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I | Educational Work at Building
104 Progressing in "Very
Pleasing Way." <
There has been quite a change in I
the staff if .building 104 during the
" in i past week. Mr. W. F. Burnett, our
ft-VSKvB building secretary, left us last MonDw
JlV^I dav '<>r new duties as ramp busiWl/nNl
ness secretary. We tried as hard
Hffj as we cauld to keep him but it was i
iBtl B 1 nil ,l? use" 1,e wa" to? ^'S a man 'or j
11 J ill the position. Me was an asporation
nAfyC to every man on the staff, simply oenTTv1y|
cause he played the game. If any
IJJ (IU&n man had to go second for mess it
S^trWIU was always Mr. Burnett. This was
MTh M fll lhe "P'r" of man. He had the
P-W M HI ability to pro jet himself into the life i
BjRfcMJl of every man that he came in conH
yll IjPffl lact with. The building stuff wishes
IH ill Ul in h'm '"'Ud-speed.
On December 9th Mr. Carl E. Llbby,
Wl (m building assistant, left for his home
Ul llfl UUu in Springfield, Mass. He will make
|Hj| jP| a short visit after which he will en
Rn nffJzl ''St. ,Ie has been rn building 104
since August 21st and has made a
m 8fl DP ul place for himself in the hearts of all
^xHrVi HI who knew bom.
f ^iU| 11 was witl* Pleasure that the staff
I \ *^pTB| of building 1U4 welcomed Benjamin
lytfn I Libby on December 13th. He is
WMI HI IB Carl Libby's brother which combined
with his own worth makes him In
xJT *nr. The educational work is progress- t
ing in a very pleasing way. Each of
ft the 14 c'asses are now getting down i
BTVj to real business. The one great fea- a
Er i ;! | ; I ture about the work is that the at- c
tendance at these classes is compul- a
W J|| III sory. Each man that is enrolled for I
>Jj] 11) work has to be on hand three times 1
VU yj a week as a part of his military duty.
This is no hardship for them, how- r
ever, for almost without exception I
rA. fO the men are highly interested in the
4fl| ID w?rk- s
Following is a list of the classes t
and the instructors: v
French classes: Headquarters. Sup- a
ply and Machine Gun companies. |
Company K, Company L and Com-, 1
pany M meet in the Machine Gun : a
company mess shack under the in-1 g
struct ion of Private Chalne. Field I r
Hospital 2S. I 1
Companies D and E meet in Colli-1
I>any C mess shack under the instruc- 11
tion of Private Kichardson, Co. L. j J
Companies F. O and H meet in. c
\ Company H mess shack under the in- j
si rue io" of Lieutenant LaCouture.' S
Mlli co:..E'.4,th- ,?.i;
|l O M* M structs tin- class for commissioned of- !
ffl R tl ticers. Every officer in the regiment <
111 HO IH U attends this class. c
111 The total attendance of the French <
B H |f I classes is 130. 1
ai There are ten English classes In >
il jpi the regiment with a total attendance,!
of about 160 men. The following men 1
DUlffact as instructors: h
fffa 9j6L Private Russell. Ambulance ComUKmUBCVi
I'any 33. <
IPrivate Marlowe. Field Hospital 28. !j
rsAjhmj _Private Taft. Medical Detachment 1'
1mjyfls' Private Millman, Company F. 47th.! I
Wg Private Thompson. Medical De- 1
ym M J' tachment 47th. (
10 fiA Private Cunningham. Company G, '
47th.
J Private Kjellstrom, Field Hospital
j ^ Private Bcsse, Medical Detachment
Private Waugh. Company B, 47th.
COrPHral ^'*sinan' Company L, j
drs. robb and seerley7^ '
impress the soldiers '
(j 7T This has been a week of good i
\ \ tilings in the religious programs at 1
IV \ p* 104. On Sunday night we had Dr. <
V ' $ HE Robb of Chicago, who made a
X t ' fine address on Loyalty. The 500 1
m V- men who heard hint were deeply im- I
pressed by the sincerity and force- J
AflI fulness of Dr. Robb. There are six i
loyalties, the speaker declared. Be 1
H| /I (1) Yourself; (2) Your comrades;
^ *t J (3) total abstinence; (4)a high moral I
stand.ml; (5) the Bible; (6) Jesns I
At the close of the service about '
GggpSSgj er. An opportunity for personal i
conference with Or. Robb was given, I
and accepted by some of the men. I
KTWTgi^g Thursday night about 700 men I
maELtmtti heard a unique address by Dr. Seer- 1
III' >*111 Illl ley, dean of Y. M. C. A. college.
