The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-17
COMPANY 4 NOTES

camp OOuy pSNciiiS. Do JSu CIV
Luedke's o. T. C. Stuff? It. great
dope.
Louis Kump cut his finger with a
safety razor while shaving.
Sergeant Schaffenberg says that If
he is lucky he ought to be out OF
quarters by next Sunday. -
The major asked If Billie Rosenau
and Frank Montgomery were pals.
They are reproductions of Mutt and
jeff so they must be.
The sad death of Milton Redman on
April 25 was the first in H company.
We've had a fine record so far. Onl.'
four men in the hospital at the pres
ent time.
Private Albert Wage went to the
hospital with a headache so he
wouldn't have 10 go to the trenches.
The doctor couldn't help him so he
reported back with a sick shoe.
When me order stand to" was
given at the trenches Corporal kappa
came running out with his gas mask
on When laughed at he asked, "Why
don't you tell a fellow sOmething!"
We were issued the new United
States magazine calibre 30-1917 model
rifle which is modified Enfield and
also the khaki uniform to replace the
wooden 0 DIS. Gee, but it's chilly
some of these mornings.
Shinglenails Schindle is trying to
learn to play the mandolin. After three
o'clock in the morning on getting
back from the trenches he gets up on
his bunk and keeps the fellows
awake You'll learn in time, Pauly
Burke says that Rausch and Thei-
mer pull so many raw ones at cook
ing school That they will make mess
sergeants! Look out, Charles, you'll
lose out in the shuttle yet. Here is
the comeback. Burke put soft soap
on his pancakes instead of butter and
Duffield tried to make syrup out OF
soda and water
Company Ii left camp Saturday
night and mar ned to the trenches
holding the front line trench that
night and Sunda.J encountering several
gas ATTACKS. Corporal Matteson and
Greenly were attached to battalion
headquarters. We left Flourite at mid
night Sunday on the return march
reaching camp at three bells Monday
morning. We might have gotten back
sooner if Walter Jones hadn't got
lost. The boys are looking forward
to the eighty-three mile hike in the
near future.
You see Krank and Windy were
trying them out, the result is: two
stitches and a big story; staring
Frank.
The readers of the Reveille will
please excuse dryness of these items
The regular scribe is absent and an
new at the job"
Corporal Grain went to see the
beauty squad and when explaining
about the Hawaiian dance said: "She
had on a yucca grass dress anG
danced the ukalele dance"
Bosacker was promoted to buck
private last week and Ole Brudelie
(the Hanska buglar) was reduced to
fill Windy's place. -
Last Friday was very dull day or
the bayonet field. We were using the
brand new bayonetS and only -four
fellows were wounded.
If any one thinks these new hay
onets are not sharp, just refer them
to Frank Gardner, and Bosacker de.
clares up and down that it goes in
easy.
Orderly Bixby has moved near the
house to take charge of squad. How
will you manage Joe without Grand
mass watchful love and care?
RAT" Tallard says he tried every
thing to get out of guard, but never
once thought of toothache. Nee,
mind. RAT" there will be more
guards coming.
Honest to goodness fellows, we
won ball game from F company Il
would have been very close game
were it not for our Ist Base mar
"Merkle" alias Won Gudisberg.
Less, II see by the paper Tommy
Lee is missing in action. Mike-"Wel
that's nothing, we have one right here
in the company whose action is miss.
ing-in bayonet work.
Some of the girls back home per-
sist in closing the letter with oceans
of love and kiss on every wave
Why not something the boys can ap,
preciate, for instance "Sandstorms Of
love and a kiss on every grain
Overheard on the hike Tuesday
Corporal May; "Say Dutch give me
p drink nf wate"" Dutch: mot by
a long shot, your canteen is just az
large as mine" Corporal May; ''Wel
if that is the way you feel about i
I'll drink my own" ~"
Alloys Rausch looked at the bulletir
board the first time and this is wha
he saw Private Rausch confined tt
quarters for one month ""Not up fol
Reveille" the next morning he looked
again and this met his gaze: PRO.
noted to. list class private, Alloy;
Rausch." Better try again Rauscl
maybe you will make cook next time
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