Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-07
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT NOTES
OF GUARDSMEN OF THE SIXTH
Facts and Fances That Engage the Interest of the
Regiment Encamped at Mount .Gretna-All
the Men in Fine Condition and High Spirits

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the Philadelphia Coal and Iron Company
Men, from Fighting X of the 6th," have
secured from Lebanon red, white and blue
paint, and have designed a big white PEN
nant, which reads, Fighting X OF the 6th,
Philadelphia, Pa" This will adorn their
car until they reach the border. They
have also got many small flags, which they
will unfurl from the car windows and
platforms.
Louis Haller, who enlisted back in 1898
is ON the job again this year He is frst
sergeant in Company K. His home Is IN
Folcroft and he is a machlnist on the Penn
sylvania Railroad. He Is the oldest man
in point of service in the company.
Two old chums whose friendship has
lasted through the years, are John Glenn,
1904 Pearl street. and Frederick Winltler,
2424 Meredith street. Glenn is a motor
man on Route No 0, block g. He sends
greetings to his old friends at the Ridge
avenue car barn through the EVENING
LEDGER. He ls now artificer for his COM
pany. His chum, winkler, who Is second
cook for X, is machnist at the Baldwin
Locomotive Works.
Ralph willard Chllds, attorney in the
Land Title Building, has earned high praise
from officers of Company X for the way
In which no tallS into Inc whenever tHeIe
is any work to do He is always ready to
chop wood, carry water or do any task.
John LNvens, son Of the general man
aEer Of the Cornwall Iron and Ore Com
pany, is member of Company X.
Company X has real live sculptor in
it's ranks He is First Lieutenant r. d.
Kelley, of Sharon Hill. II is an artistic
company in the real sense of the word. 1t
also has q decorator in Second Lieutenant
Thomas Bailey, Of Germantown.
Company K has the youngest captain In
the regiment He is Wallace Anderson,
Camden, civil engineer for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, who is only 90 years old.
Motornen are showing their loyalty for
their country in the way they respond to
the call for men. John Powell, 5513 Lena
street. Germantown. is another of the
p. r. T. men who are here at Mount
Gretna. Powell is in Company K.
COMPANY L
The chief weigher of the Philadelphia
Hospital Is also a soldier. He is William
H. McClune, captain Of Company L. He Is
a senior captain of the N. G. p.
One of the Spanish War Veterans in the
ranks of Company l. is Lieutenant Joseph
1tulSIOIl, Oh SOuJn Aluen BlTeCL, WIlO 10 Weil
known in Philadelphia as policeman in the
3Sth District.
Company claims II has set good rec
ord for the rest of the regiment to follow.
It had only four men rejected, for height.
weight, age and eyesight Not one man has
been sent to the hospital Ill since camp
started. The men declare that their record
is due to strict sanitary observances. They
are so fussy about cleanliness that they took
a recruit who had not learned "the spirit
OF the company" and gave him a public
bath last night.
One of the Southern High Schools former
football stars and player on the class
teams at the University of Pennsylvania
who Is in the ranks of Company L is Car
roll Missmer, 2047 South 57th street, sec.
ond lieutenant Of the company. When in
Philadelphia he works for the Bell Tele-
phone Company. He graduated from South.
ern High in 1912.
COMPANY NJ
Lieutenant L. Howard Fielding of Com
pany NJ. has been appointed first lleuten-
ant of Company E. He is from Llanerch,
Robert woodcock, of Sheron Hill, has
been elected second lieutenant of Goa.
pany NJ. He Is connected with the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Artifcer Frank Brandenberg, OF Company
NJ, has been promoted to quartermaster
sergeant Of the same compan. He Is sue
ceeded by Private Dennis r. Russell. vet
eran OF the Spanish-American war.
Men in Company X are proud of their
ouartermaster sergeant, Matthew Berry,
1915 North seth street When a reporter
went through the ranks of the company
several men came up and asked that spe-
cial mention be made Of their quartermas-
ter. because he Is the only quartermaster
to be "all caught up" when the new equip
ment order5 had TO be handled.