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Show SILENT TO SAVE SON "Somowhere In America," wearing tho khaki and serving our Undo Samuel's military establishment, Is a young man from .Detroit who will omergo In three years with an hon- ornjilo record, as the present Indications Indica-tions go, simply becauso tho mother love of a llttlo woman will prevent I her from declaring herself alive in tho meantime. She left tho probate office with that firm resolve when Informed In-formed that her speaking now would mean a dishonorable discharge from the army for her boy, and the probability prob-ability of a term In tho federal prison pris-on with its stigma over tho balauco of his life. Tho young soldier, a boy of 17 years, was unablo to resist tho do-slro do-slro to enlist. Ho had long had tho ambition, and pictured himself as a soldier In camp, in battle, on tho march any place whero the needs of the nation might call him. Ho read newspapers and stories dealing with tho army. His father was dead, and his mother mo-ther opposed his desire. Recently he went to a probate ofllco under cs- cort of tho enlisting officer. Ho had enlisted, declaring himself an orphan. orph-an. They told him tho consent of his guardian" was essential under tho law, and 'they visited tho probate office to ask tho necessary assistance. Thoro a kind-hearted employee being be-ing told tho story of a dead father and mother, consented to fulfill tho technical need, and formally approved approv-ed tho enlistment. Tho boy was sworn Into service, put In a uniform and assigned a company, with which ho went away to actual service. A week or so passed, and tho mother appeared at tho probate of-flco of-flco to ask what It all meant. Sho had Just learned that her boy was In tho army, and sho objected. Sho wanted him at homo, and desired that ho bo released to return nt once. A study of tho law and an inquiry of tho army officials showed that wero tho facts placed formally before tho authorities the young volunteer vol-unteer would bo turned out of tho servlco In dishonor and tried for perjury, his conviction meaning a term In prison. This price was too much for tho mother to pay. Rather lot her boy faco tho possibility of mi honorable death In Undo Sam's uniform than doom him to a felon's cell. So sho went home, lonely, but firm In her rcsolvo, and her boy will finish his servlco as a soldier. |