The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-29
CO. D STRUCK ON BURNT
GRITS, NOW HAVE new
COOKS; OTHER NEWS


Black Point, Fla, July give
have Saturday afternoons as half
holidays now. Nothing to do but the
washing.
Corporal Wells of Co. D., whose
chief occupation in civil life is
preaching, superintendent divine SER
vices Sunday in the absence of Dean
Spencer, who was conducting the fu-
neral services of Comrade Annsley
of Co. F.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Skipper Ros-
coe. Jr., and Miss Mary Grower,
spent Sunday here, the special guests
of Sergt. Grower and Co. d.
A cute little ceremony arranged
for Sunday afternoon was the anti
smallpox vaccination, and more bare
arms were in evidence for a while
than at a society ball.,
When the medical corps gets
through with us, we won't be able
to take" think-thanks, just the
same.
Regimental parade is an estab-
lished part of the Sunday program,
and was held as usual before a great
and admiring assemblage.
Capt. and Mrs. Steitz were away
Monday and Tuesday on a trip to
Lakeland
Glib Carter got back Sunday night.
He was accompanied by BILLY d."
whom Russell Turner had sent up
for a company mascot. Billy ID. is
young-really just kid-of pleas
ing kahki complexion, and a rowing
disposition. He appears to realize
that the place for the butter is in
the commissary tent, but he chooses
that of the regimental band.
A strike ON the part of the COM
pany against burnt grits and a walk
out on the part of Cook Slaughter
resulted in Private Banks being pro-
NOTED to the kitchen.
Fishing is the favorite pastime of
those who have any time to pass,
namely, the band boys and the ladies
dies of the camp. OF course, the
band boys catch drum fish, also
croakers- anything musical.
@. M. Sergeant Gibbons and Cor
don Zebendon left last night on a
two-days' furlough.
New, though temporary. honors
have been heaped on several of our
Caesars. In the absence of Major
Blanding, Capt. Steitz is acting as
major of the First battalion, and
First Lieutenant Will as command
ing officer of Co. ID.
Also Sergeant Jackson is now
temporarily serving as First Sergeant
and Sergeant Washburn as @. M. SER
geant. An official who bears his
title modestly, not to say uncon-
sciously, is Co. DIS popular "adjuster
Co. A of Ocala has instituted prac-
tice in rooster growing" They are
getting proficient, but no one knows
what they have to crow over.
The o. M. A.'s-which we solemn
ly assure the public stands for Off
GERS and Mems Association-are a
very fiourishing secret society, OF
which Corporal Wells is chief or
ganizer and high and mighty poten-
tate. Naturally the first local was
in Co. d, but the idea took
like vaccination, and when broth
err gave thedistress signal at the band
concert Saturday evening, o. M. AS
promptly "sprang forward" out OF
eleven company streets. Part OF
the ceremony of rushing to the res
cue is stripping off your shirt, and
the shout, ITO shirts! the majors
sent the First battalion in
to their shirts with a speed which
the acting first sergeant declares has
never been equalled at reveille.
And speaking of reveille, reminds
one of the rockies" and the fire.
nuency with which they are found
rushing hither and yon for yard
Of guard-line," "a bucket of taps"
"a piece of reveille," and the like.
Of course, these things are myster-
iously "just out" and the rookie
Is passed on to another company and
still another, until he wakes up.
Rockies will be rockies" but
such experiences make them vow not
10 be rockies" long. That the
rockies" are not always alone in
heir "rookiness" is evidenced by the
fact that a lot of officers fell for
It." when the orderly of one OF the
a.