Evening star., 1916-06-24

the latest development at the camp 1t
is very likely that ne will get his COM
mission.
John E. Denekas of b Battery has
been assigned the duty at the recruit
ing station at the 1st Street Armory
daily. to assist the officer in charge
there in getting recruits with which to
muster the local guard up to it's full
strength. However. he has ito return
to camp when the recruiting station is
closed each night
Lewis s. Mohler, who was in the re-
serve corps when the call came for the
militia, has been assigned as clerk of
Battery B. He expects to receive an
appointment as corporal within few
days
Top Sergt. William Rink is one of the
most popular men in Battery B, and
he tries hard to make the field service
for the men as comfortable as condi-
tions will permit Sergt. Rink formerly
was with the signal company.
Members of some of the organiZa-
tions say that the fraternaf organiza-
tions of the city could do an act of
delicacies to the men. Since they have
been in camp they have been fed
nothing but the regular army ration.
However. many relatives and friends
even suitcases. of food out daily.
Telegraphers in the Signal Company
were put through an examination to de-
termine their ability to handle a field
wire in the service. Lieut.: Russell NJ.
MacLennan Of the Signal Company put
them through the examination. The
men who took 1t were: @. Frank Her.
ring. Willis r. Lansford. Louis c. Win
ters, Edward A. Johnson, William Phil
lips. Harry l.. Berry, Marshall NJ. Mil
Ter. Robert II. Toler. Harry e. Wall.
Paul B. Brashears. LIE Roy Heist, !. T.
G. Newman. William A. Frazer. Joseph
Henrett, Garnett MattingIy, William A.
Ramer, William Sunday, John w.
stepp. Clarence V. Wells. p Harsch,
A. r. Townshend, William T. Bauskett.
Hubert L. z. Morris. Thomas G. Border.
The Signal Corps Company is particu-
larly anxious to get more recruits who
are capable of handling telegraph
wire without further Instruction, as
this company expects to be one Of the
first to go south. Therefore. there will
be little time for them to train any
more than the necessary number of
men to take the field, and there is keen
rivalry among them to determine who
will be picked to go with the company.
me reason Tor the excess number was
thata battalion was being planned by
Capt. Terry at the time the call came
for the company to go into the service.
He said that if the call had been de-
layed just a week longer he would
have had enough men to muster in a
battalion.
As now constituted the company is
composed of all wire sections. whereas
if the battalion had been formed it
would have been prepared to furnish
service by wire or wireless. The wire
less sections were recently eliminated
from the command, by instructions
from the War Department. There are
already number of men in the COM
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the field wireless sets as soon as they
are put in the field. in the event that
other signal companies are short of
such operators.
Robert Ewen has been assigned to
brigade headquarters as bugler.
Master Signal Electrician Lansford of
the Signal Company has been assigned
to the recruiting station at 1925 Penn
sylvania avenue to assist the officer in
charge there in his recruiting work.
Battery B yesterday received 100 per
cent in sanitation When the medical
could not even as much as find a. cigar
cite around the camp. which is consid-
cred good, in view of the fact that the
militiamen have been in the field but n
cruits. who have never before felt the
rigorous military discipline.
Col. Young and Lieut. Col. Stephan
were the first men In the camp to take
the prophylactic treatment as safe
guard against typhoid yesterday. Tho
treatment was given the LIST Battalion, Sd
Infantry: to the staff officers one Of
the battery companies and part of
Troop A. The men are allowed twenty
four hours to recover from the effects
The administration of this anti-torin is
taken as an indication that the men are