Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-18

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Capt. ROSTERS company. was at home
four days Of last week.
! A sprained foot gave Private L. M
much troublei last week that he took
| sick card and was attended by one
Of the departments surgeons.
| Assistant Driver R. D. crompton OF
No. IL engine company was on the sick
| list the past week.
Driver c. g. o'Brien is spending part
of his leave at Chesapeake Beach
Lieut. William Nalley and Engineer
e. Raum of No. IA engine company
took five days of vacation the past
week and got q taste OF camp life on
the lower river. They took their boys
launch, the Clifton R.. and the outing
was reported to have been most en-
| joyable.
company has taken his annual leave
| of twenty days. He is doing odd Jobs
about the house to get his home In
| readiness for the winter.
Private R. v. Brownell. expert ang-
| Ter, has taken a short vacation from
his duties as private in No 16 en-
CINE company.
ne mas q SOOQ supply VI QaIdpueA
MALTA, the water is in splendid condi-
ton and he ought to catch fish,, re-
marked o. R. Moxley of the headquar-
ters force.
A rest Of four days at home was
taken last week by Lieut.. R. A. Gal
| pin of No. II engine company.
J. r. Best, private in Capt. simms'
company, is enjoying ten days of the
| heated period in the country.
A trip to Maine with his family is
the form Of vacation that Is being en-
toyed by Private F. M Pratt Of No.
10 engine company.
Lieut.. ]. B. Lyon Of tho harbor COM
pany has returned from a trip down
the river with his family. He was
absent two weeks.
R. D. Ross, pilot of the Firenghter.
is enjoying the bathing. fishing and
| boating at Colonial Beach. He took
| twelve days Of his vacation for the
outing.
Driver J. s. Trodden Of No. 20 en-
CINE company has taken his annual
vacation of twenty days and gone to
Thousand Islands. His wife and baby
accompanied him.
F, B. Clements. assistant engineer OF
No. 26 engine company, Is spending q
short vacation at home looking after
his garden.
Capt. P. J. Sullivan. an enthusiastic
farmer of No. 81 engine company, Ia
boasting of his fine crop Of cabbage.
"Corned beef and cabbage in the sum-
mer." he said, "and sauerkraut in win
ter"
Next year he hopes to raise the
beef" remarked a member OF his COM
pany.
Corn growers of tho west haven't
anything on Lieut.. H. ]. Raley OF No.
27 engine company" was the important
news Of that company last week:
ears to the stalk" said ono of his men.
Assistant Driver H. A Orrison Of No.
q engine company has taken five days
of vacation and gone to Frederick. Md.
as a guest of his brother. Fred. The
brother, it is stated, holds the batting
| record for the Blue Ridge Base Ball
League.
James Creamer, assistant engineer Of
No 81 engine company, Is Boosting OF
crop Of early potatoes. Many OF
them, it Is reported. weighed as much
as one pound each.
Private A. J. areiner Of No. - en-
CINE company dug ten barrels Of pota-
toes last week, and Driver A Malone
gathered some exceptionally large to-
matoes.
A w. Upperman. private Of No. ~
engine company, Is spending two weeks
Of vacation in Maryland. He Is visit
ing friends in Baltimore and st. Marys
| counties.
Private James Farley last week vas
transferred from No. 2 chemical to No.
u engine company.
A. J. Diamond. member Of No. ID en-
gine company, spent several days in
Atlantic City last week.
Private A. N. Cooper Of No. ID engine
company was transferred to No. II on
CINE company. He was succeeded by
Private E. J. Carroll. recently appoint
ed to a position In the department.
Private J. e. Suit Of No. 2 truck COM
pany was promoted to class 2.
Driver W. F. Shelton Of No. chem
| ical company, who Is about recovered
from a recent illness. has taken leave
and gone to the Blue Ridge mountains
En-