The evening world., 1917-09-05
sIxTY.NiNTH's NEW OFFICERS
ARE HARD AT WORK.

,N Inc lOTly-tOur now OHlCcrS assigned
10 the old Sixty ninth found that
Camp Mills is no recreation place.
They were aroused at the first break
of dawn this morning and found
themselves being apportioncd off to
the various companies, and a short
time later were out in the grassy
fields eNpending every ounce Of en-
ergy they had. Tho increasing OF tho
companies TO go men each ncCcssl-
tated three additional officers to each
unit. The newcomers are, with one
exception, First and Second LIeutcn-
ants. Under tho old form Of orrani.
zation each company had Captain, "A
First Lieutenant and a Second Lieu
tenant. They now have a Captain,
three First LieutCnantS and two Sec.
ond Lieutcnants.
The new Captain assigned 10 the
One Hundred and Slxty-ffth Regl-
ment Ia Martin II. MCauy, who served
his time as an enlisted man in @ Com
pany. The newly assigned Lieuten-
ants are:
First Lleutenants: Basil u. Elmer,
Eugene +. Everett, William H. Fried :
Z laender. George IL. Warren jr.. John
Norman, Thomas II. Young, Howard
w. Arnold, George L. King, William
ID. Wheeler, Warren II. Hutchinson,
Harry Il. Crawford, Joseph j. Boag,
Bevererly H. Becker, Sidney W. Bamp-
ton, Harold W. Crandle, Patrick j
Bowling. William q. Givcns jr, Floyd
-. stevens, Michael J. Walsh, Waiter
Beard. John IL. Mallory, Christian l..
Naylor, J. Langdon Leslie, Jerome =.
Behrend, William W. Baldwin jr.,
Frank A. Iiorak. Roscoe Doris,
Arthur w. Furbershaw.
Second Lleutenants-M Miguel T.. De
Aguero Jr., Philip 5. Lacy, Raymond
ii. Newton. Edmond j. Connolly,
Schuyler Goodwin. Harper Siniman,
Earl ". MetCalf, John II. Freihmer,
George IL. Otto, Cortland johnson,
Vance Lawderdale, Ralph :. Knowles.
Arthur l.. Bunnell Basil Broadhurst,
William \. Jewell.
In addition to the officers assigned
to the Ono Hundred and SlXty-tifth
Infantry l5O others have been tempo
rarily berthed with the old Sixty
ninth until they are distributed among
other regiments in the Rainbow Dlvi-
sion. The newcomers have been pro-
.vided with tents In the rear of tho
company officers row and are to-day
fraternizing with tho hardened COM
manders OF the Fighting Irish outfit.
A PENITENT LOT ARE THE RE-
TURNING "FRENcH LEAVERs."
OF the 100 men who took French
leave last week tho greater number
have returned to tho field, 10 undergo
sundry punishments, \ few Of the
missing ones have been listed as de-
sorters and when upprohcndcd they
will be court -martiallcd and will uu-
doubtedly face terms IN military
prisons. one of the prime pdnish-
ments, evolved in an inspired mo-
ment by one OF the officers. is TO nave
the offending ones chop up railroad
ties.
1t ls remarkable how tough 4 well
seasoned railroad tie can become, and
4 the young men assigned TO the split
ting OF these timbCrs under the eagle
eyes of armed guards wish with every
stroke of the axe that they had been
good BOYS, The guards are not over
sympathetic and refer 10 the punsh
ment as the ABE Lincoln stunt" II
Honest Abe" could hut drop INTO
Camp Mills his advice on rail split
ting would be warmly received by
these tyros at the wooimans art.
The "giu mills" In the vicinity ~
Camp Mills have received a severe
jolt ht the hands Of the military
police. Many complaints had reached
camp that soldiers were procuring
whiskey through the medium OF civ
ilians who purchased the liquor In
hkif-piHt and pint bottles and sold il