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' T o w n , " f r ont i sp iece , i l l u s t r a t i o n , by P v t . E l m e r L a u t e n , H . C., 108th Inf . . 2

H i g h Hopes and H i g h F i n a n c e , a s w a n song f r o m the O. T . S., b y Sergt .

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A S o l d i e r ' s L e t t e r to H i s S w e e t h e a r t , by L i e u t . E d w a r d St ree ter , B a t t e r y A , 105th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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D u r i n g the course of t h i s w a r w e m a y p a r t i c i p a t e i n a bat t le that w i l l , for the t i m e be ing , c r o w d as ide the m e m o r y of those two final weeks i n the O. T . S. It w i l l be c ons iderab le f r a y as batt les go. It w i l l have to be.

W e r e t u r n e d f r o m the r i f le range to set­t le d o w n m o r e or less sangu ine t h a t i t was a l l over except the r i n g i n g of the dear o l d w e l k i n , the s o u n d i n g of the w e l l - k n o w n toc­s i n a n d the h a l l e l u j a h s h o u t i n g . E v e r y f e l ­l o w h a d h i s o w n p r i v a t e source of i n f o r m a ­t i o n a n d there w e r e as m a n y r u m o r s afloat as there w e r e s tudents i n t h e schoo l .

E v e r y b o d y i m p a r t e d h i s r u m o r to every­body e lse i n s t r i c t e s t confidence. T h u s ev­e rybody k n e w w h a t everybody e lse h a d h e a r d a n d nobody passed h i s p a r t i c u l a r se­cret a l o n g i n a s m u c h as he k n e w t h a t every­body e lse k n e w i t

. ' A l l W r o n g ! A H W r o n g ! ! F i r s t of a l l , i t was g e n e r a l l y agreed , every

m a n w h o l i v e d to get b a c k f r o m the range was v i r t u a l l y c e r t a i n of h i s c o m m i s s i o n . N o b o d y was ever so w r o n g as we were . Somebody h e a r d t h a t the c o m m i s s i o n s w e r e a l r e a d y s igned a n d t h a t the absence of P r e s i d e n t W i l s o n , S e c r e t a r y B a k e r , L l o y d George a n d a few other i n c i d e n t a l person­ages w a s the on ly c i r c u m s t a n c e that pre­v e n t e d our i m m e d i a t e g r a d u a t i o n .

S o m e h o w or o ther the r u m o r s cou ld not qui te agree u p o n our a s s i g n m e n t s . T h e y c o m b i n e d to a t t a c h us to every b r a n c h a n d c a m p of the serv i ce . B u t nobody lost sleep o n th i s account . W h a t was a post or a n as­s i g n m e n t be tween a l i eu tenant . C o m e w h a t m a y or go w h a t must , a l i e u t e n a n t was a l i e u t e n a n t i n F l a n d e r s or F i n l a n d , S p a r t a n ­b u r g o r P a s a d e n a .

F r o m every c i t y east of D e n v e r came p a m p h l e t s a n d catalogues p r o c l a i m i n g i n p r i n t a n d p h o t o g r a v u r e the super i o r exce l ­lence of the u n i f o r m s m a n u f a c t u r e d by M e s s r s . C o h e n , G u s h b e r g , S p i v a k , M a n d e l -s t e in , G r e e n b l a t t , M e y e r s t e i n a n d B l u m e n -t h a l . C o u l d t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s c a l l u p o n us for our m e a s u r e m e n t s ? C o u l d not they be so v a s t l y h o n o r e d as to send us t h e i r s p e c i a l cata logues a n d m e a s u r e m e n t b l a n k s . M i g h t not they be so o v e r w h e l m i n g l y flatter­ed as to h a v e us l i s t e d w i t h the m u l t i t u d e s of G e n e r a l s , M a j o r s , C a p t a i n s a n d L i e u t e n ­ants a l r e a d y o n t h e i r books?

S u c h l i t e r a t u r e cou ld not but have i ts ef­fect . T h e r e a f t e r a n d i m m e d i a t e l y , there s t a r t e d a n e r a of f r enz i ed finance that some­h o w suggested the e a r l y days of P i t t s b u r g for tunes a n d W a l l Street prod ig ies . O f course, the vas t m a j o r i t y of us couldn ' t , by the fiercest w r e n c h at the f a m i l y for tune , m u s t e r more t h a n seven do l l a r s at the out­side. S e v e r a l m a l e f a c t o r s of great w e a l t h a n d a few of the sons of the p r e d a t o r y i n ­

terests produced r o l l s of s u n d r y s izes that a m o u n t e d to as m u c h as t e n a n d fifteen do l ­l a r s . B u t i t is safe to announce that , save for a r e a l l y i n f i n i t e s i m a l few, the F o r t y T h i e v e s c ou ldn ' t have s h a k e n d o w n the s choo l for m o r e t h a n the pr i ce of one good u n i f o r m .

The P a n i c Star ts . I n a s m u c h as exper ienced officers agreed

that u n i f o r m s , hats , boots, belts a n d so on were necessary appendages to a l i eu tenant , w e a l l r e a l i z e d w i t h more or less c oncern t h a t w e ' d have to purchase s a m e ; a n d to purchase same necess i ta ted the possess ion of money .

I m e n t i o n no names but i n the succeed ing days I h e a r d o t h e r w i s e sane a n d efficient non-coms i n d u l g e i n some of the w i l d e s t schemes to possess themse lves of m o n e y that w e r e ever h a t c h e d at a m e e t i n g of a w i ld - ca t m i n i n g or r e a l estate b o a r d of d i ­rec tors . It is but f a i r to state , now, t h a t nobody h i n t e d b l a c k m a i l a n d nobody o w n e d to thoughts of b u r g l a r y , b a n d i t r y or forgery . B u t the t h i n g s t h a t were done or w e r e thought of b e i n g done to l i f e i n s u r a n c e po l ­i c i e s , L i b e r t y L o a n B o n d s a n d l i k e assets w o u l d have made B r o a d w a y t i c k e t specu la ­tors l ook l i k e the i n h a b i t a n t s of a day n u r ­sery .

T o add to the furore , came the not-quite-off icial news that each success fu l s tudent was to be g r a n t e d a fifteen-day f u r l o u g h . V i s i o n s of a t r i p back to N e w Y o r k , B u f ­fa lo , Rochester , Syracuse , H o r n e l l , E ' l m i r a , P u l a s k i , L y o n s , A r k p o r t , P e n n Y a n a n d other h u s t l i n g v i l l a g e s w h e r e i n mothers a n d other favor i t e g i r l s r e s i d e d l oomed up l i k e oases. ,

T h e B i r t h of Genius. W i t h these prospects came the s t e r n con­

v i c t i o n that a d d i t i o n a l funds w o u l d be p a i n ­f u l l y necessary . B r a i n s that , h i t h e r t o , h a d ev inced n o t h i n g suggest ive of more t h a n n o r m a l powers , became power houses of b r i l l i a n c e . F 'e l lows w h o h a d never s chemed for more t h a n three square m e a l s a day a n d a b i t of exc i t ement now a n d t h e n began e v o l v i n g propos i t i ons that w o u l d have made the la te M r . Gates appear a m a t e u r i s h .

V i r t u a l l y every needy w a r r i o r bethought h i m s e l f of the days of h i s e n l i s t m e n t . H e

i d u g about h i s m e m o r y for a l i s t of those en­thus ias t s b a c k home w h o w r u n g h i s h a n d at the a r m o r y or the r a i l w a y s t a t i o n a n d sa id ,

"George , i f there is ever a n y t h i n g I c a n do for y o u , don ' t hes i tate . Get me r i g h t , George , I 'm there l i k e the s u n i f y o u ever need a f r i e n d . C a l l u p o n me at any t i m e . A n y ­t h i n g ! A N Y T H I N G ! J u s t drop me a l i n e a n d the f a m i l y j ewels are yours . So l ong , George . "

W e l l , nobody hes i ta ted . George a n d J i m a n d B i l l a n d J o h n a l l h a d it r i g h t . T h e longest l e t ters i n the h i s t o r y of finance were w r i t t e n . Sufficient money to fit out a F i e l d M a r s h a l and h is staff was spent for s tamps a n d te l egrams . M e n who h a d never

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A c t i n g A d j u t a n t , f \ C o m m a n d i n g Officer, 102d M i l i t a r y P o l i c e , § i , C o m m e n d a t i o n . | " 1. T h e D i v i s i o n C o m m a n d e r d i re c t s | ° me to a c k n o w l e d g e r e c e i p t of y o u r r epor t f o of operat ions of the M i l i t a r y P o l i c e f r o m | [[ t h e day of t h e i r a r r i v a l at t h i s S t a t i o n | " to A p r i l 1, 1918, a n d to say that u p o n the f (. f ac ts t h e r e i n set f o r t h a n d as a r e s u l t of | \\ h i s p e r s o n a l o b s e r v a t i o n of the w o r k of ? 7 the M i l i t a r y P o l i c e of t h i s D i v i s i o n , he f • * c ommends the officers a n d e n l i s t e d m e n f '! for t h e i r zealous a t t e n t i o n to duty , ex- ? ° e m p l a r y r e c o r d of good conduct and effi- f <> c i ency . f \\ 2. It s h o u l d be recorded that one of | ^ the most i m p o r t a n t a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s of f <» the M i l i t a r y P o l i c e has been the respect | " for a n d confidence i n the o r g a n i z a t i o n | " m a n i f e s t e d at a l l t i m e s by the so ld iers f «» of the D i v i s i o n . T h e M i l i t a r y P o l i c e have f !! been able to p e r f o r m t h e i r dut ies efficient- £ V l y a n d i m p a r t i a l l y a n d at the same t i m e f • w i n a n d m a i n t a i n the r e g a r d of our m e n . | ;| T h e D i v i s i o n C o m m a n d e r congratu la tes | *' the officers a n d e n l i s t e d m e n of the M i l i - f • t a r y P o l i c e upon the exce l lence of t h e i r i \\ record . |

B y c o m m a n d of M a j o r - G e n e r a l O ' R y a n . f 0 ' H . B . B A T T E N B E R G , I 1 A d j u t a n t - G en er a l |

w r i t t e n a n y t h i n g more v i v i d t h a n a l e t t e r that ended " h o p i n g y o u are the s a m e " pro­duced ep is t les that w o u l d have added fame to the n a m e of P r o s p e r M e r i m e e .

A u n t s , unc les a n d g r a n d p a r e n t s who h a d never before seen so m u c h as a Y . M . C. A . post c a r d f r o m C a m p W a d s w o r t h rece ived thousand -word gems of d e s c r i p t i v e w r i t i n g that d i d the c a m p a n d i t s p i c turesque e n v i ­rons p r o u d . C o u s i n s of suspected w e a l t h r e c e i v e d l e t ters so c o r d i a l that they dec ided to r u n for G o v e r n o r or s o m e t h i n g . Of course a l l these l e t ters ended s i m i l a r l y .

T h e r e w o u l d be a v i v i d p a r a g r a p h p e r t a i n ­i n g to the G o l i a t h i c task of w i n n i n g the c o m m i s s i o n ; a n o t h e r about the i m p o s s i b i l i ­ty of p r o v i d i n g aga ins t the c o m i n g expenses w i t h a p r i v a t e ' s or a corpora l ' s o r a ser ­geant 's p a y a n d t h e n the final p o i n t - b l a n k appeal for c a s h — i m m e d i a t e a n d genuine cash that cou ld be t raded i n for r a i l w a y

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F O R B E T T E R M E D A L S .

T h e M e x i c a n S e r v i c e M e d a l B i l l , w h i c h w i l l a w a r d

s e r v i c e m e d a l s t o N e w Y o r k a n d o t h e r n a t i o n a l g u a r d s ­

m e n w h o s e r v e d o n t h e B o r d e r , h a s b e e n p a s s e d b y t h e

U n i t e d S t a t e s S e n a t e . W h e n t h i s e d i t o r i a l w a s w r i t t e n ,

i t w a s u n d e r c o n s i d e r a t i o n i n t h e H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n t a ­

t i v e s .

T h e b i l l p a s s e d b y t h e S e n a t e p r o v i d e s $ 7 , 0 0 0 f o r

t h e m e d a l s . T h e r e a r e a b o u t 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 m e n e n t i t l e d t o

t h e m , u n d e r t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e b i l l . T h i s m e a n s s e v e n

c e n t s a p i e c e f o r m e d a l s . W h a t s o r t o f m e d a l c a n b e p r o ­

v i d e d f o r s e v e n c e n t s , w e a r e n o t s u r e ; b u t w e h a v e a n

i d e a .

T h e r e i s a n a g i t a t i o n t o r a i s e t h e a m o u n t a p p r o ­

p r i a t e d t o $ 2 0 , 0 0 0 . T h i s s e e m s n e a r e r t h e r i g h t a m o u n t .

A m e d a l s h o u l d h a v e a p e r m a n e n t v a l u e . I t s h o u l d b e

w o r t h h a n d i n g d o w n f r o m g e n e r a t i o n t o g e n e r a t i o n . I t

n e e d n o t b e e l a b o r a t e , b u t i t s h o u l d n o t b e c h e a p o r

t a w d r y . W e b e l i e v e t h a t i f t h e g o v e r n m e n t d o e s g i v e

m e d a l s ( a s i t s h o u l d i n t h i s c a s e ) , i t s h o u l d g i v e g o o d

o n e s . W e h o p e a n d w e e x p r e s s t h e h o p e o f 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 s o l ­

d i e r s , t h a t t h e H o u s e w i l l a p p r o p r i a t e e n o u g h m o n e y t o

" a w a r d m e d a l s w o r t h w h i l e . R , E . C .

A G O O D I D E A ,

W e r e p r i n t a l e t t e r f r o m t h e N e w Y o r k H e r a l d u r g i n g t h a t s o l d i e r s be g i v e n f r e e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n o n t h e r a i l ­r o a d s . W h i l e w e t h i n k M r . D o h e r t y , w h o w r o t e t h e l e t ­t e r , i s a b i t t o o s e v e r e w i t h t h e g o v e r n m e n t w h e n h e s a y s i t s h o u l d s h o w u s o m e a p p r e c i a t i o n a n d k i n d n e s s ' ' b e ­c a u s e w e b e l i e v e t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t i s n e i t h e r u n a p p r e -c i a t i v e n o r u n k i n d , w e t h i n k t h e f r e e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n i d e a a g o o d o n e .

C A R R Y S O L D I E R S F R E E . To the E d i t o r of The H e r a l d : —

H o w is i t that the Government , having* taken over the r a i l ­roads, does not g ive the men who are going* to fight for t h e i r country , and who have in m a n y cases v o l u n t a r i l y g iven up good posit ions to do so, t r a n s p o r t a t i o n to the i r homes w h e n g r a n t i n g them a fur l ough , as is done by Great B r i t a i n and F r a n c e , and I believe other E u r o p e a n nat ions?

Unless a man has an income outside his Government pay, or his parents are w e l l enough off to send h i m money, i t means that h a v i n g been a w a y since ear ly i n September the soldier w i l l have to embark for f o re ign service w i t h o u t seeing his parents or h is home and fr iends aga in .

W h i l e the country expects every m a n to do h is duty, i t seems only r i g h t that the Government should show some apprec iat ion and k indness for the y o u n g fe l lows, who i n a l l l i k e l i h o o d are go­i n g to make the great sacrifice and also for the i r parents and re lat ives .

T h i s Government is spending and l o a n i n g immense sums of money. W h y so n i g g a r d l y and shor ts ighted a po l i cy t o w a r d the men who are g o i n g to help w i n the w a r ? * * *

J . L . W Y N D H A M d o h e r t y . Rye , N . Y . , A p r i l 10, 1918.

A s M r . D o h e r t y s u g g e s t s , t o o m a n y p e o p l e t a k e i t f o r g r a n t e d t h a t t h e s o l d i e r h a s a p r i v a t e i n c o m e . N a t u r a l l y r u l e s w h i c h w o r k n o h a r d s h i p o n t h e p r i v a t e i n c o m e c l a s s , d o w o r k h a r d s h i p o n m a n y s o l d i e r s . A m a n ' s s t a y o n t h i s o l i v e d r a b e a r t h s h o u l d b e m a d e as b r i g h t a s p o s s i ­b l e , a n d a d e s e r v e d f u r l o u g h h o m e s h o u l d b e w i t h i n t h e r e a c h o f e v e r y m a n . N o s o l d i e r w a n t s g r a f t . H e d o e s n ' t w a n t t o j o y - r i d e o n t h e r a i l r o a d s . B u t h e w o u l d l i k e t o see a c o n d i t i o n e x i s t w h e r e b y h e c a n g o h o m e f o r t e n d a y s w i t h o u t g e t t i n g h i m s e l f i n d e b t f o r m o n t h s b e c a u s e o f t h e s i z e o f t h e r a i l r o a d f a r e . R . E . C .

A R T A N D W A R . T h e r e i s a n i n t e r e s t i n g e x h i b i t i o n o f p a i n t i n g s a n d

d r a w i n g s b y m e n o f t h e N e w Y o r k D i v i s i o n n o w o n v i e w a t t h e H o s t e s s H o u s e , w h i c h d e m o n s t r a t e s h o w m a n y a n d v a r i e d a r e t h e t a l e n t s c o n c e a l e d b e n e a t h o u r O . D . b l o u s e s .

O f c o u r s e o u r m a j o r b u s i n e s s n o w i s w a r . N o t h i n g e l s e m u s t i n t e r f e r e w i t h t h a t b u s i n e s s . W e m u s t p e r f e c t o u r ­s e l v e s i n i t a s f a r as i t i s h u m a n l y p o s s i b l e . B u t t h e r e c a n b e n o d o u b t t h a t w e w i l l b e b e t t e r s o l d i e r s b e c a u s e o f a n o c c a s i o n a l a r t e x h i b i t . T h e c r i t i c w h o c o n d e m n s s u c h a c t i v i t i e s as d i v i s i o n s h o w s , d i v i s i o n m a g a z i n e s , b a n d c o n c e r t s , a t h l e t i c s , a r t e x h i b i t s , a n d o t h e r t h i n g s n o t i n t h e I . D . R . a s ' ' U n m i l i t a r y F r i l l s ' ' i s as o u t - o f - d a t e a s t h e b o w a n d a r r o w . H e i s T e u t o n i c i n h i s f a i l u r e t o t a k e i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n t h e f a c t t h a t s o l d i e r s a r e h u m a n b e ­i n g s , w h o s e sp ir i t i s t h e i r c h i e f m o t i v e p o w e r .

T h i s i s a w a r o f m o r a l e s . W e a r e g o i n g t o w i n i t b e ­c a u s e o f o u r s u p e r i o r m o r a l e . C a l l i t ' ' f i g h t i n g s p i r i t " i f y o u w i s h . S p i r i t c a n be d e v e l o p e d o n l y t h r o u g h a n a p ­p e a l t o o u r s p i r i t u a l s i d e , t h r o u g h t h e m e d i u m o f a r t , m u s i c , l i t e r a t u r e a n d t h e o t h e r b e a u t i f u l t h i n g s o f l i f e . T h e g r o s s m a t e r i a l i s m o f o u r e n e m y i s p r o b a b l y t h e t h i n g a b o u t h i m w e h a t e m o s t . T o see a n a r t e x h i b i t o r a p l a y o r r e a d a p o e m b y o u r o w n m e n d r i v e s h o m e t o u s m o r e s t r o n g l y t h a n a n y t h i n g i n t h e w o r l d c a n t h e t h o u g h t t h a t o u r c u l t u r e i s w o r t h fighting f o r ; t h a t i t m u s t p r e v a i l o v e r h i s K u l t u r .

B y a l l m e a n s l e t u s h a v e a r t e x h i b i t s , p l a y s , c o n c e r t s , p a p e r s , a t h l e t i c s . T h e y d o n o t h i n d e r d i s c i p l i n e . T h e y h e l p i t , R , E . C .

GAS A T T A C K 5

A Soldier's Letter to His Sweetheart Dere M a b l e

Were back f r o m shootin at the range. W e •ended up b y f i r m at the i n f a n t r y . T h a t was w h a t they was t a l k i n about when they said there was go in to be a garage fire. Thats the a r m y a l l over, M a b l e . Techniekle . The fir-i n was a t o t a l f a i l u r e , M a b l e . W e fired at the range f o r three months and never h i t i t . That a i n t surpr i s in cause I never see n o t h i n except •some trees i n f ront of the guns and we a lways fired over those., W h e n they finally got wise a n d put some i n f a n t r y out there for us to fire at we missed them absolutely . F i r e d ev­e r y t h i n g i n f ront of them.

D o n ' t say n o t h i n about this cause i t might get into the papers and cheer up the K i z e r . I t s a l l the Capt ins f a i t . I guess he thought he had an A u n t y A i r K r a f t batery . That fe l lo comes f r o m F a r Rock a w a y and he l ives i n the las t house.

The last m o r n i n we fired the l ieutenant says I was 'batery agent. I t seemed k i n d of s i l l y to me to bother about se l l in stuff whi le we was firin but thats the l ieutenant . H e got a w a y before I could ask h i m what I was to •sell. I bought a lot of pop and crackers and stuff and tr ied to sel l em to the fellos whi le t h e y was firin. The first sergent wouldnt let me. I t o ld h i m I was ba t t e ry agent but not h i m . T h a t fe l lo wont have to wear no steel helmut when he gets to F r a n c e . I ate i t a l l myse l f .

I f the l i eutenant is go in to keep me as bat ­t e r y agent now were back i m goin to ask h i m i f I cant r i g up a l i t t l e office. I wouldnt be surpr ised i f they had me up i n W a s h i n g t o n p r e t t y soon. L o t s of the fellos say they ought to send me somewhere. I m w r i t i n up to N . Y .

where there ' s a place where they make sofa pi l los w i t h fel los go in over the top on em and gold r ings w i t h your g i r l \s name on em free for a do l lar t w e n t y ($1.20).

The last week on the range we l i v e d i n pup tents. A pup tent M a b l e is l i k e the roof of a dog house w i thout the house. T h e y ca l l em pup tents cause no one but a v e r y young dog wou ld be foo l enough to sleep under one. There made out of a couple of pieces of stuff l i k e w h a t you make porus n i t undercloths out of. Y o u but ton em together i f theres any buttons. I t dont make much difference as f a r as keep in the r a i n out is concerned. The only good I can see they do is to s t r a i n the r a i n .

I guess these pup tents we got is an old is ­sue what was wished on us b y the Japaneze army. W h e n an o r d i n a r y sized fe l lo l ies down i n one (and that 's a l l you can do i n em) lies out doors f r o m the nees down. The M a ­jor came round Sunday n i g h t . I guess he made a mis take and thought i t was Satur ­day. Theres a rule that M a j o r s only come round on S a t u r d a y cause they bother the men. The major says "I guess we el b low taps an hour ear ly tonight cause the men is a l l i n " an I says back r i g h t out l oud ' ' T h e r e a int anybody go in to get a l l i n i n these th ings , you b i g overgrown b o o b , , ? on ly he happened to be a w a y down the street and d idnt hear me. I t d idnt make no difference to me though. I sa id i t a n y w a y . H i g h sp ir ­i t ed . Thats me a l l over, M a b l e .

A n g u s M c D o n a l d , the skotch fe l lo says that these is skotch pup tents. The skotch he says dont ever wear no th in below the nees. I guess A n g u s a i n t a pure skot though cause I heard h i m and Joe Loomis a r g u i n th is m o r n ­i n tause A n g u s had swiped Joes horse b l a n ­ket to w r a p round his legs.

I t ra ined f o r three days before we l e f t . Y o u coud have squoze water out of m y p i s t u l , M a b l e . They say a fe l lo is two th i rds water a n y w a y . I bet I was 99 and n inety -n ine 100 per cent pure, eh M a b l e f

M o n d a y m o r n i n we h i k e d back to camp. They got us up so ear ly I thought they was b l o w i n taps. The l ieutenant was a w f u l sore. I guess a drop of water came through his tent somewhere d u r i n g the n ight and l i t on h i m . H e looks at me an says " A s you were, S m i t h . ' ' A l l I says was "111 never be aga in , L i e u t e n a n t . "

T h e y made me a d r i v e r the last m i n i t on the h i k e comin home. I guess there b r e a k i n me i n to every place sos they can let the rest of the batery home on f u r l o w and let me do a l l the w o r k , f rom the looks of i t . T h e y showed me two horses h i tched to the gun and to ld me they was mine . E i g h t a w a y I seen that the r i g h t hand horse was a l l h i t ched up and there wasnt nobody there to r ide h i m . So when the sargent says he was a l l r eady I says 1 ' N o we a int . I a in t goin t i l l the fe l lo what rides this horse is here. Theres enough favor i tes be in p layed i n the b a t t e r y n o w . 1 7

Q«U Bi-ecK

T h a t showed the l ieutenant where I stood. H e sa id the fe l lo what usua l ly drove the horse was on special d u t y c o i l i n up firin l ines . W h e n he put i t that w a y I agreed to lead the r i ght hand horse i n to camp. A n g u s says they c a l l the r i g h t hand horse the off horse cause the fe l lo what r ides h i m is a lways off doin somethin else. H e a in t the only fe l lo whats off r ound here though I can t e l l you that M a b l e .

Theres a rumor round here that were go in to H o n e y L u l u . Joe L o o m i s has sent for his U k a y l a l y . A n g u s says hes order in a grass cutter to take w i t h h i m sos he can make h imsel f one of those grass suits over there. I guess the next t ime I wr i t e i t l l be f r o m there.

yours t i l l then B i l l

S O M E BOOST F R O M A S H E V I L L E . T h e C o n s o l i d a t e d B a n d s gave us some

concert. J u d s o n H o u s e is some s inger . F r a n c i s S u t h e r l a n d i s some grace fu l con­ductor a n d some cornet soloist . T h e band members , each one of t h e m some a r t i s t . W a n t some more , please.

B e s t wishes , S i n c e r e l y , N. B U C K N E R , Secy.,

A s h e v i l l e B o a r d of T r a d e .

W E W A N T S C R A P P Y STORIES. T h i s unde l iverab le -magaz ines - f o r - so ld ie rs

idea is a good one, B U T — i s n ' t i t t o u g h w h e n your bundle of m a g a z i n e s cons is ts of Nee ­d lework , t h e M o t h e r s ' M a g a z i n e , St . N i c h o ­las, T o d a y ' s H o u s e w i f e , V o g u e , and M c C a l l ' s ( s p r i n g f a s h i o n n u m b e r ) ?

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" L E T ' S G O T O T H E H O S T E S S H O U S E -

'Am a i i i i i i i a

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T h e L o u n g e .

M i s s B e r t h a M i r i a m Loheed of B r o c k t o n , Mass . , Colonel of the Hostess House, calls th is a t t r a c t i v e w i c k e r e d and eh in t zed r o o m — ' ' the l ounge . ; J I t is , w i thout doubt, the most comfortable place i n camp (except when someone plays " S i l v e r Threads A m o n g the G o l d " on the pub l i c V i c t r o l a ) . H e r e the soldier can read , medi tate and rest a f ter retreat and i n his other moments of leisure. A log fire crackles i n the fire-place, w h i c h , just now is surmounted by boughs of dog-wood blossoms. I t is i n th i s room that M i s s Loheed (the l a d y i n wh i te whom the camera ' has caught i n the midst of a song at the piano on the l e f t of the p ic ture ) says, one or two hundred times a day to mothers, wives and sweet­hearts of the s o l d i e r s — " S o pleased to see y o u ! "

4 ' F o r t y - F i v e C e n t s ! "

H e a v e n l y blue and canary ye l l ow is the decorative mot i f of the ca feter ia of the Hostess House. The azure effect is carr ied out i n every th ing but the cashier ' s eyes. T h e y are brown. T h i s room also has a fireplace w h i c h the Y . W . C. A . hostesses keep cov­ered w i t h fresh dogwood blossoms. C a p t a i n E l i z a b e t h K i n g m a n is seen i n the act of assembl ing some pie a l a mode. L i e u t e n a n t H a W i l l i a m s , ad jutant of the cash register , is jus t about to scan a t r a y w i t h one of the aforementioned sepia-hued optics, and smile " F o r t y - f i v e c e n t s " so arch ly that the soldier w i l l go back for another piece of s t rawberry shortcake just to hear her say " S i x t y . " A l l e n , the inde fa t igab le bus-boy, appears i n t h i s p i c ture to have a double-yolked head. W h i c h , i n rea l l i f e , he hasn ? t . H e was g l i d i n g i n f ront of the camera w i t h a t r a y when M r s . M a j o r B e a l P s eagle eye detected h i m and to get h i m to stop she cr ied out the first mascul ine name that occurred to her, w h i c h was " H a r o l d , " I n the parlance of the E i a l t o , A l l e n d id not g ive her a tumble but cont inued on his way , w i t h the result that he appears to have a double bean. S p e a k i n g of beans, the ca feter ia is the so ld ier ' s refuge f r o m beans. Here he can heap his t r a y w i t h luscious th ings , and laugh at the mess sergeant. The self-service feature puzz led one app le -knock ing gent leman from A u r o r a , N e w Y o r k , who i n r e l a t i n g his adventures i n the ca feter ia sa id , " I got m y k n i f e and f o r k and spoon, col lected a l o t ta v i t t l es on a t r a y , took 'em to a table mysel f , et 'era, but then I fooled the hostesses. I snuk out w i t h o u t w a s h i n ' the dishes! ' '

D I V I S I O N L O S E S B R I G A D I E R - G E N ­E R A L L E S T E R ,

P o p u l a r C o m m a n d e r F o u n d P h y s i c a l l y "Unfit a n d is H o n o r a b l y D i s c h a r g e d .

B r i g . Gen . James W . L e s t e r , c ommander of the 54th i n f a n t r y br igade , has been d is ­missed f r o m the service because of p h y s i c a l d i s a b i l i t y . Gen . L e s t e r made h i s las t pub­l i c appearance as head of h i s br igade here w h e n l ie was i n c o m m a n d of the 10,000 troops who p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the L i b e r t y L o a n parade. U p o n r e t u r n i n g to h i s quar ­ters at the c o n c l u s i o n of the m i l i t a r y pag­eant, G e n e r a l L e s t e r r e c e i v e d of f ic ial not i f i ­ca t ion of h i s d i s m i s s a l .

Gen . L e s t e r was regarded as one of the most efficient commanders i n the 27th d i ­v i s i o n a n d was exceedingly popu lar w i t h the officers a n d en l i s ted m e n as w e l l , who served under h i m , because of h i s fa i rness a n d cons idera t i on i n a l l h i s dea l ings w i t h them. Gen . L e s t e r was a ve teran of the S p a n i s h - A m e r i c a n w a r , h a v i n g served as m a j o r i n the Second N e w Y o r k N a t i o n a l G u a r d i n f a n t r y .

