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R E S O U R C E S Loans - - $1,614,092.96 Overdrafts - - 1,350.63 U. S. Bonds - - 500,000.00 Liberty Bonds - - 160,000.00 Other Bonds - - 2.2*6.00 Federal Reserve Bank Stock 18,000.00 Banking House & Real Estate 72.674.52 Cash and Due from Banks

and U. S. Treasurer - 579,676.11 $2,948,060.22

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$500,000.00 115,697.08 500,000.00

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One of the first papers I saw upon my return to New York City was a copy of the " W a d s w o r t h G a s A t t a c k and R i o G r a n d e R a t t l e r . " Although camouflaged by an additional name, a magazine cover and some red ink, it was possible to discern some of the features of the R a t t l e r as we knew it on the border.

In answer to the Editor's request for a statement of some kind for this number, and speaking for all the officers who went abroad from, this division, I can say we are glad to be back, but ready to go again. It is most satisfactory to find the officers and men of the division so keenly interested in their work. The health of the command has been exceptional, and the conduct of its personnel excellent. General Phillips told me he was proud of his command.

Officers and men should not be impatient to get abroad. There is enough war there for everybody and a continuation of the training period here under the favorable climatic conditions of this section of the country will prove most valuable. A soldier has been defined as a man who has an Insatiable desire to go somewhere else, and who upon getting there immediately re­establishes and continues the same desire.

The war will be won by disciplined fighting soldiers, not by devices or material things. The history of warfare shows this. What is going on abroad 'confirms it. The intelligence, loyalty

B and individual skill of our men are valuable assets. But they are assets which can not be effectively used in battle unless they are welded into a harmonious and dependable whole through the solidifying influence of discipline. And this discipline, to be solid and substantial, must be as hard as steel. It must produce an obedience so prompt and unquestioned that the act is performed subconsciously. Its quality should be such that the physical re­sponse to a command is correct in all details. Every battle in the history of warfare had its mistake, errors and neglects which affected the results, and these, in most instances, were due to failure in discipline.

Every soldier in the division should understand the impor­tance of discipline. His life will largely hang upon it. The lives of his comrades and the value of his regiment will be dependent upon it. Without it, the tactical division can not be regarded as an effective fighting machine. It can not be created in a week, a month, or a year. Its standard can always be improved. Every officer and man should think of this and take advantage of every day to increase the power of his unit by increasing the standard of organization and individual discipline.

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A N i g h t i n t h e C a m p T r e n c h e s

A Senator, A General, A Colonel and a Passel of Assorted Officers Bagged by Shivering Sentries in Fire Trench

[By Private W. A. Davenport, Company M, 107th Infantry.]

N a t u r a l l y the trenches w e ' l l occupy i n F r a n c e a n d B e l g i u m w i l l be a b i t di f ferent. T h e c i r cumstances w i l l be s l i g h t l y a l tered . T h e H u n w i l l be out yonder m a k i n g earnest endeavor to wipe us out a n d the trenches w i t h us. A n d the business of c a p t u r i n g an enemy w i l l consist i n somewhat s terner pract i ce t h a n m e r e l y that of i n f o r m i n g h i m that you see h i m quite p l a i n l y and that he shou ld advance at once and give h i s name a n d r a n k i m m e d i a t e l y .

A n d , on the other h a n d , i t is a l together l i k e l y that the adventurous one who comes w i t h i n ri f le shot of the trenches we occupy over there w i l l have no f u r t h e r need of a name. B u t , t a k i n g the game as i t is , be­i n g p layed i n the W a d s w o r t h trenches , it is a f a i r l y equitable af fair and one w i t h jus t c l a i m to be ing excel lent t r a i n i n g for the l i f e before us i n the b i g d i tches i n E u r o p e .

Off I n the S t i l l y N i g h t . I t was somewhat after n i n e o 'clock at

n i g h t . We h a d left the company s t ree t— the f o u r t h p latoon f i r s t — e n j o i n e d w i t h re­peated emphas is that s i lence was to be the c a r d i n a l v i r t u e of the n i g h t .

W e s w u n g a l o n g the road queer ly t h r i l l e d . W e were do ing s o m e t h i n g new, on a d a r k , cheerless n i g h t . T h e r e was s o m e t h i n g of mys te ry about trenches any way. T h e w o r d , r e a l l y , was a lmost synonymous w i t h batt le a n d a t tendant danger.

A g a i n , on the road , the l i eu tenants w h i s ­pered hoarse ly that we m u s t m a i n t a i n ab­solute s i l ence ; that we shou ld m a k e no more noise w i t h our feet, even, t h a n was abso­l u t e l y necessary. Sneez ing became a c r ime fit to head the decalogue. To cough meant to fetch down upon one's self the scowls of the p latoon .

It has been the w r i t e r ' s unenv iab le ex­perience to have seen ten miserab le creatures die for m u r d e r i n S i n g S ing ' s e lectr i c cha i r . W i t h but two exceptions, the e lectrocut ions took place some t ime between n i g h t f a l l and d a y b r e a k — a l w a y s i n moments of darkness . A n d a lways , "'before the witnesses were led by the w a r d e n to the execut ion chamber , he bound t h e m to S I L E N C E .

W e l l , there was s o m e t h i n g of the same eery f e e l i n g about these s e p u l c h r a l w a r n ­ings aga ins t breaks i n the si lence.

Sergeant Whoozis , Guide . WTe ha l ted , a h u n d r e d feet f r o m the nar

row r u n w a y that s l ips down in to the last l i n e trenches. Sergeant W h o o z i s of Some­t h i n g or Other reported as guide. A n d we fo l lowed Sergeant Wh-oozis t h r o u g h the trenches.

T h e first twelve m i l e s were not so bad de­

spite the fact y o u cou ldn ' t see the hat of the m a n i n f ront of you , the red c lay w a l l to your left nor the firing step to your r i g h t . B u t after that , the c o n t i n u a l s tumble for ­w a r d to the fire or first l i n e t r e n c h became monotonous. Y o u became d izzy enough to drop but couldn ' t . Y o u couldn ' t f a l l for­w a r d . Y o u r file leader was too close to you . Y o u cou ldn ' t s w a y b a c k w a r d . A l ­ready the f e l l ow on your heels was d e m a n d ­i n g to k n o w ( i n a terr i f i c w h i s p e r ) w h a t i n h — was s c a r i n g you . T h e t r e n c h was too n a r r o w to p e r m i t of more t h a n «two or three inches leeway on e i ther side. We c a r r i e d b l a n k e t r o l l s , haversacks , canteens, p i cks , shovels a n d ri f les .

Above u s — a n d how far above us i t seem­ed—we beheld a n a r r o w s t r i p of sky . L i k e a n a r r o w , b lue -b lack band of ve lvet r i b b o n , i t was , s tudded by ten m i l l i o n s tars . T h e r e was m u c h s t u m b l i n g . T h e t u r n s were v i ­cious. T h e firing steps had , here a n d there, been r i v e t t e d a n d the r o u g h clubs a n d stakes d r i v e n in to the m u d , caught the s k i r t s of l o n g overcoats or r i p p e d the laces of loose leggins .

A n E e r i e T r i p . Occas ional ly a m a n s tumbled or j a m m e d

h i s foot aga ins t a rock. H o a r s e l y but w i t h vast ' e m o t i o n he cursed—cursed the w a r , the trenches , the k a i s e r and l i k e obnoxious t i l ings . G h o s t l y figures appeared above our heads. T h e y peered over the edges of the gu l l i e s . T h e y were muffled to the ears and , as we got nearer the fire t r e n c h and the l i g h t became better , we noted that they wore w h i t e bands a r o u n d t h e i r h a t s — t h e observ­ers, to be sure.

T h e long , tor tuous t r i p ended w i t h the fourth platoon i n the fire t r e n c h , and the first, second and t h i r d platoons scattered in and t h r o u g h o u t the support a n d cover trenches. B y squads we were posted—we fel lows i n the fire t r e n c h — a t po ints most l i k e l y to be assa i led . W e were scattered a l ong—say every fifty feet or so.

Prone i n the F i r e Trench . We were to l i e on our stomachs on the

parapet or s tand on the firing step l o o k i n g over the parapet , our ri f les at ready and our ears and eyes do ing h a i r t r i gger duty .

W h e r e we were placed we were to stay u n t i l re l i eved . If grub reached us, w e l l and good. If i t d idn ' t , i t d idn ' t . T h e pena l ty

i l C o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e C o m m u n i t y T r e e F u n d w i l l n o t o n l y b e r e c e i v e d , b u t W E L C O M E D b y M r s . J . F . O ' R y a n , 2 3 5 P i n e S t r e e t , S p a r t a n - J b u r g , S , 0

for s leep ing on post over on the other side is death. W e were i n f o r m e d that they wou ldn ' t shoot us for s l eep ing i n the W a d s -w o r t h trenches but , that by the t i m e our p u n i s h m e n t h a d ceased, we would, have w i s h e d more t h a n once that they h a d shot us.

T w o h u n d r e d yards across the v a l l e y lay the camp of the e n e m y — t h e observers . Be ­tween us and the enemy stretched a jaded barbed -wi re fence, a n a r r o w creek a n d a scant s t r i p of woods. T h e moon h a d come out but a d i s m a l , i l l s m e l l i n g fog h a d floated i n f r o m somewhere and the effects of the moon were d i ss ipated thereby.

G r a b b i n g the W h i t e - B a n d e d Observers. W e were t o ld to capture , i dent i f y and fetch

i n , a l l observers or other persons found near­by our posts. W e were i n f o r m e d that t h i s was our n i g h t . W e , pr iva tes , Jones , S m i t h , B r o w n and R o b i n s o n , were the bosses, co l ­l e c t i ve ly and i n d i v i d u a l l y . • M I L I T A R Y C O U R T E S Y W A S C A L L E D O F F . I f a M a ­jor G e n e r a l s tar ted h a n g i n g a r o u n d , grab h i m . If a Co lone l sassed you , g ive h i m h — . We weren ' t supposed to recognize rank: nor s t a t i o n outs ide our o w n l ines . Our orders were u n m i s t a k a b l e .

W e wa i ted a n h o u r for the first a s s a u l t ; a s tea l thy , scout - l ike assault that kept nerves on edge a n d the eyes r o v i n g . A sergeant or two and a s c a t t e r i n g of corporals made the first a t tempt to c r a w l past the outposts and into the trenches thus to show we were far f r o m our job. T h e y were snagged w i t h a p r o m p t i t u d e that made them wrang le amongst themselves who had betrayed t h e i r presence on the edge of the woods.

On Come the S t e a l t h y Foe . F r o m midnight , u n t i l five i n the m o r n i n g ,

t h r o u g h a fog that froze the m a r r o w a n d a h a r d , d u l l b i t terness of co ld that contracted the i n n a r d s , the enemy came creeping up the creek g u l l y , a l ong the woods and t h r o u g h the pine trees. N o w and then a m a n on the t i r i n g step whose eyes h a d begun to p lay h i m t r i c k s set up a hoarse chal lenge that rece ived no answer .

A n g e r e d , he 'd leap over the parapet and into the t h i c k e t w h e r e i n he h a d espied the s tea l thy enemy. H e ' d find he 'd been c h a l ­l e n g i n g a b i t of v a g r a n t paper or a c lump of cotton bol ls n o d d i n g i n the heavy, s low breeze t h a t seemed w a t e r laden.

A n d soon thereafter , another sentry w o u l d r u s h c r a s h i n g t h r o u g h the copse of s tunted oak and p ine to s n a r l a final chal lenge at a m y s t e r i o u s figure who w o u l d cufse l i i n i to p e r d i t i o n i n rep ly . T h e myster i ous one w as one of our o w n scouts c r a w l i n g a long the

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4 T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R

Wadsworth Gas Attack and Rio Grande Rattler Published weekly by and for the men of the Twenty-seventh Division,

U . S. A., at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C , under the direction of the Camp Wadsworth Young Men's Christian Association.

11 onorary Editors— Major General John F. O'Ryan.

# W. A. Davison, Camp T. M . €. A. Secretary. Brigadier General Charles L. Phill ips. Lt . Colonel Frankl in W. Ward.

Publication Committee— Paul M . Strayer, Chairman. J . S. Kingsley, Managing Editor. Bob Canniff, Business Manager.

Editorial Staff— Captain Percy T. Edrop, 47th Infantry. Lieutenant Joseph A. Brady, O. K. C. Private Richard E. Council, 102d M . P. Lieutenant Edward Streeter, 106th Field Arti l lery. Private Charles Divine, Ambulance Co. No. 108. Private Walter A. Davenport, 107th Infantry. Corporal Frank O'Neill, 104th Field Arti l lery. Private Keppler A. Bisbee, 47th Infantry. Private F. J . Ashley, Headquarters Troop. Ernest W. Leslie, Y. M. €. A.

Advertising Manager— Regtl. Sgt. Gaylord W. Ell iott , 102d Ammunition Train.

Circulation Manager— Private Mark V. Brady, 102d Supply Train.

Art Editor— Private Richard Kennedy, 102d Supply Train.

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Address, W A D S W O R T H G A S A T T A C K A N D R I O G R A N D E R A T T L E R , Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C.

M A J O R G E N E R A L 0 R Y A N R E T U R N S . M a j o r G e n e r a l O ' R y a n h a s r e t u r n e d t o t h e 2 7 t h

D i v i s i o n . T h e W a d s w o r t h . G a s A t t a c k a n d R i o G r a n d e R a t t l e r , s p e a k i n g f o r t h e m e n o f h i s c o m m a n d , h e a r t i l y w e l c o m e s h i m b a c k .

W e c o n g r a t u l a t e B r i g a d i e r G e n e r a l P h i l l i p s o n t h e a b l e m a n n e r i n w h i c h h e c o m m a n d e d t h e D i v i s i o n d u r i n g M a j o r G e n e r a l 0 ' R y a n ' s a b s e n c e i n F r a n c e . W e h a v e m a d e s u b s t a n t i a l p r o g r e s s i n o u r - t r a i n i n g , w i t h B r i g a d i e r G e n ­e r a l P h i l l i p s i n c o m m a n d . O u r r e t u r n i n g c o m m a n d e r w i l l find t h e p h y s i c a l c o n d i t i o n o f t h e m e n a n d o f t h e c a m p e x c e l l e n t . l i e w i l l f i n d o u r m o r a l e h i g h . l i e w i l l find u s r e a d y t o t a c k l e a n y t a s k s h e m a y set f o r u s as t h e r e s u l t o f h i s r e c e n t e x p e r i e n c e i n F r a n c e .

T h e r e a r e a l o t o f m e n I n t h e D i v i s i o n w h o a r e j u s t b e g i n n i n g t o r e a l i z e t h e m a g n i t u d e o f a M a j o r G e n e r a l ' s p o s i t i o n , a n d t h e c a l i b r e o f m a n n e e d e d t o fill i t . T h e p r o b l e m s t h a t h e m u s t s o l v e q u i c k l y a n d s u c c e s s f u l l y a r e m a n y a n d v a r i e d . T i e m u s t c o m b i n e u n u s u a l e x e c u t i v e a b i l i t y w i t h h i g h l y s p e c i a l i z e d k n o w l e d g e . M a n a g i n g a s t e e l t r u s t i s c h i l d ' s p l a y i n c o m p a r i s o n w i t h c o m m a n d i n g a D i v i s i o n . Y o u h e a r m e n s p e a k o f " t h e m i l i t a r y g a m e . ' ' I t i s m o r e t h a n a g a m e . I t i s a s c i e n c e . A n d a M a j o r G e n e r a l m u s t be a p a s t m a s t e r o f t h a t s c i e n c e . T i e m u s t b e , first o f a l l , a s o l d i e r — a s o l d i e r i n b e a r i n g , a s o l d i e r i n t r a i n i n g . H e m u s t b e a l e a d e r , a n o r g a n i z e r , a b u s i n e s s m a n , a l a w y e r , a m a t h e m a t i c i a n , a f a t h e r c o n f e s s o r , a fighter a n d a p r o p h e t .

B o t h M a j o r G e n e r a l O ' R y a n a n d B r i g a d i e r G e n e r a l P h i l l i p s h a v e s h o w n t h a t t h e y h a v e m e a s u r e d u p t o t h e s e h i g h s t a n d a r d s .

M a j o r G e n e r a l 0 ' R y a n ' s g o i n g t o F r a n c e w a s t h e a c t i o n o f a w i s e a n d p r o v i d e n t l e a d e r . B e f o r e s e n d i n g h i s m e n , h e w e n t h i m s e l f . T i e d i d n o t d e p e n d o n s e c o n d h a n d a c c o u n t s o f w h a t a c t u a l c o n d i t i o n s a t t h e f r o n t a r e . T i e w e n t i n p e r s o n . J u s t w h a t h e l e a r n e d c a n n o t , o f c o u r s e , b e p r i n t e d h e r e . B u t w e a r e s u r e t o b e n e f i t i m m e a s u r e a b l y b y h i s ke"en o b s e r v a t i o n . W e w i l l go t o o u r t a s k " o v e r t h e r e " b e t t e r p r e p a r e d , a n d a m o r e f o r m i d a b l e fighting m a c h i n e , b e c a u s e o f o u r l e a d e r ' s f o r e s i g h t .

I t i s f u t i l e t o s p e c u l a t e h e r e o n t h e p r o b a b l e s i g n i f i c a n c e o f M a j o r G e n e r a l 0 ' R y a n ' s r e t u r n . T h o s e w h o f e e d o n

r u m o r s s a y t h a t i t m e a n s a n e a r l y m o v e m e n t o f t h e D i v i ­s i o n . O t h e r s , e q u a l l y k n o w i n g , d e c l a r e t h a t It m e a n s t h a t w e w i l l b e i n t r a i n i n g h e r e t i l l s p r i n g . T h i s s o r t o f I d l e g o s s i p i s p i n k - t e a , s e w i n g c i r c l e s t u f f . I t Is o u t o f p l a c e i n a m a n ' s c a m p .

W e h a v e a b i g j o b o n o u r h a n d s — t h e b i g g e s t i n o u r l i v e s . W e m u s t g e t r e a d y t o d o i t , a n d d o i t w e l l . W h i l e w e a r e t r a i n i n g , l e t u s k e e p o u r e y e s i n t h e b o a t . L e t u s p l u g a w a y a n d n o t w o r r y a b o u t w h e n w e a r e g o i n g t o go a n d w h e r e . M a j o r G e n e r a l O ' R y a n w i l l l o o k a f t e r t h a t a n d w e h a v e c o n f i d e n c e i n h i m . O u r j o b i s t o m a k e u s e o f e v e r y m i n u t e so t h a t w h e n w e g o u p a g a i n s t t h e c r a c k G e r m a n t r o o p s w e c a n ' h i t t h e m s u c h a s m a s h t h a t f o r y e a r s t o c o m e t h e v e r y n a m e o f t h e N e w Y o r k d i v i s i o n w i l l s e n d a c h i l l d o w n e v e r y T e u t o n s p i n e .

C H E E R I N G N E W S ,

W e p r i n t h e r e a l e t t e r f r o m a U n i t e d S t a t e s s o l d i e r , 2 4 y e a r s o l d , n o w a t t h e f r o n t . R e a d I t . T h i n k i t o v e r . I t w i l l c h e e r y o u u p . T h i s i s t h e s p i r i t t h a t i s g o i n g t o v d n f o r u s . I t Is t h e s p i r i t w e a l l r e a l l y h a v e , u n d e r n e a t h o u r p e t t y g r u m b l i n g s . A n a r m y o f m e n w h o f e e l as t h i s s o l d i e r d o e s m u s t w i n :

Somewhere i n F r a n c e , November 12, 1917. I grow more and more accustomed to m y pos i t ion i n my surround­

ings each day. I am v e r y anxious to get up to the f ront , and beg in m y l i t t l e task of pounding. E v e r y o n e wants to p i t ch i n and do his m a n ' s job, and the more d i scomfor t ing the news f r om Russ ia and I t a l y , the more we fee l that we should be up at our sector and i n act ion there.

W e are g r o w i n g d a i l y i n strength, and when the spr ing comes we should be able to move on w i t h the best of them. W e k n o w we can not make an. a rmy i n a f ew months, but we feel sure that we have a l l the necessary v i r tues and mater ia ls over here when we begin , and when we get seasoned.

W e have much to l earn , and we k n o w that some experiences must be undergone before we shal l come through. Our organizat ion is marvelous. J u s t keep sending men and supplies. There is a fine s p i r i t among our troops i n Europe , and I know the dra f ted men w i l l come through w i t h the same sort of qual it ies that the new armies of E n g l a n d possess. I t is great to wear the u n i f o r m . W e leave here i n a f ew days, but for what place and purpose, no one knows. Y o u re ca l l the sentences of C a r l y l e :

i 1 Here on earth we are as soldiers, F i g h t i n g i n a f ore ign l a n d .

T h a t k n o w not the p l a n of the campaign, A n d have no need to k n o w i t .

See ing that we are soldiers, L e t us do our duty as such,

W i t h submiss ion ; w i t h courage, and w i t h an heroic j o y . 5 ?

I have wanted to get into this struggle. N o w , at least, I am here and almost on the scene. I feel that I am doing the only t h i n g i n the w o r l d w o r t h y of do ing i n these terr ib le days of suffering and these glorious days of courage and sacrifice. France is nobler and braver than ever. Y o u see she goes to I t a l y ' s a id , g i v i n g up for the moment, lands of her own i n the N o r t h . E n g l a n d is at her zeni th of power. W e are only b e g i n n i n g to marsha l our strength. Sometimes, we a l l know, the G R E A T P E A C E is coming, and • though there are great chasms yet to cross, we are happy over the prospect of the future and its promise of securi ty and t r a n q u i l i t y .

B U Y R E D C R O S S C H R I S T M A S S E A L S T O - B A Y .

W a r a l w a y s i n c r e a s e s t u b e r c u l o s i s . R e d C r o s s s e a l s a r e s o l d i n c a m p s t o h e l p c o m f o r t a n d c u r e c o n s u m p t i v e s o l d i e r s a n d p r o t e c t t h e i r f a m i l i e s a n d c o m r a d e s . U s e s e a l s o n a l l l e t t e r s . F o r s a l e a t Y . M . C . A . b u i l d i n g . O n e c e n t e a c h . B u y t h e m t o - d a y .

N O T I C E .

I t c o s t s t w o c e n t s t o m a i l a c o p y o f t h e W a d s w o r t h G a s A t t a c k a n d R i o G r a n d e R a t t l e r a n y w h e r e . B e s u r e y o u p u t a t w o c e n t s t a m p o n i t .

T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R 5

A S O L D I E R ' S L E T T E R T O H I S S W E E T ­H E A R T ,

D E A R M A B L E :

I haven ' t wrote for somet ime because I have been made a n off icer—a corpora l . I a d m i t I deserved i t . I d i d n ' t a p p l y for i t or n o t h i n g . T h e y j u s t come a n d t o ld me.

B e i n g c o rpora l means t h a t I don't have n o t h i n g more to do w i t h deta i l s , a n d at the same t i m e I have more deta i l s to w o r r y about t h a n ever before. T h a t i s a sort of j oke t h a t us m i l i t a r y m e n u n d e r s t a n d , but we cou ldn ' t expect a l a y m a n l i k e y o u to u n d e r s t a n d i t , M a b l e .

Y e s t e r d a y b e i n g S u n d a y , me a n d three other officers b o r r y e d mules off the stable sergeant a n d went for a r i d e i n the country . W e stopped at a l i t t l e house t h a t they sa id was a moonsh iner ' s hut , but as i t was broad d a y l i g h t I cou ldn ' t t e l l , of course.

W e stopped at another house near there. A t first I thought i t was a schoolhouse, there was so m a n y k i d s p l a y i n g a r o u n d i t . W h e n I asked t h e m i f i t was a school , they o n l y laughed . A n ice o ld l a d y sa id she " r e c k i n e d " we cou ld have d i n n e r there for " fo ' b i t s . " T h e nat ives here speak a queer language a n d the m e n a l l have t h e i r necks shaved .

W h e n we sat down to the table , a l l of a sud-d i n t , she ast me to say " G r a c e . " I s a i d I 'd r a t h e r say " M a b l e , " such be ing the name of m y g i r l , but the o ld l ady s a i d no, I m e a n a s k a b less in ' . I d i d n ' t no none. One of the other guys poked me i n the r i b s a n d s a i d , say someth ing , you s i m p , so I sa id the G e n e r a l Orders i n a low voice a n d ended up w i t h A m e n . It was a s w e l l feed. W e h a d l i t t l e y e l l o w b i s cu i t s that they c a l l c o rn poems. A n d guess w h a t ? P i e made out of sweet potatoes! I asked the o ld l ady i f she ever t r i e d m a k i n g pie out of s p i n ­a c h but she d i d n ' t see the joke.

It s t i l l r e m a i n s cold. T h e top sergeant says that I a m g o i n g on i n t e r i o r g u a r d to­n i g h t . T h a t is l u c k y for me, as I wanted to get some indoor w o r k .

We 've got a new camp paper down here, T h e W a d s w o r t h Gas T a n k , a n d I a m go­i n g to w r i t e some pieces for i t . I a l w a y s was a s w e l l w r i t e r , M a b l e , even i f I do say so.

I got y o u r T h a n k s g i v i n g box two clays' ago. It was on ly ten days late . I guess the post office made some m i s t a k e . U s u a l l y t h i n g s is la ter t h a n that . It was i n good shape except that the ins ides h a d been squoze out of the m i n c e pie, a n d some one h a d sat o n the t u r k e y . Of course I d i v i d e d i t up w i t h m y squad. T h a t ' s me a l l over. I ' m a w f u l popu lar w i t h m y men . T h e y often t e l l me they w i s h I 'd be made a m a j o r or some­t h i n g . M y m e n soon ate up the stuff. A l l

I saved for myse l f was the w h i t e meat and h a l f the pie. It was a s w e l l m e a l to have i n the field. Of course, we aren ' t r e a l l y i n anybody 's field. T h a t ' s a m i l i t a r y expres­s i on a g i r l cou ldn ' t u n d e r s t a n d .

