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MACHINE GUN FIRE
HOT SHOTS FROM THE
THIRTEENTH COMPANY
Did ,J.ny of you fellows ever stop and
consider ;mw serious tne position that
you are now holding is? We are soldiers of
Uncle Sain, the greatest nation on
earth.
We have a big job nnead of us. and
we are here to obey orders. Obey them
promptly, because if we don’t we will
have to suffer the consequences. So
why not do as we are told and do it with
a smile.
I think that Tom Doherty looks much
younger without his mustache.'You look
more like one of the rest ous now, Tom
For an old man, Sergeant Scott keeps
pretty iate hours. What part of the
town do you spend your time in, Serg?
Can’t you ring in a few of your friendsq
Did any of you fellows recognize the
call that the bugler gave the other
morning, it sounded like retreat, but
most of the boys were just getting up.
What about it, Shill?
Our first sergeant is in Atlanta. I
wonder who is going to stand up for him*
lie ought to take a few of the boys along
for support.
What do you think about the cooks’
new uniforms? Some class; our company
is getting to be quite swell.
Harry Schlossberg is expecting a pic
ture of his wife, fellows. He has only
been married about a month. Wait un
til you have been married for about a year
or two, Harry, then you will forget all
about a picture and wife, t’oo.
I hear that Hen Upper received a
package of smokes from the girls of
the Buffalo News the other day. When
you write to them, Ben, don’t forget to
tell them that there is a lot more Buf
falo boys in the company.
Earnie Tiede received a box of cigars
from Buffalo the oth:r day. He says
that he don’t know who sent them. Where
do you get that stuff, Earnie?
I see that Van Vleck has changed his
name to Hop Sing Lee. and his favorite
expression is "no checkee no washlee.”
J. G. Smith has a new rival. Sergt.
Bigelow is the man in question. Nor
man has donned the white ducks and
with his nearly perfect Grecian Profile
makes a sight most impressive.
Morris Samuels, who joined Dr. O. G.
Weidman’s Unit last June—and was sent
to Ft. Ethan Allen for training and
later to the base at Camp Hancock, Au
gusta, Ga. is home on a ten day furlough.
Whoa Mary.
Hank Kendall was very much grieved
when the Great One retired from the
grand old play-ground to his new place
of abode, but diplomacy at once became
diplomatic and in a stirring speech at
Dephuniac Headquarters said "Gentle
men—l believe in Democracy and De
mocracy alone. I will mingle with the
multitude. I will be with the masses and
not with the classes.
seconoHmTg/t cTnewsy
NOTES
Where does a certain red-haired party
tffink he comes from? Somebody will
soon Missouri him. He bunks between
tents two and three, I think.
Sammy Western is some actor, he just
finished a long season on the U. B. D.
Big time Some reductions when you sign
your check now. Sam, hey, what?
Private Sistare underwent an opera
tion for tumor last week. He is recup
erating now. He was honored by a visit
from his top sergeants, Reed and Donhue.
Any harlem or heights boy that wish a
write-up in the Old Stand By, The Rar
lem Homes News, give same to T. Sistare
and you will receive a copy of the old boy.
Next time some of you boys go swim
ming don’t get lost coming back.
Some ball team we have. Second to
none. Just watch and see.
What is she, Wesley, that you write to
every day?
Thomas, you sure are there with the
gloves and mat work. Oh, boy!
HERE’S TO TH e7TtH CO.
MACHINE GUNNERS
Here’s to the Eleventh Company
ZMachine Gunners of the U. S. A.
Mav we always work in harmony
With our boys who are far away.
We are fighting for the cause of justice
And freedom for all mankind
As our forefathers fought before us
With victory ever in mind.
Os our cantain and lieutenants we’re
proud;
Men who command resnect
In our non-coms our'praise is loud.
For the discipline which they inject.
So here’s to the Eleventh Company
Officers and enlisted men.
Gor give us peace with victory
Over the Hun, forver, Amen.
S. D. HIRSH.
Company 11, Tent 25.
FIREY FICTION FROM
FIGHTING FIFTH
We hope the former pivot man of our
company. Private Guilfuss, has succeeded
in his new company. We believe in as
sisting others to maintain a good organi
zation. ■ and so have to suffer the loss of
a good man.
The loss of two cooks is mourned. The
eats still come good!
JUNE 12,
An eating contest has been staged tc
settle a long argument as to who can
eat the most. Private Sweeney or Private
Barrett. We all have our money on
Barrett.
