The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-05-02

We're III last week. suffering from some
peculiar ailment that was not under
stood by the hospital corps. The dis
ease was not serious. Among those i'll
were Sgts. Glen Shoemaker and ". j.
A. Baker.
l.. II. Higgins has been notified by
his son. William. who has been IN the
auditing department Of the Pacific
Power 4 Light Co. at North Yakima,
that he has been called under the
draft. Young Huggins, popular among
local young people. has left for Camp
Lewis for his training.
Winfield Olinger, who is in the avia-
tion corps, after d period of intensive
training in Pittsburgh, writes his faith
er, E. S. 0linger. that he has been
transferred to Florida training camp.
OF the estimated 800 Hood River boys
in the service. less than five per cent
are native born Mr.. Olinger is one of
the natives of Hood Rive county.
Engaged in intensive study at an
artillery officers training school at
Fortress Monroe, Va. Bliss l.. Clark.
formerly located at Fort Stevens,
writes to Mrs. G. A. Bell that one of
his greatest worries at the present
time is to dispose of crop of potatoes
raised on his East Side place last year.
Mrs. Bell has undertaken the sale Of
the soldiers potato crop.
Lucian Carson, after completing sue
cessfully course as flying cadet at
Wichita Falls, Tex, has been trans
manding officer of the Wichita Falls
field, according to letter from Cadet
Carson to his father, was transferred
to the new post. Mr.. Carson will ac-
company his superior officer as an in
structor.
Writing to his father, Eugene Lewis,
member of a North Dakota regiment
now in France. states that military
Masonic lodge has recently been or
ganized. The first meeting of the
lodge was attended by more than 100
members. 1t was held in the large
dining room of dismantled hotel,
where, the officers wearing Jewels and
insignia cut from aluminium mess-klt
covers, a candidate was initiated.
The 3S Hood ,River boys, all men,
bers Of battery Of heavy artillery,
who recently arrived in France, are
eager to get into action, according to a
letter received Friday from Edwin
Sonnichsen.
"We have just landed" the young
man stated, and all of US are feeling
in the best Of spirits after the trip
across. Every Hood River boy is eager
to get up to the front and get into the
fight. .
The rumor that Alfred, son of j. 7.
Thomson, had received severe shoul-
der wound and had been rendered deaf
by she'll shock, has no foundation. Mr..
and Mrs. Thomson have had no official
notification of any such news from the
war department. Several days ago
/ they received letter from their son,
member Of an engineers regiment in
/ France, stating that his company had
been under fire in one of the boche at
tacks.
January "a Mrs. H. I. Dewitt ad-
dressed a postal to Sgt. Malcolm But
ton, stationed at an aviation training
camp at Kelly Field near San Antonio,
Tex. After travelling from Texas to
American aviation fields in England
and France, the card was received here
last Thursday by Mrs. F. II. Button.
the young soldiers mother She will
/ forward it to Sgt. Button, who is still
stationed at Kelly Field. 1t is evident
that San Antonio postal authorities
We're under the impression that Sgt
Button had been ordered abroad at the
! time the card was received there
Harold Ingalls,, member of cavalry
regiment now stationed at Douglas,
Ariz., writes his mother, Mrs. j W
Ingalls,, that he has been detailed to
the regimental supply office, where he
I has charge of the office correspond
ence.
81 Ike it quite WELL, - he writes.
There have been so many tents to
put up and a million and one other
things to do in the line of fatigue that
| figure myself lucky. Suppose you are
/ having grand weather there now, while
ours is limited to sand storms from
morning until night Honolulu (the
regiment was recently transferred
from Honolulu army post) surely did
have it on anything | have ever seen
in the way of climate, still am glad
to be back in the T.. S.
Il only hope it will not be long be-
fore can take a chance on France.
am crazy to get into action and have
almost made up my mind several times
to try and get transfer to some regi-
ment that will be sent over in the near
future
Beaumont Bull" is the name of an
interesting publication issued by the
Beaumont Flying Cadets, Nowhere in
France. A copy of the little flyers
paper has just been received by Mrs.
j. f. Batchelder from her son, Lieut.,
George Batchelder, who enlisted from
Chicago last year. After a special
course at the University of Illinois,
Lieut.. Batchelder sailed for France in
November. He has been attending
different flying schools, learning all of
the intricacies of "The Cavalry Of the
Air.
The Beaumont boys are eager for
active service, according to the recent
issue of the Bull, published March 81
Entitled "Now" one of the articles is
as follows
I'VE youths of Beaumont have dem.
onstrated throughout the winter the
old maxim that man cannot be truly
himself except in a chronic atmosphere
of some constructive struggle. We have
been stagnant, lost our spirit at times,
and some of the younger or less toler-
ant of us have been sour and bitter be-
yond reason.
I'VE sailed to France to fly, and to
fight. We had the martial spirit of old
Bob lngersol's theology AS far as |
am concerned | wish to be out on the
high seas. wish " take my chance
with the wind, the wave and the star.
And had rather go down in the glory
and grandeur of the storm than to rot
in any ortbodoy harhor whatsoever