The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-11-08
RALLYING ROUND
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
Special to the KenCsha Evening News
by Sergeant Nelson, Troop e.

With Kenosha Soldiers at Camp Mac
Arthur, November !, 1917, (By MaiD-I
Wednesday was Athletic Field Day.
at Camp Macarthur, one of the most in
teresting we have had since our arrival
here. Over twenty thousand soldiers
were on the field taking part in the
various sports with bands galore to
liven up the occasion and you can well
imagine what thrilling sight it was.
All drill schedules were suspended for
the day and everyone required to take
part in the events. The competition
was between the units of the various
regiments to get line on the class of
talent obtainable for a divisional track
team.
For our regiment Battery E did not
win the largest number of points but
we are well gratifed with the showing
made. Sergt. Zenas Pitcher was able
to maintain the reputation he had
gained as high jumper while
student at the Kenosha High school
and he won easily at well over FIVE feet.
One man was chosen from each bat
terry of our regiment to compete in the
decathlon and Sergt. Jake Vanderploeg
was the man who copied the honors in
this event for Battery E. This no
doubt was the severest test for human
endurance which could be devised and
a great amount of credit is due Jake
for the showing made. We're proud of
our Jake, especially in view of the fact
that he won from Maloney, former Wis
consin University star by something
over eighty points.
Wednesday was also payroll muster
day and the boys are now all anxiously
waiting for the time when the bugler
is instructed to sound pay call. Buying
Liberty Bonds seems to have left most
of the boys short of cash; in fact, I
don It mind saying confidently that I
tonight overheard Private Eek asking
someone to let him have nickel until
pay day.
Today the men were assigned to their
various duties in connection with the
work in the artillery game and we now
have drivers, gunners, signal men, tele-
phone and telegraph men and the APP
pointed boys are happy in the fact that
they now have specific line Of duty
to perform.
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Cupid has been quite busy on our
street. Mess Sergeant Johnson took The
fatal leap some three or four weeks ago
and seems to be just as happy now as
he was accustomed to be in the good
old bachelor days back in Kenosha.
eliminating romance Of two years,
last Monday evening our friend and
fellow co-Worker Private Walter f.
Balm was united in marriage to Miss
Mable Morehouse of Harvard, Illinois.
Privates George Degen and Earl P.
Balm, brother of the groom, were on
hand. They say that Walter got along
wonderfully and was just grand at
keeping up his nerve but that he had
some trouble in making the parson un-
derstand II do. :"
We understand that there is at least
one more happy event to be pulled off
il the near future and it is just possible
there may be still another. However,
| am not so sure of this that | feel
justified in giving you this information
as an assured fact.
We suppose, most of the people of
Kenosha have learned what Battery e
did in connection with the Liberty
Loan. We are all proud of our showing
having contributed nearly $4,000 to-
ward that end. Camp Macarthur over
subscribed its quota of million dol
lars by over four hundred thousand dol
lars. We were also glad to learn of the
remarkable showing made by Kenosha
county and it must be of a great deal
of satisfaction to the people there to
have this demonstration of loyalty.
Sergt. Claus Anderson is for the AL
lies heart and soul-he's especially
strong for the English and somewhat
worried on account of the rumored mail
censorship.
Speaking of intensive training, Pri-
vate Hank" Ellsworth says he does
Mt care if the training is in tents).
\
There S more than one way to skin
cat as the old saying goes and this
has proven to be true in the case of
Private Jake Degen. Out on the picket
line the other day Jake was unable to
insert the bit in the regulation way, SO
he leaned up against the picket line and
began talking to his mount until it be-
came SO bored it yawned, whereupon
Jake performed the necessary opera
tion.
Privates Dave Gottlieb and Alley !,
Halberstadt have been appointed scissor
men. Wen make due allowance for
their having been in the army but q