Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-01-08
JOHN E. LEPKE.
MOVEMENTS OF BOYS IN KAHKI
One Jackie of Ours With Convoy to
the President in England
,. J. WUUkE
CHAS. OLDENBURG.
Town Board of Harmony.

the president IN England
Jackie Frank Potts came from Great
Lakes naval station to visit home
folks first of the year.
Earl Caldwell. who left one Of the
local garages to enlist. has returned
from overseas.
Cyrus fainter returned home from
overseas after several months in I'm
Gle Sans army.
james Sonnenberg arrived at his
home near this city on fve-day fur
Tough.
Lieutenant Guy H. Smith is right
back renewing his educational work
at River Falls normal school, the insti-
tuition he left to join Uncle Sans
forces. He expects to graduate next
commencement
Ernest LePage, who has been in the
Spruce Division of the National army,
has returned home from the west.
Earnest Stout, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mack Stout, returned from St.Paul
with an honorable discharge. He has
been in the mechanical section of the
aviation corps.
Lieutenant Irvine Paulsen came
from Camp Pike to spend New Year
with his parents, relatives and many
friends. Says he has little idea when
he will be released. He is now en-
gagged in the examination and muster
out of men; that they discharge hun
dreds of soldiers from his camp every
day.
The second Vernon county soldier
to return from overseas arrived Mon
day morning, when Henry G. Hanson
of Asbury ridge, was welcomed home
by family and friends. He landed in
France in April and was a factor in
the early and hard fighting by Amer
lean boys. He received severe wounds
and shocks. A bullet struck his left
shoulder, passed through his neck,
miraculous escape from instant DEATH
He was otherwise wounded and can
show scars that cntitle him 70 the
gratitude of the peaceful world al
lies. Henry declares that the fierce
ness of the fighting was unbelievable
and the cruel results sickening. He
was mustered out at Camp Grant, the
same place where he began his mill
tary career.
Viroqua had the distinction of hav-
ing a real Jackie as guest the past
week, Donald Kellicut, son of Mrs.
May Kellicut, who has served two and
a half years of his four year enlist
ment He is a sailor on the "Wyom-
ing, one of the great government
crafts that have done much convoy
and supply service; also taking sup
plies to Norway and Sweden across
the North Sea. The wyoming" was
one of the convoy and welcoming
ships for President Wilson and party
when they landed in England The
Wyoming" carries 1000 sailors and
firemen- Donald has many harrow
ing experiences to relate.
There has been much apparent IN
certainty among the people at large as
to what is to be done by the govern
ment for soldiers discharged from SER
vice. To {. n up any misunderstand-
inE, the following definite statements
from the Council of National Defense
at Washington are authentic
Each discharged soldier viii be Civ
en- one months pay
Each viii be given an allowance Of
three and one-half cents a mile from
the point Of rehabilitation to his home
town.
Each viii be enabled to buy a rail
road ticket from point Of demobiliza-
tion 10 mis- home town by the most di-
rect route at z cost Of two cents a
mile.
TIE Rehabilitation Of each unit will
occur 1T the army camp nearest the
home section Of = majority Of the men
Of the unit