The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-02

IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR .
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| Mr.. Harry Jones, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. X. Jones, of near Paris,
has applied for admission to the SER
vice as a member of the Officers Re-
serve Corps. Mr.. Jones is awaiting
action on his application, and hopes
to see service. If selected he will
probably be assigned to Camp Cor
don, in Georgia, where a new branch
of the corps recently began training.
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/ Mrs. James Mcclure left Wednes-
day for Camp Perry, Ohio, for a visit
to her son, Lieut.. James VIM Nc
Clure, of Paris. Lieut.. Mcclure is
stationed at Camp Perry as an Off
GER in the Eighth U. S. Cavalry.
Lieut.. Mcclure was formerly a stu
dent at the Annapolis Naval Acad-
envy, Maryland, where he attained a
high average.
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DR.. ]. T. Brown, who is stationed
at Camp Greene, near Charlotte, N.
/ c., as a member of the Medical Corps,
| writes that he has comfortable quar-
ters and is well fixed in that respect.
DR.. Brown has the rank of Captain,
| and is in charge of a ward in the
Base Hospital at Camp Greene. He
states that his time is fully occupied
| with the work in his charge and that
he has no time for play.
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Leo Keller, son of Mrs. Edward c..
Keller, has volunteered and been ac-
cepted for service in the navy. He
will leave on August 9 for the Naval
Training Station at Great Lakes, ILL.,,
where he will be indicted into the
service. Mr.. Keller, before his en-
listment was employed at the Third
street freight station of the L. & NJ,
as member of the clerical force.
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Salute First Sergeant Y. n. Harri-
son, please! The popular Paris man,
who is stationed at the practice range
at West Point, KY, has recently been
commissioned First Sergeant, and has
several Bourbon county boys under
his command. Sergeant Harrison is
with Batter A., of the 32Sth Field
Artillery in service at the artillery
range He was slightly hurt some
time ago when his horse fell on him,
but is recovering.
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Several Bourbon county boys have
recently been transferred from the
infantry brance of the service at
Camp Zachary Taylor to the artil-
lery service on the practice range at
West Point, near Louisville. Among
those who have been taken for this
service are Sergt. Allen Huddleston,
Sergt Client Wilson and c. e. Stew
art. The latter has been made Can
teen Steward at the range. Corp.
Merritt ]. Slicer, of Paris, who is
also a member of the Field Artillery
at West Point, is at present in Paris
on a furlough visit to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A L. Slicer, on South
Main street.
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Maj. Henry Rhodes, Chief of the
Selective Service Department, has
issued a call to local boards for 472
men to be sent to Indianapolis, Aug.
rs, for training as chauffeurs and
mechanics. In the call the quota
appointed to Central Kentucky coun-
ties is as follows: Bath, q; Bour-
bon, 5; Clark, S; Fayette, S; Flem-
ing, 6; Franklin, 6; Harrison, 6;
Jessamine, 8; Madison, 10; Mont
gomery, S; Nicholas. 4; Owen, S;
Scott, S; Woodford, 2; City of Lex
ington, TO- Eight hundred regis
trants will go to Fl. Thomas on
August 5, for general military train
ing. Bourbon county's quota in this
call will be twenty.
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In a letter from the officers train
ing camp at Wilmington, Delaware,
Sergt. Newsum Keller, of Paris,
writes his father, DR.. A. H. Keller,
of this city, that he is in line for
promotion to a Lieuteantcy in the
service. Sergt. Keller writes in part,
as follows under date of July 20:
"They are keeping me so busy here
just now that I hardly get time to
eat, much less write, and for the next
month to come it is going to be some
hard driving for me. / am going to
start in tonight BURNING the mid
night oil. :. You will be surprised.
1 know, when inform you that our
captain has recommended me for a
commission. He called me to his
quarters yesterday, and had a long
talk with him. He said that since
1 had been with his company he had
kept pretty close watch on me and
that had certainly been faithful and
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