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BRIG. GEN. WEIGEL
COMMANDS HANCOCK
• Continued from page one.
"l has-been"- everywhere
that Old Glory has flown J vltb ir t j b ® the
ceotioD of and C.h » istit
Boxe war of 1900 consecu
will .ave seen th / it d States army,
tive service in the br.it.« P( , iT .» er hav-
General Weigel is a W«t P 1887
in „ been graduated in the class oi 100,
awswrssjss
fiawssWaus;
nadian border, serving at Fort NW r.
mT to Timberlß9l. he, with several
other officers, went t< ’in°
study of military conditions in the Old
World and there remained until June ».
1392. During that time he
the places Prominently mentioned in th
war news of today apd mariy
reviews of the German arn Y.'J? th,
then was making preparations for tin
conflict which it is waging today.
Six Months Among Indians.
Upon his return to this country he re
joined the Seventh Regiment, the" sta
tioned at Whipple Barracks. Atssona.
leaving there on October 10, 1893. to take
command of Company A. of the regiment
then detailed to the White Mountain In
dian reservation at San Carlos. Arizona
He spent six months among the aborig
ines, having charges, in addition to his
own company, of the Apache Indian
' In the spring of 1894 ™7 , !?" ant^ t e .L
roi was recalled to the Umt< A, Stater
MHitarv Academy at West Point as an
instructor, taking un bis duties Were or
April Ist. and remaining there until the
outbreak of the Finish-American war
four -ears Inter. When the war broke
out T.ientonnnt Weiro! was ordered t'
report at Caron Pisek, Long Island. N
y Where t- nested in the mustering n
of the Now York -date volunteers. Shorn
afterword- he was appointed atde-de.
eamn to Brigadier General Alexander C
M. Pennington, with the rank of .irs
ilei’topant. , ,
Poforo the eios- of the war ba WS de
tailed hv Maier Gcne-al Serene! B. M
Voime to lpv e”t find establish a cam
nt Montauk Point. T.ong Island, for th'
pr ln<» of trnnno returning from
Cnb „ n„ November 9Cth 1898. T.ionten.
pnt Weigel wos nmmntod to P eanta In
p,.,1 reverted a" m>-rte-mn-der tn Urie,
-dfor General rr-er'es F. Hnmnhrev
Havana. Goha. ’Thirteen months ””»s th'
oxterf of h's +"•• -of 'tntv in Cuba
on December ’lth I‘ ,n n. he was nrdem,’
tn Ran ’nnn P-r’- Plan to t»Ve im the
duties of -ea'mantnl mmrtormnstor of th'
post of Ran Tnen his n'<l onm-
T'lnv tl'a ytovonth Ir’nntr-'. was thor
stationed Ho rntrmnefl with h's reel,
mart tn th- st-’-a -rr'vlne nt Waeh'"*r
tnn P.V--W WatfbP»~tr-n. D. C.. on De
cemher k” 1 -r --me »..nr
Phllinntno Insurrection.
When the Philippine insurrection broke
out on 1901. Cant. Weigel took his com
pany to the islands and located at Taclo
ban' T.evte. It was in this campaign tha’
he distinguished himself » n d helped ver
materially to nut an end to the Iggorotes
who were then terrorizing the islands
While stationed nt Rn'anglga. Samar, he
with 48 men. was -tirroimded bv the war
ing natives a-d for sixteen davs. wr. k
scant food and little emmunatlon. tti~»
held off n. band of natives, who shortly
before had massacred Company C of th'
Nin’h Tnfnntrv. P» remained in the Is
lands until Tnlv 15th. 1998. having ns: ♦<-
cinatod in the Snrsrao expedition, which
was the last organized outburst of, the
warlil'o islands.
Tn November. 1999 Captain Weige.l re
turned tn this ommtrv and tok nn tlm
duties of construction ouartermaster nt
Fort Sher'dan. 111. Hero he remained
following th- comnietinn of the post. r»iti’
September 25. 19’7. when be was sent tn
the N’ghtoenth Infantry then miarterod
at Fort T,eavenwnr*h. Has. Remaining
there but ton d-’-e bn left with his regi
ment for tb— T’appyptrrt Te'ands, arriving
at Camp Kett’-'ev, Mindanao on No
vember Ist, Hie encord ’Unit to the
Island- w as of a ’wo-voar duration, dur
ing which t*me b- v'ns commanding an
nntnort nt Mnrnb.o y .nV P 'T,n nP „ Novem
ber. 1999. frw-'d him bock in the. states
stationed at Dor' "rnrlrenzin. Wvn. with
the Biebte.-nth Tnfnntry. On March 12
19’9. Canteen Wplyol was promoted to
ma-inr. wssnm'rr- command of a battalion
of the Second Tnfnntrv.