I 've got to q u i t now to post a g u a r d . A t the same t i m e I m a y get a chanst to post th i s letter . T h a t ' s a joke , M a b l e . I 'm s o r r y m y let ter can ' t be longer but as a m a n r ises i n the a r m y he gets less a n d less t i m e to h imse l f . O l i v e o i l !

Y o u r l o v i n g c o rpora l In O. D . , B I L L .

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R U M O R S !

A N e w Issue of the L a t e s t M o d e l O. D . Rumors .

1. W e s a i l f r o m H o b o k e n C h r i s t m a s m o r n i n g .

2. A l l the cooks i n the 107th I n f a n t r y are G e r m a n spies, a n d are a t t e m p t i n g to wean the 107th to K u l t u r w i t h a p ropaganda of w ieners a n d k r a u t .

3. W e leave E a s t St. L o u i s on flat boats N e w Y e a r ' s E v e .

4. T h e 47th I n f a n t r y w i l l combine w i t h the B o y Scouts of F l u s h i n g , a n d the H o m e Defense League of Y o n k e r s a n d do g u a r d duty at the Chicago stock yards .

5. T h e 47th I n f a n t r y w i l l take the first t r a i n for the R u s s i a n f ront .

6. T h e 47th I n f a n t r y w i l l be made in to c a v a l r y and w i l l h u r r y by f e r r y boat to Popoff, S i b e r i a .

7. W e w i l l leave K e y West , F l o r i d a , for I t a l y , St. P a t r i c k ' s D a y .

8. B e l l o w s w i l l i m m e d i a t e l y be i ssued to a l l m e n to repe l H u n gas a t tacks .

9. W e w i l l s ta r t to m a r c h . for C a m p Webb, W y o m i n g , on the first c lear Wednes -day.

10. Non-coms w i l l be abo l i shed . 11. T h e K a i s e r has sold the m o v i n g p i c ­

ture r i g h t s of the w a r to B l e v i t c h , B l e v i t c h , B l e v i t c h a n d Co., of N e w Y o r k , a n d the w a r is now be ing conducted w i t h b l a n k cart­r idges .

12. A H mounted m e n w i l l be d i s m o u n t e d a n d a l l d i smounted m e n w i l l be mounted , and a l l the rest w i l l be t u r n e d into cooks.

13. W e leave for I r e l a n d i n submar ines , v i a the Go w a n us cana l , somet ime i n Feb ­r u a r y .

14. P a y days w i l l be abo l ished . 15. W e w i l l encamp at L e o n i a , N . J . for

the d u r a t i o n of the war . 16. W e leave next week for somewhere. 17. W e don't .

* * * * * Contribs—Send in fuel to the Incinerator.

T H E S O L D I E R ' S G A R D E N O F V E R S E . I have the cutest l i t t l e h o r s e —

I feed h i m lots of hay , I g ive h i m lots of oats, of course,

I c lean h i m every day, A n d w h e n I've finished g r o o m i n g h i m , I h e a r d a squshy t h u d , A n d find the " ( ) " & ' ? * " " cuss, A r o l l i n g i n the m u d .

* * * * * I love m y topper, yes, I do. I hope he goes to H e a v e n , too. ( T h e sooner the better. )

Sfl «|5 SfS U|5 S|S If c a p t a i n I s h o u l d get to be, I 'd soon dispense w i t h reve i l l e . I ask you , do y o u t h i n k i t r i g h t , T o get us so ld iers up at n i g h t ? Before the moon has ceased to sh ine , W h y can ' t we s t a r t to fight at n i n e ?

* sf« • * * T h e R o a d to H e l l , we are i n f o r m e d , i s

paved w i t h good i n t e n t i o n s . T h e R o a d to S p a r t a n b u r g , we have no­

t i ced , is paved w i t h busted F o r d s . * :i: * *

Out at C a m p F u n s ton they m a k e a l l the men who are consc ient ious objectors, a n d won ' t fight, do p e r m a n e n t k i t c h e n pol ice .

J u s t w a t c h those b i r d s af ter they 've done k i t c h e n pol ice for about a m o n t h . Y o u won ' t be able to keep t h e m f r o m fighting.

:j: :J: # # T h e r e are a lot of consc ient ious objectors

i n C a m p W a d s w o r t h . T h e i r ob ject ion is to w o r k .

:fe ;Jc T h e I n c i n e r a t o r S t o k e r h e a r d one of the

d a r k y mule - chauf feurs a r o u n d camp s a y i n g to another the other d a y :

" R u l e , y o u ' a l l k i n a l w a y s t e l l a m a j a h by the l i t t l e oyster s h e l l on h i s shoulder , a n d y o u ' a l l k i n t e l l a k u n n e l l b y h i s l i t t l e t i n b u z z a r d . "

* * * * • A 108th R e g i m e n t m a n went in to a S p a r ­

t a n b u r g cafe (pronounced to r h y m e w i t h "safe" ) a n d sa id , " H a v e y o u got a Gas A t t a c k ? "

* * t- * * A sergeant i n the 107th spied a r o o k i e

w a l k i n g t h r o u g h some stacked r i f les . " H o w dare y o u go t h r o u g h t h e r e ? " Get

back at once," he shouted. T h e r ook ie looked puzz led . H e saw t h a t i t

was up to h i m to m a k e some apt m i l i t a r y retort . H e beamed b r i g h t l y a n d hopped back. " A s I was , Sarge , as I was , " he piped.

* ;|s * sj; 5j: E t h e l b u r t J e l l y b a c k says he objects to

l i v i n g i n the trenches because they m a k e one n a r r o w m i n d e d .

6 T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R N E W O F F I C E R S .

M a n y M e n Rise F r o m R a n k s to Commissions.

T e l e g r a p h i c adv i ce f r o m the W a r Depart ­ment , December 1, announces the appoint­ment of the f o l l o w i n g n a m e d officers, who are ass igned as i n d i c a t e d be low and who are a u ' h o r i z e d to assume new grades a n d to wear the a p p r o p r i a t e i n s i g n i a thereof T n e y v i l l report to the C o m m a n d i n g Offi­cers of the severa l o rgan iza t i ons i n d i c a t e d for duty .

A d j u t a n t Genera l ' s Department . Cap! a in Edward E. Gauche, Personnel Officer,

D i r . Adjutant's Oft. Captain Tristram Tapper. War Risk Insurance

Bureau. 1st Lieut. William J . Orange, War Risk Insur­

ance .Bureau. Quartermaster Corps.

:2nd Lieut. Herbert Forscli, Division Quarter­master's Office.

Engineers . 1st L ieui . David Wlielpley, 102nd Engineers. 1st Lieut, .lames L. Doyle, 102nd Engineers. 1st Lieut. Xorman I). Richardson, 102nd E n g ­

ineers. ls| Lieut. Tristram Tuppcr, 102nd Engineers

( A p p t d. C a p f a i n A. G. D.) 1st T,i<ui. Ileibert F. Ross, 102nd Engineers. 2nd Lieui . John McDowell, Jr . , 102nd Engineers. 2nd Lieut. Douglas C. Barry, 102nd Engineers. 2nd Li-nit. William II. Smith, 102nd Engineers, 2nd Lieut. Patrick .T. Waters, 102nd Engineers. 2nd Lieut. William R, Joyce, 102nd Engineers. 2nd Lieut. Arthur It. Oerland, 102ml Engineers. 2nd Lieui. Daniel it. MacDougalL 102nd Engi­

neers. 2nd Lieut. Edwaru ,1. Eagan, 102nd Engineers. 2nd Lieui . Clarence S. Strang, 102nd Engineers 2nd Lieut. Initios P. Eorgarfy, 102nd Engineers 2nd Lieut. Albert E. Gihhs, 102nd Engineers.

• 2nd Lieut. Robert J . Dieges, 102nd Engineers. I n f a n t r y .

F. Jaeckcl, Aide Major G 2nd Lieut. Ho oral O'Ryan.

2nd Lieut. Ralph P. Buell, Aide, 54th Inf. Brig. 1st Lieut. "William B. Lester, 104th Machine Gun

Ba ttalion. 1st Lieut. Alfred E. IT. Harry. 107th Infantry, 1st Lieut. Fdward yviiiis, 107th Infantry. 1st Lieui . Kennard Endorwood, 100th Infantry. 1st Lieut. William IT. McMullen, Jr . . 105th Inf. 1st Lieut. John F. Ma honey, 105th Infantry. 1st Lieut Lucius II. Biglow, 105th Machine Gun

Battalion. 2nd Lieut. Michael Connery, 53rd Inf. Brig. , Aide. 1 st Lieut. If a rold G, Pearson, 1 02nd Trains Head­

quarters and M . P. F i e l d A r t i l l e r y .

Colonel Frank II. Times. 10(>th Field Artil lery, "Major Guide F. Yorboek 100th Field Arti l lery. Majoi William 11. Kennedy. 100th Field Arti l lery. 2nd Lieut. L. O. Thompson. 104th Field Arti l lery X. G.. from O. R. C , 2nd Lieut. Harold F. Thomas, 101th Field Arti l lery AT. G. from O R. C , 2nd Lieut. Edward A. McGrath, Jr . . 104 th Field Arti l lery X. G. from O. R. C., 2nd Lieut. George W. Martin 104th Pield Artil lery X. (}., from u. R. C. 2nd Lieui. Charles Mc.vdams. 104th Field Arl i l lery , 2nd Lieut. Cbartes Sanourin, 104th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. James E. Andrews, 10-llh Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. Wil l iam II. Mer­rick. 104th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. George II. A. McNeil, 104th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. John T. Drennan, '04th Field Artil lery, 2nd Lieut. Louis D. lanne, 104th Field At til lei y. 2nd Lieut. Paul Has-olbrink, 10 1th Field Ar lPlery , 2nd Lieut, Nicholas Ransler. 104th Fi(4d Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. Marshall i). Sanchez, 104th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. Bernard IIcineman, 104th. Field Arti l lery, m d Lieut Walt(u, II. Yallaiue, 104th Field Ar ­tillery, 2nd Lieut. William J Knight, 104tl\ Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieui . Pl i i l l ip J . Meany. 101th Cield Arti l lery X. C . from O. It. C , 1st Lieut. Archibald B. Claik. 104th Field Arti l lery N. G.

from O. R. C . 1st Lieut. Mason Wheeler, 104th Field Arti l lery N. G., from O. R. C , 1st Lieut. Arthur Acheson, 104th Field Arti l lery N. G.. from (). R. C , 1st Lieut. Edward Shippen, 104th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Richard ,T. Rush. 104th Field Arl i l lery , 1st Lieui. John Farr , Jr . , 104th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. .James Park, 101th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Edwin S. Betfelheim, 10-ith Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut John W. Pulloyn, lOI lh Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Phi l l ip B. Weld. | 101th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Harold Le R. j Whitney. 10-ith Field Arl i l lery . Captain Francis p. Gallagher. 101th Field Arl i l lery . 2nd Lieut. Wil - | liam K. Leufer, 105th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. Walter Le R. Abiams. 105th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieui . John P. Crehan. "Mi.lth Field Arl i l lery , 2nd 1

Lieut. Edmund J . Deilis. 105th Field Artil lery, 2nd Lieut. John C. Orgill, 105th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. Louis R. Palmer. 105th Field Art i l le iy , 2nd Lieut. Henry E. Knierim, 105th Field Artil lery, 2nd Lieut. George W. McNulty. 105th Field Ar­tillery, 2nd Lieut. Raymond Shoohan, 10.1th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. Charles 10. Smith. lO.lih Field Artil lery, L t . Col. DeWitt C. Weld, Jr . , 105th Field Artil lery. Major Wil l iam O. Richardson. 105(h Field Arl i l lery , Captain Charles II. King, lo . l lh Field Arti l lery. 1st Lieut. James H. M('Sweeney, 10.1th Field Artil lery. 1st, Lieut. Fran­cis V. Hayes. 10.1th Field Arl i l lery , 1st Lieut. Clarence II. TI iirginson. 105th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Alexander W. Chauncey, 105th Field Ar­tillery, N1 Lieut. Arthur A. Farrell . 105th 11(4(1 Arti l lery, is I Lieut. James II. Board. 105th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Max L. Van Norden, 105th Field Artil lery, 1st Lieut. Frederick Fritter, 10.1th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Wil l iam 10. Yeomans, 105th Field Artil lery, 1st Lieut. Charles 10. Dunn. 105th Field Artillery. 2nd Lieut. Emi l M. Podeyii. 105th Field Arti l lery. 2nd Lieut. Wesley L. Brydo. 105th Field Ar l i l l ery . 2nd Lieut. Frederick 0. Hel­ler, 105th Field Arti l lery. Captain Harry L. Gilchricse. 100th Field Arti l lery. Captain I Iowa id K Parker, 100th Field Artil lery. Caplain John J . Curtin. lOGih Field Artil lery. Captain Howard II. Buckhardt. 106th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Wal­ter (). Pa Hour, 106th Fudd Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. George E. Fahys, 100th Field art i l lery , 1st Lieut. Louis Wojikowski, 100th Field Arti lery, 1st Lieut. Harold E. Ilonharl. lOOlh Fi(4d Artil lery. 1st Lieut. Paul F. Mann, 100th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieui . Will iam J . Gaskin. lOGih Field Arti l lery. Isl Lieui . Th(M)dore U. Farley. 100th Field Arti l lery. 1st Lieut. Stewart M . Chambers, 106th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Nathen F. George, 106th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut. Oswald Knanth. 106th Field Arl i l lery , 1st Lieut. John C. Orr, 10(5fh Field Arti l ler\, 1st Lieut Donald M. Roy, 106th Field Artil lery. 1st Lieuc. Edward J . Joseph, 106th Field Arti l lery. 1st Lieut. Ember C. Rogers, 106th Field Arti l lery, 1*1 L ieut Reginald Knox, 106th Field Arti l lery. 1st Lieut. Oeorge L. Fsher. 106th Field Arl i l lery , 1st Lieut. F. C. Kings la ml. 106th Fi(4d Arti l lery, 1st Lieut . ! Richard W. El l is , 100th Field Arti l lery, 1st Lieut, j 10. J . Delvin, Jr . , 106th Field Arti l lery, 2nd Lieut. | Kalman J . Korfrellyesse. 100th Fi(4d Arti l lery, 2nd ! Lieut. Russell T. Backus. 106th Field Arti l lery, 2nd! Lieut. Leigh ton Lobdeil, 100th Field Arti l lery. 2nd Lieut. Charles 10. Burnett. 106th Field Artil lery. ! 2nd Lieut. Charles R. Jobo, 1 outli Field Arti l lery,) 2nd Lieut. Howard Stetson, 106th Field Ar l i l lery . j 2nd Lieut. Louis Snell. lor.th Field Arti l lery. 2nd; Lieut. Joseph R. Hess. 100th Field Arti l lery, 2nd I Lloui. Herbert R. Rollins. 106th Held Artil lery. ,' 2nd Limit. Humphrey B. Noil, 1 00th Field VrtilJery- 1

2nd Lieut. Fakley B. Coxo. tnoih Field Art i l l e ry , 1

_nd Lieui . Frank O. Carry. 106th Field Arti l lery, j 2nd Lieut. George Toomey. I06th Field Art i l l ery . ! 2nd Lieut. Edwin S. Burrows. 100th Field Artil lery, (

2nd Lieut. Edward Streeter, 106th Field Art i l l ery , , 2nd Lieut. Louis N. Fi ler , moth Field Artil lery, I 2nd Lieut. Hector Turnbull. 100th Field Arti l lery, j 2nd Lieut. Gilbert JO. Aekoiman. 106th Field A r t i l ­lery, from (). R. 0.. 2nd Lieut. George. II. Jones. I 1064b Field Arti l lery from O. R C . 2nd Lieut . ! V aitney A. Wagner. lOOIh Fit4(1 Arti l lery. 2nd

1st Lieut. Phillip S. Herbert. 52nd Field gade Ildqrs.. 2nd Lieut. Joseph Eddy. Ai Field Art . Brigade Ildqrs., 2nd Lieu De V. Sli l lmau, 52nd Field A n . Hd(jrs., X. G., from 0. R. C . 2nd Lieur. S. Oouri. 105th Field Artil lery. 2nd Lieu R. Ullr ich, 105th Field Artil lery, 2nd Liet F. P.ishop. 105th Field Art i l le iy , 2no • ,:.n B. Withstaudley, 10.1th Field Arti l lery, 2 Will iam Slanobridgo, 105tb Fiehl A i i P Lieui . Shorrill Babcock, 102nd Ammunitu

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S E N A T O R W A D S W O R T H A V I S I T O R .

G-reatly P leased W i t h (iThe S m i l i n g 27th D i v i s i o n " and Its Camp.

C a m p W a d s w o r t h was honored by a v i s i t f r o m U n i t e d States Senator J a m e s W , W a d s ­w o r t h of N e w Y o r k re cent ly . Senator W a d s w o r t h inspec ted the camp thorough ly . H e h a d on ly words of h i g h pra i se for the men a n d camp condi t ions .

Senator W a d s w o r t h is a v e t e r a n of the N e w Y o r k N a t i o n a l G u a r d and is a k e e n s tudent of m i l i t a r y mat te rs , so h is o p i n i o n has more we ight t h a n that of a n o r d i n a r y c i v i l i a n .

T h e Senator was p a r t i c u l a r l y p leased w i t h the s p i r i t of the men . E v e n the k i t c h ­en po l i ce were s m i l i n g , he observed . H e suggested that the 27th D i v i s i o n be c a l l e d " the S m i l i n g D i v i s i o n " because of the good cheer that p r e v a i l e d everywhere .

" I don't need to be a doctor to see that the m e n are i n s p l e n d i d shape p h y s i c a l l y / 5

Senator W a d s w o r t h sa id . " I t h i n k the D i ­v i s i o n is r eady to u n d e r t a k e the most t r y i n g field w o r k at short not i ce . "

W E A R E W E L L I N S U R E D .

M e n of 27th D i v i s i o n A l r e a d y Insured F o r M o r e T h a n $165,000,000.

• M o r e t h a n 20,000 officers a n d en l i s t ed m e n of the 27th D i v i s i o n have t a k e n out insur ­ance for a p p r o x i m a t e l y $165;00< ,J»' <1 accord­i n g to the latest f igures. M e n i n the D i v i ­s i on do not r ea l i ze how m u c h v t r k c a i i n g for t h i s i n s u r a n c e w i l l i n v o l v e N e i t h e r do they rea l i ze what a job i t *& to hand le some 30,000 a l l o t m e n t b l a n k s . Yet these i n s u r a n c e and a l l o t m e n t b l a n k s a"e being-t a k e n care of by officers and enl is ted m e n deta i led f r o m var i ous un i t s v i t h o u t a f lurry . T h e y ' l l have to change flic o ld s i m i l e , " B u s y as- a B e e h i v e " to " B u s y as a T r a i n i n g C a m p . "

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106th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y , was k i l l e d D e c e m b e r 2nd by the a c c i d e n t a l d i s charge of a p isto l i n the hands of a tent-mate, l i e was ' b u r i e d i n the N a t i o n a l Cemetery , S a l i s b u r y , N . - C .

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N E E R S .

E x a m i n a t i o n s for L ieutenanc ies to B e H e l d H e r e J a n u a r y 21.

A n n o u n c e m e n t Is made at D i v i s i o n H e a d ­quar ters that , o w i n g to the shortage of offi­cers i n the engineer corps of the a r m y , It is proposed to h o l d a c o m p e t i t i v e exam­i n a t i o n i n C a m p W a d s w o r t h , b e g i n n i n g J a n ­u a r y 21, to fill some of those vacanc i es , and en l i s t ed m e n a n d c i v i l i a n s w h o m a y asp i re to a p p o i n t m e n t as p r o v i s i o n a l second l i e u ­tenants i n the engineers are a s k e d to com­pete.

A c c o r d i n g to l a w , vacanc i e s i n the corps of engineers m a y be filled, first, by cadets as t h e y graduate f r o m the m i l i t a r y acad­emy, a n d , second, t h r o u g h the c o m p e t i t i v e e x a m i n a t i o n of o ther cand idates . I n order to be e l i g i b l e to take th i s e x a m i n a t i o n , a cand idate m u s t be a n u n m a r r i e d c i t i z e n of the U n i t e d States be tween the ages of 21 a n d 29 years a n d m u s t h o l d a d i p l o m a show­i n g g r a d u a t i o n i n a n e n g i n e e r i n g course f r o m a n a p p r o v e d t e c h n i c a l schoo l . C o m m a n d ­i n g officers are r e q u i r e d to s u b m i t , not l a t e r t h a t D e c e m b e r 15, a l i s t of a p p r o v e d can­d idates i n t h e i r o rgan i za t i ons . C o n c e r n i n g the chances of the en l i s t ed m e n to pass the e x a m i n a t i o n , the b u l l e t i n s ta tes :

" I t is expected that by r e l i e v i n g t h e m as m u c h as poss ib le f r o m t h e i r r e g u l a r dut ies , s u c h of these candidates as m a y be ap­p r o v e d w i l l be g i v e n s p e c i a l oppor tun i t i e s to prepare themse lves to some extent for a w r i t t e n e x a m i n a t i o n . w h i c h w i l l be h e l d be­g i n n i n g J a n u a r y 21, a n d p r e s u m a b l y at the s t a t i o n of t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n . T h i s c ompet i ­t i v e e x a m i n a t i o n is r e q u i r e d by l a w , but w i l l be c o n s i d e r a b l y s i m p l e r i n c h a r a c t e r t h a n the one w h i c h persons outs ide of the serv i ce are r e q u i r e d to take . It w i l l , however , be suff icient to show to w h a t extent the c a n d i ­dates have a s s i m i l a t e d the p r i n c i p l e s w h i c h they l e a r n e d i n t h e i r course at the t e c h n i c a l schools .

" A r r a n g e m e n t s have been made for the e x a m i n a t i o n of candidates who m a y be at officers' t r a i n i n g camps at the t i m e , a n d f u r t h e r a r r a n g e m e n t s have been made i n order that the oppor tun i t i e s m a y be g i v e n those i n F r a n c e , or m a y be en route there­to, to be e x a m i n e d l i k e w i s e . "

W H Y S U P P L Y S E R G E A N T S A R E U N ­P O P U L A R .

W h a t e v e r E l s e T h e y L a c k , T h e y A l w a y s H a v e P l e n t y of Red-Tape on H a n d .

I d i s l i k e S u p p l y Sergeants . T h e y i r r i t a t e me.

T h e y are a l w a y s a s k i n g p e r s o n a l ques­t ions . T h e y w a n t to k n o w the " H o w s " a n d the " W h e r e s . " T h e y ques t i on y o u r mot ives . T h e y go on the suppos i t i on t h a t a l l people — e x c e p t i n g themse lves , of c o u r s e — a r e de­c e i t f u l or i g n o r a n t or both . T h e y are sus­p i c ious .

Sergeant -Misers . T h e y look upon a l l G o v e r n m e n t proper ty

as a m i s e r l ooks u p o n go ld . T h e y are for­ever i n s p e c t i n g a n d t a k i n g i n v e n t o r i e s . T h e y are sel f ish. T h e y t h i n k a m a n can dress w e l l a n d be presentab le i n "one (1) hat , s e r v i c e ; one (1) u n d e r s h i r t , c a n t o n flannel, w i n t e r ; one (1) breeches , cot ton , O. D. , p r . ; one (1) s t o ck ings , It. w t , woo len , p r . ; one (1) shoes, russet , m a r c h i n g , p r . ; a n d two (2) o r n a m e n t s , c o l lar , b ronze . "

W h e n e v e r I lose a n y t h i n g I i n v a r i a b l y find out that i t has f ound i t s w a y in to the Sup­p l y T e n t a n d — i n s u c h e v e n t — t h e S u p p l y Sergeant refuses to r e t u r n i t u n t i l I h a v e presented h i m w i t h two " b i t s " c a s h for the M e s s F u n d . J u d g i n g f r o m m y c o n t r i b u t i o n s to th i s fund , our mess shou ld beg in to p i c k up c o n s i d e r a b l y w i t h o u t f u r t h e r delay .

S u p p l y Sergeants are u n f r i e n d l y . T h e y speak of a n d to y o u by n u m b e r on ly . W h e n they are not a s k i n g y o u quest ions they are d e m a n d i n g that n u m b e r so a n d so " s i g n h e r e ! "

T a g , Tag , W h o H a s the Tag? I was w e l l - k n o w n i n c i v i l l i f e . I used to

get five and t en do l la rs at f a i r s a n d bazaars for m y s ignature . I n the A r m y I m u s t at­t a c h m y s i gnature at least four t imes to v a ­r i ous papers before I can persuade the Sup­p l y Sergeant to g ive me so m u c h as "one cord , hat , Inf." or "one laces , shoes, russet , p r . "

T h r e e or four months ago the tape f r o m w h i c h m y i d e n t i f i c a t i o n t a g dangles upon m y chest b roke a n d I lost m y tag . A n i d e n t i f i c a t i o n t a g is a s m a l l m e t a l d isc u p o n w h i c h is s tamped y o u r name, r a n k a n d the company a n d r e g i m e n t that has possess ion of you . I n case you are lost the person who finds y o u is able to locate your owner by th is t a g a n d r e t u r n y o u w i t h o u t m u c h i n ­convenience .

Y o u see, these tags are v i t a l l y i m p o r t a n t . I went , there fore , i m m e d i a t e l y to the

S u p p l y Sergeant to get a new t a g and th is is the c o n v e r s a t i o n — a s n e a r l y as I can re­m e m b e r — t h a t ensued :

" S e r g e a n t , " I r e p o r t e d ; " I have lost m y i d e n t i f i c a t i o n t a g . " .

" W h e r e d i d y o u lose I t ? " snapped the Sergeant .

" T h a t seems to be a s e c r e t ? " I r e p l i e d , p l easant ly .

