River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-12-13
With THE BOYS
At CAMP GRANT
By S. r. MORSE

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from the la mber camps of North
ern Wisconsin" should not mind
temperature OF 8 or 10 below zero,
bat none of Us have experienced
such a biting cold as the damp, raw
winds of this country produce at
zero weather here, and there are. in
the big list of frost casualties, ;"
just as many of Us snortherners" as
local men. Except for the constant
dampness ia the atmosphere, wealth
er conditions here ale very much
the same as back home, and every
day mary return from march or
drill with hands, fingers, ears or
toes frozen in spite of the fact that
everything is made as s1appy as
possible to keep up the circulation.
Through transfers and rejections
Co. D is fast dwindling down to a
very, very small organization. From
full strength a few weeks ago, it
has now but about 100 men, and a
call for Is more of these, for the
Headquarters Co. arrived the first
of the week. On Monday Sergeant
Marcus Jensen, of Spring Valley, a
great favorite with the boys and one
of the most efficient non-commis-
stoned officers in the regiment, was
forced to retire by order of the ply
sicians. He was reluctant to leave
and announced that he intended to
undergo a surgical operation and
get in shape to return to the Com
pany as soon as he possibly could.
The boys will be very glad to well
come him back. Others rejected by
the physicians are Ray S. Huber of
Ellsworth, Charles Bowling of Chi.
cago, and H enry Wallesverd of
Hersey, Kay 0 W e of Hudson,
VINO has been i'll since early in Octo-
Der, and John McCardle of Elm
wood are recommended for d i s.
charge. Both of the latter named
men are in the base hospital.
Corporal Ray Carpenter, of Maid
en- Rock, has been transferred to
the Sanitary Detachment. Carl ia
ger of Baldwin and Ernest We'll of
Chicago were transferred to the
Headquarters Company. TT an s.
fer orders were received Monday
morning for Allen A. Harris of Muir
ry, Wis, and Leonard G. Morrison
of Maiden Rock, and that afternoon
they left for Camp Hancock, Geor-
gia. Pvt. Harris goes into the Sig
nal Corps there, and Pvt. Morrison
is assigned as mechanic in the
auto transportation department.
Leonard has been very i'll ever since
coming to this camp, and it is hoped
that The milder climate will prove
benefit.
1t. John Ryan. of New Richmond,
formerly a student at the r V r
Falls normal school, was h e e
Monday to visit his brother, Pv !.
Arthur Ryan, and left the following
day for cantonment in the South,
where he has been assigned to duty.
1t. Ryan received a commission as
First Lieutenant at the second offic-
er's school at Fl. Sheridan.
Preparations are being made for
winter sports in camp-both out
door and indoor. Co. D has a large
room in the old barracks which is
being fl t e up for recreation
room. A pool table h already
been installed there, and tables for
other a m S, magazines and for
writing are being prepared. Many
kinds of athletic paraphanalia are
arriving daily for our use there.
Gurdon Whitaker, formerly
Glenwood City, and graduate of
the River Falls normal school, has
been stationed here at one of the Y.
M. C. A depots. He received word
the first of the week that he is to
leave soon for similar wor k n
France and left yesterday to visit
his wife in Denver before crossing
the pond"
The boys are rejoicing o v er a
memorandum o m headquarters
that promises a five day furlough
during the holidays.