Evening star., 1915-07-04

Private F. NJ Dyer of No S truck
company has taken his family to Co
lonial Beach for ten days.
Private D. s. Bronson of No truck
company took his family on trip to
Baltimore by water last week.
Driver A. ]. Bargagni of No. Z truck
company was on the sick list last week.
Capt NJ. Coughlan of No. 25 engine
company has taken nineteen days va
cation and gone to Baltimore.
ITS funny how people tell of their
winnings, but not of their losings,"'
remarked Private A. c. Poole of No. 9
truck company.
Poole heard so much of the great
games of pool played by members of
No. 16 engine company, he said, that
he dropped in one day last week and
tried his luck with Private r. v. Brow
nell.
'I beat him four games out of five,"
he said. Tell the pool players to drop
in at No. 9 any time they want
game"
Capt, Thomas O'Connor of No. 1 en-
gfne company is on thirty days leave.
He is spending his vacation in the
city, taking short trips to nearby re-
sorts.
O. F. Watkins of No. engine COM
pany has taken his family to Colonial
Beach for a vacation of ten days.
George c. Meeks of No. 2 engine
company is on a ten-day automobile
trip to Baltimore and York, Pa. He
left Tuesday.
As guest of Mr.. and Mrs Juel Hen
pr;y of In
engine company has gone on an auto
mobile trip to Boston and the White
mountains. He is expected to return
to duty tomorrow.
Engineer c. weitzel of No. engine
company is on nineteen days furlough.
He is spending his vacation in the
city.
Private D. J. Norton of No. 5 engine
company went on seven days vacation
this week.
W. J. McElwee, engineer of No. en-
engine, Is on furlough Of seven days.
which he is spending in the city.
Friends of Private George Poerner of
No. engine company are entertaining
him at their home in New jersey He
will be away from company quarters
for sixteen days
Lieut. J. Mowatt Of No. engine COM
pany injured his back while at a fire
last Sunday and is on sick leave.
That he could visit points in the
Blue Ridge mountains and also Har-
pers Ferry. Private R. Hayes of No. s
engine company took nine days leave
this week.
C. H. Bailey of No. 10 engine company
moved his family to the country near
Benning. D. c., during the week. and
took several days leave of absence.
Private H. H. Bicksler of No. 10 en-
gine company is on four-day leave.
E. J. Byrns, driver of No. II engine
company is spending ten days vaca-
tion at home.
Assistant Engineer w. A: Dixon OF
No. IL engine company spent four days
at Chesapeake Beach the past week on
a grabbing trip.
In order to get few days rest from
his work, Assistant Engineer j.. T.
an application for four days leave
granted.
Private NJ. B. Long of No. IA engine
company is enjoying his annual vaca-
tion at Colonial Beach. where he IS
fishing, grabbing and boating.
A trip to Colonial Beach as member
of a party aboard launch was an out
ing in which Private r. B. Wright of
No. Is engine company participated last
week.
Cant. ]. B. Simms of No. IS engine
coponanv is spending his annual vaca-
tion of twenty days at Chesapeake
Beach.
Jacob Stulz, captain of the harbor
company, has made arrangements to
take his family to Colonial Beach later
in the month aboard his launch.
Lieut.. ]. B. Lyon of the harbor COM
pany took ten days leave and accom-
panied a party of friends on a bass
fishing expedition to Mattawoman
creek, Md.
Marine Engineer r. A. Harrison of
the harbor company has taken his fam
lily to Colonial Beach for an outing.
J. E. Luskey, engineer of No. % en-
gine company, and members of the
Green Sod Fishing Club are enjoying a
short outing on the lower Potomac.
Lieut.. NJ D. Murphy of No. 26 engine
company is spending his vacation at
home.
C. w Watts, private in No. 2 chemical
company, has taken his family to Co
lonial Beach for a short outing. From
the river resort they will go to Lou
doun county, Va, for short stay.
Driver W. F. Shelton of No. chem
fcal company is on the sick list.