The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1918 Page: 1 of 16
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SECTION A
VOLUME 15 ' riCHEROKEE ALFALFA COUNTY OKLAHOMA MARCH 15 1918 1 NUMBER 35
WITH THE SAMMIES
Notes From Camp Travis
By Sergt G C Whitney
w 1
A week ago today the new draft
bunch began to roll In and up to
date are about all here The boys
from Alfalfa County arrived last
Tuesday night and along with the
rest are In Quarantine for a coup-
of weeks We will not be able to
see them for another week We do
not know as yet whether we will
get any of them or not but hope
so as we would like to keep to-
gether Wednesday wei spent the day Sr
the biggest part of It In a general
house cleaning cleaning up the bar-
ricks and grounds so that they
fairly- shined for Inspection and
muster Thursday We were ln-
spectedby our Captain and also by
the Major
Saturday was the big day as we
got paid at one o'clock and this Is
tbo big event ot the month Then
every one or nearly every one went
to town to see how much money
they could spend
We havo had lots of rain this
last week and have been inside the
greater part of the week on ac-
count of the mud We were to
have a big parade or review of the
357th Regiment last Thursday morn
tng but it had to be postponed
Mr Arthur Huddle ot Oklahoma
City came in this morning to make
a short visit with his brother Les-
ter Mr and Mrs Jim Millspaugh
of Guthrie Oklahoma made us a
visit of a few minutes Friday They
are here on a visit with their son
Ellis who 1 a member ot the Ma-
chine Gun Company of our Regi-
ment Mr Amzy McDowell who at one
time was a member of the Cherokee
band Is at psesant a ssombet of the
band of the- 858th Regiment and is
an occasional visitor of Company E
' Mugs Magee ot Battery A StSrd
Field Artllery has become quite
proficient as a horseman He was
recently seen riding a horse over
the hurdles at a dead run He was
blind-foldea and dressing and un-
dressing at the same time one of
the stunts required of an artillery
men
Corporal Scherer and Weeks are
frequent visitors at the T M C A
of the city of San Antonio A fun-
ny loafing place for soldiers
Der-fleyol lasrlsdblr-vit hn gaosol)
Orville K Allen ot Co 58 15th
Batiilion lb 5th Depot Birgade Is
one of the recent arrivals from Al-
falfa Count v he is learning rapidly
and will no doubt make a good sol-
dier '
Thomas Bell of Co 68 15th
Batiilion l5th Depot Brigade
whose home Is in Alfalfa County
says that a day's kitchen police
takes all the Joy out of army life
Ned Clanton of Co 58 15'h
Batiilion 165th Depot Brigade
has decided that he could make a
much better soldier If they would
let him sleep a little later In the
morning
Lee Bennett of Co 68 15th
Batiilion 165th Depot Brigade Is
one of new arrivals from Alfalfa
County and Is 'learning rapidly
Elnor L Dickson ot Co 58 15th
Batiilion 165th Depot Brigade
whose home Is in Alfalfa County
says he likes Army life ffne but
says he sure does miss those hot
biscuits he used to get for break-
fast All ot the men from Alfalfa
county are’ In excellent health and
are learning rapidly and will make
good soldlcrr
Nathan Weeks Corporal in Co
C 260 Infantry Camp Travis Texas
came In Sunday for 'a seven days'
furlow Mr Weeks left for Camp
Travis early In the fall In order
number of the county quota He
was placed in Co C and now hoL
the position of Corporal Mr Weeks
likes the work given them at the
camp greatly and states that he
with the rest of the boys are
awaiting the orders for entrain-
ment for foreign duty with much
eagerness He left camp on Thurs-
day morning
Henry ' Martin ot Kiowa well
known north tnd citizen was here
the latter part ot the week attend-
ing to eome 'business matters
TUESDAY
MEATLESS
OMtNCAL Im(1)TtI
VHEATLESS
COMING EVENTS
—i —
Wednesday March 20th I