" D o n ' t t r y to be f u n n y , " s a i d the Ser­geant. S u p p l y Sergeants l a c k a l l sense of h u m o r . " H a v e y o u repor ted the loss to your c o r p o r a l ? "

1 i H o w dare you laugh at m e ? ; }

"I w a s n ' t l a u g h i n g at you, Sergeant P a t -son. ? ?

^ W e l l , what else was there for you to laugh a t ? "

' ' Y e s , s i r . " " D i d he g ive y o u p e r m i s s i o n to repor t to

m e ? " " Y e s , s i r . " " W h y haven ' t you repor ted sooner? " " I have on ly jus t lost the tag , s i r . " " D i d y o u ever have a t a g ? " " Y e s , s i r . " " W h o are y o u ? " " P r i v a t e J o h n B l a n k . " " T h a t means n o t h i n g to me. W h a t ' s y o u r

n u m b e r ? ' " " X - 8 3 , s i r . " A f t e r a s e a r c h t h r o u g h a thousand odd

proper ty s l ips a n d a large ledger , the Sup­p l y Sergeant r e s u m e d the conversat i on .

The T h i r d Degree. " Y e s , you h a d one tag , i dent i f i ca t i on ,

a n d one y a r d of tape for t a g i s sued to y o u on J u l y 2nd, 1917. H o w d i d you lose i t ? "

" I was d i g g i n g a t r e n c h , s t r i p p e d to the-waist . T h e tape b roke a n d the t a g f e l l . "

" D i d y o u look i n your c l o t h i n g w h e n y o u r e t u r n e d to c a m p ? "

" N o , s i r . I had no s h i r t on a n d the' tag: must have f a l l e n to the g r o u n d . "

" D i d y o u look o n the ground for the t a g ? " " Y e s , s i r . " " D i d y o u find i t ? " " N o , s i r . " " C a r e l e s s n e s s ! " was the br ie f s u m m i n g

up. " Y o u can ' t have another . " " W h a t s h a l l I do? " I v e n t u r e d . " M a k e out a R e p o r t on S u r v e y , F o r m

N o . 18G A . G. O . " N o w a repor t on s u r v e y is made out i n

t r i p l i c a t e . U p o n i t is entered a l l the facts of the case ; the a r t i c l e lost , how i t was lost and the date, h o u r a n d m i n u t e upon w h i c h the loss was d i s covered . A t t a c h e d to th i s form, are aff idavits s w o r n to by a l l present and the S u p p l y Sergeant s t a t i n g that there ex is ted s u c h a n a r t i c l e , that i t was a c t u a l l y i s sued to y o u a n d that y o u re ce ived and s igned i n n u m e r a b l e f o rms for i t and g i v i n g a l l p a r t i c u l a r s over a g a i n .

U n w i n d i n g the R e d Tape. T h i s f o r m was filled i n w i t h great care

a n d presented by the S u p p l y Sergeant to the c o m p a n y c o m m a n d e r . T h e M a j o r of the b a t t a l i o n t h e n s igned i t a n d passed i t on to the R e g i m e n t a l S u p p l y Sergeant w h o let the R e g i m e n t a l S u p p l y Officer g ive i t the

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102D E N G I N E E R S , C O . A .

The T r i p to W h i t n e y .

C o m p a n y A , 22d N e w Y o r k E n g i n e e r s , broke camp on the m o r n i n g of N o v e m b e r 26th a n d after a n u n e v e n t f u l t r i p , p a r t l y by motor a n d p a r t l y on foot, encamped at W h i t n e y , some e ight m i l e s d i s tant , before dusk.

T h e t o w n of W h i t n e y is s i tuated on a series of h i l l s , r i s i n g out of L a k e Pachet . T h e la t ter i s one of severa l m i l l ponds sup ­p l i e d , at d i f f e r ing i n t e r v a l s , by creeks. T h e ent i re w a t e r w a y is n a m e d the P a c h e t R i v e r , obv i ous ly a m i s n o m e r . Never the less , L a k e Pachet is p a r t i c u l a r l y b e a u t i f u l at i t s E a s t ­e r n end. I t w o u l d be an i d e a l s e t t i n g for one of F e n i m o r e Cooper 's romances . A s the engineers paddled the pontoon boats u p ­s t r e a m o n the t r i a l occasion we i m a g i n e d H a w k e y e a n d Ch ingachgook a n d U n c a s on one side of the l a k e p e e r i n g t h r o u g h the t h i c k u n d e r b r u s h a n d the t o w e r i n g pines across the n a r r o w i n g sheen at L e R e n a r d S u b t i l e l y i n g h i d d e n on the other bank . I n the m i d d l e of the lagoon is a n exact r e p l i c a of the i s l a n d that she l tered the two s is ters i n " T h e L a s t of the M o h i c a n s . " T h e re­doubtable y o u n g D e l a w a r e m i g h t w e l l have made h i s r e m a r k a b l e feat of submergence f r o m t h a t i so lated refuge to the f r i e n d l y shore m i d s t the showers of a r r o w s f r o m the Iroquois on the opposite side.

A R u r a l Landscape . P a s s i n g the i s l a n d the landscape breaks

off a b r u p t l y i n t o a t y p i c a l l y r u r a l c ountry , s l o p i n g g r a d u a l l y f r o m the water ' s edge a n d d i r e c t l y f a c i n g the camp site perched on a steep eminence c o m m a n d i n g the l a k e a n d the d i s t a n t shore on three sides for m i l e s .

C a m p Ross at once l ies a n d over looks the s t r e a m at r i g h t angles. H e r e , a g a i n our i m a g i n a t i o n is b rought in to p lay . T h e r a v i n e at W a t e r l o o is dup l i ca ted on the v e r y b r i n k of the camp to the Nor theas t . W e l l , a g a i n , m i g h t N a p o l e o n have asked the peas­ant L e C o m p t e : " C a n -my c a v a l r y go over that pass? " A n d w e l l , a g a i n , m i g h t t r e a c h ­ery be employed for , f r o m the bay, the deep s lu i ce appears no greater t h a n a m a n ' s leap.

So T h i s Is W h i t n e y ! A c r o s s the lake a n d to the Southwest

s p r a w l s the t o w n of W h i t n e y , w i t h i t s u n i ­f o r m l y y e l l o w i s h homesteads, and i ts one i n ­d u s t r y — t h e cotton m i l l . T h e sole by-prod­ucts are the c h u r c h , the genera l store a n d the post office. T h e three l a t t e r share the same b u i l d i n g w i t h the t o w n M a s o n s who , t h r o u g h the agency of the Y . M . C. A . , per ­m i t t e d the engineers to use the lodge r o o m for a r e c r e a t i o n center.

H e r e , " B u t t s y " H o d g i n s , the most popu lar member of C o m p a n y A , d i d more to amuse the boys a n d to i n g r a t i a t e t h e m in to the affections of the town 's people, t h a n cou ld

j have been possible w i t h o u t h i s i n i m i t a b l e | fun m a k i n g . A s a r e s u l t of h i s contagious h u m o r we venture to say t h a t C o m p a n y A has left b e h i n d i t a fond reco l l e c t i on i n the hearts of the good f o lk of W h i t n e y , a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t h a t of c i t i z e n M c G r e g o r , who enter ta ined the comedian i n h i s home because of h i s a p p r e c i a t i o n of the f ormer ' s efforts to produce a m i n s t r e l show over n i g h t for the town 's people. T h e pro ject col lapsed because of a concensus of o p i n i o n a m o n g the c i t i zens w h o wi tnessed the re­h e a r s a l that the presentat i on w o u l d profane God's house—the c h u r c h , where i t was sched­u led to be g iven .

' ' B u t t s y , ' ' Comedian. N o t c h a g r i n e d w i t h t h i s rebuff " B u t t s y "

serenaded C a p t a i n Ross on T h a n k s g i v i n g -n i g h t , a f f o rd ing that lovable c o m m a n d e r a n d h i s popu lar aides, L i e u t e n a n t s Ross a n d S t r a u s , a resp i te f r o m the e x a c t i n g r i g o r of t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . T h e y were v i s i b l y moved by " B u t t s y ' s " m i r t h , w h i c h c rowned a day of m u c h f eas t in g on t u r k e y , even i f i t was eaten on the g r o u n d a n d under leaden skies .

Deep Sea D i v i n g , A nove l e x h i b i t i o n of deep sea d i v i n g was

afforded the company o n S a t u r d a y a f ternoon. Sergeant K e n t was i n charge of a d e t a i l that h a d to set up a t rest le for the pontoon br idge w h i c h the engineers were b u i l d i n g . Someone forgot to fix the shoes to the sup ­port w h e n i t was let d o w n in to the water . W h e n i t was d r a w n up, i t was m i n u s both shoes. Sergeant K e n t ' s p a r t y speared for the wooden d i s k s for a n h o u r w i t h o u t f ind­i n g t h em . F i n a l l y P r i v a t e s R a p h a e l , A r ­t h u r a n d D a v i s vo lunteered to d ive for the t reasure . T h e y s a n k to t h e i r h i p s a n d dove to t h e i r shoulders i n the m u d of the water for h a l f a n hour . T h e s h i v e r i n g v i ­k i n g s r e t u r n e d to shore w i t h o u t the shoes. T h e joke is on Sergeant K e n t .

C o m p a n y A j o ins as a who le i n w i s h i n g t h e i r f o rmer sergeants a n d comrades, Doug ­las B a r r y a n d W i l l i a m S m i t h , a h e a r t y suc­cess i n t h e i r new u n d e r t a k i n g as l i eu tenants , a n d are grat i f i ed t h a t they are s t i l l a t ­tached to the company. T h e boys, also, con­gra tu la te L i e u t e n a n t Ross on h i s p r o m o t i o n to F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t .

102ND F I E L D S I G N A L B A T T A L I O N . S o n s — L i e u t . C h a r l e s W . S m i t h , 8th Genie ,

i n s t r u c t o r a n d a d v i s o r w i t h us s ince N o ­vember 1st, has made h i m s e l f s o l i d w i t h the b a t t a l i o n by h i s a p p a r e n t l y l i m i t l e s s courte ­ous w i l l i n g n e s s to be quizzed . W e under ­s t a n d — n o t f r o m h i m — t h a t w i t h a theatre t i c k e t i n h i s pocket, one n i g h t recent ly , he stood between h i s t ent a n d a j i t n e y at D i ­v i s i o n H e a d q u a r t e r s a n s w e r i n g quest ions , a n d f a i l i n g to m e n t i o n any persona l en­

gagement u n t i l a f ter the t i m e for the show to be over.

W i v e s a n d re la t ives of the b a t t a l i o n now i n S p a r t a n b u r g gathered at M a j o r H a i l a -han 's tent on W e d n e s d a y a f ternoon , N o v . 28th for a v e r y d e l i g h t f u l i n f o r m a l tea by the w i f e of the C o m m a n d i n g Officer.

A s i n Texas , the t e c h n i c a l s t r eng th of the b a t t a l i o n is b e i n g ca l led on to supp ly s e m i -m i l i t a r y services . Operators a n d s t a t i o n -m a n a g e r s deta i l ed f r o m us have been i n charge of the camp t e l e g r a p h office for sev­e r a l weeks , a n d our m e n have s u p p l i e d a n d i n s t a l l e d the r i f le range telephone system.

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CO. M , 1 0 7 T H , D A N C E S . N o more enjoyable a f fa ir t h a n the dance

g i v e n by Co. M , 107th I n f a n t r y i n R a v a d -son H a l l , S p a r t a n b u r g , the n i g h t of D e c e m ­ber 5th, has t a k e n place here s ince the N e w Y o r k D i v i s i o n a r r i v e d .

T h e af fa ir h a d been a r r a n g e d by S e r ­geants K e i l y a n d M c G u i r e . T h e patronesses i n c l u d e d M r s . R i c h a r d C o l m a n , M r s . M u r ­r a y C r a m e r a n d M r s . C h a r l e s H a g a n , w ives of c ompany officers. . Sergeant L a w r e n c e M a t t , conductor of the r e g i m e n t a l band , d i ­rected the orchestra .

A n u m b e r of N e w Y o r k w o m e n attended a n d the dance assumed a dec idedly s m a r t a i r . A m o n g s t the y o u n g w o m e n f r o m the N o r t h were M i s s A v i s P e l h a m , s is ter of Sergeant P e l h a m ; M i s s A m a n d a B a k e r , of N e w Roche l l e , N . Y . , M i s s T o d d a n d M i s s J o h n s o n . Others h e l p i n g to m a k e pre t t i e r , even, the a t t r a c t i v e af fa ir , were the M i s s e s S i m m s , W e l l s , Rochester , B l a c k a n d Green , of S p a r t a n b u r g .

102ND E N G I N E E R S , C O M P A N Y B , P r i v a t e R e e i n a n , B C o m p a n y of the E n ­

gineers , who has seen the b e a u t i f u l sunset over S a n F r a n c i s c o B a y , says he saw the equ iva lent on the countenance of P r i v a t e Geo. L e n d en, o r d e r l y to C a p t a i n B a r r e t t , w h e n the " s k i p p e r " came back f r o m N e w Y o r k on Tuesday .

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s f r o m B C o m p a n y to L i e u ­tenant Joyce , f o r m e r l y top-sergeant. U p the ladder n o w !

P r i v a t e R a l p h F i s h e r , the " C a n t e e n K i d , " on ly gets three let ters d a i l y f r o m the g i r l he left b e h i n d h i m .

C h r i s t m a s on the R i f l e R a n g e for B C o m ­pany E n g i n e e r s — m a y b e N e w Y e a r s i n F r a n c e .

T h e squarest m a n i n B C o m p a n y a n d best wishes to h i m as o u r new top-sergeant—-Sergt . B u c k h o l z .

P r i v a t e K a l a s ' possum now i s o n po l i ce d u t y i n the s t r e e t — t i n cans i n c l u d e d . So f a r o n l y a few mess k i t s are m i s s i n g .

l O T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R C A M P P E R S O N A L S . •

T h f o l l o w i n g en l i s ted m e n are t r a n s f e r r e d to the Q u a r t e r m a s t e r Corps , n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to duty w i t h the r e m o u n t de­pot : P r i v a t e B e n j a m i n R e i n e r , C o m p a n y I, 105th i n f a n t r y ; P r i v a t e A r t h u r B o n n e r , B a t ­t e ry C, 106th field a r t i l l e r y .

T h e f o l l o w i n g en l i s ted m e n are t r a n s f e r ­red to the D i v i s i o n H e a d q u a r t e r s T r o o p : P r i v a t e R o b e r t J . Schapport , C o m p a n y B , 107th i n f a n t r y ; P r i v a t e P h i l l i p W . Schap­port , C o m p a n y B , 107th i n f a n t r y ; P r i v a t e R i c h a r d Stevenson, C o m p a n y M , 105th i n ­f a n t r y .

T h e f o l l o w i n g en l i s ted m e n are t r a n s f e r ­red to the Q u a r t e r m a s t e r Corps , n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to duty w i t h T r u c k C o m p a n y 331: P r i v a t e M i c h a e l M . Casson , C o m p a n y E ' , 105th i n f a n t r y ; P r i v a t e A l e x i s W . L e a g y , Company E , 105th i n f a n t r y .

P r i v a t e M i c h a e l J . B a l z a n o , M a c h i n e G u n C o m p a n y , 107th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to B a t t e r y A , 104th field a r t i l l e r y .

P r i v a t e J o h n A . Daube , S a n i t a r y Detach ­ment , 106th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to C o m ­pany B , 102d engineers .

Second L i e u t . S h err i l l Babcock is t r a n s ­f e r red f r o m the 105th field a r t i l l e r y to the 105th m a c h i n e g u n b a t t a l i o n .

Second L i e u t . Thos . M . M a d i g a n is t r a n s ­ferred f r o m the 105th m a c h i n e g u n b a t t a l ­i o n to the 105th field a r t i l l e r y .

P r i v a t e H a r r y 1 F . C o l l i n s , B a t t e r y E', 105th field a r t i l l e r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the Q u a r t e r ­master Corps , n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to duty w i t h the r e m o u n t depot.

C o r p o r a l s J o h n H . F r e d e r i c k , W i l l i a m F . C o n n e l l y , R a n d a l l H . Saunders a n d P r i v a t e E a r l F . T u p p e r , of the E n l i s t e d Ordnance Corps , are appo inted first class sergeants.

Cook Otto J . H o f f m a n , B a t t e r y A , 104th field a r t i l l e r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the h e a d ­quarters detachment , 52nd a r t i l l e r y br igade .

Sergeant H a r o l d C. M a d s e n , m e d i c a l de­partment , is t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m the 74th i n ­f a n t r y to the 102d t rench m o r t a r battery .

P r i v a t e F . L a w r e n c e R e a g a n , Co. A , 10th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d front Co. A , 102d field s i g n a l b a t t a l i o n .

A l l B o u n d ' R o u n d W i t h a Woo len T h i n g .

T h e f o l l o w i n g en l i s ted men are t rans fer ­red to the Q u a r t e r m a s t e r Corps , n a t i o n a l a r m y and ass igned to duty w i t h T r u c k C o m p a n y 231: P r i v a t e J o h n W. S l a r i n , Co. C, 47th i n f a n t r y ; C o r p o r a l F r a n k J . F i t z g e r ­a l d , H e a d q u a r t e r s Co., 105th field a r t i l l e r y ; P r i v a t e C h a r l e s J . J o h n s o n , F i r s t Co., m i l i ­t a r y po l i ce ; P r i v a t e D a n i e l G. M u l l i g a n , sup­ply company, 47th i n f a n t r y .

P r i v a t e Jesse R . H u n t , on d u t y w i t h the remount depot at t h i s camp, has been t rans ­ferred to the remount depot at C a m p Gordon , A t l a n t a , Ga .

Capt . W i l l i a m C. R i c h a r d s o n , 105th f ield a r t i l l e r y ; Capt . Sy lves ter S i m p s o n , 104 th field a r t i l l e r y , and Capt . W i l l i a m H . K e n n e d y , 106th field a r t i l l e r y are deta i l ed for the course of i n s t r u c t i o n at the school of fire. F o r t S i l l , O k l a . , and ordered to report there December 9.

Sergeant R a l p h P . B u l l , m e d i c a l depart­ment , is t r a n s f e r r e d f rom field h o s p i t a l c om­pany 106th, to headquarters ambulance com­panies .

P r i v a t e Joseph P . M e C u l l o u g h , Co. C, 102d field s i g n a l b a t t a l i o n , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the m e d i c a l depar tment a n d ass igned to the s a n i ­t a r y detachment , 102d field s i g n a l b a t t a l i o n .

P r i v a t e R u s s e l l C h r i s m a n , Co. D , 104th m a c h i n e g u n b a t t a l i o n , i s t r a n s f e r r e d to the en l i s ted ordnance corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , and ordered to duty w i t h the chief ordnance at W a s h i n g t o n .

P r i v a t e R o b e r t G. W i l l i s , m e d i c a l depart­ment , is r e l i eved f r o m duty w i t h the s a n i ­t a r y detachment , 12th i n f a n t r y , a n d ass igned to the 102d t r e n c h m o r t a r battery .

M e c h a n i c J o h n C r o n i n , m e d i c a l depart ­ment , is t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m field h o s p i t a l com­pany 108th to the 71st i n f a n t r y .

P r i v a t e s A l o y s i u s J . S p r i n g , C o m p a n y M? 108th i n f a n t r y , a n d Jacob Supp inger , Com­pany B , 108th i n f a n t r y , are t r a n s f e r r e d to the m e d i c a l department , n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to duty at the base h o s p i t a l .

F i r s t L i e u t . G. R . D . Sch ie f fe l in is t r a n s ­ferred f r o m the 107th i n f a n t r y to the 106th i n f a n t r y .

Second L i e u t . H u g h de Y . S t i l l m a n is t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m the office of the d i v i s i o n quar te rmaster to the d i v i s i o n headquarters troop.

Capt . H o w a r d C o w p e r t h w a i t e , c a v a l r y , n a ­t i o n a l g u a r d , is p e r m a n e n t l y ass igned to the 102d t r a i n s headquarters .

P r i v a t e H a r o l d A . D u r y e a , C o m p a n y I, 106th i n f a n t r y , and P r i v a t e C a r l e t o n K i n g , B a t t e r y F , 104th field a r t i l l e r y , are t r a n s f e r ­red to the a v i a t i o n sect ion, s i g n a l corps, and ordered to proceed to the school of m i l i t a r y aeronaut ics , P r i n c e t o n , N . J .

P r i v a t e J u s t i n C a m e r o n O ' B r i e n , 1st com­pany, 102d supp ly t r a i n , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the 102d engineers .

P r i v a t e s R a l p h C a t h c a r t , A l f r e d M c L e a n j and F r e d S c h m i d t , 107th i n f a n t r y , have been | t r a n s f e r r e d to the 102d supp ly t r a i n .

M e c h a n i c H a r r y F . K n o b l o c k , headquar­ters company, 104th field a r t i l l e r y , is t r a n s ­ferred to the 1st C a i s o n company, 102d a m ­m u n i t i o n t r a i n .

P r i v a t e W i l l i a m A . T u r n e r , m e d i c a l de­par tment , 106th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the m e d i c a l department , n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ordered to proceed to F o r t M c P h e r s o n , G a . , to serve as ass i s tant to 1st L i e u t . H a r r y L . Westney.

T h e f o l l o w i n g en l i s ted m e n of the 108th i n f a n t r y are t r a n s f e r r e d to the 102d field s i g n a l b a t t a l i o n : C o r p o r a l B e r t r a m L u t e s i n g -er, company A ; P r i v a t e s N i c h o l a s D . L e p i r and R a l p h R e y n o l d s , company L .

L e a v e of absence for 10 days b e g i n n i n g December 3, is g ranted 1st L i e u t . H a r r y A . D a r l i n g , 107th i n f a n t r y .

L e a v e of absence for 15 days, b e g i n n i n g December 3, Capt . W . H . G. Ba l lance . quar ­termaster corps.

H o s p i t a l Sergeant E r n e s t A . B a r b e r , r e g ­u l a r a r m y , h a v i n g rece ived a c o m m i s s i o n as first l i eutenant , s a n i t a r y corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , has been ordered to be d i s charged as an en l i s ted m a n .

P r i v a t e J o h n Joseph O ' B r i e n , 1st company , m i l i t a r y pol ice, a n d Sergeant F r a n k l i n O. W a t e r s , 102d wagon company, a m m u n i t i o n t r a i n , have been t r a n s f e r r e d to the quar­termaster corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to t r u c k company 321.

P r i v a t e F r e d e r i c k L a n i c a , company K , 107th i n f a n t r y ; P r i v a t e V i n c e n t P . F a r r e l l , c ompany G, 106th i n f a n t r y , a n d Private-James C a r o l a n , bat tery E , 104th field a r t i l ­l e ry , are t r a n s f e r r e d to the q u a r te rma ste r corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to duty w i t h the remount depot.

P r i v a t e H o w a r d C. S m i t h , ambulance company, 106th, is t r a n s f e r r e d to the q u a r ­termaster corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass ign­ed to d u t y i n the office of the camp quar­termaster .

M a j . R . W . H i n d s , 106th field a r t i l l e r y , has been granted leave of absence for five days , b e g i n n i n g December 3.

Capt . H . B . H a r i n g , 14th i n f a n t r y , has been granted leave of absence for 10 days , b e g i n n i n g December 23rd.

Capt . J o h n H e n r y S a t t i g , 105th field a r ­t i l l e r y , has been granted leave of absence for 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 5th.

P r i v a t e K e r n o c h a n Babcock , bat tery B , 104th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to company I, 107th i n f a n t r y .

P r i v a t e F r a n k M . D i n g w e l l , company C, 106th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to company A , 106th m a c h i n e gun b a t t a l i o n .

P r i v a t e J o h n H . P a t ton, headquarters de­tachment , 54th i n f a n t r y br igade , is t r a n s ­ferred to the 108th i n f a n t r y .

C o r p o r a l J o h n F . B u t l e r , company L , 105th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the 54th i n f a n t r y br igade, headquarters detachment .

W a g o n e r A . Seam on, supp ly company, 107th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to battery C, 106th field a r t i l l e r y .

P r i v a t e J . M a r s h a l l , supp ly t r a i n , 27th d i ­v i s i o n , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the field m e d i c a l supply depot of the r e g u l a r a r m y at W a s h ­ington .

T h e f o l l o w i n g men of the m e d i c a l depart ­ment are promoted as f o l l ows : P r i v a t e A l ­bert H . K e r s h n e r , d i v i s i o n surgeon's office, to be sergeant ; P r i v a t e A l b e r t H . C o r r e l l ,

T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R 14th i n f a n t r y , to be sergeant ; P r i v a t e W i l ­l i a m P . Noble , 14th i n f a n t r y , to be sergeant ; Sergt . H a r r y L . F o l s o n , field h o s p i t a l com­pany N o . 106, to be sergeant, first c lass.

C o r p o r a l L o u i s H . D u s e n b u r y a n d W a g ­oner E' laphet Snedecor, J r . , w a g o n company, 102d a m m u n i t i o n t r a i n , are t r a n s f e r r e d to company C, 106th m a c h i n e g u n b a t t a l i o n .

P r i v a t e H e r b e r t Jones , field b a k e r y No . 101, is t r a n s f e r r e d to the en l i s ted veter­i n a r y corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to duty at the r e m o u n t depot.

F i r s t L i e u t . A l f r e d T . S c h i m p f is t r a n s ­f e r red f r om the 106th i n f a n t r y to the 107th i n f a n t r y .

P r i v a t e C h a r l e s W i l l i a m s , quar te rmaste r corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , on duty at the re­mount depot, is promoted to be sergeant.

Cook George F . H o p k i n s , bat tery B , 105th field a r t i l l e r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the 102d engineers .