IBi illl (III Springfield. Mass.. on the subject of I
H| Illl fjjj Manhood. He said his object was I
Hi Illl R to t,ret>are men to live after they i
111 Hy ||| come back. One hundred and forty :
HI fl Hi men joined his Manhood league. This
HI || I fl league has a unit of four persons. I
the soldier, a Y. M. C. A. secretary, <
Dr Seerley, and God. Practically
every man in the meeting strongly I
| i fl assented to Dr. Seerley's seven propo- i
\ 11 HI HUB sitlons, the last one of which was to i
\ "Come Hack Clean." Twelve men
\F-3b.^3r_ 3 sought conference with Dr. Seerley i
after the meeting.
\ \ "
TRENCH A
ig^ma bouts feature h
^/STUNT NIGHT OF "Y" 100
/arious Vaudeville Numbers on
the Program Helped to Make
Entertainment "A Howling tr
Success."
?
The "stunt" nighr bill. at 108 Tues- in
:haracteristic of stunt" programs at WJ
108?in fact there are several
'Knights of the Padded Mitt," who
* 111 vouch for the "punch" part of h?
he entertainment, having had a num- ja
?er of the aforesaid "punches" gently
>ut firmly Impressed upon sundry
wtrts of their anatomy. Do not in- ur
er front what has Just been said that jn
he program was merely a boking ^
ihow?such was not the case, for
here were various other numbers
in the bill, which appealed to the Jc
aates of all. su
The "Jazz' orchestra of the Fifth g,
klassacuselts was unable to appear in
ts complete form?sort of "negligee." ht
f we may put it so crudely, but nev- fa
rtheless, they appeared, minus the m
ikele and several of the other string- pj
>d Instruments. They played a num- wj
ler of selections which went big with
he crowd. Corporal Casey has kindly w.
:onsented to bring the entire "Jazz" ci,
iver some time in the near future ca
uid show just what the band can do pr
t-hen they get together. th
"Soud" Murohv. the old standby, a?
>ut on a song and dance act ;whlch
vas well received, even though Mur- m
hy had to give up his song because AJ
if a badcold. so
The nekt act might be termed a
'howling" success, with Smith and
dcGrath, of Battery B, Maine artilery?
furnishing' the "howls." They a,
lulled well with the crowd, and as m
omeone in the crowd remarked, "the jg
Lids" have talent. an
Sergeant Smith of Battery D, 77th,
text furnished some Scotch dialect q,
ongs which were enthusiastically re- gj,
:eived by the boys. They wouldn't he
illow him to come off the stage until g0
le had sung all he knew, and Smith
iad considerable assortment.
The Jazz band concluded their {e:
lumbers about then, and tho boxing -pi
touts were then staged. gj.
The first bout brought together tj,
ihine and Warren, of the 77th, and af
hey furnished a corking good go, at
k-lth honors about even. They boxed
X 140 pounds. si3
The second bout was between Devin
and McGuigan, of Battery B, 77th, aij
ind it was a real old fashioned slug- co
;ish match, with neither man doing
nuch damage. They weighed in at er
.45 pounds. nt
The next bout brought together i>l
Roberta and Noonan, of Co. L, 8th
uass., and they went so fast that they
vere both unable to continue after
me round. |
Larashell and Martini, of Co. C,
Ith Mass., were staged next as the
'star" bout of the eevning, and there
vas action from the word go. Both
nen showed a desire to mix it thor ughly,
much to the delight of the
:rowd who were kept right on edge
luring the entire bout. It would be
lard to say which man had the ad- i
antage. but In Justice to Larashell I
t might be said that his opponent,
lad about ten pounds advantage in
veighL
On next Tuesday there will be an>ther
big stunt program, with more
food boxing bouts. Physical Director I
raylor would like to have the co-'
operation of the men in arranging
;he bouts. Men who are willing to
jox a few rounds on Tuesday evcnngs
kindly hand your names in to
raylor or the secretary at the desk.