Gen . L e s t e r rose f r o m the r a n k s , a n d has been a member of the N e w Y o r k N a t i o n a l G u a r d for more t h a n 33 years , e n l i s t i n g as a p r i v a t e at S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s , h i s home, M a r c h 25, 1884. H e was appo inted a cap­t a i n on J a n u a r y 15, 1892, a m a j o r on M a r c h 29, 1898, a n d L i e u t . C o l . M a r c h 21, 1899. H e assumed c o m m a n d of the Second i n f a n ­t r y as co lonel December 11, 1903, a n d was appo inted a br igad ie r -genera l J u n e 6, 1911.

G e n e r a l L e s t e r was g i v e n a f a r e w e l l re­cept ion by the officers a n d en l i s ted m e n .

Co lone l E d g a r S. J e n n i n g s , c ommander of the 108th i n f a n t r y , has been ass igned to t e m p o r a r y c o m m a n d of the br igade .

N E W M . P. C O M P A N Y . Capt . George W . S u l l i v a n , f o u r t h pioneer

i n f a n t r y , has been ordered to organize a p r o v i s i o n a l company of m i l i t a r y 4 pol ice as soon as possible by B r i g . - G e n . G u y C a r l e -ton , c o m m a n d i n g the p r o v i s i o n a l depot for corps a n d a r m y troops. W i t h the a r r i v a l of new so ld iers for the depot u n i t the w o r k has been f ound to be too extens ive for the m i l i t a r y pol ice of the Twenty-Seventh* D i ­v i s i o n to h a n d l e a n d the p r o v i s i o n a l com­pany i s to be organized to co-operate w i t h them. T h e other officers of the p r o v i s i o n a l company w i l l be F i r s t L i e u t . T h o m a s B a r -don, J r . , of the f i f ty - fourth p ioneer i n f a n ­t r y a n d Second L i e u t . J o h n H . J e n k i n s , of the f i f t y - t h i r d pioneer i n f a n t r y . Capt . S u l ­l i v a n w i l l r epor t to M a j o r T . H a r r y S h a n -ton , c o m m a n d i n g the 102d M i l i t a r y P o l i c e , for i n s t r u c t i o n s .

150,000 M E N A R E C A L L E D TO A R M Y C A N T O N M E N T S .

T h e provost m a r s h a l g e n e r a l has i s s u e d a c a l l f or a p p r o x i m a t e l y 150,000 m e n to re­por t at camps , the movement to b e g i n A p r i l 26 a n d cont inue five days .

N e w Y o r k State 's quota i s . 10,171.

GAS A T T A C K 7

T H E IDEAS OF E T H E L B U R T J E L L Y B A C K , P R I V A T E , X X I . O u r entrance in to the

p a l a t i a l home of M r s . D o l -l a r s w o r t h was f u l l of m i s ­haps, chief ly o w i n g to the fact t h a t M u g r u m s h a d i n ­s is ted upon a c c o m p a n y i n g D i c k i e D a r l i n g a n d me as one of our comrades i n a r m s , i n ­stead of a l ow fe l low w h o m I h a d in tended to use on ly as m y o rder ly .

M r s . D o l l a r s w o r t h recovered suff ic iently f r o m her f a i n t i n g spe l l , caused by M u g r u m s ' i n s i s t e n t s h a k i n g of h e r h a n d , to s i t up a t the table at d i n n e r . D i n n e r was a f u n c t i o n at the D o l l a r s w o r t h home. I w a r n e d M u g ­r u m s of i t s f o r m a l i t y .

W h e n we entered the l o f ty d i n i n g r o o m , M u g r u m s broke a w a y f r o m us a n d grabbed a c h a i r ahead of a l l the ladies .

H e sat down i n i t t r i u m p h a n t l y . " F i r s t come, first s e r v e d ! " he c r i e d . " M u g r u m s ! " I protested. " W i l l y o u he lp

M r s . L e g g i n g t o n i n t o her c h a i r . " M u g r u m s l ooked q u i z z i c a l l y at M r s . L e g -

g ington . " W h a t ? " he l aughed . " T h a t h u s k y g i r l ?

She's b i g enough to he lp herse l f . I f she don't l e a r n now she never w i l l . "

M u g r u m s T a l k s Much. M u g r u m s k e p t up a constant flow of re ­

m a r k s about the d i n n e r . " G e e ! L o o k at the tab lec lo th . A n d r e a l n a p k i n s , too. Say , one o' t h e m ' u d m a k e a good t owe l back i n the tent , w o u l d n ' t i t ? Guess I ' l l j u s t s l i p i t i n m y pocket . " H e l i k e d the s t r a w b e r r i e s a n d w h i p p e d c ream so w e l l t h a t he w a n t e d to k n o w i f there were any seconds.

A f t e r d i n n e r we s t ro l l ed out to the ve­r a n d a . It began to r a i n . T h i s made a n i m p r e s s i o n on M u g r u m s .

" W h e e ! " he c h u c k l e d . " T h i s i s a n en­l i s t e d m a n ' s r a i n . "

" W h a t do y o u m e a n by that , M u g r u m s ? " " I m e a n t h e r e ' l l be no d r i l l to-day." I l ooked at M u g r u m s c r i t i c a l l y . I fe lt

sure he hadn ' t bathed as recent ly as he ought to have.

" T h e r e is one good t h i n g about t h i s r a i n , M u g r u m s . It m a y w a s h the stars and s t r ipes off y o u r neck . "

T h e r e m a i n d e r of the e v e n i n g passed w i t h ­out event, a l t h o u g h I was h a r d put to i t k e e p i n g -a .watchful eye on M u g r u m s . We r e t i r e d to our bedroom suite , w h i c h con­s isted of an ample ba throom and a n enor­mous bedroom, w i t h w i n d o w s l o o k i n g out over the l a w n a n d three mohagony beds. T h e h a n g i n g s and f u r n i s h i n g s were i n the best of taste.

M u g r u m s is Impressed. " G e e ! " sa id M u g r u m s , s p r a w l i n g on one

of the beds. " T h e r e ' a i n ' t no * res istance . Y o u s i n k r i g h t i n . " H i l eaped ' out onto the floor a g a i n a n d began execut ing a j i g step. " A n d T u r k i s h rugs , too. T r a , l a , l a d a — "

" M u g r u m s , s t o p ! " I ordered. " T h e house-

Oil Further Misadventures at the Home of Mrs. Dollarsworth

h o l d is t r y i n g to sleep. Y o u ' r e m a k i n g a d r e a d f u l r a c k e t . "

M u g r u m s desisted. L a t e r , however , as D i c k i e a n d I were m a k i n g ready for s l u m ­ber, great noises came f r o m the b a t h r o o m . I m a d e a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n a n d d i s covered M u g r u m s w a s h i n g h i s leggings a n d s h i r t i n the b a t h tub, s c r u b b i n g at h i s c lothes w i t h a l l h i s s t r e n g t h a n d a great q u a n t i t y of soapsuds.

" M u g r u m s , y o u m u s t stop that a n d come to bed. Y o u ' r e s h a k i n g the who le r o o m . "

" N o w , E t h e l b u r t , be n ice . Y o u k n o w t h i s bathtub ' s a fine place to do a good w a s h i n g i n . L o o k a t i t , b i g enameled tub a n d a l l the hot w a t e r anybody 'd want . It 's the chance of a l i f e t i m e . Bes ides , m y s h i r t a i n ' t been washed s ince the t i m e I f e l l i n the w a t e r i n g t r o u g h i n f r o n t of the s tab les . "

I cou ld do n o t h i n g w i t h h i m . So I went to bed a n d le f t h i m at h i s labors .

The Next M o r n i n g . T h e next m o r n i n g , w h i c h was S u n d a y ,

I was a w a k e n e d by a k n o c k i n g at the door. It was M r . D o l l a r s w o r t h , the host . H e was per turbed .

" T h e S m i t h s , m y ne ighbors to the n o r t h , have jus t te lephoned me t h a t there i s some strange sort of flag h a n g i n g out of one of the second s tory w i n d o w s . I can ' t find out w h a t w i n d o w i t i s unless i t is one of yours . H a v e y o u by a n y chance brought a flag w i t h y o u w h i c h you have h u n g out, M r . J e l l y -b a c k ? "

" N o , s i r , " I r e p l i e d , equa l ly a t a loss. " T h e r e i t i s , " sa id M r . D o l l a r s w o r t h ,

p o i n t i n g to a n open w i n d o w . " I see i t flut­t e r i n g i n the w i n d . "

W e went to the w i n d o w . H a n g i n g upon the ledge were M u g r u m s ' leggings a n d s h i r t , flapping aga ins t the a r i s t o c r a t i c s ides of the m a n s i o n on a Sabbath m o r n . I was chagr ined .

" Y o u say i t belongs to M r . M u g r u m s ? " asked M r . D o l l a r s w o r t h . " I s i t a new k i n d of service flag?"

" N o , s i r , but. i t has seen a lot of serv­ice . "

A s soon as M r . D o l l a r s w o r t h w i t h d r e w , I removed M u g r u m s ' c l o t h i n g f r o m the w i n ­dow and r e b u k e d the owner , who was sleep­i n g soundly .

" A w , leave me alone , " m u t t e r e d M u g r u m s . " I was d r e a m i n g I j u s t bought t h i s house. N o w you 've gone a n d lost i t for me. "

" M u g r u m s , y o u m u s t get up a n d dress a n d leave here at once. Y o u are cons tant ly h u m i l i a t i n g D i c k i e a n d me. Moreover , i t is t im e for y o u to s ta r t back to camp i f y o u w a n t to ' get " there before your pass ' r u n s out . "

B o u n d N o r t h . A t l e n g t h I got r i d of M u g r u m s a n d

b r e a t h e d easier . T h e n D i c k i e D a r l i n g a n d I de­p a r t e d , o n a n e v e n i n g t r a i n , for N e w Y o r k . A s I c l i m b e d into m y b e r t h I

was se ized w i t h a great fear that I w o u l d n ' t be able to sleep w e l l , t h r o u g h the v i c i s s i t u d e s of the r a i l r o a d . S o m e h o w I f e l l as leep a n d d i d n ' t w a k e up u n t i l m o r n i n g .

" P o r t e r ! " I c a l l e d out, gay ly , " d i d y o u sh ine m y shoes for me? Good. I h a d a fine sleep. T h a t ' s the smoothest roadbed I ever slept o n . "

" Y a s , s u n , " s n i c k e r e d the negro. " I t oughta be smooth , suh . T h e r e ' s done been a w r e c k up ahead a n d we a i n ' t moved for n i n e h o u r s . "

E T H E L B U R T J E L L Y B A C K , P r i v a t e . — C . D.

C O M P R E N E Z VOUS? C A M P O B E L L O . M o s t of us are i n t e r e s t e d i n o r i g i n s ,

w h e t h e r o r not o u r l ineage c a n be t r a c e d back to the M a y f l o w e r , a n d b e i n g t h u s l y in teres ted , we, here at the range , w o u l d l i k e to have the he lp of y o u r e d i t o r i a l staff a n d y o u r readers i n t r a c i n g the o r i g i n of the n a m e of the v i l l a g e w h i c h i s C a m p W a d s w o r t h ' s p o i n t of e m b a r k a t i o n — -to the bat t le f ie lds of G l a s s y R o c k a n d H o g ­back M o u n t a i n .

W o u l d - b e h i g h b r o w s h a v e a s s u r e d us that C a m p o b e l l o was d e r i v e d f r o m the L a t i n " c a m p u m b e l l u m , " m e a n i n g " w a r c a m p . "

N o w , a S p a n i s h d a n c i n g g i r l , a f r i e n d of ours , m e n t i o n s c a s u a l l y i n a recent l e t t e r that t h i s w o r d , C a m p o b e l l o , i n h e r l a n ­guage means " b e a u t i f u l c o u n t r y , " a n d i t i s .

A n I t a l i a n l a d w h o i s d o i n g h i s b i t to m a k e the w o r l d safe f r o m a u t o c r a c y by b e i n g a n A m e r i c a n a r t i l l e r y m a n , took great p r i d e a n d joy i n i n f o r m i n g us t h a t our S o u t h C a r o l i n a depot a n d cross-roads was n a m e d for h i s home- town i n f a i r S i c i l y .

T o be sure a l l noble sons of E r i n ' s Isle , of the A m m u n i t i o n T r a i n , c a m p e d there , as­sert that C a m p o b e l l o is the p o p u l a r v e r s i o n of the n a m e of t h e i r fighting I r i s h m a j o r a n d shou ld be spe l l ed w i t h three c a p i t a l s — " C a m p O ' B e l l . "

A doughboy m i g h t g ive i t a ne ther t h r u s t as the " c a m p ' b e l o w " a n d a field-piece r i d e r m i g h t s l ide i t out as " C a m p i e B e l l i e . " B u t a n a t i v e g ives the o n l y a u t h e n t i c i n t e r p r e t a ­t i on , based as i t is e n t i r e l y on l o c a l c o l o r a n d f a m i l y t r a d i t i o n . H e aff irms i n no u n ­c e r t a i n t e rms or tones that i n the days of the coon-skin-capped f r o n t i e r s m a n , the s i te of our mooted v i l l a g e w a s a n o l d buffalo s a l t - l i c k a n d f r o m the t h u n d e r i n g s of the t a w n y herds , the n e a r b y h u n t i n g c a m p was c a l l e d the " C a m p O ' b e l l o w . " •

N o w who ' s r i g h t ? O r have we ye t to d is ­cover the o r i g i n a n d m e a n i n g of t h i s name—-another speck put on the map by the 27th D i v i s i o n ? M . E . O.

8 GAS A T T A C K

A H I T I N N E W Y O R K .

" Y o u K n o w M e , A l , " D i v i s i o n S h o w , B i g Success .

" Y o u Know Me, A l , " the division show, went big in New York, where it was on view at the Lexington Theatre ten days, starting Apri l 11th.

It bowled 'em over, as they say along the Rialto, and enthusiastic audiences filled the big theatre at every show. Incidentally the show stimulated recruiting. It suggest­ed to a lot of New Yorkers a fact we have known for some time, to wit: that the N e w York Division is S O M E division, and can do well whatever it sets out to do.

A l l the New York critics agreed that the show was most creditable. We reprint below a typical criticism by Burns Mantle, the well known critic of the Evening Mail . The proceeds of the shows go toward pay. ing for a portable theatre in which plays w i l l be given behind the lines in France.

What One Critic Said. "Sounds extravagant, but there are really

not over half a dozen musical plays on Broadway with a dancing and singing chorus

half so well drilled or half as entertaining as that the boys of the 27th Division have brought up from Spartanburg for their 'You Know Me, A l / performances at the Lexing­ton Theatre. And I am not at all positive that I could name the six.

"It is far and away, counting numbers, a better ensemble than any the Lambs' Club has ever mustered for its gambols, or the Friars for their frolics. Ned Wayburn him­self has not trained a more proficient group of highsteppers, nor Victor Herbert coaxed more natural or more pleasing harmonies from his beloved male choruses.

"I wish it were possible to organize a huge theatre party of all the other chorus men in town, and the girls, too, for that matter, but especially the anemic youths threatened by the draft, and take them over to the Lexington next week. Not with any hope of shaming them into an observance of what­ever obligations they may be avoiding, but for the sheer pleasure of showing them what a really good chorus can do.

" I t is this well-nigh perfect ensemble that provides the soldiers' show with a spine, but there are a lot of things that contribute to its splendid spirit. Basicly they are the

things that are fast welding the American army, and particularly the volunteer divi­sions, into the most effective military or­ganization in the world—enthusiasm, initia­tive and that alert intelligence no kultur-ridden autocracy will ever breed or can ever beat.

"Welterweights in Chiffon." " T h e principals are mostly specialists, the

majority with some professional experience to help them. The boys w h o play the female parts, however, I judge are either amateurs or unfamiliar with this particular style of entertaining. They have acquired a certain awkward grace, and use their forced fal­settos with some skill, much to the amuse­ment of the crowd, but they are not very happy Arlines and Sallies. One, with the biceps of a welterweight champion showing through his Lucille chiffon, dances with such amazing grace the encores considerably de­lay the show.

"There are several good singers and a sur­prising number of good songs. You owe it to no one but yourself to hear, for instance, such splendid numbers as 'My Heart Be­longs to the U . S. A. , ' with its dancing bell­hops, as lively a septet as you will ever meet at the Palace; 'Bring Back That Yama Man to Me,' a typical, jazz-infected Broadway echo; or a regular heart-stuff ballad set to a better than typical ballad tune, 'Let Me Have a Corner of Your Heart' ; or some other lad's tribute to a memory of the Broadway he knew before he decided t o 'list, 'I'm Going Back to Mobile, Alabama.'

"Incidentally, there is an orchestra to play these numbers that compares more than fa­vorably with the best that the average Broadway production has to offer. And a smaller Hawaiian band that, playing unusu­ally well behind the scenes, should certainly have been permitted to show itself.

' ' Genuine Success.'' "It is a very genuine success, this soldier

show. Don't overlook tha t fact. Not a suc­cess by the grace of our local pride, nor one forced by a spasmodic patriotism—but a hit for which the boys themselves are responsi­ble, and one that does both them and their division great credit.

" T h a t it will help with the recruiting there can be little doubt, for it represents a di­visional, regimental, battalion, company and squad spirit that will unquestionably appeal to those fit and worthy to be New York volunteers who are still unplaced.

"If it happens you are one, you will find a gentleman at 721 Fifth avenue who wil l be glad to explain all details to you. You couldn't go over with a better crowd than this one, I'll wager that much. Nor with one that will come through with more hon­ors. For, as Private Walter Davenport writes in the programme, 'It's the man with: the laugh, the man with the lilt of a song on his lips and the flip of the fox trot in his heart who is going to lope out over the shell craters cheerfully, seeking rough necks to twist.' And coming back after the twisting's done."

GAS A T T A C K 9

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A " D I G G I N G D E T A I L . "

T h e r e is s o m e t h i n g so " b a c k t o n a t u r i s h " about the d i g g i n g d e t a i l t h a t the boys j u s t c a n ' t resist " t h a t i m ­p u l s e " to v o l u n t e e r for a job of this k i n d . T h i n k of the j o y of b e i n g able to d i g d o w n into h a r d m o t h e r earth , a n d p e r h a p s if- y o u ' r e l u c k y f i n d i n g a b i t o f p r i m i t i v e r o c k to tustle w i t h ? ! $ * H e r e are some o f the boys w h i l i n g a w a y the a f ternoon , each w i l l i n g l y d o i n g his " b i t . " (See the two especia l ly h a r d " b i t t e r s " i n the lower left h a n d corner . )

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" A n d who are you?' ' ' 'Mercy goodness sakes! Don't y o u k n o w

me? Why, I ' m the t y p i c a l A m e r i c a n 'Sam-mie' y ou see on magazine covers and i n co l lar ads . "

(More business for the Base Hospital.)

C A L L F O R Y O U R P A R C E L POST P A C K A G E .

If a n y of the m e n of the 27th D i v i s i o n have r e c e i v e d not i ces f r o m the C a m p postoffice to c a l l at the office i n re ference to i n s u r e d par­c e l post i t i s for t h e i r o w n i n t e r e s t that t h e y c a l l as soon as poss ib le a n d c lose the case up . T h e t i m e t a k e n w i l l be but a f ew m i n u t e s a n d p r o m p t n e s s i n these mat te r s r e l i e v e s the D e p a r t m e n t of a great d e a l of c onges t i on w h i c h means bet ter se rv i ce to the m e n .

"American loafer, have a care who you tell to dig ditches. I am the Graf von Buggen-bugg, descendant of a long line of belted knights . "

" G e t a move on, Fritz, or there'll be an­other belted knight around here. "

GAS A T T A C K

W H A T T H E S O L D I E R S ' C L U B I S F O R .

! T h e E d i t o r , Gas A t t a c k , ' C a m p W a d s w o r t h . S. C

D e a r S i r : I n order that the m e n at C a m p W a d s -

w o r t h m a y f u l l y u n d e r s t a n d the advantages w h i c h are offered t h e m i n the S o l d i e r s ' C l u b on M a i n Street , opposite the H o t e l C leve ­l a n d , m a y I i n f o r m t h e m t h r o u g h y o u r col ­u m n s ?

T h e C l u b was e s tab l i shed t h r o u g h the en­deavors of the W a r C a m p C o m m u n i t y S e r v ­ice , w h i c h r a i s e d the funds necessary .

| T h e C l u b house is a one-story a n d base-! m e n t b r i c k b u i l d i n g about 150 x 40 feet, I l i g h t e d o n a l l s ides by p l e n t y of w i n d o w s . | T h e r e are tab les for games, w r i t i n g desks , ! books, magaz ines , etc., two large fire p laces ) w h i c h b u r n rea l logs, a n d so f a r have been v e r y m u c h used .

T h e h a l l i s so a r r a n g e d t h a t a f o l d i n g par ­t i t i o n c a n be used t h e r e b y m a k i n g a r o o m about 60 x 40 feet, w h i c h is c a l l e d the m u s i c room, h a v i n g a stage at one end a n d a p iano , fine V i c t r o l a a n d a m a n d o l i n . D o w n s t a i r s i n a w e l l - l i g h t e d basement are showers a n d tub baths , b a r b e r shop, c lo thes p r e s s i n g a n d shoe p o l i s h i n g s tands .

It has been o r g a n i z e d s t r i c t l y as a man ' s c lub , a n d not as a n a m u s e m e n t h a l l . Once a w e e k there are l a d i e s ' days , at w h i c h t i m e m u s i c a l e s , together w i t h d a n c i n g , are a r ­r a n g e d a n d there i s a l w a y s a l a rge a t t end ­ance of lad ies a n d so ld iers .

T h e r e i s a c lub c o m m i t t e e composed of m e n r e p r e s e n t i n g di f ferent o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n camp , w h i c h meets w i t h me every S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g at 6:30 a n d go over the p lans f o r the f o l l o w i n g week , m a k e suggest ions , etc., so the m e n have a vo i ce i n the af fa irs of t h e i r c lub . T h e r e are no i n i t i a t i o n fees n o r dues, the i n i t i a t i o n fee b e i n g the u n i f o r m , the m e m b e r s h i p l a s t i n g so l o n g as a m a n treats i t as h e w o u l d h i s o w n home.

C o m p a n i e s m a y r e n t the M u s i c R o o m f o r a n o m i n a l s u m , for p r i v a t e e n t e r t a i n m e n t s .

A f t e r 27 years as a n officer i n the N e w Y o r k S ta te N a t i o n a l G u a r d C a v a l r y , a n d n o w b e i n g o n the S ta te R e s e r v e L i s t , I f e l t t h a t I c ou ld p o s s i b l y do s o m e t h i n g w h i c h w o u l d be of benefit a m o n g the e n l i s t e d m e n , so I dropped m y bus iness a n d c a m e here to d i ­rec t the a f fa irs of the c lub , u n d e r the a u ­spices of the W a r C a m p C o m m u n i t y S e r v ­ice, a n d i t has been the greatest p l e a s u r e to meet the m e n a n d w o r k w i t h a n d f o r t h e m , a n d I p a r t i c u l a r l y w a n t the so ld i e r s to k n o w that the c lub i s t h e i r s .

Y o u r s f a i t h f u l l y , O L I V E R B . B R I D G M A N ,

B r i g a d i e r G e n e r a l (R . L . ) N . G . N . Y .

T H E B R A N D N E W N O N - C O M . H e keeps repeat ing to h imsel f , 4 ' t o be

obeyed and respected a c c o r d i n g l y . ' '

B A D T R U C K A C C I D E N T .

T w o S o l d i e r s K i l l e d a n d 18 H u r t W h e n T r u c k P l u n g e s 60 F e e t .

M e c h a n i c F r a n c i s J . M e r r i t t , B a t t e r y C, 105th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y , a n d P r i v a t e P e t e r L o n -e r g r a n , B a t t e r y D , 105th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y , were k i l l e d a n d s i x o ther so ld i e rs b a d l y i n ­j u r e d w h e n a n a r m y t r u c k p l u n g e d d o w n a s i x t y foot e m b a n k m e n t at R e i d v i l l e , S. C. o n the n i g h t of A p r i l 12th. T w e n t y so ld i e rs w e r e i n the t r u c k , bound for R e i d v i l l e to g ive a m i n s t r e l show. A l l w e r e m o r e or less i n j u r e d . R a i n h a d so f tened the r o a d ­s ide to s u c h a n extent t h a t the t r u c k r o l l e d d o w n a n e m b a n k m e n t near the T i g e r R i v e r b r idge , t u r n i n g over tw i ce .

L o n e r g r a n was c r u s h e d beneath the t r u c k a n d i n s t a n t l y k i l l e d . M e r r i t t d i e d i n the B a s e H o s p i t a l two hours l a t e r .

O f the i n j u r e d m e n , S tab le S e r g e a n t J o ­s e p h C h u r l o , B a t t e r y B , 105th F i e l d A r t i l ­l e r y , i s the most bad ly h u r t . H e i s i n the B a s e H o s p i t a l , su f fer ing f r o m c e r e b r a l con­cuss ions a n d compress i on . H e has a good chance to recover .

T h e other i n j u r e d m e n are P r i v a t e W i l ­l i a m J . Schoefer , B a t t e r y C, 105th F i e l d A r ­t i l l e r y , 634 F r a n k l i n avenue , B r o o k l y n , N . Y . , l a c e r a t i o n s b a c k of head, s l i g h t cut le f t w r i s t a n d s p r a i n e d l i t t l e finger of r i g h t h a n d .

P r i v a t e J o h n P . H a g g e r t y , B a t t e r y C, 105th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y , 995 B o s t o n R o a d , B r o n x , N . Y . , c ontus ions of chest , b a c k a n d legs a n d abras ions a n d s l i g h t l a ce ra t i ons of b o t h legs .

W a g o n e r J a m e s F . R i l e y , C o m p a n y D , 102d A m m u n i t i o n T r a i n , 414 E a s t 84 Street , N e w Y o r k C i t y , s ca lp w o u n d a n d c o n t u s i o n a n d b r u i s e s of the le f t shou lder a n d back .

P r i v a t e C h a r l e s L a n d e n d o r f e r , 101st F i e l d B a k e r y , 332 E a s t 152d street , B r o n x , N . Y . , s ca lp w o u n d le f t s ide of head , a b r a s i o n top of head a n d contus ion of back .

H o r s e s h o e r T h o m a s H i c k s , J r . , B a t t e r y D , 105th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y , 1229 W a s h i n g t o n A v e n u e , B r o n x , N . Y . , s ca lp w o u n d s .

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C A M O U F L E U R S B U I L D R E A L I S T I C M O U N T A I N D i v i s i o n F a k i r s C o n s t r u c t S t o u t H i l l

W i t h Intent to D e c e i v e .

" S i r , y o u are a f a k i r . Y o u are probably the biggest f a k i r i n the D i v i s i o n . "

" T h a n k y o u , t h a n k y o u v e r y m u c h , i n ­deed," r e p l i e d P r i v a t e L a u r e n Stout , Co. E , 107th I n f a n t r y , b e a m i n g i n a p leased m a n ­ner .

I f y o u don't bel ieve P v t . Stout i s a f a k i r come a r o u n d a n d see Stout H i l l , w h i c h he a n d the members of h i s camouflage class have constructed across the street f r o m D i ­v i s i o n H e a d q u a r t e r s , a n d w i t h i n eye-shot of the G a s A t t a c k office i n the Y . M . C. A . headquarters b u i l d i n g .

I f y o u don ' t get someone to po in t i t out to y o u , y o u m i g h t m i s s i t , for the home­made m o u n t a i n is such a perfect example of camouflage t h a t flowers have been de­ce ived in to g r o w i n g o n i t . J u s t between us, t h o u g h , i t i s made up of a lot of b u r l a p bags, some leaves a n d a few pieces of l u m ­ber, a n d a r o c k or two w h i c h look l i k e y o u n g G i b r a l t a r s , bu t w h i c h can be fo lded up a n d p u t i n y o u r vest pocket ( i f y o u have a vest.)

A H o m e - M a d e H i l l . T h e prob l em g i v e n to P v t . S tout a n d h i s

c lass i n the D i v i s i o n a l Camouflage Schoo l was to camouflage a good s ized wooden b u i l d i n g used to store gasol ine . T h e y h a d a l o t of that f a i t h w h i c h is supposed to m o v e m o u n t a i n s , a n d a f ter five weeks of h a r d w o r k they b u i l t a h i l l w h i c h defies de­t e c t i on even f r o m a m a n s t a n d i n g on i t . Of course a n enemy aeroplane w o u l d be complete ly fooled. T h e same h i l l could be b u i l t i n a day by the c lass now, because a l l the m a t e r i a l i s ready a n d they k n o w j u s t h o w to s t i c k a s izeable y o u n g m o u n t a i n to­gether for the pro tec t i on of a headquarters b u i l d i n g or a n y other a r m y b u i l d i n g . A company of i n f a n t r y can be quar tered com­f o r t a b l y i n the i n t e r i o r of M t . Stout .

M a j o r G e n e r a l O ' R y a n a n d h i s staff i n ­spected Stout H i l l t h e o ther day . T h e y pro ­nounced i t a r e m a r k a b l e example of i m i t a ­t i o n camouflage. T h e r e are two k i n d s of c a m o u f l a g e — i m i t a t i o n a n d i n v i s i b l e . I n i m i t a t i o n camouflage a n at tempt is made to s i m u l a t e na ture . I n i n v i s i b l e camouflage the i d e a is to m a k e the object camouf laged d isappear complete ly .

" G e n t l e m e n , " s a i d M a j o r G e n e r a l O ' R y a n , to the assembled officers, as they stood at the f r o n t of Stout H i l l , " w i t h i n a few feet of y o u a so ld ier i s s ta t ioned who can hear every w o r d we say. W i t h i n t w e n t y feet three more so ld iers are w a t c h i n g every movement we m a k e . W i t h i n fifty feet, a s n i p e r has h i s r i f le t r a i n e d on us. C a n y o u find t h e m ? "

T h e y couldn'.t. T h e y surveyed the l a n d ­scape t h o r o u g h l y but not a so ld ier cou ld they spy.

W A D S W O R T H I N 19 . A F a n t a s t i c D r e a m of L i f e A f t e r the

W a r . T h e w a r h a d been brought to a c lose.

