Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1919 — HOME ON A SHORT FURLOUGH [ARTICLE]

HOME ON A SHORT FURLOUGH

Sergt. Fred H. Hamilton Is Back For a Visit. L. H. Hamilton went to Chicago Wednesday evening where he met hie son, Sergt. Fred H. Hamilton, who came In that night from Canada, and together they came to Rensselaer on the early train Thursday morning. Fred served about two years with the Canadian forces and was put out of the fighting early in September by a machine gun wound in the jaw, from which he has now fully i ecovered and the wound is’ scarcely noticeable. He is still suffering somewhat from the effects of gas, but will probably get over this in a Short time. At the end of his fourteen day furlough he is to report at Victoria, B. C., where he expects to be mustered out. • - Si i a ■