The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-17
AFTERMATH OF WAR

in London March 26th stated that he
was about to embark for Russia, but
\ that he hoped he would not be there
long.
Thirty-five people in Manitowoc have
agreed to be patrons of French wal
orphans. Miss Flora Waldo is in
charge of the local campaign and
hopes to fill the city's quota.
Gen. Charles King inspected the
home guard company last week and
was very favorably impressed with the
condition of the company. He deplored
the fact that the city does not see fit
to give the state guard a suitable
armory,
Six steel sea-going ships built here
the past fall and winter for the U. 5.
Emergency Fleet corporation are be-
ing fitted out and will soon clear for
their ocean home. The Manitowoc
yards nave contracts for twenty-four
boats for this season.
The 340th infantry has been delayed
in leaving Camp Upton, Long Island,
by lack of transportation facilities,
but will get away PROBABLY this week.
There will be a big reception at Mil
waukee for the overseas boys among
whom are many Manitowoc county
boys. The command will proceed to
Camp Grant where the soldiers will
shortly be discharged.
Walter Clark, attached to the 172nd
Brigade and secretary to Maj. Gen.
Martin and later Brig. Gen. Andrews
in France is home on a furlough. He
is in the base hospital at Camp Grant
with a lame back. He says that he
came within ten minutes of the actual
fighting at LeMans, France, the day
the armistice was signed, and that he
was disappointed at missing it until
he visited the hospitals.
Capt. Benz Brennan, a former Mani
towoc county man, was promised his
job as city engineer of Kenosha when
he would return from military service.
When he came back from year over
seas the city council gave the job to
another man and offered Capt Bren-
nan the position of consulting engi-
neer and superintendent of water
works at a lower salary. The new en-
gineer refused to be beneficiary OF
breach of faith and the public also
arose in arms and Capt. Brennan was
reinstated in the old place.
julius Hendrickson, son of the late
Ole Hendrickson, Eighth and Huron
streets, left Manitowoc for the west
some fifteen years ago. He has been
in the Regular army for twelve years
and is a sergeant. He was overseas
with the Sixty-eighth artillery and
lately returned. Sergt. Hendrickson
was looking over the changes in the
old town last week and renewing old
cquaintainceships
There was a home coming" for the
soldiers at the First Lutheran church
last Friday evening, with a banquet.
The guests of honor were in uniform.
There were talks by Rev. Boyd, toast
master, A. L. Hougen, Walter Dorsch,
Rev. Proehl, an army chaplain, and
Harold Hanson for the soldiers. 1t
was a successful event.
Fred Goldenstedt of this city, who
joined the British forces in Canada,
and became attached to the Dublin
Fusileers, came home last week. He
saw lot of active service and on Sep
tember 23, 1918, was severely wounded
in action. He expects his discharge
before the expiration of his furlough.
Corp. Fred Lifka and Priv William
Deltz, both of whom left with company
II, arrived in the city Monday. Lifka
said that there are only thirty men,
bers of the original company now in
the organization and that only about
fifteen are from this city. He was
wounded in the Argonne on Oct Ia,
and has not been with the command
since. He says also that the boys of
ii will come drifting home by ones
and twos and not in body.
The war department exhibit was
here for a few hours Monday after
noon. The big feature was a baby
tank that rolled along the downtown
streets piloted by officers who did the
job often on the battlefield, At the
depot there were several fiat cars
loaded with heavy field artillery,
trench mortars, a wrecked German
airplane, floating mines and the like
and a coach fitted as a museum and
containing an array of machine guns
and smaller war relics. The streets
around the exhibit were filled for
hours. The train carried an armed
guard of soldiers, sailors and marines,
all from overseas service. The exhibit
is for the purpose of arousing interest