Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — MORE SOLDIER BOYS ARE HOME [ARTICLE]

MORE SOLDIER BOYS ARE HOME

Several Overseas Men Have Returned This Week. Quite a number more Jasper county boys who have been overseas with the A. E. F„ returned home during the week, and Indiana and Jasper county never looked so good to them as it does now. In addition to those mentioned in Wednesday’s Democrat are Dr. C. E. Johnson, Emmett Laßue, James Ellis, John Jungles and D. J. Babcock. Qapt. Johnson was overseas about a year, several months of which time he was in hospital work in England before going, to France. Lieut. Laßue left here last May and was in training for several months at Camp Sherman before being sent overseas, not reaching there until shortly before the armistice was signed. D. J. Babcock left Rensselaer In September, 1917, and was stationed at Camp Taylor jtintil the next spring, when with 'Ptfiers he was sent to Camp Sevier, 'Greenville, S. C.; thence to Camp Mills, N. Y., and from there to Montreal, Canada, sailing from there on May 1, 1918. After a f brief stop in England he was sent to France where he remained until early in April of this year. He was in the motor transport service o|f the 105th engineers and his division, the 30th, saw much heavy fighting in the smashing of the Hindenburg line.

Capt. Bradley . Ross arrived in Rensselaer Thursday, having received his discharge at Camp Custer, Mich. Captain Ross was overseas for several months. Paul S. Strecker, who has been in the U. S. navy and stationed at PelHiam Bay, N. Y., returned home yesterday, having received his discharge. Joseph Nagel received a telegram Thursday evening from his son Walter, who had been overseas for several months, saying that he had just arrived in New York and hopes to be home soon.