T h e a r m y h a d been r e d u c e d i n s ize to a peace foot ing . I n d u s t r y h a d once m o r e ad ­jus ted i t s e l f to a n o r m a l bas is . " W a r C o n ­t r a c t s " h a d ceased to be. T h e c o u n t r y as a who le h a d set t led d o w n a n d r e s u m e d i t s u s u a l mode of l i v i n g . A l l t h i s h a d happened before I h a d the p leasure of the exper ience that I a m now about to t e l l about . O f course , you a r e o n l y too f a m i l i a r w i t h the deta i l s of the w a r to have me re la te any f u r t h e r of t h e m . Y o u m a y r e m e m b e r how the 27th D i v i s i o n d i s t i n g u i s h e d i t se l f i n a c t i o n . T h e papers h a d f u l l de ta i l s a n d t h e n a g a i n y o u m a y have met some of the ve terans . A n d i f I k n o w a n y t h i n g about " o l d s o l d i e r s " I k n o w that y o u are then a c q u a i n t e d w i t h a l l the facts a n d t h e n some.

" B i l l " R a n d o l p h h a d a l w a y s been a c lose f r i e n d of m i n e ; t h o u g h he was m u c h o lder a n d h a d a f a m i l y that he was j u s t l y p r o u d of. H e h a d ideas a l l h i s o w n w h i c h w e r e h a r d to change . E v e n h i s v e r y c h a r m i n g w i f e h a d n e v e r been able to change h i s ideas o n l i v i n g . L i f e , to h i m , was g i v e n to be spent out-of-doors a n d he c o u l d t a l k for hours on the " h e a l t h f u l e n v i r o n m e n t , " as he c a l l e d i t . L u c k i l y , B i l l was b o r n w i t h oodles of go ld a n d c o u l d foster , a n d f u r t h e r m o r e , back up h i s ideas . S i n c e the w a r , I h a d not h e a r d f r o m R a n d o l p h a n d so was n a t u r a l l y s u r p r i s e d to rece ive a l e t t e r f r o m h i m post­m a r k e d " S p a r t a n b u r g , S. C . " It was a n i n ­v i t a t i o n to " c ome d o w n a n d spend a f ew w e e k s amongs t the H e a l t h f u l E n v i r o n -m e n t i s t s . "

O u t P o p the So ld iers . T h e n L i e u t . L i n w o o d P . A m e s , chief D i ­

v i s i o n a l Camouflage i n s t r u c t o r , who has h a d genera l charge of a l l the camouflage classes, b lew h i s w h i s t l e . T h e officers were amazed to see emerge f r o m u n d e r a n o ld tree s tump t h a t h a d a p p a r e n t l y been rooted up a n d t h r o w n aside, a figure i n k h a k i . T h e s t u m p was jus t a camouflage per iscope . T h e n f r o m w h a t appeared to be a n o ld w e l l , two other m e n came. S t i l l another came f r o m w h a t seemed to be the s tump of a f r e sh ly cut tree. T h e sn iper emerged f r o m the branches of a l o f ty p ine tree . T h e n a couple of sn ipers came out of the top of the m o u n t a i n . T h e officers watched t h e i r step af ter that . T h e y were a f r a i d they m i g h t i n a d v e r t e n t l y step on a n i n f a n t r y bat­t a l i o n d i sgu ised as leaves or t w i g s or some­t h i n g .

T h e D i v i s i o n a l Camouflage Schoo l , i n i t s las t semester , demonstrated t h a t i t con­t a i n s some v e r y efficient f a k i r s . T h e y con­cealed trenches , m a c h i n e g u n emplacements , p a i n t e d t a n k s to l ook l i k e pieces of S o u t h C a r o l i n a made screens a n d d i s p l a y e d m a r k ­ed prof ic iency i n every b r a n c h of the new science. R . E . C.

Back to S p a r t a n b u r g . It w a s m o s t l y out of c u r i o s i t y t h a t I

f ound m y s e l f h e a d i n g s o u t h for S p a r t a n ­b u r g w h e r e I h a d spent m o n t h s i n t r a i n i n g at the b e g i n n i n g of the w a r . B i l l m e t m e at the s t a t i o n t h a t w a r m S e p t e m b e r day, the same o l d B i l l . I suggested t h a t w e t a k e the P . & N . to c a m p j u s t for o l d t i m e sake , so he d i s m i s s e d h i s w a i t i n g motor . I w a s not d i s a p p o i n t e d i n m y des i re to b r i n g b a c k o ld t imes once more . It took us three hours to get to W a d s w o r t h v i l l e . A s w e p o k e d ahead , b a c k e d up a n d w a i t e d , I h a d B i l l go in to de ta i l s c o n c e r n i n g h i s " g r o u p " of h e a l t h f u l e n v i r o n m e n t i s t s .

It seems i n g o i n g o v e r some records he h a d d i s c o v e r e d a n a r m y h e a l t h b u l l e t i n i n w h i c h i t p o i n t e d out i n j u s t so m a n y per­centages h o w l i v i n g the r e g u l a r r o u t i n e (ever present i n a r m y l i f e ) was m u c h m o r e bene f i c ia l t h a n a n y o ther l i f e cou ld be. M y f r i e n d dec ided t h a t w h a t w a s h e a l t h f u l f o r a s o l d i e r w o u l d be the same for c i v i l i a n s u n ­der the same cond i t i ons . So g a t h e r i n g to­gether h i s f o l l o w e r s , t h e y o r g a n i z e d t h e i r l i t t l e " g r o u p , " r e n t e d C a m p W a d s w o r t h f r o m the G o v e r n m e n t a n d m o v e d south w i t h t h e i r f a m i l i e s to " e n j o y the benefits of a r m y l i f e w i t h o u t b e i n g s o l d i e r s . " H e seemed so e n t h u s i a s t i c a n d h a d l i v e d t h r o u g h a m o n t h of the ex i s tence t h a t I j u s t h a d to agree w i t h h i m that the i d e a w a s " q u i t e n o v e l . "

W a d s w o r t h R e v i s i t e d . W h e n w e finally a r r i v e d , w e w a l k e d past

the c a m p s i t e of t h e A m m u n i t i o n T r a i n to w h e r e t h e 104th F i e l d A r t i l l e r y h a d c a m p e d i n m y day . I h a d n o t i c e d as w e passed t h a t tents of g r e e n b a l l o o n s i l k w e r e p i t c h e d i n the streets as of y o r e a n d t h a t w o m e n dress ­ed i n sport c lo thes w e r e n u m e r o u s . S t o p , p i n g at about t h e o l d " F " B a t t e r y street , he i n f o r m e d me i t was w h e r e he l i v e d . L i t t l e h a d been c h a n g e d except officer's r o w a n d there o n t h a t s a c r e d g r o u n d w e r e two couples p l a y i n g t enn i s o n a w e l l b u i l t court .

G r e a t S c o t t ! there w a s the o l d i n c i n e r a ­to r s t i l l d o i n g d u t y ; t ended n o w b y a d i g n i ­fied f o o t m a n i n l i v e r y . It sent a s h u d d e r d o w n m y b a c k as i t b r o u g h t b a c k m y K . P . days . W e c o n t i n u e d d o w n pas t the mess h a l l a n d a b u t l e r came f o r w a r d , took m y g r i p a n d s h o w e d m e to m y tent . N o t a d e t a i l h a d been o m i t t e d i n fitting up m y s l e e p i n g quar ­ters , r u n n i n g hot a n d c o l d w a t e r , a double bed, a c lo thes closet , a n d e v e r y t h i n g to m a k e one comfor tab le . I q u i c k l y changed to m y l i g h t e r c lo thes because I was a n x i o u s to l ook a r o u n d .

B e y o n d the shower baths w h e r e we h a d p a r k e d o u r guns , was n o w l i n e d w i t h B i l l ' s m a c h i n e s a n d car r iages . I n the s tables , w h e r e m a n y a n i g h t I h a d been o n g u a r d over those ever w a n d e r i n g a n d rest less horses , w e r e n o w q u a r t e r e d thoroughbreds of the best b r e e d i n g .

S o l d i e r i n g de L u x e . It was e x p l a i n e d to m e that each f a m i l y

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I 2 GAS A T T A C K .

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5 1 S T P I O N E E R S S T I L L G O I N G S T R O N G .

T a k e T h r e e G a m e s i n P i o n e e r L e a g u e P r o g r a m .

T h e 51st P i o n e e r s are c o n t i n u i n g t h e i r fast w o r k on the basebal l field a n d are w e l l on t h e i r w a y to the t i t l e p o s i t i o n i n the P i ­oneer League . T h e y h a d a c i r c u s day con­test w i t h the 58th P i o n e e r s w i n n i n g 27 to 1, f o l l owed i t by t r o u n c i n g the 326th F i e l d S i g n a l B a t t a l i o n 13 to 7, a n d made i t three s t r a i g h t by a n 8 to 2 v i c t o r y over the 4th P i o n e e r s .

F o u n t a i n w a s on the m o u n d i n the las t game a n d showed h i s u s u a l pep, w h i l e D ' -A m a t o , the 51st southpaw b r o u g h t h i s l i s t of consecutive w i n s to five b y t a k i n g the o ther two games.

T h e games— R H K 58th P i o n e e r s .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 1 4 6 51st P i o n e e r s .1 5 3 1 1 2 5 9 x—27 36 2

B a t t e r i e s — M o r r i s o n a n d V e l e y ; D ' A m a t o a n d L e w i s . 326th F . S. B . . .1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2— 7 8 3 51st P i o n e e r s .1 0 4 0 0 3 0 5 x—13 15 2

B a t t e r i e s — M i t c h e l l a n d M a r t i n ; D ' A m a t o a n d L e w i s . 51st P i o n e e r s .1 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0— 8 10 3

4th P i o n e e r s .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2— 2 6 4 B a t t e r i e s — F o u n t a i n a n d L e w i s ; H o l d e n

a n d -Creedon.

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

C a m p a i g n of Y . ML C . A . f o r W o r k e r s to G o A b r o a d G a i n s Results .

N I C K WINS I N N E W Y O R K M E E T . N i c k G i a n a k o p o l o u s , the F l y i n g G r e e k of

the 106th I n f a n t r y , added another d i a m o n d s tudded m e d a l to h i s co l l ec t ion of t rophies l a s t week w h e n he w o n the O n e - M i l e H e a v y M a r c h i n g O r d e r event at the G r e e k - A m e r -

The Novice—"There 's only one thing I don't see about this flying game. 5 *

The old A v i a t o r — " W a z z a t ? " The N o v i c e — " W h e n you're sailing thru

the breeze at a hundred mi les an hour, and the engine stalls and the self-starter goes flooey, W H O G E T S O U T A N D C R A N K S ? "

W . S. L a n g f o r d , B i g B i l l E d w a r d s a n d t h e i r assoc iates o n the Co l lege C o m m i t t e e o n r e c r u i t i n g for Y . M . C. A . w o r k overseas , have a n n o u n c e d t h a t they h a v e secured s u c h p r o m i n e n t m e n i n the a t h l e t i c w o r l d as D a v i d L . F u l t z , F r a n k Q u i n b y , b a s e b a l l c oach at Y a l e ; E l l e r y C. H u n t i n g t o n , of C o l g a t e ; J a c k M a g e e , of B o w d o i n , a n d S p a r r o w R o b ­er t son . A m o n g the p r o m i n e n t co l lege a t h ­letes of recent years w h o h a v e en l i s t ed to superv i se the p l a y of U n c l e S a m ' s fighting m e n a b r o a d are H a r o l d H . Shor t , F l o y d R i s -l ey , a n d W . H . S a y o n , J r . , of P r i n c e t o n , George M . C l a r k , of Y a l e , E . H . J e w e t t , of C o l u m b i a , w h o has two sons i n the s e r v i c e ; A r c h i e H a h n , of M i c h i g a n , J a m e s A . B l a t h -e r w i c k , of D a r t m o u t h , a n d J . B . P u g s l e y , of C o l b y .

A l l these m e n a n d m a n y others have agreed to h a n d l e f o r t h e Y . M . C. A . the a t h l e t i c w o r k i n F r a n c e w i t h the exped i t i on ­a r y forces . O v e r t h e r e m a n y a d i r e c t o r has f ound that i n f o r m i n g a r e g i m e n t a l t r a c k t e a m every m a n has appeared i n a r u n n i n g s u i t o n a field day . B a s e b a l l games are the r e g u l a r t h i n g , o f ten so c lose to the f ront l i n e t renches t h a t the c r a s h of bat a g a i n s t b a l l v ies w i t h t h e b u r s t i n g of a G e r m a n s h r a p n e l s h e l l . U n d e r the d i r e c t i o n of the Y . Mo C. A . , a h a l f - m i l e t r a c k has been con­s t r u c t e d n e a r the sec tor w h i c h the A m e r ­i cans are g u a r d i n g e x c l u s i v e l y . A s o u r forces inc rease , m o r e t r a c k s w i l l be con­s t ruc ted , u n d e r the s u p e r v i s i o n of S p a r r o w R o b e r t s o n .

M r . J . L . A n g u i s h a n d M r . F . A . C u n n i n g ­h a m of the A r m y Y . M . C. A . at C a m p W a d s ­w o r t h , are to be m e m b e r s of th i s p a r t y s a i l ­i n g for overseas w o r k .

A M M U N I T I O N T R A I N VS . R E M O U N T 307.

V O L L E Y B A L L P O P U L A R A T Y . M . C. A . NO. 95.

V o l l e y b a l l i s b e i n g p l a y e d w i t h pep a n d v i m about the sec t i on Y . M . C. A . N o . 95. M o s t of the officers have a court a n d p l a y every even ing . Co . I, 51st P i o n e e r s , h a v e a n inter - tent league a n d m u c h e n t h u s i a s m is be­i n g s h o w n i n d e t e r m i n i n g the best squad team.

Co . I c o m p a n y t e a m beat the 8th P e n n . band , w h o are a t tached to the 51st P i o n e e r s . T h e resu l t s of these games show h o w exc i t ­i n g and hard- fought the games were . A f t e r

i c a n games i n N e w Y o r k . H e s tar ted f r o m s c r a t c h , g i v i n g h a n d i c a p s up to one h u n ­dred y a r d s , but managed to reach the tape a lap i n the lead. H i s t ime was five m i n ­utes a n d th i r ty - f i ve seconds.

Remount . A B R H A P O S t a c k , cf 4 1 0 4 H e m e r l e i n , ss 3 2 1 2 1 G e r l a c h , 2b 2 1 1 1 3 M c C l a i n , If 3 0 0 0 4 E h r h a r d t 3b 4 0 1 0' 0 B e h r e n s , r f . . . 4 0 2 0 0 B r o w n , c 2 0 0 1 5 M e t o s k i , p . . . 3 0 0 2 0' H o i l , c 2 0 0 0 2 L u d l o w , l b . . . 4 0 2 0 7

T o t a l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4 7 6 27

A m m . T r a i n . A B R H A P O K o t t e c h e r , cf 3 0 0 0 2 C h u r c h , 2b 4 0 2 2 a J o h n , r f 3 0 0 0 3 Connors , ss 4 0 1 2 0 C o c h r a n , If . . . 3 0 0 0 3 S n y d e r , 3b . . . 3 0 0 1 0' S p i t z , l b . . . 4 0 1 0 g W h i t e , p . . . 3 0' 0 2 e< D a w s o n , c . . . 4 0 2 1 4-

T o t a l s . . . 31 0 6 8 24

S A X O N V S . R E M O U N T 307. Remount . A B R H A P O

S m i t h , c f . . . 5 2 2 .0 0 H e m e r l e i n , ss . . . 4 0 0 0 0 G e r l a c h , 2b . . . 4 0 2 0 1 M c C l a i n , If . . . 4 1 0 0 2 E h r h a r d t , 3b 4 0 1 0 0 B e h r e n s , r f . . . 4 0 0 0 1 H o r l , c . . . 4 2 2 3 9 L u d l o w , l b . . . . 4 0 0 0 14 E r d m a n , p . . . , 4 1 1 5 0

T o t a l s . . . 37 6 8 8 27

S a x o n . A B R H A P O L a w s o n , 2b 5 0 € 2 2 H o l t , ss 4 0 0 2 Q>

4 0 1 1 1. A r n o l d , c . . . . . . . 4 0 1 0 5. W a l k e r , p . . . 3 1 1 1 2' T a y l o r , cf . . . 3 0 0 0 2 J o h n s o n , r f . . . 3 0 1 0 1 L a m b , If . . . 3 0 1 0 4-T e r r y , l b . . . 3 0 0 1 10

T o t a l s . . , . 32 1 5 7 27

w i n n i n g the first game 21-18, Co . I p u l l e d u p f r o m b e h i n d , a n d a f ter s e v e r a l servings , p u l l e d the second game out of the fire 21-20. It was some game, as the two teams h a v e developed the e s s e n t i a l of the game, t e a m w o r k .

L i n e - U p . Co. I, 51st P i o n e e r s — L e w i s , B l a c k , M e -

L e o d , R o g e r s , F i e l d s , F i t z s i m m o n s . 8th P e n n . B a n d . — C l a r k , L e b r o , B e a c h ,

T a r a s i , G r i m m , D a v i e s .

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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 W A L L O P S T H E 5 6 T H .

M a i n e B a s e b a l l T e a m U n a b l e to Cope W i t h 27th T r o o p e r s .

T h e 27th 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 baseba l l t eam stopped the s t rong 56th P i ­oneers on the basebal l f ield last S a t u r d a y . T h e M a i n e p layers who have been boas t ing of t h e i r c lean sweep a g a i n s t the l o ca l teams were l i c k e d i n the f irst i n n i n g w h e n the C a v a l r y n i n e put over f our r u n s .

K e l l e h e r p i t ched for the w i n n e r s i n great s ty le , a l l o w i n g o n l y one h i t up u n t i l the seventh i n n i n g . H e accounted for a score h i m s e l f w h e n he s lugged one for a f u l l c i r ­c u i t of the bases i n the open ing f rame.

K y t e who opened the game on the m o u n d for the 56th was k n o c k e d h i g h e r t h a n h i s o w n name i n the f irst few m i n u t e s of p lay . T h e Troopers made s i x h i t s before he r a n to the bomb-proofs. Z a c k a n d K a m m a ad­ded i n h i s ex i t w i t h a homer a n d t ie re­spect ive ly .

D u r i n g the last three i n n i n g s , the M a i n e batters f ound the range a n d managed to put over four h i t s a n d three ta l l i e s .

B i s h o p who succeeded K y t e on the m o u n d a l l o w e d seven h i t s but he managed to keep t h e m w e l l scattered.

T h e bands of 56th P i o n e e r s a n d the 106th I n f a n t r y were on the f i r i n g l ines .

T h e score by i n n i n g s . R H B' 27th D v . H . T . 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2— 6 13 2 56th P i o n e e r s . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1— 3 5 1

B a t t e r i e s — K e l l e h e r a n d S w a i n — K y t e , B i s h o p a n d G r a v e l l e .

M E D I C A L B E N E D I C T S H A V E E D G E O N B A C H E L O R S .

A c losely contested game of b a l l between the m a r r i e d a n d s ing le m e n of F i e l d H o s ­p i t a l C o m p a n y N o . 106 was h e l d last W e d ­nesday on the d i a m o n d i n the r e a r of the 102nd S a n i t a r y T r a i n . Some v e r y phenom­e n a l p l a y s w e r e made . Sergeant F o l s o m , who d i d the t w i r l i n g for the m a r r i e d m e n , proved to h i s opponents t h a t the fact he was a m a r r i e d m a n h a d l i t t l e to do w i t h h i s a r t i n h a n d l i n g the p i l l . L i e u t . N e a l o n w i e l d e d the s t i c k i n great s ty l e a n d made a home r u n i n the 6th i n n i n g w i t h two m e n o n the bases, m a k i n g the score 7 to 6 i n favor of the m a r r i e d m e n . Sergts . B u r t o n a n d Co lo ton per formed l i k e a couple of vet­erans a n d h a n d l e d the p i l l i n great style . T h e l o s i n g t eam fought r i g h t to the end. H o l l e r a n a n d Presco t t f eatured on the f ield for the s ing le men . T h e score by i n n i n g s :

R M a r r i e d m e n 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0—8 S i n g l e m e n . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2—6

B a t t e r i e s , m a r r i e d m e n : F o l s o m a n d C o l ­l e ton . S i n g l e m e n : M o r r i s s e y a n d P r i n g l e .

TROOP T R I M S M A J O R S . R H E

W o f f ' d C o l . P r p . 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0— 3 6 1 27th D i v . H . T . . 0 2 0 1 1 5 0 2 0—11 11 1

B a t t e r i e s — W e s t a n d H a g o o d ; W h i t m o r e a n d S w a i n .

B A R N E Y W I L L I A M S T H R O W S G A U N T L E T A T R O D D E N .

F r i e n d A s h l e y : I beg y o u to accept m y apology for not go­

i n g t h r o u g h w i t h m y fight aga ins t H u g h i e R o d d e n , but m y reasons are v e r y good. Se­r i ous t r o u b l e prevented me f r o m d o i n g so, not on account of c oward i ce as some m a y t h i n k . M y records w i l l prove that I have never t u r n e d d o w n a n offer or re fused to fight a n y m a n that was m y w e i g h t a n d a n ­o ther t h i n g I w i s h to state i s that i t was not for the love of money but f o r the benefit of m y comrades that I have p e r f o r m e d t i m e a n d t i m e aga in . H a s H u g h i e R o d d e n a n y t h i n g to say about w h y he d i d not p a r t a k e i n a n y of the b o x i n g contests , w h y he d i d show the boys h i s wares ? T h e y c e r t a i n l y ought to apprec ia te h i s generos i ty i n p e r f o r m i n g for t h e m . W h e n th i s t roub le is over he m a y have as m a n y chances as he w i s h e s to cap­t u r e m y be l t a n d the t i t l e . M a y the best m a n w i n .

Y o u r s i n sport , B A R N E Y W I L L I A M S ,

F e a t h e r w e i g h t C h a m p i o n of the A r m y a n d N a v y .

F R A N K M O R A N W O R K I N G O V E R T I M E . F r a n k M o r a n has offered to g ive i n d i v i d ­

u a l b o x i n g lessons to officers a n d en l i s t ed m e n on W e d n e s d a y a n d S a t u r d a y af ter ­noons, a n d on a l l ho l idays . If y o u r top ser­geant is p i c k i n g on you—here ' s y o u r chance .

C A M P L I B R A R Y ' S E L E V E N B R A N C H E S . T h e C a m p L i b r a r y is out w i t h n e w p l a ­

cards a n n o u n c i n g its e l even branches as f o l l o w s :

B r a n c h of a n A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y A s s o c i a ­t i on , C a m p L i b r a r y , the M a i n L i b r a r y B u i l d ­

i n g , N o r t h of Y . M . C. A . H e a d q u a r t e r s , D a i l y 8.30 a. m . to 10 p. m.

B o o k s — M i l i t a r y , T e c h n i c a l a n d H i s t o r i c a l on y o u r w o r k " b a c k h o m e " a n d " o v e r t h e r e . " A l s o nove ls , d a i l y , w e e k l y a n d m o n t h l y m a g ­az ines . D o t h a t s t u d y i n g y o u p r o m i s e d your ­self . A comfor tab le c h a i r — q u i e t — a good book.

T h e book c o l l e c t i o n , w h i c h has reached the c o m m a n d i n g s ize of 13,853 vo lumes , is d i s t r i b u t e d throughout the c a m p . T h e m a ­j o r p o r t i o n of i t is at the C e n t r a l B u i l d i n g , w h i l e the b r a n c h e s are l o ca ted as f o l l o w s : F i v e at the v a r i o u s Y . M . C. A . b u i l d i n g s a n d one at the Y . M . C. A . t e n t ; a lso a t the K n i g h t s of C o l u m b u s b u i l d i n g , the Y . W . C. A . H o s t e s s H o u s e , the B a s e H o s p i t a l , the A r t i l l e r y R a n g e a n d the So ld i e r s C l u b at S p a r t a n b u r g .

T h e l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g is a r e a l a d d i t i o n to the c a m p a r c h i t e c t u r e . It i s 43 by 90 feet, s u b s t a n t i a l l y b u i l t a n d a t t r a c t i v e l y finished. Its i n t e r i o r a r r a n g e m e n t i s a d m i r a b l e a n d the equ ipment w o u l d be a c red i t to any home t o w n .

U n d e r the d i r e c t i o n of M r . Geo. G . C h a m -p l i n , of the S ta te L i b r a r y at A l b a n y , N . Y . , the l i b r a r y h a d made a good b e g i n n i n g i n the " W h i t e C h u r c h . " W h e n i t m o v e d re­c e n t l y to the n e w b u i l d i n g 30 boxes of books w h i c h h a d not been opened were added to the supp ly . T h e s e are a l l i n serv i ce now.

A t present the w o r k is b e i n g d i re c ted by M r . W i l l i a m F . Y u s t , L i b r a r i a n of the P u b ­l i c L i b r a r y i n R o c h e s t e r , N . Y . H e is be­i n g ass i s ted by T h o m a s A . G a l l a g h e r , of the C i n c i n n a t i P u b l i c L i b r a r y . M r . Y u s t has also i n d u c e d h i s fa ther , F r e d Y u s t , a C i v i l W a r V e t e r a n , to j o i n the staff for a t i m e as a vo lunteer he lper . M i s s B a u g h a m , L i b r a -

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ews of the Y. M. C. A. E d i t e d b v E . R E E D S H U T T .

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B U S Y W E E K A T B U I L D I N G 96. W i t h a large n u m b e r of the m e n i t serves

absent at the range or i n the trenches , 96 has been less t h r o n g e d t h a n u s u a l . Y e t the mov ie p r o g r a m s on T u e s d a y a n d F r i d a y ev­enings , a n d the concert on M o n d a y drew crowds that taxed our capac i ty . M a d a m e Rihe lda f f e r ' s v i s i t was the b i g event. N o t h ­i n g we have h a d i n a l o n g w h i l e has touched the hear ts of so m a n y m e n as d i d h e r songs a n d i n t i m a t e t a l k s a n d cheery greet ings a f t e r w a r d . N o t o n l y was she recognized as a r e a l a r t i s t w i t h a r i c h voice under per­fect c o n t r o l ; more t h a n that , a b i g , f r i e n d l y , m o t h e r l y sou l , w i t h a n un fe igned in te res t i n every so ld ier boy.

O n W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g of las t week the band of the 57th P i o n e e r s repeated t h e i r f o r m e r t r i u m p h i n ano ther s p l e n d i d con­cert. It was perhaps even better rece ived t h a n the first, there be ing more popu lar a n d fewer c lass i ca l se lect ions i n the pro­g r a m . A t the r e l i g i o u s meet ings on T h u r s d a y a n d S u n d a y evenings the a t tend­ance was not up to par , but the addresses were a m o n g the best we have h e a r d . D r . L e w i s , the new camp r e l i g i o u s w o r k d i ­rector was the speaker T h u r s d a y . I t was h i s first message to our m e n , a n d they w i l l l ook f o r w a r d eager ly to the next . Be fore the address D r . W o o l s e y conducted a s i n g -fest, i n t r o d u c i n g the new song, " K e e p on H o p i n V L t . G leason of the 54th P i o n e e r s made the S u n d a y e v e n i n g address , a s t i r ­r i n g a n d m a n l y presenta t i on of the sol ­d i e r ' s need of r e a l r e l i g i o n . L t . F l e m i n g of the same r e g i m e n t he lped us out of a t i g h t place by t a k i n g charge of the s i n g i n g , a n d proved a fine leader . A l l the h y m n s he chose were F a n n y Crosby ' s .

I n appearance 96 has been i m p r o v i n g both ins ide a n d out. T h e floors are b e i n g o i l e d t h i s week, a n d the Y . M . C. A . e m b l e m has been w o r k e d i n b r o k e n stone o n our f r ont l a w n . M o r e landscape g a r d e n i n g i s s t i l l to be done.

N E W S F R O M U N I T 97. A t i n g of sadness set t led over our p a r t of

the C a m p w h e n the sad news of the acc i ­dent w h i c h cost two of our boys t h e i r l i ves a n d sent severa l more to the h o s p i t a l was rece ived. T h e m i l i t a r y f u n e r a l was h e l d S u n d a y a f ternoon , conducted b y C h a p l a i n S a t t i g ass isted by C h a p l a i n K e l l y . T h e services were most impress ive , a n d those i n attendance were made to rea l i ze t h a t these two lads h a d made t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n to­w a r d the w i n n i n g of the w a r as t r u l y as those w h o m a y la ter f a l l beyond the sea.

T h e c o n t i n u e d a c t i v i t y i n t h i s sect ion keeps t h i n g s l i v e l y at 97. T h e r e i s m u c h of go a n d come s ince o u r U n i t i s located on the h i g h w a y to the R a n g e , a n d also i n pos i ­t i o n to w i t n e s s the f requent a r r i v a l of new troops. T h e r e i s c ons iderab le h i l a r i t y o n the p a r t of the m a r c h i n g bodies of troops, a n d so w e l l d r i l l e d a n d h a r d e n e d are m a n y of t h e m becoming t h a t a m a r c h of t w e n t y -seven m i l e s i n a s ing le day i s a mere i n ­c ident . T h e y come i n w i t h j u b i l a n t s p i r i t s a n d ready to do jus t i ce to the e v e n i n g mess as soon as the bugle ca l l s .

L e t t e r s are p o u r i n g t h r o u g h t h i s U n i t by t h e ' thousand , a n d U n c l e S a m m u s t a lmos t stagger beneath the l oad of m a i l t h a t i s d a i l y l a i d upon h i s back. T h e l i b r a r y i s c o n t i n u a l l y p a t ron i zed a n d the late a c q u i s i ­t i o n of a q u a n t i t y of new books has o n l y added zest to the r e a d i n g m a n i a . N e w paper r a c k s a n d hangers have also b rought a n added convenience i n the use of the per i od ­i ca ls .

M r . R a y J e n n e y , C a m p P h y s i c a l D i r e c t o r , shot a message s t r a i g h t to the hear t s of the boys i n h i s able address on " S a i l i n g O n , " las t W e d n e s d a y n i g h t . D r . A m e s M a y -wood, of D e t r o i t , w h o spoke S u n d a y n i g h t capt iva ted a l l h e a r t s w i t h h i s m i n g l e d h u m o r a n d pathos , as w e l l as w i t h h i s elo­quent a n d m a s t e r f u l appea l for C h r i s t - l i k e l i v i n g . N o messenger w i l l be more welcome t h a n he on r e t u r n date.

