OFFICERS’ NEWS
(BY LIEUT. WILLIAM L. MUNSON.)
FOLLOWED ORDERS.
Major McRae, remembering the days
when he was physical director in one
of our large universities', and feeling
pretty fit after his' vacation, decided
one day last week that he would see
how many Germans he would he able
to kill when he “got over” put the
mits on with one of the men in the
X-ray laboratory.
It is reported that his instruction
to his opponent before the opening t
. the bout was that “you needn’t go easy
just because I am an officer.”
It seems that the instruction ' even
thought they were not orders, were
rather closely followed.
Captain Swanick is attending the
major.
Seriously ill report has been made to
the adjutant and the folks at home
notified.
Lieutenant Munson is conducting a
class in “sitting up exercises” every
morning in the rear of the east wing
of the officers’ aoarters. The best
command he gives is “Company dis
missed,” and then Captain Ellen, the
company goesi in and has his morning
shower.
HERE THEY ARE.
Lieutenant Cleveland, one of the
chief dopesters on the surgical side
has made some very clever observa
tions during the past week. Among
others me following have been gather
ed.
"The ))ermanent staff for the Camp
Greene base has been picked out and
they are all captains.”
“The surgeon general has a habit
of doing as he thinks best without
my advise.”
All the lieutenants are going as
regimental surgeons when they send
the draft into camp.”
Any one desiring to know what the
future holds for them can find out by
a short talk with the lieutenant. The
fee is reasonable—one camel to oil
things up.
Base Hospital, Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N. C.,
June 27th, 191S.
From; Uncle Samuel’s Men this
station.
To: Kaiser Bill of Germany.
Subject: Travel Orders.
1. Proceed plumb to hell
command of that station.
2. The present commanding offi
cer of that station has been order
ed to retire to the inactive list.
Travel directed necessary in the
military service.
Per Order. Gen Star and Stripes.
Official.
ANY OLD WAY.
Manny of the officers are breaking
in boots preparatory to service “over
there.” Some are wearing them with
wind shields, some with spurs upside
down, and some with no spurs at all.
Lieutenant Meade, the source of
military knowledge around these dig
gings, has suggested that the spurs be
worn on the outside of the boot with
the bulbus portion down.
Last Sunday afternoon Captain
Evans appeared on the officers’ veran
da booted and spurred and as the cus
tom is walked up to Lieutenant Meade
with the question; “Say, Meade, have
I got these things on right?” After
a thorough inspection Lieutenant
Meade replied: “Well, Captain, you
got them on the right feet, I guess.”
Johnnie Clements’
CIGAR STORE
32 South Tryon
Street
CHARLO rXE
Capt. Thomas J. Nelan is on a ten
days’ leave, which he is spending at
his home in Pittsburg, Pa.
Major McCrae has returned from a
five-day leave.
Captain Wilkes has returned from a
-ten-day leave spent at hi.s home.
Lieutenant Cobb of Base 54 has re
turned from a visit at his home in
Maine.
Lieutenant John D’Albora has left
the base hospital for duty with his
unit. Base Hospital 102, now mobiliz
ing at Camp Bureguard, Texas.
USE YOUR MUFFLER.
Guards at the base hospital are or
dered to halt all automobiles that at
tempt to pass through the hospital
grounds with their “cut out” open.
There are a number of drivers of cars,
which come to the hospital quite often,
and yet who show an appaling disre
gard for the patients in the wards by
racing along the hospital roc^dway
with no thought of using the muffler
attachment on their machine. Force is
not to be spared in stopping this
practice.
The visiting hours for automobiles
are supimsed to end at S o’clock at
night. After that time the hospital is
darkened so that there are few ob
jects of interest to be pointed out
from the roadway. Several chauf
feurs, who apparently do not visit the
hospital because of interest in its con
struction, have startled the patients
by speeding around the hospital road
at a late hour. Accordingly Sergeant
Hages, senior sergeant of the guard,
has issued the order that all automo
biles coming to the hospital after fi
o’clock in the evening shall be halted
and their mission ascertained.
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Officers’ field boots, lace in
step and side, Stetson
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Lace boots, $10.00 to $20.00
Captain Dwaddle has returned from
a ten days’ leave. It is reported that
the trip from Washington to Char
lotte seemed awfully short to the cap
tain.
Lieutenant Foster, who was wit’'
Base 54, has been ordered for extended
field service at Hoboken.
Major Morris and Captain Carney
are both doing well.
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