Evening star., 1916-07-26
D. C. Signal Corps Men Have
to Understand Vernacular
| to Know Bill of Fare.
COMMISSARY SERGEANT
HAS A DIFFICULT JOB
Hard to Get Supplies From Douglas
to Warren With Regularity.
Hospital Men Pay Debts.
BY j. CROSBY MCCARTHY.
, co,resnondence of Tho Star


Star Correspondence Of The Star.
WARREN, Ariz.. July 21.-"How
many want their tea barafooted?'
Bill Bright, cook for the Signal Corps
camp, stuck his head out of the cook
tent today and yelled this to line of
militiamen who were eagerly awaiting
for Chow"
IT do" came the reply from a large
number of the men.
How many want theirs with stock
inss on?" Bill then inquired.
Il do" came the reply again, this
time from the men who had kept silent
the first time.
Bill hesitated a moment while he de-
cided which response had been the
loudest and then rendered his decision.
THE tea will be barefooted. Come
and get it,
Cook Carrico. Bills side kick, put
back on the shelf the supply of canned
condensed milk which he had brought
forward a few minutes before in readi-
ness to put stockings" on the tea had
the vote gone that way. The stock
ings" are put on all at once. the con-
tents of several cans being poured into
the massive boiler in which the camps
tea and coffee are cooked The majority
OF the bread line" having voted in
favor OF barefoot tea, there would
be no need of stockings" today.
Scenes similar to this are enacted in
the Signal Corps camp every day. One
has to be well versed in the vernacular
what's on the bill of fare for the day
Bill Bright coins the words and the
rest of the camp has to understand and
use them or starve.
All the Signal Corps men say that
Bill and his partner, ANDY" Carrico,
are some cooks. They are the rough
and ready sort. but they know just how
TO get the best out of the army ration.
BIZ is said to be able to cook navy
beans in eleven different ways. He
can make fourteen kinds of beef stews
and all of them are good. When it
comes to frying steaks he is a world
beater.
The job of commissary sergeant has
been difficult one to fill here at War
rem. 1t has been difficult to get the
any degree of regularity on several
occasions shipment of bread that
Wouid not pass muster has been re-
ceived- The bread has been condemned
ana 1t has been up to the commissary
sergeant to rustic some to take its
place. Despite these hardships the
meals always have been up to stand
ard. and no one has a kick coming.
After the first of the month it is be-
neved that the mess will be better
than ever before A company mess
fund will be established soon as
pay Is received. and from this money
Will be withdrawn from time to time
to buy some extras for the men.
Capt. Terry. commanding the Signal
Corps. Is in Douglas today arranging
for the payment of the men. The field
hospital men received their pay yes
terday. but for some reason unknown
at the camp the money for the signal
men was not forthcoming.
A shipment of $50 pairs of riding
breeches was received at the Signal
Corps camp today from Washington
They are the old style khaki which
have been superseded by the olive drab
and are no longer Regulation" The
men will wear them around camp and
keep their other trousers for best"
In sending the trousers from Wash
ington some one in charge of the ship
ment had them sent express collect"
This mean that the Signal Corps had
to dig up" SIS TO pay the express
taken away from the express office. 1t
was hard blow. for money is a very
scarce thing in camp Just why the
express charges were not prepaid by
the District National Guard authori-
lies no one here knows.
Yesterday the field hospital men fol-
lowed the ancient Chinese custom
which provides that q man shall pay
up his debts at certain special times
Loans which were made since the
guardsrnen left Washington were clear
ed up and today the states are clean in
the "medico' camp. Loans OF fifty
cents made to each man in the outfit
by the company exchange We're collect
ed and each man was assessed one dol
lar. to be applied to the company's mess
fund. The money has been deposited
in a bank at Bisbee by Lieut.. /. A.
Felzman. officer in charge of the mess
t.
the company.
Practically all OF the Signal Corps and
Field Hospital men received their third
and last shot of the typhoid prophlac-
tic yesterday afternoon, and today there
are many sore arms in camp. Some of
the men were made Ill by the injection
but their complaints are not serious
Officers OF the Signal Corps are to re-
ceiye their third shot today IL they do
not back out.
Lieut. I. A. Pelzman of the field hos
pital unit is TO lecture tonight to the
men of the Signal Corps personal
hygiene. A similar lecture already has
been delivered to the field hospital men.
This being the rainy season here in
Arizona there is a thundershower al
most every afternoon. Sometimes the
rainfall is very heavy. but in a few min
utes after the rain has stopped falling
the grouHd is dry again, and except for
a few puddIes here and there no one
would know that II had rained. The
nights are still cool Everybody sleeps
under at least one heavy army blanket
J. @. Dowltng of the field hospital unit
has been appointed wardmaster In ad-
dition TO paying him salary of $50 Il
month, this position gives him much
valuable practice. Bowling is a second
year student at Georgetown University
medical school and is well fitted for the
position given him.
There are now six cases In the ward
over which Bowling has charge all of
them being from the 22d Infantry.
Here's story which has been
brought back to camp by one of the
men who recently visited the camp Of
the LIST Separate Battalion. at Naco:
A few days after the arrival OF the
battalion at that place there was "A
shortage of soap and any man who was
fortunate enough 10 have a cake in his
possession guarded il with care. One
of the soldiers had Just lathered down
FOR good wash in the shower inclosure
when a comrade picked up the soap.
The owner of the then scarce article
told him 10 drop it The other man made
reply that resulted in the exchange OF
other words and for minute +, looked
like the two men were going to mix it
up"
An officer heard the disturbance and
walked toward them.
stop that racket" he commanded "If
you two men want TO fight, go out in
the woods and fight and don't do II in the
shower ba nh