F r e n c h Class. D r . L i b b y does not l a c k for p u p i l s i n the

F r e n c h class w h i c h he i s m e e t i n g three t imes a week u n d e r the d i r e c t i o n of M r . Pa f f ord , our E d u c a t i o n a l Secretary . S e v e r a l h u n d r e d m e n have been p a r t i c p a t i n g i n t h i s s tudy a n d the eagerness w i t h w h i c h they l e n d themselves to the w o r k ind i ca tes t h a t they are a n t i c i p a t i n g the use of the l a n ­guage ere l ong . T h e m e n a l l apprec ia te the exce l lent serv ice D r . L i b b y i s so cheer­f u l l y r e n d e r i n g , a n d a l l w i t h o u t money a n d w i t h o u t pr i ce .

A h a p p y h a l f h o u r w i t h the B i b l e has been i n t r o d u c e d by R e l i g i o u s W o r k Secre­t a r y A y res. E a c h T u e s d a y e v e n i n g at 7:30 he d i rec ts a p u b l i c f o r u m for the d iscus ­s i o n of B i b l i c a l themes w i t h a d i r e c t bear ­i n g on so ld ier l i f e , the f u l l a t t endance a n d ready response on the p a r t of the m e n w o u l d i n d i c a t e t h a t t h i s i s the best method for t h i s w o r k i n o u r U n i t .

Secre tary A l l e n s ince h i s r e t u r n f r o m the B l u e R i d g e Conference has been asked to assume a d d i t i o n a l ob l igat ions . A l l are aware t h a t he has a b road back a n d is ca­pable of c a r r y i n g two men 's l oad . I n ad ­d i t i o n to c o n t i n u i n g as B u i l d i n g S e c r e t a r y for 97 he w i l l ass is t i n the i n s t r u c t i o n of the " u n i n i t i a t e d " secretar ies i n the v a r i o u s u n i t s of our C a m p , a n d w i l l a lso act as R e ­c r u i t i n g Secre tary for Overseas w o r k , cov­e r i n g a d i s t r i c t t h a t centers i n B e n n e t v i l l e .

M a d a m e Riheldafifer G i v e n a n O v a t i o n .

Some w h o were present h a d not forgot­ten h e r prev ious appearance e a r l y i n the h i s t o r y of the C a m p . A s t o r m of applause greeted h e r S a t u r d a y n i g h t w h e n she came upon the p l a t f o r m . T h e s tory of h e r son " B i l l y " w h o i s somewhere i n F r a n c e w i t h the 15th E n g i n e e r s , r i v e t e d the a t t e n t i o n of a l l ; a n d w i t h h e r m a r v e l o u s l y sweet voice she h a d soon s u n g her w a y i n t o the hearts of every hearer . F o r the boys i t was l i k e a b r e a t h f r o m home to be the r e c ip i ents of the m o t h e r l y interest she so c h e e r f u l l y tendered t h e m a l l at the close of the p u b l i c r e c i t a l .

J u s t as we go to press a new member ar ­r i v e s for our S e c r e t a r i a l force. H e comes w i t h a s m i l i n g face a n d w i t h a r ead iness to serve. W e are sure we have i n h i m a most va luab le a d d i t i o n to the w o r k i n g force for t h i s u n i t . H e is M r . G . W i l b u r T a y l o r , f r o m B a l t i m o r e .

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T E U T O N I C D U P L I C I T Y . ' ' S i r , I f o u n d this m a n s i t t i n g i n a T u r n V e r e i n , e a t i n g l i m b u r g e r cheese

a n d d r i n k i n g k u l m b a c h e r , w h i l e he r e a d Nietsche . H e says his name is O ' B r i e n . "

DR. R O B E R T W A T S O N OF N E W Y O R K T O VISIT C A M P .

R e v . R o b e r t W a t s o n , P a s t o r of the Second P r e s b y t e r i a n C h u r c h , C e n t r a l P a r k , W e s t , N e w Y o r k C i t y , w i l l be i n c a m p for the w e e k b e g i n n i n g A p r i l 28th.

D r . W a t s o n is a p r e a c h e r of repute , a n d has s p o k e n w i t h great success i n m a n y of the cantonments of the E a s t . H i s v i s i t here w i l l be w e l c o m e d , e spec ia l l y b y m e n f r o m N e w Y o r k C i t y .

D r . W a t s o n w i l l speak i n a l l of the a r m y Y . M . C. A . B u i l d i n g s i n camp.

" V I C T O R Y M O T H E R " SINGS F O R BOYS. M m e . G r a c e H a l l R i h e l d a f f e r , one of A m e r ­

i ca ' s f o remost concert sopranos , or as the boys at camp chose to c a l l h e r " O u r V i c t o r y M o t h e r , " gave a ser ies of concerts t h r o u g h ­out " Y " b u i l d i n g s i n camp. T h e r e is r a r e l y need f o r a s p e c i a l a n n o u n c e m e n t to get a c r o w d in to the A r m y Y . M . C. A . B u i l d i n g s . T h e r e i s u s u a l l y one t h e r e a n y h o w , but the w o r d h a d been passed a l o n g that there w a s a s p e c i a l t reat i n s tore f o r the m e n a n d every b u i l d i n g w h e r e M a d a m e R i h e l d a f f e r s a n g was c r o w d e d to the doors a n d even open w i n d o w s w e r e filled w i t h faces.

M m e . R i h e l d a f f e r made a d e l i g h t f u l l i t t l e t a l k to the boys before b e g i n n i n g h e r f o r m a l p r o g r a m , a n d to ld , w i t h now a n d t h e n , jus t a l i t t l e c a t c h i n h e r vo ice , of her o w n " B i l l " who is w i t h P e r s h i n g ' s m e n i n F r a n c e , a n d of how the s t r e n g t h ga thered f r o m th i s su ­preme sacr i f i ce has made her not o n l y w i l l ­i n g , but eager, to forego m a n y of h e r pro­f e s s i o n a l engagements a n d g ive her t i m e a n d h e r t a l e n t to the boys w h o are soon to j o i n " B i l l " i n the great a r m y of democracy " O v e r T h e r e . "

T h e p r o g r a m i t s e l f was so a r r a n g e d t h a t i t d e l i g h t e d a l l . P a r t i c u l a r l y p l e a s i n g w e r e s u c h n u m b e r s as " L a u r e l s of V i c t o r y , " com­posed by E . E d w i n C r e r i e , ab le a c c o m p a n i s t f o r M m e . R i h e l d a f f e r . T h e f e l l ows a r o u n d c a m p w i l l c o n t i n u e to w h i s t l e the c a t c h y tune f o r some t i m e . " O u t W h e r e the W e s t B e g i n s , " b y P h i l e o , a n d " T h e W i n d s i n the S o u t h , " b y J o h n P r i n d l e Scott , w e r e de l i ght ­f u l l y r endered . " T h e M a g i c of Y o u r E y e s , " by A r t h u r P e n n , w a s e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y re­ce ived .

I t w a s indeed a r a r e p r i v i l e g e to l i s t e n to the r e m a r k a b l e r e n d i t i o n of " T h e M a r s e i l ­l a i s e " w h i c h was s u n g i n bo th F r e n c h a n d E n g l i s h w h i l e a l l stood at a t t ent i on . W a v e s of e m o t i o n swept over the audience , a n d yet i t seemed t h a t the drop of a p i n c o u l d h a v e been h e a r d . M m e . R i h e l d a f f e r has a vo i ce of r e m a r k a b l e c l a r i t y , over w h i c h she has per ­fect c o n t r o l . O n the choruses of some of t h e p o p u l a r songs of the day, the boys w h i s t l e d a n d s a n g to t h e i r h e a r t s ' content u n d e r the l e a d e r s h i p of the s inger .

M a d a m e R i h e l d a f f e r c l osed h e r p r o g r a m w i t h the chorus of " K e e p the H o m e F i r e s B u r n i n g , " i n w h i c h the so ld iers a l l j o i n e d , at h e r i n v i t a t i o n .

A f t e r the c o n c l u s i o n of the p r o g r a m , M a d a m e R i h e l d a f f e r spent cons iderab le t i m e , g r e e t i n g the boys , w h o c a m e f o r w a r d to s h a k e hands w i t h her , a n d h e l d a n i n f o r m a l r e c e p t i o n for 20 or 30 m i n u t e s .

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

H A N C O C K . 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

of A r m y Y . M . C. A . at C a m p W a d s w o r t h , has gone f r o m W a d s w o r t h to C a m p H a n ­cock, A u g u s t a , G e o r g i a . M r . C l a r k came to c a m p l a s t f a l l a n d s ince that t i m e has been d o i n g a fine piece of w o r k w i t h the boys, bo th on the m a r c h , i n the mess s h a c k s a n d i n the Y . M . C. A . b u i l d i n g s .

M r . C l a r k i s a m u s i c i a n of note, h a v i n g a deep, r i c h , p o w e r f u l b a r i t o n e vo ice . For 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 , w h o is n o w A m e r i c a ' s great­est concert bass. L a t e r he j o ined D r . G . W . A n d e r s o n i n e v a n g e l i s t i c w o r k a n d was asso­c ia ted w i t h H o n . J o h n W a 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 s u n g for the E d i s o n P h o n o g r a p h Co . a n d m a d e s e v e r a l records for t h e m . H e gave a l l t h i s up to come to C a m p W a d s w o r t h a n d do h i s b i t here w i t h the boys.

M r . C l a r k has a g e n i a l , w i n n i n g p e r s o n a l ­i t y , w h i c h m a d e h i m p o p u l a r w i t h the f e l ­lows. He s u r e l y cou ld m a k e t h e m s i n g .

Officers, e n l i s t e d men, and " Y " Staff r egre t that M r . C l a r k has been c a l l e d to ano ther field, but w i s h h i m g r e a t success at C a m p H a n c o c k .

M r . C l a r k w a s a c c o m p a n i e d b y M r . H a r r y A. H i l d r e t h , w h o has made a n a m e for h i m ­se l f in camp as a p i a n i s t . M r . H i l d r e t h , be­s ides a c t i n g as a c c o m p a n i s t for M r . C l a r k , was c onnec ted w i t h B u i l d i n g 92 as a s s i s t a n t bus iness secre tary . I n b o t h of these capac­i t i e s he w a s a f avor i t e w i t h f e l l ows a n d t h e y regre t to see h i m leave .

We w i s h b o t h of these g e n t l e m e n con­t i n u e d success i n the l a rges t m e a s u r e in t h e i r n e w field.

N E W S OF " Y " M E N . R a y F . J e n n e y , Y . M . C A . C a m p P h y s i c a l

D i r e c t o r , has been g r a n t e d a month ' s l eave of absence i n o rder t h a t he m a y t a k e up f u r t h e r s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g . It is w i t h regret that we lose M r . Jenney , but t r u s t we w i l l have h i m b a c k w i t h us soon.

T h r e e new m e n have been added to the Y . M . C. A . Staff i n c a m p .

M r . G. W i l b u r T a y l o r , a bus iness m a n f r o m B a l t i m o r e , M d . , r e c e n t l y g raduated f r o m B l u e R i d g e T r a i n i n g S c h o o l for " Y " secre tar ies , has been a s s ig n e d to B u i l d i n g 97 to act as B u i l d i n g S o c i a l S e c r e t a r y .

M r . J . G . W i l b u r n , a bus iness m a n f r o m A t l a n t a , G a . , is n o w at B u i l d i n g 92 i n capac­i t y of B u i l d i n g S o c i a l S e c r e t a r y .

M r . F . B . A v e r e t t , f r o m C o l u m b u s , G a . , is l o cated at H e a d q u a r t e r s to keep the F o r d s i n r u n n i n g order . M r . A v e r e t t i s a n expert m e c h a n i c .

W e t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y to w e l c o m e these m e n to o u r r a n k s .

M I L I T A R Y R E G U L A R I T Y . C o l o n e l G — is a fine c o m m a n d e r , but

not a m u s i c i a n . H e sent f o r t h e ch i e f m u ­s i c i a n of h i s r e g i m e n t a l b a n d one d a y a n d d e l i v e r e d t h i s s c a t h i n g c r i t i c i s m :

" I n o t i c e a l a c k of u n i f o r m i t y about the b a n d w h i c h m u s t be r e g u l a t e d . Y e s t e r d a y m o r n i n g t h e y w e r e out o n parade , a n d the l a r g e s t m a n i n t h e b a n d w a s p l a y i n g a l i t t l e b i t of a n i n s t r u m e n t — f l u t e o r s o m e t h i n g o f the k ind -—and y o u h a d the b i g d r u m p l a y e d b y a s m a l l m a n . T h a t sort of t h i n g doesn ' t l ook w e l l , a n d m u s t be a t tended to . I w a n t the s m a l l m e n to p l a y s m a l l i n s t r u m e n t s a n d the b i g m e n the b i g i n s t r u m e n t s . A n d a n ­o ther t h i n g — I w a n t the t r o m b o n e p l a y e r s to s l ide t h e i r i n s t r u m e n t s i n a n d out i n u n i ­son. It annoys m e to see t h e m a l l out of step w i t h t h e i r h a n d s . " — P i t t s b u r g h C h r o n ­i c l e D i s p a t c h .

GAS A T T A C K

News From Division Units 1 S T P I O N E E R S H A R D A T W O R K .

N e w M e n G r a d u a l l y G e t t i n g Into S h a p e f o r D u t y 1 ' O v e r T h e r e . ' 9

( B y Staff Correspondent )

T h e appo in ted h o u r i s c lose at h a n d . V e r y soon now the 1st P i o n e e r s w i l l be r e a d y for overseas duty . U p o n t h e i r a r r i v a l i n the theatre of a c t i v e operat ions the aspect of the great w a r w i l l change cons iderab ly . Y o u w i l l t h e n be safe i n l a y i n g y o u r bets o n a n e a r l y peace. B e c a u s e the P i o n e e r s have got the K a i s e r ' s n a n n y . L i s t e n , l e t us t e l l y o u a l i t t l e s t o r y :

A few days ago a l i t t l e b i r d flew i n t o the headquar te r s of the 1st P i o n e e r s a n d de­l i v e r e d the f o l l o w i n g m e s s a g e :

" T h e K a i s e r has h e a r d of the P i o n e e r s , a n d he's s cared to death . I t i s r e l i a b l y re ­por ted that he began h i s L A S T b i g of fensive on the W e s t e r n f ront s e v e r a l m o n t h s sooner t h a n he w a n t e d to jus t because he was a f r a i d the P i o n e e r s w o u l d get across before he h a d fought h i s w a y t h r o u g h to P a r i s a n d the E n g l i s h C h a n n e l . F r a n c e , E n g l a n d a n d h e r a l l i e s w i l l , there fore , w e l c o m e the a r r i v a l i n E u r o p e of the 1st P i o n e e r s to w h i c h or­g a n i z a t i o n they w i s h Godspeed a n d a safe j o u r n e y across the b i g p o n d . "

H o w ' s t h a t ? Isn ' t i t a good one? G o t the K a i s e r buf fa loed even before we set our feet on F r e n c h s o i l . T h e m e r e r e p o r t t h a t we are g e t t i n g in to shape to c ome af ter h i m has set the co ld c h i l l s r u n n i n g up a n d d o w n his sp ine a n d the l i t t l e R e d D e v i l s are danc­i n g a tango on h is consc ience . H e sees de­feat s t a r i n g h i m i n the face on every t u r n . D e a t h s ta lks i n h is w a k e . F a i l u r e haunts h i m i n h i s d reams . A n d d i s a p p o i n t m e n t greets h i m each m o r n i n g a n d bids h i m A d i e u each n ight . H e ' s on h i s l as t legs a n d he k n o w s i t . A n d he's s cared to d e a t h the P i o n e e r s w i l l get " a c r o s s " before he has succeeded i n r e a c h i n g P a r i s a n d the E n g ­l i s h C h a n n e l .

W e l l , the P i o n e e r s w i l l get h i m i f he don ' t w a t c h out.

M e n H a v e R i g h t S p i r i t . T h e m e n of the 1st P i o n e e r s have the

r i g h t s p i r i t . W e have t h e m f r o m a l l over the U n i t e d States a n d r e p r e s e n t i n g a l m o s t every n a t i o n a l i t y o n e a r t h . A n d a l l of t h e m are eager to get one c r a c k at the K a i s e r ' s bean. A n d that ' s a l l t h e y w i l l need . If t h e K a i s e r ever so m u c h as shows h i s r i g h t ear a r o u n d a tree s t u m p a h a l f - m i l e f r o m the P i o n e e r s ' firing l i n e he m i g h t j u s t as w e l l b a n g out the crepe . B e c a u s e he w i l l be a d e a d one sure enough.

Y o u u n d o u b t e d l y w o n d e r w h y we t a l k so jboastingly of our l i t t l e o r g a n i z a t i o n . W e l l , l i e re ' s the dope. T h e 1st P i o n e e r s are made tip of r e a l fighters. A m o n g t h e m y o u w i l l find .stiaxp^phooters f r o m the back woods a n d

f a r m s of K e n t u c k y , A l a b a m a , Tennessee , a n d a dozen o ther equa l ly noted reg ions for b r e e d i n g K a i s e r - h u n t e r s . T h e s e m e n have h a n d l e d a g u n s ince they w e r e k n e e - h i g h to a door-step, a n d they have quite a r e p u t a ­t i o n f o r k i l l i n g . It 's t r u e they have done v e r y l i t t l e m a n - h u n t i n g i n t h e i r l i v e s . Yet,, a m a n w h o c a n b l o w the head off a fleet-footed r a b b i t or s q u i r r e l at 300 y a r d s c a n c e r t a i n l y k n o c k the eye out a B o c h e at three t i m e s that d i s tance .

U n d e r the l e a d e r s h i p of officers f r o m a l l par t s of the U n i o n a n d non-coms f r o m the M e t r o p o l i t a n State , these back -woodsmen of the S o u t h are g r a d u a l l y r o u n d i n g in to r e a l so ld iers . A n d they ' r e j u s t i t c h i n g to get in to a r e a l fight. I n a d d i t i o n to these do m e s t i c w a r r i o r s we h a v e a large n u m b e r of f o re igners , r e p r e s e n t i n g not o n l y every coun t r y a l r e a d y engaged i n the great w a r , but a lso m a n y of the n e u t r a l n a t i o n s . A n d these m e n , too, a re a n x i o u s to get the K a i s e r ' s s ca lp .

So y o u see the K a i s e r has some r e a s o n for h i s f ever a n d c h i l l s . A n d r i g h t now w e p r e d i c t t h a t i f the G e r m a n s don ' t b r e a k t h r o u g h the A l l i e d de fens ive before the 1st P i o n e e r s r e a c h the batt le - f ront they m i g h t jus t as w e l l b e g i n f o r m i n g a b a n d to p l a y t h e i r f u n e r a l m a r c h . B e c a u s e i t w i l l be " a l l over but the s h o u t i n ' " a few w e e k s a f t e r the P i o n e e r s get i n t o the s c rap .

Bits of Wit.

T h o u g h h a r d at w o r k we s t i l l find t i m e to s m i l e a n d l a u g h at a good j oke . A n d the j okes are p l e n t i f u l . A m o n g those m o s t re­c e n t l y h e a r d are the f o l l o w i n g :

One of the officers h a d j u s t finished i n ­s t r u c t i n g a squad h o w to do " s q u a d r i g h t about . " H e h a d t a k e n one m a n at a t i m e and showed t h e m h o w to execute the move­ment . H e t h e n t o l d t h e m to do i t a l l to­gether . T h e y t r i e d , but one m a n was l os t i n the shuff le .

" N o w , what ' s y o u r t r o u b l e ? " a s k e d the officer.

" K i d n e y t roub le , s i r , " r e p l i e d the m a n . T h e m e n f r o m one of the companies w e r e

b e i n g i n s t r u c t e d i n g u a r d duty the o ther day . T h e y h a d been t o ld b y one of the officers that t h e i r c o m p a n y w o u l d go o n g u a r d the f o l l o w i n g day a n d that one l i e u t e n ­ant w o u l d be c o m m a n d e r of the g u a r d a n d another l i e u t e n a n t w o u l d be officer of the day. W h e n a s k e d w h e t h e r they f u l l y under ­stood the e x p l a n a t i o n one of t h e m p iped u p :

" B u t w h o w i l l be officer of the n i g h t . "

A B O V I N E H O A R D E R . " I t doesn 't seem r i g h t , " s a i d the m a n

w i t h worn-out shoes. " W h a t doesn't seem r i g h t ? " " T h a t a m e r e cow c a n afford to w e a r a l l

that l e a t h e r . " — W a s h i n g t o n S t a r .

O R D N A N C E D E T A C H M E N T , I N F A N T R Y R I F L E R A N G E .

The Detachment boasts of a corpora l who can shoot w i t h a n y m a n i n the D i v i s i o n . H e is k n o w n i n the o ld T h i r d as " S h o r t y " W a t ­erman and I am sure the name is suitable f o r i f " S h o r t y " wore s p i r a l puttees, one w o u l d t h i n k he had the gout.

M e c h a n i c Ives who came up here i n F e b r u ­a r y to take charge of the r e p a i r i n g of t a r ­gets, was g i v e n the job of cook. H e d i d so w e l l , the Range Officer gave h i m the job per­manent ly . W h y not let some of the cooks and mechanics sh i f t jobs i n camp, i t m i g h t b r i n g sat i s fac t i on i n some companies.

Sergeant Ta l co t who had just re turned f r o m a t r i p to camp, was quizzed b y a l l of us as to the new rumors i n camp. H e was do ing his best i n answer ing u n t i l our s t u t t e r i n g me­chanic , C a r r o l l , asked h i m , 1 1 W - w - w h a t d-do y o u t - t h i n k our chances are of g-g-going over? " The Sergeant looked up f r o m m a k i n g his b u n k a n d answered, " O u r chances of go­i n g over are every b i t as good as they are of our s t a y i n g h e r e . "

H E A D Q U A R T E R S C O M P A N Y , 3RD PIO­N E E R I N F A N T R Y .

B o y s , the sp ir i t s are w i t h us (no, not B l a c k and W h i t e or Green r i v e r ) at n i g h t l y ses­sions that are be ing held i n a cer ta in tent on Headquarters Street . So here ' s somebody's chance to discover the l ocat ion of the T i t a n i c , D o r o t h y A r n o l d ' s whereabouts, or maybe R e d G i l l i s , our p rod iga l Son.

W e have heard of m a n y w i l d tales i n the v i c i n i t y of Norumbegan , but th is latest " F l y h u n t i n g and scouting e x p e d i t i o n s ' ' is over our head. Our golden-haired drummer boy can let you i n on the rest. M y , but some pol icemen are rude.

A n d to t h i n k that the boys should even t h i n k of m o v i n g Rol l ings cot. Guess they forgot that i n his former days he was a W o b u r n ca l lman. A n y w a y he l i v e d up to his reputat ion and cal led them as they were never ca l led before.

W e w o u l d suggest that our B londe Cook k i n d a camouflage his s p i r a l putts his next v i s i t to t own for aside f r o m h a v i n g W m . J . B u r n s P i n k e r t o n i n this company we also possess an eagle-eyed " T o p " who can see about e v e r y t h i n g except the range i n the H u n s ' latest 76 mi ler .

U s g i r l s must have our scandal a n d the l a t ­est is w i l l the good l o o k i n g non -p lay ing b a n d Sergeant get that Sergeant M a j o r ' s ber th . A n a w f u l b l ow to the band and jus t at the t ime he was go ing to j o i n the ranks of the cym­b a l p layers .

" S h a m r o c k G r a n d m a M i t c h e l l , ' ' our ex-S ien F e i n e r , has become v e r y i n d i g n a n t over his new J o h n Hancock . N e v e r m i n d F r e d ,

H o n e y " B e l l w i l l c l ing to you . — " S C O O P S . "

GAS A T T A C K 17 27TH DIVISION H E A D Q U A R T E R S TROOP.

W i t h the re turn of F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t Doug ­lass T. Cameron to the command of the Troop ,

. a l l a c t i v i t i e s have been g i v e n a new impetus. The basebal l team has started on an unbroken w i n n i n g streak and mean to keep i t up i f d a i l y pract ice means a n y t h i n g . T w o prac ­tice marches have been made, and a l l the Troop has been busy on the p i s t o l a n d rif le range , several record scores be ing made.

The efficiency record of the organizat ion rece ived another boost when two more com­missions were won b y the Troopers. The new officers are Second L i e u t e n a n t L i n w o o d P . A m e s , D i v i s i o n Camouflage Officer, who start ­ed i n his new vocat ion as a p r i v a t e , and camouflaged the Troop street into the coziest spot on the Reservat ion , and Second L i e u ­tenant P e r r y S. N e w e l l of the A d j u t a n t Gen­e r a l 's Department .

S e v e r a l new appointments have also been announced among the non-coms. Corpora l B e n j a m i n B i n g h a m has received his t h i r d s tr ipe , wh i l e P r i v a t e Jacob W a g n e r has also entered the sergeant class. The new corpor­als are J a c k B a l l o n , A r t h u r W a l k e r , F r e d A s h l e y and A l a n Temple .

T w o recrui ts have also been added to the future members of the Troop. T h e y are L e o n a r d M a c k e s e y , J r . , the two-weeks-old son of Mess Sergeant Mackesey , who has discov­ered more ways of s e rv ing beans than any k i t c h e n boss i n the D i v i s i o n , and James A . L y n c h , J r . , a recent a r r i v a l at the home of J i m L y n c h , another of the outf i t ' s benedicts.

Pete L e o n a r d took advantage of his f u r ­lough to take his M a r m o n racer back home to Cape Cod. H e was accompanied on his over­l a n d t r i p b y P h i l Schappert and Joe A l l e y .

C O M P A N Y E , 102ND S U P P L Y T R A I N . One of the members of Company E has

h a d so many dogs as his pets we have decid­ed to ca l l h i m a dog fanc ier . H e is P r i v a t e E d w a r d T i m o t h y Sheehan and he needs no i n ­troduct ion for he is k n o w n also as a singer ,of except ional mer i t . Be fore his enlistment tie per formed w i t h L e w H o w e ' s N e w E r a M i n ­strels and scored a b i g h i t . H e entertained officers and men of the old 12th N . Y . I n f a n ­t ry at the i r f a r e w e l l d inner and has since •then been a favor i t e .

.Gee, D o w d , that was good. Got any more. W i l l i e F i t z .

D u k e M a h o n e y is the champion sleeper i n the 27th D i v i s i o n . U p , and at 'em, D u k e .

P o p Hughes , our assistant cook, on his day off takes long w a l k s but s t i l l looks as old and feeble as ever.

I f go ldbr i cks were officers, Tom B r a c k e n would be a Genera l .

Our Mess Sergeant, J i m D o w d , is go ing on a fur l ough . A n revo i r , J i m . W h i l e the cat ' s away the mice w i l l p lay .

i ' S a y , T i m , g ive us some but te r ! Hoover i s n ' t l o o k i n g . " M u l e W i l s o n .

P . H .

E S M E R E L D A — She is the mare one sees at night after

putting away seventeen yards of macaroni au gratin, three big joy bars, two bottles of cola-cola-cola, some fruit-cake from some­body's Aunt Kate, of Elmira, a square foot of bomb-proof bread-pudding, and a canteen pie.

C O M P A N Y B, 106TH I N F A N T R Y . The town cut-ups he ld a week ly meet ing i n

Corpora l L y d i k e ' s tent yesterday. The meet­i n g was presided over b y Squire H a r r i s . B r o t h e r B a t t e n rec i ted a v e r y catchy piece ent i t l ed " I f N o t , W h y ? " B r o t h e r M c M a n u s offered to p l a y a selection on the flute, but he was turned down flat. Then B r o t h e r L y n c h impersonated S a l P e r k i n s , s ing ing the S p r i n g Song. H i s h i g h notes were loud and clear, most ly loud. H e started to s ing the second verse but was po l i t e l y t h r o w n out of the tent. I f you ever w a n t to see a pleased expression on L y n c h 's face, just ask h i m how his g i r l i n S p a r t a n b u r g is , and then you '11 hear h i m sigh, and say that she is the i ' dearest, the sweetest, etc., e t c . ' ' -

The h i c k e y squad is s t i l l up to w a r strength. Corporals Stevans and H a r r i s have s tarted

a new f a d , b y p a r t i n g the i r h a i r i n the m i d ­dle. I t seems strange that they should do such a t h i n g , f o r they seemed to be such nice boys at one t ime.

A f e w w e l l - k n o w n say ings : F i r s t Sergeant L y o n s — " F a l l i n . A r e you

a l l here? A l l r i ght . F a l l o u t . " P r i v a t e M c M a n u s — 1 1 1 t e l l you , there a i n ' t

no m a i l u n t i l t o n i g h t . ' 1

Sergeant M c D e r m o t t — 1 ' T a k e em a w a y . 1 1

Cook H o g g — ' i Y o u had your s e conds . " Cook W i l l i a m s — " D i d y o u see my border

service b a r ? " P r i v a t e L y n c h — e < A n y films to be devel ­

o p e d ? " B . T ,

E X T R A ! T H E D I Z Z Y V I L L E G A Z E T T E IS OUT.

T h e Gas A t t a c k has a r i v a l . A new pub­l i c a t i o n has appeared at C a m p W a d s w o r t h , a n d i t s first e d i t i o n has been sold out com­plete ly .

I t i s ca l led " T h e D i z z y v i l l e Gaze t te " a n d i t is p u b l i s h e d " b y a n d for the 3rd P l a t o o n , Co . E , 105th I n f a n t r y . " T h e c o m p a n y has i n s t a l l e d a complete p r i n t i n g p l a n t consist ­i n g of one C o r o n a . T h e staff consists of C o r p o r a l R o b b a n d A c t i n g Sergeant R o b b . It i s f u l l of b r i g h t a n d snappy persona l news.

A copy was sent to the G a s A t t a c k by C o r p o r a l R i c h a r d D u n n e , w h o k n o w s as m u c h about p u b l i c a t i o n s of a l l sorts as a n y m a n i n the D i v i s i o n . Other companies are f o l l o w i n g the l ead of Co. E ( w h i c h i s , as Cor ­p o r a l D u n n e says , one of the l e a d i n g com­panies d o w n here) a n d are ge t t ing out l i t t l e c o m p a n y sheets to amuse the m e n a n d keep up the s p i r i t necessary i n t h i s w a r .

H E A D Q U A R T E R S , 54TH I N F A N T R Y B R I G A D E .

