Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1919-03-06
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About Col. A. q. Lott.
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this from the Army and Navy Gaz
cite concerning former Abilene boy
Col. A. q. Lott:
In passing over the events at CAM
Deyens, compiling a resume Of Ply
mouth Division, Colonel A. G. Lott,
Chief Of Stan, comes In conspicously
for a share Of the honor for making
the 18th Division what It was at the
time of rehabilitation.
lie was graduated from West Point
In 1896, served with Cavalry as sec
ond and first Lieutenant and Captain;
Major Lieutenant Colonel and Col
onel since 1916. IN 1911 he was
distinguished graduate Of the Army
School of the Line; Graduate Army
STAFF College in 1912 detailed Gen
eral STAFF 1917 where he served for
two years then ~ the office Of the
Adjutant General Of tho Army until
he came TO Camp Dcyens aS Chief
OF STAFF to Major General Henry +.
Mccain Colonel Lott served on two
different occasions III the Philippine !
Islands, in Cuba twice and once IN
the Canal Zone.
Ever loyal TO the Commanding
General, fair to the officers under
him; conscientious in the work he
performed; consistent with his criti-
cism; impartial with friendly advice
and cooperation, Colonel Lott, while
serving as Chief Of STAFF in Plymouth
division made reputation among
the officers which win stand long
among his already extensive list Of
friends III the military establishments
1t Is well known fact that the
Chief of STAFF is right hand to the
Commanding General and Is primar-
fly responsible to see that his will and {
pleasure prevails throughout the com /
mand. This Colonel Lott has done :
with perfection, and IN a diplomatic ;
way which indeed conveyed the true
spirit OF General Mccain to his off ,
GERS and men.
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Robert BalZer n former Dickinson I
boy writes to his sister, Mrs Charles !
Spahr from Chaoure, France. He for I
merly lived near Carlton but his home !
is Newkirk, Okla. He says; l did not
get to eat birthday dinner with you {
but maybe l will get to eat Fourth of !
July dinner with you. Well, we have {
not had much snow over here. We :
had little snow on the 9th of Jan {
nary showed about three inches but ,
did not drift as there don't seem to ,
he any wind over here and | guess 1t ,
Is good thing. 1t does not seem ,
cold over here but expect 1t would be ,
real cold If the wind blew like 1t does |
in Kansas and Oklahoma. Well we {
had review here the 25th Of this 9
month. / do not know what we will r
do but think we Will be starting for ,
home pretty soon. 1t will either be !
home or to Germany to do guard duty h
hut | rather think II will be home. a
You asked me how Harry Huffman n
was wounded and gassed. Well he Is h
o. X as he was neither We were i
certainly lucky as not man in the
I41st Supply Co was gassed or h
wounded. But Dan Huffman was
wounded; he is In the 132nd Machine h
Gun Co., in our division, but he is all !,
right now as he only had a flesh !,
wound. Well how is everybody =
around Abilene? Have you still got
The flu? The has not been any Of J
It around here as far as have heard. )
We are living In a stone house in a :
stone town. The name Of 1t Is =
chaoure. 1t is fair sized place but ..
not many stores; you can go out In a,
the country and never see house 7.
until you come to the next village, as .,
the people all live in these small =,
towns and 20 out and work the land Il
between. Everyone wears wooden y
shoes. Their house and barn are all !,
in one. Horses and cattle sleep on ),
1ne side and the people on the other. !,
They certainly have fine roads--all y
-ock roads.
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Floyd Waters is here from TT. M
Riley. He had his foot crushed when ~
.rying to board train last fall and III
has been in the base hospital since. II
rhe foot was amputated and he
walks with crutches now. al
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A New Jayhawker. br
On the fifty eighth birthday Of nc
Kansas, January 20, little Jay WI
lawker was born, called 1.-THE Jay pl
lawkerinfrance" weekly news M
'sper published by the 18th In phi
antry, 35th Division, in Sampigny, an
france. 1t is the unofficial organ of gr
he regiment which is made up large pl'
y of Kansas men. Its editor and
is Sgt. William Studer, a