j ----- iu a^aiLU, auu »cl3compelled to leave him.EYRiANSWiNI HIGHER GRADESj IN U. S. SERVICEII GEORGE STEVENS NOW AT WASH-fi IXGTON, IS COMMISSIONEDAS MAJOR.Captain George Stevens, of the IT. S. Signal Service Reserve Corps anil a former well known Elyria boy, re-C'ntly married here, has been promoted to the office of major, the new commission being particularly acceptable because it is issued in the regular army.j Eormer Captain James Van Denson, who married a popular Elyria girl, is now a colonel in the medical branch of the service. The families of these officers take a natural and pardonable pride in their mili-jtarv progress which is.shared by a wide circle'of friends and citizens generally. Elyria will undoubtedly continue to be well represented in technical, supply and combatant branches of Uncle Sam’s service at home and abroad