The Washington herald., 1916-08-04
Notes Of Camp Ordway
By WATSON DAVIS.

| Mike pet panary OF Maj. Harry
| Coope, adjutant general, is dead For
| four years the bird was one of Mai
i Coope's best friends, but when the CALL
| OF mobilization came and the major
went out to Camp Ordway with the
troops, the canary died. of a broken
heart, it is said. Maj. Coope gave him
| burial near Arlington Cemetery in Camp
ordway. And his army horse he named
! Mike" in memory OF the dead bird.
David H. Blakelock will be colonel Of
cadets at Cornell University II the militia
is mustered out before September 30 |
Otherwise he will be a second lieutenant
| in the Machine Gun Company, Third In
| fantry. for he will stay with the militia
| until they are mustered out, regardless
| Of the release Of college students that
has been promised by the War Depart
| ment. He is now a sergeant. but he won
| out in competitive examination, and is
awaiting his commission.
Stable Sergt. George Hosmer. who has
| charge Of the headquarters mounted ord
derhes picket line. made friends with
| sparrow, and tanned him until he ate
out Of the hand. His dog. Beauty, be-
| came Jealous. and killed him. A grave
has been dug and an elaborate cemetery,
ten feet in circumference, has been made.
T rom WOoCCHOppcr 10 OTOerly mas been
the rise Of Private A 3. Tetlow of
| Company H He got kitchen detail one
day and the next he stood guard mount
Because of his neat appearance he was
selected as orderly to Col. Glendie B.
Young
sergt. Rudolph Bender, of Company L,
claims to have nearly the highest rifle
| score in the regiment for expert qualifca-
ton He made 23S out of go.
Private Harold Jenson, Of Company L.
is recovering from his injuries of several
weeks ago.
While on the range, Company L had
an old-faShioned camp meeting with Cor
poral Milford Cleveland and First Sergt.
James Sayer as the principal performers.
Brother Sayer told his life story, and
Brother Cleveland spoke on Sin and
Sinners"
Roy Keesee. of Company D. is the
| midget OF the company, and he is a vau-
deville show all by himself. say the men.
The sanitary troops of the Third Regi-
rnent are still receiving praise for the
manner IN which they handled the heat
exhaustion cases on the White Lot Mon
day. Ten men mounted, including four
sergeants, under command of Sergt
George L Halter, and ten privates, dis
mounted, carrying four litters under
Lieut. G. H. Gibbs. not only marched as
far as the other Third Infantry troops,
but gave frst-aid on the Ellipse in addi-
ton. Maj. Charles r. Luce treated most
OF the cases. and arranged that they be
taken back to camp.
The former noncomnissioned officers of
Company K, Third Infantry, will meet at
~ or IL SFr
day to form an AT home" associa ton
The principals Of the association will be
| those who have been discharged since the
! mobilization call.
Lieut.. Lyle c. White, of the Medical
Corps. attached to the Field Artillery,
needs five privates to complete his de-
| tachment. If five men enlist in this unit
Immediately they have a good chance to
go to the border soon. They will also
be mounted.
The battery men feel secure regarding
their medical treatment in the tropics as
Lieut. White has been in every country !
of the Western Hemisphere with the eN-
ception of Paraguay. He was physician
for the Greene-Cananea Copper Company
in the heart of Mexico. captured by Villa
and made to attend to a hospital of 175
beds during one Of his campaigns.
The following promotions have been
made in Troop A: From corporal to SER !
geant, James D. Bebout, John A Roth, |
John w. Thompson; from private to cor
poral, Lowell w. Squire, Alfred w. |
Thompson, Winfield H. Scott, John c. |
Smith. Donald E. Long; from lance cor |
poral to corporal, Harry H. Semmes.
Tho trio from Company G. that guard |
ed the payraaster when he handed out
money to the troops was Lem Petit. |
Silas Stevens, and Tribune Ais
Private Wilfrid Ais, of Company G, has |
been stationed at the tent recruiting de- |
pot near Center Market
sergt. August F. Laufer, of Battery B. |
who recently submitted to a serious '
operation at the post hospital, praised /
DR.: Metcalf, Of the hospital, for the care |
and attention he received. Every other
man who has been treated at the post |
hospital regard DR. Metcalf highly.
Edward Turner. colored orderly at brig |
ade headquarters, who has been attach |
ed there for five years, and is serving his |
Fourth enlistment, has been given an in |
definite leave Of absence in order that |
ns may return to his work in ths Old
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