Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-07-07

Infantry and part of the 32nd must face
the surgeons. 1t will take at least
all of Monday to complete the physical
examination of the 32nd
There is no particular order of doing
the various things outlined above. Be-
cause a company has not been muster
ed into the service is no reason why it
shall not be inoculated against typhoid
or against smallpox. The government
doesn't try to save any serum men who
may later fall down on the physical
examination and SO will never be
mustered.
Sore arms? There is bunch of them
in the 32nd today and there will be
big bunch in the 33rd Tuesday. The
33rd gets its smallpox inocuIation Mon
day morning. Houghton, East Jordan.
Menominee and Sault Ste. Marie, form
ing the third battalion commanded by
Major Charles d. Mathews of the 500,
led off and will be followed by the
second battalion. At almost any
moment the medicos may swoop down
and proceed to jab with typhoid needles.
Parents who still have hopes OF get
ting their sons out of the service will
find their chances steadily growing
DINNER. If the man has taken the oath
and been mustered into the service of
the United States, the appeal must be
made to Washington. The state authori-
ties, from Gen. Kirk down, no longer
have the authority to release him. If
he has not been mustered, chances are
a little brighter, but as the mastering
date for the 33rd, the only regiment
sworn in is rapidly approaching, quick
action would be necessary. And a
mighty good alibi would also be neces-
sary.
If your boy is in the 32nd Infantry,
he is regular right now. The new
military law fixes his status as such,
and not as volunteer, as he was in the
Spanish war.
In the Spanish and Civil war, if an
officer held commission in anything
except the regulars, he had to sign his
name on hotel registers as "U. S. ""
Under the new law, all men and Of
ficers who take the oath, according to
interpretations here, are regulars, so
the officer who signs any document is
entitled to u. S. A. after his name.
The 33rd recruits will smell powder
Monday, few jumps ahead of those of
the 3lst and the 32nd. The 33rd has
no pressing business for its rockies
Monday and they will fire at 200 and
300 yards, five shots each, under direc-
ton of competent non-commissioned
officers. Capt. Patterson, of the 500,
has charge of the firing in the 33rd.
The 32nd practice Tuesday for recruits
will be directed by Lieut.. Eleveld of
Grand Rapids.
Lieut.. Wright and the machine gun
company of the 33rd from Flint made
such hit as provost guard the past
two days that they will be continued.
Capt Crossman went away Monday for
three day leave of absence, and his
company will keep order each night in
J Grayling Lieut.. Wright has proven
: very efficient in this difficult position
and very few men without credentials
, get into town at night. Some of them
= found that by making a roundabout
journey down the railroad they could
! reach the Mecca of Grayling-and il
; isn't much of Mecca after one arrives
Lieut. Wright slapped two squads onto
: that railroad, and the men who tried
the flank movement received a disa
: greeable surprise as they trudged town
ward. They went sadly back to camp
Within day or two the names oi
[ men who have been turned down or
, the physical examination will be sen
) to the home cities. There is posi-
4 bility that there may be slight change,