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Wednesday, Oct. 23.
MACHINE GUNNERS! RELOAD—REE AY—FIRE!
Here and There In the
First Group Companies
ELEVENTH'S NEW C. 0.
SUPPORTS EL-GO CLUB
Lieutenant Burns Takes Over
Company, Succeeding Lieut.
Beechinor.
We had an unexpected but welcome
visit by the wearer of a star of the first
magnitude during last Saturday morn
ing's inspection. He looked us over
quite thorough!/ from the El-co Club
room at the head of the company street
io the contingent down behind the cor
ral. The “Welcome* sign on our club
room door means everybody'.
The Eleventh Company now can
boast the luxury of music with its
meals.
Elco, the Eleventh Company’s mas
cot. a full-blooded wildcat, captured
by Supply Sergeant A. C. Smith, looks
kind of blue lately. It seems that
since the sergeant was turned down
for a furlough Elco hasn’t received
the consideration that is due her.
Camp Hancock isn’t so far from old
Broadway at that! How about that
midnight frolic we staged the other
night? Correct in every detail; ab
breviated costumes, the morning after
feeling, and all the rest.
And speaking of details but why
harp on such a painful subject? Be
sides, they wouldn't print it!
In our report of the El-co Club en
tertainment last week, we forgot to
mention the very enjoyable rendition
of “The Long, Long Trail,” by the El
co Quartet: Privates Clark, Crawford,
Mahoney and Whitney.
And also the long, long jump recent
ly accomplished by Privates L. P. Reel
and Louis Satz; from K. P. to gas in
structors.
We were just about to ask Supply
Sergeant Smith whether there wasn’t
some way for a map in his position to
got himself a new hat,- -when he prov
ed that there was.
Keelehear. our own and only Mike,
is out for the “most versatile soldier”
n ‘ord. Steeplejack, acting corporal,
song and dance artist, recorator of
club rooms and bread boxes, and now
guardian of the mess.
Acting Corporal Sam Griffin is so
faithful at those wash tubs. Look out
for housemaid’s knee, Griff.
Acting Corporal J. P. Wagner, he of
the Machine Gun click, has returned
from a spell in No Man's Land and is
now clicking most expertly in the Or
derly Tent.
Kuesel has taken over Wagner’s du-
Ucs in N. M. L. Itss the only life, says
he, except lor the all-day bugle con
cert. The fellow that wrote that bugle
hymn of hate must have spent a week
u-'wn behind the corral.
When we get home from the Kaiser
slalkmg expedition, we are going to
re-l’urrr h • ur home with El-co Club
rugs. Th.\v don't curl up and the wife
can't f.-k us to take them out in the
sun ano beat them.
To those unfortunates not in the
know, lot us explain that the El-co 1
ciub rue is painted on the floor.
W‘- know it. is the closed season for ;
start a movement to get the boys out
of quarantine by Christmas.
Throe v it .sties! Lessgo!
The company was given a surprise
Sunday when the company commander,
Lieut. Beechinor, said his good-byes to
tin men, for a time at least. The 11th
company owes great deal of its cred
itable t'iiord t<- Lieut. Beechinor’s en
thusiastic leadership, and the good
wishes of every man accompany him
into his new field.
Lieut. S. Burns, ourwew company
rcmmandei, is an old mend, having
ahead?.' made himself "solid” with the
buys through his efforts in behalf of
the El-co (. >i.h The Peppery Eleventh
j •oink-ns't'j maintain its ‘‘place in the
sun” under Fit able direction.
Lieut E. Byars should be given
honorable mention for his significant
share :n the Liberty Loan drive.
“Collar City” - Lynch rises to remark
that ’ < harge of quarrers’’ should be
listed among the non-essential joys of
an acting non-com.'s life.
100 bad that Private Chris Richart
pull d off his acrobatic exhibition of
tent-flan adjustment in the dead of
night. We recommend that act for the
next Ei-co club entertainment.
When ye scribe returned from the
sticks behind the corral). Private
Grant’s latest nickname was G. R. Q,
How vome?
And doesn't this reflect his experi
ence at the hands of an utterly perfect
drill sergeant : "Few things are harder
to put up with than the annoyance of
a' good example.”
This bit reaches us byway of
Stretch Howards wireless tower: “To
avoid the usual interior complications
after the heavy Sunday dinner, read ■
the Literary Digest!”
Look up your Old Testament to dis
cover why we suggest “D. and J.” for
Lawsen ad Dougherty.
