The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-06-13
IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR
COUNTRY.

LIN IdE SEktlCE OF THEIk y
COUNTRY. .
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Robert L. Link, Jr., who has been
visiting relatives in Paris for sew
eral weeks, left Monday for New
York, to reside. Mr.. Link will re-
sumo the position he held before go
ing overseas.
DR.. Ben Frank is in Paris as a.
guest of relatives. He was recently
discharged from the service at Ft.
Kearney, in California, where he had
been in the aviation branch of the
service. DR.. Frank attained the rank
OF Lieutenant and was recommended
for meritOrous service.
Major Neville Fisher, formerly of
Paris, has returned from overseas
service, where he gained considerable
distinction as commander of men.
Before his departure his company
presented him with solid gold loving
cup, on which was engraved, "To the
Father of the Battalion" His second
battalion presented him with a
handsome gold watch. Major Fisher
is guest of his mother, Mrs. W. H.
Fisher, and other relatives in this
city
Mr.. VIM. G. Dodson, of Paris, is in
receipt of postcard from his neph-
ew, Corp. Robert Weaver Talbot,
formerly of Paris, announcing his
safe arrival at Camp Mills, Long
Island, N. Y, last Monday, after hav-
ing been in the service overseas for
about nine months. Corp. Talbot,
before his induction into the army
service, was employed on the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad, with
headquarters in this city. He was a
member of one of the Bourbon
Camp Taylor. He will return to
Paris after having been mustered out.
Short term enlistments for special
service in France with the Marines
will be closed June 16, according to
orders received at the Lexington re-
lcruiting station Office Wednesday.
For the purpose of relieving ma
rines now in service in Germany and
France, enlistments have been open
ed for some months for short terms,
with special service abroad specified.
Men enlisting under those terms will
be sent to Quantico, Va, equipped,
and sent directly overseas. When
American troops are withdrawn in
the fall, these men will be returned
1 to the States and discharged as soon
as they are landed These conditions
will not be open after June 16.
Mr.. Michael Angelo Atlas, famil-
iarly known here to his friends and
acquaintance as plain Mike Atlas,
was a recent visitor in the city,
lmingling with those he used to know,
and those whom he hopes to know
intimately. in the future. Mike was
formerly assistant ticket agent at the
Tenth street passenger station of he
Louisville & Nashville in this city,
and formed many pleasing friend
ships, especially among the travelling
men, by his uniform courtesy. Pro-
motion to a more lucrative position,
that of ticket agent in the Union
Central passenger station at Cincin-
| hdIi, tOOh Allll away CuCu
Uncle Sam called him, and he went
into the service voluntarily. He has
just returned from France, where he
had spent over nine months, and
saw action in several of the big bat
ties. He has resumed his old posi-
ton in the Grand Central Union pas
senger station at Cincinnati.
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Writing to a member of THE
NEWS staff from Brest, France, I'M
der date of May "a, Seaman w. o.
Pennington, of Paris, says: 81 am
getting along very nicely at present
Had case of blood poisoning in my
right hand for a While, but it is all
right now, and I am back on duty
again. Have just returned from a
three-days' furlOugh in Paris, France,
where l had some time, l assure you.
Paris, France, is the Invest city have
ever seen. For booze and women it
has the world beat whole city block.
We are waiting to bring President
Wilson back to America with us. We
leave here Monday for Ostend, Bel
gium. The President will meet us
there about the first of June. Then
we will return to the U. S. A. Upon
my arrival there I will get my dis
charge from the service. Tell Eddie
Doty to be sure and save something
for me for am coming home from a
wet country. 1 see Noah Clark here
very often. l understand he has been
here for about year on an oil
barge. I suppose you have been
reading about the great war painting
on exhibition at Paris, France,
haven't you? 1t took nineteen artists
four years to paint it. 1t is over three
hundred feet long. / am mailing you
a small photo of just the American
section of it. You can see from this
picture just what part France thinks
America played in the war. Well,
hope to see you all very soon. Re-
l.