Union County Boys
Land at Newport News, Va. . . . Members of the 56th Pioneer Infantry
Will Go to Camp Lee, Va., for Demobilization. . . Editor of The Journal Expects
to be Home Next Week
Telegrams were received yesterday from members of the 56th
Pioneer Infantry stating that they had landed at Newport News, Va., and would
be sent to Camp Lee, Va., to be demobilized.
It is presumed that all the Union county boys who were
members of Companies B and C of the 56th, who had not previously
returned to the states, were among the number landed. They are about 60 in
number.
The men who landed Wednesday were entrained for Camp
Wadsworth, S.C., on Aug. 8, 1918, and in five weeks they were in the battle
area. Following the signing of the armistice they were attached to the Army of
Occupation in Germany.
Mr. John Beasley, editor of The Journal, was a member of
Company C of the regiment. He left his company on May 7 for a tour of the
battle areas of France with a party of newspaper men. All expenses of those
making the trip were born by the government in order that accurate and first
hand information might be secured for the American people. Many of The Journal
readers are looking forward to the articles which he will write regarding this
trip. So far as is known he was the only newspaper man from North Carolina in
the party. He is supposed to have rejoined his company two days before it left
for the embarkation port.
Following are the names of the Union county men in Companies
B and C who have not previously returned, and are supposed to have landed
Wednesday.
Willie Hoover
Joseph C. Hill
William E. Sewell
Arthur Helms
Clifford Condor
John F. Ghant
Oscar B. Shelly
William R. Hanna
Brinkley I. Simpson
J.L. Brooks
Thomas B. Price
Maurice W. Biggers
John F. Wilson
Henry E. Harmon
Floyd M. Helms
S. Bland Keziah
Milas P. Medlin
Bryce Thomas
Wm. S. McWhorter
W.J. Summerford
Fred L. McRorie
Benj. Troy Pigg
James Fowler
Titus Long
Reece Phifer
James F. Broom
Daniel Murphy
Otis S. Braswell
Fred Threatt
E. Carl Helms
Jas. A. Williams
Mack Price
Oscar B. Nash
Newton C. Griffin
Joseph O. Ross
Samuel E. Starnes
Wm. Walter Knight
John D. Futch
Ira L. Presson
Rufus E. Duncan
Jas. A. Little
Amos A. Medlin
Geo. W. Wentz
Joseph J. James
Capers S. Mackey
Clayton E. Baucom
John T. Carpenter
Myron Green
Thomas I. McBride
Lacy L. McCormick
John A. Beasley
Louie F. Hart
John R. Winchester
Claud Duncan
T. Olin McManus
Oscar M. Abernethy
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