That the state from which his present
cohorts hall Is not unfamiliar to him
is nroven bv the fact that he participated
in the maneuvers of the Second Infantr
at fiettvsburg. Pa., during the summer of
1910 and later took charge of recruiting
duty in Philadelphia, remaining in the
Keystone state from September, 1910 until
April. 1912.
y,. ,T ?’ on tn active duty, Maio-
Vvmgel was assigned to the Twentv-th'rd
Infantry, then stationed at Fort Benia
w»r.rl!’°ni I’" 1 ' whßre he remained
until Villa, and his bandits began stirring
UP troub’e along the Mexican border
Peavine lnd »m;. Milor Weigel went tc
Texas ( ttv. To- where ho acted as pro
vost marshal of the second division un
der Major General William H. Carter.
thn Border
’P'e-mmng of 1914 found Major
TVein-o) ■H’ insnftoior.Jnntrnctnr nf
the New York N»t'«n-u c„ ar d with head
rmnrters nt New Y-bk Citv. H» retained
this position un’ii October 29 1915, when
Cm Mexican ’rouble hc-"me •’cpte. and Im
ret.weed »o the T.oim S’ar State being
assigned F-rt Crockett with the Twen
tv-third Tnf«ptrv.
T.enving Terns osriv fu Motor
tVeur-l wont t- F'-t ykofi.. Hnwaiw-
Islands, with the Second Infantry. H'
joined the reg’mont on Arndt 13th and o-
July 1 ryan -.".ointod lieutenant colonel
He corrm.pni-d I'm r--i n , ent
time imti’ Ms- 15 1917 wh,., be was
trnnsferrerl to the goconrl Infent-y -s r
colonel nnd -ssigned to Schofield Bar
rpoi.-s, Htived.
ri'i August f.th rs ip«t v»sr, Colons'
Weigel war > -nmoted s o the r” nk o'
brlg’d-er r-mmru in ’he national -.rmv
b'l* he rom'.lncd n'’h tbn Second Tn.
fnn’rn jn the a-Undo until Sen’-ndm
-3 'o’7 Vine, bn ro’nmbd tn the t’nl’ofl
States pod ’n,'.’. ,bnnp. A ns the Goo Hun
dred P"'l T.';ct v-fl~et Hemet Rr’mndo p’
Comp 1~lev«.n« vt. lus Wlm n Drlwedier
General /HHirt T l/.c-m was reUaved n f
the command of the Flttn-slrth Infantry
Brigade. Tmentv.eighth Division, nn .Tan
ary 39. 191? the brigade was placed fn
ehe»» a of TJeutenart Colonel Bruce Gam-
TRENCH AND CAMP
ble, who remained in command until the
arrival of Brigadier General Weigel i»
Camp Hancock. March 24, 1918.
General Weigel was born at New
Brunswick, N. J., on August 25, 1863.
and was graduated from the high school
there on June 21, 1881. In a competi
tive examination he was awarded a
cadetship at West Point.by the late Con
gressman Miles Ross, then representing
the Third Congressional District of New
Jersey, and a brilliant military career
was begun.
HAVERSACK THEATER
WILL PUT ON SHOW
(Continued from page one.J
have at last been given an opportunity to
see the motion pictures made of them as
they drilled and maneuvered on the pa
rade ground last January. The facilities
of Building 232 were taxed to the utmost 1
during Thursday and Friday by the men
who came in large groups to see these
pictures, completely filling the building
six times in one day. On Friday evening
they were shown to an appreciative crowd
of divisional officers and their relatives;
and at that time there was also shown
a short reel of pictures of the old Eight
eenth Regiment, N. G.P., taken at the
time at their departure from Pittsburg
arid showing also their entrance into
Camp Hancock. The use of this very
interesting reel was made possible bv the
kindness of Captain H. S. Cain of the
111th Infantry.
The appearance of Building 232 has
been considerably impro'Gfed during the
past week; on the interior by the hang
ing of attractive curtains, at the win
dows, and on the exterior by the planting
of flower beds along all sides of the
building. The c|»rtaina were made pos
sible by the generous donation of suf
ficient money to purchase the material
and by the kindness of a number of Au
gusta ladles in working up the material
Jnto curtains. The flower beds are
planted with violets, sunflowers, daisies,
roses and cannas very kindly given by
Mrs. Thomas Gwin of Augusta.
