Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-20
did not enjoy his accustomed trips to the
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did not enjoy his accustomed trips to the
| country.
Private Q. c. Clay Of the first precinct
went to Cincinnati the past week and
was gone four days. He went on
business.
| j. c. Holmes. private in Capt. Peck's
command. was off duty six days last
| week. He took holiday in order to
transact some private business.
| Private B. c. Keuhling of the first
precinct had two days left of his an
nual leave, and he took them last week.
Hack Inspector o. ii. Coffin. mem
| Der of the second precinct command.
has returned to duty after four days
| vacation.
| Private Bosier Castle of the second
| precinct and Mrs. Castle enjoyed
three-day trip from the city last week.
Private rhaddeus Davis of the White
| House squad took four days holiday
| last week and remained at home.
| Motor Cycle Policeman F.. S. Hugh
lett of the second precinct was granted
| six days leave of absence last week.
Hughlett recently purchased a farm
| near Great Falls, Va, and his friends
| say he was on leave last week looking
6ICer HIS CnlckenS. ne purchased a
number of fowls and took them to his
farm.
Private W. ]. Lee of the second pre-
clnct took holiday for one week. Lee
| is a bird fancier, his fellow officers say,
and he enjoys his holiday looking after
his pets.
Desk Sergt. Charlie Giddinss of the
second precinct had five days leave
coming to him on account of the year
1914. and knowing the difficulty he
would experience in getting holiday
off last week.
What am I going to do" he asked.
Go to Colonial Beach and enjoy my
SELF
| He went to the down-river resort to
visit S. T. Billingsley. 1t is probable
that the two men will kill some game
before the desk sergeant finishes his
vacation.
Private Thomas B. Scanlon of the
third precinct. who was a member of
! the immunes during the war with
Spain, has taken eight days leave and
Of his Spanish-American war veteran
friends.
Private W. s. Newton of the third
precinct. foot ball enthusiast. took
a weeks leave and went to the vicinity
of Leesburg, Va.
Newton enjoys games of foot ball in
the country" said one of his compan-
ions, but suppose the ground was too
wet last week for the players"
Joseph B. Much. private in Capt. Sui
livan's command. was Off duty Sunday.
Privates Edward v Wall and Thomas
Nalley of the fifth precinct had two
days vacation last week.
Privates G. F. R. Smith and ]. G.
Smith of Capt. MulhalTs command, had
holiday part of last week. They spent
their holiday at home.
Private WILDER H. Rock of the sixth
precinct, minus one finger, has returned
to duty after an absence of more than
by colored woman. the wound be-
came infected and DR.. Charles Stanley
White found it necessary to amputate
the affected member. A charge of may
hem has been preferred against the
woman who did the biting.
Private John w. Conrad of the sixth
precinct has returned from a vacation
Of four days He put in his short hol-
iday making preparations for Christ
mas.
Desk Sergt. Sylvester Murphy and
at the Riverside Rod and Gun Club
Sunday.
There's no cunning done there Sun
days." said the desk sergeant, land no
fishing when the weather is as bad as
1t was Sunday, but we were able to
eat roast pig and oysters
Capt. Henry Schneider took three
days leave of absence the past week.
His friends suspect that he went to
the country to get a Christmas tree.
Mounted Policeman f.. E. Porter and
cinct were on leave of absence for five
days the past week. They had ample
time in which to do their Christmas
shopping.
Private Samuel D. Edwards of the
seventh precinct returned to duty last
Friday after vacation of three days.
Sergt. W. P Hess of the seventh pre-
cinct was at home three days last week
getting his .house in readiness to ward
off the cold weather he expected would
visit this section.
Private F. S. Strawser of the seventh
precinct took holiday Monday The
heavy rains during the preceding days
washed the pavement in front of his
house. it is stated, and 1t was necessary
for him to take holiday long enough to
make repairs. !
Six members of Capt. Schneiders
squad were on the sick list last week.
i. II. Farquhar had to take sick leave
because his horse fell with him last
Sunday and injured his leg. T. B. Lips
comb, suffering an attack of typhoid
fever, was taken to Providence Hos
pital.
Railway Crossing Policeman A. NJ
Green, who does duty at Wisconsin
avenue and NJ street, and Privates
Frank Constable. J. A Hall and s. w.
Burke were detained at home on ac-
count of colds.
Private Lawrence ]. Quill. one of the
popular men in the eighth precinct.
pleased his friends Tuesday by his re-
turn to duty. Quill was confined in
Providence Hospital for several weeks.
and for a number of days it was
thought he could not recover.
Private c. r. Jordan of the eighth
precinct was on the sick list last week
Private r. Fl. Mansfield of the ninth
precinct entertained the Elks with an
interesting chalk talk at an oyster
rCast given at Elks Hall one night
last week.
L. w. Giles, private in Capt. Falveys
command. had two days holiday last
week. The only thing that bothered
Giles was the fact that there was no
game of base ball that he could