Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1919 — LIEUTENANT FRANK HARDMAN BACK IN UNITED STATES. [ARTICLE]

LIEUTENANT FRANK HARDMAN BACK IN UNITED STATES.

Doubtless the happiest parents in Rensselaer today are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hardman. Swinging jauntily into this office, his face wreathed in smiles, Mr. Hardman left following bit of news, which to him is the most wonderful imaginable: Newport News, Va., July 13, 1919. Dear Folks: Have just arrived at this port safely and am feeling well. My stay here will be all too short (probably two or three days) for you to see me. Our program is to go quickly to camps near home for discharge. If, however, anything develops that necessitates your communicating with me, telegraph or telephone the American Red Cross at this post, giving the number of my regiment. They will do their best to locate or forward a message to the demobilization camp. Love. FRANK. The sender of the message was Lieutenant Frank Hardman, overseas veteran of nineteen months, who was actively engaged throughout the stirring times during the fighting in 1918. He was given the rank of a second lieutenant at Fort Benjamin Harrison in -1917, and was sent over a few months later. His next promotion came in October of 1918 when he was raised to the rank of a first lieutenant. He was . connected with the motor transport corps.