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tiasi Educational Work at Y 10 Making Rapid Progress?In terest of Sotdiers'ls Keen. t ' r The educational work: at Bulldlnj 108 Is developing: dlcely. This Weel i. - classes have been organized In sev eral regiments and the energy, enthu ?siasm and genuine: Interest beinj manifested by the men bids fair t make these the model classes of th camn. .y- Especially should be mentioned th work being done In the Seventy-sev enth field artillery. / Through th splendid work of Chaplain Tiernay i - olass was gotten under way for th foreign-born men of Battery D. Th young men from this battery hav gone Into this work with the charac terl3tic "punch" of the true Yanket and at their first meeting they .vote unanimously to make theirs the bee and most, productive class of tn whole camp. > The class was fortunate indeed li securing the services of Corporal Sul livan of headquarters company Fin Connecticut infantry, as teacher. Cor poral Sullivan is well equipped to han die work of this kind. Through year of experience as' teacher.. In nigh schools for foreigners in Boston h has. had .the opportunity to study th a. man and his problem. His methods o teaching are wholly _ practical am successful, corporal sunrvan nas i big heart filled with an all-embraclni , sympathy which reaches and hold v his men. This class is lucky to hav the unselfilsh service of such a mar The members of this new class to Battery D are: Privates Mignacco, Sam a, Lanfran ka, Longo, Bennlnaoto, Serio. Cocuxsa Swanson, Chickey, Kowalsky, Buffoc Bartz, Gelforth. Watch and listen for the Firs Connecticut French class. Twenty-tw husky men are following closely th splendid work in teaching done b: Private J. F. Gaudreau of the Firs Connecticut band. Private Gaudreau i a native of France, a well-tralnei linguist, and naturally is well qualiflei to instruct. He is greatly interestei in this work for the men of his regi ment and" he says that he propose I to make his the model French claa | of Camp Greene. The men are mos 1 appreciative of the time given ani Y - , interest shoyrh by their instructor . . giving the b^t"Sierve got. .ThU.obu "Sysr|affi Sergeant Booden. , Sergeant Grey 1 Sergeant Brain. _ < Sergeant Baton. < '., Sergeant Flannery. ' ffi - Sergeant Livingston. - Sergeant Chance __ *Tv; / Sergeant Schult* Sergeant Slick ,'"J Sergeant Caddwel :M Sergeant Conner. Sergeant Fay. Sergeant Brown. Sergeant Schrlber. Corporal Abel. Private Allen; Private Kennedy. V Private McDonald. l&Jf' Private Conner. | ' Private McNIe ... - Private Brandt, j Private Hegstroro. Building 108 was treated **' i v lightful entertainment last Saturday night. The Miller company put on uu , best vaudeville ever seen here. All o the acta were clever, clean and in ev j ery way commendable. Especially good was the work done by the Mil | ler trio In the last number. Father ' , mother and daughter, In clever mu alcal work, won repeated applausi from the large and appreciative audi ence. The wholly inclement and for bidding weather outside was forgottej r.,\- for the hour wV'a m?Hment reign within. Here's hoping that w< , soon will have another troupe for th< bbys equally as entertaining. . OLD PLANTATION COMEDY 1 MADE HIT AT STUNT NIGH1 Comedy, Songs and Boxing a Building 105 Made Entertain ment Thoroughly Enjoyable. By far the moat enjoyable progran that has yet been given at buildini 105 was the one furnished last Mon ' day night After four reels of gooi . movies the packed house was "allset' i" for the excellent program that wa r to follow. i? Corporal Taylor of Company H Seventh infantry, a former stage art 1st of several years experience, - gavi . a real live and sensational blacl comedy act He jvas a "scream' from ho?lnnln? ?' ?? ? ? - aim every mo P"' of act wu thoroughly en JS^thlt * to *z !^wth? ***com S? edy that we have had thle season anil f i ?P T? '1's former stage rep -Utatlon. If AI Q. Fields only knew Without J+.tlh?f 1x13 bein? . ^ ythout & mighty good "end man." ^ & wlth 016 plaintive _ Wail of an old time plantation negrt song, coming from somewhere behind \ 5 the screen. After this choraaCor^oral Taylor stepped upon the stags wtth his rapid.fire Joke* and imxpe. dlately the' audience began howling ' and this howling did not abate until ' he had to stop, from sheer ezhaus tion. His Jokes were all new apd every one is a class by itself. Especially good wa? the one he "pulled" with i one of the T. secretaries as the "Goat." Cprperal Taylor possesses a good voice ana has all the required essential for a. successful black-face I comedian. After he bad told all his Jokes and sunk all the songs he knew, the audience agreed to let him stop