Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-30
Military Mention.

Wafer l.. MaQQOQ mas aIrIVeO
home, having been given his honor
able discharge and has formed a
partnership with Judge H. E. Bur
CESS with whom he was associated
prior to his enlistment in January,
1917 He enlisted in the U. S. naval
reserve force and served one year.
He was engaged in intelligence
! work until October. when he made
application for the officers train
ing camp at Princeton university,
n. Y. He was transferred to Pei
HON Bay naval training station for
! two months training. When the
armistice was signed he made ap-
plication for his release, which was
I granted.
Lieutenant Virgil Duvall, son of
| Postmaster c. Z. DuvalI of this
city, has arrived home, having been
given his honorable discharge from
! the service. Lieutenant Duvall has
| for the past several months been
| stationed at the training camp at
Pennimon, Va, and was adjutant of
| the camp there.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Emerson yes
/ terday received five letters from
their son, Corporal Warren D. En-
/ erson, who is stationed at Bologne,
| Haute Marine, France, where he is
/ in the headquarters company. He
! says it rains most all the time where
I they are, that the sun is a stranger
| there. One letter was written Dec.
| q, and he had a good Christmas
dinner. He was expecting to go on
/ trip up to Rheims and along the
western front, the regtmental ad-
! jutant having promised the big
white staff observation car for
their use on the trip and he was
looking forward to it with pleasure.
He had met a young man from
| Sterling, Ill, who worked in the
Velie factory in Moline and who
knew Virgil HoIlembaek. and also
! knew a son of Arthur Lane of this
city.
Lieutenant Harold Suman ar
rived in the city last week and Wis
tied several days with friends. He
had just been given his release
from service at Camp Jackson,
South Carolina. He was a mem
Der of the field artillery. Lieuten-
ant Suman was a former William
and VaShti student.
W. H. Barr yesterday received
card from his son, Lieutenant Har-
ry A Barr, who is with the army
of occupation in Germany. He says:
Zone year ago l did not expect to
be on the Rhine. We will be here
for some time and l have a fine
suite of rooms. Nothing too good
for the Americans"
Mrs. Myra Davis of this city re-
ceived a letter from her son, Rus
sell Davis, who is a member of
Company A, Fifty-sixth infantry,
no woverseas. The letter was writ
ten Dec 25, and he was at Minor
vile, France, at that time. This
is the first letter Mrs. Davis had
received from him since early in
November. Russell says that he has
never received a line from anyone
at home since going across, which
was in September last. He was
feeling fine
Mrs. A. n. West received a letter
Monday from her son, Will A Mel
son, who is overseas. The letter
was written about Christmas time.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Guthrie of
this city received a letter from
their son, Adrin Guthrie, which was
written Christmas evening at Ste
nay, France. He states that they
have reason to believe that they
will receive orders to return home
and all are hoping to reach here
about March 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Shut yester-
day received word from their son,
Riley Shut. who is with the One
Hundred Twenty-third field artil-
Iery overseas. A number of let
tiers are being received this week
from the boys and they certainly