The Idaho Republican., 1919-05-06

istTdtlOu service In france, was Oftel
under fire in carrying out his duties
Clarence is the first one of the boy
to get home.
Honor the Cook
Chris Winger came home to Moor,
from Camp Merritt Saturday. Hi
wife brought the young son down t,
meet him on the way and they passet
thru Blackfoot homeward bound to
gether, happy reunited family.
Wlnger was with the 91st division
trained at Camp Lewis When the,
were about to embark for France h,
was discovered as having a talen
and. Kept to work in the cooks ant
bal ers' school, which furnishes cook.
and mess sergeants for the entire
camp at Merritt, N. j. There he
cooked and fed the boys going to anG
from the war, for nine months. His
outfit originally was the SAITH M. G
! Winger says in the next war no.
body will find out that he can cook
wen say this; never was better
gruD served out in army mess hall
J than that the cooks and bakers
school men put out at Merritt. In
: that appreciable work they did their
bit.
Many eulogious poems could be
written about the army cook. His
los it not glorious, nor interesting
The only satisfaction that he gets is
i out OF his own desire to make men
har py and contented via their
stomachs. The cook is the most un-
selfish man in, the army. While
other men are looking out for A
! NO. ] in the mess line, the cook is
worrying about whether they are 60
ing to have enough for seconds. His
! greatest triumph is to serve every
day grub to company and get no
growls about it from them.
Cleaned up Half Europe
Ernest Call, waggoner in the sup
ply company of the 361st infantry,
who arrived from Ft. D. A. Russell
April rs, declares that his company
policed up most of Belgium and a
nice large part of France, around
Belleme. 1t seemed, he said, that
each time the regiment moved, it
left the supply company behind to
clean up things. Usually this Job
is left to the sanitary company. It
consists in returning the camp site
to its original condition so far as
humanely possible to do, by cleaning
up all rubbish, filling holes, smooth
ing down mounds, raking up rocks,
burying tin cans, burning brush, and
sweeping up in general However,
at that, his outfit left Belleme last
and left st. Nazaire for home with
the forepart Of the regiment.
Ernest is the son of G.. v. Call of
Wapello.
Coming Back to Boost
H. P. Nepveu, sergeant in head
quarters detachment of the 91st
division, spent a few days in Black
foot last week, and decided to To-
cate himself here in the insurance
business.
Nepveu is keen minded booster
variety of fellow, of French descent,
and had been acquainted with Black
foot before the war took him away.
He used to experiment with eastern
and southern boys in the army, tell
ling them he was from Blackfoot,
Idaho and listening to their replies.
They mostly considered Idaho as a
coming state and wanted to know
more about the chances for land and
the business opportunities out here.
Nepveu has list of them and sends
back pamphlets and whatever litera-
ture explains the vast mountain
country to down fasteners.
Sgt. Nepveu went to San Francisco
Saturday to straighten out his. af-
fairs at home, and pick him a good
insurance company, intending to
come back right away and plunge
into the game here.
Another Son Arrives
Percy Stewart is the second son
to get home in the j. l. Stewart
family within the week. Clarence
got in Thursday; Percy followed Sat-
urday. .,,
Percy was corporal in the 157th
infantry of the 40th division. He
trained at Camp Kearney and went
across and his regiment saw real
fighting on the front.
Signal Corps Men Arrive
Carl Estensen, of the field signal
corps of the 91st division, the 316th,
arrived in Blackfoot Saturday. Es-
tensen was with the bunch in the
Argonne, the st. Mihiel drive, in
Belgium, and saw plenty of real war.
He is fat, wreathed in smiles, and
remarked upon arrival that 1t seems
pretty good to get back to Blackfoot.
He was met by his brother J. e. Es-
tensen, manager Of the Racket store,
and their was a joyful reunion.
The two brothers have been con-
stantly associated for all the time
before the war separated them.
Where one went the other followed.
J. e. has been receiving messages as
Carl progressed homeward, and
spending much time figuring out
train schedules and betting for and |
against unexpected delays in transit,
etc., etc.
George Marion Jorgenson, son Of
George M. Jorgensen the grocer, arA