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Show HE II AfflKM LDflON (Copy tor Tills Department HuppUM by th American I,lon Newi Frvtc.) IN ARMY AT THE AGE OF 14 Stephen S. Tillman of Washington Now 6rgant-at-Arms of George Washington Post. Stephen S. Tillman, 'Washington, D. C. Served as a private In the army dur- r. h v-i-' lug the World war at the mature age of fourteen years. lie was regularly enlisted and sworn In and didn't have to He about his age. Just before he went to the recruiting re-cruiting office he cut the numerals "18" out of a calendar cal-endar and pasted them In the heels of his shoes. When the recruiting officer of-ficer asked hlra how old he was, Tillman Till-man replied : 'Tm over eighteen." They swore him In. Being a trifle smaller than a regulation regula-tion army rifle, he was detailed as a bugler. He went to the Mexican border bor-der with his company, "B" of the Third D. C infantry. Coming back from the border as the United States entered the World war, he did guard duty along Conduot road, Washington, where several hundred attractive young women were taking an intensive training course. But be was only sixteen six-teen years old then. Now he Ls sergeflnt-at-arnis cri George Washington Post No. 1 of the American Legion, Washington, tha first Legion post organized. Ilia father fa-ther is a retired cavalry officer. |