Evening star., 1916-06-29
NATIONAL GUARD CAMP NOTES

| the largest number of men ever put
on guard in this section.
Sergt. William E. Rink of Battery b
had a big problem put to him today.
| when he found that one of his rubber
boots was missing. He expressed his
| opinion of a person who would steal
one boot and leave the other. He made
further examination for the lost prop
| erty and found that Corp. l.. s. Mohler.
his company clerk. was using the boot
for waste basket.
Charles E. Greer who has been called
the Charley Chaplin of the battery be-
cause of his ability to keep the men,
bers of the command in good humor.
started trouble in the camp the other
night because no one would lend him
a wrist watch to be used while he was
on guard.
Battery B has just put up modern
camp incinerator. So good 1t that
the cooks and kitchen help of the in
fantry organizations were taken over
to see 1t. 1t was built from a blue
print furnished by the medical depart
ment
enough Battery R's first sergeant will
\ have a beautiful lawn around his tent.
A plot about two feet wide around the
tent has been planted in grass seed.
The first man in Battery A to he ex-
amined and passed was Daniel Herzog.
He has a chest expansion of eight
inches.
Battery A considers itself very lucky
in having six blacksmithS to keep its
horses well shod while in the field
Heretofore, it has hardly been possible
to obtain one blacksmith to enlist, it is
declared.
Louis Green is the trumpeter Of Bat
terry A. When all of the other buglers
comes out stronger than any of the rest
and can be heard over the whole area
covered by the camp.
The following composed the COM
missioned and commissioned per-
sonnel of Battery A: Louis c. vogt.
captain; George A. Bonnet, first lieu
tenant: Harry Shilling. first lieutenant;
Homer NJ Mohr, second lieutenant Mil
ton T Noyes. second lieutenant: Ed
ward L. May. supply sergeant; Gran
vile A. Long. stable sergeant: Law
renee w. Trumble. sergeant: Lewis ].
Campbell. sergeant: Wallace J. Cousins,
sergeant: Herman E. Stewart. sergeant:
Wilbur J. Doty. sergeant: Willis S.
Bryant, sergeant; John H. Smith, mess
sergeant.
Corporals, Edwin H. Hoffman. NJ. W.
Smith. Herbert r. Young, c. Cecil
Rhoads. Anthony B. c. Graves, John L.
Bernhard. James F. Sturgiss. John B.
Broadus, Charles W. Ellis. Walter D.
Webb. jr.; Joseph c. Padgett Cooks.
Clair g Barnes. Harry c. Arnold, Will
liam Schuetze. Chief mechanician,
Harry G. Beers. John J. Goetzinger,
mechanician. Musicians, Andrew p. Hell
wig. Lewis Green, Guidon, Saniel s.
Herzog. Company clerks. J. Edwin
Lewis. Corp. Charles Ellis. There are
165 enlisted men in the battery.
officers and men of Eattery A hope
to be the first into service because they
have been organized longest. However
they hope that in the case neither gets
enough men to muster the men who
have been in longest will be merged with
Battery B and sent away. leaving the
other battery to be mustered to full
strength.
Lieut.. Charles NJ Lands of the Sig
nal Corps Company is all prepared for
the alkali dust which gets into ones
throat and lungs. He has been pre-
sented with a mask. which looks some
thing like the gas masks used in Eu-
rope. Lieut.. Lands said he would use
it when he gets into Mexico.
Officers of the signal company have
found that the best cleanser and pol
isher for their riding boots and puttees
is harness soap.
Lieut.. Russell NJ. MacLennan of the
Signal Corps Company has been or
dered to the Walter Reed Hospital for
treatment in preparation for a second
physical examination for muster into
the United States service. The matter
for which he was rejected, it is de-
clared. can be corrected by diet.
The Signal Corps company is anxious