Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-14

lucky in finding a Trenchman who
spoke Italian. e
Lieut.. Leonard Kolmer, Depot Brigade,
used to knock out a column O day or SO,
any old time. at the Sun Office. Balti-
more. Now's he's knocking the rough
spots OF the rockies.
In the s1Oth Field Artillery wonderful.
progress has been made, as elsewhere,
with the new men who have taken
into the regiment. Credit for the quick
assimilation Of these newcomers into
military life is due, according to Lieut..
Thayer, to the nom commissioned Of
ficers, whose duty 1t has been to drin
these men. day and night.
"The commissioned officers" he said,
AL bow to the magnificent work Of the
corporals and sergeants. They know the
game. and to them more than to any
other one item is due the praise for the
wonderful progress of the rockies.
Rltterscamp, B. 27th Engineers. has
just returned from the base hospital,
where he had his appendix removed.
his back, just opposite the appendix.
"Now," he says. IT can come home
with perfect camoufiage Of bay
onet wound"
Garden, E, 311th F. A., played ball
out in front Of o "Y" for fifteen min
utes straight without an error. And
he was receiving balls on the ground
and in air at the rate Of three a
minute.
Sergt. Woodland, 18th Company.
Depot Brigade, was discharged from
the regular service because of hav-
ing a wife and children dependent
the. National Army, the exemption
board refusing to examine his hon.
Orahle discharge. He has been in the
field artillery, but Is doing his work
cheerfuily wherever he goes. But
peculiar things happen in the Army
Oldfield of the new military police
was busy at the junction handling
the crowds that were coming in Sum-
day. Suddenly he saw woman try
the platform of car. Oldfield
grasped the child IN his arms and as
sisted the mother up the steps. He
said he had a wife in West Virginia
and would surely expect any soldier
to. help her under the same circum-
stances.
Lambert. Virginia boy who has
been living in Washington several
Philadeiphians in the s15th Infantry,
where his southern drawl Is very
noticeable.
DR.. Harry Can't Of Millersville. near
here. is now a lieutenant with the
Medical Corps in a London hospital,
where his services have been 80 much
appreciated that the authorities re-
fuse to Jet him go to France He is
doing surgical work.
Several days ago the King and
Queen of ngland visited the hospital.
King George watched the doctor in
his work and then came over to him
and thanked him for his efforts in
behalf of the British wounded
ITO tell the TRUTH" said the doctor
in a letter, 1.-The king is a mighty nice
fellow. but an Anne Arundel county
farmer has a great deal better grip"
Jewell of the recruit detachment,
9th Engineers. served in the Span
ish-American war with Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee of Virginia. His father had been
a Union soldier, but admired the. Con-
federate leader and told his son to
look up the general and tell him that
his father wanted the general to make
the boy a good soldier The boy took
the advice.
We'll, we'll, my boy" said the gen.
eral laughing, II fought your father and
he >licked me. Now, If he could not
make a good soldier out Of you how
does he expect me to do it?'