Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-09
REMOUNT NEWSIES
Major stryker in Command.
Captain Biddfe Commands
Wagon and Remount Com
pany.
fRY serat. 7. D. Jennlnas.l

fBy Serat. r. d. Jennnes.)
The effects of Christmas at the Re
men who were away for a few days with
home folks have returned and are will
ngly at work again.
Sergeant Flick. in charge OF the horse
shoers' school, is away on furlough at his
home. This happens to be the only time
he could be absent from his duties, for
beginning the twentieth of this month.
the horseshoers school enrolls one hum
dred new students.
Only five men from the office force
were lucky enough to make a visit home
during the holidays and they We're per-
mitted to go only because their homes
happened to be in Georgia. The counte-
nances of these men, Sergeants McMul-
Ian. Houston, Riley, Richardson and Jen-
nings, have undergone very decided
change after spending Ave nights OF the
FIVE they were away with the girl back
home.
After all, some of the members of the
Remount are getting a little taste OF
war in the real thing, real bullets and
real guns. The men in the guard seem
to be the lucky ones IN this respect.
Sunday night about eleven o'clock.
Private Roche, who was on duty at that
time, halted four men coming through
the woods and in reply to his command
to halt they opened fire with reviewers.
One of them must have been very good
shot for he succeeded in cutting neat
little hole in the crown of Private Roche'S
hat, who was dismounting When the
enemy discovered they had found a man
who intended to show little fight, they
retreated into the woods and nothing
mere was seen or heard Of them.
Major Goss L. StrylTer. @. NJ U. S. ~
A., reported for duty December 24th, as
commanding officer at the Remount re-
heying Captain Biddle who assumes COM
nand Of the Wagon Company and Re-
mount Company.
The many friends of Sergeant shar-
wood are glad to learn of his commission
and that he is still on duty at the Re
mount, acting as issuing officer.
Work is in full blast at the Remount
now as we have two hundred and seventy
men transferred from Camp Hancock to
complete the personnel required. Most
of the men come from the infantry and
very few know anything at all about
horses and mules, but owing to the good
work Of the officers in charge and the
willing cooperation Of the men we are
glad to announce that the results are
wonderful.
The IIorseshoer's School, Wagon COM
pany ard Pack Train have been in opera
ton about two weeks and are doing ex-
celient work, From the progress the
Wagon Company and Pack Train are
making they will undoubtedly go across
some time in the near future.
From the date the First City Troop left
the Remount until five days ago, we
have not had sufficient men TO do guard
duty, but have had to call on the divis-
ion to furnish us with a guard detail each
The 'Blaclx Horse Guard" here has been
organized about week and took charge
of the guard duties about five days ago
and promises TO rival the military police
in efficiency The fellows who are in the
Ia bit of beating the guard viii not find
it so easy as it has been heretofore.
4 nh
Wednesday night from the military police,
stating that two stolen automobiles were
headed this way and to nave guard
detail police the road, also to search the
train at Belair for certain parties. Upon
receipt OF the message, Immediately the
guard was on the job and men We're post
The result was, no cars put in appear
ance answering the description given but
upon searching the train at Belair one
soldier was taken prisoner. who was A.
W. o. L. sixteen days, and turned over
to the military police Thursday.
From the list of the personnel trans
fefred from the camp we have one fellow
who is better known around the TeServa-
ton than Captain Biddle, and he has only
been here five days. His name is Kelly
and he halls from Company Z of the 1o9th
Infantry. Everybody at the Remount
knows Kelly and he is especially popular
with the officers, He has worked at more
different jobs in the five days since his
arrival here than any other one man has
since the Remount has been organized.
His popularity includes everybody except
tht first sergeants. who, for some un-
known reason, seem anxious to shift him
to the next fellow. until at present he has
the most important job on the place,
emptying the barrels of water at the diff
ferent kitchens and barracks, using
bucket and carrying 1t one bucket fun at
time to the sewer where he empties it.
Friday morning he was emptying the bar
rel at the clerks barracks. in the same
way, leisurely taking his time. when he
detected he was not making very much
progress, for while he was gone to empty
again when he returned SO he asked
Lieutenant Fell what could be done in a
| case like that. Lieutenant Fell told him
but I didn't say WHAT he told him.
| die if he might get off at noon in order
! to wash his clothes. He spent most of
Thursday afternoon searching the reser-
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