Hi: Here are some World War I Hines from Ancestry.com. Use your Find feature. Nan Wolf ---------------------------------- THE HISTORY of PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA CHAPTER XIX WORLD WAR page 263264 Receiving Honorary Degrees from Brown University [p.263] Chatham, Charlie Chumley, Eugen Fox, William Sours, Gray Sours,Curtis Simpson, Eddie Hines and Walter Owen. In the second draft 13 which followed on September 19th, eighty men were called; and other drafts followed in close succession. These men were trained at Camp Lee, becoming a part of the Both Division, which sailed from Virginia ports in May, 1918, disembarking at Brest, France without mishap from enemy craft. After further training in various camps they participated in the American offensive under General Pershing in the autumn of 1918. The Draft Board of Pittsylvania County, appointed in the summer of 1917, was as follows: Dr. James Semple Haile, chairman, Dr. Coleman D. Bennett, health officer, Walker Hurt, clerk. January 1st, Mr. Hurt resigned and was succeeded by Lee Paul who served as clerk to the end of the war. In July 1918 Dr. Haile, who was also postmaster at Chatham,finding the work of the draft board so heavy as to interfere with his duties as postmaster, resigned; he was succeeded by David AlexanderJefferson, as chairman. In September, 1918, Dr. Coleman Bennett 14 enlisted in the Navy and was stationed at the Naval Hospital, Hampton,Virginia. He was succeeded by Dr. Oscar Ramsey as examining officer,and by D. T. Williams on the board. The gentlemen who composedthe Draft Board conducted the work upon the high plane of justice toall and favors to none, and the people of the county felt that their trust inthem was not misplaced. In the second draft of September 1918, of men from 18 to 21 and from 31 to 45 there were registered in Pittsylvania 5,488 men, making a total registration of 9,965. Of these 1,588 were classified in Class I.A; 1,283 were called for service, and 1,165 accepted. Of the 1,165 men drafted for the county 746 were white, 419 were colored. [p.264] (End of article) Regards, Nan [email protected]