Trench and camp., 1918-06-27

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to the footlights at the show Of the
depot boys Wednesday night in the
C-Y open air theater and called for
"whistling the first verse" and with
a delightfully."- plaintfve won't you
please hum the second" Gen. CASTOR,
the new brigade commander, was one
of the first to smile. Finally, he just
general and laughed outright.
Did the boys whistle and hum? Well.
did they?
Another funny thing was the way
one of the singers turned away from
the stage when the boxing bouts got
a little savage. She never looked at
the boxers during the rest Of the
evening. The pianist, however, was
right on her toes at the sound or
every blow.
One might have thought that Lieut..
Kramer was an fashioned stump
speaker, judging by the way he began
his address before the depot boxers
were introduced. Had he said, Eel
Democrats and members Of the
great unwashed." 1t would not have
been surprise.
Lieut.. Knopf, manager of the 311th
+. A. boxers, was confident right up
to the last bout. He said he had
reserved his best men for the last and
Capt. Joe" McGurk proved that the
managers trust was not misplaced.
He and Bunny Hahn put on a draw
that was the finest boxing contest Of
the evening.
There was NO stalling in the box.
ing. 1t was "all fight"
Tommy Gibbons was right on the Job
in his work as referee and proved his
right to the title Of Meade boxing in
structor.
pointment just announced is that OF
Lieut. Morrow Sheppard Of H as regi-
mental billeting officer in France.
But this fine officer was singing
Pack Up Your Troubles" a long,
long time ago. and was heard hitting
the high notes in early April.
When Gen. Nicholson enters the
Hostess House he hangs his hat on
the mantelpiece. Now, of course, it
is all the style.
Promotions have not been neglect
ed about divisional headquarters,
either, where the familiar silver eagle is
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ney Ross.
The colonel said recently that dec
orationS are very numerous in the
i French army. Be prepared, boys, to
win yours!
Sergt. Fred Smith of N block said that
one does not have to be in the Army
in order to get hurt. He went home
some time ago to- Indiana on a fur
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dent which broke his left leg. He is
Regular Army man and expects
to be on the job training the new
comers within a month.
Capt. Harry Atkinson, quartermas-
ter officer in charge Of transporta-
ton, polishes his own boots, some
times at in the morning. after a
short days work. The captain says
ne often gets as much as four hours
sleep.
Bill Trimmings, saxophonist in the
311th Field Artillery Band, has a Job
In North Carolina as organist offered
him for the post war period
Stull, who is doing statistical work
for the depot boys, Is a Presbyterian
minister's son from Hartford county,
MO; ana does not intend to take of his
uniform until the war is over ANY
other feeling about the country's part in
the war is repugnant to him. One of
his warmest friends in this part of the
country Is Rev. Levin Eothoron, rector
emeritus of the Protestant Episcopal
Church t Forest Hill, Md.
Leader Anderson, the popular di-
rector of the 310th Field Artillery
Band, was told that he might get thin
in the two-day field work of the regi-
ment last Thursday and Friday.
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Somebody was telling Rafferty, Nof
Supply, 311th Field Artillery, about
the lady who turned sick at the box
ing match in the depot theater.
Why" said Raff, II know an Irish
woman who would rather see a fight
than eat. And the language she uses
makes her daughter blush"
Bill Minahan of B, 9th Engineers.
doesn't mind saying that he used to
hit the booze pretty hard out in Ari-