near Cherokee Pubic Sale
ot Lew White Big offering
ot Cattle and Horses Some i
exceptionally good work
stuff
Friday March 29th at Car-
men 'County Meeting of the ‘
Red Cross
March 28th near Cherokee
Public Sale of Bert McLaugh-
lin Fine ottering of lire
stock
Friday March 22nd near Jet
Sale ot Registered Short-
horn Cattle at Ihe W R '
- Campbell farm ‘
Thursday March 28th north
of Cherokee Public Sale ot
Bert McLaughlin
March 27 to April 1 at Cher-
okee H B McKnight spec-
ial agent of the Internal Rev-
enue department will be here
to assist citizens with Income
tax returns '
LOCAL' BOARD DESIGNATED
AS A RECHITTING OFFICE
The Local Boards throughout
the nation have In recent general
order been given authority to ac-
cept men for the branches of ser-
vice open for enlistment Each
board serves In every respect the
same as a local recruiting station
The Local Board for Alfalfa
county hns accepted and sent to
camps nine men since orders wore
received -—The branches- of -service
now open are: Coast Artillery In-
fantry Medical Department OfAcers
Training Camp Navy and Marines
Men aceptcd from this county In the
above branches will be forwarded to
Jefferson Barrack St 'Louis Coast
Artillery Camp Green Charlotte N
C Infantry and Fort Riley Medi-
cal Department Any person of the
draft may enlist up to the hour of
his call for duty with the contin-
gent from his county No new
quota has been assigned as yet and
the quota of each county will not
be deAnitely Axed for some time
Men who wish to get Into service
sre urged to volunteer The men
who have volunteered and have
been sent to the designated camps
from Alfalfa county are: James W
Hessen Carl Whitehead James F
McClain W L Clevenger Joe W
Banks L L Staufer John Evert
Speer Frank Monroe Brown and
John Roscoe Grimm
K HA E BIG STOCK SALE
Lew White will hold his fourth
annual stock sale at his farm west
of Cherokee on Wednesday March
20th Mr White has the Anest of-
fering of stock he has ever put up
at any of his sales His sales have
always been a big success owing to
the fact that everything goes and
he always has good stuff One good
ottering that be puts up this year is
2 20 head of cattle with about
sevcnty-Avo good calves n He Is
living up to his general reputation
as a horseman by offering a lot of
good horses and mules He has 22
head of mules and 22 bead of
horses Another feature of the
White sale will be a lot ot fine hogs
He has a bunch of exceptionally
good brood sows with a fancy lot
of little pigs Colonel Pete Powel-
oi and H L Burgess will be
the ouctioneers
John Beaty County Chairman tor
the Liberty Loan made a trip to
Oklahoma City the Ant ot the week
to attend the big war meeting “It
was a wonderful event" said Mr
Beaty “1 never saw' as much en-
thusiasm displayed In my life as
there was In the big patriotic meet-
ing Our old friend Perlgord added
fresh laurels before thousands of
ot Oklahoma City people"
W H Plckrell ot Wichita is
here this week looking after busi-
ness connected with the W H
Plckrell Department Store and vis-
iting with his brother J W Plck-
rell i
ALFALFA COUNTY ON THE WEST FRONT
Interesting photograph from France showing Private Harry
WorthamSIst Aero Squadron figure ‘Vested at the left Note the
Cherokee High School Football sweater and the letter “G” The owner
two years ago was doing valiant servlcq aa center on the eleven Now
he repreanta his home and country In the larger scrimmage The negro
soldier standing at the right of the picture Is from Algeria and note
that he wears the Victoria Cross the 'bigeSt British war decoration
The soldier seated next to Wortham is his chum with whom he enlisted
early In the war :
: — : t : :
HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE t SON IN FRANCE
111 i
Do You Ever Wonder How It Would Feel to Have a Son “Over There?”