provided he would return at a future date. Cook Brewer pleased the' crowd with p Vocal solo, "Somewhere a Voice Is Calling" with "Red Carrier" accompanying him. Brewer is from the Sixth Massachusetts and "Red" is from the noted First New Hampshire and is slated for West Point at an early date much to our- regret for he has proven himself almost invaluable to us with his piano work. A fine boxing exhibition was next given by Bugler Fred Burns 116pound champion of Company E? Seventh infantry and Private Spangler. [ Company G, of the same regiment. J This five round bout was fast and * Its toes most of the time. The declslon was a draw. . The second bout between "Scotty" n apd McConnell from M company, Sev" enth infantry was short and sweet, the * physical director having the opportunity of trying out for the first time " his new Red Cross kit, on the cut and bruised maps of both men. 1 This was the conclusion of a very e enjoyable stunt night and the Y., M. ? C. A. lived up to its reputation of r i,-. beHt 0btainable acts * for Stunt night. - V CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAMS \ GIVEN FREE TO TROOPS . Imitations by Harry Lauder by |* McGregor Furnished Keen ^ Enjoyment at "Y" 105. g On last Wednesday, evening Man? 4ger "Bill" Rahn of the Redpath t Chautauqua showed himself to be a a "real sport" and furnished us another good program, gratia On the Wed ncmAav evenlne nf a he had furnished us a very high-class entertainment and the standard set by .those performers assured all of us us that we had a real treat in store , for us. As soon as the "News was i noised abroad "that the Red path peo" pie were to give another "free show," ' the men began to swarm towards the * building, and by the time Kaith McQregor, fhe famous Scotch baritone, arrived the men were crowded to the aoors of the building and hanging from the rafters. Mr. McGregor cert&ldly lived up- to his reputation and furnished one of the most enjoyal|< programs that we have ever had here. He "took" with the fellows from the very start and It was not long before men from all over the audience were calling out to him to sing various 8cotch ballads. JudlQg from the applause the audience must have been about ninetenths Scotch that night Possibly his numbers most enjoyed were his excellent imitations of Harry tha.t the peerless Lauder was not with us. All of his numbers were encored repeatedly and Mr. McGregor was v^ry generous in responding. Mr. McGregor has a wonderful personality and no man has won the hearts of his audience any quicker htan he did. He has three brothers - In the Royal Scotch Highlanders and f is devoting all of his time to enters talning the soldiers in the various f camps with his merry Scotch songs. ; LIEUT. RYAN LINGLE \\ IN Y. M. C. A. PROGRAM On last Sunday afternoon Y. M. j i C. A. building 105 departed from - its usual custom of having the pro? gram for "home hour" furnished by . j people from the city and instead procured the services of Lieutenant Ryan. I of the Main heavies, Lieut. Ryan has i sung in opera and most assuredly! \ lived up to his excellent reputation | last Sunday. j His first number. "Fear Not Ye, Oh I . Israel," was greatly appreciated by C the entire audience, which retire-1 . aented more thap all the allied nations. in order to give the Lieutenant a rest, the men entertained themselves by singing all the camp songs listed on the Camp Song sheet Private 1 Bissell of the Supply company of the E Seventh infantry to whom we were - already indebted for his services at * the religious meetings and movies accompanied the chorus singing. ' After the men had sung themselves out. Lieutenant Ryan was kind . enough to favor us with three more - songs of the semi-popular type, much ! to the delight- and appreciation of \ ai> audience which numbered over' MIDNIGHT MASS. j At midnight on Christmas eve, mass will be celebrated in the Knights of " Columbus building. Father Stephen' son will be the celebrant at the mass. 1 Music win be provided by the choir of the First Connecticut infantry and the band of the First New Hampshire , infantry. All are welcome to attend. ..... >, *" RELIGIOUS NOTES FROM^^ Y. M. C, K BUILDING 106 . Our religious director who has been out campaigning for funds for some time is back on the Job. The Misses Nell and Sal lie Dixon, of Charlotte were with us on a recent Tuesday evening and had charge of the special music. They are always welcomed by the soldiers. The work of organizing Bible classes and inner circle groups is now under way and bids fair to result In success. Twenty-one Bostonians have signed up. We are planning to organize a Boston club. The personnel of the men In this section of the