The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-03
Clerical Work Not Done Be-
cause No Blanks Were
Sent
BATTERY is PRAISED
BY LIEUT.. MILLARD
Captain Slade Arrives; Re-
quisitions Halted; Battery
News Items

you've got a wonderful orsaniza- /
ton here and splendid officers" stat /
ed Lieut.. Millard of Dayton, supply
officer of the second regiment, Taos /.
day, "but they're the victims of cir
| cumstances."
! This was said in reference to the
! improbability of the mastering in of
! the local unit occurring today. The
reason for this is that the clerical
work necessary to mastering in has
not been performed, all because the
officers of the local battery were not
supplied with the proper blanks or
even told where the same could be
obtained.
All blanks had been secured by
Lieut.. Millard by Tuesday with the
exception of the beneficiary cards
and these were being busily made out
at the recruiting tent on the square.
They include the following papers:
enlistment, medical examination and
service record. In addition, the mus
ter roll must be filled out. With the
exception of the service record, all of
tthese blanks are sent to Washington,
this being kept by the individual. On
the beneficiary card, the recruit des
ignatos two persons In case of death
one of these receives six months
pay.
Asked as to the possibility of the
mastering in being done Tuesday,
Lieut. Millard stated that, if the bene-
ficiary cards arrived, the same might
be accomplished, although not until
late in the evening.
Another necessary set of blanks
was never given the local battery
requisition. Lieut.. Headington has
attempted time after time to secure
supplies, but has received no answer
because he, unwittingly and without
any other knowledge, wrote for the
same on unofficial blanks. Each mem
ber of the battery will receive the fol
lowing: one hat, one hat-cord, three
shirts, two uniforms, two pairs OF
= leggings, three pairs of shoes, four
J suits of underwear and seven pairs
l. of socks.
Captain Slade, mastering in officer
arrived here Tuesday afternoon He
/,
T. in the hope that the clerical worl
o may be accomplished and his dutie.
d discharged.
l. Acting Clerk Archie Collins had t.
Us summon assistance Tuesday in conneC
lc ton with the vast amount of clerica
IL work incident to mastering in Batter
is E, All original enlistment papers ha
to be gene over thoroughly and pre-
pared for the mastering in officer.
he A stringcd orchestra in the batter
d. looms up as one of the possibilities fo
g, entertainment of the boys during idl
IL hours in camp. James Macrino is n
b. adept on the guitar, while others pla
Us mandolins, etc. Top Sergeant Kel
meth Snow is learning the ukelele.
In connection with stringcd orChe
1 tras, it is told that Fletcher Pophan
8 a member of the battery, remarked +
l Gently that he didn't care how muC
ukclele music was played around tf
4 tent as long as he didn't have TO /
z present when the instruments wei
, tuned.
G The Itchy" stage has been reachC
I in the process OF inoculation and ba
I terry boys are having their wees tn
l hot weather. The most approved met
cd to stop the itch is to slap the sp
} of injection a sharp blow with Il
1 palm of the hand. Scratching is abs
e lutely taboo.
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