“Puss” Katt spends all of the thirty
five “nothing-to-do” minutes an acting ,
run-con. gets each day in writing to
That Girl. But those frequent pack
ages; surely show that it pays!
Kuesel's only kick • n the weekly
composition of the company dope is
then he can’t do it on a Noiseless Type
tv: iter.-- adv.
Suggested title for Mike Keelehaer is
charge of his K. P. battalion: “Long
may he rave!’’
The general uproar toward midnight
of October 12th awakened up into a
spell of homesickness: it reminded us
so of New Years Eve on dear old
Broadway.
"And the little jab will get yo’ es yo’ I
don't w»tch out!
Cnmparee,—Halt, One, Two!
‘ Our Own Want Ads
HELP WANTED
INTERPRET!! R—SER V K ’ ES DESIRED
for few hours to instruct me in lan
guage used by postoffice clerks who dis
tribute mail here. Letter's as now ad
dressed (English) go all over camp before
being delivered. How can you distinguish
between Main Training Depot and Ma
chine Gun School? RPB., Hq. M.T.D.
"A SOLDIER," TRIBUTE
OF "FIGHTING FIFTH”
TO SGT. NEIL LYONS
Physical Training Instructor
Popular Not Only in Own
Company, But in Camp.
It was wdth sincere sorrow that the
members of the “Fighting Fifth"
learned of the death or. Friday of one
of the most popular and best liked non
commissioned officers in the group,
Sergt. Neil Lyons. Sgt. Lyons' death
was a shock to us all, as he had been
ill but a few days.
He returned to camp about two
weeks ago after spending ten days vis
iting his mother in Schenectad - N. Y.
Sergt. Lyons was well known all
over the camp for his work as physi
cal training instructor carried him to
all parts of the Machine Gun Trailing
Center. His smile will certainly be
missed by the members of this com
mand, for one seldom, if ever, met
him not wearing one.
The men of his company join in ex
tending to his relatives their deepest
sympathy. Sergant “Neil” was always
a SOLDIER.
Gone, but not forgotten by the mem
bers of the “Fighting Fifth.”
The ‘Fighting Fifth” welcomed some
new members this last week, who we
know will uphold the name now held
by the company. It is hard plugging,
but it can be done. The Fifth has al
ways done it and we are going to con
tinue. What do you say, men?
Our Orderly is all set now. He has
arranged witlT the preacher and all he
needs is the furlough.
Mess Sergeantcy certainly agrees
' with Our Acting Mess Sergeant. Why
don't you stay with it, Dan? Louise
will never know you when you re
turn.
Kramer wants to know why the
Mess Sergeant doesn’t help the cooks
and buy a can opener. Ask Curley,
Kramer, he will tell you.
How are they all at home. Sergeant
Townsend? It is quite a trip to Jack
sonville at that. Savannah is a good
town, though. What?
Mechanic Palicki has a new job. He
is building a stepladder so that Supply
Sgt. Peelen can measure “Shorty”
Roberts for his winter cap.
Corpl. Matthias has been discharged
from the hospital, where he had spent
the last week. Welcome back, “Slim.”
but remember that we expect you to
get into those formations on time.
Corporal Roll certainly has a great
line. Do they get that way on the
Mexican border?
“Fighting Fifth” Man Is Killed in Ac
tion.
The “Fighting Fifth” learned on
Friday that Pvt. Carl A. Jones, a for
mer member of the company, had been
killed in action “over there.” Pvt.
Jones, before entering the service, was
a native of Jamestown. N. Y.
SIXTH COMPANY HAS
A NEW COMMANDER
Lieut. E. S. Penick in Charge.
Lieutenant Haig to Machine
Gun School.
The Company is facing a new company
commander. First Lieutenant E. S. Pen
ick First Lieutenant A. M. Haig, is
taking' a course at the Machine Gun
School. Lieut. D. F. Arthur is also doing
a little research work in machine gun
nery.
Lieut. H. M. Vircle. our administrative
officer, is the only one of the old regime
left in the Company from big transfer.
Sergeant Holcombe was granted a five
day furlough to go to Smyrna, Ga.. where
ever that is. His wife Is there. He has
been in the service for over two years,
some of the time in the regular army.
Sergeant Bruner, doing duty at the
Base Hospital, Is another one of our 45
Caliber men. He has been ordered to
get a larger pair of shoe®. Serg. McClung
said that if he gets those, one of the
men must move out of the tent. Reasons
unknown, except that as above noted.
A. L. Bertrand, the company clerk has
been appointed a Sergeant.