camp is of a high order. The men willingly respond to the requests of the Y. M. C. A. to take part In religious services, athletics, and any other programs we put on. The chaplains are strong for the "Y." The Redpath managers are fully co-operating with U8 in tne ohering of talent and the adjustment of the hours for programs. We . like our pob^ COMPANY D, THIRTY-NINTH INFANTRY. Darkey Brightwiser, future donkey rider, la now company clerk during Doc. Franklin's absence and is getting even with his old enemies by putting them on K. P. He Is so delighted with tys new Job that he celebrates every Monday by getting his seconds of nigger porterhouse, in other words, liver. By the number of letters Doc. is getting lately-we thing there will be an engagement somewhere in Kentucky soon. Best wishes, Doc. It can easiy be seen when Corporal Sullivan doesn't get any mail. When he doesn't his face- looks like the breaking up of a hard winter. A marvelous detection was made by one of our K. P. in the mess hall last week and although it was hushed up it leaked out that Sergeant Pritchard, our generous mess sergeant, was caught in the act of putting a spoonful of sugar in the coffee. It is beleved that P ritch. was temporarily out of his mind. Little Joey March, our blond headed sergeant, has got a lot of his countrymen to drill. Joe ought to get on alright as hot one of them speak English. Joe says he wishes the supply sergeant would issue them the pneumonia or the dip. Jawbone Smith says he will make Christinas out of them. We pity them. Jawbone drilled us. ? Kid Cordi from the B ronx thinks he is about as tough as they come but Corporal Sullivan thinks different as they get along like-two brothers. Jackie Dugan sprained his back signing the payroll. It Is the first time he has done it In three months. Valentine has cut his mustache off. One of the lieutenants thought it was dirt and told htm to wash his face. [ Sergeant Chase is going home on J pass so we would advise the soda people up there to get ready for him as he I has an aWful capacity. I Our company commander approached Sergeant Piper to make mesa uerigeant out of him. Monk s^ys he don't Iwant It. Corporal Burke gave up his job a* company barber as he found cuUlng i hair different than c lipping horses. The "agony trio," Darky Brlghtwjser, Lizzie Steele. Kid "-- *? gave a concer tlast night and the 8ears and Roebuck buglers of our's started to blow fire call and they thought it was some one calling for help. MACHINE GUN CO. FIFTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. Our former Mess Sergeant Moon was reduced to Private and also transferred to the Supply company and all the boys In the outfit are sorry. He was a good mess sergeant. Old Bill, our first sergeant, is back from the hospital and we are glad because he is just like a dad to the boys. Kid Burrell is getting to be a real machine gun kid. If any of you guys think you are broncho busters come over. We have a mule named Villa. It is sure a bad one. The Lieutenant tried to ride him but was too much for him. Only rolled him three times and he said he would trf to ride him some time. We hpar Private Brandon is getting discharged. We are sorry to hear It for we all love him so. Old Belvins Is in the hospital. The moon don't shine in the Machine Gun company, Fifty-eighth any: more. Good night " COMPANY M, FIRST VERMONT IN, FANTRY. I | ^ First Sergeant Floyd I. Iaham finds ii vary mru iu Keep ui? company an together. He sometime* uses mess call to call them together. Oh, Floyd how dare you. Mess Serjeant Hoag says that Head, quarter* company has got to have pie every day for dinner or they will die. If they ate at Company M mess they would die for pie is a forbidden fruit with us, either forbidden or forgotten. Corporal Aldrich has a ten day pass and all he needs now is a new pair of chevrons. He says It don't agree with him to walk number one post although he does it Cook Thompson Is trying for mess i sergeant. We wish you luck. Jack Bugler DeGuise has been sick for a week. He Is now enjoying life j at the- base hospital. Sergeant C. G. Campbell Is trying! cut his vocal organs at the non-com- ! he enjoys it. FOR SOLDIERS PLANNED JBH The cross-country runners In camp will be glad to know that there vill be a cross-country run on Statu .-day, Tj Ml January 12 on suggestion of Major . Cole, the' camp athletic officer. M HI Now is the time to start training. Bee your "Y" physical director, he will Hi Mil help coacft you in^the game. COMPANY F FIFTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY 1 H Private Tom Moore seems to liita I I &W his Job as K. P. in the oincera mess HI llr . for we hear no complaints and we think it will be pretty hard lor Logan ?