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THE CADUCEUS
TANK CORPS
In an Impromptu football match, be
tween the 341st and the 343rd battal
ions the former were successful in de
feating the men from the 343rd outfit
to the tune of 12 to 0. The game was
featured by the unusual playing of the
men on both teams and all things
being taken into consideration it was
a very well played and interesting
contest. The onlookers are in hopes
that a return game will be staged in
the near future.
TANK CORPS HELPS.
The entertainment at the Red Cross
building at the Base Hospital on last
Sunday evening was a vast success
and the efforts of a number of men
from the tank corps department furn
ished no small part it.
Mr. Charles Bellingham, the camp
song leader, was present and was re
sponsible for the fine program that
was delivered. One of the boys re
cited a selection from the “Virginia
Judge,” Mr. Bellingham led a few
songs and Mr. Gross, the camp dra
matic director, made a short address.
Another attractive feature of the even
ing was a solo by Pvt. Calvin Gates.
During the earlier hours of the day
the new player piano was the scene
of great activity..
CAMP Q. M. C.
“Some Camp’’ is the pleasing ver
sion of the members of the Tank
corps battalions now at this camp
where they have been ordered for de
mobilization. The 340, 341, 343 and
307th battalions, T. C., are the organi
zations that have already arrived from
Camp Polk, at Raleigh, N. C., where
they had been stationed for some
months and were undergoing a period
of training to prepare them for over
seas duty.
Camp Polk was equipped with a
number of practice tanks of the large
and small varieties and the men were
receiving instruction in the proper
manipulation of the monsters. Besides
the foot drill to which they were all
accustomed the menu had daily lec
tures and informal talks regarding the
heavy and the more intricate mechan
ism of the big machines that was to
enable them to repair and remedy
the defects in the operation of the
tanks once they reached the other
side. The cessation of hostilities put
an end to all this work and the tanks
were abandoned at Raleigh and the
men transferred to Camp Greene.
All of them are exceptionally well
pleased with the conditions as they
found them here and state that from
all view points Camp Greene has Polk
beaten “forty ways”. Th© “tankers”
wish to express their appreciation at
the cordial manner in which they were
greeted by the folk of Charlotte and
continue with unending praise for the
city itself.
HAS PREVENTATIVE
Sergeant Scipio Hecht, the most
hard boiled man in the army, heighth
4ft. 9 inches, says the "flu” holds no
terrors for him. He uses lemon ex
tract as a preventative.
‘TREAT ’EM ROUGH”
RALEIGH TANK CORPS WILL GIVE
MINSTREL
FINANCE OFFICE STAFF AID IN
DISCHARGING.
One of the biggest rush seasons for
the Finance Office of the Camp Quar
termaster Corps has begun, now that
the officers and men of the camp are
being discharged. Prom early in the
morning until late at nigljt the men
on duty in this office are busy over
discharges, railroad maps and time
tables, final payrolls and records o»
the men who are going back to civil
ian life.
The personnel of the office has ne
cessarily been increased, as the regu
lar office force was unable to cope
with the situation. Several new offi
cers are on duty in the finance office
who are experienced in railroad mi-
leage and routing, their duties being
to map out the routes for the men,
in order that they may get to then
homes in the shortest possible time.
In addition to these officers, there
are more enlisted men on the job who
are experts in the railroad and trans
portation fields.
USE NEW SYSTEM.
The government has adopted a new
system of demobilization whereby
men may be discharged by regiments.
This system is known as the “Pinal
Pay-Roll System.” What appears to
be an ordinary pay-roll, is signed by
the men as is ordinarily done on the
26th of the month. The sheets are
then sent to the finance office where
the hard work begins. The men in
this office go through the records and
figure the route each individual man
must take to reach his home. When
the man finally receives his pay, there
is included therein his regular pay
plus his transportation and traveling
expenses. The result is that a great
deal of work, which would have been
done had the old system been used,
has been done away with, in that In
dividual discharge papers are not ne
cessary to each man,—that is, those
papers which ordinarily would have
come from this office.
So far the results have been very
favorable, and a great amount of
labor has been saved the men in the
finance office. The men are discharg
ed much quicker than they were un
der the old system. There were, a
few days ago, some 22,000 men in the
camp. Over 2,000 of these men have
already been discharged under this
system, and the work will continue
until the others, so far as is possi
ble, are given their freedom.
The Raleigh Tank corps belongs to
that “blood-thirsty” branch of the ser
vice and so should ,be “at ease” in
the roll of the “Treat ’Em Rough”
minstrels, which production Is to be
given at the Base Hospital Y. M. C. A.
to night at 7:15 o’clock.
“Treat ’Em Rough’’ is a full-of-life
show which is the make- up of the
Tank men themselves and which went
across big at Raleigh. The Y building
will be prepared for a capacity crowd
when the curtain goes up.
WHEN THEY COME BACK.
(By Charles B. Driscoll. Written for
the United Press.)
When the boys come sailing back
across the ocean
To us for whim they’ve nobly fought
and won.
How can we thank them for their
stern devotion.
How can we tell what they’ve done!
Oh, we will cheer and bellow loudly!
We’ll scatter flowers, on the streets
they tread.
As they go marching by superbly,
proudly;
The old Starry Banner at their
head!
There’ll be cheers for all the boys
who march before us.
And tears for all the gallant ones
who stay
To sleep In holy ground until the
chorus "
Of Peace shall bring the Resur
rection Day.
LEAVE IT TO ART
I’ve met the slowest girl in town.
She never hurries;
She takes the longest way home.
And never worries.
Pvt. Arthur E. Sheehan.
PROMOTED
Introducing Quartermaster Sergeant
Seither, who having enlisted early
the war \ for Democracy has steered
his military career steadily through
the several stages of rank until he
has meritoriously attained his present
station of distinction.
CITY HAS GROWN
Sergeant John Smith went to Char
lotte again this week for a hair cut.
He reports that the city has grown
considerably since his previous visit.
Sergeant Daniel Quinn anticipates
another long walk into the country
this coming Sunday.
With th© ending of th© war the
Q. M.’s have dispensed with drilling.
When will Sergeant Streed take his
furlough?
Sergeant Plumer wears hlg over
coat to mess.
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