The Washington herald., 1914-11-01
Wig-Wag Club Of Signal Corps
Elects Officers.

Last Tuesday evening the Signal Corps
he'd an election of officers of its welfare
club the Wig-wag Club, and members of
committees were appointed. Elections
were Capt Oliver c. Terry, chairman;
Sergt first class) Edward A. Johnson,
secretary and treasurer, and Sergt. uirst
class Lewis {. Winters, recording secre-
taTy.
The house committee, whose members
are elected and who superintend the club
rooms. provide refreshments and make
recommendations of matters beneftinS
the club are $ rgt. first class Nathan
Williams Sergts. A. c. Hall and George
F. Foster and Corps. Cooley and Reed.
Capt. Terry then appointed on the re-
Cruiting committee Sergt. Clarence Gil
lote, Privates Charles W. PumphreS, Os-
wald Fiener, and r. B. HanfOrd. As the
constitution and bylaws are to be passed
on by the headquarters n. G. D. c. and
approved by thEm, all applications for en-
Hstment to the Signal Corps company
will be passed on by the recruiting COM
nnittee of the Civic Club. and when en-
listed will automatically become a mem
ber of the club also. 1t will also be a
duty of the recruiting committee to get
members of technical ability for the va
cancies to be filled by such men, In q
signal corps company there are so many
needed having knowledge for professional
trades that this itself will keep them
away. When it is known that in this
company are to be found electricians, tele-
phone operators, and linemen, telegraph
operators, both wire and wireless; cleo
trical engineers, saddlers, harness maxi
ers, chemists, bIacksmiths wagon build
ers, craftsmen, stenographers, also cooks,
the work of keeping the ranks filled with
men of such ability will be appreciated.
The remaining permanent committee is
the press committee, the chairman being
Sergt first class) w. r. Lansford, as
sisted by Privates Billy p. Seaton and
Marshall NJ. Miller.
Drills have been suspended in the Sig
nal Corps until near the first of the year.
The new armory, located at First street
and Indiana avenue. will be occupied
about the middle of D. cember, and tbs
men are packing up preparatory to NOV
ing into quarters that will accommodate
the entire company comfortably, and it
will be arranged so that the men will
have a large assembly room, a drill hall,
a room for the wiT' less platoon to be
used as a class and study room, a room
also for quartermaster stores. ordnance
stores, and offices for the officers and
clerks. 1t is expected that a wooden
horse will be provided for practios at
saddling and harnessing. This is one Of
the greatest needs of a mounted COM
-pany, such as the signal corps and field
artillery, and should lessen labors on this
phase of the work during future encamp-
ments- Adequate locker room is also to
bc provided Altogether, the men are
looking forward to moving time, and
LfIer Strengthening up a little will give
"A rOusing houss warming to friends.
Edward A. Rockfish) Johnson will be
remembered by a few as the able and
efficient manager Of the Signal COrps
baseball club. This season, of five games
played. all were lost, each one to the
same team, puts the manager in a class
by himself
A general call to quarters of the Sig
nal Corps brought about sixty-two MEM
bers last Tuesday out of an enlisted per-
sonnel Of seventy-one. Attendance is one
OF the many things Capt. Terry is proud
OF in his Organization.