?
HEADQUARTERS CO., 58TH INF.
Wives wanted?For our two lonesome
cooks, Cumberlege and Dayton.
Never married before, but willing to
?e now. Ladies between the ages
>f 18 and 50 may apply. Address this
tompany.
We did not know that Uncle Sam
jave presents to enlisted men. Either
that or the story has been busy, for
Assistant Band Leader Nurnburger
received a new baritone and every
one is at a loss to know where it
:ame from.
The mounted orderlies and especlaly
duty men welcomed new saddles
the other day. From now on they
:an sit down at mess. Ask Privates
Knap p. Bartell or Cambell. They
mow and can prove that riding bareback
is noa comfortable.
Orderly Sergeant H. O. oung is preparing
to leave on a ten-day furlough
tor his home in Elizabeth, N. J. He
is waiting for his new O. D. cap to
?ome before he can gQ.
Ben Stovall is learning to cook. He
darts to work Saturday. Slum and |
bash are easy to' make, so no doubt,
be will make good, but when it comes,
to a square meal. Cqoks Dayton and
Patton are there.
Private Vernon is on the Job and i
is still nursing a sore shin, as he was 1
:>emnua nur&e witcu no ??.ncu.
il?Be on the Job, but keep the Job 1
iway from bad horses.
Privates Dobbi and Fisher, the dele-1
nation from Heading, Pa., are doing.
[heir bit on stable police this week,
rhe great argument is who gets up j
first to build the Are. 8table Ser- j
?eant Phillips usually settles the ar-!
piment by building the flre himself.'
He usually waits until the sun comes
up, that Is better than getting up for.
breakfast. I
ND CAMP
EADQUARTERS COMPANY,
FIFTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
Regimental Sergeant Major Harris
pects to take a well earned furugh
over the holidays, visiting
lends and relatives In the north.
Battalion Sergeant Major Simpson
enjoying a ten-day furlough vlsitg
relatives in Hoboken, N. J. HoW
6 all envy "Chappie" being In a
arm (?) climate!
Battalion Sergeant Major Thomas
is ceased to write letters to his fair
fly friends in Pennsylvania, due, I
ppose, to the excess postage. I
laersutnu ne is seiiuuiK lavui uvuna i
stead. You know what Sherman
id war was.
One should see Color Sergeant
ihnson eat stuffed olives. That boy
re is a bear on the home-made eats,
ijecially fudge.
Sergeant Myers Is pacing the floors
ire at headquarters because his best
iled to send him encouragement via
ail. That boy could Bt&nd seeing
illadelphia even if it were covered
ith snow.
Sergeant Willett and Corporal 80lsh
declared war on the regimental
erical staff a few days ago Just beuse
they assisted them in being
esent for revielle, by carrying both
em and their bunks out of doors,
mo people are very ungrateful.
Corporal Carter said this snow re-1
inded him of the days be spent in
aska. That bird' sure has traveled
We often wonder who the fair lady
mis SLaie is mat vurporai nactcri
constantly writing to. He look*
rful blue this mqrning since the
all sergeant said nothing doing. He
spoiled because of the daily letter
id we do not think that he will be
ile to perform his duties today,
ere's hoping, though, that he gets
lother of those welcome packages
i receives frequently. They are sure
od.
If one desires to get day informa>n
about the various points of inrest
Just call on Corporal So wash,
le young man has traveled extenfely.
Ask him who the lad was
at had his tooth extracted Monday
ternoon and had to leave his duties
the regimental headquarters.
With the erection of several large
:e stoves in the regimental headlarters
the office Is quite comfort
>ie even unaer me speii ui ictom
Id weather.
The entire headquarters company
tebds their hearty thanks to the
ibltehed of The Trench and Camp,
ley all enjoy It
Things the S
Well Selt
Moderate
OUR UNIFORM DEPARTMENT
KINDS OF MILITARY GOOD
Officers' O. D. Serge and Cloth U
$37.50 and $39.50.
