St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-01-27
1t. Commander Neville and
Crew of 40 On Board
the Nabuna.
MEDAL OF ESTEEM
8 AWARDED HOUGTON
Postmaster Gardere Sats
Receipts of Office Big
Increase Over 1915
(By Staff Correspondent)


ana Naval Militia. Slidell, La, Lieut..
L. V. Cooley, commanding officer;
Lieut.. F. Byron Richardson, second
in command; Lieut.. ]. F.. Polk, Sur
geon. with the following members:
Aebli Jacques, w. l.. Baker, Luke
Brom, B. T. Carroll, w. e. Canu-
lette, John Cruthirds. F. A. Dear,
J. H, Durham, B. P. Decker, Chas.
Fogg, Harold Gish, Robert Gauley,
Isham Hardee, Asa Hursey, Fritz
Howe, J. D. Jones, R. E. King,
Theo. Koepp, Thos. Leonard, John
Dewitt Lawler, Ernest
Luther, Geo. Mccoy, B. J. McGin-
ty, Ed. Moore, F. s. Nehls, Peter
Oreliga, Sam Parker, John Parker,
II. Peterson. F. r. Philbert, ]. e.
Prestage, w. M. Quave, Chas. Rich
ardon, Frank Richardson, Jr., E. d.
l.. v. Scarborough, r. q.
Smith, Chas. Swinson, Gus Solberg-
er, Robt. Taylor, Henry Taylor. H.
X. Thompson, Mike Trassoc, Tom
Jr., ]. A. Whichard.
The Government has assigned two
cutters to this division, and later a
power boat will be given to the COM
mand. The armament and equip
ment is identical with the regular
naval requirement. Instructions are
given in all branches OF the naval
service.
Under the Act of Congress of 1916
all men and officers of the Slidell
Division will receive 25 per cent OF
regular navy pay, during the term
of enlistment, providing they quail
fy in drills and attendance. The
officers have to pass a
rigid examination in all branches OF
the service, such AZ ship and gun
drills, gunnery, deck and boat book,
landing force, small arms, practical
and blue jacket manual.
Lieut.. Commander Merrill, Of New
Orleans, will inspect and muster into
service the Sixth Division at Slidell,
Saturday night (to-night), in the
armory of the company. All the
men and officers have received guns
and side arms and uniforms, which
are the same as worn by regular
naval force.
Nabuna at Slidell.
: Lieut.. Commander Neville and q
crew of forty on board the s. S. Ma
buna, put in at Slidell on Sunday
last and were visited by our local
naval reserves. In addition to the
members of the La. Reserves there
were five men from U. s. torpedo
boat Smith. While no actual firing
was done the workings of the rapid
firing machine gun carried by the
Nabuna was explained in detail and
was instructive to our boy. There
will be muster of the local com
pany tonight when Lieut.. Command
er Neville will be inspector and mus
tering officer. We expect our boys
to make a good showing and hope
to have every member present fully
equipped.
News and Personals.
Our old friend, II. c. Corntbe,
long in the livery business opposite
the depot, will remove his stable q
little further east, on property own
ed by him, where he will combine
fishing, hunting, baseball, farming.
and other outdoor sports, with his
otherwise congenial basiness, hav-
ing reaped the reward of an indus
trious and frugal life.
S. r. Redden has sold hi sprop-
erty on Frenneaux street to- G. l..
Morgan, and will build at the cor
ner of Michigan avenue and 10th
street.
O. L. Moran has acquired the Cor
nibe property opposite the depot, we
understand, and will build large,
fine building.
Houghton Presented Gold Medal.
Ben Houghton, Sr., n years old
fifty years a Mason, was presented
with a gold medal Of esteem and
commemorative of the event. Mr.
Houghton Is an old and honored
citizen of Slidell, and we wish him
many more happy years.
We are advised by POSTMASTER
Gardere that the postal receipts here
are showing a very substantial ad
vance over 1915. The record is
1915, $5,795.17; 1916. $7377.53
December was the banner montl
with receipts of S4,513.12.
There Is considerable talk about I
fine new hotel being built in the VI
cinity Of the depot. A thirty o.
forty thousand dollar structure to b'
backed by local people to cater t.
hrst class trade.
We are SORRY to learn Of the IN