Private Maloney has been detailed for
special duty' at the office of the chief
instructor of the Machine Gun Training
Center. We are going to take up a
collection for a swivel chair for him.
Come, you ball players of the Fifth
and show a little pep. Try again!
Sergeant Morris had a pass for three
days. He wanted to visit his people.
We know different.
The pep of the company can usually
be found around the second squad.
We are all wondering who the guard
of this company was who halted his
shadow. That don’t go in the Fifth.
Wake up!
Ed Atkinson is spending most of his
time studying in the kitchen. The eats
are good—huh? Ed, there are a lot who
envy you.
Wish you luck in your new position,
Doc. Grant more power to you.
Private Mitchell has spent many an
hour trying t<r*flgure out the mail service
from Boston. Save your brains, Mitch
ell, it can’t be did!
Boys, get together next Saturday and
have it one hundred per cent Inspection!
O’Leary did not get an overnight pass
last Saturday. Did you Have an argu
ment, Ed?
Corporal Pyle of the first squad came
in early Saturday morning—2 a. m. Get
undressed quietly when out so early!
Private Stevens is enjoying a new po
sition. Another good man gone from
the Fifth!
Any men wishing pictures of the com
pany apply to the first sergeant at once
as there are only a few left.
We see that Private D. W. Hinckley is
making some physical and bayonet in
structor. We also see that he is losing
some flesh on the job. What say you,
Dan?
Friend Daley, our efficient company'
clerk, has been telling the boys: "Be
lieve me, fellows, when I get my fur
lough and get back to Boston, I’ll paint
the town red.” What's the matter with
Augusta, Daley?
We notice that Private Millberry' of
the seventh squad is a hard worker for
our ball team.
Corporal Pyle has heard from Blanche
and has been dreaming of walking dowr
that lano in Beantown.
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Wanted a Girl: For our corporal of the
sixth squad. A pretty boy he is, so send
the girls along!
MACHINE GUNNERS ENTER
TAIN AT SOLDIERS’ CLUB
Much professional theatrical talent ex
ists in the Machine Gun Companies. The
performers who have been displaying
their talent to a high degree in camp were
called to Augusta for a performance:
Despite the weather conditions of Thurs
day evening, June 6th, the concert given
at the Soldiers' Club was a huge success
in every way, the civilian attendance be
ing much surprised at the wonderful stage
attractions among the Sammies.
The program rendered was under the
direction of Bill Bailey, of vaudeville
fame, and is as follows: Selection by the
orchestra, consisting of Mr. Hendricks,
Mr Ettleman, Mr. A. J. Karmelbauer, and
Bill Bailey with his famous jazz banjo;
baritone solos by J. B. Bartch and Mr.
Ingles; character songs by Sam Weston,
H. Sehlosbery and D. B. Crawford; a
Russian song sung by Jeff Poshinsky in
his native tongue; selections by Bill
Bailey’s trio, and a demonstration of
memory training given by V. E. Werner,
assisted by' E. M. Prisbe.
The boys hope to give a return engage
ment in the near future.
“LUCKY THIRTEEN” NOTES
FROM COMPANY 13,
M. G. T. C.
Lange and Greenie of the 13th M. G.
T. C. had their first taste of guard duty
and they like it so well they say they
could go to sleep doing it.
Klonieke and Kragmark are starting a
jazz band for the 13th M. G. T. C. Any
one wishing to join should kindly apply
at squad No. 27. tent No. 32 and they
will be given a try-out. Come and try
for the new band.
Greenie of the 13th Machine Gun Com
pany received a pillow from his home
town Monday. Everybody in camp is
invited to come to see it.
Private Henry’ J. Lange, who came
from the 13th district, Newark, N. J.
on the 13th of May, put in the 13th com
pany’ with a cot No. 13. received 13 letters
from home, was 13th in line for a hair
cut Saturday and failed to get one. So
at last 12 proved unlucky.
Abe Greenberg is still trying to find out
who Pauline is. As he is anxious tc
know, someone please tell him.
Tom Quinn is now assistant company
clerk. Congratulations, Tom. We hope
you make good. The one-time popular
Jersey City politician attends strictly to
business and refused to go and meet
any of the fair sex of Georgia. Tom is
tn love with some Jersey beauty but
will not disclose her name. Come, now
and don’t be so selfish. Tell us the name
and something about the lucky girl.