For the coming week our program in
cludes a seven-reek feature motion pic
ture on "The Argyle Case,” at 7;45 on
Wednesday evening, lecture on “Ireland."
at 8:15 on Friday evening, five reels of
movies “Ixist in Transit,” at 7:45 on Sat
urday, the regular religious services on
Sunday with a special speaker at the
evening service.
NEWSPAPER OF CO. E
3RD PRO. REG. ORD. T. C.
A four-page newspaper, printed on
calendar stock with excellent illus
trations, is published by Company E
of the Third Provisional Regiment
Ordnance Training Camp, Camp Han
cock. It is published for this com
pany alone and is distribuetd free
through the generosity of Corpora’
Kier, who has a printing plant in Chi
cago. Corporal Kier is a soldier big
in body and in heart; he is favorably
known to every aan in the company
He has lately been chosen by the com
manding officer to head a committee
on camp welfare, which has sub-com
mittce on Publicity, Russell E. Hunt
chairman; Music, Edward F. Dalton
chairman; Athletics, I-eo J. Murr
chairman; Library, George Washing
ton Bryan, chairman; Decorations
Car! J. Snyder, chairman; Sanitation
Louis R. Yearn, chairman. Something
may be expected from a company with
volunteer service from men such a»
these.
It is well also to remind other com
panies in camn that Company E has e
Liberty Harmdny Four will.ng to com
pete with any vocal quartet in camp.
GOLD WATCH PRESENTED
TO OLDEST MAN IN THE
109TH INFANTRY
The officers of the 109th Infantry pre
sented Sergeant Max Schrepfer of the
Headquarters Company of the 109th Regi
ment a gold watch in honor of his ser
vice and age. Sergeant Schrepfer en
joys the distinction of being the oldest
man in the regiment and having served
the longest in continuous service with
that command. The honor paid Sergeant
Schrepfer is well merited.
REMOUNTNEWSLETS
Mr. John Bankston has opened a
young restaurant at his place back of
the Remount and the busiest time lie
has during the day is directly aftei
mess.
After being on duty at the Remount
j for about six weeks Lieut. Hollister.
D. C., N. C., returned to the division
last week.
The lecture on Paris given at the Y
M. C. A. last week was cut short on
account of the lights going out. This
lecture was very interesting and the
boys were disappointed that they were
unable to hear it all.
We sincerely hope that Sergeant
(first class) Wingard has as pleasant
time on his furlough as he has antici
pated. He packed his grip ten days
in advance.
Rev. Thomas from Denier Col., gave
a very interesting talk at the Y. M. C.
A. last Friday night and succeeded in
getting the promises of several of the
men that they would lead better lives
We have been expecting to see some
love poems come out in the Trend)
and'Camp but this weather must have
discouraged the poets.
Judging from the announcments in
the Sunday papers about the first
thing a lieutenant does afetr receiving
his commission ;s to buy his marriag#
license.
SERGT. T. D. JENNINGS.
SAND SHOTS FROM
112TH INFANTRY
The 112th regiment band, if it keeps
up its present record, will soon be given
a niche in the Liberty Ixian Boosters'
exposition. Twice within the past week
it has been engaged to play at Liberty
loan gatherings and booster meetings. On
Saturday, April 13th, it played at Craw
fordville, Ga., the band blaring away
with “Dixie” every time a thousand dol
lar subscription was made. As a re
sult, it was kept busy all day. Last
Saturday, the 20th, it played at McCor
mick, S. C., about 40 miles from Au
gusta. The county had pledged to raise
$53,000 in Liberty loan bonds, and Mc-
Cormick, with the help of the 112th band,
did its full share by contributing $30,-
000.
"Dinty" Maloney, who was absent, from
the band for several weeks, following an
operation for appendicities at the Base
hospital, is back on the job, and it se<ms
good to hear his cornet again.
James Devereaux, one of the many
ordnance elerks recently assigned to in
fantry organizations, is with the 112th
and is busy at one of the office machines.
He was a newspaper man in the Windy
city until he enlisted last November and
was sent to Camp Dodge. lowa. He was
a United Press reporter for some time.
Previous to that, he was a court steno
grapher.
