The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-26

The Official title was promulgated
through the orders issued this morning.
Until today the camp had had no name.
y FLYING SQUADRON. composed of
ordnance department motor busses has
been organized TO take the men TO the
distant patrol and picket points.
CAPT. c. ". HEITzMAN. Of Union
City is making himself popular with
the men by the way in which he IS
conducting himself as recreation officer
MAYOR W. H. cHARNLEy Of Goshen
Is q regular soldier. He never kicked =
bit the other day when he had TO help
wash the dishes at the mess hall.
MAJOR u. wRAY DePREZ. of Shell
byville. met Henry P. Conkey yesterday
for the first time in number OF years.
They were classmates at the University
of Chicago.
COL. HARRISON scorns the accom-
modations offered him at the Lyndora
Hotel. He sleeps soldier fashion on his
cot at regimental headquarters and is
the first man UP in tho morning.
LIEUT.. FRANCIS N. THOMPSON. Of
Shelbyville started home late Saturday
evening on neck and neck race with
the stcrk. No word has been received
at camp as to who won.
LIEUT.. WHITMER. OF Goshen, has
charge Of the mess hall He has a bank
cashier taking care of the ice box and
q construction engineer IN charge Of the
dishwashing machine.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF the Bortz
Photo Co. or Gary. vas present at rogi-
mental review last night and took q
panoramic photograph Of the men drawn
up in line
NINETY-sIN cases were taken care of
az the hospital Saturday. but the num-
Der has diminished daily since then The
majority Of the ailments are due to the
change in drinking water and modes o.
living.
ONE Of the downstate boys. who has
no pajamas. awoke last night 70 fnf
his bedclothes gone Fe was 50 stiff
with cold that it required about thirty
minutes of setting-up stuff 70 get his
circulation started.
CAPT. NAT L, HILL. of Bloomington.
one Of the mobiles who went bathing in
the monument fountain at Indianapolis
during the shrine convention last June.
MAJOR DOWNEY served without an
adjutant until sunday In order to ges
here in time TO relieve him. First Lieut..
NJ b. VaIodin drove here from Indian
apols BY automobile. He started at
6 80 Sunday morning and arrived at
camp at o'clock in the afternoon. and
went on duty at once.
DR.. c. l. GEORGE. one OF Elkhart's
leading dentists. was busy this morning
sweeping the hospital and keeping things
looking tidy. His only suggestion is
that the other fellows throw their Gig
aret snipes outside as they are SO hard
to pick up.
CAPT. E. V. NOLT. who is Doc NOE
baok in Columbia city. cant see the
joke in having 70 hang around Ham
mond while his practice at home i
waiting for him. He has a standing
offer OF $50 for permission to leave this
war behind.
r. {. SUTTON. who owns the greater
part of Union city. was detailed to act
as officers orderly at the hotel Sundas.
He frisked a coloneIs grip upstairs like
a real bellhop and the colonel obligingly
tossed him two bits. Thank you. sir.
said the orderly. who can write such
big checks. I shall have it framed
UNION CITY won the baseball game
with Elkhart yesterday afternoon. The
score wos / toto Each side able
TO get only three men on bases. The
only score was made Oh an overthrow
to third base They put UP the best
exhibition seen on the ground yet n
a game Sunday one Of the players made
a homerun on a passed third strike due
to poor base throwing