Just how would yon look at the war at the paclAsts and at the
slackers if the boy of your heart were Aghting at the front? Mrs
Ed Wertham ot Lambert knows Her son Private Harry Wortham
a real Alfalfa eounty boy a graduate of the Cherokee High School
who enlisted In the service on the 27th of last July Is now at the
Western Front In France and Mrs Wortham can tell you all these
things She Is a proud mother and although she Is being tried In a
fiery furnace of suspense she comes smiling “over the top" as brave
as the boys “over there" "Of course it Is hard” said Mrs Wortham'
“but I am no better than millions ot - other mothers who are going
through the same thing ( If aiTy one into tth service aome
other mothd-’s boy would have baQ to go in the place he now Alls
and no matter how much suspense ‘it brings I am proud that my son
did the right tblrc Nothing can change that fact and after all It is
the things which our sons do that count and I feel that mine Is
doing his part Since Harry Is in France everything has changed for
us He writes us from there just how wonderful the Red Cross and
the Y M C A are to the boys over there a little Blice ot home life
and now I feel as If I could never do enough In that work Before i
felt Interested but now the Red Cross has berome a part of my very
life and I lose patience with the women who are negligent ot this
work I will Jet my household duties go any time to work In the Red
Cross rooms because I feel that I am actually doing something to help
Harry and all the other mother's boys Sometimes I think that w'e
give more than we are able to such things but we are willing to do
anything to help — to make any sacrifice that will help our boys The
longest days I ever spent were those just rfter my son sailed for
France We bad received a letter from him saying that he expected to
leave the next morning at 6:30 and a day later we got a card wltn
these words “I am leaving" — all tbe rest ot the writing bad been cut
out by the censor and try as I might i could not make out anything
else But I know he had gone For six weeks we did not get word o:
our boy and only a mother could understand just bow I felt as my
heart followed Harry over the seas to the war kune Words cannot
describe that His Arst letter from France is one ot the most precious
things I ever received Later he sent me a pin with the Insignia of
the aviation service In which he is engaged nnd wrote "Only mother
must wear this pin" Of course you can Imagine how much I think ot
it and I wear It all the time It Is now the most cherished thing I
have I believe that before the war is over all ot us will come to love
our country more because our patriotism will grow as the boys leave fot
France I wish I could do more with the war work Sometimes I
think that these little things like keeping meatless and wheatless days
which we are asked to do are so lnsIgniAcant —I long to do something
bigger than that Since Harry is In France I have no patience wl‘h
the slackers at home — with the women who are not willing to work and
save food Just because they have no boys to go or because their boys
got out ot going ' I feel that It I bad no son I would consider
the boy of my neighbor and be willing to sacrlAce for him I believe
that the war Is going to do great things for us right here at home In
our little communltv before we were doing Red Cross work there was
always aome little wrangle going on amount the women over church
denominations or clubs or things ot that sort but all that has passed
away and we all work together In harmony for the greatest cause on
earth— Our boys "Oh no" said 'Mrs Wortham "I never let my sell
think that Harry will mot come back His letters are always cheerful
and In every one ot'them he speak rt coming home and we all talk
ot tbe day when Hirry will coma homo again" I do not think that 1
could ever feel any more sad than the day I knew he had tailed For
a long time I felt aa if he were really dead but now that his letters
come regularly every week I have put that all out ot my mind I feel
In my heart that he will return and that Is the only thing that I pray
for that he will be brought safely hack again to us But whatever
happens I am glad that I have come to the place where I can really ap-
preciate what he is doing and that I can truthtully say I am glad tnat
he has gone over there to do his bit tor his country"
The above inspiring message ffom Mrs Wortham is a rare bit ot
patriotic fervor and worthy ot all praise Looking Into her face one
knows that she means every word she says Harry Wortham was only
In the service a little over two months before ha sailed for France Ik
ha left New York !ept 20th 1917 Tbe whole of Alfalfa County la as
proud ot him as his mother
ON'WHEATLESSMrc
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Msnor ot nuinsr ArHA
FOODS CONTAINING ll(n(mW
WHEAT VW J
v
ODEN FOll ENLISTMENT
The branches of U S now
open for enlistment to draft-
ed men and others are:
Infantry Coast
Artillery Medical
' Deparment Navy
and Marlenes
SERVICE FLAG SERVICES
LAST THURSDAY AFTTRNOON
The ceremony (or the raising ot
the servlcs flag for the C H S
students and graduates now in the
service of ncle Sam was held last
Thursday afternoon in the school
auditorium The( occasion was
