The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-05
ARDMORE CONTINGENT NATIONAL
GUARD, WITH COMPANIES FROM
DURANT, TSHOMINGO; DABEL
AND HUGO OFF TO SUMMER CAMP

Ardmores national guardsmen num-
bering about 100 together with several
hundreds national guardsmen Of Idabel,
Hugo, Durant and Tishomingo, broke
camp at the fair grounds here early this
morning and left in body on special
Santa Fe train at O'Clock for their
annual two weeks encampment at FIT.
Sill. The entire body was under COM
mand Of Col. William Hutchison of
Ardmore, commander of the second reg
iment.
One company came from each Of the
other four cities Saturday night and en-
camped in dog tents at the fair grounds
in order to leave here with the Ard
more companies.
Company L. second regiment, and ma.
chine gun Company of the third regi-
ment, both Ardmore companies. en-
camped at the fair grounds several days
ago preliminary 10 their two weeks
stay at Ft Sill, dispensed with the large
wall tents Saturday afternoon. They, as
well as the guardsmen from the other
cities, slept in dog tents over Saturday
night.
The road from the fair grounds to the
Santa Fe station from 8 to O'Clock
this morning took on the aspect Of war
days, with khaki figures marching into
the heart Of the city. Numbering about
200 in a body at the Santa Fe station
just before the train pulled out for Ok
lahoma City, they gave the appearance
Of the doughboys who but few years
ago We're anxious to get into the fray
on the Argonne.
They were due to reach FIT. Sill at
about 1880 this afternoon and will re-
turn here June 20.
Good health was reported among all
the companies Friday and Saturday
Captain Paul Michael of the Machine
Gun company stated that only two cases
Of minor illness broke out In his COM
pany. whereas usually five or six are
reported every day during the first
week Of camp.
All was in readiness for the Ardmore
suardsmen at FIT. Sill, Captain Michae
said. Arrangements were made severa
days ahead by Lieut.. David b. Reed Of
the machine gun company, who preced
ed his company to Ft. Sill for that pur
pose.
The personnel OF the two Ardmor,
companies follow:
Machine Gun Company: Captain Pau
Michael, commander; First Lieut.. Dav
id r. Reed. Sec. Lieut.. S. ]. Worley
Sergeants John w. Holtz, Max Defort
Noble B. Tyer, Loury, William f. Cook
Douglas Burrs; Corporals j. Lloyd F
Webb, Marshall Gazaway. Lee o. Beatty
and Robert Boucher, Cooks Jerom
Stewart and Alvin Pope. Privates Ray
mond Shoemaker, Albert Canada, Cor
don Dennis. Cecil Collins, Lee Graves
m Lee Cross. o. c. Bill, Roy Lewis. j. T
Sutton. Tom Hammett, NJ. Marines
Hale Harris, Walton Overstreet, lie
- Shurley, Edward Walters Richard Am
" ons. Carl Stewart. Stanley Kinney
Henry Phillips, r. A. Keller. James Nc
Kelvey, Carl Lindsey. Fl. c. Green, II
J., Canada, Paul Evans. W. f. GaZza
way Charles Byers. C. l.. Dean, Alph
!. Walker. f. Denison. f.. McDaniel'
4 Monroe Dowd, Richard Blaylock, Emar
nt Briscoe. j. v. Hix. Lloyd jenkins
Oscar Mills and Roy Mills
Company f: Captain Frank D. Nc
Lean. commander: First Lieut.. r. F
Mccoy, Second Lieut.. G.. C. Paine, Sci
geants Jackson w. Carnes, ]. f. Las
ter. Doc L. Howard J. s. Garner, {
G.. Hunt, +. +. Otis, Stoney Rogers
Corporals l.. w. Pogue. j. d. Davit
son. A. l.. Worley, w. G. Woodwar
w. VI. Scales H. r. Harrison, r. {
Thomas. Privates II. Jones, Roy Finle.
C. j. Woodard Thomas Ford, E. !
Reid, j. r. Parier, Ned Sockey, A.
Cole, William A. Lewis, Archie Marri
Willis Watson, w. Brown, w. r. Ma
ters, p. C. Carpenter. Henry Smith. Jill
Rayburn, o. ]. Pendley, Alex Joh
Johnnie John, Charles Alexander. San
mie Baptiste, Victor Barefield. II. I
Berry, b. F., Berry, John Berry, il
Basto Baston, George b. Brown.
ID. Bullock, Edgar Bullock, Arthl
Burke, F.. Chandler, f. Clifton, ].
Collins, Ben r. Cox, +. l.. Carson, Ell
Davis, Thomas Evans. w. ID. Fleeno
NJ. +. Fulcher, ]. Il. Fulcher. Jof
Garnand, Lenore House. C. II. Harri
W. VI. Hunt, c, II. Hunter. +. Hutchin
R. X. Hall. s. G. Leonhardt DAM
Lynch, James Lewis. ], n. Nannin