Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1919 — THOMAS COX ARRIVES AFTER YEAR OVERSEAS [ARTICLE]

THOMAS COX ARRIVES AFTER YEAR OVERSEAS

Thomas Cox arrived in Renselaer on an early morning train this Tuesday morning after an absence of 13 months which he spent as a member of the Canadian army in Europe. Mr. Cox made the return trip on the from the service last Saturday. He Mauretania, arriving at Halifax last Friday, where he was discharged from the service last Saturday. He left South Hampton, England, May I jHt'JbUA Mr. Cox was a member o, ... Raleigh troops, which unit was used for the most part in the contraction of railroads. 'He saw a great deal of acitve service and was in some of the greaitet battles of 1918 and was in the battle of Cambrai from start to finish. This was the battle in which his unit rendered such valuable assistance and the one in which such a crashing blow was dealt the Hun. Tom is glad t 0 be back in Rensselaer again with his family and expect to make this city his future home.