P r i v a t e M a r c u s E . E r d m a n , bat tery E , 106th field a r t i l l e r y , a n d P r i v a t e s J o h n M . Shea . .John F . N a s h a n d C h a r l e s A . Lesser , headquarters company, 106th field a r t i l l e r y , are t r a n s f e r r e d to the quar te rmaste r corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , and ass igned to duty w i t h the r e m o u n t depot.

P r i v a t e E d w i n W e r n e r , company A , m i l i ­t a r y pol ice , a n d P r i v a t e s J o h n E . B e n n e t t a n d J o h n K r s e k , company B , m i l i t a r y pol ice, are t r a n s f e r r e d to the headquarters corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y a n d ass igned to duty w i t h the r e m o u n t depot.

P r i v a t e K e n n e t h C. M e r r i l l , company K , 105th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to company D, 102(1 engineers .

P r i v a t e E d w a r d S c h e u b l i n , headquarters company, 100th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to bat tery C, 105th field a r t i l l e r y .

P r i v a t e V i n c e n t P . F a r r e l l , company C, 106th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the 102d engineers .

C o r p o r a l G. L i n d q n i s t , company K , 105th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to company A , 102d engineers .

P r i v a t e S tan ley Suyclam, company C, 106th m a c h i n e g u n b a t t a l i o n , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the a v i a t i o n sect ion, s i g n a l corps, a n d ordered to proceed to C a m p K e l l y , S a n A n t o n i o , Texas , for i n s t r u c t i o n .

C o r p o r a l T h o m a s A . Rober t son , company L , li)7t.h i n f a n t r y , a n d Batta l ion . Sergt . M a ­jor H a r r y Coak ley , 1st I n f a n t r y , are re l i eved f rom duty w i t h the w a r r i s k i n s u r a n c e bu­reau .

Second "Lieut. L e s l i e E . V a n Scoy is t r a n s ­f e r red f r o m the 108th i n f a n t r y to the 47th. i n f a n t r y .

Sergeant first class F r e d e r i c k K r a m e r , q u a r t e r m a s t e r corps, n a t i o n a l g u a r d , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the quar termasters corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , as of h i s present grade and ass igned to d u t y i n the office of the camp q u a r t e r m a s t e r .

R e g i m e n t a l Sergt . M a j o r T h o m a s E . H u r d , 74th i n f a n t r y , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the a d j u t a n t general ' s department , n a t i o n a l a r m y , as of h i s present grade, a n d ass igned to duty i n the w a r r i s k i n s u r a n c e bureau .

Sergt., Sydney G. H a r n e t t , headquarters company, 14th i n f a n t r y , and Co lor Sergeant

J u s t i n R . S t r u n k , 74th i n f a n t r y , are t rans ­f e r red to the a d j u t a n t general ' s department , i n a t i o n a l a r m y , promoted to the grade of 1 b a t t a l i o n sergeant major , a n d ass igned to the J d i v i s i o n a d j u t a n t for duty .

P r i v a t e J o h n A . S p r i n g e r , c ompany C, 102d engineer , P r i v a t e J o h n H . Nea le , head­quarters troop, a n d C o r p o r a l W i l l i a m He f f e r -n a n , company C, 102d engineers , are t r a n s - 1

f e r red to the a d j u t a n t general ' s department , n a t i o n a l a r m y , promoted to the grade of sergeant a n d ass igned to d u t y i n the w a r r i s k i n s u r a n c e bureau .

P r i v a t e F r a n k T. F i t z p a t r i c k , company C, 102d engineers a n d P r i v a t e M i l t o n v o n B e n t -schoten, company C, 104th m a c h i n e g u n bat­t a l i o n , are t r a n s f e r r e d to the a d j u t a n t gen­eral ' s department , n a t i o n a l a r m y , and a s s i g n ­ed to duty i n the w a r r i s k i n s u r a n c e bu­reau .

T h e f o l l o w i n g en l i s ted m e n are t rans fe r ­red f r o m the 105th field a r t i l l e r y to the 74th i n f a n t r y : P r i v a t e M a r t i n J . U p h o l s t e r , bat­tery E ; P r i v a t e s T o n y R o m a n e , Doug las Couch , bat tery F ; P r i v a t e G i b b o n a P . M a s o n , ba t t e ry C.

T h e f o l l o w i n g en l i s ted m e n are t rans fer ­red f r o m the 106th field a r t i l l e r y to the 74th i n f a n t r y : P r i v a t e s F l o y d P . B a t e r y , H e n r y J . F l y n n , H a r r y M . R o b i n s o n , bat tery D : P r i v a t e E d w a r d B u t l e r , bat tery C.

The f o l l o w i n g en l i s ted m e n are cont inued on duty at the camp post office u n t i l J a n ­uary 3: R o b e r t McQueens , bat tery B , 105th field a r t i l l e r y ; L e R o y H . Rober ts , company H , 107th. i n f a n t r y ; E d w a r d B u r l i n g , bat tery B , 105th field a r t i l l e r y ; C o r n e l i u s O 'Connor , bat tery B , 104th field a r t i l l e r y ; E l g i n A . C l a r k , supp ly company, 106th field a r t i l l e r y .

P r i v a t e Frank : J . Y a n s , wagon, company , 102d a m m u n i t i o n t r a i n , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the company C, 104th m a c h i n e g u n ba t ta l i on .

P r i v a t e Joseph S a l vat ore, headquarters de­tachment , 52d field a r t i l l e r y br igade , is t r a n s ­ferred to the supp ly company, 104th field a r t i l l e r y .

P r i v a t e s Char l es F . F i s c h e r a n d M i c h a e l J . S u l l i v a n , s a n i t a r y detachment , 12th i n f a n ­t r y , are t r a n s f e r r e d to the 102d engineers .

Sergt . D a n i e l E . H a m i l t o n , ambulance i company 108, is t r a n s f e r r e d to the m e d i c a l I department , n a t i o n a l a r m y , and ass igned to

duty at the base h o s p i t a l . P r i v a t e W i l l i a m E . Cogswe l l , company D,

104th m a c h i n e gun b a t t a l i o n , is t r a n s f e r r e d j to the en l i s ted v e t e r i n a r y corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , and ass igned to duty at the remount

| depot. P r i v a t e H o w a r d Shaw, company F , 107th

i n f a n t r y , is t rans f e r red to the 102d field : s i gna l b a t t a l i o n . ! T h e f o l l o w i n g named en l i s ted m e n of the 104th field a r t i l l e r y are deta i led to the d i ­v i s i o n school of cooks a n d b a k e r s : H a r o l d M i n o r , Jos. A . C o n n o l l y , J . W . H a r r i s , D a n -

j i e l H a r r i n g t o n , L . R . W a r n e r , P a t r i c k J . j D o w n s , W a l t e r M c A v i n n e , F r e d J . W . B a k e r .

P r i v a t e P a t r i c k O 'Grady , 102d a m m u n i ­tion, t r a i n , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the quar termas -

| ters corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to duty i n the office of the camp quar termas -

1 ter.

P r i v a t e R i c h a r d M . B o l l s t e i n , headquar ­ters company 107th i n f a n t r y , i s t r a n s f e r r e d to the q u a r t e r m a s t e r corps, n a t i o n a l a r m y , a n d ass igned to duty at the quar te rmasters r e p a i r shops, W a s h i n g t o n .

P r i v a t e S h e l d o n R o d m a n , company C, 106th m a c h i n e g u n b a t t a l i o n , is t r a n s f e r r e d to the a v i a t i o n sect ion, s i g n a l corps a n d or­dered to proceed to C a m p K e l l y , S a n A n ­tonio , Texas .

P r i v a t e J . M a r s h a l l H a r l a n , wagon com­pany , 102d a m m u n i t i o n t r a i n , i s t r a n s f e r r e d to the m e d i c a l depar tment of the r e g u l a r a r m y a n d ordered to the field h o s p i t a l sup­p l y depot, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.

F i r s t L i e u t . W i l l i a m H . M c M u l l e n , J r . , has been re l i eved f r o m d u t y w i t h the 105th i n ­f a n t r y a n d ass igned to the 106th i n f a n t r y .

F i r s t L i e u t . W i l l i a m B . T u r n e r has been re l i eved f r o m d u t y w i t h the 108th i n f a n t r y and ass igned to the 105th i n f a n t r y .

F i r s t L i e u t . K e n n a r d U n d e r w o o d has been re l i eved f r o m d u t y w i t h the 106th i n f a n t r y a n d ass igned to the 108th I n f a n t r y .

Capt . F r e d L . A c k e r s o n , q u a r t e r m a s t e r corps, h a v i n g reported here i n accordance w i t h orders f r o m headquarters , eastern de­par tment , has been ass igned to duty i n the office of the camp quar termaster .

Sergt , George M . M o d j e l e w a k i , m e d i c a l de­p a r t m e n t , has been re l i e v e d f r o m d u t y i n the office of the d i v i s i o n surgeon a n d ass igned to d u t y w i t h the t r a i n s headquarters a n d m i l i t a r y pol ice.

C O M P A N Y I , 1 2 T H I N F A N T R Y . C o m p a n y I, 12th N . Y . I n f a n t r y ce lebrated

the r e t u r n to S p a r t a n b u r g of C o r p o r a l L e s ­ter D. Con over a n d Top Sergeant Gene T a l ­bot after t h e i r v i s i t to the B i g B e r g , where they ca l led on some C u b i a n s and consequent­ly lost at)out 20 pounds a n d both these boys w i l l be v e r y nervous for the next week or two. James M e n a g h , a l i a s Y o u n g Ta lbo t , our v e r y amiab le company c l erk , is v e r y g lad to have o ld G r o u c h T a l b o t a n d t h a t c i ty s l i c k e r , Conover , back a g a i n .

P . B .

H o w Your" F i r s t Chevrons F e e l .

1 2 T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R H E A D Q U A R T E R S 5 4 T H I N F A N T R Y

B R I G A D E . B r i g a d i e r G e n e r a l J a m e s W . L e s t e r a n d

A i d e 1st L i e u t e n a n t , R . D . W i l l i a m s o n , have r e t u r n e d f r o m C a m p S h e r i d a n , M t . M o n t ­gomery , A l a . G e n e r a l L e s t e r was ordered to C a m p S h e r i d a n on m i l i t a r y business a n d d u r i n g h i s absence- Co lone l E . S. J e n n i n g s , 108th I n f a n t r y , was i n c o m m a n d of the B r i g ­ade.

F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t D u d l e y B . L e s t e r , son of B r i g a d i e r G e n e r a l James W . L e s t e r , has been a v i s i t o r at C a m p W a d s w o r t h for the past few days. L i e u t e n a n t L e s t e r has been commiss ioned i n the n a t i o n a l a r m y a n d has been ordered to report to C a m p D i x , W r i g h t s -t o w n , N . J . , for duty December 15, 1917.

T h e H e a d q u a r t e r s D e t a c h m e n t are being-i n s t r u c t e d by P r i v a t e W . S. K i m b a l l , who has been deta i led to the Schoo l of L i a s o n , i n the M o r s e S i g n a l Code. T h e m e n are p i ck ­i n g i t up v e r y q u i c k l y .

P r i v a t e J o h n IT. P a t t o n , of t h i s detach­ment , has been t r a n s f e r r e d to the S u p p l y C o m p a n y of the 108th R e g i m e n t . P a t ought to m a k e good i n the S u p p l y C o m p a n y as he has h a d a great deal of experience a r o u n d automobi les a n d t r u c k s . H e w i l l no doubt be ass igned to duty as a chauffeur.

N e w woolen u n i f o r m s a n d u n d e r w e a r have a r r i v e d a n d are be ing Issued by -Supply Offi­cer, F i r s t L t . R . D . W i l l i a m s o n , a n d there i s great joy i n the H e a d q u a r t e r s camp. T h e boys of the detachment w i l l be qui te con­spicuous t h r o u g h o u t the camp by t h e i r sp i ck a n d span assortment of new -clothing. A l l we need now is " P a y D a y " a n d the s p i r i t of C h r i s t m a s w i l l beg in i n a l l i ts sp lendor under the c i r cumstances . M o s t of the boys are anx ious to get home for the h o l i d a y s .

T . J . M c E . J R .

1 1 T H I N F A N T R Y . Nov / t h a t the companies of the ske l e t on ­

ized 14th N e w Y o r k I n f a n t r y have conso l i ­dated t h e i r mess, the boys are l i v i n g l i k e k i n g s .

Due to the efforts of the Mess Commit tee , composed of Corp . G r a n d i n of Co. D , Corp . T u r n e r of Co. C, a n d Corp . DeRoever of Co. K , w i t h the ass istance of the mess ser­geants of the di f ferent companies , they have overhauled C o m p a n y G's mess shack a n d i t now looks l i k e the ins ide of a n y N e w Y o r k r e s t a u r a n t .

T h e boys of Co. K , 14th N . Y . Inf . are never l a c k i n g for e n t e r t a i n m e n t , as there are lots of ta l ent i n the outfit . Corp . D i c k D e R o e v e r can a l w a y s be counted on to e n ­t e r t a i n the boys w i t h a n y t h i n g from, the s u b l i m e to the r i d i c u l o u s , w h i l e Corp . J a c k M c C o n n e l l , the eccentr ic d a n c i n g comedian , can f u r n i s h a l a u g h w i t h h i s f u n n y steps. A quartette composed of Sgt. B u r k e , Sgt. B e r n s t e i n , Corp . M o r r i s s e y a n d Cook S t u a r t keep the boys a w a k e n i g h t s w i t h t h e i r w o n d e r f u l h a r m o n y .

W e suppose Sgts . J i m F u l l u m a n d Bob W i l l i g a n feel sore at Sgt. B i l l M u t e l l , whose favor i t e pas t ime is to y e l l i n the m o r n i n g before reve i l l e , " H e y , F u l l u m ! H e y , W i l l i ­gan , are y o u u p ? "

Corp . M a r t K i m m e l s m a n , our company c l erk , is g e t t i n g to be somewhat of a foot­b a l l p layer . H e is t r a i n i n g on a pipe now, as nobody is s e n d i n g h i m down c igars .

T h e company i s a w e l l d r i l l e d outfit , due to the efforts of 1st Sergt . R o a r i n g B i l l K e e -gan , who has w h i p p e d the boys in to first class shape. •

C O M P A N Y E , 1 0 5 T H I N F A N T R Y . C o m p a n y E is now at the R i f l e R a n g e at

G l a s s y R o c k . Sergt . Joe M c G o v e r n , better k n o w n as

" T h e F i r e m a n , " was p i c k e d by the C. O. to at tend the D i v i s i o n Gas School . Good for the Cap. , say we. T h e y say i t " t a k e s fire to fight fire" so the same t h i n g shou ld app ly to gas. I n the fu ture Sergt . M c G o v ­ern washes to be k n o w n as the " G a s F i g h t ­i n g F i r e m a n . "

W e t h i n k i t was P r e m i e r P a i n l e v e who s tarted th i s "set the c lock ahead a n h o u r " stuff. Our company c l e rk suggests t h a t he m i g h t m a k e the day a few hours longer. A s the men have no money left t h e m to a l lo t ,

• and every possible repor t a n d " l i s t " has been thought of, i t m i g h t be possible for h i m to get a l i t t l e sleep.

Sergt . " H e r k i m e r " H e r r i c k Is i n the dumps . H e says that "everybody has a g i r l i n t o w n but he . " H e met " H o l y J o e " P r i m ­mer i n t own , last n i g h t , w i t h three dames and cou ldn ' t " h o r n i n . " W e wonder w h y . " H e r k " is some B r u m m e l l . F i v e foot noth ­i n g , wears a n eleven shoe, a n d has h i s h a i r cut i n a soup bowl s ty le most approved by the E l i t e of H e r k i m e r C o u n t y , N . Y .

T h i s C o m p a n y wishes to p u b l i c l y t h a n k somebody for the supp ly of " r e i n c a r n a t e d " woo len c l o t h i n g rece ived last S a t u r d a y . W i t h our " p i n k t e a " p h y s i c a l exercises, bay­onet d r i l l s , t r e n c h locomot ion , (knees, bel­ly and elbows) a n d the U . S. L a u n d r y , these clothes shou ld last us f u l l y ten days.

T h e b i g d i t c h c ross ing the l ower p a r t of our street has been chr i s tened " G o w a n us C a n a l . " S ince the c h r i s t e n i n g , some F Com­p a n y m e n f r o m B r o o k l y n , w a n t i n g to feel at home, have been t r y i n g to m a k e i t " A T R U E C O P Y " of the o r i g i n a l . B u t , be­l ieve us, Capt . D e L a n o y , w i t h h i s t r u s t y " F o r e i g n L e g i o n " c leaned i t up. W h e n i t comes to c l e a n i n g up canals and trenches, Capt . D e L a n o y r u n s Genera ls B y n g a n d Goethals a -close second.

O n behal f of Mess S e r g e a n t . W i l s o n , we w i s h to announce t h a t we get but ter three t imes a day. J . A . P .

to d r i ve t r u c k s — n o w over 500 of us are i n m u l e or horse outfits. S u c h is the l i f e i n large t r a i n i n g camps.

Sergt . Katzee , of T r u c k N o . 1, is the cutest l i t t l e non - com that ever wore a t r e n c h coat.

" B i g B a t t l e " i n T r u c k No . 2 w i l l sure be out of luck, i f they don ' t r e t u r n h i s left t r e n c h shoe, size 13 1-2. Some rasca l i s u s i n g i t for a w a s h tub.

Mess Sergt . D a y m o n t , of T r u c k No . 3, serves such a n a p p e t i z i n g feed that d a i l y he has f r o m 5 to 20 v i s i t o r s who jus t drop i n for l u n c h . These " d r o p s " are l i k e a steady r a i n .

" G o l d i e " V a n W a g n e r , W a g o n Co., another sarge, who never has smoked , chewed, d r u n k or swore, got sore last week a n d s a i d " d a r n . " H e ' s been ashamed to show h i s face since.

Top Sergt , B r o w n : "Does sugar m a k e y o u l a z y ? "

P v t . F r i c k : " O n l y loaf s u g a r / " FI1 be i n the m i d s t of shot and s h e l l ,

where the bul lets are the t h i c k e s t . " " W h e r e is t h a t ? " " I n the A m m u n i t i o n T r a i n . " C. D . F .

1 0 2 N D A M M U N I T I O N T R A I N . T h e y c a l l t h i s the A m b i t i o n T r a i n and

r i g h t l y , too, for i f ever there was a n . a m ­b i t i ous b u n c h , t h i s is i t . Some of the m e n are so a n x i o u s to m i s s d r i l l s they w i l l i n g l y go on S i c k Repor t .

Some are a m b i t i o u s to be leaders i n c i v i l l i f e , some a m b i t i o u s to t r a n s f e r to the N a v y . T h e r e i s even one m a n who hopes to some day be a famous corpora l . So m u c h for a m b i t i o n . N a p o l e o n was a c o r p o r a l ; Caesar was a m b i t i o u s .

A c t u a l l y , t h i s i s a w o n d e r f u l l i f e , " i f you don't w e a k e n . " M o s t of the m e n en l i s ted

R E A L W O R K E R S O F T H E A R M Y . , M i l i t a r y Postofiice.

T h e M i l i t a r y Posto f i i ce , headed by M a j o r D a l y , Capt . H i c k s , and L t . W e e k s , is one of the busiest m i l i t a r y post offices i n the U n i t e d States , h a n d l i n g f r o m 1,200 to 1,500 sacks of m a i l a day a n d k e e p i n g open n i g h t and day to g ive the best of s e rv i ce known, i n a n y m i l i t a r y t r a i n i n g camp.

O n the a r r i v a l of the boys at C a m p W a d s ­w o r t h exper ienced m e n w i t h N . Y . Pos t -office, exper ience were needed to r u n s e v e r a l of the depar tments . G i l b e r t H . S w a r t / , of the 22nd E n g . ; T h o m a s J . C a l l a h a n , of the 22nd E n g . ; J . L a w r e n c e G o l d h a m e r , of F i e l d H o s p i t a l 108, a n d F r a n k A . Q u i n n , of F i e l d H o s p i t a l H e a d q u a r t e r s , were first c a l l e d on spec ia l duty to w o r k at the M i l i t a r y Post -office. T h e y are now at the heads of sev­e r a l i m p o r t a n t depar tments on account of t he i r f a i t h f u l work .

D u r i n g the H o l i d a y r u s h , L t . W e e k s , who is A s s t . M i l i t a r y P o s t m a s t e r , ought to re­ceive a lot of c red i t for a r r a n g i n g n i g h t a n d day serv i ce so the m e n i n camp c a n rece ive t h e i r packages i n t i m e for the H o l i d a y s .

T h e most popu lar c i v i l i a n at the C a m p Postof i i ce Is J i m m y K e n n e y , of B o s t o n , M u s s . If we m e n t i o n the g e n t l e m a n f r o m B E A N - T O W N ' S name to any of the sen­t r i es , It is a n open sesame to a l l the res t of the c l e r k s . T o m m y K i l l d u f , p lease w r i t e .

W h e n G i l S w a r t z gets a b i l l e t -doux n o w - a -days he gets so exc i t ed that he stuffs the messenger i n a n empty sack a n d sends i t to the 23 I n f a n t r y .

W h e n you have a k i c k to m a k e see O ' R o u r k e . H e w i l l s t r a i g h t e n i t out, If pos­s ib le .

W o n d e r w h y R e i s e r a l w a y s has a g r o u c h on? D o y o u miss h e r ? T a k e heart , y o u n g •man, P u r t i l l i s jus t as bad. T h e r e ' s a reason . J , L . G.

T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R 13 L E A V E S O F A B S E N C E .

C o m m i s s i o n e d officers have been granted leaves of absence as f o l l ows :

L i e u t . C o l . J o h n B . T u c k , 106th i n f a n t r y , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 20.

F i r s t L i e u t . F r a n k I. H a n s c o m , c h a p l a i n , 106th i n f a n t r y , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 9.

C a p t A . W . P i c k a r d , 102d a m m u n i t i o n t r a i n , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 1.

Capt . F r a n k W . Sears , M . C , ambulance company, 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 3.

F i r s t L i e u t . W i l l i a m J . Coogan, 107th In­f a n t r y , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 30.

Capt . A u g u s t i n K e l l y , 14th i n f a n t r y , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g ' December 24.

Second L i e u t . W . D. M a r t i n , ' J r . , 12th i n ­f a n t r y , 20 days, b e g i n n i n g December 1.

F i r s t L i e u t . H e r b e r t E . M a r s h a l l , J r . , 106th i n f a n t r y , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g December 24.

F i r s t L i e u t . George M c K . H a l l , f ield hos­p i t a l company 105, 15 days, b e g i n n i n g D e ­cember 6.

F i r s t L i e u t . L e o n a r d S. A l l e n , 106th field a r t i l l e r y , 12 days, b e g i n n i n g December 16.

M a j . E d w a r d L . Be bee, 74th i n f a n t r y , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g December 17.

F i r s t L i e u t . A d o l p h H . B a d e n h a u s e n , 106th m a c h i n e g u n b a t t a l i o n , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g December 20.

Second L i e u t . H u g o M . M c L a r n o n , 106th m a c h i n e g u n b a t t a l i o n , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g December 20.

Capt . E d w i n J , M u r r a y , 74th i n f a n t r y , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g December 24.

C o l . R . L . F o s t e r , 12th I n f a n t r y , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g December 18.

F i r s t L i e u t . S i d n e y D. P a l m e r , lOSth i n ­f a n t r y , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 10.

Capt . D a l l a s C. N e w t o n , 102d a m m u n i t i o n t r a i n , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g December 5.

Capt . F l o y d D. M c L e a n , 1st In fant ry , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 23.

Capt . J . H . M c D e r m o t t , 71st i n f a n t r y , 12 clays, b e g i n n i n g December 23.

Second L i e u t . E l m e r R o y U n d e r w o o d , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 24. j

Second L i e u t . Spencer M . H o l d e n , 47th ; i n f a n t r y , 15 days s i ck leave, b e g i n n i n g D e - 1

cember 5. Second L i e u t . C. J . M c C a r t n e y , 106th field ;

a r t i l l e r y , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 5; j F i r s t L i e u t . F r a n k F . F a r w e l l , c o m p a n y !

F, 106th i n f a n t r y , 15 days, b e g i n n i n g D e c e m ­ber 5.

C a p t W . PL H a y s , d i v i s i o n school of the l i n e , 10 days, b e g i n n i n g December 22.

Capt . C h a r l e s J . Dieges , 102d engineers , 12 days, b e g i n n i n g December 18.

102MB T R E N C H M O R T A R B A T T E R Y . T h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n , the o n l y one of Its

k i n d In the d i v i s i o n , a l t h o u g h the smal l es t u n i t here, has a t t rac ted a lot of a t t e n t i o n s ince i t s a r r i v a l .

F o r m e r l y I T r o o p of the F i r s t N . Y . Cav­a l r y , the ba t te ry augmented by 30 m e n f r o m the 47th I n f a n t r y , a n d 30 f r o m the 10th I n f a n t r y as w e l l as severa l p i c k e d m e n f r o m other u n i t s , now has a s t r eng th of about 181 m e n .

A s th i s mode of w a r f a r e was e n t i r e l y new to A m e r i c a , soon after the change was made, Capt . Pearson , who was c o m m a n d i n g officer, left for F o r t S i l l , where he i s t a k i n g a complete course i n t h i s sty le of w o r k . U p o n L i e u t . B i l k s , who has been i n charge, has f a l l e n the b u r d e n of the w o r k of r e o r g a n i ­za t i on and to h i m m u s t go the c red i t for the r a p i d advancement of the f o r m e r t roop­ers who are at the present t i m e probably the most efficient t r e n c h m o r t a r bat tery i n the country .

T h e men have entered upon t h e i r new d u ­ties w i t h e n t h u s i a s m a n d under the tute­lage of C a p t a i n B r a i t w a i t h a n d Sergeant Cookson , of the B r i t i s h A r m y , have d u g a complete system of trenches , erected barbed w i r e entanglements a n d become v e r y effi­c ient i n the use of t r e n c h m o r t a r s , bombs and bayonets.