SECOND COMPANY, SIXTH
BATTALION, FIRST REG.
REGISTERS, ATTENTION
Os course mistakes are quite posable,
but no one in the Second company of the
Sixth battalion will admit that it is a
mistake to say that it is the best com
pany in camp. The street which runs
to the west of mess hall number 1244
never looked quite so good as it does now.
Never were the cigaret butts scarcer and
never were the rake tracks more evenly
distributed.
The reason for all this is that the sec
ond company has resolved that in no par
ticular will it be surpassed b> any other
company’ in the camp. The bdiys are so
proud of their clean company street that
they fight to get on details and besiege
the orderly tent in an effort to be given
little jobs like digging out the sand from
the ditches and carrying the coffee cans
away before reveille.
The new Company' is commanded by
First Lieut. W. F. Holtzman. He is. in
the hospital now'. Second Lieut. R. V.
Titus is second In command. "That’s
dandy, men. That was fine this morn
ing.”
Movie fans will be interested in learn
ing that the top sergeant is one C. Mr
Anderson —not G. M., but near enough to
that renowned personage to give the
movie flavor. He has a rough voice and
a hard boiled expression of the physiog
nomy, but he doesn’t mean it. Before he
got into the army he was as gentle as a
lamb but he has to be rough to make the
boys like discipline. He will make a good
cave man for a nice girl : -NM day.
This sterling company Boasts 200
worthies and they range rockiest
kind of rookies to the most grizzled vet
erans. Some of the boys are just learn
ing to do squads right and others haven’t
slept in pajamas for years.
One of the most valuable possessions of
the company is Sergt. Eugene L. Benson,
mess sergeant. His motto is that food is
made to eat and he is going to see that
the boys In this company get all they
want. And it is food, too. It is cooked
just like they prepare it at the Waldorf
and those who thought army life was go
ing to be dark and drear on account of
the hard tack are w'riting home and tell
ing their mothers they' think they will
stay in the army after the war.
Besides food at the meals there is
music, too, furnished by that premier
pair, Clarence Wemple and Monsieur
Hattoff. The piano and violin, respect
ively. are the instruments on which these
gentlemen perform. The festive mess hall
is adorned with beautiful oriental tap
estries and three times a day the young
heroes are reminded of the splendor of
Babylon before its fall.
The administration of the company is
conducted by men from old Company T.
David H. Spritz is acting duty sergeant
and he makes up the lists of details with
such grace that the boys all like him.
John A. Peterson is company clerk. His
work is not spectacular because he has
no chance to play to the grandstond, but,
it is understood, Washington already has
heard of him.
Loy L. Black is supply sergeant. He
says he is going into the hardware busi
ness after the w’ar.
RATTA-TA-TATS CLICKED
OUT BY 24TH COMPANY
By Private Friedman, Reporter for
Twenty-fourth Company.
Overheard in front of the Orderlie's of
fice during the first days;
Lieutenant to Rookie: Look here, you
cannot leave the company street during
your quarantine.
Rookie—But the sergeant gave me
permission.
Lieutenant—l don’t care about that;
you cannot go.
Rookie—l’ll speak to the sergeant about
you. Let us hope he knows better now’.
First Sergt. Kaufman is a very patient
man. But even his equanimity was slight
ly ruffled when one of our future gen
erals pointed to his left cheek In answer
to the sergeant’s query if he knew what
“left face” meant.
Such is the pride of nationality that one
of the boys, upon being asked for h’.s
occupation, replied 'Trish.”
We all miss "Caruso” Engel, our first
song-leader, and wish him a speedy re
covery.
Private Flynn—" Hey. Manson, I re
ceived some money from home today.”
Private Manson—"l suppose you're go
ing to buy some U. S. Steel or Pittsburg
Coal with it.”
Private Flynn: "No, I have no cellar to
put it in.”
Thanks to Acting Sergt. Brook’s busi
ness-like methods, it didn’t take us long
to realize that we "ah in de ahmeh now’.”
Extra: At exactly 4:30 p. m., last Thurs
day the boys of our company were treated
to the spectacle of a couple of honest-to
goodness white young women, the first of
that species to be seen since w T e got here.
The large number of Garibaldi’s de
scendants in our ranks caused Raftery to
remark on the first day in camp that our
roll-call sounded very much like that of
the Metropolitan Opera House.
"Red” Fogerty left an order with the
mail orderly for postage stamps with the
Kaiser’s picture on them so that he may
lick them properly.
