Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1919 — CORP. CARROLL LEATHERMAN IN NEWPORT NEWS [ARTICLE]

CORP. CARROLL LEATHERMAN IN NEWPORT NEWS

David F. Leatherman received a letter from his son, Corp. Carroll Leatherman, this, Monday, morning. It was written from Newport News, Va. Corp. Leatherman had landed there from overseas on New Year’s morning. He left St. Nazarie, France, on December 20, 1918. He expects to be sent to a demobilization camp soon and hopes to be home before long. Corp. Leatherman was No. 258, which was the first number in the drawing of selectmen fdr war service. He was inducted into the service Sept. 6, 1917, and went to Camp Taylor. From , there he was sent to Camp Merritt, N. J. Seven days later, on March 15, he sailed for France and landed in Liverpool on March 29, 1918. He was in a camp at Winchestre, England, one week. He left Southampton, England, and crossed the channel, arriving in LaHavre, France, on Sunday, April 6. He was not sent to the front on account of not being physically fit, but served faithfully in the quartermaster’s department until the end of the war. He was able to be on the job every day while in France and so far as known he was not sick a single day while overseas.