Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-07-04

has received his promotion with Nor
rison and Sibert, had a nickname CT
the academy, which was dropped as
soon as his young irresponsible class
mates graduated Morton was known
as "Beak," for, with the usual way of
youth, which is not always kindly, al
though probably meaning SO to be.
Morton was given the name because he
had, and doubtless still has, big
nose.
Morton a Hard Student.
For years Charles G. Morton has
been more or less of q marked man in
the army because of his constant and
hard study of army problems. All Of
ficers study, but some of them are, as
one might say, super studious. Out of
MortOn's study have come results and
one of them is his promotion to the
command of division and unquestion-
ably his chance to fight in France for
his country as d division commander.
OF the 10 colonies who were pro-
were classmates of mine at the acad-
emy-David G. Shanks and Samuel ID.
Sturgis. Shanks is a Yirginian. He
is an outstanding mountaineer / can
see his face and his tow head today as
they appeared on the day of his report
ing at the Military academy in the
year 1890 Shanks is one of the army's
favorites. He was popular as cadet
and there is every evidence of his pop
ularity in the army.
Brig. Gen. Samuel d. Sturgis is
son of General Sturgis of Civil war
fame, who, after the war, commanded
the Seventh cavalry One of Samuel
Sturgis' brothers was killed under Gus
ter in July, 1876, in the fight with the
Sioux. Sturgis is an artilleryman,
young-lOoking and a man of extraor-
binary vigor.
Bundy and Hale.
Omar Bundy of the class of 'S3,
who has just been made a brigadier
general, distinguished himself in the
Philippines, particularly in the fight at
the Crater. Bundy is far from tall"
being of a stOcky and yet wiry con-
been as familiar as they should have
been, PERHAPS, with certain lines of
poetic endeavor, Bundy might have ac-
Quired some other nickname than the
one which was given him, but the
cadets knew little of Omar or of the
annexed surname, and so Bundy was
dubbed Bile" and today he is still
Bile" Notwithstanding the fact he is
q brigadier general.
| Harry c.. Hale, now brigadier gen
| eral has the brightest pair of eyes that
| the army possesses. Hale's eyes, II
sparkle means anything in the way OF
| piercing quality, can look through the
mask of battery. 1t was Hale VINO
| did such commanding work in the
drive after Big Foot's band prior to
the Wounded Knee fight in South Da-
kota. In other ways than this Hale
| career has been most distinguished.
He is physically 1.-the and mentally
alert. He was good fellow as a
| cadet when / knew him well, and / can
find no one in Washington to say that
he has changed i'll the least in this
from the days of boyhOOd.
Want 10000 Volunteers.
Things occasionally go wrong with
| the calculations of the experts. There
was no war department man but
thought that as soon as registration
| day was over the rush TO enlist in the
regular service would be so great that
n weeks time only would be necessary
to secure the young Americans needed
for the REGULAR establishment.
About $4,000 are needed TO bring the
regulars to war strength. 1t is known
| that the officials hold no strong nope
that all the men needed can be Sc
cured by July 10, but there Will be con
tentment if, In existing circumstances
| 10000 men can be enlisted for the In
fantry and 5000 for the artillery with
in the limits of the time fixed. Army
| officers and many civilians with then
all over the country, with the approval
of Washington, are driving" to secure
| recruits for the regular army.
Things have gone counter to expec
tation. Recruiting fell off after regis
| tration day and in one way the army
officers think the falling off signiheS
something worth while. The mrs
thought in the matter was that re
cruits would rush to the regular army
because they desired to avoid belns
known as conscripts. The heart de
sire of the war department has beer
to take from CONSUMPTION everything
suggestive of compulsory service
Every effort has been made. to let the
young men, know that they would Dt
held in as high honor under the selec
five pIan as always has been the case
under the volunteering system
No Disgrace in CONSUMPTION.
Army officers believe now that youni
N,oo,.ioo baS given over the idea tina