W i t h exper ienced officers i n c o m m a n d a n d a sp l end id personnel the Buf fa lo u n i t is cer­t a i n to g ive a n exce l lent account of i t se l f " O v e r T h e r e . "

J u s t E a s t of the 106th A r t i l l e r y is the battery camp a n d the m e n c l a i m t h a t they l i v e i n the best equipped a n d kept quarters i n C a m p W a d s w o r t h . " C l e a n l i n e s s a n d or­d e r " is the w a t c h w o r d of the day w h i c h is s t r i c t l y l i v e d up to.

T h e experience of Sergeants G e r a h t y , S a n ­ders a n d ' P e l l o t h , f o r m e r l y of the U . S. R e g u l a r s , has proved Inva luab le to the offi­cers i n the r a p i d t r a n s i t i o n f r o m c a v a l r y to t r e n c h m o r t a r s .

A v i s i t to the camp is w e l l w o r t h w h i l e and w i l l be r e p a i d by w i t n e s s i n g the w o r k of a b r a n c h of the service w h i c h has proven a b i g factor i n the w o r l d w a r .

L i e u t . C l o a k , who has been absent for some t im e on account of s i ckness , r e t u r n e d last week a n d was accorded a h e a r t y wel ­come.

L i e u t s . R o y and Meaney , who ' were t e m ­p o r a r i l y at tached here, have both received commiss ions as F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t s .

P v t s . C r e i g h t o n , D i c k e n s o n , W i r t h s , L o ­gan, P o w e l l , Snow, Igo a n d R e y n a u d , who were at the second officers t r a i n i n g camp, a l l rece ived commiss ions .

P v t . P o r t e r wishes It off icially stated that h i s recent b lack eye was the resu l t of a n acc ident a n d was not rece ived In a r u s h for mess as has been reported .

S e r g t T o w i e s t i l l s t i cks to h i s c i v i l i a n hab i ts a n d f requent ly makes the rounds of a l l the tents l o o k i n g for meters to read .

C o r p o r a l P e r k i n s r e t u r n e d f r o m h i s r e ­cent f u r l o u g h a happy benedict . T h e c igars are s t i l l f o r t h c o m i n g .

B u g l e r R a y m o n d h a d the pleasure of meet­i n g the L i e u t e n a n t of the M . P. 's las t week. H e is v e r y re t i cent c o n c e r n i n g the i n t e r ­v i ew .

P v t . L e o B r o w n has ga ined the d i s t i n c t i o n of b e i n g the best h o r s e m a n i n the A r t i l l e r y B r i g a d e . If anyone doubts t h i s ask Leo . H e a d m i t s the fact h i m s e l f .

W e wonder w h a t w o u l d h a p p e n : If B a r l o w w o r k e d more t h a n once a week. I f K e n n e d y could t a l k back.

If Doer f ie in r e a l l y had m a i l every t i m e he sa id he d i d .

If M a n l y B r o w n t a l k e d back to the n o n -coms.

I f there were no pay days. If every one shou ld be handed a f u r l o u g h . If they were on ly for 6 days. I f Sergeant M c L e a n ever got a b u n c h of

K . P. 's w h o l i k e d the job. P leard on the B a t t e r y Street—-S e n t r y i n n e i g h b o r i n g r e g i m e n t : " H a l t !

Who ' s t h ere? " Vo i ce f r o m the d a r k : " C o m m a n d i n g Offi­

cer ." S e n t r y : " A d v a n c e a n d g ive the c o m m a n d . "

W . F . S.

F I E L D H O S P I T A L Go. 107, 1 0 2 N D S A N I ­T A R Y T R A I N ,

On M o n d a y , December 3rd , the ent i re c o m ­pany h i k e d to a sect ion of the n e i g h b o r i n g country - s ide , w h i c h lay i n the genera l d i ­re c t i on of " S o u 5 by Sou 'wes t " ( a c c o r d i n g to L i e u t . K i c e ) .

W e were under the s u p e r v i s i o n of M a j o r H a r n d e n ( c o m m a n d i n g ) , a n d L i e u t s . T i l den a n d K i c e .

One of our tasks was the a r t of w r i t i n g so l eg ib ly on a D i a g n o s i s T a g t h a t there w o u l d be l i t t l e danger of i t s b e i n g m i s t a k e n for a l a u n d r y t i c k e t or a doctor 's prescr ip -

i t l on . W e also devoted a ha l f -hour to map I s k e t c h i n g . Some of our sketches w o u l d ! have put a C u b i s t A r t i s t " i n the shade," w h i l e others looked l i k e a bird 's -eye v iew

• of " N o - M a n ' s L a n d . " I n spite of the fact that we prepared

our own grub , we h a d v e r y l i t t l e leftovers, and our I m p r o m p t u i n c i n e r a t o r seemed u n ­ca l led for.

M a j o r H a r n d e n lec tured to an Interested audience on topics t h a t h a d a d i rec t bear­i n g o n our fu ture w o r k a n d our s u r r o u n d ­ings brought us i n closer touch w i t h the problems we w o u l d undoubted ly encounter over there.

We a l l enjoyed the excurs i on i m m e n s e l y and h i k e d back to camp.

O n e ' d a y , w h i l e we were q u a r a n t i n e d a n d confined to the company street, J i m L e n n o n wandered Into the officers' quarters a n d asked L i e u t . K i c e for a pass to re-enter the company s t r e e t L i e u t K i c e i n q u i r e d how he managed to get by the guards a n d " R a f ­fles" r e p l i e d : " I sneaked p a s t " E v i d e n t l y he h a d a one-way t i cke t .

W e have w i t h us n i n e " c a s u a l s . " One of these gent lemen was lodged In N o . 3 t e n t D i c k L o c k wood awoke one v e r y cold m o r n ­i n g a n d not i ced the new-comer, I r v i n g S c h w a r t z , s t a n d i n g by h i s cot f u l l y dressed a n d s h i v e r i n g w i t h cold. D i c k asked h i m w h y he d i d n ' t b u i l d a fire Instead of s tand­i n g there s h i v e r i n g .

A hope fu l g r i n spread over - S c h w a r t z ' s face a n d he chat te red : " I d -d idn ' t w a n n a d-disturb y o u g -g -guys ! "

Sergt . K i l b o u r n : "Kom-pnee , T e n - s h u n ! W i g h t dwess. Say , w u t s a - m u r r a w i s h y o u terras , can ' t cha u n n e r s t a n d I n k - l i s h ? "

C o m p a n y : " S u r e ! ' T a l k E n g l i s h . " M .

T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R

N e w s o f t h e Y . M . C . A . E D I T E D B Y E R N E S T W . L E S L I E .

R O B E R T E . C L A R K , The Camp M u s i c a l D irec tor .

R o b e r t E . C l a r k , C a m p M u s i c D i r e c t o r of the A r m y Y . M . C. A . at C a m p W a d s w o r t h , was b o r n i n S o u t h e r n Iowa. H e was edu­cated i n the p u b l i c schools of I owa and i n S i m p s o n Col lege , l a t e r a t t e n d i n g the U n i ­v e r s i t y of Iowa, m e d i c a l course .

H e was a l w a y s in teres ted i n a th le t i c s dur­i n g h is h i g h schoo l a n d col lege career . In 1901 and 1902, a l t h o u g h S i m p s o n Co l lege was not entered i n . the State meet, M r . C l a r k broke the state r e cord i n the s ixteen-pound h a m m e r t h r o w . H e coached the t r a c k t e a m for two success fu l seasons a n d was a l w a y s in teres ted i n m u s i c , s t u d y i n g to m a k e the v i o l i n h is spec ia l ty . H o w e v e r , w h i l e p i t c h ­i n g a game of baseba l l , he broke the first finger on h is left h a n d , w h i c h was set c rooked , f o r c i n g h i m to g ive up the v i o l i n .

H e began the s tudy of vo ice at th i s t i m e , h is vo ice d e v e l o p i n g into .a deep, r i c h , res­onant , p o w e r f u l bar i t one voice . F o r five years he was i n a m a l e quartet w i t h A r t h u r O. M i d d l e t o n , who is now cons ider ­ed A m e r i c a ' s greatest concert bass, l a ter m o v i n g to Co lorado w h e r e he became a teacher of vo ice t r a i n i n g . H e a f t e r w a r d gave th is up to j o i n D r . G . W . A n d e r s o n i n evange l i s t i c work a n d was assoc iated w i t h H o n . J o h n W a n n a m a k e r as h i s m u s i c a l m a n . M r . C l a r k has sung for the E d i s o n Phono ­g r a p h Co. and made s e v e r a l records for t h em . H e p lans to cont inue th i s w o r k la te r on.

H e gave a l l th i s up to come to C a m p W a d s w o r t h and "do his b i t " here w i t h the boys. H e is now busy v i s i t i n g the v a r i o u s Y . M . C. A . b u i l d i n g s a n d the mess shacks

and c o n d u c t i n g s ings and he is also or­gan iz ing a l a r g e chorus of t r a i n e d vo ices as w e l l as numerous quartets a n d o r ches t ras a l l over the camp.

M r . C l a r k has a gen ia l , w i n n i n g persona l ­i t y and is w e l l r e ce ived w h e r e v e r he goes.

C A M P S E C R E T A R Y D I E T R I C H L E A V E S F O R F R A N C E .

m a n at U n i t N o . 97, has been t r a n s f e r r e d to U n i t N o . 96 to serve i n a s i m i l a r c a p a c i t y there . H i s m a n y f r i ends at N o . 97 were l o a t h to have h i m leave and a l l w i s h h i m the best of l u c k i n h i s new field.

M r . B a r e h a m w i l l be succeeded at N o . 97 by A r t h u r B . W r i g l e y , of P l a i n f i e l d , N . Y .

N E W S O F Y . M . C. A . U N I T S

Good Record W i n s P o p u l a r E x e c u t i v e C a l l To B i g g e r W o r k .

C a m p E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y , C. W . D ie ­t r i c h , has been ca l l ed by the N a t i o n a l W a r W o r k C o u n c i l of the Y . M . C. A . to rel fo q u i s h h is w o r k at C a m p W a d s w o r t h and report for duty w i t h the A m e r i c a n Troops In F r a n c e .

M r . D i e t r i c h has been at C a m p W a d s w o r t h s ince the m i d d l e of J u l y l as t a n d has made a n e n v i a b l e r e c o r d as the C h i e f E x e c u t i v e of the ' A r m y Y . M . C. A . w o r k there . It is because of h i s p a r t i c u l a r l y good r e c o r d for gett ings th ings done that he has been c a l l ­ed to th i s b igger w o r k i n F r a n c e .

O n M o n d a y m o r n i n g he met w i t h h i s Staff for the last t ime , and as a t o k e n of t h e i r love a n d esteem the staff presented t h e i r " c h i e f " w i t h a gold w r i s t w a t c h . It is w i t h a great dea l of r e l u c t a n c e that the secre tar ies at C a m p W a d s w o r t h g ive up M r . D i e t r i c h , but they a l l r ea l i z e that the A r m y Y . M . C. A . w o r k , as i n the A r m y "orders are orders a n d must be obeyed . " M r . D i e t r i c h left for N e w Y o r k on M o n d a y a n d It Is expected he w i l l s a i l for F r a n c e w i t h i n the next ten days .

M r . W . J . D a v i s o n , a l r e a d y w e l l k n o w n i n C a m p W a d s w o r t h , w h e r e he acted as C a m p P h y s i c a l D i r e c t o r for some months , r e t u r n s to C a m p W a d s w o r t h for the m o n t h of December , at least , to take up the w o r k of C a m p S e c r e t a r y i n M r . D i e t r i c h ' s p lace .

M R . B U R C H A R D O F F F O R F R A N C E . M r . S. B . B u r c h a r d , of J a m e s t o w n , N . Y . ,

who has been a c t i n g as B u i l d i n g S e c r e t a r y of U n i t N o . 96, s e r v i n g the m e n of the 107th, 108th a n d 47th R e g i m e n t s , has been ordered to repor t to the N e w Y o r k office, pre­p a r a t o r y to serv i ce i n F r a n c e . M r . B u r c h a r d is one of the m e n at C a m p W a d s w o r t h who was unse l f i sh enough to g ive up a bus iness i n h is home t o w n , so that he m i g h t come into the A s s o c i a t i o n S e c r e t a r y s h i p and do h i s b i t there . H e has made a p a r t i c u l a r l y good r e c o r d at B u i l d i n g N o . 96 and It is w i t h great r e l u c t a n c e that the execut ives of the A r m y Y . M . C. A . at C a m p W a d s ­w o r t h see h i m go. M r . B u r c h a r d w i l l prob­ab ly s a i l for F r a n c e w i t h i n t en days .

N E W P O S T F O R B A R E H A M . L . C. B a r e h a m , who has served for sev­

e r a l months as s o c i a l a n d e n t e r t a i n m e n t

U n i t 92. A l t h o u g h the new b u i l d i n g at th i s U n i t

has not been as yet f o r m a l l y ded icated , i t was thought best to d ispense w i t h the use of the tent a n d u t i l i z e the b u i l d i n g at once. T h e m o t i o n p i c ture m a c h i n e has been i n ­s t a l l e d and the i n i t i a l p r o g r a m was g i v e n on W e d n e s d a y n i g h t to a c r o w d e d house. T h i s event at t h i s u n i t as i n other u n i t s has p r o v e n to be one of the most popu lar n ights i n the week.

O n F r i d a y even ing , the C h o r a l Soc i e ty of Converse Col lege , c o n s i s t i n g of twenty - f ive c h a r m i n g y o u n g lad ies came to th i s U n i t and d e l i v e r e d a most e n t e r t a i n i n g a n d at­t r a c t i v e p r o g r a m . T h e boys t h o r o u g h l y en­joyed the presence of the Converse g i r l s as we l l as the p r o g r a m they gave, a n d i t is hoped i n the near fu ture that the program, can be repeated.

U n i t 93. T h e f o l l o w i n g m e n have been ass igned by

Y . M . C. A . H e a d q u a r t e r s for d u t y w i t h U n i t N o . 93: B u i l d i n g S e c r e t a r y , Theodore F. E l w o r t h ; R e l i g i o u s W o r k S e c r e t a r y , J a m e s A . M o o r e ; S o c i a l Sec re tary , J o h n N . J o h n s t o n ; P h y s i c a l W o r k Sec re tary , D. M . D a v i s .

T h i s Is the new u n i t of the Y . M . C. A . , no w o r k h a v i n g been done i n th is sec t i on of the camp up to th i s t ime . T h e events d u r i n g th i s week are s t r i c t l y i n f o r m a l but i t is p l a n n e d to have a S t u n t N i g h t on. Sat ­u r d a y a l ong w i t h a mov ie show and other soc ia l events.

A c c o r d i n g to present p lans , the ded i ca ­t i o n of th is b u i l d i n g w i l l take p lace on S u n ­day even ing , the ded i ca t i on serv ices b e i n g i n charge of D r . P a u l M . S t r a y e r , C a m p R e ­l i g i ous W o r k D i r e c t o r .

T h i s new uni t w i l l serve the m e n of the 106th, 1st, 14th a n d 74th.

U n i t 95. T h i s U n i t Is s t i l l v e r y g r e a t l y hand i cap ­

ped by the de lay i n the b u i l d i n g construc ­t i o n of th i s new home. T r y i n g to put on a Y . M . C. A . p r o g r a m i n a mess shack is h a r d w o r k , i t b e i n g i m p o s s i b l e to put on m o t i o n p i c tures or a n y b i g event w i t h any success. T h e o u t s t a n d i n g features of the week were the S t u n t N i g h t w h i c h was g i v e n by r e g i m e n t a l ta l ent a n d t h e ' song r e c i t a l g i v e n by R o b e r t E . C l a r k , C a m p M u s i c a l D i r e c t o r .

It is hoped that w i t h i n the next week the (Cont inued on page 23)

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N O M A N ' S L A N D . B o x i n g contests w i l l s tar t i n camp next

week. T h e def inite date w i l l be announced i n a day or so. T h e news that F r a n k M o r a n has been delegated to the camp as p u g i l ­i s t i c i n s t r u c t o r is w e l c o m e d by every one. One of the c leanest fighters i n the game, the b i g boxer f r o m P i t t s b u r g has • w o n his w a y in to the v e r y f ront r a n k of the heavy ­w e i g h t c lass , the unconquerab le W i l l a r d p r o v i n g his on ly super ior . W i t h the effi­c ient d e t a i l of ass i s tants he has se lected f r o m a m o n g the en l i s t ed m e n of the D i v i ­s i on , a c ont inued r o u n d of five-class matches is expected. M o r a n w i l l l i v e w i t h H a r v e y C o h n i n his bungalo on the D i v i s i o n H e a d ­quar ters T r o o p Street .

T h e entr ies for the S p a r t a n b u r g - C a m p W a d s w o r t h R o a d R a c e next S a t u r d a y con­t inue p o u r i n g Into H e a d q u a r t e r s and have a l r e a d y passed the c e n t u r y m a r k . M o s t of the m i l i t a r y un i t s here have entered f u l l teams. A l m o s t every a t h l e t i c c lub i n N e w Y o r k State i s represented a m o n g the h a r ­r i e r s , i n c l u d i n g m e n who f o r m e r l y sported the s i l k s of the N e w Y o r k A . C , the M o ­h a w k s , M o r n i n g s i d e s and the I r i s h - A m e r i ­cans. T h e c ommit tee i n charge has also se­c u r e d a d d i t i o n a l pr izes f r o m the s p o r t s m e n of S p a r t a n b u r g . A s announced last week the course w i l l s tar t at D i v i s i o n H e a d ­quarters a n d end at the M o r g a n M o n u m e n t i n t o w n . G e n e r a l O ' R y a n w i l l p r o b a b l y s tar t the b i g chase .

F O O T B A L L S C H E D U L E A N N O U N C E D . T h e off ic ial schedule of the f oo tba l l t eam

of th is D i v i s i o n was announced i n B u l l e t i n 78 by c o m m a n d of B r i g a d i e r G e n e r a l P h i l ­l i ps . It must be f o l l owed exac t ly as l a i d down. Reports of each contest must be s u b m i t t e d not la ter t h a n noon of the fo l ­l o w i n g day by the a t h l e t i c officers of the

uni ts to H a r v e y C o h n , D i v i s i o n A t h l e t i c In­s t ruc tor .

T h e q u a l i f y i n g rounds are so a r ranged that the w i n n i n g teams w i l l p l a y every S a t u r d a y u n t i l D e c e m b e r 23. C h r i s t m a s w i l l see the four s u r v i v i n g e levens b a t t l i n g i n the semi ­finals and on N e w Y e a r ' s D a y the r e a l s u p r e m a c y of the D i v i s i o n w i l l be p r o v e n on the parade grounds i n f ront of H e a d q u a r t e r s .

T h e s chedu le :

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14th N . Y . Inf. 71st N . Y . Inf.

74th N . Y . Inf. ) 10th N . Y . Inf. |

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A b a s k e t - b a l l league for a l l r e g i m e n t s i n camp is to be f o rmed . Games w i l l be p lay­ed every W e d n e s d a y a n d S a t u r d a y n ights at the S p a r t a n b u r g Y . M . C. A . P r i z e s w i l l be a w a r d e d the w i n n i n g teams and the c h a m p i o n t e a m w i l l p lay teams f r o m other camps .

H a r v e y C o h n a t t r ibutes most of the suc­cess he has been h a v i n g in p u t t i n g a th l e t i c s on a firmer basis here, to the ass i s tance he has r e c e i v e d f rom the m e m b e r s of the P h y ­s i c a l E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e . C a p t a i n M o o r e of D i v i s i o n H e a d q u a r t e r s , the commit tee c h a i r m a n , has been espec ia l ly ac t ive i n h i s efforts to get sufficient a t h l e t i c m a t e r i a l and p laces of r e c r e a t i o n for the v a r i o u s u n i t s of the 27th.

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T h e e n l i s t e d m e n of the D i v i s i o n are not the on ly a th l e t i c a s p i r a n t s i n the v i c i n i t y . O v e r at the B a s e H o s p i t a l e ight c lasses i n p h y s i c a l i n s t r u c t i o n are h e l d every week. T h e doctors a t tached to the i n s t i t u t i o n are busy for two hours i n the m o r n i n g , four t imes a week, w h i l e the dent is ts are en­gaged i n a s i m i l a r w a y i n the af ternoons . A f o o tba l l game is s cheduled i n the near fu ture be tween the w ie lders of the k n i f e a n d the forceps .

H E A D Q U A R T E R S , 1 0 5 T H , C O N T I N U E S W I N N I N G .

T h e s t rong f oo tba l l t e a m of H e a d q u a r t e r s C o m p a n y , 105th I n f a n t r y , h u n g another sca lp on i ts belt w h e n it took the e leven of the 71st N . G. N . Y . into camp by a score of 24 to 0. B o t h teams were equa l ly m a t c h e d i n w e i g h t but the super ior t r a i n i n g of the v i c ­tors was soon apparent .

A r n d t , of the 105th, r e ce ived the first k i c k -off a n d i n s ix s t r a i g h t p lunges at the l ine , h is t eammates succeeded i n p u s h i n g it over the goal l ine .

S c h a i b l e , w h o scored the first t o u c h d o w n , s tar ted th ings go ing a g a i n w i t h the open ing of the second hal f . A f t e r the 71st h a d made three game at tempts to h o l d back the l i n e t h r u s t s of the H e a d q u a r t e r s backs , S c h a i b l e managed to get a free p a t h a r o u n d left end and went f rom mid f i e ld to the five-vard m a r k before he was stopped. V a n n i e r took the b a l l the needed d is tance . C o l l e s o n

scored another t o u c h d o w n i n the t h i r d pe­r i o d .

T h e last sess ion was a w h i r l w i n d f r o m s tar t to finish. T h e N e w Y o r k C i t y t eam made a tardy s tand d u r i n g w h i c h A r n d t was forced to leave the game w i t h a bad cut over the r i g h t eye. J u s t before the final wh i s t l e , M c G o v e r n went over for the f o u r t h 105th score. T h e v i c t o r s showed up weak on the k i c k i n g ar t , l o s i n g a l l four goals .

B A S K E T - B A L L S E A S O N O P E N E D B Y 7 4 T H .

O n W e d n e s d a y a f t e rnoon the basket -ba l l team r e p r e s e n t i n g H e a d q u a r t e r s C o m p a n y , 74th I n f a n t r y , c l ashed w i t h the k n i g h t s of the basket f r o m the 1st I n f a n t r y on the 2nd P r o v i s i o n a l B r i g a d e Court . A l t h o u g h th i s was the first t i m e e i ther t e a m p layed i n a m a t c h game, r e a l c lass was s h o w n on both s ides and the out look is b r i g h t for develop­ments of a n i n t e r e s t i n g future for both fives.

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T h e game was h a r d fought a n d the n u m e r ­ous spectators h e l d i n suspense as to i ts out­come u n t i l the l as t m i n u t e of p lay . T h e final count gave the v i c t o r y to the 74th boys. T h e score stood 17 to 1 6 i n t h e i r favor .

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A s announced a w e e k ago the H o r n e l l boys of C o m p a n y K , 105th I n f a n t r y , made a flying t r i p to t h e i r home-town to meet a p i c k e d t e a m i n a n e x h i b i t i o n game. T h e doughboys not on ly showed t h e i r super i o r k n o w l e d g e of the g r i d i r o n sc ience but they also brought back over fifteen h u n d r e d dol ­l a r s of the gate rece ip ts to be added to t h e i r mess fund . T h e K e leven was p r e p a r e d for the t r i p b y M r . J e n n e y , of the Y . M . C. A . , and. they c e r t a i n l y ref lected the s k i l l of the f o r m e r M i l l i k e n Co l l ege star .

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peared i n the H o r n e l l T e l e g r a m :

S P A R T A N B U R G H E R O E S . T h e y W o n the F o o t b a l l G a m e at H o r n e l l

Y e s t e r d a y by 13 to 0. ( S p e c i a l to the T e l e g r a m . )

H o r n e l l , N . Y . — O n a field a n k l e deep i n m u d , a n d a l m o s t obscured by a b l i n d i n g s n o w s t o r m that r a g e d par t of the t i m e , the boys of C o m p a n y K , o l d 3rd i n f a n t r y , went over the top th i s a f t e rnoon a n d beat the E r i e f o o t b a l l e l even by a score of 1 3 to 0. T h e so ld i e r boys came a l l the w a y f r o m S p a r t a n b u r g , S. C , for the game, w h i c h was w i t n e s s e d by a f a i r - s i zed c r o w d of l o y a l fans . T h e game was m i g h t y c lose a n d i n ­t e r e s t i n g . T h e C o m p a n y K boys made t h e i r first score i n the first quar te r by pers i s t ent l i n e b u c k i n g . A f t e r t h a t the H o r n e l l boys set t led d o w n to r e a l f oo tba l l a n d there was no more s c o r i n g u n t i l the final quar ter , w h e n E m e r y p i c k e d up the b a l l on a f u m b l e a n d r a n i t b a c k to the E r i e goa l post for ' the second t o u c h d o w n . T o n i g h t a b i g dance was g i v e n at the a r m o r y for the so ld iers . S e r g e a n t N e a l P r a n g e n of the so ld ie r t e a m was p a i n f u l l y i n j u r e d d u r i n g the g a m e . E m e r y a n d C o l s o n were s tars for the so l ­d i e r s .

F o l l o w i n g is the l i n e u p : C o m p a n y K . E r i e s .

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R i g h t T a c k l e B l a k e s l e e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K i r w i n

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Q u a r t e r b a c k T a l b o t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O ' B r i e n

L e f t H a l f b a c k H o r a n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E i s t e r

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Score by per i ods : C o m p a n y K 6 0 7 0—13 F r i e s 0 0 0 0— 0

T o u c h d o w n : H o r a n , E m e r y . R e f e r e e s : H u l e k and B r a i n a r d a l t e r n a t i n g . H e a d L i n e s m a n : K i n g , A l f r e d .

