The Washington herald., 1916-07-29
Notes Of Camp Ordway
By WATSON DAVIS.

The Machine Gun Company has nearly
recovered from its muddy experience on
the Congress Heights range at machine
gun and pistol practice. 1t was there
five days and nights and there was rain
every day and every night. Sleeping in
pup" tents, on improvised mattresses of
pine needles, most Of the time in water.
the nights would have been sleepless if
they had not been working so hard. Con-
sidrable shooting was accomplished. how
ever, and the scores were good. But
they were - happy bunch when Capt
Herbert C. Earnshaw led them home. &"
Lieut.. Col Anton Stephan and Majs.
HOdgson, McCathran and Summers COM
posed the board that Is examining twenty
nOncOmmissioned officers OF the Third
Infantry to fill vacancy OF second lieu
tenant The theoretical examination was
held Thursday. and the practical tests
will be next week.
Corporal Charles T. Pfeifer, of Com
pany Z, trailed a recruit from early
morning to late night. He was nearly
exhausted when he turned over Joseph
smith. a fun-fedged soldier. to Capt
John W. Ohemann.
Private James Curtin. of the sanitary
troops. has gone to the Congress Heights
rife range for five days TO take care of
any POSSIBLE sickness there.
Private f. P Ross, who has been as
sistiRs in the supply tent of Company
=. wants TO know where all his lanterns
have gone. They seem to walk orr
silently.
There is telephone IN the Third In
iantry reSimental headquarters now.
Capt. L. w. Fullam is pleased at the
added convenience, and the clerks in the
sdJutanrs office. where, until now, the
only seri-public official telephone has
been. are more than pleased.
The line officers of the Third Infantry
will have battalion mess in screened
tents that are in the process of construc-
ton. The first battalion mess tent is be-
ing constructed by the mechanics OF
Companies \. B, c. and DC W. Himei-
right, Robert J. Graef. J. W. PizzarelIe.
and George =. TangOrra.
Susan Moody Hathaway recently visited
Capt. Alvin D. Hathaway. of Company
+. after a long trip from Panama. She
Is the four -months-old baby OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton S. Hathaway.
sergt L. 4. Quinn has been the only
-
been acting as sergeant OF the guard for
twenty -four hours when that company is
on guard. He is looking forward to an
easier time, as Corporals y. s. Carter and
James NJ. johnson have been made ser
geants.
Privates John Fleming. John Robertson,
and A. p. Meyer, of Company c. were
due to be made cOrporals, and the pri-
Yates decided that there should be cele-
LratiOn. \ corporal does not walk post
as sentry, and the men decided to give
the appointees their last turn at walking
post They bribed the sentry near the
cemetery wall. and, in the depths OF mid
night. the three new corporals were made
to walk posts among the graves. This
Is the story the privates tell: the cor
porals might tell a different tale.
The following privates Of Company A
have been made corporals: Kenneth Col
lings, John H. Cornell, William Dorsey,
and Benjamin Foley.
James Waters, of Company A, has been
promoted from private to trumpeter.
Private Edward Turner is permanent
headquarters orderly. He is from the
First Separate Battalion. and does all
kinds Of work about the tents of the
brigade stan, from rolling down, tents
when a storm breaks to polishing shoes
He is serving his fourth enlistment. and
has been detailed TO headquarters for
i've years.
Privates George Nottingham and Frank
Cunningham, Of Company a, were
stretched out on the hard wooden benches
OF the Y. NJ C. A tent, making up
sieep they had lost while on guard the
night before. Several company artists
got to work with some handy pen and
ink, and when the two victims awoke,
they could have stopped prisoners with
out guard cartridges in their rifles.
a cook is Judged by the amount Of food
his incinerator contains, is the army
maxim. The greater the amount Of food.
the worse the cook. By that standard,
Cooks John Woelfng and John Dickens
are the best possible. as their incinera-
tor is clean and little used.
The men of Company L are feeling
Of Company B, re-enlisted in Company
l. 5s cook. Right OF the bat he cooked
200 biscuits, and to go with 1t he served
bread pudding. iced tea. lima beans. roast
beef and bread and butter for dinner.
Cochrs8 was employed by Broeckstyn,
the baker. before the mobilization call.
First Sergt. Charles n. Mcdonald Of
the supply company. needed some one to
help him IN his paper work Francis
Connolly was a private, and acting as