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^ONGWmiNS SERVICE
Private B. W. Rogers, 162d Inf.,
Served in Many Campaigns
Uk/ith tho Romilsrs
Speaking of things In general, we
ei . say everything from peach brandy to
Fords get better with age. Some people,
however, place an embargo on
f-w *: such common commodities as eggs,
- old maids, and men. In the first two
cases there are probably sufficient
grounds to allow the exceptions, but
ajU' when It comes to men the matter has
been forever settled. The second platoon
of Company E, 162d Infantry,
took man off that black- list when it
came through with a man who has
seen 53 new years and who still "falls
in" with the same "pep" as those beside
him who on the seventh day of
last November for the first time visited
the ballot box.
. _ Private B. W. Rogers began right
facing, right front into lining, squad
ago. To be exact, March 9, 1899,
fdates the beginning of hla career a* a
Sgf soldier. He signed the honor roll the
first time In Hoboken. New Jersey, his
,, home town. The recruiting officer
immediately gave him transportation
> td Galveston. Texas, where his first
C active service began. On arrival at
-w.. Galvpston he was assigned to the sixth
' i.-" United States Infantry. With this
, V ? outfit the first year was spent pitching
tents anywhere between Galvceston
and El Paso.
It will be remembered that about
this time sailing was not so smooth
over in the Philippines. When it became
necessary to send troops to these
parts the sixth infantry was one of the
" first organizations to go, and it was in
the islands that he spent a great pariof
his first ten years in the service.
That going was not so good for him
while there, stands unquestioned
when we come to learn of the numerjr
ous campaigns in which he took part.
m The first campaign in which he took
pari was conuucieu on egress island,
under the leadership of General
' " Huse. Scarcely had this been finished
before the regiment was transferred
tto Panay, and Latey islands. Follow? --
ing the campaigns on these islands
there was work to be done on Luson,
which was conducted under the command
of General La ton. A few
months later found Rogers In the
campaign of Mlndanoue, and the Holo
Islands, under Gendral Otis. These
campaigns, together with minor service
on other small islands, the names
of which we dare not mention for
v. lack of alphabet, give us some idea of
how the first half of his 18 years was
'JfcV- spent.
During the last eight years Private
Rogers has been pitched anywhere
troops were needed?from border to
border. Now he is taking a part in
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the German campaign under Pershing,
as he puts It.
Some three months ago Rogers was
home on a vacation, the period being
at the end of his previous enlistment
During this time he visited In Washington,
D. C. "And have you some
friends In Washington?" he was asked.
"Oh, yea, I've got a lot up there.
The best one I have Is Uncle Joe. He
and myself have been friends for
years." And he continued: "As I was
walking down Pennsylvania avenue
one day I met Lieut Col. Sevanne and
I he asked me If I expected to reenlist.
I told him 'Yes,' and he immediately
invited me to join the District
of Columbia guard." Rogers
accepted the Invitation and came to
Camp ureene witn mat outnu mutt
coming: here his battalion has been
transferred to the 162d Infantry.
When he was asked what he thought
of the 162d, he said: "They're the best
bunch I've ever been with, and I like
them fine because they are all Americans.
In the regular line I had to
serve with too many foreigners. Down
in E company we are all alike."
"Do you drill regularly?" he waa
asked. - "You bet I do, and I can go
right along with any man in the company,
too. The only thing I am slow
on is the foolishness."
Rogers recently refused the offer ol
a non-com. because "I want the young
fellows to have a chance," he says;
"they need the promotion more than
a man of my age." In his estimation
he has advanced rapidly enough anyway,
owing to the fact that he began
with the sixth Infantry and is now a
member of the 162d?"going some,'
he thinks.
vate Rogers will have spent 20 yean
of his life in the service of his country.
Although he might not have participated
in a Boston tea party 01
spent a winter at Valley Forge, stil
should we not look upon men of thii
type as patriots, patriots in the true
sense of the word?the patriots 01
service!*
^tjpTRIANGLE PROGRAMS
The Swiss Tyrolean Todlers ant
Rosani, the prince of jugglers, at th<
Red Triangle tent, Nov. 8, 9 and 10
Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
The Graus, Swiss yodlet's, becomt
famous, in America, through theii
work in a 40 weeks' engagement a
the New Tork Hippodrome, and ii
their work on the Chautauqua plat
form, with Mr. W. J. Bryan. Thi
company lncludee Mr. Bellhars, whi
gives impersonations, using wigs an<
costumes. Rosani,
the Juggler, has appeare<
before the clubs of New York am
Philadelphia, and has made a succes
on the Chautauqua platform. He ha<
return dates at 86 towns on one Chau
tauqua circuit.
Both of these programs will b
given each evening, and the admia
sion fee is but ten cents, for the even
ing.
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NEWSY NOTES FROM
BUILDING NO. 104
After the Oregon boys left. It did
' not seem as though we could ever get
acquainted or work with any other
group of men, but now that the
"Regs" are here from Syracuse, and
! since we have become acquainted, we
. will have to admit that they certainly
look good to us. They have scores of
' athletes of note with them, and we
looK ror Dig tnings to nap pen uj i?c
sport line.