Sixth Company received some men from
Minnesota. They are a fine set of men
that came to the group and are now
under instruction. They have had some
'-.raining and to complete their work it
! will end with Machine Gun.
Something happened to First Sergeant,
he is wearing a smile as never before.
Someone said that his wife arrived from
Flint, it’s no wonder that he feels that
way. Sergeant was caught walking to
town and back Good-night feet, and
bless the soles of his sheet;, he will wear
out more broganzes. I guess he wants to
live up to the Memo No. 4 Hq. M. G. T.
Owing to the fact that the street cars
and the autos are at present not In ser
vice as far as he is concerned, his walks
will continue as usual.
The Company extends their best wishes
to th» Red Cross people in the City of
Augusta, for their kindness, the smokes
that were sent by them to the boys were
appreciated.
A toast to our Hero Cook. Jack Frost,
"a little ditty" entitled Safety First:
I You say you’ll make a. biscuit,
But really don’t think you should ris
cuit,
To tell you the fact,
As to how those things act.
They give me a pain in my briscuit.
The following song has been a favorite
of our First Sergeant’s. “If he can Fight
like he can,” etc. He has written a par
i ody on same, it. is guaranteed to be solid
for approval, any one finding fault with
same please report that the. Sergt. Quinn,
Hd , Bid’g 101, for corrections.
“If she could cook like she did say.
Oh what a good wife she would be.
She used to tell me no one could beat,
The food she would cook for me to eat,
But since I’ve wed.
I’m almost dead.
Eating the pies she cooks for me.
I'm going to have her make me up some
bur".,
And then I'm going to send them to the
Huns
And if they’re baked, just like her pies,
Why its the end of Germany.
Any one answering this correctly will
please have same sent in to Trench and
Camp so that we all can see it. Here is
the question.
War News—One man took 16 cannons,
one fort and a regiment of soldiers. Who
was he?
Sergeant McClung is on his way. His
imaginary furlough is taking the happy
soldier to the 20th Division.
Corporal T. A. Mitchell came back
from furlough and he Is convalescent, in
other words, marked “Qrs.”
Colonel: Didn't you hear me give the
command to fix bayonets?
Private: Yes, Colonel, but my bayonet
is all right: there’s nothing wrong about
it to be fixed. y
Second Group News and
Notes of the Past Week
HEADQUARTERS GOSSIP!
IN THE SECOND GROUP
Notes and Knocks Gathered
From Week’s Happenings
Among the Men.
Having just been promoted to the
rank of Sergeant, Harry Jay Kane
hereby delegates all his detail work to
First Class Pvt. Goodfield. This dele
gation of work has been going on for
some time, but has just become of
ficial.
When news was received that the
quarantine had been lifted Sgt. Edward I
Caterson sent a telegram to Mrs. Cas
treson, just returned to New York.
Katy will from now on be a frequent
guest at the Lenwood Hotel. Bronx
Home News, please copy.
En. Sgt. Major Hurley takes great
pleasure in watching his boys turn
out the morning reports.
The Personnel workers express their
heartfelt thunks for the meals fur
nished them by our Mess Sergeant
Holtam.
Supply Sergt. McAuliffe is now in
business for himself. Since the can
teens have closed Mac has been doing
a rushing business.
Sgt Greenberg, our expert pay roll
worker, has the best left hand salute
in the Group.
Sgt. Major Hurley has asked for a.
written report in regard to snoring in
Sgt. Finkelstein’s tent on the night, of
October 19, 1918.
All the boys hereby express their
thanks to all the different and vari
ous young ladies who have sent candy,
cake, goodies, cigarettes and cigars for
spare moments. It would be rathei
embarrassing to give the names of
the girls.
Sgt. Kane’s pet sentence is, "I may
be a dope, but 1 have no dope to give."
The sentence quoted may be a. literary
gem and may contain food for thought
for any intellectual person, but for
me, an ordinary editor, it is like a sol
dier’s pocketbook on the day before
pay-day.
Sgt. Sam Finkelstein, the Bronx
opera tenor, gives a concert every ev
ening and every morning. We often
wonder where he got the habit of al
ways calking or singing. That his
sing l ng and talking is very much ap
preciated is proved by the fact that
he has not been able to gather in any
extra shoes. However, this may be
due to the fact that our Supply Ser
geant is not free with shoes.
Saturday night one of our recruit
buglers woke up Sgt. Major Hurley by
blowing mess call in an effort to
sound call to quarters. Band Leader
Krause’s att ntion is called to this
matter for investigation and prompt
report.