=3? to catch up to him in Kl P. duty. The men who were transferred to NHSJLjl the machine gun outfits seem to be dissatisued now for it doesn't look like it was going to be such a snap, espe- Dr/A I VW ciaily when they hike these cold fU I I WTU mornings Without any overcoats and it Ih I 11H is cold enough to have two or three [| | III IN on. cheer up, boys, for uiere is worse in ft. 141M 10Bonie of the boys that saw the U MrW| shows put'on at the Y. M. C. A. by SJiU IN 01 are sorry, both for them and ourselves, fllSjjl ?J chat their big lent couldn't withstand UpVNB. I the little snowfall we had although they are now trying to llx it up. The boys are sorry It snowed, for |lj| , it keeps them from hav.ng their calls- JOrM ffl j thenics in the mornings and it kept them from having their weekly hike Kra| 1 last Wednesday for they love to take I them so much. Huh? ttf B|"?V | If pay day don't come before Christ.mas a lot of the boys that put in for B fJflT'S. furloughs are' going to get left for HI (M ? there was a lot figuring on pay day ttJK iff1 | and it looks like they were not going ^ j HEADQUARTERS COMPANY ^.7. FIFTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY ||lll 1111 - Gastonia seems to have plenty of at- [siwiip !tractions for the boys. Our Drummer Powers can't get enough passes to suit him, but we understand that the girl V "Wj* is well worth getting passes for. So IV let us suggest that or band or orches- || tra give concerts there at least twive II a week. Y I We are glad to see the lucky boys X J A I going home on furloubhs and wish I them a very Merry Christmas, and we. ^^^1 the unlucky ones, envy them not a littie. Orderly Sergeant H. O. Young. irflllT^ Privates Iamb. McCaffrey. Munsey. i Weiss and Privates Myers are fortu- TIT lip ' nate indeed. Strange to say. they all "Ip oeem to be heading for the dear old Keystone state. "T|1 Sergeants Major Thomas and Cur- or tain expect to leave soon for ^Ulcers' /m training camp. We all will miss them ? and their smiling faces and wish them '.all the luck in the world at the camp, __ which, we trtist. will not be as cold ? as this one. Sergeant McCoy Is pioneer sergeant . s n charge of the third section, this * J company. He <s longing to get back . to Philadelphia or New York and ' the police force. ^ COMPANY b, FIFTY- L EIGHTH INFANTRY Since returning back to starvation B^R/ hall from guard duty at the casual camp the mad house is feeding a lit- 41 II tie better. Of course that isn't say- j| P ing much. 1 B Corporal Brown is having Chevrons sewed on his undershirt He is sure QCQHj military. He makes his guard stand mail call. Corporal Dascomb will be sorry if I he don't get a furlough after giving | adRttl Lieutenant Bain two rabbit*. You got OKJl to hand it to him when it comes to hand-shaking. Take off your gloves. v Dascomb, here's me mit. wa9 We wonder why Corporal Knight \ Wj bought the first sergeant that box of cigars. Oh, yea that's right, there are a lot of vacancies now for ser- yoOw Corporal Kelly is sorry now that he gave that girl's address to another fel- YljBbL^; low, as his mouth waters every time ^ W|flj he sees all the cakes and fruits com- VvRwl ing to the other fellow. All recruits \ Y?v will learn sooner or later. I. Private Brewer has quit smoking |* I and every other thing that costs mon- a I? r W. ey, as he is saving all the pennies to J 4 L buy the pride of Charlotte a silk shirt 'I I waist. ? I don't see how Uncle Sam can lone hH| [J the war now. ,Reserver Lewis is with 1n| / us and he is an old campaigner. I VIII don't see what we would do without Private Maggie Margay took a walk [ I ^ one day and as he passed two farmers hi I were talking about land, when one of fll them pointed to his neck and said: "That looks Bke good soiL" With soap and brush, to the^rear, march! COMPASY P, THIRTY-NINTH IN jtamtkx. wmm? -? I We boys of Company F are very sorI ry to lose George Faukner and Edward Parlette, who were transferred to the new mule squad better known as the 1HMHH [ machine gun company. Also our little yiVMMMMf I Corporal Hollott. I Our company barber got pinched for uu, I trying to take the axe from our little | H ||| | Corporal Holette. Wish the axe would hit the barber on the head. Well, we wish the boys of the new I I finj machine gun company a merry Christ- G I JIM mas and a happy New Year. C ItGANIZING MINSTREL TROl PK I ||(| A. Company Sixty-first, with the H | R|| a distance of its company commander. I I HI will soon have its minstrel troupe II | Ml n shape. You may expect some good JVjlRIJ* t mes at the "Y" then, as the comp*ny-has ample talent.
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