Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-12
NOTES OF OUR SOLDIERS.

Captain Henry Baylor Reinhart, one
of Shepherdstown's soldiers who made
a record for himself in the world war,
arrived home las! night and is enjoy
ing~once more association with his
family and friends in the home town.
He enlisted as a private in the Regular
Army on the 18th of April, 1917, and
by November was commissioned as a
second lieutenant. He went TO France
soon after this, and was promoted to
be first lieutenant, later winning
his commission as captain. Perhaps
no West Virginia man saw more fight
ing than he. AS member Of the Third
Division he participated in five great
battles, the battle Of the Aisne, the
Marne defensive and the Marine Of
fensive, the ST. Mihiel fighting and
then the decisive battle of the war in
the Argonne Forest sector. He was
fortunate enough to escape being
wounded, though he was slightly gass'
ed. Captain Remnants friends here
are glad to see him back home safe
and sound and he is still of the opinion
that Shepherdstown and Jefferson
county are among the best places on
earth. He has resigned from the army
and got his honorable discharge at
Camp Lee yesterday.
Six of Shepherdstown's colored
soldiers landed safely in the good old
home town during the past week,
namely. Daniel Stubs, George Nc
Cam, George Douglas, Gus Woods,
Dennis McChan and Walter Jackson.
They went into the service together
twenty months ago, and were kept in
the same regiment, the 505th, all the
time, coming back home in the same
unit. They were mustered out at Camp
Meade last Friday and struck bee
line for home. They are all we'll and
are glad to be back in Gods country
once more Their friends will give
them a reception this Thursday night
in the fremen's hall.
Sergeant Grove Banks and Will
Mcdonald, of this vicinity, and Ed
mund Beard and Carlton Tabler, OF
Berkeley county, arrived home last
Saturday, having been honorably dis
charged from the army. They were all
members of the 5l3th Field Artillery
ard saw active service in France. They
we're on the front line for the last As
days of the fighting, and took part in
the battle through the Argonne Forest.
AS the Germans were driven back their
battery moved forward and they had
many exciting experiences. They
were all fortunate enough to come
through their ordeal without a wound
Harry Kretzer, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ohio Kretzer, of Bridgeport, opposite
ShepherdStown, is home again after
strenuous fighting in France. He
was with the 3l3th Infantry, and was
in some of the most desperate battles
of the great war He was al the front
almost continuously during the last
part of the war and for sixty days his
company was in the thick OF battle.
Although many of his comrades were
killed or wounded, he escaped without
a scratch.
Mrs. William Coleman, who was
formerly Miss Laura Chapline, OF
ShepherdStown, has received word OF
Major Coleman's promotion to lieu
tenant-colonel. He is now surgical dli
rector with the American Army of
Occupation in Neuenahr, Germany.
Miss Eva Chapline, formerly of Shep-
herdStown, is one of the nursing super
visors at the u. S. Army Base Hospital
at Camp Meade.
Sergeant Grover Maddox, who en-
listed in the ordnance department of
the army in July, 1917, and who was.
in France for nineteen months of the
great war, got back home Tuesday
evening, much to the JOY of his family
and friends. He is looking we'll
Sergeant Maddox was in the 42d Diyi-
sion-the Rainbow Division-which
rendered most excellent service dur
ing the war. He has had a sufficiency
of army life.
Lieutenant Walter Pierce has been al
his home near ShepherdStown the past
week, having returned from France
after meritorious service III the great
war. He was a flyer in the aviation
branch of the Marine Corps and had
some thrilling experiences WSth his
airplanes.
Lieut.. H. E. Sponseller, of the U. {.
Army, is in Martinsburg at the 7. M.
c. A. building, where he will be glad TO
consult with any soldiers or their
friends in regard to their bonus, allot-
ment or pay, or any subject related to
the army about which information IS
desired
Reports furnished the State of West
Virginia by the War Department at
Washington, show that the number OF
soldiers from this State in the United
States service between April |, 1917,
and November II, 1918, was 1852.
Roy C. Parsons, of Proctor, w. Va,
a former student of Shepherd College,
was in town a couple of days this week
He has Just gotten back from nine
months service in France, where he
served in the famous 80th Division.
Jerry Phillips, one of our Shep-
herdstown soldiers boys, was ready TO
return home from France when he be-
came i'll from pneumonia and was sent
to hospital.
Raleigh P. Hoffman has received his.
discharge from the army and is at his
home west of town. "Bill's' old friends
are glad to see him again.
George H. Mckee hasreturned from
France, and landed at Boston several
DAYS ago. He will be home as soon as
he can get his discharge.
Appendicitis Victims.