South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-05

Among the interesting characters
in the fgth company is William Nc
Mahon. who used 20 hold down the
traffic cop job AT the hub of South
Bend. at Michigan 81. and Washing
ton ar.
Former Deputy sheriff Ray Bar
clay drew a job ne was unused 70
when ne FIRST landed in camp. He
is now full-Aedged X. p. Not n
knight OF Pythias. but Kitchen Po-
Ice. which means potato peeler. dish
washer. floor scru bier. etc. etc He
had The job the first three days after
his arrival
To is quite probable that Fred
Weidman. who was secretary Of the
War Chest fund. and Arthur J.
hughes. a former Notre Dame stu
dent who are with the 49th com
pany. will he chosen as candidate
officers al the held artillery central
officers training school here. They
are among the clevevest men in the
ranks of the new South Bend mere
ment
Benjamin POmeranz. who was as
sistant manager of the Grand Lead
CT in South Bend, has been made
room orderly and is in charge OF
quarters Of the 49th company.
The South Bend gang" is a live
bunch. its officers say. and full OF
pep all the time They will make
good soldiers. One Of the live wires
OF the bunch. always fun of ginger.
is Edward a. Kronwater Ed is the
boy who lost his goatee afSer his ar
rival There were no obsequies
Likely To Become NOn-Coms
j. Elmer Peak. former justice of
the peace in South Bend. is one of
the prospective non commissioned
officers in the 6Oth company. He and
about 40 others are being trained TO
become corporals and are being
given special instruction They took
a 1O-mile hike wednesday.
julius Gilbert formerly with Gil
bert x Son, is another prospective
corporal
Norman Adler and Hugh Wool
vcrton are two other prominent
So1th Bend boys attending non
commissioned officers school.
Lieut.. Stein. a Kansas city man,
is commando OF the Goth company.
and is very popular with his men.
He has the reputation in camp OF
being a kind and considerate leader.
although a military man i'm the
strictest sense OF the word The
seth company also has fine bunch
Of "non-Coms."
Boys Arc Well Located.
7 A. Stephenson. publisher of The
News-Times who is now an enlisted
man in the ranks along with the
other South BEND boys. spoke for
the boys in his company when he
said.
The South Bend boys from the
second division are we'll located and
are very fortunate to be in this sec
tion Of the camp. The nth regi-
ment is occupying barracks espe-
cially constructed for "A brigade of
regular army troops who are now
over there. The barracks are
somewhat removed from the rest Of
the camp. being on Hess lane. near
the Poplar Level road.
The barracks are perched on hill
sides and green valleys. with big
shade trees. lie between them. Al
together we have fthe prettiest loca-
tion in this big camp
The boys all express their sur
prise al finding army life so pleas
ant. We are all treated we'll fed
well clothed and sheltered well.
I'm mighty glad I'm here. ] didn't
have much notice and time TO pre-
pare. but one quickly adjusts him
self TO sudden changes and new
habits and customs i'm times OF war.
7 only hope TN have a chance TO do
my bit soon"
Mr. Stephenson. it may he said
stands an excellent chance TO go into
one Of the officers training camps
soon. He had two years At military
school and is well grounded i'm mil
itary maneuVers He Is thought
good deal OF by his officers.
Cog Slips Somewhere.
BY some hook or crook. however
Stephenson is still awaiting his phys
ical examination, though an others
have gone through and Il from the
three divisions of st. Joseph county
sons papers, having 10 do with mis-
physical examination. did not come
with the rest, and though repeated
efforts had been made TO locate them
or obtain duplicates from the home
board, they had not arrived last
night. He came here from south
Bend division No. ..
officials here are lost 10 know the
cause of this DELAY. al 1t is holding
stephenson back in his drilling, as
Stunning that. upon examination. ne
rs permitted 10 remain. J. has al
ready put him 10 days behind the
rest OF the company and but for his
previous military training might
throw him out Of line with his as
sociates with whom he came here.
South Bend was teleEraphed Satur-
day insisting that exemption board
80. . of that city have the original
or duplicates OF the Stephenson
papers here Monday by all means. Ii
has been claimed by the board that
falling 20 send these papers with the
others they were foT-v-a rded r,- re