The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-09-26
LOCAL WAR NOTES.

4 II uCtlol bli JuiJ To- i'N 'i'NN 90 100
Iarbor, Door county, and enlisted at
ireen Bay in the national guard.
War Camp Community Service is a
ystem for the training and prepara-
on of soldiers for the training camps
nd stations. Judge Rosenberg of the
tate supreme court is state chairman
nd Thomas Higgins has been appoint
d chairman for this county.
people back home sure can be
1ankful that the war is not being
aged on United States soil. The way
he Boche destroys French property is
arrible," says Private Jacob Leu,
eadquarters company, Thirty-eighth
nited States infantry, in France, in a
tier to his mother.
n The Red Cross is in a campaign for
cond-hand clothes for both sexes.
Il imsy material or fancy goods are
3 ot wanted. The clothes go to the Bel
\ um relief When not possible to de-
4 yer at the former Pere Marquette of
n 3e opposite Torrison's store, phone
4 16.
N Peach stones, prune, plum, apricot,
q Gerry and olive pits, date seeds and
", nut shells are badly needed for the
z lnufacture of soldiers gas masks,
n ley should be dried and delivered to
n Red Cross
= The following are excerpts from a
ter written by Lieutenant Otto Gas
this city from a hospital in France
August 19:
X 1t was a machine gun bullet that
NJ me and it sure did get me. | drop
n like a log and bled freely for a
n so that | became so weak |
X uldn't do a thing myself | have
ad about wounded men lying on the
81 ttleheld and all the agony they 90
IN 'ouGh ard ! surely did experience it
time ! can tell you it was no
IN ,e to lie on the field for hours wait
for some one to pick you up, and
the time shells are bursting
)und you and you never know for
II c they are going to miss you. And
N the Boches send over gas to
Ike it more disagreeable. l went
ough four hours of it and | hope |
yer have 10 experience it again"
We captured a Boche strong point
W day. II consisted of few
ncnes, holes, etc. and was well for
M ed with machine guns. counted
cen dead Boche in one little trench,
# ,ut twenty more on top where they
re shot when they attempted to get
ay Believe me, one sees plenty OF
d."
Y Ir. and Mrs. Edgar Hanson, North
h street, have six sons in the army
navy. The sixth son, Vernon, left
week to join the navy.
he QUESTIONABLE matter is again in
swing. The local legal advisory
I'd composed of E. G. Nash, A. L.
lgen and II. l.. Markham have as
ned lawyers and others to aid reg
ants in filling out the voluminous
nks. Heretofore the work was all
l4 at Manitowoc and Two Rivers,
now there is aid available in every
"a of the county. A half dozen ad-
ars are also on hand daily at the
. rt house and at the exemption
4 rd quarters at Two Rivers. Every
yer in the county is devoting a
aud a half per week to the work
ch will run forseveral weeks.
by other volunteer citizens are as
ing.
he new U. S. local employment bu-
j has been organized by the ap-
ltments of Alderman Thomas Nc
ugh, O. c. Frick and Ben Hanson
The board. They have salaried
fetary and quarters in the National
TX building, fronting on York street.
- Frick of the Smalley Mfg. Co.
esents manufacturers and Mr..
son, who is secretary Of the Cen
Labor Council, represents labor.
alter Kielsmeier who is training
the aviation corps at Scott Field,
5idere, ILL.,, visited at home last
X.
5uis j. Kellner, son of John Kell-
has been recommended for pro
ion to first sergeant. He is sta
ed at Curtis Bay, Maryland.
Gorge Kennedy Jr., departed Mon
for Camp Grant, called for limited
ice. He has two brothers in the
ice.
le fourth Liberty Loan speaking
! paign opened last Thursday even
and meetings are being held every
ing.
lnitowoc's observance of the no
line order last Sunday was 100
cent.
chard Urban died at the II. S.
il Training Station at Great Lakes,
ois. Monday evening He was 26
of age and a native of this city.
n very young man he was direc-
lf music at Llelena Conservatory