We wonder howr Corporal Harvey’s
lady friends manage to keep said cor
poral well stocked with cigarettes and
candy. Os course, Harvey, we admit
that it is annoying to remember which
sends candy and which sends cigar
ettes.
Sgt. Major Hurley’s favorite sen
tence: “Send for that clerk of the
Headquarters Company.
We would apperierrte it very much if
our lady friends wrote to all of us
more often. Stamps sure put a crimp
in our pocketbooks. This is not a k
ciuest.
Sgt. Kane was recently called to the
telephone. He returned after long con
versation with a look of disgust, lie
anxious fellow workers asked what it
was all about. Said Kane: "Oh, they
wanted some dope on the wire.”
In complying with the new order,
“Flaps up at night,” we have had to
resort to various devices during the
cold .spell. Sgt. Greenberg has the best
device to date. Being four feet noth
ing short he can get into his barracks
bag. * Thon he submerges under four
blankets and comes up every two hours
for air.
Regimental Sgt. Major Albert .1.
Sweitzer has received a letter from
his wife asking for verification as to
his being a Regimental Sergeant Ma
jor. We hereby make official oath as
to the truth in the matter. The Ser
geant Major can now send home a
copy of this Issue of Trench and Camp
circling this article in a heavy red and
blue.
Our bleached blonde file clerk, Sgt
Rehm, was in receipt of a package
from all the girls in the office back
home. Sergeant, we fear that you for
got to thank the girls for what we ate,
so wo take this opportunity of thank
ing them. Send some more to us, girls.
Corporal La Fleur has been on the
warpath for the past few days. He did
not receive a letter from his wife in
four days. On the fifth day La Fleur
received five letters .at once time. Cor
poral, we think that the wife writes
all her letters on one day ;md then
sends one off every day. She must
have sent five off at once by mistake.
Look at the dates on the letters, Cor
poral.
Sergeant Finkelstein and Corporal
La Fknr have exhausted the choicest
phrase* in the English language on
their typewriters. No, we do not mean
ladles. We mean the machines. Fun
ny how those machines persist in mak
ing m.’stakes.
“GOING UP”—GROUP TWO
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
A 50-foot brand new flag pole with a
14-k gold top has been erected in front
of the personnel building.
Did you buy Liberty Bonds? Answer
by chorus: Yes; we did.
Private Wright of the officers' mess
bought a SI,OOO Liberty Bond. Oh! Have
a plum.
The guy who writes this stuff bought
a bond too! Thank you.
Seconds, seconds. Yes, on .Liberty
Bonds.
A popular song hit.
(By Heck.)
Hit the kaiser all your might,
Shoot him up with dynamite.
Soak him, poke him, hit him in the eye;
Stick him. lick him, make the old guy cry.
Make up your own music.
She loves me, she loves me not, etc. I
Sergeant Hendricks has a girl.
Private Goidel is deeply interested In
the Red Cross Magazine of late. He likes
the ladies.
We have in Corporal Lester a Sphinx,
or human dynamo of wisdom. When he
unwinds we all surrender unconditionally.
For goodness sake, Lester, let us sleep.
There goes t’ahill with his old Hee-
Haw. Giddap Mode, Giddap Moole.
Patronize our advertisers.
TRENCH AND CAMP
'FOURTEENTH CO.HAS I
LIBERTY BOND RALLY
Entertainment and Speeches in
Messhall Feature of Fcmrth
Loan Drive
A meeting was held last week in the ;
messhall in the interests of the fourth |
Liberty loan. The affair was opened with I
piano solos by Privates Ganey, Johnson. '
Delany and Millbrath. The entire com
pany entertained themselves by singing
a number of pieces.
After the entertainment. Lieutenant '
Bonn spoke of the men on the loan drive.
This meeting has put the boys of tin
' Fourteenth Company in tin* race for that
?100 bond prize.
Private Dave Goldman asked Sergeant
Joe Ryan how he could got into the • ler
man lines. Sergeant Ryan replied. Dis
guise yourself as a sausage and creop
through No Man’s Land, making a noise
like a pretzel.
Sergeant Cooper asked the company
whether there, was a furrier in the com
pany. Private Lobbins, being asleep, pops
up saying, say. Sergeant, is that a animal
that crawls into a holo after a rabbier?
CAMO BE LAG E.
The reason the kaiser, the silly, old ass,
Is steadily losing, Is s’imply, alas.
He never got out of the primary class
In Camouflage.
NINETEEN TH CO. NOTES
Mess Sergeant Mlttonzwei his con
tracted the Hoover fever to such an ex
tent that a stray or wasted prune up
sets his whole nervou- system.
