The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-31
DRIVE FOR
WAR DATA
HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO
BE GATHERED AND FILED
FOR FUTURE USE
NAMES ARE WANTED OF ALL
County Historian Anxious To Be
Supplied With Data Still
Lacking.
ARE WANTED OF ALL

During the month of June Mr.. Ere,
P. Caldwell, State Historian for Ken
lucky, will conduct drive to aid tn
county historians in gathering dat
for the war records of soldiers, ant
reports of civilian work.
Il 1t is hoped sometime in the month
of June to print the name and rec
ord of every Christian county sol
der 20 was in service in school
camp, in the navy, overseas, in the
air or on submarine. To do this will
REQUIRE the cooperation of every
family who gave a soldier to the ar
my. We wish it were possible to per
sonally thank everyone who has al
ready helped so cheerfully in send
ing in and collecting these records.
A list will be given soon giving
the names of those families who gave
more than one member. Those who
have not handed in these records
should do so at once as there are so
many similar names that only full
record will show these relationships.
Another list that is wanted is one
Of al officers from the county. This
will be long one and the aid of the
mothers and families of the men is
needed to make it a complete and
correct one. The State Historian
asked for a list who had attained the
rank of major or above. There are
eleven with one other who passed
the examination but had not been is
sued the commission on the 18th of
November.
All who have been asked to give
reports of civilian work should send
these in and if no one has been ask
ed in any community the war organ
izations should see that some one is
appointed to do so.
Records of the boys who composed
Co. D., 3rd Ky. at the beginning of
the war are also wanted. Some of
these have been sent in but there are
many more that have not. Co. D
was an organization of which every
citizen should be proud and COM
plete record of the service of the
men who composed it should be
available
The records of women and girls
who went overseas or served in the
U. S. or did government work at
Washington are wanted, as list of
these are in preparation.
In filling out records of boys in
France, please state division if posi-
BILE, as the general histories of the
war will be written largely from di-
vision activities.
The Historian has nearly all the
local clippings concerning our boys
since about the first of November,
1918, but if any one has newspapers.
before that date containing accounts
of Christian county soldiers back to
the entrance of the U. S. iii the war
ii April, 1917, they should be very
useful in completing records if sent
in now.
If there is any doubt as to where
a man histors should be recorded,
send it in and the State Historian will
decide where it should be placed. 1t
is hoped That the name of no Chris
tan county boy will be omitted from
the final record.
1t there is doubt as to whether GER
tain information is wanted, be sure
to include it. We wonder if the
names of all volunteers are in.
The Historian now has the names
of more than 1000 men, besides the
civilian work. Some may belong to
neighboring counties, some may be
repetiitons, but the number of bona
fide Christian county men will be
around 1900. This volume of data,
containing so many dates and names
of places, makes it necessary to ask
for records and information in writ
ing as far as possible.
Blanks will soon be in the hands
of the postmasters out in the county
and in addition to these can be OBJ
tanned from the following persons:
In the city, Mrs. ]. H. Dagg, Red
Cross Home Service, Pennyroyal
Building, Mrs. Virginia Lipscomb,
Carnegie Library. In the county:
Mr.. L. E. Gates, Kirkmansville.
Mr.. w. F. Crick, Crofton.
Mr.. Marion Dukes, Crofton.
Miss Elizabeth Reese, Pembroke.
Mr.. c. B. Brewer, Fairview.
Mrs. Phil Roberts, Gracey.
Mrs. W. N. Stice, Cerulean.
Mr.. Wilbert Franklin, Franklin's
store, Dawson.
Mrs. A. C. King, Oak Grove.
Mrs. Frazier Williams, Lafayette
MRS. w. T. FOWLER,
County Historian,
Hopkinsville, KY
Additional Lat Of Men From Chris
tian Overseas.
"And song for the end, for the
glorious end,