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THE CADUCEUS ■ 7 OFFICERS’ PAGE BY CAPTAINS CHARLES C. CANDLER AND CICERO J. ELLEN ROUGH ROAD MAY BE MADE MAYOR. BEING A LETTER FROM A NEW LIEUTENANT. My I>ear Wife:—When I arrived last nigrht it was raining. Along with a lot of other damphools I sloshed over a lot of wet road looking for the adju tant. It was then I discovered that those leather puttees we got'at such a bargain were mostly stickum and butcher’s paper. We finally found the adjutant—he’s Major Jones, of our town. “Hello George,” I said to him, but just them something back of me must of caught his eye because he seemed to be looking right through me at the place where I came in. Then I remembered to salute him and by helping out my right arm with my left I got it up to the salute position. To morrow I’m going to carry around that comptometer I use in counting leuko cytes and find out just how many ^ times a day I really do salute. Jehov ah and Jupiter Piuvius the helping Uncle Sam train his army for Flanders mud, because they tell me it rains more than half th.e time here. I walked all over the camp yesterday trying to borrow an umbrella. Every man that I asked, “Have you got an umbrella?" looked at me a minute and said, “Hell, no!” Finally some one told me it was unmilitary to caryy an umbrelia. Well, it may be unmilitary but a lot of these uniforms would last out the first week better than they do if we could use um brellas. One of the fellows here was setting up his cot and something broke. He asked me to go down, to headquarters and get him a couple of yards of skirmish line to fix it with. But I was wise. You see yesterday i walked an hour trying to buy a copy of “latrine news” that somebody told me was the camp paper and that it had an announcement of my arrival in it. The rest of the men had equitation today. I thought it had something to do with mathematics. But it comes from “equus”—a horse. • Call ’em hors es If you want to—most of ’em were mules. One fellow stepped behind one and was considerably marked up. This evening they all yell at him, “Say, doc, what is a horse-car?” and he points at his eye and says, “That’s a horse-scar.” Do you get it? I got it the tenth time they told it to me. We’re almost over the epidemic here. Only ten men died today. There isn’t much more to write this time. Tell Dr. Jean who took my prac tice, that I’m glad he “cured’’ Mrs. Richards. I used to “cure” her every month for a while. What does she think she has now? Your FWend Hustband, FISHHEH, MORSB, Lieut. M. C., IT. S. A. —From the Medical Journal. Lieutenant William L, Munson, one of our most honored and respected Officers, has gone from us to join an overseas unit. It is with extreme re gret that we part with him. His ever present smile genial disposition and gentlemanly demeanor made for him many friends. He was a combination of military diclpline of the first rank; always ready to obey the commands of his superiors, not questioning the reason why, courteous In all his deal ings; making each one feel that it was good to be alive. May our loss, which "we feel most deeply, be his gain, and we proffer that in the near future he will be on the Foreign field conducting most ' successfully his chosen work. His friends here will carry with them many pleasant mem ories of their association with this splendid man, and wherever he may go, their best wishes will likewise go with him. Dame Rumor has it that he is to be appointed Mayor of some fashionable hamlet in France where he will min ister, both to the physical and moral needs of the populace. We predict success wherever he goes. MASONIC NOTICE. ■There will be a dance given by the ladles of the Eastern Star, on the night of Dec. 3, 1918. At the Masonic Temple. All of the masons of the camp are expected to attend, tor there have been extensive plans made for this dance, and a royal good time is in store for all. Lt. Schlausner has been transfer red to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg,. S. C., to report for duty. Articles of peace not having been signed, the services of Capt L. Hart continue to be in demand at the Laboratory. His grateful smile, how ever, appears . to be in constant evi dence. Lt. Hartwell left this week for Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa., to join an overseas unit. Capt. Hermann Elwyn has been con fined to the Officer’s ward with a mild attack of influenza. Capt. Hammer, who underwent an operation a few days ago, is rapidly improving at the Officer’s .ward. The Officers of the Base Hospital are enjoying the daily hikes to camp Headquarters, where they are receiv ing a course of instruction. Camp Theatre B. H. Stephens' Amusement Enterprises Liberty Park Gamp No. 4 B. H. STEPHENS’ AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES Present their own Musical Comedy Co. Show under positive guar antee to be one of the best that has ever played at the Camp Theatre PRETTY GIRLS and GOOD COMEDIANS Matinee 4 O’clock Evening 6.30 and 8.15 SECTION RESERVED FOR COLORED SOLDIERS ADMISSION 25^ RESERVED (Box) SEATS 35^ I '
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