Posted on: Bradford County Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Fl/BradfordBios/22 Surname: McPherson, Midleton ------------------------- BRADFORD COUNTY TELEGRAPH - 1918 - June 14, 1918, ( More deserters, long article ) June 28, 1918 - H. G. MCPHERSON charged with aiding deserter - Aided deserter of Camp Wheeler to remain out of military service -Charged with aiding and assisting a deserter from the U. S. army, H. G. MCPHERSON, a resident of Maxville, is a federal prisoner in the Duval County Jail, held in the sum of $10,000 bond. He was arrested several days ago after government officials felt that they had woven a web of evidence about him. There will be a number of affidavits, it is said, the same alleging in specific detail how and when assistance was given by MCPHERSON to deserters from Camp Wheeler. For several months a dozen or so deserters from Camp Wheeler, near Macon, Georgia, had a sort of rendezvous in the Maxville and Highland sections. They were for the most part young men from that section who had been inducted into the military service. Failing to return to camp after making trips home on leaves, they automatically became deserters. It appears that they often camped in the woods together and did their own cooking. Captain MIDLETON and a detachment of soldiers from Camp Johnston have been instrumental in rounding up a good portion of the deserters. It is alleged that there seemed to be a decided antipathy for the present war on the part of a number of the older men of the Maxville and High-land sections. It is said they not only gave food and shelter to the deserters, but in the case of several, it is said they discouraged patriotism among the young men likely to be called through the draft. Several such have been arrested and required to put up bonds for their appearance before the federal court grand jury.