurse secured. MT. Pat terson then notified division su- perintendent, Futile, and he in turn notified the Williams Chapter of the American Red Cross. The local Red Cross of f1c1als sent Dr. Jefries down to administer medical attention.
 By catching a freight, the doctor succeeded in reaching Ash Fork at 80 that night. He found the man severely in- Jured about the head and still unconscious. The accident had happened about 6:3O. There was little that the doctor could do but wait for the man TO re- gain consciousness.
 The following morning, the local Red Cross chairman, Mrs. Perrin, accompanied by Miss w. D. Lane, Field Secretary for this division, motored dow, +n Ash Fork to see if anything more could be done fo the soI- dier. They found that the Ma sons, having learned that the injured man was member of their order, had been giving every possible assistance to him. Getting in communica- ton with the officers in charge of the base hospital at Fort Whipple, Prescott, they made arrangements to have private Jones taken there. He reached Prescott Monday night and had not yet regained consciousness
 The following day, Tuesday F. M. Gold was dispatched to Ash Fork and Prescott, by the Red Cross, to find out all the particulars of the accident and to see that everything possible should be done for the young man. Arriving at Prescott, MT IGold called upon Lieutenant colonel c. E. HoImberg officer in charge of the barracks al the fort, and his assistant, Gap. . tain c. E. Yaeger. He was courteously received and was given assurance that the unfor