The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-03-20
Melody and Merriment Mark
All Star Program Of
Guardsmen At ArmOry
Monday Evening.
COMPANY C TAKES HONORs
Corp Nels sorensen Of @ Company
Wins silver Minstrel Men En-
tertain With Melody and Hurnor IN
til Mess Call is Sounded.

Melody, merriment and comradeship
marked the campfire" gathering Of
the members OF the First Separate Bat
TALON Of the Wisconsin State Guard on
Monday evening at the Armory when
for the time being "Squads RICH"
and "Column Left" were almost for
gotten while the Guardsmen engaged
in q real evening Of ''simon pure"
entertainment. An all star program,
presenting pot pouri Of military
drills, vaudeville sketches and wrest-
ling, entertained the "home soldiers =
until late hour whenNthe bugler sound
ed the mess call as the curtain call.
So far as company honors for the
evening were concerned, Company @
had all the rest "backed off the
boards" They started in with a rush
on the competitive drill when Corporal
Nels Sorensen won the silver cup and
they kept it up all through the evening
until all Joined in on their yell that
company G was alright" Corporal
Nelson also starred with his Clutch
Uncle" in the person Of Private Lester
Starck in the vaudeville sl1it Give
Minutes from Yell College" and the
"Jazbo Stringed Quartet, composed of
Company G boys, lept up the reputation
OF their outfit with their presentation
of campfire melodies.
ThG touch Of dhe military was given
10 the program by the bayonet drill of
score Of the Guardsmen under the
direction Of Lieut.. w. r. Keskey. The
local soldiers showed that they had ac-
quired the art of going "over the top
and at 'em" even to the detail of &C
curing the real Fighting face. z"
Dumping the Boches," as the bayonet
demonstration was called, showed in a
very creditable way the various defen-
sive and offensive Uses of the bayonet
and won the enthusiastic applause Of
the Guardsmen on the side lines.
One of the real sensations Of the
evening was the musical sketch present.
ed by Corporal Walter Wells, Fred
Becl1man and Jesse True, of Camp
Logan. Corporal Wells as the original
"back deviln returned all "be-
medalled and be 'souvenired" from the
fighting front and in addition to the
score of funny yarns he brought back
from the front, he helped in the pro-
duetion of some real FFrag' music that
was quite the sensation of the program
The "eullud corporal was ably assist
ed by Fred Beckman, who with his rem
dition of 'The Rose Of No Man s
Land" won enthusiastic applause and
by Jesse True, a yeoman from Camp
Logan, who was wizard on the
"ivories."
The black-face number presented by
John A. West, who came "clean from
Milwaukee, to entertain the Guards
men, also proved highly entertaining,
as he supplemented real string of
funny stories from the front with sew
eral cornet solos. Especially appreciat-
ed was his rendition of ''Till the Sands
of the Desert Grow Cold" where he
put his personality into his interpreta-
tion Of the old melody and won the en-
thusiastic applause, of the battalion.
Much of the success of the evening
was due to the music of the Nash band
who under the direction of ii. il. Booth,
played the interludes between the acts.
Their melodies were exceptionally well
rendered and every number added to
their popularity with the Tuardsmen.
The band offered its services to the
Battalion for the evening free of charge
and their stirring melodies were great
ly appreciated by those who attended
the campfire celebration.
The program was closed by several
wrestling and boxing bouts, all of them
full of "pep." The most interesting of
these was the three round boxing match
staged by Forrest and Ireland resulting
in draw In this bout, Ireland had
little the better of his opponent all
through the three rounds but Forrest
presented some very clever examples of
foot work and lodging but failed to
take advantage of them.
The committee saved its feature mum
Der to<the last and when at the order
of the Battalion Supply Sergeant
Charles E. Turnock, the bugler sounded
the mess call, the boys lined up for q
real serving of "hot dogs" doughnuts
and all the rest. The Nash Band closed
the evening with stirring patriotic
melody and the Guardsmen were dis
missed from one of the most enjoy
able evenings in the history of the
organization.