Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1918 — BROTHERS UNKNOWING, ON BOAT 9 MONTHS [ARTICLE]

BROTHERS UNKNOWING, ON BOAT 9 MONTHS

Cumberland, Md. —Benjamin L. Martin, Jr., of the United States marine corps, and his brother, Edward V. Martin, water tender, both of the Arkansas, traveled on the ocean for nine months on the same ship, neither knowing that the other was aboard. The boys met recently when they were leaving at the same time for a furlough.