Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-12-05
SOLDIER BOYS

The following Is an outline Of the
results Of the seasons baseball games
played in France by the boys Of Cont
papy A. 103rd Infantry. their oppo-
nents being teams representing other
companies Of the Infantry: Company
a VS.. Company c, score to 0; Co., A.
S, Co. c 2: Co. A IL. Pioneers s; Co.
A 9. III. d. OTIS. 0; Co. A 8, Co. d /:
Co. A 1, Co. b s: Co. A II. Co. B 2:
Co. A 20. Co. B 4; Co. A s. Signal
Corp 2; Co. A s, Colored Eng. S: Co.
A 6; Co. d Z. Pitchers were John
son, pomroy. Murphy. Healey. and
Van Meter; Catchers. Potoin and
Jock; Company A claims the battalion
championship and will defend the
title. The team is composed Of the
following players: Outfielders San
strom. Stud, Dwelley. Whitney, Lau-
ridsen. Duprie. p. Potoin; infelders
L. Potion. Ambrose Healey. Murphy.
Lemuel. Jock and Studor: catchers
Jock and Potion: pitchers Van Meter,
Pomroy and Johnson; manager, Hea-
ley; captain. f. Potion.
Bangor CommerCial--Lieut. Harry
NJ. Smith is spending q six days fur
Tough at his home in this city. Lieut..
Smith is now stationed at Waterfowl
Arsenal, near. Boston.
Bangor Commercial-Arthur Jones
writes from England where he was in
training in Sussex with a Canadian
Machine Gun battalion which had
been expecting service in France and
encloses a clipping from a London
newspaper showing the manner IN
which the paper handles the great
news. In the same mail there comes
a letter from Phillip A. Jones, dated
Nov. 4. sergeant with the 103d Sup
ply Company, who says that bets
were then being made that the wa
would be over by June while several
had bet that it would end before
Thanksgiving. Sergt. Jones said
these were classed as optimists AMI
that the end was still generally con-
sdered distant.
A letter received at Pennington
Thanksgiving Day from Lieut.. Robert
F. White was written at Verdun, Nov.
y, and brings the first detailed re-
port to reach Pennington Of the epoch
making events which took place At
Nerdun when the armistice was
signed there Nov. II. Following ths
cessation of hostilities there was
flag raising ceremony at Verdun's IA
nous citadel in which both French
and American troops participated.
the Stars and Stripes and the French
Fri- color being flown from the cita.
;ders flag stoff. l..
Mrs. j.. Barrett Newcomb Of Ban
sor has received a cablegram from
her husband that he has been pro-
NOTED to major. He was sergeant
in Co. NJ, I'd Maine Regiment, Ma
tionai Guard. on the Mexican border
and was adjutant to Maj. Southland,
Sd Battalion, when the regiment went
to Westficld last year. Going over
seas in the 103d Infantry, he was pro-
NOTED to captain and is now ma jor of
the LIST Battalion, 3O7th Infantry, nth
Division.
News has reached Sanford that the
old 9th Company, c. A. c., Of Sanford,
composed of $50 Sanford and Spring
vale boys, which has seen lot of
12d Artillery Regiment, is on its way
home from France. The Sanford
company did not go over with the
54th Artillery, having been detached
some time prior and sent to the Wa
tertown Arsenal, WATERFOWL, Mass,
for guard duty, also serving in q
similar capacity at Camp Devens.
Capt. Donald r. Aldworth, COM
mander Of Co. A at the University of
Maine, has returned from Boston,
whero he has been attending a school
of instruction for rehabilitation of
soldier training stations. The de-
mobilization Of the Training Detach-
ment is being held up on account Of
the delay in the shipment of neces-
,sary blanks from Washington and
upon their arrival the boys Will be
Immediately discharged. The de-
mobilization of the Student Army
Training Corps will also take place on
the arrival of the blanks and continue
until all men arc diScho road