Officers' O. D. Overcoats
Privates' Khaki Uniforms
Officers' O. D. Cloth Pants
O. D. Khaki Pants
Officers' Raincoats.? '.. ,
Rain Capes, reversible
Ponchos
Stetson Army Hats
Regulation Hats ....
Regulation Army Sweaters
Flannel Shirts
Gloves
Army Lockers
Bed Rolls, Special
Regulation Sheep-lined Coats
Leather Puttees
Spiral Puttees
Canvas Puttees ...
Hat Mords
Soldiers' Knives
Safety Razors
Inslgnias for all ranks
Sterling Silver Inaignias
COME IN AND WE WILL BE G1
IF YOU DON'T TRADE W
STORES
BELK
COLONEL HEALY GIVES
ELEVEN ROYAL BANQUET
On ta* To?6*7 ,VeniM *t <? fl
Selwyn Hotel. Colonel Haley, of-the
New Hampshire regiment, tendered to .- ram
the coach, players, sergeants, majors VJ
and the physical director of T. M. -<m
C. A. building No. 106, a royal ban- ,-m
quet, in honor of the victory over
the Massachusetts football eleven the
preceding Saturday. Having promised
?<_ (un. o hfl nnllPt If thfiV would Win
this game, he made good his promise
and laid before his battle-scarred warriors
a sumptuous meal.
The fine feeling existing between
the New Hampshire colonel and his $
men Is one of the most marked char- ^
uctertstlcs of this already famous regiment
It Is doubtful If there is a
colonel In the army who la more be- xiJ
loved than Colonel Haley by the soldiers
he.commands.
Tills banquet came aa a moet appropriate
conclusion of a very successful
season. Aa excellent as was
the food, yet this was the least enjoyable
feature of' the evening's proKiam.
The fine feeling, witty, stories
and brotherly spirit existing made the
occasion one long to be remembered
by all present
CO. G. 89TH INFANTRY.
Michael J- Smith has been made
mechanic to fill the vacancy left by
Fabian to the machine gun gribade.
The men of the company all enjoyed
the trench digging last Monday and
Tuesday, and they wish they would
get It oftener. Yes they do?
"Burnwater" Blckman, our famous
cook, continues to hold his great repu- . g
tatlon. He proved it last Tuesday ,
morning. All together boys: It was
some breakfast
"Little Willie"" Chambers has been *'$B
transfered to the remount station.
He always was forid of horses.
Toung Duane's headlight Is get- ins
ting dim. Whafs the matter? Is ?
the price of gasoline, too high for
you, Jim?
Company O. Is proud of her two , j?
scrappy little Irishmen, O'Connell and v
Barry. They put up a rattling good
fight last Saturday night at "Y" 106,
that took the onlookers off their 2
seats. Keep it up Pat and Mike, for $
you will have to know a little about
fighting when you get "over there," jft
and you might as well learn now.
When you fee] down In the mouth
come over to Company O. and call
on Daniels and Baker. These two
lads concertainly draw "a giggle. ,V-3|
Dewey McGIyn, of the "mule punch- .
era,", has a dandy little queen down in
town. He brought hbr up to t*
visit the camp last Sunday and on ;
Monday all of the boys had stiff necks.
oldier Needs M
;cted and
ly Priced ^
IS OVERFLOWING WITH ALL
S AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES.
niforms, $25.00, $20.50. $35.00
.. . $25.00, $29.50 and up to $47.50
$7.50 "98M
... $6.50, $8.50, $10.00 and $12.50
$2.98 to $3.95
$5.00 to $19.50 .^V'anH
$6.00
M-M vjn
$5.00
$2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 I
$4.50 to $6.95
$2.00 to $4.95
$1.50 to $2.50
$6.95, $7.95 and up
$13.95
$14.50
$3.50 to $12.50
to 9S.93 ||
98c and (1.50
15c, 48c and <1.00 ~JI
50c to $2.50
18c jap
LAD TO SHOW YOU OUR LINE. .
ITH US, WE BOTH LOSE. H
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