The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-05
SERGEANT HATCHER
WRITES FROM FRANCE
Continued from Page s.,


piled sagacious Tom, who was max
ing an occasional flourish with his
famous pen, which pen has helped
Him in many victory, helped him not
only to become we'll known through.
out the whole Base Section No. 2, but
also to attain the rank, first of Cor
poral, then Of Sergeant; you remem-
Der the days before the Armistice was
signed, those days when our lives
were daily placed in jeopardy, those
days when the whole A. e. F. rung
in vibrant acclamations, "On! On! to
/, BERLIN and you and !, DIS well as
many others in this depot responded
to the call We rushed madly on
with our work, each day gaining new
victories, having new sensations and
listening to- many and many false
rtmor as 1t foated gently in through
the window on the evening breezes.
| It was this, dear Lieut., of which /
was thinking, and dreamy and hazy
it Vail seem now. 1t was this that i
was thinking of when I spoke just
now" 1a
ut was in the month of September,
l remember well, when the enemy
was. rushing onward under mighty
roar Of cannon; each man was or
dered to his post, fully equipped in
1.-The Aine Of weapons. There were
the Pen and Ink Squads who operated
In the rear of the Typewriter Squads
and the Typewriter Squads operated
in the Front Line Trenches. Each
man rot behind his pen and type
writer and at each order Of command
the qaickness and accuracy which
each produced in response was mar
velous. There was Sergeant O'Brien,
a mere private in those days, but
who has later risen to the rank Of
Sergeant He is noted for the quick.
ness and ease with which he han.
died the Rapid Fire Monarch In the
days Of the Chateau Thierry Drive
Since then, or rather later in the
war, they discarded the Monarch as
it could not stand the intense strain
and in placeaof them the government,
| furnished us with the latest type Of
Underwood! There is Sergeant
Campbell, IN those days blooming
buck, whose name has since been ex
allied to the digniHed rank of Serge
ant and who has now become the pos
SCISSOR Of a Captain desk which pro
trudes more than half way across til
'ofiice floor The supercilious air wit
which he commando his two subord
mates and moreover the general ros
ter of the Office mas more than ono
! agitated those In his environ, and tn
one Lieut.. Sowar efsthe Skeptical De
partment, or some such department
it has always been mystery
about the only one who has robbe
this young IS year old sergeant o
some of his superfnsas superciIlious
ness. think by continuous effort h
will soon have reduced his dignity b
normal There Is also Sergean
Moss, otherwise known as Lord Rof
ert, or London Bob, who was ais
famous in those days. but who ha
aspired to the rank Of Sergeant afte
a long career in the Army as bucl
He now commands his interiors wit
a lOrdly air and smokes .Commissar
Cigars with the rest OF Ethe Loois
There is another, Let De introduc
to you Sergeant warren. otherwis
known as Slim Well named. as h
stands about 6 feet two ID mis- STOCK
ing feet. He is a Western Terror
right from the undulated plains Q
Texas, but has discarded his As sine
entering the Office Of the o. D. Q. N
He once was a warehouse king. bu
upon divulging too much Of the skill
full clerical knowledge which he ha
stored away in that tower Of his tn
Colonel drafted him in the soGiicG
tlNow lie has risen to the rank Of SCI