The Bourbon news., 1919-01-24
IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR 4
COUNTRY.
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In the casualty lists, as reported
IN the daily papers yesterday appear
| ed the following:
Private Virgil E. Peterson, Rud-
dies Mills, KY, wounded, degree un-
determined; previously reported
missing"
Private John Galbraith has re.
turned to his home near Clintonville.
from Camp Zachary Taylor, having
received an honorable discharge from
the service. He was sent to France
in June and returned from there
about three weeks ago.
Among the distinguished guests in
Paris recently was Brigadier General
Penn, of Camp Taylor, near Louis
Vile. Gen. Penn, accompanied by
his aide-de-camp, Lieut.. McKenna,
drove over from the camp in their
machine. They were guests of Gen.
Bells cousin, Mrs Robert Goggin. at
the Hotel Windsor.
Yesterday was "get-away-day" at
Camp Sherman, near Chillecothe, O.,
for Kentucky soldiers, when more
than two hundred boys left for their
Bluegrass homes. Altogether $50
men were slated for discharge from
the service, over one-half of the num-
Der being from Kentucky. Several
of the boys are from Bourbon county.
First Class Gunner's Mate Clay
Gaitskill, of near North Middletown,
who is in the Naval Aviation Ser
vice, spent part of his furlough in
visiting at Georgetown College,
whehe he was a former student. He
has seen several years foreign ser
vice. On his return to his base,
Gaitskill will try to get discharge
to re-enter college at the beginning
of the second semester.
Lieut.. Catesby Spears wired from
New York yesterday to relatives in
Paris announcing his safe arrival at
that port from overseas where he had
been with the American Expedition
ary Forces. Lieut.. Spears added
that he would not come to Paris just
yet, having been assigned to duty
in the Commissary Department of an
Eastern cantonment.
Relatives in this city have receiv-
ed a letter from James "Tobe" Ellis,
who was reported as having been
killed in action, or missing in action
in France some weeks ago. Private
Ellis was reported as killed at the
same time of James Cain, of Paris,
was reported. Ellis denied the re-
port of his death, and stated that he
was very much alive and hopeful of
returning to the good old U. S. A.
some time soon.
Ed. C. Doty, who came to Paris a
few days ago on a furlough from his
ship, the Nevada. in harbor at Nor
folk, Va, was recalled to New York
by a telegram ordering him to re-
port to headquarters there and re-
Doty left for New York, Tuesday |
He wired his relatives here that he
had been granted discharge from !
the service, and would return to |
Paris as soon as his papers were ap-
proved.
Albert Dempsey is here from Key
West, Florida, on furlough visit to !
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. B. |
Dempsey, on Scott avenue. Dempsey |
is stationed in the Government radio !
service on the Florida Coast as wire
less operator on board one of Uncle |
Sans big ships He has spent con-
siderable time in the Bermudas,
West Indies and along the coasts of |
Cuba, Hayti and Central and South
America, in the work.
The 159th Field Artillery, of the
Saith Division, which was stationed
at Camp Zachary Taylor, has arriv-
ed at Camp Merritt, New Jersey, |
from overseas, and will leave in
few days for Camp Taylor. where
they will be mustered out of the ser
vice. Among the Kentucky boys in
the outfit is Davis Patrick, of North
who went to Camp Tay-
lor in one of the first draft cOntin-
gents from Bourbon county. Patrick
wrote to friends in Paris that he was
back in America again, and anxious
TO get back home.
- Mrs. r. Davis Hutchcraft has ar
rived from Vancouver, Washington,
TO visit Mrs. j. Perry Hutchcraft