"Red,” by the way. must have been
born in the Sunny South though he has
so far conceal'd that fact, if we are to
judge from his action in running up and
down the company street at a time when
the rest est us thought we would succumb
to the fierce heat during our first few
days in camp. How do you do it, Red?
Mess sergeants have been changing
about as often as the weather; and each
successive change, we are happy to re
cord, was accompanied by a decided im
provement in the chow.
Keep on changing, say we.
Here is our company yell:
We’re the boys of the 24th,
All selected from the North
Will we get old Kaiser BillT ._
Commanding Officer —Colo i
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Reading from left to right, are the following general]!
training cai p q rtermaster; Capt. F. C. Rodgers, chief qf
camp inspector; Major R. J. Ryan, of the British missio; C
officer; Capt James L. Scott, assistant camp adjutant; Cap
Jephson, of the Eritiuh Mission; next is Major Alfred Bratt!
Col. W. M. Smart, camp surgeon.
Other members of the commander’s staff have arrive!
You can bet your boots we will.
Give ’em. hell, Give ’em hell,
Raw, raw, raw! Keep your eye on 24.
Have we the necessary pep in our
company? Any One doubting it should
come over to our street any evening after
supper to see the boys handle the vplley
ball. The way they step around after a
hard day’s drilling is a caution. Kaiser
Bill, please note.
"My Old Kentucky Home,” as "ren
dered by the entire company,” never fails
to score a hit with our captain. Is it nec
essary to ask why?
A GENTLE HINT
By Sergeant P. E. Stretch,
Coast Artillery, Fort
McArthur.
Standing last night on the corner,
And not a car in sight
I asked myself the question
Will I ever reach camp tonight?
Machine after machine sailed by me
With lots of room to spare.
But each one overlooked me
And left me standng there.
It wouldn’t have caused any trouble
To have given a soldier a ride.
And would have made him feel better
If they’d asked him to get inside.
So long as we’re doing our bit.
And giving Uncle Sam our best,
The people for whom we’re fighting
Should be willing to do the rest.
So when you’re out in your auto
And have lots of room inside
Slow down and give hm a welcome
And take him along for a ride!
BUILDING 78
(Serving the Recruit Receiving Depot
Brigade, Pennsylvania Ave.)
As the men come out of quarantine
there is a steady stream of them coming
to seventy-eight. The issuing of clothing
and equipment to the men has made them
feel more at home in the army
All kinds of talent has been discovered
and on Saturday night in conjunction
with the movies there will be a special
vaudeville entertainment which will be
hard to beat anywhere in the country. We
are looking forward to a large attendance
on taht night and want the sons of Fath
er Knickerbocker to turn out in good
shape.
The Sunday evening service will be of
special interest. There will be an ex
cellent talk by Rev. M. St. John, Re
ligious Work Director of this building, and
he has arranuged for special music in th«
.way of- vocal and instrumental solos. A
big feature will be the singing of the
men themselves. Come around and make
It a good sing.
The slogan of seventy-eight: Bring Your
Squad!
TRENCH A
KWICK KWIBBS
KAMP KWARTJE
KORff!
Our social actlvitie i
slump last week.—Ah, y
we are drilling like t o
Out with the field reg il;
do a little study—-pr< m
be in order—maybe. ; j
lads of the fighting Q > 1
them—and then go out a
—s’great branch this |.
We still have a few oi
the hospital. Sergear
ally recovering. Th ,
from Allentown, the cSe
Ist, will soon be witß
of rapid recovery)—tfflli
the swell nurses an-I wh
up after he gets out—tn<
boys. You can’t lose.
This war isn't all shot
we are again, the thirc
another matrimonial ve
level, fellows, If this,
won’t be any for me—G
dred; she still loves me,
and everything. This t
baseball captain—Oh. wl
will shout that fool nolt
and say—l Do, It’s a
Our new department
popular these days. Ad
made every day (the rec
ment). Reminds one oi
that warehouse sorting c
the wounded. We have
terestlng things down h
Then we have a forei
Italian fruit warehouse (
The ladies find W. 1
ular place to shop th
Moyer is giving his
every blonde that bu
why certanly blonde, i
hence the favoritism s
Stockholm, our red
still arguing with hl:
to argue with anyone
would have to answer
he’s leading in the i
Hen—Aw cut it out,
Failed to get the ril
issue. The writer is t
days looking up ad
back from school) —h<
School days, Schk
What a fool I was 1
