Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-06
D. c. GUARD TRAIN
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readiness for the night. In the morn
ing practically all of the men made
| up their own berths.
Troop Train Notes.
Pharmacy Sergt. G. s. Barnes of the
| field hospital is showing his patriotism
while en- route to the border. He has
| two small United States flags sticking
out of his window. and more than one
person has saluted them as the train
dashed past railroad stations.
| There are four "Georgetown men" in
the hospital unit. They are Lieut.. l. A.
Pelxman, an NJ. D.; Private A. B. Nc
Weigh, D. D. s.; Private ]. G. Bowling,
university. and Private ]. L. Cooper. a
law student. Private Cooper is the son
Of Representative Cooper of Ohio.
Private Bill Bright. cook for the
Signal Corps. has great pet along
with him. 1t is tiny kitten, which he
has named Toby. There's not much
room in the kitchen car for Toby, and,
fearing that he might get foolish and
jump out of the open door, Bill keeps
his pet in one of the pigeon holes
in a misunderstanding rack that is
fastened to the sides of the car. Toby
appears to be well pleased with his
home. At meal times Bill puts the
kitten on the floor.
Private Merritt of the Signal Corps
is known to officers and men alike as
| ''Rivets." This is because of an anus
ing incident that occurred at the time
informed Capt. Terry that he had had
some experience at harness making
Can you sew" asked the command
er of the corps.
well. captain" replied Merritt Il
can sew a little, but I'm HI with the
rivets."
Hence the name "Rivets"
When the District guard special pass
ed through Alexandria, Va, Private
John P Scott of the Signal Corps threw
object which looked like Halley's
comet 1t consisted of a postal adj
dressed to his mother. Mrs. NJ. A. Scott
of 521 Lee street. Alexandria, which
was tied on to a piece Of string about
foot long. At the other end of the
string was a piece of wood. Pinned to
the postal was a note asking the per-
SON who picked up the strange missile
| to drop the postal in the nearest mail
box. AS the train passed the Alexan-
dria station Private Scott let fly with
| his comet" at group of men standing
on the platform. He feels sure that
the postal reached his mother in due
time.
The first meal served on the train to
the Signal Corps outfit consisted OF a
cold supper Tuesday night. Sliced
tongue and sausage for sandwiches
| and a large bunch of bananas for this
meal were donated by the organiza-
ton of wives and daughters of army
officers.
Just before the train pulled out of
Rosslyn Capt. Terry's little daughter:
known to him by the nickname Of
Tommy" presented him with the fol-
lowing piece of poetry, entitled The
S. CT.
The s. C. is going to Bisbee.
Oh Bisbee. my Bisbee.
My goodness, but they're friskee.
So friskee. SO friskee.
1 tell you they look niftee.
Real niftee, real niftee,
In their new suits and puttees.
Some puttees. real puttees.
Believe me. they'll be busie,
Some busie, some busie.
When the S. c. reaches Bisbee,
Oh Bisbee. my Bisbee."
Miss Ruby J. Tiller sister of Stable
Sergt Tiller. had a little gift in readi-
ness for each officer of the Signal Corps
when that unit started on it's way
south and the following morning Sergt
Tiller distributed them. They consist
ed of cards on which four-leaf clovers
were pasted. On each card were the
following lines:
EARLY this spring before mortal mind
Could know what sweet June held in
store,
Mother Earth set aside these four little
leaves
For good luck to our Signal Corps"
The four-leaf clovers were collected
by Miss Ruby Tiller. her sisters, Misses
Fannie, Suzanne A. and Allene Tiller.
and Miss Alice Jewby, a week or more
ago in Rock Creek Park.
Each man In the outfit has an alumni
mum Identification tag hanging about
his neck. sergt Eisenstein of the Sig
nal Corps has two. the regulation one
and one made Of a cooky with a hole
In IT, which 10 tied about his neck with
a red ribbon.
"Bisbee- Galveston." mascot Of the
Signal Corps. is much better. "Bisbee'
was run over by a wagon at Fort Myer,
Va, and his leg was hurt. The Signal
Corps men have under AMUSEMENT the
their mascots name. The dog was
named when 1t was not known whether
the corps would be sent to Bisbee or
to Galveston. Now that it is en- route
to the latter place. the name "Bisbee"
is deemed sufficient
The train looks like a pirate ship
when the headdresses of the men are
taken into consideration. With the
majority of the windows open the cars
are flooded with cinders, and the men
are wearing varicolored bandanna
handkerchiefs about their necks to
keep their hair clean.
Sergt. Eisenstein of the Signal Corps
has turned tailor. He is kept busy
sewing chevrons on the sleeves of his
fellow non-coms' shirts and blouses.
A sheriff's posse secured the woods
near Crisheld, Md. for Ernest White.
colored. alleged to have shot and killed
another negro.