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ES. CAL., R DISAPPEARANCE. worRIeD | story Attached to “Fre- 1—Formed Link Be- Bear Flag Days and Old Glory. cD able to reply ns were What has be- “Fremont” can- men at Cominer some time ago? It is taken to t and placed near the Gen b Fremont ut once , and no orhood knows about we re aps f these a valuable ac- archeolo: a con ys of the ng of Old Glory. is attached to > man in familiar orkman, pioneer > man of Los is interested cannons, earnest, en- y mention of romantic mc ot lays. lug up at the Commercial man, an old in 1819. t to the xico by essel in government ivasions. y even Mexi- Kearney ‘na ame the two can Vhen Commo- the the cannons | that vicinity cal | Bear | “I think THE SHORTEST SOLDIER. How a Young Kansan Under the Re quired Height Got Into the Army. Kansas City —Charles L. Dagan, of Keats, Kan. a young army recruit who enlisted in Kansas City and left with a squad of recruits for Jefferson barracks, near St. Louis, is probably the shortest soldier in the United States army. His height is five feet two inches. He was accepted only on the recommendation of President | seckesebes ef cs recone ofa rake stp | account of their | ~ sgalbe Memnatne EGongt Roosevelt, to whom he wrote explain- | yea mg gon oy —— oetis, Late | ing the situation after he had been re- Fay SR 8 eT jected on account of his height at the auxiliary recruiting station at Topeka early in April. | Dagan had entertained the hope of becoming a soldier for a number of years. He is now 22 and having no one dependent upon him, he went to | the recruiting station to enter the | Service. He pa tion save for hi ai that for this reason he could not be- Send to; come a soldier did not deter him. He (hime teers premzume | Address T: MeCaLL Hew Yow THE BEE AND McCALL’S GREA1 | FASHION MAGAZINE | for one year for $2.00. COUPO‘. | Etitor Bee:— | Find enclosed two dollars. ny address below The Bee and McCall’s j had decided to bevome, one, and = | Fashion Magatine for one year. | promptly wrote to President Roose- | eseccee . | velt explaining the situation. He No.... made an earnest appeal to the chief | Street executive, and the frank, earnest man- Dowd or Gigi oe ner in which he couched his plea ek: anemm. | SCemed to strike the president as that BUY THE of @ man who would make a good sol- | dier. | This is probably the first instance of an acceptance of an application for | enlistment in the army when a dis- \ crepancy of two inches in the required ed. The minimum height, tipulated by the war department, | is five feet four inches. an of almost perfect build, pounds and has a five-inch sion. 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