markedly impressive and was ap-
preciated by the student body and
a good number of visitors The
program was given and conducted
by graduate or students of the
school Thu first part of the pro-
gram was the singing ot America
by the student body Then Miss
Clark of thu class of 13 made a
charming and splendid opening ad-
dress Delmar Lotton favored the
assembly with TWo beautifully ren-
der! d aolos and Miss Alyce Swingle
gave an appropriate and interesting
selection The principal part ot the
program wrs furnished by Attorney
J W Hill also ot the class of 18
who spoke of the sacrifice the boys
were making and of the Importance
oif thd occaqlonr” "ChlSarf jfoiflitif-
dents real'v back up those boys
who are now more than doing their
bit this splendid service flag will
be but a mockery You must live
In the spirit of this moment to
make good your devotion" said Mr
Hill Hla talk was warmly applaud-
Following his talk tbe flag was
unrolled by Prof Simon and a great
cheer was given by tbe student body
Tbe concluding number of tbe pro-
gram was a flue solo by Miss iar-
agaret Andrews Tbe flag contains
at present forty-one blue stars upon
a white field with red background
An honor roll was made also con-
taining the names ot the boys for
whom the stars stand The flag was
presented to the school by the Sen-
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
ARE SEGREGATED UNTIL -STATUS
IS DETERMINED
Rumors About Close Confinement
and Disci imination Are Not
Well Founded
TO CAMP BY THEMSELVES
Adjutant of Division at Camp
Travis Makes Full Explana
tion of Treatment Accorded to
Men in This Class War De-
partment Now Considering the '
Matter
Rumors have been prevalent In
this county for some time relative
to tbe treatment accorded men who
hare been Inducted Into the survice
of tbe national army who have
filed claims on tbe grounds of con-
scientious objection to war Tbe
reports have even gone so far as
to state that they are being held In
close confinement and subjected to
other discriminations In response
to an Inquiry relative to their
stains Col E V D Murphy Divl-
slon Adjutant made the following
explanation:
To Mr Walter Ferguson Chairman
Local Board for the County of
Alfalfa Cherokee Oklahoma
Subjest: — Conscientious objectors:
1 Replying to your letter ot
March 4 1918 I am directed by
the Division Commander to say that
what constitutes noncombatant ser-
vice has not yet boon finally deter-
mined by tne War Department
In the military service noncom-
batant service Is generally consider —
cd to cover duty with the supply
departments and the hospital corps
Pending final decision by the War
Department' as to just what shall
constitute noncombatant service un-
der tbe law no efforts have been
made to (orce any conscientious oh-
ieqtor into service- That he is not-
willing to undertake It has been
found In practice that most Men-
nonites decline to serve Some
Seventh Day Adventists have gone
into the hospital corps In con-
formity with Instructions from the-
War Department as well aa in
agreement with the wishes ot some
of their spiritual leaders we have-
found It expedient to segregate
there men at a distance from the
camp Thii was suggested on be-
half of the conscientious objectors
in order to give them an opportun-
ity to meet their spiritual needs
and on the part of the Government
It was deemed advisable as there
1b reason to believe that aome at
least were endeavoring to spread
tbelr religious beliefs and make
converts a course which would be
detrimental to the military service
They are in a clean comfortable
and sanitary camp at some dis-
tance from the buildings ot the can-
tonment There they are allowed
to pursue their life In their-own
peculiar ways There Is no guard
around or on their camp and they
are permitted to come and go with-
out restriction the only require-
ments made of them la that they
keep themselves and their surround-
ings in a sanitary condition and
prepare their own food There are
only aome fifty ot them out ot this
command of 30000 men
2 There Is no such thing as a
"pen" in existence in fact pending
the determination of their status
they have more liberty than the
real soldiers of tbe command
3 It Is not possible at tbls time
to state what line of duty the War
Department will require from non-
combatants It Is understood that
the Interpretation of the law Is now
under consideration
E V D MURPHY
Lieutenant Colonel Adjutant
FOR THE RED CROSS
Mrs D B Harrison who is one
ot the old settlers ot the town and
a woman who Is much loved by all
who have known her has finished
a beautiful quilt which she has
donated to the Red Cross and which
will be sold at the Sale on Satur-
day Mrs Harrison is eighty years
old and lived through all the terri-
ble days ot tbe civil war in which
her late husband fought for the
union The quilt is a beautiful
piece of needlework and represents
hours ot patient labor
Misses Haxel and Florence Burr
spent Sunday In Enid visiting their'
sunt Mrs Pendarvls
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Ferguson, Walter. The Cherokee Republican (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1918, newspaper, March 15, 1918; Cherokee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1722872/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.