Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1918-02-28
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WHAT Is HAPPENING IN -
CAMP AND FIELD.
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Earl Gibson, with the 342 field
artillery band. is now to the coast
with his company. It is thought
that the band is on its way to
France He is well and bids his
friends farewell He wrote the Re
Hector and says he was mighty glad
to receive the daily every day as il
seemed like a letter from home.
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Lieut.. Herbert Rohrer was ap-
pointed judge advocate of the court
at TT. Oglethorpe, Ga. 1t is prac-
tically the same as a supreme court
in civil life. This court tries only
the cases where the penalty is death
He states in a letter to his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rohrer, that
eleven cases viii be tried in the com
ing week. He also says that there
are g new men in his company and |
all of them must be trained at once.
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Stanley Raub Of this city is now
located with a regimental band at
Camp Macarthur, Waco, Tex His
regiment was formerly located at
Camp Stanley, Tex.
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Word has been received here that
Lawrence "Lala' Lindblom former
ly with the United Telephone com
pany, and Virgil Hover, of Salina,
who are in France. are no longer to-
gether, altho they still are both in
France. The French girls sure doll
up here every day as If 1t were sun
day, Lala writes He says they ride
by on bicycles very much the same
way American girls fly back and
forth past a bunch of good looking {
Sammies in their 1918 model cars J
Altho Lawrence has never made /
flights alone, he says that when he a
makes a trial flight with an officer t
"the time flies" a
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Kansas City Star. In case decor
ations ever are awarded for bravery p
out of action, the performance OF Il
Lieut.. Paul Gleissner of Abilene G
should not be overlooked Lieut.. p
Gleissner, writing home telling of his II
safe arrival in France, says he was a
seasick on the way over Many 9th 81
ers have admitted freely that every al
body else on board suffered from
that complaint, but so far as is m
known, Lieut.. Gleissner is the first 81
to reveal his own discomfort. W
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Private Harry Stiles of this coun- II
ty writes the Hope Dispatch: Some ar
where in France, Feb 1.-The first on
thing one notices here is the build IN
ings, everything constructed of stone. n
even the houses have stone shingles. pc
or course lumber is scarce and rock Gel
Is plentiful, so the latter was the II
logical material to build with. The pr'
streets in the French towns are not ap
,uilt with the idea Of reaching any for
particular point but as far 40 oon sid
igure out the buildings were put up Dig
lrst and the streets wrapped around wa
hem, for it goes in angles and cir tur
les and then turns into another one gal
uilt on the same plan. You can walk VIII
long a sidewalk for a block or two gat
nd then run into a building with one ORA
orner jutting out into the street but
nd of course the sidewalk ends. This the
oes not cause any inconvenience ms
owever, as the people use the streets on
ore anyway. street cars are onIv wal
'und in the larger cities and the I
ay they are run and the style OF wer
" they use l don't see that they a v
e of much benefit to the public nit
The greatest little institution of dun
rture yet devised is a French bar yeal
'r shop. The chairs are flimsy and pass
raight backed greatly resembling or
ordinary office chair After get up
ng you at his mercy the barber wer
'nds your head back over the sharp that
ge of the chair and begins to shave the
III in much the same manner that ther
, white shavings. When this op- q
alton is finished he soaks an old snle
onge and washes your face, which pom
es against the grain Of the aver posi
9 American who is used to the tect,
nitary shops of the United States. full
1t one thing makes up for it all We
Q French girls are pretty. thro
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The following Jackie letter was Gal
ceived from Harry Swanson, for the
srly Of this city, who is at present form
the new U. S. navy air school at won
ami, Fla Miami Fla Fab 1e MI