The Headquarters Detachment p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the L i b e r t y L o a n P a r a d e he ld i n the c i t y of S p a r t a n b u r g on S a t u r d a y , A p r i l 6, and i t is needless to say that they a l l appeared spic and span due to a whole d a y ' s s crubbing and po l i sh ing of horse equipment and the l i k e . The only l a c k i n g feature to make a complete and spectacular showing was the fac t that 1 ' B u c k P r i v a t e J o h n E t h e l b u r t D o y l e " who is k n o w n as the " T a i l o r - M a d e P r i v a t e , " was absent. " J a w n " was w r e s t l i n g the pots and pans and c u t t i n g up stew meat f o r one of H a n k B a u m a n n 7s special dishes of " I r i s h S t e w " on the day hereinbefore mentioned.

One event w h i c h marred the success of the parade was that upon the r e t u r n of the Detachment to camp the news was spread that Genera l Les ter had been " H o n o r a b l y D i s c h a r g e d " f r o m the service. E a c h man re­ceived the news i n silence and i t surely was a sad lot that ro l led i n the b lankets that night . O n M o n d a y Genera l Les ter received many of the officers of his command and f r o m the various uni ts throughout the camp. The 108th I n f a n t r y B a n d p a i d the i r respects i n the f o r m of a v e r y fine concert. The Genera l was presented w i t h a l o v i n g cup b y the mem­bers of the Headquarters Detachment as a token of good f a i t h and respect, and a v e r y impress ive t a l k i n t e r m i n g l e d w i t h some good advice , was the acknowledgment . Genera l Les ter l e f t S p a r t a n b u r g on the 6:45 P . M . t r a i n on M o n d a y , accompanied b y M r s . L e s ­ter. The Headquarters Detachment regret the loss of the Commanding General and ex­tend the ir best wishes f o r continued good health to both the General and. M r s . Les ter .

Sergeant R a l p h W . L e s t e r has been trans ­ferred f r o m the M e d i c a l Department , N a t i o n ­a l A r m y , to the Headquarters Detachment , of this B r i g a d e . Sergeant Lester is a son of B r i g a d i e r Genera l James W . Les ter , and was stationed at A l l e n t o w n , P a .

" M A C . "

C O M P A N Y G, 1 0 8 T H I N F A N T R Y . The banquet came off i n t ip-top shape. The mess h a l l was decorated w i t h company

colors. C a p t a i n K e a n sa id that he never saw the C leve land i n finer ho l iday f o r m e

The vaudev i l l e consisted of old-t ime B r o a d ­w a y favor i t es . Our old B o r d e r f r i e n d , Con­nie O 'Donne l , was there w i t h his usual mon-ologistie utterances, the 106th I n f a n t r y " J a z z " b a n d i n f u l l r ega l ia , a H i w a i i a n t r i o f r o m the 107th, and several other A - l acts.

T a k e n as a whole i t was a v e r y pleasant evening a n d one l ong to be remembered. Com­p a n y " G " unites i n t h a n k i n g C a p t a i n K e a n whose n e v e r - t i r i n g efforts made the affair pos­sible ,

" G " Company is r a p i d l y becoming a 1 1 G i m m e 9 ' associat ion. Severa l new members have been t a k e n i n through the l o c a l repre­sentat ive of the ' 1 G imme C l u b ' ' i n Rochester, N . Y .

W a n t e d — O n e Sergeant to act i n capac i ty of company " R o u s e r . " H o u r s 5:30 to 6:15 A . M . A p p l y to Commanding Officer.

Where does he go? W h a t does he do? H a v e n ' t y o u not iced " F u z z y " r u s h i n g out every n i g h t about 6:30? H e goes out v e r y t i r e d a f t e r his h a r d d a y ' s w o r k b u t t e l l the w o r l d there ' s some " p e p " when he b lows i n a f e w hours later . W h a t does i t mean?

K n i g h t R i c h a r d has departed. W e are at a loss to understand how i t was accomplished on e ighty- two cents, but we do k n o w that a larger por t i on of beef should be f o r t h c o m i n g now that he has l e f t us. H e leaves m a n y thoughts b e h i n d h i m .

" G " Company has just finished the i r sev­enty-two hour d ip i n the trenches. T h e y w a i t e d a n d watched p a t i e n t l y but they d i d n ' t b r i n g a n y game back w i t h them. The sec­ond p latoon was stat ioned at the corner o f P a r k avenue a n d 125th Streets , a n d . at that po int the f o l l o w i n g conversat ion was h e a r d :

J a c k R y a n ' s tender v o i c e — " H a l t , w h o ' s t h e r e ? "

A lost r u n n e r — " F r i e n d . " R y a n — 1 ' N o more f r iends t o n i g h t ; go

around to the other d o o r / 1

W e h a v e n ' t the s l ightest idea what was meant , but we might state that J a c k R y a n is a bartender and the runner was B i g Beers .

Chauncey W i l l i a m s is n u r s i n g a b r o k e n nose, swol len j a w and several other s l ight f a ­c i a l i n j u r i e s , the result of his efforts to take up a co l lect ion f o r our student cook, W i l l i s Thompson, upon his departure to enter upon his new duties w i t h the 27th D i v i s i o n R e c r u i t Detachment . Sympath izers , step f o r w a r d .

The f a c t that the l i t t l e envelope w i t h the three green stamps, addressed to Sergeant P e r r i n , is m i s s i n g some days is k n o w n f r o m the cooks to the t in ies t buck . O h , please f a i r one, whoever y o u m a y be ; i f y o u have any sympathy f o r we poor sufferers, under the Top , please w r i t e every day. W e f ear his flaming w r a t h .

S E R G E A N T H . C. O.

Miss Gould, a Spartanburg society belle, who is the only young lady we know of who hasn't written a reply to Bil l 's letters to Mable. (N. B. The letters are on sale in book form now. Don't miss 'em.)

C O M P A N Y I, 108TH I N F A N T R Y . The ce lebrat ion o f our first an iversary , Sat ­

u r d a y evening las t , passed off v e r y n i ce ly . A l t h o u g h i t was quiet f o r such an occasion, much enjoyment was received. The menu offered b y Mess Sergeant W i l d e r was one t h a t w i l l l ong be remembered b y the men of th is Company. A f t e r the d inner was served we were awarded b y songs f r o m var ious quar­tettes of the Company.

P r i v a t e K a y is w e l l satisfied w i t h his de­mot ion . W e l l , who wou ldn J t trade two stripes for a b e a u t i f u l br ide .

Some Companies m a y have good warb lers , but H i p , the hot apple warb le r , has them a l l stopped. A s k the first squad.

Corpora l W a g n e r has been wonder ing of late w h y he has got so m a n y detai ls . B u t he doesn ' t remember the m o r n i n g he f e l l i n f o r reve i l le w i t h a b lanket wrapped around h i m .

T o n y L a S a l l e s t i l l amuses h imsel f c u t t i n g pictures out of magazines.

W e are v e r y surprised to k n o w that Ser­geant M i l l i m a n has a b a d f a i l i n g for the Converse college f a c u l t y . I I . W . H .

C O M P A N Y G, 106TH I N F A N T R Y . Members of th is command are l o o k i n g for ­

w a r d to the n i g h t of A p r i l 30th, on w h i c h w i l l be he ld our company dance, at the Rock Cl i f f C lub i n S p a r t a n b u r g .

P l a n s have been completed and the com­mittee i n charge have things w e l l under w a y f or an enjoyable evening .

J u s t what w i l l a l l happen, remains a secret

A M B U L A N C E C O M P A N Y NO. 106, 102ND S A N I T A R Y T R A I N .

E v e r y o n e is g lad to see the adornment on V e t e r a n B i l l S m i t h ' s blouse i n the shape of service colors, earned through his service dur­i n g the S p a n i s h - A m e r i c a n campaign . B i l l r i g h t f u l l y deserves the t i t l e of veteran , hav ­i n g served an enl istment i n the n a v y d u r i n g the '98 campaign a n d is the on ly m a n i n the company w i t h a service record to date.

B a s e b a l l fans are n i g h t l y be ing g iven a rare treat i n the i r f a v o r i t e sport when " G u s " B u r t o n trots h is " T i g e r s " out on the field. So much interest has been d isp layed that M a n ­ager Gus finds i t difficult to p i c k a team f rom the scores of l i k e l y and ambit ious can­didates. A s a result he has issued a defi to the non-coms, w h o m Gus says he has scared to a f i n i s h . Come on non-coms; b r i n g on your Cobbs and Crawfords .

C l a n c y 7s canteen f e l l v i c t i m to a hurr i cane the past week a n d before r e b u i l d i n g George w i l l offer the r e m a i n i n g fixtures for sale at auct ion . P r o p e r t y of course goes to the h i g h ­est b idder . T e r m s — w e l l we w i l l t a l k t h a t over later .

E v e r y o n e got a touch of gas last week and not a s ingle casual ty was recorded, a l though Clarence S m i t h n a r r o w l y averted be ing over­come. E a r l y i n the i n s t r u c t i o n the a l a r m " g a s " was g i v e n and Clarence w a i t e d f o r the instructor to come and take his hat . N o , Clarence, we h a v e n ' t heard of a n y hat racks i n the trenches abroad either.

W e welcome to Camp W a d s w o r t h so m a n y wives of the members o f th is command. I t has been suggested that an a u x i l i a r y be f o r m ­ed and a cer ta in per iod each afternoon g i v e n over to d r i l l i n g . Sergeant H i c k s has v o l u n ­teered his services as d r i l lmas te r and there seems to be no doubt that under his able su­perv i s i on an effective m i l i t a r y organizat ion could be rea l i zed . Suggestions should be sub­m i t t e d to Sergeant H i c k s .

P r i v a t e George Rogers has just perfected what he terms a " p o w d e r e d s h a v e . ' ' T h i s new i n v e n t i o n dispenses w i t h the use of r a ­zors a n d is f ound to be h i g h l y successful , no­t i c eab ly so a t S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g inspections. F o r p a r t i c u l a r s , ask George.

The company heavy we ight , J o h n L . K e l l y , is sus ta in ing h is reputat i on as a p u g i l i s t , hav­i n g chal lenged a l l his tentmates to a fistic encounter. The results are not yet ready for p u b l i c a t i o n , bu t they m a y be obtained most a n y day f r o m P r i v a t e E a r l Anderson , official referee a n d erstwhi le sparr ing partner of K e l l y ' s .

w i t h the committee. Suffice i t to say, how­ever, that there w i l l be something new and in teres t ing f o r every minute of the evening.

Members of the committee are Sergeant M i l l e r , Corporals L a z a r u s . O a k m a n , Dorsey , Por tues a n d M a t t s o n .

P a t r o n s a n d patronesses inc lude C a p t a i n and M r s . H a r d y , L i e u t e n a n t and M r s . Re i n ­ert , M r s . L u n d g r e n , M r s . Pendel ton and M r s . C leve land . V . S.

G A S A T T A C K

55TH P I O N E E R I N F A N T R Y N O T E S . Sergeant D u r b i n Schul ts , S u p p l y Company,

is back f r o m a ten-day fur l ough and reported h a v i n g a w i l d t ime of i t w h i l e i t lasted.

F i r s t Sergeant Charles Close, C Company, le f t camp last week f or a ten-day fur l ough . " C h u c k " i n c i d e n t a l l y " c h a p e r o n e d " L i e u ­tenant Colonel . P o o l e y ' s two ch i ldren , M i s s K a t h e r i n e and M a s t e r R i c h a r d Poo ley to the i r home i n Buf fa lo a f ter a three-weeks stay a t camp.

R e a l w i t w i l l crop out occasional ly even i n a reg imenta l non-com's t e n t ; as witness Ser­geant N o r m a n D o u t h w a i t e ' s c o n t r i b u t i o n — ' ' W i t c h a z e l s tung y o u ? "

C a p t a i n J o h n H . K n u e b e l , t es t ing and tar ­ge t ing officer, finished up his w o r k at the r i f le range at Glassy R o c k and has re l i eved h is de ta i l of sergeants f r o m detached serv­ice. C a p t a i n K n u e b e l , C a p t a i n G i l l i g and C a p t a i n M e y e r d i d a lot of r ea l shoot ing at the range and tested several hundred rifles over the three and five hundred y a r d ranges.

Sergeant F r a n k Gudenkoff and Sergeant B i l l Olson c la imed the pedro championship at Glassy Rock , bas ing the i r c l a i m on the fac t t h a t they had defeated Sergeant D a l e y and Sergeant H u n t , champions of the reg iment ; but when F i r s t Sergeants B e n Gosset and H a r r y M a y b a n k got a f ter them one n ight t h e y hauled down the i r colors. A s k J i m De-v ine of the M o t o r T r u c k s .

B a n d L e a d e r J o h n B o l t o n is s t i l l detained i n Buf fa lo b y the i l lness of his w i f e .

E v e r y b o d y ' s f r i e n d , " B i l l S t a p l e s , " staff photographer of the Buf fa lo T imes , is i n camp securing photos of the Buf fa lo soldiers i n the Pioneer and the N e w Y o r k D i v i s i o n r e g i ­ments . B i l l ' s happy smile is s t i l l w i t h h i m a n d i t a lways reflects i n the pictures he snaps.

Colonel Robb ins , of the M i s s o u r i N a t i o n a l G u a r d , and C a p t a i n Thomas Ross, of the S i g ­n a l Corps, A v i a t i o n Sect ion , have been at­tached to th is regiment .

The d e t a i l of sergeants assigned to pol ice the Canteen have been re l ieved f r om that du ­t y — t h e y cleaned i t .

F i r s t Sergeant A l W h i t o n ' s horse looks p r e t t y good i n those s p i r a l leggins, but w h a t ' s the idea?

C a p t a i n R a l p h K . Robertson has returned to duty a f ter a s l ight operation on his throat at the Base H o s p i t a l .

T w e n t y men have been assigned to the 55th Pioneers , as a casual company, F i r s t Sergeant E d H a h n , Company K , has been placed i n command of the casuals, perhaps because he has had so much serv i ce—for proof , look over the assortment of badges he wears.

Colonel A r t h u r K e m p returned to camp af ­ter a t h i r t y - d a y leave of absence and re­ce ived a great ovat ion f r o m the boys.

Sergeant H e r b e r t H e l w i g , Company K , has been p laced on spec ia l d u t y w i t h the new Pioneer M i l i t a r y Po l i c e . D o n ' t forget your fr iends " D o c " when y o u do a r r i v e .

The officers' quarters have been surround­ed w i t h a rust i c fence w h i c h is a credit to the w o r k m e n , who, b y the w a y , were the of­ficers themselves.

Sergeant " C h i c k " C h a r l t o n and Sergeant

R E G I M E N T A L N O T E S 54TH P I O N E E R I N F A N T R Y .

F o u r of our corporals have bought a F o r d runabout , i n w h i c h to answer detai ls . A t a very p r e t t y ceremony, i t was d u l y christened, w i t h a bott le of B e v o , " W u n L u n g , ' ' i n hon­or of the Chinese philosopher of that name who l i v e d d u r i n g the t h i r d century. J u d g ­i n g f r o m the appearance of the F o r d , i t was b u i l t about that t ime.

Y o u have heard the Coney I s l a n d b a r k e r ' s fluent flow of z i p p y t a l k . Y o u have heard the A u c t i o n e e r ' s rapid-f ire s t r i n g of superlat ives . N o w go to our reg imenta l exchange and let P h y r a t W i l l t r y to sel l you something. The above-mentioned gentlemen are tongue-tied i n comparison.

B u c k E l v i a is nurs ing a sore face, the re­sult of t r y i n g to catch a hot l iner i n his teeth, d u r i n g a recent basebal l game.

S p e a k i n g of basebal l , L i e u t e n a n t B e r n ­stein is manager, and L i e u t e n a n t Rogers cap­t a i n of our team. The i r great hopes seem just i f ied b y the f a c t that the team put up a splendid game recent ly against the M a i n e Heav ies , c la imants of the depot champion­ship. N e x t week we w i l l blossom f o r t h i n f u l l basebal l u n i f o r m , and w i l l be ready to take on any team i n camp.

W i l l exchange one f a i r par lor -snake cor­pora l f or a p a i r of b o x i n g gloves or set of dominoes; or what have you? Company G .

J e r r y , our gentlest and most conscientious mule, has gone A . W . O. L . , insp i red , no doubt, b y the example set b y his former manicure , Sergeant A n d y .

D a n n y F l e i s c h m a n n went to t own yesterday to get a shave, bu t returned to the f o l d s t i l l w e a r i n g that ins igni f i cant brush beneath his nose. O h , w h a t ' s the use?

The much-mooted question to w h i c h we beg an answer i s : W h y has Sergeant B a e h r been to t o w n every n i g h t since the C a r n i v a l s tart ­ed? W h a t can th i s mean, we ask ?

The S a n i t a r y Detachment welcomes eleven new men, and a note f r o m L i t t l e E v a .

C. T . M .

J a c k W a l l who were attached to the d e t a i l inspect ing rifles at the range, have reported back to the i r companies f o r duty , so Mess Sergeant H a r r y G u r r is w e a r i n g • an anxious look a g a i n , but the stores m a y hold out at that .

A c t i n g F i r s t Sergeant J i m Jachles o f Com­pany F s t i l l insists that there ' s safety i n n u m ­bers, and J i m cer ta in ly does get those per­fumed letters .

A b o u t t ime now to make a pinochle team and p l a y f o r the c i t y championship at B u f f a ­lo since the f oo tba l l team last w i n t e r was such a success.

Sometimes the comedy is t inged w i t h pathos as occurred when Color Sergeant J u d S t r u n k came i n contact w i t h some h i g h voltage at the 108th I n f a n t r y . The " M a i l M a n " is get­t i n g around a l l r i g h t now though.

UM Tut T O B E 9 T TOMEYAL This is one of Dick Kennedy's friends in

the Supply Train. When he started for town on the P. & N . he was clean-shaven.

H E A D Q U A R T E R S 53RD I N F A N T R Y B R I G A D E .

The B r i g a d e is now ready for that l ong looked-for crack at the K a i s e r , f o r the gen­era l a r r i v e d back i n camp on S u n d a y a f ter a short t r i p .

D u r i n g the week the detachment demon­strated that they are not on ly " t h e r e " when i t comes to so ld ier ing , b u t are considerable apple -knockers—for proof see our f a r m .

K a r k e r , L y n c h , D a v e n e l and Sergeant M e r -r i t t d i d look good i n the i r turns beh ind the plow. B r o w n i e breezed i n a f ter eight sleep­less days i n N e w Y o r k , now B u n n i e can at­tend a l l dances a t t o w n .

L o o k s l i k e Corpora l Anderson went through the O. T . S. w i t h flying colors. Congratu la ­tions and more power to y o u , A n d y . N o w that Sergeant M a j o r G a l l o w a y i s back the de­tachment f a m i l y seems n a t u r a l aga in . P r e t t y tough when there ' s a sixteen-hour r a i l r o a d wreck and they even t u r n the clock f o r w a r d an hour d u r i n g an e ighty -day f u r l o u g h , i s n ' t i t , George? F u s s is the best horse i n the sta­ble. A s k M a l i on ey, he knows .

W e get a l l the movie magazines now, thanks to T o m m i e ' s f r i e n d i n M i c h i g a n .

D a v a n e l looped the loop over an officer's tent on the motorcyc le the other day.

Reve i l l e at 6:15 is bad enough, but w i t h Sergeant M c A d a m s g i v i n g us double t ime i t ' s no joke .

Corpora l Scheck is do ing great as L i a i s o n instructor . Good w o r k , H a r r y .

Essex jus t re turned f r o m a fu r l ough spent w i t h his best.

B o t h Char l ies s t i l l continue to put up a c o r k i n g good mess.

Famous s a y i n g s — " I got a l i t t l e job for y o u . ' ' " L e a v e her name out of i t . ' ' " G e e ! I know a guy that d i d as much as that , and say, l i s t en w h i l e I t e l l y a . ' ' — Y o u k n o w b y wh om ? fellows*.

G . W . W . , J r .

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U P T O N N E G R O E S GOOD M A R K S M E N . T h e co lored so ld iers of the 367th I n f a n t r y

at C a m p U p t o n h a v e been p r o n o u n c e d as m a r k s m e n as fine as a n y i n t h e N a t i o n a l A r m y by the a r m y experts .

I N T H E F A R E A S T . T h e B r i t i s h c o n t i n u e t h e i r n o r t h e r n m a r c h

i n M e s o p o t a m i a a n d i n P a l e s t i n e . T h e B r i t i s h forces are a l r e a d y a p p r o a c h i n g the j u n c t i o n of the B a g d a d a n d S y r i a n r a i l r o a d s . T h i s w o u l d i so late the w h o l e of S y r i a ,

T Y P H O I D U N D E R C O N T R O L . T h e fine r e c o r d made by the M e d i c a l De

p a r t m e n t i n our a r m y has added another honor to i tse l f . It has a l m o s t e n t i r e l y s t a m p e d out not on ly t y p h o i d , but a lso dys­entery .

COMMISSIONS F O R N U R S E S . C o n g r e s s m a n R a b e r has i n t r o d u c e d a b i l l

to g ive m i l i t a r y r a n k to nurses w h o h a v e up to t h i s t i m e r e c e i v e d no m i l i t a r y r e c o g n i t i o n T h e proposed b i l l w o u l d g ive to the nurses a r e l a t i v e r a n k c a r r y i n g w i t h i t u n i f o r m , r a n k badges, r i g h t to be sa lu ted , a u t h o r i t y a n d r a n k pay.

G E R M A N - A M E R I C A N A L L I A N C E . T h e G e r m a n - A m e r i c a n A l l i a n c e w a s d is ­

banded by a vote of the execut ive c o m m i t t e e las t week. T h i s a l l i a n c e , w h i l e h a v i n g m a n y good q u a l i t i e s , h a d m a n y qua l i t i e s w h i c h opposed A m e r i c a n c i t i z e n s h i p a n d w h i c h a i d e d G e r m a n y i n the present con­test.

A G E R M A N C I T I Z E N L Y N C H E D . A t C o l l i n s v i l l e , Ind . , a c r o w d l e a d b y a

d r u n k e n m a n , caught a G e r m a n , quest ioned h i m for t w e n t y m i n u t e s w i t h o u t finding any­t h i n g a g a i n s t h i m , t h e n t i e d h i s hands a n d l y n c h e d h i m . A m e r i c a n s c a n not af ford to so l o w e r themse lves t h a t they w i l l ac t l i k e the H u n s . T h i s c e r t a i n l y i s a b lo t on A m e r ­i c a a n d o n A m e r i c a n c h a r a c t e r w h i c h i t w i l l t a k e generat ions to remove .

E X P R E S S C O M P A N I E S TO U N I T E . A m o v e m e n t is o n foot to c o n s u m m a t e the

m e r g i n g of a l l the l a rge express companies in to one huge c o m p a n y nat ion -wide . A com­m i t t e e has been appo inted who w i l l confer w i t h the n a t i o n a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n on p lans of c o n s o l i d a t i o n . A t present the express c o m ­panies need m o r e efficient m a n a g e m e n t . T h i s c ou ld be brought about by m e r g i n g a l l the companies in to one huge concern w h i c h k n o w s no one r a i l r o a d or sec t ion or c om­pany . M a n y fee l t h a t the G o v e r n m e n t s h o u l d manage the express bus iness i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h the p a r c e l post.

MR. W I L S O N A N D I N S T I T U T E O F F R A N C E .

P r e s i d e n t W i l s o n has been n o m i n a t e d a n d i t is expected that he w i l l be e lected by ac­c l a m a t i o n a n assoc iate m e m b e r of the I n s t i ­tute of F r a n c e .

T h e A c a d e m y of M o r a l a n d P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e w i l l e lect M r . W i l s o n as a n assoc iate m e m b e r i n p lace of M . V i l l a r i , of F l o r e n c e , I ta ly .

A M E R I C A N A V I A T O R L O S T . C o l o n e l R a y n a l C. B o i l i n g , f o r m e r ass is t ­

ant g e n e r a l c ounse l of the U n i t e d States S t e e l C o r p o r a t i o n a n d m e m b e r of the A e r o C l u b of A m e r i c a w a s e i ther shot or com­p e l l e d to descend in to G e r m a n t e r r i t o r y l a s t week i n the great bat t le . H e was a d a r i n g f l y e r a n d m a y h a v e been one of those sent by G e n e r a l P e r s h i n g to a i d the B r i t i s h . H e spent the n i g h t of M a r c h 24 i n A m i e n s a n d next m o r n i n g s t a r t e d a w a y i n h i s automo­bi le . T h i s is the las t account of h i m obta ina ­ble. It is supposed that he was b r o u g h t d o w n by the G e r m a n s .

B O L O P A S H A , T R A I T O R , DIES. T h e notor ious t ra i t o r - ed i t o r of F r a n c e was

executed A p r i l 17 i n F r a n c e . H e was l e a d to a forest w h e r e he was p la ced before a firing squad. B o l o P a s h a was condemned for h a v i n g r e c e i v e d G e r m a n money i n order to in f luence h i s press a n d h i s in f luence aga ins t F r a n c e , h i s c o u n t r y .

T R A N S F E R M E N ' S A S S O C I A T I O N . T h e r e is o r g a n i z e d i n S p a r t a n b u r g a n

a s s o c i a t i o n of t r a n s f e r m e n a n d f r i ends f o r the purpose of k e e p i n g the r o a d b e t w e e n c a m p a n d c i t y i n the best poss ib le c o n d i t i o n . T h e r e are 300 m e m b e r s each p a y i n g 50 cents, a week. T h e y are a l r e a d y e x p e n d i n g fifty do l l a r s d a i l y on the roads . T h e y have y e l ­l o w cards to show m e m b e r s h i p a n d a r e de­s i rous of g e t t i n g the patronage of a l l who-w i s h good roads .

N O M O R E L O U N G E L I Z A R D S . G o v e r n o r W h i t m a n is about to s i g n a b i l l

w h i c h w i l l put out of bus iness l ounge l i z a r d s , tango fiends, gamblers , l o i t e r e r s a n d s h a r k s . It p rov ides t h a t every able -bodied m a n w h o i s not r e g u l a r l y employed n o w for at least t h i r t y - s i x hours a w e e k m u s t be r e g i s t e r e d a n d m u s t get to w o r k . C o u p o n a n d b o n d c l i p p e r s w i l l not be excepted .

G E N E R A L F O C H S U P R E M E C O M ­M A N D E R .

S i n c e M a r c h 24 G e n e r a l F o c h has been made supreme c o m m a n d e r of the A l l i e d forces. H e now has not o n l y the c o m m a n d of s t rategy , b e i n g the greatest s trategest i n E u r o p e , but n o w has power to regroup a r m i e s a n d select m e n of h i s o w n cho ice to c o m m a n d the c ombatant forces of bo th the B r i t i s h a n d F r e n c h a r m i e s .

T H E K A I S E R ' S W A T E R L O O . T h e K a i s e r is e v i d e n t l y d r i n k i n g at N a ­

poleon's f o u n t a i n . T h e b a t t l e of W a t e r l o o has reversed , the defeated autoc ra t n o w is K a i s e r W i l l i a m a n d not N a p o l e o n . T h e K a i s e r , l i k e N a p o l e o n , depended u p o n m a n power a n d not u p o n the s p i r i t of r ighteous ­ness i n e v e r y a l l i e d so ld ier . H e has made three great d r i v e s , each shou ld have suc­ceeded f r o m h i s c a l c u l a t i o n , but yet a l l f a i l e d . T h e G e r m a n s u p e r - m a n has m e t the c o m m o n B r i t i s h e r a n d the every-day F r e n c h ­m a n a n d has been defeated. T h e las t and greatest d r i v e has n e a r l y expended i ts force a n d I m p e r i a l G e r m a n y w h i c h jus t i f i ed any act p r o v i d e d o n l y t h a t i t tended to m a k e G e r m a n y great , i s dazed w i t h unexpec ted defeat. T h e B r i t i s h d i d not break away . T h e A l l i e d l ines cou ld not be b r o k e n a n d W i l l i a m has m e t h i s W a t e r l o o . H e has yet h i s H e l e n a c o m i n g .

N O R F O L K TO M I N E O L A . A n a r m y a i r p l a n e d r i v e n b y a L i b e r t y

m o t o r went f r o m N o r f o l k to M i n e o l a i n t h r e e hours a n d fifteen m i n u t e s . T h i s was a speed of 100 m i l e s a n hour . M a j o r R o y S. B r o w n was the p i l o t a n d George B u z a n e , a L i b e r t y m o t o r expert , was the passenger . T h e a v e r ­age he ight was 6,000 feet, r i s i n g to 12,000 feet at t i m e s . T h e m o t o r was p r o n o u n c e d per fect for there w a s no v i b r a t i o n f r o m i t . T h i s q u a l i t y i s the r e g u l a r q u a l i t y of t h e L i b e r t y motor .

H O M E R U L E B I L L . T h e c o m i n g of H o m e - R u l e i n I r e l a n d i s

assured . T h e G o v e r n m e n t w i l l i n t r o d u c e i n the H o u s e of C o m m o n s a b i l l w h i c h w i l l p r o v i d e for I r i s h H o m e - R u l e . It i s u n d e r ­stood t h a t the b i l l w i l l t a k e the f o r m of t h e m e a s u r e a m e n d i n g the G o v e r n m e n t of I re ­l a n d ac t w h i c h passed j u s t before t h e out ­b r e a k of the w a r , but the o p e r a t i o n of w h i c h was suspended f o r the d u r a t i o n of the w a r because the t w o par t i e s i n I r e l a n d cou ld not agree u p o n t h e b i l l a n d w e r e p r e p a r i n g fo^ conf l i c t a m o n g themse lves .

C O L L I E R C Y C L O P S S T I L L MISSING. T h e fine 19,000-ton n a v a l c o l l i e r Cyclops ,

w i t h 293 persons , i s s t i l l m i s s i n g . It is thought to h a v e met i t s fate n e a r t h e W e s t Indies , w h i c h are b e i n g scoured for s o m e trace of the m i s s i n g vesse l . T h e c a p t a i n of the C y c l o p s was b o r n i n G e r m a n y , but c a m e to th i s c o u n t r y w h e n but a c h i l d . H e e n ­l i s t e d i n the n a v y w h e n a y o u t h a n d w o r k e d h i s w a y up to h i s present c o m m i s s i o n .

TO R E S T O R E R U I N E D C H A P E L S . C a r d i n a l G ibbons sent the f i rst $10,000 t o ­

w a r d a f u n d of $15,000,000 in tended to r e ­store the chapels i n F r a n c e destroyed or damaged by the war .

