Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-13
MESSAGES TO HOME FOLKS
FROM BOYS OF I'd REGIMENT
Personal Notes and Comment on Events of Camp
Life That Reflect Conditions Among
Citizen Soldiers

And still they come-these messages
from the boys of the I'd Regiment, 1st
Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard.
Philadelphia lads have not forgotten the
folks back home Even in the hurry and
hustle Of camp life, they have time to send
notes home to those they left behind.
Here are a few of them:
Tell the folks back home that Company
+, of the I'd Regiment, Of the 1st Brigade.
has the best little bugler In the regiment.
He is no other than Edmond Brambley,
1925 Germantown avenue. He Is the small
est and the best what is"--that is the
message of the boys of Company f to the
people in Philadelphia who are left behind.
Corporal william Attwell las North 18TH
street, who saw service at Vera Cruz from
April to November, 1914, was one of the
first to respond to the call to colors when
the Pennsylvania National Guards were
called out. He is of Company f, OF the
I'd Regiment, LIST Brigade.
There is a lad in the I'd Regiment of
the list Brigade who is having the time of
his life trying to wash with mosquito net
ting. It seems that some kind soul. with
intentions of the best decided to send him
a present. The TX. s." decided on n wash.
rag, and went forth to purchase one. Mos
quito netting was the first thing said per-
son found and sent 1t TO the youth who
now washes behind the bars"
When the 2d Regiment left Mount
Gretna for the front Company + had the
only motorcycle dispatcher in the Cd Regi-
ment. He was n Philadelphian, Leo n.
Armstrong, 27l1 French street.
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graduating himself ever since its arrival in
Mount Gretna. on it's way to the border,
and now that It is actually in action at the
front, on its cook The men are proud be-
cause they have IL real" cook, man who
has had experience before he went into the
National Guard service. He is Edwin
Kearns, of 2551 North I'd street. who has
n restaurant in this city. He refuses to
take all the credit of the success of the
mess tent, saying that part of 1t is due
to Albert Robinson 1898 East Rittenhouse,
who aided in the culinary art.
In spite of the heat in camp, the men
of Company 1. of the Cd, enjoy boxing
of course, in friendly bouts. one of the
feature bouts of this company was the
doublc-hCader between four Phlladelphians.
John (Kid) Bergin stopped William (BilD
Murray i'm the fourth round, and Bob
Coyle, 727 Butler street, stopped the
ltNuS Nlu - RANK Conway oilS SOulli
Sth street, in the third.
Another amusement of Company I, of the
3D. Is watching dancing demonstrations
given by William Murray and Walter
(Dutch) McClaire. When the regimental
band plays in the evening these young men,
even after hard days work, have enough
energy left to give 1ancing demonstrations,
The applause they receive is ample pay.
ment, they say, for their work.
Two Philadelphia lads who are sending
interesting messages from the front are
William Moore, son of Mrs. Mary C. Moore,
police matron of the Sth police district,
1912 Buttonwood street, home residence 2337
North Sd street, and Joseph Newhouse, 2244
Estaugh street Tioga The young men
are chums in Philadelphia and are just as
inseparable at tho border. They are in
Company l, of the 2d. In private life
Moore is employed as n machinist with the
Midvale company and Newhouse is an au.
tOn1Obila dempnStrntOT fg ba