The first opportunity we had to get
acquainted with the men was on
Tuesday night, "stunt night." We
' had a fine program and a lot of the
boys were out. Boxing was the bi$
' feature of the evening. There were
several good preliminary bouts and
several features were sandwiched In.
Corporal Page gave a good exhibition
of bending. He tied himself into vari'
ous knots and proved that although
a rangy fellow, he sure was limber.
Physical Director Bryant also swung
. Indian clubs.
, The best feature of the evening was
the four-round go between young
, Jasper of Boston and Tommy Hannan
of Providence. Both boys are light.
ning fast, and gave the cleverest ex^
hlbition of footwork and blocking
! that has been seen in the building.
' Toune JasDer has a reputation as a
i professional boxer in Boston and has
. proven himself to be one of the top[
notchers In his class. Tommy HanL
nan is chain-lightning both in punch
ing and in footwork. These boys will
be matched for a 10-round go in
. Charlotte later on, if enough enthusi,
asm can be worked up.
"Kid" Kalonis, of New Bedford.
. put on a real exhibition of wrestling
. that was a revelation to many. Alj
though 40 years old, he proved to be
, master of the game, and in the five
, minutes he was on the mat he gave
i a demonstration of practically every
hold known to wrestling. Altogether
it was the best "stunt" night by far
that has ever been put on here.
Every afternoon during the recreation
hour all sorts of games are play1
ed. There is keen competition in bas?
ball between the members of the various
companies .and a league should
' be formed as soon as the regiment is
permanently located. Company H
e and Company L are to try conclusions
Saturday afternoon and a good game
is looked for. Basketball has its
devotees and they gather In force on
the basketball court. Another court
will be ready within the next day or
two, so that it will be possible for
0 This new division has a crack footJ
ball team, and Jf all indications are
correct,* the Southeastern department
football championship will belong to
Camp Greene this fall. Lieutenant
Farnum. of the 47th seglment, captain
of the Brown university football
team of last season, is piloting the
team. He has such men as Alex Wilson,
formerly captain of Yale; and
Burke, the crackerjack quarterback
of the University of Vermont. They
come here after having defeated the
Cornell team while at Syracuse and
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j having tied the ^teavy Syracuse team. vflBSHF
| Negotiations are under way to have BP
them play at Atlanta within two or MM
three weeks.
soldiefTelevens to tflnbj
play next saturday R R
On next Saturday. November 10th. Pi HI
a football game will be played at ||| HI
Wearn field between teams repre- Mi HI
sentlng the Fifth and Forty-seventh
regiments. The teams will be made II IH
up of enlisted men. only. A good HJM||
game is looked for. as there Is much
material amont the men. Clll- 1
zens are invited to the game. No admission
will be charged to men in MJjBjLJB
On Tuesday night another -stunt"
night will he pulled off. Corporal RlAf V
Quigley. of Company A, has promised Hi / I
a little vaudeville and we know what II
that means. If you don't, come and Mill find
out. The band boys have some- HU II]
thing up their sleeves. . Then there is HI jHiMi
a quartet somewhere on the program Hi nnrV
and some boxing. But we can't tell dl ifl
you all about it because you ought to
come and see for yourself.
Do you fellows know that you can t I U4 ft fll
go down to the city Y. M. C. A. in l I H H H
Charlotte and get a hot bath? If you \\ HflJH
didn't, you know It now. Those fei- \ TO/P a|
lows are always willing to serve you. * MM
And another thing. The gymnasium MK91
down there is open on Saturday nights
to all soldiers. If there nre any good MlwiJI
companies and If they wish to try SsBJF
conclusions, then come to our camp
Y. M. C. A. building and^lu it up with njn jlfc
a Saturday night game.
j Everything looks big for some of :
| the best kind of games in the various t_.
j branches of sport and if you fellows H IIN
itT??to k'"ln ?",b<! "" ifflca
1 WELCOME SERVICE AT \\
BUILDING NO. 108 >K>l
j I.ast Thursday evening at the religious
service a welcome was given I [y
I to the Thirtieth United States regit- y I y
, lars Just in from Syracuse and the I /JI
j Wyoming artillery recently released
: from quarantine at "Y" No. 10X. Mr.
! Allen, the religious work director. set OTO*
; forth the plans for religious work. [I iS
land urged every soldier to make the
The subject of the message for the
| evening was "Fearless Faith." A most Ijl M
(pleasing feature of the program was jNJDj
the inspiring singing. led by Sergeant II JJoM
Borst. of the regimental supply comj
LAUGII IS O.N* SECRETARY. JggB
The boys at one of the "Y's" are 'J B
laughing yet at an anxious secretary I Ifl
j who waited in vain at the car line JLB W
I for the appearance of his charming vftl
I young wife on a recent evening. If it
j not have found the buildinjc :,"'l 1*1" I I S g|
i J secretary would be waiting the'i;
pany ?
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