Corporal Elsey r seems strong here of
late, because we find him daily tossing
the twelve pound shot around recklessly.
Sergant Dill dosn't hav to worry sit
ting out. in the hot sand now. as lie has
a nice soft ehair up in the orderly tent.
In the mornings when the M. G. instruc
tors take the guns to the drill field he
hits there with a big br<.ad grin on his
face, thinking of the day s past.
We sincerely regret losing our company
commander. Lieutenant Secatchel, wlio
has gone to machine gun school. We
also wish to congratulate Lieutenant
Maddox, our new company commander.
TWENTIETH COMPANY
First Sergeant Howell i still looking
for the guy who woke the bugler up.
Morris G.oehovlts says he was not draft
ed, he was inducted.
Most of the boys have returned from
their trips in the West ■ \<cpi the barber,
propably he stopped at New York to get
some supplies.
Private Patterson was granted a fur
lough to work on the farm. How we
wish we were farmers, all of us.
INTERESTING ITEMS IN
THE TWENTY-SECOND CO.
“Haste makes waste, is an old motto,
but a lazy one. You’ve got to hurry to
keep up, especially in a machine gun
unit.
We take pride In the figure represent
ing eur subscription to the Fourth Lib
. erty Loan.
Private Klavan z a company cook, who
returned from the hospital minus about
twenty pqunds, is putting on weight rap
idly.
One of the cooks has a young lady
friend who is a stenographer and is
forced to call upon < no of the members |
of the company to solve her shorthand ,
messages.
The. Twenty-second extends its In st
wishes to the new officers.
.Sergeant Knnopsi, in charge of quar
ters, was complimented by < aptain Lorn
as “an efficient N. O.”
If We Only Understood.
“If we knew the cares and trial:-,
Knew the efforts all in vain.
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain,
Would the grim eternal roughness
Seem. I wonder, just the. same,
Should we help where we now hinder,
Should wo pity where we blame?
Ah! we judge each othcrhar.shly,
Knowing not life’s hidden forc<-
Knowing not. the font of action
Is less turbid at its. source;
Seeing not amid the evil
AH the golden grain of good,
And we’d iove each other better
If we only und- rsi/’od.
Gould we judge ah detain by motives
That surround each other’s lives,
See the naln-d heart and spirit.
Know what s.our the. action gives,
Often we would find it. bettei
Just to judge all actioqs good:
We should lov< tach other better
If we only understood.
One of onr student cooks threatent'd
to eat us out of house and home, so w<
transferred him to the officers’ me. s hall.
The Twenty-second has an enviable
reputation, but since Captain Dorn, the
best company commander in uniform, is!
in charge again, we expect to leave the j
other companies far in the rear.
lieutenant Edwards leave Hie corn- |
pany as a result es a promotion. H
has charge of all stables in the group
and serves as a riding instructor r< \ -
ery officer. Ask Chaplain Tucker how
easy it is to learn to ride.
24TH CO. IS GOOD, BUT
21STG0ES0NE BETTER
The Score Isn’t Mentioned, But
Evidently the Latter Outfit
Wijn the Game.
On October 12th, many years ago, (?o
lumbus discovered America. Satur
day. October 12th, in honor of his ex
ploit, there was a holiday declared
and it was celebrated in good form at
Camp Hancock by the M; - hine Gun j
men.
Starting in the morning with two)
ball games, the 22d Co. vs. 21. st, an ' 23d
Co. vs. 24th. The winners of these
games were the 21th and the 21st Com
panies, who met in the afternoon/ to
determine who was who.
The 24th Co. was quite cock, v/in
n ng their game by 1 to 0,
while the 21st, being of a quiet and
modest disposition, won by a score of .
3 to 2, and was escorted home by the
band for lunch, which consisted of ■
planked steak, smothered in mush - [
rooms, with a decoration of water- i
cress and the seasoning of a French
chef. As to the desert, well have you '
a good imagination? Well, they had’
all of that.
Now comes the second discovery- |
not of America, no—of what is the |
Machine Gun Click, and who has it?;
lAs I. said 1 efore, the 2Jtb Co. felt!
quite cocky and were there with big:
noise and a string attached to the ba- 1
con. Os course, after having a big'
dinner the 'lst Co. did not -are fori
mere bacon, but they had Inducement ■
in the announcement that if they ■
would bring home the aforesaid baron
that Sunday morning there would be
no reveille for them.