Just to indicate that the Scout organi
zation of the 112th is a crack organiza
tion, the observer has only to look at the
number of green bands—signs of good
markmanship—being worn by the mem
bers of that unit. More and more green
bands are seen in the companies these
days, too.
George Niver, of oil City, formerly of
Company D. is the only 112th candidate
•at the officers' training school who was
assigned to his old organization upon
being commissioned second lieutenant.
Sergeant Major Elisha Kane, now a sec
ond lieutenant, is with the 108th Ar
tillery; Corporal Frank Mehrten. now
wearing the single gold bar, is with the
111th Infantry. A number of other com
missions may be announced soon, the
hopeful ones in the meantime wearing
the white service stripe on the left arm.
The units of the Second Battalion
aren't going to forget Friday, April 19th,
in the trenches in a long time. The ter
rific downpour, starting early in the
morning, made a Flanders scene out of
a peaceful looking division trench land
scape. The men waded about in water
up to their knees, land slides were plenty
and on several occasions fellows who got
stuck fast in the mire had to be dug
I out. There was genuine rejoicing when
the order was issued, sending them back
to camp at sin the evening. They were
not due to return until Saturday night..
The 112th’s general courtniartial had
one of its busiest sessions in weeks last
Friday, when it tried twelve "old” of
fenders. Most of the casese were AWOL.
Colonel George C. Rickards returned to
the command of the 112th Infantry on
Saturday morning, following a short visit
at his home in Oil City. During his stay
there he was the honor guest at an
elaborate banquet at the Wanango Club,
many of his former soldiers of thirty or
more years ago being there, as well as a
number of other intimate friends. He
lost no time in getting into the run of
the work, which had been kept going
systematically under the direction of Lt’-
Col. Robert B. Gamble.
The 112th boys are just getting ac
quainted with their officers again. There
has been a general shuffle all around,
lieutenants being transferred from one
company to another, and then ten new
officers, graduates of the Officers' Traiii
irg School, were assigned to this regi
ment.
HOLT “CATERPILLAR”
COMES TO HANCOCK
By W. H. Hendrix.
Hundreds of soldiers crowded interest
edly about the Hoit "Caterpillar,” the
first machine of its kind seen at Camp
Hancock, when the monster track layer
was unloaded from the car at Wheless
station last Friday. This machine, one
of the large types which in the war zone
will replace many horses in drawing the
heavy guns, is the first one to be shipped
to Camp Hancock and it is understood
that it will be used here for denrostra
tion purposes and for the instruction of
those men who will operate them on the
other side.
The machine is turned out for the
government by the factory which now
turns its entire output out for the War
Department. It looks like a first cousin
to a tank, and attracted as much atten
tion on the journey un from the station
as a British tank would have done. With
huge rollers similar to a tank track, it
looks much like the British machine
which is said to have been modeled af
ter it.
Many men are in training at Camp
Hancock who previously had instruction
at the factory where the Caterpillar ma
chines are turned out. and i tis believed
that these men will be given additional
training on them there, and that pos
sibly many other men will be taught
are care and operation of them.
LIBERTY SHOE AND
WAR SUITS SOON
Washington, D. C. —America may seen
wear a "liberty shoe, and’war suits.” to
lie manufactured at low cost on a large
scale and with very few shapes.
Models and specifications for the shoe
and suits are being considered by the
War Industries Board. While board of
ficials said neither is imminent, ulti
mately the country must prepare for the
standardization. If the example of Eng
land is followed, the tan shoe will go.
The standard “war suits” will be made
in a few designs of standardized mate
rial and with a retail price fixed.
NEW TITLE OF GEN. FOCH
Paris.—An official note just . issued
says: "The British and French govern
ments have agreed to confer the title of
oomniander-in-chlef of the Allied armies
la France on General Foch,”
NOTES FROM 21 CO. ORD.
ALPHABET BRIGADE
(By Chas. L. Phifer.)
Private Verrier has a "good” case of
poison ivy.
Private Ryan was sick in Tent 8 for a
few days. Os course it was blues. Pete
ia. being weaned from Minneapolis.
Private Rice worked Friday.
Sergeant Richs is putting out some
cats.
Co. 21 has two mascots—One a regu
lar. Dow. and his supernumerary, Jeff. It
should be Mutt and Jeff judging from
size.
Private Wilkins is a known quantity
around the 21st. His signs are very much
in evidence.
The mail leaves at 7:30 a. m. and 4 p.
m., boys, and new mail comes in at 10
a. m. ar.J 7 p. m.
