The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-03-25
IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY.

LIN Tile SERVICE OF TdElk
COUNTRY. .
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Private Roger Bivin, son of Mr.. B.
F. Bivin, has returned to his home
near North Middletown, from Camp
Beauregard, in Louisiana. He has
received an honorable discharge from
the service, and with his family, will
locate near Winchester.
Private Leslie Cummins, Of near
Centerville, who recently received
his final discharge papers at Camp
Hancock, has gone to Long Island,
New York, to accept a position. Pri-
vate Cummins has been guest of
his mother, Mrs. James Cummins,
near Paris, since returning from
Camp Hancock.
Hospital Sergeant John T. Red
mon, of Paris, camp and Office sur
geon at Camp Hancock, near Angus
ia, Georgia, has received his honora-
BILE discharge from the service and
has taken a position at Corbin, KY.
He was warmly recommended by
Lieut.-Col. c. C. Hillman for loyal
and efficient service.
Corporal Earl Brown has arrived
at his old home near North Middle
town, from overseas. He was at the
front in France, but was not in the
firing line, being engaged in the
! work of transporting soldiers from
camps nearby to the front battle
line. He saw some of the fighting,
and was in Germany for few hours
only, after the armistice, on detached
/ service.
| Major Henry Rhodes, chief of the
| Kentucky Selective Service Depart
ment has forwarded to Provost Mar
shall General Crowder the records OF
all delinquents and deserters. Ken
lucky has made good record so far
and the boards of Ohio and Perry
counties, which delayed Major
Rhodes in the work, have come to
the front and have their records
Grated and ready for shipment.
| MID. ". ~. Cl w i1ll6C1S lOA
Miss Olive Taul, is in receipt of let
ter from her husband, who is with
the American Expeditionary Forces
Sagenay, France, stating that he haG
been promoted to the rank of Cap
tain in the Medical Corps of the
United States army. Mrs. Terwille'
gers sister, Miss Mary Stone, who |.
a nurse with the Dr. Barrow Base
Hospital Unit No. 40, is now er
route home from England.
{ Cablegrams to relatives of member!
7 of the Good Samaritan Base Hospital
Unit 40, composed almost entirely o
Kentucky physicians, surgeons, nurs
es and civilians, 800 in number
lstated that the unit had sailed fol
the United States.
A detached portion of the unit l:
now in this country and has beer
ordered to Camp Zachary Taylor fol
discharge. The unit was modified
at Camp Zachary Taylor last March
The unit has been stationed at Saris
bury Court, England.
Private Werner Eich, of Mt. Wash
ington, Ohio, has been awarded thu
Distinguished Service Cross by thu
u. S. Government for extreme hero
ism in trying to rescue his wounded
officer, Capt Reuben Hutchcraft, o
Paris. Eich was one of six stretches
bearers who tried to reach Captain
Hutchcraft, after he had been sho
down by German machine gunner
while on scouting duty. Three o
the men were killed and the other
wounded. One of the men who af
terward aided Eich to carry tn
wounded officer down the hill wa
struck by a machine gun bullet.
Seaman Carl Mitchell came In Sat
urday morning on an eight-days' fur
Tough. Mitchell has been transfer
red to the bakery department on hi
ship, the u. S. s. South Carlonia
He landed at Newport News on tn
18th, the South Carolina bringing
over a large detachment of soldier
from Brest, France. The ship viii
leave next week on the return trip t
France on transport duty. Mitchell
says a large number of Kentuck.
boys were in the detachment which
came over on the South Carolina
among them several from Lexington
ICynthiana, Nicholasville, George
town, and other Central Kentuck,
towns. Carl says he is much bette
oot;Sf3ed in his new pOSitiOn than be