Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30
FIRST REGIMENT

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FIRST REGIMENT
Company @, Of the 1st Regiment, is known
as the sea-golng company, in spite of the
fact that n is an infantry company. on
the roster OF the company are a marine,
Chief Cook Campbell, of Philadelphia, and
three "musics' Little, Bates and Brown.
Admiral Ramsey has assumed command Of
the feet and has holsted a pennant on tent
No. is. His chief of stan is Commodore
Mcconnell He has Issued orders that ex-
aminations be held at once for promotion.
SECOND REGIMENT
More than score of men in Company NJ
live within n stones throw of S3d and York
streets. Among them are Musician Norman
Gagill, S022 Colona street. Sergeant Nor
man Howell Sergeant william Baker. Ser
geant Fred Gale. Corporal Roy Brooks, Fred
Bowers and Stewart Kepler.
The I'd proudly boasted of being all ready
eor Immediate departure, only 20 men hav-
ing been turned down by the army medical
examiners. Nearly $50 men were sent back
from another regiment nearby
The two most popular men in Company
G are George Sbert. 2s45 North 4th street,
and William Frost, 1928 North Franklin
street. They are In great demand-as bar
bers.
William Hotallng 1905 North 10th street,
Of Company F. had his arm tattooed in an
ticlpation of the trip to the border. The
design is a bright American flag.
Company F boasts Of a real live princess.
She is the Princess Chic. better known as
the two-month-old X tten. She's on her
way. to Monterey, they say.
Tom Watson, 1880 North Frazier street,
is the reputed leader of the quartet in
Company X.
Robert b. Lott. 341e North SmedleY
street, of Company E. says emphatcally
that he would like to hear from his friends
IN Tacony. Poor lad Is lonesome. Hear
that, little one?
Joe Lawless. 1921 Penn street and James
Devlin, 3T16 North 18th street, both OF
Company A. are the orignators of the
CarranZa shave. Woe and betide any MeNi-
can they might catch in their embrace.
Their whiskers bristle like many gat-
Ting guns
Company A said In a body that the whole
company. officers excepted. are broke, fiat
broke at that.
The following members of Company X
have been elected to the bean company:
Albert Derell, 2213 North 7th street: Harry
Cushman. 1898 South 30th street; J. p.
Scheiber. 824 East Woodlawn avenue. and
William Vickery, 135 Melvale street.
Three policemen and one chief of police
are In Company c, follows: Paul Shelf,
chief of police Of Egg Harbor; Traffic Po-
hceman William Morrison. formerly sta
toned at 18th and Market streets; Police
man William HASTE. Germantown avenue
and Lycoming street station and Police.
man Russell Maxler. of the goth and Berks
streets, Home was never like this" say
they in chorus.
Sergeant Harry Edgar. OF Company E. is
an ambitious youth He is not giving up his
studies even in camp. The boys of his COM
pany fear he will inJure himself by over
study
Mess Sergeant Robert Griffith, o359
South Anne street. Philadelphia has some
little job of cooking for 90 men three times
day. Griffith can shoot as well as cook
He has sharpshooter medals which are the
envy of many other men.
George E. Smith. OF Company E. is being
congratulated by the members of his pro-
motion to third lieutenant"
Corporal Harold Treat 5O15 Newhall
who lives next door. They are both from
Germantown.
J. NJ. Bergin. of Company I, of the I'd.
hase made uD a new parody on IT Am On
Ny Way to Mexico" The boys In the COM
pany are proud OF him. His words are as
follows:
'T am on my way TO ,Iexlco. am going to
show those greasers what | know.
am going to fight both day and night, be-
meath the Stars and Stripes.
Hear the cannon roar the greaser
crawl