Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1919 — TWENTY-SIX MONTHS SERVICE [ARTICLE]

TWENTY-SIX MONTHS SERVICE

SERGEANT FRED HAMILTON IS AT HOME AFTER STRENUOUS SERVICE IN FRANCE. Sergeant Fred H. Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs Louis H. Hamilton, reached 'this city early this Thursday morning. He had been met in Chicago iby his father. He arrived from Winnipeg, Canada, on the Soo Lne at 10:45 p. m., and with his father and Don Beam reached Rensselaer on the 3:30 a. m; train. Sergeant Hamilton is not talkative of his experience, which in point of time is possibly longer than that of any other Jasper county soldier who served in the last war. He is exceptionally modest and when reciting some of the deeds of heroism by the boys over there he always refers to the other fellow. He has fully recovered from the wound received last September 2, and the trace of the machine gun wound in his right jaw is not noticeable. He is still suffering from the effects of being gassed, but it is thought that he will recover entirely from this in time. —He _is home on a fourteen days leave and at the expiration of this 'hie will report at Victoria, B. C., Canada, where he expects to receive an honorable discharge. He —wears an honor medal, two Wound stripes and a number otf service stripes. Fred is delighted to meet all his old friends and still has his broad smile and hearty handshake.