The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-19
A COLONEL IN O. N.
Major BOberg Receives An.
other Promotion.
Able Work Receives Further
Reward Here.
RISES FROM RANKS IN YEAR
All His Men Happy Over Added
Honor.
Subsistence Division Makes
More Sergeants.
RISES FROM RANKS IN YEAR

Men, I have some good news for
you," said Louis Schmoll. quarter
| master sergeant, senior grade, to the
soldiers of one of the barracks of the
sub-depot quartermaster detachment
at one of the noon messes last week.
After that announcement, all the SOL
diers in the mess hall of Barracks
635 listened attentively. Then came
this statement:
Major Knud Boberg. has been made
lieutenant colonel of the quarter
master corps
A wave of cheering followed. In
| each of the other barracks of the de-
tachment, the news was received with
the same qualification, for everybody
who served under Lieutenant Colonel
Boberg and all who have known of
| his exceptional ability are gratified
over this additional promotion which
has come to him. 1t is only little
| more than year ago since Lieutenant
Colonel Boberg was a member of the
ranks in the quartermaSter corps, hav-
! ing won captaincy from the rank OF
quartermaster sergeant in the regular
army. Few, II any, officers have had
such a rapid advancement, and 1t is
| impossible to imagine one who has
merited the promotions more than the
| newest lieutenant colonel of the quar-
| termaster corps.
tuition in the country is conducted
with the high degree of efficiency
which characterizes the operation Of
the sub-depot quartermaster detech-
ment here. Lieutenant Colonel Be-
| berg is in command of this detach-
| menty and that efficiency is the result
! of his leadership and his intimate
/ knowledge of every detail of the work
OF the quartermaster corps. Besides,
the lieutenant colonel has done much
/ RI lie Of ny. iw~.ts
| for he has helped many men to transr
] fer to branches of the service where
| they could do their part in the war
with greater good to the army. Also
he has. thru his encoura cement and
| generous help to every deserving SOL
der, inspired the members of the
| quartermaster corps here to work
harder and with greater success than
they dreamed possible when they first
! entered the army.
| All the men of the stlo-depot quar-
| termaster detachment, and the Off
GERS, as well, have not had an oppor-
| tunity to meet the lieutenant colonel
in perso1sto congratulate him, but the
manner Of each indicates plainly this
feeling:
Colonel, we are -gratified over your
promotion, and we wish you continued
| good health, for. with that and your
| ability, you will rise higher in the
organization of which you are mem
| ber.''
| Under the immediate supervision of
] Capt. F. c. Runkle, the subsistence di-
| vision of the sub-depot quartermaster
| detachment is making some generous
and deserved promotions. A number
| OF enlisted men of the subsistence di-
| vision were promoted the past week
Sergeant, first class, John H. Cox,
! Jr-, became a quartermaster sergeant,
senior grade. in the subsistence di-'
| vision.
| Walter L. Wasem. also a sergeant,
| first class. was made a quartermaster
| sergeant. Sergeant Wasem is at the
refrigerator plant of the subsistence
division.
Sergt. w. L. Teutsch, of potato and
onion fame; Sergt. l.. G. McFaH, and
Corp. A L. Laurance were made ser.
geants. first class, in the quartermas-
ter corps. little more than month
| ago Laurance was a buck" private.
He's working hard.
| AS deserved promotion as any, in
the eyes of those who have been with
the subsistence division more than a
] year, is that which came to Corp E, F.
Mcdonald, who is now sergeant.
Sergt. Mcdonald is. loyal and in
| dustrious soldier. He has a brother
| in the infantry at Funston, and has
been working hard to improve the
! character of his service to the army.
| Henry A. Bohn and Otto w. Hermel.
| ing, corporais, were made sergeants
| too. Both hail from St Louis, and
| they will advance further with broader
| opportunities
Privates D. Kempland, B. z.
Holmes. E. H. Hammer and w. r.
Stubs were made corporals.