The 24th Co. went to bat first and I
by . ome mistake, made two scores, j
Being an onlooker, I came ’,<• the con i
elusion th&t they had an
Gossip of the Supply Office,
Sixth Group, Main Trn’g Depot
I
Three cheers far Lieutenant Redford,
j who has succeeded Lieutenant Walker as
! Supply Officer. The boys at the office
cxiend a double hand of welcome and as
, sure him of their co-operation.
Sergeant Major Cohen says that from
( r ow on he will count the raisings twice
, to make sure that he is not short in the
• subsistence depart inent.
Regt. Supply S»ergt. Candors, who has
i been raving about matrimony, has been
I mumbling strange things of late and the
nearest we can make of it Is; “Listen my
I children and you will hear, the midnight
(ride of Sgt. Sanders thru Berlin. It was
i m the year of our lord 1918, etc.”
: Dur newly made* Corporal Beck, of
y nom little mention has ever been made.
: ne.s put it over at last, and Is now en
u.g his meals ami quarters at Camp
<>'!i'.on. His last xt'ords were. “1 tell
,U: "mid that I will come back with the
: ’ l . ;; • ‘‘Ut how he will do it \ve do not |
: umier!’:.:) s<l, as he is only going to the j
Infar. r.v <>. T. S. He surely is going to 1
lose that Machine Gun Click.
Sergeant Major Cohen became verv ill !
one day polishing his stripes and ex-
U llle C " "' ii:u ail tho Mtrii.es :
signified that he way eonipelled to fake’
S' veral class leave to the Base. Now |
tli.lt lie has licked n „. p~, lu . ls |
tt.idj to lake a crank at theGcrin-Hun.
v-A p ' er K N 'nan. IJoro-I
1-esAn v L ,hfr,ltl " h ,° aftcr sue- -
n o!. ‘A" Ldr,i " il ’" been’
f reet •A" 1 wants but we do not want to
, b ,„, ,k 3,1,1 who have also
VL r ,xa ">'”atb>n as Corporals.
' , " uuftht to see li’.w those boys are pot
shuiß nt' their strip*. They work nlKhta
v/.ti n »nd a ' "■aeehouse we, can assure
' b ' !,l ' nS g d( 7ha’'t ot t n W e yU 0 dX. h,H
HEADQUARTERS
Itmi.' i-?'.'' " latl ,n ’bat Sergeant Major
rtoubl. ..... is n,,,,. h| thft harne J ss
days .’old la ' d U " fOr ton
"■ejire positive that Sergeant Levy of
in tl’.e fulure? 1 ™ “ 1<! n "’ rC ‘ J ud S m e«t
Serg.> :l i,i Major Muir | K , H .w hack from
iiulourJi Which he spent in New York
>ty. his hometown, but wns sorry to ’
n that he wns sick the greater part i
of the nine be did spend there.
Every man in the Headquarters Com- I
I'.tii.v will be sorry to tvo Lieutenant Mil- ‘
' " leave, but we all will give Lieutenant
'al ihf same whole-hearted effort that
was afforded Lieutenant Miller.
I do nm think that Sergeant WiJlkom
will be spending so tim<-h of his time
m Augusta since someone has left so re
turn to New Orleans. Ibiw about that
sergeant?
of horse-shoes, .rabbit-fdet, etc. Ono ;
player, having more nerve than the;
rest, shouted, who said the 21st could I
play ball? Now, speaking from a ma
chine gun standpoint, lie had a pre
mature explosion. They made no
more scores. Captain Reynolds stop
ped on the accelerator in the lock
frame and fanned them out, thus
causing a stoppage in Che first posi
tion. Their firing pin ntets broken.
The ?lst wont to bat; and made 1
run. The reason there kvere no no
more was Snow Ball or (Solden Locks,
sometimes < ailed Freckles, the slab
artist for the 24th Co. Ho pulled buck
the bolt, thus cocking hisi gun for lire
on a (I o’clock aim. He d&l qu’te ell,
at the start, but in tho/siVcoeding in
nings his mechanism got clogged, or
he had too much sight ; *)<i die noi
traverse right, for the 21st Co. scored
four runs in one inning.
The 24th Co. are a nice hunch of fel
lows, and we Pke them am! hope they
|do weil. bm they have nc*f the Ma
i’‘him 1 Gun Click •is’yef. Th jy played a
good game, but they will hivfee to study
lia’ir gun more, such as stripping, as
sembling and most of all, I. A. (im
mediate action).
Captain Reynolds pitched with ac
curacy and rapidity as becomes *a,
good mach no gun man. He i!i; a small
town boy, played wH.h the Cube, of
Chicago, a small tea'm, we l**ar.