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C O M P A N Y E , 105TH I N F A N T R Y . " M u s t a n g P e t e " says he w i l l not start any

more arguments even i f Shanks te l ls h i m the moon is made of green cheese. " R e a s o n ? " One eye i n mourning .

W e are sorry to lose F i r s t Class P r i v a t e St i les , but you c a n ' t keep a good m a n down, and our loss is Headquarters C o m p a n y ' s ga in .

W h a t w i l l Joe D r a z a n do to pass the nights away now that he has h a d to send his ae-cordeon back home.

R e d Donaher must be v i s i t i n g some of the g ir l s he met whi l e on outpost d u t y at Glens F a l l s a year ago, as he is not back f r o m his fur l ough yet .

B i g L o u i e says he cannot see w h y they teach y o u to chase a German and s t i c k h i m w i t h a bayonet when you can just as w e l l stand s t i l l and shoot h i m .

Our congratulat ions to Sergeant Chase and Corporals L a n g , M a h o n e y , M o n a h a n and K u b e s of Headquarters Company, on the i r promot ion . They were a l l former members of this company.

The latest order is to get r i d of a l l boxes, suit-cases, etc., f r om our tents , as e v e r y t h i n g must be on the s t r i n g around the wa l l s . Joe D r a z a n is t r y i n g to figure out how he is go­i n g to hang his accordeon on i t .

W h y is i t that Company E is the only com­pany i n the 105th I n f a n t r y not represented on the diamond? W e surely have the m a t e r i a l f or a good team.

Corpora l R o b b s ' men on D i z z y v i l l e A v e . are t r y i n g to make the i r section of the company street the best i n the company. One squad even went so f a r as to steal the oats f r o m one of the poor mule ' s d inner and sow them around his tent i n place of grass.

P o p J o r d a n is spending a f e w days i n N e w Y o r k .

Somebody ask ex-Corporals McCof f re and D a v i s how they l i k e be ing rear r a n k p r i ­vates aga in .

Corpora l R o i g is l e a r n i n g to be a mule sk inner .

R . B . and K . D .

A B A T T E R Y , 104TH F I E L D A R T I L L E R Y . Corpora l W h i t e returned f r om his 90-day

fur l ough w i t h smiles a l l over his face, and the g lad hand for everybody.

M a c A u l a y is f a s t i n g now. H i s week i n the k i t c h e n ended today.

P r i v a t e L i n c o l n le f t us f o r good on the strength of a discharge. H i s be ing a minor was the cause.

P r i v a t e P i c k l e s , one of the " 5 7 " var i e ­t ies .

E . W i l s o n mourns the loss of one suit of O. D . underwear. T a k e a b a t h ! I f ound mine that way .

" S h o t G u n " Shneider is no longer w i t h us as he is now at tend ing the ordnance school.

H e y ! Compson, w h a t ' s that g rowing on your upper l i p ?

P r i v a t e Zenks returned f r om the Base H o s ­p i t a l w i t h fear i n his heart a f ter seeing the boys don the blue jeans every m o r n i n g pre­p a r i n g for w o r k and w o r k i t is , too.

P r i v a t e P a t t i z o has parted w i t h his coffee strainer and swears never aga in .

C O M P A N Y C, 105TH I N F A N T R Y . P r i v a t e Gal lagher has w i l l e d a l l his w e a l t h

to P r i v a t e B u r k e i n case he dies. " A l l r i g h t , ' ' says Joe , w i t h h i s eyes on G a l l a g h e r ' s new r i n g , " h a v e a piece of p i e . ' '

Corpora l R e i l l y is so used to w r i t i n g that he puts his bayonet behind his ear.

P r i v a t e H a p p y B r a c k e n wanted to k n o w the difference between a lemon pie and a slacker. ' ' W e l l , ' ' says P r i v a t e Carey , " b o t h of them are so ye l l ow that they have not crust enough to go over the t o p . "

The reason P r i v a t e Porness wears glasses: H e says he cou ldn ' t see any money i n sight w i thout them.

P r i v a t e T o n k i n s wants to k n o w i f a m a n gets $5.00 f or h i t t i n g the b u l l ' s eye, how much should a f e l l ow get f o r shooting the b u l l .

Corpora l Olmstead was too t i r e d to c a r r y water to wash the floor of h is tent , but la te r on he was discovered c a r r y i n g water f o r the elephants so as to get a free pass to the show.

P r i v a t e K i n n e y has a new rumor . H e claims that we are to go to E g y p t to g ive a f a r e w e l l parade to the mummies .

P r i v a t e Crehaw h a d a job last week as a b a r k e r f or the dog exh ib i t at the c ircus.

P r i v a t e Deforrest is to have h i s teeth out. H e says he can stand the p a i n a good deal better t h a n the pr ice .

P r i v a t e L a V a l l e y is do ing the a r m y double so much that he even gets up i n the n ight and runs around the tent .

P r i v a t e J . A . M u r p h y t h i n k s because he works i n the office that he 's an officer.

P r i v a t e H a m is so used to g e t t i n g seconds on the eats that he even tr ies to w o r k i t on the sleeps.

P r i v a t e S idney Grew might be a fine end m a n i n a m i n s t r e l show, but he never p lays the end of the l ine at mess ca l l .

S. G. W .

Pomeroy has gone out of the gold b r i c k i n ­dustry and has reported for duty aga in .

P r i v a t e Ste inberg has now been appointed as our esteemed supply sergeant.

P r i v a t e Shaver spent a restless n ight . Rea ­son, our new supply sergeant issued h i m a new cot and he has yet to get used to i t .

Persona l for A c t i n g Corpora l S t e i n b e r g — W h y advert ise f o r a p a i r of stolen pants ; y o u ' r e i n the a r m y now?

P r i v a t e L a n e is s t i l l t r y i n g to camouflage h imse l f beh ind that growth on his face. D o n ' t be a f r a i d , L a n e , use a safety razor.

E x t r a ! W e had ice cream for supper and S m i t h S. R . t r i e d to slip something over b y going up for seconds. Sergeant Gower spot­ted h im and threw out a counter a t tack w h i c h overwhelmed poor S m i t h and he retreated i n great disorder.

Our esteemed " S i " Doner is aga in on the s ick l i s t f r om an i n j u r y received f r om a horse stepping on an already sore dog.

Our Stable Sergeant, Russel F o n t , is a v e r y contented man at the present t ime as his w i f e is spending a v i s i t w i t h h i m here.

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a package conta in ing a B . V . D . suit and signed 1 1 H e l e n . ' ' Come on Pete , and let us k n o w what " H e l e n ' s " last name i s f

A f ew of the boys who attended to the " B o x P a r t y ' ' F r i d a y n ight at the b r i c k school house, are s t i l l moaning the ir loss ($$$).

M a n y are wonder ing w h y Joe B r e n n a n and B e n n y C a r r are keep ing the road hot to Sax -ton.

M a n y of " B i l l L o n g ' s " p i cket l ine boys are s t r i v i n g for the blue r ibbon . Geiser, G o l -lus and B r e n n a n are runn ing neck and neck, and i t looks as though one of this t r i o w i l l get the r ibbon for this month .

1 1 H u n k u s ' ' B u r n s is s t i l l l o o k i n g for his mule, and he says that when he finds h i m , that i t w i l l be h i m and the mule a l l over the corra l .

W a l t e r Wes t , the boy w i t h the b e a u t i f u l , w a v e y h a i r , wou ld l i k e to t rans fer to the Hostess House , or go to" V a l a t i e , 1ST. Y . , to see M a i n Street .

The " M o t o r T w i n s , ' ' G i e r i n g and B u r d i c k , have been for the past two weeks w o r k i n g on an O v e r l a n d machine i n Spar tanburg , and they t h i n k they can make a submarine out of the parts le f t over.

D i d V i c t o r " H . S . ' ' Coogan get m a r r i e d whi le on his fur l ough? W e don ' t know, but , w h y d id you start that le t ter " D e a r W i f e , 7 7

V i c , o ld boy? M r s . R i c h a r d J . Dormer , J r . , w i f e of Mess

Sergeant Dormer , is spending a f ew days i n the Sunny South .

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CAMP WADSWORTH

C O M P A N Y B, 107TH U . S. I N F A N T R Y . I n the first place suspicion arose i n our

minds when we were marched i n f r o m d r i l l a h a l f hour before reca l l . T h i s unheard-of event (except i n those special and rare cases of inocu la t i on , lectures or an issue of soap and ratt les or something f r o m the supply tent) caused a w a v e r i n g of the f o r m a t i o n as we 1 ' squads l e f t e d ' ' i n f ront of the Top­per ' s tent .

Then Sergeant D o n a v a n broke the g lad n e w s — a nice l i t t l e h i k e to the a r t i l l e r y range for the boys so we w o u l d n ' t get soft i n the feet , but r e a l l y f o r the purpose of go ing under a rea l , honest-to-mustard barrage fire.

W e pu l l ed anchor the next m o r n i n g at 8 A . M . a n d everybody was f ee l ing as good as possible under the circumstances except J o h n ­n y M c G l u e , whose fur l ough h a d been can­cel led at the last minute so he could honor us w i t h his august presence as we ambled m e r r i l y on our w a y .

" O h ! i t w a s n ' t the f a c t that I had a date i n Queens , ' ' sa id J o h n n y w i t h one eye on the pop bott le i n F . Copeland 's pack , c 1 J u s t the p r i n c i p l e of the t h i n g . ' '

T h i s statement was greeted w i t h a hearty cackle f r o m 1 ' J u d g e 1 ' M u l q u e e n . I n f a c t the " J u d g e " kept us a l l i n good sp i r i t s w i t h his u n l i m i t e d l ine of chatter and his repeated requests f or a song f r o m B e r t B r a d y ' s squad. (We w o n ' t attempt to describe the voca l out­bursts that came f o r t h f r om the h u s k y throats of those warblers as we 're s t i l l t r y i n g hard to forget the noise they made.)

I t was a good day for h i k i n g because of the cool weather a n d cloudy sky , but the f o r t y -five minute rest at noon was a welcome h a l t to a l l of us and for once that hardtack tasted good.

There was a canteen just back of where we were e a t i n g — b u t a canteen f o r about five minutes o n l y ; a t the end of that short per iod i t looked l i k e the inside of a waste-basket .

W h e n we started out aga in , old " L i g h t -f o o t " W e i n s t e i n spent a f ew minutes w i t h each squad a l l the w a y down the l i n e , filling i n the b l a n k files here and there u n t i l w i l d howls of protest f r o m the rear caused h i m to reconsider his present pos i t i on and make a s trateg i ca l retreat fu r ther back.

W e made camp about 3 P . M . and hav ­i n g t i r e d of cussing out A Company f o r v a ­rious reasons, we re t i r ed to our quarters f or peace and quiet.

S ta t i s t i c s show that there were 3,682 h i p -holes dug d u r i n g the course of the n ight .

The next day at noon saw us at our final rest ing p lace . at the E n g i n e e r ' s camp where we " p u p - t e n t e d " i n a d r i z z l i n g r a i n .

A s a result of a heated argument concern­i n g the price of eggs i n A u s t r a l i a at the be­g i n n i n g of the w a r , Cook T ipson pushed Cook V a n A u k e n into the b a b b l i n g brook back of the k i t c h e n . Whereupon Cook V a n A u k e n rec iprocated and threw Cook T ipson into the same brook .

A n d they (not the cooks) were even se l l ­i n g us N . Y . papers that f a r f r om c i v i l i z a ­t i on .

W e manoevured up and down about four ­

teen different mountains on the f o l l o w i n g d a y — t h i s t ime we h i k e d for ten minutes a n d rested f o r fifty. Mess was quite noticeable because of i t s absence.

A c c o r d i n g to E l l e m a n , we d i d n o t h i n g but r u n up a l l the h i l l s i n s ight and then slow up f o r a short ways a n d then another r u n . W e were b e g i n n i n g to wonder w h y they d i d not double t ime us a l l the w a y just to get the hang of i t .

The only " c a s u a l t y " under the barrage fire was the sudden loss of R . H . W o o d ' s w i n d when we reached the top o f the h i l l .

" L o t t a nonsense , " says Robert to J a c k Sheeky , as he hung l i m p l y over the l i m h of sun-burnt pine tree, " O u g h t to grade th is h i l l — t o o h a r d on the m e n . "

O f course there was a mys te ry connected w i t h the camp; th is t ime " t h e house where you get the egg s a n d w i c h e s . " W e cou ldn ' t seem to account f or a l l the females i n and around i ts four wal l s . The 4th squad of the 1st p latoon t r i e d hard to clear up the mys­tery but came back- w i t h m o u r n f u l expressions on the i r usua l ly sunny countenances.

A s f or that h i k e back , none of us w i l l for ­get i f we go through ten years of the w a r and s t i l l r emain a l ive . Some c l a i m i t was twenty - four miles and others twenty - s ix , but we d i d i t i n seven hours and forty- f ive m i n ­utes, w a l k i n g t ime .

Redenberg says that he w o u l d jus t as soon have r i d d e n as f a r as he was concerned.

A n d those h i l l s ! O h ! boy ! O h ! boy ! and Stan ley M a n n said that we w o u l d be go ing " d o w n h i l l " a l l the w a y . W e went " d o w n h i l l ' ' a l l r i g h t , but we went up about s ix times as m a n y h i l l s as we went down.

W e were v e r y much chagr ined to t h i n k that you should deceive us i n this w a y , S t a n ­ley .

" 'Bout f o ' m o ' m i l e s , ' ' was the i n e v i t ­able answer to our questions as to the re­m a i n i n g distance to c a m p — a l w a y s the same, even though we had h i k e d a long for an hour before repeat ing the question. Sort of gave us the idea that we were p l a y i n g t a g w i t h the end of the co lumn.

D i d n ' t that l i l ' o F cot look good after f our n ights of 1 1 d i g g i n ' i n ? "

J u s t so the packs w o n ' t get moldy they have got us t a k i n g them out f o r a n a i r i n g each day at d r i l l now.

W i t h new parts , arsenal numbers, etc., to get on to, S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g inspections ought to be rather interes t ing .

C O R P O R A L D . V A N R. H I L L .

" T h e F r i n c h m e n are sure w a n g r a n d po l i te race . "

" A n d d i d w a n of t h i m l e n d v i z a d i m e ? " " N o , but I s l a m m e d w a n on the j a w a n d

he gave m e h i s c a l l i n g c a r d a n d s a i d he w o u l d sincl two m e n to w a i t o n m e . "

S e n d t h i s copy of the Gas Attack home. L e t t h e m k n o w what the N e w York D i v i s i o n i s do ing .

T h e o ther g i r l s are g e t t i n g the Gas Attack f r o m t h e i r o. d. a d m i r e r s . W h y i s n ' t yours ?

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A b o u t a m o n t h ago I h e a r d one of our camp bands r e h e a r s i n g some G e r m a n m a r c h e s by V o n B l o n , f r o m B e r l i n , a n d ap­proached the b a n d to see who i t was that i n s i s t e d on p l a y i n g t h e m , even at t h i s t i m e w h e n we are at w a r w i t h G e r m a n y .

T h e band leader made h i s m u s i c i a n s re­peat the marches over a n d over, but i t seemed to me t h a t the m u s i c i a n s hated to p l a y t h e m , because each t i m e they repeated a passage they p layed i t more wretched ly out of tune t h a n before.

Be fore w a r was dec lared I used to p l a y the G e r m a n a n d A u s t r i a n marches w i t h m y band but a f ter t h a t I p laced t h e m on the shelve.

Sousa 's m a r c h e s a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y the S t a r s a n d S t r i p e s F o r e v e r were p layed a l l over the w o r l d , but the b a n d m a s t e r s of the G e r m a n A r m y w o u l d not d r e a m of p l a y i n g S tars a n d S t r i p e s at t h i s t i m e , because the v e r y least that w o u l d happen to t h e m w o u l d be a t i m e i n the g u a r d house.

T h e r e w o u l d be some excuse i f we h a d no good A m e r i c a n marches , but f o r t u n a t e l y we have the best m a r c h w r i t e r s i n the w o r l d , our o w n J o h n P h i l i p Sousa , R . B . H a l l , B e n ­nett , F a r r a r , L o s e y a n d m a n y others can w r i t e m a r c h e s t h a t m a k e s one h a p p y at be­i n g a l i v e to hear t h e m .

A n d the m u s i c t reasures of o u r a l l i e s are open to us, the E n g l i s h , I t a l i a n s a n d par ­t i c u l a r l y the F r e n c h have m a n y s t i r r i n g -marches , w h i c h our A m e r i c a n bands ought to p l a y at t h i s t i m e .

T h i s r e a l l y i s a good t i m e to m a k e our p u b l i c a cqua inted w i t h our own A m e r i c a n composers a n d t h e i r w o r k s , w h y not p l a y m o r e se lec t ions b y our t u n e f u l D e H a v e n ? I se ldom hear h i s R o b i n H o o d a n d other w o r k s per formed . A n d our P i t t s b u r g e r N e v i n , there are some good a r r a n g e m e n t s of h i s w o r k s for band , w h i c h ought to be h e a r d oftener, a n d the greatest of t h e m a l l E d w a r d M a c D o w e l l , w h o speaks a m u s i c a l language a l l h i s o w n . H e i s no i m i t a t o r , a n d m u s t be s t u d i e d to be understood .

S u r e l y the b a n d m a s t e r s w o u l d be d o i n g a great serv ice to A m e r i c a n a r t i f they w o u l d p l a y w o r k s by o u r ser ious composers a n d b y so d o i n g p o p u l a r i z e t h e m . L e t us be A m e r i c a n s first, even i n m u s i c .

G E O R G E K A Z A M E K , B a n d L e a d e r 2nd P i o n e e r Inf .

C O M P A N Y D, 106TH I N F A N T R Y . F o r downr ight , dogged, determinat ion , you

have got to h a n d the gonfa lon to the men of th is b a t t a l i o n of ours for the manner i n w h i c h they deported themselves d u r i n g the tour of t rench duty that they completed recent ly . G o i n g im on the previous S u n d a y m o r n i n g i n a ver i tab le deluge of r a i n , they ' ' c a r r i e d o n " as becomes a l l good soldiers, i n spite of the D e v i l . W i t h scarcely a let-up i n the down­pour d u r i n g the i r ent ire per iod of occupation, and w i t h more than a foot of mud , muck, and

water , i n the bot tom of the trenches, they v i c i o u s l y met a n d repulsed a l l a t tacks of the 1 i e n e m y , ' ' and accomplished cer ta in object­ives i n the w a y of patro ls , bo th reconaissance and combat. T h a t the s ix or more months of good h a r d w o r k t h a t they have put i n down here have done them a w o r l d of good, i s e v i ­dent, w h e n we consider the t r i v i a l amount of sickness experienced d u r i n g the t ime that they were i n the trenches. T h e y were com­p l imented b y bo t h b a t t a l i o n and reg imenta l commanders f o r the i r fine w o r k . M o r e power to the best b a t t a l i o n i n a n y I n f a n t r y outfit on the reservat ion .

D C o m p a n y ' s ga l lant baseballers should come i n f o r a p a r t of th is 1 i o l ive b r a n c h ' ' stuff as w e l l . S i x scalps are now h a n g i n g at our belts , a n d we have yet to taste defeat. W i t h team w o r k a n d confidence ap lenty , we are out f o r the championship of the regiment , and we d o n ' t care who knows i t , Headquar ­ters Company inc luded . Sergeant B o b b y B r o w n as cap ta in , and F r e d d y M y e r s , m a n ­ager, are wont to f ee l p r e t t y complacent these days , a ided a n d abetted of course, b y the w o n d e r f u l s p i r i t of co-operation on the p a r t of the rest of the men on the team as w e l l as the leather lunged r o o t i n g that is ex tant at every contest f r om the non combatants .

B i l l Boekmeyer took a t r i p to Cowpens re­cent ly . W e asked h i m , what of good repute made that the t own of his choice. 1 1 W e l l , ' ' says B i l l , " T h e y fought a ba t t l e there i n the C i v i l W a r , a n d — e r ' ' — b u t we w a i t e d to hear no more. I t ' s a poor salesman that doesn ' t

get to the k e r n e l of the t h i n g r i g h t off the bat .

A t Gas School not v e r y l ong ago, the Offi­cer i n charge s tarted at the head of the col­umn and directed that the f o l l o w i n g message be conveyed down the ent ire l ength of the l ine b y w o r d of m o u t h : " T h e Germans are us ing C h l o r i n e . " Imag ine his consternation, when, b y the t ime i t reached the last m a n on the l ine i t s ized up as the f o l l o w i n g b i t of s trategic i n f o : 1 ( T h e Germans are us ing our l a t r i n e s . " A n d they t e l l us that we w o n ' t w i n th is w a r .

Sergeant H a r r y E h r e n b e r g directs us to state that he '11 cheer fu l ly p a y fifty cents f o r the December 29th issue o f the Gas Attack. Newsdealers , and profiteers, f a l l i n .

C h a r l e y R o b o l d , recent ly re turned f r o m fur l ough , says, that one has to d r i n k twice as much beer now to * 1 experience the same ex­h i l a r a t i o n as one used to i n the good ole pre­w a r d a y s . ' ' Sherman was r i g h t .

A m o n g recent l a d y v i s i t o r s : M r s . Sergeant E d w a r d R i l e y ; M r s . Sergeant F r a n k Wal-dron , M r s . Sergeant H a r r y L e v y , a n d M r s . Sergeant H a r r y E h r e n b e r g . Someone should page the balance of the " M r s . S e r g e a n t s . ' '

H , D . T .

L O S T ! L O S T — L e f t i n l a v a t o r y of the C l e v e l a n d

H o t e l , S a t u r d a y , A p r i l 13th, 1918, about 3 P . M . , one w r i s t w a t c h , i l l u m i n a t e d d i a l . R e ­w a r d i f r e t u r n e d to C a p t a i n H . A . S m i t h , 4th P i o n e e r I n f a n t r y , C a m p W a d s w o r t h .

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

H A L L .

F i f t y - t h i r d P i o n e e r I n f a n t r y D e l i g h t e d

O v e r 1,200 S o l d i e r s at C a m p .

O n F r i d a y even ing , A p r i l 12th, the 53rd P i o n e e r r e g i m e n t gave a n o t h e r b i g t i m e i n the K . of C h a l l w i t h " b i g t i m e stuff ." T h e y i n d e e d h a v e p r o v e n themse lves masters i n the e n t e r t a i n m e n t l i n e .

O p e n i n g the b i l l was M r . C a r t e r , the K . of C . s ong d i r e c t o r , i n chorus s i n g i n g , the most p o p u l a r be ing , " W h e r e A r e the G i r l s of Y e s t e r d a y , " w r i t t e n b y J a m e s K . H a c k e t t a n d i n t r o d u c e d at W a d s w o r t h w h e n M r . H a c k e t t v i s i t e d the K . of C. about three w e e k s ago.

H a r r y Se ige l , C o m p a n y M , t h e n h e l d the aud ience w i t h r e c i t a t i o n s . One l i s t e n i n g to h i m i n " T h e G a m b l e r ' s L a s t D e a l " w o u l d t h i n k he was i n a r e a l game a n d s e v e r a l of the boys h a d to r e m o v e t h e i r coats , b e i n g i n " a p o k e r sweat . "

B a b e O ' N e i l , of H e a d q u a r t e r s , s a n g sev­e r a l songs, i n t r o d u c i n g a parody on " K . P . " w r i t t e n by T h o m a s Cody , of the 53rd P i o ­neers , w h i c h met w i t h great app lause .

T h e n came a " b a n g ! " It was the 53rd P i o ­neer o r c h e s t r a s t a r t i n g one of i t s over tures , a n d they showed t h e i r a p p r e c i a t i o n by a t h u n d e r o u s applause .

T h e n c a m e R . A b r a m s — n o w , w h e r e he's been, I don ' t k n o w , but he s u r e l y c a n put over i n J e w i s h comedy. H e can also s i n g a n d h e ' l l find a p lace on the book at the K . of C. h a l l m a r k e d " C a s t of C h a r a c t e r s . "

J o h n Cox , of C o m p a n y G, is the J o h n M c C o r m i c k of W a d s w o r t h . H e w a s an ­n o u n c e d as the next n u m b e r a n d a s t o r m of app lause came f o r t h ; but , a f ter a s t o r m comes a c a l m , a n d i t sure d i d come, for as soon as they saw he was r e a d y to s i n g y o u c o u l d hear a p i n drop, a l l f e a r i n g they w o u l d m i s s a note of h i s c l e a r tenor vo ice . H e s a n g " W h e n I r i s h E y e s A r e S h i n i n g " a n d " T h e S u n s h i n e of Y o u r S m i l e . "

P r i v a t e D e l l o r o s a , h a v i n g a c l e v e r " W o p " monologue , vo lunteered to he lp out the s i t ­u a t i o n , a n d he put across a n act that cou ld get b i g t i m e i n any good c i r c u i t .

F o u r m e m b e r s of the o r c h e s t r a t h e n ren ­dered a se l e c t i on w h i c h deserved a n d re­c e i v e d a h a n d . T h e m e m b e r s were F u r r a t t i , S e n n i n g , G e n t i l e and D r o e s c h , w i t h Trescose at the p iano .

T o n y S p a g o n i , the c l e v e r I t a l i a n come- 1

d i a n , c losed the acts w i t h c omedy that kept the boys i n cont inuous l aughter . 1

A n d thus w a s the show put on by the 53rd > P i o n e e r I n f a n t r y at a n hour ' s not i ce .

N e x t M o n d a y n i g h t at the K . of C. h a l l < w i l l be s h o w n T r i a n g l e feature films, w i t h a dash of v a u d e v i l l e t o ' m a k e the e v e n i n g en- i j o y a b l e f o r the l o v e r s of both of these pop- : u l a r f o r m s of c a m p amusement .

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" M O V I E S . "

T h e m a g i c of the m o v i e s — t h e capers of • r e e l c omedians a n d the t h r i l l i n g h e a r t throbs

of r e e l l overs , e n t e r t a i n e d h u n d r e d s of thou ­sands of c i v i l i a n s throughout the U n i t e d States on M o n d a y evening , A p r i l 15th. M a n y at tended the m a r b l e a n d g i l d e d palaces of the m e t r o p o l i s — w h e r e b e a u t i f u l flowers shed t h e i r f r a g r a n c e i n the l o b b i e s — w h e r e r u n ­ners of v e l v e t y carpet cover the a i s l e s — w h e r e c h a r m i n g usheret tes no i se l e s s ly flash the w a y to a c u s h i o n e d seat a n d w h e r e s y m ­p h o n y o r ches t ras a n d w o n d e r f u l p ipe or­gans c h a r m the ear. B u t w h e r e i n a l l the l a n d , i n a l l the e laborate or unpre tent i ous p i c t o r i a l p a r l o r s was there a m o r e a p p r e c i a ­t i v e aud ience t h a n that w h i c h that n i g h t occup ied a n d s u r r o u n d e d the K . of C. b u i l d ­i n g at C a m p W a d s w o r t h ?

T h e r e w e r e f u l l y 1,200 so ld ie rs j a m m e d in to the h a l l a n d scores c lus te red at the m a n y s ide a n d r e a r w i n d o w s . One adven ­turous y o u t h c l i m b e d on top of the huge stove, d e s i r i n g a good range , so to speak. A l l seats were t a k e n at 6:15 a n d l o n g before the show c o m m e n c e d at 7:45 there w a s not even S. R . O.

A l w a y s p o p u l a r c o m m u n i t y s i n g i n g put everyone i n a good mood for the first p i c t u r e w h i c h was a one-reel comedy e n t i t l e d " A n Officer's M e s s " — n o t r e f e r r i n g to c u l i n a r y or chow af fa irs , but to a m a t r i m o n i a l mess w h i c h finally ad jus ted i t se l f w i t h the wed­d i n g be l ls i n tune . T h e greatest l a u g h of th is f i l m was a scene not in tended for com­e d y — w h e n two actor-officers d i s p l a y e d t h e i r i gnorance of the proper m i l i t a r y sa lute .

T h e n came " T h e S u d d e n G e n t l e m a n , " a five-part feature film w i t h . a b i g punch-— l i t e r a l l y a n d figuratively. T h e hero was a fighting I r i s h m a n w h o no doubt w o u l d be a v a l u a b l e a d d i t i o n to our overseas forces .

T h e best p i c t u r e house i n N e w Y o r k w o u l d be m i g h t y p r o u d to have s u c h o r c h e s t r a l ac­c o m p a n i m e n t for p i c tures as that w h i c h has been f u r n i s h e d by the 53rd P i o n e e r J a z z band at K . of C. mov ies . A n d t h e i r leader , M r . T r e s i z e , has a v e r y k e e n concept ion of i n c i d e n t a l m u s i c . " S o m e o r c h e s t r a " was the c o m m e n t h e a r d on a l l s ides. B e t w e e n p ic ­tures , T o n y G e n t i l e , of the band , gave two we l l - rendered se lect ions on the bar i tone .

P r i v a t e F r o w l e y of 108th F i e l d H o s p i t a l , k i n d l y v o l u n t e e r e d to shoot the p i c t u r e s a n d d i d so i n r e a l B r o a d w a y f a s h i o n .

T h e s e over f low e n t e r t a i n m e n t s have a free and easy a tmosphere . T h e r e are a n u m b e r of a m u s i n g s ide r e m a r k s at m o v i e s h o w s ; but never do the ga ther ings become bo ister ­ous.

T h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t w o r k of the K . of C. at C a m p W a d s w o r t h w i l l become more p r o m i ­nent w i t h the open ing of b u i l d i n g N o . 2 w i t h ­in a week or so.

C A M O U F L E U R S B U I L D M O U N T A I N . ( C o n t i n u e d f r o m page 11)

w i t h the necessary n u m b e r of s e rvants oc­cup ied a ba t t e ry or c o m p a n y street . A f t e r c o m p l e t i n g the i n s p e c t i o n of the s tables a n d r e t u r n i n g to the street , w e w e r e t o l d b y one of the ever a t t endant f o o t m e n that " l u n c h e o n c a l l h a d been b l o w n . "

So t h i s was B i l l ' s i dea of a r m y l i f e ! I p i t i e d h i m t h o u g h I d i d not h i n t but t h a t i t was a l l qui te r e a l . It was not r e a l a n d ye t i t c ou ld not he lp but b r i n g back to m e ex­per iences of the days I h a d spent i n the same spot.

