Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-04-13
COMPANY M NOTES
Upon recommendation OF Capt.


Smith the following non-commissioned
officers have been appointed: Ser
aeants, Louis A. Faulkner, Byron w.
Hamilton, Samuel M. Bell, Henry w.
Hart. and William e. Shontz. The fol-
lowing men have been appointed cor
porals: Ora C. Williams, David M.
Smith. Leslie L. Daggett, Harry Por-
ter. Floyd Shields, Victor A. Vicksell.
Clarence T. Ristine, Lane E. STAINS
berry and Truman F. Greenfield.
| The lumber for the floors for the
tents arrived yesterday and the floors
will be constructed today.
| Private George Jones has been ap-
pointed chaplain OF the First regiment.
The men Of the company are quite
proud to have Jones selected for this
position and 1t 10 the opinion of all
that Colonel BARLEY has made fine
selection.
A certain private Of the company
found himself in rather an embarras-
sing position last night. He was filling
an appointment with a local young
lady and started out with 40 cents.
He walked to town and saved car
fare paid twenty cents admission to
movie show and, as per custom, they
went to ice cream parlor for refresh
ments afterward. Two nut sundeas
were ordered and the waiter brought
them, OF course he held out his hand.
The soldier felt in one pocket and
then the other, then he turned red
from ear to ear. He'd lost dime. Poor
comrade! He told the waiter that
he guessed that he wouldn't take the
sundae he'd ordered because he wasn't
feeling we'll; guessed he'd Just have
a glass of water.
Major Ready OF this battalion was
sent to the Fairfield hospital today
for an operation for the removal OF
his tonsils His many friends wish
him speedy recovery.
Through the action of the govern
ment in ordering the railroad people
to guard their own property, 1t seems
highly probable that the different units
Of the First regiment will be assem-
bled and sent to a training camp.
The local public library made the
company a present Of eighty odd mag
azines and the bookwor1ns are at 1t.
Sergeant Hamilton having read half of
them already. Then we have a few
read. They take a great deal OF in
terest in looking at the pictures.
Lieut.. Fleagle was visitor IN camp
last night from the four mile bridge.
He says that the men out there are
surely enjoying life and the grub at the
farm house of G. D. Brown cannot bs
either in quality or quantity.
Private Chesney Smith is still hitting
the biscuits pretty hard. He beat his
old record yesterday at noon, actually
got away with twenty-five OF them. /,
Lieut. Fleagle said that he would swear
to this statement on a stack Of bibles, !
SO 1t must be true. We are wondering
what this soldier Is going to do when
we get into actual training and each
man gets one bareback sandwich con-
sisting OF two biscuits outside and an
other one in the middle. This some
times constitutes a meal. Call 'em
if you like. We call them
very poor apologies for dog biscuits.
Bugler Elliott, our mail man has
bad habit of bringing back to camp
anything that will follow him, children,
dogs, etc. Last night he
brought in three dogs, one Of them a
sixty pound bull, broad shoulders, and
a head like lion, and an air of def
ance that made US all step out of his
way. 1t was ten o'clock and the COM
pany clerk was getting ready to go to
bed The bulldog thought he would |
sleep on the company clerks bed. All
sorts of Inducements we're offered the
dog to clear out Of the tent, but moth
ing doing. The clerk got undressed and
finally at a given signal the dog jumped
off for moment and the clerk tumbled
in. just in time though, for the dog
jumped in too and stayed all night. He
nosed the clerk half out Of bed and
that Is the way the two slept. The
clerk offers reward to the owner If
he will please come and get his dog
right away. He answers to the name
Of Claude
Private Rzor reported to the cor
poral Of the guard late last night that
a hobo had been struck by the train
and had been cut to pieces at the four
mile bridge. The corporal OF the guard
investigated the matter
and found the badly mangled body Of
a-dummy, the boys had fixed up to
test Rizor's nerve.
Sergt Clark.