We cannot let the (hup. get by v?ith
out saying something of him. He made
some bum decisions, but made ti iem
up later. Only one drawback, though,
they lose lhe chance <>f roasting him.
Iking a Lieut., lu* gets by.
There was one thing noticeable. $ nd
that was that the coach, official rn*n- I
agcr and general piece preserver, uas
on the front bleachers seat. Liqut.
Koch wore his usual expansive sm|le,
when the 21st Co. were on the Wili.le
line placing their shots well in the
enemy’s lines.
So here's to the 21st Co.
brought home the bacon, and hire’s to
the 2-!th Co that, gave it. to thetu.
They belong to the good old I’. S. A.,
for whom are doing bur bit. I
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LIEUT. FORT LEAVES
SEVENTY-FOURTH CO.
Lieut. Kaplan Succeeds Him As
Commanding Officer. Other.
Company News.
When Second Lieutenant Charles E.
Fort was recently transferred to the Ma-
I chino Gun School, the 74th company,
Sixth Group, l\lain Training Depot, lost
a “snappy" commanding officer.
Lieutenant Fort enlisted at. Iron Moun
tain, Mich., on September 19fh, 1917. and
attended the Third (Officers* Training
School at (’amp ('uster. Mich. After fin
ishing the work there he was transferred
’to Camn Gordon and then to dump Ilan-
Lock, where he was made commanding <>f
] fleer of the 25th Company, Recruit Re
ceiving Depot.
( Later, in the consolidation to make up
I tlu- Sixth Group, Lieutenant Fort was
I pdared in command of the 7‘th Company
illo i: succeeded by First Lieutenant Hor
. bert Kaplans, who has been with the
j company for some time.
| Supply Sergeant Robert t’rowley, son
of the California physician, is expected to
| visit the company sometime during the
! week.
This mortdng Private Richard 11. Tiy
lor was given a bugle and v ill start tak
ing instructions at once. The bugler ad
drest; is Tent No. 20. We reside in Tent
No. 1. “Go to it kid, blow your head off."
Mechanic 4 Robert Burr has so .Itered
the Orderly Room one might very well
think cue was entering a first-class First
National Bank (with railings and every
thing). The prefix mechanic to Bob
bie's name means all the word Implies.
Corporal Fred D. Marshall has been
made sergeant. This promotion was sure
ly prompted by efficient and competent
service. Truly has the old bard aid: “To
the deserving belong the honors.” Con
gratulations, Freddie
An eminent physician of Boston. Mass.,
in a recently published article said peo
ple employed in match factories, where
; sulphur is used, never contract grip or
i yellow fever. Otir first sergeant, George
IS. Culbertson, says: “I can’t see how that
jean be. Here I have been laid up for two
i weeks with the dern grip and I have car
ried matches ever since 1 can remember.
' They must not have been safety matches,
George!
■■ Nicholas Caessl. Private 74th Company,
i«»s awaiting discharge papers. Returning
from the. Infirmary yesterday morning,
Nick relates: “The medical officer told me
1 was getting too fat; and that that was
a. bad sign in the army. ITc can't mean
hard work, on he, sergeantF*
Tt's about like walking down the main
street of the old home town, as a nnrn
her of the boy?/are returned from the
; Field hospital and the meetings along the
company street are most hetyty. We are
mighty th. nkful to have our old com-
I rades back with us, well, and getting into
shape once more.
Albert. Roniger and Knolin Sancton are
some persimmon' gathere' ’ -for further
detail.'-' ask Student Cook Tony.
Private Sancton returned October 18th
from a short furlough to New Orleans.
Up reports everything doing nicely it that
place and feels sure that from the num
ber of Crescent City boys at t'amp Han
cock that this place is first and all, in
the hearts of many New Orleanens.
On October 12th. 11:00 a. m,l, at the
Sacred Heart church, Augusta, Father
Ryan officiating occurred the wedding of.
Private i nest R \'/o"d:-', ?4th < •/., M.T.
D. to Miss Alive I’eton, both of New
Orleans. Private. Woods is one of that
kind of soldiers you love to know inti
mately, a more popular soldier could not
be found in the company. To say the
en’tire personnel wish them Ihe very best
of everything is pulling it only too mild
ly. “Lucky boy, that Woods.”
Me • Sergeant Pellegrini slipped us ■
something that sounded like “chicken din
ner Sunday.” A very fine showing has
been made by Sergeant Pellegrini since
taking charge of the mess.
