The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-05-18

The Army and Navy Union enter,
tainment will take place in Memorial
Hall June 14th.
Sergt. Hart has been promoted to
commander of Co. A and George
Siddle made sergeant of same com
pany.
BY some coincidence our patriotic
days come close together. within
period of five weeks, Memorial Day,
May 80; Flag Day, June IA, and
Fourth of July.
The comrades of the National In
dian War Veterans are justly elated
over the progress of their pension
measure, known as the Heating Bill,
which is now awaiting final action
in the United States Senate.
The following have taken out hon
orable discharges: Bob Bailey, Gus
Coble, C. j. Griffin, Henry Hutton,
Frank McReading, Tom Stone, W. j.
Wilson, John S. Young, Henry But
terfeld, ]. S. Chastain; Henry cut
ting. c. Davis, Chas. Fuher, Adam
Getman, Steve Fuller. Bill Holden,
Fred Smith, Silas Waller.
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,. The commander m-chief, G. A. r.,
has issued the following order:
"wednesday. June a. is Flag Day.
and should be generally observed by
displaying our National banner on
all public buildings and at every
home. 1t is very gratifying to know
that the custom of unfurling the flag
on holidays is growing. Our atfilia-
ted and other patriotic societies have
done good work in popularizing the
custom of placing flags in the
churches and on school houses all
over the land. Comrades, give this
subject all the announcement you
can
Capt. John l.. Husband died sud
denly while absent on furlough at
Cabin John, Md, last week. The re-
mains were inferred in Arlington
cemetery Saturday. In the days of
long ago. the bugle call of taps was
the signal for rest and sleep from the
dangers and fatigue of the daily sol
der life; now as its echoes family
die away, it is fitting tribute to our
deceased comrade. His light is out
and his spirit has silently vanished
and winged it's happy flight to home
of rest, there to pass in last review
before our Supreme Commander on
the Great Eternal Camping Ground. ;"
DR.. Clinton G. Lyons, the newly
appointed assistant surgeon at the
Marion branch, arrived yesterday aft
ternoon and reported for duty. DR..
Lyons is native of Knoxville, Tenn,
a graduate of the Lincoln Memorial
college there, and is unmarried. He
has served three years as assistant
surgeon at the Central branch, Day
ton, where he earned his promotion.
Marion (Ohio) Leader.
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No change here in the personnel of
surgeons is contemplated by the
Board for the very good and sufficient
reason that Major Erwin, through his
professional and executive ability,
aided by competent corps of sur
geons and nurses, has made an en-
viable record, compared with age, en-
rollment, disease, etc. of any other
Branch, in lowering the death rate
80 per cent. And this, too, in the face
of the fact that located here under
his charge is tuberculosis sanitor-
ium--only two other Branches out of
ten conducting such.
Major Louis A. Thompson. who for
several years has been chief surgeon
at the Southern Branch, National Sol
diers' Home, has been transferred to
the position of chief surgeon in the
Home at Dayton, Ohio, will leave this
branch on July 1. He will be sue
ceeded here by Major s. w. Roush,
who has been with the Dayton Home
for years. The announcement that