Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-05-22

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Truck and a brother of Eldone Truck
who was killed in a sea plane accident
at Pensacola, Fla. While in Mexico
he was a guest of Judge and Mrs. Alex
Carter.
Out of five officers in the both In
fantry, 35th Division who were recon-
mended for captaincies by Colonel
Rieger, Lieutenant Orlando WorraIl,
son of R. D. Worrell of this city is the
only one living. The others were kill
ed in action or died from wounds.
Lieutenant Worrell was promoted to
First Lieutenant instead Of a captain
on account of his age. Colonel Reiger
was then i Major and personally &C
quainted with all Of his officers. He
was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
and cited for mutual bravery at Ar
gonne and on other fronts.
Colonel Reiger came over with the
138th having been transferred from
the both. He was standing in the
lobby of the HoXsey Hotel Monday
night having returned from a trip to
Jefferson City and was waiting for a
train to take him to his home in Kinks
vile. R. D. Worrell CHANGED to stop
at the hotel and noticed the di;tjn-
uuiSbaJ Ofricar u,,;,u L;u, l.,
fore, he thought he recognized the
Colonel and spoke to him. When Col
on2l Reiger found out that Mr.. Wor-
relI was the father of Liuetenant Wor-
rell he could not refrain from embrac-
ing him. Lieutenant Worrell, he said,
was n Of his best and bravest
officers and that he loved him almost
as much as his own father did. He
then asked about Lieutenant Worrell,
where he was located and when he was
expected home. Mr.. Worrell told him,
about the first of July.
In telling of some of his W OK
periences, Colonel Refer said that in
one engagement he and another officer
were the only lucky one the only ones
to come through without a scratch.
Noah Nichols, husband of Mrs.
Nichols of Mexico, who was formerly
Miss Ruth Younger, passed through
here with the 10 Ammunition Train
ofthe 35th Division about APO Friday
afternoon. These boys were on their
way to Camp Funston where they will
be discharged. Nichols was looking
fine and glad to meet his Mexico
friends.
Charles Piper, brother of Bruce
Piper of Mexico came through on the
second section about 7 O'Clock. He
was in the same Corps of the 35th
Division as Nichols. The train stop
ped here for about a half an hour
and he had quite a friendly chat with
his brother and family. He enlisted
in st. Louis and will return to that
city when he receives his discharge.
There We're 800 boys on the second
section and when asked how they
liked the i'd of being in Missouri,
they said it was the best thing they
had seen since leaving for France ex-
cept the Missouri girls. Here they
smilingly pointed to a bunch of Mex
leo young ladies who were at the sta
ton to greet them. /
These boys were all a happy bunch
and were from south Missouri and
Kansas. The canteen committee lib
orally supplied them with eats, postal
cards and flowers. |
"When the Red Cross asks you for a
dollar" one of the husky Mis5ourian's
yelled back as the train slowly pulled
out of the station, "don't say a word
but just give it to them"
Two other trains with the 12Sth In
fantry of the 35th Division passed
through here for Funston early Satur-
day morning. One train arrived here
at 1918 a. NJ, the other at los a.
m.