Salvey Papello Enlists
Bainbridge Republican, July 19, 1917
Salvey Papello, the Italian shoemaker in the Haddow Block [Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY] has been waiting to enlist in the United States Army, ever since the war broke out. He is a young man about 18 and has been an enthusiastic patriot. He entered his first naturalization papers some time ago. Whenever he has applied for enlistment he has been found under size. Tuesday morning he was talking about enlistment to Mrs. Thomas Collins when she said "Jump into my car and we will go to Sidney and see Lieut. O'Connor of the 71st." Salvey signed the enlistment papers and then hurried to Delhi to arrange about disposing of his business. If the medical examiner accepts him Salvey will have his fondest wish gratified. How is this for a foreign born American?
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