The Washington herald., 1916-07-15
Notes Of Camp Ordway

Eight days after the medical corps Of
hcer has scratched the left arm Of a SOL
der and applied the vaccine point the
has not arrived at Camp Ordway yet, but
when 1t does the men will be very
"touchy."
The Machine Gun Company have a lit
tie song that they frequently sing during
the days work. The tune is THE Wear
ing OF the Green and the words run
like this:
I'm only a common soldier,
address each one as Sir"
used to be y. G. D. c.,
But now I'm i regular.
! wash the captains breeches.
The lieutenants give me drill:
The sergeant gives me dirty work.
And the corporals give me bell.
Capt. D. Spencer Bliss, the man who
receives recruits at Camp Ordway. can't
I'LL all the hundreds of blanks on each
application without help. Serst J. F.
Fitzgerald and Private Eugene F. Parnin
and Private Harry Newham are his as
sistants
baseDall, DONlng anu wrestling are
sports being enjoyed at the camp. Each
company has its athletes and many have
baseball teams. Challenges are banded
back and forth, and some are accepted.
The Machine Gun Company won an ex-
citing game from Company K Thursday
by a ,16-to-5 score. The top" sergeant
won the game, although he did not play.
He promised each player double kitchen
police duty If they lost
Company K gave a smoker at the L
Street Armory Wednesday night in an
effort to re-enlist former soldiers. Capt.
+. L. Sharpless and former. Sert. John R.
Gibson had charge of arrangements.
Company K has a quartet It gets to-
gether 1T night just before the bugle
plays taps and sings this little ditty that
Private Thomas J. Murray has written
to the tune of My Little Girl e..
Ny little girl. I hate to leave you,
Because I'm going OF to war;
My little girl. I shall see country
That I've never seen before.
I hear the sound of bugles calling,
And know I've got to go,
My little girl, I'll dream about you
When I get to Mexico.
Stag from the Georgetown Gas Work..
is being spread along the walks about
headquarters. The mud will not be trou-
blesome during the next rain.
Guy T. Hopper. sergeant in the Third
Infantry sanitary troops. is a graduate of
Cornell and an expert on flowers.
Mark Finley. chemistry teacher of the
Central High School. now with the sani-
tary troops. has lost forty pounds since
his enlistment.
John E. She'll, another medical CORDS
soldier, gave up a Photographic business
to enlist.
Company K men are not complaining
over the quality of food they are recelv-
ing. Cooks Glenn Ford and George Owens
and Mess Sergt. Irving S. Henning look
after the food. Fred Kraft Is orderly to
the officers and serves their meals.
The trumpters of the regiment were a
great help to recruiting recently Under
the direction of Benjamin Levy they
played in front Of the recruiting ONCE IN
Pennsylvania avenue.
Promotions in Company NJ are: To be
sergeants, Corporals John E. Taylor
Joseph E. O'Brien, Frank V. GineelI and
Private Wallace E. burst To be cor
porals, Clarence D. Bussiu/ Leo ]. Os-
borne and Milford Cleveland.
Private Edward Greene has been trans.
ferred from Company K to Company
Members of Troop A have begun to
take their third and last dose OF the
typhoid serum.
The Machine Gun Company is takinr
frequent hikes and practicing machine
gun development. They are standing the
long walks like veterans.
Robert Watson, of Troop A, is a wrest
Ter from Lehfsh University. The troop's
best bet in the boxing line is Otis Gates
an amateur of South Atlantic fame,
Lady Betty is the name of Troop A..
latest mascot, a dainty white pig.
FLORAL FUND TOO LARGE.