The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-05-31
IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY.
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sunday and Monday here as a guest
of Mrs. S. M. Turpin and other
friends, on Tenth street.
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Fielding Rogers, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Rogers, of Cane Ridge,
who volunteered for service in the
U. S. Army, left Wednesday with the
Bourbon selects for Camp Zachary
Taylor to report for service.
At the Lexington recruiting sta
ton of the U. S. Army, Wednesday,
seven men were accepted for ser
vice. Among them was Russell B.
Rule, of Paris, who was assigned to
the Coast Artillery service. All the
men were sent to FIT. Thomas.
Capt. M. Colliver, son of Mrs. J. H.
Colliver, of South Main street, who
was recently married to Miss Ida
Meyer, of Youngstown, Ohio, has re-
turned to Camp Zachary Taylor.
Capt. and Mrs. Colliver have been
guests of relatives here several days.
Major Charles VIM, formerly of
Paris and Winchester, has been pro-
noted to the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel in the United States army
Major Winn is a brother of Mrs.
James Mcclure, of Paris. He saw
service in the Spanish-American war
with one of the Kentucky regiments.
He has not yet been ordered to over
seas service, but is expecting a call
at any time.
Mr.. Nat C. Rogers, who is here
from the Confederate Home, at Pc
wee Valley, rode to Paris, Wednes-
day morning from his old home
near Cane Ridge, to say good bye to
his nephew, Mr.. Fielding Rogers,
who was leaving for Camp Zachary
Taylor as a volunteer Fifty-nine
years ago Mr.. Rogers rode from Cane
Ridge to Lexington to join the COM
mand of Gen. John H. Morgan, in the
Confederate service.
Lieut.. Clarkson, of the Canadian
Army. who has been a guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Stanhope Wiedemann, at
their country home near Paris for
several weeks, left Paris Tuesday for
his former home, so as to apply for
re-admission to the Army. Lieut..
Clarkson, who had been severely
wounded in the knee by the explo-
sion of a shrapnel shell, was recuper-
ating here after being in an army
hospital fifteen weeks.
Mr.. VIM. Jones, of North Middle
town, received a telegram yesterday
morning from his son, First. Lieut..
Robert G. Jones, at New York
Lieut.. Jones stated that he had been
sent back from Farnce to New York
to do inspection duty. He is the
first of the Bourbon county boys to
return from France, where he has
been on duty for nine months, most
of the time in the trenches. Lieut.
Jones is a brother of Lieut.. William
Jones, of North Middletown, who is
also in the service.
Sergt. Ernest Darnaby has return
ed to Ellington Field, at Houston
Texas, after months visit to rela-
tives in and near Clintonyille. The
social given in his honor at the Clin-
tonville Christian church was most
enjoyable Interesting addresses were
made by Wade H. Whitley, of Paris,
Rev P. S. Rhodes, Ed. r. H. Elicit,
Newton Shropshire and Sergt Darna-
by. Mr.. D. G. Terrill rendered two
instrumental solos, after which re-
freshments were served, consisting of
strawberries, ice cream and cake.
There was large crowd present.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
yesterday notified draft subjects
away from home that they must reg
lister with the local board in whose
jurisdiction they are, sufficiently in
advance of June 5, to enable the
boards to send their certificates to
their home boards. Registration is
completed at the Office of the home
boards.
Elmer (Chief) Doty and Pink Ped
dicord, both of Paris, have volunteer
ed in the U. S. Navy service, and been
accepted. After reporting at Louis
Vile for final examination, they will
be sent to the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station for training on
June 10.
Troop trains continue their Jour-
ney through Paris, en- route to South
ern points. On Wednesday night five
train went through at hourly inter-
walls. The "boys" aboard were in fine
spirits and gave vent to their enthu-
siasm by loud cheering as the trains
proceeded to the Tenth street station.
A crowd of Paris people gathered at
the station to greet the lads, and give
them ahearty welcome and "GOd
speed you on your way" as the trains
left. Hundreds Of post cards were
handed out by the soldiers to be
mailed to "the folks back home"
AS one of the trains passed the Third
street crossing THE NEWS man ask
ed rookie on the rear platform.
where are you from boys?" The
reply came, accompanied by a cheer
from hundreds of lusty-lunged sol
diers, From the good old Buckeye
State, bound for Berlin, to make sau-
sage out of Boches!" And believe
me, Xantippe, they'll do it in time!