Serge.mt b'rank Minars, who has been
first violinist at the Liberty theatre since
entering the camp is with us. and the
theatre being closed on account of the
quarantine, wy have had the privilege of
enjoying his Valent. To lay on the old
bunk, under the real “Evening Star” and
hear Sergeant Frank play “Kiss Me
Again,” that wonderful old dreamy waltz, ,
and “A Little Love, a Little Kiss,” car-
I rlos you right back where there is some
due waiting; and, well—you admit quar
antine isn’t so bad. Then lie plays an- :
other request for you, and finally ends up
the greatly appreciated recital with
Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever."
Hearing the beautifully wafted strains
of violin music issuing forth from our
talented Sergeant Miners' bow was too
much for First Sergeant Levy, 75th Co.,
and over he came to entertain us. The
sergeant sings very well, but as a violin
i player (?) Hie sergeant sings very well.
7 THE
Mess Kit
A Dish Os
Cheery Food
Or Thought i
TRUE MACHINE
GUN SPIRIT
In these trying times of war, when the
civilized world is intent upon overcoming
the forces of darkness, when precedents
are put aside and each succeeding day
brings forth the necessity of more and
more attention to the business of defeat
ing the Hun, one is apt to think that the
more aesthetic duties of life are forgot
ten. that in teaching the sons of democ
racy to fight, they are forgetting the lit
tle kindnesses of their former peaceful
life.
A very forceful demonstration to the
contrary was shown a few days ago,.when
a group of soldiers from C*ainp Hancock
were on a Liberty Loan campaign in the
adjoining counties of South Carolina. The
trip was an exceedingly exhaustive one,
requiring their best efforts in singing,
speaking and bond selling. The men had
done nobly, had assisted several districts
in raisin and exceeding their quota.
Well had they earned their right to rest
and recuperation, and they returned toy
Aiken conscious of a duty well done.
The day previous, however, Mr. J. L.
Mvf'arler. in charge of the party, had
mentioned that a short distance away
there were a number of people whose ex
istence was one of drab sordity, whose
comings in and goings out were marked *
by no departure from the daily routine,
and to whom the evenets of the outside
world meant but little. These people,
through no fault of their own, were de
pend nt upon tile county for existence,
in other words, were inmates of the
county almshouse. Some were halt, oth
ers lame, others blind, all were unable to
<-ke out an existence for themselves, and
to the boys in khaki this story carried a
peculiar appeal.
About the time they arrived in Aiken,
one of the men suggested that it would,
mean but little more exertion for them
to go over to the almshouse and while
away an hour or two for the inmates, and
the suggestion was acted upon imme
diately. and in a short time the party,
consisting of Sgts. Quinn, Casey and
Bales, Corporal Handman and Private
Bolger were at the house of Superinten
dent Gregory.
The inmates were soon gathered to
gether in the superintendent's house,
and the net hour was one which un
doubtedly. they will long remember. The
soldiers sang, played and told funny
stories; their fatigue was forgotten, and
they put their very souls into the task
of brightening the corner# for their
audience. Some of their hearers had not
seen a soldier since the war of the states,
others had not heard those popular songs
which are so common to the most of us.
T«» all of them the performance was a
real treat, and their appreciation of the
performers was only exceeded by the
joy which the performers found in making
them forget their cares.
A small thing, you say, io turn aside
for a mere hour or so. Perhaps, and yet
to these, folks who have not the oppor
tunities which you enjoy, the songs and
music brought a message of cheer, a re
minder of the fact that iu the press of
modern times they are not overlooked,
and greatest of all, a realization that
‘ inasmuch .is ye have done it unto the
icaSt of Ih.’.se ‘ ' r ”
When Eve first started out to dress
to cover up her nakedness, she picked
the fig leaves soft, and green—admired,
perhaps, their dusky sheen. But soon
her daughters found this shade quite
unbecoming to a maid with tresses
neither gold Yor red; so substituted
grass instead, Gvhlch made them yel
low skirts when dried and satisfied
primeval pride. And then the blondes
found peacock blue was quite their
and robbed that
bird <>f plumage rare to to decorate
their sunny hair; while raven locks
of the brunettes were strung with
bright red featherettes. From beasts
they took, both fur and hide, and still
their wants were not suppliedthey
found the silk worm at his loom, at
which his business took a boom; they
sheared Angora sheep and goats to
make therefrom their winter coats;
from fields of cotton and of flax came
fabrics to adorn their backs: and now
to Hooverize on waist, they’ve spider
webs with beadwork traced! Eve’s
modesty is .quite forgot—we’ve evolut
ed such a lot. —Mrs. V. W. S. in th®
Kansas City Star.
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