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Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
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Ray B. Krebs escorted 63 Cochise County draftees to Camp Funston yesterday, fulfilling the county's quota of 85 after 22 prior inductions. Next group of 55 set for May 10 to Ft. McDowell, CA. Full list of names provided.
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COCHISE BOYS
GO TO FUNSTON
Ray B. Krebs, of the local draft board, returned today from Douglas where he went to take charge of the men who were called for entrainment for Camp Funston. There were 63 men who answered the roll call. The quota from the county was 85 but the other 22 have already been inducted into the army by volunteer enlistments in special branches and through being enrolled in other parts of the country so that the county's quota is now all on its way to the various camps.
The next quota of 55 will be called about May 10th and will be sent to Ft. McDowell, California.
The men who answered the call and were sent out on the Golden State Limited yesterday were:
Ambrose Kennedy, Martin C. Costello, Albert H. Murchison, Thomas H. Ames, John Rock, Arthur McRae, L. B. Hopson, Tony Oddenio, D. G. Crawford, Hjalmer Neison, S. A. West, F. Allen, Ralph Wilson, W. J. Neehan, Benj. Neeper, Allen Berguist, Robt. E. McFarland, Peter E. Jacobs, Wm. Gill, Neill O'Donnell, J. J. Gorman, A. D. Hynes, L. A. Engle, Jr., R. C. Laney, Henry L. Firestone, R. E. Morrison, Joseph Pauman, S. Carobaro, A. Goodman, Juan Lagos, Sterling B. Johnson, Leo Westerfield, Dominick Bet, Walter F. Freeman, Daniel Angius, H. L. Albin, O. G. Johnson, J. C. Trout, W. Bell, Charles Junge, Jerry Wain, Wallace Jenkins, Fred Hilburn, L. Kelly, Lester King, Peter Drake, F. J. Wright, Guy Brown, Ray Johnson, Fred Faulkner, R. Boehrig, C. C. Young, Charles Jupp, Harry C. Jennings, Nick Pelusi, Adolphus J. Milette, Thomas Cheeny, J. B. Kuhn, Wm. Short, J. J. Gibbons, W. Harris, Albert Homlan and C. W. Leitz.
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Cochise
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Yesterday
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63 men sent to camp funston; county quota of 85 met with 22 already inducted elsewhere; next quota of 55 to be called about may 10th for ft. mcdowell, california
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Ray B. Krebs of the local draft board returned today from Douglas after taking charge of 63 men called for entrainment to Camp Funston. The men answered the roll call and were sent out on the Golden State Limited yesterday.