Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-10-20 | Page 22 | Hero's Funeral for Orphan and 'Bumper' Rider

Heros Hero's F Funeral un Y For Orphan r n an ate and at I Bumper Rider nr Br Service Ice C Oct 19 This This Is the J story of ot fa to Jonel lonely lad lad whose only homo home was WIlS tho the navy the navy tho only real home he had hader ever er known known- a and d then death stopped In Kentuck tho they called him at nt Great Lakes naval training station sta sta- tion just Uon-just Just plain K Kentuck Kentuck be be be- be cause causo ho he was an orphan The Tho station as ns Ken Kentuck tuck put Jt t was all a I. I man could ask ask And when Spanish influenza gripped the boy and carried d him west WE his pals buried burled him with honor honors while Capt William A. A Moffet commandant commandant com com- mandant of or the tho station and his officers stood at attention Fo Fow v know Ken Kentuck tuck by his right name which was Albert Witt Ho Ito was a fireman n. third class One Ono brother survives yet survives yet ho may never live to get tho the allotment given by lY the tho governments government's In Insurance ur- ur anco ance for tor ho is Js fighting on theother the tho other side eldo with the th American expeditionary cx- cx p forces Kentuck rode rodo th the bumpers to a a. city whore where a a. naV- naV navy recruiting office was vas located and nd they thoy sent him to Chicago in a a. L Pullman car That was the event of or the orphans orphan's life lite Upon his arrival at the station Kentuck fitted in like a a. glove TIle The little discomforts that many mon men accustomed to the luxury of or ofa ofa ora a home found round hard were aa ns sugar augar In tea to the tho orphan For the lakes was home to Kentuck Kentuck a a a wonderful place So when Kentuck died he w was waa b burled with full honors Captain Moffet Captain Frank Thompson chaplain a n number of oC high of officers ot- ot of ot tho the station an armed I guard lUard that escorted the tho casket to tho grave after a band marching in slow step step all all tho the members of oC family fam ily were lly were at nt tho the services The armed guards s fired three thre rounds A bugler sounded taps And Kentuck was laid to rest rost He lie had tho the funeral of a hero this hero this orphan for orphan for Great Lakes was his hili only home I