Young White Men of Baldwin County Called By Draft To Enter United States Army Thursday Morning.
Nineteen men left Milledgeville Thursday morning for Camp Gordon to enter the United States Army in answer to a call having been made by the selective draft law, the entire number being white.
As is customary, the drafted men were called the afternoon before their entraining to meet at the court house to answer the roll call preparatory to leaving for the soldiers' camp.
The men left Milledgeville at 8 o'clock, going by way of the Central of Georgia Railroad, including the following:
Roland H. Lawrence, John Petroulas, Preston Simpson, Theodore Ennis Posey, John E. Binford, Carton O. Ethredge, John Michael Matoushon, B. W. Binford, William Robert Lee, John C. Pennington, Homer Sapp, Frank Copeland, Charlie Badger, John West Ivey, Tom Watson Avery, Robert Alonzo Adams, Andrew F. Avery, John Rogers Smith and George W. Carr.
Milledgeville News (Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia)
Published: 3 Jul 1918, Page 1
Young White Men of Baldwin County Called By Draft To Enter United States Army Thursday Morning.
Nineteen men left Milledgeville Thursday morning for Camp Gordon to enter the United States Army in answer to a call having been made by the selective draft law, the entire number being white.
As is customary, the drafted men were called the afternoon before their entraining to meet at the court house to answer the roll call preparatory to leaving for the soldiers' camp.
The men left Milledgeville at 8 o'clock, going by way of the Central of Georgia Railroad, including the following:
Roland H. Lawrence, John Petroulas, Preston Simpson, Theodore Ennis Posey, John E. Binford, Carton O. Ethredge, John Michael Matoushon, B. W. Binford, William Robert Lee, John C. Pennington, Homer Sapp, Frank Copeland, Charlie Badger, John West Ivey, Tom Watson Avery, Robert Alonzo Adams, Andrew F. Avery, John Rogers Smith and George W. Carr.
Milledgeville News (Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia)
Published: 3 Jul 1918, Page 1
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