I n p lace of the bare field w h e r e the 27th h a d h e l d t h e i r r e v i e w s w a s a n 18 ho le gol f course over w h i c h t h e G r o u p of H e a l t h f u l E n v i r o n m e n t i s t s took t h e i r d a i l y exerc i se . B i l l s a i d gol f took the p lace of bayonet d r i l l tha t the so ld iers h a d h a d .

I spent two w e e k s v i s i t i n g the scenes of m y younger days a n d I boarded the P u l l m a n c o n v i n c e d that I w a s h e a l t h y enough. I gave the p o r t e r a n o rder to w a k e me w h e n we r e a c h e d N e w a r k so t h a t I w o u l d be dressed w h e n we r e a c h e d M a n h a t t a n Is le a g a i n .

H . B . W I L L I A M S , B a t t e r y F . 104th F . A .

N a p o l e o n s a i d " A n A r m y fights on i t s b e l l y . " W a s t e of food over here w i l l m e a n shor ter ra t i ons over there .

S. O. S.

Letter One to

Catholic Soldiers A m o n g y o u boys i n t r a i n i n g are thou ­

sands w h o w i l l w a n t to send home a su i t ­able g i f t before s t a r t i n g for F r a n c e . Y o u don't k n o w w h a t to buy. Y o u ' l l go floating a r o u n d , p i c k i n g up a l l sorts of n i c k n a c k s y o u don't w a n t because y o u don't k n o w w h a t y o u do want .

W h y not send father , m o t h e r , s is ter , bro ther , w i f e or sweetheart a r emembrance w i t h no nonsense about i t ? S o m e t h i n g t h a t w i l l last , a n d be used d a i l y ; s o m e t h i n g w i t h r e a l s ent iment i n i t ; s o m e t h i n g w i t h so l emn thought i n i t ; s o m e t h i n g of r e l i g i o u s s ig ­ni f icance ; s o m e t h i n g that w i l l c a l l up the image of the absent one at the t i m e he most w ishes to be remembered—the t i m e of p rayer .

N o t h i n g fits' these requ i rements l i k e a r o s a r y ; n o t h i n g except a r o s a r y fits t h e m at all.

W e m a k e rosar ies $1 to $50; good ones, $2.50; better, $4 and $5; s o l i d 10k go ld , $20; 14k, $25; new " p e a r l , " $10. T h a t last i s w o n d e r f u l ; the " p e a r l s " look exact ly l i k e r e a l pear ls for 1,000 t imes the money, a n d w i l l wear a l i f e t i m e , more , too ; i t is the i d e a l g i f t for F i r s t C o m m u n i o n , g r a d u a t i o n a n d weddings . C a n be seen by s e n d i n g the pr i ce , to be r e t u r n e d i f not w a n t e d . R o s a ­r i e s w i l l be engraved free a n d sent to y o u i n a handsome case or d i rec t to y o u r f r i ends . I l l u s t r a t e d cata log for f u l l i n f o r m a t i o n . W i s h we could p r i n t i t a l l here . A s to our r e l i a b i l i t y we re fer to our f r i e n d s at C a m p W a d s w o r t h , L i e u t . J . F . Greaney , Co. L , 107th I n f a n t r y , a n d Sergeant A . G . R o l a n -d e l l i , Co. F , 105th I n f a n t r y . V a t t t R o s a r y Co., 106 F u l t o n St. , N e w Y o r k .

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gold pen-point, and i t a lways writes . Obtainable f rom stationers, jewel­lers , druggists, etc., everywhere. If you cannot obtain f rom your dealer order direct f rom the manufac­turer , enclosing remittance.

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A M B U L A N C E C O M P A N Y NO. 107. The a l l -absorb ing question these days is

who is next on the fur l ough hat . The n i f t y Stetson i n question has been m a k i n g the rounds for some t ime , and at present w r i t i n g ought to be able to t e l l some in teres t ing tales of f u r l o u g h days.

The office force were h a r d pushed the day E d d i e H o b b i n s came i n f r o m home, m a k i n g out new a l lo tment and changing the bene­f i c iary on his insurance. The cause of the assault is a l i t t l e l a d y away up nor th who is keep ing the home fires b u r n i n g whi le the l o rd of the M a n o r is out m a k i n g the w o r l d safe f o r Democrats . The charming stoker of the home fires was acquired b y marr iage d u r i n g E d d i e ?s v i s i t . The boy is a l l puffed up about the af fair , and is speedily becoming fluent i n the expression, " m y w i f e . ' 1 A reception com­mittee of two greeted the husband when he pu l l ed i n here at 2 A . M . , and the tent was decorated appropr ia te ly i n f u t u r i s t i c colors a n d figures.

W e are m i g h t y busy just now p r e p a r i n g f o r a two-weeks excursion to the i n f a n t r y Range w i t h the 53rd B r i g a d e f o r t r a i n i n g and m a ­neuvers. The entire outfit makes the t r i p , h i k i n g the f u l l distance up and re turn . W e are i n f o r the l i f e of the cavemen, and some i n s i g h t into the r e a l horrors of w a r ought to be absorbed. The experience w i l l not come as something ent i re ly new to us because we have held several m i n i a t u r e part ies a long this l i n e , but the opinion is general that we w i l l enjoy the nearest to the rea l t h i n g yet at­tempted.

P r i v a t e G r i e r , erstwhi le v a l i a n t M a j o r of a twice v a l i a n t B o y Scout band , is en route N o r t h to make some b lush ing damsel the pos­sessor of a soldier-man. Doubt less ly , she is a sweetheart of golden youth who cap i tu lated when the s turdy H a r o l d went f o r t h to scout i n his a l l u r i n g hab i l iment . 1 i None but the brave deserve the f a i r , ' ' so some of them have i t , and a lot of us t h i n k the sentiment r e e k i n g of romance, but M c K i n l e y , the Icon­oclast, opines the cruel barb that the l a d y was desirous of hang ing out a p r e t t y service flag, w h i c h are a l l the rage these seasons.

H a n s o n , an a u t h o r i t y on moustaches and women, received a b low this week i n the f orm of a cr isp note f r o m the Hostess House con­v e y i n g these f a t e f u l words : D e a r M r . H a n s o n :

Please discontinue your too frequent and elongated v i s i t s to this domici le as you are w e a r i n g a l l the pa int off our per fec t ly love ly chairs . Y o u r s ,

L a M o n t is a r a d i c a l of the reddist hue, and he is s p i l l i n g his red pa int a l l over our com­p a n y street. H e bod i ly injects into our A r ­cad ian bl iss a d i squ ie t ing sp i r i t of anarchism, w h i c h is g a i n i n g more and more adherents as i t ins id ious ly germinates. L i k e a l l u l t r a - r a d i ­ca l tenets his stuff sounds a t t rac t i ve to the i i M i c a w b e r s , 7 7 and many of our young and unhorned " B u c k s " are g i v i n g ear to the per­nic ious doctr ine. Here are a few samples of

his r evo lu t i onary theory. They are ghast ly . They seek to undermine the customs we love and respect, and u t t e r l y put to rout the en­dear ing ins t i tut i ons of fa t igue , d r i l l , guard duty , and hikes .

T w o weeks vacat i on twice a month . Week-end t r ips i n Company motors to N e w

Y o r k and Y o n k e r s . P r i v a t e s only . Abo l i shment of a l l cal ls , guard duty , d r i l l ,

f a t igue , detai ls , inspect ion, etc., etc. V a l e t service. U n i f o r m s to suit the c l imate . R u n n i n g

suits i n summer. Semi -weekly dances i n mess-shack. Free

beer. D a i l y wage of $10. P a y - d a y n i g h t l y . N o

al lotment . N o insurance. C h i c k e n and ice-cream d a i l y . E g g n o g be­

fore r e t i r i n g . M u s i c w i t h a l l meals. F o l d i n g beds and lounging chairs i n each

tent. A l s o p layer pianos. Telephones and t a x i service. Buffet and cabaret at head of street. B u r ­

lesque house i n middle . M o v i e at foot, and so on ad in f in i tum.

The week ' s best rumor : Zenker is to be the next C. O.

G. F . B .

C A M P L I B R A R Y ' S ' E L E V E N B R A N C H E S . ( C o n t i n u e d f r o m page 13)

r i a n of the K e n n e d y F r e e L i b r a r y i n S p a r ­t a n b u r g , i s not o n l y s e r v i n g the so ld iers i n t o w n but has a l so c o n t r i b u t e d m a n y b o o k s to the C a m p C o l l e c t i o n a n d he lped to e n l i s t a n u m b e r of v o l u n t e e r w o r k e r s f o r t h e C a m p L i b r a r y .

T h e most ex tens ive b r a n c h l i b r a r y is at the B a s e H o s p i t a l . B o o k s e r v i c e there i s b o o m i n g s ince the a r r i v a l of M i s s O l a W y e t h , of the U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s L i b r a r y . W h i l e d e v o t i n g h e r s e l f s p e c i a l l y to the p a ­t ients , she i s not f o r g e t t i n g the M e d i c a l D e ­tachment , the nurses a n d the doctors . A r e a d i n g r o o m open every day has been es­t a b l i s h e d i n the C h a p e l b u i l d i n g , a n d books are a lso d e l i v e r e d d a i l y to the pat i ents i n the w a r d s .

W o r d has been r e c e i v e d that 5,760 m o r e books a n d 416 s c r a p books have been s h i p ­ped here f r o m R o c h e s t e r , N . Y . T h e s e a r e the f irst r e s u l t s of the recent n a t i o n - w i d e d r i v e for more books . T h e scrap books con ­s i s t of p i c tures , poems, jokes , shor t s tor i es , etc., n e a t l y m o u n t e d i n a 16-page b l a n k book. T h e y are in tended spec ia l ly for h o s p i t a l pa­t ients .

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One day s e v e r a l weeks ago I l ooked up f r o m m y w o r k to find the L i e u t e n a n t - C o l o n e l s t a n d i n g before me. " A r e y o u Sergeant-at -A r m s ?" he a s k e d , a n d I p leaded g u i l t y , w o n d e r i n g the w h i l e w h a t I h a d done now . M y f ear gave w a y to a f e e l i n g of in tense pr ide , f o r the C o l o n e l proceeded to appo int me R e g i m e n t a l R e p o r t e r to t h e Gas Attack.

N o w , l i k e every o ther h o m o of the (more or less) c i v i l i z e d w o r l d , I h a v e a l w a y s be­l i e v e d m y s e l f possessed of a great d e a l of l a tent l i t e r a r y a b i l i t y . T h e r e f o r e , w h e n t h i s s i g n a l h o n o r was t h r u s t u p o n me, I i m m e ­d i a t e l y saw that the C o l o n e l w a s a m a n of k e e n d i s c e r n m e n t , w h o c o u l d p e r c e i v e the b r i l l i a n c y of m y m e n t a l l i g h t , w h i c h , up to that t i m e , h a d been h i d d e n b e n e a t h the b u s h e l of m a n u a l labor .

So, e a r l y each week, I s a l l y f o r t h w i t h p e n c i l a n d note-book ( s t i l l b e i n g in the cub c lass , I M U S T c a r r y a note-book) in s e a r c h of news a n d notes of g e n e r a l in teres t . O n r a r e occas ions I get one. G e n e r a l l y I do not . O h , t h a t I h a d k n o w n w h a t the C o l o n e l was l e t t i n g m e in f o r !

I breeze u p to the order ly - t ent in R s t reet , a n d say in m y best j o u r n a l i s t i c a i r : " W a d -a y a got for the Gas Attack?" a n d , desp i te the s w a r m of i n t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s t h a t hap ­pened d u r i n g the p r e v i o u s w e e k , he w h o m I a m a d d r e s s i n g suffers a l a p s e of m e m o r y l i k e t h a t of a financier be fore a Senate i n ­v e s t i g a t i n g c o m m i t t e e . T h e n to S s treet , w h e r e I m a k e m y m i s s i o n k n o w n . I a m greeted w i t h " S A Y , w h o i n n e l p u t t h a t t h i n g i n l a s t w e e k ' s i s sue about m e b e i n g a d u m b ­b e l l ? ' A t ' s a l l I w a n n a k n o w , who ' s respon ­s ib le? Of a l l the b u m stuff ever w r — " a n d so on , a d i n f i n i t u m . W i s h i n g to s t r i k e a f ew m o r e c h o r d s o n the H a r p of L i f e , I don ' t t a r r y to e x p l a i n t h a t the ob jec t i onab le p a r a ­g r a p h w a s w r i t t e n d u r i n g m y absence o n f u r l o u g h , but I ex i t h u r r i e d l y , f e e l i n g that a l l ed i tors a n d m y s e l f are k i n d r e d s p i r i t s . " A h , w e l l , " I muse , w h e n I stop r u n n i n g , " ' twas ever thus . S i n c e t i m e began, genius has been oppressed , " a n d , not b e i n g as h u s k y as the o ther f e l l ow , I l e t i t go at that .

B u t the w o r s t feature of the job i s not the l a c k of news , n o r the abundance of abuse h a n d e d me. N o t at a l l . It 's the constant e x h i b i t i o n of the des ire of some h o n o r a r y m e m b e r of the h u m a n race to s l a m h i s ne ighbor . I get i t i n every street , i n the mess s h a c k s , showers , c lubs , e v e r y w h e r e . " H e y , put i n s o m e t h i n g about C o r p o r a l W h o z i s b e i n g m a d e sergeant , a n d the sup­p l y sergeant can ' t find a ha t b i g enough to fit h i m , " or " W r i t e a p a r a g r a p h about So -and-so w e a r i n g a b l a c k t ie ' cause he 's dead f r o m the n e c k u p , " or perhaps " X Co boasts the c h a m p i o n B u l l - A r t i s t of A m e r i c a — J o e S t y l e . "

I 've p r i d e d m y s e l f on h a v i n g a sense of h u m o r , but i f that ' s h u m o r , I ' m E n g l i s h . A n d I ' l l bet m y w r i s t l e t s t h a t i t cannot , b y a n y s t r e t c h of the i m a g i n a t i o n , be c a l l e d news . A n y news-hound gets a n i n s i g h t into h u m a n n a t u r e , but t en to one h e ' l l lose h i s f a i t h i n i t . C. T . M .

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J O S E P H F A H Y S & C O . Established 1857

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F I E L D H O S P I T A L , C O M P A N Y NO. 106. M u c h interest has been shown of late i n

the remodel ing and re-arrangment of the d i f ­ferent tents of the company. Tent number 7, k n o w n as 1 1 F a l l I n n , ' 9 i n charge of Corpora l " P o p " Townsend, is a model tent of the camp.

4 ' T o p p e r ' ' Fo l som and ' 1 G r a v y 1 7 M c L a u g h ­l i n , two w e l l - k n o w n vaudev i l l e comedians of the camp, per formed last F r i d a y n ight at an enterta inment g i v e n b y one of the ad jo in ­i n g ambulance companies. The two come­dians were features and performed i n a profess ional manner.

" C o l o n e l " P r i v a t e Ped low , the camou­flage contractor of the company, is rather over-rushed w i t h orders at the present. The pr iva te has a contract on hand w h i c h w i l l take h i m fifteen days to finish. H e w i l l be assisted b y " C o n s t i e " P r i v a t e F i r s t Class W a u g h i n a l l his undertakings .

" C r a c k e r " M e c h a n i c Ma lone and " S p e e d " Gr i f f H o l l e r a n happened to let a day pass last week wi thout an argument.

" A m b i t i o n " P r i v a t e R o l l i n g has yet to l earn how to manipulate an o i l s tove—The M a j o r knows , but then the poor Camp clean­ser profits b y such mistakes . T u r n your order ly chevrons over to " R e g u l a t i o n " Cook, '* A m b i t i o n . ' '

L i e u t e n a n t Reed v e r y h u r r i e d l y r a n his car out of the garage tent the other day to make a flying t r i p to t own. The L i e u t e n a n t 7s intent ions were a l l r i ght and perhaps he w o u l d have carr ied them out had i t not been f or our concrete steps, w h i c h were the cause of his sudden stop.

The basebal l team composed of the marr ied men of the company i n a l l respects outclass­ed the team composed of the single men.

Our chief dispenser of gloom, P r i v a t e F i r s t Class Gardineer , is spending a ten-day fur ­lough home i n A l b a n y . A card received f r om " G l o o m " states his a n x i e t y for a l i f e f u r ­lough f r o m the army.

C a p t a i n T a y l o r , i n charge of the phys i ca l t r a i n i n g of the S a n i t a r y T r a i n , has much to do w i t h a number of the men a r i s i n g morn­ings f ee l ing sore. The men a l l enjoy the ealesthenies and fee l confident they w i l l be fit for the local police forces when they reach home.

J . V . B .

C O M P A N Y L , 3RD P I O N E E R S . Our v e r y efficient supply sergeant was so

anxious that our esteemed company should have some p u b l i c i t y i n the G-as A t t a c k that the l i v e members of the outfit decided to t r y for a wr i te -up , so that he could send a copy of the best a r m y magazine to his o ld boss, the editor and typesetter and general a l l around owner of the M a i d e n E v e n i n g M e r ­cury , w i t h 33 degrees of sa t i s fac t i on g l o w i n g f r o m his r u d d y face to the v e r y depths of his l u x u r i a n t head of h a i r . That ?s about enough p u b l i c i t y for a former n i c k e l chaser so we w i l l t u r n our a t tent ion to the f o l l o w i n g items of interest .

H a n k the H e r m i t is back w i t h us a f ter spending a vaca t i on at the Base H o s p i t a l , and has a v e r y great desire to get into ac t ion , but after seeing Cook Gage and Corpora l Tendler i n a death struggle he has calmed down some­what .

W e are great ly gr ieved to have lost such fine, husky men as " J e s s " R i l e y , " L u c k y " W a l s h and " T a m a " F l y n n to the M . P . B u t on second thought our gr i e f turns to sym­p a t h y when we real ize just what a hazardous u n d e r t a k i n g they are go ing to undertake . B u t then they used to be undertakers , so they can undertake most a n y t h i n g w i t h success, more or less.

The second squad is indeed for tunate i n h a v i n g such an able and ambit ious corporal as Corpora l Staples has proven h imse l f to be. W h i l e the squad is bus i l y engaged at the pop­u lar pastime of bunk fa t igue he i s usua l ly bus i l y engaged i n w e a r i n g out our new broom. H e is v e r y modest, however, and d i s l ikes to be complimented on his e x t r a o r d i n a r y energy, and we s incere ly hope he gets his fur l ough soon so that he m a y go " w a y down M a i n e , by h e c k , " and renew old acquaintances amongst the lumber jacks there.

N o w that Mess Sergeant L i t t l e f i e l d is ab­sent on a 15-day fur l ough , we expect some­t h i n g e x t r a every meal as the w e a l t h y rea l estate owner, Sergeant W . A . B e r g , is on the job, and i t is k n o w n that he has the upper compartment of his a r m y t r u n k filled w i t h rea l V i l l a money of the 1916 issue, a n d is spending i t f ree ly whenever he gets the chance. W h e n d i d that happen, down to the B o r d e r !

B I L L M a c D I D D I G A N .

C O M P A N Y C, 3RD P I O N E E R I N F A N T R Y . F i r s t Class P r i v a t e H a r r y S. A c t o n is now

i n the M o u n t e d O r d e r l y section of the H e a d ­quarters Troop of the 2nd P r o v . Briagcle Corps and A r m y Troops.

The gloom has been l i f t e d . ' ' B l o n d e B o b " C u n n i n g h a m has at last rece ived a letter f r om " s o m e w h e r e i n C a n a d a . ' ' W e were a l l look­i n g for the s i l ver among his golden locks, but perhaps the receipt of the le t ter w i l l stave off the g ray ones.

N o w , we w i l l bel ieve almost a n y t h i n g that J a c k M a c C l e l l a n tel ls us, but when he says that he was home almost 24 hours before go­i n g to see H E R , we are rather skept i ca l . B u t w h y the sudden interest i n f a m i l y a l lotments , J a c k ? D i d you put one over on us when you were home? M o r e camouflage, say we.

B i l l B r e e n , our I r i s h S u p p l y Sergeant, has the best l ine of a l i b i s i n the regiment. A s k h i m for something on Tuesday and he tel ls you he can 7 t d r a w a n y t h i n g f r om the Quar­termaster u n t i l Thursday . A s k h i m on Thurs ­day and he w i l l b a w l you out for not t e l l i n g h i m what y o u w a n t e d when he drew stuff Tuesday. One of the t r i c k s of the trade, is i t not, B i l l ?

" C y " H y d e is s t i l l l o o k i n g for the fiend who cut the electric l i g h t wires when he was developing pictures i n the Shower B a t h s the other n ight . W e don't k n o w , ourselves, C y , but we do k n o w who owns the only pa i r of w i r e cutters i n the company. A r e you g u i l t y , B i l l ? Y o u have quite a col lect ion at that , Clarence.

Corpora l G a w is s t i l l wonder ing i f the O. D . was k i d d i n g h i m when he refused to receive the report at 10:59 the other n ight , but made " B o b b i e " w a i t i n the p o u r i n g r a i n u n t i l 11 o ' c lock. W e a r your rubber boots the next tme i t is r a i n i n g , B o b , a n d don 't be i n such a h u r r y . The O. I), should have rubbers on and w o n ' t m i n d w a i t i n g a w h i l e .

Somehow or other, our esteemed S a n i t a r y Sergeant, J i m P h i l l i p s , got i n the l ine of fire the other day d u r i n g a f r i e n d l y bombard­ment on his tent , w i t h rocks, bottles, bats , etc., and stopped a bott le w i t h his head. F o r ­tunate ly i t was not b roken so we can s t i l l get our n i c k e l back on i t . (Not M s head, the bot­tle.)

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F L O R I D A V E G E T A B L E S

W E A R E receiving car load " shipments of fresh Flor­

ida vegetables and can take care of your order on short notice.

We especially invite the Mess Sergeants to inspectour stock. We have fresh snap beans, new potatoes, cab­bage, celery, squashes, cukes, carrots and also a complete line of fruits.

P E A R C E - E D W A R D S C O . PHONES 83 and 84

Wholesale Only S P A R T A N B U R G , SOUTH CAROLINA

We Make Deliveries to Camp Wadsworth U. S. Food Administration License No. 08784.

C A M P Q U A R T E R M A S T E R CORPS. L o o k s l i k e the Q. M . b a l l team is a sure

w inner , any t ime, every t ime and a l l the t ime. The snappiest game to date was p layed against the Ordnance Department , w h i c h re­sulted i n a score of 4 to 0 i n our favor . The f ie ld ing on both sides was good. The game w i t h the A m m u n i t i o n T r a i n was a c inch . M u -nit ioneers went up i n smoke, i n the t h i r d i n ­n i n g and eight runs were added to our score i n the inn ings that fo l lowed. Game was cal led i n first h a l f of the e ighth on account of r a i n , w i t h a score of 12 to 2.

C a p t a i n K l i n e , who has been i n the Base H o s p i t a l f o r the past week, is i m p r o v i n g .

Sergeant R o y Cannon, reports 1 i e v e r y t h i n g fine " i n Char lo t te . N o w R o y , w h y break an­other heart w i t h your " F i c k l e n e s s of l o v e . ' ' Oh , you male V a m p .

H a v e you heard the story of the hand gren­ade. N o . W e l l , l i s t e n : Some one gave Cook M a r i n o a hand grenade and not k n o w i n g ex­a c t l y what to do w i t h i t , he decided to p u l l out the p i n and invest igate . H e d i d . The darned t h i n g began to s izz and i n his excite­ment, he threw the bomb on Cook N u n n e r y ' s bunk . N u n n e r y be ing aroused f r o m his t w i ­l i g h t slumbers, rea l ized the fac t and w i t h a y e l l beat a hasty retreat through the door, f o l l owed b y M a r i n o and w i t h i n a f ew minutes both a r r i v e d at F a i r F o r r e s t . A s i t was cool and damp they real ized they were c lad only i n the i r n ight ies , so w i t h fear and trembl ings they returned , expect ing to find the tent a wreck , but f o r t u n a t e l y there was no powder i n th is one. Nevertheless , b reak fas t was late . N u n n e r y sa id , 1 i M a r i n o was scareder than I was, and I was the scaredest man i n the w o r l d . " M o r a l — H a n d grenades are dan­gerous an imals—beware .

D i d you k n o w that there are only 18,500 electr ic l i ghts i n camp and about 200 miles of c i r cu i t wires . Y e a h — h o n e s t ; no k i d d i n g . A n d d i d you k n o w that Sergeant J i m m y Doyle is the m a n responsible for a l l th i s . W e l l he is and you can bet he is on the job every minute of the day and n ight . M a n y times has he l e f t his w a r m dugout and wandered f o r t h to fix somebody's l i g h t . I f you t h i n k this J i m m y D o y l e has a ' i cushy ' ' you are much ly m i s t a k e n . Our hats are off to you , old top, and we w o n ' t make l i g h t of i t .

E . D . T.

C O M P A N Y C, 102ND A M M U N I T I O N T R A I N .

W a n t e d — S a m p l e s of a good b r a n d of chev­ron po l i sh . A p p l y to S u p p l y Sergeant D a y -mont.

The J a z z b a n d i n the 6th squad seems to be g e t t i n g v e r y popular among the boys i n the company. M a y b e i f anyone wants the latest dope as to just when the D i v i s i o n is go ing to move, ask P a r k e y , as he stopped i n W a s h i n g t o n on the w a y back f r o m his f u r ­lough.

Our Company barber seems to be ge t t ing very independent la te ly . , I t must be that he has got a nice pi le salted and d o n ' t have to w o r r y any more.

B e t that there w i l l be an a w f u l splash i n N e w Orleans when J a k e hits the town.

H E A D Q U A R T E R S C O M P A N Y , 53RD P I O N E E R S .

F i r s t Sergeant A l l e n is go ing to send i n a request to the A m e r i a c n Tobacco Company to make i ts cigarettes 0 . D . color, so i t w i l l be easier f o r the street police to keep the Com­pany street c lean. H e says the butts won -'t be not iced so much b y the inspector.

P r i v a t e M a n i o n , better k n o w n as " R e d , " has reduced his we ight ; t en pounds. H e got his ha i r cut last week and the boys h a r d ­l y k n e w h i m . W e can h a r d l y t e l l whether he 's a b lond or a brunette , now.

Sergeant K i r k m a n i s kept v e r y busy s tart ­i n g different carpenter w o r k , but we c a n ' t seem to find a n y t h i n g he has finished.

The orchestra of the 53rd has asked the supply sergeant to put i n a r equ i s i t i on f o r a feed bag as a cer ta in one of the members has such a t e r r ib l e job l i f t i n g a l l he can eat to his mouth , he says his arms are too t i r e d to ho ld his instrument a f ter he is done eat ing at different part ies where he was p l a y i n g . So the boys are t r y i n g to help h i m out b y g e t t i n g a feed b a g f o r h i m so he w i l l be able to eat more and not be h a l f as t i r e d .

Y e s , M u s O ' D a y is s t i l l w r i t i n g the same letter he s tarted a week ago. I t must e ither be a v e r y l ong letter or else he doesn't k n o w a n y t h i n g new, outside of that we are s t i l l at Camp W a d s w o r t h , and she knows that , doesn ' t she, George?

N a t K l i n g was made a corporal last week. D o n ' t lose your p u l l w i t h h i m , fe l lows, as he m a y be a general some day. Remember I sa id he m a y be. K e e p up your good w o r k , N a t , the boys are w i t h you .

W M . D O M A R A T I U S .

Sergeant D o u t h w a i t e is g e t t i n g v e r y pro­ficient at p l a y i n g the m a n d o l i n and i f you d o n ' t t h i n k so ask P h l i p .

H e r e ' s hop ing that R i l e y and S p i t z f u r n i s h up the k i t c h e n b y the t ime the outfit is ready to leave here.

" S h o r t p a n t s " G fe l l e r seems to t h i n k that he has the best t r u c k i n the outfit, but w o u l d advise h i m not to t r y and r u n w i t h a S tutz .

Our Mess Sergeant, W e i r , must be b u y i n g a l l the company supplies i n Greenv i l l e b y the looks of th ings .

C a n anyone dope out the sudden decrease i n B a t t s ' l e t ter f r om Syracuse ?

I n order to get more service out of Ser­geant D a y m o n t i t was decided that he must g ive up pinochle or his famous 1 i K i Y i . ' ' T r i x and the dog got the benefit of the doubt.

A c c i d e n t s w i l l happen. The bones ro l l ed r ight f o r P e g g y R e i t z th is month and the squad d o n ' t have to supply h i m w i t h c igar ­ettes.

J i m m y Reed has a good chance of l o s ing his d r a g w i t h " T o o t s , " as the company bar ­ber made an a w f u l job of c u t t i n g his c u r l y locks .

Sergeant 1 ' G r e a s e b a l l ' ' Church missed a Sunday at She lby , and we wonder i f the A Company boys had a n y t h i n g to do w i t h i t .

I f anyone wants one of the N a s h t rucks doped up see B i l l Clute or Sergeant P l a y -f a i r as they both are crazy over the job.

X . Y . Z.

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T r o y L a u n d r y 1 1 4 - 1 1 6 W o f f o r d S t r e e t

S p a r t a n . b i J . r g , S . C ,

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This new modern plant will be entirely devoted to Camp Wadsworth work.

With our new equipment we are able to promise three to four day service.

Convenient receiving and distributing stations in camp.

C O M P A N Y Gr, 105TH I N F A N T R Y . " B a b y " Joe H i c k e y was detai led to carry

the first squad 's rat ions on the last day of the h i k e . H e appeared especial ly spry de­spite the ex tra l oad and when asked i f the l oad was too much he rep l ied , ' ' Sure th is pack is ge t t ing l i gh ter each m i l e . ' ' W h e n the mess ca l l sounded i t developed that the 4 1 B a b y ' ' had eaten the squad 's mess a l low­ance. N o wonder the pack got l i gh ter at each mi le .

T o m Glennon came back f r om his fur lough m o u r n i n g the loss of a per f e c t ly good w r i s t w a t c h . Tom, we w a r n e d you about those B i g t o w n G i r l s .

A l o n z o 1 1 N a n " Campbe l l insists that i t is easier to h ike at n ight . N a n says the moon dr ies the roads much faster t h a n the sun does.

J o h n K o v a t c h , Charles L a M o n t e , L o u i s M a r t i n are no longer carefree soldiers. The t r i o went home last week and upon the i r re­t u r n lost no t ime i n l o o k i n g up ' ' I n s u r a n c e ' ' J o e C a h i l l to i n f o r m h i m that they wanted t h e i r beneficiaries changed. Three more mem­bers o f the bachelors lost .

