The Washington herald., 1915-08-28

Vireli- The first day in camp he turned
to his assistant and said: well. old
man, guess you'll have to stay in town.
as you are not a naturalized citizen OF
the U. S. and therefore cannot be grant
ed a pass
Dominick had already painted visions
of dip in the salty water at the Beach
and had planned to minGle with the
throng on the boardwalk and enjoy the
cool breezes of the evening. consequently
it was something of a shock to him whsn
he was told that he could not get a pass.
Finally BackendIoss said he would see il
he could have the matter fixed up and
departed toward the adjutant general S
tent. where he passed the time of day
and returned to the barber shop to the
waiting Dominick.
Did you get it. did you get it," shout
ed Dominick, as BackendroSS hove into
view
1t was explained to him that the mat
ter was being considered and that he
would have to see Maj. Billings some
time during the afternoon. There being
no such person in camp as Mai. Billings,
Dominick spent the rest of the afternoon
looking for that person and being given
all kinds of advice and announcement
by officers and soldiers who were in on
the joke. Finally, when he had about
given up hope, Backendross came smil-
ingly forward with a pass and Dominick
doesn't know yet that he was the victim
of a practical joke.
The Post Exchange a new feature of
the encampment this year. which is In
charge ot First Lieut.. G. d. Sniffen. is
doing a rushing business. In the begin
ming each company contributed SIS from
h.. 20 81 40
with the understanding that the gross
profit be divided up among the compa-
nies at the conclusion of the encamp-
ment Pop. ice cream. near-beer. cigar >
and cigarettes are only few of the good
things for sale. as the post is equipped
to furnish the various meSses with eN-
tras such as canned peaches and pine
apple, mustard, catsup. and pickles.
Lieut.. Sniffin is assisted by Sergeant +.
T Reynolds. Sergeant Charles Moore
and Private George Leakin.
Ordnance Sergeant ]. s. Cornish. who
has been a member of the National
Guard since February. 1897. is a firm ad-
vocate of the. abolition of the salute. The
sentry who patrols in the vicinity of
brigade headquarters spent thirty min
utes of sixty in one hour the other even
ing standing at attention and saluting
officers. Sergeant Cornish would have a
sentry salute only when spoken to or
when addressing an officer, instead of
standing at attention whenever one goes
by
Jack L. Gottlieb, assistant QuartermaS-
ter sergeant OF the Machine Gun Com
pany, has figured in some exciting fights
while in the Moro campaign in the Phil
ippine Island where the fighting was
largely in small units and consisted prin-
cipally of skirmishes. He enlisted in 1910
in the regular army and bears the marks
of a bolo thrust on his chin to remind
him that war is not all play. He Joined
the guard last year when he came from
kentucky to make his residence here.
William J. Collins, private. Company
A. has been called home on account of
the serious illness of his brother. John
Collins. also a member of the National
Guard, Company l.
The Washington Herald is we'll repre-
sented at Camp Ordway. hve men en-
ployed by this paper being members OF
the guard. They are Corporal Tom +.
Franklin, Corporal Tom Seaton, George
Tangoro, Walter Ferber and G. Lee
Ford.
Mrs T V. Walker. wife of Maj
Walker, of the brigade staff, is staying