Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1917-10-05

ui.y leel that TINS Will add q new
interest to school and that there will
be hearty response from the peo-
pie who are to be invited.
State Soldiers Home.
Comrade Henry Vote after six
months furlough is back again look
ing fine.
Comrade Manskeeper and wife in
the Midway after 80 days fur
Tough are with us again.
Last week Comrade Metcalf Peas
ley and Greaves took q day of and
went fishing and brought quite a
mess of trout back with them. The
fish were small but the boys got
away with them.
Another of the old boys passed
away Monday and his body was ship
ped to Parker. His name was
Segar, but not Capt. Segar. don't
remember his first name.
Miss Cross, our popular trained
nurse at DR.. Wilcox's hospital, left
us Tuesday to take position in
large hospital in st. Paul or Minne-
apolis. never had an Introduction
to the lady. to meet her / would
have to be taken to the hospital, and
l draw line on that. One Of our
smashers on the upper floor con-
cluded he would palm of sick and
have good time in the hospital un-
der her care. So he became very
sick and complained Of great pain
in the right groin, Of course that
meant appendicitis and he was tax
en- to the hospital. Some how DR..
Wilcox thought he was palming off
SO he got the nurses In the room and
putting on long face, said: We
have a case of acute appendicitis
and will operate as soon as we can
get the instruments and dressings
ready. Suddenly his pain left him
and he said he would not be opera
ted on. SO the operation was put of.
Next day the gentleman came walk
ing home saying you can't fool old
DIR. Wilcox, but got acquainted
with the nurse, all the same.
Bob Giltner after a 80 days fur
Tough at Sheridan, dropped in on us
last Saturday.
Geo. Stearns after being trained
as an elevator engineer graduated
yesterday and now is ready to take
a position in the army as an eleva-
tor engineer. He may go south for
a month or two before sailing for
France.
Tom Cannon was tried by court
martial and found guilty of sleep
ing on his post, and ordered to be
shot. Now Tom has many infiuen-
tial friends in Washington and Pres
ident Wilson made it a life sentence.
The court martial then sentenced
him to pass the rest of his life in the
State Soldiers Home. Tom feels
good over 1t but says he will never
play another game of foot ball.
Coaches Rose and Cox had the
teams out for practice last Saturday.
The practice consisted chiefly in a
review of signals and plays, al
though twenty minute scrimmage
was held. At present there is a
weakness in the lines, owing the va
cancies that must be filled By new
men. The Midway team offered a
stubborn resistance, at first. Our
team had little or no. difficulty in
, carrying the ball for large gains
J but after shifts were made and the
J line Of the scrubs strengthened the
; fifty yard dashes became too fire.
quent, so far there has been many
changes in our club. Tom Cannon.
: Ed Metcalf and Dick Woodhal have
resigned and we will have to Ali up
the gap. Some one suggested 1sa-
} bell. but he carries cane and is
, not subject to be drafted. Albert
Pole Of the Midway team is doing
J some great work. Coach Cox de-
tailed the little fellow to direct the
Middies in their signal drill. he
} scarcely weighs 120 pounds. but has
speed and is q clever open field rum
, ner, and although light, is deadly
tackler. He tackled Peasley, our
left half-back and threw him clean
over his head. You know last week
| he tackled Col. Greaves and threw
him just as easy. Now think we
Ought to have new names for our
clubs. Stone Pile don't sound very
/ good, nor Midway either. I sug-
| gest that we call our club the Army
, and the Midway Club the Navy.
That sounds better. The Army
| team at West Point consists Of young
/ fellows that never was in q battle
and l think we veterans have more
right to the name than they have.
Now in the Midway Club there are
/ several Of the men who sailed on the
; Mississippi. and two or three sailed
, canal boat on the Erie Canal, so
, think they are entitled to be called
| the Navy. Now If West Point and
!, Annapolis don't like 1t let them come
) to Hot Springs and we will show
! them what the west can do. We
I would like to hear from them.
The Board of Commissioners, con-
sisting OF Hon. G. i. Turner. presi-