Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-10

Battery probably has more long
term men in it than any other organ
ization in the District military forces
Stable Sergt. Grant Long, sixty-four
years old. has seen service in the Boer
and Standardization wars. and has
been in the local battery for about
fourteen years.
Sergts. Eddie May. ]. H. Smith, Ed
win H. Hoffman, Clair c. Barnes and
Guidon Daniel Herzog have been with
Battery A since it's organisation. and
sixty or more of the privates have
been with A Battery for long terms.
All of the commissioned officers of A
Battery rose from the ranks. Capt.
vogt enlisted as a private on June Is,
1905; Lieut.. Bonnet enlisted March 20.
1906: Lieut.. Shilling, June 25. 1905;
Lieut.. Mohr. May 10. 1908, and Lieut..
Moves. April s, 1915.
Battery A members consider them
of experienced men in the cook
shack" There are always several
guests at meal time, and all compli-
ment these cooks on the way they pre-
pare the army ration. Here's the menu
for A Battery Saturday:
Breakfast-Frted bacon. fried pota-
toes. stewed onions, strip and jam,
bread. butter and coffee.
Dinner-Roast of beef a la Fort
Myer. mashed potatoes. tomatoes, bean
soup. bread, butter. jam and iced tea.
Supper-Baked beans with tomato
sauce. mashed potatoes. stewed onions,
bread. butter. coffee and bread pud-
ding.
Top Sergt. c. E. veitenthan of A Bat
terry was given a farewell banquet in
organization are located. Saturday
night. Sergt. Veitenthall is one of those
affected by the order of Secretary Gar
rison directing the discharge of en-
There were stories and songs a-plenty
to help the men to forget the fact that
they were losing one of their chiefs.
recruits would come in as fast as the
mascots, Capt. Vogt, their commander,
would be major of artillery in a short
time.
Supply Sergt. May and his assistants.
Sergts. John H. Smith and H. A. Gehr-
man. have SO systematized their work
of accounting for the property of Bat
terry A that they can lay their hands
on any piece of it any hour Of the day
or night
sergt Herman Stewart. chief of the
A.
his comrades to be one of the best
horsemen in the camp. He has been
drilling his section in bareback riding,
and is well pleased with the results. He
has issued a challenge to any man or
any section in monkey drill" contest.
Battery A has the record of making
100 per cent in the sanitary inspection
efforts of Dennis Shields and Russell
Knott of the sanitary section. and the
cooperation OF the men of the battery.
The temporary shortage of equipment
has been met by Battery A with the
spirit of hardened soldiers. The short
age of cots in one instance has proven
no hardship for Sergt. Gehrman and
1t check" Saturday night lying on .
pile of harness, using kegs of black
powder for their pillows.
airy, has been granted a weeks fur
Tough on account of illness.
Troop A has been complimented for
turning in the most complete and best
muster roll of any organization in the
camp
Members Of Battery received cots
Saturday night, and will no longer have
to sleep on the ground as they have
done since being in this camp Just
before dark Saturday night big bon
fire was made of the old improvised cots
made out Of packing boxes by some of
the men.
J. J. Cunningham of Company F, who
was doing guard Saturday night on the
post in front Of headquarters, distin-
guished himself by catching a runaway
horse. A mounted orderly had gone
into headquarters to deliver telegram.
and while there his horse started to
run away.
Edward T. Willis Of Company L. Sd