1 0 5 T H M A C H I N E G U N F O O T B A L L .

T r o o p C of o ld S q u a d r o n A h a d no t roub le r e c e n t l y i n de fea t ing i ts anc i ent r i v a l , T r o o p B , by a score of 20 to 7. It was the t h i r d t i m e the two teams have met th i s season, each of the p r e c e d i n g contests end­i n g w i t h o u t a score on e i ther s ide.

B T r o o p scored first w h e n T u c k e r s n a t c h ­ed a C fumble at m i d f i e l d a n d a ided by the s p l e n d i d i n te r f e r enc e of S t e r n made a flying t r i p to the goa l l i n e .

In the second quar ter the w i n n e r s began to show t h e i r s t r e n g t h . T a k i n g every ad­vantage of i t s s u p e r i o r w e i g h t a n d speed the C u n i t c a r r i e d the o v a l f r o m one end of the field to the o ther for i ts i n i t i a l t o u c h d o w n , B r a m l e y d o i n g the s c o r i ng .

T h e l a s t h a l f p r o v e d a c i n c h for C. C o n ­t i n u e d l i n e p l u n g i n g a n d a c l ever assort ­m e n t of l o n g a n d s h o r t passes h a d the l o s i n g t e a m c o m p l e t e l y baff led.

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O R G A N I Z E D . A n a t h l e t i c a s s o c i a t i o n has been f o r m e d

i n the 2nd P r o v i s i o n a l B r i g a d e c o m p r i s i n g the 1st, 14th a n d 74th i n f a n t r y r e g i m e n t s . Its object is to promote a th l e t i c s a m o n g these three outfits a n d to a r r a n g e a series of games to be h e l d under i ts s u p e r v i s i o n .

T h e f o l l o w i n g c ommit tee has been ap­po inted to p romulga te the p lans a n d get th ings i n r u n n i n g o r d e r : M r . D a v i s , Y . M . C. A . ; 1st Sgt . M u l l i g a n , Co. " M " 74th Inf . ; Sgt . R i c k , Co. " M " 74th Inf . ; Sgt . Donohue , Co. " B " 1st Inf., a n d Sgt . O ' B r i e n , Co. " D " 14th Inf. T h e y met T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g i n the br igade Y . M . C. A . b u i l d i n g a n d drew up a set of r u l e s to be observed i n a l l the as­so c ia t i on a t h l e t i c a c t i v i t i e s . T h e sports w h i c h w i l l be p r o m o t e d i n c l u d e baseba l l , basket -ba l l , soccer a n d v o l l e y b a l l .

A schedule has been a r r a n g e d w h e r e b y two games i n di f ferent branches of sport w i l l be h e l d W e d n e s d a y a n d S a t u r d a y after­noon of each week. T h e w o r k of the com­mit tee is under the d i r e c t s u p e r v i s i o n of M r . D a v i s w h o before he gave h i s serv i ces to the Y . M . C. A . was d i r e c t o r of sports i n the h i g h schools of P i t t s b u r g . H e is exper­i enced i n th i s l i n e of w o r k a n d w i t h o u t quest ion m a n y i n t e r e s t i n g features i n the l ine of sports w i l l be p u l l e d off under h i s guidance . .

" G R O U S I N G . "

We do a lot of grous ing i n the 27th D i v i ­sion. 4 ' ' G r o u s i n g ' 7 is B r i t i s h s lang for grumb­l i n g and for curs ing out the l i f e m i l i t a r y . W e k i c k at the mess. W e k i c k i f the Topper sets us to e x t r a c t i n g stumps f r o m the face of South C a r o l i n a . W e k i c k at the weather. W e just n a t u r a l l y k i c k . A n d i t doesn ; t get us a t h i n g ! I f we saved up a l l these k i c k s t i l l we get to France , we ; d have enough k i c k ­i n g energy stored up to boot the K a i s e r f o r a field goal f rom a difficult angle.

On the l eve l now, is the chow so v e r y much worse than you got back home? A r e you ever hungry? A r e you ever cold i f you put your b lankets on r i gh t , and carve up enough trees to stoke the S i b l e y ! A r e you o v e r w o r k e d ! D o n ' t you fee l a lot better p h y s i c a l l y t h a n when you were back home c o m m i t t i n g assault and b a t t e r y to get a seat i n the up-town sub­w a y express at 5:30.

W h a t d i d you expect i n the a r m y ! D i d you t h i n k you were ge t t ing into a p i l l o w fight! D i d you expect the C a p t a i n to b r i n g your toast and eggs to you at 9 :30 !

I f you ever t h i n k y o u ' r e h a v i n g a rough and tough t ime of i t , just t h i n k about the poor old German. H e gets less food, less money, is treated l i k e a dog b y his officers, and i n re turn for a l l this he is go ing to get a fine l ambas t ing . Y o u are on the w i n n i n g team. Y o u we got the pennant c inched before you start . A l l y o u ' v e got to do is convince the Toot that he is l i c k e d . P r e t t y so f t !

Dea l w i t h the stores that advertise i n T H E G A S A T T A C K and youTl get a square deal.

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The f o l l o w i n g i n f o r m a t i o n r e l a t i n g to rif le and a r t i l l e r y ranges is publ ished for the in f o r ­mat i on and guidance of a l l concerned:

1. The smal l arms range for the use of th is d i v i s i o n is s i tuated near Glassy Rock M o u n t a i n i n the P iedmont range, approx­i m a t e l y 31 miles to the northeast of this camp.

2. The l ine of march is on the B l a c k s t o c k road through F a i r f o r e s t , f o l l o w i n g signs ' 1 To R a n g e . ; ; F i r s t b ivouac camp site at W i n go ;s place, on r i ght of road, approx imate ly eight a n d a h a l f miles f r om these headquarters. Second b ivouac camp site at Huffs place on the l e f t of road opposite M o t l o w church, near M o f low Creek, 10 miles f r om W i n go 's .

3. Camp sites at rif le range are s ituated at T u r n e r ' s place (westerly end of range) a n d at Ordnance A d m i n i s t r a t i o n b u i l d i n g . (See map of rifle range.) A sector of targets for 100, 200 and 300 y a r d ranges is located near each camp. The 600 and 1,000 y a r d firing are reached f rom the Ordnance A d m i n ­i s t r a t i o n b u i l d i n g .

4. The field a r t i l l e r y range adjoins the smal l arms range reservat ion on the east and northeast. (See. map of a r t i l l e r y range.) The ranges are located on the U n i t e d States Geo­l og i ca l survey, N o r t h Caro l ina -South C a r o l i n a , S a l u d a section map, copies of w h i c h may be obta ined f r om the director , U . S. Geological •survey, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C.

5. I t w i l l be noted that the l ine of march as f a r as Gowansv i l l e runs general ly p a r a l l e l to the A s h e v i l l e branch of the Southern K a i l -

6. D u r i n g th is tour of duty troops are cautioned against approaching or enter ing houses or bu i ld ings of any k inds , or c u t t i n g or destruct ing l i v e t imber wi thout proper author i ty . Commanding officers w i l l be held responsible for the conduct of the ir troops i n this respect. I n cases where the c u t t i n g of l i v e t imber is necessary and is d irected b y these headquarters the amount cut w i l l be care fu l ly measured i n cords on the stump and a report made showing the exact amount cut, •and locat ion of the work .

7. A l l officers are charged w i t h the duty of r epor t ing any instance of excess speed b y any motor vehic le . The speed of the l a t t e r w i l l not exceed the f o l l o w i n g l i m i t s at any t ime or under any c ircumstances :

M o t o r t rucks , 15 miles per hour. M o t o r cars, 25 miles per hour. Motorcyc les , 30 miles per hour. L i g h t Dodge t rucks , 20 miles per hour. 8. M a j o r A r t h u r E . W e l l s has been ap-

-pointed range officer. Commanding officers of uni ts sent to the range for pract i ce w i l l report their a r r i v a l to h i m .

9. U p o n complet ion of pract i ce the re turn to Camp W a d s w o r t h m a y be made i n two marches, b i v o n a c i n g at a po int 16 1-10 miles f r o m wester ly range camp site v i a S a l u d a road .

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E v e r y b o d y knew that Cowan was a coward. 1 ' H e ' s got the Chinese flag tatooed on his

b a c k ! " g r i zz l ed Top Sergeant P r a t t sa id , more than once.

M o r e than once, Cowan showed his ye l l ow streak. "When Corporal Y o u n g f e l l i n the lake , Cowan r a n for help, and Y o u n g would have been lost i f some of the boys of the 102d Engineers h a d n ' t happened by.

W h e n the horse r a n away w i t h the Colonel ' s l i t t l e daughter, H e l e n , Cowan shouted at the brute , but d id not t r y to stop h i m . "When l i t t l e H a r r y W a t t s , the runt of the company, offered to l i c k Cowan, he s lunk away.

So they got to c a l l i n g h i m 1 1 Coward C o w a n . ' ' H e d i d n ' t have the spunk to pro­test.

f t was i n the t h i c k of the b i g A m e r i c a n dr ive against the H u n s i n the f a l l of 1918. The 27th D i v i s i o n was ho ld ing a hot sector, aginst w h i c h the C r o w n P r i n c e ' s p i c k e d corps were h u r l i n g themselves i n v io lent counter­at tacks . Company P , Cowan ' s company, was bear ing the brunt of a fierce thrust . I ts th inned l ine wavered as a b a t t a l i o n of B a v a ­r i a n g iants , b r i s t l i n g w i t h bayonets, rushed up the slope that Company P had been ordered to ho ld at a l l costs.,

One machine gun could stop the a t tack and save the day !

A n d there i t was, not a hundred feet f rom where Cowan .cowered i n a dug-out. B u t i ts operator l a y beside i t , dead.

| A quick dash, a pressure on the tr igger , a 1 torrent of deadly l e a d — a n d the Germans would be mowed down.

! B r a v e r men than Cowan d id not re l i sh that ; dash, however. i B u t what d id C o w a n — C o w a n ' ' the Cow­

a r d " do? W h a t d id the man that the whole regiment

had cal led " y e l l o w " do? ; I n this b i g heroic moment, d id he f l inch?

D i d he miss this glorious chance to wipe out the s t igma attached to his name? D i d he f a i l in this p inch? D i d he run down the narrow trench to safety? D i d Cowan, the man they

, called ' ' c o w a r d ' ' flee ? ! Y O U B E T Y O U R L I F E H E D I D !

T H E Y ' R E W I T H U S ! A l l the w a y f rom M i l t o n , N . H . , come two

jungles to the G-as A t t a c k . W e p r i n t them to show that the fo lks back home are w i t h us on this scrap.

D I G G I N G I N . Our boys i n F r a n c e are d i g g i n g i n ,

' M i d burs t ing shells and rockets ; We, stay-at-homes, w i l l help them w i n ,

B y d i g g i n g i n our pockets. T H E L I M I T .

We pledge ourselves for meatless days, W e wou ld not be a s lacker ;

We acquiesce i n wheatless days, A y e , even to a c racker ;

B u t , b y the Great Je -Hoover , please D o n ' t scr imp us on " t e r b a c c e r . "

— I . W . J.

I N D I V I S I O N S O C I E T Y

B A L L G I V E N F O R E N L I S T E D M E N . A b a l l for enl isted men was g iven on the

evening of December 12th at the C leve land H o t e l . The committee consist ing of Mes -dames Se l igman, Schoelkoff, R i l e y , and M i s s M i c h i e had i t i n charge. There was dancing in the ball -room and the foyer of the hotel . M u s i c was furn ished by m i l i t a r y Bands. The b a l l was one of the most enjoyable and b r i l ­l i an t successes of the season and there was a large attendance. The proceeds of the ba l l w i l l be used to help increase the f u n d for the Christmas celebrat ion at Camp W a d s w o r t h .

H E A D Q U A R T E R S C O M P A N Y 1 0 8 T H G I V E , C H A R M I N G D A N C E .

The members of the Headquarters Com­pany, 108th I n f a n t r y , gave a d e l i g h t f u l dance at Ravadson H a l l . There were many young ladies popular i n the danc ing set present. The i n s p i r i n g music was furn ished by the 108th band . Those chaperoning were : Mes-dames A n d r e w L a w , H a r r y P r i c e , Thomas Perrue , L . T. R e i d , E d w i n Johnson. F r a n k M c K i n , Charles Loeser, J . B . Stepp. Charles O ' N e a l , Cec i l Page .

F I E L D A R T I L L E R Y J A Z Z B A N D O F 1 0 5 T H A T T R I C O L O R T E A R O O M .

One of the most welcome places in town for the soldiers to meet and have a good meal at a reasonable price , is at the Church of the A d v e n t , i n the T r i - C o l o r tea-room. A t a re­cent gather ing , the J a z z band of the 105th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y , gave an enjoyable musica l evening. The hostesses were M r s . W . S. Mont ­gomery, M r s . J . K . M c G o w a n , and M r s . E . H . H a u g h t o n , assisted b y a number of young ladies.

L t . W i l m e r Boclenstab, attached to Com­pany C, 107th I n f a n t r y , has recovered f r om his severe a t tack of t ons i l i t i s , and his many-fr iends are g lad to see h i m around again .

M r s . Dunbar , w i f e of Capt. Dunbar , Head ­quarters Troop, D i v i s i o n Headquarters , is in Spar tanburg for the hol idays .

M R S . J. W . A L L E N E N T E R T A I N S A T A N A F T E R N O O N T E A .

M r s . J . W . A l l e n entertained recent ly at a tea g iven for the Y . M . C. A . a u x i l i a r y , and the army ladies v i s i t i n g i n Spar tanburg . I t was a de l i gh t fu l affair. The ladies assist­i n g were : Mesdames Lee , Chapman, B e l l and I r w i n .

B A T T E R Y B , 1 0 4 T H F I E L D A R T I L L E R Y , G I V E S D A N C E .

B a t t e r y B , of the 104th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y , , gave an enjoyable dance at the Country Club . The chaperones were : M r . and M r s . Chas. O ' N e a l e , M r . and M r s . F r a n k McGhee . M r . and M r s . Ree l , M r . and M r s . T. S. P e r r i n , ,

and M r s . W a l t e r Montgomery .

T H E W A D S W O R T H G A S A T T A C K A N D R I O G R A N D E R A T T L E R 19 W A D S W O R T H F A B L E S .

The D e t a i l D u c k e r and the T e r r i b l e Teuton .

Joe Goofus, of the 105th I n f a n t r y , was a W i s e Guy . H e admit ted i t . H e c la imed the all-round. 1 ' championship ' ' of the 27th D i ­v i s i o n as a de ta i l ducker . The only bugle •calls Joe knew were ' 1 Soopy, soopy, soopy , ' ' a n d ' 6 P a y day, pay day, l ine up and get your t h i r t y b u c k s ! ' ' W h e n the g i n k w i t h the horn tooted fa t igue ca l l or d r i l l ca l l , Joe was usua l l y busy doing bunk fat igue . H e boasted that he had invented more systems for b i l k i n g the Topper than any buck i n the outfit. H e was the fox who pa inted his ankle w i t h iodine so that he w o u l d n ' t have to go to the rifle range.

B u t Joe was proudest of the w a y he regu­l a r l y got out of bayonet d r i l l .

' 4 M e w o r k out i n that sun w i t h a butcher k n i f e on a s t i ck? H u h ! Guess again , bo. M y l i t t l e old fist is good enough for me i n close quarters. I can. l i c k any s ix Germans that ever hocked the K a i s e r . M y l i t t l e old bed looks good whi le you boobs are out there c a r v i n g up the atmosphere. J u s t t e l l the Sarge that I put my elbow out of j o in t carv­i n g a steak at mess, and so I c a n ' t j o i n his m e r r y bolo p a r t y this a f t . ' ' That was Joe 's regular spiel , when the ca l l for bayonet prac­tice came.

M e a n w h i l e Loo ie Gets Ready . The scene changes f rom the cotton fields

of the sunny (sometimes) South, to P f a n n -kuchen , 011 the Rhine , where P r i v a t e Loo ie Schmal tz , of the P f a n n k i i e h e n I m p e r i a l P r e t -zelhunds, was t r a i n i n g . Loo ie d i d n ' t l i k e bay­onet dr i l l s , either. B u t Loo ie used that gray t h i n g that even Tents have under their tin. hats. So Loo ie overcame his d i s l ike for doing " S h o r t j a b , " " L o n g t h r u s t ? " and the stroke w i t h w h i c h you shave a man , give h i m a shine, decapitate h im, w r i t e your name on. his abdomen and bisect his A d a m ' s apple, w i t h three movements, and he jabbed and thrusted and panted a couple of hours a day.

A c t I I I . The B i g D u e l Scene. The scene changes once more. T h i r d act.

'Somewhere i n F landers , whatever they are. J o e Goofus goes over the top. Joe is no coward. H e s t i l l t h i n k s that his t rus ty r i g h t m i t t is as potent a weapon as i t used to be when he was a bouncer i n M i k e ' s place on E i g h t h Avenue .

Joe runs into Loo ie i n a trench. Loo ie is •standing i n a pos i t ion w h i c h Joe remembers, vaguely , is called. " O n G u a r d . " Joe dis­covers that he c a n ' t possibly p a r k a r i g h t

• hook 011 L o o i e ' s whisker p l a n t a t i o n because a mean l o o k i n g sixteen, inches of shiney steel is i n the way .

Loo ie starts to make motions that Joe re­members seeing the boys make out i n the lot at Spar tanburg . Joe wishes he knew them now. Joe swings his rif le around his head and tr ies to knock Loo ie for a mess-shack.. N o t a chance. H e might just as we l l hope to connect w i t h one of Cieot te ' s shine balls w i t h a tooth p i ck .

B l a i r i ! The l o w l y Toot has bounced the butt of his gun off J o e y ' s wind-pipe . Z i p !

Loo ie has engraved a p ic ture of the K a i s e r on Joe ' s shoulder blade. Woo f ! The Hun. has s l iced off Joe ' s ears. Indeed, Loo ie , though he w a s n ' t ha l f J o e ' s size, and had a b u i l d l i k e an apple dumpl ing , was efficiently c a r v i n g Joe into steaks and chops w i t h a few simple twis ts of his we l l - t ra ined wr i s t . Joe was a l u c k y cuckoo, however, for just then J o h n n y M a l o n e y , of the 105th, happened b y .

J o h n n y M a l o n e y to the Rescue. J o h n n y was one of the easy marks who

used to go out to bayonet d r i l l r egu lar ly . J o h n n y waved Joe out of h a r m ' s way , and proceeded to w a g a mean set of elbows at Loo ie . J o h n n y thought he was back beat ing up the South C a r o l i n a ozone, wh i l e the L i e u ­tenant counted 1 ( one , two, t h r e e . ' ' W h e n he had finished w i t h Loo ie , i t would hai T e taken a f o u n t a i n pen filler to remove Loo ie f rom the landscape.

The docs pieced Joe Goofus together a l l r i g h t so that he runs. B u t say, i f you want to get the b a w l i n g out of your f a i r , young l i f e , just t e l l Joe that you t h i n k i t is a good scheme to duck d r i l l .

M O R A L — Y o u may be able to fool the Top­per, but you c a n ' t k i d a Teuton.

1 0 T H and 4 7 T H B E I N G D E P L E T E D .

They A r e C a l l e d U p o n to H e l p F i l l U p the Organizat ions i n the D i v i s i o n . W i l l B e a

Ske le ton Reg iment a W h i l e at Least .

The 10th and 47th N e w Y o r k i n f a n t r y regiments, w h i c h have been i n Camp W a d s ­worth for some t ime, but not as a par t of the 27th d i v i s i o n , are to be depleted i n order to ti l l the regiments of the d i v i s i o n to the re­quired strength, as was done w i t h the 12th, 11th, 71st and 74th regiments some t ime ago. Orders were issued yesterday for the 10th to transfer 601 men to the division, regiments, and the 47th w i l l t ransfer 723 men..

U n d e r the order, the 47th w i l l send 9 men to the 104th machine gun b a t t a l i o n , 77 men to the 102d engineers, 266 to the 106th i n f a n ­t r y , 229 to the 108th i n f a n t r y , 37 to the 104th field a r t i l l e r y , 52 to the 105th field a r t i l l e r y , and 53 to the 106th field a r t i l l e r y .

The order reads: ' 4 M e n w i l l be selected w i t h character at least ' v e r y good, ' and who are p h y s i c a l l y fit for service overseas. To ascertain w i t h regard to such p h y s i c a l fitness the f o l l o w i n g board of medica l officers is designated to examine the men. for t rans fe r : F i r s t L i e u t . H e n r y B . S m i t h , field hospita l company 108; F i r s t L i e u t . Joseph P . Gentry , field hosp i ta l company 106; F i r s t L i e u t . J . W . M e K e n i i y , field hospi ta l company 105. N o n ­commissioned officers w i l l not be reduced in. grade i n t r a n s f e r . ' '

The 10th i n f a n t r y is to send 213 men to the 105th i n f a n t r y , 13 to the 105th machine gun b a t t a l i o n , 343 to the 107th i n f a n t r y , 24 to the 106th machine gun ba t ta l i on , and 8 to the 102d trench mortar bat tery . The medica l officers are F i r s t L i e u t . Leo . F . Cost igan, field hospi ta l company 107; F i r s t L i e u t . P a y ton R . Greaves, field hospi ta l company 105, F i r s t L i e u t . Lee R. P ierce , ambulance company 106.

Men t ° H e 27th Division GIfa l s enterpr i se was launched by reason o f y o u r coming to camp here, and its success de­pends in a large measure on your patronage. C W e h a v e m a d e an earnest effort to serve you to the best of our ability, handicapped as we have been by the help situation as it ex­ists in Spartanburg to­day. C W e a p p r e c i a t e the liberal patronage y o u have given us and be­speak for ourse lves a c o n t i n u a t i o n of the same.

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S T O R E O P E N E V E R Y N I G H T I N T H E W E E K U N T I L 10 P . M .

Got Pads, Blankets, P i t lows, Sheets, Towels and Pillow Gases..

Leather, Spiral and Can­vas Puttees.

Chevrons, Hat Cords and Insignia. • Sheep Lined Goats, O. D, Sleeve and Sleeveless Sweat­ers.

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2 0 T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R

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barbed w i r e w a t c h i n g the road over w h i c h the observers h a d to come.

Pr i soner Senator W a d s w o r t h . B u t a l l the tens ion a n d a l l the nervous

s t r a i n h a d i ts r e w a r d . Into the trenches that n i g h t were h a u l e d the most d i s t i n ­gu i shed v i s i t o r s who h a d ever thus entered. U n i t e d States Senator W a d s w o r t h , for w h o m , b u t a few hours before there h a d been a D i v i s i o n R e v i e w , was captured by a rookie to w h o m the U n i t e d States Senate was n o t h ­i n g more t h a n a theory .

E s c o r t i n g the Senator upon h i s s u r p r i s e inspec t i on of the trenches were B r i g a d i e r G e n e r a l P h i l l i p s , Co lone l W i l l i a m G. Bates , of the Seventy- f irst N e w Y o r k I n f a n t r y , a n d a n u m b e r of B r i t i s h and F r e n c h officers.

E a c h was h u s t l e d w i t h as l i t t l e ceremony as m i g h t be, t h r o u g h the n a r r o w ais les of r ed c lay a n d up the s l i p p e r y lanes of rock a n d shale a n d back to the C o m m a n d i n g Offi­cer i n the second l i n e trenches. One of the F r e n c h officers made some r u e f u l r e m a r k about the c o n d i t i o n of h i s h o r i z o n blue coat af ter such a t r i p t h r o u g h m u d and s l ime .

" S o r r y , s i r , " l amented h i s captor. " I f y o u t h i n k i t w i l l he lp , I ' l l c a r r y you . B u t y o u ' l l have to go somehow."

Non- coms rece ived no such s y m p a t h y . A n i r a t e sergeant c ompla ined b i t t e r l y t h a t h i s captor was r u s h i n g h i m too fast.

" W h a t ' s the i d e a ? " he demanded. " W h a t ' s the h u r r y . Do y o u w a n t to tear m y coat off?"

" N O , " r e p l i e d the sentry , " B u t I w i l l tear your coat off, a n d I ' l l tear a n a r m or two off w i t h i t , i f y o u m a k e any more no ise . "

Repartee I n the D a r k . " W h o i n h — designed these •

trenches a n y w a y ? " g r o w l e d a c a p t a i n as he was be ing t a k e n back to the C. O. under arrest .

" H a r r y T h a w , " vo lunteered the y o u t h who s tumbled after h i m , r i f le at ready.

" I f t h i s was r e a l w a r f a r e , m y boy,' 5 sa id a reserve l i e u t e n a n t to h i s y o u t h f u l g u a r d , " Y o u never w o u l d have caught me so e a s i l y . "

" I f t h i s h a d been the r e a l t h i n g , s i r , " re­p l i e d the k i d , " Y o u w o u l d n ' t be i n a n y shape for a r g u m e n t now. "

T h u s we spent that n i g h t i n the f irst l i n e trenches. T h e y re l i eved us at s i x i n the m o r n i n g . A couple of m e n f r o m the mess d e t a i l poured s c a l d i n g coffee in to our cups and over our blue hands . A n d we cheer fu l ­l y poured the f iery stuff down our throats . It m i g h t have been coffee. It m i g h t have been cocoa. I t d i d n ' t mat ter . It was hot.

W e h a d s p r a w l e d out there on our bel l ies u n t i l our bel l ies h a d t a k e n the genera l aspect of pe rs immons . Or so they felt . Our legs h a d become n u m b e d . Our a r m s were chafed a n d c reaky . B u t the exc i tement of the n i g h t a n d the s p l e n d i d r e a l i z a t i o n t h a t not one of the enemy h a d penetrated our l ines supported us enormous ly .

