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Show Movette. i Read page 72, Salurdav Evening Post, then see Shiplers. 144 So. Main. fAdvi.) . Soldier of Fortune Is Home After Twenty-One Years Special to The Tribune. POCATKLLO, Idaho. July IS. Twenty-one jears a soldier is the record of George P. Stewart Stew-art of this city, who returned home ihis week after service in the British army. Stewart is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Stewart Stew-art of Pocatollo and left home at the age of Jl years, when recruiting for the Spanish-American war was in progress. At that time the lad was accepted as a drummer boy, but at Vancouver barracks the commanding command-ing officer turned him down on account ac-count of his tender years. Determined to be a soldier, Stew-.?rt Stew-.?rt made his way to England, where, later, he was accented as a recruit in the British army and saw throe years' active service in Africa. After twelve years as a reserve in the army of Britain, be again passed through a ihr?e years' campaign with the LngiiPh, being actively engaged in the world conflict in France. He was wounded seven times during his career as a. soldier, receiving two wounds in the recent war. II y has recovered from the wounds, however, and is enjoying good health. The family of Mr. Stewart here bad not known of his whereabouts. The mother tried in vain to locate her son, and credit is given the American Ameri-can Red Cross for accomplishing this feat. R was through the efforts of the Red Cross that the parents of the soldier recently learned that he was alive. At one time in England Stewart Stew-art was encamped within a few miles of his brother, Earl Stewart, a member mem-ber of the A. E. F., but neither knew of the other's presence until they met in Pocatello this week, after being be-ing separated for twenty-one years. |