D a v e F i n n e g a n , the Woodside H e a v y , is f a l l i n g away to a ton. I t requires two men to cover off D a v e . D a v e c a n ' t understand w h y the boys p a i d to see the f a t m a n at the f a i r last week. H e says 1 ' A n y o n e can look a t me and I w o n ' t charge a cent for i t . "

" R a p p y " R a p p o r t ' s basebal l tossers are d o i n g excellent w o r k . T h e y have not been beaten yet . T h e i r v i c t i m s to date are Com­

pany H , Supp ly Company and M a c h i n e G u n Company of th is regiment.

J . Sy lvester F l e m i n g has not had a smile on his face since P a l m Sunday . J o h n receiv­ed his uncond i t i ona l release f r o m ' ' N e l l i e ' ' that day, but insists that he is not unattached u n t i l sa id N e l l i e returns his heart . " A i n ' t that a c a u t i o n . ' '

So l K o p f is h a v i n g a tough t ime finding men to put to work i n the mess shack. N o w that the S. C. D . men are go ing i t looks as i f So l w i l l be out of luck . H e cal led for v o l ­unteers but J a k e B a h r was the only one to answer the c a l l . J a k e lost out as So l figured there wou ld not be a n y t h i n g for the rest of the company when J a k e finished eat ing .

P a t F o r t e and A l A r n o l d , of W h i t e P l a i n s , and D u b l i n , respect ive ly , s imply cannot agree. P a t ins ists that Dorando was the best horse that ever r a n at L a u r e l P a r k whi l e A l con­tends that Joe Jeanette was the best.

R a l p h Ste iner has been christened Horse b y the k i t c h e n force. R a l p h expects his oats no matter what t ime he gets up.

R . V . H .

B A T T E R Y D, 106TH F I E L D A R T I L L E R Y . There w i l l be a musica l comedy i n three

acts held next week w i t h Mess Sergeant J u d d as the headl iner , ent i t led i 1 Too M u c h M u s ­t a r d . ' ' The f o l l o w i n g men w i l l be inc luded i n the cast :

Cook J u l i a n o , Cook F o l e y , Cook M a n n , Cook L i n s m a i e r .

A n elegant supper of M u s t a r d Sandwiches w i l l be served d u r i n g the course of the p l a y , f or the smal l sum of 5 cents for the support of the M u s t a r d F u n d . P r i c e of admiss ion , one j a r of mustard .

Corpora l B r i g g s is h a v i n g his t r u n k sent to the range, h a v i n g received an i n v i t a t i o n to a tea p a r t y b y one of the mounta ineer ' s daughters. A r e you go ing to wear your Ox­f o rd shoes and officer's un i f o rm?

Corpora l J a c k s o n and Corpora l K e e t h e at­tended a dance at the B a t t e r y P a r k H o t e l . O f course they had to w a l k f r o m Campobello i n the r a i n , w h i c h spoi led the affair .

I f you want to k n o w how A s h e v i l l e is ask Corporals W i l k e , P e l t o n , M e S o r l e y , D a v i d -hazy and M e l d r u m , they ought to k n o w .

W a n d e r i n g Rob inson has returned f r o m his absence i n the mountains . W h e n he was asked where he was, he said he was seeing the country . H e is now p i c k i n g the country w i t h a p i c k and shovel .

W h e n L a n c e Corpora l Osborne heard of his promot ion , he dashed out of the tent, and i n the excitement hung h imse l f on the clothes l ine .

Moon -Face E i c h i n g e r p a i d a v i s i t to a g i r l house at the Range , and stayed so late the g i r l ' s f a t h e r ye l l ed down f r om the s ta irs , " H a s that man got his pajamas w i t h h i m ? "

Our modest and wonder fu l Supp ly Sergeant V o u g h t spent the week-end at T r y o n . N e e d ­less to say they had to send a searching par ­t y out for h i m . H e was caught i n the act o f c u r l i n g his mustache. C O R P O R A L S. W . J .

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now on we are convinced n o t h i n g is impos­sible. A f t e r h a v i n g h i k e d twice to the Glassy M o u n t a i n range, we d i d i t just once more and back aga in , t r a v e r s i n g those weary 26 miles i n the excel lent m a r c h i n g t ime of 9 hours. O f course, we were not alone—the 105th Regiment as a whole, but d u r i n g that b r i e f 5-day absence f r o m our Company street, more o r d i n a r y punishment was in f l i c ted on the " e n e m y " than could even be imag ined i n D a n t e ' s In ferno . C a r e f u l l y we engaged i n the tact ics of V o n I l i n d e n b u r g , and for 7 mi les , s imply carr i ed the " e n e m y " to ob l i ­v i o n on the s w i f t wings of destruct ion , let

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loose f r o m our Springfields, automatic rif les, and machine guns, at the same t ime be ing gent ly bapt ised for the tomorrow by an oc­casional whist le of a h igh explosive shel l f r om the mouth of cannon located i n the rear .

The tomorrow dawned, however, only a f ter a sleepless n ight i n a cornfield (wh i ch w a s n ' t made to camp i n a n y w a y ) , and a l l seemed g lad to get on the w a y as a means of t h a w i n g out the frost i n our anatomy. A t least, the f ee l ing was un iversa l that we were due f o r a " w a r m i n g u p " m i g h t y soon, as wh i l e we lumbered s lowly up the mountainside , we were ponder ing w i t h a n x i e t y over the great i m p e n d i n g event ,—the l i k e of w h i c h had never before been even experimented w i t h i n the h istory of the A m e r i c a n army . W e were to go that m o r n i n g under a barrage of a r t i l ­lery fire, consist ing of rea l shrapnel . A s we formed below the h i l l s ide that was to be the arena for th is great feat , f u l l and concise i n ­structions were g iven , and every one k n e w just what lie was to do. Zero hour was 12 o 'clock. A t 5 minutes past zero the barrage would come f r o m somewhere i n the rear, and harass the trenches before us. The C a p t a i n , l o o k i n g in tent ly at his watch , cautioned " E i g h t seconds more—Get r e a d y . ' ' W e w a i t e d ; then a single " b a n g " i n the d is tant rear, and i t seemed that a l l the heavy ham­mers of h e l l were pounding the h i l l s ide every­where. A t first, doubtless none can say he d i d not ' ' d u c k ' ' even though just a wee b i t , but a f ter a f ew seconds, we grew bo ld indeed at the noise of bu rs t in g shrapnel , even j o k i n g about those few shells that f e l l short nearby , and the c lar ion whis t le overhead grew to a sort of charm. Then came the order to ad­vance, as the barrage l i f t e d back over the dugouts, and to those who were of sufficient cur ios i ty to look back even once, doubtless the p ic ture of the 105th I n f a n t r y as i t then appeared, w i l l not soon be forgotten, and when Company A goes " o v e r the t o p ' ' " S o m e w h e r e i n F r a n c e , " we w i l l k n o w just what to expect, and what to do.

C O R P O R A L K .

C O M P A N Y F , 1 0 5 T H I N F A N T R Y . B a c k f r o m the range a f ter b r e a k i n g the

h i k i n g record and good old F se t t ing the record b r e a k i n g pace. W e le f t the range at 2:55 P . M . and i t looked as i f even the ele­ments were against us for i t commenced to r a i n . H o w e v e r w i t h good old F se t t ing the pace, the second b a t t a l i o n a r r i v e d at M o n t -l ow Creek Church at 6:45 P . M . , a distance of 13 miles . A f t e r a short rest and supper we le f t M o n t l o w Creek Church at 9:45 P . M . and a r r i v e d at W i n g o F a r m at 12:45 A . M . A f t e r another rest and some hot coffee, we le f t W i n g o F a r m at 2:40 A . M . and a r r i v e d i n camp at 5:45 A . M . , just as the bugle sounded reve i l l e .

T i r e d , dusty, but happy at m a k i n g a new record, f o r i t was good old F that set the record b r e a k i n g pace of t h i r t y - t w o miles i n ten hours and twenty- f ive minutes ,

A f t e r the start of the h i k e i t ra ined as is usua l ly the case, when the second b a t t a l i o n goes on a h ike . A f t e r h i k i n g a few miles , the boys could fee l the delicious ' ' Cey lon T e a " oozing out of them. D u r i n g a discus­sion on the h i k e P r i v a t e C. A . M o n t g o m e r y , otherwise k n o w n b y the name of " ' M o n t y , " remarked as the persp i rat ion poured off h i m , " G e e , i f ever I get back to c i v i l i a n l i f e , I am go ing to b u y a whi te sui t , w i t h wide b lack stripes, a wh i te t ie w i t h red stripes and a checkered cap, so that everybody w i l l k n o w that I ' m a c i v i l i a n . "

P r i v a t e W i l l i e A d a m s r e m a r k e d : " G e e , f e l ­lows, I have i t a l l figured out i f I get wound­ed, $58.00 a month insurance, $30,00 a month pension and a job as a watchman at $15.00 per w e e k . " I ' l l be better off than a cop.

On the second day out f r o m Camp W a d s ­w o r t h i t ra ined and then more r a i n , but as P r i v a t e M c D o n n e l l remarked , " ' w e c a n ' t h ike now, we have soft g o i n g , " and i t c e r ta in ly was soft for a w h i l e .

A t the end of the h i k e some of the rifles were as rus ty as old stove pipes and lots of o i l was needed and the pu l l - through worked overt ime.

P r i v a t e H i d e g h looked l i k e Gunga D i n , as he carr ied water into the butts for the m a r k ­ers.

W h e n the 300 yards was reached the m a r k ­ers down the butts thought a sand storm was b l o w i n g as the bul lets kept h i t t i n g the para ­pet. P r i v a t e W i l l i e A d a m s could not under­stand w h y target 39 was not m a r k e d more often and kept y e l l i n g , " M a r k 3 9 . "

W e were supposed to get an issue of s traw to sleep on but i t d i d n ' t come u n t i l the last day and i t was then used to feed the mules.

" W I L L I E . "

B u y i n g any new equ ipment? See the ad­v e r t i s i n g c o l u m n s of the Gas A t t a c k for bar­gains .

T h i n k how interes ted your g r a n d c h i l d r e n w i l l be i n the Gas A t t a c k !

Y o u r u n i f o r m belongs to U n c l e S a m . Y o u are i t s care taker . R e m e m b e r , " A s t i t c h i n t i m e saves n i n e . "

S. O. s.

In E u r o p e food is so scarce it is sacred . T o waste it is s i n f u l .

S. O. S.

GAS A T T A C K 3 i 1 0 4 T H F I E L D A R T I L L E R Y A T T H E

C A M P . The ' ' G i m m e - m e ' ' c lub has officially

changed i ts name to the " D o n n e z m o i B o y s / ' w i t h P r i v a t e N a u g h t o n of B a t t e r y B, as i t s first president. P r i v a t e W i r o b r i n k kept ev­erybody i n stitches r e c i t i n g his i n i t i a l t r y -out en t i t l ed ' ( W h y Sew But tons on S o l d i e r s 7

P a n t s W h e n Suspenders A r e Suspended f r o m E q u i p m e n t C 9 " The speakers of the even­i n g were numerous. Sergeant Gower spoke on i ' Seconds in the K i t c h e n / 1 Sergeant Bruce of the Supp ly Company, rec i ted his h i therto unpubl i shed re c i ta t i on insp i red b y a t t end ing the Quartermaster School , " T h e H o n o r A m o n g the T h i e v e s . " P r i v a t e M c M i l l a n , the moustache-less youth , spoke on the 1 1 C a n ­teen and D i v i d e n d s . ' ' Sergeant Cusack, B a t ­t e r y E , t h r i l l e d the boys w i t h his experiences i n the trenches. H e s t i l l insists that he was gassed at the f ront a year or two ago. Ser­geant B a r t o o , the A p p l e K n o c k e r K i n g , t r i e d to e x p l a i n w h y he is i n the army , but some­one in terrupted h im, a s k i n g f o r a chew a n d 1 le Sergeant forgot what he was go ing to say. Corpora l Wagner , who c laims exemption f r o m Guard D u t y , spoke on the ar t of ' 1 G imme-me what ye got and let me have o n e . " A l l i n a l l the ga ther ing proved a success.

Someone would t h i n k P r i v a t e F tinker w o u l d enjoy bunk fat igue . H e doesr<'t. H e c la ims the cots are so uncomfortable .

P r i v a t e Ste inberg , B a t t e r y A , is about the on ly soldier who has been heard to b r a g about grade. H e wants everyone to k n o w that he is a P r i v a t e F i r s t Class. O f course he is now a c t i n g Corpora l .

Sergeant W i l l i a m does not seem to be as busy as he used to. P r i v a t e R u t o n has been shipped to the range and the Sergeant does not have to go l o o k i n g for h i m .

The W i l d I r i s h m a n , Cornel ius R i l e y , of Syracuse, N . Y . , the ex-bugler and now bugler pro tempo, sounded a Y i d d i s h d i t t y the other day as a march before Reve i l l e . P r i ­vates L a n d o w and Zelenko almost forgot themselves and were about to start a K a s a t c h -k o , when Sergeant Doy le l oud ly whispered 1 ( A t t e n t i o n . ? *

S p e a k i n g o f Sergeant Doy le , someone down the stables of the S u p p l y Company to ld the w r i t e r t h a t he heard the R e d Headed Ser­geant s i n g : " M y colored Rose of the S o u t h . " W h o is she anyway , Serge an to?

B u g l e r Beebe and his hound are inseparable . P r i v a t e B a l d r i n i wants to be k n o w n as

B a l d r i n . The dropping of the " I " has not reduced any of the E g o t i s m as i t were.

The B o h e m i a n Quarter of B ' B a t t e r y is conducted by H e r r s . B u v a l i k , V o j i k and M o y -l o i k .

W e regret the loss of L i e u t e n a n t Goubeaud, the gentleman f rom F l u s h i n g . H e has been appointed Commanding Officer of the M o b i l e V e t e r i n a r y Sect ion N o . 105. M a y success f o l ­l o w h i m .

Sergeant W i l l i a m s o n denies emphat i ca l ly that he ever read B a l z a c or A l e x a n d r e D u ­mas, fils. Where do you get that sent imental stuff, Sergeant?

Corporal M a u r i c e L e d w i t h manages to go

C O M P A N Y E , 51ST P I O N E E R I N F A N T R Y . F i r s t L i e u t e n a n t A l b e r t C. F r e d m a n , of th is

company, and M i s s M a b e l C u r t i s , daughter of M r . and M r s . B . F . C u r t i s , of B r o o k l y n , N e w Y o r k , were m a r r i e d at the home of the br ide i n B r o o k l y n , M a r c h 5th. A f t e r a short honey­moon spent i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C , and Camp Meade , where the L i e u t e n a n t was f o rmer ly stat ioned w i t h the 313th I n f a n t r y , they 10-turned to B r o o k l y n , the br ide r e m a i n i n g there and the L i e u t e n a n t repor t ing back to his command.

C a p t a i n D a n i e l J . Cass idy is spending a fifteen-day fur l ough i n K i n g s t o n , N . Y . , where his w i f e has just g iven b i r t h to a baby g i r l . Congratulat ions f r om us a l l .

" J e r r y " F a i o l a , our new Inc inera tor ser­geant, is kept v e r y busy l a t e l y showing the men w h i c h tub has the soap in to wash their mess k i t s . I t is remarkable what a l ove ly temper " J e r r y " has.

P r i v a t e L o u i s M a b i e and Sergeant L o u i s Henstenberg are spending the i r fur loughs i n B r o o k l y n , N . Y . I t is f u n n y how sudden the " B l a n k s " teeth went bad when he r e a c h e l home and u n f o r t u n a t e l y he could not get five ex t ra days to have them fixed.

P r i v a t e Robert N o r t o n has been deta i led to the M i l i t a r y Po l i c e . " R i p " ought to make a good M . P . as he is there w i t h the size.

Sergeant Charles H o p k i n s was a week-end v i s i t o r i n A s h e v i l l e , N . C.

Cook D a n i e l C h r i s t i a n n a was m a r r i e d whi l e on fur l ough to M r s . E m m a A l vers on, o f A l -sen, N . Y . , the w e d d i n g t a k i n g place at West Camp, N . Y .

Corpora l V e r n o n Hasse lman and Cook F r a n k H i t c h c o c k expect the i r wives here th is week for short v i s i t s .

A large delegation f r o m this company went down to S p a r t a n b u r g recent ly to see R e d M a c k of Company D take the measure of K i d d i e D i a m o n d i n a fifteen round bout at the S p a r t a n b u r g A t h l e t i e C l u b .

C O R P O R A L J E A N L . B A P T I S T E .

to the Base H o s p i t a l the day when he is sup­posed to go on guard . W e hate to have you s ick , but a G o l d b r i c k should do his b i t once i n a whi l e .

Sergeant Ruge, Stable Sergeant of the De ­tachment, s t i l l insists that he d i d not see the prisoners c l eaning the supply company sta­bles, but someone i n a u t h o r i t y says : " I f you d i d n ' t you w e r e n ' t on your j o b . ' ' D o n ' t argue, M o n s i e u r Ruge. C 'est l a guerre.

" D r a s t i c M e a s u r e " M r . A l l e n , of the Y . M . C. A . U n i t 97, is back aga in . I ' l l bet there w i l l be no smok ing d u r i n g the m o v i n g p i c ture shows. M r . A l l e n ' s f avor i t e motto , a f ter the famous Confucius i s : " Y o u smokie, no mo­vie . ' ' The fe l l ows who enjoy a movie show d o n ' t object to M r . A l l e n ' s r u l i n g , and I t h i n k the boys themselves have started a crusade of " c l i n c h the b u t t s ' ' u n t i l the show is over.

F R E N C H I E .

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A s i t i s p r o b a b l e t h a t y o u m a y m o v e i n a s h o r t w h i l e , w e a r e t a k i n g t h i s s p a c e t o e x ­p r e s s t o y o u o u r a p p r e c i a t i o n o f y o u r p a t r o n a g e a n d t h e p l e a s u r e o f o u r p e r s o n a l c o n ­t a c t a n d a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h y o u .

Y o u r c o m m a n d e r i s h o n o r e d i n h a v i n g s u c h a b o d y o f g e n ­t l e m e n a n d s o l d i e r s .

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

T h e

WADSWORTH RESTAURANT B. T. Earle, Business Manager

52ND P I O N E E R S D A N C E . O n T h u r s d a y evening , A p r i l 11, 1918, the

non-commissioned officers (Overseas C lub ) of th is r e g i m e n t . gave a Supper Dance i n the R o c k Cl i f f C lub rooms. I t is v e r y g r a t i f y i n g to report that i t was a g r a n d success, but what else could be expected when one con­siders the able hands in to whose charge the matters of arrangement had been placed. E s ­pec ia l credit a n d thanks must be g i v e n to the u n t i r i n g efforts of Sergeant Thomas L . F a r -r e l l , Company G.

W e non-coms of the regiment feel h i g h l y honored at the presence of Genera l a n d M r s . G u y Car le ton , and there is no doubt i n m y m i n d but that the memory of that evening w i l l l i v e w i t h a l l of us long a f ter we have gone our different ways at the close of th is war . P E T E .

N E W K . O F C. S E C R E T A R Y A R R I V E S I N C A M P .

M r . J o h n J . M c l n t y r e , of P h i l a d e l p h i a , ar ­r i v e d at K . of Q. headquar ters o n S a t u r d a y , A p r i l 13th, to ac t as f ie ld s e c re tary a n d of­ficial s c r ibe of K . of C. a c t i v i t i e s at C a m p W a d s w o r t h . H e has h a d some newspaper exper ience a n d i s k n o w n i n p r o f e s s i o n a l v a u d e v i l l e as S h a n M c l n t y r e , s o n g w r i t e r a n d s inger , U-boats have h a d no t e r r o r s for h i m as he has been across the A t l a n t i c f our t i m e s s ince the o u t b r e a k of w a r a n d is f a ­m i l i a r w i t h w a r cond i t i ons " o v e r there . ' '

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C O M P A N Y H , 105TH I N F A N T R Y , E N T E R ­T A I N A T D A N C I N G .

T h e m e m b e r s of C o m p a n y H , 105th In ­f a n t r y , gave a d e l i g h t f u l dance at the H o t e l C l e v e l a n d . M u s i c was f u r n i s h e d by the 57th P i o n e e r I n f a n t r y B a n d . A m o n g the patrons a n d patronesses were C o l . a n d M r s . J a m e s A . A n d r e w s , M a j . a n d M r s . J . Scot t B u t t o n , Capt . a n d M r s . W . H . E l y , L i e u t -A d j t . a n d M r s . S t e p h e n F i f i e l d , L i e u t , a n d M r s . T . F . B r o w n .

M r s . J o h n L e a r y , of N o . 621 F i f t h A v e . , N e w Y o r k C i t y , has announced the m a r ­r iage of h e r daughter , M i s s E l i z a b e t h J o h n ­son L e a r y , to M a j o r J a m e s T a b e r L o r e e , of D i v i s i o n H e a d q u a r t e r s , 27th D i v i s i o n , U . S. A . T h e m a r r i a g e took place i n the r e c t o r y of St . P a t r i c k ' s C a t h e d r a l , N e w Y o r k C i t y . T h e R e v . F a t h e r T . M a r t i n o f f ic iat ing. A b r e a k f a s t f o l l owed at Sheery ' s . M a j o r and M r s . L o r e e w i l l r e t u r n to C a m p W a d s w o r t h after a br i e f h o n e y m o o n .

R E C E P T I O N TO G E N E R A L A N D MRS. C A R L E T O N .

A d e l i g h t f u l r e cep t i on was g i v e n i n the p a r i s h house of the C h u r c h of the A d v e n t by the m e m b e r s of the congregat i on to G e n -a n d M r s . G u y C a r l e t o n a n d m e m b e r s of G e n -Car l e ton ' s staff a n d t h e i r w i v e s . E x c e l l e n t m u s i c was f u r n i s h e d by the 13th P e n n s y l ­v a n i a I n f a n t r y B a n d . R e c e i v i n g w i t h M r . a n d M r s . W . H . K . P e n d l e t o n were the v e s t r y a n d t h e i r w i v e s who extended a c o r d i a l w e l ­come to G e n . C a r l e t o n a n d the o ther n e w e r m e n .

G E N E R A L A N D M R S . L E S T E R E N T E R ­T A I N E D .

B r i g . - G e n . J a m e s W . L e s t e r was tendered a f a r e w e l l l u n c h e o n at the H o t e l C l e v e l a n d by the m e m b e r s of h i s staff. H i s o rder l i e s presented h i m w i t h a l o v i n g cup as a fare­w e l l t r i b u t e . S i n c e c o m i n g to S p a r t a n b u r g G e n . a n d M r s . L e s t e r have made m a n y f r i ends i n the c i t y w h o deeply regre t ted t h e i r depar ture for t h e i r home at S a r a t o g a S p r i n g s , N . Y .

C o l . a n d M r s . J a m e s A n d r e w s have re­t u r n e d f r o m a week-end s tay i n A s h e v i l l e .

S A N I T A R Y D E T A C H M E N T , 106TH F . A . ' 1 M i k e ? 1 a n d ' 1 P a t ' ' have le f t us for a

rather elongated sojourn to the ir nat ive haunts. N o ! they are not both I r i s h m e n — one is a dog. The Sergeant didn>t obta in a f u r l o u g h ; i t is a t emporary discharge. I t ' s a l l r i g h t , " P a t , " but d o n ' t spend a l l your vacat i on i n B u f f a l o ; the o ld 1 1 B a y S t a t e " i sn 7 t a h a l f bad t rac t of country to g ive the ' ' once o v e r . "

1* H a n d b a l l ' ' F a r r e l l , the enl ightened gen­t leman f r o m the Borough , is a bear for the weaker sex.

" I o d i n e " of the firm of " I o d i n e and E t h e r , " just obtained an honorable discharge

f r o m the Base H o s p i t a l to duty . H e i s n o w w o r k i n g at his same o ld j o b — d o i n g n o t h i n g and lots of i t . Cheer up, M a t , y o u m a y p u l l an " M . D . "

" T o m " Cunn ingham, an o ld " B o r d e r V e t , " is our one and only re l iab le source o f i n f o r m a t i o n . " T o m " is not a theorist i n a n y sense of the w o r d , he has had ac tua l exper i ­ence w i t h a l l forms of human effort. Speak­i n g about animals , how are your dogs t o d a y r

Thomas ? F i r s t i n bed and last to get out is our be­

loved compatr iot , " B o b " H y l a n d . " B o b " hai ls f r o m the B e a n C i t y of the B a y S t a t e . H e is a strong be l iever i n preparedness as he goes to bed i n heavy m a r c h i n g order. Get u p y

B o b , t ime f o r assembly. " G l o o m y " L o u N o l a n was caught the other

day w i t h the least suspicions of a smile on his face and the more re l iab le of the " G i m -m i e s " declared i t was the first signs of m i r t h L o u has shown since " E g g - H e a d " Shields last removed his w e a r i n g apparel . " E g g -H e a d " a lways enters the " A r m s of *Or~ p h e u s " i n heavy m a r c h i n g order.

* E d i t o r ' s N o t e — Our correspondent ?s knowledge of mytho logy is not accurate. H e means A p o l l o .

H I G H H O P E S A N D H I G H F I N A N C E . ( C o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3)

t i c k e t s , S te t son hats , serge u n i f o r m s , cordo ­v a n l egg ins a n d shou lder bars .

A l l Over, B u t — B y t h i s t i m e we e i ther d i d or d i d not get

those fur loughs jus t as some of us d i d a n d others of us d i d not get the c o m m i s s i o n s . B u t B i l l the K a i s e r c a n never erase f r o m o u r m i n d s those two final weeks of h i g h hopes and h i g h finance. T h a t i s , he c a n n e v e r erase the m e m o r y unless he erases us a l o n g w i t h i t .

I n a s m u c h as th i s w i l l be about the las t of th i s ser ies of s tor ies of th i s p a r t i c u l a r O. T . S. i t is not g o i n g far w r o n g to express the t h a n k s that every m a n i n b o t h c o m ­panies of i n f a n t r y . a n d i n the b a t t e r y o w e t h e i r i n s t r u c t o r s — f r o m L i e u t e n a n t C o l o n e l T a y l o r , M a j o r B u t t o n a n d C a p t a i n C l i n t o n d o w n .

A n d f a r e w e l l s w o u l d be qui te i n c o m p l e t e w i t h o u t a w o r d or so about C o m p a n y M , 105th I n f a n t r y . T h e y w e r e the lads d e t a i l e d to do g u a r d duty and K . P . T h e average so ld i e r is a queer p a r c e l of h u m a n i t y . H e w i l l w o r k as cheer fu l l y as he p l a y s — p r o ­v i d e d he is w o r k i n g for h i m s e l f ; d o i n g h i s o w n w o r k . B u t h e ' l l r oar l i k e a l i o n i f de­t a i l e d to do some other f e l l ow ' s w o r k . W e l l , C o m p a n y M d i d the w o r k that , u n d e r n o r ­m a l condi t i ons , we w o u l d h a v e h a d to do for ourse lves .

A n d they d i d i t c h e e r f u l l y ; d i d i t w e l l . O f course there 's a reason . T h a t r eason i s ?

that they are G O O D S O L D I E R S . W . A . D .

Limtrie i i i . K I L L S P A I N

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C H I C K S P R I N G S , S , C .

Camp Wadsworth

1 2 M i l e s

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Camp Sevier

4 M i l e s

Opens the first of May at the urgent request of military authorities to care for army men and their families. Chick Springs, famous for years as a Southern resort owing to the curative qualities of the water, is located on the direct line of the P. & N, Electric Railway (station on hotel grounds) midway between Spartanburg and Greenville.

The hotel is new, modern and situated on the crest of hill overlooking a large open air swimming pool and well-kept lawns with the Blue Ridge Mountains as a background only a short distance away.

Chick Springs Hotel will be operated on the American Plan and will be the social center of all mil­itary activity, with two cedar hardwood dancing floors, private dining rooms, roof garden, orchestra and open air attractions.

Owing to the crowded condition of Spartanburg and Greenville immediate reservations are suggested. Under Management of W . C. MacKENZIE, Formerly Strand and Shelburne Hotels, Atlantic City, N J .

"See Chimnev Rock First—Then France"

T h e M o s t C h a r m i n g B i t o f S c e n e r y i n A m e r i c a

18 Miles by Motor from Hendersonville

Chimney Rock Company HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Banking Logic

If the n u m b e r of sol­diers coming into our Bank, daily, is an in­dication of satisfied customers, we must be giving " S e r v i c e Plus : '

Place your account

with the

CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK

S P A R T A N B U R G , S . C .

T h e families and friends of offic­ers and enlisted men n o w at Spartanburg wi l l find perfect accommodations amid most de­lightful surroundings at

Albemarle ParK asheiritte,N.C

" I n the Land of the S k y " ~

O n l y three and one-half hours from Spartanburg through en­chanting country .

Spend your furloughs at this world-famous resort rather than in travelling to y o u r distant homes.

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The Gillette Is Accepted Everywhere as the Fighting Mau°s Rm

He wants to be clean-shaved, t r i m and alert weather—and with all iff )r\rd or sof shaving water.

He wants everything he cairne? m be light That's why fighting men are a,?* , more G i 1 -

lettes than all other razors put together. The Gillette has stood the test of bard usage,

on every kind of beard and texture of skin—under all sorts of climatic conditions—and proved itself 100% efficient

The U . S. Regulations call fur s des\ shave..

'•or - - i n all sol ts of

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Have You Seen the NewGiUettes Specially Designed for the Fighting Mam? H p H E S E models were designed by

members of the Gillette Organi­zation who have seen service with the Colors and know what the sol­dier is up against.

Hundreds of officers and men are buying them —- the XL S. Service Set in metal case, and the new Khaki-covered sets for Uncle Sam's soldiers arid officers.

The Gillette is the one razor for the man who is doing things —- the one razor with world-wide use and reputation.

When a man wants new Blades he can get them at any Post E x ­change or Y . M . C. A . Hut—here in A merica or Overseas.

Our Par is Office carries stocks— is coiiEiaacIv supplying the A m e r i ­can Expeditionary Forces. Gillette Safety Razors and Blades on sale -verv where in France, England, Italy ;^id the Eastern battle fronts.

' i d c o m p a c t 1*1 very man in the Service needs a Gillette.

The Ciliette i>> the real service razor—compact, sure, con^eni^ritr—always on the j o b — b o strops or hones to clatter up the k i t

Blades aivvav-: sharp, always ready—and No rftrr>v;'":BP'" 7C *? "Boning1,

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