B u n k F a t i g u e at L a s t . B a c k to the shelters we were led , b leared ,

d i r t y , u n k e m p t a n d u t t e r l y weary . We

s tumbled a l o n g d r u n k enly i n the w a k e of our non-coms. On the floors of the shel ters , far below the surface of the h i l l s , now r a ­d i a n t under the s p e n d t h r i f t s u n of S o u t h C a r o l i n a , we t h r e w our b l a n k e t r o l l s . A n d down upon the ro l l s we t h r e w ourselves to sleep l i k e drugged men .

M a y b e i t w i l l be far di f ferent over there where the r e a l fighting Is. M a y b e we w i l l not be so successful i n k e e p i n g our first l ine -clean a n d intact . B u t i f the s p i r i t that filled us that n i g h t r e m a i n s ours over there , we are not go ing to be ashamed of w h a t the fo lks back home read i n the papers about us after our first engagement.

A n d w h i l e ours were h a r d s h i p s not to be compared w i t h those the fe l lows over i n F l a n d e r s are exper ienc ing , we bore them. A n d we got some meagre idea of w h a t t h e y ' l l expect of us w h e n we do get under fire.

R A I L R O A D S A N D T H E W A R .

Lampooning the rai lroads which r u n t ra ins in and out of camp is a favorite and1 sometimes over-indulged sport among the soldiers. One rookie i n a western cantonment saw the possi­bi l i t ies of delays, however. W h e n he arr ived back i n camp after a tedious t r i p , punctuated by long pauses, he remarked to his bunkie :

" J i m , I 'm surprised to find you s t i l l wear ing your u n i f o r m . "

" W h a t ' s t h a t ? " was the surprised answer. " W e l l , I thought the war would surely be

over by the t ime that t r a i n got us back to camp."

T H E W A D S W O R T H GAS A T T A C K A N D RIO G R A N D E R A T T L E R 2 I

I S Y O U R R O O T ! J A K E ?

H e r e is Some of T o m m y ' s T r e n c h S lang .

F o r the benefit of the A m e r i c a n troops who are go ing into the trenches the veterans of the B r i t i s h B e c r u i t i n g M i s s i o n have pre­pared, a glossary of t rench slang. The l i s t contains a strange mi x ture of languages, a l i t t l e H i n d u s t a n i be ing now and then em­ployed to convey the meaning of the Tommies. Of course every one knows that H u n is ap­p l i ed to the Germans, but i t is in teres t ing to l earn that i t is never meant to designate the troops as a uni t , but signifies only the nat ion ,

M e n f rom the f ront declare that a k n o w l ­edge of this trench jargon is quite essential to the comfort of the r a w recru i t , since w i t h ­out i t the language wou ld be un i n te l l i g i b l e . A glance at the l i s t would seem to con f i rm this .

The f o l l o w i n g glossary of t rench s lang was rev ised b y Co l . St . George Steele, i n charge ot the miss ion. I t is " u p - t o - t h e - m i n u t e / ' and whi l e i n common use at the f ront is rare­l y heard elsewhere.

A c c o r d i n g to Colonel Steele, much of the current trench s lang is der ived f r o m H i n d u s ­t a n i as a result of the first B r i t i s h army un­der K i t c h e n e r be ing composed la rge ly of veterans who have served in. I n d i a . Examples of words w i t h I n d i a n o r i g i n are 1 1 c h a ' ' ( tea) , " r o o t i " (bread) , and 1 ' b l i g l i t y 7 ' (for­e igner) . The l i s t f o l l ows :

A c k - E m m a — M o r n i n g . A r e h i — A n t i - a i r c r a f t a r t i l l e r y . Brass H a t — A staff officer. P r e s u m a b l y a

reference to the gold lace w h i c h is a part of the staff u n i f o r m ,

B u g - h o u s e — A dug out. A l s o fieapots. Char l i e C h a p l i n ' s A r m y Corps—The Cana­

d ian casualties. Center. A clearing-house for C a n a d i a n wounded.

C o a l - b o x — A heavy a r t i l l e r y shel l w h i c h , when exploding , sends up a cloud of th i ck , b lack smoke.

Char- tea ( H i n d u s t a n i ) — U s e d p a r t i c u l a r l y to designate the meal so dear to the E n g l i s h heart, afternoon, tea.

Creeping J i m m y — - A h igh-ve loc i ty shel l w h i c h gives no w a r n i n g of i ts approach.

C r u m p e r — A 5.9 shel l . C r u m p - h o l e — A n y Shell-hole.

• D i x i e — S t r i c t l y speaking, this is not s lang. The cooking-pots issued b y the A r m y Ordnance Corps are officially designated as " D i x i e s , " for what reason no one seems to know.

D u d — A n y t h i n g t h a t ' s no good, that f a i l s to accomplish i ts end. Thus a " d u d " shel l is a shel l w h i c h does not explode.

E m m a G e e — M a c h i n e gun or machine gun­ner ( s ignaler ' s a lphabet ) .

Flea-bag—Off icer ; s sleeping-bag. F l y i n g P i g — A n . aer ia l torpedo. F r i t z — Q n e of the m a n y names appl ied b y

B r i t i s h troops to the Germans who oppose them.

F l i p p e r — H a n d . G u n f i r e — M o r n i n g tea. H e i n l e — A pet name for the German soldier. H u n — A name (not pet) appl ied to the

Germans as a nat i on . N e v e r used to desig­nate the troops opposed to the B r i t i s h as a uni t .

J e r r y — A steel shrapnel helmet. J a c k J o h n s o n — A b i g shel l w h i c h bursts

w i t h a cloud of b lack -smoke. J a k e - — U n i v e r s a l army term to express sat­

i s fac t i on . I f a g i r l is p re t ty she is " j a k e . " I f a stew tastes good i t is " j a k e . " I f any­t h i n g is r i g h t i t is " j a k e . " P r o b a b l y an A n g l i c i z a t i o n of " c h i c . ' '

M and D — M e d i c i n e and duty . U n i v e r s a l medica l treatment for smal l a i lments i n the trenches. I n other words, a dose of phys i c and go back to work .

M u l l i g a n — A stew usual ly made of the regu­lar r a t i o n issue and whatever extras may come to. hand. Sometimes cooked i n a shrap­nel helmet.

M u l l i g a n B a t t e r y — C o o k wagon. M i n n e h a h a — A M i n n e w e r f er, or German

trench-mortar . N a p o o — A n g l i c i z e d vers ion of " i l n ' y a

p a s . " U s e d i n the opposite sense to " j a k e " and w i t h an equal ly un iversa l app l i ca t i on .

0 P i p — A n observation-post ( s ignalers ' a lphabet ) .

One-star W o n d e r — A second l ieutenant , or " h a l f l o o t ; " also " o n e - s t a r a r t i s t " and 1 ' one - lunger . ' '

P i p E m m a — E v e n i n g ( s igna lers ' alphabet for p. m.)

P i n e a p p l e — A e r i a l torpedoes used b y the Germans. So-called f r om their shape, which d i s t i n c t l y resembles that of a pineapple .

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y o u n g so ld iers aga ins t the e v i l of w i t . D o n ' t be funny . It gets t i resome .

T r u l y has i t been sa id that there i s no th ­i n g new. T h e j oke we v a i n l y t r y to s n i c k e r at to-day our g r a n d f a t h e r l a u g h e d at yes­terday , a n d our great , great , g r a n d f a t h e r r o a r e d over centur ies ago.

Don't l a u g h . L a u g h t e r l a c k s o r i g i n a l i t y . A n d , a n y w a y , i t m a k e s a lot of no ise a n d d i s t u r b s everybody and m a k e s people t h i n k t h a t we are e n j o y i n g the w a r . Of course, we are e n j o y i n g the w a r but you w o u l d n ' t have the who le w o r l d k n o w i t , w o u l d you?

W e who went to the B o r d e r went t h r o u g h i t a l l . It was h a r d but we found that by ge t t ing together a n d p u t t i n g our backs to the p low and k e e p i n g our heads t u r n e d f o r w a r d we were able to keep s t r a i g h t faces a n d somet imes we even l ooked sour.

Don ' t be o p t i m i s t i c . W h a t is the use? W h y g loat over a doughnut w h e n you k n o w the hole s h o u l d be r i l l ed . T h e r e Is -too m u c h waste space' i n a doughnut , a n y w a y .

H u m o r r u i n e d me. F o r years the c u r v e d sur face above m y

forehead has been a b a r r e n desert . B u t ,

because of a f a c i n a t i n g w i g , nobody k n e w m y secret u n t i l one n i g h t w h e n somebody t r i e d to be funny .

I had dressed to a t t end a d i n n e r a n d ab­sent -minded ly went off w i t h o u t e x c h a n g i n g m y house s k u l l cap for m y wig . A s the s k u l l cap was l i k e a w i g In i t se l f a l l w o u l d have been w e l l h a d not a m a n by the name of W i g been present at the d inner .

A s I d r e a m i l y s ipped m y coffee, th i s f e l ­l ow W i g — s o i t s e e m s — a s k e d w h i c h one of his h u m o r o u s stor ies he shou ld repeat for the lad ies . I came to jus t as the hostess most g r a c i o u s l y suggested :

" A n y o n e , M r . W i g . " I n s t i n c t i v e l y I fe l t m y head a n d r e a l i z e d

the state I was i n . " Y e s , " I b l u r t e d ; " h a v e you found m e ? " M e n , s t r i v e to be ser ious .

Questions F r o m Troub led Y o u n g M e n . D e a r Sgt . -Gen . : I a m s i c k w i t h the G r i p .

H a v e c h i l l s , fever a n d a bad throat . I re­por ted to the M . C. a n d re ce ived the fo l ­l o w i n g d i r e c t i o n s : " S t a y Indoors next to a good hot fire, d r i n k a g lass of w a r m w a t e r as soon as y o u w a k e up, take on ly tea and toast for b r e a k f a s t — m i l k , hot soup and more toast for l u n c h — m i l k , a l i t t l e meat , some vegetables a n d v a n i l l a ice c r e a m for supper a n d take a good hot b a t h jus t be­fore g o i n g to bed . " P l e a s e t e l l me w h a t I shou ld do?

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D e a r Sgt . : A . c l a i m s t h a t B i l l B r y a n is now pres ident of R u s s i a ; B . holds that the J a p s are i n c ont ro l , a n d C says that R u s s i a is a g a i n a n a u t o c r a c y u n d e r the able leader­ship of C z a r Cook, once a w e l l - k n o w n A m e r i c a n m e d i c a l m a n a n d w r i t e r . W h o is c o r rec t ? Corp . Soso l i s t ,

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O n S u n d a y even ing , D e c e m b e r second, the R e v . W a l t H o l c o m b , f o r m e r l y assoc ia ted i n evange l i s t i c w o r k w i t h the ce lebrated S a m Jones , gave a s t rong t a l k at Y . M . C. A . U n i t 96.

T h e R t . R e v . W i l l i a m A . G u e r r y , D .D . , B i s h o p of the P r o t e s t a n t E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h of S o u t h C a r o l i n a , gave a v e r y i n s p i r i n g ad­dress at Y . M . C. A . B u i l d i n g 96, on T h u r s ­day even ing , D e c e m b e r s i x t h . M a j o r M c -C o r d , of the 107th I n f a n t r y , h a d charge of the serv i ce , and the B a n d of the 107th In ­f a n t r y gave a v e r y p l e a s i n g concert .

T h e F r e e M o v i e s at th i s b u i l d i n g on Tues ­day a n d F r i d a y evenings are d r a w i n g b i g c rowds .

U n i t 97. T h e mov ies on M o n d a y and T h u r s d a y

n ights are preceded by a band concert , the bands of the B r i g a d e r o t a t i n g i n g i v i n g the mus i c . T h e c o m b i n a t i o n p r o g r a m d r a w s a large a n d e n t h u s i a s t i c c r o w d . T h e s e n ights are b i g n i g h t s w i t h us, the b u i l d i n g being-large enough to c o n t a i n the c r o w d .

F r i d a y n i g h t — s t u n t n i g h t — w a s another b i g n ight . M a j o r B e l l ' s a g g r e g a t i o n f r o m the A m m u n i t i o n T r a i n are c l ever e n t e r t a i n ­ers, a n d w i t h n u m e r o u s other a r t i s t s put on a good show.

T h e " F i r e s i d e G r o u p " on S u n d a y m o r n ­ings a r o u n d the b i g fireplaces toast t h e i r sh ins a n d d iscuss v a r i o u s mat ters i n the " so ld i e r ' s s p i r i t . " Interest is i n c r e a s i n g and the group is g r o w i n g l a r g e r S u n d a y by S u n ­day.

T h e e d u c a t i o n a l w o r k at N o . 97 is boom­i n g these days. C lasses i n a d v a n c e d F r e n c h , B e r l i t z M e t h o d F r e n c h , B e g i n n e r ' s F r e n c h ; E l e m e n t a r y M a t h e m a t i c s , a n d E n g l i s h for I ta l i ans , meet on M o n d a y s , W e d n e s d a y s , a n d F r i d a y s .

O n T u e s d a y s and T h u r s d a y s c lasses i n B e g i n n e r s ' S p a n i s h , E n g l i s h for Po les a n d E n g l i s h G r a m m a r meet f r o m 7:30 to 9:00. M u c h in teres t is be ing s h o w n and each class has a n i n c r e a s i n g at tendance . T h e teachers are a l l e n l i s t e d m e n under the d i ­r e c t i o n of C. W . D a r r o w , E d u c a t i o n a l Sec­re tary of the b u i l d i n g .

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ever expect to hear f r o m me, d i d you? N o ? I thought as m u c h . W e l l , y o u see, I j u s t love to w r i t e l e t ters , r e g ' l a r ones, y o u k n o w . N o t the t e r r a - B i l l n i ce ones that you h a v e to be so c a r e f u l to have every w o r d jess so,— k u z y o u k n o w i f I f ee l I w a n t to say a w f u l , o f lu l ,—or a n y other c r a z y idea , w h y don't you see I can ' t have the reader of m y " M i s s i v e of D i s t r e s s , " a v e r y l i t e r a r y per­son, who upon r e c e i v i n g such a n o-f-f-u-1 le t ter , f r o w n over the top of h is h e a v i l y r i m m e d torto ise she l led glasses a n d i n agonized tones m u r m u r , " M y goodness ! H o w s h o c k i n g , no educat i on a t a l l , " a n d t h e n fee l s o r ry for me. Nope , 't won 't do. J e s t because I have been t h r o u g h the p r i m e r a n d the 3rd grade a - r i th -mat i c . Y e p ! B o t h of ' em. I haven ' t the v e r y least idea w h o y o u are. W h y you m a y even be the above-m e n t i o n e d person , but, o h ! k i n d s i r , i f y o u are, please, p lease , pass the message of s q u i r r e l food on to the s q u i r r e l , w h o w i l l not be bored to death by i ts nut t iness ? I can ' t say t h a t I 've seen y o u i n m y dreams , because, w h e n e v e r I d r e a m , i t ' s a n ight ­mare , and , of course , i t cou ldn ' t c o m p l i m e n t y o u to say y o u ' d figured i n those. N o p e ! W a n t to k n o w w h o I look l i k e ? W e l l , ac­c o r d i n g to present s ty les , f r o m the h e m of m y s k i r t d o w n , about 14, but f r o m m y co l ­l a r u p — o h ! I can ' t , i t h u r t s to t e l l — m a y b e 14 r eversed . H a ! H a ! N o , I don't , honest ­l y . W h y , I 'm b e a u t i f u l . D o n ' t I hate m y ­self, o' gosh ! I shood shay so. O h ! I k n o w w h a t you ' re s a y i n ' to yourse l f , tha t I ' m out

for a day a n d w i t h o u t m y at tendant . N o p e ! A g a i n , you ' re dead w r o n g . I 'm the safe a n d sane f o u r t h c h i l d of m y parents , who has on ly one fa ther and one mother , but be l ieve me w h e n I say I can be so ser ious , u m ! u r n ! Y o u can ' t guess. W h y , a lmos t l i k e a sad , s o l e m n af fair , such as wedd ings a n d sech l i k e . I shou ld say I 'm not m a r r i e d . D i d n ' t I just finish t e l l i n g y o u I was i n m y r i g h t m i n d ? It 's d r e a d f u l l y co ld . T h i s m o r n i n g at 5 o 'c lock i t was 26 degrees w a r m — f e l t cold though . Oh , yes ! I ' m up at five. T h i n k I 'd m a k e a so ld i e r ? I could get up e a r l y and b i l e the coffee. It 's n i ce a n d w a r m w h e r e y o u are , i sn ' t i t ? I k n o w sev­e r a l of the boys that went f r o m here , but they a l l have loads of r e l a t i o n s a n d f r i ends and I hear t h r o u g h t h e m . T h e y have sa id that some of the fe l lows don ' t receive m a n y le t ters a n d so, as I s a i d before, I l i k e to w r i t e , y e p ! o n l y one t h i n g I 'd r a t h e r do t h a n w r i t e l e t ters a n d that ' s " g i t ' e m . " N o w , are y o u go ing to a n s w e r t h i s ? I 'd l i k e to have y o u i f y o u care to, a n d i f y o u have a. c h u m , who 's l onesome, I'se a s i s ter w h o cou ld a n d w o u l d w r i t e to h i m , so send a l o n g a few names , a n d I ' l l see that they " g i t w r i t to? ' N e x t week , M o n d a y , N o v . 12th, I 'm go ing a w a y t i l l a f ter T h a n k s g i v i n g — E a s t of S y r a c u s e a n d to W a t e r t o w n , N . Y . —so , i f y o u care to w r i t e , w h y t r y a n d do i t th i s week, a n d t h e n I ' l l k n o w y o u r n a m e and w i l l w r i t e to y o u f r o m w h e r e I 'm v i s i t ­i n g . I 'm v e r y busy a l l of the t i m e a n d have been so for a year steady. I a m s o m e w h a t t i r e d jus t now as I sa id , up at 5 a. m. a n d not to bed a g a i n u n t i l 11 or 11:30 p. m., makes a l o n g day. So, I 'm t a k i n g a l i t t l e v a c a t i o n to get res ted up. A r e y o u v o t i n g t o m o r r o w ? Y e s ! R e p u b l i c a n or Demo­c r a t i c ? O h ! So that ' s i t . P r o h i b i t i o n , w e l l good for you . I k n e w y o u w e r e that sort of a f e l l ow. W e l l , a n y w a y , w h e t h e r y o u vote i t or not, I hope y o u r m i n d a n d ideas r u n that way . See, I t o ld you I c o u l d be ser ious , y ' b e t c h a ! B u t l i f e i sn ' t l o n g enough to be ser ious much, of the t i m e , i s i t ? N o , says you? C o r r e c t says I. W e l l , so ld ier boy, don't t h i n k I 'm bo ld or so ld ie r c r a z y or any­t h i n g l i k e that , for I 'm n o t — b u t I jus t thought some of the boys who d idn ' t get m a n y le t ters w o u l d l i k e to get t h e m . It 's a l i t t l e b reak i n the monotony of the gen­e r a l r o u t i n e for a l l of us. J u s t a l i t t l e g l impse now a n d . then of a w o r l d outs ide of our v e r y own . M a y b e next t i m e I c a n w r i t e s o m e t h i n g m o r e i n t e r e s t i n g . I hope so, don't you? Y e s ! I k n e w y o u w o u l d . W e l l , by, by, for t h i s t i m e . B e good a n d t rue , a n d r e m e m b e r , i f y o u have a mother she's p r a y i n g for y o u a n d i f you haven ' t , she's w a t c h i n g over you , a n d now God bless y o u a n d care for you .

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Edited By J . S. Kingsley.

T h e w a r s i t u a t i o n i n E u r o p e has not m a ­t e r i a l l y changed s ince our l as t issue. T h e B r i t i s h s t i l l h o l d the he ights ga ined a r o u n d C a m b r a i . L a s t week i t was t h o u g h t that the fighting i n that sect ion h a d ceased a n d a n a t tack near Y p r e s was expected. O n the c o n t r a r y the G e r m a n forces have made at­tack a f ter a t tack at C a m b r a i i n t h e i r at­tempts to dis lodge the B r i t i s h . T h e Ger­m a n s have sacri f iced great n u m b e r s of t h e i r m e n i n t h i s at tempt , e v i d e n t l y because she rea l i zes t h a t C a m b r a i he ights h o l d the k e y to a l a rge sector w h i c h , i n t u r n , protects the B e l g i a n coast where G e r m a n s u b m a r i n e s are , probably , s tat ioned . E v e n a casua l l a y observer can eas i l y see the i m p o r t a n c e of the B r i t i s h ga ins .

T h e G e r m a n s have kept up t h e i r a t tacks a l o n g the I t a l i a n f r o n t i e r w i t h o u t success. T h e A l l i e s have r u s h e d a i d to I t a l y , w h i c h was sore ly needed. T h e defense of the p l a i n a r o u n d V e n i c e has been the chief purpose of the I t a l i a n s . T h e G e r m a n s have been h a m m e r i n g w i t h i n t h i r t y m i l e s of V e n i c e , t h a t un ique a n d w o n d e r f u l c i ty , jus t the sort of a t r e a s u r y of a r t and of h i s t o r y that the H u n w o u l d l i k e to destroy. T h e T e u t o n is t r y i n g to get V e n i c e but for three weeks has been fo i led .

W h i l e the faster boats are se ldom v i c ­t i m s of the U-boat yet the s u b m a r i n e has been bu§y s i n k i n g about three boats a day. A s yet the A l l i e s can not produce sh ips as r a p i d l y as they are be ing sunk but sh ips p r a c t i c a b l y u n s i n k a b l e are b e i n g produced. A l l the A l l i e s have agreed upon one m a n ­agement of a l l s h i p p i n g i n order to produce the most efficient resu l t s .

T h e R u s s i a n u l t ra - soc ia l i s t s have made a n a r m i s t i c e w i t h G e r m a n y a n d are nego­t i a t i n g for peace. Y e t the R u s s i a n s i t u a t i o n has not c leared. U n l e s s R u s s i a is a n ex­cept ion to a l l h i s t o r y there w i l l be a severe counter r e v o l u t i o n soon due there. A s a whole t h i s l ias been a n A l l i e s ' week. A l ­though G e r m a n y has been even reckless i n her assaults she has made no g a i n to c om­pensate her for the losses.

T h e A m e r i c a n s p a r t i c i p a t e d i n two b r i l ­l i a n t episodes d u r i n g the past week. Sev­era l engineers who, h a v i n g been s u r r o u n d e d , were t a k e n pr i soners f e l l i n w i t h some B r i t ­i s h who rescued them. A n o t h e r p a r t y of A m e r i c a n s i n a motor car was cut off by a G e r m a n m a c h i n e g u n set i n the road . T h e A m e r i c a n s at f u l l speed r a n past the Teutons .

O u r government has dec lared w a r aga inst A u s t r i a - H u n g a r y - T h i s became necessa iy i n order to f u r n i s h I t a l y suppl ies a n d other a i d . T h e m a i n necessity , however , was to

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give A u s t r i a the status of a n enemy n a t i o n so that our government could proper ly hand le A u s t r i a n s i n t h i s country , h u n d r e d s of w h o m have been ac t i ve ly engaged aga ins t our interests .

I T h e A papa, a B r i t i s h s teamship , was s u n k i by two torpedoes; the passengers were placed into l i f e boats a n d rowed a w a y f r o m the s i n k i n g sh ip w h i l e the s u b m a r i n e she l led the passengers i n the l i f e boats w h i c h c a r ­r i ed w o m e n and c h i l d r e n .

T h e chef of the W a l d o r f - A s t o r i a has made a cake w e i g h i n g 360 pounds, which, w i l l be sent to F r a n c e for the centerpiece of a C h r i s t ­mas table laden for A m e r i c a n so ld iers .

A F r e n c h m u n i t i o n sh ip . co l l ided w i t h a B e l g i a n re l i e f sh ip i n H a l i f a x harbor , re­s u l t i n g i n an explos ion fe l t over a r a d i u s of 75 mi les . Over 800 l ives were lost i n H a l i f a x .

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K o o t i — B r e a d (II i n (1 u s t a n i ) . R i v e t e r — M a e h i i I e gun. B u m - j a r — A trench-made explosive consist­

ing roughly of 200 pounds of powder i n a rough cast ing , fired f r om a trench-mortar .

S a m m i e s — T h i s name lias been w i d e l y adopt­ed b y the B r i t i s h as a name for their A m e r i ­can comrades i n arms. I t may be an A n g l i ­c ized vers ion of the F r e n c h ' ' Nos amis,, J ;

but is probab ly der ived f r om the appel lat ion " Unc l e 8am.> •

S k i l l y — A stew. Suic ide C l u b — B o m b i n g squad or advanced

machine-gun squad. S. O. L . — D e l e t e . A p p l i e d to a n y t h i n g that

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1 c Cela ne f a i t r i e n . ? ; M e a n i n g same as Napoo.

T i c k l e r s ' A r t i l l e r y — A bombing squad. T y p e w r i t e r — A machine gun. L o c a l A m e r i c a n r e c r u i t i n g officers advise a

f a m i l i a r i t y w i t h these strange t rench -wwds and idioms. — K I T S F O R C A V A L R Y M I L I T A R Y S C H O O L

M E N . 1 T h e C a v a l r y M i l i t a r y School , of N e w Y o r k , has requested T H E W A D S W O R T H G A S A T T A C K

to f u r n i s h the addresses of the fol lowing-men , i n order that they m a y receive a C h r i s t ­mas k i t f r o m the above o r g a n i z a t i o n :

J . B r a d y , 102d E n g i n e e r s ; J o h n A l e x a n ­der, 107th I n f a n t r y ; H a r o l d P e r k i n s , 107th I n f a n t r y ; Sergt . Peter Gesner , 104th or the 105th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y ; W . C. B r i g g s , R . M o n t g o m e r y , J. N i l e s , W m . T r a c y , 12th N . Y . I n f a n t r y ; Rene F e r m i l l y e , 106th I n f a n ­t r y ; H . D. L o p e r , A m m u n i t i o n * T r a i n .

