The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-30
NEWS OF BOYS
IN The SERVICE
OF UNCLE SAM
Alaskans Now With the Great Allied
Fighting Machine Send Greet
ings to Nenanaites.

A field service postcard, probably
the first of its kind - be received
locally, was received by Alex Few
Ter on the last mail The card is
from John McEwan, who will be
remembered by many Nenanaites,
and is dated France, July IL.
John is now in the 13,h Company,
Canadian Field Corps, British Ex-
peditionary Forces in France and
says he is quite well. he post. card
contains nothing more. The csnt ell
ing stamp bears the legend "Arny
Post Office. The postcard is
very simple affair and is not unlike
other postcards in general appear
ance. The space devoted to the
message contains a few printed SEN
fences which only may be used by
the sender, who is requested to strike
out the sentences that have no bear
ing in the message. Nothing ex-
cept signature only and date is al
lowed to be written and the notice
at the head of the cards says that
eff anything else is added the post
card will be destroyed"
c. F. Ingersoll, former butcher
in the employ of the A. E. c., writes
from Fort Lawton, Seattle, where he
is in training. He is now in Can
torment %, but expects to be trans
ferred pretty soon. He says that
he is having fine time and that
it is great to be in uniform. He is
anxious to get cover There" and
take a crack at the Hun.
Asa Pittock, who was n the en-
ploy of the Alaskan Engineering
commission and who left Nenana
to enlist, writing from the Soldiers
and Sailors club, says he is now in
the quartermaster's department, sta
toned at Fort Lawton. His COM
pany, he says, will leave for Wash
ington, D. c. very shortly enroute
no jyly fha
another old A. f. C. man, who went
out at the same time as Asa did,
is also in the quartermaster's depart
ment and will accompany him to
Washington when the regiment
moves.
On the last incoming mail, Earl
R. Brown, local manager of the
N. c. Co., received a letter from
Pierce Cromwell, who gave up his
position with the N c. company at
Wiseman to enter the army. He
figured that he would be able to
enlist as soon as he reached the
States, but found that could not
enter the army as voluntary enlist
ments of registrants were discon-
tinued and he was advised to wait
until he was drafted. He tried the
navy, however, and was fortunate
enough to get in before the law pro-
hibiting voluntary enlistments in both
the army and navy went into effect.
He is now in the naval reserve and
expects to be sent to a naval train
ing camp for officers, where he will
be given chance to qualify.
Arthur V. Heacock, well-known
printer of Fairbanks and also owner
of the DOMAIN line of launches that
piled between Fairbanks and the
Tolovana last year, and who went
out early last fall to enlist, is now
stationed at the Benicia Arsenal
Benicia, California, in the capacity
of post printer.
Max Smith, who gave up his posi-
ton as manager of the N C. store
here, enlisted as a private in the
Quartermaster's corps on August 5
Officers for the army are selected
from the ranks and Max hopes te
get an opportunity to qualify later
Leith Russell, writes that he is
enjoying ten-day furlough il
Seattle with tho Coodfa11ows for