Trench and camp., 1918-02-28


rs he is 9 bird shot he must be ali
right" said Private Goodwin Of Battery
=. s1oth Field Artillery. the other day.
George is the Baltimore boxer who is
to stack up against Joe McGurk, head
quarters scrapper of the 311th Field Are
tillery. Tomorrow night in "O' X: MI "a
A. Goodwin used to know him 44tnS -
Queen Anne county, Md, t%hA
George goes when he feels like taldn& il
ding at the, cunning game. The eastern
sho' just goes about as wild ever
George as 1t does over John Franlslin
Baker, the base ball slugger, and
"Buck" Herzog. also Of world series
fame and both from the sho'.
''Give me a ride, if you don't mind"
said Lieut.. Charles McC. Buchanan Of
the S11th Field Artillery Thursday aft
ernoon to one Of the privates in his
battery who was holding his horse
down near the stables. ~
The private cheerfully obliged him
and the genial officer, who halls from
Baltimore, tried to mount the Steed
without aid of saddle or stirrup. The
Joke was on the lieutenant, because
the horse had just been clipped and
there was no hair left where the name
had been, consequently mounting was
made the more difficult.
Finally, he had to give up. the strug-
gle and call for q '1eg," remarking
good-naturedly, as he rode away bare
back" that it was pretty hard on an
officer supposedsto teach his men riding
to be humiliated in that way" Just the
same, he is one of the most popular and
efficient leaders In camp.
Col Landers Of the 31oth Field Artil-
aery gives his Endorsement of the Sat-
urday Evening Post unqualifiedly. and
Private Dias of headquarters knows
just how the colonel feels about 1t.
When the time for the Posts arrival
draws near, Dias is over at the "O' Y
waiting for the coloners copy.
'"The best Of it is." said Dias that,
although I often have to go over two
or three times in one day to get it, the
colonel is a quick. reader and he soon
turns the Post over to me. He is some
colonel"
Joe McGurk, the little headquarters
boxer of the 311th Field Artillery, had
to leave hurriedly after his scrap at the
'O' Y Friday, because he had about
nifty trousers to press back at his bar
racks. The trousers help to bring in
Joe a little extra coin. because he splits
up the receipts with the company fund.
Joe Is now the regimental tailor.
The boys of the Supply Company.
311th Field Artillery. were expressing
sympathy Friday for Private johnson
Of their company, who received tele-
gram announcing the death of his IA
ther in Jeddo. Pa. johnson got a pass
to go home for the funeral.
Claiming the title Of tallest man in
the camp seems to be popular sport.
but the topper" up around the 20" Y
IL now standing six feet seven inches
IN his stockings and is said to be still
on the upward path. He is Private
Robert Reddington, Pittston, Pa, but
now Of B. 311th Field Artillery. He is
twenty-nine years old. weighs 40
pounds and is a great little kid" when
he gets started. Look out, Bill X.
The 310th Field Artillery is preparing
for the division athletic meet, to be
held in Y headquarters shortly. The
boys held a meet of their own in "O''
7 Thursday under Secretary Hyatt.
with the following results, e Battery
having a runaway with the firsts:
Potato race-All E Battery winners.
Adams. Lacy and Tucker, first second
and third. respectively. in the finals;
B Battery won the 20-yard dash, with
Lynch. Tucker. E. second. and Carroll,