Show Utah Has Youngest Volunteer Boy 8 Is s Helping to Win War He e Boosts Marine Recruiting J I TERNE BERNE ERNE F F. WOOLLEY year old boy and Pachita his Simian pet pet- Berne Bern Is mascot at the local marine corps offices and spends spends- a a J part jart art artof of every day helping build up the the army for Uncle Sam I II I i I i I I II I II I I I I I i- i Z 4 I t I 4 I S. S t J-t S 1 t S 4 S c 1 S Js 4 g 3 1 1 i E d v a aS E Ai S I S 55 S Four Brothers of Young Patriot Enter Various Arms of Military Service I I r t i I II i j i I I I I I i 1 ALT LAKE has the tho youngest recruiting recruiting re 10 re- re S SALT officer in the world Altho Although gh he is is' is not yet 8 S years old he has volunteered his services services services ices to help Uncle Sam win the war This little patriot is Berne F. F Wol- Wol j ley- ley leyson son of of l Mr and Mrs Jed F. F Woolley Woolley Wool- Wool ley South Second East street When his four older brothers enlisted in the various military branches of the country at the outbreak of the tho war Berne also felt a burning desire to do do his bit for Uncle Sam He investigated every overy branch of the service trying lo to de decide ide in which to enlist Finally the First to l Fight ight slogan of the mari marine corps app appealed aled to him and he visited the local of of- flee tice He made a hit with the local Billy Blues right from the start and was granted an interview with Captain Captain Cap Cap- tam tain A A. M M. Robbins commander of the local station It was no discouragement to Berne when he was told he was too youngHe young He stamped his foot with a haughty air and insisted that Uncle Sam just simply had to make a place for him He defiantly d declared it was no fault of his that he arrived on this earth so late or the war so early And it was that kind kiad of ot argument that eventually eventually eventually even even- won him a place in the natIons natIon's nations nation's nations nation's na na- na- na tion's fighting forces lIe He still insists that if the war had bad happened several years hence he would make the tho world praise him as asa asa asa a hero And local officers admit there is no logical reason for doubting doubt doubt- in lag ing his word War was declared by the United States April 5 and the name of or Berno Berne F F. Woolley appears on the tho rolls df of lo local local lo- lo cal marine marine corps station for April 11 ii He lie was examined enlisted and sworn in as a Junior Bill Billy Blue and a as assigned assigned as- as signed to recruiting duty He has hasi three uniforms a white service belt and land wears the official insignia of ot maI marine marine ma ma- rine corps Captain Robbins says sas that since Beme Bern ernt took the oath of allegiance he heI has made an enviable an-enviable record as a re reI recruiting ro- ro officer A short time ago aro lone of one one one-of of his elder brothers who is now serving in the marine corps In South America sent him a pe pet monkey Th The little marine marino has bas b been en using his hS monkey his uniform personal appearance appearance appearance appear appear- I ance and ability to talk to gain recruits re re- re- re It is not an uncommon sight to see Berne and his monkey Panchita Pan Pan- chita in ill in front of the recruIting office of of- I fice lice The two of them naturally at attract attract attract at- at tract a crowd When Berne thinks the crowd has reached the right proportion proportion pro pro pro- portion he begins to bombard it with witha a melange of ot oratory Uncle Sam needs bodied able-bodied men meni j i for the marine corps he shouts I They are soldiers of ot the land and sea I I and are first to fight Dont Don't be a aI I bunch of yellow livered slackers slackers get get I back of your country And many recruits for the Billy I Blue contingent have been moved to toj I j responsive action by the words of the young patriot and chown hown the way upI upstairs upstairs up- up I stairs where the little fellow turns the I volunteers over to other officers A few days ago he was rewarded I for his success as as- asa a recruiting officer He was advanced to the rank rana of corI cor- cor I j He Ho never passes an officer without saluting and always takes the I opportunity to remind any who pass pass J I him by without saluting He is drilled I once each week weel by the local officers I and he knows the manual manul of arms and andI can execute the intricate foot movements movements move move- I ments meats like a veteran I Corporal Woolley as he now is known dislikes being called a a mascot I and insists on being addressed as corI corporal corporal cor cor- his official military rank When j I the regiment of Junior naval marine marino 1 scouts was organized he be was too I young and too small that organ- organ 1 However he was forced to toj j 1 accept the positIon as regimental mascot j I Panchita recently had twin babies I and Berne is considering the idea of losing the title of bf mascot by donating one of his pets to tl e marine scout re regiment I Berne BOrne is the youngest of the Woolley Wool Wool- Woolley ley icy family which perhaps has more members in the service of Uncle Sam than any other in the city A brother Jed F F. is a first lieutenant in the engineer corps at San Antonio Tex Te Cloyd F F is a sergeant in the Utah artillery James G G. is a corporal in the marine corps and Lawrence F F. F is inthe inthe in inthe the medical corps of the third Forty infantry at Ft Douglas |