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DAILY RACING FORM MEN IN SERVICE Daily Kacing Form lias given twelve of forty employees to the American army and navy since war was declared against Germany Wight of the twelve were volunteers Six have been or are in France or on the sea in ships shipsThe The Buffalo office yielded four men menGeorge George A Jtieiiauer who was the associate editor of the eastern edition last year enlisted as a private in Company B 30th Infantry and was sent to England and then to France with his regi ¬ ment He was promoted to corporal and first oergeaiit and is now in the Army Candidate school at a place in France for a three months eoursa which terminates November 1 Graduation will give him a second lieutenancy He writes under date of August 2 from France that he is out of i 200 noncommissioned officers taking the course and that all are fine tyKs of young Americans and good material for officers It is certainly a pleasure to be among them Our daily schedule of work calls for eight hours of drill and two of study It is a very interesting course and three months of it will certainly give a man a thorough knowledge of what is required of him on the line lineThe The American soldiers are confident of victory Every nian here realizes the purpose of his mission and the spirit in itself which prevails among the boys will carry them to victory and in a very short time I Iwlieve Tin morale of the troops is splendid splendidFrom From the Buffalo office mailing room to the sea went Henry Gless After tniining he was detailed to the San Diego That vessel was torpedoed and Gloss was in the water seven hours before being picked up He is now at home on leave leaveFrom From Buffalo also as draftees went F V Collins proofreader and Horace Rockwell office manager Collins is in the army and Kockwell in the navy and both in tniining tniiningFrom From the Chicago office of the paper seven men ire in the service Five of them enlisted Herbert Singer clerk after Great Lakes training is on a destroyer Irving Wagner clerk is overseas with an Iowa artillery regiment Paul Tappenbeck com ¬ positor is in France with Company F 129th In ¬ fantry Dwight Sparr clerk is at Sfeat Lakes training as an aviation mechanic and James Kivers clerk is driving an ambulance in a hospital unit in France Two more were drafted Donald Stratton proofreader is in tniining at Camp Wad wortli and Albert Cummings clerk is a stenogra ¬ pher in the Judge Advocate Generals department at Columbus Ohio OhioThe The twelfth man from Daily Kacing Form staff is Frank J Orrell formerly the papers New York chartniakcr and reporter He volunteered and is with a New York infantry regiment overseas overseasAll All are fine young Americans and most are in correspondence with the men they left behind them in the two establishments and are enthusiastic sol ¬ diers and sailors Only out so far lias suffered from war mishaps That one is Sailor Gless