Speaking of mail, Co. 21 has the best
system of any in the regiment. It is de
livered to the’tents. A real metropolitan
plan.
The new street, 21st Avenue, looks good.
It should—nien of every profession and
trade worked on it.
All together boys—“ Police Up.”
And someone said Sergt. Duffy had a
heart!
The occupants of Tent 10 had some ex
citement Friday morning. During the
heavy rain, which in Missouri would be
called a cloudburst, the boys looked over
the edge of their cots to see a very excit
ing race. Though their canteens con
tained nothing stronger than water, it
was trying a race with a box of sta
tionery (not stationary) and an air-filled
pillow. The pillow won in the event —
and Corporal Summers recovered same
at Tent 13, badly defeated, but still in
the rain.
Now what do you think of Jackson?
The members of 21st Co. desire to
thank the Y. M. C. A. of Camp Hancock
for then- kindness in making us feel at
home here. No greater institution has
ever been organized for the comfort of
the soldiers than the “Y” and we, for
one company, certainly appreciate it.
"Join lhe ordnance boys and work at
your trades.” How about learning one?
Private Morrissey was ill a few days
last week.
. And Saturday night it poured.
Does anyone not know how to parade
rest?
Private Wm. E. Morrissey of St. Louis
(civil life) tell a good one. In a conver
sation on sea-sickness, one night iast
week, he said: "Sea sickness, huh! You
fellows don't know anything about it.
The water is so rough in Crevo Cover
Lake at St. Louis the fish get sea sick.”
Pass him the mustard, he's been reading
"The Sign of the Skull."
Co. 21 is up on all drills. They need no
di-ill. We’re perfect. For filling in our
vacation from drill—we’re “policing
camp.”
103RD TRENCH MORTOR
BATTERY OPEN& FIRE
The boys returned Fridav from their
five-day hike—the eats were fine.
Quite a number of the fellows have
changed their names—Sister Kock, now
known as Pickles is all smiles. An Aiken
city beauty known as Pickles gave him
a cigarette and he was so surprised.
De Armant, known as Deafie, studied
anatomy on the hike. How about it
Wireless?
In a recent sham battle Jack Yergy
got lost in the retreat, so ran over to
the other side an dyelled. "Hey, fellows
I m on your side—don't shoot.”
Sergt. Shannon is the booking agdnt in
the outfit. Ed’s middle name is "pen”
but he js losing it fast.
The Russian Wolf hound, and the Ger
man bloodhound are back on the job
again. We have adopted another dog
and named it Mike in honor of one of
the sergeants. The other one is "Win
kle.
Pierce, our loyal friend of the Y. M
C- A., bought a pie from the pie-bov the
other day. and while eating it he bit
into something hard and asked the kid
what it was. The kid answered "It’s
on ’y,'. a ., ker "rt’ kee P o" biting and you
are liable to find a major." Kute kid!
fuiglan seems down-hearted these
days. The only reason 1 know is on
°L “' S , w t e . tie ” filing him what
she thought of him when he made his
last appearance on Easter Sunday
We no more hear that weird call.
Corporal of the Guard,” or "Hey Buz
zy,” for Scotty has finally won his S.
C. D., and peace and quiet now reigns
throughout the battery.
Mutt and Mick have made un again
and we are all looking forward to their
great and only original show on the
market.
m he G boys , have come baek from
the O. T. C. we hear all kinds of dope
on what I would have done if I were
an officer. ’ One fellow said "that the
sst 3 was
tru.t he didn t have an officer’s appear
ance, and didn’t pass the physical ex
amination and couldn’t give commands
snappy enough. Man alive, that's enough
to throw the devil out qf hell.
William Aurand is home on a furlough
He did not deny that he was going home
to get married.
CZERNIN RESIGNATION
Washington.—Revelation of Emperor
Charles’ peace letter a«d the subsequent
efforts to turn the situation to Austrian
advantage were behind Austrian Count
Czernin's resignation, according to Teu
ton press comment received here. The
Krejizzeitung, for instance . indicates
Czernin did not know of the peace letter
and that as a result he made a fiasco of
trying to explain the Austrian position
to Clemenceau’s dsadvantafie. That pa
per believes the emperor did not warn
Czernin in time to prevent his blunder
ing. The Frankfurter Zeitun grecognzes
more or less that the letter was the de
termining cause of the retirement. Many
papers expressed regret at his resign**
tion.
April 24.