NEWS: Joseph M. WOODS, Jr., Promoted to Lieutenant, 1918, of Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ _______________________________________________ LIEUTENANT WOODS NOW. Special to the Tribune. Lewiston, August 20. - Joseph M. Woods, jr., a son of ex-judge and Mrs. J. M. Woods, of Ridge Road, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and will leave for France soon. Lieutenant Woods had two years' military training at Princeton university and enlisted May 1, going direct to Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. The young lieutenant is a descendant of the Witherspoon family, signers of the Declaration of Independence, and has an older brother an officer in the navy. Altoona Tribune, Wednesday morning, August 21, 1918, page 6