Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-31 | Page 1 | R.R. Passenger is Shanghaied by Draft Men

R R. R PASSENGER IS SHANGHAIED BY DRAFT MEN Monterey l Contingent Grats Suspected Slacker on Way Vay to Camp Carup Lewis Camp mp Lewis Tacoma Wash sh Aug 30 O-A O A. A Jl H. Robinson who was US shanghaied shang haled and nd brought to Camp Lewis b by bya a Monterey Cal draft contingent arrIvIng arriving ar ar- ar- ar riving toda today was given his freedom b bythe by bythe the tho military authorities this afternoon after ho ito had hall proved pro he lie should not nol havo o been m a member of oC the party Robinson according to his story ator was In Ashland Ore when tho the troop tr train ln passed through Seeing it at the station station sta sta- ata- ata tion Just pulling out and thinking it was the re regular ular passenger cr train he ho was sas to take to Portland ho he boarded It It In Intending Intending In- In IntendIng tending to bu buy his ticket from Crom the con con- ductor Mile pas passed ed and no conductor conductor tor appeared Instead the tho leader Jeader of ot tho the Montero Monterey draft men came up UI to Robinson with the greeting Hello Meyer when did you OU catch up with us us' us My or namo name is Js not Meyer 1 Yer replied Robinson It IL In Is Robinson Robinson nothing Its It's Meyer averred a tie the leader according to Robin Robin- lion boll Robinson then said Bald ho would leave tho time train and trl tried cl to explain how he happened happen cd to be lie aboard Th Then n. n he says a a. guard of or three three- men was placed over him until he lie reached camp IIII his valuable and personal belongings also were confiscated and andi k kept until ho he reached camp These were given to the thc military authorities by the tho band Land leader and returned to Robinson The Tile explanation came out at camp The Monterey 1 leader lo lost t one man somewhere en route Ho lie thought RobInson Rob Rou- inson was isas the man and anti was vas trying to evade army dut duty Robinson n previously pre had been rejected for physical reasons by the arm army owl drafted men numbering came from tram Utah today from Crom Cali Call fornia fornin I ItT from North orth Dakota 4 H from Cram Colorado 53 3 from Washington ton 18 from Crom Montana old and l from from Idaho Nine NIno hundred men tr from froni m morth North orth Dakota Washington and Montana will arrive tomorrow