It is f u r t h e r requested t h a t a l l en l i s ted men i n a n y w a y connected w i t h the above school f o r w a r d t h e i r names a n d addresses i n order to have t h e m l i s t e d i n i t s records , and to add stars to i t s service flag, w h i c h now n u m b e r s one h u n d r e d a n d t h i r t y - t w o .

A d d r e s s : C o l . W a r d H . L a s h e r , C a v a l r y M i l i t a r y School , 209 West 129th Street , N e w Y o r k C i t y .

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A board of officers, to consist of C o l . James R . H e w l e t t , 14til i n f a n t r y ; M a j . L y m a n A . W o o d , 74th i n f a n t r y ; M a j . R. W. H i n d s , :106th f ield a r t i l l e r y , is appo inted to invest igate the r a i l r o a d acc ident at Woodruff , S. C , on December 1, result ing" i n the death of P r i ­vate C h a r l e s M a r t i n a n d Joseph F . C u r t i , 47th i n f a n t r y .

A board of officers, to consist of L i e u t . •Col. W i n . R . Pooley , 74th i n f a n t r y ; M a j . James B . S c h u y l e r , 14th i n f a n t r y , a n d M a j . L . A . S a l i s b u r y , 106th i n f a n t r y , is appointed to invest igate the r a i l r o a d acc ident at d r o v e r , N . C , on December 1, r e s u l t i n g i n the death of P r i v a t e M a r s h a l l G o l l . 5th company, 102d supp ly t r a i n .

B O Y S S O L D I E R S I N G E R M A N Y . I n t i m a t i o n s that G e r m a n y is p l a n n i n g to

force boys of 16 and 17 years into the a r m y are conta ined i n an appeal a p p e a r i n g i n the E'ssen G e n e r a l A n z e i g e r that they i m m e d i ­ate ly j o i n the j u v e n i l e corps.

" T h i s great s t rugg le between the na ­t i ons ; " says- the newspaper , " w i l l necess i ­

tate those who are now 16 a n d 17 be ing ca l led up at no v e r y remote date for arm\ serv ice . "

P A Y Y O U R P A R C E L P O S T T A X . The f o l l o w i n g W a r T a x on P a r c e l s P o s t is

effective December 1st, 1917, a n d is payable by a war revenue s tamp to be affixed at i l ie t ime of m a i l i n g by the sender.

" O n parce l post subject to 25 cents post­age the tax is 1 cent.

" O n parcels on w h i c h the postage amounts to f r o m 26 to 50 cents the tax is two cents each, and so on . "

Postage stamps are not v a l i d for t h i s .tax and no parcels w i l l be t r a n s p o r t e d u n t i l th i s tax is p a i d on same.

A s the vo lume of m a i l for t h i s C a m p w i l l be t remendous . at C h r i s t m a s t i m e so ld iers can expedite i t s de l i v e r y by g i v i n g t h e i r correct address to the people at home.

B e l o w is a sample address : (Pv t . ) J o h n Jones,

B a t t e r y Y or (Co. X ) . . F i e l d A r t i l l e r y (or other r e g i m e n t No. ) C a m p W a d s w o r t h , S p a r t a n b u r g , S. C.

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At the old Yuletlde dance in Merrie England, years ago, the young men were entitled to kisses, if the girls could be caught under the mistletoe boughs with which the dance halls were decorated. We hope when the American boys get "Over There", they will be fortunate enough to catch some of the bright-eyed Brltains or those of La France, "Under the Mistletoe Boughs/' I hope, too, that when the war is over the American boys will safely return to every day business. In the meantime it Is nec­essary for us to economize. Remember that the dollar you spend fool­ishly Is a lost friend gone forever.

If you are going to send Ghristmas presents, send substantial gifts like GOLLINS offers at the BEE HIVE, that will be useful after Christ­mas Is over.

I want you to know that the BEE HIVE can save you money on every purchase.

I buy direct from manufacturers which places me In the position to save you paying middlemen's profits.

I buy for cash and sell for cash which places me In a position to sell for less.

I own my own store houses so that I am not compelled to tack on extra charges for store rents.

Here's wishing you a Merry Ghristmas and a Happy New Year. J . D. GOLLINS.

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W o m e n F r i e n d s of Soldiers U n d e r t a k e to P r o ­v ide a N e e d T h a t Is K e e n l y F e l t — W i l l

B e Opened to Soldiers Soon.

R e a l i z i n g that something more is needed i n the c i t y of S p a r t a n b u r g for the enlisted men i n the w a y of social enterta inment than is furn ished 'by the churches, the Y . M . C. A . a n d the efforts of the c it izens general ly , open handed as the ir h o s p i t a l i t y has been, some of the ladies connected w i t h the 27th d i v i ­sion have under taken to equip and m a i n t a i n a so ld ier ' s club w h i c h w i l l fill a need that is not quite met b y any of the other agencies here.

A p r e l i m i n a r y organizat ion has been f o rm­ed, and the movement has gone f a r enough to insure that i t w i l l be carr ied through. A b u i l d i n g on M a i n street has been secured and plans for i ts remodel ing have been made b y L i e u t . P a u l F . M a n n , a w e l l known N e w Y o r k architect , who is an officer i n the 27th d i v i ­s ion. The p r e l i m i n a r y board of managers consists of Co l . George A . W i n gate, c h a i r m a n ; D r . Bosa IT. G a n t t , v ice c h a i r m a n ; M r s . Ghauncey J . H a m l i n , H . B . Car l i s l e , M r s . W a l ­ter I I . Sehoelkopf , IT. F . M c G e e , E . F . B e l l , J . C. E v i n s and T. W . G a r v i n .

The b u i l d i n g committee consists of I I . F . M c G e e , M r s . Chauneey H a m l i n , J . C. E v i n s , E . F . B e l l , M a j . J . D . K i l p a t r i c k .

I t is the purpose of those interested i n the c l u b ' t h a t i t sha l l not be l i m i t e d to the enter­ta inment of the 27th d i v i s i o n alone, but that the club shal l be established b y the d i v i s i o n and that i t sha l l continue when that d i v i s i o n has le f t for F r a n c e and other troops come to Spar tanburg , so that i t sha l l be a permanent i n s t i t u t i o n as long as the w a r lasts.

F o r the thousands of soldiers here who have a social status at home and are used to some­t h i n g more than the customary environment of the enl isted m a n ' s l i f e , the s i tuat i on here is fe l t keenly . The people of the community have put f o r t h splendid efforts to f u r n i s h wholesome entertainment for the soldiers, and have succeeded i n a large measure, but i t is mani f e s t l y impossible for a c i t y of 22,000 to f u r n i s h adequate and v a r i e d entertainment for 33,000 men, many of whom are f r om the largest c i t y i n the w o r l d . The Y . M . C. A . b u i l d i n g in the c i t y is crowded every n ight , the hotels are f i l l e d , the restaurants are t u r n ­i n g away hundreds n i g h t l y , the movies are jammed, the church entertainment committees have more than they can do. The proposed club w i l l fill a rea l and keenly fe l t need.

I t is p lanned to have the club ready for opening w i t h i n a v e r y short t ime. There w i l l be a canteen where meals can be served at the lowest cost possible, a l oung ing room, an aud i tor ium, shower baths, etc. Those who have been w o r k i n g on the project have been assured of f i n a n c i a l support b y l o ca l people and b y N e w Y o r k fr iends of the soldiers who are here.

' ' A L W A Y S O N T H E A L E R T .

F o u r D o u g h t y Doughboys Que l l P a n i c i n M o v i e s .

South C h u r c h Stree t was as quiet as S o u t h C h u r c h Street . S u d d e n l y a vo ice r e n t the e v e n i n g a i r . " L a w s e e ! " i t sa id , " D e ole mov ie m a c h i n e she done gone bus ' a n d de place is a f i re . " T h e vo ice came f r o m a negro mov ie . T h e audience t u r n e d as pa le as was poss ib le under the c i r c u m s t a n c e s . T h e n i t got p a n i c k y . It dec ided , a l m o s t as one m a n a n d w o m a n , that i t was g o i n g a w a y f r o m there a n d into the coo l e v e n i n g a i r . A l s o i t was go ing q u i c k l y . A pan i c , f o l l owed by a few funera l s , was i n the a i r .

B u t Sergeant H e n r y E i s n e r , Co . B . , 47th Inf., a n d P r i v a t e s J i m m y Duf fy a n d J a c k F l y n n , of Co . L . , 105th Inf., a n d P r i v a t e W . H . D e r r , H e a d q u a r t e r s Co., 108th Inf. were w a l k i n g the streets i n a m i l i t a r y m a n n e r , k e e p i n g a l w a y s on the a ler t . T h e y h e a r d the noise . T h e y r u s h e d in to the theatre .

' Y o u can ' t h o l d a pan i c i n h e r e , " Sergeant E i s n e r shouted . " I t ' s aga ins t orders . B a n d , s t r i k e up ' T u r k e y i n the H a y . ' T a k e i n s t r u ­ments . P l a y ! ' "

T h e m u s i c a n d the presence of the so ld iers soothed the f r i g h t e n e d mov ie patrons . T h e b u r n i n g r e e l was tossed in to the street , the l ights were t u r n e d on. T h e doughboys h a d saved the day.

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( C o n t i n u e d f r o m page 8) E a s t a n d W e s t a n d send i t to the D i v i s i o n Q u a r t e r m a s t e r who d o u b t f u l l y t u r n e d i t over to the B o a r d of S u r v e y .

F o r two l o n g months I . a w a i t e d resu l t s as a f a r m e r looks for the f i rst g reen shoot f r o m the p l a n t e d seed. A t the end of two months , s o m e t h i n g happened .

F o r m N o . 196 A . G. O. i n t r i p l i c a t e re­t u r n e d home w i t h a br ie f note a t tached , s o m e t h i n g on t h i s o r d e r :

" N o v . 0, 1917. " F r o m , B o a r d of S u r v e y , Q. M . C.

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•—Tag, i dent i f i ca t i on . " O n a t tached f o r m Q. M . C, N o . 196 A . G.

O. 'One (1) Ident i f i ca t i on T a g a n d T a p e ' s h o u l d have been w r i t t e n :

" O n e (1) T a g , ident i f i ca t i on . " O n e (1) Tape , yd . , for tag , ident i f i ca t i on . " C o r r e c t a n d r e t u r n .

" I . M . O N J O B , " C o l o n e l , Q. M . C.

" I . R . A . F L I V V E R , " L i e u t . U . S. R. ,

" A s s t . C h i e f of Staff. " U . R . N O T T ,

" C a p t . A d j . Q. M . C , "

T h e S u p p l y Sergeant e m p h a t i c a l l y a n d c o n v i n c i n g l y exp la ined to me a l l the t r o u b l e I h a d caused a n d suggested that , a f ter a l l , I m i g h t jus t as w e l l have the tag a n d tape c h a r g e d aga ins t m y pay r o l l .

A l l F o r T w o Cents. D i s c o u r a g e d a n d res igned I consented to

th i s a c t i o n a n d F o r m 602 Q. M . C. was t h e n p r o m p t l y made out i n dup l i ca te , a g a i n s ign­ed by a l l concerned a n d presented to the R e g i m e n t a l S u p p l y Sergeant af ter h a v i n g been O. K . ' d and K . Oed. by the " T o p " Ser­geant, C a p t a i n a n d R e g i m e n t a l S u p p l y Offi­cer .

" B y the way , Sergeant , " I a s k e d , sudden ly b e i n g s t r u c k w i t h a C a l a m i t y J a n e i n s p i r a ­t i o n . "I-Iow m u c h is a l l th i s g o i n g to set me b a c k ? "

V i s i o n s of fees a n d court costs a n d a l l these th ings c lashed before m y eyes.

T h e S u p p l y Sergeant s u s p i c i o u s l y l ooked up at me, reached for a p a m p h l e t k n o w n as G. O. 17, Q. M . C , searched i ts pages a n d t h e n a n n o u n c e d :

" O n e cent for the tag a n d one cent, for the tape . "

O n the last pay day I re ce ived o n l y $29.98 of m y $30 m o n t h l y sa lary .

I d i s l i k e S u p p l y Sergeants . T h e y annoy me.

— V . R. , Co. K . , 107th XL S. Inf.

G a z e t t i n g M i s s Gasette. M i s s Grace Gasette, a Chicago nurse at

the f ront i n F r a n c e , has been g iven the cross of the L e g i o n of Honor and elected an honor­ary corporal .

G E N E R A L R U M O R . C h i e f of Staff for G e n e r a l N u i s a n c e , r i d ­

i n g h i s f avor i t e s teed—el L u m p o de Toro . B o r n i n B u l l R u n , V a , , 1860. A t t e n d e d P u b ­l i c Schoo l i n D u r h a m , N . C , 1861-2. H i g h Schoo l at Cowpens, S. C , 1865-67. E n t e r e d college, at M a t t e a w a n , N . Y . , 1869. Re leased , 1900.

Passed W e s t P o i n t , on w a y to N e w Y o r k , on a H u d s o n R i v e r D a y Boat . W o r k e d on P h i l a d e l p h i a E v e n i n g B u l l e t i n , 1901-1907. A p p o i n t e d h i m s e l f G e n e r a l , 1908. A p p o i n t ­ment conf irmed by h imse l f , 1909. A t t e n d e d the school of the p i c k e t l i n e , 1910-13. A i d e de scamp to G e n e r a l M i s i n f o r m a t i o n , 1913-1915. C o m m a n d e r - i n - C h i e f of Ch i cago Stock Y a r d s A r m y , 1915-1917. A t t a c h e d h i m s e l f to the 27th D i v i s i o n , 1917.

H O W ' D Y O U L I K E A F A R M ? A t the present session of Congress Senator

H a r d i n g , of Ohio, hopes to get a b i l l passed w h i c h w i l l g ive every A m e r i c a n soldier at the end of the war an opportuni ty to become the owner of a smal l f a r m . H e believes the farms should be made ava i lab le to the sol­diers at a price regulated by the goverment and on the basis of moderate instalments .

P R E T T Y S O F T F O R C L A U D E .

Escapes K i t c h e n Po l i c e and A l l H e Gets Is Three Years i n J a i l and a B o b - T a i l .

Camp Meade , M d . , — P r i v a t e Claude W . E n -low, of P h i l a d e l p h i a , a member of the 315th regiment, was sentenced to three y e a r s 7 i m ­prisonment and dishonorable discharge f r om the service for re fus ing to obey the commands of his superior officers when ordered to do k i t chen police duty. H e also for fe i ts a l l pay and allowances. K i t c h e n police duty con­sists of peel ing potatoes, wash ing dishes and otherwise ass ist ing the cook. E v e r y p r i v a t e is expected to per form i t in his t u r n .

T O ST . P A U L M E N . A l l a l u m n i of S a i n t P a u l ' s school are r e ­

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O N G U A R D ! The Rook ie Speaks.

"Now it 's half-past one on a frosty night " A n d it 's cold as cold can be;

" rT irs overhead, and the moon is bright , ' T u t what do the\ mean to me?

'For they've dumped me down on a blooming post

"'Where it 's dark and lone and drear ; i t ' s nice in camp where the sergeant is,

" B u t it 's damn poor stuff out here.

'Now my g i r l she's home and i t ' s w a r m there, too,

"'''And i t 's nice1 as nice can be: ' Hut she may be t a l k i n g 1 o B i l l y or H u g h

" A n d not th ink a th ing of me.

"For they've put mo into a uniform " A n d it 's line a l l r ight , a l l r i g h t :

T i n strong for the life of a soldier, sure, " B u t I'm sick of it to-night.

"And I want to go where the bright lights are "Where there's fun and grub and noise;

" Mil l Pm stuck to a blooming siphon house "Instead of out w i t l i the boys.

"'For the sergeant, ho up and put me here, " A n d he says, now hold that down ;

T u t r don't want to stay, and I 'm going away, "Come on, and w e l l go to town."

The V e t e r a n Speaks. "Yon make me sick wi th your yel l and kick ,

"You ' re a hell of a man. you are; 'You 're a good-for-nothing snivel l ing k i d

" Y o u just made a damn fine speech, you d i d ; "You've fixed yourself for a ju icy sk id ,

"You 've just wont too darned far .

"You talk of the cold, well wait t i l l you hold ' 'Your gun in an ice-caked m i t t ;

"The job's a l l r ight if your mind is set " A n d A our toes turn out. but \ on can bet " T h e y ' l l be turned right up in ihe slush and wet

" I f A on even whisper 'quit . '

"Ytju'rr t ired out! W e l l , 1 gotta shout " A t the talks of the likes of y o u ;

")'ou'rr got a cot. You get grub that 's hot, " A n d you may believe it . and maybe not, " T u t it 's gospel t ruth . K i d . you bet you got

" L o t s more1 than some folks j know.

") ou never ate from a washbowl plate " X o r slept on a junior cot :

" A o n never done with one blanket — One! "We did. my boy. and we called it fun " A n d I ' l l kick the first darned son-of-o-gun

" T h a t hollers he don't know what.

") on wash \our face—You're a plum disgrace " Y o u r kind—Yon a soldier! You?

T S o m o time next year when the pears is ripe " Y o u ' l l be somot hing more than a T i b of tr ipe ' ) on spoil our record \ on l ittle snipe

" A n d I ' l l l am you, P. I). <>.

' You'd cut and run for a bunch of f u n — " A n d m a \ b e - - M y Cod. you pup I

"A on'd shoot the work of t1 thousand men " F o r a dame and dance and some eats and

then—• "It you ever open your head again

"He damned but I ' l l eatcha up."

" C a p t a i n , can I have a transfer ' ' W h y are you always a s k i n g for t r a n s ­

f e r s ? " " I used to go home on the P>. R. T. ' '

1 0 5 T H I N F A N T R Y . P r i v a t e D o w l i n g , of the S a n i t a r y D e t a c h ­

ment , is i n T r o y on f u r l o u g h . J i m m y W h i t e , p r e m i e r t r o m b o n i s t of the

105th band , has rece ived a n S. C. D. D i s ­charge and left . T h i s leaves a vacancy that " C h i e f " F e y l w i l l find dif f icult i n filling. J i m m y was one of the best m u s i c i a n s i n h i s l i n e t h a t the a r m y has yet produced.

T h e I l d q r . Co. also loses the services of " H a p p y " D e n n i n , the cook, who goes home on a d i s a b i l i t y d ischarge .

P r i v . Jos . Jones, of F Co., rece ived an S. C. D . th i s week.

D Co. loses P v t s . D o r i n g , K a n e , M a r l s e y and M e l o n for the same r e a s o n — a l l of them are T r o y boys.

P v t . M a r t i n , of the S a n i t a r y Det chment , has been t r a n s f e r r e d to the 105th F i e l d H o s p i t a l u n i t .

P r i v a t e " M a r t i n , of the S u p p l y Co.., has. t a k e n the H o o v e r Course i n E c o n o m y . A T r o y f r i e n d of h i s presented h i m w i t h a lonesome l o o k i n g V i c t o r P h o n o g r a p h record . I n order to use the record M a r t i n spent fifteen per fect ly good d o l l l a r s for a m a c h i n e to p lay i t .

P r i v a t e W e n n , of K Co., reported at s i ck c a l l the other m o r n i n g . T h e doctor asked h i m h i s n a m e —

S a i d W e n n : " W e n n . " S a i d the D o c t o r : " N o w . " A n d then W e n n went to the Base H o s ­

p i t a l a n d W e n n -don't k n o w w h e n he w i l l come o u t — F a c t .

L u c k y L u c k h u r s t , of the S a n i t a r y , is s t i l l s h o v i n g out the stew three t imes a day.

W o o l e n c l o t h i n g has now been issued to p r a c t i c a l l y a l l the enl i s ted m e n of the com­m a n d .

" D u t c h " A s h l e y and Pete R u s h l o w , of Hclqrs. Co., recent ly p a i d a v i s i t to f r i ends of the i r s i n Gaffney, S. C.

L a r g e heaters for the mess h a l l s have a r r i v e d a n d w i l l s h o r t l y be i n use.

Plot water t a n k s are be ing i n s t a l l e d a l o n g " B a t h House Row 7 . " •

" O x i e " B e r n a d i n , of B Co., has been given, a w a r r a n t as sergeant. H e is one. of the best boys i n the reg iment a n d - w i l l undoubt ­edly m a k e one of the most popular non-coms i n B Co.

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S ince T h a n k s g i v i n g the subject has been on every tongue, has been, argued pro a n d con, t h r a s h e d out i n d i v i d u a l l y a n d col lec­t i v e l y , theories advanced a n d r u m o r s floated; and Then the who le t h i n g passed into h i s t o r y on W e d n e s d a y afternoon w h e n eleven h u s k y pr iva tes , t r i e d a n d true , h u m b l e d the h a u g h t y non-coms to the tune of 12 to 0.

T h e game was f u l l of pep f r o m start to finish a n d every b i t of t e r r i t o r y ga ined was s t u b b o r n l y contested. I n the second quar­ter the pr iva tes , re lying" on the fierce l i n e p lunges of Jones , L a V a l l e , a n d the end r u n s of J o h n s o n . E l l i s a n d H e n r y , w o r k e d the b a l l down to the f ive-yard l i n e a n d a last f u r i o u s p lunge by L a V a l l e took the ba l l over the l i n e for the p r i v a t e s ' f irst score. T h e k i c k f r o m p lacement f a i l e d a n d the non-coms took the k i c k but lost i t on downs.

A criss-cross enabled J o h n s o n to break t h r o u g h the oppos ing backs a n d i n a spec­t a c u l a r dash he took the b a l l a g a i n to the non-coms' f ive-yard l i n e . E n c o u r a g e d by t h i s , the pr ivates , a m i d f r a n t i c r oars of t h e i r backers on the s ide- l ines , tore the non-coms' l ine to shreds a n d a g a i n scored, Jones t a k i n g the b a l l across the l i n e .

T h e second h a l f was the most t h r i l l i n g of the two and t i m e af ter t i m e the spectators he ld t h e i r breath as accurate pass ing a n d l o n g end r u n s b r o u g h t the b a l l dangerous ly near the non-com's goal , but D a m e F o r ­tune s m i l e d no more on e i ther side a n d the game ended w i t h o u t f u r t h e r s cor ing .

W h e n the company assembled for d r i l l last M o n d a y m o r n i n g they were t o ld to pre ­pare for a day in. the field, so haversacks were filled w i t h bacon, potatoes, bread a n d apples, a n d h o s p i t a l corps pouches a n d other equ ipment were h u r r i e d l y e x a m i n e d before be ing b u c k l e d in to pos i t i on . U n d e r com­m a n d of L i e u t s . T r u e x , B a l l a n t y n e a n d Mo-PC em y, fifty-one m e n s tar ted for the woods and creek i n back of the camp. On a r r i v ­i n g there , L i e u t . T r u e x h a d the m e n pre­pare a d r e s s i n g s ta t i on under the h i g h levels of the creek banks a n d L i e u t s . B a l l a n t y n e a n d M c K e m y placed w o u n d m a r k e r s on some of the men a n d secreted t h e m i n the b r u s h . W h e n a l l was ready , l i t t e r bearers were sent out to find, bandage, a n d t i c k e t the wounded and t h e n b r i n g them, back on stretchers .

T h i s w o r k took most of the m o r n i n g a n d after a s imp le m e a l cooked over the coals of a wood fire, the m e n stretched out under the pines a n d were content w i t h the w o r l d . T h e Top Sergeant, H a r r y F i s h , finally sum­moned t h e m back to w o r k a n d after a short lecture a n d d r i l l , the company r e t u r n e d back-to camp, t i r e d a n d happy .

I n the evenings the concerts in. No . 5 tent by " T e s s i e " D e G a r l a n d w i t h h is saxo­phone a n d c l a r i n e t a n d " P a t s y " of the 107th, w i t h ' h i s v i o l i n are very m u c h enjoyed and the tent is u s u a l l y crowded to i ts capac i ty w h i l e " T e s s " a n d h i s crew favor t h e m w i t h both c lass i ca l a n d r a g t i m e mus i c .

On Wednesday e v e n i n g an i m p r o m p t u en­

t e r t a i n m e n t took place i n the mess h a l l . A f t e r the audience h a d app lauded " R o t " H e n r y ' s solos, C o r p o r a l S c h i n d l e r ' s stor ies , a n d J a c k L a yd en's c lever soft-shoe d a n c i n g , S i g n o r A l b e r t o U r i n o s i o F l i n t b rought tears to the eyes of h i s audience w h e n , supported ab ly by J a c k L a y den, he produced a sketch e n t i t l e d " A M o t h e r ' s L o v e . " T h e applause was so pers i s tent that the S i g n o r consented to r e t u r n to the stage a n d showed that h i s ta lents were m a n y by execut ing some v e r y c lever c log d a n c i n g a n d finished by render ­i n g the yode l song, "S leep B a b y , S l eep" in. a m a n n e r that brought d o w n the house.

P r i v a t e F i r s t Class F r a n c i s D . C'onroy was ca l led home on account of the ser ious i l lness of h i s mother , on. N o v e m b e r 25th. P r i v a t e F i r s t Class George R . Dous t and P r i v a t e s A l b e r t D. L e w i s , F r a n k J . M u l h e r -i n , E d w a r d F . E d g r e n a n d F r e d e r i c k W . S w i f t left on 10-day f u r l o u g h s for Syracuse . L u c k y cusses.

O u r popular " s k i p p e r , " Capt . L a t t a , re­t u r n e d Wednesday after a 10-day leave of absence spent i n Syracuse . H e r e m a r k e d upon the " d e a d " appearance of the t o w n caused by the absence of the m a n y y o u n g men i n the service .

F i r s t L i e u t . J o h n W . M c K e m y , M . R . C , of D a y t o n , Ohio , has been ass igned to th i s company to fill the vacancy caused by L i e u t . S c h w a r t z ' s r e s i g n a t i o n . T h e fe l lows have a l ready voted h i m a good scout and hope h i s new ass ignment pleases h i m as m u c h as i t does them. A . K . M .

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